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The twang is a family thang for the Schlueters
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The twang is a family thang for the Schlueters

The Schlueter Family Band performs at Dante’s. Courtesy | Deanna Ducher Banjo, fiddle, and harmonizing voices carried through Dante’s Paradiso Wine Pub Jan. 31, as ice clinked in cocktail-filled glasses. The environment hummed with background chatter, laughter, and clapping along with the music. The effect that the Schlueter Family Band has on their community was...

The power and the humor of nature: Bob Kuhn draws on instinct
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The power and the humor of nature: Bob Kuhn draws on instinct

“How Did I Get Here?” album cover. Courtesy | Louis Tomlinson Instagram Before photography was widespread, illustrators filled magazine pages with their life-like drawings of animals and nature. Robert Frederick “Bob” Kuhn was one of the most influential wildlife illustrators of his time. “Bob Kuhn: Drawing on Instinct” is on display in the Daughtrey Art...

Alumna hits 100K, travels North America
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Alumna hits 100K, travels North America

Messinger’s husband challenged her to get 100K followers by the end of 2025. Courtesy | Instagram “If you reach 100K by the end of the year, we can travel North America for a month.”  Izzy Messinger, a ’25 Hillsdale alumna, posted a video of her running with that soundbite on Instagram Oct. 22, the first...

How to stick to your resolutions
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How to stick to your resolutions

Courtesy | Unsplash ’Tis the season of overcommitting to 17 different New Year’s resolutions that you can decently uphold while still resting at home over break, then watching them slowly slip away as the semester begins. Pew Research studies show that less than a month into the new year, 13% of people will have already...