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Letter to the Editor: Sign up for campus security texts
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Letter to the Editor: Sign up for campus security texts

Dear editor, People respond to stress in different ways, but how we respond in the wake of something like the recent lockdown is an important part of the character we seek to develop as Hillsdale students. I, for one, have put considerable time and effort into finishing up the resupplying and reorganizing of my first...

Lockdown worsens Wi-Fi woes
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Lockdown worsens Wi-Fi woes

Students lacked two things during Wednesday’s lockdown: information and Wi-Fi. Unfortunately, one caused the other. When Security Director William Whorley sent the campus-wide email announcing the school was on lockdown, what seemed like all of campus had the misfortune of being in the Grewcock Student Union. Students already complain about spotty internet connection during the...

Ease the Off-Campus Policy
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Ease the Off-Campus Policy

At 163 ½ Oak St., a group picture of last fall’s national qualifying team just joined the growing collection of pictures of the men’s cross country team from the last fifteen years that litter the kitchen walls. You’ll also find Coach Lundberg clearing a steeplechase water jump in a Kansas uniform, an autographed cutout of...

Desperate for a summer internship? Embrace the unexpected
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Desperate for a summer internship? Embrace the unexpected

When I worked as a camp counselor at a Christian sleep-away camp in New Jersey, I never imagined my experience would help me get a job at the Supreme Court. Playing dodgeball and singing campfire songs with pre-teens might not seem related to attending office meetings in a suit with mid-level professionals — but they...

Time to Kiss Legalism Goodbye
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Time to Kiss Legalism Goodbye

Dear Editor, On Mar. 9, The Collegian published Samuel Musser’s  article written entitled, “‘Kiss Me, Kate’: Did we kiss morality goodbye?” which seemed to assert that Cole Porter’s musical is unsuitable for families, incompatible with Biblical commands to fill our minds with good things, and too easily offends the moral sensibilities of Hillsdale’s community. The...