2.12.15 Hillsdale Collegian

Michigans oldest college newspaper
Vol. 138 Issue 16 - 12 February 2015
www.hillsdalecollegian.com
Between Shades of Gray
Accounting
assistant retires
after 19 years
Alumna writes New York Times best seller on Baltic genocide

Tom Novelly
Collegian Reporter
See Shades B3
Sarah Chavey
Collegian Reporter
From left to right: Business department workers, including Janie Posante, Carole Jacobus, Amy Glass, and Sandra Compton. Missing from the photo is Kathy Caldwell.
(On Yu Lee/Collegian)
Emma Vinton
Assistant Editor
Brad Lowrey brings a new element to the colleges social media and boasts several high-profile companies on his resume. (Photos Courtesy of Brad Lowrey)
Social media guru hired

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Ryskamp and Peters named Outstanding Senior Man and Woman

Morgan Delp
Editor-in-Chief
See Seniors A2
(Courtesy of Sam Ryskamp)
INSIDE
Humans of A Few Good Men
(Courtesy of Shelly Peters)
A Penny earned
A3
E-Cigs come to Hillsdale
A5
B4
A8
A6
Battle of the Bands
Chargers winning streak hits five

(Anders Kiledal/Collegian)
Schlueters weigh in
B1
(Elena Creed/Collegian)
News........................................A1
Opinions..................................A4
City News................................A6
Sports......................................A7
Arts..........................................B1
Features....................................B3
NEWS
A2 12 Feb. 2015
TAs, research assistants combine teaching and learning

Sarah Albers
Assistant Editor
The time and effort that Hillsdale science

students put in together establishes an informal
periences inform the way he approaches fresh-
duce younger students to new experiences and
People make a lot of interesting decisions in
Strosacker collegiate community through the

the general chemistry lab is incredibly reward-
SeniorS
Charging on with a
Hillsdale HD channel
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Kelsey Drapkin
Collegian Reporter
From A1
Ryskamp described Peters as emulating Jesus is
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product to be re-run on the Char-
Pienta said he is looking into
Students may soon be able

comfort of their own dorm or from
any of the 697 cable connections
Hillsdale pays for in their bulk-
the other day and were talking about how much

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of the older tube TVs on campus

that would need additional hard-
kamp remembers a prank where students stuffed
was the fear of decreased crowd
The expanding media department at Hillsdale College is in

the midst of bidding and contract
Knitting club starts at Olds
Productions Specialist Scott PiThe Charger Channel is a way

how much is happening at Hillsdale College while also keeping
broadcast to the entire Hillsdale

he is concerned about due to lack
is something that Pienta said he
sees as a possibility for the future
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ing off campus like at the shootCenter for Constitutional Studies

an opportunity for students to
Pienta said he is looking into

our monitors if we were conformation that students would be
Ali Bauer (left), Jessica Hurley (center), and Rachael Kurtz knit together on
Wednesday night. (Laura Williamson/Collegian)
ing to make it good enough to go
Laura Williamson
Collegian Reporter
The department currently has

the capability to create two channels that could be reached on
Another aspect of the Charger
made into an edited and produced
hear the sound of knitting nee-
that will allow the department to

determine what makes the most
Associate Dean of Men Jeffery Chief Rogers is taking a

break from the cadence runs this
winter and is offering a new way
for students to wake up and get
work wonders if you can keep up

Rogers makes it a fun and
personally rewarding time for
all of the students and gets them
full insanity workout program to

and break up the laziness of the
sica Hurley is another knitter of

the club and has been knitting
knit right before fall break and
went on YouTube and learned
the opportunity to take a break

from the studies and work on
and soul must be working togetha saltwater lake because after 30
in the Roche Sports Complex and

cycling through the new Max 20
The essentials of the work-
Chief Rogers and sophomore Ian Gensler stretch during an

Insanity workout. (Tom Novelly/Collegian)
teammates from the swim team

how to knit at the same time
The knitting club will also
is the brainchild of senior Ra-
a lake of sweat right in front of

30-minute struggle between the
the club could get funded by the
Cain has been knitting since
Chief Rogers leads insane

morning workouts
Thomas Novelly
Collegian Reporter
Freshman Mehgan Cain was
too old for coloring books and

There are a lot of knitters in
and then went on a swim meet

and was knitting the whole time
talked to thought it was a great
fore Student Federation to see if
come to the knitting club and
NEWS
A3 12 Feb. 2015
Library purchases new printers and copiers

Breana Noble
Collegian Reporter
ments have become an increasing problem for

students printing in Mossey Library. The colleges
contract with Business Impressions Inc. for printers expired this year, and the library is in the process of making upgrades to the printing services
it offers.
Mossey is nixing personal laptop plug-n-play
printers for wireless printing.
Plug-n-plays have their own issues, Library
Director Dan Knoch said. Theyre slow. Theyre
not as durable. We would have to buy new ones.
Wi-Fi printing will revolutionize printing on campus.
Internal Technology Services and the library
teamed to offer students the ability to add Mosseys printers to their database of devices and print
directly from their laptops or iOS, but not Android,
devices, Pauken said.
The world has moved toward a bring-yourown-device infrastructure in the last few years,
and its time we get on that train, ITS Systems
Administrator David Pauken said.
The original software for connecting to the
printers had some bugs. Working out the kinks to
make the experience as simple as possible delayed
the instructions, Pauken said.
According to Knoch, the directions for connecting wirelessly are now on the MyHillsdale
portal under the campus tab at the top of the screen
called AirPrint, and will soon be displayed in
the library.
Additionally, new Xerox printers and copiers
are replacing old ones across campus. The library

updated its current Xerox color copier and printer,
but also replaced its copy-only cohort.
These new Xerox copiers come with the abilcording to Public Service Librarian Brenna Wade,
selves. Students should also note the color copiers
now default to printing on both sides to save paper.
The copiers were expected to arrive the week
after students returned from Christmas break, but
the second occurred last week. The two new kiosk
are also on delay, scheduled to arrive at the end of
the month.
Xerox is currently constrained on a limited
number of products, but we have escalated our
need to have the replacements as soon as they
become available, President of Business Impressions Inc. Jeff Bassett said.
Student library employees said they are eager
for the new printers as the current kiosk ones seem
more temperamental than usual, according to
sophomore Noah Diekemper.
Theyre in need of replacement, senior Elisabeth Wynia said. Often the printer will not print
from a certain tray because it thinks the trays are
not adjusted to the size of the paper, but they are.
Theres more jams because theres more business
to each tray. Were facing issues with computers
kicking printers off their network. At this point,
printers.
Until the new printers arrive, students are asked
to use LIBKIOSKX55 more because both trays on
Students should delete any pending prints from
YAF and CRs to request

$7,000 at Fed meeting
Kate Patrick
Assistant Editor
Hillsdales Young Americans for Freedom and College Republicans will ask
Student Federation for a total of $7,000 to
attend the Conservative Political Action
Conference in Washington, D.C., at the
federation meeting today.
Last year 75 Hillsdale College students
attended and the requested amount was
$1770 because the Michigan GOP and
donors provided funding. This year 126
signed up with a waiting list of between
40-50 names. Because so many students
want to attend CPAC, the cost of attending the conference has risen substantially.
To attend the conference, students will
pay $50 per person, which is the same
amount as last year.
College Republicans President senior
Sam Holdeman said the cost of the buses
is driving up the overall costs this year.
The Michigan GOP has always fully
funded the bussing, but this year they
didnt. Buses are $5,500, Holdeman
said. We talked about another way to get
to D.C. with vans, but theres all the liability issues.
Seniors Nathan Brand and Holdeman
agreed the bussing is what makes the trip
so expensive this year. Last year YAF and
College Republicans only needed one bus
to attend CPAC, but this year they need
another bus. With less funding from the
Michigan GOP, they are struggling to
collect the necessary funds. Part of the
problem is the sheer number of students
attending.
The Michigan GOP will only cover
up to a certain amount, Brand said.
They will only cover so many spots [on
the busses].
Requesting funds from Student Fed is
a last resort for YAF and College Republicans. Brand said YAF has been reaching
out to donors and the college administration for help with funding the trip.
Were constantly receiving checks.
Were tackling every option weve got,
Brand said. We sent out a letter to parents of everyone going on the trip in case
money doesnt turn out.
Holdeman said Americans For Prosperity and the Hillsdale County Republicans have been very generous in providing support for the trip.
Director of Student Activities Anthony
cult position today because while the federation has a large discretionary budget,
YAF and College Republicans are asking
for a substantial amount.
I do think its a good opportunity for
the 126 people who are going, but at the
same time it is a huge amount theyre askManno said. Student Fed money is to be
used primarily for on-campus events.
Manno pointed out that CPAC is an
off-campus event for a select group of
people, requiring those students to miss
two days of class.
I believe Student Fed money should
be focused on capital improvements,
Manno said. If we didnt have rollover,
we wouldnt fund [the trip] fully.
At the same time, Manno said, YAF
cult position and Student Fed does have
plenty of rollover to spend.
I do support both sides, he said.
Dana Trowbridge, junior, using one of the new copiers.

their queue if a printer malfunctions, so unneeded
ly, they should notify the reference desk employee
or a librarian when a problem does occur, to allow
them to deal with the issue and keep records of the
problems. The Lane and Old Student Union computer labs have printers available too.
Nevertheless, the staff is thankful for the durability of the printers, which have printed 2-3 mil-
(Breana Noble/Collegian)
lion pages each, according to Wade.

Theyre the highest-used printers on campus,
Knoch said. Theyre extremely durable and fast.
They basically provide the entire college with the
ability to print their papers. This is one of the services we provide, and were happy to. We want it
as good as it possibly can be.
A Few Good Men expands,

Carly Howell
Collegian Reporter
each of their good men or women.

Up to two times a week, A Few
Good Men will release a short spotlight with a picture, brief quote, and
information about where the student is
volunteering and why.
Junior Meg Prom, head of the communications department in A Few
Good Men, and her fellow directors
discussed different ways to engage the
college community using social media.
Then, the idea for Humans of a Few
Good Men emerged.
We came up with the idea at an executive meeting a couple weeks ago in
response to a centralization on our vision, Prom said.
Sophomores Sarah Reinsel and Lillian Wright on an A Few Good

the rest of the college campus into the Men Mission, raking leaves during the fall. (Courtesy of Meg Prom)
volunteer work of A Few Good Men.
Facebook page, where all students will could serve in CORD.
a human face to what were doing. Its have access to it.
A Few Good Men is also working to
a way to see what were up to in a perAccording to Thackston, the page
sonal way, A Few Good Men Presi- currently has 350 likes, and A Few tion. Ben Holscher `14, founder of A
dent Jacob Thackston said.
Good Men is seeking to expand the Few Good Men, is responsible for the
page even more possibly now beginning of this process.
students around campus, but will also through Humans of a Few Good
As of now, we have all of the piecbe a way to connect members of A Few Men. Eventually, spotlights may also es in place to become a 501c(3). We
Good Men.
be posted in a newsletter.
have a functioning board of directors, a
Jacob had mentioned that our
On top of this new addition, A Few set of by-laws, and Michigan corporamembers needed some sort of refocus Good Men is working on strengthen- tion status, Thackston said.
on the impact we have in the commu- ing their CORD that is, Community
Holscher has also partnered with a
nity and how the tendency is to just Outreach Reaching the Defenseless. lawyer, who offered his services free
volunteer and forget, Prom said. So They plan on doing this by revitalizing of charge. The plan is to have the lawI thought of doing a Humans of New their Church Ambassadors program.
yer organize the paperwork to turn in
Were seeking people to be essen- to the IRS by the end of the month.
Good Men for our existing members tially a direct link between A Few Good
to see who theyre working with and Men and the churches, Thackston
gain a better sense of how we are all said. By becoming further and further
one team.
integrated into our church communiwill be posted on the A Few Good Men
who could use CORD and people who
The unknown works of the George Washington fellows

Josh Paladino
Collegian Freelancer
document volumes, according to junior Graham

Deese, a fellow involved in the project.
We do a lot of transcription of those docuthen well also be assigned side research projects,
Deese said.
Hillsdale and the fellows are spreading the
colleges message through social media as well.
Kilgore said research on the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and great statesmen is being
molded into easily understandable information that
can be shared on social media.
For this project the fellows are working through
Although the George Washington Fellows

presence on campus is largely unknown, they are
involved in research projects that promote Hillsdales ideas outside of campus. The Fellowship
requires an extensive time commitment but is acThe program is an encouragement in training
themselves [the fellows] to seek out opportunities
to serve, George Washington Fellowship Program
Manager Aaron Kilgore said. The fellows are required to complete four to 10 hours per week of research on a Constitutional topic or statesmanship.
The fellows are currently working on three main
projects: The Great Works project, the Churchill
Biography, and social media campaigns.
The purpose of the Great Works project is to
bring literature, similar to that in the Great Books
courses, to people outside of Hillsdale who are interested in engaging with Western works.
The target audience is people who want to
read the sort of things we read at Hillsdale, but
who arent fortunate enough to be at Hillsdale, junior Walker Mulley, a George Washington Fellow
and the copy editor for Great Works, said. Many
people are interested in reading Western literature
but dont know where to begin. Thats what were
trying to solve.
The database will hopefully go live within the
next few months.
Were going to compile a database that will
be hosted on the college website that will have
summaries of these books, explain the basic plot,
appeal to an audience outside of Hillsdale.

