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The Weekly: Bring back the Palace
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The Weekly: Bring back the Palace

The Palace Cafe is closing today, and — as the outpouring on social media suggests — it’s sad news for the people of Hillsdale. There’s a potential deal in the works that would reopen the building — and we hope that whoever does end up with the property will keep the old-school cafe running just...

College cancels classes for subzero temperatures
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College cancels classes for subzero temperatures

This article has been updated to reflect more current information. Hillsdale College canceled Wednesday’s classes school-wide due to weather, though campus offices remained open. At the time of print, the administration had also canceled Thursday classes until 1 p.m. Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn warned students to bundle up in an automated phone call made...

Laffer: ‘Best is yet to come’
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Laffer: ‘Best is yet to come’

Fully equipped with feel-good jokes and self-deprecating humor, Arthur “Art” Laffer, economist and former economic adviser to President Reagan, spoke on campus Monday night. Laffer is considered the “father of supply-side economics,” and is most well-known for the “Laffer Curve,” which can predict the ideal tax rate to maximize government tax revenue by modeling the...

Phillips to become Plaster Auditorium
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Phillips to become Plaster Auditorium

Phillips Auditorium is the latest campus facility to receive an upgrade, but it’s not only Phillips’ structure that’s changing. The facility’s name will officially be changed to Plaster Auditorium once the renovation project is finished. The Phillips project had been in planning stages for five years before the college began demolition in late June 2018,...

Students join March for Life in Washington
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Students join March for Life in Washington

A record number of Hillsdale College students traveled more than 500 miles last week to Washington, D.C., to participate in the national March for Life. The annual anti-abortion protest drew a crowd of hundreds of thousands, according to reports. Hillsdale College for Life faculty advisor and Professor of German Fred Yaniga said more than 140...