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Radiating warmth. Always
willing to serve others. Diligent.
Intentional. Bright.
This is how the Iriends and
even acquaintances oI Brittany
Ames consistently describe her.
The Hillsdale College com-
munity lost a devout Catholic, an
accounting and politics student,
and a loyal Iriend on the evening
oI Monday, Aug. 18.
Would-be senior Ames, a Te-
cumseh, Michigan resident, was
killed in a car accident in Monroe,
Michigan. Police pronounced her
dead near an intersection where,
according to the police report,
she ran a stop sign and collided
with a tow truck. No one else was
injured in the accident.
'She was calm and gentle,
but also witty, said senior Ayla
Meyer, Ames`s junior-year room-
mate in Whitley Residence. 'She
always had a kind word Ior ev-
eryone she met, but she could
also be incredibly Iunny at times.
Since she was born on leap day,
she would joke that when her
mom would say, Don`t act like
you`re fve,` she`d say, I am fve
and a halI years old!`
'She was an absolute sweet-
heart, said
JenniIer Sha-
dle, her Iresh-
man room-
mate. 'She
was always
Iocused on
God. It wasn`t
something we
talked about
all that oIten,
and I can`t
think oI a
tangible way
to explain it,
but you just
knew.
A packed
Iuneral mass
took place on Saturday, Aug. 30
at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church
in Tecumseh, where Ames at-
tended church and worked Ior
many years. Many Hillsdale Col-
lege Iriends, proIessors, and ad-
ministrators attended.
'Brittany`s Iamily seems to
have quite a support network
there, and when you have some-
one who dies so young, and
hasn`t moved away, there are lots
oI Iriends and classmates still in
the area. Her
Iamily was
a p p a r e n t l y
pillars oI the
church there,
said Linda
Moore, public
service librar-
ian.
One oI her
T e c u m s e h
High School
cl as s mat es ,
JenniIer Ham-
ilton, said she
Ieels blessed
to have been
able to call
Ames her
Iriend.
'Brittany was an amazing
person, Hamilton said. 'I will
always remember her bright and
caring personality, her need to
always put others beIore herselI,
and her beautiIul smile that never
seemed to disappear Irom her
Iace.
On Thursday, Aug. 28, about
19 women oI Whitley Residence
gathered to hold their own me-
morial Ior their dear Iriend and
hall mate. A tree was planted in
her honor in Iront oI the dorm.
DiIIerent women shared memo-
ries and wore homemade purple
fower pins, to honor Ames`s Ia-
vorite color.
'It was very emotionally in-
tense, Meyer said.
Then, on Monday, Sept. 1, the
entire school body was invited to
attend a memorial service in the
Dow Leadership Center, rooms
A and B. It was packed. Students
and Iaculty crowded in to stand
squished in the back. The cham-
ber choir sang, Iriends read scrip-
ture, and Bishop Peter Beckwith
presided. President Larry Arnn
and Ames`s aunt spoke in testi-
mony to Ames`s spirit.
Elizabeth Phelan, Ames`s
aunt, said that Ames loved
watching and criticizing bad tele-
vision, debating her Iather, go-
ing to church, and spending time
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Thanks to the college`s re-
cent acquisition oI a local ra-
dio signal, that`s one oI many
phrases assuming Federal
Communications Commission
|Nd1| compliance that could
soon resound through the air
around Hillsdale`s campus.
The college learned oI the
opportunity through Vince
Benedetto, a Pennsylvania-
based radio entrepreneur who
heard about the college, ftting-
ly enough, through radio.
'On a Scranton-area station
we bought in 2010, I would
hear on-air people Mark
Levin and Hugh Hewitt talk
about the college, and I was
impressed with what I heard,
Benedetto said. 'Concurrently,
I met people Irom the area and
told them to take Hillsdale`s on-
line courses.
Eventually, Benedetto vis-
ited the Allan P. Kirby Center oI
Constitutional Studies and Citi-
zenship, joined the President`s
Club, and alerted the college
oI the opportunity to acquire a
low-power FM signal that ap-
peared as a result oI the Local
Community Radio Act oI 2010.
The act reduced the protections
oI local broadcasters` signals
like 95.5, Ireeing up adjacent
Irequencies like 97.7 or 95.9 Ior
nonproft and educational use.
Benedetto frst inIormed
President Larry Arnn oI the op-
portunity. He then helped the
college prepare its FCC applica-
tion through Bold Gold Media
Group, his company. The FCC
accepted it this past January.
'It`s generally inIrequent
to just get to start a brand new
radio station, Benedetto said.
'But now the college has the
opportunity to starts its very
own.
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Bon Appetit, the replacement
Iood provider Ior Saga, Inc.,
made its debut this week at Hill-
sdale.
'We are here to Iulfll a need
that the student body was crav-
ing, JeIIrey Every, general
manager oI Bon Appetit said.
Every worked Ior two years
at Trine University in Angola,
Indiana, but transIerred to Hills-
dale as the new Iood service gen-
eral manager. His plans Ior the
college include everything Irom
Iresh Iruit stands to a Iarmer`s
market and even an Iron CheI
challenge.
Bon Appetit is working to
fnd Iarmers within a 150-mile
radius to partner with to provide
Iresh lettuce, sweet corn, mel-
ons, soybeans, and apples. Every
said Hillsdale`s rural location
makes their 'Iarm to Iork men-
tality much easier. He can ask a
Iarmer to grow certain Ioods Ior
the college and promise the de-
mand Ior it. This not only helps
the Iarming community, but also
brings local, healthy Iood to
campus.
Every added that even the fsh
come as locally as the Midwest
permits. The fsh are Irozen on
the ship and docks are no more
than 500 miles Irom the school.
'I don`t want to Ieed you fsh
Irom Lake Michigan, Every
said. 'Boats travel no more than
100 miles out to sea per trip.
Although some students were
disappointed to lose Sunday
brunch staples such as the waI-
fe, omelet, and Sundae bar, their
response to Bon Appetit`s new
Iood has been overwhelmingly
positive.
Dean oI Women Diane
Philipp said at least 20 students
increased their meal plans be-
cause oI the change.
'It`s like the Iood gods have
come to earth and are now incar-
nate in the kitchen, Head Simp-
son Resident Assistant senior
Matt O`Sullivan said. 'I like the
approach. It`s local and connects
the college to the community.
Junior Forester McClatchey
used the words 'earth-shatter-
ing and 'paradigm-shiIting to
describe the Iood.
'I think it`s amazing, sopho-
more Abigail Akin said. 'I`m ex-
cited about how they are trying
Hillsdale College kicked oII
more than $20 million worth oI
renovations this summer, im-
proving residence halls and aca-
demic buildings and breaking
ground on the much-anticipated
Searle Center.
In addition, Ireshmen and
returning students arrived to
campus-wide Wi-Fi, a modern-
ized athletic Iacility, and new
locations to study and socialize.
Construction on the Searle
Center, the college`s largest proj-
ect, began this summer and is
still in progress. The administra-
tion estimates the total costs oI
the new center at more than $10
million and expects completion
at the end oI August 2015.
The new center, located on
the back oI the Dow Leadership
Hotel and ConIerence Center
along West Street will Ieature
a dining room with seating Ior
over 70 people, improved bath-
rooms, and an expansive lobby
complete with escalator and el-
evator.
'This dining room will pro-
vide an opportunity to host
larger events that we are not cur-
rently equipped to host and will
be a great option to the student
dining room Ior Iormal events,
ChieI Administrative OIfcer
Rich Pewe said.
Pewe said he is excited to see
groundbreaking Ior the center`s
auditorium, which will start as
soon as the $4.3 million dollars
can be raised. The new auditori-
um will be double the size oI the
current one located in the Dow
Center`s Markel Auditorium.
For the frst time since 1961,
renovations to Olds Residence`s
lobby were completed, with the
college replacing the carpet and
Iurniture and removing some
walls that opened space Ior the
lobby residents.
The old girls-only room com-
prising the leIt side oI the lobby
was renovated to a kitchen,
complete with counters, tables,
a booth Ior eating, and a dish-
washer.
'I`ve heard a lot oI positive
Ieedback Irom the Ireshmen and
I`m excited to see how they all
use the space in the upcoming
year, Olds Head Resident As-
sistant Naomi Virnelson said.
The renovations should pro-
vide students with new means to
mingle with other students and
build Iriendships.
Simpson Residence received
new air conditioning and heat-
ing, hardwood foors in rooms,
new bathroom sets, and two new
kitchens and lounges. Outdoor
improvements include a patio
and outside seating area coming
at the end oI the semester to in-
crease student socialization.
'Renovations to Simpson will
transIorm the dorm into a place
that can better accommodate the
kind oI culture and activity that
promotes the moral and intellec-
tual virtues, Pewe said.
While the improvements to
Simpson are a step up Ior the res-
idence, some Iaulty equipment
has caused the RAs trouble, they
said. Not all oI the construction
was completed in August, with
toilets and showers backing up,
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A woman was Iound dead
last week in her car in the Suites
parking lot surrounded by a spill
oI gasoline.
Jeanne Marie Bryan, age
50, oI Adrian, Michigan, was
Iound unresponsive by campus
security and then the Hillsdale
Police Department beIore being
pronounced dead on the scene.
'Someone said that a lady
was dead in a car, said sopho-
more Kyle Marsh, a resident oI
the Suites.
Campus security had been
called to the Suites around 11
p.m., where they discovered
Bryan in the driver`s seat oI
a parked car. Chad Sparr and
other campus security mem-
bers dispatched the Hillsdale
Police Department, who arrived
around 11:10 p.m. to fnd the
woman dead.
According to the police state-
ment, the discovery oI a large
gasoline spill prompted oIfcers
to create a large perimeter and
use extra caution, so as to avoid
an explosion.
Although the investigation is
still ongoing, preliminary fnd-
ings indicate no Ioul play was
involved. Also, the police said
there seems to be no connection
between the victim and Hills-
dale College.
Bryan worked at the Pro-
Medica Hospice center in To-
ledo, Ohio. The hospital system
declined to give comment at this
time. Previously, she owned and
operated Bryan`s Busy Bees
Daycare in Adrian Ior 14 years,
according to the obituary that
ran on Aug. 27 in the Adrian
Telegram. Bryan is survived
by her husband, Bradley, a son,
two daughters, and fve grand-
children.
An initial autopsy was per-
Iormed in Lucas County in
Ohio.
'Generally it takes Iour
weeks Iollowing the gross au-
topsy Ior serology and toxicol-
ogy results to come back, and
those are passed to the county
medical examiner, said Wil-
liam Whorley, director oI cam-
pus security. 'Then we will fnd
out iI there was anything in the
system outside oI normal bodily
chemistries. '
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New mural to grace downtown
The Ladies Beautifcation League
has contracted muralist Wes Har-
din to paint a mural oI Hillsdale`s
railroad era on Bacon Street. !&
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The new weight room, the
JAM, opens to students Sept.
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with her cousins and Iamily. She
enjoyed eating at the Outback
Steakhouse and Wendy`s, taking
walks with her mom in the neigh-
borhood, and interning as an ac-
countant at Tenneco, Inc.
'Brittany was the kindest,
sweetest person I have ever
met, Phelan said. 'And Brittany
loved U oI M Iootball. I think the
only time she was ever upset was
when they lost.
Tears fowed Ireely as the
college mourned a girl who, as
Arnn assured the audience, will
not ever be Iorgotten, so long as
Hillsdale continues to stand and
honor the greatness oI the past.
'Her eyes sparkled with in-
telligence, Arnn said. 'She was
not calling attention to herselI
except Ior the good things she
does, mostly Ior others. . She
is a sign that we are meant Ior
something more.
Moore, who organized a col-
lection Irom library employees in
Ames`s honor, said she will miss
Ames`s hard work ethic and pa-
tience with students. Ames was
known to treat even the silliest
questions with seriousness.
'She had a quiet competence,
Moore said. 'Also, I believe that
she never missed a library olym-
pics, a kind oI a group competi-
tion thing we do every second
semester. This year, she would
have been one oI the seniors
planning the event.
Although you wouldn`t know
it because she never acted selI-
pitying in the least, Ames lived
with Turner Syndrome, a disease
that aIIects women`s X chromo-
somes. Ames underwent many
surgeries in her liIe.
'Brittany Ames had suIIered,
physically. . In conversation
with |the authors whose books
we read|, she came to love their
never ending generosity oI spir-
it, a generosity that can take us
away Irom suIIering, sometimes
by helping us to understand it
better, said Ames`s teacher, pro-
Iessor oI politics Will Morrisey,
in an email.
Ames was never the loudest
student in class, but her example
oI love needed no announcement.
Judith Schellhammer, house di-
rector oI Whitley, summed up
Ames`s legacy well:
'Her smile is what I remem-
ber the most, and her warmth.
Anthony Manno `13 is the
new Director oI Student Activi-
ties and the Grewcock Student
Union and he said he has exciting
things in store Ior this year.
'I want students to really have
a Iull college experience. Man-
no said. 'Here at Hillsdale we`re
so academically Iocused, which
is Iantastic, however in order to
have a complete college experi-
ence, a lot oI that is social, and iI
we`re not getting that, then I`m
not doing my job right.
Originally Irom Dearborn,
Michigan, Manno came to Hill-
sdale to play basketball. AIter
fve years as a student, Manno
graduated with majors in fnan-
cial management and Spanish.
Though he had planned on mov-
ing to Spain aIter graduation, the
student activities director posi-
tion opened up and shiIted Man-
no`s Iuture.
'I was going to move to Spain
and go to a Christian leadership
academy over there, but God
opens other doors it would be
very Ioolish and unwise to not
walk through some oI them,
Manno said.
Manno walked into a posi-
tion Iocused on improving the
lives oI all Hillsdale students.
'II we`re not making excit-
ing enough events with Student
Activities Board or interesting
enough events with Campus
Recreation or not oIIering good
enough volunteer programs, then
I`m Iailing somewhere, Manno
said.
Both SAB and the Campus
Recreation Board are working to
embrace Manno`s ideas oI bal-
anced work and play. Hillsdale
senior and director oI SAB Mal-
lory Sachen worked with Manno
over the summer to organize
the Welcome Party, so students
could begin the new academic
year with something other than
studies and syllabi.
'I think the Welcome Party
was Iantastic. It`s Iunny because
over the summer a lot oI the SAB
team wasn`t here |in Hillsdale|
so there was really a lot oI plan-
ning over the phone, Sachen
said. 'So when we got to see it
all come together so smoothly; it
was great. We had a blast.
Manno, who spent most oI the
summer overseeing SAB plan-
ning and trying to fgure out the
mechanics oI his new position,
was also satisfed with the way
his work had paid oII.
'I like to cook a lot, so I equate
planning events a lot to cooking:
iI you make a meal Irom scratch,
by the time you eat it, you`re go-
ing to appreciate what you just
made, Manno said. 'For Wel-
come Party, I started doing some
planning Ior that back in June
and by the time it got to the end
oI August and we had come to-
gether as a team and all worked
together and fnally put it on, and
saw all the labor take shape, I
appreciated the event that much
more.
Sophomore Paul Mittermeier,
who attended the Welcome Party
both this year and last year said
he enjoyed the music.
'The music was the best part
Ior me; I really did enjoy it in
comparison to last year. I also
thought the addition oI the in-
fatable pin was better than last
year`s infatable slide, Mitter-
meier said.
Manno said SAB and the
Campus Recreation Board are
Iocused on making this school
year more enjoyable Ior all stu-
dents.
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In the Princeton Review`s 62nd
annual college rankings lists, Hill-
sdale was named the 10th happiest
college in the nation. The college
ranked in the Best 379 Colleges
and as a Best Midwestern College,
as well as a Best Value College Ior
private institutions.
'Hillsdale students |have| this
drive and this passion Ior doing
what we`re doing, liberal arts or
doing swing dance or theater or
sports or whatever we do, junior
Megan Scott shared. 'We do it 110
percent, and that, combined with
the love we have Ior the things
we`re pursuing in our education
and the things we`re enjoying in
our Iree time, it makes people re-
ally enjoyable to listen to.
Along with these honors, the
college was Iourth in the Most Re-
ligious Students category.
Junior Sarah Onken said Hills-
dale`s mission and the importance
oI religion in studying the western
and American heritage curricula
helps those who have not been ex-
posed to Iaith to explore it and en-
courages those who have to gain a
better understanding.
'I like the Iact that Hillsdale is
not associated with a certain sect
oI Christianity because you can
also have students come that aren`t
Christian or that aren`t thinking
about religion at all, senior Julie
Finke shared. 'You have oppor-
tunities to share your Iaith in diI-
Ierent ways and have people meet
you wherever they are. It`s better, I
Ieel like, than going to a Christian
school where you have to say this
is my Iaith, and you have to go to
chapel. When you`re a Christian
here, you do whatever you want
to do because you love God, and
that`s what drives you.
Ranked eighth in the categories
oI ProIessors Get High Marks and
Most Accessible ProIessors, the
Hillsdale Iaculty may be another
reason why students are so happy.
'I like that the proIessors re-
ally do care about the students in
the way that they take time out oI
their day to mentor the students, to
build relationships with them, and
that`s something that`s really un-
usual, junior Faith Liu said.
AIter surveying 130,000 stu-
dents on varying topics Irom how
good the Iood is to how much f-
nancial aid they receive, the Princ-
eton Review ranked the top 20
schools oI their 379 best colleges
in each oI their lists. The 80 ques-
tions in the survey were broken
into Iour sections oI inquiries that
asked students about their school`s
academics and administration, liIe
at college, Iellow classmates and
about themselves.
Hillsdale`s students also
ranked second in Future Rotarians
and Daughters oI the American
Revolution, 10th in Most Con-
servative Students and 11th in the
category oI Don`t Inhale, which
demonstrates a lack oI marijuana
use compared to students at other
institutions. However, the college
was also 13th on the list Ior the
worst cities Ior a college and 16th
in LGBT unIriendliness.
Nonetheless, Hillsdale students
still expressed their satisIaction
with attending Hillsdale College.
Sophomore Daniel Halmrast
said that he enjoys the people at
Hillsdale because they are com-
Iortable with who they are.
'Most oI the conversations
you hear are not conversations
you`d hear at other places, Liu
added. 'We have a Facebook page
Overheard at Hillsdale because,
and so does every college, but
I like to think that ours is a little
more unique than other people`s
because we`ll have jokes about
Aristotelian ethics or Catholic or
protestant divisions.
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Wi-Fi outages, and problems
with cable TV Ior residents.
RAs have stepped up
through the changes, however,
and continue to help residents
both adapt to the renovations
and deal with the problems.
'The RAs have been Iantas-
tic, Andrew Reuss, Simpson
Residence head RA, said. 'Matt
O`Sullivan, the other head RA,
and I have asked the residents to
help work with us through the
changes and they`ve been up to
the task every time.
Kendall Hall`s attic, previ-
ously a storage room Ior ad-
missions, is now a foor oI nine
oIfces Ior Iull-time Iaculty and
two seminar rooms. These oI-
fces were built in anticipation
oI new teachers, regarding the
college administration`s goals
oI reducing the current 9:1
student-to-teacher ratio and im-
proving the quality oI classes.
'The addition oI the seminar
rooms will help with the de-
mand Ior smaller classrooms,
Pewe said.
With new spaces in which to
work, build relationships, and
relax, Pewe said the renovations
help achieve some oI the goals
oI the college.

