The Hillsdale marketing team posted a parody of the viral “nihilist penguin” clip, generated in part by artificial intelligence, on the college social media accounts Jan. 25. The post drew some criticism in the comment section from current and former students for adopting an internet trend and using generative AI, but the marketing team says...
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Temporary exhibit urges Holocaust remembrance
When patrons enter Mossey Library this week, they encounter a series of panels telling the story of the 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust. In commemoration of the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp on Jan. 27, 1945, the exhibit highlights the years of reconstruction in which the Jewish people...
Whalen claims comedy and tragedy are equally important
Comedy should be taken just as seriously as tragedy, Associate Professor of English Benedict Whalen said at the Lyceum’s first Friday Forum of the semester. “We have a steady line of critics, poets, and thinkers who affirm the importance and the seriousness of the tragic form,” Whalen said. “What place does laughter have at the...
Q&A with Daily Caller senior editor
Amber Duke is a senior editor for the Daily Caller. She gave a speech titled “The Rise of the New Media” at the CCA on Tuesday night. Q. How did you get into journalism? A. It was kind of by accident. I was graduating from Georgetown, majoring in economics and government and wanted to be...
Duck Dynasty members begin Hillsdale’s C.S. Lewis online course
Hosts of “Unashamed with the Robertson Family” are taking the college’s C.S. Lewis online course and discussing it on their podcast every Friday. The podcast features members of the Duck Dynasty family — Al Robertson, Zach Dasher, John Luke Robertson, and Christian Huff — as they take the course, “C.S. Lewis on Christianity,” taught by...