Today’s society has rejected the idea that human rights are God-given, Michael Farris, founder of the Home School Legal Defense Association and Patrick Henry College, said in a speech Sept. 17. “The idea of religious freedom came from people who believe that rights come from God, not Enlightenment thinkers,” Farris said. The Larry and Christine...
Radio host Larry O’Connor will visit Hillsdale College for two weeks next month and teach a one-credit class on podcasting as a Eugene C. Pulliam Distinguished Fellow in Journalism. “By the end of the classes that I’m delivering, I’m hoping that anyone who attends it should have the tools to just plug in a microphone...
Hillsdale College’s women’s self-defense course prepares women to handle real-world threats through a blend of martial arts styles such as Taekwondo and Krav Maga, according to Becky Waters, lecturer in sports studies. “I wanted to help the community girls learn how to defend themselves no matter what. However they are attacked or thrown to the...
Kiralyn Brakel is a 2015 graduate. Courtesy | Austin Thomason Kiralyn Brakel ’15 has joined the biology department as an assistant professor of Biology and will direct the cadaver labs in Anatomy and Physiology classes this fall. Brakel has worked at Hillsdale for the past four years as a lab technician. “My husband and I...
Lights, live music, and a dancing crocodile were all present at the Student Activities Board’s Garden Party on Sep. 20. SAB hosts the Garden Party every fall semester, with this year’s theme based on Disney’s animated movie “The Princess and the Frog.” “I have been pushing this theme for three years,” said senior and SAB...