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Eight bands vie for CHP slots Thursday
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Eight bands vie for CHP slots Thursday

Eight new and returning bands will take the stage Thursday night for the Student Activity Board’s Centralhallapalooza Showdown to test their mettle as openings acts for SAB’s largest event of the year. SAB Director Anthony Manno said eight bands is unprecedented — last year, five bands competed — especially since most of the groups are...

Professors say chapel reaffirms Christian heritage
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Professors say chapel reaffirms Christian heritage

Christ Chapel will be the newest chapter in Hillsdale College’s long affiliation with Christianity. Provost David Whalen told The Collegian earlier this semester the college has always been Christian and the purpose of the chapel is to “make explicit what is too often implicit.” A group of Free Will Baptists established the college in 1844,...

Wash. Free Beacon EIC selected as fall Pulliam fellow
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Wash. Free Beacon EIC selected as fall Pulliam fellow

Washington Free Beacon Editor-in-Chief Matthew Continetti will visit Hillsdale College next semester and teach on conservative journalism. “Many prominent figures in the conservative movement were writers and editors,” Continetti said. “The class will take a look at the greatest thought from conservative thinkers.” Director of the Dow Journalism Program John Miller said Continetti, who is...

‘Birzer Bandana’ ties together science fiction, apocalyptic poetry, and British prog-rock
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‘Birzer Bandana’ ties together science fiction, apocalyptic poetry, and British prog-rock

Theology, intellectual rock, and the liberal arts — these are three main elements of the debut album by Birzer Bandana, a collaboration between progressive rock musician Dave Smith and Hillsdale College Professor of History Bradley Birzer. Birzer provided the concept and lyrics, and Smith wrote the music for the seven-song progressive rock album “Becoming One,”...