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Vol. 138 Issue 14 - 29 January 2015

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Searle set to open in August Hotel renovation plans in the works

Phil DeVoe Collegian Reporter

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Towering over the Dow Leadership Center is the silver skeleton of the Searle Center. Below it, the hotel’s rooms seek a makeover, should donor funding pan out.

“We’re mostly focusing on the Searle Center for now, but we’re looking to improve the Dow’s rooms at some point as well,” Chief Administrative The Searle Center’s construction began in the summer of 2014 and is expected to be completed

by August of 2015. By then, the more than $10 million building, with an auditorium, dining room, and conference center, should be operable.

the construction involves thawing the ground out, which is hard to do with it so cold.”

The Dow Center’s rooms have not yet seen the visible and obvious changes of the Searle Center because the college and hotel are busy trying to “We absolutely need better rooms,” Director of the Dow Center Teresa Heckenlively said.

So far, the college has only completed a model room that serves to estimate what the renovations can achieve, while painting a picture of the improved quality of the new rooms.

“The model room is mostly to make sure the renovations won’t have too many limitations, and we hope the room looks good,” Heckenlively said.

Heckenlively discussed the issues with the ho-

tel’s facilities, including the dated condition of the rooms, and improvements to upholstery, furniture, decorations, and, especially, bathrooms.

“I think that if these renovations were completsaid.

The Dow Center renovations are not slated said they are hopeful of their groundbreaking. The Searle Center, the college’s current focus in renovations, must be completed before furthering other projects.

Renovations on the new building have displaced events to other buildings around campus, such as the Center for Constructive Alternatives on American Journalism: Yesterday and Today, which was the third CCA to be held in the Bierman Athletic

Center.

The new venue offers space and amenities the smaller Phillips Auditorium in the Dow Center couldn’t.

“The athletic department, the catering, and the maintenance, and everyone has been really great, and made the Bierman Center very nice for us,” Director of Programs for External Affairs Matt Bell said.

Searle Center when it is completed. He, like the rest of campus, said he is excited to see the new building, and is certain that the improvements will help make CCAs better experiences for the students and the visiting donors and parents who attend the conferences.

Local company installs stadium Buzzer-beating lighting for Super Bowl dunk lifts Shane Armstrong Senior Reporter Hillsdale’s Qualite Sports Lighting is one of the premier stadium lighting companies in the world. Located on Mechanic Street, Qualite has done stadium lighting for high schools, colleges, and professional venues all over the globe, most notably the University of Phoenix Stadium, which is home to dinals and host of Super Bowl XLIX Sunday.

Residing in Hillsdale for almost 30 years, Qualite built itself into a leader in the stadium lighting industry. Other professional venues the company has lit include U.S. Cellular Field, home of Major League baseball’s Chicago White Sox, and professional soccer and cricket stadiums overseas. Major college programs also upgraded to Qualite’s state-of-the-art lighting, opening up opportunities for both the institutions and Qualite.

Qualite installed lighting for the Frank “Muddy” Waters Stadium, home of the Chargers, as well as Purdue University’s new softball stadium, enabling Purdue to

host the NCAA regional tournament for Division I. The Missouri University Tigers, 2013 SEC football champions, also chose to use Qualite lights to make their stadium more professional.

To prepare the University of Phoenix Stadium for the Super Bowl this year, Qualite teamed up with Ephesus Lighting, a leader “We were contacted by Ephesus and were able to partner to do the lighting for the Sufour months to complete,” Qualite President Nick Page said.

The University of Phoenix Stadium is big enough to seat as many as 72,200 fans and has a retractable roof, which can provide challenges with regard to lighting.

“Each stadium is unique,” Page said.

“Indoor stadiums are on catwalk systems throughout the top and are typically larger venues. Outdoor venues are mainly pole mounted lights and those tend to vary more.”

In addition to providing high-end lighting solutions in some of the world’s best ven-

new LED lights used to illuminate the University of Phoenix Stadium expend only 310,000 watts of energy compared to the 1.24 million watts needed to power the previous lighting system in the stadium. The switch to LED lighting will save the stadium up to 75 percent in energy costs. fer a 30-year warranty on its products. Its control an entire stadium full of lights with a computer or smartphone, and offers GreenStar technology, which is known as the most available. Furthermore, most of the manufacturing for Qualite occurs in Hillsdale.

“We do the engineering, design, quoting, prewiring, labeling, and pole assembly all here in Hillsdale,” Page said.

As a staple in the lighting industry and in the city of Hillsdale for almost three decades, Qualite is continuing to grow. After supplying the college with lights for the

lighting.

According to the company website, the

Chargers

Nathanael Meadowcroft Assistant Editor

With 59 seconds remaining, another gut-wrenching defeat was staring the Hillsdale College men’s basketball team in the face.

After restoring an 11-point lead with 15:09 remaining in the second half, Hillsdale managed to score just seven points over the next 14:29, allowing the Northern Michigan Wildcats t o

See Qualite A6 College President Larry Arnn and talk radio host, lawyer, and academic Hugh Hewitt talked about national security and The scheduled speaker, Bret Stephens, was forced to cancel due to bad The CCA ended yesterday with a faculty

not the Hillsdale way.

Down by six with under a minute left, the Chargers kept Even after a potential gametying free throw rimmed out with 11 seconds left and a possible go-ahead put back layup didn’t fall, the Chargers kept and Northern Michigan preparing to inbound from under their own basket, one thing was running through Chargers players’ heads.

“We were not going to let ourselves lose this game,” forward Kyle Cooper said.

Well-executed full-court press defense forced the Northern Michigan inbounder Chavis Mattison to attempt a long pass, but junior Rhett

take a sixpoint lead.

In those last 59 seconds, the Chargers needed to score seven points — a task which had just taken more than

Smith intercepted the pass and found senior Ian Sheldon above (A nd the three-point er sK line. ile da Rathl/ Co e r lle gi than an straight defeat going into their ) take toughest stretch of games so far t h e this season. lastIt would have been easy to second

(Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

See Basketball A7

INSIDE Rockwell Lake Lodge re-opens With a new chef and new management, the lodge re-opened this month. A3

Fish and Woodchips Jerry Rumler carves wooden

Women’s basketball takes hit The Charger women’s basketball team suffers two close losses at home. A8

The Tower Light For 60 years, the Tower Light has been a collection of Hillsdale student creativity and artistry. B1

Convict escapes Hillsdale County Jail Convict escapes jail and is harbored by his girlfriend. A6

gifts. B4

(Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

(Photo courtesy of Jerry Rumler)

News........................................A1 Opinions..................................A4 City News................................A6 Sports......................................A7 Arts..........................................B1 Features....................................B3

Don’t worship Jaffa Harry Jaffa’s work, however great, exists in context. A5

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Forensics, debate, mock trial aim for nationals “It really is tough,” said senior second-year Stevan Bennett Collegian Reporter

Be it a casual conversation with friends in the cafeteria or a presentation given in class, speaking plays an intricate role in everyday life.

Those Hillsdale students on debate, forensics, and mock trial teams are actively working to sharpen their public speaking skills while at Hillsdale.

“You are going to need to speak in public at some point, regardless of your job,” said senior mock trial captain Philip Hammersley. “Be it communicating with your co-workers or boss, you will need to be able to articulate your ideas. Competitive speaking allows you to gain experience in this valuable skill.”

Apart from gaining experience in speaking to an audience, competitive speaking allows you to learn how to speak under pressure.

come up against people that have radically different views than you do, and Hillsdale kind of sticks out like a sore thumb. This means we have to go Unlike competitive speaking at many other colleges, the main goal for these students is not simply winning.

“Our team mantra is ‘Truth and Communicasaid. “As Hillsdale College students we’re learning all of these different things about our foundations as a country and being good leaders. So instead of treating this like a game, we’re going to use it as a chance to sharpen our skills in delivering the truth.”

Just because the main goal isn’t victory, does not mean that Hillsdale competitive speaking does not enjoy its fair share of it. All three teams are having extremely successful seasons, including a mock trial team that is in the midst of the most successful season in Hillsdale history.

“We went 8-0 last weekend, and that has never happened before,” Hammersley said.

For Hillsdale competitive speakers, this success is the result of hard work throughout the entire school year.

“For [forensics] we begin prepping over the summer and begin competing in early September, and then we compete throughout the rest of the year,” Assistant Director of Forensics and Debate ment is March 21.”

For these students participating in competitive speaking at Hillsdale, it’s about more than speak“All of the competitive speaking teams are more than just an extra-curricular. Rather, it is a community,” Hammersley said. “Therefore it isn’t so much of a burden as it is something fun to do. try it out.”

All three teams are now focusing on their postseason runs, and there is no lack of optimism among their ranks.

The mock trial team at a recent tournement.

(Photo Courtesy of Shaun Lichti)

“We want to win nationals,” Hammersley said.

“It’s pretty simple.”

Alumnus brings new ideas to admissions Tom Novelly Collegian Reporter

John Papciak comes back. (Photo Courtesy of John Papciak)

Campus Security makes cuts Hannah Leitner Design Editor

This semester, the Hillsdale College Campus Security Department reduced its payroll from 70 people to just fewer than 50.

The reduction in aid security members allowed for the department to cut its expenses by 13 percent.

Director of Security and Emergency Management Bill Whorley said despite the cut, the quality of campus security coverage remains the same, with positions covering both east and west campus, roving and stationary guards in the Roche Sports Complex, and a stationary guard in the Biermann Athletic Center.

“We are not cutting jobs, but reducing hours,” Whorley said.

“This is not a police department.

There’s a vast difference between us and them.”

Previously, student security employees paired with full-time and part-time employees during patrol hours. But with the new patrol shifts have been cut to just one guard during each shift, except during weekend hours.

Student dispatcher junior Megan Prom said many of the students as well as the full-time workers are sad to see the guard number cut.

“As a student you are able to be an active participant in the community like that, and being able to help, student to full-time personnel, I think it made a lot of students feel a little bit better,” Prom said. “Some guys loved those midnight to four shifts.”

Additionally, Whorley said they shifted from one-hour shifts to two-hour shifts in Biermann and the sports complex, allowing students to work longer shifts as well as leaving fewer holes in the schedule.

“Do you see the yellow highlights?” Whorley asked, pointing to a schedule laying on his desk.

Those indicate open shifts. It

used to be much worse.”

Senior Rebekah Smith said she personally hasn’t felt the effect of the reduction of hours.

“The hours I wanted were still there. Going around the room choosing hours, there may have been less to choose from, but I don’t think it hurt anyone’s feelings,” she said.

Prom said she believes the new structure, while not allowing for many experience hours, to be “It allows people to do what they are supposed to be doing and there is not a lot of extras around, so the schedule isn’t as confusing,” Prom said.

In addition to the changes in the structure of assigning shifts, Campus Security no longer breaks into student cars, even when students lock themselves out.

Previously, tools like the “slim jim,” a long skinny tool used to hook and catch the locks in cars, were used to open locked car doors from the outside.

But Whorley said entering cars has become more of a liability issue. Due to the increasing car security over recent years, as mandated by the National Hightion, the tools used to assist entry

Students at Hillsdale can expect more job opportunities, more chances to develop professional skills, and a stronger connection with the admissions department in the next couple of years thanks to a recent alumnus who has returned to work in Central Hall.

John Papciak `13 is the new assistant director of campus recruitment for admissions.

John returned to Hillsdale at the end of last semester and brought with him plenty of experience, passion, and new ideas for the student admissions programs.

Papciak came to Hillsdale as a student in 2008, majoring in psychology. He was actively involved in Relay for Life, Sigma Chi, Student Federation, and the speech team.

However, Papciak’s impact was most seen in the admissions department, where he worked for four years as a student ambassador and college marketing assistant.

“I have worked with so many students in admissions,” Visit Coordinator Margaret

Braman said. “But John was one of my favorites. He was always dependable and very professional.”

Papciak’s student experience and dedication to the program made him a prime candidate when this new position opened up at the college.

Papciak was working as an executive team leader for Target after graduation, but admissions job.

ly isn’t any other place like Hillsdale,” Papciak said. “When I came for my interview I parked in the visitors’ parking spot, and it really resonated with me. I wanted to be able to be a part of this legacy again.”

After Papciak was hired, he immediately began contributing new ideas and setting goals for the student worker admissions prodent call team and student ambassador positions, as well as working on creating some new opportunities like junior admissions counselors, graduate ambassadors, and internships. He also hopes to streamline more of these opportunities and give students the

Admissions Counselor Kelly Scott ’14 said.

“He brings good experience, creativity, and enthusiasm.”

Papciak said he believes that student ambassadors should be able not to tell, but show through their actions and demeanor what the liberal arts mean to prospective students.

“I want students to gain a stronger understanding of the liberal arts by working with our programs,” he said. “It feeds the passion and purpose they curate here.” sador program to become a living example of Hillsdale’s mission and also a place where students can acquire skills that will make them viable candidates for work after graduation. The addition of the new programs will hopefully make a four-year progressive calowing them to move from call team to perhaps a junior intern.

“It is the beginning of a very dynamic program and I’m looking forward to the developments,” Papciak said.

Green awarded ODK Leader of the Month Kate Patrick Assistant Editor

The Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honorary nominated senior Caroline Green to be leader of the month, thanks to her academic achievement, superior leadership skills, and exceptional character.

“The ODK Leader of the

and encourage leaders who make an enormous impact on campus dar,” ODK President Sam Ryskamp said. “Caroline Green is exactly the kind of person who look for three things: academic achievement, extracurricular leadership, but most importantly we look for men and women of character.”

Green, who is an economics

and Spanish double major, did not expect to be nominated, and “I didn’t know I was being picked until I read the email — Annie Teigen texted me and said, ‘You’re famous!’ and I thought ‘Oh no,’ because I thought I was being pranked,” Green said.

“Then I saw the email and I was so honored. My parents called me and said nice things. It felt like my birthday.”

Green’s many achievements

Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, leading a bible study, and serving as an resident assistant in the Paul House for one semester.

“Caroline Green has been a good friend of mine since freshman year and she has personally encouraged and inspired me in many ways,” Ryskamp said.

“It’s awesome to see her receive some recognition.”

Every leaves BAMCO Evan Carter Web Editor

and even dangerous to use as an aide for entry.

“It’s become more and more challenging to assist the students,” Whorley said. “An extra pair of keys put away somewhere is a good idea.”

Working on security isn’t without perks. The department recently added a new 2015 Jeep Patriot, a single-speed, fourwheel drive vehicle, to its patrol“We don’t put tons of miles on vehicles, but patrolling and driving around blocks puts lots of wear on them,” Whorley said.

“It’ll not only be nice to have a vehicle that is new, but also to help with assisting students.”

chance to develop professional skills that they will use in the workplace.

During Christmas break, Management Company, ending his job as Hillsdale’s general

Spencer Bell and Luke Robson race against time in Charger Chopped. (Ben Strickland/Collegian)

a full-time replacement for Every can be found, Christopher Gumm will serve as Hillsdale’s interim general manager.

Gumm said the next permanent general manager will be hired before the end of February.

“The students and staff at Hillsdale can expect the same level of service during this transition,” Gumm said.

After Every’s departure, Gumm stepped right into Every’s shoes — working with chefs, the board manager, and the catering manager.

According to Gumm, chefs manage the kitchens and schedule workers, so the operations of Knorr Dining Room, as well vendors on campus, should remain operationally unchanged.

