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Teaching a different kind of beauty
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Teaching a different kind of beauty

Another college in Hillsdale focuses on the beautiful, but of a different kind: the Hillsdale Beauty College. The school, located in downtown Hillsdale, enrolls between 25 to 30 students at a time, who study cosmetology, nail care, and entrepreneurship.  “Cosmetology is an industry that is not going to go away. It is constantly evolving,” co-owner...

Starting the New Year with Christ
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Starting the New Year with Christ

Catholic and Protestant students attend Christian conferences over winter break Ear-deafening music, bright lights, broad smiles, shouts of joy — typical descriptions of a New Year’s Eve celebration. While these are a part of the classic celebration in Times Square, they also describe how many Hillsdale students welcomed 2024.  Hillsdale students attended two different Christian...

QUICK HITS with Khalil Habib
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QUICK HITS with Khalil Habib

  In this Quick Hits, Associate Professor of Politics Khalil Habib talks guitar, Gregorian chants, and baba ganoush.  What’s your favorite Lebanese tradition involving food? One of my favorite Lebanese traditions is eating Qurban, Holy Bread, which is distributed by a Catholic priest during Mass on religious holidays and on the 40-day anniversary of the...

QUICK HITS with Timothy McDonnell
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QUICK HITS with Timothy McDonnell

  In this Quick Hits, Director of Sacred Music Timothy McDonnell talks childhood, hobbies, and travel.  What was your favorite subject in high school? Greek and Latin. Where is your favorite place to travel? Italy. What are some choral pet peeves? The rhotic R.  The tongue root yanks up on the larynx and all manner...

Feasts from around the world come to campus
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Feasts from around the world come to campus

  The Hillsdale International Club brought flavors from Asia, Europe, and South America to the Grewcock Student Union last week, as a fundraiser for charity.  The club raised $782.40 for Hope for the Fatherless, an organization which works with orphans in Ethiopia. Senior and president Charis Linton said the fundraised amount was more than double...