Geoffrey Rappaport is an entrepreneur and businessman who co-founded the discount haircut franchise Supercuts with Frank Emmett in 1975. During a luncheon with Hillsdale College students Wednesday, he discussed his belief in the importance of a liberal arts education and also shared developments of his new chain dental service. What was the initial inspiration for creating Supercuts? Being a hair cutter,...
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SCOTUS web course convenes
More than 20,000 people have signed up for Hillsdale College’s new online course on the U.S. Supreme Court. The ten-session course, which began Sept. 26, surveys the changing role of the federal court as it developed through American history, with each segment focusing on a different famous case, from Marbury v. Madison in 1803 to 2014’s Burwell v. Hobby Lobby....
ATO wins 4th True Merit
For the fourth consecutive year, Hillsdale College’s Alpha Tau Omega fraternity earned a True Merit Bowl. In August, the Hillsdale Beta Kappa chapter received recognition by the national fraternity for its outstanding scholastic, philanthropic, and recruitment efforts. “It is always the overarching goal of our chapter to be True Merit,” chapter President senior Matt Katz said. “For me, it shows...
Trump excites thousands of supporters at Michigan rally
NOVI, Mich. — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump demanded an end to the political influence of special interests and media lies before thousands at a rally last week. “Our campaign is taking on big business,” Trump said to the supporters who had stood in line waiting for hours in the rain. “We’re taking on big media. And it’s not pretty.”...
Wall Street Journal excludes Hillsdale from rankings
In the first U.S. college rankings from The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education, Hillsdale College wasn’t included because it neither accepts federal student loans nor collects racial information on its students and faculty. The data for the rankings comes from the College Scorecard, a website maintained by the U.S. Department of Education that provides indicators about the cost...
Students take over the airwaves
Students are now broadcasting news stories, political and sports commentaries, and interviews on Hillsdale College’s radio station, Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM. Although many college radio stations air solely music programs, the assorted content of Hillsdale College’s station — including news, talk, and spoken word radio — will provide students real-world experience in multiple aspects of broadcast media. The station’s...
Greshom Lectures take on Zionism
An intellectual conversation on Christian Zionism does exist, Joel Willitts and Robert Nicholson said during the religion department’s annual Gershom Lectures on Christianity and Judaism. The lecturers presented their contributions to the book “The New Christian Zionism: Fresh Perspectives on Israel and the Land,” which argues for Jewish land rights in modern Israel, on Sept. 29 and 30. The Gershom...
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