I go through the Constitution, American
Heritage, and Western Heritage readers looking
All of the current George Washington Fellows who, in addition to receiving scholarships, complete research each week on a Constitutional topic or statesmanship. (Courtesy of Aaron Kilgore)
and, more importantly, explain the themes that the

books explore, Mulley said.
The server is meant to be easily approachable
and unintimidating. The fellows have the task of
reading, summarizing, and thoughtfully organizing
these books so the general public can understand
Kilgore described the importance of these
works to the United States.
In order to have an educated citizenry who are
able to participate in the political process and understand Constitutional principles, they also have
to have a general knowledge of what Western civilization is and how Western civilization came to
understand our principles, which the Constitution
and our political theory of natural rights are based
on, he said.
ington Fellows are working side-by-side to com-
Deese said.
The information that the fellows pull from the
texts are then put on social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, for media campaigns.
Although being a fellow carries a heavy workload, they receive great perks.
According to Kilgore, each fellow gets roughly
a half tuition scholarship, an internship through the
WHIP program, and opportunities to do research.
They also have meetings with speakers who come
to Hillsdale such as Vclav Klaus, Charles C.W.
Cooke, and David Satter.
The George Washington Fellows have a large
part in Hillsdales outreach and research. In the
background of the college the fellows do extensive
work to broaden the impact Hillsdale has outside
of this community.
OPINION
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The editors welcome Letters to the Editor but reserve the right to
edit submissions for clarity, length, and style. Letters should be 450
words or less and include your name and number. Send submissions
to jbutler@hillsdale.edu before Sunday at 6 p.m.
Last weeks marriage debate showed model discourse

ingly.
Although the debate may have changed
a few minds, that was not its point. Instead,
in arranging the debate, the college sought
the truth in how it teaches students to search.
Rather than pretending to have the answer,
the debate between Corvino and Girgis was
an exercise in humble exploration.
We need more of it.
Too often, our comforting academic
bubble can blind us to practical application
of our learning. While lengthy discussion
about the ideas of various philosophers or
the meaning of the good can both edify
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Hillsdale College enjoyed a special opportunity last week to think through one of
the most disputed subjects of our time: Gay
marriage. Because the event, sponsored by
The Lyceum, the Symposium, and Young
Americans for Freedom, was a debate rather
than a lecture, it challenged students beliefs
and put their classroom instruction to practical use.
In a packed room at the Dow Center, the
college hosted John Corvino, Wayne State
University Philosophy Professor, and Sherif
Girgis, Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy at
Princeton University and J.D. candidate at
Yale University, to debate the meaning of
include non-traditional unions such as gay
marriage. Corvino, a supporter of gay marriage, challenged Girgis, who opposes it.
The debate sparked conversation among
the student body. Students opined in the
cafeteria, in the Collegian, and on Yik Yak.
Objections emerged about both speakers and
their beliefs, and students discussed accord-
and enlighten, we must also remember to

apply these lessons to the real situations we
will face upon graduation.
Most topics we debate in the real world
will not involve whether Plato or Aristotle
offers the best understanding of existence.
Instead, they will concern gay marriage,
feminism, abortion, the environment, foreign
a place of preparation for mind, body, and
spirit and, one hopes, for interacting with
others on issues like these respectfully.
The debate between Corvino and Girgis helped to prepare students for just that.
Rather than treating the question of non-traditional marriage as obviously answered, the
debate allowed the speakers to communicate
their beliefs to teach people how to defend
theirs, helping students better know the
topic, decide where they stand, or logically
reinforce their viewpoints.
They succeeded. The debate encouraged

participation and challenged students to put
what they know to the test and to examine
it critically and honestly. The exchange
between freshman JoAnna Kroeker and
junior Emma Vinton on the Opinions page
tion with real issues. The discussion was so
thoughtful that The Washington Post website
quoted from and linked to both pieces earlier
this week.
Rarely in Hillsdale do we experience
much push-back against our fundamental
beliefs; seldom are we thrust beyond our
comfort zone. Hillsdale including debates
in forums like the CCAs, at least when the
topic lends itself to the format, might challenge us more. There have been several opportunities for this. At the World War I CCA,
for instance, a debate about whether the war
A debate at the energy CCA about whether
global warming threatens our future could
have raised awareness. A debate on liberal
media bias at the American Journalism CCA
would have been relevant.
By hosting more debates, Hillsdale can
encourage us to be critical as we are taught
every day to be. By supporting the discussion of other controversial topics in a civil
environment, the college can inspire us to be
the truth seekers it prides itself on producing. By inviting conversation about the
disconnects students may feel on campus,
we can broaden our worldviews by putting
our knowledge to intelligent and well-argued
use and continuing to interact with opposing
thoughts and ideas in a respectful way.
The only thing not up for debate at this
point is whether we should have more of
them: The answer is yes, and we cant get
started soon enough.
Rachel Solomito is a sophomore studying
English.
CURING OUR VACCINE DEBATE

A recent outbreak of measles
at Disneyland over the Christmas
season has not only resulted in
over 100 new cases of a disease
thought long gone from the US,
but also the renewal of the controversial vaccine debate. The
outbreak has sparked a debate
reaching new extremes, with
some calling for those who opt
out of vaccinating their children
prisonment.
Whats odd about this debate is not so much the extreme
lengths to which arguers will
place. The Centers for Disease
Control reports that the majority
of required vaccines for children
19-35 months, including MMR,
DTP/DTaP, and Varicella, are
above 90 percent in terms of coverage in 2013; and while other
vaccines such as polio are only
at about 55 percent, all of these
The Uses of a
Liberal Arts
Education
Andy Reuss is a senior studying English and politics.
By hosting more debates, Hillsdale can encourage us to be critical as we are taught

every day to be.
Rachel Solomito
Student Columnist
Jennifer Matthes
Special to the Collegian
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Student Columnist
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rates are higher than previous

years. Given the numbers, vaccinating ones child is more common than ever. Further, a Pew
Research Center poll from 2009
the public agrees vaccinations for
children should be required, but
also that 71 percent of both Republicans and Democrats agree,
making vaccination one of the
most agreed-upon issues across
party lines.
But despite this broad consensus, outbreaks continue to occur,
meaning the vaccination debate
keeps recurring as well. And
while the message may be tired,
its importance cannot be overstated. Vaccinations are safe, effective, and necessary to protect
those who cannot be vaccinated.
Obviously, the purpose of a
vaccine is to protect an individual
from contracting a certain disease. However, whats equally
obvious is vaccinations cannot
be 100 percent effective, making it even more important that
the community as a whole gets
vaccinated, and not just the individual. When the community

gets vaccinated, each individuals
immunity from a particular disease becomes stronger because
the members of her community
are far less likely to transmit that
disease.
Further, there are some people
who genuinely cannot be vaccinated. There are a number of vaccines that are unsuitable for infants or young children, there are
those who are allergic to certain
vaccines, and there are those with
weakened immune systems due
to cancer treatment or other hospital treatments who cant safely
be vaccinated.
Every single one of these
people is even more at risk when
they come into contact with
people who are not vaccinated,
and when these people are their
family members, who are around
them all the time, the risk is even
greater. This is especially true for
airborne diseases such as measles, which are far more easily
transmitted than others. It is even
more important for those who can

get vaccinated to do so, because
those incapable of getting vaccinated rely on them for protection.
Vaccines have been proven
time and time again to remove
diseases from large populations
successfully and even, as in the
case of smallpox, eradicate them
completely. Theyve also been
able to do so without large numbers of people developing autism,
cally inaccurate prediction of the
side effects of vaccines. Unless
you fall into the category of individuals physically incapable
of getting vaccinated, there is no
reason not to vaccinate. Its an
argument that people are tired of
hearing and that others are tired
of making, but until outbreaks
like the one at Disneyland are no
longer an issue, the vaccination
conversation will remain.
Jennifer Matthes is a GW
Fellow studying politics.
A5 12 Feb. 2015
What Republicans can do about Obamacare

Kenneth Manyari-Magro
The second enrollment period for Obamacare ends on Feb. 15.

Are you covered? If you are holding out in the hope that Obamacare will be repealed by the newly-elected Republican Congress, I
have bad news for you: It wont. Obamacare, according to the raw
data, has resulted in a net total of 8.5 million more Americans with
insurance. Repealing Obamacare would take away the insurance
of all those Americans and, therefore, be political suicide. Unfortunately, repeal would upset Americans just as much as when their
employer insurance was eliminated. What the Republicans need is
a plan to deal with Obamacare without unicorns.
Before getting into the plan, it is important to look at a brief
history of health insurance in America. Americas health insurance
tives seem to grasp. Liberals pointed to numbers like 60 million uninsured Americans in 2000, but the real problem was in the system
itself. The employer-based health insurance system was extremely
there was no link between those paying for the insurance and the
companies providing it. If you asked any American with health in-
surance who was paying for it, he would tell you that his employer
was. However, any economist would tell you that the employee was
paying for health insurance through the opportunity cost of a higher
wage. So insurance companies were operating with little
accountability
to the consumer.
What the ReThe
mastermind behind the
entire system publicans need is
of health insurance was Hill- a plan to deal with
sdales favorite
president:
Franklin Delano
Roosevelt. So Obamacare without a simple repeal
would actually unicorns.
be a small step
backwards.
Fast
forward to today
and we realize that Obamacares marketplace
(just
tablishes a direct link between the consumer and the product. So
Obamas foreign policy may be worse than Jimmy Carters, but
at least his economic policies are better than FDRs (which is not
much to brag about really). The problem is everything else, from its
management and regulations to the billions of federal dollars and
How to think about marriage

