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Don’t make an ash of yourself next Wednesday
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Don’t make an ash of yourself next Wednesday

It was an act of love. While cleaning the sanctuary in St. Anthony’s Catholic Church on Broad Street a few days ago, an altar boy decided he might test run his Ash Wednesday sermon. Although the church was nearly empty — and the first day of Lent would not arrive for another two weeks —...

Analog on campus: Antiquated technology lives on at Hillsdale
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Analog on campus: Antiquated technology lives on at Hillsdale

Anyone who has taken one of Professor of History Ken Calvert’s classes knows about his love of the overhead projector. Instead of the digital projectors wired into the ceiling of each classroom, Calvert prefers a boxy contraption illuminated by an incandescent light bulb that looks like it belongs in a “Looney Toons” episode. But Calvert...

The music of the ’60s: Cohen and Dylan drive
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The music of the ’60s: Cohen and Dylan drive

There are a few conversations that music junkies would kill to overhear, and here’s one of them: Dylan and Cohen on a California road trip, reminiscing about the golden days of ’60s rock ’n’ roll. Several weeks before his death in 2016, Leonard Cohen replayed his memory of the conversation for the New Yorker. In...

Fire dept. still in need of new ladder truck
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Fire dept. still in need of new ladder truck

The City of Hillsdale has narrowed its search for a new ladder truck to two used trucks in Houston, Texas, Fire Chief Scott Hephner told the Collegian on Tuesday. Since November of last year, the Fire Department has been in need of a new truck to replace its 1983 platform truck, which has been in...

City redraws economic development strategy
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City redraws economic development strategy

  The City of Hillsdale changed the way it manages economic development, according to a Jan. 18 press release. The release stated the City has not renewed its contract with the Hillsdale Policy Group, run by Mary Wolfram and Professor of economics Gary Wolfram. Mary Wolfram will remain with the city, working on a limited...