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Three receive distinguished alumni award, Conner named honorary alumnus By | Ben Wilson Collegian Reporter Alumni, students, faculty, and staff filled the Searle Center on Friday night to honor three distinguished alumni and an honorary alumnus at the 68th annual Alumni Awards Banquet. The recipients: Tom Conner, Thomas Shafer ’81, Megan Lacy Owen ’07, and Kate Bachelder Odell ’13, are all leaders in their respective fields and were given a plaque and the opportunity to speak to the crowd. Professor of History Tom Conner received two standing ovations while accepting his award as an honorary alumnus for his exceptional contributions to Hillsdale in his 36 years of teaching. “I already have two alma maters where I actually had to fulfill the academic requirements,” Conner said. “Please believe me when I say that my third alma mater is the one I’m most proud of.” Conner was listed in the 2012 Princeton Review’s “Best
300 Professors in the Nation” and has been voted Professor of the Year four times in his tenure at Hillsdale College. “This is actually the most satisfying award I ever could have wished for,” Conner said, “because it bonds me to a place I’ve grown to love and admire deeply.” A long line of students and alumni waited to take pictures and speak with Conner, or “Doc Conner” as he is known across campus. “It was very humbling and amazing,” Conner said. “I’m the luckiest guy in the world and really felt it tonight.” Kate Bachelder Odell received a Young Alumna Award, which recognizes a graduate from the last decade who excels in her field and is likely to build upon that early success. Her father accepted the award on her behalf, as she was in a Virginia hospital expecting she and her husband’s first child. Odell is an editorial writer at the Wall Street Journal, where she covers topics such as taxes, healthcare, and domestic policy. Odell got her
start in journalism at the college. She was a member of the Dow Journalism Program and served as the Opinions editor for The Collegian. Odell and her husband, Andrew, who serves in the Navy, met at Hillsdale. “It was really an exciting honor to be given this award, especially since so much of my life I feel I owe to Hillsdale,” Odell said in a video
Attendees applaud recipients of the alumni awards. Ben Wilson | Collegian
played for the crowd. “It’s like receiving an award from someone who gave you everything you have.”
Republican lawmakers gather at Mackinac Island, VP Pence makes special appearance By | Allison Schuster Features Editor Republican Party leaders from across the nation gathered on Mackinac Island the weekend of Sept. 20 to 22 for the Biennial Republican National Leadership Conference, where they discussed problems and solutions to national and state issues.
Local politicians — including Hillsdale’s United States House Rep. Tim Walberg, of the Seventh District, and Michigan House Rep. Eric Leutheuser — contributed to the discussion at the national level but focused on solving problems in Michigan. The main topic of discussion included the state budget
Odell moved to Hillsdale in the tenth grade when her father and Hillsdale College trustee, Chris Bachelder, accepted a position at the school. While she was apprehensive about attending the college at first, Odell grew to love Hillsdale. “I’m overjoyed that she came here because she benefited so much,” Bachelder said.
Megan Lacy Owen, the second recipient of the Young Alumna Award, graduated in 2007 with a degree in history.
Owen went on to study at the University of Virginia School of Law and clerk in the U.S. Court of Appeals. After moving to Washington, D.C., and practicing at a private firm, she served as an advisor to White House Counsel Don McGhan on Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination. After his swearing in to the Supreme Court, Owen served as a law clerk for Justice Kavanaugh. “It’s wonderful to be home,” Owen said at the banquet. “It’s wonderful to recall the generosity and kindness of so many people who were so formative to my life.” Owen is one of seven graduates who have gone on to serve in the United States Supreme Court while Larry Arnn has been college president.. Arnn said he remembers Owen fondly. “Megan is a special girl,”Arnn said. “She always has been.” Thomas Shafer, recipient of the Outstanding Professional Achievements in Business award, graduated in 1981 and was honored for his success in
the banking industry. He serves as the president and CEO of Chemical Bank and has worked on 26 mergers and acquisitions. Shafer met his wife, Mary, at Hillsdale and has been a supporter of the school for years. “The school is living its mission every day wonderfully,” Shafer said. “The investment in the students, faculty, and campus create nothing but pride in alumni like myself.” Shafer triple majored in economics, business administration, and political economy. “I’m thrilled to be back on campus and honored to be here for this award,” Shafer said. “It’s a great weekend.” The three distinguished individuals join a prestigious list of past alumni to receive the award. From banking to law, the former Chargers are using the lessons and skills acquired in the liberal arts education of Hillsdale College. “I’m proud and I’m marveled,” Arnn said. “Look how they’ve grown up.”
VP Mike Pence speaks on Mackinac Island. Allison Schuster | Collegian
proposal, which will affect spending for roads. Leutheuser described conversations in Lansing right now as “interesting,” explaining what he said is a long process as the house tries to pass a budget.
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Hillsdale students seek help for mental health By | Ryan Young Collegian Freelancer As academic and personal ambitions continue to rise each year at Hillsdale College, more and more students are receiving counseling services. In 2012, there were 800 counseling visits in the course of the school year by students and staff at Hillsdale College’s Ambler Health Center. Last year, there were over 2,000. With six counselors on campus, that amounts to more than 115 total hours of counseling available per week. Brock Lutz, director of health services, estimates that 35% of campus, including some staff and faculty, come for counseling. The services available at the health center include individual and group counseling for issues such as pornography, substance recovery, family dysfunction, stress, and eating disorders. Most students, however, set up one-on-one meetings to discuss personal Follow @HDaleCollegian
struggles and goals, focusing mainly on time management and stress, according to Lutz. “I think that we have seen more anxiety and stress over the last couple of years,” Lutz said. “We are recruiting higher test scores, higher-functioning, Type A students who really want to do excellently and do everything, which is really challenging or impossible to do. Anxiety and stress tend to be the most pressing issues we see.” A Hillsdale student’s workload can become overwhelming and stressful, but Lutz said he provides a checklist that addresses the key to a healthy and productive life. “One of the places we start is the physical,” he said. “Getting exercise, moving, taking walks, just getting out, eating, and making sure you’re feeding yourself well, making sure you have balance in your diet, and then sleep.” The average college student gets about six to six-and-a-
half hours of sleep per night, which can lead to increased anxiety and depression, according to a study by the University of Georgia. With very little time spent sleeping at night, many students turn to naps as a form of rejuvenation. “I often don’t sleep well at night, so I find myself feeling particularly tired during the day,” freshman Russell Breaux said. “Sometimes I don’t have the energy to socialize, so the best thing I can do to relax is take naps.” Scientists and health professionals have studied the effects of napping during the day, and while some argue they are beneficial and a great form of relaxation, others discourage naps due to the disruption of the body’s natural sleep cycle. “One of the things I tell students that they don’t like is no naps,” Lutz said. “Don’t take naps because naps completely disrupt your REM
(rapid eye movement) sleep at night, so when you go to sleep and you might even be tired, your body does not hit REM sleep fast enough. What happens is you end up laying in bed, you are awake, you get frustrated, and then you don’t sleep or sleep in late.” In counseling, Lutz also encourages students to build a routine around sleep in order to limit stress and maximize productivity. “Get yourself to bed at 11 and wake up at 6 or 6:30,” Lutz said. “Go to bed at around the same time every night and wake up around the same time every morning because your body likes to get in a routine.” While getting oneself in physical shape with the proper sleep and a healthy diet is a major chunk of a person’s overall health, Lutz places spiritual well-being at the center of a healthy life. “I believe faith is the most important thing in a person’s
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life, but for some people, this is just the beginning stages of that journey,” Lutz said. “For everyone, they can think about what’s their purpose, where do they get their values and significance from, and those are deeply spiritual questions that everyone struggles to answer.” In order to address the emotional, social, behavioral, and mental aspects of a student’s well-being, Lutz begins by asking students about their beliefs and moral code. “Whether someone is a practicing Christian or a Jewish person or whatever else, still the spiritual domain is very important so we can have broad conversations with everyone like, ‘What are your morals? What are the values that you hold dear in your life? What do you want your life to be about?’” Lutz said. Lutz and the other therapists focus on what the individual student wants to discuss. The counselor’s job is
to listen and provide professional direction in an environment that allows students to freely express their struggles and get proper help. “We are completely confidential here,” Lutz said. “The only thing we can break confidentiality for is if a person is homicidal, suicidal, or psychotic.” Despite confidentiality, some students prefer to seek counseling off campus and choose to meet with Shari Mayote, a therapist who works in Hillsdale on Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mayote meets mainly with students who are entering college, but she said they are dealing with similar issues that she sees with college students.
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Homecoming 2019 Dugan, Green crowned homecoming king and queen By | Cal Abbo & Rachel Koogey Assistant Editors
During halftime at the football game, the 2019 homecoming king and queen, Reagan Dugan and Christa Green, respectively, were announced. In total, Dugan received 196 votes and Green had 141. Director of Student Activities Alex Whitford said 540 people cast votes in the election. Green said she was actually more nervous about the homecoming court announcement last year when her husband Alexander was the 2018 homecoming king. This year, she said she just felt fear and excitement when the mob of friends ran towards her. “In that moment, it felt semi dream-like,” Green said. “It was almost like an out-ofbody experience. It’s a wonderful moment of getting to see all the people you care for
running towards you.” Green said she and her husband laugh about how he was the 2018 king and she the 2019 queen. “We jokingly wore our crowns and sashes together in our apartments as we did dishes,” Green said. “It’s very sweet and honoring. Neither of us expected it, but both of us feel that the other deserves it.” Green is a senior psychology major and German minor. Upon graduation, she plans to move back to the Pacific Northwest with her husband and get a master’s degree in social work with the hope of starting her own nonprofit for foster children, teen moms, or abused women. Homecoming king Reagan Dugan, who is also the Head Resident Assistant at Simpson Dormitory, said he was honored to win and to give the guys “something to get excited about.”
“I was happy the other guys in the dorm got to get excited about it,” Dugan said. “I appreciate being elected homecoming king, but it mattered more to them. They made the memes and everything, so they got to feel like they accomplished something.” Dugan has been an RA in Simpson since his sophomore year. He said the dorm is his favorite part of Hillsdale. “It’s weird to think of being a senior and being the guy I looked up to as a freshman,” Dugan said. “When I think of what the most ‘Hillsdale’ part of Hillsdale is to me, it’s the dorm.” Dugan is a senior classics major from Kansas City, Kansas. Reagan’s grandfather, Ron Dugan ‘58, crowned the homecoming queen during his time at Hillsdale.
Whit Wat Way topples Simpson
The victory ends Simpson’s eight-year reign as champions of the annual homecoming competition By | Cal Abbo & Rachel Koogey Assistant Editors An underdog win from the coalition comprised of Whitley, Waterman, and Galloway ended Simpson Residence’s eight-year homecoming winning streak. After leading the homecoming competition for most of the week, Whit Wat Way delivered an imaginative Mock Rock performance, featuring massive cardboard cutouts and a surprise Avengers theme, to cement its lead and close out the competition. The Off-Campus Coalition earned second place and Simpson ranked third. To Whit Wat Way, the victory felt like a win for the entire campus. Galloway Resident Assistant and senior Ethan Visser said Simpson has developed a somewhat arrogant and try-hard attitude in how it has approached the homecoming competition over the past eight years. Whit Wat Way, he said, represented more than just the residences directly involved in the
King and queen pose after their wins. Rachel Kookogey | Collegian
Kappa and their homecoming queen. Cal Abbo | Collegian
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coalition. “It felt so good to beat Simpson,” Visser said. “I love winning something that means more to them than it does to me.” “At the end of the day, all good things have to end,” said Simpson Head RA and senior Reagan Dugan. Dugan also said he loved being in the position where everyone wanted to beat their dorm. “It’s been somewhat positive on campus in that you need a bad guy,” Dugan said. “People get frustrated with us and so be it, but I think in general everyone likes getting mad at Simpson. So, if we bring the campus together in getting mad at Simpson, I guess that’s a good thing. I had a blast, and I hope everyone else had fun.” Though they didn’t win, Simpson Head RA and senior Adam Buchmann said he thought homecoming week accomplished another goal Simpson had: to build dorm culture and get freshmen engaged in campus events. “We have a saying that we use,” Buchmann said. “It’s not about the product, it’s
about the process. Winning homecoming isn’t necessarily the goal of what we’re doing. We’re trying to develop a community.” Simpson placed second in Mock Rock with a performance that did exactly what Dugan said they wanted to do: overload the senses. At 65 cast members, the production was almost double its normal size. The Simpson performance also featured the return of former Head RA Josh Bailey ‘19 for a portion of the dance — a decision Dugan said they made only two days before the competition. With the return of Galloway to campus, Simpson also had far fewer freshmen in the dorm this year. While this made it harder to coordinate dorm participation, Dugan said it also meant there were more upperclassmen who can have a better perspective about the loss. Buchmann said he would have loved to win but added, “We’re really proud of what we did and we’re happy for the other teams as well. Congratulations to Whit Wat Way.”
Kappa Kappa Gamma at Mock Rock. Cal Abbo | Collegian
Whit Wat Way performs their winning Mock Rock routine Cal Abbo | Collegian
The Bloc at Mock Rock. Cal Abbo | Collegian
Chio Omega lines up for the parade. Cal Abbo | Collegian Students gather in the sports complex to watch Mock Rock. Cal Abbo | Collegian
Students rush the field when homecoming king and queen are announced. Rachel Kookogey | Collegian
Whit Wat Way poses with the homecoming trophy. Cal Abbo | Collegian
Members of the Off Campus Coalition line-up for the parade. Rachel Kookogey | Collegian
New Dorm at mock rock. Cal Abbo | Collegian
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Career Services to hold 4th annual job fair By | Allison Schuster Features Editor Students will have the opportunity to meet face-toface with potential employers at the fourth annual all-campus job fair hosted by Career Services. The fair is set for Saturday, September 26, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Searle Center. The job fair is a way for Career Services to market Hillsdale students to employers, which can be particularly difficult for Hillsdale students, according to Student Affairs Mentor and junior Therese Ens. “It’s hard when you’re in the middle of nowhere to get the opportunity to connect one-on-one with employers,” she said. It also allows employers to understand the high caliber of Hillsdale students. Ens said the employers who come to the fair are looking specifically for students with a liberal arts degree and come actively recruiting Hillsdale graduates and current students. While career services hosts a classical school job
fair toward the end of the spring semester, this is the only job fair of the year which welcomes students of any career interest. Students can register for the fair on Handshake up until the day of the event, but Ens recommends preparing as early as possible. If they have time, she said it would be best for students to research the employers who will be attending, but at the very minimum students ought to bring their resume into Career Services for editing. Students can then come with copies of their polished resume to the job fair. They are also encouraged to dress business formal to the event. According to Director of Employer Relations Johnny Quint, about a quarter of the businesses are returning, such as General Motors, Stryker, and Quicken Loans. Quint said the job hunt can be frustrating when you’re one of many in a pool of applicants, so making a connection prior to applying for a job helps students stand out. Forming human interaction with potential employers
increases the likelihood of making it from the resume phase to the interview phase. In order for the interaction to be most memorable and positive, Quint said students need to know something about the company. Looking over employers on Handshake will benefit students in discussion. Rather than students asking employers what they do, employers want to see you know what they do and will ask students about their interests and abilities. Kevin Curby ‘19 secured his job as an associate banker at Quicken Loans through attending the job fair last fall. He said the fair provided him the first step to what is now his post-graduate career. “The career fair gives you an excellent opportunity to meet people who might end up giving you a job and help you begin your career,” Curby said. In addition to the 44 employers who will be at the job fair, there will also be five graduate school programs and 12 law schools. All are listed on Handshake.
