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The city of Hillsdale prepares for Christmas by hosting a lights parade and scavenger hunt downtown this Saturday. Lights, wreaths, and Christmas trees decorate the downtown area. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)
Seniors opt for Students struggle through Hell Week early graduation
Morgan Delp Sports Editor she has appreciated less competition when interviewing for jobs. I have found that a lot of companies when they put up a Senior economics major job postings are looking to fill it Meilii Alvarez noticed last fall within four weeks, Clore said. that she could fulfill the courses It is really nice to see interestrequired to graduate by this De- ing job opportunities that are cember if she also took summer available now, knowing I would classes. She now has a job with be able to fill them opposed to PricewaterhouseCoopers that someone who isnt graduating will begin on Jan. 6. until May who wouldnt be conI will definitely miss every- sidered for the position. one, but I was ready to move on Executive Director of Career and get into the world and move Services Michael Murray also on to the next thing not to men- said graduating early could give tion it saves a lot of money, so graduates more opportunities, but that helps too, Alvarez said. it could also work against the hirAlvarez is not the only one to ing calendar. take advantage of the benefits of In many respects there is not graduating early. as much competiThis December, tion in December, 26 students will I think I have but there are not as graduate almost had a really awemany easily identihalf of them in less fied opportunities than 4 years. It is some three and a with companies, the lowest number half years though, Murray said. The of December grad- and I dont think I bigger companies uates since 2008, model and strucpeaking in 2010 have missed out on ture their calendar with 47 graduates. anything. year and their hirJob opportunities ing process around Senior and finances often a typical academic motivate students Natalie Clore calendar with peoto graduate as soon ple graduating in as they reach credit the spring. Though requirements. based on what I Senior Deborah Ross, a music have seen the lesser number of major, realized she has sufficient opportunities and the lesser numcredits to graduate in December, ber of people is somewhat of a but said she is torn over the deci- wash. sion to graduate early, since she Murray also said employers hoped to take more humanities could judge early graduates as eiclasses, especially history classes ther ambitious or intense dependshe has not had time to take be- ing on the nature of the company. fore now. The majority will see [gradI am kind of at a stage where uating early] as a good thing. If I have to decide all this in a short [students] can do that it means amount of time, Ross said. they are disciplined and focused Senior Natalie Clore, a mar- to get the credits done in a shorter keting management major, said Emily Shelton Collegian Reporter consequentially will amass a few sleepless nights and MelCat book fines by next week. As much as there is to complain and whine those two nights you pull all nighters in a row, when the sun rises and youre and a CCA this semester, totaling a whopping 19 credits. McNicoll doesnt describe herself as someone who gets stressed easily, but this semester has had its moments. As an economics major, I
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John U. Bacon speaks Sports writer John Bacon spoke on Tuesday on the topic of Virtue before Victory. A2 The Collision Check out our end-of-the-semester satire page. A3
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mind-boggling. Associate Professor of History David Raney is teaching one upper-level class and two Western Freshmen Sarah Krizman and Heritage courses this semsester, Jada Bissett knew that Hillsdale which is typical of history prowould be challenging. However, fessors, he said. Raney assigned this hell week has pushed them three three-page pafarther than they pers to his Heritage imagined. class, and a 14-page Everything term paper to his 30 happened this week. Jacksonian America I had an exam in students. All in all, he every class this will grade 798 pages week, Bissett said. of written papers. He All Hillsdale also writes and procstudents experience tors two midterm tests a certain amount of and a final for his 42 stress during the last Heritage students, weeks of the semesalong with one midter, as papers pile term and one final for up and final exams his upper level class. draw near. Some All in all, he will read students experience and grade 1,194 blue the final push to book pages. a more extreme deMy least favorgree than others. ite grading is grading Junior John Tayfreshman term papers lor, a history major because theyre all with concentrawriting in response to tions in economone prompt, and after ics and philosophy, a while the responses took five academic can become redunclasses this semesdant, Raney said. ter. Four of them Whereas reading rewere history and search papers is quite philosophy classes, enjoyable, because the heavy on reading topics are quite diverse and writing. and often interesting. Taking four Raney and his wife classes doesnt Dawn had their first seem worth it to child on Sept. 26 of me when you could Junior John Taylor works on papers during the last week of fall semester this year, which has classes. (Sally Nelson/Collegian) take more and learn slowed down his usumore, Taylor said. al speed of grading. No matter what happens to your still awake studying for an exam am fortunate to have few papers However, Raney makes the most grade. at 8 a.m., thats when you re- assigned considering the work- of the situation with his famous Earlier this week, Taylor had ally feel alive, Taylor remarked. load, she said. I had between positive attitude. about 20 pages written of the to- Living off French press coffee 13-14 tests this semester, not inI have never been more betal 55 he will write by the semes- and vitamin supplements thats cluding finals or quizzes. hind in my life, but would I trade ters end. Taylor admitted that he literally my life. As tolling on students as the it for anything else? Absolutely always intends on starting writA junior transfer and econom- semester may seem, the amount not, he said. ing the papers sooner in the se- ics major, Carolina McNicoll is of work that Hillsdale professors mester, but neglects his work and enrolled in six academic classes must accomplish is even more See Hell Week A2
Councilwoman resigns Ruth Brown gives up her seat on city council. A6
The Young Guns I.M. team continues family dynasty with another football championship. B4
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Career Services recently made changes to their informational trip for students Living and Working in D.C., now known as Networking in D.C. Career Services decided to restructure and rename the program to incorporate Allan P. Kirby Jr. Center resources that they have acquired over the past few years. It was inaugurated before the Kirby Center was up and running, so part of our idea of reforming it is to have it better fit it with the Kirby Center. Keith Miller, assistant director of Career Services said. Assistant Director of the Kirby Center Craig Kreinbihl said the resources that the Kirby Center has to offer have grown through connections made in Washington, D.C. As the Kirby center has grown more over the past few years, we have a lot of relationships and natural resources in Washington that we can take advantage of, Kreinbihl said.
to Hillsdales campus, but his first time presenting in the Knorr Room. The event was sponsored
by Career Services, the Down Journalism Program, and the Varsity Football Team. Bacon said he agrees to speak at these events not because of the size of the event, but because of the people who organize them. Mike [Murray] and John [Miller] are the reason Im here, Bacon said. Bacon and Murrays friendship goes back around 10 years. While Murray was a Marine officer at the University of Michigan, Bacon asked him to run a Marine Corps workout for the Ann Arbor Huron high school hockey team he was coaching. Murray said the event was a success, and Career Services hopes to continue hosting similar lectures. We were looking for a way to get a lot of students to attend the event, and I think it was a success, Executive Director of Career Services Michael Murray said. Murray added that, in the future, similar lectures likely will be held in the Private Dining Room, but that Career Services wants to make these regular events.
