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Vol. 138 Issue 22 - 9 April 2015

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lives

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SAB
announces
CHP
performers

Phil DeVoe
Collegian Reporter

Sarah Chavey
Collegian Reporter

fully pulsed the sternum of the

his head to clear the thought of
less, paramedics struggling to
As though they had practiced,
continued the compressions as
Tracy waited and watched the
childs mother looking frightJust a few minutes ago he and
his partner were driving through

As revealed yesterday during

lunch, Natalie Stovall and the
Drive will perform at Central(Macaela Bennett/Collegian)

The events country theme

Abandoned Stock Mill soon to

be mineral mixing plant

addition to the typical carnival

ing pigs and southern style of
of Student Activities Anthony

for the nine-year veteran Rathfor newcomer Tracy, when they

heard the call- unresponsive

Kate Patrick
Assistant Editor

Once the grant is approved,

mill on Bacon Street several

times a week, watching the fac-

a $78,750 grant from the federal

government through the Michigan Economic Development

Tracy didnt know if she would

Council approved the MEDCs

letter of intent to fund the project

to-mouth resuscitation, was the

it reviewed were in the promothers tears of sorrow turned

into those of relief, her father
the child into EMT paramedics

in their car patrolling the streets

renting or purchasing the mill

equipment in and actually start

ing award, which comes with a

person next to me and hum the

ties Board sent out last year, almost half of the results requested
sic which welcomes the masses,
Councilperson Bruce Sharp,

Natalie Stovall has performed

on the Grand Ole Opry show,

will succeed in his restoration of

wants to achieve what hes set

The roof needs major repair

and that has to do with structural

application and award process

will go smoothly and that its
only a matter of time until the
mill is fully operational under

since 2006, even visiting Panama

lory Sachen watched her perform

She is really great at getting the

crowd pumped up and involved

the windows, paving the parking

Because the mill facility is so

See CHP A3

The mills current owner

out the silos and other unused

See Lifesavers A6

Reading High School Choir sings at Tigers game

Emma Vinton
Assistant Editor

need

the mill theres a lot of cleaning and power that needs to run

Councilperson Adam Stockas a result of the companys up-

that

help spur economic growth in

looking for a new facility in

companies

which involves cleaning and

repair will cost $185,000,
of which the grant will cover

to utilize the warehouse, so well

-

sdale Economic Development

cil approving the letter of intent
is the most important piece
MEDC has essentially said it

Theres a lot more square

other

Mineral which develops nutrition supplements for livestock

and is sold in major retail stores

Even though not everyone

likes country, theres something
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WINONA in need of
new editor
Bailey Pritchett
Spotlight Editor

Somehow, someway, we were

improved his career outside of

Sholler, who has directed choir

Editor-in-chief applications

years, said he purchased the mu-

you to work with deadlines and

appreciate the importance of

come up dry for the second time

School choir stepped out onto the

get tickets at a discounted rate of
The cool weather and two-hour
trek from Reading, Michigan, to
Detroit did not deter the 25 stuSholler, from singing the three-

when the moment came to sing

the anthem the kids knocked it out
plication in the mail for his choir
chances were slim, as the team
only offers opportunities to sing

assistant director of the Dow

-

The tickets sold in half a week,

the 2011-2012 academic year,

Servold recruited Aaron San-

tickets were sold, and many purchased their own admission sepacelled school for the event, which

held the position for two years

and recruited sophomore Sarah
Reinsel to succeed him for the

district to cancel school for music,

means your name is attached

that speaks really highly of ReadPretty much the whole town of

Reading High School Choir outside Comerica Park, where

they sang the national anthem on Wedneday. ( Courtesy of
Josh Scholler)

the choir was outstanding despite

community had the opportunity to

sons in the choir a sophomore

ful that the kids living in a small

INSIDE

A look back at Hillsdale history

(Courtesy of Dakota Michael)

B4

Collegian, Servold anticipates a

Unfortunately, people dont
seem interested in having a
Ten years ago, or less, people
were dying to get their yearnona go due to lack of leadership does not sit well with some

See Winona A3
Sheltering John Wilkes Booth
ily ancestor unwittingly shelA5

A6

A8
Hes magic, ladies and gents
Sophomore Tom Novelly only
mostly shed his mantle as a
professional magician when he
B1

Hillsdale alum sells wine at

Davids Dolce Vita
Cody Ewers 12 started his

A3

anyone who wants to do design

for a career would want to con-

See Choir A3

Softball sweeps Lourdes

Aiming high

perience than anything else on

due to the prevalence of social

views editor-in-chief candidates

(Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

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City News................................A6
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Reading
between
the lines
Chris McCaffery
Student Columnist

Arthur M. Melzer, professor of

political science at Michigan State
University and author of Philosophy
Between the Lines: The Lost Art of
Esoteric Writing, will be speaking
this Sunday at 8 p.m. in Lane 125.
The talk will be hosted by the OfGraduate School of Statesmanship,
the Dow Journalism Program, and
the departments of education and
politics.
Professor of History Paul Rahe
invited Melzer to campus to discuss
the topic of his book, the practice
of esoteric writing found in some
philosophers works. These writers
consciously composed their public
works with one message intended
for the majority of their audience to
understand, and another message intended only for the philosophically
adept few.
They were writing for two different audiences at the same time,
Rahe said.
According to Rahe, Melzers book
gotten practice. In it, Melzer has attempted to chronicle every available
piece of testimony to esoteric meaning available to the modern historian.
It was inspired in part by a section
on the practice in one of Rahes own
works, Republics Ancient and Modern.
I had a lengthy digression in this
book, but hes taken the subject as his
own, Rahe said. There are a lot of
people who are curious about reading
works with this approach who dont
know where to go, including faculty,
graduate students, undergraduates.
In addition to his public lecture
Sunday night, Melzer will be conducting a seminar with faculty and
graduate students on Monday afternoon in the Dow Leadership Center.

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House moms and dad leave Greek houses

Breana Noble
Collegian Reporter

Four house directors of the Greek

houses will be leaving their current
positions soon, whether they are moving across the country or just down the
street.
House Director of Pi Beta Phi Beckie
Miller will be leaving to retire to her
house in Florida, and House Director of
Sigma Chi Debra Nevins will be taking
her position. Alpha Tau Omega has already said goodbye to their house director Kevin Foeman, who is the new head
volleyball coach for Lake Erie College.
House Director Deborah Zeiler is retiring from Chi Omega next year.
We are losing a lot of years of experience, Dean of Men Aaron Petersen
said. We will miss them.Theyre an extension of the mission of the deans and
student affairs to oversee the well-being
of students physically, intellectually,
emotionally, and socially.
Miller has been a house director at the
college for 16 years, splitting her time
between a former sorority and two other
dorms before directing Pi Phi for eight
years.
While Miller admits she does not
want to leave, at age 75, she is looking
forward to having the opportunity to return to doing crafts, having inherited a
house in the Sunshine State with plenty
of space.
Its about time I use it, Miller
said. I love the people on this campus.
I havent had a bad experience at all. I
hate leaving the girls, but I just need to.
Its time.
Pi Phi will miss Millers humorous
wit, according to the sororitys president
junior Elise Rempel.
Beckie is really spunky and secretly
loves pranks, but at the end of the day,
shes really kind and loves being with
us, and we love having her, Rempel
said. We were having a formal dinner,
thought it was absolutely hilarious that
someone threw it at me. Then she kept
the roll and put it on my desk, and it kept
showing up.
Rempel also expressed how caring
Miller is to the girls.
Beckie would also get up in the

middle of the night to go to the hospital

with a girl who has breathing problems,
Miller said. She always makes sure
were okay.
Miller herself said she will miss attending the girls recitals, concerts, and
sports games as well as watching them
grow to graduate. Nonetheless, Miller
said she is excited for a new journey.
Itll be an adventure, just like college is, Miller said.
Leaving the college is one adventure,
but moving from a fraternity to a sorority
will be the adventure for Nevins as she
changes from Sigma Chi to Pi Beta Phi.
Having been a fraternity house director for around 10 years, Nevins said she
is ready to share her feminine experience
as well as a clean building.
I would stay here. I dont mind the
dirt that much. But I wanted girls because Im older now, and I wanted a
little femininity on my mind, Nevins
said. I want to be more involved. I want
to share my feminine experience. I want
to nurture them. Im looking forward to
seeing the diversity between them, and
itll be clean.
Nevins said she loves seeing the boys
grow into men. Though she said she
looks forward to having similar experiences with the sorority, she will miss the
casual relationship with the guys and the
occasional back-and-forth banter.
The Sigma Chis expressed their regret to see her, as well as her grandson
Eaton, who visits often, leave the house.
They said they look forward to still seeing Nevins around campus, according
to Sigma Chi president senior Gregg
Coughlin.
Deb is like our aunt, Coughlin said.
She is good-hearted to point out our
faults, but shes not condemning about
it. Shes always had an open-door policy.
She cares about her boys and wants us to
do the right thing.
Coughlin said he hopes her move
to Pi Beta Phi will also bring about the
opportunity to have the fraternity work
more closely with the sorority.
Foeman left Hillsdale and ATO for
Lake Erie on March 31. While Foeman
said he has enjoyed his experience at
Hillsdale and working with the men of
ATO for two years, he said he does not
plan to work as house director at another
fraternity in his new position.
Theyre great guys, Foeman said.
You learn to live next to people who

Pi Beta Phi house mom Beckie Miller with sophomore Claire

Hughes and senior Leah Bernhardson. (Breana Noble/Collegian)
make a lot of noise. They kept things
nice and orderly. I came at a great time.
The leadership there was respectable,
honest, good character.
President of ATO senior Daniel Vandegriff said Foeman was especially busy
as the assistant to the director of recreational sports, but he fondly recalls the
workouts the men of ATO and Foeman
did together.
He was there for us, Vandegriff
said. We worked out a lot together.
Coming back from a volleyball tournament, hed text me, Want to workout?
He has the keys to the gym. Were going
to miss him.
Zeiler is also leaving from Chi Omeyears with the sorority, Zeiler is retiring to spend time with her mother and
grandkids.
Kids keep you young, Zeiler said.
They care. My husband had passed
away in 05. I hadnt decorated for
Christmas since he died, and the guys
of ATO had decorated for me. The girls,
theyre very thoughtful. They look at
you and know when you need a hug. No

matter your age, women can connect.

President of Chi Omega junior Sophia Coyne-Kosnak said the sorority
will miss Zeilers attention to detail and
generous care.
She really pays attention, Kosnak
said. One time I was sick, and I didnt
even realize she knew I was sick, but
she brought me a bunch of Powerade
and crackers and stuff. Shes very good
about getting what you need.
While Zeiler will no longer be a house
campus and said she hopes to continue
attending the performances and sports
games of the Chi Omega women.
As a result of all the changes, a new
atmosphere will develop in each household, allowing for a new chapter to start
for the house directors and their students.
Its going to be a fun transition to
have someone new, Rempel said. It
should be fun to see the new dynamic the
house takes on. Were looking forward
to the new changes.

