Irish literature about abortion has an intense focus on women as real people with real stories, said Assistant Professor of English Elizabeth Fredericks at a lecture on Oct. 5. College Democrats hosted the lecture as part of their exploration of a post-Dobbs world. Frederick’s lecture, “Ireland & the 8th Amendment: A historical and literary tour,” focused on the Irish literary...
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Off-Campus Coalition wins homecoming 2022
Off-Campus Coalition won the annual homecoming competition after a second-place finish in mock rock on Oct. 8. “We are in shock, happy shock,” said senior Allie Spaccarelli, captain of OCC. “Our goals throughout all this have been to entertain campus, to grow friendships, to create some killer memories, and to have a good time doing it. The fact that we...
Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos champions school choice in Drummond Lecture
The American education system has put a generation at risk, Betsy DeVos said in the Drummond Lecture last week. DeVos, the 11th Secretary of Education who served under President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021, made her third visit to campus in three years, this time to address school choice. She argued that a pluralistic approach to education is the...
ATO property vandalized
Several incidents of vandalism and theft occurred during fall break at student residences, according to senior and ATO president Bennett Nichols. Over the weekend, unknown individuals vandalized the annex of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house. They spray-painted offensive and explicit messages on the inner wall and inside the women’s bathroom door, Nichols said. Nichols said he saw the vandalism...
Documentary about a Hong Kong journalist’s fight for freedom shows
Jimmy Lai risked his life for Hong Kong’s freedom, and on Oct. 5, College Republicans, the Alexander Hamilton Society, and the Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship showed a documentary about the entrepreneur and journalist. Lai, the founder of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, organized protests in Hong Kong in 2021 against the Law of the People’s Republic of China...
Betsy DeVos to deliver Drummond Lecture on Monday
Former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos will discuss learning and the state of the education system on Monday at 4 p.m. as part of the Drummond Lecture series in Christ Chapel. “Betsy DeVos was a champion of choice in education long before she became the U. S. Secretary of Education,” Chair of the Education Department Dan Coupland said. “As...
CCA I addresses Russian culture, history
While tensions between Russia and Ukraine heightened with President Vladimir Putin’s hint of nuclear warfare, Hillsdale College hosted its first Center for Constructive Alternatives from Oct 2-5 to discuss Russian history, culture, and modern politics. “The theater we are entering has been, in the last century and a half, the single most violent military theater on the entire planet,” said...
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