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Student tests CBD products and finds label claims inaccurate
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Student tests CBD products and finds label claims inaccurate

Spoelstra used various techniques to check the accuracy of CBD label claims. Courtesy | Joey Spoelstra Senior biochemistry student Joey Spoelstra tested various CBD products and found that label claims were often inaccurate. Spoelstra presented his findings to the Association of Analytical Chemists in Livonia Michigan, on Nov. 9. “The main point of the research...

Share the Warmth of Hillsdale needs volunteers
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Share the Warmth of Hillsdale needs volunteers

The Hillsdale chapter of the nonprofit Share the Warmth is open from November to April. Courtesy | Facebook  Share the Warmth of Hillsdale County is looking for volunteers. “We serve the unhoused community here in our county,” said Penny Meyers, executive director of Hillsdale’s chapter of the nonprofit Share the Warmth.  The warming center is...

Classics room undergoes renovations
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Classics room undergoes renovations

The classics seminar room in Kendall Hall has a new look this semester. Joseph Garnjobst, chairman and professor of classics, said the renovations in Kendall 232 were done in-house by Hillsdale College maintenance. Additions to the room include more bookshelves, a different projector angle, and a new whiteboard on the west wall, according to Garnjobst....

Admissions' interns spend the summer in Hillsdale
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Sports teams draw foreign students

Students on Hillsdale’s campus represent 20 countries around the world, according to Hillsdale Admissions Counselor Ben Strickland. For many international students, sports brought them to campus.   Freshmen Henry Hammond and Daniel Warbuton and senior Jamahl Burke all come to Hillsdale to pursue their athletic careers.  When Hammond came to Hillsdale from London, England, the American...

Study finds reading in print improves comprehension
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Study finds reading in print improves comprehension

Reading literature in print improves comprehension. Courtesy | Sophia Mandt Hillsdale students do much of their reading for courses online, even as a new study shows that reading comprehension is better with printed material than with screens. “If a student spends ten hours reading books on paper, their comprehension will probably be six to eight...