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QUICK HITS: Don Westblade
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QUICK HITS: Don Westblade

What is one trend from your teenage years you wish would come back?  There’s a lot I wish wouldn’t come back. I’m glad we don’t have paisleys and bellbottoms and flower people. I wasn’t very trendy in those days. Skiing was a lot cheaper; I enjoyed that. What is one book you think is underrated?...

From the Vietnam Memorial to the old union chapel: how artist Frederick Hart came to Hillsdale
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From the Vietnam Memorial to the old union chapel: how artist Frederick Hart came to Hillsdale

Tucked away in the old chapel lies a piece of art created by the same hands that created the soldier statues facing the Washington D.C. Vietnam War Memorial. The “Cross of the Millennium,” made by sculptor Frederick Hart, was donated to Hillsdale College by Stephanie Dooley and dedicated in 2019.  Dooley, an art dealer of...

Averkamp celebrates 100th career win
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Averkamp celebrates 100th career win

The Hillsdale College women’s basketball team brought home a victory against Trevecca Nazarene University on Jan. 21. The Chargers led the entire game, winning 84-68. Thursday’s win not only gave the Chargers a much-needed confidence boost ー it was also head coach Charlie Averkamp’s 100th career win. “To see everything cultivate in a really big...

QUICK HITS: Fred Yaniga
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QUICK HITS: Fred Yaniga

What’s one trend from the ’80s you wish would come back? The mullet. I had a proto-mullet. I played ice hockey in high school and had this long-ish hair flowing out of the back of my helmet. Those glory days are gone, and I long for them. What is the most impactful experience you’ve had?...

Ian Church receives Templeton grant
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Ian Church receives Templeton grant

The Templeton Foundation has offered Assistant Professor of Philosophy Ian Church a grant totaling just under $2.5 million to fund a three-year project titled “ Launching Experimental Philosophy of Religion.” “I believe this is the biggest research grant the college has ever seen,” Church said. “I don’t think it’s unreasonable to think that this project...