Six Hillsdale students will present their documentary on Hillsdale alumna and renowned codebreaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman at 7 p.m. on Nov. 9 in Plaster Auditorium. Friedman, who graduated from Hillsdale in 1915, worked as a codebreaker during both world wars. The movie is this semester’s group project for the documentary filmmaking course, taught by instructor...
American Classical Education, a K-12 charter school management organization affiliated with Hillsdale College, withdrew its applications for three new schools it hoped to open in Tennessee. Emily Stack Davis, executive director of media and public relations at Hillsdale, said Hillsdale’s mission to further classical educational opportunities has made it the object of opposition from the...
For opposing opinion, click here. What seems to be a simple blend of spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves reveals something profound about American culture and our history. In 1796, Amelia Simmons published “American Cookery,” one of the earliest cookbooks that can truly be categorized as authentically and uniquely American. Published only 20...
The United States Postal Service released a stamp this month honoring women cryptographers who cracked codes during World War II. The most prominent among them may have been 1915 Hillsdale alumna Elizebeth Smith Friedman, according to Adjunct Instructor in Journalism Buddy Moorehouse. “She essentially pioneered the science of codebreaking and then used her skill to...
Arriving in Hillsdale my freshman year of college, I was expecting to answer lots of questions about my home state of California. Yes, I’d grown up seeing celebrities. Of course I celebrated New Year’s Eve at the beach. No, I’d never learned how to surf. So I was surprised when Hillsdale students spat out the...