For the Hillsdale Chargers, watching the hurdles is always exciting. Unlike other events, in which Hillsdale has a dominant athlete, the hurdles event is closely contended between Juniors Elliot Murphy and Matt Raffin. Despite the competition between the athletes, a rivalry rife with animosity does not exist between them. Instead, their mutual respect allows them...
Author: Emmaline Epperson
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Caldwell: third best vault in DII history
Following a two-week break, the Hillsdale College men and women’s track teams began the last five weeks of the 2013 outdoor season, competing at the Michigan State University Spartan Invitational on April 6. Forced to run into the wind and compete in cold weather, the team had few personal records, but maintained position with the...
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A taste of the Mediterranean
When a customer walks in the door, he smiles and immediately throws some meat on the grill. He needs no other prompting as he adds spices and oil, then finishes up. He wraps the sandwich in paper and then fist bumps the customer as he asks about last night’s basketball game and hands him his...
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Class of 2014 elects officers
Junior Josh Andrew was elected senior class president of the 2013-14 senior class on Wednesday. “It’s such a cliché to say that I am humbled by this, but the truth is I am,” he said. “There are high expectations when you know that you are representing a group that you care so much about.” The...
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Keep the Supreme Court out of gay marriage
Last week the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments on California’s Proposition 8, a ballot proposal passed in the Golden State that prohibits same-sex marriage, and the Defense of Marriage Act, legislation signed by President Bill Clinton that defines legal marriage as a union between a man and a woman. By bringing this case...