Month: September 2016

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Mauck, Sigma Chi undergo renovations to preserve historic look
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Mauck, Sigma Chi undergo renovations to preserve historic look

Mauck Residence is undergoing a full renovation for the first time since 1927. Renovations on Mauck began in the summer and will continue through the fall semester, making it the fourth residence to get updated since 2014, as the college continues to renovate each of the dorms on campus, said Rebekah Dell, assistant dean of...

Campus Rec statue golf outing Friday
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Campus Rec statue golf outing Friday

Campus Rec is holding its first-ever statue golf tournament Friday at 3-6 p.m. on the Quad, legitimizing an informal leisure activity on campus. It decided to sponsor the event to capitalize on a unique Hillsdale College game, said Branden Bisher, director of men’s health and campus life. Students can play for fun or compete against...

Love, loss, and the limits of poetry: ‘Once in the West’ travels through suffering to faith
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Love, loss, and the limits of poetry: ‘Once in the West’ travels through suffering to faith

  If Christian Wiman’s life story is a journey, then “Once in the West” is the road map, drawn in a riot of color that seems to take on a life of its own. The poems rush by like signposts on the roadside in a blast of blurring imagery and syntax: “icequiet,” “stabdazzling,” “flashlit,” “slaughterhospice,”...

New rules keep Naval Battle afloat
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New rules keep Naval Battle afloat

After several trips to the Hillsdale emergency room ended the 2015 Naval Battle, Cravats and Blue Stockings is implementing a new set of rules to better protect participants in the heat of combat. The club created weapons regulations, limiting participants to pool noodles. Mandatory shoes, uniform team armbands, and standardized ship materials are also among...

Student Fed approves Christian lecture club
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Student Fed approves Christian lecture club

Named “Alithea,” the Greek word meaning  “truth,” the club will hold lecture series to deepen theological discussion on campus, said sophomore Katarina Bradford, Alithea president. The club will bring Christian speakers to campus to discuss the arguments and implications of the Christian worldview, which Student Fed members said they think will be a valuable resource...