The Grewcock Student Union monitors have a new, official look due to their blue polo shirts, which match the shirts of Hillsdale College campus securitys student employees. Junior Kadeem Noray, one of the student union monitors, questioned why the shirts were necessary. I just dont understand why we have to wear security shirts when were not security, Noray said. Director of Student Activities Amanda Bigney said the shirts would give students and visitors an indication as to whom they should go to in case of emergency. Although the student union monitors do not work directly for campus security, Director of Campus Security and Emergency Management Bill Whorley said the monitors operate under the broad base of services that campus security offers. We always want to be of support to every area of campus, Whorley said. This is a service area of campus, like maintenance and other areas of campus. So everybody, depending on what
Junior Kadeem Noray works his shift as a Grewcock Student Union monitor with his new security shirt.
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task were performing, is our customer. Operating under that system, the student union monitors received basic security training from Whorley and Assistant Dean of Men Jeffery Rogers at the beginning of the year before starting work. They gave an idea as of what to do in a high risk situation, Bigney said. Student union monitors only have to wear the shirts if their shift is longer than two hours. I was struck by his eloquence and clarity of thought around the idea of the importance of teaching the principles that America was founded upon to today's students, Gillette said. It's evident he deeply cares about these issues, and has devoted his life to advancing the ideas that are central to the Bill of Rights Institute's mission of creating a constitutional culture in the United States. His job will entail reaching more teachers and students with the words and ideas of the again, that is driven by the opportunity and culture and the organization where the opportunity presents itself. Clore said despite the benefits of graduating early, there are things that she will miss. It is definitely a day to day thing, Clore said. When I have a lot of homework, I am very ily with many kids, and due to changes in the core, has taught a lighter load this semester. Unlike Raney, he enjoys grading exams better on the whole, although he loves reading an excellent esin Kirwan said students asked Saga to bring Starbucks to campus years ago. Starbucks was all the fad at that time and, quite honestly, was one of the first coffee companies that said, Were going to do things right, he said. They wanted to have free trade and make sure their coffee was organically grown and that sort of thing. So it was a very positive situation with Starbucks, and it came about because of students. Philipp spoke with Kirwin and he decided to provide an
Im largely indifferent to it, junior Korbin Kiblinger said. Its a little inconvenient that you have to change, but they only make you wear it if youre working longer than a two hour shift. Other students, however, dont look on the uniform t-shirts as favorably. The first time I saw them, I said, Stylistically, this is the worst thing that has ever happened to me, Noray said. I guess I do like the color navy blue. And they are navy blue. Founders and identifying donors who can help develop outreach strategy. I am excited about this new opportunity, Bobb said. After 12 years of working for my alma mater, I will miss all of my wonderful colleagues at the college, as well as the students. I look forward, however, to continuing to work side-by-side with Hillsdale to improve liberal learning and civil education throughout the country. glad to be leaving early, but on days I get to spend hanging out with my friends or having good conversations with professors, it seems sad that I will be gone sooner than everyone else. I think I have had a really awesome three and a half years though and I dont think I have missed out on anything. say. As Krizman realized that seven more semesters of this awaits her, she shook her head in denial. I cant even think about seven more times. option for students who wish to avoid drinking Starbucks coffee. Kirwan directed Jitters student workers to serve Cadillac Coffee, the brand that is served in A.J.s, and continue selling Starbucks. Cadillac has not, however, sold well at Jitters. Its probably at least 100 to one, Kirwan said, referring to the ratio of Starbucks cups sold to Cadillac cups. Starbucks continues to be more popular over there. Poor sales of the new coffee aside, Jitters will continue to serve both brands until further notice.
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scription. The Bill of Rights Institute has a network of nearly 20,000 teachers nationwide and reaches out to high school students. Andy Gillette, director or program development at the Bill of Rights Institute, met Bobb at the conference about teaching civic virtue to young people.
A number of Hillsdale professors are leaving for sabbatical this spring. All professors will return to Hillsdale in the fall of 2014, with the exception of Associate Professor of Politics Kevin Portteus, who will resume teaching at Hillsdale in the first summer term. Ryan Hutchinson, associate professor of mathematics Hutchinson plans to work on course development during his sabbatical. Due to a marked student interest in probability and mathematical statistics, Hutchinson will be developing a followup class to the current Theory of Probability class. He will also be advising a student who is finishing his senior thesis. Michael Bauman, professor of theology and culture During his sabbatical, Bauman will be completing four books and seeking an agent for a fifth. The titles include The God of the Philosophers, The Little Book of Labor Unions: Who They Are, What They Do, and Why They Do It, Mere Indoctrination and Other Reasons Why Christian Colleges Sometimes Fail, and a book on theology and politics that does not yet have a title. Long Walk Home, an autobiographical work of creative non-fiction, is finished but needs an agent. You could say its life with my two fathers, Ed and God,
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amount of time. I also think it cuts both ways, Murray said. Some companies, depending on what they are, might say, That person might be a little too intense too aggressive for our company, but
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community, which was wrong, Brand said. That wasnt even brought up when we talked to the dean. It was more of the guns and the pro-life issue that were a concern. Philipp looked into Starbucks relationship with Saga Inc. and found that Saga does not have a contract with the coffee provider, meaning that changing providers was possible. Sagas General Manager Kev-
COllEgIAN CORRECTION
Contrary to what a story in our Nov. 21 issue claimed (Hillsdale student cast in Star Wars), a Hillsdale College student was not cast in the next Star Wars film. We should have verified the story and take full responsibility for running it. We apologize to our readers.
