Teachers should give students the tools to engage with their boredom and cultivate a capacity for leisure, Kevin Gary, Valparaiso University professor of education, said in a lecture on Oct. 19. Hillsdale’s Education Department and Graduate School of Classical Education hosted Gary’s lecture, “The Moral Eclipse of Boredom.” Gary is the author of “Why Boredom...
When Harriet Tubman was introduced as a possible replacement for Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill in 2016, Princeton professor of jurisprudence Robert P. George joked about the justice in “a racist populist” favored by Democrats being replaced by “a black, gun-toting, evangelical Christian, Republican woman.” Though her face has yet to displace Jackson’s, Tubman...
As I stood in front of Elizebeth Smith Friedman’s former house in Washington, D.C., I was overwhelmed with gratitude and awe for this American hero. Friedman is a 1915 Hillsdale alumna who was a codebreaker in both world wars. Despite her tremendous impact on America, few people know about her greatness. But that’s about to...
Maverick Delp is a Senior on the women’s basketball team from Toledo, Ohio. Q: Who would play you in the movie of your life? A: I guess I’d go with Taylor Swift with the blonde curly hair. She’s kind of like an awkward actor, and I feel like I can be awkward. Q: What did...
With a crippled economy, a baby formula shortage, and a crisis at the border, a lot is at stake in the upcoming midterm elections. Politicians always blabber about unprecedented times, and—for once— the politicians are correct. Inflation rates are the highest they have been in the last 40 years. Americans are worried about gas prices...