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Young players impress in Grand Rapids matches

Hillsdale’s underclassmen men’s tennis players won all but one of their matches at the Davenport University Invitational Sept. 25.  Freshman Zeteny Paragi took two matches in the top singles flight, 7-5, 6-4 over Purdue University Northwest and 6-4, 6-3 over Northwood University. Freshman Jack Ford, after an opening loss, beat Northwood 6-2, 6-1 and Davenport...

Michael Anton asks ‘can America be saved?’ in lecture
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Michael Anton asks ‘can America be saved?’ in lecture

Courtesy | Wikimedia America will not be saved, the State Department’s Former Director of Policy Planning Michael Anton told students at a Sept. 29 lecture. Anton delivered the talk, titled “Prospects for the Late Republic,” at the invitation of Hillsdale’s politics honorary, Pi Sigma Alpha. Anton, who worked in the second Trump administration, gave the...

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HOPE Harbor founder to appear in court today

The operator of Hillsdale Thrift will face a city occupancy case Oct. 8 as she plans to refile a federal housing lawsuit she dropped last month. Melissa DesJardin, former executive director of HOPE Harbor, said the court hearing is set for 9 a.m. Thursday. The city claims the group is using its West Carleton Road...

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‘Some sort of whimsy’: Students start bird club

Birds, birds, birds. For a new student club, the bird is the word. Led by president and junior Brandon Meeks, the group of 20 began assembling last semester when Meeks placed posters around campus to generate interest. Every Saturday, members go on a birding expedition, usually to nature reserves outside of Hillsdale.  “I have liked...

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Council debates BPU appointment

Tensions rose at the Hillsdale City Council meeting as council members debated Mayor Scott Sessions’ suggestion of himself as a candidate for an open poistion on the Board of Public Utilities. At the Sept. 21 meeting, the council considered the self-nomination of Sessions to the board of directors of Hillsdale’s Board of Public Utilities. The...