Nathan and Elizabeth Schlueter
It was a delight to see such a large turnout for the recent debate on marriage. The whole event, including the
coverage in the Collegian, was a model of civil discourse.
We write to clarify four points about the conjugal view of
marriage.
First, as a comprehensive union of lover and beloved,
marriage distinctively unites two persons in mind, will and
body
is not a metaphysical idea, it is a physical idea. This is basic biology: In coitus (and only in coitus) two persons (and
only two persons), a male and a female (and only a male
and female), unite to form a single, organic, reproductive
unit, even if that unifying act does not result in children (as
in most cases it does not, even with fertile couples).
This embodied, uniquely comprehensive unity of persons is itself a basic good of spouses, even if procreation
does not or cannot result from it. Sadly, not everyone today recognizes this kind of marital unity as a basic good,
though every romantic desire at least indirectly points toward it. Romantic desire says I want to be one with you.
The inherent and distinctive value of this total (including bodily) union in marriage has long been recognized. At
common law, for example, infertility is not an impediment
to marriage, but impotence is. The common law rightly
presumes the potency of heterosexual couples. Legally,
Bob (Corvinos quadriplegic example) and Jane can
get married, but should they want to separate, they have
grounds for civil annulment.
Second, this view of coitus as an essential feature of
marriage is not exclusively a Biblical idea. Consider this:
Until roughly 25 years ago, not a single culture, state,
tribe, political order, or thinker in the history of the world
thought marriage was anything but conjugal. They saw
what we have such trouble seeing today: That true bodily
marriage has been defended by non-Christians as diverse
as Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Plutarch and Musonius Rufus.
Clearly, the conjugal view of marriage is not merely Biblical theology dressed up as philosophy. Theological argu-
ments about marriage have their value, but the conjugal

view is an insight of human reason and crucial to the common good.
Third, the natural orientation of conjugal marriage towards childbearing provides a rational basis for legal marchildren who are not raised by their married, biological
comes (academic, behavioral, social, etc.). (See Why Marriage Matters, 3rd ed.) The law upholds conjugal marriage
every child the best shot at being reared by the man and
woman from whom she came, in a loving bond.
there is no rational basis for conjugal marriage against the
deliberative majorities of 31 states, three consequences are
likely to follow: First, none of the other norms of marriage
(monogamy, exclusivity, permanence, etc.) can be rationally sustained. It will become bigotry to think that biological connection is the ideal, or that mothering and fathering are each irreplaceable. This is not a slippery-slope
argument but a simple extension of the logic of the law.
All it takes is one lawsuit by polyamorists, etc., to move
ever consenting adults want it to be, effectively collapsing
marriage as a meaningful category.
Second, because there is no rational basis for the conjugal view of marriage, all persons, parents, civil and religious organizations, families, and other associations that
teach the conjugal view of marriage will be stigmatized,
like defenders of racial segregation, as bigots, and closed
up as narrowly as the law will allow.
Few social institutions have undergone as radical change as the family in

recent years, and few social changes
have been met with as much controversy. Many conservatives claim that
there has been an immoral destruction
of the traditional family in the last
few decades. But the reality is that the
social institution we call the family is not being destroyed; to the
contrary, the dynamic changes of the
market economy have allowed people
to experience it in new ways.
To speak of a destruction of the
traditional family is extremely misleading. The family, throughout its
long history, has undergone innumerable changes. In Biblical times, polygamy was far more common than
today. King Solomon, for example,
had more than 700 wives. Other preindustrial laws treated married women very differently. As the 18th-century legal theorist William Blackstone
observed, after marriage the legal
existence of a woman is suspended, or
at least incorporated or consolidated
into that of the husband.
Few contemporary conservatives would defend a family in which
women were completely subservient
to men, nor would they argue for a
return to the days of King Solomon.
However, they treat recent changes in
family structure such as same-sex
couples or divorce as a repudiation
of some ahistorical ideal of traditional family. Rather than thinking
of the family in anachronistic terms,
they should acknowledge that one of
the only traditional features of the
family is its potentiality for continual
change.
Social conservatives underappreciate that many of the recent developments in the family are a result of
other social changes conservatives
tend to embrace: Namely, dynamic
economic change brought about by
capitalism.
Prior to industrialization, the fam-
that Obamacare set up. At the moment it attracts too much of what
our own Professor of History Burt Folsom would call political
entrepreneurs. Repeal may be a good word to placate conservathe notion that Republicans are the party of no without any real
policy solutions. Republicans should take the chance to push health
care in a free-market direction. Keep the name, Affordable Care
Act, change the implementation, taxes, subsidies, and mandate.
That way Republicans could keep the 8.5 million people insured,
but still change Obamacare. The time for trying to declare Obamacare unconstitutional is over; that ship has sailed.
Healthcare was a national issue because of FDRs poor policy.
Thanks to Obama, it is on the national stage, but the Republicans
can take it from here.
Kenneth Manyari-Magro is a senior studying political economy.
Why our marriage

dialogue failed
Andrew Egger
Assistant Editor
The phrase political dialogue is, in common American usage, criminally
broad. To us, a political dialogue is simply any political conversation in which
diverse viewpoints get time to state their case. True dialogue involves the
consideration not of ideas only, but also of the persons who hold them. The
distinction matters only rarely, but when it does, it is critical.
An ideal illustration of this distinction came last week, when Hillsdales
ever-bubbling gay marriage debate heated to a boil following two public discussions on the subject.
The catalytic event took place last Tuesday, when Sherif Girgis and John
Corvino, two oppositely-minded activists, held a public debate on marriage.
Their charitable and thoughtful discussion provoked similar attitudes in their
attentive audience.
This was not lost on Jacob Lane, regional director of the Intercollegiate
Studies Institute, which co-sponsored the debate. Lane, as quoted in last
weeks Collegian (College groups host marriage debate), praised the intellectual charity with which intellectually competent and curious Hillsdale
When opposing viewpoints fail to engage

each others terms, the resulting conversation
cannot hope to achieve true dialogue.
through public school curricula, etc., making it much more

view of marriage. Children will be especially harmed by
this regime change.
The stakes in this debate are very high. It is urgent,
therefore, that we do our best to understand well what the
issues are before making such a precipitous change to the
bedrock of our political and social order.
Nathan Schlueter is Associate Professor of Philosophy;
Elizabeth Schlueter, his wife, is a homemaker and homeschool educator.
Welcome changes to the family

Zachary Woodman
individual mandate; and dont get me started on the genius business

model that only sells its product 3 months out of the year. The point
is there are a few aspects of Obamacare that Congress can work
with and others that they should squash. (Hello, mandate.)
Congress should scale back the suffocating regulations of Health
ily primarily served basic economic

needs. Under sedentary agriculture,
labor was inherently tied to the household. Arranged marriages were common, and consensual marriages were
focused on meeting material needs
rather than love. Wives were often
treated as mere child-producers who
contributed economically through
cottage industries. With severe infant
mortality rates due to poor medicine
and bad economics, children were
treated with little sentiment as simple
helpers on the farm.
To speak of a
destruction of the
traditional family
is extremely misleading.
However, with the coming of an
industrial-capitalist age, labor was
divorced from the household and
moved into market-driven factory
production, allowing for family matters to become less economicallybased. Marriage became increasingly
about love and romance and a sentimental attitude toward children became commonplace. The change in
attitude towards family matters may
be observed in the literature of the
time, such as the childhood love story
of Heathcliff and Catherine in Emily
Brontes Wuthering Heights.
As economist Steven Horwitz argues, the history of the family may be
seen as changing its social function
by moving up Maslows famous hierarchy of needs. Prior to industrialization, the family was simply a means
of providing security and physiological needs through household economic production. As markets began
to serve those needs more effectively,
the family could begin to increasingly
serve higher human needs of belonging, love, and self-actualization of
family members.
The results have liberated more
Because marriage is now seen as a

ingly demand divorces and no longer
think marriage should be limited to
heterosexual couples. Many conservatives are skeptical of these developments. However, since these changes
let women leave abusive relationships
and gay couples escape a dangerous
marginalized state where they are
likely to suffer serious psychological
damage, perhaps this skepticism is
unwarranted.
Two important lessons may be
drawn from this discussion. First,
as thinkers such as Hayek would argue, there is little one can do to control how the family spontaneously
changes. Many conservatives pretend
that using legal coercion to regulate
divorce or discriminate against homosexuals can somehow revert us to
a time when the traditional family
was the norm. However, changes in
law are more often framed by changes
in society than vice versa, especially
in modern democracies.
Politicians cater to what the median voters, ideologically speaking, are
asking for. If socio-economic changes
are causing those voters to experience
new needs, reactionary laws attempttutes a family will prove ineffective.
The family, like so many other social
institutions, is continually evolving in
complex, unpredictable ways. Its evolution cannot be planned or directed
on the whim of research councils and
politicians.
Second, social and economic liberty are inseparable. Conservatives
want to embrace market capitalism
while ignoring and condemning its
dynamic effects on society and culture. If one is going to embrace free
markets, it is inconsistent to reject
how they impact other social institutions.
Zachary Woodman is a sophomore
studying economics.
Unfortunately, this healthy discussion would not last. Prompted by this

debate, last weeks Collegian featured two opposing opinion articles (JoAnna
Kroekers Legalize gay marriage and Emma Vintons Gay marriage is
wrong); most reactions to them bore no semblance of intellectual charity.
Facebook bristled with posts attacking with sneering disdain whichever piece
the sneerer happened to dislike.
It is deeply shocking when an ostensibly tight-knit social group suddenly
and unexpectedly frays and decays into yammering factions bent on each others moral and intellectual denigration. It was even more shocking following
the civility of the earlier discourse.
What went wrong? What quality of the public debate allowed both participants and observers to approach the thorny issue of gay marriage with politeness and respect, and why was that missing from the Collegian?
To answer this, we must return to the nature of dialogue. The Collegian
exchange was simply not an exchange at all. Unlike Girgis and Corvino,
Kroeker and Vinton failed to connect to each other, therefore making their
respective cases in a vacuum against a faceless, nameless, and silent foe.
This lack of meaningful dialogue exacted an obvious toll from both pieces..
Kroekers picture of uncomfortable conservatives clinging blindly to Bibles
and heteronormativity, only a few inconsistencies away from believing that
blance to Vintons argument. And although Vinton abstained from such ad hominem rhetoric, Vintons assertion that homosexualitys societal acceptance
When opposing viewpoints fail to engage each others terms, the resulting
conversation cannot hope to achieve true dialogue. Each side simply becomes
deafer and deafer to the opponents perspective, and more and more content to
fall back on caricatures designed to rally those with whom one already agrees,
using the language of bigotry to assure allies that opponents are axiomatically
incapable of viewing the light. This gnaws away the very possibility of fruitful
human discourse.
This dire situation has but one escape route: True dialogue between persons. To grapple with opposing positions truly, we must treat our opponents
with charity. And to treat them with charity, we must accept their humanity,
accepting that their positions, like ours, spring not from the dank, disturbed
Andrew Egger is a sophomore studying history and journalism.
Dear Editor,
In his article about last weeks debate on gay marriage (College groups host
marriage debate, Feb.5) reporter Chris McCaffery writes, quoting Associate Professor of Philosophy Nathan Schlueter: Though Hillsdale is a Christian school by its
to honest discourse.[emphasis mine]
This wording, probably unintentionally, implies a universal condemnation of
same-sex marriage within Christianity. Collegian readers of course know that
Christian priests and pastors of more than one denomination are celebrating the
marriages of same-sex couples. In Washington, D.C., for example (where I served
a parish for six years), clergy and congregations from many traditions applauded
the D.C. Supreme Courts 2010 decision to approve same-sex marriage. These
included: The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the Episcopal Church, the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Society of Friends (Quakers), and
the General Synod of the United Church of Christ
Members of these and other Christians throughout the world believe it is possible to take seriously the Lordship of Jesus Christ and the authority of Scripture as
Gods Word while also upholding the capacity for goodness in a same-sex union.
Though Hillsdale College is not alone in its interpretation of the Christian tradition,
sincere Christians can disagree about issues of sexuality. While it is surely Hillsdales right as a private college to take whatever stance it chooses on same-sex
institution. This is why the Colleges openness to civil, rational debate on this topic
is so important.
-The Rev. Andrea Martin (Episcopal)
Hillsdale, MI
CITY NEWS
A6 12 Feb. 2015
Vaping in Hillsdale
Natalie deMacedo
News Editor
Tucked into the strip mall

across the street from McDonalds lies Mr. Darcys Vapor
Emporium, the new e-cigarette
shop in Hillsdale.
Barb Bollier, an Angola, Indiana resident, opened the store
on Oct. 8, 2014. She owns another store in Angola called
Not Your Grandmas Vapors.
She said she fell in love with
Hillsdale while researching
where to open her next store.
I used to live in Houston,
so I know cool, Bollier said.
This is cool.
that Hillsdale housed a liberal
arts college, she thought of literature and naturally, Mr. Darcy
from Pride and Prejudice.
Her employee, Nathan Harris, said the store sells basic
pens as well as supplies to build
mods, which are high-powered
vaping tools.
Although Mr. Darcys has
been confused as an illicit drug
store, Bollier said vaping isnt
associated with that culture.
Most customers are looking to
wean themselves off cigarettes.
Harris said many people
smoke as a habit the same
way they would chew tobacco
or a toothpick.
This replaces it. It is better
because there are fewer ingredients and you can use it in the
house, Harris said.
The vaping liquid is essentially condensed water, consisting of propylene glycol, vegetathose who still need nicotine, it
can be added to the liquid.
However, for smokers looking to stop using nicotine, Bollier said they can incrementally
reduce the amount they put in
the liquid over time.
I started at 10 in March and
Additionally, Bollier said

vaping is cheaper than conventional smoking. A $6 bottle
of vaping liquid lasts as long
as a carton, or 10 packs, of
cigarettes. Harris added that
although the start-up price is
higher, vaping pays for itself in
several price ranges.

