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While  students  were  away  on  spring  break,  Hillsdale  College  faculty  and  staff  faced  record  high  temperatures.  On  March  21,  Hillsdale  County  joined  422  other  record  highs  across  the  nation  when  the  temperature  reached  86  degrees  Fahrenheit.  According  to  histori-­ cal  weather  data,  that  is  35  degrees  above  the  average  high  temperature  for  March  21  in  Hillsdale  County.  By  comparison,  the  record  low  for  March  21  was  set  in  1993,  when  the  temperature  dropped  to  minus  7  degrees.  The  high  temperatures  fol-­ lowed  a  national  trend.  The  National  Climate  Data  Center  has  called  the  months  from  December  2011  to  February  2012  “the  fourth  warmest  winter  on  record  for  the  contiguous  United  States,â€?  with  much  of  the  northeastern  United  States  experiencing  higher  than  normal  temperatures.  Though  the  warmth  that  week  brought  the  foliage  on  Hillsdale’s  campus  to  full  bloom,  it  “cer-­ tainly  posed  some  challenges,â€? Â

said  Timothy  Wells,  energy  education  New  Record specialist.

Set on March 21, 2012 All  week,  windows  could  be  seen  thrown  open  in  Old  Record campus  buildings.  Set in March 1938 Mossey  Library  even  kept  both  sets  of  its  doors  open  for  sev-­ Record  high  eral  days,  freshman  temperatures  for  the  Anna  Chuslo  said.  month  of  March “We  had  both  sets  of  front  doors  open,  just  to  get  air,  and  it  was  still  84  degrees  inside,�  Chuslo  said.

While  the  tem-­ perature  soared  and  Hall,  and  the  library. the  crocuses  and  daffodils  sprouted,  “None  of  the  buildings  had  air-­ Wells  faced  the  challenge  of  main-­ conditioning,  so  we  were  cooking,�  taining  the  interior  temperature  of  she  said. campus  buildings.   Part  of  the  challenge  lies  in  the  “Last  week  with  the  warmer  nature  of  the  campus  buildings,  temperatures  outside,  it  did  have  an  which  Wells  said  have  “unique  effect  on  interior  temperatures,  but  characteristics,  depending  on  the  we  just  managed  as  best  we  could.� purpose  of  the  building,  the  age,  or   Chuslo  said  it  felt  like  August  construction.� for  Michigan,  and  that  was  her  Despite  uncomfortable  heat,  description  of  the  external  tem-­ however,  “The  staff  across  the  perature.  Chuslo  spent  time  in  the  board  was  very  understanding,�  Grewcock  Student  Union,  Moss  Wells  said.

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Early  blooms:  local  signs  of  spring Sarah Leitner Sports Editor

Last  week’s  recent  warm  weather  in  Michigan  brought  an  abundance  of  blossoms  to  Hills-­ dale  College  campus.

Some  of  the  blooms  that  can  be  seen  around  campus  include  apple  blossoms,  pear  blossoms,  and  magnolias.

Damon  Glei,  owner  and  man-­ ager  of  Glei’s  Orchards  &  Green-­ houses,  said  the  trees  at  his  orchard  DUH EORRPLQJ IRXU WR ÂżYH ZHHNV ahead  of  when  they  normally  do.  Last  year,  the  trees  did  not  bloom  until  May  5,  though  they  normally  bloom  around  May  1. “This  is  on  target  for  blooming  earlier  than  we  can  ever  remem-­ ber,â€?  he  said.

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Glei  said  the  earlier  the  blooms  are,  the  greater  the  chance  of  them  being  harmed  by  frost.  The  tem-­ perature  dipped  below  32  degrees  on  the  night  of  March  26,  but  he  said  there  was  not  any  noticeable  damage. “At  this  point,  we’re  worried  about  it,  but  nothing’s  happened  yet,�  he  said.

Glei  said  the  orchard  has  always  gotten  away  with  not  having  any  protection  against  the  frost  for  their  orchards,  and  at  this  point,  they  just  have  to  wait  and  see  how  the  plants  will  hold  up  against  the  weather. “We’re  at  the  mercy  of  Mother  Nature,�  he  said.

Some  of  the  Michigan  blooms  that  can  be  seen  around  campus  include  apple  blossoms,  pear  blos-­

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Caleb Whitmer Copy Editor In  the  midst  of  lecturing,  assigning  piles  of  homework,  and  grading  papers,  some  Hillsdale  College  professors  are  also  authoring  their  own  books.  While  this  list  isn’t  comprehensive,  several  profes-­ sors  from  around  campus  sat  down  with  The  Collegian  to  discuss  the  books  they  are  working  on  and  open  a  glimpse  into  the  world  of  scholarship  outside  the  classroom.

Patricia  Bart Patricia  Bart,  assistant  professor  of  English,  is  work-­ ing  on  a  documentary  edition  of  a  600-­year-­old  manuscript  of  William  Langland’s  “Piers  Plowman.�

A  documentary  edition,  Bart  said,  is  intended  to  discover Â

what  can  be  learned  about  language  of  the  period  and  the  writing  of  the  poem,  as  opposed  to  a  scholarly  edition,  which  only  addresses  content  of  the  text. “What  I  am  doing  is  repre-­ senting  to  the  scholarly  world  the  data  contained  in  the  object  itself,�  Bart  said.

Bart  has  spent  long  hours  observing  color-­digital  photos  of  the  text,  and  reading  the  original  manuscript,  observing  it  under  ultraviolet  light.

In  order  to  even  look  at  the  document,  let  alone  handle  it,  Bart  said  she  was  required  to  have  a  Ph.D. “Handling  this  thing  all  the  time  is  not  a  good  idea,�  she  said.  “You  can  read  it  to  death  easily.�

Bart  said  that  by  reading  texts  of  Old  English,  research-­

ers  like  herself  can  estimate  how  the  language  was  spoken.  2OG (QJOLVK VSHOOLQJ UHĂ€HFWV how  the  words  are  pronounced  more  closely  than  modern  English. “Proto-­Indo-­European  was  not  written  down,  so  we  can  only  kind  of  guess  what  it  sounded  like,â€?  she  said.  “But  we  can  make  some  good  esti-­ mates.  They’re  estimates,  but  they’re  good  estimates.â€?

The  main  objective  of  the  project,  Bart  said,  is  to  pres-­ ent  the  manuscript  in  the  most  accurate  way  so  that  others  can  base  their  further  research  on  her  book.

A  chapter-­length  version  of  her  work  will  appear  in  a  separate  book  this  summer.  The  rest  of  her  work  will  appear  in  a  later,  stand-­alone  book.

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Q&A: Â MARK Â STEYN Â

On  Santorum,  “The  Hunger  Games,�  and  the  euro Canadian  writer  and  politi-­ cal  commentator  Mark  Steyn  is  awfully  concerned  about  America’s  future.  He’s  Hills-­ dale’s  Eugene  Pulliam  Visiting  Fellow  in  Journalism  and  will  be  teaching  a  two-­week  class  “How  to  Write  a  Column.�  He  shared  his  thoughts  on  how  much  of  a  weirdo  Rick  Santo-­ rum  is,  what’s  wrong  with  the  Hunger  Games,  and  why  there  is  nothing  like  a  good  game  of  polo  with  a  goat’s  head.

In  a  piece  you  wrote  on  Rick  Santorum  called  “Weird  Politics�  you  describe  him  as  weird  because  he  has  traditional  values.  Are  people  who  are  traditional  really  considered  weird  today?

It  was  interesting.  Anytime  I  went  into  an  ABC  show  all  the  people  said,  “How  can  Rick  Santorum  be  a  credible  presidential  candidate?  He’s  so  weird.â€?  Then  I  actually  asked  what’s  weird  about  him.  He’s  weird  because  he  believes  marriage  is  between  a  man  and  a  woman.  He’s  weird  because Â

the  family  is  the  basic  build-­ ing  block  of  society.  In  fact,  it  was  non-­weird  for  almost  all  of Â

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human  history.  What’s  interest-­ ing  to  me  is  not  Santorum’s  weirdness,  but  the  fact  that  so  much  of  what  he  says  is  now  presumed  to  be  weird.  I  think  he’s  right  on  the  basic  issue,  which  is  that  the  crisis  America  faces  is  not  primarily  an  ac-­ counting  problem  or  a  book-­ keeping  problem.  We’re  broke  for  a  reason.  This  country  is  the Â

most  broke  nation  in  history  because  it  is  not  the  republic  of  limited  government  and  self-­ reliant  citizenry  De  Tocqueville  observed  two  centuries  ago.  So  he’s  right  in  the  extent  that  WKH >¿QDQFLDO@ EURNHQQHVV LV D symptom  of  the  problem  not  the  problem  and  in  that  sense  , GRQœW ¿QG 6DQWRUXP KDOI as  weird  as  90  percent  of  his  critics.

You  mention  in  that  same  piece  that  the  economic  situa-­ tion  here  as  well  as  Greece  is  D UHĂ€HFWLRQ RI FKDUDFWHU Yes,  in  the  end  you  have  to  accept  that.  Nobody  un-­ derstands  that  the  euro  is  an  attempt  to  impose  a  cur-­ rency  in  disregard  of  people’s  character.  In  other  words,  the  euro  was  invented  in  order  to  pretend  that  Greeks  were  no  different  from  Germans.  Greeks  are  profoundly  differ-­ ent  from  Germans,  and  that  is  one  reason  Greece  is  insolvent.  Every  time  that  the  Greeks  go Â

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The  pear  blossom,  with  its  ZKLWH ¿YH SHWDOHG ÀRZHUV LV marked  by  its  unpleasant  odor  —  a  ¿VK\ VPHOO And  the  magnolia  typically  blooms  in  late  April  or  early  May,  though  the  warm  weather  has  prompted  the  early  blooms  this  year.

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While  most  Hillsdale  College  students  chose  to  stay  stateside  over  spring  break  and  go  to  a  beach  with  friends,  some  travelled  to  more  exotic  places.

From  Ireland  to  India  to  Bahrain,  several  students  racked  up  travel  miles  and  incredible  experiences  touring,  visiting  family,  and  serving  as  missionaries  this  year.  Junior  Travis  Lacy,  sophomore  Lisa  Graham,  and  freshman  Rachel  Zolinski  travelled  to  Tenali,  India  with  a  team  from  Pine  Ridge  Bible  Church  in  Quincy,  Mich.  The  team  went  to  a  pastor’s  confer-­ ence,  worked  in  a  home  that  saved  women  from  the  sex  trade,  and  ministered  to  people  in  an  HIV  and  AIDS  clinic.  They  also  were  able  to  go  see  and  dedicate  wells  that  they  had  helped  fund. “It  all  went  really  well,  without  too  many  hiccups,�  Lacy  said.“Travel  and  everything  went  very  smoothly.�

Sophomore Lisa Graham and freshman Rachel Zolinksi visited India over spring break with junior Travis Lacy for a missions trip with Pine Ridge Church. (Courtesy See A4 of Lisa Graham)

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Classical  schools  follow  up  for  jobs Hayden Smith Freelancer The  hard  work  and  prepara-­ tion  of  Hillsdale  College  stu-­ dents  leading  up  to  and  during  the  Classical  School  Job  Fair  is  starting  to  pay  off.  28  schools  attended  the  Hillsdale  College  job  fair  March  1,  and  now  stu-­ dents  have  started  hearing  back  from  interested  schools  who  provide  follow-­up  interviews  and  job  offers.

Senior  Rebecca  Brill  has  heard  back  from  all  seven  schools  that  interviewed  her. “It’s  such  a  blessing  to  have  so  many  of  them  interested,�  Brill  said.  “They  all  wanted  me  to  visit  their  campuses,  but  I  only  have  time  to  visit  a  few.�

Senior  Anna  Saewert  said  she  had  similar  success. “I  sat  for  interviews  with  four  of  the  six  schools  I  was  looking  into,�  Saewert  said.  “So  far  I’ve  heard  back  from  three.�

For  those  who  participated  in  the  event,  the  calls  were  re-­ wards  for  weeks  of  preparation.  The  fair  kept  students  on  edge. “The  job  fair  was  busy,â€?  Brill  said.  “I  was  constantly  moving  through  tables,  shaking Â

hands.� “It’s  a  little  bit  of  a  roller-­ coaster,�  Saewert  said.

Students  said  the  stress  what  more  than  worth  it. “It’s  fantastic  to  have  the  schools  come  here,â€?  said  senior  Kelly  Frost,  who  has  heard  back  from  several  schools.  “It  makes Â

“I  chose  them  mostly  based  on  location,�  Brill  said.  “Stay-­ ing  relatively  near  home  was  important  to  me.�

Saewert  picked  schools  based  on  location  as  well. “I  emailed  them  beforehand  and  gave  them  my  resume,â€?  Saewert  said.  “I  was  looking Â

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job  searching  so  much  easier.�

Successful  students  often  spend  time  winnowing  options  in  the  days  before  the  fair.

Brill  singled  out  eight  schools  before  attending  the  job  fair.

primarily  in  the  Midwest.�

The  atmosphere  of  the  fair  allowed  for  a  more  personalized  understanding  of  the  schools  than  a  website  could  offer. “I  wanted  to  see  how  I  got  along  with  their  representatives. Â

Because  you  can’t  visit  all  of  them,  the  fair  gives  you  a  taste,�  Saewert  said.  “Two  are  very  interested  and  want  me  to  come  visit.  It  feels  like  college  search-­ ing  again.�

For  Brill,  who  is  an  art  major,  the  decision  will  come  down  to  hours. “Art  teachers  are  often  work-­ ing  part-­time  at  these  schools,�  Brill  said.  “Since  I’m  looking  for  a  full-­time  position,  I’d  rather  be  hired  as  a  classroom  teacher.�

Another  draw  of  classical  schools  is  the  higher  likelihood  of  elementary  and  high  school  student  interest  and  involve-­ ment. “Most  of  these  schools  have  fewer  than  200  students,�  Brill  said.  “Class  sizes  of  around  15  or  16  make  teaching  a  more  per-­ sonal  experience.�

Saewert  said  the  possibil-­ ity  of  a  career  in  education  has  long  been  her  dream. “As  an  art  and  English  major  there  are  other  jobs  I’m  looking  into,�  Saewert  said.  “But  I’ve  always  thought  about  teaching.  It  has  become  a  way  to  combine  my  love  of  learning  with  my  love  of  people.�

Sophomore makes sems at debate nationals Samantha Scorzo Collegian Freelancer Hillsdale  College’s  debate  team  traveled  to  Kansas  City,  Kan.,  for  the  national  Pi  Kappa  Delta  Tournament  last  weekend  to  kick  off  spring  break.

Pi  Kappa  Delta  is  the  oldest  speech  honorary  in  the  United  States.  The  national  tournament  was  hosted  by  Longview  Com-­ munity  College.

Senior  Stephen  Davis,  juniors  Ian  Blodger  and  Bryan  Brooks,  sophomores  Lauren  Holt  and  Ian  Hanchett,  and  freshman  Christina Â

Bolema  all  competed  in  open  Lincoln-­Douglas  debate. ³,W ZDV &KULVWLQDœV ¿UVW QD-­ tional  open  tournament  and  she  received  really  positive  com-­ ments  from  all  the  judges  and  did  extremely  well,�  said  debate  coach  Matthew  Doggett,  assistant  professor  of  speech.

Senior  Elliot  Gaiser  and  soph-­ omore  Mary  Coran  competed  as  a  team  in  open  parliamentary  debate  going  3-­3  in  preliminary  rounds.

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WR WKH TXDUWHUÂżQDOV ZKHUH VKH GHIHDWHG WKH ÂżUVW VHHG LQ WKH WRXU-­ nament  and  was  able  to  advance  WR WKH VHPLÂżQDOV ,Q WKH VHPLÂżQDOV she  lost  to  the  fourth  seed  in  the  tournament. Âł7KLV ZDV WKH ÂżUVW WLPH , KDYH won  two  outrounds  in  a  national  tournament,  so  I  was  pretty  ex-­ cited,â€?  Holt  said. “This  tournament  was  a  good  way  to  practice  for  NFA  nation-­ als,  which  is  our  next  and  biggest tournament  of  the  year,â€?  Hanchett  said.  “It  gave  us  an  idea  for  what  we  have  to  do  in  the Â

coming  month  to  prepare,  and  basically  gave  us  an  idea  of  what  our  competitors  are  running  and  what  their  strategies  are.�

In  order  to  qualify  to  compete  in  the  nationals  a  debater  must  have  broke  to  elimination  rounds  in  a  tournament  this  year. “This  year  we  are  taking  nine  people,  which  is  the  most  we  have  ever  been  able  to  take,  so  we  are  really  excited,�  Doggett  said.

Eighty-­three  seniors  to  write  theses Tory Cooney Copy Editor In  addition  to  the  usual  chaos  of  their  last  semester  at  Hillsdale  College,  83  seniors  undertook  the  consuming  task  of  writing  a  senior  thesis  this  year,  a  project  widely  agreed  upon  to  be  “ridicu-­ lous,�  “slightly  masochistic,�  and  very  rewarding. “This  thesis  has  consumed  my  life,�  said  senior  Laura  Wegmann  in  explanation  as  to  why  she  was  unavailable  for  comment.  Seventy  students  are  writing  theses  required  for  their  major  or  for  departmental  honors,  and  13  students  are  writing  for  the  honors  program,  said  Registrar  Douglas  McArthur. “They’re  not  too  different,�  said  Associate  Professor  of  His-­ tory  Richard  Gamble,  the  director  of  the  honors  program.   “The  hon-­ ors  program  is  meant  to  be  more  interdisciplinary  and  requires  students  to  synthesize  knowledge  across  disciplines,  to  put  things  back  together  again  and  look  at  the  whole.� “We  don’t  just  cross  disci-­ plines.  We  ignore  them  alto-­ gether,�  said  honors  senior  and  Collegian  design  assistant  Aaron  Mortier,  whose  thesis  on  “Visions  of  the  Future  of  Alaska�  ties  in  history,  literature,  economics,  and  virtually  everything  else  that  doesn’t  directly  relate  to  his  math  major.

Departmental  theses  are  intended  to  display  the  mastery Â

of  a  particular  subject,  said  senior  oils,  to  be  displayed  at  her  senior  English  major  Serena  Howe. art  show,  which  she  has  the  same  “You’re  writing  the  thesis  to  week  as  her  thesis  defense. ‘graduate  with  honors,�  Howe  Senior  Sarah  Fiore,  a  history  said.  “It’s  the  department  recog-­ major,  is  writing  about  women’s  nizing  that  you  are  a  good  scholar,  changing  roles  in  the  1920s  due  to  and  something  that  serves  as  a  social  forces  such  as  science,  tech-­ capstone  of  your  undergraduate  nology,  and  contraception.   The  career.� project  was  inspired  by  one  of  her  Because  of  the  honors  pro-­ favorite  books,  “Cheaper  by  the  gram’s  Dozen,�  guidelines  current  de-­ for  topic  bates  over  selection,  contracep-­ honors  tion,  and  students  her  past  can  research  tailor  their  into  theses  to  women’s  suit  their  studies.

VSHFLÂżF “There  academic  isn’t  a  interests  Senior Sarah Fiore is one of more than lot  of  and  apti-­ 80 students writing theses this year. material  to  tudes. work  with,  (Caleb Whitmer/Collegian) In  some  and  what  cases,  aca-­ is  there  is  demic  departments  will  even  per-­ largely  written  from  a  feminist  mit  an  honors  thesis  to  do  double  standpoint.  I  like  to  gather  the  duty  as  a  departmental  thesis. facts  and  analyze  it  all  in  a  histori-­ Each  department  makes  its  cally  responsible  fashion.â€? own  judgment,â€?  Gamble  said.  While  her  project  incorporates  Senior  Anna  Saewert,  an  science  and  technology,  literature  art  and  English  major,  is  using  and  economy,  politics  and  religion  creative  writing  to  create  vignettes  —  the  thesis  originally  focused  on  pulled  from  her  grandparents’  women’s  role  in  the  church  after  letters  written  back  and  forth  over  gaining  the  right  to  vote  —  it’s  all  the  course  of  World  War  II.  done  largely  through  her  perspec-­ To  illustrate  her  grandfather’s  tive  as  a  historian homecoming,  often  referred  to  but  “The  whole  process  is  really  never  chronicled,  she  is  actually  stressful,â€?  said  Fiore.   “You  put  in  painting  a  picture  of  the  event,  in  so  much  work  and  you  want  it  be Â

beautiful  and  perfect  and  it  can’t  be.  The  closer  you  get  to  the  end,  the  more  holes  you  see.â€?  Fiore  said  her  careful  adher-­ ence  to  Gamble’s  suggestion  of  internal  deadlines  helped  her  with  time  management.  Seniors  said  managing  a  proj-­ ect  that  is  entirely  self-­motivated  —  especially  in  departments,  such  as  English,  that  don’t  have  any  mandated  deadlines  —  is  one  of  WKH PRVW FRPPRQ GLIÂżFXOWLHV LQ thesis  writing.  “It  took  me  a  long  time  to  get  excited  about  this  project,â€?  Howe  said.   “I  was  just  so  tired  of  the  subject  and  so  busy  .  .  .  But  in  the  last  six  weeks,  I  really  got  excited  about  it  and  began  to  enjoy  work-­ ing  on  it.â€?  Howe’s  thesis  on  Flannery  O’Connor’s  Eucharistic  theology  not  only  provided  her  with  an  op-­ portunity  to  display  her  academic  abilities,  but  also  stoked  her  pas-­ sion  for  research  and  writing. Âł, ZDV WU\LQJ WR ÂżJXUH RXW LI , have  the  discipline  for  grad  school  and  if  I  really  love  this  subject  or  not,â€?  Howe  said.  “And  I  do.â€?  In  attempts  to  reduce  the  stress  that  results  from  a  late  start,  Gamble  is  requiring  students  to  begin  the  process  in  earnest  as  juniors.  “I’ve  seen  good  results  al-­ ready,â€?  Gamble  said.  “It’s  not  nec-­ essarily  a  ‘change’  though,  as  it  was  already  in  the  course  catalog.  [I’m]  just  bringing  it  back.â€?

