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Senior party Friday

Wikimedia Commons | Courtesy The class of 2016’s senior party is scheduled for Friday at the McCall Center. With graduation mere months away, job applications, college credits, and networking fall to the front of seniors’ minds. This Friday beginning at 9 p.m., however, Hillsdale senior class officers offer senior students the perfect study break. The...

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A survivor’s story of silence: living through the Holocaust

For the Hillsdale students who visited the Holy Land over Christmas break, the experiences were largely separated into two categories: those which touched the treasury of Israel’s past, and those which wrestled with the realities of Israel’s present. But past and present converged on Jan. 11 with a trip to Yad Vashem, Israel’s central Holocaust...

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30,000 gallons of raw sewage overflow into St. Joseph River

The Hillsdale Board of Public Utilities received a call about raw sewage flowing out of a manhole located at the intersection of Oak Street and Willow Street at 9 a.m. Monday. About 30,000 gallons of sewage escaped before crews could stop the flow. BPU has not yet identified what caused the blockage in the system....

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‘The Force Awakens’ In Review: Senior Chris McCaffery argues we should appreciate ‘new variations on a timeless story without bemoaning the familiarity of the plot’

The Force has awakened, because J.J. Abrams’ long-anticipated “Star Wars” film is exactly what it ought to be. Since it has been well over a month now since “The Force Awakens” was released in theaters, we can afford to step back and examine this extraordinarily low-stakes debate from a more balanced perspective. You have heard...