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State House passes bill that would lift deer bait ban
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State House passes bill that would lift deer bait ban

State Rep. Jennifer Wortz speaks on the House floor. Courtesy | Michigan House Republicans Michigan hunters could soon use deer bait again after the House passed a bill earlier this month to end the state’s ban. “We’ve continued to see an exponential growth of deer, in particular in southern Michigan,” said Michigan Rep. Jennifer Wortz,...

Will Carleton’s poem, Over the Hill to the Poorhouse , was based on the Hillsdale Poorhouse. Courtsey | Hillsdale College Archives
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Poorhouse floods after pipe bursts

Nearly 300,000 gallons of water from a burst pipe damaged the interior of the Will Carleton Poorhouse, according to Darin Sheffer, Hillsdale Historical Society vice president and curator of the poorhouse. A pipe under the kitchen sink burst during the stretch of cold weather Hillsdale experienced at the end of January. Water leaked into the...

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Local pastor presents his testimony and apologetics

Defending Christianity requires acknowledging God’s complete sovereignty, according to Rev. Everett Henes, pastor of Hillsdale Orthodox Presbyterian Church. On Feb. 12, Henes, who is pursuing a second doctorate in the history of Reformed apologetics, gave a lecture for the campus Reformed Student Fellowship titled “Why I’m Reformed: Reformed Apologetics.” Before digging into apologetics or explaining...

Letter to the Editor: Bad Bunny’s halftime show was un-American
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Letter to the Editor: Bad Bunny’s halftime show was un-American

Courtesy | Unsplash I want to respond to the Feb. 12 article “Boomers v.s. The Bunny” by Moira Gleason. The piece  was well-written and polite; however, I had a problem with it. What I found problematic in the article was the line, “It wasn’t art, but he did what he was hired to do. Nothing...

Quick Hits with Kelli Kazmier
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Quick Hits with Kelli Kazmier

Kelli Kazmier with her son and husband at a winery. Courtesy | Kelli Kazmier In this Quick Hits, Assistant Professor of Chemistry Kelli Kazmier talks Copernicus, college shenanigans, and planting onions. ​​What has made you laugh recently? This morning, my 4-year-old son listed off the reasons that we love each other: we are family, we...