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CAMPUS CHIC: Sam Grinis
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CAMPUS CHIC: Sam Grinis

Describe your style. I like spending a lot of money to make it look like I went thrift shopping. Now describe your style in three words. Tired Ralph Lauren. What is your favorite clothing item? These polka dot pants I stole from my girlfriend. Who are your fashion icons? Ralph Lauren, Kirk Williams, and this...

Hillsdale College Press  expresses college  mission to millions
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Hillsdale College Press expresses college mission to millions

Hillsdale College may be a tiny school in the middle-of-nowhere Michigan, but millions of people from across the nation have discovered the mission of the college because of Hillsdale College Press. In 1974, the Hillsdale College Press published its first book — the first volume of “Champions of Freedom,” which was a collection of speeches...

Garnjobst to attend ‘Living Greek in Greece’ program
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Garnjobst to attend ‘Living Greek in Greece’ program

“You have been admitted to participate in the ‘Living Greek in Greece’ Program. Admissions this year were extremely competitive, but your application showed a strong background in Greek and a love of humanistic learning,” Joseph Garnjobst, chair of the Hillsdale College Classics Department, read in an acceptance letter addressed to him. “We are looking forward...

Students make a buck with Baum cutting boards
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Students make a buck with Baum cutting boards

Students can always appreciate a little extra money. For some, that money could be earned through starting a small business. The heart of the project is the pair’s conviction that people want products that are, as Putrich puts it, “as much aesthetic as they are functional.” “People are into things that are green, things that...

Founder of the classics department explores applications of the past
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Founder of the classics department explores applications of the past

Even when writing a memo, Hillsdale Classics Professor Emeritus Michael Poliakoff uses his classics expertise. “In the classics major, you are spending time steeped in works that have resonated throughout time, and that’s the best possible preparation for understanding the way human beings interact,” Poliakoff said. “I draw on my classical background just about every...