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‘Path to peace’: Finding hope on the Gaza border
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‘Path to peace’: Finding hope on the Gaza border

Moshav Netiv Ha’asara, Israel — When it comes to the closest Israeli town to the Gaza Strip, a town hit with many rockets, the last thing a person would expect to see is hope. But that’s what Tsameret Zamir — a 16-year resident of the moshav, an agricultural collective in which people own private property...

Sounds from Syria
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Sounds from Syria

Mt. Bental, Israel — Standing in a huddle to keep warm against the mountain wind Jan. 4, Hillsdale College students listened to their tour guide describing how Israel had miraculously defeated the Syrian military during the Yom Kippur War in the field below. Then two booms echoed throughout the valley. “Those,” guide Jeremy Collins said,...

Theater department offers chance to study in Europe
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Theater department offers chance to study in Europe

Instead of only reading about Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre or Commedia dell’Arte, Hillsdale College students will have the chance to experience British, French, and Italian theater live this summer. Hillsdale’s theater department is providing the opportunity for students, faculty, and alumni to travel to Europe with a special offering of History of Theater II, one of...

Israel is America’s best hope for fighting Islamist extremism
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Israel is America’s best hope for fighting Islamist extremism

Given the rise and persistent threat of terrorism, America’s primary interest—and the West’s interest more generally—in the Middle East should be defeating Islamic extremism. Recent history has proven that monetary support and armed occupation are ineffective methods for curbing the Middle East’s blood thirsty extremists, perhaps the most prominent example being America’s involvement with post-Hussein...

Oren earns running sponsorship with Oiselle
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Oren earns running sponsorship with Oiselle

Less than a year after the end of her successful collegiate running career, Emily Oren ‘16 has earned her first professional sponsorship.  The nine-time NCAA division II national champion signed with women’s active-wear company Oiselle in December, officially becoming a member of its team on Jan. 1. Oren is the third Hillsdale runner to be...