Month: February 2022

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Six tries, five letters, four reasons to play Wordle
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Six tries, five letters, four reasons to play Wordle

Only six attempts stand between you and the best victory of the day: solving the Wordle. The game takes only five minutes, but considering you only get to play once every day, that short period is exhilarating. The game consists of guessing a five-letter word in six attempts. Either you guess correctly, or fail the...

Q&A: Ashton Mills, pursuing portraits
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Q&A: Ashton Mills, pursuing portraits

Senior art major Ashton Mills only began to seriously pursue art during her sophomore year at college, but has since become one of Hillsdale’s prominent portraitists.  What mediums do you use?  Oil paint, drawing, graphic design, and I’ve taken sculpture and photography, but those are not my preference. Oil painting is my favorite and I...

Make the most of Parents Weekend
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Make the most of Parents Weekend

“Parents come to the college and talk with your professors?! Isn’t college about independence?”  This is a common response I hear when I describe the unique tradition of Parents Weekend to friends at other colleges. The idea of parents traveling to spend an entire weekend on campus, and even attending “parent-professor conferences,” is foreign to...

Hillsdale in fight for conference tournament
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Hillsdale in fight for conference tournament

Every player on the Hillsdale College women’s basketball team scored in the past week after winning back-to-back games against Lake Erie College and Trevecca Nazarene University. The Chargers faced the Storm on their senior night and won 104-71, the most points scored by the Chargers since last February. Senior guards Lauren Daffenberg and Sophia Pierce...