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Springhillian March 16, 2017
Volume 104 Issue 3 ∙ Ad Majorem Del Gloriam
“JUST CATCHING UP BEFORE WE SAW THE HEADLIGHTS COMING TOWARD US” Jack Culotta | Reporter
Isn’t it crazy that, in the blink of an eye and after being there for just five minutes, what was just a meeting spot became the scene of a crime? It was the safest place for friends to stand during a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans. They were all doing the right thing — staying together, staying around people, and staying on the neutral ground. They were behaving as if it was their 20th Mardi Gras in the Big Easy. For most of them, though, it was their first. It had just gotten dark outside. It was simply a meeting spot. Two different groups of friends from Spring Hill. Junior Rachel Marinaro and sophomores Mark Vache and Otto Candies met at a neutral spot on Orleans Avenue for the Mid-City parade with freshmen Julia Gielniak, Joseph Skrypkun, Chris Miramontes and Max Mattione. Of the seven, only Candies and
Marinaro had experienced the New Orleans Mardi Gras festivities before. As it always does around the Hill, word had gotten around that many fellow Badgers traveled to New Orleans for the Mardi Gras festivities. Gielniak explained that she was with Vache, a former Spring Hill student, along with sophomores Emily Booth, Martin Day and Rachel Marinaro before they linked up with the other group of Badgers on the parade grounds. At one point, Booth and Day walked away after Day developed a nose bleed. This random event ultimately spared Booth and Day from what happened next. In an incident that made national news, a man drove his truck into the crowd, resulting in the hospitalization of 28 parade-goers, including four from Spring Hill. “Since we had never been to Mardi Gras before, we made sure to stay together. We met up with the
other group and were just catching up for a few minutes before we saw the headlights coming toward us,” Gielniak said. Chris Miramontes from Dallas described the night before and the morning leading up to what he called “the scariest moment of his life.” He and Joe Skrypkun from Chicago stayed with their friend Alli Irving, a Dallas sophomore who attends Spring Hill and has a house in New Orleans. Miramontes’ parents attended Spring Hill and went to Mardi Gras while they were students at SHC, so they had encouraged him to attend the parades during spring break. Miramontes recalled that, on Friday when he got there, he went to a number of parades. He said, “I enjoyed the Uptown parades and had a lot of fun. I went to the parade on Saturday with Alli, Otto and Joe. We turned at the corner of Carrollton and walked around the dump
truck to meet up with some friends. It had just gotten dark when we met up with other Spring Hill people. We had been there for a total of five minutes before I found myself underneath the car.” According to reports, the car was driven by 25-year-old Nielsen Rizzuto, whose mugshot was blasted across the national media immediately following the crash. Miramontes was the only one who got a clear look at Rizzuto. He added, “I looked at him and he was really out of it. I saw the red jacket and what he was wearing, and he didn’t really know what was going on. I was really hurt, so it was just a quick glance, and I was more worried about getting myself and my friends out of there at the time.” Being the only one of the SHC group from New Orleans, Candies disregarded the pain that he felt from the impact in order to assist his friends and make sure everyone
was taken to the hospital. “When I turned around, all I saw were the headlights. The one thing I remember was being lifted up on one side of the neutral ground and landing on the other side. I looked over my shoulder and I was underneath the truck, so I stood up. My adrenaline was pumping so fast that I couldn’t feel any pain, so I took on the role to try to find everyone.” Records from the Endymion crash show that there were eight out-ofstate visitors who were injured, and seven of those eight people were Spring Hill College students. Candies faced a torn deltoid ligament in the left ankle and contusions in the right and left thighs. Miramontes suffered a deep tissue bone bruise in his right leg/knee, along with minor concussion and a head contusion. Skrypkun was released from the hospital earlier
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KICK BALLIN’ FOR KIDS
Kickballin’ for Kids was organized by Phi Mu Fraternity to raise money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. The event had over eight teams compete on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Sigma Chi Fraternity took home the final win in a tight championship game with the basketball team. According to Phi Mu’s Philanthropy Chair, Kaschia Benjamin, “the event was a great success for the kids!” | Photos: Christian Jordan
