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Hillsdale: Is the debt worth it?

Hillsdale College students should graduate with more debt than most colleges because Hillsdale is a private institution and therefore more expensive, according to national statistics and dozens of federal reports. But Hillsdale defies the trend. The Student Debt Project by The Institude for College Access and Success released its ninth annual report Nov. 13, announcing...

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Charger Chatter: Football captains

The four captains of the football team from top to bottom: Dan Pittman, Butch Herzog, Tim Moinet, and Alex Fogt. The captains recap the season and give advice to freshmen.  Overall, how do you guys feel about the season this year? Pittman: We set out a lot of goals, and I think we came up short...

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Community brainstorms to better city

Follow Kate on Twitter City residents and employees sat around four, big tables and discussed ways to improve the city of Hillsdale at the Master Plan Charrette meeting Tuesday. Amongst the more than 40 proposed ideas included suggestions for unique restaurants, extending coffee shop hours, turning abandoned buildings into entertainment venues, and installing transportation to...

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Walberg clinches victory

JACKSON, MICH. — Amid his supporters, close friends, and family on the second floor of the Commonwealth Commerce Center in Jackson, Republican Rep. Tim Walberg talked about everyone but himself when he won re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives for Michigan’s 7th District on Tuesday. “I’ve been making a lot of phone calls to...

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Fiber optic cables are ‘kind of retro’: If Hillsdale gets more bandwidth, it may attract more entrepreneurs

Follow Kate on Twitter If Hillsdale City Council ratifies a contract between the Board of Public Utilities and ACD.net at the council’s Nov. 17 meeting, then the city of Hillsdale could get faster Internet and attract high-tech entrepreneurs. The council did not ratify BPU’s deal with one of Michigan’s largest independent Internet providers at the...