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Gary Wolfram holds the shoes of record-breaking runner Henry Rono. Collegian | Aubrey Gulick
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Friends that run together stay together: Gary Wolfram reflects on friendship with record-breaking Kenyan runner

When Dr. Gary Wolfram, professor of economics, saw Henry Rono’s picture in the 1978 Runner’s World Magazine, he decided to move across the country to train for a year with the Kenyan runner.  Forty years later, a visitor to Wolfram’s office can still see Rono’s running shoes hanging from a hook on the side of...

“A Work of Heart”: MoseArt brings handcrafted pottery, stained glass, and more to Hillsdale
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“A Work of Heart”: MoseArt brings handcrafted pottery, stained glass, and more to Hillsdale

When Beth Moser Roehrig moved to Hillsdale four years ago, she planned to retire. She now owns MoseArt, a boutique in downtown Hillsdale. The store, newly opened in 2020, specializes in sewing and alterations, handcrafted pottery, stained glass, and candles. Roehrig ran Xpress Sewing and Xceptional Art in Defiance, Ohio for 25 years. “I figured...

Social Security equals economic insecurity
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Social Security equals economic insecurity

Social Security is a broken promise to the American people, and our generation will pay for it. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act of 1935 into law, he promised “protection to the average citizen and to his family against the loss of a job and against poverty-ridden old age.”  The purpose...