Author: Katie Beemer (Katie Beemer)

Michigan high school juniors will begin taking the SAT instead of ACT as the state proctored college entrance exam in spring 2016, a change that surprised and concerned many state educators. In January, the Michigan Department of Education announced that College Board, the parent company of SAT and Advanced Placement, signed a three-year contract with...

Student Federation approved a total of $7,000 for Centralhallapalooza last week to be added to their general budget. Out of that money, $4,550 was recently approved and $2,450 was approved earlier this year, but due to an administrative mistake was not transferred into the Student Activities Board account. The money will be transferred now, coming...

There were new faces at the Student Federation meeting last week. Because freshman Representative Jacob Weaver and junior Representative Dominic Restuccia recently pledged Delta Tau Delta, the Student Fed bylaws prohibit them from serving on Student Federation. Freshman Rachael Behr and junior Jonathan Calcaterra replaced them since they received the second greatest number of votes...

Students will soon have another chance to take advantage of the warm spring weather by kayaking on Baw Beese Lake. Campus Health and Recreation will be purchasing three kayaks and three paddleboards for student use, using money from Student Federation. On set days, the Student Directors of Campus Health and Recreation, juniors Rachael Hille and...

In a two-hour meeting, Student Federation decided whether to grant $7,000 to College Republicans and Young Americans for Freedom to take students to the Conservative Political Action Conference. Student Fed’s final decision was to grant $6,000 for the trip, $1,000 less than the $7,000 requested. One hundred and twenty-six students from Hillsdale will be in...