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Talk money to me: Don’t buy books from the bookstore
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Talk money to me: Don’t buy books from the bookstore

In just a couple weeks students will be flocking to the bookstore to sell back their books, hoping to get, at most, half their money back on the fortune spent on textbooks in August. Some will be lucky to get one dollar back on that $15-novel for an English class. But there is a better...

Girls should get a four year dorm
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Girls should get a four year dorm

When Jessie Kopmeyer was a freshman, she told her parents she was ready to drop out of Hillsdale. Her older sister gave her a piece of advice: before you go, reach out to one person. After she recognized a student she barely knew sitting in AJ’s Cafe, Kopmeyer plodded up to say hello. Then, two...

Voting for Trump does not make you racist
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Voting for Trump does not make you racist

My hairdresser is expecting to be fired because she voted for Donald Trump. So far, her boss, who took five “grief” days off work following the election, has demeaned, ignored, and – the real cherry on top – unfriended her on Facebook. Across the country, other bosses and CEO’s are on witch-hunts to oust any...

Professors, please don’t require non-essential books
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Professors, please don’t require non-essential books

In that strange twilight period between registration and finals, between shopping for new classes like Christmas presents and fighting the desire to burn books while studying for exams, our bookshelves become sources of anxiety — for many reasons. We’ve made good use of many of the books we so willingly lugged out of the bookstore...