This past weekend, while most students were on fall break, the women’s swim team travelled to Northern Michigan University for a two-day competition against the Wildcats. The Chargers lost the relay meet on Friday 190-168 and the normal meet on Saturday 170-101. Several swimmers said numerous factors contributed to the results. This was the first...
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October 19, 2012July 12, 2022Sports
Monastiere launches new website
Before this year, anyone looking to learn about Hillsdale Chargers athletics had to use the “Athletics” section of the school’s website. That all changed September 26 with the launch of a new and modern home on the web for the Chargers. “The old site was lacking in many, many ways,” said Brad Monastiere, who was...
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October 19, 2012July 12, 2022Culture
‘The Taming of the Shrew’: modern and entertaining
The Aquila Theatre Company brought two Shakespeare shows –– “Cryano do Bergerac” and “The Taming of the Shrew” –– to Hillsdale College Oct. 9 and 10. The theater showed “The Taming of the Shrew” on the second night, Oct. 10, and their modern take on this classic play was peppered with clever gags and audience...
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October 19, 2012July 12, 2022Culture
Movie review: ‘Looper’
The year is 2044 – just a few decades before the invention of time travel – and the crime bosses of the future, rather than disposing of victims themselves, are sending them back in time to face the hitmen ‘loopers.’ “Looper,” the sophomore effort of writer-director Rian Johnson, is a gritty, time-travel sci-fi starring Joseph...
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October 19, 2012July 12, 2022Culture
The plight of a frozen arizonian
When I first heard about Hillsdale College, I didn’t know that it was located in Michigan. I visited the school for the first time in my cold-weather clothes, which wasn’t much. It was obvious that I was not prepared for such a temperature change. At the time I was wearing a coat, jeans, a scarf,...