Much of Hillsdale’s women’s tennis team will seem astonishingly familiar this fall. Composed of seven athletes, the team neither gained incoming freshmen nor graduated any seniors, meaning all members have had previous experience on the team. “We have the same team this year so that’s not different, but the thing that is different is that...
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Charger golf to swing in the season
Hillsdale College has taken golf to a new level this year, advancing from the statue variety to varsity. Thanks to an endowment by Dawn Tibbetts Potter, the college recruited six freshmen, two juniors and two seniors to re-establish the team on campus. The Division II team will compete in the GLIAC among 15 others in...
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Sports facilities: revamped and renamed
Like Bumblee in “Transformers,” Hillsdale’s weight room is a whole new animal. Except instead of a grungy 1977 Chevrolet Camaro turning into a sleek, new model, the old gym turned into a pristine state of the art weight room. “It was pretty shocking,” senior Matt Eltringham said. In addition to the remodeled downstairs weight room,...
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Hillsdale student killed in car accident
A Hillsdale College student was killed in a car accident on Monday evening near Monroe, Michigan. Brittany Ames, 22, of Tecumseh, Michigan, was pronounced dead Monday evening near an intersection where, according to the police report, she ran a stop sign and collided with a tow truck. No one else was injured in the accident....
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College installs Wireless Internet in dorms
Students returning to campus next month can cross routers and ethernet cords off of their packing lists: the college is installing wireless internet service in student residences. Information Technology Services and Media Services are working on wifi installation in Benzing Residence, Simpson Residence, Niedfeldt Residence, Koon Residence, Whitley Residence, and the Dow House. “We estimate...