The Chargers won 18 events and earned three provisional qualifying marks at the Hillsdale Tune-Up Meet on Feb 21, competing against athletes from the Albion College, Trine University, and University of Olivet. On the track, junior Emil Schlueter won the 5,000-meter race with a time of 15:50.51. “The home environment is always fun. It takes...
Month: February 2025
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Council raises rates for Dial-a-Ride
The city council voted to raise fares for Dial-A-Ride at its Feb. 17 meeting. Courtesy | Wikimedia The Hillsdale City Council approved a fare increase for its Dial-A-Ride service as city officials strive to cover a funding gap caused by inflation and a drop in money from the Michigan Department of Transportation. Dial-A-Ride has provided...
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‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is art that translated
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will perform at 7:30 p.m. until Saturday March 1. They will perform a matinee on Sunday, March 2 at 2p.m. When King Theseus of Athens tells the anxious lover, the beloved, and her disapproving father to “take time to pause” in Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” the couple does not...
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Meet Hillsdale College’s Three White House Correspondents
Left to right: Reagan Reese ’22, Phillip Wegmann ’15, and Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell ’24 are White House correspondents. Courtesy | Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell What’s new about reporting on the Trump administration for Philip Wegmann? The RealClearPolitics White House reporter and 2015 Hillsdale grad is drinking more coffee. How many cups per day? “My mother might...
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Give abstract art a chance
The inability to separate artistic style from a work’s quality creates unfair criticism of contemporary art. Conservative critics often belittle abstract art and deplore its increasing popularity in the contemporary world. Abstract art may be a difficult style to understand, but that does not necessarily mean the quality of the art is bad. Those who...