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Jillian Melchior back from Iraq Morgan Delp Editor-in-Chief

Iraqi area, the people were proAmerican and very welcoming to her. She said many felt let down by America, and she agreed. “It morally bothers me that a commitment was made by America, and then we abandoned them,” she said. Melchior recounted with great passion stories of traumatized children who only speak and draw pictures of the return of ISIS to their communities, and men who cannot sleep with-

After being captured, raped, and beaten by ISIS, 19-year-old Amshed escaped to Kurdistan with her 2-year-old son, but her husband was likely killed recounted the horrors of her torture and escape to National Review correspondent Jillian Kay Melchior `09, but when she tried to speak about the loss of her husband — the love of her life — she broke down and could not speak. “It’s too painful,” Amshed’s friend said. On Monday evening, Melchior shared with Hillsdale students and faculty the personal stories of Amshed and other refugees she encountered during a 10-day reporting trip in September to Kurdistan, in northern Iraq. By traveling there, Melchior sought to tell the stories of the individuals affected by ISIS and the plight of Christian refu-

Jillian Melchior `09 spoke to students on Monday about her personal experiences as a journalist in Iraq. (Courtesy of Jillian Melchior)

gees, as opposed to the grandiose political outlook upon which most coverage of the situation focuses. “People tend to become statistics, not individuals,” Melchior said.

Melchior spoke to the religious persecution Christians and Yazidi Iraqis face at the hands of ISIS, and voiced her disappointment in America’s handling of the situation. She said in Kurdistan, a relatively safe part of the

their heads. However, she spoke of moments of hope and triumph of spirit of the Iraqi people as well. “Whenever I travel, I always buy honey for my mom, because it is supposed to taste different everywhere you go,” she said. “The honey vendor from America. He said, ‘Say hi to Obama for me! Thank you for the airstrikes!’” As an accomplished world traveler with a strong sense of

wanderlust, Melchior has traveled to China and Ukraine, writing about religious persecution and political situations in both areas. Before Melchior transferred to Hillsdale, she partook in a media tour through Japan and Korea for a few weeks. This whet her appetite for world politics and allowed her to focus on her passion while at Hillsdale, where she majored in politics and edited the Opinions page of the Collegian. Her favorite courses at Hillsdale were Professor of Politics Will Morrissey’s American Foreign Policy and Comparative Politics, where she enjoyed learning about different world dictators. “Some students go through college and take assignments as objects in an obstacle course, to get over and to get to the next step. She really came to college to learn,” Morrissey said. “For example, she would read

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Hillsdale: Is the debt worth it? Hillsdale’s student debt is nearly $4,000 below the Michigan average

Kate Patrick Assistant Editor Hillsdale College students should graduate with more debt than most colleges because Hillsdale is a private institution and therefore more expensive, according to national statistics and dozens the trend. The Student Debt Project by The Institude for College Access and Success released its ninth annual report Nov. 13, announcing that now in six states, the average college student graduates with more than $30,000 in student loan debt. According to the data, only one state — New Mexico — averages less than $20,000 in student loan debt per graduate, with the national average of student debt per graduate at $28,400. According to a 2013 Student Loan Affordability report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, “there are more than 38 million student loan borrowers with over $1.1 trillion in debt.” Michigan is the state with the eighthhighest average amount of student debt, reporting $29,583 per graduate. This in-

cludes public and private institutions. While Hillsdale ranks about $4,000 lower than the state average, among private institutions alone it ranks even lower. Calvin College and Hope College claim an average debt of $34,978 and $30,289 respectively, according to the report. Because private colleges’ costs of attendance are higher than the costs of

public institutions, students who graduate from private institutions — like Hillsdale College — are more likely to have in paying off their debt, negotiating payment plans, and applying for home mortgages. Director of Financial Aid Rich Moeggenberg said the average amount of

Student debt per graduate $30,000

Michigan average including public and private

$29,583

National average including public and private

$28,400 Hillsdale College

$25,502

$25,000

debt per student in the 2014 graduating class was $25,502, which is lower than the average student debt per student of most private institutions. “Our purpose is to make a Hillsdale education affordable. It is part of the recruiting process,” Moeggenberg said. “We’re unique. We’re one of three schools in the country who doesn’t accept federal aid. If you look at tuition costs compared to other private colleges, we’re very competitive.” Hillsdale graduate Will Wegert `12 majored in marketing and now runs his own business, Cold Collar, which assists job seekers with resume building and job hunting. Wegert said he believes students should choose to take out loans only if they truly believe in the education they are to receive. “Few people consider how much it’s of that is,” Wegert said. “My biggest concern is that people never seem to think about the value in it, they just do it because everyone else is doing it. In our parents’ generation, if you got a college degree, you could move forward. In our generation, it can help, but it also [might]

Husband of college employee dies Morgan Delp Editor-in-Chief A Hillsdale County man and husband of a Hillsdale College employee was killed in a singlecar crash yesterday morning on a road near Hillsdale. Brian Gillette, 67, of Osseo, Michigan, was the husband of Claudia Gillette, aide to the athletic director of Hillsdale College. Gillette was a retiree of Hillsdale Tool, and is survived by three children, Megan Pauken, Matt Gillette, and Michael Gillette, and one grandchild, Elliot Pauken. Yesterday was Gillette’s birthday. “He was just a very loving man. He was a wonderful man. We know he’s gone to heaven,” Claudia Gillette said last night. “We appreciate everyone’s prayers. Our Hillsdale College family means the world to our family.” Gillette was driving a 2006 Chevy Equinox eastbound on Reading Road near Foust Road just after 9 a.m. when he lost control, drove off the road, and struck a tree, according to a Michigan State Police press release sent last night to the Collegian by Lt. Mardella Horhn. Michigan State Police troopers were dispatched to the scene. Gillette was wearing his seatbelt according to police and pronounced dead at the scene. Yesterday, moderate amounts of snow fell throughout the area and some roads were slippery. Many in the athletic department grieve the Gillette family’s loss. “They are such a part of the Charger family and our heart hurts for them,” Head Women’s Tennis Coach Nicole Walbright said last night. The Hillsdale Rural Fire Department, the Woodbridge Township Fire Department, the Reading Township Fire Department, and the Reading Emergency Unit also responded. “Remind everyone that you love them so much,” Walbright said. “Claudia means so much to everyone in the athletic department. We’re here for her in this time.” The incident is still under investigation, the state police report said.

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Bon Appétit partners with local farmers

ing toward people who appreciate it.” After turning down a position to work in Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto’s New York restaurant, professional chef Ezra Bertakis and his wife Mary moved back to his grandparents’ farm with hopes for a “more country life.” “We wanted a more wholesome life that had meaning and where we could reach more people,” Mary Bertakis said. “It

Macaela Bennett City News Editor

In six minutes SAB sold 100 tickets for the new Hunger Games movie. On Tuesday, freshman Dugan Delp set up a table in the Grewcock Student Union and prepared to sell students $1 tickets for the movie, playing Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Premiere Theatre in Hillsdale. “We just wanted to offer the students a way to see the movie for a cheaper price,” Director of Student Activities Anthony Manno said. (Photo Courtesy of Anthony Manno)

To accomplish its goal of primarily using locally-grown ingredients, Bon Appétit is partnering with Hillsdale farmers like Ezra and Mary Bertakis, owners of Chef’s Way Organic Farms. Located at 5788 Cole Road, Chef’s Way is a 112-acre farm 15 minutes from campus, and it will soon provide Bon Appétit with all-organic ingredients as part of Bon Appétit’s Farm to Fork initiative. Before choosing to partner with farms like Chef’s Way, Bon Appétit General Manager Jeffrey Every and Executive Chef Steve Hickman visit the potential farms and tour the plots of land from which they’d purchase food. After meeting the Bertakises and tasting some of their vegetables, Hickman looks forward to using their ingredients at Hillsdale.

Chef’s Way farmers Jim, Ezra, and Mary Bertakis. (Macaela Bennett/Collegian)

Hickman said. “That’s amazing that we have this [Chef’s Way] in Hillsdale’s backyard. They’re knowledgeable, passionate, and excited like us. We know they’re putting their hearts in the vegetables, and that’s the same thing we’ll do when we cook them.” The Bertakises’ eagerness to

partner with Bon Appétit matches Hickman’s excitement to use Chef’s Way ingredients. “Bon Appétit is pretty picky with what food they take, and we want to work with people who have high standards,” Mary Bertakis said. “It’s rewarding for us to know our food will be go-

Yorkers, and Ezra always had a call to come back to the farm. Now, we want to set the bar for how to do professional organic farming.” Former owners of the farm land, Ezra Bertakis’s grandparents also believed in the importance of natural growing and never used pesticides or chemicals on the land. The Bertakises want to use this focus on organic growing coupled with Ezra’s culinary background to grow top-notch produce for chefs like

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INSIDE Bright students abroad Update on Hillsdale’s Fulbright scholars. A3

Heap of history Piles of historical Hillsdale

Men’s basketball shows promise in season opener against the University of Michigan. A8

The Misanthrope arrives The Tower Players opened their new show Wednesday and it will run through Saturday. B1

City approves fiber optics contract Hillsdale City Council approved a contract between BPU and ACD.net Monday. A6

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Greek life Students weigh the pros and cons of going Greek. A5

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Seniors Ryan Richert, Richard Willis, Evan Bach, and Linsday Kostrzewa volunteer to help low-income families file taxes through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. (Breana Noble/Collegian)

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Update on 2014 Fulbright students

