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GOP takes Senate
Walberg clinches victory Kate Patrick Assistant Editor JACKSON, MICH. — Amid his supporters, close friends, and family on the secCommerce Center in Jackson, Republican Rep. Tim Walberg talked about everyone but himthe U.S. House of Representatives for Michigan’s 7th District on Tuesday. “I’ve been making a lot of phone calls to voters, thanking [today],” Walberg told the Collegian. “I’ve been thinking about a lot of grateful things.” While friends snapped pictures on their iPhones, Walberg praised his family and called up various members of his staff to the podium to thank them. He then directed the focus of his elected him, honing in on the importance of limited government. “When American people are great, and government is limited, the entire nation is better,” Walberg said to cheering friends and family members at his victory Walberg successfully captured 53.5 percent of the vote ocratic State Representative Pam Byrnes, taking 41.2 percent, according to POLITICO. In the coming term, Walberg said he
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the economy. “Jobs and economy are key and reducing unnecessary regulation – in this district energy is a big thing,” Walberg told the Collegian. Michigan’s 7th District is the biggest provider of energy for the state of Michigan, contributing about 25 percent of Michigan’s energy production, Walberg said. The Michigan Farm Bureau already indicated that they think
Republican victories painted the nation red on Tuesday time since the 2006 elections ity margin in the U.S. House of Representatives. With Republicans elected
dorsement of Walberg for Congress, said Jackson County Republican Party Chairman Hank Choate, a supporter and friend of Walberg. -
Rep. Tim Walberg speaks at his victory party Tuesday night. (Courtesy of Tim Walberg)
Professor of History Tom Conner casts his vote Tuesday. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)
supportive,” Choate told the Collegian. With the Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate, Walberg said
Montana, North Carolina, South Dakota, and West Virginia, the party holds at least 52 Senate seats as of press time, according to CNN. Senate races in Alaska and Virginia have yet to hold a runoff in December. “The American people voted for a split government and handed the Republicans a huge vicsaid. “The Republicans should differ from their progressive political brethren. My hope is
more effectively. more open, being in the hands of Republicans,” Walberg told the Collegian. “We’ll look to com-
continue to be really clear; that seems to lead to more people voting Republican. The Demospire hope in their base forever.” In the House, Republicans
er Harry Reid’s leadership in a left-leaning Senate, 400 bills died, Walberg said. “That’s a shame.” But ultimately, Walberg ac-
the Truman Administration nearly a century ago. Republi-
victory.
243 seats, according to CNN, and some results are still being called.
not because America is great, but because the American people believe in principles that are timeless,” he said.
Race for judge Attorney Sara Lisznyai beats prosecutor Neal Brady by more than 1,000 votes in tightly contested District Court judge race
Eric Leutheuser, who won the race for state representative of Michigan’s 58th district Tuesday, stands with President Larry Arnn and Paul Shirke. (Anders
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Macaela Bennett City News Editor Jonesville attorney Sara Lisznyai defeated Hillsdale prosecutor Neal Brady by more than 1,000 votes for District Court “I’m up to the task,” Lisznyai said of her victory. “I’m excited, apprehensive, and I have a great deal of respect for our court sys-
sibility is great.” Lisznyai captured 55 percent of the vote to Brady’s 45 percent. spired people to vote and I had a record that inspired people to trying to help me because they because I asked them to. That obviously.”
more than 41 percent of registered Hillsdale County voters cast their vote Tuesday. turnout,” said Stephenie Kyser, chief deputy clerk for Hillsdale According
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election, she said she can’t name the key to her success but attributes it partially to her campaign strategy. have the name recognition Neal
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Renaissance school meets GOALs and expands said. alternative school. Most of the school’s students have been kicked out of other schools and come from unstable and rough backgrounds. “A lot of their schooling is online because they all come from different schools,” Ryskamp said.
high demand. “To be honest, I don’t think that there’s such a thing as an ideal college student volunteer,” Ryskamp said. “Anybody can be a volunteer. Anyone can make an impact on these kids’ lives. You don’t Seniors Sam Ryskamp and Annie Teigen work in alternative and special needs classrooms through Renaissance. (Elena Creed/Collegian)
Micah Meadowcroft Arts Editor Senior Sam Ryskamp pulled up to the Parke Hayes building on W. Bacon Street to a chorus of “It’s Sam!” “Sam is here!” “Sam! Sam!” He unfolded himself from the driver’s seat as a small boy trail of others.
“It’s probably Ebola!” Soon, Ryskamp, kids, and
volunteer program. The group of 35 students has naissance School and plans to help more schools panion in their lives as it expands. He and the proboth alternative institutions like Renaissance and special needs classrooms and programs. “Sort of the motto of our program is ‘life change happens in the context of loving, godly relationships,’” Ryskamp said. Students started volunteering at the Renaissance
These kids have already had so many people bail events for the program and is helping Ryskamp plan the expansion, expressed her changed heart about the program.
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need. “They need positive examples,” Ryskamp said of the alternative schools’ students. “They need real relationships. They have a lot of people in their they don’t have a lot of real friendships, and they Senior Shelly Peters is helping Teigen and Ryskamp, and made clear that the motivation of the community. be at the Renaissance school and Lockhaven is these kids have none,” she said. She, too, said she is excited at the prospect of the volunteer program expanding, especially at the prospect of including special needs students. from special education, but their love for life is so from them,” she said.
more opportunities for volunteers interested in both a traditional classroom environment experi-
interested in college student volunteers, email Ryskamp at sryskamp@hillsdale.edu.
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Student Federation nominees. Katie Beemer Collegian Freelancer Last week Student Federation representatives nominated sitions. The nominees for vice president, secretary, and treasurer are running unopposed, but there are two candidates for president: junior Marie Wathen and junior Os Nakayama. Wathen is a history major, currently serving as the treasurer of Student Fed. “I have so much enjoyed the last couple of years that I have been able to serve on Student Federation, and it’s been exciting to see how we have been able to serve the student body in a number of different ways,” Wathen said. “I would just hope to be able to continue to do that, to build on what past presidents have done, and hopefully continue to make Student Federation more successful and help it serve the students better.” Nakayama is a biochemistry major, currently serving as an independent representative. “I served on Student Fed this past year as a representative, and it was amazing,” Nakayama said. “As a representative, of my peers and classmates. Being involved socially and with multiple organizations, I believe that I can bring input from a number of different sectors on campus. It is an incredible privilege to serve as a member of Student Federation. Next year as president, I really want to help promote and advocate more involvement with the community and giving back. Organizations like A Few Good Men have great projects with individuals and groups in the
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community. Student Fed has a philanthropic budget, and I really want to utilize that.” Junior Lucy Rothhaas is running for vice president. She is currently serving as an independent representative. “I would like to be vice president of Student Federation because I would enjoy the added responsibilities that come along like to better represent the student body,” Rothhaas said. Junior Lydia Ivkovich is running for secretary. She is a marketing/management major, currently serving as the representative for Pi Beta Phi. “I just have loved serving on Student Federation so far, and so I am just excited to have the opportunity potentially to continue serving the student body, just in any way I can,” she said. Sophomore Jacob Thackston is running for treasurer. He is a politics major, currently serving as an independent representative. “As treasurer, I would be in a student body and its monies,” he said. “I’m really in a position to do what Student Federation is called to do, which is spread student fees across the student body — and treasurer is the position that deals most directly with that.” Elections will be held Wednesday in the Grewcock Student Union. Students not currently serving on Student Fed, but interbiography and petition form and return them to Director of Student Activities Anthony Manno by tomorrow.
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CCA on energy controversies to start Sunday Sarah Chavey Collegian Reporter The second Center for Constructive Alternatives seminar of the semester, Energy: Issues & Controversies, begins on Sunday. As America has increased its energy production, fracking, green energy, and global warming have become more pertinent, according to Associate Vice President for External Affairs Timothy Caspar. “Being Hillsdale, we like our topics to have a timeless aspect, but we also like them to have a timely aspect. We believe energy has both,” Caspar said. Director of Programs for External Affairs Matthew Bell fully agreed. “We choose a timely topic college,” Bell said. Speakers this year include:
Peter Grossman, Ann McElhinney, Kenneth Green, Steven Hayward, Robert Bryce, and Mark Mills. The faculty roundtable, which will conclude the lecture series, will include professors from the chemistry, physics, politics, and economics departments. Associate Professor of Economics Charles Steele commented that, while he is excited about all of the lectures, he will not decide what he is speaking on in the faculty roundtable until after he has heard them all. “I’ll comment on things from an economic standpoint,” he said. While all of the lectures speak to controversial issues, Caspar believes McElhinney’s Sunday night lecture “To Frack or Not To Frack” may attract the most outsiders. “One of the most controversial topics of today is the fracking topic,” Caspar said. “Fracking touches a chord for many people, whether they are pro or
against it.” This series is co-sponsored by the Ludwig von Mises Lecture Series, an endowed program which supports free market economics. Once a year, this institution co-sponsors a Hillsdale CCA, and Hillsdale agreed to relate the topics to free market economics. “We’re always kind of kicking around ideas for CCAs all the time,” Caspar said. “We thought about energy for years. It’s perennially interesting, and more relevant with recent developments such as fracking, the search for oil, and the big energy boom in North Dakota.” After choosing a topic, the “Once we think of the main theme, the usual process is to break it into lecture topics,” Caspar said. After that, they search for speakers who have written books or performed studies on these topics. According to Bell, they watch videos to make sure the lecturers are good at public
Board of Trustees member Jack E. Stalsby dies at age 88 Macaela Bennett City News Editor
Hillsdale College Board of Trustee member Jack E. Stalsby, 88, died Oct. 15. “I liken him to a grandpa that you love seeing because he always had that tidbit of wisdom from some unexpected place,” said senior Noah Bader, recipient of a scholarship funded by Stalsby. Stalsby made the college and his scholarship recipients his family after his wife Greta Sue Wright passed away and no other family remained. Stalsby was born on Aug. 3, 1926, in Conroe, Texas. After his father was killed in an automobile accident in 1928, his mother raised him alone. Bader said Stalsby’s resulting close relationship with his mother largely attitude that made him so successful. “He’d say, ‘She couldn’t give me money, but she gave me something more valuable — a mindset,’” Bader said. Stalsby’s self-appointed creed, which was originally written by Dean Alfange, an American statesman who served in the U.S. Army during World War II. After reading the creed, Stalsby much that he adopted it for his own life and included it with his self-written obituary.
“I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon — if I can, I seek opportunity — not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and succeed,” it says. “It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid, to think and act for myself, to worship as I please, to enjoy the benthe world boldly and say, ‘This I have done,’ All this is what it means to be an American.” applicability to Stalsby. “Jack was a self-made man,” Péwé said. “He was enthusiastic about everything and delightfully witty. It was always enjoyable to be with him.” After serving in the Army Air Forces during WWII, Stalsby earned a business administration degree and majored in economics at the University of Houston in 1949. He plunged into the oil business with Conoco Inc. in 1955, moved to Texas Eastern Transmission in 1967, then Oil Daily in 1970 before beginning his own business, Stalsby, Inc., in 1974. “Finding his stride as an oil marketer, he developed as an entrepreneur, investor, publisher, and banker,” Stalsby said in his obituary. His other accomplishments included founding the Stalsby’s
“Who’s Who’s in Petroleum Supply” series of directories commonly used in the oil industry, now known as “OPIS/Stalsby”; designing the Stalsby Petroleum Supply and Accounting computer software program; and serving as the chairman of the board for Ashford Bank when it merged with mBank in 1981. While Stalsby valued his education in helping him achieve these things, one of his most notable quotes was that a college diploma “did not make you smarter than anyone else, but it did make you equal.” He later founded the Stalsby Foundation to give students the their own education goals. The University of Houston, Hillsdale, and Hope College all receive scholarship grants from the foundation. Despite his diversity of donations, President Larry Arnn said Hillsdale was Stalsby’s favorite. “Jack was a Texan through and through,” Arnn said. “He attended the University of Houston, and loved that college, but his deeper affection was here.” Bader agreed, saying that Stalsby held Hillsdale students in high regard because they hold the same mindset that motivated him throughout his long life. “He loved Hillsdale because students are challenged to be more than just a certain speciality. They have to go through all the other disciplines, even the ones they might not be comfortable with, because that’s the
Tonight, Hillsdale College will have the chance to hear from a real-life CSI agent. Kristin Schelling, laboratory manager of the Michigan State Police forensic science division, will speak at 7 p.m. in Strosacker 200 on “Fact vs. Fiction” in the world of forensic science. “She will speak about what’s on TV and how what they do is quite a bit different,” Professor of Biology Dan York said. “When I
reagents, and that is a major cost. Dr. Steiner got in touch with their forensics lab, and we got invited to tour their labs,” York said. “They’re working with straight DNA, and have to have all sorts of protocols, so we could learn from them and their techniques.” York has implemented many of the Michigan lab’s procedures for testing things like dry blood samples in his own research of microscopic DNA. Senior Markie Zimmer, a premed biology major and treasurer of Beta Beta Beta, said all students, especially fans of crime
Men’s dorms and fraternities to hold blood drive Sarah Albers Assistant Editor
Voters proudly wore stickers on Nov. 4, indicating that they had gone to the polls. Want another sticker? Donate blood on Nov. 12 in the Grewcock Student Union, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Red Cross blood drive occurs every sepersonnel, and long lines of students awaiting their turn to donate. Most years, the Red Cross has eight hours to accept appointments and donations. This year, students must donate blood within a pointments — and less blood. “Our [donations] goal for the drive is a little lower because we know we’ll have less people,” junior Eli West, coordinator of the upcoming blood drive, said. “But it’ll be hard to walk away without 80-100 pints of blood.” West said that Associate Dean of Men Jeffery Rogers is leading the men’s dormitories in a collaborative effort to organize the event. Delta Sigma Phi has long been involved with campus Red
Cross blood drives in the past, but this semester it hosted a haunted house instead and will present the funds raised directly to the Red Cross. According to junior Paul Wendt, DSP chapter president, it will resume its direct role in organization next semester. Rogers mentioned that Hillsdale blood drives often have excellent turnout. “The proportion of students who give here, in comparison to larger state schools, is impressive,” Rogers said. “There are typically over a hundred students, staff, faculty that donate.” One unit of blood can save three lives, according to Rogers. And every three seconds, someone needs blood. “If everyone procrastinated [about giving blood] like Hillsdale students do on their papers, we’d have a lot of dead people,” Rogers said, laughing. “Somebody has to give. Why not let it be you?” “Don’t be afraid to make an appointment,” West said, adding that information is readily available on the Red Cross website. “You’re saving a lot of lives by doing a simple thing.”
