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Grad student radio show to bring prudence back to politics
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Grad student radio show to bring prudence back to politics

Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM’s new show, Citizen Talk, has made the word “prudence” its motto by going below the surface of mere hot button issues, to explore the deeper meaning of the contentious topics of the day. Two Hillsdale College graduate students, Juan Davalos and Lynette Grundvig, have hit the airwaves of Radio Free...

‘We’re hanging in limbo’: Soybean tariffs spell uncertainty for Hillsdale County farmers
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‘We’re hanging in limbo’: Soybean tariffs spell uncertainty for Hillsdale County farmers

Scott Welden checks grain prices on his phone the way some people check Instagram. “As a U.S. farmer, I watch the commodity trading like stockbrokers watch the market on Wall Street,” said Welden, who farms primarily soybeans, wheat, and corn in Jonesville, Michigan. “I keep looking at that app, and I’m like, I gotta stop...

“Did Aristotle kill Alexander the Great?” Calvert discusses
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“Did Aristotle kill Alexander the Great?” Calvert discusses

Did Aristotle kill Alexander the Great? Associate Professor of History Kenneth Calvert asked during his lecture on campus. On Thursday, Oct. 25, Calvert spoke about Alexander and his waning faithfulness to his teacher Aristotle, and the Greek ideals during his invasion of Persia. Calvert traced Alexander’s evolution from a young pupil of Aristotle to the...

Michigan to vote on legalization of recreational marijuana Tuesday
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Michigan to vote on legalization of recreational marijuana Tuesday

Michigan voters will decide next week whether the Great Lakes State will become the tenth state in the union to legalize recreational marijuana. Proposal 1 comes a decade after Michigan legalized medical marijuana, which will remain legal regardless of the election’s outcome. “Our goal is to end marijuana prohibition because we feel that prohibition has...