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Students to launch YAF chapter Abi Wood Copy Editor Hillsdale  College  is  no  stranger  to  conservative  politi-­ cal  organizations,  but  for  one  senior,  the  current  selection  of  student  groups  on  campus  was  not  enough.  Senior  Celia  Bigelow,  along  with  a  few  other  students  at  Hillsdale  College,  is  setting  up  a  Young  Americans  for  Free-­ dom  chapter  on  campus. “I  don’t  refer  to  myself  as  a  Republican,�  Bigelow  said.  “And  I  really  was  not  happy  with  the  College  Republicans  on  campus.�

Instead,  Bigelow  calls  herself  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;conservative,â&#x20AC;?  and  VDLG <$) ÂżOOV WKH QHHG IRU D conservative  political  organiza-­ tion  on  campus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Young  Americans  for  Freedom  is  nonpartisan,  but  they  promote  conservative  principles,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;You  have  Praxis  for  the  libertarians  and  College  Republicans  for  the  Republicans,  but  there  is  no  organization  for  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;conserva-­ tives.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;  I  really  think  it  would  bring  more  people  to  the  table.â&#x20AC;?

YAF  spokesman  Ron  Meyer  VDLG +LOOVGDOH EHQHÂżWV IURP WKH organization,  because  the  cam-­ pus,  though  fairly  conservative,  has  a  pretty  low  amount  of  student  involvement  politically. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  lot  of  times  students  get  apathetic  because  they  are  involved  in  other  things,â&#x20AC;?  Meyer  said.

He  explained  how  YAF  of-­ fered  a  lecture  series,  where  the  Hillsdale  chapter  could  choose  from  more  than  70  speakers,  including  big  names  such  as  Rep.  Michelle  Bachman  (R-­ Minn.),  pundit  Ann  Coulter, Â

and  comedian  Ben  Stein.

YAF  provides  off-­campus  opportunities  as  well,  such  as  a  conference  in  Milwaukee  on  April  14  and  15. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  would  be  cool  to  get  students  to  those  too,â&#x20AC;?  Bigelow  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  would  have  good  opportunities  to  meet  great  speakers  as  well  as  attend  con-­ ferences.â&#x20AC;?

YAF  also  offers  a  campus  â&#x20AC;&#x153;battle  plan,â&#x20AC;?  including  assis-­ tance  with  conservative  events  on  campus,  and  distribution  of  posters  and  pamphlets  that  educate  students  on  issues  of  economics,  politics,  and  social  issues.

There  are  currently  12  students  committed  to  founding  a  YAF  chapter  on  campus,  and  the  four  on  the  executive  board  are  Bigelow,  senior  Rachel  Swaffer  and  juniors  Kate  Rin-­ aldi  and  Baillie  Jones.

The  request  for  a  club  was  sent  to  the  Dean  of  Women  Di-­ ane  Philipp,  who  will  send  it  on  to  Student  Federation  when  she  ¿QLVKHV H[DPLQLQJ LW %LJHORZ said  she  expects  the  club  to  be  up  and  running  within  a  few  weeks.

The  students  are  planning  a  week  of  events  that  will  launch  YAF  on  campus.  The  week  will  be  geared  towards  show-­ ing  Hillsdale  students  different  opportunities  that  YAF  offers,  and  to  encourage  conservative  students  to  get  involved. â&#x20AC;&#x153;YAF  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  want  to  totally  rule  out  College  Republicans  or  Praxis,â&#x20AC;?  Bigelow  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  want  to  involve  them  in  our  activities.  We  want  to  unite  people  on  campus.  We  are  all  on  the  same  team.â&#x20AC;?

Hillsdale  tops  accounting  charts to  programs  at  schools  such  Calvin  College,  which  has  a  ¿YH \HDU WUDFN Since  accounting  majors  Hillsdale  College  was  KDYH WR ÂżQLVK FUHGLW KRXUV named  one  of  Michiganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  top  ,NDZD VDLG D ÂżYH \HDU SURJUDP accounting  schools  by  the  could  help  students  spread  out  website  accountingcareersfor-­ the  course  load. dummies.com  this  month. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  seem  an  The  ratings  were  deter-­ attractive  option,  but  people  mined  by  a  combination  of  GR LW ´ KH VDLG RI WKH ÂżYH \HDU academic  rigor,  admission  programs. selectivity,  faculty  experience,  And  for  accounting  gradu-­ job  placement  and  post-­ ates,  Ikawa  said  that  job  place-­ graduation  results,  class  size,  ment  after  graduation  is  good,  freshman  retention,  educa-­ though  not  as  good  as  the  tional  value,  accreditation,  department  would  like.

DQG ÂżQDQFLDO DLG DYDLODELOLW\ â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  get  jobs,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  according  to  the  organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ³1RW QHFHVVDULO\ WKHLU ÂżUVW press  release. choice  of  jobs  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  but  they  get  Professor  of  Accounting  jobs.â&#x20AC;?

Michael  Sweeney  said  he  was  Ikawa  said  accounting  stu-­ not  surprised  that  Hillsdale  GHQWVÂś VFRUHV RQ WKH &HUWLÂżHG was  included  as  one  of  the  top  3XEOLF $FFRXQWDQW H[DP UHĂ&#x20AC;HFW schools. the  strength  of  the  program  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  know  we  have  a  good  at  Hillsdale.  The  department  program  and  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  placed  our  compiles  the  CPA  exam  scores  people  at  all  four  of  the  Big  and  compares  them  to  other  )RXU ÂżUPV ´ KH VDLG UHIHUULQJ accounting  programs  across  WR DFFRXQWLQJ ÂżUPV 'HORLWWH the  nation. &  Touche,  PricewaterhouseC-­ In  2009,  the  last  year  the  oopers,  Ernst  &  Young,  and  department  has  data  for,  50  KMPG. percent  of  Hillsdale  accounting  Professor  of  Account-­ students  passed  all  four  parts  ing  Bruce  Ikawa  said  he  was  of  the  exam.  This  was  double  unaware  of  the  rating  from  the  national  average  of  25  accountingcareersfordummies. percent. com.

Ikawa  said  the  students  â&#x20AC;&#x153;You  will  be  relieved  to  are  what  make  the  accounting  know  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  never  read  Account-­ program  at  Hillsdale  so  suc-­ ing  for  Dummies,â&#x20AC;?  he  said. cessful.

The  accounting  program  has  â&#x20AC;&#x153;While  we  would  like  to  an  average  of  15  students  grad-­ take  credit,â&#x20AC;?  he  said,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;the  main  uate  per  year,  although  Ikawa  thing  is  we  have  great  students.  VDLG WKLV Ă&#x20AC;XFWXDWHV +LOOVGDOH LV Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  a  talented  and  hard-­ a  four-­year  program,  compared  working  group.â&#x20AC;?

Sarah Leitner Sports Editor

CORRECTIONS: The  Collegian  incorrectly  reported  that  junior  Amanda  Putt  ran  the  800-­meters  in  2:11.12  and  the  mile  run  in  4:53.59  at  the  NCAA  DII  Indoor  Track  and  Field  Champi-­ onships.  She  actually  ran  the  800  in  a  time  of  2:09.15  and  the  mile  in  a  time  of  4:47.84.

Senior  Kathy  Dirksen  was  also  reported  to  have  placed  fourth  in  the  weight  throw  last  year,  but  she  placed  fourth  at  nationals  two  years  ago.     Â

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Greek  Week  to  combine  fraternities  and  sororities Marieke van der Vaart Editor-in-Chief From  April  10  to  13,  Hills-­ dale  Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  fraternities  and  sororities  will  compete  in  their  annual  Greek  Week  events,  with  a  twist  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  be  competing  together.  Fraternities  and  sororities  have  most  recently  held  the  VHULHV RI ÂżHOG HYHQWV VHSDUDWHO\ during  different  weeks,  featur-­ ing  different  events.  This  year,  as  part  of  a  slew  of  changes,  Associate  Dean  of  Women  Rebekah  Dell  suggested  the  weeks  be  combined,  a  return  to  the  traditional  collaboration  between  houses.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Greek  Week  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  not  just  sorority  week,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.

Junior  Amanda  Rubino,  PanHellenic  Council  president,  said  the  change  was  proposed  to  make  the  event  more  fun. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  really  no  reason  why  they  should  be  separate,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Together,  it  would  be  a  lot  more  fun.â&#x20AC;?

The  goal  of  the  activities  is  Greek  unity,  Rubino  and  Dell  said.  The  combination  of  frater-­ nities  and  sororities  will  support  that  ultimate  cause. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  is  one  of  the  rare  times  when  the  whole  Greek  system  comes  together,â&#x20AC;?  Dell  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  also  a  time  to  strengthen  the  bonds  within  the  houses  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  we Â

ters  in  the  book,  appearing  side  by  side,  that  look  at  the  debate  from  each  sideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  perspective.  From A1 For  example,  Wenzelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  chapter,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why  I  am  not  a  Conservativeâ&#x20AC;?  Nathan  Schlueter  and  follows  Schlueterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  chapter  Nikolai  Wenzel â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why  I  am  not  a  Libertarian.â&#x20AC;?

Nathan  Schlueter,  associ-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  seems  to  me  in  many  ate  professor  of  philosophy,  ways  that  the  book  represents  and  Nikolai  Wenzel,  former  what  happens  at  Hillsdale  assistant  professor  of  econom-­ College:  the  spirit  of  academic  ics,  are  collaborating  on  a  book  inquiry,â&#x20AC;?  Wenzel  said. titled,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Foundations  of  The  two  have  been  working  the  Libertarian-­Conservative  on  the  book  since  the  beginning  Debate.â&#x20AC;? of  this  academic  school  year  According  to  Schlueter  and  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Schlueter  while  on  sabbati-­ Wenzelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  prospectus,  the  book  cal  and  Wenzel  on  what  was  at  will  examine  the  debate  through  ¿UVW D YLVLWLQJ QRZ SHUPDQHQW the  perspectives  of  economics,  professorial  stint  at  Florida  Gulf  politics,  and  philosophy.

Coast  University. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  there  are  a  lot  of  On  March  26,  Schlueter  misconceptions  on  both  sides,  posted  an  article  titled,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why  not  just  among  students,  but  I  Am  Not  A  Libertarianâ&#x20AC;?  on  among  intellectuals,â&#x20AC;?  Wenzel  ThePublicDiscource.com.  On  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  there  are  areas  of  March  27,  Wenzel  posted  an  profound  fundamental  differ-­ article  titled,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Conservatism  or  ences,  but  also  a  few  similari-­ Liberty.â&#x20AC;? ties.â&#x20AC;?

With  over  half  the  book  The  idea  originated  as  â&#x20AC;&#x153;a  complete,  Schlueter  and  Wenzel  friendly  conversationâ&#x20AC;?  between  are  now  looking  for  a  publisher.  the  two  professors.  That  con-­ According  to  Wenzel,  the  two  versation  evolved  into  a  class  authors  plan  on  writing  direct  the  two  co-­taught  in  the  spring  responses  to  each  otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Public  2010  and  2011  semesters,  and  Discourse  articles  in  an  attempt  then  again  into  the  co-­written  to  create  groundswell  for  the  book  at  the  encouragement  of  book. students.

In  addition  to  his  joint  work  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  the  fact  that  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  with  Wenzel,  Schlueter  is  also  working  on  this  together  shows  working  on  a  book  titled  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Play-­ that  you  can  have  real  friend-­ ing  with  Fire:  The  Peril  and  ship  in  the  face  of  real  disagree-­ Promise  of  the  Utopian  Imagi-­ ments,â&#x20AC;?  Schlueter  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;... nation.â&#x20AC;?

[It  shows  that]  you  can  have  Schlueter  said  his  book  a  friendship  based  in  the  real  topic  is  not  conducive  to  bullet  interest  in  truth,  and  I  think  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  points,  but  explained  that  he  is  important  for  students  to  see  aiming  at  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;bringing  together  that.â&#x20AC;? of  philosophical  inquiry  into  The  authors,  Schlueter  on  the  knowledgeâ&#x20AC;?  while  attempting  side  of  the  conservatives  and  WR MXVWLI\ FODLPV WKDW ÂżFWLRQ FDQ Wenzel  with  the  libertarians,  are  â&#x20AC;&#x153;deepen  an  understanding  of  writing  a  series  of  parallel  chap-­ reality.â&#x20AC;?

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didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  want  to  ruin  that  aspect  either.â&#x20AC;?

PanHel  approached  the  Inter-­ Fraternity  Council  to  suggest  the  change  in  February.

Junior  Kurt  Masciovecchio,  chair  of  the  menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Greek  Week,  said  IFC  accepted  the  offer.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  happy  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  bringing  it  back  together,â&#x20AC;?  Masciovec-­ chio  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  will  be  really  cool.â&#x20AC;?

The  sororitiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Greek  Week  will  feature  traditional  events  such  as  relays,  volleyball,  and  soccer,  but  in  a  shortened  format,  lasting  only  three  days  to  accommodate  campus  and  Greek  events  already  planned  for  the  semester.  That  means Â

there  will  be  no  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Super  Sat-­ urday,â&#x20AC;?  traditionally  a  day  of  smaller  events  including  wheel-­ barrow  races,  egg  tosses,  limbo,  and  hula-­hooping.  The  fraternityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Greek  Week  will  be  four  days,  with  an  inter-­ ruption  in  the  weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  activities  for  Delta  Tau  Deltaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  formal  date  party.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  little  hectic,â&#x20AC;?  Mascio-­ vecchio  said,  laughing.

Each  day  will  feature  a  big  and  little  event.  Rubino  said  the  process  of  deciding  which  items  to  come  and  go  took  a  bit  of  planning.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  met  in  the  middle,â&#x20AC;?  she  said,  adding  that  the  egg  WRVV ZDV RQH RI WKH ÂżUVW WR JR

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  really  a  big  point  of  contention,â&#x20AC;?  she  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  going  to  take  all  those  little  events  and  pick  and  choose  the  most  popular  ones  and  scatter  them  throughout  the  week,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.

The  fraternitiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  week  feature  different  events,  like  dodgeball,  basketball,  tug-­of-­war,  and  corn-­ hole,  Masciovecchio  said.  In  addition,  a  co-­ed  activity  is  planned  for  each  day.  A  dif-­ ferent  fraternity  will  be  paired  up  with  each  sorority  for  these  events,  which  are  swimming,  volleyball,  and  dry-­land  relay  races.  Pairing  an  odd  number  of  fraternities  to  an  even  number  of Â

Schlueter  said  most  of  his  energy  is  directed  towards  his  book  with  Wenzel  at  this  point.  He  has  been  working  on  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Play-­ LQJ ZLWK )LUH´ IRU ÂżYH \HDUV and  while  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  completed  about  half  of  it,  he  said  he  is  in  no  UXVK WR ÂżQLVK

stretch,  but  after  the  readers  see  the  manuscript,  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  have  to  make  some  revisions.â&#x20AC;?

emergence  of  Winthrop  after  so  long  a  time,  and  the  explosion  in  his  relevance  in  American  history  since,  is  what  interested  Gamble  in  writing  the  book,  which  he  has  been  working  on  for  three  years.

Gamble  said  the  book  tries  to  ¿QG WKH PHDQLQJ RI $PHULFD DV the  city  on  a  hill  and  the  origins  of  American  exceptionalism.

He  said  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  intended  to  write  â&#x20AC;&#x153;a  much  bigger  bookâ&#x20AC;?  on  the  American  identity,  and  while  he  hopes  to  return  to  that  book  someday,  he  instead  turned  his  attention  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;City  on  a  Hill.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  realized  that  I  had  so  much  accumulating  on  this  one  question  of  the  city  on  a  hill  that  I  could  pull  that  material  out  and  it  could  be  a  stand  alone,  short  book  that  would  help  me Â

Richard  Gamble Richard  Gamble,  associate  professor  of  history,  recently  ¿QLVKHG D ERRN WLWOHG Âł,Q Search  of  the  City  on  a  Hill:  Darryl  Hart The  Making  and  Unmaking  of  Darryl  Hart,  visiting  assistant  an  American  Myth.â&#x20AC;? professor  of  history,  is  working  Gamble  said  the  book,  which  on  a  book  titled,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Calvinism:  A  is  now  being  printed,  examines  Global  History.â&#x20AC;? the  400-­year-­old  history  of  the  Hart  said  he  has  been  work-­ phrase  â&#x20AC;&#x153;City  on  a  Hill,â&#x20AC;?  from  its  ing  on  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Calvinismâ&#x20AC;?  for  about  creation  in  John  Winthropâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ser-­ ÂżYH \HDUV EXW KRSHV WKH ERRN mon  â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  Model  of  Christianityâ&#x20AC;?  will  be  published  later  this  year.  to  its  use  in  modern  American  He  attributed  the  long  writing  political  discourse. time  to  his  work  on  other  books.  No  original  copies  of  the  ser-­ Last  year  alone  he  published  mon  exist  and  it,  along  with  the  two,  adding  to  his  writing  reper-­ phrase  â&#x20AC;&#x153;City  on  a  Hill,â&#x20AC;?  would  toire  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;10  to  a  dozen  books.â&#x20AC;? only  be  printed  about  200  years  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Somewhere  in  there,â&#x20AC;?  he  after  Winthrop  wrote  it.  The  re-­ said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  mean  to  sound  ca-­ sual  about  this,  but  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  just  lost  track  because  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  writing  other  books.â&#x20AC;?

Hart  described  his  latest  book  as  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;social  history  of  Calvinism  and  the  reformed  churches  in  general.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  [the  book]  will  be  much  more  accessible  than  the  title  suggests,  even  for  people  who  arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  Calvinists,â&#x20AC;?  Hart  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  is  a  history  of  reli-­ gion  and  politics.  I  think  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  be  surprised.â&#x20AC;?

Rather  than  simply  being  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;denominational  history,â&#x20AC;?  Hart  said  a  large  part  of  the  book  ex-­ amines  the  relationship  between  church  and  state  and  whether  the  church  is  better  off  â&#x20AC;&#x153;not  in  bed  with  the  magistrates.â&#x20AC;? Âł, KDYH D ÂżUVW GUDIW ÂżQLVKHG and  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  putting  the  last  touches  on  that  before  my  editor  sends  the  manuscript  out  to  readers,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  in  the  home-­

sororities  was  tricky.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  was  a  little  bit  of  a  logisti-­ cal  nightmare,â&#x20AC;?  Dell  said.

A  committee  in  charge  of  the  FRRUGLQDWLRQ ÂżQDOO\ GHFLGHG WKDW each  fraternity  would  compete  twice  during  the  co-­ed  events. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  drew  names  for  the  other  two  events,â&#x20AC;?  Rubino  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;One  fraternity  is  going  to  have  to  sit  out  for  one  of  the  events.â&#x20AC;?

The  co-­ed  events  will  be  scored  separately  from  the  fra-­ ternity  and  sorority  events,  and  a  winner  announced  for  each  of  the  two  former  categories,  and  a  joint  team.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  all  houses  are  SOHDVHG ZLWK WKH ÂżQDO GHFL-­ sions,â&#x20AC;?  Dell  said.

reach  a  wider  audience,  a  less  specialized  audience,â&#x20AC;?  Gamble  said.

Students  who  have  taken  his  courses,  especially,  Gamble  not-­ ed,  his  American  identity  class,  VKRXOG ¿QG IDPLOLDU PDWHULDO He  said  he  believes  there  should  be  a  close  tie  to  the  scholarship  professors  undertake  and  what  they  teach  in  the  classroom.

The  book  is  set  to  be  pub-­ lished  in  the  United  Kingdom  in  May  and  in  the  U.S.  in  August.  The  publishing  company,  Con-­ tinuum  International  Publishing  Group,  was  recently  purchased  by  Bloomsbury  Publishing,  which  Gamble  noted  is  J.K.  Rowlingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  publishing  house. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So  maybe  that  means  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  be  a  millionaire,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.

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SPRING BREAKS !From A1 )RU VHQLRU $XEULH 0DUNV DQG junior  Kelly  Broome,  their  spring  breaks  were  as  family-­focused  as  WKH\ ZHUH H[RWLF 0DUNV WUDYHOOHG with  her  father  and  stepmother  to  Ireland  while  Broome  went  home  to  Bahrain  to  spend  time  with  her  family.

0DUNV VDLG KHU WULS ZDV VSXU of-­the-­moment,  but  she  always  wanted  to  spend  her  birthday  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Saint  Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Day  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;   in  Ireland.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over  Christmas  break  I  teased  my  parents  about  going  to  Ireland  IRU P\ ELUWKGD\ ´ 0DUNV VDLG Âł2Q one  of  our  weekly  Skype  dates  we  decided  just  to  go.â&#x20AC;?  Broomeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  father  is  a  military  contractor  currently  stationed  in  Bahrain.  Broome  said  that  she  was  excited  to  go  home,  since  she  normally  is  only  able  to  go  home  at  Christmas.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ironically,  it  was  warmer  in  0LFKLJDQ WKDQ LW ZDV LQ %DKUDLQ IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH LQ D ORQJ WLPH ´ Broome  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  been  very  hazy  and  dusty  here,  with  lots  of  sandstorms,  which  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  the  ideal  spring  break  weather.â&#x20AC;?  In  India,  the  Hillsdale  crew  VSHQW WKH ÂżUVW WKUHH GD\V DW D pastorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  conference.  Lacy  and  3LQH 5LGJHÂśV SDVWRU 5LFN 1RKU preached  to  around  150  pastors  that  came  from  different  regions  in  India.  Because  of  the  cultural  standards,  men  sat  on  one  side  of  the  room  while  the  women  and  children  sat  on  the  other  side. Âł0RVW RI WKH SDVWRUV GR QRW just  preach  to  one  church,â&#x20AC;?  Lacy  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;One  of  the  pastors  was  telling  me  how  he  travels  to  four  different  churches  each  Sunday  to  spread  Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  word.â&#x20AC;?

STUDENTS WIN CLAS-­ SICS AWARDS Last  week  seniors  Kirsten  Block  and  Roxanna  West  and  sophomores  Emily  Goodling  and  Alisha  Pehlert  represented  Hillsdale  at  the  Eta  Sigma  Phi  national  convention  in  St.  Louis,  Mo. Along  with  other  classics  honorary  members  around  the  region,  Block,  West,  and  Pehlert  competed  in  the  Greek  national  translation  exams  which  were  taken  earlier  in  the  semester.  The  placeholders  were  revealed  at  awards  ceremony  during  WKH FRQYHQWLRQ %ORFN SODFHG ¿UVW LQ the  Koine  Greek  category  while  West  placed  second.

