After warming up the crowd Saturday evening, Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn announced the king and queen of the 2019 President’s Ball — seniors Gill West and Chloe Kookogey. Despite the lighthearted celebration, beneath the crown and title lies four years of hard work and a serious dedication to Hillsdale’s values. Professors selected students they wanted to nominate to the...
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Best of Hillsdale 2019
Below are the results of The Collegian’s annual “Best of Hillsdale” survey. The survey was published in last week’s Student Activities Board newsletter and received 135 responses. McDonald’s Best Fast Food McDonald’s is for all the people: Big Macs for the big macs and salads for the vegans; a playland for the kiddos and flower-adorned tables for date-night couples; automated checkout...
No more Sweethearts this Valentine’s Day
This Valentine’s Day, stores around the nation are all out of Sweethearts — the popular heart-shaped, message-carrying candy that has sweetened the holiday since the turn of the 20th century. After Necco’s candy factory went out of business last year, the company sold Sweethearts to Spangler Candy Company in Bryan, Ohio, about a 45-minute drive from Hillsdale. Spangler, best known...
Historic Hysteria: Guys, and other four-letter words
On March 16, 1989, The Collegian published an article titled “Guys and Other Four-Letter Words” detailing the women of Hillsdale’s view on dating and men at Hillsdale. Current ladies of Hillsdale beware: Some of these quotes are all too relatable. When asked about the Hillsdale dating life, one student, Renee, said, “There is no dating. Guys just don’t ask girls...
Confidence is key: alum Anderson teaches self-defense
When he came to Hillsdale College on a four-year football scholarship in 1975, Brian Anderson anticipated graduating four years later with an art major and going on to teach. The possibilities of that life path lasted only until he saw his friend practicing some kind of strange martial art in his dorm; this was Anderson’s first encounter with Taekwondo. Now...
‘Coffee, cocktails, and community’: Solomito takes over Rough Draft
Rachel Solomito ‘17 began working at Rough Draft in the summer of 2017. Last month, she became the general manager, seeking to advance its motto of “Coffee, cocktails, and community.” Instead of leaving Hillsdale after graduation, she received a message from Carly Hubbard ‘16 offering a job at a new café called Rough Draft. As the school year began, she...