While few details about Every’s departure are publicly available, Gumm said Every had accepted a position in another company closer to his home.

“It was [Jeff’s] choice to leave the job and we wish him well,” Gumm said.

Polar vortex drives salt prices up for winter season Morgan Delp Editor-in-Chief

ing a substantial surplus in the storage barn.

With this season’s mild winter already well unhas plenty to last until spring, and does not need to

Last winter’s “polar vortex” drove this season’s salt prices up due to the skyrocketing demand. Effects have been felt throughout Michigan, and the city and college of Hillsdale are no exception.

Last year, the college bought 50 tons of salt for $3,100. This fall, the price jumped to almost $7,600 for the same amount.

Towards the end of last season, Director of Purchasing at the Fowler Maintenance Building Jim Sarles called 10-12 companies looking for more salt after the college ran out. Salt companies were charging $12,000 for 50 tons, Superintendent of Grounds Mike Wiseley said.

“We didn’t end up ordering at that point,” Wiseley said of last year. “We used the rest of our bagged salt. It’s a pain to open each bag, but we Because of the salt shortage, the maintenance crew had to mix locally-bought sand in with the salt to make it last. For the 16 years prior, Wiseley said, the college used an average of 35 tons, leav-

is a little more than halfway through this year’s allotment.

The college purchases its salt from Hersch’s Inc. in Oak Park, Michigan. The additional eight tons of bagged salt are bought locally from Nichols. Hillsdale College is only responsible for salting its own property because city, state, and county governments are responsible for the roads.

The tons of bulk salt are loaded into the college’s salt truck, and other trucks plow the parking lots, while Steiners salt or brush away snow from the sidewalks. The maintenance crew of six men will start work at 4 a.m. after a night’s snowfall in order to have everything cleaned up by 8 a.m., pending the snowfall ends by morning.

The city also felt its purse strings tightened in buying salt for the winter; however, municipalities go through a slightly different process in ordering salt. They place their order with MiDEAL in March of each year. MiDEAL allows local governments to use state government contracts to purchase ser-

vices and goods, like salt.

Keith Richard, the city’s director of public services, said the city usually orders 1,000 tons, plus a few hundred tons of back-up in a secondary shipment. Last year’s price was $39 per ton. This year, the city paid $56.22 per ton, totaling $56,220 from the Detroit Salt Company.

“So far this year we have used 150 tons of salt, approximately, and approximately 50 tons of sandsalt mix,” Richard reported to the Collegian on Jan. 16. The city has most likely used more since that date. “Sand-salt mix is primarily used to add some aggregate or grip material so that once the salt starts to work and the de-icing process works, we are left with a little bit of residual. When it starts to ice over again, it gives tires a grip and helps people walk.”

The city is maxed out in terms of space at their storage barn this winter, thanks to reserves from last season. However, the city is still contractually obligated to order the amount of salt they ordered on an as-needed basis in 40-ton allotments, Richard said.

In terms of budget constraints, Richard said his department heard rumblings that the salt prices were going to increase this year, and accounted for

it in the city budget with a 1.1 percent increase in the major street funds winter maintenance budget.

The local street funds winter maintenance budget decreased by 0.6 percent. The 45 percent price increase still took a hit on the supplies budget, Richard said, but state trunkline funds helped offset that.

“The one drawback is that the bidding process get, which operates on a different time frame than most local units of government. That is, the state while most local units of government operate on a the results of the bid until August, which is about Richard said in an email.

The college’s rising salt prices came out of the maintenance budget, Wiseley said.

“We usually try to stay under budget, so we will be ok,” Wiseley said. “The vendors always say that cities and municipalities get priority on salt because they order a lot more.”

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Rockwell Lake Lodge re-opens with new management Morgan Sweeney Collegian Reporter For more than a year, the college has been working to improve the advertising and management of the Rockwell Lake Lodge, the college-owned, rustic-style retreat facility in northern Michigan.

Some college faculty will travel there this weekend, when the lodge re-opens after being closed for three months.

In fall 2013, the Collegian reported that the college was talking with several hotel management cupancy for both the Dow Leadership Center hotel and the lodge. Occupancy for the Dow Center around 54 percent. The lodge gets even fewer visitors, since it lies four hours away in rural Luther, Michigan. “We run a college. The college teaches students things they want and need to learn,� Mike Harner, really in the hotel business. Finding people that un- Rockwell Lake Lodge decorated during the Christmas season. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian) derstand that business, especially in the competidures and expanded the buying power of the Dow Resorts, which have had more Forbes Travel Guide tive arena, was important to us.�

The college eventually landed on WHG Com- Center by putting the college in touch with larger- four-star award-winning restaurants than any other panies, LLC, or Wogernese Hotel Group, a group scale product providers who can decrease the ho- resort in North America. She then worked at the University of Massachusetts Medical School cafe. based in Wisconsin that manages hotel properties tel’s costs.

For the lodge, the college decided a full-time, throughout the Midwest. professionally-trained, on-site manager was neces- She did all of the things that you would like to have WHG has been at work streamlining the operation sary. About the time it began its search, the original somebody do before you have them come in and manager of the lodge, LuAnn Trombly, contacted manage,� Harner said. “She’s a highly experienced of both locations and increasing advertising. “[Through WHG] we’ve established an online the college inquiring about job positions that might food and hospitality professional, and so now we - can run that.� presence for our marketing efforts,� Harner said. “Previously the only place you could really hear about the Dow Hotel was via the Hillsdale College 2007, but moved to Nevada two years later for per- ing is that the lodge can now host cooking events, website. We now have a presence via Expedia, sonal reasons. Trombly earned a degree there from perhaps quarterly or even monthly, in which TromLe Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Las bly can share her knowledge. That’s one of the places like that.�

WHG has also improved housekeeping proce- Vegas and worked for Wynn Las Vegas and Encore ways the college hopes to boost occupancy at the

New exercise equipment for women’s dorms Kacey Reeves Collegian Freelancer The exercise equipment removed from women’s residence halls Jan. 15 will be replaced with new machines in the coming months.

The college decided not to renew its four-year lease with supplier All Pro Fitness when it ended at the beginning of January, choosing instead to add to its existing contract with Fitness Things, the current supplier for the Roche Sports Complex. “We have no complaints regarding All Pro Fitness and their service, but it was more eco-

nomical to switch providers and reduce the number of companies we were leasing from,� Associate Dean of Women Rebekah Dell said.

This change of contract afMcIntyre, Olds, and Whitley dormitories. Residents expressed concern when they saw the equipment being removed, as many prefer using the small dormitory gyms to the sports complex. “It was really convenient to have that kind of resource in my home here at Hillsdale. I liked the privacy it offered, being able to just turn on the TV and work

out,� freshman McIntyre resident Glynis Gilio said.

The house directors met with administration later that week to share their residents’ concerns, many of them presenting surveys that documented the number of hours the women had spent using the home gyms.

With this information, the college decided to begin processing the new lease at once, instead of waiting until summer as they originally planned. “Our voices were heard,�

Olds House Director Linda Gravel said.

Marriage debate to be held

Chris McCaffery Collegian Reporter

Sherif Girgis, author of “What is Marriage?� will be defending traditional marriage with Princ-

A debate on the nature of marriage will come to Dow A&B on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 7:30 p.m. “What is Marriage?� is sponsored by the Lyceum and the Symposium, student groups which receive funding from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, and the Hillsdale chapter of Young Americans for Freedom. “I’m excited because being a liberal arts school that’s dedicated to pursuing truth, we should be open to serious intellectual arguments and discus-

Robert George and Heritage Foundation Fellow Ryan Anderson. Girgis is a Rhodes Scholar and is pursuing a Ph.D. in philosophy from Princeton University and a J.D. from Yale Law School. Girgis last spoke at Hillsdale in spring of 2013.

John Corvino will debate Girgis. Author of “What’s Wrong with Homosexuality?� and prominent speaker and supporter of gay marriage, Corvino teaches philosophy at Wayne State University. His writing has appeared in The Advocate, the LA Times, The New Republic, Commonweal, and the New York Times.

event, said.

Campus TVs updated Kelsey Drapkin Collegian Reporter

The approximately 35 television monitors scattered about campus displaying pertinent campus information received an upgrade over winter break to improve their capabilities and usefulness to all on campus.

Media Production Specialist Scott Pienta is leading the charge with the changes to the monitors in conjunction with the donor making the whole project possible. “What the donor really had the vision for was to keep the students informed campuswide,� Pienta said. “It’s a way we wanted to kind of tie the campus together. With 1,500 plus students now, we wanted to make sure everyone had that information.�

The recent upgrade took place over winter break. Pienta replaced the old media players that were dependent upon WiFi to new media players that are hardwired into the campus network. The hardwired players allow the screens to be updated instantly.

Because there are spots on campus where the WiFi connection is lacking, the old players didn’t always update as quickly as they should have.

In addition, many of the screens had graphic display is-

sues. Because they were given to the school by the donor at different times, each screen has a different resolution. “We had to basically go through every screen and de-

screen,� Pienta said. “You’re talking 30, 35 screens, and it’s kind of a pain.�

Since the update was implemented, screens across campus have been more accurate and timely. Anita Gordon, aide to the athletic director, said the monitors have been working much better since the update.

Pienta is hoping to do more with the screens in the future.

A trial run of one of these capabilities — livestreaming an event — was tested last week for the Charger Chopped event.

Anthony Manno, director of student activites, was thrilled with how the streaming went both on the monitors in the Grewcock Student Union and online. “Filming an event live is his team did a wonderful job,�

Manno said. “There were some groups watching it in A.J.’s and over 100 viewers online.�

The new players also have the technology to allow for building professor who needs to change rooms for class one day can have one of the building secretaries put that information on the

screens in that building.

Currently, each campus building with monitors has its own welcome screen with information pertaining to that building. Pienta and the donor for the project see the monitors as a useful tool for parents, prospective students, and other campus visitors as well.

Another use for the screens is for emergencies, a capability Pienta and Campus Security will be testing later this week and early next week. “Say we do unfortunately have a shooting situation or a the case may be, Campus Security would be able to take over the monitors from any of their mobile devices or their main campus devices to change the monitors to ‘lock the doors,’ ‘get inside,’ ‘get to the basement’ – whatever the case may be,� Pienta said.

With the improvements to the system, Pienta said they now have the capability to make the screens more interactive mainly through QR codes. With the QR codes, passersby could scan to get information about events straight to their phone.

As the project grows and develops, Pienta is steadfast in keeping to donor intent to tie campus together and keep all who walk on campus informed.

lodge — by hosting event-type activities that both echo the mission and purpose of the college and simply provide entertainment.

Trombly and her staff at the lodge are also working on increasing advertising efforts. They plan to reach out to businesses in the community who might like to use the lodge for small conferences. “One of my employees was an HR manager for a number of years,� Trombly said. “She also was a school board president in the area for 12 years, and so she has a lot of contacts.�

They plan to host an open house at the lodge in April for community members. For now though, this weekend is the main event.

Professor of Speech Kirstin Kiledal is one of the college faculty members who signed up for the retreat. She has visited the lodge so many times, she considers it a home away from home. She and her husband will be taking their 8-year-old son along with them. “We like it because it really is an extension of the Hillsdale experience. You don’t feel as though you are stuck in your room and isolated with regard to your choices,� Kiledal said. “You have the ability to interact with everything that is outdoors with regard to the nature trails or hiking or running or skiing — in the summer, the lakefront, as well.�

Harner hopes many more people will come to feel as Kiledal does about the Rockwell Lake Lodge. “There’s no reason that a place with great service and wonderful food can’t be a draw and can’t be a nice thing for us to run,� Harner said.

If things go according to plan, the college may offer internships through the lodge and the Dow Leadership Center to future students interested in hospitality management.

College increases social media presence Evan Brune Collegian Reporter

The team is also setting up a number of blogs to showcase certain groups at Hillsdale.

the Hillsdale College marketing department busy and looking forward to the future. “Our Twitter account just broke 10,000 followers,� Social Media Coordinator Hannah Strickland said. “Our Instagram has seen the most incredible growth, though. Comparing our Instagram account is twice as much as any other school.�

The growth is a result of a concerted effort on the part of the marketing department to increase the college’s digital presence. “One of the things we’re trying to communicate is that the college isn’t just an entity,� Strickland said. “There are people here.�

Director of Marketing Bill Gray said the departimpact of social media, but that there’s much more to the college’s efforts than numbers. “Certainly, the goal is to provide a base to enernothing but positive since Hannah took over.� deciding how to present the different aspects of the college. “For the main page, which includes social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn, it’s targeted toward potential undergrads and current students,� Gray said. “The online courses and Imprimis are aimed at older audiences.�

Strickland said the dichotomy sets up a battle on how to present the college in a balanced way. “On the one hand, you have a wonderful liberal arts school, but we also have Imprimis and all these online courses,� she said. “It’s really unique.

No other college does things like that. We also want to accurately represent the students and faculty here.�

One of the goals of the social media campaign is to expose work published by students and faculty of the college. “We’re working on getting photos and tweeting them out instantly. We also tweet the work of alums and faculty who work for newspapers and Program] John Miller, for example. We’ll also tweet WHIP students’ work,� Strickland said.

of graduates,� Strickland said. “Jill Frasier, for example. She majored in art and English. Most people would say those are useless degrees in the real world, but she’s started her own photography company and is already booking weddings out a year and a half in advance.�

New blogs will also target the Imprimis and online course audiences. “We’re also working on creating blogs for the online courses, so we can give people a taste of what you get when you sign up for an online course through the college,� Gray said.

According to both Gray and Strickland, the ultimate goal is to continue increasing the number of followers on the college’s social media accounts. “Numbers are always what you’re looking for in social media,� Strickland said. “It’s a constant learning experience, because you’re trying to determine what good content is. If you just post a link, nobody’s going to read it. You have to write a blurb to go along with it.� “Eventually, we’d love to see a million fans across all of our social media accounts,� Gray said. “I think that’s very doable. People are very passionate about Hillsdale College.�

Strickland said she has learned some surprising things while managing the college’s social media. “One of the most interesting things I’ve learned son,� she said. “If you say, ‘We’re excited about this!’ or ‘What are you doing?’ then that makes people feel like there’s someone behind it all.�

Growth continues in the marketing department, especially in terms of staff. “We’ve hired two new photographers to increase our photojournalism coverage,� Strickland said. “Faces of Hillsdale is already popular, but we’re going to try to include more professors.�

Gray said the college recently hired a new director of digital and social media, Brad Lowrey. “He’ll be starting soon, and he’ll be working to expand the college’s digital presence,� Gray said.

Overall, Strickland said she has been enjoying the interaction with students, faculty, and college fans. “It’s been huge,� she said. “It’s really cool watching people get excited about Hillsdale’s social media.�

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What do Frederick Douglass, Thomas Jefferson, John Milton, Jonathan Swift, George Orwell, Ronald Reagan, and Peggy Noonan have in common?

Aside from all achieving considerable renown, each began in journalism.

