When Kirsten Hall ’15 arrived on Hillsdale’s campus as a freshman, she knew she wanted to study English and go for a Ph.D. Hall said she was attracted to Hillsdale’s robust English program but knew she also wanted a well-rounded education. “I wanted my education to be a liberal-arts education,” Hall said. “I didn’t want...
There is something uniquely American about moving to a new place and starting over. This trek can be filled with excitement, dread, but most of all, hope — hope that things will get better, and that what you want will materialize. This hope marks Lee Isaac Chung’s Korean-American film, “Minari,” which tells the story of...
Noam Chomsky is a radical leftist, but he taught me more about Donald Trump than any other public intellectual. In his 1988 work, “Manufacturing Consent,” the political activist, philosopher, and linguist described how elites manipulate public opinion — and in doing so, he anticipated the fall of Trump. Chomsky writes that manufacturing consent is the...
If one were to survey the inhabitants of the District of Columbia on whether they prefer dogs to cats, the results would overwhelmingly favor one side. District people are dog people. I found out about this during my semester living in D.C. On my commute to and from the U.S. Capitol Building, rain or shine,...
Growing up in Los Angeles, I witnessed people thrifting to buy a personality. Maybe this has something to do with the fact that in the entertainment industry, there are no stable personalities. I never liked this. You should pick clothing based on your personality and what you like. And thrifting makes this so easy, as...