Scott Welden checks grain prices on his phone the way some people check Instagram. “As a U.S. farmer, I watch the commodity trading like stockbrokers watch the market on Wall Street,” said Welden, who farms primarily soybeans, wheat, and corn in Jonesville, Michigan. “I keep looking at that app, and I’m like, I gotta stop looking at it.” These days,...
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Bon Appetit renovates food stations, brings new menu items
Since fall break, students may have noticed a black curtain covering some of the food stations in the Knorr Dining Room due to renovations. Renovations were completed on the Passport and Forno stations of the Knorr Dining Room on Thursday, Oct. 24. The construction began over fall break and was carried into the following week, due to unexpected plumbing and...
“Did Aristotle kill Alexander the Great?” Calvert discusses
Did Aristotle kill Alexander the Great? Associate Professor of History Kenneth Calvert asked during his lecture on campus. On Thursday, Oct. 25, Calvert spoke about Alexander and his waning faithfulness to his teacher Aristotle, and the Greek ideals during his invasion of Persia. Calvert traced Alexander’s evolution from a young pupil of Aristotle to the leader of an empire. Calvert...
Michigan to vote on legalization of recreational marijuana Tuesday
Michigan voters will decide next week whether the Great Lakes State will become the tenth state in the union to legalize recreational marijuana. Proposal 1 comes a decade after Michigan legalized medical marijuana, which will remain legal regardless of the election’s outcome. “Our goal is to end marijuana prohibition because we feel that prohibition has been more of a problem...
Buck breaks into Knorr Student Center Wednesday morning
When Scot Bertram, the general manager of Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM, came into work on Wednesday morning, he was greeted by three men dragging something heavy out of the doors of Dow Hotel and Conference Center. He spotted limbs on what he originally thought was a large piece of luggage, and as he parked his car a deer, wrapped...
Hillsdale students place in national college radio competition
Only three years old, Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM is already winning national recognition. Seniors Ryan Kelly Murphy and Jenna Suchyta both placed in the annual College Broadcasters Inc. National Student Production Awards. Murphy took third place for Best Audio Newscast, and Suchyta took fourth in Best Audio Documentary for her production “A Problem of Pain” on the opioid epidemic....
Hillsdale College for Life begins new campus prayer ministry
Hillsdale College for Life has started a biweekly prayer ministry to bring awareness to the issue of abortion. Senior HCFL Presidet Kathleen Russo explained the addition to the club’s portfolio of activities as “a necessary part of HCFL’s work to promote the value of life.” By formally recognizing the faith-based aspect of the club in this way, HCFL can more...
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