Hillsdale teens are catching bullies on live footage. YOUTH, Young Opportunities Unlimited Throughout Hillsdale, a body of middle and high school representatives from Hillsdale County schools, organized an anti-bullying video contest in response to a survey they took of Hillsdale County students at the beginning of the fall semester. Forty three percent of responses said...
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October 29, 2015July 12, 2022Opinions
Cognitive enhancement: Is it ethical?
In July, researchers at Oxford University and Harvard Medical School co-published a study that lauded the cognitive enhancing abilities of a narcolepsy drug called Modafinil, suggesting it may be “the first well-validated pharmaceutical ‘nootropic’ agent.” Despite the scientific credibility of nootropics, these drugs operate within an inhuman paradigm. “Enhancement” has become the micromanagement of every...
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October 8, 2015July 12, 2022Culture
Hillsdale students, professors visit ArtPrize: Grand Rapids hosts annual art show until Oct. 11
Every year, thousands of artists attempt to define art in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, at ArtPrize, a 19-day art show from Sept. 2 to Oct. 11. This year Professor of Art Barbara Bushey is joining those ranks of artists by showing three of her quilts at the ArtPrize venue Processing Fiber. Last year, Lecturer of...
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Pastels made in the great outdoors: ‘Sparkle with Repose’ exhibit hits Hillsdale Oct. 9
There are few artists left of William Truman Hosner’s kind. Professional painters today have nearly abandoned open-air painting for the convenience of a camera. After snapping pictures of an outdoor scene, they head indoors and create portraits from the photographs. But internationally renowned pastelist Hosner hasn’t used a camera in nearly two decades. Hillsdale College’s...
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September 10, 2015July 12, 2022News
Search for graduation speaker commences
Last year, two students duelled with sabers for their choice commencement speaker whilst yelling incoherent Errol Flynn quotes on the top balcony of Central Hall. The decision was difficult: Michael Ward or Houdini’s ghost. One student died, and the other didn’t, leaving Ward, a leading Oxford scholar on C.S. Lewis, the selected orator, according to...