Assistant Professor of German Fred Yaniga leads the Hillsdale students through Berlin, pointing out historical markers amidst widespread new construction. The city is cosmopolitan and exploding with growth: a vastly different place than he remembers from his last visit when the Berlin Wall still stood. Now, Hillsdale students benefit from his past experience and the...
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Taekwondo champion retires after injury
A single blow to the head was all it took to end Kellie Fairbanks’ dream of a 2012 Olympic medal. But as a nationally ranked Taekwondo competitor, Fairbanks is used to this. “Our goal is to kick each other in the head,” she said, “that’s what you want to do and do well.” What started...
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From the classroom to the office next door
For the first time in four years, when Kokko Tso walks his two-block commute to campus every morning, he’s not on his way to classes. After graduating last spring, Tso was hired by the college as Web Content Manager. “This position is very much a facilitator: kind-of creating content and facilitating the dialogue between the...
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Supreme clerk
When Ryan Walsh was in 4th grade, he wanted to be president. For now, the 2009 Hillsdale graduate and 2012 graduate of the University of Chicago’s law school will have to settle for Associate Justice Antonin Scalia’s law clerk on the Supreme Court. Though such a clerkship is one of the most sought-after jobs for...
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New house mother Peggy Wilson adopts Sue’s boys
When head RA junior Matt O’Sullivan pulled into the Simpson Residence parking lot for the first time this semester, he saw his first task was to find the owner of the huge truck that had obnoxiously taken the new house director’s spot. But, to O’Sullivan’s surprise, the owner of the F-250 truck actually was the...