Genome-editing and jumping spiders at Sigma Zeta national convention

Lillian Quinones
Collegian Reporter

Six Hillsdale students and two faculty members

from the math and science departments attended
the national Sigma Zeta convention in Kentucky
from March 26-28.
The math and science honorary drew approximately 100 undergraduate chapter members from
around the nation for their annual research convention.
Senior Mitchell Irmer, president of the Sigma
Zeta chapter on campus, received the Sigma Zeta
Honor Award and senior Annie Teigen gave an oral
presentation.

Annie did a great job, Assistant Professor of

Physics Paul Hosmer said.
Hosmer attended the convention as faculty adviser to Hillsdales Sigma Zeta chapter.
Teigens oral presentation, Comparison of the
CRISPR/Cas System and Traditional Restriction
Endonucleases, developed a protocol utilizing
CRISPR/Cas genome-editing technology. Teigen
researched this topic at a biomedical production
company in Fargo, North Dakota, last summer.
My highlight of the trip was hearing about all
the research going on at different schools, Teigen said. It was surprising to realize how small
the math and science world is. We are very much
a community. From those connections I gained a
bigger and broader idea of what is going on in the

undergraduate research world.

Nominated by the Hillsdale Sigma Zeta chapter,
Irmer was one of the only two individuals who received the Honor Award.
Sometimes you can lose touch with why
youre doing science, Irmer said. But everyone
who presented at the convention had research that
held an immediate impact on science, medicine,
and industry.
A female student from University of Indiajumping spiders.
Her videos on jumping spiders were terrifying, junior Codi Jo Broten said. They were short
snippets of something I never needed to see.
At every Sigma Zeta convention, half a day is

the convention. This year, students hiked at Breaks

Interstate Park.
Professor of Physics Jim Peters started the Hillsdale chapter in 1975 and continues to serve as a
faculty adviser.
The beauty of Sigma Zeta is its interdisciplinary nature, Peters said. At conventions it is so
much fun for these people to learn something new
event that makes society stronger as leaders.
In the future, Peters said he hopes to host the
national convention at Hillsdale.
Sigma Zeta is on the up at Hillsdale College,
Irmer said.

Honors students to defend theses

Grace Link
Collegian Freelancer

Students and faculty may

listen to and challenge Honors
Program seniors and two
juniors over the course of
the next week as they present their Honors theses, the
accumulation of a year-long
research project.
theses are available on the
college portal, and include
topics like privatization in
Latin America, the lost island
of Atlantis, and Richard IIIs
genetic heritage. Associate
Professor of History Richard
Gamble encouraged students
to look at the drafts ahead of

time and come to the defenses ready to challenge their

peers and stimulate academic inquiry.
On Tuesday, four students
began the nine-day series
that will continue through
next week until Thursday,
April 16. Each defense over
this next week will be in the
Heritage Room, and a schedule of the defenses can be
found on the college portal.
In addition to students and
faculty, a committee of professors has been chosen to
challenge each student on the
argument they have constructed over months of research.
Theres something almost
medieval about this, said
Gamble, who also acts as the
director of the Honors Program. Its a public defense of

an argument.
Preparation for the honors
thesis is an extensive process.
Students pick their topic a
year before the defense, so
as to be able to research for a
lengthy period of time before
beginning to write. The maximum length for the paper is 35
pages, not including the bibliography or the bibliographical
essay. The length of the paper
is not arbitrary, Gamble said.
35 pages is comparable to the
chapter of a book, or a short
scholarly article.
Its not just a number. It
seems to be the size of a complete thought, he said.
The overall grade for the
honors theses depends upon
three components: the research process, the product
of their research in a written

thesis, and the defense. Junior

Timothy Troutner said there is
and effort that goes into the
process, and estimated that he
was probably approaching
100 hours of work time.
The honors thesis is constructed for seniors within the
Honors Program, so as to be
a culmination of their years
within the Honors Program
itself, but juniors can participate too. This allows for
juniors who are presenting
departmental theses or other
lengthy projects their senior
year to balance the various
projects over the course of
two years. This year, juniors
Timothy Troutner and Elisabeth Wynia will be defending
their theses along with 21 seniors.

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I think its inspiring to see

the type of work that is done
on this campus, Gamble
said. I think students should
come support their friends. I
think underclassmen should
kind of work they can aspire
to do.
Senior Addison Stumpf
recommended the Honors
Thesis Program to underclassmen. Regardless of how much
a student could learn about a
specialized topic, Stumpf said
completion of the process.
The sense of accomplishment, the discipline required
to do something of this magnitude its valuable in and
of itself, he said.

students.
The yearbook is necessary, said junior
Meg Prom, who designs for both the Forum
magazine and the Winona. Print lasts. Its
important to continue the tradition of paper
rather than just online because there is a different authority in physical paper than just
online.
Student fees cover the budget of all three
Tower Light, and Winona). The cost to fund
all three will total approximately $60,000
next year. More one-third of that will go to
the Winona.
Professor of Art Bryan Springer predicted that students may be uninspired by the
idea of a yearbook editorship, but he said
this thought is unguided.
Maybe students think of it as a catalogue of peoples faces, and we need to dispel that, Springer said. A yearbook editor
is like the creative director of a publication.
Every yearbook is a blank slate that you can
put your creative stamp on.

Theology and biology: pro-life doctor to speak on contraception

Morgan Delp
Editor-in-Chief
When

Dr.

Chris

Stroud

contraception of any kind at his

fertility and midwifery clinic, he
was sure he was destroying his
practice.
But quite the opposite occurred.
I thought it would destroy my
practice, and I would be over,
Stroud said. God had a different
plan in mind. The practice actually exploded and has kept growing.
Now, Stroud sees patients from
all over the Midwest at the Fertility and Midwifery Care Center in

Fort Wayne, Indiana. He is one

of the few OBGYNs who do not
prescribe birth control.
This Monday, Stroud will
speak in the Old Snack Bar at 7
p.m. about the theological, biological, and sociological issues
cially the pill. The talk is entitled
The Pill: Harmful for Women,
Harmful for Life.
I will argue that being both
pro-life and pro-contraception
poses contradictions, he said.
contraception and the problems
there are biologically, with breast
sociologically, what it has done
for us since the late 1950s in
terms of things like the abortion

rate and divorce rate. When you

roll all those together its a loselose-lose. Everybody loses.
Stroud converted to Catholicism years ago and, shortly after,
transitioned from the administrative side of healthcare to the practicing side, where ethical issues of
contraception confronted him directly. After much contemplation,
which included reading Humana
Vitae by Pope Paul VI, Stroud
felt convicted to change his practice.
ton Model FertilityCare System,
which is based on NaPro technology, or Natural Procreative Technology, and relies upon the standardized observation and charting
of biological markers that are es-

sential to a womans health and

fertility, according to creightonmodel.com.
It could be theological talk,
but it could just as easily be all
about biology, Stroud said. A
lot of non-religious people see
me because theyre worried about
the chemicals in the chicken they
eat, and they want to eat organic
foods, and then think, I probably
shouldnt be pumping myself full
ways, either. When you combine
the two theology and biology
its a very powerful argument.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy Lee Coles wife, Kelly,
helped coordinate Stroud as a
speaker, and the event is being

co-sponsored by Students For

Life and the Catholic Society.
Professor of English and Students for Life adviser Michael
Jordan has published a review
of Allan Carlsons Godly Seed
in the Imaginative Conservative,
in which he noted that Carlson
pointed out that the American
Medical Association once opposed contraception and abortion. Jordan argued that Evangelical Christians and Catholics alike
must turn away from sexual vices
like contraception. He encouraged men to attend the talk Monday, as well as women.
Any man who has a genuine
interest in a woman should be interested in her health, and in the
health risks attending use of the

pill, Jordan said. Any man who

has a concern for the well-being
of his children should know that
the pill can be an abortifacient.
Some men applaud both the pill
and abortion because it lets them
enjoy sexual intimacy without
discipline and responsibility.
Students for Life Vice President junior Magdalena Olson said
she is excited to hear from Stroud.
Most people think they understand whats going on with
birth control, she said. This
talk will be great because of the
education that can come from it.
Im eager to hear about Strouds
experiences.

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After 15 years of changes in the

department, Morrisey to retire
Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship. When he arrived, the three political
science professors Professors of Politics
Robert Eden, Mickey Craig, and himself
were part of the department of history and
political science. Concurrent with College
President Arnns arrival, however, the politics and history departments parted ways
and began to specialize.
It used to be that you had three people
teaching three areas, Morrisey said. Political philosophy, the American regime,
and international politics. I was the one
who was dealing with the international
politics, primarily.
With Morriseys departure, the Hillsdale politics program loses its last faculty
member whose primary focus was on comparative and international politics. Early
on, there was little room for specialization
and a high demand on every professors
time. Each professor taught classes within

(Courtesy of External Affairs)

Sarah Albers
Assistant Editor

Professor of Politics Will Morrisey was

hired to replace Alexander Shtromas, a
child prodigy trained by the KGB in geopolitics. He taught students who went on to
careers in homeland security, international
journalism, and even two who returned to
teach at Hillsdale.
Morrisey has been at Hillsdale since
2000. In the course of his time here, he has
seen the politics department become independent, triple in size, and establish the

of the introductory courses. Constitution

101 was not then part of the core curriculum, so the introductory political theory
class was Introduction to Politics, which
lives on as Regimes: Classical and Modern.
We all taught the Regimes course,
Morrisey said. But you have the three
food groups: political philosophy, the
American regime, and international politics. Now, the department is primarily foTwo students from the mists of Morriseys undergraduate courses past were
Assistant Professor of History Matthew
Gaetano and Assistant Professor of English
Dwight Lindley.
But I dont take credit for either one of

them, Morrisey said.

Lindley said, however, that Morriseys
sdale undergraduate.
At the time, I was quite exhausted by
politics and suspicious of political movements, Lindley said. Dr. Morriseys
class ended up being refreshing to me, because I was introduced to political theory
in the form of Aristotles Politics and de
Tocquevilles Democracy in America. I
learned from Dr. Morrisey to love classical
political theory, and I loved the opportunities I had in graduate school to study it.
Gaetano fondly recalled the classs
treatment of the same two texts.
and the modern thinker both addressed the
pation of ordinary people, Gaetano said.
My only criticism was that I didnt know
tributions to class discussion because of Dr.
Morriseys charming practice of referring
to students as Mister and Miss.
Jillian Melchior 09, now a contributor
to National Review and senior fellow at
the Independent Womens Forum, said his
classes have helped her in her work abroad.
We did a class on world leaders, which
was hands-down my favorite, Melchior
said. I think he was really impressive at
looking at different regimes and seeing
what problems might arise. Its been interesting in my career, going to places like
China or Ukraine or Iraq, and seeing things
that I thought were going to be obscure
while I was taking the class. They turn out
to be incredibly relevant.