Three women’s dorms come together to host first campus-wide hoedown By | Rachel Kookogey Assistant Editor The women of Mauck, Benzing, and New Dorm invite all of campus to throw on their boots and flannels for a hoedown in the Mauck parking lot this Saturday, Sept. 28 from 7-10 p.m. There will be live music, dancing, a pie-baking contest, and games like ring toss and donut-eating competitions. The winner of the pie competition will get to go to the top of Central Hall with Associate Dean of Men “Chief ” Jeffery Rogers at a time of their choosing. Between 7 and 8:30 p.m., there will be live performers playing fiddles, violins, violas, cellos, and possibly a bass. The music will accompany the dancing, some of which will be taught by New
Dorm Resident Assistant Julia O’Neil. Head RA of Mauck Residence, Maria Forsythe, said the RAs chose the parking lot because it’s located right between the three upperclassmen women’s dorms. The RA teams wanted to host an event that unified the three dorms — and really all dorms on campus. “We’ve been wanting unity among all RAs across campus,” Forsythe said. “So we want to get the dorms to come together. We want other dorms to support our event. One of our missions this year has been to support other events, other RAs, and other dorms.” Jolene Estruth, Head RA of Benzing Residence, said the team intentionally planned for the event to
occur soon after homecoming week so that they could continue to unify campus. Estruth added that the idea of a campus-wide hoedown has been suggested in previous years and then discarded due to the work it requires, but this year she wanted to make the idea a reality. “It was a joke of an idea that we’ve thrown around in years past,” Estruth said. “But this year I suggested it to my team as something serious, that I thought would be really fun to do, and then we invited the other dorms to join.” In order to clear the space for the event, Campus Security will start blocking off the parking at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Visiting Writer talks poetry and God By | Ben Wilson Collegian Reporter A packed room welcomed poet Mark Jarman to campus both Monday and Tuesday night. Jarman is the most recent visiting writer to come to Hillsdale; the Visiting Writers Program brings poets and fiction authors to campus twice a semester. He has published eleven collections of poetry, won many awards including the Lenore Marshall Prize from the Academy of American Poets, and teaches at Vanderbilt University. Jarman read poems from his books “Unholy Sonnets” and “Questions for Ecclesiastes” on Monday, and lectured about his career and gave writing advice on Tuesday. “The connection with the personal and private activity of writing poetry seems to me obvious,” Jarman said. “Especially if one writes daily or nightly and believes the activity of writing a poem is a form of communication with God.” Jarman advised students to write consistently and use their poetry to glorify God. The poet told many stories throughout his lectures,
but one that particularly stood out was a story from his childhood about his mother. Jarman recalled how he asked his mother about her prayer life. In response, she described her routine of praying while doing the dishes. “She’s praying though her eyes are open wide,” Jarman read. “She’s doing three things: watching a cloud pass, talking to God, drying a drinking glass.” Attendees of the lectures reveled in Jarman’s artistry. “Mark Jarman brought wisdom, insight, and an eye for the soul in relation to God,” said sophomore Morgan Billingsley, who attended the talk to learn from the successful poet. “His visit to Hillsdale was enriching and his words were inspiring.” During his visit, Jarman also met with and advised multiple students on their writing. “A lot of students were able to have meals with him, do a workshop with him, and do a question and answer series,” said Dutton Kearney, director of the Visiting Writer Program and a professor of English. “It’s been great.” As the new director of
Bon Appetit hosts grant competition By | Alexis Daniels Web Content Editor Bon Appetit is hosting a $1000 sustainability grant competition to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Fellowship Program. To compete, applicants must come up with a “compelling” sustainability project, such as campus gardens, food literacy and education, and waste reductions aid William Persson, Bon Appetit Marketing Manager and co-host of the new podcast Green Is The New Black. They must submit a proposal of their project by Oct. 1 to be considered. Twenty semi-finalists will be selected and notified on Oct. 20. “You don’t have a lot of time to impress a lot of people,” said Persson. “But I’m sure someone from Hillsdale will get it.” There are 10 prizes of $1000 each and two sections of the competition, People’s Choice and General. The first is based on how many likes the project receives on Instagram and the second is chosen by Bon Appetit and former and current members of the fellowship program. The People’s Choice winner will be decided between Oct. 11 and Oct. 25. On Oct. 25, Bon Appetit will announce the People’s Choice winner and the nine other grant winners. The grants will be distributed in November. The grant opportunity arose as a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Fellowship Program, a network of Bon Appetit fellows that focuses on sustainability in Bon Appetit establishments. “Fellowships are sort of geared at training and educating that individual about whatever that company is,” Persson said. “In our case, they’re going to be the ones educating others.”
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“I would say that anxiety and balancing relationships and schoolwork are the most common issues that I see,” Mayote said. “I think owning feelings and emotions and realizing they are a part of life is very important.” Both Lutz and Mayote said they believe lack of sleep is affecting the mental well-being of students at Hillsdale. “If you’re not getting
Vanderbilt professor Mark Jarman spoke on poetry as a devotional practice on Tuesday night. Ben WIlson | Collegian
the program, Kearney said he was worried about how many people were going to attend the Jarman lectures. “The room was packed both nights and he was very well received,” he said. Kearney said that the Visiting Writers Program is important because it allows students to engage with the brightest minds in literature. “To have students here who live the life of a solid classical education and then having a conversation with writers like Mark Jarman really enriches the education,” he said. Students and faculty were very engaged with Jarman, asking him questions after his speech and getting their books signed during the reception. “I look forward to the next writer to come to our campus,” Billingsley said. “The program always provides rich intellectual material to sift through what we might not otherwise wrestle with in our daily life.” Jarman took note of the engagement and eagerness of the student body. “It’s a pleasure to be around students who are so well informed,” he said. “Especially about literature.”
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The program was started in 2009 in order to “champion sustainability on college campuses,” Persson said. Bon Appetit would hire three college graduates who would be based in different regions and serve as resources to campuses in the region, such as connecting with faculty about food education, having guest lectures and cooking classes, and hosting field trips. Fellows also undertake projects they’re interested in as they reach out to different campuses. “Different ones have done food waste, creating a network of student gardeners and farmers,” Persson said. “They just released a campus farmers network, which is all the farmers they have, brought together on a single platform and sort of giving resources to anyone, like any school that wants to start a farm. It’s all the resources you need.” Persson said the fellows have the expertise and serve as “brand ambassadors.” “They know the brand inside and out and also are good at implementing and planning events,” Persson said. “I think it’s very exciting.” Senior Jessica Frenkel is entering the competition with a proposal for on-campus farming and composting called the Roots Project, an idea she came up with over the summer. “We’re going to be reducing our food waste in campus dining, which will significantly reduce overall waste as a campus,” Frenkel said. “A lot of the hope in pursuing the grant opportunity is that would largely fund setting up the composting bins, which would allow us to get started as soon as possible.” They’re also planning on taking students to different farms from which Bon Appe-
tit sources. “The hope is to bring the stories and the people behind the food that we eat to the students in a different way,” Frenkel said. “We’re so flooded with work and studies and obligations that we’re not even thinking about how much went into that food that’s nourishing us, which is a really beautiful thing when you think about it.” The long-term goal, she said, is to start a campus farm and have students grow much of the food that is served in the dining hall as well as provide a research opportunity for botany in a larger capacity. “I’m definitely eager to connect with other people who are passionate about these things,” Frenkel said. “I’m really excited to bring that to the students and invite more people to participate in the conversation.” Bon Appetit manager David Apthorpe said sustainability is one of the founding principles of Bon Appetit, and the grant is aimed toward getting students involved. “The program is to get young people who are of a mindset to help people define sustainability and using those voices and those thoughts to build the program,” Apthorpe said. “We’d be thrilled to have some involvement and partnership with the student groups at Hillsdale like we’ve seen on other campuses.” This is the first time the grant has been presented and it’swunlikely to happen regularly. “We’re hoping that the student groups are going to be doing something that will be educational and pushing for something that Bon Appetit believes in as a company,” Persson said.
sleep you are going to be more anxious and more depressed,” Mayote said. “You should aim for eight hours of sleep and some people need more.” Whether students are athletes, members of multiple clubs, or just stressed, Hillsdale College has helped many students recover and manage their busy schedules. Senior Caleb Clark says college can be a stressful time of life so students should take advantage of these easily-accessible resources while they have the
chance. “Going to the counseling sessions at health services has actually improved my mental health quite a bit,” Clark said. “Having someone to talk to and work through things going on in your life really does help.” The Health and Wellness Center has free counseling appointments available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.. The typical appointment is anywhere from 45 to 50 minutes.
College debate team places first overall at first tournament of the season By | Rowan Macwan Collegian Freelancer Hillsdale’s Debate team won top overall debate team at their first tournament of the season this past weekend at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky. They competed against universities from as far as New York, Nebraska, and Alabama. “It’s the first tournament of the year with a lot of young debaters, so expectations were lower than usual,” Matthew Doggett, debate coach and assistant professor of speech, said. “And everyone overperformed.” Hillsdale won debate sweepstakes, and its performance was so consistent that it even won 5th place overall sweepstakes. Three freshmen and eight upperclassmen travelled to debate whether the federal government should increase investment in energy sectors like wind, solar, and nuclear. Team Manager Jadon Buzzard and T.J. Wilson, both juniors, each had 3-1 records in the open division and made it to the octa-final round. Freshman Olivia Ols
also had a 3-1 record in the novice division and made it to the semi-final round. In his octa-final round Buzzard argued against a debater from Western Kentucky who argued the government should invest money into poor communities for them to build solar panels so they have greater energy security. In his octa-final round, Wilson’s opponent argued that the government should regulate and subsidize nuclear energy to facilitate innovation in nuclear technology. Ols’ semi-final opponent argued that the US military should lead the world in fighting climate change by reducing its reliance on fossil fuels. She said this competition helped her see how she can improve. “I’m still learning how to spend my time on the most impactful, persuasive arguments,” Ols said. Buzzard and junior Katrina Torsoe were both invited to compete in a round-robin tournament a day before the main tournament began. They qualified for the invitational because they had both broken from
the preliminary rounds into the out-rounds at nationals last season. “We both finished around the middle of the pack,” Buzzard said. The team also faced some physical adversity at the location. Road closures for a local marathon meant they had to walk up steep hills for over a half a mile, a painful journey particularly for those wearing high heels. Ols said she enjoys how the team helps her grow. “I love the team’s community,” she said. “They help you develop your strengths and grow from your weaknesses.” Buzzard said the team made the tournament worth it, “especially bonding with them eating fast-food on the floor of a school we don’t attend.” Doggett said he was proud of how the team stuck together. “The team overcame the marathon, massive heat, a lack of usable electrical outlets, and many other things to live up to the Hillsdale slogan: strength rejoices in the challenge,” he said.
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In a recent column on Ricochet, a website of conservative commentary, an anonymous author (identified only as “Western Chauvinist”) attacked The Collegian’s opinions section for not being conservative enough. The piece — titled “Where are Hillsdale’s Touted Conservative Students?” — argues that The Collegian published too many left-leaning columns in its Sept. 12 issue. “I would guess Hillsdale’s conservative students are busy studying and excelling in faith, athletics, music, and the visual arts. But, the one
place they’re missing is The Collegian newspaper opinion pages,” the author writes, perhaps implying that our more liberal or libertarian students aren’t engaged in these studies, which is, of course, ridiculous. Hillsdale College is dedicated to training students in virtue and self-government. Far from forcing students to tout a party line, this pursuit looks more like civil and open dialogue, which The Collegian’s opinion page seeks to exemplify and encourage. Should you walk into most classrooms on this campus,
you won’t find professors indoctrinating students in right-wing politics. Instead, they will be training students to think for themselves. If that leads them to conservatism, great. Our opinions section models this pursuit of truth. But sometimes, actual Democrats contribute. The Collegian gives students from all different political views the chance to voice their opinions in a printed format each week. The editorial staff of The Collegian works hard to include a variety of social, political, and religious views
from our students. We do not shut down opinions solely on the basis of the beliefs they promote. Moreover, we never promote a piece solely because of said beliefs. If we can’t get behind this notion of open discussion, we’ve missed the point of what Hillsdale’s liberal-arts education means. Finally, Collegian writers aren’t afraid of attaching their names to their convictions — something we can’t say for the author of the Ricochet column.
Office Hours Tower Light budget Student Federation steps on beauty, culture cuts demonstrate financial prudence By | Dutton Kearney
Against this rage how shall beauty hold a plea,
By | Sean Collins
Student Federation’s recent decision to uphold the publications budget passed last semester shows commitment to its principles and mission. Last semester, the federation’s publications committee was tasked, as it is every year, with recommending a budget to govern Hillsdale’s student publications. The committee took their responsibility seriously and worked tirelessly, meeting with faculty, advisors, and publication staff members. They considered alternatives to make the budget more efficient, performing cost-benefit analyses of each recommendation. Their ultimate goal was a financial plan which both allowed publications to function at maximum efficiency and respected the federation’s duty to distribute funds wisely on behalf of the student body at large. One of the committee’s most significant decisions was to cut and restructure the budget of the Tower Light, a published collection of poems, short stories, and visual arts created by Hillsdale’s students. The committee recommended that the Tower Light spend more on marketing the publication and increasing readership, compensating its contributors, and less on printing costs. Rather than print locally like other student publications, the Tower Light was outsourcing to a printer in Romulus, Michigan for nearly five times the cost of on-campus printing, with the result that most of the money allocated to Tower Light went directly to the printer. This was not the first time Student Federation had proposed a revision to the Tower Light’s budget. The issue resurfaces nearly every year and has for a decade, as committee after committee reviewed the budget and concluded that it was inefficient. But this year, the Student Federation did something about it. After careful deliberation, and with the recommendation of both the publications and finance committees, the Student Federation passed the budget on April 25 by a landslide vote of 16-3. We saw that if the Tower Light could be printed here at Hillsdale, it could afford to print more copies, better compensate its editors for their work, and invest in galvanizing interest in the Tower Light and other publications — all for about half the normal annual budget. We remembered where the money came from and that our duty was not only to the readers of Tower Light, but to every student who pays student fees. We have a responsibility to spend those fees as wisely and responsibly as possible, especially when considering proposals which affect a minority of students. The $5,400 saved represents only a marginal difference in presentation for the Tower Light — the difference in quality that had previously
existed between it and Hillsdale’s student-run magazine, The Forum. Put to better use, that money could fund dozens of on-campus events or amenities whose benefits all Hillsdale students could reap. Most importantly, we trusted in the painstaking efforts of the publications committee. The publications committee’s careful work and earnest recommendation are worthy not only of respect and gratitude, but also of a fair trial and assessment by Student Federation. Our confidence in their diligence was reflected in the margins of both the original vote, 16-3, and the most recent vote on Sept. 12 to reaffirm the budget, 11-2. The Tower Light staff has done an admirable job adjusting to the new budget, and they deserve to be commended for their hard work. Their new social media and reinforced advertising campaigns have resulted in more authors, more submissions, and, presumably, more readership. Thanks to their diligence and initiative, the Tower Light is stronger and healthier than ever. The increased interest in the Tower Light should be a welcome sight to readers and non-readers alike. But real cooperation with the financial plan means operating for a full year within the yearly budget and honestly assessing the effects of the new structure on every facet of the Tower Light, including printing. Fortunately, there is no reason to believe printing on campus will decrease interest in the Tower Light in the slightest. To suggest otherwise does a disservice to the contributors themselves. The beauty of Tower Light is intrinsic; it does not depend on fancy embossed paper or glue bindings. The truth is, if beauty primarily depends on extravagant presentation and fancy paper, then much of the ancient poetry and literature we study here at Hillsdale would not be beautiful at all. In fact, beauty is not primarily dependent on these things. Every contributor to the Tower Light has the potential to compose beautiful poetry, no matter what paper it’s printed on. That was true in April, and it is true today. Ultimately, this was not a decision based on scarcity. It was a decision based on principle. No matter how much money is in the emergency fund, every financial proposal before the Student Federation must meet the same standard: Is it a responsible and principled use of the funds entrusted to us by our constituents? By insisting on putting this budget to the test, the representatives of the student body reaffirmed their commitment to invest the students’ money with wisdom and prudence. Sean Collins is a junior studying classics and philosophy and religion, and is an indendent representative on Student Federation.
Whose action is no stronger than a flower? Sonnet 65, William Shakespeare That the arts are forced to defend themselves during annual budget talks in Washington, D.C. is nothing new. That the arts are forced to defend themselves at Hillsdale College is shameful. Every four to six years, the institutional memory of Hillsdale College’s Student Federation draws a blank. An ambitious representative, vice president, or even president sees an opportunity to distinguish himself or herself from the other thousands of applicants seeking post-graduate opportunities: I reduced wasteful spending at Hillsdale College. And what could be more wasteful than a flower? We see them at funerals and we see them at weddings, but really, does a funeral or a wedding cease to exist if flowers are absent? We don’t really need them, not in any essential way at least. What else can we live without? Quite a lot, if you
think about it. We can live without honor. We can live without beauty. The Student Federation budget vote last week showed that we can also live without justice or courage: No one ceased to exist after the 11-2 vote, nor did an abstention put an end to the budget approval process. Our biology continuously asserts itself: We live and breathe and have our being, albeit passively. Our lungs work involuntarily, our cells operate involuntarily, our hearts beat involuntarily. Just like any animal, we won’t die if we live without honor or beauty or justice or courage. We won’t truly live, however, without culture. What we need for survival as an animal is not what we need for survival as a human person. We have always needed the arts. The arts elevate us above our biology, above merely existing, above seeing this liberal-arts college as a training ground for how to become a specialized cog within a specialized machine that we call “making a living.” The irony is not that I have to defend the liberal arts from
within a liberal-arts college. The real irony is that the Tower Light and the Student Federation are involved equally in the business of vocational training, yet no one has ever threatened the budget of the Student Federation. The Tower Light gives its editors, editorial board members, poets, writers, photographers, artists, and graphic designers the exact same experience that the Student Federation gives to its elected officers and representatives. Future administrators, policymakers, and legislators all get the opportunity to see what it’s like to propose, to debate, to compromise, and to promulgate. For both groups of students, then, for the Tower Light and for the Student Federation, it’s vocational training. Both groups gain real world experience in applying their Hillsdale education to a real-world situation. Granted, this particular real world experience takes place deep within a bubble, but the
“Stomping on a flower doesn’t solve the problem it represents, it reveals only the uncultured rage of the stomper.”
experiences here will help Student Federation members face those future times with confidence. Why take away that exact same opportunity from those who labor on the Tower Light? They will write, they will edit, they will design, they will manage, and they will publish. Officers and Representatives of the Student Federation, you have pledged in front of the entire College that you will devote yourselves to “the active cultivation of intellectual and moral excellence.” Stomping on a flower doesn’t solve the problem it represents, it reveals only the uncultured rage of the stomper. But, if a flower is allowed to be what it is, its plea can be as strong as culture itself. The flower that is the Tower Light has already been grown for you; your pledged task of cultivation here is merely to provide some water. The Tower Light will provide beauty if you provide justice. Together, both can provide honor to the foundation that gives each their purpose: Hillsdale College.
