The reverberating boom and yellow flash of flame pierced the quiet darkness of the early morning hours on April 27, 1865. The blast launched hundreds of former Union prisoners of war into the cool waters of the Mississippi River, where they desperately grabbed onto each other and drowned in groups. It was the deadliest maritime...
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April 16, 2015July 12, 2022Features
Space on Smith’s mind
In the evening hours of the 1920s, at a small house on Griswold Street, one man was changing the world. When Edward “Doc” Smith came to Hillsdale, Michigan in 1920, space was on his mind. Smith arrived in Hillsdale in the spring of that year, after earning two degrees from the University of Idaho. He...
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March 26, 2015July 12, 2022News
Veterans’ association hosts discussion panel
Last night, faculty members clashed over the topic of the United States as world arbiter. The panel, sponsored by the Hillsdale College Student Veterans Association, consisted of Associate Professor of Politics John Grant, Associate Professor of Economics Charles Steele, and College Chaplain Peter Beckwith. “It’s a fundamentally problematic issue,” president of the association senior Nathan...
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March 5, 2015July 12, 2022Culture
Fighting cabin fever: businesses come together to offer activities
The cure for cabin fever is here in Hillsdale. Two local businesses, David’s Dolce Vita and Toasted Mud, are teaming up to create the “Cabin Fever Series,” events that take the foci of different businesses and combine them in activities. The first event in the series occurred in January, when 26 locals gathered to paint...
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February 26, 2015July 12, 2022Features
Alphas and civil wars
It all started with a name. In the fall of 1857, a name split the Ciceronian Society in half. One side wanted to continue using their original title, while the other advocated for a new title: Alpha Kappa Phi. The argument flared up when the Hillsdale College faculty declared that men and women could no...