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Media must verify first, even in breaking news
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Media must verify first, even in breaking news

After officials “contained” a school shooting at Great Mills High School in Maryland on Tuesday, CNN host John Berman conducted an interview with a student named Jonathan while the school was still in lockdown. Berman asked the student fundamental questions about the event, including what happened, what he saw, what he was being told, and...

Hillsdale student wins entrepreneurial competition
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Hillsdale student wins entrepreneurial competition

The role of an entrepreneur is innovation through creativity. Through its Independent Innovators Network scholarship competition, The Michigan Colleges Alliance encourages students to develop a business of social entrepreneurship concept. Hillsdale freshman Sam Swayze won the most recent round of the competition earlier this month, receiving more votes than any of the other 24 submissions...

G-MAC era arrives for softball
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G-MAC era arrives for softball

The Hillsdale College softball team will play its first games in the G-MAC against Trevecca Nazarene and Kentucky Wesleyan this coming weekend, beginning the season with two strong opponents. “We start off this weekend with four games against two of the best teams in the league,” head coach Joe Abraham said. “These are teams we...

How ‘Sons of Liberty’ predicted the future: Stop writing historical hit pieces to further ideological agendas
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How ‘Sons of Liberty’ predicted the future: Stop writing historical hit pieces to further ideological agendas

Postmodern thinker Hideo Kojima in 2001 predicted the future. In his classic work “Sons of Liberty,” Kojima depicts a world where media surrounds the individual with constantly changing and useless information, or “junk data.” This junk data drives the individual to build their own truth and abide by it with slavish devotion. Kojima writes: “Everyone...

Aristotle for plebes
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Aristotle for plebes

Eleanor Shellstrop opens her eyes and finds herself in an unfamiliar waiting room.  “Welcome!” reads the bright green text on the wall in front of her. “Everything is fine.” That may or may not be true. Eleanor soon learns that she has died and, thanks to her good deeds on Earth, ended up in the...