Plymouth, Mich. — After a suspenseful bidding war, the “Hillsdale Duesenberg” sold for $1.4 million at an international auction Saturday. Its profits will go toward general operations, including student scholarships.
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Frederick Douglass statue delayed until 2017
Hillsdale College’s Liberty Walk will have to wait longer than expected to receive its newest addition — abolitionist and orator Frederick Douglass. A college committee selected award-winning sculptor Bruce Wolfe for the project in May 2015. Wolfe was not able to begin work as soon as expected, but he plans to start sculpting soon. Although...
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Use free speech to challenge and understand your beliefs
Students at colleges and universities across the country are demanding that their administrators implement safe spaces on campus, where schools can squelch free speech if it offends someone. Hillsdale College students are fortunate to attend an institution that believes in the First Amendment, which protects speech — no matter how unpopular — so long as...
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College calls in Creature Control for critters on claims
A cool breeze blew through the open window in Simpson Residence, bringing with it the smell of death from a squirrel that had met its end in the middle of West Street. “We live near the woods,” Simpson House Director Peggy Wilson said. “There will always be creatures.” Wilson said some students came to her...
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Land of the gods: Collegiate Scholars to travel to Greece — not Turkey
Collegiate Scholars expect to visit the Acropolis of Athens in Greece after the trip to Turkey was changed. Wikimedia Commons | Courtesy Just 36 days before the Collegiate Scholars program planned to leave for Turkey, it changed the destination of its annual trip for rising seniors to Greece, after the U.S. Mission in Turkey on...