“Every single thing Russell touched became magical,” Annette Kirk said of her husband, the late historian and conservative thinker, Russell Kirk. In a tribute to Russell Kirk’s long-lasting influence on both conservatism and Hillsdale College, Annette visited Hillsdale and spoke there on Wednesday, along with Alan Cornett, a long-time friend of the Kirks; Professor of...
With more than $200,000 in recent improvements for Hayden Park, the park’s staff is looking to attract larger crowds than ever to the recreation spot, according to Hayden Park Fitness and Recreation Director Bill Lundberg. Lundberg, one of the driving forces behind the improvements to the park, helped make the decision to allocate funds to...
Few memorials to Martin Luther King Jr., pay tribute to the true bases of his civil-rights progress — which “pivoted on ideas that are much less popular now,” argued Jim Spiegel, professor of philosophy and religion at Taylor University. Speaking to an audience of about 30 people in a lecture at Hillsdale College on Thursday,...
Most Hillsdale College students take time for leisure over Fall Break, but for the first time in recent history, students have the option to take a class instead. The class, Visualization and Analysis of Data, will be taught Oct. 17-20 by George Forman, a senior machine learning scientist for Amazon. Forman will also give a...
A recent Collegian survey found that Hillsdale College has an unusual mix of religious affiliations, and that the majority of students underestimate the number of Protestants and overestimate the number of Catholics on campus. Protestants make up 58.7 percent of the student body and Catholics 26.1 percent, according to the poll. The Collegian received a...