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The dogs are off their leashes: Simpson Smackdown

Bitter your professor gave you a C? Watch him fight your classmates, MMA-style! Simpson Residence will host its annual “Simpson Smackdown” April 18 at 8 p.m. in the dormitory’s back courtyard with free admission, free concessions, and spoof betting. An all-star cast of student wrestlers and mystery professors will battle for campus glory.  “Expect the...

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Tower Players perform short plays

Hillsdale Tower Players took the stage at the Quilhot Blackbox Theatre April 9 through 12 to perform in the club’s biannual Festival of Short Plays.  The series of one-act plays offered stories ranging in variety both in style and mood, and time period and theme. The four plays were “The Girl Who Cannot Be Hurt,”...

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Matchmaker, matchmaker, make Hillsdale a match!

More than 80 single Hillsdalians will mingle at off-campus Halfway House April 25, searching for the perfect match. Seniors Adriana Azarian, Maria Birzer, Clare Horvath, Erika Kyba, Annika Monson, and Meredith VanDerWeide will host the inaugural Halfway House Matchmaking Party. Invited guests filled out an application, and the women matched couples based on similar responses...

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Let’s continue the discussion about percussion

Complex syncopation and irregular rhythms from marimbas and trash cans reverberated in MacNamara Rehearsal Hall.  The Hillsdale College Percussion Ensemble played its annual spring concert April 11 featuring contemporary composers. Audience members tapped their toes while listening to dramatic rhythms and tonal sounds created by the ensemble.  The concert, titled “Beauty and the BEAT,” emphasized...