The Student Federation approved the establishment of three new clubs and made an amendment to its constitution regarding election qualifications at last week’s meeting. Liberty Battalion, the Physical Therapy Club, and the Formal Logic Club were all given initial club status due to growing interest and faculty support. At the end of the meeting, Student...
‘We’re hanging in limbo’: Soybean tariffs spell uncertainty for Hillsdale County farmers
Scott Welden checks grain prices on his phone the way some people check Instagram. “As a U.S. farmer, I watch the commodity trading like stockbrokers watch the market on Wall Street,” said Welden, who farms primarily soybeans, wheat, and corn in Jonesville, Michigan. “I keep looking at that app, and I’m like, I gotta stop...
Bon Appetit renovates food stations, brings new menu items
Since fall break, students may have noticed a black curtain covering some of the food stations in the Knorr Dining Room due to renovations. Renovations were completed on the Passport and Forno stations of the Knorr Dining Room on Thursday, Oct. 24. The construction began over fall break and was carried into the following week,...
“Did Aristotle kill Alexander the Great?” Calvert discusses
Did Aristotle kill Alexander the Great? Associate Professor of History Kenneth Calvert asked during his lecture on campus. On Thursday, Oct. 25, Calvert spoke about Alexander and his waning faithfulness to his teacher Aristotle, and the Greek ideals during his invasion of Persia. Calvert traced Alexander’s evolution from a young pupil of Aristotle to the...
Buck breaks into Knorr Student Center Wednesday morning
When Scot Bertram, the general manager of Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM, came into work on Wednesday morning, he was greeted by three men dragging something heavy out of the doors of Dow Hotel and Conference Center. He spotted limbs on what he originally thought was a large piece of luggage, and as he parked...




