Dear Editor, In last week’s Collegian, Ms. Abby Liebing wrote about the Trump administration’s apparent attempts to secretly sell $80 billion of nuclear reactors to Saudi Arabia. It remains unclear whether the proposed deal was strictly financially motivated, or whether it was a subtle attempt to assist the Saudis in developing nuclear weapons. Ms. Liebing...
Letter to Editor: The upper floor does not need silence
Dear Editor, In the Feb. 21 edition of the Collegian, Mr. Garrison Grisedale used hyperbolic language to address the claim that the library is no longer a quiet place to study. His piece, however, came across as the venting of an exasperated student, rather than a thoughtful piece that put forth solutions. It’s possible I...
The Weekly: Confront, Don’t Complain
Complaints from students on a small campus are inevitable, but there’s a charitable way to resolve them, and taking to social media isn’t it. Hillsdale’s many social groups might butt heads at times, albeit in a light-hearted way. Last week, several students took to Twitter to voice snarky opinions about various communities on campus. The...
Sending Off Corinn
You don’t recognize the impact a person has until they’re taken away from you. At 5:30 a.m on Wednesday, Feb. 13, my lifelong friend, Corinn, was in a car wreck. Four days later, her family disconnected her from life support. When I was told the news by a close family friend, the memories of our...
Letter: AEI’s Charles Murray’s unwarranted conclusions
On Wednesday, Charles Murray of the American Enterprise Institute visited campus to speak about one of his books, “Coming Apart,” and the effects modern politics have had on America’s social classes. A few things struck me during Murray’s lecture. First, Dr. Murray struck me as not fully honest in response to Associate Dean of Men...