Many of us at Hillsdale are used to hearing about students’ families with five or more children. However, this reality is becoming increasingly rare across newer generations of young adults who can barely afford to live on their own. According to Hillary Hoffower’s 2022 Business Insider article, “Birth rates and fertility rates have been steadily...
Year: 2024
The professors do it: dress nicely up the hill
While sweatpants and sweatshirts are basically unbeatable, they are also unattractive and unprofessional. It’s tempting to prioritize dressing for warmth and comfort in mid-winter. It’s so much easier to roll out of bed, throw on comfy clothes, and head up the hill for another mundane day. But should we really convey laziness and apathy to...
Chi Omega hosts annual Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser over Parents’ Weekend
Chi Omega held its annual pancake breakfast fundraiser for Make-A-Wish Michigan on Saturday, featuring all-you-can eat blueberry and chocolate chip pancakes. “It’s just a $5 entry fee for all-you-can-eat pancakes and sausage and Checker Records coffee,” said Chi Omega Vice President Junior Ruth Kirsch. “All of that money goes towards granting wishes for kids in...
Season two of ‘Love on the Spectrum’ premiered, and I’m hooked
I was initially a skeptical viewer of the Emmy-award winning Netflix series. A reality TV show about people with autism dating: It sounded like an exploitative nightmare. Yet, I found myself surprised. “Love on the Spectrum” presents the struggles of dating we all experience, neurotypical or not, within a calm editing style. Too often Hollywood...
Team Lank wins SAB Charger Chopped competition
Eleven teams of students battled in the Student Activities Board’s Charger Chopped last Saturday, with team “Lank” taking first place. Contestants had 50 minutes to create a dish containing the mystery ingredients of strawberries, coconut milk, and chili-garlic sauce. Director of Student Activities Maddie Clark, Assistant Professor of History Anna Vincenzi, and senior Vinny Hill...




