Practice makes perfect. The greatest performers practice their routines for thousands of hours, repeating simple movements for days on end. But music isn’t meant to be played alone, in an isolated practice room. Music is meant to be shared. So, instead of playing for inanimate objects in the music hall, grace campus in a unique...
Many Hillsdale students refuse to take the COVID-19 vaccine — but few of them have thought much about another popular drug that pumps synthetic hormones into bodies, courtesy of Big Pharma. Let’s talk about birth-control pills. Women can experience infertility for two or more years after ending birth control, due to hormonal discrepancies caused by...
Dorm traditions forge the temperament of residents—dorm traditions like Niedfeldt’s long-standing tradition of Olds roses. Dorm rites shape character: clandestine court trials to resolve misconduct, eating meat bare-chested at dusk, tiki torch parties by the fireside, Smash Brothers tournaments. Some within the classical tradition have referred to this as forma mentis: “the form of the...
Hillsdale’s Constitution Day Celebration featured speeches with a theme of vigilance for the future of the country and preservation of the founding ideals embodied in the Constitution. The event, which is held annually in Washington, D.C., was at the Trump International Hotel. Speakers discussed election integrity, civil liberties, recovering American greatness, and the rise of...
What has your trip to campus this year looked like? “I’ve never been more hurried. I will be here for 14 days, and I teach a three-and-a-half hour class on World War II four days a week. Yesterday I met with the Alexander Hamilton Society. And then I have to write about 3,000 words a...