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Student Fed awards self governing body of the month Sigma Chi pledges break water main National treasure found in Student Fed account HCF announces day of 24-hour skyscreaming
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Campus-wide email contains important information Confused Gala attendees return to campus, cannot rediscover venue College, town combine forces to become Hillsdale-tron 3 seniors, 7 juniors, 9 sophomores receive rings, guard them jealously Fully naked student body looks past differences, clothing Senior class president stages Kanye video on Kawasaki motorcycle Out of Egypt: church finds promised land boxier than expected Metaxas named commencement speaker simply because he is hot Simpson wins scholarship cup, Randy Moose and Ferret Jolt rejoice Student friends professor on Facebook, realizes huge mistake College accepts common core, Lincoln statue weeps
Ale Hitme Chief of the Turtle Necks More than a year into its capital campaign, the college announced yesterday that so far it has raised $3.27. College administrators said they hope the campaign called the Campaign of Money Making, Used Not in a Socialist Manner will raise $457 million by 2017. Were very proud of that number, said Chief Administrative Officer Richanov Pwski, referring to the just more than $3 the college has raised in the past 452 days. Money the college raises through campaigning will go
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Money raised: $3.27 Goal: $457 million
campus, organize permanent camping excursions to improve student morale, encourage twominute liberty rallies, and open on-campus grocery stores with
Dear Editor, How dare you question the rights of men to wear running tights as everyday attire in an editorial I do not remember the title to and didnt actually read? A friend who actually reads told me about it and now I am outraged. I am taking the time to write this because I am excited for this soapbox to enter the public debate from and think
to put on proper underpants. Or any pants at all. Sometimes some compressive sweats is exactly what I need to get me through the day. And you can deal with the view. Admit it, you enjoy it. Sincerely, Chuck Cross Country Roostersen.
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Here we are at the end of hell week. Congratulations to those of you who have turned in your last papers, passi graviora to those of you still typing. Were keeping our last weekly of the semester light: below youll find a list of five suggestions for getting through finals, and another five for getting the most out of winter break. Five ways to cope with finals: 1. Make a to-do list. Some people are to-do list people and some people arent. But everyone should be during finals week. Strategy is a big part of successfully navigating the potentially dangerous waters of finals. Include things like study and test and shower. Especially the last one. Checking things off a list provides instant gratification. While youre checking off items on the list, be
into a thesis on epistemology, allow me, as a wise old college senior, to offer some advice to you whippersnappers out there. I cant recall learning much of anything by arguing about it. I do remember learning just about everything by asking about it. We Hillsdale students have an obsession with being right. That is, right about divisive issues, where one side is pitted against another. No matter the source of contention, we want to be the most adamant Directioner or the most effusive Belieber, the most rational anarcho-capitalist or the most Aristotelian monarchist, the most scriptural Protestant or the most faithful Catholic. That, I think, is where we too easily let our ethos be just our ego. We want to win, to feel more correct than everyone else. But we shouldnt compare ourselves to other people and their opinions, we should only measure ourselves against the truth we claim to seek. Yes, we should defend truth with all of our ability, but we should also not be so proud as to think we, individually, have each cornered the market on it. You dont have to agree with me, though.
Hygiene Alert!!!
During finals week, we at the dles in the Arb. Backpage staff want you to be 3. Chew on a urinal pack. hygenically sound. Due to the 4. Nair your entire body. amout of time needed to study, 5. Ride along on the gentle most students dont have time to rinse cycle with your clothes. take care of themselves. To help 6. Moisten a Saga mint and afout, the health center has provid- fix it under your armpit. ed these cleanliness tips: With all of the tips youre sure 1. Pour shampoo in the toilet to be fresh all finals week!! and flush your head. (Repeat three times) December 6, 2001 2. Roll in freshly cut pine nee-
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not earned a dime, but the experience I had gained was priceless. How else was a rising college sophomore with no real employment experience supposed to interview county commissioners, have her piece ripped to shreds by a forceful editor, and see it in print on her own doorstep, if not for unpaid internships? The answer is, there is no way that the struggling Toledo Free Press could have afforded to pay me for my work. Working at the Free Press was the hardest thing I have ever done, and it was not always easy to give up Saturday nights with friends and family for payless work. But by choosing experience over money and a social life, I invested in my future. For that, I will be repaid in dividends.
Congress new black box proposal to fund the Highway Traffic Fund will hurt economy, encroach on rights
Sam Scorzo Assistant Editor
Do you want the government to know everywhere you drive? And at your expense? Congress has recently been debating how to get money for the failing Highway Trust Fund. One of their solutions is installing event data recorders, known as a black box, in every car to keep track of mileage so they can tax per mile. A similar proposal will become reality in Oregon in 2015, the first state to impose such a tax, according to Fox News. The HTF is currently funded by a federal fuel tax of 18.4 cents per gallon. This new black box tax is needed because according to the Congressional Research Service, the fuel tax isnt bringing in as much money as it used to. The slow economy is causing people to buy less of the high-priced commodity, and people are buying more fuel-efficient cars. High gas prices are already putting the pinch on travel, and this new tax will only make it harder. Many people live far away from their work, schools, grocery stores, and churches, so they have to drive. If people have to pay more per mile, travel for luxury will be cut out of their routines and places like restaurants, movie theaters, and sporting events will suffer. The politicians pushing this tax in Congress would be more than happy to make driving more difficult to decrease emissions. They fail to realize that preventing traveling will not only harm local businesses, but also tourist-driven cities and regions, such as Northern Michigan. This past summer, Main Street shops in downtown Petoskey, Mich. struggled because of soaring gas prices, PetoskeyNews.com reported. Michigans gas prices averaged $4.215 per gallon this summer, which is only $0.04 lower than the all-time highest gas price ever seen in the state, AAA Michigan found. As the article explained, these downtown shops depend on summer sales to bring in a big chunk of their yearly profits. So how will shops in these regions survive economically when there are even more taxes on traveling? People will be more content with watching a bonfire on their iPad rather than going Up North. They wont stop at restaurants or malls on the drive up, they wont pay for a hotel room, they wont drive to get coffee at the cute little caf for breakfast, and they wont support the local towns summer festivals. A way to get around paying this tax would be using public transportation, but only people in urban areas have access to it, and they live in the vicinity of places they need to travel to. Its the people who live far away from their churches and work and schools who will suffer the most because they drive more miles. Black boxes were first installed in cars in the mid-1990s, and today, they record the events of about 150 million vehicles on the road. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety
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Administration, 96 percent of all new cars made this year now sport the boxes. These black boxes are just another way of government acting as big brother, infringing on peoples privacy by acting as a GPS system that tracks peoples whereabouts. Both sides of the political spectrum think that black boxes encroach on citizens rights. The Tea Party conservatives and the American Civil Liberties
Union are against them. The fact that these two are agreeing on something should be a neon yellow duh, this is wrong sign to the legislatures . The NHTSA states that black boxes help public safety, but how? The black box is used to reconstruct accidents. Reconstruction just puts the pieces of an accident back together but has little to do with accident prevention. The best way to fix the Highway
Trust Funds problems is to simply do away with it. Privatize roads instead. The government has proven itself incapable of managing our nations roads. Further punishing the consumer with another tax because the government has failed is absurd. Ultimately, the black box brings us one step closer to the 1966 Beatles song Taxman: If you drive a car/Ill tax the street.
