The shooting center passed 500 annual members earlier this month. “It is exciting to share Halter’s world-class shooting facilities with members of the public,” Range Director Matt Little said in a press release. “First-time shooters, multiple-time Olympians, and everyone in between can improve their skills and enjoy the shooting sports at the Halter Center.” According to Little, the John Anthony...
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Library closes north entrance due to staffing strain
Mossey Library staff chose to close the building’s north entrance — the door directly across from the lower door to the Grewcock Student Union — because adding another student to monitor the exit would strain library staff. After construction on the quad closed the colonnade, Mossey Library staff felt last semester that adding a second entrance to the library would...
Debate teams take podium at first competition
Two pairs of Hillsdale College debaters won second and third place for the debate team in this semester’s first competition. In the Puget Sound Logger CARD Tournament, an online competition, hosted by the University of Puget Sound on Oct. 18-19, sophomore pair Noah Woo and Jonathan Evans claimed silver in the varsity team category with a 4-1 win record. “I...

WSJ leaves Hillsdale out of college rankings
Wall Street Journal | Courtesy Flickr The Wall Street Journal continued a years-long habit of excluding Hillsdale College from its college rankings this year because it does not participate in federal student aid programs, according to a spokesperson for the Wall Street Journal College Rankings. “Being left out of the Wall Street Journal rankings is an ongoing thing, and it’s...
‘Man Up’ aims to teach ‘tenacity, grit, and friendship’
The annual Man Up event, a day of wrestling, weightlifting, and obstacle courses for freshmen men, was held on Sept. 14 from 2-5 p.m. The Dean of Men’s office organizes the one-time event, along with resident assistants of men’s dorms and fraternity leaders, according to Dean of Men Aaron Petersen. “We started the program because we wanted to encourage our...
Alumna takes control of Hillsdale in DC undergrad program
Dottie Roland ’25 started as the Washington Hillsdale Internship Program undergraduate coordinator for Hillsdale’s Washington, D.C., campus this fall. Roland takes the place of former WHIP coordinator Mary Wheeler, who stepped into a part-time role with the D.C. campus in the spring. Roland said it was Wheeler’s nudging that prompted her to apply for the job. “I had not really...
Doctor speaks on the ‘culture of death’ pervading society
The arguments surrounding abortion, physician-assisted suicide, and similar issues revolve not around when life begins but when our responsibility for life begins, according to former pro-choice doctor Kristin Collier. Collier, associate professor at the University of Michigan, gave two lectures at Hillsdale Oct. 11. One focused on how she became a Christian and pro-life, and the second addressed the ethical...
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