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Chapel organ dedicated

The Mary Waterman Memorial Organ in Christ Chapel was dedicated Thursday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m. with a ceremony and recital by an expert guest organist. “It’s important to have a dedication because of the sacred nature of the music that gets played on it,” said Jim Holleman, music department chair and director of the...

Q & A: Barton Swaim
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Q & A: Barton Swaim

Barton Swaim is an editorial writer and book reviewer at the Wall Street Journal. His time as a speechwriter for South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is the subject of his memoir “The Speechwriter: A Short Education in Politics.” He is this semester’s Eugene C. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Journalism and just finished teaching a...

Dorms host Campus Carnival to bring festivities to quad
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Dorms host Campus Carnival to bring festivities to quad

Benzing Residence and the Suites are partnering to bring a carnival to the quad this Friday, from 3 – 6 p.m.  The Campus Carnival will feature state fair-like entertainment, including snow cones, corn dogs, a petting zoo, and carnival games, according to Abbie Patrick, Benzing’s head resident assistant.  “People should come to this event because...

Recent grads homemaking and hospitality
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Recent grads homemaking and hospitality

Degree? Check. Job? Check. Cheap apartment? Check.  When the dust settles after the initial chaos of transitioning from college student to young professional, fledgling graduates may look around at their empty, white-walled apartments in unfamiliar cities and start to miss the comfort of their old communities. But homemaking and hospitality are skills developed through practice,...

Fundraising begins for D.C. campus expansion
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Fundraising begins for D.C. campus expansion

Fundraising has begun for expansion of Hillsdale’s Washington, D.C., campus, with the purchase of two additional buildings that will house the Van Andel Graduate School of Government and other offices, as well as a plan to build a courtyard that will connect the buildings along Massachusetts Avenue.  The Allan P. Kirby Center for Constitutional Studies...