Men, women, and babies attended a lecture by Concordia Theological Seminary’s Professor Gifford Grobien on Monday, Oct. 26. The topic of the lecture was “Culture of Contraception: Scriptural and Natural Law considerations.” The Catholic Society, the Lutheran Society, and Students for Life sponsored the talk. Grobien spoke on how the Bible and natural law reject...
This week marked the dedication of WRFH, Hillsdale College’s new radio station. Soon, rather than playing patriotic tunes on loop through the student union, Radio Free Hillsdale will put students on air to practice broadcasting. This development for the Dow Journalism Program ought to excite all of campus: It means we have a new opportunity...
In July, researchers at Oxford University and Harvard Medical School co-published a study that lauded the cognitive enhancing abilities of a narcolepsy drug called Modafinil, suggesting it may be “the first well-validated pharmaceutical ‘nootropic’ agent.” Despite the scientific credibility of nootropics, these drugs operate within an inhuman paradigm. “Enhancement” has become the micromanagement of every...
During Saturday night’s Mock Rock, the hosts — Director of Student Activities Anthony Manno and senior Alex Buchmann — made a number of comments, especially regarding Greek houses, that highlight issues dividing our student body. These comments, although made in jest, were unnecessary and counterproductive to the mission of homecoming. Homecoming is about bringing Hillsdale...
When she was seven years old, freshman Isabelle Parel sang a version of Amazing Grace that brought her audience to tears in her first performance. “I thought it was bizarre that everyone was crying,” her sister, junior Cecily Parell, said. “I didn’t realize her talent until that show.” But that talent manifested itself into a...