Christopher McCaffery ’16 recently accepted a position as associate publisher of Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics. “The mission is to create the most thoughtful, considerate, and best writing that is possible to read,” McCaffery said. Liberties is a publication of the Liberties Journal Foundation and publishes a variety of essays on topics including literary criticism, cultural criticism, politics, and...
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Mock trial teams compete in Boston, Madison
It was a busy weekend for all three Hillsdale Mock Trial teams. Returner team Platypus Deniability closed their fall invitational season with a 6-2 ballot and a second-place finish behind Yale at the Harvard Boston Tea Party, while returner team Kangaroo Court placed fifth at the University of Wisconsin Badger the Witness invitational with a score of 8-4. New member...
New registration policy aides transfer students
Order of registration now depends on the year a student entered rather than Hillsdale credits, in accordance with the new policy. Courtesy | Facebook Beginning this semester, transfer students will register according to their total college credits including those at previous colleges, rather than registering based on completed or in-progress Hillsdale credits. The college installed the former policy in 2019...
Women Commissioners raise more than $80,000 for student scholarships
The fifth annual Charger Derby raised more than $80,000 Nov. 9. More than 200 people attended the event, which featured 12 rounds of simulated horse races, a cash bar, and a silent auction in the Searle Center. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Women Commissioner Scholarship fund, according to board member and event co-chair Sue Zbozen-McAlpine ’86. “We...
Student author fights post-election blocklist
After Donald Trump won the presidential election, sophomore and self-published author Jayden Jelso posted an Instagram reel celebrating the results. Two days later, he was fighting harassment and doxxing threats targeting Trump-supporters on the app. “I had people basically saying, ‘I hope you kill youself,’ hoping my family and friends burn in hell, just pure hatred,” Jelso said. “It got...
College Republicans’ efforts boost voter registration in county
Juniors Vinny Acuña, Sydney Green, and Lucy Treene vote on Election Day. Courtesy | Sydney Green More than 500 students registered to vote in Michigan this fall, said College Republicans president Hinson Peed. They were among 24,980 people to vote in Hillsdale County on Nov. 5. Between the primary election on Aug. 6 and last week’s general election, voter registrations...
Politics trump Christianity, guest lecturer says
Religion is not the deciding factor for most Christian conservative voters, guest lecturer Samuel Perry said in a talk Oct. 25 hosted by Hillsdale’s Sociology and Social Thought Department. In his speech, titled “What the Christian Right Gets Right (and Wrong) about American Religion and Politics,” Perry said Christian conservatives are fundamentally misunderstanding the role of religion in America and...
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