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Book review: ‘The Story of Ain’t’

In 1961, G. & C. Merriam & Co. released Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, a $3.5 million and 27-year investment that prompted what the late author David Foster Wallace called “the Fort Sumter of the Usage Wars.” Critics clamored to condemn the work as overly permissive. The New York Times demanded it’s recall and Dwight...

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The 3-Minute Interview

Kathy Newell is the owner of The Blossom Shop and organizer of the Christmas Scavenger Hunt and the Parade of Lights.   How did Hillsdale’s two biggest Christmas events go? Attendance doubled for the scavenger hunt this year, and we had a great turnout for the parade, especially considering it was our first year. We...

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In focus: Discovering Etta

One of these tragically recent discoveries is the powerful, brazenly talented Etta James, who died last Friday morning in Riverside Calif. at the age of 73 due to complications from leukemia.
Four-time Grammy Award winner, member of both The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and The Blues Hall of Fame, James left an indelible mark on modern music. Adele cites James as her biggest influence. Flo Rida’s “Good Feeling” is a tribute. Beyonce Knowles played James in the movie “Cadillac Records.” Janis Joplin, Bonnie Raitt, R. Kelly, and even The Rolling Stones attest to her influence.

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Practicality is overrated

Hillsdale is beautiful. Even when the sky is grey, the ground is mud, and the streets are slush; we are surrounded by stunning, new, Neo-classical architecture seldom associated with college campuses.