The Hillsdale College Mock Trial program began its 2022-2023 competitive season last weekend, with one of the program’s teams taking fourth place at their first tournament invitational of the season. “Our opening weekend was exactly what we wanted: tough competition and a great first run of our cases,” program coach Jonathan Church said. All three...
The American education system has put a generation at risk, Betsy DeVos said in the Drummond Lecture last week. DeVos, the 11th Secretary of Education who served under President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021, made her third visit to campus in three years, this time to address school choice. She argued that a pluralistic...
While tensions between Russia and Ukraine heightened with President Vladimir Putin’s hint of nuclear warfare, Hillsdale College hosted its first Center for Constructive Alternatives from Oct 2-5 to discuss Russian history, culture, and modern politics. “The theater we are entering has been, in the last century and a half, the single most violent military theater...
Vice President Kamala Harris stirred up controversy last week with her claim that the southern border is secure, drawing ridicule from conservative pundits as well as some Texas Democrats. Yet few commenters have considered that she might genuinely mean what she says: the border is exactly as secure as Democrats intend. Over the last year,...
The Legacy Board announced that the 2023 senior class gift will be a renovation of the Slayton Arboretum in honor of its 100th anniversary. The class of 2023 gathered in the Searle Center last Friday to hear details about the project which will include a restoration of the firepit, the pond, and the small stone...