After working on the project for more than a year, senior Chandler Ryd is preparing to release his first short film. With the help of former student Josh Hamilton, a few professional actors, and a couple of production companies, “Into the Plains” is almost ready for the big screen. “Into the Plains” is a 25-minute...
Author: Abby Liebing (Abby Liebing)
Student examines link between ticks and disease
Ticks stopped bothering senior biology major Randi Block after she had to collect and crack them open for a year’s worth of research. Block studied the American dog tick as a carrier of rickettsia, a pathogenic bacteria that causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Even though she said ticks disgusted her at the beginning of the...
Mohammed bin Salman offers real reforms for Saudi Arabia
The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman is travelling around the United States for the first time since he came into power last June when his eighty-two-year-old father King Salman named him crown prince. The prince’s trip consists of meeting with high-profile Americans such as Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg, Tim Cook, and President...
Radio Free Hillsdale program broadcast live from the baseball field
Chargers baseball is bringing something new to the field this spring. Juniors Cole McNeely and Tanner Sizemore and seniors Gabe Prieur and Tyler Creager took to the mic at the Chargers home baseball game this weekend as part of the radio program’s new live broadcasts. McNeely covered every game and partnered with Sizemore on...
Taking a break: students who took gap years before Hillsdale
Not everyone goes to college three months after graduating high school. Some people, including several Hillsdale students, find that taking a year off — a gap year — is a better decision than dashing off to school right away. Junior Carrie Olson moved from Oregon to Chincoteague Island off the east coast of Virginia...




