Thomas McKenna, Editor in Chief I should have chucked my phone off the top of Central Hall when I had the chance. Yes, I had some good reasons for wanting more than the basic text-and-call functions. As City News editor last year and ringleader this year, I used it to text and email with sources, reporters, and other editors quickly....
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Boomers won’t run politics forever. Gen Z isn’t ready.
Courtesy | Unsplash The end of the baby boomers’ 40-year reign is almost at hand. The scepter will presently fall to a young generation that is staggeringly unprepared to receive it. Since the foreshocks of succession first began to rattle American politics in the early-to-mid-2010s, candidates and their parties began to pander to the youngest generation of American voters —...
Hillsdale shouldn’t invite women ‘priests’ to speak
Courtesy | Unsplash Hillsdale College strayed from its stated mission by inviting Helen McGowan Orr to speak on campus April 14. According to posters around campus advertising her Drummond Lecture on “Theosis,” Orr is a Cambridge-educated, Anglican “poet, priest, and singer.” She was entrusted with two benefices by the Bishop of Ely around 2021 and has since served as the...
Take Petrakis’s Civil Rights class
I never thought I’d see the day when I enjoyed taking an exam. Assistant Professor of Politics John Petrakis’s spring Civil Rights class proved me wrong. On the exam, Petrakis provides a scenario for a court case, the facts of the case, and the relevant statute. It’s up to the student to determine how the court would most likely...
Give athletes graduation cords
After spending their collegiate careers bearing the name of “Hillsdale College” on their jerseys across the nation at all levels of competition, senior student-athletes should have a chance to don the title of “Hillsdale Charger,” and for most, the title of “athlete,” one last time. Athletes deserve a cord to wear at graduation to represent their time competing as Chargers. ...
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Chris Van Orman: A passion for chemistry
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Oscar Season
On The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Twitter account, a picture of a cheese platter was recently posted...
Foreign students celebrate Christmas across the globe
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Charger volleyball team wins scholarship cup
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Hillsdale students ‘deck the halls’ of campus
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It’s Christmastime in the city
Although retail stores choose to disregard the “no Christmas until after Thanksgiving” rule, most families and even cities wait to...
Success for the sciences
Zach Kohley ’06, recently accepted a joint faculty position in the Michigan State University chemistry department and national superconducting laboratory....
A Victorian Christmas at the Grosvenor House
This Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 1 and 2, the Grosvenor House in Jonesville, Mich., will host “A Victorian Christmas,” a...
Race cars and home-cooked meals at the Finish Line
The door opens to a warm haven plastered with car-racing paraphernalia and smelling of deep-fried, home-style meals. Lisa Slade, owner...
‘EAT’ at Spangler’s
The “good old days” for most people were much simpler times that are long past. There are certain places, however,...
Thai food and train cars
You may never meet Casper the Friendly Ghost, but Hillsdale has its own resident paranormal buddy. Her name is Agnes,...
The Palace Cafe: home of the original ‘breakfast club’
Warm lighting, high-backed booths, drinks served in Coca-Cola cups, and a vintage counter lined with stools all give the Palace...