Month: November 2009
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Day 314 – Amanda’s Birthday
Read more…: Day 314 – Amanda’s BirthdayToday is Amanda’s Birthday! For those of you who don’t know her, she is a beautiful, wonderful, smart young lady, and she has been a blessing in my life. If you have a chance to get to know her, I suggest you do. You won’t regret it. In fact, I wish you could all get…
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Day 313 – Twenty Year Anniversary of Tearing Down The Berlin Wall
Read more…: Day 313 – Twenty Year Anniversary of Tearing Down The Berlin WallToday, the Classical Liberal Organization (a group at Hillsdale I am the president of) organized a speaker panel on the topic: “The Fall of the Berlin Wall: Past, Present, and Future.” The CLO set up this panel to bring to light the reality of communism and how it affected the entire world. For far too…
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Day 312 – The Gentiles
Read more…: Day 312 – The GentilesMy friends Paul, Joe, Forrest, Richard, and Seth (L-R in the top photo) have a band named “The Gentiles,” and they are competing in Hillsdale’s Battle of the Bands next week.
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Day 311 – QB Sack!
Read more…: Day 311 – QB Sack!…one of many that took place during the 59 Hillsdale-24 Tiffin game this afternoon.
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Day 310 – Break Time
Read more…: Day 310 – Break TimeDr. Wenzel, an economics professor here at Hillsdale, occasionally gives his students an atypical assignment: Do nothing for 15 minutes. Turn off the cell phone, computer, music, television, etc. Get rid of all distractions, even books. Just sit on the edge of your bed in silence and think for 15 minutes. That’s all. I tried…
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Day 309 – Dr. Richard Ebeling
Read more…: Day 309 – Dr. Richard EbelingTonight, Richard Ebeling travelled to Hillsdale to give a thought-provoking and engaging lecture, titled “Why the Berlin Wall Came Down and Socialism Failed: Ludwig von Mises and the Power of Ideas.” Dr. Ebeling is a prolific author, former president of the Foundation for Economic Education, and professor of economics at many different institutions, including Hillsdale…
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Day 308 – Articles to Read
Read more…: Day 308 – Articles to ReadHave some spare time (unlike me)? Read these articles. They are very good. I had to read three of them recently for class, and the fourth I came across a little over a week ago. Menger: On the Origins of Money (PDF) Hayek: The Use of Knowledge in Society (PDF) Horwitz: Subjectivism (Google Book) Buchheit:…
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Day 307 – Central Hall
Read more…: Day 307 – Central Hall– – – – Exams finished this week: 2. Exams left this week: 1. Days to study left: 2. Oh, and I decided to fight the ticket I talked about a few days ago. My court date is set for Nov. 24, three weeks from today.
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Day 306 – Grand Valley Game Shirt
Read more…: Day 306 – Grand Valley Game ShirtHillsdale made a limited supply of shirts commemorating the homecoming game where the Chargers Football team beat No. 1 ranked Grand Valley State. What’s new today: Exam number 1 of 3 for the week is finished! Now I have the Austrian Economics exam on Tuesday, and a Constitution exam on Friday. This week has been…
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Day 305 – Halloween Pt. Two
Read more…: Day 305 – Halloween Pt. TwoTwo more Halloween Photos: My cousin HankD made this zombie/skeleton by hand! It was excellent to be home, even if for a little while. My wonderful Mom did my laundry (thank you!) and cooked a delicious meal before I had to drive back to Hillsdale this afternoon. The Spider Holster finally came out today! I’ve…