Hillsdale College’s class of 2021 is the smartest on record, according to preliminary data from the admissions office. The freshmen set new highs for average ACT scores and high-school GPAs, surpassing the class of 2020’s averages. The 199 women and 195 men make up the most selective class in the college’s history, benefitting from the...
Police found a missing 9-year-old from Fayette Township on Monday, after a 48-hour search. Police said they located Jace Landon Lyon near a home off N. Hillsdale Road in Fayette Township safe and unharmed. They found him around 8:50 p.m. on Monday, after following a tip. Jace was last seen on Saturday at approximately 9:30...
Frederick Douglass returned to Hillsdale College permanently on Friday. College President Larry Arnn unveiled the “fierce,” 7-foot-tall bronze statue of the famous freed slave and abolitionist orator — who spoke at the college on Jan. 21, 1863 — to a standing ovation of around 300 college students, staff, faculty, and visitors packed into Kresge Plaza...
When Christ Chapel began taking reservations for wedding ceremonies Wednesday, its schedule filled up for the first 10 years in a matter of minutes. The long-awaited $28.6-million chapel that took four years to fundraise was paid off in less than four minutes, after the chapel’s website went live at 7 a.m. Wednesday. More than 1,500...
Professor of Politics Thomas West released his first book in 20 years on April 3, attacking the idea that there was no political consensus of justice at the time of the American Founding. West has been researching for and writing “The Political Theory of the American Founding: Natural Rights, Public Policy, and the Moral Conditions...