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Junior Andy Reuss was named president of the class of 2015 Wednesday. Im really excited to have the opportunity to serve my senior class, Reuss said. Im honored that my classmates have entrusted me with this responsibility, and Im excited about who I get to work with and make our senior year one for the books. Rising seniors voted Tuesday and Wednesday. Reuss is joined on next years senior committee by juniors Heather Lantis as vice president, Kadeem Norray as treasurer, Annie Teigan as secretary, and Shelly Peters as social chair. The committee is responsible for the planning and execution of all senior class events, including the senior party, the senior gift, and future class reunions. Joanna Wiseley, director of career services, said there was great voter turnout, with over 200 juniors casting a ballot. I look forward to the opportunity to work with them next year, she said. Besides class president, Reuss is an English and politics double major, and will be head resident assistant in the Simpson Residence next year. He works in the presidents office, is a George Washington fellow, and a contributing columnist to student magazine The Hillsdale Forum. Presidential duties include leading the selection of the senior commencement speaker, hosting certain campus events, and running committee meetings. Vice President Lantis is a
The Hillsdale College shotgun team took home gold in the Division III ACUI championship, winning in sporting clays and five-stand. The team hit 550 out of 600 possible targets. (Courtesy of Jordan Hintz)
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The estimated range of permeal costs at Hillsdale and two other colleges. This is something every student has an opinion on, YAF Chairman sophomore Savanna Wierenga said. Having a petition is such a great way to get lots
Hillsdale College is in the process of commissioning a statue of famed 19th-century orator Frederick Douglass. Chief Staff Officer to the President Mike Harner said the college has not set a time for when the statue might be dedicated, but typically, a dedication ceremony comes 12-15 months after a statue is commissioned. The statue will be placed in Kresge Plaza, next to Lane Hall, where it will join the statue of Abraham Lincoln and the Alpha Kappa Phi Civil War monument. Douglass has been thought of since the Liberty Walk was thought of, Harner said. His
ideas regarding human nature and rights are important to us. Harner said the plans are currently being developed in committee. When you take a commission, there is usually a patron, which we have, he said. Douglass was first announced at the Rebirth of Liberty and Learning Gala, where scholarships in his name were announced. The Douglass statue joins five other statues on the Liberty Walk, which began with George Washington in 2003. The Liberty Walk is a tribute to those who came before us who have particular ideas about human nature and freedom, Harner said. Its a reminder to us and honors their memory and points a way forward.
Jonah Goldberg is a founding editor of National Review Online. He is also a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., and a Fox News contributor. He has written two books, The Tyranny of Cliches and Liberal Fascism both of which have made New York Times best seller list. Goldberg is on campus as the Dow Journalism Programs Eugene C. Pulliam Fellow. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife Jessica, his daughter Lucy, and their puppy Zoe. Compiled by Bailey Pritchett.
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David Satter Journalist David Satter is the fall 2014 Eugene C. Pulliam fellow in journalism A2 Translation contest Juniors LaRae Ferguson and Joshua Benjamins take top prizes at Greek and Latin translation contests. A3
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Track school records broken Senior Maurice Jones and sophomore Emily Oren broke school records in the 400 and the steeple chase, respectively. A8
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I am looking forward to sharing my experiences with the students at Hillsdale, Satter said in an email. I was a corFormer Moscow correspondent in Moscow at respondent for the Finanthe height of Soviet totalicial Times and contributarian rule and witnessed tor to National Review the hope and tragedy of David Satter will spend post-Soviet Russia. two weeks on campus Satter said he has next semester as the Euknown of Hillsdale and gene C. Pulliam Visiting its educational philosoFellow in Journalism. phy for many years. He is Satter will teach a oneexcited to teach a course credit class from Oct. on a campus where some 6-13. The class will focus close colleagues have on opinion writing and taught. long-form magazine arA number of my colticles, as well as the challeagues and friends have lenges of reporting in a either lectured or taught non-democratic country. at Hillsdale, including the Many of our students late Alexander Shtromas, have an interest in foreign who helped me in the correspondence, said writing of my first book, Dow Journalism Program he said. Director John Miller. His Satter has published recent exclusion from three books: It Was a Russia will also remind Long Time Ago and It us of first principles, inNever Happened Anycluding the idea that free Journalist David Satter is the fall 2014 way: Russia and the societies must have a free Eugene C. Pulliam fellow in journalism. Communist Past, Darkpress. (Courtesy of David Satter) ness at Dawn: The Rise Satter had been workof the Russian Criminal ing in Russia since Sepcountry for the next five years State, and Age of Delirium: tember as an adviser for Radio because he is considered unde- The Decline and Fall of the SoLiberty. This past January, the sirable by Russian officials. viet Union. Russian government rejected
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Imogen Kane is among the handful of freshmen on the premed track who were handed a white sheet from their adviser that guides their schedule for the next four years. On that sheet was a new two-credit class, physical wellness and dynamics, one of the newest requirements imposed by the updated core requirements. With a rigid schedule, Kane said she is frustrated that the twocredit class that meets four times a week secures the place of an elective classes. Senior Rachel Warner, a chemistry major, took physical wellness and dynamics her freshman year and is convinced that every student should take the class. I liked it for the simple fact that it brought more awareness to fitness and health, she said. It should be mandatory because if youre forced to take Constitution, I dont see why you shouldnt be forced to take a P.E. class. It is good for Hillsdale students that have never had a health class before. Warner is also a runner for the Hillsdale cross country team.
of an undetermined period of time. One of the changes next year will move the biology requirement from four credit hours to three. Rather than scheduling a different day for labs, lab exercises will fuse with lectures. Eventually, Provost David Whalen said, the core will reach between 61-65 credits. The former core was 55. In order to complete the core, honors program requirements, and the pre-med track, Kane plans on taking summer classes. Her college tuition will not cover the cost of her mandatory courses. I have to pay extra to graduate on time, Kane said. Whether its during a summer class or exceeding the credit limit per semester. I think thats unfair. Although Kane doesnt mind spending the summer working toward completing her academic requirements, she wishes there was an opportunity to take more electives. But there simply isnt time. I look at physical wellness as an academic class, Kane said. If it were the same work level as a P.E. class, I could take another academic class. But I cant.
At first, it seems like any other small gathering: a couple professors and a student sit chatting on the couches of the Heritage Room. Moments later, the student stands to address a group that has come to hear a thesis defense. Honors students defend their theses for a one-hour period. The first 10 minutes are dedicated to the presentation itself. The next 30 are set aside for questions from three professors: the students chosen faculty thesis advisor, second reader, and Associate Professor of History Richard Gamble, the head of the honors program. The last 20 minutes are for other members of the audience to ask any remaining questions. Idealistically, my hope for the honors thesis is that it will become more and more of a capstone experience for the students, Gamble said, a culmina- Senior Gracemarie Lambert presents her honors thesis in the Mossey Library Heritage tion of four years in the honors Room. Lamberts topic was A Response to Absence: Reading Marilynne Robinsons Gilprogram for the students and a ead and Housekeeping in tandem. (Courtesy of Brett Wierenga) connecting point to the rest of combined her interests and year. By the end, students spend students come insufficiently precampus. reached beyond a single disci- more than a year preparing for pared, but Gamble said it is fairly Students are evaluated on pline to develop the topic for her their defenses between research rare, and more as a result of an intheir presentations and familiar- thesis. and actually writing their paper. complete or sub-par thesis paper, ity with their topic. By the time My topic was a combination Other students delve into sub- and not the defense itself. Somethe students present, they have of my two majors, so I took the jects outside the purview of their times a student will only pass already written a 20- to 35-page two things I love the most majors. conditionally, which entails corpaper on a topic. Shakespeare and the study of the Senior Erin Mundahl, despite rections made after the defense, I feel like 30 pages is far different memories of history, being an English and French but that student may still graduenough into a topic to go further Schutz said. So I studied Shake- double-major, chose to look into ate with the honors program as into the topic than a normal col- speares histories. Dr. Smith is the sociological and psychologi- long as criteria are fulfilled. lege paper, but [in doing a thesis] the foremost Shakespeare schol- cal topic of loners and society. Gamble said the best way to weve also jumped into it enough ar on campus, and Dr. Gaetanos She dubbed her thesis, All the prepare is to attend others deto realize how much more there specialty is the Renaissance, so I lonely people, where do they all fenses, as the students know their is and that weve really just bare- brought the two together. come from?: A Socio-Psycho- topics by the time their peers are ly scratched the surface, senior Gamble said the topic is up to logical Examination of the Loner defending theirs. In the weeks Emily Schutz said. the students as long as they can in Society, looking into a topic leading up to a defense, it is Schutz presented her thesis, find faculty members interested that, according to Mundahl, has knowing what to expect and havBut remember For thats in advising for their project, and not yet been studied intensely. ing confidence that help a student my business to you: The Role as long as they write their proThe thesis defense is a re- most. of Wonder in Shakespeares His- posal for the topic during the quirement for honors students torical Memory, on Wednesday. spring semester of their junior for graduation. Each year, some Like many others, Schutz
can be when they get a vision and get excited about something and are willing to put their hearts into it and do it. The entire project will consist of two phases. In the first phase, much of the manual labor will be completed the May 4 volunteer day. Students and other volunteers will be landscaping, painting, cleaning out the river, and clearing brush. In the second phase, theyll raise money for repairing the pavillion, the tennis courts, and the parking lot; moving trees, repairing lights; making running trails; and fixing the receding grass. While the high school has set aside some money for the park, students are still looking into ways to fundraise. Were hoping that this leadership luncheon will be a regular occurrence of NHS and ODK, Holscher said. The leaders for NHS and ODK will come together and continue to make this a launching pad for community projects for NHS with ODK mentoring them along the way. With a $15,000 budget, NHS is heading up the fundraising for the project. Holscher said theyre looking for more volunteers to help during phase one, and anyone interested can contact him at bholscher@hillsdale.edu.
