A special mascot led the Hillsdale Chargers football team onto the field at their Nov. 1 home game against Saginaw Valley State. This mascot was Ryan Newbanks, a 19-year-old Charger fan and friend of punter senior Matt Eltringham. Newbanks has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, “a genetic disorder characterized by progressive muscle degeneration and weakness,” according to...
A car moves slowly along a single-track dirt road, its wheels treading cautiously. They alone break the silence. Against cloudy skies and a night already fallen, its headlights challenge a darkness that crushes from all sides. To the left, through a thicket of trees, stands a dilapidated barn with no visible means of access. To...
Follow Jack on Twitter After knocking on hundreds, if not thousands, of doors between the two of them, the U.S. Senate race for Michigan’s 7th congressional district will end Tuesday. No, it’s not a door-knocking contest, though that is a very important part of the campaign for Michigan’s 7th congressional district. The intrepid door-knockers are...
Demand had begun to exceed supply. Last year, economics classes were approaching 28 students per professor, a ratio far above the Hillsdale average of 15. To rectify this, according to Professor of Political Economy Gary Wolfram, the economics department began a wide search for qualified professors to fill the department, a multifaceted process of winnowing...
Last Saturday, at 2 p.m., a horde of half-naked men made its way down to the shore of murky, plant-infested, bacteria-laden Lake Winona with a bunch of cardboard boxes. The horde hailed from Simpson, Galloway, and Niedfeldt, and they sought to restore a Cravats and Bluestockings-founded tradition whose loss not all had mourned: the Naval...