Matthew Walther is the editor of The Lamp, a Catholic literary journal, and a contributor to the New York Times. He was previously a national correspondent for The Week. The following has been edited for length and clarity. What is The Lamp? The Lamp was a response to two needs, real or perceived, in journalism. One was the absence of...
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SAB to host Faculty Revue
Hillsdale College faculty and staff will exit the classroom and perform skits, songs, and various talents at the second annual Faculty Revue on Friday, March 31, at 7 p.m. in Plaster Auditorium. The Student Activities Board decided to bring back the event for a second year after a positive reaction to the event last year. Last year’s event featured a...

Alumni office to reopen student-alumni liason program this summer
Assistant Director of Student and Young Alumni Programs and 1844 Society’s staff Adviser Braden Van Dyke. The Alumni Relations Program will reopen its student-alumni liaison program this summer, giving current students the opportunity to connect with alumni. “College means partnership. That partnership doesn’t just end once you graduate; this is a lifelong partnership that students have with the college,” said...
Student fed approves funding for Spanish honorary Sigma Delta Pi’s trivia event
The Student Federation approved a funding request by Sigma Delta Pi, the Spanish Honorary, at its March 9 meeting. The honorary requested $317 for an upcoming trivia night the honorary is planning on March 23 at 7:00 p.m. “We were happy to fund the event for the Spanish honorary Sigma Delta Pi,” said junior Victoria Kelly, a federation representative. “I...

International club to host cultural fair
The International Club is hosting its annual Cultural Fair in the Grewcock Student Union March 26 from 1 p.m to 3 p.m. “Cultural Fair is International Club’s annual event that celebrates the countries and cultures represented on campus through an open booth student union fair where students from different countries have posterboard presentations, snacks, and games from their home cultures,”...

Federalist Society hosts former Alito clerk to speak on abortion after Dobbs
Sherif Girgis, an associate professor of law at the University of Notre Dame and former law clerk to Associate Justice Samuel Alito, will speak on “Abortion and the Law After Dobbs” in Plaster Auditorium tonight at 7 p.m. Curtis Herbert, president of the Federalist Society, said Girgis’ talk will focus on the impact that Dobbs v. Jackson has and will...

Ward speaks on contraception and the Church
The turmoil surrounding sexuality and sexual ethics can be traced to the widespread acceptance of contraception, said the Rev. Michael Ward, Catholic priest and associate professor of religion and theology at the University of Oxford. On March 20, the Catholic Society hosted Ward to discuss “The Elephant in the Bedroom: C.S. Lewis on Contraception.” “When we speak of an elephant...
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