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Mr. T’s Ride

Science Lab Director Ted Miller, affectionately known as “Mr. T” by his students, works and plays more than most. He is on his second career, having taught at Hillsdale for ten years after a 30-year career at the Dow Chemical Company, where he developed more than 20 patents. Along the way, he developed a passion...

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College increases social media presence

An explosion in social media traffic is keeping the Hillsdale College marketing department busy and looking forward to the future. “Our Twitter account just broke 10,000 followers,” Social Media Coordinator Hannah Strickland said. “Our Instagram has seen the most incredible growth, though. Comparing our Instagram account to those of other colleges our size, our engagement...

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Gov. Rick Snyder’s may-issue mistake

It was Sept. 8, 1925. Members of the Ku Klux Klan gathered outside the home of Dr. Ossian Sweet, a black physician who had moved into an all-white neighborhood in Detroit. The mob threw rocks, and eventually, shots were fired. At the end, a Klan member lay dead and another wounded. Sweet was tried, found...

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Park Place floods, students displaced

Water flooded an apartment at Park Place Apartments last week, leaving soaked carpets and ruined books in its wake. “It was a bit of a surprise,” sophomore Nathanael Meadowcroft said. “A pipe burst only in my room. All my books are on the floor, soaked and probably ruined.” Meadowcroft said he guessed the value of...

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Q&A: Charles Cooke, a gun-loving Brit

National Review Staff Writer Charles Cooke is a graduate of the University of Oxford, where he studied modern history and politics. He writes on the Second Amendment, Anglo-American history, free speech, and American Exceptionalism. He is the co-host of the podcast “Mad Dogs and Englishmen.” In addition to National Review, his writing has appeared in...