Block  also  placed  third  in  the  advanced  Greek  category.  Pehlert  received  an  honorable  mention  in  the  intermediate  Greek  category.

In  addition  to  the  translation  com-­ petitions,  Block  and  Goodling  both  submitted  classics  papers  which  ended  up  placing  among  the  top  four  which  are  selected  to  be  presented  at  the  convention  every  year.  Good-­ lingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  paper  was  then  selected  above  the  rest  as  the  best  paper  submitted  by  a  panel  of  judges  who  read  each  paper.

Block,  who  began  learning  Greek  her  freshman  year  at  Hillsdale  College,was  very  impressed  by  her  classics  cohorts,  and  even  more  so  with  the  classics  department.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;You  can  tell  after  going  to  the  convention  that  we  have  a  great  classics  depart-­ ment.  Some  schools  are  struggling  to  keep  the  program  running,  but  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  thriving  here  at  Hillsdale,â&#x20AC;?  Block  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Bailey  Pritchett

 Lacy  said  that  the  worship  was  much  different  than  in  $PHULFD 7KH PXVLF ZDV PRUH melodic  and  minor,  and  people  would  begin  dancing.  Lacy  said  it  was  amazing  to  see  how  different  people  worship  the  same  God.  While  Lacy  and  Nohr  were  at  the  pastorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  conference,  Graham  and  Zolinski,  along  with  other  members  of  the  team,  went  to  $VKUD\D IRU WKUHH GD\V $VKUD\D LV a  home  that  helps  women  escape  from  prostitution,  Zolinski  said.  Zolinski  said  that  the  team  helped  them  sew  and  iron  pants Â

called  punjabi.  The  punjabi  is  sold  LQ ERWK ,QGLD DQG $PHULFD 7KH team  also  led  a  Bible  study  at  the  home.   They  introduced  the  women  to  tea  and  hot  chocolate.  The  women  in  turn  painted  henna  on  Graham  and  Zolinskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  skin,  and  tried  to  teach  them  Telugu,  the  local  dialect.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  tried  to  teach  us  their  language,â&#x20AC;?  Zolinski  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our  futile  attempts  made  them  laugh.â&#x20AC;?  The  team  also  prayed  for  SDWLHQWV LQ DQ +,9 $,'6 FOLQLF Lacy  said  that  this  was  where  the Â

On  a  lighter  note,  what  do  you  think  of  American  sports?

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  the  unassimilated  im-­ migrant  in  that  respect.  When  ,ÂśP RQ 5XVK , DOZD\V KDYH WR be  very  careful  because  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  say,  ³2K -RH 'L0DJJLR RQH RI WKH JUHDWHVW SOD\HUV LQ $PHULFDQ football  ever,â&#x20AC;?  and  it  turns  out  the  guyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  basketball  player  or  something.

I  like  the  grace  of  baseball,  but  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  not  such  a  big  fan  of  $PHULFDQ IRRWEDOO , SUHIHU UXJE\ WR $PHULFDQ IRRWEDOO , played  rugby  for  a  while.  I  like  the  way  you  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  play  it  with  helmets  and  you  get  that  old  boot  crushing  into  your  skull  without  having  to  have  shoulder  pads  in  the  way.  I  played  cricket  LQ %HUPXGD UHFHQWO\ IRU WKH ÂżUVW time  in  many  years  and  enjoyed  LW LPPHQVHO\ $OWKRXJK ,ÂśP QRW D ELJ IDQ RI $IJKDQ VRFLDO OLIH in  general,  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  like  to  have  a  go  at  bushcazi.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  that  thing  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  like  polo  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  played  with   a  cowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  or  a  goatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  head.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  in   pretty  bad  shape  by  the  end  of  the  match.  The  guys  are  on  horses  and  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  just  thwack-­ ing  this  carcass  around.  I  think  they  start  off  with  most  of  the  carcass  but  by  the  end  just  the  KHDGÂśV OHIW 0RVW RI WKH FDUFDVV falls  away  bit  by  bit.

On  the  whole,  I  prefer  a  good  game  of  bushcazi  to  the  Super-­ bowl.

patients  went  before  they  died  and  it  was  a  very  humbling  experi-­ ence.   Lacy  said  that  the  patients  were  very  open  to  listening  to  the  Gospel.   They  would  pat  their  heads  in  a  sign  to  ask  for  the  team  to  pray  for  them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  wish  I  could  articulate  exactly  what  I  felt  through  the  week,  what  I  saw,  the  things  God  is  doing,â&#x20AC;?  Zolinski  said.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;But,  as  most  things  are  when  God  works,  it  is  indescribable.â&#x20AC;? Â

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Formal lounge or dressing room?

Dear  Kate, So,  what  do  you  do  if  upon  opening  the  door  to  the  Formal  Lounge  in  the  Grewcock  Student  Union,  someone  yells,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  come  in  here,  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  naked!â&#x20AC;?  beyond  the  obvious  of  course  which  would  be  to  NOT  enter?  To  be  clear,  I  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.  But  I  felt  like  I  had  some  type  of  duty  or  something  to  either  JXDUG WKH GRRU RU ÂżQG VHFXULW\ $OVR DUHQÂśW WKHUH ELJ ZLQ-­ dows  on  the  outside  wall  of  the  formal  lounge?  That  had  to  be  awkward.  Suggestions?

Thanks, I  Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  Even  Know Dear  Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  Know, Firstly,  I  just  need  to  say  that  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  ridiculously  glad  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  gradu-­ ating  in  a  month.  People  are  naked  in  the  Union?  I  mean,  what  in  the  name  of  Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  beard  is  this  college  coming  to?  Then  again...I  wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  be  surprised  if  it  was  a  senior.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  all  lost  our  minds  at  this  point.  Yes.  Yes  actually  I  can  completely  imagine  a  senior  wandering  into  the  Formal  Lounge  in  some  haze  or  stupor  from  being  on-­the-­go  18  hours  of  the  day  or  pulling  their  192nd  all-­nighter  and  confusing  it  with  their  bedroom.  Go  easy  on  us,  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  suddenly  realizing  that  in  about  a  month  we  have  to  have  real  jobs  and  live  in  the  real  (terrifying)  world.  Everyone  experiences  it.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  good  for  us  to  have  a  few  moments  (or  weeks)  of  panic.  Your  patience,  however,  would  be  very  much  appreciated.  Furthermore,  (I  continue  writing,  not  because  I  have  anything  to  say  at  all,  but  simply  because  I  enjoy  rambling  at  this  point)  it  really  shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  surprise  any  of  us,  should  it?  Half  the  people  on  this  campus  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  know  what  clothes  are,  and  the  other  half  are  canoodling  in  public.  In  this  case,  at  least  they  had  the  decency  to  retreat  to  a  semi-­public  room...  Your  point  about  the  windows  is  the  most  interesting  one,  though.  I  wonder  if  anyone  got  any  footage  of  this  phenomenon.  Wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  that  make  a  great  Collegian  headline:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Formal  Lounge  becomes  GUHVVLQJ URRP VWXGHQWV VWULS ´ $OULJKW , IHHO WKLV WRSLF GULIW-­ ing  toward  the  inappropriate.  One  word  of  real  advice:  if  you  have  any  big  papers  due  at  the  end  of  the  semester  and  you  havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  started  writing,  well,  I  suggest  you  start.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  almost  $SULO SHRSOH Got  a  question  for  Kate?  Email  kolson@hillsdale.edu

YAF HONORS HILLSDALE Hillsdale  College  is  still  considered  one  of  the  top  conservative  institutions  in  the  nation.

Recently,  the  Young  Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Foundation  released  a  list  of  the  nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  top  conservative  colleges.  The  foundation  recognized  15  institutions  which  continue  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;discover,  maintain,  and  strengthen  the  conservative  values  of  their  students.â&#x20AC;?

The  list  consists  of  the  most  notable  conservative  institutions  across  the  country,  including  Regent  University,  Patrick  Henry  College,  Liberty  University,  and  Hillsdale  College.

YAF  picked  Hillsdale  College  for  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  persistent  pursuit  of  truth  and  liberty.  The  report  praised  Hillsdale  for  its  well-­rounded  education,  stat-­ LQJ Âł,WÂśV FRUH FXUULFXOXP H[HPSOLÂżHV WKH WUDGLWLRQ RI D FODVVLFDO OLEHUDO arts  program.â&#x20AC;?  It  focused  on  Hillsdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  adherence  to  self-­governance  under  law  and  cited  the  collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  refusal  to  accept  government  fund-­ ing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Students  [at  Hillsdale]  learn  what  liberty  means  and  the  moral  conditions  of  its  preservation,â&#x20AC;?  the  report  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  develop  the  skills  to  be  productive  citizens  and  the  character  to  be  good  ones.â&#x20AC;?       â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Alex  Anderson Students traveled to India over spring break on a mission trip with Pine Ridge Church.

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Hillsdale  to  avoid   Council  votes  yes increase  in  power  cost City  to  hold  meeting  on  tax Sally Nelson Web Editor

Unlike  most  of  the  state  of  Michigan,  residents  of  Hills-­ dale,  Clinton,  Coldwater,  Mar-­ shall,  and  Union  City  will  not  pay  transmission  costs  for  new  energy  from  the  plain  states.  The  cities  are  all  part  of  the  Michigan  South  Central  Power  Agency  (MSCPA)  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  a  munici-­ pally  owned  utility  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  that  does  not  have  to  shoulder  the  burden  of  the  new  transmission  and  grid  expansions.

The  new  transmission  lines  were  approved  in  December  of  2011  by  Midwest  Independent  Transmission  System  Op-­ erator  (MISO),  a  transmission  organization  that  serves  parts  of  11  states  and  Canada.  Regions  served  by  MISO  have  to  incur  the  cost  of  the  new  lines. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[MISO]  is  looking  at  build-­ ing  a  lot  of  large  wind  farms  in  the  plain  states.  To  get  energy  from  there,  where  it  really  cannot  be  used,  eastward,  they  have  to  build  new  transmission Â

lines,â&#x20AC;?  said  Rick  Rose,  director  of  the  Hillsdale  board  of  public  utilities.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  [Federal  Energy  Regulatory  Commision]  has  set  up  rules  that  mandate  that  Michigan  has  to  pay  20  percent  of  the  of  costâ&#x20AC;?

However,  the  FERC  recently  ruled  that  the  MSCPA  has  special  status  under  a  grand-­ fathering  agreement  because  MSCPA  owns  transmission  rights.  This  leaves  Hillsdale  and  other  MSCPA  members  in  a  better  position  than  the  rest  of  Michigan,  Rose  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Way  back  about  30  years  ago,  when  MSCPA  was  cre-­ ated,  one  thing  we  purchased  is  an  investment  in  the  power  transmission  itself,â&#x20AC;?  said  Glen  White,  general  manager  of  MSCPA.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fast  forward  20  years.  Because  we  have  exist-­ ing  transmission  rights,  our  rights  extend  around  old  con-­ sumer  territory.â&#x20AC;?

Because  of  those  rights,  he  said,  MSCPA  members  will  not  have  to  pay  for  the  new  projects  MISO  intends  to  build.  Some  of Â

these  projects  are  as  far  away  as  the  Dakotas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  rest  of  the  state  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  for  example:  Detroit  Edison  Com-­ pany  is  part  of  [MISO]  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  will  have  to  pick  up  the  tab,â&#x20AC;?  White  said.

And  the  tab  for  building  the  transmission  lines,  White  said,  will  be  approximately  $7  billion  according  to  engineers.  Michigan  will  have  to  pay  for  20  percent  of  the  total  cost.  While  he  could  not  estimate  the  cost  to  consumers,  he  believes  ³WKH FRVW ZRXOG EH VLJQL¿FDQW ´ The  rest  of  the  state  will  incur  the  cost  even  though  Michigan  law  requires  all  re-­ newable  energy  it  consumes  to  be  produced  in  state,  Rose  said.

Even  if  Michigan  could  use  the  power,  both  Rose  and  White  agreed  the  energy  could  not  travel  from  the  plain  states  here. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As  far  as  effectively  using  the  power  in  Michigan,  no.  It  probably  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  get  as  far  as  Chicago.  Electrons  just  fall  off  with  distance,â&#x20AC;?  White  said.

TIFA  tries  to  draw  new  restaurant  to  downtown Sumnar  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;If  we  can  create  Councilwoman  and  mem-­ Abby Wood a  new  restaurant  destination  ber  of  TIFA  Mary  Wolfram  Copy Editor in  downtown  Hillsdale  that  said  the  goal  is  to  bring  in  a  The  Tax  Increment  Finance  ZLOO GUDZ WUDIÂżF DW QLJKW LW restaurant  that  is  open  later  and  Authority  of  Hillsdale  is  look-­ will  be  easier  to  bring  in  retail  focuses  on  dinner  rather  than  ing  to  vamp  up  downtown  stores  and  have  a  more  lively  light  lunches  and  coffee.

Hillsdale  by  bringing  in  more  night-­life  downtown.  That  can  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  odd  to  have  an  entire  small  businesses.  The  goal,  be  pretty  much  non-­existent  downtown  and  not  one  full-­ Assistant  to  the  President  of  now.â&#x20AC;?

VHUYLFH ÂżQH GLQLQJ UHVWDX-­ Hillsdale  College  and  member  TIFA  has  created  an  incen-­ rant,â&#x20AC;?  Wolfram  said. of  TIFA  Mike  Harner  said,  is  tive  program  that  encourages  Sumnar  said  TIFA  is  of-­ to  build  a  better  tax  base  in  small  businesses  to  invest  in  fering  to  provide  the  $20,000  Hillsdale. the  downtown.  The  program  is  it  takes  to  purchase  a  liquor  TIFA  provides  money  for  VSHFLÂżFDOO\ ORRNLQJ IRU ÂżQH license.  In  addition,  TIFA  is  city  businesses  to  make  im-­ dining  restaurants. willing  to  help  with  a  facade  provements  with  the  net  effect  TIFA  attempted  this  project  grant. of  keeping  the  cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  tax  base  about  a  year  ago  but  with  lim-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anything  that  would  get  a  strong. ited  success.  Sumnar  said  there  business  started  downtown  that  The  Hillsdale  TIFA  district  was  interest,  but  everything  would  get  an  empty  or  non-­ is  the  downtown,  covering  ended  up  falling  through.  The  performing  property  working  Broad  Street,  Hillsdale  Street,  program  is  different  this  year,  would  be  good,â&#x20AC;?  Harner  said.  Bacon  Street,  and  Carleton  however,  and  TIFA  is  expect-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  restaurant  is  a  big  thing.  It  Street.  TIFA  is  relegated  to  ing  more  interest. will  take  a  fair  amount  of  time  providing  grants  within  their  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  are  really  just  now  to  develop  something.  It  is  an  VSHFLÂżF GLVWULFW picking  this  up  again,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  incentive  to  know  that  TIFA  is  â&#x20AC;&#x153;People  come  to  TIFA  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  are  sending  out  mail  and  there  to  help  [businesses]  get  want  to  redo  the  front  of  their  giving  phone  calls  to  try  and  underway.â&#x20AC;? buildings  to  make  the  down-­ solicit  interest  again.â&#x20AC;? town  look  better,â&#x20AC;?  Harner  said.

These  grants  are  called  â&#x20AC;&#x153;fa-­ cade  grantsâ&#x20AC;?  and  offer  to  cover  up  to  50  percent  of  necessary  exterior  remodeling  costs.They  are  just  one  example  of  how  TIFA  helps  to  make  downtown  Hillsdale  a  more  welcoming  place.  But  TIFA  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  just  wor-­ ried  about  aesthetics.

In  a  survey,  large  manufac-­ turers  told  the  Hillsdale  TIFA  that  they  would  be  more  will-­ ing  to  set  up  shop  in  Hillsdale  if  the  tired  and  often  vacant  downtown  were  improved. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  are  trying  to  meet  a  need  that  we  are  told  is  one  of  the  primary  needs,â&#x20AC;?  President  TIFA hopes to fill an empty downtown storefront with a new restaurant of  the  Hillsdale  TIFA  Chris  (Joe Buth/Collegian)

Police  Blotter The  following  is  a  list  of  calls  compiled  and  reported  by  the  Hillsdale  County  Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  De-­ partment.

Hillsdale  City  Police March  25 A  52-­year-­old  Osseo  man  was  arrested  on  suspicion  of  operat-­ ing  a  vehicle  while  intoxicated.  A  $1,000  bond  was  posted.

March  22 A  40-­year-­old  Gray,  Ky.,  man  was  arrested  on  a  fugitive  warrant  out  of  Wayne  County.  No  bond  was  allowed.

March  20 A  17-­year-­old  Jerome  boy  was  arrested  on  a  felony  warrant  for  absconding  and  forfeiting  a  bond  and  on  a  warrant  for  contempt  of  court.  A  $10,000  bond  and  a  $50,000  bond  were  not  posted.

malicious  destruction  of  property  and  disorderly  conduct.  A  $1,000  bond  was  posted.

A  23-­year-­old  Lutz,  Fla.,  woman  was  arrested  on  suspicion  of  do-­ mestic  violence.  A  $3,000  bond  was  not  posted.

Hillsdale  County  Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Department March  25 The  Hillsdale  County  Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Department  responded  to  one  civil  dispute,  one  larceny,  one  suspicious  situation,  one  car-­deer  accident,  two  harassing  commu-­ nications,  and  one  animal  cruelty  call.

March  24 A  33-­year-­old  Waldron  man  was  arrested  on  suspicion  of  domestic  assault.  A  $1,000  bond  was  not  posted.

A  72-­year-­old  Reading  man  was  Michigan  State  Police arrested  on  suspicion  of  operat-­ March  21 ing  a  vehicle  while  intoxicated.  A  A  23-­year-­old  Dundee  woman  $1,000  bond  was  not  posted. was  arrested  on  a  felony  warrant  A  24-­year-­old  Howell  man  was  IRU VWHDOLQJ DQG UHWDLQLQJ D ¿QDQ-­ arrested  on  suspicion  of  parole  cial  transaction  device.  A  $10,000  violation.  No  bond  was  allowed. bond  was  not  posted.

The  Hillsdale  County  Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Department  responded  to  one  Jonesville  Police  Department car-­deer  accident  and  one  domes-­ March  24 tic  violence  call.

A  25-­year-­old  Jonesville  man  March  23 was  arrested  on  suspicion  of  The  Hillsdale  County  Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Â

Department  responded  to  one  car-­deer  accident,  two  civil  dis-­ putes,  and  one  assault.

March  22 The  Hillsdale  County  Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Department  responded  to  one  car-­turkey  accident,  three  suspi-­ cious  situations,  and  one  car-­deer  accident.

March  21 The  Hillsdale  County  Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Department  responded  to  one  trespassing  call,  one  malicious  destruction  of  property  call,  one  minor  in  possession  call,  one  DQLPDO FRQWURO RIÂżFHU DFWLRQ IRXU suspicious  situations,  and  two  car-­deer  accidents.

March  20 A  31-­year-­old  Jonesville  man  was  arrested  on  suspicion  of  the  possession  of  marijuana  and  driving  on  a  revoked  license.  A  $2,500  bond  was  posted.

A  22-­year-­old  Concord  man  was  arrested  on  a  felony  warrant  for  criminal  sexual  conduct  and  on  criminal  bench  warrants  for  fail-­ ure  to  appear  and  failure  to  plead.  No  bond  was  allowed  and  he  was  sentenced  to  jail.

The  Hillsdale  County  Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Department  responded  to  one  marijuana  possession,  one  fraud  call,  one  civil  dispute,  and  one  car-­deer  accident. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Compiled by Sarah Leitner

Caleb Whitmer Copy Editor The  Hillsdale  City  Council  held  its  regularly  scheduled  meeting  on  March  18.

The  council  continued  de-­ veloping  its  plan  for  presenting  Municipal  Analyticsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  income  WD[ IHDVLELOLW\ VWXG\ÂśV ÂżQGLQJV to  city  residents.  In  addition  to  that,  the  council  approved  the  transfer  of  a  liquor  license  to  the  local  restaurant  El  Cerrito,  the  BPUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  plan  to  eliminate  the  debt  in  its  sewer  fund,  and  a  grant  to  the  Headwaters  Recre-­ ational  Authority.

City  Manager  Linda  Brown  was  directed  by  the  council  at  March  5â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  meeting  to  begin  creating  a  plan  to  present  Mu-­ nicipal  Analyticsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  study  to  the  general  public.

Brown  met  with  Bonnie  7HZ FLW\ ÂżQDQFH GLUHFWRU and  John  Kaczor,  founder  and  principal  consultant  of  Munici-­ pal  Analytics,  to  work  towards  meeting  the  councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  request.

Kaczor,  in  addition  to  con-­ ducting  the  study,  administered  the  income  tax  for  the  City  of  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  for  25  years.

Brown  asked  the  council  to  approve  a  plan  in  which  Kac-­ zor  would  present  the  studyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ¿QGLQJV WR WKH JHQHUDO SXEOLF at  a  well-­advertised  time  and  place  in  the  near  future.  She  also  asked  that  the  councilmen  and  women  would  agree  to  not  speak  at  the  event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  want  an  un-­biased  pre-­ sentation  to  the  residents,  so  I Â

asked  that  they  do  that  and  they  made  a  decision  to  not  speak  about  it,â&#x20AC;?  Brown  said.

In  addition  to  the  public  presentation,  Brown  said  she  is  also  planning  private  meetings  with  large  employers  in  the  area,  including  the  Hillsdale  Community  Health  Center,  Hillsdale  College,  and  other  local  schools.

After  agreeing  on  Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  plan,  the  council  moved  on  to  new  business.

Adan  Rocha,  along  with  his  father,  appeared  before  the  council  to  ask  for  approval  of  the  transfer  of  a  liquor  license  from  Sueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Lakeside  Inn  Inc.  in  Somerset,  Mich.,  to  their  Mexi-­ can  restaurant  El  Cerrito.

The  state  Liquor  Commis-­ sion  Council  had  previously  requested  Director  of  Public  Safety  Chris  Gutowski  to  create  an  investigative  report,  looking  at  Rochaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  background  regarding  the  transfer.

