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Admissions' interns spend the summer in Hillsdale
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Sports teams draw foreign students

Students on Hillsdale’s campus represent 20 countries around the world, according to Hillsdale Admissions Counselor Ben Strickland. For many international students, sports brought them to campus.   Freshmen Henry Hammond and Daniel Warbuton and senior Jamahl Burke all come to Hillsdale to pursue their athletic careers.  When Hammond came to Hillsdale from London, England, the American...

Students take to the skies
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Students take to the skies

While most high schoolers are excited to get their driver’s licenses, some students have loftier goals.  Several Hillsdale students are taking to the skies, earning their pilot’s licenses or working toward it. For many, the process started young. Junior Colby Langeler received his pilot’s license during his senior year of high school. He said flying...

Fraternity and equality: local Freemason lodge builds community
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Fraternity and equality: local Freemason lodge builds community

  Despite what the National Treasure movies say, the Freemasons do not control the government — at least not any more. Hillsdale’s Freemason lodge, chartered in January of 1852, was among the first lodges established in Michigan and still operates today. The Masons have two main focuses in their work,community and morality, said Senior Warden...

Quick Hits with John Tharp
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Quick Hits with John Tharp

  In this Quick Hits, Coach John Tharp, talks Greece, meeting his wife, and competition. What is the greatest game you have ever witnessed? You are going to laugh at this, but I went to my first Red Wings game about three years ago, and I had such a good time. It was the first...

Vince Benedetto: the man behind the mic
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Vince Benedetto: the man behind the mic

  When WRFH Radio Free Hillsdale first aired, Dolly Parton’s national anthem opened the inaugural broadcast.  Vince Benedetto, the president and CEO of Bold Gold Broadcast and Media Foundation, chose this opening. Benedetto helped to launch Hillsdale College’s radio station in 2015. He envisioned using the station for education and community engagement, hoping to develop...