Attendees sit around a firepit at Founding Fest in 2023. Courtesy | Hillsdale College Founding Fest will celebrate Hillsdale College’s 180th anniversary with alpacas, a chocolate fountain, and campfires in the empty lot across the Townhouses on West Street Dec. 7. 1844 Society will host the event from 5-9 p.m. In its fifth year, the...
Jacob Bruns and his family. Courtesy | Jacob Bruns Jacob Bruns aims at crime, drugs, and SADs New Hillsdale City Council member and graduate student Jacob Bruns said he will employ a simple approach to his role as he serves for the next four years. “The role of city council is first and foremost to...
Some students expressed surprise and disapproval after learning a number of their professors voted for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, based on a recent article published in The Collegian. These snap judgements are directly opposed to Hillsdale’s liberal arts education. You can disagree with someone and still respect him or her, especially when he or...
My first mistake was requesting “The Sound of Music” for movie night at the monastery. No, really — for those of you who don’t know already, I was in a monastery over fall break after I accidentally missed Swing Club. I’m thankful for my monastic stint, but I’ve since realized that I’d actually probably been called...
I recently overheard a freshman marveling about the student body’s collective pursuit of virtue “even at the Niedfeldt homecoming party” — where playing “Low” by Flo Rida was the extent of vice. I had to chuckle to myself. It was the most freshman conversation I’d heard yet. It’s only natural for upperclassmen to be amused...