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New music Friday: Donny McArdle
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New music Friday: Donny McArdle

Donny McArdle sings on the quad. Courtesy | Donny McArdle To Donny McArdle, love is a choice. Well, partially. Sophomore Donald (Donny) McArdle’s single “Love” will be released tomorrow, just a few days after Valentine’s Day. Unlike one of the most controversial holidays of the year, McArdle’s track is absent of any cheap clichès.  “Love...

Tuition and fees add acoustic style to student music scene
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Tuition and fees add acoustic style to student music scene

Tuition and Fees pair three-part harmonies with old-style tunes. Courtesy | Phoebe VanHeyningen For many Hillsdale students, it is their social circles that create connection. But for sophomores Phoebe VanHeyningen, Emily Griffith, and Fiona Mulley, their connection grew out of a shared passion for music. “We all kind of have our own social circles during...

Students discover Michigan’s Hogsmeade
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Students discover Michigan’s Hogsmeade

Michaela Estruth and friends explore the streets and shops of Frankenmuth. Courtesy | Anna Maisonville ButterBeer, Chocolate Frogs, Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans–classic candies sold in Hogsmeade–capture the tongues of young witches and wizards. Hogsmeade is the beloved escape town of the students at Hogwarts Witchcraft and Wizardry.  Little do many people know, Hillsdale College...

Professional ballerina teaches Hillsdale students
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Professional ballerina teaches Hillsdale students

Carla Lippert taught the Hillsdale Tower Dancers. Courtesy | Holly Hobbs Carla Lippert is a professional ballerina and teacher. Performing as a soloist for the American Ballet Theatre and a principal ballerina at the Boston Ballet, Lippert now teaches ballet. Lippert traveled to Hillsdale College as a répétiteur for the “Pas de Quatre” ballet, which...

Experience the Gospel in real time
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Experience the Gospel in real time

James Krag performed “According to Mark” last Saturday in Markel Auditorium. With nothing but a four-legged stool, a stage, and bursting expressions of voice, actor James Krag presented the Gospel of Mark, shot through with vigor and a precise artistic vision. One actor. One prop. Seventy-eight scenes of the Gospel of Mark. Hillsdale students, families,...