shows like CSI and Criminal Minds, will enjoy the event. “I think it’s really interesting to see what traces we leave behind, and CSI-type shows would always touch on that, but it didn’t seem authentic,” she said in an email. “By having this speaker come, it will be exciting to see how those shows actually measure up to reality.” Hillsdale has not produced many forensic scientists in the past, although York said Hillsdale students would do a great job. “I think you see a lot more in-
liberal arts, and it gives us that mindset that we can do it,” Bader said. “For him, watching us grow up and be successful was better than his own success.” Director of Student Records and Financial Aid Rich Moeggenberg further attested to this sentiment. “He had an expectation that his recipients not only meet the scholarship’s stringent grade point requirement, but also encouraged them to get involved on campus,” Moeggenberg said. “He wanted them to make a difference in their world.” After serving on the college’s Board of Trustees since September 2007, many say Stalsby’s work ethic, passion, and humor will be missed. “He listened carefully and made good comments. He loved the college, understood its mission, and helped in every way he could,” Arnn said. “He supported that with all his heart and a serious portion of his assets.” After forming a close relationship with Stalsby and even ness ventures from his advice, Bader expressed his thankfulness for Stalsby’s generosity. “From my second meeting with him, we were absolute bros,” Bader said. “Since he had no family, we were his family, and it was beautiful to be a part of that.”
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Michigan State Police forensics lab manager to speak tonight at 7 p.m. walked through [the Michigan lab], though, it reminded me a lot of a CSI lab. It was absolutely amazing.” The speech came about because York, Biology Department Chairman Francis Steiner, and Hillsdale Biology Laboratory Technician Jeannie Lama toured the Michigan State Police lab in Lansing over the summer. “We were having trouble getting decent lab results because of contamination. In a genetics lab, contamination can shut down the lab. To eliminate contamination, sometimes you have to get rid of
“We want students not only to learn, but to enjoy CCAs and to consider them part of their experience here.”
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‘Fact or Fiction’: CSI debunked Morgan Delp Editor in Chief
speaking. Bell took this position this ished his thesis at Hillsdale’s Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship. He had some obstacles thrown at him right away, but he’s excited to be able to learn so much from attending the series and helping students out. “I really want the students to be able to come talk to me,” Bell said. “We love to hear from them. Moss Hall is not a castle that can’t be breached. My motto is ‘my door is open.’” One of his goals is simplifying the attendance process. Students who suffered from the complex waiver process before will love the automatic system. “We’re looking to make sure the mission of the college is re-
terest in that type of work with schools that are more vocationally oriented,” he said. “Our students would be incredibly
Lincoln historian speaks at Kirby Center in Washington, D.C.
application if they were to apply for it because of the types of research and work they’re doing. Their technical skills are pretty high.”
Casey Harper, Washington Bureau Chief, reports on a talk given by one of the Spring 2015 journalism CCA lecturers. Check out hillsdalecollegian.com for the whole story.
Stomp or Trot: Academy and Kappa 5K Laura Williamson Collegian Reporter Runners can choose to avoid the obstacles or tackle them all in the 5K put on by Kappa Kappa Gamma and Hillsdale Academy. While Kappa usually hosts the Swamp Stomp this time of the year, Kappa and the academy have come together to put on the Turkey Trot due to the large amount of events happening in Hayden Park. The run will be on Nov. 8. at the park. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and the race starts at 10 a.m. Participants will have the option of running a normal 5K or running a 5K like the Swamp Stomp with obstacles and a mud pit. There are also shorter runs for younger children. Both Kappa and the academy are hoping for a great turnout for the event. All proceeds will go to St. Peter’s Free Clinic in Hillsdale. “I think joining efforts will make both our fundraising better,” Mike Roberts, athletic director and
assistant headmaster of the academy, said. “It’s a busy time of year. There are other races. This is a way to combine forces and have a bigger and better event for both of us and hopefully raise even more money.” Roberts is spearheading the event along with Ellen Condict, who teaches at the academy and the college, and junior Katie Leymaster, Kappa’s philanthropic chair. “It’s actually been really nice to combine with the academy,” Leymaster said. “We’re trying to pool our resources and try to get a bigger pool of participants just so we can give more back to the medical clinic.” Condict is also excited for the opportunity to raise more money for the clinic. “It’s a truly charitable effort and a time for people to have fun and compete,” she said. “It’s a great way for Hillsdale College, Hillsdale Academy, and Hillsdale community to come together,” Roberts said.
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Honoring Hillsdale’s student servicemen Thank you to all those who have served and continue to serve Michael Aavang
Eric Hodgdon Hodgdon served as a mortarman and a section leader. He has been in the Marine
Aavang was enlisted in active duty in the United States Marine Corps from 2007-2012. He has been a machine gunner, radio operator, machine gun instructor, a Marine Corps martial arts instructor, a platoon sergeant, tactical network administrator, and a battalion data chief for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.
half years, and has served at Camp Leatherneck in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. “Veterans’ Day is important to me because I don’t want it to be about me. It’s about the guys that went before me. They went through a lot worse than we do, so I think it’s proper to honor them.”
Nathan Seither
Woody served as an Enworking with bulldozers and other heavy equipment with the Marine Corps, and he worked in Alaska to help improve the bases there.
his enlistment, he was stationed in Yorktown, Virginia with the 2nd Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team. He then served in 29 Palms, California with the 2nd Battalion 7th Marine regiment weapons company as a machine gunner. He has been deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Afghanistan, and on the USNS GYSGT Stockham.
for us all the time.” - Staff Sgt. Frank Beranek
Frank Beranek Army Reserve
Marshall Gobba Marine Corps
Zach Woody Seither was in the Marine
combat as we speak. It’s easy to gloss over that, grab our coffee from A.J.’s,
Mike LaFountain Navy
Marine Corps Corporal
Marine Corps Sergeant
“I think in times like these, it’s easy to forget that there are multiple theaters
Mitchell Irmer Navy Jared Jordon Army Reserve Daniel Pierce Army SteveAirJohnson Force
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New courses enhance pursuit of Hillsdale mission Breana Noble Collegian Freelancer Hillsdale will offer two new courses next semester: Introduction to Midrash and Classical Logic and Rhetoric. Both Greek History and Case Studies in the Origins of War will be resurrected in the spring. The class of 2019 will have to take Classical Logic and Rhetoric as part of next year’s new core curriculum. Professor of Speech Kirstin Kiledal will be an instructor of the class. “The focus of the course is to provide students with an overarching understanding of the worth and interactiveness of classical logic and rhetoric in the expression of ideas and their place in public deliberation,” Kiledal said. Kiledal added her aim is for students to look at individual pieces of arguments in primary sources, comparing their validity to the truth. “It’s one thing to learn rhetorical devices, just cold things you can point to that’s aesthetically pleasing,” Kiledal said. “We hope to ground the students on the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings to really build
GOP From A1 country around,” probable Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell told cheering supporters in his victory speech in Louisville, Kentucky Tuesday evening. Whether Republicans won due to change in public sympathy toward conservative ideals or to discontent with policies of the Obama Administration remains to be seen. “I think this election wasn’t as much about loving Republicans as being angry at Democrats,” Professor of Politics Adam Carrington said. “You shouldn’t assume that just because someone hates the other person so much that they will accept you means that now they love you. That’s a trap they shouldn’t fall into.” Incoming members of congress include several historic represent Iowa in the Senate, veteran ever to be elected to the woman to represent the state in
an applied skill set.” Classical Logic and Rhetoric is listed under interdisciplinary study, but is not managed under any particular department yet. The college intends to not limit it to instruction by one department’s professors. “The faculty for it will come from the faculty at large,” Kiledal said. “I think it could be energizing seeing ourselves as a liberal arts faculty. Can you imagine being a science person and having a science faculty member as your instructor and suddenly seeing your world of chemistry as an expansion of your worldview?” While not required for classes prior to next year’s incoming class, the class is being offered next semester in order to test it in a classroom setting before implementing it as a required course. Although the class is currently labeled as a 393 class because it is experimental, Kiledal emphasized that it is geared toward freshmen, sophomores, and anyone interested in improving persuasive skills. Carl Kinbar, director of the Messianic Jewish Theological Institute Rabbinic Program, will teach the onecredit religion seminar Introduction to Midrash.
Congress. Tom Cotton, Arkansas’ newest elected senator, will eran elected to the Senate. Rep. Tim Scott of South Carolina will from the South elected to the Senate since Reconstruction. “This win is huge for the Republican Party and conservatives overall,” Young Americans for Freedom President junior Savanna Wierenga said. “We can prove to America that our actions will be the turning factor to get our country back on the right track. We are on the right track to seeing something good happen in the White House in 2016. This is just what we needed.” In Michigan, Democrat Gary Peters defeated Republican Terri Lynn Land with a 55 to 41 margin and more than 400,000 votes. Peters has led in polls by between eight and 15 points since early last month. “Even though Terri Lynn Land lost, the Republicans did take the Senate overall, and Governor Snyder got reelected,” College Republicans President junior Sam Holdeman said. “Snyder pulled out a nice solid
The class is part of the Gershom Program, a program created in the religion department last year after a donation in the summer of 2013. The program, which the donor named after Moses’ son, was established to provide greater focus on Jewish culture and Judeo-Christian relations. Since last fall, the program has sponsored lectures each semester, and is now sponsoring Kinbar’s two-week course. In Introduction to Midrash, students will look at Old Testament scriptures and subjects such as creation, ethics, and the purpose of mankind from a comparative standpoint. “Our religion curriculum is woefully lacking in Jewish studies, and this program is a way of supplementing the study of Judaism and its history,” Professor of Religion and Humanities Thomas Burke said. “Judeo is in our mission statement,” Assistant Professor of Religion Don Westblade added. ing the Midrash because of its symbolism and hyperboles. Diving deeper into it and returning to college, he was able to gain a better understanding of Midrash, and he said it enlightened him on his perspective of Scripture as
win, which shows that Michiganders want four more years of Snyder.” Governor Rick Snyder defeated democratic challenger Mark Schauer by a 51 to 47 margin. With Republicans holding a majority in both houses of Congress, legislative action will likely include passing a budget. “We need to have a budget,” Sen. Mike Lee told the Collegian during his Oct. 24 visit_. “We haven’t passed a budget the reasons that’s so important is that a budget is the predicate ordered appropriations process. Because we haven’t had a budhaven’t had a regular ordered and a half years: it’s that function-by-function appropriations process that really gives Congress control over the executive branch and makes the executive branch accountable to the people’s elected representative in Congress.” Lee also included regulatory reform, repeal of the Medical Device tax in the Affordable
a whole. “First it was a puzzle, then it became life-giving,” Kinbar said. “It’s like opening a fourth dimension in a 3-D world. You see more connections. It’s a new way of looking at things.” Kinbar encouraged those interested in religion, Judaism, the Old Testament, and cultural comparisons to take the course. He said he is excited to have the opportunity to share his passion with Hillsdale students, but said he is also eager to learn for himself, since the class will be discussion-based. “It’s a great model for how it could be done elsewhere,” Kinbar said about the program. “I’m excited to be a part of it. It’s a larger part of an initiative that’s important.” Both Greek History and Case Studies in the Origins of War will be threecredit courses taught by Professor of History Paul Rahe. Last taught two years ago, the 200-level Greek History class will introduce students to ancient Greek history, archaeology, political culture, and philosophy from the Mycenaean period to the time of Alexander the Great. In his instruction of this class, Rahe plans to place greater emphasis
Care Act legislation, tax reform, and the approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline among his priorities. Whether or not Republicans will be able to push legislation through the White House is less certain. In a press conference Wednesday, Obama addressed the issue of gridlock on the issue of immigration in an opposing majority in Congress. “Congress will pass some bills I cannot sign,” he said, according to the Washington Post. “I’m pretty sure I’ll take some actions that some in Congress will not like. That’s natural. That’s how our democracy works.” He added, “So, before the end of the year, we’re going to take whatever lawful actions that I can take, that I believe will improve the functioning of our immigration system, that will allow us to surge additional resources to the border, where I think the vast majority of Americans have the deepest concern.” Students at Hillsdale celebrated Republican victories, cheering as results rolled in in the Grewcock Student Union.
on Greek literature, including philosophical writings, Homer’s works, and comedies and tragedies. “It’s an old bottle with new wine,” Rahe said. “They’ll be reading the greatest books ever written. They can get an understanding of the challenges of our way of life posed by the way of life of the ancient Greeks and of the disputed questions within Greek culThe 400-level Origins of War, last taught three years ago, will be focused sulted in war, and one that didn’t. The course will focus on the origins of the Peloponnesian War, World War I, the Second Punic War in comparison to World War II, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and an examination of the Cold War. “If you’re a citizen, you have to be concerned with war,” Rahe said. “They’ll be able to follow international diplomacy and have a better sense of polities get themselves into wars is a question of prudence of statesmen. If there’s any school in the United States that’s interested in prudence and stateship it ought to be Hillsdale.”
