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We need more exciting CCAs
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We need more exciting CCAs

Every year, Hillsdale College puts on four conferences that attract visitors and donors to campus by the hundreds. Students, on the other hand, are forced to attend one session of the Center for Constructive Alternatives during their time at Hillsdale, and the topics could be more interesting. Here are some ideas that would pique student’s...

Jazz and Harry James
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Jazz and Harry James

Students, faculty, and community members have the unique opportunity to hear big band jazz that’s straight from the middle of the last century this weekend. The Harry James Orchestra will be performing in the Searle Center at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, along with several student jazz combos while audience members can listen, eat hor d’oeuvres,...

Smoke-free spaces lead to safe spaces
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Smoke-free spaces lead to safe spaces

Last week, junior Jordyn Pair wrote a piece, “Stop smoking outside the library,” condemning smoking outside, between the Grewcock Student Union and Mossey Library, for all the wrong reasons. In doing so she speaks volumes about the way our generation responds to discomfort. This summer in New York, I realized that a lot of people...

The piano in Saga ain’t gonna play itself
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The piano in Saga ain’t gonna play itself

In Knorr Dining Hall, there is a piano near the stage over by the door. It’s a standard upright piano that used to be played on Sundays, but has lately sat silently. Now students should pick up the slack and perform for their peers because there’s so much talent at Hillsdale College. The piano during...