Raised and homeschooled on a farm near Dexter, Iowa, Brenna Findley, 37, attended Drake University and the University of Chicago Law School. Upon graduation, Findley worked as an attorney in private practice at a national law firm in its Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. offices. She later served as Chief of Staff and Counsel to...
Month: April 2013
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The Collegian Weekly
It was a dark and stormy night last night as we sat down to write our last staff editorial of 2013. Hillsdale College, it’s been real. We’ve shared a lot. Back in our day, the fraternities all had parties because they were all in good standing. Without further ado, the class of ’13 highlights reel,...
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The secular case against abortion
The trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell has only recently received the attention one would expect in our sensationalist, media-driven society. In addition to charges of drug pushing, Gosnell stands accused of killing one woman and seven fetuses that were born alive during abortion procedures. During his career, Gosnell performed around 1,000 abortions per year in...
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Miller the mentor: finding an academic niche
Join a cult. That’s my final advice to my fellow students as I enter into that mysterious place we call the real world. I am not suggesting you start sacrificing chickens in your dorm room or restart the now-defunct campus group that sword fought in the Arb. But instead this: find a professor who shares...
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Beauty as capital
Your first response when you hear that someone goes to University of Virginia or Notre Dame is likely — “Oh, I hear the campus is beautiful.” You might also know that Virginia has a great law program, and Notre Dame is a top medieval studies institute, but that won’t color your perception of the entire...