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Archery range
to be added to
shooting center
Thomas Novelly
Collegian Reporter

By next fall, Hillsdale College

will have the space to accommofor students.
The college will begin construction on the archery range
and additional shooting facilities
starting in May. The new construction will add a 20-target arstorage, and a concession stand
to the existing shooting range facilities.
The archery class was availleges history during registration
this past week, and the student
response was overwhelming.
The class was full almost
immediately, Hillsdale shooting instructor Bart Spieth said.
I have already received emails
from 15-plus students who want
to be put on the waitlist. Hopefully, we can open up another
section.
nanced by various donors, the
college, and the initial gift from

nanced the massive additions to

the shooting range in previous
years.
Friends of NRA has also donated $3,800 worth of archery
equipment, including long and
compound bows, arrows, and
quivers for students to use with
the new course offerings.
Students who were lucky
enough to get into the archery
light of their schedule next semester.
Archery is something that
many new students can be good
at, Spieth explained. Unlike
take long for a new shooter to get
on target and get acquainted with
the equipment.
Spieth has been instructing
students in shooting sports and
archery since 2004. He believes
the new course will offer many
overwhelmed by the usual academic grind.
One of the things I really
love about archery is that it takes
you to a quiet place, Spieth said.
You need to shut everything out
to focus on a good shot. Its a
huge stress-reliever.

Churchill hostel held at Allan P. Kirby Center

Vivian Hughbanks
D.C. Correspondent

WASHINGTON
The Allan P. Kirby Center
for Constitutional Studies and
Citizenship was abuzz March
25-26 as 114 guests packed into
the Van Andel Lecture Hall for
the year, titled, Churchill and
the World Wars.
College President Larry
Arnn and Professor of History
Thomas Conner presented lectures on Churchills leadership
during the early 20th century
throughout the two days, just
as they would in a classroom.
Lectures are directly from
the classroom in the spirit of
the guests truly experiencing
what its like to attend Hillsdale, Director of the Hillsdale
Hostel Program Peggy Youngs
06 said. Often my guests will

lament, wishing they could

come back full time. Its a
learning vacation.
Hillsdale hosts seven hostels in the summer at Hillsdales main campus, one at
Rockwell Lake Lodge, and one
in both fall and spring at the
Kirby Center. They are primarily attended by friends of the
college, members of the Presidents Club, and older family
members of Hillsdale students.
This summer, the program will
tional hostel, designed for both
younger students and older
family members.
I think the lecturers and
the way its laid out that we
can meet all the other people
the hospitality and the interaction among the participants
makes it especially enjoyable for me, Presidents Club
member Janet Rocker said.
She traveled with her husband,
Bill, from Atlanta, Georgia, to

attend the event.

Hostels are two to seven
days of lectures on topics such
as the ancient roots of Western
Civilization, philosophy and
religion, the Constitution, economics, literature, and Islam
and the West.
It piggybacks on Dr. Arnns
mission to teach anyone whos
willing to learn. Although we
have a variety of topics, theres
always a Constitutional foundation to the lectures, Youngs
said. It also allows friends of
the college who didnt have the
opportunity to attend to experience what its like to sit in a
Hillsdale classroom.
While enjoying outings and
social events at Broadlawn,
Hillsdales John Anthony Halter Shooting Sports Education
Center, and area museums,
hostel attendees enjoy sharing
views and exchanging ideas
with their comrades just
like being in school again.

I think the bottom line for

me is being able to be with
people of like mind, Janet
Rocker said. Where we live,
we have to be so politically
correct about everything that
its refreshing to be with people who are like us, who have
the same values about the U.S.,
about the Constitution, about
personal responsibility.
We know that we all value
what Hillsdale is doing, Bill
Rocker agreed. Thats what
attracted us to Hillsdale in the
that exists among supporters.
Its about common goals: enthusiasm for the school, enthusiasm for the program.
The Hillsdale Hostel Program will return to the Kirby
Center in October, with a new
program titled The War of
1812 and the Madison PresiProfessor of History Thomas Conner speaks to an audience at
dency.
the Allan P. Kirby Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship. (Courtesy of Aaron Sanford)

Tri-Beta sweeps regional conference

Kelsey Drapkin
Senior Reporter

The Hillsdale College chapter of the Tri-Beta National Biological Honor Society swept the
regional conference at Thomas
More College in Kentucky on
and third places.
I dont think weve ever had
ate Professor of Biology and TriBeta faculty adviser Jeffrey VanZant said. We tend to do pretty
third.
Senior Jordan Rucinski took
the protein AbpA; Hillsdales
Tri-Beta president senior Lydia
Wassink took second place with
her project on extraction and
dividual tardigrades, or water
bears; and senior Jennifer Bals
took third place with her project
determining a variety of diseases

that could affect zoo animals

leptospirosis.
out of the approximate 100 overall competitors at the conference.
Four of the Hillsdale competitors
presented oral arguments and one
presented in the poster category.
Rucinski, who plans to attend
dental school after graduation,
has been working on her project
for about a year and a half. Wassink and Bals worked on their
projects for a similar amount of
time.
My research is the study of a
protein called AbpA that is found
on the surface of a particular species of oral bacteria, Rucinski
said. I designed a procedure that
allowed me to identify what this
protein binds to in the mouth to
ultimately further knowledge
about how this protein, and
thus the species of oral bacteria
that it is found on, causes dental
plaque.
Wassink focused on DNA
isolation and extraction from individual tardigrades, something

that has been tried before but has

caused great frustration due to
the tardigrades microscopic size
and resistance to chemicals, temperature, and other environmental pressures. Wassink, however,
was successful in her endeavor.
Wassink said she was happy
to be given the opportunity at
Hillsdale to plan and execute a
study, an activity that is built into
the biology major.
I discovered this past year
that this kind of experience is key
to getting into graduate school,
Wassink said. Im sure the
same is true for med school, vet
school, and jobs in the sciences.
Its the research experience that
makes students stand out.
Rucinski and Bals both
echoed Wassinks sentiment, noting the Hillsdale advantage.
Hillsdales program is very
individualized, in that each student takes on their own project,
Rucinski said. You get out of it
what you put in, and if you put in
the time and effort, it is a fantastic learning experience. Students
at other schools also do advanced

research, but they often work

under a professor, taking on a
small portion of that professors
larger research project. I think
the freedom that Hillsdales program offers students in regard to
their projects allows for a greater
learning experience.
At the conference the other
girls and I noticed how lucky we
are here, Bals said. We have
equipment that other schools
dont have and being able to put
on applications that we know
how to do certain laboratory tests
will only work to our advantage.
I also think that the biology program has many other perks, such
as the Henry Doorly Zoo internship, the Africa trip, the Marine
Bio trip, and the biostation.
There are so many opportunities
and we are so lucky and blessed
to have them.
Rucinski gets an all-expensespaid trip to the national competition which will be held in May of
2016. Her only concern is getting
the time off of dental school to be
able to attend.

David Mills: communicating Christianity

Micah Meadowcroft
Arts Editor

This evening, writer and editor David Mills will present a talk entitled Cultural Apologetics at 7 p.m. in Lane 124.
Mills, who has served as editor of Touchstone magazine and executive editor of First Things magazine, comes to Hillsdale at the invitation of the editorial staff of the Hillsdale Forum, co-sponsoring his talk
with the Catholic Society. He will also be speaking to the Forum staff
on writing well.
Mr. Mills is very experienced as a writer and editor and the opportunity to have him come and speak with our staff about his experience with writing, as well as speak to campus about Christianity in
the public square, was a great one, the Forum Editor-In-Chief Chris
McCaffery said.
Mills explained in an email that cultural apologetics bridges the gap
between explaining Christianity and being heard and understood by

those outside the Faith.

A Christian has to know and accurately read the culture to make
any kind of reasonable case for the counter intuitive claims of Christianity, Mills said. Otherwise, much that you want to say sounds like
the arbitrary rules of a private club or a game. They may be interesting,
or not, but they dont make any claim to being public truths.
Mills described the importance of writing well with similar weight.
As Orwell said, in an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a
revolutionary act, he said. But (this is me) weve got to tell it well
enough to be heard over the lies.
Moreover, Mills said, bad ideas are usually presented in very good
prose.
Mills, who will be accompanied by his wife, has never visited Hillsdale. He is from outside Pittsburgh, and his current impression of
Hillsdale is that it is the Midwestern Grove City.
McCaffery said visiting speakers are usually impressed with the intellectual engagement of students on campus, and said he hopes Mills
will have a comparably positive interaction with the Hillsdale community and town.

CHoir
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than that, what made it even
more exciting was how much
the Reading community at large
gathered around the kids and
turned it into an extraordinary
experience.
Healy also said it was emotional to see the kids have an
opportunity bigger than themselves, surrounded by a familylike community.
Chuck North, superintendent
of the school district, said the

CHP

event is no different than a state

championship game, and therecancelled.
He said the most important
aspect of the trip was the educational experience which can help
children become well-rounded
people.
This is just a perfect example, North said. These kids will
remember this and learn more
from this than they ever will sitting in a classroom. Its an experience that we strive to provide
our students.

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performing at CHP as we will have watching her.
Sachen also said she loves the mix of original songs and covers
Stovall performs.
Chris Lane has played over 500 shows, opening for big names
such as Florida Georgia Line, the Band Perry, Eli Young Band, Chris
Young, and Brantley Gilbert. Hes been on Billboards Hot Country
Songs chart, and has been named Taste of Countrys top artist to watch
in 2015.
Generally with country artists, theres a genuine kind of home
feel, Manno said. Chris and Natalie perform in high school gyms
and large arenas, so they are excited to come here. They still look at it
as a very serious performance.
Im obsessed with country music. I dont know these artists, but
Im so excited because I know that after I see them, I will like them,
freshman Cassidy Syftestad said.
I thought the hay bales were trying to cover up Beyonc, so Im
a little disappointed that its not her. Itll be interesting to watch some
artists Ive never seen before, though, freshman Jack Sinko said.
Im so excited for country to come to Hillsdale, and I think its
going to be a lot of fun, freshman Grace Schroeder added.
Both the stage and tent are much bigger this year. In contrast with
the previous 12- by 24-foot stage, the new stage will be 24 by 24 feet.
It will be placed lengthwise in the tent to allow more students to approach it, according to Media Production Specialist Scott Pienta.
Pienta said they hope to suspend lights from the ceiling of the tent
in order to allow students to approach the stage more easily. AdditionWere going to put our LED panels out there, so people can actuThe opening student band will be decided on April 10 at Band
Hero. Manno said this event will give students the opportunity to perform in front of their friends, even if they dont win.
We want a student band whos going to get the crowd excited, he
said. When you think of it, thats what an opening band does. They
excite the crowd for the bands that are to follow.
Manno and Pienta said they are looking forward to the event.
Its going to be a good show, Pienta said. Its going to be a lot of
fun, and I want the students to blow off some steam before they gradu-

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RemembeR Hillsdales Civil WaR legaCy

