Meet Time Management Masters Jay Rose and Maria Grinis

When senior Jay Rose goes to his 8:00 a.m. class, he’s not bleary-eyed like most college students. He’s already made time for weight lifting with the team and some early-morning studying.

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Losing the Team but Finding Yourself

When I got to Hillsdale, I missed having the consistency and support of a team. I was just another freshman, and without anyone knowing my running talent, I felt aggressively mediocre. Little did I know, this clean slate was exactly what I needed.

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Signaling Excellence

For as long as I could remember, I had been dead set on studying pre-med as an undergraduate. Not only did I think I’d be great in the medical field, but I loved telling people that I was pre-med. It meant that I knew what I was doing and where I was going. Unfortunately, the academic rigor at Hillsdale forces you to be honest with yourself no matter how pretty the lie.

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Marching with Conviction

Every year, Hillsdale students make the ten-hour bus ride to Washington, D.C., to join the hundreds of thousands marching for life. While many today embrace the notion of online activism, students recognize that to change the world requires concrete action.

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It Takes a Pilgrim to Find a Pilgrim

It was more than a struggle to get through Dante’s “Inferno” and “Purgatorio” freshman year, yet three years later I found myself sitting in a seminar class devoted to studying none other than this pilgrim’s epic. I was drawn to it for several reasons.

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Why I Stayed at Hillsdale

Hillsdale is the perfect fit for me. I know that sounds clichéd, but it’s true. I’m loving life here at the Dale, and I love the school that I’m calling home for four years. But I didn’t start out that way.

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Poe Sat: Hillsdale’s Poetry Underground

This tradition of congregating at an off-campus house on a weekend evening to read poetry aloud isn’t an official Hillsdale College club, but it’s been gaining popularity through word-of-mouth for several years.

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Considering the Military? Here’s What Hillsdale Has to Offer

If you’re considering joining the military, have been tempted to enlist out of high school but aren’t sure whether it would be better to get your degree first, and you’re looking at other schools with established ROTC programs—let my experience offer you a different perspective.

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Authors and Students Converge at Hillsdale’s Visiting Writers Program

Pulitzer Prize finalists. A professor at Yale. A winner of the John MacArthur genius grant. Prolific writers of award-winning works. In the past two years, the Visiting Writers Program has brought writers fitting all these criteria to campus.

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The Misconception of the English Major

Provost David Whalen and graduates Mark Naida and Chandler Ryd reflect on the benefits of majoring in English at Hillsdale College.

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A Day in the Life: Journalism at Hillsdale College

Ever wanted to know what it’s like to write for a newspaper? Here’s what a week in the fast-paced life of a Collegian reporter looks like.

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An Afternoon of Time-Travel

Renaissance means “rebirth” and refers to an era that marked a period of rediscovery of the classics. Renaissance Fridays are an opportunity to dive into the ancient world and learn things you never knew about Greece, Rome, and the Hellespont—all while drinking espresso with a splash of gelato.

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