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Hillsdale  College  said  it  would  continue  advertising  on  Rush  Limbaugh’s  radio  show,  following  a  controversy  over  Limbaugh’s  comments  about  a  Georgetown  Law  student. “Mr.  Limbaugh  made  remarks  of  a  kind  that  are  de- structive  to  reasonable  political  discourse  and  that  we  would  not  tolerate  on  our  campus,â€?  said  Vice  President  of  Administra- tion  Rich  PĂŠwĂŠ  in  a  March  6  statement.  “We  hope  deeply  that  he,  his  audience,  and  the  Ameri- can  people  will  resume  talking  seriously  about  the  ongoing  assault  on  religious  freedom  and  on  other  basic  rights  under  our  Constitution.â€? Limbaugh  called  the  woman,  Sandra  Fluke,  a  “slutâ€?  and  a  “prostitute.â€?  He  also  said  she  should  post  a  sex  tape  online  so  that  those  who  would  help  pay  for  her  sexual  exploits  can  get  something  in  return.  Fluke  had  appeared  before  a  group  of  representatives  on  Capitol  Hill  to  argue  for  the  HHS  mandate  that  would  require  insurance  providers  to  provide  contracep- tion  even  if  it  goes  against  their  religious  beliefs. Numerous  companies,  including  Sears,  AOL,  and  AllState,  stopped  advertising  on  Limbaugh’s  show  because  of  his  comments.  The  talk  show  host  apologized  for  his  words  on Â
March  5. Against  my  own  instincts,  against  my  own  knowledge,  against  everything  I  know  to  be  right  and  wrong,  I  descended  WR WKHLU OHYHO WKH SROLWLFDO OHIW when  I  used  those  two  words  to  describe  Sandra  Fluke,â€?  he  said  on  his  show  on  March  5.  The  administration  issued  its  statement  this  week  in  response  to  phone  calls  and  emails,  including  a  message  sent  to  fac- ulty  members  by  a  woman  call- ing  herself  Hesh  Hepplewhite.  “I  would  assume  the  vast  majority  of  both  MALE  and  FE- MALE  employees  and  students  at  Hillsdale  have  used  some  form  of  birth  control  ...  There- fore  by  continuing  to  sponsor  Mr.  Limbaugh,  Hillsdale  has  decided  to  label  their  female  em- ployees  and  students  SLUTS,â€?  her  email  said.  Professor  of  English  Mi- chael  Jordan  said  he  thought  the  college’s  response  to  the  controversy  was  “sensible  and  temperate.â€?  Don  Westblade,  as- sistant  professor  of  religion,  also  said  the  college’s  response  was  appropriate. Others,  however,  said  the  school  should  have  handled  the  situation  differently.  Katya  Cavallaro,  a  junior  history  and  art  major,  said  Hillsdale  should  stop  advertising  on  Limbaugh’s  show  because  of  his  comments,  which  she  called  “extremely  offensive.â€? “I  think  his  comments  are  certainly  enough  to  justify  pull-Â
ing  advertising,â€?  she  said.  “I  WKLQN WKH\ VKRXOG GHÂżQLWHO\ EH reconsidering  it  right  now.  In  my  opinion,  there’s  no  question.â€? Josephine  Burns,  an  alumnus  who  graduated  in  2011,  said  the  school  should  reexamine  its  relationship  with  the  pundit. “I  don’t  necessarily  think  that  Hillsdale  should  pull  their  advertising  from  his  show,â€?  she  said,  “but   I  think  they  need  to  think  really  carefully  about  the  image  that  it  sends  people  who  are  uneducated  about  Hillsdale,  or  maybe  who  don’t  understand  Hillsdale’s  mission,  because  I  think  in  that  sense,  it  creates  a  negative  picture  of  Hillsdale  as  condoning  his  outbursts.â€?  Paul  Rahe,  professor  of  his- tory,  said  conservative  pundits,  including  Limbaugh,  are  held  to  higher  standards  than  their  liberal  counterparts. “If  he  were  a  liberal,  he’d  have  less  trouble,â€?  Rahe  said.  “You  can  call  Laura  Ingraham  a  slut  and  keep  your  job.  But  conservatives  expect  decorum  ––  a  measure  of  it,  at  least.  And  obviously  he  slipped  across  the  line.  And  he  did  what  a  gentle- man  does  when  he  crosses  the  line.  He  apologized.â€? Rahe  said  Limbaugh  failed  to  meet  his  audience’s  expecta- tions.  “The  people  who  listen  to  Limbaugh  are  people  who  think  there  should  be  higher  standards,â€?  he  said.  “I  know  he  knows  that,  that’s  why  he  apologized.â€?
