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Undefeated Ashland flies past Hillsdale in 52-21 rout
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Undefeated Ashland flies past Hillsdale in 52-21 rout

The Hillsdale College football team gave up 639 total yards of offense — its second-most allowed ever — as the eighth-ranked undefeated Ashland Eagles soared past the Chargers 52-21 on Saturday afternoon. “We’ve all got to play better. We’ve got to coach better and we’ve got to play better,” head coach Keith Otterbein said. “We...

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Singing students grace Drew’s Place

A small group of Hillsdale College students goes to Drew’s Place, a local retirement home, every Sunday afternoon to lead the residents in singing hymns. The group was originally started by the GOAL program and is currently run by junior Marie Landskroener. The group meets from 1:30 to 2:00 p.m. on Sundays. Although the group...

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Fuerst in the Big Apple: professor’s compositions performed in New York City

Hillsdale’s own Associate Professor of Music Mathew Fuerst may be best-known on campus for assisting with student compositions, but he is also an acclaimed composer in his own right. His works are regularly featured in performances throughout the United States and even Europe. Most recently, the Amernet String Quartet performed two of Fuerst’s compositions —...

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From desk to podium: former student returns to teach English

With his love for literature, radio, and sports, Andy Brown ’97 is a man of many passions. Analyzing both Homer and home basketball games is all in a day’s work for Brown, lecturer in English for Hillsdale College and sportscaster for WCSR. When the college needed additional teachers for Great Books classes in Spring 2013,...

Shannon wins AEI Scholars Award
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Shannon wins AEI Scholars Award

Ben Strickland | Collegian   Senior Jack Shannon recently won the American Enterprise Institute’s 2015-2016 Young Scholars Award for his economics honors thesis, which is about the theory of “just price.” Shannon is one of four college students to receive the honor, which includes a $5,000 scholarship and invitation to AEI’s annual spring dinner. Shannon...