THe opinion of THe Collegian ediToRial sTaff

Today marks 150 years

since Robert E. Lees surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox
Courthouse, which ended the
bloodiest war in United States
history.
Even now, Americans still
live with the echoes of the
Civil War. As many as 850,000
every 10 soldiers who marched
off to battle, one would never
again come home.
The Civil War holds special

DONT BE LIKE
ROLLING STONE
Macaela Bennett
City News Editor

But even now, as examination has reduced the story to

a pile of falsehoods, no one will take responsibility for its
myriad errors. Even after many reporters, the Charlottesville
Even worse, many are making excuses for Rolling Stone.
This not only says something about journalism but also
about the morality of our culture, Maria Servold, assistant
director of the Dow Journalism Program said.
Taking responsibility is a problem in America. No one
straight up apologizes it always comes with an excuse.
There is an unwillingness to own up to mistakes and take the
consequences.
Even though Jackie lied about the events, the real fault
lies with Erdely, her editors, and fact checkers: ...the editors
and Erdely have concluded that their main fault was to be
too accommodating of Jackie because she described herself
as the survivor of a terrible sexual assault, the CJR said.
In contrast, the report shows dishonesty from Erdely to
her editors, poor decisions by editors, and neglect from fact
checkers. All of these disguised Jackies lies before the storys publication. So while Erdely hoped to rally support for
them to be heard.
Erdely and her editors had hoped their investigation
would sound an alarm about campus sexual assault and
would challenge Virginia and other universities to do better.
Instead, the magazines failure may have spread the idea that
many women invent rape allegations, the CJR said. Erdely
and Rolling Stone wanted an obscene story about fraternity
rape and they found someone who would say exactly what
they wanted to hear.
[Erdelys] intention was to prove the existence of rape
culture and to shame and ostracize those whom she fervently
believed participated in it, Bradley said about the CJRs report. ...you are forced to believe she failed.The writer and
editors biases clouded their judgement and now the fraternity, college, and even rape victims are paying the price. We
need to stop justifying Rolling Stones actions and demand
they pay the penalty for their own mistakes. In journalism,
there is no excuse for lying.
Macaela Bennett is a junior studying American Studies
and journalism.

CORRECTIONS

Garrett West
Student Columnist
Every family tells its stories.
We Garretts my name comes
from my paternal grandmother
like to tell how an enterprising Virginian squatting on grandmas land took advantage of the
fertile soil to plant a lucrative
cash crop: marijuana. Theres
also the one about the local
drunk who would take potshots
at the house.
But our most exciting story
reaches its sesquicentennial this
week. It involves the capture and
death of John Wilkes Booth at
the Garrett farm.
Much of the tale is well known.
After Booth murdered Lincoln
on April 14, 1865, he and an
Maryland and crossed the Potomac into Virginia. Ten days
farm on the road past Port Royal,

who lost their lives in the war.

life was never the same.

turned with the Medal of Honor, the highest possible award

who later became Hillsdales
mayor, returned without his
leg. Others returned with mental scars rather than physical. Still others, like two-time
Medal of Honor recipient
ic life impossible and left for a
military career.

Today, the tremendous saclong ago are remembered. The

impact of the Civil War is and
upon.
Above all, Americans must
recognize the continued resolve that these dead shall not
have died in vain that this
nation, under God, shall have
a new birth of freedom and
that government of the people,
by the people, for the people,
shall not perish from the earth.

Virginia the farm of Richard

H. Garrett, my four-times-great
grandfather.
These were the boonies. So
the Garretts hadnt yet heard of
Lincolns death. Disguised as a
Confederate soldier homeward
bound for Maryland, Booth
begged to stay a few days. You
who know anything of Virginia,
Garretts son recounted, know
that there could be but one response to such a request.
out incident. But on April 25,
Booth began to act strangely. He
brought out a map and traced a
trip from Charleston to Texas to
Mexico not Maryland. Later,
when a cavalry detachment trotted down the nearby road, he
panicked and hid in the woods.
Booths feeble explanations
unsettled his hosts. I am afraid
these men will get us into trouble, Garrett told his sons. You
had better watch them tonight.
They put Booth and his accomplice in the barn and made arrangements for their departure
the next day.
Late that night, though, Union
troops tracked him to the farm.
They dragged old Garrett out of
the house and threatened him
with the noose. In the meantime,
soldiers found the fugitives in
the barn. The accomplice surrendered as the soldiers parleyed
with a recalcitrant Booth. Boys,
bring a stretcher, he said, I will
never surrender. Another stain on
the glorious old-banner! So the
soldiers saw Booth standing on

crutches and clutching his carbine. One of Garretts sons reports, He was as beautiful as
the statue of a Greek god and as
calm in that awful hour.
Orders were to take Booth
alive, but as the blaze grew, one
sergeant disobeyed. He shot
Booth, falsely claiming that the
assassin had aimed his carbine at
the captain. The bullet severed
his spine and paralyzed him from
the neck down. The soldiers then
sent two Garrett boys to drag
Captain, Booth said once laid
in the house, it is hard that this
mans property should be destroyed. He does not know who I
am. These words saved Garrett
from the gallows.
Booths tale ended there, but
for the Garretts it continued.
They were poor farmers. The
crippling loss of the barn only
began my ancestors troubles.
Southerners accused him of betraying Booth for Union cash.
Northerners denounced him for
knowingly harboring the assassin. The government refused to
reimburse the cost of the barn or
the furniture stored inside it.
So the farm fell into ruin.
Neighbors abandoned him. His
nessee, North Carolina, and elsewhere. A lonely grave, a desolate and decaying homestead, a
scattered family, Garrett wrote
late in life, bear mute testimony
to the wrong done us not only
by the Government, but by our
friends.
The house and barn are gone
now. Where the Garretts once

made their lives, there stands

only a sign off a backwoods highway. This is the Garrett place
where John Wilkes Booth, assassin of Lincoln, was cornered by
Union soldiers and killed, April
26th, 1865. The house stood a
short distance from this spot.
The story only survives with
my family through the yellowed
newspaper clippings in the attic
of my great-aunt our amateur
historian.
For the Garretts, who now
spread from California to Wisconsin to Florida, this tale reminds us of the most tragic
period in Americas story. In
false heroism of the Souths unjust war. In Garretts misfortune,
we remember the suffering of the
his home and returning to it with
tattered clothes and worthless
money if at all.
But most important, Garretts
suffering because of Booth reminds us of the tremendous cost
of Lincolns death. As one of
Garretts sons later wrote, We
are beginning to learn what we
did not then suspect, that the
rugged, uncouth, unassuming
man had in him the marks of
true greatness and had in him
the tender heart of a little child.
Yes, it was a mad, useless, cruel
deed, cruel to him, cruel to those
who loved him, and to the South
which so much needed then his
clear brain and tender heart.
Garrett West is a senior studying philosophy.

A stable Afghanistan needs US troops

Emily Runge
Special to the Collegian
After the nearly 14-year-long war in Afghanistan, the IntelCenters Country Threat
most dangerous place in the world. Even
though Americas combat mission ended in
Dec. 2014, keeping U.S. forces at their current level will help secure Afghanistans future through training and equipping the Afghan forces to deal with these challenges.
Despite ongoing violence in Afghanistan,
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and
Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah have
ghanistan, problems in Pakistan, and chaos in
Iraq, President Obamas decision to maintain
troop levels through 2015 should be commended.
cials in the Kabul Bank, beginning to reform
the election commission system, establishing
a National Unity Government, and improving regional relations are a few examples of
President Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullahs commitment to creating a stable Afghanistan. While in the U.S., they expressed
visions of modern health care, infrastructure,
and education system. Indeed, the story of
Afghanistans path to self-reliance is already
started, President Ghani told Congress on
March 25.
nalized. While President Ghani outlined the

The Uses of a
Liberal Arts
Education

In Conversing beyond Korean lines, April 2, the Collegian

said, The number of North Korean refugees today hovers at
about 30,000, mostly in China, although some exist in diasporas throughout the U.S. This should have said, The number of
North Korean defectors living in South Korea is about 30,000.
United States has 150. The Collegian regrets this error.
In Hillsdale confronts adult illiteracy, April 2, the ColleMichigan Works. He received his GED from the Community
Action Agency.
In UFO: In 1966, Hillsdale had its own close encounter,
March 19, the Collegian said there is a CVS off Carlton Road. It
is a Walgreens.

Hillsdale College. At its outbreak, hundreds of students

answered the call for troops.
Nearly the entire male student
body left its studies and took
up arms. According to former
Professor of History Arlan
Gilbert, more than 500 Hillsdale men served in the war, the
highest percentage of any nonmilitary school in the country.
Of those hundreds, there
were many who never returned
to their alma mater. The Soldiers Monument commemorates those Hillsdale students

How my ancestor unwittingly aided Lincolns killer

The editors welcome Letters to the Editor but reserve the right to
edit submissions for clarity, length, and style. Letters should be 450
words or less and include your name and number. Send submissions
to jbutler@hillsdale.edu before Sunday at 6 p.m.

Last fall, Rolling Stone published A Rape on Campus,

an article decrying college and fraternity rape culture at
the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. It centered on
Jackie, an anonymous female student who claimed to have
been gang-raped at a party. Jackies story was disgusting
and horrifying, moving readers with graphic details. It was
the exact story Erdely set out to tell. According to Erdelys
notes of her conversation with Rolling Stone editors when
pitching the idea, she wanted a single college rape case that
shows what its like to be on campus now...where not only
is rape so prevalent but also that theres this pervasive culture of sexual harassment/rape culture.
Theres just one problem: Most of it was a lie.
The story began unraveling not long after publication.
While many sympathized with Jackies dreadful assault
and viciously demanded prosecution for the school and attackers, some, such as former New Republic editor Richard
Bradley, called Jackies bluff.
Emotion has out swept reason, Bradley said in his blog
post Is the Rolling Stone Story True?
As he predicted, the story that caused hundreds of thousands of people to talk about the campus rape problem was
ly bad that Rolling Stone asked the Columbia Journalism
Review to review its editing and fact-checking process to
highlight from where the problems allowing such a heinous
mistake originated. Last Sunday, the Columbia Journalism
Reports report Rolling Stones investigation: A failure

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McClatchey

need for diplomacy, strengthening Afghanistans military forces, and national reconciliation, there is also the need for the stabilizing
force of continuing U.S. military presence.
As Afghanistan looks to negotiate with the
Taliban from the a point of strength while
simultaneously reforming the electoral process, the added security of Americas 9,800
troops now will better equip the National
Unity Government to face the inevitable
challenges of the future.
ize that it cannot support some terrorist organizations while combating others. Pakistan
has cracked down since the attack on the Peshawar school, but only on Tehrik-e-Taliban
Pakistan (TTP). Engaging with Pakistan and
pressuring it not to tolerate any terrorist activity must be a priority for Afghanistan and
is to succeed. Sanctions, suspended aid, and
travel bans should be used to pressure Pakibut until that happens, military presence continuing to assist Afghan security forces will
be critical to maintaining stability.
lesson to be learned from the deterioration
in Iraq. While failing to see the underlying problems with the Maliki government,
Obama withdrew troops from Iraq too soon
because he was too focused on ending the
war. Not to say that ISIS is an immediate
threat in Afghanistan there is no evidence
supporting that but Iraq serves as a warning to premature withdrawal based on political calculations rather than recognizing the
reality of Iraqs masked-over instability.

