Month: November 2018

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Season ends against top regional seed
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Season ends against top regional seed

The Hillsdale Chargers’ season came to a end after their loss in the first round of the NCAA Division II tournament on Nov. 15. The Chargers’ goals for the season included having the best conference record, winning the conference tournament, and qualifying for the NCAA tournament, all of which they accomplished. Hillsdale was also gunning...

Senate GOP should obey the Biden rule
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Senate GOP should obey the Biden rule

Twenty-four years after then-Sen. Joe Biden (D-De.) declared that the U.S. Senate should no longer proceed with Supreme Court nominations during presidential election years, Republicans successfully used that precedent to block former President Barack Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland. Forcing the Democrats to taste their own medicine not only saved the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin...

Stop sending rubbish into outer space
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Stop sending rubbish into outer space

Humans are the Twitter trolls of the universe. Earth is that one persistent little planet that won’t shut up, and hasn’t shut up, since radio took off almost six decades ago. Entire organizations exist solely to contact hypothetical alien life. The international group Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence is watching for a reply in an observatory located...

Mock Trial prepares to face challenging foes
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Mock Trial prepares to face challenging foes

After its most recent tournament, the Hillsdale College Mock Trial program is preparing for the most competitive tournaments yet this semester: This weekend, Team 1126 will compete at the Yale Invitational and Team 1127 will contend at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational. At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign tournament in mid-November, Team 1127 lost to...