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Radio Free Hillsdale program broadcast live from the baseball field
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Radio Free Hillsdale program broadcast live from the baseball field

  Chargers baseball is bringing something new to the field this spring. Juniors Cole McNeely and Tanner Sizemore and seniors Gabe Prieur and Tyler Creager took to the mic at the Chargers home baseball game this weekend as part of the radio program’s new live broadcasts. McNeely covered every game and partnered with Sizemore on...

Women’s tennis sweeps Ashland for 9-0 victory
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Women’s tennis sweeps Ashland for 9-0 victory

A shutout win against Ashland University on Saturday puts the Hillsdale College women’s tennis team at 4-4 prior to conference matches. After playing some of the toughest Division II competition in Florida, the Chargers competed at home for the first time this season and defeated the 8-14 Eagles 9-0 in the Biermann Athletics Center for...

Q&A with Senator Patrick Colbeck
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Q&A with Senator Patrick Colbeck

  What are your accomplishments in education policy? I actually was able to put requirements into our appropriations bill for education that effectively blocked the adoption of the Smarter Balance Contorium Exam and essentially retained Michigan control over the statewide exam. Without that, we would have had the federal government controlling all the line items...

Classics students present research at honorary national convention
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Classics students present research at honorary national convention

The Eta Sigma Phi Honorary Society for Classical Studies selects four students each year to present classical studies research projects at its annual national convention. This year, two of those are from Hillsdale. Senior Katie Hillery and John James ’17 will present their research to fellow Eta Sigma Phi members, faculty advisers, and graduate school...

The beat of their drums
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The beat of their drums

When Junior Madison McAfee decided to begin drum lessons last year, she said she thought Stacey Jones-Garrison, teacher of music and director of the Percussion Ensemble,  would say “no” because she had never taken lessons before.  Instead, Jones-Garrison encouraged her not only to take lessons, but also to join Percussion Ensemble. “The fact that she...