Since the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 — which infected nearly 500 million people worldwide and killed anywhere from 20 to 50 million victims — no one has experienced the national effects of a viral pandemic. From our couches and living rooms to our kitchen tables and recliners, we are now seeing the alarming political...
LANSING, Mich. — Several hundred protestors gathered outside the Michigan State Capitol building in Lansing on April 30 to protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home orders. As rain drizzled, shouts of “USA” and “Lock her up!” erupted from crowd members, many of whom carried firearms openly. Most were not wearing masks. The protest started with an...
When Kam Matthews found out the NCAA ended the spring athletic season because of the coronavirus, she couldn’t believe that playing competitively was really over. This was her last of four years on the Hillsdale College women’s tennis team, and one that was off to a dominant start that earned her the G-MAC Player of...
While campus remains closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the springtime tradition of convocation at Hillsdale College continued, albeit in a near-empty Christ Chapel and streamed live online. During the livestream, held at 11 a.m. on April 23, College President Larry Arnn addressed the current state of the college in this unprecedented time. Arnn noted...
We never dreamed the semester would turn out like this. We all expected to come back from spring break refreshed, ready for a beautiful Hillsdale springtime, for exams and good weather, for professors to conduct classes outside, for walks across campus and in the Arboretum. But the semester we expected is not what we received....