Month: March 2016

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Women’s basketball gains experience in first season under new coach
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Women’s basketball gains experience in first season under new coach

A loss to Saginaw Valley State University on Feb. 25 ended the Hillsdale College women’s basketball team’s first season under head coach Todd Mitmesser. The Chargers finished with an overall record of 10-16 and 7-15 in the GLIAC, setting the groundwork for next season with an aggressive game strategy and a host of young, experienced...

Softball goes 2-2 over weekend to wrap up nonconference play
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Softball goes 2-2 over weekend to wrap up nonconference play

The Hillsdale College softball team opened last weekend with a 13-3 victory in the fifth inning, invoking the NCAA’s mercy rule against Trevecca Nazarene University. The Chargers also topped Huntington 3-1, but dropped games to Indianapolis and Truman to solidify a 2-2 weekend. “Our strongest game was definitely against Trevecca Nazarene,” head coach Joe Abraham...

Is ‘Hamilton’ good history?
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Is ‘Hamilton’ good history?

When Lin-Manuel Miranda debuted his “Hamilton Mixtape” at the White House in 2009, his clever lyrics and musicality carried the performance, while his subject inspired amused but politely restrained laughter. This year Miranda rapped his Grammy acceptance speech for the cast recording of “Hamilton: An American Musical” to roaring, even tearful applause. Miranda’s work has...

Weekend orchestra concerts take audience from the English seaside to Cuba
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Weekend orchestra concerts take audience from the English seaside to Cuba

The Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra will fill Markel Auditorium with the sounds of a Suffolk fishing town this weekend in its annual spring concert. The “Four Sea Interludes,” selections from the opera “Peter Grimes” by British composer Benjamin Britten, challenge musicians to bring the salty air of the sea and scenes of village living in...

Men’s track takes third at GLIACs
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Men’s track takes third at GLIACs

Men’s track team placed third at GLIAC, with Jared Schipper winning pole vault, and three school records being broken; Hillsdale has now placed nine athletes in national meet. After a season of athletes and coaches claiming their team was on the rise, the Hillsdale College men’s track and field team went out and proved it...