As a 6th grader, I got into an argument about whether a class-five tornado could move a pencil on the ground a mile away. I insisted it wouldn’t budge. My friend said it would be sucked into the vortex. Our data-free arguments hinged on the methods peculiar to 6th-grade argumentation: My older brother, a man...
A proposed law in Iowa would require universities to hire a similar ratio of conservative and liberal professors, but Hillsdale College faculty and students said such a policy would not be conducive to a liberal arts education. The legislation, SF-288, would prevent Iowa’s three state-run universities — the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and...
The men of Phi Mu Alpha are hosting a concert with The Gray Havens at 7:30 p.m. tonight, March 30, at the Elks Lodge in downtown Hillsdale. The Gray Havens are a husband-wife band with more than 40,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, and their concert will be the Havens’ second appearance at Hillsdale according to...
Few authors can claim the distinct honor of having sold more copies than there are words in their book, but after publishing the 1,235 words and the 300 mostly-blank pages of “Reasons to Vote for Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide,” Michael J. Knowles is one of them. With well over 80 thousand copies sold since it...
Hillsdale students are familiar with Aristotle, Plato and Socrates, but have they ever heard of Ibn-Sina, Nagarjuna, or Keiji Nishitani? Maybe, but they can’t thank Hillsdale College’s core curriculum for that knowledge. The core’s exclusion of Eastern traditions and religions most recently came under scrutiny when a reporter from The New York Times visited campus...