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In Brief: Penny’s launches campus-wide coffee contest
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In Brief: Penny’s launches campus-wide coffee contest

Have you been waiting to unleash your inner barista? Wait no longer. Last weekend, Penny’s announced their Coffee Showcase, giving students the chance to submit recipes for a new coffee drink that will be featured at the cafe’s “Drink Launch Party” on Monday, Feb. 1.  The competition, which opened on Jan. 26, is open to...

Super Bowl commercials: Overrated or underrated?
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Super Bowl commercials: Overrated or underrated?

Overrated: Our society requires too much entertainment The Super Bowl is the ultimate feast day of the commercialization of professional sports.  John Senior, a humanities professor at the University of Kansas, paints the picture of the American’s gross consumption of professional sports. “The armchair quarterback, puffing his gut on insipid American beer and potato chips,...

Human nature: Students steal  succulents at senior class dinner
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Human nature: Students steal succulents at senior class dinner

At the senior Legacy Dinner on Jan. 13, the Legacy Board invited students to wine and dine with College President Larry Arnn. Unfortunately, the beauty of the night was diminished by a handful of seniors who stole the dining table centerpieces. The tables were decorated with succulents which the event coordinators had borrowed from a...

New Year’s resolutions: overrated or underrated?
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New Year’s resolutions: overrated or underrated?

Overrated: Goals shouldn’t require the turn of a calendar Notice anything lately? The gym is over-populated, the dining hall’s salad line is especially long, and iPhone screen time is suspiciously low. It can only mean one thing: It’s a new year.  Fear not — in a month or so, things will go back to normal;...

Students return for in-person classes, college plans on full semester
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Students return for in-person classes, college plans on full semester

After ending its fall 2020 semester virtually, Hillsdale College will resume in-person classes on Wednesday, Jan. 13.  The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced on Dec. 18 that, “Gatherings at colleges and universities, trade schools, and career schools are permitted for the purpose of holding in-person classes.” Although the college will still take...