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Council rejects bid to extend city manager’s contract to 2032
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Council rejects bid to extend city manager’s contract to 2032

Two dozen people spoke during the public comment period of Monday night’s city council meeting. Thomas McKenna | Collegian The Hillsdale City Council voted 7-2 against extending the city manager’s contract until 2032 after a contentious, hour-long public comment period Monday night. Most council members — including Mayor Adam Stockford — said they were satisfied...

Letter to the Editor: Compete in homecoming for a week, treasure its effects forever
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Letter to the Editor: Compete in homecoming for a week, treasure its effects forever

As Hillsdale alumni who returned for this year’s homecoming festivities, we are the people who “homecoming is about,” according to the Oct. 10 Collegian Weekly from the  editorial staff. We believe that the editorial piece mistakes the true purpose of homecoming. While no one would argue that it is criminal to congratulate other groups, the...

Chargers Bounce Back with Win at Lake Erie
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Chargers Bounce Back with Win at Lake Erie

Senior Will Whims and Sophomore Gavin Chenevey. Courtesy | ANTONIO LLAMAS After suffering an overtime loss on Homecoming to the Walsh University Cavaliers, the football team rebounded on the road, earning its second win of the year by defeating the Lake Erie College Storm last Saturday 28-10. Despite trailing 10-7 at halftime, the Chargers responded...

Dante would agree: Italian should count for the BA
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Dante would agree: Italian should count for the BA

Imagine a Hillsdale that taught the “Aeneid” without training students in Latin, or read the “Iliad” but didn’t encourage the study of Greek, or assigned short stories from Jorge Louis Borges but never led students to delve deeper into the study of Spanish.  Now remember that Hillsdale students will often study the works of Dante,...

Artists to host show Saturday
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Artists to host show Saturday

The show will feature paintings and sculptures by local artists. Courtesy | Facebook The North Country Artist Alliance will host its fall art show Oct. 26 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hillsdale County Fairgrounds in the 4H building.  “We think that this is a great opportunity to get to know our local...