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Five things I wish I’d known as a freshman
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Five things I wish I’d known as a freshman

Dear Freshman Rowan, Welcome to Hillsdale College! This is you from the future. I have been a lot of different students. A hard-working student, a poor student, a happy student, a depressed student, a straight-A student, a drop-out. I have attended public school, private school, home school, community college, and college. Here are some lessons...

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Historic Hillsdale Figures

Despite being in middle-of-nowhere Michigan, the city of Hillsdale and Hillsdale College have a claim to unique people who shaped history in their own ways. Hillsdale students call the ‘Dale home for at least four years. They should be familiar with a few of the individuals who shaped their community. Baw Beese Most students like...

Spring Things
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Spring Things

Have a Picnic at Baw Beese Lake with Your Friends Baw Beese has beautiful walking trails around the lake and plenty of picnic tables around the lake for a picnic. Take a walk around the lake and then share a meal with your friends. Baw Beese even has charcoal grills set up in some locations...

The magic of NCAA March Madness
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The magic of NCAA March Madness

March Madness has been underway for about a week (Why March Madness bleeds into April every year is beyond me). Bracket busts, Cinderella stories, and demonizing Duke have become ritual for college basketball fans, and this tradition takes hold of students around Hillsdale as well. What makes March Madness fun? Is it the magic of...

Staff Profile: Josephine Von Dohlen, City News Editor
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Staff Profile: Josephine Von Dohlen, City News Editor

    She is not only a sister to the many girls in the Chi-Omega sorority. She is an older sister to eight younger siblings, including her newly born sister, Rosemary. She is Josephine Von Dohlen. This year’s Collegian City News editor hails from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Josephine is majoring in American studies, with a minor...