Vika Nuñez and I started rooming together in the summer of 2019 when we both interned for the Marketing Department. We didn’t know each other super well at the time, but she had already trusted me with dying her hair red — and has several times since then. Some of my strongest memories from that...
Hillsdale’s Hobbies: ‘Nobody knows where the trick is going except for you’
Jack Hammons is a junior at Hillsdale College. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. What is your best trick? I have a couple of tricks that stand out in my mind. I have one where I can have somebody search for something on their phone, and without looking at their phone, I...
Cartier hits 1k career points, Chargers start the season 3-1
Helped by 83 points across three games from Junior Patrick Cartier, the Hillsdale College Men’s basketball team won their first two games of the season, before losing to GLIAC-favorites Ferris State Bulldogs in the Chargers’ home opener. Cartier is coming off of a sophomore campaign that saw him selected as a third-team All-American and win...
‘Honestly engaging with the truth’: James Strasburg wins Daugherty Award for Teaching Excellence
When Dr. Cody Strecker, assistant professor of theology, met Dr. James Strasburg on their first day of their master’s program at Duke University, he was struck by his big smile and genuine personality. “My wife, at the time we were students, said, ‘Wouldn’t it be great if you and James worked at the same college?’...
Behind the scenes: students make Civil War documentary
Four students created a documentary called “Defending Liberty,” which explored the lives of Hillsdale students who served for the Union in the Civil War. The documentary focuses on three soldiers and one nurse who left Hillsdale to serve the Union. Seniors Reagan Gensiejewski and Lily McHale, junior Gabrielle Bessette, and sophomore Carter McNish created this...



