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Hillcats out of the bag: College jazz ensemble recording new album
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Hillcats out of the bag: College jazz ensemble recording new album

    Gianna Marchese and the Hillcats will be singin’ and swingin’ their way through the 2016-2017 school year in preparation for the release of their newest album next fall. The Hillcats, the college’s faculty jazz band, will record their spin on a collection of American standards, featuring Marchese, a senior, as their jazz vocalist....

Booth Brothers belt inthe Barn
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Booth Brothers belt inthe Barn

  The Booth Brothers, an award-winning Southern Gospel group made up of members Ronnie Booth Jr., Michael Booth, and Paul Lancaster, will perform at the Gospel Barn outside of Hillsdale at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday. Scott Wiley, who owns and operates the Gospel Barn with family and volunteers, said he first heard of...

College isn’t just about class; it’s about finding a husband too
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College isn’t just about class; it’s about finding a husband too

With the class of 2020 being the smartest incoming class in Hillsdale College’s history and raising the average ACT score to 30, the culture of academia at Hillsdale is stronger than ever before. The freshmen will soon realize, C’s here not only get degrees but they get handed out more freely than pocket constitutions. College,...

The saga of bad meal plans needs to end
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The saga of bad meal plans needs to end

In S.M. Chavey’s article last week defending Bon Appetit and the mandatory meal plan policy, she claims the meal plan requirement is “necessary from a financial standpoint” and that it is “an integral part of campus culture.” I’d like to address her claims in turn. Her first claim, that mandatory meal plans are necessary for...

Religious minorities in the Middle East need to be given a home
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Religious minorities in the Middle East need to be given a home

  Ethnic and religious minorities in the Middle East might be getting their own homeland soon. On September 9th, a bipartisan resolution was introduced in the US House of Representatives in order to establish an independent homeland in the Nineveh Plain region of Iraq for persecuted religious and ethnic minorities, including the Assyrians, Yazidis, and...