Jordan Finney Collegian Reporter Last year, 2014 alumni Evan Gage and Emily Goodling were each awarded one of the most prestigious honors for undergraduates: The Fulbright scholarship. Gage graduated from Hillsdale College with a double major in English and history and a religion minor. After basking in the beauty of Anatolia during a monthlong Hillsdale Honors Program trip the summer before, he applied for the J. William Fulbright Student Award — and got it. Today, Gage lives in Tokat, Turkey, teaching and designing courses in English language

and literature, and United States culture as part of his 10-month teaching assistantship. He teachsitesi, a well-known university nestled in Anatolia’s Black Sea region. “Evan has exactly the right personality to do well as a Fulbright recipient,” Associate Professor of German and Hillsdale’s Fulbright adviser Fred Yaniga said. “Hillsdale is strong in providing what Fulbright looks for: A strong background in the liberal arts, someone who writes and speaks very well.” A Fulbright scholarship was also offered to Goodling, a double major in German and classics. She declined the Fulbright award and accepted the German Academic Exchange Service,

an equally-prestigious accolade that pays for Goodling to get a two-year graduate degree in comparative literature from Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz — and provides funds for a living stipend, insurance coverage, and travel expenses. “I’ve been in Germany for alto believe!” Goodling said in an email. “In so many ways it feels like home — I love the culture and the people and the language. At the same time, however, there are dozens of little things that remind me how foreign it all still is — like the fact that I can’t buy proper peanut butter anywhere.” Goodling spent part of the summer working as an assistant for Hillsdale’s summer program in Würzburg — tutoring Hills-

dale College students, sight-seeing in Germany, chatting about literature, and drinking wine in old cafés. For the rest of summer, she worked on a vegetable farm in Kulmbach, a tiny town near the border of Bavaria and the Czech Republic, where she felt at home cooking three meals a day for Bavarian farmers. “The past few months, in

rent students will be encouraged by Gage and Goodling’s success and apply for the scholarship. Interested second-semester juniors should be in touch with him during the spring semester to discuss their applications. “We’ve broken the ice. We had two Fulbright offers last year, and I think a lot more can follow,” he said. “Hillsdale stu-

me realize the excellence of my Hillsdale education, and of the German department in particular,” she said in an email. “I can honestly say that I know very few foreign students here at the university who speak better German than the students in my graduating class last year. That’s something to be proud of.” Yaniga said that he hopes cur-

the best students in the country. All of our applicants this year have made very strong proposals and I won’t be surprised if we have one or multiple winners.” This year, six Hillsdale College seniors have applied for the Fulbright teaching assistantship uador, Guatemala, Luxembourg,

Forum wins design award for second time in four years Bailey Pritchett Spotlight Editor After a quick trip to Dallas, Texas, The Hillsdale Forum walked away with its second award for Best Layout and Design in four years. The Forum is a studentrun opinion magazine funded by the Collegiate Network, a long-running program of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. At most college campuses, the CN-funded publication is a conservative outlet for students whose voice won’t be heard in the institutional campus paper. Although at Hillsdale this is less of a problem, Editor-in-Chief junior Chris McCaffery sees the magazine as providing an outlet that other campus publication do not. rum in opposition to other publications,” McCaffery said. “It’s not creative writing, and it’s not

the Collegian. The Forum allows students to take what they learn in class and be the vehicle for an intellectual conversation to happen in a constructive way.” The magazine won the same award in 2012. Collegiate Network rules state that a publication cannot win the same award in back to back years. McCaffery noted the winning the same award under different leadership reveals that magazine’s ongoing improvement, thanks to the hard work of his staff now and staffs of past years. “This proves some consistency,” he said. “That’s one of the biggest things I wanted to make a focus was a consistent, good looking design that’s easy to attain. People were walking up to us all weekend saying, ‘This is amazing.’ We’re lucky because most of the magazines are designed by their editorial staff, and we’ve had a separate design staff for four years.”

Victor Davis Hanson’s daughter dies Evan Carter Web Editor

Susannah “Suzy” Hanson, daughter of military historian and Distinguished Visiting Professor of History Victor Davis Hanson, died last Thursday in Los Angeles after a brief illness. She was 27. “She was a wonderful girl, and the apple of the eye of her Juniors Meg Prom and Chris McCaffery stand with Intercol- great father, whom she adored,” legiate Studies Institute President Chris Long and Director President Larry Arnn wrote to the Collegian last night. “And of Leadership Development John Elliott and their second award in four years for best design from the Collegiate Net- we all grieve with him and pray for him.” work. (Courtesy of the Collegiate Network) Susannah Hanson was born This is Meg Prom’s second Wes Wright and Chris McCafin Selma, California, on Dec. year at The Forum, and she is fery, the identity and purpose of 31, 1986. Her father described now the head designer of the the magazine have become a lot her life as “wonderful though publication. Even in this small clearer and the process of putoften hectic.” amount of time she has seen the ting everything together has be“’Suzy’ was beloved by anycome far more organized,” she one who encountered her infec“Under the leadership of said in an email. tious laugh and her zeal for life and adventure,” Victor Davis Hanson said in the obituary he wrote for his daughter. Susannah Hanson worked at the University of Southern California as a research analyst and biographer. One part of her job The team placed second in the overall have a depth and a breadth of knowledge was to assist with fundraising sweepstakes debate, which means they that is well-supported by the liberal arts, as efforts for USC’s graduate opearned the most points of any team present. well as a way of thinking and a way of arerations, especially their mediThe team has participated in six tournaguing that is inculcated by the liberal arts,” cal school. When not working ments so far. At their most recent tournaWarner said. “For me, the liberal arts and ment at Bowling Green State University the kind of education you get at Hillsdale from Nov. 15-16, the team had members College and our continual success in impromptu speaking in particular are conthe Open and Novice National Parliamennected.” From A1 tary Debate Association debates. “Debate helps build up your convicDirector of Forensics James Brandon tions and your beliefs,” Ambrose said. “It’s not help it at all.” said that forensics, or individual events, also really valuable because it helps develAccording to Wegert, students consists of 11 different events, including op your critical thinking skills overall, and need to evaluate why they want poetry, drama, prose, and others. He said you’re able to really go through and ratio- an education. If students aren’t the whole forensics program is very broad. nally warrant out arguments to an extent responsible about their money “They are different in the way that you that I don’t see anywhere else on campus.” and their education, then they prepare for them and different in the way Doggett said that, because the teams will regret these decisions later in you compete,” he said. draw from students of all skills, ages, and life when they have thousands of The individual events team also attendmajors, it is consistent with the liberal arts. dollars in student loans. ed the BGSU tournament, their last of the “Everything that you learn here on cam“If you fought through all that, semester. pus, you use in the debate round,” he said. and it’s still worth it, then do it, According to Assistant Director of Fo“You may not use it every single time, but don’t do it because your parrensics Matthew Warner, the team placed but there is the potential that in any given ents and teachers told you that’s sixth overall out of more than 20 teams, round that you will have to draw from your what you need to do to be sucbeating schools like Ohio State University philosophy class, from your biology class, cessful,” Wegert said. and University of Michigan. from your math class.” Moeggenberg added that In their tournament at Ball State UniBrandon reinforced this idea. “[taking out loans] is part of af“The ideas and the ways of thinking fording school. It’s an investment ists out of 12 speeches, which is a good that we learn about here at the college are a Hillsdale education is going to percentage at a nationally competitive expressed in competition. To be a debater, pay off in a lot of ways.” tournament. you have to be able to look at an issue from Paying for all four years is dif“It made me very happy, to show that all sides,” he said. “My philosophy for the we were right there with anybody in the encourage them to take out more nation,” Warner said. they have to be learning something, and and more loans. But MoeggenWarner said that among the 11 indisecond they have to be having fun. And if berg believes students should not vidual events, the team is strongest in imwe bring back little shiny trophies, that’s be taking out large loans to pay promptu speaking. nice, but it’s not why we exist.” for school, even for a Hillsdale “In impromptu speaking you need to education.

Fall tourneys wrap up for debate and individual events Emma Vinton Assistant Editor

If competitive speaking is the umbrella that covers debate, individual events, and mock trial, the Hillsdale College Debate and IE teams are certainly not caught in the rain this fall. The teams have seen great success in their various tournaments since the beginning of the semester. Junior Kevin Ambrose, team manager for the debate team, explained the two types of debate that the team practices: the one-on-one person format. “They debate a yearlong topic regarding some kind of policy that the United States fed government should implement,” Ambrose said. The second is two-on-two parliamentary debates, which discuss either fact, policy, or values. Western Kentucky University from Sept. 19-21 yielded positive results. “Two of our freshman broke, and one of our parli teams also broke, which is really Ambrose said. Assistant Professor of Speech and coach of the team Matthew Doggett explained that to “break” means that members enter the “play-offs” or the “outround” of the tournament if they are good enough.

Melchior From A1 Aristotle’s “Politics” not as something she needed to pass a test, or just as a book that’s an interesting antiquarian text. She was reading these books assuming that they might have something to teach her that could help her understand the world now.”

After college, Melchior worked for The Wall Street Journal Asia, where she traveled to Hong Kong. After that, she wrote for Commentary New York and The Daily, the iPad publication of News Corps. She loves learning about new cultures and places as she goes along, saying it keeps her on her toes. “In China, I had to learn

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enough of the language to get by, and be creative with communication because of my limited vocabulary,” she said. “I would research something politically controversial. It required me to stay very sharp. The people there were wonderful and I still stay in touch with many of them.” Melchior’s travels to dangerous locations have caused concern from her family members.

Her father accompanied Melchior, the oldest of 10 children, from Wyoming to Ukraine. her skills and knows that she’s safe. We didn’t tell my grandma about her trip [to Iraq] until afterwards, because it would stress her out too much,” Melchior’s brother Matt, a Hillsdale senior, said. “[My sister] doesn’t get nervous in those situations, but

Spain, and Turkey. Caroline Green, a senior candidate who hopes to teach English in Spain, said that she thinks Hillsdale College students should apply for the Fulbright scholarship even if they don’t feel they have a good possibility of being accepted. “You’re always going to have the chance to visit a foreign country but the cool part about the Fulbright program is that it allows you to be really involved in a country,” she said. “Fulbright integrates you into the culture. You have an opportunity to help train up a future generation of citizens and have a hand in what that country will look like in the future.”

I probably would be. She has lived in a bad area of Detroit for an internship, and lived in West Harlem for a year. She does anything.” While in Iraq, Jillian Melchior posted constantly on Instagram, and emailed or Facebook messaged her family members often to let them know she was safe, Matt Melchior said. Despite having witnessed ter-

at USC, she also helped her dad run his historical tours in Europe. Victor Davis Hanson, who is a fellow at the Hoover Institute and frequently writes for National Review and other publications, teaches a three-week seminar class at Hillsdale College every fall semester. “Victor Davis Hanson made me realize the gravity and the dignity of human life and I can’t imagine the pain that he’d be experiencing right now with the passing of his daughter,” said senior Rebecca Robison, who also took Victor Davis Hanson’s class in September. Senior Kate Bock took Victor Davis Hanson’s class this semester as well. “In my short time as a student of Dr. Hanson, I found him to be a man of great character and intellect,” she said in an email. “I truly enjoyed getting to know him as a professor and my thoughts are with him and his family during this incredibly Remembrances may be sent to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society at 340 W. Fallbrook Ave., Suite 101, Fresno, CA 93711.

