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Schoenborn takes over Strength & Conditioning for athletic department
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Schoenborn takes over Strength & Conditioning for athletic department

The Hillsdale College athletic department recently hired Mitchell Schoenborn to take over as Strength and Conditioning coach. Schoenborn replaces Mitchell Faine, who was hired in the summer. Schoenborn is the third coach to hold the position in the calendar year. His job requires he do a little bit of everything, from managing players’ nutrition, designing...

The man who changed the N-word in Huck Finn
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The man who changed the N-word in Huck Finn

  A poor, uneducated white boy from Missouri runs away from his drunken father and hops on a raft to head down the Mississippi River with a runaway slave. It is a story that most Americans know. It is Mark Twain’s classic American novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” and until recently, it was a...

Don’t bet against the Nats in the Fall Classic
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Don’t bet against the Nats in the Fall Classic

The Washington Nationals are not favored to win the 2019 World Series — all the more reason why they will. On May 25, when the Nationals were 19-31 and the second-worst team in the National League, they only had a 0.1% chance of making the World Series according to Baseball Reference. They then snuck through...

Whitmer budget cuts county sheriff funds
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Whitmer budget cuts county sheriff funds

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s budget cuts affected local law enforcement, and Hillsdale County Sheriff Timothy Parker and Michigan Republicans are contesting Whitmer’s vetos. According to Rep. Eric Leutheuser, Whitmer’s 147 line-item vetos shocked both parties of the Michigan legislature as they fell “disproportionately on rural areas.” Parker said the immediate effect of Whitmer’s vetos on Hillsdale...