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Team of juniors wins first place in US Army American Warrior Challenge
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Team of juniors wins first place in US Army American Warrior Challenge

More than 40 students and staff trekked through mud, climbed walls, flipped tires, dragged sleds, hauled logs, and carried buckets in Hillsdale’s first American Warrior Challenge competition hosted by the U.S. Army on Oct. 17. A team known as “The Fellowship” won the challenge with a first-place time of 32 minutes, earning them a steak...

Faculty respond to National Popular Vote initiative
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Faculty respond to National Popular Vote initiative

Professors had mixed responses to a ballot initiative that proposes to award Michigan’s electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote.  Associate Professor of Politics Khalil Habib said the initiative is “an idiotic idea.” Professor of Political Economy Gary Wolfram said the National Popular Vote is “an attempt to alter the incentive for...

Fall break retreat encourages students to unplug
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Fall break retreat encourages students to unplug

Students are invited to spend their fall break on a spiritual retreat in suburban Detroit with College Chaplain Rev. Adam Rick and Director of Health Services Brock Lutz. The retreat will take place at St. Augustine’s House, a Lutheran monastery in Oxford, Michigan. Students will have time for rest and prayer.  Students will depart from...

‘Iron sharpening iron:’ Thomistic Institute’s Christ the Savior conference comes to campus
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‘Iron sharpening iron:’ Thomistic Institute’s Christ the Savior conference comes to campus

Hillsdale’s Thomistic Institute chapter will host its first conference on Friday, Oct. 15 and Saturday, Oct. 16 in Plaster Auditorium featuring Associate Professor of Theology Jordan Wales and College Chapain Rev. Adam Rick. Co-sponsored by the Catholic Society, the event is called “Christ the Savior: Perspectives from The Early Church Fathers.” “The theme of the...

Symphony Orchestra opens season
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Symphony Orchestra opens season

The Hillsdale College Orchestra tested the boundaries of musical objectivity and presented a concert full of challenging and striking repertoire during their Parent’s Weekend Fall Concert on Oct. 9 and 10, in Christ Chapel.  “I love this tradition of Fall Parent’s Weekend being our first concert of the season, it guarantees us a large and...