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5HVSRQVLELOLWLHV VSHFLÂżFDOO\ held  by  the  president  include  having  a  large  say  in  the  senior  Junior  Lauren  Grover  was  commencement  speaker,  acting  elected  president  of  the  2012-Â13  as  hostess  for  certain  college  senior  class  on  Wednesday.  functions,  and  leading  senior  “I  really  appreciate  the  class  and  committee  meetings. support  and  encouragement  of  Grover,  a  marketing/manage- campus,â€?  Grover  said.  “And  I’m  ment  major,  was  nominated  by  really  excited  to  get  started.â€? the  Chi  Omega  house.  In  addition  The  juniors  voted  on  Tuesday  to  Greek  life,  she  is  involved  with  and  Wednesday  for  their  senior  the  campus’  Gordie  Foundation,  committee.  The  committee  is  of  which  she  is  vice  president.  in  charge  of  planning  all  senior  She  also  volunteers  at  the  local  class  events,  including  the  senior  Humane  Society  and  is  a  captain  party,  the  senior  gift,  and  future  on  the  volleyball  team.  class  reunions.  Akin  is  an  American  studies  Grover’s  vice  president  and  French  double  major.  On  will  be  Hannah  Akin.  The  new  campus  she  is  a  member  of  the  secretary  is  Marissa  Philipp;Íž  the  Kappa  Kappa  Gamma  sorority,  treasurer  is  Crystal  Marshall;Íž  and  is  involved  with  Intervarsity,  and  the  social  chairwoman  is  Celia  is  a  resident  assistant  at  Whitley  Rothhaas.  The  class  ambassadors  Residence.  will  be  Eric  DeMeuse  and  Ashley  Her  duties  as  vice  president,  Logan. she  said,  will  be  to  act  as  a  sup- Director  of  Career  Services  port  to  Grover,  organize  cam- Joanna  Wiseley  said  101  votes  pus  events  with  the  rest  of  the  were  cast  in  the  election.  She  said  committee,  and  organize  senior  that  was  a  good  representation  of  committee  meetings.  the  approximately  250  members  She  is  currently  the  director  of  of  this  year’s  junior  class. the  Student  Affairs  Mentors.  The  Grover  will  receive  the  senior  senior  committee  meets  in  the  committee  gavel  from  the  current  VWXGHQW DIIDLUV RIÂżFH DQG VKH KDV senior  class  president  Dina  Farhat  KDG VRPH ÂżUVWKDQG H[SHULHQFH at  convocation  today.  Farhat  is  of  what  goes  on  at  meetings  and  Grover’s  big  in  the  Chi  Omega  the  amount  of  work  that  goes  into  sorority.  Grover  said  she  was  EHLQJ D FODVV RIÂżFHU very  supportive  during  the  elec- “If  you  think  about  it,  anytime  tion  process. you  try  to  organize  a  whole  class  “She’s  helping  me  a  lot  and  of  people,  it’s  a  lot  of  work,â€?  she  putting  me  in  the  right  direction,â€?  said. Grover  said. Â
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A car crashed into the Slayton Arboretum early in the morning on April 9. It spun over and bent the central gate. No one was injured. (Sally Nelson/Collegian)
Car  crashes  into  arb Sally Nelson Web Editor Early  in  the  morning  on  April  9,  a  student  attempting  to  turn  off  of  Union  Street  onto  Barber  Street  crashed  into  the  main  Slayton  Arboretum  gate.  The  impact  crushed  the  gate,  destroyed  a  portion  of  the  bor- dering  stone  wall,  and  totaled  the  car. Though  the  car  reportedly  ÀLSSHG DIWHU LPSDFW WKH GULYHU left  the  scene  uninjured.  “There  was  extensive  dam-Â
age  to  the  vehicle  and  the  wall,â€?  said  Chris  Martini,  director  of  campus  security. The  right  side  of  the  gate  was  torn  completely  off  of  its  hinges,  though  the  left  side  remained  mostly  undamaged.  To  the  right  of  the  gate,  several  of  the  fence  posts  buckled  after  the  vehicle  smashed  a  section  of  stone  and  concrete  into  the  wall. Sophomore  Linda  Lizalek  witnessed  the  crash.  She  saw  the  vehicle  traveling  down  Union  Street  at  about  2:10  a.m. Â
Though  the  vehicle  did  slow  down,  she  said,  the  driver  did  not  slow  enough  to  make  the  turn.  “The  vehicle  was  traveling  at  a  good  clip,â€?  Martini  said.  Lizalek  does  not  remember  if  she  turned  away  at  the  point  of  impact  or  if  she  blocked  out  the  memory.  Either  way,  she  has  no  recollection  of  the  car’s  actual  impact.  “I  think  it  hit  the  curb  and  WKHQ Ă€LSSHG RQ LWV EDFN ´ VKH
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Santorum  bows  out  of  GOP  nomination  race Hillsdale  students  and  faculty  weigh  in Sarah Leitner Sports Editor Sophomore  Melika  Wil- loughby  pointed  to  the  TV  screen  in  A.J.’s  CafĂŠ  as  “Newt  Gingrich  vows  to  stay  in  race  all  the  way  WR FRQYHQWLRQ´ Ă€DVKHG DFURVV WKH bottom  of  the  screen  on  Wednes- day. Gingrich’s  statement  was  prompted  by  the  suspension  of  presidential  candidate  Rick  Santorum’s  campaign.  Santorum  announced  his  withdrawal  from  the  race  at  a  press  conference  in Â
Gettysburg,  Pa.,  on  April  10. “By  gracefully  leaving  the  stage  now,  he  leaves  open  the  chance  for  future  political  of- ¿FHV ,W ZDV D JUDFHIXO H[LW ´ :LO- loughby  said.  “He  showed  that  he  was  about  America  and  the  ideas  he  stood  for  —  not  himself.â€? Junior  Brianna  Walden,  also  a  Santorum  supporter,  said  that  his  willingness  to  step  out  of  the  race  shows  his  genuine  concern  for  the  good  of  the  country. “I  think  [it]  really  speaks  to  his  character  that  he’s  willing  to  take  a  path  that  doesn’t  lead  to Â
his  personal  glory,â€?  she  said.  “It  was  honorable  of  him  to  recog- nize  the  higher  good.â€? Santorum’s  announcement  came  on  the  heels  of  his  losses  in  the  Maryland,  Washington,  D.C.,  and  Wisconsin  primaries.  7KH *23 SUHVLGHQWLDO ÂżHOG LV now  down  to  three  candidates  —  Gingrich,  Ron  Paul,  and  Mitt  Romney. Willoughby  said  that  by  stay- ing  in  the  race,  Gingrich  lacked  the  humility  to  step  back  and  do  what  is  best  for  his  country. Now  that  Santorum  has Â
dropped  out,  Walden  said  she  will  support  Romney  —  but  reluctantly. “If  Romney  gets  the  nomina- tion,  so  help  me,  I  will  vote  for  him,  but  with  clenched  teeth,â€?  she  said. Walden  said  she  sees  Romney  as  the  best  candidate  to  hold  up  against  President  Barack  Obama.  Willoughby  agreed. “[Romney]  has  the  executive  experience  and  the  credentials  to  win  and  to  govern  effectively,â€?  she  said.  “Romney  respects  [the Â
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Just  two  years  after  the  opening  of  the  Allan  P.  Kirby  Center  for  Constitutional  Studies  and  Citizenship  in  Washington,  D.C.,  Hillsdale  College  can  now  boast  of  a  second  acquisition  on  Capitol  Hill.  A  donor  gave  the  college  a  row  house  last  month  for  use  as  student  housing  for  the  Washington-ÂHillsdale  Internship  Program. In  the  past,  most  WHIP  students  lived  in  the  Heritage  Foundation  building  across  the  street  from  the  Kirby  Center,  or  in  other  self-Âselected  housing.  “Program  members  being  so  far  apart  PDGH LW GLIÂżFXOW IRU D VHQVH RI FRPPXQLW\ to  form  around  the  Kirby  Center,â€?  said  Program  Manager  and  Research  Associ- ate  Anna  Dunham.  “Ownership  of  the  building  will  help  keep  Hillsdale  students  in  contact  with  one  another.  The  beauti- ful  112-Âyear-Âold  Victorian  building  was  recently  renovated  by  the  previous  own- ers.  For  a  time  it  functioned  as  a  bed  and  The Allan P. Kirby Center received a house on Capitol Hill. Up to 20 Hilldsale ColSee A4 lege WHIP interns will be able to live there. (Courtesy of the Kirby Center)
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CONVOCATION UPDATE Professor  of  History  Paul  Rahe  won  the  Emily  Daughtery  Award  for  Teaching  Excellence  today  at  Hillsdale  College’s  Spring  Convocation.  Rahe  was  nominated  and  voted  on  by  students  to  qualify  for  the  academic  distinction. The  all-Âcampus  grade  point  average  was  also  published  at  the  spring  ceremony.  This  fall,  the  all-Âschool  GPA  was  3.153,  just  higher  than  the  all-Âmen’s  average,  but  lower  than  the  women’s  average,  of  3.243.  The  GPA  is  the  lowest  all-Âschool  average  since  the  Fall  of  2008,  according  to  statistics  obtained  IURP WKH UHJLVWUDUÂśV RIÂżFH
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Constitution]  and  believes  it  should  perform  an  integral  role  in  government  today.â€? Professor  of  Political  Econ- omy  Gary  Wolfram,  a  Romney  supporter  and  the  former  leader  of  his  Michigan  Economic  Advisory  Group,  said  he  has  expected  Romney  to  win  the  Republican  nomination  as  long  ago  as  February. “I  have  worked  with  Gov- ernor  Romney  in  the  past,  and  I  know  that  he  is  a  believer  in  a  limited  federal  government  and  understands  that  the  market  system  is  the  key  to  economic  prosperity  for  all,â€?  he  said. Now  with  Santorum  no  longer  in  the  race,  Wolfram  said  Romney  can  turn  his  focus  toward  Obama. “Romney  can  focus  on  the  HFRQRPLF GLIÂżFXOWLHV WKDW WKH nation  is  in  as  a  result  of  the  policies  of  the  Obama  Admin- istration,â€?  he  said.  “[Romney  QHHGV WR@ GHÂżQH WKH HOHFWLRQ issue  as  the  economy,  ex- plain  why  the  massive  federal  government  interference  has  resulted  in  uncertainties  that  kept  unemployment  very  high,  DQG H[SODLQ ZK\ IHGHUDO GHÂżFLWV of  the  magnitude  we  have  had  RYHU WKH ODVW ÂżYH \HDUV DUH EDG for  the  economy.â€?   Willoughby  said  she  had  been  a  fan  of  Santorum  since  “before  Santorum  was  a  thing.â€?  She  was  one  of  the  students  who  lobbied  for  the  former  senator  to  attend  the  Hillsdale  Constitutional  Symposium  that  was  later  cancelled.  She  even  organized  and  led  a  group  of  Hillsdale  College  students  to  campaign  for  Santorum  in  Wisconsin  before  its  April  3  primary  elections  earlier  this  semester. “I  really  felt  like  everything  had  come  down  to  that  one  state,â€?  she  said. Former  Massachusetts  gover-Â
ARB !From A1 said.  She  said  she  does  remember  hearing  the  wreck  and  said  it  was  loud  enough  to  draw  out  students  from  nearby  dorms,  such  as  Benzing  Residence  and  the  Suites. The  car  ended  up  just  within  the  arboretum  gate  after  the  wreck.  “The  gate  stopped  him  pretty  well,â€?  Lizalek  said.  Vice  President  of  Admin- istration  Rich  PĂŠwĂŠ  said  the  driver  was  lucky  that  the  mortar  from  the  wall  was   old  enough  to  give  way.  At  this  point,  the  college Â
Kappa  Kappa  Gamma  won  the  sorority  scholarship  cup  with  a  GPA  of  3.305,  and  Delta  Tau  Delta  on  the  fraternities’  side,  with  3.393. It  is  the  second  semester  in  a  row  that  the  sorority  had  earned  the  distinction,  after  Pi  Beta  Phi  maintained  the  lead  for  three  semesters. Professor  of  Physics  Kenneth  Hayes  gave  the  keynote  address  titled  “Imagining  the  Liberal  Arts  without  the  Sciences�  at  the  cer- emony,  which  traditionally  marks  the  countdown  to  graduation.  Seniors  proceeded  in  and  out  of  the  event  wearing  their  caps  and  gowns. —  Marieke  van  der  Vaart
nor  Romney  defeated  Santorum  in  Wisconsin  44.1  percent  to  Santorum’s  36.9  percent.  Wil- ORXJKE\ VDLG WKLV GHIHDW YHULÂżHG to  her  that  Santorum  would  probably  step  out  of  the  race,  but  said  Santorum  impacted  the  political  discussion  in  an  extremely  positive  way. “My  reaction  was  disap- pointment  that  Santorum  was  RXW EXW WKH ÂżJKW LV VWLOO RQ ´ she  said.  “And  the  ideas  that  he  brought  to  the  forefront  of  this  race  are  now  part  of  the  dialogue.â€? Walden  said  she  also  sup- ported  Santorum  even  before  many  people  knew  his  name.  Walden  met  him  in  Washington,  D.C. “I  was  really  impressed  by  Rick  Santorum,  the  man,â€?  she  said.  “My  initial  thought  was  that  he  doesn’t  have  that  presi- dential  air,  but  I  loved  him  for  his  policies.  He  was  so  genuine  and  so  real.â€? Walden  was  the  Hillsdale  College  contact  for  the  Santo- rum  campaign  while  the  college  was  trying  to  put  together  the  Constitutional  symposium.  Gingrich,  Romney,  Paul,  and  Santorum  were  all  invited. Walden  said  both  Gingrich  and  Romney  said  they  would  come  if  Santorum  agreed  to  go.  But  even  after  Santorum  said  he  would  make  the  trip  to  Hills- dale,  Gingrich  and  Romney  still  did  not  commit,  prompting  the  Santorum  campaign  to  pull  out  as  well. Walden  said  though  she  was  disappointed,  she  did  not  blame  Santorum. “I  really  blame  Romney  more  than  him,  though  I  was  sad  that  the  Santorum  campaign  didn’t  work  with  us  and  pulled  out  without  communicating,â€?  she  said. Even  with  that  grudge  against  Romney,  Walden  said  she  will  turn  her  support  towards  his  campaign  now  that  Santorum  is  out.
does  not  know  the  cost  of  the  damage  to  the  gate  and  wall. “The  repair  will  be  exten- sive.  We  don’t  know  what  the  cost  will  be,â€?  Martini  said.  “Estimates  are  pending.â€?  PĂŠwĂŠ  said  that  repairing  the  stone  wall  will  be  the  most  expensive  part  since  the  college  may  have  to  replace  the   stone  footer,  which  is  three  to  four  feet  deep,  in  addition  to  hiring  a  stone  mason  to  re-Âmortar  the  visible  section  of  the  wall. “It’s  not  a  lick  and  stick  solu- tion,â€?  he  said. The  Hillsdale  City  Police  are  investigating  the  crash  but  declined  to  comment  until  they  ¿QLVK WKH LQYHVWLJDWLRQ
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Profs named among top 300 in country Conner,  Jackson  on  Princeton  Review’s  list Evan Brune Collegian Reporter On  April  3,  the  Princeton  Review  unveiled  its  lineup  of  the  top  300  professors  in  the  nation.  Two  professors  from  Hillsdale  College  —  Thomas  Conner,  professor  of  history,  and  Justin  Jackson,  associate  professor  of  English  —  were  selected  for  the  list. The  ranking  was  developed  by  analyzing  assessments  from  the  hit  site  RateMyProfessor. com,  as  well  as  interviews  with  students.  The  end  result  was  a  compilation  of  profes- sors  from  across  the  country  who  students  say  have  had  a  great  impact  on  their  lives. Conner  said  that  although  he  was  honored  to  be  included  on  the  list,  he  was  dubious  about  the  validity  of  the  rank- ing.
