Two pairs of Hillsdale College debaters won second and third place for the debate team in this semester’s first competition. In the Puget Sound Logger CARD Tournament, an online competition, hosted by the University of Puget Sound on Oct. 18-19, sophomore pair Noah Woo and Jonathan Evans claimed silver in the varsity team category with...
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QUICK HITS with Patricia Craig Aeschliman
Aeschliman with her daughter, Antonia, hiking by the Potomac River this past summer. Courtesy | Patricia Craig Aeschliman In this Quick Hits, Assistant Professor of Classics Patricia Craig Aeschliman talks Renaissance polyphony, dictionaries, and her family’s new pet cat. What do you believe is underrated about your subject? Everything, to be honest. Classical Greek and...
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Arnn is right: Physics belongs as a liberal art
Courtesy | Unsplash When we picture liberal arts, we usually envision discussions on the merits of Aristotelian philosophy, studying Homer’s epic poetry in its native language, or having that third debate on predestination versus free will. College President Larry Arnn doesn’t. At this semester’s first senior capstone lecture, he said physics and mathematics are the...
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Charger Chatter: Adi Sysum
Courtesy: Hillsdale Athletic Department What’s your go to party trick? Spinning a ball on my finger. If you had to be any food topping, what would you be and why? A tomato because my face gets really red when coach makes us run sprints. What’s a life lesson you learned from a non-serious source (movie,...
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Faculty warn against tariffs
Since the beginning of March, Trump has implemented global tariffs leading to large fluctuations in the stock market and international retaliatory tariffs. Courtesy | Wikimedia Commons President Donald Trump’s tariff plan opposes both economic and legal procedures and destabilizes the average American’s finances, according to some Hillsdale professors. “This is an unforced error by the...