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GOP  presidential  candidate  Rick  Santorum  backed  out  of  Hillsdale  College’s  Constitu- tional  Symposium  last  Saturday  night,  48  hours  before  it  was  scheduled  to  start.  Santorum’s  decision  came  after  a  frenzied  week  of  student  and  administrative  efforts  to  SXW WRJHWKHU +LOOVGDOHÂśV ÂżUVW forum  for  presidential  hopefuls,  including  hours  of  phone  calls,  sleepless  nights,  and  thousands  of  dollars  of  sunk  costs  for  the  school’s  administration.   “We  laid  the  groundwork  for  something  really  great  —  and  we  almost  did  it,â€?  said  Elliot  Gaiser,  Collegian  opinions  editor  and  Constitution  Symposium  Chair.  The  event  drew  cooperation  from  Central  Hall  to  Benzing  Hall  and  back,  at  a  time  when  al- most  all  upper-Âlevel  administra- tive  staff  were  in  California  for  a  National  Leadership  Seminar.  “I  wish  people  would  know  just  how  close  we  came  to  doing  a  thing  that  CNN  and  state  party Â
chairmen  couldn’t  do,â€?  Gaiser  said.  “If  anything,  it’s  shown  me  that  people  our  age  can  move  the  world  if  we  set  our  minds  to  it.â€?  The  story  of  the  event  includes  candidates’  campaigns  suggesting  dozens  of  different  dates,  days  of  “radio  silence,â€?  calls  to  staffer  upon  staffer  and  senior  state  politicos,  and  ulti- mately,  Santorum’s  withdrawal.   The  Plan Gaiser  said  he  considered  the  idea  of  a  presidential  forum  for  PRQWKV EHIRUH JHWWLQJ DIÂżUPD- tion  from  college  administrators.   The  green  light  came  after  Hillsdale  President  Larry  Arnn  cornered  Gaiser  in  Saga,  Inc,  at  the  beginning  of  February,  three  weeks  before  the  Feb.  28  Michi- gan  primary.  “Dr.  Arnn  looks  over  at  me  and  says,  ‘Dyou  think  you  can  do  this?’  I  say,  ‘I  can  gosh  darn  try,’  and  Dr.  Arnn  says,  ‘I  think  we’re  going  to  try  this,’â€?  Gaiser  said. That  week,  Gaiser  and  senior  Mike  Morrison,  juniors  Katy  Bachelder  and  Sarah  Anne  Voyles,  and  sophomores  Melika Â
Willoughby  and  Brianna  Walden  formed  a  Hillsdale  Constitutional  Symposium  Executive  Commit- tee  under  administrative  point- person  Production  Assistant  Victoria  Bergen  ‘11.  “The  six  of  us  would  walk  up  WR WKH SUHVLGHQWÂśV RIÂżFH 9LFWRULD would  join  us,  we  were  greeted  by  Natalie  Mock  —  all  of  us  graduates  or  students  from  the  past  two  years.  We  walked  into Â
'U $UQQÂśV RIÂżFH DQG VDW GRZQ at  his  table  and  worked  from  the  RIÂżFH RI 'U $UQQ ´ :LOORXJKE\ said,  laughing.  Provost  David  Whalen  said  the  administration’s  position  on  the  event  was  established  from  the  outset.  He  said  the  college  asked  that  each  candidate  be  invited  to  speak  and  the  event  disrupt  campus  life  as  little  as Â
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Applications  are  down  about  5  percent  from  last  year’s  record  numbers. Director  of  Admissions  Jeff  Lantis  and  his  team  have  pro- cessed  over  1,950  applications  so  far,  about  100  fewer  than  this  time  last  year. But  by  the  time  late  tran- scripts  and  letters  of  recco- mendation  arrive,  Lantis  said  he  expects  the  total  number  of  applications  to  be  close  to Â
ODVW \HDUÂśV ÂżQDO FRXQW RI DERXW 2,200. Lantis  attributed  the  dip  to  three  main  factors. “I  don’t  want  to  give  U.S.  News  and  World  Report  much  credit,  but  we  missed  the  listing  this  year  [due  to]  a  paperwork  glitch  with  an  organization  that  supplies  info  to  U.S.  News,  so  our  absence  there  may  have  had  an  im- pact,â€?  he  said.  “The  national  ad  campaign  that  was  run  last Â
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'LJLWDO FDPSXV VXUYH\V FRQWDLQ VHFXULW\ Ă€DZV Emily Shelton Collegian Freelancer Student  voting  for  Outstand- ing  Senior  Man  and  Woman  closed  on  Sunday  night,  but  sources  told  The  Collegian  that  the  voting  website  might  have  skewed  the  results  by  allowing  for  discrepancy  in  the  outcome.  “It  just  goes  to  show  that  our  school  is  not  on  the  cutting  edge  of  technology,â€?  said  a  student  ITS  employee  who  asked  to  remain  anonymous.  “And  as  much  as  we  would  like  to  think  that  this  is  Hillsdale  College,  you  know  we’re  all  still  human  —  just  as  ÀDZHG DV WKH QH[W SHUVRQ ´  The  student  said  the  online  voting  process  through  Survey  Monkey,  a  voting  website,  has  two  major  glitches:  the  site  does  QRW UHTXLUH ,' YHULÂżFDWLRQ DQG by  clearing  the  Internet  History Â
cache,  people  could  clear  their  FRRNLH ² RU WUDFNLQJ ² ÂżOH allowing  them  to  vote  again.  “Anyone  could  vote,  and  they  could  vote  as  many  times  as  they  want,â€?  the  student  said.  “I  do  know  that  some  juniors  YRWHG DQG , GHÂżQLWHO\ WULHG WR see  if  it  would  let  me  vote  twice.  It  didn’t  ask  you  who  you  are;Íž  just  clear  your  cache,  and  vote  again.â€?  An  email  containing  the  link  to  vote  was  sent  only  to  students  with  senior  standing  —  all  568  of  them  —  but  that  allowed  recipients  who  are  not  gradu- ating  this  spring  to  still  vote  or  forward  the  email  to  other  juniors,  sophomores,  and  fresh- men  to  vote.  One  junior  student  with  senior  standing  said  he  voted  anyway.  “I  think  they  just  looked  at  how  many  credits  I  had  and Â
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someone  to  abuse  it.â€? Wiseley  said  she  understood  that  others  could  vote  if  they  received  the  link,  but  she  hoped  it  would  not  come  to  that.  Nev- ertheless,  she  did  not  see  any  discrepancies  in  the  results. There  are  374  members  of  the  senior  class  and  305  votes  were  submitted. “I  did  not  notice  anything  out  of  the  ordinary,â€?  Wiseley  said.  “There  were  way  less  responses  than  there  were  members  of  the  class.  The  voting  was  re- ally  even.  It  was  a  really  good  cross-Âsection  and  the  numbers  were  really  well  dispersed.  So  it  would  indicate  to  me  that  there  was  not  a  conspiracy.â€?  “The  bottom  line  is  it  is  just  the  top  three  and  I  think  they  are  all  great  candidates,  and  the  fac- XOW\ PDNHV WKH ÂżQDO GHFLVLRQ ´  Wiseley  was  not  able  to  view  who  voted,  but  she  was Â
able  to  see  the  IP  address  of  each  vote.  Although  she  said  she  did  not  see  repeat  votes,  the  VHQLRU RIÂżFHUV PD\ GHFLGH WR return  to  ballot  voting.  “Maybe  we  will  do  a  ballot,â€?  Wiseley  said.  “We  just  thought  we  would  get  more  response  if  we  didn’t  do  it  at  the  Grewcock  Student  Union  and  polled  who- ever  came  to  lunch  that  day.  I  just  didn’t  like  that.  [The  issue]  is  on  our  agenda  for  our  next  VHQLRU RIÂżFHU PHHWLQJ DQG WKHLU recommendation  is  that  they  will  take  it  forward  to  the  next  class,  the  class  of  2013.â€?  Seniors  Nate  Jebb,  James  Manion,  Clint  Westbrook,  and  Ryon  Wiska  represent  the  men  –  there  are  four  nominees  because  Wiseley  did  not  see  a  good  breaking  point  in  the  results.  Seniors  Brittany  Baldwin,  Dina  Farhat,  and  Kelsey  Shunk  were  nominated  for  the  women.
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included  me  in  the  senior  class’  Design  Editor  Bonnie  Cofer  —  email  because  of  that.  I  voted  the  winner  of  the  competition  —  because  I  sensed  the  voting  said  she  noticed  the  polling  site  V\VWHP ZDV Ă€DZHG ² ZLWK PH allowed  for  repeated  voting. getting  an  email  and  all.  It  was    “I  think  it’s  unfair  and  that  mischievous  bothers  me.  I  of  me,  and  don’t  feel  like  I  probably  “With  the  system  they  it  was  a  fair  shouldn’t  win,â€?  Cofer  have  done  it.â€? are  using  now,  they  said.  “The  fact   Director  that  I  know  are  just  asking  for  of  Career  Ser- someone  to  abuse  it.â€?  the  system  vices  Joanna  was  abused  in  Wiseley,  the  that  instance,  advisor  to  the  —  Senior  makes  me  class  of  2012,  Bonnie  Cofer concerned  that  said  that  she  similar  things  and  the  of- might  have  ¿FHUV GHFLGHG happened  in  to  switch  the  voting  to  Survey  other  voting  processes  with  the  Monkey  this  year  and  pay  for  same  website.  I  wish  that  they  the  service. would  either  go  back  to  voting   The  college  also  used  on  paper  ballots  or  use  an  online  Survey  Monkey  to  select  the  system  that  required  you  to  sign  winner  for  the  senior  class  T- in.  With  the  system  they  are  us- shirt  design  competition.  Senior  ing  now,  they  are  just  asking  for Â
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Kirby  Center’s  director,  in  a  toast.  “He  is  indispensable;Íž  however,  he  never  acted  as  Rule  number  24  of  George  though  he  was  indispensable,  Washington’s  “Rules  of  Civil- and  for  that  we  honor  him  ity  and  Decent  Behavior  in  tonight.â€?  Company  and  Conversationâ€?  Other  participants  echoed  VWDWHV Âł6XSHUĂ€XRXV &RPPHQWV Bobb’s  tribute  to  Washington’s  and  all  Affectation  of  Cer- humility.  When  asked  what  emony  are  to  be  avoided,  yet  quality  he  most  admired  in  the  where  due  they  are  not  to  be  QDWLRQÂśV ÂżUVW SUUHVLGHQW DXWKRU Neglected.â€?  Michael  Zak  pointed  to  his  Partygoers  took  those  in- restraint. structions  to  heart  at  the  Kirby  “He  could  have  been  a  Center  for  Constitutional  Stud- Cromwell,  but  he  chose  not  ies  and  Citizenship’s  celebra- to,â€?  Zak  said.  tion  of  Washington’s  Birthday  Others  said  they  draw  on  Feb.  20.  personal  inspiration  from  his  In  1879,  an  act  of  Congress  example.   LPSOHPHQWHG WKH ÂżUVW IHGHUDO A  clinical  psychologist  from  holiday  to  honor  an  American  New  Jersey  praised  Washing- citizen.  Today,  it  celebrates  the  ton  for  his  steady  model  as  VHUYLFH RI DOO WKH QDWLRQÂśV ÂżUVW D IDWKHU ÂżJXUH WR KLV \RXQJ citizens.  country.  A  local  college  stu- ³7KH YHU\ RIÂżFH :DVKLQJ- dent  joked  that  the  standard  of  ton  held  owed  its  existence  to  See A3 him,â€?  said  David  Bobb,  the Â
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Senior  Kirsten  Block  has  written  countless  papers  and  VXUYLYHG VHYHQ ÂżQDOV ZHHNV EXW applying  to  graduate  school  has  been  a  totally  new  challenge.  “It’s  a  living  hell,â€?  she  said,  laughing. For  senior  Catherine  Sims,  being  accepted  in  the  Ph.D.  program  in  political  theory  at  the  University  of  Notre  Dame  means  a  sigh  of  relief.  She  said  the  program  offers  her  the  opportunity  to  look  at  ancient,  medieval,  and  modern  political  theory,  as  well  as  take  advan- tage  of  other  departments  such  as  philosophy.  They  have  also  offered  her  a  stipend. “Notre  Dame  was  my  No.  1  choice,â€?  Sims  said.  “I  love  the  school.  I  love  the  campus.â€? Sims  also  traveled  to  Texas  for  an  interview  with  Baylor  University  and  had  a  phone  interview  with  the  Catholic  University  of  America. Sims  said  she  has  been  plan- ning  on  applying  to  doctorate  programs  after  college  since  the  beginning,  though  she  joked  that  last  semester  she  consid- ered  creating  a  contingency  plan.
“It’s  kind  of  a  relief  to  have  some  options  that  way,â€?  she  said. Sims  said  she  plans  to  teach  at  the  undergraduate  level  after  earning  her  Ph.D. “Very  few  people  actu- ally  get  a  Ph.D.,â€?  said  Joseph  Garnjobst,  associate  professor  of  classical  studies.  “That’s  really  for  the  people  who  are  the  most  dedicated  to  it  —  the  people  that  can’t  think  of  do- ing  anything  else  but  getting  a  Ph.D.  and  then  teaching  at  the  collegiate  level.â€? Other  seniors  more  recently  made  the  decision  to  apply  for  graduate  programs. “I’ve  been  thinking  about  it  tentatively  for  a  couple  years  now,â€?  Block  said.  “It  took  a  lot  of  contemplation  and  prayer  this  summer  to  decide  it’s  what  I  wanted  to  do.â€? Block  is  looking  into  gradu- ate  programs  in  classics,  theol- ogy,  and  early  Christian  studies. “It  takes  a  lot  of  thought  about  what  you  want  to  study.  And  it  takes  a  lot  of  reading  to  get  an  idea  of  what  you  want  to  study,â€?  she  said.  “When  you  contact  people  in  grad  schools,  you  want  to  have  read  some- thing  they’ve  written.â€? The  process  of  looking  for Â
a  graduate  program  is  much  different  from  that  of  an  under- graduate  program,  Block  said.  Because  graduate  studies  are  much  more  about  who  you  will  study  with,  she  said  she  has  not  gone  on  many  campus  visits. “It’s  not  as  much  about  the  experience  or  the  feel  of  the  place  as  [is]  undergrad,â€?  she  said. While  Block’s  top  choice  would  also  be  Notre  Dame,  she  is  also  looking  into  programs  at  the  University  of  Minnesota,  the  University  of  Kentucky,  the  Catholic  University  of  America,  Fordham  University,  and  Bos- ton  College. “You  get  so  excited  about  every  institution,â€?  she  said. Senior  Trevor  Anderson  said  he’d  had  a  vague  idea  that  he  would  pursue  further  education,  and  now  he  is  looking  at  theol- ogy  and  philosophy  graduate  programs.  He  settled  on  gradu- ate  school  at  the  beginning  of  this  school  year. “When  you  get  a  degree  in  philosophy  and  religion,  you  either  teach  or  work  at  Mc- Donald’s,â€?  he  said.  “It’s  all  or  nothing.â€? Sims,  Block,  and  Anderson  all  said  their  professors  have  played  a  major  role  throughout Â
the  process. “My  professors  have  been  extremely  helpful  and  support- ive,â€?  Sims  said. Block  said  the  amount  of  help  she  has  received  has  been  overwhelming. “I’ve  had  so  many  people  help  me,  from  how  you  go  about  looking  for  a  school,  to  getting  recommendations,  to  the  way  of  presenting  yourself  in  your  personal  statement,â€?  she  said. Sims  also  said  she  feels  that  Hillsdale  has  several  advantages  that  help  students  prepare  for  more  schooling,  such  as  the  per- sonal  attention  students  receive  from  professors. “The  classes  here  have  a  kind  of  rigor  that  will  absolutely  prepare  students  for  graduate  level  work,â€?  she  said. Garnjobst  said  the  classics  department  has  meetings  every  semester  for  students  interested  in  majoring  in  classics.  In  these  meetings,  they  ask  the  students  if  they  are  interested  in  studying  classics  at  the  graduate  level. “We  try  to  map  out  these  things  so  that  they  can  have  a  schedule  —  have  an  idea  of  what’s  out  there,â€?  he  said. There  are  several  ways  clas- sics  students  can  explore  their Â
Campus  bonds,  rests  on  extra  day Caleb Whitmer Web Editor There  was  more  than  the  normal  assortment  of  students  in  A.J.’s  CafĂŠ  at  9  p.m.  on  Monday.  There  were  still  the  groups  of  laughing  students  gathered  around  tables,  not  even  pretend- ing  to  study;Íž  the  stone-Âfaced  couples  separated  by  glowing  laptop  screens,  pretending  to  study;Íž  the  students  sitting  by  themselves,  pretending  to  text  as  they  waited  for  their  friends.  But  this  last  Monday,  Presi- dent’s  Day,  the  normal  A.J.’s  patrons  were  joined  by  the  read- ing  day  crowd.  That  included  two  separate  games  of  Settlers  of  Catan,  two  tables  of  card  games,  a  professor  PHHWLQJ VWXGHQWV DQG DQ LQĂ€X[ of  students  who  celebrated  their  three-Âday  weekend  by  not  doing  any  reading.  Sophomores  Sam  Stone- burner,  Haley  Pelissier,  and  John  Walsh,  as  well  as  a  friend  of  Stoneburner’s  from  his  home- WRZQ MXVW ÂżQLVKHG WKHLU JDPH and  packed  the  board  game’s  pieces  back  into  its  box.  “This  was  kind  of  an  historic  moment  for  [Haley],â€?  Stone- burner  said.  “She  beat  the  people  who  taught  her  to  play  and,  in  some  cases,  the  people  who  taught  them  to  play.â€?  Stoneburner  said  he  woke  up  at  8  a.m.  to  do  Greek  homework  and  practice  for  a  chemistry  presentation  he  had  to  give  on  Tuesday.  “I  knew  if  I  wanted  to  play  two  games  of  Catan  I  needed  to  wake  up  early,â€?  he  said.  “That  was  worth  waking  up  for  me.â€?  He  had  gotten  a  group  together  to  play  a  game  after  lunch. “Who  won  earlier?â€?  Pelissier  asked.  “Brandon.â€?  “Sometimes  that  kid  is  cra- zy,â€?  Stoneburner  said,  chuckling.  Pelissier  woke  up  early  to  do  homework  as  well,  but  two  hours  later  than  Stoneburner.  After  an  afternoon  of  theater  rehearsal,  she  ate  dinner  and  then  sat  down  to  a  three  hours  of  simultaneous  Catan  and  home- work.  She  said  she  had  enjoyed  the  reading  day.  “Couldn’t  have  come  at  a  better  time,â€?  she  said.   Walsh  had  gotten  up  and  was  talking  in  a  hushed  voice  to  a  Catan  player  from  the  other  table.  “Hey!  Are  you  giving  her Â
advice?â€?  Stoneburner  asked.  “No,â€?  Walsh  replied.  “I’m  just  telling  her  what  she  did  wrong.â€? While  Stoneburner  and  com- pany  were  playing  Catan,  senior  Mel  Caton  was  just  returning  from  a  weekend  trip  to  Florida. After  classes  on  Friday,  Caton  and  her  sister  drove  down  to  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.  and  got  on  a  plane  in  “this  tiny  little  airport  in  the  middle  of  nowhere  with  one  gate.â€? “I  think  it  was  like  70  degrees  all  three  days  we  were  down  there,â€?  she  said.  “The  weather  report  said  it  was  supposed  to  rain  everyday  –  which  was  the  most  depressing  thing  ever  –  but  we  ended  up  having  fun  the  whole  time,  and  it  rained  for  like Â
weekend.  However,  she  took  a  break  long  enough  to  take  a  walk  with  her  friend  and  enjoy  the  unseasonably  warm  weather.  “I  kept  telling  myself,  ‘It’s  February  20,  it’s  February  20,’â€?  she  said. Her  thoughts  on  the  reading  day?  “Best  idea  they’ve  ever  had,â€?  she  said.  Outside  the  Grewcock  Stu- dent  Union,  a  group  of  students  EXLOW D ÂżUH LQ RQH RI WKH SLWV VHW up  by  the  Student  Activities  Board.  Crammed  together  on  the  QRQ VPRN\ VLGH RI WKH ÂżUH FLUFOH junior  Jack  Hummel  turned  to  the  rest  of  the  group.  “This  is  like  the  time  Sarah  stole  my  seat,â€?  Hummel  said.
