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Hillsdale High teacher wins education excellence award
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Hillsdale High teacher wins education excellence award

  Hillsdale High School teacher Melinda Eggleston received the Excellence in Education Award in December at Michigan State’s Breslin Center. Along with a plaque presented to her by head Michigan State men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo, Eggleston won $500 for herself and $500 for Hillsdale High. According to a press release by the Michigan Lottery,...

Weekly for April 6: But what do the senior class officers even do? Let us tell you.
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Weekly for April 6: But what do the senior class officers even do? Let us tell you.

One day, everything was normal. Then, bizarre posters with dramatic smoke effects, goofy pictures, and repurposed memes covered every inch of the billboards in the library and the Grewcock Student Union. Campaign slogans, revolutionary Viva Lucchese shirts, and a 35-minute live Q&A flooded our Facebook feeds and we received personalized emails.   It worked. According...

Drums of Thunder rolls into McNamara
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Drums of Thunder rolls into McNamara

Two of Hillsdale College’s most talented drummers will be featured this Saturday in the Percussion Ensemble performance, Drums of Thunder, at 8 p.m. in the Howard music building.  Stacey Garrison-Jones directs the 12 students in the ensemble and two guest performers, junior Jacob Coonradt on guitar and sophomore Shadrach Strehle on bass. As indicated by...

‘The rest is silence’: ‘Star Wars’ defeats ‘Hamlet’ in movie- and drama-themed Mossey Madness
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‘The rest is silence’: ‘Star Wars’ defeats ‘Hamlet’ in movie- and drama-themed Mossey Madness

While North Carolina celebrates its win over Gonzaga in the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament, Hillsdale’s own March Madness just announced the winners. The winner of this year’s drama- and film-themed Mossey Madness is the original “Star Wars” trilogy, which triumphed over “Hamlet” in the championship round. The student bracket winners are senior Noah Diekemper...