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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.”...

Advice from an Old-Timer
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Advice from an Old-Timer

All you freshman have undoubtedly received so much advice by this time that you are sick of it. Your family surely told you what to do freshman year to get by, your church back home offered advice, your friends have put in their two cents. You got even more useful advice if you went to...

Level of competition not a driving factor in conference move
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Level of competition not a driving factor in conference move

Some have argued Hillsdale College left the GLIAC because Hillsdale’s athletic programs couldn’t compete. Hillsdale’s 40-plus-year history in the GLIAC proves otherwise. For instance, in 2017, both men’s and women’s track and field finished second in the GLIAC, while several other programs posted impressive seasons. Junior Joel Pietila won the 2017 GLIAC Men’s Golf Individual,...

Volleyball to open season with four home games this weekend
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Volleyball to open season with four home games this weekend

The Hillsdale College women’s volleyball team is preparing for its first season as members of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. Last season, the Chargers went 16-12 overall. Six of the team’s seven starters are returning to the team, along with the addition of five promising freshmen. In a recent preseason coaches poll, the team was...

Chargers leave GLIAC for G-MAC
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Chargers leave GLIAC for G-MAC

Two years after announcing its intentions to change athletic conferences, a new era in Hillsdale athletics is about to begin. All 14 of Hillsdale’s varsity sports will move to the Great Midwest Athletic Conference this year, after more than 40 years in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Hillsdale College Athletic Director Don Brubacher said...