Decarbonization, a federal jobs guarantee, large-scale public investment, and election reform: What do these have in common? They’re all part of the Green New Deal. The GND plays off of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, which combined economic reforms like the Social Security Act with public works projects like the Civil Works Administration....
As frigid winds blow in, Hillsdale and its surrounding areas bundle up to face temperatures reaching 40 degrees below zero, according to the National Weather Service. “This cold is pretty extreme,” Geoffrey Heidelberger, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said. “These are numbers we haven’t seen in a few decades.” In efforts to provide...
When poet Ryan Wilson, current editor of “Literary Matters,” visited Hillsdale College, students and faculty had the opportunity to hear a live reading of his poetry and attend a poetry workshop. During his live reading, Wilson read poems he had translated, newly-written poems, and poems from his book “The Stranger World,” which won the 2017...
Through oil and watercolor, John Rhett captures the beauty of the ordinary on canvas. The subjects of his paintings are often rural Midwestern landscapes, the kind Americans too often take for granted. On Friday, Jan. 25, Hillsdale students had the opportunity to attend a reception for Rhett’s ongoing art exhibit and discuss anything from artistic...
The Hillsdale College Class of 2019 revealed Friday that their senior class gift to the college will be a memorial fountain on the quad. The fountain, designed by Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn’s daughter Alice Arnn ’11, will cost $20,000 and will be located between Christ Chapel and the front doors of the Grewcock Student...