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‘Grunge to glory’: ‘Mr. T’ keeps  chemistry labs running smoothly
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‘Grunge to glory’: ‘Mr. T’ keeps chemistry labs running smoothly

One might not readily connect playing the organ and renovating old cars with a scientist, but there happens to be an individual in Hillsdale College’s science department who fits this description. Ted Miller can often be found in the labs of the Strosacker Science Center, sometimes whistling a tune. Miller — affectionately called “Mr. T”...

CPAC undermines conservatism
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CPAC undermines conservatism

The annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. is exactly the sort of thing George Washington would frown upon, and so should we. Each year, students at Hillsdale College have an opportunity to travel and attend the yearly performance known as CPAC. It offers itself up as a bastion of conservatism, but conservatives like...

Crawford: Traffic regulations, A.I. tech interfere with individual liberty
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Crawford: Traffic regulations, A.I. tech interfere with individual liberty

An increasing presence of technology in the everyday lives of Americans could potentially contribute to the loss of “prudence, judgement, and sociality,” according to writer Matthew Crawford during a speech Tuesday for Hillsdale College’s Center for Constructive Alternatives. The first CCA of this semester addressed artificial intelligence. Crawford, a writer and research fellow at the...

Music and millennials: An album ‘we’ can all relate to
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Music and millennials: An album ‘we’ can all relate to

You’re sitting on your bed, looking out the window, reminiscing about the good times you had with your high school heartbreaker. And you’re probably listening to gnash’s debut album, “we.” Coming out from the heart of Los Angeles, gnash, otherwise known as Garrett Nash, not only flexes his rapper-singer-songwriter identity in his first full album,...