Benjamin Beier with his wife Emily and their children Anna, Henry, Genevieve, and Moira. Courtesy | Benjamin Beier In this Quick Hits, Associate Professor of Education Benjamin Beier talks Kansas City sports, literature, and parenting his four children. How has having children changed you? I get a lot less sleep. My children teach me things...
Courtesy | Unsplash President Ronald Reagan had it right when he said that “I’m from the government and I’m here to help” was a frightening phrase. Yet sometimes the American government succeeds in “helping,” or remedying, past mistakes. Flipping the food pyramid is one of those successes. The Department of Health and Human Services, led...
What do a missing microwave and a lawn covered in plastic forks have in common? According to senior Aidan Christian, it’s revenge. At 11 p.m. on Oct. 18, Christian and the men of the off-campus house Casablanca walked outside and found their lawn covered in dozens of plastic forks. A few days later, it was...
Confronting demons is not about focusing on the power of a demon but rather on the accomplished work of God, Rev. John Dreyer, a Lutheran author, speaker, and pastor, said in an Oct. 16 lecture. Dreyer’s speech, titled “Pastoral Care and the Spiritual World,” was hosted by the Lutheran Society and discussed demonology and the...
Hillsdale’s Tower Players performed their first show of the fall semester on Oct. 1, a pairing of the anonymous medieval play “Everyman” with “I’m Not a Mourning Person,” written by Hillsdale alumna Emily Griffith ’25. Griffith won last year’s student playwriting competition. Professor of Theater James Brandon said he picked her play to go along...