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The Hillsdale Half
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The Hillsdale Half

As shouts of encouragement filled the chilly November air, runners lined up behind the chalk start line beside Grewcock Student Union and prepared for Hillsdale’s first half-marathon race on Nov. 14.  The Hillsdale Half, organized by seniors Sofia Krusmark and Danae Sollie, began with 200 and 600 meter races for children at 9:00 a.m., followed...

Brent Leininger elected as District 5 County Commissioner
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Brent Leininger elected as District 5 County Commissioner

The race for District 5 Hillsdale County Commissioner has been called after a delay due to a write-in candidate. Brent Leininger was elected to a two-year term as county commissioner. Leininger was the only candidate on the ballot and received 3,581 votes. His write-in challenger, Namrata Carolan, received 265 votes. The Hillsdale County Clerk office...

Washington Post columnist to teach grad course on elections
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Washington Post columnist to teach grad course on elections

Political analyst Henry Olsen will teach a course this spring at Hillsdale’s Washington, D.C. campus on political coalitions, populism and the purpose of elections.  Following his one-credit course on the 2020 election this semester, Olsen will teach a three-credit course called “Politicking and Elections” to students at the Steve and Amy Van Andel Graduate School...

We should still say ‘Merry Christmas’
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We should still say ‘Merry Christmas’

Dear baristas, shop clerks, store greeters, and all other retail workers: please say “merry Christmas.” Workers have become hypersensitive to religious holidays, and in an effort to avoid offending someone, they have forgotten how to have a human conversation. It’s more meaningful to conclude with a personal pleasantry — which for most people in the...

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Compliance cuts our education short

I’m sure a familiar shudder ran through the bones of the student body upon receiving the most recent email from Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn: flashbacks to a panicked spring break, to choppy Zoom lectures from your bedroom at home, to isolation, over-snacking, and bad Wi-Fi. These are not the worst of evils, we are...