Courtesy | Unsplash I write in response to the Feb. 5 Opinions article “Please fix Hillsdale’s WiFi” by Skye Graham. First, it is fair to note that wireless performance can fluctuate between classes when large numbers of users move simultaneously between buildings. Brief surges in device density can strain access points in specific locations, and...
Year: 2026
Harvey Mudd professor lectures on role of mathematics in virtue
A mathematics education requires cultivating intellectual virtues, according to Francis Su, professor of mathematics at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, CA. “Some people experience mathematics like a place of joy, a place of wonder and excitement,” he said. “For others, mathematics is like the dark night of the soul.” The mathematics and education departments hosted...
Season opens 2-3 in Texas invite
Courtesy | Lang White Photography Sophomore pitcher Grace Harris threw a complete game to lead the Hillsdale softball team to a 4-1 victory against the defending national champion University of Texas-Tyler to open their season Feb. 6, but fell to a 2-3 record by the end of the UT-Tyler Invite in Texas. In the UT-Tyler...
This new Hillsdale prof is a British banjo player –– and he teaches math
Goldsmith often plays banjo for his son Alfred. Courtesy | Edward Goldsmith Although he was born in London and raised in Cambridge, Edward Goldsmith thinks more fondly of America than his home country. “England is a once-great country. America is a great country, and I think my personality aligns more with American culture than it...
Hillsdale College Republicans host roundtable on “The Trump Doctrine”
President Donald Trump’s foreign policy follows a set of guiding principles that allow for different approaches to differing circumstances, according to faculty in the roundtable discussion “The Trump Doctrine” hosted by Hillsdale College Republicans in the Heritage Room on Thursday, Feb. 5. The four panelists discussed topics ranging from how longstanding domestic issues affect Trump’s...

