“If you’re reading Plato correctly, then his argument against Thrasymachus on the nature of justice falls apart,” said my professor. Not exactly how I wanted to start my philosophy oral comps—with an objection I hadn’t considered and couldn’t answer. But with enough prodding, clarification, and backtracking, I eventually reconciled “The Republic” with my written exam....
Staff Profile: Josephine Von Dohlen, City News Editor
She is not only a sister to the many girls in the Chi-Omega sorority. She is an older sister to eight younger siblings, including her newly born sister, Rosemary. She is Josephine Von Dohlen. This year’s Collegian City News editor hails from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Josephine is majoring in American studies, with a minor...
Bag a prize over Spring Break
Take a bag — and some photos — on Spring Break. During the 10 days off from school, students have a chance to win prizes through the Hillsdale College Bookstore’s “Take Your Bag” competition. While the bookstore has put on the competition more than once in past years, this is the first time it has...
Former solicitor general weighs in on Mueller investigation of Trump
Hillsdale students will be studying the case law that emerges from the aftermath of the Mueller investigation, Ken Starr said in a lecture hosted by The Federalist Society on Thursday. The former Solicitor General gave a lecture titled “Investigating the President: From Ulysses S. Grant to Robert Mueller,” where he drew from his own experience...
Tom Morrison talks Hillsdale, family, politics for YAF event
Within the 22 years since he graduated from Hillsdale College in 1997, Tom Morrison has been a journalist and a fifth-grade teacher, run a disaster clean-up business, and served as a state representative. He attributes much of his political success to his well-rounded career. Speaking via livestream video to about 20 students at an event...




