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Vol. 148 Issue 12 – November 21, 2024
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Football finishes with winning record Alumnus voted
acting city mayor By Thomas McKenna, Alessia Sandala & Skye Graham City News Editor, Assistant Editor & Collegian Reporter
Sophomore receiver Shea Ruddy makes a catch for the Chargers against Ohio Dominican. Courtesy | Nicole McCray, Acorn Studios
By Alex Deimel Senior Reporter The Hillsdale football team beat the Ohio Dominican University Panthers 28-6 on Saturday, capping a five-game win streak to close head coach Nate Shreffler’s first year and overcome a 1-5 start to the season. The Chargers won their final game the same way they won each of their last five wins:
a heavy emphasis on running the ball, and stopping the opposition from doing so. Senior wide receiver Logan VanEnkevort finished his final season on a strong note with his fourth straight game with more than 100 rushing yards, totaling 118 rushing yards on 29 carries. “I was extremely proud of how this season ended,” VanEnkevort said. “It may not have been flashy or how we thought
this season would go, but it was gritty. Having another dominant performance this past Saturday to mark the end of a solid winning streak was something to be happy about.” The Chargers finish their season with a 6-5 overall record, 6-3 Great Midwest Athletic Conference record, and a five-game win streak. Thanks to VanEnkevort and running backs senior Kyle Riffel
and sophomore Zach Tetler, the Chargers finished at the top of the G-MAC with 1,795 rushing yards as a team this year, and tied with the Walsh University Cavaliers for first in rushing touchdowns with 20 as a unit. VanEnkevort finished fourth overall in the G-MAC in rushing yards with 765 yards, while playing two games less than the top three players.
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Ward 4 councilman Joshua Paladino will become acting mayor of Hillsdale when Mayor Adam Stockford resigns Dec. 2, following a vote by the City Council on Monday night. Paladino — who earned bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees from Hillsdale College — defeated Ward 2 Councilman Will Morrisey in a 5-4 vote to become the city’s mayor pro tem. Paladino will serve as acting mayor until the current mayoral term expires in 2026, according to City Attorney Tom Thompson. Morrisey, a former politics professor at the college, held the second-in-command position for six years until Paladino replaced him Monday night. “I congratulate Council-
man Paladino on his election to the position of Mayor Pro Tem,” Morrissey said Paladino said he knew at least five members of the council would vote against Morrisey, The Collegian reported Nov. 7. “Morrisey declared and no one else did, so I did,” Paladino said. “Morrisey is a good man, a good teacher. But we’re just looking for a new generation of leadership and some new ideas for city government.” Paladino currently teaches American politics at the college and for its online dual enrollment program while also working as a political research analyst. While at Hillsdale, Paladino served as the Opinions Editor for The Collegian in 2018, his senior year. Paladino was elected to the city council in 2022. Paladino and his wife, Brigette ’18, married in 2019 and have two kids.
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College names new Students premiere documentary VP of marketing on the man who saved Hillsdale By Michaela Estruth Senior Editor A new vice president of marketing will come to Hillsdale College in January, College President Larry Arnn announced at fall convocation Nov. 14. “The VP of marketing is responsible for promoting the mission of the college and finding new people to learn with the college,” Kyle Murnen, chief staff officer to the president, said in an email. Jonathan Hall, who will fill the marketing position, currently resides in Stevensville, Michigan. He has served as chief marketing officer at Chief Outsiders, SharkNinja, and Whirlpool Corporation, he said in an email. Hall founded and now owns Core Power Marketing, a marketing strategy business. He is a former military officer in the Army and served two combat deployments. Hall said an executive recruiter informed him of the Hillsdale marketing position opening this summer, and that the college’s mission parallels the Army’s service he so admired. “After meeting so many great people and learning about the mission it felt like a ‘calling’ to me that harkened back to the service-oriented purpose I experienced when I served in the Army,” Hall said. “I am so excited about the potential for this brand to become the ‘most trusted’ education brand in America and beyond. The foundations the brand has been built on since 1844 are real and have the potential to do so much good in the world, for tens of millions of people.”
