If the student section did not include costumes like a man-sized strip of bacon, a ghillie suit, or a six-foot cutout of Coach Tharp, it would not be a Charger basketball game. Thankfully, Hillsdale students rarely leave this post unattended. But, as students who have adopted honor and virtue as a campus code of conduct,...
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February 5, 2015July 12, 2022Features
An old-fashioned thesis
Senior Yancey “Madison” Courtney is a whiskey girl. But, unlike most aficionados, she has had the opportunity to write and research a senior thesis on the subject. Courtney’s thesis adviser, Professor of Chemistry Lee Baron, said that Hillsdale’s small campus allows students to work closely with faculty while they pursue research on topics they love....
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February 5, 2015July 12, 2022Opinions
Reuss is wrong on the reality of war
“Racism and violence comprise the majority of ‘American Sniper,’ Clint Eastwood’s box-office hit,” declared Andy Reuss last week (“‘American Sniper’ and killing the other,” Jan. 29). This is a painfully shallow assessment. As a combat veteran, I believe racism is wrong. Unwarranted prejudice, regardless of whether employed for the “good” of the state, is not...
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February 5, 2015July 12, 2022Opinions
Principle is the basis for just politics
Responding to my eulogy of Harry Jaffa (“Harry Jaffa redefined political philosophy,” Jan. 22), Sarah Albers discovered pagan worship in her midst (“Jaffa is no deity,” Jan. 29). I am just glad I wasn’t accused of breaking the Second Commandment (“Thou shalt have no other gods before me”)! But all joking aside, Albers’ first instinct...
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February 5, 2015July 12, 2022Opinions
Dracula Untold: An anti-hero undone
On Feb. 3, Universal Studios’ Dracula Untold came out on Blu-Ray. Dracula, the novel by Bram Stoker, came out in 1897. Though over 100 years and divergent interpretations separate the two works, both contain useful moral lessons. This isn’t a review of either work and it’s not free of spoilers. It would be impossible to...