“Frankly,  I’m  not  sure  what  to  make  of  this  thing.  I  would  consider  myself  skeptical  of  the  ability  of  any  agency  to  determine  who  the  ‘Best  300  Professors’  might  be,  given  how  many  subjective  compo- nents  there  are  in  teaching,â€?  he  said. But  he  added  that  his  place- PHQW ZDV EHQHÂżFLDO “However  doubtful  I  may  be  that  I  ever  belonged  on  the  list,  I’m  still  happy  to  be  se- lected,  and  especially  pleased  that  it  has  been  possible  for  the  college  to  garner  some  well  deserved  attention  from  this  development  for  all  the  good  things  that  are  happen- ing  here,â€?  Conner  said.  “There  is  exceptional  teaching  by  countless  faculty  members  throughout  every  department  and  program  of  our  college,  and  the  wonderful  qualities  in Â
our  students  make  us  all  better  at  what  we  do.â€? Jackson  voiced  similar  sentiments.   “I’ll  just  echo  what  my  wife,  Jena,  said:  ‘It’s  a  good  thing  Tom  was  recognized  so  that  it  adds  some  sort  of  legitimacy  to  your  being  on  the  list.’  That  seems  about  right.  There’s  something  obviously  arbitrary  about  the  list  since  so  many  of  my  colleagues  who  are  excellent  teachers,  far  more  talented  than  I,  aren’t  on  the  list.  So  there’s  that  sort  of  silli- ness  to  it.â€? But  Jackson  added  that  Conner’s  inclusion  makes  it  less  silly. “I  also  know  just  how  good  Dr.  Conner  is  as  a  teacher,  how  much  he  loves  the  students  and  respects  them  deeply,  and  how  much  that  love  and  respect  is  reciprocated,â€?  he  said.  “So  his Â
presence  does,  in  fact,  mean  something  to  me  and  to  my  be- ing  placed  in  the  book.â€? Provost  David  Whalen  said  that  the  selection  of  both  men  was  well  deserved,  despite  the  skepticism  that  either  one  might  have  for  the  lineup  itself.   “Dr.  Connor  noted  that  he  had  a  very  healthy  skepticism  regarding  such  lists,â€?  Whalen  said.  “This  skepticism  is  one  of  the  reasons  he  belongs  on  any  list  of  truly  excellent  profes- sors.  Drs.  Connor  and  Jackson  certainly  deserve  this  distinc- tion,  and  anyone  who  knows  them  knows  the  justice  of  their  receiving  it.â€? The  complete  list  can  be  found  on  the  Princeton  Review’s  website  and  is  also  available  in  the  2012  edition  of  “The  Best  300  Professors.â€?  Â
Tables  announced  as  senior  gift Emmaline Epperson Collegian Reporter Four  new  picinic  tables  will  sit  on  Hillsdale  College’s  quad  thanks  to  this  year’s  senior  class. 7KH FODVV RIÂżFHUV DQG FRO- lege  administrators  have  agreed  on  four  teak  picnic  tables  and  benches  in  the  hopes  they  will  EHQHÂżW VWXGHQWV HYHU\ GD\ “We  wanted  something  that  students  would  use,â€?  said  Sally  Klarr,  senior  class  treasurer  and  co-Âchair  of  the  gift  committee.  “We  looked  for  something  that  would  improve  the  day-Âto-Âday  life  of  students.â€? The  senior  class,  represented  by  a  committee  of  six  students  DQG WZR FODVV RIÂżFHUV KDV D budget  of  $1,200  to  donate  a  gift  to  preserve  their  memory  at  Hillsdale.  The  committee  and  the  ad- ministration  worked  together  to  choose  a  gift  that  both  improves Â
DQG EHDXWLÂżHV WKH FDPSXV Âł, WKLQN LW ZLOO EHQHÂżW students  for  a  long  time,â€?  Vice  President  for  Administration  Rich  PĂŠwĂŠ  said. The  committee  consisted  of  seniors  Caroline  Cheatum,  Joe  Viviano,  Christian  Mull,  Katie  Beyer,  Abigail  Mayner,  and  Scott  Scharl.  It  was  co-Âheaded  by  Senior  Class  Vice  President  Brittany  Baldwin  and  Treasurer  Klarr. The  committee  met  three  times  to  brainstorm.  They  came  up  with  multiple  ideas,  but  were  limited  by  their  budget. “My  ideas  were  out  of  our  price  range.  Solar  panels  and  wind  turbines  cost  way  too  much,â€?  Klarr  said. Scharl,  who  said  he  was  on  the  committee  to  provide  “goofy  ideas,â€?  was  also  shot  down. “The  phrase  ‘water  fea- ture’  was  thrown  around,  but  eventually  tossed  out  because  it  was  too  much  money,â€?  he Â
said,  in  reference  to  purchasing  fountains. The  committee  also  thought  about  beautifying  the  tunnel  between  Lane  and  Kendall,  but  GHFLGHG WKDW ZRXOG QRW EHQHÂżW the  entire  campus. Once  the  committee  nar- rowed  down  its  ideas,  it  presented  them  to  Director  of  Career  Services  Joanna  Wise- ley,  the  senior  class  moderator.  PĂŠwĂŠ  looked  at  the  ideas  next  and  made  recommendations  based  on  the  college’s  needs. In  approving  a  gift,  PĂŠwĂŠ  said  the  college  looks  for  some- thing  that  improves  the  unity  DQG ORRN RI FDPSXV DQG ÂżWV LQWR the  college’s  long-Âterm  plan. “Oftentimes,  there  are  items  we  might  want  that  are  not  pri- oritized,â€?  PĂŠwĂŠ  said.  “They  are  things  that  might  deal  with  want  or  aesthetics.â€? The  idea  of  picnic  tables  was  a  collaboration  of  ideas  from  both  the  college  and  the  committee.  The  senior  class Â
budget  only  covered  two  tables.  The  college  is  subsidizing  the  other  two  tables,  however,  since  purchasing  the  outdoor  seating  was  already  in  their  plan  for  the  campus. Past  senior  gifts  include  the  Moller  Amphitheater  behind  the  library,  benches,  and,  last  year,  a  magnolia  tree  in  commemora- tion  of  recently  deceased  music  professor  Eric  Jones.  “It  was  a  really  meaningful  gift  because  they  wanted  to  do  something  that,  every  year  at  a  certain  time,  would  remind  them  of  Jones’  legacy,â€?  PĂŠwĂŠ  said.  It’s  not  water  fountains,  but  Scharl  said  he  thinks  picnic  tables  are  a  good  idea “I  hope  there  are  many  nice  days  in  the  future,â€?  he  said.  “I  hope  people  come  to  enjoy  the  beauty  that  our  quad  has  to  offer.â€?  Â
-HZLVK FOXE UDWLÂżHG Tyler O’Neil Collegian Freelancer On  Tuesday  morning,  Dean  of  Women  Diane  Philipp  rati- ¿HG WKH E\ ODZV IRU +LOOVGDOH Chavarah,  the  new  Jewish  orga- nization  on  campus.  After  three  PRQWKV WKH JURXS LV ÂżQDOO\ RIÂżFLDO Last  semester,  Freshmen  Ayla  Meyer,  the  president,  and  Kelsey  Drapkin,  the  secretary,  envisioned  a  Jewish  organiza- tion  on  campus.  “When  I  came  to  Hillsdale,  the  Judaism  aspect  was  my  big- gest  concern,â€?   Drapkin  said. Nevertheless,  she  chose  Hillsdale  for  its  principles  —  pursuing  truth  and  defending  liberty.  ³, ÂżJXUHG , FRXOG ZRUN RXW the  religious  stuff.â€? Meyer  and  Drapkin  had Â
planned  a  modest  setting  in  which  Jews  “could  come  together  and  just  celebrate.â€?  When  other  people  began  to  emerge,  Meyer  said,  “we  realized  we  could  make  this  an  RIÂżFLDO RUJDQL]DWLRQ ´ “When  I  came  to  Hillsdale,  it  only  took  about  two  weeks  before  I  began  missing  my  fam- ily’s  Jewish  traditional  Shab- bat  dinners,â€?  sophomore  Ben  Hindle,  the  vice  president.  “So,  I  thought  ‘Why  can’t  I  do  that  here?’â€? While  the  group  exists  to  promote  Judaism,  it  is  open  to  Christians  who  want  to  get  involved.  “I  am  Christian,  but  my  dad’s  family  is  all  Jewish,â€?  Newman  said.  “I  really  identify  with  Hillsdale  Chavarah.  We  have  a  lot  in  common,  and  they  totally  accept  me.â€? Â
The  group  has  been  active  since  the  end  of  January,  with  WKH ÂżUVW 6KDEEDW GLQQHU RQ February  17.  Hindle  said  that  it  took  so  long  because  “it’s  something  very  new  for  Hillsdale  Col- lege.â€?  He  added  that  Dr.  Arnn  wanted  “to  make  sure  we  get  WKLV ULJKW WKH ÂżUVW WLPH ´ DQG WR “make  sure  the  by-Âlaws  are  as Â
correct  as  possible.� “Chaplain  Beckwith,�  he  ex- plained,  “and  the  entire  admin- istration  at  Hillsdale  has  been  extremely  supportive,  and  they  have  pushed  us  and  encour- aged  us  in  all  the  best  possible  ways.�
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Q&A  Ned  Timmons:  Life  with  the  FBI  and  working  undercover Ned  Timmons  graduated  from  Hillsdale  College  in  1970.  He  served  for  nine  years  on  an  FBI  6:$7 WHDP LQ 'HWURLW LQÂżOWUDWHG motorcycle  gangs,  helped  bring  down  infamous  Panamanian  dic- tator  Manuel  Noriega,  and  posed  as  a  mercenary  gunboatman  in  one  of  the  largest  drug  busts  in  U.S.  History.  He  currently  runs  L.S.S.  consulting,  a  corporate  security  company.  How  did  you  get  from  Hills- dale  to  the  FBI? I’d  always  been  interested  in  getting  to  the  FBI,  but  there’s  not  a  proven  path  to  getting  there.  When  I  was  at  Hillsdale  the  Vietnam  War  was  still  going  on.  There  was  a  lottery  system  and  I  was  already  past  the  lottery  number.  So  I  knew  the  second  I  graduated  I  was  going  into  the  military.  Just  about  everybody  in  my  training  group  went  to  Vietnam,  but  they  took  12  of  us  and  sent  us  to  South  Korea,  assigned  to  the  criminal  investigating  detach- ment  of  the  army.  When  I  got  out  of  the  army,  I  went  to  work  for  the  Highland  Park  Police  in  northern  Detroit.  I  did  nine  years  of  SWAT,  patrol,  and  regular  SROLFH ZRUN DQG WKHQ ÂżQLVKHG P\ masters  at  MSU.  I  was  actually  working  on  a  Ph.D.  when  I  got  accepted  into  the  FBI.  In  the  FBI  I  started  working  on  fugitives  and  bank  robberies  and  developed  some  high  end  sources  that  I  captured  as  fugi- tives.  That  led  us  into  motor- cycle  gang  investigations.  The  bureau  became  very  interested  in  motorcycle  gang  investigations  because  they  began  to  realize  in  the  early  ’80s  that  the  bikers  were  doing  all  the  dirty  work  for  traditional,  organized  crime.   What  were  some  of  the  more  intense  investigations  you  were  involved  with? We  found  a  group  closely Â
BRANCH RICKEY John  “Chuckâ€?  Chalberg  held  his  audience  captive  as  he  brought  Branch  Rickey,  the  man  who  brought  Jackie  Robinson  into  the  major  leagues,  to  life  in  an  impersonation  performance  last  night. Rickey  is  one  of  six  characters  Chalberg  impersonates  in  his  perfor- mances.  Chalberg’s  performance  last  night  was  aptly  timed,  as  today  marks  the  65th  anniversary  of  Jackie  Robinson  breaking  the  color  barrier  in  major  league  baseball  on  April  12,  1947. In  each  performance,  Chalberg  said  he  tries  to  impact  his  audience. “With  Chesterton,  I  want  people  to  buy  into  his  ideas,â€?  he  said.  “In  Rickey’s  case,  that’s  not  as  true.  This  one’s  more  a  story  of  his  effort  to  desegregate  baseball.  If  there  is  a  message,  it  resonates  with  Hillsdale.  He  acted  as  an  individual  to  do  what  he  thought  was  right.  He  was  also  a  hardcore  Republican.  He  thought  segregation  of  baseball  a  nutty  thing  and  he  moved  on  his  own  without  waiting  for  the  government  to  tell  him  what  to  do.â€? Rickey  did  not  view  himself  as  a  crusader,  though.  Chalberg  said  he  tries  to  show  Rickey  as  a  business- PDQ ZKR ZDQWHG WR PDNH D SURÂżW while  still  doing  the  right  thing. Chalberg  started  performing  as  Rickey  in  the  late  90s  and  has  performed  about  50  times  as  Rickey  since.    +H ÂżUVW VWDUWHG LPSHUVRQDWLQJ KLVWRULFDO ÂżJXUHV E\ DFFLGHQW KH VDLG One  semester,  Normandale  Com- munity  College  scheduled  Chalberg’s  history  class  to  meet  in  the  theater  classroom.  Chalberg  slowly  added  10  to  15  miniature  performances  as  different  historical  characters  from  U.S.  history  to  his  lectures.  Chalberg  said  he  continues  to  work  on  and  perfect  all  of  his  characters.  While  he  is  not  sure  he  will  add  another  character  to  his  performance  repertoire,  he  did  say  he  is  toying  with  the  idea  of  adding  Calvin  Coolidge. “I  love  getting  questions  at  the  end,â€?  Chalberg  said.  “It’s  when  I  ¿QG RXW LI , SURYRNHG DQ\WKLQJ LQ anybody.  Plus,  it’s  fun  to  think  on  my  feet  in  character.â€? —  Emily  Johnston
