First class of education graduate students reflects on the program’s inaugural year For some people, four years at Hillsdale are not enough, so they add two more. Last fall, 11 students, including eight who attended Hillsdale for undergraduate, made Hillsdale history as part of the inaugural cohort of the Diana Davis Spencer Graduate School of Classical Education. “I...
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A call to prayer: living in the ‘queen of cities’
The Muslim call to prayer echoed through the streets of Istanbul at 4:45 a.m. while Hillsdale interns slept undisturbed in their Airbnb. After weeks in a city originally foreign to them, the chanting came to shape the rhythm of their days. “Allahu Ekber Eşhedû en lâ ilâhe illallah Eşhedû enne Muhammeden.” Four students — seniors Adam Bentley and Joseph Perez,...
QUICK HITS with Carl Young
Carl Young, Associate Professor of Classics, delves into mythology and philosophy. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. What was your favorite childhood memory? My dad was a police officer and a competitive pistol and rifle shooter, so most of our family vacations were spent going to shooting competitions. I basically grew up on a range, watching...
New club brings new rules
Fourteen students hand-picked by the college chaplain, Father Adam Rick, have committed to live a countercultural life of prayer, fasting, and reflection as part of the new society of St. Stephen. “The society first emerged out of necessity,” said Rick, who needed an ecumenical group of students he could count on to help with the weekly Evensong prayer services. The...
From Iraq to Hillsdale: college staff retires from service
When Mike Murray helped his high school football team win a state championship in 1985, he never thought it would lead to a 32-year career in the military. Murray, the head of gift and estate planning at Hillsdale College, will retire from the United States Marine Corps Reserve this fall after 32 years of service. His journey to the armed...
Tea, Churchill, and Politics: interning in Parliament
“The next station is Westminster,” the automated voice of the London Underground announced. “Exit for the Palace of Westminster, and Houses of Parliament.” I walked up the station’s stairs with three other Hillsdale College students, sophomore Porter Jihaad and juniors Jacob Fox and Vivian Turnbull. We left the station and stood facing the centuries-old facade of Westminster, throngs of tourists,...
