“I can’t believe I still do this,” I think, continuing to push on my lower stomach with both hands as the ticking clock of my study hall classroom echoes in my head. If I exceed the bureaucratic grace period of two minutes for a bathroom break, I’ll be ridiculed in front of the whole class....
Emma De Nooy stands in front of Rough Draft. Courtesy | Emma De Nooy Step aside Socrates and Aristotle fans, there’s a new philosopher on the Hillsdale scene: senior Emma De Nooy. “I actually thought about dropping out at the beginning of this semester to go cook for somebody,” De Nooy said. “I didn’t because...
For poet James Matthew Wilson, the nature of his craft can be summarized by an alliterative list: making, metaphor, memory, and meter. “If I could ask what poetry is, I’d have to be able to answer the question first of what it’s for,” Wilson said. Wilson presented his lecture “On the Nature and Ends of...
You’re a regular visitor to Hillsdale College. What do you enjoy about coming here? I have had an enduring admiration and affection for Hillsdale for decades. This will be my third formal visit to the college. All told, there are few places in the world for which I harbor warmer affections. I’m a native Michigander...
Being a woman is a never-ending rat race. It started off so innocently — I just wanted to refresh my blonde highlights. After a particularly bad night on Manning Street my freshman year, I decided to reward myself with a trip to Sally’s Beauty Supply in Jackson to take the edge off the Hillsdale winter....