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Preserve college tradition: Go to convocation
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Preserve college tradition: Go to convocation

“As the students filed in, there was the din of voices—happy because of the renewal of friendships,” a reporter for the Collegian described the mirthful 1925 fall convocation at College Baptist Church. Yet on April 6, 2017 students will sparsely populate the balcony and the side pews of the very same church because they do...

‘A small town that did something big’
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‘A small town that did something big’

The only prison museum within a walled, operating prison in the nation is in Jackson, Michigan, a town Hillsdale College students typically associate with sushi pilgrimages. Bryan, Ohio, a town smaller than Hillsdale, manufactures Dum Dums, candy canes, and circus peanuts (yes, you read that right). “It’s not really true that we live in the...

Masala madness: Chai tea enthusiasts
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Masala madness: Chai tea enthusiasts

After sophomores Owen Fingerhut and RJ Norton and junior Daniel O’Dette heave their calculus books onto a table in the Mauck Hall lobby, they head to the kitchen to spice up their study session with a big pot of homemade chai tea. “It’s 2 inches sliced ginger, 10 cloves, six cardamom pods, 2 teaspoons black...