aligned  with  Manuel  Noriega,  dictator  of  Panama.  The  prob- lem  was  that  Noriega  was  the  CIA’s  source  into  Castro,  and  the  Castro  was  aligned  with  the  Rus- sians.  So  the  CIA  did  not  want  its  source  to  go  down,  because  he  was  the  main  source  of  informa- tion  on  what  Russia  was  trying  to  do  in  Cuba  and  what  was  going  on  in  Russia.  The  CIA  was  very  unhappy  with  our  project.  I  guess  I’ll  just  leave  it  at  that.  You  can  imagine  that  the  two  big  agencies  butt  heads.  The  potential  for  the  CIA  to  want  to  sabotage  the  whole  operation  was  a  concern  every  minute.  Not  only  did  you  have  to  worry  about  the  bad  guys,  but  you  had  to  worry  about  the  CIA  too.  Were  you  undercover? I  was  never  undercover  in  Panama,  but  I  was  undercover  in  the  Cayman  Islands.  We  cooper- ated  in  Cayman  for  over  a  year,  and  the  whole  investigation  took  ¿YH \HDUV , EHFDPH D FRQÂżGDQW of  one  of  the  main  guys,  and  would  move  money  and  oversee  daily  functions  and  security  con- cerns.  There  was  so  much  money  that  we  burned  through  six  money  counting  machines.  The  motors  wouldn’t  withstand  the  volume  of  cash  we  were  mov- ing  through  them.  We  went  to  a  system  of  weighing  the  money.  We  would  weigh  50  pounds  of  hundreds.   What  was  your  undercover  identity? They  believed  I  came  out  Saudi  Arabia  and  that  I  trained  people  on  how  to  use  high- powered  gunboats,  for  the  Arabs.  I  had  a  mercenary-Âtype  back- ground,  and  they  liked  that  a  lot.   What  was  it  like  to  become  one  of  the  bad  guys? I’d  been  operating  two  to  three  years  with  motorcycle Â
gangs,  and  I  think  you  have  to  become  an  actor  and  watch  for  people  within  the  organization  that  might  resent  you  coming  in.  Was  there  temptation? We  had  some  green  berets  that  were  corrupt,  gone  to  the  dark  side,  and  former  military  that  had  gone  with  the  smug- glers.  If  you  wanted  to  go  to  the  dark  side,  you  could  obviously  become  a  very  wealthy  individ- ual.  But  [in  my  mind]  that  was  never  an  option.   Did  you  face  any  situations  that  were  life  or  death? There  was  a  time  when  the  main  power  group  in  Cayman  came  to  me  and  said,  “There’s  an  agent  on  the  island  and  he  looks  just  like  you.â€?  Then,  I  was  at  the  hotel  and  all  the  sudden  I  saw  an  agent  out  of  Detroit  who  was  on  his  honeymoon.  He  showed  up  with  his  wife.  The  risk  was  that  he’d  come  and  say  something.  It  could  have  been  a  disaster.  We  couldn’t  call  the  police,  because  we  didn’t  trust  the  police.  But  I  was  able  to  give  him  a  signal.  Luckily  his  wife  was  gorgeous,  and  they  were  paying  more  atten- tion  to  the  wife  in  the  bikini  then  to  him.  I  was  able  to  catch  his  eye  and  give  him  a  signal  to  keep  his  mouth  shut.  We  dodged  a  bullet  there.  Anytime  you’re  out  with  a  bunch  of  drug  smugglers  who  are  making  millions,  and  you’re  out  all  night,  and  you’re  out  on  boats  and  airplanes,  there’s  a  pretty  high  risk  of  a  problem  arising.   What  got  you  through  those  situations? I  think  that  when  you’re  in  police  work,  and  you  do  SWAT,  and  you  have  a  military  back- ground,  you  always  believe  that  you’re  bullet  proof.  You  always  believe  that  nothing  is  going  to  happen  to  you,  and  that  you  can  get  yourself  out  of  any  situation. Â
(Courtesy of I  think  in  those  situations  you  always  have  to  have  in  the  back  of  your  mind  a  plan  of  what  you  would  do  and  how  you  would  overcome  a  situation  and  evade  it.  +RZ GR \RX LQÂżOWUDWH D motorcycle  gang? As  an  FBI  agent  you  would  never  become  a  “made  memberâ€?  of  an  organization.  You  have  to  pick  something  that  they  need,  and  you  have  to  remain  on  the  outer  fringes.  We  provided  transportation  —  airplanes  and  trucks  to  move  the  motorcycle  gang’s  drugs.  We  made  them  believe  we  could  provide  various  chemicals  for  the  production  of  methamphetamines.  They  needed  to  come  to  you.  You  don’t  want  to  go  to  them.  I  would  always Â
remain  aloof  from  the  drugs  by  just  saying,  ‘I’m  a  businessman;Íž  I  don’t  partake  in  that;Íž  but  thank  you  very  much.’  Is  there  one  group  of  people  you  never  want  to  see  again? The  smallest  person  can  pull  a  trigger  and  end  your  life  real  quick.  The  Colombians  are  very  dangerous.  Obviously  the  mo- torcycle  gangs  are  dangerous.  So  are  smugglers.  There  is  a  danger  level  from  anybody.  Anytime  you’re  chasing  a  bank  robber  or  murder  fugitive,  you’ve  got  to  assess  the  situation,  have  a  plan,  and  count  on  your  team.  ,V LW GLIÂżFXOW WR JR EDFN DQG forth  between  your  career  and  your  family  life? My  wife  claims  that  she  had Â
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to  retrain  me.  She  claims  to  have  done  so  successfully.  Reprogram  me  or  whatever  her  words  are.  Things  are  pretty  calm  now.  Are  we  safer  now  than  we  were  30  years  ago? Every  era  has  its  crisis.  You  go  back  to  the  Cuban  missile  cri- sis.  That  could  have  been  the  be- ginning  of  the  end  of  the  world.  Today  Iran  and  these  rogue  coun- tries  are  like  motorcycle  gangs.  They’re  uncontrollable.  You  don’t  know  what  they’re  going  to  do.  They’ve  got  massive  weap- ons.  North  Korea  and  Iran  are  a  concern  every  minute.  There  is  always  going  to  be  trauma  and  turmoil  and  problems  out  there  that  are  concerning  to  all  of  us. —Compiled  by  Phil  Morgan
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Teams  volunteer  in  Galloway  competition It  has  been  a  little  more  than  two  months  since  Ben  Holscher  put  his  friendly  volunteering  competition  into  place  at  Gal- loway  Hall. The  dorm  residents  aim  to  hit  a  minimum  of  324  volunteer  KRXUV SHU Ă€RRU EHIRUH $SULO 7KHUH KDV \HW WR EH D Ă€RRU WKDW has  met  the  324-Âhour  mark,  but  +ROVFKHU VDLG ÂłWKLUG Ă€RRU DQG IRXUWK Ă€RRU DUH ZHOO RQ WKHLU ZD\ ´ 7KLUG Ă€RRU FXUUHQWO\ KROGV ÂżUVW SODFH ZLWK KRXUV ZKLOH IRXUWK Ă€RRU KROGV VHFRQG with  230  hours. The  winning  team  will  be  re- warded  with  an  all-Âexpense-Âpaid  trip  to  Six  Flags  in  Chicago. In  order  to  be  eligible  for  the  amusement  park  excursion,  each Â
team  member  must  log  a  mini- mum  of  four  hours.  But  for  some  that’s  just  a  bonus. “My  motivation  is  the  service,  not  necessarily  Six  Flags,â€?  said  freshman  Atoni  Germano,  from  WKH WKLUG Ă€RRU 2XWVLGH RI *DO- loway  projects,  Germano  is  often  found  every  Wednesday  and  Friday  volunteering  at  the  Mary  Randall  Preschool. This  past  weekend,  Germano  and  other  members  of  Galloway  went  into  town  to  assist  Hills- dale  residents  with  tasks  ranging  from  sweeping  porches  to  weed  whacking  in  what  they  hope  to  make  a  weekly  project. “My  group  worked  on  two  houses  together,â€?  he  said.  “We  were  raking  leaves,  pruning  trees,  mowing  lawns.  The  lady  gave  us  milk  and  cookies  during  our  break.  She  had  us  working.â€?
Germano  is  also  a  member  of  the  Respect  Everything  About  Life  and  Love  team,  which  is  currently  aiming  for  GOAL  status.  The  team  travels  to  local  middle  schools  and  high  schools  to  speak  to  students  about  the  value  of  chastity,  dating  relation- ships,  and  modesty. Freshman  Korbin  Kiblinger,  DOVR D UHVLGHQW RI WKLUG Ă€RRU KDV also  been  key  to  carrying  the  team. “I  started  volunteering  the  second  week  of  school,â€?  he  said.  “I  came  to  Hillsdale  and  heard  students  had  a  reputation  for  volunteering.  I  knew  I  needed  to  take  advantage  of  that.â€?  In  addition  to  volunteering  with  the  REALL  team  and  teach- ing  music  fundamentals  at  the  Hillsdale  Academy,  Kiblinger  also  puts  in  time  at  the  Salvation Â
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breakfast.  After  that,  the  rooms  were  being  rented  out  before  we  acquired  it.â€? The  house,  which  is  near  the  Kirby  Center,  has  four  separate  apartments  and  can  hold  between  12  and  20  WHIP  students  at  a  time. “The  living  rooms  for  each  apart- ment  are  quite  large,â€?  Dunham  said.  “There  are  also  full  kitchens.â€? Hillsdale  students  were  update  about  the  new  house.  Sophomore  Nick  Allen  plans  on  applying  for  WHIP  this  summer.  “I  think  it’s  a  smart  move  by  the  college,â€?  said  sophomore  Nick  Allen,  who  plans  on  applying  for  WHIP  this  summer.  “It  further  as- sists  the  future  of  its  students,  which  is  in  Hillsdale’s  long-Âterm  interest.â€? Students  previously  in  WHIP  expressed  their  support  for  the  acqui- sition.  “Living  at  the  Heritage  Founda-Â
Army  at  least  once  a  week. Both  men  said  consistency  and  variety  strengthen  the  ef- fectiveness  of  the  Galloway  volunteer  competition.  “We’re  not  all  doing  the  same  stuff,â€?  Kiblinger  said.  “It’s  good  because  we  have  some  people  who  are  working  with  kids  and  others  who  are  doing  hard  labor  in  the  community.  I  don’t  think  it’s  going  to  end  when  the  com- petition  is  over.â€? $OWKRXJK IRXUWK Ă€RRU LV trailing  close  behind,  Kiblinger  WKLQNV WKDW WKLUG Ă€RRU ZLOO UXQ WKH victory  lap.  ³* GHÂżQLWHO\ SXOOHG LW RXW ´ he  said.  “We  weren’t  even  think- ing  about  them.  But  I  think  we’ll  win  it  in  the  end.â€?  The  teams  have  a  little  more  WKDQ WZR ZHHNV EHIRUH ÂżQDO KRXUV are  tallied. tion  kept  us  from  spending  a  lot  of  time  at  the  Kirby  Center,â€?  said  junior  John  Brooks.  “It  seems  to  me  that  the  addition  of  this  building  will  go  further  in  making  the  Kirby  Center  into  a  small  campus.â€? As  early  as  this  summer,  WHIP  students  will  be  enjoying  the  wire- less  internet,  air  conditioning,  new  washers  and  dryers,  and  full  furnish- ings  featured  in  the  building.  Rent  ZLOO EH SHU PRQWK “There  are  several  functions  we  hold  at  the  Kirby  Center  for  students,â€?  Dunham  said.  “It  will  be  easier  for  them  to  attend  when  they  are  so  close.â€? The  house  is  close  to  Union  Station  and  famous  buildings  like  the  Supreme  Court,  Library  of  Congress,  and  historic  St.  Joseph’s  Church. Nearly  30  Hillsdale  students  will  be  participating  in  the  WHIP  program  this  summer.  The  WHIP  program  is  still  accepting  applica- tions  for  the  summer  and  fall. Â
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Looking ahead to true leisure Dear  fellow  seniors,  Well  here  we  are.  It’s  April  of  our  senior  year,  which  means  it’s  time  for  sappy,  sentimental  reminiscing  over  all  the  fun  we’ve  had  over  the  past  four  short  years.  Or  perhaps  it’s  the  perfect  time  to  completely  panic  about  the  fact  that  you  have  no  idea  what  you’re  going  to  do  on  May  13th.  Or  maybe  you’re  lamenting  the  fact  that  you  failed  in  \RXU TXHVW WR ¿QG WKDW VSHFLDO VRPHRQH EHIRUH JUDGXDWLRQ Ring  by  spring,  MRS  degree,  blah  blah  blah...  The  stress  never  ends.   But  what  we  should  really  be  excited  about,  what  we  should  actually  be  focusing  all  of  our  attention  on,  is  something  else.  There  is  a  lovely,  heavenly,  magical  day  approaching.  It  may  not  be  the  same  day  for  all  of  us,  but  I  believe  we’ll  all  experience  the  same  strange,  unfamiliar  feeling:  blind  relief.  A  day  soon  approaches  when  we  will  WXUQ LQ RXU YHU\ ODVW SDSHU RU ¿QLVK RXU YHU\ ODVW H[DP whichever  comes  last.  That  day,  rather  than  ending  our  lovely  days  of  contemplation  and  intense  study,  begins  RXU OLIH RI OHLVXUH 7UXH OHLVXUH :HœOO ¿QG WLPH WR UHDG WKH books  on  our  gigantic  reading  lists  that  we’ve  compiled  over  the  last  few  years  that  we  never  had  time  to  read.  We  can  have  proper  sleep  schedules,  and  Saturday  will  be  days  of  relaxation  rather  than  frantic  catch  up  days.  And  most  importantly,  we’ll  have  plenty  of  time  to  spend  with  our  families  and  friends.  And  who  knows,  maybe  we’ll  miss  Saga  more  than  we  think  we  will,  especially  sitting  at  big  round  tables  surrounded  by  our  friends.  So  be  excited  for  RXU ODVW PRQWK $QG LI \RX GRQœW KDYH D ¿DQFp \HW ZHOO don’t  lose  hope!  Keep  trying.
