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Hillsdale high schools continue in person despite governor’s call for ‘two-week pause’
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Hillsdale high schools continue in person despite governor’s call for ‘two-week pause’

Superintendent of Hillsdale Community Schools Shawn Vondra said there is neither a recommendation nor a requirement for canceling in-person learning for Hillsdale County schools. Both Hillsdale High School and Hillsdale Academy will continue in-person learning after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer asked for a statewide two-week pause of Michigan youth sports, indoor dining, and in-person learning. According...

Battle of the beans: Which campus coffee shop is better?
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Battle of the beans: Which campus coffee shop is better?

Penny’s coffee is superior When it comes to on-campus coffee there is one obvious choice, and it’s in a dorm, not the Student Union.  As one of the many students whose day does not start before their morning coffee, I understand how important the quality of coffee is. A bad cup ruins the rest of...

Zoom protocol: Tips from a fellow student
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Zoom protocol: Tips from a fellow student

“Zoom University” ushered in a new set of social standards that has had under one year to develop. To help out students across campus, I’ve compiled the most pressing social issues of our time with the hope of saving individual students’ embarrassment, professor’s patience, and your peers’ sanity. Here it is.  By all means, mismatch...

Unprecedented move: Upperclassmen get off-campus permission mid-year
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Unprecedented move: Upperclassmen get off-campus permission mid-year

For the first time since Associate Dean of Women Rebekah Dell can remember, upperclassmen have been allowed to move off campus for the spring semester.  Due to the addition of 19 students this semester, as well as the perpetual need for more quarantine space, the college granted permission to all 12 junior and senior women...