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Chris Van Orman: A passion for chemistry
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Chris Van Orman: A passion for chemistry

Chemistry students at Hillsdale College know that if they need a handful of Runts to give them a sugar boost for their day along with extra clarification on advanced inorganic homework, there’s only one professor to go to: Dr. V, as he is so fondly referred to by his students. Christopher Van Orman, dean of...

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Oscar Season

On The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Twitter account, a picture of a cheese platter was recently posted entitled, “this is the only time folks can say we’re cheesy.” The cheese was cut into the shape of Oscar statuettes with a dab of caviar by Oscar’s neck. Hillsdale students like sophomore Carly Hubbard...

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Foreign students celebrate Christmas across the globe

Christmas: a special time of the year for most, full of time with family and friends, hot chocolate, and celebrating traditions either silly, solemn, or strange. But instead of going a few states over or taking a short flight to the other side of the country, Hillsdale’s foreign students have more to manage. Their homes...

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Charger volleyball team wins scholarship cup

Not only did the volleyball team have an outstanding 2011 season, making it to the semifinals in the national tournament, but their performance in the 2011-2012 academic year earned them the scholarship cup, which was awarded to them at Fall Convocation. “In order to remain a strong team we have to remain strong individuals, which...

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Hillsdale students ‘deck the halls’ of campus

Several residences on campus dug into their storage closets last week to bring out the Christmas decorations and spruce up their home-away-from-home for the holidays. An unfortunate surprise awaited the women of the Dow House when they found that their Christmas decorations had been ruined by a sewage leak. Senior House Director Esther Ashmore said...