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Teddy Sawyer Collegian Reporter Drawing  on  the  several-Âhundred-Âyear- old  tradition  of  portraiture,  professional  artist  Richard  Whitney  visited  Hillsdale  College  campus  this  past  week  to  share  his  knowledge  with  art  students  and  art- ists  from  the  community. :KLWQH\ LV WKH RIÂżFLDO DUWLVW RI WKH GOP  presidential  candidate  Mitt  Rom- ney,  and  he  spent  a  week  on  campus  teaching  students  about  portrait  painting  andthe   history  of  his  genre. “I  am  totally  honored  to  be  here,â€?  local  artist  Beth  Voulgaris,  a  member  of  the  Jackson  Civic  Art  Association  said.  “It’s  such  an  intimate  situation.  And  to  have  an  artist  of  such  prestige,  I  am  just  ÀDEEHUJDVWHG ´ For  the  past  week,  Whitney  has  taught  Professor  of  Art  Samuel  Knecht’s  portraiture  class  as  well  as  a  seminar  for  art  students,  in  which  all  those  attend- ing  used  the  same  model  and  received  personal  direction  and  attention  from  Whitney  to  improve  their  technique.  Portraiture  was  just  natural  to  him,  he  said. “I  always  drew  heads,  always.  Even  as  a  small  child  I  always  drew  heads,â€?  he  said.  “In  high  school  I  drew  caricatures  of  all  65  teachers.â€? Other  things  did  not  come  as  easily. “My  teacher,  Mr.  Gammel,  said  I  had  a  gift  for  portraiture  and  it  was  some- thing  I  should  consider  as  a  career,  and  I  am  so  thankful  that  he  did.â€? Whitney  noted  the  importance  of  teaching  in  the  artistic  world,  so  as  to  pass  on  traditions,  techniques,  and  knowledge  to  the  next  generation. After  more  than  20  years  of  teaching,  Whitney  said  it  makes  a  huge  differ- ence  in  the  art  world,  for  without  formal  teaching  of  skills,  they  are  lost. “Hillsdale  College  is  extremely  for- tunate  to  have  an  artist  of  Sam  Knecht’s  FDOLEHU ´ KH VDLG Âł+HÂśV D WHUULÂżF DUWLVW and  teacher  and  students  here  have  no  idea  how  lucky  they  are.â€? He  himself  can  trace  his  teachings  back  through  the  years,  and  in  his  pre- sentation,  he  demonstrated  the  lineage  he  carries  and  is  passing  down  to  his  own  students. “They  are  extremely  fortunate  to  have  classically-Âtrained  artists,  especially  as  this  is  one  out  of  about  twelve  good- quality  programs  [in  the  United  States].â€? Whitney  focused  especially  on  the Â
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Artist Richard Whitney demonstrates painting in a portraiture class this week. Whitney is the official portrait artist for GOP candidate Mitt Romney. (Elena Salvatore/Collegian) PDVWHUV DQG WKHLU VSHFLÂżF WHDFKLQJV GXU- ing  his  lecture.  He  examined  their  use  of  the  same  precision  to  maintain  the  tradi- tion.  He  noted  particularly  the  shading  of  WKH ÂżJXUHV DQG WKH XVH RI SUHFLVLRQ DQG imprecision  to  guide  the  audience  to  the  most  important  aspects  of  the  painting. “I  would  just  say  his  lecture  really  presented  his  best  as  an  artist  and  his  content  really  reverberates  since  he’s  ac- tually  practicing  it,â€?  senior  art  major  Nell  O’Leary  said.  “It  was  a  great  reminder  of  all  the  masters  and  he  hit  all  the  impor- tant  ones.â€? As  a  professional  artist,  Whitney  was  also  able  to  share  insight  into  the  professional  world  of  artists  and  how  he  supports  his  family  using  his  portraiture Â
skills. “I  am  represented  by  most  of  the  major  portrait  galleries  in  the  country,  something  like  15  or  so  that  share  my  work  with  those  who  are  interested,â€?  he  said.  “I  get  almost  half  of  my  commis- sions  on  my  own,  which  means  I  don’t  have  to  pay  a  gallery  commission.â€? Varying  from  portraits  of  children  and  families  to  posthumous  remembrances,  Whitney  has  painted  a  wide  variety  of  KLJK SURÂżOH SHRSOH “Mitt  Romney  has  given  me  more  publicity  than  anyone  else  I’ve  ever  painted,â€?  he  said.  “Someone  like  Mitt  Romney  saw  me  through  a  tour,  and  Mitt  Romney  was  impressed  enough  by  what  KH VDZ WR VD\ WR KLV DVVLVWDQW WR ÂżQG WKDW
artist,  and  he  didn’t  even  bother  to  look  into  any  others.  My  commissions  come  half  reputation  and  half  dealer.� Most  prominent  among  his  goals,  however,  is  the  continuation  of  the  classi- cal  tradition. “I  have  noticed  in  the  last  10  years  a  huge  interest  in  the  revival  of  classi- cal  painting  world  wide,�  he  said.  “I’m  trying  to  promote  the  continuation  of  the  classical  tradition  which  is  essentially  separate  from  modern  art.  I’ve  written  a  book  on  the  principles  of  painting  that  have  been  passed  down  and  used  by  thousands  of  artists.�
Philipp  is  also  a  Kappa,  and  in  addition  to  that,  she  is  involved  with  the  Hillsdale  reading  GOAL  program  and  is  the  public  rela- tions  chairman  for  the  Student  Activities  Board.  Her  job  as  secretary  will  be  taking  notes  at  senior  committee  meetings,  managing  publicity  for  senior  class  sponsored  events,  and  developing  agendas  for  all  class  and  committee  meetings.  She  will  also  be  hostess  at  the  senior  dinners. “I’m  really  excited  to  serve  and  be  a  liaison  between  the  entire  senior  class,â€?  Philipp  said.  “This  is  a  great  group  of  people.â€? Marshall,  as  treasurer,  is  in  charge  of  the  class  gift  and  every- thing  that  goes  with  it,  including  ¿JXULQJ RXW ZKDW WKH JLIW ZLOO EH and  fundraising  any  additional  money  for  it  that  isn’t  provided  through  student  fees.  Party  planning,  the  prominent  one  being  the  senior  tailgate  party,  is  up  to  Rothhaas  as  social  chairman.  She  will  also  be  in  charge  of  senior  T-Âshirts.  Finally,  DeMeuse  and  Logan  will  serve  as  the  communication  point  between  the  college  and  the  2012-Â13  class  after  graduation.  Grover,  as  well  as  the  other  FODVV RIÂżFHUV DOUHDG\ KDV D busy  schedule,  and  was  initially  nervous  about  juggling  more  responsibility  next  year.  But  she  said  Farhat  assured  her  she  could  do  it,  and  she  welcomes  the  chal- lenge.
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OPINION 12  April  2012    A6
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more  offensive. It  was  a  major  shock  to  us  as  an  editorial  staff.  We  interacted  with  Derbyshire  when  he  visited  +LOOVGDOH &ROOHJH 0DUFK WR +H ZDV QRWKLQJ EXW SROLWH and  soft-Âspoken,  if  a  little  socially  awkward.  His  talks  on  mathematics  and  conservative  pessimism  were  well-Âreceived.  He  shared  stories  of  his  life  in  Asia,  including  his  courtship  and  marriage  to  his  Chinese  wife. So  it  was  alarming  to  read  his  derogatory  column.  It  revealed  base  and  inhumane  beliefs  held  by  a  man  we  befriended  and  trusted,  a  man  whose  journalistic  legacy Â
inspired  us. But  that  is  not  our  only  disappointment.  Derbyshire  missed  an  opportunity  to  write  something  truly  constructive  and  important. He  could  have  highlighted  the  double  standard  of  politically  correct  language  that  masks  actual  UDFLDO SURÂżOLQJ +H FRXOG KDYH addressed  the  way  we  conceal  a  real  need  for  reconciliation  under  bureaucratic  quotas.  He  could  have  pointed  out  the  truth  our  college  UHFRJQL]HG LQ WKDW LQWHOOHFW and  character  are  not  dependent  on  color  or  creed. But  he  didn’t.  He  undermined Â
the  very  argument  he  was  demonstrating  —  that  racism  happens  despite  political  correctness  —  in  the  crude  and  almost  malicious  way  he  wrote  his  piece. He  should  have  known  how  offensive  this  was.  He  ruined  his  otherwise  successful  career.  As  a  journalist,  father,  and  human  being,  he  should  have  known  better. We  were  disappointed  to  learn  the  Derbyshire  is  a  man  with  a  serious  blind  spot. We  hope  the  next  generation  of  conservative  writers  take  note.  We  certainly  have.
PHGLFDO FRVWV DQG VSXUV RQ RXU billion  diet  industry  (CDC).   That’s  more  than  the  GDP  of  Aruba  or  the  cost  of  the  Los  Angeles  Dodgers. Children  are  not  to  blame  for  ZDWFKLQJ ZHOO RYHU KRXUV RI television  before  entering  kinder- garten.  Infants  only  want  iPhones  to  gum,  toddlers  crave  to  beat  them  YLJRURXVO\ DJDLQVW WKH Ă€RRU DQG older  children  are  still  subject  to  the  ubiquitous  “Because  I  said  so.â€? So,  why  aren’t  parents  telling  their  children  to  go  outside  and  run  about  like  the  little  savages  they  are?  The  reason  that  they  give  is  simple:  paranoia. On  Cafemom.com,  a  popu- lar  parenting  website,  dozens  of  mothers  responded  to  the  question  “When  is  a  child  old  enough  to  play  outside  alone?â€?  unleashing  a  wave  of  judgment  and  borderline  hyste- ULD IURP VHOI LGHQWLÂżHG ÂłKHOLFRSWHU moms.â€? “Maybe  in  backyard  if  you  have  6  ft  privacy  fence.  If  it  was  the  front  yard  then  you  should  always  be  out  with  them  because  it’s  dangerous!â€? “In  the  front  of  the  house-  11-Â12  maybe,  and  then  NEVER  alone,  at  least  2  together  .  .  .  I  never  let  mine  out  alone  younger  than  that.â€? “Never  .  .  .  mine  are  not  allowed  outside  without  a  parent  until  they  are  around  13.  By  then  they  are  not  outside  anyways.â€? What  is  there  to  be  so  afraid Â
of?  Cafemoms  suggest  kidnappers,  speeding  cars,  and  being  judged  by  their  neighbors  (oh  my!)  However,  these  claims  are  ODUJHO\ XQMXVWLÂżHG RU XWWHUO\ VHOI IXOÂżOOLQJ According  to  the  FBI,  less  than  one  percent  of  missing  children  cases  was  “involuntaryâ€?  (aka  kidnappings),  and  that  includes  the  overwhelming  number  abducted  by  family  members  and  close  acquain- tances.  Lollipop-Âwielding  perverts  snatch  remarkably  few  children  from  their  front  yards. 7KH JRYHUQPHQWÂśV RIÂżFLDO JXLGH- lines  suggest  that  the  minimum  age  for  leaving  a  child  alone  —  for  short  periods  of  time  only  and  DEVROXWHO\ QHYHU RYHUQLJKW ² LV &KLOGUHQ VKRXOG DOVR EH DW WKH youngest,  before  they  can  be  trusted  to  look  after  a  younger  brother  or  sister.   “These  are  the  minimum  ages,â€?  stresses  the  state.   “Not  every  child  is  ready  then.â€? 7KH\ IXUWKHU GHÂżQH ÂłUHDG\´ DV “able  to  understand  cause  and  ef- fect,  make  independent  decisions,  and  evaluate  situations.â€?  So,  accord- ing  to  the  government,  until  a  child  is  through  puberty,  they  should  not  be  expected  to  understand  that  SOXQJLQJ KHDGÂżUVW LQWR WUDIÂżF FRXOG result  in  a  severe  case  of  death. The  assumption  of  a  child’s  inability  to  sort  things  for  himself Â
directly  leads  to  excessive  coddling  that  prevents  him  from  ever  acquir- ing  the  skills  needed  to  do  so  in  the  future. When  left  to  their  own  devices,  children  develop  a  peculiar  society  of  their  own,  modeled  on  that  which  surrounds  them,  but  self-Âgenerated  and  self-  regulated.  They  learn  cre- DWLYH SUREOHP VROYLQJ FRQĂ€LFW UHVR- lution,  negotiation,  self-Âreliance,  teamwork,  resourcefulness,  how  to  accept  defeat,  and  how  to  graciously  handle  a  victory. And  that’s  not  the  mention  the  calories  they’ll  burn,  the  vitamin  D  they’ll  process,  the  muscles  they’ll  stretch,  the  blood  they’ll  pump,  the  immunities  they’ll  build,  and  the  healthy  foundation  they’ll  have,  both  mentally  and  physically,  for  the  rest  of  their  lives. A  few  punches  may  be  thrown.   A  few  tears  may  be  shed.  All  of  \RXU 7XSSHUZDUH PD\ EH ÂżOOHG ZLWK gleefully  acquired  crawdads  once  the  galvanized  buckets  run  out.   When  left  alone  with  their  environ- ment,  children  learn  something  that  can  never  be  acquired  from  steril- ized  scraps  of  complicated  electron- ics:  How  to  be  a  part  of  this  world  they’ll  inherit.  And  if  they  skin  a  knee,  simply  pass  on  the  advice  that  has  devel- oped  children’s  immunities  for  thousands  of  years:  rub  some  dirt  in  it  and  keep  going.
SeaWorld  on  behalf  of  the  killer  whales  on  the  grounds  of  their  “enslavement,â€?  citing  the  Thirteenth  Amendment’s  rejection  of  slavery  and  involuntary  servitude  and  the  fact  that  this  Amendment  does  not  mention  humans. The  Amendment  is  as  follows: Âł6HFWLRQ 1HLWKHU VODYHU\ QRU involuntary  servitude,  except  as  a  punishment  for  crime  whereof  the  party  shall  have  been  duly  con- victed,  shall  exist  within  the  United  States,  or  any  place  subject  to  their  MXULVGLFWLRQ 6HFWLRQ &RQJUHVV shall  have  power  to  enforce  this  article  by  appropriate  legislation.â€? 3(7$ÂśV HIIRUW WR IUHH WKH OLEHUDO- ly-Âfed  killer  whales  that  are  “slavesâ€?  kept  in  generously  sized,  well  main- tained  tanks  is  a  valiant  venture  in  the  colossus  that  is  the  attempt  to  vastly  expand  the  rights  of  animals.   +RZHYHU LI 3(7$ SODQQHG WR free  the  whales  with  a  master  plan  basing  their  defense  in  a  document  that  begins  with,  “We  the  People,â€?  WKH\ DSSDUHQWO\ QHHG WR ÂżUH WKHLU ODZ\HU 7LOLNXP .DWLQD &RUN\ .DVDWND DQG 8OLVHV ÂżYH RUFDV HW DO v.  SeaWorld  concluded  with  a  ruling  from  District  Court  judge  Jeffrey  T.  0LOOHU WKDW EDVLFDOO\ FRQÂżUPHG ZKDW we  all  knew:  humans,  not  animals,  are  covered  by  the  Constitution.