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Juniors LaRae Ferguson and Joshua Benjamins took top prizes at the Maurine Dallas Watkins Sight Translation Contests, the results of which were announced in Evanston, Ill., this past weekend. Ferguson placed first in translation exams in the Koine Greek category (Koine is a third-century B.C. Greek dialect, the same in which the New Testament was written), a first-place title she defended from her victory last year. In the same category, Benjamins placed third. There were 19 entries. In both Intermediate Greek, out of 28 entries, and Advanced Latin, out of 53 entries, Benjamins took first place. Out of six contests held, Hillsdale students won three. Additionally, it was announced that Ferguson will join Benjamins in presenting her paper at the Jan. 8, 2015 American Philological Association convention in New Orleans as part of an undergraduate research panel. Ferguson and Benjamins werent the only two to take the exam. Each school can submit three entries per category. More
has always been one of her highest priorities for her college education. Since shes been at Hillsdale she has taken at least one often more than one Greek class per semester, choosing to study Greek at Hillsdale because the Koine classes are embedded into a solid classical and Greek program. Ferguson said she credits dedicated professors and encouraging family and friends with her success thus far. Benjamins also credits his success at the convention with the strength of the classics department at Hillsdale. I give tremendous credit to my professors, who bring so much enthusiasm, wit, and expertise to their task, he said. They have really inspired me to pursue classics at a serious level. For Benjamins, a highlight of the weekend was the certamen, a classics trivia game in which teams of four compete in elimination rounds to answer the most questions about classical civilization, mythology, language, and literature. I really enjoyed the friendly competition, and it was a great way to meet fellow classics students from across the country, Benjamins said. class gift. Noray is also the vice president of Praxis, and member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Im flattered that there are enough people who think that I would do a good job at this, that would vote for me. Thats special, and that means a lot to me. And Im excited to probably be the first African-American treasurer. As social chair, Peters will be senior class chief party planner. Peters is majoring in Christian studies with a minor in classical education. She is the head RA in Olds Residence, and a member of KKG. She is a member of the vision team for Intervarsity Hillsdale Christian Fellowship, a resident life assistant, and campus health coordinator. Im deeply honored, she said. And I love people, so being social chair is kind of exciting. I hope to throw a spectacular senior party and represent my rocking senior class well.
Students will receive six credits instead of the previous nine for internships done through the Washington Hillsdale Internship Program beginning this fall. The change is part of an effort to increase WHIP students options, making it easier to fit a semester in the District of Columbia into their overall schedules, said Matthew Spalding, associate vice president and dean of educational programs for the Kirby Center. The reduction to six credits will allow students to take three academic courses on top of the internship without incurring the credit overload tuition charge, Manager of On-Campus Whip Recruitment Sophia Carr said. Before the change, the ninecredit internship would have combined with three classes worth three credits each for a total of 18 credits, the level at which overload charges begin. Now, a WHIP student taking three classes will be taking 15 credits. In conjunction with the credit
classes they need in order to stay on track for graduation. The increased course offerings at the Kirby Center in recent semesters were part of this same effort. I want to make it as easy and as attractive as possible for Hillsdale students to come out and learn in and enjoy Washington, D.C., he said. Spalding made the decision to reduce the internship credit with Paul Moreno, director of academic programs at the Kirby Center. The decision was then approved by the college faculty. The change in credits offered for the internship was also made to better reflect the proper weight of the internship relative to classes, Spalding said. He pointed out that the internship is now equivalent to two classes, instead of three. This change brings Hillsdale more in line with other colleges, which largely offer six credits for an internship. Moreno said that, while an internship is valuable in many ways, the new credit total better reflects its academic value. I saw it as part of a tightening of the academic standards of the program, he said.
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history major and a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma womens fraternity. She is also on the track team and involved in Athlete Intervarsity Hillsdale Christian Fellowship. She is currently vice president of Student Federation. Im very thankful and honored to have the opportunity to serve this senior class, she said. Im excited and looking forward to serving my fellow students one more time. Teigen, the new secretary, is an English and biology double major, with a biochemistry minor. On campus, she holds a leadership position as a member of the Pi Beta Phi womens fraternity, and is a member of the honors program. She volunteers at Lockhaven and the Hillsdale Community Health Center. She has already practiced her new job description in her role as sec-
Everyone was generally impressed by the presentation, Ramette said. Hayes said he enjoyed interacting with other physics enthusiasts outside of Hillsdale. One of the wonderful things about the Saturday morning physics lecture in Ann Arbor is the fact that the large crowd is passionate about physics, Hayes said. Our students get the opportunity to experience a large hall filled with accomplished folks who love physics. In addition to the lecture, the physics demos put on outside of the lecture hall were also a favorite among the students. My favorite part was seeing Lakshminarayanan do a demo that explained how polarizers work, Tripepi said. Tripepi encouraged students to participate in future trips to Saturday morning physics talks at U-M. I think the physics talks are a really good experience, and I would really encourage people to go to them, Tripepi said. There is a lot of garbage in popular culture. Even if you watch only family channels, the commercials are bad. But I think conservatives write off how conservatism is in popular culture. For example, its amazing how pro-life TV is. If I told you 30 years ago that America today had a culture that was more pro-gay, pro-gun, and prolife, youd say Im crazy. We write off popular culture when what we need to do is get conservatives into popular cultures. Our goal is to get the country, not the GOP, to move more rightward.
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plans and arrangements with offcampus businesses. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 1,379 students. Adrian College also contracts with Sodexo. It offers block and traditional meal plans with additional dining credit, like Charger Change, which only residence hall students are required to purchase. They also partner with businesses such as Dominos Pizza, which will accept students meal plan dollars for delivery. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 1,767 students. Sodexo is a large multinational corporation that offers facilities management and food service to corporate, educational, healthcare, and governmental clients, among others. Sophomore Christy Allen, YAF board member, points to these and other schools as working examples of what YAF is trying to accomplish at Hillsdale. Other schools of comparable size do it differently than we do and are still successful, she said. Allen agreed with Brand that the petition was successful in showing how many students are concerned about the issue. I genuinely dont know how they want us to go about voicing a group opinion, Allen said. We get that this is the most private of
sons, and we are very glad to explain them. Arnn has another reason for keeping things they way they are: he loves the food. The dining hall happens to be my favorite place to eat, of all the places I eat outside of home, he said in his email. The food is, in my opinion, excellent, and I eat fancy food often. Best of all is the company. I value that very much, and others do too. YAF has been asked to analyze feasible alternatives to the current system and present them to Philipp. The students are going to complete some comparative research for us on meal programs from similar schools to Hillsdale, Philipp said. They are also going to work with the Healthy Plate group in the Health and Wellness Club and come up with another survey for the students prior to the end of this term. Brand, Allen, and Wierenga are meeting with Philipp on April 24 and are currently creating a student-body survey about the issue. Allen is optimistic about what theyll be able to accomplish and preserve. We dont believe community has to be sacrificed in the name of more flexibility for the students, she said.
