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Look it up: Project 2025 hysteria is a distraction
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Look it up: Project 2025 hysteria is a distraction

The hysteria around Project 2025 among the Democratic Party and the media is a ploy for the uninformed voter.  “It’s a plan to turn Donald Trump into a dictator,” said Michigan Senator Mallory McMorrow at the Democratic National Convention.  Ironically, President Trump has disavowed Project 2025 on numerous occasions. “They came up with some ideas,...

Bye-bye bins: a heads-up would’ve been nice
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Bye-bye bins: a heads-up would’ve been nice

As one of the 80% of Hillsdale students who are from outside Michigan, I’m grateful that Hillsdale has let me store my belongings on campus in the past. I understand the lack of space in dorms (I lived in Olds Residence, after all), but the administration should have tried compromising with students before nixing storage....

Give us a break, patriotically
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Give us a break, patriotically

Hillsdale should celebrate Constitution Day.  Why it doesn’t already, nobody knows. It would be in the College’s best interest to do so. After all, the Constitution is almost synonymous with Hillsdale’s identity and brand as an educational institution.  Out at the Washington, D.C., campus, Hillsdale has a swanky two-day celebration dedicated to the Constitution, complete...

9.12 Weekly: Never forget, even if you can’t remember
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9.12 Weekly: Never forget, even if you can’t remember

“Where were you when you first heard that planes hit the World Trade Center?” Other Americans can answer that question. They remember what happens when the forces that seek our destruction reach our shores. But almost every undergraduate student at Hillsdale is part of a new generation of Americans who cannot remember. We should still...

Elementary Politics? That’s Weird
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Elementary Politics? That’s Weird

When I heard the new Democratic political strategy was to call former President Donald Trump and his running mate Sen. JD Vance “weird,” my first thought was: “Well, that’s weird.”  The attack first broke the news on July 24 when the account “Democrat Governors” made a post on X with a quote attributed to Gov....