Courtesy | Unsplash Let me mourn my Lord. Hillsdale College should not hold any classes on Good Friday. The college currently cancels classes on Good Friday afternoon and all of Easter Monday, labeling Monday a travel day. But allowing students a break only starting at noon on Good Friday is inconsistent with the Christian founding...
Category: Opinions
The press misses the pope’s point
Courtesy | Unsplash Pope Leo XIV’s Palm Sunday homily caused a stir in the White House briefing room Monday. Asked to comment on the pope’s words that “God does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war,” Karoline Leavitt responded that praying for veterans is a noble thing to do. “I don’t think...
Let my nephew watch me graduate
Courtesy | Unsplash I am the first woman in my family to earn a college degree. On May 9, I am going to walk across the stage in great part because of the sacrifice of all 20 members of my family. My parents, my siblings, and each of my nieces and nephews have made my...
Candace Owens is not real life
Candace Owens in 2024. | Wikipedia Candace Owens doesn’t contribute ideas to intellectual or political conversations. She’s just noise. A scroll through her X posts from the past three months shows her current obsessions: the war in Iran, the death of Charlie Kirk, and the life story of Erika Kirk. Only, for Owens, everything comes back...
Love Hillsdale? Wear more merch
Hillsdale students need to take a page out of the football team’s playbook. We should make a habit of wearing blue and white school apparel and showing our Hillsdale pride. The group on campus with the most visible school pride is the football team, and its record last season was 6–6. Nearly everywhere they go,...