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an  hour.â€? The  sisters  spent  their  week- end  “just  enjoying  Florida.â€? “It  was  really  great.  I  though  it  was  a  little  funny  they  called  it  a  reading  day  because  I  don’t  know  about  you,  but  I  didn’t  really  need  a  reading  day  at  this  point  of  the  semester.â€? Caton  said  she  did  a  grand  total  of  25  pages  of  homework  reading  over  the  weekend. Back  in  A.J.’s,  sophomore  Emily  Schutz  sat  on  the  other  side  of  the  cafĂŠ.  She,  along  with  a  friend,  was  waiting  to  see  Provost  David  Whalen,  sitting  at  a  nearby  table,  for  her  Victorian  and  Modern  Literature  class. “Do  you  think  we  should  get  closer?â€?  she  asked  her  friend,  as  another  student  sat  down  across  from  Whalen.  It  sounded  like  they’d  been  waiting  there  a  while.  Schutz,  sitting  with  an  open  English  literature  anthology  in  front  of  her,  had  spent  the  day  writing  a  paper  she’d  put  off  all Â
 “I  thought  we  were  past  that,â€?  Sports  Editor  Sarah  Leit- ner  said.  “I  will  never  get  past  that.  It  ZLOO GHÂżQH P\ FROOHJH H[SH- rience,â€?  he  replied,  his  face  scrunching  up  into  a  mock  tears  as  the  group  laughed. Junior  Elizabeth  Anne  Odell  was  supposed  to  work  at  9  a.m.  Monday  but  accidentally  slept  in  until  9:25.  She  eventually  made  it  to  the  library  for  work. “I  worked  from  10:22  to  11:22,  if  that  makes  any  differ- ence,â€?  she  said. What  did  she  do  with  the  rest  of  her  weekend?  After  a  pause,  she  said:  “I  asked  everyone  what  they  did  with  their  long  weekend.  It’s  all  the  rage.â€? Âł:HOO ZH NLQGOHG WKH Ă€DPHV of  love,â€?  Hummel  said,  gestur- ing  to  junior  Caroline  Forsythe.  “You  have  to  kindle  them  from  time  to  time.â€?  Junior  Trent  Kramer  said  he  though  the  reading  day  was  good Â
for  the  students.  “I  think  it’s  good  because  a  lot  of  people  get  to  go  home,  get  to  see  their  family,â€?  he  said.  “Also,  people  get  to  sleep  in  a  little  and  get  some  rest.â€?  The  conversation  continued  DURXQG WKH ÂżUH  “Dental  hygiene  is  the  pur- pose  of  reading  day,â€?  Forsythe  said,  who  claimed  she’d  brushed  her  teeth  four  times  that  day.  “Did  anyone  else  know  it’s  Presidents  Day?â€?  asked  junior  Chris  Waters.  Kramer  said  he  was  pretty  sure  Monday  was  the  one-Âyear  anniversary  of  the  2011  ice  storm  that  cancelled  class  for  the  day.  “That  was  so  good  for  every- one,â€?  he  said.  “I  think  it  keeps  you  going,â€?  Waters  said.  “It  really  does,â€?  Kramer  agreed.  “It  gives  the  weekend  room  to  breathe,â€?  Waters  said.  Sophomore  Anika  Top  started  her  shift  behind  at  the  desk  in  the  student  union  at  9  p.m.  She  pointed  to  a  neat  row  of  Harry  Potter  movies  lining  the  edge  of  her  desk. Âł, KDYH ÂżYH VL[ DQG VHYHQ I’m  here  until  3  a.m.,â€?  she  said.  She’d  woken  up  Monday  morning  at  7:30  a.m.,  which  she  described  as  “ungodly.â€?  She  and  friends  travelled  up  to  Ann  Arbor  for  the  day  where  she  studied  in  a  coffee  shop  and  ran  some  errands  at  the  mall.  She  returned  to  campus  in  the  evening.  “I  grabbed  some  movies,  did  some  reading,  and  now  I’m  sitting  at  my  desk  pretending  to  read,  and  watching  movies,â€?  she  said.  “It  was  a  nice  break.â€? By  midnight,  A.J.’s  had  thinned  out.  Gone  were  the  groups  of  laughing  students,  the  stony-Âfaced  couples,  and  the  awkward  loners.  Both  Catan  boards  were  cleaned  up  and  the  card  players  were  gone.  Whalen  ¿QDOO\ OHIW DW S P H[DFWO\ DQ KRXU DIWHU KLV $ - ÂśV RIÂżFH hours  were  supposed  to  have  ended.   Only  a  few  students  were  left  sitting  at  the  tables,  most  of  them  working  on  papers.  The  only  noise  in  the  union  came  from  a  group  of  students  near  the  ¿UHSODFH ODXJKLQJ K\VWHULFDOO\ as  they  passed  around  a  smart- phone.  “I’m  not  so  well  rested,â€?  Top  said.  “But  brain  rested.â€?
interest  in  graduate  school,  Garnjobst  said.  Students  can  read  outside  of  class  in  the  areas  that  interest  them.  The  Latin  program  at  Hillsdale  Preparato- ry  School  also  offers  classroom  experience. This  offers  students  lesson  planning,  classroom  mainte- nance,  and  grading  experience. “If  you  do  [like  teaching],  that’s  great,â€?  Garnjobst  said.  “If  you  don’t,  then  you’ve  learned  a  valuable  lesson  without  actually  having  to  go  get  a  job.â€? By  the  summer  of  junior  year,  Garnjobst  said  the  depart- ment  expects  students  to  have  taken  their  GRE.  Students  interested  in  going  on  to  gradu- ate  school  also  have  opportuni- ties  to  write  and  publish  book  reviews. “There  are  a  lot  of  opportu- nities  for  students  to  do  things  that  graduate  students  do.  They  present  papers.  They  write  book  reviews,â€?  he  said.  “So  we  are  trying  to  get  them  to  operate  at  the  graduate  level  while  at  the  undergraduate  level.â€? Garnjobst  said  the  depart- ment  also  takes  students  to  Ann  Arbor  to  do  research  for  papers  that  they  write  for  different  classes. “If  they  thrive  in  that  envi-Â
ronment,  that’s  a  great  sign  for  us  because  it’s  easy  to  write  letters  of  recommendation  for  people  who  are  self-Âstarters,  self-Âmotivated,  thrive  in  that  kind  of  environment,  know  how  to  do  the  research,  and  write  great  papers  that  get  accepted  to  regional  and  national  conven- tions,â€?  he  said.  “They’re  essen- tially  graduate  students.â€? Garnjobst  acknowledged  that  graduate  school  is  not  for  everyone. “It  isn’t  for  people  who  think,  I  really  enjoyed  my  Hillsdale  experience,â€?  he  said.  “Graduate  school  isn’t  just  so  they  can  keep  the  Hillsdale  experience  alive.â€? Anderson  said  it  is  profes- sors  like  Garnjobst  that  have  shown  him,  by  example,  that  graduate  school  was  something  he  wanted  to  pursue. “I  want  to  go  to  grad  school  because  of  professors  like  Jack- son  and  Westblade  and  Cole  who  have  intellectual  rigor,  a  heartfelt  love  for  the  truth,  and  a  love  for  their  students,â€?  Anderson  said.  “I  wouldn’t  be  as  excited  about  going  to  grad  school  if  I  wasn’t  so  taken  with  that  vision  of  life  that  they  have.â€?
ADMISSIONS !From A1 year  was  not  as  focused  on  admissions.  [And]  certainly  the  economy.â€? That  doesn’t  mean  The  Collegian  won’t  run  a  “smartest  class  everâ€?  head- line  next  year. “We’re  pleased  with  the  recruiting  year,â€?  Lantis  said.  “We’re  pleased  with  the  quality  of  the  applicant  pool.  We  think  that  it’s  bet- ter  quality  even  though  the  quantity  isn’t  the  same.â€? Lantis  said  the  success  of  faculty  and  alumni,  as  well  as  the  school’s  increased  presence  in  D.C.,  contribute  to  Hillsdale’s  improving  reputation. Junior  Crystal  Marshall,  the  head  student  ambas- sador,  said  fall  visitation  numbers  seemed  higher  than  in  the  past,  but  have  slowed  down  lately,  leaving  student  ambassadors  scraping  for  hours.  She  expects  those  numbers  to  pick  up  again  in  the  spring. The  college  will  send  out  its  regular  acceptance  letters  April  1,  and  Lantis  said  about  900  students  will  make  the  cut.  Based  on  DYHUDJHV IURP WKH ODVW ÂżYH years,  he  expects  about  40  percent  of  accepted  students  to  make  a  deposit  in  May. USNWR  and  other  publi- cations  use  admissions  rates  as  a  gauge  for  colleges’  academic  rigor,  a  practice  Lantis  called  potentially  misleading. “Some  schools  will Â
actually  go  out  and  recruit  students  for  the  express  purpose  of  denying  them  admission,  to  lower  their  admit  rate  and  look  more  favorable  amongst  the  col- lege  guides,â€?  he  said.  “We  don’t  have  the  time,  inclina- tion,  or  manpower  to  want  WR FUHDWH PRUH XQTXDOLÂżHG applications  to  review.  We  like  having  a  more  narrow  group  of  applications  that  DUH KLJKO\ TXDOLÂżHG ´ Admissions  Counselor  Shannon  McCleary  said  her  job  includes  re-Âeducating  prospectives  about  the  col- lege  itself. “We  have  a  lot  of  stu- dents  who  say,  ‘I  will  be  the  president  of  the  United  States,’â€?  she  said  laugh- ing.  “I’m  like,  ‘Oh,  the  last  student  said  that  too.  Guess  you’re  gonna  be  running  against  each  other.’â€? But  even  more  students  are  afraid  that  since  they  aren’t  politically  active,  they  ZRQÂśW ÂżW LQ DW +LOOVGDOH “What  I  always  try  to  encourage  is,  you  don’t  have  to  be  politically  active,  but  we  want  you  to  be  aware,â€?  McCleary  said.  “And  the  way  our  education  is  set  up,  you’re  not  just  going  to  be  aware  about  politics  and  current  events,  but  you’re  going  to  be  aware  about  a  lot  of  different  areas  and  ¿HOGV ´
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NEW PARLI Q&A  with  Matt  Spalding:  Libertarianism  and  Founding  ideals CHALLENGES FOR DEBATE Tyler O’Neil Collegian Freelancer
philosophy  –  it’s  radical  individu- alism  in  which  the  individual  cre- ates  their  own  sense  of  meaning.  Matt  Spalding  is  the  vice  It’s  very  narrow,  and  differ- president  of  American  Studies  at  ent  philosophically.  Its  roots  are  The  Heritage  Foundation.  He  is  very  different  than  the  roots  of  the  The  team  also  competed  in  Sam Scorzo a  Claremont  Mckenna  College  American  Founders.  We  want  to  parliamentary  debate,  but  none  alumnus  and  former  classmate  Collegian Freelancer point  that  out  to  them,  but  do  it  in  of  the  team  members  made  the  of  Hillsdale  College  President  a  way  that  teaches  them  some- elimination  round  in  this  style. Larry  Arnn.  Spalding  wrote  “We  thing.  Hillsdale  College  Debate  “It  was  a  very  different  Still  Hold  These  Truths,â€?  the  book  They  believe  in  limited  Team’s  10-Âhour  trip  to  Truman  style  of  parliamentary  debate,â€?  that  gave  the  2012  Conserva- government  Constitutionalism,  State  University  was  well  worth  sophomore  Ian  Hanchett  said.  tive  Political  Action  conference  so  you  approach  them  that  way.  it.  In  addition  to  setting  a  new  “We  came  across  some  very  its  title.  The  Collegian  sat  down  You  have  a  common  ground,  and  record  for  Lincoln-ÂDouglas  interesting  rounds  which  we  you  want  to  draw  them  back  to  debate,  the  Chargers  team  went  had  to  make  up  positions  for  on  with  Spalding  to  talk  about  what  “These  Truthsâ€?  are,  and  the  Declaration  and  the  Found- 10  and  six  this  weekend  at  The  WKH Ă€\ ´ the  nature  of  different  strains  of  ing  as  a  whole  to  show  them  that  Missouri  Association  of  Foren- Brooks  said  that  last  week’s  conservatism.   their  understanding  of  limited  sic  Activities  State  Champion- events  prepared  Hillsdale  stu- government  —  the  protections  of  ships  last  weekend. dents  for  important  tournaments  What  are  the  principles  you  the  individual  —  fundamentally  “The  team  did  not  place  coming  up,  includiwng  the  Pi  mention  in  your  book  that  you  depend  upon  having  an  idea  of  overall,  but  that  had  to  do  with  Kappa  Delta  Competition  and  call  the  core  of  civic  life  and  what  that  individual  is.  the  small  amount  of  entries  we  the  National  Forensics  Associa- education? Which  brings  up  the  question  had,â€?  junior  Ian  Blodger  said. tion  National  Tournament  in  I  talk  about  equal  rights,  of  human  equality,  and  what  is  Only  four  Hillsdale  students  March  and  April  respectively. nature,  consent  —  principles  of  that  equality?  The  narrower  liber- competed. “In  one  of  our  parliamentary  the  Declaration  of  Independence  tarian  “rightsâ€?  argument,  which  is  Blodger  and  Sophomore  URXQGV DIWHU WKH ÂżUVW ÂżYH PLQ- —  to  which  I  add  property  rights,  actually  good  as  far  as  it  goes,  is  Bryan  Brooks  both  made  it  utes  of  our  opponents’  speech,  religious  liberty,  the  rule  of  law,  LQVXIÂżFLHQW DW D FHUWDLQ SRLQW to  the  elimination  round  in  everything  that  we  had  prepared  Constitutionalism,  independence,  It  really  demands  a  certain  L-ÂD.  However,  Brooks  was  before  the  round  was  suddenly  and  it  all  culminates  in  self-Âgov- understanding  of  the  moral  matched  with  Blodger  for  the  inapplicable.  Ian  and  I,  working  ernment.  They’re  all  interconnect- meaning  of  the  individual  and  elimination  round  and  since  two  together  within  two  minutes,  ed.  They  really  work  as  a  whole.  their  purpose.  It  can’t  be  merely  team  members  cannot  com- were  able  to  prepare  multiple  So  rather  than  talking  merely  about  your  right  to  something,  pete  against  one  another  and  positions,â€?  Brooks  said. about  property  rights,  which  is  but  also,  “What  is  happiness?â€?  Blodger  held  the  higher  seat,  “This  is  one  of  the  hardest  an  economic  argument,  [I  talk  You  broaden  it  to  the  full  discus- he  advanced  to  the  next  round.   situations  that  a  parliamentary  about]  self-Âgovernment.  They’re  sion  of  the  Founding,  and  you  After  advancing,  Blodger  took  GHEDWHU FDQ ÂżQG KLPVHOI LQ really  intertwined  in  a  deep  and  shift  towards  that.  Their  views  of  second  place  in  the  entire  tour- because  we  have  about  two  fundamental  way,  so  you  have  to  limited  government  ultimately  nament. minutes  to  provide  a  reason  go  through  and  explain  that. depend  upon  the  laws  of  nature  “The  outrounds  were  tough  why  a  well-Âresearched  and  and  “nature’s  God.â€?  It’s  as  simple  but  they  were  really  educational  prepared  case  is  a  bad  idea.  How  do  libertarians  and  as  that.  for  me,â€?  Blodger  said.   “I  had  Even  though  that  was  the  only  Now,  does  this  solve  every  to  prepare  in  a  different  manner  round  we  won,  we  feel  that  the  FRQVHUYDWLYHV PDQDJH WR ÂżQG common  ground? question  about  the  role  of  religion  because  the  timing  between  the  tournament  was  success  for  us  The  problem  with  looking  at  in  society  and  the  debates  we’re  rounds  was  different.  It  was  because  we  excelled  in  the  most  conservatives  as  groups  is  they  having?  Of  course  not.  That’s  more  similar  to  the  timing  in  GLIÂżFXOW SRVLWLRQ ZH FRXOG EH all  kind  of  have  their  own  little  what  politics  is  about.  But,  in  a  national  competitions,  so  it  was  put  in.â€? philosophies.  So  libertarianism  is  deeper  fundamental  way  most  good  practice.â€? really  based  on  a  very  different  people  who  are  “libertariansâ€?  are Â
not  actually  libertarians.