Dutton Kearney is an associate professor of English at Hillsdale College.
Preserve Tower Light’s dignity
Professors write, sign letter supporting Tower Light’s fight for funding
By | Elizabeth Fredericks Dear editor: The following is a copy of a letter to Student Federation. I write on behalf of members of the English and Fine Arts faculty to encourage you to fully fund Tower Light. We would like to express appreciation for the challenging and complex task of allocating funding to a wide array of student organizations. However, we are concerned that Tower Light risks having its funding greatly reduced and thus producing a publication that will not meet its high standards or properly showcase the work of the published students. The venue in which artistic work appears inevitably affects how it is perceived and received. To that end, our fine arts students at Hillsdale are given appropriate places in which to showcase their work: the same auditorium that serves our visiting professional artists hosts our dancers and theatrical productions; our student artists have opportunities to display work in a proper gallery; our musicians can anticipate the joy of performing in our beautiful new chapel. These venues enhance the pleasure audiences find in a work of art. Tower Light’s venue is the material object that we hold in our hands. Even when the actual content is excellent, printing it on cheap stock and with poor binding diminishes appreciation, much as asking musicians to perform in the middle of the dining hall would dim the splendor of their performance. On that note, Tower Light
is one of the highest-quality student publications I have ever encountered. However excellent the contents of the student literary magazine other campuses where I have studied and worked, the delivery was never as sophis-
and others by showcasing the modern application of our mission statement, in which we proclaim ourselves to be stewards of an intellectual tradition that includes literature and art. Not only do our students study fine works, but
and diligence in performing the duties of scholarship.” By funding Tower Light, it will clearly and visibly support that very mission, in addition to funding requests such as club trips and recreational equipment that also benefit narrow segments of the student body. We thus request that Tower Light be funded to maintain its high standards and appropriately represent the college and its students both to us on campus and to the outside world. Sincerely, Elizabeth Fredericks, Assistant Professor of English With:
The Student Federation will vote Thursday evening on whether they will restore funding they had cut from the Tower Light in April. Courtesy | Haley Hauprich
ticated as that of Tower Light. The magazine’s editorial board takes care to provide an attractive venue for the works they spotlight, and also to offer a pleasing reading experience to us, the audience. This beautiful, thoughtful presentation means that Tower Light can represent Hillsdale College to prospective students, alumni, donors,
they create them, and Tower Light, in both its contents and its presentation, demonstrates our care in tending the intellectual tradition and producing its modern-day fruits. The Student Federation declares on the website that it “supports the College in its mission of calling students toward the cultivation of intellectual and moral excellence
Patricia Bart, Associate Professor of English Christopher Busch, Professor of English Barbara Bushey, Chair and Professor of Art Douglas Coon, Lecturer in Art Kelly Scott Franklin, Assistant Professor of English J. A. Jackson, Chair and Professor of English Dutton Kearney, Associate Professor of English Dwight Lindley, Associate Professor of English Lorraine Murphy, Associate Professor of English Stephen Smith, Professor of English John Somerville, Professor of English Julio Suarez, Assistant Professor of Art Benedict Whalen, Assistant Professor of English
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Rediscovering the meaning of ‘We the People’ By | Ben Dietderich The worst part about my trip to Washington, D.C., last week, was learning to drink iced coffee before the paper straw dissolves. The best part was hearing from the leaders of the only movement capable of preserving our republic: the New American Right. Last week on my radio show, “American View”, I spoke with Mollie Hemingway, co-author of the bestselling book, “Justice on Trial – The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court.” I also spoke with former White House National Security spokesperson Michael Anton. Both have taken positions as researchers and lecturers at Hillsdale’s D.C. campus. At the 10th annual Hillsdale College Constitution Day Celebration in Washington D.C., I heard the youngest member of the U.S. Senate, Senator Joshua Hawley, R-Mo., speak. Hawley reaffirmed what many in the audience already knew: 21st century America faces a challenge that no living American has ever experienced. Our ability to overcome that challenge will determine whether our constitutional republic lives on or continues to fragment beyond unrecognition. The city I found myself in this last week offered a glimpse of where we are heading if Americans allow the selfish to drive. Putting aside my annoyance with the highly ineffective paper straws, which are more aggravating than one might think, I found myself constantly trying to desensitize myself to the problems of the modern American city. As I walked under an overpass on the way to grab my morning coffee, I tried ignoring the stench of urine. I mustered to withhold any appearance of empathy I felt towards the homeless couple I saw eating from a can outside their tent, as to not draw their
attention. I watched in a store WWII, the Center for Disease three if we wish to prevent is the return to a state of afline as the homeless woman Control and Prevention said. our nation’s cancerous probfairs where America demonin front of me emptied her More Americans died from lems from spreading. strates to the world what it cup of quarters to pay for a drug overdose deaths in 2016, Hemingway exemplifies means to actually allow peoSwisher Sweet cigarillo. than in the entire Vietnam the importance of defending ple’s voices be heard – rather Outside America’s cities, War. truth in a society that has than a ruling class bound by a there are plenty of problems. Combined with a loss of frequently come to doubt its globalist ideology. Like most residents of Amerdecent-paying jobs, affordable existence. As the senior editor Hawley managed to articuican small towns, Hillsdale healthcare, and the breakfor the Federalist, Heminglate the concerns and prinresidents know these probdown of American instiway makes no attempts to ciples of the New American lems too well. And unlike tutions such as church and hide her own political views. Right better than any of his many cities, conservatives family, this bombardment of But when she writes, she elected colleagues. Speaking cannot simply blame these digital media created what writes to inform. Hemingway at the Constitution Day last problems on the poor goverHawley has described as an holds transparency as the week, he described his adminance of Democrat leaders. “epidemic of despair and highest standard. She demon- ration for the Constitution, For decades, Republicans loneliness.” strates through her writing but also cautioned that the embraced a policy of “all The election of Donald that facts needn’t be omitted depth of America’s current trade is good trade,” problems stretches far even as small towns too deep for any number watched entire streets of conservative judges or of local businesses close politicians to fill alone. and large box stores “As important as getemerge. For the past 50 ting good judges is, it is years, both Republicans not enough to defend our and Democrats supportConstitution, not now,” ed generous trade and Hawley told the room. immigration policies, “The greatest challenge which have played a role of our time cannot be in wage stagnation and resolved by courts bejob outsourcing. cause what is at issue in These problems have our time is the character long been dismissed by of our republic and our a ruling-class as minor ability to continue our and unavoidable conseself-governance.” quences that come with Hawley, similar to the many benefits of Trump, sees a divide that capitalism. Americans doesn’t separate along have been taught that traditional partisan lines buying cheaper stuff at but instead between a Walmart outweighs the ruling class and the rest shuttering of localof America. Dietderich shakes hands with Vice President Mike Pence at Hillsdale’s Constitution Day ly-owned businesses. “The great American Celebration in Washington, D.C. Courtesy | Ben Dietderich Conservative polimiddle is being pushed ticians rarely discussed the Trump signaled change could or twisted for political gain, aside by a new arrogant negative aspects of a society be coming to the Republican because if you seriously bearistocracy,” Hawley said. believing simply having more Party. What was unclear was lieve in a cause, the truth will “These new aristocrats seek material belongings constiwhether that change would help, not hinder it. to remake our society in their tutes human satisfaction. be long-lasting and would On matters of foreign polown image. To engineer an As the social media age ultimately be beneficial for icy, Anton’s ideas challenge a economy that will work for arrived, America’s consumpour nation. military complex and glothem and few else. To fashion tion addiction only increased. Listening to Hemingway, balist class that has forgotten a culture that is dominated by Americans shamelessly reap Anton, and Hawley this past about the toll endless wars their preferences. When they the benefits of living in the week confirmed that a new have left on American soldiers think of helping their fellow wealthiest country on earth type of conservatism has and in our citizens’ wallets. citizens, they think of making — and they should. Yet it’s planted seeds beyond the Anton supported and articeverybody else more like hard to deny the negative gates of the White House ulated the President’s foreign themselves.” effects of screen addiction, grounds. policy long before most conWho are these aristocrats? online popularity contests, Hemingway taught how to servatives did. He defends the Hawley listed just a few: “Big and faceless conversations expose truth, Anton exnotion that President Trump banks, big tech, big multileave on America’s younger plained principled realism, can lead without being a hawk national corporations, along generation. and Hawley provided clarity. or an isolationist. with their allies in HollyAmerica’s suicide rate is The New American Right To believe in putting wood, the media, these are the highest it’s been since should adopt the ideas of all America first, Anton believes,
the Aristocrats of our age. ” All of them share a common vice – they have abandoned what it means to be an American citizen and how to respect their fellow people. Rather than find value in the principles and necessary institutions of self-government, they have sought their destruction. In replacement, they wish to impose rights around things that must be coerced out of others. Justice has been redefined as anything they deem healthy for their societies. Radical policies with regard to healthcare, immigration, and climate change are just a few of the so-called solutions proposed to fix the citizens and parts of societies they see as ill-educated. Many of the corporations they work for support their agendas in the hopes of benefiting from their regulation-making friends. And of course, those who oppose them are considered deplorable. “The political establishment on both sides look the other way, rehearsing and rehashing the political debates of thirty and forty years ago,” Hawley said. “I just want to say to you, there is no time for that any longer.” Hawley is right. For the past three decades, conservatives have been busy praying for another Ronald Reagan. Meanwhile, the battlefield has transformed. America’s greatest threat is now internal. Fortunately, outspoken leaders of the New American Right provide Americans with a path upward. Trump told the world on Tuesday, “The future does not belong to globalists. The future belongs to patriots.”
By | Clint Pagurko On Tuesday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump over shady dealings with Ukraine. The battle lines have already been drawn. No matter what the facts turn out to be, those who walk the halls of Congress have their marching orders. Those with an “R” behind their name will, for the most part, rally to the President and seek to discredit his attackers and defend his image. Those who have chosen the “D” label will broadside anyone who dares associate with President Trump. This kind of tribalism is the “modus operandi” in politics today. Of course, the idea of impeachment is nothing new. For years, Democrats have been throwing every accusation possible at the President, hoping something will finally be enough to bring him down. The general response to these allegations will, I’m certain, be no different than what we’ve seen in previous news cycles. With the next presidential election upon us, there seems to be little hope for the end of that same tribalism. As candidates wrangle in televised debates, trip over gaffe after gaffe, and flip flop on issues to pander to their chosen demographic, I have no doubt that the students of Hillsdale College will scrutinize every moment. We can treat this time as an opportunity to expand our viewpoints, hone our beliefs, and learn from those who disagree with us, or we can dig in, entrench our opinions, and refuse to take advantage of the chance to be challenged in a conducive environment. College is the first chance many of us have to define our beliefs for ourselves. No longer anchored in the safe harbor of the views of our parents, we are cast adrift in a vast, turbulent sea of competing ideologies. It can be comforting to seek security by attaching ourselves to a specific party or personality,
and by aligning our own views in accordance with theirs. Unfortunately, this can lead to the need to defend objectionable rhetoric or policy, because to fail to carry water for a chosen person or party would be a rejection of our personal political guiding star. But instead of automatically defending others - even those we think we agree with we should think for ourselves and make deliberate judgements on a person’s words and actions. Refuse to be defined by a party, politician, or even a labeled ideology. Don’t allow yourself to be pigeon-holed by preconceived notions of what you believe or why, and certainly don’t adjust your convictions in the name of loyalty to an outside source. A person or group isn’t correct simply because they are popular or have a platform. History has no shortage of terrible ideas that rode the wave of massive popularity. We shouldn’t be closed-minded, however. On the contrary, to learn and grow and metamorphose our beliefs is one of the great reasons to participate in higher education. In the end, the goal of liberal-arts education is to free ourselves of the bondage of parroting those deemed more intelligent or more experienced than ourselves. A person freed by a liberal education can compare and analyze arguments presented to them and make a determination for themselves of what is right. Voting for, or otherwise supporting, someone for political office is nothing more than a means of furthering our ideas. Examining politics through the lens of a belief system gives us a clarity not afforded by simply picking a candidate and unwaveringly endorsing them. As another “most important election of our time” rolls around, I urge you to stand by your convictions, not a politician. It’s often not as easy, but loyalty to the truth is its own reward.
Ben Dietderich is a senior studying political economy.
The death of Invite Daniel Hannan to give address at 2020 commencement liberal thought The best choice for commencement speaker comes from across the pond
Road to Serfdom” features a Americans have come into Seminar, and at the Allan P. By | Joshua Lawson telling quote from Thomas their inheritance at a young Kirby Jr. Center for ConstituA speaker for Hillsdale Paine: “The cause of America age. They’ve been born into tional Studies and StatesmanCollege’s graduation ceremois in great measure the cause a nation so exceptional, so ship. ny should be able to deliver of all mankind.” blessed, so affluent, that many Through his speeches at on several counts: They Hannan admits his affinity have lost sight of the virtues numerous Hillsdale events, should be someone who can for the remark comes from and policies that enabled that Hannan proved to be enterinspire. They should be inciwhat he holds in common prosperity and goodness in taining, insightful, and an sive, with practical and aspira- with Paine. During an interthe first place. effective messenger for the tional advice to offer students view with the Hoover InstiIn “The New Road to Serf- College’s ideals. Typically, his about to become alumni. tute in 2010, Hannan said, dom,” Hannan articulates how addresses are given mostly Most importantly, they should “Like him, I am a British sub- America became the world’s from memory, with only a understand the purpose quick glance at a few of the College, and notes. offer students wisdom Above all, Hanon how they can carry nan would make an Hillsdale’s mission exceptional graduation forward. speaker because he This year, the best understands Hillsdale’s speaker for Hillsdale’s mission. As he puts it, commencement certhe fact that Hillsdale emony resides across doesn’t take any monthe pond. ey from the federal Daniel Hannan government is “part of has represented South a wider concept: indeEast England as a pendence as an ideal of member of the Euroself-reliance.” pean Parliament since “It’s something 1999 and is a graduwe try and transmit ate of Oriel College, to people,” Hannan University of Oxford said at the Hillsdale where he studied National Leadership modern history. Seminar in 2017, While also fluent in “ultimately, we are anSpanish and French, swerable for our own Member of European Parliament Daniel Hannan should be Hillsdale’s commenceHannan displays his actions and that we penetrating command ment speaker. Wikimedia Commons shouldn’t as a first resort of the English language as a ject interested and involved freest, most indispensable na- turn to the state for solutions.” contributor to The Sunday in the survival and success of tion. “The genius of the West,” While Austrian econoTelegraph, the Washington American freedom.” Hannan said, “was pluralism, mist F.A. Hayek famously Examiner, the Daily Mail, The Hannan recognizes what, variety, the dispersal of power, addressed the original “Road Guardian, The Daily Telesadly, many Americans have personal enterprise, and to Serfdom” to socialists graph, The Spectator, and the forgotten: America remains freedom. And that reached its everywhere, Hannan ends his Wall Street Journal. the last, best hope for man highest incarnation in the old own book with a sincere note Hannan offers what many on earth. If she fails, there’s courthouse in Philadelphia.” of thanks to all Americans. prospective speakers cannot nowhere left to escape to. This Better than most AmerHannan concludes, “With — a measured but unquesis it. ican politicians, Hannan heartfelt imprecation...honor tionable love for America A review of the last 4,000 understands the role the U.S. the genius of your founders. and its founding principles years of history reveals a free Constitution, free-market Preserve the freedom of your from the vantage point of an and open society is not the capitalism, local communination.” outsider. default setting for nations. Far ties, and individual liberty For an institution that Hannan is the rare from it. Tyranny, poverty, and played in building our nation prides itself on the pursuit non-American who isn’t pinoppression are, regrettably, into a global superpower — of truth and the defense of ing for America to transform the typical arrangements. Yet one that could spearhead the liberty, there are few men and itself into a typical Europemany have only known the liberation of Europe in World women who can espouse why an nation. On the contrary, political and social climate War II and lead the West in its those endeavors are needed he’s spent his entire political of the post-Cold War world. stand against communism. today better than Hannan. career advocating for the Far removed from the Great No stranger to Hillsdale expansion of liberty in the Depression, World Wars, and College nor its audiences, Joshua Lawson is a candiUnited Kingdom, urging his the cognizant threat of nucleHannan has spoken in the date for a Master’s degree in home country to adopt more ar annihilation, most young past — to great acclaim — at politics from the Van Andel American-style policies. Americans take our modern the Free Market Forum, the Graduate School of StatesmanHannan’s book “The New freedoms for granted. College’s National Leadership ship at Hillsdale College.
Clint Pagurko is a senior studying history.
