Dr. Peter J. Leithart ’81 is an author and theologian as well as the president of Theopolis Institute for Biblical, Liturgical, & Cultural Studies. Leithart spoke on campus last week about the “achievement, failure, and promise” of the Reformation in the final keynote lecture of the series “This Far By Faith: The Reformation at 500.”...
Year: 2018
Trump should learn from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg The conservative commentariat flew into a rage when Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced she would not attend President Trump’s first annual State of the Union address. Perhaps conservatives should be more sympathetic to Ginsburg’s decision — perhaps the president should follow her lead and refuse to show up to...
From concept to clay: A look inside a sculptor’s creative process
Sometimes, when Hillsdale County sculptor Heather Tritchka ’98 is working on a statue, the facial emotions on the sculpture seem to reflect those of of the sculptor, her husband Greg Stuchell said. “If she’s was really joyful that day, the statue’s face would look more like it’s smiling,” Stuchell said. “If she was in a...
Osseo’s Tip-Up Festival is for the children
Although Friday’s warm spell had already melted some of the ice layered on top of the lakes in Osseo, Michigan, it didn’t deter the ice fishers from participating in the 58th Tip-Up Festival this weekend. The Tip-Up Festival is the Hillsdale Conservation Club’s biggest fundraiser of the year, with money going toward both scholarships...
Nassar victims represent the best of the #MeToo movement
Al Franken Over the past month, 156 women stood on a podium in a small Lansing courtroom, microphones to their mouths, weights in their chests. Standing there, all eyes on them, they faced a monster — a monster many of them did not know was theirs to face. Larry Nassar, a once nationally-renowned sports doctor,...




