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Students travel to CPAC, Spalding speaks at panel on faith and politics
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Students travel to CPAC, Spalding speaks at panel on faith and politics

About 30 students from Hillsdale attended the 46th annual Conservative Political Action Conference hosted by the American Conservative Union at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center in National Harbor, Maryland. Hillsdale’s chapter of College Republicans, led by junior President Patrick Farrell, brought a busload of students to the nation’s capital for this year’s CPAC,...

More than 10,000 students enrolled in Barney Schools
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More than 10,000 students enrolled in Barney Schools

FLORIDA — In 2018, the Hillsdale College Barney Charter School Initiative reached an enrollment milestone, with more than 10,000 students attending 21 schools across the country. The Treasure Coast Classical Academy in Stuart, Florida, is one of four Barney Charter Schools projected to open for the upcoming 2019-2020 school year. According to Phil Kilgore, director...

Mock Trial takes second at Yale
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Mock Trial takes second at Yale

The Hillsdale College Mock Trial Team 1126 travelled to New Haven Connecticut this weekend, where they took second place at the Yale Invitational Tournament. Team 1126 tied with Lafayette University’s A team in the first round Saturday, and after some mid-round adjustments to their witness call order, they tied Yale University’s A team in the...

Mock Trial prepares to face challenging foes
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Mock Trial prepares to face challenging foes

After its most recent tournament, the Hillsdale College Mock Trial program is preparing for the most competitive tournaments yet this semester: This weekend, Team 1126 will compete at the Yale Invitational and Team 1127 will contend at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational. At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign tournament in mid-November, Team 1127 lost to...

Bookstore runs canned food drive to support community charities
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Bookstore runs canned food drive to support community charities

This year, the Hillsdale College Bookstore partnered with the GOAL Program for the bookstore’s canned food drive sale. In exchange for each canned or pantry good donated, the bookstore gave donators 20 percent off coupons. Trade Book Coordinator Angie Berry ’83, who has worked in the bookstore for 25 years, said they have hosted the...