Month: February 2016

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Men’s track breaks records, chases qualifying times for nationals
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Men’s track breaks records, chases qualifying times for nationals

The Hillsdale College men’s track and field team had a successful outing at the Grand Valley Big Meet last weekend, as senior Todd Frickey reclaimed the 60 meter school record, the 4×400 relay team won their race and broke the school record, and the distance medley relay team won their event and came within two...

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Kenneth Olmstead: forever carved in our hearts

Kenneth Olmstead, lifetime Hillsdale resident and husband of long-time college employee Sue Olmstead, died of a brain hemorrhage Feb. 6 — a day before what would have been his 65th birthday. Sue Olmstead has been a much-loved staple of the Hillsdale College staff for 25 years and served the college in various departments, including the...

Ramette assists LIGO in confirming Einstein’s theory
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Ramette assists LIGO in confirming Einstein’s theory

Joshua Ramette | Courtesy In the largest project ever funded by the National Science Foundation, scientists have found evidence confirming Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity. Among the hundreds of collaborators is junior Joshua Ramette, whose research over the summer contributed to the first-ever detection of gravitational waves. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO,...

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City clerk seeks Election Day volunteers

The Hillsdale City Clerk’s Office is looking for registered voters to work in the polling locations on the three Election Days in the upcoming year, and Hillsdale students could be viable applicants. The only requirement to work in the polling locations is to be a registered voter within the state of Michigan. Poll workers will...

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Student Fed allocates $7,000 to fund 165 students for CPAC trip

Hillsdale College’s Student Federation quickly approved $7,000, 58 percent of this semester’s discretionary budget, to help fund the College Republicans’ Conservative Political Action Conference trip last week. Twelve representatives voted in favor of fully funding the $7,000 proposal, five voted against it, and two abstained. Of the voting members, nine are attending CPAC: Seven voted...