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Brennan eager for first year as head coach
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Brennan eager for first year as head coach

New women’s basketball coach Brianna Brennan wants her players to have a better experience than she did in college, when she quit playing the sport that she grew up loving. “Reflecting back on my negative basketball college experience fueled me to want to be better than what I experienced,” Brennan said. “Had I had the...

Students ring in spring with Punxsutawney Phil
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Students ring in spring with Punxsutawney Phil

For some, Groundhog Day is an overlooked holiday. For five students from Simpson Residence, it’s a holiday worth traveling more than five hours to celebrate.   The idea started between a group of friends while watching football and casually discussing plans for the weekend.  Sophomore Jonathan Williams, a resident assistant in Simpson, said the idea to...

Art department to host art history colloquium
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Art department to host art history colloquium

Nicole Blackwood of Ralston College in Savannah, Georgia, will deliver the keynote address at the art department’s first online colloquium over Zoom Feb. 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., open for all to attend. Blackwood will discuss “Painting the Incarnation: Sofonisba Anguissola’s Pigmented Palette.”  Anguissola was a female Renaissance painter born in Cremona, Italy,...

Bible study floods inboxes
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Bible study floods inboxes

Many Hillsdale students have found themselves receiving emails, advertising a weekly Bible study. For most, it’s a mystery how they ended up on the email list. Freshman Paul Bwamiki, an international student from Uganda, started the Bible study at the end of last semester.   Bwamiki first began attending Bible studies as a middle schooler.  “When...

“New” species of Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil found in New Mexico
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“New” species of Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil found in New Mexico

A fossil found in New Mexico belongs to a new species of dinosaur. Courtesy | Twitter A partial skull found in southeastern New Mexico belongs to a new species of Tyrannosaurus known as the Tyrannosaurus mcraensis, a dinosaur which according to scientists predates the T. Rex by seven million years. But Anthony Swinehart, professor of...