Gutowski  recommended  the  council  approve  the  transfer  and  they  did.  El  Cerritoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  liquor  license  future  is  now  in  WKH KDQGV RI VWDWH RIÂżFLDOV Next  on  the  agenda,  the  council  was  asked  to  approve  a  plan  by  the  BPU  to  eliminate  WKH GHÂżFLW LQ LWV VHZHU IXQG Six  years  ago,  the  BPU  raised  water  rates  so  as  to  HOLPLQDWH LWV ZDWHU IXQG GHÂżFLW Because  they  wanted  to  lessen  the  effect  of  the  raised  water  rates  on  city  residents,  the  BPU  lowered  sewer  rates.  As  a  UHVXOW D GHÂżFLW ZDV FUHDWHG LQ the  sewer  fund.

7KH ZDWHU IXQG GH¿FLW LV now  paid  off  and  the  BPU  is  turning  its  attention  to  the  VHZHU GH¿FLW Water  rates  are  now  set  at  a  sustainable  rate,  and  while  a  memo  from  the  BPU  acknowl-­ edged  its  customers,  city  resi-­ dents,  did  see  a  slight  increase  in  rates,  the  sewer  fund  will  be  eliminated  by  2015.

The  council  approved  the  rate  increase  and  the  plan  will  now  be  submitted  to  State  of  Michigan  Department  of  Trea-­ sury  for  further  approval.

Finally,  the  city  also  ap-­ proved  giving  the  Headwaters  Recreational  Authority  $887  for  its  project  of  developing  a  master  plan  for  the  trails  in  the  City  of  Hillsdale,  Hillsdale  Township,  Jonesville,  and  Fay-­ ette  Township.

The  HRA  received  a  grant  of  more  than  $3,500  from  the  Hillsdale  Community  Founda-­ tion  to  fund  the  project.  As  part  of  the  grant,  however,  the  HCF  grant  had  to  be  matched  by  the  four  districts  in  the  HRA. Brown  found  money  for  Hillsdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  contribution  in  the  city  managerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  portion  of  the  budget.  Funding  for  the  previ-­ ous  city  managerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  insurance  costs  were  still  in  the  budget  and  Brown  suggested  the  council  use  that  money  to  give  to  the  HRA  to  avoid  making  a  negative  impact  on  the  total  budget.

The  next  Hillsdale  City  Council  meeting  will  be  held  on  April  2.

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urrently,  both  of  the  major  political  parties  in  the  U.S.  are  speaking  against  Iran  and  its  nuclear  program.  The  Republican  Party  seems  to  be  taking  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;line  in  the  sandâ&#x20AC;?  approach,  with  many  in  the  GOP  rejecting  the  idea  of  even  talk-­ ing  to  Iran.  Even  President  Obama  is  attempting  to  look  strong  by  saying,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  bluff,â&#x20AC;?  in  response  to  threats  towards  Iran.  Why  is  there  such  a  focus  on  Iran,  and  what  are  we  so  afraid  of?      According  to  a  recent  CNN  poll,  71  percent  of  people  surveyed  believe  that  Iran  currently  has  nuclear  weapons.  With  a  statistic  like  that  regarding  a  Middle  Eastern  nation,  it  would  make  sense  in  an  election  year  that  politicians  would  be  eager  to  garner  votes  along  pro-­American  and  strong  national  defense  lines.  There  has  been  talk  of  bombing  Iran  and  even  monetarily  supporting  the  overthrow  of  their  govern-­ ment.  Surely  there  must  be  strong  evidence  that  we  have  a  great  deal  to  fear  from  Iran.  Surely  our  harsh  rhetoric  has  actual  substance  to  back  its  open  procla-­ mation. %XW ÂżUVW ZH QHHG WR ORRN DW ZKDW ,UDQ LV DQG LVQÂśW allowed  to  be  do  under  international  law.  As  a  signer  of  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nuclear  Non-­Proliferation  Treaty,â&#x20AC;?  Iran  has  the  right  to  pursue  nuclear  power  for  energy  and  research  purposes.  They  do  not  have  the  right  to  build  a  nuclear  bomb.  With  this  laid  out,  given  our  current  stance  on  Iran,  they  must  clearly  be  on  the  brink  of  a  nuclear  weapon  or  at  least  have  stated  their  intent  to  achieve  one.      However,  the  facts  of  the  situation  paint  a  com-­ pletely  different  picture.  In  an  interview  with  CBS,  the  U.S.  Secretary  of  Defense,  Leon  Panetta,  when  asked  if  Iran  was  attempting  to  build  a  nuclear  weapon,  replied  that  they  were  not.  Panetta  also  said,    â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  intelligence  [regarding  Iran]  does  not  show  that  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  made  the  decision  to  proceed  with  developing  a  nuclear  weapon.â&#x20AC;?      Another  source  to  look  at  is  the  International  Atomic  Energy  Agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  (IAEA)  report.  There  have  been  various  claims  made  about  what  this  report  has  said.  Presidential  hopeful  Rick  Santorum  even  claims  on  his  campaign  website  that  the  IAEA  is  report-­ ing  that  Iran  is  on  the  verge  of  obtaining  a  nuclear  weapon.  The  New  York  Times  did  not  go  as  far  as  Santorum,  but  they  still  claimed  that  the  IAEA  report  concluded  that  Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  nuclear  program  had  a  military  objective.  But  yet  again,  what  the  mainstream  seems  to  take  as  a  given,  is  not  substantiated  by  the  actual  facts.  The  New  York  Times  editor  had  to  issue  a  retraction  for  claiming  that  the  IAEA  had  concluded  Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  nuclear  program  had  a  military  objective.  The  IAEA  report,  while  raising  some  concerns  about  Ira-­ nian  nuclear  capabilities,  does  not  conclude  that  they  have  a  military  objective.      With  no  proof  that  they  are  on  the  verge  of  a  nuclear  weapon,  surely  they  must  at  least  be  talking  about  a  desire  to  achieve  such  a  weapon.  Or  maybe  they  are  talking  about  attacking  another  nation.  However  President  of  Iran,  Mahmoud  Ahmadinejad,  and  Supreme  Leader  Ayatollah  Khamenei  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  the  ,UDQLDQ RIÂżFLDO WKDW FRQWUROV WKH PLOLWDU\ ² ERWK KDYH declared  that  Iran  does  not  want  a  nuclear  weapon.  Khamenei  is  also  quoted  as  saying  that  Iran  â&#x20AC;&#x153;will  not  commit  aggression  against  any  nation.â&#x20AC;?      Why  are  we  so  eager  to  aggravate?  Is  our  peace  really  our  goal  in  the  region,  or  are  we  seeking  to  provoke  a  war  with  Iran?  If  the  US  rhetoric  continues  and  we  do  follow  through  on  our  threats,  if  Iran  truly  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  developing  a  nuclear  weapon,  then  they  will  be  the  ones  with  the  moral  high  ground  in  any  con-­ Ă&#x20AC;LFW *LYHQ WKH 8 6 ÂśV DOUHDG\ SRRU UHSXWDWLRQ LQ WKH Middle  East,  can  we  afford  to  be  at  war  with  a  nation  that  has  proof  that  the  U.S.  attacked  unprovoked?

3.  The  Helvetica  font  on  the  front  page.  Font  affects  credibility.  At  least  use  a  font  that  you  can  read.  4.   The  hopelessly  outdated  in-­ formation  on  clubs  and  honoraries.

The  last  Everett  speech  transcript  posted  on  the  site  was  from  2007,  Praxis  and  College  Republicans  have  both  held  elections  since  Fall  2010,  and  The  Collegianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  page  might  have  its  editor  or  faculty  ad-­ viser  updated  before  next  year,  but  we  are  not  holding  our  breath.  We  hope  the  new  site  will  be  easier  to  update  so  it  can  stay  current.

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he  fundamental  conservative  belief  is  this:  people  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  change  from  then  to  now.  From  the  Garden  of  Eden  to  the  Garden  State,  human  nature  has  been  the  same.  Since  the  dawn  of  time,  a  good  man  has  been  KDUG WR ÂżQG Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  this  myth  that  America  was  once  a  conservative  Christian  nation  where  morality  prevailed.  If  men  werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  angels,  they  certainly  acted  like  saints.  Sex  was  saved  for  marriage  and  people  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  party  and  drink  like  they  do  now.  Oh,  and  supposedly  politician  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  a  dirty  word. %XW UHDOLW\ ZDV GLIIHUHQW %LUWK UHFRUGV ÂżQG that  a  remarkable  number  of  babies  were  born  about  six  months  after  marriage  and  about  nine  months  after  conception.  The  average  American  FRQVXPHG DERXW ÂżYH WLPHV WKH DPRXQW RI DOFRKRO in  the  early  1800s  as  today.  And  politicians  were  engaged  in  scandals  then,  too.  In  America,  we  have  simply  traded  Hamiltonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Maria  Reynolds  for  Clintonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Monica  Lewinsky.  But  of  course,  even  David  had  Bathsheba.

Do  moral  failings  in  our  leaders  mean  we  throw  up  our  hands  and  give  up  on  the  political  ¿JKW IRU D PRUH SHUIHFW XQLRQ" $ ORW RI IRONV ² in  fact,  the  majority  of  folks  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  thought  so  back  in  the  1770s.  Only  about  40  percent  of  colonists  supported  the  cause  of  independence.  A  solid  majority  were  either  opposed  or  apathetic  (20  percent  of  Americans  remained  loyalists,  and  about  35  percent  were  uninvolved).  Washington  lost  more  soldiers  to  desertion  than  to  the  red  coats.

And  yet,  the  revolution  succeeded.  The  Con-­ VWLWXWLRQ ZDV UDWL¿HG 7KH PRVW SURVSHURXV DQG free  nation  on  earth  still  stands.

Obviously,  we  face  challenges  today.  They  faced  challenges  yesterday.  They  overcame.

This  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  because  the  people  back  then  were  inherently  more  moral.  Virtue  is  a  choice  that  every  human  heart  must  make  each  day.  Our  forefathers,  facing  even  greater  threats  than  we  face,  chose  that  day  what  principles  they  would  serve.  It  was  that  choice  that  made  them  great. ,Q WKH FRQVHUYDWLYH SUHVLGHQWLDO ÂżHOG DOO RI the  remaining  candidates  running  are  good  men  who  have  done  great  things.  Santorum  was  the  architect  of  welfare  reform  and  virtually  every  pro-­life  bill  that  has  become  law  in  the  last  two  decades.  Romney  governed  a  liberal  state  and  saved  our  national  honor  at  the  2002  Olympics.  Gingrich  had  the  vision  to  build  an  electoral  majority  to  stave  off  Clintonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  liberalism.  Paul  has  voted  NO  on  almost  every  unconstitutional  bill.  All  profess  faith  and  have  taken  courageous  stands  for  principle.

We  face  the  corrosive  effects  of  big  govern-­ ment  more  than  ever  before,  but  that  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  mean  all  is  lost.  Today,  we  who  consider  our-­ selves  traditional  conservatives  have  a  lot  to  be  optimistic  about.  We  turned  congress  and  most  state  governments  red  in  2010.  Close  to  80  percent  of  Americans  consider  themselves  Christians  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  an  historically  stable  number.  Church  attendance  is  trending  upwards  lately,  not  to  mention  that  crime  rates  are  trending  down-­ wards.

We  only  need  continue  to  choose  today  what  principles  we  serve  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  national  strength,  indi-­ vidual  liberty,  and  family  life  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  and  then  vote  for  those  who  best  champion  those  principles.  We  arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  looking  for  a  perfect  union.  We  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  need  great  men.  We  need  the  great  principles  that  have  existed  all  along.

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henever  I  read  a  carefully  crafted  breaking  news  piece  or  an  artfully  arranged  feature  story  online,  I  try  to  stop  my  eyes  from  drifting  downward  into  the  depths  of  the  plebeian  commentators.  Practically  anything  can  be  written  underneath  an  article  to  which  a  reporter  has  spent  hours  dedicating  time  and  effort.  Most  comments  attack  rather  than  discuss  an  issue  in  a  poignant  or  intelligent  way.  Debates  ensue  that  detract  attention  and  depreci-­ ate  the  value  from  the  article  overall.

Imagine  a  glorious,  sunny  summer  afternoon.  A  picnic  is  spread  on  a  blanket  in  the  grass,  skill-­ fully  created  courses  adorn  the  surface,  and  each  dish  enhances  the  next.  It  is  the  perfect  setting  for  a  culinary  masterpiece  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  a  setting  for  con-­ templation  and  enjoyment.  An  ant  appears  on  the  picnic  blanket.  It  forages  for  the  perfect  crumb  upon  which  it  can  steal  and  gorge  itself.  Soon,  more  ants  reach  the  picnic.  The  bounty  of  food  creates  a  frenzy,  and  a  battle  emerges  amongst  the  food.  The  meal  is  no  longer  enjoyable  or  discernible,  covered  in  a  black,  crawling  mass.  All  that  is  left  are  the  ants,  struggling  amongst  themselves  to  escape  with  the  best  crumb.

Public  commentary  affects  great  journalism  in  this  way.  People  grab  onto  convenient  bits  infor-­ PDWLRQ WR ¿W WKH DUJXPHQW WKH\ ZLVK WR SUHVHQW As  more  people  join  the  debate,  the  beauty  of  the  well-­written  word  becomes  muddled.

Newspapers  and  magazines  have  considered  whether  or  not  to  allow  public  comments  on  websites.  Allowing  readers  to  leave  their  opin-­ ions  occasionally  increases  interest  in  the  story,  and  sometimes  a  comment  gives  a  new  perspec-­ tive  or  reveals  new  information  the  reporter  may  not  have  known.  In  order  to  weed  out  inappropri-­ ate  or  offensive  material,  however,  web  editors  have  come  up  with  a  compromise:  assign  one  or  PRUH RI WKH VWDII WR ÂżOWHU DOO VXEPLVVLRQV 7KH result  still  does  not  seem  much  better  than  not  KDYLQJ D ÂżOWHU DW DOO When  Chardon  High  School  suffered  a  vi-­ cious  school  shooting  a  month  ago,  newspapers  all  over  the  country  covered  the  developing  horrors.  The  Denver  Post  posted  a  piece  on  the  shooting  and  student  deaths,  under  which  127  comments  were  attached.  Starting  with  the  second  comment,  a  battle  over  gun  rights  ensued.  The  debate  draws  the  reader  away  from  the  important  issue,  the  only  topic  worth  caring  about  in  regards  to  that  particular  article  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  three  students  died  in  a  brutal  slaying  at  the  hands  of  another  student.  Ignoring  the  deaths  of  three  children  to  debate  political  topics  lacks  propriety  and  any  shred  of  humanity.

Writers  earn  their  livelihood  by  creating  powerful  pieces  of  prose,  and  public  commentary  mars  their  work.  More  than  that,  people  seem  to  lose  the  ability  to  intelligently  present  an  argu-­ ment  and  often  lose  their  manners  and  sensitiv-­ ity.  If  the  urge  to  smear  your  opinions  over  the  Internet  is  too  strong,  start  a  blog  instead.

forward  to  a  new,  streamlined  site  that  is  as  nice  to  look  at  it  as  it  is  informative.  Moss  Hall,  we  know  you  have  a  lot  to  handle  over  the  next  few  months.  Thanks  for  making  time  for  the  website.  Our  current  website  validates  many  of  the  negative  stereotypes  about  conservatism,  including  that  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  boring,  dysfunctional,  and  change-­phobic.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  glad  that  0RVV ÂżQDOO\ GHFLGHG WKDW LWÂśV WLPH to  clean  it  up,  and  we  hope  that  soon  we  can  be  just  as  proud  of  the  website  as  we  are  of  our  school. Â

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RPELQH 5XVK /LPEDXJKÂśV LQĂ&#x20AC;DPPD-­ tory  comments  about  Georgetown  student  Sandra  Fluke  with  the  GOPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  reaction  to  recently  proposed  contraceptive  mandates  and  you  have  the  perfect  media  storm.  Headlines  across  the  country  described  the  Republican  â&#x20AC;&#x153;attack  on  womenâ&#x20AC;?  as  an  at-­ tempt  to  undo  the  sixties,  or  worse,  as  a  horrify-­ ing  blow  to  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  rights.

Yes,  there  is  a  war  on  women.  It  is  one  of  the  most  abhorrent  aspects  of  the  21st  century.  But  this  war  touches  women  across  the  world  in  ways  Sandra  Fluke  has  never  experienced.  The  supposed  war  against  women  in  America  pales  DJDLQVW KXPDQ ULJKWV YLRODWLRQV LQĂ&#x20AC;LFWHG XSRQ females  across  the  globe.

Women  in  many  countries  are  subjected  to  female  genital  mutilation,  arguably  one  of  the  most  painful,  degrading  acts  of  violence  against  women  imaginable.  FGM  is  a  broad  FODVVLÂżFDWLRQ RI PXOWLSOH DFWV EXW HVVHQWLDOO\ it  is  the  mutilation  of  a  womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  sexual  organs  that  leads  to  pain  through  recurring  infections,  DJRQL]LQJ VH[XDO LQWHUFRXUVH DQG H[WUHPH GLIÂż-­ culty  in  childbirth.  It  is  one  of  the  most  violent,  anti-­female  acts  imaginable.

The  World  Health  Organization  reported  that  140  million  women  live  with  the  consequences  of  FGM.  In  Africa,  some  3  million  girls  are  at  risk  of  undergoing  FGM  every  year. :KHUH LV WKH RXWUDJH RYHU WKH KRUULÂżF YLROD-­ tion  of  millions  of  young  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  bodies?  Have  women  activists  across  America  protested  en  masse?

Feminist  organizations  and  liberal  women  who  claim  that  withholding  contraceptives  is  an  attack  on  women  have  thoroughly  misguided  perceptions  on  what  an  attack  on  womanhood  really  is.

Withholding  contraceptives  does  not  involve  a  rusty  knife.  Young  women  who  undergo  FGM  can  hardly  even  have  sex  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  much  less  have  sex  with  a  condom  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  because  their  bodies  are  so  thoroughly  mutilated.  Yet,  there  is  no  national  media  campaign  on  their  behalf.

What  makes  the  plight  of  12-­year-­old  girls  facing  scissors  less  noticeable  than  the  cry  for  contraceptives?

The  real  war  on  women  is  even  greater  than  just  FGM.  Why  does  the  National  Organization  of  Women  obsess  over  abortion  rights  when  women  in  Afghanistan  are  sometimes  stoned  after  being  raped?  Has  NOW  condemned  the  radical  Islamic  misogyny  that  rapists  use  as  MXVWLÂżFDWLRQ IRU WKHLU FULPHV" :KDW DERXW WKH 5,000  women  the  U.N.  estimates  are  killed  annually  by  Middle  Eastern  men  over  â&#x20AC;&#x153;honorâ&#x20AC;??  Where  is  the  outrage  over  the  4  million  women  DQG FKLOGUHQ WKH 8 1 HVWLPDWHV DUH WUDIÂżFNHG for  sex  or  labor  annually?

American  feminists  focus  on  abortion  and  contraceptives  because  those  issues  affect  women  that  are  like  them.  The  third  world  is  far  away.  It  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  touch  Georgetown  University  law  students.  They  want  their  daughters  and  sisters  to  have  what  they  want.  They  stand  for  their  own,  not  women  in  general.  If  they  did,  they  would  speak  out  against  misogyny  across  the  globe.

Imagine  what  would  happen  if  the  out-­ pouring  of  passion  over  protecting  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  rights  refocused  on  the  voiceless,  nameless  girls  across  the  world  held  in  bondage  by  truly  misogynistic  traditions.  Perhaps  real  male-­ dominated  societies,  where  women  experience  atrocities  beyond  anything  the  average  Ameri-­ can  woman  can  fathom,  would  change  under  intense  international  pressure.  Perhaps  nothing  would  change,  but  at  least  the  women  would  have  a  voice.

The  war  on  women  transcends  party  lines.  Republicans  and  Democrats  alike  should  stand  galvanized  against  the  mutilation,  murder,  and  molestation  of  women  from  Cairo  to  Nairobi  to  Baghdad.

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$IWHU VZLPPLQJ WKH ÂżQDO race  of  her  distinguished  career,  senior  Linda  Okonkowski  climbed  out  of  her  lane,  hugged  her  teammate,  junior  Sarah  Leit-­ ner,  and  fought  back  tears.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  done,â&#x20AC;?  Okonkowski  said.  Leitner,  Collegian  sports  edi-­ WRU DQG D 7H[DV QDWLYH Ă&#x20AC;HZ LQ from  Michigan  on  Friday  morn-­ ing  to  try  to  catch  Okonkowskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ¿QDO UDFH DQG DUULYHG DERXW minutes  before  she  dove  in. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  am  so  glad  I  was  able  to  make  it  to  that  race,â&#x20AC;?  Leitner  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;After  not  having  a  team-­ mate  at  nationals  with  her  for  the  past  two  years,  I  wanted  to  show  her  the  same  kind  of  sup-­ port  that  she  has  given  all  of  the  girls  on  the  team  throughout  her  time  at  Hillsdale  [College].â&#x20AC;?

2NRQNRZVNL ÂżQLVKHG KHU career  with  four  appearances  at  the  NCAA  Division  II  National  Swimming  Championships,  an  All-­American  title,  eight  school  records,  one  pool  record,  and  several  All-­Academic  awards.  2NRQNRZVNL ÂżQLVKHG KHU IRXUWK DQG ÂżQDO QDWLRQDO PHHW ZLWK WKH race  sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  dominated  her  whole  FDUHHU WKH \DUG EXWWHUĂ&#x20AC;\ Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  event  she  owns  Hills-­ daleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  pool  and  team  record  in.  Unfortunately,  Okonkowski  said  she  was  not  totally  pleased  with  her  performance  at  nation-­ als,  even  though  it  followed  an  extremely  successful  GLIAC  PHHW ,Q WKH Ă&#x20AC;\ DQG WKH three  other  events  she  swam  at  nationals,  she  couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  break  into  the  top  16  and  recorded  slower  times  than  she  expected.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  just  disappointing,â&#x20AC;?  Okonkowski  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  WU\LQJ WR ÂżJXUH RXW ZKDW KDS-­ pened.â&#x20AC;?  In  the  month  leading  up  to  the  nationals,  Okonkowski  trained  hard  for  two  weeks  and  then  backed  off,  or  tapered, Â

Senior Linda Okonkowski races the 200-yard butterfly in her final NCAA Division II Swimming National Championships. She qualified for nationals all four years of her college career. (Sarah Leitner/Collegian) for  the  remaining  two.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  schedule  Okonkowski  expressed  frustration  over.  Going  back  to  both  training  and  tapering  in  the  window  of  only  a  month  after  */,$&ÂśV LV GLIÂżFXOW VKH VDLG â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  feel  as  strong,â&#x20AC;?  Okonkowski  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  feel  as  prepared.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  just  such  a  tough  month.â&#x20AC;?

