Sarah Katherine Sisk rides the escalators. Courtesy | Kamden Mulder The two escalators in the Searle Center are the only set in Hillsdale County — a tidbit of unexpected and memorable trivia that prospective students and families can take home and marvel about. While Hillsdale’s student ambassadors have spread the escalator conspiracy for years, the...
In this Quick Hits, Professor of Biology Francis Steiner talks best student excuses, his favorite restaurant — in both Hillsdale and in Jackson — and what inspired him to study biology. Most adventurous food you’ve ever tried? Sichuan food, when I was a post-doc at Rutgers University. If you weren’t teaching biology, what completely different...
Henry Eising ’20 stays caffeinated during a study session. Courtesy | Tim Runstadler The cure to passing that Great Books exam is not a matcha latte or all-night cramming session. According to Director of Academic Services Christy Maier, it’s good ol’ fashioned study skills. Procrastination can be a sign of academic stress, said Maier, but...
California fires tear through Altadena, California. Courtesy | Avedis Maljanian My family’s phones screamed with alerts at about 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 7: The nearby Eaton fire required the immediate evacuation of our Altadena neighborhood. We’re used to wildfires in California and our neighborhood is often afflicted by the foul smell of smoke, but...
2025 Inauguration attendees celebrate. Sarah Katherine Sisk | Collegian Frigid temperatures forced the second presidential inauguration of Donald J. Trump indoors on Monday and compelled Hillsdale College’s chapter of College Republicans to cancel its trip for 35 students to Washington, D.C., but students and alumni flocked to the nation’s capital anyway. The inauguration was planned...