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In May oI 2014, Schlientz
was brought on as the college`s
new vice president oI marketing.
Matt Schlientz works Irom
a laptop in a nearly empty oI-
fce on the third foor oI Moss
Hall. No one would guess Irom
the look oI things that Schlientz
holds a position so important to
the college that he is part oI Pres-
ident Larry Arnn`s senior staII.
Despite his oIfce`s minimal-
ist appearance, Schlientz` work
reaches every building and per-
son on campus, ChieI Adminis-
trative OIfcer Rich Pewe said.
'|The online classes|, Ior
example, raise the way people
look at the undergraduates and
the graduate program, Pewe
said. 'So when you get a de-
gree, your degree means even
more than it did 10 or 15 years
ago. Marketing does that.
Chris Bachelder served as the
vice president oI marketing Ior
several years, but he stepped down
aIter his daughter, Kate Bach-
elder `13, graduated. Schlientz
came to Hillsdale Irom the Uni-
versity oI Michigan and replaced
Bachelder. Those who hired him
are grateIul Ior his nearly Iour
years` experience as Michigan`s
director oI marketing, where
he supervised about 40 people.
'Even |Michigan`s| brand
that block M that you see
everywhere that transition at
Michigan where they went Irom
all kinds oI diIIerent logos to
this one brand, that had an im-
pact, Pewe said. 'Michigan
had quite a bit oI applications
this year, while Harvard and
others were down. So whatever
he was doing was pretty good.
BeIore working at Michigan
Schlientz owned and operated a
marketing frm in Holland, Mich-
igan, Ior 13 years. In 2001, when
Arnn came to Hillsdale, the col-
lege hired Schlientz and his frm
to do some work on Imprimis and
revising the logo and admissions
materials. Schlientz was aware
oI the school beIore then and
identifed with its philosophy oI
education. So, when Bachelder
announced that he was ready to
move on, Arnn called Schlientz.
He hasn`t looked back since.
'I wanted to make the leap
oI Iaith and come here and con-
tribute to the mission oI the
college and everything that
it represents, Schlientz said.
And he`s been hard at work
to make the kind oI contribution
only marketing can, conduct-
ing a major brand study to get
a sense oI who`s thinking about
Hillsdale, what they think oI the
college, and iI those things align
with Hillsdale`s true identity.
Schlientz is partnering with
other staII, like new Associ-
ate Vice President oI Admis-
sions Doug Banbury, to redo all
the admissions materials Irom
the ground up. External aIIairs`
web content manager, Kokko
Tso `13, will be working with
an agency next year to redesign
the college`s website. Schlientz
also oversees the work oI re-
cent graduates Hannah Strick-
land `14, and Jacob Mueller
`13, in an eIIort to boost the col-
lege`s presence on social media.
'We`re also going to talk
to prospective students, cur-
rent students, Iocus groups,
online surveys, and con-
duct one-on-one interviews,
Schlientz said, explaining the
process oI the brand study.
Schlientz has already done a
lot oI observing since coming to
campus and he has come to an
even greater appreciation oI the
college than he had at the start.
'I`m humbled by the service
that people pour into this place
and into the mission and the
cause that Hillsdale College rep-
resents, Schlientz said. 'Our job
in marketing is to live up to the
sense oI responsibility we Ieel
coming here and to deliver on the
history oI the college, and hope-
Iully, make the students, Iaculty,
and staII proud oI what they see.
Director oI Marketing and
External AIIairs Bill Gray said
he`s thrilled to have Schlientz
at Hillsdale, considering how
much marketing they will
be doing in the years ahead.
'Hillsdale does so much mar-
keting, and it`s going to be doing
more, Gray said. 'To have some-
one with that broad array oI skills
it`s just great that he`s here.
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not only work well with the print newspaper, but also with the Collegian`s digital media on the
website, social media, and eventually YouTube. Junior art major Joel Calvert was then tasked
with creating and designing the new branding, which included a logo and a masthead. The new
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Hillsdale`s marketing depart-
ment has taken a whole new an-
gle on recording campus events
this year by purchasing an aerial
drone with video capabilities.
II you have attended any
school-run events in the last Iew
weeks, you have probably no-
ticed a small metal aircraIt mak-
ing its way above the crowds.
This contraption, called a quad-
copter and nicknamed 'Curious
George by its operator, is a little
over a Ioot wide, holds a small
camera, and is kept airborne by
Iour propellers.
This new acquisition comes
as a part oI a larger attempt by
the school to expand and develop
marketing.
'In the marketing department
in general, we`ve been adding
more staII, adding more capabil-
ity, Bill Gray, director oI mar-
keting and external aIIairs, said.
'The quadcopter is just one piece
oI equipment that we`ve pur-
chased in the last six months so
that Sam has the tools he needs
to do his job.
Sam Brown `13, the depart-
ment`s new video content edi-
tor, is responsible Ior fying the
quadcopter. He says that the
point oI purchasing the device
was to have access to inexpen-
sive aerial video. Sam operates
the drone Irom the ground with
a remote Ieaturing some controls,
a GPS-assist Ieature to help sta-
bilize the machine in fight, and
a small screen which shows live
Iootage Irom the camera. Using
this controller, he is able to navi-
gate the camera in all directions
and at diIIerent altitudes, as long
as it stays below 400 Ieet. At that
height the FAA begins regulating
unmanned aircraIt.
There was plenty oI talk about
the drone at the beginning-oI-
the-year events where it was frst
seen. Some students disliked be-
ing watched by the camera in the
sky, especially aIter seeing Ioot-
age oI themselves they were not
aware had been taken.
'Personally, I fnd the con-
stant usage oI the drone some-
what unsettling, Ireshman Ma-
ria Theisen said. 'II I were aware
oI it beIorehand, I may be less
wary oI it during events.
'Last week, I was outside oI
Mac helping the Ireshman girls
movie in, sophomore Amelia
Stieren said, 'and I thought it
was really creepy because it was
just fying over watching us all.
Some, however, were more
positive.
'I think that the drones are a
great eIIort by the college to em-
brace a new technology, Iresh-
man Noah Weinrich said. 'From
what I`ve seen oI the videos, it
certainly seems to be a worth-
while investment.
'I was worried about the
drones because I crashed the
Ireshman dessert thing and was
like, Oh no! The drones are
looking Ior upperclassmen who
aren`t supposed to be here!` Ju-
nior Devin Creed said. 'And then
I saw that Sam Brown was fy-
ing it, and I realized that he was
just taking videos oI my beauti-
Iul Iace.
However students might Ieel
about the quadcopter, they will
almost certainly be seeing more
oI it in the Iuture. Brown said,
among other things, the depart-
ment plans to use the camera at
sporting events this year. They
will be able to record sports such
as volleyball, track, and cross
country, and possibly provide
live video during Iootball and
basketball games.
Aerial video capability pro-
vides the marketing department
with many new possibilities.
Some oI the Iootage taken by
the quadcopter has already been
made available on Hillsdale`s
YouTube page. Students will
have to wait and see what uses
marketing will fnd Ior its new
technology in the Iuture.
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The Madeira is giving a Iree
concert on Sunday in the park-
ing lot outside Checker Re-
cords , a caIe and video store, in
downtown Hillsdale.
This high-energy surI music
band is known on campus be-
cause one oI their accomplished
guitar players is none other than
ProIessor oI Economics Ivan
Pongracic. He is excited Ior stu-
dents to come see the show at 3
p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 7.
'People should come be-
cause, well, how oIten do they
get to see one oI their proIessors
in Iull Rock god` mode? Pon-
gracic said, laughing. 'We`ve
been at this Ior a long time and
we have toured all around the
country and even Italy.
The Madeira just celebrated
its tenth anniversary and Guitar
Player Magazine Ieatured the
band in its March issue.
Bill Zeiser is a graduate stu-
dent and happens to be Pon-
gracic`s next-door neighbor.
'I had never listened to
surI rock beIore except Ior the
soundtrack to Pulp Fiction,
Zeiser said.
Soon aIter Zeiser frst heard
Pongracic rehearsing his guitar
parts, he acquired a new ap-
preciation Ior The Madeira and
now enjoys seeing them play in
concert.
'It`s high-energy rock with
an exotic sound. I like tiki bars
and all things retro, but beyond
that, Pongracic is a very talent-
ed player, Zeiser said.
John Spiteri, owner oI
Checker Records, said The Ma-
deira has played at his coIIee
shop beIore. When Pongracic, a
good customer, was looking Ior
a venue to host The Madeira,
Spiteri was happy to oblige.
'The band is great live and a
lot oI Iun and plus, the show is
Iree, Spiteri said, laughing.
He added that the show pro-
vides a great opportunity Ior
students to see a talented band
perIorm and, iI so inclined,
suck up to a proIessor at the
same time.
The Madeira`s drummer,
Dane Carter, is looking Iorward
to being in Hillsdale again.
'Drumming Ior a surI rock
band is actually a lot like drum-
ming Ior any other genre,
Carter said. 'The Madeira try to
create great songs that emotion-
ally connect with people and
tell stories without words. They
just happen to be recognized as
surI rock songs. II you become
emotionally connected with a
genre, every song within it tells
a diIIerent story in an entirely
unique voice. The one excep-
tion is polka. All polka songs
are exactly the same.
Though surI music was born
in the early `60s, Pongracic said
the Beatles and other British
bands eclipsed it in popularity.
'Even though it`s very un-
derground, there are surI bands
all around the world, particular-
ly in Europe and Latin America,
but also Japan and Australia,
Pongracic said.
Senior Kadeem Noray may
have only heard The Madeira
on SpotiIy and YouTube, but he
is excited about the chance to
see the band live.
'Getting the opportunity to
see a proIessor perIorm in a surI
rock band is a once-, maybe
twice-in-a-liIetime opportunity.
I defnitely plan on attending,
Noray said.
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Hillsdale alumnus and local
business owner, Eric Leutheuser,
won a crowded Republican pri-
mary last month against six other
candidates.
II he wins the general election
in November, Leutheuser will
serve as the state representative
oI Michigan`s 58th district, which
encompasses all oI Hillsdale and
Branch counties.
According to the Michigan
secretary oI state and election-
magic.com, Leutheuser received
2,373 votes, almost 50 percent oI
the Republican votes, in an Aug.
5 primary election, where only
16.7 percent oI registered voters
cast their ballots. Brad Benzing
oI Hillsdale received the second-
highest number oI votes 1,087.
Each oI the next fve Republican
candidates won less than 500
votes.
Leutheuser believes that he
will win the general election on
Nov. 5, but despite his comIort-
able margin oI victory in the pri-
mary election, Leutheuser isn`t
taking any votes Ior granted.
'I am going to still keep cam-
paigning. Leutheuser said, 'It`s
important Ior the people who did
not vote Ior me in the primary to
see that I`m not taking their vote
Ior granted. There are a lot oI peo-
ple in this district who had other
frst choices and by continuing to
campaign I`m showing them I`m
working to earn their support.
Leutheuser`s opponent in the
general election, Democrat Amy
Thomas oI Coldwater, could not
be reached Ior comment.
Even beIore the primary elec-
tion, Leutheuser was very active
campaigning, going to local gov-
ernment meetings and parades,
knocking on doors, and holding
phone banks. Leutheuser received
help Irom his wiIe and daughter,
as well as a number oI volunteers,
some oI whom are staII at the col-
lege.
'Until you run Ior oIfce, you
don`t know everything that`s go-
ing on around us, Leutheuser
said, 'I wanted to get involved
with those |things|.
Leutheuser`s connections with
Hillsdale played an important role
in his campaign. Hillsdale alum-
nus John McNamara served as his
campaign manager, and Leutheus-
er`s Hillsdale degree built bridges
with voters who hadn`t heard oI
him beIore the election.
'Quite a Iew people noticed
that |I went to Hillsdale| and men-
tioned that that was a good thing,
Leutheuser said.
But his connections to the
county were also benefcial to his
campaign.
'Eric is not just a Hillsdale Col-
lege guy, but a Hillsdale County
guy, Thomas Conner, a Iriend oI
Leutheuser and a history and poli-
tics proIessor at Hillsdale, said.
Leutheuser is a member oI the
Hillsdale Community Foundation,
Economic Commission, Planning
Commission, and Rotary Club.
Leutheuser`s campaign was en-
dorsed by the Hillsdale Chamber
oI Commerce and Michigan Farm
Bureau`s AgriPac.
II elected in November, Leu-
theuser said that his legislative
Iocuses will be reIorming auto-
mobile insurance regulations and
guarding against the Michigan
state government`s overreach into
local government.
'Currently we have really ex-
cellent coverage, but it`s also very
expensive. I`d like to see that re-
Iormed in some way, Leutheuser
said.
Leutheuser also mentioned
some other issues that he believes
are important to the 58th district,
including the protection oI tradi-
tional values, the quality oI educa-
tion available to residents, and the
economy.
'When I was running, I was
always campaigning on more than
just the traditional values, as im-
portant as they are, are really not
on the top oI the mind Ior people
really just struggling because our
area is still mired in recession,
said Leutheuser.
Leutheuser plans to serve the
maximum three terms iI the peo-
ple re-elect him.
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to make it more modern and it`s
a lot more healthy looking.
Every said the Iood will only
get better.
'By the time the Ireshmen
are seniors, I want Hillsdale
College to make the Princeton
Review Ior best Iood, Every
added.
He said he wants to put an
end to mundane, repetitive
Ioods and values Ieedback Irom
students.
'We take their comments
seriously, Every said. 'II they
took the time to voice their opin-
ion, we will take the time to lis-
ten.
To accommodate students
with dietary needs, Bon Ap-
petit has an index oI students`
allergies and oIIers an 'at your
service option, where cheIs
prepare Iood right in Iront oI
students in an allergen-Iree en-
vironment.
Although Saga took their
liquor-license with them, Every
said Bon Appetit will acquire a
new one.
Bon Appetit doesn`t have
a strict policy about removing
only one piece oI Iruit Irom the
Knorr Dining Hall the way Saga
did, but students cannot take out
whole pies or plates oI Iood.
However, Bon Appetit will
not be the sole caterer on cam-
pus, Philipp said. Now student
groups have the opportunity to
seek catering Irom local restau-
rants Ior their on-campus club
events.
Students were initially con-
cerned that the switch Irom Saga
to Bon App!tit would mean
the end oI Steve Casai, Iondly
known to them as 'Saga Steve.
But Every re-hired Steve, along
with 98 percent oI the old staII
and student workers.
'Steve`s a great guy, Every
said. 'We couldn`t imagine this
place without him.
However, Every doesn`t
think students should reIer to
the Knorr as 'Saga. Instead,
he suggests calling it 'Knorr,
'B.A., or 'BAMCO, which
stands Ior 'Bon Appetit Man-
agement Company.
'It`s called The Bone`, Mc-
Clatchey said.
Every said Bon Appetit will
strive to make student liIe more
enjoyable.
'Being in college is an expe-
rience. Students shouldn`t have
to worry about the Iood.

