Three days after America lost JFK to an assassination, Hillsdale College lost its first historian and many archives to a house fire. “We had just about come to the terrible truth that a president of the United States could be assassinated in our time,” the college’s 1964 President’s Report said. Soon after, a “ tragic...
Hillsdale College Board of Trustee member Jack E. Stalsby, 88, died Oct. 15. “I liken him to a grandpa that you love seeing because he always had that tidbit of wisdom from some unexpected place,” said senior Noah Bader, recipient of a scholarship funded by Stalsby. Stalsby made the college and his scholarship recipients his...
Follow Macaela on Twitter Jonesville attorney Sara Lisznyai defeated Hillsdale prosecutor Neal Brady by more than 1,000 votes for District Court Judge Tuesday. “I’m up to the task,” Lisznyai said of her victory. “I’m excited, apprehensive, and I have a great deal of respect for our court system, so the weight of the responsibility is...
Many wonder why Hillsdale College resides in the middle of nowhere. While our small, southcentral city of Hillsdale, boasting a population of 8,000, can hardly be considered a metropolis today, it was formerly considered a prime location, a leading reason why the college moved in 1853. “The college was fortunate in its location,” Hillsdale College...