This  case  was  seen  as  another  3(7$ SXEOLFLW\ VWXQW JRW D IHZ QD- tional  giggles,  and  did  not  succeed  in  dissuading  people  from  visiting  the  killer  whales  of  SeaWorld. 7KLV IDLOXUH DORQJ ZLWK WKH Ă€RS in  Switzerland  and  other  cases  of  the  like,  is  not  a  deterrent  to  the  “animal  standingâ€?  movement  that  ultimately  seeks  to  abolish  any  industry  that  uses  animal  testing  and  plans  to  eventually  eradicate  the  domestication  of  animals.   In  this  ¿JKW LW ZRXOG WDNH RQO\ RQH MXGJH with  sights  on  his  name  in  history  books  ruling  in  favor  of  the  move- ment  to  create  a  domino-Âfall  straight  WR EHLQJ DUUHVWHG IRU RZQLQJ D ÂżVK In  an  interview  with  the  New  York  Times,  lawyer  and  president  of  the  Nonhuman  Rights  Project  Ste- YHQ 0 :LVH ZDUQHG WKDW LQ cases  will  be  taken  to  court  that  will  “use  the  latest  science  to  help  per- suade  state  court  judges  that  such  creatures  as  whales  and  chimpan- zees  should  be  accorded  common  law  personhood  and  rights.â€? As  science  advances,  there  may  be  something  to  Wise’s  claim.   More  and  more  frequently,  you  FDQ ÂżQG UHSRUWV DERXW GROSKLQV using  language  to  communicate  or  chimpanzees  able  to  solve  advanced  puzzles.   There  is  no  doubt  that  ani-Â
mals  may  be  smarter  than  humans  have  believed. But  seeking  personhood  for  something  nonhuman  is  an  abso- OXWH FRQWUDGLFWLRQ RI WKH GHÂżQLWLRQ for  person;Íž  according  to  Merriam  :HEVWHU ÂłSHUVRQ´ LV GHÂżQHG ÂżUVW and  foremost,  as  “human.â€?  It  can  also  not  be  ignored  that  many  of  these  pro-“animal  stand- ingâ€?  advocates  are  also  pro-Âchoice.    Some  “animal-Âstandersâ€?  even  view  infanticide  as  a  legitimate  practice  and  do  not  view  a  fetus  as  a  human.   Seems  a  little  backwards  to  me.   If  you  do  not  even  consider  a  human  to  be  human,  how  can  you  argue  for  the  personhood  of  animals? Animal  cruelty  is  wrong  and  inhumane.   This  fact  cannot  be  denied.   And  though  an  animal  is  unquestionably  a  higher  entity  than  a  pencil  or  rock,  I  cannot  see  why  my  cat  should  be  represented  by  a  lawyer  for  any  injustices  she  feels  I  have  done  to  her.   %XW PD\EH VRRQ JUDQWHG 3(7$ and  other  groups  like  it  pushing  for  “animal  standingâ€?  win  in  the  end,  she  will  be  able  to  sue  me  for  all  of  my  livelihood  because  of  that  one  night  I  got  home  late  and  did  not  feed  her  until  almost  midnight  UDWKHU WKDQ KHU UHJXODU SP meal. Â
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h,  the  glorious  days  of  child- hood!   How  sweet  it  was  to  muck  about  in  the  creek,  clutching  at  crawdads.   How  proud  The  editors  welcome  Letters  to  the  Editor  but  reserve  to  convey  them  home  in  galvanized  the  right  to  edit  all  submissions  for  clarity,  length  and  SDLOV ÂżOFKHG IURP WKH JDUDJH +RZ style.  Letters  should  be  less  350  words  or  less  and  include  bracing  to  rend  your  feet  on  spitted  your  name  and  phone  number.  Please  send  submissions  ¿HOGV RI VWXEEOH DV \RX EHVW WKH to  telliot@hillsdale.edu  before  Sunday  at  6  p.m. boys  in  a  footrace.  And  how  divine  to  dock  one  in  the  eye  when  he  in- sists  he  let  you  win  because  you’re  “just  a  girl.â€? Alas,  those  days  are  long  gone,  and  not  just  for  those  of  us  who  gave  up  grubbing  in  the  lawn  for  stilettos  and  desk  jobs,  but  for  thousands  of  American  children  ef- fectively  under  house  arrest. According  to  The  Chesapeake  Casey Harper Bay  Foundation,  a  conservationist  Special to the Collegian QRW IRU SURÂżW $PHULFDQ FKLOGUHQ currently  spend  less  than  four  min- upreme  Court  Justice  Stephen  Breyer  emphati- utes  per  day  in  unstructured  outdoor  FDOO\ ÂłSURPLVHG´ KH KDG QRW UHDG WKH SDJH play,  an  all-Âtime  low  in  human  his- health  care  bill  and  would  not  read  it  during  tory.  And  their  health  and  wellbeing  proceedings.  Although  Breyer  was  appointed  by  Bill  suffer  because  of  it. Clinton,  experts  assure  the  media  that  Breyer  can,  in  Spending  time  outdoors  at  a  fact,  read. young  age  prevents  and  cures  a  mĂŠ- 7KH SDJH PRQVWURVLW\ LV HQRXJK WR VWRS D lange  of  physical  and  mental  health  bullet  or,  better  yet,  suffocate  a  Beverly  Hills  Chihua- ailments  ranging  from  nearsighted- hua  in  less  time  than  it  takes  to  sludge  through  the  ness  and  social  incompetence  to  ¿UVW SDJH ,I VSUHDG RXW LW ZRXOG HDVLO\ FRYHU WKH RYDO ADHD  and  obesity  —  America’s  RIÂżFH WKUHH WLPHV RYHU 7KHQ )UDQNHQVWHLQ FRXOG PHHW number  one  health  problem  that  his  creation. LQĂ€LFWV PLOOLRQ $PHULFDQ FKLO- “It’s  alive!  It’s‌  wow,  this  thing  is  big.  Has  any- GUHQ LQFXUV ELOOLRQ LQ DQQXDO one  read  this?  Biden!  Come  look  at  this  thing‌â€? It  seems  that  the  bill  is  too  long,  too  complex,  and  too  complicated.  If  the  supreme  lawyers  of  the  land  WKLQN WKH ELOO WRR GLIÂżFXOW WR GHFLSKHU KRZ FRXOG lesser  gods  like  insurance  companies’  counsels  or  low  OHYHO IHGV SRVVLEO\ ÂżJXUH LW RXW" Kelsy Drapkin Obama’s  grandiose  language  makes  the  unfortu- Special to the Collegian nate  listener  think  the  president  must  have  reached  across  the  aisle  so  many  times  that  he  will  soon  have  ave  you  ever  been  sued  by  carpel  tunnel.  There  is  no  attempt  at  bipartisanship,  your  dog?   So  maybe  your  however,  when  the  bill  is  so  large  that  the  other  side  cat  is  not  trying  to  kill  you,  has  no  time  to  read  it.  There  is  no  attempt  at  the  virtu- ous  proliferation  of  workable  legislation  when  regula- but  is  she  trying  to  sue  you  for  all  tion  involving  mammograms,  birth  control,  insurance  you  have? These  questions  may  lose  their  reform,  and  individual  mandates  are  not  separately  outlandish  nature  soon  as  animal  worked  on  to  reach  a  viable  compromise.  rights  defenders  progress  in  their  Democrats’  utter  indifference  to  legislative  pursuit  of  “animal  standing,â€?  the  integrity  and  the  powerful  enmity  towards  purpose- ful  bipartisanship  was  more  obvious,  though  far  less  ability  for  an  animal  to  sue  in  court.   Do  not  laugh.   This  is  real. entertaining,  than  a  jaded  baby  momma  on  the  Jerry  ,Q 6ZLW]HUODQG YRWHG RQ Springer  Show  clawing  at  the  eyes  of  a  “good-Âfor- a  law  that  would  have  appointed  nothing  man  who  aint  worked  in  three  years.â€? Any  congressman  who  found  a  problem  with  birth  animals  free  lawyers  for  cases  of  control  language  or  the  individual  mandate  soon  faced  abuse.   This  law  was  smartly  reject- HG E\ SHUFHQW RI 6ZLVV YRWHUV propaganda  consequences  of  Obamical  proportions.  My  question  is  simple:  what  was  the  Senator  “Hey,  wait  a  minute‌â€?  suddenly  hates  the  RWKHU SHUFHQW RI WKH SRSXODWLRQ poor,  refusing  to  agree  out  of  a  seemingly  inces- sant  white  conservative  hate  volcano  simultaneously   thinking?  7KH ODZ SXW IRUWK ZDV SDJHV simmering  in  his  black  soul  and  the  frozen  Alaskan  of  regulations  to  “protectâ€?  animals,  planes  of  Sarah  Palin’s  backyard.  He  was  even  seen  not  only  outlawing  of  cruelty  and  that  morning  kicking  elderly  patients  and  black  children  out  of  hospitals  while  rocketing  HIV-Âtipped  abuse  simultaneously  simultane- ously  worthy  goals  in  my  view  –  syringes  at  them  like  ninja  stars. but  also  restrictions  as  precise  as  the  Democratic  smearing  of  legitimate  opposition  water  temperature  in  which  domes- not  only  displays  their  bogus  bipartisanship.  They  unknowingly  parade  their  unconditional  love  for  more  tic  frogs  must  reside.  But  the  absurd  movement  of  government  regulation.  Big  government’s  insatiable  lust  for  red  tape  is  not  a  new  topic  amongst  conserva- “animal  standingâ€?  does  not  end  there.  In  early  February  of  this  year  tives.  An  hour  of  Limbaugh  will  leave  you  thinking  SHRSOH IRU WKH (WKLFDO 7UHDWPHQW RI the  “libsâ€?  probably  call  phone-Âsex  hotlines  to  talk  about  regulation  “Ohhhh,  baby,  show  me  that  permit.â€? $QLPDOV 3(7$ DWWHPSWHG WR VXH 0RUH VSHFLÂżFDOO\ WR WRGD\ÂśV HYHQWV WKH KHDOWK FDUH bill  is  the  Messianic  legislation  of  the  left.  Gollum’s  ³P\ SUHFLRXV´ DFFXUDWHO\ UHĂ€HFWV 'HPRFUDWÂśV REVHV- sion  with  the  health  care  bill  for  as  long  as  Barack  Obama  has  been  meeting  up  for  beers  at  TGI  Fridays  with  Saul  Alinsky  and  Bill  Ayers. Dr. William R. Pollack ,Q D VSHHFK GHOLYHUHG 0DUFK WZHOYH GD\V Special to the Collegian before  the  House  passed  the  health-Âcare  legislation,  s  a  member  of  the  class  then-ÂHouse  Speaker  Nancy  Pelosi  said,  “But  we  have  RI , DP GLVJXVWHG WR SDVV WKH ELOO VR WKDW \RX FDQ ÂżQG RXW ZKDW LV LQ at  the  title  of  the  program  it.â€?  Which  makes  about  as  much  sense  as  cutting  off  described  in  an  e-Âmail  I  received  someone’s  head  to  see  if  they  are  dead,  though  there  the  other  day:  “Obamacare’s  As- might  be  a  provision  for  that  in  the  bill.  Who  knows? sault  on  Religious  Liberty.â€?   I  used  Nobody.  That’s  who. to  think  the  notion  of  Hillsdale’s  8QYHULÂżHG UHSRUWV LQGLFDWHG WKDW (OYLVK DQG .OLQ- gon  sections  of  the  bill  were  inserted  to  treat  their  ana- independence  was  noble  and  saw  it  as  an  alternative  to  education  tomical  distinctions  (naturally)  as  well  as  a  concise,  programs  that  had  an  agenda  other  SDJH VH[XDO KLVWRU\ RI %ULWQH\ 6SHDUV than  teaching.   This  singular  e- The  ridiculous  nature  of  this  “legislationâ€?  invites  scorn,  but  comparing  it  to  a  gem  of  past  legislation  in- mail  has  made  me  totally  rethink  vites  sadness.  The  Northwest  Ordinance,  for  example,  that  concept.   What  I  used  to  think  ZDV DGRSWHG LQ ,Q WZR SDJHV WKH ELOO SURKLELWHG was  a  liberal  arts  education  had  been  exposed  to  be  nothing  more  slavery  in  the  Northwest  Territories,  provided  an  orderly  plan  for  the  admittance  of  states  into  the  union  than  indoctrination.   You  know,  I  there,  demanded  republican  constitutions  of  state  gov- always  kind  of  knew  that  was  what  ernments,  set  the  precedent  for  liberty  for  all  men,  and  was  happening,  but  since  it  never  guaranteed  rule  of  law  and  the  rights  of  Americans  to  really  reached  the  level  of  being  offensive  I  never  really  gave  it  VHWWOHUV LQ WKH FRORQLHV 7ZR SDJHV YV , VXS- much  thought.   pose  stealing  liberties  is  a  verbose  business. I  counted  myself  fortunate  to  The  ridiculous  length,  vague  complexities,  and  have  spent  time  at  Hillsdale,  and  the  explosive  growth  of  government  this  bill  empha- also  fortunate  to  have  pursued  two  size  the  magnitude  of  the  court’s  decision,  and  add  a  more  degrees  at  other  institutions.   KRSHOHVV WLQJH WR %X]]Âś FDWFKSKUDVH Âł7R LQÂżQLW\ DQG The  balance  of  being  exposed  beyond?â€?