“There’s a lot of counseling that happens for students taking out loans. We don’t want students taking out $50,000-$60,000 loans,” Moeggenberg said. Students who prove they are invested in their education and want to better the Hillsdale comble for all kinds of scholarships, Moeggenberg said. “Dr. Arnn likes to say we like to have students to help run the place,” Moeggenberg said. “We try to reduce loan debt by looking for scholarship opportunities. If you look at other schools, we do very well in that arena.” While Hillsdale’s cost of attendance and average debt per student is much lower than the state and national averages, the costs are still high and students liberal arts education affordable. But when students believe in the work they are doing at Hillsdale and act responsibly, their education may be well worth it. “We have students who are serious about getting a degree, and the fruits of that will show in the workforce,” Moeggenberg said. ribly unstable parts of the world, that Iraq was the most depressing place she has traveled. “No one felt good about their future,” she said. “No one felt like they were on the winning side.”

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March of the PC penguins Jordan Finney Collegian Reporter There are no boys and girls in the Lincoln, Nebraska public school system — only “campers” and “purple penguins” and “dogs,” greeted by “All Genders Welcome” door hangers when entering the classroom. Administrators at Lincoln Public Schools, the state’s second-largest school district, have recommended teachers use these phrases when referring to any of its more than 39,000 students to avoid creating a “gendered space.” This incident is the latest example of modern liberalism’s war on gender — with all the confusion and nonsense that war entails. “Don’t use phrases such as ‘boys and girls,’ ‘you guys,’ ‘ladies and gentlemen,’ and similarly gendered expressions to get kids’ attention,” a training pamphlet distributed to LPS middle-school teachers recommends. “Point out and inquire when you hear others referencing gender in a binary manner … provide counter narratives that challenge students to think more expansively about their notions of gender.” The instructions come from an initiative titled “12 steps on the way to gender inclusiveness” produced by Gender Spectrum, an organization that “provides education, training and support to help create a gender sensitive and inclusive environment for children of all ages,” according to its website. In addition, National Review Online reports that teachers received a handout from the Center for Gender Sanity which describes how “gender identity … can’t be observed or measured, only reported by the individual,” and an infographic labeled “The Genderbred Person” from www. ItsPronouncedMetroSexual.com. Parents want their kids to learn in school — mathematics, reading, history, etc. — and to enjoy more opportunities and better lives from education. Most parents in Lincoln, Nebraska know better than to try to have deep conversations with their elementary-aged children about sex or to don’t want their children to investigate their sexuality, then why should school administrators and teachers? Some media pundits have rightly noted that taxpayer-

Sorority girls armed with Sharpie markers swarming Sigma Chis all over campus is obnoxious. When these girls haul bags full of coins into the union and march up to a table to dump them all in, it’s natural to roll your eyes. Sigma Chi Derby Days, which occurred at the end of October, and other Greek philanthropy events, draw criticism for seeming silly and self-involved. In reality, the events are fun for those involved, and most important, raise a lot of money

Jacob Thackston Special to the Collegian It’s beautiful. It’s fun. And it gets such a dang bad rap around here. It’s snow. Now before you Floridians and Texans and Californians come after me with pitchforks or (perhaps more likely) break down crying, give me a moment. Yes, it’s cold. Yes, it’s going to take over our Hillsdale lives for several months. Yes, it’s going to be a pain at times. All facts; I have neither basis nor intent to deny them. But those are realities whether we like them or not, and frankly, it does us no good to complain. For us northerners (I’m from eastern Washington), snow has been the de-

In terms of snow experience, we have the whole spectrum here. There are those who love and who hate snow. In case it’s not already clear: I love snow. But I totally get it if you don’t. I’ve lived with it long enough to know the bad as well as the good. Not to be melodramatic, but we all have a choice to make: We can love the snow, hate the snow, or simply live indifferently to it. I think you should love it, but if you aren’t going to love it, then at least be indifferent to it. Snow can be a blast. It can easily be turned into one of the most effective noncasualty-inducing projectile weapons ever

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should be bold and say so, even if it means enduring petty insults. Being called bad names by people like Joel shouldn’t deter someone from standing up for truth or children. If not, that dog and the rest of the purple penguin administrators in the Nebraska public school system will continue marching toward an education more concerned with left-wing gender politics than helping children learn. Jordan Finney is a junior studying politics.

The European Space Agency’s Rosetta project accomplished one of the most our lifetime. They essentially moved a clunky machine from one speeding bullet onto another, by remote control, from 310 million miles away. It’s hoped this achievement will help usher in a new era of space exploration by teaching us how to exploit the raw materials swirling around the solar system. Also, it was really cool. But it wasn’t cool enough for some feminists who found the shirt worn by Matt Taylor, Rosetta project scientist, to be a bigger deal. Taylor’s shirt,

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by society. The task of Joel and others is to destroy the old moral framework of America by initiating one child at a time into the new Rawlsian regime. Public school systems shouldn’t push their “genderneutral” political agendas on children, few of whom have gender identity issues when they begin school. Nonetheless, LPS crusades for LGBT rights, distributing gender literature to elementary and middle schools and launching a propaganda campaign that exploits children as mere test subjects for social engineering.

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himself, especially economically and sexually. The results: Liberation from sexual norms and traditional family roles, and a break from older notions that freedom demands moral restraint and that some loves are forbidden.

so too do the Greek houses contribute to the philanthropic efforts of our student body. It is a good thing when those in need are helped through upstanding organizations. If people want to spend hundreds of dollars to purchase the handiwork of a Sigma Chi, or pay to paintball a DSP, so be it. Let them. Good for these groups for using innovation and incentives to raise money for a good cause.

Snow can be a blast. It can easily be turned into one of the most effective non-casualtyinducing projectile weapons ever thought up by the human race.

ful. There’s a sense of wonder in snow. Without going full-out cliché (though I have are alike. But next time you’re out while it’s snowing, take a moment and catch a few before they melt. And weep at the beauty. And wonder. The ice, too, is a pain. There will be plenty of complaining that the administration could do a better job maintaining the sidewalks and walkways, and people have

been hurt in the past. So certainly be careful. second, drag the mood of those around you down. So if you have a constructive idea, go for it, but complaining won’t do you or your friends any good. Shameless plug alert: Turn that complaining into action. Go out and help people who don’t have any way to clear the snow themselves — i.e., join A Few Good Men’s snow removal team. Honestly, we have it good on campus. We have a team of professionals dedicated to keeping campus accessible; we have to do none of that work ourselves, even though as young men and women we’re among the thing. But there are people in the broader Hillsdale community who will literally be unable to leave their homes without someone coming in and helping them out. If you’re not a fan of the snow — even as little of an inconvenience as it normally is on campus — imagine being actually trapped by it. Action is the truest sign that something genuine underpins a complaint. Look, I’m not asking you to love snow. But it’s coming — in fact, it’s already here. So bundle up, trudge (carefully) onward, and along the way, craft a snowman, or launch a snowball, or help your community. Enjoy the snow for all that it has to offer, and offer what you have in the face of the snow. Jacob Thackston is a GW Fellow studying philosophy.

Feminists freak out over a shirt

by Forester

And this agenda owes much to John Rawls’ “A Theory of Justice,” which asserts every individual has equality of primary goods, including material resources and self-

thought up by the human race. It can be built into forts worth sleeping in (or hiding in, for the perfect chance to launch one of those projectiles). It’s that which makes Thatcherball and Lantzball possible. -

possibly, nearly a third of our lives. Yet for some of my friends here, last year was the

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worldview. Through this lens, children identifying either as boys or girls and not vaguely neutral beings is a repressive mindset that society must asphyxiate and replace. The general public often exonerates modern liberalism because its representatives claim to be apolitical. LPS superintendent Steve Joel, for example, recently told told KLIN Radio’s Drive Time Lincoln that “We don’t get involved with politics. We don’t get involved with gender preference. We’re educating all kids … and we can’t be judgmental.” Somehow Joel stands on a platform of impartiality, expertly declaring he’s an arbiter of fairness. Meanwhile, he brands dissenters as judgmental ideologues. It’s an old albeit effective tactic: Earnestly pretend to transcend poli-

and who they would help. This is just one example of Greek philanthropy initiatives. Last week was Dobby Days by Alpha Tau Omega, to support the Salvation Army, and tomorrow, Delta Sigma Phi will host a paintball fundraiser on behalf of the family of a DSP brother hit and killed by a drunk driver in California. The sororities host events for Make-A-Wish, local literacy programs, and St. Peter’s Free Clinic, among others. Like GOAL programs and other clubs’ charitable efforts,

