Month: October 2014

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Welcome grad students to the community

Last week, the Collegian covered the proposed amendment to the Student Federation Constitution, which would secure a seat for a member of the Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship. The idea has been in play since last year, and is shared by the undergraduate students as it does to the graduate students. The grad students interviewed...

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Q&A: Charles Cooke, a gun-loving Brit

National Review Staff Writer Charles Cooke is a graduate of the University of Oxford, where he studied modern history and politics. He writes on the Second Amendment, Anglo-American history, free speech, and American Exceptionalism. He is the co-host of the podcast “Mad Dogs and Englishmen.” In addition to National Review, his writing has appeared in...

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Students hear Wendell Berry

This past weekend, 30 Hillsdale students had the opportunity to hear celebrated novelist and activist Wendell Berry speak at the fourth annual Front Porch Republic conference in Louisville, Kentucky. The conference is held every year at various locations across America to “examine ways to promote a more comprehensive localist vision,” according to the Front Porch...

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Amash and Calley: More beer

  The brewing industry is one of the fastest-growing markets in the state of Michigan. Microbreweries are beginning to pop up at an increased rate, but some of the state’s out-of-date liquor laws might be hampering these companies’ potential. Michigan citizens and companies are working to change these laws to make it easier for people...

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Outstanding alumni to get awards

Tomorrow evening in the Dow Leadership Center, five recipients will be honored at the 63rd annual Alumni Awards banquet, which takes place the Friday of homecoming week each year. According to Grigor Hasted, director of business and industry and constituents/alumni relations, the alumni are nominated for the honors. Three awards will be presented: the Distinguished...