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to  many  ideas  and  theories  has  made  me  a  more  open-Âminded  and  understanding  person,  not  a  closed  minded  ideologue.   Sadly,  our  society  has  been  hijacked  by  ideologues  from  both  sides  of  the  political  spectrum.  Our  country  has  been  frozen  by  the  lack  of  a  spirit  of  compromise  by  its  leaders  and  citizens.   You  only  contribute  to  that  poor  behavior  by  using  such  language  in  “teachingâ€?  our  youth.  The  very  notion  that  you  label  the  legislation  “Obamacareâ€?  displays  a  lack  of  consideration  and  respect  for  those  leaders  with  whom  you  don’t  agree:  surely  not  a  good  lesson  for  our  country’s  youth.   Secondly,  that  you  say  that  the  legislation  is  itself  an  assault  on  religious  liberty  is  such  a  sim- plistic  criticism  of  such  a  complex  issue  that  one  should  be  ashamed  it  came  from  an  institution  of  higher  learning.   I  agree  there  are  unintended  consequences  of  the  legislation  that  may  cause  con-Â
Ă€LFWV ZLWK VRPH SHRSOHÂśV UHOLJLRXV views,  but  to  label  the  legislation  in  that  manner  makes  one  think  it  was  the  sponsor’s  intention  to  do  so  and  is  childish  and  not  constructive.   It  also  shows  a  lack  of  respect  for  those  of  differing  religious  beliefs,  or  the  very  fact  that  some  do  not  choose  to  be  religious,  which  is  a  right  as  much  guaranteed  in  our  constitution  as  the  right  to  practice  Catholicism,  Islam,  or  the  Jewish  faith. Perhaps  changing  the  tile  to  “Is  Obamacare  an  Assault  on  Reli- gious  Libertyâ€?  would  have  framed  the  conversation  as  a  debate  on  the  topic  (not  withstanding  my  distaste  for  the  term  Obamacare)  instead  of  a  lecture.   That  would  be  a  more  appropriate  act  for  an  institution  proud  of  the  liberal  arts  tradition.    I  recently  had  a  conversation  with  a  member  of  the  faculty  of  Wesleyan  University  who  couldn’t  be  further  opposite  from  the  views  of  Hillsdale.  He  happened  to  be  appalled  that  Justice  Scalia  was Â
speaking  on  campus.   I  tried  to  explain  that  it  was  better  for  the  students  to  learn  by  being  exposed  to  both  sides  of  an  argument  to  teach  them  to  think  for  themselves  and  make  their  own  decisions  based  upon  a  free  exchange  of  ideas.  That  is  the  hallmark  of  an  education. As  an  educational  institution  you  owe  it  to  our  youth  to  teach  them  not  indoctrinate  them.   Yes,  you  can  have  a  viewpoint,  but  it  should  be  balanced  and  not  based  on  hyperbole  or  hysteria.   It  should  present  the  very  idea  that  there  are  differences  of  opinion,  and  that  those  differences  should  be  respected  and  the  people  that  have  them  as  well. I  think  it  is  about  time  for  those  of  us  with  moderate  viewpoints   to  stand  up  to  the  antics  of  the  extremists  in  our  society.  I  would  appreciate  being  eliminated  from  your  mailing  lists  for  Imprimis  and  for  e-Âmails  such  as  the  one  mentioned  above.
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RUGBY FALLS TO GVSU 50-Â17
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The  Hillsdale  College  base- ball  team  suffered  two  losses  to  Grand  Valley  State  University  but  split  a  doubleheader  against  the  University  of  Findlay  this  past  weekend.  Grand  Valley  beat  Hillsdale  4-Â0  and  12-Â1  on  Tuesday.  The  Chargers  struggled  against  the  GVSU  Lakers’  pitching  in  the  ¿UVW JDPH DQG RQO\ MXQLRU ULJKW ÂżHOGHU 0LNH 9DQFKLHUL KDG D KLW “We  saw  their  two  best  pitchers.  One  of  them  is  the  best  pitchers  in  the  league,â€?  said  head  coach  Paul  Noce.  “That  didn’t  help.â€? The  second  game  also  ended  with  a  loss  for  the  Chargers,  though  the  men  got  six  hits  total.  Freshman  shortstop  Nolan  Breymaier  had  two  hits  and  one  run  batted  in.   “We’ve  been  playing  pretty  well  all  year,  but  today  was  just  a  bad  day  overall,â€?  Noce  said.  Not  only  did  the  men  face  the  No.  20  team  in  the  nation,  they  also  dealt  with  snow  and  LQMXULHV 6RSKRPRUHV OHIW ÂżHOGHU $GDP /DG]LQVNL ÂżUVW EDVHPDQ Matt  Pochmara,  pitcher  Dan  Pochmara  and  freshman  second  baseman  Vinny  Delicata  are  all  injured.  On  Easter  weekend,  Hills-Â
dale  split  a  doubleheader  against  the  Findlay. “The  pitching  was  good  this  past  weekend,â€?  Noce  said.  “We  had  some  timely  hitting.  We  had  kids  step  up  and  get  some  big  hits.â€? The  weekend  started  with  a  3-Â0  loss.  The  Oilers  shut  out  the  Chargers  largely  because  Hill- sdale  could  not  get  more  than  the  two  hits  from  Delicata  and  IUHVKPDQ FHQWHU ÂżHOGHU 6HDQ Bennett.  “We  have  to  pick  up  the  ball  a  little  bit  better.  We  have  to  start  getting  some  ugly  hits,â€?  Vanchieri  said.  “And  maybe  get  a  brush  of  luck.â€? In  the  second  game,  Hills- dale  came  from  behind  to  beat  Findlay  5-Â3.  The  seventh  inning  started  with  the  Oilers  holding  a  3-Â2  lead  over  the  Chargers.  After  three  runs  and  a  save  by  senior  pitcher  Kris  Morris,  Hill- sdale  pulled  off  the  win.   Delicata,  with  a  pinch-Âhit  VLQJOH RXW WR ULJKW ÂżHOG VWDUWHG D succession  of  hits.  When  junior  third  baseman  Scott  Lantis  singled  and  advanced  to  second  on  the  throw,  Delicata  scored.  Hillsdale  racked  up  two  more  runs  after  a  single  from  senior  catcher  Chris  Stephens,  a  sacri- ¿FH Ă€\ IURP %HQQHW DQG D VLQJOH from  Vanchieri. Morris  saved  the  game  in  the  bottom  of  the  seventh  by  allow- ing  only  one  hit  and  pitching  a Â
strikeout.  “He’s  pretty  effective.  It’s  tough  for  a  team  to  see  one  solid  pitcher  for  a  whole  game  and  then  see  a  different  one  for  the  last  three  outs,â€?  Vanchieri  said.  Saturday  opened  with  a  second  Charger  victory  3-Â1.  Freshman  pitcher  Colin  Casey  handicapped  Findlay  by  pitch- ing  six  innings  with  only  one  run  and  three  hits.  ,Q WKH ÂżUVW LQQLQJ 9DQFKLHUL hit  a  two-Ârun  single  that  led  to  runs  by  both  Stephens  and  Blanchard.  Senior  Pat  O’Hearn  scored  in  the  second  after  he  was  walked  and  then  advanced  WR WKLUG RQ D VDFULÂżFH EXQW +H got  the  run  after  junior  Brad  Hayden  singled.  For  the  second  time  that  weekend,  Morris  got  the  save  with  a  hitless  seventh  inning.  “Kris  has  the  new  role  as  the  closer,â€?  Vanchieri  said.  Stephens  and  Blanchard  each  had  a  hit  and  a  run  scored,  while  Vanchieri  lead  the  Chargers  with  three  hits  and  two  runs  batted  in. The  Chargers  narrowly  lost  WKH ÂżQDO JDPH RI WKH VHULHV Lantis  scored  the  only  run.  This  weekend,  Hillsdale  will  host  a  four  game  series  against  Northwood  University.  “It’s  going  to  feel  pretty  good  to  have  a  home  weekend  series,â€?  Vanchieri  said.  “We’ve  been  road  warriors  this  season.â€?
Senior captain Gabe Bunek runs over an opponent in a game last fall. The Chargers face Grand Valley State University at Allendale, Mich., on Saturday and lost the game 50-17. Despite the loss, several players gained valuable experience playing new positions. Freshmen Dakota Michael and Matteo Moran scored the first tries of their careers. The team is training in preparation for their upcoming Ruck City tournament in Detroit this weekend. (Courtesy of Gabe Bunek)
STEELE LOOKS TO COMPETE IN 33RD ULTRAMARATHON Bailey Pritchett Collegian Freelancer
Pace,  Steele  said,  is  one  of  the  most  essential  elements  to  successfully  running  an  ultra- marathon.  “My  fastest  10  miles  are  the  If  a  race  does  not  have  hills,  last  10  miles,â€?  Steele  said.  “By  a  view,  a  course  longer  than  the  end,  if  you  feel  that  you  can  26.2  miles,  or  some  form  of  epic  go  further,  then  you’ve  properly  challenge,  it  is  not  a  race  for  As- paced  yourself.â€? sociate  Professor  of  Economics  Race  day  to  Steele  is  just  Charles  Steele.  like  any  other  training  day.  His  His  taste  for  ultramarathons  mentality  is  to  run  like  he  does  developed  in  1983  –  the  year  during  training.  For  Steele,  KH ZDV VXSSRVHG WR UXQ KLV ÂżUVW training  consists  of  runs  varying  marathon.  After  the  marathon  in  distance  and  company.  was  cancelled,  Steele  could  not  “I’ve  run  with  [Professor  let  his  hard  work  and  training  of  Political  Economy]  Gary  go  to  waste.  He  read  that  if  a  Wolfram  and  a  few  students,â€?  UXQQHU ZDV LQ VKDSH WR ÂżQLVK D he  said.  “I’ll  train  with  friends,  marathon,  running  in  an  ultra- but  it  helps  to  train  by  yourself  marathon  is  not  much  different.  because  you’ll  do  a  long  run  6R KH UDQ KLV ÂżUVW XOWUDPDUDWKRQ yourself  on  the  day  of  the  race.â€?  DQG ÂżQLVKHG ZLWK RQO\ WKH H[SH- Steele  is  currently  training  rience  of  running  ten  mile  road  for  three  upcoming  ultramara- races  under  his  belt. thons,  all  of  which  take  place  Since  then,  Steele  has  com- in  Montana:  The  Elk  Horn  50  peted  in  32  ultramarathons  and  mile,  the  Old  Gabe  in  Bozeman,  four  marathons. and  the  Le  Grizz,  which  Steele  “You  train  for  an  ultra  like  has  run  11  times.  you  train  for  a  marathon,â€?  “I  once  told  Larry  Arnn  that  Steele  said.  “The  long  run  is  they  could  hire  me,  but  I’d  be  most  important.  I  occasionally  gone  every  second  Saturday  in  do  a  really  long  run,  which  for  October,â€?  Steele  said. me  is  15  to  20  miles.  But  never  This  year,  Steele  invited  his  run  50  miles  before  the  actual  History  of  Economic  Thought  race.â€?  students  to  join  him  on  a  run. Â
CALDWELL !From A8 were  cut  short  by  injuries.   “I  messed  up  some  disks  in  my  back,  and  I  had  short  achilles  tendons,  so  the  doctors  didn’t  want  me  to  do  com- petitive  gymnastics  anymore,â€?  Caldwell  said.  Though  she  could  no  longer  compete  in  gymnastics  at  the  level  that  she  had  hoped,  Caldwell  quickly  turned  towards  track  as  a  competi- tive  outlet  after  watching  her  brother’s  junior  high  school  meets. “I  decided  I  would  run,â€?  Caldwell  said.  “After  breaking  records  in  the  100,  200,  400  [meter  dashes]  and  the  4x100,  4x200,  and  4x400  [relays],  I  thought,  ‘Hey  this  is  fun.  I’m  good  at  this.’â€? As  Caldwell  adjusted  to  WUDFN DQG ÂżHOG DQG MXVW WZR weeks  into  her  high  school  track  season,  she  was  ap- proached  by  her  team’s  pole  vault  coach.  He  felt  that  Caldwell’s  gymnastics  experi- ence  would  translate  perfectly  into  pole  vaulting.  “The  similarity  between  gymnastics  and  pole  vaulting  is  that  you  have  to  be  very  aware  of  your  body  and  where  it’s  at  in  the  air,â€?  Caldwell  said.  “What  attracts  me  the  most  to  pole  vaulting  is  that  it’s  scary  like  gymnastics.  Like  gymnas- tics,  pole  vaulting  is  a  sport  that  not  a  lot  of  people  can  do.â€? Yet  Caldwell  does  it  and  does  it  well.  Seven  years  of  hard  work  have  put  her  in  the Â
national  spotlight,  though  there  have  been  hardships  along  the  way.  Due  to  a  stress-Âfractured  shin,  Caldwell  had  to  train  especially  hard  in  order  to  com- pete  at  nationals.  “When  Kayla  was  injured,  we  worked  on  many  things  that  were  parts  of  her  event  that  would  make  the  whole  thing  much  better  when  they  were  put  back  together,â€?  said  Jeff  Forino,  head  men’s  track  coach. As  the  former  assistant  coach  of  both  the  men’s  and  women’s  track  teams,  Forino  worked  with  Caldwell  on  vari- ous  strengthening  movements  that  were  instrumental  in  pre- paring  her  for  national  conten- tion.  Forino  credited  Caldwell’s  work  ethic  and  composure  as  key  components  to  her  success  during  the  indoor  season. “Kayla  is  a  fantastic  athlete  all  around,â€?  he  said.  “When  she  is  having  a  really  positive  attitude  toward  anything  that  she  does,  she  is  almost  unstop- pable.â€?  Senior  teammate  Chelsea  Wackernagel  and  fellow  pole  vaulter  said  Caldwell’s  positive  DWWLWXGH KDV EHHQ D ELJ EHQHÂżW to  her  other  teammates. “Kayla  is  extremely  pas- sionate  about  what  she  does,â€?  Wackernagel  said.  “She  loves  track,  and  her  passion  for  it  can  be  contagious.â€? This  winning  mentality  comes  from  Caldwell’s  desire  to  be  the  best.  Even  in  the  midst  of  injury  and  intense  physical  therapy,  she  had  her  sights  set  on  that  No.  1  spot. Â
Three  accompanied  him.  Among  them  was  senior  Jack  Hummel,  an  economics  major. Â
“We  ran  nine  miles,â€?  Hum- During  the  run,  the  group  mel  said.  “His  dog,  Chaos,  came  discussed  miscellaneous  on  the  run  with  us.â€?  subjects,  from  Steele’s  favorite  ancient  artillery  weapon  –  the  atlatl,  a  throwing  spear  of  sorts  –  to  economic  paper  topics. Although  he  typically  runs  50-Âmile  or  50k  ultramarathons,  Steele  said  he  has  run  a  100- mile  ultramarathon  and  would  like  to  run  one  again  in  the  near  future.  “A  100-Âmile  ultra  is  different  than  the  shorter  ones  physically  and  mentally,â€?  Steele  said.  If  he  were  to  run  the  100  mile  ultra  marathon  of  his  choice,  it  would  be  the  Hardrock  100  Endurance  run  in  Colorado.  “It’s  considered  the  toughest  100-Âmiler.  You  never  go  below  9,000  or  10,000  feet  and  hit  a  14,000  foot  elevation,â€?  Steele  said.  “If  humans  can  cover  it  on  foot,  someone  will  try  to  make  an  ultramarathon  of  it.â€? Steele’s  other  dream  ultra  marathon  would  be  the  Barkley  Marathon  100-Âmiler  in  Tennes- see,  which  is  also  considered  one  of  the  hardest  ultramara- thons.  Associate Professor of Economics Charles Steele “It  was  designed  to  be  starts out on the Le Grizz 50-mile ultramarathon. LPSRVVLEOH WR ÂżQLVK DOWKRXJK Steele began training after a marathon he entered in SHRSOH KDYH ÂżQLVKHG WKH UDFH ´ was cancelled. (Courtesy of Charles Steele)
“The  night  before  nationals  I  wrote  down  that  I  wanted  to  jump  a  13  feet  5  inches,  even  though  I  hadn’t  even  jumped  passed  13  feet,â€?  Caldwell  said.  “It  was  a  stretch,  but  I  was  try- ing  to  believe  it.â€? Second  place  is  certainly  nothing  to  scoff  at,  and  though  Caldwell  is  proud  of  her  per- formance,  she  said  she  is  not  VDWLVÂżHG Âł, ZDV KDSS\ DW ÂżUVW but  then  I  was  disappointed  because  I  wanted  to  beat  my  best,â€?  Caldwell  said. After  qualifying  for  outdoor  nationals  last  week,  she  has  even  higher  expectations  for  herself. Âł,ÂśP JRLQJ WR JHW ÂżUVW ´ VKH said. Â
Junior Kayla Caldwell sprints down the runway at an indoor meet earlier this year. (Courtesy of Kayla Caldwell)
TRACK !From A8 the  Hillsdale  College  Invita- tional.  Mirochna  said  that  it  would  be  a  great  opportunity  for  them  to  have  a  home  meet  other  than  the  Gina  Relays. Towne  said  that  the  oppor-Â
tunity  for  the  invitational  came  up  when  they  were  planning  this  season’s  schedule.  He  also  said  that  the  decision  came  be- cause  Hillsdale  has  such  a  great  outdoor  facility  and  everyone  thought  that  it  would  be  best  to  have  another  meet  on  it  other  than  the  Gina  Relays.  This  will  be  a  smaller  meet  with  high Â
he  said.  Of  the  900  people  who  have  attempted  the  Barkley  Marathon  since  the  race  began  in  1986,  13  KDYH ÂżQLVKHG According  to  Steele,  these  endurance  events  offer  more  than  a  mere  endorphin  kick.  He  said  his  participation  in  ultra  marathons  has  taught  him  to  have  a  strong  mentality,  in  and  out  of  the  Montana  wilderness.  ³7KH NH\ WR ÂżQLVKLQJ LV R.F.M.  —  relentless  forward  motion,â€?  Steele  said.  “I  was  in  a  tough  Ph.D.  program.  I  VDZ SHRSOH ÂżQLVK DQG SHRSOH who  dropped  out.  Some  of  the  people  who  dropped  out  were  sometimes  the  smartest.  But  the  people  who  kept  going,  those  are  the  people  who  stayed.â€? Rather  than  entering  ultra- marathons  to  win,  he  enters  them  because  they  are  fun  and  “gripping,â€?  due  not  only  to  the  sheer  accomplishment  of  running  great  distances  in  the  wilderness,  but  because  he  relishes  the  opportunity  to  run  alongside  a  supportive  group  of  people,  regardless  if  they  are  in  front,  staying  with  the  pack,  or  holding  up  the  rear.  “Ultimately  you  run  to  sur- YLYH ² WR ÂżQLVK ´ KH VDLG
quality  teams. “Everyone  is  excited  to  move  forward,�  Bernadi  said.  “With  all  the  good  people  on  our  team  we  are  able  to  hold  our  own,  just  like  all  the  other  teams  here  at  Hillsdale.  We  are  not  only  going  against  big  Division  II  schools  but  also  Division  I.�
Sports
12  April  2012
Softball narrowly splits doubleheader with SVSU Sarah Leitner Sports Editor
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Caldwell  looks  to  improve  on  indoor  season Richard Thompson Collegian Freelancer
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This  week,  The  Collegian  sat  down  with  Jessica  Guertin,  a  se- nior  history  major  who  plays  third  base  for  the  Hillsdale  College  softball  team.  We  asked  her  about  her  love  of  the  sport,  why  she  chose  Hillsdale,  and  where  she  will  go  next.
