Dravyn Spies sang for Hillsdale’s Big Band. Anna Broussard | Collegian Hillsdale College’s big band received five outstanding performance awards at the Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival last weekend before heading to Elmhurst University Jazz Festival in Illinois. Six of the 18 students who performed received awards at Notre Dame: seniors Zachary Adams, Owen...
Right before the puck dropped in the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off Championship game last week, millions of television viewers were shown a scene from the movie “Miracle” in which legendary coach Herb Brooks (Kurt Russell) gives his famous locker-room speech to the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team: “Tonight, we are the greatest hockey team in...
The Nation’s report card, also known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress, shows a decline in reading scores among children in America. Between 2022 and 2024, not a single state saw improvement in reading scores. As literacy rates continue to decline in the United States, young people are struggling to complete their education, get...
The Hillsdale shotgun team opened its spring season by beating Ferris State University, Grace College, and Michigan State University at the Hillsdale College Shotgun Invitational Feb. 22. The top five Chargers in each event shot a total of 1,061 targets between singles trap, doubles trap, doubles skeet, and 5-stand events, beating out second place Grace...
“Automatic” album cover. Courtesy | Instagram Part of maturing as a music fan is realizing what was once profound to you now sounds like cliche sayings on home decor from TJ Maxx. The sentiments printed on cheaply stained slabs of wood or mildly inspirational day planners might not be totally disagreeable, but they also...