In a campus lecture on Saturday, U.S. Circuit Judge Amy Barrett explained the evolution of the U.S. Supreme Court from a relatively ineffective institution to a more powerful and co-equal body of government. “A few years ago, I taught a seminar in modern constitutional theory, and I had several students who were from other countries...
Every semester, students who participate in the Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program take classes while working all over Washington, D.C. They gain experience in fields that interest them and learn from the best. We asked four WHIP students about their internships. Alex Miller Where are you interning this semester? I’m interning at the Heritage Foundation, in the...
In a chapel at Evangel University in Missouri, senior Randi Block stood in front of a crowd and spoke. Her voice echoed against the high ceilings and the bright lights illuminated her face as she presented with the help of a PowerPoint projected on a screen normally used for religious song lyrics. But she wasn’t making...
While stumping for Republican House candidate Rick Saccone at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday, President Donald Trump digressed to praise Singapore and China for their harsh stance on drug trafficking, often ending in a death sentence. Singapore, of course, also became infamous in 1992 for banning chewing gum — punished by fines and sometimes caning....
Senior Delaney Lehman spent a summer finding a compound that could be synthesized to cure Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a mutation that causes severe handicaps, in her internship with the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. To clarify: This research had nothing to do with sharks, French monarchs, or dental problems. The incurable disease, which affects...