HILLSDALE, Mich. — When conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Sept. 10, the first response from students at Hillsdale College was prayer. Charlie is the only one who was never a full-time student at Hillsdale College who was on that list." And the most powerful thing that we can do is pray.”Students fill the pews for the on-campus vigil for Charlie Kirk at Hillsdale College. “I am still processing the fact that he’s dead,” said Angelina Gardner, vice president of Hillsdale College Republicans. “Our job is not to have a platform like Charlie Kirk,” Gardner said.