You can even see the yellow blights on Google Maps satellite images of the college.
peaceful sitting areas. Contrast this with the metal obstructions, which are bright yellow, except for the rusted out parts exposing an industrial gray metal. You can even see the yellow blights on Google Maps satellite images of the college. Its not just a matter of beauty. Its a matter of competitiveness. Students consider campus beauty when choosing a school. Princeton Review even picks the most and least beautiful campuses every year. Hillsdale wants desperately to compete with the most prestigious schools, to be seen as the conservative answer to the Ivy League. Schools like Princeton and Harvard have gorgeous architecture and inspiring campuses. A few bollards dont destroy Hillsdales chances, but it is not the Ivy League thing to do. Many small changes add
up to a less beautiful campus. Distinguished visitors and donors visit often. They want to see a beautiful place of liberal learning, but when walking from the Dow hotel parking lot to the Union they have to step over some odd pieces of metal and wonder, What are they for? This is a fair question. Sadly, the answer is not rewarding. The bollards are a classic case of needing to seem like something is being done. Its like eighth-grade algebra when you dont know the answer to a test question, but you scribble some little calculations on the side of the page, draw a graph and guess what? You get half credit because the teacher felt like you tried and must have understood something if you went through all that work. In the same way, this is a case of trying to do something that seemed to make everyone safer but actually did nothing. The bollards, though a well-intentioned attempt at security, have failed. They have to go.
Quick Hits
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE FROM 2013?
Despicable Me 2, director Pierre Coffin It took everything from the first Despicable Me and not only capitalized on what was awesome, but made it 10 times better and applied it to relatable situations. Its one of the best sequels, besides Batman. Mud, director Jeff Nichols It had a lot of elements that make an entertaining blockbuster without sacrificing real Southern grit.
To the Wonder, director Terrence Malick Malick shows the overwhelming comedy mixed with the very real tragedy of finding love and meaning through knowing and experiencing another person.
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in the hunt will donate a substantial prize for the drawings. In the past, prizes included $40 to $50 gift certificates, as well as jewelry and gift baskets. The main point of the scavenger hunt is to get people into the downtown stores. The first year we did this, we kept hearing, Oh we didnt know you guys had this! and Weve never seen this store before! Newell said. So this is definitely a good way to show what weve got for the coming holiday season. The Light up Hillsdale Parade will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will start and end in the Midtown parking lot. The grand marshal in charge of
Being the grand marshal is a great privilege, Hodshire said. Our downtown businesses strive very hard to provide services and goods to our community, so folks should enjoy the parade and take the chance to shop local afterwards. Last year, this night was such a treat and it will be this time around too. People will not be disappointed. Elchert said they were expecting about 12 floats (Anders Kiledal/Collegian) in last years inaugural parade, but leading the parade is J.J. Hodshire. A 1999 Hillsdale College graduate, they were surprised with a showing Hodshire served as the Undersheriff of 32. This year they are unsure of of Hillsdale for 12 years, and is now the amount of entries, but are anticithe director of organizational devel- pating an even larger lineup than the opment for the Hillsdale Community previous year. A permanent feature of the parade is a Santa Claus riding Health Center. As the grand marshal, Hodshire in the basket of a Hillsdale fire truck. The HBA said that anyone can said that he will say a few words before the parade startsthanking participate in the parade as long as the folks in the parade, as well as they show up at the Midtown parking lot at 6 p.m. those who came out to watch. Directly following the parade is Although this is the first time he will take on the role as grand mar- the AfterGlow, where all the floats shal, the parade scene isnt new to will stay lit up in the parking lot Hodshire. He has run several po- to give people a closer view of the litical campaigns that involved him elaborately decorated floats. passing out stickers and candy during parades.
NEIGHBORLY FEUD
Desiree Jordan Sherman, 21, accepted a plea bargain of no contest to one count of assault and battery in Hillsdale County Circuit Court on Nov. 25. The prosecutor agreed to drop Shermans four other charges of assault with intent to commit murder, resisting and obstructing, interfering with electronic communications, and assault and battery of a second victim if she pleaded no contest to the first assault and battery charge. The Hillsdale County Sheriffs department arrested Sherman for allegedly stabbing a 33-year-old male on the evening of Nov. 13 off of Hudson Road in Osseo, Mich. The police incident report said that the victim was stabbed twice, once in the side puncturing his lung -Taylor Knopf and once in the back. When the police arrived at the scene, the victim
lock the door. The girlfriend reported that while she was on the phone with the police, Sherman re-entered the house, knocked the phone from her hands, and threw her to the ground. When police arrived at the scene, they found the two victims in the front yard, but Sherman was not there. Police tracked her to a Hillsdale city residence, where they found her in a bedroom. Sherman resisted arrest by attempting to block the door, and she kicked at the officer who handcuffed her. The defense attorney said that Shermans memory of the night is spotty, and that the police report shows a blood alcohol content of approximately 0.2 at the time of arrest some time after the incident. Shermans sentencing is set for Jan. 13. The maximum potential penalty for the count against her is 10 years in prison and/or $5,000 fine. Her bond is set at $100,000 with 10 percent allowed.
