Bishop Robert Barron will be the commencement speaker for the class of 2023, according to an email announcement from Provost Christopher VanOrman’s office Wednesday. “Hillsdale is a Christian college, nonsectarian since its founding,” College President Larry Arnn said. “It holds firmly to the Christian teachings of time immemorial. Bishop Barron is a great teacher and defender of those truths. It...
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Michigan Supreme Court unveils portrait of Justice Markman
The Michigan Supreme Court honored Stephen Markman with an official portrait unveiling at the Michigan Hall of Justice on Wednesday. Markman, who has taught constitutional law at Hillsdale College since 1993, is a retired chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. Justice Brian Zahra presided over the event, which was delayed for nearly two years due to COVID. “On his...
Alumna Offers Tools for Disagreement
Americans have lost the ability to disagree with civility, according to Rebecca Carlson ’19, a graduate student at the University of Southern California. Carlson proposed the love of truth and people and the pursuit of clarity as solutions to this common problem in a lecture Monday titled “How to Disagree Well.” “The problem I’m describing is not a ‘left’...
Hillsdale Academy receives high marks
Elementary and middle school students at Hillsdale Academy ranked in the 99th percentile in a national test for the 14th consecutive year. The Iowa Assessments Exam, formerly called the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, or ITBC, is administered in both public schools and private schools. Since first administering the exam in 1994, the Academy has ranked in the 90th percentile...
Second CCA of the year ‘Parallel Economies’ seeks alternative institutions
Americans must seek parallel sources for news, currency, technology, agriculture, and business, speakers at this week’s Center for Constructive Alternatives said. From Sunday to Wednesday, CCA speakers discussed how to build alternative institutions in various industries that are independent from the larger economic framework. Michael Rectenwald, scholar and author of 11 books, gave the first lecture on the rise of...
Professors react to midterms
Republicans should focus on candidate quality and strengthening their platform after midterm losses, according to Associate Professor of Politics Adam Carrington. At press time, Republicans have taken control of the House of Representatives with a narrow majority. They failed to capture the Senate, following predictions of success in the days before the election. In Michigan, Democrats gained complete control of...
Butters named new free-market chair
Associate Professor of Economics Roger Butters is the new Walter E. Williams Chair in Free Market Economics, College President Larry Arnn said at a Center for Constructive Alternatives luncheon on Monday. “Economic freedom has done more to create wealth for the masses than any other idea ever conceived,” Butters said. “It has the power to eliminate poverty and deliver human...
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