Attendees of this week’s CCA on “American Journalism, Yesterday & Today” heard much about journalism: How its Founding Era character both contrasts and compares with journalism today; the qualities necessary for both good journalism and good journalists; the presence and effects of bias; the relationship between journalists,

Online: www.hillsdalecollegian.com Editor in Chief: Morgan Delp News Editors: Amanda Tindall | Natalie DeMacedo City News Editor: Macaela Bennett Opinions Editor: Jack Butler Sports Editor: Sam Scorzo Arts Editor: Micah Meadowcroft Spotlight Editor: Bailey Pritchett Web Editor: Evan Carter Photo Editor: Anders Kiledal Circulation Manager: Phil DeVoe Ad Managers: Rachel Fernelius | Alex Eaton | Drew Jenkins | Matt Melchior Assistant Editors: Sarah Albers | Andrew Egger | | Nathanael Meadowcroft | Kate Patrick | Ramona Tausz | Emma Vinton Photographers: Joel Calvert | Elena Creed | Anders Kiledal | Gianna Marchese | Hailey Morgan | Ben Strickland | Laura Williamson Faculty Advisers: John J. Miller | Maria Servold The editors welcome Letters to the Editor but reserve the right to edit submissions for clarity, length, and style. Letters should be 450 words or less and include your name and number. Send submissions to jbutler@hillsdale.edu before Sunday at 6 p.m.

society, and government; and what the future will bring for journalism.

Though never focused on directly by any of the speakers, attendees ought to remember one truth that emerged from the CCA: Anyone can be a journalist.

Journalism is not easy. Many can spout off opinion as rant, but that hardly guarantees audience.

Meaningful journalism reinforces itself with copious researching, reporting, writing, and editing. Yet it is easier than ever to gain a foothold in the profession.

Its attendant skills, moreover — gathering facts, marshaling

arguments, telling stories — from clear communication.

Hillsdale College students have an additional resource: This newspaper, a legitimate, respected publication in which the stakes are nonetheless a bit lower than a non-collegiate periodical. Hone your craft here in whatever subject suits your fancy: Discover what’s happening on campus for News and locally for City News; assess local or national art for Arts; explore the interesting and fascinating in Spotlight; chart the bounds of human physicality in Sports;

or try persuasion in Opinions.

By the latter especially, one can transcend the cheap satisfaction of complaining about the views of others by entering into constructive conversation for or against them.

One warning before entering this world: Don’t expect immediate satisfaction of your material cupidity. Success will come from perseverance and hard work, but those seeking the easy dollar ought to look elsewhere. Everyone else, however, should look here. Perhaps someday your own name will join the great litany of paragons who began in journalism.

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‘American Sniper’ and killing the other

feel an overwhelming (probably unhealthy) pressure to answer just so. I’ve always recognized the chasm separating our respective worldviews, so I get anxious about presenting my position in a way that’s relevant without compromising the integrity of my conviction. I stumbled through my answer, but was able to get out something of substance at last. “Why don’t you write more about it to me in a letter?” my friend offered. I gladly accepted.

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ings, need to see.

Chris Kyle (portrayed by Bradley Cooper), the famed screen speaking of and justifying his many kills. His comrades often went even further, mocking the “savages” as if dehumanizing speech, attempting to belittle the enemies they were ordered to kill.

Racism, dehumanization, or the violence of war are not sary and good, because it allows us to understand what drives these horrors. We could assume that the actual soldiers or the actors on the screen, are merely racist, cold-blooded killers who have no regard for human life. Or we could realize that, confronted with the necessity of taking another human life, we would inevitably do the same.

“Thou shalt not kill” is implicit in the moment when a man stands face-to-face with another. We do not need a philosopher or anyone else to tell us that this is true. So when a man must kill another man, he must subdue this most basic do this by recognizing the face across from his as something other than that, something less than human. He must silence the call to do what he must.

A man cannot murder another man.

By seeing the enemy as less-than-man, as a savage or an intruder or even an obstacle, a man can take the life of another. This is not merely a trick, but a reduction of that other’s very being.

I am not attempting to justify murder, war, or even the less-than-man, as a savage or an intruder or even an obstacle, a man can take the life of another. This is not merely a trick, but a reduction of that other’s very being. It is how a man who kills might keep hold of his sanity. Unfortunately, if taken too far and wide, it is also how a man might lose it.

Sniper.” In each of Kyle’s kills, we recognize a calculation: ing a life, or am I saving others’ lives? In several scenes, we see Kyle deliberate over shooting a woman or a child, and are thus privy to an even more complex calculation. Whereas the men, fully grown and fully capable, have made a decision to harder to pull the trigger then, as the line between terrorist and “son” or “wife” becomes so much thinner.

Some have claimed that the movie perpetuates racist, dehumanizing tendencies with its black-and-white, one-dimensional depiction of the Iraqis. But this is less the outcome of intention than the consequence of focus. It is unnecessary for a movie to depict explicitly each and every one of its players.

We need not see into the intimate details of an unnamed Iraqi soldier to know that he was once a human being. We recognize his humanity in the guilt, the struggle to remain sane, which is demonstrated in the man who killed him.

Valerie Copan Student Columnist “What gets you up in the morning, Val?” my friend asked when we were out for coffee this what do you live for? What gets you excited for life?” my friend tions. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not keen on small talk anyhow and usually welcome these kinds of questions. But when one of my high school friends asks me this sort of thing, I immediately

have had countless enriching debates and discussions. I have been able to relax and actually be nurtured by a studentry and professors.

While I was relieved that I’d have an opportunity to think through and write out more articulately “what I live for,” this interaction did awaken me

I’ve certainly been thinking about the steps following graduation. But as a second-semester senior, I’ve mostly just thought about the fact that I’m a second-

semester senior. Come May, I’ll pack up, leave, and never be a part of a community like this again. Then it’s back to the real world, the one that holds my dear friends from public school days and others like them. I hadn’t thought about that much until this winter break.

I know I’ll have a hard time leaving this campus. I know I’ll be torn up next autumn when I go to drop my sister Kristen off at the airport so she can return to Hillsdale while I remain. But I recognize more and more just how good this is. I’m by no means trying to rush out; I still want to fully be a part of Hillsdale life while I still have time.

But when May comes, I know I won’t want to rest in the security of Hillsdale anymore. I’m beginning to experience a balance of appreciation for this dear place but also readiness as I confront the challenges that are bound to follow: Facing old friends I’ve unwittingly left in the dark, brushing up on basic apologetics, and whatever the heck I end up doing in the time that follows graduation.

Valerie Copan is a senior studying Spanish and art.

GOV. RICK SNYDER’S MAY-ISSUE MISTAKE Evan Brune Senior Reporter It was Sept. 8, 1925. Members of the Ku Klux Klan gathered outside the home of Dr. Ossian Sweet, a black physician who had moved into an all-white neighborhood in Detroit. The mob threw rocks, and eventumember lay dead and another wounded.

Sweet was tried, found not guilty, and released, infuriating the Klan. To discourage other blacks from taking up arms to defend their homes and families, Klan members lobbied for gun boards to determine who led to the passage of the Michigan Firearms boards.

Once these boards were created, blacks were left to the mercy of board members who determined the validity of their claims.

Most were denied.

Despite a history of racism and constitutional violations, these gun boards still exist.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder had a chance to eliminate these boards when Senate Bill vetoed the bill. Fortunately, after a recent reintroduction as SB 34, Snyder will soon have another chance to vote for commonsense gun reform in Michigan. expanding the ability of Michigan citizens to acquire a concealed carry license. The bill removed county gun boards from the decision process, effectively making Michigan a true shall-issue state.

The difference between may-issue and shall-issue states in terms of licensing is

in Kyle and his comrades the ethical responsibility to their fellow man. Yet that responsibility must be forsaken, for whatever reason, and subdued through the dehumanization of an enemy.

I do not intend to add to or subtract from the deeds of

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all, we can criticize a movie such as this only because of war,

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sadness. We should lament that man must clash with man.

We should wish that we will never have to do the same.

Yet we must also have hope. We must have hope that man will continue to see into the face of that other. We must have hope that all will struggle to remain sane in the face of death.

in public schools, I had to be ready to be confronted with the arguments and questions from a lot of hurt, bitter, secular high school friends. Hillsdale, by contrast, while still seriously challenging me, has been a sweet haven. What a relief to be in a place where I haven’t had to constantly be on the defense

to a number of things. For one, for all my talk of wanting to be a witness, I haven’t done much to address such issues on the home front. Sure, I try to be a good example, but I’m not asking many questions of my differently-minded peers; I’m not challenging them the way I should; it seems I don’t even have ready answers when they bring their questions to me. Two, I’m reminded of what a different world Hillsdale is. People say college is preparation for the real world, and in some ways, that rings true. But in most ways, it could not be further from the truth, especially at a place like Hillsdale. The College draws to itself a set of individuals who, for the most part, hold to a similar worldview. Outside of my family, I’ve never known a community like this. I haven’t had to run through the arguments for God’s existence before moving on to another theological level — I’ve just talked with my peers about that next theological level and we track with one another.

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we must hope that those called to it will have the strength to persevere, and the strength to make it back.

Andy Reuss is a GW Fellow studying English and politics.

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simple. In the former, citizens can apply for a concealed carry license, but the governing authority can deny them a license for arbitrary reasons, even if they meet the requirements.

In a shall-issue state, the government creates a set of standards that a concealed carry applicant must meet. For Michigan, the applicant must be 21 years old, have no felony convictions, and complete a training course, met, the government has no choice but to issue a license.

The elements of shall-issue have been a

Snyder is nothing more than a malleable pawn of gun control progressives, easily fooled and easily controlled.

part of Michigan law since 2001, when the basic requirements were set forth. Despite this, one provision of the old law remained: County gun boards.

Though the 2001 law prevents the boards applicant, they have the ability to make the process painful and time-consuming.

In Wayne County, which contains most of Detroit, some applicants reported waiting as In addition to discouraging would-be concealed carry holders, these boards are an egregious misuse of time, material, manpower, and taxpayer money.

Despite this, Snyder vetoed the bill,

reasoning that these changes might make it easier for individuals subject to a personal protection order to obtain a license. On the surface, it seems like valid criticism. Nobody wants wife-beating psychos walking around with a Glock in their pants.

But once other aspects of Michigan law are examined, his explanation falls apart.

The current law regarding person protection orders prevents the subject of such an order less of the reason for the order. In addition, under the provisions for licensing, any person with a history of violence or abuse is automatically prohibited from obtaining a license.

Furthermore, the continued existence of these gun boards and the drawn-out, convoluted process they create serves only possession of a concealed weapon. Say, victims of domestic violence who requested a PPO, perhaps. lines. In December 2012, he vetoed SB 59, which would have allowed concealed carry holders with extra training to carry a handgun into so-called “gun-free zones,” such as schools, churches, and large entertainment venues. examples serve to illustrate that Snyder is far from a champion of liberty. Instead, he is nothing more than a malleable pawn of gun control progressives, easily fooled and easily controlled. With the reintroduction of the bill, Snyder has a chance to redeem himself.

Let’s hope he takes it.

Evan Brune is a senior studying history.

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Hillsdale College needs an ice hockey rink Sam Scorzo Sports Editor Hillsdale’s athletic program is missing the best game, the game that many Michiganders grew up with, the game that the state is known for: The good old hockey game.

Therefore, as its next construction project, Hillsdale should build a regulation-sized indoor ice arena, and its next sports team should be a hockey team.

A hockey team would boost student morale and Charger pride. At last Saturday’s home basStudents devotedly dressed to the USA theme and cheered loudly the whole game, and showed passion, pride, and unity by storming the court after the game-winning dunk.

Students need more chances to show this games to watch in Michigan Fall weather (i.e., freezing rain) and a few home basketball games, half of which fall on busy Thursdays. A typical Division II hockey season starts after football ends in November and continues through March.

It would bring this extra entertainment to campus, especially in the lull between the football

and basketball seasons and after the basketball ranked Detroit the No. 1 sports city in America, season fades away as second semester begins. and in 2010 Forbes ranked Detroit Red Wings A rink and a team would also attract profans the third-best sports fans in the country. spective students, especially out-of-staters who So obviously there are local hockey fans who associate the sport with Michigan, where Detroit is known as “Hockbringing revenue eytown,” and the Red to the college, Waking up in the morning and Wings have made the but stimulatheading over to the rink, having playoffs for the past ing the local 23 consecutive years. open, clean ice waiting to be skated economy. An They would arena would on: It seems like paradise, especially also bring students help the town during hard times. interested in hockey by creating rink management campus. The fact that jobs as well as the nearest rink is in simply bringJackson (and it lacks ing people who would surely patronize local businesses.

Additionally, the talent and interest in skating Likewise, hockey games would entice alumni already on campus demands a rink. Many of to return, especially members of Hillsdale’s Hillsdale’s baseball and football players once hockey teams from the ’70s. What could be betplayed hockey, as did students not currently involved in athletics because this sport is missbreakaway and score one top shelf? Or wrecking ing. A rink would also give SAB more chances someone with a clean check against the boards? to unite campus through open skate nights and Building a rink and creating a team from pick-up hockey games. Professors and their scratch would be a large investment, but children would even enjoy using the ice. wouldn’t lack return. Last fall, USA Today Waking up in the morning and heading over

to the rink, having open, clean ice waiting to be skated on: It seems like paradise, especially during hard times. Skating is a stress relieving activity that everyone can enjoy and a beautiful This idea has received the same response since I’ve been here: ‘but we have had a rink,’ the outdoor ice rink that sat in the middle of the quad during the coldest months. While outdoor rinks are fun, they are almost impossible to keep smooth and depend heavily on the weather.

Craig Connor ’77, owner of “The Rink,” the outdoor 140-by-75 foot outdoor ice rink where many students skate on the weekends, said that on warm years he’ll only get up to eight days of use out of his ice; in other years, he’ll get up to 80.

To unite the student section, to add an attraction for prospectives and alumni, to stimulate the local economy and bring revenue into the college, and to add a source of stress relief and good times for students, Hillsdale should build an ice arena.

Sam Scorzo is a senior studying English and journalism.

More Protestants should March for Life Tea Partiers disagree with

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Catholics need not support life by themselves Michael Lucchese Special to the Collegian Every year, on or around the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, pro-life Americans descend on D.C. for the March for Life, a protest against the legalization of abortion. In 2015 alone, media reports estimate that more than 500,000 marchers were in the District. This the blessing of attending with Hillsdale College’s Students for Life.

While there, I noticed something rather peculiar: Roman Catholics dominated the March for Life. They waved banners and held placards with Catholic slogans on them. People on the street approached my friends and me asking us to “sign this petition to encourage the Pope!” I could hardly count the number of men and women in habits.

Throughout the March itself, many of my fellow marchers prayed the Rosary or the Hail Mary and sing Catholic hymns. The number of students representing Catholic colleges and high schools absolutely astounded from local parishes amazed me. Even our campus’ delegation to the March was primarily Catholic.

Not that this is wrong. In fact, I am very proud of my Catholic brothers and sisters for standing up against a culture of death, and I gladly stood with them. They are truly being a light unto the world, as Christ commands us to be. America needs her Catholic citizens to stand up for what is right, as they have since the 1970s. What is troubling to me, however, is the apparent lack of Protestant involvement

with the March for Life. The March for Life does not need fewer Catholics to march every year, but more Protestants.

In 2013, Pew Research polled American Protestants about abortion, and 56 percent responded that they believed abortion is morally wrong. A full 75 percent of white evangelicals

If abortion truly is one of the greatest evils of our time, as I have heard so many evangelicals claim, then we must stand with our Catholic brothers and sisters against it. and 58 percent of African-American Protestants believed abortion should be illegal in all or most cases. Even the 38 percent of the typically more liberal mainline Protestants who said abortion should be illegal in all or ated Americans who responded the same way. So, why is the March for Life so dominated by Catholics? Why does it seem like there are so few Protestants?

