Before things like regularly attending therapy and treating mental illness with appropriate medication were accessible and normalized, those who struggled with mental health were at the bottom of the totem pole. The ethics surrounding mental health institutions and the treatment of their patients are still a slippery slope, but the progress that has been made...
Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, that changed our modern world. On this somber anniversary, Hillsdale’s faculty and staff members share their memories of that day. Patrick Owens, assistant professor of classics, was in New York City that morning and watched the horror unfold. “I grew up in...
Roaming bands of skullduggerous treasure seekers are soon to disrupt Hillsdale’s hallowed halls and peaceful vistas. The culprit: David Stewart, professor of history. His new one-credit history course, the History of Piracy, offers a general overview of piracy, from the ancient world to the present, with a twist. In addition to writing an essay, students...
Dr. Charles N. Steele is a professor of economics at Hillsdale College. What is something you want remembered about you when you die? I would want it to be remembered that I ran Le Grizz 20 times, and completed it. It’s a 50-mile race in Montana. I’ve only run it 19 times so I’ve got...
While the rest of the police force gets by on wheels, Peter Tracy and his police horse Lakota trot around town. As one of the lead mounted officers for the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department, Tracy combines two seemingly different interests: criminal justice and horses. After 14 years of riding horses and nearly as many years...