In Ernest Hemingway’s novel “The Sun Also Rises,” one character asks, “How did you go bankrupt?” The other replies, “Two ways: gradually, and then suddenly.” According to Michael Goodwin, the decline of one of the world’s most famous newspapers could be described the same way. Goodwin, chief political columnist at the New York Post, gave...
After years of students trudging over the dirt path between Hillsdale St. and Howard Music Building, Hillsdale College has finally taken the hint and paved a sidewalk. Rich Péwé, Hillsdale’s Chief Administrative Officer, explained that the sidewalk has been on the construction agenda for quite a few years but was bumped up the list to...
In the midst of Parents Weekend festivities, seniors took an hour out of their evenings to celebrate the class of 2020. The first event of its kind, Christening the Quad invited seniors to gather in the Dow Hotel lobby on Friday night to mingle with friends, enjoy an array of hors d’oeuvres, listen to a...
At Penn State this past weekend, the Hillsdale College debate team crushed their competition with seven of the eight debaters who attended the tournament taking home trophies. Overall, the team placed first in debate sweepstakes and second in overall sweepstakes. Overall sweepstakes includes both speech and debate events. Hillsdale does not participate in speech. Junior...
Catholics on campus gathered in Christ Chapel to celebrate the feast of Pope St. John Paul II on Tuesday afternoon. The commemoration included a lecture on the sexual revolution by a member of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute followed by the first Catholic mass held in the chapel. Bishop of Lansing Earl Boyea presided...