Every Tuesday night a ruckus echoes through the third floor of Lane Hall. It is not, however, caused by a football game or a presidential debate. Rather, it is the result of an honors seminar focused on a board game. Diplomacy is a World War I domination board game, along the lines of Risk or...
Author: Stevan Bennett (Stevan Bennett)
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Baseball wraps up fall season
The unmistakable sounds of a baseball game came from Simpson field for the first time since spring this past weekend. The Chargers wrapped up their fall season on Saturday, which consisted of exhibitions against Siena and Albion. While the games lasted upwards of 15 innings, and no official statistics were kept, head coach Eric Theisen...
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Men’s tennis “make a name” for themselves in first tournament
After a decade long hiatus, the Hillsdale College men’s tennis team made a strong statement in their fall revival. The return came on Sept. 19 when the Chargers took part in a three-day Intercollegiate Tennis Association regional, a tournament which focuses on individual bracket style tournaments rather than team scores. The field was divided into...
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Homecoming 5K honors coach ‘Wild Bill’ Lundberg
On an average day, a few students go on a morning run through the campus fairly unnoticed. On the morning of Saturday, Oct. 24, however, the stampede of runners in the Wild Bill Fun Run are sure to attract some attention. In 2001 the Farmhouse 5K was founded as a way to honor the already-esteemed...
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Thanks for the memories, Jim
Very few color commentators can say that they ever called a game while hospitalized, or received surgery in the training room between games, but Jim Eckhardt can tell both of these stories with pride. Eckhardt began providing color commentary for Hillsdale football and basketball games before almost anyone in the student body was born. On...