The death penalty, often viewed as an effective and cost-efficient way to deter and punish crime, is actually neither. Placing someone on death row takes longer and costs more than sentencing him to life imprisonment, according to statistics from the Death Penalty Information Center. Life imprisonment is therefore a more resourceful way to deal with...
When the Michigan Fourth Infantry sustained heavy casualties after the battle of Gettysburg, the nearby Camp Letterman became this largely Hillsdale-based regiment’s field hospital. For several months after the Civil War’s northernmost battle, Letterman treated wounded soldiers from both the Union and the Confederacy. Now, it’s the site of a new struggle. The Pennsylvania-based...
Hillsdale College administration seeks an organ donor for the new chapel. Chief Administrative Officer Mitch Nae Nae says he hopes the donor has a big heart and a lot to give. “Once again, the college is in need. We’re just asking for an organ, not an arm or a leg,” Néé said. “Without it, our...
In the April 20th edition of the Collegian, Anders Hagstrom writes that Christians should cite facts, not scripture, to justify political policies. This is false. Hagstrom argues that citing scripture is illegitimate because it constitutes a fallacious appeal to authority: “Basic logic says that appealing to authority is a fallacy,” he writes. This is incorrect....
With the help of three upperclassmen, debate team coach Matthew Doggett took a group of freshmen and nurtured them into this year’s National Forensics Association runner-up. Six debate team members competed in the NFA tournament Thursday to Monday, performing better than any previous Hillsdale squad in the Lincoln-Douglas debate tournament of 24 teams. “Had we...