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Hillsdale’s Family Video bought by Dollar General, will close doors Sept. 30
The Hillsdale Family Video on E. Carleton Road will close Sept. 30. Julia Mullins | Collegian
By | Julia Mullins & Rachel Kookogey City News Editor & Assistant Editor The Family Video store on E. Carleton Road in Hillsdale will be closing its doors on Monday, Sept. 30. Everything at the store is being sold at liquidation prices until Sept. 29. The parent company of Family Video, Highland Ventures Ltd., will continue to own the building but will lease the space out to Dollar General, according to Jason Yuhasz, the regional director of operations for Family Video. Yuhasz added that Dollar General offered to lease the building for a long-term period. “Dollar General leases several buildings from Family Video,” Yuhasz said. “It was a several-building deal.” Yuhasz said Family Video employees “certainly had a suspicion” that Dollar General was interested in the building. Tiffany Dunn, who has been the manager at Hillsdale’s Family Video for 2 1/2
years, said she and the other employees began hearing rumors three or four months ago. “We kept asking corporate and they kept denying it,” Dunn said. “My boss was asking, and people at corporate would say everything is fine.” The Collegian reached out to Family Video’s corporate offices, but they declined to comment. A couple of weeks ago, Dollar General waived a contingency on that property and then proceeded to a rental agreement, according to Yuhasz. Family Video employees, however, found out about the agreement before Highland Ventures could make an official statement. “A couple of Dollar General employees came in and talked to the Family Video staff,” Yuhasz said. “We like to keep these things under control.” Annie Fairbanks, an employee at Family Video, said she and her coworkers were not told the store would be closing until Monday, Sept. 16. “The regional manager de-
nied we were selling and then dropped it on our district manager,” Fairbanks said. “We started selling the next day.” Yuhasz said the video business did not decline in the Hillsdale area. Rather, Dollar General was interested in the space for strategic reasons. “It was a real estate move,” Yuhasz said. “It had nothing to do with the performance of that store or the staff. Hillsdale has been a great community for us.” Although the Family Video in Hillsdale is closing, Yuhasz said employees may have the option to transfer to other nearby locations such as Coldwater, Jackson, and Adrian. Dunn added that all of the employees enjoyed working at Family Video. “All of us will miss the people,” Dunn said. “And the kids that came down from the college; the football players and the baseball players — we would ask if they won their games. I think what we will miss most is all the customers.”
early because we thought that this might happen,” Sanders said. The last government shutdown in Michigan came under former Democrat Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm in 2009 and lasted only two hours. “This isn’t the first time that they’ve threatened a government shutdown,” Sanders said. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen it completely shut down before. I know they’ve had certain areas shut down before, but not a complete shutdown.” Branch Hillsdale Health
Department Representative Rebecca Burns said the shutdown would not affect the department immediately, though if it lasts long enough it might affect funding. “We’re not state employees, so if it started to affect us, it would be a decision we would have to make at the local level,” Burns said. Burns said she does not know how the health department would handle not receiving its funding. The Hillsdale Board of Public Utilities will also remain unaffected by a potential government shutdown,
according to an employee at BPU. As Oct. 1 gets closer, however, lawmakers remain hopeful. Michigan State House Speaker Lee Chatfield told WoodTV “the budget will get done whether the governor agrees with it or not.” Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey said all the smaller budgets — a total of 15 or 16 — will pass on Tuesday, though the budget total will be less than Whitmer requested.
legislators to agree on a budget. If not, the consequences could lead to a government shutdown, layoffs for 48,000 people, and problems for schools. “If you’re a school district, a community looking at revenue sharing dollars, any number of things, we have to have this done by Sept. 30 to avoid dominos falling,” Leutheuser said. During the negotiating process, house representatives said they would create a separate proposal if they couldn’t agree with Whitmer, and that is exactly what they did. For a long time, Leutheuser said, there was no general spending used to fund the roads. But he said he thought it was time that changed. “Roads are either a priority or they’re not, and many people think they are,” he said. The house republicans also allocated more discretionary spending from the general fund in their proposal, a decision Whitmer said was a bad idea. The republicans once again separated from her budget recommendations. Michigan’s 97th District House Rep. Jason Wentworth agreed that it’s good to see leadership in the house and senate proposing a budget that excludes Whitmer’s gas
tax. The house recently passed the Republican’s proposal that includes increased spending for education. Leutheuser said $15 billion — a huge part of their budget — goes toward the School Aid Fund 2019-2020. This fund will significantly increase special education and education for economically-disadvantaged students. “That’s a big chunk into education,” he said. Instead of negotiating with the governor, Leutheuser joined with his colleagues in the house and passed the bill to allocate increased spending toward the school aid fund with 91 votes in a house of only 110 total representatives. Both house Republicans and Democrats passed it. A big part of understanding the role of the different Michigan branches in budget proposals goes back to a basic understanding of the balance of powers, Leutheuser said. This budget proposal process makes sense as the legislative branch is taking the lead on crafting legislation. It is now Whitmer’s move, as the executive, to complete the process and either sign it or not. Leutheuser said he thinks she will sign it. Wentworth said the pro-
posed gas tax would cause harmful consequences if passed. “When we talk about the big number, if we put that money in the system at once, it will create a system of increased cost,” he said. “The price of asphalt, the price of gravel will increase dramatically and that will hurt the progress in our state.” Such increased spending, he said, would ultimately hurt the roads. Vice President Mike Pence also gave a speech at the conference, in which he highlighted Michigan’s role in the upcoming election. He thanked lawmakers for their hard work, specifically commending them for their work on the budget proposal. Michigan is a key battleground state, as proven in the last election when the state voted in favor of the president. Pence excited those at the conference by remarking on the upcoming 2020 election. “It’s not enough to win the next election,” he said. “We have to win the next generation with your energetic work here in Michigan every day between now and election day.”
Hillsdale County prepared to weather potential government shutdown By | Carmel Kookogey Culture Editor
While Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republicans in the state legislature fight over funding for road repairs across the state, the standoff could result in 48,000 unpaid government employees in Michigan. Hillsdale County is prepared for the potential blow. Michigan’s fiscal budget ends at midnight Sept. 30. If Whitmer and the legislators don’t reach an agreement by Oct. 1, the state government will go into a shutdown,
leaving many state employees unpaid. Only departments deemed “essential” will continue to operate. Hillsdale County Road Commission Managing Director John Sanders said if there is a shutdown it “won’t affect us at all.” “We don’t have any current jobs with the state going, other than the Michigan Transportation Fund, and that should still come through,” Sanders said. Sanders explained that when he heard about Whitmer’s plan in February to increase the gas tax by 45
cents in order to pay for road repairs, he knew there would be issues passing the budget this year. “They’re talking about the road budgets,” Sanders said with a chuckle. “There are big differences in the views about that.” To prepare, the Hillsdale County Road Commission made sure all of its federal jobs that required state funding were funded by June, which is early. Budgets for these jobs are normally arranged between June and October. “We tried to get that done
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Cars line up at the Market House Plaza to have their car seats checked. Alexis Daniels | Collegian
Michigan organization hosts car seat check-up in Hillsdale By | Alexis Daniels Web Content Editor Car Seats in South Central Michigan hosted a car seat check-up on Sept. 19, in which team members determined whether attendees’ car seats met the safety requirements and gave families a new seat if theirs didn’t pass. Hillsdale County residents lined up in their cars at the Market House on West Carleton Road to get their car seats reviewed by CSSCM’s technicians. “They have to bring their children and their current car seat,” Child Passenger Safety Technician Instructor Pamela Bognar said. “We look at them in that seat and see if it’s the appropriate seat, if it’s a safe seat. If it’s not, then they get a free seat. Otherwise, we just help them to be sure they’re using it correctly.” The Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning receives an annual federal grant that they use to purchase car seats and ship them to technicians upon request. Bognar said the event has gone on since 2009 and she does about 15 car seat check-ups in various counties. For Hillsdale County, she always holds these events at the Market House in the fall. “It’s a very visible place,” she said. “People drive by, and they can see us. It’s easy to get to. That’s just one of the venues we use in Hillsdale County.”
According to Bognar, 75% of car seats are used incorrectly. With these events, they are “trying to reduce injury to children and make sure they’re in the correct car seat and that it’s being used correctly.” Bognar said they spend at least 20 minutes per child’s car seat in each car. With the help of two other techs, Bognar said she checked 41 children, distributed 24 new seats, and destroyed 11 unsafe seats. Samantha Nevins from Reading heard about the event from a paper sent home from school and wanted to make sure her child was in the appropriate seat for his age and size. “I’m not sure if he needs to go up to an actual booster seat or stay in the one he’s in,” she said. Kim Moreland, a grandmother from North Adams, said she brought her grandchildren to the event because one of the car seats “didn’t look like it was in very good condition.” “There’s no longer padding on the back side,” Moreland said. “That could be a little hurtful.” Moreland said she drives her grandchildren around often, and she wanted to be on the safe side. “I thought, you know, they’re going to check them and make sure they’re safe and we’ll have hers checked, and if it’s good, it’s good,” Moreland said.
from A1 “When there’s a Republican executive, we want a really robust executive,” Leutheuser said. “And when there’s not a Republican executive, we don’t like to have a robust executive.” The house is in its third budget proposal process, according to Leutheuser. Each house and the executive make their budget recommendations and then get together to figure out the best proposal. Gov. Whitmer’s original proposal included a 45-cent gas tax that would help fund the $900 million of road construction projects. The money from the tax, however, wouldn’t solely fund the roads. It would create a $2.5 billion increase in state spending, with the majority of funds going toward other projects. This, Leutheuser said, was a non-starter for budget negotiations. Whitmer made that proposal at the beginning of the summer, and it has been a long summer of negotiations. He personally met with Whitmer to negotiate, but she ultimately rejected a number of the house’s proposals. The fiscal year for Michigan ends on Sept. 30, making this crunchtime for Michigan
Senior Ben Dietderich interviews U.S. House Rep. Tim Walberg. Allison Schuster | Collegian
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Community members walking by the grandstand at the Hillsdale County Fairground. Alex Nester | Collegian
Michigan becomes second ‘no-kill’ state for shelter animals By | Nolan Ryan Editor-in-Chief An average of 90% of all shelter animals in Michigan are not killed or euthanized. The Michigan Pet Fund Alliance announced in their 2018 Michigan Shelter Live Release Report that most of the state’s animal shelters are considered “no-kill,” meaning that 90% of all the animals being brought to shelters are adopted, returned to their owners, or transferred to another facility. This is something Deborah Schutt, founder and chair of the MPFA, has worked toward for years. “Twenty years ago, we had the dog catcher. The philosophy was to catch and kill; that’s what most shelters did,” Schutt said. Michigan is now the second state to be considered no-kill after Delaware. Delaware, however, has only three animal shelters compared to Michigan’s 174. Over the last 10 years, groups across the U.S. have been working for the goal of getting animal shelters to no-kill status, according to Schutt. Schutt said a rate of 90% live releases is a good indicator for whether animal shelters are handling animals well. Of the 83 counties in Michigan, MPFA’s study found that 11 have a 70% to 89% live release rate, while four have a 50% to 69% live release rate. None of the counties in the state have a live release rate lower than 50%, but three counties — Luce, Oscoda, and Presque Isle — don’t have any licensed shelters, according to the report. Schutt said there are about 174 animal shelters in the state, though that number changes over the years. When it comes to the data MPFA used in its latest study, Schutt said shelters are required by law to submit those numbers to the Michigan
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. “[The form] includes how many animals are saved, how many are brought in, how many cats and dogs, and whether they’re in there over or less than six months,” Schutt said. “They have to do that every year.” While there has never been a national consensus as to definitions, Schutt draws a distinction between killing and euthanizing shelter animals. When a “healthy and treatable” animal is put down, that should be considered killing an animal, she said. Euthanasia is “an act of mercy to end suffering.” For a small percentage of shelter animals, their behavior
said, so the state’s designation of no-kill hasn’t changed things for them. Richardson said she thinks animals need more time initially to adjust to a shelter before employees decide to put them down. Personally, she believes shelters should give animals a week of adjusting before any decisions are made. “A dog or cat is always fearful when they first get in. Going by their first reaction is not fair to the animal,” she said. “They need to see people every day and interact every day.” Hillsdale sophomore Danielle Bagenski, the humane society GOAL leader, echoed Richardson’s point about the GHHS having no-kill shelters. Because they don’t euthanize animals, however, the problem they might have to deal with is overcrowding. “A way to combat this issue, and something both of our local shelters take part in, is working with other shelters throughout the state to ensure that these abandoned and neglected animals can find happy Sophomore Danielle Bagenski and safe homes,” Bagenski said in with a dog from a shelter. an email. Courtesy | Danielle Bagenski When shelters have these may be so bad that they can’t kinds of relationships, she be saved. For other animals, said, it proves that it’s possithey might have untreatable ble for animals to be adopted health issues such as cancer, in and that shelters don’t have to which case it’s more humane resort to putting down their to euthanize the animal. animals. According to the MPFA’s Bagenski said Michigan can study, Hillsdale County had a be an example to other states 97% live release rate last year, of how to value the well-being only down 2% from their 2017 of animals. She said the norates. This means that only 3% kill designation doesn’t mean of shelter animals total are put animals are “getting adopted down in the county. out to random families.” Jill Richardson, manager “The first priority is always for the Greater Hillsdale Huan animal’s safety, which is mane Society, said they have why shelters have specific always been a no-kill shelter. procedures in place to ensure She noted that euthanasia ser- animals are getting adopted vices aren’t even offered since into safe homes,” Bagenski they don’t have a veterinarian said. on staff. The shelter’s intake has been about the same, she
By | Alex Nester Opinions Editor With attractions ranging from a baby animal birthing tent to a photography house and drag racing, more than 100,000 people are expected to flock to the 169th-annual Hillsdale County Fair which began Sept. 22. The fair runs until Saturday, Sept. 28, and will conclude with a concert by the band Hotel California A Salute to the Eagles. This year’s fair boasts old classic events, like guessing the weight of the giant pumpkin, photography contests, craft and antique tents, tractor pulls, livestock and farm animals showings, carnival rides, and treats like corn dogs and deep-fried butter. “I’ve come to the fair my whole life,” fair attendee Rebecca Bauerly said. “It’s pretty much the same since I was younger, just the rides have changed.” Bauerly said she goes to the fair every year with her husband, their children, and friends. Fair Manager Lori Hull said the birthing tent is one of the most popular attractions at the fair, and on Monday night a crowd gathered to watch a ewe give birth.
She said dollar-ride-day and tractor pull on Thursday is expected to attract bigger crowds, as well as the concert on Saturday. This year, the fair added a new event, the KOI Drag Race, which helped open the fair week on Sunday evening. Hull said the livestock numbers in the hundreds, with at least 100 head of cattle and 100 head of sheep, in addition to the multitude of horses, rabbits, chickens, and other animals. “We have the whole gamut,” Hull said. The fair raises money largely to keep up with the maintenance of buildings on the fairgrounds, like the Flower Hall, the grandstands, and the 149-year-old Grange Hall. Shelly Wirick, a member of the fair board of directors, is the fourth generation of her family to work in Grange Hall. “My great-grandfather started in 1945 as the superintendent of this building. Then my grandfather, and now my father is currently the superintendent of the building,” Wirick said. “My favorite part of the fair is this building. It’s where I live.” Wirick recalled her childhood memories of running across the fairgrounds from one grandfather, who worked
at Grange Hall, to her other grandfather, who sold implements down near the grandstands, for money to go on the fair rides. “I got to see everything because I was going from grandfather to grandfather collecting money. It was kind of fun — that was my best memory of the fair.” Now, Wirick’s own grandchildren attend the fair and plead with her for money for the fair rides. “I am waiting for the other set of grandchildren to show up and ask for money for their ride tickets right now,” Wirick said. Hull said most of the money raised from the fair — mainly from ticket sales, but also from vendor fees — goes toward maintaining over 20 buildings on the fairground. “They take a lot of money to upkeep,” Wirick said. Hull works full time, yearround to pull the yearly event together. This is her second year as fair manager, though she served on the fair board for 10 years prior. “We always come with our family and friends,” Bauerly said. “It’s neat to see people out and about in the community, seeing everybody having fun.”