Okonkowski  presented  her  senior  thesis,  visited  graduate  school,  and  recovered  from  a  sick-­spell  in  the  weeks  prior  to  Nationals.

Head  coach  Kurt  Kirner  said  he  would  have  liked  to  allow  Okonkowski  more  time  for  tapering. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  was  hard,â&#x20AC;?  Kirner  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  would  like  to  have  given  her  more  rest,  but  with  all  those  things  going  on  I  was  afraid  the  missed  time  would  effect  her.â&#x20AC;?

Okonkowski  arrived  in  Dal-­ las,  Texas,  March  12.  The  next  day,  she  trained  and  attended  a  banquet  hosted  by  the  NCAA  EHIRUH VZLPPLQJ LQ KHU ÂżUVW event,  the  200-­yard  Individual  Medley  on  Wednesday. Â

2NRQNRZVNL ÂżQLVKHG WK with  a  time  of  2:10.55 Not  phased  by  an  off  race,  Okonkowski  moved  on.  She  next  swam  the  400-­yard  IM  and  placed  26th  at  4:36.58. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  was  hoping  each  day  we  would  fall  into  a  good  perfor-­ mance,â&#x20AC;?  Kirner  said.  1H[W FDPH WKH \DUG Ă&#x20AC;\ Okonkowski  tied  Kauthryn  Sauborn  of  Fairmont  State  Col-­ lege  for  31st  at  57.99.

With  one  more  event  to  go,  Okonkowski  honed  in  on  her  EHVW HYHQW WKH \DUG Ă&#x20AC;\ â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  200-­Fly.  Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  my  baby,â&#x20AC;?  Okonkowski  said.  %XW 2NRQNRZVNL ÂżQLVKHG 18th,  just  two  places  short  of  a  chance  to  swim  in  the  consola-­ WLRQ ÂżQDOV WKDW QLJKW â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  just  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  feel  right,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  Despite  her  disappointing  performance,  Kirner  recognized  the  effort  and  applauded  her.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even  though  she  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  at  her  best,  she  was  very  classy,â&#x20AC;?  Kirner  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  great  com-­ petitor.â&#x20AC;?

Wayne  State  University  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  team  went  on  to  win  the  meet,  and  although  Kirner  and  Okonkowski  did  not  stay  for  the  close  of  the  championship,  she  said  she  was  cheering  for  the  Warriors.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  just  goes  to  show  how  tough  the  GLIAC   is,â&#x20AC;?   Okonkowski  said  of  Wayne  Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  national  championship  title.  Kirner  said  Okonkowski  will  be  missed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  really  been  the  corner-­ stone  of  the  team,â&#x20AC;?  Kirner  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  would  love  to  have  here  for  another  four  years.  Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ma-­ tured  into  a  great  team  leader.â&#x20AC;?

And  Leitner  agreed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  always  looked  up  to  Linda,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  remember  as  a  freshman  just  being  in  awe  of  her  and  feeling  so  lucky  to  train  in  her  lane,  and  now  sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  only  my  training  buddy,  but  one  of  my  best  friends.  I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  know  what  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  going  to  do  without  her.â&#x20AC;?

nationals  in  Texas,  every  member  of  Hillsdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  team  will  com-­ pete  in  six  different  events  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  American  Trap,  American  Skeet,  International  Trap,  International  Skeet,  Sporting  Plays,  and  Five  Stands.  A  competition  lasts  for  multiple  days,  with  shooters  participating  in  one  or  two  events  per  day.  The  goal,  Scott  said,  is  to  be  able  to  successfully  shift  gears  between  different  events.  7KH VFRUHV RI WKH WRS ÂżYH VKRRW-­ ers  from  each  team  are  added  together,  and  a  winner  is  declared  for  the  meet.

As  the  team  travels  to  nation-­ als,  where  it  will  compete  against  over  80  schools  and  over  500  shooters,  the  focus  of  the  season  shifts  from  solo  accomplish-­ ments  to  a  group  orientation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In  Texas,  we  are  looking  for  team  wins,  where  as  before  we  were  looking  for  individual  performance,â&#x20AC;?  Scott  said.

Scott  said  he  is  optimistic  about  his  teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  chances  to  win  Division  III  so  that  it  can  move  up  to  Division  II  next  season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  are  in  a  good  position  to  shoot  well  at  nationals,â&#x20AC;?  Scott  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arkansas  was  a  great  pre-­meet  for  us  to  see  some  hard Â

targets  and  shoot  with  world-­ champion  shooters.  Texas  is  looking  up.â&#x20AC;?

In  the  fall,  the  team  traveled  to  Kentucky  and  also  participated  in  the  Michigan  Team  Shoot,  the  teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  biggest  competition  up  until  this  spring.  Scott  shot  the  target  100  times  in  a  row  and  HDUQHG KLPVHOI D VSRW LQ WKH ÂżUVW place  shoot-­off.  The  rest  of  the  team  shot  496  out  of  500.

The  team  was  created  along  with  a  large  endowment  to  build  and  fund  a  shooting  facility  on  Bakers  Road,  about  eight  miles  east  of  campus.  Because  of  skill  shown  in  the  advanced  shooting  class,  administrators  approached  Scott  and  Klimas,  along  with  the  other  original  members,  to  form  the  team.  So  far,  the  group  has  proved  themselves  on  a  national  scale.  Kain  was  recruited  last  year  to  join  Hillsdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  team.  He  cited  the  well-­funded  and  well-­ coached  program  as  the  main  reason  for  his  college  choice,  along  with  the  schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  excellent  academic  reputation.  Trancik  is  the  other  freshman  recruit,  while  WKH WHDPÂśV RWKHU ÂżYH PHPEHUV DOO picked  up  the  sport  at  Hillsdale.

the  second  game  4-­3  to  SVSU,  though  the  men  tied  the  game  three  times.  In  the  seventh  inning,  From A8 Stephens  doubled  to  right  center.  Two  strikeouts  ended  the  game.  hitting,â&#x20AC;?  Noce  said.   Lantis  had  three  hits,  while  Delicata  said  the  men  closed  Stephens  had  two.  the  second  game  better  than  the  Hillsdale  started  the  third  ¿UVW RQH game  strongly,  with  three  runs  in  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  take  any  innings  WKH ÂżUVW LQQLQJ 9DQFKLHUL GRXEOHG for  granted,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  WR FHQWHU ÂżHOG /DG]LQVNL DQG The  team  opened  the  GLIAC  Blanchard  both  scored  off  of  his  FRQIHUHQFH E\ ORVLQJ WKHLU ÂżUVW hit.  Vanchieri  scored  when  Lantis  four  games  this  weekend.  On  singled  to  third  base.  Saturday,  the  men  lost  5-­0  and  4-­3  The  Chargers  lost  the  lead  in  to  Saginaw  Valley  State  Univer-­ WKH ÂżIWK LQQLQJ ZKHQ WKH &DU-­ sity.  The  Chargers  were  again  met  dinals  scored  four  runs  off  of  a  with  defeat  on  Sunday,  barely  single  hit.  Hillsdale  nearly  tied  losing  6-­5  and  3-­2.  the  game  in  the  seventh  inning  The  Cardinals  shut  out  the  when  scored  on  a  balk  and  second  &KDUJHUV LQ WKH ÂżUVW JDPH baseman  Scott  Rhodes  scored  on  Vanchieri,  Blanchard,  and  Brey-­ Ladzinskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  groundout.  But  two  maier  had  the  only  hits  with  one  strikeoutes  ended  their  comeback  each.  with  a  6-­5  loss.

Noce  said  that  the  men  are  7KH ÂżQDO JDPH ZHQW WR HLJKW learning  to   embrace  the  moments  innings,  when  the  men  lost  3-­2.  of  pressure.  Senior  pitcher  Dan  Rhodes  went  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  get  pressure  moments  LQQLQJV ZLWK ÂżYH VWULNH-­ all  of  the  time.  Instead  of  being  outs,  allowing  only  two  runs.  afraid,  we  need  to  rise  up  and  %ODQFKDUG DQG VRSKRPRUH ÂżUVW embrace  them,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  baseman  Matt  Pochmara  had  two  Hillsdale  narrowly  lost  in Â

hits  each.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  learned  that  we  need  to  always  stay  on  attack  mode,â&#x20AC;?  Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hearn  said.  The  Chargers  spent  their  VSULQJ EUHDN RQ WKH ÂżHOG LQ Florida  playing  six  games.  On  Saturday,  the  men  split  a  double-­ header  against  Alderson-­Broad-­ GXV &ROOHJH ORVLQJ WKH ÂżUVW JDPH 14-­2  and  winning  the  second  3-­0. ,Q WKH ÂżUVW JDPH %ODQFKDUG scored  after  Vanchieri  put  in  a  UXQ ZLWK D VDFULÂżFH Ă&#x20AC;\ RXW WR FHQWHUÂżHOG +RZHYHU WKH %DWWOHUV picked  up  momentum  in  the  fol-­ lowing  innings  and  Hillsdale  only  scored  one  other  time.  Blanchard  lead  the  team  with  three  hits  and  one  run  batted  in.

Hillsdale  shut  out  Alderson-­ Broaddus  in  the  second  game  of  the  doubleheader.  In  the  second  inning,  Hillsdale  scored  three  times  while  the  Battlers  were  un-­ able  to  score,  largely  due  to  junior  Matt  Reckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  perfect  pitching  WKURXJK WKH ÂżIWK LQQLQJ â&#x20AC;&#x153;He  threw  a  great  game.  He  had  a  no  hitter  into  the  sixth  in-­ ning,â&#x20AC;?  Noce  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  one  of Â

our  best  pitchers.â&#x20AC;?

Hillsdale  could  not  maintain  their  momentum  and  lost  the  next  four  games  8-­2,  18-­9,  5-­4,  and  11-­1.  The  men  started  the  third  game  against  Southeastern  University  -­  which  they  narrowly  lost  5-­4  -­  ZLWK WKUHH UXQV LQ WKH ÂżUVW LQQLQJ The  Chargers  maintained  that  lead  until  the  bottom  of  the  ninth  when  Southeastern  batted  in  two  runs.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  focusing  on  wanting  the  last  out,â&#x20AC;?  Noce  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  pitchers  have  to  come  in  and  throw  strikes.  Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  doing  a  pretty  good  job  until  that  last  inning,â&#x20AC;?

Pochmara  had  three  hits  and  batted  in  two  runs.  Stephens  had  two  hits  while  Ladzinski,  Delicata,  Vanchieri,  and  fresh-­ man  catcher  Sean  Bennet  had  a  hit  each.  This  weekend,  the  men  will  play  a  four-­game,  weekend  set  at  Lake  Erie  College.  On  April  3,  Hillsdale  will  host  Grand  Valley  State  University. Â

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gers  were  so  successful  that  they  brought  home  over  $7,000  in  winnings  for  the  College  shoot-­ ing  program.

Each  member  of  the  Hillsdale  team  is  referred  to  as  an  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aâ&#x20AC;?  shooter,  meaning  they  average  over  95  out  of  100  shots  on  target  in  competition.  Freshman  Joe  Kain  was  one  of  six  Hillsdale  shooters  to  place  in  Arkansas.  Top  shooters  included  Scott,  Kain,  and  junior  Andrew  Smith.  Kain  placed  sixth  in  A  class,  and  Scott  and  senior  .\OH -D]ZLHFNL SODFHG ÂżIWK DQG seventh,  respectively,  in  B  class.  ,Q ' FODVV 6PLWK WRRN ÂżUVW VH-­ QLRU 1DWH 2EHUKROW]HU ÂżIWK DQG freshman  Ed  Trancik  eighth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  worked  all  winter  for  this  competition,  and  it  was  a  great  accomplishment,â&#x20AC;?  Kain  said.

Winter  training  included  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;drive-­hard  system,â&#x20AC;?  where  a  laser  on  the  barrel  of  a  gun  allows  the  gunman  to  shoot  at  targets  in  a  wall  indoors,  as  well  as  bundling  up  and  practicing  in  the  cold.

In  the  Delta  Conference,  competitors  walked  through  the  woods  from  station  to  station,  shooting  sporting  clays.  In  a  collegiate  meet,  such  as  the  ACY Â

Hillsdale  Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  shotgun  team  boasts  a  top-­tier  Divi-­ sion  III  program  and  hopes  to  increase  its  standing  this  week  at  the  ACY  National  Champion-­ ship  in  San  Antonio,  Texas,  after  a  successful  competition  at  the  Delta  Conference  in  Arkansas.

The  national  championship  features  teams  from  all  three  divisions,  but  new  teams  are  au-­ WRPDWLFDOO\ FODVVL¿HG DV 'LYLVLRQ III.  The  team  remains  Division  III  for  a  certain  amount  of  time  and  then  can  move  up.  But  if  a  team  wins  the  Division  III  com-­ petition,  it  can  move  up  early.

The  two-­year-­old  team  is  coached  by  Bart  Spieth,  lecturer  at  the  college,  and  led  by  co-­ captains  junior  Blake  Scott  and  junior  Dan  Klimas.  The  team  heads  into  nationals  with  a  lot  of  momentum  from  last  weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Delta  Conference.  This  was  not  a  collegiate  meet,  but  a  master  and  elite  level  course  in  which  world-­class  shooters  competed.  It  was  an  individual  meet  where  the  Char-­

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Shotgun  competes  at  DIII  national  tourney Morgan Delp Collegian Freelancer

SPORTS A7   29  March  2012

arch  Madness  hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  been  kind  to  basketball  fans  in  Michigan.

8QLYHUVLW\ RI 'HWURLW ORVW WR .DQVDV LQ WKH ÂżUVW round  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  expected,  but  with  two  other  15  seeds  beating  power-­ houses  Duke  and  Missouri,  there  was  a  sense  that  Detroit  might  extend  the  streak. &R %LJ 7HQ &KDPSLRQ 8QLYHUVLW\ RI 0LFKLJDQÂśV ÂżUVW URXQG loss  to  the  low-­seeded  University  of  Ohio  was  unexpected,  however.  And  although  the  Sweet  Sixteen  is  nice,  Michigan  Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  awful  performance  on  offense  against  Louisville  was  a  huge  disappointment  for  a  team  that,  led  by  All-­American  Dray-­ mond  Green,  had  a  relatively  easy  path  to  the  Final  Four.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  been  a  different  story  for  Hillsdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Ohio  natives.  Four  teams  from  the  state  next  door  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Xavier  University,  Ohio  State,  University  of  Cincinnati,  and  University  of  Ohio  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  made  the  Sweet  Sixteen.  Ohio  State  is  playing  Kansas  on  Saturday  for  a  spot  in  the  National  Championship.

Which  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  make  things  any  better  for  the  Michiganders.  What  is  it  about  Ohio  State  and  Xavier  fans  that  makes  us  desperately  hope  their  teams  will  get  blown  out?  Of  course,  that  U  of  M  fans  despise  the  Buckeyes  is  a  fact  of  life,  but  Xavier?  Where  is  that  even?

The  good  news  is,  the  Kentucky  Wildcats  stand  between  Ohio  State  and  a  trophy.  Kentucky  starts  three  freshmen  and  WZR VRSKRPRUHV DQG DOO ¿YH RI WKHP SOXV VWDU VL[WK PDQ 'DULXV Miller,  are  likely  to  head  to  the  NBA  after  this  season.

The  Cats  are  scary.  Player  of  the  Year  Anthony  Davisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  mag-­ QLÂżFHQWO\ QDVW\ XQLEURZ LV PDWFKHG RQO\ E\ KLV DELOLW\ WR VFRUH rebound,  and  block  shots.  Terrence  Jones  looks  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  plays  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  like  he  wants  to  eat  you.  Michael  Kidd-­Gilchrist  (projected  as  the  No.  2  pick  in  the  upcoming  draft,  after  Davis)  led  the  Wildcats  with  24  points  and  10  boards  as  they  put  up  102  points  last  week  against  Indiana,  the  only  team  that  beat  Kentucky  in  the  regular  season.  Six  players  average  10  or  more  points  per  game,  and  three  average  seven-­plus  rebounds.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  Final  Four,  the  Holy  Grail  of  college  basketball,  and  Kentucky  hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  even  been  tested  yet.  In-­state  rival  Louisville  has  overachieved  to  get  to  face  the  Cats  this  weekend,  but  that  ride  is  about  to  end.

So  good  luck  to  the  three  teams  not  named  Kentucky.  If  us  Michiganders  have  our  way,  the  Buckeyes  will  beat  Kansas  this  weekend.  Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  no  humiliation  in  a  close,  hard-­fought  defeat.

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Arnn  leads  bracket  in  sportswriting  class Emmaline Epperson Circulation Manager

own  powers  of  observation,  I  fully  expect  to  win.â&#x20AC;?   Ironically,  Willis  is  loyal  to  Ohio  State,  but  to  win  the  bracket  his  favorite  team  must  The  March  Madness  bracket  lose,  Miller  said.  Arnn,  on  the  of  the  sportswriting  seminar  other  hand,  said,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go  Buck-­ currently  has  an  unlikely  win-­ eyes.â&#x20AC;? ner:  President  Larry  Arnn.

The  sportswriting  class  has  â&#x20AC;&#x153;In  class  we  joked  that  with  14  students  enrolled.  While  these  pools,  the  person  who  they  receive  credit  for  simply  wins  them  is  the  12-­year-­old  participating  in  the  bracket,  kid  who  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  know  that  the  top  and  lowest  scoring  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  doing,â&#x20AC;?  said  John  students  receive  extra  credit.  Miller,  director  of  the  Dow  Miller  assigned  the  bracket  Journalism  Program  and  not  to  encourage  competition,  professor  of  sportswriting.  but  rather  community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then  here  President  Arnn  is,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;In  a  writing  class  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  winning.â&#x20AC;?  important  to  have  a  sense  of  Miller  assigned  the  bracket  camaraderie,â&#x20AC;?  Miller  said.  to  his  class  and  invited  Arnn  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  good  to  laugh  together  participate.  and  have  a  common  experi-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;My  success  in  the  bracket  ence.â&#x20AC;?  so  far  is  owing  to  my  pure  Senior  Collegian  Reporter  genius...at  taking  advice,â&#x20AC;?  Phil  Morgan  is  currently  in  Arnn  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  asked  the  great-­ last  place.  He  picked  Uni-­ est  expert  of  whom  I  have  versity  of  Michigan  to  beat  ever  heard  to  help  me,  and  Michigan  State  University  in  this  awesome  person  has  done  WKH ÂżQDOV 8 RI 0 ORVW LQ WKHLU all  the  work.  No  one  is  more  ¿UVW JDPH DQG 068 ORVW LQ capable  than  my  partner,  Kyle  the  Sweet  16..  Murnenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  mother.â&#x20AC;?  Miller  also  assigned  a  writ-­ Murnen  is  a  research  as-­ ing  assignment  accompanying  sistant  to  the  president.  the  brackets  asking  students  to  This  weekend,  University  of  describe  the  strategy  of  order-­ Kentucky  will  face  Ohio  State  ing  their  brackets.

University.  If  Kentucky  wins,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  had  everything  from  $UQQ ZLOO NHHS KLV ÂżUVW SODFH the  color  of  the  teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  uni-­ position  in  the  bracket.  If  not,  forms  to  statistical  analysis,â&#x20AC;?  freshman  Matt  Willis  will  take  Miller  said.  ¿UVW SODFH If  Miller  teaches  sportswrit-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  looks  to  me  as  if  Ken-­ ing  again  in  the  spring  2013  tucky  is  going  to  win,  and  semester,  he  intends  to  assign  therefore,  we  are  going  to  lose  another  March  Madness  the  bracket,â&#x20AC;?  Arnn  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;But  I  bracket.  know  nothing  compared  to  my  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe  we  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  invite  experts.  So,  yes,  against  my  Arnn,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  Â

29  March  2012

Sports

Softball goes 4-2 in opening GLIAC games Sarah Leitner Sports Editor

clutch  hits  at  the  times  we  needed  them.â&#x20AC;?

In  the  second  game,  the  Chargers  led  5-­2  going  into  the  sixth  inning  when  the  Warriors  The  Hillsdale  College  tied  up  the  game  at  5-­5. softball  team  shut  out  Spring  â&#x20AC;&#x153;That  was  wild,â&#x20AC;?  Abraham  Arbor  University  in  last  nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  Wayne  State  batter  doubleheader,  bringing  their  ZDV FDOOHG VDIH DW ÂżUVW DQG QH[W season  record  to  12-­9. thing  we  know,  they  had  tied  it  7KH &KDUJHUV ZRQ WKH ÂżUVW DW ÂżYH ´ game  10-­0  and  the  second  5-­0,  So  the  game  extended  to  an  due  in  large  part  to  senior  third  eighth  inning.  Because  it  was  EDVHPDQ -HVVLFD *XHUWLQÂśV WKUHH getting  dark  outside,  the  game  home  runs  in  the  two  games.  was  going  to  come  to  an  end  af-­ $QG LQ WKH ÂżUVW LQQLQJ RI WKH ter  the  eighth,  regardless  if  there  ¿UVW JDPH WKH &KDUJHUV KDG was  a  winner. eight  hits.

But  in  the  bottom  of  the  Head  coach  Joe  Abraham  HLJKWK ZLWK D UXQQHU RQ ÂżUVW said  the  pitchers  were  also  key  Wayne  Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  third  baseman  to  the  wins. made  a  throwing  error,  lobbing  â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  really  stepped  up  and  LW RYHU WKH KHDG RI WKHLU ÂżUVW dominated  their  hitters,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.

