As Vers, the Air Force pilot turned super-powered Kree warrior, makes her way through the Blockbuster that she crash landed into seconds before, she picks up one movie off the shelves: “The Right Stuff.” Based on the book written in 1979 by acclaimed journalist Tom Wolfe, “The Right Stuff” follows the seven military pilots who...
Year: 2019
Former Hillsdale professor assists in crafting South Dakota free speech law
Earlier this year, the University of South Dakota School of Law forced a group of students to change the name of its “Hawaiian Day” social to “Beach Day,” citing a complaint about cultural insensitivity. Shortly after, the state passed a new free speech bill — the first of its kind in the nation — that...
‘The Laramie Project’ retells murder story with real quotes
In the fall of 1998, a small rural American town was changed forever as the community faced the reality of a once-distant hatred hitting too close to their home of Laramie, Wyoming. The people of Hillsdale County were introduced to the community of rural Wyoming as the “The Laramie Project,” a three-act play, visited Jonesville’s...
The Weekly: The Electoral College is essential
Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke joined the growing list of presidential hopefuls eager to abolish the Electoral College this week, calling it an outdated system comparable to “slavery.” “Yes, let’s abolish the Electoral College,” he said at the annual We The People Membership Summit in Washington, D.C. “This is one of those bad compromises we made...
Council approves OPRA for Keefer House
During its meeting on April 1, Hillsdale City Council passed the Obsolete Property Rehabilitation Act for the Keefer House, LLC, which will provide property tax exemptions for for the next 12 years. Mayor Adam Stockford said the Keefer House, LLC submitted its application for the rehabilitation project to start July 2019, with a projected...




