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Metz adds breakfast smoothies to menu

Students can now enjoy smoothies during breakfast on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the dining hall. This addition is part of Metz Culinary Management’s continuous effort to improve dining options, according to Campus Executive Chef Adam Harvey. “We’ve been exploring new ways to enhance our breakfast offerings, and smoothies have been a fun addition,” Harvey said....

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CCA II discusses modern economic policy

The United States has had mixed success in its modern economic policies, according to speakers at this week’s Center for Constructive Alternatives seminars. The college hosted its second CCA of the academic year Nov 2-5, discussing U.S. economic policies since the 1960s. Steven F. Hayward, author of “The Real Jimmy Carter,” spoke Sunday evening about...

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McNamara says education must be aimed at nurturing the soul

To educate a person is not only to impart knowledge, but to form their soul, according to Robert McNamara, an associate professor of philosophy at Franciscan University of Steubenville. McNamara spoke Oct. 29 on the deeply spiritual and personalist approach to education inspired by the writings of Catholic philosopher Edith Stein.  “Education is never a...

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Philosophy professor given historic grant for ‘Virtue and Vice’ research

Associate Professor of Philosophy Ian Church received a record-breaking $2.5 million grant from the Templeton Foundation Oct. 24 to fund a three-year research project titled “Virtues and Vices of Spiritual Yearning.”  The grant is the largest any faculty member at Hillsdale College has ever received, surpassing a previous $2.3 million grant awarded to Church in...

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Hillsdale removed from free speech rankings

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression removed Hillsdale College from its college free speech rankings because of the lack of a clear, written free speech commitment above other principles this year. In past years, Hillsdale received a “Warning” label and was assessed and grouped with other “Warning” schools. FIRE labels institutions with a “Warning”...