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THE SHAPE OF OUR DEMOCRACY Marian Cook | Reporter
An ad hoc committee of faculty, students, and staff held its third series of political talks for Spring Hill College students on March 9 at 12:15 p.m. in LeBlanc. The series are known as “E Pluribus Unum: ‘Out of Many, One.’” Series three was titled “The Shape of our Democracy” and focused on “civil discourse on facts, fiction, and freedom in the Trump Era,” its flyer stated. Dr. Chris Puto was the moderator. About 50-60 students and faculty attended and they were divided into tables of 6-8 people. Discussion at each table was led by a faculty member, student, or both. Table leaders were given questions to guide discussion, which included: How do we discern what’s truthful
and what’s not? What’s our responsibility to the truth? What’s our responsibility to those who are hurt by Donald Trump’s policies? What are we willing to give up for those that have nothing? Are you having political discussions in your friend groups? Dr. Kathleen Orange, one of the organizers of the event, had this to say about the event’s purpose: “The level of protests around the country and continuing protests shows that people are very interested and we at Spring Hill College should be entering into this dialogue about these issues that face our country.” As to how the series started, Orange said, “We felt, especially in the fall, that the rhetoric of the campaign had become very inflammatory and sort of insulting to a lot
of groups. So, we really wanted to talk about how we feel about immigrants, what this rhetoric is about, and what we think about it. But the purpose is really to start a conversation at Spring Hill College about these really important issues.” The event began with remarks from Puto, who then introduced a video that was shown to all attendees to establish context for discussion. The video was a recap of events since Trump’s inauguration. It included news clips from anti-Trump protests, the Women’s March, Trump’s “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States” executive order, Trump’s fake news claims, and Kellyanne Conway’s “alternative facts” remarks. Two professors and a Jesuit then
followed up the video with remarks. The first was Dr. Thomas Metcalf who asked, “What is our moral responsibility to the truth?” Then, Fr. Philip Steele, S.J. provided some reflections about faith, stating that faith gives us a place to stand and ask, “What is God’s truth?” Finally, Dr. Kevin Funk asked, “What principles should guide our interactions with other countries?” Puto then returned to the front and delivered ground rules for discussion. He stressed that discussion was to be respectful and civil and that students should focus on issues and not personalities. He said that the intent of the event was “to open minds and not change them.” After discussion, Fr. Gregory Lucey, S.J. led a closing prayer for the event.
As to what he thought of the event, sophomore Spring Hill College student Neal Speares said, “At my table, I had people who were more left-wing and I also had people that were a lot more right-wing. So, it was nice to hear everyone’s pointof-view. At his table, they mostly discussed the Muslim ban, Speares said. Speares biggest takeaway, though, was that “everyone has a different idea, but everyone can also point out what’s wrong with your idea.” Orange says the series will continue and that the next topic may cover healthcare, specifically current efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
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Reporters: Sydney Clark Marian Cook Travis Cummings Kerri Ebanks Jay Howen Christian Jordan Jack Morrissey Brandon Myers Camryn Nethken
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Article continued from page 1... than anyone, but only after receiving four staples to his head from the impact. Gielniak had severe bruises to the right hip and thigh, a fractured nose, and deep cuts to the face that had to be medically superglued. Vache sustained severe bruising to his chest, ribs, both knees and both legs. Mattione had minor bruising. Rachel Marinaro suffered the worst injuries of any SHC parade participant who was affected by the drunken driver’s negligence. Both of her legs were run over by the wheels of the car, causing severe swelling and major ligament damage in both of legs. She posted on
Instagram that it was “by the grace of God” that she is alive and has no broken bones. Still, all of the SHC students were released from the hospital in less than 24 hours, according to an announcement from the college. Though they all faced various injuries that ended their Mardi Gras experience abruptly and the enjoyment of their remaining spring break time, all of the students involved, including Marinaro say, they plan to return to New Orleans for a better and safer Mardi Gras experience in the future.
