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Vol. 138 Issue 18 - 26 February 2015

Better contact: Student ambassadors, callers hired

Breana Noble
Collegian Reporter
Admissions added 40 students
to its ambassador squad and 27 to
its new call team.
With 30 senior student ambassadors graduating this semester,
leaving 42 remaining, admissions
is preparing for their departure by
training the new employees. There
will be 112 total ambassadors for
this semester, Assistant Director of
On-Campus Recruiting John Papciak said. Come fall, the team will
return to its target number of 82
student ambassadors.
[Its] a large crew all focused
on getting in touch with our prospective students, advancing the
message of the college, Papciak
said. Im trying to prevent everyone from leaving and then scrambling last minute. We are looking
at admissions in the future; were
expecting more people on campus,
so more opportunities for ambassadors as we grow our program.
While the call team already existed, Papciak said it was lacking.
Were trying to get into touch
with as many people as possible,
Papciak said. We have excellent
counselors, but its hard to reach
out to every student who inquires
about Hillsdale. My team makes

Macaela Bennett
City News Editor
Angela P. Momenees threat
to divorce her husband, James
A. Momenee, likely contributed
to the rage that led his fatherin-law, Edward L. Michael, to
shoot and kill him on Feb. 12,
according to police reports.
Its a hard time for all of
us, Michael told the Collegian.
Things happened here that
were really bad and a member
of our family is gone now.
No charges or arrests have
been made in relation to the
killing.
The Michigan State Police
responded to a 911 call about
the shooting in Ransom Township at 1:43 a.m. on Feb. 12, according to the Hillsdale County
Sheriffs incident report.
Upon reaching Michaels
home, the police found James
Momenee dead and with a gunshot wound.
Family members at the house
during the incident told police James and Angela Momenee were arguing in the living
room and that James Momenee
threatened to hurt both his wife
and the rest of the family several times.
He was in a rage, Michael
told authorities. He was threatening everybody in the house...I
was in fear of other lives.
Michael added that James
Momenee had a history of losing his temper and threatening
his wife.
Angela Momenee, who had
obtained a personal protection
order against her husband in
the past, told police she and her
husband were having marital
problems and had gotten into
another argument that evening.
He was unhappy that she had
gotten divorce papers recently,
although she hadnt served him
with them yet.
In addition to expressing
anger toward his wife, Angela
Momenee said her husband
threatened to get the family.
When he wouldnt stop yelling

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2015 TOTAL
AMBASSADORS

2015 CALL TEAM HIRES

GRADUATING

2014 TOTAL
AMBASSADORS

2014 CALL
TEAM HIRES

NEW HIRES

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Breana Noble
Collegian Reporter

three-year appointment as the

dean of faculty this summer.
Nussbaum joins the seven
other professors who have served
as faculty dean since the position
was created in 1996.
[Nussbaum] has done a great
deal. One of his greatest achievements has been representing the
liberal arts interest of the college as a whole on departmental
searches [to hire new faculty].
He has also helped steer a lot of
new core components through
the educational policy committee and faculty, Provost David
Whalen said.
The dean of faculty is appointed based on recommendations from the faculty, and from
this pool of candidates, Whalen
and President Larry Arnn choose
a faculty member.
Nussbaum was appointed
dean in 2011.
dean as a big learning curve,

and wrestling teams, where he excelled as an athlete. In 1893 the

Hillsdale College inducted Joseph Joe Manus, 1895, into its

athletic Hall of Fame in 2001,
but his plaque reads 1871 - Unknown, leaving his life somewhat
a mystery, until now.
The 1892-94 football teams left
guard died June 27, 1920, at the age
of 49 due to Brights Kidney Disease, and is buried in the Tahlequah
Cemetery in Oklahoma, according
to his great-granddaughter Dinah
American to attend Hillsdale College, Hillsdale historian and former
history professor Arlan K. Gilbert
said.
proud of Joe because he got a college education and came back to
Tahlequah to become a leader for
the Cherokees, Myers said.
In addition to football, Manus

ever Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship, one

year following the teams creation.
Additionally, in May 1894, Manus
hammer throw, the 16-pound shotput, and heavyweight wrestling.
Due to Manuss accomplishments,
the college posthumously inducted
him into its Hall of Fame in 2001.
Its done to honor our past,
highest-accomplished
individuals and teams, Assistant Athletic
Director for Media Relations and
Event Management Brad Monastiere said. A school like Hillsdale,
which has athletics that go back so
far, its a great way to recognize and
respect those who have contributed
so much to our athletics history, and
its also neat to share the story of
what people have done after their
time at Hillsdale. Theyve gone to
live a life of distinction outside of
this campus and contributed to so-

Nussbaum said he particularly

remembers the Honors Assembly held on the Spring Parents
Weekend. The dean of faculty is
the emcee of the event.
Before the awards ceremony
began, Nussbaum was outside
of the auditorium chatting with
parents and the science students
who were presenting their research posters. Cohama Barber,
the Provosts secretary, reminded Nussbaum that the ceremony
was about to begin. Minutes later
Dean of Natural Sciences and
Professor of Chemistry Chris
Van Orman called out to Nussbaum that everyone was waiting
for him.
Then I remembered, Oh
yeah! Im in charge! So I
grabbed a program and went to
the stage. Thank goodness they
have programs, Nussbaum said.
In addition to announcing the
names at graduation, the dean of
faculty is the chair of the monthly faculty meetings and Educational Policy Committee, selects
professors for the CCA Faculty
Roundtable, and participates in
the hiring of new faculty.
One of the main functions
is to act as a liaison between the
administration and the faculty
in both directions to make
sure faculty voices are heard in
the administration and that the
administration is able to communicate their plans and goals,

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the student callers, we like to reach

out to prospective students and
make sure they feel like theyve
had enough contact with admissions.
The callers introduce prospectives to the college, follow up on
inquiries, encourage juniors to
visit campus, and check in on the
decision process.
Papciak said hell hire again for
the call team mid-spring.
Looking toward the future, admissions will offer a new rotational internship program that the team
is currently testing.
[Its] basically experiencing
parts of admissions, every couple
of months shadowing us, Papciak
said.
For the students involved in
admissions, the job can be very rewarding.
Sophomore Shelby Nies said
shes desired to be a student ambassador since she visited campus.
I liked the personal interaction with people and the fact they
were able to share their passion for
Hillsdale with whomever was visiting, Nies said. Its good experience for sharing the love for your
institution, and itll be nice to have
contacts with people who come as
freshmen so you can invest in them
better. Spending time with people

communication. It facilitates a relationship at a deeper level. With

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ciety. Having a Hall of Fame is a

must-have and something that must
be handled with care, professionalism, and must accurately represent
each era across all sports.
While his Hall of Fame plaque
reads he was a full-blooded Cherokee, Myers said Manuss grandfather was white, and in the 1910
National Census, he reported being
three-quarters Native American.
As a student, Manus thrilled
audiences as he shot arrows over
Central Hall, sang songs in his native tongue, and taught children to
make bows and arrows, according
to Gilbert.
Joe was extremely proud of his
Cherokee heritage, and he encouraged getting an education and then
putting it to use to help make positive changes, Myers said.
When Manus returned to Indian
Territory, he was an example of a

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Plaque of Jospeh Manus in the Roche Sports Complex. (Amanda Tindall/Collegian)

Wife of former coach McAvoy dies

Emma Vinton
Assistant Editor

In early May, dozens of seniors will leave a phone message

for the dean of faculty. Its important business for graduation
day.
This is the last spring that
Professor of Chemistry Mark
Nussbaum will listen to the voice
recordings of seniors carefully
pronouncing the last names,
which he will announce at the
commencement ceremony May

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(Art Courtesy of Meg Prom)

Dean of Faculty
Lillian Quinones
Collegian Reporter

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Dolores Joan McAvoy died

on Feb. 17 at the age of 83 in her
home in Dowagiac, Michigan,
after a brief battle with cancer.
She was wife of the former
Director of Athletics and head
football coach John Jack McAvoy, who died in 2008. She was a
great supporter of Hillsdale College athletics and of her husband
during his 29 years of service at
the college, and both were beDolores was born in Dowagiac on August 2, 1931. Jack attended Hillsdale College, where
he played football in the 50s
under Frank Muddy Waters.
Jack and Dolores were married
on her birthday in 1958. They
had four sons and one daughter.
They moved to Hillsdale in 1974
when Jack became the head football coach for the Chargers. He
also took on various other positions during his time at Hillsdale.
They remained in Hillsdale until
Jacks retirement in 1996.
Granddaughter and senior Michelle McAvoy said that she has

fond memories of summers spent

at her grandparents lake house
and sailing on Lake Michigan.
She said that both her grandparents were very invested in the
lives of student-athletes during
their time at the college.
Both of them leave a tradition of being very involved
at the college and very caring
of the students, especially the
student-athletes. It continues on

with the personal connection that

Hillsdale has with the students.
They were very involved in the
students lives, McAvoy said.
I know my grandpa did a lot of
that and obviously my grandma
was behind that as well.
She said that her grandparents
lived across from the football
homecoming parties.
McAvoy also said her grand-

(Photo Courtesy of Michelle McAvoy )

mother enjoyed puzzles and

reading, and was a woman of
strong faith. She was devoted to
her family and friends and an active parishioner at Sacred Heart
of Mary Catholic Church.
My grandma was raising my
dad and his four other siblings
while he was coaching and athletic director, so she was really
busy with that. But eventually
when all their children were at
the college I know she was really
involved and knew a lot of people up the hill, McAvoy said.
The saying behind every
great man is a great woman
rings true for Dolores and Jack
McAvoy, as friends attest. Many
called her a sweet and gentle
soul, and that she and her husband made Hillsdale a beloved
place.
Dolores is survived by her
four sons. Her daughter preceded
her in death in 2007. The family has asked for memorials to
be made to the Dolores McAvoy
Scholarship Fund at Hillsdale
College.
The funeral Mass is on Saturday, Feb. 28 at Sacred Heart of
Mary Catholic Church in Dowagiac.

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Orthodox Christian Fellowship reads Gregory of Nyssa

Reading group participants Associate Professor of English Justin

Jackson with juniors Michael Chang, Hannah Wolff, Madison Kearney,
and Bethany Shuler, and sophomore Ramona Tausz. (Madeleine Jepsen/
Collegian)

ascent to Mount Calvary, Hillsdales Or-

Ramona Tausz
Assistant Editor

As Christians enter Lent and being

the journey toward Christs Holy Week

contemplating Moses parallel ascent to

Mount Sinai and the Christian souls
ascent to Paradise in St. Gregory of
Nyssas work The Life of Moses.
Associate Professor of English Jus-

tin Jackson leads weekly reading group

discussions of this book in the Formal Lounge of the Grewcock Student
Union, usually on Fridays. Students
of all denominations are welcome to
attend. St. Gregorys work, according
to Jackson, is applicable for all those
journeying through Lent, training both
soul and body to prepare for meeting
God.
Life of Moses is actually supposed to be a reading of our soul and
our journey in this life, he said. If
theres anything that Orthodoxy teaches you, its that simple: This world is
simply training you for meeting God
face to face.
The reading groups are one of the
regular activities of the Orthodox
Christian Fellowship, which was orchief role is simply to allow Orthodox
students to come together to pray, since,
as Jackson said, the life of Orthodoxy
is one of prayer. The group carpools
to services at Holy Ascension Orthodox
Church in Albion and holds Compline
twice a week in the Knorr Student Center chapel.
Its nice to just have scheduled

Survivor survivor speaks

at ATO retreat
Phil DeVoe
Collegian Reporter

Last weekend, Michael Skupin, the inspirational speaker

who was medically evacuated in
vivor, spoke to men of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity about
God, goal-setting, and following
through on commitment.
It was great to hear his talk.
We learned a lot about leadership
and what it means to complete
goals, Jeremy Filar, president of
ATO said.
Skupin, who now resides in
the Detroit metropolitan area, began his lecture circuit after his rereceived from passing out into a
When I regained consciousness, I could see that the skin
from my hands was hanging several inches below my palms,
Skupin said.
After his miraculous recovery
from the third- and fourth-degree
burns in only two weeks, Sku-

pin said he felt inspired to speak

to students and young adults
throughout the country about how
important it is to commit to goals,
keep faith in God, and not let others change who you are.
Michaels a good speaker,
and he has some great lessons for
this group, Dean of Men Aaron
Petersen told ATO members before their retreat. Youll leave as
boys and come back as men.
Skupin used examples from
his experiences on Survivor
throughout his talk. One lesson in commitment came from
a challenge while in the Austrateam sent their strongest member
on a pole across their back, and
would be eliminated.

petition, my teammates, the other

team, and even the cameramen,
who werent allowed to talk, said
that I couldnt beat Colby Donaldson, who holds the record for
the most Survivor challenges
won, Skupin said in his speech.
I kept telling myself that I could
beat him, but, after two and a half
hours of carrying the water and
my teammates still telling me I

couldnt beat him, I decided I was

going to give up.
Just before he put the water
down and forfeited his chance
at the victory, the pole carrying
Skupins water broke, sending
him and Colby into a tiebreaker
round.
The lesson here is that you
should never ever compromise
on your goals and never ever give
up, because a miracle might just
happen, and you would never
know it, Skupin said.
Among his lessons about life,
Skupin also gave the men insights
into how Survivor worked behind the scenes. He explained
-