Afghanistan, while moving in a positive

direction, is still fragile and vulnerable to
collapse. Delaying the reduction of troops
would not only help the National Unity Government achieve better stability, but would
also allow for major problems to be addressed without the complete lack of a safety
net. If Afghanistan collapsed into a terrorist
safe haven again, it would exacerbate Pakistans problem with terrorists to the South
while erasing all signs of progress in education, health, and human rights.
The United States should not stay in Afghanistan forever nor do Afghans want
us to but withdrawal should be based on
when Afghanistan is strong enough to stand
on its own, not an arbitrary date. Keeping
troop levels where they are now is just the
istans leaders to keep pursuing reforms and,
most important, keep them accountable.
On March 26, Chief Executive Abdullah
ington, D.C., where he discussed the positive
changes in the U.S.-Afghanistan partnership
since the National Unity Government took
over. He said the U.S. has helped us more
than any other country in the world and
lives of millions of people have changed for
better. With his and Ghanis shared vision
I will never underestimate the challenges
ahead of us. But also look at the opportunities. The opportunities are endless.
Emily Runge is a junior George Washington Fellow studying politics.

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Not all discrimination is valid

Daniel Slonim
Special to the Collegian

Private discrimination is just

In light of the passage of Indianas Religious

Freedom Restoration Act and the ensuing controversy, it is well worth discussing whether anti-dis-

Josiah Lippincott
Special to the Collegian

In the face of liberal agitation, the man has bent over

a discussion, we must distinguish between discriminating against a person and refusing to endorse
Any law that restricts what private citizens can and cannot do with their own property should

My position, on the other hand, is that the common end of political society is a milieu of condito what is necessary to create and sustain an environment in which men are best and most freely

Fifty years ago, the answer was yes, because widespread discrimination splintered society into
two unequal classes, and it needed to be ended (though all such laws should have come from state

A much more important distinction to emphasize is between discriminating against a type of

show why people of faith deserve to to follow their consciences, but why laws coercing citizens to
-

right that some laws are unjust regardless of whether the affected party has religious objections, but
Daniel Slonim is a junior studying philosophy and mathematics.

Josiah Lippincott is a junior George Washington Fellow studying politics.

Campus security already works

Being radical is no vice

Elizabeth Wynia
Special to the Collegian

needs to be reformed, I believe that campus security

sponsibility falls on students to be aware of their sur-

sions for members of the community to pay a fee to

receive a community user card, giving them the right to

union or the library, because campus security can only

higher learning, the Mossey Library also allows non-

It was due to the alertness of students that security

was initially tipped off to the mans inappropriate be-

returned to the library later, several different students

lice force to escort him off the premises and ban him
-

is indeed a radical principle, at odds

with ancient as well as contemporary ism had become evident to much of

Recent events on this campus may have burst the

impractical, but would also widen the town-gown di-

other students conducted themselves perfectly by calling 911 when they felt unsafe, and campus security re-

security is ready and able to handle potential threats,

but should still remain aware of their surroundings and
notify security immediately if they believe there is an

and must maintain the open and friendly atmosphere of

our campus toward all guests, regardless of their origin

greet them respectfully with a smile, but if you see

Elizabeth Wynia, a junior studying chemistry, is a
student worker at the Mossey Library.

100 homeless. The storms destroyed many homes. Cattle

around trees. Three churches and a camp lay in ruins.
Rescue and relief efforts, which included Hillsdale College students, began immediately after the storms left the
and rescue workers, and guarding against looters.
The Hillsdale County Sheriff said that reports of looting
stopped as soon as the students started to patrol.
The students earned the respect and praise of the
Hillsdale Daily News.

at odds with the progressivism of both elections are determined by electoral

leaders, for whom constitutional coninterest in seeing their power curtailed

the powerful regulatory bureaucracies

pus security vehicle was already circulating in the

area, they were able to respond to the potential threat

very seriously, but that students also have a reciprocal responsibility to notify security when something

- electoral vote victory despite losing

ly incorrect, but his charge has two
elements and each deserves careful Ralph Nader not won nearly 3 percent
of the popular vote for the Greens,
turning to government bound by a
-

curity to student tips in these situations convinced me

elections only because of the Florida

it, is that the rights of individuals are more than 7 percent, and the moderate
superior to the interests of govern-

the presence of members of the community on our

On Palm Sunday, April 11, 1965, 51 tornadoes ripped

through the nations Midwest, including Hillsdale County, killing 223 people and injuring 1,500.
Suddenly we heard a big roar like a train, one local
resident said.
That big roar, which began shortly before 8 p.m., was

Republicans lost the popular vote by

that there are good reasons why many campus build-

As a member of this system, we must allow card hold-

To the editor:

Charles N. Steele
Special to the Collegian

Lets not ruin the greatness of our open campus by overreacting

have usually been defeated and never

them, the main point of being in power
is cronyism, distributing favors to postraints are indeed impediments to this
- Karl Rove, who assure us only reament leads inevitably to despotism, so
-

In our current post-constitutional system, the only end I care about is reversing our countrys slide into des-

While many of us and our neighbors were too stunned

what to do next, the newspaper said, dozens, scoresyes
hundreds of Hillsdale College students came to help us clean
up the debris of our wrecked homes and property. They all
because their hearts were with us in our time of trouble.
Fifty years ago, Hillsdale College students shined during
one of the darkest times in Hillsdale County.

ernment Republican moderate who

- must continue down the road to despo-

harder time blaming the growing tyr-

P.S. The tornadoes on Palm Sunday 1965 missed

Hillsdale College, and no one from the college seemed to get

(Hillsdale Collegian).

1976, when they pushed incumbent

Gerald Ford over unelectable radi-

elections, winning the popular vote by

Sincerely,
Stephen Casai
Head checker & cashier
Knorr Family Dining Room

ees, and his 16-year-old son died when one of the twisters

nearly complete string of defeats for what Republicans need if they are to
win the presidency, and certainly what
- we Americans need if we are to win
- the battle for limited constitutional
dates won fewer popular votes than
Charles N. Steele, Ph.D, is associate professor of economics, Herman
and Suzanne Dettwiler Chair.

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Davids
Dolce Vita
sells alums
wine

Checker Records to celebrate

Record Store Day

Amanda Tindall
News Editor

Bailey Pritchett
Spotlight Editor

Wine Company founded by

ders.
The day is set up to bring

Celebrating records since

selling limited edition records
many of which are collec
tion pieces. Is is one of almost

appeared on Hillsdale County

discovered Ewers wine com

allocated a certain number of

They go to the artists and

website says it aims to cel

ebrate and support the unique
culture of records and record
stores throughout the world.

Tears For Fears. Collectors

open during its usual store

18 for both record and coffee
buying.

can sell. The store receives

Smiths Flowers tries tea, too

Emma Vinton
Assistant Editor

hes added three wines to the

and California red all of
which can be found at Davids
dale.

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were representing Hillsdale

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offers free
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a city equipped for economic

growth and competition af
ter the Hillsdale City Council
decided Monday to begin the
redevelopment program soon. It

Meyers told the council.

The program will assist Hill
sdale as it develops a plan to
improve the city environment
for businesses and residents.

Miller said she is happy her

customers will have another
outlet to purchase the teas.
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city still needs to set expec

tations for commissions and

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something thats very viable

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tion production with its patriotic

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to try those. Its very good wine

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tomer base. Owner Marlene

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then offered her inventory to

other local shops.
is carrying the product.
tory since the teas already at
tract loyal customers.

Smiths Flowers owner Jane Stewart pours a cup of Metropolitan

Tea. (Emma Vinton/Collegian)

her inventory of items that

ing City Manager Doug Terry

approval to sign the Michigan
Economic Development Corpo
ration letter of intent to provide

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Collegian Reporter

which will reduce the recon

struction costs of the old fac
tory and silo buildings.
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dation.
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these necessary.
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we aggressively advertise the

Hillsdale police officer Shelby Rathbun recognized for saving an
infants life with the help of Ryan Tracy (pictured right).
(Phil DeVoe/Collegian)

lifesavers
much about the tax code by us
ing a software as I would if Im

handing it out will get people

to observe that this is a further
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or lose credit depending on their

income. Those with higher cred
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insurance they receive addition
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states. People who live in these
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ribbon Rathbun and Tracy
will place above the nametags
on their uniforms. This was

Rathbun has received com

mendations from the Hillsdale

Hillsdale police officer Ryan Tracy recognized for saving an infants

life with the help of Shelby Rathbun (pictured left).
(Phil DeVoe/Collegian)

ter that I was impressed that

was already on the phone with
in granting them permission to
When they burst into the

remembered the infant from

Rathbun began compress

said.
the Reading Emergency Unit

saved this childs life. I was

very happy and honored to
ner said.
The award recognized their
valor in not only the infant

He breathed again.

heard a call on the scanner

the common cold she was suf

fering from potentially fatal.
would save her. Her arms were

I honestly didnt think we

would save her. Her arms
were stretched out on
like she was already dead
when we arrived.

which is why taxpayer guides

are necessary.

nold through May.

The council also set the date
to review the city of Hillsdales

want to encourage that with

play was involved. Tracy ex

plained that the child was born
prematurely and that her im

selves again bent over an un

to pump breath into a dying
mans lungs.
While on patrol on Jan.

honor.
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ner said.

oration.
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interviews and have recom

to a call outside their jurisdic

chest. Tracy told the paramedics

ing heroin; he had just left the

said. We received two quali

said.
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the bid to conduct lawn main

tenance in the city of Hillsdale.
the meeting.
ford questioned why a local
business was not chosen for the
job.

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dale is too big for a local busi
ness to manage.

most times they were dead

on arrival and resuscitation was

it would be very expensive for

other infants. I just focused on

more practical to bid things out.

The council also approved a

Rathbun said.

Ryan Tracy

Ford Police Interceptor Utility

vehicle for the Hillsdale Police
Department to replace a current

a mile and a half away from

changes and may be found on

half outside their jurisdiction.

I remembered hearing his

Her experiences with unre

was no exception.

and thought about what he had

done that morning. His hug a
little tighter than usual meant
lence was costing her friend his
ing heroin.

Because of their intuition in

scanning the police radar a
practice that is not required of
bun adheres and responding

him. His daughter was breath

bun and Ryan Tracy for saving

the lives of two Hillsdale resi
They are alive today be
said.

