The men of the 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry sat behind their hastily built defenses of dirt, stone, and wood, watching the swirling mass of gray in the distance. After failing to break through the Union line, the Confederate infantry readied to attack again. But the men of the 11th had a problem: they were out...
The foam golf ball soared across campus and fell onto a cement sidewalk. Bad news. Landing on cement is like landing in water, which means adding a stroke to your score. Suddenly, a squirrel spotted the ball and scampered to it, nibbling on it before leaving dissatisfied. The action, though, was enough to roll...
Kappa’s white house: Social hub since 1923 By Vivian Hughbanks Eugene Kies was one of the earliest settlers of Moscow Township. A farmer by trade, he also bred racehorses. The Kies farm property was in Cambria Township, but Kies lived in the house that now houses the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority prior to the college’s...
It turns out national media involvement is becoming a Hillsdale tradition. Hannah Grandy, Alex Anderson, and Warren Viegas all share experience working in media varying from television broadcast or the Internet.
Some professors enjoy unwinding after work by watching crime shows on television. When Lecturer in Sociology Shannon Finn leaves campus, she lives them. Finn, a 2010 graduate of Hillsdale College, works in the Detroit court system, advising attorneys using evidence-based sentencing. She said she essentially uses “science and research to argue for more tactful sentencing...