Last week, the Collegian noted the death and honored the life of Harry Jaffa, an influential political philosopher and cherished intellectual hero of Hillsdale College. Mike Sabo’s piece (“Harry Jaffa redefined political philosophy,” Jan. 23), recounted Sabo’s own first encounter with Jaffa’s project: “Jaffa likened attending his first classes with Leo Strauss to Saul being...
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January 29, 2015July 12, 2022Opinions
How I learned to stop worrying and love Hillsdale
When I left my home in rural North Carolina for Hillsdale College in Michigan last summer, I knew I was in for a challenge. What I didn’t know was that I was embracing a journey. While my first two weeks were arduous, my first semester experience changed my life in several important ways that have...
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January 29, 2015July 12, 2022News
Local company installs stadium lighting for Super Bowl
Hillsdale’s Qualite Sports Lighting is one of the premier stadium lighting companies in the world. Located on Mechanic Street, Qualite has done stadium lighting for high schools, colleges, and professional venues all over the globe, most notably the University of Phoenix Stadium, which is home to the National Football League’s Arizona Cardinals and host of...
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January 23, 2015July 12, 2022News
Social media expert gives tips to students
Two out of 10 college students will graduate this May and be underemployed, making less than $20,000 a year. 1.7 million of them will work retail. Even more will work at a job that they don’t like. Social media expert Joshua Waldman thinks online professional networking can change these statistics. He spoke to a group...
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January 22, 2015July 12, 2022News
Michael Ward named commencement speaker
The provost’s office announced on Jan. 14 that Michael Ward will be this spring’s commencement speaker. The insightful C.S. Lewis scholar is Senior Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall at Oxford University and Professor of Apologetics at Houston Baptist University in Texas. He teaches his Houston Baptist students online because he is based in Oxford. He...