Don’t hate on the snow

not circulate controversial documents that distract from actual learning. But that neglects the deeper problem: LPS person, now a gender-neutral entity unable to discern uni-

for worthy charities. This year, the efforts of Sigma Chi, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Chi Omega, and Pi Beta Phi raised $4400 for Save the Storks, an innovative charity that provides medical services like ultrasounds for pregnant women to prevent abortions and offer alternative plans. They operate out of buses so that they can travel to where the need is. A speaker from the organization came and presented to the sororities and fraternity, to share with them where their donations would go

designed by a female friend, depicts a bunch of attractive, scantily clad women drawn from comic books holding guns. (Slate’s Amanda Marcotte oddly described their stances as “pornographic poses.”) Rose Eveleth, a science writer, tweeted in response to a televised interview with Taylor: “No no women are toooootally welcome in our community, just ask the dude in this shirt.” A meteor shower of hashtagged rage rained down on both sides of the Atlantic. “Shirtstorm!” “Shirtgate!” and similar bullshirt. What should have been the best week of Taylor’s professional life ended with him weeping on TV as he apologized for his alleged crime. Many of my friends and colleagues on the anti-PC right have responded with understandable outrage. And it’s true: Taylor’s confession of wrongdoing did feel forced — awfully North Korean. Still, the feminists have a point. Although I like the shirt (which is now selling like hotcakes), I would never wear it to a nice restaurant, never mind on a globally broadcast TV interview. The reason I wouldn’t wear it has very little to do with my fear of offending feminists. It’s simply unsuitable professional attire. I’d ask critics of the feminist backlash, would you wear it on a job interview? How

about to church or synagogue? Where feminists seem remarkably self-absorbed is in their assumption that only their sensibilities matter. It is hardly as if feminist-friendly career women in STEM professions (science, technology, engineering and math) are the only people who might reasonably dislike the shirt. But here’s astrophysicist Katie Mack tweeting: “I don’t care what scientists wear. But a shirt featuring women in lingerie isn’t appropriate for a broadcast if you care about women in STEM.” OK, maybe. But why are feminist motives so special? What if you’re a devout Christian, Muslim or Jew working in the humanities? What if you like cartoonishly sexy ladies, but you hate guns? What if you’re simply the kind of person who thinks male professionals should wear a jacket and tie on TV? In short, feminists want a monopoly on when everyone must be outraged or offended. A few weeks ago, feminist idiots rolled out a video of little girls dressed as princesses, cursing like foulmouthed comedian Andrew Dice Clay. Unlike Taylor, they set out to offend. But that was in support of feminism, so it was OK. (I’d like to see the parents of those kids tearfully apologizing for exploiting their kids as cheap propaganda props.) We live in an age of diversity,

and race, but by lifestyles and values. That’s mostly a good thing — mostly. Like all other good things in life, diversity comes at a cost. And a big part of the tab is a lost consensus about what constitutes good manners and propriety. So instead of knowing how to behave, we spend vast amounts of our time worrying and arguing about it, with combatants on every side insisting it’s “Live and let live” for me but “Shut up! How dare you!” for thee. In this age of unprecedented cultural liberty, we’ve lost sight of the fact that common standards of decency and decorum can be liberating. They inconvenience everyone — a little — but they also free us from worrying about who we might offend or why. School uniforms, remember, constrain the wealthy ones. For millennia, good manners were understood as the means by which strangers showed each other respect. Now, too many people demand respect but have lost the ability, or desire, to show it in return. Jonah Goldberg is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a senior editor of National Review. You can write to him in care of this newspaper or by e-mail at goldbergcolumn@gmail.com, or via Twitter @JonahNRO

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The War on Men

Zoe Harness Special to the Collegian

Zoe Harness is a freshman planning to study business.

DSP IS BACK

Greek life: Promise and peril John Taylor Special to the Collegian

Matteo Moran Special to the Collegian

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John Taylor is a senior studying history and philosophy.

Matteo Moran is a senior studying history.

Going Greek: Reject the misconceptions Don’t accept the Greek myths, especially at Hillsdale College Sarah Chavey Special to the Collegian

Sarah Chavey is a sophomore studying music.

Respect the Independents Greek or Independent: It’s someone else’s choice, not yours Carly Howell Special to the Collegian -

Carly Howell is a sophomore studying English and planning to study journalism.

CITY NEWS City Council approves fiber optics contract

Phil DeVoe Circulation Manager Hillsdale City Council ratiBoard of Public Utilities and ACD.net Monday that will peroptic cable pairs in the city of Hillsdale. Michigan, and one of only a few in the nation. Mayor Scott Sessions told more than 20 residents and city ing that he was proud of the city’s progress. “This project will be vital to the public growth of the city,” Sessions said. “Everyone has the same goal; everything is Kevin Meeker, project coordinator at ACD.net, spoke highly of the project’s capability to transfer Internet throughout the city. According to Meeker, the project is the next step in advancing Internet, and the speed nology is worth only $50 to $80. this size to happen in Michigan, and I love being on the cutting edge of technology,” Meeker

said. Founded in 1986, ACD.net has consistently been on the cutting edge of technology. The Lansing-based Internet service Voice Over Internet Protocol, a system which uses the Internet to transmit spoken word. The service provider’s contract with BPU creates a partnership between the two entities that will lower costs and speed up con“I’m excited to begin working on this project, especially since the BPU has agreed to subsidize part of our costs — it makes it affordable for us and the people we’re trying to help,” Meeker said. ACD.net, which is in charge of the construction and distribution of the cables, will use its portion of the cables to bring high speed Internet to Hillsdale residents. BPU, which is making the Internet affordable for residents, is using its portion of the cables to improve the functionality of its electronic systems to improve communication and practicality. “It’s important to have reliable electronics, and I’m very excited about adding reliability into the electronic systems,” acting City Manager Doug Terry

said. Each cable is one-third the diameter of a human hair, and 12 will be grouped together in 12 separate tubes, each of which measures half a centimeter in diameter. The tubes will be strung along telephone wires and underground in accordance with a service map provided by BPU. BPU will use four of the 12 tubes for its electronic machinery; ACD.net will use the remaining eight for the high-speed Internet for residents. According directly into customers’ homes. “This concept originally started with improving the interconnection and communication of electrical equipment in the city,” Terry said. “There is also a our citizens with Internet.” ACD.net will send representatives around the community to solicit customers for the new ability and speed should attract customers, Meeker said.

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Volume 1 changes name, mission Ramona Tausz Assistant Editor

Volume 1 Books is no longer just a bookstore. The shop at 98 N. Broad St. in downtown Hillsdale is now The Book, Art & Spiritual Center of Hillsdale, or “BASCH.” By expanding beyond books to provide creative opportunities for community and diverse sources of information, the business will “enable individuals to bemaintaining better relationships in their families, organizations, and social groups,” according to BASCH’s mission statement. “We’re just letting it snowball into whatever it becomes,” employee Deb Connors said. in that we’re reaching out in all directions and trying to respond to everything and meet a lot of different needs.” Owner Richard Wunsch legally formalized the name in June and began hosting activities each Wednesday evening in November as part of its broadened purpose. “We’re going to end up evensaid, describing BASCH. “We

Secondhand shop Marilyn’s Off Monroe is ‘the ultimate therapy’ Owner plans to re-locate, looking for someone to continue store’s mission Ramona Tausz Assistant Editor Marilyn Gary, owner of downtown Hillsdale women’s resale clothing boutique Marilyn’s Off Monroe, worked in mental counseling for almost 30 years, but realized this store was the “ultimate therapy” after opening her shop in December 2013. “Women come in here and they just leave happy,” Gary

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because obviously we have lots of them, but it’s really different ways of people gathering whatever information they want and using it, putting it to use — not just having it on the shelf.” With this new focus on making art, information, and community more accessible to the Hillsdale area, “the sky’s the limit” with regard to the kind of activities BASCH can do, according to Connors. “Although it’s technically a business, we don’t know what it is yet,” Wunsch said with a laugh. “Its name will help it develop — and the people that

BASCH employee Deb Connors takes down the Volume 1 Books sign and replaces it with the store’s new name: Book, Art & Spiritual Center of Hillsdale. (Photo courtesy of BASCH owner Richard Wunsch)

what we end up with.” With its weekly “Any Wednesday” series, BASCH plans to try to do something spiritual, crafty, and completely different every month. Although Volume 1 Books sporadically hosted similar events in the past, BASCH made them established parts of the store’s schedule. This week, BASCH hosted a dramatic presentation of “Outwitting the Devil,” a book by Napoleon Hill. Upcoming events will likely include a gratitude workshop on Nov. 26, a jewelry-making class on Dec. 10, and yoga class on Dec. 17. Both Connors and Wunsch intend for BASCH to be an organic community. One of the “Any Wednesday” activities planned for January is a brainstorming session where members of the community will be invited to give input and suggestions for BASCH activities. Beyond simply providing additional opportunities for ar-

tistic endeavors and information, BASCH intends to provide community and a means for empowering individuals. “If you change your own life, then things around you change,” Connors added. “I think that part of what I would like to see BASCH do, is help other people learn how to be happy.” Wunsch calls himself and Connors activists. “If you can divest the word of its political implications, we’re activists in the social sense,” he said. “But I would not want to see BASCH characterized too heavily as a place where we’re helping anybody because we’re all just operating together, helping each other.” “People feel love here,” Connors said, and despite alterations in name and focus, the store’s intangible feeling of family and community is something Wunsch and Connors agree will never change.

good, you feel good.’ That’s just can look good and you’ll walk out and you’ll feel good.” The boutique, located at 34 E. Bacon St., features an old Hollywood glam theme and is open store with both her own buying and buy-outs from customers. By accepting only unique and uncommon items Gary ensures her business is distinctly not just “another thrift store.” She says she displays her counseling license on the wall, and believes it comforts people to know she is a therapist. “We’re retail therapy,” employee Dena Snoes said. “We need to keep this store here and open for the community.” “It’s a very social arena just for women to get out,” Gary added. “They come in groups, and they come with their sister or their mom. It’s just fun and gether, and they get objective opinions from us.” Despite opening at the beginning of last year’s harsh winter, Marilyn’s Off Monroe found great success in the Hillsdale community. “The women in the community need this store,” Gary said. “It has been so well-received. We don’t have any other women’s resale. They don’t have anything else like this where

Marilyn’s Off Monroe owner Marilyn Gary stands at the front of her store located on 34 E. Bacon St. (Laura Williamson/Collegian)

they can come in and afford to cessories and shoes. They may not have anywhere to wear it in where.” Gary is relocating an hour and 20 minutes away to be closer to her children but realizes it’s essential for Marilyn’s Off Monroe to remain open. She listed the store with Century 21 and is looking for a possible perfect customer she will continue to operate the store herself from a distance, coming in two days a week and letting employee Dena Snoes run the store the other three. “I don’t have to sell it,” Gary said about her search for the perI’m making and I’m going to be picky about it — just like rescue animals, you want to make sure they’re in the right home.” She believes a group or organization, such as a church or community action center, could take over the store together and make it a fundraising effort.

“What I’m hoping will happen is a group of women take it over as a co-op, because it would be so amazing,” she said. “For example, the women commissioners at the college that have their sale once a year — they could take this store over and make money all year long.” According to Gary, customers continually tell her they want the store to stay and don’t want it to change, and Gary couldn’t agree with them more. “I created this thing and I’m not going to hand it over to anyone,” she said. “It’s part of me. It would have to be the right one.” Whether Gary continues running the store herself or ends up certain that Marilyn’s Off Monroe will remain in Hillsdale — just the way it is.

