The Student Federation impeached its elected treasurer and instated a new treasurer at its meeting on Feb. 11. Because former treasurer and junior Frank Vitale is a part-time student this semester and was unable to attend the federation meetings, members voted unanimously to impeach him. “We don’t like to do this, but it’s important for...
On Feb. 6 and 13, Ad Astra Coffee Roaster’s Valentine’s Day Market gave vendors from the community the opportunity to share the fruits of their labor. Kristi and Patrick Whalen, who moved to Hillsdale from Kansas in May, opened the market in November. “It’s been this really awesome underground community of people hanging out, getting...
Feet shuffle, fans roar, and a man in Hillsdale blue-and-white leaps for an impressive dunk — Hillsdale is up two points, and the crowd goes wild. In the excited uproar, everyone missed a small ‘click’ from under the basket. Junior Anthony Lupi says the moment was “the most surreal feeling.” As a photographer for the...
Prestley Blake — founder of Friendly’s restaurant chain and friend of Hillsdale College — died in a Florida hospital last week at the age of 106. Blake, a successful entrepreneur and philanthropist, donated a large part of his estate in Somers, Connecticut, to the college. The property, which includes a replica of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello,...
The “no compelled speech doctrine” was designed to nip tyranny and authoritarianism in the bud, according to Richard Duncan, a professor of law at the University of Nebraska College of Law. In a virtual talk hosted by the Federalist Society on Feb. 4, Duncan explained the meaning of the doctrine and detailed several major cases...