As juniors start to worry about what

they will do after graduation, Professor
of History Paul Rahe works alongside
faculty to consider a number of scholarships and fellowships as options for
students.
Rahe spearheads efforts to guide
students through the Rhodes, Marshall,
Gates, Clarendon, Fulbright, and Truman scholarships.
Rahe was a Rhodes scholar himself,
on the Oklahoma Rhodes committee,
and involved with scholarship applications at the University of Tulsa before
coming to Hillsdale.
I came here and I noticed two
things: The quality of the students was
pretty high, and there was no push to
get people to apply to these things, he
said. When I was at Tulsa, we won one
Rhodes, two or three Marshalls, and
able to do it here.
When Rahe started, Professor of
Philosophy Jim Stephens was acting
as adviser for both the Rhodes and the
Marshall. Rahe took over the Rhodes
program and now also advises for the
Clarendon and Gates fellowships, academic programs that students applying
for Oxford and Cambridge may receive,
respectively.
students graduate studies at Oxford.
Rahe said the Rhodes program is lookhow they are going to change the world
in some way, and leans towards students
with political or journalistic interests.
Stephens still advises students applying for the Marshall Scholarship, which
the United Kingdom. Rahe said that the
Marshall candidate is less political than
the Rhodes, and more purely academic.
Director of the Dow Journalism Program John Miller recently took over
advising for the Truman program for
Associate Professor of Politics Kevin

dox Church, usually in their senior year

or even several years after graduation.
People as they go through their
education in Hillsdale tend to discover
Orthodoxy later, Counts said. Its just
how the time frame works out for different people to be exploring.
Jackson notes, however, that the
reading groups and occasional speakers
OCF hosts on campus are for anyone
who is part of a tradition that respects
the ancient church or for anyone simply
interested in theology.
Sometimes students have come to
Orthodox Church but have questions
about their own church, Jackson said.
Sometimes Im just here to bolster their
conviction about their own church. Im
delighted to see a Lutheran or a Catholic
who has questions or doubts about their
and then go, Oh, thats what Im looking for. That bolsters their faith, and
that makes me very happy too.

Meagan McPhetridge:
ODK Leader of the Month
Josh Paladino
Collegian Reporter

Senior Meagan McPhetridges dedication and

leadership in her faith, academics, and athletics earned her Februarys Omicron Delta Kappa
leader of the month award.

McPhetridge is majoring in physical education and minoring in French and classical education. She is currently shadowing at the academy.
She plans on beginning her career as a teacher
after graduation.
Apart from McPhetridges impressive rsum,
she has a servant-hearted personality.
Not only is Meagan involved in a lot of
things, but she has a spirit of leadership, Tibbetts said.
Meagan McPhetridges leadership in Charger
Volleyball and Athletes InterVarsity alongside

would do anything for any teammate or the program to make it better, with no gain for herself,
volleyball teammate and Omicron Delta Kappa
member senior Lindsay Kostrzewa said.
McPhetridge balances school, volunteer work, make her the perfect choice for Februarys Omiand athletics, but still manages to be a leader in cron Delta Kappa leader of the month.
all areas in which shes involved.
Whenever I see an athlete who is dedicated
to their athletics but also dedicated to leadership,
that is a huge commitment and requires a lot of
discipline, Omicron Delta Kappa Secretary senior Savannah Tibbetts said.
the other contestants to a camouMcPhetridge puts the team before herself, and
she also strives to teach the Gospel to her teamwhere they spent several weeks
learning survival tactics just study with her team and organizes InterVarsity
enough to keep them alive but not events on campus.
so much that the show would lose
At the beginning of each year, InterVarsity
its authenticity.
hosts a kick off with food and games where athI didnt win, but Im so happy letes come together and the Gospel is shared,
I was on the show, Skupin said. McPhetridge said.
It honestly changed my life, and
McPhetridge also coaches a volleyball team in
Im happy to teach people all the
lessons I learned while experiencShes really good with young kids and teaching Survivor.
ing them her passion for volleyball. Shes very
patient and understanding; shes going to be a ODKs Leader of the Month Meagan
McPhetridge. (Amanda Tindall/Collegian)
great coach, Kostrzewa said.

Faculty helps students

achieve prestigious
scholarships
Micah Meadowcroft
Arts Editor

it in with a busy college life, freshman

Anastasia Frigerio said.
The community of fellow members in OCF has been a great comfort
to Frigerio and the other members this
year. Though OCF tends to be small,
pened to be Orthodox.
Coming to college and having Orthodox people that I could connect to
immediately was really nice, Frigerio
said. Its very important to have people
with whom you share basic life foundations.
This year, everyone has been more
focused on socializing within the group
because we have so many people,
President senior Tyler-Rose Counts
added. We have tea together fairly frequently.
Aside from its primary goal of maintaining the spiritual life of Orthodox students on campus, Jackson said another
of the groups informal aims includes
helping to educate interested non-Orthodox students in the ancient life of the
church. In the past, some have found a
home in Orthodoxy through OCF and
ended up being received into the Ortho-

Portteus. Students apply for the Truman

Scholarship as juniors, unlike the other
scholarships. It pays for the senior year
of undergraduate study and for graduate
school.
They want to invest in people who
are interested in public life, writ large:
so, people who want to go into government, people who want to go into politics or media, that kind of thing, Miller
said.
Miller said sophomores interested in
the Truman need to see him.
You need to be thinking about it
pretty seriously no later than when
you set foot on campus as a junior, and
probably it wouldnt hurt to think about
it the spring before, he said.
Fred Yaniga, associate professor of
German, is the Fulbright Program Adviser for Hillsdale.
The Fulbright Program is run by the
students to teach English or conduct research in countries around the world.
Weve had students apply for research scholarships, but we have not
had any successes, Yaniga said. Our
successes have been with students applying for the language program. Last
year we had two winners. This year we
With a September application, Yaniga said he likes interested students to
meet with him the spring of their junior
year to discuss it and get the process
started.
Weve had some ongoing experience here on campus and weve had
kind of a steady stream of applications
and Id like to see that continue, he
said.
For students interested in applying to
these programs, Rahe has some warnings.
Your academic record has got to
be pretty good, he said. You actually
have to have some tolerably clear idea
of what youd like to do with your life.
Applying, even without success, has
its advantages.
Its a dry run for applications to law
school, or grad school, or med school,
Rahe said. Doing it, and doing it right,
is money in the bank.

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Visiting professor Smith: An Old South historian

Visiting Assistant Professor of History Miles Smith IV

(Madeleine Jepsen/Collegian)

Michael Lucchese
Collegian Reporter

In an environment where
steady employment and aca-

demic freedom, members of the

Hillsdale College History Department are blessed with both,
according to new Visiting Assistant Professor of History Miles
Smith IV.
Smith, a native of Salisbury,
North Carolina, specializes in

Admissions
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attend Hillsdale].
Junior Colin Wilson said he
enjoys being a camp counselor
and saw student ambassadors as
a similar position.
[Counseling] is helpful now
for organizing your schedule and
making sure the kids are where
they need to be when they need to
be there, Wilson said. Im getting back into the same mentality
of being there for their needs and
not my own.
In addition, Wilson said he
hopes to develop workplace skills
with the job.
If you have a bad student ambassador when youre a prospective student, that could color your
image, and on the other side, it
could make the difference, Wilson said. If the ambassador acted
blas, why would the prospective
care? The amount of faith placed
in ambassadors will look good
when Im applying for other jobs
because the college trusted you
with their image. Also, walking
backwards is a really important
skill to have.
the job, Wilson said he enjoyed
connecting to students with similar interests.
My student and another are
both interested in bluegrass music, so we had a jam session, and
it was cool to see them in their
element and relate to people that
are different from you, Wilson
said.
Working for admissions allows the students to grow and
helps the college grow in its communication capabilities.
Its no mystery to the campus thereve been some changes
here, Papciak said. Were refocusing our efforts a bit. Were
excited to bring in some dynamic
students.

studies of the Old South. Growing up in a small, rural Southern

town, Smith was surrounded by
history.
[I] grew up just thinking
about history, he said. My dad
was interested in it. My grandfather was interested in it. I got to
college, and hated my original
major. When I switched to history, I was fascinated by everything. It was a mindblowing expansion of all I can know.
He graduated from the College of Charleston in 2006, with
a B.A. in history. Smith went
on to receive a Ph.D. in history
from Texas Christian University
in 2013, where he became fast
friends with another Hillsdale
professor, Distinguished Visiting Professor of History Samuel
Negus.
When Negus informed Smith
of the temporary opening left
while Professor of History Bradley Birzer taught at University of
Colorado Boulder, Smith leaped
at the opportunity to teach at
Hillsdale, due to the colleges

well-known reputation for academic freedom and teaching

Thus far, Smith has taught
four different courses at Hillsdale: Western Heritage, American Heritage, Sectionalism and
the American Civil War, and
Jacksonian America.
As a scholar of the Old South,
Smith said that Sectionalism and
the Civil War was the class he
found himself most comfortable
teaching. He went on to say that
teaching American Heritage was
his favorite, because his students
connect with it the most and actively engage with the course
material.
I teach the best students in
the world, Smith said.
Sarah Strubing, a freshman
considering a history major, took
Smiths Western Heritage class
last semester.
I think hes a really intelligent man who enjoys coming to
class, she said. Hes also really
approachable. I always enjoyed
starting off my days with his

class, even if it was early in the

morning.
Smith said he hopes to help
students gain a sense of humility that ought to come along with
studying at a place like Hillsdale.
He said most people do not
have the opportunity to gain
knowledge of the higher things,
and that Hillsdale students ought
to recognize and be humbled by
that.
Without an accompanying
mastery of at least one-tenth its
measure of grace, such erudition
is worthless, Smith said, quoting John Quincy Adams.
Smith said that this nexus of
knowledge of grace is what he
aspires to teach his students.
Its okay to be elegant and
educated. We dont have to act
like automatons, he said.
According to Smith, the Hillsdale faculty has been a shining
example of this link between elegance and erudition. In addition
to maintaining his old friendship
with Negus, Smith has taken the

opportunity to make many new

friends in the history department
and beyond.
Everyone has been consumate professionals. I struggle
to think of a single time anyone
has been unwelcoming on this
campus, he said.
Apart from the snow and cold
weather, Smith said the biggest
challenge lies in living so far
away from his friends and family back home. Quoting Pulitzerprize-winning historian Daniel
Walker Howe, he called this the
tyranny of distance. However,
because of the ease of modern
communication and the strong
network of friends he has built
here in Hillsdale, Smith said this
tyranny is easily overcome.
Smiths plans for next year
are undecided, although he said
he hopes to stay at Hillsdale.

Bon Apptit hires new general manager

Sarah Chavey
Collegian Reporter

Coming from almost nine years of

experience at Bon Apptit and an even
lengthier culinary background, David
Apthorpe recently began working as the
new general manager for Hillsdales food
service. He started at Hillsdale on Feb.
18, and hopes to bring his wife and two
children from Cleveland, Ohio, soon.
I think this is going to be a great opportunity for myself and my family, and
we look forward to bringing the full Bon
Apptit brand here and making a very
long-lasting relationship, Apthorpe said.
Apthorpe began his culinary career in
Austin, Texas, where he started a popular
French restaurant known as Mirabelle.
Two years in a row, he was named Favorite Chef of the Year by the Austin Chronicle. Beth Kretschmar, marketing manager
for Bon Apptit and partner with Apthorpe for six years, said he also worked for
some of the best restaurants in Cleveland
before joining Bon Apptit.
He really is creative as far as work-

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Nussbaum said.
Nussbaums
predecessor,
Paul Moreno, professor of Constitutional History at the Allen
P. Kirby Center of Consitutional
Studies and Citizenship, served
as dean of faculty from 20092011.
During the restructuring of
the core curriculum in 2011,
Moreno individually met with
faculty to clarify questions and
prevent
misunderstandings
from becoming issues.
The high point of my time
as dean was when the faculty
overwhelmingly approved the
new core curriculum, Moreno
said.
Both Moreno and Nussbaum

ing. When we got a great local product,

it was really fun for him to come up with

nary background brings a lot to the table,

Catering Director Anne Hartunian said.

Kretschmar said. Apthorpe shares Bon

Apptits passion for purchasing local
foods and working with local farmers,
Kretschmar added.
Though Apthorpe never imagined
working for a food service company, he
claimed that Bon Apptits incredibly
high standards convinced him to join the
company. He temporarily left to work
for a classy retirement community in the
hopes that he would have more time to
spend with his children, but gladly rejoined Bon Apptit in Michigan when he
discovered that was not the case.
[Hillsdale] was new to me. Its very
student-focused, which is different than
my experience at Case Western, where
theres a lot of research. It was so refreshing for me to meet the president of the
ing in the dining room, Apthorpe said.
Other Bon Apptit staff members feel
that his culinary expertise will expand the
food service here.
He was a chef before, and his culi-

recognized his kindness and knowledge.

