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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ATO serves up quality time after hiring cook Wayne Babcock
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‘Grunge to glory’: ‘Mr. T’ keeps chemistry labs running smoothly
One might not readily connect playing the organ and renovating old cars with a scientist, but there happens to be...
Former Hillsdale athlete recounts 50 years of life after death
The 1969 Hillsdale College Chargers were in the thick of their football season. It was October. Playoffs would soon be...
Alumnus Brendan Noble published his first novel, The Fractured Prism. Brendan Noble | Courtesy
Brendan Noble ’18 has always been down for a challenge. As a first semester freshman in an intermediate-level economics class...
From Green Bay to Hillsdale: Legacy of local radio legend Tony Flynn lives on
“Iiiiiiiiittt’s Charger time!” The familiar voice of WCSR’s long-time broadcast icon Tony Flynn trumpeted over the airwaves. Before the start...
Unsung heroes: With athletic events, Alvarez is ‘behind it all’
Hillsdale College hosts hundreds of athletic events every year. These events require much preparation, setup, and coordination in order for...
Students receive professional training at Forge Leadership Academy
This past winter break, several Hillsdale students attended the Forge Leadership Network in Washington, D.C. The network provides a venue...
Mangoes, mountains, and military coups: Hillsdale’s missionary kids
“It was not an average day,” John Somerville, professor of English, said of the South Korean military coup he witnessed...
‘Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’: Craftsmen design chapel to last centuries
The columns march down both sides of the nave, and are bare now after shedding their protective plywood cases. In...
In France, alumna teaches English, learns the ‘art of living’
Along the Clain river in France lies a small town by the name of Poitiers, where Elizabeth Garner ’18 has...
‘Sometimes music replaces words’
Student, Air Force vet writes songs that tell his story Freshman Johnny Cole Murdock grew up listening to country...
School immunization policy is lenient but not uncommon for Midwest schools
Hillsdale College’s vaccination policies are more lenient than those of many colleges nationwide, but they closely resemble those of other...