Matthew Spalding, associate vice president and director of the Allan P. Kirby Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, D.C., was named the center’s first endowed chair this month. Hillsdale College Provost David Whalen said the college recognized Spalding with the position of Allan P. Kirby Jr. endowed chair for his excellence as...
Trump promises to return power to people
As Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States Jan. 20, he promised to renew the country’s former greatness in an appeal as a champion of the common man.
Trump inauguration met with protests
At least two groups of protesters, those at Logan Circle and 13th Street and K Street, celebrated President Donald Trump’s inauguration by breaking windows, damaging police cars, and igniting vehicles on fire.
Zemel, Parker zap awards for bug research
Although people typically consider wasps, flies, and mosquitoes to be pests, seniors Joel Parker and Ryan Zemel spent part of their summer trying to attract the insects. Parker and Zemel both won cash awards from the Michigan Entomological Society for their presentations on LED lighting in traps and a survey of specific insects present at...
Catching waves and life lessons
When junior Nainoa Johsens was a “young and reckless” 16-year-old, he found himself thrown to the bottom of the ocean, wrapped in kelp, asking, “Is this it?” Tangled in seaweed and thrashing against the turbulent seawater, Johsens learned a valuable lesson from surfing: respect the power of the ocean and its control over him. “Surfing...




