Deirdre McCloskey speaks to students Tuesday, March 8 on classical liberalism for Praxis. Eric Ragan | Courtesy Deirdre McCloskey is a renowned free-market economist, essayist, and professor who has written more than a dozen books and hundreds of scholarly articles. A modern expert in economic history, McCloskey, who worked for several years with Milton Friedman,...
Gianpiero Placidi is a freshman on the tennis team from Bournemouth, England. How did you decide to attend Hillsdale? Has living in the United States been a difficult cultural transition? Right, so I’m from Bournemouth—that’s around the middle of the south coast, about two hours from London. I was looking to come to America and...
Detroit, Michigan’s Fox Theatre held the GOP presidential debate Thursday, March 3. Macaela Bennett | Collegian Although tickets to last Thursday’s GOP presidential debate in Detroit, Michigan, were scarce, Hillsdale College students, staff, and faculty didn’t have a problem finding their way into the audience. Days before the debate was set to be held at...
Hillsdale College raises money similarly to every other university in the nation, but with one significant difference: While most other universities rely on alumni donors, the majority of Hillsdale College’s donors have never set foot on campus. Executive Director of Institutional Advancement Nancy Johnson said this is because the donors are ideologically aligned with Hillsdale....
Over the last two semesters, I’ve engaged a variety of groups on campus about the male community and the definition of manliness here at Hillsdale. My main question is: Why does our school exhibit a host of counter-cultural characteristics, while our general male population mirrors the effete masses of modern American universities? Yes, the men...