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Streaming services are becoming glorified cable TV
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Streaming services are becoming glorified cable TV

Ads and increasing prices make streaming services less appealing. Courtesy | Facebook When my family first subscribed to Netflix, I found it freeing. I was thrilled that I could binge watch a movie or show without commercials stopping me. Services like Netflix, Prime Video, and Hulu revolutionized watching TV. Streaming services have begun to surpass...

The Sauk to host student-led play ‘Mockingbird’
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The Sauk to host student-led play ‘Mockingbird’

Students lead the play. Courtesy | The Sauk Theatre Student-led play “Mockingbird” will premiere on April 5 at The Sauk Theatre in downtown Jonesville.   The show, sponsored by Playford Real Estate in Jonesville, has additional performances on April 6 at 7:30 p.m. and  on April 7 at 3 p.m.. Admission costs will be $10 for...

Vergil in a village: London doctor visits campus for book tour
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Vergil in a village: London doctor visits campus for book tour

When a half-Thai, half-British classicist-turned-medical doctor spent time in an impoverished African country, he noticed the West’s impact on this minute African country’s culture. Alexander Chula, currently a medical doctor working at a London hospital, served for a time in the African nation of Malawi as both a Classics teacher and medical doctor. He recently...

Librarian retires to volunteer and travel
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Librarian retires to volunteer and travel

After 39 years of bringing the best and rarest books to Hillsdale, interlibrary loan technician Pam Ryan is retiring from her second home. “I’ve seen so much change on campus — change for the better,” Ryan said, referring to the buildings that were torn and built, the student body, and the increase in faculty and...

Classics students win big at Eta Sigma Phi national convention
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Classics students win big at Eta Sigma Phi national convention

Six students placed in writing and translating competitions at the national classics competition in Pennsylvania last week. Eta Sigma Phi is a national academic honors program for classics students. The annual convention for the honorary, held in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, celebrates the study of classics with student presentations, contests, and events including the Maurine Dallas Watkins...