Harris said people should be
careful about where they buy
their vaping liquid, however.
ferent, dangerous chemicals to
try and make them addictive.
This is not Chinese nicotine. We use pharmaceuticalgrade propylene glycol, RDA
I know
cool.
This is
cool.
Barb Bollier
now Im down to three, Bollier
said, adding that Harris went
from 12 to zero.
Sophomore James Andrew
bought a cheaper vape pen about
a year ago to wean himself off
cigarettes and just recently purchased a better one. He hasnt
visited Mr. Darcys yet, but said
it will be the next place he goes.
I use this almost exclusively. Ive had a couple cigarettes,
but this is a pretty effective
substitute, Andrew said. My
Barb Bollier sits behind a tray filled with various vape liquid flavors
including Dutch Apple Pie and Pickle. (Natalie deMacedo/Collegian)
Broad Street Downtown Market & Tavern
Ramona Tausz
Assistant Editor
Feb. 13 5 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Lots of people enjoy listening to Sinatra, thats why we chose to

have Matt perform. We were thinking along the lines of something
unique.
Feb. 14 |
Feb. 14 |
Feb. 14 |
mid-scale casual; its not formal.
Feb. 14 |
date or Valentines Day. Its more intimate, there are no TVs, and you
can sit down and have a good conversation
Manager Tammie Zimmerman
Compiled by Hannah Leitner
Ramona Tausz
Assistant Editor
Hillsdales Dial-A-Ride program received a $100 Social

Isolation Grant from the Area
Agency on Aging to provide
transportation services to senior
citizens in Hillsdale County.
Dial-A-Ride offers transportation in and around the city of
Hillsdale for a small fee. Seniors
often use Dial-A-Ride for rides
and other places where they otherwise could not travel alone.
County Commissioner Ruth
Brown, who represents Hillsdale County on the AAA board
in Region 2, learned that the
agency had extra money to give
away and suggested that it go to
Dial-A-Ride.
Occasionally, we have older

people in need of a ride here and
there that dont have enough
money, Dial-A-Ride dispatcher
Judy Buzo said. She said the
money will go to an account
which Dial-A-Ride can draw
from to help seniors who need
rides but cannot pay.
Buzo added that this amount
of money will not help in a sigshe understands.
Im trying to get them some
more, Brown said. They need
more than that.
The grant came just as DialA-Ride celebrated its 40th anniversary Tuesday.
people who bake. We make it as

safe as possible, Harris said.
Bollier added that local ingredients arent as dangerous
as the public believes. There is
formaldehyde in tomatoes and
propylene glycol in asthma inhalers and antimicrobials.
Despite efforts to regulate it,
vaping has become more mainstream, Harris said, citing the
example of Zac Efron vaping in
the recent movie, Neighbors.
Its more the norm, Harris said. Its ok to vape in a
movie.
Recently, Bollier and Harris
went to a Vape Fest in Grand
Rapids, with more than 600
people.
You couldnt see, Bollier
said describing the cloudy atmosphere of the festival.
She encourages students to
come down and check out the
store and is considering hosting workshops about building
mods, as well as vape meets on
Fridays. She added that a few
local
establishments, like El
Cerrito restaurant,
Cavonis Pizza and
Grinders, and the
bowling alley are
vape-friendly.
She said that
last semester she
sent two of her
college-aged employees to campus
to vape and see
if anyone was interested, but was
asked by one of the
deans to leave.
Neither dean recalls the event, but
Dean of Men Jeffery Rogers said
he has approached
two students about
vaping in the
buildings.
One
student
was smoking an
e-cigarette in Galalarm went off,
Rogers said.
He said that
although he doesnt want students walking around smoking
e-cigarettes, they are treated on
campus like conventional cigarettes you can use them out
of doors.
Commissioners
discuss FOIA, closure
policies
Local restaurants sweeten

Valentines weekend
Dial-A-Ride
receives grant
a month.
The pens and mods range
from $20 to $70, depending
on the quality, and Mr. Darcys
Problems with the countys

emergency alert system during last weeks severe weather
prompted the County Department Heads to review alert
policies at the Hillsdale County
Commissioners meeting Tuesday.
Chairman Mark Wiley expressed concerns about the
countys system of alerting residents to school and workplace
closures during bad weather,
such as last Monday.
Monday was a bit of a
mess, he said. Radio stations
were reading off school closings
of all kinds. I think we need to
update our policy.
He said that although all
those registered with the program Code Red through the
website
alerts.hillsdale.us
should get an update on closures during bad weather, he believes the county should create
a call list to inform employees
of closures.
Information Technology Services Director David Holcomb
agreed, adding that many in his
department did not get a message through Code Red.
Wiley, after saying that deposits can be required of citizens requesting Freedom Of Information Act reports, called for
a clear, written policy regarding
rules for FOIA deposits.
I think a policy about that
should be written and put on
our website, so everyones fully

understanding, he said. As a
county, we need to have a written policy in place, so there are
no discrepancies from one person to another.
a FOIA request are free but a
person can be charged for copy
materials, photos, and any labor
over that two-hour period.
During Holcombs report,
the board discussed issues with
the countys computer systems.
Holcomb said his department is
working on moving the sheriffs
system so that those in the offrom home.
He alerted the commissioners that he was updating contact
information on the website.
After the department heads
reports, an open hearing was
held, in which representatives
from the Village of North Adams requested annexment of
three properties in Hillsdale
County to North Adams. The
annexment, which is to be promoted for business and industrial development, was approved
without dissent.
At the end of the department heads meeting, Caswell
told the department heads about
budgetary problems.
Were overspending this
year, he said. There will have
to be cuts next year. Keep that
in mind going forward.
Grounded in Grace opening

draws coffee lovers
Jordan Finney
Collegian Reporter
More than 200 visitors visited the

Grounded in Grace coffee houses kick-off
event at its new location, the First Presbyterian Church in Jonesville Saturday.
Amazing Grace played in the background while 24 local vendors and crafters shared information and sold artisan
goods, and community members chatted
over fresh coffee, hot chocolate, crepes,
and soup.
We have been swamped. We served
more than 120 crepes and thats a lot
for us, volunteer Kathi Boyle said. We
have been non-stop turning out crepes,
and were out of half our soup. Its been a
wonderful day a huge success. I am so
delighted.
Grounded in Grace coffee house has
chocolate to visitors free of charge since
it opened in June 2013. Visitors can opt to

donate money for their coffee and food,
which is donated to local charities.
Hillsdale resident Marla Bowen said
she likes to visit the coffee house because
its a quiet place to talk to a friend or grade
papers.
I think its a really neat idea, and I
think theres just a fun group of people
here, Bowen said. I prefer the environment here because its lighter. I dont really go to other coffee shops, but I can justify
donating a dollar to get a coffee or crepe
sometimes.
Hillsdale College alumna Sumer Wells
06, attended Saturdays event as a vendor
selling Norwex cleaning products. She
said she was impressed by the atmosphere
and charitable donations the volunteers
can make to local organizations.
Its genius a great idea, Wells said.
I learned about their charity work, the
food was delicious, and the people have
been really nice. Its been a great day with
a lot of fun conversations, and Ive been

way busier than anticipated.
The shop serves coffee 9 a.m. to noon
Tuesdays and Thursdays. Crepes and coffee are served 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays
and Fridays. Volunteers say they will consider expanding hours to include evenings
and weekends depending on the communitys interest.
We werent exactly sure what was going to happen when we moved next door
but its been wonderful, Boyle said. Our
hours will extend as demand grows. Its
still just an outreach for our church. We
just want to serve the community and are
so overjoyed to see people here.
Chargers drop two home games

Nathanael Meadowcroft
Assistant Editor
The Hillsdale College mens
basketball team entered last
weekend looking for two big
home wins but exited with two
critical defeats.
After falling to the Northwood Timberwolves 90-81 on
Thursday night, the Chargers
were routed by the 24th-ranked
Lake Superior State Lakers 8266 on Saturday afternoon.
Our will is there but we have
not executed the way we need
to execute, head coach John
Tharp said. I thought [Satur-
SPORTS
A7 12 Feb. 2015
days game] was one of the poorest games that weve played as
a group and when I say that the
responsibility ultimately falls on
me.
The Lakers (19-4, 14-3 GLIAC) jumped out to a 14-3 lead
6:52 into the game. The Chargers responded with an 8-2 run to
were unable to pull any closer
throughout the rest of the contest.
The Chargers kept within
striking distance throughout
7-0 run to grab a commanding
15-point halftime lead.
Junior Lucas Grose goes up for a shot against the Grand

Valley State University Lakers. (Photo Courtesy of External
Affairs)
The Lakers pushed their lead

to as much as 24 points in the
second half to put the Chargers
away. Hillsdale senior guard Michael Furlong sunk three 3-pointers in the closing minutes of the
more respectable.
We didnt have a lot of energy on the defensive end and our
pace on the offensive end with
our screens and cutting wasnt
as good as we needed it to be,
junior forward Kyle Cooper said.
The Lakers double-teamed
Cooper every time he received
the ball in the post, forcing him
shooting.
Sometimes it just feels like
there is a lid on the rim, Coonitely make it harder to get clean
shots off.
The Chargers knew the Lakers would double team any player who had the ball in the post,
but were unable to successfully
counter Lake Superior States
strategy.
We worked on getting out
of double teams [in practice] we
just didnt execute our game plan
as well as we could have, Cooper said.
The Chargers shot just 44 percent against the Lakers, while the
Lakers made 55 percent of their
Our defense has just got to
get better, redshirt freshman
guard Stedman Lowry said.
Weve just got to get stops.
Hillsdale struggled on the defensive end on Thursday against
Northwood as well, allowing the
Timberwolves to shoot 54 peryond the arc.
There were too many errors
defensively, Tharp said. We

need to play more consistent on
The Chargers led on Thursday
for much of the game before the
Timberwolves went on a 21-6
run to take a 71-60 lead with 6:20
remaining in the contest.
We let one mistake turn into
two turn into three and so on,
Cooper said. It just felt like we
didnt have a lot of energy out
there on the court.
Hillsdales loss to Northwood
the Chargers are battling the
in the GLIAC tournament.
Hillsdale is tied with Northwood in the GLIAC North Divimake our season, Lowry said.
Weve got to get wins.
The Chargers play at Michigan Tech tonight. The Huskies
burned the Chargers in their
matchup last month with their
hot shooting.
Were going to do a better
job of guarding their movement,
Cooper said. We know how they
run their stuff but its just a matter of us being able to react to it
quickly enough. I think this second time through well be more
prepared for it.
Hillsdale will travel to Northern Michigan on Saturday. The
last time the Chargers faced the
Wildcats, Hillsdale escaped with
a win on a buzzer-beating dunk.
Northern Michigan is coming
off an upset victory on Saturday
over the then 17th-ranked Ferris
State Bulldogs.
Were going into this weekend with the mindset that were
BOX SCORES
Mens Basketball
Hillsdale: 81
Northwood (Mich.): 90
Womens Basketball
Hillsdale: 67
Northwood (Mich.): 60
Hillsdale: 66
Lake Superior St.: 82
Hillsdale: 60
Lake Superior St.: 57
Season Leaders
Points Per Game:
Kyle Cooper (20.1)
Stedman Lowry (10.9)
Rebounds Per Game:
Cooper (10.3)
Jason Pretzer (3.6)
Assists Per Game:
Zach Miller (7.1)
Cooper (1.9)
Field Goal Percentage:
Nick Archer (53.3)
Cooper (53.0)
Pretzer (51.5)
Season Leaders
Points Per Game:
Megan Fogt (13.6)
Kadie Lowery (9.4)
Rebounds Per Game:
Fogt (9.0)
Allie Dittmer (5.7)
Assists Per Game:
Lowery (2.2)
Morgan Blair (2.1)
Field Goal Percentage:
Fogt (55.1)
Dittmer (51.9)
Kayla Geffert (42.5)
Q&A with Kurt

