Month: November 2016

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Students help with state park restoration
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Students help with state park restoration

After hiking through grass almost twice her height and fending off an abundance of malignant ticks at Grand Mere State Park, sophomore Andrea Wallace presented her research on a restoration site at the park Oct. 22 at the Michigan Consortium of Botanists. Wallace participated in an ongoing project by Professor of Biology Ranessa Cooper, who,...

Speech and debate teams take fourth
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Speech and debate teams take fourth

Hillsdale College’s individual events and debate teams took fourth place together at Marshall University’s Chief Justice Invitational on Saturday and Sunday. The debate team placed second in its team competition, with five team members earnings individual awards. The individual events team had finalists in four events. Graham Deese confirmed that the entire team had qualified...

Contact center celebrates grand opening
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Contact center celebrates grand opening

Kendall Hall’s contact center had its grand opening Oct. 27, inaugurating a new way for Hillsdale College to answer inquiries and communicate with prospective students. Although the center began operations in September, the ribbon-cutting ceremony officially welcomed the student population to the center, Contact Center Director John Papciak said. The center is full of call...

Make Christmas December Again
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Make Christmas December Again

The best way to ward off consumerism this Christmas season is to give thanks for what you already have and savor the holiday that celebrates gratitude: Thanksgiving. In Nathanael Meadowcroft’s Oct. 27 piece titled “Jingle bells before the turkey sells,” he argues that Americans don’t need to wait until after Thanksgiving to turn on Christmas...

Trump: the holy cause of a degraded campaign
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Trump: the holy cause of a degraded campaign

Donald Trump’s vocal opposition of the Johnson Amendment is a key factor of many Evangelicals’ seemingly confusing support of him.    The mainstream media has largely ignored Trump’s stance on the issue and instead spent time on his more controversial stances with protectionist trade, immigration, and foreign policy. But his stance hasn’t gone unnoticed Evangelical...