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The Hillsdale Debate team travelled to Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. on Oct. 6 and 7, where they competed in the Lafayette Ocho, winning the Overall Sweeps, as well as several individual awards. “The team did really well, showing a marked improvement from our last performance at Western Kentucky University,” Junior Bryan Brooks said. The tournament was a contest of...

On Oct. 11 at 8:24 a.m., 11 Hillsdale College students boarded a train in Jackson, Mich., bound for Chicago, Ill. The students arrived two hours later, ready to begin career services’ “working and living in Chicago” program. Director of Career Services Joanna Wiseley created the three-day program in order to create opportunities for students to network, job shadow potential employers,...

The first meeting of the new running club will be held on Monday, Oct. 22, at 3:15 p.m. The club is another addition to what Professor of Sports Studies Bill Lundberg hopes will be an increase in activity at Hayden Park. “It’s a great site. It’s a beautiful and natural plot of land that we designed a cross country course...

The Tigers-Yankees matchup has been the worst of all worlds for fans of baseball. I love the Tigers because I’m from Michigan, but objectively there’s so much to dislike about these teams. For starters, you have the Yankees. Enough said. Then there’s Detroit, a popular pick to make the World Series in the wake of a strong season in 2011....

On Oct. 7, the Michigan Press Association officially announced the winners of its College Better Newspaper Contest for the 2011-2012 school year. The Collegian received 26 awards in Division II, which rates weekly student papers statewide against each other. Competing against such schools as Cornerstone University and Ferris State University, The Collegian submitted pieces in 12 different categories that were...

The fall rush for the fraternities ended on Oct. 14. In total, the fraternities picked up 28 new members. The men’s Greek system implemented a new rush process this year that ran for an entire four weeks. Rush lasted for one week under the old system. “For a first run with this [new] program, it went incredibly well for our...

Professor of Biology Daniel York will be spending next spring in a different ecosystem. Each semester, groups of professors go on sabbatical, which consists of one or two semesters away from teaching in order to focus on other aspects of their discipline. Currently, five Hillsdale College professors are on sabbatical leave, while another seven plan to take a sabbatical during...