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Roche charges $5 for parking
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Roche charges $5 for parking

Parking in the Roche Sports Complex lot costs $5 for more than just football events this year, according to Director of Athletics Don Brubacher. Nevertheless, parking will still be free when athletic events are not in session. Now students and visitors will have to pay the $5 fee during most volleyball, basketball, and indoor track...

Campus adapts to new dishwasher
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Campus adapts to new dishwasher

Students and college employees are still adjusting to the new blue conveyor belt in the Knorr Dining Room. Hillsdale College replaced the old dishwasher and conveyor belt at the beginning of this semester. According to staff, the upgrade brings both new benefits and problems to the cafeteria. “Though the system works steadily, we typically have...

Walmartathon: a defense of Physical Wellness
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Walmartathon: a defense of Physical Wellness

When the pavement outside the Hillsdale Church of the Nazarene peeled its pock-marked lips from my face, I realized that my freshmen lungs were closed for business. Bronchitis told me so. Physical Wellness Dynamics is a subject of much debate at Hillsdale College. Specifically, it has received universal disdain from the small group of Hillsdale...

My house flooded over Christmas break
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My house flooded over Christmas break

As the lady on the phone explained to me last week, at some point on Jan. 10 over 40,000 gallons of water poured into my little college house, raising the basement sea level at least an inch, and slapping me and my fellow residents – all men of great character and poor finances – with...

Better than ‘Star Wars’: ‘Black Panther’ does sci-fi right
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Better than ‘Star Wars’: ‘Black Panther’ does sci-fi right

There are too many superhero movies these days. Even with fresh attempts at the formula, such as “Deadpool,” “Guardians of the Galaxy,” and “Thor: Ragnarok,” Marvel seems to be running out of steam as it approaches the release of the next Avengers film. But, despite the alarming amount of hype it’s received, “Black Panther” is...