There’s a running joke at Hillsdale that says graduating seniors have three options: Teach, go to grad school, or do whatever else it is liberal arts majors do. I think the first two options are fantastic. But if you’re like me, you’re probably in the third camp. You want to do something, but you’re not...
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Time to say goodbye to Cake Thyme
Cake Thyme, the bakery at 59 N. Broad Street that has been a staple of downtown Hillsdale since 2011, has closed its Hillsdale store. Owner Marcia Cole moved with her family to Adrian, Michigan, and operates the business from her new home. “I am selling the building, but I am still running Cake Thyme,” Cole...
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Hillsdale Christmas parade to host ‘best float contest’
After attracting about 1,000 people last year, the Light Up Hillsdale Christmas Parade will take place on Saturday at 6:15 p.m., featuring various floats, marching bands, fire trucks, princesses from the 2013 Disney film “Frozen,” and Santa Claus. A contest for best float is new to this year’s parade. “Last year, we had about 30...
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Mackie wants city to be ‘more progressive’
Three months into his contract, Hillsdale City Manager David Mackie is bringing an attitude shift to Hillsdale’s city government. Mackie is already building a closer relationship between his office and Hillsdale College as well as making important updates to the city’s municipal airport. “You will see an attitude shift during my tenure: being progressive, but...
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Walberg slams College Scorecard: Congressman calls Department of Education project a ‘tremendous problem’ for Hillsdale
Hillsdale College’s absence from the Department of Education’s College Scorecard potentially indicates bigger problems to come for schools that don’t play by the federal government’s rules, U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) said Wednesday. “This Scorecard is a tremendous problem if it develops further,” Walberg said, adding he hopes the next presidential administration will rescind it....