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Once the repairs finish and the invoices are paid, Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé anticipates that Hillsdale College will have paid around $50,000 to recover from a burst sprinkler head that flooded the Knorr Family Dining Room with 2 to 3 inches of water Jan. 23. The college will spend $10,000 on building repairs, $20,000 on cleanup, $10,000 repairing the...

Hillsdale College Nurse Carol Drews confirmed that multiple students on campus have contracted the influenza, though she cannot determine how many. “This year, the flu is especially virulent,” Drews said. In Hillsdale County, there have been 12 confirmed cases of the flu and one death. A 6-year-old girl passed away on Dec. 24, 2012 — one of four pediatric deaths...

Columnist Mark Steyn is to return once again to Hillsdale College as the Pulliam Visiting Fellow in journalism. During his stay over the next two weeks, Steyn will give a public lecture and teach a one-credit seminar about column writing. John Miller, director of the Dow Journalism Program, said Steyn is “one of the smartest and wittiest columnists at work...

National Review is making digital subscriptions free for all college students with a valid ‘.edu’ email address, the magazine announced earlier this month. “We have always wanted to get National Review to young people,” Publisher Jack Fowler said. National Review, founded by William F. Buckley Jr. in 1955, is a flagship publication of the conservative movement. It runs National Review...

Going into the new semester of tournaments, the Hillsdale Debate Team anticipated a week of lesser success after a month vacation from debate and the incongruity of the tournament with their usual expectations. At the Butler Bulldog Battle in Indianapolis, Ind., Hillsdale received the third place overall, two speaker awards, and respectable success in other areas of the tournament. “We...