If we truly hold these moral convictions about abortion, we must stand up for them. If abortion truly is one of the greatest evils of our time, as I have heard so many evangelicals claim, then we must stand with our Catholic brothers and sisters against it. As a Church, we are not called to

with Catholics on every issue — Lord knows, I certainly do not. What I am asking, though, is for Protestants to stand with Catholics when they are in the right. That really should not be a challenge so much as it is a matter of common sense.

The good news is that Protestants are becoming more involved with the pro-life movement in general, and the March for Life in particular. At this year’s March, Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptists’ Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, and Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family, an evangelical pressure group, announced a new drive to bring more Protestants to D.C. in 2016.

At Hillsdale, we have a unique opportunity every year at March for Life. Many students are pro-life, and passionate about the issue, too. Our beliefs on abortion transcend denominational differences, and are one of the things which unites this campus.

We ought to be sending a much larger group with Students for Life, and that requires more Protestant participation. Stand up with your Catholic brothers and sisters! When you hear them sing “Ave Maria” as they march down Constitution Avenue, link arms with them and sing “Amazing Grace.”

March for Life 2016 should be the biggest one yet. We are the pro-life generation, so let’s prove it. Catholics and Protestants are a united front on abortion, and should be a united front at the largest pro-life rally in the world.

Michael Lucchese is a freshman studying American Studies.

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JAFFA IS NO DEITY Sarah Albers Assistant Editor

Evan Carter Web Editor In his well-crafted and rhetoricallypacked opinion (“John Boehner can get the job done,” Jan. 23), Michael Lucchese argued that, among other things, Tea Partiers and moderate Republicans have the same goals, the actions of Tea Party members are obstructive and unnecessary, and that Tea Partiers are foolish to believe that there is no difference between moderate Republicans and Democrats. To quote Lucchese: “I Though moderate Republicans and Tea Partiers are both broadly understood to be politically right-wing, they are still in many ways fundamentally different. Generally speaking, moderate Republicans seek to promote the more right-of-center side of the status quo. Tea Partiers are reformers, seeking to return American politics to its constitutional foundations.

Reducing the size of government is virtually a consensus position on the right, the only difference being how much to reduce government. Further, most politicians on the right support the Constitution. The difference is that moderate Republican support of the Constitution goes only as far as it is politically advantageous. Take gun control. While they are certainly to the right of Democrats on the issue, some moderates believe that the Second Amendment is dangerous.

Some moderate Republicans no longer believe in principle or platform.

Some don’t even believe in Constitutional Republicanism, but have instead been duped into the progressive idea that America is a democracy. Their politics have become largely baseless and, as a result, more focused on the perpetuation of political power than the defense of liberty through prin-

had no apprehension of the Absolute. To invest his thought with work.

Last week, the Collegian noted the death and honored the life intellectual hero of Hillsdale College. Mike Sabo’s piece (“Harry

Saul being transformed while on the road to Damascus,” Sabo wrote. “Reading Jaffa’s Crisis of the House Divided had a similar effect on me as an undergraduate.”

Jaffa certainly warrants admiration and careful attention, but comparing an encounter with Jaffa’s work to a sort of Straussian quasi-religious experience is unwarranted and counterproductive.

Of course, the metaphor Jaffa used (and which Sabo appropriated) was intended to express something less than religious devotion. But tacit here is the language of discipleship, of proselytiza-

— is necessarily borne out within a context. A philosophic project takes place in an intricate web of theoretical give-and-take, an academic milieu from which it is dangerous to extract an author and his work. To separate the author from his given surroundings Jaffa’s argument for the Founders’ assertion of an abstract and ahistorical natural law (and, by extension, a system of universal natural rights) ran explicitly counter to the conservative intelligentsia of the time. Many of them were strict traditionalist or “paleo-”conservatives, emphasizing precedent and custom over (or to the exclusion of) abstraction or principle. The traditionalists contended that there was a certain violent injustice in the rhetoric of universals to which Lincoln so often appealed.

And so Jaffa responded, making a strong case for the presence and intelligibility of a natural law paradigm which remained relevant and viable in modern American politics. (His perception of

cipled and just legislation.

Many Tea Partiers, therefore, see themselves as reformers seeking to return the historically conservative Republican Party to its principled roots. In response, the establishment moderates, seeking to maintain their power, use words like Lucchese used to describe Tea Partiers: “hard-liners,” “absolutists,” saying that they “cannot win in the long run.”

Interestingly, Justin Amash (RMich.), whom Lucchese mentions to highlight conservative reforms passed

by Speaker Boehner, was one of the 25 “hard-liners” who voted against Boehner during his most recent bid to become Speaker of the House.

While his framing of the issue is between Tea Partiers and moderates has been tearing the Republican Party apart is correct. Though a member of the Tea Party may see it as reform, there is no denying that Republican politics have become cacophonous.

Thankfully, principled politics and savvy politics are not necessarily at odds. Politics is a complex art and is, at times, unsatisfying. There is wisdom in Lucchese’s statement that “delaying is more foreseeable is not necessarily wrong.”

Hopefully, principled politics and savvy politics can unite, and harmony can reign again in the Republican Party, really allowing Boehner to “get the job done.”

Or moderates could crush the “hardliners,” pull up their philosophical anthe ever-changing winds of politics, and be led wherever polls take them.

The choice is ours to make.

Evan Carter is a sophomore studying politics and journalism.

the precise nature of Founding principles did change, however, Crisis of the House Divided, and his second, A New Birth of Freedom.)

The Declaration is undoubtedly an assertion of abstract truths founded on natural law, and Jaffa’s project made this argument credible among those shaping conservative thought. But an abstract truth has no effective content unless borne out through time and within a society. An author’s work keeps little of its true substance when plucked from its originary time and place.

To separate the principles of right asserted in the Declaration monumental achievements; so, too, the concepts at play in Jaffa’s intricate body of work.

The universal is inextricably wedded to particularity. The “exceptional principles” that make liberty possible cannot be made manifest without tradition, history, and place. A sound refutation of historical relativism need not be the embrace of dogmatic universalism.

Sarah Albers is a junior studying politics and journalism.

How I learned to stop worrying and love Hillsdale Razi Lane Special to the Collegian When I left my home in rural North Carolina for Hillsdale College in Michigan last summer, I knew I was in for a challenge. What I didn’t know was that I was embracing a journey. semester experience changed my life in several important ways that have helped me become a stronger individual socially, morally, and practically.

The biggest change I encountered upon arriving at Hillsdale was the vast diversity of the student body; in fact, the freshman class represented every state in the Union. As a homeschooled debate competitor, I had prior experience with a national body of students. But nothing that could prepare me for the sight which met my eyes on Aug. 24, 2014. I remember being overwhelmed,

but also sharing the sentiment with others. As I watched other students stare teary-eyed after their families, the reality of the situation came over me.

I was resolved, though I missed my family dearly, to avoid nostalgia. My rationale was that there was nothing I could do about the situation.

I should concentrate on the academic challenges ahead of me, rather than on what I couldn’t help.

Whenever my mother tells me that she wishes I were with her, I always reply that my being away at college is best because it helps me to better myself. Leaving for college is not quite as I have also met some amazing friends at Hillsdale. Whether I’d been celebrating, worshiping, studying, stressed or even in the proverbial “depths of despair,” one thing remained true: I could rely on my friends at college to see me through. The best part is that this “extended fam-

ily” will be around for years to come; indeed, college facilitates lifetime contacts. While subzero temperatures exist outside the brick walls of the college, it is comforting to know that the people within are so encouraging and warmhearted.

Perhaps the biggest challenge for me at Hillsdale has been the deadlines. Last semester I ricular activities, my library job and volunteer commitments. Time management was perhaps the greatest skill that I mastered over the course with the challenge; I found that, together, we formed study groups and overcame the obstacles together. We became a team. Personally, I believe that this is a small illustration of the much larger game inherent to our lives as humans: We’re all playing for America and, still more importantly, we serve on God’s team — that itself

is beyond comparison. College has helped me to realize that I have an important place within my society and that I exist as part of a mission bigger than both myself and my school. Such an post-high school — it necessitates it.

I wouldn’t trade my college experience for anything in the world. In fact, I’m quite looking forward to what the future holds for me there.

My experience has been not only educational, but life-changing in so many ways — from dorm life at Simpson Residence to the classes in Lane and Kendall Halls. I chose to attend college because I thought it would facilitate my mental, social and physical development; so far, that has been abundantly true. I plan to stay because, well, “it’s the people.”

Razi Lane is a freshman studying politics and history.

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Hillsdale convict escapes jail Girlfriend harbors him in her home Phil DeVoe Circulation Manager Erin Todd Kimble, 42, escaped from Hillsdale County Jail last week with the help of his girlfriend, Kelly Barnett, 39, who harbored Kimble in her home.

On Jan. 24, the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department arrested both Kimble and Barnett, extending Kimble’s sentence and possibly landing his girlfriend in a cell of her own. “[Kimble] was allowed out on work leave, which is pretty common for low-level crimi-

nals,” Sheriff Stanley Burchardt told the Collegian. “The hiding out at his girlfriend’s house, made the arrest, and now he’s back for more prison time.”

Burchardt is not sure how long the prison sentence for Kimble and Barnett will be, but see jail time and Burchardt thinks Kimble will “have no more work leave.”

Work leave is granted to Hillsdale County Jail inmates whose minor crimes — such as -

tions — would otherwise hinder their ability to work. Since they are only incarcerated for a small amount of time, the sheriff’s department tries to help them keep their jobs until their release.

“We try to give them a chance to avoid a minor sentence messing up the rest of their lives,” Burchardt said.

Both Barnett and Kimble are awaiting trial.

County commissioners review annual reports Ramona Tausz Assistant Editor

The Hillsdale County Medical Care Facility announced it will “lose money again this year” at Tuesday’s Hillsdale County Commissioner’s meeting as part of a series of annual reports given by community administrators regarding the county’s health.

Denise Baker, Hillsdale County Medical Care Facility administrator, updated the board on the facility’s situation. She said the facility only has one empty bed, an improvement from having 10 to 12 empty ones a few weeks ago.

Although she noted that exact

ized, she admitted it will “lose money again this year.”

Other reports included more positive updates.

Matthew Shane, District 12 coordinator for Michigan State University Extension, said the MSU Extension provided services in various enterprises, including anger management classes and a thriving 4-H program in the past year.

The county’s 4-H program is “doing really well,” Shane said.

“2,231 individuals served — that’s 24 percent of youth population in Hillsdale — which is way lower in large, urban counties.”

Bill Word, county drain commissioner, and Terry Vear, execu-

Qualite From A1 looks to do more work for the campus.

“The process developing ite has an excellent product and they have been very good to work with as we look at potential projects,” Hillsdale College Athletics Director Don Brubacher said in an email.

“We would love to install some new LED lights for the -

tive director of Perennial Park Senior Center, also gave annual reports. According to Vear, the center provided excellent service to seniors in the county in 2014.

“The senior center has in some way, shape, or form impacted one in three individuals over the age of 60 in Hillsdale County, give or take a couple hundred,” Vear said. “Our biggest use of funds is home care assistance and meals on wheels.”

Motions passed included the appointment of Commissioner Bruce Caswell to the LifeWays Community Mental Health Board of Directors. LifeWays is a mental health facility based in Jackson, Michigan, with an of“Caswell has a lot of background in mental health,” Commissioner Ruth Brown said.

“That’s why they want to get him on that board.”

The board allows Hillsdale County two commissioner spots and two positions for secondary consumers. Commissioner John Burtka currently holds the other commissioner spot on the board.

“John [Burtka] and I felt it well was also on the board,” Commissioner and Chairman Mark Wiley said at the meeting Tuesday. “There’s the potential for us to possibly lose a commiswant both commissioner seats.”

Other motions passed by the board included extending the Hillsdale County Medical Examiner’s appointment for another year and appointing Shelby Burlew to the Hillsdale County Planning Commission.

The county commissioners’ next board meeting is on Feb. 10, at which the County Department Heads will meet before the regular commissioners’ meeting.

secured by big-time venues like Super Bowl stadiums, the future of the company looks as bright as its lights.

Qualite president Nick Page. Qualite is a local stadium-lighting company that completed the arena lights for Super Bowl XLIX. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

Hillsdale Edition 2015 Get out with your friends on Super Bowl Sunday to enjoy the great food, drinks, and atmosphere being offered by Hillsdale’s local bars: Pub & Grub and Broad Street.

Here’s to you...

Pub & Grub Broad Street is planning on offering discounts on burgers, beer, pizza, and pitchers. Although many Hillsdale students are used to watching jazz musicians at Broad Street, that night it will be all about the Super Bowl, which will be featured on three flat screen TVs. The folks at Broad Street are looking out for you by keeping their doors open past their normal 8 p.m. closing time until the game ends.

Pub & Grub will be expanding its menu that night by adding chicken wings with a variety of sauces to choose from along with Asian buffalo spring rolls. As for drink specials, a pitcher of Pabst Blue Ribbon will be discounted to $5 and select shorts will be just $2.50. The game will be featured on three televisions so you won’t miss a minute of the action.

Support your favorite team and Hillsdale local businesses by choosing Pub & Grub or Broad Street this Super Bowl Sunday.

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Last chance to stroll down Mulberry Lane Store closes Saturday Breana Noble Collegian Reporter Mulberry Lane, a home décor shop in downtown Hillsdale known for its antiques, country style, and variety of loose-leaf tea, is closing its doors Saturday with a blowout sale.

“The city will lose some of its color,” junior Sarah Albers said of the store’s closing.

Store owner Marlene Miller decided to close the shop so she can retire.

“It’s a lot of hard work,” Miller said. “I knew that up front. We’ve had a good, core customer base that has been really supportive and kept things going. Without that, we wouldn’t survive. It’s rewarding, all the compliments from customers. Their excitement over arrangements and displays and items keeps you going.”

Miller said she learned from her experience, especially the importance of hard work and community. The main reason for choosing to close Mulberry Lane’s doors now is that she wants it to end strong.

“I actually feel bad that some people are somewhat upset about it closing because they have been so good and so supportive, but on the other hand, when you physically just can’t

keep going, it’s time,” Miller said. “I don’t want it to go downhill and people say, ‘Oh, gee, that’s not what it used to be.’ That’s not for me.”

Miller hasn’t made any commitments as she looks forward to retirement, but she hopes to

— Sarah Albers

Students who often shopped at Mulberry Lane said they will miss its unique offerings.

“They have an excellent selection of loose-leaf tea and tea pots,” freshman Isla Epling said. “I loved the atmosphere.

Everyone is always so nice and so helpful — I’m going to miss it.”

“It was very eclectic, very cute,” Albers said. “Hillsdale downtown has a lot of potential, and Mulberry Lane was an adorable business and something I felt was worth supporting. I remember chatting with the owner, and she was a lovely human being.”

While the ideal situation for her would be to sell the store, Miller says she does not have

Director of Hillsdale Economic Development Mary Wolfram said all closings of business impact communities.

“It’s unfortunate,” Wolfram said. “It’s a hard thing for surrounding businesses to have that empty storefront for them.

