Because of the efforts on the part of the college administration and the gifts of college donors, many aspects of our everyday experience on this campus have improved vastly. The college spent a lot of money this summer. $3.2 million went to upgrading Simpson Residence. About $3 million went to improving the Roche Sports Complex....
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Enjoy the trainwreck
Well, here it is. The week before Spring break. That light at the end of a dark, cold, and snowy tunnel grows ever closer. It will, we hope, bring respite from a semester of unceasing obligations. Yet between it and us, an onslaught of midterms, exams, homework assignments, and other academic obligations threatens ominously —...
Michigan’s Oldest College Newspaper?
The Opinion of the Collegian Editorial Staff Below is a letter to the editor The Collegian’s editorial board sent to Kalamazoo College’s student newspaper, the Index: The Index published a column on Jan. 29 taking issue with The Collegian’s claim as Michigan’s oldest college newspaper. Katie Schmitz, the column’s author, claims that the Index is,...
The CCAs that should exist
With the Rennaissance done, and a semester of enlightenment ahead of us, The Collegian offers campus 10 ideas –– rediscovered from antiquity –– for future CCA topics. 1.Why Obama is wrong It’s what we all, most of all the “Friends of the College,” really want. In all seriousness, Obama just had a terrible year with...
Start caring about local politics
We Hillsdale students tend to panic every time something goes down in D.C. During this embarrassing government shutdown, for example, students’ Facebook and Twitter accounts have been flooding our feeds with angry posts about the feds shuttering up the national zoo and monuments or the Obamacare website’s, er, difficulties. Yes, it’s frustrating that the panda...