Many students like myself only get to see their families once during a semester — over Thanksgiving — and we would like to spend time with our families when we get that chance. But Hillsdale College’s Thanksgiving break often falls directly before “hell week,” the last full week of classes and the time when final...
For many students, the opportunity to travel abroad comes only once in a lifetime. This spring, Hillsdale students in Germany experienced another novel occurrence: COVID-19. “No one else can say they were stuck in another country for a study abroad that went terribly wrong,” senior Madi Vandegrift said. Vandegrift and fellow senior Abigail Patrick arrived...
The Hunt Club shut down Oct. 22 to Oct. 30, when its manager Terri White and her fiancé Dan Stevens tested positive for COVID-19. Stevens said he felt feverish on the night of Sunday, Oct. 18, after a busy parents’ weekend at Hillsdale College, and came down with a dry cough on Monday, Oct. 19....
Matt Bell, director of external affairs finished his tenure as a member of Hillsdale’s City Council on Oct. 19 with the passage of two ordinance changes that he proposed at the meeting. The first, a change to the campfire ordinance, allows Hillsdale citizens to burn campfires without needing to obtain a permit. Citizens are still...
When senior Andrew Shaffer heard that the mock trial team would conduct their season over Zoom, he wasn’t sure how the semester would pan out. “There was definitely hesitation between myself and other people who were disappointed over the fact that COVID-19 limitations were happening,” Shaffer said. Despite Shaffer’s fears, and the virtual courtroom setting,...