What  is  GOP  candidate  Ron  Paul’s  appeal  to  conservatives? The  fact,  I  think,  that  Ron  Paul  is  drawing  a  lot  of  attention,  is  not  because  of  his  full  philoso- phy  –  which,  I  think,  most  people  don’t  actually  buy  –  but  because  he’s  hitting  certain  themes  which  I  think  are  perfectly  reasonable:  that  government  is  out  of  control,  that  we  should  get  back  to  the  Constitution.  Even  the  argu- ment  about  sound  money  [is  a]  perfectly  legitimate  argument.  We  shouldn’t  misread  that  to  think  that  somehow  conservatives  have Â
accepted  the  full  argument  of  lib- ertarianism.  Limited  government  is  perfectly  consistent  with  our  arguments  about  the  Founding. How  do  progressives  and  conservatives  differ  on  civics? The  modern  civics  debate  is  really  a  debate  between  civics  as  knowledge  —  in  which  civics  is  understood  to  be  a  part  of  a  broader  question  about  liberal  education,  where  the  content  is  meaningful  —  and  civic  educa- tion  in  the  modern  sense,  where  it’s  all  about  experience,  experi- ential  learning,  getting  out  and  doing  things,  becoming  civically Â
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lack  of  snow,  the  Indian  River  Sprint  Dog  Sled  Race  was  canceled.  In  Mason  Coun- try,  Mich.,  Erin  Lloyd  of  the  He  thought  he  was  think- Northern  Michigan  9&10  New  ing  ahead  when  he  nailed  the  reported  that  the  Michigan  Ice  stakes  into  the  loose  dirt  in  front  of  the  union  two  months  2SHQ DQ LFH ÂżVKLQJ FRPSHWL- tion,  was  also  canceled. ago.  He  was  going  to  beat  the  While  Michigan  is  heading  Michigan  freeze.  But  what  was  into  its  second  warmest  winter  supposed  to  be  an  ice  skating  since  1932,  many  residents  are  rink  by  now,  in  the  words  of  senior  Michael  Peters,  student  hesitant  to  give  up  on  the  pos- sibility  of  more  cold  weather. director  of  men’s  residence  For  Peters,  the  weather  life,  is  “basically  a  pool.â€? hasn’t  created  serious  prob- She  gets  to  have  a  normal  work  day.  She  doesn’t  have  to  trudge  through  snow  banks  to  get  to  her  front  door.  And  her  crew  doesn’t  have  to  clear  any  roads  or  lay  any  salt  in  addition  to  their  tedious  work  routines.  “It’s  been  a  welcome  bless- ing,â€?  said  Vicky  Phetteplace,  superintendent  of  custodial  services. Michigan’s  warm  winter,  while  a  blessing  to  some,  has  posed  challenges  to  others  in  the  Hillsdale  community.  For  Phetteplace,  the  lack  of  snow  (Sally Nelson/Collegian) and  ice  has  lessened  the  typi- cal  stress  and  workload  that  winter  usually  brings.  “On  a  scale  from  one  to  10  in  terms  of  severity,  I  would  rank  the  winter  we’ve  had  so  far  as  a  four,â€?  Phetteplace  said.  “Typically  we  have  a  full  plate  of  job  tasks  and  the  adverse  weather  slows  the  maintenance  teams  down  and  adds  to  the  normal  workload,  which  is  al- ready  a  lot.  Like  any  job,  you  have  to  prioritize  time.  But  RXU FUHZ LV Ă€H[LEOH DQG DOZD\V does  a  good  job.â€? Outside  of  Hillsdale,  Michi- gan  sporting  events  have  also  been  impacted  by  the  balmy  (Sally Nelson/Collegian) winter.  The  Cheboygan  Daily  Tribune  reported  that  due  to Â
lems,  but  has  left  many  students  disappointed  about  missing  out  on  typical  winter  activities.  While  the  ice  skat- ing  rink  behind  the  Grewcock  Student  Union  has  yet  to  get  as  much  use  as  in  previous  years,  Peters  remains  optimistic.  “We’re  still  anticipating  a  Hillsdale  winter,  so  we’re  going  to  keep  the  rink  up  and  give  it  a  shot,�  he  said.  “If  all  else  fails,  we’ll  hold  a  pool  party  at  the  end  of  the  year.�
Jon Paul Morosi, a national MLB writer for FOXSports.com, spoke at Hillsdale College’s sportswriting seminar this month. (Joe Buth/Collegian)
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course  on  the  Constitution.  So  with  all  this  emphasis  on  the  Constitution,  it  seemed  natural  to  set  an  evening  aside  to  pledge  the  man  who  made  it  possible. “It  was  because  he  was  born  that  America  was  born,�  said  Eleesha  Tucker,  director  of  education  for  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati.
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Just  outside  beautiful  Santa  Barbara,  Calif.,  up  a  windy  mountain  road,  and  past  a  couple  of  old  Secret  Service  stations,  sophomore  Harris  Wells  pulled  up  to  a  modest,  adobe  ranch  house.  Just  looking  at  it,  you’d  never  suspect  it  belonged  to  President  Ronald  Reagan. During  his  presidency,  the  ranch  was  Reagan’s  refuge  from  the  White  House.  Wells  had  the  opportunity  to  explore  it  on  Feb.  18. Young  America’s  Foundation  sponsored  the  tour  as  part  of  its  conservative  training  seminar  in  Santa  Barbara. “They  showed  us  where  the  Gorbachevs  hung  out  when  they  visited  the  Reagan  ranch,â€?  Wells  said.  “We  even  saw  the  exact  spot  where  Reagan  signed  the  largest  tax  cut  in  the  nation’s Â
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possible. “We’re  not  going  to  endorse  a  candidate,â€?  he  said. He  also  emphasized  that  the  structure  of  the  event  was  im- portant  —  if  a  political  candidate  spoke  at  Hillsdale,  his  address  was  to  support  the  college’s  goal  of  education,  and  not  stage  a  rally. “This  is  not  going  to  be  a  campaign  stop  that  presents  another  stump  speech,â€?  Whalen  said.  “The  fact  that  this  is  an  academic  institution  with  an  academic  purpose  was  foremost  in  planning  the  event.â€? After  dozens  of  phone  calls  to  each  campaign,   Walden  put  in  more  than  48  hours  of  phone  calls  alone,  student  organizers  arrived  at  an  impasse. “We  were  at  this  stalemate  position  —  everyone  said,  ‘We’ll  come  if  Santorum  comes,’  and  Santorum  said,  ‘We’ll  come  if  other  candidates  come,’â€?  Wil- loughby  said. To  add  to  the  complication,  administrators  needed  to  place  an  order  for  sound  and  stage  equip- ment  to  replace  Hillsdale’s  own  technology,  which  was  with  staff  out  at  the  NLS  in  California.  The  night  of  Feb.  14,  Gaiser  said  he  got  a  call  from  adminis- trators.  They  were  going  to  pull  the  plug  unless  students  could  get  D VROLG FRQÂżUPDWLRQ E\ S P that  night.  “It  was  a  no  harm,  no  shame  kind  of  deal,â€?  Gaiser  said.  Willoughby  said  the  group  understood  the  administration’s  deadline,  but  feared  it  would  push  Santorum  to  back  out  of  the  symposium.  “To  say  we  were  apprehensive  would  be  a  understatement.  We  had  countless  people  praying,  on  campus,  in  our  home  states,â€?  she  said.  “At  7:41  p.m.  we  got  the  email  we’d  all  been  waiting  for,  saying  that  Sen.  Santorum  would  like  to  attend  Hillsdale  College’s  symposium.â€? “We  were  ecstatic,â€?  she  said. Santorum  released  a  statement  to  The  Collegian  on  Wednesday,  Feb.  15. “I  am  excited  to  again  visit  Hillsdale  College  and  have  the  opportunity  to  address  the  im- portant  issues  facing  our  nation,â€?  Santorum  said.  “I  am  excited  to  share  my   vision  for  a  brighter  America,  and  the  life  experiences  that  have  helped  shape  those   positions.â€? The  First  Letdowns $IWHU WKH FRQÂżUPDWLRQ HPDLO administrators  placed  orders  for  equipment.  Bergen  said  they  knew  that  the  up-Âfront  deposits  might  be  lost,  but  placed  them  anyway. “We  were  committed  from  that  point  to  spending  whatever  we  needed  to  to  offer  the  best  event  possible,â€?  she  said. Gaiser  said  he  drafted  a  press  release  to  publicize  the  event,  but  administrators  never  published  it. 7KH ÂżUVW GLVDSSRLQWPHQWV
dent  Reagan’s  house,â€?  Wells  said.  “When  the  fog  lifted  the  next  morning,  they  saw  that  there  is  this  ‘renegade’  tent  and  stormed  it.  They  detained  the  man  before  they  realized  he  was  actually  just  a  poor  lost  camper.â€? The  Secret  Service  had  a  scare  when  Reagan  unwittingly  put  the  ranch  security  on  red  alert. “Reagan  stocked  his  pond  ZLWK ÂżVK DQG WKHUH ZDV D FUDQH that  would  always  eat  them,  so  one  day  he  grabbed  a  gun  and  just  started  shooting  at  the  crane,â€?  Wells  said.  “But  his  security  detail  didn’t  know  so  (Courtesy of Aaron Wong) WKH\ Ă€LSSHG RXW WKLQNLQJ LW FRXOG be  an  intruder.  Just  seeing  the  history.â€? personal  stories  like  that  and  see- The  tour  gave  him  a  greater  ing  that  he  was  just  a  regular  guy  appreciation  for  the  political  im- was  great.â€? pact  of  the  humble  headquarters. After  getting  past  the  old  “It  was  just  really  cool  seeing  security  posts,  Wells  got  to  ex- that  this  was  an  intricate  part  of  perience  the  more  personal  side  the  history  of  Reagan,  the  place  RI WKH UDQFK D KRPH ÂżOOHG WR WKH where  he  went  to  contemplate  brim  with  Reagan’s  books  and  a  lot  of  his  ideas  and  policies,â€?  littered  with  family  photographs. Wells  said. “I  knew  he  had  great  policy,â€?  The  Secret  Service  had  the  Wells  said.  “But  this  side  of  him  task  of  making  this  old  ranch  has  opened  my  eyes.â€? house  a  secure  political  facility. Reagan  spent  lots  of  time  out- “We  got  to  see  all  the  different  doors  on  the  ranch,  laying  all  the  Secret  Service  posts  with  moni- fencing  for  the  property  himself  toring  equipment  and  cryptic  and  working  in  his  woodshed. communication  devices  and  see  “Seeing  his  woodshed,  you  the  panic  phone  by  Reagan’s  bed  that  was  a  direct  line  to  the  secret  could  see  he  emptied  peanut  but- ter  jars  and  put  nuts  and  bolts  in  service,â€?  Wells  said. them,â€?  Wells  said.  “He  was  just  a  A  secret  service  that  inciden- normal  guy.  My  grandfather  did  WDOO\ KDG VXUSULVLQJ GLIÂżFXOWLHV the  same  thing.â€? VHFXULQJ WKH ÂżYH VTXDUH PLOH Reagan’s  personal  letters  ranch. were  another  surprise,  revealing  “One  time  a  hiker  got  lost  in  thoughts  and  experiences  beyond  the  fog  and  ended  up  pitching  a  tent  thirty  yards  away  from  Presi- his  political  views  and  addresses.
“Reagan  helped  out  a  family  with  a  special  needs  child  and  kept  in  touch  with  them  through- out  his  presidency,�  Wells  said. YAF  provided  Wells  with  a  full  travel  scholarship  for  the  trip.  A  tour  of  the  Reagan  ranch,  par- ticipation  in  the  training  seminar  and  a  hotel  room  a  block  from  the  beach  in  Santa  Barbara  only  cost  him  $50  for  meals. “Fifty  bucks  to  go  to  Califor- nia?�  Wells  said.  “I’ll  take  that  any  day  of  the  week.� The  foundation  trained  him  in  dealing  with  professors  and  administrations  hostile  to  conser- vative  speakers  and  conservative  student  activism. “We  just  had  Steve  Forbes  in  a  CCA  last  semester,’�  Wells  said.  “It  didn’t  completely  apply,  but  it  was  still  really  interesting  to  get  a  different  perspective  on  what  it’s  like  at  a  more  main- stream  college.� Regarding  the  ranch,  Reagan  once  said,  “No  place  before  or  since  has  ever  given  Nancy  and  me  the  joy  and  serenity  it  does.� Once  Reagan  was  diagnosed  with  Alzheimer’s,  the  fam- ily  moved,  and  Nancy  Reagan  passed  the  property  on  to  YAF.  They  now  preserve  the  ranch  and  use  it  to  achieve  one  of  Reagan’s  biggest  goals:  inspiring  young  conservatives. “Visiting  the  Reagan  ranch  was  spectacular,�  Wells  said.  “I  was  aware  of  his  political  stances  before,  but  as  a  person  it  was  cer- tainly  amazing  to  get  the  real  side  of  him  like  that.  I  would  highly  recommend  it.�
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For  reading,  not  love Dear  Kate, I  have  a  question  about  love.  I’m  a  freshman  and  I  think  I  met  my  soul  mate  this  weekend.  That  reading  day  couldn’t  have  come  at  a  better  time.  We  spent  the  day  walking  around  hand-Âin-Âhand,  cuddling  in  the  Grewcock  Student  Union,  watching  movies,  and  playing  video  games.  You  said  that  our  task  here  at  Hillsdale  Col- OHJH ZDV WR ÂżQG RXU VSRXVH JHW PDUULHG DQG VWDUW SURGXFLQJ OLWWOH Lincoln  look-Âa-Âlikes.  Well,  I’m  doing  the  best  I  can.  I  wish  we  had  PRUH UHDGLQJ GD\V WR SUDQFH DURXQG FDPSXV ZLWK RXU IULHQGV Ă€LUW- ing  with  boys,  and  such.  College  is  so  much  fun!  Anyway,  to  my  question:  Do  you  think  it’s  possible  to  know  you’ve  found  “the  oneâ€?  after  only  a  day  or  two  together?  I  just  feel  like  this  is  meant  to  be. Sincerely, Head-Âin-Âthe-Âclouds Dear  Idiotic  Freshman,
came  when  representatives  for  candidates  Mitt  Romney  and  Newt  Gingrich  did  not  follow- through  with  their  verbal  com- mitments  to  come  if  Santorum  FRQÂżUPHG “They  were  breaking  their  word  to  us,â€?  Willoughby  said.  “We  went  back  to  them  and  said,  ‘We  have  a  publicized  commit- ment  from  Santorum  that  he  is  indeed  coming’  ‌  and  they  told  us  ‘No.’â€? “That  was  frustrating.â€? On  the  night  of  Feb.  15,  The  Hillsdale  Collegian  broke  the  story  online,  eventually  get- ting  picked  up  by  GOP  blogger  Michelle  Malkin  and  Newsmax,  among  others. Santorum  Backs  Out Less  than  48  hours  ahead  of  the  Feb.  20  symposium,  Santo- rum  backed  out  of  his  commit- ment  to  come  to  Hillsdale.  The  morning  of  Feb.  18,  a  Santorum  staffer  emailed  Hill- sdale  Symposium  members  to  expect  an  advance  team.  By  that  evening,  Santorum  was  reported  as  having  committed  to  an  event  at  Hope  College  for  Monday  night,  when  he  was  supposed  to  be  coming  to  Hillsdale. Students  said  they  were  not  really  shocked.  “Campaigns  and  the  strategies  that  accompany  them  are  a  series  of  judgement  calls,â€?  Willoughby  said.  “To  be  honest,  I  cannot  say  that  if  I  was  in  Santorum’s  shoes, Â
I  would  not  have  done  the  same  thing.â€? The  school  did  not  release  a  press  release  immediately.  Gaiser  said  seeing  visiting  families  at  church,  staying  in  Hillsdale  to  KHDU WKH FDQGLGDWH ZDV GLIÂżFXOW “I  had  to  smile  and  nod  because  I  couldn’t  say,  ‘No,  he’s  not  coming.’  That  was  sad,â€?  Gaiser  said.
negative  consequences. “It  looks  like  tacit  endorse- ment  or  favoritism,â€?  Whalen  said.  “And  we  can’t  realistically  host  a  series  of  candidates  and  events  without  seriously  disrupt- ing  the  campus,  without  interfer- ing  with  our  own  essential  work.  It  became  a  logical  nightmare  that  became  insuperable.â€? Monday  night,  Whalen  called  the  students  in.  It  was  time  to  Round  Two pull  the  plug. Whalen  said  the  administra- “There  was  a  concerted  at- tion  did  not  give  up  on  the  event,  tempt  to  reschedule  the  earlier,  but  encouraged  students  to  intended  candidate  forum  and  it  reschedule,  making  a  reconverted  simply  did  not  work.â€?  effort  to  reach  out  to  all  candi- dates. The  Take-ÂAway Monday  morning,  Feb.  20,  Every  administrator  working  Romney’s  staff  made  a  golden  with  the  group  said  the  student  offer:  he  could  come  to  Hillsdale  group’s  efforts  were  praisewor- on  Friday,  at  4  p.m. thy. The  Constitutional  Committee  “My  hat  is  off  to  them,â€?  Wha- could  not  believe  the  offer.  len  said. “When  I  got  the  phone  call  Given  the  timing  of  the  that  Romney  was  waiting  for  planning,  the  students  worked  our  acceptance  of  his  offer  to  on  campus  virtually  unaided  by  come,  I  was  honestly  shocked,â€?  administrators.  Before  the  end  of  Willoughby  said.  “I  immediately  the  week,  students  had  spoken  started  looking  for  the  strings  with  congressmen,  governors,  attached.  It  seemed  too  good  to  former  attorneys  general  and  be  true.â€? more.  In  fact,  the  Romney  campaign  “We,  a  scraggly  group  of  did  have  a  stipulation:  he  would  students  from  Nowheresville,  have  to  be  the  only  candidate  to  Michigan  had  been  so  closely  speak.  interacting  with  the  potential  The  college  faced  a  conun- leaders  of  the  free  world,â€?  Wil- drum. loughby  said.  “That  really  was  Whalen  said  hosting  a  single  phenomenal.â€? candidate  event  at  this  late  stage  in  the  campaign  would  have  two Â
Loans.  Scholarships.  Grants.  Debt.  Debt.  More  debt.  Grace  given  by  everyone  from  donors  to  your  parents.  Think  about  these  words  for  a  few  moments.  If  you  don’t  see  a  connection,  I  doubt  my  little  column  can  help  you.  Now  then,  we  need  to  have  a  discussion  about  proper  reading  skills.  The  only  people  on  this  campus  that  I  advised  to  look  for  their  husbands  right  now,  even  to  the  neglect  of  their  school  work,  were  senior  women  in  their  second  semester  who  already  know  how  to  read!  Secondly,  allow  me  to  inquire  what  a  “readingâ€?  day  might  be  for?  Oh,  I  don’t  know,  perhaps  to  read?  Not  only  is  a  reading  day  in  the  middle  of  February  somewhat...  strange,  but  consider- ing  that  every  Saturday  is  a  reading  day,  the  idea  that  you  spent  WKH GD\ ÂłSUDQFLQJ´ DQG ³ÀLUWLQJ´ PDNHV PH ZDQW WR WKURZ XS DOO of  the  carbs  that  I  just  wolfed  down  on  account  of  Fat  Tuesday.  Please  don’t  use  these  words  to  describe  the  actions  which  you  substituted  for  reading.  It  makes  me  quite  ill.  Need  I  remind  you  yet  again  that  you  are  here  to  study?  As  for  your  question,  if  I  was  crazy,  out  of  my  mind,  and  ready  to  be  sent  to  an  asylum,  I  might  say  something  like  this:  I’m  sure  you’ve  found  the  one  man  who  completes  your  being  in  that  18-Âyear-Âold  boy  you  met  two  days  ago.  I  can’t  imagine  someone  more  virtuous  than  a  kid  who  spends  eight  hours  straight  playing  video  games  every  Saturday  in  the  playground  we  call  the  union.  Hold  on  to  him,  he’s  a  keeper.  Unfortunately  for  you,  I’m  quite  sane  (in  some  sense  of  the  word),  and  therefore  must  tell  you  the  truth:  your  quaint,  blossom- ing  “loveâ€?  will  fade,  wither,  and  die  in  a  matter  of  weeks.  Find  a  desk  in  the  library  (which,  surprisingly  enough,  was  created  as  a  place  of  peace  for  proper  students  to  use  for  study  and  not  a  social  hall)  and  get  to  work! $QG ÂżQDOO\ IRU WKH PLOOLRQWK WLPH VWRS FXGGOLQJ LQ WKH XQLRQ Just  stop  —  it’s  not  actually  a  playground.
