The Michigan Supreme Court honored Stephen Markman with an official portrait unveiling at the Michigan Hall of Justice on Wednesday. Markman, who has taught constitutional law at Hillsdale College since 1993, is a retired chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. Justice Brian Zahra presided over the event, which was delayed for nearly two years...
When I sat down for my first internship lunch in Washington, D.C., the last thing I expected to need was knowledge of sports. I had brushed up on the news, studied politics, and went shopping for business professional outfits. But no one at lunch was talking about President Biden or inflation. They were talking about...
There’s an old Hillsdale legend that the stone walls of the Slayton Arboretum aren’t only built of local stones. An observant eye may notice that some of the rocks aren’t rocks in the traditional sense at all–and it was long-rumored that the walls contained various non-native fossils and gemstones. Thanks to the work of Professor...
In their first show of the year, the Tower Players premiered ‘Translations” by Brian Friel on Wednesday, and will continue performances through the weekend. Director James Brandon, chair of the theatre department, said he’s wanted to direct “Translations” since he was a student himself. “I’ve been thinking about this show for a long time,” Brandon...
Brian Shaw is the winner of the 2022 Michigan Department of Natural Resources deer patch design competition. Shaw, a graphic designer and teacher of art at Hillsdale, won the contest on the 50th anniversary of the DNR’s Deer Cooperator Patch. Shaw said he didn’t know about deer patches or the design contest prior to this...