The average softball fan or player loves the game for what it is: an intense, fast-paced team game that is a good and exciting spectator sport. The average baseball fan or player loves the game for what it is: a complex game noted for its extraordinary difficulty, its uniqueness, and its profound impact on American...
According to the Hillsdale College website, the GOAL program “promotes service above self, thereby providing unity and focus to existent campus-wide volunteer activities.” Is it really “service over self” if the reason you’re volunteering is to help your team win a campus-clout-earning competition? “Homecoming Week volunteering is about giving a marketing boost to GOAL programs,”...
On a brisk morning in April, 1965, about 20 Hillsdale College students gathered on the steps of Central Hall with posters reading “Yes, Liberal Education,” and “Where Have All Our Teachers Gone?” They were picketing against the college’s low professor salaries. But they were also picketing for the very soul of Hillsdale College as it...
Hillsdale Municipal Airport will begin construction on the second phase of a parallel taxiway in July. “These projects have been on the books for probably 15 years,” Ginger Moore, the airport’s manager, said. The construction of a taxiway running parallel to the existing east-west runway is a three-phase project that will be funded through a...
Last weekend, the Hillsdale College swimming team traveled to Greencastle, Indiana, to compete in the final meet before the G-MAC championship. The Chargers beat both DePauw and Butler Universities in the two-day invitational. Freshman Caroline Holmes won the 200 IM in 2:10.09, and split a lifetime best time in the B-relay of the 200 freestyle...