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people  around  the  region  to  at- tend.  The  Collegian  even  broke  We  are  trying  to  understand  why  the  story  of  your  visit  on  its  spiffy  you  decided  to  ditch  Hillsdale  new  website. College  on  Feb.  20  and  instead  Then  you  canceled. spoke  at  Hope  College  in  Holland,  Some  would  say  that  you  Rick- Mich. rolled  us. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  easy  running  for  So  much  time  and  effort  was  president  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  no  one  can  be  in  two  wasted  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  books  not  read,  papers  places  at  once  or  please  everyone. not  written,  naps  not  taken.  But  you  were  the  one  who  The  college  lost  money,  too.  To  promised  to  come  here. prepare  for  your  appearance,  the  A  group  of  dedicated  students  administration  began  renting  neglected  their  schoolwork  and  equipment.  It  looks  like  about  committed  untold  hours  to  making  $4,000  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  ever  be  recovered. your  visit  possible.  The  college  That  could  have  helped  a  spent  money  for  what  would  have  ¿QDQFLDOO\ GLVWUHVVHG VWXGHQW SD\ been  a  big  event,  and  invited  for  tuition.  Perhaps  the  college Â
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GOOGLEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Â PRESIDENTS Â DAY Â FLUB
Kelsey Drapkin Special to the Collegian
Jack Butler Special to the Collegian
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t  Hillsdale  College,  we  have  erected  statues  of  historical  individuals  to  honor  the  prin- ciples  and  courage  of  those  memorialized.  Our  most  recent  honoree  is  President  Ronald  Reagan,  whose  wonderful  likeness  was  dedicated  this  past  fall. 7KH SUHVHQFH RI WKHVH VWDWXHV LV TXLWH MXVWLÂżHG Lincoln,  Churchill,  Thatcher,  and  Reagan  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  indeed,  DOO WKH ÂżJXUHV VFXOSWHG KDG DQ LPPHQVH KLVWRULFDO impact.  Their  characters,  principles,  and  actions  continue  to  reverberate  today. 'HVSLWH WKHLU VLJQLÂżFDQFH KRZHYHU ZH PXVW EH FDUHIXO QRW WR ÂłZRUVKLS´ WKHVH KLVWRULF ÂżJXUHV &RQ- servatives  and  other  right-Âleaning  minds  were  rightly  put  off  by  the  nigh-Âreligious  enthusiasm  generated  by  Candidate  Obama  and  his  cult-Âlike  followers.  Such  a  KLJK UHJDUG GHÂżHV RQH RI WKH PRVW LPSRUWDQW DVSHFWV of  the  conservative  tradition:  the  fallibility  of  man. Yet  conservatives  cannot  be  said  to  be  com- pletely  blameless  in  this  semi-Âidolatry.  Ronald  Reagan,  a  great  leader  in  many  respects,  has  taken  on  a  status  after  his  death  that,  by  being  fashioned  into  the  distilled  embodiment  of  all  that  is  good  and  conservative,  has  rendered  him  politically  perfect  in  retrospect.   This  status  can  be  seen  in  virtually  any  debate  of  the  current  Republican  Presidential  candidates,  where  we  can  expect  at  least  one  question  or  response  to  invoke  the  memory  and  legacy  of  the  Gipper. This  is  dangerous  for  at  least  two  reasons.  First,  by  making  Reagan  seem  perfect  in  hindsight,  one  ignores  the  mistakes  that  not  only  make  him  human  but  also  provide  us  with  the  ability  to  learn  from  him,  just  as  we  can  learn  from  all  of  history.  Second,  it  risks  making  bipartisan  what  ought  to  remain  only  a  liberal  fantasy:  an  abiding  faith  in  the  boundless  ZLVGRP DQG ÂżQHVVH RI SROLWLFDO OHDGHUV Those  who  knew  and  worked  closely  with  3UHVLGHQW 5HDJDQ ZRXOG , VXVSHFW UHĂ&#x20AC;HFW KLV OLNHO\ discomfort  with  the  invocation  of  his  memory  by  the  current  set  of  candidates  or  Republican  leaders.  President  Reagan  would  probably  advise  these  candi- dates  to  stop  talking  about  him  and  start  focusing  on  providing  leadership  for  our  country  into  this  century. Thus,  it  is  the  duty  of  conservatives  to  strike  a  delicate  balance.  Just  as  we  must  learn  from  history,  and  from  the  characters  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  both  good  and  bad  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  of  those  who  made  it,  we  must  also  strive,  unlike  the  Common  Man  of  Boltâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  Man  For  All  Seasonsâ&#x20AC;?  to  disparage  completely  neither  the  aspiration  toward  noble  character  nor  those  who  have  had  it.
ready,  so  you  must  have  been  go- ing  for  quality  over  quantity.  Hope  that  works  out  for  you  at  the  polls. Even  then,  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  confused.  If  you  are  elected  president,  you  will  have  to  swear  an  oath  to  the  Con- stitution.  Every  student  here  takes  a  whole  course  on  this  document.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  one  of  the  only  institutions  of  higher  learning  with  such  a  requirement. We  wanted  to  hear  you  talk  about  your  commitment  to  it. But  you  stood  us  up. So,  good  luck  on  Feb.  28.  Let  us  know  if  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  ever  in  the  area  again.  Just  kidding.
OVERLOOKING Â WASHINGTON
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should  create  a  new  scholarship  fund  worth  $4,000.  Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  call  it  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rick  Santorum  Disappointment  Scholarship.â&#x20AC;? Then  again,  the  recipient  prob- ably  wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  show  up  to  collect. Apparently  you  had  something  better  to  do  on  Feb.  20.  Maybe  \RX VDWLVÂżHG D OLIH ORQJ GUHDP RI seeing  the  greater  Grand  Rapids  area.  We  hope  you  were  charmed  by  Hopeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  cute  Dutch  kitsch  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  they  have  a  lot  more  tulips  and  wooden  clogs  there  than  we  do.  We  understand  the  appeal. One  last  question  though:  Was  it  worth  speaking  to  those  750  attendees?  We  had  2,000  people Â
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id  you  go  to  Google.com  this  Presidents  Day?  I  did,  and  was  quite  surprised  to  ¿QG WKH QRUPDO *RRJOH ORJR RQ GLVSOD\ The  search  engine  is  known  for  the  display  of  exciting  graphics  called  â&#x20AC;&#x153;doodlesâ&#x20AC;?  on  holidays  and  famous  birthdays,  but  seemed  oddly  plain  and  barren  on  a  day  I  consider  an  occasion  to  celebrate. Their  website  says  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doodles  are  the  fun,  surprising,  and  sometimes  spontaneous  changes  that  are  made  to  the  Google  logo  to  celebrate  holidays,  anniversaries  and  the  lives  of  famous  artists,  pioneers  and  scientists.â&#x20AC;? Are  not  George  Washington  and  Abraham  Lincoln  pioneers  of  our  country?  It  seems  that,  continuing  with  the  idea  of  celebrating  the  lives  of  pioneers,  those  who  founded  or  steered  our  FRXQWU\ VKRXOG EH DPRQJ WKH ÂżUVW FHOHEUDWHG In  the  week  before  Presidents  Day,  featured Â
Expecting  more  and  waiting  for  it
doodles  included  Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Day,  Serbian  Na- tional  Day,  Lithuanian  Act  of  Independence,  and  Agniya  Bartoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  106th  birthday.  Have  you  even  KHDUG RI WKHVH ODVW WKUHH GD\V RI VLJQLÂżFDQFH" And  Presidents  Day  did  not  make  that  list? George  Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  birthday  has  become  little  more  than  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;shopping  dayâ&#x20AC;?  to  the  average  American  citizen,  who  likely  does  not  even  know  WKH LGHDOV WKH GD\ UHSUHVHQWV $V D Âż[WXUH LQ RXU daily  culture,  Google  has  a  prime  opportunity  to  educate,  an  opportunity  they  have  taken  upon  themselves  as  a  responsibility. I  know  that,  on  more  than  one  occasion,  I  have  seen  the  Google  doodle,  clicked  on  it  to  see  what  it  was  about,  and  learned  something  interesting.  I  know  many  people  who  have  a  habit  of  doing  this.  Shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  Presidents  Day,  a  day  honoring  the  birthdays  of  two  great  presidents,  get  at  least  the  same  attention  as  these  other  days? Or  could  this  be  an  attempt  at  forgetting  our  history  as  part  of  a  left-Âleaning  agenda?  Google  has  been  exposed  in  its  ties  to  leftist  ideals Â
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S TAR Â TREK Â IS Â NOT Â THE Â EPIC Â YOU Â ARE Â LOOKING Â FOR Tyler Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil Special to the Collegian
Martha Ekdahl Special to the Collegian
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â&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  starting  to  see  more  and  more  that  the  women  around  me  expect  too  much  from  men  or,  worse,  expect  too  little.  We  either  want  Prince  Charming  to  ride  up  on  his  white  horse  and  save  us  or  we  want  to  accept  major  Ă&#x20AC;DZV LQ RUGHU WR KDYH D UHODWLRQVKLS %RWK DUH skewed  ideas  of  what  a  good  relationship  should  be;Íž  yet  they  abound  in  the  world  as  well  as  right  here  at  Hillsdale. It  would  take  a  dissertation  to  explain  the  complexities  of  both  views.  So,  for  this  article,  it  is  necessary  to  focus  on  the  latter  view.  Say  a  JLUO ÂżQGV D FKDUPLQJ JX\ ZKR H[SUHVVHV VWURQJ interest  in  her,  only  to  immediately  learn  some  Ă&#x20AC;DZV WKDW VKRXOG QRW EH D SDUW RI WKH KHDOWK\ loving  relationship  that  she  is  seeking  to  start  with  this  person.  Maybe  he  just  got  out  of  a  long-Âterm  relationship  and,  unsure  if  he  is  really  okay,  she  has  to  decide  if  she  wants  to  spend  the  most  formative  part  of  their  relationship  waiting  for  him  to  fess  up  and  say  he  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  handle  a  relationship  right  now. 2U SHUKDSV WKLV JLUO ÂżQGV &KLHI 5RJHUÂśV GHÂż- nition  of  a  dog,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;charming  personality,  but  with  a  character  that  makes  Daniel  Cleaver  look  like  a  saint.â&#x20AC;?  She  knows  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  no  good,  but  the  guy  says  he  would  do  anything  to  win  her  love. The  complexities  that  play  into  the  decision  to  accept  or  reject  either  of  these  men  abound,  but  the  common  thread  is  the  simple  fact  that  we  feel,  and  rightly  so,  that  we  deserve  love  and  affection.  If  a  less-Âthan-Âdecent  guy  offers  that  to  us  right  now,  why  wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  we  wait  for  a  decent  one  to  come  along?  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  tell  you  why. Two  people  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  call  them  Bob  and  %HWKDQ\ ² DUH GDWLQJ ,W LV WKH ÂżUVW UHODWLRQVKLS for  both  of  them,  not  because  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  abnormal- ly  unattractive,  but  because  all  of  their  previ- ous  almost-Ârelationships  never  came  to  fruition  EHFDXVH WKH\ UHFRJQL]HG GHDO EUHDNLQJ Ă&#x20AC;DZV and  were  smart  enough  to  know  that  suffering  through  enough  pain  to  write  an  award-Âwinning  album  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  looking  at  you,  Adele  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  was  needless  and  unnecessary. 7KH\ ZDLWHG DQG ZDLWHG IRU \HDUV &XW WR ÂżUVW semester  freshman  year  and  Bob  and  Bethany  ¿QDOO\ PHHW ÂżQGLQJ DQ HTXDO LQ RQH DQRWKHU Enough  of  this  putting  up  with  losers  and  hoping  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  change  into  what  we  want.  We  QHHG WR VWDUW VHWWLQJ PRUH ÂżUH WR WKH UDLQ DQG stop  trying  to  paint  black  horses  white.
and  revolutions,  not  the  least  of  which  include  the  arrest  in  Egypt  of  Wael  Ghonim,  a  Google  executive,  for  his  instrumental  role  in  the  2011  uprising.  There  have  also  been  questions  raised  regarding  the  organizations  and  causes  Google  VXSSRUWV ÂżQDQFLDOO\ I  am  not  in  any  way  calling  for  a  boycott  of  Google  due  to  possible  left-Âleaning  tendencies.  I  am  under  no  illusion  as  to  how  much  easier  Google  makes  our  life  and  what  a  highly  useful  tool  it  has  become.  But  I  am  questioning  those  in  charge  of  the  company,  asking  if  there  was  a  rea- son  behind  the  oversight  of  this  national  holiday. They  claim  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  doodle  selection  process  aims  to  celebrate  interesting  events  and  anniver- VDULHV WKDW UHĂ&#x20AC;HFW *RRJOHÂśV SHUVRQDOLW\ DQG ORYH of  innovation.â&#x20AC;? Their  decision  not  to  celebrate  Presidents  Day  in  the  form  of  a  doodle  as  they  do  for  many  other  holidays  and  celebrations  really  does  tell  us  a  lot  about  Googleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  personality.  It  is  a  personality  I  DP ÂżQGLQJ PRUH DQG PRUH XQWUXVWZRUWK\
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his  is  a  period  of  civil  war. Carrie  Fisher,  the  actress  who  played  3ULQFHVV /HLD KDV ZRQ KHU ÂżUVW YLFWRU\ against  the  evil  William  Shatner.  With  the  aid  of  special  effects,  historical  correspondence,  and  pure  mythos,  she  will  defeat  the  USS  Enterprise  and  restore  freedom  to  the  galaxyâ&#x20AC;Ś You  can  say  â&#x20AC;&#x153;beam  me  up,  Scotty,â&#x20AC;?  until  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  blue  in  the  face,  but  only  the  Milennium  Falconâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  hyperspace  jump  inspired  viewers  to  watch  the  original  Star  Wars  movie  from  different  parts  of  the  theater,  facing  sideways,  upside-Âdown,  and  backwards.  Star  Trek  is  a  convention  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Star  Wars  is  a  phenomenon. The  musical  themes  of  Star  Wars  characters  have  become  cultural  icons,  like  the  Imperial  March.  Even  the  major  theme  of  Star  Trek  cannot  claim  the  wide  appeal  of  this  one  musical  trope. Passing  over  their  superior  dialogues  and  FKDUDFWHUV WKH ÂżUVW WKUHH HSLVRGHV RI 6WDU :DUV VWLOO WULXPSK RYHU WKH ÂżUVW VHULHV RI 6WDU 7UHN 6WDU 7UHNÂśV SKDVHUV SURYHG D QHDW VFL Âż LQQRYD- tion,  but  the  lightsaber  revolutionized  hand-Âto-Âhand  space  combat. Shatner  is  right  when  he  says  that  Star  Wars  borrowed  the  idea  of  hyperspace,  but  only  Lucasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  effects  fully  expressed  that  idea.  The  original  Star  Trek  jumps  show  vibration  inside  the  ship,  while  in  the  jump  of  the  Milennium  Falcon,  stars  whiz  past  the  audience  and  inspire  a  genuine  thrill. But  Jedi  do  not  live  on  special  effects  alone.  To  come  of  age,  Luke  must  face  Darth  Vader,  his  fa- ther,  in  an  epic  struggle  of  freedom  against  tyranny. Star  Wars  debuted  in  the  middle  of  the  Cold  War.  It  takes  no  hyperspace  jump  to  realize  that  the  Empire  corresponds  to  the  USSR  and  the  Death  Star  to  Sputnik. Star  Wars  portrays  the  20th  century  struggle  pitting  old  notions  of  freedom  against  a  form  of  ideological  tyranny  similar  to  Fascism,  Nazism,  and  Communism.  The  dehumanization  of  the  imperial  VWRUPWURRSHUV ÂżWV ZLWK WKH VXEMHFWLRQ RI (XURSHDQV to  Mussolini,  Hitler,  and  Stalin. As  Nazis  followed  strict  orders,  even  killing  Jews  in  concentration  camps,  so  stormtroopers  obey  the  Emperor,  destroying  the  entire  planet  of  Alderaan.
In  contrast  to  Star  Warsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  historical  depth,  Star  Trekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  original  series  employs  philosophical  themes  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  wholesome  in  themselves  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  which  take  on  a  leftist  bent. Materialism,  atheism,  and  socialism  combine  to  render  Star  Trek  an  ideological  critique  of  Star  Wars.  In  the  Star  Trek  universe,  everything  is  mate- rial,  technology  replaces  God,  and  the  Federation  government  redistributes  wealth. Star  Trekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  philosophy  mirrors  the  atheistic  materialism  behind  the  20th  century  tyrannies  while  Star  Warsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  emphasis  on  freedom  deriving  from  an  â&#x20AC;&#x153;old  religionâ&#x20AC;?  corresponds  to  the  struggle  against  these  totalitarian  regimes. Star  Wars  centers  on  the  idea  of  the  Force. Yes,  the  Force  has  elements  of  eastern  mysti- cism.  Yes,  it  is  not  technically  a  god.  Yes,  it  has  both  good  and  evil  and  hints  at  a  dualism  reminiscent  of  Zoroastrianism.  But  the  light  side  of  this  life  force  also  corresponds  to  the  old  religion  of  the  West,  Christianity. The  â&#x20AC;&#x153;old  religionâ&#x20AC;?  strengthens  the  Rebellion  and  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  when  corrupted  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  the  Empire.  The  Empireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  scientists  scoff  at  Vaderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;old  religion,â&#x20AC;?  and  the  rebels  say,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;may  the  force  be  with  you,â&#x20AC;?  recalling  the  Christian  refrain,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;may  God  be  with  you.â&#x20AC;? Hitler  rose  in  the  name  of  Christianity.  Vader  dominates  using  the  dark  side  of  the  Force.  The  old  religion  of  John  Paul  II,  Margaret  Thatcher,  and  Ronald  Reagan  united  them  against  Communism.  The  Force  enables  Luke  to  destroy  the  Death  Star  and  redeem  his  father. While  Star  Wars  makes  no  mention  of  God,  its  narrative  turns  on  Darth  Vaderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  redemption.  The  Empire  falls  because  Luke  saves  his  father  and  his  father  kills  the  Emperor. Were  the  Emperor  to  have  escaped  before  the  second  Death  Star  exploded,  the  civil  war  would  have  continued.  Without  Darth  Vader,  the  Rebels  could  not  have  won. This  redemption  answers  the  backdrop  of  seem- ingly  invincible  evil.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  have  a  bad  feeling  about  thisâ&#x20AC;?  meets  â&#x20AC;&#x153;thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  still  good  in  him,â&#x20AC;?  and  as  Luke  embraces  the  fact  that  Vader  is  his  father,  evil  turns  to  good. Star  Trek  simply  cannot  rival  this  mythos.
