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Painting Hillsdale County happy
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Painting Hillsdale County happy

On your next venture to Udder Side ice cream shop or Lake Baw Beese, keep your eyes peeled for colorful stones. These local hang-outs are hotspots for a global trend called kindness rocks — rocks painted with messages and artwork and hidden for lucky Hillsdale residents to find. The rocks are hidden as part of...

New band leader puts a pep in students’ steps
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New band leader puts a pep in students’ steps

Energy dipped during the third quarter of Saturday’s football game, but the Hillsdale College Pep Band’s new leader sophomore Matt Clark kept up momentum all the way into the stunning fourth-quarter victory, heralding the upset with a triumphant reprisal of “White and Blue.” Last weekend, Clark went through trial by fire: He coordinated a performance...

Crunching numbers and credits: Liberal arts prepares accounting majors for employment
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Crunching numbers and credits: Liberal arts prepares accounting majors for employment

Just 19 Hillsdale College students are tackling the accounting major. The task is not for the faint of heart. Demanding extra credit hours and a big exam, an accounting career takes a lot of work — but it’s  not all in vain.  Professor of Accounting Michael Sweeney contends that Hillsdale’s liberal arts education equips accounting...

A Q&A with new international students
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A Q&A with new international students

Yannis Petrzak is from Austria and plans on attending Hillsdale for four years. It’s his second time visiting the U.S.: Last fall, he visited New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Michigan on a vacation. Why did you choose Hillsdale? I heard about Hillsdale College for the first time while looking for a place to study Economics from...

Marchese signs on as social media coordinator
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Marchese signs on as social media coordinator

A scroll through Hillsdale College’s Facebook feed opens a window into the school’s culture, pulling up photos of this year’s welcome party and convocation, articles about Hillsdale alumni, and the latest publication from College President Larry Arnn. Hillsdale’s appeal is the same as always, but a new force is driving the college’s social media front:...