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Prop 8: the role of judges

“There is a story that two of the greatest figures in our law, Justice Holmes and Judge Learned Hand, had lunch together and afterward, as Holmes began to drive off in his carriage, Hand, in a sudden onset of enthusiasm, ran after him, crying, ‘Do justice, sir, do justice.’ Holmes stopped the carriage and reproved Hand: ‘That is not my job. It is my job to apply the Law.’”....

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The Collegian Weekly

With an unprecedented reading day fast approaching, we at The Collegian thought you might be wondering what what you could possibly do with an extra 24 hours in your weekend.

Kate’s take: PDA hater – valid?
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Kate’s take: PDA hater – valid?

I have a conundrum. This is a silent, beautiful, nuzzling conundrum. The most god-like of couples — truly dear people — across campus have resorted to expressions of their tenderness that are, distracting at best and disturbing at worst.

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Love and politics

Presidential candidate Rick Santorum and his wife Karen held their fifth child, Gabriel, for the entirety of his two-hour life.

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In Memoriam: Garrett Robinson

When I arrived on campus this semester, I immediately sensed that something was missing. Hillsdale felt hollower somehow, more homogenous, less varied. It was like sometime during Christmas break, the school had become an inverted version of communist North Korea — everyone on campus wasn’t wearing sterile gray uniforms, but they were wearing equally bleak consumerist ones.