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Alumna joins Nashville band, releases first album
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Alumna joins Nashville band, releases first album

Armed with voices that can all carry lead vocals and years of musical study, Nashville band Sunset East is sweeping the alternative rock scene with its unique sound and even more unique situation. “We’re going against the grain,” bassist Harrison Doyle said. “The sun setting in the East doesn’t happen, just like a Nashville-based alternative...

Saying hello and goodbye: Community remembers Don Turner
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Saying hello and goodbye: Community remembers Don Turner

Professor of Theology Jordan Wales described the memorial service for former philosophy professor Don Turner like only knowing one verse of a song, and “suddenly being in a canyon” which echoed other voices singing the whole song. “I felt like I was saying ‘Hello’ to him in a new way, even though we were all...

Q&A with Linda Gregerson, visiting poet
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Q&A with Linda Gregerson, visiting poet

Linda Gregerson, born and raised in Elgin, Illinois, is a Renaissance scholar, classically trained actor, and science devotee, writes lyric poetry exploring the connections between science and art. She is the Caroline Walker Bynum Distinguished University Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan, where she teaches creative writing and directs the...

$320K in salt: The cost of a Hillsdale winter
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$320K in salt: The cost of a Hillsdale winter

With record-breaking weather in Hillsdale this winter, the Hillsdale County Road Commission has spent approximately $323,722 on salt alone from January to March. According to the Commission’s Engineering Manager John Sanders, it’s the freezing rain that’s caused the most trouble. “We had freezing rain three times this year,” Sanders said. “Compare that with the last...