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Moorehouse brings more talent to Hillsdale

Hillsdale’s campus houses a politician, a newspaper editor, a filmmaker, a stand-up comedian, an ordained minister, and a magician. His name is Buddy Moorehouse. Moorehouse is an adjunct instructor of documentary journalism at Hillsdale. His relationship with the college began in 2014 when John Miller, director of the Dow journalism program, invited him to speak...

‘Lightning struck twice’: Senior to attend Oxford with Barry Foundation Scholarship
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‘Lightning struck twice’: Senior to attend Oxford with Barry Foundation Scholarship

Senior Nick West became the first Hillsdale student to win the Barry Foundation Scholarship and enroll in Oxford with the scholarship, which grants full funding for its recipients to earn graduate degrees from Oxford.  “It’s incredible to be able to go to Oxford, completely funded,” West said. “I will be studying one of the applied...

The sinking of the Sultana: America’s greatest maritime disaster
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The sinking of the Sultana: America’s greatest maritime disaster

For Hillsdale Union soldiers riding the Sultana, a steamship headed for Cairo, Illinois, the agonies of the Civil war seemed to be over — that is, until the Sultana exploded. On April 24, 1865, over 2,200 Union soldiers, including the Hillsdale County 18th Michigan Infantry, boarded the Sultana after having been released as prisoners of...