Hillsdale College students will have the opportunity to attend an early screening of the new film “Darkest Hour,” starring Gary Oldman and directed by Joe Wright on Dec. 15. In the film, Oldman plays Winston Churchill. It follows his early days as prime minister, including the fall of France and Churchill’s decision to continue the...
Students gave a total of $196.88 to the 1844 Society’s Ransom Dunn scholarship on Dec. 4th during a 1844 Society fundraiser to celebrating the day of Hillsdale College’s founding in 1844. The society set up a table in the Grewcock Student Union with hot chocolate and coffee, and a total of 17 students made contributions,...
At 8 a.m. on a Monday, while many students are still sleeping, the members of Hillsdale’s G.K. Chesterton Society gather for their weekly meeting. Chesterton was a British author, poet, theologian, and journalist. “It’s ironic that we meet at eight in the morning,” said freshman Seth Winters, co-consul of the society. “Chesterton liked to...
Immigration advocate Alex Nowrasteh came to Hillsdale to discuss immigration in a talk titled “Why the best argument against immigration is still wrong,” on Nov. 16. Nowrasteh is a leading immigration expert at the Cato Institute and has traditionally been in favor of immigration, seeing it as a net benefit for the country. Nowrasteh...
Hillsdale College administrators have called the new in-house Phonathon method a success. Nov. 15 marked the conclusion of the first college phonathon run without the assistance of an outside fundraising company. Director of the contact center, John Papciak, said the recent phonathon significantly outraised previous phonathons. “We are around $80,000 better off than we...