Paul Rahe, professor of history, will receive an award on Friday for his newest book on ancient Sparta and its defense strategies. At a conference in Washington, D.C., the Mackinder Forum, an association of foreign policy scholars, will present Rahe with the 2019 STRATFOR Book Award for Geopolitical Analysis for his recent book “Sparta’s First Attic War: The Grand Strategy...
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Hillsdale hockey club to play inaugural season
Previous students’ efforts to start a hockey club team have been stunted by a lack of coordination or interest on campus, but this year the dream team will become a reality. President of the club and sophomore Zack Niebolt said the success in starting a team this year is largely due to freshmen interest. “Thanks to all the freshmen that...
Women Commissioners to hold derby-themed auction, replacing sale
The Hillsdale College Women Commissioners are hosting the first-ever Charger Derby on Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. The event will be a virtually-simulated horse race derby with live and silent auctions, drinks, and hors d’oeuvres. The Charger Derby is replacing the former Women Commissioners Sale that took place every fall in the Margot V. Biermann Center. “We’re never doing the...
Q&A: Rob Leatham, pistol champ
Pistol World Champion Rob Leatham spent October 17 and 18 at the John A. Halter Shooting Sports Center. He spent his time coaching the Hillsdale Pistol Club on behalf of their new sponsors, Springfield Armory. Leatham is: an 8-time International Practical Shooting Confederation World Champion, an 11-time NRA Bianchi Cup Champion, a 17-time Single Stack National Champion, and a 30-time...
Book checkouts on the decline at Mossey library
Amidst the massive decline of students checking out physical books in American universities, Hillsdale students show themselves exempt from the trend. A 64% decline in the number of books checked out at Yale’s undergraduate library in February 2019 led the university to relocate three-quarters of its books to create more space for study rooms. As a result, students staged a...
Students explore Detroit, Chicago on Career Services Fall Break trips
More than 15 students spent their fall break networking and touring businesses through Career Services’ Explore Detroit and Explore Chicago trips. In both excursions, students had the opportunity to experience what living and working in Detroit and Chicago is like. In Detroit, students tailored elevator pitches, networked with alumni at a mixer, toured the Detroit Lions stadium, sat in on...
Bon Appetit plans for healthier options, may introduce swipe exchanges
Students will notice many changes in the dining hall this semester, Bon Appetit General Manager David Apthorpe said. These “monotony-breakers” will provide greater options for people with stricter diets. Bon Appetit has tried in previous years to provide a broad selection of healthy foods for students. Part of this process has been bringing food from local producers to the dining...
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