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College sent racial data on student athletes to NCAA
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College sent racial data on student athletes to NCAA

Despite publicly stating that it has never collected or recorded racial data on any of its students, Hillsdale College’s administration has submitted information on the race of all student athletes through the athletic department since joining the NCAA in 1990. Last week, college administrators discovered that for two-and-a-half decades, Hillsdale has complied with an NCAA...

Mock trial wins 1st, 4th at year opener
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Mock trial wins 1st, 4th at year opener

At its first tournament of the year, Hillsdale College’s mock trial teams placed first and fourth in the Thunderdome Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Wheaton College hosted 21 colleges for the tournament held in the DuPage County Courthouse in Wheaton, Illinois. Team “$traight Up,” captained by senior Kristiana Mork and junior Honor Perrine, scored a...

Trump leads among Hillsdale students
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Trump leads among Hillsdale students

If the election were held today, for whom would you vote? Create pie charts With 19 days until the national election, Hillsdale College students favor presidential candidate Donald Trump. Of 493 respondents, a Collegian survey found that more than 43 percent are planning to cast their ballots for the Republican Party’s nominee. That is comparable...

Celebrating a special zeal for life
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Celebrating a special zeal for life

When junior Laurel Nitzel is home in Nebraska, her little brother will ask her to dance. She and Jonny Nitzel sing together, but when he starts moving to the “Cha Cha Slide,” she prefers to watch. “I don’t dance with him, but he dances and it’s pretty entertaining,” she said, admitting: “Sometimes he’ll grab my...