WASHINGTON — Mornings are brutal here in our nation’s capital, and have been especially so as election day approached. After I wake and cut off the ringing, I lie on the couch that is my bed — the cost of living in D.C. is grotesque; this poor alum’s wallet misses Hillsdale as much as he...
It is worse than it was, but not bad yet. That seemed to be administrators’ conclusion regarding recent changes made by the Higher Learning Commission to its accreditation process. In response to Department of Education mandates and in a culture of standardized tests and quantifiable results, the HLC has abandoned self-studies — essentially books written...
Emily Oren is a senior from Holland, Michigan, majoring in economics. She is one of the most decorated athletes in Hillsdale history, having won seven national championships across indoor and outdoor track and field. What are your plans for after you graduate? What’s next for you? Running-wise, I have two meets coming up and then...
“Kind friends and companions, come join me in rhyme Come lift up your voices in chorus with mine Come lift up your voices, all grief to refrain For we may or might never all meet here again.” The opening verse of “Here’s a Health to the Company” began each folk song session ending Poetry Fridays...
Lights come up in shades of blue and violet on the sitting room of an Italian inn. Napoleon Bonaparte sits at a desk, equally dissatisfied with his meal and the map that sits before him. “The Man of Destiny,” the Corsican conquering Italy with a French army, finds himself miserable in the calm after his...