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SENIOR  CAGERS  LEAD  TEAMS  ON,  OFF  THE  COURT Tyler  Gerber Roxanne Turnbull Arts Editor
Tharp  and  the  Hillsdale  College  basketball  program  soon  after  the  tournament.  Not  long  after  that,  he  visited  campus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When  he,  his  mom,  and  6HQLRU SRLQW JXDUG 7\OHU *HU- dad  arrived  on  campus,  he  had  berâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  basketball  career  began  at  this  great  demeanor  about  him,â&#x20AC;?  the  age  of  two.  He  soon  moved  Tharp  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  best  lis- on  from  the  toy  basketball  WHQHU ,ÂśYH HYHU EHHQ DURXQG :H hoop  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  a  gift  from  his  grandfa- were  really  blessed  when  he  said  ther  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  to  the  local  â&#x20AC;&#x153;biddy  ballâ&#x20AC;?  he  wanted  to  come  here.â&#x20AC;? program. ,Q KLV IRXU \HDUV SOD\LQJ IRU Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  been  playing  ever  since. the  Chargersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  basketball  team,  ³0\ SDUHQWV NLQG RI SXVKHG *HUEHU HDUQHG VHYHUDO DFFRODGHV PH , UHDOO\ ORYHG SOD\LQJ The  third-Âyear  starter  was  named  EDVNHWEDOO ´ *HUEHU VDLG Âł,WÂśV */,$& 6RXWK 'LYLVLRQ 3OD\HU RI VRPHWKLQJ , ZDQWHG WR FRQWLQXH the  Week  for  the  second  time  last  on.â&#x20AC;?  month.  He  also  became  the  31st  *HUEHU EHJDQ SOD\LQJ RQ player  in  the  collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  history  to  DQ $PHULFDQ $WKOHWLF 8QLRQ record  1,000  points  in  his  career.  basketball  team  in  sixth  grade.  *HUEHU VDLG VLQFH KH ODFNV LQ $$8 JDYH KLP WKH RSSRUWXQLW\ height,  he  had  to  make  up  for  to  travel  all  over  the  nation  and  that  in  different  ways,  such  as  HYHQ WR ,WDO\ DVVLVWV DQG VWLĂ&#x20AC;LQJ GHIHQVH Âł, SUHWW\ PXFK GLG DQ\WKLQJ â&#x20AC;&#x153;He  has  great  anticipation  and  everything  basketball,â&#x20AC;?  he  skills.  He  has  great  feet,  and  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  said.  very  quick,â&#x20AC;?  Tharp  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;What- John  Tharp,  menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  head  EDVNHWEDOO FRDFK ÂżUVW GLVFRYHUHG ever  he  lacked  in  size  he  made  up  with  how  big  his  heart  is.â&#x20AC;? *HUEHU DW D WRXUQDPHQW LQ /DV Tharp,  the  rest  of  the  basket- Vegas.  EDOO FRDFKLQJ VWDII DQG *HU- ³,ÂśOO QHYHU IRUJHW WKH ZD\ KH berâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  friends  all  have  praise  for  FRPSHWHG +H ZDV D ÂżHUFH FRP- *HUEHUÂśV FKDUDFWHU RQ DQG RII WKH petitor,â&#x20AC;?  Tharp  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  way  court. KH OHG WKDW WHDP ² , ZDV UHDOO\ Senior  teammates  Brad  ¿UHG XS DERXW KLP ´ *HUEHU UHFHLYHG DQ RIIHU IURP *XLQDQH DQG -RKQ %DJJH ZHUH
LQ *HUEHUÂśV UHFUXLWLQJ FODVV DQG have  played  and  lived  with  him  all  four  years  of  school.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  extremely  smart  on  WKH FRXUW ´ *XLQDQH VDLG Âł+HÂśV always  making  his  teammates  better.â&#x20AC;&#x153; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  fantastic  leader,â&#x20AC;?  Bagge  added. %DJJH DQG *XLQDQH ZHUH roommates  freshman  year  living  LQ 6LPSVRQ 5HVLGHQFH DQG *HU- ber  was  their  suitemate.  They  have  been  friends  ever  since. Âł,W ZDV SUHWW\ TXLFN >EHFRP- ing  friends],â&#x20AC;?  Bagge  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  all  had  the  same  backgrounds  DQG XSEULQJLQJ ,W ZDV UHDOO\ easy  to  get  along.â&#x20AC;? %DJJH DQG *XLQDQH VDLG WKDW being  on  the  team  and  living  to- gether  all  four  years  has  created  D ODVWLQJ IULHQGVKLS ZLWK *HUEHU and  the  other  men  on  the  team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  away  for  the  summer,  we  pretty  much  talk  to  HDFK RWKHU HYHU\ GD\ ´ *XLQDQH said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  all  get  along  very  well.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  truly  the  best  of  IULHQGV DQG , WKLQN WKDW VKRZV on  the  court  and  what  we  do  for  this  school.â&#x20AC;? *XLQDQH DOVR VDLG WKDW KH EH- OLHYHV *HUEHU KDV LPSDFWHG WKH basketball  program  for  the  next  generation. Âł, WKLQN 7\OHU ZRXOG EH D great  example  to  follow  for  some  of  the  young  guys  on  our  team  for  what  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  done  on  the  court  and  off,  his  leadership  capabilities,  and  his  qualities  as  a  friend,â&#x20AC;?  he  said. 7KDUS DJUHHG WKDW *HUEHU KDV led  a  great  example  for  the  other  PHQ RQ WKH WHDP DQG VDLG *HUEHU will  be  greatly  missed  when  he  graduates. Âł+HÂśV EHHQ WHUULÂżF +HÂśV been  our  leader  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  our  heart  and  soul,â&#x20AC;?  Tharp  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  have  a  lot  of  depth,  a  lot  of  guys  stepping  up.  Tyler  facilitates  that.  He  likes  that.  He  makes  everyone  around  him  better. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything  about  him  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  miss.â&#x20AC;?
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â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  talked  about  being  smarter  with  the  ball  and  our  passes,â&#x20AC;?  senior  captain  Katie  %LOGQHU VDLG Âł$ ORW RI WLPHV ZH just  throw  it  without  making  ball  fakes,  and  from  watching  From A8 ÂżOP ZH VDZ WKDW WKH\ JR IRU shot  fakes,  so  we  needed  to  do  with  an  injury,  and  Charney  that  more  to  draw  fouls.  We  said  freshman  Kadie  Lowery  worked  hard  at  practicing  this  couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  get  any  shots  out.  Senior  captain  Chelsea  Harri- and  executed.â&#x20AC;? Harrison  said  by  attacking  son  led  the  team  with  17  points,  the  middle,  the  Chargers  were  ZKLFK PDGH KHU WKH ÂżIWK SOD\HU able  to  penetrate  Saginaw  Val- in  Hillsdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  history  to  score  leyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  zone  and  eventually  beat  more  than  1,500  career  points.  Junior  Lea  Jones  followed  with  it,  which  they  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  do  well  13.  Together  the  girls  combined  HQRXJK DJDLQVW 7LIÂżQ 8QLYHU- for  more  than  half  the  Chargersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  VLW\ +DUULVRQÂśV 1%$ UDQJH SRLQWHU WR FORVH RXW WKH ÂżUVW points  but  even  that  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  half  gave  the  Chargers  mo- enough  to  secure  the  win. mentum  going  into  the  second  â&#x20AC;&#x153;You  cant  rely  on  Lea  and  period,  where  they  led  with  Chelsea  to  take  33  of  your  teams  shots,â&#x20AC;?  Charney  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  FRQÂżGHQFH IRU WKH PDMRULW\ IRU didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  get  consistent  play  on  the  the  rest  of  the  game. The  quickness  and  leadership  perimeter  and  they  made  some  of  junior  point  guard  Lea  Jones  big  shots  when  they  had  to.â&#x20AC;? The  Chargers  will  either  face  was  also  key  in  the  Charger  domination  of  Saginaw  Valley. 7LIÂżQ 8QLYHUVLW\ RU 0LFKLJDQ The  Chargersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  more  disci- 7HFKQRORJLFDO 8QLYHUVLW\ LQ WKH plined  offensive  approach  began  ¿UVW URXQG RI WKH */,$& WRXU- earlier  than  the  Saginaw  game.  nament  on  Wednesday. Last  Thursday,  the  Chargers  The  Chargers  executed  their  KRVWHG 2KLR 'RPLQLFDQ 8QLYHU- offense  extremely  well  in  a  sity  for  the  seniorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  last  home  close  road  win  over  Saginaw  game  at  Hillsdale  College.  The  9DOO\ 6WDWH 8QLYHUVLW\ RQ 6DW- Chargers  beat  the  Panthers  67- XUGD\ $ FOHDQ DQG FULVS zone  offense  cut  down  turnovers  57  in  a  come-Âfrom-Âbehind  effort  by  Hillsdale. and  propelled  the  Chargers  to  $IWHU WUDLOLQJ E\ WZR DW WKH victory  at  Saginaw  during  the  half,  Hillsdale  regrouped  and  Cardinalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  last  home  game  of  UHIRFXVHG WR FRPH RXW RQ WRS ,Q the  regular  season.
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Harrison,  who  captained  her  high  school  basketball  and  soccer  teams  in  Lowell,  0LFK NQHZ DOO DORQJ VKH wanted  to  play  college  basket- EDOO $IWHU D YLVLW WR +LOOVGDOH College  she  fell  in  love  with  the  program,  despite  how  hard  she  would  have  to  work  for  playing  time. Âł, NQHZ WKH\ ZHUH DQ DZH- VRPH WHDP ´ +DUULVRQ VDLG Âł, NQHZ , ZDVQÂśW JRLQJ WR VWDUW , wanted  to  come  off  the  bench  and  be  a  spark.â&#x20AC;? $OWKRXJK VKH GLGQÂśW start  her  freshman  year,  she  contributed  immensely,  and  the  team  won  the  conference  championship.  Harrison  also  EHQHÂżWHG IURP SOD\LQJ ZLWK $OO $PHULFDQ .DWLH &H]DW Âľ Âł0\ MRE DV D IUHVKPDQ ZDV to  get  her  the  ball,â&#x20AC;?  Harrison  said. When  Harrison  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  dumping  the  ball  into  the  post  for  Cezat,  she  was  learning  from  Cezatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  work  ethic.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;She  taught  me  hard  work  (Joe Buth/Collegian) knocked  down  a  three  for  the  really  does  pay  off,â&#x20AC;?  Har- Chargers.  Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  27  more  than  ULVRQ VDLG Âł,I VKH ZDVQÂśW LQ the  gym,  sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  be  downstairs  any  other  Hillsdale  player  in  working  out.  To  be  a  good  history college  basketball  player,  you  Shooting  threes  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  really  need  to  work.â&#x20AC;? the  only  part  of  Harrisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Three  years  later,  the  roles  game,  however.  She  drives,  have  reversed.  Harrison  is  passes,  and  plays  defense.  the  seasoned  veteran  and  her  Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  fourth  in  the  confer- younger  teammates  look  up  ence  in  points  per  game  with  to  her. ÂżIWK LQ DVVLVWV ZLWK â&#x20AC;&#x153;She  pushes  us  hard,â&#x20AC;?  and  grabs  4.2  rebounds  per  junior  point  guard  Leah  Jones  JDPH $PD]LQJO\ VKH GRHV VDLG Âł3OD\LQJ ZLWK KHU ,ÂśYH it  all  without  rest.  Literally.  become  a  better  player.â&#x20AC;? She  leads  the  conference  in  With  the  regular  season  minutes  played  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  38  minutes  QRZ RYHU DQG WKH WHDPÂśV ÂżUVW per  game. SOD\RII JDPH DJDLQVW 0LFKL- But  at  the  end  of  the  day,  JDQ 7HFK 8QLYHUVLW\ QH[W itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  all  about  winning  the  Wednesday,  you  can  bet  Har- */,$& FKDPSLRQVKLS rison  will  be  pushing  hard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  warrior,â&#x20AC;?  head  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  need  to  play  every  coach  Claudette  Charney  said.  game  like  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  our  last,â&#x20AC;?  Har- â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  someone  who  leads,  rison  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  need  to  have  she  pushes  the  team,  sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  competitive  in  practice.  Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  swag.â&#x20AC;? earned  her  way  since  the  day  she  walked  on  campus.â&#x20AC;?
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the  locker  room,  the  Chargers  dedicated  themselves  to  running  WKH Ă&#x20AC;RRU PRUH DQG ZLWK KLJKHU intensity,  which  had  worked  DJDLQVW WKH 3DQWKHUV WKH ÂżUVW time  around. $IWHU VHWWLQJ KHU FDUHHU UH- FRUG DW 2'8 WKH SUHYLRXV ZHHN with  a  whopping  30  points,  Chelsea  Harrison  put  up  33  to  break  her  record  again. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even  though  we  were  down  at  halftime,  we  regained  our  composure  and  realized  we  QHHGHG WR SOD\ RXU EDVNHWEDOO , didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  do  anything  differently,â&#x20AC;?  +DUULVRQ VDLG Âł, MXVW SOD\HG DQG took  advantage  of  what  they  gave  us.  We  took  advantage  of  their  turnovers,  boxed  out  better,  and  played  better  defense.â&#x20AC;? Âł, IHOW LQ ERWK JDPHV ZH SOD\HG YHU\ ZHOO LQ WKH ODVW ÂżYH minutes  to  secure  the  wins,â&#x20AC;?  Charney  said. $ORQJ ZLWK FOXWFK ODWH JDPH play,  one  of  the  key  ingredients  to  victory  for  the  Chargers  at  the  2'8 DQG 6968 JDPHV ZDV D higher  level  of  post  play,  which  has  been  essential  in  the  success  Hillsdale  has  experienced  dur- ing  the  last  leg  of  the  season.  They  have  won  nine  out  of  their  last  12  games. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  last  12  games  have  been  really  fun,â&#x20AC;?  senior  captain  Liz  Brannick  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  have  been  having  really  tough  com- petitive  practices  and  they  are  ¿QDOO\ SD\LQJ RII IRU XV :H ZLOO
GHÂżQLWHO\ FDUU\ WKLV HQHUJ\ LQWR the  post  season. The  loss  of  sophomore  0DULVVD 'H0RWW D SURPLQHQW three-Âpoint  shooter,  has  forced  other  Chargers  to  step  up,  most  noticeably  Harrison,  Bildner,  Jones,  and  Lowery.  However,  the  Chargers  have  learned  that  they  cannot  depend  solely  on  outside  shooting  to  prosper  in  WKH */,$& 7KHLU LPSURYHG post  play  has  propelled  them  to  one  of  the  top  teams  in  the  South  Division. Brannick  has  helped  lead  this  effort  for  the  Chargers,  with  a  career-Âhigh  20  point  effort  against  Saginaw  Valley.  6RSKRPRUH $QJOHD %LVDUR DQG IUHVKPHQ 0HJDQ )RJW DQG /R- vat  have  also  contributed  to  the  Chargersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  improved  post  play. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One  of  the  major  things  we  have  been  doing  is  mak- ing  the  extra  pass,  looking  for  each  other  more,  and  executing  inside-Âout  along  with  stronger  post  feeds,â&#x20AC;?  Bildner  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our  post  presence  has  been  great,  which  is  different  from  earlier  when  we  were  all  about  the  threes.  The  Chargers  will  most  OLNHO\ EH IDFLQJ 0LFKLJDQ 7HFKQRORJLFDO 8QLYHUVLW\ RU 7LIÂżQ 8QLYHUVLW\ RQ :HGQHV- GD\ LQ WKH ÂżUVW URXQG RI WKH */,$& WRXUQDPHQW
0DXULFH -RQHV VHQLRU 6N\ODU Dooley  and  sophomore  Jared  Van  Dyke,  provisionally  quali- ¿HG DW DQG ÂżQLVKHG The  Hillsdale  College  menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  second  overall. and  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  track  teams  Dooley  won  the  200-Âmeter  WUDYHOHG WR *UDQG 9DOOH\ 6WDWH dash  in  22.12,  edging  out  four  8QLYHUVLW\ WR FRPSHWH LQ RQH *UDQG 9DOOH\ VSULQWHUV last  meet  before  conference. High  jumper  sophomore  $OWKRXJK +LOOVGDOH UHVWHG -XVWLQ )DZOH\ VHW WKH EDU ZLWK D some  athletes  in  preparation  for  ¿UVW SODFH PDUN RI PHWHUV */,$&V WKH DWKOHWHV WKDW GLG Juniors  Kayla  Caldwell  and  UXQ DW WKH *968 7XQH 8S PHHW $GULDQQD <DQFKR ERWK QDUURZ- were  generally  successful. ly  missed  provisional  quali- ³, KDG SHRSOH UHVW WR JLYH fying  marks  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  Caldwell  was  them  a  week  off  to  get  mentally  .2  off  in  the  200  and  Yancho  SUHSDUHG >IRU WKH FRQIHUHQFH missed  in  the  high  jump  by  .04  meet],  but  those  who  did  run  meters.  set  personal  records,â&#x20AC;?  assistant  Senior  Chelsea  Wackernagel  FRDFK $PDQGD 0LURFKQD VDLG took  second  in  the  pole  vault  6RSKRPRUH 0DWW 5DI- with  a  height  of  3.62  meters.  ¿Q EURNH D VFKRRO UHFRUG QRW Senior  Cat  Nass  provisionally  just  once,  but  twice  this  past  TXDOLÂżHG DQG WRRN IRXUWK LQ weekend.  the  weight  throw  with  a  toss  of  5DIÂżQ WRRN ÂżUVW RYHUDOO ZLWK 17.74  meters. a  record  breaking  time  of  8.38  +HDG ZRPHQÂśV FRDFK $Q- in  the  60-Âmeter  hurdles  after  drew  Towne  said  that  it  is  the  running  an  8.44  in  prelims.  time  of  year  that  everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  6RSKRPRUH (OOLRW 0XUSK\ ÂżQ- body  is  feeling  good  and  they  ished  second  place  at  8.52,  the  DUH H[FLWHG IRU */,$&V exact  time  of  the  record  before  â&#x20AC;&#x153;There  will  be  a  lot  of  en- it  was  broken.  ergy,â&#x20AC;?  senior  Jeff  Wysong  said.  Senior  Nate  English  also  set  ³,W ZLOO EH OLNH UXQQLQJ WKURXJK a  school  record  in  the  shot  put  a  tunnel  because  the  inside  after  throwing  17.83  meters.  and  outside  of  the  track  will  be  This  toss  gave  him  second  lined  with  people.â&#x20AC;? place  in  the  meet  and  moved  One  team  that  Towne  hopes  KLP XS WR ÂżIWK LQ WKH QDWLRQ will  be  using  the  energy  of  con- $OWKRXJK KH KDV \HW WR DX- ference  to  improve  their  time  tomatically  qualify,  he  is  the  is  the  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  4x400-Âmeters  KLJKHVW SURYLVLRQDOO\ TXDOLÂżHG team.  Towne  said  they  have  thrower.  DOUHDG\ SURYLVLRQDOO\ TXDOLÂżHG The  menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  4x400-Âmeter  but  will  need  to  shed  a  few  relay  team,  made  up  of  senior  seconds  in  order  to  secure  a  0LFKDHO )LQFK VRSKRPRUH chance  at  nationals.
