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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Students travel to Israel amid ongoing war
Hillsdale students in Israel for a Passages trip. Courtesy | Turner Callaghan Amid the Israel-Hamas War, six students traveled overseas...
No more ‘more than de minimis’: Hillsdale alumnus wins religious liberty case before SCOTUS
Hillsdale alumnus Aaron Streett holds a press conference in front of the Supreme Court. Courtesy | John Kringas Hillsdale alumnus...
9 to 5: Hillsdale students clock in for summer internship season
Vinod Kumarappan, Paige Lettow, Diksha, and Lana Chaleunrath-Pham study physics. Courtesy | Paige Lettow This past summer, students packed a...
The hero campus needs: gateman stands guard
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20 year old excels in grad school
Jameson Payne was just 12 years old when he took his first college class—a biochemistry course the summer before...
Adam Carrington to leave after a meaningful decade
As this semester comes to a close, so too will Associate Professor of Politics Adam Carrington’s time at Hillsdale. Carrington...
Jonesville resident serves through art
Born and raised in Jonesville, Dena Rushton serves her community every day by pursuing her passion for art and sharing...
QnA with @hillsdankcollege
April 20, 2024, will mark the three-year anniversary of one of Hillsdale College’s most successful meme accounts. @hillsdank_college boasts...
In the minority: College Dems challenge campus
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QUICK HITS: Samuel Webster
In this Quick Hits, Associate Professor of Mathematics Samuel Webster talks baseball cards, sandwiches, Montana, and El’ Cerritos. How do...
Leaving the Dale: Erik Ellis heads to Dallas
Assistant Professor of Education Erik Ellis has only taught at Hillsdale for two years, but he’s already made a big...
‘A theology of machines:’ Wales advises Vatican on AI
Can artificial intelligence be considered conscious? That’s one of the questions Associate Professor of Theology Jordan Wales and his colleagues...