A giant grin lights Jeff Quainton’s face as he throws his hands into the air. His voice booms as a customer walks in the door. “Welcome to Walmart!” Quainton exclaims and the smile of the customer instantly matches his. This is just an average day on the job for Quainton. Quainton is Walmart’s customer host,...
Author: Reagan Gensiejewski
Two attend debate tourney
The debate team sent two members this past weekend to a tournament at McKendree University. Junior Katrina Torsoe broke to quarter finals in the novice division and placed 6th for the speaker award. Freshman Thomas Curro broke to quarterfinals in novice. “Even though I lost in quarters, I feel really good about my own growth...
Students: Stop fighting on the Quad
A horn sounded in the distance: the cue for a multitude of male Hillsdale College students to charge toward each other. Fake swords clashed, makeshift clubs smashed the ground, and boys wrestled amidst the chaos. When the battle ceased, the newly-laid grass in the Quad was torn, and many boys were beaten, bruised, or injured....
Barney Charter director, Kilgore, says ‘farewell’
After 10 years as Hillsdale College’s director of the Barney Charter School Initiative, Phil Kilgore is saying farewell. Kilgore’s interest in working for Hillsdale College started when his oldest child, Aaron Kilgore, attended the college. In 2009, Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn approached Kilgore with a plan to found classical charter schools around the nation....
Four place at Illinois Debate Tournament
The Hillsdale College Debate Team traveled to Illinois state this past weekend for their fourth tournament of the fall. On the first day of competition, in the Open division, T.J. Wilson and Russel Breaux in Novice division broke to the semi finals and Frank Vitale was a finalist in the JV division. The second day...



