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Lehman emphasizes the need for charity, humility in classical education
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Lehman emphasizes the need for charity, humility in classical education

Assistant Professor of Education Jeffrey Lehman told students he planned to “begin with the end, put the beginning in the middle, and then end with the middle,” while explaining the virtues of a teacher on March 21 at an event hosted by the Hillsdale College Latin Teacher Program. Lehman started the lecture by explaining the...

First Hillsdale undergrad to earn Ph.D. in Van Andel program presents on Coolidge
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First Hillsdale undergrad to earn Ph.D. in Van Andel program presents on Coolidge

Despite Calvin Coolidge’s reputation for opposing progressive policy, he was actually sympathetic to it, Thomas Tacoma argued at his public lecture last Thursday. Tacoma is Hillsdale College’s first student to earn a Ph.D. in the Van Andel program, who also graduated from the college. In his dissertation, which was the first in the graduate program...

The Tower Light deserves funding, student appreciation
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The Tower Light deserves funding, student appreciation

As the end of the semester nears, the Student Federation begins reviewing budgets for student groups and discussing how they will allocate their money for the next school year. One budget the Federation often has concerns about is the Tower Light, Hillsdale’s student-edited literary magazine. Students may have heard about the size of the Tower...

Don’t worry: Jobs aren’t going anywhere
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Don’t worry: Jobs aren’t going anywhere

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: “With all this new technology, we’re going to start running out of jobs…” It’s a familiar talking point, but one that doesn’t hold up. We simply cannot “run out” of jobs; there will always be something more to do. “But people are being replaced in the workforce...

Hillsdale aces in conference opener
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Hillsdale aces in conference opener

On a quiet Friday afternoon in the Biermann Athletic Center, the Hillsdale College Chargers blanked Davis & Elkins College in their G-MAC home opener and continued with another shutout victory over St. Mary’s College in an exhibition, adding to a dominant weekend. The Chargers won soundly on Friday, with five out of 11 sets decided...