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Charger laundry change will be installed this year

Hardware issues have delayed the installation of a new payment system for the laundry machines on campus. Charger laundry change is still expected to become available for students in The Suites after spring break. Kevin Kirwan, general manager of Saga, Inc., explained that installation of the payment system in The Suites has been delayed due...

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Express success for alum in D.C.

Morgan Schneider faced a problem her senior year: she wasn’t going to graduate. “I took a semester off my junior year – the second semester – and I came back into my senior year, and realized that I couldn’t graduate on time in American studies and write a thesis,” Schneider said. In order to graduate...

Biermann Athletic Center opens
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Biermann Athletic Center opens

More than 450 students came out to celebrate the grand opening of the Margot V. Biermann Athletic Center Saturday, March 2. The event celebrated a building that took nearly 10 months and $7.5 million to complete. Now students will have full access to four tennis courts and an indoor track. The courts can also be...

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Alum appointed to Michigan Supreme Court

Junior Elizabeth Viviano got a text and a voicemail from her mom during class informing her that her dad’s cousin was appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court. Viviano, who used to babysit for David Viviano, said she didn’t know he would be appointed, but wasn’t all that surprised. “His siblings knew, but the family had...

Douglass’ 2nd visit discovered
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Douglass’ 2nd visit discovered

Abolitionist orator Frederick Douglass spoke at Hillsdale College almost exactly 150 years ago, as the Civil War raged. His visit has become a cherished part of the college’s legacy. But Douglass visited Hillsdale a second time, on Sept. 27, 1888. Retired history professor Arlan Gilbert, who wrote several books on Hillsdale College’s past, said he...