Here’s an idea for your next break: fly to a new city for the day. My sister Chloe and I did this on Monday. We left Chicago at 6 a.m. and returned at 11 p.m., visiting Boston in between. It’s possible to see a lot of a city in 12 well-planned hours. We visited Paul...
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Hillsdale wants more sushi
Imagine biting into the layers of the delicious Japanese dish, you can taste the soft rice, the fresh cucumbers, the tangy seaweed, the creamy avocado, and the salty salmon. Your flavor journey was just sponsored by sushi. While Johnny T’s Bistro has a Wednesday night sushi bar and Grab-and-Go once offered sushi, it is a...
This year’s top Hillsdate ideas
At first glance, a town in rural Michigan mid-winter might not seem like the ideal location for young couples to pursue adventurous dates. But fear not, Hillsdaters: this assumption could not be more wrong. No, the problem has not been location, it’s that you have not been looking hard enough. Well look no further, because...
Don’t virtue signal your busyness
Time is currency. And some people like to check their bank accounts more than others. Notoriously busy Hillsdale students like to flaunt their schedules — for many, busyness is a status symbol. Between school, work, extracurriculars, and telling you how much school, work, and extracurriculars they have, the busy class are the clear elite at...
COVID-19 mandates end with you
“Mr. Wilson, you may not enter the jetway until the mask is over your nose.” These snarky words greeted me on my recent Southwest flight to Denver, Colorado. A middle-aged woman glared at me with the confidence of a third-grade line leader. I grudgingly moved my mask one inch higher on my face and saved...




