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Alumni meet to mark start of Fall season
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Alumni meet to mark start of Fall season

Alumni will get the chance to compete with the current Hillsdale College Chargers in their old pool in the Blue-White Alumni Scrimmage on Saturday at 11 a.m. This is only the second year that the team has opened the intersquad meet to alumni, allowing them to compete against each other in 50-meter events between team...

Homesickness: based on a true story
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Homesickness: based on a true story

People thought I’d been attacked. No, really. It started in the lobby of my dorm and ended on the grass outside my dorm in the pouring rain. I thought I couldn’t breathe as the tears just kept falling down. People asked if I was OK (I was definitely OK based on what they thought had...

The Weekly: More parking, please
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The Weekly: More parking, please

Hillsdale College needs to add more parking spaces for its students.  During the Sept.3 Hillsdale City Council Meeting, Police Chief Schott Hephner proposed a no-parking zone on Hillsdale Street between Galloway/Berber Drive and College street. The council voted unanimously to approve the request. The area was deemed unsafe for students crossing the street at non-crosswalks...

Labeling NRA won’t stop mass shootings, teaching respect will
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Labeling NRA won’t stop mass shootings, teaching respect will

When my grandfather died in 2005, he left my elderly grandmother with what could only be described as a small armory in their basement. He collected guns — including a Union Army Civil War handgun, which my mother inherited — and built guns at his wooden work table. He even made his own bullets. He...