Month: April 2019

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Don’t wait for the diploma to start your education
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Don’t wait for the diploma to start your education

If I had a penny for every time I heard Hillsdale referred to as “the conservative Harvard,” I could build another Chapel. As senior year comes to a close, it is impossible to challenge the incredible education that Hillsdale gave me and my peers. Even as I grumbled through baby chemistry as a Bachelor of...

‘A Doll’s House’ open all weekend
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‘A Doll’s House’ open all weekend

When senior theatre major Jessica MacFarlane had to choose a play to direct for her senior project, she wanted to find something that would require intellectual discussions with the actors. For her, the obvious choice was “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen. The Tower Players’ production of “A Doll’s House,” which opened Wednesday night in...

McConnell presented with honorary degree
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McConnell presented with honorary degree

“I’ve always wanted to be a graduate of Hillsdale,” U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) said as he received an honorary degree from Hillsdale College. On April 15, President of Hillsdale College Larry P. Arnn and Provost David Whalen presented McConnell with an honorary doctorate degree in public service. Before the degree was presented...

The Green New Deal: ‘A pipe dream’
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The Green New Deal: ‘A pipe dream’

Associate Professor of Economics Charles Steele discussed the socialist undertones of the Green New Deal and the impracticality of the proposal from an economic standpoint in a talk put on by students in the American Chemical Society and the Classical Liberal Organization on April 16. Steele said he aimed to show that many of the...