General Manager at WRFH Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM Scot Bertram poses with the award for College Audio Station of the Year in 2024. Lauren Scott | Collegian Fourteen Hillsdale student radio productions are finalists in nine different categories of the 2025 Michigan Association of Broadcasting awards. “It’s an exciting day when MAB reveals its...
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Mock Trial A Team Finishes Invitational Season
The Hillsdale Mock Trial A team finished its invitational season this weekend, placing tenth with an 8.5-7.5 ballot score at the Great Chicago Fire Invitational. The competition, hosted by the University of Chicago, is more competitive than the American Mock Trial Association Nationals tournament, according to junior Patrick McDonald. “This is, pound for pound, the...
Radio station moves Hugh Hewitt to afternoon
Radio Free Hillsdale WRFH 101.7 FM adjusted its daily lineup after Hugh Hewitt’s show moved to the afternoon. “It is the first truly significant schedule change since the station lineup was solidified,” said Scot Bertram, lecturer in journalism and general manager of WRFH Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM. The first hour of the show will...
CCA III to cover artificial intelligence
Hillsdale’s third 2024-2025 Center for Constructive Alternatives will cover artificial intelligence. The event will run from Feb. 2-5 and will include speeches from Erik Larson, journalist and author of “The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do”; Erik Prince ’92, founder of the private military company Blackwater Worldwide; and Aaron...
Historian discusses weapons in history
Historians ignore the role of weapons when studying war, leading to misconceptions, Paul Lockhart, a professor of history at Wright State University, said in a lecture sponsored by the Center for Military History and Strategy Jan. 23. “Within the realm of military history, I would argue that historians don’t often pay attention to the details...