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ones feelings or negatively hurting someones self-esteem. The average college student, for the most part, has their food paid for, housing paid for, utilities paid for, people clean up after them. All that is asked of them is that they read interesting things and share with professors what they know. And yet, they think theyre independent. There are people less depen-
dent than college students who are on welfare. The single greatest thing that has happened in the past five years is Barack Obama. A lot of young kids are learning that it is not automatic that you get a good job out of college or that the economy grows. A lot of kids are learning that through living through the Obama years. He has shown that saying liberals know how to get the economy going doesnt actually get the economy going. What is your take on popular culture?
News In the article, Alumni spotlight: Palmer Schoening, Schoenings post-grad location was incorrect. He graduated with a masters degree from Georgetown University in 2011.
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In the article, Chariot race starts Frat Greek Week, the date of the last Greek Week chariot race was incorrect. The last fraternity chariot race occurred in the spring of 2005. liberty, but also those individuals who are important in the history of the college. Not only did Douglass speak here, but it was in Hillsdale that one of the most famous photos of Douglas was taken, Whalen said in an email. The power of his intel-
Opinions In the article, Politics at Hillsdale: superb, valuable, and well-rounded, sophomore Josiah Lippincotts name was spelled incorrectly. The Collegian regrets these errors. ligence, the vigor of his moral commitments, and the grace of his verbal expression make him, I believe, a fitting figure for honor not only at a liberal arts institution, but at this one in particular.
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to read when he is grown. His reflections are an amalgamation of memories and ponderings that range from love, grace, existence, blessing and light to wonder, memory, mortality, and darkness. Ames processes through his upcoming death, his years past of deep loneliness, and his relationship with a wayward god-sonof-sorts whom he struggles to forgive. As the letter progresses, Ames moves towards a position of empathy and love. In reading Gilead, I find that he is able to adopt a redemptive, grace-filled vision in large part through his sense of wonder at the beauty of the world. He writes, for example, I feel sometimes as if I were a child who opens its eyes on the world once and sees amazing things it will never know any names for and then has to close its eyes again. Ames vision of the world is foundationally colored by his faith, which allows him, for instance, to conceive of love as the eternal breaking in on the temporal and enables him to appreciate a thing as simply beautiful as water tangible evidence of Gods blessing on the world. Ames speaks of a silent and invisible life that emanates from a garden after rainfall. Ames sees this invisible life in others laughter, romantic love, soft moonlight, and old friends. For him (and I presume, for Robinson), these very-earthly delights are made holy by the presence of the Divine in themauthor and protagonist subscribe to a richly sacramental physical world. As a reader, my question is this: Can the suffering of Dillards book and the grace of Robinsons be compatible or is an attempt to reconcile the two impossible? Are we left with fragments or something more?
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Economically, it makes perfect sense for a Christian to drop a sponsorship because an organization provides an inferior product, and then sponsor another child with a more Christian organization. In protest of World Visions flip-flopping, I will probably do the same thing, but only when
Guideneaud becomes self-sufficient. If I dropped the sponsorship now, however, Guideneaud will lose all of the benefits of my support, and, perhaps rightly so, would decide that he no longer wants to follow a God that encourages His followers to desert people in their time of need.
own education that he developed late in his collegiate career, he says, I felt drawn into a level of contemplation that begged me to look at the world and be dazzled by it....Every moment became a discovery, and every conversation an education. According to Andrews, we cannot filter the world through our own image. Truth is there for us if we go out of ourselves to meet it. True education, then, is essentially ecstatic a going out of oneself. Discourse with others ought to be characterized by an analogous virtue empathy. When we seek truth together, we must go out of ourselves to meet the other. We must be willing to see the world from his viewpoint and to allow him to explain it in his own terms. If we would habituate ourselves to this particular attitude of empathy, our thought would become adept at understanding arguments precisely because it would be capable of weighing them from various perspectives. To perhaps give a helpful analogy, consider the way the child determines what a thing is. He does not only stare at it directly. He picks it up and turns it over, holds it, drops it, etc. In the same way, to understand an argument one must turn it over and examine it from other perspectives, not simply stare more intensively. From this understanding ought to lead confidence and humility as we become more cognizant of the truth of our own understanding, and as we recognize that we are fortunate to participate in it. Only then will we be capable of convincing others of our own ideas.
Breaking News: Aaron Carter will be singing at Centralhallapalooza. But, of course, you have already heard about it. Its all anybody can talk about. In a vacuum, I dont care that Carter is coming to Hillsdale. Am I fan of his? No. Is the Student Activity Board and Student Federation wasting our money? Yes. But SAB can spend its money as it pleases. What bothers me is that Carter will be stealing stage time from hard-working student bands. To make matters worse, SAB is giving an hour of time to a disc-jockey. Depending on how long Carter plays, he and the DJ will rob stage time from between three and six student bands at Centralhallapalooza, the gig of the year. I am a proud member of a couple student bands. There is a disturbing lack of bassists on campus; I try, and largely fail, to fill that void. Sure, I have some conflict of interest, but, as a member of Phi Mu Alpha, I have opportunities to play throughout the year. Other members of student bands do not. Outside of Battle of the Bands in the fall and Centralhallapalooza in the spring, there are no opportunities for
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try artists concerts tend to be popular at the fair, such as the Florida Georgia Line concert at last falls fair. Randy Houser is a nice follow-up to Florida Georgia Line. Its young country and theres a lot of buzz in the industry, Dow said. We saw that last year with Florida Georgia Line, and Randy Houser has that potential to really do something great.
to go see Randy Houser. According to Dow, the entertainment committee is wellsatisfied with their choice of Houser and Bradbery. I think this year we have a good example of two great entertainers, he said. This will be a great show. Dow hopes that concertgoers will visit the fairs many other attractions in addition to attend-
Tickets at 800-585-3737 or at www.startickets.com. Tickets are $38 for Track & Box Seats and $35 for Grandstand seats. For more information on the concert or the Hillsdale County Fair, contact the Hillsdale Fair Office at 517-437-3622 or visit www.hillsdalecountyfair.org.
A loud explosion in downtown Hillsdale interrupted the Sunday morning of June 24, 1923. At 3:03 a.m., a bomb detonated behind Cascarellis Fruit Store, situated in the Wedge between Howell and Broad Streets. The owner, Pete Cascarelli, was upstairs above the store with his son Joe and nephew Frank when the bomb went off. It blew a hole in the foundation of the store, sending stones from the building flying and shattering windows on both sides of Broad Street for more than a block. The sound of the bomb rang as far as the lakes surrounding Hillsdale. The Hillsdale Daily News reported that the device was most likely a homemade time bomb that used nitroglycerine, as it would have taken a large amount of dynamite to cause such extensive damage. The paper also reported speculation that the attack was the work of a Detroit-based Italian Black Hand gang. Black Hand groups were known for sending wealthy immigrants letters demanding money and threatening violence, kidnapping, or arson. At the time, 12 Italian families lived in Hillsdale County, but all were of good reputation. Cascarelli insisted he had no enemies, and no suspects were ever arrested in connection with the bombing. -Compiled by Daniel Slonim
(Andera Kiledal /Collegian) Los Mariachis Mexican restaurant closed down this past January, according to El Cerrito manager Adam Rocha. Rochas family owned Hillsdales El Cerrito in addition to the Jonesville restaurant until selling Los Mariachis to Alfredo Guzman in 2007. Rochas family had transformed the establishment into a Mexican bar and restaurant from Filmores Sports Bar, its previous title. Los Mariachis was a Jonesville favorite and host of many sorority events. -Morgan Delp
Davis Middle School, built in 1929, will undergo renovations from mid-July through early August to improve the visibility and security of the main entrance and office area. Approximately $250,000 will be used this summer to improve the frontside of Davis on 30 N. West Street. The Davis School remodel is in the architects planning stage. We have the desired concepts visualized, but the drawings are not completed. A construction budget will be developed from those drawings,
the office interior will undergo renovations to the ceiling, walls, and flooring. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems will be updated, along with electrical and firesuppression systems. Finally, all of the windows on the east side wall, which face West Street, will be replaced. We have a five-year plan of action for building and site projects, so the expenses for this project were planned for in advance, Vondra said. These upgrades at Davis are a part of that plan. By planning in that fashion, we are able to package multiple desired goals into the one comprehensive project.
