Month: October 2020

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County Fair drive-thru: more than 3,000 cars participate
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County Fair drive-thru: more than 3,000 cars participate

In place of the Hillsdale County Fair, the Hillsdale County Fair Board held a food drive-thru on Oct. 1-3, allowing residents to enjoy all their carnival favorites from the comfort of their car.  The drive-thru featured Donut Hut, Beach Concessions, Maria’s, Friske Fries, Smith Concessions, Almond King, Mary Lou’s, and Red Barn Elephant Ears.  Cars...

Pay attention to down-ballot races
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Pay attention to down-ballot races

While the race between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden has captured the lion’s share of media attention and focus of discussions on campus, it is vital that we do not forget about the important questions elsewhere on the ballot. Michigan is a swing state for the presidential election and many Hillsdale...

Mullets: A Hillsdale exposé
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Mullets: A Hillsdale exposé

We spend our days here at Hillsdale dealing with the eternal questions of human nature, ethics, and even metaphysics. But there is an essential question not incorporated in any of the core classes, nor taught in any one-credit seminars: namely, what is the greatest men’s hair style of the past 50 years? This question was...

Will the real Nolan Ryan please stand up?
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Will the real Nolan Ryan please stand up?

This past Saturday, Hillsdale alumnus and former Collegian editor-in-chief Nolan Ryan got the surprise of his life when Texan Senator Ted Cruz tagged him in a tweet.  “I was actually recording an online class for my students, and as I was talking into my camera, I saw that my phone had buzzed and a Twitter...