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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Campus at the witching hour
It is almost impossible to imagine what someone might do on campus in the predawn hours on a weekday. Most...
WOW air bankruptcy cancels Icelandic trips, brings student nostalgia
Iceland had 2.3 million visitors in 2018, according to the Rejkjavik Grapevine, a prevalent Icelandic tourist magazine. With about 338,000...
Alien sightings, mail from Ronald Reagan, and run-ins with the FBI
Graduates of the classes of 1959 and 1969 converged on campus for their sixtieth and fiftieth reunions this week. The...
Historian and novelist Arlan Gilbert reflects on 38-year Hillsdale career
While considering the job offer for College President several years ago, Larry Arnn came across a historical novel about Hillsdale...
Former professor introduces Great Books program at University of Nebraska
Director of the Newman Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture and former Hillsdale College professor John Freeh is introducing the...
Lamplighters honorary initiates 70th class
The Lamplighters women’s honorary is entering its 70th year on Hillsdale’s campus, with the selection of eight new members from...
Student recounts career as veteran, author, and NASA hackathon winner
Several years ago, sophomore Konrad Ludwig was a skinny kid from California with a self-described “discipline problem” who wasn’t sure...
Before Hillsdale went digital
Huddled under a blanket, sipping on a cup of coffee, the student sits down just before the light of dawn...
True grit: Baseball seniors complete four years of ‘Mental Toughness Fridays’
It’s a cold Friday night in October on the football field. The air is crisp. A group of young men...
Hillsdale’s Federalist Society one of three undergraduate chapters
Three years ago, senior Anna Perry saw the need for a pre-law club on Hillsdale College’s campus. During this same...
Former Hillsdale professor assists in crafting South Dakota free speech law
Earlier this year, the University of South Dakota School of Law forced a group of students to change the name...
Historic Hysteria
Based on the number of gossip columns covered in this historic review, it is safe to say that Hillsdale may...