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SPORTS
BOX SCORES
Mens Basketball Hillsdale College: 76 Cedarville: 59 Game Leaders: Total Points: Tim Dezelski (28) Kyle Cooper (16) Offensive Rebounds: Dezelski (4) Cooper (3) Defensive Rebounds: Dezelski (9) Brandon Pritzl (8) Assists: Pritzl (5) Dezelski (5) Blocks: Dezelski (4) Womens Basketball Hillsdale College: 69 Ill.-Springfield: 54 Hillsdale College: 74 McKendree: 77 Season Leaders: Total Points: Megan Fogt (83) Marissa DeMott (50) Ashlyn Landherr (20) 3-Pointers: Demott (12-25) Brooke Borowski (5-17) Offensive Rebounds: Fogt (21) Defensive Rebounds: Fogt (52) Borowski (10) Assists: Katelyn Newsome (10) Borowski (10) Free Throws: Fogt (19-28) Landherr (9-11) Blocks: Fogt (5)
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Dedication. That is just one thing the 46 men and 33 women of the Hillsdale College track and field teams have going for them this season. Practices began Sept. 2, and neither team has gotten to display their skills in competition. Our track kids basically practice from fall and dont have a chance to compete to see where they are, head mens track and field coach Jeff Forino said. For track kids, its a long time before they get to compete. The Oiler Opener at the University of Findlay on Friday, Dec. 6 is the first meet of the indoor season for both teams. It is also the first meet in which the athletes can qualify for the Division II track and field national meet. Forino is excited about the possibilities he sees for the mens team this year. After a few years with a younger team, he said this years team is older, has more experience, is extremely well-rounded, and is solid on
again this year, head womens track and field coach Andrew Towne said. We have a good deal of talent, but were a bit short on experience. Overall, though, well continue to improve. Much like the mens team, Towne said this years womens team is very well-rounded. The women will be a much more complete team this year, Towne said. We are now in a position to compete in every single event at the GLIAC level. The next step is being able to have multiple compete in every event. Both coaches are looking forward to hosting the indoor GLIAC Championships at the beginning of March. Being at home for our conference meet, it kind of just raises you to a whole new level, Forino said. People do really well at home. You tend to get a lot more energy out of them. This is our first chance to have an indoor conference championship in 11 or 12 years. Its a big deal for us, especially with the new facility because its one of the nicest in the country.
Womens basketball notches first CHARGERS THWART JACKETS win at GLIAC/GLVC Crossover
Men find second-half surge
Nathanael Meadowcroft Collegian Freelancer Monica Brandt Collegian Reporter average of 20.5 points. The schedule will certainly toughen up in the coming weeks. The Chargers play a challenging contest tonight at Senior forward Tim DezelNorthwood, a game on Saturski helped himself to some day at Lake Superior State, and pre-Thanksgiving stuffing last eight games over Christmas Tuesday night. Dezelski poured break. in 28 points to go along with Northwood is a really talnine rebounds, five assists, four ented team and has a variety of blocked shots, and three steals different guys that can score, to fill the stat sheet and lead the Tharp said. Chargers past the Cedarville Northwood is already 4-2 Yellow Jackets, 76-59. on the season, and being on Ive got a lot of talented the road sure doesnt make the teammates, so its very helpful game any easier. that teams cant just focus on Its the first time weve me, Dezelski said played away since concerning his our exhibition performance. If season, so itll be they do, then anya good test for us, body on our team Cooper said. can step up their The Northwood game and I believe game opens up the thats one of our GLIAC schedule biggest strengths, for the Chargers. balance offenThe GLIAC is sively, because any tough every year, night anybody on and every game is our team can hurt a battle, Dezelski you. said. This is the It took a big tough part Tim Dezelski 14 second half of our for the season and Chargers to get the win, taking were looking forward to geta two-point halftime lead and ting into it. turning it into a 17 point rout by Every team brings different the end of the game. challenges that were going to We came out with a much see, Tharp added. Everybody higher energy level, sophois talented enough to beat you. more Kyle Cooper said about The Chargers are looking the turnaround. forward to facing these chalCooper set a career-high by lenge over Christmas break. scoring 16 points to complePlaying over break is ment Dezelskis 28. Senior always kind of fun, Cooper Brandon Pritzl contributed nine said. Youre not worried about rebounds and stingy defense. anything but basketball, so you We made a switch [at need to put 100 percent focus halftime] of Brandon Pritzl onto into that, and you hope that 22- their (Cedarvilles) really translates into better perforgood player- and that slowed mances. him down, head coach John The test that is the GLIAC Tharp said. starts tonight against NorthThe defensive adjustment wood and continues until certainly contributed to the March. The Chargers hope they Chargers holding Cedarville to can get off to a strong start in just 26 points in the second half. conference play and lay a solid The win gives the Chargers foundation for the rest of the a 2-0 mark in the young season, season. having won both games by an The Hillsdale College womens basketball team defeated the University of Illinois-Springfield 69-54 to go 1-1 in the GLIAC/ GLVC Crossover Challenge. Before getting their first win, the Chargers lost to McKendree University the night before, on Friday, Nov. 22, with an overtime buzzer-beater shot. It was a heartbreaker, junior Megan Fogt said. It was a fun game, but it was tough. Hillsdale was ahead most of the game, but fell behind 67-70 with 19 seconds left in regulation. Senior Marissa DeMott hit a three-point jump shot with five seconds left to tie the game and take it into overtime. Hillsdale took the lead in overtime, but lost 74-77 with a last second three-pointer for McKendree. They were hitting threes all night, Fogt said. Hillsdale only made 17 of 31 free throws, which head coach Claudette Charney attributed to the loss. Fogt said Hillsdale used the loss against McKendree as motivation for Saturdays game against the University of Illinois-Springfield. We honestly played one of the best defensive games since I have been here, Fogt said. Three minutes into the game, the Chargers took a 9-0 lead, and they held onto it for the rest of the game. We set the tone defensively from the beginning and controlled the game, Charney said in an email response. We led by 19 at the half and played efficiently at both ends of the floor. After the tournament, Fogt was named the GLIAC South Division Player of the Week. Its always an honor, Fogt said. But honestly, it comes down to getting those wins. All the titles in the world dont mean anything if you dont have wins on the board. Fogt currently has 18.2 rebounds per game, which is the highest in Division II so far this season. In the tournament, Fogt played a tremendous game, scoring 29 points and 27 rebounds against McKendree, and 27
Megan Fogt 15 points and nine rebounds against the University of Illinois-Springfield. Tonight, Hillsdale plays its first conference game against Northwood University. The team will be away from campus until after their game on Saturday against Lake Superior State
University. It is really tough to be missing those final classes, Fogt said. The Chargers will have to miss the final two days of class, and then come back to begin finals. The professors are really understanding as long as we are putting effort in and not slacking, senior Angela Bisaro said. The basketball season is just beginning as the school semester is wrapping up, which can be challenging. It is so exciting to finally be playing games that it is hard not to let it take precedence over school, Bisaro said. The team will be on campus through most of the Christmas break, with home games on Dec. 14 and 16, and games on Jan. 2, 4, 9, and 11. The players will go home for Christmas, but come back on Dec. 30, Bisaro said. The win on Saturday gave us a big boost, Bisaro said. It has propelled us forward. We are excited to get some wins and have a good year.
