Student Federation is the organization that recognizes new clubs and funds various campus activities. For those not immediately involved in the federation, starting a club or being a treasurer in a pre-existing club can be a bit confusing. Here is the student’s guide to working with Student Fed. Elections: How to run for Student Fed...
Author: Jo Kroeker (JoAnna Kroeker)
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Mr. Aavang goes to Washington: Senior veteran meets with members of Congress on VA reform
U.S. Marines Corps veteran senior Michael Aavang presented his policy brief for proposed Veterans Affairs health care reform to senators and representatives during a conference in Washington, D.C. So far, Aavang and nine other student legislative fellows for the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Student Veterans of America have written Congressional white papers and met...
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Junior presents dinosaur research
Brontosauruses never existed. In his lecture to a diverse cross-section of campus last week, junior Matt Hoenig debunked this myth and addressed other challenges and misconceptions about paleontology. According to Hoenig, a 19th century paleontologist completed a partial Apatosaurus body with the head from another dinosaur, creating the Brontosaurus. “Our ideas about dinosaurs are constantly...
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Senior collegiate scholars help teach program seminars
Surrounded by books, the seminar students wrestled with Cicero’s ideas of wisdom, virtue, and eloquence, while the senior assistant and professor listened, reanimating the occasional lulls. In restructuring the 5-year-old honors freshman seminar this semester, Collegiate Scholars Program Director Richard Gamble included three senior assistants, who bring an experienced perspective and a sense of responsibility...
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Student Fed allocates $7,000 to fund 165 students for CPAC trip
Hillsdale College’s Student Federation quickly approved $7,000, 58 percent of this semester’s discretionary budget, to help fund the College Republicans’ Conservative Political Action Conference trip last week. Twelve representatives voted in favor of fully funding the $7,000 proposal, five voted against it, and two abstained. Of the voting members, nine are attending CPAC: Seven voted...