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Record set at Rubik’s Contest
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Record set at Rubik’s Contest

Post by The Hillsdale Collegian. A new North American record was set at a Rubik’s Cube tournament held on campus this past weekend. USA contestant Drew Brads set a record for the Pyraminx, a pyramid-shaped version of the puzzle. His average time of 3.01 seconds and his best time of 1.71 seconds from Saturday’s game...

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Saga says ‘Adios’ to ‘Taco Tuesday’

Some love it, some hate it. But it has always been there, every week, without fail. But not any longer. For 10 years, Saga has served tacos at lunch every Tuesday. Now, every other Tuesday will come and go without a single taco to be found in Saga. Saga Inc. General Manager Kevin Kirwan said...

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Mock Trial revamps teams

Hillsdale College’s Mock Trial program rearranged all three teams at the beginning of this semester, putting all of the strongest players together. The restructuring is intended to give the team an edge in tournaments that could advance them to nationals. “All the people who had scored well in the previous semester, we kind of grouped...

Ikawa’s adventures
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Ikawa’s adventures

This professor of accounting has played in the World Series of Poker, been mugged in France, trekked through the rainforest in Peruf, been barred from a casino for card-counting, and won more than $80k on the show Jeapordy! Ikawa has been at Hillsdale for 15 years—a quarter of his life. Every year, Hillsdale’s accounting club...

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Debate smashes at tourney

The score difference between Hillsdale’s forensics team and the runner-up at a tournament hosted by Marietta College last weekend was 70 to 21. Hillsdale won six out of 12 events at the tournament outright, with finalists in four more. Those victories, along with high rankings by every member in preliminary rounds, contributed to the overall...