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Victor Davis Hanson addresses Hillsdale College students. Courtesy | The Collegian Historians discussed the legacy of the Vietnam War in a two-day conference. Hillsdale College hosted the conference, titled “The Vietnam War at 50,” on Sept. 12-13. The event, organized by the college’s Military History and Strategy Department, brought together scholars and veterans to reflect on the conflict’s legacy and...

Electric scooters litter city streets. Courtesy | Pixabay Campus Security is now encouraging students to register scooters with the school as more students zip to classes on two wheels. Security noticed an uptick in the number of scooters and expanded its voluntary bike registration program to provide students with options for recovering missing scooters, according to Director of Security John...

Robert Alt. Courtesy | Minnesota Sun  Robert Alt almost died on the way down from the summit of Mount Everest in May, he told students in his lecture on Sept. 11. Many back home feared he would join the hundreds of frozen corpses scattered over the top of the mountain, Alt said. After beginning their descent from the summit, climbers...

Trey Brock leaps for a catch in the first half against Lake Erie in Sept. 2018. Liam Bredberg | Collegian Varsity athletics is an art similar to a classical liberal art, said Trey Brock ’18 on Sept. 16.  In his talk, titled “The Sweatiest of the Liberal Arts,” Brock said he used his experience as a collegiate athlete, as well...

McDonald and Davis at their competition over the summer. Courtesy | Chloe Noller Senior Patrick McDonald advanced to the finals in a national mock trial championship over the summer and placed second overall alongside Abby Davis ’25. Trial by Combat, a prestigious, annual, 1-on-1 collegiate national championship hosted annually by Drexel University School of Law and UCLA School of Law,...