California voters will decide in November whether their state will uphold its generation-old ban on racial preference in public institutions. A new ballot initiative, known as Proposition 16, would undo the results of the California Civil Rights Initiative, which voters approved in 1996 in a campaign co-chaired by Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn. Also known...
Author: Emma Cummins (Emma Cummins)
Old mass in a new chapel
Thanks to a college founded in 1844 by Free Will Baptists, a very Anglican-looking chapel hosted the college’s first ever Catholic Latin Mass on Sept. 24—a tribute to the college’s historic dedication to religious liberty. “It’s not only appropriate that the chapel host the old Mass, but it is a matter to be celebrated and...
Staff Profiles: Carmel Kookogey, Editor-in-Chief
Carmel Kookogey almost didn’t go to college. In fact, she almost went into fashion design. Now, however, she is finishing her senior year as the Editor-In-Chief of the Collegian. “I thought I was going to go into fashion school or do something with fashion without necessarily getting a formal education,” she said. “I realized that...
Abuzz with bees: Hillsdale’s honey scene
The art of raising bees is a chance to reminisce, to find peace, or to use your hands, and, in the best cases, to make some money. Like humans, bees have communities, rituals, roles and routines — ones that endear them to those who own them. “I don’t think you could ever really stop learning...
Passion for polymer: Alumna turns quarantine hobby into jewelry business
What started out as making a birthday gift quickly turned into a booming jewelry business. Clara Johsen ‘19 found clay earrings expensive—so she decided to make some of her own. 70 pairs later, and Johsens is devoting time and money outside her full-time job to sell earrings off her Instagram page. “Particularly now, earrings are...




