This summer was the worst for the box office since 1992. So leave it to me to see more movies during it than in any previous summer. Brief thoughts on each follow: “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”: Modernizing Captain America by making a throwback to 1970s conspiracy thrillers (hint: Robert Redford) seems a strange choice,...
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September 18, 2014July 12, 2022Features
Hillsdale College alumnus runs Republican Study Committee
Since graduating from Hillsdale College in 2007, Will Dunham has risen to the position of Republican Study Committee executive director on Capitol Hill. It is quite the feat, especially for someone who was not always interested in politics. Will and his wife, Anna ’10 (née Leutheuser) were both English majors. Despite having “zero political inclinations”...
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September 4, 2014July 12, 2022News
Hillsdale announces radio station
“GOOOOOD MORNING HILLSDALE!” Thanks to the college’s recent acquisition of a local radio signal, that’s one of many phrases — assuming Federal Communications Commission [Nd1] compliance — that could soon resound through the air around Hillsdale’s campus. The college learned of the opportunity through Vince Benedetto, a Pennsylvania-based radio entrepreneur who heard about the college,...
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September 4, 2014July 12, 2022Opinions
Why I’ll miss Saga
When Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé announced that Hillsdale College had ended its long relationship with Saga, Inc. in favor of Bon Appétit Management Company (Bamco), there was much rejoicing around Hillsdale College. Hillsdale’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom, which had campaigned against Saga, represented this joy on its Facebook page: “The College’s decision...
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June 4, 2014July 12, 2022News
Transcript of Josh Andrew’s 2014 graduation speech
Hillsdale College senior class president Josh Andrew delivered the class of 2014’s graduation speech Saturday, May 10. Due to its overwhelming popularity, the Collegian has obtained a video of it and typed up the transcription below. Josh Andrews majored in English at Hillsdale and moved to the greater Detroit area after graduation to participate in...