Senior Erik Teder was a mirror for President’s Ball. Courtesy | Gabe Beckwith While some men chose their cleanest dress shirt and most recently ironed suit as their outfit for a Versailles-themed President’s Ball Feb. 7, senior Erik Teder chose to be a mirror. “I wanted to do something related to the architecture or history...
Author: Tayte Christensen (Tayte Christensen)
Be the penguin: Leave the AI pack
Courtesy | Unsplash Hillsdale prides itself on being different: No government funding, a small student body, and a mandatory logic class. We can add rejection of artificial intelligence as a replacement for human creativity to that list. Professors have different rules regarding the use of AI, but all of them rightly forbid students from using...
RFK takes aim at fake bread: American farming is to blame for problematic wheat
Courtesy | Unsplash My doctor wrote me a unique prescription two summers ago: a long trip to Europe. He didn’t want me to take this jaunt for leisure or to relieve stress. Instead, he wanted me to escape the poison that is American-grown wheat. I’ve been one of those gluten-free weirdos ever since my body...
Blake Center acquires 13-piece American art collection
Hillsdale’s Blake Center for Faith and Freedom has acquired a collection of rare portraits and sculptures of American founding figures, including the most expensive portrait of Abraham Lincoln ever sold. The college obtained the collection, announced Jan. 28, via a purchase and gift annuity arrangement with Shane Newell. “It is uniquely satisfying for an art...
Alumna takes control of Hillsdale in DC undergrad program
Dottie Roland ’25 started as the Washington Hillsdale Internship Program undergraduate coordinator for Hillsdale’s Washington, D.C., campus this fall. Roland takes the place of former WHIP coordinator Mary Wheeler, who stepped into a part-time role with the D.C. campus in the spring. Roland said it was Wheeler’s nudging that prompted her to apply for the...


