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Medicaid expansion aids residents

More than 2,500 Hillsdale County residents will receive healthcare coverage under the Healthy Michigan Plan, Michigan’s Medicaid expansion program. “According to projections released by Michigan League for Public Policy, we expect that 2,707 of the county’s uninsured population will be eligible for health insurance through Medicaid expansion,” said Theresa Christner, Health Promotion and Education Director...

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Attorney: selling BPU for road money is ‘unrealistic’

Fourth in a series. Hillsdale attorney Kevin Shirk advised the city against selling its Board of Public Utilities to generate road money last week, claiming the costs far outweigh the benefits. The BPU consists of three services: water, wastewater, and electric with a combined annual revenue of approximately $15 million. The entities can be sold...

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Japanese anime, Narnia, and interstellar travel

Japanese anime and traveling to Narnia seldom show up on college midterms. But this fall, students will study these subjects in honors seminars. “Honors seminars are there to provide a way to learn what we don’t have time to study otherwise,” said Professor of Theater and Speech James Brandon. Some of these one-credit seminars include...

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Veldheer signs $35M contract with Arizona Cardinals

The Arizona Cardinals signed Hillsdale alumnus, Jared Veldheer ’10, to a five-year, $35 million contract on March 11. The contract guarantees him $17 million and includes a $6.25 million signing bonus. After Veldheer told the Oakland Raiders that he wouldn’t be returning to the team in 2014, the Cardinals put him at the top of...

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Charger Chatter: Michael Vanchieri

  Senior right-fielder for Hillsdale’s baseball team, Michael Vanchieri, has learned three languages and showcased his musical talents at multiple Hillsdale events in addition to completing his biochemistry major in the past four years.   Why did you choose to attend Hillsdale College to play baseball?   It was the best deal financially and I...