Hillsdale security officers are currently unarmed. The daily objective of campus security personnel is to be a "presence" on campus, according to Director of Security Mike Wertz, and security officers achieve that mainly through patrols and nighttime building monitors. (0) comments
Ransom Dunn rode through the Midwest in 1853 to raise $10,000 from poor farmers to plant Hillsdale College. Thousands of miles lay before him with few roads and meager transportation; Dunn learned to sleep on horseback while riding to the next town. Most of the residents lived in shanty log cabins and lived on nearly nothing, and a cholera epidemic had sprung in the region. (1) comment
Customers poured into the Roche Sports Complex at 9 a.m. Wednesday, scuttling through mazes of heaping tables and rifling through piles of antiquated knick knacks, hoping to find that special item, that personal holy grail. And thus began the annual Women's Commissioner Sale. (0) comments
Hillsdale College athletes tend to congregate not only around dining tables, but in upper-level classrooms as well. Most biology and marketing management professors see more athletes in their classrooms and offices than do history and English professors. "I'm a big volleyball fan," said Assistant Professor of Biology Angie Pytel. (0) comments
Hillsdale security officers are currently unarmed. The daily objective of campus security personnel is to be a "presence" on campus, according to Director of Security Mike Wertz, and security officers achieve that mainly through patrols and nighttime building monitors. (0) comments
The Hillsdale College athletic department announced this week that Athletic Director Michael Kovalchik resigned from his position as head softball coach Monday after assuming the spot in June. The newly-promoted interim head coach, Jamie Meyers '06, has been leading the team since Monday. (0) comments
Mayor and student Michael Sessions had surgery Sept. 11 to remove all lymph nodes on the left side of his body in case his testicular cancer cells had spread. "I'm extremely nervous about the surgery as I hate going into a hospital to get work done," he said in an e-mail to The Collegian sent at 6:30 a. (0) comments
The athletic department confirmed Wednesday that Kurt Kirner, the head swim coach at Lawrence University for 17 years, will take over as head coach for the Hillsdale College swim team Sept. 24. Swimmer Kathryn Herrmann, a junior, said Kirner was more experienced than the other prospects and has a genuine respect for the school's principles and mission. (0) comments
In a musty, obscure storage room off the Heritage Room, some old blue and white beanie hats and a model of Central Hall nestle among a collection of filing cabinets and dusty boxes. These house a rich archive of Hillsdale College history. (0) comments
Contacting Hillsdale College alumni will soon be easier for current students, thanks to a new database being developed jointly by the Career Planning Office and the alumni relations department. The Hillsdale College Career Connections Program, initiated in July, will match interested students with alumni and parents in specific career fields. (0) comments
The Hillsdale College lifeguards were already short on employees when a stomach virus attacked half the guards last week. With no one to cover the Thursday afternoon shift, the pool was shut down for two hours. "None of us could go in or substitute for each other," said senior Kristen Tomasic, a lifeguard affected by the virus. (0) comments
After a three-year search for a developmental psychology professor, the Hillsdale College psychology department hired Assistant Professor of Psychology Desiree Tobin. Psychology Department Chairman Fritz Tsao was active in the search. "For many years we had a real vacuum in our program," Tsao said. (0) comments
Instead of resorting to steps on Central Hall or patches of grass on the new Quad, Professors could lead students to an outdoor classroom in the future. This August, students proposed building an amphitheater on campus. The project is in preliminary stages. (0) comments
Between writing syllabi and putting in bookstore orders, some Hillsdale College professors spent their summer doing everything from teaching and traveling to writing papers and watering blueberry plants. "Nobody's sitting around eating bonbons," English Lecturer Melinda Von Sydow said. (0) comments
