You would be hard-pressed to find a facet of life today that is not, in some way, affected by our constant access to the digital world and social media. In large part, this has led to a tribalistic approach not just to politics and religion but even to things as subjective as tastes in...
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County receives $2.6M for road maintenance
The Michigan Department of Transportation gave Hillsdale County $2.6 million in funding for various road projects in 2020. Funding from MDOT, which was announced last fall, will go toward several portions of M-49 and M-99. According to Kelby Wallace, manager at MDOT’s Jackson Transportation Service Center, his office has not set a construction schedule yet....
Hillsdale settles with Mizzou
Hillsdale College will receive almost $4.7 million after settling a lawsuit with the University of Missouri. The settlement comes after Hillsdale filed a lawsuit against Mizzou in 2017, claiming that the institution mishandled a $5 million donation left by Sherlock Hibbs, a Mizzou alumnus who died in 2002. The gift was to be used for...
‘The Crown’ season three: ‘We all have a role to play’
A staple of modernity in the United States is an unwillingness to take on responsibilities and recognize our roles in the broader picture. As it turns out, Netflix’s new season of “The Crown,” like the previous ones, gives us a model to follow. In the third season of the hit drama, Claire Foy passes...
Mossey librarian to retire after 44 years
Linda Moore has seen many changes at Hillsdale College’s library in 44 years of working there. But now she’s ready to move on and let someone else take a crack at her job so she can travel the world. Moore, public services librarian at Mossey Library, will be officially retiring from her position in January....