The Hillsdale College women’s basketball team tasted a long-awaited victory this week after a string of close losses over the latter half of the season. After a win over Ferris State Thursday and a close loss to Grand Valley State Saturday, the Chargers hope for a strong finish against Saginaw Valley tonight in their final...
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Alumna author releases third novel: Ruta Sepetys’ ‘Salt to the Sea’ ‘gives voice to the unheard victims of the greatest maritime tragedy in history’
Jan. 30, 1945: Thousands of refugees huddle in a repurposed German luxury liner, desperate to escape the death throes of the Nazi regime. Aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, the decks are crowded, the night is dark, and the silence is haunting. And then a sound tears through the ship, signalling the beginning of the end: Bang....
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Women’s basketball drops sixth straight game
The Hillsdale College women’s basketball team fell to Michigan Tech 68-41 Thursday and lost hold of Northern Michigan in a 58-57 loss Saturday after the Wildcats answered a Charger layup with a last-second score of their own. “We’ve definitely improved so much these past couple weeks,” freshman forward Makenna Ott said. “We’ve been playing good...
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Hillsdale alumnus inventor of cruise control
When Hillsdale students crank up the radio and hit “cruise” to return to school, they benefit from the work of Daniel Wisner, a Hillsdale College alumnus whose invention of automatic cruise control smoothes the ride for road trippers and continues to pave the way for future research in automated driving technology. Daniel Wisner ’55 holds...
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Morgan Warfield joins women’s basketball coaching staff
Although Morgan Warfield has been juggling schoolwork and sports schedules all her life, beginning her coaching career midseason was an unexpected twist. A year after finishing a record-breaking career in basketball and softball at Siena Heights University, Warfield jumped into her first assistant coaching job midway through the Hillsdale College women’s basketball team’s season. Warfield...