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Junior Kayla Caldwell vaults over the bar at an indoor track meet. Caldwell placed second at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field National Meet and looks to improve this outdoor season. (Courtesy of Sam Bender)
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Freshman Maran McLeod is one of the new talents in the Hillsdale College Tower Dancers. The Tower Dancers will perform April 13, 14, and 15 . (Sally Nelson/Collegian)
Tower  Dancers  in  concert
Roxanne Turnbull Arts Editor
Some  people  sing  or  pray  to  express  their  unfathomable  love  for  God.  Freshman  Maran  McLeod  dances. “[Dance]  draws  me  toward  God,â€?  she  said. McLeod  grew  up  in  a  strong  Christian  home  in  Los  Angeles,  Calif.  with  two  brothers  and  both  parents.  As  a  young  child,  McLeod  created  small  plays  with  her  brothers  and  performed  them  for  her  parents.  She  said  it  was  her  love  of  the  stage  and  need  to  perform  that  drew  her  to  dance. “For  people  who  love  to  dance,  it’s  something  you  have  the  desire  to  do,â€?  McLeod  said. At  the  age  of  7,  she  started  taking  classes  at  the  Burbank  School  of  Ballet.  McLeod  became  a  part  of  the  Burbank  Youth  Ballet  Company  when  she  was  15  years  old  and  began  teaching  ballet  classes  to  younger  students.  Her  parents  were  both  very  involved  with  her  dance  career.  Her  mom  helped  with  costumes,  and  her  dad  helped  to  write  dialogue  for  the  ballets  her  school  would  perform. “I  think  they  [my  parents]  are  glad  that  I  dance,â€?  McLeod  said.  “They  have  always  been  encouraging  but  helped  me  be  careful  about  how  much  time  I  put  into  it.â€? McLeod  focused  her  train- ing  mostly  on  classical  ballet  ZKLOH LQ &DOLIRUQLD DQG ZDV ÂżUVW introduced  to  modern  dance  by  Visiting  Assistant  Professor  of  Dance  Corrine  Imberski  when  she  joined  the  Hillsdale  College’s  Tower  Dancers. “It’s  been  nice  to  introduce  her  to  my  particular  modern  dance  vocabulary,â€?  Imberski  said.  “She’s  very  hardworking.  We  love  that  as  teachers.  She’s  very  humble  about  her  dance  skills.â€? %HLQJ LQ WKH ÂżUVW \HDU RI FRO- lege  can  be  stressful  for  many  freshmen.  They  are  homesick  and  do  not  know  many  people. Â
Maran  said  she  was  blessed  to  meet  senior  Aubrie  Marks,  who  acted  at  her  mentor  in  the  Tower  Dancers  and  also  as  spiritual  support. “I  love  Aubrie  because  she  has  been  so  willing  to  reach  out  to  me,â€?  McLeod  said.  “She’s  been  a  great  support  in  my  faith.  She’s  always  positive,  and  she  al- ways  leaves  me  with  a  sense  that  everything  is  going  to  be  OK.â€? Marks  said  she  also  had  a  mentor  in  the  Tower  Dancers  when  she  was  a  freshman. “My  freshman  year  there  was  a  senior  in  the  Tower  Dancers,  Vita  Reivydas  (‘08),  who  was Â
“She  brings  back  a  spark  of  life  for  me.  She  also  has  wonder- ful  technique,  but  she’s  more  than  a  technical  dancer.â€?  —  senior  Aubrie  Marks wonderful  to  me  and  brought  me  into  the  group,â€?  Marks  said.  “I  hope  in  some  ways  I  have  been  that  for  Maran.â€? McLeod  will  be  performing  in  three  numbers  in  next  week- end’s  Tower  Dancer’s  concert:  Imberski’s  “Rhapsody  in  Blueâ€?  and  “Retrace  EcartĂŠrâ€?  and  a  number  choreographed  by  junior  Marianna  Ernst.  Marks  will  also  perform  in  “Retrace  EcartĂŠr,â€?  and  Ernst’s  piece  as  well  as  a  ballet  number  choreographed  by  Lecturer  in  Theater  Department  Holly  Hobbes. “Because  she  has  all  that  bal- OHW WUDLQLQJ VKH ZDV D SHUIHFW ÂżW for  [Rhapsody],â€?  Imberski  said. Imberski  also  said  she  really  admired  the  way  McLeod  was  comfortable  playing  a  character. Âł, ÂżUVW VHH KHU YLWDOLW\ DQG D certain  amount  of  innocence  to- ward  the  world,â€?  Imberski  said, Â
Ballroom dance club revamps style Taylor Knopf Collegian Freelancer On  Sunday  afternoons,  a  growing  number  of  Hillsdale  College  students  put  away  their  Heritage  readers  and  English  papers,  pull  out  their  dance  shoes,  and  let  loose  at  the  Ballroom  Dance  Club.  The  club  is  a  two-Âhour  instructional  period  taught  by  one  of  Hillsdale’s  own,  junior  Gabriel  Duttlinger.  He  teaches  two  different  dance  styles  per  class.  So  far  the  club  has  worked  through  the Â
The Tower Dancers will perform for three nights. This number, “Rhapsody in Blue,â€? is one of five different pieces that will be performed. Live musicians accompany “Rhapsody in Blue.â€? (Sally Nelson/Collegian) Sally Nelson Web Editor Women  in  purple  dresses  dance  around  a  lone  door  in  the  center  of  the  stage.  Dancers  toss  picture  frames  in  a  hilarious  sat- ire  of  the  18th  century.  Students  glide  and  jump  across  the  stage  in  an  expression  of  movement  and  art. The  Tower  Dancers  began  rehearsals  in  October  for  their  ninth  annual  performance.  18  GDQFHUV ZLOO SHUIRUP ÂżYH GLIIHU- ent  pieces,  ranging  from  seven  to  30  minutes.  This  year  marks  the  Tower  Dancers’  largest  com- pany  since  its  formation. “Some  years  we  have  a  WKHPH 7KLV \HDU DOO ÂżYH ZRUNV are  independent,â€?  said  Assistant  Professor  of  Dance  Corinne  Imberski. The  pieces  are  all  in  modern  VW\OHV EXW VRPH DUH LQĂ€XHQFHG by  ballet,  junior  Dan  Thelen  said. “All  of  the  choreographers  DUH LQĂ€XHQFHG E\ RWKHU GDQFH forms,â€?  Imberski  said.  “You’ll  see  some  ballet  movements.â€? Each  piece  is  choreographed  by  a  faculty  member  or  student.  Imberski  herself  choreographed  two  pieces  for  this  performance. ,PEHUVNLÂśV ÂżUVW SLHFH
choreographed  to  “Rhapsody  in  Blueâ€?  by  George  Gershwin,  VKRZFDVHG IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH LQ February  when  it  accompanied  the  jazz  faculty  concert.  The  dancers  will  perform  it  again  this  weekend. The  dance  professor  entitled  her  second  piece  “Retrace  Ecarter.â€?  The  word  “ecarterâ€?  means  “tossed  openâ€?  or  “thrown  asideâ€?  in  French,  is  a  ballet  form,  and  is  also  the  word  “re- traceâ€?  written  backwards. “The  whole  piece  is  about  the  pathways  of  the  synapses  in  your  brain,â€?  she  said. Imberski  wants  to  depict   the  pathways  of  life,  from  simply  retracing  steps  in  daily  life  to  charting  greater  pathways.  The  routine  lasts  for  30  minutes  and  is  accompanied  by  a  video  designed  by  Instructor  of  Art  Bryan  Springer.   “The  video  features  geom- etry  with  lines  and  circles.  The  shapes  represent  the  pathways  of  life,â€?  Imberski  said. Dance  lecturer  Holly  Hobbs  choreographed  a  routine  she  named  “Picture  This!â€?  The  dance  comically  looks  at  18th  century  portraiture,  using  period  dress  and  picture  frames.  Juniors  Marianna  Ernst  and  Dan  Thelen  each  choreographed  a  piece  for  the  upcoming Â
performance.  Thelen  said  that,  in  order  to  showcase  a  piece,  students  needed  to  have  gone  through  at  least  one  section  of  the  choreography  class.  Then,  students  must  bring  part  of  a  routine  to  Imberski  who  offers  suggestions. Along  with  three  other  danc- ers,  Thelen  will  perform  the  eight  minute  routine  he  choreo- graphed.  He  named  the  dance  “Ricollegare,â€?  which  is  the  Ital- ian  word  for  “reconnect.â€? “It  tells  a  story  about  how  people  interact  with  others  throughout  their  lives  and  how  those  relationships  grow  or  fall  apart,â€?  he  said. In  Ernst’s  seven-Âminute  rou- tine,  “Spell  It  Out,â€?  dancers  go  back  and  forth  through  a  prop  door  that  represents  a  major  decision. “It’s  about  trying  to  go  through  a  door  and  going  back  and  forth  until....â€?  she  trailed  off. The  dancers  perform  on  Fri- day  at  8  p.m.,  Saturday  at  8  p.m.  and  Sunday  at  2  p.m.  The  event  is  not  ticketed  and  is  therefore  ¿UVW FRPH ÂżUVW VHUYH                            snelson1@hillsdale.edu
“a  strong  technical  base,  and  a  QLFH Ă€XLGLW\ ´ This  sense  of  innocence  was  necessary  in  “Rhapsody  in  Blue,â€?  Imberski  said. Marks  also  admires  the  way  McLeod  can  be  a  character  in  a  dance  number. “She  has  a  lot  of  character,  and  she  knows  how  to  take  on  the  character  of  the  dance,â€?  Marks  said.  “She’s  such  a  joy  and  delight  in  dance.  She  brings  back  a  spark  of  life  for  me.  She  also  has  wonderful  technique,  but  she’s  more  than  a  technical  dancer.â€? McLeod  also  considers  her- self  as  more  than  just  a  technical  dancer.  Dance  is  a  passion  for  her,  but  she  also  enjoys  playing  the  piano  and  singing. “I  think  my  skill  set  is  broader  than  just  dance,â€?  McLeod  said.  “College  is  a  unique  time  where  I  can  develop  these  skills.  I  can’t  imagine  my  life  without  music.â€? McLeod  is  deliberating  between  a  major  in  American  studies  or  history.  She  attended  a  private  Christian  school  and  was  homeschooled  for  a  few  years  as  well.  She  said  her  experience  with  classical  education  drew  her  both  to  Hillsdale  and  also  to  the  interdisciplinary  nature  of  the  American  studies  major,  which  incorporates  literature,  history,  and  philosophy  courses. McLeod  said  she  may  not  pursue  the  dance  minor  at  Hills- dale,  but  appreciates  that  is  it  an  available  option  to  her.  McLeod  loves  dance  because  it  acts  as  a  release  from  daily  stress. Âł, WKLQN LW >GDQFH@ LV GHÂż- nitely  a  release  from  the  stress  of  school  work  and  a  means  of  bonding  with  other  students,â€?  McLeod  said.  “It’s  a  means  of  expressing  my  love  for  God.  It’s  a  unique  combination  of  music  and  movement.  It’s  not  just  moving  on  the  treadmill,  it’s  an  art  form.  I’m  just  so  grateful  to  God  that  He  gave  me  this  as  an  outlet.â€?              rturnbull@hillsdale.edu
fox  trot,  cha  cha,  and  salsa.  This  semester  they  are  learning  the  waltz,  rumba,  and  samba.  As  president  of  the  club,  Duttlinger  is  par- ticularly  talented  in  the  Latin  dances,  and  his  favorite  dance  is  the  cha  cha.  Some  of  the  club  members  even  compare  Duttlinger’s  “Cuban  hip  motion�  to  that  of  musician  Shakira.  “You  really  have  to  be  a  man  to  shake  your  hips  like  that,�  said  club  Vice  President  sopho- more  Erin  Mundahl.
