More than 90% of Hillsdale College students want President Donald Trump to win reelection this week, but only 66% predicted that he would secure the victory, according to a Hillsdale Collegian poll. While less than 8.4% of respondents said they would prefer to see Joe Biden win the election, more than a third predicted he will win. With 296 students...
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Mock Trial, real talent: Hillsdale sweeps first tournament
When senior Andrew Shaffer heard that the mock trial team would conduct their season over Zoom, he wasn’t sure how the semester would pan out. “There was definitely hesitation between myself and other people who were disappointed over the fact that COVID-19 limitations were happening,” Shaffer said. Despite Shaffer’s fears, and the virtual courtroom setting, all three of Hillsdale’s mock...
First Liberty attorney Josh Hammer speaks on ‘common good originalism’
The new concept of conservative constitutional jurisprudence, or “common good originalism,” is a “half-baked, working thesis,” First Liberty Institute Attorney Josh Hammer told students at an event hosted by Federalist Society last Thursday. Federalist Society hosted Hammer virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hammer, an opinions editor for Newsweek magazine, said the concept was originally formulated in response to an...
‘Take the backroads’: Journalist Salena Zito reflects on 2016 election, media, and the rise of Trump
National political reporter Salena Zito arrived in Hillsdale last week, but not in the way you might expect. “I don’t fly, I don’t take highways, I don’t take turnpikes,” Zito said in her speech in Plaster Auditorium on Oct. 22. “I only take back roads. If I fly or take a highway I’m going to miss the story between point...
Q & A: Salena Zito
Salena Zito writes daily for the Washington Examiner, weekly for the New York Post, and a monthly column for the Wall Street Journal. She was the second Eugene C. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Journalism this semester. When did your interest in journalism begin? How did you get started in the industry? My grandfather was a newsman and his father...
WRFH to broadcast election results live from Searle
For at least four straight hours on election night, Hillsdale’s radio students will broadcast live from the Searle Center. With Fox News and CNN streaming and a menu including more than 2,000 chicken wings from Wings Etc. Grill & Pub, the combined election night watch-party and broadcast marathon will run from 8 p.m. on Nov. 3 until midnight or later,...
Hillsdale Catholics respond to Pope Francis’ statements on homosexual civil unions
Pope Francis made headlines around the world last week when he seemed to endorse civil unions for same-sex couples, leading many Hillsdale Catholics to question his words and intentions. “Catholics may be rightly annoyed by the confusion caused by Pope Francis’s recent remarks, but they should not be worried,” Nathan Schlueter, who teaches courses on Roman Catholic theology as professor...
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