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2 weeks ago | 
hillsdalecollegian.com | Austin Gergens
Shakespeare in the Arb presents “Love’s Labor’s Lost” COURTESY | Alethia DienerA band of bard imitators portrayed Hillsdating in action in the recent, annual Shakespeare in the Arb performance in Slayton Arboretum on April 4. “Basically it’s this play about Hillsdating, where these four lords get together and decide they’re only going to fast and study and pray and never talk to women,” freshman Alethia Diener, who performed in the play, said.
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4 weeks ago | 
hillsdalecollegian.com | Austin Gergens
Hillsdale students will have the opportunity to see pucks fly and sticks clash at the Kalamazoo Wings hockey game March 28, hosted by the Student Activities Board. Junior Emma Kate Mellors, a member of SAB’s media team, said sign-ups opened on Monday and tickets cost $10 for students. “There will be a set number of spots available, so you just need to sign up before it fills,” Mellors said.
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1 month ago | 
hillsdalecollegian.com | Austin Gergens
A pothole on Howder Street. Ally Hall | CollegianHillsdale should imitate the Roman Empire’s high quality roads, according to Samuel Sadler, a first semester graduate student. “If you go back to what made the Roman Empire so great, part of it was the fact that they had this great system of roads,” he added, “Having a well done system of roads is the mark of a great empire or a great city.”But Hillsdale has a bumpy road ahead, students say.
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1 month ago | 
hillsdalecollegian.com | Austin Gergens
Jason Gehrke ’07 teaches history at Hillsdale College. Courtesy | Hillsdale College“If you’re having church problems, don’t blame God’s Son, I got 95 theses, but the Pope ain’t one,” Assistant Professor of History and Director of the Center for Military History Jason Gehrke said during his lecture “What Happened to Catholic Christianity?” Feb. 28.
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1 month ago | 
hillsdalecollegian.com | Austin Gergens
Junior Carlie Steele, freshman McKenzie Ventrella, and junior Linnea Shively hold up homemade pancakes at the philanthropy event last year. | Courtesy Chi Omega InstagramThe Chi Omega Sorority will open its doors from 9 a.m. to noon for the annual pancake breakfast during this spring Parents Weekend March 1.
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2 months ago | 
hillsdalecollegian.com | Austin Gergens
“Hurry Up Tomorrow” album cover COURTESY | InstagramWhile mentioning The Weeknd in conversation can spur nostalgia for his energetic and meme-worthy Super Bowl LV performance, his latest album’s ethos departs in piece from his former ones. “Hurry Up Tomorrow” released Jan. 31, and considered the third album in the trilogy of albums following “Dawn FM” in 2022 and “After Hours” in 2020, now holds the title for his longest with 22 tracks.
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2 months ago | 
thecollegefix.com | Austin Gergens
‘Students at public institutions of higher education who are members of religious student groups will be free to select their own leaders’A federal court recently ended a four-year-old court battle waged by an atheist advocacy group seeking to reverse a Trump-era regulation barring universities from restricting students groups’ religious freedoms on college campuses. The U.S. District Court for the District Court of Columbia on Jan.
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2 months ago | 
thecollegefix.com | Austin Gergens
College Fix contributor Austin Gergens is a graduate student at Hillsdale College. He is involved in the student newspaper and contributes regularly to Chalkboard News. When he is not writing, you can find him playing hockey or exploring Michigan's backwoods.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
thecentersquare.com | Austin Gergens
(The Center Square) – A former Indiana high school music teacher who refused to use students' self-identifying gender pronouns in school had his case brought before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit this week after his school district fired him in 2018. The case brought before the appellate court on Wednesday centers on whether Brownsburg High School teacher John Kluge was wrongfully fired for refusing to use pronouns for students that did not align with their biological sex.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
thecentersquare.com | Austin Gergens
Michigan lawmakers are working to become the 38th state to host a Purple Star program in schools, which would help accommodate students who often change schools due to parental military service. Last week, the Michigan House of Representatives passed House Bill 4027, which would create the framework for Michigan to certify schools to ensure resources and information exist to help military children who relocate often. Rep.
