In February, Sports Illustrated published its annual Swimsuit Edition. Instead of releasing one version of the cover with a single model, the magazine published three different covers, each featuring a model of a different body type. Feminist advocates and influential figures in pop culture hailed this as a step towards a more inclusive society. E!...
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Don’t leave your ATM receipt behind
Receipts scatter the floor around the ATM machines in the Grewcock Student Union. Some are left atop the machine beside a ring from a coffee cup — the students remembered the java, but not the ATM receipt. Fifth Third and County National banks both have ATMs in the union. Fifth Third receipts display the name...
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Hillsdale educates good educators
Today, 40 classical schools from 22 states are seeking seniors who can be to the students in their schools what Hillsdale professors have been to Hillsdale graduates. Seniors who become classical school teachers do not abandon the collegial community they were a part of at Hillsdale. While their roles and castmates do change, they continue...
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Campus, embrace the trip to CPAC
Campus will feel a little empty for the next couple of days. More than 12 percent of the school — 175 students, — will be attending the 22nd Conservative Political Action Conference to engage with conservative ideas and the current GOP presidential candidates. This yearly trip annoys many professors. It is seen as a distraction...
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Kirk should be on the Liberty Walk
On a visit to Russell Kirk’s country home, Piety Hill, in Mecosta, Michigan last summer, I explored the grounds of his property — the sprawling lawns under sycamore trees he planted for each of his daughters, the wood-paneled library full of his favorite books, the Italianate house decorated with swords, sacred images, and oriental carpets....