repairs surrounding its campus, such as parts of West, College, and Galloway Streets. Pw said that a PILOT agreement would change the nature of the relationship between the college and the city. He said that if payments were made to the city, it would require the college to pay attention to where that money is spent. That is not part of the college mission, he said. While we have a big interest in the success of the community, we need our top focus to be on our students and education, Pw said. If we commit money on a fixed purpose outside our mission, it could harm us. Pw said he would look at paying directly for services the college uses, such as the runs the Hillsdale County Fire department makes to the college. Pw said he has requested that data from the fire department in the past. Thats a true service we really appreciate. They are protecting important assets of the community. These are beautiful historical buildings, he said. We might look into the data and see how much it costs the fire department to make runs to the college. Its easier to quantify that. There is data. It directly supports a service we are using. A PILOT would not directly correlate to a service being used.
Medicaid began under the HMP, Todd said. Now, the 417 people, who have some type of primary healthcare coverage which would qualify for the HMP will be in limbo and doing without. Todd suggested the problems plaguing Michigans rollout of the Affordable Care Act were partially to blame for HMPs delayed start. I dont know whats holding it up, Todd said. But its probably funding issues that are tied into problems with the ACA getting geared up. Despite the rough start, Tuesdays announcement is a start in accomplishing Michigans goal of covering 320,000 residents in its first year. There were a few bumps in the road, but it should be a smooth transition, said Mary Boyer, HMP certified navigator and health department proctor. A large number of people are now able to get healthcare, and a lot of people are satisfied with what theyre getting.
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Chargers beat Urbana, split doubleheaders with Lake State and Northwood
Monica Brandt Collegian Reporter In its first home games of the season, the Hillsdale College womens softball team split doubleheaders against both Northwood University and Lake Superior State University. In the second game against Lake Superior, freshman Cassie Asselta hit her first collegiate home run to take a 1-0 lead in the second inning. I was more excited about the hit than I was about the home run, Asselta said. I wont forget about that second pitch. Junior Kate Ardrey hit a tworun homer in the third inning to bring the score to 3-0. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Lake Superior threatened to tie the game with runners on second and third, but Ardrey struck out the last batter for a 4-1 Hillsdale victory. Hillsdale went into the game coming off a 3-2 loss in the first game against the Lakers. I was mad to say the least, head coach Joe Abraham said. I told the team, We better win this game or else. I dont know what the or else would have been, but fortunately we didnt have to find out. The day before, Hillsdale Northwood scored one in the fifth inning, two in the sixth, and a walk-off run in the bottom of the seventh to win the game. It was a sickening loss, Abraham said. Hillsdale swept Urbana University in its home opener on Thursday, April 10, winning the first game 4-3 and the second 7-5. Sophomore Sarah Grunert hit a home run in the teams first home at-bat, and also pitched the win. Hillsdale plays Walsh University on Saturday, and Lake Erie College on Sunday. Hillsdale had rescheduled its original home opener against Tiffin University to be on Tuesday, April 15, but the game had to be rescheduled again because of snow. The game is now scheduled for Wednesday, April 23. The team has been battling injuries this season, as its now down to 12 players from the original 18. We are two pitches away Sophomore Julia Kosco (left) throws the ball to first baseman from being .500 overall, Abrajunior Melissa Felkey (right). (Anders Kiledal/Collegian) ham said. With the circumstances we have faced this seafights Ive seen us put up. inning to win the game. son, its incredible. Hillsdale came back from In the second game, Hillsdale two deficits, tying the game in took an early 3-0 lead in the secthe bottom of the second inning ond inning, but could not score after Northwood scored three in again. played Northwood University, winning the first game 6-4. It was one of the strongest Ive seen us come out, Ardrey said. Every time they scored we came back. It was one of the best the top, and tying the game again in the bottom of the fifth inning after Northwood scored another run in the fourth. Sophomore Ainsley Ellison hit a two-run double in the sixth
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Hillsdale: 4 Urbana: 3 Hillsdale: 7 Urbana: 5 Hillsdale: 6 Northwood: 4 Northwood: 4 Hillsdale: 3
12-24 overall Wayne State: 18 Hillsdale: 4 Wayne State: 6 HIllsdale: 1 Wayne State: 13 Hillsdlae: 5 Hillsdale: 10 Northwood: 8 Season Leaders Hits: Luke Ortel: 43 Tad Sobieszczanski: 40 Nolan Breymaier: 38 Home runs: Lincoln Reed: 1 Chris McDonald: 1 Ethan Wiskur: 1 RBIs: McDonald: 23 ERA (10+ innings): Dan Pochmara: 1.08 Joe Chasen: 3.60 Jake Lee: 3.96 Softball 11-15 overall
Lake Superior St.: 3 Hillsdale: 2 Hillsdale: 4 Lake Superior St.: 1 Season Leaders: Hits: Bekah Kastning: 24 Jessica Knepper: 21 Ainsley Ellison: 20 Sarah Grunert: 20 Home runs: Grunert: 3 Kasting: 2 Kate Ardrey: 2 RBIs: Kastning: 11 Knepper: 11 Ardrey: 8 Gunert 8 ERA: Grunert: 3.03 Ardrey: 4.17 Klopfer: 4.55
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games a season. The rugby club has been having some problems securing a field to play on, which is the reason for the uncertain number of games per season. The team had to cancel a couple of games this past season due to being denied the field they usually use. In addition to trying to permanently secure a field for next season, rugby is looking at other ways to grow. Were considering the possibility of a coach, Michael said. Were talking to Oakland (University) about what that looks like and whether its worth doing or not, because they actually dont have a coach right now, and theyve got an extremely well put together program. Regardless, Michael is happy with where the program is headed. We just have so many solid, committed guys right now, which is awesome, Michael remarked. Its a good core to have looking forward to next season.
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ity to practice at the nicest range of any college, since were the only college with our own range. Its windy a lot, but that makes us better in the end, and its extremely important to our success. Carl himself attributed success to upperclassmen who werent necessarily recruited -yet still succeeded -- along with specifically recruited underclassmen, and the great facility. Underclassmen leadership, the number of good shooters brought in, and the facility are what make this program unique, he said.
