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Hillsdale students must practice hospitality
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Hillsdale students must practice hospitality

Hillsdale students can be hospitable from their dorms. Julia Mullins | Collegian I came to Hillsdale having learned the art of hospitality from my mother and grandmother, but with no idea how to translate it into my college life. To me, hospitality conjures images of candlelit dinner parties and sunny living rooms: a far cry...

Jury should have slow-walked the Murdaugh verdict
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Jury should have slow-walked the Murdaugh verdict

Alex Murdaugh was convicted of murdering his wife and son. Courtesy | Facebook Alex Murdaugh is almost certainly a guilty man. But we can never be too certain whether he is guilty beyond the determination of the jury, which spent less than three hours deliberating his sentence.  Murdaugh, a wealthy lawyer from South Carolina, was...

Lack of gun control did not lead to MSU shooting
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Lack of gun control did not lead to MSU shooting

Lack of gun control did not lead to MSU shooting. Courtesy | Flickr The Democrats who control Michigan’s state senate passed several gun-control bills last week in response to the deadly shooting at Michigan State University, but none of this legislation could have prevented any of the killings in East Lansing. What they tout as...

We must demand answers about COVID
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We must demand answers about COVID

We must demand answers about COVID. Courtesy | Detroit Free Press After three years of various theories dominating the nation, the Department of Energy, which oversees all national labs in the U.S., released on Feb. 26 its conclusion that the COVID-19 pandemic leaked from a Chinese lab in Wuhan.  Not only this, but evidence suggests...

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Mandating mental competency tests is un-American

 In the March 2 issue of the Collegian, Eleanor Whitaker argued to, “establish mental capacity tests for politicians over the age of 75.” She delivered a timely argument in favor of amending the Constitution to require politicians 75 and older to pass a mental competency test before taking office. Her editorial pointed out that numerous...