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Men’s track makes strides to improve
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Men’s track makes strides to improve

At the time of year when student-athletes are under the most stress from both end-of-the-year projects and the heightened importance of end-of-the-season competition, the men’s track team posted more solid performances at the Al Owens and Jesse Owens invites this past weekend. At the Al Owens Classic in Allendale, Michigan, senior Todd Frickey and junior...

SATIRE: Students urge administration, ‘tear down that fence!’
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SATIRE: Students urge administration, ‘tear down that fence!’

A group of students is petitioning college administrators to tear down the fence that was erected around the quad and the Ronald Reagan statue last month. The group argues the fence “unjustly divides campus” and bars students from “paying respect to the best president in American history.”    The group, which calls itself the ’89ers,...

Hillsdale County defending liberty: Local participation in Underground Railroad
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Hillsdale County defending liberty: Local participation in Underground Railroad

Several homes in Hillsdale County, including one on college grounds, are rumored to have been part of the Underground Railroad. While there are no records of the college helping runaway slaves escape by participating in the network of secret routes and safehouses, some believe the Dow Residence on Hillsdale Street was once a safehouse on...

Thanks Mom and Dad
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Thanks Mom and Dad

The summer before my freshman year at Hillsdale I felt like I was going nowhere. I couldn’t wrap my mind around why things hadn’t panned out with the girl I liked in high school, I worked three part-time jobs, and I was training for my first collegiate Cross Country season. I was constantly tired, irritable,...