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Administration needs to clear the air on its weed policy
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Administration needs to clear the air on its weed policy

Author’s note: Hillsdale College does not currently have a “Zero Tolerance” policy on marijuana. Students who break the rules are not typically expelled, but instead placed on probation or suspended. With these facts in mind, the following piece can only serve to commend the college for not expelling students on their first infraction. Within a week of setting...

Speech and debate teams take fourth
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Speech and debate teams take fourth

Hillsdale College’s individual events and debate teams took fourth place together at Marshall University’s Chief Justice Invitational on Saturday and Sunday. The debate team placed second in its team competition, with five team members earnings individual awards. The individual events team had finalists in four events. Graham Deese confirmed that the entire team had qualified...

Speech, debate team send members to finals
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Speech, debate team send members to finals

After a weekend of strong performances, Hillsdale College’s individual events speech team rolled in from a double header at 1 a.m. Monday, and the debate team returned three hours later. In two Illinois tournaments, the individual events team contended with some of the best, with a student placing in the finals. Debate students finished second...

Debate finishes first at opening competition
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Debate finishes first at opening competition

Hillsdale College’s debate team took first place at Western Kentucky University’s Fall Fiesta Tournament. The team competed Friday through Sunday in Lincoln-Douglas debates, one-on-one. Despite having several new members, the team rose to win its first competition of the year. Freshman Henrey Deese qualified for the national tournament in April, after winning four of his...

Carafano speaks on national security, growing threat of terrorism
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Carafano speaks on national security, growing threat of terrorism

The scariest part of the future of terrorism, lecturer James Carafano said, is that he has no idea what it will look like. “Today, there are more terrorists worldwide than there were in 2008,” he said. “There are more deaths from terrorism. There are more terrorist plots against the United States. We’re at this place...