Jodel is a German social media app based off of anonymity. Courtesy | Jodel The little-known German social media app Jodel, pronounced like the Swiss style of singing, is a feature of Hillsdale student life, and has been for some time. Jodel is a local, entirely anonymous social media app. The site’s rules, which its...
The Hillsdale College Hymn Singing Club performs the hymn “Amazing Grace” for fighterfighters on 9/11 Courtesy | Instagram Hundred-year-old songs echoed throughout the football stadium earlier this semester as a group of students chose to honor 9/11 and Hillsdale firefighters by singing hymns. “It was a really inspiring and solemn occasion,” said Conal Kerwin, a...
When Thanksgiving break begins after Tuesday’s classes end and concludes with the following Sunday’s sunset, students do not have enough time to enjoy the holiday — an issue that would be resolved if Hillsdale extended the break to include a full week off of class. Out of 1,563 Hillsdale students, 73% of those come from...
“National Treasure” poster. COURTESY | Amazon “The Declaration of Independence is not a bargaining chip, not to me,” Nicholas Cage says in the movie “National Treasure.” When Ben Gates, Cage’s character, says this, he means the literal document. He holds the historical parchment so sacred that he claims he would never use it as...
Blake McAllister at the age of 3. Courtesy | Blake McAllister In this Quick Hits, Associate Professor of Philosophy Blake McAllister talks Disney movies, assumptions people make about him, and his dogs. What makes you smile daily? My 3-year-old asks me to act out the scene from “Beauty and the Beast” with her where Gaston...