Freshly picked organic beats, carrots, and lettuce from Chef’s Way, a Hillsdale farm that Bon Appétit plans to partner with for its Farm to Fork initiative. (Macaela Bennett/Collegian)

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those at Bon Appétit. After sampling a variety of the vegetables, Every and Hickman said they were impressed at how good they looked and how freshly-pulled they tasted. “The vegetables were so vivid said. “They were just pulled out wake up your taste buds.” Every said the quality of product Chef’s Way produces aligns well with Bon Appétit’s mission. In contrast to most Bon Appétit Executive Chef Steve Hickman (left) inspects vegetables large-scale food providers, Bon grown by Chef’s Way farmer Ezra Bertakis (right). Appétit makes everything from (Macaela Bennett/Collegian) scratch, a standard Hickman attests is rarely found in the food service business. “To serve 2,500 people that way is pretty slick,” he said. cent boxes.” Emporium is open Tuesday and “And Bon Appétit wouldn’t even “I like its selection. The Thursday from 1 to 8 p.m., 1 to allow you to buy anything preowners are a lot more relaxed,” 10 p.m. on Friday, and 12 to 8 made.” Hickman added Bon Appétit’s Farison said, comparing Battle p.m. on weekends. high expectations for food qualGrounds to his hometown stores. ity encompass the entire process The Battle Grounds Gaming from when it’s planted to when it’s served. “When food comes in on the truck, I teach a culture of how to respect food,” Hickman said. “To mass-produce that type of food from scratch is unheard of in this business, and that’s why Bon Appétit stands out.” Although Chef’s Way has plans to partner with several other major food purchasers, the Bertakises are excited that their food will be served locally, too. cal business to work with,” Bertakis said. “We want to feed the mind and body, and Bon Appétit does that at the college.”

Gaming emporium sells trading cards, hosts tournaments Joe Pappalardo Collegian Freelancer On a Saturday afternoon in Hillsdale, $1 can buy 100 cards at Battle Grounds Gaming Emporium. In a world where high video game prices are turning kids to cheaper forms of entertainment, the Battle Grounds, located at 14 S. Howell St., hosts one of the most popular alternatives – card game Magic: the Gathering. “We specialize in tabletop oriented games and entertainment. We host a variety of tournaments for the game Magic: The Gathering,” the store’s webpage reads. Battle Grounds opened four years ago, but was bought last spring by owners Harley Lundahl and Matt Schmidt. The store marks individual cards down to a penny on Saturdays, offering new players the opportunity to start a new hobby

for less than a dollar. The trading card game is the only product worth selling, Lundahl said. Lundahl began playing the game when it was released by Wizards of the Coast in 1993. kind, setting the standard for Pokemon. started you’d be lucky to see 50 to 60 people playing,” Lundahl said. “[Now] Magic is peaking.” This year a Magic: The Gathering tournament in Las Vegas capped at 5,000 people, and online versions of the game were released for PC and Xbox. The game’s popularity pulls people from the surrounding states into Hillsdale each time a new set of cards is released. The next major release date is Jan. 23. Magic isn’t the only game the store hosts, however, Lunthe Warhammer 40,000 and Heroscape games, which rely

heavily on expensive model soldiers and creatures. He has considered adding video games to the store’s catalog, but the cost

Besides selling cards and accessories, the Gaming Emporium also hosts weekly tournaments every Friday night, stores across the country host tournaments sanctioned by Magic the Gathering. Prize money and cards are up for grabs, along with the opportunity to meet other players. On Tuesdays, a league, formed by older players, meets for a few games. Some of these competitions require buy-in fees ranging from $3 to $10, with cards offered as prizes to the top players. College students, including freshmen Gregory Farison, Dean Sinclair, and Collin Saunders, visit the store to purchase cards. Sinclair and Saunders bought their 60-card decks and boxes for about 15 dollars, using the Players begin a game at Hillsdale’s Battle Grounds Gaming Empostore’s piles of cards in the “10- rium. (Laura Williamson/Collegian)

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Women’s basketball heats up the UP Jessie Fox Collegian Reporter

positions that we can go to.”

Last weekend the women’s basketball team braved the 10hour drive and foot of snow to start their season with two wins in the Upper Peninsula. The Chargers defeated Illiday and McKendree University were played at Lake Superior State University’s Bud Cooper Gymnasium. On Friday, the Chargers gained a large lead early in the game allowing head coach Claudette Charney to award playing time to every player. No player points from the bench. “Being able to have that depth is going to be really awesome,” senior Brooke Borowski said. “If there is any time that we get into foul trouble we’re not going to be in a tough situation because there will be multiple girls in multiple

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senior Megan Fogt led the team, scoring 18 points and grabbing seven rebounds. Freshman Allie Dittmer starred in her collegiate debut scoring eight points in a 14 points and seven rebounds. Borowski said that Dittmer and Fogt will be a dangerous duo for the team this year as strong post players. “Allie’s going to take attention off of Megan,” Borowski said. “Teams won’t be able to put all of the pressure on one post player, they’ll have to work on both.” Five players, including Dittmer and Fogt, scored in doubledigits, helping the Chargers score the most points in a regulation Saturday’s win came in a tighter contest against McKendree University, a team that defeated the Chargers last season. Borowski said the Bearcat’s play

is similar to the level of play the Chargers will face in the GLIAC. “They’re a more athletic team so it was nice to be in a closer game to really test our skills as a team to make us really take our time and not get rushed with pressure,” Borowski said. “It was great to have that early on in the season.” Playing time in this game was spread over fewer players. Still, thirteen players hit the court and eight different players scored, including Borowski with nine points and junior Kayla Geffert with six. Dittmer came off the bench to put up twelve points in her second double-digit game. Fogt had her second doubledouble game, leading her team 13 rebounds. In the second half of the game, Fogt scored her 1,000th career point, making her the 14th player in Charger women’s basketball history to do end led her to be selected as the

GLIAC North Division Player of the Week on Monday. Despite her successes, Fogt prefers to shine the spotlight on her team rather than herself. “Hitting my 1,000 this weekend was really cool, but it was so said. “Our entire team played really well and we had contribution from a ton of players.” Before the Chargers enter GLIAC play, they will match up against Eastern Michigan University on the road next Tuesday. Ashlyn Landherr said she is ready for the team to be tested against tougher competition. “We’re all really excited about how good we’re going to be this year and that we have a lot of potential,” Landherr said. “Eastern is going to be a good test for us to see how we match up against a more athletic and better Division I team.”

BOX SCORES

Football Hillsdale: 13

Men’s Basketball

Scoring Plays

Game Leaders Points:

Mike Carter 4 yd pass from

Rebounds: Weekly Leaders Rushing: Bennett Lewis 14-35 Passing: Receiving: Evan Bach 4-57 Joe Srebernak 4-45 Carter 3-30 Tackles: Austin Koneval 5-5 D. Galginaitis 3-4 Season Statistics

Assists: Women’s Basketball

Hillsdale: 71 Season Leaders Points Per Game: Rebounds Per Game: Assists Per Game:

CHARGER SWIM TEAM TRIUMPHS AT HOME MEET Chargers Kat Torres Collegian Reporter

Cruickshank, another senior short distance swimmer, clinched

The Chargers were also one, two and three in the 400 IM, with

The Hillsdale College women’s swim team won yet another tri-meet this past Friday. Hosted at the Jack McAvoy Natatorium, the Chargers de-

breaststroke, along with junior Sarah Rinaldi who got the win

Theresa Smith and Peyton Bowen not far behind. Although Hillsdale does not have any divers to contribute to its score, they were fast enough in the pool to claim the victory

University. audience for the exciting meet, which was also a night to honor the team’s seniors- Rachel Kurtz, Ali Bauer, Cayley Cruickshank, and Jordan Rucinski. Each had an impressive evening, starting off with Kurtz’s win in the 100 free with a time of 53.41. Kurtz -

isher. “In the meet we started off with some great momentum with some fast times but slowed toward the end of the meet. The girls are tired as we have had meets consecutively for a few weeks now, collectively, they did a good job,” head coach Kurt Kirner said.

valuable points to the Chargers’ total score. Bauer also swam the 100 breaststroke, placing fourth. The versatile Rucinski swam in a number of events, swimming to second place in the 50 500 free with a time of 5:34.38. Rucinski was also a large conJunior distance swimmer Zoe Hopkins competed for the win in seconds ahead of second place. The enthusiasm from the stands helped keep her motivated the entire way through, she said. “My favorite part was how many people we had in the stands. There was a good turnout for the senior ceremony and for the races. It was really motivating and exciting to have so much support,” Hopkins said.

placeable-a big part of our success the past four years,” he said. “I couldn’t ask for more from a group of student athletes great both in the classroom and in the

pool.” The women’s swim team will travel to the University of Chicago to compete over the weekend.

Hillsdale’s seniors a memorable night. tersweet. The last real home meet gave me a lot of perspective on my swimming career. I’ve been swimming competitively yearround since I was eight and come February I’ll be done. Forever,” Bauer said. “It’s sad because another year always brought more opportunities to achieve goals and soon I will be done swimished. Thanks to all the things swimming has taught me, when this door closes, so many more will open.” Kirner also had a few sentimental remarks about this years’ Freshman Peyton Bowen swims the backstroke leg of the 400 IM at the home meet on Friday. (Anders Kiledal/Colletalented graduating class. “Our four seniors are irre- gian)

McIntyre wins GLIAC freshman of the year Sarah Chavey Collegian Reporter Hannah McIntyre may not but her speed still won her GLIAC Freshman of the Year. placed 7th overall out of 138 rac-

the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship. “I try not to overthink it. I just try to go out and run and trust try to block it out, because it’s really painful,” McIntyre said. She didn’t realize how well she

Freshman Hannah McIntyre approaches the finish line at the GLIAC Conference Championships. (Anders Kiledal/Col-

had run until a coach came over to tell her. “She’s probably one of the most pure distance runners on the team,” senior captain Amy Kerst said. McIntyre began running in sixth grade. She had a choice between sprinting and long distance, and the sprinting sign-up list was too long, so she chose cross-country. She excelled in high school, and her experience has helped her in transitioning to a higher level of competition. “She’s had more experience in a lot of ways with different kinds of races. All of the freshman are surprised by what they are able to do, but Hannah seems like she’s making more jumps, like she’s even more surprised with the progress she’s made,” Kerst said. Though McIntyre said the transition has been overwhelming, she loved having a team to welcome her right away. “With all the changes, not just athletically but also academically and socially, all the decisions and other stressors in their life, I want to really simplify the running part, so the whole world isn’t constantly changing,” Hillsdale’s cross-country head coach Joseph Lynn said.