Many predicted Republican victory early on. “I would be really surprised if Joni Ernst didn’t win,” senior Maddie Overholtzer said Tuesday evening. “She smashed it in the primary and if she wasn’t up That side of Iowa is almost tailor-made for her.” “I was very optimistic for Republicans,” senior Bronte Wigen said Wednesday. “Primarily because Obamacare has ola outbreak, and on immigration, they’re pushing amnesty and people are not happy about it.” As the election day hype dies down, students look to the victories of Tuesday with high hopes for presidential elections in two years. “This past election has really riled me up for 2016,” Wierenga said. “I am going to campaign my heart out during the next few years. I need to make sure that I’m informing my generation and persuading them to take a side on issues and get out the vote.”
Hayes on greenhouse Nathanael Meadowcroft Assistant Editor Professor of Physics Kenneth Hayes said he wants to clear up misrepresentations about the greenhouse effect. Tonight, Hayes will speak on the physics of the greenhouse effect at 8 p.m. in Lane 125. “There’s a huge amount of misinformation about the science of the greenhouse effect in media, books, and on the Internet,” he said. “If someone wants to try to educate themselves on the subject, there’s a problem between reality and the non-reality presented in books and on the Web.” Hayes said the physics behind it are really quite “simple.” “Students, by going to this talk, will have a good understanding of the science behind the greenhouse effect issue and what climatologists and physicists have to say before going to the energy CCA,” sophomore Joshua Ramette, who will be introducing Hayes, said.
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The Collegian recently published a tribute to Hillsdale resident Aimee England, who died last week. England was a dedicated advocate of Hillsdale, even creating her own news site on Facebook, Hillsdale Community News, in which she published statuses and pictures of local and college events. She rarely missed a city council merous times. We know England would have had a lot to say
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grown from her past experiences and that there are far more important issues. Apparently the Michigan National Republican Conventions thinks nursing home bed taxes are Michigan’s biggest concern, since it devoted an entire commercial to blasting Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer for raising taxes on Nursing Care Beds. Schauer did vote for the Medicaid Quality Assurance Program, which increases a nursing home bed fee that the state used to increase nursing home reimbursements. But incumbent Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, Schauer’s opponent, also supports the program, recently extending it until October 2015. More incredible yet is the National Republican Congressional Committee’s commercial opposing Democratic candidate for Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, Brad Ashford, which argued that a vote for Ashford is a vote for convicted murderer Nikko Jenkins. It condemns Ashford for opposing reforms to the Good Time law that would victs like Jenkins, to receive time away from prison. The ad does not reveal, however, that Ashford opposed reforms to the law because it is not being enforced. He explained that prison overcrowding and expensive incarceration compelled the early release of Jenkins and other killers. But you won’t hear that in the ad. By far the most misleading political commercial this Republicans saying the words “spending cuts,” and even just the word “cuts” while images of dying health workers The point? Republican spending cuts to the National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention caused the Ebola epidemic. These supposed “cuts” to NIH and CDC budgets actually refer to reduced increases in spending. This year’s CDC budget increased from last year’s, but not by as much as it had expected. The CDC called this increased funding a cut. Actual funding to the CDC has increased since 2011, growing from $5.7 billion in 2011 to $5.8 billion in 2014. Some cuts. Ebola has something to do with its budget priorities. Acrequest, the CDC requested $564 million for “Monitoring Health and Ensuring Laboratory Excellence,” and $1.3 billion to “Protect Americans from Natural and Bioterrorism Threats.” However, it spent only $464 million to “Ensure Global Disease Protection.” That means the CDC spends far more updating its laboratories than on global disease prevention, and even more yet on bioterrorism prevention, Perhaps rather than blaming Republican cuts for Ebola outbreaks, voters should reevaluate the CDC. Every election season, citizens must make decisions about their leaders. Well-informed voters should ignore political clichés and ad hominem attacks, focusing on canbest leadership decisions. Kristiana Mork is a sophomore studying politics.
profanity to promote female empowerment. The f-word (no, not “feminism”) was thrown around carelessly to advance a simple thesis: The war on women is more offensive than children constantly repeating the f-word. Other feminists are much less severe. In her September United Nations speech, Emma Watson provided a more reasonable form of feminism. But regardless of its intensity, feminism possesses an inherent paradox that tries to empower women in a way that is actually destructive. The “PottyMouthed Princesses” video demonstrates this paradox. On one hand, feminism por-
Hillsdale needs advocates like England. Her passion for a town that took her in as a young 18-year-old is admirable. She worked to bring free Internet to a part of downtown and fought to keep Monroe Street a two-way be missed, and we at the Collegian hope others will carry on her devotion to Hillsdale.
- give them their appropriate social ures. Women do not need men; goods. women are fully equal to men; My heart aches for these women possess their own person. young girls. In these formative The video showed this asserted years of their lives, they have independence through the brash been taught that foul language is attitudes of the young girls. Girls empowering, that they can dress cannot be princesses because however they want, and that their princesses need a knight in shin- empowerment will ultimately ing armor to save them. Instead, come from outside of themselves. the video argues that girls must They are starting to believe that employ vulgar words and sassy society must change for women attitudes to assert their indepen- to reach their full potential. Yet dence. this video — and feminism genOn the other, feminism por- erally — lacks actual measures to trays women as victims of a sex- advance female empowerment. ist, male-dominated The video society and, thus, commands worthy of multiple following Relying on both the consolatory benreform: “Stop dependence and telling girls stream view of jusindependence is a how to dress, tice, as articulated start shaky foundation and by John Rawls’ “A teaching boys for feminist ideol- not to f---ing Theory of Justice,” seeks to elevate the rape.” Though ogy. least advantaged in rape is cersociety. They must tainly a heireceive equality nous crime, through the redisthis femitribution of goods nist teaching such as wealth and respect. Be- doesn’t empower women. Incause women are oppressed, the stead, it turns women into vicfeminists say, they deserve these tims without any constructive social goods. Women need men advice on the problem of sexual to ignore immodest clothing; assault. What, then, is empowerwomen need equal pay; women ing? Women can exercise their need society to pay for the con- 2nd Amendment right and dress sequences of unrestrained sexual in such a way that protects their activity. Thus, the empowerment dignity. Both of these measures of women comes through the sat- are empowering because they are isfaction of these needs. things women themselves can Relying on both dependence control. and independence is a shaky On a more decent note, the foundation for feminist ideology. video urges society to value Nevertheless, the little potty- women’s intellects more than mouthed princesses cite skewed their bodies. Though I agree with statistics about pay inequality this thinking, I fear that when and rape, calling on society to these young girls become older,
there is a good chance that they will be highly pressured to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). As a female pursuing a STEM major, I am supposed to be in favor of this movement. But pushing girls their true good. Young women and men — for this is in no way limited to women — should pursue careers that interest them, satisfy them, and comport with their abilities. These decisions must be made on a case-by-case basis. If miserable, then why should they give in to society’s pressures? Instead, these girls should know that they have the power to cultivate their talents and pursue disciplines in both the arts and the sciences. More important, a woman’s career is not the sole panacea of society’s oppression; marriage and family life bring happiness. If the feminist movement actually wants to empower women, then it must focus on the things which women can actually control. Though I am not a feminist, I certainly support educating girls about respecting themselves, protecting their dignity, and cultivatcom demands that society must conform to feminist ideals, especially with an unnecessary bombardment of profanity, they only advance anger, frustration, and hate, not empowerment. Sarah Onken is a junior studying politics and mathematics.
SOCIAL MEDIA: A TOOL, NOT A TYRANT and say that it dehumanizes us?
Jennifer Matthes Look at what social media, in Special to the Collegian their most basic form, intend to Against the tide proclaiming how vital social media are in our personal and professional lives, a sudden backlash against social media has occurred. Viral videos showing how preoccupied we are with social media and modern technology are rapidly shared across Facebook. People post statuses declaring their decision to delete their social media accounts, only to reappear a few weeks later. It’s now become popular to blame social media for a number of society’s vices, including extreme bullying, our preoccupation with ourselves, and even, as a previous Collegian op-ed (“Social media make us less human,” Oct. 16) asserted, our own dehumanization. But aside from all the misuses of social media and the distraction that they present, can we actually examine social media independent from human usage
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indicate that Peters returned Duhanaj’s campaign contributions immediately after Duhanaj’s conviction. Though not as creative, commercials in Ohio condemned Democratic Secretary of State hopeful Nina Turner for not paying taxes as a landlord. The ads focus
A branch of the feminist movement has a new marketing strategy: Exploiting young girls. pany that promotes human rights, recently released an appalling
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commercials can mislead at best, and bamboozle at worst. Consider, for example, an advertisement by Ending Spending against Democrat Gary Peters, who won Michigan’s contested Senate seat. The ad mimics “Sharknado,” depicting a cartoon Peters dancing across the screen, chased by an animated tornado and sharks. The commercial condemns Peters for accepting funding from convicted loan sharks. However, it conveniently ignores the fact that Peters accepted funds from convicted felon Tomo Duhanaj because Duhanaj donated to Peters’ campaign before his
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Everyone with a television or radio knows when campaign season is in full swing. Commercial breaks contain smiling politicians, promises they can’t keep, and — of course — mudslinging. Yet the well-trained mind must endeavor to transcend these persuasive images and clichés to elect the best leaders — not the ones that sound best on TV. While political advertisements can give busy voters a glimpse of their options, they should not be the end of voters’ political research, but rather the beginning until a voter
“oracle,” as friend Jeff King so fondly described her. England was actually one of the Collegian’s harshest critics. She was never afraid to post responses to our City News pieces, usually commenting on a student’s ignorance of Hillsdale culture. When we published a satirical cartoon
depicting the humorous food options available at the County Fair, England reposted the cartoon to her page and started a debate. Critics are a part of every paper, and they keep us in touch with our audience. England challenged us to take a closer look at our content and tone. She read our work and took it seriously. We appreciate that, whether we always agreed with her comments or not.
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about Tuesday’s election results. The Collegian was fortunate enough to talk to England just days before her death for a long-
do: Provide a new and different way for people to interact with each other. What could be more human than that? And while interacting via social media is obviously not the same as (or preferable to) face-to-face interaction, social media allow individuals to interact with others in ways that they simply would not have been able to 25 years ago. In its essence, social media are not an entity forcing us to bing us of our humanity but a tool for human use. This tool can be used for wonderful things, like keeping up with distant family members or sharing moments of your life with people who are genuinely interested in it. This tool can also be used for terrible things, like sending hateful messages to people we’ve never even met or feeding into our vanities. But both of these things, good and bad, are a result of the way the tool has been used, not the tool itself. Claim-
ing that social media dehumanizes us reveals an inability to understand how misusing a tool, while dangerous, does not mean the tool itself is bad. In misusing social media, we are not dehumanizing ourselves but rather revealing our inability to always is distinctly human. Instead of blaming Facebook or Twitter for taking away our humanity, we need to learn how to properly use social media and keep ourselves from using it improperly. However, doing that requires discipline, a skill that a large number of people lack. Too often social media are used to feed an Internet addiction, to indulge one’s vanity, or to perpetuate bullying. Social media can augment our vices, making disciplining our usage of social media especially important. But social media don’t create these vices in people; they’re simply used in a problems. And social media certainly don’t always have this effect on people. Is it fair to assert that everyone should stop using
social media because some users can’t discipline themselves? These issues, while concerning, do reveal a few simple truths: Social media, at their core, provides a platform for us to share things about ourselves and about the world. The use of that platform should not be taken lightly, but using the platform in ently bad thing, nor is it dehumanizing. If we can’t discipline ourselves properly while using this platform, then we need to have the willpower to stop using social media. But we also need to acknowledge that the problem in that situation is not in a website, but in us. It’s up to us to exercise discretion in the usage of social media, and this need to exercise discretion, rather than robbing us of our humanity, reveals it. Jennifer Matthes is a GW Fellow studying politics.
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‘Death with dignity’ is undigni Lily Carville Special to the Collegian Almost everyone knows someone who has fought cancer. Many people even know someone who has lost the battle to cancer, but not many know someone who gave up to cancer. I certainly don’t, but Brittany Maynard’s family does. Last week at the age of 29, Brittany, a terminal brain cancer patient from California, chose to commit suicide rather than die of her cancer. On Nov. 1, she drank a lethal mixture of water, a sedative, and a respiratory system depressant. In doing so she joined approximately 750 people from Oregon who chose the same end since the Death with Dignity Act became law in October 1997. In a glorifying interview with People magazine, Maynard called her choice to commit suicide “brave and son is outlandish. Committing suicide is giving up. Fighting cancer is brave. My friend Jess fought, and I know she didn’t regret it. Almost exactly one year ago, on Oct. 26, my friend Jess passed away from bone cancer at the age of 26. She had been diagnosed the previous May and the prognosis was not good. We were told that we had only a few months left with her and that chemotherapy would extend her time, but
that she would be very sick. Although Jess’s health progressed after extensive chemotherapy, within a few months the shrinking tumor in her with cancer continued. As a runner, the day Jess found out she would never walk again was heartbreaking. But she did not give up. Not for one second. She was in
Fighting is brave. Leaving a legacy of strength and determination is digninard did neither of those things.
a wheelchair that whole summer but somehow she managed to get a better tan than I did. In the fall when I went off to college, Jess and I stayed in touch through letters. She never complained or even expressed her fears, so when the call came that she had taken a turn for the worse, I couldn’t have been more surprised. When I got home I went to the hospital to say goodbye. Jess’s pain was so severe that doctors had to keep her in the ICU in order to deliver the strong pain medication she needed.
