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The Speech

Former governor of New Mexico and 2012 Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson spoke to students and visitors in Phillips Auditorium Tuesday evening. Johnson’s visit was part of his Live Free Tour, a series of rallies hosted by college campuses across the United States and aimed at promoting economic and personal liberty. Hillsdale College’s Classical Liberal...

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A nerve-wracking story that needs telling

Fourteen-year-old Shin In Geun watched when North Korean military guards hanged his mother and shot his brother three times. Their crime: attempting to escape from Camp 14, a prison for political enemies of North Korea. As he watched them die, Shin knew he was responsible. The first rule of Camp 14 says, “Anyone caught escaping...

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Local man arrested for criminal sexual conduct with minor

The Hillsdale Circuit Court postponed the pretrial for resident Jerome Lee Mattson from Nov. 26 to Jan. 7 to allow time for further investigation. Mattson is accused of having criminal sexual conduct with his live-in girlfriend’s 9-year-old daughter last December. According to her testimony at the preliminary exam, the girl was taking a nap in...

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Business and Beauty: The case against the cubicle

I used to like “The Office.” That is, until I found myself in a cubicle of my own and related a little too well with Jim Halpert when he says, “If this were my career, I’d have to throw myself in front of a train.” Last summer I spent three months interning for a nonprofit....