Category: Features

A professor skipped school last Thursday. He was at the University of Pennsylvania instead. And yes, he had permission. When he left, Matthew Gaetano was a professor in the history department. He has returned now, a changed man.  He is Matthew Gaetano, doctor of history. Gaetano skipped school to defend his dissertation. That was the...

Following an Oct. 10 speech, Hillsdale students crowded around an energetic alumnus with a strong message to young people who are interested in politics:  step up and lead. Tom Morrison’s amiable confidence and down-to-earth grassroots tactics won over Illinois voters in the past two election cycles. However, the popular state representative’s journey to his home...

Although it’s only his first semester teaching at Hillsdale College, Assistant Professor of Mathematics William Abram has exciting ideas for the future. The new addition to the Hillsdale Mathematics department said he hopes to start up a lot of student research. “I do a lot of research, and some of that is of a level...

Due to rising attendance, Hillsdale Free Methodist Church held its second service in its gym for the first time ever. The church will continue to do so while college students are in town. David Turner, the church’s worship leader, said that it was about a year ago that church leaders started thinking about moving the...

Betsy Woodruff ’12 has covered an array of topics for National Review. Her articles have ranged from an examination of frat-boys’ political proclivities and reviews of cultural products like “America, You Sexy B*tch” and HBO’s “Girls” to accounts of trips out to Colorado to investigate the effects of its recently-loosened marijuana laws (National Review’s cover...