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Junior Simpsonite drops out to pursue film
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Junior Simpsonite drops out to pursue film

“I Wish I Were a Little Boy” The strangely titled vinyl record clung to the front door, an odd tribute to the occupant inside. Sitting at his desk, junior Josh Hamilton edited a picture he took “somewhere out by the baseball fields.” Dressed in a Hillsdale athletics T-shirt and blue jeans, he swapped his wet...

ACS celebrates National Chemistry Week
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ACS celebrates National Chemistry Week

An explosion shook Hillsdale Preparatory School on Tuesday after college volunteers held a hydrogen-filled balloon to an open flame. Following the excitement, students received a lecture about general chemistry and physical science. This week the Hillsdale College American Chemistry Society will join other clubs across the country in celebrating National Chemistry Week. ACS students volunteered...

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Students entranced by eclipsed moon

A red moon peeked out from overcast skies just after 10 p.m. Sunday night. Applause and cheering rose up from the dozens of students below, before the clouds blocked their view of the moon. Despite the overcast skies, the total lunar eclipse briefly appeared. The rare event motivated the Astronomy Club to set up telescopes...

Students attend ’16 debate in Cleveland
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Students attend ’16 debate in Cleveland

Several Hillsdale students traveled to Cleveland to attend the first Republican 2016 presidential debate at Quicken Loans Arena on Aug. 6. Sophomores Claudia Sladick, Madeline Domalakes, Morgan Brownfield, and Michael Lucchese, all members of Hillsdale’s College Republicans chapter, arranged to meet in Cleveland with event tickets from the Cuyahoga County Republican Party. Although they disagreed...

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Hillsdale needs computer science

The recent announcement of Computer Science Professor Rein Zeller’s retirement presents an awkward discussion to the Hillsdale College community. Few students could mention the fact that he is the resident Computer Science professor, or that the math department commemorated his retirement by dumping the CS program from its course selection. Hillsdale may not be the...