Shopping is a critical mass.

People come when there’s something to bring them there.

Eventually, for sure, something will move in there. The market works. That can take months sometimes, maybe even a year.”

“Businesses just don’t sell that easy,” Miller said. “You have to have somebody that has the money for it, but they also have to have the passion for it. You could spend years and years looking for somebody.”

Miller opened the shop in December 2009. She always wanted to own her own business, and with the collection of antiques she already had, she thought it was time to start her dream.

“It helped having a big accumulation,” Miller said. “Then we just added the home décor.

“The city will lose some of its color.”

Tea has been a big thing, especially with the college students.

It’s a nice mix between antiques and country décor — a unique place to shop.”

The inspiration for Miller’s store derived from her family members’ interests and talents.

She became interested in antiques from her grandmother,

Miller’s entrepreneurial spirit came from her father, who owned a general store. rally,” Miller said. “I’ve been around antiques all my life.

That’s the style I like. In the process of opening this store [I have] changed from Victorian furniture to primitive and older antiques. They go handin-hand.”

While working in human resources, Miller came across a woman’s address with the street name of Mulberry Lane.

“I thought, ‘that is a cool place to live,’” Miller chuckled.

“That always stuck in my head, so when I decided to do this, that sounded like it [was] what the name ought to be. It kind of

Suicide Prevention Coalition meeting Ramona Tausz Assistant Editor

seriously interested, so more people would have to join in order to set up a class.

After a spike in foreclosures around 2007, the city of Hillsdale witnessed an increase in suicides that the community now seeks to reduce through the new Hillsdale Suicide Prevention Coalition.

According to County Commissioner Ruth Brown, Hillsdale needs the group due to a “very bad suicide rate.”

“We never had a really bad history of suicides until 2007 — maybe 2009,” Brown said.

“Hillsdale had a spike in foreclosures, and hundreds lost their houses. With that spike in foreclosures, then we spiked in suicide.”

Hillsdale College Director of Health Services Brock Lutz

people, maybe 15 or 20,” Brown said. She added that the coalition is currently looking

meeting at House of Refuge Church on Monday, a gathering Brown was instrumental in organizing.

“When a member of our community commits suicide, the whole community is impacted,” Lutz said in an email.

The group plans to start a monthly support group for suicide survivors and parents of those who have committed suicide. According to Brown, the coalition’s purpose is to make Hillsdale a Prevention Prepared Community, or PPC. “If a person is all the way to the point of, ‘I’m going to kill myself today,’ they’ve probably gone beyond help, because they’re in a crisis,” Brown said. “What you want to do is try to help people as much as possible before they get to that crisis point.”

In order to accomplish the group’s goal of making Hillsdale a PPC, the members need training. Currently, the group is working with LifeWays Community Mental Health Center to foster interest in setting up a training session in April. In an 8-hour class, participants would learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of people who might be contemplating suicide and how to help them.

Right now, only one person is

for grant money to help reduce the prohibitive $50 cost of the class for individuals.

Lutz added that the health of the community impacts the health of the college.

“I decided to go [to the meeting] because of interest in addressing suicide in our community and the need for the college to be represented because we are also a part of this community,” he said.

“I think this coalition could serve the community well by increasing knowledge of resources for people struggling with mental illness, decreasing the stigma of struggling with mental illness, and supporting their family members,” Lutz said.

“When a member of our community commits suicide, the whole community is impacted.”

— Brock Lutz

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Swim team defeated in last dual meet Kat Torres Collegian Reporter On Saturday, the Hillsdale College women’s swim team lost their last dual meet of the season in a tight matchup against Ash-

land University, 105-100.

regular season strong with a 10-4 record, and are currently ranked 5th in the GLIAC going into the championship tournament on Feb. 11-14 which will be hosted at Jenison High School near

Junior Hannah Leitner swims the 200 butterfly at the Jan. 10 home meet against the University of Indianapolis.

(Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

basketball From A1

intercepted the ball and found senior Ian Sheldon above the three-point line.

Rather than take the lastsecond shot, Sheldon saw senior Darius Ware waiting near the basket for the ball.

Sheldon bulleted the pass to Ware, and the 6’3” guard exploded to the rim for the gamewinning buzzer-beating dunk.

Students and alumni rushed the court, celebrating one of the Dawn Tibbetts Potter Arena.

“That’s probably the top alltime ending that I’ve ever been a part of,” Ware said. “That was ever done and the fact that it was a dunk made it even that much better.”

After 14 minutes where nearly everything went wrong, for 59 seconds nearly everything went right.

“It was a little lucky but we deserved a little luck,” assistant coach Brian McCauley said.

The Chargers started the game well on the offensive end 36-25 lead at intermission.

“We played really well in the McCauley said.

The second half played out much differently.

“Every shot felt good today but sometimes they just don’t fall,” said Cooper, who made his four other guys on the court who can hit shots.”

Center Jason Pretzer played sively, leading the Chargers with 18 points on 8-12 shooting.

While many were struggling Chargers kept themselves in the game with their defense.

The Chargers held the Wildcats to 43 percent shooting and 26 percent shooting from beyond the arc.

“The important part is that we held them to 58 points,” Cooper said. “We gave ourselves a chance even when the offense wasn’t working.”

Saturday’s victory was especially important for the Chargers because it provides the team with some much-needed momentum going into a tough three-game weekend starting tonight.

“Sometimes all it takes is just one play to go your way and the wind gets under your wings,” Cooper said. “Hopefully now we can take this and get on a bit of a streak. We’ve got a big weekend next weekend so hopefully we carry this over.”

Tonight the Chargers face

Grand Valley State University.

legiate dual meet was at Ashland and so was my last,” senior captain Ali Bauer said. “I wish the outcome would have been different but it was still good closure for my career. The best part son is the beginning of taper and the impending GLIAC meet. I’m ready to swim fast.”

After placing 1st in the 50 Free with a time of 24.39 and 2nd in the 100 Free with a time of 53.00 this weekend, senior Rachael Kurtz is currently ranked 2nd in the GLIAC for the 50 Free and 3rd in the 100 Free.

Junior Zoe Hopkins took both the 1000 Free and the 500 Free at Ashland. Hopkins now ranks 5th in the GLIAC for the 500 Free and the 1000 Free.

“Ashland is always an exciting meet with a lot of good races and that held true for Saturday.

It was a fast meet because there weren’t any men’s teams so Ferris State in Big Rapids before returning home to play Grand Valley at 3 p.m. on Saturday.

Following that matchup with the Lakers, the Chargers will play a rare Monday game at Saginaw Valley.

Ferris State and Saginaw Valley are currently tied atop the GLIAC North Division with identical 11-1 conference records, but the Chargers won’t let sterling records intimidate them.

there wasn’t much time between races and my muscles were feeling it by the end,” Hopkins said.

“However the team was in good spirits despite the loss. I’m excitoff a great season.”

Junior Sarah Rinaldi made an impressive showing on Saturday placing 2nd in the 200 IM with a time of 2:15.06.

Brad Monastiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations has seen multiple swim teams in his nine years at Hillsdale, and pointed out what makes this particular group of girls special.

“The team did a great job at improving its depth while getting consistent event wins from Zoe Hopkins and Rachael Kurtz.

There’s a lot of balance in the short and long events, which makes them a tough team to beat in dual meet formats.”

The Chargers now look forward to the GLIAC tournament on Feb. 11-14.

“Anybody can beat anybody in this league,” Cooper said. “If we come with the mindset that we’re going to compete and we’re going to win a basketball game then we can win.”

Surviving this weekend with a winning record won’t be easy for the Chargers, but then again, coming back from a six point easy either.

Redshirt freshman Stedman Lowry shoots one of his five 3-point attempts in the game against Northern Michigan University on Saturday. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

A CHARGED UP TRAINING REGIMEN Breana Noble Collegian Freelancer

This time of year, strength training consumes the focus of fall athletes.

To improve the programs, the sports administration hired Athletic Lab, a sports science research and consultant company, to evaluate the strength training of Hillsdale’s teams.

“It’s something we want to do better,” Athletic Director Don Brubacher said. “We thought it was worthwhile to bring a consultant in to determine there are improvements that can be made.”

The recommendations were positive overall. Smaller details suggested improvements to stretching, form, and safety.

“It did give us an expert to ing and make a couple of safety recommendations,” head softball coach Joseph Abraham said.

“That’s critical because we have no way to supervise all our girls.

That’s important to teach proper form because they’re lifting on their own.”

Head volleyball coach Chris Gravel said his players had “exceptional” form for college athletes according to the report.

“You wonder if you’re doing the best thing, and it told us to keep doing what we’re doing,” Gravel said.

The report’s suggestions are already being implemented as junior tennis player Sydney Delp said her team is focusing more on dynamic stretching and using correct form.

“Our coach took it seriously,” Delp said. “It’s helpful because there’s no point in doing hard work if you do it incorrectly.”

Brubacher said Athletic Lab will return once or twice before the end of the school year to track progress.

“We are excited to work with Hillsdale,” said Athletic Lab director of training Michael Young, who has a doctorate in biomechanics. “We’re pleased how open minded the coaches and administrators were to our feedback. Those are hallmarks of

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a program doing what it takes to get ahead.”

Softball has already looked to outside help for strength training as the team hired Volt Athletics to create unique weightlifting schedules for each player, according to Abraham.

“I have seen great results, and I am able to lift more weight than I ever thought I could,” senior softball player Jessica Day said.

Due to renovations in the

athletics college, Hillsdale’s facilities are world class and some of the best he’s seen.

Offseason workouts focus on building skills over simply maintaining them.

“It’s important for us to get bigger, stronger, and faster,” Otterbein said. “In football, size is important. In the fall, we lift twice [for] maintenance. Now, we’re lifting four days a week.

For speed, one thing that is chal-

Redshirt sophomore football players Austin Koneval and Joe Duff work out in the JAM. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian) sports complex, strength training has altered, according to head football coach Keith Otterbein.

“Last winter, we were restrictroom,” Otterbein said. “We have the ability to be in the weight room more together. More concentration on how we’re breaking upper/lower body down and some footwork that we didn’t have the means [to do before].

The base philosophy hasn’t changed, but the chance to tweak it with the new setup.”

Young said for a mid-level

lenging is matching up on the and creating space. You have to match up athletically.”

“Our offseason is harder than our in-season physically and mentally,” Gravel said. “We can push harder and not have to recover for any games.”

This change of focus is reited time, teams have to practice on courts and coaches must be creative in practices.

Volleyball incorporates cross training including cycling, swim-

ming and even sledding.

“I like to mix things up,” Gravel said. “There’s on-call hours. They have to keep on their studies because any time I can at 5:45.’ The snowier, the colder, the better. We’ll start running up the hill. They might have to sled down it so many times.”

The offseason addresses challenges to correct mistakes and start on a better foot for the next season too.

“We’re going to the Biermann Center to get space,” Otterbein said. “We looked at last year’s numbers when we had the new setup, and our overall speed took a step back. This is the way we’re ibility, form running, and with the track coaches to open the throttle.”

Volleyball works out more than just their bodies, but also who may have a problem, according to Gravel.

“We’ll focus on it, and we’ll deal with that as a team, or I’ll ask them to evaluate each other, and it’s not anonymous,” Gravel said. “If the critique is not correct, I’ll call them out on being too nice. You learn about each other. It causes bruises, but you come back stronger.”

Likewise, the teams strengthen more than their bodies, but their relationships too.

“You have to have fun playing football,” Otterbein said. “It should be because they love the game, because there’s a level of excellence they expect. If they’re dreading to work, we’re missing the boat. Part of enjoying that is the enthusiasm you get by being around your team. We just started, so it’s upbeat, and we want to maintain that atmosphere.”

Fostering that chemistry comes from encouraging and challenging teammates.

“We push each other in the weight room,” junior volleyball player Marissa Owens said.

“They’ll grab a 45 plate, and I’m like, ‘I wanted to grab a 30. Dang it!’ So I’ll grab a 45 because I don’t want to spot lower.”

BOX SCORES

Men’s Basketball

Women’s Basketball

Hillsdale: 67 Michigan Tech: 78

Hillsdale: 57 Michigan Tech: 64

Hillsdale: 59 Northern Mich.:58

Hillsdale: 54 Northern Mich.: 57

Season Leaders Points Per Game: Kyle Cooper (20.8) Stedman Lowry (10.8) Rebounds Per Game: Cooper (10.7) Jason Pretzer (3.3) Assists Per Game: Zach Miller (6.2) Cooper (1.9) Field Goal Percentage: Cooper (54.4) Nick Archer (52.0) Pretzer (50.7)

Season Leaders Points Per Game: Megan Fogt (15.0) Kadie Lowery (9.2) Rebounds Per Game: Fogt (9.1) Allie Dittmer (5.2) Assists Per Game: Ashlyn Landherr (2.5) Madison Berry (2.2) Field Goal Percentage: Fogt (59.6) Dittmer (48.1) Kayla Geffert (45.9)

Nathanael Meadowcroft:

Root for Russell

On Sunday in Phoenix the Seattle Seahawks will face the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX. If you’re not a fan of either the Seahawks or the Patriots, you probably don’t like this matchup.

On the one side, there’s the Seahawks who just won the Super Bowl last year, and on the other side there’s the Patriots, who seemingly always make the AFC Championship game and advance to the Super Bowl every few years.

Which team should you root for?

Perhaps you don’t like the Seahawks because they’ve been too good the past few years and you can’t stand Richard Sherman. Perhaps you don’t like the Patriots because of their perpetual success and reputation to look for unfair advantages even when they don’t need them, as egate scandal.

So let me reword my question— who should you root for?

If you can’t allow yourself to root for a team, root for a player.

Root for Russell Wilson.

Yes, he just won a Super Bowl last season. But is there a more hardworking and dedicated quarterback in the NFL than Wilson?

The 75th pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, Wilson entered preseason training camp as the third-string quarterback.

A natural leader, Wilson made his presence felt at practices and team meetings.

His strong play in the 2012 preseason and his hardwork and positive attitude forced Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll to give him the starting job. season, advancing to the second round of the playoffs only to lose a heartbreaker in Atlanta on But rather than hang his head in his postgame press conference, Wilson focused on his team’s opportunity to have a “championship offseason.”

Women’s bball From A8 when the Chargers allowed the Wildcats to score 12 points in eight minutes, while only putting up one Hillsdale point. This run with 6:30 left on the clock.

With 1:55 left, the Chargers had battled back and took a onepoint lead.

“At that point you have to basically know that you’re not going to let them score again, you have to have that mentality,” Charney said. “And I don’t think as individuals yet we’re there.”

Unfortunately for the Chargers, they couldn’t hold the Wildcats and the game continued on in a back-and-forth fashion. With 47 seconds left in the game, the score was tied thanks to two free throws by senior Megan Fogt. Those were the last Charger points of the game.

The Wildcats quickly matched Fogt’s two free throw points and pulled ahead by one point. In the

Wilson’s oft repeated motto is “The separation is in the preparation.” When asked about his path to success, Wilson quotes his father who always asked him, “Why not you?”

Wilson applies both of these phrases to his job. “Why not us?” was and still is repeated often by Wilson.

When asked about whether he was nervous for the NFC Championship game last Sunday, Wilson said that he is not nervous as long as he is prepared.

After his team’s miraculous comeback against the Green Bay Packers, Wilson could not help but weep.

