Waving around the 500-page GOP tax bill, Sen. Jeff Merkley mischaracterized Hillsdale College on Friday night in a video posted on Twitter as he argued against an amendment that would exempt any college that refuses federal money from an excise tax on their endowments. “[Hillsdale] proceeds to not take federal funds, because it wanted to...
When Matthew Broderick’s character Ferris Bueller said, “Life moves pretty fast, if you don’t stop and look around once in awhile you might miss it,” the last thing the audience thought of was college journalism. But for the senior staff members of The Hillsdale Collegian, it’s a quote that shows the reality of our last...
Yesterday throngs of eager high school students found themselves without a place to sit during a visit day, trotting meekly behind their ambassadors with Hillsdale folders and plates of food. We’ve all wandered in circles in the lunchroom, sipping from a cup of water, scanning tables furtively for an empty seat. On Mondays, it’s hard...
One day, everything was normal. Then, bizarre posters with dramatic smoke effects, goofy pictures, and repurposed memes covered every inch of the billboards in the library and the Grewcock Student Union. Campaign slogans, revolutionary Viva Lucchese shirts, and a 35-minute live Q&A flooded our Facebook feeds and we received personalized emails. It worked. According...
The debate about the Christ Chapel construction is over. Donors have graciously gifted more than $24 million to build a gathering place for the whole student body to pray, celebrate, and host grand events. For such an endeavor, the amount of construction taking over the quad is appropriate. It’s true that students have found this...