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Unsung heroes of Hillsdale: Monastiere records Chargers history
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Unsung heroes of Hillsdale: Monastiere records Chargers history

Hands shaking, Brad Monastiere marked a “1” in Grand Valley State University’s loss category on the stat sheet from his vantage in the press box. It was Hillsdale College’s 2009 Homecoming football game, and the Chargers had just stamped out Grand Valley’s 48-game winning streak with a 27-24 victory. “I was like, no one’s done...

Pulp Michigan: Lollipop capital of the world
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Pulp Michigan: Lollipop capital of the world

If you’ve ever stuck your head inside a bag of Dum Dums and inhaled with an addict’s gusto, then you know what it’s like to breathe as you drive past the Spangler Candy Company factory in Bryan, Ohio. The manufacturer behind Dum Dums, Saf-T-Pops, Circus Peanuts, and 45 percent of the candy canes sold in...

Hillsdale grad Oren wins silver for Team USA
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Hillsdale grad Oren wins silver for Team USA

In the 2016 United States Olympic Trials, Emily Oren `16 placed 30th out of 35 women in the preliminary round of the 3000 meter steeplechase. At the 2017 United States Track and Field Championships, she qualified for finals, placing 12th. This June, Oren really made her mark. The Hillsdale track and field alumna is training...

Remembering John McCain, 1936-2018
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Remembering John McCain, 1936-2018

At this point, many people have written deserving tributes to John McCain. And since it is impossible, of course, for an untested 20-year-old to rightly eulogize a man 61 years his senior, who spent six years being tortured in a Viet Cong prison camp — compounded with the additional pain of serving five consecutive terms...

Cross Country: Men follow camp with early start
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Cross Country: Men follow camp with early start

The Hillsdale men’s cross country team has returned from its preseason running camp and will begin its season Friday at the Jeff Drenth Memorial in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Cross country camp lasted four days and took place at the G. H. Gordon Biological Station in Luther, Michigan. For junior Joseph Humes, preseason camp was a...