Ronald Reagan gives the 1988 State of the Union Address, which Clark Judge helped write. Courtesy | National Archives The day his son was born, Clark Judge wrote a speech for President Ronald Reagan, finishing it just before stepping into the delivery room to be with his wife, Margo. “I had the table over here, and I’d help with the...
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This new Hillsdale prof is a British banjo player –– and he teaches math
Goldsmith often plays banjo for his son Alfred. Courtesy | Edward Goldsmith Although he was born in London and raised in Cambridge, Edward Goldsmith thinks more fondly of America than his home country. “England is a once-great country. America is a great country, and I think my personality aligns more with American culture than it does British culture these days,”...
Meet the senior on track to complete 16 CCAs
Senior Brendan Burnham misunderstood a joke his freshman year and attended his 15th CCA last week. Courtesy | Augustine McCormack Some students wish they didn’t have to attend any CCAs. Senior Brendan Burnham has attended 15 — and he’ll complete his 16th next month. He won’t have missed a single CCA during his four years of college. During Burnham’s freshman...
‘Whiplash in the best way’: Student publishes second book
Jayden Jelso reads his latest book. Courtesy | K. C. Gaudet In a culture where popular young adult books are praised for explicit content and ambiguous morals, junior Jayden Jelso’s newly self-published book is just the opposite. “I often say, ‘Let’s bring art back to literature,’” Jelso said. “I want to be part of a movement that brings truth and...
Quick Hits with Charles Yost
Charles Yost throws tea into the Boston Harbor with Professor of History David Stewart. Alessia Sandala | Collegian In this Quick Hits, Assistant Professor in Medieval History Charles Yost talks cigarettes, Iowa, and Pelagianism. If you weren’t teaching history, what career could you see yourself in? A monk scrawling out anonymous polemics that some poor graduate student will have to...
Student discusses how modern technology ruins sleep cycles
The Students for Self Government Club hosted a lecture on sleep in modern times this past Tuesday at 6:30. Junior Madeleine Chloe gave a presentation titled “Broken Clocks: How Industrialization Changed our Sleep and Circadian Rhythms.” “In one sense, industrialization maybe ruined our sleep, but in another sense, it could actually help us sleep better than before,” Choe said. Choe...
