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QUICK HITS with Amelia Lawson
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QUICK HITS with Amelia Lawson

In this Quick Hits, Amelia Lawson, assistant director of admissions who oversees the high school summer programs and student ambassadors, talks favorite breakfast food, childhood dreams, and crazy questions from her children.  What is your go-to song? Depends on the day, but Kip Moore always puts me in a good mood. What’s your favorite season? ...

Conversion Therapy ban threatens religious freedom
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Conversion Therapy ban threatens religious freedom

The governor of Kentucky signed an executive order Sept. 18 that forbids conversion therapy for minors — a sly political act that threatens children, parental rights, and religious freedom.  “Kentucky cannot possibly reach its full potential unless it is free from discrimination by or against any citizen — unless all our people feel welcome in...

Grove City professor addresses transgression
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Grove City professor addresses transgression

Grove City professor Carl Trueman discusses modern shift toward individualism at Hillsdale College Drummond lecture. Courtesy | Ligonier Modern culture defines itself by opposing whatever the established norm may be, what Carl Trueman called transgression in a Drummond Lecture titled, “Blessed Are the Transgressors,” Sept. 26 in Christ Chapel.  “Transgression can never be satisfied,” Trueman...

The Collegian Weekly: Treat a Freshman to Coffee
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The Collegian Weekly: Treat a Freshman to Coffee

Upperclassmen, treat a freshman to coffee.  It doesn’t cost much and it’s the perfect way to extend the gift of friendship and welcome you once received to the next cohort of Hillsdale students.  As we’re often reminded, Hillsdale is always one graduating class away from losing its student culture. The way of life we have...

Hunting and gathering: men compete for Chick-fil-A
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Hunting and gathering: men compete for Chick-fil-A

When sophomore Thomas Potter walked into the thrift sale at Sigma Chi, he didn’t expect to purchase the shoes that he had traded the night before. Potter had surrendered his shoes to win points for the Simpson Scavenger Hunt, and the next day, he accompanied friends to the fraternity thrift sale.  “I look, and there...