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Visiting professor speaks about C.S. Lewis’ legacy
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Visiting professor speaks about C.S. Lewis’ legacy

Melinda Nielsen Aurelia Mayer | Collegian   Students should remember Lewis’ legacy, not only as a theologian and a writer, but also as an Oxford educator, according to Melinda Nielsen, a Hillsdale alumna and associate professor of classical literature at Baylor University. The lecture, “Education, Gift, and Freedom: C.S. Lewis’ Idea of the University,” was...

Checker Records named one of ‘Michigan’s Best Local Eats’
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Checker Records named one of ‘Michigan’s Best Local Eats’

Senior Alydia Ullman, Paul Trainor ’23, Gillian Ruch ’24, and owner John Spiteri. Courtesy | Alydia Ullman When John Spiteri and his wife, Robin, opened Checker Records in 1987, it could never have won a food award. They sold records and CDs, not coffee and sweets. But the Hillsdale landmark earned a shoutout from Michigan...

Speakers talk space mining, the Fed, gold standard in CCA II
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Speakers talk space mining, the Fed, gold standard in CCA II

The private sector is more effective than the federal government in enacting positive economic change, speakers at this week’s Center for Constructive Alternatives seminars said. The college hosted its second CCA of the academic year Nov. 10-13, covering “Economic Issues and Controversies.” Nicolas Cachanosky of the University of Texas at El Paso spoke Sunday afternoon...

Charger Chatter: Bethany Johnson, Volleyball
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Charger Chatter: Bethany Johnson, Volleyball

What do you think about dachshunds? I think they are cute, but I prefer big shaggy dogs like my golden retriever, Shiloh. What is your favorite sweet? Huckleberry pie or ice cream all the way. What is the most obscure/weird fact that you know? Growing up, I was always told to put white fir sap...

National Champion Football Coach Dick Lowry Passes
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National Champion Football Coach Dick Lowry Passes

Richard “Dick” Lowry, the only Hillsdale Charger football coach to win a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics championship, died Oct. 29 at age 89.  “I think his biggest strength was his commitment to the playing,” Nate Shreffler ‘93, head football coach and former player for Lowry, said. “He had a vision of what this program...