Coldwater’s Capri Drive-in will finish its yearly season in just three weeks, and students might not want to miss the rare and waning chance to experience this part of American history. Drive-ins are a phenomenon from the 1950s. Families and friends would load up their cars with snacks, chairs, blankets, and games for a night under the sky while watching...
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Fried, tried, and true
The Hillsdale County fair is full of history, from businesses that have been in the family for six generations to visitors who have been coming for over 50 years. The food is a big part of that history; many of the vendors have been at this fair for decades and have great stories about how they got started. One of...
‘Number one party band’ returns to campus
This Friday, the annual Hillsdale Garden Party will draw out the cocktail dresses and dance moves in an evening of revelry made possible by the Simone Vitale Band. The band, named for its lead guitarist and MC, has come to Hillsdale over 20 times throughout the past 15 years. “We love Hillsdale,” Vitale said. “This is not just another gig....
Kenyan women attend Hillsdale through “Zawadi”
In Swahili, the word for gift is “zawadi.” It is also the name of Dr. Susan Mboya’s African Education Fund program, based upon the belief that each child is a gift and that there is no greater gift than education. Over 200 Zawadi students currently attend institutions in the U.S., including Ivy League schools and Hillsdale College. Mboya’s father, a...
Stuard opens the conversation
Junior Mason Stuard, President of Hillsdale College Democrats and Progressives Club, wants to develop a more active conversation on Hillsdale College’s conservative campus. He took lead of the student organization last fall after Josephine Burns, the previous and original president of the club, graduated in 2011. “[Burns] was lamenting with me about whether or not the group would continue,” Stuard said. ...
Surprising diversity in “citadel of conservatism”
One-third of Hillsdale College faculty call themselves Republicans, a quarter call themselves Democrats, and a fifth call themselves politically independent, according to a survey conducted by The Collegian. “There is a considerable range of opinion amongst the faculty. There are plenty of liberals, ” said Paul Rahe, professor of history and a registered Republican since Jimmy Carter’s presidency. The anonymous...
