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Over the summer, a new waterfall was installed in Slayton Arboretum. Ranessa Cooper, professor of biology and director of the arboretum, explained that some Hillsdale visitors toured the arb and informed the college they knew of a company that mightwww be willing to restore the existing waterfall. There has been a waterfall in the arb...

Raised and homeschooled on a farm near Dexter, Iowa, Brenna Findley, 37, attended Drake University and the University of Chicago Law School. Upon graduation, Findley worked as an attorney in private practice at a national law firm in its Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. offices. She later served as Chief of Staff and Counsel to...

  The music department will offer a new minor starting next fall. The Hillsdale College faculty recently approved the addition of a music education minor that will supplement the current music major but focus on hands-on training instead of academic study and performance. Professor of Music Melissa Knecht said the minor will make music majors...

Last Thursday at Hillsdale College’s Spring Convocation, it was mistakenly announced that Sigma Chi won the coveted fraternity scholarship cup. It was later determined that the actual winners were Delta Tau Delta who had a 3.375 average. The initial confusion stemmed from a calculation error where Sigma Chi’s GPA was taken strictly from members that...

Hillsdale College will present honorary degrees to five friends of the college at commencement on May 11. Honorary degrees are awarded every year. In addition to the commencement speaker, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), this year’s recipients will include Don and Lois Thorson and John and Joan Babbitt. “They are people who have been friends of...