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Yesterday,  a  number  of  faculty  and  staff  received  an  abusive  email  from  one  “Hesh  Hepplewhite.â€?  The  mes- sage  was  a  clumsy  and  crude  attempt  to  distract  the  College  in  light  of  contemporary  media  disputes.  In  order  to  address  any  questions  raised  by  these  events,  the  College  issues  the  statement  below.  Finally,  should  you  receive  an  inquiry  or  correspondence  similar  in  vein  to  that  sent  yesterday,  please  simply  forward  it  to  Bill  Gray,  wgray@hillsdale.edu.  Thank  you  for  all  the  good  work  in  pursuit  of  the  daily  task  of  teaching  those  in  our  charge.  “Hillsdale  College  advertises  on  Rush  Limbaugh’s  radio  show  because  he  and  his  large  audience  have  proved  themselves  friendly  to  the  College’s  168-Âyear-Âold  mission:  to  provide  “sound  learningâ€?  of  a  kind  es- sential  to  maintaining  “civil  and  religious  libertyâ€?  and  “intelligent  piety.â€?  Last  week,  Mr.  Limbaugh  made  remarks  of  a  kind  that  are  destructive  to  reasonable  political  discourse  and  that  we  would  not  tolerate  on  our  campus.  We  welcomed  his  apologies  over  the  weekend  and  on  his  Monday  radio  show,  and  accept  them  as  honest.  We  hope  deeply  that  he,  his  audience,  and  the  American  people  will  resume  talking  seriously  about  the  ongoing  assault  on  religious  freedom  and  on  other  basic  rights  under  our  Constitution.â€?    —  Vice  President  of  Administration  Rich  PĂŠwĂŠ
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Shannon Odell Spaces Editor The  ping  pong  tables  and  cushy  chairs  in  the  Grewcock  Student  Union  were  replaced  with  folding  tables  and  plastic  chairs  on  Thursday,  March  1. Hillsdale  College’s  Classical  School  Jobs  Fair  was  held  March  1  and  2.  Twenty-Âeight  schools  (13  RI WKHP IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH FDPH from  across  the  country  to  meet  and  interview  students  for  teach- ing  and  administrative  positions.  Director  of  Career  Services  Joanna  Wiseley  said  that  on  Thursday  both  students  and  rep- resentatives  from  the  schools  met  and  learned  about  one  another.  Interviews  were  held  on  Friday. “An  average  of  35  resumes  were  collected  by  each  of  the  schools  that  responded  to  our  survey,â€?  she  said.  “This  was  the  most  successful  fair  yet.â€? Follow-Âup  interviews  were  held  in  Phillips  Auditorium  on  Friday,  students  have  since  had  Skype  interviews  with  potential  employers,  and  a  few  students  KDYH RIIHUV WR EH Ă€RZQ WR VFKRROV for  on-Âsight  interviews. “Schools  are  only  as  good  as  the  people  in  front  of  the  class- room,â€?  said  Associate  Professor  of  Education  Daniel  Coupland.  “In  order  to  last,  they  need  good  teachers.â€? Along  with  the  meet-Âand-Âgreet  and  interviews,  school  repre- sentatives  enjoyed  lectures  from Â
Hillsdale  professors,  and  received  a  tour  and  attended  opening  cer- emonies  at  Hillsdale  Academy. Mark  Peterson,  the  principal  at  Aristotle  Academy  in  American  Fork,  Utah,  said  he  was  impressed  by  the  Hillsdale  students  he  met.  Aristotle  Academy  is  a  brand  new  school  and  will  be  opening  its  doors  this  coming  August. Peterson  said  the  school  is  patterned  after  both  Hillsdale  Academy  and  the  college,  and  he  was  excited  to  see  the  schools  in  person.  He  also  came  with  the  KRSHV RI KLULQJ SHRSOH WR ÂżOO D IHZ of  17  different  positions. “Hillsdale  has  the  caliber  of  students  we  are  looking  for,â€?  he  said.  “I  was  already  expecting  to  be  impressed,  and  after  coming  here  I  am  even  more  impressed.  I  am  hoping  that  at  least  one  of  our  staff  will  be  a  Hillsdale  graduate.  At  least  one.â€? Rebecca  Demeyer,  the  elemen- tary  school  assistant  principal  at  The  Classical  Academy  in  Colo- rado  Springs,  Colo.,  said  she  was  looking  for  candidates  that  feel  they  can  align  themselves  with  the  core  values  of  the  school. “We  need  people  who  are  interested  in  continuing  to  grow  as  a  learner,  who  want  to  nurture  their  students  and  become  a  part  of  the  community,  and  who  have  a  passion  for  teaching,â€?  she  said. Demeyer  said  the  school  already  employs  a  few  Hillsdale  graduates,  and  she  is  hoping  to  ¿QG PRUH