The consistency in training combined with McIntyre’s outstanding work ethic have led her to success. “Her work ethic, like a lot of the girls, is excellent. I see her in the training room a lot, which is key in staying healthy. If she does have a problem she goes straight to the trainer,” senior captain Chelsea Kilgore said. cess in cross country, McIntyre has also found a group of girls whom she feels at home with. When asked for a favorite memory with the team, McIntyre said “every day.” “We always call her the sassy one on the team. She has a certain edge to her that’s funny and fun. It kind of goes along with her running. She doesn’t back down from anything, and she speaks her mind,” Lynn said. He, Kilgore, and Kerst all smiled as they described McIntyre. “Hannah is overwhelmingly positive—an infectious positivity,” Kilgore said. Her positivity stems partially from an active attempt. Especially during races, positive sometimes. During GLIACs, she made the extra effort to remain positive and simply run. Her spirit has captured the

team, and they can already tell her future will be successful with them. sonality that she’s not afraid to speak up or speak her mind and encourage or say positive things to someone when they need it,” Lynn said. Kerst said she may take time to get to know, but it doesn’t take long to see her goofy side. “In practice sometimes she’ll do a little dance or sing. She says the funniest thing in some odd moment” Kilgore said. Her teammates said they are excited for her future as she continues to run for Hillsdale. McIntyre’s next race will be Saturday at the NCAA Division II Midwest regionals hosted in Evansville, Indiana at the University of Southern Indiana. The Chargers raced at the University of Southern Indiana earlier in the season and McIntyre put up an impressive time McIntyre said she is excited but nervous as she attempts to beat her previous time at the course and hopefully help her team place well enough to make it to Nationals in Kentucky on

earn top NCAA academic ranking Kelsey Drapkin Senior Reporter Hillsdale College earned an tional Collegiate Athletics Asdemic Success Rate report which was released last Thursday. The ASR rating tells the percentage of all student-athletes who graduate within six years of their original college enrollment. The statistics used for Hillsdale’s rating are from student-athletes “I am pleased the Academic Success Rate for our student athletes has continued to increase, and that we are now at a level that has earned national recognition,” Director of Athletics Don Brubacher said. sion II institutions to be recognized with the NCAA Presidents’ Award for Academic Excellence, which acknowledges institutions that reach an ASR of over 90. Hillsdale is the only GLIAC school among the recognized. Of those recognized, Hillsdale is in a minority: Less than half of the schools recognized have football programs at their institutions. “This year’s Presidents’Award for Academic Excellence honorees are outstanding examples of Division II’s success in the classHaas, president of Grand Valley State University and chair of the Division II Presidents Council, in the NCAA press release. “We are delighted to share in their successes and commend them for their continued excellence.” “This does not represent the end goal for academic success for our student athletes, though,” Brubacher said. “We intend to see the ASR at Hillsdale College improve in the future.”

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VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS RECOGNIZED WITH GLIAC HONORS Morgan Sweeney Senior Reporter

Though the Hillsdale volleyball team didn’t achieve the record it was hoping for this season, several players were awarded All-GLIAC honors on Saturday night between conferValley State University. Junior right-side hitter Haylee Booms, who had her best season First-Team All-GLIAC honors nior, team setter Marissa Owen, earned a spot on the All-GLIAC honorable mention list for her play this season. Finally, senior

Lindsay Kostrzewa received Second-Team All-GLIAC honors. Booms began the season by earning Player of the Week for the GLIAC South Division with her impressive hitting percented by no hitting errors. Booms -

First-Team

All-GLIAC,” mation that our record doesn’t

end. Booms holds the team-high hitting percentage, however, at

works very hard, and although our record didn’t show it, I think having three people earn awards is proof that we did positive things this year.” Owen, a team captain, had to lead in more ways that one this season. From the beginning, she was designated the team’s full-time setter in an offensive set-up it hadn’t used in recent years. Her 917 assists make her

games this fall, Booms made 41 kills with only nine errors. “It’s a big honor to be award-

Charger volleyball. She also set a new career-high for blocks this season with 53. Like Booms,

on the team. Only junior outside hitter Emily Wolfert racked up

Owen is grateful for the award, but shows more concern for the status of the team than for her own accolades. “I think as a team, we all would have liked to extend our season and still be playing. But overall, we did some good things this year that we want to build on for next year,” Owen said. For Kostrzewa, team co-captain, this year’s award wasn’t knee injuries since her freshman year when she was red-shirted because of them. Last year was play all the way through and her perseverance was rewarded with First-Team All-GLIAC honors.

be given this recognition and for all of my hard work rehabbing and getting back on the court to pay off” Kostrzewa said of this year’s award. Kostrzewa’s teammates share an admiration for her dedication to the team and to personal excellence. “Lindsay has always been the perfect example of a Hillsdale College volleyball player. She always puts her best effort into everything,” Booms said. “She’s a source of inspiration for everyone and her positivity is contagious.” The Chargers will suffer a loss with the graduation of their

three seniors. For now, the volleyball team takes a break from training until they return to school next semester. In January, the women will begin off-season training by reinstating practice and doing court, pool, and even snow workouts to stay in shape and prepare for a few tournaments in the spring.

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FOOTBALL FALLS SHORT IN SEASON FINALE

Nathanael Meadowcroft Assistant Editor

The Hillsdale College football team’s season came to an end on Saturday in disappointing fashion, falling to Wayne State in a tight ballgame on the road, 20The Chargers entered the fourth quarter with a six point lead and a chance to go up by two possessions, but Wayne State’s Anthony DeDamos returned an tion to take the lead.

tween winning and losing,” head coach Keith Otterbein said. “That big turnover, it was humongous. In a defensive struggle you can’t afford to do that.” Wayne State’s physical and athletic linebackers caused problems all day for the Chargers. “[Wayne State] moved their linebackers around a lot,” offensive lineman Justice Karmie said. “They’re phenomenal athletes. We had a couple decent running plays but we couldn’t get the running game going like we wanted to.” Wayne State put two extra safeties in the box throughout the contest, hampering Hillsdale’s -

ground. “They’re legitimately strong and they got their safeties involved,” Otterbein said. “They played more man-to-man deond down so it made it pretty tough to run the ball.” With the loss, the Chargers

Otterbein and his coaching staff have a lot to do before next August comes around. “We’ve got to look at our football team and make some evaluations on whether we’ve got the right guys in the right spots,” Otterbein said. “We’ve got to put our best players in their best spots to make us the best football team we can be. We have to discuss position moves, then we have to discuss and determine where out most critical needs are in recruiting and invest our scholarship money there.” The Chargers are losing 20 seniors to graduation, six of whom are starters. “It’s tough to lose that senior leadership but we have a lot of guys coming back,” Karmie said. “We had a really young team this year so honestly just the feeling in the team right now is that we’re hungry and we’re tired of being mediocre for the last two years.”

Otterbein’s team will be hard at work this offseason to improve. “[We’ll] challenge our current players to attack the weight room and develop that kind of strength where, when people look at us on tape and when they’re done playing us they’ll go and react, ‘Oh, those guys were strong,’” Otterbein said. “We’ve got some great potential. Our young guys have got to get bigger, stronger and faster in the offseason.” The team knows improvement doesn’t simply mean getting stronger. “We have the ability to play at the highest level, we just need to improve on our mental approach,” quarterback Mark LaPrairie said. “Everything we do this offseason needs to pour chemistry, from weight lifting to to class with teammates.” Otterbein thinks his players are on the right track already. “In terms of being prepared mentally, physically and emotionally, they did a great job,” Otterbein said. “Our seniors did a great job of keeping the family together through some tough times.” A long offseason awaits Hillsdale’s football team, but the Chargers are ready to attack it to

Redshirt sophomore quarterback Mark LaPrairie hands the ball off to redshirt sophomore tailback Bennett Lewis. (Photo Courtesy of Sheridan Markatos)

Chargers show promise at University of Michigan Nathanael Meadowcroft Assistant Editor The Hillsdale College men’s basketball team travelled to Ann Arbor to take on Division I powerhouse the University of Michigan on Saturday and hung with the Wolverines for much of the game before Michigan pulled away for a 92-68 win. “We saw a lot of good things in certain stretches and then we had bad stretches too,” junior forward Kyle Cooper said. “There are a lot of positives to build on but we’re also going to learn from the mistakes and continue to improve.” The Chargers got off to a fast start, jumping ahead 10-2 in large part to redshirt freshman Stedman Lowry’s hot shooting. “We had nothing to lose,” Lowry said on his team’s mindset entering the game. “We were pretty good game plan and it was just a great atmosphere.” Lowry scored 11 of Hillshooting from behind the arc. “Stedman [Lowry] can really play,” head coach John Tharp said. “We think he’s going to be one of the great scorers we’ve ever had in our program.” in 28 minutes of action. The Wolverines responded to Hillsdale’s fast start with several runs of their own, jumping the Chargers weren’t about to go Top: redshirt freshman Stedman Lowry shoots a 3-pointaway quietly. After a back-and-forth start er. Bottom: Redshirt junior Garrett Jones goes up for a to the second half, Cooper led shot. (Photos Courtesy: Scott R. Galvin) the Chargers on an 8-0 run to second half. proud of, the Chargers know “Cooper is our guy,” Tharp there are many things they still that was as close as the Chargers said. “We’re going to keep play- need to improve. would get. “We want to take the posi“We started actually guarding ing through him throughout the them on defense,” Cooper said entire year and he has to be that tives and continue to build on them and we want to take the on his team’s fast start in the sec- good game in and game out.” Cooper’s teammates were not negatives and clean them up in ond half. “Once we slowed the game down and started running surprised by his strong perfor- practice,” Cooper said. “It’s just about cleaning up things that we good offense it force them to mance in a tough environment. “He’s a beast. I knew he can control.” play half-court offense with us. The Chargers will see the In the half-court we were really could go off like that,” Lowry well prepared for the way they said. “He’s one of the best D-II court next at Cedarville on Tues- day before the team returns to ran offense.” nitely going to see that this year Hillsdale to host Salem Internable-double, pouring in 28 points because he’s a monster.” While there were plenty of game in the newly renovated and grabbing 10 boards. Twentybright spots for the team to be Dawn Tibbets Potter Arena. one of his 28 points came in the

Charger Chatter: football captains freshmen?

