A crane lifted an L-shaped cornerstone and placed it into the southwest corner of the under-construction Christ Chapel on Tuesday to a round of applause. The stone proclaims in Greek and Latin: “For God and country.” Rev. Adam Rick, Hillsdale College chaplain, blessed the cornerstone during a dedication ceremony, immediately following Convocation. Provost David Whalen said the event marked...
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Opera workshop opens this weekend
The classic comedic operetta “The Pirates of Penzance” is coming to Hillsdale this weekend. Hillsdale College students have been busy preparing all fall for this semester’s Opera Workshop production. The effort is entirely student-driven, with senior music major Jonathan Henreckson directing the performance for his senior project. “I thought this was a really good opportunity for people to do Pirates...
Student Fed approves funds for Shapiro
Student Federation allocated $3,000 to Young Americans for Freedom so the group can bring prominent conservative speaker Ben Shapiro to campus. Shapiro is known for his no-nonsense attitude and has made headlines for speaking at liberal-leaning colleges. “Ben Shapiro is a staunch defender of freedom, justice and pursuit of truth – everything Hillsdale stands for,” YAF president and junior...
Q&A with Ken Davis
Ken Davis is a former deputy attorney general for the Virginia commonwealth. Hillsdale’s Federalist Society invited Davis to Hillsdale College Nov. 6, to speak on “Capitalism and the Rule of Law.” He received his B.A. from Cornell, his M.A. from Oxford, his J.D. from Harvard Law School, and his MBA from Virginia Commonwealth University. Currently, he is a senior...
New average GPA record
Hillsdale College students set the highest average all-campus GPA since 2007 with an average of 3.343 last spring, surpassing fall 2016’s record of 3.34. Provost David Whalen made the announcement on Tuesday at the first-ever Convocation held in the Searle Center, as the college gathered together to honor scholarship, excellence in instruction, and the college’s religious heritage. A faculty...
Q&A: Gov. Pete Ricketts
Gov. Pete Ricketts of Nebraska visited campus on Monday to speak at a luncheon hosted by the Omicron Delta Kappa leadership honorary and the President’s Office. In his talk, entitled “Taming the Leviathan: Reducing the Size and Scope of Government,” the governor discussed how he has applied his business experience, which includes serving as the Chief Operating Officer of...
Faydra Shapiro speaks on Jewish-Christian relations
Modern challenges and the future trajectory of a 2,000 year-old-conflict were the subject of two lectures given last week by Faydra L. Shapiro, executive director of the Israel center for Jewish-Christian Relations. Shapiro the discussed Jewish-Christian relations as part of the Gershom Lecture Series. The Gershom Lecture series began in 2014 to explore Jewish-Christian relations and are funded by...
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