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Students volunteer at alligator sanctuary
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Students volunteer at alligator sanctuary

  Hillsdale College students experienced the swamps of the southeastern United States in the heart of southern Michigan on Saturday. Sixteen students and two faculty members from Hillsdale College visited Critchlow Alligator Sanctuary in Athens, Michigan. Jeffery VanZant, associate professor of biology and faculty adviser to the Pre-Veterinary Club, received an invitation a couple months...

Students present posters at biology, psychology conferences in Midwest
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Students present posters at biology, psychology conferences in Midwest

In addition to the last-minute scramble by all students to turn in their final assignments for the semester, certain science students have been particularly busy after presenting their research at different conferences around the Midwest. Senior Andrea Wallace presented her research at the poster session of the Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference 2018 at Michigan...

Don Tocco during a speech at Spring Arbor University (youtube.com)
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Tocco to speak on Monday

Entrepreneur Don Tocco will give his 16th annual presentation titled “Art of the Journey” at 7 p.m. on Monday in the Searle Center in which he will unveil his “Art for Scholarship” fundraising concept. “We will be reaching out to all alumni from Hillsdale College with the ‘Art for Scholarship’ idea,” Tocco said. “I believe...

Community bolsters senior after rock-climbing accident
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Community bolsters senior after rock-climbing accident

When Madison Moore decided to rest in her harness while climbing the rock wall after dinner on March 15, she could not have known she was seconds away from a life-changing accident. There was no reason to suspect anything was wrong. Moore had climbed the wall once a week all semester to build upper body...

Going veg’, vegan at Bon Appétit
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Going veg’, vegan at Bon Appétit

The aromas of freshly baked lasagna and garlic bread permeate the Grewcock Student Union as Hillsdale College students line up outside Bon Appétit dining hall for dinner. Marinara concoctions, side salads, and Sizzle’s burgers are marched out to the tables where they rest between laughing students, and are devoured bit by bit. For some students,...