Courtesy: Hillsdale College Athletic Department What is your favorite form of potato? French Fries Who do you look up to most and why? Scottie Scheffler. He is the best golfer in the world but also super humble and a good person. Also my parents because they have supported me my whole life. Waffles or Pancakes? Chocolate chip pancakes and...
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Hillsdale enters home series after losses
Sophomore Brenden Smith pitches at home. Courtesy | Hillsdale College Athletic Department. The Hillsdale baseball team lost three of four games at home against the University of Findlay April 17-20 before losing 13-8 to No. 14 ranked Wayne State University April 21, moving its overall record to 18-23 and its conference record to 12-12. “We had a few opportunities to...
Regular season ends with even record
Sophomore Rin Goda jumps into the air during match against Thomas More University. Courtesy | Kenneth Gaudet. The Hillsdale men’s tennis team closed out Great Midwest Athletic Conference play with a 4-2 loss to Walsh University April 18. The Chargers finished the regular season with an overall record of 9-9 and 4-4 in the G-MAC. Short-handed, Hillsdale was forced to...
Student athletes capitalize their brand
With brand deals from Bubbl’r to Underdog Athletics, Hillsdale student athletes are taking advantage of 2021 NCAA regulations that now allow college athletes to profit from their Name, Image, and Likeness. Senior linebacker Jacob Maloney said he didn’t receive any money from promoting the supplement company, “Get Shifted,” on his Instagram page. “I would just post here and there, and...
Freshman athlete breaks records from high school to college
Anna Roessner has achieved track and field awards since high school and continues at Hillsdale College, winning numerous indoor Great Midwest Athletic Conference Women’s Track Athlete of the Week awards, breaking the G-MAC 60 meter-dash record, and competing at DII Indoor Nationals this March. She’s only a freshman. At her collegiate debut in December, Roessner ran the 60 meter-dash in...
Club fencing to become an intercollegiate sport
Although the fencing club is only a year old, it will become an intercollegiate club sport in fall 2026, according to sophomore and club president Ava Carlson. “We’re working on joining our conference right now, the Midwest Fencing Conference,” Carlson said. “So we’ll get voted in at the beginning of next semester and then start competing. We have enough members...
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Tournament
Representing the Hillsdale Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Club, junior Fred Woodward won silver and sophomore Finnian MacAulay won bronze at a tournament in Detroit April 11. MacAulay, the club’s president, restarted the club last fall with the help from two other students. MacAulay said he thought about resurrecting the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu club while taking a one-credit course on the sport. The club...
G-MAC Story
Junior Robert Thompson takes a large swing at 2026 G-MAC championship. Courtesy | Ashley Van Hoose The Charger golf team took fourth overall in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference championship after battling up three spots during the last 36 holes on April 21. Junior Robert Thompson and sophomore Jackson Piacsek both finished ninth overall with finishes at 221. “I think...
I’m not Tom Brady: It’s OK to retire early
When I was 15 years old, I went from having the best swim career of my life to the worst. I qualified for nationals in open water and was swimming my fastest times in the pool. Then one day, I developed tendonitis in my shoulders, lost mobility in my neck, and overall strength in my body. The doctors told me...
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An electric symphony
Driving by Patrick Chartrand's house during Christmas time, the Christmas lights seem to twinkle sporadically. Stopping at his house and turning the radio to 88.9, however, creates a spectacular show.
13 years later…
After being gone for 13 years, senior Nate Nelson is back at Hillsdale College. He is 37 years old.
The Gelzer legacy
Family-owned business remains a constant in Hillsdale's downtown.
“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.
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 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
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.
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...
