On September 26, 1944, The Collegian premiered yet another gossip column. But “Green Hat Gossip” didn’t just spread the campus tales. The author of this weekly piece was a jack of all trades, practicing investigative reporting, giving advice, and delivering some devastating insults. “Green Hat Gossip” first and foremost focused on uncovering the most classified...
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ATO serves up quality time after hiring cook Wayne Babcock
The distinctly masculine and unmistakably college-like aroma of pulled pork and mac ‘n’ cheese fills the air as a group of 40 brothers hustle in and out of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity dining room, settling in for a few moments of fraternal bonding time before succumbing to the conflicting responsibilities of college life. As...
‘Grunge to glory’: ‘Mr. T’ keeps chemistry labs running smoothly
One might not readily connect playing the organ and renovating old cars with a scientist, but there happens to be an individual in Hillsdale College’s science department who fits this description. Ted Miller can often be found in the labs of the Strosacker Science Center, sometimes whistling a tune. Miller — affectionately called “Mr. T”...
Former Hillsdale athlete recounts 50 years of life after death
The 1969 Hillsdale College Chargers were in the thick of their football season. It was October. Playoffs would soon be approaching and with Frank “Muddy” Waters as the head coach, expectations were high. But it was in October junior defensive Michael Mills thought he’d never again see his coach, his teammates, or anyone else for...
Alumnus Brendan Noble published his first novel, The Fractured Prism. Brendan Noble | Courtesy
Brendan Noble ’18 has always been down for a challenge. As a first semester freshman in an intermediate-level economics class — a class which Assistant Professor of Economics Michael Clark said “many juniors who take it fear” — Noble walked away with one of the best grades in the class. “When I warned him to...