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The station WRFH or
'Radio Free Hillsdale has to
start broadcasting by July 2015,
but much oI the programming
by deadline will be automated,
said Dow Journalism Program
Director John Miller. The signal
will also be local and not audible
Iar beyond the campus. But both
Benedetto and Miller still expect
students to go ga-ga Ior the ra-
dio.
'The college is going to be
creating opportunities Ior stu-
dents interested in broadcast-
ing, Benedetto said. 'This is in
every real sense a real radio sta-
tion. It`s hard to learn radio in a
classroom environment because
it`s so specifc and technical.
Miller agreed.
'I`m confdent there will be
a high level oI student involve-
ment, he said. 'I want it to be
Ior radio what the Collegian is
Ior journalism.
Jeremy Steiner `95, a Hills-
dale alumnus who has been with
the Michael Medved Show Irom
its inception, said he would have
loved the opportunity to work in
radio while still in college.
'At that level, it would have
been very benefcial, Steiner
said. 'Going Irom college radio
to proIessional radio is just a
normal ft. I just wish it had been
around when I was there at Hill-
sdale.
Miller and Benedetto both
maintain, moreover, that video
has not killed the radio star, and
that radio is neither a dying nor a
Iruitless medium.
'Radio is a booming medium.
Radio reaches 90 percent oI the
American population on a week-
ly basis, and not only on air,
Benedetto said. 'Better technol-
ogy has increased people`s en-
gaging with radio, not decreased
it.
Miller stressed a certain note-
worthy precedent Ior success in
radio leading to success else-
where.
'We have a statue oI a radio
guy on campus, Miller said,
reIerring to Iormer President
Ronald Reagan. 'Let`s not Iorget
what this can do Ior people.