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Track team continues progress at Oberlin

Evan Carter
Web Editor
team continued to make strides
as they traveled to the Bob Kahn
Invite at Oberlin College in Ohio
this past Saturday. Only part of
the Charger contingent traveled
to the meet with distance and
middle-distance runners having
the weekend off.
Head coach Andrew Towne
highlighted freshman longsprinter, Lane White, and freshman thrower, Rachel Tolsma, as
standout athletes from the meet.
Each respective athlete received
the teams Athlete of the Week
award.
Outdoors is a different season, its a bit of a transition, and I
think hes making that transition
quickly, Towne said of White.
Throwing coach Janine Kuestner, who is Tolsmas event
coach, was excited to see how
quickly Tolsma has progressed
in an event she just began competing in this year.
Towne was also impressed
with Tolsma, calling her the
third-best freshman that weve
in the hammer throw in just under 48 meters.
In addition to the impressive performances by White and
Tolsma, a number of other Chargers also excelled at the meet.
Sophomore Maddie Estell
placed second in the high jump
and won the triple jump with a
jump of 11.01 meters.
Sophomore Dana Newell
threw 48.78 meters in the hammer throw, placing ahead of

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Tolsma.
Freshman Jared Schipper
bounced back from his last meet,
winning the pole vault in 4.90
meters.
After not competing in the
last few track meets due to sickness and injury, freshman Han-

forced to face strong headwinds

on the straightaway.
Jumps and short-sprints
coach Nate Miller is happy with
how his athletes are doing at this
point in the season.
Theyre feeling strong,
theyre feeling capable right now

Junior Nathaniel Nobbs threw the javelin 48.6 meters to

win his event at the Bob Kahn Invite this weekend. (Anders
Kiledal/Collegian)

nah Watts placed second in debut meet, running the 800 meter
in 2:22.
Hillsdales All-Americans, junior Corinne Zehner (1:03.1) and
senior Maurice Jones (53.35),
won the womens and mens 400
meter hurdles respectively.
According to senior sprinter
Zach Meyer, because meet ofter dash from the home straight,
times were slow as athletes were

mentally and physically,

Miller said. Its been a long year
and this is probably the strongest
group Ive had mentally, where
theyre not burnt out theyre
ready to roll.
Miller was also happy with
how many of the athletes in his
event group have improved since
the GLIAC conference indoor
track meet.
Ive seen big improvements, Miller said. I feel like

the athletes are becoming more

evaluate themselves better.
Theyre more independent, and
when that happens the athlete
starts really improving.
It is very important for track
evaluate their performance to
make sure theyre using the most
lowing their racing plans faithfully. Even short-sprinters, who
may only be racing for 11 seconds in the 100-meter dash, focus on race strategy.
Towne believes what he calls
race distribution, is what sets
Hillsdales athletes apart from
the athletes at other schools. After every sprinters race, Towne
works with them to break down
their performance, so they can
maximize their bodys potential.
We have certain things in
each race in terms of how we
approach it where we do certain things in the race they all
come into play, Towne said.
The team was originally
scheduled to travel to Michigan
State University for their meet
last weekend, but had to switch
meets as MSUs track is still being prepared for the Big Ten outdoor track conference meet.
It wasnt where we intended to go, but sometimes the
places you intended to go make
changes, and you have to make
changes, Towne said. We were
ed some of the needs we had in
terms of competing.
This Saturday the Chargers
will host the Hillsdale Invitation,
season.

COACH KUESTNER LEADS THROWERS

Sam Scorzo
Sports Editor

Janine Kuestner joined the Hillsdale track

arrival in September, the team has achieved
the most success in its programs long hisDivision II cross-country nationals and at the
indoor NCAA D-II nationals.
I feel really lucky and blessed to be here
at this time, Kuestner said. Its been really
exciting.
But Kuestner did not take the most traditional career path in becoming a throws
coach at Hillsdale.
Kuestner thought her own collegiate track
2003. But fast-forward eight years, and she
was on a roster again.
I had the best year of my life athletically, Kuestner said of 2011.
Kuestner only competed three of her four
collegiate years at the University of Tennessee, having redshirted her sophomore year
because of an injury. After coach and scholarship changes at the university during her
senior year, she tried to transfer to continue
throwing. Her transfer release, however, was
denied and she decided to graduate in 2003
with a season of eligibility in the NCAA unused.
While teaching high school in New York
City and volunteer assistant coaching at a DIII school where she was earning her masters degree in Education, Kuestner reviewed
the NCAA rules book and realized she could
throw for another year in D-III. She took the
opportunity to throw at Ohios Ashland University, training under head coach Jud Logan,
a four-time Olympian in the hammer throw.
I was the oldest person by about six
years, she laughed, but the experience
earned her a new personal record and introduced her to her husband and coaching career.
After Ashland, Kuestner began coaching
at Walsh University where she stayed for two
years forming her coaching philosophy.
Transitioning to coaching was a lot different than I had expected. Before, I thought
it was all about what you say in practice
all the technical aspects of the throws and
that is a really big part, but designing a year
-long or four-year-long training regime is so
important. Theres so much more to it than
just knowing the event and giving the appro-

priate cues. My approach is to try to understand each athlete individually to the best of
my ability and design a program for them to
maximize their potential.
Kuestner met the Hillsdale coaching staff
at the USTFCCCA national convention last
December. When Jeff Forino, Hillsdales
previous head coach, left for a position at
Davenport, newly appointed Andrew Towne
reached out to Kuestner.
always keep a look out at other coaches, and
she was getting something out of her kids
that she probably shouldnt have and that no
one expected.
Towne said he was interested in Kuestner
because she had a great mentor at Ashland,
but she wasnt a copycat coach.
A lot of them come out copying, but she
has her own blueprint for coaching, that and
a very friendly attitude, Towne said.
Kuestner, however, wasnt looking to
leave Walsh at the time.
For every job you weigh the negatives
and positives, and for me, at that time, the
positives outweighed the negatives, Kuest-

the academic strength of the school and the

Christian foundation of the school is really
important to me, and I think we have one of
the best coaching staffs in the country here.
I really appreciate Coach Townes leadership.
Kuestner is now looking to steamroll the
Chargers indoor success into the outdoor
season where throwers have more opportunities.
When you come to college to throw,
youre really coming for outdoor, senior
captain Heather Lantis explained.
In indoor track only two throw competitions are included: the shotput and the weight
throw. For the outdoor season javelin, discus,
and hammer are added to the lineup.
I think our group is stronger outdoor, Im
hoping to get a couple of my kids to nationals
this year, Kuestner said. Theyre all right
at or better than their PRs from last year.
Theyre ready to cash in on all the hard work
theyve been putting in.
Lantis said Kuestner has been a refreshing addition to the coaching staff.
Shes made a strong effort to have us be
more united, Lantis said. Its easy to have
practice times all over the place, but she tries
to line them up so youre always practicing
with a teammate. Theres a lot more consistency in having a team atmosphere even

BOX SCORES

Baseball
Hillsdale at Northwood
L, 7-5
L, 14-4
L, 3-2
L, 6-5

Softball
Hillsdale at Saginaw Valley
W, 4-3
L, 5-1
Hillsdale at Wayne St.
L, 3-0
L, 4-3

Findlay at Hillsdale
W, 5-3
L, 6-3

Lourdes at Hillsdale
W, 13-5
W, 14-6

Season Leaders
Batting Average
Connor Bartlett (.321)
Runs Batted In
Bartlett (19)
Chris McDonald (14)
Earned Run Average
Phil Carey (3.47)
Shane Armstrong (3.74)

Season Leaders
Batting Average
Bekah Kastning (.442)
Runs Batted In
Sarah Grunert (16)
Earned Run Average
Danielle Stiene (2.16)

Jessie Fox:

Softball is a
game of its
own
southern drawl came over the
loud speaker as she cheerfully
announced, A special welcome
to our baseball team thats with
us today!
Baseball team? I wondered. I
didnt see a baseball team boardeyes scoured the plane in search
for the alleged boys, but I only
saw my Hillsdale softball teammates and coaches.
Suddenly, it was obvious that
there were no baseballers on
board, but that the good-intenthe most obnoxious mistake.
And this was only the beginning.
Over the course of our spring
training trip in Florida, we were
incorrectly titled as a baseball
team time and time again.
While the game of softball
and the game of baseball have
similarities such as diamondto run around said diamond-

Hillsdale throws coach Janine Kuestner. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

though its an individualized sport and I
in his event the Bob Kahn Invite last weekend said that Kuestner has helped him improve his technique.
Javelin is one of the most techniqueheavy events, and with her help I have been
able to identify the areas I need to work on
Nobbs said.
In addition to this seasons goals, Kuester
ence in her athletes lives.
They come in as high school kids, theyre
still very young and you see them mature
over the course of a season and years and
by the time they leave theyre adults ready
to take on the world. I feel really lucky to
have a hand in that process, Kuestner said.
As a coach, you see more of them than their
professors, and youll most likely have more
conversations with them than their roommates or friends. I dont take that responsibility lightly.
ner is reaching her coaching goals.
Coach K is just an awesome person. She
keeps things in perspective for us yet gives
always ready to laugh and to laugh heartily.
You can just tell that she enjoys all of her
athletes.
Lantis said Kuestner has been a great
mentor for her this year and that she is a
wonderful role model for all of the women
on the team.

sports.
In 1887 when George Hancock invented softball, or indoor baseball as it was named
at the time, he probably never
imagined how the game would
evolve. Fastpitch softball is a
distinctive sport that is widely
played and should be widely
recognized as a separate game.
We owe our games existence
to baseball and enjoy the parallels we share. So I dont mean
to disparage our brother sport. I
just want people to stop treating
us like baseballs kid sister.
Nevertheless, the differences
Baseball fences range from 300
feet to 435 feet while softball
fences max out at 250 feet. Softsquare feet. With 60-foot base
paths and a 43-foot distance between the pitchers mound and
home plate, all dimensions in
softball are shorter than those in
baseball, and this increases the
speed of the game.
Major
League
baseball
pitches can reach 100 miles
per hour while softball pitches
max out around 70 miles per
hour. However, according to
an ESPN Sports Science video
titled The Speed of Softball,
a pitched softball reaches the
plate in only .35 seconds while
a pitched baseball reaches the
plate in .38 seconds. That means
a softball hitter only has 25 milliseconds to decide whether or
not to swing while baseball hitters have 55 milliseconds.
Speedy hand-eye coordina-

tion is also required as an inoff the bat at speeds reaching

100 miles per hour. With the
means the batted ball can reach
the shortstop in only .61 seconds. From there, the shortstop
beating the runner who averages
time. These quick plays only
get quicker when the batter has
extra speed, the ball takes a bad
hop on the dirt, or the runner is a
slap-hitter.
Under these conditions, its
a good thing softball players
throw like girls.
This leads me to a small detail
that, to me, completely exempliSoftball players are females. We
wear ponytails, ribbons and various accessories. Although our
be detected under the dirty and
oversized jerseys.
Fastpitch softball is a growing sport that busies the schedules of girls all over the world.
According to the Amateur Softball Associations website, the
ASA registers over 245,000
softball teams annually. That
means over 3.5 million girls suit
up to play in ASA tournaments
over the course of each year. In
addition, the ASA registers over
83,000 youth softball teams,
meaning 1.2 million youths participate yearly. According to a
study by ESPN, 17 percent of
six to 17-year-old girls who play
a competitive sport play softball.
In 2014, 371,891 of these
softball youngsters furthered
their careers and joined a high
school team. From there, 30,874
girls went on to play collegiate
softball at 1,679 colleges across
the country. Though the number
of players dwindles as ages increase, there are still millions of
girls at all ages who participate
in softball programs every year.
For a softball player, the
dream almost always ends at
college graduation. There are
teams in the National Pro Fastpitch league and only one olympic USA team. This lack of professional play contrasts with the
popularity of the MLB that airs
games on TV almost year-round.
Softballs status will never
touch that of Americas favorite pastime. But I still request
one simple thing. I just ask that
you learn to appreciate softball
for its unique importance, and
please, get the name right.

