Month: September 2014

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Honors program hosts conversations

The Honors Program is hosting a conversation between Associate Professor of English Patricia Bart and Professor of Political Economy Gary Wolfram at 11 a.m. today in the formal lounge. The topic is “Bridging the Town-Gown Divide: A Conversation about Hospitality, Membership, and Community.” It is the second event in the Honors Program’s new series “The...

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Segway tour of campus takes off on Friday

Psi Chi is taking campus tours to the next level. From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, the psychology honorary will take students on hourlong rides around campus on Segway scooters. “Students can expect, when they’re coming in and out of class, to see Chief Rogers on a Segway or Dr. McArthur riding around,”...

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Enactus hosts socialist-conservative debate

Enactus is inviting a socialist to campus. Socialist Party-USA Vice Chairman John Strinka and Buckeye Institute  Executive Vice President Rea Hederman are coming to discuss the role of entrepreneurship in alleviating poverty. The debate aims to answer the question of how we can help the poor and will be held at 4 p.m. on Sept....

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Prof Wales: Master of theology and technology

From engineering to theology and Oxford to Hillsdale, new assistant professor of theology Jordan Wales said the underlying desire to see the coherency in the world, knowing, and the human person is what drove him to eventually earn his Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame. Wales is this semester’s addition to Hillsdale’s...

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Int’l club: Students teach six languages

Hillsdale’s International Club is now offering free, informal courses in six foreign languages: Bulgarian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, and Swahili. Each language has its own weekly session lasting 30 or 45 minutes. Hillsdale students lead the classes. Sophomore Bilyana Petkova teaches Bulgarian, junior Christine Nishinaga teaches Japanese, sophomore Katie Kortepeter teaches Mandarin, junior Will...