News across Hillsdale County
Meet the students who make homecoming
When homecoming week arrives, students see the banners hanging, teams rehearsing, and the competitions ready to begin. For the Student Activities Board team, it has been months in the making. Sophia Rome ’25, director of student activities, knows both sides of that experience.…
Students visit Cedar Point
A camel and a coaster. Courtesy | Electra Fire Some students petted camels while others screamed on some of the world’s tallest and fastest roller coasters during the Student Activities Board’s Cedar Point trip Sept. 12. Cedar Point is an amusement park next to Lake Erie in Ohio.…
‘Some sort of whimsy’: Students start bird club
Birds, birds, birds. For a new student club, the bird is the word. Led by president and junior Brandon Meeks, the group of 20 began assembling last semester when Meeks placed posters around campus to generate interest. Every Saturday, members go on a birding expedition, usually…
Babysitters build mudpies and sing Gregorian chants
From left to right: Britta Slayton, Sylvie, Clara, and Luke. Courtesy | Britta Slayton When junior Britta Slayton started babysitting in Hillsdale two years ago, she didn’t expect the kids she watched to tell stories about her. “I watched one of my families around three weeks ago…
Students drive in style
Ross Phelps’s parents with their Chrysler LeBaron convertible. Courtesy | Valerie Ellis Students bought snazzy hot rods and rare classic cars by working around the clock and selling baby calves. Junior Ross Phelps has a 1992 red Chrysler LeBaron convertible. It was most recently…
Quick Hits: Jared White
White and Jason Yancey conduct puppets. Courtesy | Kate Berry In this Quick Hits, Associate Professor of Spanish Jared White talks soccer, puppetry, and Halloween. What’s your favorite part of teaching Spanish at Hillsdale? I’ve taught at other institutions, and I’ve had some…
Ruins, cathedrals, and mountains: Students earn credits in Italy
Senior Ellie Fromm and junior Georgie Tillman at the Arch of Titus in the Roman Forum. Courtesy | Phoebe Warren The best two credits I’ve ever earned at Hillsdale College I got by spending three weeks in Italy. Assistant Professor of History Anna Vincenzi and independent study…
From Hong Kong to MI: Hope College professor reflects on ‘Ode to Joy’
Samuel Pang conducts students. The Collegian | Elizabeth Caneday In a Musical Forum lecture, students sang “Ode to Joy” in two-part harmony and watched a video of gang violence in Hong Kong. Samuel Pang, assistant professor of music and director of orchestras at Hope College,…
How many students wear Hillsdale merch?
Fourteen percent of students wear Hillsdale merch on any given day, according to a poll conducted by The Collegian. The poll was conducted by observing more than 130 students in the Grewcock Student Union and tallying the students who were and were not wearing Hillsdale College…
Math, physics faculty discuss OpenAI solving million-dollar math problem
The Collegian | Matthew Tolbert Professors from the math and physics departments speculated in a panel Sept. 15 that advancements in artificial intelligence will enable mathematicians to focus on insightful results and enhance the speed of math research. The faculty was…
Don’t be afraid to be an amateur, embrace it: Moore gives opening lecture
Students should not be embarrassed by failure, Assistant Professor of English Cameron Moore said at the department’s Opening Charge lecture Sept. 10. “The way up is the way down, our charge is forward into failure, and the great enemy to be defeated is us,” he said. Moore’s…
History that nourishes the soul: Josh Herring on teaching history
Josh Herring delivered his lecture Sept. 11. Courtesy | Anna Northcutt Josh Herring ’11 said a transformative study of history must assume that human beings of the past were rational creatures who acted for discernible reasons in a lecture hosted by the history department Sept.…