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Marshall leads Chargers to fourth at invite
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Marshall leads Chargers to fourth at invite

Golf team poses with tournament trophy from last fall. Courtesy | Hillsdale Athletic Department The Hillsdale men’s golf team finished fourth of 14 teams at the Kyle Ryman Memorial Invite as it pulled its lowest scores from its four underclassmen. Freshman Oliver Marshall shot the Chargers’ best score of the tournament, carding a two-under-par 214....

Expansion of solar energy in Michigan faces opposition
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Expansion of solar energy in Michigan faces opposition

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has met with local opposition on solar energy. Courtesy | Twitter As Gov. Gretchen Whitmer endorses a “100% clean energy” standard for Michigan, calling it “ambitious and achievable,” local officials and policy experts are raising concerns about solar energy. Local opposition, painful tradeoffs, and reliability concerns threaten to derail the transition to...

Fink, other lawmakers unveil bills to stop foreign influence
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Fink, other lawmakers unveil bills to stop foreign influence

The bill package concerns China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. Courtesy | Twitter State Rep. Andrew Fink, R-Hillsdale, and other Michigan House Republicans unveiled a package of bills last week aimed at protecting the state from foreign influence, including a ban on government devices using apps from blacklisted countries. The set of nine bills, which...

Provost office announces 2024 commencement speaker
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Provost office announces 2024 commencement speaker

Pat Sajak, longtime “Wheel of Fortune” host and Hillsdale College Board of Trustees chairman, will be the commencement speaker for the class of 2024, according to an email announcement from the provost’s office Wednesday. “Pat Sajak gave a wonderful convocation speech some years ago,” College President Larry Arnn said in a statement to The Collegian....

Kappa keeps lead midway through homecoming
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Kappa keeps lead midway through homecoming

Kappa Kappa Gamma still leads the overall homecoming standings after Simpson won Wednesday night’s trivia competition on a tiebreaker question. Simpson is now tied with Kno Way Man — an alliance between Koon, Galloway, and Waterman residences — for second, followed by New Dorm in fourth, and Niedfeldt Residence in fifth. In the trivia competition,...