SPORTS TEAMS CHARGE UP RECRUITMENT REGIMEN

Sarah Albers
Assistant Editor
Sports recruitment for a small
enough. Recruiting talented athletes who also satisfy Hillsdales
academic requirements is even
harder.
At Hillsdale, we need good
grades and a sky-high ACT,
said womens softball coach Joe
sometimes. When your average
ACT is a 29 or a 30 and youre
trying to compete with Grand
Valley, recruiting is to put it
But next years class of freshman athletes holds precisely this
sort of promise. The Charger

football team, with 29 incoming athletes, has reaped the benSports Complex. According to
head football coach Keith Otterbein, the facilities help nudge
talented prospects our way.
The recruits have been very
impressed with the upgraded
weight room downstairs, Otterbein said. Theres kind of a
wow factor when they walk
in and see the new gym and the
state-of-the-art equipment and
This was seconded by Jeff
Lantis, Director of External
Relations for Athletics, who affacilities would give Hillsdale a
leg up as it competes to attract

the attention of strong athletes

and continue to develop a competitive Division II program.
that is higher than any other [Division II] college in the country
requires our coaches to recruit
harder and more broadly as we
do battle with the Ivy and Patriot
League colleges as well as the
military academies, Lantis said.
John Tharp, head mens basketball coach, has only brought
three freshmen into the program
this year, but looks forward to
growth of Hillsdales athletic
program in years to come. This
years recruits, including a point
guard and a scoring wing, signed
to Hillsdale College even before
the renovations were complete.

Its such a beautiful facility,

Tharp said. It really shows well.
I think its something that young
student athletes will be excited
about. Its going to be much easier for us to show the facilities

highly motivated to make it

back.
Because of losing very few
players to graduation, the softball team anticipates bringing
three new players into the pro-

cruitment each year, the type of

student and athlete attracted to
Hillsdale will regard the renova-

ago, and were all very thankful

for that. Campus is already so
beautiful and the reputation of
the college is such an advantage,
so its nice to have the facilities

ball coach Joe Abraham, the new

mold, once theyre on campus

and they see how were different,
there arent many places that offer what we offer, Towne said.

Additionally, the freshman

basketball players have good
reason to work hard during their
didnt make a GLIAC tournament since weve been here,
Tharp said, so these kids are

softball teams recruitment and

practice resources.
We have half the space we
used to, Abraham said. When
you dont have a good place to
practice, it makes recruiting
Andrew Towne, head coach
for mens and womens cross-

already-appealing program.
The nice thing is that when

(Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

9 April 2015

Charger Sports

Charger softball sweeps Baseball splits home doubleheader

Lourdes University
Stevan Bennett
Collegian Freelancer

Morgan Delp
Editor-in-Chief

Coming off two pummeling

victories against Lourdes University, the Hillsdale College
softball team is gearing up for
crucial conference games this
weekend.
The Chargers routed Lourdes
15-3 and 14-6 Tuesday after
ley on Friday and dropping two
day. The Chargers will face Ashland University, Lake Superior
State University, and Northwood
University in doubleheaders Friday through Sunday.

pitching were facing. Fortunately were getting runs off of

pitchers we should, but we need
to pick up our hitting against betthe top half of the league, head
coach Joe Abraham said. Overall as a team, we need three or
four more hitters to start stepping
it up.
Charger bats were hot Tuesday, when the team racked up 28
total hits in ten innings against
Since it was a non-conference game, we wanted to get everyone on the team in for at least
one game of at bats, Abraham
said. The pitching isnt what

it is in our league, so its a rare

chance for our girls to gain some
up a few statistics.
advantage of Tuesdays opportunity, tying the school record for
RBIs in a single game with six.
I didnt know of that record,
and Brad [Monastiere] told me
after the game. I was shocked,
I dont think much about whats
happening except for the score
and what I can do to help the
team.
home run in the second game of
Tuesdays home games.
Hits are contagious, she

our bats with us this weekend to

score needed runs, because the
other teams will score too.
Although Hillsdale didnt win
ley Friday, they did avenge the
pounding losses the Cardinals
doubleheader.
and how badly they beat us,
It was a good opportunity to
game really seriously because
we werent going to let them run
over us. In another sense, it was
a new game and a new chance to
prove ourselves.
4-3 before falling 5-1 in the secLast Saturday, Hillsdale faced
Abraham said has the best pitcher in the league.
[Lyndsay Butler] shut us
out in game one. Then, when

Top: Junior Danielle Garceau connects with the ball in a

game against Tiffin on April 1. Bottom: Freshman Danielle
Stiene pitches at the home game on April 1. (Anders Kiledal/

in game two to bring us to 3-4,

they brought Butler back in and
she shut us down, he said. She
pretty much singlehandedly beat
us in two games on Saturday.
Hillsdale will now face the
leagues best hitting lineup in
Ashland tomorrow.
Ashland really, really hits
the ball well. Theyre the best
hitting team in the conference,
Abraham said. Up to this point,
Ashland has probably been the
best team in the conference. Its
going to be a challenge to hold
Ashlands offense down.

Collegian)

The Hillsdale College baseball team played a slew of games

this week, splitting two games
with the Findlay University Oilers last night after dropping all
four games to the Northwood
University Timberwolves over
Easter weekend.
The Chargers used a combination of mammoth home runs and
stellar pitching to defeat Findlay
days home doubleheader.
After Hillsdale manufactured
Findlay took the lead with two
lays lead was short lived, however, as Hillsdale scored four
runs in the bottom half of the inning on home runs by junior Michael OSullivan, junior Connor Senior second baseman Vinny Delicata throws to first
Bartlett, and sophomore Ethan base in a game against Findlay. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)
The Chargers held onto this
lead the rest of the game, allowing only one more run in the top
of the sixth inning. Junior Chris
McDonald threw all seven innings, allowing only three earned
a Charger defense that did not
commit an errors.
day was a reversal of roles, as
Findlay jumped out to an early
lead and a Hillsdale comeback
fell short as the Oilers won 6-3.
runs of the game, and answered
a sixth inning Charger run with
one run in each of the seventh
and eighth innings.
Hillsdale plated two runs in
the bottom of the eighth after a
single from Bartlett and a double
by junior Tad Sobieszczanski.
The comeback effort was
thwarted by Findlay junior Alex
season.
snapped a six game skid for the
Chargers, which was extended
over Easter weekend when they
were swept by Northwood in a
four-game set.

oblique, went 3-3, driving in a

run and scoring one himself in
Over the three weeks I was
help the team, Delicata said.
So I am thankful and blessed to
be able to jump right back into
things and play pretty well.
Unfortunately, four sixth-inning runs for the Chargers, driven in on singles from Delicata,
sophomore Eric Shankin, and
Sobieszczanski were not enough
to draw them back even with the
Timberwolves.
A combination of explosive
bats and untimely errors by the
Chargers led to an outpouring
of runs for the Timberwolves as
they defeated the Chargers 14-4
in the second half of Fridays
doubleheader.
son, but we really need to work
on forcing guys to earn all of
their runs, Theisen said. At
this level you have to take more
free bases than you give if you
want to win very many games.
Saturday displayed two tight
Northwood 3-2 on the back of a

went to the Timberwolves 7-5,

but there were bright spots for
the Chargers. Perhaps the brightest of these was the successful

sophomore Logan Meadors who

gave up no earned runs on only
four hits in seven innings.
Hillsdale had a youngster of
their own throw an impressive

Delicata.
Delicata, who had been out
since early March with a strained

gave up up only three runs on six

hits over 5 2-3 innings.

Bartlett and sophomore Ethan

in the game to account for Hillsdales two runs.
Perhaps the most heartbreaking loss of the weekend came in
wolves hit a walkoff single to
complete an impressive comeback and the sweep.
this four-run lead into the bottom
of the eighth, but Northwood tallied four runs to pull back even.
After the Chargers went down
in order in the top half of the
ninth, Northwood combined a
bunt, and consecutive singles to
plate the winning run.

games and everybody saw that

game as an opportunity to get
back into a rhythm.
Carey threw an exceptional
game, pitching seven innings in
which he gave up only one run
My goal that game was rewith fastballs and strikeouts. If
you can do that hitters tend to get
themselves out, Carey said.
AC play this weekend, hosting
Ohio Dominican for a four game
set.

Charger Chatter: Ryan ohearn

a lot better and throw harder and
throw funkier pitches at you. In
high school, not everyone is the
best, but in college everyone was
best on their high school teams.

Ryan OHearn is a freshman

baseball player from Toledo,
Ohio. Although he described
himself as a utility player, he
has lately been playing centerWhat has been the most nervewracking or fun part of joining
the team and playing collegiate
baseball?
I think playing with people that
That can be a little intimidating,
but thats also a lot of fun playing
baseball and learning the college
way of playing baseball. The
speed of the game in college is
a lot faster and changes the way
the game goes. The pitchers are

Do you have any pre-game rituals? If so, what are they?

I dont have too many pre-game
rituals. I always pray before the
game with my teammates. Praying is always a must. I also like
to listen to some pump up music
whether that be Lecrae, who is a
Christian rapper, or sometimes
I like to listen to some mellow
music like some Dave Matthews
Band. But thats about it. I dont
have a lot.
Why do you love baseball?
I love baseball because I played
a lot of sports in my day: football, basketball, soccer, but
baseball is different. There is no
clock on the game. It could go
for days on days, which makes
the game unique. A lot of other
sports require just athletic abilities, but Ive heard people say
that baseball is 80 percent mental, and only about 20 percent
physical. I am constantly learning something about the game.

You can never be great at baseball because you can always be

better.
Who are your baseball inspirations?
ball here. I want to live up to
what he has done, but also try
to form my own legacy here at
Hillsdale baseball. I also look up
to Ryan Rayburn who used to
play for the Tigers and now the
Indians. He is a small guy out
there who likes to get dirty, have
fun, and play hard.
What would you say to the
people who think they should
speed baseball up?
At some points I would agree
with them because sometimes
the game can get too slow. You
game. A long game can get boring. So I half agree with them.
What have been your favorite
memories from baseball so far
at Hillsdale?
Id say the memories that we
room and in the hotels over the

weekend. There are too many to

point out one. The team bonding
great memories.
When did you start playing
baseball?
Ive played baseball for as long
as I can remember. Probably
when I was a 7-year-old for my
school. Thats when I started.
When did you know you wanted to pursue baseball on the
collegiate level?
Sophomore year of high school
I realized I was good enough to
play in college. So when I found
out I could play for the school
my brother played for and sister
goes to, it was a no-brainer.
Whats the most challenging
part of playing baseball for
you?
ing out of my head, because in
baseball you cant think during
games and I think too much. But
when I dont think, thats when I
play the best baseball.
What makes a good baseball
player?

working and has a strong mental

side of the game. Someone who
can cope with failure, and learn
from it and who is a good teammate.
What would you say to high
school students hoping to pursue baseball in college?
everything that you do make it
watch you play they look at how
you swing, how you feild, how
you react with error on the play
and when you strike out. Never
get too high or too low because
that will hurt you in the long run.

whole family are all Detroit fans.

