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From Central Hall to the House floor

When graduation was just two days away, Hillsdale College senior class president Hans Zeiger ’07 did what any good leader on campus would do: He commissioned a group of students to journey to the top of Central Hall to mount their senior class flag. The flag, hanging from the top of Central Hall for the...

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Health Center to hold race

The Hillsdale Community Health Center will host the Run for Health 5K and 10K Saturday and award a $100 cash prize to anyone who breaks the course record. Registration opens at 7:30 a.m., and the race begins at 9:00 a.m. from the Health Center at 168 S Howell St. The HCHC hosts the race in...

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Zeiger sends personal notes to voters

With less than five weeks until the November election, voters are inundated with negative TV ads, junk campaign emails, and mailers that only get looked at on their way to the recycling bin. Hillsdale alumnus Hans Zeiger is breaking through the clutter by personally reaching out to voters to secure his re-election bid. Starting in...

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Saul Alinsky: required reading

Hillsdale College needs a little more Lucifer. Lucifer, the original “radical,” receives a shoutout in Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals,” which should be required reading for every Hillsdale College student. Alinsky’s views and tactics go against everything the college stands for, and that is why his book, or excerpts from it, should be added to...

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“Turn out President Fairfield”

As Hillsdale College approaches the end of its 170th anniversary as an institution of higher learning, few controversies have plagued campus like the Great Rebellion of 1866. Today, students complain about visiting hours, but in 1866, students protested the administration’s rule against the admittance of females into student groups. The Great Rebellion started when Hillsdale...