What happened to dating? When did we begin to exchange the nervous yet exciting conversations over coffee for casual late nights in the union together, the dinner-and-a-movie dates for hookups in some dingy back room of a party? There’s a split within our society that’s highlighted clearly at Hillsdale College. Instead of giving ourselves a...
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September 25, 2014July 12, 2022Features
Hillsdale County helps homeless
“I didn’t want to lose my children.” Most women don’t think about having their children taken from them. But for a 27-year-old resident of Family Promise of Branch County, who will be referred to as Beth, homelessness made this a very real possibility. “I’m not a bad mom,” she said. “But I felt like it...
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September 25, 2014July 12, 2022Opinions
Watch the Walkers
A 20-year-old student weighed down by a backpack full of Latin homework versus a 2,000-pound car cruising at 40 miles per hour. Does that sound like a fair fight? This is a daily occurrence students face on the streets surrounding Hillsdale’s campus and needs to be remedied. A student is hard-pressed to cross the road...
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September 25, 2014July 12, 2022Opinions
Libertarians are wrong on ISIS
In his address last week about the current conflict with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, President Obama presented his four-point plan to defeat it using airstrikes, relying on Arab nations for ground support, cutting the Islamic State off from its resources, and giving humanitarian aid to refugees. He made no attempt, however, to...
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September 25, 2014July 12, 2022Opinions
Mythos and mistakes: war leaves no champions
Saturday night arrived. I, prepared to rage, went to a certain fraternity’s annual and infamous “America” party. Amidst the patriotic apparel and multitudes of mini flags, I noticed a poster which instantly dampened my mood. It pictured the United States in stars and stripes surrounded by the words: “America: Back To Back World War Champions.”...