When a student doesn’t understand a point a professor makes in class, they have two options: remain silent or admit ignorance and ask for help. Professors want students to engage with them, but students sometimes choose to avoid that engagement. Professors desire student engagement for different reasons. Blake McAllister, assistant professor of philosophy, thinks the nature of what students study...
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Buttered Biscuit breaks into breakfast scene
For Sam Russell ’08 and his wife, Anna, opening their own breakfast restaurant was a family affair and a fulfillment of an entrepreneurial dream that had been ten years in the making. When The Buttered Biscuit opened its doors last April, Anna said she never imagined the success they have experienced in their first year open for business. “The first...
Stormy weekend brings out good snow-maritans
Nearly a foot of snow fell last weekend, leaving cars stuck in their parking spaces and students scrambling to move their cars before the police tucked a ticket under their windshield wiper in advance of the plows. But when tragedy struck and people needed help, some men of Hillsdale College rose to the occasion. As the snow fell in sheets...
New Hillsdale nonprofit embraces women and families suffering early pregnancy loss
Just as Early Pregnancy Loss Association President Emily Carrington began to piece her life back together after her second miscarriage in 2014, she found in her mailbox a medical bill ordering her to pay for the procedures she experienced when her unborn child passed away. “I didn’t think these bills were unjust in any way — I was paying for...
Coming back to a dorm mom and a student’s best friend: Dorm dogs and their owners remind students of home, provide comfort
The howling of young men and the chattering of young women are not the only sounds resounding in the halls of Hillsdale College dormitories: There is barking, too. A few dorms on campus are home to dogs. From providing comfort and stress relief to contributing to a homey feel in the residence halls, these canines are loved by the students....
Monastic Retreat: withdrawing from classes, drawing toward God
Sophomore Jack Duffy withdrew from classes a few weeks into the Fall 2017 semester. When Duffy noticed insufficiencies in his faith and with the priorities of the Lutheran Church, he turned to a place where he could quietly rest and contemplate. “I knew my relationship with Christ was not where it should’ve been — I mean, it never is —...
