At about 1:30 a.m. Monday morning senior Nathanael Rea peered through his window at 242 N. West St. He grabbed his glasses. "I thought they were shoveling snow," Rea said. "But they were using a shovel to carry the small dead animals." Rea described what he saw: figures allegedly dragging animal carcasses across the street to 244 N.
Someone on campus made a good point: a good journalist isn't afraid to take the heat for a piece in the newspaper. We'd like to add to that statement: a good journalist is also willing to admit when they've made a mistake. We did, and we apologize. (read more)
Hillsdale College's own biology museum is coming together piece by piece as members of the biology department assemble a collection containing a horse skeleton, locally-discovered dinosaur bones and a plethora of other biological displays. Associate Professor of Biology Anthony Swinehart decided to build a natural science museum on campus when he first joined the faculty. (1) comment
Hillsdale College's core curriculum may change to include required courses in logic and theology, and could last through all four years of students' college careers instead of just two or three, said Associate Provost David Whalen. Whalen acts as chairman of a "task team" of professors that plans to propose changes to the core by the end of the year. (6) comments
Amanda Cuff, a single mother of two, received her foreclosure papers in late December, right before Christmas. Borrowed money from her sister kept her from homelessness until Cuff could receive tax returns to make house payments. Until last year, she commuted to Indiana to work for Rittal Electromate, making electric boxes for oil rigs and robots. (0) comments
A small band of students seeks to incorporate a gay-straight committee under the auspices of the newly-approved Classical Liberal Organization, with a CLO vote on it planned this week. The nascent organization, originally conceived as an independent gay-straight alliance, seeks to inform students on homosexuality, a topic its leader and sophomore Jake Morgan thinks is under-considered at Hillsdale College. (19) comments
The Hillsdale College debate team placed first out of 57 teams in a national debate tournament, winning the overall sweepstakes award for debate at the Pi Kappa Delta National Honorary Organization for Collegiate Forensics tournament, hosted at Louisiana State University in Shreveport March 19-21. (0) comments
Mornings begin at 7:30 in the basement of Fowler Maintenance Building. Metal stair treads descend against the wall to a wide concrete floor covered with a handful of vans and trucks, two notary lifts and scaffolding-like orange shelves stacked against opposite walls. (0) comments
Professors are learning to cope without summer leave and professional development budgets. Administrators slashed both from this year's general fund. The summer leave budget, worth $40,000 last year, funded summer travel, research and further education for professors who gained approval from the committee in charge of the money, Provost Bob Blackstock said. (0) comments
President Larry Arnn hosted a record 99 students at his Broadlawn home for the second annual freshman dean's list dinner last Thursday. His staff invited all the freshmen who made the fall semester dean's list as a congratulations. "It's the largest dinner they've had to date at Broadlawn," said Stephani Francl '07, research assistant to the president. (0) comments
Junior Gretchen Spencer experienced her most stressful semester at the end of her sophomore year, when her roommate Emily Droege studied abroad in Spain. They began sharing a room their first semester freshman year, and she attributes the stress to Droege's absence. (0) comments
Students looking to furnish their off-campus houses or apartments often look to the Buy-Sell-Trade section of the public folders, but until Information Technology Services adds that section to the new portal, some students may need to find other sources for furniture. (0) comments
Tocqueville lecture commemorates 150th anniversary Professor of History Paul Rahe will present a lecture Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Dow A and B commemorating Alexis de Tocqueville on the 150th anniversary of Tocqueville's death. President Larry Arnn, Assistant Professor of Political Science Will Morrisey and Associate Professor of History Brad Birzer will follow with a panel discussion. (0) comments
Last week, members of Delta Tau Delta collected used cellular phones as part of a philanthropic undertaking with the help of the organization Cell Phones for Soldiers. They received more than 180 phones and 11,000 minutes of calling cards for U.S. troops to call home. (0) comments
Fifty-eight Delta Tau Delta fraternity members signed a charter and officially became the Kappa chapter of the national fraternity Sunday afternoon. A full day of festivities brought the culmination of a year-and-a-half's worth of work to make what began as a fledgling colony to a full chapter of the national fraternity. (0) comments
An unknown hacker made his way into University of Notre Dame senior David Partida's Facebook account last semester and asked a handful of Partida's friends for money. One such friend was Hillsdale College sophomore Ashley Quick, a friend of Partida's girlfriend, Hillsdale senior Katie Barnes. (0) comments
This summer, 20 Hillsdale College students will travel to Layton, Fla. to carry out research on water quality for a three-week-long summer class in marine biology. Directed by Associate Professor of Biology Anthony Swinehart, the course has been offered since the summer of 2001 and has been filled to capacity every year. (0) comments
Hillsdale College's Internet connection should no longer lag or black out as penalty for exceeding the bandwidth limit, said David Zenz, executive director of Internet Technology Services. ITS recently paid to double the campus' bandwidth capacity because of connection problems that occurred shortly before spring break. (0) comments
The Hillsdale College Classical Liberal Organization held its first meeting March 6 after waiting a full year for the administration's approval. It can now use college equipment and rooms for meetings and speeches. Senior Gennady Stolyarov II, the group's coordinator, said the club meets every Friday to discuss the value of freedom, economy and the freedom of conscience without coercing others. (1) comment
Studying abroad may get even easier next year. Two possible new programs would allow students to fulfill specific major requirements and sample other cultures in Germany and Honduras. Professor of German Eberhard Geyer will offer German and non-German speaking students a fall semester study abroad program at Berlin's Freie Universität, where students can take courses in English toward their major, called the Berlin European Studies Program, or FU-BEST. (0) comments
House of Hope, a youth ministry center, will open its doors at 70 Goodrich St. this summer, with "Friday Night Alive" parties and, eventually, youth classes and after-school recreation. "Hillsdale County has needed a centrally located youth center, and that's what we're trying to do," said Cindy Eckhardt, 55, the center's founder. (0) comments
