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Pulp Michigan: Faygo remembers
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Pulp Michigan: Faygo remembers

In the 1970s—back before commercial irony—the soda company Faygo ran a wildly successful TV ad featuring a group of adults boarding a steamboat and singing arm-in-arm about their favorite childhood memories. It’s hard to tell what exactly is being sold until the very end, when the boat paddles off into the sunset. The lotus-drinkers conclude...

Chargers place second at G-MAC Championships
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Chargers place second at G-MAC Championships

The Hillsdale Chargers had little choice but to grind through the mud during the G-MAC Cross Country championship race. “Morgan [Morrison] described it as running through macaroni and cheese,” junior Arena Lewis said. Morrison is a sophomore on the men’s cross country team. Despite their efforts, the Chargers fell short, earning second place with 52...

GOAL Program, dormitories host Red Cross blood drive on Friday
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GOAL Program, dormitories host Red Cross blood drive on Friday

Hillsdale College’s GOAL Program is taking to Instagram to share the stories of students who have been positively affected by blood drive donations throughout their lifetime in preparation for a recurrent blood drive this Friday. Tomorrow, Nov. 9, the Red Cross Blood Drive will be set up in Grewcock Student Union from 11a.m. to 7p.m.,...

Planetary scientist visits, discusses politics in scientific community
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Planetary scientist visits, discusses politics in scientific community

Accomplished planetary scientist Mimi Gerstell, PhD gave a public lecture Oct. 31 titled “Perspectives on Mars.” Roughly 25 students attended the Astronomy Club talk during which she recounted a few anecdotes from her book “Fish Stories by a Scientific Nobody.” Gerstell completed her undergraduate degree in mathematics at Harvard University and later earned her doctorate...