Firetrucks and equipment in California. Courtesy | Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell Days after alumna Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell ’24 reported on the dismantling of volunteer fire-fighting units during her California fires coverage for the Daily Signal, the units’ social media sites disappeared. The Daily Signal published Mitchell’s story Jan. 16, and national media outlets featured her story....
California fires tear through Altadena, California. Courtesy | Avedis Maljanian My family’s phones screamed with alerts at about 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 7: The nearby Eaton fire required the immediate evacuation of our Altadena neighborhood. We’re used to wildfires in California and our neighborhood is often afflicted by the foul smell of smoke, but...
A free-speech group has once again placed Hillsdale College on its “warning” list. Hillsdale College received a “warning” designation from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression with an overall score of 46.73 in its 2025 College Free Speech Rankings, well below the top-ranked University of Virginia, which scored 73.41. Laura Beltz, director of policy...
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression has a fundamental misunderstanding of college education, according to College President Larry P. Arnn in an op-ed titled “There’s More to Education Than Free Speech.” “I wrote the piece to assert what education is,” Arnn told The Collegian. “FIRE seems like most activists: they want to do education...
Students rank Hillsdale College high for its commitment to free speech, but a national civil liberties group still deemed it a “warning school” in its annual college free speech rankings. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, or FIRE, surveys students at more than 250 colleges and universities each year on questions of free speech....