Alpha Tau Omega member Gerald “Spike” Hennessy saved Hillsdale College in the 1950s by paying its expenses, according to an upcoming student documentary. Thanks to his efforts, the college was able to survive without turning to government assistance. Today, the fraternity he was part of continues philanthropic efforts. Senior Christopher Chavey, ATO’s current philanthropy chair,...
Scholar Kathleen Marks spoke on Toni Morrison, an author her mentor called the great African-American novelist, in a lecture titled “Toni Morrison’s Trilogy: Mapping Desire Lines to the Future,” Oct. 29. Marks is the chair and associate professor of Arts and Humanities and director of Liberal Studies at St. John’s University. Marks discussed the 1987...
Think you, an aspiring novelist, are too creative to write for The Collegian? Think again. I entered Hillsdale proud of my writing abilities. I could crank out an easy A on a high school essay and had whole journals full of original stories. Imagine my surprise when the first few Collegian articles I submitted got...
The best artist at my school was a girl named Kass. She was funny, intelligent, and a great friend. Kass made ripples midway through high school when she cut her hair short and started wearing suits to formal events. I could easily see a world in which her peers and even the parents in our...
A sign of the rich culture Hillsdale students enjoy are the names of its off campus houses: some painted or engraved on wood, others just known colloquially. Some off-campus houses take their names from their exterior appearance: Lodge, which looks like a log cabin; Duplex, which is exactly that; The Barns are distinguished by their...