Month: March 2017

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Buffalo roam on farms in Hillsdale County
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Buffalo roam on farms in Hillsdale County

Spooked and mulish, the buffalo calves huddled in the dark, somewhere in the back of the trailer. They weren’t coming out. Banging on the outside of the trailer hadn’t worked, so, after a few beers, Tom Lennox and his buddy decided Tom was going in. Tom sidled along the wall of the trailer, thinking that...

ChiHop serves up pancakes, wishes
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ChiHop serves up pancakes, wishes

Chi Omega is holding its annual pancake breakfast Saturday from 10 a.m to 1 p.m. at its sorority house. Tickets to “ChiHop” are $5, with all proceeds going to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The proceeds go toward the sorority’s combined funds from other events to send $6,000 to Make-A-Wish. That amount pays for the wish of...

$100 million and 1,000 proposals later, Thompson retires from I.A.
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$100 million and 1,000 proposals later, Thompson retires from I.A.

At her retirement party, Sharon Thompson is never alone. Dressed in a bright pink top that’s as cheery as her disposition, she can’t leave her corner as people keep approaching her, eager to chat, reminisce, and express their gratitude. Her popularity is a testimony to her character and her 16 years of service as a...

The Great Wall Defends Mindless Action While Keeping Out Substance
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The Great Wall Defends Mindless Action While Keeping Out Substance

In 1999, the now infamous film “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace” was released. Featuring an overly-complicated plot involving space politics, characters people wish never existed, and hordes of CGI robots, the film today possesses a small cult following, but the vast majority of its viewers wish they could reclaim their forever lost two hours and...

Redwood tree statue would embody eternal truths
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Redwood tree statue would embody eternal truths

When President Larry Arnn welcomed the Class of 2020 to Hillsdale College at Fall Convocation, he said that our College is devoted to those ideas “which claim to be eternal.”         But what on our campus speaks to the eternal nature of freedom and equality under God, or the “inestimable blessings” we receive in the...