EDVHPDQ :KHQ WKH ULJKW ¿HOGHU But  Abraham  said  the  biggest  tried  to  pick  the  ball  up,  she  had  reason  for  the  wins  was  that  the  to  try  three  times.

Chargers  never  let  up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  third  time  she  tried  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  played  like  we  are  pick  up  the  ball,  I  was  send-­ capable  of,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  ing  the  runner  around  third  to  easy  in  the  middle  of  the  week  score,â&#x20AC;?  Abraham  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  was  in  a  non-­conference  game.â&#x20AC;?

EL]DUUH WR VD\ WKH OHDVW ´ Over  the  weekend,  the  soft-­ In  the  doubleheader  against  EDOO WHDP ZHQW LQ WKHLU ÂżUVW the  University  of  Findlay  on  VL[ */,$& JDPHV RI WKH VHDVRQ Saturday,  the  Chargers  lost  the  On  Friday,  the  Chargers  ¿UVW EXW FDPH EDFN WR ZLQ swept  Wayne  State  University  in  the  second  in  eight  innings  3-­2. a  doubleheader,  2-­1  and  6-­5. Âł$IWHU WKH ÂżUVW JDPH ZH â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  got  great  pitching  in  were  mad,â&#x20AC;?  junior  second  base-­ both  games,â&#x20AC;?  Abraham  said.  PDQ 0LULDP 0F.D\ VDLG Âł:H â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  got  fantastic  defense  all  knew  we  were  going  to  come  day  from  everybody.  We  got  out  and  get  that  second  game.â&#x20AC;?

In  the  bottom  of  the  eighth  inning,  the  Chargers  had  the  EDVHV ORDGHG DQG 0F.D\ KLW D VDFULÂżFH Ă&#x20AC;\ WR FHQWHU ÂżHOG WR clinch  the  win.

In  the  last  doubleheader  of  the  weekend,  the  Chargers  faced  7LI¿Q 8QLYHUVLW\ DQG ZRQ WKH ¿UVW JDPH EXW ORVW WKH ODVW 11-­4.

0F.D\ VDLG WKH VHFRQG JDPH was  a  lot  closer  than  it  looked.  In  fact,  Hillsdale  held  a  one-­ point  lead  going  into  the  top  of  the  fourth  inning,  but  a  grand  VODP IURP 7LIÂżQ SXW WKH VFRUH LQ 7LIÂżQÂśV IDYRU DQG WKH &KDUJHUV couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  catch  up.

The  Chargers  had  seven  hits  WR 7LIÂżQÂśV HLJKW EXW WKH\ FRXOG not  generate  the  runs  from  those  hits. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  left  a  decent  number  of  people  on  base,â&#x20AC;?  Abraham  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;You  have  to  get  your  hits  at  the  right  time.  You  have  to  capital-­ L]H ZKHQ \RX JHW \RXU KLWV ´ Abraham  praised  pitch-­ HUV VHQLRU /DXUD +RPDQ DQG IUHVKPDQ .DWLH $UGUH\ IRU WKHLU performances  over  the  weekend.  Both  Homan  and  Ardrey  came  away  from  the  weekend  with  two  wins  and  one  loss  apiece. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By  the  third  day,  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  ex-­ KDXVWHG ´ +RPDQ VDLG Âł0HQWDO-­ ly,  you  have  to  be  strong  enough  to  perform  well.â&#x20AC;?

Over  spring  break,  the  Char-­ gers  traveled  to  Clermont,  Fla., Â

to  gain  key  playing  time  outside.  The  team  played  eight  games  RYHU WKH VSDQ RI ¿YH GD\V WDN-­ LQJ ¿YH ZLQV 2Q WKHLU ¿UVW GD\ RI FRPSHWL-­ WLRQ LQ )ORULGD RQ 0DUFK WKH Chargers  defeated  Indiana  Insti-­ WXWH RI 7HFKQRORJ\ DQG /RFN Haven  University  8-­6.  Against  /RFN +DYHQ WKH &KDUJHUV PDGH an  impressive  comeback  from  a  GH¿FLW *XHUWLQ DOVR UH-­ FRUGHG KHU ¿UVW KRPH UXQ RI WKH season.

The  Chargersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  momentum  FRQWLQXHG RQ 0DUFK ZKHQ WKH\ GHIHDWHG 0HUULPDFN &RO-­ OHJH DQG IRU WKH VHFRQG WLPH /RFN +DYHQ The  Chargers  could  not  keep  the  winning  streak  going  on  0DUFK DQG ORVW WR QDWLRQDOO\ ranked  Augustana  College  8-­0  and  the  University  of  Sioux  )DOOV ,Q WKHLU ÂżQDO GD\ RI Florida  competition,  the  Char-­ JHUV ZRQ DJDLQVW )UDQNOLQ 3LHUFH 8QLYHUVLW\ DQG ORVW RQFH again  to  Augustana  4-­1. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  is  the  best  start  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  EHHQ D SDUW RI ´ 0F.D\ VDLG â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  completely  different  feel.  We  expect  to  win.  We  get  mad  when  we  lose.â&#x20AC;?

The  Chargers  will  hold  their  ¿UVW KRPH JDPH RI WKH VHDVRQ RQ 6DWXUGD\ DJDLQVW /DNH 6XSH-­ rior  State  University  at  2  p.m.

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The  menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  team  had  a  few  RWKHU WRS ÂżQLVKHV 6RSKR-­ PRUH 0DXULFH -RQHV ÂżQLVKHG third  in  the  200-­meter  run  in Â

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;In  all  honesty,  after  the  400-­meter  relay  I  did  not  per-­ form  as  well  as  I  would  have  KRSHG ´ 'RROH\ VDLG Âł'XULQJ the  200-­meter  dash,  I  began  to  UHDOL]H , KDG OLWWOH HQHUJ\ DQG D rather  tight  hammy  which  made  the  last  two  events  both  tiring  and  irritating.â&#x20AC;?

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Scott  Lantis  is  the  co-­captain  of  the  Hillsdale  College  baseball  team.  He  is  a  junior  studying  marketing,  born  and  brought  up  right  here  in  Hillsdale  County.

So  what  happened  last  night  at  Wayne  State?

Coming  into  today,  we  had  lost  three  consecutive  one-­run  games.  Just  heart  breakers  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  three  in  a  row  last  weekend.  So  the  ¿UVW JDPH RI WKH GRXEOH KHDGHU WRGD\ VXUH HQRXJK ZH ORVW E\ one  run.  Again,  it  kind  of  got  to  the  point  that  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  gotten  so  FORVH EXW ZH MXVW FRXOGQÂśW JHW RYHU WKH KXPS $QG WKHQ ÂżQDOO\ LQ the  second  game  of  the  double-­header  today  against  a  very  good  :D\QH 6WDWH WHDP :D\QH 6WDWH XVXDOO\ ÂżQLVKHV LQ WKH WRS WKUHH in  the  conference,  we  pulled  it  together  and  won  5-­4.  So  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  very  emotional  win,  a  very  exciting  win.  So  hopefully  this  will  catapult  us  into  a  rally  and  make  a  run  the  next  couple  of  weeks.  We  got  a  lot  of  great  play  out  of  some  young  freshman.

What  was  the  best  play  of  the  night?

Freshman  pitcher  Colin  Casey  threw  three  innings  of  shut  out  EDVHEDOO DQG SLFNHG XS WKH JDPH EDOO ZLWK KLV ¿UVW FROOHJLDWH ZLQ as  a  pitcher.  Without  a  doubt  that  was  the  highlight  of  the  night.  In  his  second  appearance  of  the  year,  a  freshman,  against  a  tough  Wayne  State  team,  he  came  in  in  a  relief  situation.

So  why  do  you  play  baseball?

Baseball  is  Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  past  time.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  loved  it  since  I  was  a  boy.  I  started  playing  at  age  six.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  played  it  every  spring  and  summer  since  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  15  years.  I  love  Hillsdale  College.  It  has  the  com-­ ELQDWLRQ RI WKH EHVW DFDGHPLF VFKRRO LQ 'LYLVLRQ ,, DQG WKH VSRUW WKDW , ORYH ,W ZDV D JRRG ÂżW IRU PH

The baseball team scrimmages during practice, getting valuable playing time outside. The Chargers were defeated by Wayne State yesterday, (Joe Buth/ Collegian)

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Baseball  takes  a  game  from  Wayne  State 6RSKRPRUH SLWFKHU &ROLQ *HU-­ ish  pitched  3  1/3  innings,  struck  out  two,  gave  up  no  runs,  and  allowed  only  one  hit.  Junior  right  ¿HOGHU 0LNH 9DQFKLHUL VRSKR-­ It  was  the  bottom  of  the  PRUH OHIW ÂżHOGHU $GDP /DG]LQ-­ seventh.  VNL DQG VHQLRU RXWÂżHOGHU 0DWW +LOOVGDOH &ROOHJH KDG ÂżYH Blanchard  all  scored  runs.  runs  and  Wayne  State  University  In  the  second  game,  the  Char-­ trailed  with  four.  With  two  outs,  gers  had  only  scored  one  run  by  the  Warriors  had  a  runner  on  third  the  third  inning.  base.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;In  the  fourth,  we  put  up  three  But  freshman  pitcher  Shane  runs.  [Freshman  second  baseman]  Armstrong  got  the  out  and  sealed  9LQQ\ 'HOLFDWD KDG D ELJ VLQJOH ´ WKH &KDUJHUÂśV ÂżUVW */,$& YLFWRU\ Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hearn  said. of  the  season  5-­4.  The  victory  In  the  bottom  of  the  seventh,  split  Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  doubleheader  Wayne  State  rallied  for  three  runs.  against  Wayne  State,  with  the  Armstrongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  third  out  pitched  &KDUJHUV ORVLQJ WKH ÂżUVW JDPH gave  the  Chargers  the  victory.  7KH &KDUJHUV RSHQHG WKH ÂżUVW â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  turning  point  game  with  a  3-­0  lead  but  Wayne  for  the  team,â&#x20AC;?  said  head  coach  6WDWH VFRUHG ÂżYH UXQV LQ WKH WKLUG 3DXO 1RFH Âł%XW ZHÂśYH DFWXDOO\ inning.  The  Warriors  maintained  been  playing  very  good  baseball  that  lead  through  the  rest  of  the  IRU WKH ODVW ÂżYH JDPHV HVSHFLDOO\ game,  though  senior  catcher  Chris  The  mistakes  we  make  just  kill  Stephens  batted  a  run  in  during  us.â&#x20AC;? the  fourth.  Stephens  lead  the  team  with  The  men  need  to  avoid  grow-­ two  hits  and  a  scored  run,  while  ing  complacent  with  the  runs  they  freshman  catcher  Sean  Bennett  EDW LQ VHQLRU FHQWHU ÂżHOGHU 3DW batted  in  two  runs.

Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hearn  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  swinging  the  bat  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  always  need  to  keep  our  better.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  getting  some  timely  switch  on  attack  mode  or  else  they  will  come  back  and  beat  us,â&#x20AC;?  he  See Baseball, A7 said. Â

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ÂżHG IRU QDWLRQDOV LQ WKH VKRW put,  taking  third  with  a  throw  RI PHWHUV +H ÂżQLVKHG fourth  in  discus  with  a  throw  of  PHWHUV On  the  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  side,  the  [ PHWHU UHOD\ ÂżQLVKHG fourth  overall  in  a  time  of  48.65.  The  relay  team  con-­ sisted  of  juniors  Erin  Benjamin,  .D\OD &DOGZHOO DQG %HFN\ Caywood,  as  well  as  senior  Chelsea  Wackernagel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  was  a  good,  solid  start  for  us,â&#x20AC;?  Benjamin  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  will  be  able  to  work  really  well  together.â&#x20AC;?

The  relay  had  to  change  its  line-­up  because  sophomore  Ra-­ FKHO 1\EHUJ VXIIHUHG D VHDVRQ ending  knee  injury  in  practice. Âł6KH ZLOO EH ÂżQH JRLQJ forward,  but  for  now  she  has  to  sit  out,â&#x20AC;?  Towne  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  is  a  problem  for  us  because  she  is  our  only  hurdler,  and  I  felt  bad  for  her  because  she  had  made  a  lot  of  strides  this  year.â&#x20AC;?

6RSKRPRUH 6KDQQRQ 1HE\ placed  11th  in  the  hammer  throw  and  set  a  personal  record  RI PHWHUV -XQLRU .DWK\ 'LUNVHQ ZDV DEOH WR SURYLVLRQ-­ ally  qualify  for  the  national  PHHW DQG ÂżQLVKHG HLJKWK LQ WKH hammer  throw  with  a  throw  of  50.03  meters.  The  meet  was  plagued  by  occasional  thundershowers,  FDXVLQJ GHOD\V IRU WKH ÂżHOG HYHQWV 0HQÂśV KHDG FRDFK -HII Forino  said  that  because  of  the  delays,  competition  for  the  ¿HOG HYHQWV ZHQW ODWH LQWR WKH evening.  However,  he  said  the  throwers  were  excited  to  be  throwing  under  the  lights. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Overall,  I  would  say  the  team  did  rather  well  and  that  this  was  a  decent  taste  of  what  we  should  expect  from  meets  DQG FRPSHWLWLRQ ´ 'RROH\ VDLG â&#x20AC;&#x153;Conditions  are  not  always  in  our  favor  and  you  just  have  to  push  through  it  all  with  your  best  effort.â&#x20AC;?   Â

What  was  the  best  moment  since  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  here?

Best  moment  was  freshman  year  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  we  had  a  season-­ending  VZHHS RI 7LIÂżQ 8QLYHULW\ :H ZRQ IRXU JDPHV LQ D URZ :H FDPH together  as  a  team  and  everyone  played  very  well.  It  was  very  WKULOOLQJ WR ZLQ ,WÂśV D ORW PRUH IXQ ZKHQ \RX ZLQ 'HÂżQLWHO\ WKH highlight.

What  are  you  involved  in  for  leadership,  and  what  have  you  learned  in  terms  of  leadership? ,ÂśP LQYROYHG LQ OHDGHUVKLS LQ WHUPV RI $WKOHWH ,QWHU9DUVLW\ Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  on  the  leadership  team  intervarsity.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  the  vice  president  of  SAAC  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Student  Athlete  Advisory  Committee.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  co-­captain  on  the  charger  baseball  team.

In  terms  of  leadership  here  at  Hillsdale  College,  there  are  WZR SLOODUV RU SKLORVRSKLHV WKDW , WU\ WR RSHUDWH RQ 7KH ÂżUVW LV accomplishing  the  mission,  whatever  that  may  be.  Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  having  a  consistent  vision,  which  for  Charger  baseball  is  making  it  into  WKH */,$& WRXUQDPHQW 6R KDYLQJ D FRQVLVWHQW YLVLRQ WR ZKDW WKH ultimate  goal  is.

The  second  is  taking  care  of  your  people  while  accomplish-­ ing  the  mission,  whether  that  be  a  team  mate  or  a  fellow  Athlete  ,QWHU9DULVW\ PHPEHU %DVHEDOO LV MXVW D VSRUW ,WÂśV QRW ZKR ZH are,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  what  we  do.  So  getting  to  know  your  teammates  and  KHOSLQJ WKHP WKURXJK DOO NLQGV RI FUD]\ WKLQJV WKDW KDSSHQ LQ FROOHJH 6RPH RI WKDW , OHDUQHG IURP 'U %ODFNVWRFNÂśV OHDGHUVKLS If  leadership  were  easy,  everyone  would  understand  how  to  do  it  and  politics  would  be  easy.  But  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  got  to  be  able  to  deal  with  people  and  accomplish  the  mission. ² &RPSLOHG E\ 7 (OOLRW *DLVHU

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horse  of  course,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?  Smith  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  tends  to  be  hilarious,â&#x20AC;?  said  junior  theater  major  Mark  Keller.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Improv  is  embodying  a  Whether  in  acting  or  public  speaking,  humor  character  without  the  limitations  of  a  script  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  is  both  a  way  to  engage  the  audience  and  to  you  can  more  fully  become  that  character.â&#x20AC;? lift  them  out  of  the  mundane,  according  to  the  Alternatively,  a  moderator  might  intervene  students  of  Misdirection,  Hillsdale  Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  and  require  performers  to  change  the  last  word  improvisation  club. of  their  sentence.  The  objective  is  to  keep  the  Misdirection  is  all  about  practicing  and  de-­ storyline  moving  in  unpredictable  and  humor-­ veloping  the  sense  of  humor,  said  senior  Kyle  ous  ways,  said  Lanctot.

Smith,  the  clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  president.

In  one  game,  Smith  said  the  audience  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our  improv  exclusively  focuses  on  com-­ bestows  a  superpower  on  one  performer,  who  edy,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  then  picks  a  sidekick  GETTING INTO CHARACTER â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  good  acting  from  the  audience  practice,  a  way  to  and  gives  him  or  her  blow  off  steam,  another  ability. and  a  good  way  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  gave  him  the  to  get  the  creative  superpower  of  an  HQHUJLHV Ă&#x20AC;RZLQJ LQÂżQLWH VXSSO\ RI DQ-­ between  you  and  noying  alarm  clocks  your  audience.â&#x20AC;? to  throw  at  people,â&#x20AC;?  The  club  meets  he  said. on  Saturday  nights  Regardless  of  the  or  Sunday  after-­ game  created  for  the  noons  in  the  Sage  performers,  there  is  Center  for  the  Arts  only  one  consistent  to  practice  impro-­ rule:  go  with  it. vising  humorous  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  number  sketches.  Modeled  one  rule  of  improv  off  of  the  popular  is  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;always  go  with  television  show  it,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?  said  Smith.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;He  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Line  is  it  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  say,  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  Anyway?,â&#x20AC;?  the  scenes  always  germinate  from  my  superpower.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? a  game  the  members  of  the  club  agree  on,  said  Moving  through  the  changing  circumstances  Smith. of  the  scene  smoothly  is  the  key  to  learning  â&#x20AC;&#x153;All  improv  occurs  in  the  context  of  comedy,  said  Lanctot,  who  joined  the  club  games,â&#x20AC;?  Smith  said. because  of  his  high  school  involvement  in  Junior  Chris  Lanctot,  another  member  of  stand-­up  comedy. the  club,  said  these  games  can  involve  drawing  â&#x20AC;&#x153;You  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  try  to  be  funny,  you  let  humor  random  lines  of  prose  from  a  hat  and  reading  come,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;You  just  get  into  character  and  them  off  as  part  of  a  sceneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  dialog. let  it  emerge  naturally.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  were  acting  out  driving  my  wife  to  the  Smith  said  humor  is  a  sense  that  you  either  hospital  during  childbirth,  and  the  line  I  pulled  have  or  do  not  have,  but  there  are  ways  to  out  the  hat  was  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  horse,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  horse,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  develop  the  sense  by  â&#x20AC;&#x153;identifying  surprising Â

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Steven  Colbert  were  walking  past  me  saying,  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Goodbye,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?  Stone  said.

Now,  less  than  three  years  Two  years  before  Betsy  later,   she  works  as  group  sales  Stone  was  born,  Stephen  Col-­ associate,  focusing  on  event  EHUW ZRUNHG WKH ER[ RI¿FH DW coordination  for  the  company.

Second  City. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  basically  live  at  Second  By  her  22nd  birthday,  she  City,â&#x20AC;?  she  said. was  working  that  same  box  Working  there  has  provided  RIÂżFH her  with  opportunities  to  prac-­ Betsy  Stone  â&#x20AC;&#x2122;09  started  tice  her  improvisational  skills,  working  for  Second  City,  what  explore  satire,  and  grow  as  an  the  New  York  Times  calls  actor  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;kind  of  comedian.â&#x20AC;? a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Comedy  Empire,â&#x20AC;?  a  few  After  graduating  from  Hill-­ months  after  graduating  from  sdale  with  degrees  in  theater  Hillsdale  College.  The  improv-­ and  psychology,  Stone  moved  based  sketch  comedy  company  to  New  York  to  pursue  theater.  has  produced  dozens  of  wildly  A  few  months  later,  she  moved  hilarious  alumni  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  like  Amy  back  to  Chicago  and  got  a  job  at  Poehler  and  Tina  Fey  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  who  go  Second  City. on  to  work  for  Saturday  Night  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  really  strange  story.  Live  or  have  their  own  shows.

I  went  back  to  New  York  to  do  Many  of  these  stars  started  theater,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;But  I  missed  their  comedic  careers  working  the  Midwest  mentality  I  had  ER[ RIÂżFHV RU EXVLQJ WDEOHV gotten  used  to  in  Hillsdale.â&#x20AC;?

Likewise,  Stone  began  her  Theater,  she  said,  is  amazing  career  as  a  hostess. because  of  the  incredible  op-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  was  not  a  glamorous  job,â&#x20AC;?  WLRQV DW KHU ÂżQJHUWLSV Stone  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  really  like  to  do  as  many  When  Second  City  hosted  things  as  I  can.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  love  to  con-­ events  for  its  50th  anniversary,  tinue  performing,â&#x20AC;?  Stone  said.  though,  she  caught  a  glimpse  â&#x20AC;&#x153;My  personal  goal  is  to  move  of  the  comedic  world  she  had  up  and  produce  and  direct.  entered.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  love  to  do  that  at  Second  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  was  washing  dishes  as  City.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  really  good  resume  Bonnie  Hunt,  Steve  Carrell,  and  builder.â&#x20AC;?

Junior  Maggie  Ball  said  that  Stoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  already  successful  ca-­ reer  is  an  inspiration  in  her  life  as  she  pursues  acting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Betsyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  hilarious  in  real  life.  She  is  so  excited  about  every-­ thing,â&#x20AC;?  Ball  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;She  told  me  to  sell  what  I  can  do  and  that  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;you  can  make  it  if  you  want.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  living  proof  of  that.â&#x20AC;? %DOO ÂżUVW PHW 6WRQH RQ WKH set  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cymbeline,â&#x20AC;?  a  play  the  Tower  Players  produced  Ballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  freshman  year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone  said,  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oh  my  gosh,  you  need  to  meet  Betsy  Stone,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?  Ball  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  met  her  af-­ ter  the  show  at  a  party.  I  already  really  valued  her  opinion.â&#x20AC;?

