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Kyle Murnen promoted to chief of staff to Arnn
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Kyle Murnen promoted to chief of staff to Arnn

Kyle Murnen graduated from Hillsdale in 2009. Courtesy | Austin Thomason Kyle Murnen ’09 became chief of staff to College President Larry Arnn in July, following the retirement of Michael Harner ’82.  “I have known Kyle since he was about 19 years old,” Arnn said in an email to the Collegian. “He has always been...

Professors’ Picks: Jason Peters, associate professor of English
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Professors’ Picks: Jason Peters, associate professor of English

Song: “Country Girl” by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils (1973) Mahler’s “Urlicht” is excellent, except you can’t dance to it, and I dance like Schubert’s trout. But don’t scorn the Ozark Mountain Daredevils’ trifecta: “Spaceship Orion” (it’s about drugs — I think), “Colorado Song” (special guitar tuning required), and “Country Girl” (killer harmonica). I like “Country...

Theatre department to welcome students with annual picnic
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Theatre department to welcome students with annual picnic

Head to Sage room 142 at 5 p.m. today for this year’s annual theatre and dance department picnic. Following the picnic, at 7 p.m., auditions will be held for this fall’s plays: “Silent Sky” written by Lauren Gunderson which will be performed in October and “Ajax” by Sophocles showing in November. “The purpose is to...

European summer, American fall
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European summer, American fall

The Serbian last name on my U.S. passport earns me a lot of attention. Given the troubled past of Serbo-American relations, my connection to both nations tends to spark conversation. In one case this summer, a customs officer on the Croatian border stopped me to explain why he believed the short-sightedness of U.S. foreign policy...

9 to 5: Hillsdale students clock in for summer internship season
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9 to 5: Hillsdale students clock in for summer internship season

Vinod Kumarappan, Paige Lettow, Diksha, and Lana Chaleunrath-Pham study physics. Courtesy | Paige Lettow This past summer, students packed a suitcase and their liberal arts education to pursue internships as physicists, financial assistants, nonprofit consultants, and more. The Collegian asked three students to share their experiences, which ranged from fashion-trend forecasting to blasting molecules with...