On Sept. 12, the Hillsdale Garden Club celebrated its 90th anniversary in Markel Auditorium. Tables loaded with delicious treats and a commemorative cake stood in the lobby, and ladies in pink sweaters milled around with cups of lemonade, laughing and chatting away. Peggy Lopresto, president of the club, and member Louise Worms said that the...
With 19 mass shootings in the U.S. in 2019 alone, the debate surrounding gun control is becoming less of a dialogue and more of an all-out war. Pressure is mounting on President Trump to take action in the wake of shootings in Odessa, Dayton and El Paso last month. According to Politico, Trump has plans...
Hillsdale County residents learned about the lives of former Hillsdalians during walk-throughs of historical downtown. The Hillsdale County Historical Society hosted walks to celebrate the 150 year anniversary of Hillsdale’s founding 1869. The walk touched on a variety of elements of Hillsdale’s early history including various structural fires and Hillsdale’s very own opera house. The...
Claudia Rosett is a former staff writer for the Wall Street Journal. She was the editorial page editor of The Asian Wall Street Journal and covered the Tiananmen Square protest in 1989. Ms. Rosett spoke Sept. 17 on campus. Her speech, titled “Why Hong Kong’s Freedom Matters,” explained the current protests in Hong Kong which...
When the New York Times released an article this weekend detailing another allegation against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, they forgot to mention one key fact: the alleged victim could not recall whether the event even happened. The piece documented a third allegation, made by Deborah Ramirez, of Kavanaugh committing sexual misconduct during his college...