In that strange twilight period between registration and finals, between shopping for new classes like Christmas presents and fighting the desire to burn books while studying for exams, our bookshelves become sources of anxiety — for many reasons. We’ve made good use of many of the books we so willingly lugged out of the bookstore...
Hillsdale College’s Freedom Walk is expanding sooner than expected — and to Washington, D.C. Although the college originally expected a fall 2017 dedication for its statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, based on the sculpture’s progress, Hillsdale is confident he can join Abraham Lincoln in Kresge Plaza at commencement in May, Chief Staff Officer Mike Harner...
The Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program is welcoming 27 students to Washington, D.C., this spring, the largest class the program has ever had. Participation has nearly doubled since spring 2016 because of administrative efforts to make the program more accessible to students not majoring in politics, Assistant Director of Career Services Sophia Carr said. The program used...
Despair helps no one. Walking around campus last Wednesday after the general election, I heard countless melancholic remarks about Donald Trump’s election. Numerous faces looked depressed or angry at the outcome. Jokes about weeping regardless of the election’s result permeated the air leading up to the election. This has got to stop. Get it together....
Maybe the actors shouldn’t have been eavesdropping. During the intermission of a performance of Moliere’s “The Misanthrope” at Hillsdale in the fall of 2014, actors were waiting backstage in what is known as the green room. A speaker system on the wall was connected to the headsets that members of the crew wear so they...