For six hours on Monday, teen and young adult depression rates plummeted. Relief swept the nation. People looked up from their phones. They smiled at each other and actually scheduled lunch dates instead of just saying, “We should get a meal sometime!” Then the Facebook server came back up — and with it, the momentary...
More people are seeking help from local food centers, according to the directors of two pantries. “So far as our lunch programs have gone, we have seen a steady increase in lunches since June,” said Kathy Stump, office manager at the Hillsdale Salvation Army. Stump said continued shutdowns due to COVID-19, a disrupted food chain,...
Murders across the nation are up by 30%, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics — the largest increase since national records began tracking that data in 1960. President Joe Biden poured trillions of dollars into COVID-19 relief this year — all while 21,570 people were murdered in his...
Jordan B. Peterson will address the class of 2022 at the spring commencement ceremony. “He teaches things that are just right for the grand ceremony he will address,” Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn said. A public intellectual with a wide following on social media, Peterson is a clinical psychologist, a professor of psychology at the...
A collection of 30 great books based on Hillsdale’s core literature classes is now for sale at the college’s online store. “All Great Books Collection titles were selected in partnership with the college’s English department,” the college said in a Sept. 13 press release. “The editions offered include best-in-class commentary and translation as well as...