The Hillsdale County Fair is usually a place to ride the Ferris wheel or indulge in fried food, but this year, visitors could also meet a baby tiger. Representatives from Premier Animal Attractions Inc. — a family-owned, private zoo — offered fair-goers the opportunity to hold and be photographed with Aurora, a 13-week-old Bengal tiger....
Month: October 2014
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The fury of the scorned
The Washington Post reports that as many as 70 percent of married men cheat on their wives, while the Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that only 14 percent of violent crimes are committed by women. Men cheat, but women don’t kill. Gillian Flynn entangles the typical with the atypical, the believable with the unbelievable, in...
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Saul Alinsky: required reading
Hillsdale College needs a little more Lucifer. Lucifer, the original “radical,” receives a shoutout in Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals,” which should be required reading for every Hillsdale College student. Alinsky’s views and tactics go against everything the college stands for, and that is why his book, or excerpts from it, should be added to...
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Christopher Martin: From think tank to classroom
Demand had begun to exceed supply. Last year, economics classes were approaching 28 students per professor, a ratio far above the Hillsdale average of 15. To rectify this, according to Professor of Political Economy Gary Wolfram, the economics department began a wide search for qualified professors to fill the department, a multifaceted process of winnowing...