On Oct. 7, the Michigan Press Association officially announced the winners of its College Better Newspaper Contest for the 2011-2012 school year. The Collegian received 26 awards in Division II, which rates weekly student papers statewide against each other. Competing against such schools as Cornerstone University and Ferris State University, The Collegian submitted pieces in...
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Grad program hosts statesmanship lectures
Last Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Phillips Auditorium, Justin Jackson, associate professor of English, captivated his audience discussing the familial and political significance of the biblical story of David. “I don’t think there’s a biblical narrative better than the David story,” Jackson said in a later interview. “It is a great piece of literature up...
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Elections have Consequences: principles of polling
A New York Times poll released yesterday showed President Obama ahead of Republican rival Mitt Romney by 10 percentage points in Ohio, 12 in Pennsylvania, and 9 in Florida. This and other polls have led Democrats to declare victory and Republicans to despair. But a closer look at the data suggests the results aren’t as accurate...
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Pi Beta Phi receives $110,000 check
The Pi Beta Phi sorority house was inadvertently overcharged for its energy bill by the Hillsdale Board of Public Utilities for more than a dozen years, but it was not until this past summer that the mistake was caught. To make amends, BPU sent a $110,000 check to the Pi Phi house in July as...
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Caldwell looks to improve on indoor season
Clearing a height of 13 feet 1 inch, junior Kayla Caldwell finished second in the nation at the NCAA Division II Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championships this March — and she did it all with a fractured shin.