In S.M. Chavey’s article last week defending Bon Appetit and the mandatory meal plan policy, she claims the meal plan requirement is “necessary from a financial standpoint” and that it is “an integral part of campus culture.” I’d like to address her claims in turn. Her first claim, that mandatory meal plans are necessary for...
Ethnic and religious minorities in the Middle East might be getting their own homeland soon. On September 9th, a bipartisan resolution was introduced in the US House of Representatives in order to establish an independent homeland in the Nineveh Plain region of Iraq for persecuted religious and ethnic minorities, including the Assyrians, Yazidis, and...
Last fall, poet and Hillsdale alumna Kjerstin Kauffman came as a visiting writer to share her poetry with students. Now, she’s teaching them how to write it. Every Monday, Kauffman ’08 drives from Valparaiso, Indiana to teach a three hour seminar. In addition to learning directly from her, students in the class write poetry every...
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Freshmen and transfer members of the cross country team are already making huge impacts on both the men’s and women’s squads. Two of the top five finishers in both of last Friday’s races at the Spartan Invitational had never competed in a Chargers uniform. On the men’s side, transfer-sophomore Nick Fiene...
Immigration, arguably the issue that won Donald Trump the Republican nomination, is perhaps the area where he is most misguided. Clearly the immigration system is failing, and Trump raises several valid points. His solutions, however, will do more harm than good. The first issue Trump raises is border security, where there is legitimate cause for...