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Hillsdale has a new gen-
eral counsel, Iormer Vice Presi-
dent Ior Donor Relations at
the Lynde and Harry Bradley
Foundation, Robert Norton.
As general counsel, Norton
will be providing legal advice
to President Larry Arnn as the
need arises. He will also serve
as a primary liaison Ior current
and prospective Hillsdale do-
nors, helping them plan their
contributions to the college.
'He was an opportunity to
bring something that was the
perIect ft Ior the college a lot
oI experience, a lot oI connec-
tions, and a great colleague,
ChieI Administrative OIfcer
Rich Pewe said. 'When you
can do that, it`s pretty rare.
Director oI Marketing and
External AIIairs Bill Gray said
that though there hadn`t been a
Iormal hiring process, there was
instead 'a need and an interest.
The new hire comes at a time
when the college is undergo-
ing many expansions as a result
oI its recent Rebirth oI Liberty
and Learning Campaign. Nor-
ton, though aIfliated with the
marketing and development de-
partments, will be working most
closely with President Arnn.
'He`s going to do some
traveling. He`s going to put on
seminars. He`s going to put on
talks Ior people about trusts and
estate planning, Pewe said.
'He`ll also provide counsel.
Norton, on the other hand,
has a very simple notion oI
his role at Hillsdale College.
'I`ve been a longtime Ian
oI Hillsdale, Norton said. 'I
frst heard oI the school dur-
ing my time at the University
oI Michigan Law School. The
school was always in the back
oI my mind as a good school.
His daughter Kaitlyn is now
a senior at Hillsdale, but Nor-
ton`s ties to the school are also
proIessional. Since he worked
with the Bradley Foundation
since 2009, in many ways he
worked alongside Hillsdale
College in the public sphere.
The Bradley Foundation
shares Hillsdale`s values, in-
cluding its aim to educate on
behalI oI Iree markets, lim-
ited government, and the re-
turn to selI-government.
'The Bradley Founda-
tion thinks very highly oI
Dr. Arnn, Norton said.
And Arnn thought highly
oI Norton. Norton`s work ex-
perience, including a position
as Assistant General Counsel
to Chrysler LLC and exten-
sive work with litigation and
donor development, flled a
unique niche. Pewe said that
Norton was an ideal candidate.
'I want to be as fexible as
possible, Norton said. 'I hope
to serve wherever I can be
most benefcial to the school.
Norton`s assimilation into
the Hillsdale community is oII
to an auspicious start. On his
frst day as a staII member, he
said Arnn took him into the caI-
eteria to eat with the students.
When asked whether
Arnn`s ritual inquiry into 'the
good ever surIaced in con-
versation, Norton laughed.
'Oh, yes.
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Hillsdale College stu-
dents were greeted with
a pleasant surprise upon
their return this Iall. There
will be no classes on
Labor Day. However, ac-
cording to Provost Robert
Blackstock, the change is
Ior a trial period only.
The Iaculty went
against longstanding Hill-
sdale tradition and voted
at last May`s meeting to
take the day oII.
One concern oI the
Iaculty was that many stu-
dents do not attend class
on Labor Day anyway.
Although class may be
required many students
go home Ior an extra day
with their Iamily, Black-
stock said.
'This has been a
topic oI conversation
among the Iaculty Ior
decades, said Dean oI
Faculty James Stephens.
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mencement to realize there was
only a single mention oI the
graduates seated beIore him.
That mention came at the very
beginning oI the address.
For the remainder oI the
22-minute lecture titled 'The
Role oI Faith in the Story oI
Freedom, Metaxas oIIered a
brieI narrative oI his own politi-
cal upbringing, several plugs Ior
his websites, books, and radio
shows, and a reIerence to the
Iestively-named 'Golden Tri-
angle oI Freedom.
Now, it is not my sole inten-
tion to criticize the content oI
Metaxas`s speech. I admit that
I struggle to recall any mention
oI a Golden Triangle oI Free-
dom in the debates surrounding
the Constitution, and explic-
itly disagree with the assertion
that Iaith and religion fourish
only in an environment oI Iree-
dom. Students and Iaculty alike
finched when he claimed that
Lincoln believed America to be
chosen by God to represent Him
and His purpose in history. But
this is not my point.
My problem with Metaxas`s
commencement speech is sim-
ple: It was not a commencement
speech at all.
Missing were the pithy
quotes about living a good and
beautiIul liIe. No advice was
given about Iamily or Iriends,
tax returns or
toasters. There
was never even
a connection
drawn between
the content oI
the speech,
religious Iree-
dom, and the
robed audience
Ior which it
was suppos-
edly intended.
This is not the
Iormula Ior
a good com-
mencement ad-
dress.
It should be
noted that this
speech was a
surprise Ior
any who knew
oI Metaxas and his work. His
biography on BonhoeIIer is Ian-
tastic, and his more recent book
on great men oI Iaith has been
well-received. In Iact, many oI
his other speeches and lectures
are thought-provoking and en-
gaging. So why were so many
brows Iurrowed during his ad-
dress just a Iew months ago?
In short, his speech missed
the point. A commencement
address should be intended Ior
those commencing the rest oI
their lives. Prospective students
are hungry
Ior lectures
on economic
Ireedom and
grand his-
torical narra-
tives. Donors
want to hear
about the war
against Pro-
gr e s s i vi s m
and moral de-
cay in Ameri-
ca. This does
not diminish
these seri-
ous, impor-
tant subjects.
But we must
think oI the
a u d i e n c e :
300-some ex-
cited, scared,
ecstatic, worried, liberally-edu-
cated individuals. And all about
to laugh with, cry with, and
leave the best Iriends they have
ever had.
So what do they need to hear
that Metaxas didn`t oIIer to
them? For starters, the tired-but-
true aIfrmation that it will be
okav. The last thing that young
men and women want to hear as
they begin the next chapter oI
their lives is that there is little
hope beIore darkness overtakes
all. The danger to religious lib-
erty is important and should be
mentioned but it must be Iol-
lowed with why hope abides and
how we can help it. AIter all,
Iocusing on the shadows makes
one blind to the light.
The topic oI Metaxas`s
speech should be discussed in
publications like Imprimis, the
various marketing campaigns,
or the Collegian. But not at com-
mencement, to the exclusion oI
Hillsdale`s most recent gradu-
ates. Metaxas squandered the
ideal chance to tell them why
Iour years at an isolated, tiny
liberal arts college will ultimate-
ly prove to be the best decision
they have ever made, especially
when Iaced with unemployment,
adversity, and Iear.
Our college`s greatest as-
set will always be the men and
women it helps nurture and
shape. They should be the Iocus
oI a commencement address,
because it is the commencement
oI their lives aIter Hillsdale we
care about most.
We've all heard the expres-
sion: 'A man's best Iriend is his
equipment.
You haven't? Well you must
not work Ior the Pentagon.
There, military dogs are consid-
ered mere 'equipment and as
such can be leIt behind when the
troops come home.
It's a bit more complicated
than that. Military dogs are en-
listed (draIted actually) to iden-
tiIy enemy locations, to seek
out bombs and protect bases. It
is dangerous, oIten traumatic
work. The dogs are credited
with saving countless U.S. and
allied lives, which is why the
Taliban actively targets our dogs
oI war. While on active service,
each dog is given a higher rank
than its handler.
That is, right up until the mo-
ment these dogs are 'retired.
Once they are too old, too shell-
shocked or simply not needed,
the dogs are automatically de-
clared equipment that can be leIt
behind like a latrine tent. The
military sometimes says they
are 'retired and become 'civil-
ians, but the result is the same
because these civilians don't
have a right to military transport
home.
Need convincing?
'While there is a proper, le-
gal classifcation Ior a working
dog, we know they are living
things, and we have great re-
spect and admiration Ior them,
Gerry Proctor, a spokesman Ior
Lackland Air Force Base (which
trains military dogs), told CNN.
'A handler would never speak
oI their dog as a piece oI equip-
ment. The dog is their partner.
You can walk away Irom a dam-
aged tank, but not your dog.
Never.
II you ever talked to a mili-
tary dog handler, or even iI you
simply had a dog, odds are you
know the obvious truth oI this. II
you still need convincing, watch
the 2013 Animal Planet docu-
mentary about U.S. war dogs in
AIghanistan, Glory Hounds, to
see not merely how vital these
animals are, but also how pow-
erIul the bond between the han-
dler and his canine comrades
is. 'The relationship between
you and your dog is the most
important part oI your partner-
ship, Lance Cpl. Kent Ferrell,
whose German shepherd, Zora,
is trained to both attack the ene-
my and fnd explosives, explains
in the flm. 'Your dog has to be
able to trust you.
But that trust oIten goes un-
rewarded.
It is one thing to ask these
warriors to say goodbye to their
dog when it is still on active duty
and is assigned a new handler,
which oIten happens. It is quite
another to ask them to leave
these dogs behind when the dogs
are eIIectively abandoned over-
seas, leIt to languish in shelters
or worse. That's why handlers
are sometimes Iorced to make
incredible sacrifces to get their
Iour-legged comrades home on
their own.
Organizations such as the
United States War Dog Associa-
tion, the American Humane As-
sociation and K9s oI the War on
Terror do heroic work to reunite
them when possible, at no tax-
payer expense. One need only
watch the videos oI these re-
unions to see that the eIIort was
worth it.
Legislation pushed by Rep.
Walter Jones, R-N.C., that
would require military dogs to
be retired only upon return to
the U.S. has been languishing in
Congress Ior years. Politically,
and morally, it's understand-
able that the top priority must
be given to providing human
veterans with adequate care,
particularly amid the horrifc
Veterans AIIairs scandals plagu-
ing the Obama administration.
No politician wants to be ac-
cused oI caring more about dogs
than people. But that's largely a
Ialse choice. The cost oI fnding
room on military transports is
negligible, according to many.
Private organizations can handle
the rest.
Even iI it did come at some
additional cost, so what? Going
by simple cost-beneft analysis,
the military wouldn't go to such
great lengths to retrieve the bod-
ies oI Iallen soldiers or protect
the American fag, and yet it
does. Why? Because everyone
understands that such obliga-
tions are morally required and
vital to morale.
'There are those who consid-
er our military working dogs to
be pieces oI gear, Ferrell says
in Glory Hounds. 'I, Ior one, do
not believe that at all. To try to
remove your heart Irom the situ-
ation is really asking too much
oI a handler.
And not just the handlers.
Because oI the eIIorts on
the part oI the college adminis-
tration and the giIts oI college
donors, many aspects oI our
everyday experience on this
campus have improved vastly.
The college spent a lot
oI money this summer. $3.2
million went to upgrading
Simpson Residence. About
$3 million went to improving
the Roche Sports Complex.
$150,000 went to providing
dorm Wi-Fi. Saga, Inc. was
replaced with Bon Appetit,
bringing higher-quality Iood to
campus, a transition in which
Bon Appetit is investing heav-
ily.
That money wasn`t spent on
donor parties, Imprimis mar-
keting, or CCA guests. It went
toward bettering the lives oI
students.
Is it true that these changes
resulted in some unpleasant
scenarios? OI course. Like all
change, there`s some discom-
Iort in building and growing.
It`s part oI the process. So, yes,
Sigma Alpha Iota lost its house
on Union Street. The college
gave them another one. And
yes, the Simpson lounge isn`t
quite fnished yet. The back
porch parties can hold oII Ior
a while.
Some lines are longer dur-
ing lunchtime. Maybe some-
body has to grab a Ireshly-
cooked, higher-quality burger
instead oI the higher-quality
Asian stir-Iry in order to make
it to class on time. Maybe
students will have to skip the
Ireshly-cut and cleaned Iruit
and quickly make a sandwich
Irom the new sandwich bar. As
a student body, we`ve Iaced
worse.
That`s not to say there
aren`t problems or that there
won`t continue to be problems.
Every new thing has its draw-
back. But it`s easy to criticize.
It`s a little harder to step back
and appreciate the expenditure
and eIIort that went into mak-
ing our lives a little bit better.
So, let`s say Thank you` to
Hillsdale College. Thank you
Ior recognizing the aspects
oI campus liIe that needed
improvement and working to
better our collegiate experi-
ence. Thank you Ior giving us
more to appreciate about our
campus.
We should never put
down or insult people hon-
estly trying to do good; I
hope this premise doesn`t
need much argument. II this
is the case, why has Young
Americans Ior Freedom
drawn such widespread
scorn upon itselI?
Last semester, as anyone
who was on campus (or
Facebook) will remember,
Hillsdale`s chapter oI YAF
kicked up a controversy
over 'meal plan reIorm.
The question oI what YAF
actually achieved with its
rabble-rousing is best leIt
to historians, but I have
lingering concerns about
how campus responded to
this recent campaign and
the abuse that YAF continues to suIIer Irom many parts oI
campus.
During the furry oI petitions and meetings, I spent a Iew
weeks reporting Ior the Collegian on YAF`s activities, and
spent hours going back and Iorth between YAF leadership,
Saga, Inc. workers and management, and the college admin-
istration.
It shouldn`t matter what you think oI YAF`s vocabulary
or their tactics. Everyone I encountered while reporting was
kind and eminently concerned with making this campus bet-
ter. It shouldn`t matter iI their Obamacare comparisons are
too simplistic or populist Ior you, or iI past interactions with
the organization make you roll your eyes at whatever they
happen to do. YAF saw something wrong with campus and
decided to make it better.
II we take what President Larry Arnn says seriously, we
are all in a 'partnership in college, or iI Josh Andrew `14
had it right in his commencement address when he said we
have all made the essential choice 'To give ourselves to each
other, to do this education together, why did the term 'YAF-
holes ever cross my radar?
In last semester`s Collegian, Jessi Pope `14 argued that
YAF had no business spending time trying to change cam-
pus, that instead oI gathering students together to discuss
what could make our 'partnership better, YAF ought to have
had 'a night on the town to discuss 'more worthy causes
things like 'Ukraine or Obamacare.
This sort oI thinking strikes me as ridiculous. When we
cast out as irrelevant, or even silly, honest concerns about the
simple things that fll our everyday liIe our Iood, housing,
who we see, and how we spend our leisure we disregard
just how important they actually are. We cut out oI our part-
nership the most basic things oI our liIe. This can hardly be
called 'doing this education together, unless we limit our
'together to the 12 to 18 hours we spend each week in the
classroom.
All this, to run aIter this or that great idea or economic
theory. We imagine that it`s more noble to work on fxing the
nation or the world, to think up new tactics to spread some
sacred 'Ireedom than it is to actually bother with what is
most immediate to us.
In the end, nothing truly came oI YAF`s campaigning.
They had no way oI knowing that comprehensive reIorm was
already well underway, and now we have the same required
meal plans they wanted to cut, but with much better Iood.
All that is beside the point, however. Last semester, Ior a
Iew weeks, Hillsdale had a sustained conversation about how
to make a huge aspect oI campus better, and the conclusion
oI many people was that it was all a waste oI time. Better
to stand back and complain about YAF`s inelegance and un-
thoughtIul approach, then laugh and poke Iun when they Iail,
than to join them in honestly trying to make campus better.
As Ior me, I`d preIer YAF sets their sights next on Iree-
dom Irom people too cool and causes too worthy to make our
college better.
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When ChieI Administrative OIfcer Rich Pewe announced that Hillsdale College had ended its
long relationship with Saga, Inc. in Iavor oI Bon Appetit Management Company (Bamco), there
was much rejoicing around Hillsdale College. Hillsdale`s chapter oI Young Americans Ior Freedom,
which had campaigned against Saga, represented this joy on its Facebook page:
'The College's decision to change Iood providers is a testament to what can happen when stu*
dents get oII the sidelines and get involved. Today's news is the result oI students speaking out on
multiple levels to an administration willing to listen and ready to make changes. From social media,
to petitions, to open dialogue with administrators, students were loud and clear that they wanted
change, and their eIIorts were not in vain.
'Ultimately, today's news means an improvement to student liIe Ior everyone at Hillsdale Col*
lege. We look Iorward to seeing what delicious Iood Bon Appetit is ready to serve up this next year.
Yet these celebrations are ill-inIormed. AIter all,
YAF sought not just to change Iood providers, but
to end mandatory meal plans completely. In that
sense, cynics could view this change as distraction
or appeasement. And what iI the dining service be*
gins to suIIer Irom the same problems, diIIerent but
equally serious defciencies, or even more severe
drawbacks?
There are several reasons beyond mere cyni*
cism and skepticism, however, to be wary oI this
culinary coup d'etat, and even to miss our appetites`
!"#$%" '()$*%: namely, portion-limiting oI the new
dining service; Saga`s selI-serve buIIet eIfciency;
and, most important, Saga`s slow yet steady im*
provements whose end result we shall never see.
Any student who has gone to a meal so Iar has
seen that Bamco has abandoned Saga`s selI-serve
style. One oI Bamco`s selI-proclaimed 'kitchen
principles is to Iavor quality over quantity, which
may produce better Iood, but unavoidably produces
a longer wait. For students crunched Ior time or
content with plainer entrees, this trade-oII`s ben*
efts are dubious.
To be sure, Saga itselI occasionally adhered to
this model, limiting portions Ior chicken wraps and
Caesar salads. But, on the whole, it had at least fg*
ured out how to provide unlimited amounts oI plain, usually adequate Iood. While lines did exist,
they were less Irequent and more easily avoided with clever timing (11:49 a.m. was the ideal time to
start lunch; 5:50 p.m., perIect Ior dinner). Even Sunday brunch, by Iar Saga`s best and most popular
meal, Ieatured manageable lines, as well as multiple omelette bars, generous helpings oI chicken,
and nearly endless waIfesall lacking at Bamco`s frst Sunday brunch.
But the abrupt cutting-short oI Saga`s earnest attempts at selI-improvement remains the saddest
result oI the switch in dining services. Last year, Saga began both to take students` complaints to
heart and to show signs oI genuine progress.
Two oI the most noteworthy and popular changes were the introduction oI spinach to virtually
every lunch and dinner, and the addition oI a well-stocked yogurt bar. For all oI Saga`s Iaults (and
let us not be romantic in recalling the past, there were many), it was truly getting better. Though it
may be possible that Saga simply couldn`t sustain its improved model, switching to a new dining
service refected student impatience bordering on the revolutionary.
Now, revolutions themselves are not inherently evil. But they are Irivolous unless waged Iollow*
ing what JeIIerson called 'a long train oI abuses. It would be a stretch to label Saga`s inadequacies
as such.
Still, Ior any amount oI attachment to the past or skepticism oI the Iuture to return what once was
is as unlikely as the emergence oI a 'Saga rocks! campaign to bring Saga back comparable to the
'Saga Sucks campaign whose adherents claim their namesake`s scalp.
Students are better oII, then, accustoming themselves to Bamco, even when it isn`t perIect and
the new cheI quite resembles the old cheI (Bamco`s Iounders came Irom the Saga Iamily, aIter all),
holding it as accountable as we held Saga, and bonding over complaints about its inevitable short*
comings. It was never really about the dining anyway; it was about what happened in the dining hall.
Perhaps someday, Bamco will win over the hearts and stomachs oI even the most stubborn and
skeptical (hint: improving Sunday brunch would help). But until that day, and even well aIter, I will
miss Saga, Inc.
Here at Hillsdale, we receive an edu*
cation Ior mental development and ca*
reer preparation. Yet we oIten Iorget that
we are also educated as U.S. citizens
and that, as citizens, are obliged to use
our education to act Ior the betterment
and support oI our nation. Being a citi*
zen is Ioremost about action. Intellectual
knowledge is simply not enough.
We can start giving back by loving
and serving our community at home, in
other states, overseas not just at Hill*
sdale. Technology continually expands
our community. Let`s take advantage oI
