If you hate the Collegian opinions page, I’ve got good news for you. I was drifting around the porch of a Manning Street party house two weekends ago when a student — whom I’ve met before — asked if I was Claire Gaudet. I said I was, to which he responded that I was incredibly...
Calli Townsend Newberry ’21 died Tuesday, June 6, from injuries sustained in a car accident. Newberry, 24, was a wife, mother, sports journalist, and runner. While at Hillsdale College, she participated in track and field and served as The Collegian’s sports editor. But above all, her friends, professors, and coaches remember her for the vibrant...
Elizabeth Troutman to be Editor-in-Chief of The Collegian 2023-2024. The Student Publication Board selected the new editors of The Collegian, Tower Light, and Hillsdale’s Winona Yearbook for the 2023-2024 school year. Junior Elizabeth Troutman will be next year’s editor-in-chief of The Collegian, Hillsdale College’s student-run newspaper. Sophomores Kara Miller and Sophie Keller will be the...
Death, taxes, laundry. These are the three things that Sometimes Mistaken for U.S. President Benjamin Franklin found most vexing in our temporal world. And he ought to know, he had kidney stones. I think it is safe to assume that most of us share the sentiment of our porkiest founding father. Laundry really is a...
Early 1900s dorm parties are sure to deliver some compelling stories. On May 18, 1916, The Collegian printed this headline: “East Hall Girls’ Party is Novel Affair: Gentlemen leave at 11:30.” I think they emphasized that the boys left exactly at 11:30 a little too strongly. Nobody thought twice about it until they put it...