To practice his penmanship, a 16-year-old George Washington transcribed “110 Rules of Civility” in the last 10 pages of his journal. Three decades later, General Washington quoted the old homework verbatim to his soldiers at Valley Forge, reminding them to be mindful of their personal appearance and words around women. These rules of civility, once...
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Hillsdale’s Best Dance Crew to be determined Friday
Beginning at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12, teams of Hillsdale College students will dance the night away in the Roche Sports Complex, competing in a new event: Hillsdale’s Best Dance Crew. The event’s coordinator, senior Elizabeth Thistleton, said the success of Mock Rock, a dance competition between campus residencies during Homecoming weekend, inspired the...
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‘Skyfall:’ Sauk Theater ceiling collapses
Sauk Theater’s next three productions will show in Hillsdale College’s Phillips Auditorium due to the partial collapse of the Jonesville, Michigan, building’s ceiling, which created a crack in the lighting booth’s ceiling and caused two air ducts to fall on Dec. 28. At the end of January, an engineer’s report concluded the false plaster ceiling...
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Morgan Warfield joins women’s basketball coaching staff
Although Morgan Warfield has been juggling schoolwork and sports schedules all her life, beginning her coaching career midseason was an unexpected twist. A year after finishing a record-breaking career in basketball and softball at Siena Heights University, Warfield jumped into her first assistant coaching job midway through the Hillsdale College women’s basketball team’s season. Warfield...
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Charger chopped crowns champions
Student Activities Board held its second annual Charger Chopped event Friday, Feb. 5, and the “ATBros,” junior Eric Reagan and sophomore Steve Sartore, beat out five other teams to claim the winning title for the second time. “Even though going in there was a sense of familiarity, we both were still very nervous,” Sartore said....