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in her sleep surrounded by her loved ones. She never gave up. She was
on a class will not end their academic worlds. Excitement marks the entire class selection process (at least for the
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anyway, and ask when he or she will offer it again. Our passion over nailing a perfectly curated transcript that will sail us into adulthood can make us lose sight of the actual work of learning. A single class won’t grant you mastery over everything there is to know about vice and virtue. We must learn to accept that we can’t take two classes at once, and stop being so afraid of missing out that we lose sight of goods that aren’t part of our master plan. Semesters bury all our ambitions, and following an end we’ve set ourselves like some point on the horizon will make us impatient when we build that life for ourselves and somehow it isn’t the same as our starry-eyed dreams. At the end of our time in college, we’ll be able to look back and proudly tell our own stories about high points and low points, but what will have made all the difference is the way we approached each moment, not a completed check list.
worsened, they would induce a coma with Jess that day and she was only
Fighting is brave. Leaving a legacy of strength and determination is dignithose things. She would not let herself suffer, not even to give her family more time with her. She left a legacy In lieu of all of the coverage surrounding Brittany’s choice, many
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students who took classes that literally, literally, changed their life, and peers caught up in the same whirl of crucial life decisions being made color us. We no longer need to line up in the
19-year old who is not expected to live throw elbows to secure our ideal section, but the running around before and of her college career at her season after our WebAdvisor deadlines can opener this past weekend. Journalbecome frantic and our despair real if ist Joan Lunden has documented her everyone’s been there, especially when can see the details of her struggle to the student portal spits back an error show other women that cancer is not message. the end. Remember that classes are really, By comparing something as weak totally, Collegian-editorial-levels of as assisted suicide to the bravery reearnest not all we do at school and not the only way we learn. Classes are takes something away from everyone very important, worth being excited who survived and succumbed to canabout, and a class can doubtless have cer. She cheapens the struggle of those the life-changing effect we talk about, but that’s almost impossible to know from course listings. One class that Lily Carville is a sophomore study- looks wonderful might not click, and ing biology. another, unglamorous major require-
Chris McCaffery is a junior studying history.
Republicans need moderates to win Dominic Restuccia Special to the Collegian
I believe the answer to this is based on the art of statesmanship. We must recognize that there establish as principles and circumstantial truths
Former Senator Jim Demint once said that he would rather have 40 conservatives true to their principles in the Senate rather than have a majority of 60 unprincipled Republicans. In theory, I understand what he is saying. What is the purpose of having power if you do not have the will to do good, such as limit government and It’s a good point. In reality, however, that is not the kind of choice we faced. We all woke up to a Republican majority Wednesday morning that is neither both constitutional conservatives like Marco Ru-
these two truths as best as he can. ment, adherence to the Constitution and rule of law, the dignity of life and the family, etc.
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We need to bide our time as we direct hearts, minds, and souls towards the values and principles of this nation. It doesn’t mean we have men like Scott Brown forever. Fruit has already been borne in liberal New England as the liberal the more conservative Patriots fan and pro-life
shire in 2010. I want our principles to become reality, and in order to do that we must also win. Not at the cost of abandoning our principles, but by recognizing that it will take time to get there and we need people who do not fully agree with our values to stand with us. We do not need to need to be a conservative party that has room for people of all stripes. Do not have unfair expectations for this Republican Congress. It is not going to establish conservative principles throughout society. We, the American people, must choose to adopt these
conservative principles in our society. What this Republican majority can do though is stop President Obama’s overreaching administration from further undermining the Constitution and our religious freedoms. It can paint a vision of a better path forward. Perhaps not a bold pastel of a city on a hill, but a nation of laws with a respectful desire for liberty and a beginner’s understanding of the Constitution. I hope we can build off of this. We must take what we are given and run with it. We must stem the tide of liberalism that is threatening to wash away the very foundations of our republican democracy and our values from this nation. We must win with the right candidates in the right place at the right time and slowly, through prudent and inclusive application of principle, we will bring this nation closer
Dominic Restuccia is a junior studying politics.
West’s political solution goes in the wrong direction Emily Runge Special to the Collegian Last week, Garrett West argued that we should abandon the discourse of “human rights” and instead adopt the language of “human goods” (“The unappealing politics of universal rhetoric, Oct. 30). His solution makes it seem that we have only two options: Franklin D. Roosevelt or John Rawls. Considering the consequences from these two lines of thought, this seems like a sick game of “Would You Rather?” for conservatives. Yes, there is a problem with modern political discourse, especially “human rights” talk. Yet West’s article fails to address the real problem: The rejection of a permanent human nature. Instead of speaking in terms of “human goods,” with no standard other than public opinion, politics should shift back to what policies best secure our natural rights. First, to address the problems with
his presentation of human rights. He is wrong to assume that modern politicians’ “ultimate criterion for the justice” is “human nature.” Mainstream politics abandoned that standard long ago. Due to the rejection of a permanent human nature, human rights and goods seem to come from government. FDR helped popularize “human rights,” which, he explained, we must “gain” and “keep.” Natural rights, on the other hand, we already possess; government’s purpose is to protect these rights. It is true that modern political discourse invites bitter discussions, but its problem does not lie in rights language. Without any standard grounded in nature, factions compete for more rights from government. Contrast that with the founders, who debated the means of protecting pre-existing rights. Most know of the heated debates between Hamilton and Jefferson, but they argued over what particular policies would best secure citizens’
rights, not principles. While human rights are a bad standard, the alternative of human goods and most obvious problem with human goods is that they lack an objective
Returning to natural rights is the most just solution to our failing political discourse.
standard, which means that majority preference becomes law. The second problem is with West’s example of welfare. What part of the standard of human goods limits the redistribution of property? Is that left to messy public discourse? If so, that seems dangerous for those whose property is
Dear Editor, I recently paid $5 to ensure my ballot would arrive in time to be counted in the midterm elections. I
Evaluating this from a natural rights standpoint, the law of selfpreservation and the right to life offer only to preserve a person’s life. This protects the property rights in general, it does not allow individuals to be comfortable on welfare, and it encourages individuals to be industrious and productive. Rawls’s “Theory of Justice” rejects this idea of a limited welfare state in among us.” Along with liberty and wealth, and self-respect as “social primary goods.” I agree that discourse should consider, as West says, “the well-being of all,” but we must return to natural rights for this to be just. If not, how do we refute Rawls’s formulation that social goods should be “distributed equally unless an unequal distribution of any or all of these goods is to the advantage of the least favored”?
Instead of talking in terms of human rights or goods to arbitrate between claims of justice, returning to natural rights is the most just solution to our failing political discourse. But between human rights or goods, which government grants, and natural rights, which government protects. This distinction is important for several reasons. First, it means rights are not subject to public opinion. Second, natural rights are the standard to which we hold all public policy: Is a policy protecting rights or not? When we agree on these principles, political discourse centers on the “how” of protecting rights, not the “what” of human rights or goods. Granted, this requires a consensus on natural rights, which is unlikely. But if we are going to shoot for reforming political discourse, we should at least aim at the right principles. Emily Runge is a junior studying politics.
Dear Editor, incorrect. I will make no claims as to the overarching validity of the Catholic/Protestant debate, but I do feel compelled to set the record straight on this matter of Catholic doctrine. Catholics do not believe that man is saved by works. Ramona cited paragraph 2010 of the Ro-
Dismal statistics on voting are plentiful, but let me give you some numbers from my own life. I live in the third largest city in Minnesota. Nevertheless, whenever I’ve voted in primary elections, my with my family, we quickly add up to 5 percent of the total vote. Few of us participate in the political Mere statistics misses the element of human action in voting. of know-how, yet his or her part is crucial to the production of a pencil. If anyone withholds their
As Ramona quoted only the second half of this passage, much of its meaning was lost. She of conversion.
magnitude, but, like the price system which provides feedback to producers, consumers, and entreour expectations. remind us that our votes have the greatest impact in local elections. My mother tells a story about a Kentucky man running for city council who lost to his rival by one vote. Ironically, his wife never throughout these 50 states.
other is a convicted criminal who has truly repented near the end of his life. Which of these two
this ability comes to that man in no small part because of his Christian works.
coordinates knowledge. Is it not likewise wondrous that we can impact local government and offer we allow ourselves to be led by it, when we participate in society, not when we sit back, analyze it, and then exempt ourselves by concluding that because we understand the workings of society we are above participating. Ashley Wright
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Behind the scenes, on the sidelines Head athletic trainer Lynne Neukom cares about student-athletes
Jessie Fox Collegian Reporter There is no off-season for the athletic trainers. Fortunately, Lynne Neukom has both a love and a passion for Hillsdale College that fuels her through every jam-packed day as the college’s head athletic trainer. “I can always say that if you leave with a smile on your face, you might be tired but you’re always happy,” Neukom said. Neukom was hired as the head athletic trainer in 2008. Since then, she has arrived as early as 3:30 a.m. to the empty Roche Sports Complex on somedays. These precious morning hours are the only time the traintling with athletes. In these quiet hours, mounds of paperwork are completed, Neukom said. “This has been my week,” she said motioning to her desk piled high with papers. “These are all of the kids I’ve seen this week.” Neukom works every day including weekends. Daily tasks include scheduling doctor’s appointments for athletes, working on injury prevention, treating present injuries and leading athletes through rehabilitation. In addition to this work in the training room, she also covers practices in the afternoons. Neukom also serves as the Athletic Training Program Director, teaching at least six credit hours a semester and advising many students pursuing an exercise science degree. Neukom’s staff includes her two “outstanding” assistant trainers, Peter Benjamin and Katelyn Terrazas, and a group of “hardworking” student trainers. Neukom views them as her teammates, and believes that she should do as much work as everybody else, even if that leaves her doing her least favorite taskcleaning the whirlpools. “There’s three of us, and it kind of spreads you a little thin in
places,” Neukom said. “You just have to be able to just roll with it and be really positive and keep a good attitude.” Neukom explained that keeping this positive attitude isn’t hard when she gets to work in her favorite place. This 1991 graduate’s connection with Hillsdale College runs deep, as her grandfather was a Hillsdale professor and both of her parents are alumni. Neukom was raised in Hillsdale and met her husband, also a Hillsdale native, in the third grade at a piano lesson in town. Neukom knew there was no other school for her. Today, her passion for the college remains strong and she would choose no other path for her own children: Hannah, 13, Jacob, 11, and Keturah, 9. “My kids know they have to be a Charger,” she said with a smile. “I want them to reap the to be really good people, that’s what Hillsdale really does produce.” It’s these “good people” who bring constant conversation, plenty of laughter, and new perspective into the training room each afternoon, making it Neukom’s favorite time of the day. “Our college kids have a lot to say,” Neukom said. “I think that we are very blessed to be in a school that has very talented athletes as well as scholarly athletes. Conversations are really interesting in here, it’s never boring.” Because of her actions and her constant presence, athletes know that Neukom genuinely cares about their well-being. “She almost acts like a mother in a sense, you know she is going to do whatever she can to help you out,” senior basketball player Megan Fogt said. “It’s really comforting having a support system in the training room.” However, Neukom’s genuine of the training room or on the
brings athletes home with her, allowing them to receive treatment her job’s hefty time requirement with the time requirement that student athletes commit to their sports. She said she sees being an athlete as a full time job. “It’s a huge commitment, on our part, and on the part of our families,” she said. Neukom has developed this opinion over a lifetime of being involved with sports. In high school, she played volleyball and golf, but was at a loss for what to do when she arrived at Hillsdale College in 1987 as a freshman non-athlete. “I wasn’t good enough to be a collegiate athlete, and one day one of my girlfriends said to me ‘Oh, just come down to the training room this afternoon,’” Neukom said. It was there, in Hillsdale’s old training room, that she met Paul Beachler, Hillsdale’s head athletic trainer at the time, who would guide her through her career as
an athletic trainer. “Paul Beachler took me under his wing he has literally mentored me since 1987,” Neukom said. “I owe so much to him.” Beachler remembers Neukom years shadowing him in the training room. “Every year she got better and soaked up more information,” Beachler said. “She turned out to be better at it than I was and that’s the accomplishment that any mentor wants.” Years have passed and tables have turned; today Neukom is a mentor to her staff of student trainers. “Since I walked on campus she’s been nothing but helpful and understanding,” said senior Faith McCoy, a student trainer. “And she’s really taught me that you have to pay attention to every single little thing that an athlete needs in order to treat them completely.”
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place for Division-II sporting clays and wobble trap, and second place for the 5-stand, and third for skeet shooting at the Scholastic Clay Target Program “Spooktacular” Collegiate Regional Championship hosted in Sparta, Illinois. Sophomore Casey Inks reladies trap shooting, and junior Anna Pfaff received sec-
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stands on Halloween could see how effectively the Chargers’ front row stopped Malone’s offense. Senior Lindsay Kostrzewa got the block-high for the night at six blocks, assisting on another four.
