Courtesy | Unsplash The assassination of Charlie Kirk has made clear that conservatives in the public square face real threats, even on college campuses. Hillsdale’s security team is the perfect group to prepare campus for how to respond to potential threats, as many members are ex-military and ex-law enforcement. They are so well-trained that they...
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Bring back the banned stunts
When a twenty-year-old figure skater landed a backflip on one foot earlier this month, he marked the one year anniversary of the backflip’s return to the rink. Ilia Malinin, reigning U.S. and world figure skating champion, inspired several other athletes to train the stunt after he incorporated it into his routine in the 2024 Lombardia...
This homecoming, cheer on club sports
Have you ever thought that all Hillsdale students are either nerdish bookworms who could be blown away by a strong gust of wind or varsity athletes just looking for the easiest professor? There is a third group of students on campus. They play club sports. Students who play on a club team are weapons both...
Take up Kirk’s commitment to free speech
My mother never listened to Charlie Kirk or watched his videos, but the day after his murder, she couldn’t stop crying. The video of his shooting is gruesome — a man engaging in conversation with another human before a bullet tore through his throat. The heaviness that descended on the nation Sept. 10 mourns something...
Culture Shock: With Charlie Kirk, violence goes viral
By now, you’ve probably seen the gruesome video. Moments after conservative commentator Charlie Kirk’s death, up-close videos of his shooting circulated on social media, plastered across every platform. It’s the second video showing a graphic murder that has gone viral in the past month: Kirk’s shooting and the stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on...




