The Hillsdale City Council proposed a new vagrancy ordinance during a Sept. 7 council meeting. Hillsdale City Councilman Robert Socha proposed that the council adopt a vagrancy ordinance that would allow police to remove individuals from occupying public property. Attorney Thomas Thompson opposed the proposal, arguing that the proposal was unconstitutional. “A judge from a...
Month: September 2021
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Chargers drop first game of season at Michigan Tech
Negative offensive yardage in the first half and two fourth quarter touchdowns from Michigan Tech doomed the Hillsdale Chargers this past Saturday as they fell 14-10. The game was scoreless until eight seconds left in the third quarter, when Chargers redshirt freshman Julian Lee hit a 20-yard field goal. “In the first half Michigan Tech...
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Cantus, performing for first time in Christ Chapel this weekend
On Saturday, Sept. 11 at 8 p.m., male vocal ensemble Cantus will return for its third performance at Hillsdale College, and its first in Christ Chapel. On the morning of the concert at 11 a.m., Cantus will also offer a masterclass in Howard Music Hall for Hillsdale’s Chamber Choir, and all students are invited to...
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Quick Hits: Charles Steele
Dr. Charles N. Steele is a professor of economics at Hillsdale College. What is something you want remembered about you when you die? I would want it to be remembered that I ran Le Grizz 20 times, and completed it. It’s a 50-mile race in Montana. I’ve only run it 19 times so I’ve got...
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Police horse makes police force
While the rest of the police force gets by on wheels, Peter Tracy and his police horse Lakota trot around town. As one of the lead mounted officers for the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department, Tracy combines two seemingly different interests: criminal justice and horses. After 14 years of riding horses and nearly as many years...