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Keep a daily journal
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Keep a daily journal

When I flip through the journal I started a year-and-a-half ago, I like looking for details that I wanted to remember at the time I was writing: the honey lavender latte I had on my first trip to Rough Draft, the beautiful sunset on July 19, the colors of the roses my boyfriend sent me...

Beat winter blues with a weekend excursion
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Beat winter blues with a weekend excursion

Getting the Winter Blues? Aching to get off campus? Feeling a little trapped in Hillsdale? While Hillsdale often seems “in the middle of nowhere,” its central location allows for great day trips to cities nearby. Getting off campus doesn’t need to be an elaborate road trip. Larger cities are just a little over an hour...

Students suggest dream classes
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Students suggest dream classes

For such a small school, Hillsdale College offers many great classes taught by renowned professors that are typically found at bigger schools. These interesting courses leave students hungry for more. Each semester, professors from all departments offer special elective courses on a multitude of subjects, from the history behind Iron Maiden’s songs to more “Hillsdalian”...

Five Hillsdale couples who got a ‘ring by spring’
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Five Hillsdale couples who got a ‘ring by spring’

With only one month of winter remaining, some Hillsdale students have taken the challenge to get a “ring by spring” literally. We sat down with Hillsdale couples who recently got engaged or married. Jonathan Coote and Taylor Hannel How did you meet? “We first met in physics,” Coote said. “She was on her eighth cup...

Hillsdalians talk Fat Tuesday traditions
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Hillsdalians talk Fat Tuesday traditions

As any Michigander will tell you, whether or not you choose to observe the Lenten season, Mardi Gras is a date marked on your calendar for one main reason: pączki. But this Mardi Gras tradition is somewhat unique to Michigan. Mardi Gras, the French phrase that literally means “Fat Tuesday,” is the name for the...