Michael Tripepi is an assistant professor of physics. His research focuses on lasers. Jacob Beckwith | Collegian What first interested you about lasers? It was a combination of research projects that I had done as an undergraduate student. I had three different internships and through those I started working with lasers more and more and...
What amenity should Hillsdale add to campus? Jordan Wales, theology: “A pub, interiorly decorated in English style by a classical architect, open between noon and 7 p.m., with a ‘bring your own lunch’ policy (to keep costs down) and containing a faculty-only room in which professors might converse amongst themselves to deepen friendships and nourish minds...
Sophomore Tommy Smith shares experience interning for Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Sophomore Tommy Smith knows how to tell a story. Every evening, his classmates look forward to his re-enactment of the most memorable call he received that day. “This is Speaker Johnson’s office. How can I help you?” “Yes ma’am, we do.” “No...
Rendering shows the college’s plans for the quad. Courtesy | Tim Wells Construction on the north quad will begin March 9, as the college breaks ground on the Diana Davis Spencer Graduate School of Education, according to Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé. A fence will surround the construction site for at least two years, with...
Song: “The Ballad of El Goodo” (1972) by Big Star Arriving the same year as The Raspberries’ debut album and Todd Rundgren’s “Something/Anything?,” Big Star’s “#1 Record” helped usher in the commercially unpopular (at the time) yet highly influential sound of power pop. “The Ballad of El Goodo” is the best song on that album...