On April 13 the Hillsdale men’s basketball team will co-host Hospice of Hillsdale’s 19th Annual Bowl-A-Thon fundraising event. This year marks the fourth year the men’s basketball team has participated in the event. The team tries to participate in two charity events per season – in years past they have chosen Habitat for Humanity and...
Author: Emily Shelton (Emily Shelton)
NCAA caffeine restriction riddling
The NCAA restriction on caffeine riddles coaches and athletes. The NCAA lists eight restricted drug classes concerning banned drugs, gives a few examples from each class, and then leaves the athletes and school athletic departments to account for the rest – even stating that there is no complete list of banned substances. Caffeine falls under...
Olympiad brings kids to campus
On March 16, the Hillsdale science and mathematics departments hosted the Region 9 Science Olympiad tournament for the fourth consecutive year. The tournament drew fewer students than in past years, but 300 middle school and high school students came to compete in 23 events. Senior Luke Mugge, the event coordinator and vice-president of the American...
The rise of the eagles
The impressive amount of eagles sprawled about Hillsdale College have become a somewhat worn, if well-loved campus joke ever since the 1990s, when students witnessed eagles land throughout campus, courtesy of one particular donor. If back issues of The Collegian offer any representation of the campus’ bent and interests, then it is quite clear that...
Downton Abbey at Hillsdale
Every Sunday night at 9 o’clock, an ever-growing group of girls trek to Whitley Residence to watch the most-recent episode of TV’s latest phenomenon, “Downton Abbey.” Many Hillsdale girls have a particular affinity for the show, but the British Masterpiece drama is popular across the country. On Jan. 27, Downton Abbey won Best Ensemble in...