Last week, a writer suggested that the college use the fight song to promote campus unity. As an alumnus who did learn the fight song, I have no desire to subject the current student body to this clumsy text. If we are going to direct our energy to teaching students our college songs, we should...
The amendment on the ballot this week will do harm to Hillsdale’s Student Federation and the student body. This amendment would loosen qualifications for Federation officers to discourage uncontested elections. It’s original intention to modify election requirements was noble; the product that the student body is now voting on is a frankenstein. The student body...
One of several building projects on campus, a new dormitory for upperclassmen women was constructed this summer. While construction was still underway, the college administration and students called it the “New Dorm.” But now it is complete with students living in it, yet the building is still only known as “New Dorm.” Even if the...
Dear Editor, When someone requests that students not smoke in a particular location, comparing such a request to a “safe space,” as a columnist did last week, is absurd. Not only is such a request against smoking perfectly reasonable, but the dismissal of the request as a “safe space” ironically resembles the “safe space” argument...