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Keep presidential elections outside DC families
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Keep presidential elections outside DC families

Dear Washington, D.C., let someone new run for president.  Let someone who genuinely wants to serve his country run for president rather than someone whose family has been in politics for years.  Washington, D.C. thinks small. It sticks with who it knows, keeping it all in the family. Hillary Clinton, a former first lady, ran...

Setting sail for spring break
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Setting sail for spring break

Six women set sail in the British Virgin Islands for a week—the perfect reality TV show or Key West novel. But it’s actually a group of friends from Hillsdale College on spring break.  Senior Grace Hearne has sailed in the British Virgin Islands many times with her family, and she said she was excited to...

Speed limits in Michigan celebrate 68th anniversary
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Speed limits in Michigan celebrate 68th anniversary

The first speed limit in Michigan was 65 mph. Courtesy | Facebook  This February was the 68th anniversary of Michigan lawmakers instituting the state’s first speed limit.  Michigan lawmakers set highway speed limits to 65 mph during the day and 55 mph at night on Feb. 3, 1956. Before this, drivers were allowed to drive...

Institutional Advancement announces staff promotions
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Institutional Advancement announces staff promotions

Bill Gray ’01 is the new vice president of institutional advancement, assuming the title long held by John Cervini ’74, who has become the executive vice president for institutional advancement.  “Our outreach programs convey the meaning and much of the teaching of the college to vast audiences outside,” said Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale...

School vouchers expand parental choice in options for education
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School vouchers expand parental choice in options for education

I went to a public school for my entire K-12 education, and I was the type of kid who told my parents every crazy thing my teachers and classmates did.  From girls getting pregnant freshman year to a new teacher who told students he was polyamorous and nonbinary, there never was a shortage of content....