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Obamacare makes finding sorority cooks more difficult
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Obamacare makes finding sorority cooks more difficult

A narrow culinary market and regulations from the Affordable Care Act are two factors motivating the frequent turnover in the Hillsdale College sorority kitchen staff. For the second time in a year, Pi Beta Phi sorority lost its cook and is now sending its members to the Grewcock Student Union for all meals at Bon...

‘It’s a boy! It’s a girl!’ Teen students care for baby simulators in parenting class
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‘It’s a boy! It’s a girl!’ Teen students care for baby simulators in parenting class

  In an effort to shed light on the responsibility of parenting to teens, Hillsdale’s own Child Abuse and Protection Awareness organization brings the RealCare baby program to local classrooms. Aligning with each high school’s specific curriculum, CAPA loans robot baby simulators to individual teens for a weekend, giving them the opportunity to have extensive...

Anthony Esolen selected as 2017 commencement speaker
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Anthony Esolen selected as 2017 commencement speaker

Anthony Esolen, an internationally known translator and writer, will speak at Hillsdale College’s 165th commencement ceremony on May 13, 2017. Provost David Whalen made the announcement Wednesday, after Esolen accepted the college’s invitation to address the class of 2017. Senior class officers said they chose Esolen to speak based on recommendations from faculty, peers, and...

Technology prompts college to review academic honor policy
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Technology prompts college to review academic honor policy

Hillsdale College faculty are in the process of revising the school’s Policy on Academic Honor. With developments in technology, the internet has made cheating easier than ever before, necessitating changes to the policy, Professor of Business Law David Paas said. Additionally, since plagiarism is the single offence addressed in the policy, the faculty is looking...