In a shocking statewide victory in Tuesday’s Democratic presidential primary election Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, beat former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by 17 percent of the vote in Hillsdale County. Despite both Michigan Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters’ endorsing Clinton, Sanders has been campaigning hard in the Great Lakes state, and defeated Clinton...
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Peters declares Scorecard needs work
Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks to reporters after Sunday’s Democratic presidential debate. Nicole Ault | Collegian The College Scorecard released by the Department of Education last September may need some improvement, Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters said. The Scorecard is a tool designed to help prospective students across the nation compare colleges and universities and...
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Hillsdale remains absent from Scorecard: 700 other schools added
The U.S. Department of Education added more than 700 institutions to the College Scorecard database in January, according to a department spokesperson — but Hillsdale College remains excluded. Last September, President Barack Obama described the database, created to compare colleges and universities across the nation, as “comprehensive.” According to the department spokesperson, the updated Scorecard...
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Hillsdale business owner charged with criminal sexual conduct
David Fayez Gadelkarim, 54, owner of two businesses in Hillsdale, was arrested at Burger King on Feb. 18 on suspicion of unlawful imprisonment and 4th degree criminal sexual conduct. Gadelkarim, an Egyptian-American who owns both the Shell Gas Station and Hillsdale Smoke Shop on Carleton Road, allegedly lured an employee to a back room of...
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Former Hillsdale student a victim in Kalamazoo shootings
A former Hillsdale College student was among the six victims murdered in a shooting spree in Kalamazoo on Saturday night. Dorothy “Judy” Brown, 74, of Battle Creek attended the college from the fall of 1959 to the winter of 1962. Jason Dalton, 45, allegedly shot and killed Brown, 74, of Battle Creek, along with five...