Although Hillsdale is the best college for free speech in the nation, according to the 2022-2023 College Free Speech Rankings, the report excluded Hillsdale from overall rankings, citing the college’s disciplinary measures against some speech. “Last year, Hillsdale scored third-highest overall in the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education’s College Free Speech Rankings. Hillsdale’s free speech policy hasn’t changed in...
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Chigozie Obioma discusses new novel
Author Chigozie Obioma said he tells the story of Nigeria’s civil war through the voices of both the living and the dead in his newest novel, “The Road to the Country.” The President’s Office and the Hillsdale College Creative Writing Honors Program hosted Obioma Nov. 7 for a lecture on mystical realism, an ongoing theme which he said characterizes his...
Business curriculum to include two new courses this spring
A new class and a capstone course will be added to the business core in the spring. One of the new courses will cover introductory topics, and the other will synthesize ideas from different areas of business. Associate Professor of Economics Charles Steele, chairman of the economics, business, and accounting department, said the courses will be introduced as part...
Taylor professor finds refuge in Hillsdale philosophy department
James Spiegel will join the Hillsdale faculty after he was fired from Taylor University for refusing to remove a music video from his YouTube channel. Starting in January, Spiegel will teach philosophy classes and conduct research as the Arete Professorial Fellow during the next three semesters. The college’s Arete Research Center for Philosophy, Science, and Society hosted the fellowship, currently...
New Sight Singing Fight Club brings music to AJ’s Cafe
The Sight-Singing Fight Club is bringing choral music to A.J.’s Cafe every Wednesday night. The new club, founded in October by Professor of Music Katherine Rick, consists of students from a subsection of the Chapel Choir known as the Choral Scholars. Every week, the club meets in A.J.’s to sing Evensongs, choral songs that are commonly used in a church...
Professor argues evolution and Christianity can coexist
The battle between Christianity and evolution is a culture war, according to David Lahti, professor of biology at the City University of New York Graduate Center. Lahti delivered two lectures on evolution as part of the John H. and Elsa Roscoe Lecture Series in the Natural Sciences on Oct. 27. The first discussed how human beings affect evolution in animals,...
Students prepare to register with Self-Service after 15 years of WebAdvisor
Hillsdale students will register for spring courses this month with a new system that replaced WebAdvisor, which the college had used since 2007. Self-Service will improve on the old application by preventing crashes as students enroll for next semester’s courses, according to Registrar Douglas McArthur. The new system will also allow students to see which classes they successfully registered for...
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