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Dawn Theater seeks new management

Two management companies face a deadline of April 22 to submit final proposals to run the Dawn Theater, the TIFA Targeted Development Committee decided in a meeting March 26. “Ideally, we’ll have proposals that we can discuss, negotiate and execute in the short term,” TIFA board member Andrew Gelzer told The Collegian. “TIFA is very...

Take the buffet elsewhere: Respect Union cubbies
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Take the buffet elsewhere: Respect Union cubbies

The union cubbies are not the place to offer baked goods. Courtesy | Unsplash Every Hillsdale student remembers the first time he or she saw the hallway outside the dining hall strewn with backpacks. It was a rare sight to see personal items left unattended with the expectation that no one would steal them. It...

Campus Character: Rachel Dunphey
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Campus Character: Rachel Dunphey

Dunphey will play the role of Sandra Bloom in the theatre department’s production of “Big Fish” this week. Courtesy | Rachel Dunphey Rachel Dunphey is a senior philosophy and religion major from Traverse City, Michigan. She is a member of Pi Beta Phi and the senior legacy board, and is the secretary of Alpha Psi...

Quick Hits with Joseph Postell
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Quick Hits with Joseph Postell

Postell with his wife Allison and sons Luke, age 11 and Ben, age 6. Courtesy | Joseph Postell In this Quick Hits, Associate Professor of Politics Joseph Postell talks little league baseball, strange foods, and board games.  If you owned a five-star restaurant, what kind of cuisine would you serve? Korean. I cook some Korean...

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American ‘high culture’ just looks different

As plastic beads and toilet paper filled the streets of New Orleans this Fat Tuesday, palaces in Vienna, Austria, hosted their final Viennese waltz of the season.  Ball season in Vienna, which traditionally lasts Nov. 11 to Shrove Tuesday each year, attracts thousands of visitors to Viennese palaces that host hundreds of balls every season....