Year: 2014

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Death and violence in television has become cliché

I used to always complain about seeing heroes walk out into the sunset unscathed. Now it seems they’re lucky if they survive with half their limbs intact. Death is the new cliché in television. And though George R.R. Martin’s habit for the mass murdering of fictional characters does make for greater suspense in “Game of...

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Why you should run a marathon

One Sunday morning a few falls ago, I woke up alert, anxious, and excited — the same kind of feeling I got as a child when I woke at daybreak on a summer morning ready to dash around Anaheim’s Disneyland park. This particular Sunday morning promised every ounce of mayhem as those summer days, but...

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Hillsdale: Focus more on jobs

Hillsdale College reported a 94 percent placement rate of graduating seniors in either a graduate school program or a desired profession last year. At first this number seems impressive, but in comparison to similar private college statistics it is nothing but average. This statistic has always bothered me, not because of its numerical value but...

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Lawyer runs for District Judge

Sara Lisznyai has always been a high achiever. Not only does she run a legal practice — Marks & Lisznyai in Jonesville, Mich. — but she is an active volunteer. Since moving to Jonesville in 1996, Lisznyai has served on the board of eight community organizations, including St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, and the Hillsdale County...