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Despite bleak history, Penn State is NCAA Championship material
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Despite bleak history, Penn State is NCAA Championship material

Courtesy: Wikimedia Images The Penn State Nittany Lions have won a single Big Ten Football championship in the past decade. Their sole playoff berth came in the 2024 12-team format after losing the most recent Big Ten championship. They’re 3-7 in their last 10 games against the Michigan Wolverines, and 1-9 over the same stretch...

Freshmen, know your geography
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Freshmen, know your geography

Illustrated by Maggie O’Connor. Welcome, class of 2029, to the prestigious construction site occasionally called Hillsdale College. These first months will be for you not only an academic exercise as a Hillsdale student, but a civil exercise as a Hillsdale citizen, learning the subtleties of our polity’s geography and culture. You will, unfortunately, break very...

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The NFL will benefit from the NIL

This year’s NFL Draft is the culmination of a new era that dawned three years ago in college football. While this new age has been extremely detrimental to college football, it will make this year’s draft, and the many drafts in years to come, all the more entertaining for NFL teams and fanbases. Money has...

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Here’s why Duke will win it all

While the surprises have been uncharacteristically few, this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament is nonetheless set for an exciting conclusion. With record-breaking viewership and close finishes, this year’s edition of March Madness has been everything viewers expect, and the upcoming Final Four games promise to keep delivering. For the first time since 2008, the four...

The adventure lies at home
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The adventure lies at home

Travel is exciting. Travel is accessible and easy. Travel is a constantly-improving global industry. People love to travel. Also, the desire for more travel is misguided. Most people — and certainly those educated in the liberal arts — recognize that accessible, affordable, easy, and exciting things warrant abundant caution. All humans can excessively indulge in...