The four captains of the football team from left to right: Dan Pittman, Butch Herzog, Tim Moinet, and Alex Fogt. The captains recap the season and give advice to freshmen. Overall, how do you guys feel about the season this year? Pittman: We set out a lot of goals, and I think we came up short on a couple of them. We had a lot of injuries and had plays that didn’t go our way, but overall I couldn’t be more proud of our team. I think a lot of people would have counted us out with all the injuries, but we were in every game. Herzog: It hurts when you put all that effort into a common goal, and you fall short, especially your last season, but I wouldn’t trade the experience for anything.

What were some of the goals you set this year? Fogt: Coming in every year, our biggest goal is to win the GLIAC conference, that’s one of the big ones, and obviously with our record that didn’t work out, but on a personal basis the guys get better every day, that’s one of the big things everyone did pretty well at this year and continued throughout the year and never gave up. Moinet: We all had common goals – my freshman and sophomore years we won GLIAC rings, and we had potential to do that [this year], so to fall short in that was disappointing. Did you have more injuries this year than usual? Fogt: It always seems like that, it just keeps building up, but

there were more key injuries this year, guys we lost that were going to be a big factor for us because of how young we were, guys who had the experience went down early. That made some of the younger guys who weren’t as experienced come in and play a big role for us. Would you say over all four years it’s hard to balance football and academics? Pittman: It’s not easy, you’re balancing two full-time jobs. We’re there for about 6 hours Freshman year was the hardest, cause it’s a new place and we’re not used to how Hillsdale does everything, and then you have football. After that you kind of get into your own routine and

to balance it, and it’s not too terrible. Moinet: come in and it’s mind-blowing, you don’t know how to timefreshman year, you learn how to pace yourself and plan ahead. I agement when we have football, whereas in the spring semesters I push things off. Herzog: I’m still recovering my man year. After you pass the core classes and get into the stuff you really like, it makes everything easier, whether you’re in football or not. Taking classes and doing football grind, but you get in a groove. You get used to it. You just have for you. Do you have any advice for

Pittman: I would just say the biggest thing is that four years goes by a lot faster than you’d think, so take every opportunity as a gift from God. We’re so blessed and football is the greatest sport and you’re never going to be around people who love and support you more. Just really embrace it and cherish it. Fogt: We had a lot of guys who had a chance to play this year, so the biggest thing is to stay hungry. We’ve had two losing seasons in a row, and with the team coming back [next year] we have guys with a ton of experience, and a lot of guys that are still eager to go out there and win and have a love for the game. I’m excited, I have huge expectations for next year. We’re pretty excited for what we have in the future. It’s a good program here. At the banquet all the seniors talked and it was obvious how special this place is and how special our program is. Moinet: Just keep grinding. to feel bad for yourself and want to quit, but knowing the rewards you’re going to get from playing football here and getting an worth all the hard times and all the struggles. Go through that

grind every day and put your heart into it, that’s the biggest thing. Herzog: Keep your mouth shut and just work hard – nothing is going to replace hard work. They have so much talent and I couldn’t be prouder of how much they’ve grown so far. Stay humble. It feels good to know you can do something hard, you know, like you can accomplish abilities after college.

What do you plan to do after you leave Hillsdale? Fogt: I’m planning to go to grad school, I want to go to Ohio State for physical therapy. Pittman: I’ve always wanted to go to law school, I have to take the LSAT, and I guess we’ll see after that. I’m pretty sure I’m going to do the WHIP program next year, and see if politics is something I’m interested in. Herzog: cial manager down the road. Moinet: I’m getting an exercise science degree. I want to go to physical therapy school after Hillsdale. -Compiled by Kate Patrick

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“The Misanthrope” and haute couture The classic French play gets an update in the Tower Players production Natalie deMacedo News Editor

waiting for the right time.” The play opens

her butt look big, but I don’t know if I’m okay with that synthesis.” But there aren’t just truth-tellers and liars – Senior Leslie Reyes described her character, Arsinoe, as a prude and a hypocrite. “Everyone fears her,” Reyes said. “She is the friend no one wants to have because she will talk about you behind your back.” Arsinoe is completely infatuated with Alceste and burns with envy because she doesn’t have him Reyes said. “During one prac-

tice I followed him so intensely he ended up falling over the couch,” Reyes added. She said Arsinoe thinks Alceste shares her virtues and morals, but she’s a shallow character ridden with vice. Reyes had plenty of praise for her fellow actors. She said Pomerantz has mastered speaking in couplets and not allowing for the natural “sing-song” the rhyming words create. “I’ve see the most growth in Coffey. This is a completely different character that she usually plays, but she has done such a good job,” Reyes said, adding tatious, young woman that Cé-

chic Paris apartment. Modern, simplistic furniture sit quietly before an Eiffel Tower peeking through a balcony terrace at sundown. Alceste, the male lead, wearing black skinny jeans and hipster glasses, discusses how one ought to behave in society with his companion Philinte . Should we “never part with any word that isn’t from the Junior Catherine Coffey and senior Aaron Pomerantz in character for See Misanthrope B2 heart?” Or consider it Molière’s “Misanthrope.” (Elena Creed/Collegian) “uncouth and most ab- way to get along in socisurd to speak the naked ety in terms of personal truth”? interactions. He said Alceste, played by Moliere’s questions in senior Aaron Pomer- 1666 are just as relevant antz, believes in telling today as they were 350 the truth 100 percent years ago. of the time, no matter Pomerantz explained what the consequences, that the synthesis to AlPomerantz said. On the ceste and Célimène’s other hand, his love-in- polar opposite views of terest Célimène, played truthfulness is shown in by junior Catherine the character Philinte, Coffey, thrives on lies. who believes you should “She lies through lie when you need to. her teeth,” Pomerantz “I think we should added. “She’s a duplici- question the synthesis,” tous, nasty person.” Pomerantz said. “Of Angell said the play course you should never asks great questions, tell your girlfriend that Freshman Glynis Gilio sits on the left side of the couch in “The such as what is the best her pants do in fact make Junior Nicholas Gibbs sits on the right side of the couch in “The Misanthrope.” (Elena Creed/Collegian) Misanthrope.” (Elena Creed/Collegian) A suit-jacket with shorts. A face-encompassing hat. A glittering chartreuse jacket. High fashion meets the Tower Players in their latest production, “The Misanthrope” by Molière. The 1666 play was originally set in French High Court, but director George Angell has brought the performance into the modern day. The show opened last night and will run through Saturday each evening at 8 p.m. with a matinee performance Saturday at 2 p.m. “I picked it because I wanted to do it,” Angell said. “I was

Hillcats shaking it up Faculty jazz band to bring something secret to concert Evan Carter Web Editor “I can’t really say what it is yet, but I’m going to start a new way of presenting this music and it’s going to happen on Friday,”

said Chris McCourry, director of jazz studies and trumpeter for the Hillcats. “It’s going to be revolutionary.” This Friday at 8 p.m in McNamara Rehearsal Hall, the Hillcats will be taking a new approach to the presentation of the music of renowned jazz artist and compos-

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To do and see This week

Wednesday through Saturday, Nov. 19 through 22 The Misanthrope, by Moliere Tower Players Production Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m., matinee Saturday at 2 p.m. Markel Auditorium The classic comedy of manners and morals by the greatest French playwright of them all. Friday, Nov. 21 The Hillcats Hillsdale College Faculty Jazz Ensemble McNamara Rehearsal Hall 8 p.m. Hillsdale’s Faculty Jazz Ensemble performs the music of Joe Henderson. Saturday, Nov. 22 Poet and the Beat The Historic Dawn Theater 8:30 p.m. Rock, Pop and Blues: Poet & The Beat offer a little bit of everything! Stop in musicians! Enjoy a warm atmosphere Sunday, Nov. 23 The Ragbirds Tibbits Opera House, Coldwater, Mich. “It’s rare to hear something new and exciting in the realm of folk/roots music, but the careful alchemists of The Ragbirds have given us just that,”

wrote Bryan Rodgers of Homegrown Music Network Every Sunday “Hillsdale Roller Derby Dollz” practice The Stadium Roller Rink 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. $5 entry as a league of extraordinary women. When you’re out in the “normal world,” knowing somewhere a gang of bad asses, unique, beautiful women absolutely has your back? Nobody can knock you down. Be your own Super Hero! Like our Facbooke page at “Hillsdale Derby Dollz” Wednesday, Nov. 26 Turkey Eye Celebration by Tri State Entertainment Broad Street Underground 9:30 p.m. Ongoing Senior Art Exhibit Katherine Helmick and Maggy Smith Daughtery Gallery In this capstone exhibit, these graduating art majors present their best work from their undergraduate years.

(Compiled by Vivian Hughbanks)

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the time, but I’m not.” Lasch said she acted some in high school, but nothing at this fessionalism. “It’s reing. There ever and so beautiful to is no sense

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these freshmen doing here?’” Lasch said. “It could have been intimidating, but it hasn’t been.”

