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National Champion Football Coach Dick Lowry Passes
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National Champion Football Coach Dick Lowry Passes

Richard “Dick” Lowry, the only Hillsdale Charger football coach to win a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics championship, died Oct. 29 at age 89.  “I think his biggest strength was his commitment to the playing,” Nate Shreffler ‘93, head football coach and former player for Lowry, said. “He had a vision of what this program...

Rahe publishes sixth book in series on history of Sparta
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Rahe publishes sixth book in series on history of Sparta

The sixth installment in Professor of History Paul Rahe’s series on Spartan grand strategy, “Sparta’s Third Attic War: The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta, 413-404 B.C.,” will be available for purchase Nov. 19.  The book follows the Spartans’ final struggle with the Athenians for power in the Aegean.  “By grand strategy, I mean a comprehensive...

Strachn awarded Veteran of the Year
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Strachn awarded Veteran of the Year

Jenny Spahr hands Sgt. 1st Class Steve Strachn Hillsdale County’s Veteran of the Year award. Courtesy | Jenny Spahr Sgt. 1st Class Steve Strachn received Hillsdale County’s Veteran of the Year Award on Sept. 23.  “We look for qualifications like character, military service, veteran advocacy in the community, and community engagement,” said Jenny Spahr, the...

Hillsdale stays in the stone age: professors explain their technology policy in the classroom
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Hillsdale stays in the stone age: professors explain their technology policy in the classroom

A student works at a computer. | Courtesy Pexels While New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz was teaching a one-credit journalism course last semester, she noticed the lack of students using technology to jot down notes in class. “I think Hillsdale is ahead of the curve on this kind of thing,” Markowicz said in an...