Hall also worked for Kraft Foods and taught as an adjunct professor for MBA programs at the University of Notre Dame and Rice University. “I am passionate about helping, teaching, and learning from students,” he said. Hall said he hopes to involve students and the college community in marketing and is focused on developing relationships at the college. “Perhaps there is an opportunity to deeply include students in the process of modernizing the brand to become the most trusted education brand in America,” Hall said. Hall said he is familiar with Hillsdale College through various friends and Imprimis, which he has been reading since 2007. Hall is currently working part time for Hillsdale and will begin his full-time position at the beginning of January, according to Murnen. The former Vice President of Marketing Bill Gray now serves as vice president for institutional advancement alongside Executive Vice President for Institutional Advancement John Cervini. “The role affords me the chance to serve and support the college’s mission by building strong relationships with our donors, both individually and at scale, and the opportunity to learn from a true fundraising legend, John Cervini, who has served in the role for 50 years,” Gray said. “It’s similar in that a love for the college, an understanding of its programs and how they fit together, and a true desire to see the college grow and thrive is vital.”
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By Ty Ruddy Assistant Editor When Hillsdale College almost went broke in the 1950s, a college alumnus and local businessman donated $20,000 a month to keep the college afloat, which is the equivalent of about $200,000 per month in today’s dollars. On Nov. 19, students in the documentary filmmaking class premiered “The Pharmacist Who Saved Hillsdale College: How Spike Hennessy Wrote Liberty’s Life-Saving Prescription.” The 25-minute film begins with Hennessy’s time at Hillsdale College, during which he joined the cheer squad, The Collegian, and the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. After graduating in 1928, he took over his father’s local pharmacy, Hennessy’s Drug Store.
Junior Ella Rose Klein, senior Alexandra Comus, senior Makenna Banbury, junior Hana Connelly, and senior Isaac Green (left to right) watch their documentary screening in Plaster Auditorium. Ty Ruddy | Collegian
Adjunct Instructor of Documentary Journalism Buddy Moorehouse said he first heard
Hennessy’s story during research for the film “The Price of Independence,” which the
class produced in 2023.
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Founding Fest to bring the holidays to Hillsdale
By Elizabeth Crawford Senior Reporter
Founding Fest will celebrate Hillsdale College’s 180th anniversary with alpacas, a chocolate fountain, and campfires in the empty lot across the Townhouses on West Street Dec. 7. 1844 Society will host the event from 5-9 p.m. In its fifth year, the event seeks to bring together students, faculty, staff, and alumni, Associate Director of Alumni Relations Braden VanDyke said in an email. Due to the construction of the Diana Davis Spencer Graduate School of Classical Education, VanDyke said they moved the location of Founding Fest. “I wanted to keep the event relatively close to campus while affording both accessibil-
ity and proper spacing for our needs,” VanDyke said. “We determined with the college that the lot across from the Townhouses would serve our needs well in that endeavor.” VanDyke said the event will begin with remarks from College President Larry Arnn and Penny Arnn, followed by the lighting of a Christmas tree. “The choir will lead the crowd in some Christmas carols,” VanDyke said. “Then we’ll have more fan favorites — ornament making, winter market vendors, campfires and s’mores, hot chocolate and chili bars, mulled wine, yard games, and of course, alpacas.” Young Alumni Programs Coordinator Kaeleigh DiCello said having alpacas at the event is fun and matches the Christmas theme of the event.
“People have loved them every year, so they have become a well-loved tradition,” DiCello said. In addition to chili bars and alpacas, Founding Fest coffee mugs will be back this year, according to VanDyke. “Since they feature a more winter, forest, and evergreen design, I anticipate they’ll be popular to use year round,” VanDyke said. Senior Anna Perrone said she enjoys seeing professors who come to the event with their families and enjoy fellowship with students. “It’s always nice to add to your collection of mugs too,” Perrone said. Senior Clare Oldenburg said she has been making Christmas ornaments at the event every year since her
freshman year and tries to have her friends sign the ornament. “Founding Fest is always a fun and cozy event that I look forward to every winter, especially the chocolate fountain,” Oldenburg said. DiCello said the alumni office is looking forward to hosting the event. “I encourage everybody to come out, and we expect it’s going to be fun at this new location,” DiCello said. VanDyke said the alumni office is grateful to host this event. “It has become a unique college tradition that pulls all of campus together, whether that be students, faculty, staff and alumni,” VanDyke said. “It reminds us of the enduring partnership we participate in.”