Some who choose not to drink coffee act like it is due to some moral virtue, while it often just comes down to preference. To elevate this preference, people sometimes like to mention that caffeine is a drug. Big whoop. We know. I’ll see you, and raise you one: caffeine is a psychotropic drug. If...
The Hillsdale athletic department is revamping the athletic teams’ social media accounts to make a consistent marketing brand for all the teams. Regan Monnin ’21 joined the athletic department last December and Emma Purdy ’23 started working in the department this August. Monnin is the director of marketing and community relations, and Purdy is the...
Twelve Hillsdale College students received awards across six categories in the 2023 National Student Production Awards from College Broadcasters Inc., the most winners in Hillsdale’s history. CBI, a national organization for college radio programs, announced the finalists on Oct. 21 at the National Student Media Convention in Orlando, Florida. Six Hillsdale student radio and video...
Amid escalating conflict in Israel, Passages canceled a student trip to Israel late last week. Don Westblade, assistant professor of religion and organizer of the trip, which was scheduled for Dec. 28 to Jan. 7, said he supported the decision. “It is also understandably necessary, with the trip date drawing near so rapidly, that the...
The most robust quantum theory can’t explain dark matter. Courtesy | Twitter Physicists cannot explain why we are not black holes, according to Assistant Professor of Physics Nathan Herring. Physicists are developing theories of the universe which combine all the fundamental principles of physics, according to Herring in a Nov. 2 speech called “Physics at...