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FR. DAVID C. BORBRIDGE Stuart Babington | Advisor
Spring Hill College will remember the life of Fr. David C. Borbridge with a special Mass at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, in St. Joseph Chapel. The former SHC history and theology faculty member passed away on Feb. 20 at a nursing center in Palmetto, Louisiana. According to an announcement by John F. Armstrong, S.J., of the USA Southern and Central Conference of Jesuits, Fr. Borbridge was 86 years old. He had been a Jesuit for 67 years and a priest for 53 years. He spent 23 of those years at Spring Hill College, where he served as Rector for six years beginning in 1983, and returned later to serve as a faculty member in history and theology from 1997 to 2014. Born in Philadelphia, on Jan. 31, 1931, Fr. Borbridge attended grammar school first at St. Denis in Philadelphia and then, once his family moved to Tampa, Florida, at Sacred Heart School in Tampa, according to the announcement. His high school education was at Jesuit High School in Tampa (1944-48). After graduation, he studied at Loyola University in New Orleans for three semesters (1948-50) before he entered the Society on Feb. 1, 1950 at St. Charles College in Grand Coteau, Louisiana. Following First Vows, he studied
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Fr. David C. Borbridge spent 23 years at Spring Hill College. | Photo: Spring Hill College humanities in Grand Coteau and philosophy at Spring Hill College, earning a B.A. in History (1956). He did three years of regency at Jesuit High in New Orleans and one at Colegio San Ignacio in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His theology studies were at Alma College in Los Gatos, California, where he earned the master’s in theology (1964). He was ordained to the priesthood on June 12, 1963, at Blessed Sacrament Church in Los Angeles. He made Tertianship under David Fernandez Nogueras in Salamanca, Spain (196465) and pronounced his final vows on May 1, 1969 in the Chapel of the Nobles at the Collegio Internazionale de Gesù in Rome, Italy. Armstrong, in his letter announcing Fr. Borbridge’s death, wrote: “Tall and imposing in stature, Dave’s approach was genial and breezy. He was very much a man of the big picture. In his work in higher ed, he was much more intent on making connections than in confrontation, and this fit well with his interests and skills.” Tuesday’s Mass will be followed by a wine and cheese reception.
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OPINION
FINDING YOUR PLACE ON THE HILL AND AFTER Christian Jordan | Reporter
“It’s the oldest story in the world. One day you are seventeen and planning for someday, and then quietly, without ever really noticing, someday is today, and that someday is yesterday. And this is your life.” Every year, from the day we are born, we seek what our purpose is in life. What will we become? Who will we be like? Will we have the opportunity to change someone’s life? As little kids, we have our favorite characters and role models that we look up to. Every year we meet someone who leaves a mark on us forever. Do you ever wonder how we can do the same thing to them? This has been a question that I ask myself every day, and to be honest, one that I am still struggling to find the answer to. Luckily, coming to
Spring Hill has aided in finding my purpose and my role as a student. Being surrounded by kind professors and likeminded students can help a lot. This period of our lives from 18 to 22 years old, is the time that we make major life adjustments in a way that we have never done before. We deal with a completely new environment, completely new people, and, well, a completely new everything. For simpler terms, college is the point where we start over. For freshmen, you find comfort in knowing that you were not going through this process by yourself. Everyone around you were dealing with the same things. If you are currently still trying to find your place on campus, there are plenty of ways that you can. Try joining some of the student orga-
nizations from campus. Whether it is getting involved with the big organizations like the Campus Programming Board, or simply joining the small clubs that students from your major have created. It is already known that your professors will be there for you when you absolutely need it. Do not be afraid to reach out to your advisors, professors, or counselors because at the end of the day, we are all here to help each other grow. For seniors who have come to the end of your journey on the Hill, it may be a scary thought to figure out what your life will be like after graduation. However, if being a student at this Jesuit institution has taught anything, it is to treat everyone with love and respect. The amount of love that fills this campus is contagious. Remember to spread
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Pictured: Christian Jordan, reporter. that same love to the rest of the world for your days and new experiences to come. Get involved. Try new things. Remain positive. It is amazing where it could take you. Be patient and give things time. Eventually you will find your place and the person you are meant to be.
