Spring breaks and other excursions from school present the challenge of how best to use that time. Some will lodge in a more pleasant climate, while others must make do with what is back home. While enjoying family and friends is important, it is only a tiny part of the time spent on break. If,...
Year: 2022
Michael Ward speaks on mutual respect in Drummond Lecture
Many modern people have developed into cynics: people who know the price of everything and the value of nothing, said University of Oxford professor Michael Ward at a lecture March 24. The Drummond Lecture Series in Christ Chapel explores the relationship between faith and reason. As a part of the series, Ward spoke on “To...
QUICK HITS: Brad Blackham
Brad Blackham is a teacher of piano and directory of keyboard studies. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. What is one of the things that you enjoy teaching the most? I especially enjoy helping students to experience a work of music that is completely new to them and seeing that they’ve made...
Use social media as an art form, not a deceptive tool
Hillsdale hates social media. Or so it would seem, based on what students say about it: Instagram never shows the whole picture, Twitter is deceptive, and TikTok distracts us from truly engaging with the world. Yet social media can also direct the mind to higher beauty. It’s our most accessible way to guide people toward...
Wake Forest Professor speaks on good character and moral virtue
“Everyone should try Filipino pork,” sophomore Olivia Hajicek said at the International Club’s Cultural Fair. The International Cultural Fair took place on Sunday, March 27 in the Grewcock Student Union. The fair shares the culture of various countries that are represented on campus. “We get students who have either moved to America from other countries,...