Hes a great asset to the organization,
and to the college itself, Hartunian said.
Even though I dont get to work with
Dave every day anymore, Im thrilled
hes back with Bon Apptit. He will do
great things at Hillsdale, Kretschmar
said.
Perhaps Apthorpe will use his culinary
inspirations Julia Child and Boston
chef Frank McClelland in his work at
the college. Though his favorite cuisine
is Regional America, he chooses salmon
Caesar salad for dinner when hes in a
hurry.

like to choose professors of

varying disciplines for the CCA
Faculty Roundtable.
One of the goals of the
CCA is for students to have experience learning about a topic
they are not primarily studying
or majoring in to be lifelong
the faculty members, Nussbaum said.
In 1996, Tom Conner, professor of history, was appointed
ulty. At the time, the college
was undergoing administrative
changes. Robert Blackstock,
professor of Business Law and
provost at the time, created the
position of dean of faculty to
assist in faculty meetings and
facilitating communication between the faculty and senior administration.
I was feeling my way [in

in a whirl of meeting the team and learning his way around, but he looks forward
to meeting more students and staff.
Everyone had very high praise for the
quality of student, for the staff and their
willingness to work with people, and
their general friendliness and openness,
Apthorpe said.

the position]. There was a lot of

turmoil because of bad communication so I met with individual departments, asking, Whats
on your mind, How ya doing,
Conner said.
Hes the George Washington of the dean of faculty position, Mark Kalthoff, department chair of history, said.
Then Kalthoffs the Franklin D. Roosevelt of the dean of
faculty, Conner said, joking.
Kalthoff was dean from
1999-2003, the longest time period anyone has held the positon.
I prided myself that the
shortest faculty meeting I ran
toff said.
The position has a certain
advantage. Its a lot of fun to
meet all the faculty and get to
know them at least by name, if

Bon Apptit s new General Manager David Apthorpe. (Joel Calvert/

Collegian)

not better. During my four years,

I could look out at the 120-140
faculty in Phillips Auditorium
and call on any faculty member
by name, Kalthoff added.
Kalthoff and Conner both
remember the phone messages
they received from seniors as
the graduation ceremony approached.
I think I can count on one
wrong in those four years,
Kalthoff said.
Students love hearing their
names pronounced by the deep
voice of Conner, who instituted
that the dean of faculty assume
the announcers role at graduation. Conner had been the announcer at graduation since
1986.
The Slavic names tend to be

CORRECTION
In the February 19
Issue of the Collegian,
the article Prosecuself-defense shooting claims attributed
a quote to Hillsdale
County Sheriff Stan
Burchardt, which
should have been attributed to city of Hillsdale
Chief of Police Scott
Hephner.

names, Conner said.

Lighthouse goes beyond the stigma

Sarah Chavey
Collegian Reporter

Lighthouse, Hillsdales mental health awareness club, is

helping students combat the effects of stress and anxiety.
Beginning at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, the club will host a series
titled Behind the Stigma on
ing open to the public will focus
on stress and anxiety, and the
remaining discussions will concentrate on depression, eating
disorders, and substance abuse.
While Hillsdale College and
its students pursue the good, the
true, and the beautiful, this campus isnt immune to mental illness. We owe it to ourselves and
is good, true, and beautiful in
each one of us and in this life,
senior Jillien Baldwin said.
She, senior Kaitlin Norton,
and junior Rebecca French actively represent a portion of the
Lighthouse board because of
their passion for the cause.
Hillsdale is such a high
-achieving place that a lot of
time people are afraid to show
weakness, when in reality we all
struggle with different things,
French said.
Director of Health Services
Brock Lutz agreed, claiming that
students at Hillsdale not only
suffer from academic stress, but
also moral stress.
We talk so much about mor-

als and virtues and being great

people, and so its not just academic stress we deal with. Very
often, its more an existential
stress related to I know I want
to be like this, and Im not.
Why? Its so identity-focused,
Lutz said.
Lutz, French, Baldwin, and
president of Lighthouse Norton,
hope that the series encourages
students to feel comfortable discussing mental illness.
I think Im just excited for
people to realize that mental
health is something we can talk
aboutthat were able to sit
down and talk about it in a light
way it doesnt have to be
lights off, doors closed, Norton
said.
Lutz, Norton, and French will
Lutz will discuss the clinical aspect of mental illnesses, while
Norton and French will provide
more personal stories.
My best friend back home
suffers from crippling anxiety.
I am obviously very passionate
about the subject because I have
seen it wreak havoc on her life.
I know Im going to be talking
about my own personal experience with having panic attacks.
Since Ive been at Hillsdale Ive
had a few of them, Norton said.
French, on the other hand, will
discuss a phobia she has.
The Lighthouse board hopes
to use preventative actions, rather than waiting until treatment is
necessary.
We are all under stress, but

what is the difference between a

normal level of stress and something that becomes overwhelming to me, Lutz said.
Though Norton started the
club two years ago, this is its
semester with a leadership board
in place. Previous Lighthouse
activities include Suicide Awareness Night and Stress Awareness
Week, both of which have been
well attended.
French played a role in naming the club after one of her favorite analogies.
I heard an analogy one time
ing about, accomplishing nothulous. People dont understand
they cant see you. Lighthouse
brings light, it guides you in the
mist, French said.
Mental illness is something
that affects everyone in some
way. It might not be an option to
wait until next semester to talk
to Brock, or to have that conversation with a friend that you
think is struggling, Norton said.
I think students should come
so they can learn how to identify
and handle stress in their lives in
a healthy way, Lutz said.
Even if you dont struggle
cial to have a knowledge about
these illnesses because so many
people do struggle with them,
French said.

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Since we were teething, our
parents breached the baby talk
and taught us simple words,
then the alphabet, and eventually how to count to 10. All of the
proceeding phonics, multiplication tables, science fairs, SOH
CAH TOA, summer reading,
AP exams, SAT prep, has led
seniors to this semester. The big
kahuna.
To those seniors who chose
to take the hard classes and
a full course load, heres to

you. While traveling through

to do your reading as a senior

some of you decided to take

and thirsty Thursday. Remember how much youve learned

since your freshman year at
Hillsdale, let alone the days of
book reports and math acronyms. You have more education
and practice in being a student
than you have had in your entire life. You know how to write
papers into the double digits,
study for exams, and live on
little sleep.

in that advertising class that

wasnt mandatory for your
the dreaded 8 a.m. section.
Continue to take the opportunity to learn, especially without
the pressure of grades that will
come out after you walk across
the graduation stage.
It takes a lot more discipline

before Hillsdale seems a different person,

much younger, more innocent, and yet less
beautiful. This place has changed us.
We notice this when we return home,
though not always for the best. Walking
through the airport becomes an ordeal: We
see other college students heading home for
break, wearing sweatshirts of every color but
Charger blue and white. Without thinking, we
smile to ourselves thinking that ours is the
This becomes even more dangerous when
we are on campus. We chuckle at the donors, poking fun at their can-do, Limbaughphilic attitude. We look down with pity on the
wide-eyed, eager prospective students, genu-

Clifford Humphrey
Special to the Collegian

Only we lucky few who live in such northerly regions have a wealth composed of such currency. I
sing of temperatures and a season, which some of
late have found reason to curse and complain. Ill
have you see the glister of frozen fog in the same
chilly gust that stings your cheek, and declare that
winter brings to life a smattering of nuances that
are easily frozen and forgotten in depths of February.
There is simply no denying that in winter there
is a delightful crispness which some may disdainfully call briskness that is the same wonderful quality found in apples of the best variety.
myself trying to hug my head with my shoulders to
warm my ears, but there is also a brightness in this
wintry crispness. At no other time of the year does
the sun shine forth from the very ground we walk
on, and I dont know about you, but brightness
tends to make me happier. The crispness of winter
extends to making, somehow, even the sipping of a

Andy Reuss
Student Columnist
The two of us Andy Reuss and Matt
OSullivan have spent the last three-and-ahalf years attempting to justify our education
here, and this is what weve come up with:
Well be better suited for graduate school;
ground appealing; our education is good in
and of itself, forming mind, body, and soul.
The last argument is the most familiar, and
perhaps closest to the truth. But well dare to
point entirely.
Could it be that in our pursuit of selfwhy, we have convinced ourselves of our
own importance, comfortably thinking that
we have emerged from the Cave and now
see the world from atop the shoulders of giants?
Pull your ID out of your pocket and look at
newest transfer student, more has changed
than the addition of bags under your sleepdeprived eyes. For all of us, the person from

Bronte Wigen
Special to the Collegian

There is just something about

Hillsdale College is unique for

its refusal to accept federal funding, and also for its statues. The
only statue of Margaret Thatcher
in North America, for example,
is on Hillsdales campus. The
college honors leaders such as
Thatcher, Reagan, and Washington with statues on the schools
Liberty Walk.
Positioned on the Quad, in the
Union, and near classroom buildings, the statues greet students
on their way to class and provide

dow that makes me want to sit up and recite poetry.

Such a sight has the ironic effect of making me feel
suddenly warmer; I think I smile subconsciously,
too. I do feel bad for the statues, though. If it didnt
border on idolatry, Id have a mind to prop up an
umbrella over poor Mr. Jeffersons chair when it
snows (he is a southern gentleman after all, poor
man). Although the last time I passed him in the
snow, he looked dusted in powdered sugar such
is the sweetness of winter!
You notice things in wintertime that you
wouldnt in the spring. The other day, I could make
out all the intricacies of a squirrels footprints in
the snow. I noticed that he had followed the sidewalk right up to my door who knew squirrels
used sidewalks? Furthermore, though Ive never
seemed to give the place extended depth and detail.
It seemed to give it a tinge of extraordinary.
Why is winter associated with despondency?
Friend, look around and hope! If not now, when?
What is the resurrection without death? The fecundity of springtime is impossible without the
decaying doldrums of winter, and there are plenty
of signs of its promised return to give us good reasons to hope. So, on the edge of your seat! Let us
be on pins and needles! Let us not lose our sense
of wonder at snow, icicles, and trees that look like
they were dipped in crystal glass. Though some
may bemoan the lower temperatures and extended
stays of snow drifts, when I think on the subtleties
of this season, like Phil Connors in Groundhog
Day before me, I couldnt imagine a better fate
than a long and lustrous winter.

visit weekend. And we all certainly enjoy a

good jab at Strauss. Even so, it is his name,
not ours, that echoes through hallways and
publications to this day. In our effort to pursue education for its own sake, all too often
we make that education a badge of honor. Our
knowledge of the higher things becomes a
tool to justify ourselves and to belittle those
with whom we disagree, or who might not
know better.
We come to think of ourselves as so different from our fellow man, and perhaps we are.
But what if this difference gets at something
deeper than how many obscure philosophers
we can cram into our worldview? What if the
higher things call us to bear an even greater burden? And, what if, just maybe, thats
where the joys been all along?
Our education is given to us, which conish: We are here at all because of countless
donations from people we will never know;
the toil endured and triumph enjoyed by
our predecessors has blazed the trail for our
own quest for understanding. This education
should remain a gift, given in turn from us to

those who would receive it.

of responsibility, not of entitlement. We who
have been enriched in every way must appreciate the true worth of what weve received.
This means a full-hearted engagement with
the world around us, with those who just
might believe in the correspondence theory
of truth or, gasp, think Fox News is the bomb
diggity. This is not easy. We might need to
swallow four years worth of academic pride.
But this is our calling. To do otherwise would
mean weve wasted our time and squandered
the gift.
If we do not respond to the calling of
this gift, then, at best, our ideals will grow
stale and sour. At worst, they will die with
us. Knowing that our education is good for
its own sake isnt enough. It must change us
completely, once and for all. In short, we must
learn to love not just the enchanting words of
Shakespeare or the intricacies of the Summa
or the political philosophy of Wendell Berry.
Books, for all theyre worth, cannot love in
return. The intellectual giants we revere do
not want us to vanquish armies of verbal foes,
smashing every bad argument that comes our
way. They want nothing less than for us to
follow them to live and to love.
Thus, we must also learn to love that
kid from the local state school. If we dont,
hell remain to us a byproduct of postmodern conceit and industrialized, institutionalized technocracy. We must learn to love the
donor, the visiting student, and yes, even the
politics major. Then, and only then, will a joy
worth having and a joy worth sharing visit
our hearts.
Andy Reuss, a student columnist, is a
senior studying English and politics. Matt
OSullivan, a senior studying religion and
philosophy, also contributed to this article.

JAMES MADISON DESERVES A STATUE ON CAMPUS

same activity done on a spring day. Finally, curling

up with a good book is always better with a soft

blanket, and a soft blanket is always better when

there is a crisp chill. So you see? Winter can make
lots of things better by the very nature of its crispness.
Then there is the snow itself. Now Im not much

Dont hesitate to engage in all

parts of the college experience.
Continue to do the reading,
study for the exams, and attend
your classes. If there is a semester to up the ante, its this one.