Volleyball Hillsdale: 3 Malone: 0
Scoring Plays Bennett Lewis 14 yd run (Steven Mette kick)
Hillsdale: 3 Walsh: 1
John Haley 6 yd pass from C.J. Mifsud (Mette kick) Wade Wood 1 yd run (Mette kick) Weekly Leaders Rushing: Jack Wiseman 9-43 Passing: Mifsud 21-28-1-172 Receiving: John Haley 3-41
Head athletic trainer Lynne Neukom on the sideline at “Muddy” Waters Stadium. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)
an All-American trap shooter. “Adding new team members to such a small team is always a challenge, but it was a very smooth adjustment this year,” Pfaff said. “While we are shooting individual scores, we help coach and encourage each other at practice and at competitions, so the dynamic is actually very important.” Though this tournament marked the end of the season for the team, Moniot, senior Joe Kain, and junior Jordan Hintz will be competing Nov. 6-15 for international skeet and bunker trap in the USA Shooting Fall Selection Match in Tillar, Arkansas. The rest of the team is preparing for the ACUI Collegiate
Malone came in with a superior conference record, but the Pioneers didn’t play like the superior team. The Chargers consistently threw Malone “out of system,” meaning that, due to Hillsdale’s hard hits and well-placed serves, the Pioneers played a mostly reactionary game. “Thursday we did not have a great practice by any means,”
gers their edge on Friday. “I think in a way this helped give us a greater sense of urgency going into the weekend. Every win is crucial at this point.” Against Malone, Hillsdale weeks and achieved its best hitting percentage in six weeks. “I think our success this weekend was due to our focus on hitting different shots in practice,” Booms said. “We’ve been
Clay Target Championship in the spring in San Antonio, Texas. “Overall this year, we’ve seen a lot of tough targets at competitions, so while scores aren’t as high as they have been in the past, our team has done a great job of adapting to situations and pulling through despite tougher conditions,” Pfaff said. “This should pay off when we get to nationals in San Antonio this spring where the weather is usually a lot nicer for better target presentations.” The team will continue with a reduced practice schedule at Hillsdale’s newly renovated Halter Shooting Sports Center to prepare for the spring tournaments.
running a lot of different plays at the start of practice, and I think it paid off this weekend. The Chargers are now 10-12 overall and 9-7 in conference play, tied for sixth with Malone, Ashland, and Ohio Dominican in the GLIAC. Because of last Friday’s game, however, a tiebreaker game with the Pioneers may be needed to determine which tournament.
Season Leaders Kills: Emily Wolfert (211) Jordan Denmark (190) Haylee Booms (185) Assists: Marissa Owen (822) Digs: Brittany Jandasek (302) Jordan Denmark (211) Jessie Kopmeyer (202)
CROSS-COUNTRY’S SOLID SIX Savanna Wierenga Collegian Freelancer The past four years have bonded seniors Joshua Mirth, Matt Perkins, Kevin Frost, John Wierenga, Jack Butler and Luke Hickman. The six seniors make up the only fully intact class to have existed in the past four years: No one quit the team, no one else in their year joined it. This is also the last class that the previous head coach Bill Lundberg recruited.
about half the team,” Mirth said. “The next season, we were thrust into leadership roles,” Butler said. “We were just sophomores. I think we changed the culture of the team. Us six,
ond place for individual ladies 5-stand shooting. The team traveled together on college buses for almost eight hours to achieve their second place overall accolade despite the windy and cold weather conditions. “Growth for the team has been good this year, and they will be a top contender at the National Championship next March,” head coach Bartley Spieth said. The team added three new members this year: freshman Drew Lieske, an All-American sporting clays shooter; sophomore Clayton Moniot, member of the Junior Olympic Development Team for USA Shooting; and sophomore Emanuel Boyer,
what it was that gave the Char-
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group of men bonded over was Lundberg’s retirement. Many upperclassmen quit the team or graduated after Lundberg’s last season.
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sophomore year. We had to.” Since then, the team has achieved great success. This year the team climbed to an impressive thirteenth place ranking in NCAA Division-II. “When I joined our ranking was no where close to where it is now,” Butler said. Looking back at their freshman year, a lot of things have changed — and probably for the better, thinks Frost. “I remember thinking John was a toolbag,” said Frost, now one of Wierenga’s closest friends. “He was wearing a hoodie, hat backwards, white belt and white shoes.” met,” Butler said. “Mirth and Hickman said nothing. I hear Kevin speak and I thought, well, he must be a southerner.” living together in the Niedfeldt dorm and long hours practicing together ignited their friendship. After freshman year, half the guys moved to the “threeway,” an off-campus house that has been home to cross-country runners for several years. The following year two others joined the house. During afternoons, however, chilling there. It’s practice time. “There’s that whole block of time, 3-7 p.m., that I never see during the week,” Butler said. “I couldn’t see myself doing anything else during that time
though.” “Cross-country keeps us more productive,” Hickman said. “Our average GPA between us six runners is 3.4.” These athletes have to be disciplined to keep up with their sport’s schedule and Hillsdale’s grueling academics. A typical weekday consists of morning run and lift, class, practice, homework, and a bedtime around 10:30 p.m. The guys’ weekends consist of running anywhere from 12 to 18 miles, making big breakfasts, studying, watching some football, and hanging out, Wierenga said. As dedicated as they are, they have all had their doubts about their running careers at times over the past four years. But through injuries, frequent changes in coaches, and overall weariness, they have prevailed. “It’s safe to say that we have all had our downfalls in the last four years. Lots of challenges, and we have all thought about the question of why we spend so much time doing what we do,” Wierenga said. “I think about quitting every time it snows,” said Frost, a native Texan. “There is something special about the fact that none of us have quit,” Mirth added. The six seniors continue to be the leaders on the team. Four of the six are consistently in the team’s top seven runners. These guys, however, not only set an example when it comes to running, but by how they live. “I think our relationship with the younger runners is very important,” Frost said. “We give them advice on not just class and running, but on how to better live life.” “We make sure to tell them about the dumb things we did and hope that they learn from them,” Perkins added. Over the past four years, all six have learned to truly enjoy running and being on a team. The average mileage per person over four years totals around 8,500. “Once I graduate, I’ll realize how much we are going to miss each other,” Frost said. They all plan on recreationally running after college. “We are not sick of it yet,” Perkins said. “I’ve never been sick of running, just some days.” Mirth wants to make at least one run at the Olympic trials marathon. Next year is a qualifying year.
CHARGER UNIFORMS THROUGH THE YEARS Below: B. Mack Dorsh in 1927.
Compiled by Stacey Egger Design by Hannah Leitner
Below: Game day in 1983.
Hillsdale’s sports teams have a long heritage in the last two centuries, and just as the sports themselves have evolved over the years, their uniforms have undergone some major changes. Here are some snapshots of what our football players have worn in decades past.
Left: Verne G. Myers in 1897. Above: Jesse Roberts 1914.
Above: Tom Ward (left) and Bill Young (right) in 1947.
Above: Patrick Brown in 1965.
Above: 2010 quarterback Troy Weatherhead.
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redshirt junior quarterback CJ Mifsud led the Chargers offense in place of injured quarterback Mark LaPrairie to a gritty victory over Saginaw Valley, 24-17. “He did a nice job,” head
coach Keith Otterbein said on Mifsud’s play. “I’m really happy for him and happy for our team.” “I was really impressed by CJ and the way he stepped up,” offensive lineman Justice Karmie in the offensive line which is huge for us because it makes us feel great and makes us play better.” LaPrairie missed the game with a sore knee suffered in a Oct. 25. He is dayto-day according to Otterbein. “If he can run our offense he’s going to play,” Otterbein said. Mifsud is making the most of his opportunity as starting quarterback.
time I’ve started in a long time. I was just excited for the opportunity,” Mifsud said. “I’m just really happy that we won most of all.” Mifsud completed 21 of his 28 passes on the day for 172 yards and a touchdown, with several of those incompletions coming Senior Michael Carter prepares to stiff- on long balls that arm a defender. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian) were pushed by
the wind just out of the reach of his receivers. The Chargers dominated the time of possession battle, holding the ball for 37:10, in large part because of their 67 percent
got into a lot more manageable third downs,” Karmie said. “I think it came down to the offensive line. In past weeks we weren’t buckling down to get those short yardage plays like we needed to and I think we made some of those plays this week.” Hillsdale’s offensive line also opened up some big holes for the Charger tailbacks, as Bennett Lewis, Wade Wood, and Jack Wiseman combined for 122 yards on the ground. “I thought they did a really nice job stepping up in the amount of blitzes that we were getting,” Otterbein said in praise of his running backs. “When you’re taking on 230 pound linebackers coming full speed when you’re smaller you’ve got to be a pretty brave soul to do that.” The win snapped Hillsdale’s ing their record to 3-6 on the season and 3-5 in GLIAC play. “When you’re in one of those funks the pressure builds whether you try to ignore it or address it,” Otterbein said. “Now any kind of pressure is gone and now we can just get ready to go play Northwood.” Northwood shares the same
GLIAC record with the Chargers, but run a unique offensive scheme. The Timberwolves employ a spread option offense, which for a long time was unique in the GLIAC. “It’s option football so you’ve got to be assignment sound,” Otterbein said. “You’ve got to control the line of scrimmage and you’ve got to take the option away from the dive, to the quarterback, and then to the pitch. It’s got to be done in that order or they’ll take the dive and they’ll ram it right down your throat and
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The 2014 World Series featured two teams with some of the worst regular season records in postseason history, and it was awesome for Major League Baseball. The San Francisco Giants won 88 games in the regular season while the Kansas City Royals won 89. This marks the fourth lowest combined win total between World Series participants in the history of the Fall Classic. Two of those seasons (1981 and 1918) were shortened due to the players’ strike in ‘81 and World War I in 1918. That means this year was the second worst World Series in which a full schedule was played record-wise behind the 1973 series between the Oakland A’s and the New York Mets. This season was also the second time in league’s existence that two wild card teams matched up in the Fall Classic. In 2002 the Anaheim Angels and San Francisco Giants matched
Defensively, Northwood is similar to any other team in the GLIAC: strong, fast, and athletic. “They’ve got dudes that can run around and that are active,” Otterbein said. “They like to crowd the line of scrimmage on defense, so they’re not afraid to go man-to-man across the board and bring the heat.” Saturday is also Senior Day, so there will be a special pregame ceremony honoring the Charger seniors before kick-off at 1 p.m. “It’s always emotional in the last game of the season at home with it being senior day,” Karmie Series ever. The wild card was introduced in 1994 but not used up for a game like that because until 1995 because a players’ it’s the last time those guys are strike canceled the 1994 playgoing to get to play in front of offs. their home crowd.” The wild card gives an opportunity to teams that do not win their division to continue their season and have a crack at the World Series. The rule was instituted because MLB expanded to three divisions per league and the format in place excluded some reps after practices. middles and outsides [hitters] good teams. Under the original “Some of the team will come during games makes me look wild card format, the team with in after dinner a few nights a good because the other team’s the best win percentage that did week, and we’ll work on what- blockers will stick with them, not win a division earns a spot ever area of our game needs im- giving me a single block most of in the playoffs against the division winner with the most wins, provement,” Booms said. the time.” She also links her stellar perThough the Chargers’ block unless the two teams were in the formances to her teammates. total for its Friday game against same division. If that was the “The ball is contacted by the Malone wasn’t nearly as high as case, the wild card team plays defense and setter before me, so Saturday’s, any one of the more the division winner with the second most wins. their success sets me up nicely,” See Volleyball A7 In 2012, MLB changed the she said “Also, the success of our playoff format to include a second wild card team in each league. The two wild cards play a one-game playoff to earn a spot in the division series. The reaction to the change in the playoff format was a positive one by fans. With the new rule more teams were playing in the postseason and the regular season became more important. Once proud ball clubs that were experiencing playoff droughts suddenly found themselves back in the playoffs and electrifying their cities and fans. The 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates had not been to the playoffs since 1992 and struggled to compete Junior middle hitter Haylee Booms spikes the ball against consistently. At the end of the the Pioneers on Friday night. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian) 2013 season they made it to the wild card game against divi-
Charger volleyball dominates weekend Morgan Sweeney Senior Reporter Thanks to two wins over the weekend, the Chargers propelled themselves to a four-way tie for 6th place in the 16-team GLIAC and secured a good chance of making the postseason tournament. Hillsdale played with poise against Walsh College on Saturday, earning a 3-1 win. On Friday, Hillsdale beat the Malone University Pioneers, a team that entered the game with a 9-5 season record compared to the Chargers’ 7-6 record. After honoring the three senior Chargers— something that’s done annually at the last home game of the season — the team against the Walsh Cavaliers. The Cavaliers gained a two-point lead but lost it when freshman Jessie Kopmeyer served a six-point run with one ace. Kopmeyer has proved to be a clutch server this season. “In practice, we have put a lot of emphasis on having solid routines for different aspects of
the game, including serving,” Kopmeyer said. “We serve a lot every day and coach has placed a big emphasis on making sure we all have aggressive college serves that we can consistently bring into games.” Senior Kat Vael, who has played sparingly this season due to serious back injuries, made four kills in two sets on Saturday. “Playing in Saturday’s game was just a tremendous blessing,” Vael said. “Getting to represent [my team] and contribute on the court for senior night was a gift.” The team procured a season block-high against Walsh. By the end of the four sets, Hillsdale had racked up 17 blocks compared to Walsh’s seven. Sophomore Erin Holsinger was responsible for nearly half of the team total, blocks. Junior Haylee Booms walked away with eight kills and a .727 hitting percentage— the highest of the entire season. According to head coach Chris Gravel, any hitting percentage above .300 is noteworthy. To strengthen her hitting, Booms has done extra
Shane Armstrong ’15 sion rival Cincinnati. Pittsburgh’s PNC Park was completely sold out with fans wearing all black in one of the most exciting playoff atmospheres ever in a non-World Series game. For this season’s Royals it was even more: nearly three decades had passed since their last trip to the playoffs when they won the World Series in 1985. They clinched a wild card berth, won and took that momentum through the American League Division Series and the American League Championship Series, sweeping both opponents, in 29 years. This season, it was obvious how joyful the Royals faithful were about their team and it brought the city together. This the teams and cities that make it. More games means more revenue for the team, people who work at the games get to keep their jobs longer, and fans get to watch with hope and hold on to the season longer. The wild card rule that began in 2012 allows more worthy teams to participate. The 2014 World Series shows that the teams with the best regular season records are not always the best when the calendar turns to October. Because of the expanded wild card, baseball fans were introduced to the young and fast Royals who led the league in stolen bases and were dead last in home runs, a style of play that has been lost since the steroid era. Viewers also witnessed a dynasty in the making with the San Francisco Giants winning their third ries MVP Madison Bumgarner displayed his dominance on the mound in one of the best single series pitching performances in history. The wild card rule seems to have staying power as indicated by the past three seasons. There have been more meaningful games because of the expanteams. What more could a baseball fan want?
