Aug. 31 was a good day. Not only did classes begin and the first issue of The Collegian’s 140th year come out, but we got news that The Collegian is the ninth best college newspaper in the United States. What made the news even more special, however, was learning that we got there because of...
Category: Opinion 2016
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, In last week’s Collegian, Peter O’Rourke and Rachael Reynolds attempted to make the case for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, respectively. Both writers argued that their candidate is not a lesser evil but actually good. But they succeeded in demonstrating only one thing: that they need to start thinking before they vote. Their...
Let’s welcome progressive speakers to campus
The University of Chicago welcomed its class of 2020 with a warning. Students may face discomfort with the “rigorous debate, discussion, and even disagreement” fostered by the school’s devotion to freedom of inquiry and expression. Diversity of opinion and background, the school wrote, is a “fundamental strength of our community.” Around the country schools like...
‘Historic Hillsdale’ is more than a college
Hillsdale College’s Richard Péwé thinks that Hillsdale’s unofficial city motto, “It’s the People,” doesn’t “say anything about the town,” and that what really stands out in Hillsdale is the college. The people in question are absolutely right to disagree. If Hillsdale College and the Hillsdale City Council are really interested in improving relations between the...