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Lyceum lecture looks at the limits of language in life, learning, and Latin
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Lyceum lecture looks at the limits of language in life, learning, and Latin

Both doors of Lane 125 were open: students, faculty, and visiting parents filled every seat, leaned in the doorways, sat on the ground, slouched against the walls, drew up folding chairs. The panelists of the Lyceum’s March 3 “Liberal Arts Friday Forum,” on the limits of language, included Peter Blum, professor of philosophy and culture,...

Cheap, fast internet still unavailable to private homes
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Cheap, fast internet still unavailable to private homes

  One roadblock keeps Hillsdale residents from quality internet access: it isn’t yet profitable to extend the fiber optic network looping around the city to private homes. That means city residents — and those in the surrounding townships and county — are limited to local providers that struggle to provide reliable, quality internet in a...

‘Kiss Me, Kate’: Did we kiss morality goodbye?
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‘Kiss Me, Kate’: Did we kiss morality goodbye?

When I attended “Kiss Me, Kate” on Saturday night, I found it so wonderful that I returned again Sunday afternoon. All of the actors and actresses shone, and the pit and crew were wonderful. But I was shocked by the many references of an immoral nature made throughout the show, from broomsticks to the content...

Students learn what they want from Career Shift
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Students learn what they want from Career Shift

Although relationships Hillsdale College has with employers and alumni can help students find internships and jobs, the Career Shift platform may help students to identify the type of job for which they are looking. The career services office has three main platforms for helping students find jobs: Handshake, LinkedIn, and Career Shift. While the first...