In the late 1960s, The Collegian premiered Campus Scene as a forum to spread social news. Separated into “Men’s News” and “Women’s News,” the column offered interesting tidbits from a variety of social groups at Hillsdale. This innocent information often included lists of new Greek pledges and advertised all-campus events. But, as Robert Frost once said, “Nothing gold can stay,”...
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Off-Campus Coalition after Mock Rock victory: ‘Our doors are open’
After beating Simpson in Mock Rock but falling short of ending its 7-year homecoming reign, off-campus house residents continue to “make spaces into places,” per their homecoming coalition motto. The men of Bjornheim — juniors Dietrich Balsbaugh and Joshua Pautz, and sophomores Marcus Lotti and Dominic Bulger — began planning their homecoming group over the summer, speaking with each other...
Legacy of Honor Code, Freshman Pledge: College is a commitment, not a commodity
The Freshman Pledge and the Honor Code are well-known rites of a Hillsdale student — but twenty years ago, Hillsdale students did not have to sign the Honor Code or recite the Freshman Pledge upon entering the college. Both are fairly recent developments that arrived soon after Larry Arnn became president of Hillsdale College. Each came about at a time...
Pulp Michigan: Story of the hearty Jackson coney dog
Most people know Jackson, Michigan (if they know it at all) as the birthplace of the Republican Party. But equally important — and tragically overlooked outside of local lore — is the town’s culinary claim to fame: home of the original coney dog. Okay, yes, yes, you know all about coneys. About the famous rivalry between Lafayette Coney Island and...
Beer, brats, and Bavaria: German campus culture flourishes
German Department Chair Eberhard Geyer began instructing at Hillsdale College, the department and the students studying the language have more than tripled in size. But what most students have found makes studying the language so appealing are the ways in which the students, professors, and honorary bring German culture to life on campus. “There are students here on campus whom...
Hillsdale performs drama of a hometown judge’s murder trial
In the sleepy Upper Peninsula of Michigan, a small coastal town of 319 people still boasts their claim to fame: a 1952 murder of bartender and former police officer Mike Chenoweth. On July 30, 1952, Coleman Peterson, a lieutenant recently assigned to Big Bay, Michigan, waited for his wife, Charlotte, to come home. Shortly after midnight, she returned in hysterics,...
