“Gossip Girl”: a show that reached countless viewers, grossed millions of dollars, earned endless praise. Too bad the drama of Gossip Girl couldn’t hold a candle to the HOT tea spilled in the Collegian, circa 1938. I’m talking about “Campus Capers”: a column so juicy, so scurrilous, that even 80 years later the reader can...
Although fraternity houses and presidential residences typically don’t have much in common, Sunnycrest is an exception. Currently home to the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, Sunnycrest was formerly the residence of College President Joseph Mauck in the early 20th century. When 1875 Hillsdale alumnus Joseph Mauck returned to the college to serve as president in 1903,...
When Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn asked Madi Moore, “What is prudence?” during her junior year, he was so pleased with her answer he told her she could be a professor of Aristotle. Now, as a 2018 graduate, Moore has taken on the position of executive assistant to the president in June, replacing Victoria Bergen,...
In Morocco, senior Alexander Green ventured into a small rug and scarf shop. Sitting behind the loom, a man waved to him, and Green walked over. “He started speaking very broken English with me,” Green said, before remembering that Moroccans speak many languages. “I tried speaking Spanish with him even though Arabic was his native...
Hands shaking, Brad Monastiere marked a “1” in Grand Valley State University’s loss category on the stat sheet from his vantage in the press box. It was Hillsdale College’s 2009 Homecoming football game, and the Chargers had just stamped out Grand Valley’s 48-game winning streak with a 27-24 victory. “I was like, no one’s done...