Former Hillsdale Professor of Politics Aleksandras Shtromas lived under two of the greatest tyrannies in the history of mankind. The horrors of the Nazi regime and Soviet Union were matched only by his courage, intelligence, and perseverance. Shtromas brought this unmatched, firsthand experience to his students. “After everything he had been through, he used to...
Author: Morgan Delp
Husband of college employee dies
A Hillsdale County man and husband of a Hillsdale College employee was killed in a single-car crash yesterday morning on a road near Hillsdale. Brian Gillette, 67, of Osseo, Michigan, was the husband of Claudia Gillette, aide to the athletic director of Hillsdale College. Gillette was a retiree of Hillsdale Tool, and is survived by...
Jillian Melchior back from Iraq
After being captured, raped, and beaten by ISIS, 19-year-old Amshed escaped to Kurdistan with her 2-year-old son, but her husband was likely killed in a blaze of ISIS gunfire. She recounted the horrors of her torture and escape to National Review correspondent Jillian Kay Melchior `09, but when she tried to speak about the loss...
Husband of college employee dies
A Hillsdale County man and husband of a Hillsdale College employee was killed in a single-car crash yesterday morning on a road near Hillsdale. Brian Gillette, 67, of Osseo, Michigan, was the husband of Claudia Gillette, aide to the athletic director of Hillsdale College. Gillette was a retiree of Hillsdale Tool, and is survived by...
CSI lie: Forensics expert talks crime lab reality
“CSI is crap.” Kristin Schelling, assistant technical leader for the Michigan State Police forensics lab, shared her own experiences in forensics and explained the top 10 differences between television shows like CSI and real life in a forensics lab. She spoke on behalf of the biology department at 7 p.m. Thursday night to a standing-room-only...