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The formula for football recruiting

Next fall, 25 new athletes will join the 120-year tradition of Hillsdale College football. “It takes a very unique individual – a unique 18 year old, high school, male, football player – to choose Hillsdale College,” head football coach Keith Otterbein said. The incoming class has an average grade point average of 3.7 and an...

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Caldwell earns 6th All-American

The Chargers competed at the NCAA Division II Championships held in Birmingham, Ala. at the Birmingham CrossPlex on March 7 through March 9. The team competed in eight events, making it to finals in one. Senior Kayla Caldwell placed third in the pole vault, sealing her sixth All-American title. Caldwell cleared 13 feet, 11 inches...

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Baseball splits weekend in Toledo

True to hopes and aspirations, the Hillsdale Charger freshmen are helping the baseball team accumulate victories. The Chargers won two of four games this weekend against Alderson-Broaddus in Toledo. Saturday’s games were both decided by one run, with the Chargers losing the first 2-1 and winning the evening’s game 4-3. On Sunday, the Chargers won...

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This week in Hillsdale History

1857 — Michigan State Sen. Edmund Burke Fairfield, while still president of Hillsdale College, proposes that the state university be opened to women, reflecting Hillsdale’s own charter. The issue is tabled almost unanimously.   1893 — The role of women in American higher education in the 19th century expands with the creation of the Hillsdale...

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Leann Beckwith

Leann Beckwith is the Library Director at Hillsdale Community Library. Starting April 1, the library will participate in a nationwide campaign called “Geek the Library,” which will run through October. Sponsored by the Online Computer Library Center and the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, the program is intended to promote libraries across the country.  ...