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Mock trial looks toward spot at national championship
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Mock trial looks toward spot at national championship

After a successful performance weekend, both Hillsdale Mock Trial teams look forward to the semester, aiming for a spot at the National Championship Tournament in April. Mock Trial Team 1106 finished in sixth place at the Cornell University Invitational, with a record of 5-3, and Team 1107 took 3-5 at the Indiana University Invitational. Competing...

At Hillsdale, no pre-law studies before law school
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At Hillsdale, no pre-law studies before law school

Each year, Hillsdale College sends several students to top 20 law schools, including schools such as Yale and Harvard. Not one of these students is a pre-law major. In fact, Hillsdale doesn’t even offer a pre-law major. Instead, students interested in law school are encouraged to pursue their other academic passions in their undergraduate studies....

Q&A: CCA speaker Mary Eberstadt
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Q&A: CCA speaker Mary Eberstadt

Mary Eberstadt spoke at Hillsdale College this week for the Center for Constructive Alternatives lecture series on the 1960s, where she spoke on “Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution.” A senior research fellow at the Faith and Reason Institute and graduate of Cornell University, Eberstadt is an American essayist and novelist whose pieces have appeared in...

Student Fed swears in new sergeant-at-arms
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Student Fed swears in new sergeant-at-arms

Student Federation President and junior Natalie Meckel swore in the new members of the federation, as well as freshman Braden VanDyke as the new Sergeant-at-Arms. VanDyke previously worked for student government in high school as the student body president. “I believe in the mission of both the Student Federation and Hillsdale College and the way...

The weekly: Reserve seats for students at the CCA
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The weekly: Reserve seats for students at the CCA

  Students who register for classes should not have difficulty finding seats. This especially applies to students who are paying to attend a course that they must pass to graduate. And yet, this is exactly what happens all too often at Center for Constructive Alternatives lectures in which enrolled students must compete with campus visitors...