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Hidden Hillsdale hotspots for your next free weekend

While Hillsdale isn’t known for being a booming metropolis, the town is full of exciting destinations. If you’re a freshman looking to get out of the dorm or a senior who hasn’t explored the city yet, go visit these Hillsdale hotspots this weekend: Silos Fun Park Did you know you could go-kart in Hillsdale? At...

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Carpe ‘Dale: Don’t take this school year for granted

College students are headed back to school—and for many, that means up-to-date vaccine cards, a surplus of masks, socially-distanced gatherings, and loads of Zoom calls. But here in our small Michigan oasis, Hillsdale students are free from nonsensical mandates. We shouldn’t take that freedom for granted.  “This is what we do,” Hillsdale College President Larry...

Maintenance versus masks: College asks students to stop putting face masks in wash due to clogging
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Maintenance versus masks: College asks students to stop putting face masks in wash due to clogging

After three face masks clogged the pipes of New Dorm in one day, Hillsdale College maintenance has asked students to stop putting their masks in dorm washing machines.   Alicia Kelley, aide to the director of facilities, emailed house directors and resident assistants last week after several face masks had caused washing and drying machines to...

Professor perspective: The border crisis
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Professor perspective: The border crisis

“Entry into a country by welfare cases, criminals, terrorists, enemy agents, or socialists and others sympathetic to tyrannical systems of government is never appropriate,” said Charles Steele, chairman of economics, business, and accounting, associate professor of economics, and Herman A. and Suzanne S. Dettwiler chair in economics.  The southern border is projected to see as...

COVID-19 on campus: Zero confirmed cases for three weeks
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COVID-19 on campus: Zero confirmed cases for three weeks

For the third week in the row, there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 on campus, according to the Student Activities Office newsletter.  Over the last two months, only six students have tested positive for the virus. One student is currently in isolation awaiting test results after exhibiting COVID-19-like symptoms.  Director of Student Activities Ashlyn...