As flu season continues, many Hillsdale students lament their poor physical conditions and having to skip class (as devastating as that is). However, we can be lucky that we didn’t go to Hillsdale in the winters of 1983 and 1984. On February 23, 1984, The Collegian reported, “there have been three times the normal number of student visits to the...
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Students to partner with Alpha Omega to teach sexual responsibility
The REALL team from the Alpha Omega Care Center hopes to bring its message of respecting the dignity of the individual to local youth, according to Team Director Nancy DeBacker. “I love the name, ‘Respect everything about Life and Love,’ because it focuses on the dignity of the individual,” DeBacker said. “There’s so much going on now, with #MeToo and...
Giving voice to the soul: Alumna musician assists children in vocal therapy
When the chemicals used in the re-lacquering of her French horn irritated her throat and voice box during her junior year at Hillsdale College, impeding her ability to practice music and sing, Rebecca Schoon ’13 was prompted to reconsider pursuing a career in music. Although discouraged, she did not wallow in self-pity. Instead, she gleaned purpose and inspiration from her...
More than music: Why conservatory-quality musicians choose Hillsdale
There was a period of time during my high school years that I contemplated pursuing a music major with an emphasis in piano performance. When I told my piano instructor that I was applying to Hillsdale College, however, he quickly informed me that no professor worth his salt would teach at an unknown liberal arts school not even listed among...
Historic Hysteria: The Kitty Returns
Last week we covered a gossip column of Collegians past titled “The Kitty.” The column ran from March 1939 until October 1945 and reported campus rumors from the viewpoint of a literal cat, meows and all. However, the column caused quite the controversy on Hillsdale’s campus, and it wasn’t just because people were confused by The Collegian hiring a feline...
Study says polar vortex killed off stink bugs, students say otherwise
A Virginia Tech research experiment suggests that last month’s polar vortex may have killed up to 95 percent of the stink bug population in Southern Michigan — but Hillsdale residents haven’t noted much in the way of change. Hillsdalians are no strangers to the pesky stink bug. And while they are very familiar with scanning the window sills for any...