Left to Right: Hillsdale High School sophomore Maya Hall, science teacher Kraig Putnam, sophomore Rhylie Dietz. Madeleine Mller | Collegian
Hillsdale High School students use biology project to make the switch from plastic to paper straws By | Madeleine Miller Collegian Reporter Inspired by the research and initiative of two students, Hillsdale High School has replaced plastic straws with paper straws. At the end of the 2019 spring semester, science teacher Kraig Putnam required his students to research and devise a solution to an environmental issue impacting Michigan for their final biology project. He also encouraged them to implement their proposed solutions. “I was hoping they would go above and beyond,” he said. “I gave them the freedom to cause change.” Then freshmen, Maya Hall and Rhylie Dietz, wanted to find a topic for which they could provide a practical solution. They chose to investigate plastic pollution in the Great Lakes. Hall and Dietz calculated the number of plastic particles per cubic kilometer in each Great Lake and distributed flyers of their findings throughout the school. During their presentation, they explained that, although the numbers may not seem large, fish, birds, and other wildlife die from consuming the plastic particles. Based on their findings, the students decided eliminating plastic straw use was
an effective way to reduce plastic pollution since plastic straws are easily substitutable. The night before their presentation, they emailed Hillsdale High School Principal Amy Goldsmith to see whether the school might stop offering plastic straws. “We didn’t have to put anything into action for the project,” said Dietz. “But we had to go above and beyond to get 100% on the project and it was worth 20% of our final, so we wanted to do well.” Goldsmith praised them for their work and responded that she would help them eliminate plastic straws from Hillsdale High School by the beginning of the current fall semester. “It’s important to appreciate students’ awareness, concern, interest, and willingness to contribute to sustainability initiatives,” she said. As of August, Hillsdale High School no longer provides plastic straws in its cafeteria or student-run coffee house. Although paper straws cost more than plastic, Hillsdale Community Schools Food Services Director Laura Donihue said she believes the switch to paper will be beneficial overall. “My hope is that by offering paper straws, we are raising students’ awareness of waste and perhaps they will skip the straw altogether,
resulting in a cost-neutral change.” She added to the school’s sustainability efforts by introducing “Forkless Fridays,” during which the cafeteria offers finger foods for lunch to reduce waste from plasticware. Now sophomores, Hall and Dietz said they have been excited to watch their proposal become reality. “Our whole class was ecstatic,” Hall said of their biology classmates. Putnam said he was amazed by his students’ enthusiasm. “I think it was really cool to see how eager everyone was to make a change. It’s easy to talk about change, but not as many people actually do it — especially as freshmen.” Both students plan to continue protecting the environment. Dietz hopes to study entomology and perhaps teach at the college level, while Hall said she is more interested in a career in writing but intends to remain involved in environmental activism. Whatever they pursue in the future, Dietz and Hall are proud of their efforts thus far. “It’s crazy to be in high school and actually making a change,” said Hall.
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Chargers set to begin G-MAC play with top non-conference record Van Wienen named G-MAC Offensive Player of the Week for third straight week By | Liam Bredberg assistant editor The Hillsdale College Chargers lost to the University of Illinois Springfield last Saturday. The loss broke a five-game-win streak that the Chargers carried through the last two weeks of play. They went on to win their next two games, however, on Sunday. The loss caused the team to fall in the national rankings to No. 18 in the country. An impressive weekend performance by junior Allyssa Van Wienen led to a third consecutive G-MAC Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week award. . She remains the only offensive volleyball player in the conference to be recognized this season. The UIS Prairie Stars fell 25-18 to the Chargers in the first set,but regrouped to win the next three matches by narrow scores of 25-22, 25-23, and 25-23.. UIS held Hillsdale to a season-low .099 hitting percentage, due in part to an incredible 94 digs in the match. The Chargers nearly matched the Prairie Stars number of digs, amassing an equally impressive 90.. “They played great, and
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we did not,” head coach Chris Gravel said. “We definitely battled and it was a great match to watch. After the first set we had to try and grind out but we just didn’t have enough to come home with the win. That was the best defensive display I’ve seen them put on all season” Senior Taylor Wiese led
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the team defensively with 24 digs. Junior Madie Schider and sophomore Karoline Shelton kept up with 22 and 17 digs, respectively, while junior Lindsay Mertz and freshman Audrey Riley each added 10. Van Wienen shined offensively with 13 kills and only two errors. Senior Hannah gates performed extremely well at the
second time this season and the fourth time in her career. SCHOOL G-MAC OVERALL The Chargers showcased 1. HILLSDALE 0-0 9-2 their talent in their Sunday 2. WALSH 0-0 6-3 afternoon match versus Indianapolis, defeating the Grey3. TREVECCA NAZARENE 0-0 8-6 hounds 3-0. The Chargers t4. OHIO VALLEY 0-0 3-3 led in hitting percentage, t4. CEDARVILLE 0-0 5-5 blocks, digs, and aces. t6. ALDERSON BROADDUS 0-0 5-6 Van Wienen added yet t6. KENTUCKY WESLEYAN 0-0 5-6 another impressive perfort6. TIFFIN 0-0 5-6 mance against Indy with 19 9. MALONE 0-0 5-8 kills, a .731 hitting percentt10. FINDLAY 0-0 2-9 age, and zero hitting errors. Her hitting percentage is t10. LAKE ERIE 0-0 2-9 the 10th highest in a single t12. URSULINE 0-0 0-8 match in G-MAC history. t12. OHIO DOMINICAN 0-0 0-10 Mertz added another outstanding performance in net with three solo blocks es, the Chargers scored an the match versus the Greyand four block assists. impressive 173 points and hounds with 35 assists, 11 The Chargers bounced giving up only 132. back in the second day of The Chargers’ success was digs, and four total blocks. Wiese led the defense with play, winning both of their thanks in part to another two matches and losing only remarkable offensive perfor- 16 digs. “It’s hard for me to one set. The Chargers defeat- mance by Van Wienen. She complain about a whole lot ed Seton Hill losing their finished the match versus only set of the day, and then Seton Hill with a career high at 9-2,” said Gravel. “But I would say we have plenty beat the University of India- 24 kills and a .639 hitting to work on as the season napolis with a score of 3-0. percentage. She contributed progresses.” “There was a mental defensively with seven digs The Chargers will begin bounceback before the next and four total blocks. conference play at home two games,” Gravel said. “It’s Senior Emily Lachmann against Alderson Broaddus never easy coming back after notched a career-high 20 University on Friday at 7 a loss and once you think it kills with a .390 hitting perp.m. and then hosts Ohio is, you’re in trouble. But we centage while Mertz had a regrouped and performed. I career-high 56 assists. Wiese Valley University on Saturwould say overall it wasn’t a led the defense with a career day morning at 10 a.m. bad weekend.” high 33 digs. She joined the Between the two matchAVCA 30-dig club for the
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Sophomore runner Adam Wier hillsdale college athletic department
Q: Tell me a little about yourself. AW: I’m from Lexington, Kentucky. I have three older brothers, so I’m the youngest – the baby of the family. I went to a private high school and I started running when I was a freshman in high school, and I’ve done that ever since. All my brothers went there too. My mom and dad were both born in Kentucky. Q: What inspired you to start running? AW: My brother Aaron started running, and we were both soccer players growing up. But he started running and then my dad said I was going to do running – they didn’t really give me a choice! So that summer of my freshman year, I started running. Aaron and I were on the same team for two years, and I really enjoyed it. So I kept at it and I got a lot better, and our team had a lot of success. Actually, we went to a few state championships, so we had a lot of fun.
Q: What brought you to Hillsdale?
Q: What goes through your mind during a race?
AW: So I came to Hillsdale because I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do, and I wanted to give the liberal arts perspective a try. And as cliché as that is, I wanted to kind of understand what actually interests me in school. I’ve been chasing the sciences here and getting a wide grasp of classes and trying to see what I really like the most. Right now, I think I’ll do either physics or chemistry – maybe materials engineering or chemical engineering. I’m not sure yet.
AW: When you get to the harder parts, you’re really trying to get your mind off running because, you know, your legs are hurting. Or you’re thinking, ‘Oh, wow, this is really tough right now.’ Sometimes if it’s cross country, you can just focus on the course ahead of you or focus on your competitors. Track racing is a lot harder for me than cross country because you’re just on an oval the whole time.
Q: What do you like to do in your spare time?
AW: So the last cross country season I was pretty worried going in because it was my first season. I was walking on, there were a bunch of guys I didn’t know. But a highlight was just getting to know my team a lot better and racing at the Regional meet. We hosted it here at Hayden Park. That was awesome because it was the perfect atmosphere, it was just starting to snow a little bit, and it was on our home course. I really had a great race that day. It was my first 10k.
AW: Spare time? I don’t have a lot of that right now. I enjoy reading just normally sometimes. I’m a big Tolkien fan, so Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and I’ll read political books too. Every summer I get a few because I kind of have a side interest in politics. Sometimes I’ll just go and nap. Maybe I’ll play video games every now and then. Q: What motivates you to keep going when you’re exhausted? AW: It’s something about being on my team with a bunch of guys who are doing the same things you’re doing. We’re all there because we’re really motivated to run and to work as a unit, and we really endure a lot of pain for each other. It’s really special when you’re on the line with a bunch of guys who are ready to do whatever it takes to win.
Q: Tell me about some highlights from last season.
Q: What are your goals for next season? What are you most looking forward to? AW: Well, our big team goal is to make it to Nationals for cross country. We have to race a lot of G-MAC schools, which is our conference. So Walsh, Malone… but they’re pretty good, so we really have to fight to get to the top five. We’re really trying to get there because the girls have been there the last few years.
Q: What advice would you give to freshman who are trying to combine sports and academics at Hillsdale? AW: You really have to stay motivated all the time, and you need to prioritize. So when you need to study, you need to sit down and study. It’s okay to do it with your friends sometimes and study as a group and mess around. But sometimes you need to just go to the library and work for a few hours on your own. It’s sad to hear, but when you have hard classes you have to do that. You have to get sleep too, unfortunately. Back in high school I used to just stay up late all the time, doing work and stuff and I really suffered because of that. So in college, I really prioritize getting more sleep. In the end, when you can perform well academically and athletically, it’s a great feeling. Q: What has been your favorite class so far? AW: Dr. Hayes [of the Physics department] is a different kind of teacher. He wants you to succeed, but he really prioritizes getting the concepts down over just doing math problems. So the class was really difficult, we had two labs a week, and that was the hardest part. But understanding the concepts made it so awesome, when they finally click in your head. We did electricity and magnetism and I just thought that was so cool.
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Swimming
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Luke Keller
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David Graham Luke Keller Christian Shepler Joey Bentley Josef Hissom
15 232 15.5 3 76 11 35 3.2 1 13 8 34 4.3 0 24 2 8 4.0 0 12 2 1 0.5 0 1
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K.J. Maloney Michael Herzog Brecken Stewart Martin Petersen Alex Giampietro David Graham
2 88 44.0 0 44 1 38 38.0 0 38 1 21 21.0 0 21 1 5 5.0 0 5 1 3 3.0 0 3 1 2 2.0 0 2
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Zach Herzog Alex Anschutz Nate Jones Drake Temple Matt Harding Schuyler Snell Kendall Tobin Nate Chambers Dan Shanley Kyle Kudla Jason McDonough Wain Clarke Joe Royer John Pearson Michael Herzog Michael Valdez Mason Dooley Tommy Froman Derek Branyan
12 0 0 0/0 0 9 0.5 0 0/0 0 9 2 0.5 0/0 1 9 0 0 0/0 0 7 0 0 1/0 0 7 0 0 0/0 0 7 0.5 0.5 0/0 0 6 2.5 1 0/0 0 5 0.5 0 0/0 0 5 0 0 0/0 0 4 1 0 0/0 0 4 0 0 0/0 0 4 0 0 0/0 0 2 0 0 0/0 0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1 0 0 0/0 1 1 0 0 0/0 0
VOLLEYBALL
september 21 14 Hillsdale Illinois-Springfield
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25 22 23 23 1 18 25 25 25 3
kill ast dig bs/ba pts
Allyssa Van Wienen Hannah Gates Emily Lachmann Karoline Shelton Lindsey Mertz Audrey Riley
13 0 0 1/2 15.0 6 0 0 3/4 11.0 10 0 3 0/1 10.5 7 1 17 1/1 9.5 2 39 10 2/4 9.0 3 0 10 0/0 5.0
september 22 14 Hillsdale Seton Hill
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25 23 25 25 3 22 25 14 15 1
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Allyssa Van Wienen Emily Lachmann Karoline Shelton Dani Jones Megan Kolp Maggie DePorre
24 2 7 2/2 29.0 20 0 7 0/0 20.0 6 1 14 0/1 7.5 6 0 2 0/0 6.0 5 0 0 0/1 5.5 4 0 0 0/0 4.0
september 22 14 Hillsdale Indianapolis
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25 25 25 3 14 19 23 0
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Allyssa Van Wienen Emily Lachmann Hannah Gates Maggie DePorre Lindsey Mertz
19 0 3 0/5 21.5 8 0 2 0/1 8.5 3 0 1 0/4 5.0 3 2 1 0/3 4.5 1 35 11 0/4 3.0
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DOC SPRAGG FALL INVITATIONAL
TEAM RESULTS
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TOTAL
1. WAYNE STATE 281 297 294 872 2. FINDLAY 288 286 299 873 3. MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS 301 292 287 880 4. BELLARMINE 290 295 297 882 5. TIFFIN 294 292 304 890 6. INDIANAPOLIS 295 296 301 892 t7. GRAND VALLEY STATE 296 303 296 895 t7. ASHLAND 296 299 300 895 9. TREVECCA NAZARENE 300 298 300 898 10. HILLSDALE 306 296 297 899 11. FINDLAY (A) 297 303 303 903 12. DRURY 304 306 295 905 13. FERRIS STATE 298 310 299 907 14. NORTHWOOD 295 306 311 912 t15. NORTHERN MICHIGAN 301 313 303 917 t15. FINDLAY (B) 309 308 300 917 17. MALONE 308 301 309 918 18. SOUTHERN INDIANA 303 315 305 923
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HILLSDALE RESULTS
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RYAN ZETWICK t20. JOSH DAVENPORT t33. GEORGE ROBERTS 74. CARSON STOHLER 90. LOGAN ANUSZKIEWICZ
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72 73 81 80 x
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71 75 72 78 78
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Kyle Ryman Memorial at Mohawk GC Midwest Regional at Fox Run GC
Men's Tennis SATURDAY-MONDAY, SETPEMBER 28-30
ITA Regionals
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Racer Invitational
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Women's Tennis FRIDAY-SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4-5
Hillsdale Invitational
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Cross Country FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4
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Joe Piane Invitational
Lansing CC Invitational
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Alumnae return to pool for homecoming meet By | Rachel Kookogey assistant editor Excitement filled the Jack McAvoy Natatorium as the Hillsdale College Chargers competed for the first time this season in their annual Blue-White alumni intersquad homecoming meet. The blue team beat the white team by a narrow margin, their times being 52 minutes, 9.05 seconds to 52:47.86, respectively. The final results were compiled by adding the top eight times from each team in each event, and the team with the least amount of time in the pool won. The freshmen particularly enjoyed competing with the team for the first time, and freshman Marie Taylor even earned a new personal best time in the 200 individual medley Assistant coach Elizabeth Tracey said the team performed well for having to swim every event. “The team has had a few tough training weeks, so having them get up and race every event was a challenge, but they really embraced it and supported each other,” Tracey said.
2019 ROSTER
SOPHOMORES TAYLOR BOYLE
EMMA RAO
SENIORS
FRESHMEN
MADELINE BREAY REBECCA BRISKEY
VICTORIA ADDIS
SARAH CLARK
ANNA CLARK
BAILEY BICKERSTAFF
HANNAH DOUTHITT
ANAIS NUET
LIZZIE LEATHERS
ANIKA FASSETT
STEFANIE WALKER
DANIELLE LEBLEU
MADISON PYHEL
CARISSA HENDERSON
ALLIE MATTI
SYDNEY SLEPIAN
CAYLEE MCCOMB
MARIE TAYLOR
JUNIORS
TAYLOR STEYER
LEAH TUNNEY
KATHERINE HEERES
CATHERINE VOISIN
The returning alumnae seemed to fit right back into the camaraderie, and three graduates — Diana Holmes `12, Kenzi Dickhudt `17, and Anika Ellingson `19 — even competed against each other in a 50 freestyle and 100 IM. Holmes said she enjoyed swimming competitively again, even if only for a few events. “It was really good to get back in the pool,” Holmes
said. “I didn’t realize how much I missed the competition.” Ellingson said she had been looking forward to the event since graduation in May. “It’s nice to be back with the people that I spent the majority of my time with,” Ellingson said. “This was my family, and the pool was my second home.” For freshman Anika Fassett, it was cool to meet the
swimmers who were on the team years before them. “You hear about all these people because all the other people on the team talk about them,” Fassett said. “So now you can put names to faces and they’re cheering for you because you're part of their legacy." The Chargers will host their first official meet against Davenport University on Saturday, Oct. 5.
