Hillsdale College is planning to celebrate its 179th birthday, known as Founder’s Day, with a hot chocolate bar, an ornament-making station, and a festive winter market on the quad. The 1844 Society will host its annual Founding Fest Dec. 2 from 5-9 p.m. The celebration, which traditionally brings together students, faculty, and the wider community, is a commemoration of the...
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Tower Dancers to perform in fall concert
The Hillsdale College Tower Dancers will perform original works featuring ballet, contemporary, and modern dance styles at their fifth annual fall concert Dec. 3 in Markel Auditorium. Student performers choreographed the entire concert for the second year in a row. “Like all other visual arts, dance is an encounter with beauty, an ideal that is very important to Hillsdale students,”...
Mark Simon visits campus, speaks on Jimmy Lai’s plight
As Jimmy Lai spent his 1,197th day in prison on Nov. 20, his “right-hand man” Mark Simon told Hillsdale faculty why the Hong Kong dissident refused to escape the country before his arrest. “Somebody said to him, ‘Jimmy, why won’t you leave?’” Simon said. “He said, ‘I don’t want my kids to think that for 25 years I drove this...
Metz looks to bring Chick-fil-A to campus
Hillsdale students may eat “Mor Chikin” as Hillsdale College Dining Services works toward bringing Chick-fil-A to campus. Metz Executive Chef Adam Harvey said the dining service’s goal could mean a physical building on campus in the future. “We just want to establish relationships with Chick-fil-A,” he said. “Eventually, we want them on campus in some capacity, whether that be an...
Mock trial team places sixth in Harvard tournament
Rekt Judicata, one of Hillsdale’s three mock trial teams, won honorable mention in Harvard University’s invitational tournament last weekend. The team placed sixth overall and netted two individual awards. The Boston Tea Party was the last tournament of the team’s fall season. Senior Caleb Sampson and junior Njomeza Pema, Rekt Judicata’s captains, each won outstanding witness awards, Pema with a...
Psychology honorary Psi Chi hosts lecture on child abuse
Child abuse in America is a cycle that repeats itself, said psychologist Brian Allen in a speech Monday night. Hillsdale’s Psi Chi psychology honorary sponsored Allen’s speech, entitled “Looking Back to Look Ahead: A Retrospective from 20 Years Fighting Child Abuse on the Frontline.” “In child abuse in particular, we see cycles that repeat over and over again,” Allen said....
Four students speak on solutions to climate change
Student speakers disagreed on the solution to climate change at the Citizens for Self Governance student-led debate Nov. 7. “It is reasonable to assume that the exponential wealth growth will be able to play a factor in offsetting potential future temperature increases,” Fox said. “As our technology expands, we develop systems that are better able to address the challenges of...
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