Rachelle Ferguson Personal blunder of paper writing: I needlessly repeat myself when I write: I’ll make a point and then restate the point in different words, imagining that I’m adding something new. (Sort of like I just did.) I think the root of this issue is that I’m not as precise as I...
Author: Ramona Tausz (Ramona Tausz)
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Charger Chatter: Laura Peter
Assistant women’s swim coach Laura Peter is currently in her first semester at Hillsdale College. She moved to Hillsdale in February after spending 20 years in various coaching positions in Virginia Beach, Virginia. In addition to her coaching duties, she teaches a section of Physical Wellness Dynamics and coaches students in strength and conditioning. How...
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The Tutors : Students’ rock in the midst of writer’s block
Minte Irmer Personal Blunder of Paper Writing: I talk a lot, so I almost always say too much. It’s tempting to keep adding cool details and extra information to a paper rather than staying concise. Usually I let it all out in the first few drafts, but I’m vicious with my red pen later and...
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Oxford Professor Michael Ward returns to Hillsdale
C.S. Lewis organized his classic children’s series “The Chronicles of Narnia” around the pre-Copernican medieval concept of a universe with seven heavens, according to Michael Ward, a senior research fellow at Oxford University and author of “Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis.” “Lewis’s best-known works, the seven Chronicles of Narnia,...
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A Christian in the Holy Land
Junior Ramona Tausz worked this past summer in Jerusalem as an “Ops & Blogs” intern for the Times of Israel, thanks to a placement negotiated by the Hillsdale College Dow Journalism Program. The hurried rhythm of the Jerusalem work week ends every seventh day in the serenity of Shabbat. Israeli weekends span Friday to Saturday, rather than...