Thirty Hillsdale students attended the Young Americans for Freedom Regional Conference titled “A Time for Choosing” in Grand Rapids, Mich., last weekend. YAF President Nathan Brand said it helped that the conference was close to Hillsdale. “This is the first time we’ve had one in Grand Rapids,” Brand said. “There was one last year in...
Author: Kate Patrick (Kate Patrick)
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Winter potholes prove costly to city, drivers
While Hillsdale is struggling just to fund routine road fixes, this winter amplified the problem by creating new potholes that are expensive to fix and costly to drivers if neglected. Hillsdale senior Christopher Kehoe discovered this when he popped two tires driving 25 mph over a massive pothole on Fayette Street. “I swerved to avoid...
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Student union floods again
Students crowded outside the Grewcock Student Union at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon after a pipe broke in the college bookstore. “I got a call about an alarm going off,” Director of Student Activities Amanda Bigney said. “A pipe broke in the ceiling and water started going down into the bookstore.” Senior Martha Ekdahl was working...
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$10,500 given for Centralhallapalooza
Student Federation gave $10,500 to the Student Activities Board for this year’s Centralhallapalooza. The funds will be used to pay for the usual attractions and food. SAB will use its own budget to bring in a famous musician as this year’s surprise attraction. Secretary and junior Annie Teigen said Student Fed will also be cosponsoring...
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GOAL Program hiring
The GOAL program is hiring seven new leaders for volunteer organizations and a new coordinator for the fall 2014 semester. Senior Travis Cook, GOAL director, will be replaced by current coordinator sophomore Jackie Frenkel. “So far we’ve had 30 to 35 applications,” Cook said. “We typically conduct 30 to 40 interviews every spring, which takes...