Amber Duke is a senior editor for the Daily Caller. She gave a speech titled “The Rise of the New Media” at the CCA on Tuesday night. Q. How did you get into journalism? A. It was kind of by accident. I was graduating from Georgetown, majoring in economics and government and wanted to be...
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Please fix Hillsdale’s Wi-Fi
Courtesy | Unsplash Hillsdale students should be able to complete discussion posts without CampusNet crashing mid-sentence. Last semester, as I wrote a term paper in Hill House, CampusNet went out more than two dozen times, some of the outages lasting more than 30 minutes. I wasn’t alone: I heard similar stories from my fellow students...
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Car accidents rise as temperatures drop
One of Hillsdale College’s snowplows. Skye Graham | Collegian Hillsdale has suffered more snow-related car crashes this season as the county faces historically low temperatures, according to the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department. “We have seen an increase in slide-offs and in two-car accidents in the county this year with the amount of snow that we...
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Michigan law will tax marijuana an additional 24% starting next year
Michigan will tax an additional 24% on wholesale cannabis under a new state law that goes into effect Jan. 1, allocating revenue toward Michigan roads and construction projects. The tax will be added to the existing 10% excise tax and 6% sales tax for cannabis sales at regulated dispensaries. Estimates by Michigan Advance say the...
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‘Lived Conservatism’: students premiere documentary about Russell Kirk’s Hillsdale legacy
Students in the documentary filmmaking course premiered “Lived Conservatism: Russell Kirk’s Example for a New Generation” Tuesday night. The documentary covers the life of prominent conservative thinker Russell Kirk and his affiliation with Hillsdale College. At the end of the documentary, junior Gemma Flores — the film’s narrator — revealed herself as Kirk’s granddaughter. “It...