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Trump was right to pardon Arpaio
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Trump was right to pardon Arpaio

“I’ll make a prediction: I think he’s going to be just fine,” President Trump announced to a room of his supporters in Phoenix, indicating his intention to pardon former sheriff Joe Arpaio of a recently acquired criminal contempt conviction. Arpaio, an 85-year old resident of Maricopa County, was found guilty of violating a 2011 court...

Putting cancer on the defense: Hillsdale students research leukemia
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Putting cancer on the defense: Hillsdale students research leukemia

An aggressive type of blood cancer came under the scrutiny of two Hillsdale students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center this summer. Sophomore Bella VanAken donned safety glasses and latex gloves to study acute myeloid leukemia in the lab, while senior Andrea Lee sifted through hundreds of patient charts within the confines of an...

A Q&A with new international students
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A Q&A with new international students

Yannis Petrzak is from Austria and plans on attending Hillsdale for four years. It’s his second time visiting the U.S.: Last fall, he visited New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Michigan on a vacation. Why did you choose Hillsdale? I heard about Hillsdale College for the first time while looking for a place to study Economics from...

Townhouses to be completed by June
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Townhouses to be completed by June

Off campus college students can look forward to more upscale housing availabilities starting next year. As a part of the College Park housing initiative, Hillsdale College trustee and Michigan builder Thomas Duke has taken it upon himself to build and fund a townhouse complex on the corner of West and College streets. Duke said he...

Hillsdale should commemorate 1966 UFO sighting in Arb
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Hillsdale should commemorate 1966 UFO sighting in Arb

Hardly anyone on campus remembers that Hillsdale College once had its own close encounter with a UFO — and that’s why the college should put up a plaque to commemorate this extraterrestrial event. On March 21 1966, several women living in the McIntyre residence noticed unusually bright lights floating over the Slayton Arboretum around 10:30...