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Former White House official speaks on the good life
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Former White House official speaks on the good life

What makes something good? Hillsdale alumnus and former Trump administration official Paul Ray ’08 declined to answer that question for Hillsdale students. They would have to order more pizza in order to pursue that topic, he said.  Ray gave a speech at a Federalist Society event on Sept. 16 entitled “Living the Good Life in...

Paul Rahe speaks on the strategy of Sparta
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Paul Rahe speaks on the strategy of Sparta

On Sept. 16, Professor of History Paul Rahe gave a lecture on the grand regime of ancient Sparta, its character, and its statesmanship.  Rahe has published multiple books on ancient Sparta and will soon publish another, “Sparta’s Third Attic War.” “Rahe has a sense of the larger world and of history not in isolation to...

Keller, Kudla out as Chargers lose third straight
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Keller, Kudla out as Chargers lose third straight

The Hillsdale College Chargers football team remains winless on the season after losing 38-24 against the Truman State Bulldogs Saturday.  The Chargers struggled in the absence of junior starting quarterback Luke Keller and senior middle linebacker Kyle Kudla, allowing 38 points and only scoring 3 points through three quarters. Though they staged a 21-point comeback...

If You Oppose the Vaccine, You Must Oppose Birth Control
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If You Oppose the Vaccine, You Must Oppose Birth Control

Many Hillsdale students refuse to take the COVID-19 vaccine — but few of them have thought much about another popular drug that pumps synthetic hormones into bodies, courtesy of Big Pharma. Let’s talk about birth-control pills. Women can experience infertility for two or more years after ending birth control, due to hormonal discrepancies caused by...

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Stop and smell the Olds roses: Why dorm traditions matter

Dorm traditions forge the temperament of residents—dorm traditions like Niedfeldt’s long-standing tradition of Olds roses. Dorm rites shape character: clandestine court trials to resolve misconduct, eating meat bare-chested at dusk, tiki torch parties by the fireside, Smash Brothers tournaments. Some within the classical tradition have referred to this as forma mentis: “the form of the...