Month: February 2024

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Q&A: Outstanding senior man and woman
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Q&A: Outstanding senior man and woman

  Benjamin Hinrichs and Helen Schlueter were selected as Outstanding Man and Woman of the Class of 2024. Their responses have been edited for length and clarity. Ben Hinrichs Why did you choose Hillsdale? There were three schools I was looking at. The first was a beautiful college on a mountain next to the ocean...

Letter to the editor: Azerrad’s feminism critique fell short
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Letter to the editor: Azerrad’s feminism critique fell short

As a lifelong homemaker and mother of nine children, I should be an easy audience for a talk making “The Case Against Feminism.” Yet Graduate School of Government Assistant Professor David Azerrad’s recent talk left me disappointed and even concerned. Conservative women do not need to be persuaded that modern feminism — the denial of...

Reject Neuralink: Celebrate human capacity, not telepathy
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Reject Neuralink: Celebrate human capacity, not telepathy

If you or a loved one suffers from paralysis, one day you may qualify to control computers by merely thinking, according to Elon Musk, founder of Neuralink, a neurotechnology company specializing in brain chip implantation.  Musk announced Jan. 28 that Neuralink had successfully implanted a brain chip in its first human patient, launching human trials...

Don Tocco to hear student fundraising pitches
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Don Tocco to hear student fundraising pitches

Philanthropist and businessman Don Tocco is back on campus this week, and he’s looking to give thousands of dollars to Hillsdale clubs and organizations. The donor will host a fundraising presentation challenge today, beginning at 5 p.m. in the Formal Lounge, where 33 students will give a two to three-minute pitch about their organization’s funding...