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Students get sneak peek at College Park townhouses
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Students get sneak peek at College Park townhouses

Students had a chance to see inside the new College Park townhouses on N. West Street at the College Park Barbecue event held March 29. The event featured brief tours of the units available for rent as well as barbecue and other foods catered by Saucy Dog’s Barbeque. Door prizes were also available, including an...

Alumnus’ company allows users to pay with a purpose — charity
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Alumnus’ company allows users to pay with a purpose — charity

Over the course of his 20-year career, Derik Lolli ’98 has designed children’s toys, website interfaces, and most recently, Benefit Mobile, a fundraising app that contributes a fraction of the purchase toward a cause of the user’s choosing. Lolli, who studied art while at Hillsdale, said he has always enjoyed design.  He also taught himself...

Fisk Museum adds tortoise, ‘hog-like’ oreodont
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Fisk Museum adds tortoise, ‘hog-like’ oreodont

Two new fossils are on display at the Daniel M. Fisk Museum of Natural History. These latest additions to the museum are a “hog-like” oreodont and an ancient tortoise, both approximately 33 million years old. The oreodont, nicknamed “Bingo,” contains approximately 30 percent real bone, Professor of Biology and museum curator Anthony Swinehart said. Swinehart...

Softball splits weekend doubleheaders
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Softball splits weekend doubleheaders

After beginning conference play over the weekend, the Hillsdale College softball team split doubleheaders against Trevecca Nazarene University and Kentucky Wesleyan University, leaving the Chargers 2 – 2 in the conference and 8-8 overall on the season. The first conference game against Trevecca remained scoreless until the fourth inning, when sophomore shortstop Sam Catron hit a solo...