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Senior Brad Guinane looks for a teammate to pass to in last Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home game against Ohio Dominican University. The Chargers triumphed, 70-59.
opened  the  second  half  strong,  the  Bulldogs  chipped  away  at  the  lead  and  eventually  were  GRZQ ÂżYH ZLWK RQO\ VHFRQGV Hillsdale  College  menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  to  play.  A  three-Âpointer  and  basketball  team  wrapped  up  the  another  jumper  sent  the  game  to  regular  season,  and  a  GLIAC  overtime. regular  season  championship,  in  In  overtime,  the  Chargers  spectacular  fashion  last  night,  allowed  the  Bulldogs  to  build  defeating  Ferris  State  University  D OHDG RI ÂżYH SRLQWV %XW DIWHU in  overtime,  84-Â83,  on  a  game- Guinane  split  a  pair  of  free  winning  layup  by  senior  forward  throws  and  senior  forward  Brent  Brad  Guinane.  Eaton  hit  a  three  pointer,  Hill- The  win  caps  off  a  very  suc- sdale  drew  to  within  one  point  cessful  season  for  the  Chargers.  with  1:12  to  play.  After  a  missed  Since  last  Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Senior  shot  by  Ferris  State,  Guinane  hit  Night  win  against  Ohio  Domini- his  shot.  can  University,  and  Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  was  just  a  rebound  and  road  victory  at  Saginaw  Valley  put-Âback  on  a  corner  three,â&#x20AC;?  State  University,  the  Chargers  Guinane  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  had  a  have  locked  up  the  best  record  chance  to  tie  it  up  with  an  in  the  conference. out-Âof-Âbounds  play  with  three  The  Chargers  jumped  to  a  seconds  left,  but  they  missed.â&#x20AC;?  25-Â8  lead  to  start  the  game,  but  Guinane  also  grabbed  the  the  Bulldogs  clawed  their  way  rebound  on  the  Bulldogsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  last  back  into  the  game,  entering  miss. halftime  down  by  only  four.  Last  nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  win  may  have  Ferris  State  shot  a  much  been  the  sweetest  of  all;Íž  during  better  percentage  in  the  second  a  phone  interview  with  Guinane,  half,  going  from  less  than  40  he  said,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  pretty  tough  to  hear  percent  to  45  percent.  The  Char- anything  right  now,  the  team  is  gers  did  shoot  consistently  well,  so  excited  about  this  win!â&#x20AC;?  but  lost  the  turnover  margin  Senior  point  guard  Tyler  Ger- 14-Â11,  and  those  extra  few  shots  ber  also  stressed  the  excitement  allowed  the  Bulldogs  to  stay  within  striking  distance. See A7 Although  Hillsdale  also Â
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(Caleb Whitmer/Collegian)
Senior  Amanda  Putt  will  be  graduating  with  a  biology  de- JUHH LQ 0D\ DQG JHWWLQJ PDUULHG LQ -XQH 6KH KROGV ÂżYH VFKRRO UHFRUGV DQG SODQV WR FRQWLQXH KHU FROOHJLDWH GLVWDQFH UXQQLQJ FDUHHU LQ JUDGXDWH VFKRRO 7KH &ROOHJLDQ VDW GRZQ ZLWK KHU WR GLVFXVV KHU ZRUN LQ +LOOVGDOH DQG KHU SODQV IRU WKH IXWXUH What  events  do  you  run?  Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  longest  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  ever  run? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  a  distance  runner.  I  put  in  the  miles  day  after  day.  The  lon- gest  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  ever  run  is  13  miles  my  freshman  year.  I  felt  fantastic,  but  the  next  day  it  hurt  a  lot.  But  we  work  out  anywhere  up  to  four  hours  a  day  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  whether  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  just  straight  up  running,  swim- ming,  lifting  weights  or  work.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  lot  of  different  stuff.  It  would  be  a  struggle  if  it  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  for  the  team.  That  makes  it  so  much  more  fun.  My  best  friends  are  all  there  with  me.
Morgan Delp and Sarah Leitner Collegian Freelancer and Sports Editor Though  the  Hillsdale  Col- lege  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  basketball  team  lost  last  night  to  Ferris  State  University,  61-Â51,  their  previ- ous  two  wins  guaranteed  them  a  spot  in  the  GLIAC  tournament  next  week.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  wins  mean  that  we  have  secured  a  winning  season  (10-Â9  GLIAC,  14-Â12  overall)  [and]  participation  in  the  tournament  nine  of  the  last  10  years,â&#x20AC;?  head  coach  Claudette  Charney  said. The  loss  to  Ferris,  the  top  team  in  the  Northern  Division,  was  Hillsdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  only  loss  to  a  Northern  Division  team  this  season. Charney  said  the  loss  was  due  mostly  to  the  absence  of  a  third-Âperimeter  player.  Fresh- man  Abbey  Lovat  was  out Â
AMANDA ! PUTT
<RXÂśYH EURNHQ ÂżYH UHFRUGV" Breaking  these  records  has  been  pretty  exciting.  I  started  look- ing  at  the  record  boards  last  year  and  being  like,  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Alright,  maybe  I  can  start  to  hit  a  few  of  them.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;  I  had  all  these  goals  that  I  want  to  get  all  these  records,  but  it  seemed  kind  of  like  a  wish.  But  I  started  hitting  them  one  after  another.  The  800  was  a  shock.  I  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  expect  that  at  all.  Now  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  joking  about  cleaning  off  the  UHFRUG ERDUGV DQG WU\LQJ WR ÂżJXUH RXW RWKHU RQHV WKDW RXU WHDP can  get  this  year.  Also,  I  have  one  in  outdoor  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  1500.  And  then  in  indoor  I  have  the  800,  the  mile,  the  3k,  and  the  5k.
Junior Lea Jones and freshman Kadie Lowery pressure an Ohio Dominican player at last Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game. The women defeated Ohio Dominican, 67-57. (Joe Buth/Collegian)
STUDENTS SUPPORT PINK WAVE
In  addition  to  the  menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  and  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  basketball  victories  over  Ohio  Dominican  University  last  Thursday,  the  Student  Athlete  Ad- visory  Committee  had  an  equally  triumphant  evening.  They  raised  more  that  $2,000  for  Pink  Wave,  the  breast  cancer  awareness  initiative. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  are  happy  with  the  support  and  grateful  for  the  generosity  we  saw  in  one  night,â&#x20AC;?  said  senior  Clara  Leutheuser,  president  of  SAAC. The  money  raised  from  T-Âshirt  sales,  two  three-Âpoint  contests,  DQG UDIĂ&#x20AC;HV KHOSHG WKH 6$$& raise  double  its  goal  of  $1,000. Junior  Emily  Peltier,  a  member  of  SAAC,  sold  T-Âshirts  at  the  game.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  went  really  well,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  had  a  lot  of  student  support  and  raised  money  for  breast-Âcan- cer  awareness,  which  was  great.  I  think  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  good  thing.  Every  year  the  students  get  behind  it.â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Bailey  Pritchett
:KDW LV \RXU SURXGHVW PRPHQW DWKOHWLFDOO\" Honestly,  one  of  my  proudest  moments  is  my  freshman  year  RI KLJK VFKRRO ,W ZDV WKH ÂżUVW WLPH , TXDOLÂżHG IRU WKH VWDWH PHHW I  had  to  drop  17  seconds  from  my  mile  in  one  week  and  all  my  coaches  were  like,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;probably  not  this  year.  Good  try.â&#x20AC;?  And  then  , KDG WKH UDFH RI P\ OLIH DQG LW ZDV WKH ÂżUVW WLPH , UHDOL]HG WKDW maybe  I  am  good  at  running,  maybe  this  will  go  somewhere.  :KHQ , JRW WR FROOHJH LW ZDV H[FLWLQJ JHWWLQJ P\ ÂżUVW $OO American  last  year.  That  took  a  long  time  and  a  lot  of  injuries  to  get  that.  But  I  still  think  in  high  school  that  was  one  of  the  best  WKLQJV HYHU 5HDOL]LQJ Âľ$OULJKW WKLV LV ZKDW , ZDQW WR GR IRU D while.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; :K\ GLG \RX FKRRVH WR DWWHQG +LOOVGDOH" , GLG QRW ZDQW WR FRPH KHUH DW ÂżUVW +RQHVWO\ LW ZDV P\ ODVW choice.  It  came  down  to  the  middle  of  May  and  I  was  trying  WR VD\ Âľ1R Âś %XW ÂżQDQFLDOO\ LW ZDV WKH EHVW RSWLRQ , ORYHG WKH coaches,  and  I  just  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  really  know  how  to  say  no  to  them.  Academically,  I  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  know  a  lot  about  it.  It  seemed  too  close  to  home,  it  seemed  too  small.  But  both  of  those  things  are  now  some  of  my  favorite  parts  about  it. :KHUH DUH \RX JRLQJ DIWHU +LOOVGDOH" Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  not  sure  yet.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  applied  to  several  graduate  schools  for  public  health,  and  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  accepted  to  the  University  of  Michi- gan,  San  Francisco,  and  the  University  of  Texas.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  visiting  a  few  over  spring  break  and  waiting  to  here  back  on  others.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  up  in  the  air  right  now.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  really  interested  in  U  of  M  right  now.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  great  program.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  great  team.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  weird  looking  back  as  a  se- nior  now.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  not  done  running.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  going  to  run  in  grad  school.  That  will  be  different.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  excited  to  run  at  the  Division  I  level,  but  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  going  to  be  different.  I  would  love  to  coach  cross  country  at  the  collegiate  level.  But  yet,  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  still  getting  my  masters  in  something  because  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  little  more  practical  maybe.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  maybe  OLNH EH VWDUWLQJ D IDPLO\ LQ DERXW ÂżYH \HDUV OLYLQJ VRPHRQH PRUH interesting  than  Hillsdale. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Compiled  by  T.  Elliot  Gaiser
B1 Â Â Â 23 Â Feb. Â 2012
www.hillsdalecollegian.com
By  Roxanne  Turnbull  and  Abi  Wood
Passion for pop culture Hayden Smith Collegian Freelancer
Senior Luke Sanders poses for junior Sasha Allen. Allen has been working on the sculpture for the entire school year. It represents the body in motion, and she will be entering the piece into a competition at the end of the year. (Joe Buth/Collegian)
Capturing  motion  in  clay essence,â&#x20AC;?  Allen  said. Sanders  was  not  as  thrilled  with  the  pose  merely  because  it  required  endurance  to  keep  still. Junior  Alexandra  (Sasha)  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  was  very  agonizing,â&#x20AC;?  Allen  is  working  on  a  year-Âlong  Sanders  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;My  arms  were  sculpture  project  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  a  statue  out  in  this  yoga  pose  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  â&#x20AC;? of  a  man  chasing  after  a  wild   â&#x20AC;&#x153;  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  He  talks  as  if  he  stands  gazelle  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  using  senior  Luke  there  for  the  whole  two  hours,â&#x20AC;?  Sanders  as  her  model. Allen  responded.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;He  does  take  Allen  and  Sanders  are  breaks.â&#x20AC;?  good  friends  who  met  at  The   Although  the  sculpture  is  Donnybrook,  an  off-Âcampus  XQÂżQLVKHG $OOHQ SODQV WR DGG house  located  behind  Simpson  VW\OL]HG ORWXV Ă&#x20AC;RZHUV EHQHDWK Dormitory.  When  Allen  started  the  man  and  gazelle  for  an  her  project  last  semester,  she  ancient  Minoan  motif.  Given  knew  she  would  need  a  human  Sandersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  wide  shoulders  and  model  and  that  Sanders  was  small  waist  (commonly  seen  in  looking  for  job.  He  immediately  Minoan  art),  he  proved  to  be  accepted  the  position. an  ideal  model  for  her  desired  Both  have  quirky  senses  of  style. humor.  Their  friendship  is  full   When  sculpting,  knowledge  of  insults  and  teasing,  but  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  of  the  proper  anatomy  ratios  all  in  good  fun. is  key.  Much  of  the  sculpture   â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  call  him  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;gazelle  boy,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?  involves  forming  the  skeletal  Allen  said  of  Sanders. and  muscle  structures. Inspired  by  his  long  neck  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  weird-Âshaped,â&#x20AC;?  Allen  and  the  time  she  saw  him  sniff- said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;There  are  all  these  ratios,  LQJ Ă&#x20AC;RZHUV $OOHQ RULJLQDOO\ and  they  are  suppose  to  be  per- wanted  to  sculpt  him  as  half  fect.  But  Luke  has  small  hands,  human,  half  gazelle.  Associate  a  long  neck,  and  long  face.â&#x20AC;? Professor  of  Art  Anthony  Fru-  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sasha  is  harder  on  herself  dakis,  her  sculpture  professor,  than  she  needs  to  be,â&#x20AC;?  Sanders  persuaded  her  otherwise. said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;She  is  a  perfectionist  and   Though  the  sculpture  itself  good  at  what  she  does.â&#x20AC;? is  nude,  Allen  made  one  thing  $OOHQ ZLOO ÂżQLVK WKH VFXOS- clear  about  her  model. ture  by  the  end  of  the  semester.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;He  does  not  stand  here  She  sculpts  using  oil-Âbased  nude,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;He  wears  clay,  which  is  strictly  a  model- shorts.â&#x20AC;? ing  and  casting  clay  and  cannot  The  sculpture  looks  as  if  he  EH ÂżUHG :KHQ FRPSOHWHG VKH is  beckoning  after  the  gazelle. will  cover  the  sculpture  with  â&#x20AC;&#x153;He  is  calling  after  his  inner  foil  and  plaster  which  can  be  Taylor Knopf Collegian Freelancer
ÂżUHG  Allen  hopes  to  enter  her  leaping  gazelle  piece  into  this  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  energy-Âthemed  art  com- petition.  The  entire  completed  piece  will  also  be  in  the  Hills- dale  College  student  art  show.  Though  Allen  has  a  passion  for  art,  she  is  a  history  major  with  an  art  minor. Âł, GLGQÂśW ÂżJXUH RXW , VKRXOG be  an  art  major  until  second  se- mester  of  my  sophomore  year,  so  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  why  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  a  minor,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  never  thought  of  art  as  a  professional  option.  I  knew  I  liked  art,  but  never  thought  I  was  good  enough  at  anything  to  make  a  job  out  of  it.â&#x20AC;?  Surrounded  by  an  artistic  family,  Allenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  sister-Âin-Âlaw,  who  also  loves  sculpting,  inspired  her  to  try  the  Sculpting  101  class  last  year.  Allen  enjoys  sculpting;Íž  however,  her  real  love  is  textile  art.  After  gradu- ation,  Allen  is  thinking  about  pursuing  art  school  and  culinary  school.  As  for  Sanders  and  his  mod- eling  career,  he  said:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  has  been  a  fun  experience.  Though  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  open  to  the  idea  of  model- ing,  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  not  actively  pursuing  LW %XW , GHÂżQLWHO\ ZRXOG GR LW again.â&#x20AC;? Sanders  will  be  graduating  this  spring  with  a  religion  and  philosophy  degree  and  biology  minor.              tknopf@hillsdale.edu
Film:  bringing  art  forms  together Abi Wood Copy Editor
As  technology  improves,  the  variety  of  artistic  mediums  widens  considerably.  Film  is  the  20th  century  art  form,  and  it  con- tinues  to  receive  more  interest  as  the  years  pass. Hillsdale  College  does  not  KDYH D ÂżOP GHJUHH EXW VWXGHQWV still  dabble  in  this  medium,  creating  complex  pieces.  One  such  student  is  sophomore  Greg  Carlson,  who  is  currently  trying  KLV KDQG DW VWRS DFWLRQ ÂżOP 6WRS DFWLRQ LV D IRUP RI ÂżOP where  the  director  makes  pup- pets  and  poses  them,  taking  a  series  of  pictures  where  each  puppet  is  in  a  slightly  different  position.  Each  second  of  a  stop- action  movie  is  made  up  of  60  pictures. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  gives  you  a  lot  of  freedom  because  you  can  be  the  actor  for  all  the  different  characters,  but  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  also  time-Âconsuming,â&#x20AC;?  Carlson  said. Carlson  creates  his  own  puppets,  beginning  with  a  wire  armature  and  sculpting  a  char- acter  around  it  with  the  help  of  Ă&#x20AC;H[LEOH ODWH[ DQG D VLOLFRQ PROG He  paints  them,  does  wigging Â
and  costuming,  and  also  creates  his  own  set. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stop  action  is  a  totally  differ- ent  style.  I  can  see  the  possibili- ties  in  it  that  havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  really  been  tapped  into,â&#x20AC;?  Carlson  said. Professor  of  Theatre  James  Brandon  said  â&#x20AC;&#x153;hats  offâ&#x20AC;?  to  Carl- VRQÂśV SXUVXLW RI VWRS DFWLRQ ÂżOPV He  said  the  craft  was  considered  DUFKDLF OLNH DQLPDWLRQ ÂżOPV EXW
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Film  is  the  new  opera.â&#x20AC;? Â
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Mark  Keller,  junior  theatre  major
was  worthy  of  respect.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  takes  patience  and  vision,â&#x20AC;?  Brandon  said. %UDQGRQ VDLG ÂżOP LV D XQLTXH larger-Âthan-Âlife  medium.  Film  provides  the  ability  to  edit,  un- like  theater,  where  everything  is  â&#x20AC;&#x153;live  without  a  net.â&#x20AC;? Brandon  admits  to  liking  â&#x20AC;&#x153;popcorn  movies,â&#x20AC;?  but  he  said  WKHUH ZDV GHÂżQLWHO\ D SODFH IRU ÂżOP DV D PRUH VHULRXV DUW IRUP â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  are  such  slaves  to  narra- tive.  I  like  vibrant,  experimental  artists.  I  like  movies  that  chal- lenge  me,â&#x20AC;?  Brandon  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  is Â
YLWDO WR VHH ÂżOP WUHDWHG DV DQ DUW rather  than  a  popcorn  circus.â&#x20AC;? Junior  Mark  Keller  created  KLV PRVW UHFHQW ZRUN RI ÂżOP LQ response  to  an  assignment  given  in  Brandonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Movies  As  A  Mediumâ&#x20AC;?  class.  Brandon  offered  his  students  the  option  of  either  writing  a  ten-Âpage  paper  for  the  ¿QDO RU SURGXFLQJ D WHQ PLQXWH ÂżOP .HOOHU FKRVH WKH ÂżOP DQG under  his  supervision,  the  project  WXUQHG LQWR D PLQXWH ÂżOP modeled  after  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Thing,â&#x20AC;?  a  play  written  by  Percival  Wilde.  The  play  has  two  roles,  both  of  which  were  acted  by  Keller,  although  he  had  help  from  mul- WLSOH IULHQGV LQ WKH ÂżOPLQJ DQG SURGXFWLRQ RI WKH ÂżOP .HOOHU VDLG ÂżOP LV D XQLTXH art  in  that  it  embodied  all  the  arts.  Not  only  photography  and  acting,  but  music  composition,  visual  arts,  and  even  editing  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  the  sequencing  of  images  together  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  contributed  to  the  ¿QDO SURGXFW RI D ÂżOP â&#x20AC;&#x153;Film  is  the  new  opera,â&#x20AC;?  Keller  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  art  form  that  takes  all  the  arts  and  brings  them  together  as  a  whole.â&#x20AC;?              awood@hillsdale.edu
on  a  Bob  Dylan  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  still  have  a  ways  to  go  on  that.  Capturing  a  OLNHQHVV LV SUHWW\ GLIÂżFXOW 7KH portraits  I  do  for  practice,  to  push  myself  further.  Sometimes  I  draw  things  I  see,  in  the  union  for  instance.  I  get  on  these  kicks  of  things  I  enjoy  doing.â&#x20AC;? Tommy  Lundbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  work  also  has  attracted  the  attention  of  his  peers. Fellow  art  student  and  sophomore  Joseph  Craig  at- tended  Hillsdale  Academy  with  Tommy  Lundberg. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  always  thought  Tommyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  work  has  been  great,â&#x20AC;?  Craig  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;In  class  I  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  help  but  be  jealous  sometimes.â&#x20AC;? Tommy  Lundbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  love  of  album  art  gives  him  favorable  disposition  toward  the  seem- ingly  soon-Âto-Âbe-Âobsolete  CD. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  still  like  buying  CDs  from  bands  I  appreciate;Íž  I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  want  them  to  disappear,â&#x20AC;?   Tommy  Lundberg  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vinyl  is  great  for  the  large  album  artwork.  Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  something  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  curious  about  doing  some  time.â&#x20AC;?
