Unnoticed by almost everyone but the few who protested against them, the yellow bollards previously installed to prevent cars from driving on campus have been removed. Director of Campus Security and Emergency Management William Whorley said the removal is due to some potential construction plans as well as some severely needed repairs for damages caused...
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Hearing from the professors’ younger selves
Assistant Professor of Philosophy Lee Cole ’04 captivated an enthusiastic audience in Lane 125 yesterday afternoon with a letter written to his freshman self. Cole’s lecture was the most recent entry of Academic Services’ new “Letters to my Undergraduate Self” series, in which Hillsdale professors turn back the clock to relate what they wish they...
College rallies around employee after fire
After an electrical fire destroyed the home of 15-year college employee, Physical Plant Enviromental Health and Safety Assistant Kelli Withrow, on March 9, the Hillsdale College community took action to aid Withrow, her son, and brother — all residents of the home at 25 Rippon Ave. No one was seriously injured in the fire, although...
Mossey goes mad in March
Mossey Madness has begun. The event is loosely based on the annual frenzy of NCAA March Madness. Instead of college basketball teams, some of the greatest authors and thinkers in the Western tradition will vie for the winning bracket. Milton, Dostoevsky, Churchill, Aristotle, and many others are pitted against one another in the tournament brackets,...
Debate Team goes to Nationals
Over spring break, 22 Hillsdale students competed in a national speech and debate tournament hosted at Ohio University. Hillsdale has a comprehensive debate program, so students competed across multiple genres of speech as well as multiple formats of debate. Hillsdale finished ninth in Individual Team Sweepstakes and second in Debate Sweepstakes. In Combined Sweepstakes, Hillsdale...