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Stormy weekend brings out good snow-maritans
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Stormy weekend brings out good snow-maritans

Nearly a foot of snow fell last weekend, leaving cars stuck in their parking spaces and students scrambling to move their cars before the police tucked a ticket under their windshield wiper in advance of the plows. But when tragedy struck and people needed help, some men of Hillsdale College rose to the occasion. As...

Acrobatic alumna performs in ‘Marvel Universe’
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Acrobatic alumna performs in ‘Marvel Universe’

For 2012 alumna Caitlyn Larsen, work means playing with fire. Larsen is a stuntwoman for “Marvel Universe LIVE!,” a live-action stunt show featuring characters from Marvel storylines. Larsen plays Nebula, a character from “Guardians of the Galaxy.” “I basically grew up and decided I was going to keep playing with toys for a living,” Larsen...

To mime as the spirit enabled them
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To mime as the spirit enabled them

Before they went down to the square, they smeared white paint on their faces and drew delicate black lines to accentuate their facial features. There was no crowd initially, just people milling about a public place in Guatemala. The students arrived with their director and smiled at the Guatemalans as they climbed the stairs of...

Brony culture brings magic
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Brony culture brings magic

Every local news station in the United States featured exposés on a rising and seemingly dangerous subculture in 2013. “You probably sit with your kids sometimes when they watch cartoons,” reported WREG in Memphis Tennessee. “But we’re about to introduce you to a group of grown men and women who are obsessed with one particular...

Seniors graduate early, stick around town
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Seniors graduate early, stick around town

Thirty-three seniors graduated a semester early, but few have physically left Hillsdale. Maybe it truly is the people — or just year-long leases and promises of a salary. Instead of taking classes, Jacob Petersen applied for three jobs at Hillsdale: project management, the call center, and the Dow Leadership Center. “I think everyone who graduated early stayed...