One of Hillsdale College’s two mock trial teams placed first at last weekend’s Great Lakes Invitational Mock Trial Tournament, the first Hillsdale team to do so since the team began two years ago. The winning Hillsdale team finished with a 7-1 ballot record. The winning team, self-named “#Winning,” competed in four head-to-head rounds against Ohio...
Author: Casey Harper (Casey Harper)
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Professor appears in rock album
Professor and Kirk Chair Brad Birzer doesn’t sing or play an instrument, but he will make his debut appearance on a progressive rock album called “The Man Left in Space” to be released early next year. In four narrative lines, Birzer acts as the voice of mission control checking on a spacecraft. “It’s really only...
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Hillsdale College films promotional video on-campus
Hillsdale College is looking to update its image and boost its donor base by filming a new promotional video, set to wrap up on-campus filming Thursday, Oct. 25. The film is set to come out in late May or early June of 2013. Manifold Productions, a D.C.-based film company, is filming the approximately 15-minute video...
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House of hope: a cinderella story
The quiet hum of a vacuum upstairs and a faint hint of Febreze spill out as the old, wooden door to the renovated Watkins house swings open. Refurbished hardwood floors creak beneath the feet of Hillsdale men playing Ping-Pong and conversing in a neat, spacious common room. These men know firsthand the change their house...
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Psych department restructured
The Hillsdale College psychology program, after its former director resigned, was restructured this last summer. Associate Professor of Psychology Kari McArthur was promoted to psychology chair after Professor Fritz Tsao resigned during the summer. Assistant Professor of Psychology Collin Barnes joined the faculty on the tenure track. Two adjunct lecturers in psychology were also hired:...