State Sen. Mike Shirkey offers a free 2015 Michigan Taxpayer’s Guide, available on his website for residents of the 16th District. The guide intends to supplement the Michigan Department of Treasury tax instruction booklets and help residents prepare their 2014 tax returns. “The guides are available digitally, which is helpful for many and can be...
Month: April 2015
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Don’t be like Rolling Stone
Last fall, Rolling Stone published “A Rape on Campus,” an article decrying college and fraternity rape culture at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. It centered on “Jackie,” an anonymous female student who claimed to have been gang-raped at a party. Jackie’s story was disgusting and horrifying, moving readers with graphic details. It was the...
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Cheers to Charlotte
Charlotte Truitt is one of the women that has knocked on dorm doors every morning, and has been for the past 38 years. Truitt has devoted herself to Hillsdale housekeeping for nearly four decades—a length that surpasses even the most long standing of professors. This semester will be her last, however, as she plans to...
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Baseball splits home doubleheader
The Hillsdale College baseball team played a slew of games this week, splitting two games with the Findlay University Oilers last night after dropping all four games to the Northwood University Timberwolves over Easter weekend. The Chargers used a combination of mammoth home runs and stellar pitching to defeat Findlay 5-3 in the first half...
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Private discrimination is just
Indiana Republican Gov. Mike Pence is a coward. In the face of liberal agitation, the man has bent over backward insisting the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act would not allow for discrimination. “If I were presented a bill that legalized discrimination against any person or group,” he piously proclaimed, “I would veto it.” Therein lies...