In the United States, there are over 32 million people ages 12 and older that play fantasy football, the most popular online sports game in the country. Some of those participants are here at Hillsdale College, as there are multiple student leagues on campus. Students have been striving for top scores all season and now it is getting into crunch time with the playoffs fast approaching. Fantasy football allows fans to interact with their peers in a way that brings them closer to teams and players. Fans draft players that are currently in the NFL and try to build their team for success like a real NFL owner. There are trades, injuries, adding and releasing of players, and lineup strategy, giving participants the feel of being in control of their team. Each week, participants play against another team in their league. Points are amassed based on the success of their chosen athletes in each weeks actual games. Things are getting heated for Hillsdales fantasy aficionados. The gentlemen of 201 N. Manning St. have comprised a league made up of ten teams. Senior Peter Thistleton, owner of Team Thistleton, is 7-5 going into the last Sunday of the regular season. My playoff hopes really depend on the last game. I need to win
to someone of Bretts size. The league does not have a pay-in fee or an award for the winner, besides bragging rights amongst the guys involved. There is a league played by guys in Nebraska where the winner gets to pick a tattoo for the guy who comes in last place. The losing tattoos done in the past include rainbows and a portrait of Justin Bieber. There are no tattoo leagues here on campus, but fantasy football creates intense competition amongst student participants throughout the duration of the season.
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Syndrome almost completely paralyzed him for two weeks. Although he eventually recovered, he significantly damaged bones and muscles around Every athlete has to deal his ankle in preseason practice with some setbacks, mental or in 2012, and was confined to physical, but some have it so bad a wheelchair for two weeks, they have to stop playing their crutches for four to five, and a sport long before they expect or boot for three to four. want to. Doctors told him he had only But others just dont know an 80 to 85 percent chance of rehow to say no. Hillsdale College covering his former strength. So features two such athletes: volwhile doing what he could for leyball player Lindsay Kostrzehis team while convalescing, and wa, and football player Steven after initial hesitance to work Harding. Just a few months ago, his way back onto the roster, both Chargers had trouble walkhe made his decision to return, ing, let alone competing. Now, benefiting from already having both are meaningful contributors overcome incredible difficulties. to their respective teams. You have to be mentally, How did they do it? Though physically, and spiritutheir stories differ, ally tough to overthey share at least come something like two traits: personal that, he said. The determination, and team was the reason I reliance on their came back. teammates. And come back he Kostrzewa, a did. This season, he redshirt junior, tore did not miss a single her ACL during practice or game, and her junior year of made key contribuhigh school, which tions to gameplay as usually requires defensive back. about nine months Those on the team of recovery. But credit his tenacious then she tore it character. again before it fully It matches his healed, turning On left: Redshirt senior Steve Harding makes a grit and determinanine months into tackle at an away game earlier this year. On right: tion. Most kids dread two years. ForRedshirt junior Lindsay Kostrzewa spikes the volleythat time when theyre tunately, she had ball at a home contest. (Collegian file photos) told their career could already committed years also attest to her resilience. be over, and he heard it twice, to Hillsdale, which provided I always thought she could football head coach Keith Otmotivation. come back and do some good terbein said. All credit goes to I missed my whole senior things, head volleyball coach him: his passion, his love for the year of [high school] athletChris Gravel said. Most people game, and his desire to help the ics, which was really hard, but would have given up, and I program in any way he could. it helped having something to would include myself in that Teammate senior Sam work toward already, she said. category. Landry, who went to high school Yet even when she came to To have five surgeries and with Harding, agreed. Hillsdale, she remained cautious come back is kind of unheardOnce he said he was going in her on-court pursuits to preof, teammate and roommate to come back, anybody that vent any relapse, but didnt let Sydney Lenhart said. Shes an knows Steve knew he was going this stop her from doing everyawesome person and an aweto be back. If theres anyone thing she could off of it. some player. Id be very sad to who could do it, itd be Steve, The past couple of years be on the team without Lindhe said. If I was hurt, Steve have been very off-and-on, very say. would be the first person Id talk touch-and-go, she said. So I Harding, a redshirt senior, to. decided to be a leader in other has faced debilitating setbacks ways that I can, whether its offcourt training or being known as not once, but twice. In the summer of 2011, Guillain-Barre a responsible teammate.
The womens cross country team members and coaches gather during the 2013 Division II national championship meet in Spokane, Wash. (Photo Courtesy of Dawn Oren) Caleb Whitmer Editor-in-chief A national coaches association poll ranked Hillsdale College 15th going into the national meet. Nice job, coaches. The Hillsdale College women did indeed take 15th at the NCAA Division II cross country national meet on Nov. 23. The meet, held in Spokane, Wash., marked the first championship berth for the Charger womens team in three years. Despite hitting their pre-race ranking, the team wasnt entirely satisfied with their race, said head coach Andrew Towne Even so, Its been a very good season, Towne said. Definitely something to be proud of for sure. The weather on race day was perfect, Hillsdale runners said: high 30s, dry, and sunny. The course was narrow, however, and the nearly 250 runners pushed each other around, especially early in the race. During the meet, just having that quantity of people there yelling and screaming and right up in your face thats a different cross country race, Towne said. Sophomore Kristina Galat led the women at Spokane, placing 63rd in a time of 22:15. She said she was running for top 40, which is AllAmerican. But I felt like I ran as hard as I could, so I was satisfied in that way, Galat said. The Oren sisters finished second and third for the team. Sophomore Emily, 91st, ran a time of 22:33, and freshman Molly, 108th, crossed the line in 22:41. The race was average, said senior captain Victoria McCaffrey, who finished two seconds and one place behind Molly Oren. It wasnt what we could have been, and definitely not up to our potential. While she has NCAA eligibility left, shell spend next semester in D.C. with the Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program. Nationals was the last race of McCaffreys collegiate career. I think it will really hit me over break, she said. Ill probably sleep for about a week and then wake up and just be like oh shoot, Im not going to have this anymore. Junior Chelsea Kilgore rounded out the top five. She placed 133rd in 22:53. The team scored scored 413 points in total. Besides McCaffrey, Hillsdale returns all its women cross country runners next year. Towne said teams travel to the national meet hoping to run their best race. We didnt do that, Towne said. But it came down to a learning experience for us. Galat echoed Townes sentiment. Now that weve made it and know how we can do it, I think there will be a mentality shift and we can be more confident with races like that, Galat said. Grand Valley State University won the Division II national title with 54 points. Saginaw Valley State University, the one other GLIAC team that competed at the race, placed 11th with 304.
