An underwater volcano erupted off the coast of the Kingdom of Tonga, a Pacific island country, on Jan. 15. The explosion released 18 megatons of energy, making it 1,200 times more powerful than the atomic bomb the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. Joseph Cella, former ambassador to Tonga and Hillsdale College alumnus, explained how...
Seniors have chosen their way to be remembered by future classes — by giving shelter. Members of the Legacy Board announced last Thursday that the 2022 senior class gift will be a permanent pavilion in the grassy area between the Paul House and the parking lot of the Mu Alpha fraternity, a space typically used...
The Knorr Family Dining Hall recently added a tile floor outside the cafeteria area, a panini press, and other new eating options. The tile floor extends about three rows out from the dining area and stretches to the dish drop off area. Bon Appetit Manager Benito Suero Jr. said the college decided to change the...
For COVID-19, college campuses are the perfect petri dish, said Francis Steiner, professor of biology at Hillsdale College. While Hillsdale College has 16 students in isolation as of Monday morning, other Michigan universities are adapting to the spread of the omicron variant in different ways. “Anytime you put students inside some kind of a close...
The Hillsdale College Mossey Library will store its archive collection in a new building on Park Street after years of storage across campus and even out of state. Construction of a new archive building finished after having begun early last fall, according to Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé. The building can safely store historical books,...