The fall semester this coming year will see eight professors on sabbatical from various departments. Professor of History Paul Rahe will be away from Hillsdale for a year at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He will revisit his recent manuscript, tentatively titled “The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta: The Persian Challenge,” and working on...
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Kimberley Strassel of the Wall Street Journal to be Pulliam Fellow
Kimberley Strassel of the Wall Street Journal will be the fall 2013 Pulliam Visiting Distinguished Fellow, the Dow Journalism Program announced this week. Strassel writes a Friday column called “Potomac Watch,” and is a member of the Journal’s editorial board. A graduate of Princeton University, Strassel previously lived in Brussels, Belgium, and wrote for the...
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Tower Light, Fed quarrel over budget
The Student Federation will vote today on whether to reduce the budget of the Tower Light, Hillsdale College’s student literary journal. The proposed cut will remove 33 percent, or $3,950, of next year’s overall Tower Light budget – 40 percent of what it allocates for printing. This proposed cut comes on the heels of a...
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Hillsdale runner safe after Boston Marathon bombing
“I had so much joy. I was physically drained and emotionally ecstatic,” Kevin Walton said. “And then I looked at the television. I went from joy to devastation.” Forty-seven minutes after the Hillsdale resident completed the Boston Marathon, two explosions went off near the finish line. At least three people were killed, and more than...
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Centralhallapalooza plans in motion
The Student Activities Board will put on its biggest event of the year next weekend: Centralhallapalooza. The night of surprises, beer, and bands will be held across from Broadlawn on Saturday, April 27 from 7 p.m. to midnight. Centralhallapalooza T-shirts may be purchased in the Union throughout all next week. As of now, three student...