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Former Hillsdale house mother dies at 100
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Former Hillsdale house mother dies at 100

Bisel and Winter at Widow’s Connecting Point. Courtesy | Lisa Hamilton Hillsdale resident Betty Bisel died Sept. 29 at age 100. She worked at the college for 25 years as the house mother for Simpson Residence and Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.  “She was so modest, she was that silent loving person,” Lisa Hamilton, Bisel’s niece...

Mayor Sessions recommends himself for BPU position
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Mayor Sessions recommends himself for BPU position

The Hillsdale City Council voted Oct. 19 to table the discussion of Mayor Scott Sessions appointing himself to the Board of Public Utilities. At the Sept. 21 council meeting, Sessions announced that he was appointing himself to the BPU board of directors after former member Mike Prince resigned, as previously reported by The Collegian. The...

Campus Character: Daniel Sturdy
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Campus Character: Daniel Sturdy

Daniel Sturdy performs at Boondocks. Courtesy | Theta Epsilon Daniel Sturdy is a senior from Portage, Michigan. He is now a Spanish major after switching from biochemistry. He is president of Theta Epsilon music fraternity and a barista at Penny’s. When he’s not organising Battle of the Bands, you’ll find him writing music. What is...

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Counselor gives talk on Freud and the liberal arts

Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud’s philosophy deserves a place in a study of the liberal arts, psychotherapist Wes Alwan said in an Oct. 6 lecture.  The department of psychology hosted Alwan’s lecture, titled “Freud and the Place of Psychology in the Liberal Arts.” Alwan, a licensed counselor and psychoanalyst in training, explained how Freud’s ideas can contribute...

Phoebe Bridgers unplugs at Lost Weekend tour
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Phoebe Bridgers unplugs at Lost Weekend tour

Phoebe Bridgers Tour Poster Courtesy | Tour Dates, Instagram In a time of rising disconnection and intrusiveness of artificial reality, screen-free concerts might be the future. To some, the concept of a modern day concert being entirely phone, camera, and tech free is harrowing. Fans such as myself who attended singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers’ Lost Weekend...