Month: February 2018

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Library adds new streaming service, research tool to its website
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Library adds new streaming service, research tool to its website

The Mossey Library recently added two new features to its online resources for students. The website now offers Ambrose, an online video widget, and Yewno Discover, an innovative research site. Ambrose brings more Shakespeare and historical movies to the library’s growing collection of films. IndieFlix, FilmStruck, and Films on Demand, all movie resources the library...

‘Super blue blood moon’ rises in morning sky
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‘Super blue blood moon’ rises in morning sky

Early Wednesday morning, a lunar eclipse occurred in combination with two other lunar phenomena, dubbed the “super blue blood moon.” During the lunar eclipse, the Earth passes between the sun and the moon, casting a reddish tint on the surface of the moon. “The Earth has an atmosphere and the moon doesn’t, so when you...

Analog on campus: Antiquated technology lives on at Hillsdale
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Analog on campus: Antiquated technology lives on at Hillsdale

Anyone who has taken one of Professor of History Ken Calvert’s classes knows about his love of the overhead projector. Instead of the digital projectors wired into the ceiling of each classroom, Calvert prefers a boxy contraption illuminated by an incandescent light bulb that looks like it belongs in a “Looney Toons” episode. But Calvert...

Genealogy workshop personalizes history
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Genealogy workshop personalizes history

Students will have the opportunity to learn how they connect to American history on Friday. The Michigan Society for the Sons of the American Revolution are holding a genealogy workshop 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Knorr Student Center’s Weigand Computer Lab. Participating Hillsdale College and Academy students will have the opportunity to use...