Month: September 2017

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Get involved with local churches
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Get involved with local churches

College is an awkward transition between leaving home and entering the “real world” of careers, grocery bills, and mortgage payments. And you might not want to hear it, but we have it easy in college. It’s easy to find free food and life is safe here in Hillsdale. It is not uncommon to find yourself...

The Jet Skis are broken by Labor Day, anyway
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The Jet Skis are broken by Labor Day, anyway

Once again, Hillsdale College students labored away on Labor Day as the school continued its longstanding tradition of neglecting the holiday. Throughout its history, the school has waffled about closing on Labor Day. After staying open on the holiday for years, the college decided to cancel classes and close administration offices in 2000. In 2002,...

Golf enters season’s first tournament
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Golf enters season’s first tournament

As the Hillsdale College golf team transitions to the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, the players’ focus has been on earning a spot in this weekend’s tournament. Junior Joel Pietila, who made history last season with the team’s first-ever individual victory in the GLIAC Championship, battled a shoulder injury this offseason, but he said it hasn’t...

Coupland, Smith take new positions as Deans
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Coupland, Smith take new positions as Deans

This summer, two professors took new dean positions. As of July, Daniel Coupland, chair of the education department, is now serving as dean of faculty, succeeding chair of the English department Stephen Smith. In addition, Smith replaced professor of religion and philosophy Tom Burke as dean of humanities. Both Coupland and Smith have taught at...

What I wish I knew as a freshman
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What I wish I knew as a freshman

Are you scared to walk into the dining hall without first sending a text to your dorm group chat asking, “Hey, where y’all at?!” Are you suffering from pre-class anxiety and under-caffeination? Have you just finished learning how to do your first load of laundry? Well, you may be suffering from “First Semester Freshman Disorder.”...