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Alumna joins Nashville band, releases first album
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Alumna joins Nashville band, releases first album

Armed with voices that can all carry lead vocals and years of musical study, Nashville band Sunset East is sweeping the alternative rock scene with its unique sound and even more unique situation. “We’re going against the grain,” bassist Harrison Doyle said. “The sun setting in the East doesn’t happen, just like a Nashville-based alternative...

Career Services hires Malcheff ’04 as assistant director
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Career Services hires Malcheff ’04 as assistant director

Hillsdale College’s Career Services hired Jessica Malcheff ’04 as the new assistant director on Feb. 4, 2019 after Sophia Donohoe left the position. As assistant director, Malcheff said she will be leading the Career Curriculum team within the Student Mentor Affair team.   “The team goal is to connect with campus clubs, honoraries, organizations, Greek...

Couple brings community impact with rodeo ministry
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Couple brings community impact with rodeo ministry

On a gray Saturday afternoon in February, the Proctors’ home was just messy enough to be perfectly comfortable. It was warm, the windows fogging up against the chill winter air. Carie Proctor, wearing a baseball cap and sweatshirt, from under which peeked a large, bedazzled belt buckle, moved deftly about the small kitchen, chopping, sprinkling,...

‘Unplanned’ shows abortion for what it truly is
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‘Unplanned’ shows abortion for what it truly is

On Mar. 29, “Unplanned” a powerful movie based on the true, heart-wrenching story of Abby Johnson, an ambitious young woman who becomes the youngest abortion clinic director in the history of Planned Parenthood will be released in theaters. I had the privilege to view an early showing of the Pure Flix film while at the...

‘Losers’: Sports docu-series tells the  stories of the athletes who failed
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‘Losers’: Sports docu-series tells the stories of the athletes who failed

Netflix’s new docu-series “Losers,” released in March 2019, offers a different take on success and seeks to combat a culture obsessed with winning by telling the stories of famous – and less famous — athletes who failed, and the lessons they learned by that failure. “Losers” develops this premise across a surprising variety of sports,...