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Deer invades Niedfeldt
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Deer invades Niedfeldt

When sophomore Arielle Mueller heard that a deer crashed through her ground-floor window in Niedfeldt Residence, she laughed. “I didn’t believe it,” she said. “I’d never heard of anything like that happening before.” The incident occurred last Sept. 27 around dusk. A young doe was startled by a passing car and runner. It crashed through...

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Off the record

My greatest fear as an intern reporter was the I.T. guy. He wanted me to play on the office softball team, and although I like baseball, I didn’t think that spending my Saturday mornings on a dusty softball field in the hot, D.C. sun with a bunch of people that I didn’t even  know sounded...

Florists bloom, bring beauty to Hillsdale
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Florists bloom, bring beauty to Hillsdale

A bright yellow bike stands outside of the shop on Broad Street, matching the sunflowers filling the big window. Jane Stewart, the owner of Smith’s Flowers, greets each customer that walks into her little flower shop as if they were lifelong friends. “Hello, sweetie,” she says. Or, “Here are your flowers, honey.” Smith’s Flowers and...

TOMMY LUNDBERG: UNDERGROUND ARTIST
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TOMMY LUNDBERG: UNDERGROUND ARTIST

This summer, the walls in the basement of the Sigma Chi house became one artist’s canvas—a canvas that now holds the very first paintings of an art major. Before this May, senior art major Tommy Lundberg had never picked up a paintbrush. However, a visitor to the house would never know that the Detroit Tigers,...