I voted for the first time during a midterm election. We experienced it while living under two distinct shadows. It was the first federal election after 9/11. A world made new, in ways we then could hardly fathom, had changed our lives and our politics more than anything I had yet seen. It was also...
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The Weekly: Pay attention to foreign affairs
This week, two international incidents dragged Americans’ attention away from the midterm election cycle and Washington, D.C. politics: the death of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey, and a thousands-strong migrant caravan making its way up from Central America. Clearly intersecting with American politics, these issues remind us that...
Chargers football team ranked nationally for first time since 2012
The Hillsdale College Chargers football team won its sixth consecutive game on Saturday, 28-9 against Walsh University. With the win, the team improved to 7-1 this season and 6-0 in the G-MAC. The win also propelled the team into the national NCAA Division II rankings for the first time, at No. 25. The national ranking...
College considers adding classical education master’s program
Hillsdale College is considering starting a classical education master’s program, but the idea is still in the brainstorming stages with no fixed plan, according to Hillsdale College Provost David Whalen and Associate Professor and Chairman of Education Dan Coupland. “Hillsdale doesn’t do anything unless it is pretty confident that it is going to do it...
Chargers finish third at Pre-National meet
The Hillsdale Chargers experienced tough competition, two new personal bests, and a third-place finish on Saturday at the 2018 Pre-Nationals Meet in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Thirty teams and 293 runners competed in this meet, including four other G-MAC schools: the University of Findlay, Davis & Elkins College, Walsh University and Malone University. Hillsdale scored 128 points,...




