California fires tear through Altadena, California. Courtesy | Avedis Maljanian My family’s phones screamed with alerts at about 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 7: The nearby Eaton fire required the immediate evacuation of our Altadena neighborhood. We’re used to wildfires in California and our neighborhood is often afflicted by the foul smell of smoke, but...
2025 Inauguration attendees celebrate. Sarah Katherine Sisk | Collegian Frigid temperatures forced the second presidential inauguration of Donald J. Trump indoors on Monday and compelled Hillsdale College’s chapter of College Republicans to cancel its trip for 35 students to Washington, D.C., but students and alumni flocked to the nation’s capital anyway. The inauguration was planned...
“Warsafe” poster. Courtesy | Amazon In addition to graduating in May, senior Lauren Smyth will be releasing her fourth sci-fi novel. Smyth’s book, “Warsafe” explores the parallel existence of a video game and the real life beta-tester. Smyth said the story was developed from an idea that she had originally hoped to turn into a...
Hillsdale College numbers from Hillsdale College admissions, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor numbers from University of Michigan’s Office of Budget and Planning and the Detroit News. Courtesy | Collegian Staff Hillsdale College’s acceptance rate is now the second-lowest in Michigan, following only the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, according to a recent report...
Sixteen new students are joining the college this semester. They are among the 20% of spring transfer applicants who were accepted, according to Senior Director of Admissions Zachary Miller. The size of this year’s mid-year transfer class, which includes eight men and eight women from nine states and Scotland, is consistent with the size of...