Category: Opinions

Ukraine is caught between a rock and a hard place. In this case, the rock is Russia, and the hard place, Germany. According to her spokesman, German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin that “Ukraine must quickly get a government capable of acting and its territorial integrity must be preserved.” Translation: Putin...

“We have loved the stars too deeply to be afraid of the night.” Richard Hundley set these striking lyrics to his 1959 composition, “The Astronomers,” and offers us a profoundly optimistic image for the seeker of light in what seem to be dark times. My series, “Life and Light,” aims to briefly but honestly explore...

I discovered Hillsdale College through a Google search. The specificity of the search – “the top ten conservative schools in the United States” – fell to my love of superlatives, and it was directly followed by “what are the top ten liberal schools in the United States?” I was directed to the Young America’s Foundation...

Students who hate pulling out their phone or logging in to a computer for campus announcements, fret no more: we’re bringing the onslaught to you. Earlier this week, flat panel displays went up in Lane, Kendall, and Mossey Library. Presumably, they’ll to be used as scrolling billboards like those in the Dow Center or Grewcock...

The Opinion of the Collegian Editorial Staff Below is a letter to the editor The Collegian’s editorial board sent to Kalamazoo College’s student newspaper, the Index: The Index published a column on Jan. 29 taking issue with The Collegian’s claim as Michigan’s oldest college newspaper. Katie Schmitz, the column’s author, claims that the Index is,...