A new nonprofit organization seeks to connect veterans with resources to find transportation, jobs, and support groups in Hillsdale County. Hillsdale County Veterans Coalition’s mission is to “embrace, empower, and enrich the lives of military veterans within our community,” according to Melinda Eggleston, program director of the Hillsdale County Community Foundation. Eggleston said the organization...
Year: 2022
Book review: A new look at Civil War heroes
“What we now want is a country—a free country—a country not saddened by the footprints of a single slave—and nowhere cursed by the presence of a single slaveholder,” Frederick Douglass said, as recorded in “The President and The Freedom Fighter” by Brian Kilmeade. Kilmeade’s 2021 biography “The President and The Freedom Fighter” offers a new,...
From dodgeball to design, Greek Week forms bonds among houses
After coming to Hillsdale as a transfer student from a large public university, I never would have pictured myself joining a sorority. I believed the stereotypes that Greek life involved hazing, fake friendships, and low academic standards. Once I saw that Greek life at Hillsdale was vastly different from the Greek system at my previous...
Education department revises early childhood education minor
The Hillsdale education department revised its early childhood education minor for the fall of 2022, focusing primarily on the history and philosophy of education. Hillsdale College has a long history of training teachers, according to head of the early childhood education minor and director of the Mary Randall Preschool, Sonja Bindus. Bindus said the goal...
An interview with Arlie: 2022 CHP Band
Didya think Arlie would end up in the Dale? Arlie, an alternative indie-pop band based in Nashville, Tennessee, was founded in 2015. The touring group includes singer Nathaniel Banks, Michael Salabrino on guitar, Luke Saison on bass, and Aaron Umberger on drums. Their first full-length debut album, “Break The Curse,” will be released on June...


