Month: February 2020

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Chargers tune up for G-MAC Championship
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Chargers tune up for G-MAC Championship

The Hillsdale College women’s track and field team took full advantage of its last home indoor meet to take the necessary steps to prepare for the G-MAC Conference Championship “This meet was what we needed across the board,” head coach Andrew Towne said. “Coming off a meet like that, you want to feel ready to...

Summer interns make bank selling books
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Summer interns make bank selling books

If anything is enigmatic to late-stage capitalism, it’s probably a door-to-door sales company that sells books in the age of the internet. College-age interns who work there typically gross $10,000 a summer. This is Southwestern Advantage, “America’s oldest entrepreneurial program for university students.” Established in 1855, Southwestern markets itself as a company that gives students...

Exempt off-campus students from meal plan requirement
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Exempt off-campus students from meal plan requirement

When students move off campus, the deans only expect two things from them: first, to live by the Honor Code, and second, to pay for a meal plan.  While the commitment to follow the Honor Code is good for all students, the need to buy a meal plan should end when students move to places...

Hillsdale resident requests grand jury, special prosecutor
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Hillsdale resident requests grand jury, special prosecutor

Hillsdale citizen Joseph Hendee initiated a civil action suit on Feb. 14, requesting a citizen grand jury and a special prosecutor to investigate Hillsdale County Undersheriff Carl Albright.  Albright admitted to forging the city treasurer’s signature on two separate tax documents in July 2019.  “I felt that our public officials failed us,” Hendee said. “They...

Jon Rutan running for sheriff, plans to create a citizen advisory board
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Jon Rutan running for sheriff, plans to create a citizen advisory board

Hillsdale Justice Project co-founder Jon Rutan is running his third campaign for Hillsdale County Sheriff. Meanwhile, Hillsdale County Sheriff Timothy Parker is not filing for reelection.  Rutan, though not in law enforcement, said he is extremely involved in the community both through the Hillsdale Justice Project and the work he does helping those who have...