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Visiting Writers Program: Somerville passes torch
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Visiting Writers Program: Somerville passes torch

When Professor of English John Somerville took over the English department’s Visiting Writers Program in the 1990s, he took on a job he never would have anticipated. Twenty-five years later, however, he called the job “a surprise and a joy.” Beginning in the fall of 2019, Associate Professor of English Dutton Kearney will take over...

‘For something greater we can come together’
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‘For something greater we can come together’

Moments before David Boswell learned he had won Artworks of Hillsdale’s Artist of the Year Prize, he stood before his students at Hillsdale High School, helping his chorale warm up for rehearsal. For Boswell, his final year of teaching looks remarkable like the previous 25 – investing in the musical community of his students and...

‘Drive to Survive’ is a motor thrill
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‘Drive to Survive’ is a motor thrill

Released a week before the first race of the 2019 Formula 1 season in March, Netflix’s docu-series “F1: Drive to Survive” is an adrenaline-charged piece of escapism. Formula 1, also known as F1, is the top tier of single-seater, open wheel car racing in the world. Ten teams, with budgets that soar from the tens...

‘Losers’: Sports docu-series tells the  stories of the athletes who failed
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‘Losers’: Sports docu-series tells the stories of the athletes who failed

Netflix’s new docu-series “Losers,” released in March 2019, offers a different take on success and seeks to combat a culture obsessed with winning by telling the stories of famous – and less famous — athletes who failed, and the lessons they learned by that failure. “Losers” develops this premise across a surprising variety of sports,...

Hillsdale receives grant money for road projects
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Hillsdale receives grant money for road projects

Smooth roads will resurface this summer thanks to a grant from the Michigan Department of Agricultural and Rural Development. The City of Hillsdale received $100,000 under MDARD’s Rural Development Grant, which the city plans to put toward resurfacing Hallett Street from Reading Avenue to the west city limits and replacing a storm drain on the...