Category: Opinions

WHIP… Ugh. There was not a lot of virtus tentamine gaudet going on as I packed my bags to fly to Washington D.C. for the semester. Spending a semester in D.C. had seemed like a great idea my freshman year. In fact, when I was an ambitious, career-minded high school senior trying to figure out...

Recently, a friend came to me pretty stoked about a decision she had made. After eagerly presenting all the details, she asked what I thought, likely expecting affirmation. I probed a bit and proceeded to offer a few considerations had I been in her place. She was pulled up short and told me that, among...

The events in Ferguson during the past week regarding the killing of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson are a perfect example of the best and worst manifestations of government by the people. On the one hand there was the grand jury, made up of 12 citizens appointed by law, considering nearly 4,500 pages of...

Although a Hillsdale education costs nearly $100,000 over four years, Hillsdale students walk off the graduation stage with some of the lowest debt of any college students nationwide. This could not be done without the incessant work ethic of the college’s financial aid office, led by Rich Moeggenberg. On average, students at Hillsdale College graduate...

A grand jury investigating the death of Michael Brown did something quite rare: It failed to return a bill of indictment. Ferguson, MO, has seen violent protests since Officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown in early August. The prosecutor presented evidence to the grand jury, which announced last week that there was not...