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Sauk to perform ‘All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten’
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Sauk to perform ‘All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten’

Jonesville’s Sauk Theatre will present its rendition of Robert Fulghum’s “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” with a cast composed entirely of actors over the age of 55. The show will run in the Phillips Auditorium from March 31-April 3. This will be the second Sauk production Hillsdale College has hosted...

President’s Ball hits record attendance on 50th anniversary of event
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President’s Ball hits record attendance on 50th anniversary of event

The 2016 President’s Ball celebrated 50 years since the College first inaugurated the event under the name “The President’s Christmas Ball.” More than 1050 people attended the event in the College’s new Searle Center, the most ever since its start in 1966. Over the past five decades, the Ball has developed and taken on many...

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Faith, hope, and… money

As society becomes more globalized, we necessarily become neighbors, but do not necessarily become neighborly. Martin Shkreli, the 32-year-old CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, has recently brought to light this side effect of globalization by raising the price of a drug that treats AIDS as well as a host of other diseases pertaining to the immune...

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Council adopts new social media policy

The Hillsdale City Council voted to pass a new social media policy for city employees at its Feb. 15 meeting, although both the council and the public expressed a general dislike for the policy’s wording. The policy permits the city government to fire any employee who speaks inappropriately on social media. Hillsdale City Attorney Tom...

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‘Yeezus,’ ‘WAVES,’ and American deification

“WAVES,” Kanye West’s upcoming album, set for a Feb. 11 release, should worry you more than the Presidential election does about the future of America. More than any politician, Kanye understands the spirit of the American everyman. Kanye has done a lot of obnoxious things recently — marrying Kim Kardashian, declaring he will run for...