The Hillsdale College debate team won first place debate sweepstakes this weekend at a tournament at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. The eight debaters competed in the Lincoln-Douglas debate style, finishing on top through it was the first competition of the season for seven of the members. Sophomore Lucy Meckler and senior Alexandra Negrich won second...
Simpson will hold its “asylum” this Friday, Oct. 13, for the fourth year in a row. In celebration of the upcoming Halloween season and because of Friday the 13, Simpson decided to have the asylum a earlier this year. There is an entrance fee of $2, with all proceeds going to the Salvation Army...
After a black walnut tree fell in his yard, Director of Theater George Angell carved the lumber into a dining room table and gave it to Professor of Spanish Carmen Wyatt-Hayes. “It has been one of my great joys,” Wyatt-Hayes said. “It’s my favorite piece of furniture.” Professor of Philosophy James Stephens has one,...
The class of 2017 claims 45 percent participation in alumni donations this year, the highest percentage from a recently graduated class to date. More than 2,000 alumni donated $5.2 million to Hillsdale College from July 2016 to June 2017. The officers of the class chose to partner with the 1844 Society by donating to the...
For Blackwater founder Erik Prince ’92, a government-funded military just isn’t going to be enough. “Sixteen years of war, a trillion dollars in Afghanistan, and we’re losing,” the Hillsdale alumnus said in his lecture in Searle Center on Monday afternoon. “I think as taxpayers and citizens, as parents who send our kids into difficult places,...