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Historic Hysteria: 1983-84 influenza blasts campus and track team
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Historic Hysteria: 1983-84 influenza blasts campus and track team

As flu season continues, many Hillsdale students lament their poor physical conditions and having to skip class (as devastating as that is). However, we can be lucky that we didn’t go to Hillsdale in the winters of 1983 and 1984. On February 23, 1984, The Collegian reported, “there have been three times the normal number...

Film and Production Club hosts festival for student short films
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Film and Production Club hosts festival for student short films

“The Wendigo” short film took first place in the Hillsdale College Film and Production Club’s 48-hour film contest. Sophomore Dan Grifferty said “The Wendigo” was inspired by a Native American myth about cannibalism. “It’s kind of like a Native American vampire,” Grifferty said. “We decided to do something a little thematically unique.” The Hillsdale College...

Judge denies application for complaint
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Judge denies application for complaint

After the controversial Ward 1 Hillsdale City Council election last year, Dennis Wainscott, the candidate who received the second-highest amount of votes, filed a quo warranto application for a complaint, challenging the validity of the election. His application was denied by Judge Archie Brown of the First Circuit on Monday. Quo warranto is a type...

Price sworn in as city clerk
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Price sworn in as city clerk

Katy Price was sworn in as the new city clerk at the Hillsdale City Council Meeting on Monday after appointment to the position by Mayor Adam Stockford and the council. Price has been working for the City as interim city clerk since November, when former City Clerk Stephen French resigned. “I’m looking forward to just...

‘Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened’: New documentary goes behind the scenes of the fiasco
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‘Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened’: New documentary goes behind the scenes of the fiasco

Marketed as the greatest festival the world has never seen, Fyre Music Festival was sold to be a luxurious experience where attendees would dance to top musical performances, rave with famous socialites, and sleep in high-end villas, all on a private island in the Bahamas. Yet it all failed because of its creator, Billy McFarland....