Courtesy | Unsplash We’ve all been there: You’re in the middle of class when a student raises his hand and asks a question so long that you, the professor, and the student forget the point of the question by the time it is finished. The professor is forced to ask the student to repeat the...
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Fund scholarships for phone-free students
Courtesy | Unsplash Young Americans check their phones 150 times per day and spend five hours on them. Hillsdale should offer a scholarship to help them kick the habit. From writing papers, to emailing professors, to submitting Canvas assignments, it is nearly impossible to separate college students from technology. In practical ways, some students always...
We were promised a ballroom. Not more debt.
Courtesy | Unsplash President Donald Trump’s ballroom construction has become one of the biggest mistakes of his presidency, with taxpayers shouldering millions of dollars for a continually delayed project. In the Nov. 20, 2025, edition of the Collegian, I argued in favor of the proposed construction. I agreed with Trump that the White House was previously not...
‘Me too, Lindsay’ empathizes with child murder
Courtesy | Unsplash Crowds of women dressed in pink silently assembled during the trial of Lindsay Clancy to offer their support for the mother who admitted to killing her three young children. At press time, the Massachusetts jury was still deliberating whether Clancy is guilty of the murder or manslaughter of her children. Hundreds of...
Tucker’s third party is Republican-lite: Reforming the GOP would be a better use of time
Courtesy | Unsplash Tucker Carlson first publicly proposed building a third political party on July 1 in an interview with the Columbia Journalism Review. A month later during a livestream, Carlson revealed a 10-point manifesto that is the foundation for what he hopes is a new political movement. “The parties are in lockstep solidarity with...




