Journalist Betsy Hart was 13 years old when Ronald Reagan lost the Republican presidential nomination. “I actually laid on the living room sofa and cried,” Hart said. Hart, senior development writer for The Heritage Foundation and former syndicated columnist and Reagan White House press aid, delivered her speech “It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World:...
Institutional Advancement hires class of 2018 graduates
Institutional Advancement hired two recent Hillsdale College graduates to assist in fundraising, event planning, and donor relations. Following their graduation in the spring, Nathan Lehman ’18 and Danny Drummond ’18 began working as Institutional Advancement associates. The recent hires will form relationships with Hillsdale College supporters and work to secure funds to help the college...
Hanson: China is a greater threat than Russia
With all the talk about Russia these days, one might forget that there are other countries that pose a threat to the United States — a far greater threat, perhaps. That’s the point Victor Davis Hanson, a visiting scholar from the Hoover Institution, made last Thursday during the Alexander Hamilton Society’s first event of the...
Phillips Auditorium, Wiegand Computer Lab closed for construction
Students returning to campus for the Fall 2018 semester found more than just a torn-up quad. The Phillips Auditorium is currently out of commission as it undergoes a complete transformation. Renovations to the space will include more seating, better acoustics, and a modernized aesthetic. Construction is expected to conclude by September 2019. While the project...
Wall Street Journal excludes Hillsdale from annual college rankings
Despite its selective admittance rate and academic rigor, Hillsdale College was excluded from the Wall Street Journal’s annual college rankings because it “does not participate in the federal student aid program,” according to the Journal’s senior director of communications Steve Severinghaus. The Journal ranked nearly 1,000 U.S. universities and private colleges in a report published...




