Elijah, Mary Catherine, Margaux, Patrick, Max, Thomas Smith with their eggs. Courtesy | Lauren Smith As prices rise, more residents raise broods at home but not just for ‘dollars and cents’ As egg prices soar to a minimum of almost $5 a dozen, raising backyard chickens in Hillsdale has become more popular. Earlier this month,...
Author: Grace Novak (Grace Novak)
Losing the cent makes lots of sense
President Donald Trump is working to erase national debt, but it comes with a price: Children will no longer make wishes and toss pennies into public fountains. President Trump declared during the Feb. 9 Super Bowl that the United States will stop minting pennies. With all of the changes Trump is bringing — from renaming...
Professors’ Picks: Ian Walsh, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Walsh plays strategic board game Courtesy | Ian Walsh BOOK: “The Count of Monte Cristo” By Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet (1846) It’s a classic revenge story where this guy comes back and takes revenge on the people who wronged him and destroyed his life. It evokes a lot of philosophical questions about...
Caitlin Splain hits 1000 points
Senior Caitlin Splain became the 21st Hillsdale women’s basketball player to score 1,000 points when she drilled a three against Cedarville University Jan. 30. “I knew I was probably gonna get it. I was super stressed that whole entire week,” Splain said. “During the game, I was more concerned about winning, but in my head,...
Radio students named award finalists
General Manager at WRFH Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM Scot Bertram poses with the award for College Audio Station of the Year in 2024. Lauren Scott | Collegian Fourteen Hillsdale student radio productions are finalists in nine different categories of the 2025 Michigan Association of Broadcasting awards. “It’s an exciting day when MAB reveals its...