“God is so good all the time man,” Wilson said in the onvision after the game. “These guys on the team are unbelievable.”

While such postgame comments are expected from practically every professional athlete, one couldn’t help but feel the authenticity of Wilson’s humility and gratefulness.

Wilson is a great man on the man off of it.

Every Tuesday, his only offday, Wilson visits the Seattle Children’s Hospital, surprising kids and families struggling through tough times and giving them a needed reprieve from the harsh realities of life.

In addition to his weekly visits to the children’s hospital, Wilson has started the “Why Not You Foundation” to help “Pass the Peace” against domestic violence and has hosted a dozen Make-A-Wish children.

Russell Wilson is a man of integrity. Tom Brady? Regardless of whether he knew about the footballs being underinColts, his demeanor and actions do not compare to Wilson’s.

You don’t have to root for the Seahawks on Sunday. But how can you not root for Russell Wilson? remaining seconds, the Chargers executed clean plays and with only four seconds left, junior Maddy Berry’s 12-foot baseline jump shot rimmed in and out. A Wildcat rebound and foul sent them to the free-throw line where they gained their threepoint game winning lead.

Charney said her team needs to improve on adjusting to the way the game is being called, and how the other team is playing.

This improvement will be crucial as the Chargers head into a three-game stretch in the next will travel to Ferris State University to play the Bulldogs (6-6) who they are currently tied with in the league. The game will start at 6 p.m. The team will play again on Saturday against the Grand Valley State University Lakers (9-3) at home at 1 p.m.

On Monday, the Chargers will travel to Saginaw Valley State University to take on the Cardinals (1-11) at 6 p.m.

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(Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

Charger Sports Jessie Fox:

Jessie Fox Collegian Reporter The Hillsdale women’s basketball team fell short in two single-digit losses at home last weekend against teams from the Upper Peninsula. The Chargers lost to Michigan Tech 64-57 on Thursday and fell to Northern Michigan University 57-54 on Saturday.

The Chargers now carry an overall record of 10-5 and a 6-4 record in the GLIAC. the Chargers entered intermission with a 5-point lead over nationally ranked Michigan Tech.

The second half began with momentum as junior Kayla Geffert swished a three-pointer and sophomore Morgan Blair, the Chargers’ leading scorer, followed with her own back-to-back three-pointers.

But soon after, the Chargers’ defense began to slip as the Huskies took off.

“There was just a short span

during the second half where we started to lapse on the defensive end,” senior Kadie Lowery said.

“We always say we need to put together a full 40 minutes of defense and that didn’t quite happen.”

Tech had a 37-25 scoring edge over the Chargers, which brought

ney, shot 87 percent at the line gaining 24 free points.

“It’s foul trouble, we’ll just send them to the line and it’s easy points with free throws,” junior

Kelsey Cromer said.

This was the case on Saturday

and delivered them to a win.

“Tech waits for you to make mistakes and they’re such good shooters so that’s when they bury their shots,” head coach Claudette Charney said.

It was the Chargers’ own mistakes that lead them to another loss in Saturday’s hard fought battle against Northern Michigan University, Charney said.

“We stopped our own play,” Charney said. “We still feel like the mistakes we’re making aren’t because the other team is forcing us into them.”

The Chargers fouled 14 times repeated foul mistakes. NMU, one of the best free throw teams in the country according to Char-

When the gym exploded, one man stood still.

As parents threw up their ed with USA-garbed students, John Tharp, head coach of the Hillsdale men’s basketball team, stood wide-eyed and speechless after his team beat Northern Michigan University on Saturday by one point thanks to a buzzer-beating dunk.

“I was really proud of the

Senior Kadie Lowery looks to pass the ball in a game against Northern Michigan University on Saturday. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

TRACK TEAM TAKES ON D-I TEAMS Micah Meadowcroft Arts Editor

“Anytime you compete against a Big 10 school, you’re at really quickly,” Hillsdale track Towne said. “We are able to go to those meets now on a regular basis with a good chunk of kids because of how much our program has improved.”

The Hillsdale indoor track at Indiana University’s Gladstein Fieldhouse running with Big 10 teams at the 2015 Gladstein Invitational.

Junior Emily Oren placed fourth in the women’s mile at the meet with a time of 4:55.02, the fastest time among non-Division I competitors. She was named GLIAC women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week. Oren is now ranked 2nd for the mile in the GLIAC and 4th in NCAA Division II. Freshman Lane White won the 400 meter dash with a time of 49.06. Colby Clark, also a fresh-

49.86.

“The IU meet was a really good chance for us to compete with a lot of bigger schools that we don’t get to run into,” Clark said. “We also got to experience what it’s going to be like at a championship meet because they have a similar track. I think there’s a lot of people on the team who got provisional marks and a good day. And I personally had a pretty good race in the 400— didn’t PR but got to race with some good talent so that was a good time.”

Junior Corinne Zehner and the women’s 4x400 meter relay team won their heat with a time of 3:52.14, earning them 5th place.

“We didn’t run as fast as I think we wanted to or I think our coach would hope for, but we got bumped into the second heat and that was to our disadvantage because we were out in front — we should have had faster people to race with,” Zehner said. “Even without people to run with it was a really impressive time in my

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opinion.”

Senior Joshua Mirth ran the

heat and 16th overall. Freshman Jared Schipper reached a height of 4.8 meters in the pole vault, placing him 8th in the NCAA Division II. As impressive as the IU meet sounds, Towne said it’s a fairly regular occurrence for Hillsdale’s runners, jumpers, and throwers, and is a testament to the growing strength of Hillsdale’s program and the particular nature of track “If you think about the men’s [basketball] team playing Michigan in the fall, that was a huge event, and it should be, but we joked as a staff that— and we realize that we are a non-revenue sport compared to something like football or basketball— we joked that if that many emails went out every time we did that you’d because it happens all the time,” Towne said. “Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, they come here for our meets.”

It’s not only that Hillsdale has the opportunity to compete with

these schools, but also that Hilling into a team that can and does compete with these schools.

“It’s just a different sport and mostly it’s limited by scholarship limitations,” Towne said.

Towne explained that while in collegiate football there’s a difference of 50 scholarships between Division I teams and Division II teams, both Division I and Division II track teams are limited to 12.6 scholarships.

“They’re not able to keep all the good players in Division I,” Towne said. “Most of our kids have been recruited by Big 10 schools, especially our scholarship kids. A lot of them have been offered money by Big 10 schools.”

Two weeks ago Charger innaw Valley University’s Classic, getting a feel for the facilities and track that will host the GLIAC Championships this year. The team is on rest this week and will return with a home meet, the Hillsdale Wide Track Classic, on Feb. 6 and 7 in the Margot V. Biermann Center.

when that happened I was literally in shock, and then it went from shock to a whole lot of thanks,” Tharp said with a laugh and a huge smile.

Coach Tharp cares a lot about winning. Point guard Zach Miller called his coach “the most competitive person he knows,” which is quite a title. But Tharp cares more for his players, which is why he is such Tharp’s competitive edge is derived from his serious love for the game of basketball. A coach for 21 years and a Hillsdale coach for eight of those years, he said he loves the X’s and O’s of the game— the philosophy of basketball.

“It’s funny how everything relates back to the game with him,” Hillsdale basketball alumnus Anthony Manno ’14 said of Tharp. Manno said Tharp equates everything from raking leaves to dealing with a pesky squirrel in his gutter to a basketball game against his rival and shouts: “Boys, we can not let them beat us!”

It’s this unwavering passion that puts him in a defensive stance on the sidelines, or on his big plays. He cares so deeply about the outcome of the games that he reportedly doesn’t sleep after a loss or a win.

Miller said it’s this toughness and thirst that inspires the team.

“Coach wants to win as badly as we do, and we want to

ery possession and every play,” Miller said.

Manno said he knows Tharp may look intense and determined on the sidelines, but says that’s not Tharp’s only side.

The coach Manno knows is one who approached him at every practice just to ask, “Hey, how’s the family?” or “How’s school?” or “What’d ya do this weekend?”

“He’s not asking to pry for information,” Manno said.

“He’s the kind of guy where if you ever sit down to talk to him multiple times he’ll ask ‘how are you doing?’ And he might minutes ago, but he wants to know again.”

Tharp is the coach who pushes his team to average a 3.0 in the classroom. He’s the coach who invites the entire team, managers included, to his house for dinners. He’s the coach who has taken in a sick player, caring for him at his home until he recovers.

“We’re far from perfect but I think at the end of the day, at the end of the season, at the end of games, we all know that we care a great deal about each other,” Tharp said.

After Saturday’s win, crowds of retired Chargers threw on that blue and white jersey once more to play in the annual alumni basketball game. Tharp said he saw boys that had played for him who are now successful businessmen or in their third year of law school, all returning they shared with their teammates.

“It’s the things you sometimes forget about when you’re coaching. But this put it into perspective,” Tharp said. “I mean you played a very small part in their development in becoming a man.”

A ‘very small part’ may be an understatement.

Charger Chatter: Ali Bauer sdale. I’ve realized since it is much more than that. But swimming is what brought me here.

What’s the best part of swimming?

Probably that I can eat as many calories as I want a day and still port their weights and have a special diet and our coach is like ‘Are you eating enough carbs?’

Senior Ali Bauer, from Ionia, Michigan, is one of three swim team captains. She specializes in the breaststroke and sprint freestyle. A biology major, she will attend medical school next year at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.

When did you start swimming and why?

I took lessons when I was little, and started swimming competitively when my hometown got a swim team. I started mostly because my parents said ‘you’ve tried a lot of sports and you’re not good at them.’

Did you come to Hillsdale to swim?

Yes. That’s why I came to Hill-

What’s the worst part?

We swim fast at two meets. You compete hard at every meet, but there are two meets when we rest, put on a fast suit, and try to go best times. And if you’re not feeling it one of those two meets, then it feels like a downer on your whole season. So basically you have two chances to go fast. That’s probably the only hard part about it. As an athlete, you want to work hard, you like training, but you want to do well.

Do you train all year?

In the offseason, we do more lifting, and more cross-training.

During the season, we still lift and do dryland — medballs, bands, circuit stuff, a lot of abs — but it’s more focused on yardage. Toward the end of the

season, we drop yardage and work on more intensity/speed things, and at the very end of the season, we taper off.

What is a typical week of practice?

We have two mornings a week: Those are at six. And then we have afternoon practice everyday, 3:15-6, and Saturday practice usually unless we have a meet. It’s about 8 practices a week, two weights and two dryland sessions.

Is swimming boring?

It’s really boring over the summer if you’re training on your own. That’s probably the most boring swimming gets. It helps a lot having other people in your lane. You don’t really talk to them, but just knowing that someone else is struggling right behind or right in front of you helps you make it through the day. It’s a matter of singing songs in your head. Some pools are nice and have underwater speakers. We do not have that technology here. But the stereo helps a bit. Keeps it fresh.

Of what swim feat are you most proud?

Probably when I had a school

record. I had the 200 breaststroke record. I got it my sophomore year, and it was beaten the end of my junior year. So this year is redemption year, hopefully.

What motivates you?

Lots of things, obviously. You love the sport, you love the team. You do things for so many years, you can’t really imagine not doing it. And there’s always a reason to be better. Complacency is not my thing.

Do you want to swim competitively after graduation?

No. Not at all. There’s masters swim programs where you can keep swimming competitively.

That’s not what I want to do.

I’m so looking forward to swimming slow and not caring, for exercise but not for speed. It’s exciting to be able to do other things and not worry about how they affect my swim career. I can climb the rockwall a few times, get my forearms nice and sore, and not worry about how I’m gonna feel at practice later.

So no Olympic aspirations?

No. I’m 5’ 4” and I’m going to med school. I have other goals, and I’m not built for that.

Are you sad your swim career is ending?

It is sad, thinking at the end of your career that there are so many things you didn’t do or that you won’t do. You’ll never go to the Olympics, you’re never gonna beat that one time you’ve always wanted to beat, but it’s also comforting that there’s no pressure to do that either. Not that I felt too much place.

Are you happy with it on the whole?

It’s been a good ride. There have been more positive experiences than negative ones. Being a collegiate athlete teaches you a lot of things about teamwork.

Even in individual sports, you train together, you compete together, you still have to learn being a captain, it’s broadened that motherly aspect where you want to have the best for everyone else even if you’re not having a great day.

What would you tell someone who wanted to start swimming?

Anytime spent in the water is productive, especially if you’re just starting to swim, at basically any level. The more time you spend in the pool, the better you’ll be.

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The Tower Light, a shared space for beauty Since 1955, the Tower Light has grown into a quintessential part of Hillsdale Andrew Egger Assistant Editor In the semester’s waning days one morning they appear suddeninviting covers, stacked in tidy piles on library tables, on columns in the union, in the window wells of classroom buildings.

They are picked up, pored over, pondered, passed from hand to hand. The student-written poems and photographs they contain are peaceful, savage, joyful, plaintive, beautiful. This is the Tower Light.

The Tower Light has a unique purpose among Hillsdale’s campus publications. The news would still exist without a Collegian to report it, and conservatives would still be opinionated essays of conservative opinion.

The Tower Light, on the other hand, is itself a catalyst for creativity, using the prospect of publication to wring literature out of members of a busy student body, who might otherwise never take the time to write that poem, take that photograph. In a sense, the Tower Light creates itself.

“It’s an imaginative space that writers can project into,” said Aaron Schepps ’14, who edited the Tower Light in fall 2013.

“Those pages exist as a potential future destination for writing.”

Senior and current editor-in-

“The incentive of having your work published, I think, is really and photography.”

2015 marks the sixtieth anniversary of Hillsdale’s studentpublished literary journal. Like other regular campus publications, the semesterly appearance of the Tower Light has become it seems almost a piece of the campus itself, blossoming autonomously into print indoors as the trees blossom correspondingly outside. It bears its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither.

Given this, it is perhaps surprising that the Tower Light was born essentially by accident. The Collegian has always been a campus rum was founded in 2003 to be a political and philosophical magazine. Even the Pape, during its short four-year life,

Hill was attending the annual Associated Collegiate Press conference in Washington, D.C., when he mistakenly walked into a leca panel discussion on weekend magazine supplements for daily newspapers. Although the Collegian was, then as now, a weekly paper, Hill nevertheless carried the idea back to Hillsdale with him and convinced his coworkers to give it a shot. er Light, published in January 1955, Hill wrote, “It is our claim

After early rehearsals, performance a success

Three days before Hillsdale students began classes, the chamber choir was already back at work.

The Hillsdale College Chamber choir participated in the Celebration of Music Concert Series put on by Trinity Lutheran Church in Grand Rapids. They began rehearsals on Sunday, Jan. 11, and continued intense practices until the concert last Sunday.

“We started with dinner together,” Professor of Music Jim Holleman said. “I made food, Debbie Wyse had made food, so we had homemade food. We had rehearsal Sunday evening after dinner, Monday morning, Monday afternoon, Tuesday morning, Tuesday afternoon. So we started in two and a half days.”

Holleman said the group also -

Light will take place this Saturnounced. “All those interested please attend.”

The publication has several times jockeyed with Student Current upperclassmen may remember the most recent example -

protest cuts to the publication.

“The good that came out of it was we got to see how much good the Tower Light does on campus,” said professor of journalism Maria Servold, the faculty advisor to the Tower Light.