that. Every day we spark intellectual dis*
cussions here at Hillsdale. Yet patriotism
and respect Ior human liIe calls us to
help the world as well as our immediate
community. From small towns to Wash*
ington D.C., our everyday decisions in*
fuence people.
Our campus is replete with intellectu*
alism and groups who better the world.
We have political clubs, an annual 9/11
memorial service, and more. We must
spread this beyond Hillsdale. Not just
aIter graduation, but here and now.
There is no doubt that patriotism and
intellectualism run rampant on this cam*
pus. Though some act on these political
and philosophical discussions, there is
more talk than action. You may say: OI
course, that`s what college is Ior, prepar*
ing the mind to be in the world.
Did you Iorget how the Hillsdale
boys volunteered Ior the Union Army
in the Civil War? Those boys gave their
lives to deIend liberty, justice, and loved
ones. They were your age. They were
not content merely to learn and gain
knowledge or even to love their country.
They acted on their belieIs, which were
Iounded on reason and love.
II they could give their lives, why
can`t we give something back to our
country? The prosperity and protection
provided by our military men and wom*
en is essential to our liberty. We cannot
wait Iour years to act on our education;
we must act now.
For some, military service will be
their action fghting in the War on Ter*
ror. For others, it may be simply choos*
ing to vote in November. Many people
gave up because oI political party bick*
ering or distaste Ior the American po*
litical scene. Don`t give up on the U.S.,
even its politics. Politics in this republic
is dependent on the people. Prove to the
government and to other nations that our
people care enough about liberty to de*
Iend it in whatever way possible.
The Iaculty, staII, and students need
to emphasize in academics and social liIe
the responsibility oI voting and the need
to reach out through activist groups. We
need to communicate our ideas outside
oI Hillsdale. ProIessors and staII should
encourage students to spread their ideas.
Maybe you don`t have time to join an
activist group, but I bet the majority oI
you use Facebook and other socizal me*
dia at least once per day. Post about the
need Ior prayer Ior the Iraqi crisis or any
confict to which you Ieel a close con*
nection. Social media takes ideas and in*
spirations miles away Irom our Hillsdale
world. Take advantage oI that. Apply
those philosophical discussions. What
can you do today with what you`ve
learned? The time Ior contemplation has
passed. It`s time to act.
We all love Hillsdale. II we don`t,
we get out oI here. The school is
growing more selective every year.
The more it stands by its mission and
motto, expands the core and opposes
grade infation, the more selI-selec*
tive it becomes as well. Much oI the
student body knows why they came
here, and what keeps them here. It is
an undeniably charmed existence we
lead here.
It has become Iashionable, how*
ever and human nature being what
it is implies that it has always been
Iashionable to be cynical. It is a
hardly surprising but no less sad state
oI aIIairs when students so soon out
oI high schooleven seniors are only
Iour years removed, a small enough
passage oI time growing relatively
smaller with agedecide that by
some magic the blinders oI adoles*
cence are oII and that whatever criti*
cism they have Ior authorities in their
liIe are not only legitimate, but also
comprehend the whole oI the matter.
Being 17 to 20-something should
hardly be considered grounds Ior
Iurther confdence in your ability to
grasp the motivations and intentions
oI another person, especially one
who has been given a Iar greater re*
sponsibility than yourselI.
Idiosyncrasies oI community are
inescapable, all the more so in one
so small and tightly-knit as Hillsdale.
We students know the peculiarities oI
the Iaculty, staII, and administration
oI the school because we have been
given the privilege to know them.
The visibility oI those tics and oddi*
ties evidence Hillsdale`s particular
humaneness.
It is easy enough to become Irus*
trated with the administration, to sus*
pect its Iaces oI incompetence or mild
mischieI when you don`t understand
a policy or ruling. It doesn`t make
sense, and I know better, never mind
I sit here Irom a classroom desk, you
think. You may be right; you may
know better at times and there may
be mundane human depravity at work
in whatever legislative solecism you
fnd so unconscionable.
But at the root oI things, it`s a per*
son who you`re mad at. Hillsdale has
an administration that may at times
behave bureaucratically, but it does
not have a bureaucracy. The dean`s
oIfce, et al. are made up oI people
you have the privilege to know, and
the burden oI being upset by. Dean
oI Men Aaron Petersen, ChieI Ad*
ministrative OIfcer Rich Pewe, As*
sociate Dean oI Men JeIIery Rogers,
and the rest oI them will inevitably
upset you. House mothers, Iollowing
orders or by their own volition, will
upset you. Be grateIul you have the
opportunity to be upset by human be*
ings, not memos.
To be cynical, to ignore the won*
der oI the community oI love and oI
shared loves you are a part oI here
iI you have Iorgotten what that is,
or iI you are a Ireshman, I beseech
you to read or watch on YouTube last
year`s 2014 senior class president
Josh Andrew`s commencement ad*
dress is an inexcusable pride. You
acknowledge another`s humanity
when you acknowledge and accept
their apparent Iailures. Read Paul in
1 Corinthians 3:4-7, and try to hear it
as the frst time:
'Love is patient, love is kind. It
does not envy, it does not boast, it is
not proud. It does not dishonor oth*
ers, it is not selI-seeking, it is not
easily angered, it keeps no record oI
wrongs. Love does not delight in evil
but rejoices with the truth. It always
protects, always trusts, always hopes,
always perseveres.
Instead oI turning to cynicism,
and judging the motivations, which
you cannot know, oI those in au*
thority over you here at Hillsdale,
attempt to love, in whatever the cir*
cumstance, whether that be Iood ser*
vice or oII-campus housing permis*
sion. Be patient. Honor authorities as
they are. Flee anger. Forgive wrongs.
Seek the truth beIore passing judg*
ment. Protect the community you
have adopted. Believe that those in
authority seek to perIorm their duties
well. Hope that they are and will do
so. Persevere in every Irustration oI
liIe together. In that spirit oI love, a
word oI question and correction can
be given in humility.
Daily, students are reminded oI the exceptional nature oI Hillsdale College. From proIessors ex*
pecting excellence in the classroom to President Larry Arnn`s anticipation oI Hillsdale being an elite
institution oI higher education, anything short oI the best is Iailure. But until this school year, one
area Iell short oI this standard oI excellence: the Iood.
When Iresh vegetables were as much oI an anomaly as a Democrat at Hillsdale, things needed
to change. When insects like moths, hornets, and grubs began creeping into the Iood, the college
needed to take notice. When the Asian option included chicken nuggets, a little culinary experience
wouldn`t hurt.
When the student body took to social media last spring to share its distaste Ior the poor Iood qual*
ity on campus in the Iorm oI a 'Saga Sucks Facebook page and a 'SagaSucks Twitter account,
students oI their own accord substantiated their complaints about the Iood.
The status quo Iell short oI Hillsdale College`s
standard oI excellence.
Seizing on this Irustration, the Hillsdale Young
Americans Ior Freedom chapter started a petition
which collected more than 250 signatures in two
days beIore receiving a cease-and-desist order Irom
the deans. The petition called Ior an opt-out Ior stu*
dents who did not want to be Iorced to pay Ior Iood
that they did not want to eat.
An opt-out alternative was quickly dismissed be*
cause oI the concern that too many students would
choose to opt out, making it fnancially unIeasible
Ior the Iood provider and the school. Dr. Arnn also
Ieared a loss oI community iI students decided to
opt out and eat elsewhere.
College administrators tasked Hillsdale YAF
with assembling a campus-wide survey to get a Ieel
Ior what students wanted Irom a Iood provider. The
thoughts oI more than 600 respondents echoed the
concerns voiced over social media and in the peti*
tion: students did not like the Iood.
Whether or not the Iood-service changes were a
direct response to the petition, meetings, surveys,
and students taking to social media, the unifed
concern Irom the student body created a sense oI
urgency that the administration could not ignore.
The college administration was already setting the stage Ior a transition, though. The president`s
oIfce understood the need Ior a change, and Dr. Arnn was not going to stop short oI the best. ChieI
StaII OIfcer Mike Harner had been doing his own research into Iood providers in an eIIort to im*
prove the campus experience.
Dr. Arnn is not shy about his desire to make Hillsdale College the best in the country. But to
achieve this goal, a crucial part oI student liIe, the dining experience, needed to be the best.
Over the summer, Hillsdale College made a major change. The college welcomed Bon Appetit to
campus, and overnight, students are seeing and tasting the improvements. Rather than dreading hav*
ing to go to Saga Ior every meal, students now look Iorward to swiping into the Knorr Family Dining
Hall. So much so that this year`s Ireshmen may be the frst class to truly experience the 'Ireshman
15.
The Asian stir-Iry on Monday was a major improvement, considering chicken nuggets were no
longer included. With red peppers, eggplants, and tomatoes laid out throughout the caIeteria, the din*
ing experience became much more colorIul and alive. And they are not just Ior show either, as each
station now Ieatures Iresh vegetables.
The salad bar now Ieatures three diIIerent kinds oI salads, all oI which are Iresh and do not in*
clude insects. The dining improvements are evident in every corner oI the caIeteria, and Bamco has
already been able to impress.
Meanwhile, the school has held on to the things which students enjoyed most Irom beIore the
transition. Steve is still there to greet you, campus is still able to gather, and community thrives. In
similar Iashion, as campus came together to complain about the Iood beIore, that bond will continue
as students appreciate the new and improved dining experience.
Sir Winston Churchill, one oI Hillsdale`s Iavorites, told the House oI Commons: 'There is noth*
ing wrong in change, iI it is in the right direction. To improve is to change, so to be perIect is to have
changed oIten.
When a college strives to be the best, change must be warmly welcomed.
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On the corner oI Bacon and
Howell streets sits the new-
est project oI Hillsdale`s La-
dies Beatifcation League. Al-
though the 12-Ioot wall boasts
nothing but white cinderblock,
the league predicts that Hills-
dale residents will make ex-
cuses to drive by 32 E. Bacon
St. in a month.
The wall on the west side oI
the building will Ieature the
league`s third mural project in
town. Wes Hardin, a nation-
ally-renowned muralist, has
worked with the LBL Ior near-
ly a year on sketches Ior the
12-Ioot canvas. The mural will
commemorate Hillsdale`s his-
tory between 1854 and 1956,
the peak oI the town`s railroad
era.
Until the 1850s, Spring Ar-
bor was the home oI Hillsdale
College, then called Michi-
gan Central College. Edmund
Dunn, Iormer college presi-
dent, wanted to relocate the
college along the Michigan
Central Railroad to increase
accessibility Ior out-oI-state
students. Possible locations
Ior the new campus included
Coldwater and Hillsdale. At
the time, 800 people lived in
Hillsdale and the village did
not have a train station. Al-
though Coldwater was a larger
town in both size and industry,
the Hillsdale community raised
a $15,000 endowment (nearly
$500,000 in today`s dollars)
Ior the college. In 1853, the
college moved to Hillsdale and
soon aIter changed its name.
Although murals are quick
projects, planning the details is
complicated.
Laura Smith, an LBL Iound-
ing member, knew Irom re-
search that murals were the
kind oI projects that can infu-
ence economic development in
communities. With some help
Irom a beautifcation league in
Cuba, Missouri, the LBL was
equipped with proper mentor-
ship Ior constructing a mural.
'These women have turned
an itty bitty town on Route
66 into a major tourist des-
tination, Smith said. 'They
are telling the story oI their
city. They were so generous
helping us Irom the legal
set up to the paint you have to
use.
The group Irom Missouri
recommended the LBL con-
tract Hardin, who had already
worked Ior the Missouri chap-
ter.
Hardin has been painting
murals since he graduated high
school nearly 30 years ago.
He paid oII his college tuition
by painting wall graphics and
high school gymnasium foors
in Florida, where he went to
junior college and art school.
'Murals are something that I
keep coming back to, he said.
'They allow you to do a Iace-
liIt without asking the building
owner to redo the building.
Hillsdale business owners
like Julie Kast oI Coney`s &
Swirls predict that the upcom-
ing project will promote more
Ioot traIfc in the community.
Kast has owned Coney`s &
Swirls, an ice cream parlor, Ior
the past Iour years. Based on
the tourism mustered by the
'Return to Splendor mural
Irom three years ago, Kast said
she is confdent that the next
one will boost business Ior her
ice cream shop.
'We did see an increase in
business when the mural went
up, she said. 'It brings more
people into the downtown
area. Coneys and Swirls will
be between two murals, so I`m
looking Iorward to it.
The ladies oI Missouri in-
sisted that LBL purchase qual-
ity paint Ior the project. Due
to Michigan`s drastic climate
changes, the LBL must supply
a specifc type oI paint that can
last through hot, humid sum-
mers and cold, wet winters.
Nova acrylic paint promises a
50-year luminosity, ideal Ior
mural paint jobs. Depending
on the color, a gallon oI Nova
mural paint costs between $17
and $160. Since one gallon oI
paint only covers about 300
square Ieet, the LBL knew
this part oI the project would
be expensive and created an
opportunity Ior community
members to donate paint to the
project.
In the past fve years, the
LBL has organized two other
mural projects, including one
at the Field oI Dreams and an-
other at Mrs. Stock`s Park. The
frst two murals allowed locals
to participate in a paint-by-
number segment oI the walls.
About 400 volunteers painted
the Field oI Dreams mural,
and the 'Return to Splendor
mural near Mrs. Stock`s Park
involved more than 150.
This year, the league experi-
mented with a diIIerent Iorm oI
community participation. The
LBL made ten portraits avail-
able Ior purchase at $1,000
each. Buyers were allowed to
select one portrait Ior Hardin
to incorporate into the mural.
The ten portraits range Irom
images oI the donors them-
selves to other individuals
they wanted to commemorate.
Smith announced the opportu-
nity to donate in mid-August
on WCSR, Hillsdale`s local ra-
dio station. Within 15 minutes
oI her announcement, all the
portrait spaces were reserved.
'One oI the things we want
in every mural is community
involvement and civic pride,
she said.
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Whether it`s a burger, steak bites, deep
Iried pickle, or massive burrito, The Hunt
Club`s menu has it. Students can sit back, re-
lax, and enjoy anything beer-battered, deep-
Iried or grilled at this cozy, hometown pub.
The popular Pony Burger is the condensed
version oI its original Hunt Club Burger. The
secret is a specially-seasoned grill that cooks
the beeI to perIection, topped with Old Eng-
lish, American Cheddar or Swiss cheese.
For authentic Mexican Iood only fve
minutes Irom campus, stop at El Cerrito.
With an endless basket oI warm chips and
salsa, it`s hard to fnd room Ior El Cer-
rito`s carne asada, addictive quesadillas, or
stuIIed burritos. The restaurant serves all
entrees with warm rice and reIried beans.
With 99-cent Taco Tuesday, and All You Can
Eat Combinations on Thursday, authentic
Mexican cuisine can be on the menu any day
oI the week.
There are many stereotypes connected
to being a college student, and none is truer
than drinking lots oI coIIee. Whether it`s f-
nals week or just Monday, Jilly Beans CoIIee
House is a local Iavorite. The quaint caIe has
a comIorting atmosphere and its pastries, like
homemade raspberry white chocolate scones,
are in high demand. Best oI all, Iriendly and
helpIul Jilly Beans baristas make customers
Ieel at home. A unique Ieature oI this coIIee
house is its Secret Garden a patio covered
in whimsical wisteria, making an idyllic
place to study.
Oakley`s is a deli and sandwich shop
a short walk Irom the college. With Iresh
sliced meats and herbed mayo, an Oakley`s
sandwich provides a Iresh favor Irom caIete-
ria Iood. The servings are large, with many
varieties oI veggies and sauce options. II you
are going with a group, The Ultimate Oakley
is a 22-inch sandwich that includes three
meats, two cheese options, and as many
condiments as you desire Ior $14.45. Soups
and salads are also available as reasonably-
priced options.
With servings ft Ior a king, the Palace is
Ior breakIast lovers at any hour oI the night.
When you`re craving a midnight meal, The
Palace`s convenient hours make it the perIect
place to enjoy its Princess Platter Chocolate
Chip Pancakes or an extra-flling breakIast
bowl. Walking in, the charming atmosphere
takes you back in time to an old-Iashioned
ice cream parlor or candy shop. The portions
are exceptionally large, and the prices are
pleasantly low.
Whether you preIer soIt serve vanilla on
a waIfe cone or hot Iudge brownie with ice
cream on top, you`ll fnd a sweet treat on
the massive menu at Coney`s & Swirls. This
quaint little shop is the place to enjoy foats,
smoothies, icees, shakes, or even a lunch
oI nachos, Iries, and burgers. 'Every day
is a good day Ior ice cream is the parlor`s
motto. It certainly is when there`s a destina-
tion like Coney`s & Swirls to go in town.
Behind Hillsdale`s courthouse, the Farm-
ers` Market is a Iun way to purchase Iresh
eggs, vegetables, Iruits and meats, as well
as homemade jellies and pies. In addition,
locals sell handmade soaps, fowers, and
jewelry. The vendors are kind and gener-
ous and always ready to chat with college
students. Every college student should make
the short trip down and experience what
Hillsdale is all about.
Open every Saturday, May 17, through
October 25, 8 a.m. to noon.
Hillsdale`s private, 9-hole golI course is a
great location Ior socializing and Iun compe-
tition to shake up a slow weekend. Located
next to Baw Beese Lake, the scenery is a
Iantastic. The course is available to the pub-
lic on Mondays Ior 9 and 18-hole play, and
the green Iees on the weekend are $22.
From eating enormous ham-
burgers to extremely hot wings,
Iood challenges are commonly
used by businesses as promotion-
als. A recent example is The Ud-
der Side`s 'Chubby Challenge.
The challenge entails eating
all 38 oI the restaurant`s 'Cow
Creations, one ice cream drink,
and one cyclone totaling 40
ice cream items.
The Udder Side Manager Julie
Bauer said she hoped the chal-
lenge would encourage people to
try new favors. But winner oI the
frst annual Chubby Challenge
Tyler Nye tried more than just a
Iew new favors by eating all 40
items this summer.
'He completed it in about
three months, which is crazy,
Bauer said, 'but the really Iunny
thing is that he is a really skinny
guy.
As the winner, Nye will earn
a Chubby Challenge T-shirt, a
$50 giIt card to Udder Side, and
his name put on the Udder Side
'Wall o` Fame.
'I would recommend not do-
ing the challenge in one sitting,
said Jared Eckert, Udder Side
employee and Hillsdale College
sophomore.
Using punch reward cards
combined with double stamps on
Tuesdays lowers the challenge`s
$175 price tag by almost $30,
Eckert said.
As The Udder Side`s sea-
son winds down, Bauer looks
Iorward to making the challenge
an annual event and creating
other promotions, including a
challenge exclusively Ior college
students to fnish beIore business
closes Ior the winter.
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JAM hours Ior non-athletes this semester:
Sunday: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Monday: 7 a.m.- 9 a.m., 10 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Tuesday: 7 a.m.- 9 a.m., 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 7 p.m.- 10 p.m.
Wednesday: 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 7- 10 p.m.
Thursday: 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 7 p.m.- 10 p.m.
Friday: 7 p.m.- 9 a.m., 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 7 p.m.- 10 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m.- 2 p.m.
AIter almost 12 years oI
coaching, JeII Forino has re-
signed Irom his position as head
coach oI the men`s cross-country
and track and feld teams at Hill-
sdale.
Forino gave notice shortly
aIter two other cross-country as-
sistants leIt the program. Andrew
Towne, head oI the women`s pro-
gram, has assumed responsibili-
ties as interim head coach Ior the
men`s track and feld team.
Forino worked as an admin-
