When students move off campus, the deans only expect two things from them: first, to live by the Honor Code, and second, to pay for a meal plan. While the commitment to follow the Honor Code is good for all students, the need to buy a meal plan should end when students move to places...
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College students should strive for integrity over high GPAs
Last week, while waiting for office hours with Associate Professor of History Matthew Gaetano, a freshman student introduced himself to me. The moment I shook his hand with a “Hi, I’m Sarah,” he immediately asked me if I was “the one with the 4.0.” After affirming that he had accurately remembered what was published by...
“She is the ‘PhDog’”: the pets of the staff and faculty
Even in the midst of a busy campus, the pets of the staff and faculty manage to be familiar and friendly faces to all they come across. Most Fridays, English Professor Elizabeth Fredericks’s dog Charlotte can be found helping her grade assignments in her office. “I joke that she is the ‘PhDog’ because she was...
Golf team hires new head coach
The Hillsdale College Men’s Golf Team will go through its spring season with a new head coach. Matthew Thompson, a former standout on the University of Michigan Golf Team, became interim coach for the Chargers earlier this month. He took the place of former head coach Nate Gilchrist, who will serve as a consultant to...
Letter to the Editor: Respect privacy of students’ GPAs
I have believed for a long time that the college, and those who speak for it, are way too fast and loose about revealing the GPAs of our students at CCA events, convocations, or in other public venues — to include, most recently, the pages of The Collegian. When the photos of the 10 nominees...



