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Men’s tennis competes at ITA Regionals
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Men’s tennis competes at ITA Regionals

The Hillsdale College men’s tennis team competed at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regionals Fall Midwest Championships last weekend. The Chargers were missing almost half of its team but still competed well. Sophomore Charlie Adams faced the No. 1 seed Sebastien Lescoulie of Grand Valley State in his first round and was defeated 6-4, 6-0. Adams...

Letter to the Editor
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Letter to the Editor

In Mark Naida’s article “Foreign language majors don’t need to be fluent at graduation,” he provides the underrepresented perspective of a language major who has studied for years, yet lacks speaking fluency and has not spent time abroad. I appreciated that he addressed the “Does that mean you’re fluent?” question often asked of language majors,...

Delivering pizzas, establishing roots
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Delivering pizzas, establishing roots

When Jonesville High School challenged the Hillsdale Cottage Inn Pizza to deliver more than 150 pizzas to six public schools in less than an hour in 2016, Cottage Inn delivered. Prompted by Bob Drake, a guidance counselor at Jonesville High School, Cottage Inn Pizza delivered 156 pizzas to six schools in less than an hour...

In with the new: New scenic designer brings experience to theater department
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In with the new: New scenic designer brings experience to theater department

“You don’t have to be delicate with that!” Donald Fox shouted at the students dismantling the miscellaneous wooden platform in the scene shop. The new scenic designer for Hillsdale’s theater department, Fox has been reorganizing the workshop behind Markel Auditorium where scenery is constructed. The scene shop is filled with tools, piles of wood, and...

‘Sharing the world,’ Franklin discovers early Whitman translations
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‘Sharing the world,’ Franklin discovers early Whitman translations

“Each sharing the earth with all,” ends the first verse of Walt Whitman’s “Salut au Monde,” a poem that celebrates global equality. Virtues such as this brought Whitman beyond the U.S. border to share his ideas with the earth even during his lifetime. Assistant Professor of English Kelly Scott Franklin contributed a piece to the...