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Academy stages ‘Les Miserables’
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Academy stages ‘Les Miserables’

“Les Miserables” cast member sing on stage. Micheala Estruth | Collegian   The blood of the martyrs watered the meadows of France in Hillsdale Academy’s performance of “Les Miserables” to a sold out audience at The Sauk Theatre in Jonesville last weekend.  Sixty high schoolers filled the stage, bringing the famous musical to the Hillsdale...

Council to vote on pay raises
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Council to vote on pay raises

Acting Mayor Joshua Paladino said he opposes the pay raise proposed by the Officers Compensation Committee that would increase the mayor’s and the council members’ annual salaries. “I’m against the raise because the city charges the maximum tax rate, uses special assessment districts to fix its failing infrastructure, has increased fees across the board,” Paladino...

Professors discuss immigration policy
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Professors discuss immigration policy

As immigration becomes a hotter topic, four Hillsdale College professors gathered to discuss the policy’s reform during a roundtable discussion hosted by the Alexander Hamilton Society and Hillsdale College Debate April 9. Courtesy | Google Four Hillsdale College professors clashed over immigration reform during a roundtable discussion hosted by the Alexander Hamilton Society and Hillsdale...

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Students attend VOCES8 concert

Seventeen Hillsdale College Chapel Choir students made the trip to Detroit on April 6 to hear world-renowned British vocal ensemble VOCES8.  The group performed a genre-spanning concert of sacred, classical, and jazz music at Christ Church Detroit as part of their 20th anniversary world tour. “The concert was a mix of sacred music, renaissance madrigals,...

Raffaella ballet honors Stroiks
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Raffaella ballet honors Stroiks

“Raffaella”  COURTESY | Raffaellaballet.org   After six years in the making, “The Raffaella Ballet Movie,” which honors Raffaella Maria Stroik, screened in The Searle Center April 10.  The ballet, commissioned by Duncan and Ruth Stroik, intends to convey the life of their daughter Raffaella, who died in 2018 at age 23 and was a ballet...