Author: The Editorial Staff (The Editorial Staff )

Some men don’t like buying women flowers for Valentine’s Day. For many men, flowers lack practicality, destined to sit in a vase with no obvious purpose. They opt, rather, for tangible, edible, or useful gifts, like chocolate or jewelry. But at Hillsdale, where we seek beauty and truth for their own sake, it is clear...

The Opinion of the Collegian Editorial Staff Below is a letter to the editor The Collegian’s editorial board sent to Kalamazoo College’s student newspaper, the Index: The Index published a column on Jan. 29 taking issue with The Collegian’s claim as Michigan’s oldest college newspaper. Katie Schmitz, the column’s author, claims that the Index is,...

The latest political scandal involves Illinois Republican Rep. Aaron Schock using federal and campaign money for lavish personal expenses. He resigned Tuesday, and even those outside his district should care. Amidst the daily reports of Democratic former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lying about her private email use and Oregon Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber resigning...

Sorority girls armed with Sharpie markers swarming Sigma Chis all over campus is obnoxious. When these girls haul bags full of coins into the union and march up to a table to dump them all in, it’s natural to roll your eyes. Sigma Chi Derby Days, which occurred at the end of October, and other...

If the student section did not include costumes like a man-sized strip of bacon, a ghillie suit, or a six-foot cutout of Coach Tharp, it would not be a Charger basketball game. Thankfully, Hillsdale students rarely leave this post unattended. But, as students who have adopted honor and virtue as a campus code of conduct,...