Category: Project 365
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Day 320 – Battle of the Bands Snapshot 2
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Day 319 – Battle of the Bands Snapshot 1
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Day 318 – Charger Volleyball
Read more…: Day 318 – Charger VolleyballToday was a big day for Hillsdale sports! The football team won 27-24 against Minnesota State in OT at their first ever D2 playoff appearance. Then, the volleyball team won their GLIAC playoff match against Ashland! They go to the championship tomorrow! Here are a few shots from the volleyball game. (I was not at…
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Day 317 – Night Shot at Baw Beese Lake
Read more…: Day 317 – Night Shot at Baw Beese LakeI went out tonight to do a dry run before the Leonids show up on Tuesday or Wednesday. Unfortunately, the special battery in my wireless remote died after one shot, and I was limited to 30 second exposures rather than 30 minute exposures. I decided to take a couple photos anyway, and here is one…
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Day 316 – Richard Brookhiser
Read more…: Day 316 – Richard BrookhiserAuthor and journalist Richard Brookhiser has been on campus for the last week giving a journalism seminar, and will be holding a public lecture on Tuesday here on campus. Today, he met with students in the George Washington Fellowship Program, and I was asked to stop by and take a few photos. Since the photos…
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Day 315 – Paul Schmitt
Read more…: Day 315 – Paul SchmittEven though I’ve been carrying my camera around for the last three days, I haven’t taken any photos for posting. I’ve had close to 30 people to track down over the last three days in order to take their photo in some fashion, so I’ve met people all over campus at any time between 8:00am…
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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…
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Day 304 – Happy Halloween!
Read more…: Day 304 – Happy Halloween!I decided at the last minute to drive home today and go to HankD and Jackie’s (my cousins) halloween party. I am glad I did! I had fun and enjoyed seeing everyone. Above is a photo I took of my Dad’s jack-o-lantern. I placed a strobe inside of it, a smoke machine behind it, and…
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Day 303 – Spring Semester’s Schedule
Read more…: Day 303 – Spring Semester’s ScheduleIt is time to schedule classes for next semester! After talking to a few professors, friends, and my advisor, I finally worked out my schedule for next semester, The number after the class name denotes the number of credits it is worth: Symbolic Logic (3) Theory of Probability (3) Sophomore Math Seminar (1) Intro to…
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Day 302 – Patri Friedman at Hillsdale
Read more…: Day 302 – Patri Friedman at HillsdaleTuesday, political theorist, activist, former Google engineer, and World Series of Poker player Patri Friedman came to Hillsdale to give a talk on structural activism and seasteading. Friedman is the founder of The Seasteading Institute, whose mission is “to further the establishment and growth of permanent, autonomous ocean communities, enabling innovation with new political and…
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Day 301 – Dilemma
Read more…: Day 301 – DilemmaYesterday afternoon, I was pulled over by a Michigan State Trooper for a traffic violation. I received a citation for violating code 257.637: passing a vehicle on the right. After reviewing the code, I believe I was not in violation of that code. Here is the situation: A vehicle in front of me stopped to…