Jack Morrissey | Reporter
It’s that time of year again. Hopes and dreams of college basketball players come true and others go home early with their season ending in the NCAA tournament. Who is a Cinderella team to look out for? Which team is the safe pick to win it all? Which teams should I trust to go far? Quite honestly, that is why they call it March Madness! There has never been a perfect bracket, could this be the year someone finally breaks the curse? Could it be you? Sixty-eight division 1 teams make the tournament. The bracket is divided into four sections with sixteen teams in each region. You will see a number next to a team (1-16) which will indicate their seed in that region. Number one seeds are the favorites to win and advance to the final four and the second seeds are the next likely etc. However there has only been one time where all four number one seeds advanced to the final four and that was in 2008
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when North Carolina, Memphis, UCLA, and Kansas all advanced. Kansas barely escaping Davidson who had NBA star Stephen Curry at the time. There are going to be upsets but the hardest part is predicting which school is going to have their dreams crushed early. Some teams who seem to be pretty safe picks to go far include Villanova who is the defending champion and finished with a (313) overall record along with a Big East regular season title as well as tournament title and brings back two lethal guards in Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart. Kansas seems to be fit to go for a deep run as well. The Jayhawks finished with a record of (28-4) and were the class of the Big 12 once again. At one point in year they went on a 18 game winning streak and beat the likes of Duke, Kentucky and Baylor. With the combination of Head Coach Bill Self and veteran guard Frank Mason III, the Jayhawks will be a tough
out. North Carolina clearly still has a chip on their shoulder after losing the championship on a last second three last year. North Carolina is arguably the most complete in college basketball. They have been the most consistent in the rugged ACC conference all year long and have the luxury of veteran players such as Joel Barry II, Justin Jackson, Kennedy Meeks and Isaiah Hicks. Don’t be surprised to see the Tar Heels cutting down the nets when it is all over. Lets not forget about the team down the road, Duke. The Blue Devils have been a little shaky all year, for Duke standards however, they just won the ACC tournament and all of the talent they have is starting to mesh. Grayson Allen, Jayson Tatum, Luke Kennard, all are capable of taking over a game. Oh yeah, and they a pretty good coach in Coach Krzyzewski. Other teams that seem to be pretty safe include UCLA, Arizona and Gonzaga. But in reality no one is safe.
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Pictured: Jack Morrissey, reporter. Some Cinderella teams to look out for include Middle Tennessee, Florida Gulf Coast, East Tennessee State, and UNC Wilmington. Middle Tennessee defeated Michigan State last year in the opening round as a 15 seed. They do not have as much depth as last year but with Arkansas transfer JaCorey Williams, Middle Tennessee is ready to damage people’s brackets once again. East Tennessee State is a very balanced team who is led by junior guard T.J. Cromer who averages 19 points per game. Cromer is the key for the Buccaneer’s, when he scores
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14 or less points they are (4-5) but when he scores more than 14 they are (22-3). Florida Gulf Coast who made a run to the Sweet 16 in 2013 is dancing once again with a record of (26-7). This is an experienced group that is poised for a run. UNC Wilmington took Duke to the wire last year in the opening round are back and ready to steal a couple of wins, literally. Their faced paced tempo has given their opponents headaches all year. Can they speed up Virginia’s slow but effective style of play? Only one way to find out.
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Jay Howen | Reporter
Set for installation on Monday, Mar. 13 a new, interactive art piece will be placed between the student center and Yenni Hall. It is a fleur de lis made of rebar standing at an impressive seven feet tall and it will be filled with various plastic and aluminum recyclables. The choice of using a fleur de lis is on purpose, deriving from the symbol of Spring Hill College’s crest. The sculpture will be a statement piece symbolizing the solidarity within the Spring Hill family towards achieving a common goal of increasing recycling awareness and ultimately protecting our environment for future generations. This fleur de lis is the latest addition to the “Litter Letter” series which is a series of installations designed by Graphic Design Professor Rachael Hatley. Hatley’s series raises awareness towards the important
global issue of litter, waste and recycling. By creating a visual that members of a community can see in a tangible way, it encourages participation and community involvement towards addressing issues of pollution. Hatley states, “It’s been a labor of love for me, using graphic design as a tool to change behavior and raise awareness for a greater cause.” Participation is essential and members of the community are encouraged to contribute their recyclables to the piece. Spring Hill students, faculty and staff are welcome to add their aluminums and plastics to the fleur de lis for the three weeks following the installation on March 13. Students of IDS394 or more commonly referred to by students as the “garbage class” will be among the first to contribute recyclables to the piece and setting it up. Junior
