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Documentary class premieres new film ‘The Prison Games

Documentary class premieres new film ‘The Prison Games

The documentary filmmaking class premiered its film “The Prison Games” on Tuesday night in Plaster Auditorium. The documentary covered a series of football games played during the 1960s and ’70s between the Hillsdale Chargers and a team of prisoners within the State Prison of Southern Michigan facility in Jackson, Michigan.  “This is an absolutely fascinating story,” Moorehouse said, “and the...

SAB to host 8th annual student Thanksgiving Dinner

SAB to host 8th annual student Thanksgiving Dinner

Students can enjoy turkey, casserole, and cranberry sauce tomorrow at Hillsdale College’s 8th annual Thanksgiving Dinner hosted by the Student Activities Board. Tickets are required to attend the meal, which will take place from 5-7 p.m. in the Searle Center. “This is an intentional time for us to get together and reorient ourselves in a way that’s modeled after something...

Students to premiere documentary on ‘The Prison Games’

The documentary filmmaking class will screen this semester’s group project, “The Prison Games,” Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in Plaster Auditorium. Entry and concessions will be free. The documentary covers a piece of little-known history from the Hillsdale Chargers football team. In the 1960s and ’70s, the football program was so large that they split their players into junior varsity...

Charger Derby raises $75,000 for scholarships

Charger Derby raises $75,000 for scholarships

The Hillsdale College Women Commissioners raised approximately $75,000 at its fourth annual Charger Derby on Saturday evening. All proceeds from the event will go toward the Hillsdale College Women Commissioners’ scholarship fund, which supports Hillsdale students with financial need, according to board member and event co-chair Sue Zbozen-McAlpine ’86. “Our whole purpose is to raise money for our scholarship fund,...

Arnn responds to FIRE’s free speech warning label

Arnn responds to FIRE’s free speech warning label

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression has a fundamental misunderstanding of college education, according to College President Larry P. Arnn in an op-ed titled “There’s More to Education Than Free Speech.” “I wrote the piece to assert what education is,” Arnn told The Collegian. “FIRE seems like most activists: they want to do education policy, which is not the...

Students win national broadcasting awards

Students win national broadcasting awards

Twelve Hillsdale College students received awards across six categories in the 2023 National Student Production Awards from College Broadcasters Inc., the most winners in Hillsdale’s history. CBI, a national organization for college radio programs, announced the finalists on Oct. 21 at the National Student Media Convention in Orlando, Florida. Six Hillsdale student radio and video productions ranked in the top...

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