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Friends make all the difference
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Friends make all the difference

Tears streamed down my face. Just one week after I set foot on campus for my freshman year, I sat in the car at a gas station with my dad and sister as they prepared to drive me back to Rhode Island. My life felt like it had come to a screeching halt. I was...

Pro-life doesn’t mean anti-Trump
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Pro-life doesn’t mean anti-Trump

When former President Donald Trump began waffling on issues like abortion and in vitro fertilization, many pro-lifers started grappling with the morality of voting for him. Some outspoken members of the pro-life community, including Lila Rose, founder of Live Action, have spoken out urging pro-lifers to withhold votes from Trump unless he takes a more...

Get out of town
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Get out of town

It’s time to leave Hillsdale.  People are designed to learn through new experiences, particularly in unfamiliar surroundings. The brain releases dopamine when trying something novel — we can’t be static for too long. Feeling tired of a familiar place and monotonous routine might mean it’s time to leave town for a day.  Past the miles...

After Eden: Girl bosses aren’t the problem
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After Eden: Girl bosses aren’t the problem

“Girl bosses are not wife material,” wrote Jackson Hinkle on X last year. In our often-ridiculous discourse on work-life balance, some conservatives have turned “girlboss” into a slur for smart, focused young women.  They call out Kamala Harris and Meghan Markle as emblems of this undesirable breed of females. But obsessing over the toxic traits...

‘Cats’ comment dogs Kamala
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‘Cats’ comment dogs Kamala

Vice President Kamala Harris may have won the presidential debate, but former President Donald Trump won the attention of social media after they faced off earlier this month.  Harris was able to derail Trump a number of times throughout the night. Most notably, Harris made a comment about people leaving Trump’s rallies. “What you will...