As they inducted three new members into the Hillsdale County Veterans Hall of Fame, the Hillsdale County Veterans Hall of Valor celebrated the 100th anniversary of the American Legion and honored the late Bishop and Rear Admiral Peter Beckwith on Thursday, Nov. 7 in Plaster Auditorium. The three Hall of Fame inductees were Capt. John...
Longtime Hillsdale resident and former mayor Doug Ingles will challenge County Commissioner Ruth Brown for the District 1 County Commissioner seat in 2020. Ingles moved from councilmember, to mayor pro tem, to mayor in the 1990s. Ingles said he missed public service after his term as mayor, but he did not have the time to...
From Bob Ross impressions to musical performances and slam poetry, seven men of Hillsdale put up stiff competition for the ‘Mr. Hillsdale 2019’ crown. Pi Beta Phi’s annual philanthropy event on Friday, Nov. 1 displayed a typical share of unusual talents and awkward pick up lines from the representatives put up by different fraternities,...
The Hillsdale College Chargers narrowly beat Albion College in the Jack McAvoy Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 1 and swept a group meet they also hosted the following Saturday, Nov. 2. Senior Caylee McComb said their goal for the weekend was to be “unflappable”— to “bounce right back when something gets you down.” Head Coach Kurt...
In his visit to Hillsdale’s chapter of the Thomistic Institute, Rev. Aquinas Guilbeau argued that the task of the Christian today is to “produce the better answers to the questions that press on our public life.” Guilbeau used David French and Sohrab Ahmari’s debates on civility to explain his own position on the Christian’s place...