Elon Musk abuses free speech. Courtesy | Wikimedia Commons Before buying Twitter, Elon Musk promised to reform its free speech policies. Now he faces a lawsuit from Tesla shareholders for a 2018 tweet that they claim manipulated millions of stocks for his own benefit. Over the last several years, free speech has adapted to modern...
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Hillsdale’s two degrees of separation: Applied Math Club studies social connections on campus
Students gathered in fall 2022 for Concert on the Quad. Courtesy | Hannah Cote Have you ever peered out from a packed Sizzle line in Saga and felt as though you knew just about everyone in the crowd? According to the math club, you probably do. In a study conducted last semester called Degrees of...
Gas stoves should not be banned
Gas stoves should not be banned. Courtesy | rawpixel.com Banning gas stoves will set the culinary world back centuries. Early this month, Richard Trumka of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in an interview with Bloomberg, announced that he was thinking about regulating or even banning gas stoves in favor of electric stoves. “Any option...
Missouri is a part of the Midwest
Missouri is a part of the Midwest. Courtesy | Flickr My home state of Missouri is a weird state, one historically caught in the margins. Because of this, there’s debate over how it should be considered culturally – part of the Midwest or part of the South? At Hillsdale, I’ve found that a handful of...
Stop taking advantage of the honor code
Bags in the booths at A.J.’s, coats draped over couches in the Heritage Room, and mugs deserted in the library—these are the ways students try to mark their territory on campus. We also know it’s a perversion of the Honor Code. These manipulative signals can be found across campus. Belongings left behind do not amount...




