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Behind the Hillsdale bombing: Mafia or KKK?
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Behind the Hillsdale bombing: Mafia or KKK?

The Cascarelli fruit store after the bombing in 1923. Courtesy | Hillsdale County Historical Society In the early hours of June 24, 1923, a violent boom rocked the town of Hillsdale. A bomb blew up at the back of the Cascarelli fruit store, destroying windows all along the Broad Street side of the Waldron Block,...

Campus Character: Pierce Leaman
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Campus Character: Pierce Leaman

Leaman as a child. Courtesy | Pierce Leaman Pierce Leaman is a sophomore history major from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He participates in College Republicans, Federalist Society, and club tennis. Have you ever set anything on fire that you weren’t supposed to? Nearly the Niedfeldt microwave when I botched heating up Kraft Mac and Cheese — ask...

Quick Hits with Anna Navrotskaya
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Quick Hits with Anna Navrotskaya

Navrotskaya holding a giant cucumber. Courtesy | Anna Navrotskaya In this Quick Hits, Associate Professor of French Anna Navrotskaya talks wooden clogs, her cats, and her love of the French language. If you could introduce or bring back any fashion trend, what would it be? Wooden clogs. I love everything medieval, and also, I can...

Quick Hits with Tom Burke
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Quick Hits with Tom Burke

Burke with his father. Courtesy | Tom Burke In this Quick Hits, Professor of Philosophy and Religion Tom Burke talks Handel, prayer, and his childhood best friends.  Do you believe in any conspiracy theories? If so, which is your favorite? Do I believe in conspiracy theories? None of the conspiracies I believe in are theories....