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Quick Hits: Charles Steele

Dr. Charles N. Steele is a professor of economics at Hillsdale College.  What is something you want remembered about you when you die? I would want it to be remembered that I ran Le Grizz 20 times, and completed it. It’s a 50-mile race in Montana. I’ve only run it 19 times so I’ve got...

Grotto welcomes first student couple
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Grotto welcomes first student couple

Ben Hufford and Shelby Dorman’s life together promises to have an adventurous start.  After moving up their wedding from next summer to this fall, the current seniors applied to become caretakers of the Grotto, an off-campus home owned by St. Anthony’s Catholic Church. The house serves as a place for Catholic ministries on campus and...

Quick Hits: Todd Mack
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Quick Hits: Todd Mack

What is your favorite place you have traveled to? The place I go to the most is Spain, and I love Spain. This summer I also went to Costa Rica, and it was pretty great. I had a ton of fun in Costa Rica with some students on study abroad. What is a secret talent...

Freshman’s book teaches kids patriotism
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Freshman’s book teaches kids patriotism

Most children have little interest in learning about constitutional amendments. Freshman Emma Turner said she thinks she has found a way to change that. For her high school senior project, Turner wrote and illustrated a children’s book called “My Living Constitution: A Children’s Guide to U.S. Constitutional Amendments.” The book discusses the framers’ role in...

Chores on haunted floors
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Chores on haunted floors

Few people can say they’ve had ghosts as coworkers, but the building my brother Trevor and I worked in this summer was crawling with paranormal activity.  Previously a meat packing plant, the five-and-a-half-story building in Salina, Kansas now operates as a locksmith shop. In their apartment above the shop, Sarah and Perry George, my boss...