Dear Editor, As the Collegian recently reported, Dr. Arnn and several Hillsdale College faculty lent their public support to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. They continue to do this despite reports of Trump’s repugnant sexual remarks and alleged actions toward many women. I believe this reflects poorly on the college. While I understand that the...
Author: Isaac Morrison (Isaac Morrison)
Here’s to the impending doom of graduation
When I was but a wee high school student, I went with my church’s youth group to a charity event called One Homeless Night. We attempted to sleep on flattened cardboard boxes underneath Interstate 4 to simulate the experience of a homeless person. With the thundering traffic, looming lights, and dirty discomfort, I didn’t get...
Don’t think you’ve cornered the market on Truth
“Insert obligatory theological debate here,” read the follow-up comment on a funny quote posted on Overheard at Hillsdale, garnering almost as many “likes” as the actual quote. Hillsdale students are obviously aware of our penchant for turning anything into a heated debate upon which the truth of the universe hinges. Someone brings up Luther, and...
Fundies: a fundamental part of Hillsdale
We’ve all seen them. The tucked-in polo shirts. The corduroy skirts. The awkwardness, quirks, and Princess Bride costumes that scream “homeschooler!” They gasp at hearing obscenities, censure parties more rowdy than swing dancing, and may not understand a “that’s what she said” joke. We know them, we mock them, we ignore them: the Fundies. And...
Inflate the bubble by expanding the grad program
ollege?” Seniors, surely sick of this question, often answer with “grad school.” Probe more deeply, and more answers unravel: pending applications, scheduled visits, varied fields, and elusive scholarships. The self-assured, curiosity-quelling answer of “grad school” quickly gives way to nebulous details prefaced with “maybe,” “potentially,” “I hope,” and “Lord willing and the creek don’t rise.”...