Despite these controversies, the Tower Light has become over the years a respectable literary journal in its own right. College Provost David Whalen said that this improvement is most evident in the graphic design of the publication.

“There was one to which it held duryear when the Towing its entire run. er Light was little But the Tower Light more than photobegan its life not as copied pieces of paan independent literper staple-bound,” ary journal, but as a Whalen said. “The Collegian-affiliated improved quality in weekend magazine. the graphic design is In the fall of extremely helpful, 1954, Collegian Tower Lights representing last semester’s student literary creativity with prose and lends the publieditor-in-chief Rich and poetry and photography. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian) cation a seriousness

Chamber Choir hits the road Amanda Tindall News Editor

newspaper to develop a slickcovered magazine edition among the small colleges of the nation.” legian supplement, the Tower Light became an independent publication in late 1956.

Over the years, the Tower Light has also had its fair share of controversy. The earliest signs of dissatisfaction appear in a single-paragraph, intriguingly context-free announcement which appeared in the Collegian on Dec. 3, 1959.

“A small demonstration for the overthrow of the Tower

Jonathan Edelblut, freshman Mark Naida, sophomore Shelby Ripley, and freshman Jacob Hann.

“The new members had to not only learn the new music, but the system of chamber choir, how to rehearse, how to create a blend of voices,” Holleman said. “So they all jumped in the deep end, and thankfully no one drowned. They did a great job.”

The choir performed a mixture of new pieces and old ones performed at the last choir concert. With new members and new pieces, Holleman said he was very impressed with their performance.

“Basically this semester, with the new members and then new music we’ve already learned, we’ve already gelled, so now we just get to ride that,” Holleman out who we are as an ensemble any more.”

Junior Matt Sauer said he thought the experience was delightful.

“Our hosts were kind, the audience was enthusiastic, and the

performance went just about as smoothly as we could hope for,” Sauer said. “The chamber choir

design simply doesn’t provide.”

But although today’s Tower Light is undeniably slick from a design standpoint, its true strength is in the rectitude of its mission and the beauty of its content. This publication exists not simply as a reservoir for beautiful things, but as a cultural project in which all Hillsdale students share. More than any other campus publication, the Tower Light binds its readers together as co-participants in the common pursuit of beauty.

“Boys, I should like to say one word to you, here at this place.”

This quotation, taken from ing novel “The Brothers Karamazov,” appears as the epigraph in Tower Light. The quotation is taken from a scene in which the young priest Alyosha comforts a group of young boys who are grieving the death of a friend, one of their number.

At the conclusion of the same issue, Alyosha’s speech contin“And even if we are occupied with most important things, if we attain to honor or fall into great misfortune–still let us remember how good it was once here, when we were all together, united by a good and kind feeling which made us, for the time we were loving that poor boy, better perhaps than we are.”

This is the Tower Light, too.

Busy semester for music Stacey Egger Collegian Freelancer

ter will be even more active than the last, especially because of the quantity of upcoming student performances. “The students have spent fall semester preparing, so we start to see more individual recitals,” he said.

The department, Holleman

the school and the community.

“That’s counting student recitals, faculty recitals, jazz, guest artists, the Professional Artist Series, all that stuff. So it kind of gives a sense of how active we are as a department.”

Tomorrow, Chris McCourry, teacher of music and jazz musician, will be performing in

a part of, and I’m so grateful to perform with all of the people in The Howard Music Departit.” ment is giving students, both in Holleman said he’s glad the the program and outside of it, much to anticipate this semester. school to rehearse.

Jim Holleman, head of the he has been here from putting on “I was thrilled with the per- department, said that this semes- 15 or 20 concerts a year to 100 or more concerts every year for formance,” he said. “With 11 a See Music department B2 capella pieces, and with the difnies, there was a consistency of quality on every single piece we performed, so I think the group really rose to the occasion.”

New chamber choir member Shelby Ripley said he enjoys the caliber of musicianship in the choir.

January 30 January 31 “I felt that we did really well,” Chris McCourry Mark Mehaffey: Artist’s Reception Ripley said. “Considering the Faculty Trumpet Recital Daughtrey Gallery, time we had to rehearse, the naMarkel Auditorium, Sage Center for the Arts ture of illness just running around

Things

To do and see This week

and stuffy noses have been rampant in the past week — I think it came together well.”

Sage Center for the Arts 8 p.m.

Chris McCourry, director of jazz studies, will show off his trumpet chops in a faculty recital which will include contributions from other music faculty and students, including Brad Blackham on piano, Stacey Jones on percussion, Debbi Wyse on piano, and Joseph Banovetz on bass.

January 31 – March 1 Professional Artist Series: Paintings by Mark Mehaffey Daughtrey Gallery, Sage Center for the Arts Nationally recognized Michigan watercolor artist Mark Mehaffey exhibits his work, which explores an interaction between abstract and representational style.

2-4 p.m.

Mark Mehaffey presents his watercolor exhibition.

January 31 Professional Artist Series: CANTUS Markel Auditorium, Sage Center for the Arts 8 p.m.

Hailed as “the premier men’s vocal ensemble in the United States” (Fanfare) and winner of the prestigious Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence from Chorus America, CANTUS enjoys an active schedule of national tour dates, subscription concerts in its home of Minneapolis/St. Paul, educational outreach programs and recordings.

CANTUS is acknowledged around the world for its programmatic versatility, artistic excellence, and charismatic personality.

(Ticket reservations required) (Compiled by Andrew Egger)

The Chamber Choir practices for their Grand Rapids concert.

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Morgan Delp

One journalist’s attempt to crack

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IN FOCUS

creative writing I expected my playwriting class to consist mostly of theatre majors, or at least experienced thespians. Being neither, I was nervous when I took my seat in the class of six would meet twice a week for the semester. Indeed, the rest of the class had previous experience with playwriting and acting. Most of them casually referenced plays I had never even heard of, much less read.

Although Professor Angell’s kind and supportive demeanor of that night’s reading that a huge wave of relief and subsequent author Jeffrey Sweet began: “After years of teaching dramatic technique, I have strong ideas about what kinds of people are most likely to become real, working playwrights: actors and journalists.”

Maybe playwriting won’t be so hard for this journalist after all.

I had felt underprepared going into the playwriting class because Hillsdale’s creative writing department is, well, nonexistent.

Hillsdale, while emphasizing the great literary works of history, has little interest in teaching its tional prose of their own. I have read “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” and more modern marvels like Elie Wiesel’s “Night” and Robert K. Massie’s “Nicholas and Alexandra.” But my writing has consisted of researching and commenting on these works.

On one hand, I understand that most college students aren’t prepared, in life experience or education, to pen the next great American novel. But if there is one thing I have learned throughout my four years of experience in the excellent Dow Journalism Program, it is that if you want to be a good writer, you must write.

Practice, as cliché as it sounds, truly does make perfect.

So, in order to be a great on campus, I have written for the Collegian. I have become an editor, held a journalism internship, and taken numerous writing courses, including Advanced Writing. I can whip up a news story in record time, and ledes and concise diction have become second nature. But writing dialogue? Developing characters from my imagination? No way.

I can record the conversations to dream up an interchange on my own is daunting.

When I read that journal-

ists make good playwrights, and heard Prof. Angell say in class that historical knowledge makes for good playwriting, something dawned on me. No, I have not written any plays or novels in my life. I probably haven’t written a short story since grade school.

But maybe I had taken for granted the experience I do have.

Being a journalist, Sweet elaborated, makes a good playwright because journalists cut down the excess fat and share only the information necessary to a story. It what is going on underneath the characters’ words and actions, in both journalism and theater.

As a History major, the entirety of my course work has been essentially the discovery of life’s greatest dramas. I have read and learned about the Revolutionary War, the Ancient Egyptians, the Russian tsars, the Great Depression, the French Revolution, and the Holocaust, just to name a few. I know the players of history’s stage: George Washington, Aristotle, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, Rasputin, the Apostle Peter, Robert E. Lee, Sacagawea, Andrew Jackson, and King Tut, among many others. The experiences of all these people in all these different times can tell me more about writing true hu-

We can all thank senior Tim Allen for bringing the pop-folk husband and wife duo The Grey Havens to the Dawn Theater again this Saturday. The show is free for Hillsdale College students and begins at 8:00 p.m. at the Dawn Theater.

Last year, front man Dave Radford announced a tour and asked fans for suggestions of cities or venues to add to the list.

Tim Allen jumped on the opportunity and emailed Radford about coming to Hillsdale.

“He responded within an hour,” Allen said. Now, he said, the Dawn Theater is their favorite venue.

This year, campus ministry Intervarsity is hosting the live show.

“While The Grey Havens explores Christian themes in their music, they sound nothing like ‘mainstream Christian music,’” Allen said. “They have a folksy feel with jazz undertones.”

Allen hopes the concert will

be an invitation for students uninvolved with student ministry on campus to take another look at Intervarsity. “Who doesn’t like live music?” he added.

Inspired by authors C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, the duo focuses on bringing a narrative into every song they record. In Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, the Grey Havens is a harbor town and a refuge for the Elves. The duo’s namesake recalls the magic of fantasy and a story’s ability to carry listeners to a different realm.

“Lewis noted that stories have

the power to steal past the watchful dragons of the human heart,” Radford explains on the website.

“People like stories because they like watching relationships unfold and develop.”

In high school, Dave Radford made it into the Top 20 in American Idol. He met Licia, his wife, while performing as a solo artist and their relationship blossomed after they began performing together.

“And they’re very good live,” Allen said.

Popcorn and psychedelia: A Pink Floyd cover show Sarah Albers Assistant Editor

The lights in the auditorium dimmed as smoke began wafting forward from the sides of the backlit stage. The overlarge (but apparently harmless) bearded basementdweller to my left began to stir in anticipation of the common spectacle: Echoes of Pink Floyd was about to perform.

I sat, shrouded in smog, in Jackson’s Michigan Theatre.

Echoes of Pink Floyd, a cover band native to Michigan, was here for an annual performance: had paid tribute to their muse. The event, billed as “HITS CLASSICS AND RARITIES WITH LASERSHOW,” summoned forth the antiquated characters of Pink Floyd’s heyday, as well as the younger, consciously backward-looking generation of Pink Floyd’s devoted and eccentric fan base.

The seating attendants, hulking and middle-aged, held canned beers and dimly surveyed the

gathering crowd. The scents of buttered popcorn and stale hops became one with the smoke, rising heavenward in a benign sacdelia. The interior of the theater — optimistically characterized by the proprietors as Spanish by inspiration — was in the process of renovation, belied by large

both incredibly talented and remarkably small: A button-down tucked into khakis, a beard, and wailing guitar solos constituted his stage presence. Tall and darkhaired, the band’s frontman had an odd habit of thrusting his chin up and forward, as if to assure his audience of earnest lyrical enthusiasm. The saxophonist, with the heroic self-possession known only to musicians of his species, wore plastic sunglasses for the duration of the performance.

the Pink Floyd tribe, tattoos clashing beautifully with an old cotton shirt, was seated directly to my fore. His forearms were all sharp angles and dark ink; spread across his broad back and upper arms, however, were cartoon ors, long faded in the wash. He had been en(Photo courtesy of Catherine Coffey) thusiastically gesturing throughout the entire patches of exposed plaster. set, encouraging the hefty backup The setlist, taken primarily singers when he felt it necessary from “Dark Side of the Moon” and ceasing only to observe the (1973) and “The Wall” (1979), lasers with an occasional awewas executed with loving de- struck pause and a reverent “Oh, votion. The lead guitarist was shit.”

In his joy he was not alone.

With the opening of “Mother,” I heard a small gasp and faint snifjunior Catherine Coffey, was wiping her eyes. “It’s just such a tender song,” she sniffed. Shortly thereafter, “Comfortably Numb” began playing. Sitting next to me, sophomore Amelia Stieren song is about drugs.” A giggle.

As the three-hour set wore on, I began to notice how people responded to Pink Floyd’s music.

The performance was not merely a spectacle, but an experience — one that brought with it a wealth of past experience and personal meaning. An older man, quiet and still through the greater part of the tracklist, smiled and nodded at the beginning of “Wish You Were Here.” From behind us, the band’s prompting loosened cries of “HOW CAN YOU HAVE ANY PUDDING IF YOU DON’T EAT YER MEAT?” Great bands possess something more than talent, more than style. Though Echoes of Pink Floyd is an admirably competent cover band, the virtue of their performance lay simply in the fact that they loved Pink Floyd every bit as much as their audience.

Wish you were there.

‘Endless River’: Pink Floyd’s stream of music ends

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Performing Artist Series with the world-class a capella group CANTUS Jan. 31, the musical “The Drowsy Chaperone” over Parents’ Weekend at the end of February, and the 4th annual Liberal Arts Jazz festival, which will feature guest artists such as world famous trumpet player Vinnie DiMartino. The Orchestra’s two performances will be March 5 and May 7, and the Choir concert will be April 26.

The announcement of the CANTUS performance has caused much excitement among students. Freshman Brendan King, who takes vocal lessons and is a member of both the Chamber Choir and the main choir, said, “I went to a CANTUS performance when I was younger, and they’re a wonderful group

Chandler Ryd Collegian Freelancer

thought.

That reminded me of the second piece of wisdom that was hammered into my mind over the course of my collegiate journalism classes: Not only to write, but also to write what you know.

I may not have studied Shakespeare, starred in a Tower Players production, or penned a novel in my free time, but I do have experience in human interactions. I am an aspiring journalist and historian, and I will use that background, and an eagerness to learn more, to become a playwright.

I won’t expect to craft the next Romeo and Juliet, of course.

Bryan Morey Actually, I won’t even expect a Special-to-the-Collegian crappy off-Broadway play or a decent amateur piece. What I will expect is to improve throughout It truly is the end of an era. the semester, and incorporate This past November, Pink Floyd journalistic skills and historical knowledge into a pastime for “The Endless River.” Pink Floyd which I have a growing passion. is one of the most iconic bands in rock history, and they are one Morgan Delp is a senior from of the greatest progressive rock Toledo, Ohio, studying history.

She is minoring in journalism countless budding musicians through the Dow Journalism pro- over the years, and many of their gram and is the editor-in-chief of album covers are easily recognizthe Collegian. able pieces of pop culture. To see such an important band release

Music DepartMent Recital. The concert begins at 8 p.m.

“For this recital in particular, he’s included so many other faculty members from the music department and from the theater department, and one student as well,” Holleman said. “The repertoire that he’s chosen is both very interesting and very challenging.”

McCourry’s recital will feature pieces from composers as diverse as Johann Altenburg, Paul Hindemith, and Frank Zappa.

Other than recitals, some highlights this semester include

Intervarsity playing host to The Gray Havens

of gentlemen… their vocal quality is impeccable and I’m really excited to hear what they have to say about vocal technique and singing in general with the workshop that day as well.”

Freshman Collin Saunders, who sings in the choir and plays cello in the orchestra, as well as taking cello and voice lessons, is very excited about the orchestra’s upcoming concert, which will feature Beethoven’s Fifth. “It’s very fun, it’s got a great cello part, and it’s not, you know, killer lenging,” he said.

Holleman, he said, challenged mester, which has improved their comfort and ability. “We’re not all on the edge of our seats all the time now, we can actually kind of focus more on making music and not just playing all the notes.”

