The school has announced the topic of the Edward Everett Prize in Oratory: “National Security and Privacy: Principles for Achieving a Just Balance.” The 18th annual competition, hosted by the Provost’s Office and the department of rhetoric and public address, is open to all undergraduate students. The first place prize is $3,000, second place is $2,000, and third place is...
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Economics professors optimistic about Dow future
The U.S. economy still appears healthy, according to professors in Hillsdale College’s economics department, despite the Dow Jones industrial average experiencing its largest single-day drop ever on Monday. “The underlying market economy clearly has not changed much over the past few days,” said Gary Wolfram, economics department chairman. “The economy is actually doing well.” The stock market index fell nearly...
Student Fed approves funds, new student club
The Student Federation approved $4,000 for clubs in their meeting on Thursday, as well as awarded the Citizens for Self-Governance Club initial club status. The College Republicans requested $3,000 to pay for a portion of the bus travel for the group’s trip to the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. Although the cost for each student to attend...
Flu season hits Hillsdale College
Hillsdale College is beginning to see the effects of the nation-wide flu outbreak this week, with several students visiting the Amber Health Center sick. Linda Snoes, the office assistant for the center, said there have been 10 positive cases for influenza on campus. Still more are being tested. “It’s been crazy,” Snoes said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Bible study helps to encourage dorm leaders
When Griffith Brown ’17 realized resident assistants needed a place to encourage one another, he reached out to fellow Simpson RA Eli West ’17. Brown soon learned that West shared his concerns. Three years ago, the two began Frontlines, a ministry for RAs and any other dorm resident who has a heart for other students in dorms. Today, about 15...
Scholarships will send students to Glacier Bay
The summer getaway is about to get studious, as the Great Tradition takes on the great outdoors in the 2018 Glacier Bay Session, a four-week summer conference in southeast Alaska. Two Hillsdale students will be selected to study American writing about the outdoors — think Whitman, Berry, and Thoreau — in its natural habitat. “Twelve students will spend the month...
Parking agreement reserves College Baptist Church for student use
Students looking to park in College Baptist Church’s lot now must register their vehicles with Hillsdale College security. After noticing an increase of students using the privately-owned lot for parking this year, College Baptist’s board of trustees approached Hillsdale College in the late fall about make a formal agreement for its use, expressing concerns about the lot’s use and clearing...
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