Fracking. Nobody knows what it is, but it’s provocative. It gets the people going. Sunday night, journalist and documentary filmmaker Ann McElhinney spoke at the Center for Constructive Alternatives seminar on Energy: Issues & Controversies to an audience that came away with very mixed reactions. The topic of her speech, “To Frack or Not to...
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November 2, 2014July 12, 2022Culture
“Faded Memories”: Local author Dan Bisher tells Hillsdale’s story
When local author Dan Bisher walked into Broad Street Market on Oct. 16 to promote his new book, “Faded Memories: Examination & Profiles of Hillsdale County’s Pioneer Period” he had 40 copies to sell. He left with only 7. Broad Street Market hosted Bisher as part of Hillsdale’s Awesome Autumn festivities. Bisher, a native of...
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October 16, 2014July 12, 2022City News
Antiquing in Allen, Michigan: An alternative to Wal-Mart
Just 15 minutes from campus lies the “Antique Capital of the World” in Allen, Michigan. When driving through Allen, antique stores line both sides of the roads, claiming to be “the largest antique barn in Michigan” or “home to the world’s greatest antiques.” Antiquing in Allen is a popular pursuit that entices people to travel...
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October 2, 2014July 12, 2022News
Students hear Wendell Berry
This past weekend, 30 Hillsdale students had the opportunity to hear celebrated novelist and activist Wendell Berry speak at the fourth annual Front Porch Republic conference in Louisville, Kentucky. The conference is held every year at various locations across America to “examine ways to promote a more comprehensive localist vision,” according to the Front Porch...
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September 25, 2014July 12, 2022Opinions
The death of dating
What happened to dating? When did we begin to exchange the nervous yet exciting conversations over coffee for casual late nights in the union together, the dinner-and-a-movie dates for hookups in some dingy back room of a party? There’s a split within our society that’s highlighted clearly at Hillsdale College. Instead of giving ourselves a...