After a three-hour-long chess battle, senior Michael Craig of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity narrowly seized victory in Don Tocco’s sports competition. “I was so much impressed with Michael and how smart he is,” Tocco, a businessman and philanthropist, said. “He’s a fine competitor. It was a real pleasure to spend that time with everybody but...
Year: 2022
SAB hosts first-ever scavenger hunt in downtown Hillsdale
Students explored the ins-and-outs of the city of Hillsdale at the Student Activities Board’s scavenger hunt in downtown Hillsdale on Friday. Students who attended explored the city while making stops in participating businesses to complete challenges and earn prizes. “The whole idea was we organized with businesses in town beforehand and had them offer a...
Students present ‘Aliens in the Arb’ documentary
Nine Hillsdale students will tell the story of “Aliens in the Arb” in a documentary for their Documentary Filmmaking class. The documentary will premiere at 7 p.m. on April 20 in the Plaster Auditorium. One evening in 1966, women living in McIntyre Residence saw something unnatural in the Slayton Arboretum: a UFO. “No matter what...
Book review: Alumnus Scott McClallen tackles big tech
“The more I see adults use a smartphone in public, the more I’m convinced it’s just an adult pacifier,” tweeted Scott McClallen ’18 on Mar. 31. McClallen currently works as a reporter for The Center Square where he covers Michigan and Minnesota governments. McClallen’s 2021 debut book, “Twisted Tech,” is a heavily researched work discussing...
Judge Silberman is a relief in a woke world
Many professions have fallen prey to the seductive influences of wokeism over time, but thanks to Judge Laurence Silberman, the legal profession could be the exception. Silberman, Senior Judge on the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, urged his colleagues to consider denying clerkships to students who cannot handle the First Amendment, after around...