Mensching
the soccer team, Im insane with
that team. But thats about it.
Anything else is a sport thats
happening and I dont have any
preferences.
(Photo Courtesy of Kurt Mensching)
Kurt Mensching has blogged

were going to get ourselves in about the Detroit Tigers since
2006, starting with his own
the playoffs, Cooper said.
blog, the Mack Avenue Tigers,
then joining SB Nations Bless
You Boys blog in 2009. He is
now the senior editor of SB Naevery night of the week.
tions news desk. He also writes
Hopefully this app will make a weekly column on the Tigers
things a little more convenient for the Detroit News. Menschfor people if we have to make ing spoke in Dow Journalism
switches or if teams have to can- Director John Millers sportscel, Foeman said.
writing class on Feb. 5.
Beside the high number of
games, there is wide student participation in IM basketball. Last
year, there were 25 teams with ences with baseball? Why did
you choose baseball over basThis year, we have 16 volleyball teams, and we usually
double that for basketball, FoeWell you can see how tall I
man said.
The IM basketball season most of it.
begins Feb. 23. If the test goes
I picked up watching basesmoothly for Rec*It, it will be ball in the late 80s, early 90s. I
used across all IM sports for was young, it was after the Tieasier team communication and gers were good. It was kind of
scheduling.
like during their downfall, but
I just enjoyed watching baseball. So it was just something
me and the neighbor kids did. I
lived up north at that point, the
town of Manton. It was kind of
a farm town, a hick town, where
everyone has front yards that go
on for acres, and some of us just
IM SPORTS: THERES AN APP FOR THAT

Kelsey Drapkin
Senior Reporter
Scheduling for intramural

sports just got a lot simpler.
Starting with intramural basketball as a test run, IM sports
will be using a smartphone application called Rec*It.
The applications website describes it as the source for everything intramural sports and
games and practices, results and
stats, ways to communicate with
your team, and real-time updates
from team captains or administrators regarding any changes.
We are very excited to be introducing it [Rec*It] this semester for Intramural sports, Brad
Kocher, director of recreational
Track
From A8
I was ready to go.
There was a false start and a
delay at the start of the heat, and
while the time was a personal
record after it was converted for
can beat it. He is sixth in Divithe GLIAC.
Junior Corrine Zehner posted
three provisional marks, in the
400, 60 hurdles, and 4x400 relay,
provement.
I havent really shown what I
can do in either the 60 hurdles or
the open 4, she said. The meet,
it wasnt bad, we didnt run slow,
but we didnt run our best. The
level that were showing at practice we did not show at the meet,
for sure.
sports and athletic facilities, said.

Alexis Waugh, director of IM
marketing, said she is excited
about the coming of the application.
It will be a very easy way
for all of our faculty, students,
participants, and fans to use to
view when, where, what, why,
how their games are, Waugh
said. You will also be able to
do things like view records of all
teams and participants.
cation Hillsdale IM sports have
used.
IMLeagues was used
about two years ago in an attempt to make scheduling easier
for teams.
It didnt go too well, Kevin
Foeman, assistant director of recreational sports, said. We didnt
like it. There were a lot of popups.

Rec*It is part of IMLeagues,
so the school was already registered. Rec*It offers an easier,
more user-friendly format.
Foeman emphasized the importance of teams being able to
each other through their phones
outside of an email platform.
We thought about a way to
do text messaging for scheduling
because last year we had a lot of
Foeman said he settled on
Rec*It after researching similar
options.
The test run for the application with IM basketball will push
its capabilities. Foeman said
they are hoping to have games
Sometimes the girls, our relay, will tend to overthink a little

bit, Zehner said. Thats something I think were going to work
on this weekend a lot is just being
crazy, going out and just running
as hard as we can.
This weekend, 10 women and
seven men will travel to Boston
to compete while the rest of the
team is at Grand Valley. Towne
said the Boston trip is in preparation for the NCAA championships, which will be on a banked
track.
Zehner is looking forward to
the banked track practice.
I actually really like them,
she said. Theyre fun. Theyre
really different, for sure. You
dont have to lean as much, you
Clark is also looking forward
to it, and Oren hopes to PR in the
mile this weekend.
we did, we went out and played

baseball every chance we got.
I played Little League, played
high school ball, just that kind of
thing.
I started blogging about baseball because I didnt think there
was any good Tigers blogs. I
said, I want to write about baseball because I cant read what I
want to read, so Ill just have to
write it myself.
Have you always been a Tigers fan?
Freshman Colby Clark was named GLIAC Track Athlete
of the Week after taking first in the 400 at the Chargers
home meet on Feb. 6. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)
Hillsdale Soccer Club hosts futsal tourney

Laura Williamson
Collegian Reporter
Before you take your sweetheart out on a date on Valentines
Day, support the Hillsdale Soccer
Club at their eighth annual futsal
tournament. The event serves as
a fundraiser for the towns soccer club and is an opportunity for
players to have a competitive experience in the winter.
Technically its a fundraiser,
but I see it as an opportunity to
play, said Amy Fast, the director of the Hillsdale Soccer Club.
Its important for players to get
touches on a ball during the winter.
This tournament is not your
average soccer tournament. Its
technically a futsal tournament.
Futsal is the only form of indoor soccer that FIFA recognizes. Futsal is a 3v3 game instead
of the traditional soccer game
which is 11v11. Theres no goal-
keeper and the ball is slightly

smaller with a low bounce and
a higher density, which is better
for indoor play.
During the course of the day,
each team will play at least three
games. There is a potential for
more play, but that depends on
the bracket. There will be four
games going on at the same time
inside the Biermann Center.
The tournament consists of
multiple youth divisions, along
with a high school, college and
an adult division with multiple
teams in each division. The high
school division is the largest,
which is usually not the case, according to Fast.
Its going to be really competitive. The best players in the
area will be there, Fast said.
The college division will be
sdales mens and womens club
soccer teams. In addition to playing, the mens team will provide
referees and concession workers
for the tournament.

It presented an opportunity
for the club soccer teams to get
involved so while [Hillsdale
Soccer Club] is sponsoring the
event, were running concessions
as a fundraiser for us and selling
T-shirts. Well have someone onsite running the machine to make
the T-shirts. It should be pretty
fun, said senior president of the
mens soccer club, Michael Koziara.
Theres a good relationship
between the teams, Fast said.
Its a bigger operation this year.
We need more help.
This is mostly due to the location of this years tournament.
tournament will be held on campus, Fast said. Its in Biermann
and its a pretty big deal.
The tournament had outgrown
its old location, Hillsdale High
School. The size of the Biermann
Center will allow more games to
be played at the same time.
Hillsdales mens and womens soccer clubs each have three

teams registered to play.
Were trying to develop a
stronger soccer community in
Hillsdale, senior Larissa Yashko said. We have a pretty solid
relationship with the Hillsdale
soccer club. They support us and
we support them.
The tournament serves not
just to foster a soccer community
in Hillsdale but the surrounding
areas as well. Teams are registered from Jackson, Coldwater,
and Tecumseh.
Hillsdales tournament is one
held in the state this winter. Fast
said she is excited to be able to
use the Biermann Center this
year and hopes to be able to continue to use it for the tournament
in the future.
gest and in the premier facility,
Fast said.
I was always a Tigers fan. Ill

tell yah, Ill root for like four
teams total. Ill root for the Tigers, Ill root for the Pistons,
Ill root for Michigan State, you
know football lately since our
basketball team stinks, but our
football team is awesome, and
the U.S. mens national soccer
team. I will live and die with
Swim
From A8
zeroing in on the details that
can save them precious points.
Coach has been telling
us to focus on the little things,
such as turns and starts. Hes
also really emphasizing swimming fast in the morning so
nals, sophomore up-and-comer Emily Shallman said. As
far as preparation goes, Coach
has been helping us with perfecting our strokes and turns
Justin Verlander has to show

he can bounce back, I think
Justins going to bounce back,
I think its entirely health related. Hes as competitive as
they come, so Justins going to,
as long as he has a healthy offseason. They have to get a better
season out of Nick Castellanos,
both offensively and defensively.
Im really excited to see what
Cespedes does. I think hes going to be really exciting for fans.
This is the kind of player you
want to pay to watch.
And then you got the catching
situation. Thats going to be an
interesting question. For Avila,
the injuries from the past couple
of years have added up and can
he go the whole season? Is he going to get knocked out again?
with during the Tigers offseason? What do you write about?
ure something to write about every week, but its not easy.
Sunday nights when I write
my column, its a dreadful time
of the year because in November
youve got stuff to write about.
In December youve got the
winter meetings and youve got
stuff to write about, and then it
falls off a cliff. You beat the story
lines to death, you got nothing
left to say and you gotta keep
saying something preferably
something new. Its just really,
really hard. Me personally, as a
fan, I just watch the Pistons. I
dont like how hard it is to write
a column in the offseason, on the
other hand, I dont mind a little
break from baseball.
Do you see yourself doing
this for the rest of your career?
Im a writer, but Im not necessarily a sports writer. Im a
writer who likes to write about
people. I think at some point Ill
write more about people and it
might not have anything to do
with sports. Right now though,
you take the career that is successful in front of you and you
just run with it as long as it goes.
Just as a writer, I feel like Im
going to go in another direction
eventually.
-Compiled by Evan Carter
with the help of the underwater

video camera. Also, hes just
really excited for this meet and
some fast swimming that attitude is infectious.
In preparation for the
event, the team has prepared
their bodies and their minds
for the peak of the season.
It is pretty elementary,
we are tapered and rested and
there is no doubt we will be at
ly racers, Kirner said. They
know how to prepare themselves and swim fast when it
counts.
12 February 2015
Charger Sports
WOMEN PUSH WINNING STREAK TO FIVE Swim team takes

Jessie Fox
Collegian Reporter
The Hillsdale College womens basketball team was challenged to protect their home court
this weekend against Northwood
bined effort of multiple players.

Senior Kadie Lowery, Madison
Berry, Dittmer and Blair all put
shots in for the Chargers to secure a nine-point lead.
The Chargers battled for the
-
Lakers.
We did a really good job
handling the emotional day, assistant coach Jon Mauck said.
deep down how they feel about
the Chargers came out reenerond half.

the Chargers turned up their deLakers score a single point. With
2:17 left on the clock, the Charwhen Blair grabbed a backcourt
came to the Dawn Tibbetts Potter Arena with one thing in mind:
Blair led the Chargers with 13

points.
The Chargers lengthened their
lead when Berry sunk two free
Unfortunately for the Timracked up its second season win
Dittmer and senior Megan

Fogt both played memorable
57 on Saturday afternoon.
Saturdays win was the Char-
double-double with 10 points and

12 rebounds, and Fogt set another
school record when she blocked
her 139th shot. Fogt now stands
all and 11-6 in the GLIAC. This

weekend, the Chargers will play
with hopes of setting their lonIn Thursdays matchup, the
time with a 30-27 lead. In the
early stages of the second half,
sophomore guard Morgan Blair
embarked on a solo 9-0 run to put
Hillsdale in a dominant position.
Morgan Blair has really been
stepping up for the team, shes
offense and defense, said freshman Allie Dittmer.
back to a 50-50 tie with 8:00
left on the clock. The Chargers
went on their second 9-0 run of
the game, this time it was a com-
blocked shots in a single career.

The record is pretty neat,
mostly because Katie Cezat was
so dominant in so many areas
in her time here. Its an honor to
Fogt said. Much more importantly, the record Im concerned
with is our teams record. Im so
Junior Madison Berry drives to the hoop in a game
against Lake Superior State University. (Photo Courtesy of
External Affairs)
The unfortunate passing of

head coach Claudette Charneys mother, Lisa Charney,
who passed away early Saturday
morning, left the entire Charger
on that afternoon against the
gether down the end.

