Month: March 2014

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$10,500 given for Centralhallapalooza

Student Federation gave $10,500 to the Student Activities Board for this year’s Centralhallapalooza. The funds will be used to pay for the usual attractions and food. SAB will use its own budget to bring in a famous musician as this year’s surprise attraction. Secretary and junior Annie Teigen said Student Fed will also be co­sponsoring...

50 students attend CPAC
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50 students attend CPAC

“President Paul! President Paul!” the crowds roared as Sen. Rand Paul took the stage at the 50th annual Conservative Political Action Conference on the afternoon of March 7. Paul, a favorite of many students for the presidential nomination in 2016, was one of the many speakers students saw at CPAC 2014. Approximately 50 Hillsdale students...

GOAL Program hiring
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GOAL Program hiring

The GOAL program is hiring seven new leaders for volunteer organizations and a new coordinator for the fall 2014 semester. Senior Travis Cook, GOAL director, will be replaced by current coordinator sophomore Jackie Frenkel. “So far we’ve had 30 to 35 applications,” Cook said. “We typically conduct 30 to 40 interviews every spring, which takes...

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ID scanners: updates in progress

In the next 10 days, Hillsdale College Security and ITS plan to finish a software upgrade of every ID card reader on campus. The new software, called C­Cure 9000, is more compatible with ITS’ databases than the old software. The databases contain which students have access to which buildings. For instance, the database would inform...

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Faculty to perform Cedar Walton’s music

Hillsdale’s faculty jazz ensemble, The Hillcats, will perform a concert Friday night at 8 p.m. in Phillips Auditorium. “The music we present at this concert or at any other concert is always very difficult,” said Teacher of Music Chris McCourry, trumpet player and leader of the group. “The idea is to present the highest quality...