Category: Opinions

Since we were teething, our parents breached the baby talk and taught us simple words, then the alphabet, and eventually how to count to 10. All of the proceeding phonics, multiplication tables, science fairs, SOH CAH TOA, summer reading, AP exams, SAT prep, has led seniors to this semester. The big kahuna. To those seniors...

Hillsdale’s English department, overseeing one of the school’s most popular majors, provides numerous outlets for creativity — for some students, this is a welcome break from the critical emphasis in most of English department course offerings. These resources include visiting writer seminars, a Creative Writing club, occasional creative writing courses, and of course the willingness...

When morning classes let out at Hillsdale College, a surge of students crosses the quad to head for lunch. As the majority of this exodus walks in front of the library on the way to the Grewcock Student Union, too often the smell of cigarette smoke suffocates an uninvolved passerby. Regularly, loitering students puffing cigarettes...

As an active member of the Hillsdale College Track and Field team, I think I speak for all athletes who attend Hillsdale College when I say that Physical Wellness Dynamics is an unnecessary and potentially harmful course requirement for varsity sport members. Upon my arrival at Hillsdale last year, I was dumbfounded to find out...

Secrets: We all have them. They can consume your life and even threaten it. Mine nearly stole my life. And that’s when I decided they could no longer remain secret. When many of us think of addiction, we immediately picture substance abuse, such as alcohol or illegal drugs. But as I’ve come to realize, nearly...