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Of free markets and music: Ivan Pongracic
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Of free markets and music: Ivan Pongracic

Some know him for his libertarian rants in economics classes, others know him by his surf band, the Madeira, which has toured the U.S. and Italy and released six CDs since 2004. Ivan Pongracic was born in 1969 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, a country run by communist dictator Marshal Tito at the time. Pongracic’s parents worked...

Students search for sea-creature fossils off roadcut in Indiana
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Students search for sea-creature fossils off roadcut in Indiana

Almost all students who visit Stone Hill end up flat on their stomach, peering at the ground. They don’t have much of a choice: They’re hunting for fossils, and there isn’t an easier way to see them. Historical Geology class students put their classroom work to use on last week’s field trip, when they visited...

Students to compete in management competition
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Students to compete in management competition

Nine Hillsdale College students will present on Monday their solutions to malnutrition in poorer areas of Michigan through community farming. Two teams of four and five students will represent Hillsdale in THEProject, a collegiate project-management competition sponsored by the Western Michigan Project Management Institute. Judges will score teams from seven Michigan universities on the quality...