Between November and February, students dashing from class to class bundled up from head-to-toe will throw shocked and mystified stares at sophomore Daniel Visnovsky, who strides through campus in a sweatshirt, a hat, a scarf, and shockingly, shorts. Men who wear shorts in the cold represent a localized northern U.S. campus phenomenon that garners strange...
Month: February 2016
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Men’s basketball gets back on track
For the first 20 minutes last Thursday night against the Michigan Tech Huskies, the Hillsdale College men’s basketball team looked sluggish. The Chargers needed a win to stay in the GLIAC tournament picture, but they trailed the Huskies 37-24 at halftime in front of a home crowd that had witnessed two straight comeback efforts fall...
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Softball swings into season
After finishing third place in the GLIAC tournament last year, the Hillsdale College softball team will look to build on its success this season. The Chargers will open their season tomorrow against Fairmont State University in South Carolina. As the Chargers only lost three seniors at the end of last year, head coach Joe Abraham...
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Council adopts new social media policy
The Hillsdale City Council voted to pass a new social media policy for city employees at its Feb. 15 meeting, although both the council and the public expressed a general dislike for the policy’s wording. The policy permits the city government to fire any employee who speaks inappropriately on social media. Hillsdale City Attorney Tom...
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Collegian honored by MPA
At its annual meeting on Jan. 28-29, the Michigan Press Association named the Collegian the “best weekly college newspaper in Michigan.” Student writers for the Collegian also won 23 individual awards for work published during the 2014-2015 school year. “Hillsdale College has some of the smartest and most talented journalism students in Michigan,” Dow Journalism...