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Professional ballerina teaches Hillsdale students
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Professional ballerina teaches Hillsdale students

Carla Lippert taught the Hillsdale Tower Dancers. Courtesy | Holly Hobbs Carla Lippert is a professional ballerina and teacher. Performing as a soloist for the American Ballet Theatre and a principal ballerina at the Boston Ballet, Lippert now teaches ballet. Lippert traveled to Hillsdale College as a répétiteur for the “Pas de Quatre” ballet, which...

Glimpse into royal life prompts public criticism
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Glimpse into royal life prompts public criticism

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle talk about the royal family in new documentary Courtesy | Wikimedia Commons Prince Harry and Meghan Markle did more than just share their American life together in their new Netflix documentary — they took a jab at family back in England. “I genuinely feel that I – and we –...

Mulan is a Disney princess
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Mulan is a Disney princess

Mulan is a Disney princess. Courtesy | Flickr There is a common and particularly egregious affront made to one of my favorite Disney characters. It goes like this: Mulan, the heroine of the 1998 animated Disney movie, is not a Disney princess since she was neither born a royal nor made one by marriage. It’s...

Hillsdale K-12 adds students, schools
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Hillsdale K-12 adds students, schools

More than 15,000 students are currently enrolled in the K-12 Program this year, with 80 total schools across 26 states. “The number and quality of the schools we work with is higher than ever, and we look forward to new Hillsdale schools getting started this fall,” said Kathleen O’Toole, assistant provost for K-12 education. The...

Vivek Ramaswamy visits campus to discuss America's economic past and future
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Entrepreneur speaks on Big Tech censorship

Vivek Ramaswamy visits campus to discuss America’s economic past and future   The government uses private companies as a back door to censor politically disfavored speech, said entrepreneur and political commentator Vivek Ramaswamy in a speech on Tuesday. “Those on television call it ‘Big Tech censorship,’ but I call it ‘government tech censorship,’” Ramaswamy said....