Treating the Bible like an instruction manual for getting to heaven is a path toward pride and despair, said the Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller during a lecture at Hillsdale College. The Lutheran Society invited Wolfmueller — a Lutheran pastor and author of “Has American Christianity Failed?” — to speak to a crowd of 30 students and...
Hillsdale College’s Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship is hosting a politics seminar on campus this week. The Statesmanship Colloquium, which runs Oct. 4-6, is the first of its kind. It will give graduate students an opportunity to expound their work and allow the college to showcase its graduate school. Organized by Ronald Pestritto, professor...
President of Franklin Center of Public Integrity & Government and Watchdog.org, Chris Krug came to speak to students on campus last Tuesday, Oct. 2 about the role of watchdog journalism. Through the use of watchdog journalism, the Franklin Center and Watchdog.org keep government officials accountable for their actions and statements, providing taxpayers and local citizens...
Solving problems in the dorm is part of the Resident Assistant job description. But this August, Hillsdale College RAs and other student leaders went a step further. Every January and August, student leaders including RAs, sports team captains, and student security employees spend six days taking an interdisciplinary course called Theory and Applications in Responsibility...
Hillsdale’s sociology program is partnering with the philosophy and religion departments to present a lecture by Kevin Aho, professor of philosophy from Florida Gulf Coast University, on how the negative treatment of shyness indirectly contributes to favoring the outgoing personality. The lecture will be held Monday, Oct. 8 at 4 p.m. in Lane 214. Aho,...