Thanks to the promise of a large donation, the class of 2021 is one step closer to achieving its $25,000 goal of refurbishing the college’s Alpha Civil War Monument. An anonymous donor has agreed to write a $25,000 check—the full amount of the project— if 50% of the senior class donates in some capacity by...
Two Hillsdale Mock Trial teams began spring break by competing in the Opening Round Championship Series, which saw the top 192 teams in the nation competing for only 48 spots in the national championship. Jonathan Church, lecturer of rhetoric and public address and head coach for the mock trial program, said team 1213 was only...
What’s your least favorite sport to watch? Soccer. Do you have a bucket list? I don’t. But I have made a New Year’s resolution every year for 20 years now, which is to learn how to play an instrument. I’m one of the biggest music fans that you’ll meet… but I could not get on...
There aren’t many who discover heroin on the first sniff, and moments later, crack a grin and roll on their belly for a scratch. But that’s Drako. For the first time in more than 10 years, the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department has welcomed it’s newest K-9 unit. Drako, a Belgian-Malinois German Shepherd, will assume his...
Retirement is not the end of the road, it is the beginning of the open highway—a popular, unattributed quote reads. For Tom Conner, recently retired professor of history, this open highway turned out to be a quite familiar, well-traversed one. After officially retiring in August from 37 years as chair of military history at Hillsdale...