Michelangelo’s “David” causes controversy in charter school in Florida. Hillsdale College cut ties with Tallahassee Classical School after a controversy surrounding the school’s art curriculum and its headmaster’s resignation. Former Tallahassee Classical Headmaster Hope Carrasquilla resigned following backlash from three parents over teaching Michelangelo’s “David” statue in a 6th-grade classroom, but the Florida charter school...
Ryan Anderson, president of Ethics and Public Policy Center, visits campus. Progressive secular groups have gradually restricted religious liberty through government mandates, President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center Ryan Anderson said in his speech “Illiberal Liberalism: On Religious Liberty, Gay Marriage, and Gender Ideology,” on Wednesday, April 5 in Christ Chapel. “For the...
The New Yorker covers Hillsdale College. A long-anticipated profile of Hillsdale College appeared in this week’s edition of The New Yorker. It called the college “a home for smart young conservatives who wish to engage seriously with the liberal arts” and “a model that communities across the country are looking to adopt,” but also criticized...
Campus responds to Trump’s indictment. Every American, regardless of their political position, should be horrified and outraged by the historic indictment of former President Donald Trump, according to Associate Professor of Economics Charles Steele. “The persecution of President Trump by the legal system is designed to terrify anyone who considers seriously reforming it,” Steele said....
Elizabeth Troutman to be Editor-in-Chief of The Collegian 2023-2024. The Student Publication Board selected the new editors of The Collegian, Tower Light, and Hillsdale’s Winona Yearbook for the 2023-2024 school year. Junior Elizabeth Troutman will be next year’s editor-in-chief of The Collegian, Hillsdale College’s student-run newspaper. Sophomores Kara Miller and Sophie Keller will be the...