Category: Opinions

Both the college and community are trying to answer students’ pleas for off-campus entertainment. Yet, on a warm, Saturday evening, the sun casts shadows over empty volleyball courts and trails. The bowling alley, roller rink, and movie theater long for the laughter of Hillsdale’s students. Where are 1,400 college students who live within a few...

We should never put down or insult people honestly trying to do good; I hope this premise doesn’t need much argument. If this is the case, why has Young Americans for Freedom drawn such widespread scorn upon itself? Last semester, as anyone who was on campus (or Facebook) will remember, Hillsdale’s chapter of YAF kicked...

The graduating class of 2014 might not even have been there. One need only read the transcript or watch the video of Eric Metaxas’s speech at May’s commencement to realize there was only a single mention of the graduates seated before him. That mention came at the very beginning of the address. For the remainder...

Because of the efforts on the part of the college administration and the gifts of college donors, many aspects of our everyday experience on this campus have improved vastly. The college spent a lot of money this summer. $3.2 million went to upgrading Simpson Residence. About $3 million went to improving the Roche Sports Complex....

When Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé announced that Hillsdale College had ended its long relationship with Saga, Inc. in favor of Bon Appétit Management Company (Bamco), there was much rejoicing around Hillsdale College. Hillsdale’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom, which had campaigned against Saga, represented this joy on its Facebook page: “The College’s decision...