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Alumna adds pop to band
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Alumna adds pop to band

As a student, Ellen Hogan ’16 could be expected to perform in most campus musical events. From both chamber and school choirs to Phi Mu Alpha’s Battle of the Bands and Coffee House, Hogan established her broad musical ability. Now Hogan brings this versatility to Nashville-based band Sunset East as its frontman and newest member. ...

Make a book your own
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Make a book your own

I didn’t understand Hillsdale College when I was a freshman. Then I discovered a book that changed everything. I came here because I thought it would help me advance in Republican Party politics, but everyone at freshman convocation and other orientation events spoke about liberal education and the Honor Code. Aside from the statues of...

U.S. dollar threatened by inflation, borrowing, and China
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U.S. dollar threatened by inflation, borrowing, and China

The U.S. dollar has dominated the international economic system for almost a century, but that may be coming to an end. Through the third year of World War I, the British pound remained on the gold standard and as the world reserve currency, but Britain’s war deficit accumulated. Britain had to take out loans, and...

Hillsdale among last to use Kitt Peak telescope under the National Science Foundation
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Hillsdale among last to use Kitt Peak telescope under the National Science Foundation

Students at Hillsdale College no longer have access to using the telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, after the National Science Foundation’s astronomy division divested from the project this year. The physics department has taken two trips to the Tucson, Arizona, observatory this year, after the foundation approved proposals that Assistant Professor of Physics Tim...