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‘Leaves of Grass’ didn’t leave Mossey Library for long
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‘Leaves of Grass’ didn’t leave Mossey Library for long

  Hillsdale’s first edition, second issue copy of Walt Whitman’s 1855 “Leaves of Grass” has officially returned to the Heritage Room after several months of repairs — a restoration process that has left the book officially appraised at $25,000. “Our primary interest in restoring the book was in making it something that students could look...

The prize of penmanship
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The prize of penmanship

  Chirography is an obsolete talent today, but most people don’t have a problem with this. Most people don’t even know what chirography means. Debates over the necessity of good chirography (or penmanship) in today’s digital society have intensified ever since the creators of the Common Core excluded handwriting from their state standards. According to...

Greek houses elect new, enthusiastic leaders
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Greek houses elect new, enthusiastic leaders

The votes have been cast. Several of Hillsdale’s Greek houses recently held their presidential elections for the upcoming semester, and the presidents-elect of Delta Tau Delta, Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, and Chi Omega said they are excited to lead their chapters into a new year at Hillsdale. Many of the...

Equestrian team mixes fun with competition
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Equestrian team mixes fun with competition

Not many Hillsdale students are willing to wake up at 5 a.m. on a Saturday.  Not many — except for those on the Hillsdale College Equestrian Team. For roughly five weekends every semester, these students drag themselves out of bed to spend Saturday and Sunday competing in horse showings.  “I’ve always really loved riding because...

Book sales and tawdry tales: Evangelicals’ secret sexual revolution
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Book sales and tawdry tales: Evangelicals’ secret sexual revolution

American evangelical Christians had their own sexual revolution in the 1970s, Daniel Silliman claimed at a lecture Monday. Silliman ’06 spoke on “Selling Sex at the Christian Bookstore: How Market Forces Shaped the Secular Fantasy of American Evangelicals.” Currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Notre Dame, Silliman claims that though it may seem...