Shotgun
Three freshmen added to 2019 shotgun roster By | Austin Gergens collegian reporter Hillsdale College’s fivetime Division III National Champion shotgun team welcomed three new freshmen for the 2019-2020 season. Freshmen Ida Brown, Woody Glazer, and Brad Lehman, will be making their debut, each bringing unique strengths to the team. Brown, a native Californian, started shooting with her brother in fifth grade year as a way to to learn gun safety and participate in a sport together. It took her some time before she hit her stride. “My gun jammed all the time in skeet and sporting clays,” Brown said. Her semi-automatic TriStar cost her many targets in her initial tournaments. “I was really bad at shooting. For the first 600 rounds I don’t think I hit a single target,” Brown admitted. “And for my first two years I didn’t hit a 25 straight in trap.” As Brown spent more time practicing with a nearby high school team, she eventually encountered
world champion American Skeet shooter Todd Bender, and subsequently took several clinics with him. At these clinics, Bender helped her overcome her difficulty of being a left eye dominant shooter with right shooting arm. Normally a shooter’s dominant eye matches their shooting arm. “He’s my favorite coach because he helped me develop a lot of different techniques to make skeet easier for me,” Brown said. “He’s the reason I shoot with both eyes open for skeet.” Her skeet training resulted in great improvement, and as a freshman on the high school team, she placed third at the California Skeet State Championships and third at the National Championships for skeet. Lehman began learning shotgun safety at a young age through hunting in South Carolina. He eventually joined a high school team in seventh grade with some help from his friends. He started practicing sporting clays, his best discipline. “Shooting is a whole lot easier when you have friends doing it with you,” Lehman
Left to right: Woody Glazer, Ida Brown, Brad Lehman. courtesy | Brandon Korhonen
said. “I’d want to go to practice to see them no matter how poorly I shot.” Lehman said favorite coach, Steve Bolt, was the first one who saw potential in him. He credited Bolt for teaching him all the basics of competitive shotgun shooting and helping get him to the level he is today. Lehman estimated that on average he would shoot six to eight hours a week during the school year and even more in the summers. This rigorous schedule helped prepare him for larger tournaments such as state championships and southeast regional tournaments, where he won the junior division and two sub-junior tournaments. “This season I’m most excited for Nationals in Texas, especially because I get to compete against friends on the Clemson team,” Lehman said. “I feel that all the members of the team with the addition of the three new freshman gives us another chance at a National Championship which would be really exciting to win my first year on the team.” The catalyst for Glazer’s
shooting career was shooting hand thrown clays in his backyard with his dad as a young boy. In eighth grade, he left the backyard and joined up with a nearby high school trap team to hone his skills. Glazer’s high school coach, Paul Dietz, had a unique approach to shooting that made a significant impact on Glazer. “He gave me an outlook on shooting that a lot of coaches don’t do,” Glazer said. “He gave me a logical approach rather than a superstitious approach which helped me to be a more adaptive shooter.” Though Glazer had many successes as an individual shooter in high school, he said he was most proud of being one of the 2016 team Minnesota state champions and on a 2019 state champion team. Getting to know the team is one of Glazer’s top priorities for his freshman season. He also hopes to be on the squad that wins another national title. “It may be a little optimistic, but we have a really good chance,” Glazer said.
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G-MAC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
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Chargers thunder past Storm in fourth quarter By | S. Nathaniel Grime sports editor After beginning the season 0-2, the Hillsdale College Chargers got into the win column on Saturday with a 34-14 victory against the Lake Erie College Storm at Frank “Muddy” Waters Stadium. The win gets the Chargers off to a good start in the G-MAC, which they won last year with an 8-0 conference record. Senior running back David Graham highlighted the afternoon with three touchdown rushes on 15 carries. He amassed 232 yards in total and was named the G-MAC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance. He averaged 15.5 yards per carry after averaging just 2.65 yards per carry in the first two games of the season. “After two tough losses, we had to look inward and really assess what the problem was,” Graham said. “We knew we could be a good team, but we hadn’t played like one yet. We worked really hard in practice and everyone was on the same page with the game plan and we went and executed it.” Graham’s 232 yards were the first time since 2015 a Hillsdale running back eclipsed 200 yards on the ground in a game. He now has 38 total touchdowns in his career as a Charger, now sixth all-time in program history. Graham credited Hillsdale’s offensive line for the gaping holes that allowed him to run wild, as well as the wide receivers down the field who cleared even more space for Graham. His first two touchdown carries went for 76 and 55 yards, and got the Chargers out to a 14-0 lead toward the end of the second quarter. The Storm scored before halftime to cut Hillsdale’s lead in half, and trailed only 20-14 entering the fourth quarter. Early in the fourth, they lined up for a field goal in an attempt to make it a three-point game, but senior defensive back Drake Temple cut around the line to block the field goal, and senior linebacker Dan Shanley scooped up the loose ball, returning it 74 yards for a momentum-shifting score. Graham’s third touchdown of the afternoon added on even more insurance for the Chargers, who pulled away in the final quarter for a comfortable margin of victory. “A point of emphasis moving forward is being more consistent in driving the football,” head coach Keith Otterbein said. “That
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comes down to being more efficient on first and second down so we can be in third and manageable.” Redshirt freshman quarterback Luke Keller struggled in his third career collegiate start despite picking up his first win. He completed only seven of 18 passes and threw three interceptions. Through three games, Keller has thrown five interceptions to four touchdowns. “I think he got antsy a little bit and chucked it into areas he knows better than to throw it into,” Otterbein said. “A couple were downfield throws, but he’s very capable of seeing those reads and he got a little antsy in the pocket, so he’s just gotta continue to gain experience and slow the game down. There’s a learning curve that goes on that I know Luke will get better at and make better decisions.” Keller rushed for his first career touchdown on the ground, a one-yard score in the third quarter. That capped off the Chargers’ most methodical drive of the day, an eight-play, 72-yard sequence. “We’re trying to really focus on making a first and second down pass a high-percentage throw, but you’ve still gotta mix in the shots, just gotta keep that balance going and get a feel for the momentum of the football game,” Otterbein said. “I’ve been probably a little more aggressive than I think we’re ready for at this point with some of those things. The way we’ve had success as a football program is by taking some shots, but we’ve just gotta find that right balance for us.” The Storm didn’t shy away from throwing the ball often. Lake Erie passed the ball 60 times and racked up 390 yards through the air. The Chargers held them to just 57 yards on the ground, however. That control at the line of scrimmage is always an emphasis for Hillsdale. “That’s an objective every week,” Otterbein said. “You always want to control the line of scrimmage, and I think we did a good job on both sides of the ball Saturday establishing that. It allows you to be productive on both sides of the ball.” The Chargers’ defense got into the backfield for
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seven tackles for loss and two sacks. It also intercepted two passes despite allowing nearly 400 yards in the air. Otterbein said he wasn’t too concerned about Lake Erie’s yardage in the air, but would like to see his secondary be able to make more one-onone plays moving forward. “We were in pretty good position, we were right there. I think a lot of it was I don’t feel like we particularly tackled well,” Otterbein said. “I’m more concerned about that than I am about them just throwing a deep ball. We’ve gotta do a way better job in space with tackling.” Hillsdale again possessed the ball less than its opponent, with its offense being on the field for 25 minutes to Lake Erie’s 35. That difference isn’t as wide as it was
in weeks one and two, but Otterbein said the team will continue to monitor the time of possession battle and emphasize staying on the field offensively on third downs and getting of the field on third downs when on defense. “We always want to have that. I think at times we did a really good job of getting off the field on third down defensively. There was other times where we didn’t,” Otterbein said. “The turnovers had a big factor to do with time of possession.” The Chargers remain at home this Saturday when they host the Walsh University Cavaliers (0-3, 0-1 G-MAC). Hillsdale defeated Walsh on the road last season, 28-9. Kickoff on Saturday is at 1 p.m. After hosting the Cavaliers, Hillsdale plays two more non-conference games before finishing the season against G-MAC opponents. In the first week of conference play, Ohio Dominican and Tiffin Universities also won their conference games on Saturday.
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TOTAL YARDS OF OFFENSE
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467
NET YARDS PASSING
390
157
NET YARDS RUSHING
57
310
THIRD DOWN EFFICEINCY
35% (7 of 20)
27% (3 of 11)
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY
100% (2 of 2)
0% (0 of 0)
PENTALTIES/YARDS
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5/61
FUMBLES/NUMBER LOST
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G-MAC STANDINGS SCHOOL
DAVID GRAHAM
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2/24
TIME OF POSSESSION
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David Graham breaks away from the Lake Erie secondary during a rush on Satuday. Graham averaged 15.5 yards per carry in the win. courtesy | camryn olson
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How a stranger on a train ride became an lesson in community, travel
By | Russell Richardson Collegian Freelancer As I entered a crowded train in Genoa, Italy this August, I briefly met a pair of dark eyes. In a sea of huge suitcases and bulging duffel bags, this girl was only carrying a small, stuffed drawstring backpack. My friend Aaron and I had already spent two weeks in Spain and Italy. We were flying to Greece that day—the last leg of our European grand tour. That day had started well. Since we had hiked through the country’s most famous national park, the Cinque Terre, the day before, we took it easy—strolling through the town on sore legs and shopping for food and postcards before catching a series of trains to the airport. Ours was the last train of the day and it was delayed. There was standing room only in every train car by the time we got on, so we squeezed into the un-air-conditioned rubber floating platform between the last and second-to-last train car. Already, the dark-eyed girl and four others were crammed on the platform. She looked up from her feet at us, moved over, then returned her gaze downwards. It wasn’t easy to coax her into conversation. Her English was decent; we stumbled through a polite conversation with the occasional help of Google translate. She was returning from a weekend trip to the beach. No, she had never been down this way
before. Yes, she took weekend trips alone often. Yes, she had only brought a small backpack with her. As a first-born with an independent streak, I understood her desire to be free and roam. Yet, she had an independence in her that seemed deeper than my own. She told me that she worked at a car dealership while she was saving the money to go to flight school. She had always wanted to be a pilot, she told me, because she wanted to travel the world. Unlike most of the locals we had met during our travels, who were interested in who we were and why we were traveling, I had to instigate most of the conversation with this girl. With effort, I learned that she was Albanian and had moved to Italy with her father after her mother died. She still lived at home with her three sisters and her cat, Crystal. She enjoyed camping, hiking, and mountain biking. She was three years younger than me and she owned a sports car because she liked to drive fast. She had never been to America but somehow, she possessed the same American grit and spiritedness. Completely engrossed by her story and her fierce independence, despite our difficulty in communicating, I hardly noticed when we pulled into our station. As the train stopped, I snapped back to reality. “It was nice meeting you,” I said and she nodded and gave me half of a smile. I lugged my 40-liter, 30-pound backpack off the
floor. Aaron and I darted out of the train and zig-zagged through the station to our gate. We had met many other fascinating people on our trip. Late nights in hostels offered us conversations with travelers from all over the world, people of every race, religion, and background. None of those encounters, however,
fied my adventurous itch but left other desires unrealized, namely time at home with my family after a summer away from them. That cost is missing from the lure of travel magazines and exotic Instagram pictures. As our plane left for Greece, my mind was spinning. In a few days, I would be returning to the stability and
of poetry. Murphy picked up her pen for the first time upon arriving at Hillsdale as a freshman, and said at first her poetry was a form of emotional release. But over time, Murphy’s perception of the artistic process transformed. “This summer, it hit me. I was having a great summer, and I wasn’t writing poetry,” Murphy said. “That’s when I realized it was a form of catharsis, but I also needed to step out of that catharsis, and use poetry as another dimension to express my joy.” This became the theme of Murphy’s entire collection, that poetry is everywhere and in everything. Last semester, Murphy approached one of her closest friends, senior and art major Caroline Hennekes, with her initial idea to publish a book of her own poetry. Hennekes walked Murphy’s poetic journey with her from the beginning and designed the cover art for the book. Hennekes recalled receiving spontaneous poems via text from Murphy throughout the day, concerning small incidents, encounters, and images she found beauty in that day. Because of their close friendship, Hennekes said she “felt the pressure,” to ensure her cover art encapsulated both Murphy as a person and Murphy’s art. Hennekes settled on a simple, hand-drawn honeycomb for the cover of the book.
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On funnel cakes and the fair By | Sofia Krusmark Assistant Editor
Thick,fluffy, powdered, and here this week at the Hillsdale County Fair. ‘Tis the season for funnel cakes. It’s a land of deep fried food, from battered cookie dough and oreos to the famed Wisconsin cheese curds. Stop by the
Donut Hut for more ‘hole foods,’ and check in on the birthing tent for animal babies. It’s only once a year, and one that’ll remind you of the treasure it is to live in this town. The fair is the place to be this week, if only for a funnel cake.
Q&A: Mark Jarman, visiting writer, poet
The columns inside the Forum of Augustus in Rome, Italy. Courtesy | Russell Richardson
are etched in my memory like the girl on the train with her small, stuffed backpack. While separated from family and friends throughout our trip I had often reflected on the opportunity-cost of traveling abroad. A lengthy trip through Europe satis-
familiarity of my life in the United States. For me, family and community is the norm and travel is the exception. The girl I met on the train chose to live differently. Travel, and all the uncertainty that goes with it, was her norm.
Junior self-publishes book of poetry By | Elizabeth Bachmann Assistant Editor When junior Taryn Murphy began feverishly scribbling poems in the margins of her class notes on her homework assignment and sending them in texts to her friends, she never imagined that she would one day publish a book of poetry. In a culmination of two years’ work, Murphy self-published the first edition of her poem collection “Hello My Name Is Sentimental” on Wednesday, Sept. 11, through Amazon’s self-publication service. The book, which Murphy called “a reflection on the divinity in the world around her,” is available for purchase on Amazon. Comprised of five sections of blank-verse poetry, the book begins with the section called “Wonder,” then moves into “Love,” “Wrestle,” “Wither,” and “Waken,” tracing the Christian narrative of salvation. “I wanted my poetry to be brutally honest, but arranged in a way where the sad and broken and lamenting poetry wouldn’t overshadow the joy of the book,” Murphy said. “As humans we feel extreme joy and extreme pain, but they coexist, so I wanted to couch them all together and leave the reader feeling a new sense of hope.” For Murphy, the gradual introduction to poetical sensibilities changed her view
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“It shows this sweet tone Peterson said. You’re not sure of ordinary things, but how how successful it will be. But I beautiful they can be,” Hentold her that doesn’t matter. If nekes said. you self-publish, it will reach The cover art also hints at the people that it needs to one of Murphy’s favorite imreach. It is kind of how God ages in the collection: Honey speaks to us. When you hear bees. Throughout the book, the honey bee pops up frequently, symbolizing the pursuit and attainment of peace, as in one unnamed poem from the fifth section of the book, Murphy’s favorite of the collection. “watch the hairy honey bee/ poised, dusty on the stamen/nodding her head into the lily’s bosom./sh. there. hear it?/she is singing for you,” Murphy writes. Junior Taryn Murphy holds her recently-pubAccording lished book of poems, “Hello My Name Is to Murphy, the Sentimental.” Courtesy | Taryn Murphy self-publication process is fairly simple. After a sermon, you won’t interpret investigating on her own, it how I interpret it. I told her Murphy happened to discover to publish, and people would a copy of 2018 alumna Tori interpret it how they need to Hope Peterson’s self-published interpret it.” poetry collection, “Secret “Hello My Name Is SenServants,” on display at Rough timental” is not meant to be Draft. the culmination of Murphy’s Peterson had self-published career in poetry, she said. her book, and Murphy conRather, she hopes it will tacted her to seek advice. springboard her into a career “I think putting your art of poetry, travel, and speaking out there when it has been about beauty’s integral role in denied multiple times is hard,” the human life.
By | Rachel Kookogey Assistant Editor How long have you been teaching at Vanderbilt and what do you teach there? I have taught there for 37 years. I teach creative writing and classes on modern poetry for undergraduate and graduates. How long have you lived in Nashville? Since 1983. I moved there to teach at Vanderbilt, and my wife also teaches there. She teaches classical singing in the music school. We settled down in Tennessee and raised both our daughters there. Where did you live before you moved to Nashville? Before I moved to Nashville, I taught at Murray State University in Western Kentucky. We lived there for three years and had come from Los Angeles, where we were born. Do you think that California has any influence on your poetry? A lot of my poetry is about growing up in California. My wife and I grew up in different parts of Los Angeles, so Southern California is what we think of as home, even though we haven’t lived there for 40 years. It has a big influence on my poetry. Growing up in Southern California became a subject for me when I moved away, really. So the poems I started writing about it were poems of homesickness. But the other place that appears in my poetry and which I returned to often is Scotland, where my father served a church for a number of years when I was a boy. We went as a whole family when I was 6 and returned when I was 9. But I have returned many times. So I have these two places that were the places that my poetry sort of hangs on. One is a linoleum factory town on the North Sea, and the other is balmy, palmy, southern California. And yet, I’ve spent most of my life living in the south. And I write about the south, I actually love it — the landscape, people. There’s a sense in which I think of my poetry as reflecting the landscape: the natural world of that landscape and the
spiritual meaning of that landscape. How long have you written poetry? I started writing when I was twelve and have been writing since. There are different senses of what the discipline of writing was. I was lucky to meet a high school teacher who got me to understand that this is an art, like practicing the violin. It needed to be practiced daily, it also needed to be a process of revision. He got me to take it seriously. So I’ve been writing since I was twelve, and when I was sixteen I realized this was something to take seriously. I wrote my first poem when I was twelve and I enjoyed it. I wrote a really terrible ballad, I still know it. It’s so dreary. But it was a process that engaged me for several days, and I would look forward to going back and working on it. I loved the sound of it as it was emerging. I was basically writing a poem in what we would call “hymn meter.” I am the son of a minister, so I grew up singing hymns and reading hymns, so what I think happened is that the meter and language of the hymn came into my mind. And I wrote something like that. Also, my mother’s mother was a writer, and when I’d visit her in San Diego she’d always read to me what she had written. She wrote poems, and stories, and a novel once. And maybe all of these things came together. Did you study poetry in college? I went to the University of California in Santa Cruz in 1970 because at the time it was a really cool place. But when I got there, I realized it had a really loose academic structure, and I needed more structure. So I had a traditional English major. But there was a lot of writing going on among students and faculty, so I fell into the writing scene. So while being a traditional English major, I was also writing poetry and hanging out with the other poets. How would you describe your style of poetry? The first poems I wrote were all in very traditional
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German, Slavic film series communicate ‘human experience’ By | Máire Wellemeyer Collegian Freelancer “Wait, what just happened? Who’s that?” Any time you’ve heard someone say these words while watching a movie, you probably think, oh my gosh. Just watch the movie! Now imagine watching the movie in a foreign language. While you might think this would cause unbearable annoyance, Assistant Professor of German Stephen Naumann and Professor of Theatre James Brandon argue that viewing such movies leads to something positive. With their annual German and Slavic film series, Naumann and Brandon are exploring important themes in foreign films, such as consumerism. At 7 p.m. in Lane 123, the German film series will show four more movies over the course of September to December, and the Slavic film series will show three more movies throughout September and October. The German film series is
put on by the German honorary Delta Phi Alpha and overseen by Associate Professor of German Fred Yaniga. With Yaniga’s move to the head of the German department, Naumann now oversees the film series, though Yaniga is still involved. Naumann shares the responsibility of the Slavic film series with Brandon. These films are “a great way of communicating human experience,” like the other fine arts, Naumann said. He added that the series “gives students the opportunity to learn about film a little more formally.” Brandon said students should watch the movies to have “new experiences as a college student, intellectually, artistically, socially.” He added that watching a movie from a different vantage point allows one to “learn that there are other perspectives.” Naumann likewise said that foreign films enlighten the audience by conveying what other countries think about various issues. Naumann explained the
difference between German comedies and the kind of comedy he said most Americans are used to. “Unlike most American comedies, German comedies always have some underlying question that they’re asking, some deeper theme that they want to sort of poke at.” One of the films already shown this semester was “100 Dinge,” a comedy which encompassed the idea of consumerism. Delta Phi Alpha’s president Emma Eisenman connected this movie to Hillsdale College in that its “underlying message” encompasses “what’s necessary for a good life.” Eisenman added that German films in general can illustrate Germany’s mission to redefine itself after World War II, a mission which she observed during her time in Germany.
