Author: The Editorial Staff (The Editorial Staff )

It felt like a Jersey Shore nightclub, with homeschoolers. Bubbles sprayed students in the face, neon lights blinded them, and TV screens continuously flashed one or maybe two words of each song being played by the elite DJ Polo. A photo booth and cash bar completed the whole shebang. As students failed to teach themselves...

The Facebook page Hillsdale Compliments is kind of cheesy. The number of women who apparently embody Christ’s love is maybe a tad over the top. But the site has a clear purpose, and it’s an admirable one — to make people feel good. The mission statement of Hillsdale Unfiltered, a rival Facebook page created shortly...

Dear Sen. Ted Cruz, Thank you, on behalf of the Class of 2013, for accepting our invitation to speak at commencement. We’re excited to hear you speak, but we want to warn you of something. Among arguably the most conservative group of college students in the United States, Republican politicians have earned a bad name...

At 11:47 a.m. yesterday, Sen. Rand Paul began talking about the unconstitutionality of drone strikes. Twelve hours later, as we write, he hasn’t stopped speaking to the majestic Senate chamber. Decorous but insistent, Paul has managed to make the senate filibuster, something that usually looks pathetic, seem inspiring instead. The Senate rules are complex, but...

Out of the 273,996 American students that studied abroad this year, only 12 are from Hillsdale College. Less than 0.9 percent of Hillsdale’s 1,460 students go abroad annually. Hillsdale’s study abroad programs fall far behind the programs comparable schools offer. The limited scope, expensive costs, and frustrating void of structure in the college’s study abroad...