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Maker’s Market returns
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Maker’s Market returns

Maker’s Market, an event for Hillsdale College artisans to sell their handmade goods, will be this Saturday, Sept. 24, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of the chapel on the quad. Around 25 students, faculty, and staff members will be running booths selling a wide range of items like jewelry, food, hand-painted cards...

A Southerner’s guide to Michigan weather
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A Southerner’s guide to Michigan weather

“You do know it’s cold up there, don’t you?” As an Oklahoma native, that was the first response of all my friends and family when I  told them I chose a college up north.  The thought of winter — and more than just the occasional ice storm season I’m used to — was daunting. But...

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Vintage Ohio trains visit Hillsdale

  Two steam-powered passenger trains arrived in Hillsdale for the first time in more than 70 years as part of the Tri-State Scenic Steam Excursion last weekend. The Indiana Northeastern Railroad Company, the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society, the Little River Railroad, and the city of Hillsdale partnered on Aug. 27 and 28 to welcome...

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Christ Chapel installs new, $2 million organ in choir loft

A 47,000-pound organ now sits in the back of the choir loft in Christ Chapel, following its installation earlier this month. Paul Fritts, an organ builder based in Tacoma, Washington who specializes in creating historical models of organs, designed and built the organ. Derek Stauff, associate professor of music and an organ instructor at Hillsdale,...