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Remi Brague argues for importance of classical studies, understanding other cultures
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Remi Brague argues for importance of classical studies, understanding other cultures

“Classical studies can’t make us better professionals,” French philosopher and historian Remi Brague told a packed room of Hillsdale College students, professors, and members of the community on Monday. “But they can make us better human beings.” Nearly 200 attended Brague’s much-anticipated lecture on the study of classical languages. The visit was the 71-year-old Brague’s...

Historic Hysteria
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Historic Hysteria

Based on the number of gossip columns covered in this historic review, it is safe to say that Hillsdale may have had a bit of a gossip problem in its past.   This didn’t go unnoticed by the students of Hillsdale College. Dating back to 1939, The Collegian has been stuck in a cycle of...

‘Drive to Survive’ is a motor thrill
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‘Drive to Survive’ is a motor thrill

Released a week before the first race of the 2019 Formula 1 season in March, Netflix’s docu-series “F1: Drive to Survive” is an adrenaline-charged piece of escapism. Formula 1, also known as F1, is the top tier of single-seater, open wheel car racing in the world. Ten teams, with budgets that soar from the tens...

Men’s track and field: Chargers being outdoor season at Vanderbilt
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Men’s track and field: Chargers being outdoor season at Vanderbilt

The Hillsdale College Chargers traveled to Nashville, Tennessee, for the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational on Friday and Saturday. The two-day outdoor meet provided the Chargers with opportunities to see great competition, set personal bests, and earn provisional marks. On Friday, senior Jared Schipper sported his Hillsdale uniform after competing unattached during the indoor season....

Strive to learn from other academic disciplines
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Strive to learn from other academic disciplines

Psychology poses an important question: Should it be considered a study of the sciences or humanities? The answer seems obvious: Human beings can neither be explained by wholly scientific or wholly subjective means, and therefore a study of human beings would be incomplete without both approaches. There is a complexity to our nature that makes...