The Hillsdale College softball team finished 3-1 in West Virginia this past weekend. Defeating Glenville State University, University of Charleston, and West Virginia State University, the Chargers lost only to Shepherd University on Friday afternoon. Senior Dana Weidinger earned back-to-back G-MAC Pitcher of the Week awards after going 3-0 this weekend. Weidinger pitched two complete...
Year: 2021
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Men’s basketball advances to G-MAC semifinal game
The Hillsdale College men’s basketball team crushed No. 8 Trevecca Nazarene University in the quarterfinals matchup of the G-MAC Championship tournament. The win came just 48 hours after the Chargers closed out their best season of conference-play in the history of the program with a win over Cedarville University. “There have been some excellent teams...
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Letter to the Editor: More students ought to participate in student government
Two weeks ago, Cal McNellie authored an opinion in the Collegian which criticized the Student Federation for purchasing a ceremonial mace. In his piece, he included numerous facts which misrepresented the truth. On this occasion, the Student Federation officers feel compelled to respond. McNellie grounded his argument in the federation’s mission statement, which says that...
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God creates through the natural process of the universe
The Psalmist writes, “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14). In a recent Zoom talk hosted by the Natural Sciences division, biologist Sean Carroll, vice president of science education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, pointed out the extraordinary role played by chance — tiny chances — in human development,...
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Dear Catholics at Hillsdale: Be a light to home parishes
The year was 258 A.D. and St. Lawrence was condemned to a slow, agonizing death by the prefect of Rome. He was roasted alive: tied above a grill and slowly spun over a fire. But his devotion to his faith made him hardly able to feel the flames, and he reportedly joked, “Turn me over,...