In the past semester, multiple articles in The Collegian have attacked the idea of removing Hillsdale College’s Christian affiliation. Andrew Simpson wrote a letter on Sept. 7 to the editor claiming secularization denies the “timeless spiritual truths” of Christianity and would endanger free speech. Doyle Wang authored a piece on Nov. 9 arguing that secularization...
One afternoon this past spring, Professor of German Eberhard Geyer sat down to coffee and cake at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany with two of his Hillsdale students, seniors Lillian Martin and Rachel Smith. “It was so interesting to have that different cultural experience with the same professor that I have in Michigan, where we...
One bright Thursday in October, senior Anna Zemaitaitis exchanged her studio easel and heavy wooden palette for a lightweight easel, cans of mineral spirits, and palette paper and ventured with her classmates to Half Moon Lake Road to capture the canopied dirt roads full of fall color. “We were like, ‘I can’t believe we’re doing...
Courses offered this spring that always fill are History of Art II: Renaissance – Modern; Readings in Power, Leadership & Responsibility; English Grammar; Classical Children’s Literature; Renaissance British Literature; The Two World Wars; and Theology of the Body, according to Registrar Douglas McArthur. These classes come from numerous departments: art, business, education, English, history, and...
Assistant Professor of Spanish Todd Mack has read everything from “Wuthering Heights” to the “Twilight” series, but he said the all-time greatest novel is “Don Quixote” — an opinion he’s willing to debate with anyone. While Mack, who joined joined the Spanish department this fall, said he has always loved literature and stories, it wasn’t...