Junior Rachael Kurtz is a sprinter on the college swim team who has had considerable success recently, winning the 50-meter freestyle and placing in two other events in each of her last four meets. When did you first start swimming and how long have you been swimming for Hillsdale? I started swimming when I was really young. My brother took lessons. My mom says that as
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On Dec. 13, Hillsdale Wind Symphony will perform their annual winter concert featuring a variety of energetic pieces and Christmas classics with a twist. The symphony has grown to 60 members both community members and college students since 2002 when Director Robert Livingston, now also teacher of music at the college, started the community symphony. Livingston chose Toccata by Girolamo Frescobaldi, Four Scottish Dances by Malcolm Arnold, Continuum by Robert Buckley, and Ghost Train by Eric Whitacre for this years concert. The second part of the concert will feature traditional Christmas carols with a bit of a twist, Livingston said. Percussionist Catherine Ellis said she appreciates that Livingston has picked pieces with more percussion then pieces featured in previous concerts. Bob always picks fun pieces, and, as a percussionist, it is nice to have some pieces that are a little percussion heavy to keep us entertained, Ellis said. Ellis has been playing in the wind symphony on-and-off for 10 years since Livingston her high school band director at the time invited her to join the group her sophomore year. She said she has enjoyed the community of the group. I really enjoy the community aspect and that there are people of all ages who come. You dont have to be perfect at what you play and we are not just there to play music at rehearsals we laugh and tell jokes and stories, but we are serious about the music, Ellis said. We play as well as we can, but we are there to have fun and play music at the same time. Ellis said the concerts are just as fun for both the audience and the musicians. It is a very comfortable environment, and on top of that, the concerts are always packed every single time, and Im sure its not just family members that come out for the concert. We play a lot of good music a lot of classical and we play a lot of fun pieces, and Im sure its just as fun for the audience as for the musicians, Ellis said. Both community members and Hillsdale College students play in the symphony. Livingston started it as community group, but since then, Hillsdale College students have been invited to participate for a credit hour. [The symphony] was something that I had wanted to do for a while. At first it didnt seem like it would go and then all of a sudden people started coming, and since the first concert, it has been going
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said she looks forward to returning to the role with greater maturity. Rosalind spends much of the play disguised as a man after being banished from court by her usurper uncle. Caton said Rosalind finds the control the disguise gives her exciting but uncomfortable. Rosalind uses her guise to help other characters mature. Early in the play, Rosalind falls in love with Orlando, a nobleman oppressed by his cruel older brother, Oliver. Oliver willfully neglects to train Orlando in the manners befitting a gentleman. Senior Whittaker Dunn, who plays Orlando, said Orlando feels great discomfort about this lack of training, but his excellent personal character outweighs his lack of formal manners. Phebe, a shepherdess played by freshman Dani Morey, lacks manners. She cruelly rejects the affections of the shepherd Silvius, though she marries him after manipulation by the disguised Rosalind. I honestly feel bad for Silvius, Morey said, I hadnt met the actor who plays him beforehand, so I was like Hi, Im Dani, and then I just started yelling at him. Sophomore Kendall Karpack plays Celia, Rosalinds cousin and best friend, who joins her in her banishment. Shes very loyal, Karpack said. I think thats her biggest quality, and its definitely a quality I admire a lot. Karpack said she was excited about stepping into a new acting role for the first time since high school. Every time I play a part, I learn something new, she said. Every character has something she can teach you. This production marks both Kalthoff and Whalens directorial debuts. They have both
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Hillsdale College art departments popularity has been growing among majors, minors, and those artistically inclined to various degrees, but the department itself has not. Interest in both the historical and studio aspects have grown to the extent that entry into the classes even for majors is a race through Web Advisor. Perhaps it is time to change this. Our aim is to strive for the glorious things, to fill your head with good ideas, Professor of Art Barbara Bushey said. We study the great works of the past to gain a sense of whats possible, to develop a strong sense of craft and of honesty. We are committed to studying the best sort of making. Im not an art major. In fact, my stick figures look about the same as they did when I took my first art class when I was nine years old. But, like most Hillsdalians, I can appreciate good art. And it seems that the Hillsdale administration should consider expanding the art department We definitely need another professor, and we also need more space because there are only four art rooms, sophomore Phoebe Kalthoff said. My professor next semester will have to teach two separate classes in the same classroom at the same time. Over the past few years, the interest among the general student body in taking art classes has increased significantly. In fact, class sizes often exceed the number of students who are allowed to enroll at registration. Theres not enough space for the art classes, and its almost impossible to get into the art classes that you want to, Kalthoff said. Photography, drawing one, and portraiture are all full. At the end of the 2012 spring semester, 11 students had declared art majors, and the art honorary, Alpha Rho Tau, had 28 members. These students alone are just about enough to fill each of the required classes of drawing, sculpture, and art history. In addition to these, each must present a senior art exhibit and portfolio, both required classes as well. This doesnt even consider students simply interested in dabbling to expand their liberal arts experience. Were just always teaching and thinking of new ways to improve our classes. I am excited to see how the art department is growing, and, as an alumna, its wonderful to be a part of that growth, said Katharine Taylor 02, part-time art professor. Currently, the department has five full-time professors and one part-time professor on staff. However, if student interest in the arts continues to climb, it seems reasonable for the college to hire more professors. As an artist, its really helpful to have a wide variety of opinions to develop your skill. When theres only a handful of teachers in the department, and usually one teacher for each subject, you cant get multiple perspectives on the work youre doing, junior Heather Buell said. It would be nice to hire more fulltime teachers because it would give us a bigger variety of classes and more feedback on our work. The department has shown interest in expanding the department, but has no definite plans at this time. If the opportunity arises then, of course, we would love to expand student choices and possibilities, Bushey said. Certainly with the advent of the graphic design minor, among other things, our classes are all full. While the number of art majors and minors has increased this year, many students who arent planning to study art extensively have added to the packed classrooms. A majority of the students who arent majoring in art actually finish our courses feeling satisfied and happy, Taylor said. Some didnt think that they could learn, but thats certainly not true. Anyone can learn if they practice. The Hillsdale art department encourages all interested students to take art class, regardless of whether or not students think they are talented artists, though it is also determining how best to manage the increasing enrollment in their classes. I strongly believe that the basic skills of drawing, sculpture or painting can be taught just like you can learn to be a better writer or musician, Taylor said. That doesnt mean everybody will be genius artists. But as far as technique goes, anyone who has a desire to learn can become better for their own personal satisfaction and creative outlet. jfinney@hillsdale.edu
