A hundred years ahead of our homonym
Daniel J. Williams
Issue date: 4/24/08 Section: Focus
"Here we are for more than half a century, both existing, and we don't have any regular communication between each other," Arnn said.
President Eaton said the lack of communication is not surprising, considering the differences between the two schools.
"Probably from my perspective it never occurred to us that there would be any interest, given the distance and given the fact that Hillsdale College is a more mature institution," Eaton said. "You're closing in on 150 [years] and we're going to have 50 next year. So as far as development as an institution, you're almost a hundred years ahead of us."
The shared history and name inevitably lead to other incidents, like the two schools receiving mislabeled applications.
"Kinda funny," said Ryan Giles, Hillsdale Free Will Baptist's admissions director. "Every once in awhile we'll get an application online, and it'll be like from Wisconsin or something. So I'll send them an email saying, 'Hey, I just want to make sure you're not trying to go to the Hillsdale in Michigan, because we're in Oklahoma.'"
President Eaton said the lack of communication is not surprising, considering the differences between the two schools.
"Probably from my perspective it never occurred to us that there would be any interest, given the distance and given the fact that Hillsdale College is a more mature institution," Eaton said. "You're closing in on 150 [years] and we're going to have 50 next year. So as far as development as an institution, you're almost a hundred years ahead of us."
The shared history and name inevitably lead to other incidents, like the two schools receiving mislabeled applications.
"Kinda funny," said Ryan Giles, Hillsdale Free Will Baptist's admissions director. "Every once in awhile we'll get an application online, and it'll be like from Wisconsin or something. So I'll send them an email saying, 'Hey, I just want to make sure you're not trying to go to the Hillsdale in Michigan, because we're in Oklahoma.'"
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Tom Alciere
posted 5/13/08 @ 7:56 AM EST
Kind of like Congressman Mike Rogers of Michigan's 8th Congressional District and Congressman Mike Rogers of Alabama's 3rd Congressional District.
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