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,...
Year: 2015
Home
2015
Post
February 5, 2015July 12, 2022Features
Off-campus shenanigans: Part Two
It’s October 2014, and Facebook is full of pictures featuring the hashtags “#betterthanboardwalk,” “#InstaWigwam,” and “#boardwalkbabes > #wigwamweirdos.” Two groups of friends — the women of the Boardwalk and the men of the Wigwam — decided to see who could have more fun over fall break, documenting the competition via Instagram and Facebook. Sophomore Sam...
Post
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....
Post
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...
Post
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...