Month: February 2018

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Students suggest dream classes
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Students suggest dream classes

For such a small school, Hillsdale College offers many great classes taught by renowned professors that are typically found at bigger schools. These interesting courses leave students hungry for more. Each semester, professors from all departments offer special elective courses on a multitude of subjects, from the history behind Iron Maiden’s songs to more “Hillsdalian”...

Five Hillsdale couples who got a ‘ring by spring’
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Five Hillsdale couples who got a ‘ring by spring’

With only one month of winter remaining, some Hillsdale students have taken the challenge to get a “ring by spring” literally. We sat down with Hillsdale couples who recently got engaged or married. Jonathan Coote and Taylor Hannel How did you meet? “We first met in physics,” Coote said. “She was on her eighth cup...

Student research helps prepare Cornell lab for brighter X-ray beams
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Student research helps prepare Cornell lab for brighter X-ray beams

Only 40 feet underneath Cornell University’s football field, electron and positron beams race around a half-mile loop of narrow piping nearly as fast as the speed of light in a machine known as the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, or CESR. Junior Laura Salo’s research involving CESR at Cornell this past summer helped move the team...

GOAL volunteer programs looking for new leaders
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GOAL volunteer programs looking for new leaders

The GOAL volunteer program is now accepting applications for leaders. Seven out of 21 of the volunteer programs have positions opening. The GOAL coordinator is also up for application, as this year’s coordinator will step into the role of director. “Because there’s such a big turnover every year, the leader shadowing this semester is so...