When the men’s leadership honorary Mortar Board declined women’s petitions for membership, Hillsdale’s women decided to start their own in 1949. Seventy years later, Lamplighters remains a body of eight young women in leadership roles on campus. Last week, the women of Lamplighters chose rising seniors to fill their shoes. They are: Ellen Friesen, Lucile...
What do violin strings, paint can lids, and deer antlers all have in common? Sophomore Jordan Monnin can turn them into jewelry. Monnin started making jewelry five years ago after being inspired by some handmade jewelry at a fair. Although he works primarily with steel, he has also used bone, paint can lids, deer antlers,...
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — “No, I’ve got nothing against him. But those hats. Red doesn’t look good on anyone’s head,” the woman in the red elephant-printed Lilly Pulitzer mini skirt says to me. I don’t know her, but we’ve become lobby friends, trapped in a growing mob of young conservatives locked outside the revolving doors...
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Donald Trump’s usual off-the-cuff manner and personability was at its best as he addressed the attendees of the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday. In the hour and 15 minutes he spoke, Trump rallied the audience around the major victories of his administration thus far, from tax cuts to jobs to...
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Providing 56 Hillsdale College students a glimpse into the world of conservative politics, this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference featured a variety of speakers, including President Donald Trump. From Feb. 21 to 24, thousands converged upon the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center near Washington, D.C., to hear from White House...