Sophomore Frank Bruno attempts to throw off competitors in a rugby match in the fall. (Giana Marchese/Collegian)
This was hardly the young teams first brush with success, however. In 2012, the team, then not far removed from its founding by shooting instructor Bart Speith, won its first national championship at the ACUI Division III College Clay Target Championships. The next year, victory elevated the team to Division II, a higher level of competition. Despite the increased challenge, divisional novice status, and being one of the smaller contesting teams, Hillsdale still earned 7th place. What accounts for this exemplary record? Hintz, also a junior Olympic competitor and Olympics aspirant (hes aiming for 2020), credited in part the donors who make practicing at the pricey range possible. Weve got Mike Carl, who gets us freshmen up to speed, Adam Burlew, and Bart Speith, who maintains the range, he said. And our team has the abil-
Cassidy Kaufman is a junior who competes in the triple jump for the mens track team. Originally from Seattle, Wash., Kaufman is majoring in sports management and is considering working in human resources after graduation. You are coming off an injury. What is that process like? Coming off an injury is really strange. All summer I was favoring my other leg and it was really getting in the way of my training. But right before I came to school in the fall, the pain just went away. It was totally a God thing in the sense that it just stopped bothering me. With one sudden injury in your sport, the psychological effects can mess you up. You can focus on that one instance where you were injured and it can slow your progression in the sport. What are your goals for this season? My goals for this season are
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Hillsdale Invitational: Chargers host first outdoor meet
not roll over. Freshman Joseph Newcomb won 1st in the 800-meter, and senior Matt Raffin took second in the 110 hurdles, logging a The families and friends of provisional qualifying time. Hillsdale track and field comRaffin also set a personal record petitors watched expectantly at in the 400 hurdles. He said he the Hillsdale Invitational. The hopes to P.R. in all his events at crowd pushed the Hillsdale athMt. San Antonio Colletes to optimal perlege in Walnut, Caformance. According lif, where part of the to senior Mo Jones, team is competing this the guys mentality weekend. was this is our turf. Freshman Allison At that point, the Duber won the 400 fans were unaware and junior Amy Kerst they were about to won the 800-meter witness Hillsdale hisrun. Freshman Dana tory. Newell placed 1st in At the 400-meter the hammer throw. hurdles, Jones took The Mt. SAC Reoff, pushing with evlays is known for haverything he had to ing tough competition, the sound of cheering which Raffin said fans. He finished, and helps improve your then realized he just time. broke the school reBasically I have cord and likely qualipeople racing with me fied for nationals. the whole time, which But that was not is extremely helpful, the only school rehe said. cord broken that day. Freshman Jessica Sophomore Emily Hurley is part of a Oren tore through the group going to Grand 3000-meter steepleValley State Univerchase, beating the sity this weekend. previous record by She will compete in more than 9 seconds. the 400-meter and Not bad, considering 200-meter dash. it was her first time to Its a pretty big compete in the steeschool, so its some plechase. good competition, I was happy to she said. I really think break it so quickly I can push myself the and look forward to Sophomore Emily Oren broke the school extra .4 seconds that trying to get the time steeple chase record last Saturday. Senior Maurice Jones broke his own school record in I need to P.R. in the down even more, the 400-meter. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian) 400. It would be such Oren said. a confidence booster, Jones ran a proand I think it is totally visional qualifying time, and dont want to just roll over for possible. I have to make every he hopes to earn an automatic anyone. meet count. qualifying time this weekend. The Chargers certainly did Casey Harper Spotlight Editor Its great because Ive been training really hard, and Im getting back in the hurdles after getting hurt last year, Jones said. We just dont want people coming in and running all over us. We want to show our fans and our families that we can compete at a high level. We
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Director of Athletics Don Brubacher said the new public locker rooms will be fresh and clean. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)
This summer will see the renovation of the public locker rooms in the Roche Sports Complex. While some preliminary and non-intrusive repairs are already being made, May 12 marks the beginning of a thorough overhaul of the facilities. The administration plans to complete the process, at the latest, by the beginning of the fall semester. We try never to defer anything, Rich Pw, the colleges chief administrative officer, said. While periodic repairs of the locker facilities have been a regular occurrence since their construction in 1988, the need for a complete overhaul in the near future became clear about two years ago. Pw and the administration see this summer as an opportunity to do what needs to be done with the least amount of disruption and inconvenience. The big picture is we have 1,000,300 square feet of campus, he said. We try to take care of it. We try to do that efficiently. Everything gets used at a pace. There are places like the sports complex where everyday theres a process, theres a cycle, theres wear and tear. The repair of the lockers coinciding with the second phase of the renovation of the arena is entirely coincidental. While phase two of complex renovations will see new lockers constructed for team sports, that is unrelated to the poolside locker repairs. The phases only have to do with the new construction, Director of Athletics Don Brubacher said. This falls in the category of regular updating. Were also finally going to replace the roof in this portion of the building. The lockers see more use than just the general public. The womens swim team is housed in
Junior Nolan Breymaier prepares to crank the ball at a home baseball game. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian) Caleb Whitmer Editor-in-Chief Hillsdale College baseball nearly blew a 10-run lead on Wednesday. Northwood University Timberwolves (12-19, 4-13) scored eight runs over the final four innings, but they fell three short of a massive comeback. The Chargers (12-24, 10-11) hung on for a 10-8 win. We had a pretty good game overall today, said assistant coach Gordie Theisen. The offense had timely hits early in the game and allowed us to get a pretty good lead. That always takes pressure off the defense and pitching.
ters before he was replaced by sophomore Lucas Hamelink in the ninth. The Timberwolves then scored three more runs, pulling themselves within two of Hillsdale. With the tying runs on first and second, Hamelink threw a fastball on a 1-0 count. The Northwood batters hit deflected off Hamelinks glove, flew straight up, and landed in front of him before he made the gameending throw to first. I guess it must have looked a little funny, because Coach Kocher asked me if I had narcolepsy after the game, Hamelink said. But hey, we got the out and we won the game Ill take it. Overall, Hamelink said he was dissatisfied with his outing. I wasnt sharp. I got behind in counts, and paid for it, Hamelink said. However, there were some positives. I was able to face some adversity and pitch through it, and get some key ground balls when we needed them. Thankfully, the offense was huge today and gave us that cushion in the ninth. Earlier this week, Hillsdale lost three games to Wayne State University. Wayne took two games on Saturday, 18-4 and 6-1, and one more on Sunday, 13-5. Hillsdale will play a threegame home series against the University of Findlay (9-21, 6-14) this weekend.
Hillsdales club sports program enjoyed a season of expansion this past year, and are looking forward to growing even more next year. Our girls club volleyball team made a lot of strides this year, said Kevin Foeman, assistant to the director of recreational sports. They played a lot of good competition. The team, led by sophomore Betsy Thistleton, is looking forward to developing even more next semester. There are about 15 girls involved in club volleyball. We practice twice a week and scrimmage against an 18U local club team during practice a lot, Thistleton said in an email. The program is still very new, so we are working on building it up right now. We hope to join a league in the fall so that would really increase the number of games we play and give us some good competition. In addition to womens volleyball, mens club volleyball
has also seen growth this past year. Our guys club volleyball team practices a lot, Foeman said. [Theyre] pretty competitive, so hopefully theyll continue to get better and expand their schedule. The team practices twice a week and travels to play in collegiate tournaments. We play a lot of GLIAC schools as well as some larger Big 10 school clubs, sophomore captain Eric Walker said in an email. In addition, the club hosted its first three home matches this year, and had the privilege of playing in the Hardwood Classic this past fall at Michigan State University, the nations largest preseason club tournament. In addition to club volleyball, Hillsdale also has seen growth in its rugby club, led by junior Dakota Michael. Rugby club is a group of 18 guys who get together on Tuesdays and Thursdays and practice, Michael said. We usually play anywhere from four to eight
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Senior Whittaker Dunn and junior Meredith Caton play Orlando and Rosalind, respectively, in Shakespeare in the Arbs production of As You Like It. Micah Meadowcroft Assistant Editor Should the sun come out to stay, the Slayton Arboretum will be, like all the world, a stage, and students shall perform As You Like It, Shakespeares play. Junior Liz Whalen and sophomore Phoebe Kalthoff are directing Shakespeare in the Arbs production this year, with performances finals weekend, May 3 and 4. They cast As You Like It before Christmas break and have been rehearsing throughout this semester. The play is a pastoral comedy set in a forest making the arboretum an especially fitting stage which follows the adventures of Rosalind, played by junior Meredith Caton, as she, disguised as a man, flees her uncle into the arms of Orlando, played by senior Whittaker Dunn. Rosalind, pretending to be a boy, pretends to be a girl to help Orlando. Various characters flit in and out, and hilarity ensues. Caton and Dunn arent just playing love-interests on the stage; they are dating in real life. For Caton, that is an opportunity to relax, not worry about developing chemistry, and just be comfortable to develop their characters. Dunn sees it as a senior gift. Liz asked me in Jitters, are you going to be OK acting opposite Meredith? and I said, yeah, and she said, that wont be awkward? and I said, no. And then I walked away and thought about it and I should have really said, I dont want anyone else acting opposite of Meredith, because I dont, he said. So its been a real blessing; what a great gift for my final year, final semester, here. Beyond the intersection of fact and fiction, As You Like It continues a longstanding tradition of student-produced Shakespeare, something that Whalen and Kalthoff both value. It sounds trite, but I think I speak for both of us when I say this has been really, really special to do, Whalen said. We both grew up watching Shakespeare in the Arb. We both remember seeing the very first production ever and seeing Hamlet dying on the Arb steps. Those were really powerful images that we received as children. So thats, I think, why it means so much for us to be faithful to Shakespeares images and try to bring them to life in a delightful and beautiful way. We are giving a gift that we have received and benefited from so many times through the years. Kalthoff appreciates that the tradition of Shakespeare in the arb is not fading away. Sixty students auditioned. Our cast is really, really amazing, she said. Keeping the tradi-
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tion alive is really, really special. The play wouldnt happen without a lot of hard work by both Kalthoff and Whalen. I couldnt have done it without Liz, Kalthoff said. Id have gone insane. The cast expressed affection for their directors as well. Phoebe and Liz are fantastic. They are really patient directors, said sophomore Kendell Karpack, who plays Rosalinds cousin Celia. If I interpret something a certain way, and they interpret something a certain way, we can kind of talk it out and decide what the character would do. So its really cool to have that partnership. Kalthoff agreed that the interpretation of the play is a collaborative effort. Weve tried to keep it really, really open so its not us just us imposing our reading on the cast but us all having a reading together, she said. Freshman Dani Morey, who plays the shepherdess Phoebe in the play, said Whalen and Kalthoff are a great team.
