With the construction costs of the $28.6 million Christ Chapel now completely covered, Hillsdale College is one step closer to the building’s completion in May 2019. Construction for both Christ Chapel and the new dorm on Union Street next to Benzing Residence is on schedule, according to Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé. The north wall...
Q&A: CCA speaker Mary Eberstadt
Mary Eberstadt spoke at Hillsdale College this week for the Center for Constructive Alternatives lecture series on the 1960s, where she spoke on “Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution.” A senior research fellow at the Faith and Reason Institute and graduate of Cornell University, Eberstadt is an American essayist and novelist whose pieces have appeared in...
Police crack down on fake IDs
Students may find their IDs more closely scrutinized in the upcoming months, thanks to a recent increase in the use of fake IDs in and around Hillsdale. “Based on information we have obtained from an ongoing investigation, we have reason to believe it may be widespread in our community,” Chief of Police Scott Hephner said....
Pastor and professor dies at age 87
When former Hillsdale professor Charles “Chuck” Johnson poured cat food into the bowls lined up on his front porch, he always waved to his neighbors as they strolled by his E. Fayette Street home on warm evenings. After living a life full of love for felines and humans alike, he died at 87 years old...
Minimum wage increase boosts student employee pay
All Hillsdale employees paid by the hour, including students, will see a raise in their wages to $9.25 per hour due to a final increase to Michigan’s statewide minimum wage. The Workforce Opportunity Wage Act was put into effect in September 2014. At the time, minimum wage was raised to $8.15. Gradual increases brought the...




