Hillsdale City leadership has made efforts to address issues of environmental contamination within the city by taking steps to identify and better understand possible polluted sites. According to an agenda summary from City Manager Linda Brown to the city council dated Jan. 30 of this year, the city action was prompted by a business which...
Author: Shaun Lichti (Shaun Lichti)
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Ben Whitcomb and trio perform Tchaikovsky-inspired set
Cellist Ben Whitcomb, who will be performing on Hillsdale’s campus this week, is an experienced and well-traveled cellist who has performed in countries all around the world. His musical story began, however, with an instrument shortage and an alphabetical curse. “I was in the 5th grade, and I really wanted to play violin,” Whitcomb said....
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Collin Barnes brings passion to Hillsdale
Professor of Psychology Collin Barnes may not be instantly recognizable as a self-described former “straight-laced high school kid with a deep appreciation for grunge rock and the counter culture.” But there are still traces of the young marching-band member to be found in the rock ‘n’ roll loving professor. The man who was close friends...
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Pipe bursts near state street
On Feb. 4, a water pipe on Buena Vista Drive burst and left approximately 20 residents to be without water for several hours. Annette Kinney, chief financial manager and assistant director of the Hillsdale Board of Public Utilities, said the break was caused by the cold weather. “Frost can get down in the ground around...
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Campus gets LinkedIn
The Hillsdale College Career Services office has hired Jonathan Slonim, a junior studying economics and history, to work with students on developing their online presence using the website LinkedIn. LinkedIn, an online professional social media network launched in 2003, now boasts over 200 million registered users in more than 200 countries and territories. Director of...