Exactly 1.61 percent of students enrolled at Hillsdale are named John, making it the top name on campus. Hannah is the second most common name; Matthew is the third. It should come as no surprise that John would be popular in Hillsdale. The name is everywhere, from Miller to Somerville to Wayne Gacy. Local...
When I popped out of the Smithsonian Metro station onto the National Mall last Saturday, it seemed everyone in Washington, D.C. had become an activist for the day. Right outside the station sat a bandstand festooned with American flags. A couple hundred feet away, a Ford F150 was hitching up to a bandwagon decorated with...
There won’t be any medical marijuana dispensaries in downtown Hillsdale, at least not anytime in the near future. The Hillsdale City Council decided in a 6-0 vote (with two council members absent) to draft a motion to opt out of Michigan state provisions that allow individual cities to permit medical marijuana dispensaries and growing...
City Councilman Adam Stockford thinks it’s time Hillsdale had a businessman as its mayor. Throughout his mayoral campaign, the Hillsdale county native has stressed that the purpose of the mayor is to be a guiding voice for the City Council and a vehicle for economic development within the city. With his background in business recruiting...
Off campus college students can look forward to more upscale housing availabilities starting next year. As a part of the College Park housing initiative, Hillsdale College trustee and Michigan builder Thomas Duke has taken it upon himself to build and fund a townhouse complex on the corner of West and College streets. Duke said he...