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The Collegian Weekly

We may break out the Dom Perignon soon, because as Napoleon said once, “In victory, you deserve champagne, in defeat, you need it.” Tuesday’s presidential election stung. The Collegian editorial board disagrees on politics (mostly thanks to our hipster contingent), but not a single one of us wanted to see President Barack Obama win re-election....

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If not an income tax for Hillsdale, then what?

The city income tax proposal didn’t pass. In fact, it got beat bad—712 votes for and 1,720 against. Unfortunately, the city still needs $39 million it doesn’t have to repair its roads. The city income tax would have established a mechanism through which the city could stockpile a road rebuilding fund. But with the proposal’s...

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Mickey shot first: Star Wars, Disney, and the future of a cultural phenomenon

L uke, George is no longer your father. Last Tuesday, George Lucas announced his retirement, and the sale of Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion to the Walt Disney Company. The corporate giant now controls LucasArts, Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), Skywalker Sound, most of “Indiana Jones”… and all of “Star Wars.” The controversy among the fans...

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Jaffa for Commencement

Finding the right person to push a few hundred Hillsdale College graduates out the door and into the real world is a daunting task. The things they’ve learned have equipped them to be the top picks in the job market, but high unemployment numbers persist among Hillsdale students. They need to hear from someone who...

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Elections have consequences: The Foreign Policy Problem

When President Barack Obama began his campaign in 2007, he offered a carrot as his approach to America’s foreign policy rather than a stick. Five years later, terrorists have murdered an ambassador and set fire to our embassies. Obama’s approach deserves much of the blame. “I think the world will have confidence that I am...