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Students to perform senior composition

Smyk works on her composition.  Courtesy | Emiliya Smyk   This month senior Emiliya Smyk will conduct a performance held in honor of the victims of the Holodomor, a controlled famine in Ukraine under the Soviet Union. The concert will premiere Feb. 15 at 6 p.m. “I love my concerts to have purpose, I love...

Hillsdale Academy ranks top 5 on CLT
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Hillsdale Academy ranks top 5 on CLT

Hillsdale Academy finished top five in the nation for two categories of the 2024 Classical Learning Test. The current junior class placed first in the average national CLT10 scores by school after taking the test in the spring of 2024. The class of current freshmen at Hillsdale Academy had the 4th highest average test score...

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Chargers fall to rival Findlay

The No. 24 men’s basketball team fell to rivals No. 5 Findlay University Oilers in a hard-fought 76-71 game at home on Jan. 25. Findlay challenged the Chargers early, running a tight full-court press and making it difficult to move the ball effectively and find good shot opportunities. Junior Ashton Janowski, who scored 12 for...

Local prosecutor joins legal counsel
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Local prosecutor joins legal counsel

Neal Brady, now deputy counsel of Hillsdale College, coaches the Hillsdale Academy varsity soccer team. Courtesy | Yahoo News When Neal Brady stepped down as the Hillsdale County Prosecutor, he wasn’t sure what his professional future looked like. On Jan. 13, Brady began work as deputy counsel of Hillsdale College. Brady had served as Hillsdale...

Professor and students to star in ‘My Fair Lady’
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Professor and students to star in ‘My Fair Lady’

Saffian and Franklin pose as Doolittle and Higgins. Courtesy | Trinity Bird    When Kelly Franklin turned 40, his wife said he should fulfill his lifelong dream of starring in a musical. At the end of this month, the associate professor of English will take the stage as professor Henry Higgins in a production of...