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John Quint keeps fighting
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John Quint keeps fighting

The career services office is missing one of its star players this semester. After visiting the emergency room last Christmas, Assistant Director of Career Services John Quint was diagnosed with testicular cancer by University of Michigan’s Urology Department. He had surgery to remove the tumor on Jan. 19, but three months later, the cancer returned,...

Seven essential apps for students
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Seven essential apps for students

For the busy student, mobile applications that organize every aspect of college can be lifesavers. Here are 7 free apps that can help relieve stress and keep students sane by tracking campus events, budgets, sleep schedules, notes, and homework. Ellucian GO Ellucian GO is a very helpful app for managing life at Hillsdale. It connects...

Students volunteer at church in exchange for housing
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Students volunteer at church in exchange for housing

  Three Hillsdale College students are receiving rent-free housing thanks to Hillsdale Free Methodist Church. Senior Rebecca Huff and juniors Brooke Conrad and Regan Lasch volunteer at the church for five hours a week. In exchange, they receive housing on church property in a little house called the North House. This church program, which has...

Canoes, hikes, s’mores: Biology department holds annual retreat
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Canoes, hikes, s’mores: Biology department holds annual retreat

When Hillsdale College biology students swap laboratories and classrooms for their annual lakeside retreat, they trek through the woods on a botany hike, burn methane, and canoe for hours on a river. “Whether it’s lighting swamp gas…the s’mores, the canoe trips, the meals that we share together, even the ride up and back ­— the...

Student spends summer studying hopelessness depression
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Student spends summer studying hopelessness depression

  Senior psychology major Elyse Hutcheson may have spent the summer studying hopelessness, but she said she’s optimistic about how the research opportunity helped her prepare for the future. Hutcheson studied causes of a subtype of depression called hopelessness depression at Temple University in Philadelphia. She conducted her research in their mood and cognition lab,...