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OPINION: Reverse the automatic walk: Hitter’s perspective
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OPINION: Reverse the automatic walk: Hitter’s perspective

“And Withrow will intentionally walk Ramírez…The pitch…And he throws it over the head and here comes Santana and he scores and the Diamondbacks now lead two to one in the ninth!” was what Arizona Diamondbacks broadcaster Bob Brenly announced prior to the Los Angeles Dodgers losing to the Diamondbacks due to an overthrown intentional walk...

‘Beauty from within’: A message from Princess to princess
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‘Beauty from within’: A message from Princess to princess

Streamers, sparkles, and smiles greeted guests at the second annual Salvation Army Princess Day on Saturday where Disney princesses reminded guests that beauty comes from the heart. The Liberty Princess Co. and Hillsdale College’s Salvation Army GOAL program planned the event, where students dressed as Belle from “Beauty and the Beast,” Belle’s prince, Rapunzel from...

Barney Charter Initiative to open new school in fall
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Barney Charter Initiative to open new school in fall

More than 350 students in kindergarten through eighth grade will begin classes at the newest classical charter school of Hillsdale College’s Barney Charter School Initiative opening in Fleming Island, Florida.   St. Johns Classical Academy is the initiative’s 18th school, joining others across the country from Michigan to Texas. As Michelle Knapp, the principal of...

Students revive Fairfield Society
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Students revive Fairfield Society

The Fairfield Society is being resurrected from its time of inactivity. Freshmen Mary Kate Boyle, Madeline Hedrick, Ian English, and Sara Garfinkle have been handed the reigns of the society that began more than 20 years ago on Hillsdale’s campus. The Fairfield Society, named after Hillsdale’s first president, Edmund Burke Fairfield, began around 1995, and...