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The NBA’s most impressive season
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The NBA’s most impressive season

No team had ever accomplished what this NBA team did this season. And I’m not talking about the Golden State Warriors. Everyone expected the Warriors to be exceptional this season after winning the NBA Finals last June, but no one predicted what the Portland Trail Blazers accomplished this year. The Blazers entered the 2015-16 regular...

Softball powers to five-game win streak
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Softball powers to five-game win streak

The Hillsdale College softball team achieved a five-game winning streak after sweeping Malone University on Tuesday and Ohio Dominican University on Sunday, invoking the NCAA mercy rule in the second games against both teams. The Chargers are now 16-6 overall and 11-3 in the GLIAC. Although Hillsdale played as the visitor in the games against...

CRs bring James O’Keefe of Project Veritas to campus
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CRs bring James O’Keefe of Project Veritas to campus

Project Veritas Founder James O’Keefe speaks to students in Mossey Library’s Heritage Room on guerrilla journalism upon invitation from Hillsdale College Republicans. Randy Keefe | Courtesy Hillsdale College Republicans brought James O’Keefe, the controversial political activist best known for his undercover videos of the community activist group ACORN’s workers, to campus to speak and sign...

Charger Chatter: Peter Beneteau
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Charger Chatter: Peter Beneteau

Freshman Peter Beneteau came to Hillsdale from Canada to play on the golf team. He has not yet chosen a major, but he is considering either economics or business. How did you choose Hillsdale? With golf, opportunities to play collegiately in Canada aren’t really there. You can, but there aren’t scholarships. I had been looking...

Trump is a constitutionalist, even if he doesn’t know it
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Trump is a constitutionalist, even if he doesn’t know it

When Donald Trump announced his presidential campaign, I watched from a cubicle in a top-notch political consulting firm. Nearly his every word drew snickers and eye rolls from the campaign professionals who had gathered around the TV. “Well, at least we’ll have a *&%! show to keep us entertained for a few months,” one remarked....