Charger Chatter: cj mifsud
Redshirt junior CJ Mifsud, Hillsdale College football team’s backup quarterback, made his collegiate debut in the Oct. 25 after starting quarterback Mark -
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game? Being a backup quarterback, it’s my job to always be ready in case something happens. So when our starter Mark got injured and had to come out, I just had to be ready to go in. There really wasn’t much time to get nervous or anything like that. I just had to go in and had to keep us in the game because we had the chance to come back and tie.
Will you be playing more in the future? Mark’s a year younger than me, and next year will be my last year, so I’m sure we’ll see how it goes. We’ll play spring ball, and you know our coaches are going to put the best players on
How did you feel leading your team to a touchdown for the
When did you begin your football career? I’ve been playing football since I was eight years old, in 3rd grade. This is my 14th year playing football and 14th year being a quarterback, so I’ve been doing it a long time. I love playing football. I played all four years in highschool — I started two years on varsity my junior and
I knew we were down two scores when I went in, and then we needed to go in and at least get another touchdown, and then hopefully, an outside kick. I just wanted to put myself in a position to give our team a chance and I just did my best to
on this year right now. I haven’t thought too much into the future about it.
senior year, and my dad was actually my head coach.
For two seasons you played with your older brother Anthony Mifsud ’13. What was that like? It was really cool. It’s an opportunity that most collegiate athletes don’t get, to play the same sport with a sibling. He’s my best friend and I just really enjoyed the unique opportunity to play on the same team with him for a couple years. How did you end up playing football at Hillsdale? Well, both my parents went here — my dad was on the 1985 national championship team. Then my brother went here. I knew I wanted to play college football, and I was getting recruited by a handful of teams in our conference, the GLIAC, and Hillsdale
was just the best option for me. I felt I was going to get the best education while playing football with a group of really good guys — not just good football players, but genuinely good people. I thought that would be the best thing for me. So, when it came down to it, it was a pretty easy decision.
Hillsdale football team? It’s really just the camaraderie and brotherhood of the team. We all really love each other and it’s really like a family. Nothing gets better than that, just to know that there’s a hundred plus other guys out there that have your back and that you have their back too.
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Tears, laughter, love, death, and song Student-directed Opera Workshop performing “The Magic Flute,” more, this weekend Madeleine Jepsen Collegian Freelancer This weekend, audiences of the Opera Workshop performance will be dazzled by enchanted instruments, daring princes, and magical sorcerers. This year’s performance will include an abridged version of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” as other well-known operas. The performances, which are free to the public, will be held Friday, Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 9 at 3 p.m. in McNamara Rehearsal Hall of the Howard
Music Building. Tickets can be reserved through the Sage Center
Opera Workshop, lovingly dubbed “Op-shop” by participants, can be taken as a onecredit music course, or simply enjoyed as an intensive extracurricular activity. Although Opera Workshop typically extends into the spring semester, this year’s schedule was shortened to allow interested participants to be involved in the spring musical. The groundwork for this year’s workshop began over the summer, while junior Faith Liu participated in a theater class in Oxford. As a part of this class, she created a variation of Mo-
Senior Claire Ziegler performs as Pamena in “The Magic Flute.” (Elena Creed/Collegian)
zart’s two-act opera, “The Magic Flute,” which she set during the Cold War. “I had liked the ideas of deception prevalent during the Cold War, when people were trying to
said. The opera features a prince lost in a distant land on a mission to rescue the queen’s daughter, held captive by a supposedly evil sorcerer. A bird-catcher named Papageno accompanies the prince on the perilous mission, to guide him. Near the beginning of the school year, Liu volunteered to direct a shortened version of her
adaptation as a part of Opera Workshop. Melissa Osmond, the faculty advisor, liked the idea, and Faith set to work preparing the script for Opera Workshop. This entailed reducing the script nessing the translations of small sections from German to English. alongside of “Magic Flute” are directed by senior Claire Ziegler. Over the summer, Ziegler perused various works, choosing which scenes she wanted to include in Opera Workshop. -
some of the classic gems of opera repertoire,” Ziegler said. “I also
Junior Haley O’Brien and freshman Jonathan Edelblut perform in “The Magic Flute.” (Elena Creed/Collegian)
looked for scenes which would provide a challenge for our singers.” rects include the waltz duet from “The Merry Widow,” by Franz Lehár, a quartet from “Rigofrom “Der Rosenkavalier,” by Richard Strauss, the letter scene from “The Marriage of Figaro,” by W.A. Mozart, and the Finale Trio from “Faust,” by Charles Gounod. Opera Workshop began this fall, when the music department began selecting singers to cast as characters. Osmond selected music students from her studio
and from other voice instructors’ studios. Osmond was also tasked with organizing props, posters, and programs for the performances. Each director was responsible for the scheduling and management of rehearsals for their respective scenes. Osmond is proud of the effort Liu and Ziegler have put into directing, especially in light of the shortened time frame. “These young women have done an amazing job,” Osmond said. “It’s hard to get everything to put together so fast.” The performances also involve piano accompaniment. Junior Katrina Bopp, accompanist
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Senior Maran McLeod and freshman Jonathan Henreckson perform in a scene from “Rigoletto.” (Elena Creed/Collegian)
Making it in today’s big, bad art world The economics of the arts from the Hillsdale community perspective Breana Noble Collegian Freelancer Artists are entrepreneurs; they have to market themselves and their work, and experiment and people like. Art as an industry has transformed alongside culture and the contemporary economy. Our Internet age has changed the market and artists have to be creative as they navigate that new frontier. Gallery 49 in Reading, Michigan allows local artists to exhibit, sell, receive feedback on, and gain inspiration for their art, ranging from woodcarvings and mosaics to paintings and photography. Gallery 49 artist Rhonda Peters creates polymer clay sculptures and has written the children’s story “What Does the Monkey Know?” based on a piece she submitted to Grand Rapids’ Art Prize. “Social media is big for me, how to use it and manipulate it to your advantage,” Peters said. “There’s a knack to using Facebook and being friendly about putting your art on there. There’s ways to intrigue people to play with your art as you’re making it and being part of that process.” It is not just the sculpting arts that receive help in marketing
from the Internet, but also actors, designers, and musicians. “More and more of the business is becoming self-promoting,” Professor of Theatre George Angell said. “Your success as a performer is a self-made thing. Every actor needs to have a website, a Twitter account, the online—see what they do online. If you’re in the voice-over business, people put out samples of their voices online and the kinds of voices they do.” While there is a growing focus on self-promotion online, physical galleries aim to help artists transition from promoting themselves as a business to forming a co-op that shares costs. “It’s a lot easier having people coming through the door to us than me loading a trailer and going to the various shows,” handmade paper artist Jan Heckenlively said. Pastel artist Jamee Carpenter agrees. “Being with the gallery provides an opportunity I couldn’t have on my own,” Carpenter said. “I couldn’t afford a gallery this size. The support of having the building, the people doing the work, that’s a big part of it.” The structure of art opportunities has also been transformed by governmental involvement, according to sculpture professor
Anthony Frudakis. Frudakis said in the late 19th and early 20th century, projects like war memorials were made available by private money, coming from people like J.P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie. They supported philanthropic missions and felt the social responsibility to give back. In the past 50 years, however, projects like these have become institutionalized by state, local, and federal organizations, like the National Endowment for the Arts and the General Services Administration, through the “Percent for Art” program. “The danger I see with that is you have people in one region of the country commissioning art for parts of the country which they know very little about,” Frudakis said. “We have a disconnect very often between what the general population’s taste may be and what’s being chosen for them.” There may be a distance-driven disconnect where government and art is concerned, but for the individual, with the help of the Internet, the world of accessible art is growing. “Internet sales have helped artists present and market their fessor of art Sam Knecht said. “We require art majors to establish personal websites. We know of many artists who are enjoying sales of work through the Internet.” Renee Surprenant, technical director in theatre arts, echoed this idea, saying for designers especially, an online portfolio is essential for exposure to potential employers. For theatre, Actors’ Access will personalize opportunities to job-seekers based on their age and interests, according to Angell. However, the Internet has completely transformed the art industry and the opportunities
available to them. For actors, most people performing are working across mediums, not just in theater, but acting. Angell said the greatest challenge for actors is the travel. It’s hard for them to settle down because if they want employment, they’ll probably have to go to different places, unless they live in a place where there is a large market for it, like New York or Los Angeles. Especially for voice-overs and podcasts, the Internet has made it possible to record and work from
home. “If you get a job doing that, you end up doing your recording at home on your computer and sending it in via the Internet instead of going into a studio,” Angell said. “The business is changing. All that stuff is online.” Growth in technology has completely transformed the music industry as well. Chris McCourry is a professor of music and also a part of the McQ5 jazz band that plays for Broad Street Market’s Underground. McCourry lamented the loss of artists making money for their music due to the transition
to digital downloads. “Nowadays there’s no such thing as CD sales anymore,” McCourry said. “It wasn’t that long ago there was such a thing as record sales. People made money selling CDs. All that money went to the artist. That just doesn’t exist anymore. Then how do musicians make money? That’s what it opens up new and better things, but right now there’s a lot of unknown to it.” Musicians can record their work and upload it to YouTube
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To do and see This week
November 6 Count Brady and McQue 5 Broad Street Underground 9:30 p.m. Hillsdale’s own Count Brady Jazz combo featuring the talented Amelia Stieren, vocalist. November 7, 8, and 9 Hillsdale College Opera Workshop McNamara Rehearsal Hall November 7 & 8, 7:30 p.m., November 9, 3 p.m. Come see Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” set in the cold war era. Ticket Reservations Required. November 8 Craft and Gift Bazaar Hillsdale Assembly of God (4075 Beck Road, Jonesville) “Join the craft and gift bazaar!” Unique Handcrafts, Baked Goods, Jewelry & Much more! Lunch will be available from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. For more information call 517-849-2187.
November 8 “Stories in Song” by Sigma Alpha Iota 8 p.m. McNamara Rehearsal Hall The women of Sigma Alpha Iota present their semesterly concert. November 8 Junior Achievement Crazy Bowl Hillsdale Lanes 10 a.m. or 1 p.m. Supporting our Superheroes Crazy Bowl: Hillside Lanes. “Get involved in the Craziest Bowling Event of the season!!” Call Junior Achievement at 517-866782-7828 for more information. November 11 Master Plan Charrette 11 E. Bacon Street 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Do you live or work in the City of Hillsdale? Come and help the City Planning Commission update the future vision of our City. For more information contact Alan Beeker at 517-437-6449.
