Month: April 2016

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Softball clinches GLIAC tournament berth
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Softball clinches GLIAC tournament berth

The Hillsdale College softball team improved to 17-5 in the GLIAC this weekend, earning the highest rankings recorded in school history. Amid a strong team performance, junior outfielder Bekah Kastning was named GLIAC Player of the Week with her 21-game hitting streak, and senior pitcher Sarah Klopfer earned an honorable mention for GLIAC Pitcher of...

Geyer brings Germany to Hillsdale  
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Geyer brings Germany to Hillsdale  

  A group of sweaty students traipse down a cobblestone road through the the city center of Würzburg, Germany. “Should we show them the bridge?” Professor of German Eberhard Geyer asks a colleague, and guides the group to take a turn right. Moments later, they’re walking across the Alte Mainbrücke — a 500-year-old landmark of...

Choir concert to feature student compositions, conducting
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Choir concert to feature student compositions, conducting

This semester’s choir concert features a rare component: a student composer and a student conductor. Along with the rest of Chamber Choir, sophomore Jonathan Edelblut will sing his original composition “as is the sea marvelous,” based on the e.e. cummings poem. Senior Faith Liu, a music and English double major, will conduct the Chamber Choir’s...

Require freshmen to read Strunk and White
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Require freshmen to read Strunk and White

The first semester of freshman year at Hillsdale College is a wake-up call — particularly when students find themselves facing their first graded writing assignment. Deciphering the red scrawl covering the page, students find a letter grade barely visible at the top of the page: D. The college should require students to read Strunk and...