Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM’s new show, Citizen Talk, has made the word “prudence” its motto by going below the surface of mere hot button issues, to explore the deeper meaning of the contentious topics of the day. Two Hillsdale College graduate students, Juan Davalos and Lynette Grundvig, have hit the airwaves of Radio Free...
‘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...
Michigan to vote on legalization of recreational marijuana Tuesday
Michigan voters will decide next week whether the Great Lakes State will become the tenth state in the union to legalize recreational marijuana. Proposal 1 comes a decade after Michigan legalized medical marijuana, which will remain legal regardless of the election’s outcome. “Our goal is to end marijuana prohibition because we feel that prohibition has...




