This semester, Hillsdale College students and faculty have been adapting to the temporary closing of the George C. Roche Sports Complex. In previous years, the Sports Complex, or “Splex,” as it’s often called, has been a staple in the lives of physically active students. Although it re-opened on Wednesday, some students have found a new...
Anthony Swinehart, professor of biology and curator of the Fisk Museum of Natural History at Hillsdale College, recently made what can only be described as the discovery of a lifetime: a three-millimeter long fossilized shark tooth found in the northern part of lower Michigan last August. The tooth belonged to phoebodus sophiae, a species of...
The first round of the National Basketball Association playoffs hit a snag last week when the teams involved in every game decided to boycott their competitions for three days. The reason for this boycott was due to their anger over the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 23. Boycotting games...
Even in the midst of a busy campus, the pets of the staff and faculty manage to be familiar and friendly faces to all they come across. Most Fridays, English Professor Elizabeth Fredericks’s dog Charlotte can be found helping her grade assignments in her office. “I joke that she is the ‘PhDog’ because she was...
Professor of Spanish Carmen Wyatt-Hayes recently stumbled onto a problem plaguing Hillsdale County. She was still in the process of transitioning her cat, Mici, from an outdoor to an indoor cat when he went missing. It wasn’t the first time that Mici hadn’t come home at night after being let out to roam during the...