“This is the most rigged election since 2020.” Regardless of homecoming’s importance, it is meant to be a competition and competitions are supposed to be challenging. This year’s photo contest event was anything but rewarding for certain teams that poured hours of dedication into creating their masterpieces. Many students were shocked by the results,...
Author: Lily McHale (Lily McHale)
Constitution Day speeches highlight vigilance, preservation
Hillsdale’s Constitution Day Celebration featured speeches with a theme of vigilance for the future of the country and preservation of the founding ideals embodied in the Constitution. The event, which is held annually in Washington, D.C., was at the Trump International Hotel. Speakers discussed election integrity, civil liberties, recovering American greatness, and the rise of...
Advice to freshmen: Capture every moment
I have a piece of advice for Hillsdale College freshmen: Take lots of photos. You’re going to want to remember these next four years. In high school I started a personal project on my Instagram account called “this week in pictures.” Every seven days I would go through all the photos I’d taken that week...
The Power of Big Tech and Facebook Fact Checkers
In the age of a free internet and press, where should we go to find the unfiltered truth? Not Facebook. Since March of 2020, Instagram has rolled out a new update, a pop-up feature for the coronavirus. These pop-ups bring users to the COVID-19 Information Center which includes facts and figures from the Centers for...
From Sigma Chi to Suva, Fiji: Ambassador Joseph Cella
After graduation, Hillsdale students may find themselves in Washington D.C., Chicago, or somewhere in between, but one alumnus has recently made his home on the island of Fiji. Though he lives in a tropical paradise, Joseph Cella works hard as the United States Ambassador to Fiji and four other Pacific island nations — Kiribati, Nauru,...