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Prog Rock and the Liberal Arts: They belong together One of the most overlooked musical genres among students here at Hillsdale is progressive rock. Prog rock is by far the most profound musical genre of the socially conservative people over the past half-century have claimed rock music is merely Satanic and sexualized, in actuality, progressive rock is some of—if not the—best music ever composed. Indeed, progressive rock should be considered a part of the liberal arts, as the supreme form of music, and be studied and enjoyed as such. Some of you might be wondering what exactly is “progressive” rock. Let me reassure you, it has absolutely nothing to do with political progressivism. It is only progressive in that it deviates from traditional rock rhythms and themes. Prog rock is characterized by abnormal time signatures, incredible musicianship, thought provoking lyrics, and long songs that often tell a story. You may be familiar with many of the more “popular” prog bands, such as Rush, Genesis, Muse. Prog rock had its heyday incredible resurgence in the last several years, with bands such as Big Big Train, Transatlantic, and The key difference between prog rock and other forms of rock is the exceptional level of musicianship. Many of the best rock musicians in the world play proPeart, the drummer and lyricist for Rush, is widely considered to be the best drummer in the world. Guitarists like Steve Howe (Yes) are two of the best to ever play the instrument. Bassists like Chris Squire (Yes) and Geddy Lee (Rush) are unequalled in their talents, and Keith Emerson (Emerson, Lake, and Palmer) and Rick Wakeman (Yes) could rival Van Cliburn on the keyboards and piano. Progressive rock combines the classical traditions of music with the upbeat rhythms of rock music. Add in thought proclassical liberalism, and you have a winning combination. The biggest connection between progressive rock and the liberal arts is the lyrics. The classical traditions established by writers such as Augustine, Shakespeare, William Blake, and Charles Dickens are continued in ample, Neal Peart of Rush has often been called a modern day stoic (he is even mentioned in our Western Heritage reader as such). Ayn Rand and libertarianism have
“Anthem,” “Something for Nothand many others. Rush lyrics often tell a story while expounding the classical liberal ideals of freedom and personal responsibility. The chorus of “Something for Nothing” says, “You don’t get something for nothing / You can’t have freedom for free / You won’t get wise / With the sleep still in your eyes / No matter what your dream might be.” This song could be Hillsdale’s theme song. Another prominent example of libertarian, or anarchist, lyrics larly on their album, “The Wall.” “The Wall” screams against overpowering governments, mindcontrolling curriculum, and encroachments on freedom. The album can be summed up in this lyric: “Mother, should I trust the government?” Roger Waters, the bassist, vocalist, and lyricist for
tained a hit song heard on the radio with another song on the opposite side. Soon, whole albums were on vinyl. This brought about the rock and roll tours that promoted the album. Tickets would be sold at inexpensive prices so that the tickets would sell fast. “You wanted the show to sell out right away,” Wolfram said. “You set the price where the demand would exceed supply. So then people say, ‘Oh my gosh, Rolling Stones tour. Wow, it’s should be a good album.’” The introduction of digital CD’s, however, led the way to property rights issues. “You guys would have no qualms copying that CD onto somebody else’s computer, but they would not steal the same CD from Checker Records,” Wolfram said. Spotify and Internet downloads only increase the amount of free music, one of the reasons singer Taylor Swift pulled all her
Artists are as unique as the very work they create. That’s why this coming spring, Hillsdale College art department looks to give the students a chance to showcase and present their work in the ninth annual Art Thematic Competition. This year’s department picked theme will be “Stages of Life.” With this title as a guideline, students are free to interpret the meaning however they choose and let their imaginations run wild. “We concentrate our classes so much on teaching people proper technique and craftsmanship in the course so that they can become artists, but this is kind of a way of allowing people to bring more of their personality into their work,” Art Department Chair Barbara Bushey said. “That’s why we started it.” Along with the new theme for the year comes the new format for the competition. While in previous years all mediums were judged in bulk, this year, judges
plan on splitting the entries into three media sections: drawings and paintings, photography and graphic design, and sculpture. The winner of each section will Students looking to enter the competition must be enrolled in a studio art class either currently or in the spring. All entries are due Art major senior Kinsey Devenport said she looks forward to working with the theme and seeing what she and other students can come up with. “There are so many options with this theme,” Devenport said. “Whether it’s a stage of life or the various stages, it could be a series of images or even one powerful image. I’m wondering how the other competitors will take this subject and apply their own creativity as well as their own knowledge and create an image, painting, photograph, graphic design or sculpture that represents life.” The professors in the art department will judge the competition. As a result, students are not allowed to consult the teachers for ideas for the show and will
work completely independently. “We wanted the production to be entirely on their own, because we meddle with their work in class all the time. So this is an opportunity for them to make whatever decisions they want to make – mistakes or glorious work – all on their own.” “I think its important to push yourself as an artist to do private work and not just your class assignments,” Ahern said. “Competitions are unique opportunities that you don’t get all the time, so we should take advantage of them.” Students are already looking for the unique twist and outlook that will spark the judges’ interest. Ahern said she looks to take a very different approach both in the interpretation of the theme as well as her use of glasswork for a medium. “I have this picture in my head that I have tried to draw over and over again, but I can’t quite get it what I want it to be yet,” Ahern said. Devenport said she plans on doing a photographic piece for the show to display but doesn’t want to give too much away.
“These competitions give us as student’s subject matter that we have to use our creativity to come up with something that we think would impress our professors,” Devenport said. “It makes it a more interesting competition knowing that the professors are going to be the ones to decide who wins. They are the ones who see our work constantly and we are forced to do something that they haven’t seen before.” Bushey said she encourages everyone interested to enter the competition. “It just seems to me that it would be foolish not to enter, because if you’re an artist you should be making art all the time, and when you hand it in even if you don’t win it’s not like we will just throw it out the window,” she said. “This is supposed to be a learning experience ultimately. So you have this opportunity to have our input, even if you didn’t win, to sort of get into the habit of for a different theme and just seeing how good you are.”
“Alexander”: A very bad day, in review
and tripping on his skateboard as England by the Pound,” the band he climbs out of bed. But when embraces their English heritage while exploring new frontiers musically, lyrically, and thematically. The album, along with
Alexander tells his upbeat family about the misadventures of
sympathy. He begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him: his brother is dating the cutest girl in the whole school, his sister is a rising theatre star, his father is and his mother is about to be promoted. He soon learns that he’s not alone when his brother, sister, living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Alexander discovers he isn’t the only one who ever has the bad other side of luck sometimes.
gins in Alexander’s bedroom, where we see the familiar mishaps that kicked off his bummer day. Through much of the beginning, the movie follows the book
with only minor changes. What make’s the movie a potential blockbuster is it’s continuation of Viorst’s story. The viewer is taken past Alexander’s horrible day and continues on to the next day, when it’s able to get clever and change things up a bit. With Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner heading the cast, as dad and mom, the movie stays on par. Throughout the story, family proves to be the most important thing in life, although it often acts as a double edged sword. There are constant situations in which the family integrity is damaged, but it is always accompanied by an attempt to hold the family together. Carell, the forever-optimistic glue that holds the family together, at one point is forced to admit his own defeat and submit to the fact that everyone has bad days once in a while. It’s a classic
scenario that many families have experienced before—that’s why the message sticks. Not only is Carell trying to keep the family together like a good father should, Alexander is constantly battling his own popularity in his elementary school with another kid in his same grade. A classic elementary battle unfolds consisting of who’s got the coolest stuff, or the newest toy, or the most rad parents: a thing many young children can relate to. Alexander is a movie that anyone who has ever had a family or been a part of one can relate too. It’s a classic children’s story that contains lessons and familiar humor anyone can enjoy.
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Broadway,” is pure poetry in a very classical sense of the word. Their albums tell a story in a moving way that few bands have been able to approach. In the end, progressive rock embraces philosophy, history, literature, and musical virtuosity in a way unlike any other genre of music. It combines all aspects of the liberal arts in a profound way, and it begs the listener to experience the western heritage in a completely new way. Join me in appreciating the truly wonderful world of progressive rock, and prepare to be blown away by some of the best music ever recorded. Bryan Morey is a junior studying history. He is from Chicago.
art econ easily today, which increases competition, according to Gary Wolfram, a professor of economics whose son works in the music industry.Wolfram explained how
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in-your-face anti-establishment Nathan Prigmore lyrics. Collegian Reporter Not only do prog bands embrace the ideas of classical liberalism, but they also feature the “Alexander and the Terrible, great works of the liberal past in Horrible, No Good, Very Bad their music. Emerson, Lake, and Day” by Judith Viorst is the clasPalmer used William Blake’s sic children’s story chronicling a most unfortunate series of events album, “Brain Salad Surgery.” one day in Alexander’s life. Now Rush based their song “Xanadu” a major motion picture, Disney on Samuel Coleridge’s poem, has made Viorst’s beloved story “Kubla Khan,” and Iron Maiden’s song “Rime of the Ancient such as Steve Carell and Jennifer Mariner” was derived directly Garner to continue the tale for from Coleridge’s poem of the today’s children. same name. Examples abound of - exander experiences the most cal liberal backgrounds. terrible and horrible day of his Genesis is probably the best young life. Mirroring the book, example of the connection be- the story begins with Alexandar tween prog and the liberal arts.
is blatantly clear in Rush’s lyrics,
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Chandler Ryd Collegian Freelancer er and director David Ayer (“End of Watch”) explores familiar war-movie territory: the brotherly bonds of soldiers in combat. While a few questionable directing decisions disrupt the tone of off an affecting WWII drama due to compelling acting on all fronts and religiously-charged cinematography that combine to subvert the prevalent war-movie stereotypes. many, as the Allies make one the Nazi forces. Brad Pitt plays Don ‘Wardaddy’ Collier, a paternal tank-commander with the heavy burden of his soldiers’ lives upon his scarred shoulders, while big-name actors like Shia LaBeouf, Michael Peña, and Jon
Lerman portrays the naive Normusic from Spotify Monday. man Ellison, a typist forced into Since music is now essential- front-lines combat with little ly free, the music sells the tour. Listeners enjoy the songs they download, which makes them want to see the performance live. Consumers purchase experiences today.The tour is not duplicable, so musicians can sell tickets for Rachel Solomito “Now you can buy single Collegian Reporter songs, like they were doing in
training. The emotional tension namic between Ellison and Collier, while the plot follows an its crew, as it battles through Germany against the technologically superior Nazi tanks, ending in an overtly-heroic sequence taking place at a rural intersection that evokes religious imagery. Ayer nails his tone from the opening shot when Collier wrestles to the ground and brutalizes a Nazi commander riding a white tank carcasses. It’s a poignant intentionally dirty color palate while painting Pitt’s character as a tormented soul broken by the horrors of war. Collier returns to his tank and together the crew leaves as the sole survivors of the such engagements in no small part due to Collier’s no-manleft-behind attitude. When Ellison joins the squad, the group is afraid his inexperience will lead to all of their deaths. Lerman, playing the narrative
SAI offers “Stories in Song”
what’s coming back? Records. Go down to Checker Records. You can buy a vinyl right now. Now that’s the new thing again. You have a vinyl record you can look at, you can hold it. Where now we’re saying the experience not digital, so it’s going to sound a little bit different, and you have a physical object.” Perhaps this cycle of everything old is new again will continue to persist, but one thing is for sure: with the advances in technology, the business of art will never be the same. “In the old days, there were barriers to entry,” Wolfram said. “Today, there’s lots of ways to enter the industry.”
On Saturday, the women of SAI music fraternity will host their bi-annual music concert at 8pm in McNamara Hall. The concert is held every semester and is free for all to attend. This semester’s theme is Stories in Song. The concert features individual or group acts as well as an opening and closing number by the women of SAI. This year, the opening feature is an original acapella medley com“I noticed that a lot of other acapella groups in other colleges have someone who writes their arrangements.” said Liu. “I thought that was really exciting and it was something I wanted to try. I wanted to put together something that would capture how much music does and that
could be sung by the girls in SAI. one’s needs was kind of a chalhearsals were just glorious.” Past SAI concert themes have included “Women in Music” and “American Music”, but the director —or song mistress— of the concert, senior Anna Schumacher, chose “Stories in Song” because it represents a wide range of music that everyone can enjoy. “They like to sing songs from musicals or movies or Celtic ballads, a lot of songs that tell stories,” Schumacher said. “So I thought this theme would cover that.” Schumacher said that the effort put into preparing for the concert took weeks but that attendance is always strong. The SAI concert is on Saturday, November 15th, at 8 p.m. in McNamara Hall. Tickets are not required.
a transformative performance. We see him break his pretty-boy typecast as he grows throughout tant to heroic under the harsh tutelage of ‘Wardaddy’ Collier and the teasing of Grady ‘Koon-Ass’ Travis (Bernthal). Pitt gives a characteristically strong performance when we see silent torment in Collier’s eyes, who is simultaneously reminiscent of both But Travis, Swan (LaBeouf), and Garcia (Peña) all contribute to Ellison’s transformation. Seeing Swan, a scripture-reciting Christian, praying over dead bodies at the end of a battle is especially moving. The cinematography consistently incorporates slow-pans and zooms around the word the tank to emphasize the brotherhood of the soldiers. Tension builds through methodical battles by juxtaposing the danger of war with the safety of the tank, like in a high-point of action when
third act, the squad becomes one with each other and with the tank as Ellison proves his worth as a soldier. soldiers stop in a neutral German town and they interact with the German women. The scene gives character development for the main crew, but the foreigners ultimately prove expendable and are written off as cheap plotdevices rather than actual characters, which sullies the dramatic tone. And, even though conclusion is affecting in its own right, it feels gratuitously heroic when compared to the dark atmosphere post-climax moments, however, tie the ending to the beginning in a way that makes the whole endeavor feel complete. feels cohesive and properly emotional, with many scenes—inclimactic battle—haunting us long after the fade to black.
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opera From B1 important balance between the instrumental and vocal components of opera. “Singers take their cues from accompaniment, so the piano part has to be heard,” Bopp said. “The singers also need to project over the piano so that the audience can hear their voices.” Between group rehearsals and individual practice, the twenty singers participating in Opera Workshop put in many hours each week honing their vocal skills. In addition to the blocking, learning character, and memorizing lines, opera provides additional challenges for the singers involved. Several of in foreign languages, requiring the performers to be especially creative in their performances. son, who plays the lead in “The “Rigoletto,” notes the challenge
foreign language poses for the singers. In addition to learning pronunciation, the singers must effectively perform the opera for an English-speaking audience. “Only a few people in the audience will understand the ally have to portray the words through the emotion in our voice and our body posture,” he said. Months of hard work have prepared for the performances, with many of the actors rehearsing several times a week for their scenes. Overall, the work-intensive process has been rewarding for those involved. “My casts have been fantassaid. “I’ve been blown away by the the huge strides they’ve made from week to week. It’s been fun to see how they’ve taken my direction and run with it.”
