Year: 2014

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Charger Chatter: Mike Harner

Chief Staff Officer for Dr. Arnn and head Golf Coach Mike Harner talks about coaching the Men’s Division II Golf Team.   What were the motivations to make Golf a D-II sport on campus? We had a golf team back when I was a student here. The team played other schools in the NAIA conference...

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Cross-country 8th in nation

The combination of the returning runners and the new additions made such an impressive roster that it had to be nationally recognized. The Hillsdale women’s cross-country team received the highest preseason NCAA Division II ranking it has had in school history. The team ranked 2nd in the region and 8th in the nation. The preseason...

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The Rice scandal: A Stain on the NFL

Everything changed for Ray Rice this Monday. Last Sunday, Rice was an NFL star, an elite running back for the Baltimore Ravens. The past few months had been rocky after a domestic violence scandal: In February, Rice knocked his fiancée unconscious in an Atlantic City casino elevator. But on Sunday, as Rice served the first...

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Raising the minimum wage is the wrong call

I don’t want more money. Yes, Michigan legislature, that’s correct. I’m a college student. An English major. An aspiring journalist with little hope of ever making big money. In addition, I currently work a minimum-wage job. I even come from Massachusetts, where, until this summer, our minimum wage was $.60 higher than yours and coming...

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This Land is for life

As time dwindles in the race between Terri Lynn Land (R) and Gary Peters (D) for the open Michigan Senate seat, voters grapple with two candidates who have seemingly flipped the stereotype of “women’s rights” and right-to-life issues. The race is backward: A woman who opposes abortion and a white man who supports it. Backward...