istrative head Ior both teams,
but he also served specifcally as
the throwing and vertical jumps
coach. When he was not coach-
ing, he was an instructor in the
Sports Studies Department. Fo-
rino leIt to be closer to his Iamily.
'|I was presented with| a
couple really good opportunities
back on the East coast near Iam-
ily, he said. Coach 'Fo as his
student athletes knew him, took a
position at Dartmouth College in
Hanover, NH as their new throw-
ing coach. Forino has a rich his-
tory there, having coached track
and Iootball Ior about seven years
at Hanover High School beIore
working a one-year internship at
Dartmouth as a strength coach.
His new position was previ-
ously held by Carl Wallinthe
man responsible Ior teaching Fo-
rino everything he knows about
track and feld.
'He was really excited that I
was able to come back and basi-
cally do the job that he did when
he was there, Forino said. 'He`s
a person I really look up to.
However, senior track team
captain Cassidy KauIman said
that the team Ieels the loss.
'He was here so long and
was just so consistent at bring-
ing athletes to their Iullest poten-
tialnot just as athletes but also
as people, KauIman said. 'His
leaving has leIt a hole, but we`ve
realized that he`s had a lasting
impact. He`s defnitely provided
a legacy that`s going to last Ior
a while. Forino is leaving with
Iond memories oI his time at
Hillsdale.
'It was one oI the top experi-
ences oI my whole liIe, he said.
'I Iell in love with the school and
the people there. It`s been very
rewarding to me to be around
people at Hillsdale College and
the students at Hillsdale Col-
legenot only just the athletes
but the students that I was able to
teach. I will defnitely miss Hill-
sdale a lot. I`ll never Iorget the
experiences that I had there.
The frst new hire Ior the pro-
gram, Joe Lynn, has taken over
the men`s and women`s cross-
country programs. He is no
stranger to the GLIAC, having
coached Ior fve years at Grand
Valley State University.
In 2011 Lynn was hired as the
head coach oI the University oI
Missouri`s cross-country team
where he stayed until he resigned
in May oI this year.
'There`s no doubt, Lynn
said, 'that the college puts its
student-athletes in a position to
be successIulthrough the Ia-
cilities that we have and through
the opportunities to compete at a
high levelso it`s really exciting
to be here and continue the tradi-
tion set Iorth by coaches beIore-
hand.
Lynn said that his goal is to
help the team reach its Iull po-
tential, and to continue recruiting
'top-notch quality student-ath-
letes to the school.
The team will compete in its
frst meet under new leadership
on Sept. 12 at Michigan State
University`s Spartan Invitational.
The Hillsdale College Iootball team kicks
oII their season this Saturday at the Univer-
sity oI Findlay, culminating several weeks
oI intense training and preparation Ior the
upcoming season.
The Chargers will have plenty oI Iresh
Iaces in their starting lineups on Saturday,
including new starting quarterback Mark
LaPrairie who will lead the young Charger
team in his second year oI eligibility and
third year with the team.
'It`s always just a process and a matter oI
patience, head coach Keith Otterbein said
about preparing LaPrairie and the other new
players Ior the season. 'To get better as a
Iootball player you`ve got to take snaps, and
so through spring practice and through early
camp here |we`re| just trying to fll in as
many snaps as we can Ior those guys.
LaPrairie is grateIul Ior the couple oI
years he has had to get used to Hillsdale`s
system.
'The gradual ease into it really made it
pretty easy, LaPrairie said. 'There wasn`t a
whole lot oI pressure.
In addition to giving the younger players
as many snaps as possible, Coach Otterbein
has put an emphasis on recreating game situ-
ations in practice.
'We`ve been working a lot this year
on situational stuII instead oI just drills,
starting center Justice Karmie said. 'That`s
something we`ve been Iocusing on this year
because, with such a young team as a whole,
it`s really helped to get guys into those situa-
tions in order to prepare, because so many oI
the guys on the team haven`t been in those
situations yet.
Coach Otterbein said he is happy with his
team`s preparation.
'They show up, they like being around
each other, they love the game oI Iootball, so
they`re excited about the opportunities that
we have, he said. 'Ultimately you`ve got
to make plays on game day to win games,
but up to that point it`s all preparation and
learning and getting better and our guys have
done a good job with that.
Coach Otterbein has also put a major
emphasis on taking the season one game and
one opponent at a time.
'There really is a sequence oI 11 one-
week challenges that we have with one goal
and that is to beat those guys on that coming
Saturday, he remarked.
While each 11 one-week process is as im-
portant as any oI the others, the players and
coaching staII are especially excited Ior their
opener and what it means Ior the team.
'It`s always exciting to get this frst game
under your belt, Otterbein said. 'II you ask
me iI we`re going to be a strong oIIense,
strong deIense, strong special teams, I`ve got
some ideas but I don`t know. So by having a
game then we`ll have some stuII we`ll have
to work on.
Rather than viewing the opener as just
a tick in the win or the loss column, the
Chargers will treat it as another step in the
season-long process.
'This is not a destination thing. You don`t
win a game and then you`ve arrived. You
continue to go through the journey, so there
will always be things throughout the rest oI
the year that we can work on, Otterbein
said. 'There will be emotional peaks. We`ll
be excited, we`ll do some great stuII, and
we`ll Iace some adversity. That`s the reality
oI college Iootball.
While the team takes the season one week
at a time, there`s no doubt as to where they
want this process to take them.
'We want to make the playoIIs. We want
to win the GLIAC, Karmie said.
The Hillsdale College Chargers will look
to take a step in that direction at Findlay on
Saturday.
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AIter a 12-year hiatus, Hill-
sdale will fnally reintroduce a
men`s tennis team to campus.
The team will oIfcially begin
playing in the Iall oI next year.
Head coach Keith Turner is in
charge oI the resurrection oI the
program and is currently in the
process oI recruiting the eight to
12 players needed Ior the team.
To scout players, Turner will
travel to high school tennis tour-
naments throughout Michigan,
and he will research on websites
and databases to contact players
nationally.
The men`s tennis team was
cancelled aIter the 2002 season
due to Iew practice options dur-
ing the winter months.
'|The| college administration
determines when a varsity sport
is added based on the contribu-
tion it is expected to make to the
college, Director oI Athletics
Don Brubacher explained. 'It
was decided the time was right
a Iew years ago to add women`s
tennis and that now is the right
time to add men`s tennis. The
plans to build the Biermann Cen-
ter, which provides indoor prac-
tice space Ior tennis, played into
the decision to add women`s ten-
nis. The impending construction
oI the new outdoor courts was
signifcant in the decision to add
men`s tennis.
Although the team will not
oIfcially start playing matches
until next year, Turner explained
in a mass email to students that
depending on the interest, he
may consider scheduling prac-
tices this Iall and spring with a
couple oI scrimmages later in the
year. The coach also added that
tryouts could start as early as in
the next two weeks.
Turner has 36 years oI tennis
experience and comes to Hills-
dale aIter two years oI coaching
at Albion College.
Under Turner`s instruction,
both the men`s and women`s ten-
nis teams at Albion earned the
highest overall grade point aver-
ages out oI all tennis teams in the
Michigan Intercollegiate Athlet-
ic Association (MIAA) in 2013.
Turner expressed the impor-
tance oI the academics oI his
players, saying, 'Things I`m
looking Ior at Hillsdale is frst
oII, |the players| have to be very
good in the classroom. Academ-
ics come frst. At the same time,
they need to be driven to suc-
ceed on the tennis court and the
classroom, |have| good attitudes
|and be| respectIul to every-
one- coaches, players, opposing
coaches, oIfcials.
Turner Ieels Iortunate to be
working at Hillsdale, where his
brother Stacy graduated in 1992,
because he can Iocus on just the
men`s team in contrast to Albion,
where he coached both men`s
and women`s tennis.
'It`s a hard job to coach both
teams. |Now,| I`m not spread as
thin, Turner said.
BeIore coaching at Albion,
Turner served as the head tennis
coach at Limestone College in
South Carolina, where he guided
the team to NCAA Division II
tournament appearances in 2009
and 2010. He also earned Coach
oI the Year honors at the 2010
ConIerence Carolina.
Although winning is an im-
portant part oI any sport, Turner
admits that his Iavorite part oI
coaching is 'seeing the develop-
ment oI the kids over the year,
|and their| growth on the tennis
court, in class, |and aIter they|
graduate.
Turner Iondly remembers
his own years in playing tennis
Ior Boston University and then
Western Michigan University,
calling them 'the Iour most en-
joyable years oI my liIe.
Freshman Dugan Delp, who
has been playing tennis since
beIore the age oI seven, is inter-
ested in the new program.
'I am thrilled that Hillsdale
is reviving the men`s tennis pro-
gram, Delp said. 'I think add-
ing a men`s tennis team back to
campus will beneft the college
in many ways. Especially as we
begin this team, players who are
already on campus will get in-
volved and try out. Additionally,
having a men`s tennis team will
attract new students and Iaces
to Hillsdale. I hope students
will enjoy attending men`s ten-
nis matches and cheering Ior the
team when we begin our match-
es.
Freshman Sam Adamson is
also interested in participating
on the tennis team.
'I think it`s very exciting
to be part oI a practically new
tennis team. As one oI the frst
members, I hope to play a big
role in developing healthy team
culture and team traditions, Ad-
amson said.
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With only 13 players on the
roster this year, the Hillsdale
Chargers volleyball team has
Iaced a preseason Iull oI transi-
tions.
Last season`s sizeable team
oI 18 gave some cushion in the
line-up and at practice, but red-
shirt senior Lindsay Kostrzewa
said she Ieels positive about the
downsize.
'Whereas last year, you might
have more rest time during prac-
tice, now you`re constantly in-
volved in every drill, middle-
hitter Kostrzewa said. 'It actually
kind oI makes us better players
because you`re more versatile
and in better shape in general.
Kostrzewa also said that the
team has developed an even
stronger bond due to the chal-
lenges they have Iaced in prepar-
ing Ior this season.
'|We think oI ourselves| as
being a unit or a Iamily, she said.
'We understand each other`s
strengths and weaknesses, how
to motivate each other, and we
know we are all striving to reach
the same goals.
Senior Kat Vael, who has
battled back pain since her Iresh-
man year, may not be able to play
this season, but she said that her
teammates have helped her resist
discouragement.
'My team is a huge aspect oI
why it`s worth it, why pushing
through the pain is worth it, be-
cause I look at the twelve other
girls on my team, and I see how
hard they`re working and how
committed they are to our pro-
gram, Vael said. 'It makes me
want to be just as good Ior them
-- not even just Ior myselI, but Ior
them, to push them.
Student coach Caitlin Kop-
meyer, `14, said she has seen
tremendous growth in the team,
especially within the past Iew
months. Kopmeyer has been as-
sisting Gravel since she fnished
up her Iourth season last Iall as
the Chargers` outside leIt hitter.
'I think the team looks really
good, Kopmeyer said. 'Since
coming in Irom preseason, they
have improved so much already.
And Irom the tournament just
two weekends ago to the tourna-
ment this past weekend was awe-
some, too, Kopmeyer said.
Kopmeyer also pointed out
that, although the team is smaller
this year and has just three seniors
instead oI fve, it will be better Ior
the Iuture oI the program since
the younger classes will gain
more playing experience.
'With all oI them looking as
good as they are right now, I think
that says a lot Ior the results oI
this season and the success they`ll
have, Kopmeyer said.
Kopmeyer`s younger sister,
Ireshman Jessie Kopmeyer, will
take over her old position as out-
side leIt hitter.
Gravel is optimistic about
what lies in store Ior the Chargers
this season but is reluctant to re-
veal too many secrets beIore the
team hits the court Ior their frst
regular season game against Lake
Erie University on Friday, Sept.
12.
The most important thing to
practice in preparation is mental
toughness, Gravel said.
'Our number-one opponent
has always been ourselves,
Gravel said. 'II we can believe in
ourselves, we can go a long way.
Under new leadership and an amped up
practice schedule, the Hillsdale men`s and
women`s cross-country teams are laced up
and ready to start their season.
In preparation, the runners came together
Ior their frst week oI practice at the annual
cross-country camp at Rockwell Lodge in
Luther, Mich.
'It`s good to be back and Iun to be able
to run with Iriends again, senior John Wi-
erenga said. 'Cross-camp is diIfcult, but at
the same time, it`s not. All we have to do is
eat, sleep and run.
This summer, the men`s team prepared
Ior their season by running an average oI 70
miles a week, while the women`s team ran
about 45 miles a week.
'Training over the summer gets tiring and
boring, lots oI miles by yourselI. I listened
to a lot oI podcasts, junior Kate Royer said.
At camp, the teams dedicated all oI their
energy towards running, catching up with
Iriends, meeting the eight incoming Iresh-
men, and getting to know their new head
coach Joseph Lynn.
According to the team, Coach Lynn`s
methods vary Irom their previous coaches.
BeIore coming to Hillsdale, Lynn coached
at Missouri State University, a Division I
school, and Grand Valley State University.
His coaching philosophy is to make his run-
ners stronger.
'He places a lot oI emphasis on taking
your vitamins. He told us all to go to Kroger
and buy iron supplements, Royer said.
Coach Lynn said he wants to train his team
to become better athletes overall, not just bet-
ter runners. However, his emphasis on build-
ing strength has made its mark on the run-
ner`s schedules. In addition to their Monday
through Friday aIternoon practices, the team
now begins running at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday
and Thursday mornings. Their moderate run
is then Iollowed by a thorough workout oI
liIting weights.
Lynn also added practice at 6 a.m. on Sun-
day mornings.
This intense regimen is meant to prepare
the team both physically and mentally Ior
their frst invitational meet on Sept. 12 at
Michigan State University.
The women`s team is hoping to put in sol-
id times to see iI their summer training paid
oII, Royer said.
According to Wierenga, the men`s team
isn`t too worried about the upcoming meet
because they see it as a training run.
'It`s not about being Iast right now, it`s
about building a good base. It`s a long sea-
son, we need to peak when it`s right, Wi-
erenga said.
The season goal Ior both teams is to qual-
iIy Ior the National meet in late November.
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time.
The mezzanine above the ft-
ness center will serve as a spa-
cious exercise room.
With the help oI collapsible
walls, the room can be split into
three diIIerent areas, and all three
sections include fat screen TVs
Ior people to play workout videos.
A room to the leIt oI the exercise
space will hold a golI simulator,
and the room to the right will be
reserved as a cycling area, com-
plete with a raised platIorm in the
corner Ior instructors.
In addition to oIfce space
Ior the volleyball and basketball
coaches, the arena also holds new
locker rooms Ior the men`s bas-
ketball team, and the women`s
volleyball and basketball teams.
The old locker rooms are now ac-
cessible to students and the com-
munity and one will be used Ior
oIfcials on game days.
The court at the end oI the
arena will host home basketball
games and volleyball matches.
New individual seating spans 360
degrees around the court and can
accommodate up to 2,200 specta-
tors.
'We are defnitely in the top
tier oI Division II in terms oI Ia-
cilities now, Brubacher said,
making sure to point out the raised
platIorm seating areas and the
crow`s nest.
Behind the crow`s nest, a flm
area, the old dance studio is being
converted into a Presidential suite
and a Hall oI Fame room.
At Hayden Park the college is
building an outdoor practice Iacil-
ity which will include a 330 yard
driving range, a putting and chip-
ping green, and sand traps.
New outdoor tennis courts are
also in the works and will be com-
pleted next spring or summer.
And a teaser Ior all current
Chargers: the destruction oI the
old tennis courts will make room
Ior an indoor turI arena.
'While it will mainly be Ior
soItball and baseball during the
oII-season, the possibilities are
endless- lacrosse, ultimate Iris-
bee, soccer- I contend it will be
the most popular exercise space
on campus in the winter. Students
will overrun it, which will be ab-
solutely Iantastic, Brubacher
said.
So go check out the revamped
sports complex. You`ll surely be
leIt gaping in awe like Sam Wit-
wicky back in 2007.
Like Bumblee in 'Trans-
Iormers, Hillsdale`s weight
room is a whole new animal.
Except instead oI a grungy
1977 Chevrolet Camaro turning
into a sleek, new model, the old
gym turned into a pristine state
oI the art weight room.
'It was pretty shocking, se-
nior Matt Eltringham said.
In addition to the remod-
eled downstairs weight room,
the Jesse Philips Arena was re-
vamped and renamed the Dawn
Tibbetts Potter Arena, a golfng
practice Iacility broke ground in
Hayden Park, and locker rooms
and coaches` oIfces were added
throughout the George C. Roche
Sports Complex.
The weight room is now
termed the JAM in honor oI the
alumni who giIted the remodel
to the college: Jared `10, Aaron
`01, and Morgan Veldheer `12.
'There`s a sort oI Iraternity
oI athletes at Hillsdale and we
need to look out Ior each other,
Aaron Veldheer said. 'It was
also a way oI saying thank you
Ior the great education and men-
tors that Hillsdale provided us.
The JAM Ieatures new foor-
ing with a large 'H in the cen-
ter oI the room, Ireshly painted
walls, exposed black ceilings,
and 25 customized weight sta-
tions. The student-athletes`
mantra`s 'Arete (Greek Ior the
pursuit oI virtue
and excellence) and
'E.P.E.P. (Every
player, every play)
are spelled out in
white lettering on
blue medal at the
top oI each station.
'A weight room
is important to all
sports, so we knew
it would do a lot
oI good Ior a great
number oI teams,
Aaron Veldheer
said. 'All three oI
us love the weight
room- a couple oI
pictures oI Jared
in the weight room
have gone viral- so
it seems ftting.
AIter captaining
the 2009 Hillsdale Iootball team,
Jared suited up Ior the Oakland
Raiders Ior Iour seasons. This
spring he signed as a Iree agent
with the Arizona Cardinals.
Jared`s older brother Aaron was
starting point guard Ior the Hill-
sdale basketball team Ior three
years, and Jared`s wiIe Morgan
helped lead some oI Hillsdale`s
most successIul volleyball sea-
sons, which included winning
three consecutive GLIAC con-
Ierence tournaments.
'They were both great lead-
ers on their team, their paths
kind oI paralleled in a lot oI
ways, Aaron said oI his brother
and sister-in-law.
Arriving Ior camp on Aug.
14, the Iootball team was frst to
use the JAM.
'We`re really thankIul, El-
tringham said. 'It`s been a big
Iorce oI momentum Ior our
team. Going into a new weight
room with nice new speakers-
there`s a lot oI positive energy.
Football strength training
coach Aaron ShreIfer said that
the change
has boosted
eIfciency in
team work-
outs.
'We can
ft 80-plus
guys in there
and I can
coach the
same liIt at
the same
time rather
than running
Irom spot to
spot, ShreI-
fer said.
The new
e qui pme nt
allows play-
ers to do a
majority oI
their workout
without leaving the stations be-
cause each contains a squat rack,
platIorm, and bench.
While he enjoys the fnal
product, Iootball head coach
Keith Otterbein said the JAM is
not 100 percent completed.
'Some Iatheads and a really
cool sign along the Iront wall
would really be the icing on the
cake, Otterbein said. 'The Iat-
heads will really make the room
pop.
The JAM was built with the
varsity athletes in mind. How-
ever, it will open to students and
the community starting Sept. 4.
Construction on the main
stadium in the Dawn Tibbetts
Potter Arena is planned to be
fnished Ior the frst home vol-
leyball match on Sept. 12. The
expected completion date Ior the
rest oI the project is Oct. 1, Ath-
letic Director Don Brubacher
said.
The new additions include
a large rock climbing wall that
rises at the base oI the Fitness
Center. The wall will be able to
accommodate nine climbers at a
Redshirt sophomore Mark
LaPrairie gives us the scoop on
how he`s Ieeling about stepping
up to the starting quarterback
position this Iall.

