Month: April 2018

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Deal house is a step in the past
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Deal house is a step in the past

A local couple has recently finished renovating a historic home after 27 months of work. The house, built in 1901, has been designed to look as if a family has maintained the home for more than a century. Bob Norton, the general counsel for Hillsdale College, and his wife Kathy purchased and renovated the historic...

Rosemary Pynes plans big for new women’s dorm
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Rosemary Pynes plans big for new women’s dorm

Construction on the new residence hall for upperclasswomen may not even be completed yet, but that hasn’t stopped its house director-to-be Rosemary Pynes and the group of girls that will become its resident assistant team next year from setting ambitious goals for themselves. According to Rebekah Dell, assistant dean of women, a new residence hall...

Big Band to  perform jazz  this weekend
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Big Band to perform jazz this weekend

Hillsdale College’s Big Band will perform with guest drum soloist Jim Rupp at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 6 and Saturday, April 7  in the Markel Auditorium in the Sage Center for the Arts. “This is the big finale of the year for the big band,” Director of Jazz Ensembles Chris McCourry said. “We have...

Where did we get all these Snapchat filters?
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Where did we get all these Snapchat filters?

  Central Hall was one of the first to appear. Then one of the Kappa Kappa Gamma house. Then a Charger-blue pennant.  It’s unclear exactly when Snapchat geofilters started showing up on Hillsdale College’s campus, but it’s still a fairly new phenomenon, with more being added each year. Bridget DeLapp ’17, a member of Kappa...

Hiring faculty the Hillsdale way
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Hiring faculty the Hillsdale way

Students are not the only ones who endure the rigors of examination at Hillsdale College. For over a year, the Hillsdale faculty has been consumed with the process of filling eight faculty openings for the upcoming academic year. This year’s committee looked to fill positions in psychology, politics, English, history, finance, biology, mathematics, and theater....