Sophomore Taryn Murphy took first place at Hillsdale College’s 19th annual Edward Everett Prize in Oratory speech competition on Tuesday, winning $3,000 for her 10-minute speech on the topic of “Immigration and the Nation State: The Rights and Rules of Borders.” “I was very honored, and I felt very grateful to have won, especially because...
French historian and philosopher Remi Brague will be on campus Monday, April 1 to speak on the study of classical languages. The lecture begins at 8 p.m. at Dow Conference Center rooms A & B. Brague is professor emeritus at Sorbonne, otherwise known as the University of Paris, and the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich,...
March Madness has been underway for about a week (Why March Madness bleeds into April every year is beyond me). Bracket busts, Cinderella stories, and demonizing Duke have become ritual for college basketball fans, and this tradition takes hold of students around Hillsdale as well. What makes March Madness fun? Is it the magic of...
A “Quartermania” fundraiser held by the Hillsdale County Heritage Association on Saturday raised enough money for Heather Tritchka, an executive board member on the Hillsdale County Heritage Association, to set a completion date for her years-long project: On June 7, she’ll unveil three bronze bear statues by Baw Beese Lake. “If we hadn’t made enough...
Professor of Philosophy and Religion Nathan Schlueter will be speaking at a conference which he helped organize to discuss the relationship between conservatism and classical liberalism. The event, titled “The Future of Liberalism: A Conversation Among Conservatives,” will take place from April 11-13, hosted by the Center for the Study for Liberal Democracy at...