Technical problems with the Student Activities Board speakers at the Coffeehouse put on by Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia men’s music honorary couldn’t stop student musicians from shining on Oct. 18, even if sound quality was poor. “It wasn’t even about the quality of the sound, it was about getting the sound out there,” said junior...
Year: 2013
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Saga prevents food waste
During a normal weekday lunch, Saga, Inc. serves over 500 guests in a 20 minute period. A group of this size consumes as great an amount of food as the amount of dishes it produces. These food scraps, plates, cups, utensils, and bowls eventually find their way to a conveyor belt, magically disappearing, returning to...
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C-SPAN airs Birzer lecture
C-SPAN3 aired one of Professor of History Brad Birzer’s lectures on Sept. 26–27. In the lecture, originally filmed and aired in 2010 as part of C-SPAN’s “Lectures in History” series, Birzer discussed the Old Republicans and the development of political parties within the Jacksonian era. He spent a month or two preparing, he said, because...
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Halloween haunts Hillsdale
The festivities are creeping and campus is crawling as students prepare to celebrate Halloween. Dorms, Greek houses, and campus groups have been hallowing the occasion with dorm decorating, candy purchasing, and themed events leading up to Halloween night. Kindle Barber, senior and president of the Chi Omega sorority, said that the girls have been preparing...
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Van Andel endows graduate school
On Oct. 10, Hillsdale College announced the new name of the college’s graduate program: the Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship. Alumnus Stephen Van Andel provided the lead gift towards the endowment of college’s graduate program. Hillsdale College’s graduate program opened in fall 2012 offering a graduate education in both political philosophy and American politics....