Senior Jessica Frenkel looks like a woman on a mission. With her baseball cap tipped downward and her sweatshirt zipped up, she’s busy trying to save the world. One small step at a time. This summer, Frenkel dreamt up The Roots Project, an ambitious venture to bring us closer to our food by educating peers...
Residents in the City of Hillsdale are required to put leaves and brush in bags for pick-up by Modern Waste Services this fall. The city released a notice in September outlining the new procedure for leaf pick-up stating that there would be two pickup dates on Oct. 26 and Dec. 14. The city will still...
Manuel Valle ’11 will become Hillsdale’s seventh graduate in the past eight years to clerk for a Supreme Court justice. During the October 2021 term, Valle will clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas. Professor of Philosophy and Religion Nathan Schlueter, who is also the faculty adviser for the college’s Federalist Society, said Valle will be the...
The Hillsdale Collegian published its most inconsequential front-page headline on Feb. 28, 1951: “Home Ec Hears Decoration Talk.” How did this become a front page-worthy news story, you may ask? Unfortunately, I do not have an answer for you, but I will try to expand more on Hillsdale’s history with home economics. The Feb. 28...
After many years of faithful service as Episcopal Bishop of Springfield, Illinois, Bishop Peter Beckwith, Rear Admiral in the United States Navy Reserve and the former Hillsdale College Chaplain, died on Oct. 4 at the age of 80, just one day after the dedication of Hillsdale College’s dedication. “In the chapel there is a dedication...