Hillsdale County high schools are returning to in-person instruction this January as a result of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer allowing the return across Michigan on Dec. 18, 2020. Hillsdale Community Schools, North Adams-Jerome Public Schools, and the public charter school Will Carleton Academy all resumed in-person high school classes on Monday, Jan. 4. Litchfield Community...
From volleyball to Central Hall: Stephanie Gravel hired as associate dean of women
After arriving at Hillsdale College more than 20 years ago as the associate volleyball coach, Stephanie Gravel has left the court and found a new home on the third floor of Central Hall. Gravel has become the associate dean of women and will continue to fulfill her responsibilities as a student health liaison. “I’m definitely...
Arnn, Spalding appointed to White House ‘1776 Commission’ on patriotic education
Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn and Matthew Spalding, vice president of Hillsdale’s Washington operations, will produce a report on “patriotic education” as members of a new presidential panel. President Trump announced the appointment of Arnn as chairman of the President’s Advisory 1776 Commission and Spalding as its executive director on Dec. 18. Spalding said he...
Hillsdale residents pen letter demanding resignation of two city council members over Jan. 6 D.C. protest attendance
Correction: An earlier version stated seven residents signed the letter, this has been updated to state that the actual number is around 30 Two Hillsdale city council members and a Tax Increment Financing Authority board member are facing calls to resign after attending the Jan. 6 march in Washington, D.C., that turned violent inside the...
Exile and homeland from “Paradise Lost” to Taylor Swift
In every heart is rooted a desire to belong. There exists an elusive yet inexplicably magnetic desire to have a place of one’s own. “Home” has been defined in a myriad of ways and the stability and beauty of committed relationships is one avenue through which we experience a ‘homeland.’ The funny thing is, though...