How do you feel about start-
ing as quarterback?
Well, I don`t Ieel a whole lot
oI pressure; I Ieel like I eased
into it. My true Ireshman year I
didn`t have a lot oI responsibil-
ity, so I had time to get used to
college liIe. The next year I got
to learn the ins and outs oI the
oIIense, and that`s brought me
to where I am now. I am pretty
young compared to other play-
ers in the league though, so it`s
a balance.

How have you prepared for
the upcoming season?
This oII-season I really hit the
weights and ran a lot. I gained
a lot oI weight, and I also threw
with a past quarterback at Hills-
dale, who was very helpIul.

You`re a double major in Eco-
nomics and Math. How do you
balance your academics with
football?
There`s really not a whole lot
oI Iree time, but I took a cou-
ple summer classes and came
into college with some credits,
which made it a little bit easier.
Basically it comes down to not
wasting time, going to see pro-
Iessors, and getting as much
help as I can.

What do you like to do outside
of athletics?
Well, I lead Bible study Ior
the Iootball team. Football re-
ally tires me out, so I tend to be
more oI a homebody. But I like
to hang out with my Iriends, be
chill, and watch movies.

What`s the best football ad-
vice you`ve been given?
A sports psychologist talked to
our Iootball team last Iall during
camp who basically said that the
athlete needs to slow the game
down and prepare mentally in
advance. As a quarterback I
have to be level-headed, so this
really helped me Iocus on visu-
alizing what`s going on at the
feld beIore game day.

If you could play for any pro-
fessional team, which would it
be?
I would defnitely play Ior the
Dallas Cowboys. They have a
sweet stadium, and they are very
iconic. Also my parents used to
live in Dallas, so I`m pretty Ia-
miliar with Dallas Iootball.

Who is your favorite football
player?
I like aspects oI a lot oI diIIerent
players. I really like Tim Tebow,
mainly Ior his passion and how
vocal he is with his Iaith. I also
like Aaron Rodgers because he
throws so eIIortlessly, and Drew
Brees Ior his leadership.

Do you have any pre-game
rituals?
I haven`t really come up with
one Ior college yet, but back
in high school, our lineback-
er coach would always eat a
Tootsie pop in the color oI the
opposing team beIore a game,
and he would give me the wrap-
per to stick in my sock. Nowa-
days I just Iocus on keeping
calm and socializing with my
teammates beIore the game.

What does your celebration
dance look like?
Coach Otter would probably
kill me iI I did a celebration
dance... but iI I could, I`d do a
backfip. Although, considering
I can`t even do a backfip to be-
gin with, I`ll probably just go to
the bench.

What is something about
Coach Otter that people out-
side the team don`t know
about?
Coach Otter literally drinks fve
gallons oI coIIee a day. He car-
ries around a big canister Iull oI
it. On a more serious note, he
really loves us as players. He`s
always looking out Ior our well-
being. I really respect him be-
cause he keeps his word and is
really honest with the team.

When did you rst start play-
ing football?
I started playing Iootball in
7th grade as a running back.
Since I was so tall (5`10), they
switched me to tight end, then
to quarterback in 8th grade. I`ve
played that position ever since.
What`s your favorite part
about the quarterback posi-
tion?
Mainly I enjoy the leadership
and being in the spotlight. I like
the responsibility, with all the
control and pressure it brings. I
like being able to change plays,
and the challenge oI maneuver-
ing in and out oI certain situa-
tions on the feld.

