Professor of History David Stewart studied the paper, nodded, then crossed out the student’s entire first paragraph. The student, Andrew Dykstal ’13, considered himself a good writer, especially after successfully competing in essay speech writing, but he realized this was a delusion upon entering Hillsdale. Nevertheless, with his professors’ guidance, he learned to clear out...
Before becoming sports editor at the Hillsdale Daily News, James Gensterblum ’11 began his career taking calls from Michigan high-school football coaches to gather information for MLive’s weekly roundup in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “It’s not glamorous,” Gensterblum said. “I’m not going to pretend that it was anything more than an entry-level job.” Gensterblum said he...
The Hillsdale College Sailing Club acquired three sailboats from the Notre Dame Sailing Team earlier this month, which will allow the club to expand and develop its techniques. Purchased for the club by an anonymous donor, the LaserPerformance Club 420s came with sails, lines, and dollies. They will be housed at the Hillsdale Country Club...
Professor of Theology Jordan Wales described the memorial service for former philosophy professor Don Turner like only knowing one verse of a song, and “suddenly being in a canyon” which echoed other voices singing the whole song. “I felt like I was saying ‘Hello’ to him in a new way, even though we were all...
If you tuned in to the Super Bowl, you may have noticed Hillsdale College’s commercial standing out amid a circus of Doritos, Bud Light, and Dodge commercials. Hillsdale offered the public a glimpse of the school’s refusal of federal funding and mission-focused education through its commercial. Behind it all was the Hillsdale College Marketing Department....