Most Hillsdale students rushed home in March to be with their families as the COVID-19 lockdowns began. But international students from Spain and Kenya stayed behind. Senior Nico Ruben de Enrique Schmidt, from Mallorca, Spain, hasn’t left Hillsdale since last January. “When I go home for Christmas, it will be a full year since I’ve...
Author: Isabella S. Redjai
‘Emily in Paris’ is an escapist dream
Imagine you’re walking the streets of Paris with a handful of pink peonies after just eating the most delicate and crisp pain au chocolat you’ve ever had, heading to your job where you advertise perfumes and designer brands for a living. That’s not you, though. That’s Emily in Paris. Netflix released its newest series “Emily...
Jones, ’13, remembered for positivity, leadership
“He loved living, and it made an impact sadly in a short 30 years.” These are the words of head Hillsdale College football coach Keith Otterbein about the late Ben Jones ’13, who recently passed away in a car accident on Aug. 19. His love for life will forever impact his family, friends, and team....
Power couple takes French department by storm
When they met at a dinner party in graduate school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Jan Starczewski and Whitney Swance had no idea that that evening would lead to the beginning of the rest of their lives—not only as husband and wife, but also as future colleagues. They now work together in the Hillsdale College...
2020 Vision: Kanye West’s presidential campaign exposes the realities of abortion
“In 2020, I am running for the president of the United States.” It wasn’t Joe Biden, nor incumbent Donald Trump, who said this at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards. It was rapper Kanye West — and he kept his word. This past Fourth of July, West announced in a tweet, “We must now realize...




