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Be the penguin: Leave the AI pack
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Be the penguin: Leave the AI pack

Courtesy | Unsplash Hillsdale prides itself on being different: No government funding, a small student body, and a mandatory logic class. We can add rejection of artificial intelligence as a replacement for human creativity to that list. Professors have different rules regarding the use of AI, but all of them rightly forbid students from using...

Can American journalism be saved?
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Can American journalism be saved?

Political cartoonist A.F. Branco presented his cartoons during his speech at the CCA. Courtesy | Austin Thomason A free people needs a free press, not censorship, speakers said at this week’s Center for Constructive Alternatives seminar on “Journalism and American Democracy.”  “The Founders never tired of affirming that the free press was one of the...

The twang is a family thang for the Schlueters
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The twang is a family thang for the Schlueters

The Schlueter Family Band performs at Dante’s. Courtesy | Deanna Ducher Banjo, fiddle, and harmonizing voices carried through Dante’s Paradiso Wine Pub Jan. 31, as ice clinked in cocktail-filled glasses. The environment hummed with background chatter, laughter, and clapping along with the music. The effect that the Schlueter Family Band has on their community was...

Quick Hits with Ben Strickland
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Quick Hits with Ben Strickland

Strickland met his wife Jennifer, ’18 while at Hillsdale. They have two kids, Marianne and Frankie. Courtesy | Ben Strickland In this Quick Hits interview, Associate Director of Admissions Ben Strickland ’16 talks raiding Galloway, tacos, and “Bluey.” As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Like many young boys,...

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Detroit Symphony scores with students

Hillsdale students heard the Detroit Symphony Orchestra perform “Epic Film Scores” live, sponsored by the Student Activities Board on Jan. 31. After two hours of freedom in the city, students settled into their seats at the Orchestra Hall. The performance began the way all good movies do — with the 20th Century Fox opening song,...