Associate Professor of History Dr. Korey Mass talks infested couches, home maintenance, and beer. What is the most influential animal in history? Horse for war, dog for hunting, something else? Setting aside man, because that’s just too easy, I’d probably go with domesticated cattle for positive influence, and the flea for negative. What is one...
Month: February 2025
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Orchestra to play this weekend
The Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra. Courtesy | Hillsdale College Picture rugged mountains, coarse sand, and salty sea waves as they crash against the rocks. This is what Felix Mendelssohn encountered when he visited the Hebrides, an island chain off Scotland’s west coast. Hillsdale’s symphony orchestra will perform the German composer’s translation of his experience,...
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In a US–Vatican spat, ‘ordo amoris’ stands true
Rarely do popes and American politicians spar over Catholic theology and national policy. That changed Jan. 29, when Vice President J.D. Vance appeared on Fox News to justify border security and mass deportation with what Vance called an “old-school” Christian concept. “You love your family, and then you love your neighbor, and then you love...
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Students to recite Gospel of Luke
Students will recite portions of Luke from memory Feb. 23 at 2 p.m with the Hillsdale Memorization Club. Courtesy | Facebook The Hillsdale Memorization club will host a memory recitation of the Gospel of Luke Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. The event will take place in the Mauck Solarium, and 24 students will participate in...
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Jewelry exposes IVF’s reality
Jewelry often represents deeper meaning — wedding bands signifying commitment, cross necklaces indicating faith, heirlooms preserving generational connection. But a new trend takes the concept of sentimental keepsakes to an unsettling extreme. Recently, companies like ICE Keepsake Jewelry and Blossom Keepsake have started advertising a service that turns what they call “leftover” in vitro fertilization...