While Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republicans in the state legislature fight over funding for road repairs across the state, the standoff could result in 48,000 unpaid government employees in Michigan. Hillsdale County is prepared for the potential blow. Michigan’s fiscal budget ends at midnight Sept. 30. If Whitmer and the legislators don’t reach...
Year: 2019
Three women’s dorms come together to host first campus-wide hoedown
The women of Mauck, Benzing, and New Dorm invite all of campus to throw on their boots and flannels for a hoedown in the Mauck parking lot this Saturday, Sept. 28 from 7-10 p.m. There will be live music, dancing, a pie-baking contest, and games like ring toss and donut-eating competitions. The winner of the...
Three receive distinguished alumni award, Conner named honorary alumnus
Alumni, students, faculty, and staff filled the Searle Center on Friday night to honor three distinguished alumni and an honorary alumnus at the 68th annual Alumni Awards Banquet. The recipients: Tom Conner, Thomas Shafer ’81, Megan Lacy Owen ’07, and Kate Bachelder Odell ’13, are all leaders in their respective fields and were given...
Chargers set to begin G-MAC play with top non-conference record
The Hillsdale College Chargers lost to the University of Illinois Springfield last Saturday. The loss broke a five-game-win streak that the Chargers carried through the last two weeks of play. They went on to win their next two games, however, on Sunday. The loss caused the team to fall in the national rankings to No....
German, Slavic film series communicate ‘human experience’
“Wait, what just happened? Who’s that?” Any time you’ve heard someone say these words while watching a movie, you probably think, oh my gosh. Just watch the movie! Now imagine watching the movie in a foreign language. While you might think this would cause unbearable annoyance, Assistant Professor of German Stephen Naumann and Professor of...




