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When junior Nathan Seiver returned from Afghanistan as a member of the Marine 2nd Battalions weapon company, he had a revelation. “I came to realize what education meant to me,” Seiver said. Many public colleges, Seiver said, are destructive to the freedom he fought for in the province of Helmand in southern Afghanistan. Yet he...

Hillsdale College hired a masseuse. She is available to the student body by appointment. Amy Zacharias is available for a half hour at $30 or for an hour at $50. Her normal schedule is Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., but she is flexible and will work with students’ schedules on an...

All students nominated to the Student Federation officer positions for next year were nominated without opposition at the governing body’s regularly scheduled meeting Nov. 1. There was only one person nominated for each position and the 2013 officers were decided by the end of the meeting. Junior David Wilhelmsen, nominated for Student Fed president, said...

Republicans won big on Tuesday night — in Hillsdale, at least. According to Hillsdale County election returns provided by Election Magic, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won 61 percent of the total presidential ballots cast in the county. President Barack Obama won 37 percent, with the rest going to going to third-party candidates. Statewide, President...

Professor of Political Economy Gary Wolfram walked into class on Wednesday morning and announced that the Dow was down 300 points. “It was down 100 points at the start, 200 points around 10:30 [a.m.], and it’s down 300 points now,” he said. “So, it doesn’t look like the stock market is too happy.” The stock...