The Hillsdale City Council decided to revise its guidelines concerning council committee size limits, despite resultant budget hikes, at a Sept. 19 meeting. Committees, which are legislative sub-groups composed of city councilmen, could be composed of only three members up to this point. The new guidelines allow for up to four members on a...
As part of the city’s efforts to restructure duties within the Hillsdale Fire Department, Chief Kevin Pauken has stepped down, leading to Police Chief Scott Hephner’s replacing him as interim fire chief. Hephner explained how his duties as interim fire chief will make the department run more smoothly. “My role is purely administrative,” he said....
“Where’s the album, Frank?” That’s the question Frank Ocean fans have been asking since 2014, when he announced his second album, “Blonde.” A far cry from his 2012 debut, “Channel Orange,” which was a quirky and endearing R&B pastiche, “Blonde” makes Ocean inaccessible to the public. False release dates, misleading Tumblr posts, and...
Last fall, poet and Hillsdale alumna Kjerstin Kauffman came as a visiting writer to share her poetry with students. Now, she’s teaching them how to write it. Every Monday, Kauffman ’08 drives from Valparaiso, Indiana to teach a three hour seminar. In addition to learning directly from her, students in the class write poetry every...
Despite criticism from citizens about the Hillsdale City Council’s decision to replace the ‘It’s the People’ welcome sign on M-99 with one reading ‘Home of Historic Hillsdale College,’ the item did not appear on the council’s Monday meeting agenda. “We did not add the item to the agenda because the body had agreed at...