The Lakers led the game for
to close the gap. They entered
halftime with a 38-30 lead, but
season.
Tonight, the Chargers will
play at Michigan Technological
on GLIAC
championships
Kat Torres
Collegian Reporter
The Charger swim team is
currently in fourth place out
of 11 teams going into the second day of the four-day GLIAC
championships at the Jenison
Aquatics Center.
On Wednesday, the Hillsdale
College swimmers got off to a
strong start.
Senior Rachael Kurtz placed
second in the 50 Freestyle,
with a time of 23.46, hitting the
NCAA national qualifying B cut
which is 24.12. Junior Zoe Hopkins also hit the 1000 Freestyle
B standard (10:32.14) swimming
a time of 10:30.9.
Junior Sarah Rinaldi also
added points for the Chargers in
the 200 IM hitting the standard
as well (2:07.98), swimming a
2:07.47, but just barely missing
To close the night, the 200
meter relay team of sophomore
Emily Balog, senior Cayley
Cruickshank, Rinaldi, and Kurtz
1:50.74.
Out of the six conference dual
meets this season, Hillsdale College has pulled out a 4-2 record.
Going into the conference championship, the team is ranked
We will be right in the midof 11 teams, head coach Kurt
Kirner said. The more substanrecords and NCAA qualifying
this meet. I think the team is

swims and our depth could alhigher than the year before, senior captain Ali Bauer said.
Earlier this season, the Chargers made history by breaking
the 10-win barrier, which was
an exciting prelude to the conference championship. Unforsquad to add points to their score
requires the swimmers to make
their races count, which means
See SWIM A7
ranked Huskies.
Its just another step in our
maturing process, were in the
ity, and in a good spot physically
compared to a lot of teams, said
Coach Mauck. Were ready.
TRACK TEAM HOSTS SUCCESSFUL MEET

Micah Meadowcroft
Arts Editor
meet, which qualify but do not

-
The Charger indoor track and

to as its championship season at
home this past weekend with the
Hillsdale Wide Track Classic in
the Margot V. Biermann Center.
Head coach Andrew Towne
said the meet was a solid start.
It doesnt mean that at the
the full next month, but it means
we need to keep making preparations looking towards the end of
the month, and I thought we did
that, he said.
The womens team posted
Justin Folley had a really solid heptathlon both days, Towne

said.
Folley, a senior, posted a proall with a score of 4892.
twice last weekend. Once as a
part of the womens Distance
time of 12:02.74.
Were twelfth on the list for
nationals, which is exciting, but I
think we can go a lot faster, she
said.
The womens DMR was ok,

Towne said. They got on the
board, but theyll be a lot faster
this weekend.
qualifying time in the 800 of

2:13.47.
I PRd in that and posted the
top time for the GLIAC, sixth in
the nation, so that was exciting.
Looking forward to the rest of
the season, Oren said she doesnt
know what all shell be running.
her range extends from the 800 to
the 5K.
She has high hopes and expecAs far as nationals go I would
at least like to get an All-Ameri-
not a national championship title

in at least one; thatd be really
nice, she said. Conference, Id
really like the DMR to win again,
years.
Freshman Colby Clark was
named GLIAC Mens Track Athin the 400 with a time of 48.98
mark, and a time that set a new
meet record.
I was really excited to run it,
Clark said. It had been a couple
of weeks since I had had a race so
See TRACK A7
Junior Sarah Rinaldi swims the backstroke at the John

Jack McAvoy Natatorium. She swam the 200 IM in
2:07.47 at the GLIAC Championships on Wednesday.
Charger Chatter: Stedman lowry

Just the whole Hillsdale idea
thought that was awesome. On
the basketball side of it, I really
liked Coach Tharp and the other
coaches. I just thought it would
turns out it is. I like the fact that
theres not many students, and
(Photo Courtesy of External Affairs)
Stedman
Lowry,
starting
shooting guard for the Hillsdale College mens basketball
team, made his collegiate debut
against the University of Michigan last semester. Originally
from Liberty Township, Ohio,
the redshirt freshman plans to
major in accounting.
It probably comes from my dad
its his middle name. My dad
really got me into basketball
he played college basketball. I
started playing probably in sec-
faces. Classes are hard, its been

an adjustment, but I like my
classes and really like it here.
chosen Ohio State. But, It really

actually came down to Hillsdale, Northern Kentucky, and
a school in Florida called Rawlins, and I just liked Hillsdale
more than any of them.
It was awesome playing in that

huge school. It was crazy, but
we just came out like we had
nothing to lose, and I wasnt
Actually, when I started the
the game.
were in the game most of the

able experience. I didnt know
that we could compete with Di-
the ball I airballed a layup. So I

was like, Oh gosh, this is not
going to be good. They didnt
Our whole team, we all get
because I didnt play last year,

so they had no idea who I was,
but I just came out and hit some
shots early. It was awesome being able to get hot that early in
plays pretty well together. Were
one else is new or in new roles.
Its taking some adjustment, but

I think we all play pretty well
together and most of them are
gonna be back next year too.
Well continue to keep getting
with all these guys.
-Compiled by Ramona Tausz
B1 12 Feb. 2015
(David Bassett/Collegian)
A rose on any other day would still be a rose

Valentines Day and the art of the florist
Amanda Tindall
News Editor
Approximately 196 million
roses are grown every year for
the express purpose of being used
in Valentines Day bouquets.
the busiest day of the year.
Valentines Day is my one
big day, Smiths Flowers owner
Jane Stewart said. Mothers day
is pretty big, but thats spread out
through the week.
Kathy Newell, owner of the
Blossom Shop, has been in the
ell said she orders 1000-1300
roses for Valentines Day, and,
even with that, they will run out.
When a customer comes into
eration is price. Beyond that,
however, Stewart said there are
plenty of choices from differ-
Creating a bouquet isnt simply a matter of throwing a bunch

takes careful consideration of color,
texture, prices, and
the purpose of the
bouquet.
Sometimes people will bring in a
pillow or a piece of
fabric that they want
to match, and we
can even do that,
Newell said. We
use different sizes
of textures, different textures, no more
than three different
colors, or it gets distracting to the eyes,
and several different
types of greens.
For Newell, the
most important piece
of advice she said
she could give to
to buy online.
If they know what they want,
then they just tell us what they
want, Newell said. If people

go online and order something,
and three or four people want the
same thing, then you dont end

up with something unique. So we
do suggest designers choices.
Newell said you
can also get a better
deal in person bethat are on sale.
When you order
online from sitting in
a cubicle, you lose a
lot of money because
it goes through three
or four steps to get to
us. Its the younger
generation that likes
to just go online, but
theyre not realizing
how much theyve
lost, Newell said.
Even if the online company says
theyre
ordering
Flowers sit ready for arrangement and Valentines day.
(On Yu Lee/Collegian)
the greenery or the vase.
Newell said they can drop the

box anywhere, even if youre not
could be dead by the time you get
them.
For Valentines day in particular, tulips are popular in addition
to roses. Stewart said they also
have lilies, daisies, and orchids,
as well as many other types of
Besides roses, a lot of people
will order carnations because
they last longer, Stewart said.
Senior Alex Graham said the
two people for whom he buys
girlfriend, junior Jacqueline
Frenkel.
Before going shopping, you
must do some reconnaissance
-
the order can be
healthy ones of that lot. If there
couple of cities away.
See Florists B2
Student bands face off at Dawn

All out musical war at Dawn Theater tomorrow in Phi Mu Alphas Battle of the Bands
Anders Hagstrom
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonias annual Battle of the Bands will take
place from 7 p.m. to midnight
tomorrow at the Historic Dawn
Theatre in Hillsdale. The event
will feature seven student bands
vying for the top spot, with an
opening performance by touring

band August Hotel and an encore
set by student supergroup Full
Paisley Jacket.
tle of the Bands will take place
off-campus, a decision which
Phi Mu Alpha hopes will create a
more memorable experience for
performers and audience members.
Battle of the Bands is a chance
for student bands to compete, be

heard, and give an audience a
great time.
Its an opportunity for students to show off their talent, and
to prove whos got the most swag
in the music department, said
of Full Paisley Jacket.
According to sophomore
Luke Zahari, one of the Phi Mu
Alpha members organizing the
event, the student bands will be:

Athwart, led by junior Walker
Mulley; Coffey and the Sugar
Packets, led by junior Catherine
Coffey; Daw!, led by senior
Aaron Pomerantz; Holy Moses,
led by senior Mike Ragan; Nasty
Earl, led by sophomore Andrew
Egger; The Pink Jalapeo Poppers, led by senior Ian Fury; and
The St. Joe Trio, led by sophomore Frank Bruno. A number
of these bands have established
pages on social media as well,
including Facebook, Twitter, and
YouTube.
Each band brings something
unique to the table, choosing
their own style of music. The St.
Joe Trio describes their music as
a mixture of blues, rock, garage
rock, alternative, and basically
See Bands B2
Holy Moses practices. The band includes senior Mike

Ragan, Ian Andrews 14, freshman Aaron Andrews, and
senior Tim Allen. (Phil Devoe/Collegian)
Things
To do and see
This week
January 31 March 1
Professional Artist Series:
Paintings by Mark Mehaffey
Daughtrey Gallery,
Sage Center for the Arts
February 12-15, 19-22
I Love You, Youre Perfect,
Now Change
The Sauk Theatre
240 East Chicago Street,
Jonesville, MI 49250
February 12-14, 19-21 at 8 p.m.;
February 15 and 22 at 3 p.m.
This 1996 musically satirical
celebration of the mating game
stars Trinity Bird, Savannah Doster,
Emily DeBoard, and Tony Myers.
Tickets for tonights preview
performance will cost $5;
subsequent performances will be $12.
February 13
Phi Mu Alphas Battle of the Bands
The Historic Dawn Theatre
110 North Broad Street
7 p.m. midnight
Seven student bands will compete for
a panel of faculty judges at the Dawn
Theatre for charity. Food and
beverages will be available for
purchase, and complimentary
popcorn will be served. Guest band
August Hotel will perform an opening
set at 7 p.m., and Full Paisley Jacket
will play an encore set at 11:30 p.m.
A cash bar will also be available.
Tickets will be $3 in advance and $5
at the door.
February 14
No Date Dance
Biermann Center Mezzanine
8 p.m. midnight
The No Date Dance, sponsored by
A Few Good Men, will feature
performances by the Hillsdale College
Big Band, August Hotel, and
Patches of Paisley.
Tickets will be $5, either in
advance or at the door.
Let us help
you enjoy your
spring break
with a free
trip inspection
before you go!
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ARTS
12 Feb. 2015 B2
A conversation with professional artist Mehaffey
Evan
CartEr
Appreciate the
art in your back
(Photo courtesy of Evan

Carter)
IN FOCUS
yard: the Detroit Institute of Arts

When you consider the great
art museums and galleries of the
world, you may think of the Louvre in Paris, the British Museum
in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, or
possibly the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C.
Im willing to guess that you
dont think about the art museum
only 100 miles east of Hillsdale,
which houses van Goghs Portrait of Postman Roulin, Rodins
statue of the Thinker, and Picassos Fruit, Carafe, and Glass
If I were to pose the same
I probably would have left out
the DIA as well. Growing up in a
suburb north of Detroit, I largely
took the DIA for granted. Frankall.
the DIA during my senior year
of high school when my Spanish class visited the museum to
survey its Mexican and Spanish
art. I knew almost nothing about
that either, so I had no expectations when my class arrived at the
museum.
display of African statues, and
unbeknownst to me at the time,
is perhaps the best example of
Mexican art in the United States.
A spacious room, Rivera
Court houses 27 frescos painted
by Diego Rivera, with the large
frescos on the north and south
walls of the court serving as focal
points. Once open to the sky, the
room is now covered by a glass
ceiling, allowing for superlative
lighting during the middle of the
day. With frescos on all four sides
of the room, the experience is
totally immersive, drawing you
into the congruous but distinct
frescos.
Riveras work is expansive,
yet every inch is detailed and imbued with meaning and motifs.
Because the project was so great,
the frescos, which were meant
to celebrate Detroits industrial
might, wouldnt have been completed if not for a very large donation from Henry Fords son,
Edsel.
Since the money to complete
the project was coming from the
Ford family, Rivera had to depict
the Ford River Rouge Plant, the
setting of his piece, in a good
light. In many ways, Rivera complied with these instructions. He
even depicted Henry Ford as a
teacher leading a class on engineering.
As the DIA expert explained

to my class, however, the frescos
are much more than a simple celebration of the industry at Fords
River Rouge Plant. Rivera was a
Marxist, and he wove themes of
worker oppression throughout his
work.
His Marxist overtones are
arguably most apparent in one
of the panels on the west wall,
which features a pair of work
gloves with red stars printed on
them. Though seen as an overt
nod to communism by many after its 1933 unveiling, this image
is still not as obvious as Riveras
depiction of Lenin in a project
Rivera began for the Rockefeller
Centers Great Hall in New York
City. Rivera was never allowed
efellers had all of his previous
work on the mural destroyed.
Many protesters in Detroit to
have Riveras frescos in the DIA
destroyed as well. The Detroit
News called the frescos vulgar
and un-american.
Thankfully, the DIA did not
allow the frescos to be destroyed.
As I became more and more
aware of Riveras communist
motifs throughout the frescos,
my experiences of the pieces was
enhanced. Rivera didnt waste a
single panel; each one is packed
with symbolism. My favorite
piece of symbolism is a steam
turbine on the west wall that Rivera shaped into the likeness of
an ear. Scholars believe that Rivera did this to show the extreme
lengths to which factory management went to spy on workers.
Ive been to the MET in New
York City and the Louvre in Paris. Ive seen the Mona Lisa. Its
small, and because of the crowd
surrounding it, I didnt get a great
look. Ive now visited Rivera
Court twice. On the second visit,
the room was virtually empty,
giving me all the time I could
want to take in the expansive and
immersive piece of art.
So next time youre in Detroit,
consider checking out the DIA.
Walk into Rivera Court and engage all of the facets of liberal
arts Hillsdale has given you.
Rivera will be ready.
majoring in politics and minoring in journalism through the

