The Coffee Cup Diner has seen a 40 percent increase in customers since investing in a new credit card payment system called “Square.” Square is a small, plastic card scanner that attaches onto any iOS or Android device’s audio jack and can accept all major credit cards. “It has increased our business by 40 percent.”...
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Brian Curtis returns to Hillsdale with “Stonehenge”
Stunning sunrises and skyscapes break over the mysterious rocks of Stonehenge in Brian Curtis’ exhibit, currently on display in the Daughtry Gallery of the Sage Center for the Arts. Curtis, a former professor at Hillsdale from 1980 to 1983, returned homecoming weekend to unveil his oil-paintings of Stonehenge. Although he only worked at Hillsdale for...
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October 9, 2014July 12, 2022Opinion
Hubris of the hunt
One year ago, TV personality Melissa Bachman killed a male lion in South Africa then tweeted, “An incredible day hunting in South Africa! Stalked inside 60 yards on this beautiful male lion…what a hunt!” But after spending several weeks working beside nine lions in Mkhuze National Park in South Africa, I can attest that lion...
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September 5, 2013July 12, 2022Sports
Volleyball set for competition
The Margot V. Biermann Center was loud and alive with the sounds of a blaring radio and bouncing volleyballs. The Hillsdale College women’s volleyball team has made the new center its home courts until renovation of the George Roche Sports Complex finishes this fall. With a roster totaling 18 talented players – more than any...
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March 7, 2014July 12, 2022News
College firearms range adds new technology
At the Hillsdale College Shooting Sports Center, students armed with shotguns can now shoot in the basement of the Acusport Lodge. But instead of bullets, these shotguns fire lasers. The nearly completed AcuSport Lodge now features an advanced firearms training program called DryFire. With DryFire, students load “blank” shells into their laserequipped weapons, which are...