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Final senior show varies media
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Final  art  show  ranges  in  media  from  graphic  design,  photography,  oil,  and  watercolor Teddy Sawyer Collegian Reporter
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Senior Bonnie Cofer is one of five women showing artwork at the last of the senior art exhibits. She is shown here in front of a collage of her works. (Joe Buth/Collegian)
Watercolors  to  the  left,  oils  to  the  right,  portraits  behind  and  a  wall  of  computer  graphics  straight  ahead.  Each  senior  art  show  exhibits  the  best  works  of  the  seniors  that  year,  and  each  show  has  a  separate  repertoire  that  makes  it  individual  and  beautiful. Âł7KH ÂżYH RI XV JLUOV DUH YHU\ similar  and  have  similar  styles,  but  all  of  us  have  excelled  in  different  media  and  different  ways,â€?  senior  Anna  Saewert  said.  “I  think  there  is  a  lot  of  coherence  there.â€? The  upcoming  art  show,  exhibiting  the  work  of  seniors  Becca  Brill,  Bonnie  Cofer,  Nata- lie  Kerner,  Anna  Saewert  and  Laura  Wegmann,  opens  on  April  15  with  a  reception  on  April  20. The  show  will  display  a  mix  of  classically  inspired  art,  which  is  the  focus  of  Hillsdale  Col- lege’s  art  department,  as  well  as  a  selection  of  photography  and  a  large  section  devoted  to  graphic  design. “The  Hillsdale  art  department  really  celebrates  the  classical  inspirations  of  art  and  we  really  IRFXV RQ ÂżQH DUW ´ :HJPDQQ said.  “But  Bonnie  has  taken  all  those  things  she  learned  and  in- corporated  them  into  this  newer  genre.â€? “The  kinds  of  pieces  I’m  putting  in  the  show  are  kind  of  different  from  the  other  artists.  I  am  putting  a  couple  of  draw- ings  and  two  or  three  paint-Â
ings,  but  mostly  graphic  design  pieces,â€?  Cofer  said.  “Most  of  the  pieces  I’m  putting  in  the  show  are  pieces  I’ve  done  outside  of  class.â€? The  variety  makes  the  show,  Brill  said.  Especially  with  the  media  variety  in  the  upcoming  show,  the  artists  may  be  using  unorthodox  approaches  to  show  their  work. “I’m  thinking  of  getting  a  bunch  of  T-Âshirts  and  hanging  them  from  the  ceiling,  creating  a  sort  of  mobile  arrangement,â€?  she  said. One  primary  aspect  of  the  show  is  picking  which  pieces  should  be  in  the  show. “It’s  the  best  stuff  I’ve  done  in  all  four  years  so  it’s  kind  of  a  big  deal,â€?  Kerner  said.  “It’s  which  ones  were  most  success- ful  in  capturing  the  essence  of  the  person.â€? “I’m  getting  really  excited,â€?  Saewert  said.  “It’ll  be  even  more  exciting  when  I  get  all  of  my  pictures  framed  to  see  them  all  come  together.â€? The  show  is  a  culmination  of  years  of  hard  work. “I’m  going  to  be  so  relieved  when  I  walk  into  the  Daughtrey  Art  Gallery,  that  I’ve  walked  into  so  many  times,  and  be  able  to  see  all  my  work  from  fresh- man  year  up  to  this  semester,â€?  Wegmann  said.        tsawyer1@hillsdale.edu
Music  festivals  create  community Phil Morgan Senior Reporter The  music  industry  has  changed. Just  ask  Professor  of  Political  Economy  Gary  Wolfram,  a  man  who  came  of  age  in  the  Berkley  music  scene,  surrounded  by  bands  like  The  Who,  Van  Morrison  and  Grateful  Dead. “At  that  time  concerts  drove  the  record  sales,â€?  Wolfram  said. Lower  ticket  prices  encouraged  concert  go- ers  to  purchase  the  band’s  albums  once  they  were  at  the  show.  Wolfram  noted  the  shift  from  album  revenue  to  concert  revenue. “Today  you  give  away  the  album,  but  you  pay  for  the  ticket,â€?  he  said.  “The  festival  is  the  best  deal.â€? Wolfram  describes  music  festivals  as  smorgasbords  compared  to  nice  dinners. Â
He  prefers  focusing  on  one  band  and  skipping  the  fes- tival  scene.  His  son  Wyatt,  however,  works  in  the  music  industry  and  is  a  loyal  at- tendee. Is  the  energy  right?  Is  the  lineup  right? These  are  keys  questions  to  ask.  If  your  answer  is  “Yes,â€?  Production  Manager  and  Lighting  Designer  Mi- chael  Beyer  says  “Go.â€? Over  the  years,  Beyer  has  attended  dozens  of  festivals  including  Wakarusa,  Roth- bury,  Electric  Forest,  All  Good,  and  numerous  smaller  Midwestern  festivals. He  prefers  the  small  festi- val,  where  the  music  is  the  focus  and  friends  are  easy  to  make. “You  get  more  of  a  com- munity  and  family  feel  at  the  smaller  ones,â€?  Beyer  said. He  has  purposefully  avoided  Bonaroo  in  Man- chester,  Tenn.  He  called  it  “the  Wal-ÂMart  of  music Â
festivals.â€?  When  searching  out  the  right  lineup,  Beyer  keeps  his  “ear  to  the  ground  all  year.â€? He  treats  lineup  season  ––  when  festival  promoters  announce  headliners  ––  like  some  people  treat  deer- hunting  season.  He  hears  about  festivals  through  news  boards,  tour  announcements  and  by  word-Âof-Âmouth. Beyer  recommends  look- ing  for  festivals  that  cater  to  a  community  and  attract  a  good  crowd. This  summer  he’s  bought  tickets  to  All  Good  in  Thorn- ville,  Ohio  for  its  “jamâ€?  vibe.  The  lineup  includes  Allman  Brothers  Band,  Phil  Lesh  and  Friends,  and  the  Flaming  Lips. For  the  past  four  sum- mers,  senior  Diana  Eberhart  attended  Blissfest,  a  small  eclectic  festival  in  the  woods  of  northern  Michigan. The  festival  in  Good- heart,  Mich.  is  about  40 Â
minutes  from  her  home- town,  Petoskey,  Mich. Eberhart  speaks  about  “Blissâ€?  with  a  fondness.  Like  Beyer,  Eberhart  appre- ciates  the  grass-Âroots  feel  of  the  festival. “At  Blissfest  you  can  camp  all  weekend,â€?  Eber- hart  said.  “It  makes  for  an  awesome  experience.â€? Unlike  Lollapalooza  in  Chicago,  which  she  attended  in  the  summer  of  2010,  she  always  goes  to  Blissfest  with  numerous  friends  and  family. Plus,  after  days  staying  up  late  dancing,  Eberhart  and  her  friends  can  make  the  short  drive  over  to  Sturgeon  Bay  for  beautiful  scenery  and  “lake  baths.â€? “Because  more  people  are  able  to  afford  it,â€?  she  said,  “you  can  enjoy  the  festival  with  a  big  group  of  friends.â€?  pmorgan@hillsdale.edu
A small crowd gathers around a stage at Blissfest, a music festival in Goodheart, Mich. (Courtesy of Diana Eberhart)
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DEGreek  social  chairs  work  out  the  details  of  Greek  Week  and  formals SIG N I NG T H E PA RT Y Frates  said  she  found  that  food  and  busing  account  for  about  90  percent  of  her  budget  for  spring  formal. Two  weeks  before  spring  “I  was  shocked,â€?  she  said. break,  junior  Matt  DeLapp,  The  busing  company  was  social  chair  of  Sigma  Chi  fra- willing  to  negotiate  down  on  ternity,  received  an  email  from  the  quote  they’d  given  Frates  the  Thomas  Edison  Inn. and  while  she  said  the  amount  The  new  owners  of  the  inn  saved  wasn’t  large,  she  need  said  they  recently  purchased  the  mney  for  decorations. the  building  and  would  not,  “Usually  they  want  your  in  fact,  be  hosting  the  Sigma  business,â€?  she  said.  “They  are  Chi  spring  formal  on  May  10,  not  going  to  turn  you  away.â€? despite  the  verbal  agreement  In  addition  to  decora- DeLapp  had  made  with  the  tions,  the  last  10  percent  of  previous  owners  a  few  weeks  her  budget  will  be  spent  on  prior. chaperones,  security,  a  disc  “It’s  been  pretty  crazy,â€?  jockey,  gifts  for  seniors,  and,  if  said  DeLapp,  who  has  spent  there  is  enough  left  over,  party  the  last  few  weeks  scrambling  favors. WR ÂżQG D QHZ YHQXH IRU KLV Frates  assessed  the  Bel- fraternity’s  formal. vedere  Room  and  decided  it  Such  is  the  life  of  a  Greek  looked  nice  enough  that  the  social  chair  in  the  spring. Kappas  didn’t  have  to  deco- Every  sorority  and  two  rate  it  too  much.  Instead,  she  of  the  four  fraternities  hold  focused  on  centerpieces  for  the  formals  in  the  second  semes- tables. ter  of  every  school  year.  Each  The  formal’s  theme  is  “Fire  Greek  house’s  social  chair  is  in  and  Ice.â€? charge  of  everything  involved  “We  wanted  to  pick  a  theme  with  organizing  the  swanky  that  was  really  simple  and  dinner  parties.  They  do  every- cheap,â€?  Frates  said,  “but  that  thing  from  choosing  the  venue  we  could  also  bedazzle  a  little  to  making  sure  every  student’s  bit.â€? allergies  don’t  prevent  them  Alcohol  will  be  served  at  from  surviving  dinner  ––  all  Kappa’s  formal.  Rent-Âa-Âcops  the  while  struggling  to  keep  will  be  there  in  case,  as  she  put  the  whole  thing  under  budget. it,  “the  people  who  are  21  get  a  little  rowdy.â€? Kappa  Kappa  Gamma Sophomore  Katie  Frates  Delta  Tau  Delta is  Kappa  Kappa  Gamma’s  Delta  Tau  Delta’s  spring  social  chairwoman.  She  said  formal  will  be  held  this  Friday,  she  started  planning  Kappa’s  the  day  before  Kappa’s,  at  spring  formal,  to  be  held  this  the  Lenawee  Country  Club  in  Saturday  in  the  Belvedere  Adrian,  Mich.  Social  chair  of  Room  at  The  Toledo  Club  in  the  Delts,  sophomore  Jonathan  Toledo,  Ohio,  back  in  Decem- Moeller,  began  planning  for- ber. mal  about  two  months  ago. “[The  spring  formal]  is  Scheduling  a  date,  he  said,  GHÂżQLWHO\ WKH ELJJHVW HYHQW , was  one  of  the  trickiest  parts  host,â€?  she  said,  “and  I  would  of  the  party  planning  process  like  to  think  the  funnest  of  the  because  he  had  to  coordinate  year.â€? not  only  with  the  fraternity  Food  for  the  formal  is  pro- members,  but  with  the  venue,  vided  by  the  Toledo  Club.  To  the  sororities,  events  on  cam- save  money,  each  guest  will  be  pus,  and  parent’s  weekend. eating  the  same  dish  –  chicken  “No  matter  what  you  do,  picatta  with  two  sides  and  a  someone  will  be  unhappy,â€?  salad  –  chosen  by  Frates. Moeller  said,  “but  you  gotta  In  order  to  make  sure  she  just  put  your  foot  down  and  wasn’t  providing  party  at- roll  with  it.â€? tendees  with  something  they  /LNH )UDWHV 0RHOOHUÂśV ÂżUVW couldn’t  eat,  Frates  had  to  RUGHU RI EXVLQHVV ZDV ÂżQGLQJ D make  sure  the  party  guests  suitable  venue.  He  said  he  was  weren’t  allergic  to  the  dishes  looking  for  a  place  with  class,  she  chose.  But  if  they  were,  but  also  a  place  where  “the  she  worked  with  the  person  to  price  was  right.â€? provide  a  meal  they  could  eat.   &RVWV DVLGH ÂżQGLQJ D YHQXH $IWHU )UDWHV ÂżJXUHG RXW WKH willing  to  host  a  fraternity  for- venue  where  formal  would  be,  mal  can  be  a  problem  in  it  self,  VKH KDG WR ÂżJXUH RXW KRZ WR Moeller  said,  simply  because  get  formal  to  the  venue.  Kappa  will  provide  buses  for  the  171  See GREEK, B3 students  attending  formal. Caleb Whitmer Copy Editor
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C A M P U S Â C H I C Emma Langston
Freshman Politics Major Orlando, Florida Style: “Classically Eclectic� Outfit: Dress and Headband-Anthropologie, Sweater and Belt- J. Crew Icons: Audrey Hepburn with an Emma twist
“I like taking classic pieces and mixing them up. I don’t follow fashion trends very closely.�
“I used to be such a tomboy.�
“There  is  something  about  dressing  nicely  and  it  having  an  effect  on  your  attitude.�  —  Compiled  by  Rachel  Hofer;͞  photographs  by  Mel  Caton
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Greek date parties and formals require hours of planning and organizing before the event, often unseen by guests at the events, and they are some of the most unique and creative parties. (Top) Kappa Kappa Gamma had a carousel at their formal venue. (Bottom) Delta Tau Delta held a grape-stomping date party in the fall of 2011. (Top: Courtesy of Jill