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Hillsdale takes care of vets
Best Liberal Arts Colleges for Veterans
U.S. News and World Report ranked Hillsdale College as the nation’s best liberal arts school for veterans Phil DeVoe Collegian Reporter In a list created by U.S. News and World Report this year, Hillsdale College was ranked as the best liberal-arts college in the country for veterans to attend. Currently, 11 men who are veterans or in the reserves attend Hillsdale College; two of the men have spent their fall semester in Washington, D.C. for the Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program. “Hillsdale has a good relationship with veterans, mostly because of our school’s history with the Civil War and the men we philosophy,” Director of Admissions Doug Banbury said. “That’s a big reason I feel that veterans want to come here.” For Jared Jordan, a paralegal in the U.S. Army Reserves, studying economics at Hillsdale was just as important as living close to his family. “I have given thought to law school after Hillsdale because of Hillsdale’s history with outstanding LSAT performances,” Jordan said. Jordan is grateful to Hillsdale for the option it provides in lieu
of the GI Bill. “The reality is we’re replacing the GI Bills for these folks,” said nancial aid. “Eight or nine years military scholarship. Since that time donors have come forward with the funding for military scholarships. We can guarantee vets free tuition, room, board, and even books for some.” Students like Jordan appreciate these scholarships because it allows them to save their GI Bill Eric Hodgdon, a reserve corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps said that once he decided Hillsdale was the school for him, the only obstacle was money. Since the college does not take GI Bill ey, he was concerned about paying his way through school. “I didn’t know how much they’d make up for the GI bill aid letter telling me that I didn’t owe the college anything, I was overjoyed,” Hodgdon said. Daniel Pierce, an Army infantryman in the 82nd Airborne from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, knew he wanted to attend Hillsdale from the alumni connections
and his Michigan home. “I had heard lots of great things about the education and due to some very generous donations I was able to come here without any of my military ben-
drills. While Hodgdon’s teachers give him extremely generous due dates and gratuitous leeway, other students must deal with instructor disinterest in helping military students. “Once, a teacher let me turn in a paper two days after the semester ended, because drill forced me to miss the due date,” Hodgdon said. “This is something you don’t see many other places.” Although they all come from different backgrounds, Hodgdon said that there’s something special about their shared experiences serving their country. “I don’t need a fraternity,” Hodgdon said. “I already have my brothers in the military.”
The ultimate bribe In 1844, Hillsdale locals bribed trustees to move the college from Spring Arbor for $15,000
Many wonder why Hillsdale College resides in the middle of nowhere. While our small, southcentral city of Hillsdale, boasting a population of 8,000, can hardly be considered a metropolis today, it was formerly considered a prime location, a leading reason why the college moved in 1853. “The college was fortunate in its location,” Hillsdale College alumnus H.M. Ford said in 1910. The college was originally founded under the name Michigan Central College in 1844 by a group of Freewill Baptists and then moved to the village of Hillsdale in 1853. Other than those simple facts, few realize that the college’s trustees deliberately
“More towns failed than survived and more colleges failed than survived.” chose to move the school to Hillsdale for both its ideal location and the town’s bribe of $15,000. As described in college historian Arlan K. Gilbert’s book, “Historical Hillsdale College: Pioneer in Higher Education 18441900,” Michigan Central College was formed as a frontier college, only seven years after Michigan entered into the Union, and overcame many obstacles before settling in its present location. Gilbert describes the environment in which the college was founded: “People were few and they were poor. Travel was hard, as life was hard. Every institution of frontier society was conditional; more towns failed than survived, and many more colleges failed than survived. They hung on by threads — often the threads of accidental politics, as whether a railroad decided to build through the town — but mostly they hung on by the will of the founders,” he said. In 1850 more than 98 percent of Michigan’s population lived in the southern quarter of the state, which directed considerations for sites to build the college. Spring Arbor extended the most appealing offer to the college: 210 acres of land. The trustees chose to name the institution Michigan Central College (over Spring Arbor Seminary) and opened the school in Spring Arbor. Despite its humble beginnings, Michigan Central outgrew Spring Arbor’s resources, and college president Edmund Fairhalf miles separating Spring Arbor from the railroad stinted the
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Laura Williamson Collegian Reporter Although she hails from Los Angeles, California, new Assistant Professor of Psychology Jeri Little isn’t dreading the impending winter. After three years of living in St. Louis, Missouri, she is used to seeing snow on the ground. “I’m an optimist,” she said. “We have snow in St. Louis. Last winter was hard on us, just as it a normal Michigan winter. I think that I can become more prepared for a hard Michigan winter.”
John P. Cook, a college trustee, was among the group that chose Hillsdale as the school’s new location. (Photo Courtesy of the Hillsdale Historical Society)
school’s growth. On Jan. 5, 1853, the board of trustees voted 9 to 2 to move the college to a better location and formed a committee to begin the search. Following the decision, the board selected Jackson, Adrian, Coldwater, Hillsdale, and Marshall as potential places to move. It was by accident that Hillsdale became the forerunner. One moving process, Professor Ransom Dunn, was traveling through Hillsdale during a snowstorm on Jan. 14, 1853 when he stopped at the Hillsdale House and asked for names of citizens “interested in education.” By the next day, three citizens took Dunn to examine four potential building sites for the college. When Dunn overlooked what is now campus, he saw a “half-cleared pasture surrounded by a split-rail fence.” Although Dunn was convinced, the site committee stipulated that the new college community must contribute $15,000 toward the school’s construction. While many at Michigan Central favored Jackson because it was one of the four largest towns in the state, the committee rejected its bid because locals did not align with the college’s abolitionist values. When Coldwater only offered the college $10,000, the committee turned to Hillsdale, which agreed to the desired $15,000. Also attractive to the site committee was Hillsdale’s prime location on the Michigan Southern $1 million in 1853. Hillsdale was terminus with large warehouses,
the village became the shipping point for three counties,” Gilbert said. In 20 years, it would also become a stop on the trunk line from New York to Chicago. In addition, Hillsdale County boasted the Chicago Military Road, now U.S. 12, the primary route into southern Michigan. A “gentlemen’s agreement based on honor” on Feb. 16, 1853 tion. By May, the county’s residents raised their goal contribution, a large part of which came from congressman Esbon Blackmar. He gave 25 acres for campus property and $500 in cash, but he stipulated that the land must always be used for education and that Hillsdale County residents compose the majority of college trustees. In total, township citizens contributed $22,500 to the construction and another $7,000 came from village residents. The village reaped immediate Land as far as seven miles from Hillsdale” rose in value by $2 per acre and population doubled between 1850 and 1860. Yet, as received “is not to be estimated by the magnitude of buildings or endowments, but by the increase of mental power and moral force.”
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year in the Psychology department, and she has already nestled into campus life. “I like Hillsdale a lot. I really thought I would like it a lot but I like my job more than I thought,” Little said. While Hillsdale is Little’s tion, she has taught before. Little taught at her alma mater, University of California Los Angeles, right after graduate school. Little said that she appreciates the smaller classes here. At UCLA her classes were at least 50 students. “I just really like the change to get to know students better and to have more interactive classes,” Little said. This semester Little is teaching two introductory classes and one cognitive psychology class,
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Pierce loves that Hillsdale has an accepting community for veterans, something that other schools seem to lack. Some of the men in Hodgdon’s care face problems with paper due dates and
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her speciality. “I’m interested in the education aspects or implications of cognitive psychology. So cognitive psychology is the study of how we perceive, remember, how we think about the world, how we make decisions about the world on the basis, largely, of our prior experiences. The implications of that for education are pretty clear,” Little said. Even though cognitive psychology is her area of concentration, Little said that she still loves teaching introductory psychology classes. “The topics that we explore in intro are a little more broad and we get to explore nature vs. nurture and determinism vs.. free will, these kinds of broader things. That’s kind of fun and interesting,” she said. In addition to teaching, Little is also conducting research. She is working with four different students, exploring her interests in cognitive psychology and its implications for education. The students also had a hand in choosing and developing the projects. Senior Elisabeth Wolcott is conducting research with Little and has enjoyed the process. “I’ve had a great experience working with Dr. Little. She’s fun to work with and is passionate about her research. I’m really thankful for the opportunity to gain more experience and to work with someone with a background in both teaching and professional research,” Wolcott said. Kari McArthur, head of Hills-
Jeri Little dale’s psychology department, is also glad that Little is here. “She’s a great asset to the department,” McArthur said. Professor McArthur also said that Little’s research is not just relevant to the department but is also applicable to other disciplines. Little has found things about Hillsdale that she loves. “I like to run and I found the Baw Beese trail that goes past the lakes and I love it. When I was living in St. Louis, I didn’t have anything, any running place, that I liked as much as that,” Little said. Even though Little doesn’t mind the snow and has found a running route, there are some things that she misses about big city living. Three of which she can list off immediately: Target, Trader Joe’s, and Whole Foods.
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Cross did not begin climbing until after he graduated from his undergraduate studies. Parell has a unique reason as to why she began climbing. “I really got interested when I watched Princess Diaries, because in the beginning when she goes and she climbs this wall I
thought, ‘Wow, that’s so cool, I want to be like her’,” Parell said. “She’s also the princess of Genovia, so she’s a really strong and powerful woman, so ever since I watched that movie I always wanted to climb.” No matter your skill level, climbing presents more than simply a physical challenge.
“There’s a lot of puzzling and a lot of thinking involved,” Cross said. “You’re trying to use your strength, but your body position to get up the wall.” So if you’re up for a mental and physical challenge, try to conquer Hillsdale’s new climbing wall.
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during his cornerstone laying speech that July 4, “The cordiality, the unanimity, and the liberality with which they [Hillsdale residents] have contributed to the erection of the building whose cornerstone is now to be laid, have not often been paralleled in the history of such institutions.”
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Student climbers scale the new rock wall in the Roche Sports Complex.
Climbing isn’t just a means of exercise. For many, it’s a passion. Although rock climbing in Michigan can be tough, the addition of a rock climbing wall in the Roche sports complex has given student climbers an easy way to continue doing what they love. The rock climbing wall, which opened this semester, is open seven days a week. It is supervised by students who have a passion for climbing. “I grew up climbing everything there was to climb,” said freshman Cassidy Syftestad, wall logistics supervisor for the climbing wall. “I live in California, so I’m near Tahoe and there are a lot of mountains, rocks, and boulders to climb. I started bouldering when I was pretty young.” Bouldering is a form of outdoor climbing. As the name implies, it generally takes place on boulders or other smaller rocks, so climbers are closer to the ground. There are no harnesses or ropes involved. The only equipment needed is a crash pad to prevent injury from falls and climbing shoes if wanted. “It’s the cheapest form of rock climbing,” said junior Taylor Flowers. “I’ve done that in Colorado up in Rocky Mountain National Park near Colorado Springs, and also a little bit in Montana.” gan prevents climbers from beclimb around Hillsdale, but they make do with what they have. The closest climbing gym to Hillsdale is Planet Rock in Ann Arbor. “That’s a really good place to go if you want something more advanced,” said sophomore Cecily Parell, special events supervisor for the climbing wall. Parell started a rock climbing club at her high school and is eager for the opportunity to possibly start one here.
“I would like to at some point go forward with making a rock climbing club here,” she said. “I would be sure that we had outings.” Student workers at the wall also are in charge of creating new scale called the Yosemite Decimal Scale to describe a route’s of the scale ranges from 5.4 to 5.14. A 5.4 route is a route that is protected and has good holds for both hands and feet. A 5.14 route, on the other hand, has yet to be climbed. “I just put up a 5.11 route which is pretty dang tough,”
“I get to the wall as often as studies will allow.” Parell said. “It stumped our best climber so that’s really exciting.” Graduate student Peter Cross, however, was able to conquer Parell’s 5.11 route. “I get [to the climbing wall] as often as studies will allow,” Cross said. “Climbing is more than just a workout. It requires both thought and physical strength which I really like.” While climbers can enjoy attempting new routes on the climbing wall here, indoor climbing simply doesn’t compare to the real deal. the wall here but it would be good to make a trip to Ann Arbor,” Parell said. “The wall here is pretty small and there’s not a lot of variety, but we’ll be setting and resetting routes.” “Outdoor sport climbing is ideal,” Cross said. “There’s nothing like trying to ascend an 80-foot rock, especially if it’s exposed and you’ve got a great view.”
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Pens and pearls Amanda Tindall News Editor Driving along U.S. 12, going into Allen, Michigan, a little green sign reads, “Antique Capital.” Here, I began my adventure to search for antiques. Antiquing becomes increasingly fascinating, even with everyday things, when the seeker realizes that each little thing — a strand of glass pearls, a fountain pen, or a pair of bifocals — has a distinct story behind it. In some sense, it gives a glimpse of a world past. As I walked into Pastiche Antiques in the Preston Gaslight Antique Village just outside of Allen, Mary Parrett, the owner, sat in the middle of what seemed like a somewhat cluttered, but still lovely home. All the kitchen supplies had a home in the kitchen, a small living room with vintage furniture Parrett said she has worked with antiques almost her whole life. She and her business partner do estate sales, which often adds to the Pastiche collection. “Antiques are anything that is
more than 100 years old,” Parrett said. “Vintage is more than around 50 years old, or something like the things from the ‘40s and ‘50s. Retro is from the ’60s and ’70s. Collectables can be things from businesses that even still produce, like Coca-Cola, BigBoy dolls, or M&M products. In the other building, Coke the shelves. Because of the close proximity to campus, some students enjoy the search for vintage things on the weekend. “Antiquing has all the opportunity of thrifting, but with the added curiosity of what century your great buy just came from,” junior Meg Prom said. “An old watch, fake pearls, anonymous stereographs, even just plain silverware are all imbued with the dignity of their continued survival through forgotten years. Maybe that’s a little melodramatic, but it’s also a fascinating way to pop some tags.” Unfortunately, I can’t specialize in $3,000 mint-condition carriages, but for now, the large collection of pearls and fountain pens will work.
(From left to right) Senior Annie Teigen, Anna Saewert, and senior Caroline Green pose before chasing down the living for the Zombie Run 5k at Hayden Park on a wet Halloween evening. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)
CHRISTY ALLEN, JUNIOR Describe your fashion sense. Pretty classic over all. Nothing too extreme in any direction. What is your most embarrassing item of clothing? A Justin Bieber “My World” T-shirt. What is your biggest fashion pet peeve? When girls get all dressed up and wear a workout headband. What is your favorite item of clothing? My Kate Spade nude pumps that look like Kate Middleton’s. Who inspires your wardrobe? I try to look as much like the people inside the J. Crew catalogue as possible. No shame. Photos by Anders Kiledal
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