If you think people in Hillsdale take intramural sports seriously today (not many people would make this claim, but just in case), you should look back to 1956 when The Collegian dedicated an entire column to Intramurals entitled “Intramural Scene.” Filled with stats and play-by-play reports, the column was an informative campus news source. However,...
Based on the number of gossip columns covered in this historic review, it is safe to say that Hillsdale may have had a bit of a gossip problem in its past. This didn’t go unnoticed by the students of Hillsdale College. Dating back to 1939, The Collegian has been stuck in a cycle of...
This column has covered a lot of Hillsdale gossip sources, but a look into the archives shows that we are only scratching the surface of the college’s historic tea. On May 3, 1956, The Collegian first published the column, “Thru the Keyhole.” This scintillating news source delivered the information that everyone was dying to hear....
As flu season continues, many Hillsdale students lament their poor physical conditions and having to skip class (as devastating as that is). However, we can be lucky that we didn’t go to Hillsdale in the winters of 1983 and 1984. On February 23, 1984, The Collegian reported, “there have been three times the normal number...
Last week we covered a gossip column of Collegians past titled “The Kitty.” The column ran from March 1939 until October 1945 and reported campus rumors from the viewpoint of a literal cat, meows and all. However, the column caused quite the controversy on Hillsdale’s campus, and it wasn’t just because people were confused by...