The Hillsdale College Mock Trial Team made history after receiving their first bid to the national tournament last weekend. Two teams – 1298 and 1299 – competed at the Open Round Championship Series in DeKalb, Illinois last weekend. 1298 finished fourth in the tournament with a 6-2 record and the highest strength of schedule of...
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‘This is not a partisan issue’
“Our anthem is ‘Ще не вмерла України,’ which means ‘Ukraine has not yet died.’ If that doesn’t stand to the testimony of our country, then I don’t know what does.” Despite being born in the United States, sophomore Emiliya Smyk said she has always been passionate about her Ukrainian ancestry. When she started attending Hillsdale,...
Tocco to ‘reward boldness’ in sports challenge
Businessman and philanthropist Don Tocco will challenge Hillsdale sororities and fraternities to compete against him for prize money of $35,000 in a series of athletic challenges on March 31 and April 1. “The challenge is about life,” Tocco said. “It takes courage to live well and come out and compete well against their peers and...
Blessed are the peacemakers
The world of the Roman Empire was made possible by the military exploits of Alexander the Great and the citizen armies of the Roman Republic. Out of Alexander’s military campaigns emerged Hellenistic culture which was then married to the Roman world as that small, Italian city-state became master of the Mediterranean. It was not lost...
‘Film Noir’ CCA explores culture through movies
“Film Noir,” the last Center for Constructive Alternative lecture series of the year, explored a genre of film characterized by its bleak energy. Its impact on film and culture at large is more present than ever, according to professor R. Barton Palmer of Clemson University. “Film noir was not a self-conscious artistic movement,” Palmer said....



