Around a quarter of Hillsdale College seniors pursue further education within six months of graduating, according to survey data. While class rigor and a lack of grade inflation may cause some to worry about their graduate school aspirations, students nonetheless frequently gain admission to competitive graduate and professional programs — including medical and law school, according to Hillsdale’s First Destination...
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Notify ITS of your international travel plans
Information Technology Services asks that students notify it of international travel to ensure that students are not caught by filters meant to catch foreign cybersecurity threats. According to an announcement from ITS Operations Assistant Bobbie Brown, students are asked to email the Helpdesk with at least 48 hours’ notice of their destination, departure and return dates, and services required. That...
Penny’s to host new ‘Larry’s’ mocktail evening
Students who enjoy coffee at Penny’s by day will soon enjoy mocktails at Larry’s by night. Penny’s coffee shop will host a mocktail night called “Larry’s” on March 26 from 7-9:30 p.m. Penny’s student managers plan to make Larry’s a recurring event, with dates scheduled for April 16 and April 28, according to junior Maria Adamow, Penny’s general manager. “It’s...
There will be no CHP beer tent this year
Hillsdale’s 21-and-up crowd is out of luck this April, as Centralhallapalooza will not feature a beer tent for students of legal drinking age, according to Dean of Women Rebekah Bollen. “It came out of a general conversation about when and where alcohol is present at student events, not with the idea of removing alcohol from campus events — we still have...
Q&A with Pulliam fellow, Fox News contributor
Mary Katharine Ham is a Eugene C. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Journalism and gave a speech titled “The Left’s Outrage Industry” on Monday night. She is a Fox News contributor, the host of two podcasts, “Getting Hammered” with Vic Matus and “Normally” with Karol Markowicz, and a freelance writer. She is also a wife and mother of four children....
Senior Patrick McDonald Wins 26th Annual Edward Everett Oratory Competition
Senior Patrick McDonald won first place in the 26th annual Edward Everett Oratory Competition, the theme of which was “Artificial Intelligence — Paradise and Paradise Lost.” McDonald was one of five finalists to deliver a 10-minute speech before an audience and panel of judges in Plaster Auditorium March 3. He argued for the wise use of AI as a tool...
‘Christ or chaos’: pastor details America’s future
The American people and their government must publicly recognize that Christ is the center of the world or face cultural disintegration, according to pastor Douglas Wilson. “I’ve said many times, and I’ll say many more times: It is either Christ or chaos,” Wilson said. “If you deny him, then everything at some point is going to start to fall apart.”...
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