Originally,  Stone  planned  on  pursuing  a  career  as  a  psycholo-­ gist.  Conversations  with  Profes-­ sor  of  Theater  George  Angell  and  Professor  of  Philosophy  James  Stephens  convinced  her  not  waste  her  passion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  think  I  would  be  do-­ ing  anything  with  theater  or  be  as  successful  as  I  think  I  am  as  a  24-­year-­old,  even  though  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  VFDULHU ÂżHOG ´ VKH VDLG Âł,WÂśV QRW an  easy  career  no  matter  what  end  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  working.  You  know  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  be  living  on  Ramen  for  months  straight.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  terrifying.â&#x20AC;?                  snelson1@hillsdale.edu

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Senior Frances Anderson is one of five senior art majors showing collections this weekend in the Daughtrey Gallery in the Sage Center for the Arts. (Elena Salvatore/Collegian)

Junior Chris Lanctot slugs junior Kyle Smith across the jaw in a Misdirection Improv Club scene. Misderection meets Saturdays nights or Sunday afternoons and features a variety of improv games. (Joe Buth/Collegian) WUXWKV´ DQG ÂłFUHDWLQJ XQQHFHVVDU\ FRQĂ&#x20AC;LFW ´ For  him,  comedy  is  a  means  to  communicate  lasting  truths  to  the  world.  Getting  a  laugh  cre-­ ates  a  feedback  loop  between  the  speaker  and  audience  that  reinforces  the  message,  he  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mark  Twain,  Ronald  Reagan,  and  Winston  Churchill  all  agreed  that  humor  is  the  best  way  to  leave  your  mark  on  the  audience  and  the  world,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.

Lanctot  said  humor  was  a  way  to  make Â

peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  lives  better  for  a  few  hours. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  got  to  lift  people  out  of  their  mun-­ dane  life,  at  least  for  an  hour  or  two,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.

Smith  said  he  hoped  more  students  would  join  the  group,  and  encouraged  any  kind  of  involvement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Come  and  watch.  Or  just  come  and  heckle  us,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.                                     tgaiser@hillsdale.edu

Pranking:  timeless  and  troublesome Teddy Sawyer Collegian Reporter

expecting  retaliation!â&#x20AC;?  senior  Laura  Wegmann  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some-­ times  people  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  understand  Personal  belongings  strewn  this  rule,  and  when  someone  out  on  the  quad  in  a  yard  sale,  gets  them  back  with  a  bigger,  doors  and  curtains  removed  badder  prank,  they  get  a  little  from  a  dorm  room,  someone  pouty.â&#x20AC;? running  screaming  through  an-­ According  to  Holt,  there  other  dorm  half  dressed,  or  hid-­ are  a  variety  of  types  of  people  ing  someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  car  by  covering  when  it  comes  to  pranking.  it  in  snow  exactly  where  he  left  The  key  is  to  prank  people  it.  These  are  but  a  few  pranks  who  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  take  it  like  a  beaten  pulled  by  Sophomore  Garret  puppy  but  at  the  same  time,  Holt  since  attending  Hillsdale  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  take  it  personally  when  College. someone  pranks  them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pranking  is  an  essential  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  tricky  because  there  is  a  part  of  the  dorm  life  because  ¿QH OLQH EHWZHHQ SUDQNLQJ DQG it  makes  people  very  on  guard  YDQGDOLVP DQG LW QHHGV WR ÂżQG and  very  spontaneous,â&#x20AC;?  Holt  a  middle  ground  with  the  psy-­ said. chotic  and  the  passive  puppy  In  any  environment  where  personality,â&#x20AC;?  he  said. a  large  groups  of  people  live  Even  so,  some  pranksters  in  close  proximity  there  is  ¿QG LW QHFHVVDU\ WR GUDZ D OLQH expected  to  be  some  measure  even  within  the  accepted  realm  of  mischief.  Pranking  seems  of  pranking. to  allow  a  certain  amount  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  pranking  and  then  mischief  to  be  expressed  while  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  straight  shenanigans,â&#x20AC;?  remaining  in  the  bounds  of  both  Holt  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;From  library  the  law  and  healthy  fun. pranks,  like  sneaking  books  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rule  number  one  is  by  into  backpacks  when  you  leave  initiating  pranking  you  are  the  library,  spying  on  someone, Â

etcetera.  Usually  [shenanigans]  are  less  directed  at  one  person  or  group  and   more  for  the  ex-­ ceeding  joy  to  a  group.  Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  no  malice.â&#x20AC;?

Many  people  just  dabble  in  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;shenaniganâ&#x20AC;?  category  of  pranking,  others  spend  ample  time  crafting  the  perfect  prank. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  prank  a  lot,  it  takes  a  lot  out  of  me.  It  takes  a  lot  of  time,  last  time  I  did  it  took  me  a  couple  of  months,â&#x20AC;?  sopho-­ more  Katie  Malm  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;  I  like  it  to  be  something  a  little  more  interesting  and  a  little  more  tasteful.â&#x20AC;?

The  key  to  a  good  prank  is  planning  and  knowing  your  target,  Malm  said,  and  avoid  vandalism  and  breaking  laws. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  talk  to  a  lot  of  people  and  get  a  lot  of  advice  before  I  do  anything,  and  I  wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  put  it  past  me  to  get  family  involved!â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;All  I  can  say  [about  my  last  prank]  is  that  it  ended  up  with  four  cop  cars,  but  nothing  illegal!â&#x20AC;?         tsawyer1@hillsdale.edu

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29  March  2012    B2

Celtic  throwdown  Saturday  night Â

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JACK BUTLER

Phil Morgan Senior Reporter

In  praise  of  the  weather I  despise  â&#x20AC;&#x153;small  talk.â&#x20AC;?

As  a  general  rule,  I  strive  desperately  to  avoid  those  awk-­ ward,  one-­dimensional  conversations  that  spring  up  unwanted  as  I  walk  around  campus,  wait  for  a  class  to  start  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;anywhere.  Does  the  person  I  barely  know  anticipate  a  heartfelt,  honest  reply  when  he  or  she  asks  me  â&#x20AC;&#x153;how  are  you  today?â&#x20AC;?  Does  the  person  I  know  quite  well  expect  anything  better  than  time-­ passing  drivel  as  we  walk  for  just  a  few  minutes  to  a  build-­ ing  in  which  we  have  the  same  class,  or,  more  frequently,  to  separate  buildings?  I  just  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  get  it.

That  being  said,  there  is  one  subject  of  small  talk  I  will-­ ingly  tolerate  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  the  weather.

Far  too  many  have  rained  on  weatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  parade,  and  now  nearly  everyone  considers  it  the  most  tedious,  vacuous,  and  inconsequential  of  all  conversational  topics.  But  by  reminding  people  how  important  the  weather  is,  I  hope  to  bring  sunny  days  back  into  a  positive  light. :HDWKHU XQLÂżHV DOO PDQNLQG 0DQ YLHZV YHU\ IHZ RI his  experiences  in  such  similar,  relatable  terms.  Though  the  weather  entails  different  conditions  in  various  regions  and  places,  people  everywhere  know  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;heat,â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x153;cold,â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x153;clouds,â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x153;precipitation,â&#x20AC;?  etc.  The  weather  measures  out  to  us  both  gift  and  curse,  bestowing  upon  all  of  us  a  universal  experience  that  transcends  politics  and  culture.  With  the  weather  as  an  incipient  conversational  bond,  even  strangers  can  discover  commonality.

Weather  also  serves  as  a  tool  of  comparison  and  con-­ trast.  By  what  other  standard  besides  the  weather  could  man  weigh  the  conditions  of  one  day  against  its  predecessors  or  successors?  By  Jove,  entire  weeks,  months,  seasons,  years,  decadesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;even  centuries!â&#x20AC;&#x201D;it  lays  side  by  side,  showing  man  in  terms  of  the  history  of  nature  herself,  from  Ice  Ages  and  0HGLHYDO :DUPLQJ SHULRGV WR KDUYHVW VHDVRQV DQG PRQVRRQV Finally,  weather  is  a  profound  humbling  force.  For  despite  the  assurances  of  so-­called  â&#x20AC;&#x153;weathermen,â&#x20AC;?  the  weather  acts  however  it  pleases;Íž  whether  through  a  pleasant  breeze  which  plays  upon  the  cheek,  or  a  violent  gust  that  rips  homes  from  their  very  foundations.  It  is  the  organic  manifestation  of  the  servant  who  followed  Roman  generals,  whispering  into  ears  those  words  which  too  often  men  forget:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;You  are  mortal.â&#x20AC;?  What  other  force  humbles  man  so?

For  these  reasons,  and  others  as  numerous  as  the  rain-­ GURSV LQ D WKXQGHUVWRUP RU WKH VQRZĂ&#x20AC;DNHV LQ D EOL]]DUG WKH weather  deserves  a  better  reputation.  What  other  entity  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  God  excepted  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  can  so  unite,  assess,  and  humble  the  human  race?  None,  I  submit;Íž  rains  are  reins  which  reign  over  us  all.  So,  by  all  means,  let  us  talk  about  the  weather.  Even  I  shall  speak  of  it  gladly  as  I  meander  around  campus,  but  may  Jupiterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  light-­ ning  strike  down  anyone  who  asks  me  about  my  day. Â

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Hunger Gamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; meets expectations Emmaline Epperson Collegian Reporter

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as  the  nature  of  government,  the  relationship  between  the  have  and  have-­nots,  the  beauty  of  humanity,  and  the  struggle  Do  not  read  Suzanne  Col-­ RI D JLUOÂśV ÂżJKW WR VXUYLYH linâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Hunger  Gamesâ&#x20AC;?  0DQ\ FRPSODLQ DERXW WKH looking  for  deep  literary  violence  depicted  in  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  analysis.  Instead  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Hunger  Hunger  Games.â&#x20AC;?  It  is,  after  all,  Gamesâ&#x20AC;?  provides  its  readers  the  story  of  a  competition  in  with  a  thrilling,  entertaining,  which  the  victor  is  the  last  of  and  thought-­provoking  plot.

23  competitors  alive. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Hunger  Gamesâ&#x20AC;?  is  set  0DQ\ DOVR ZRUU\ DERXW in  a  dystopian  society  called  the  psychological  effects  on  Panem  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  an  America  di-­ younger  viewers  who  view  vided  into  12  districts.  74  years  the  violence  of  the  movie.  The  earlier,  all  12  districts  rose  up  directors,  however,  took  two  against  the  Capitol,  which  is  precautions  to  downplay  the  the  ruling  district.  The  Capitol  EORRGVKHG GHSLFWHG LQ WKH ÂżOP quelled  the  rebellion  and  has  7KH ÂżUVW ZDV WKH XVH RI TXLFN since  forced  each  district  to  shots  and  blurred  vision  during  send  two  tributes,  all  between  the  killing  scenes.  The  actions  the  ages  of  12  and  18,  to  battle  of  Katniss  serve  as  the  second  to  the  death  leaving  one  victor. precaution  against  the  exalta-­ 7KH ÂżUVW ERRN RI WKH WULORJ\ tion  of  violence.  follows  the  struggle  of  Katniss  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  was  Katnissâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  humanity  Everdeen,  the  heroine  and  that  people  gravitated  to,â&#x20AC;?  di-­ tribute  from  district  12.  Katniss  rector  Gary  Ross  told  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paradeâ&#x20AC;?.  is  not  immediately  likable  with  ³7KLV LV D JLUO ZKR ÂżJKWV IRU her  tough  exterior  and  snarky  VXUYLYDO DQG ÂżQGV VRPHWKLQJ personality,  but  is  a  beacon  of  she  is  willing  to  give  her  life  humanity  when  she  is  sup-­ for.â&#x20AC;?  posed  to  act  like  an  animal.  The  Katnissâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  love  and  compas-­ audience  falls  in  love  with  her  sion  directly  contrasts  the  and  hopes  desperately  for  her  Romanesque  government  of  survival.

Panem,  which  seeks  entertain-­ /LRQJDWHÂśV ÂżOP DGDSWDWLRQ ment  through  violence.  She  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Hunger  Gamesâ&#x20AC;?  met  only  kills  defensively  in  the  the  expectations  of  those  who  Games,  proving  to  the  Capitol  read  the  book.  The  plot  line  fol-­ that  she  will  not  succumb  to  lows  the  book  and  accurately  their  animalistic  and  sadistic  displays  the  characters  and  the  culture.  Her  character  shows  different  locations  described  by  the  audience  the  perversity  of  &ROOLQV 7KH ÂżOP GRHV QRW WDNH the  Games  and  the  appalling  away  from  the  novel  but  in-­ nature  of  killing  oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  peers,  stead  creates  the  images  many  effectively  condemning  the  readers  held  in  their  minds. violence  depicted  in  the  movie.

For  those  who  did  not  read  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Hunger  Gamesâ&#x20AC;?  will  the  book,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Hunger  Gamesâ&#x20AC;?  become  part  of  this  genera-­ LV VWLOO D ÂľPXVW VHH Âś 7KH ÂżOP LV tionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  movie  culture.  Its  action,  easily  understood,  even  if  you  JORULÂżFDWLRQ RI WKH LQGLYLGXDO havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  read  the  books.  The  against  government,  and  excel-­ IDVW SDFHG QDWXUH RI WKH ÂżOP lent  actors  make  it  appealing  to  leaves  viewers  on  the  edge  of  todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  youth.     the  their  seats  and  revolves        around  universal  themes  such       eepperson@hillsdale.edu

If  clapping  and  stomping  to  Celtic  music  is  your  idea  of  a  good  time,  then  do  not  miss  the  Hilltop  Highland  Danc-­ ers  as  they  perform  their  fancy  footwork  to  the  music  of  Scot-­ tish  pipe  and  drums  weekend,  along  with  performances  by  the  Ceilidh  band.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  one  of  the  big-­ gest,  most  energetic  concerts  of  the  year.  Best  of  all,  the  event  is  free  although  it  has  been  known  to  sell  out.  The  Scottish  Pipe  and  Drum  Spring  Concert,  formerly  known  as  Tulloch  Ard,  begins  Saturday  at  8  p.m.  If  an  hour  and  a  half  of  Celtic  music  and  revelry  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  enough  for  you,  the  show  will  be  followed  with  more  music  and  refreshments  open  to  everyone.  Some  might  call  it  an  afterglow,  but  in  this  case  the  dancers  call  it  a  Ceilidh,  a  Scottish  party,  senior  Catherine  Clayton  said.  In  the  past  years  the  bagpip-­ ers,  drummers,  and  dancers  per-­ formed  together  for  two  nights,  but  this  year,  due  to  scheduling  complications,  the  troupe  has  pared  it  down  to  one  night.  It  is  sure  to  be  an  action-­packed Â

event.

The  Hilltop  Highland  Dance  will  perform  seven  dances,  while  the  pipe  and  drum  core  and  the  Ceilidh  band  will  perform  several  sets  of  music  as  well.  On  a  number  of  sets,  the  musicians  will  receive  a  help  from  a  pro-­ fessional  celtic  group  based  out  RI *UDQG 5DSLGV 0LFK The  dances  will  include  a  mix  of  what  Clayton  calls  traditional  and  national  dances,  and  the  audience  can  expect  every  dance  to  be  different.  The  national  dances  are  meant  for  women  dancers  who  wear  dresses,  not  kilts,  and  include  more  graceful  movements. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  sword  dance  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;is  usually  done  by  men  before  going  into  battle,â&#x20AC;?  Clayton  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;You  do  on  in  your  shield.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  extremely  athletic.â&#x20AC;?

A  fair  trade  off,  considering  WKLV LV WKH ¿UVW \HDU WKH FRQFHUW will  feature  male  dancers.  Three  of  the  11  new  dancers  in  the  troupe  are  male.

Junior  Danielle  Davis  will  be  one  of  the  dancers  perform-­ LQJ IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH WKLV \HDU Davis  and  the  other  members  of  the  troupe  have  practiced  twice  a  week  for  at  least  an  hour  and Â

The Hilltop Highland Dancers perform March 31 along with the Scottish pipe and drum core and the Ceilidh band. (Chuck Grimmett/Collegian) half  since  the  beginning  of  the  year,  and  said  the  practices,  lead  by  instructor  Alison  Plemons,  are  exhausting.  Clayton  also  said  Plemons  drives  two  hours  to  come  teach  the  class  and  is  a  world-­class  instructor.

The  Hilltop  Highland  Danc-­ ers  and  musicians  will  entertain  the  most  casual  observers,  those  hoping  to  learn  about  Celtic  cul-­

ture,  and  anyone  who  just  wants  to  blow  off  steam  by  stomping  their  knees  and  clapping  their  hands. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  never  seen  High-­ land  Dance  before,  its  really  incredible,â&#x20AC;?  Clayton  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  unique.â&#x20AC;?          pmorgan@hillsdale.edu

From  fashion  to  painting:  seniors  exhibit  art Sharon Barrett Collegian Freelancer This  Sunday,  April  1,  the  Hillsdale  College  Art  Depart-­ ment  will  showcase  the  work  of  ¿YH VHQLRU DUW PDMRUV 0D[LQH 'œ$PLFR 0RULDK 0RUJDQ Frances  Anderson,  Emma  Curtis,  DQG 0HJDQ 0F1HLO 7KH VKRZ opening  in  the  Daughtrey  Gal-­ lery,  includes  a  reception  from  2  to  4  p.m.

Each  student  will  exhibit  12  to  15  pieces  in  a  variety  of  me-­ dia,  including  oils,  watercolor,  drawing,  sculpture,  and  textiles.

6HQLRU 0D[LQH 'œ$PLFR ZLOO exhibit  dresses  she  has  made,  as  well  as  fashion  illustrations.

Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Amico  said  her  inspira-­ tion  for  clothing  design  comes  from  traveling  to  Europe  with  her  mother  and  sister,  Juliana  Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Amico  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;09. Âł0\ PRP DQG , ERWK ORYHG Chanel,â&#x20AC;?  Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Amico  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  love  RXWÂżWV ZLWK DQ HOHJDQW FODVVLF line,  like  Kate  Spade.â&#x20AC;?

Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Amico  said  she  has  two  favorite  pieces:  a  sculpture  titled  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nike  of  Samothraceâ&#x20AC;?  and  a  black  dress  modeled  on  a  draw-­ ing  she  saw  while  visiting  New  York  City.

6HQLRU 0RULDK 0RUJDQ ZLOO exhibit  several  paintings  includ-­ ing  portraits,  still  life,  land-­ scapes,  and  pictures  of  birds. Âł0\ ORYH RI ELUGV DQG DUW tends  to  meet  after  a  while,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.

0RUJDQ VDLG UHDOLVP IRUPV D large  part  of  her  inspiration. ³*RG LV WKH ¿UVW DUWLVW DQG ZH

should  try  to  imitate  that,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  should  try  to  capture  the  essence  of  something  that  already  exists.â&#x20AC;?

0RUJDQ VDLG UHDOLVP LV SRV-­ sible  in  any  medium,  including  oils,  watercolors,  egg  tempera,  and  pen  and  ink,  but  painting  is  her  favorite.

said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nature  is  a  huge  inspira-­ tion,  especially  being  from  the  3DFLÂżF 1RUWKZHVW ´ Curtis  said  she  also  draws  inspiration  from  her  father,  who  turned  his  hobby,  photography,  into  a  business  and  taught  Cur-­ tisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  art  classes  while  she  was  being  homeschooled.

Senior Megan McNeil is showing her collection this weekend including this painting, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saturday Mornings with Logan.â&#x20AC;? It is her favorite painting and depicts the skyline from her home. (Elena Salvatore/Collegian) Senior  Emma  Curtis  will  ex-­ hibit  oil  paintings  and  watercol-­ ors,  and  is  considering  exhibiting  fabric  squares  she  created  in  a  textile  design  class  on  patterns  this  semester.

Curtis  said  her  favorite  piece  is  a  painting  of  a  bridge  near  Whidby  Island  in  Puget  Sound,  Wash.,  titled  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deception  Path.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  from  the  Seattle  area,  and  I  love  the  scenery,â&#x20AC;?  Curtis Â

Senior  Frances  Anderson  will  exhibit  oil  paintings  and  photographs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  really  enjoy  how  oil  paint-­ ing  is  a  slow  process  of  build-­ ing,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;You  can  start  a  piece,  come  back  to  it,  and  make  changes.â&#x20AC;?

Anderson  said  she  has  also  found  a  love  for  photography,  which  is  a  complete  change  of  perspective  from  the  step-­by-­

step  process  of  oil  painting.  She  said  she  especially  loves  doing  landscapes  in  photography  and  oil  paints.

Anderson  said  her  favorite  piece  showing  this  week  is  a  still  life  titled  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harvest  Table.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Professor  [Sam]  Knecht  brought  in  a  huge  assortment  of  vegetables,  fruits,  squashes,  and  corn.  I  chose  the  big  green  squash  and  purple  corn.  I  loved  the  vibrant  colors  of  the  natural  fruits  and  vegetables.â&#x20AC;?

6HQLRU 0HJDQ 0F1LHO ZLOO exhibit  oil,  watercolor,  and  acrylic  paintings  as  well  as  mixed  media.  She  began  work-­ ing  with  acrylics  when  painting  wall  murals  at  her  familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  home  in  Washington.

0F1LHO VDLG VKH GUDZV LQ-­ spiration  from  other  people  and  from  Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  work  in  nature. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  always  something  new,  and  His  color  choices  are  UHDOO\ IDQWDVWLF ´ 0F1LHO VDLG 0F1LHO VDLG KHU IDYRULWH SLHFH LV Âł6DWXUGD\ 0RUQLQJV with  Logan,â&#x20AC;?  an  acrylic  painting  in  a  simple  style  that  depicts  the  sky  and  tree  line  near  her  home.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  love  it  because  it  reminds  me  of  home.  When  you  step  on  our  back  porch  you  can  see  where  I  painted  it.â&#x20AC;?

She  enjoys  working  in  every  medium. Âł0\ FKRLFH RI PHGLXP LV â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;love,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;  because  if  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  not  displaying  love  throughout  your  work  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  working  in  vain,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.      sbarrett@hillsdale.edu

Pongracicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s band releases new album

Hannah Brinks Collegian Freelancer

blend  of  sound.  This  blend  of  &DOLIRUQLD DQG H[RWLF LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQFH LV typical  of  the  surf  music  genre. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  serious  underground  Professor  of  Economics  Ivan  scene,â&#x20AC;?  Pongracic  said.

