Hillsdale College seniors scored in the 99th-100th percentile of college students nationwide in a national standardized exam. In the second year the college has administered the Educational Testing Service Proficiency Profile, the 50 seniors from Hillsdale who took the exam earned an average total score of 482.4 of 500 points, nearly two points higher than last year’s seniors, and 35...
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McCall ’78 to take over Mich. Children’s Service Agency
Hermann McCall ’78 will become the executive director for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ Children’s Services Agency in late April. McCall is leaving his position of 14 years as director of the Juvenile Justice Programs, a segment of the CSA, to relieve Steve Yager, who retiring after 30 years as the executive director. The state health department’s...
Former student in custody, campus safe
A former student who was being actively pursued by police is now in custody, Hillsdale College confirmed in a press release. “Law enforcement has informed Hillsdale College that the potential threat has ended,” the statement said. “The lockdown has been lifted. Police were actively searching for a former student who may be a threat to campus, according to an official...
Debate team holds home tournament
By 9 a.m. Saturday, freshman Rowan Macwan had dressed himself in a black suit, purple shirt, and brown work boots. He had run to the debate lounge to get notes and evidence. He had done all this just 30 minutes after freshman Joel Meng shook him awake and informed him he had to compete in Hillsdale College’s debate tournament. The...
Murphy wins Everett oratory competition
Sophomore Ryan Kelly Murphy won the 2017 Edward Everett Prize in Oratory and $3,000 for her speech about judicial review Tuesday. Freshman Michelle Reid won second place and $2,000, and freshman Joel Meng took third, winning $1,000. “The most important thing in discerning a winner is who argued most convincingly and had the most evidence, because it’s the historical content,...
Student Fed funds concert, entrepreneur lunch, speakers
Phi Mu Alpha will bring Christian folk band The Gray Havens to campus on March 30, after Hillsdale College’s Student Federation approved $1,475 for the event during its March 2 meeting. Although Student Fed’s Finance Committee originally recommended giving the men’s music fraternity only $1,000, the federation unanimously voted to fully fund the proposal, because the event will benefit so...
Anime club reanimated
The East meets the West at the revived Hillsdale College Anime Club. The club meets Mondays at 7 p.m. in Lane 337 to watch and discuss anime, a form of Japanese art. Members said the club looks to bring a taste of Eastern culture to a college that has heavy emphasis on the Western tradition. “We noticed there wasn’t that...
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