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The vaccine won’t give you a “normal” life
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The vaccine won’t give you a “normal” life

“I want to feel free again.” This seemingly innocuous statement in a recent commercial from Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services represents the most significant casualty of the COVID-19 era: Reality. In the commercial, Michigan HHS asked a series of people why they chose to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. While most of the interviewees...

Campus comments: Constitutionality of second Trump impeachment
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Campus comments: Constitutionality of second Trump impeachment

As the U.S. Senate begins a new impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump, Hillsdale College’s politics professors expressed skepticism about its constitutionality and outcome. According to Professor of Politics Mickey Craig, the Senate’s vote to impeach was clearly unconstitutional, in contrast to last year’s impeachment vote that passed through the U.S. House of Representatives...

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Pope’s Bioethics Advisor Speaks on Human Flourishing

A lack of compassion and a fundamental misunderstanding of human nature underlie American bioethics, according to Professor O. Carter Snead, who presented “What it Means to be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics” on April 14 in Plaster Auditorium.  Snead, who is the director of the de Nicola Center of Ethics and...

Behind the science of the COVID-19 vaccine
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Behind the science of the COVID-19 vaccine

The controversial COVID-19 vaccine has been subject to rumors, speculation, and legitimate concerns since it was first rolled out on Dec. 14. While about 11.1 million people have already taken their first dose of the vaccine according to the New York Times, others believe that the vaccine will actually increase their health problems.  But what...

Receiving a COVID-19 vaccine is not worth the risk
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Receiving a COVID-19 vaccine is not worth the risk

Anyone 18 and older will be able to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine this week at Hillsdale High School, according to a campus-wide email from Hillsdale College Director of Health Services Brock Lutz on Tuesday, March 30. However, it is important that students be informed of the risks associated with the COVID-19 vaccine before they...