N o one ever reads on Reading Day. Instead, they end up eating cookies and sledding. And the people who do try to study, like me, hate themselves for not having fun. I always end up locked in Kendall Hall staring at a wall, torturing myself about “Othello.” A devil appears on my shoulder, beckoning...
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February 14, 2013July 12, 2022Opinions
Obama’s drone program is illegal and ineffective
O nce every four days. That’s how often the Obama administration attacks a target with a drone. Pilots in the United States control the unmanned aerial vehicles launched in Afghanistan. The federal government is expanding its use of drones to the U.S. for purported surveillance purposes. Recent polls show that the majority of Americans support...
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February 14, 2013July 12, 2022Opinions
The Collegian Weekly
Give a speech. It should be a short response to the preceding 75-minute address, which you watched in real-time, knowing almost nothing about its contents beforehand. The entire nation will watch, or at least those who haven’t switched back to college basketball. Don’t mess it up, or it could wreck your career. That was first-term...
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February 14, 2013July 12, 2022Culture
Professors talk: thoughts on ‘Lincoln’
Brad Birzer Professor of History “From my standpoint, Abraham Lincoln serves as one of the three best presidents in our history. He stands with Washington in the 18th century (beyond compare) and Reagan in the 20th. Always anti-slavery, Lincoln found great inspiration in the Northwest Ordinance and the Declaration of Independence, leading him back into...
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February 14, 2013July 12, 2022Culture
A handbook to the American way
Scrolled across the wallpaper in Hillsdale’s library are the words: “Because ideas have consequences.” The definition of these ideas is paramount to the conservative mind. Just as Lincoln sought to define the essence of the Union, so the conservative argues from definition. In a Civil War fought over the meaning of American freedom, Lincoln believed...