A group of Hillsdale alumni have partnered with the college to open a classical liberal arts school in metro-Detroit this fall — the first of its kind in the area. Tyler Horning, an ’06 alumnus and president of the school’s board, began to garner support for Ivywood Classical Academy after noticing a gap in Detroit’s...
Author: Kaylee McGhee (Kaylee McGhee)
To face a monster
One year ago, 19-year-old Hillsdale freshman Kara Johnson stood before a monster. She remembers how fast her heart beat and how her hands shook as she held her prepared remarks. But climbing onto a podium in a small Lansing, Michigan courtroom, Johnson disregarded her fear, looked her monster in the eyes, and began to speak....
Leave Ben Carson’s name alone
Politics ruins everything it touches — even the name of renowned former neurosurgeon Ben Carson. Last week, the Detroit school board voted to begin renaming several schools in the district, including the Benjamin Carson High School of Science and Medicine, dedicated to an “individual who has made a significant contribution of education,” the district said....
Halloween is about ingenuity, not Witchcraft
When I was nine years old, my friend asked if I worshipped Satan. It was the day before Halloween and I was telling her about the costume my mom had made me. It wasn’t anything exciting. In fact, I’m pretty sure I dressed up as a lamp that year, but her reaction was enough to...
How important is this election, really?
The elections of 2018 are the most important in our lives. At least, that’s what former Vice President Joe Biden thinks (so it must be true, right?): “This is the most important election any of us have voted in so far,” he said last week. He’s not alone. Last week, Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen...




