Author: The Editorial Staff (The Editorial Staff )

Class of 2019: welcome. You have come from all over the country and the world with varied educational backgrounds—public, private, charter and home schools, to name a few—to be united by this college in the common task of higher education. You’ve likely already begun to engage in some of the inevitable, inexhaustible Hillsdale debates as...

It’ll be really sad to see this class of seniors graduate in a little over two weeks. Most of us have friends in the senior class — whether on sports teams, in campus groups, or fraternities or sororities. A new freshman class will come in, and this year’s juniors will become the new seniors, but...

Many students come to Hillsdale College enamored of its institutional character, of its presumed political affiliation, and of its steadfast refusal to accept government aid of any kind. Yet by senior year, some have adopted an ironic posture toward the college. They look with contempt on the visitors wandering about campus, ogling at the statues,...

Today marks 150 years since Robert E. Lee’s surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Courthouse, which ended the bloodiest war in United States history. Even now, Americans still live with the echoes of the Civil War. As many as 850,000 men died in the conflict. For every 10 soldiers who marched off...

Lighthouse’s new “Behind the Stigma” series is an excellent idea, and judging by attendance records, Hillsdale students seem to agree. The sessions have been packed, with one in the basement of Lane Hall so full that many students sat on the ground in the aisles. At Hillsdale, there is unnecessary pressure to “have it all...