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The ‘good bikers’ Sarah Albers Assistant Editor “No,” Chief Administrative Hillsdale faculty and staff that rode motorcycles together over But no ‘shenanigans’ doesn’t “One of the funniest times we ever had was when we went to Manitou Bar and Grill near

“Everybody who has a motorcycle is constantly comparFriendly competition and a shared love for motorcycling spurred the three to organize Douglas Jeffrey, Vice Presibeen riding motorcycles for

long trips on touring motorcyGoldwing now and for several years, I’ve ridden it out to Calibuilt for long distances, not for -

This book, saved from the burned rubble of Vivian Lyon Moore’s house, contains the minutes of one of Hillsdale’s earliest literary societies. (Macaela Bennett/Collegian)

Hillsdale history in a heap

Macaela Bennett City News Editor

lot left,’” said Arlan Gilbert, former Hillsdale professor and now

Three days after America lost JFK to an assassination, Hillsdale

“She was the

“We had just about come to the terrible truth that a president of the United States could be assassinated in our time,” the college’s 1964 -

have an interest in the local

our college historian and professor, Vivian Lyon Moore — ‘Frau Moore,’ as she was fondly called

While living in Hillsdale, her interest in compiling genealogies led her to save many documents about the happenings in the city have an interest in the local hiswe would have a lost a lot of the

Public Service Librarian Linda

Coupled with the tragedy of Moore’s death was the concern over losing mounds of college “In that total and consuming perhaps hundreds — of early and cal documents and papers of Hillsdale College,” Hillsdale’s March “Efforts were made to rescue or salvage the more important papers but practically nothing could be “Even when I began at Hillsdale, many said ‘we don’t have a

sition as an assistant professor of

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First, Gilbert said not all of the ing to the college were give to the University of Michigan’s Bentley Library, where they can still be

Second, Gilbert said most of the documents she collected per-

Until recently, many mourned Hillsdale losing much of its early history to the ash heaps of that

at several other institutions including: University of Chicago, University of Michigan, and Notre -

After spending much of his retirement from teaching researching the college’s history, Gilbert believes the loss incurred from the

Attendance for the coordicording to Pewe, it was orga-

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It all boils down to managing that gathered whenever pos-

Some nights there were big “Some women quilt for re-

clubs, or events — they did not coordination and often-hectic portray Hillsdale’s importance in schedules of the Hillsdale College faculty and staff that particthe documents lending evidence to the college’s admirable reputation provided camaraderie for those are found in other libraries and his“They’re what you would torical societies across America, where Gilbert found them to write professors and administrators,” ing that so many important archives were lost spurred a renewed interest in collecting and have more than recovered,” Gil- VanOrman, Pewe, and he all -

wanted to ride a motorcycle, but only recently found themselves “My wife and I, ever since getting married, always wanted Though the motorcyclists love to ride, they come together over the growl of engines to eat, “We’re all just a bunch of

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pers into her room, so when the house burned, we lost a lot of col-

along for the ride that day overheard a lady whispering to her

The store is the perfect desver, photos of Marilyn Monroe pepper the walls between splenThough it’s only been open for nearly a year, the business is do“I have a masters in counseling, and I had a private practice counseling agency for many

about thrift stores is that you ferent from what other people are wearing, but also a cool style and not what someone

Julie Boyce (top) holds a package of fire starters created at a general department store or by a client of Key Opportunities. Treasure, etc. (below) is a something,” junior Elizabeth reseale store in Jonesville, Michigan. (Hughbanks/Collegian)

One store Green regularly frequents is the Salvation Army Family Store in the Kroger shopproceeds from family store sales ies, and Christmas festivities, along with other operations of munity,” employee Katherine The Salvation Army store is a staple for college students, providing everything from hallow-

ams and I decided that our room was a little empty, and we both

right down, and he goes, ‘Oh

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From Cuba to State Street

Amanda Tindall News Editor The Frudakis family has owned the little shop at 146 State St. since winter of last year. Before the renovations, it was just a little convenience store. Now, with two small red tables, scones, pies, and other baked goods, it has become a lovely small-town market. The couple has remodeled and repaired the market over the past year. Vivian Frudakis makes all of the food — the pies, dinners that customers can order to go, scones, and many other treats. When Vivian Frudakis immigrated from Cuba as a child, she had a little cookbook with only of State Street Market with her husband, Associate Professor of Art Anthony Frudakis, she has taken those basics of cooking and opened up a world of delicious goodies. “I’ve always loved to cook,” Frudakis said. “I started around seven or eight. I’d make stuff from my little cookbook. It was my pride and joy. I used to make my mom breakfast for Mother’s Day. Like pancakes or eggs or something. I think my dad probcakes, I remember that.” She began working at the age of 15 as a dental assistant in a community that needed Spanishspeakers.

Graduating college with a degree in marketing, Frudakis eventually became a purchasing agent for the Trump Organization at the time they were opening up the Taj Mahal. “I was in charge of the seating for the hotel, for everything that went inside the hotel,” Frudakis said. “That was during the hustle and bustle of buying things for the hotel. The seating, the safety deposit boxes that needed to be forms. I still have the brochures and things for advertising for boxing matches. I have books of all the stuff from there.” After moving to Hillsdale and giving birth to her daughter, Frudakis began working part-time in human services. “I was a parent educator part time, so when she went to school, I became full-time as a community health educator,” she said. Long-time family friend Bobbi Byrd said Frudakis has always had this love for both people and food. “She’s a wonderful host,” Byrd said. “I’ve eaten at their home a number of times. She’s a wonderful cook. I stopped in their home, and she’d make scones and they were just amazing. Her family has always just been like family to me. ” Frudakis said the creativity of making the food is one of the exciting parts of running the market. “The sandwiches was something that, I looked through reci-

State Street Market owner Vivian Frudakis bought the store on 146 State St. last December. pes, and looked through recipes, and my husband Tony served as my guinea pig,” she said. “We tried breads galore.” After trying all the different kinds of bread, they decided to make their own. Frudakis also makes her own fresh whipped cream. “I’m a sort of connoisseur of coconut cream pie,” Byrd said,

jokingly. “She made her own whipped cream, and put it on top. I found that it was the best coconut cream pie I’ve ever had.” Some sports teams, including the tennis team, enjoy the to-go food made by Frudakis. “My tennis coach has gotten take out order from her a couple times for away games,” said women’s tennis team mem-

A month of man madness Breanna Noble Collegian Freelancer Niedfelt Volunteer Extravaganza Honoring Thanksgiving, Niedfeldt’s November goal is serving the community for 400 hours. “We talked about some philanthropic event and decided why not up the ante and make it a month-long?” senior House Director Ray Willis said. Each student must complete about eight hours to achieve the goal. Even Phyllis Niedfelt, after whom the dorm was named, writes to the house about her

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volunteering at a Mississippi veterans’ home and contributes her hours. If the dorm accomplishes the feat, there will be a celebration with wings. “It’s amazing to see 50 guys getting together and making a positive impact,” freshman Jacob Weaver said. Galloway Man Month Galloway guys spend November earning “man cash” by ing something with Duct tape and using power tools, competing to win a prize with the most cash. In addition, Galloway has Man Events of the Week where the men on Feast nights compete

in contests like making snow angels without shirts to earn more. “We want to do something fun as a dorm,” freshman Nathan Lehman said. The competition aims to represent Galloway’s motto, “Gentlemen. Scholars. Heroes.” “It’s good stuff: walking a girl to her dorm,” Doan said. “It emphasizes chivalry. We implement that into ‘man month.’” Simpson No Shave November While the Movember Foundation started No Shave November in 2004 to raise awareness of prostate cancer since hair falls out during chemotherapy, Simpsonites practice it for Hillsdalian reasons.

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“We study higher things,” senior RA Connor Gleason said. “The great philosophers are great men with great beards. What better way to honor [them] than taking one month and donating it to great facial hair?” While this explanation may sound far-fetched, according to Illinois State University’s “Vidette Online,” the event’s origins can be traced to ancient Greece. Plato proposed to be educated properly, one must imitate the most knowledgeable, so the young Guardians spent 30 days each year copying the look of gods, commonly depicted with beards. Aristotle even stated beard-growing traditionally is an ethics practice.

“It is the mark of a patient and rugged soul.” -Mike Pope, senior

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ber junior Lindsay Peirce. “You can tell that it’s fresh and that it’s most of their ingredients were homemade, handmade. It makes a difference” “It’s a really cute little sandwich shop, you walk in and she’s selling little candy bars and baked goods,” Patrick said. “The people who work there are so kind, and they make their own sandwiches,

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and are always checking on you. The sandwiches are so good.” Frudakis said her various careers and life experience has taught her many things. “Coming from Cuba to the United States, I probably learned the importance of an education, something that you love.”

Vintage is ‘key’ Vivian Hughbanks Assistant Editor A cheerful voice greeted me when I ducked out of the pouring rain into Key Opportunities Consignment and Vintage Center. The young woman gave me a crooked smile and returned to arranging tea cups on a shelf near the counter. It was just about closing time, and with a nod from her sua door in the back of the store. Key Opportunities, one of the many consignment and resale shops in the Hillsdale area, is located just a block past Olds Residence at 400 N. Hillsdale St. The shop helps sustain the operations of Key Opportunities, Inc., a vocational rehabilitation center that assists people with developmental, physical, and mental disabilities in developing job skills. One application of training is at the resale shop, which features furniture, home accents, housewares, dishes, and luggage. “We have individuals who work at the consignment store who are building their skills to work in retail sales, customer service, pricing, marking things, handling money,” said Julie Boyce, Director of Key Opportunities Inc. “We want to build skills and tasks that individuals know how to do that

they can then make those skills transferrable to communitybased employment.” The center brings together employees from around the county to learn skills both at the center on Hillsdale Street, and at subcontracted positions from local manufacturers. While Key Opportunities has existed for 39 years, the consignment shop opened four of open positions within the community. “It started because the industry in Hillsdale had gone down so much,” said Chris for Key Opportunities Inc. “A lot of businesses went out, we had been doing a lot of that in house, so we were trying to think if we’re not going to have the industry here, then what can we do so that we can still put our people to work and still bring money into our organization?” Key Opportunities Inc. also partners with Hillsdale Market House on a school program for local students referred by Michigan rehab. In the program, students learn skills like bagging groceries and customer service. “They learn to run a cash register, and the learn to greet people, and how to respect someone’s space. It seems

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ASHLEE MORAN, FRESHMAN Describe your fashion sense. A little color and some polka dots never hurt nobody What is your most embarrassing item of clothing? A striped crop top- not sure what I was thinking at the time What is your biggest fashion pet peeve? Not ironing clothes What is your favorite item of clothing? I love wearing vests- I can’t do without vests Who inspires your wardrobe? Francesca’s, Banana Republic, and J. Crew Photos by Elena Creed

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