Hillsdale College’s mock trial teams dominated among some of the best competitors in the country Saturday and Sunday, sweeping three of the top four positions. Hillsdale placed first, second, and fourth at the fourth annual Red Cedar Classic Invitational at Michigan State University. Hillsdale beat nationally acclaimed schools, including Pennsylvania State University, the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and...
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Move over Detroit auto, it’s time to give Tesla a seat at the table
You don’t see many electric cars in Hillsdale, and thanks to Michigan politics, that won’t change anytime soon. This September, Michigan officials confirmed the 2014 bill blocking Tesla, the electric car manufacturer, from opening company-owned dealerships in Michigan. This bill, which passed through the Michigan Senate and House in a single day, supposedly protects the car-buying public from predatory companies,...
Update eases off-campus JSTOR access
Hillsdale College’s Mossey Library is on the forefront of testing a new update to Sierra, the software responsible for the library’s catalog, circulation, and book ordering system. While the Sierra 2.4 update mainly fixes bugs concerning background security issues, it also makes logging into databases like Google Scholar and JSTOR easier from off-campus. Previously, those databases required additional authentication from...
Student Fed passes eight amendments for campus vote
Student Federation recently reviewed its constitution for the first time in 10 years, approving all eight of the Rules Committee’s proposed amendments Oct. 21. The federation approved eight amendments, which serve mainly to clarify wording and issues concerning officer positions, almost all unanimously. The only amendment that significantly divided federation members was an amendment that would remove philanthropic activity from...
College sent racial data on student athletes to NCAA
Despite publicly stating that it has never collected or recorded racial data on any of its students, Hillsdale College’s administration has submitted information on the race of all student athletes through the athletic department since joining the NCAA in 1990. Last week, college administrators discovered that for two-and-a-half decades, Hillsdale has complied with an NCAA requirement mandating that coaches collect...
Mock trial wins 1st, 4th at year opener
At its first tournament of the year, Hillsdale College’s mock trial teams placed first and fourth in the Thunderdome Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Wheaton College hosted 21 colleges for the tournament held in the DuPage County Courthouse in Wheaton, Illinois. Team “$traight Up,” captained by senior Kristiana Mork and junior Honor Perrine, scored a record of 7-1, winning first....
Trump leads among Hillsdale students
If the election were held today, for whom would you vote? Create pie charts With 19 days until the national election, Hillsdale College students favor presidential candidate Donald Trump. Of 493 respondents, a Collegian survey found that more than 43 percent are planning to cast their ballots for the Republican Party’s nominee. That is comparable to the 41 percent he...
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