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Our campus needs a bar

Walking into a bar earlier this semester, I was pleasantly surprised to see a number of Hillsdale administrators enjoying drinks with their spouses. As they got up to leave Broad Street Downtown  Market and Tavern later that night, I walked over to shake hands and say “hello” in an attempt to be polite. Following a...

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Remove the air hockey table

As the old proverb goes: “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” The new air hockey table in the Grewcock Student Union was installed with great intentions, but this noisy monstrosity needs to find a new home. When students gather in Grewcock to study, eat, pray, and enjoy each other’s company, the new...

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Zeiger wins Washington state rep

Follow Nate on Twitter On Tuesday night, Hillsdale College alumnus Hans Zeiger received 63.4 percent of the vote to secure his spot for a third term in the Washington State House of Representatives. Zeiger defeated first-time candidate Eric Renz, a Democrat and local Presbyterian minister. From the beginning it was not much of a competition...

Coach Otterbein given chair by team at end of season banquet
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Coach Otterbein given chair by team at end of season banquet

This Christmas season, everyone is looking for that perfect gift for that important person in their life. This year’s Charger’s football team found just the right gift for someone that means a lot to the team. The captains of the team— seniors Butch Herzog, Alex Fogt, Daniel Pittman and Tim Moinet— teamed up with Butch’s...

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Our campus needs less smoke

When morning classes let out at Hillsdale College, a surge of students crosses the quad to head for lunch. As the majority of this exodus walks in front of the library on the way to the Grewcock Student Union, too often the smell of cigarette smoke suffocates an uninvolved passerby. Regularly, loitering students puffing cigarettes...