“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom and of foolishness, the epoch of belief and incredulity, of darkness and of light, of hope and of despair.” Dickens’ words certainly applied to that confusing semester. As spring break of 2020 began, several friends and I...
If there’s one thing Hillsdale alumni now working at RealClearPolitics have taken with them, it’s the virtue of properly understanding someone else’s argument, according to Hillsdale City Councilmember Bill Zeiser, a 2016 graduate of the Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship. The political news site and polling data aggregate site founded in 2000 boasts four...
If you ask Tori Petersen ‘18 what Bible verse guides her life, she’ll tell you it’s John 13:33-35, the passage about loving one another as Jesus loves us. “I want people to know my love for Jesus and I want people to be drawn to Him because they see what His love drives me and...
Sophomore Meera Baldwin has always understood the importance of blessing a person after they sneeze. After noticing a clear lack of sneeze blessings within the Hillsdale community, she decided to be the ripple that would create a wave of change. She teamed up with sophomore Liz Oxaal, and together they created a Facebook group called...
Black Thursday It was March 12, a Thursday, 11:30 a.m., a seemingly normal day for spring athletes on spring break. Coach Eric Theisen had called the baseball team into the barn for a team meeting. Coach Nikki Walbright typed out an email to her tennis team. The golf team was driving to their first tournament...