Many students struggle through at least one core course on their way to a degree. But it’s much harder for the virtus to gaudet when, instead of listening to the tenured professor whose class you paid to take, you spend 15 minutes subjected to a sophomore’s rambling, verbal magnum opus. There’s a place to debunk...
When students reached for copies of The Collegian at lunch last Thursday, they grabbed nothing but air. A power outage at our printer led to a late delivery, and the 22nd edition arrived on campus shortly before dinner. Despite the delayed release, our good name still stands, as we have not failed to deliver a...
Hillsdale students have access through the Mossey Library to a wide range of news publications, from the very conservative to the very liberal. All students receive a free online subscription to The Atlantic, Athletic, Economist, Epoch Times, New York Sun, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. While too few students take advantage...
There may be a family member who says you ought to be ashamed of pursuing a humanities major. Associate professor of English Jason Peters calls him Uncle Ed. Unfortunately, Uncle Ed has a misguided view of the purpose of education, favoring utility over all else: Learn, regurgitate, and repeat until you land a job. Yet...
College is the awkward bridge between teenage years and “real” adulthood. We write 20-page research papers but still rely on our parents to do our taxes. We’re not children, but we don’t cook our own food every night either. It’s easy to forget that we’re living the lives our 10-year-old selves dreamed of. We spend...