Our education is a gift we must give to others

Snow doesnt have

to be miserable
Last week, I tried to take the most bitter perspective on winter as the Underwarm Man while
having a bit of fun with Dostoevsky at the same
time. This week, with an encomium to winter, I
would like to offer my community a more positive
perspective on these cold days.
From somewhere in the early minutes of eight
oclock till nigh on nine, the morning light is re-

But, while you take academia by the horns, be sure to

spend those late nights talking
with friends, afternoons visiting with professors, and the
occasional call to your mom to

students and visitors alike. Soon,

students will be able to take a
photo with Frederick Douglass,
whose statue is scheduled to arrive next year. After Douglass,
the next statue added to campus
should be of the fourth president
of the United States, James Madison.
It is no secret that Hillsdale
cares about the Constitution, and
therefore a statue of Madison,
the Father of the Constitution,
would be a most logical addition.
At age 25, Madison was
selected to attend the Virginia
Constitutional Convention in
Williamsburg. Eleven years
later, he attended another Constitutional Convention this time
in Philadelphia that would
result in the Constitution of the

The Uses of a
Liberal Arts
Education

by Forester
McClatchey

United States.
States military academies, to reMadison actively participated quire students to study the Conin the debates and the documents stitution for a full semester.
drafting. He also took detailed
Hillsdales mission to teach
notes during the meetings, leav- the Constitution also reaches
ing behind the only extensive beyond campus. The college is
record of the proceedings. To known nationwide for its online
- classes, most notably Constitution, moreover, Madison joined
Alexander Hamilton and John people have registered for HillJay in defending the Constitution sdales online courses, a catalog
in a series of essays that became which now includes English,
known as the
economics,
and
Federalist PaWhat better re- history.
pers. And later
Madisons title
as a member minder is there than as the Father of
of the House the statue of a man the Constitution
of Representa- who
drafted the is not the only
tives, Madison
to add his
de- reason
wrote the the Constitution,
statue. He also
Bill of Rights, fended it, wrote the possessed a charBill of Rights, and acteristic not unamendments to
common among
the Constitu- served as our fourth Hillsdale students:
president?
tion.
He took his educaM a d i s o n s
tion seriously. In
role in the cre- the College of New Jersey, now
stitution alone provides a com- Princeton University, where he
pelling reason for adding him completed a four-year course in a
as the next statue to campus. As little more than two years.
one of the most important docuHe devoted himself to his
ments in history, the Constitu- studies, sleeping an average of
at Hillsdale, where students must
learn and understand it. To graduate, each student is required to
take a course on the American
Founding and the Constitution.
Hillsdale is one of only a handful
of schools, including the United

habits and lack of sleep took their

toll on his health, and after graduating he returned to his fathers
plantation to recuperate. There,
he studied law, despite never
intending to become a lawyer.
Like Madison, Hillsdale students

devote their time to reading and

writing papers. And at some point
in their time here, students probably follow Madisons schedule of
per night.
In addition to his example as
a dedicated student, Madison is
used his education and God-givthe belief that men and women
are capable of exercising selfgovernment.
Statues stand as memorials to
the people they portray, yet more
important, they serve as reminders. They remind us of our history
and those that have gone before
us, and in the case of Hillsdales
statues, they remind us that the
task of defending liberty now belongs to us. On a college campus,
what better reminder is there than
the statue of a man who drafted
the Constitution, defended it,
wrote the Bill of Rights, and
served as our fourth president?
campus near the statue of Jefferson, bringing together the men
responsible for the Declaration
of Independence and the Constitution.
Bronte Wigen is a George
Washington Fellow studying
politics.

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Galloway is the best dorm

A5 26 Feb. 2015

The guys from Galloway are the greatest, and dont let anyone tell you different
Amelia Stieren
Special to the Collegian

Maybe its the community bathrooms. Maybe its the Winston

Churchill quote painted on the wall. Maybe its the cadence runs.
Maybe its the organ in the lobby, and maybe its the Thursday
night Feast.

dwelling in that sacred place. They welcomed me into their

tell you that youre wrong. They are actually people with unique
-

loway Drive.
There is something rare and attractive about an individual,

dorm, because its a pretty worthless endeavor.

the Winston Churchill quote painted on the wall. Maybe it

isnt the cadence runs, the organ in the lobby, or the Thursday
-

Galloway in all its glory. Jack Butler/Collegian

Amelia Stieren is a sophomore studying German and classical

education.

ORGAN DONORS
SAVE LIVES
Madeleine Cooney
Special to the Collegian
You need only one.
Ten years ago, my father donated
a kidney to a former co-workers
spouse. Ten weeks ago, my mother
donated her kidney to her friend. In a
way, they gave all of themselves. In reality, they gave an extra, four-by-twoby-one inch organ weighing about four
ounces. In this, they gave life. Perhaps
you can too.
As of Feb. 1, 2015, the United
Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
registers 2,718 people on the kidney
transplant waiting list in Michigan
alone. The U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services has 123,251 patients on the national waiting list.
Johns Hopkins Medicine estimates
the wait time for a kidney transplant
During that time, these patients often go on dialysis a treatment that
waste, salt, and excess water. These
treatments take about four hours, three
times a week at a hospital or dialysis
clinic. The National Kidney Foundation records the average life expecten years.
Though life-saving, dialysis runs
down the patients body, increasing the
possibility of serious medical complications. According to Johns Hopkins,
about two-thirds of patients eventually
will receive a transplant. The rest will
die, waiting for donors who never volunteer.
These deaths are unnecessary. Most
adults have two kidneys, one more
than is needed. As both my parents
discovered, donating is easy and safe.
To donate a kidney a standard
procedure for the Mayo Clinic and
John Hopkins Medicine, two of the
leading transplant hospitals a donor
must be a healthy, willing adult with
no evidence of kidney disease or medical conditions that could lead to kidney
disease.

Potential donors also must pass rigorous medical, physical, and psychological test to ensure that the donor is
These hospitals care just as much about
the donor as they do the recipient.
If healthy, then the donor must
match the recipient in blood and tissue
type. This need not be a perfect match.
Robert Montgomery, M.D., the director of the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center, has said that
[w]e know now that the survival on
dialysis is greatly decreased compared
to transplantation, so it is really important to have a transplant as soon as
possible and with any degree of matching its better to have a transplant than
not.
Sometimes the would-be donor
does not even partially match the intended recipient. Organizations such
as the Mayo Clinic and Johns Hopkins
work around this impediment with a
paired donor option. This allows two
or more donors to swap recipients for
the best possible outcome.
The risks to the donor are minimal
and recovery takes four to six weeks.
Just as with any surgery, there are risks
of bleeding and infection, but current
research shows that donation does not
affect life expectancy or risk of kidney
disease.
immediate and obvious. The morning
after the transplant, my mothers recipient walked into my moms hospital
room to share the joyful news that the
kidney was working. Post-transplant,
she works a full day, eats and drinks
marathon. She no longer survives; she
lives.
My 54-year-old mother was walking a couple miles a day just over a
week after her surgery. She returned
to work less than a month after her
surgery and was back at the gym two
arises, I hope to follow her example. I
cant die with two kidneys.
Madeleine Cooney is a senior
studying English.

Dear Editor,
Nathan Brands article last week advocating the banning of smoking on campus
(Our campus needs less smoke, Feb.19) is indicative of the remaining vestiges of
the freedom of individual choice yet surviving from Hillsdale Colleges legacy of liberty,
insomuch at least in how this harebrained article is allowed a publishing beneath the
masthead of the Collegian. Brand wishes to deny other students freedom of choice,
and to use coercion to enforce his will upon others. His is the moral busy-bodys perspective, which wishes to ban air-hockey tables and smoking and likely red Solo cups
as wellin time. As a proud alumnus of Hillsdale College, I must dissent.
Brand seeks to transform Hillsdale College smokers into second-class students.
He believes that smokers should not be relegated to standing in the driving rain or
blinding snow beside the student union; no, Nathan proposes that they be driven even
further, into an exile of sorts, relocated by decree to back alleyways and sidewalks,
crisp Michigan winter air. In fact, Nathans proposed ban implicitly advocates marginalizing and ostracizing smokers, condemning them to smoke in some icy purgatory,
perhaps all the way across the street on public property, perhaps in a free-smoking
zone of tolerant expression.
Many of you, like me, freely choose not to partake in regular smoking. You, like me,
and like any marginally knowledgeable individual, understands the dangers inherent
in smoking. However, though dangerous it may be, you understand that an individual
adult citizen is free to choose.
A complete ban encompassing the school is excessive to say the least. Ought the
college to regulate the bodies, the wills, the pleasures of the student body so closely?
Have the goodly parents of Americas future leaders, the young adult champions of
individual freedom and initiative, the student body of Hillsdale College, so failed that
the administration must weigh in and prevent them from self-harm? Perhaps it ought
also to ban more than two slices of pizza per week per person?
Smoking, while distasteful and unpalatable to some, is nevertheless a peaceful,
a consensual, and a socially acceptable activity. If Brand wishes to advance the collective health of the Hillsdale College community, perhaps he should advocate for the
prohibition of the ingestion of carcinogenic-laden pizza, hamburgers, hot dogs at football games, or the evil substance known as intoxicating alcohol from these students
obviously too immature to choose freely, yet who are so mature they can volunteer to
serve our Republic abroad.
Whatever may be distasteful about smoking, those who treasure liberty should
agree that whatever may be unsatisfying in the world, we would rather take our
chances of managing for ourselves than submit our interests to the manipulation of
social doctors (even if they reside among the writers of the Collegian). Those who
love liberty and individual choice should decline with thanks the intervention of our
self-appointed social gurus, Nathan Brand. We must follow another prescription.
-Benjamin S. Kuipers 05

BIG BROTHER SHOULD BACK OFF

Phillip Wegmann
Special to the Collegian
Postmodern kids in a post-9/11
world, this generation worries more
Facebook than what Big Brother could
discover in our inbox. Thats according to a January Pew Research poll,
which shows 60 percent of young people still support the National Security
Agency regardless of its controversial
domestic spying program. Another 10
percent dont even care.
Living, banking, and dating online,
weve become comfortably numb to
the deterioration of our civil liberties.
Now this indifference allows the NSA
to endanger our personal security and
the safety of our republic.
Before the advent of the Internet,
intelligence agencies needed a warrant
to tap a phone or bug an apartment.
Today, that information is just a click
away. In the last decade, government
jujitsu has turned the information superhighway into historys most sophisticated instrument of espionage. Using
DishFire the NSA collects phone
records, online data, and the search
histories of millions of Americans. Afterwards, the agency searches through
this dragnet to evaluate risks. Its the
classic spy-now-ask-later racket over
which our Founding Fathers would
Advocates argue that keeping
Americans safe is well worth any incidental privacy premiums. In January, President Obama credited the
domestic surveillance program with
preventing multiple attacks and saving innocent lives. He also trumpeted
internal safeguards that take privacy
concerns into account in our policies
and procedures.

claims though, pundits, analysts, and

politicians all respond with some vermestic surveillance, the US risks another 9/11. But if total security comes
at the cost of liberty, then another 9/11
is a price worth paying. Republics exist not to enforce safety but to foster
freedom. By design, limited government can never provide the security
imposed by omnipresent tyranny. And
it shouldnt try.
Total security requires herculean
public efforts that are anathema to free
society. Of course the state must look
to the safety of its citizens, but only
after addressing the security of their
risk undermines the entire framework
of republican government. To enjoy
individual rights, one inevitably accepts a certain risks. Freedom is inherently dangerous.
Philosophical considerations aside,
the program is still far from a silver
its legitimacy. The NSAs vast web of
warrantless wiretaps and internet bugs
didnt stop the Fort Hood terrorist attack or the Boston Bombing. And how
enter the National Counterterrorism
watchlist, how can agents and analysts
keep up?
Attempts at omniscience set an
unrealistic expectation for the intelligence community and put lives at
risk. Struggling through a swamp of
irrelevant data collected from innocent
Americans, analysts regularly lose
track of solid leads. They dont need
more information. They need better
intelligence. Rather than vacuuming
up the data of innocent millions, they
need to pinpoint facts on a guilty few.
This domestic spying program undermines our most basic civil right, reducing citizens to tenants of their own
thoughts. Under threat of unwanted
observation, individuals act unnatu-

rally. Thus, this government voyeurism fundamentally corrupts individual

liberty making free discourse, that cornerstone of democracy, impossible.
In an evolving world increasingly
unfriendly to democracy, our republic requires both liberty and security.
Luckily theres an amendment for that.
The Fourth Amendment establishes
clear standards for state intervention
in private lives. The prohibition of
unreasonable searches and seizures
along with a return to the standard of
probable cause emancipates the individual from unwanted government
interference. In short, it makes freedom possible.
More than some gimmick, the
Fourth Amendment actually works.
For two centuries, the law protected
liberty while preserving security. It
can do so again today. A return to the
Constitution would throw a lifeline to
clear criteria for wrongdoing, law enforcement could escape a marsh of
misinformation.
FBI-agent-turned-ACLU
attorney Michael German argues that
the Fourth Amendment doesnt hinder law enforcement. It helps them.
These standards actually assisted me
as an investigator, German explains,
because they forced me to focus on
the right people for the right reasons,
For centuries, this Constitutional
safeguard barred the state from enpersonal records, and running the lives
of its citizens. In the information age,
its time to enforce that same standard. Our generation needs to block
Big Brother online by abolishing the
NSAs domestic spying program.
Phillip Wegmann is a senior
studying history and politics.

