Month: February 2014

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Hillsdale wins in 4OT
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Hillsdale wins in 4OT

In the longest, highest-scoring game in NCAA Division II women’s basketball this season, Hillsdale College defeated Walsh University 106-105. With 22 ties and 24 lead changes, the game was a battle from the beginning. At the end of regulation, Hillsdale was ahead 66-64 until Walsh tied it up with 28 seconds left. “I was thinking,...

WHIP tours FBI, DoD
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WHIP tours FBI, DoD

Hillsdale students spending their semester in Washington D.C  had their first group outing on Jan. 31. They toured the Pentagon, and in the afternoon, a Hillsdale alumnus working for the FBI, Michael Carroll, gave this semester’s 18 Washington Hillsdale Internship Program participants a tour of the J. Edgar Hoover Building. The private tour allowed the...

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Officers urge seniors to give

The college’s 2014 senior class officers have officially kicked off a three-year student giving campaign for the senior class. Senior Class President Josh Andrew explained that the campaign is an effort to increase the percentage of alumni donations given to the college. “Historically, people who graduate from Hillsdale don’t seem to give back very much,”...

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Boosting our stats

Hillsdale College plans to be the most selective school in Michigan within five years. As part of the Rebirth of Liberty and Learning campaign, admissions plans to increase its applications by about 40 to 45 percent and raise the average ACT score to 31 by 2018. “A lot of schools, a lot of private liberal...

Alum hosts hockey games
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Alum hosts hockey games

In the woods, on the outskirts of town, is a place that carries on the memory and love for a game that has not been a part of Hillsdale College athletics in over 25 years. Craig Connor, ’77 graduate of Hillsdale College and left wing on the college’s hockey team, has constructed an outdoor hockey...