Dow Journalism program. He is
the web editor for the Collegian.
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at 11:30 p.m. Full Paisley Jacket
will then play an encore set before the victors are announced.
Three judges from the Hillsdale College faculty will select
the winning band. The judges
will be classics department chair
Joseph Garnjobst, music department chair James Holleman, and
assistant professor of English
Dutton Kearney three professors with a passion and an ear for
good music.
Admission will cost $3 in advance or $5 at the door; pizza and
pop will be available for purchase
throughout the evening. Complimentary popcorn will also be
served.
Florists
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are none, you must move on to
another type. Its not that romantic, really.
ers, Frenkel added.
Graham said it was also nice
ready blooming.
A good feature of the lilies I purchased was that I got
some buds in bloom and others
Mark Mehaffey, a watercolor

painter, participated in Hillsdale
Colleges Professional Artists
Series this month. After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts with
Honors at Michigan State University, Mehaffey taught art in
the Lansing Public School System for nearly thirty years. He
has won numerous awards for
his paintings, including the Silver Medal of Honor at the 146th
Annual International American
Watercolor Society Exhibition
and the Skyledge Award from the
Transparent Watercolor Society
of America.
get serious about art?
A: When I was ten years old.
ences when I was in the fourth
grade. I went to a friends house
and his father was an artist, and
his watercolor paintings were
laying out, his sketchbooks, and
I guess I just sort of knew right
then and there that thats what I
not yet in bloom, Graham said.

So there were some blossoms
and some buds, which is special
because then they bloom. Some
fade out and the others bloom,
ers for longer.
As for what Graham thinks of
Theres some stinking rose
genocide going on here.
wanted to do. So the same fourth

grade teacher let me paint with a
set of watercolors all day, and I
Q: Do you have any advice for
aspiring artists?
A: I absolutely do. Work your
ass off. Seriously. Theres a lot
of people that are very, very talented that end up never doing
very well because they dont
work hard enough, and theres a
lot of other people out there that
probably arent the most talented
in the world, but theyre highly
motivated and they work really,
really hard, and those are the
people you hear about. So if you
really want to get ahead, just like
anything else, you need to really
work hard.
kept up with both activities. So

one must have balance in ones
life, it cant always be work. My
studio is in my house, and I go
to work every day, usually between 7:30 and 8:00 a.m., and
most days work a six to twelve
hour day. Sometimes Ill take
the weekends off, sometimes I
wont, but you cant work all
the time. So, you have to have
balance, you have to have some
other part. Fishing is one of the
ways I have that other part. I like
to play a little golf, but that can
be a little frustrating if you dont
play often.
Q: Do you have a favorite

piece of work that youve made?
A: So, the painting that I look
forward to the most is the next
one, do you know what I mean?
As soon as I get an idea for a
painting, and I do that painting, I
do the best job I can do with that
painting, but then I let it go. And I
look forward to the next painting;
the next painting is the most important painting, not the previous
one, not the one I did last year,
painting when I was ten, but Ive
that may or may not have won
Q: What else do you do other

than art? Do you have any other
interests or hobbies?
A: At the moment, I am drivtwo or three days. So, Ive ac-
all kinds of big awards, because

thats all in the past. It is the future that I look forward to, the
next painting. Thats what keeps
me in the studio every day.
Q: So, its more about the process?
A: Yeah, absolutely, almost
entirely about the process. Its
not that I totally disregard the end
product, the painting, I try to do
the best with every single painting that I do, but its like golf
if you worry about shooting
power all the time, youre gonna
not have as much fun. So I play
zen golf: see the ball, hit the ball,
thats a whole lot more fun than
worrying about shooting power
all the time. Same thing with
painting for me. I enjoy the process, and dont worry about the
end result so much. Otherwise
thats not a good thing.
Artworks still giving students opportunity to perform

Bailey Pritchett
Spotlight Editor
In an effort to encourage arts
in the community, Artworks, the
Art Council of Hillsdale County,
invited music students from sixth
through twelfth grade to compete
in its 9th Annual Music Performance Competition on Sunday.
To spread the word, Artworks
councilwoman Renee Nestorak
10 sent letters to every teacher
and private music instructor in
entered the competition.
categories: vocal, strings, other
instrumental, keyboard, and ensemble. Each category had cash
place performers.
Don Heckenlively, president
of Artworks, said that events
like the performance competition motivate young musicians to
stick with their instruments.
Arts are part of civilization,
nual concert had been called a

scholarship competition. Awards
This music helps nurture young- for the top three performers were
er performers as they develop as given in the form of scholarship
musicians. The youngsters are money for books, private music
almost having a miniature mas- lessons, or money toward instruter class based on the feedback ment supplies. Although the adfrom the
justment aljudges.
lowed more
Unexspending
Arts are part of civiliza- f r e e d o m
p e c t e d l y,
this years
with cash
competiprizes,
tion saw a music helps nurture younger N e s t o r a k
large drop performers as they develop as said that the
in submis- musicians. The youngsters are title change
sions from almost having a miniature master from scholp r e v i o u s class based on the feedback from a r s h i p
years. In the judges.
competithe past,
tion to permore than
ormance
Don Heckenlively fcompetition
40
students had
may have
entered the
intimidated
competiyoung mution.
sicians.
Nestorak said she guesses the
For the past couple of years
drop in entries may have been due entries have dwindled, Nestorto the competitions title change. ak said. Some of the sections
For the past eight years, the an- werent even applied to. Chang-
ing the name could have scared

out why there was a drop in entries.
For the past 20 years, the Arts
Council for Hillsdale County has
engaged in community arts programs from theatre to music to
visual arts. Statewide programs
like the Michigan Council for
Arts and Cultural Affairs have
extended funds to local groups
like Artworks to promote comAlthough Heckenlively studied science as a graduate at the
University of Denver, music has
always been a part of his life.
For the past 50 years, his music
career has ranged from playing
the organ at church to singing in
choir.
Arts and cultural organizations contribute to the economic
mentality of Hillsdale county,
Heckenlively said. The arts are
what makes us civilized.
I Love You, Youre Perfect, Now Change at Sauk Theatre
Evan Carter is a sophomore
Bands
all things fun.
Walker Mulley and the rest of
Athwart had this to say regarding
what to expect from their performance: Have you ever heard a
punk band sing Friedrich Hayek
before? Have you ever read punk
lyrics with footnotes before?
Have you ever heard a punk band
rail against FDR before? Presumably, youll be able to answer
mative after their performance.
After the opening performance
at 7 p.m. from August Hotel, each
of the seven student bands will
duke it out in 30-minute sets
Madeleine Jepsen
Collegian Reporter
Andrew Egger
Assistant Editor
and having kids and ends with

older age couples: what life is
like as senior citizens in love.
Doster said that these wideranging topics will give everyone in the audience something to
relate to.
You can relate to it if youre
single, you can relate to it if
youre married or divorced, she
Jonesvilles Sauk Theatre will

night at 8 p.m. with the opening
performance of the seasonally
appropriate off-Broadway musical I Love You, Youre
Perfect, Now Change.
The production will stage
evening shows Thursday
through Saturday this
week and next, with 3 p.m.
matinee performances this
Sunday and Feb. 22.
The 1996 musical
comedy features an episodic format, with four actors portraying 52 distinct
roles during the two-hour
performance.
Weve been sort of
describing it as a theatrical
episode of Saturday Night
Live, Sauk executive director Trinity Bird said. I
play everything from an
Italian pizza guy to a seventy-year-old man, and
everything in between.
Bird, who is directing The cast of the Sauks I Love You,
I Love You, Youre Per- (Photo Courtesy of Trinity Bird)
fect, Now Change for
the third time, will star alongside said.
Satire is this productions
three other Sauk veterans: Emily
DeBoard, Savannah Doster, and bread and butter, and while
Tony Myers. Kristi Gautsche, the some of the themes are a little
plays musical director, will ac- shopworn over-talkative guys,
couples striving to meet unrealcompany on the piano.
I Love You, Youre Perfect, istic stereotypes, a macho mans
Now Change offers an anecdot- unsuccessful attempts to remain
al survey of romance in America,
relying on well-known tropes to they are largely redeemed by the
trace a timeline through unrelat- plays clever lyrics and snappy
tunes.
ed scenes.
Chemistry between actors is
Act I is about dating, and
then at the end of the act theres critical, especially considering
a wedding, Bird said. Act II the small cast and the plays fostarts with the honeymoon period cus on intimate relationships.
Fortunately, Bird, Doster, Myers,

and DeBoard have had many opportunities to develop this chemistry in previous productions. In
2012, all four had roles in The
25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee.
In fact, Birds professional
relationship with Myers and DeBoard runs all the way back to
Every one of those characters has a different costume,

Bird said. There are some points
where there are essentially ten to
the setting and costumes.
Beyond the logistics of costumes, Myers and Doster said
that portraying such a wide variety of characters can be an enormous mental workout for
an actor.
Its hard enough to get
into character once before
a show, Doster said. In
this production, every
scene youve got to go
out of one character and
back into a different one,
Its the best part, and the

scariest part.
The minimalistic cast
also presents musical challenges. With only four
singers, pitchy notes have
nowhere to hide.
If you dont know a
note, its going to be blatantly obvious, Myers
said. Someone whos musically coherent in the audience is going to know.
Despite these chalYoure Perfect, Now Change.
lenges, the cast of I Love
You, Youre Perfect, Now
the latter twos days at Bronson Change is excited to begin the
Jr./Sr. High School, where they production.
participated in extracurricular
Whats great about the play
plays directed by Bird.
is that its really funny, and its
I directed the musical in sometimes over the top, but its
Bronson for six years, Bird said. real; its human, Bird said.
I technically ran the musical
Tickets for tonights perfortheatre department.
mance are $5 and will be availEven with good chemistry, able at the Sauk. Tickets will cost
a play like I Love You, Youre $12 for the remainder of the proPerfect, Now Change pres- duction.
For example, with 52 characters
crammed into a two-hour production, costume changes are
tight.
Spotlight
B3 12 Feb. 2015
A Penny for perfection
Making it up
Every Thursday night, 80 people

Breana Noble
Collegian Reporter
When Penny Proctor discovered she would graduate from
Hillsdale College with a perfect
GPA, campus erupted.
Until 1977, only men had
graduated with a 4.0 GPA,
a barrier Proctor broke as a
double major.
Proctor heard the news from
several faculty members as a
student and was shocked.
While not certain of the reason it took so long for a female
student to make the achieve-
Until 1977, only

men had graduated
with a 4.0.
ment, Proctor thought her
generation was on the cusp of
change.
I think part of it has to do
with, for a long time, women
were not necessarily coming
into college with an intense
academic focus, particularly in
the 60s and 70s, Proctor said.
It didnt matter what the grades
were as long as they got the
degree.
After graduating Hillsdale,
Proctor studied law at the
University of Michigan where
her graduating class included 23
women while the year prior had
only eight.
Proctor attributes much of
her accomplishment to her
father who always pushed his
four daughters to think outside
traditional roles.
If I said I was interested
in being a nurse he would say,
(Photos Courtesy of Penny Proctor)
Why dont you think about being a doctor? Proctor said.

