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Downton returns for one long episode
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Downton returns for one long episode

  The release of the new Downton Abbey movie on Sept. 20 sent scores of white, middle-aged moms into a tizzy. The movie, which didn’t even have the courtesy of giving itself a real title besides “Downton Abbey,” was practically one very long, very undramatic, and almost-plotless episode of the original series that ran from...

Christ Chapel inspires a ‘posture of wonder’
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Christ Chapel inspires a ‘posture of wonder’

This summer, I stayed in Hillsdale and worked at the college. One morning, when my uncle offered to drop me off at work, the construction around campus quickly sparked a heated conversation. “So tell me, Reagan, what does a chapel mean to a liberal-arts education?” he asked. My uncle didn’t give me a chance to...

First Liberty Institute scholar talks religious freedom at Federalist Society event
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First Liberty Institute scholar talks religious freedom at Federalist Society event

A traffic circle in Maryland isn’t the typical focal point of a religious liberty legal battle—unless it’s home to a 40-foot-tall Peace Cross.  That was the topic of the Federalist Society’s first event of the semester, which featured Andrew Graham, deputy general counsel for the First Liberty Institute, a nonprofit legal organization dedicated to defending...

Students reenact historical speeches on truth, liberty
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Students reenact historical speeches on truth, liberty

The rhetoric department brought history to life on Wednesday morning with reenactments of famous speeches from the individuals commorated by campus statues.  The speaking tour, entitled “Historical Figures of the Liberty Walk: Speeches of Statesmen,” was part of the chapel dedication festivities.  Nearly 200 attendees listened to students of Hillsdale College and Hillsdale Academy recite...

Churchill prints donated to  college on permanent display
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Churchill prints donated to college on permanent display

For years, Hillsdale College has held Winston Churchill as an embodiment of liberty and justice, and now it honors him with a series of photographs and drawings, located in Mossey Library, the Dow Hotel, and the Searle Center. “We wanted it to be some place on campus for permanent display, and since we have been...