New Associate Professor of Politics Khalil Habib, after being hired this fall, has already become a popular name on campus. His classes for the spring 2019 term filled by the second day of registration. “I’ve been talking him up to everyone that’s been asking about him,” said Freshman David Strobach, who plans on majoring in...
Category: Features
100 years later, Hillsdale veterans’ sacrifices ‘cannot be measured’
If you read a Collegian issue from 1918, half of the articles would be coverage of World War I. Now, 100 years after the end of the war, the names of those who served, including seven who died, have been mostly forgotten. Of the approximately 500 students on Hillsdale’s campus in 1919, 368 enlisted in...
Alumnus Brant Cohen turns Keefer House into boutique hotel
After attending the Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program, Brant Cohen ’18 came back to Hillsdale with an idea help preserve the city’s history. As the city of Hillsdale works to restore its historic downtown district, Cohen is helping to turn the Keefer House, which was built in 1885 and closed in 1965, into a boutique hotel. He...
Beyond the ‘four-block radius’: Cycling club grows to 10 members
When sophomore Emma Noverr, president of the Endurance Sports Club, messaged Assistant Swim coach Laura Peter asking if she wanted to go for a bike ride, she wasn’t expecting Peter to invite her to dinner, or to become her club’s future coach. “I used a cycling app to stalk people who rode bikes in the...
Over summer, Pfeifer teaches rock climbing to children in Switzerland
Grace Pfeifer cheered on her campers as they slid their fingers into each mountain crag, inching their way up its side. No matter how challenging the route was, or whether they were climbing the upward or leeward side, Pfeifer always encouraged them to finish every climb. This past summer, Pfeifer, a junior, worked as a...




