Demand had begun to exceed supply. Last year, economics classes were approaching 28 students per professor, a ratio far above the Hillsdale average of 15. To rectify this, according to Professor of Political Economy Gary Wolfram, the economics department began a wide search for qualified professors to fill the department, a multifaceted process of winnowing...
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Alum boosts freedom with California Red
For a Ewers family Christmas, Cody always brings the wine. Cody Ewers ’10 graduated from Hillsdale College with a Bachelor of Arts in history and German, a keen business instinct, and an enduring appreciation for wine. Although wine was not the focus of his summers throughout college, it managed to make an appearance. During...
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Hillsdale County helps homeless
“I didn’t want to lose my children.” Most women don’t think about having their children taken from them. But for a 27-year-old resident of Family Promise of Branch County, who will be referred to as Beth, homelessness made this a very real possibility. “I’m not a bad mom,” she said. “But I felt like it...
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“Turn out President Fairfield”
As Hillsdale College approaches the end of its 170th anniversary as an institution of higher learning, few controversies have plagued campus like the Great Rebellion of 1866. Today, students complain about visiting hours, but in 1866, students protested the administration’s rule against the admittance of females into student groups. The Great Rebellion started when Hillsdale...
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Moody: Pumpkin to Golden Carriage
On Monday morning, Hillsdale County Fair visitors passed by two of Ed Moody’s squash-like grinning guardians. The pumpkins, one of which weighs more than 630 pounds, greeted fair-goers in front of the floral exhibit near the fair’s entrance. Set upon bales of hay, they stood taller than their sculptor, prompting passersby to stop, stare, and...