Trump points to the crowd at the 2023 Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida. Courtesy | Gage Skidmore, Flickr Former president Donald Trump won his second presidential election Tuesday with at least 295 electoral votes, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee. “I am glad of the result, more glad that it seems to reflect something...
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C.S. Lewis scholarship to speak on his idea of university
Melinda Nielsen is a graduate of Hillsdale College and associate professor of classical literature at Baylor University. Courtesy | Baylor University Hillsdale alumna and C. S. Lewis scholar Melinda Nielsen will speak on Lewis’ “idea of the university” in Conrad Recital Hall Nov. 8, hosted by the C.S. Lewis Society. “Dr. Nielsen has lectured to Oxford’s C.S. Lewis Society,” C.S....
Toni Morrison scholar lectures on race, desire, revision
Scholar Kathleen Marks spoke on Toni Morrison, an author her mentor called the great African-American novelist, in a lecture titled “Toni Morrison’s Trilogy: Mapping Desire Lines to the Future,” Oct. 29. Marks is the chair and associate professor of Arts and Humanities and director of Liberal Studies at St. John’s University. Marks discussed the 1987 novel, “Beloved,” and its Ohio...
Professor of economics speaks about experience with communism
The Pongracic family’s tale of escape from Communism involves gangrene, Russell Kirk, and ultimately freedom, as Professor of Economics Ivan Pongracic explained in his speech, “Growing Up Under Communism & Coming to America,” hosted by the Classical Liberal Organization Oct. 24. Pongracic detailed his childhood and early teen years living in Croatia, located in the former Yugoslavia, which was under...
Q&A: Reagan biographer shares advice, political concerns
William Inboden is the director of the Alexander Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida and a Peterson Senior Fellow at the Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Inboden served as Senior Director for Strategic Planning on the National Security Council under President George W. Bush from 2005...
The boys are back: Phi Sigma Epsilon donates pavilion for student use on campus
The Phi Sigma Epsilon Pavilion is open for student use and available to reserve for events or small gatherings. “It has all-season potential,” Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé said. “Students can study, recreate, hold meetings, have fellowship, share meals, classes, concerts, receptions, BBQs, and fire pit gatherings.” Reservations for both indoor and outdoor amenities can be made through the college’s...
Mock Trial continues preseason with tournaments in Boston, Georgia
This weekend was an odyssey for Hillsdale College Mock Trial. While returner team Platypus Deniability didn’t need ten years to complete a 4-4 finish at the Peach Bowl Invitational, just getting to Emory University in Georgia was an adventure in itself. Hillsdale’s other returner team, Kangaroo Court, took fifth place at the Tufts Mumbo-Jumbo Invitational with 5.5 ballots. Platypus Deniability...
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