The plan for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, designed by Frank Gehry, involves erecting a life-size statue of Eisenhower — as a seven-year-old surrounded by 80-foot poles with attached mesh curtains depicting the Midwest. It’s a nonsensical, avant-garde approach to remembering one of history’s most notable traditionalists.
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Father of the “Invisible Hand” remains invisible
You can imagine the tremendous amount of excitement that I, as an economics major, initially experienced after discovering that Hillsdale was offering a CCA on Adam Smith. But after attending the CCA I am extremely disappointed with the material discussed in regards to Adam Smith and his work. Smith single-handedly transformed the world’s view of...
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The Collegian Weekly
The way our campus community has responded to the energy management issue is representative of the way we handle conflict and tension: badly.
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Kate’s Take: Senior purgatory
Dear Kate, I often feel like the world is ending these days. The registrar’s office keeps emailing me about this big day in May when my whole existence will be defined by a small slip of paper given to me by Dr. Arnn. Will I spend the rest of my life in a box because...
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Pro-Choice, the Conservative Option
This week, tens of thousands of Americans in every state are attending rallies. Twenty-four governors and four state legislatures have officially recognized this celebration, and it wasn’t Obama’s State of the Union.