With the U.S. death toll at 11 as of Wednesday night, COVID-19, or novel coronavirus, has states and municipalities scrambling to respond. Hillsdale College “is developing additional strategies for combating coronavirus,” in the case the disease makes its way to Hillsdale County, Director of Health Services Brock Lutz said in an email. COVID-19 is a disease caused by a strain...
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Hillsdale works to open Blake Center for Faith and Freedom
After a series of setbacks with Hillsdale College’s newly acquired Monticello replica, the college will move forward with its plan to establish the property as the Blake Center for Faith and Freedom. Last year, Prestly Blake, co-founder of Friendly’s restaurant chain, and his wife, Helen Blake, donated a large part of their estate in Somers, Connecticut, to Hillsdale College. A...

Daily News editor replaces Monastiere
The Hillsdale Daily News’ former sports editor and Hillsdale College alumnus James Gensterblum ‘12 replaced Brad Monastiere as Hillsdale College’s new Director of Media Relations for Athletics on Mar. 1. As Monastiere steps down, the Hillsdale College Athletic Department will undergo a shift in job positions. Gensterblum will join the team to increase the written media material released by the...

Murphy wins annual oratory competition
Answering the question “How to be a good neighbor in a divided world,” junior Taryn Murphy won the 20th annual Everett Oratory Competition for the second year in a row on Tuesday afternoon. Five finalists (seniors Michelle Reid and Molly Buccola, juniors Connor Daniels and Taryn Murphy, and freshman Ethan Tong) competed in Plaster Auditorium before three judges (Jana Daley,...

Scholarship selection chair urges Hillsdale students to apply
“You can make change in America through the Marshall Scholarship,” said Adam Mortara, Marshall Scholarship selection committee chair and professor of law at the University of Chicago. “I need you. So make a sacrifice.” In an interview-style talk last Thursday in Dow A&B, Mortara spoke with former Chief Deputy Solicitor General of Wisconsin Ryan Walsh ’09 about how Hillsdale College...

Senior Gift Restaurant Week to raise funds for oak trees on quad
The Class of 2020 is well on their way to raising enough money to gift the college with 10 oak trees for the quad. Their partnership with local restaurants this week promises to bring them closer. This week, a different restaurant is partnering with the college every day of the week to donate 10% of their proceeds to the 2020...

Federalist Society hosts Constitution debate
Two professors debated the virtues of interpreting the Constitution as a living document versus an originalist interpretation last week. At the event hosted by the Hillsdale Federalist Society, professors John Baker and Richard Primus, moderated by Justice Brian Zahra of the Michigan Supreme Court, debated the topic of “Our Constitution: A More or Less Perfect Union? A Discussion on the...
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