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‘Brat’ means business
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‘Brat’ means business

Whether you see Kamala Harris as a deep state puppet or the savior of the Democratic party, you can’t deny that her PR team has been working overtime.  In the weeks since her ascension to the position of Democratic presidential nominee, Harris has managed to convert Biden’s 3.2 point polling deficit as of July 21...

Limpopo, South Africa to Hillsdale, USA: Yvonne Botha
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Limpopo, South Africa to Hillsdale, USA: Yvonne Botha

Freshman Yvonne Botha swims. Courtesy | Yvonne Botha Freshman Yvonne Botha traveled more than 8,000 miles from South Africa to southern Michigan to take advantage of both the academic and athletic opportunities in America that were unavailable in her native country. Botha is from Limpopo, South Africa, the northernmost province of a country known for...

Hillsdale Drops Week One to UIndy
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Hillsdale Drops Week One to UIndy

The Hillsdale football team opened its season with a home loss against the University of Indianapolis Greyhounds on Saturday night in a 42-16 final score at Muddy Waters Stadium. After some offensive struggles in the first half for the Chargers, the 16th-ranked Greyhounds took a 28-7 lead into halftime and never looked back. A new...

Let them spill beer: Lynyrd Skynyrd live in Michigan
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Let them spill beer: Lynyrd Skynyrd live in Michigan

A Lynyrd Skynyrd concert at a Michigan casino in August 2024 is precisely what you’d expect a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert at a Michigan casino in August 2024 would be: a slew of muscle tees, melted makeup, bad facial hair, “wife beater” tank tops, and Miss Me bedazzled jeans. It could have been the crowd at...

Professor called ‘King of the Caddisflies’
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Professor called ‘King of the Caddisflies’

Houghton has studied caddisflies since he was in college. Courtesy | David Houghton. Professor and Chair of Biology David Houghton recruited caddisflies to make his wife golden earrings – when given flecks of gold, the insects create tubular shapes, forming a piece of jewelry to memorialize Houghton’s life work. Houghton began researching caddisflies while he...