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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A hand-stitched legacy
Trevathan’s Sweep & Sew Shoppe is situated in downtown Hillsdale, Mich. on the corner of Broad and McCollum Street and has been serving the citizens of Hillsdale since 1948.
In Their Eyes: Keith Otterbein remembers his years as a student athlete
Otterbein is passionate about two things: the football team and Hillsdale College.
The real pink ladies
Under the direction of Associate Professor of History Dedra Birzer, these students learn about the importance of business and independence while providing many women in the Hillsdale area with quality products and service.
Small town romeos
For 30 years, a group of older gentlemen — though they might scoff at the term — has been meeting in Hillsdale most weekday mornings, over coffee, to chat and shoot the breeze.
‘In their eyes’: Professor Eric Hutchinson now teaches alongside his former professors
Greek, Latin, Plautus and Pericles were barely on the radar for Eric Hutchinson (’02) when he started at Hillsdale College as a freshman.
She gets it: New nurse brings skill and experience to the Health Center
Following the retirement of Maureen Cousino, Carol Drews began her new job as a nurse at Hillsdale College’s Ambler Health...
Caring for the orphan and the widow: Sophomore raises money with cookies
Following an idea born from a sleepless night and divine encouragement this past summer, Melika Willoughby is baking cookies to raise money for the Show Hope Project, an organization started by Steven Curtis Chapman.
In support of life
Senior Laura Wegmann was one of four women who recently received the 2012 Young Pro Life Leader of the Year award from the Susan B. Anthony List
Spicing up the competition
Ten students tied on their aprons and brought out the secret recipes to try and win $100 of AJ’s money. The $100 was awarded to the judge’s choice, $30 was awarded to the people’s choice, and $20 was awarded to the people’s choice runner-up.
“In Their Eyes” Professor Matthew Gaetano reminisces on his days as a Hillsdale student
Listening to Assistant Professor of History Matt Gaetano reminisce about his time as a Hillsdale College student confirms that some things never change.
The Gelzer legacy
Family-owned business remains a constant in Hillsdale's downtown.
13 years later…
After being gone for 13 years, senior Nate Nelson is back at Hillsdale College. He is 37 years old.