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Frozen tire pumps deflate drivers’ airy ambitions
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Frozen tire pumps deflate drivers’ airy ambitions

  Out-of-service air pumps have had some Hillsdale residents hopping from one gas station to the next, as snow piles up and temperatures fluctuate. Air pump companies are being overwhelmed with service requests, as many machines at northern U.S. gas stations break during the winter months. “We’ve received an increase in calls,” said Allen Medford,...

Grove City choir sings its way across America
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Grove City choir sings its way across America

  Grove City College Touring Choir will stop at College Baptist in Hillsdale for a free performance at 7 p.m. Feb. 27. The choir will travel across the country, across genres, and across centuries as part of their annual spring break tour, performing pieces as diverse as Palestrina, a Brahms requiem, and Moses Hogan. “We...

Students question themselves when they should be questioning their professors
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Students question themselves when they should be questioning their professors

When a student doesn’t understand a point a professor makes in class, they have two options: remain silent or admit ignorance and ask for help. Professors want students to engage with them, but students sometimes choose to avoid that engagement. Professors desire student engagement for different reasons. Blake McAllister, assistant professor of philosophy, thinks the...

Albion named one of worst for free speech
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Albion named one of worst for free speech

Albion College, a liberal arts school a half hour from Hillsdale College’s campus, made a list of 2018’s 10 worst colleges for free speech this week. On Monday, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education released a list of public and private institutions that infringed on students’ First Amendment rights over the past year. Albion...

Love INC aims to spread Christ’s love to county
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Love INC aims to spread Christ’s love to county

  After five years of planning and preparing, a Hillsdale County affiliate of nationwide nonprofit Love In the Name of Christ, or Love INC, will mobilize churches to help those in need of aid, whether it be financial or spiritual.   It’s in the final stages, Rev. Pat Brooke of Hillsdale First Methodist Church said,...