Month: October 2016

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Charger volleyball slams fifth-straight win
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Charger volleyball slams fifth-straight win

  After battling through a couple of hard-fought, five-set matches this weekend, the Hillsdale College volleyball team extended its winning streak to five straight matches. With a majority of the season lying ahead, the Chargers aren’t done yet — and for head coach Chris Gravel, five matches isn’t enough. “Five in a row doesn’t mean...

Climbing wall cuts hours, offers new routes for all levels
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Climbing wall cuts hours, offers new routes for all levels

Hillsdalian rock climbers have new routes but fewer opportunities to climb this year, after Hillsdale College cut the climbing wall hours for a second year in a row. Since some times attracted fewer climbers than others, the college cut an hour from the schedule and added three new routes to keep climbing interesting, said Brad...

Local businesses sponsor fashion show to benefit care center
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Local businesses sponsor fashion show to benefit care center

Next month, Hillsdale County will see its own taste of fashion week as two local businesses — Maggie Anne’s and Olivia’s Chophouse — work together to support another local organization: the Alpha Omega care center. On Oct. 17, seven models styled in Maggie Anne’s clothing will strut the runway at Olivia’s Chophouse before an audience...

McAllister will make you want to study philosophy
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McAllister will make you want to study philosophy

A new Hillsdale College professor says he wants to talk philosophy with you. “He said that he was really good at recruiting students, which was part of his selling point to us,” said Thomas Burke, humanities dean and religion and philosophy chairman. “With his bright and energetic personality, I’m sure it will be the case.”...

Back to Basics: Chargers coach football at local school
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Back to Basics: Chargers coach football at local school

Football coaches rarely remind players to bring helmets on game day — they assume it’s implied. To a seventh-grader who has never played football before, it’s not quite so obvious. Two former Charger football players learned this the hard way. Seniors Chuck Ahee and Nate Hollern are coaching the seventh-grade football team at Davis Middle...