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Professors’ Picks: Elizabeth Fredericks, associate professor of English
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Professors’ Picks: Elizabeth Fredericks, associate professor of English

“I Dream a Highway,”  Gillian Welch “Robert Plant (of Led Zeppelin) called the album ‘a masterpiece of the infinite’ and the epically long closer, ‘I Dream a Highway’ epitomizes that praise in a poignant reflection on an individual life and art and America more broadly. When everything and everyone seems to have sold out and...

Six student productions named CBI finalists
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Six student productions named CBI finalists

College Broadcasters Inc. selected six Hillsdale student radio and video productions as finalists for the 2023 National Student Production Awards. Finalists include the four highest-ranked submissions for each of CBI’s award categories. This year, colleges from across the country sent in nearly 1,000 total submissions. CBI will announce the winners this October at the National...

WRFH hosts open house in new facilities
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WRFH hosts open house in new facilities

WRFH Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM held an open house Aug. 29 to celebrate its relocation to new facilities in the Stanton Building.  “This complex opens up all sorts of opportunities to do things even bigger and better than we were previously,” said Scot Bertram, general manager of WRFH.  The station, founded in 2016, originally...

Community thrift: More than the material
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Community thrift: More than the material

Hillsdale Community Thrift has grown into more than a place to buy cast-off clothes, shoes, and furniture. “Many people that we have contact with don’t have a support system, and they just need someone to say, ‘I care about you,’” said Michelle Hebert, community outreach coordinator at Hillsdale Community Thrift. “That’s what we do at...

Missing the Barbie of my childhood
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Missing the Barbie of my childhood

The 2023 Barbie movie disappointed some viewers. Courtesy | Wikimedia Commons I am one of five daughters, so obviously I grew up in a Barbie-obsessed household. I was excited to see the live-action movie “Barbie” this summer to relive childhood memories and feel nostalgic. But instead, I received a lecture about something I have heard...