What are the team`s biggest
strengths this year?
Our strength - which may be
seen as a disadvantage - is def-
nitely our youth, especially on
the oIIensive side oI the ball.
We have two Ireshman starters
on the line as well; Jake Bull
and Dan Drummond really
stand out to me as strong con-
tributors. People will underes-
timate our team since we lost a
lot oI starters last year, but we
aren`t really rebuilding, we are
reloading.
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Much oI Hillsdale`s women tennis team will
seem astonishingly Iamiliar this Iall.
Composed oI seven athletes, the team neither
gained incoming Ireshmen nor graduated any
seniors, meaning all members have had previ-
ous experience on the team.
'We have the same team this year so that`s
not diIIerent, but the thing that is diIIerent is
that everyone has the experience oI playing a
Iull year, which in college tennis means every-
thing, head coach Nikki Walbright said. 'The
more experience you have in match play the bet-
ter it is.
AIter securing a sixth place fnish in the GLI-
AC conIerence last season, the team looks Ior-
ward to improving their placing this year.
The team hopes Iamiliarity with college ten-
nis matches as well as team dynamics will give
them a competitive edge over the other teams.
Walbright said because everyone has had expe-
rience, they were able to jump straight into pre-
season training.
'We were able to start and go straight Irom
where we leIt oII last year, Walbright said.
'There were no new things to learn. Everyone
knew exactly what was expected oI them.
Senior team captain Morgan Delp said that
she can see the improvement her team has
made in the last year.
'A lot oI our girls really improved their
strength on the court, especially our sopho-
mores, Delp said. 'They`ve got a year under
their belt and they`ve come back a lot stronger
now that they know how to liIt, and our juniors
are stepping into leadership roles as well. I`m
proud oI them all.
Changes with this year`s schedule will bring
its own uniqueness to this season.
Previously, weekend matches tended to last
Friday through Sunday with Iour to fve hours oI
tennis on each oI those days. However with the
new schedule, the tournaments tend to be short-
ened to two days.
The team`s new schedule demanded a new
training plan Ior the summer and pre-season.
'Our coach gives us a very rigorous and in-
tense training schedule, and I think we did a
good job oI sticking with it, Delp said.
With the original team and a renewed spirit,
the Chargers look Iorward to their frst tourna-
ment this coming weekend, Sept. 5-7.
'Our motto is Iearless` this year, Delp said.
'Because everyone has played all the matches
beIore, there shouldn`t be any Iear or anxiety.
It`s just going out there and doing what we know
how to do.
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Hillsdale College has taken golI to a new level
this year, advancing Irom the statue variety to var-
sity.
Thanks to an endowment by Dawn Tibbetts
Potter, the college recruited six Ireshmen, two ju-
niors and two seniors to re-establish the team on
campus.
The Division II team will compete in the GLI-
AC among 15 others in the conIerence, playing
both the Iall and spring seasons.
Potential seems to be the overall name oI Hill-
sdale`s golI game.
'No plan survives frst contact with the en-
emy, head coach Mike Harner said when asked
about expectations Ior the season.
However, with the expertise oI assistant coach
Nate Gilchrist and an early season plan to adjust to
tournament play, the team hopes to qualiIy Ior the
conIerence championship in October.
To prepare Ior the upcoming season, players
were instructed by the coaching staII to play as
many amateur tournaments as possible during the
summer.
The 10 players arrived on campus a week and
a halI beIore classes began Ior preseason camp,
which included a fve-day retreat at the college`s
Rockwell Lodge in Luther, Michigan.
The retreat doubled as a kick-oII Ior the sea-
son and a competition Ior the frst fve travel spots.
The team played fve rounds oI golI, and Coach
Harner led the team in yoga and strength training.
In addition to establishing team and individual
goals at the Rockwell Lodge, the 10 members par-
ticipated in team-bonding exercises, such as an at-
tempt to eat 200 boneless chicken wings together
at BuIIalo Wild Wings.
As with other NCAA sports, there are rules
that limit the number oI oIfcial hours players can
receive coach instruction. However, senior co-
captains Matt Chalberg and Brad Mitzner have
stepped in to lead team practices.
Though their home course is Bella Vista GolI
Course in Coldwater, Michigan, the team will use
the two new practice Iacilities on campus that are
expected to open by Oct. 1.
Chalberg specifed that some specifc goals Ior
the new team include fnishing in the top halI oI
the GLIAC, as well as earning a team and indi-
vidual win at one oI their 10 tournaments.
Collegiate golI is a unique team situation, as
players compete individually as well.
Freshman Steven Sartore emphasized the ben-
efts oI such an arrangement, noting that 'when
you`re rooting Ior yourselI and you`re rooting Ior
your teammates, it just seems you play better. You
get good karma going your way, as I call it good
juju. You defnitely play better golI when every-
one is rooting Ior each other, and that`s something
that`s hard to replace.
The team`s frst tournament is Sept. 6 in TiIfn,
Ohio at the Kyle Ryman Shootout.
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Since beIore she started writ-
ing out her ABCs or learning how
to spell, junior Catherine CoIIey
has known and loved music.
'I remember being really little
and sitting on top oI the washing
machine and making up little
songs to go with the rhythm oI
the washing machine, CoIIey
said. It`s just always been some-
thing I`ve done, something I`ve
loved. Not even consciously, it`s
just a part oI who I am.
Now CoIIey is in production
oI her own album in collabora-
tion with Make Believe Studios
in Omaha, Neb.
'My parents superstitiously
believe that |my involvement in
music| was because they were
married on the
Ieast oI Saint Ce-
cilia, the patron
saint oI music,
CoIIey said. 'All
oI my siblings
sing and play mu-
sic too.
CoIIey said
when she was
about fve or six,
her mother taught
her piano, which
she learned Ior
nearly 11 years.
Having played
violin, recorder,
ukulele, piano
and guitar, CoI-
Iey said guitar is
her Iavorite in-
strument out oI
the mix.
'I love every-
thing you can do
with a guitar,
CoIIey said. 'I`m
also becoming in-
creasingly enam-
ored with the ac-
cordion. It`s such
a brilliant instru-
ment. It`s such
a great sound.
It`s so boisterous
and Iun. It`s so
sincere too. There`s something
about it that`s just honest; it`s like
a giraIIe. GiraIIes are just quirky
and so entirely themselves.
Ukulele, she said, will always
have a special meaning Ior her
because it`s how she got started.
As 17-year-old CoIIey walked
into a coIIee shop with a newly
purchased ukulele under her arm,
a man named Derek Dibbern
stood behind her in line.
'He saw my ukulele and
asked iI I could play it, CoI-
Iey said, 'I told him I had just
learned one song, but I played
it Ior him. And one thing led to
another and we ended up having
this little jam session on the patio
oI this coIIee shop. By the end
oI our conversation, he asked iI I
wanted to open Ior his gig.
From then on, CoIIey and
Dibbern met every month, and
she opened Ior his musical act
called Frek and the Elixir. CoI-
Iey said that Dibbern has a very
progressive sound.
'He just has this openness
and curiosity about music that I
always want to have, she said.
'And he was so encouraging to-
wards me. Everything I came to
him with, he was able to critique
me, but also really encouraged
my song writing.
CoIIey said Dibbern was the
role model closest to her, or who
personally infuenced her the
most.
'My role models JeII
Buckley is defnitely one oI
them. He`s one oI the rare beasts
oI rock and roll. He`s just magi-
cal. Regina Spektor kind oI gave
me sort oI a goal Ior any kind oI
art that I did. That`s in that she
whenever she does something,
whenever she opens her mouth
and sings something, her audi-
ence goes, I know exactly what
you`re talking about.` It`s so
weird and she does it in such a
unique way, and yet we`re still
able to relate with her.
CoIIey`s song-writing com-
bined with her ability to perIorm
the music she writes is uncom-
mon, her producer at Make Be-
lieve Studios, Rick Carson, said.
'Catherine`s songs are really
original; You can tell she really
cares about them, Carson said.
'They`re very storytelling songs.
And you don`t get that a lot
nowadays. People aren`t buying
into substance any more, and iI
they are, it has to be really good
substance. And I think that can
happen with her music. There are
not too many projects that get me
excited like hers.
The album does not currently
have a release date. For now,
Carson said, CoIIey has given
them a structure, and they`re just
adding instrumentals. He com-
pared the process oI producing
an album to testing iI noodles are
Iully cooked.
'You throw the noodles up
against the wall and see iI they
stick, Carson said. 'With the in-
strumentals, we`re just throwing
nine diIIerent noodles up against
the wall, and seeing what sticks.
One oI CoIIey`s housemates,
junior Sarah Albers, has lived
with CoIIey Ior two years, listen-
ing to her play, write, and really
get to know the music she plays.
'CoIIey and music are inex-
tricable, Albers said. 'It`s a way
that she expresses herselI, its a
way she sort oI teases out prob-
lems. It`s both a method oI selI-
refection and selI-expression.
So even when she`s covering
another song, the music has sig-
nifcance to her or the lyrics have
signifcance to her. She`s inter-
preting or processing.
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see this week
'Fires where all our sparks
could scatter, midnight stars
could drop their ladders, I`m not
sure any oI it matters, but all oI
it was music, a crooning voice
emerges over a thick Iolk guitar
base.
The Iolk band Over the Rhine
will perIorm at Hillsdale during
the English department`s Visiting
Writers seminar on Oct. 20. This
unprecedented two-day event
will be held in the Dow Leader-
ship Center on Oct. 20 and 21,
and will center on the relation-
ship between Iaith and the arts.
In addition to the musical perIor-
mance, alumnus Gregory WolIe
`80, Iounder and editor-in-chieI
oI Image magazine will speak,
along with pulitzer-nominated
poet Andrew Hudgins, and his
wiIe, novelist Erin McGraw.
In previous years, Visiting
Writers program guests have
come individually Ior two days,
holding readings oI their work,
then giving a lecture. This se-
mester, the several visits will
coincide in a special seminar to
mark the 25th anniversary oI Im-
age magazine.
Image, one oI America`s
leading literary quarterlies, is a
Iorum Ior the best writing and
artwork that explores new ways
to discover religious
truth and experience
through art and lit-
erature.
The magazine
shares a special
connection with
the Visiting Writ-
ers program: many
previous Ieatured
guests oI the pro-
gram have served
on the Editorial Ad-
visory Board oI the
magazine. Hudgins
is a member oI the
board, along with
poet Paul Mariani,
Ieatured last year,
novelist and essay-
ist Doris Betts, poet
and essayist Thomas
Lynch, and novelist
Ron Hansen.
WolIe, who grad-
uated Irom Hillsdale
in 1980 with de-
grees in history and
English, has since
earned a master`s
degree in English
Irom the Univer-
sity oI OxIord, written 15 books
and more than 200 essays and
articles, Iounded and served 25
years as editor oI Image, and has
served as a writer-in-residence at
Seattle Pacifc University since
2000. He is currently researching
Ior a book about the renaissance
Christian humanist Desiderius
Erasmus.
'What he has done is remark-
able. We want to honor him,
Visiting Writers
Program Director
John Somerville
said. 'So this being
the 25th anniversary
oI Image, it seemed
like the perIect year
to do it.
WolIe is a preva-
lent voice in the
literary world ad-
vocating Ior the
renewal oI interest
in the relationship
between art and re-
ligion. Hansen has
described WolIe as
'one oI the most
incisive and persua-
sive voices oI our
generation.
WolIe told the
Collegian that he
plans to speak on
the relationship be-
tween conservative
thought and the arts.
'I think it will be
autobiographical,
WolIe said. 'I know
the topic because
it goes back to my
Hillsdale education.
During his time as a student
at Hillsdale, WolIe Iounded the
Hillsdale Review: An American
Miscellany, a quarterly journal
oI cultural and literary criticism
that garnered several thousand
subscribers during his editorship.
WolIe says the experience
Iounding the journal was help-
Iul when he began the process oI
Iounding Image. When he gradu-
ated, WolIe had plans to start
another publication during his
career, but wasn`t certain that it
would be successIul.
'I don`t know that I was sure
that such a thing would happen,
WolIe said, oI Image`s Iounding.
'I certainly hoped that it would.
Despite the strong ties oI his
time at Hillsdale to the success oI
his career, WolIe has not returned
to Hillsdale since graduation in
1980, and he`s looking Iorward
to being back in the area Ior a
Iew days.
'I look Iorward to seeing iI
Central Hall is still standing,
WolIe chuckled.
Over The Rhine is an Ohio-
based Iolk band, Iounded in
1989. The band`s husband-and-
wiIe pair songwriting team,
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This is the arts page. You
should read it this year. Not be-
cause I`m its editor or the writ-
ing here in this column, week to
week, will wow you and you`ll
wonder at its wit and whimsy
though that would be nice. Read
the arts section because you`re
at Hillsdale, in a community oI
amazingly creative people doing
amazingly creative things every-
day.
Art, as your frst philosophy
proIessor or an old dictionary
will tell you, is the application oI
skill, oI knowledge. To describe
something as art, classically, im-
plies a rational mind has applied
itselI to the design and craIting
oI it. That`s a broad defnition,
growing out oI the Greek word
transliterated as 'techne, whose
numerous derivatives require no
aid in recalling. But the idea oI it,
that creative and skilIul basket-
term use oI the word art, catches
almost all we do here at Hillsdale.
Pursue truth, deIend liberty, get a
liberal arts education.
Obviously, however, art as it
is used today, while cherishing its
roots in technetrying playing
a violin without practicing and
without making the neighbor`s
cat wonder iI its cousin is dy-
ingdescribes aesthetic endeav-
ors, exploring beauty, whether
Ior its own sake or in conjunction
with other human activity. These
are the fne arts. In the collegiate
cosmos they are circling spheres
oI music, oI theatre, oI dance, oI
even more rigidly defned fne
artssculpture, painting, draw-
ing, photography, myriad me-
dium, message, and method. Cast
out poetry and creative prose
Irom the English major`s sill and
he wanders homeless and hardly
recognized among his fne arts
brethren.
That is what this section is
about. The creative skills and
endeavors oI your roommates,
the pretty girl up the street, your
neighbour down the hall, the guy
who sits next to you in class, your
Iriend who`s always practicing
but not at practice, will be show-
cased, explored, explained, con-
sidered, critiqued, and admired
Irom these pages. Read this be-
cause they are your Iriends and
because you do or dabble in one
oI these things and want people
to recognize and appreciate what
you care about.
That`s the page, and this is the
column. From here, let us Ioster
a conversation on campus about
what we are doing when we per-
Iorm, when we create, when we
practice and dedicate ourselves to
expressing not just ourselves, but
the human condition, in a tradi-
tion oI provocations and celebra-
tions. Next week, Junior Forester
McClatchey will be writing about
rap, not just as a student oI the
genre, but as a rapper. It is an op-
portunity Ior us to talk about rap
as music and as poetry, with the
rules oI expression that apply to
both.
This is Hillsdale College`s
newspaper, but Hillsdale College
is, aIter all, named aIter Hills-
dale, Michigan. So, while eco-
nomic contractions and the col-
lege`s growing national prestige
make Hillsdale a college town
more than Hillsdale College the
town`s college, this is a page Ior
Hillsdale County too. You are our
neighbors. We want to know how
you celebrate beauty, communi-
cate truth, create good things.
To that end, Irom campus or
county, I want to hear Irom you.
Send me an email at mmeadow-
croIthillsdale.edu and tell me
about the novel your sister wrote,
the mural your church completed,
the little play that could, and I
will see where it fts in Hillsdale`s
conversation about art. That`s
these pages, and let`s start today.
Teatre and Dance charge on with renovations
Hillsdale`s ProIessional Art-
ist Series begins with a bang this
month in the music department,
with three proIessional concerts
over the next Iour weeks.
Gospel quartet Rani Arbo &
daisy mayhem will play this Sat-
urday, Sept. 6, at 8 p.m. in Markel
Auditorium. On Sunday, Sept.
21, renowned pianist Andreas
Klein will perIorm in Markel at 3
p.m., and guitarist David Young-
man, a Hillsdale native, will play
on Friday, Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m.
in McNamara Rehearsal Hall.
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem
play a unique brand oI histori-
cally American music, labeled by
Vancouver`s Rogue Folk Review
as 'an intoxicating blend oI roots
music styles, with deep tradition-
al roots.
Music department chair James
Holleman describes the group as
'a bona-fde revival meeting, but
without the preaching.
Andreas Klein, a German-
born pianist, will both play a
concert and teach a piano master
class.
'As a pianist, I`m excited Ior
Andreas to come, junior mu-
sic major Taylor Flowers said.
'He`s an excellent and very well-
known concert pianist.
The New York Times has de-
scribed Klein as 'a Iascinating
artist with all the indispensable
qualities: temperament, taste,
touch, tone, the Iour Ts oI pia-
nism.
David Youngman is an instru-
mental fngerstyle guitarist who
plays a wide variety oI musical
styles, drawing on jazz, classi-
cal, Iolk, and New Age infu-
ences. He is also known Ior his
hymn arrangements. In addition
to perIorming, he teaches guitar
at Spring Arbor University.
Senior Chris PandolIo, who
plays guitar with student band
CoIIey and the Sugar Packets,
was enthusiastic about a virtuoso
guitarist coming to Hillsdale.
'I don`t know much about
Youngman, but I am very ex-
cited to see him, PandolIo said.
'It will be a good motivation to
practice.
This year`s ProIessional Art-
ist Series is heavily weighted to-
wards the beginning oI the year.
AIter the three concerts in Sep-
tember, the next concert the
prestigious men`s vocal ensem-
ble Cantus is not until Janu-
ary. Holleman said that this is by
design.
'We like to oIIer the students
a chance to get to these concerts
beIore they get crazy busy as the
semester goes on, Holleman
said. 'It`s also nice to get these
shared experiences as an audi-
ence under our belt early. It`s a
good way to jump-start the music
program Ior the year.
Although all ProIessional Art-
ist Series concerts are Iree, it is
recommended to reserve tickets
ahead oI time.
'We try to seat everyone who
shows up, but these shows oIten
sell out, and reserving tickets
will guarantee you a spot, Hol-
leman said.
Tickets can be reserved by
calling the Sage Box OIfce at
517-607-2848 or by email at
sageboxoIfcehillsdale.edu.
The art department`s plans
Ior this semester include a new
Digital Illustration course, a
feld trip to the ArtPrize exhibi-
tion, and visiting artist and stu-
dent exhibits.
Digital Illustration, a new
course this semester, was de-
signed so that students who en-
joyed studio art, like drawing
and painting, could combine this
interest with computer graphics.
The class is designed to be ap-
pealing to both beginning stu-
dents and those with some level
oI skill, so that anyone can take
it.
The course was started this
semester by ProIessor Bryan
Springer who has been teaching
computer graphics in the art de-
partment Ior six years. Springer
said that he wanted to give stu-
dents the opportunity to make
pictures using the computer. He
hopes to teach this course again
next year.
ArtPrize is a massive art com-
petition in Grand Rapids where
artists set up their work all along
the streets and inside oIfce
buildings. Prizes are awarded
based on popular vote.
In addition to new classes,
the department is also planning
to sponsor a bus trip to ArtPrize
on a Friday between Sept. 24
and Oct. 12. The trip is tenta-
tively scheduled Ior Oct. 3. De-
partmental Photographer Doug
Coon plans to showcase some oI
his photography. The art depart-
ment is now working on fnaliz-
ing the details oI the trip.
This month, a selection oI
pieces Irom the Perception Gal-
lery in Grand Rapids is Ieatured
in the Daughtrey Gallery. Dur-
ing homecoming season, Brian
Curtis will be displaying his
paintings in the Gallery. Curtis
used to be a proIessor here at
Hillsdale in the early 1980s and
later went on to become Head oI
Graduate Painting Studies at the
University oI Miami in Florida.
His works explore the beauty oI
Stonehenge in a series oI paint-
ings both large and small. These
will be up Ior anyone to view
Irom Oct. 3 to Nov. 9.
At the end oI the semester,
two Senior Art Exhibits will be
displayed Ior art majors gradu-
ating early. Seniors Margaret
Smith and Katherine Helmick
will show their Senior Art Ex-
hibits Irom Nov. 17 to Nov. 24.
'They`re really all about Iun-
damentals and being able to see
well and it just fts in with the
liberal arts mission oI Hillsdale
so well, Helmick said, oI the
work she plans to exhibit.
Helmick`s artwork will be
mostly photography with some
pieces Irom other areas, while
Smith has pieces Irom all diI-
Ierent areas including digital il-
lustration, pen and ink, textiles,
sculpture and drawing.
'This has been really a won-
derIul place to be able to grow
and learn how to better use artis-
tic talents, Smith said.
Art department chair Barbara
Bushey encourages non-art ma-
jors to come and take classes to
see iI they have an interest in the
area.
'Everybody is oI course wel-
come and we like to see lots oI
people down here that maybe
we haven`t seen beIore, Bushey
said.
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A remodeled perIormance stu-
dio, black box renovations and
a new dance honorary mark an
exciting year oI new beginnings
Ior Hillsdale`s dance and theatre
departments.
In addition, Director oI Dance
Holly Hobbs is implementing a
new method oI ballet instruction,
the Tower Players are Iocusing
on contemporary perIormances
and nearly 50 students auditioned
Ior the frst show oI the year.
Hobbs expressed her plea-
sure with the dance department`s
new perIormance studio, which
includes wall-to-wall sprung
fooring, barres, cubbies and
Iresh coat oI paint. BeIore, dance
fooring only covered a portion oI
the foor, meaning students could
easily 'Iall to their death iI they
weren`t cautious.
Now the entire
foor is suitable
Ior dancing with
a Ioam core cov-
ered with a rub-
ber surIace called
marley. Likewise,
the black box that
once had hard,
splintering wood
foors now has
sprung fooring
covered with ma-
ple squares and a
new sound system
Ior both dance and
theatre perIor-
mances.
Hobbs said
these renovations
allow Ior all dance
classes includ-
ing highland and
ballroom to
meet in the Sage
Center Ior the
Arts, instead oI at
the Roche Sports
Complex.
'We are fnally
all united under one rooI, Hobbs
added.
Hobbs also explained that the
department joined the National
Honor Society Ior Dance Arts, a
national dance honorary which
will requires artistic merit, lead-
ership and academic achievement
to bring dance students together.
'It will Iocus on the more so-
cial aspects oI participating in
dance, Hobbs said.
In order to produce better,
stronger and more eIfcient danc-
ers, Hobbs attended a training
seminar this summer Ior Ameri-
can Ballet Theatre. She said this
method oI learning and teaching
ballet will Iundamentally change
the way she teaches, but Ior the
better.
'It has a rigorous syllabus and
a very specifc way oI training
dancers specializing in eIfciency
oI movement, Hobbs said.
The Tower Dancers will per-
Iorm on March 27 to 29, display-
ing both Iaculty and student cho-
reographed works in modern and
ballet genre. Auditions will be
held on Sept. 13 Irom 2 to 4 p.m.
in the perIormance studio and are
open to all levels oI dance exper-
tise.
Additionally, she said students
in her Choreography and Impro-
visation II course will perIorm
group-choreographed dance in
the black box Ior their fnal in
December. The perIormance is
open to the student body.
In the theatre department,
the Tower Players will perIorm
Iour shows three plays and one
musical over the course oI the
year. Theatre Department Chair
George Angell said the plays are
all contemporary and the oldest
one, 'Misanthrope, will have a
contemporary slant.
The frst play, 'Almost,
Maine, will show Oct. 8 to 11.
The play is a series oI short vi-
gnettes oI diIIerent couples at diI-
Ierent stages oI love, theatre pub-
licity manager and senior Aaron
Pomerantz said.
'They are discovering some-
thing about how they Ieel about
each other, Director Michel
Bayer added. 'It`s pure and sim-
ple.
Although the show only re-
quires Iour actors, two men and
two women, it can include as
many as 19. Bayer said almost
50 students auditioned, result-
ing in callbacks. Because oI the
tremendous showing, Bayer said,
the cast is 19 students.
The other shows will include
'The Misanthrope in Novem-
ber, musical 'The Drowsy Chap-
erone in February, and 'Van-
ya and Sonia and Masha and
Spike in April.
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vocalist Karin Bergquist, will join
WolIe Ior a panel on Iaith and the
arts on Oct. 21.
The band`s critically acclaimed
latest album, 'Meet Me At The
Edge oI The World, was inspired
by the couple`s Iarmhouse in rural
Ohio and the geographical infu-
ences oI Highland County, the
region near Cincinnati where the
band was Iounded.
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out oI the soil we live on, Det-
weiler explains on the band`s
website. 'We had always dreamed
oI having a piece oI unpaved
earth which would serve as our
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American artists or writers that
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learning process as getting to
know the music as most people
would a person.
'She just has incredible tal-
ent, Albers said. 'But what dis-
tinguishes any artist, but distinct-
ly her, is her depth oI Ieeling. She
has powerIul insight, incredible
intelligence, and that is paired
with the capacity to love and to
Ieel that I haven`t encountered in
many other people. I think that is
what sets her apart as a musician
and artist.
'Music, what I love about
music is that it`s, music is a reac-
tion, CoIIey said. 'I think that`s
what I love about it. It`s some-
thing that`s so entirely our own. I
mean, iI you`ve done music long
enough, it becomes your auto-
matic reaction. II you`re happy
about something, or music starts
playing in your head, or your sad
about something and you hear a
million songs that go with it. Mu-
sic is a way to articulate ourselves
in a very vulnerable way.
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The Barney Charter School Ini-
tiative has increased two-Iold aIter
opening Iour new charter schools
this summer.
Since 2009, the initiative
has spread liberal arts education
throughout the country. This initia-
tive seeks to institute a classical cur-
riculum in schools that wish to asso-
ciate with the college in the renewal
oI education throughout America.
Phillip Kilgore, the director oI
the initiative, said that the college
works with communities, parents,
educators, and local school districts
who are dissatisfed with the down-
ward trend oI progressive education.
'It is really driven by a response
to people who are like minded and
who share our educational philoso-
phy, Kilgore said.
Eight new charter schools have
opened their doors since 2012.
This past August Iour new schools
opened, located in Georgia, Florida,
Nevada, and Texas. The growth pro-
jection rate is fve schools per year,
with the hope oI having 50 charter
schools open by 2022.
Kilgore said that because the
word is out, he receives weekly
enquiries about the initiative, even
Irom states that do not have charter
school laws. These charter schools,
which are publically Iunded yet in-
dependently operated, refect the
learning and rigour oI the liberal
arts education that is taught at the
college. These schools have tremen-
dous curricular Ireedom, Kilgore
said, because they are allowed to
depart Irom the state`s dictates Ior
regular public schools.
'Hillsdale provides the curricu-
lar design, he said. 'Our role is to
be the architect oI the academic pro-
gram, and the curriculum is a signif-
cant piece in that.
Hillsdale hosted a teacher train-
ing session in June, which 100
teachers Irom Iour charter schools
attended, and over 30 Iaculty mem-
bers Irom the college delivered ses-
sions.
Kilgore emphasized the impor-
tance oI content; teachers have to
be knowledgeable in order to Iully
teach a liberal arts education.
'I had Dr. Grant teaching about
Article 1, Section 8 oI the Consti-
tution, because there`s a govern-
ment class. I had Dr. Smith talking
about 'Henry V because that book
is taught in the eighth grade. I had
Dr. Birzer talking about American
Indians because frst grade teachers
teach that, Kilgore
said. 'That`s some
top-grade teacher
training.
Kilgore also
added that every
American should be
concerned with edu-
cation because oI its
connection with the
health oI the repub-
lic.
'Education is
something that
touches every Iamily. There is no
one who doesn`t have a dog in the
fght in some way, he said.
Kilgore said that, besides the Iact
that students throughout America
are educated, he hopes that the ini-
tiative will have a leavening eIIect in
public education.
'We are showing that education
in the public school domain can be
done in the right manner, and we
want parents and policy makers to
see that, he said. 'Public schooling
needs to be restored to what it once
was, and these schools serve as the
example that it can be done.
The eight schools, which have
a total oI 4,000 students enrolled,
are also a haven Ior Hillsdale Col-
lege alumni. According to Assistant
Director Rebecca Fleming, there are
a total oI 30 alumni working at the
schools, who have graduated any-
where Irom 2006-2014.
Emily Flynn, `14 currently teach-
es at the Atlanta Classical Academy
(ACA) in Georgia. With a degree in
history and a minor in art history,
Flynn oversees a fIth-grade class oI
27 students.
Flynn heard about the ACA at the
Classical Schools Job Fair that the
college hosts every February.
'It has been exciting and chal-
lenging to be a part oI this, espe-
cially as a new teacher, Flynn said.
'I have the opportunity to help Iorm
a school, and thus its students, in an
environment which promotes virtue
and academic rigor. It Ieels very
Hillsdale-ian.
Flynn added that
Dr. Terrence Moore,
previous proIessor oI
history at Hillsdale,
is the principal at the
ACA and is very in-
volved in the initia-
tive. She said that she
is encouraged by the
support she has re-
ceived Irom both the
community at ACA
and members and Iac-
ulty back at Hillsdale.
Flynn echoes Kilgore`s aspira-
tions Ior the initiative and Ior the
renewal oI education throughout the
country. The Barney Charter School
Initiative is vital not only as a means
Ior the learning oI the liberal arts,
but also as an education Ior leading
a virtuous liIe.
'II we only emphasize academ-
ics, we are Iorgetting that we are
developing human beings, not just
brains, Flynn said. 'Developing
character is an essential component
oI ACA and other Barney charter
schools, and it is this emphasis on
virtue that will allow the students oI
these schools to excel academically
and morally in our world, Ior they
will be able to interpret and seek out
the good, the true, and the beauti-
Iul.
Judge Brent Weigle oI the
Michigan 3A Judicial District
Court will coach the 2014-15
Hillsdale College mock trial team.
Weigle will replace Iormer
coach Keith Miller, the assistant
director oI career services.
Weigle, who showed an in-
terest in law since the age oI 12,
managed to incorporate his pas-
sion Ior his work into coaching a
mock trial team.
'I liked debating, and the give
and take oI debate, Weigle said.
'I also had a strong desire to help
people.
These skills have served Wei-
gle well throughout his career,
which began in 1986 aIter he
graduated Irom Thomas J. Cooley
Law School in Lansing, Mich.
For Iour years he served as an
assistant prosecutor Ior Branch
County, Mich., and later entered
private practice as both a civil and
criminal deIense lawyer.
He served as a magistrate
judge Ior fve years, during which
he was responsible Ior conducting
courts Ior minor oIIenses as well
as holding preliminary hearings
Ior more serious oIIenses.
In 2009, Weigle was sworn
in as a district judge Ior Michi-
gan`s 3A Judicial District Court
in Branch County. He is one oI
two judges who presides over
the court, which handles ap-
proximately 15,000 flings a year,
ranging Irom seat belt tickets to
preliminary hearings Ior murder
charges. He will be up Ior re-elec-
tion this November.
Weigle said that he is excited to
integrate his experience as a law-
yer and a judge into his coaching
position Ior the mock trial team,
since the proceedings are similar
to the workings oI an actual court.
'It helps that I tried jury trials
as a lawyer Ior both sides, Wei-
gle said.
Weigle added that his judicial
experience also gives him an ad-
ditional perspective on the legal
process.
'Being neutral, I`m sort oI
above the source and can see
things Irom a neutral perspective
and get the bigger picture, he
said.
Students agree that Weigle`s
ample experience in the court-
room will help the team improve.
'His experience as a prosecu-
tor will help us present to a jury,
said sophomore Jon Church, one
oI the team captains. 'He will
help get us to the next level in
terms oI courtroom presentation.
In addition to his courtroom
experience, Weigle coached the
mock trial team Ior Coldwater
High School Ior more than 15
years. Under his leadership, the
team won the state championship.
The transition Irom high
school competition to the college
level will demand some adjust-
ment, primarily in managing the
larger number oI students par-
ticipating on the college team. On
the high school team, he coached
anywhere Irom Iour to ten stu-
dents, whereas the college team
has more than 25 students.
'I look Iorward to the process,
the hours spent together, and the
Iriendships we`ll Iorm, he said.
Weigle`s eldest son and Hills-
dale alumni, Jon, will act as his
assistant coach who participated
in his own high school mock trial
team. His team won a state title in
high school and went undeIeated
Ior a year.
'This will be my frst year as-
sistant coaching, he said. 'I re-
ally like the enthusiasm these stu-
dents have shown. They are very
talented, and I think we`ll have a
great year.
Weigle`s enthusiasm and dedi-
cation to coaching matches the
team`s excitement.
'We are very excited about
having Judge Weigle as the new
coach, said Philip Hammersley,
senior and captain. 'He has the
perspective oI what lawyers are
looking Ior while judging, which
will help us in competition.
Last week, Weigle had his
frst meeting with the prospec-
tive team members. He met the
students and shared his coaching
philosophy. He will serve as an
advisor to the student teams, but
ultimately, the case is in the stu-
dents` hands.
'I will try and put them in a
position to be successIul and see
how things go, Weigle said. In
his address to the team, he added:
'Work as hard as you want to
work. It`s your case.
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display skills, such as walk-
ing, trotting, and cantering,
and award ribbons based on
their perIormance.
Improvement requires
commitment. At least every
other week, Marchese and the
other members oI team swap
their desk seats Ior saddles and
head to practice at the Premier
Equestrian Center in Hudson,
Mich. Here, the team`s coach
oI two years, Danielle Cole,
owns and maintains the team
horses. Marchese and Wil-
liams agree that the halI-hour
drive out to the peaceIul barn
and idyllic countryside pro-
vides a welcome way to relax
in the midst oI hectic campus
liIe.
Both girls do English
horseback riding, but Hills-
dale`s Equestrian Team also
includes a branch Ior West-
ern riding. While competing
on the English team involves
trotting, cantering, and even-
tually jumping, the Western
team requires reining, barrel
racing, and roping.
'Western riding is a little
more laidback than English,
said senior Daniel Kish, west-
ern team president. 'I would
recommend it to someone
who wants to Ieel secure and
relaxed but be able to com-
pete in a wide array oI Iun
disciplines.
Just as both branches oI
the team steadily work to-
gether to make their dream a
reality, Marchese continues
at her canter a little longer
beIore calling it a day. As
she and Williams brush down
the horses, they explain why
participation on the team per-
Iectly complements their Hill-
sdale education.
According to Williams,
students earning the right to
govern themselves can learn
Irom the way riders strive to
earn a horse`s respect. For her
and the other equestrians, rid-
ing is a means oI living out the
belieI that strength rejoices in
the challenge.
Williams smiles as she
recites her Iavorite Winston
Churchill quote:
'There`s something about
the outside oI a horse that is
good Ior the inside oI a man.`
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The dark silhouette oI a
horse and rider fashed past an
open barn door, thrown wide
to reveal a peaceIul aIternoon
sunlight sparkling upon the
rolling golden felds. Hooves
sent dust swirling as Deutsch, a
sepia-colored mare, broke into
a canter around the barn arena.
Ever since sophomore Gi-
anna Marchese suIIered a con-
cussion aIter a Ialling oII her
horse last summer, fnding the
courage to canter again posed a
challenge. It is just the sort oI
challenge, however, that Hills-
dale`s equestrians consider one
oI the greatest experiences oI
horseback riding. Overcoming
obstacles like this may explain
the equestrian team`s tireless
commitment to their latest
quest: achieving the status oI a
Division II varsity team.
The equestrian team was
Iounded three years ago and
has grown steadily ever since.
Although the team competes on
the varsity level with Division I
schools in the area, the college
has yet to provide Iunding. But
this has not stopped the team
Irom pursuing its goal.
'There are a lot oI people
who are part oI the Hillsdale
donation program who are
looking to give to an equestrian
team because they have hors-
es, Marchese said. 'They just
haven`t had a place to give.
The team`s eIIort to cre-
ate an identifable presence on
campus has already seen suc-
cess. The team won $100 Ior
best display at the college`s
club tent, the Source, and have
had 35 new sign-ups so Iar.
Members will also ride in this
year`s homecoming parade.
The team participates in the
Intercollegiate Horse Show As-
sociation, traveling to diIIerent
Michigan schools to compete
in shows at every level Irom
beginner to advanced. Some
members, such as senior Gly-
nis Williams, the team`s Iun-
draising delegate, have ridden
horses since childhood. Others,
like Marchese, had no prior ex-
perience beIore attending Hill-
sdale. The team emphasized
that experience is not required
to join, and that all levels can
compete.
Competitions typically last
an entire day. Host schools
provide horses Ior each com-
peition where contestants draw
the name oI the horse they will
ride on the day oI the show.
Then, each competitor rides
through the arena in a set pat-
tern. The judges ask them to
Most people who have
read the Harry Potter series
have dreamed oI sitting in
the stands oI the Hogwarts
quidditch pitch with their
housemates cheering Ior
their team. Some dream
oI fying around on their
own broom, playing the
game themselves. Now, this
dream can be a reality Ior
Hillsdale students. Almost.
This year, Ior the frst
time in the college`s history,
Hillsdale will have a quid-
ditch club.
The club
will have
an inIor-
ma t i o n a l
m e e t i n g
in the next
Iew weeks,
and plans to
hold regular
p r a c t i c e s
and games
at Hayden
Park in the
spring.
So p h o -
more Cheyenne Trimels, the
club`s president, arrived at
Hillsdale knowing that she
would play quidditch one
way or another. Her love oI
Harry Potter led her to plan
a club even beIore arriving
on campus her Ireshman
year. Along with her Iriend
and vice president oI the
club, sophomore Alexan-
der Reuss, she spent a year
struggling to Iorm the club.
Hillsdale`s quidditch team
made its frst showing this
year at the Source, the col-
lege`s club Iair.
Although quidditch is not
an option Ior 'muggles, ac-
cording to the J.K. Rowling
series, colleges across the
country have created a way
to play the game without
fying brooms and winged
balls. Trimels described the
game as 'a combination oI
lacrosse, volleyball, dodge-
ball, and tag.
There are Iour basic po-
sitions in quidditch, each
roughly corresponding to
one oI the listed sports.
Chasers run back and Iorth
on the pitch, trying to score
points by tossing volley-
balls into the hoops on ei-
ther side oI the feld. Keep-
ers, who serve as goalies,
block scoring attempts Irom
the opposing team. Beaters
are responsible Ior roaming
the feld wielding dodge-
balls to knock the balls Irom
other players` hands. Mean-
while, the seeker tries to
catch the snitcha nonaI-
fliated individual who runs
around with a ball tied to
their waist. Throughout the
game, all tasks are played
one-handed, as each player
must hold a broom between
their legs.
The club has enjoyed
a positive response Irom
both students and Iaculty
alike. At the Source, the
club was met with an im-
pressive amount oI interest,
with more than 150 people
who signed up to join. Both
Reuss and Trimels were
thrilled about the reception.
'It`s al-
ways pret-
ty great
seeing that
something
Iairly im-
p o r t a n t
to you is
a c t u a l l y
s u c c e s s -
Iul, Reuss
said. 'That
something
you`re in-
terested in,
other peo-
ple are also interested in.
Trimels said that every
teacher she talked to has
shown enthusiasm and even
planned to watch games to
show their support.
Freshman Ilsa Epling re-
called jumping up and down
when she heard about the
new club. Moments aIter
signing up, Epling turned
around to recruit other stu-
dents.
'I`m excited to be a
part oI a team sport Ior the
frst time in my previously
homeschooled liIe, she
said. She conIessed that she
was nervous Ior the same
reason.
The club hopes to be a
haven Ior jocks and nerds
alike, however.
'You don`t have to be a
super nerd to do it, but you
also don`t have to be super
athletic, Reuss said.
II playing the sport does
not appeal to students, there
are other ways to get in-
volved.
Eventually the club will
host Harry Potter nights
where group members can
watch movies, talk about
the books, and 'nerd out
over Harry Potter.
Both Reuss and Trimels
emphasized that, as excited
as they are about the sport
itselI, they also hope the
club will create Iriendships
with people they might not
have otherwise met.
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