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Midwest professors visit Hillsdale conference
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Midwest professors visit Hillsdale conference

Chemistry’s place in the liberal arts took center stage when Hillsdale hosted the 66th annual Midwestern Association of Chemistry Teachers in Liberal Arts Colleges conference over fall break. This was the first time Hillsdale hosted the conference. Associate Professor of Chemistry Matthew Young said the topic fit well with Hillsdale’s mission. “In the development of...

Pope Francis and the saints next door
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Pope Francis and the saints next door

“The more power one has, the more one must be willing to serve,” Pope Francis says early on in “God Is Young,” a book-length interview published in Italian this past March. The English version of the interview only became available on Oct. 2, in conjunction with the Catholic bishops’ “Synod on Young People.” Francis agreed...

Students, faculty weigh in on Michigan midterms
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Students, faculty weigh in on Michigan midterms

                  Midterms elections are less than two weeks away — and the Michigan governorship is up for grabs. Because incumbent Republican Gov. Rick Snyder cannot run for a third term, his seat will either fall to current Republican Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette or his opponent, former...