Month: April 2014

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Rid yourself of your summer ideal

As a Hillsdale student I spent many hours during hell week and finals daydreaming about my summer. It is that wonderful time when I would be able to stop studying and I could work on something that actually mattered enough to someone they would pay me for it. The work hours would not consume my...

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The other side of the abortion debate

I walked into the State Street Starbucks in Ann Arbor and carefully chose my arena. My nemesis approached. Since I first comprehended abortion, I have thought that I understood the pro-life argument. I have always believed that life begins at conception and that abortion kills innocent babies — that’s the Southern culture I grew up...

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On selfies

I’m going to write an eloquent and sophisticated opinion of the good, the true, and the beautiful. But first, as the song says, let me take a selfie. For those whose lives have not been made complete by the The Chainsmokers’ hit single “#Selfie”, here is a summary: The music video opens with a girl...

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Why you should take summer classes

Summer courses at Hillsdale College are like intense physical fitness for the brain. If those brain muscles are a little flabby, don’t fret: One dose of upper-level English will tighten up all those loose trains-of-thought in no time. Covering a semester’s worth of material in one three-week session is not for the faint of heart,...