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John  Derbyshire  writes  for  the  National  Review,  The  New  Crite- rion,  and  The  Washington  Times.  +H KDV ZULWWHQ ÂżYH ERRNV RQ WRSLFV UDQJLQJ IURP SROLWLFV WR PDWKHPDW- LFV +H VSRNH DW +LOOVGDOH &ROOHJH RQ 7XHVGD\ 0DUFK DERXW KLV PRVW UHFHQW ERRN Âł:H DUH 'RRPHG 5H- FODLPLQJ &RQVHUYDWLYH 3HVVLPLVP ´ What  do  you  mean  by  “reclaiming  conservative  pes- simism?â€? I  wrote  a  book  called  “We  Are  Doomed:  Reclaiming  Conservative  Pessimism.â€?  More  than  anything,  it  was  a  reaction  against  the  George  W.  Bush  years.  Conservatism  had  been  led  astray  by  optimism  and  conservatives  need  to  return  to  a  more  pessimistic  outlook  —  to  avoid  those  kinds  of  errors  in  future  —  so  we  don’t  get  into  the  kind  of  vast  new  social  programs  that  George  W.  Bush  gave.  Not  to  overlook,  of  course,  these  wonder- fully  optimistic  wars,  where  we’re  going  to  remake  the  Middle  East  in Â
our  own  image.  So  my  mood  at  the  time  was  a  reaction  against  what  I  saw  as  George  W.  Bush’s  —  I  wouldn’t  go  as  far  as  Bob  Bartley,  and  say  “betrayalâ€?  of  conservatism  —  but  wandering  astray  from  the  true  path  of  Conservatism.  Most  people,  including  most  political  commentators,  tend  to  personalize  things  quite  intensely. Have  you  seen  any  connec- tions  between  British  and  Ameri- can  politics? American  and  British  politics  tend  to  run  on  curiously  parallel  lines.  You  see  a  development  in  one  country  and  then  a  couple  of  years  later  you  see  the  same  kind  of  thing  going  on  in  the  other.  We  had  Mar- garet  Thatcher,  and  then  a  couple  of  years  later  you  had  Ronald  Reagan.  Then  we  had  John  Major  and  you  had  Bill  Clinton.  There’s  a  sort  of  rough  parallel  to  the  way  things  advance  in  the  two  countries.  But  I Â
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“Hillsdale  is  a  great  place  to  communicate  with  like-Âminded  people,â€?  she  said.  “Our  school  is  classically  minded,  so  the  people  here  are  already  aligned  with  our  philosophy.  Coming  here  is  a  con- tinuation  of  their  beliefs.  There  DUH IHZHU JDSV ZH KDYH WR ÂżOO LQ our  staff.  At  our  school  we  are  working  to  bring  up  exemplary  citizens,  and  we  need  teachers  who  will  emulate  that  role  for  our  students.â€? Katie  Walker  ’11  is  a  grammar  school  intern  at  Veritas  Academy  in  Leola,  Pa.  She  said  her  educa- tion  at  Hillsdale  prepared  her  for  teaching  at  a  classical  school. “The  Veritas  [Academy]  ap- proach  to  education  is  the  same  as  Hillsdale’s  approach,â€?  she  said.  “Hillsdale  prepared  me  a  lot.  They  have  a  great  idea  of  education.â€? Walker  said  Hillsdale  espe- cially  gave  her  a  love  for  learning  and  inspired  her  to  continue  learn- ing  and  to  model  that  mindset  for  younger  students. “Because  I’ve  been  at  Hills- dale,  I  can  see  what  [Veritas  is]  striving  to  do  in  its  education,â€?  she  said.  “I  can  work  to  take  my  students  and  prepare  them  for  that  in  the  future.â€? Senior  Shannon  Sullivan  had  eight  interviews  on  Friday,  and  KDV DOUHDG\ KHDUG EDFN IURP ÂżYH different  schools  about  further  interviews. “I  think  the  people  who  were Â
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