“A good introduction to foreign films.”
Parish Mission teaches students, faculty practical theological advice By | Alexis Daniels Web Content Editor Saint Anthony Catholic Church invited Father Louis of the Fathers of Mercy to hold Parish Mission talks this past week, in order to educate listeners about the Catholic faith and sacraments, as well as to spiritually rejuvenate its congregation. Over the past week, Louis spoke about death, judgment, the sacraments, the Eucharist, and Mary as the mother of God, the Church, and salvation. In the talk about Mary, he emphasized scripture and symbolism to explain why Catholics venerate Mary. “You see the whole document of our Lady there, being unfolded in Scripture,” Louis said. “Mary is the mother of Jesus, and Jesus is the savior, and our Lady, by virtue of being the mother of Jesus, is the mother of our savior and the mother of our salvation. And if Jesus is the head of the Church — which he is — then by virtue of giving birth to the head of the Church, she’s given birth to the entire body, Mother of the Church.” Mary had to be “specially holy” in order to conceive Jesus as a virgin, Louis said.
Because of that conception, he said the whole of the Trinity participated in Mary’s womb, and Mary was able to have a more intimate relationship with all parts of the Trinity that none had had before. Louis pointed out that Mary also magnifies the Lord and makes visible the divine attributes of God the Son through her humility and grace. He said Mary intercedes for people who are too deep in their sin to pray to Jesus. “We know from our own experience that when a person is deep in mortal sin,” Louis said, “they are so paralyzed with mortal sin that they can’t pray to Jesus. They can’t pray to nobody. They’re not able to. So our Lady steps in. They haven’t received the sacrament; they’re not able to pray. Help them!” Dedra Birzer, lecturer in history, attended all of the talks and said she found Louis to be very personable. “You can tell he’s a very practiced speaker and very well-educated, but also a storyteller” Birzer said. “He wove stories in all over the place...He creates that kind of connection.” Birzer said the series was concrete and gave her a
“temperature” of how she was doing in her faith. “What I took away from all of it was he’s very much urging us to spend time in adoration,” she said. “All of the answers come there, and the miracles. That’s where Christ is now, and he can do all the same miracles he could do when he was bodily – human and divine – on earth, but we have to be persistent, we have to keep going to him in the blessed sacrament and keep asking him for this miracles.” Junior Zsanna Bodor attended two of the talks and said she “was drawn to Louis’ dynamic style” and his passion for his faith from the beginning. She said he was a “practical, down-to-earth person” who was “real and engaging.” “It’s so interesting because as Catholics, we really focus on the beautiful, and sometimes when we’re talking about Catholicism and our faith, it can become very romanticized and almost poetic in a way,” Bodor said. “Especially as students, we’re always in our heads. Father is the kind of speaker who says it straight, and he gives you practical advice and guidance.”
Students to run Maker’s Market
By | Calli Townsend Assistant Editor The Student Activities Board is putting together Hillsdale College’s first Maker’s Market this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. “The Maker’s Market is essentially like a student version of a farmers’ market,” SAB Promotions Team Leader Ian Brown said. “It’s for students and people who are associated with the college that if they have fun crafts or they bake stuff and want to sell it, they can.” The event will take place in front of Central Hall, but if it rains, the market will be relocated to the colonnade in front of the library. Students can sign up as vendors by submitting the form linked on the SAB newsletter. “One of the new members for SAB really thought
it would be a good idea to bring a farmers market to Hillsdale,” Small Events Team Leader Claire Lupini said. Sophomore Reagan Linde, a member of SAB’s creative team, said she came up with the idea when she was inspired by other farmers’ markets and wanted to bring that to campus. “Last spring we met as an SAB team to come up with unique events to do during the next school year. As I was thinking through events, I kept thinking about my local farmers market and about how much I love the local vendors — crepe-makers, kombucha-brewers, handmade soaps, etc.,” Linde said. “I thought that the Maker’s Market at Hillsdale would be a great opportunity to hold a farmers’-market-esque event to really showcase the talents
of the student body.” Originally, Linde said she thought about partnering with the City of Hillsdale’s farmers’ market, but now she said she’s excited to have this be a student-based event. “I am so excited to see what the students have come up with. It’s a great way to bring a taste of city life onto campus for students who haven’t made their way to the local market,” she said. “It should be a great way to spend your Saturday morning.” There are currently 15 vendors registered, but people can still sign up through the SAB newsletter. All of the proceeds from the Maker’s Market will go directly to the vendors for selling their own goods. Payments can be made with cash, and some vendors will accept Venmo.
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I can move easily between free-verse poems and poems in a traditional form. When I went to graduate school, my wife and I went to Iowa City, Iowa, where I went to the writer’s workshop in the mid-1970s. From there, I had my first teaching job in Evansville, Indiana. And from there, we went to live in Italy for a year. I got a national endowment for the arts grant, and I had a friend who said I could live on that money in Italy, so we went. My wife studied singing and I wrote a book. Then when
we came back, I taught for a year at UC Irvine, and from there we came to Murray, Kentucky. So that’s basically my travels. Do you still write and publish poetry? Yes, some of the poetry I’m sharing tonight I have written recently. And I have a little poem in the September issue of “The Atlantic.” Usually, I publish my poems in literary journals, but sometimes I’ll have a poem someplace more national or international like The Atlantic.
meter because I was reading poets who wrote that way, from Robert Frost to the poet W.H. Auden. But as I got older and read more poetry, and learned more about poetry, I discovered that I wanted to write in more free verse. As I developed I discovered that my original interest in form and tradition and meter and rhyme didn’t mean that I had to exclude the kind of subjects I was writing, so I moved back to that. I’ve gotten to the point now where
“Germany is turning itself around. I mean the borders have been opened and immigrants have come in and so many people are integrating into German culture. So, I think it is so important to remember the German history, remember what happened, and don’t forget about that, and it’s not a joke, it’s not something to be taken lightly. The wall fell November 9th, 1989, and since then, Germany has tried. They are trying to bring a new name for themselves. I think that’s reflected in films.” For students who want a gentler introduction into foreign films, Brandon described the next Slavic film, “The Cuckoo,” as “a good introduction to watching foreign movies.” In “The Cuckoo,” one of this semester’s three remaining Slavic films, Brandon
explained that even the characters are unfamiliar with one another’s languages. He added that this movie will dabble in the idea of audience empathy, in that viewers will not know which character they should identify with. Naumann described the Slavic “dark comedy” “The Big Animal” as one that deals with the issues of “otherness and discrimination.” The black-and-white film centers on a couple whose neighbors ostracize them for having a camel as a pet. Naumann said the film’s theme would initiate “a great conversation.” Naumann also pointed out a possible discrepancy between American and German or Slavic films. “In the U.S. particularly, maybe because of what Hollywood is, we tend to view it as a pastime and not so much as an art form,” Naumann said. He said he believes there may be a greater percentage of foreign films than American films that lead to “rewarding analysis.”
“I think more foreign films, percentage-wise, provide richer opportunities for rewarding analysis. In addition to that, there are fascinating insights into the cultures, languages, histories, and perspectives of the countries where the films are from,” he said. Naumann said German films also serve to support “an active German program” that is not limited to in-class lectures. While he said he believes watching German films will benefit students studying German, he said any student, regardless of his or her background, can watch them. Subtitles allow for more people to join in the discussions, he added. Eisenman said past movies in the film series have hit home for her. “I’ve watched some movies where it was literally supposed to be just a chill night, and I walk out of it with some — wow — that really meant something to me, something pulled at me.”
The car in which Bonnie and Clyde were shot. Wikimedia Commons
‘The Highwaymen’ kills By | Abby Liebing Associate Editor Despite its unusually-large budget for a Netflix original movie and big names like Kevin Costner, Woody Harrelson, and Kathy Bates, “The Highwaymen” hasn’t gotten much attention since its release in March. But the story of the retired Texas Rangers’ manhunt for Bonnie and Clyde deserves more accolades than it has been given. Today’s entertainment industry is inundated with huge action films. Everything from “John Wick,” to the “Fast and Furious,” and the Marvel universe films, our culture has become obsessed with the big, the grandiose, the shoot-‘em-up-and-savethe-universe flicks with heroes like Jason Bourne and Captain America. So films like “The Highwaymen,” which follows the true story of Frank Hamer and Maney Gault’s manhunt for 1930s murderous gangsters, Bonnie and Clyde, get lost in the mix. This real-life story is not flashy enough for a modern audience. But the historical accuracy, nuance, and portrayal of two legendary Texas Rangers is excellent. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were a legendary criminal couple that travelled around the middle U.S. leading their murderous “Barrow gang” of outlaws during the Great Depression. They were known for bank robberies and small-store and gas station hold ups. They were responsible for the deaths of at least 13 people, probably nine of which were law enforcement officers. In 1934, after Bonnie and Clyde orchestrated the prison break in Texas known as the “Eastham Breakout,” the state of Texas and the entire federal government was determined to end Bonnie and Clyde and the Barrow gang. So the Texas Department of Corrections contacted one of the most legendary Texas Rangers, Captain Frank Hamer, played by Kevin Costner in the movie. Hamer, teaming up with Maney Gault, was asked to hunt down Bonnie and Clyde in 1934. Though no longer active Rangers, Hamer and Gault finished the job.
Hamer, was one of the most feared and respected people in Texas. Credited with 53 to 70 kills, wounded 17 times, left for dead at least four times, and with a reputation for an inflexible adherence to what he thought was right, he became Bonnie and Clyde’s shadow as he chased them to their violent end. Costner’s portrayal of Hamer was stunning. From all known accounts, Hamer was quiet with an unimposing presence, but extremely tenacious and experienced. He had seen brutality and the last of the old, wild West. Costner encapsulates the character so well that even as the star of the movie, he is not imposing. He is simply a man, resolutely and wisely doing his job. He does not ask for dramatic attention, but is tense and deadly, drawing the viewer into his phlegmatic character to the point of fascination. Gault, Hamer’s partner in the manhunt, was also a retired Texas Ranger, known for being quiet, but honest and reliable. Though he became a legend, Gault originally worked at a furniture manufacturing plant, and only became a Texas Ranger after getting involved in undercover moonshine investigations. From all accounts, Gault was fairly similar to Hamer. But Harrelson did an excellent job showing the similarities while also bringing a lighter side to his character so that he and Costner were distinct characters. Hamer and Gault were long time friends and Harrelson and Costner played their relationship perfectly. The film accurately shows that the duo spent a lot of time on the road. A lot. They drove from town to town, always one step behind the criminal couple who were sprinting from state to state and hiding out. From Feb. 12 to May 23, 1934, Hamer hunted Bonnie and Clyde and studied the gang’s movements. Both in the movie and real life Gault and Hamer were not Jason Bournes, sprinting through cities and killing people with their bare hands. Gault was 48 and Hamer was 50 at the time, they couldn’t run very
fast, and neither of them had been active Rangers for some time. But they were tenacious and experienced, methodically hunting down the criminals. Bonnie and Clyde’s death was violent. Known for driving up and shooting lawmen point blank and carrying a small arsenal in their car, Hamer and Gault and other lawmen prepared a road ambush for Bonnie and Clyde. In the film, up to the point of the ambush, Bonnie and Clyde’s faces are not shown. But finally, when Bonnie and Clyde drove up, Hamer stepped out and both Bonnie and Clyde’s faces are shown fully as guns are pointed at them. The lawmen then fired 130 rounds of ammunition at the couple as they sat in their car, with Bonnie’s bologna sandwich on her lap. Both Bonnie and Clyde were shot well over 50 times, as the movie well displayed with the filming of two bodies being shot to pieces and falling dead in the front seat. The Ranger program was reinstated in Texas and Gault was reinstated and served with distinction until his death in 1947. Hamer also served more time as a Ranger and in private security and retired in 1949. Though both died in relative anonymity, Gault and especially Hamer, were considered the quintessential Texas Rangers. And “The Highwaymen” does a fantastic job of showing Hamer and Gault’s characters and their great manhunt. If nothing else, “The Highwaymen” should at least get recognition for telling the historically overshadowed manhunt led by Hamer for Bonnie and Clyde. Staying historically accurate, the movie does a stellar job of providing insight into the nuance of a manhunt in middle America during the Great Depression. The climax scene of Bonnie and Clyde’s death was shot on the same road and at the exact spot as the real ambush and death. But the most outstanding part of the film was the portrayal of Hamer and Gault. Millenials can rave about John Wick all they want, but the history of Hamer and Gault is even better.
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How Hillsdale’s style evolved
Lori Hull manages the Hillsdale County Fair for the second year. Reagan Gensiejewski | Collegian
Lori Hull manages county
fair for the second year
After lifetime of attending the fair, Hillsdale
native takes over management position The sun sets behind the educational opportuniBy | Christian Peck-Dimit ties. It also assists them in Collegian Freelancer exploring new interests and discovering their passions. Eventually Hull became a slowly rotating ferris wheel. 4-H leader. Children run from stand Hull was especially to stand, screaming with interested in the county fair, delight as the smell of kettle and began working her way corn and freshly-made up the chain of command donuts fills the air. within the organization, This image is just a part until her opportunity finally of the Hillsdale County came two years ago.
