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Newborn Thea Greb looks around her cradle. Courtesy | Caroline Greb
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Alumnae’s newborn babies share birthday

On Aug. 31, Caroline Greb ’21 and Julia Salloum ’21 both welcomed their firstborn children into the world.  “We had joked so often about giving birth on the same day,” Salloum said. “It was both hilarious but unsurprising when it actually happened.” Greb gave birth at 2:56 a.m., and Salloum gave birth at 9:01 p.m....

Will Carleton’s poem, Over the Hill to the Poorhouse , was based on the Hillsdale Poorhouse. Courtsey | Hillsdale College Archives
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Hillsdale’s asylum: ‘Far from forgotten’

Before things like regularly attending therapy and treating mental illness with appropriate medication were accessible and normalized, those who struggled with mental health were at the bottom of the totem pole. The ethics surrounding mental health institutions and the treatment of their patients are still a slippery slope, but the progress that has been made...

The new class on pirate history offers a swashbuckling assignment. Collegian | Michael Bachmann
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X marks the spot: Student-pirates bury treasure for class

Roaming bands of skullduggerous treasure seekers are soon to disrupt Hillsdale’s hallowed halls and peaceful vistas.   The culprit: David Stewart, professor of history.  His new one-credit history course, the History of Piracy, offers a general overview of piracy, from the ancient world to the present, with a twist. In addition to writing an essay, students...