Tommy  Lundberg  already  has  begun  to  accept  commis- sions  for  his  work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My  aunt  asked  me  to  do  a  portrait  of  her  husband  my  uncle,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;She  paid  me  and  it  was  a  great  deal.â&#x20AC;? Another  opportunity  came  as  Tommy  Lundberg  began  drawing  buildings  around  cam- pus.  Senior  Sally  Klarr  saw  a  drawing  Lundberg  made  of  the  Kappa  Kappa  Gamma  house. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  asked  if  he  would  agree  to  sell  it  to  the  sorority,â&#x20AC;?  Klarr  said. With  senior  year  fast  ap- proaching,  Tommy  Lundberg  has  been  giving  more  thought  to  a  post  -Âcollegiate  career. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  have  a  friend  of  a  friend  who  works  for  Def  Jam  records  making  album  art,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;So  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  hoping  to  get  my  way  in  there.  Right  now  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  just  a  hobby  of  mine,  but  I  would  enjoy  it  being  my  job  as  well.â&#x20AC;?
Amid  paper  and  pencil,  one  of  Hillsdale  Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  dedi- cated  art  students  works  toward  his  dream.  In  his  work,  junior  Thomas  Lundberg  projects  the  hopes  and  aspirations  of  a  decade-Âlong  hobby.  Lundberg  is  going  beyond  the  simple  acknowledgement  of  his  artistic  talents  and  intends  to  pursue  a  FDUHHU LQ WKH ÂżHOG â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  took  a  while  to  decide  on  an  art  major,  but  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  what  I  should  be  doing  for  sure,â&#x20AC;?  Lun- dberg  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Drawing  has  been  a  hobby  of  mine  since  grade  school.  I  understood  things  DERXW ÂżJXUHV DQG DQLPDOV WKDW most  kids  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  notice.â&#x20AC;? In  deciding  on  a  major,  Lundberg  was  torn  between  economics  and  art. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  chose  art  because  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  what  I  enjoy,â&#x20AC;?  Lundberg  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  aware  it  might  be  hard  to  get  a              hsmith@hillsdale.edu job  but  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  still  worth  it.â&#x20AC;? Son  of  Head  Track  Coach  and  Assistant  Professor  in  PED  Bill  Lundberg,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tommyâ&#x20AC;?  has  lived  in  Hillsdale  his  whole  life.  The  artistic  streak  also  runs  in  the  family. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My  sister  was  an  art  major,â&#x20AC;?  Tommy  Lundberg  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now  she  works  at  Anthropology  designing  displays.  My  dad  was  an  art  major  before  he  switched  to  physical  education.  My  grandmother  was  artistic  as  well.â&#x20AC;?  Tommy  Lundberg  began  nurturing  his  talent  in  high  school  by  incorporating  a  love  of  music  into  his  drawings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  started  out  copying  the  album  covers  of  bands  I  liked,  especially  Radiohead,â&#x20AC;?  Tommy  Lundberg  said. His  interest  soon  spread  to  the  copying  of  pop  culture  im- ages. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  copied  posters,  concert  posters  from  the  60â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s,  famous  works  of  art,â&#x20AC;?  Tommy  Lundberg  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  once  copied  a  page  from  the  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Watchmenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  comic  book.  It  took  me  a  whole  week  because  of  the  high  level  of  detail.â&#x20AC;? In  college  Tommy  Lundberg  has  made  the  transition  from  popular  images  to  famous  faces.  His  portraits  boast  the  likeness- es  of  celebrities  Brad  Pitt,  Jack  Nicholson,  BeyoncĂŠ,  Audrey  Hepburn  and  other  celebrities. Junior Tommy Lundberg has a passion for transforming â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  working  on  por- pop culture into drawings. Here he works on his sketch of traits  for  a  while  now,â&#x20AC;?  Tommy  deceased actor, James Dean. (Elena Salvatore/Collegian) Lundberg  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  working Â
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Seasons of color come to campus
IN FOCUS
TORY COONEY
Hannah Brinks Collegian Freelancer
WHAT QUALIFIES AS FINE ART ANYWAY? Are  we  even  allowed  to  write  about  alcohol  on  the  arts  page?  Weddings?  What  about  facial  hair?  Each  of  these  topics  has  dominated  the  arts  page  at  some  point  or  another,  printed  clear  as  day  above  the  fold.  But  are  they,  strictly  speaking,  art? :KHQ PRVW SHRSOH ZLWK WKH EHQHÂżW RI D FODVVLFDO HGXFD- tion  think  of  the  word  â&#x20AC;&#x153;art,â&#x20AC;?  painting,  sculpture,  music,  literature,  or  theater  spring  to  mind.  But  not  â&#x20AC;&#x153;paintingâ&#x20AC;?  in  WKH VHQVH RI JUDIÂżWL RU ÂłWKHDWHU´ LQ WKH VHQVH RI D /DV 9HJDV burlesque  show.  Rather,  art  is  considered  the  forms  of  these  things  that  are  done  skillfully  and  point  towards  the  good,  the  true,  and  the  beautiful.  Beauty  for  the  sake  of  beauty.  Interestingly  enough,  the  Oxford  English  Dictionary  RQO\ GHÂżQHV DUW DV ÂłVNLOO LQ GRLQJ VRPHWKLQJ ´ QRW HYHQ DS- plying  the  word  to  anything  regarding  an  â&#x20AC;&#x153;aesthetic  prin- FLSOH´ XQWLO WKH HLJKWK DQG QLQWK GHÂżQLWLRQV 6R LQ WKDW FDVH JUDIÂżWL FHUWDLQO\ LV DQ DUW DV ORQJ DV LW LV done  well,  along  with  mixing  drinks,  organizing  a  wedding,  teaching  a  class,  laying  a  brick,  or  grooming  oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  mustache. 7KH LGHD WKDW WKH DUWV E\ GHÂżQLWLRQ ÂłDUH FRQFHUQHG ZLWK â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;the  beautifulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;appeal  to  the  faculty  of  tasteâ&#x20AC;?  inhibit  many  from  appreciating  such  quotidian  crafts  as  art.  The  SKUDVH WKDW PDWFKHV WKH GHÂżQLWLRQ WKDW WKH\ PD\ EH ORRNLQJ IRU ² DOVR SURYLGHG E\ WKH 2(' ² LV ³¿QH DUW ´ 7KHUH LV D GHÂżQLWH GLVWLQFWLRQ EHWZHHQ %HUQLQLÂśV Âł'D- vid,â&#x20AC;?  and  Duchampâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fountainâ&#x20AC;?  or  the  work  of  Alexander  Calder.  However,  that  is  not  to  say  that  the  modern  is  not  art.  Banksy  is  not  Rembrant,  but  he  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  to  be.  There  is  DUW DQG WKHUH LV ÂżQH DUW 7KH DSSUHFLDWLRQ RI WKH ODWWHU VKRXOG not  impede  oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ability  to  perceive  the  former,  even  if  it  is  something  as  simple  as  a  well-Âcrafted  martini.     vcooney@hillsdale.edu
BE INSPIRED... Roxanne Turnbull Arts Editor
...by  buying  yourself  a  ticket  to  the  Gotye  concert  coming  to  Detroitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Pease  Auditorium  on  April  2.  Kim- bra  is  the  opening  act.  If  you  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  recognize  that  name,  then  you  probably  havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  heard  the  song,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Somebody  That  I  Used  To  Know.â&#x20AC;?  If  you  havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  heard  that  song  before,  then  you  obviously  live  under  a  rock. Gotyeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  musical  sound Â
cannot  be  contained  into  one  genre.  Rarely  do  musicians  experiment  with  so  many  different  sounds  as  he  did  on  his  newest  album,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Making  Mirrors.â&#x20AC;?  Seriously,  treat  yourself  by  going  to  this  concert.  It  is  surely  going  to  be  an  entertaining  show  and  a  great  way  to  spend  a  Mon- day  night.  Yes,  I  am  suggest- ing  you  go  out  on  a  Monday.  Why  not?  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  worth  it.
â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Chronicleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Â A Â Review Richard Thompson Collegian Freelancer
Handheld  cameras  can  be  used  to  document  virtu- ally  anything  in  todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  world:  weddings,  sporting  events,  or  (in  the  case  of  this  movie)  city- wide  mayhem  brought  on  by  psychokinetic  powers.  Shot  in  the  found-Âfootage  style  popularized  by  such  pictures  as  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Blair  Witch  3URMHFW´ DQG Âł&ORYHUÂżHOG ´ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chronicleâ&#x20AC;?  offers  a  fresh  and  interesting  take  on  a  superhero  origins  movie. $W WKH VWDUW RI WKH ÂżOP ZH are  introduced  to  high  school  senior  Andrew  Detmer  (Dane  'H+DDQ WKH DQJVW ÂżOOHG VRFLDO pariah  with  an  ailing  mother  and  an  abusive  alcoholic  father.  As  a  way  to  document  his  fa- therâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  violent  behavior,  Andrew  buys  a  camera  and  begins  to  ¿OP HYHU\WKLQJ WKDW KH GRHV His  best  friend  and  cousin  Matt  Garetty  (Alex  Russell)  is  concerned  with  Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  anti- VRFLDO QHHG WR ÂżOP HYHU\WKLQJ and  convinces  him  to  attend  a  party.  While  at  the  party,  Andrew  and  Matt,  along  with  popular  class  president  hopeful  Steve  Montgomery  (Michael  B.  Jordan),  discover  a  glowing  meteorite  in  a  shadowy  cave.  The  camera  shuts  off,  and  we  are  then  shown  footage  from  three  weeks  later  of  the  boys  developing  strange  telekinetic  powers.  What  starts  as  harmless Â
shenanigans  turns  into  mass  destruction  as  Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  prob- lems  at  home  and  school  begin  to  mount  and  he  embraces  his  darker  side.  Chronicle  does  what  many  IRXQG IRRWDJH ÂżOPV KDYH QRW done  in  the  past.  Thanks  to  the  efforts  of  up  and  coming  VFUHHQZULWHU 0D[ /DQGLV VRQ of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Animal  Houseâ&#x20AC;?  director  -RKQ /DQGLV DQG GLUHFWRU -RVK Trank,  the  movie  offers  much  in  the  way  of  character  devel- opment.  We  sympathize  with  Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  social  frustrations,  we  applaud  when  his  powers  gain  him  popularity,  and  we  are  KRUULÂżHG ZKHQ KH OHWV KLV DQJHU get  the  best  of  him.  The  char- acters  of  Matt  and  Steve  also  are  developed  well,  adding  both  humor  and  serious  introspec- WLRQ WR WKH ÂżOP  While  the  cinematogra- phy  in  other  found-Âfootage  movies  is  often  shaky  and  nausea-Âinducing,  Chronicle  succeeds  in  having  impressive  camera  work.  Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ability  to  levitate  the  camera,  and  the  ¿OP PDNLQJ E\ YLGHR EORJJHU Casey  (Ashley  Hinshaw)  al- lows  for  different  angles  that  is  important  in  lending  a  change  in  perspective. While  a  few  plot  holes  and  a  somewhat  over-Âthe-Âtop  ending  holds  the  movie  back,  Chronicle  was  surprisingly  ZHOO PDGH DQG D ÂżOP ZRUWK seeing.   rthompson@hillsdale.edu
In Theaters Premiere  Theatre  Hillsdale
Chronicle  (PG-Â13) *KRVW 5LGHU 6SLULW RI 9HQJHDQFH 3*
Journey  2:  The  Mysterious  Island  3D  (PG) Joyful  Noise  (PG-Â13) Safe  House  (R) 7KH 9RZ 3*
The  Woman  in  Black  (PG-Â13) This  Means  War  (PG-Â13)
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art  in  college.  She  began  with  a  Bachelor  of  Arts  from  Albion  College. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My  experience  of  being  an  &DWK\ 9DQ9RRUKLV LV D QDWLYH artist  is  richer  because  of  the  of  Michigan  with  an  eye  for  the  breadth  of  study  at  a  liberal  arts  rustic  beauty  of  her  home  state. FROOHJH ´ 9DQ9RRUKLV VDLG â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  is  a  very  beautiful  9DQ9RRUKLV DOVR VSHQW VRPH VWDWH ´ 9DQ9RRUKLV VDLG Âł:H DUH time  studying  abroad  her  sopho- fortunate  to  still  have  wetlands,  more  year.  She  originally  went  IRUHVWV *UHDW /DNH VKRUHOLQHV to  France  as  a  French  major  and  and  family  farms  and  orchards.â&#x20AC;? was  not  very  informed  about  art  9DQ9RRUKLVÂś H[KLELW Âł/DQG history.  While  she  was  in  France,  Water:  Seasons  of  Color,â&#x20AC;?  will  she  visited  many  art  museums. be  held  in  the  Daughtrey  Gallery   â&#x20AC;&#x153;When  I  was  in  Paris,  in  the  Sage  Center  for  the  Arts  at  looking  at  Picasso  and  Matisse  Hillsdale  College  from  Feb.  25  paintings,  I  had  the  revelation  through  March  16,  2012. that  I  must  Some  of  her  be  an  artist,â&#x20AC;?  current  work  in- 9DQ9RRUKLV cludes  a  10-Âfoot  said. wide  painting   After  for  Art  Prize,  an  graduating  art  competition  Albion  Col- in  Grand  Rap- lege,  she  took  ids,  Mich.  This  a  detour  from  painting,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  WKH ÂżQH DUWV Walk  Along  the  track  to  earn  Beach,â&#x20AC;?  will  be  her  masters  displayed  at  the  from  Michi- Waters  Build- gan  State  ing,  downtown  because  of  (Courtesy of Cathy VanVoorhis) Grand  Rapids  her  fascina- this  fall.  She   tion  with  art  did  several  smaller,  practice  history.  After  her  M.A.,  She  says  paintings  before  beginning  on  VKH UHWXUQHG WR KHU ³¿UVW ORYH such  a  huge  project  and  also  ad- of  paintingâ&#x20AC;?  when  she  attended  mits  that  it  was  very  challenging  the  University  of  Michigan  for  to  adjust  her  painting  style  and  D 0 ) $ 0RUH UHFHQWO\ 9DQ- color  to  a  the  larger  surface. 9RRUKLV DWWHQGHG :DVKWHQDZ 9DQ9RRUKLVÂś LQVSLUDWLRQ LV QRW Community  College  to  earn  a  derived  solely  from  Michigan,  FHUWLÂżFDWH LQ JUDSKLF GHVLJQ +HU EXW DOO QDWXUH 9DQ9RRUKLVÂś SDLQW- expertise  is  not  limited  to  art,  ings,  with  their  rich  colors  and  however,  as  she  also  has  a  Mas- serene  landscapes,  give  an  inside  terâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  in  Philosophy.  When  asked  look  into  the  way  she  sees  her  about  the  connection  between  surroundings. her  art  degree  and  her  philoso- 9DQ9RRUKLV H[SHULPHQWHG phy  degree,  she  says, with  many  different  types  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;At  the  time,  I  just  loved  both Â
Cathy VanVoorhis will show her collection of landscape paintings this weekend in the Daughtrey Gallery in the Sage Center for the Arts. (Courtesy of Cathy VanVoorhis) subjects.  It  seemed  like  two  dif- ferent  directions,  making  things  and  reading/thinking  about  great  questions.  Now  I  would  connect  the  two  subjects  as  the  same  desire  for  meaning  in  life,â&#x20AC;?  9DQ9RRUKLV VDLG 9DQ9RRUKLV LV QR VWUDQJHU WR Hillsdale  College  either.  She  had  an  exhibit  here  in  1993.  Since  then, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  colors  have  gotten  ULFKHU DQG PRUH FRPSOH[ ´ 9DQ- 9RRUKLV VDLG Professor  of  Art  Sam  Knecht  agrees  with  this  statement  about  9DQ9RRUKLVÂś XVH RI FRORU â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  spirited  technique  she  uses  involves  synthesizing  broad  patterns  of  tone  and  color  gleaned  from  her  subjects,â&#x20AC;?  Knecht  says. Her  paintings  are  crafted  with  a  rich  and  complex  palate  that Â
makes  a  muse  of  nature  for  all  who  look  at  them.  Most  of  her  work  is  oil,  but  she  also  dabbles  occasionally  in  watercolor.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oil  paint  has  many  advan- tages:  richness  of  color,  slower  drying  time  which  allows  blend- ing,  and  ease  of  revising  your  ZRUN ´ 9DQ9RRUKLV VD\V Her  work  exudes  a  passion  often  lacking  in  landscapes.  She  said  she  was  inspired  in  the  art  museums  of  France. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  remember  thinking  that  what  they  were  doing  was  so  important  that  it  was  worth  de- voting  my  life  to,  even  if  I  could  only  travel  a  small  distance  down  this  same  path,â&#x20AC;?  she  said. For  more  information,  you  can  visit  her  website  at:  www. cathyvanvoorhis.com.            hbrinks@hillsdale.edu
THE FUTURE OF AN ART MAJOR â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  not  going  to  be  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  lot  of  conservative  groups  professional  artist,  but  I  know  have  really  poor  aesthetics.  I  I  can  use  it  in  my  professional  would  like  to  work  with  them  life  and  within  the  conservative  to  improve  them  so  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  be  Hillsdale  Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  art  movement  to  help  the  aesthetic  taken  more  seriously.â&#x20AC;? majors  are  thinking  of  new  DSSHDO ´ VHQLRU /DXUD :HJ- Before  she  can  pursue  and  creative  ways  to  pursue  mann  said. competitive  jobs  in  the  graphic  their  dreams  while  creating  Rather  than  pursue  art  as  DUWV ÂżHOG &RIHU KRSHV WR a  lucrative  future.  The  senior  a  career,  she  intends  to  use  her  strengthen  her  skills  and  add  class  of  2012  will  graduate  16  background  in  art  to  help  her  more  to  her  portfolio.  art  majors  this  year,  and  these  work  with  the  conservative  For  senior  Natalie  Kerner,  students  are  considering  every- movement  and  to  improve  their  WKH ÂżUVW JRDO RXW RI FROOHJH LV thing  from  a  small  business  to  aesthetics. stability,  which  may  involve  a  foray  into  the  political  arena. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  really  do  a  disservice  putting  goals  in  art  on  the  back  Senior  Natalie  Knudsen  to  the  truth  burner. already  has  an  art  business  she  if  we  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  runs  on  and  off  campus.   She  package  it  hope  to  works  on  private  or  large  scale  in  the  most  become  projects  and  often  personalized  appealing  a  profes- gifts. way,â&#x20AC;?  Weg- sional  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  have  an  arts  business  mann  said.  artist.  now  and  would  like  to  grow  it.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;As  a  move- Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  not  I  do  T-Âshirt  designing,  air- ment  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  closed  brushing,  and  make  plaques,â&#x20AC;?  failed  to  off  to  the  Knudsen  said. understand  idea  of  :KLOH WKH ÂżHOG LV VHHQ DV that  ideas  teach- limited  and,  art  majors  tend  to  need  to  be  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Natalie  Knudsen,  senior ing,  but  SXUVXH RWKHU ÂżHOGV VWXGHQWV made  attrac- teaching  strive  for  a  variety  of  options  tive  and  we  art  is  for  their  futures  in  the  art  need  to  draw  really  world. them  in  for  better  or  for  worse.  complicated  because  you  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  would  also  like  to  be  an  Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  way  it  is.â&#x20AC;? have  to  see  it  differently  for  art  therapist  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  like  if  someone  Similarly,  senior  Bon- each  student,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;For  breaks  their  hand  you  can  get  nie  Cofer  intends  to  improve  WKH ÂżUVW FRXSOH RI \HDUV ,ÂśP ÂżQH PRWRU VNLOOV EDFN RU XVH her  knowledge  of  graphic  art  probably  going  to  teach,  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  it  [therapy]  to  express  emo- through  work  experience  and  contacted  a  couple  of  schools  tions,â&#x20AC;?  Knudsen  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;There  eventually  use  it  to  improve  LQ 9LUJLQLD ´ VKH VDLG are  graduate  schools  for  art  conservative  aesthetics. One  of  her  dreams  is  to  go  therapy,  so  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  going  to  look  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  feel  like  the  left,  more  to  an  art  school  to  study  under  those  and  experience  therapy  liberal  groups  have  a  mo- Jacob  Collins  in  New  York  and  in  general.â&#x20AC;? nopoly  on  arts  and  aesthetics,  to  be  able  to  make  a  living  off  7KH ÂżHOG LVQÂśW OLPLWHG WR but  there  are  good  conserva- of  portrait  commissions,  but  professional  artists  and  profes- tive  organizations  as  well  and  for  now  her  upcoming  mar- sors,  but  reaches  into  many  I  would  like  to  work  with  them  ULDJH DQG OLYLQJ FRPHV ÂżUVW RWKHU ÂżHOGV VXFK DV WKHUDS\ to  update  them  and  get  them  A  select  few,  such  as  technological  advancement  and  more  branded,â&#x20AC;?  Cofer  said.  VHQLRU 1HOO 2Âś/HDU\ DSSO\ WR politics. Teddy Sawyer Collegian Reporter
