Last week, Grand Valley State University’s athletic website, GVSULakers.com, published an inflammatory preview of last Saturday’s game, in which the Lakers beat Hillsdale 42-21. ChargerBlue.com, a Hillsdale football fan site, already corrected a glaring record mistake, and many on Twitter expressed the Hillsdale community’s outrage about the article. However, the main point of Johnson’s piece...
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Welcome grad students to the community
Last week, the Collegian covered the proposed amendment to the Student Federation Constitution, which would secure a seat for a member of the Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship. The idea has been in play since last year, and is shared by the undergraduate students as it does to the graduate students. The grad students interviewed...
Watch the Walkers
A 20-year-old student weighed down by a backpack full of Latin homework versus a 2,000-pound car cruising at 40 miles per hour. Does that sound like a fair fight? This is a daily occurrence students face on the streets surrounding Hillsdale’s campus and needs to be remedied. A student is hard-pressed to cross the road...
Go to football games
Every day, emails flood mailboxes with advertisements for speeches, discussions, luncheons, presentations, meetings, concerts, and recitals, among other things. Students here do not suffer from a lack of mental stimulation. But one thing students here often do lack is the collegiate combo of fresh air and school spirit, conveniently found at home football games. This...
Explore your surroundings
Both the college and community are trying to answer students’ pleas for off-campus entertainment. Yet, on a warm, Saturday evening, the sun casts shadows over empty volleyball courts and trails. The bowling alley, roller rink, and movie theater long for the laughter of Hillsdale’s students. Where are 1,400 college students who live within a few...