State Rep. Jennifer Wortz, who represents Hillsdale, with the Douglass statue on campus. Courtesy | Jonathan Meckel Michigan’s Feb. 14 celebrations may soon extend beyond Valentine’s Day, as the state House of Representatives passed a resolution from Rep. Jennifer Wortz, a Republican who represents Hillsdale, to recognize it as Frederick Douglass Day. “Douglass is one...
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Dawn Theater seeking new outside management
CL Real Estate Development is looking to terminate its lease of the Dawn Theater management. Courtesy | Facebook CL Real Estate is relinquishing control, and the Dawn’s nonprofit will accept bids The Dawn Theater is searching for new management, following a request by CL Real Estate Development to back out of its current management agreement....
Students react to new security camera
One of the new security cameras sits above the Knorr Dining Hall in the Grewcock Student Union. Courtesy | Megan Li Hillsdale Security Department installed new security cameras above the stairs and inside the Knorr Family Dining Hall and in the library. The cameras are meant to deter threats to students, according to Joe Kellam,...
DOGE falters
The $7 billion cut by the Department of Government Efficiency thus far is only about 1/1,000th of the 2024 federal budget. DOGE hasn’t taken a chainsaw to federal spending — just a pocket knife. Both President Donald Trump and Elon Musk tout the work of DOGE as a promise they’ve kept to fiscal conservatives. But...
Library construction will close colonnade after spring break
The addition will include a stair hall. Courtesy | Michael G. Imber Architects For the next two years, the Michael Alex Mossey Library will be under construction, according to Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé. Last month, the Hillsdale College Board of Trustees approved all funding for the addition of a North Wing, which will begin...




