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Rubio wins campus straw poll
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Rubio wins campus straw poll

On Super Tuesday, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. swept a campus-wide straw poll, taking 43 percent of the vote. The Collegian poll collected preferences of 668 respondents in the Republican Presidential Primary ahead of the Super Tuesday primary returns. Preferences of Hillsdale students do not correlate with the results of the 11-state primary block: Rubio won...

Hillsdale remains absent from Scorecard: 700 other schools added
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Hillsdale remains absent from Scorecard: 700 other schools added

The U.S. Department of Education added more than 700 institutions to the College Scorecard database in January, according to a department spokesperson — but Hillsdale College remains excluded. Last September, President Barack Obama described the database, created to compare colleges and universities across the nation, as “comprehensive.” According to the department spokesperson, the updated Scorecard...

Mr. Aavang goes to Washington: Senior veteran meets with members of Congress on VA reform
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Mr. Aavang goes to Washington: Senior veteran meets with members of Congress on VA reform

U.S. Marines Corps veteran senior Michael Aavang presented his policy brief for proposed Veterans Affairs health care reform to senators and representatives during a conference in Washington, D.C. So far, Aavang and nine other student legislative fellows for the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Student Veterans of America have written Congressional white papers and met...