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Don’t get a cat in college
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Don’t get a cat in college

Some of Hillsdale’s feral cats. Maddy Welsh | Collegian It took Bean three seconds to jump from my arms in the passenger seat to the nook behind the gas pedal. As my sister and I tried to yank the cat’s tail so he wouldn’t seal all three of our fates, I came to one distinct...

Liberal arts create American heroes
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Liberal arts create American heroes

Elizebeth Smith Friedman married William Friedman in May 1917.  Courtesy | Science History Images One year after Elizebeth Smith Friedman graduated from Hillsdale College, she got in the back of a limousine in Chicago with a strange man she had met just minutes before.  George Fabyan whisked her away to his private estate, where he...

Give freshmen a chance
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Give freshmen a chance

Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn addresses an incoming Freshman Class. Courtesy | Marketing Department Juniors and seniors know that August brings more changes than autumn leaves and new courses. Three months of stalking the class of 2020-something’s Instagram page always leads to this, year after year: a new freshman class.  There’s got to be a...

Don’t worry if you didn’t have a summer internship; I didn’t either
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Don’t worry if you didn’t have a summer internship; I didn’t either

Students can make valuable summer plans without pursuing internships. Courtesy | Wikimedia Commons “What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.” Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was a prolific writer who provided a...

Hillsdale should courageously continue to defend the Socratic tradition
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Hillsdale should courageously continue to defend the Socratic tradition

Hillsdale should continue to defend Socratic tradition. Nolan Ryan | Collegian “Hillsdale should be more careful about Science Initiatives,” according to an opinion piece in the April 20 issue of the Collegian. The natural sciences, like the liberal arts, are dedicated to the pursuit of truth. This means that the natural sciences, like the liberal arts,...