The leak in the storage room behind Phillips Auditorium in Knorr damaged some inexpensive equipment, said Patrick Chartrand, ITS network systems manager. Water seeped under the wall and into the training room next door, releasing a stench that carried into the career services office. Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé praised Hillsdale College’s maintenance, who replaced the line and cleaned up...
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WRFH is back to broadcasting
Station manager Scot Bertram said he doesn’t know why the power supply unit stopped working properly, but said he had ruled out sabotage. The broken device was supposed to provide electricity to the station’s hardware. “The unit was only distributing enough power to run a fan,” Bertram said. Bringing the station’s regularly scheduled programming back on the air took longer...
Libertarian vs. conservative students debate
About 70 people filled a classroom Tuesday for a debate the Fairfield Society held between juniors Brendan Noble and Razi Lane. Noble represented libertarianism, and Lane argued for conservatism. Junior John Gage, president of the Fairfield Society, said the issue is a hot topic on campus and deserved time for discussion. “I think the depth of this debate is much...
Hillsdale drops in national rankings
For the first time since 2013, Hillsdale College’s rank, according to U.S. News & World Report, dropped. The 2017 list for the best National Liberal Arts Colleges released this week shows Hillsdale at No. 83, 16 places lower than last year. Preliminary reviews of the ranking’s data and methodology indicate a lower graduation rate in 2015 contributed to the drop...
WRFH equipment crashes
Hillsdale College’s radio station WRFH 101.7 FM went off the air for two hours Friday, as a result of the computer’s motherboard crashing. The cause of the failing motherboard is unknown, WRFH General Manager Scot Bertram said, adding he hopes a new motherboard will arrive by the end of the week, so it can resume regular programming. For now, WRFH...
RA and family renovate Paul House
Junior Sarah Schutte said she took action when she noticed the Paul House needed some repairs. Luckily for the women’s residence, Schutte, a residence assistant there, said she likes home decorating — and she and her family are good at it. During spring break and the summer, Schutte, her parents, and her brother worked hard to renovate the Paul House,...
Orchestra selected to perform in D.C.
The College Orchestra Directors Association invited the Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra to perform at its 2017 national conference in Washington, D.C., in February. James Holleman, music department chairman, announced Monday that the association selected Hillsdale’s orchestra from other applicants around the country through a blind audition process, so it did not consider any information about the college’s music program or...
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