Courtesy | Unsplash Students wanting to expand their professional network, learn how to communicate across a variety of disciplines, and reap the benefits of a national program have the opportunity of joining Hillsdale College’s new Student Marketing Club. The marketing club is a collegiate chapter of the American Marketing Association, and aims to bridge the...
Author: Monica Smies (Monica Smies)
Silence will benefit you more than music
Illustrated by Maggie O’Connor The key to feeling relaxed, staying on top of things, and being at peace is to embrace silence. The pace of life at Hillsdale College makes it hard to step away from the chaos and enjoy the quiet, but silence helps us develop neurons, promote relaxation, and encounter God. We must...
Jodel breeds resentment
Illustrated by Maggie O’Connor One of my biggest regrets at Hillsdale College is the amount of time I have wasted on Jodel. There is more harm than good done on Jodel and students should do their best to avoid using it. Reading defamatory posts about other people is not necessary or beneficial for anyone. It’s...
Nonchalance is not the move
Young men have become too nonchalant. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “nonchalant” as the quality of “having an air of easy unconcern or indifference.” Nonchalance is just an act — it doesn’t mean you don’t care about the world. It’s pretending not to care about the things you love and hate. Being nonchalant numbs and disrupts...
GoodTime brings a new take on an old genre
GoodTime performs at the Dawn Theatre | Courtesy Amelia King A new student band is committed to giving students a GoodTime. GoodTime band has played country-folk music at Hillsdale College since the band formed in the spring semester of 2026, when junior Rylan Conley reached out to its now-members. “We found there was a lack...




