Mitt Romney hires guys who know stuff. He made a career out of it at Bain Capital. That’s why he hired Paul Ryan to be his vice-president. Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan works as a running mate because he has mas- tered a subject crucial to addressing the federal government’s problems. He’s explaining baseline budget- ing to...
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A quarter million sign up for online Hillsdale College lecture series
Mike Koh, 54, a State Farm Insurance financial service representative, had not been to school in 29 years. Then he heard Rush Limbaugh pitch Hillsdale College’s Constitu- tion 101 Course. After watching 10 weekly 40-minute online lectures taught by six different profes- sors, Koh had a greater ap- preciation for the Founding Fa- thers, the...
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Jane Mossey passes away
Jane L. Mossey, wife of de- ceased Hillsdale College trustee Donald R. Mossey, passed away July 9, 2012. She was 82 years oldJ.ane Mossey, who, with her husband, donated the grant for the campus library, attended Hillsdale College from 1948 to 1952. She was a member of both the Chi Omega and Sigma Alpha Iota...
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College: A Serious, Strange, & Wonderful Business
A famous scene from the 1978 film “Animal House” shows a groggy and defeated Bluto (John Belushi) lying on the battered carpet of his Delta Fraternity living room. Staring wide- eyed into space in a moment of sheer existential angst, he laments, “Seven years of college down the drain. Might as well have joined the f——...
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Council approves site for automobile parts company
The Hillsdale City Council unanimously voted to allow Paragon Metals, Inc., a spe- cialty automotive components manufacturer, to expand into to Hillsdale, Mich. at its meeting Sept. 4. “We’re very pleased they’ll be locating here,” said City Manager Linda Brown. The Hillsdale plant will be Paragon’s second location in southern Michigan, the other being in Quincy. Paragon...