If the idea catches wind, Hillsdale College may add sailing to its list of club sports next year. Juniors Pearce Pomerleau and Jacob Weaver — the co-founders of the club — plus two other Hillsdale students competed in the Laker Showdown in Holland, Michigan, on April 1-2, sailing 20 races total and placing 12th. There...
Christ Chapel will be the newest chapter in Hillsdale College’s long affiliation with Christianity. Provost David Whalen told The Collegian earlier this semester the college has always been Christian and the purpose of the chapel is to “make explicit what is too often implicit.” A group of Free Will Baptists established the college in 1844,...
After a contentious debate, Hillsdale College’s Student Federation voted 14-4 to allocate nearly $7,000 from its surplus fund for Centrahallapalooza at its April 6 meeting. The $6,858.21 is covering half the cost of food — the other half coming from the Student Activities Board’s own fund — which SAB members said they hope will purchase...
Snowy and windy weather did not stop Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn from shoving a spade into dirt for the groundbreaking of Christ Chapel on April 6. Arnn, the chapel’s original benefactors, and members from the college Board of Trustees turned over soil from a makeshift ground, as faculty, students, and other donors congregated in...
More than 350 students in kindergarten through eighth grade will begin classes at the newest classical charter school of Hillsdale College’s Barney Charter School Initiative opening in Fleming Island, Florida. St. Johns Classical Academy is the initiative’s 18th school, joining others across the country from Michigan to Texas. As Michelle Knapp, the principal of...