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SATIRE: College in desperate need for organ donor
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SATIRE: College in desperate need for organ donor

Hillsdale College administration seeks an organ donor for the new chapel. Chief Administrative Officer Mitch Nae Nae says he hopes the donor has a big heart and a lot to give. “Once again, the college is in need. We’re just asking for an organ, not an arm or a leg,” Néé said. “Without it, our...

Core grammar class would improve our writing
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Core grammar class would improve our writing

Verbs are like cats. Everyone who has taken professor of education Daniel Coupland’s English Grammar course remembers the “verbs are like cats” lecture. In comparing the unpredictable — and, sometimes, counterintuitive — behavior of his two cats, Angel and Blackard, to that of verbs, he prepares the students for weeks of mental pain as they...

Tower Dancers perform annual concert
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Tower Dancers perform annual concert

The Tower Dancers’ 2016-17 season came to a close this weekend after their annual concert, which featured a dance set to music derived from radio signals of pulsars. Director Holly Hobbs said she was extremely proud of the dancers, choreographers, costume designers, and everyone else involved. “I thought it was a wonderful show,” Hobbs said. Hobbs,...

Shotgun team wins fifth national championship
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Shotgun team wins fifth national championship

The Hillsdale College shotgun team won its fourth consecutive national championship and fifth since 2012 at the Association of College Unions International Clay Targets tournament in San Antonio, Texas, this past weekend. The team’s 10 shooters earned a composite score of 2,244 targets hit — out of a possible 2,350 — during the competition, which...

NRA CEO to speak in April
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NRA CEO to speak in April

National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre will visit campus April 7 to deliver a speech titled “The 2016 Election and Future Challenges” at a luncheon in the Searle Center. Students are welcome to attend, but they must RSVP through a link provided in this week’s student activities newsletters by Friday becuase of limited seating. “LaPierre...