Bike theft is a recurring problem on Hillsdale College’s campus. Just this semester, five bikes have been reported stolen to campus security. According to Associate Dean of Men Jeffery Rogers, most bike thefts are committed by non-students who simply take advantage of Hillsdale’s open and trusting campus atmosphere. “People like to think that everything is safe, but the truth is...
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Academy students to produce newspaper
Hillsdale Academy is publishing a newspaper for the first time in two years. The new publication draws talent from both the upper school and the lower school of the Academy. Sixth grade students in Academy Teacher Karen Somerville’s classroom receive lessons in newswriting a couple times a week from Maria Servold, assistant to the director of the Dow Journalism Program,...
Biermann Athletics Center nearly complete
According to the Hillsdale College administration, the Margot V. Biermann Athletics Center will be completed on time. The new athletics center is slated to be finished by mid-February of 2013, and Hillsdale College will have a new space for the track team, as well as tennis capabilities year-round. The new center will also be large enough to fit events such...
Administration to place barriers at service drives
Due to concerns for student and faculty safety, the administration will install bollards, short metal poles, at driveway entrances to campus sidewalks. The barriers are intended to make clear that vehicular access to the service drives are restricted to authorized personnel only, who will still be able to access the drives by driving around the poles. The entrances on Hillsdale...
Fight for your right: Battle of the Bands
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia will host Hillsdale College’s Battle of the Bands this Saturday, Dec. 7. Five bands will take the stage Saturday night at 8 p.m. and battle until a decisive winner is decided by a panel of faculty judges and audience approval – “American Idol-style” said junior Ian Swanson, director of the event. He said the grand prize...
Hillsdale grad wins patent award
Nick Peters ’00 recently received a 2012 Edison Patent Award from the Research and Development Council of New Jersey. Along with three other scientists at the New Jersey-based company Applied Communication Sciences, Peters was rewarded for his work in distributable quantum relay architecture. He, with his team, developed a process of transmitting quantum signals through a fiber-optic network. “I visited...
Camerata: students start music group
On Nov. 15 the Student Federation recognized Hillsdale’s latest student-led organization: The Camerata, a “pan-disciplinary” musical club named after the 17th century Florentine Camerata, which was comprised of the prominent thinkers of the day. After discussing ideas for a club over the past semesters, seniors Kokko Chou and Jennifer Franklund with junior Viktor Rozsa and sophomore Jeana Ferguson decided to...
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