Last weekend, more than 100 students from Hillsdale College boarded buses and spent the next 36 hours traveling to and from Washington, D.C., to affirm once more their allegiance to life and its Giver. There was time for the protest march and for a worship service, but there was no scheduled time to rest. The...
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Eric Metaxas for commencement speaker
I have always wanted to be a part of an audience in which the speaker ends by leading an a cappella version of “Amazing Grace.” I think the experience of singing that hymn with my fellow classmates, congregated together for the last time, would be a moment to cherish. Eric Metaxas had the same idyllic...
The military’s unconditional surrender to gender politics
My sister Amy has always made fun of my sparkly headbands and tendency to tear up at the scrape of a knee. In high school, I chose swimming (and mostly shopping) while she competed in brutal water polo. She is a brilliant, feisty woman who never backs down from a fight and reveres her country...
The Collegian Weekly
Around midnight on Tuesday, water gushed out of the ceiling of the Grewcock Student Union and posts flooded social media. Reactions ranged from amusement to outrage, and many students Wednesday declared it a royal inconvenience to be fed at Curtiss Memorial Dining Hall for a few days while the college sorts out what’s happening. We...
Guns, facts, and the Founding Fathers
The war against guns is back. Predictably, gun control advocates are channeling the anger and frustration of Americans into an opportunity to promote their underlying agenda – get rid of all guns. Instead of focusing on the inadequate mental health laws that allow psychopaths like the perpetrator of the Newtown massacre to roam our streets...