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Abortion is not an ‘um’ issue
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Abortion is not an ‘um’ issue

In a cute sailor jacket with “je t’aime” embroidered in white thread over the heart, Hillsong Church pastor Carl Lentz discussed faith and politics on “The View” talk show last week. Despite his charming nod to French tenderness (and its $2600 Saint Laurent price tag), he forgot to extend his “I love you” to all...

Drugs continue to plague county
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Drugs continue to plague county

Over the past few years, deaths from synthetic opioids — drugs that react with opioid receptors to act as pain relievers such as morphine — have risen more than 500 percent. President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis — America’s rapidly escalating rate of drug abuse and drug-related deaths — a public health emergency last...

Hillsdale’s most popular classes span multiple departments
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Hillsdale’s most popular classes span multiple departments

Courses offered this spring that always fill are History of Art II: Renaissance – Modern; Readings in Power, Leadership & Responsibility; English Grammar; Classical Children’s Literature; Renaissance British Literature; The Two World Wars; and Theology of the Body, according to Registrar Douglas McArthur. These classes come from numerous departments: art, business, education, English, history, and...

Take a break from core, majors by mixing it up
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Take a break from core, majors by mixing it up

An hour before sunrise on Monday, seniors and credit-wealthy juniors will roll out of their beds, load WebAdvisor, and stare at their computer screens until the clock slips from 6:59 to 7 a.m. After they click the SUBMIT button, they’ll conclude the ritual by staring bug-eyed at the screen until, no, the webpage does not...

Andy Brown: The voice of the Hillsdale Chargers
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Andy Brown: The voice of the Hillsdale Chargers

When Lecturer in English Andrew Brown begins his Great Books class, he usually starts a discussion about the weekend’s Charger football game. Brown has taught an English course each semester for a few years, but he’s spent more than half of his life as a broadcaster for Charger football. So after he tells students to...