Dial-A-Ride, Hillsdale’s public transportation service, suffered a 33% ridership loss in March 2020 after the COVID-19 pandemic and school closures. Dial-A-Ride is funded mostly through ticketed fares. As a result of lost revenue, the bus service had to restructure its labor while implementing new cleaning and disinfecting protocols, according to Director of Public Services Jack...
Author: Cal Abbo (Cal Abbo)
Of masks and men: Bridging the cultural divide
The Dow Science building feels like a scene from a pandemic. Walking past someone else means as little contact as possible. Inevitably, they tend toward the wall opposite the one you’re closest to — you do the same out of respect. Empty classrooms pepper the hallways, all of which end at doors littered with signage...
Hillsdale’s first pandemic wasn’t corona
The COVID-19 pandemic is not the first the college has experienced. In 1918, at the height of the Spanish flu outbreak, Hillsdale’s football team was preparing for a “splendid” football season, according to The Collegian published on Dec. 19, 1918. “First one team and then another would cancel their games. It looked for a while...
Of masks and men: Bridging the cultural divide
The Dow Science building feels like a scene from a pandemic. Walking past someone else means as little contact as possible. Inevitably, they tend toward the wall opposite the one you’re closest to — you do the same out of respect. Empty classrooms pepper the hallways, all of which end at doors littered with signage...
COVID-19 update: Students eligible for vaccine, college adds seven cases
Hillsdale College students now can receive COVID-19 vaccines from the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency, which is offering shots to anyone ages 16 and up. “It was a super fast process. We saw the email yesterday, we got our appointments yesterday, and then were able to get it this morning,” said Michaela Peine, a senior...