COVID-19 has altered the Hillsdale College dining experience in quite a conspicuous fashion. The overwhelming presence of plastic cutlery, disposable dishes, and individually-wrapped desserts is a tangible reminder of an ongoing pandemic that exempts no one from the cumbersome, but necessary, changes in procedure. While the new practice of utilizing synthetic utensils may incite grievances...
Category: Opinions
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Bravo, Bon Appetit: Our catering company’s new portion size restrictions aid the fight against American obesity
Like most of you, I’ve noticed something different about the dining hall these last few weeks. Something lurking just in plain sight. Something sinister. Something…small. Yes, dear reader, your suspicions about the dining hall’s portion sizes were not unfounded, your increased hunger pangs not psychosomatic. I too have observed that the dining hall has been...
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Pay attention to down-ballot races
While the race between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden has captured the lion’s share of media attention and focus of discussions on campus, it is vital that we do not forget about the important questions elsewhere on the ballot. Michigan is a swing state for the presidential election and many Hillsdale...
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In defense of the Electoral College: Choose liberty over democracy
When James Madison wrote Federalist 68, he described the Electoral College as “almost the only part of the system, of any consequence, which has escaped without severe censure, or which has received the slightest mark of approbation from its opponents.” Now, according to a March 2020 Pew Research Poll, 58% of Americans support a popular...
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Against the Electoral College: The system inhibits democracy
Since its conception 250 years ago, the Electoral College inhibited democracy. Its original design at the constitutional convention still informs how it operates today: namely, to protect the property of America’s landed class. Democracy ought to be understood as the foundational assertion that human beings should be able to control their own lives and destiny....