Holleman thinks that the concerts that the department puts on are a wonderful opportunity for all students, whether they are studying music or not. Not only are they enriching experiences, but they give students a chance to support their peers from all different areas of study. “They’re able to see these people,” he said, “the hard work they’ve put in and the high level at which they perform… And we present everything free of charge, and it’s just a wonderful part of the four years while you’re here.”

well.

In a sense, “The Endless River” is a goodbye to keyboardist Richard Wright, who died from cancer in 2008. The basis for the music comes from extra music made during the recording sessions for 1994’s “The Division Bell,” Pink Floyd’s previous album. Over the past few years, guitarist David Gilmour and drummer Nick Mason, along with other musicians and backing vocalists, returned to the studio to complete those recordings. Rick

Wright’s keyboard parts were all recorded over twenty years ago, and the completion of these recordings creates a worthy send off for one of rock’s greatest keyboardists.

“The Endless River” is mainly an instrumental album, with only one song, “Louder than Words,” featuring lyrics sung by David Gilmour. This fact has caused many to dislike the album, despite it becoming the most preordered album on Amazon. What those detractors are forgetting is that Pink Floyd has long been a band known for lengthy instrumental pieces throughout their catalogue. In fact, the greatest facet of Pink Floyd has always been their ability to craft interesting and complex instrumental pieces. Other people claim that without Roger Waters (who left the band after their 1983 album, “The Final Cut”), it is not Pink Floyd. Admittedly, I used to think that, but after hearing “The Endless River” I decided that the post-Waters era is still distinctly Pink Floyd, just like the pre-Gilmour era is still Pink Floyd. While it is true that their most popular, and arguably their best, music was created under the

Pink Floyd that emerged after his departure is still very good. “The Endless River” is no exception.

The music of “The Endless River” is, like “The Division Bell,” calm, ethereal, and relaxed. The anti-government and anarchist cries of “The Wall” (read, the cries of Roger Waters) are long gone here. Instead, a grouping of short instrumental pieces dominates the album, making the album sound rather like one long song. In that sense, it is a distinctly prog piece, bestaple of progressive rock.

The overall theme of the album deals with connecting to the past and to each other. It is interesting that Pink Floyd chose to include recordings of Stephen Hawking speaking on the song, “Talkin’ Hawkin’.” This inclusion is a direct reference to the song “Keep Talking,” off of “The Division Bell,” which also features recordings of Stephen Hawking. The recordings are of Hawking discussing the importance of communication in the construction of society. Coupled from the album, “Things Left Un-

said,” and the last song, “Louder Than Words,” Pink Floyd begs the question, what is communication? Since the only song on the album to feature singing is to remember the Floyd music of the past. It is almost as if, at this point in their career, the band has nothing left to say. They have said it all, and they have said it well. “Louder Than Words” ends with these lyrics: “Louder than words / This thing they call soul / Is there with a pulse / Louder than words / Louder than words.”

When there is nothing to say, communication is still present.

The connections we make with each other and with the music are indeed louder than words.

“The Endless River” is more It is a tribute to a beloved band member, and it is a tribute to the band itself. Musical themes from across their catalogue can be heard, and the epic guitar solos that Pink Floyd is known for are present, albeit understated. This album is fully Pink Floyd, and it is a more than perfect way to end the career of one of the greatest bands of all time.

R.I.P. Richard Wright.

Students’ soundtrack, Gregory Alan Isakov Sarah Chavey Collegian Reporter Folk singer Gregory Alan Isakov enraptured the city of Ann Arbor and about 30 Hillsdale students on January 18 with his performance at The Ark, a notable folk music hall. The percozy venue.

“The atmosphere was very nice and pleasant, and it felt very intimate between him and the audience,” Junior Christina Lambert said. “He really enjoyed sharing his music with us.”

Isakov played both acoustic and electric guitars and was backed by another guitar, a cello, a drum set, and occasionally a banjo. He also switched between microphones, a technique which pleased the audience.

“It sounds like he’s on an old radio,” sophomore Laura Williamson said.

Isakov’s most memorable moment occurred during his studentbeloved song “The Universe.”

Sophomore Savannah Falter memorized a portion of the refrain: “The universe is wounded,

During the song, Isakov and his band turned off the lights and sang in the dark.

“It sounds kind of funky, but it was the most beautiful thing in the world,” Falter said.

The only light on the stage was an illuminated globe. Isakov and his band hope to perform in planetariums in the future, Falter said.

“Whenever he goes to a planetarium, I’m going meet him then. And it’s not going to be a school night it’s going to be, like, a Friday, and it’s going to be

fantastic. My wedding could be there!” Falter laughed.

Falter also described some of the older couples who were watching as “relationship goals.”

Lambert believes part of her love of Isakov stems from memories associated with her years at Hillsdale.

“He became the sound of so many parts of sophomore year,” Lambert said.

From writing papers to driving, each of his songs reminds her of something else. She even knows them well enough to know when he changes something about them. She appreciated most how genuine his voice was and how deeply he seemed to enjoy the performance.

“We like the songs, but he likes them more,” she said.

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chef From B4 years old, I was always digging in her spice cupboard, always trying to make things better,” Trombly laughed. “I did it from a young age.”

Trombly attended Le Cordon she gained the education in culinary arts that she always dreamed of. While there, Trombly also worked at the Winn and Encore, a Las Vegas resort where she prepared banquets for up to 5,000 people. She said that though she gained a wealth of foundational techniques at Le Cordon Bleu, she simultaneexperience at the Winn and Encore, where she had the opportunity to learn from professionals.

Once she even worked with a

Admissions From B4 That’s a skill which translates well into sales, public relations, teaching. I know a lot of alumni now that work at think tanks, govketing positions.”

Similarly, Aaron Tracey, ’14, who studied business marketing, has found admissions a nice transition.

“What’s made it easy is I’m starting with great people,” Tracey said. “I’m not a student anymore, but I’m still in the student environment and working with people who are also making that transition. I’m able to talk to professors, employees I’ve grown a relationship with. Hillsdale is a big school in terms of connection.

I want to go into sales, and you’re selling a college education. That’s something people are learning intangibly, but it’s the experience you’re selling. I saw this as a great opportunity to give back.”

Previous counselors have furthered their education by attending seminary or graduate school or solicited a variety of jobs from teaching to working for a think tank, according to Lantis.

For Ashleigh Dunham, ’07, who studied marketing management, admissions were a great

chef from Iron Chef.

“Just like somebody can sit down and draw a picture, I can take a basket of ingredients and make something really good out of it,” Trombly said. cer Mike Harner, who re-hired Trombly, said Trombly’s unique combination of experience

“She gained a wealth of foundational techniques at Le Cordon Bleu.” lodge.

“She has great experience on both the food side and the hospitality side,” he said. “We expect it to be wildly successful.

With LuAnn back in place there, we’ll be able to more aggressively market the lodge and do a

start. She moved into event planning and fundraising for nonprofits after two years as a counselor.

Currently she is the director of corporate development for Forgotten Harvest in Detroit, the number one food rescue program in the country.

Dunham became interested in admissions when her mentor told her about the skills and connections developed from the job “It was a perfect job to support her into a job of philanthropy,” Dunham said. “Knowing that is what I wanted to do eventually, I followed in her footsteps.”

Dunham’s experience in admissions and learned organizational and people skills would contribute to obtaining her present position working with corporate donors to secure volunteers and the community’s charitable support.

“Key skills I learned in admissions was to cultivate relationships, being able to communicate effectively the ends of an organization, and learning how to plan my work,” Dunham said. “The believed in the mission.”

Pursuing a mission in which she believed also brought Shannon Armbrust, ’10, who majored in Christian Studies and also studied Economics and Spanish, to admissions and to pursue her education through a fellowship program with Trinity Forum Acad-

lot more program-wise up there to bring people to the property.”

Director of the Dow Leadership Center Teresa Heckenlively worked with LuAnn when pressed her excitement to have her back as chef and manager of the lodge.

“The experiences and training she has had since she left sound amazing,” she said.

Trombly may be a Frenchtrained chef now, but she said farm-to-table, close-to-home cuisine is still her specialty. She plans to adjust the lodge menu

twist.”

Trombly plans to continue combining her love of regional

regional culinary traditions of Michigan and Midwest America.

“I have several salmon dishes, and of course walleye, on the menu,” she said. “It’s about where you’re at. We’re in the Northwoods, but yet it’s going to have beautiful plating and a little more of a contemporary

developing the talent for picking and crafting fresh produce that would earn her the title of “side dish queen.” She may know how to prepare French cuisine, but the side dish queen is still a Michigan girl — and according to her, you’ll know it when you taste it.

emy in Washington, D.C., which combines theology, philosophy, and cultural studies to understand life in response to God’s call.

While admissions were a challenge for Armbrust in the beginple, she said she gained knowledge about herself.

“I saw recruiters who couldn’t sell their ‘product’ because they didn’t believe in it,” Armbrust said. “I learned it is important for me to work for a company I am excited about.”

After two years with admissions, Armbrust joined the nine month fellowship where she was further educated, especially focusing on the role of fathers in contemporary and Biblical society. Upon its completion, she was ager and events coordinator.

“I have done everything from event planning to accounting to recruiting to development,” Armbrust said. “The variety of the tasks is similar to admissions, and it’s similarly an organization I am able to sell because I not only believe in it, but I am a product of it.”

For Colleen McGuiness, ’04, who studied speech communications and journalism, however, admissions became a career. After working six years, McGuiness left to labor in a trade association to use her communication skills

picking fresh, organic foods and using them to create masterpieces. She has already been in touch with local farmers and farmers’ markets in the lodge area to ensure she will be able to have fresh supplies for her art.

Trombly’s culinary journey may have taken her to Las Vegas, but what makes her truly unique is the passion she began cultivating back home in Michigan, where at the side of

only to return to recruit for the college and further connections with alumni.

“I was looking for something different,” McGuiness said. “I learned a lot, but I missed Hillsdale.”

In the next months, McGuiness’s focus will turn to creating a network of alumni and parents services.

“I ended up loving it, and it ended up emerging into a career,” McGuiness said. “It naturally is evolving into working with alumni. A lot of alumni I’m working with now, some I recruited and knew in admissions, so it was fun to see what they’re doing in their careers and with families.”

McGuiness plans to remain in higher education and believes her role may become progress toward development and fundraising.

“That’s one thing I know for sure after leaving, how much I missed working for admissions Guiness said. “Hillsdale is unique in higher education. There’s few missions as important as this one.”

Although pursuing development, McGuiness still utilizes her journalism skills as a ghost freelancer for senators in Washington state too.

“Working for the college, there’s endless possibilities,” Tracey said.

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my life,” Ryskamp said. “I was kind of frustrated afterwards, thinking, they can’t expect me to know deep questions like ‘what is the good’ and ‘why I am I here.’ So then I thought I’d put their money where their mouth is and come here so they could teach me the answers. So I came to Hillsdale, and when I came here, I realized those questions are important because they’re a way to live. The only way to answer those questions is to live in a community.”

Harper agrees, saying the only way to really complete your education at Hillsdale is by struggling and growing with friends whom you can trust and share your experiences, eurekas, and endeavors.

“This group of friends has made my Hillsdale experience,” Harper said. “I learned more about the good, the true, and the beautiful through my relationships with them than in the classroom. It’s like when you learn a foreign language — the best way to learn is immersion in a foreign country. If you really want to understand what Hillsdale means about learning truth and becoming a better person and rising to self-government, the best way to do that is in community with other people who are striving to do the same.

You have to immerse yourself with other people, if you really the ‘good’ life.”

Sophomore Sam Clausen, who participated in the First Ever Best Ever Bounce House Talent Show with Harper and Ryskamp, has maintained the mission of friendship and community in his Simpson suite, which earned the name “The Wigwam” by his suitemates and friends across campus.

The Wigwam, which throws regular parties called “Powon a Saturday night, says Clausen. At the latest Powow, partygoers competed in a Frozen Tshirt contest, ate snacks, jammed to music, and caught up with friends from every social circle at Hillsdale.

“It’s been a way to reach out on campus and say what Hillsdale’s culture is and shape how

To balance his playfulness, Jerry also creates sentimental pieces. He fashioned a Spartan cane for a friend after a stroke, and built a set of Christmas boxes for each of his children who, to

RumleR From B4 tell it,” Mary Jane said.

One day, Jerry’s brother Steve, husband of Mary Jane, accidentally cut the Adirondack chair Jerry had given him with a saw.

Jerry played furious at the little dent in the arm of the chair. The next time Jerry created a piece for Steve and Mary Jane, he added a dent to the arm so it would be “already ruined.”

boxes with gifts when they come home for the holidays.

“He does so much with his pieces other than what you see.

He puts his heart into it. His heart, and his personality, and his fun-loving, and his sense of humor, and sentiment as well,” Mary Jane said.

His generosity stretches be-

awesome it is,” Clausen said.

“Relationship-building is huge.

As much as we talk about what’s good and true and beautiful, the real thing we learn here is how to live a decent life. In my opinion and my experience, relationships are the most important

“In a way it feels like we’re a family now. ” thing.” last semester at Hillsdale, Ryskamp looks back on his four years and considers the bonds with his friends akin to the bond of family.

“In a way it feels like we’re family now,” Ryskamp said.

“We came in all little kids, and now we’re supposed to be adults.

It’s cool when you can have a group of friends and respect the way they live and how they treat serious issues, and also have fun and build a raft and sail on Lake Winona. It was a great raft until we ran out of duct tape.”

Community is what makes us who we are, Ryskamp says.

That’s why when a student chooses a college, he should evaluate the community of the college, because it is the relationships with fellow students and professors that will change and mature him.

“You can know everything in the world about everything, but if you don’t have relationships, you don’t have that much,” Clausen said. “Even Paul says that even with all the virtues you might have, if you don’t have love, you have nothing.”

For Harper, who now lives and works in Washington, D.C., the close friendships forged through CARNAGE are a gift world.

“It’s important to note that the biggest reason for the success of our friend group is that it was orchestrated by God,” Harper said. “That was a big reason for CARNAGE, to keep our friend group strong. Now that I’ve been out in the real world I’ve discovered it’s a lot harder than you’d expect. The thing about Hillsdale is there’s such a high density of awesome people that I don’t think you’re ever going to get again. That’s just not how it is in the real world.”

yond gift-giving, however. He shares his time as well. With each of Mary Jane’s children as well as with his own, Jerry helped ing each child on blending and shading techniques.

Mary Jane and Steve now own their own cottage, just down the road from the Fish House. Jerry it for Mary Jane, and the three remainder of the cabin’s front. two.

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are forged through CARNAGE.

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Chairs are not the only pieces the fair and earned a dollar prize. Jerry personalizes. Because Mary Through the years, people around out shoes, Jerry made her a Santa and recognize Jerry’s pieces.

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SAMANTHA FLETCHER, JUNIOR Describe your fashion sense.

Eclectic, colorful, whimsical, and functional.

What is your most embarrassing item of clothing?

A sundress that I bought full-price; it went on sale weeks later.

What is your biggest fashion pet peeve?

What I refer to as the “yacht club look.” Boys in their pastel J. Crews, khakis, and Sperrys.

What is your favorite item of clothing?

My dad’s naval aviator jacket.

Who inspires your wardrobe?

The weather, Peggy Carter, Dean Winchester, and my mother.

dish queen started simply: by learning to garden

Circumstances during Trombly’s teenage years home.

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