Six large pieces of black cardstock taped to the wall, eight rolls of masking tape scattered around the room, a speaker blasted a clip from Eminem’s “Rap God.” Avery Helms propped his phone up on a tripod, pressed record, and hopped in front. This was the scene at 6:30 p.m. in Kendall 236a. Seven hours...
The Hillsdale Rotary Club will enter its fourth and final phase of renovations to Sandy Beach on Baw Beese Lake in the spring of 2020. These renovations will include relocating the current entrance to the park, updating the landscaping, and installing security cameras and new sidewalks. “We’re going to move the current entrance to the...
Last week, students and faculty had the opportunity to learn about the qualities of leadership from Robert Neller, four-star general who served as the 37th Commandant of the Marine Corps. Neller spoke at a “Food for Thought” event. In his speech, titled, “Leading from the Front: Practical leadership lessons from 44 years of uniformed service...
I read with interest the Oct. 24 Collegian article, “‘So Much More’: Students share why they left their politics major.” The perspective presented rested on the assumption that politics as studied at Hillsdale College falls outside a “true” liberal-arts education. I find this assumption deeply inaccurate, not to mention troubling. A liberal-arts education seeks to...
It’s not often that you find a biology professor, chemistry professor, philosophy professor, and history professor all together in the same room. But on Tuesday night, faculty from each of those departments came together to discuss the scientific, historical, and philosophical implications of biological and chemical weapons during an Alexander Hamilton Society Faculty Panel. The...