At its final meet before conference championships, the swim team showed up and showed out at an invitational meet hosted by out-of-conference University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. “It was a great meet to practice the prelims/finals format of G-MACs, and we had some wonderful swims from our team,” senior Sydney Slepian said. “It was a new...
Month: January 2023
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Student-athletes earn NCAA award for academic success
The NCAA recognized Hillsdale’s student-athletes over the break, giving the college the NCAA Division II President’s Award for Academic Success for the 12th year in a row. Hillsdale has earned the award every year since the NCAA created the honor in 2010. A school receives this award if its Academic Success Rate (ASR), which measures...
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Police find pipe bombs during fugitive arrest
A pipe bomb, like the ones police discovered during the arrest of a fugitive in Cambria on Jan. 10. The Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office and Michigan State Police discovered two pipe bombs in a Cambria residence after arresting fugitive Michael Lyon on Jan. 10. “The 35-year-old suspect barricaded himself in the home initially but eventually...
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‘Triumph Regained’: Moyar presents new book on Vietnam
The Vietnam War was nearly an American success story, says history professor Mark Moyar in his new book “Triumph Regained: the Vietnam War, 1965-1968.” “Part of the book is about how the U.S. had been so successful militarily, which hasn’t been fully appreciated,” said Moyar, who is the William P. Harris chair in military history....
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Gas stoves should not be banned
Gas stoves should not be banned. Courtesy | rawpixel.com Banning gas stoves will set the culinary world back centuries. Early this month, Richard Trumka of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in an interview with Bloomberg, announced that he was thinking about regulating or even banning gas stoves in favor of electric stoves. “Any option...