Guest speaker Cecil Bohanon, an economics professor at Ball State University in Indiana, spoke to a group of about 40 students and several professors last night about the intersection of Jane Austen’s novels, particularly Sense and Sensibility, and Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments. The English Department and Praxis co-hosted the event, “Pride and Profit:...
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Virtue doesn’t rejoice in the CCA grade challenge
When students turn in CCA papers every semester, they play Hillsdale’s version of Russian roulette. That’s because Hillsdale’s CCA paper grading system is neither reasonable nor transparent. The CCA grading system is anonymous. Students don’t know — or at least aren’t supposed to know — who grades their CCA papers. The system is also unpredictable....
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Who grades the CCA papers?
Students say they are frustrated by one of campus’s biggest mysteries, according to a recent survey conducted by the Collegian. Students do not know who grades their papers for Center for Constructive Alternatives seminars, and they allege that the anonymity leads to inconsistent and what they believe to be unfair grading. The CCA office outsources...
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Hillsdale Dow Hotel renovations completed
Hillsdale College completed renovations to rooms of the Dow Hotel and Conference Center to expand room size and update the design. The college made changes after guests called the rooms outdated, Dow Center General Manager Teresa Heckenlively said. “The new rooms are very nice,” Heckenlively said. “They are very exciting developments to the Dow.” The...
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Cooks quit, sorority women eat in Bon Appétit
Hillsdale College’s Knorr Family Dining Room has several more regulars after two cooks working at the Pi Beta Phi and Chi Omega sorority houses quit the last week in January. While students on the Pi Beta Phi and Chi Omega meal plans once enjoyed their meals in the Greek houses, they have now transferred to...