A group of about 70 students and faculty attended the Sept. 26 Student Federation meeting to express their support or opposition to a funding request to reinstate the funds which were cut from the Tower Light budget last spring. The Student Federation voted 9-4 to uphold the current, reduced Tower Light budget in a contentious...
Year: 2019
From Barstool to the Bloomin’ Onion: how one Hillsdale student used twitter to reach his dreams
Jake Sievers has been striving to become the next Bloomin’ Onion since his discovery of the Outback Steakhouse mascot. Sievers said the inspiration behind his new project came from watching the Outback Bowl, an annual college football bowl game played in Tampa, Florida on New Years Day. “On the SEC sideline is a person that...
Emergency risk protection orders: point of compromise on gun control
A man in Washington posted on Facebook in June that he wanted to commit a mass shooting at a synagogue and that he was “shooting for 30 Jews.” He previously posted photos of himself with firearms and Nazi salutes. Law enforcement officers in Washington obtained an emergency risk protection order (ERPO) and removed an AR-15...
‘It’s the People’ sign on M-99 here to stay
“It’s the people” is more than just a slogan to the town of Hillsdale, it is a lifestyle and attitude embraced by its residents. When the “It’s the People” sign on the property belonging to Frank Beck Chevrolet off of M-99 was in jeopardy of being torn down, many people were frustrated. But after lots...
Downton returns for one long episode
The release of the new Downton Abbey movie on Sept. 20 sent scores of white, middle-aged moms into a tizzy. The movie, which didn’t even have the courtesy of giving itself a real title besides “Downton Abbey,” was practically one very long, very undramatic, and almost-plotless episode of the original series that ran from...




