Dear Dale, Participation is 10% of my grade for three of my classes, but I haven’t spoken once in lecture. I feel like I don’t have anything to say and I’m scared to make a fool out of myself. If I keep this up, my grade is going to drop a whole letter. Any advice?...
Year: 2021
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Parents react to quarantine mandate
Parents in the community are contesting Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency’s mandatory COVID-19 school contact tracing. On Sept. 3, the agency issued an order that mandates quarantine for those exposed to COVID-19 in Branch, Hillsdale and St. Joseph counties. This order applies to individuals who reside, attend school, or are employed within the aforementioned counties....
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Mossey Library honors Dan Knoch with a buckeye tree
Former Library Director Dan Knoch | Collegian ArchivesLibrary staff planted a tree on campus last week to honor the memory of the late Library Director Dan Knoch, who died shortly before his retirement in 2019. “The metaphor of a tree seems appropriate to me,” Knoch’s former library coworker Dan Joldersma said. “Genealogists often talk about...
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Calvin Coolidge should be on the Liberty Walk
“Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them.” John Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States, was a man who supported the idea of self-government in a time of growing government intervention. At Hillsdale, where “through education...
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Quick Hits: Blake Faulkner
Blake Faulkner is the new debate coach at Hillsdale College. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. What is your favorite book? For pleasure reading, Lord of the Rings. I read all the books. For intellectual challenge, my favorite book is probably Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morals, because I like to challenge my beliefs...