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Hillsdale resident Robert Shelton, 28, received a minimum two-year prison sentence during his trial on April 13. Shelton pleaded no contest to his physical and verbal assault of Hillsdale College junior Christian Campbell. On the night of Sept. 28, 2008, Campbell was walking home and crossed through the backyard of 228 N. (0) comments
Thieves stole about $5,000 worth of textbooks from the college bookstore over the weekend of April 3. The college has not yet found who committed the theft, but will prosecute if it does, said Vice President of Administration Rich Péwé. When bookstore employees arrived at work on Monday, April 6, they noticed that something was wrong. (1) comment
Junior Sam Heisman gets out of bed, puts on a suit and collects two things: a body bag and a stretcher. It is very early in the morning, around 2 a.m. Just a few minutes ago Heisman received a phone call. "Sam, I got a body call for you," the voice said. (0) comments
Paul Moreno, associate professor of history, will replace Hillsdale College's longest-serving dean of faculty, Mark Kalthoff, on June 30. "Dr. Kalthoff has been a superb dean of faculty, ever alert to the concerns and needs of the community and to the demands of the college mission," Provost Bob Blackstock said in an e-mail. (0) comments
Chris and Penny Windgate planned to open the Broad Street Downtown Market on May 22, in the building that Broad Street Market occupied until it closed at the end of March. But their liquor license cannot take effect as long as former owner Ed Vajda still posses a liquor license connected to the same building, a dilemma that could delay the new store's opening indefinitely, Mayor Michael Sessions said. (1) comment
The Winston Churchill statue enjoyed its finest hour last weekend when the Hoogland Center for Teacher Excellence sponsored its first seminar on the former British prime minister. "You've got three of the greatest Churchill scholars in the world," said John Ramsden, professor emeritus of history at the University of London. (0) comments
Ten columns of white bodies sat, watching juniors Priscilla Motley and Theodore Gregory kick the air near each other with bare feet at the Roche Sports Complex Saturday. Motley, Gregory and eight other students passed their first test for a black belt. Senior Master Brian Anderson, instructor of the Anderson Institute and founder of the Tae Kwon Do program at Hillsdale College, said judges tested each student in three categories: focus, technique and overall performance. (0) comments
Omicron Delta Kappa, the campus leadership honorary, hosted 20 local high school students for a three-hour seminar on leadership training last Friday. ODK members considered it a step toward restoring the honorary to the active role it once played on Hillsdale College's campus, ODK president and senior Ryan Walsh said. (1) comment
Though their daughters will graduate in 2010 and 2012, Nancy and Patrick Timlin started searching a year ago for the lodging they would use during their daughters' commencement weekends. They have already booked the Hillsdale House Bed and Breakfast on Union Street for both years. (0) comments
Centralhallapalooza, hosted by the Student Activities Board and boasting live bands, a beer tent and a moon bounce, will also feature free elephant rides from 7-11 p.m. Saturday. Rebekah Dell, Director of Student Activities, said SAB officers began looking into bringing an elephant to Centralhallapalooza after a student requested one at their meetings. (0) comments
When enrolling for summer school classes away from Hillsdale, students must ask a nagging question: Will this transfer, or am I wasting my time? Luckily, it's easy to verify transfer credits for core requirements such as introductory science or math courses, Registrar Douglas McArthur said. (0) comments
In the mid-1970s as the mother of two young children, Theresa Reid, owner of Attitudes Salon and a Pittsford, Mich. native, needed work to keep her family afloat. She only saw a few options open to her. "You were a waitress or a hairdresser," she said. "Or you worked at a bank. (0) comments
Office elections draw epic turnout More than 150 students voted in the 2009-2010 senior officer election last week-a record number, senior class adviser Joanna Wiseley said. "Our new officers have a lot of fun things to accomplish over the course of their senior year," she said. (0) comments
Though it's in a residential area on the corner of Waldron and Manning streets, the building doesn't fit in with the surrounding houses. There's no swing set, no fence and nothing to fence in. The New Way Recovery House doesn't look like much, but for its 10 residents, it's home. (1) comment
Sophomore Lee Kauffman was eight years old when he saw his first murder. Straight-faced and curly haired, he describes the experience unblinkingly. "A guy got shot outside our kitchen window," Kauffman said. "Gang stuff. People got killed all the time." Kauffman and his family lived in downtown Detroit for 10 years trying to make a difference in the city. (0) comments
Clad in a black dress suit, senior Gennady Stolyarov II sat in AJ's Cafe, his Cuffley hat resting on the table. "When one dies, it's like a whole universe is extinguished," he said. He shifted matter-of-factly and leaned forward in his seat, unable to find accurate words to describe the post-mortem condition. (0) comments
