The Collegian premiered a new gossip column once again on March 7, 1939 (when will these columns stop?) entitled, “The Kitty.” This column had an absolutely psycho approach to delivering gossip, referring to the anonymous author as a legitimate kitty cat, in the third person no less. It sounds like a joke, but the December...
On March 16, 1989, The Collegian published an article titled “Guys and Other Four-Letter Words” detailing the women of Hillsdale’s view on dating and men at Hillsdale. Current ladies of Hillsdale beware: Some of these quotes are all too relatable. When asked about the Hillsdale dating life, one student, Renee, said, “There is no dating....
Forget groufits, crocs, and socks and sandals: For Hillsdale students in 1955, “all freshman men who eat at East Hall must wear a white shirt and tie for the evening meal.” According to “Formal Dress For Dinner,” an article published in The Collegian on March 10, 1955, “The main reason for the ties is that...
On September 26, 1944, The Collegian premiered yet another gossip column. But “Green Hat Gossip” didn’t just spread the campus tales. The author of this weekly piece was a jack of all trades, practicing investigative reporting, giving advice, and delivering some devastating insults. “Green Hat Gossip” first and foremost focused on uncovering the most classified...
This year marks a full century since the 1918 worldwide influenza pandemic, during which four World War I Hillsdale student draftees came down with the flu. That epidemic was not the worst Hillsdale has seen, however. While the college was not widely harmed by this outbreak of the H1N1 influenza virus, it was severely affected...