Michigan’s minimum wage increased to $8.50 per hour Jan. 1. Wikimedia Commons | Courtesy Effective Jan. 1, 2016, the Michigan minimum wage raised from $8.15 per hour to $8.50 per hour, causing the college to change certain pay incentives for student workers. Before now, supervisors could increase students’ wages by 10 cents per semester as “longevity increases,” if they returned...
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12 percent of Hillsdale attends CPAC in Washington, D.C.
Hillsdale College students stand with American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp (right) and his wife, Mercedes (left) at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. Elizabeth Laux | Courtesy National Harbor, MD. — “There are only three colleges that I would send my kids, only three in the country, possibly the world,” nationally syndicated conservative radio host, Glenn...
Peters declares Scorecard needs work
Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks to reporters after Sunday’s Democratic presidential debate. Nicole Ault | Collegian The College Scorecard released by the Department of Education last September may need some improvement, Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters said. The Scorecard is a tool designed to help prospective students across the nation compare colleges and universities and determine which school is the...
Renowned economist speaks on campus
Economist Deirdre McCloskey lectures on classical liberalism Tuesday, March 8 in Dow A & B. Eric Ragan | Courtesy More than 140 students and faculty crowded Dow A & B Tuesday to hear from world-famous economist Deirdre McCloskey speak on “How True Liberalism Enriched the World.” Free-market student organization Praxis invited McCloskey to spend all of Tuesday eating meals with...
Q&A: Deirdre McCloskey
Deirdre McCloskey speaks to students Tuesday, March 8 on classical liberalism for Praxis. Eric Ragan | Courtesy Deirdre McCloskey is a renowned free-market economist, essayist, and professor who has written more than a dozen books and hundreds of scholarly articles. A modern expert in economic history, McCloskey, who worked for several years with Milton Friedman, is a modern expert in...
Hillsdale scores tickets to GOP Detroit debate
Detroit, Michigan’s Fox Theatre held the GOP presidential debate Thursday, March 3. Macaela Bennett | Collegian Although tickets to last Thursday’s GOP presidential debate in Detroit, Michigan, were scarce, Hillsdale College students, staff, and faculty didn’t have a problem finding their way into the audience. Days before the debate was set to be held at the historic Fox Theatre, about...
Mechanical problem temporarily closes preschool
Mary Randall Preschool closed Tuesday afternoon after the air-conditioning unit caused the building to fill with smoke. Wikimedia Commons | Courtesy No children were in Mary Randall Preschool when smoke wafted from the mechanical room about midday last Monday, prompting the school to cancel afternoon classes. “There was a malfunction with the mechanics of the air-conditioning unit,” Director of Early...
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