Beware the intersection of science and politics

Madeleine Jepsen
Special to the Collegian
Recently, there have been many instances of politics intersecting with the institution of the family. Between the
Supreme Courts imminent ruling on gay marriage and
the controversies regarding provision for contraceptives in
Obamacare, we are facing critical confrontation on the topics of marriage and reproduction.
also have noticed the recent debates in Parliament regarding embryonic mitochondrial therapy. A quick perusal of
search engine results will yield headlines such as BBCs
MPs say yes to three-person babies and CNNs UK lawmakers approve 3-parent babies law.
Despite these black-and-white headlines, the issue is
hardly that simple many of the overgeneralized headlines and news briefs can easily lead readers to misconceptions about the issue. An investigation beyond the sensationalized 10-word titles will show that the topic is hardly
as clear-cut as the top results would make it seem.
To begin, it is important to understand the role of the mitochondria to comprehend the real impact of this technique.
Mitochondria, present in nearly all body cells, generate energy for critical cell processes. They also contain a small set
of DNA which primarily codes for mitochondrial components. Due to the manner in which reproductive cells form,
mitochondria (and mitochondrial DNA) are only inherited
from the mother, meaning any mitochondrial problems will
almost certainly be passed on to her children.
This information becomes crucial in understanding mitochondrial disease and the means of treating it. This sort of
recoveries from common viruses, seizures, and muscle failure. In addition to the wide variety of symptoms, the onset
of these problems can begin in utero, or be delayed as late
as adulthood. The variety and complexity of mitochondrial
eralize into a tidy statistic. However, the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation estimates that 1,000-4,000 children are born yearly with a mitochondrial disease. CNN
cites a statistic showing that in the UK, only 1 in 6,500
babies will suffer a shortened lifespan as a result.
The title 3-parent babies law, referring to the treatment

method addressed by Parliament, is itself misleading. The

treatment method involves the donation of a healthy mitochondrion for the female sex cell by inserting the mothers
nucleus into the donors egg cell, either pre- or post-fertilization. This results in an embryo with the mothers primary DNA contained in the nucleus, paternal DNA, and
healthy mitochondrial DNA from a female donor. Although
it is technically true that there are three parents who
contribute DNA, mitochondrial DNA consists of less than
the color of eyes, hair, and skin are all determined by the
primary mothers genetic material, along with that of the
father. These facts are important to understand when considering critics claims that legalizing such a method would
serve as a frontrunner for designer babies.
The politics and feasibility of this treatment method add
another dimension to the issue. Although the bill passed in
the House of Commons, it has yet to be approved by the
other part of Parliament, the House of Lords. In this sense,
to say that UK lawmakers have approved the method is
partially deceiving, since the legislation has not yet gone
through both houses. Furthermore, while some experts have
petitioned Parliament in support of the proposition, others
have warned against it, and not just for ethical reasons.
Many are worried about possible effects. The Californiabased Center for Genetics and Society, for example, said
that the techniques will in fact put women and children at
risk for severe complications, divert resources from promising alternatives and treatments, and set a policy precedent
that experimentation on future generations is an acceptable
biomedical/fertility development. It is also notable that
the Food and Drug Administration suspended testing for a
similar method in the US.
On the whole, an investigation into the complexity of
mitochondrial disease and the history of this treatment
method provides a clearer picture of what the 3-parent
baby law really entails, much more so than a cursory
oppose this legislation, this incident highlights the need for
healthy skepticism and investigation into contemporary issues, especially in light of other current events where politics and science overlap.
Madeleine Jepsen is a freshman studying biology.

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www.hillsdalecollegian.com

Jail nears
maximum
occupancy,
police
purchase new
vehicles

BASCH project aims to impact

Hillsdales justice system
Stacey Egger
Collegian Freelancer
Every week, community
members gather downtown at
the Book, Art, and Spiritual
Center of Hillsdale in an effort
to improve perceived injustices
in Hillsdales justice system.
Richard Wunsch, owner
of BASCH previously known
solely as Volume One Bookstore, and fellow Hillsdale resident Jon-Paul Rutan conceived
of the Hillsdale Justice Project
in 2012. Since then, its taken
a more concrete shape with the
help of community members.
It evolved from being a
Whats wrong with our community? group initially to a
Well, what can we do about
it? Deb Connors said, who
has been involved with the
Project from its beginning.
The Projects main focus
continues to be on the criminal
justice system, Wunsch said,
but it also deals with many satellite agencies and issues such
as Child Protective Services,
the Department of Human Services, mental health, and the
school system.
I do not want to willy-nilly
try and destroy structures or replace people, Wunsch said. I
want people to act right.
Hillsdale County Sheriff
Stan Burchardt said that he is
not aware of the problems that
Ive been a law enforce40 years, a trooper for 25 years,
and this is my 19th year as sheriff, Burchardt said. In that
time, I dont know of any problems weve had with the justice
system.
Burchardt added that while
he knows the group exists in
Hillsdale, he hasnt had direct
contact with it, so is unable
to comment on it. He said the
court-appointed attorneys do

the small number of appeals in

his time.
If there [are issues], Im
sure it will come to the publics
attention, Burchardt said.
The Project focuses its energies on three areas: community
education, mediation, and a visible presence. It seeks to educate people on relevant issues
such as their Fourth and Fifth
Amendment rights, how to in-

Local coffee shop Checker Records gives Volume Salons Kim

Holtz the boost she needs to start
her mornings right. The beloved
hybrid record and coffee store,
winner of the Hillsdale Daily
News Peoples Choice Award
four years in a row, hooked Holtz
on coffee.
Holtz did not acquire the taste
for coffee until eight years ago
when she started ordering coffee drinks from Checker Records
with just half an espresso shot.
She has since worked her way up
to four in what is now her drink
of choice, the king-sized Teddy
Bear.
Holtzs long-standing love for
the record stores coffee is what
prompted its owners, John and
delivery service.
I used to stop in in the morning, and then we decided to call
one day, Holtz said. I dont
know if it was like a joke, or
what, but we asked them if they
could deliver.
And they did.
For about three years,
John, Robin, or one of their
employees would deliver
coffee to the salon across
town.
We just started walking them down there, John
Spiteri said. If it was bad
weather, we might drive.

members try to attend community meetings and court cases to

and hold authorities accountable.
In a community the size of

do something about it, Connors said. I think everyone

eventually sees it in their best
interest to have the best kind of
community we can.
The more this kind of community cooperation can be
fostered, the more the members
of the Project believe can be ac-

The Hillsdale County Jail is

running close to maximum occuability, County Commissioner
John Burtka said in his public
safety report during the Hillsdale
County Commissioners meeting
Tuesday.
There are not usually available consistent cells to attempt
to lease out to other entities, he
said. I had a conversation today
with the sheriff, and hes in close
contact with the judges every day
on what their occupancy is there.
He also said the Hillsdale
chasing three new police vehicles
this week.
The only motion proposed
and approved at the meeting was
a resolution to pay $3,244 to the
County Park Board for the purchase of a new gas furnace, which
will arrive this week, and the necessary gas.
Chief
Building
Inspector
Martin Taylor also presented
the County Building Inspection
Departments annual report. Al-

Not a lot of change, not big

changes, but changes. Thats all
you can hope for. You can hope
to help steer things to where
theyre a little smoother, Sharp
said. It would be false hope to
think that were going to step in
and change the world overnight
but if we can make things
better for one person, its worth
our time.

able until the end of February or

-

Charlie Sharp

complicated court and agency

issues.
Mediation is essential to the
Project. If members hear about
someone having a problem in
a school or with an authority,
they will often try to step in and
help before it becomes a complicated legal issue.
A lot of times, if you can
make both sides see a happy
center, you dont have an expensive problem, said Charlie
Sharp, a former Hillsdale police
Sharp retired from the police
force in 1990 after 24 years of
service. There, by learning how

offer non-alcoholic beverages.

Spiteri estimates that the delivery service has increased the
shops business by about 25 percent.
The Brew Crew is likely one
of the many reasons Checker Records has been voted Hillsdales
best coffee shop by the readers
of the Hillsdale Daily News four
years in a row.
It means nothing, but its
kind of cool. Its the readers of
the county, he said.
He and his family dubbed the
Brew Crew van the hamster mobile, drawing from the 2010 Kia
commercial.

The Brew Crew car that transports Checker Records coffee

to customers. (Joseph Adams/
Collegian)

this and with things like these

newspaper releases, oftentimes
theyre going to make the judicial system work a little harder
to think about what theyre doing if they know theres somebody watching, Sharp said.
Wunsch and Connors said
although this kind of change
tible.
Hillsdale Circuit Court
Judge Michael Smith heard
about the Justice Project from
the Hillsdale Daily News, but
he said he has never interacted with it. He added that he
would be willing to discuss any

the department.
Weve maintained growth
quite a few years since the drop
we had in 2008, he said. One
of the things we changed last year
is we went to part-time labor. Its
saved us quite a bit of money.
He added that in the past year
theyve gradually been working
to eliminate a backlog of inspections, which now only includes
cases from as far back as 2012.
Commissioner Ruth Brown
told the board that the Hillsdale
Farmers Market made its annual
request for use of the courthouse
parking lot for the farmers market
on Saturdays from May through
September. Brown will present
a resolution for approval of this
request at next months meeting.
She also told the board that the car
show, typically held at the county
fairgrounds, will be held in the
courthouse parking lot on June 20.

youve got so many volunteer,

part-time people that are dedicated but limited, Sharp said.
Almost every brainstorming
session, new thoughts and ideas
are developed and thrown in.
Despite its limitations, the
Project continues to work toward its goals. According to
Connors, some changes seem to
make that process easier, such
as more positive communication between the Project and
authorities.
I think weve begun to establish communication channels with some of the people
that are in positions to actually

Officers caution community

on credit card scams
Phil DeVoe
Circulation Manager
Hillsdale citizens should be
on the lookout for scammers
who use email and credit card
machines to steal money. These
scams are common in Hillsdale,
and in light of recent credit card
scams, the Hillsdale Police Department wants to help people
prevent their money from being stolen. Emails have tricked
Hillsdale residents into giving
up their money, with some help
from the Police Department,
everyone can learn to watch out
for scammers.
The emails often read something like:
I am a hitman, and someone hired me to take a hit out
on you. Im having some reservations, but hes paying me
$20,000 to kill you, so if you
pay me $5,000, I wont kill you
and tell him I did.
Almost every day, someone
calls me about a money scam,
Detective Brad Martin of the
Police Department said. We
try to get their money back, but
sometimes its too late.
Its Dave, your cousin. Im
in Spain on vacation, and my
wallet was stolen I could use
some money from you, if you
could send that my way. Ill pay
you back when Im home, another email read.
Throughout the annals of
email history are estranged Nigerian princes, distant relatives
out of money, sympathetic hitmen, and entrepreneurs seeking
startup money for their orphanages in Thailand. According to
Martin, these kinds of emails
often convince recipients to
give money to the sender.

Shooting
From A1
at her, she ran out of the room
and her father, Michael, came in

A Hillsdale resident was

visiting the Police Department

last Tuesday to discuss a case in

which his credit card was used
for several purchases in Texas.
Martin has been following the
case and working with local
authorities in Texas to try to
reimburse the purchases.
Email scams where the
sender asks only for money are
easier to stop than scams like
the one in Texas, police Chief
Scott Hephner said, because
in an email asking for credit
card information, the scammer can keep sucking money
until the credit card company
or the card owner catch on.
Before card or identity theft,
the worst scamming situation
would be if a cards information was taken from a business
card reader after swiping the
card as payment.
Ninety percent of what we
deal with in terms of credit
card scams are from Kroger or
Wal-Mart, Martin said.

Almost
every day,
someone
calls me
about a
money
scam.
Detective Brad
Martin

While neither Martin nor the

resident know how the Texas
scammer obtained the card information, Martin advises local residents use caution when
making purchases with their
credit cards.
In light of Septembers
Home Depot Inc. credit scam
and Decembers Target debacle, Martin is encouraging everyone to be careful with their
catch scammers who use card
readers to steal data, identifying and preventing fraudulent
money transactions over the
Internet and email is something
anyone can do, and Martin has
some tips:

Safety Tips for your

CREDIT CARD

1) Use common sense.

Most times, the scammer
is playing off of fear or
guilt, and the absurdity of
the request can sometimes overcome instinct.
If it sounds dubious, hit
delete.

2) You will never have to

pay money to get money.
If youve actually won
a contest or earned a
prize, you shouldnt
have to put in your credit
card information.

3) If someone emails you

requesting money you
owe, but you dont know
the person or the reason
why you allegedly owe
money, then you probably arent indebted to
the person. If you actually
owe him money, youll
she confronts you.