(Photo Courmake a stop in Hillsdale. tesy of the Radford said that the Gray Gray Havens Havens are looking forward to band) playing in Hillsdale. Theres just something about college students that you cant find when you perform at houses or churches, Radford said. Theres just an energy in them. But getting the band to visit wasnt the hardest task for Allen to conquer in order to bring the band to Hillsdale. Given that the Gray Havens wanted at least a $300 profit from the show and a location provided for the event to be held, Allen needed to organize the logistics for the band. Originally it was just going to be a house event, but he just took off and planned everything. Radford said. We didnt do a lot.
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By Animal Collective standards, the tracks on Enter the Slasher House are fairly short only three songs make it past the 5-minute mark. Besides some idle jamming on Roses on the Window and Your Card, the album does a good job of avoiding the long, repetitive codas that sometimes detract people from Avey Tares main band. And yet many of the melodies and synth parts on Enter the Slasher House would feel right at home in an Animal Collective song. This could be the album that Animal Collective fans use to convince haters of the bands worth. If theres anything to complain about on Enter the Slasher House, its Avey Tares persistent use of pitch-shifting vocal effects. These effects work well when used tastefully, like the monster-voice effect used on Little Fang. Elsewhere, they seem carelessly thrown on in post-production, and by the end of the album, theyre just tiring. They also exacerbate another issue present on most Animal Collective releases as well as Enter the Slasher House: the burying of the lead vocal in the mix and, as a result, the indecipherability of lyrics. Side projects like Slasher Flicks seemed doomed to failure from the beginning: only diehard fans will bother to listen, and among those, many will be upset that the time and energy put into Enter the Slasher House couldnt have gone towards an Animal Collective album instead. Its true that the album isnt as good as Animal Collectives best work, but its by no means a throwaway album, and it offers a new, refreshing take on the bands signature sound. If nothing else, it could serve as great Halloween party music even if it was released in April.
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Brenna Wade pointed out a coin on the computer screen. It looked unremarkable to the untrained eye. The Satirical Napoleon, part of the extensive Alwin C. Carus coin collection, is actually an elaborate lampoon, a tiny and tangible holdover from the culture that produced it. The helmet is Prussian, Wade said, explaining that Napoleon III had lost to the Prussians during a battle in Sedan around the time the coin was minted. The coin depicts Napoleon III smoking a cigarette with a chain collar around his neck. On the collar is inscribed SEDAN. Wade is a technical service librarian for Hillsdale College and was curator of the Alwin C. Carus coin collection during the 2008-09 school year. Her primary task as curator was to research and catalog the coins. Senior Julia Kilgore, recently hired by the college as the fulltime coordinator for the Carus collection, hopes not only to expand the collection itself but to get more Hillsdale students to take advantage of its vast historical resources -- satire included. We have small exhibitions in the Heritage Room, Kilgore said. We currently have the Great Britain collection on display, but we have over 500 coins. We have Arabic coinage, Russian, German. Her love for museum studies and education will be put to use in her new position as curator and educator. I have always been fascinated with culture and the act of narrating, Kilgore said. I love showing people physically what
Caruss vision was not necessarily to collect the most valuable coins, but to collect coins representative of a broad, comprehensive historical range.
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enhance the website catalog. These are all things that Julia will be working on. The collection first came to Hillsdale in 2005 as a gift from its namesake, Alwin Carus. Kenneth Calvert, headmaster of Hillsdale Academy, was involved in its acquisition and remains involved with its curation today. The collection is extensive and the philosophy behind its formation unique. Carus's vision was not necessarily to collect the most valu-
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Watching them work together is really fun, she said. Its really cute to watch Liz and Phoebe confer and talk to one another. Its almost like they are reading each others minds while they confer behind their books. Senior Ty Herndon plays Oliver, Orlandos older brother. He said that Whalen and Kalthoff work really hard. Seeing the progress from when we did a read through and everyone was just reading and now when people are taking on the roles and standing inside the text they are really bringing it out and its really cool to see peoples interpretations, he said. Its been a lot of fun. They keep it fun and relaxed. They emphasize focus on two themes in the production: love and laughter. Theres something I love about the gratuity and delight that Shakespeare is taking in his characters and in their language, Whalen said. Its actually got some really lovely and thoughtful reflections on the nature of romantic love. Kalthoff and Whalen said As You Like It provides a character study of human nature and a realistic look at what it means to be in love. Caton has found that realism in her exploration of the character of Rosalind. She doesnt take herself too seriously in love, she said.
Its hard to imagine how she could, considering many of her scenes contain double layers of cross-dressing. The humor hasnt stopped being fresh for the directors, and the actors havent stopped being funny. We have seen this so many times, and we still are just dying laughing every time, Whalen said. Dunn said the directors cant keep it together at rehearsals. They laugh constantly at us, they just cannot get through a scene, it doesnt matter what is happening, he said. Maybe this is just me, but its kind of distracting. They are just laughing at us all the time. Everyone agreed that a highlight of the productions humor is watching junior John Taylor. I know what the best part is going to be, Dunn said. Its going to be watching John Taylor act the role he was born to play, as Touchstone, the kings fool. Kalthoff and Whalen hope that audiences will be able to come out and enjoy the beauty of the arb and of Shakespeare at 2 p.m., May 2 and 3. I want them to take away the clever humor and comedy that Shakespeare displays. They are such crazy characters, Kalthoff said. I want them to have a good time and also to provoke some thought at the same time. Some of the speeches are really, really beautiful you hear it and you cant help but stop and think more deeply.
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But Allen wanted to do more for the band than the minimum. Instead of hosting a small event in a house, Allen decided to rent out the Dawn Theatre, making the final estimated costs to be around $700. However, Allen says he hopes concert admission can be free for students. So how will he accomplish raising $700? I hope to contact each dorm [for donations] and put it forward as a big dorm social, Allen said. Allen said he hopes the dorms will be willing to help, but if the resources for the concert are not met, Allen said he will have to come up with the
money through private means. Itll be $700 between the rental and the band, but I would love to throw them a little bit more money, he said. I know they will do it for $300, but Id love to throw a little on top. On top of providing the band with a large area to perform, Allen also wished to give the band a small house party. When asked what he would do if he did not meet the required monetary quote, Allen replied: That would be really unfortunate. It might end up with me panhandling in front of the library, if I need to. But for Allen, the risk is worth it to have the band come. He hopes that through the bands visit, he can share its music and message with others. Their music has blessed me, Allen said, and I think it will bless others that hear it as well.