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  all  about  promoting  yourself...Be  brave!  Be  bold!â&#x20AC;? Â
art  schools  and  seek  to  further  improve  skill  and  technique  to  better  prepare  themselves  for  the  professional  arena. 2Âś/HDU\ LV VWLOO ZDLWLQJ WR hear  back  from  her  top-Âchoice  school,  Studio  in  Camminati,  but  intends  to  work  to  hone  her  skills  and  make  a  name  for  herself  in  the  Philadelphia  area  one  way  or  the  other. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  heard  about  it  from  Dr.  Knecht,  he  told  me  to  check  it  out.  Two  years  ago  I  checked  out  the  high  school  program  in  the  summer,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  was  a  week-Âlong  intensive  program  over  the  summer  founded  on  the  portrait.  I  went  back  the  past  summer  for  the  advanced  SRUWUDLW DQG ÂżJXUH GUDZLQJ , learned  a  lot  and  found  I  think  it  might  be  the  place  for  me.â&#x20AC;? 9HU\ VLPLODU WR D PDVWHUV program,  the  Studio  in  Cammi- nati  is  a  very  selective  school  which  only  accepts  around  12  VWXGHQWV HDFK \HDU DQG VLJQLÂż- cantly  increases  the  likelihood  of  an  artists  art  career  being  a  success. While  not  each  student  may  be  pursing  a  career  in  into  WKH ÂżHOG RI DUW WKH\ ZLOO DOO XVH the  skills  they  have  learned  in  their  Hillsdale  art  classes  to  further  their  careers  and  for  personal  enjoyment.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  all  about  pro- moting  yourself  and  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  hard  for  artists  to  get  that  mindset,â&#x20AC;?  Knudsen  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Be  brave!  Be  bold!â&#x20AC;?      tsawyer1@hillsdale.edu
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said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  get  to  see  them  around  campus.  Sometimes  they  take  a  class  with  me.â&#x20AC;? Even  Mark  Kalthoffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  twelve-Âyear- old  son  is  active  on  campus  this  semes- hen  Professor  of  History  ter,  performing  in  the  Tower  Playersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Mark  Kalthoff  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;84  came  production  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Merry  Wives  of  to  Hillsdale  College  from  Windsor.â&#x20AC;? Dayton,  Ohio  in  1979  on  an  athletic  Many  of  Mark  Kalthoffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  under- VFKRODUVKLS KLV OLIH FRQVLVWHG RI ÂżYH graduate  memories  were  built  with  things. his  fellow  basketball  team  members  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  ate,  slept,  went  to  class,  studied,  making  long  bus  trips  to  the  Upper  and  played  basketball,â&#x20AC;?  he  said. Peninsula  for  a  game,  or  catching  study  Since  then,  the  college  has  been  a  breaks  between  practices. huge  part  of  Kalthoffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  life.  During  his  He  served  as  president  of  the  Inter- ¿UVW \HDU KH PHW &KULVW\ -RQHV  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;83,  a  Varsity  Hillsdale  Christian  Fellowship  fellow  athlete  who  played  volleyball,  chapter  and  lived  for  two  years  in  an  ran  track,  and  would  later  become  his  off-Âcampus  house  owned  by  former  wife.  They  were  engaged  New  Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Professor  of  English  James  Juroe.  It  Eve  of  his  senior  year. stood  next  to  the  Kappa  Kappa  Gamma  ,Q DIWHU .DOWKRII KDG ÂżQLVKHG house,  adjacent  to  what  is  now  the  graduate  school,  the  couple  returned  to  Howard  Music  Building  parking  lot. Hillsdale.  Christy  Kalthoff  served  as  In  the  1980s,  Hillsdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Greek  life  'LUHFWRU RI $GPLVVLRQV XQWLO WKHLU ÂżUVW boasted  six  fraternities  and  four  so- child  was  born  in  1989,  the  same  year  rorities.  Although  he  did  not  go  Greek,  Mark  Kalthoff  was  hired  as  a  history  0DUN .DOWKRII VDLG DERXW ÂżIW\ SHUFHQW professor.  of  male  students  were  in  fraternities. Âł, PLVVHG FODVV WKH ÂżUVW GD\ RI P\ Since  the  legal  drinking  age  had  Hillsdale  teaching  career  because  I  was  been  lowered  in  the  1970s,  parties  with  in  the  hospital  with  my  wife,â&#x20AC;?  he  said. alcohol  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  even  midweek  parties  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  Mark  Kalthoff  said  he  and  his  wife,  were  common  on  campus.  By  contrast,  ZKR KDYH KRPH VFKRROHG WKHLU ÂżYH Mark  Kalthoff  said  todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  students  are  children,  consider  the  college  com- â&#x20AC;&#x153;less  likely  to  come  here  for  free  beer.â&#x20AC;?  munity,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;like  an  extended  family.â&#x20AC;?  He  believes  the  proportion  of  academ- Kalthoffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  second  daughter  Rachel  ically-Âtalented,  committed  students  has  Kalthoff  is  now  a  senior  at  Hillsdale,  greatly  increased  since  the  1980s. his  oldest  daughter  takes  classes  part- While  he  believes  the  school  has  time,  and  his  youngest  daughter  Phoebe  maintained  its  emphasis  on  athlet- Kalthoff  will  enter  as  a  freshman  next  ics  from  his  days  as  a  student,  Mark  fall.  Kalthoff  is  proud  of  his  team.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  great  [having  them  here],â&#x20AC;?  he  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  [the  basketball  team]  were  the Â
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best  team  in  college  history.  We  won  28  games,â&#x20AC;?  he  said. Mark  Kalthoffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  wife  majored  in  history  and  economics,  while  Mark  Kalthoff  graduated  with  a  triple  major.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  came  here  in  love  with  math  and  science,  and  along  the  way  I  fell  in  love  with  history,â&#x20AC;?  he  said. He  then  studied  the  history  and  phi- losophy  of  science  at  Indiana  Univer- sity,  obtaining  his  M.A.  in  1987  and  his  Ph.D.  in  1998. Mark  Kalthoff  takes  particular  inter- est  in  the  intersection  between  science  and  religion.  ³%RWK ÂżHOGV VHHN >WR DQVZHU@ WKH biggest  questions,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;How  did  it  all  begin?  What  went  wrong?  How  can  \RX Âż[ LW" +RZ ZLOO LW DOO HQG"´ At  a  1992  Center  for  Constructive  Alternatives  on  science  and  religion,  Mark  Kalthoff  was  featured  as  the  keynote  speaker. Mark  Kalthoff  enjoys  teaching  at  a  liberal  arts  college. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  to  be  a  specialist,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;These  are  human  questions  that  thoughtful  human  beings  should  be  wrestling  with.  Liberal  education  is  teasing  out  those  connections  rather  than  drawing  boundaries.â&#x20AC;? Mark  Kalthoff  also  sees  the  value  of  liberal  education  in  how  it  prepares  students  to  make  a  difference  in  the  world.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;My  students  are  going  to  go  on,  get  married,  have  kids,  and  be  teachers,  pastors,  and  civic  leaders,â&#x20AC;?  he  said. Mark  Kalthoff  is  modest  about  his  role  in  inspiring  his  students. Â
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â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  are  amazing  people,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  try  to  get  out  of  the  way  and  let  them  do  what  they  are  good  at.â&#x20AC;? At  the  same  time,  Mark  Kalthoff  considers  his  students  a  part  of  his  and  his  familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  life  even  after  they  gradu- ate.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;One  of  the  most  rewarding  things Â
is  to  see  these  people  come  back  to  tell  me  about  how  their  time  at  Hillsdale  made  it  possible  to  do  what  they  are  doing,â&#x20AC;?  he  said. sbarrett@hillsdale.edu
A  fresh  view  of  an  old  problem Hillsdale  graduate  Andrew  Rodney  uses  his  passion  and  his  lens  to  explore  and  reveal  economic  depression  in  Detroit Emmaline Epperson Collegian Reporter
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  probably  double  the  city  of  Hillsdale  wiped  off  the  map,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  Rodney  does  not  seek  to  gain  recognition  from  the  ¿OP RU DGYDQFH KLV FDUHHU ,QVWHDG KH VHHNV WR UDLVH awareness  about  Detroit  and  break  stereotypes  about  eforce:  to  take  away  property  from  its  people  in  the  city.  rightful  owner  by  force. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  are  just  a  voice  in  the  wilderness  trying  to  Andrew  Rodney  â&#x20AC;&#x2122;05  chose  to  use  â&#x20AC;&#x153;De- get  more  people  to  realize  what  is  not  being  talked  forceâ&#x20AC;?  as  the  title  of  his  documentary,  which  shows  about  and  how  bad  it  is,â&#x20AC;?  Rodney  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  hope  that  the  disintegration  of  Detroit,  Mich.,  and  the  hardships  more  people  see  it  and  more  actions  will  be  taken.â&#x20AC;?  faced  by  those  living  in  the  inner  cities.  Rodney  sees  his  Hillsdale  roots  become  apparent  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  wanted  something  that  contained  Detroit  but  when  he  examines  the  justice  system.  He  attributes  had  a  deeper  meaning,â&#x20AC;?  Rodney  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  rightful  the  violence  and  destruction  in  Detroit  to  a  broken  owners  of  property  in  Detroit  have  had  it  taken  away  system,  rather  than  just  socioeconomic  conditions.  from  them  by  a  variety  of  sources.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Going  to  Hillsdale,  one  thing  that  upsets  me  is  Rodney  majored  in  accounting  at  Hillsdale  but  that  you  hear  a  lot  about  economic  oppression  and  DOVR VWXGLHG SROLWLFV KLVWRU\ ÂżQDQFLDO DQDO\VLV DQG government  intervention  and  how  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  so  problematic.  economics.  After  graduating,  he  moved  to  New  York  You  hear  a  lot  of  anger  and  fury  about  how  bad  it  DQG EHJDQ SURGXFLQJ ÂżOP $IWHU D IHZ \HDUV KRZ- is,â&#x20AC;?  Rodney  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;But  you  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  see  conservatives  ever,  he  moved  back  to  his  home:  Detroit. interacting  in  the  places  that  are  the  worst.â&#x20AC;?  :LWK KLV H[SHULHQFH LQ ÂżOP PDNLQJ DQG KLV SDV- Gary  Wolfram,  professor  of  economics,  helped  sion  for  the  recovery  of  Detroit,  Rodney  decided  to  Rodney  after  the  production  process.  Rodney  was  a  PDNH D VKRUW ÂżOP WR GUDZ DWWHQWLRQ WR WKH LVVXHV LQ family  friend  through  the  Mackinaw  Center  for  Pub- the  city. lic  Policy,  as  well  as  Wolframâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  student  in  Economics  â&#x20AC;&#x153;One  night  it  struck  me  that  it  was  a  story  that  105.  needs  to  be  told,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  Rodney  sent  Wolfram  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deforceâ&#x20AC;?  to  show  to  both  :KLOH 5RGQH\ GLG QRW GLUHFW WKH ÂżOP KH ZURWH students  and  faculty  at  Hillsdale.  the  initial  script,  conducted  interviews,  managed  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  said,  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Wow  this  is  really  good.  Do  you  mind  if  I  ¿QDQFHV DQG UHVHDUFKHG KHDYLO\ send  it  out?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?  Wolfram  said. The  crew  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deforceâ&#x20AC;?  tried  to  choose  Detroit  After  receiving  the  video,  Wolfram  gave  it  to  residents  who  had  high  character.  Rodneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  favorite  PDQ\ SHRSOH LQ 'HWURLW ZKR KH EHOLHYHG KDG LQĂ&#x20AC;X- interview  is  of  Lupe  Birdman,  who  was  a  University  ence  over  public  policy,  including  Dennis  Muchmore,  of  Michigan  anthropology  student.  He  went  to  the  Rick  Snyderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Chief  of  Staff,  and  Howard  Morris,  a  inner  city  and  lived  with  juvenile  students,  document- member  of  the  Michigan  Strategic  Fund  Board. ing  their  lives. Wolfram  hopes  that  spreading  the  video  will  cause  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deforceâ&#x20AC;?  also  highlights  Detroitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  drug  war  vio- a  discussion  of  Detroitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  issues. lence.  Rodney  documented  that  50  to  70  percent  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;What  do  they  say?  A  pictureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  worth  a  thousand  the  violence  has  some  relation  to  drugs. words,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;You  hear  there  are  100,000  aban- ³'UXJV DUH WKH ÂżQDQFLDO UHVRXUFHV RI WKH XQGHU- doned  homes.  But  if  you  watch  the  video  and  you  ground  economy.  It  fuels  the  violence,â&#x20AC;?  Rodney  said. see  two  or  three  blocks  of  abandoned  homes,  it  has  a  Two frames from Andrew Rodneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s documentary depict the poverty and economic depression of Detroit. His documentary seeks to reveal the struggles and violence in Through  research,  Rodney  also  discovered  that  greater  impact.â&#x20AC;? the city. (Courtesy of Andrew Rodney) since  1969  there  have  been  more  than  21,000  mur- ders  in  Detroit. eepperson@hillsdale.edu
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COMPARE !From B4 at  Hillsdale  this  semester.  The  students  are  assigned  a  re- search  project  for  the  semester  and  will  learn  how  to  market  the  site  and  increase  its  user  base. Seniors  Nikki  Yancho,  Will  Wegert,  and  Jeff  Scarpelli  will  design  a  survey  that  will  give  them  information  about  the  siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  customers,  competitors,  and  perceptions  of  the  market.  From  that,  they  will  make  rec- ommendations  to  Stomps.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;After  completing  this  class,  I  will  be  able  to  tell  prospective  employers  about  a  useful  skill  set  I  know  theo- retically,  but  have  also  con-Â
ducted  for  a  real-Âworld  client,â&#x20AC;?  Yancho  said. Stomps  and  Carson  have  been  largely  gathering  this  type  of  feedback  as  well  as  re- VHDUFK WR RIÂżFLDOO\ ODXQFK WKH application.  Carson  said  along  with  the  staggering  amount  of  research  they  have  been  doing,  funding  has  also  been  a  chal- lenge.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not  initially  having  a  huge  ¿QDQFLDO EDFNHU SURYHG WR EH the  largest  challenge  to  starting  the  site,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  And  the  development  of  the  application  itself  has  proved  to  be  an  obstacle.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;While  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  largely  taught  myself  how  to  design,  develop,  and  maintain  a  website,  I  have  very  little  programming  knowledge,â&#x20AC;?  Stomps  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  ¿QDOO\ KDG D EUHDNWKURXJK LQ
the  spring  of  2011,  and  our  application  was  accepted  by  a  team  of  students  from  Rose- Hulman  Institute  of  Technol- ogy  in  Indiana  to  develop  the  website  application.â&#x20AC;? The  group  of  students,  who  turned  out  to  be  a  group  of  Delt  Sigs,  has  been  working  with  the  site  since  the  begin-Â
ning  of  the  school  year.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  hope  for  the  future  is  to  have  a  nationwide  site  broken  down  into  states  and  possibly  even  further,â&#x20AC;?  Carson  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;But  as  of  right  now,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  baby  steps.â&#x20AC;? sleitner@hillsdale.edu
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Hillsdale graduate creates a comprehensive website to provide information to voters nationwide
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ason Stomps ‘10 came downstairs on the morning of the November 2010 elec- tions to his dad reading an article in the newspaper comparing the views of each local candidate. “I thought to myself, ‘This is no way to pre- pare to vote for those that will be representing you at the political level,’” Stomps said. “Not only were the candidates missing a lot of impor- tant information, but there tends to be a lot of bias in the media, especially when it’s just the candidates themselves providing the answers.” That very same day, Stomps registered the website CompareMyCandidates.com. The site currently provides information about the upcoming presidential election for voters in Michigan. The web application that will com- pare voters’ local candidates side-by-side is on track to launch in June. “The ultimate goal for CompareMyCan- didates.com is to become the primary, non- partisan, unbiased source of information for voters across the country,” Stomps said. “We’ll be rolling out our platform to other states across the nation in the coming years.” Stomps graduated from Hillsdale College in 0D\ ZLWK WKH ¿UVW JUDSKLF GHVLJQ PLQRU
given by the college, and a major in marketing management. “Upon graduation from Hillsdale I played the typical job-hunting game that many of us do –– and many of you will –– but after a handful of interviews, I realized that there just wasn’t anything available that I truly wanted to do at the time,” Stomps said. 6WRPSV DOUHDG\ KDG KLV EXVLQHVV &ROG¿UH Promotions up and running — a business he started while still in school in 2009. “I knew that continuing with that would pro- vide me with a near-ideal situation,” he said. &ROG¿UH 3URPRWLRQV LV DQ DJHQF\ WKDW ZRUNV with businesses throughout Michigan and parts of the Midwest to help them with their market- ing efforts. While this is Stomps’ primary job, KH LV DOVR DQ DVVLVWDQW WUDFN DQG ¿HOG FRDFK DW Notre Dame Preparatory School in Pontiac, Mich., and the president of his homeowner’s association. “To be quite frank, I’m married to my work,” he said. “It’s been an insane amount of work, putting in countless 70-plus hour work-weeks between my two businesses and my other com- mitments, but I love every minute of it.” Stomps brought on Kyle Carson ‘11, one of his Delta Sigma Phi fraternity brothers at Hills- dale, to help with CompareMyCandidates.com. Carson, a 2011 graduate, majored in biology at Hillsdale. “It seems to be on the other end of the spec-
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trum from politics, but I always enjoyed it,” HQWUHSUHQHXULDO VSLULW ZRXOG EHQH¿W WKH VLWH Carson said. “I couldn’t get over how I felt this Stomps and Carson are also working with idea could help streamline the research process, three students in the marketing research course as well as ease the data load for voters.” While Stomps could not bring Carson on See SPACES, B3 right away, he saw that Carson’s enthusiasm and
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