Pongracic  and  his  band,  the  Surf  music  has  been  growing  0DGHLUD WUDQVSRUW WKH OLVWHQHU in  popularity  since  its  inception  around  the  world  with  their  in  the  early  1960s  by  instrumen-­ blend  of  1960s  surf  music  and  talist  Dick  Dale.  Pongracic  calls  H[RWLF 0HGLWHUUDQHDQ LQĂ&#x20AC;X-­ 'DOH RQH RI KLV PDMRU LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQFHV ences. when  writing  his  own  surf  mu-­ 3RQJUDFLF DQG WKH 0DGHLUDÂśV sic.  It  began  as  strictly  instru-­ new  CD,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tribal  Fires,â&#x20AC;?  came  mental,  but  the  Beach  Boys  RXW RQ 0DUFK DOPRVW WKUHH DQG introduced  vocals. a  half  years  since  their  last  al-­ Surf  music  is  a  unique  style  bum.  Pongracic  plays  lead  guitar  of  music  with  a  unique,  but  as  well  as  co-­writing  the  songs  expanding,  audience.  Freshman  with  his  rhythm  guitarist,  Patrick  Jessica  Rohr  was  recently  intro-­ Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor.  The  album  also  fea-­ duced  to  the  surf  music  genre  tures  the  song  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gravity,â&#x20AC;?  which  through  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tribal  Fires.â&#x20AC;? is  a  cover  of  one  of  Pongracicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  like  that  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Tribal  Firesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  has  favorite  bands,  the  Atlantics.  He  a  strong  rock  feel  to  it,  even  calls  them,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;incredibly  innova-­ though  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  surf  musicâ&#x20AC;Śand  yet,  tive,  very  energetic,  extremely  most  of  the  songs  have  an  eerie  good  songwriters,  [and]  incred-­ XQGHUWRQH WKDW ÂżWV ZLWK WKH WULEDO ible  musicians.â&#x20AC;? theme,â&#x20AC;?  Rohr  said.

The  album  also  required  the  After  the  Beach  Boys,  surf  help  of  a  guest  percussionist  who  music  disappeared  until  the  was  brought  in  to  help  Pongracic  1980s  but  then  was  revived  and  DQG WKH 0DGHLUD DFKLHYH WKHLU continues  to  be  a  passion  of  0HGLWHUUDQHDQ DQG &DOLIRUQLDQ

people  worldwide. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  is  kept  alive  by  people  that  passionately  love  it,  and  even  if  there  is  no  money  in  it,  no  glory  in  it,  and  often  times  no  audience  people  continue  at  it,â&#x20AC;?  Pongracic  said.

Pongracic  is  not  only  the  lead  guitarist  and  co-­writer  of  WKH 0DGHLUDÂśV PXVLF EXW KH KDV been  one  of  the  people  keeping  surf  music  alive  for  16  years  by  attending  festivals,  keeping  up  with  new  surf  artists,  and  play-­ LQJ ZLWK KLV EDQG WKH 0DGHLUD for  eight  years.  Although  he  can  only  get  together  to  practice  with  his  fellow  band  members  RQH ZHHNHQG D PRQWK KH ÂżQGV plenty  of  time  to  practice  on  his  own. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  just  love  playing  guitar,  ev-­ ery  time  I  watch  TV,  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  be  play-­ ing.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  not  practicing  anything  in  particular,  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  just  playing,â&#x20AC;?  Pongracic  said.

Pongracic  has  recently  taken  a  more  active  role  in  raising  awareness  for  the  genre  of  surf  music.  He  has  produced  a Â

modern  surf  compilation  entitled  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brave  New  Surf.â&#x20AC;?  He  calls  this  compilation,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  very  nice  introduction  to  anybody  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  LQWHUHVWHG LQ ÂżQGLQJ RXW PRUH about  the  genre.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brave  New  Surfâ&#x20AC;?  is  a  mix  of  20  different  surf  bands  perform-­ ing  20  different  surf  songs  from  around  the  world.  Although  Pongracic  received  feedback  from  the  label,  most  of  the  work  in  compiling  the  songs  and  artists  was  his  own.  Pongracic  is  dedicated  to  keeping  up  with  the  latest  surf  bands  and  music,  as  well  as  keeping  it  alive  and  thriving. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There  is  no  money  in  this  stuff;Íž  it  has  a  fairly  limited  ap-­ SHDO 0RVW SHRSOH ZLOO OLVWHQ WR music  without  vocals  and  say  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;no  thanksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;Śand  yet,  it  contin-­ ues  to  draw  these  remarkable  musicians,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;There  is  something  about  this  music  that,  when  it  connects  with  you,  it  does  not  let  go.â&#x20AC;?          hbrinks@hillsdale.edu

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ven  after  55  plus  years  in  Hillsdale,  Mich.,  Mitzi  McArthur  Dim-­ mers  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;59  wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  want  to  be  anywhere  else.

Originally  from  Fostoria,  Ohio,  Mitzi  Dimmers  attended  Hillsdale  College  and,  a  few  years  after  graduation,  returned  to  Hillsdale  where  she  has  lived  ever  since. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  love  this  town,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;And  the  college  is  such  a  plus  for  us  because  we  take  part  in  a  lot  of  things  on  campus  like  the  music,  the  lectures,  and  even  the  classes.  We  feel  a  very  close  connection  to  the  college.â&#x20AC;?

Mitzi  Dimmers,  who  majored  in  early  childhood  education  and  was  a  member  of  Kappa  Kappa  Gamma,  said  the  college  had  much  stricter  rules  when  she  was  a  student.  The  freshmen  had  to  be  in  their  dorms  by  9  p.m.  on  a  school  night. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If  you  made  grades  after  the  ¿UVW VHPHVWHU WKHQ WKH VHFRQG semester  you  could  be  out  until  10  p.m.,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;You  had  to  sign  in  and  sign  out  so  they  knew  where  you  were.â&#x20AC;?

Mitzi  Dimmers  lived  on  the  IRXUWK Ă&#x20AC;RRU RI 0DXFN +DOO GXU-­ ing  her  freshman  year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  called  it  the  Penthouse,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;There  were  four  girls Â

in  my  room  and  three  girls  in  the  other  rooms.  The  college  FORVHG WKDW Ă&#x20AC;RRU VRRQ DIWHU ZH were  there  because  of  safety  reasons.  We  had  to  go  up  four  Ă&#x20AC;RRUV WR JHW WR RXU URRP :H were  on  top  of  the  world.â&#x20AC;?

After  her  freshman  year,  Mitzi  Dimmers  lived  in  the  Kappa  Kappa  Gamma  house.

Because  her  father  was  unwilling  to  send  her  to  school,  Mitzi  Dimmers  had  to  work  hard  in  order  to  afford  her  edu-­ cation.  She  received  a  scholar-­ ship  that  paid  for  half  of  her  tuition  and  room  and  board,  and  she  worked  on  campus  to  cover  the  rest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All  four  years  I  worked  at  the  [Mary  Randall]  preschool,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  would  come  in  after  hours  and  clean  up  the  school  and  prepare  the  paints  and  sup-­ plies  so  that  it  would  be  ready  for  the  next  day.â&#x20AC;?

The  preschool  was  in  the  basement  of  Mauck  Hall,  and  the  playground  was  in  the  yard  next  to  Mauck  Hall,  where  the  current  preschool  is  now.

Kappa  Kappa  Gamma  was  a  large  part  of  Mitzi  Dimmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  four  years  at  Hillsdale.  She  pledged  in  the  fall  of  1955  and  was  initiated  in  the  next  spring. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  did  not  have  delayed  rush  then,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  rushed  ZLWKLQ WKH ÂżUVW PRQWK RI EHLQJ on  campus.â&#x20AC;?

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Membership  Chair-­ man  and  was  highly  involved  in  her  chapter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Of  course,  your  friends  on  campus  were  Kappas,  and  you  became  close  to  those  girls,  work-­ ing  and  living  in  the  house,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;That  was  my  home.â&#x20AC;?

After  graduating  and  spending  a  few  years  away  from  Hillsdale  with  her  new  husband  Alan  Dimmers,  Mitzi  Dimmers  was  again  an  active  member  Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority in 1958. Mitzi McArthur Dimmers is pictured in the third row, of  her  chapter,  but  this  time  as  an  second from the far left. (Courtesy of the Winona) alumna.  She  served  she  had  told  him  about  me,â&#x20AC;?  she  As  for  her  alma  mater,  while  In  the  course  of  her  many  as  treasurer  of  the  chapter  for  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  on  campus,  but  at  the  campus  certainly  looks  dif-­ years  in  Hillsdale,  she  has  over  25  years. enjoyed  watching  the  campus  Her  husband,  Alan  Dimmers,  that  time  he  was  in  Wayne  State  ferent,  Mitzi  Dimmers  said  the  law  school  near  Merrill  Palmer.  atmosphere  is  very  similar. change  and  grow. was  a  resident  of  Hillsdale  all  One  night  he  needed  a  date,  so  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  closeness  just  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  looks  different  of  course,â&#x20AC;?  of  his  life,  but  left  the  town  to  he  just  called  me  and  I  went.â&#x20AC;? because  of  the  number  of  stu-­ she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  new  buildings  are  go  to  college  at  Ohio  Wesleyan  A  year  later  in  1960  they  dents,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  a  huge  beautiful,  and  make  the  campus  University  in  Delaware,  Ohio.  were  married.  A  few  years  campus,  and  I  think  the  associa-­ just  lovely.â&#x20AC;?

Mitzi  Dimmers  spent  the  later  they  returned  to  Hillsdale,  tion  with  the  professors  is  very  Yet  despite  the  different  aes-­ ÂżUVW VHPHVWHU RI KHU VHQLRU where  they  have  lived  ever  similar.â&#x20AC;? thetics  of  campus,  one  thing  has  year  at  Merrill  Palmer  School  since.  Alan  Dimmers  worked  Mitzi  Dimmers  said  the  not  changed. in  Detroit,  concentrating  on  with  his  father  as  a  lawyer  at  the  academic  standards  are  more  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  true  meaning  of  Hills-­ psychology  and  child  develop-­ family  practice.  A lan  Dimmers  GLIÂżFXOW QRZ WKDQ ZKHQ VKH ZDV dale  College  hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  changed,â&#x20AC;?  ment.  It  was  that  semester  that  and  Mitzi  Dimmers  raised  three  in  school. she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  love  it.â&#x20AC;?

Mitzi  Dimmers  met  her  future  children. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In  fact,  I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  know  if  I  husband. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  have  enjoyed  living  here,â&#x20AC;?  could  do  it,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  sodell@hillsdale.edu â&#x20AC;&#x153;At  the  time,  he  was  dating  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  great  place  to  more  is  expected  out  of  the  my  little  sister  in  Kappa  and  raise  a  family.â&#x20AC;? students.â&#x20AC;?

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and  frown!  I  am  not  excited  about  leaving  this  place,â&#x20AC;?  senior  Maria  Lams  said.

As  May  12  approaches,  both  students  and  administration  begin  to  contemplate  he  littlest  things  can  make  the  mo-­ the  changes  taking  place.  For  the  23  time,  ment:  the  perfect  song,   a  trinket  Wiseley  anticipates  the  upcoming  event,  from  someone  special,  the  clothes  and  works  to  schedule  the  event  in  her  that  mark  a  special  occasion.  Therein  lies  capacity  as  commencement  coordinator. the  excitement  of  the  2012  graduating  class  She  said  in  order  to  make  the  com-­ as  they  receive  their  caps  and  gowns,  and  mencement  ceremony  successful  you  have  the  day  draws  near  when  they  will  enter  to  plan  for  everything. the  post-­graduate  world. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  seen  a  lot,â&#x20AC;?  she  said,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  due  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone  takes  it  pretty  seriously,â&#x20AC;?  to  have  a  ceremony  outside.  Everything  is  Joanna  Wiseley,  director  of  Career  Services  better  outside!â&#x20AC;? said,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;they  understand  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  an  important  Past  years  have  been  moved  and  time  for  the  seniors  rescheduled  inside  and  their  families.â&#x20AC;? because  of  anything  Picking  up  a  cap  from   weather  prob-­ and  a  gown  seems  lems  to  speaker  pref-­ like  a  fairly  mun-­ erences,  and  even  one  dane  affair,  but  it  is  year  due  to  a  freak  DV VLJQLÂżFDQW DV WKH gypsy  moth  problem,  LFLQJ RQ D FDNH D ÂżQDO when  clouds  of  moths  touch  that  shows  that  kept  falling  out  of  the  the  long-­anticipated  trees  onto  the  seats  of  GDWH LV ÂżQDOO\ GUDZLQJ the  would-­be  audi-­ near. ence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  surreal.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  The  registrarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  weird.  I  think  it  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  RIÂżFH LV DOVR D Ă&#x20AC;XUU\ hit  me  until  I  got  back  of  activity  as  the  de-­ from  spring  break  and  grees  are  worked  out,  realized,  oh  my  gosh,  caps  and  gowns  are  we  have  six  weeks  distributed,  and  the  left,â&#x20AC;?  senior  Dina  senior  class  votes  for  Farhat  said. their  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;professor  of  the  (Bonnie Cofer/Collegian) Over  the  course  of  year.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; the  next  two  months  The  four  the  seniorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  lives  change  from  students  to  professors  nominated  to  the  title  this  year  postgraduate  students  or  working  adults.  are  Peter  Blum,  professor  of  philosophy  Starting  with  Convocation  on  April  12,  and  and  culture,  Allan  Carlson,  visiting  profes-­ culminating  in  graduation  on  May  12. sor  of  history  and  politics,  Donald  Turner,  Responses  vary,  including  stress,  des-­ professor  of  philosophy,  and  Gavin  Weaire,  peration  and  overwhelming  excitement. associate  professor  of  classical  studies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  ready  to  work  for  a  salary  instead  The  preparations  and  activity  are  too  of  grades,  and  I  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  wait  for  the  real  marked  to  ignore;Íž  graduation  is  coming  up  world,â&#x20AC;?  senior  Laura  Wegmann  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;My  quickly  on  the  horizon. post  graduate  plans  include  sleeping  .  .  .  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  been  a  lot  harder  than  I  expected  and  who  knew  that  I  was  employable!â&#x20AC;? it  to  be,  and  I  think  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  only  going  to  get  Other  students  respond  less  favorably,  worse,  but  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  more  blessed  than  expressing  regret  at  leaving  behind  a  col-­ anything  to  be  here,â&#x20AC;?  Farhat  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  have  lege  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  called  home  for  the  last  four  QR FRPSODLQWV EXW LWÂśV GHÂżQLWHO\ ZHLUG ´ years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  should  call  it  getting  your  cap  tsawyer@hillsdale.edu

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Junior  Rose  Okeyoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  fundraising  project  allows  her  to  send  books  to  a  secondary  school  in  Kenya Emily Johnston Senior Reporter

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n  the  Rarieda  District  of  Kenya,  Af-­ rica,  there  is  a  school  called  Wangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;arot  Secondary  School.  When  students  at  this  school  read  their  textbooks,  they  think  of  Hills-­ dale  College.

Juniors  Rose  Okeyo  and  Samantha  Gilman  purchased  226  textbooks  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  about  10  books  per  subject,  per  grade  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  for  Wangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;arot  school.  This  RUGHU RQO\ ÂżOOHG KDOI WKH QHHG 2NH\R VDLG In  addition,  the  girls  sent  $1,100  to  spon-­ sor  two  Kenyan  children  for  last  fall  semester.  The  two  boys  were  Kennedy  Odhiambo  Ogallo  and  Novine  Odiwuor  Otonde.  Ogallo  is  a  third  year  student  at  Wangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;arot  Secondary  School,  while  Otonde  is  a  second  year  student  at  Siger  Secondary  School.

Okeyo  said  she  felt  particularly  directed  to  help  these  two  boys  because  of  hardships  in  their  family  life.  Ogallo  is  an  orphan,  Otondeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  mom  a  widow. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  have  talked  to  them,â&#x20AC;?  Okeyo  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  seen  them  grow  up.â&#x20AC;?

Despite  growing  up  in  these  broken  situ-­ ations,  both  boys  hold  high  academic  goals.  Ogallo  wants  to  be  a  computer  engineer;Íž  Otonde  wants  to  be  a  lawyer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  doing  really  well  in  school,â&#x20AC;?  Okeyo  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Ogallo]  is  always  the  top  of  his  class,  DQG >2WRQGH@ LV LQ WKH WRS ÂżIWK SHUFHQW ´ Wangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;arot  Secondary  School  was  built  in  2008.  Okeyo  visited  Wangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;arot  in  January  and  said  she  saw  marked  progress. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  still  young,â&#x20AC;?  Okeyo  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;More  stu-­ dents  enroll  in  the  school  now  because  parents  DUH PRUH FRQÂżGHQW WKDW WKHUH DUH PRUH UHVRXUF-­ es.â&#x20AC;?

She  said  last  year  there  were  66  students  at  Wangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;arot.  As  of  January  there  are  79. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If  you  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  textbooks,  you  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  learn,  you  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  do  your  homework,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.

Wangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;arot  is  located  in  a  poor  area  of  the  country.  Families  there  can  not  afford  to  send  their  children  to  the  established  schools,  Okeyo  said.

Community  members  founded  Wangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;arot  to  give  these  poorer  students  a  chance  to  learn.

Okeyoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  father,  Cleophas  Okeyo,  is  the  Board  of  Governors  Chairman  at  Wangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;arot.

Rose  Okeyo  sees  that  even  people  who  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  the  resources  to  obtain  books  have  a  hun-­ ger  to  learn. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Before  I  came  to  the  US,  I  saw  a  boy  walk-­ ing  home  with  ripped  pants,â&#x20AC;?  Rose  Okeyo  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Yet]  I  knew  he  had  a  passion  for  learning.â&#x20AC;?

Rose  Okeyo  said  after  that,  and  after  watch-­ ing  her  fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  participation  in  the  school,  she  wanted  to  get  involved,  too. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jesus  said  to  him  to  whom  much  is  given,  much  is  required,â&#x20AC;?  Gilman  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Giving  with  love  is  a  way  to  preach  the  gospel.  It  is  not  only  a  duty  but  a  joy  to  give.â&#x20AC;?

Rose  Okeyo  said  the  students  at  Wangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;arot  wrote  thank-­you  notes  to  her  and  Gilman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  are  very  grateful,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;They Â

The Board of Governors at the Wangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;arot Secondary School in Kenya displays the books purchased this past summer thanks to money raised by Rose Okeyoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s project Tujelimu. Okeyo and fellow junior Samantha Gilman purchased the books with money raised last year through different fundraisers. (Courtesy of Rose Okeyo)

wanted  us  to  tell  all  of  campus.â&#x20AC;?

Gilman  has  not  been  able  to  visit  the  school  in  person  yet.

She  said  whenever  Rose  Okeyo  visits  the  school  in  Kenya,  the  students  ask,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;When  is  Samantha  coming?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  always  want  to  meet  me,â&#x20AC;?  Gilman  said,  smiling.

Rose  Okeyo  and  Gilman  have  a  bigger  goal  WKDQ ÂżOOLQJ WKH WH[WERRN QHHGV RI :DQJÂśDURW They  hope  to  turn  their  program,  named  Tuje-­ OLPX LQWR D QRQ SURÂżW RUJDQL]DWLRQ The  name  Tujelimu  is  a  combination  of  two  Kenyan  words  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  tujenge,  which  means  â&#x20AC;&#x153;letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  build,â&#x20AC;?  and  elimu,  which  means  â&#x20AC;&#x153;education.â&#x20AC;?  Together  the  name  translates  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  promote  education.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  want  to  go  to  schools  and  encourage  stu-­ dents  and  sponsor  those  who  need  help,â&#x20AC;?  Rose  Okeyo  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  project  is  a  lifelong  commit-­ ment  for  both  of  us  despite  our  different  career  paths.  We  really  desire  to  sponsor  more  students Â

because  their  futures  are  uncertain  since  their  parents  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  afford  to  send  them  to  school.â&#x20AC;?

She  said  their  goal  is  to  raise  the  education  level  in  that  area  of  Kenya. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  kids  near  Wangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;arot  are  just  as  smart  as  other  kids,  we  just  need  to  give  them  a  chance,â&#x20AC;?  Okeyo  said.

Okeyo  was  fortunate  enough  to  attend  one  of  the  established  schools. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  is  my  joy  to  help  these  kids  who  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  that  opportunity,â&#x20AC;?  she  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  want  to  see  [Tujelimu]  blossom  and  spread  as  much  as  possible,â&#x20AC;?  Gilman  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  hope  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  start  of  something  big.â&#x20AC;?

Okeyo  said  Tujelimuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  website  should  be  up  and  running  in  the  next  six  months  to  a  year.  The  website  will  allow  visitors  to  learn  about  the  mission  of  Tujelimu  and  donate  to  its  cause. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  can  actually  use  what  we  have  in  Amer-­ ica  to  directly  help  these  students  in  Kenya,â&#x20AC;?  Gilman  said.

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both  were  freshmen.  After  their  fundraiser  din-­ ner  at  Mauk  Residence  Hall  last  April  16,  they  opened  a  joint  bank  account  to  start  collecting  money  for  their  mission. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  love  the  way  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  seen  God  work  through  all  of  this,â&#x20AC;?  Gilman  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;If  I  hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  met  Rose,  we  would  not  have  been  able  to  start  this.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  awesome  that  even  at  a  young  age  you  can  have  a  profound  impact.  Youth  is  no  obstacle.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  only  20,  but  God  has  opened  doors  to  allow  me  to  tangibly  help  people  get  an  education.  It  shows  you  shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  wait  to  make  a  difference.â&#x20AC;?

There  are  no  Tujelimu  fundraisers  planned  for  this  year;͞  however,  Gilman  said  they  might  host  a  book  drive,  especially  since  professors  and  students  usually  have  a  lot  of  extra  books.

From  now  on,  though,  Tujelimu  will  rely  on  individual  donations,  word  of  mouth,  and  its  web-­ site,  Gilman  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  are  in  this  for  life,â&#x20AC;?  Gilman  said. ejohnston@hillsdale.edu

C A M P U S Â C H I C Olivia Tilley

Sophomore Math and French major Geneva, Illinois

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