Many students like myself only get to see their families once during a semester — over Thanksgiving — and we would like to spend time with our families when we get that chance. But Hillsdale College’s Thanksgiving break often falls directly before “hell week,” the last full week of classes and the time when final...
When senior Andrew Shaffer heard that the mock trial team would conduct their season over Zoom, he wasn’t sure how the semester would pan out. “There was definitely hesitation between myself and other people who were disappointed over the fact that COVID-19 limitations were happening,” Shaffer said. Despite Shaffer’s fears, and the virtual courtroom setting,...
The new concept of conservative constitutional jurisprudence, or “common good originalism,” is a “half-baked, working thesis,” First Liberty Institute Attorney Josh Hammer told students at an event hosted by Federalist Society last Thursday. Federalist Society hosted Hammer virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hammer, an opinions editor for Newsweek magazine, said the concept was originally...
Hillsdale College needs a ghost. Every college should have one, and the best already do. A tradition says that King Charles I, beheaded in 1649, roams Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford. The Harvard Gazette, an official publication of its university, has reported on spectral stories. The Syfy channel has produced “School Spirits,” a...
Dedra Birzer, lecturer of history at Hillsdale College, has accepted a position as director of research and publications for the South Dakota State Historical Society as well as publisher of its press. “I am very excited about this role and hope to create a vision that will bring South Dakota to people who don’t live...