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Best Burger: The Hunt Club of Hillsdale, Hillsdale
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Best Burger: The Hunt Club of Hillsdale, Hillsdale

A good burger depends on good atmosphere. The sporty American-style pub, Hunt Club of Hillsdale, delivers. Two levels draw your eyes up to emerald tiled ceilings, waxed wooden beams, and incandescent light bulbs. Bite into the bar’s classic Pony Burger or opt for something non-traditional, like a turkey and guacamole burger. Pair it with all...

Charger Chatter: Suzanne Detar
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Charger Chatter: Suzanne Detar

How did you choose swimming?  I started off as a volleyball player — I played for eight years. But I knew I wanted to play a sport in college, and realistically I’m too short to play volleyball in college, so I decided to take a step back and focus more on swimming, because I started...

Catching waves and life lessons
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Catching waves and life lessons

When junior Nainoa Johsens was a “young and reckless” 16-year-old, he found himself thrown to the bottom of the ocean, wrapped in kelp, asking, “Is this it?” Tangled in seaweed and thrashing against the turbulent seawater, Johsens learned a valuable lesson from surfing: respect the power of the ocean and its control over him. “Surfing...

Tips for combating political fatigue
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Tips for combating political fatigue

Facebook doesn’t make us happier, especially when 63 percent of Americans consult it for news on an election that features the least popular candidates since the advent of scientific polling. But while Facebook is a symptom of America’s collective political fatigue, the platform can cure it as well, by encouraging users to increase their political...