Thomas McKenna, Editor in Chief I should have chucked my phone off the top of Central Hall when I had the chance. Yes, I had some good reasons for wanting more than the basic text-and-call functions. As City News editor last year and ringleader this year, I used it to text and email with sources, reporters, and other editors quickly....
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Boomers won’t run politics forever. Gen Z isn’t ready.
Courtesy | Unsplash The end of the baby boomers’ 40-year reign is almost at hand. The scepter will presently fall to a young generation that is staggeringly unprepared to receive it. Since the foreshocks of succession first began to rattle American politics in the early-to-mid-2010s, candidates and their parties began to pander to the youngest generation of American voters —...
Hillsdale shouldn’t invite women ‘priests’ to speak
Courtesy | Unsplash Hillsdale College strayed from its stated mission by inviting Helen McGowan Orr to speak on campus April 14. According to posters around campus advertising her Drummond Lecture on “Theosis,” Orr is a Cambridge-educated, Anglican “poet, priest, and singer.” She was entrusted with two benefices by the Bishop of Ely around 2021 and has since served as the...
Take Petrakis’s Civil Rights class
I never thought I’d see the day when I enjoyed taking an exam. Assistant Professor of Politics John Petrakis’s spring Civil Rights class proved me wrong. On the exam, Petrakis provides a scenario for a court case, the facts of the case, and the relevant statute. It’s up to the student to determine how the court would most likely...
Give athletes graduation cords
After spending their collegiate careers bearing the name of “Hillsdale College” on their jerseys across the nation at all levels of competition, senior student-athletes should have a chance to don the title of “Hillsdale Charger,” and for most, the title of “athlete,” one last time. Athletes deserve a cord to wear at graduation to represent their time competing as Chargers. ...
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Nyan Paing Tin: from Burma to Hillsdale
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Collin Barnes brings passion to Hillsdale
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Veterans and college roommates
When transfer sophomore Michael Aavang discovered transfer freshman Frank Beranek was assigned to be his roommate, he excitedly sent Beranek...
Downton Abbey at Hillsdale
Every Sunday night at 9 o’clock, an ever-growing group of girls trek to Whitley Residence to watch the most-recent episode...
When the snow hits, go skiing
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
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Hedgehogs and gerbils and fish! Oh my!
Opening a pet shop made sense to John Hatfield. He started collecting fish when he was 10-years-old and has had...
Alex Gage: Senior’s deep voice and passion for art lead him to pursue voice-over career
Senior Alex Gage has dreamed of inspiring people with his voice since the first time he watched a trailer in...
Galloway v. Simpson
Capulets and Montagues, Hatfields and McCoys, Jets and Sharks — intense factional rivalries have dominated human history and culture from...