Courtesy | Unsplash Energy drinks keep you sharp. Caffeine, via energy drinks and coffee, is essential for many students’ basic functioning at Hillsdale, and there are many health benefits to drinking a moderate amount of caffeine — despite common belief. At times it feels as if the only way to get through all five of...
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Students nominated for top college broadcast awards
College Broadcasters Inc. has named three Hillsdale College students as finalists for national awards due to their exceptional work with Hillsdale’s radio program. Junior Lilly Faye Kraemer is nominated for Best Regularly Scheduled Entertainment Program for her episode, “Story Behind the Song: Stephanie Childress”; senior Luke Miller is a finalist for Best Documentary for...
‘Weather or Not’ they win internationally, Rough Cuts celebrates local victory
With only a few hours to write, cast, film, and edit a short film in a global competition, a group of Hillsdale alumni and local residents calling themselves “Rough Cuts” were more than up to the challenge. In fact, they won first place for the city of Detriot. “I thought to myself, ‘I want to...
‘Me too, Lindsay’ empathizes with child murder
Courtesy | Unsplash Crowds of women dressed in pink silently assembled during the trial of Lindsay Clancy to offer their support for the mother who admitted to killing her three young children. At press time, the Massachusetts jury was still deliberating whether Clancy is guilty of the murder or manslaughter of her children. Hundreds of...
A sacred journey: Camino pilgrimage for Spanish professor was a family affair
The Mack family in front of the Cathedral de Santiago de Compostela. Courtesy | Todd Mack When Spanish professor Todd Mack told his wife he wanted to spend his sabbatical hiking the Camino de Santiago with her and their five children, she thought he was out of his mind. “I told him, ‘You are crazy!...


