Year: 2014

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Bob Evans expands Hillsdale facility

Bob Evans Farms committed to expanding its Hillsdale plant this summer and is working to select a construction company, according to Margaret Standing, former senior director of corporate communications at Bob Evans Farms, Inc. The $4 million investment in the Hillsdale plant, one of the company’s packaged food production facilities, is intended to increase production...

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Students pet exotic animals at county fair

The Hillsdale County Fair is usually a place to ride the Ferris wheel or indulge in fried food, but this year, visitors could also meet a baby tiger. Representatives from Premier Animal Attractions Inc. — a family-owned, private zoo — offered fair-goers the opportunity to hold and be photographed with Aurora, a 13-week-old Bengal tiger....

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The fury of the scorned

The Washington Post reports that as many as 70 percent of married men cheat on their wives, while the Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that only 14 percent of violent crimes are committed by women. Men cheat, but women don’t kill. Gillian Flynn entangles the typical with the atypical, the believable with the unbelievable, in...

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Saul Alinsky: required reading

Hillsdale College needs a little more Lucifer. Lucifer, the original “radical,” receives a shoutout in Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals,” which should be required reading for every Hillsdale College student. Alinsky’s views and tactics go against everything the college stands for, and that is why his book, or excerpts from it, should be added to...