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Alumni return to recruit teachers at job fair
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Alumni return to recruit teachers at job fair

One year ago, Danielle Garceau ’16 attended her third and final Classical School Job Fair at Hillsdale College. Or so she thought. After accepting a teaching job at Rocky Mountain Classical Academy just two days after last year’s job fair, Garceau started teaching middle school mathematics in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Last week, she returned to...

‘The Kingdom of Speech’ in review: Wolfe’s ‘New Journalism’ is getting old
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‘The Kingdom of Speech’ in review: Wolfe’s ‘New Journalism’ is getting old

BAM! A right cross to that sniveling Charles Darwin and his so-called “Theory of Evolution.” Then … WHAP! A slap to Noam Chomsky and his sycophantic band of MIT-desk-bound Darwinian linguists. That’s the conceit of “The Kingdom of Speech,” New York City-based journalist Tom Wolfe’s 2016 book which argues that it is language, not natural...

New volunteer program leadership sets GOALs
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New volunteer program leadership sets GOALs

Freshman Marie Johnson will serve as next year’s GOAL Program Coordinator, GOAL leaders announced Feb. 14. Johnson will step into her role, after the current coordinator, junior Allison Deckert, takes over for graduating senior Alexis Garcia as the GOAL Program director. “I think it’s vital that students don’t just spend all their time on this...

Softball struggles in Indiana
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Softball struggles in Indiana

Struggling against 30-degree weather and wind gusts up to 33 mph over the weekend, the Chargers softball team went 1-3 at the Midwest Region Crossover tournament in Evansville, Indiana, dropping two games Saturday and splitting two games on Sunday, finishing with a win. Sophomore second baseman Amanda Marra said hitting came alive Saturday, and batters...