The city-wide WiFi network Hillsdale FreeNet will be updated this spring in hopes to increase the internet speed. While FreeNet is available throughout the city, most Hillsdale College students studying downtown said they prefer to use local business’ WiFi, such as Jilly Beans. “[FreeNet] not super fast. I can check my email and do basic...
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2014 CCA topics announced
Hillsdale’s Center for Constructive Alternatives has decided on next year’s topics. They will be World War I, Energy: Issues and Controversies, American Journalism Yesterday and Today, and Silent Films. Timothy Caspar, associate vice president for external affairs, said the college has hosted an economics CCA every year for the past 12 years. “Over the course...
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Inside the Igloo
A group of Simpson men build a fire inside an igloo where they roast marshmallows, eat Swedish fish, and tell ghost stories. Freshman Alex Reuss downloads “The Higgledy-Piggledy Palace,” a fairy tale, onto his phone and begins to read aloud. Senior Garrett Holt, junior Evan Gensler, sophomore Colin Wilson, and freshman Ian Gensler pass around...
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Charger Chatter: Kenzi Dickhudt
Freshman Kenzi Dickhudt is a walk-on for the Hillsdale swim team and has been swimming since she was seven years old. A native of Detroit, Mich., Dickhudt loves the strong community at Hillsdale and plans on majoring in economics. How long have you been swimming? I have been swimming since I was seven. I was...
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Fed moves ice rink warming hut
Student Federation approved $600 for Campus Health and Recreation to move a warming hut down to the ice skating rink across from Broadlawn on Hillsdale Street. Previously, the ice rink was located on the Quad. “They moved it to the new place, across from Broadlawn, and that’s replacing the one that was out on the...