There is a shortage of perfect writers in this world; it is a pity to lose one more. Brides still recite his lines at the altar; journalists take his advice to “follow the money”; Hollywood wannabes console themselves with his confession that “nobody knows anything.” William Goldman, the beloved writer behind the “The Princess Bride”...
This fall, Senior Gill West became the first Hillsdale student to qualify as a finalist for the British Marshall Scholarship, which CBS News calls the most prestigious graduate scholarship in America. The Marshall Scholarships help students from the United States attend any university in the U.K. in memory of the Marshall Plan’s assistance in rebuilding...
Humans are the Twitter trolls of the universe. Earth is that one persistent little planet that won’t shut up, and hasn’t shut up, since radio took off almost six decades ago. Entire organizations exist solely to contact hypothetical alien life. The international group Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence is watching for a reply in an observatory located...
Hillsdale students need to brag less and complain more. Last week a freshman wandered into the Writing Center and we fell into a conversation about how she was enjoying her time at Hillsdale. Sometime later, she mentioned getting ice cream in AJ’s and feeling terrible about it. When I protested, she said something vague about...
Pictures and knickknacks line her shelves, alongside the dried flowers from her children’s first bouquets and little bags of m&ms from her son’s graduation. “This is my world, this is my impact, and I like to surround myself with it,” Hillsdale Community Foundation President Sharon Bisher said. “Each of these knickknacks represents a time in...