4) Above all else, be cautious. The Police Department is glad to help sort out any
questions about possible scams, and people can stop in and speak with Detective

(Hannah Leitner/Collegian)

Checker Records lettered

up a van for a delivery
service titled The Brew
Crew. They deliver nearly every day to the women
who open at the salon, and
sometimes Volumes customers will tack on orders
as well. The shop recently
added sandwiches to its
menu, so the ladies at Volume will sometimes follow
their morning order with
one for lunch.
The Brew Crew will deliver anywhere within city
limits for a $2 delivery fee,
in addition to providing
air pots for business meetings or formal functions. It
has also served at graduation parties and even a few
weddings that wanted to

the ways in which potentially

violent situations can be diffused.
The Project believes its presence in the community can be

problems that the Project may

identify, but he has never heard
from its members.
The Project is growing as
more people seek its help. It
is now involved with an issue
about twice a week even
twice a day, Connors said, but
as the group grows, it begins to
feel its limits.
This is not an easy process were doing trying to
get it off the ground and making it run smoothly because

It would be false hope to think

that were going to step in and
change the world overnight...
But if we can make things better
for one person, its worth our
time.

Checker Records coffee

journeys by Brew Crew
Morgan Sweeney
Senior Reporter

Ramona Tausz
Assistant Editor

prevent your money from being stolen before its too late.

with a gun.
Michael admitted to the police that he killed his son-in-law,
claiming it was in self-defense
of his family, according to the
incident report.
Hillsdale County Prosecuting Attorney Neal Brady said

he will not arrest anyone until

he has a full understanding of
Momenees mental history and
the self-defense claims.
Brady said several more interviews about the case were
done over the weekend and the
last step before making a deci-

sion will be acquiring some

medical records.
Its not very often you see a
murder in the area, and its even
less often where the claims are
self-defense, Brady said. The
goal is to see how legitimate
that defense is.

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Chargers hope to move beyond slump

Jessie Fox
Collegian Reporter
Its been a tough stretch of
games for the Hillsdale womens
basketball team as they suffered
their second losing weekend in a
row. On Thursday, the Chargers
fell to the Ferris State University
Bulldogs in a 69-49 loss at home,
and were defeated on Saturday
by the Grand Valley State University Lakers 71-63 in overtime.
The losses drop the Chargers
to 15-10 overall and 11-10 in the
GLIAC. The Chargers are holding onto their eighth seed in the
GLIAC, but will need to secure
it with a win on Thursday against
Saginaw Valley State University.
We had such a tough week
the week before and it kind of
carried over. We knew we were
better than them but we just
couldnt put the ball in the basabout Thursdays loss.
The Chargers 28.2 shooting
percentage paled in comparison
to the Bulldogs 43.1 shooting
percentage. The Chargers faced
continued struggling to make
shots in the second half.
We just had trouble scoring
and it completely threw us off
because weve been so consisFogt, who was named a SecondTeam Academic All-American
yesterday.
The Chargers managed to

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A7 26 Feb. 2015

out-rebound the Bulldogs 46-38.

Freshman Allie Dittmer grabbed
a career-high 12 rebounds, leading the team.
On Saturday, the Chargers

let them take it away, but on Saturday we fought back and played

into a decisive overtime.

[In overtime] they could not

The Chargers played a strong

The Lakers outscored the

utes of overtime. The pressure
defense the Lakers played made
it hard for the Chargers to compete when the Lakers found their
rhythm.
Geffert led the Chargers with
19 points, while Fogt snatched
a season-high 17 rebounds and
matched those rebounds with 17
points.
On Thursday, the Chargers
will host SVSU in their last regular season game. If the Chargers
beat the Cardinals, they will
clinch their ticket into the postseason tournament.
said. And we know were the

Junior Madison Berry dribbles past Ferris State defenders. Berry scored four points and dished out three assists.
(Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

traveled to Allendale, Michigan

to take on the Lakers who they
had defeated earlier this month.
It was Senior Night for GVSU
and the enthusiastic crowd created a fun atmosphere for both
teams, Fogt said.
three games we rolled over and

half was a bit slow, Hillsdale

came out in the second half with
a 14-point swing that converted
lead. The Chargers were ahead
until the very end when the Lakers hit two free throws to tie the
game. Hillsdale made a crucial
defensive stop to send the game

The Chargers took down the

Cardinals 67-49 early this month.
Thursdays game is Senior
Night and Hillsdale will honor its
four seniors, Brooke Borowski,
Chelsea Farrell, Megan Fogt, and
Kadie Lowery as they play their
ter Arena.
This senior class is special.
Megan, Kadie, Chelsea, and
Brooke have worked hard for our
dette Charney said in an email.
They are of great character and
work ethic. We will certainly
miss them and hope we can play

BOX SCORES

Mens Basketball
Hillsdale: 74
Ferris State: 73

Womens Basketball
Hillsdale: 49
Ferris State: 69

Hillsdale: 59
Grand Valley: 77

Hillsdale: 63
Grand Valley: 71 (OT)

Season Leaders
Points Per Game:
Kyle Cooper (20.6)
Stedman Lowry (10.2)
Rebounds Per Game:
Cooper (10.3)
Jason Pretzer (3.6)
Assists Per Game:
Zach Miller (7.3)
Cooper (1.8)
Field Goal Percentage:
Rhett Smith (61.8)
Cooper (53.8)
Nick Archer (53.1)

Season Leaders
Points Per Game:
Megan Fogt (13.0)
Kadie Lowery (9.7)
Rebounds Per Game:
Fogt (9.1)
Allie Dittmer (5.9)
Assists Per Game:
Morgan Blair (2.1)
Ashlyn Landherr (2.0)
Field Goal Percentage:
Fogt (52.4)
Dittmer (47.9)
Lowery (41.4)

GLIAC North Standings

Lake Superior State 18-3
Saginaw Valley
16-5
Michigan Tech
15-6
Ferris State
15-6
Northwood
10-11
Hillsdale
10-11
Grand Valley
9-12
Northern Michigan 7-14

GLIAC North Standings

Michigan Tech
19-2
Grand Valley
15-6
Northern Michigan 15-6
Northwood
13-8
Hillsdale
11-10
Ferris State
9-12
Lake Superior State 3-18
Saginaw Valley
3-18

Softball looks to
avenge last season

TRACK TEAM PREPARES FOR GLIAC MEET

Micah Meadowcroft
Arts Editor

weekend may be able to push

them onto the NCAAs. Those

Coming out of a bumpy Tune

Up home meet last weekend,
the Charger indoor track team is
buckling down and focusing on
this weekends GLIAC championships at Saginaw Valley State
University.

programs identity as a top level

team, must be balanced with the
strategic placement of athletes at
the GLIAC championships scoring points for the team.
Junior Corinne Zehner is one
tion, and, while she didnt have
a slow weekend, shes looking to
improving this weekend.
I wanted to run a little faster
in both the 60H and the open 400,
but my time in the hurdles is pretty consistent and the competition
at GLIACs will be a little faster

coach Andrew Towne said of the

teams performance last week.
Between a number of distance
athletes having the weekend off,
midterms, and strong performances in Boston and at Grand
Valley two weeks ago, the team
was tired.
We have to do the things we
need to do to make sure were not

she said in an email. I had a PR

in the open 400 which was great

but again, I hope to run faster this

weekend at GLIACs because my
time is not fast enough to get me
Zehner ran a 57.25, posting a
provisional mark, in the 400.
Junior Emily Oren already
still has high hopes for this weekend.
Going in, Im looking for a
win in the Distance Medley Relay and the mile, and basically
placing as high as I can in the 800
because Im going to be pretty
really excited for the team too
because we have a lot of girls
ranked really high in events and
were starting to get more depth
which is what we need to score

Towne told students after the

Tune Up to get focused and energized for GLIACs. He said that
he saw immediate improvement.
Zehner said shes focusing on
staying healthy and well rested,
despite midterm season. Senior
Joshua Mirth, who runs the 3K
and 5K and was on break this past
weekend, is treating the regional
championships like basically any
other meet in his preparations.
In terms of training were
said. Its pretty similar in terms
of workouts that were doing this
week. Maybe just take everything a little bit lighter, a little
championship meet. And mentally theres a little more focus on
remembering that weve got that

With the NCAA Division II

March 13 and 14, Towne and the
coaching staff must take that into
consideration as they approach
the regional championships.
Were trying to strike a
nice balance of making sure
that youre still prepared to go
to NCAAs two weeks later and
make sure that your still scoring

team is ready.
I think were looking really
The GLIAC indoor track and
be hosted by Saginaw Valley
University in their new facility. Towne said the atmosphere
at GLIACs is raucous, and that
while older athletes may be able
to feed on it, for a freshman that
can be pretty intimidating because they havent experienced

While many students are alchampionship, having either

posted automatic marks or provisional marks that will likely
Towne said that there are a few
-

a lot of points, so I think that we

could come out doing really well

Freshman Evan Tandy runs the hurdles at the Hillsdale

Tune Up home meet. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

But the plan is to score, and

score big.

Baseball to open season in Kentucky

Stevan Bennett
Collegian Freelancer

the cages and just trying to be as

sharp as possible before we start

The pop of a fastball landing

in a catchers mitt. The ping of
a ball of exploding off of a bat.
If you walk past the barn down

Last season the Chargers went

17-33 overall and 14-19 in GLIAC play. This year, the GLIAC
North Division coaches poll

likely hear these sounds coming

together in a symphony that can
only mean one thing: It is almost
baseball season.
Hillsdales baseball team will
open the season with a doubleheader this weekend in Louisville, Kentucky, with games
against Bellarmine University
and Alderson-Broaddus University.
ing games comes as a welcome
sound to the team, which has
been working year round to make
this season a success.
In the fall were in the weight

fourth, but the Chargers have a

coach Eric Theisen said. Were

just out there trying to make the
sure the guys have a good feel for
each other, and that everybody is
Despite all of the work put
in during the fall semester, the
guys showed up after Christmas
knowing it was time to put in serious work.
You come back and you have
to make sure you can be ready
pitcher Shane Armstrong said.
Were throwing live [batting
practice] to each other down in

We want to make the conferIf you make the tournament,

you show up, play your butts off,

playing a game.
Coach Theisen always says
after a bad practice, youre going to mess up in life. You cant
dwell on it. Youre going to have
plenty of opportunities to make
Were really out there just trying to stay loose and just have
The teams assistant coach is
Gordon Theisen, head coach Eric
Theisens father, and the players

say that this can sometimes cause

comical situations.

Morgan Delp
Editor-in-Chief
Due to predicted snow in
Evansville, Indiana, where the
opening tournament was supposed to occur, the Charger
softball team will instead head
to Duncan, South Carolina today for the seasons debut. The
team will play four mostly inregion teams this weekend: St.
Josephs, Bellarmine, Trevecca
Nazarene, and Southern Indiana.
We think were going to
coach Joe Abraham said. Were
shocked [the GLIAC] put as at
year. I dont see any reason we
have almost everyone back, and

well because theyre always

on the same page. They both
believe in Theisen baseball,
which means you play hard, get

Abraham was referring to

his teams impressive end-of-

18 games on the road, before

opening their home season on
March 18 against Wayne State.

Athletic Center to practice this

semester.
Any chance we can get to set

and nine of the last 10 in the

conference. Unfortunately, with
an overall record of 21-17 and
a GLIAC record of 13-13, they
lost the tiebreaker for eighth
place and did not make the conference tournament. The team
wants a different outcome this
season.
We think we come into the
Abraham said. Our pitching
got stronger in the second half
of last season, and we return all
of our pitchers. We had a drastic
improvement in team defense
from the year before to last year.
Each year our hitting gets better
because we simply have more

Theisen said. Were able to get

in there and at least walk through
some game situations. Just make
sure we know our play calls,
our defensive priorities, and our
Unfortunately for the team
their games cannot be played indoors, and so this means sometimes braving the elements to
work on fundamentals.
-

The 2014 team, with only

one senior, was young, which
Abraham said contributed in
part to the slow start. The other main culprit, he noted, was
winter weather. Of the GLIAC
teams (all in Ohio and Michigan) who have played thus far,
the combined record is 12-30.
It just goes to show how

said. We know were probably

going to see it once the season
starts, so we want to be out in it.
Its the same thing we deal with

keep in mind that they are still

Kiledal/Collegian)

at it sometimes, so thats always

The team has set-up a regula-

Even with all the talk of

Senior Kate Ardrey pitches in a game last season.

Ardrey was named Second-Team All-GLIAC, committing
just one error in the seasons final 32 games. (Anders

Senior shortstop Nolan Breymaier at bat in a game last

season. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

Abraham said. Almost half of

the league teams [that play softball] have turf buildings. We are
not in an ideal situation for an
indoor softball practice. On one
hand, you dont want to use excuses, but at the same time, faIn addition to practicing softball in the gym, the baseball
team lends its indoor batting
barn to the softball team, and
this year, the team also practices
batting in a gymnastics-type
building behind a house on Oak
Street. Because of practicing
in a very different environment
than where games are held, its
hard to tell exactly how the lineup will look this weekend.
assistant coach Erin Porter said.
The freshman class brings a
lot of offense in strong hitting,
Abraham said, along with a talented pitcher, Danielle Stein. In
addition to Stein, senior Kate
Ardrey, junior Sarah Grunert,
and junior Sarah Klopfer will
return to the pitching staff.
Grunert won All-GLIAC honorable mention last year as a
utility player, and served as the
teams leading hitter. Ardrey
also saw a big offensive year in
2014, and will bat in the middle
of the lineup.
Id say this is the best team
weve had since Ive been
here. Theres not a single girl I
now. Theres not a single one I
wouldnt trust. Its nice to know
Adding pressure to the opener, this weekends games are
crucial to postseason play in the
region. The team will travel to
Florida the following weekend
of spring break, where the Chargers will face non-region teams.

