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Bite-size Psych: To sleep or study?
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Bite-size Psych: To sleep or study?

(Bite-size Psych is a weekly psychology column by sophomore Quin Colhour). Just secondary to the good, true, and beautiful triad at Hillsdale College is the sleep, social life, and grades triad, the balance of which is never quite reached. Although experts recommend sleeping seven to eight hours a night and drinking almost four liters of...

Drug addiction at the atomic level: Chem prof talks dopamine studies
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Drug addiction at the atomic level: Chem prof talks dopamine studies

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Kelli Kazmier presented her research on drug addiction at the atomic level last Thursday as a part of Mossey Library’s “Our Faculty’s Ongoing Research” lecture series.  Kazmier spoke on her findings pertaining to drug addiction and its effect on the human body. Specifically, the way drugs impact dopamine levels in the...

Against too much order
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Against too much order

“Beyond Order” is about the dangers of too much security and control, according to Jordan B. Peterson in the introduction to his bestselling book “Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life,” released on Mar. 2. While his first book, “12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos,” explored the dangers of venturing without the requisite...

Campus Covid hits a standstill
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Campus Covid hits a standstill

Both Hillsdale College and the nation have seen a big drop in cases of COVID-19 in recent weeks. On Jan. 8, the nation had its highest number of diagnosed cases: 315,115. Since then, the number of new cases has plummeted. March 14 had a total of 40,358 new cases—the lowest in more than five months.  ...

Bite-size Psych: Study tricks
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Bite-size Psych: Study tricks

Bite-size Psych is a weekly psychology column by sophomore Quin Colhour. From high school, to college to graduate school, students are expected to adapt to a higher pressure environment with more demands.  In the academic area specifically, most students agree with the International Journal of Asian Social Science’s conclusion: “there is a significant relationship between...