After hearing the Illinois
state attorney speak at her high
school, however, she realized
her goal.
He came on law day and
made a great presentation,
Proctor said. I said, Thats
what I want to do. I want to be
to help people and help our
country.
After graduating law school,
wanting to work in labor and
employment law, she got a job
fended hospitals on labor issues
and, after a year, found a partner
who focused on the medical
with whom Proctor worked.
hospital in health care law.
I found the breadth of
the issues to be intellectually
stimulating, Proctor said on her
transition. It was something
different every day. I wanted to
feel I made a positive contribution, and sometimes in law
Making it there was not easy.
While double majoring in English and Communication Arts,
an interdisciplinary study akin

to marketing, Proctor remained
enthusiastically involved on
campus, especially in the theater
program.
Also active in Greek life,
Proctor valued the consistent
community in her busy schedule.
Pi Beta Phi really spurred
me on, Proctor said. As each
semester went by, and I still had
that 4.0, theres a lot of pressure with that. My sisters were
wonderful in helping me keep
focused, keeping me positive,
and helping me to diffuse that
pressure when it got to be too
bad.
Proctor, as a student, normally up at 5 a.m. to study so
her evenings would be free for
other activities, averaging about
I guess thats how I relax.
If Im sitting with nothing to
do, Im bored, and I hate being
bored, Proctor told The Collegian her senior year in the
March 10, 1977 issue.
Proctors sorority sisters
remember her for her genuine
character and talent.
Penny was everywhere,
Coordinator of Alumni Events
and Programs Nanette Laser
said. Very accomplished in

everything she did. I always
admired her. She was so available, smart, talented, and good
to everyone.
Director of Career Services
Joanna Wiseley, also a Pi Phi
with Proctor, recounted times
when Proctor would sing and
play piano as sorority song
leader and perform in Tower
Players productions.
Even though she was earning a four point, she always had
time for her sisters, Wiseley
said. Now she gives back to
Hillsdale by donating her time
to Pi Beta Phi.
After retiring in 2011, Proctor helped plan the 125th anniversary of the Michigan Alpha
Chapter of Pi Phi in 2012, even
making a keynote speech on its
history.
Since Proctor graduated,
much at Hillsdale has changed.
This includes that some time in
the 80s, the college altered its
grading scale so that an A- is
worth 3.7 in ones GPA, according to registrar Douglas McArthur, which means Proctor, on
todays system, would not have
been a 4.0.
Its not completely apples to
apples, McArthur said. Today,
a four point means no A-s.
Nonetheless, Proctors
achievement demonstrates overpowering the odds and what a
Hillsdale education can do.
I personally did not experience this, but some professors may have been harder on
women than on men, Proctor
said. There was change in the
view of women, and this was
not just at Hillsdale. At the time
I was graduating, women began
coming to college with ambition
for other things.
Michael Lucchese
Ad Libertys humble beginnings in the Simpson basement has since evolved into a
worthy alternative to Thirsty
Thursday.
Hillsdale students founded
the club in the fall of 2013.
We started the club
because there werent really
many comedy-oriented groups
on campus, said junior Alex
Buchmann, the clubs leader.
Regular attendee Luke
Robson said that the club
grew in popularity during the
early days because Alex constantly harassed us to come to
improv.
Originally, the club held
its shows in the basement of
Simpson, and about 20 people
attended.
Improv clubs self-described biggest fan, Hannah
Flemming, said the club
started out with more games
that required volunteers from
the audience, and the cast
constantly rotated.
It was kind of disorganized, she said.
Due to construction in
Simpson this year, the club
decided to move to the Olds
lobby, where there were more
seats for guests and more
space for actors.
With some summer studying of the improv hit television show, Whos Line is it
Anyway? Buchmann brought
inspiration and organization
back to the improv Club.
Since the move to Olds,
Ad Liberty saw exponential
growth, with most shows
attracting audiences greater
than 80. Along with Flemming, consistent audience

members Claudia Sladick and
Mehgan Cain frequently refer
to improv as the highlight of
their week.
Popular games include
Alex constantly
harrassed us to
come to improv.
Whos Line?, inspired by
the television show, New
Choice, where actors have
to come up with new lines on
the spot at the direction of a
leader, and Interrogation,
where two cast members interrogate a third, who is trying
committed.
Elise Clines, another
regular cast member, said
that although she thought she
would not be very good at
Improv when she started, she
soon gained experience and
rapport with her fellow cast
members.
One of the actors, Jake
Bull, who has participated
since the beginning, stated
built up his people skills and
others.
The organization has
actually made it a lot more
fun for both the audience and
the actors, cast member Eric
Walker said. Although I can
still guarantee the actors up
on stage are having more fun
than the audience.
BLACK&WHITECHIC
AMALIA HANSEN, FRESHMAN
Describe your fashion sense.
Ive been told I dress like a classy mom.
What is your most embarrassing item of clothing?

Its a tie between my Old Navy visor and my shirt that says yay with peace signs.
What is your biggest fashion pet peeve?
When people wear leggings as pants.
What is your favorite item of clothing?
My alpaca sweater.
Who inspires your wardrobe?
Emma Carville.
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Valentines
Day
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Saturday, so we will be
delivering Friday and
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B4 12 Feb. 2015
Spotlight
Grads join TFA corps

Lillian Quinones
What can a white guy
teach me about African American literature?
Josh Andrew 14 faced this
challenge when he walked
Sepetys speaks about WWII secrets at European Parliament in Brussels.
ShadeS
Hillsdale
alumna Ruta
Sepetys 90
writes on Baltic genocide in
her novel Between Shades
of Gray. (Photo
From A1
Thousands of Lithuanians
were slaughtered, placed into
concentration camps and
forced into exile in Siberia.
There were more than 196,000
Lithuanian Jews murdered and
history hardly remembered.
After talking to many
Between those
shades of gray is
where the truth lies.
survivors, Sepetys realized
she needed to write their story.
She began writing in 2005 and
helped give a voice to many
who have never spoke of this
tragedy. Many of the survivors
she interviewed wished to
remain anonymous, but their
personal stories and details were
embodied in her characters.
The research changed my
life, Sepetys said. Imagine
being able to interview someone who has had to bear the
unbearable. They taught me
that suffering can be a spiritual
teacher. They thought the world
had forgotten them, and though
many were not ready for the
pain, emotion, and fear they
(Photo Courtesy of Ruta Sepetys)
Courtesy of Ruta
Sepetys)
would encounter while discussing their history, they told their

narrative because they were
inspired that the world would
She understood that some
readers view history as boring, so creating characters that
brought these themes to life was
crucial in communicating Baltic
history.
it is my job to create an appetite
for further information, to ask
a question without necessarily providing an answer. Good
literature should create that
curiosity, Sepetys said.
It was in her research that
Sepetys realized that she had
stumbled upon something truly
special and had also found the
perfect title.
I thought I understood this
was good, Sepetys said. Then
I realized that things werent

categorized in extremes, things
were not just black and white,
but there were shades of gray.
Between those shades of gray is
where the truth lies.
Between Shades of Gray
was published in 2011 and
earned numerous accolades.
In addition to winning countless national and international
awards, it was recognized as
a New York Times bestseller
and it has been translated into
27 languages. The Los Angeles
Times called it, Heart-wrenching... A story of hardship as well
as human triumph, Between
Shades of Gray is an eye-opening reimagination of a very real
tragedy written with grace and
heart.
Global readership truly
tells you what your book is,
Sepetys said. In America it is a
story of courage, in France it is
a message about identity, and in

Spain it is a theme of patriotism. It contains a message for
everyone.
In March of 2013 Sepetys
explained her message to global
leaders on a political stage.
young adult literature to ever
speak in front of European
parliament. She discussed the
history of totalitarianism in the
Baltic, and the importance of
generations. For many of the
leaders in that room, it was their
genocide, and after her speech
fellow global leaders were able
to relate to Lithuanian in a much
deeper sense.
Later that June, Sepetys was
awarded Lithuanias Cross of
the Knight of the Order. The
honor was bestowed by the
president of Lithuania for her
contributions to education and
culture in conjunction with her
global efforts.
Throughout the notoriety and
praise, Sepetys stays incredibly
humble and deeply passionate
about her role as an author. She
has also just recently written
another book titled Out Of The
Easy a story of a young girl in
New Orleans during the 1950s.
I wrote the book, but history
wrote the story, Sepetys said.
History holds secrets, and I get
to tell them.
American high school seniors

at Colby High School in Detroit. The seniors laughed
when they saw that their
teacher was a white man.
Since September 2014, Andrew has taught English Language Arts and African American literature. Andrew is
member of Teach for America
corps (TFA), a program that
takes bright college graduates
and places them in urban inner city schools for two years.
While teaching, core members
attend classes to earn their
For Andrew the experience
that his future lies in education.
have encountered is learning
to teach kids to be successful
students, but also adapting to
their community and showing
them how much their community is already supporting
them and celebrates education, Andrew said.
Approaching students in a
humbled posture has helped
Andrew earn his students
trust.
One day in his African
American Literature class,
Andrew scratched his lesson
plan for the day and asked the
seniors to teach him how to
dance.
In the morning before
classes begin, Andrew will
have a number of students in
his classroom watching ESPN
highlights with him.
Andrew remembers a question that Professor of English
Justin Jackson asked which
has helped earn the trust of his
own students.
He asked me: Hows
your family doing? He didnt
know anything about me, but
that question struck me so profoundly, Andrew said.
Hired by TFA in January,

senior Arielle Mueller plans to
teach high school Spanish in
Washington D.C.
A history major and Spanish minor, Mueller transferred
to Hillsdale after a year at the
University of Minnesota.
As a freshman, Mueller tutored Mung and Muslim students in reading.
My students could count
on me arriving at 3:30 every
day. They would run out to my
car calling for Miss Mermaid
as they rushed to give me a
hug. Getting to know them
for who they are made my
time worthwhile. And I love
that they called me Miss Mermaid, Mueller said.
Mueller applied to TFA because she wanted experience.
When I was tutoring in the
inner city, I learned to love
those students. While I know
it will be a challenge, its an
opportunity Im excited about
pursuing, Mueller said. I
want to be just like Dr. WyattHayes when I grow up. She
cares so much about everyone,
demands a lot, and has a passion for what teaches.
Muellers teaching role
model, Professor of Spanish
Carmen Wyatt-Hayes also had
Andrew in her classroom.
Arielle cares deeply about
people and shes very bright. I
have a sense that she will succeed in whatever she does,
Wyatt-Hayes said.
Wyatt-Hayes remembers
when Andrew would come
his Spanish grades, but by the
end of the course, had fallen in
love with the language.
Josh is an excellent student and can do anything, she
said.
All three agree that success
in teaching begins and ends
with loving students.
Teaching is one of the
hardest things that anyone
could ever do, Andrew said.
Approach every student you
meet with the mindset that you
are showing them what they
already know. When they start
to realize that, then the whole
experience is nothing but rewarding.

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Michigans oldest college newspaper

Vol. 138 Issue 16 - 12 February 2015

Between Shades of Gray

Alumna writes New York Times best seller on Baltic genocide

Social media guru hired

Ryskamp and Peters named Outstanding Senior Man and Woman

(Courtesy of Sam Ryskamp)

(Courtesy of Shelly Peters)

E-Cigs come to Hillsdale

Battle of the Bands

Chargers winning streak hits five

TAs, research assistants combine teaching and learning

The time and effort that Hillsdale science

duce younger students to new experiences and

People make a lot of interesting decisions in

Strosacker collegiate community through the

product to be re-run on the Char-

Pienta said he is looking into

Students may soon be able

the other day and were talking about how much

of the older tube TVs on campus

kamp remembers a prank where students stuffed

was the fear of decreased crowd

The expanding media department at Hillsdale College is in

Knitting club starts at Olds

Productions Specialist Scott PiThe Charger Channel is a way

broadcast to the entire Hillsdale

ing off campus like at the shootCenter for Constitutional Studies

Pienta said he is looking into

ing to make it good enough to go

The department currently has

Another aspect of the Charger

made into an edited and produced

hear the sound of knitting nee-

that will allow the department to

Associate Dean of Men Jeffery Chief Rogers is taking a

work wonders if you can keep up

full insanity workout program to

sica Hurley is another knitter of

the opportunity to take a break

and soul must be working togetha saltwater lake because after 30

in the Roche Sports Complex and

The essentials of the work-

Chief Rogers and sophomore Ian Gensler stretch during an

teammates from the swim team

The knitting club will also

is the brainchild of senior Ra-

a lake of sweat right in front of

the club could get funded by the

Cain has been knitting since

Chief Rogers leads insane

Freshman Mehgan Cain was

too old for coloring books and

and then went on a swim meet

fore Student Federation to see if

come to the knitting club and

Library purchases new printers and copiers

ments have become an increasing problem for

are replacing old ones across campus. The library

YAF and CRs to request

Dana Trowbridge, junior, using one of the new copiers.

lion pages each, according to Wade.

A Few Good Men expands,

each of their good men or women.