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Some cast members from As You Like It gather for a read-through of the play. (Ben Strickland/ Collegian) acted in a Shakespeare in the They both stressed their desire Arb production, Whalen in A to have the production reflect a Midsummer Nights Dream faithful reading of the play. and Kalthoff in The Tempest. Most of all what ShakeWeve been best friends speare wants is thoughtful readsince we were babies, Wha- ers who care about the truth of len said, so we channel pretty things, Whalen said, so if we well. can bring that kind of authenticWhich is really helpful for ity to it, then well be happy. directing, Kalthoff added. She said their interpretations of the play were very similar. wmulley@hillsdale.edu get to come to Philadelphia, we thought we would bring it to them, said Bill Wedo, comFrom B1 munications manager at Studio we do in a regular class. I wont Incamminati. The workshop has been be able to cover everything in a crash course, Lu said. This capped at 12 students and costs gives them an idea of how to $550. Currently, there are no see and approach art from a seats available; however, cancellations ocmore holistic cur regularly point. People and interested tend to think A competent artstudents may the way to go call 215-592about it is to ist learns to see 7910 for more just copy ev- and knows what information. erything. they see, what they We are The workknow, and what they really lookshop is deing forward signed off of want. to having this a class taught Instructor o p p o r t u n i t y at the Studio JaFang Lu for students to Incamminati, develop their an Italianskill, Professtyle school that teaches contemporary real- sor of Art Barbara Bushey said. We have alumni who have atist art in Philadelphia. We just celebrated our tended this school after gradu10th anniversary this past year. ating from Hillsdale and speak At first it was more or less an very highly of it. This is, in a informal thing, but our pro- word, quite exciting. gram has really grown in the jfinney@hillsdale.edu past year. For those certain people who are not going to
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strong ever since, Livingston said. Originally, I just thought it would be a community thing because I really did not have a connection with the college at that point. We were rehearsing at the college, and Mr. Holleman suggested we made it open to the college kids so they could take a different class. Sophomore Grace Hertz is one of a growing number of college students involved in the wind symphony. Hertz heard about the symphony before she came to Hillsdale. She said she was excited to keep up with flute while she focuses on piano. Hertz said she enjoys the communal aspect of the symphony. I think the dynamic between being a community group which also has involvement in the college is unique and really makes it special. Its not just college students its an effort from the community as a whole, and that is really neat.
Hertz said she is excited for the concert this year. I think it is going to be really neat, and we have a unique lineup of music. There is some Christmas music, but it is not all Christmas music, and a lot of out songs have a higher level of difficulty than we have done before, which makes for great and unique sounds, Hertz said. Tim Galloway, who comes from Reading and plays the French horn, has been coming with his sons for the past four years. He said that each year he is excited and surprised by the progress of the symphony. Every time I am amazed that we only meet once a week and there are 8-12 rehearsals. I am amazed how two weeks before the concert I am thinking gosh are we going to be ready for this? and somehow those last couple weeks everyone buckles down a little. I am always amazed how it turns out. The concert will be at Markel Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. eshelton@hillsdale.edu
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Christmas Open House Dec. 7-8, 14-15, and 22-23. The event begins at 2 p.m. and goes to 5 p.m. with an extension to 7 p.m. on Dec. 7 and 14.The Victorian Christmas is an annual event offered by the museum that includes hourly performances by local artists, special homeade treats, and a historic story teller. Abi Wood
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traordinary. I always like seeing the different ways of perception, and I encourage students, even very beginners, to think about their composition, Lecturer in Art Katharine Taylor said, to see the greater vision and understanding of the piece that comes through. The Student-Juried show is one of a few annual exhibits put on by the art department, as well as the annual guest-juried show, occasional visiting artists, and senior art shows. I'm not an art major, but I've taken 20-30 hours of studio classes. I love the department and really love the professors: they're a bit crazy and great, Noman said. I love the department and seeing and being in these art shows. tsawyer1@hillsdale.edu
amalgamation of cuisines we have come to call American food can be a beautiful thing. The Ravens Club provides the perfect example of what the 21st-century restaurant should look like: simple, farmto-table, elegant. They also provide the perfect 21st-century bar: everything anyones heart could desire. Go to The Ravens Club, not to feel American but to feel like a damn human being. rramsey@hillsdale.edu
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that Durrington was a member of a cycad society before coming to Hillsdale. Cycads are really neat plants. They were around even in the time of the dinosaurs. They are a plant lineage thats been around for quite some time, and Ben even tries to grow them from seed. The enthusiasm Durrington has for the well being of natural plant habitats does not go unnoticed. He has a genuine passion for promoting conservation, Cooper said. We need more students like him. Hes a botanist. Durrington sees plants as more than biology. Theyre art. I guess there are several different things that I like about it, Durrington said. Scientifically its interesting, I guess from a biology standpoint, its interesting to look at their habitats and how they grow and interact. But even though Im a biology major I kind of have an artistic side and each plant is like its own little design or work of art. Each one has its own unique leaf structure or flower thats just really intricate. Nakayama said rooming with Durrington and his plants has been a delight. His plants are awesome, he said. He has some orchids right now, and theyre blooming. He has his cute little terrariums in there; they have their own sleep schedule and everything. However, those plants are definitely Durringtons domain. There was one time when I went into his room, it was about a month agoI went in there and I was looking at his plants and [I touched one] and I came back a week later and it was dying, Nakayama said. He said it wasnt my fault, but it was. Because I touched it and I dont have his
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Who or what inspires your style? A 64-pack of Crayola crayons. What is your favorite item of clothing? Lederhosen. What is the most embarrassing thing you own? A comfortable and stylish blue shirt that just happens to have ducks flying in groups spotted throughout. Where is your favorite place to shop? Tommy Hilfiger and J-Crew with some Bavarian Outfitters every once in awhile. How can an unfashionable person become fashionable? Suggestion 1: Try to wear as many colors as possible. Suggestion 2: Grow a mustache. Suggestion 3: Wear a bow tie. Suggestion 4: Buy a pair of nice shoes. Take care of your feet, people. Suggestion 5: Dance.
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