The Michigan 4-H is reminding everyone that April is the Month of the Military Child. The Month of the Military Child was established in 1986 by former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, in order to underscore the role of military children in America. The Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) recommends certain activities to honor these...
Month: April 2021
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Professor perspective: The border crisis
“Entry into a country by welfare cases, criminals, terrorists, enemy agents, or socialists and others sympathetic to tyrannical systems of government is never appropriate,” said Charles Steele, chairman of economics, business, and accounting, associate professor of economics, and Herman A. and Suzanne S. Dettwiler chair in economics. The southern border is projected to see as...
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Debate team closes parliamentary season, prepares for final Lincoln-Douglas tourney
The Hillsdale College debate team competed in parliamentary debate March 18-21, winning first place for small school sweepstakes. The tournament, which was virtual due to COVID-19, was hosted by Pi Kappa Delta, a forensics honorary. The team also competed in a Lincoln-Douglas tournament through the Northern Tier Regional Debate League last weekend. At the parliamentary...
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Receiving a COVID-19 vaccine is not worth the risk
Anyone 18 and older will be able to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine this week at Hillsdale High School, according to a campus-wide email from Hillsdale College Director of Health Services Brock Lutz on Tuesday, March 30. However, it is important that students be informed of the risks associated with the COVID-19 vaccine before they...
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Gettysburg is midpoint of U.S. history, University of Dallas prof says
American History should be judged by its centerpiece, the Gettysburg Address, said Susan Hanssen, an associate professor and department chair of history at the University of Dallas, on March 30 at a talk entitled “The 1863 Project: Gettysburg.” Hanssen is the author of several works on G.K. Chesterton, the diplomacy of the John Adams family,...