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ation President, sophomore Ellie Seiter, said, “Thank you [to the donors]. Because of your generous hearts, [students] are able to find and pursue [their] passions through our Jesuit education. You are enabling us to go into the world and make the difference Spring Hill calls us to do.” Seiter also thanked current students who participated in Give Day and said, “It is students helping students that allow for our ultimate growth; it is servant-hearted. We are making a direct impact on our education and experiences here at Spring Hill, making us into our best selves.” All of the Give Day gifts and donations provide aid to the Spring Hill College Fund, which offers a crucial link between the cost of managing SHC and tuition income. The donors’ support alleviates the operating budget and affects SHC’s students, faculty, staff and the many
Rachael Hatley and students from the Garbage class assemble the fleur de lis for Hatley’s Litter Letter Project | Photo: Jay Howen Rachel Benoit expresses her excitement for the project stating: “A lot of my personal art projects are centered around an eco-friendly lifestyle. So I’m pumped to be a part of a piece big enough that everyone can see and has a message that I believe in.” When the three weeks are over and the structure is filled with recyclables; a formal dedication of the structure will occur on Wednesday, April 5, at 12:15 p.m. The fleur de lis will be on display until school lets out for summer break. After that, the contents of the piece will be emptied and properly recycled. The fleur de lis
itself will also be reused for different purposes such as events on campus. This project would not be possible without the efforts of many contributors including: the students of IDS394 (an interdisciplinary course on waste management) who have led the charge on the project, and Dr. Puto along with other administrators who have shown their support for the cause. Not to forget, Karl Broussard (husband of Dr. Sharee Broussard) and his friend who welded the fleur de lis, and Rachel Lee and Shane Byrd of Facilities Operation for installing it.
GIVE DAY GOALS BROKEN BY RAISING MORE THAN $200,000 Spring Hill College hosted its annual 24-hour online fundraising event Give Day on Mar. 9-10. The SHC Admissions department reported on an Instagram post that in “under 12 hours, 454 donors raised $102, 806 to support [the school].” The official website for the event, giveday.shc.edu, revealed the amount of all of the funds that were raised. 795 gifts were given to the college, and a total of $234,557 was raised in one day. President of Spring Hill College Dr. Christopher Puto said that the school is “a community where every person matters.” The online event accomplishes this by helping and supports all students, staff, faculty and various programs right here on the Hill. Recently elected 2017-2018 SHC Student Government Associ-
programs that the college offers. SHC sophomore and beach volleyball player Katie Beth Gammon explained why she thinks SHC Give Day is important and crucial. “It contributes money to [various] causes that students really care about. For me, it would be our athletic program, especially toward our gymnasium and the equipment that we work out with or just the chapel on campus in a religious aspect, said Gammon.” In addition to seeing the total amount of money collected for Give Day 2017, there is also a feature on the Give Day website that allows one to scroll over a map of the United States in order to see the number of donors who contributed a gift from each state. The U.S. region with the the region that included the most contributors. Alabama had the largest amount of donors, 249, followed by Louisiana with 105
donors and Florida with 56 donors. Give Day is an opportunity to join those who love SHC and contribute to what makes the college so special and unique. Thank you to all of the donors for your gift(s) for Give Day 2017 and your help to move SHC forward!
The Avenue of the Oaks, where seniors will accept their diplomas and toss their caps in celebration. | Photo: Spring Hill College
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GETTING SANDY ON THE HILL Brandon Myers | Reporter
The beach volleyball team looks to make waves this season on the strength of veteran leaders. The core of the Badger team in 2017 centers on four veteran players in senior outside hitter Madison Seuzeneau of Tampa, Fla., redshirt junior outside hitter Hannah Lee Masoner of Camden, Tenn., redshirt senior middle hitter Savannah Becnel of Metairie, La., and senior outside hitter Molly Griffin of Westlake Village, Calif. The squad will look to rely on the maturity and leadership skills of it’s upperclassmen, as 11 freshmen make their collegiate debuts this season. After speaking with both Masoner and Griffin, the ladies gave more insight on the team this season. Senior Molly Griffin spoke about putting this season into perspective and how she feels about the team’s confidence. Griffin explains, “Our team is more competitive than it has ever been. We have such great depth on the team in regards to talent and you can feel the energy as a whole of how badly we want to win this season. We really believe we can.” This years team