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kindness, love, and beauty and emphasized a deeper meaning in the play as a whole. The play is really talking about how there is more to you than just your beauty, Finke said. Finke said that the cast members were already friends, so acting really provided time to spend with one another as, in a way, a last hurrah. A lot of them are seniors, and we wanted to do something fun together before they all graduate, Finke said. They are all so great at acting, drama, and enjoying life, and weve done a lot of wonderful things together. This is another great thing on the list. We are simultaneously doing it to enjoy each others company and to show campus that A.A. Milne is great. According to Finke, the hilarity and light-heartedness of the play -- as well as its brevity -- make it a perfect study break. The script and the wording are just sheer brilliance all the way through, she said. It is both really fun and extremely witty, and it plays on deep life themes.
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Ever wonder what was on the corner of Manning and College streets before the parking lot for Kendall was built? That lot was once the site of a historic house, the home of the Pi Beta Phi Sorority. Michigan Alpha Pi Beta Phi was chartered at Hillsdale in 1887. Before living in the current building on Hillsdale Street, Pi Phi chapter meetings were held in individual rooms and the third floor of East Hall until 1898, then moved to various houses in the area. In 1923, the sorority moved to the house on Manning street which was demolished in 2000 to make way for the Kendall parking lot. The white house was the sororitys first permanent building on campus and, as an older building, had quite a few quirks. The most unusual aspect alums remember is the sleeping quarters: an unheated porch whose windows the health department required to be perpetually open. Actives constantly slept with electric blankets to survive the winters. The house manager had, as a part of her duties, the job of turning on all electric blankets by 9 or 10 p.m. or at least an hour before anyone would retire, said Carol Ann Barker, former dean of women and Pi Phi alumna to the Collegian in 2000. One would dress for bed, go to the sleeping porch, and run literally to ones bed in order to dive in under the warmed blanket. I awakened one morning with a fine misting of snow on top of me and the bed. Oct. 12, 1968, Pi Phi broke ground for the new house. The three level, brick colonial building can house 42 girls, and was completed the following year. Funds for the house were raised through designated gifts from alumni, parents, students, and friends. The weekend of Oct. 2, 1987, over 250 Pi Phi alumnae returned to Hillsdale to celebrate the centennial of Pi Beta Phi on campus. The events included a dedication ceremony for the newly completed brick sign and flagpole for the house, donated by the Pi Phi Parents Association, and Alumnae. Today, 37 women live in the house. The house is very central to the chapter - its a gathering place, said Pi Phi President Elizabeth Harris. Its where everything happens. Its a place for common growth.
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Bachelder discusses on WSJ live an opinion piece she wrote about unpaid internships. things practice writing and good connections. By gaining a mentor in Miller, and explaining that she was interested in interning for syndicated columnist and editor of National Review Online Jonah Goldberg, she also gained, what she called, the best college internship she had. John called and said, If youre going to take an intern, you have to pick Katy, Goldberg said. So I did. I dont really like having interns. You want it to be a rewarding experience for them, and that can be a huge hassle. But she set out to make it rewarding. Besides gaining experience and entering into the world of journalism, Bachelder said that one of the main things she learned while working for Goldberg was to calm down. Working for Jonah was the most fun internship I had in college by a long stretch, He really has a happy-warrior attitude that I hope to cultivate for the rest of my life, Bachelder said. He never lets work get in the way of
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having a really great time. The lesson I learned from him is that you dont have to take yourself so seriously. With the release of The Tyranny of Cliches, Goldberg said his summer was incredibly busy, and Bachelder had the ability to anticipate what he would need and took initiative. If you do the little things really well, you get trusted with a lot of things, Bachelder said. If youre meticulous and competent, really good things happen to you. No task is too small or menial for you to wow someone with. After her internship with Goldberg, Bachelder became the opinions editor at the Collegian. She just went from zero to 60 in no time at all, Miller said. And former Editor-In-Chief Patrick Timmis made the right choice in making her opinions editor. After graduation, Bachelder worked as a Robert L. Bartley Fellow at The Wall Street Journal.
I was hesitant to take an internship right after graduation because I didnt know where it would go, and it did end up being a full-time job, she said. Dont be afraid to do an internship or a fellowship or something that doesnt have complete commitment because it tends to lead to other things. Especially if you dont know what you want to do, its a good opportunity to figure that out while you work. Within a few weeks, the Wall Street Journal offered Bachelder a position on full-time staff. She is currently an assistant editorial features editor. Its like going to graduate school in public affairs with how much Ive learned from experts in a wide array of fields, she said. My colleagues are extraordinarily sharp. The routine is really interesting to see the pages come together every single day, to have a routine that is so predictable, yet so intellectually rigorous and challenging in different ways.
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holding a phone to her ear, and she can hear her moms voice. That was the first time I had a seizure, Odell said. I was teaching Latin to the third grade class at Hillsdale Preparatory School. I had no idea what was happening. Odell collapsed while teaching class to third-graders in fall 2010, before she was diagnosed with Lyme disease. That was the first time I had a seizure, Odell said. Even though Odell has healed from an active infection of Lyme, she still feels the effects of Lyme in her body. Odells body reacts severely to mold, so if she is exposed, she can be sick for weeks or fall prey to seizures. While Carroll and Odell have sure diagnoses and know how to take care of their bodies, Frenchs condition is still uncertain. Some doctors have attributed Frenchs chronic pain to POTS, while others claim that the pain is caused by fibromyalgia, an illness that affects muscles and nerves. Thats been a hard pill to swallow, that there isnt really ever going to be an absolute answer for me, which is weird, French said. I was expecting a diagnosis, and then once I got a diagnosis theyd give me a magic pill and Id be fine. But life doesnt really work that way. It was then that French said she realized how much she needed Jesus. I realized I am capable of bringing nothing, French said. God really has to carry me to Him. There are days when I physically cant go to church or my brain cant read, and its been a really odd blessing to see that its really God carrying me to Him. Odell knows that moments like these have changed how she handles suffering and how she views the world. To be dealing with this day in and day out, you learn more about the nature of suffering, Odell said. I think you can become more sensitive to suffering in general. Everyone goes
knees, hands, elbows, and back. At the end of freshman year in spring 2013, French didnt know if she would return to Hillsdale College. Her symptoms started with pain in her feet. I was put on medications and nothing really helped, she said. Then it spread to another part in my foot, and then another part in my foot, and then my other foot. By the end of Christmas break, French was incorrectly diagnosed several times. Finally, during the summer of 2013, the Cleveland Clinic diagnosed French with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome. Even though POTS is a heart condition, French said some doctors believe it can cause chronic pain. When I stand up or adjust my posture, my blood pressure drops and my heart-rate skyrockets, French said, describing POTS. They dont really know a ton about it, and I was recently told by a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic that they werent sure if I had it or not. Though many students are unaware, chronic illness affects many students on campus. Sophomore Hannah Carroll also experiences chronic pain, brain fog, and exhaustion symptoms caused by Lyme disease and a brain virus. I had to wear wrist braces for about a year, Carroll said. The pain was definitely connected with the Lyme, but when the Lyme was no longer a factor and I still had joint pain, thats when the viruses appeared to be more of an issue. Senior Elizabeth Anne Odell reached for a marker to write Latin nouns on the whiteboard, but suddenly she could not see straight. Her vision turned into a kaleidoscope, and then she cannot see anything. When she opened her eyes again, Odell realizes she is lying on a stretcher, being lifted into an ambulance. Someone is
through traumatic times in their lives. It gives you more of an awareness that the world isnt fine. Carrolls voice goes quiet as she speaks the honest truth. My darkest moments were wondering when I was going to die, Carroll said. My body was just shutting down. It was grim. Clinging to faith in the midst of the confusion, fear, and pain is a difficult thing to do, something which French struggles with. If I dont have the strength to brush my teeth, how will I have the strength to make the hard decisions and choose to follow God every day? French said.Christ went through a lot of pain, and He didnt have to go through that for us, but He chose to go through the pain in order to keep us from greater pain. French is still in pain. She still takes pills, and recently, she started physical rehabilitation which one doctor hopes will ease her pain. She goes to bed early, she salts all her food, and she drinks Gatorade. She is still not entirely sure what is wrong with her body. French, Carroll, and Odell havent given up the fight for healing, and they still cleave to Christ. French shows off her tattoo, the simple outline of a deer on her shoulder, and explains how it represents her hope. I love Psalm 18, how it says it will make your feet like the feet of a deer, French said. I first found that verse when I couldnt walk. Thats just so cool Hes making my feet into the feet of a deer. I mean, deer are kind of cool. They prance and their feet are small and so powerful. The tattoo reminds me that this was a hard thing happening in my life, and Jesus is transforming me into whom He intends me to be. He will secure me in high places, and He is protecting me.
