The amendment on the ballot this week will do harm to Hillsdale’s Student Federation and the student body. This amendment would loosen qualifications for Federation officers to discourage uncontested elections. It’s original intention to modify election requirements was noble; the product that the student body is now voting on is a frankenstein. The student body...
Year: 2018
Conserving the Classics: The top ten movies to watch on FilmStruck before it’s gone
To the disappointment of cheapskate film lovers everywhere, WarnerMedia recently announced that it will discontinue FilmStruck, its streaming service for classic, foreign, and independent cinema, on Nov. 29. The stated reason: not enough subscribers. The real reason: FilmStruck was structured poorly and allowed users to blow through an infinite number of free trials. And now:...
Love and shame at Hillsdale College
It’s all too, too shaming. When I was 16 years old, I stole my first kiss — in public. I was walking home from Starbucks with this girl I knew from school. We were talking about something inconsequential. I liked her. And I knew from her obsessive texting habits that she liked me. So, as...
Freire speaks on Brazil’s 2018 elections at AHS event
People are disillusioned with the political process, Lucas Freire said in a talk at Hillsdale College. Freire, professor of political science and economics at Mackenzie Presbyterian University in São Paulo, Brazil, led a discussion on Brazil’s 2018 Presidential Elections and populism in South America. The event, hosted by The Alexander Hamilton Society on Nov. 9,...
Penny Arnn: Making Broadlawn a home
During their time at Broadlawn, Penny Arnn’s dogs have encountered so many skunks that she now keeps shampoo and a swimsuit in the bathroom closest to the backyard so she can wash off the stench when the dogs come inside after being sprayed. Penny Arnn, who is married to Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn, spends...




