An accomplished scholar, respected teacher, and devout Christian, tenured Hillsdale classics professor Grace Starry West died suddenly from lung cancer on Sunday, May 19, in her home. Her Order of Burial service was held May 22 at Holy Trinity Parish in Hillsdale. Perhaps best known for the great depth and variety of her research,...
General Robert Neller delivers 167th Commencement Address
Gen. Robert Neller, commandant of the United States Marine Corps, addressed a crowd of more than 3500 who gathered in the Biermann Athletic Complex for Hillsdale College’s 167th commencement on Saturday. He encouraged the graduating class to go forth with the effort and character they developed during their time at Hillsdale. “At the end of...
Yearbook to hold first reveal party
The 2018-2019 Hillsdale College yearbook will be revealed and available for pickup at a party in the Grewcock Student Union on Tuesday, April 30 – a change from releasing it the fall after a school year ends. “In the past, the yearbooks have come out in the fall for the previous year, and we just...
Debate ends season with eighth place at tournament
Five Hillsdale College debaters spent Easter break in sunny Santa Ana, California at the National Forensic Association National Championship Tournament, taking eighth place overall in the biggest national tournament in NFA history. Junior Hannah Johnson, sophomores Jadon Buzzard, Katrina Torsoe, Theodore Wilson, and freshman Benjamin Bies debated 120 competitors from 34 different schools, including Western...
Senior presents on the evolution of storytelling
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Sherlock Holmes” encapsulates the progression of storytelling, according to senior history major Sabrina Barlow. In her Senior Museum Studies project which she presented in the Heritage Room last Thursday morning, she said storytelling is an inherently communal human experience, but that with the advent of certain technologies, it progressively becomes more...




