Before things like regularly attending therapy and treating mental illness with appropriate medication were accessible and normalized, those who struggled with mental health were at the bottom of the totem pole. The ethics surrounding mental health institutions and the treatment of their patients are still a slippery slope, but the progress that has been made on a national scale is...
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20 Years Later: Professors and faculty remember Sep. 11, 2001
Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, that changed our modern world. On this somber anniversary, Hillsdale’s faculty and staff members share their memories of that day. Patrick Owens, assistant professor of classics, was in New York City that morning and watched the horror unfold. “I grew up in New York City and was...
X marks the spot: Student-pirates bury treasure for class
Roaming bands of skullduggerous treasure seekers are soon to disrupt Hillsdale’s hallowed halls and peaceful vistas. The culprit: David Stewart, professor of history. His new one-credit history course, the History of Piracy, offers a general overview of piracy, from the ancient world to the present, with a twist. In addition to writing an essay, students will have the opportunity to...
Quick Hits: Charles Steele
Dr. Charles N. Steele is a professor of economics at Hillsdale College. What is something you want remembered about you when you die? I would want it to be remembered that I ran Le Grizz 20 times, and completed it. It’s a 50-mile race in Montana. I’ve only run it 19 times so I’ve got one more on Oct. 9....
Police horse makes police force
While the rest of the police force gets by on wheels, Peter Tracy and his police horse Lakota trot around town. As one of the lead mounted officers for the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department, Tracy combines two seemingly different interests: criminal justice and horses. After 14 years of riding horses and nearly as many years working in law enforcement, he...
Students flip out about flip phones
While junior Ian Calvert’s preferred method of communication would be snail mail, a flip phone is his next best option. He is one of many Hillsdale students who has opted to power off their iPhone in favor of a more flippable mobile device from a simpler, perhaps better, time. “I think the U.S. Postal Service would be a good alternative...