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Charger Sports

CHARGERS FACE MUST-WIN GAME TONIGHT

Nathanael Meadowcroft
Assistant Editor
It all comes down to tonight.
After splitting last weekend
with a 74-73 home victory over
the Ferris State Bulldogs on
Thursday followed by a 77-59
defeat at Grand Valley State University on Saturday, the Hillsdale
College mens basketball team
must defeat the Saginaw Valley
season game tonight at 8 p.m.
and see the 19th-ranked Lake
Superior State Lakers beat the
Northwood Timberwolves to advance to the GLIAC tournament.
The Chargers (12-13, 10-11
GLIAC) controlled their destiny
after defeating the Bulldogs, but
couldnt keep up with Grand Valley on Saturday.
Grand Valley jumped out to a
31-20 lead with 5:47 remaining
gers responded with a 13-4 run
the break.
second half, Hillsdale committed
six fouls, putting Grand Valley in
the bonus early.
When they get into the bonus that quickly its hard to play
with the same defensive intensity, said junior forward Kyle
Cooper, who was named a FirstTeam Academic All-American
yesterday.
We talked about not fouling
[during halftime] and we fouled
way too much, head coach John
Tharp said. It became a bit of a
snowball effect on us.
On Thursday, the Chargers
took advantage of three outstanding performances, two big
points, and one bizarre half-court
shot to grab the close victory.
Junior forward Rhett Smith
played another solid game off
the bench with 10 points on 5-6
shooting and Cooper was dominant with 31 points and 17 rebounds.
But the most important play
of the night came off one of Coopers two assists.
With 30 seconds remaining
in regulation and the Chargers
down by a point, Cooper drove
to the basket and immediately
drew a second defender in.
Cooper made the smart pass
to Smith who was positioned
under the basket, and he laid the

ball in to give the Chargers the

lead with 25 seconds remaining.
The play that Kyle Cooper
made with that great pass to
Rhett [Smith] was tremendous,
Tharp said. He just made a play
and thats what you need your
guys to do.
After the ball found the bottom of the net, Cooper let out a
roar.
To beat a good team like that
on our home court in the fashion
that we did, it was just an emotional game and sometimes it
overwhelms you. I just got really
excited, Cooper said. When
you play games like that in front
of a home crowd thats cheering
against a good team and it comes
down to the wire and youre able
to pull it out, it makes everything
feel worth it. Theres no better
feeling.
The Bulldogs had one more
chance to take the victory, but
senior forward Ian Sheldon kept
Ferris States Drew Lehman
from getting an open look, and
Cooper grabbed the rebound to
seal the victory.
Junior guard Zach Miller
scored eight points on the night
and dished out 15 assists. Miller
leads the GLIAC with 182 assists on the season.
Our guys were able to put
the ball in the basket and I was
tions, Miller said on his 15-assist performance.
A couple of Millers 15 assists
came on alley-oop passes in the

tions for the GLIAC playoffs this

game is for our seniors in their
last time playing a game at Hillsdale, Cooper said. Theres

no other focus than just sending

those guys off on their last home
game in the right way.

The NFL Combine

At this time of year, senior
students are trying to answer the
question, What do I want to be
ing up our last semester here,
we mail our resumes, answer the
interview questions, and pray
ceaselessly for businesses or
graduate schools to give us that
dream job. But what if this whole
process was broadcasted nationally for all of America to see?
What if one tiny mistake could
be the difference between having
the million dollar paycheck or
living in our parents basement?
Thats the risk for over 300 football players when they try out
for the NFL at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. I
had the opportunity to attend the
event last week as a member of
the media and witness one of the
hardest job interviews any college student has to face today.
The NFL Scouting Combine
has been called the Olympics of
football. In four days, college
football players are tested physically, psychologically, and socially in front of famous coaches, scouts, general managers,
and owners to see whether they
are worth the high investment
and will help a team win a Super
Bowl. These star college players
are rushed in and out of medical
examinations to microscopically
assess every injury from their entire life, take psychological tests
to measure their IQ and personality, answer questions from the
media about why they should be

the second half, Miller attempted

a half-court lob pass to Cooper.
of Cooper, the ball found the bottom of the net as an improbable
3-point shot.
It was [meant to be a lob],
Miller said. Cooper just decided
not to jump.
I saw [Miller] let the ball go
and I tracked the ball for a second I thought Theres no way
Im getting that so I started stopping myself to get ready for it to
come off the backboard, Cooper said. I kept tracking it and
it just rattled in. That was better
than what we were trying for
anyway.
Tonight, the Chargers will not
only be playing for their playoff
lives, but more importantly for
their seniors on Senior Night.
Putting aside all implica-

Cooper Dunlap:

show off their athletic abilities

through speed, strength, and poterms, the players have sent in
their college careers, to the NFL
and NFL teams have invited them
for an intense interview to see if
any team wants to hire them.
This cant be too bad especially since these players are going to make millions of dollars,
right? But how many of you like
Top: Junior point guard Zach Miller looks to pass. Miller
leads the GLIAC in assists with 182. Bottom: Junior Kyle
Cooper dunks for 2 points in a game against Ferris State.
Cooper racked up a team-high 31 points. (Anders Kiledal/
Collegian)

place plus have camera follow

you everywhere? Or have your
IQ results revealed on ESPN and
the NFL Network for all football
fans to see?

As I watched all the press conferences in the podium room, the

players no longer appeared like
the football stars I watched on
TV but like college students trying to successfully pass their job
interviews. Some athletes were
nervous and spoke very little, like
Benardrick McKinney of Mississippi State. Others were loose
and thrived in front of the camera like Dante Fowler of Florida.
Leonard Williams, a giant from
USC, told his story of how he
mostly played rugby instead of
football until high school. Malcolm Brown, a defensive linemen from Texas, talked about
how important his wife and baby
girl are to him. Denzel Perryman,
a linebacker from the University
of Miami, Florida, kindly addressed multiple journalists as
they questioned his short height.
Former Heisman trophy wintold the world how he compares
himself to NFL legends Peyton
Manning and Tom Brady, not to
his college rival Marcus Mariota.
Their life stories about family,
football, and the future revealed
the human element of the NFL;
something not often seen since
sports are more business than fun
today.
eras, famous sports reporters,
and fancy Under Armour gear,
its easy for anyone to think of
the NFL Combine as another
bombastic football bonanza. But
while most of us seniors are beginning our journeys for lifelong
careers, most of these football
players will only last on average
about three seasons in the NFL.
They are willing to jeopardize
their bodies, minds, and social
lives in front of the sports world
for the hope of playing professional football. Their passion for
football outweighs the risk of
embarrassment and failure just
like any other risky career decision. The NFL Combine is not
so different from any other job
interview for the college football
players. But with so many people
watching, it is impressive to see
them answer each question with
a smile.

Charger Chatter: Jared Schipper

runs in my family I have seven
other brothers, all of who pole
vault or will be vaulting soon.
Three of them went to Notre
Dame and two of them went to
Rose-Hulman.
Is there any competition between all of you?
Its a friendly competition. They
taught me a lot, but we also like
to beat each other. I really want
to beat my older brothers record
Ive got a lot of work to do.
Jared Schipper is a freshman
pole vaulter from Ft. Wayne,
Indiana. He is currently
ranked No. 1 in the GLIAC
conference.
Last week you made Hillsdale
College track history, in what
way?
Well, I broke the school pole
vaulting record. The previous
centimeters, and this past week
meters. The record was 22 years
old, it felt awesome to set a new
goal.
How long have you been pole
vaulting for?
I started as a freshman in high
school. Pole vaulting kind of

What brought you to Hillsdale?

Coach Ferino really sold the
track program. It feels weird not
having him here now, but Coach
Towne is a great pole vaulting
coach. He pushes us all in practice.
What is the dynamic between
all the other pole vaulters?
Its great. We like to have fun
and mess around. Alex Whitford and Matt Harris are great
teammates. Ive gotten so much
better because of Matt Harris, he has really pushed me
throughout this season.
Do you have any pre-meet
rituals?
I guess something unique is that

unlike most pole vaulters who

like to be super calm before
they jump, I like to get really
hyped up. I listen to Eminem
to get ready. My favorite songs
are probably Lose Yourself, and
Not Afraid.
Whats your next big challenge?
Well, we have GLIACs this
week. Currently I am No. 1 in
the GLIAC conference, and I
am hoping to automatically go
to Nationals in a few weeks.
Ive set a good pace as a freshman and I want to keep it going.
Whats your favorite quote
that inspires you for training
and why?
Test your limits. Supermans
dad says this to him to inspire
him to be all he can be. Likewise, it motivates me to be the
best that I can be.
Who is your ultimate track
role model, and who is your
favorite role model overall?
Sam Kendricks, he is a 19-ft
pole vaulter and I want to do
that some day, but more importantly because he does it such a
way that he will possibly even
reach higher heights. Off the
track my personal role model is
my dad. He teaches me how to

be a better person by example,

which is no doubt the best way.
What do you hope to accomplish in your next three years
at Hillsdale?
I hope to continue to improve,
Id love to reach 18 feet and

have a shot at going pro. Like

a lot of athletes, I dream of going to the Olympics and I hope
it will come true. I feel like Im
in the middle of my journey so
its not the best time to thank
people, but I could not have gotten here on my own. My dad, all

my coaches, and my teammates

are all a big part, but most importantly I need to thank God.
Without him I would not have
the opportunity to get where I
am.
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Drowsy Chaperone sings down the house

Tower Players latest musical offers song, dance, and laughs in spades

Far left: Sophomore Shelby Ripley,

junior Catherine Coffey, and freshman
Glynis Gilio. (Elena Creed/Collegian)
Above: Sophomore Eric Ragan, freshman Kylie Diehl, and freshman Mark
Naida in Toledo Surprise.
(Elena Creed/Collegian)

Left: Freshman Jonathan Henreckson

as Robert the bridegroom and freshman Jonathan Edelblut as George the
best man dance in the tap number
Cold Feet. (Elena Creed/Collegian)
Natalie DeMacedo
News Editor
In a pitch-black auditorium,
from the far corner of the stage, a
lone male voice says something
no one expects to hear at the beginning of a musical: I hate theater.
The voice belongs to an old
man in a chair who, as the play
progresses, relives fond memories of his favorite musical

Gable and Steins The Drowsy

Chaperone which recounts a
wedding between a regular guy
and a starlet.
Hillsdales Tower Players
brought The Drowsy Chaperone to the stage of Markel Auditorium in the Sage Center for
the Arts last night. Showtimes
are 8 p.m. through Saturday with
a 2 p.m. matinee performance on
Sunday.
Its a nostalgic musical
which itself is a parody of musical theater style, Professor of

theatre James Brandon said.

As the man in the chair
(played by junior Matt Sauer)
speaks, the curtain pulls away to
expose a 1928 art deco set and a
vibrant dance number in which
the characters introduce themselves.
Freshman Jonathan Henreckson plays Robert, the bridegroom.
main romantic lead, Henreckson said. Im usually the crazy
guy who is losing his mind.

Senior Kelsey Drapkin plays

Mrs. Tottendale, an older woman with short term memory loss
who plans the wedding.
She is the ditzy, stupid type,
which is kind of an acting challenge for me since Ive never
played an older woman, Drapkin said. She is a hoot to play.
Drapkin said that she has never been in so cohesive a production and is amazed at the work
ethic and chemistry of everyone
in the musical.
Brandon said that he was im-

Frank Capras wonderful visit

From The Name Above the Title
General Marshall, its
only fair to tell you that
I have never before made
a single documentary
film. In fact, Ive never
even been near anybody thats made one
Capra, he said,
with a slight edge
to his voice, I have
never been Chief
of Staff before.
Thousands
of
young Americans
have never had
their legs shot
off before. Boys are
commanding ships today, who
a year ago had never seen the ocean be-

fore.
Im sorry, sir. Ill make you the best documentary films ever made.

I didnt give a film-clip whether critics hailed or

hooted Wonderful Life. I thought it was the greatest film I had ever made. Better yet, I thought it was
the greatest film anybody ever made.

