As Hillsdale celebrates its 30th year of competitive speaking, the debate team hopes to focus on rebuilding the club and educating new members. The forensics and Mock Trial teams eagerly expect success. The debate team has performed well in recent years, winning the biannual Pi Kappa Delta national tournament three times in a row. However,...
Author: Daniel Slonim (Daniel Slonim)
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There’s a storm brewing
The play tells the story of a magician named Prospero (played by senior Daniel Spiotta) a former duke who is exiled on an island with his daughter Miranda (played by sophomore Maran McLeod). Prospero conjures up a tempest to bring the two men who plotted against him to the island where he is stranded. The...
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Haunted basements, Irish drinking songs, and deep-fried Gummibears
They argued over what the name was going to be, but no one could agree. In response, one man went out, bought a bottle of champagne, climbed up on the roof of the porch, and threw the bottle of champagne — a brand new bottle — onto the concrete sidewalk, proclaiming in a booming tone:...
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Cam White ’12 preps for shot at NFL
Cam White, a former captain of Hillsdale’s football team who graduated in December, is working on recovering from an October injury in order to show professional teams what he can do this spring. Keith Otterbein, head coach of Hillsdale College’s football team, said during his time at Hillsdale, White “really kind of turned himself into...
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Leann Beckwith
Leann Beckwith is the Library Director at Hillsdale Community Library. Starting April 1, the library will participate in a nationwide campaign called “Geek the Library,” which will run through October. Sponsored by the Online Computer Library Center and the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, the program is intended to promote libraries across the country. ...