The media has failed to report the dangers of marijuana use accurately, according to author and former New York Times writer Alex Berenson. Berenson spoke on Jan. 30 in Hillsdale College’s Plaster Auditorium. Berenson’s 2019 book, “Tell Your Children: The Truth about Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence,” has drawn attention from opponents and supporters alike....
Year: 2020
Chargers drop pair to two top G-MAC teams
Once again, the Hillsdale College Chargers were within 10 points on the scoreboard in both of their home games last week, but again, they couldn’t quite come out on top. The Chargers fell to first-place Walsh University 70-69 on Thursday, and to third-place Malone University 82-76 on Saturday. The game against Walsh is the only...
Hillsdale hockey team currently 3-1 in inaugural season
Since the beginning of the semester, Hillsdale’s newest sports team, the hockey club, has played four games—winning three and losing one—in a men’s league in Jackson. Sophomore Zach Niebolt, the president of the club, tried to start a team last year, but only recruited around 10 players. Last semester, he met freshman Ben Hanson who...
Man who destroyed Taco Bell pleads guilty, will face sentencing Feb. 24
Six weeks after throwing a chair through a window at his workplace, a Taco Bell employee pleaded guilty on Jan. 27 to the “attempted malicious destruction of a building” in Hillsdale County Circuit Court. Dakota Joblinski, a 22-year-old manager at the store, was arrested shortly after trashing the Taco Bell on Carleton Road where he...
City of Litchfield focused on internal improvements in 2020
The City of Litchfield, just a 15-minute drive from Hillsdale, is adding to its city infrastructure with new pavement, a new public pool, new water lines, and a natural gas plant. Douglas Terry, Litchfield’s city manager, said the city is looking forward to each of the new projects. Litchfield secured a grant recently from Michigan’s...