“Hull has gained the reputation of a commited, hard worker. Her dedication to both her family and the fair shows in the ‘Most Popular Fair on Earth.’” Fair; the final product of months of hard work by Fair Manager Lori Hull and her staff. This will be Hull’s second year as the fair’s manager, but she is far from new to the fair. “Lori calls herself a ‘fair brat,’” President of the Fair Tom Richards said. “She’s been around the fair all her life.” Hull was born and raised in Hillsdale County, and, as a child, Hull was a member of 4-H, a program that helps youth by giving them
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“If you wanted to make a copy of something, you had to bring your stuff all the way downstairs and copy it and then take it back upstairs,” Janis Reister said. But after the HPL’s opening in 2003, the MRC was given the entire Mitchell building by the city. Their work was no longer crammed into one room, and they had two whole floors to organize their work. The expansion in space allowed room for immense growth in the amount of work the MRC was able to do. “We’ve gone from 75 donations a year to over 100 per year,” Janis Reister said. “And it’s not just one item at a time. Most people will come in after cleaning their grandma’s house and they bring in three or four boxes of stuff.” Because of this growth, the current volunteers at the MRC are busier than ever. The MRC’s annual calendar was released at the Hillsdale County Fair thanks to Debbie Reister, Janis Riester’s daughter and communications
“We were making a manager change,” Richards said. “Lori was also secretary of that year, besides being on the board, and I personally felt that she was an awfully good fit for the fair manager job.” Hull, the first ever female fair manager, is now serving her second year in the position, and she is proud to continue her family’s tradition of involvement in the fair. “I go back five generations of exhibitors at the fair, so this is pretty much in
coordinator. The calendar, “Hillsdale County Township Pioneers,” features pictures and spotlights of centennial farms in and around Hillsdale, contributing to the historical research the center continues to uphold. “It was very fun because we got to work with all the generations,” Debbie Reister said. “We would work with many different people and they would bring their stories and pictures.” The MRC’s quarterly newsletters showcase many local historical highlights of Hillsdale, but one of the MRC’s most recent focal points is their project of digitizing everything within the center. The MRC uses a museum standard system called PassPerfect to scan and identify all of their documents, organizing all of the information right inside their computer system for easy accessibility. Throughout all the documents they have already digitally archived, the volunteers have “captioned as much as they can so that people would be able to know exactly what
our blood; it’s a lifestyle for us,” Hull said. “My fifth generation great grandfather was also the manager of the fair back in the late 1800s, so there’s a lot of heritage here that I take a lot of pride in.” The fair is far more than just the bright lights and attractions that most attendees see inside the gates. Hull and her staff plan and prepare for months prior to selling the first ticket. “Hull gets the property rented out during the summer, and she fills up vendor spaces,” Richards said. “She oversees parking the vendors, as well as the camping. Even though we have a camping person, she still oversees it.” Hull has gained the reputation of a committed, hard worker. Her dedication to both her family and the fair shows in the ‘Most Popular Fair on Earth.’ Junior Sam Roon attended the fair with some friends on Sunday night. “There were so many food vendors to choose from,” Roon said. “This is the third year I’ve been to the fair, and I feel like it’s a staple part of Hillsdale in the fall.” Hull said it’s positive reactions like this that make her job worthwhile. “You see it all come together and all the planning and hard work that you see; for the next week people are coming in and enjoying themselves,” Hull added. “And that’s what it’s all about.”
they’re looking up,” in the system, Debbie Reister said. Along with the center’s steps toward modernizing its systems and research, it has big plans for the future. The volunteers hope to raise enough money for renovation of the center, including constructing an elevator which would allow easier access to the ballroom for the center’s visitors. The MRC may be improving the process of their research and preservation of history, but their original mission of indexing and compiling necessary research has stayed true to their intended purpose. The MRC takes in all different kinds of history, including military records, high school yearbooks, baseball uniforms, hats, dollhouses, arrowheads, and various other objects that many would be willing to throw out. After 40 years of service, as its slogan states, the MRC remains the place in Hillsdale “Where Your Family History Lives On.”
By | Callie Shinkle Columnist With fashion choices ranging from heels to crocs, this campus definitely doesn’t have a dress code. The same can not be said for previous Hillsdalians. Some say, ‘don’t wear white after labor day,’ others say, ‘your belt must match your shoes,’ Hillsdale College said, ‘women can’t wear slacks.’ On Nov. 21, 1944, The Collegian published, “Recently from the ‘higher ups’ came down the word that the girls on Hillsdale campus could no longer wear slacks around the campus or down into the town.” The college literally became the fashion police there. Who knew it had authority over what people wore off campus? The article continued, “The main reason behind this decision was that it would look more lady-like and be generally nicer to prohibit wearing them.” A criticism of the decision written later in the article said, “Ten years ago slacks were not accepted, but this isn’t 1934.” Well you are correct on that. Another critique laid out in the article said, “We believe the girls should follow the decree and not wear slacks to classes or around campus during the week, but what about Saturday? To most
students this is when we clean our rooms, run our errands in town, and do the odd things that have accumulated during the week.” Wow, we spend our Saturday’s differently. Even after these first critiques, the anti-slacks edict was not taken well by the female-half of the student body. More criticisms were published on Feb. 13, 1945. Reynold Jeltema said, “It should be left up to the judgment of the girl whether or not she can wear slacks with grace.” This is a good point — can you imagine the debauchery that would ensue if girls were to start wearing pants WITHOUT grace? Lois Wise said, “People should be old enough to know what to wear and when to wear it.” Donna Jean Johnson wrote, “We should at least be able to wear slacks to breakfast.” I hate how pathetic that sounds. Mary Rummel said, “What no-slacks rule?” Oh, Mary. Later the slacks prohibition was amended. On Jan. 29, 1946, The Collegian published, “The council has decided that no girls will be allowed in the dining room on Saturdays if they are wearing jeans. However, slacks are permitted.” I would love to be the per-
son that the fashion-enforcing council hired to stop girls who were wearing jeans from entering the dining hall. With a job like that you really would be able to watch the show that goes down at student union dinners. By Nov. 7, 1947 things still had not changed. Marge Randall wrote in The Collegian, “Girls should be allowed to wear slacks in the dining hall on Saturdays.” It wasn’t until Feb. 26, 1970 that The Collegian printed, “The discussion began when it was brought to the attention of Pres. Phillips that students had complaints concerning the dress regulations at Curtiss Dining Hall. The opinion was expressed that students had come to Hillsdale because of its size and the personal attention, not because those enrolled were neatly dressed.” Oh, I actually confused Hillsdale College for the New York Institute of Fashion because of the student fashion choices, which is how I ended up here. The article continued, “President Philips did say that he was willing to meet half way.” Well, that was a good sign for those opposing the dress code and for me, because if I couldn’t wear sweatpants to dinner, I think I would spend every meal at McDonalds.
Custom-made interdisciplinary
majors attracting students By | Alex Mulet Collegian Freelancer Elizabeth James ’19, said she wasn’t expecting the question Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn asked her as they shook hands on the commencement ceremony stage. “Are you the one who started all this?” She was the sole recipient of an international affairs degree last May. Being the only graduate called for the major she created herself, James said the ten steps across that stage were uncomfortable and exciting. Three years earlier, she began pioneering the first interdisciplinary major in nearly a decade. “I didn’t want to do anything else,” James said. “My mother would tell me I’m a very stubborn person. Once my mind is set on something, it takes quite a bit to deter me.” Students may petition to create their own major, so long as they draw from at least three areas of concentration adding up to 36 credits and complete a senior thesis synthesizing them all. Success in getting approval from each relevant department and the Educational Policies Committee is the extra hurdle that distinguishes this major from the existing interdisciplinary ones. “Those are programs of study that are long-established by the college,” Registrar Douglas McArthur said. “A student doesn’t need to do anything special to declare an American studies major.” The structure is congruent to the established American studies major, which James suspects started as a student-created interdisciplinary major before becoming an official one. Regardless, James said students pursuing a major like hers must begin the application process early to utilize this unique Hillsdale opportunity. They need to put together a good recipe. “Making my major has been the absolute most wild
ride of my life,” she said. “I found a purpose in what I was doing.” James is currently a foreign military sales analyst for the United States Air Force, a position she easily transitioned into after serving as a junior analyst during her summer Washington Hillsdale Internship Program. “The best way to describe what we do is this: ‘legal arms dealers for the US government,’” she said. A prerequisite for the job was a major specifically in international relations. James said there are few progressions from major to career that are so continuous. She said she is grateful to Hillsdale College for taking chances on students they know will be a return on investment. Other students, like sophomores Jake Umholtz and Mary Greco, said they aim for the same continuity in their international affairs and international politics majors, respectively. Both plan to concentrate in some combination of politics, history, religion, and philosophy. “I did a lot of research on other institutions: Georgetown and Liberty University, for example,” Umholtz said. “I looked at their programs to see how they structured theirs — how they fit with mine. You don’t want to have your major approved and enter the workforce lacking compared to your peers.” The Educational Policies Committee exists to ensure students avoid gaps in relevant skills for their field of study. Umholtz said they, in partnership with McArthur, are necessary partners. “If professors are working in higher education at Hillsdale College — in this environment — they are very knowledgeable and want to help,” Umholtz said. Some of those professors are the ones from whom students need to get departmental approval anyway. “Every one of these cases is a one-off,” McArthur said. “I don’t know what would happen if a student brought
the same list of courses that they got from a peer who petitioned successfully.” He said the interdisciplinary major, with multiple students pursuing a similar pathway in each of their petitions, is uncommon. In other words — since the Educational Policies Committee approaches each petition case-by-case, a new question may emerge: Will they accept petitions in the same areas of study from different students? “I presume we’re on the cusp of seeing more of that,” he said. Greco aims to take the challenges of beginning this process seriously, taking inspiration from both James and her current mentors. She said Professor of English David Whalen and Associate Professor of Politics Khalil Habib have not only mentored her in coursework selections, but also in manifesting her unique educational goals. “I have a list of different electives that I could take, but — when I present to the board — I will need to have all those options planned out,” Greco said. That is another feature of the interdisciplinary major: The student must choose electives early. Greco believes a major fitted and tailored to her future is essential. Prescribing all coursework from the beginning is no issue. “It didn’t feel rigid because I was making exactly what I wanted,” James said. “I felt like I had more freedom than anyone else.” James said the last interdisciplinary major before her was in business fashion, reminiscent of California’s Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising interdisciplinary programs. As she pioneered in a different direction years later, other students began looking to follow. Hillsdale College may see more interdisciplinary majors in international relations yet — and other subject areas too.
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Sunset at the Detroit Yacht Club, where the sailing team placed fourth in the Sloop Championships. Courtesy | Patricia Marsh
Navigating new waters: sailing team undergoes refreshing improvements
By | Patricia Fernandez Collegian Reporter Emily Marsh, a freshman from Annapolis, Maryland, has been sailing for as long as she can remember. In high school, Marsh was a member of her school’s competitive sailing team, and as soon as she came to campus, she joined Hillsdale’s sailing team. “I love sailing and I knew right away that I wanted to sail for Hillsdale,” Marsh said. “I was really excited to sail with students from the Hillsdale community.” Not all incoming freshmen, however, are as experienced on the water as Marsh. The Hillsdale sailing team has become skilled at training brand new members who have never been on a boat before in helping them become competitive sailors who participate in national regattas. Although the club now has its own sailboats, constructive practices, and 20 active members, it changed significantly to get to where it is now.
“The difference between where we are now versus where we were when I joined is like night and day,” the team’s co-fleet captain and junior Maggie Ryland said of the sailing team. “When I first joined, we didn’t have boats. Now we do and we have the ability to practice, we have sailors who are willing to go to regattas and compete, and I just can’t believe that we have the potential to be a competitive team now. It’s really cool.” Ryland, who shares her position with sophomore Francis Lucchetti, said one of the biggest obstacles in training new teammates is helping the new sailors acquire a sense of familiarity with a sailboat. Before learning racing strategy and skills for winning competitions, a sailor has to master how to move effectively on the boat, and, according to Ryland, this is the most challenging skill for new sailors. “We have to work on practices because we have a lot of newcomers, but in the past we’ve done a lot of classroom
sessions,” said Ryland. “We explained a lot about sailing theoretically, like on a chalkboard, because we didn’t have boats.” Ryland said that many students, especially freshmen, join the team without any previous sailing experience, since it is not a requirement for joining the team. New members are encouraged to join since the team’s leaders have experience in training new sailors and are eager to spread their love of the sport with any incoming teammates. “We really want new members who are committed, which doesn’t mean having experience but it means wanting to take it seriously,” Ryland said. Furthermore, Ryland believes that new members benefit by joining the sailing team since they can learn a new skill and have fun at the same time. “I really like sailing, so I was thinking of joining the sailing club all of freshman year,” Carmelina Pestritto, a
Campus Chic: Reagan Cool By | Lily McHale Collegian Reporter
Q: Who or what inspires your sense of fashion? A: I love a clean, warm, simple, monochromatic look. A pullover sweater or a button-down with a skirt or a pair of jeans, with snappy yet functional shoes, and a good pair of earrings. My style is inspired by my friend ,Nicole Caruso. She started a concept called “worthy to wear.” So often, we leave our favorite pieces in our closet for months because we’re afraid of damaging them. If we never wear them, they are worthless and create clutter. I have really emphasized investing in pieces I can wear to a variety of functions, varying in formality. I can wear my favorite sweater to work
with a skirt and heels or to a party with a pair of jeans and mules. Nicole has also encouraged me to “dress up” when I don’t have to, which helps to integrate my “work” and “casual” wardrobe. Q: How has your style evolved from your freshman to senior year at Hillsdale? A: Freshman year I was known for my bohemian style — I still run into friends on campus who bring up the evolution of my style. The summer before I left for WHIP, I got rid of at least half of my clothes. I was overwhelmed by having something of everything and wanted a simpler, more suiting wardrobe. You don’t need that many clothes if you like everything you own. I focused on investing in quality pieces that I loved and, through that process,
Reagan Cool shows off her style at a restaurant in Chicago. Courtesy | Reagan Cool
I curated my style over the last two years. Q: Do you pay attention to current trends or are you more of a trailblazer when it comes to your style? A: The world of fashion gets messier the closer you get to it, but I do love to follow the trends. The trends I follow most closely are Spanish bridal and New York street fashion. I am definitely a trend-follower when it comes to hair — a simple center-part look is sleek, ladylike, and down to business. It’s also all over Spain. My favorite casual look is my favorite pair of jeans with a chunky sweater and mules, which I see in New York a lot. It’s easy and composed. Q: Do you have any fall trend predictions? A: Ochre is firmly back in style (even though, as my grandma would chastise, it is nobody’s color). Contemporary clogs are on their way in. Abstract, funky, and color-blocked earrings are definitely on their way if you haven’t gotten in on that trend already. Q: Do you tend to focus more on one category rather than the other like clothes, shoes, or jewelry, or is your approach all encompassing? A: I think presentation is a huge part of style. I went through a preppy phase in high school, but I never really pulled it off because I couldn’t be bothered to spend time in the morning doing my hair or makeup. Now, I care more about taking that time for myself every morning. I enjoy the creative and quiet outlet of putting on makeup. My jewelry is definitely characterized by earrings. I cannot turn down a good statement pair.
sophomore who joined the sailing team just this year, said. “Them saying that new sailors were welcome and that they could work with us made me want to try it.” The team has significantly improved due to growth in resources and commitment from members, Ryland said. Members are more willing to put in the time that it takes to cultivate a great sailing team. “The people who have lasted definitely commit more of their time, effort, and spirit,” she said. Kaitlyn Rowland, the commodore of the sailing team, also said that the sailing team has greatly improved from past years. Rowland is trained as an instructor and a sailing coach by the United States Sailing Association, a national nonprofit that oversees the sport throughout the country. From this training she learned how to coach sailors to be more competitive during races. Rowland also worked at a sailing school for eight years with people of all ages, an
experience she said contributed to her ability to help others hone their sailing skills. Rowland has even helped develop current team board members, who didn’t know how to sail before joining the Hillsdale team, into the sailors they are today. According to Rowland, who learned how to sail before she knew how to drive, the biggest challenge for a new sailor is getting comfortable with the movements involved in steering the boat. “Getting actual sailboats was a huge deal,” Rowland said. “We had an incredibly generous donor donate them and they will improve practices so much.” Since the largest challenge for beginning sailors is getting comfortable with the boat itself, she said, it was difficult in prior years for new teammates to develop the necessary familiarity. “We sail on Baw Beese Lake now that we have our own boats, and being able to hold practices and teach
sailors is going to be exponentially easier because of that,” she said. In addition to more effective practices and equipment, Rowland attributes the sailing team’s increasing success to their growing numbers. In the past, the sailing team was registered as a club under the Student Federation. Now the team is recognized as a club sport and is affiliated with the Midwest Collegiate Sailing Association. “We have been actively recruiting a lot more, but getting MCSA affiliation was a really big deal because we have nearly tripled our team size,” Rowland said. Rowland hopes that new members can develop the same appreciation that she has for the sport. “I hope the freshmen get some sailing experience, that they can gain some practice and some skill from us, and overall, I hope they just have fun.”
The Mitchell Research Center is home to thousands of records, newspapers, maps, and other historical artifacts from Hillsdale and its surrounding counties. Hannah Cote | Collegian
The Mitchell Research Center preserves historical Hillsdale By | Hannah Cote Collegian Freelancer The local history of smalltown Hillsdale is full of unexpected artifacts and stories that have been passed on from generation to generation, but the true feat is found in the preservation of this priceless history accomplished by the Mitchell Research Center in downtown Hillsdale. The MRC, located next to Hillsdale’s public library on Manning Street, is the historical home to thousands of records, maps, newspapers, family histories, yearbooks, and other artifacts from Hillsdale and the surrounding counties. Charles and Harriet Mitchell willed their house, which was built in 1868, to the city after Charles Mitchell’s death in 1989. After Harriet Mitchell’s death in 1906, a two-year
renovation process began and the home transformed into the Mitchell Public Library, followed by a celebration and grand opening gala in 1908. The MPL catered to many different aspects of the community, providing the city with a men’s club room, a women’s auditorium, a children’s room for musical recitals, and even a ballroom tucked away in the third floor. The ballroom, nicknamed “The Loft,” created a perfect space for dances, card nights, and local parties where jazz bands performed on stage. The MPL served the community in various ways for 95 years, and volunteers that would later run the entire house as the MRC formed a group during its years as a library, starting research work within one room of the library. Eventually, the building was exclusively operated by the MRC.
Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, the research center began in 1979 in the Louise Hawkes Historical room inside the library, titled through a contest for the naming of the room. Since the MPL was a fully operating library, the research group was only able to work out of the one room, and it did so up until the Hillsdale Public Library opened in 2003. The library fully replaced the MPL, opening up the building for the sole use of the MRC. Janis Reister, current accession chairman and treasurer of the MRC, began her work there in 1997, before the HPL opened and volunteered during their time in the Hawkes room. The work the group completed up until full accessibility of the house was tedious due to the lack of space and storage.
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