has a lot of new faces on it and it will ultimately come down to do the upperclassmen to share the necessary experience to the freshmen. Redshirt junior Hannah Lee Mansoner shared what excites her most about the team this season. Mansoner says, “This season I am super excited because even though we have several new players, as a program, we have a couple years under our belt. That experience helps us to hold our own against some very good teams. We are constantly growing and this year we are getting the opportunity to play in new places and to even host our own tournament in Gulf Shores.” With a big youth movement taking place on the team this year, growing pains are sure to come along with the trials of the season. Molly Griffin talked about the biggest challenges that faces the team this year. “Our biggest challenges that our team will face this year is simply understanding and developing our game. We’re still a new program and have limited experience compared to other teams. We have to make up for that by staying focused in
The women’s beach volleyball team gets ready for their match. | Photo: Brandon Meyers practice to learn more than what we knew the day before,” Griffin reiterates. Entering their third year of competition, the beach volleyball team has recently given many Spring Hill students even more reason to be excited come spring time. The lady Badgers are definitely an eager bunch that is ready to entertain their fans this season. When asked what her biggest motivation as a player is Hannah Mansoner stressed the importance of the opportunity. “I don’t want to take it for granted. It’s a privilege to be a college athlete
especially for a sport that isn’t very common, like beach volleyball. I’m also motivated by my love for the sport and my desire to perform well for the short amount of time that I am able to represent SHC,” states Mansoner. With an overall record of 4-6, the ladies return to the sand on Saturday, March 18th for the Tiger Beach Challenge in Baton Rouge. Be sure to catch the team live in action on Wednesday, March 22nd at the Jim and Betty Walsh Beach Volleyball Facility on the Hill!
GOLFERS SEASON IN FULL SWING Jack Morrissey | Reporter
The Spring Hill College team has had a very successful season placing 1st overall in the Badger Shootout and at the TPC Louisiana in which they outshot Missouri Valley by 3 strokes to take the title. The Badgers placed second in the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Invitational, Faulkner State Community College Elizabeth King Memorial and Badger Invitational. All year long the team has never finished below fourth place in a tournament and that was in week one which proves how far the team has come since the beginning of the season. Coach Steve Hodges has really been impressed with how the team has really improved their overall scoring average as the year has progressed. Two areas of improvement Hodges believes the team need to address is, “We need to improve our putting average as a whole, it is getting better but I think we can become very affective and capitalize once we get on the green
and take better advantage of scoring opportunities when we have a chance”. Coach Hodges also spoke about the future of the team:” I am very excited about the future, we have several key players returning next year that are not plating with us right now especially Wesley Hunter and Sheldon Statkewicz and our guys now have shown significant improvement throughout the season and that will help us in the long run. More importantly however is that we have guys who are committing to getting better and everyone is about the team and making sure everyone reaches their potential to be the best golfer he can be”. Wesley Hunter has been outstanding since the moment he arrived on the Hill. His freshman year (2013-2014) he appeared in all eight Badger events, won an individual at Loyola-New Orleans invitation in Slidell, La. His sophomore year (2014-2015) Wesley appeared in eight of the nine events and won a championship at the Morehouse Invitational.
Wesley Hunter practices his swing at the Spring Hill golf course. | Photo: Jack Morrissey
Junior year was one for the record books, Wesley appeared in all ten Badger events, recorded three 1st place finishes, six top 5 finishes and seven top 10 finishes. He finishes with a 72.48 average stroke and was named SHC Men’s Co-Athlete of the Year Award winner. Sheldon Statkewicz appeared in all nine events his sophomore year (2014-2015) and won an individual championship of the MGCCC Invitational with a -3 score of 141. Jesse Redman a senior from Spanish Fort, Alabama has been the catalyst for the team shooting an average of 73.31. Other notable names include senior David Kirkman from St. Louis Missouri, junior Kalle Nilsson from Gavle Sweden, sophomore John Taylor Evans from Foley Alabama, and sophomore James Guisinger from Troy Michigan. The Badgers next event will be from 3/13-3/14 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi at William Carey University.
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HILL YEAH!
March 16, 2017
ON THE SPOT
What do you think Beyoncé should name her twins?
Darian Miller | Senior “Ebony and Ivory.”
Chase Brouillette | Freshman “Donald and Hillary.”
ARTIST OF THE ISSUE
Michaela McLeod | Freshman “Tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum.”
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THURSDAY ON THE HILL
Comic by: Wesley Grace Wesley Grace is a graphic design major and a sophomore at Spring Hill College. Wesley loves that he can use graphic design in practical situations and uses his skills every day.
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