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Visiting Journalist Speaking on Young Adult Literature

Hillsdale College and the Dow Journalism Program will host visiting journalist Meghan Cox Gurdon next week. At 8 p.m on March 12 in Dow Center Rooms A and B, Gurdon will present a public lecture on her controversial 2011 column, “Darkness Too Visible,” published in the Wall Street Journal. She will be speaking on modern...

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CCA II: ‘Gen. William Slim and the Burma Campaign’

Historian and journalist Andrew Roberts spoke Monday for the World War II Films Center for Constructive Alternatives on the topic of “General William Slim and the Burma Campaign.” Connecting with the showing of the 1957 movie “The Bridge on the River Kwai” earlier in the day, Roberts spoke about the allied campaign in Burma during...

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Q & A: Andrew Roberts

Andrew Roberts is a British historian and political commentator and the author of 14 history books on such diverse topics as World War II, Napoleon Bonaparte, and the House of Windsor, as well as “The Aachen Memorandum,” a futuristic novel and political commentary, and edited “What Might Have Been,” a collection of 12 “what if?”...

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There and back again: Lindley returns to alma mater

Dwight Lindley never thought that he’d be back teaching at Hillsdale College. The self-described “under-the-radar student,” who graduated in 2004 with a double major in English and history, was hired in 2011 as an English professor to specialize in Victorian literature. “I wasn’t one of the guys going out and joining every group,” Lindley said....

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ITS to do away with SafeConnect

Hillsdale College’s Information Technology Services said it will be able to do away with the SafeConnect software client by the end of the semester. The SafeConnect software is used to ensure the safety of the school’s network resources. Each computer is required to have a software client installed on it, which ensures that no viruses...