Over the last four years, I have often been forced to contend with two comments concerning my college majors. After I reveal that I study French and English, people inevitably make some dismissive comment about how I will go into teaching and then they ask if I am fluent in French. Although the first supposition...
Dear Editor, In last week’s issue, sophomore Sean Hyaduck argued that President Donald Trump was justified in pardoning Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. As a lifelong resident of the county, I have long been aware of Arpaio’s impact in my community and the causes of the charges leveled against him. Readers...
This fall marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, and an interdenominational group of faculty is providing a lecture series to commemorate the event and to educate students on the key ideas and events that changed Europe forever. “Regardless of whether you are Protestant, Catholic, or even a non-Christian, I think everyone on campus...
Many students avoid seeing movies in the theater because, let’s face it: Watching them at home on Netflix is a whole lot cheaper. But there’s another cost-effective route for those who want to see a variety of movies without breaking their pocketbook. A program accepted at Hillsdale’s Premiere Theatre allows students to avoid the high...
Two achievements mark excellence in a commencement speaker: connection to audience and timeliness of message. Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan enjoys both. She should be Hillsdale’s 2018 commencement speaker. Noonan wrote speeches for a man revered — and immortalized in statue — on Hillsdale’s campus: Ronald Reagan. She wrote his Challenger explosion speech —...