Steve Casai
Special to the Collegian
Most of us know that Frank
Capra directed Its a Wonderful Life, arguably the favorite
Christmas movie of our generation. But how many of us know
subject of next weeks CCA,
spent two days at Hillsdale College during the spring semester
of 1974?
Dr. James Juroe, former professor of English at Hillsdale
College who retired in 2001,
arranged for Capras visit, which
consisted of two discussion sessions and showing two movies
he directed: Mr. Smith Goes to
Washington on one night, and
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town on
the other.
He raises our eyes to the
heavens instead of to the gutter,
Juroe said.
Juroe said he thought highly
of Capra because his movies
won a lot of Academy Awards,
including three for best director. His 1935 comedy, It Happened One Night, swept the
major Academy Awards: best
picture, best director, best actor,
best actress, and best screenplay. That achievement has only
been duplicated twice: by One
Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest in
1976 and by The Silence of the
Lambs in 1992.
Besides that, Capra made the
cover of Time magazine in 1938.
At the 1959 Directors Guild of
America Awards Dinner, his fellow directors honored him with
their highest tribute: the D.W.
Award for outstanding contribuAccording to Juroe, when the

pressed by how far the play had

come on the weekend before
showtime.
The voice work is coming,
we have good singing, acting,
dancing, sets, designs, Brandon said. The vocal work has
been done excellently by [music
department chair James] Holleman.
Brandon also praised Phil
Simmons of Eastern Michigan
the production.
He is absolutely wonderful

a real, true professional who

is so great with the students,
Brandon said. He was a major
addition to the whole process.
Brandon said that musicals
cause of all the moving parts,
and many actors mentioned balancing school work and hours
of practice made the production
even more challenging. In addition to the more than 20 actors,
The Drowsy Chaperone has a

See Drowsy Chaperone B2

Things

To do and see
This week

students heard that one the greatthe 1940s was on campus, they
wanted to talk to him about his
movies and what he thought of
current motion pictures. He spent
a lot of time in the Old Snack Bar
so that he could talk to them informally.
During the discussion sessions, Capra, an Italian immigrant born in 1897, spoke about
his contribution to World War II.
He had made seven documentary
Entitled Why We Fight, the
series explained to the soldiers
the principles for which they
were defending our nation.
The series was effective. The
Coast Guard, along with British, Canadians, Australians, and
New Zealanders also used them
forces.
Winston Churchill ordered
the whole series to be shown to
the British public in theaters.
The Russians showed one of the
all their theaters.
At the end of the war, Capra
received the Distinguished Silver
Medal, the highest award that the
outside of actual combat.
Before he left Hillsdale, Capra, who died in 1991, donated to
the college library several copies
of his 1971 best-selling autobiography, The Name Above the
Title. They are still there.
Capra won the hearts of the
students.
He was as genuine, vital,
and energetic as the movies he
made, Juroe said. He was the
delight of the campus.
Steve Casai serves as head
checker and cashier at the Knorr
Family Dining Room.

February 25 March 1
The Drowsy Chaperone
Markel Auditorium
Feb. 25-28 at 8 p.m.; March 1 at 2 p.m.
A parody of the Cole Porter style of American musical comedy
in the 1920s. A middle-aged, asocial musical theatre fan plays
Drowsy Chaperone. As he plays the record, the show comes to
life onstage around him, as he wryly comments on the music,
Best Book and Best Score. It has had major productions in

February 27
Open Mic Night
The Historic Dawn Theatre
8 p.m.
talists, full bands, dancing, stand-up comedy, magic, and poetry
all welcome.
January 31 March 1
Professional Artist Series: Paintings by Mark Mehaffey

(Compiled by Andrew Egger)

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college, in 1896 Manus mar-

Manus
From A1
man trying to serve his
people, Gilbert said.
Oklahoma became a state
Nov. 16, 1907, and Manus
was elected Cherokee countys Democrat representative

Stocks Mill is one of the several properties Horton owns in Hillsdale.

Horton
From B4

Theatres ceiling and part of the

basement on the Keefer House,
Horton said. Weve now been
working to secure the walls of
the mill so that people wont get
injured.
As the city began to crack
down on Hortons properties,
which consistently violated
building codes, concern grew
that his plans wouldnt pan out.
The local Tax Increment Finance Authority (TIFA) offered
to buy some of the properties,
but Horton wouldnt sell.
He wouldnt sell anything
to us unless we agreed to follow
his plans- for example, in the
purchasing contract we would

As the Hortons deeds

stacked up, so did their plans for
renovation. From a hotel in the
artisan shops to condos in the
old mill, he hoped for a better
He was always so excited
about his plans, and we were
excited to see what he could do
with them, Wolfram said. I
could tell you about many property owners in Hillsdale who
dont care about their properties,
who just let them deteriorate.
While the hopes were high
for Hortons properties, soon
problems surfaced.

(Jospeh Adams/Collegian)

have to agree to turn the Keefer

House into a hotel, which we
cant do without knowing that
theres interest in that development, Wolfram said.
As his properties remained
apparently unrenovated, the city
began to wonder if he would
Hortons possession of these
buildings, however, extends far
beyond simply owning them.
Since he wants to see the buildings reclaim their original glory,
he is willing to wait until the
right developer comes along,
however long that might take.
If most people stand for a
minute and think about whats
behind the walls and windows

of the buildings, they would feel

remorse, Horton said. Remorse that these buildings arent
better maintained. Just because
a building has lost its function
doesnt mean it cant come back
again.
Horton understands that the
city is unable to do much for the
buildings, which is why he is
committed to the massive cost
and effort that go into restoring
them.
Our objective was not to be
in business, Horton said. But
to simply protect these buildings, and see them come alive in
whole new ways reminiscent of
the Hillsdale that once was.

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From B4

and sororities grew in popularity,

society membership dwindled.
They coexisted for about 20
or 30 years, but the literary societies were a lot more work,

Linda Moore said. The college

tried to keep them going, but they
were defunct by the 1930s.
What remains of the society is
a testament to the goal they set
forth, outlined in their last maga-

zine, published in June 1862:

If we shall succeed in imparting strength and courage to some
trembling spirit or aid in giving
a higher tone to the principles of
science and our common Chris-

tianity, we shall have erected a

monument that shall stand when
the last sound of crumbling magthe shores of time.

beginning Dec. 2, serving as

chairman on the Committee of
Engrossment.
Long live Hillsdale,
where I got what education I
have! Manus wrote in a letter
to the school in 1907. It is
due to this that the people here
have said they would trust
me to represent them in their
legislature.
Growing up in Indian Territory on a farm seven miles
from its capital, Tahlequah,
Manus lived in a community
where fewer than 200 of 5,000
adult males were educated
in a profession and only half
spoke English, according to
Gilbert.
Manuss mother died three
weeks after his birth, and his
father sent him to school at
a small Flint District public
school in Oklahoma, later
moving onto the Cherokee
National Male Seminary,
where he learned subjects
from science and arithmetic to
Latin and Greek, Myers said.
From the counselor of
Manuss third institution of
education, Muldrow Presbyterian mission school, Mr.
Holdren, a Grand Rapids missionary, informed Manus of
Hillsdale. Holdren encouraged
Manus to attend because of
its nondiscriminatory policy,
high academics, and affordable tuition.
Manus started at Hillsdale
in September 1891, studied
in the classics program, and
spent one additional year in
the theological department,
graduating with honors.
After his completion of

worked at Worthing & Alger

Tannery in Hillsdale, and they
had six children together.
My great-grandmother
lived to be 94 years old, so
I was blessed to know her,
Myers said. When May was
seven, she was orphaned when
her mother died in childbirth.
It kind of tugs on your heart
that these two orphans met
in Michigan and married.
Furthermore, the interracial
couple were challenged with
criticism.
As an American Indian,
he experienced racial prejudice, Myers said. When he
married May, there were some
people that took issue with
an Indian marrying a white
woman.
Manus planned to go into
ministry, according to the Fort
Gibson Oklahoma Post in
1897, but instead he interpreted for the Cherokee Supreme
Court, farmed, and taught,
Myers said.
Joseph Manus is one of
the best, if not the best educated young man in the Cherokee
Nation, having recently graduated from Hillsdale College,
the Post reported. He is a
young man of good principles
ought to be a useful man
among his people.
Manus remains remembered for his leadership and
mission.
All my life I have heard
stories of what he strived
to do, Myers said. I have
poems and notes that my
grandmother wrote about how
loving her father was. I am
inspired by my great-grandfato become a happy, productive
person that sought to make a
difference with his life. It is
good to know Hillsdale College continues to honor and
respect those that have gone
before you.

BLACK&WHITECHIC
TIM ALLEN, SENIOR
Describe your fashion sense.
Casual mountain man.

What is your most embarrassing item of clothing?

The really tight black pants I bought to comply with Jitters dress code.
What is your biggest fashion pet peeve?
Pants. Come on, people.
What is your favorite item of clothing?
The Birkenstock Londons I got for $3 at Women Commish.
Who inspires your wardrobe?
Robert Redford. Penguins. Gymnophobia.

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Horton hoards Hillsdale history

Phil DeVoe
Collegian Reporter
How much do you want for
it, and what are you going to do
with it?
Jeffrey Hortons unique real
estate mantra follows every
inquiry into his property. He
doesnt care about price or
buyer, but whether the buyer
intends to preserve the history
of the building.
vation is everything. The Dawn
Theatre, Stocks Mill, and the
Keefer House, among others,
came under his care through this
dedication, through a dedication
to the community and the build-

ings themselves.
These buildings talk to us,
they suggest what theyd like
us to do to them. We dont own
them, Horton said. We just
possess care for them- they
have a personality of their own,
and we help them reclaim their
former glory.
In Temecula, California, Horton made his living as a dentist.
He has always loved historical
to pursue in California because
of steep real estate prices. After
coming to Hillsdale, he saw
his chance to save the husks of
historic Hillsdale.
Originally, his pilgrimage to Hillsdale was not about
architecture at all, but charter

schools. After deciding to open

one in California, Horton chose
Hillsdales classical curriculum
as the basis for his own.
We just really admired Hillsdales philosophy, and, having
some children who were ready
to enter school, the move made
sense, Horton said.
The Horton family moved to
Hillsdale, the students entered
Hillsdale Academy, and Horton
and his wife Marcey started to
buy Hillsdales buildings, saving them from their inevitable
demolition.
Horton read a study that
claimed that demolition is the
only economically-sound option
for buildings as old Hillsdales.
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cal architecture as though it was

an animate object, demolition
will never be the fate of a building he owns.
Demolition is the word Horton hates most, because it means
accepting that a buildings value
as a historic landmark is no longer worth the money or worth
the care.
Dr. Horton loves this city,
and he just didnt want to see
it collapse, Director of Hillsdale Economic Development
Mary Wolfram said. He knows
a lot about the history of the
area, and its a noble thought,
ized.

See Horton, B3

Alphas and civil wars

Evan Brune
Senior Reporter
It all started with a name.
In the fall of 1857, a name split
the Ciceronian Society in half.
One side wanted to continue using
their original title, while the other
advocated for a new title: Alpha
Kappa Phi.
the Hillsdale College faculty declared that men and women could
no longer join the same societies.
The new regulations caused upheaval among the existing literary
and debate groups. A womens
debate society arose and the men
consolidated their groups into the
Ciceronian Society. But not evThese circumstances, it was
reasons why the name should be
changed from purely oratorical
to a name more suggestive of literature, wrote John McDermid,
a student who would become
name, however, had many friends
and so great was the feeling between the parties on the subject
that the society became divided
into two factions, each party seeking to carry measures for its own
particular interests.
enough. On the night of October
6, 1857, a group of the disgruntled Ciceronians met at a friends
house just off campus. There, they
signed a pledge to join together in
a new brotherhood with the aim of
securing a higher degree of mental, moral, and social improvement. The Alphas were born.
The Alpha Kappa Phi Society
would go on to become one of

Winchester, Pittsburgh Landing,

and others, Alpha President A.E.
Hastings wrote in June 1862. As
yet, we have been spared the sad
duty of noting the death of a single
member.
But death did not spare grief
from the young men of the society
for long.
By wars end, 78 Alphas had
fought. Thirteen of them would
never return home. Others, like
would impact them for the rest of
their lives.
The end of the war did not bring
a respite for the men, however. In
1866, they were one of the principal groups involved in what became known as the Great Rebellion.
After the close of the Civil War,
the college campus was bustling
again, with many veterans joining the ranks of the student body.
Women began visiting the mens
debating societies. After discovering this, the college administration
declared that any woman wishing
to visit the mens societies would
have to have a pass signed by the
president. The campus exploded
with anger.
There was an all-out rebellion, College Librarian Linda
Moore said. These students had
just come back from four years of
war. They werent kids anymore,
but the college wanted to treat
them like kids.
Hordes of men were expelled,
as many as 25 in a single day. In
protest, the Alphas gathered their
papers and burned them. The society would not meet again for a
year.
When they met again in 1867,
they found themselves facing
new competition. Delta Tau Delta
chartered their Hillsdale chapter

meet on Hillsdales campus. Yet,

on that night in 1857, not one man
knew of the triumphs and trag- house on campus. By 1874, Delts
had taken over leadership of all
would test the infant society and campus literary and debate sociforge from it a brotherhood that eties, which sparked violent dewould last for decades.
bates.
By April 1861, when ConfedIn a desperate bid to maintain
control, the Alphas tried to impleCharleston, South Carolina, 136 ment anti-fraternity legislation,
men had signed the membership preventing any Delt from gaining
rolls of the Alphas. Together, they membership in the society, but the
marched to war, leaving behind a measure failed.
skeleton crew to manage their soThe dawn of the 20th century
ciety. By 1862, Alphas served in marked the twilight of the Alpha
every branch of military service.
Kappa Phi society. As fraternities
Some of our members have
distinguished themselves in sevSee AKP, B3
eral of the most important battles,