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Students cope with chronic illnesses
Ten spoons means its a bad day, so French reaches for her pills and swallows the first of many. Today she Sophomore Becca French will take a total of 20 pills, opens her eyes and starts to and shell be drinking plenty sit up then she knows she of Gatorade. only has 10 spoons. ShowerIm on a high salt diet, ing might take three spoons, so I salt everything I eat, like so there wont be a shower hot chocolate, French said. today. Getting dressed is two The salt is to raise my blood spoons, but she pressure and get has an exam tomy heart-rate to morrow, so she I couldnt really go down. I drink needs to save 1-2 liters of Gaat least five for carry a plate most torade a day, studying, and days because my which is really three for breakdisgusting. I refast, lunch, and hands werent ally hate Gatodinner. Getting rade. working. dressed might The high sophomore be pushing it. salt diet is per Becca French her doctors inSpoon Theory, which structions. Last French learned spring, French from writer Christine Mise- would strap wrist braces onto randino, helps French plan her aching hands, then pack her day around the pain. her backpack with heating Spoons represent energy and pads and painkillers before allow you to plan out your making the long trek up the energy use, French said. hill. When youre in chronic pain, The littlest things would you dont have many spoons. take up so many spoons and When you run out of I would have so few to use, spoons, theres no way of French said. I couldnt regetting them back until the ally carry a plate most of next day, French said. If the time because my hands you go over, and overextend werent working. So I just yourself, itll take days to get ended up eating alone in my that spoon back. Its a way of room, or not eating in my giving a currency to energy, room, just hoping someone and its really helped me in would bring me food. planning out my days and Chronic pain wracks figuring out theres no way Frenchs body in her feet, of pushing through the pain for me. See ILLNESS, B3
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Chick Ranch
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Senior Katie Annett loved horses since she was a young girl. She loved the Old West since a middle school teachers casual mention that Jesse James had a brother which compelled Annett to look him up. The two interests have fueled each other over the years and have continued to grow. My family went to a ranch in Arizona when I was in eighth-grade, Annett said. And I realized working with horses out West, thats actually a job! Annett is going to take the job after graduationwrangling horses at Hawley Mountain Ranch in Montana. Hawley Mountain is a dude ranch, that was originally a former cattle ranch that converted to a wilderness tourist destination. As a result, Annetts primary duties will include caring for the ranchs 35 horses, leading trail rides, instructing guests, and participating in the life and upkeep of the ranch. I kind of thought just because I dont have any previous cattle ranching experience, guest ranches would be a good way to get into it, Annett said. I wouldnt have to worry about the actual cowboying stuff yet. Annetts plunge into the
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rancher life although unexpected, not only because of the untraditional route for a Hillsdale graduate, but also because she didnt grow up in a ranching family or working closely with horses. She rode for several years when she was younger, but stopped almost six years before leaving for college. Annetts interest in riding and her love of horses continued, however, and she picked up horseback riding again her junior year at Hillsdale, taking the colleges Western riding class at Wingate Farm with Marie Gibson, who runs the barns lesson program. She continued taking les-
sons at Wingate, eventually assisting Gibson in classes and even leasing a mustang named Sally this semester who shes been helping to teach. The number one thing you need working with horses is patience, Gibson said. Some people have it and some people dont. Katie has it. Shes going to do great at the ranch. Annetts stay at Hawley Mountain will extend from May to September. She intends to apply to other ranches in New Mexico and Arizona, who have a later guest season. Ive just always wanted to do this, I knew it was something I wanted to try, Annett
said. So I figured I might as well go for it. Senior Megan Korpics is also going to become a wrangler after she graduates, at Laramie River Ranch in Wyoming. Though she hasnt ridden consistently in college, Korpics has developed her skills this semester through riding lessons. It will be extremely challenging, particularly with the physical and emotional demands from long hours of physical work combined with constant interaction with guests, said Korpics. But it will also be that much more rewarding.
The bustle of Fox News Commentator Greta Van Susterens studio leaked through her laptop speakers as Hannah Grandy logged onto Skype from her computer. Were live in 30 seconds. Grandy, an economics major, has appeared on the Fox News show On The Record with Greta Van Susteren as a panelist on two occasions. It turns out national media involvement is becoming a Hillsdale tradition. Seniors Hannah Grandy, Alex Anderson, and Warren Viegas all share experience working in media varying from television broadcast or the Internet. Jan. 21 marked Grandys first appearance after she got a phone call from Gretas program booker, 12 graduate Charlie Couger, asking her if she would participate on a panel of millennials discussing the Obama economy. Five hours later she was on the air. All in the span of five hours it went from you know just going about my business to, Im going to be on national TV, Grandy said. Before going on the show that night, Grandy called her advisor, Professor of Economics Gary Wolfram, for advice before her appearance on air. Grandy said Wolfram
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gave her advice that if you could decide whats going to be on the front page of the newspaper tomorrow make it your goal to say that. Grandy took Wolframs advice, and as a result she led the panels discussion. Hannahs received a second call from Couger a month later. Unlike the first broadcast, things did not go as smoothly, and the earpiece provided by the colleges broadcast studio did not fit in Grandys ears. I couldnt hear what they were saying because the earpiece kept falling out, said Grandy, I was like, I have no
MEREDITHCATON, JUNIOR
Alex Anderson
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idea what the question was, but Im just going to go with it. Junior Alex Anderson, a politics major and member of the Dow Journalism program, has diverse experience in working in media. During the summer of 2012, Anderson won a contest with CNN iReport and was sent to report on the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa. Seeing how the show was produced made me interested in getting experience at the national network level, Anderson said. His interest in broadcast led him to apply for an intern-
ship at Fox News. In the summer of 2013, Anderson worked for Fox News Political Commentator Sean Hannity. I just saw everything I had been working for in college come to fruition, he said. I saw my education, the classes I had taken, come to application. In February, Anderson had a video he produced about small businesses in the Hillsdale area using the Square credit card reader published on Fox News Business.com. I thought it would be good to tell the story of a small business so I pitched the story to
Fox, Anderson said. After college Anderson plans to pursue a career in communications, either working at a television network, as a Congressional press secretary, or possibly at a public relations firm. Warren Viegas is the nephew of conservative author and film maker Dinesh DSouza. This family relationship has given him the opportunity to work with his uncle on a number of his projects. When Viegas emigrated from India to the United States at age seventeen, he knew nothing about American poli-
tics until he stumbled upon his uncles book, Letters to A Young Conservative. After reading the book, I was inspired by what my uncle is trying to do, Viegas said. Although Viegas was largely an observer of the production of his uncles first movie, 2016: Obamas America, he learned about what goes into making a movie, especially how to write scripts. Viegas played a more significant role in promoting his uncles most recent and yet to be released film, America. Recently he wrote the script to the YouTube video Between Two Americas, which parodies Zach Galifianakis webshow Between Two Ferns, as a promotional piece aimed at younger viewers, particularly college students. If you looked at the demographics 2016 reached, it was for the older crowd, he said. If you want to reach a younger crowd you have to do things a little differently, Viegas said. After graduating Hillsdale, Viegas plans to pursue a career in the film industry. The media is liberal, leave Hillsdale and go anywhere else, its liberal. The entertainment industry is very liberal. The conservative values are under threat because of it, said Viegas, There is a good opportunity for a lot of people to make a difference in the media setting.
CAMPUSCHIC
Describe your fashion sense. Scummy East Coast Prep. What inspires your style? Alecia Silverstone from Clueless, and French tomboy. What is your biggest fashion pet peeve? No-show socks. How do they stay on your feet? What is your favorite item of clothing. Snakeskin heels from Geneva, Switzerland.
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