What makes baseball a better sport that any of the other
sports youve played?
I do love football. Thats tough.
But baseball is such a team sport,
not an individual sport. Its such
a different game because it is so
mental, and not as physical. Its
Americas pastime. Everyone
grew up throwing a baseball in
their backyard, getting dirty, and
having fun.
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Always in the swing of things

Even as a club president prepares to gradute, the swing clubs future looks bright
Madeleine Jepsen
Collegian Reporter

nizing each weeks meeting.

We pick at least a lead and
follow to teach those lessons
and prepare beforehand, Wright

On Friday nights at the Old

Snack Bar, the sound of music
can be heard as the Hillsdale

also reserving the room, and setting the speakers.

meets for a swing dancing lesson, followed by open dance.

Lots of behind-the-scenes
effort goes into planning each
event, from selecting music to
putting together a lesson for
those interested in expanding
their swing dancing repertoire.
President senior Wes Wright
and Vice President junior Haley
OBrien, are in charge of orga-

OBrien maintains the facebook

page and posts pictures, and as
cer meetings.
Wes is in charge of basically
running the club, OBrien said.
He makes sure whatever we
need to talk about for that week,
whether thats the lesson planning or a theme night, T-shirt
orders, he makes sure everything
gets talked about and gets done.

club through word-of-mouth, decided to try it out.

I had met some Hillsdale
people prior to coming to the
school, and they all raved about
it, and I thought I would give it
a shot. Wright said. It just happened to be something that I really enjoyed.

year, Wright had the idea

to help increase the clubs
knowledge of different
types of swing dancing by
going to lindy exchanges.
ers from various organizations and cities meet to experience different styles of

club serves as a connection point

for people who enjoy social
dance.
Its a time to be with friends
and people who enjoy the same
things you do. he said. The
dance in and of itself is a joyous
thing, a celebration of motion
and partnership.

of swing dancing.
Before we started doing that, the club was a lot
more insular, and going
out to those other scenes
enable us to dance with
other people and improve
our dancing, and not just
have that incestuous relationship with the club
alone, Wright said.
Lindy Hop,
an eight-count

partway through his sophomore

The Swing Dancing Club, led by Wes Wright, in action at a dance event.

(Photo courtesy of Wes Wright)

teaching

Charles-

well. Which, I think,

broadens the number
of songs that students can dance to.
approach so as to
maintain a balance
between newer and
more
experienced
dancers.
Weve worked
out some things
about the music
that we would like
to play, and the emphasis of our teaching, that I think have
improved the club,
Wright said. Newcomers arent there
to get knee-deep in
technique, theyre
there to have fun and
learn how to actually
dance.

developed out
of Charleston
in the 1930s.
Its main feature is the
Senior Wes Wright dances with sophomore
swing-out,
continue to make deTaylor Kemmeter.
in which the
cisions such as these
(Photo courtesy of Wes Wright)
lead dancer
in the coming years
and his follow
of the club. Each
year, reordering the lessons has
swing apart from allowed for wider participation
each other while still for newer dancers.
for open positions based on the
holding hands.
What we taught has changed, evaluations of the current club
Knowing differ- and the way we taught it,
ent styles of swing Wright said. In the years prior
Freshman Mary Blenderdancing, such as to my time at Hillsdale, there mann, recently chosen as an ofLindy Hop, allows was a lot more East Coast swing
club participants to dancing, and weve shifted to Wright has played in the clubs
dance to a wider va- teaching Lindy right at the beSee Swing Club B2
riety of music. This ginning of the year, and this year,

Hes magic, ladies and gentlemen

Sophomore Tom Novelly may have set his cape and wand aside when he came to college, but hes still a magician
Jack Butler
Opinions Editor

area, where he also won several

magic competitions. He has since
based in part on Gob Bluth from

When the spotlight shone on

the 8-year-old boy, it
gave him a new life.
The spotlight was part
of the show of Lance
Burton, a former Las Vegas stage magician who
retired in 2010 after 31
years of performing. The
8-year-old boy was Tom
Novelly, whom the light
beckoned to the stage to
place his hands on an
empty bird-cage, from
which a dove somehow

Gob is my favorite character.

life was that of a magician, which Novelly,

now a sophomore at
Hillsdale, took up that
night all those years ago,
after the fortune of the
spotlight rewarded him
also with a free magic
set.
I got no sleep that
night, Novelly said,
uring out his prize.
with the set for two
years, Novelly joined
the International Broth- Sophomore Tom Novelly
erhood of Magicians (Micah Meadowcroft/Collegian)
(though he is no longer a
member). The admission
process involved, among other Hes my idol, he said. Im not
things, an audition to show what as seductive, though.
Novelly uses The Final
he could do.
Countdown
by Europe as perIt wasnt nearly as hard as
formance
music,
as well as
getting into Sigma Chi, he said.
From then on, it was several Magic by B.o.B. ft. Rivers
years of bi-weekly meetings of Cuomo. His favorite tricks are
the Brotherhood, and perform- Metamorphosis, in which he
ing at the ripe old age of 11 inserts a dollar bill into a lemon
for businesses, at parties, tal- without cutting it, then removes
ent shows, and, particularly, at the bill to prove its the same one,
restaurants, all in the Nashville as well as simpler card tricks a

favorite for parties. But dont ask

him to spill any of his secrets:
hes bound not to reveal them.
He also wont perform any trick
more than once for the same audience, or perform any trick he
hasnt thoroughly practiced.
Though he stopped
taking his magical career
as seriously as the years
went on, he resurrected
admissions process, performing at Leadership
Weekend to distinguish
his application.
I did put professional magician on my
college resume, Novelly said. His life as a
magician has continued
on the side at Hillsdale,
even as hes downplayed
it in favor of politics,
journalism, and fraternity life. This past fall, he
was the Sigma Chi contestant for Mr. Hillsdale,
and he performed at the
Simpson Talent Show.
Those who know him
well appreciate his talents, but admire his persophomore Gianna Marchese thought Novelly
was joking when she
magic, she has since become one of his biggest fans (she
would love to be his assistant if
he ever needed one). Im a child
at heart, Marchese said. Seeing Tom do magic gets me every
time.
trick can always brighten her
day, and Novellys talents add to
an overall impression of his character.
He cheers people up. Thats

a great talent to have to make

people smile, she said. The fact
that he just does it nonchalantly
makes it that much better.
lys Sigma Chi big brother, said
youd never know he was so talented if you didnt ask. He didnt
know himself about Novellys

Things

magic powers until after he became Novellys big.

He never talks about it, Bellet said. Usually you have to ask
him to show people. He doesnt
break it out.
Novelly himself, though he
has shifted his own spotlight
away from magic in college, re-

mains appreciative that it is part

of his life. Ill always have a
passion for magic and always do
ent you have, you have to glorify
God through it.
Being able to make that ordinary object do something extraordinary is always fun.

To do and see This

week

April 7-10; April 13-17

Senior Art Exhibits #2, #3
Daughtrey Gallery
Graduating art majors present their
of the art major requirements.
April 10
Hillcats Faculty Jazz Ensemble
8 p.m.
McNamara Rehearsal Hall
A concert of original works with jazz
vocalist Sunny Wilkinson.
April 11
Percussion Ensemble
8 p.m.
McNamara Rehearsal Hall
Hillsdales Percussion Ensemble will put
on a diverse program of various
combinations of percussion
instruments which will feature
Edgar Vareses Ionization.

April 12
Faculty Woodwind Quintet Recital
3 p.m.
McNamara Rehearsal Hall
Hillsdales Faculty Woodwind Quintet
will perform Carl Nielsens Wind
Quintet, op. 43, and Samuel
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IN FOCUS
(Hannah Leitner/Collegian)

NathaNael
Meadowcroft

Dont just
analyze art,
enjoy it too.
If theres one thing Ill take
away from the Great Books sequence here at Hillsdale, its that
in great literature every sentence,
every phrase, and every word has
a purpose. The same principle
can be applied to any form of art,
whether painting, music, theater,
A great artist is a purposeful artist. Nothing he produces
lacks meaning. For this reason,
we closely analyze the works of
great authors, painters, composers, playwrights, and directors,
seeking the meaning and truth
behind their art.
While examining and analyzsure not to allow analysis to get
in the way of enjoying art.
Art is unique. It is the physical
expression of an artists imagination and creativity. Art exposes an
artists own experience. Through
examining that experience, we
can learn about what it means
to be human, to be emotional, to
love, to hate, to be joyful, to be
angry. This is a good thing.
Art reaches into our hearts and
our minds. Through our intellect
we understand its meaning, but
through our soul we identify with
its emotion and imagination.
This is why we analyze art.
For some reason, a reason we
cannot completely quantify, art
speaks to us and we listen to it.
Even before coming to Hillsdale, I found myself trying to
peel back the layers in everything
from TV shows to classic works
of art. Spending a full academic
year studying great literature and
examining the layers of meaning
wondering how a great reporter
was able to gather together all
the information in the piece Im
reading rather than just enjoying
a great work of reporting.
Likewise in any form of art,
realize the motivations of the art-

SwiNg club
From B1
leadership. While the potential
presidents for next year have
similar outlooks on swing dancing, the way lessons are taught
and meetings are run could be
subject to change.
He seems to provide the sort
of stylistic direction that the club
takes, because every president
can do that differently, Blendermann said. I think he has embodied so much of what swing
dancing club is for the past year

ist. Why is this melody this way?

Why is this word used rather than
this phrase? Why does that director use that camera angle? Why
does that actor emphasize that
syllable?
These are certainly not bad
things in and of themselves. I
am thankful for an education that
taught me to ask such questions.
questions I oftentimes miss the
true point of art.
Too many times I focus so
much on analyzing the melodic
line that I forget to appreciate its
beauty and the masterful artist
behind it.
Too often I look closely at a
single word or phrase rather than
taking in the work as a whole.
Too often I think about what
I would have done differently
rather than honoring something
that is beautiful and good.
This is the danger of a liberal
arts education. You can take a
good thing too far and twist into
something detrimental.
We analyze art because it is
good and because it is beautiful.
We lose the latter when we let
examination get in the way of appreciation.
So next time you put in your
earbuds to listen to that new song
by that artist youre still not sure
ciate the human creativity, the
imagination, the drive, and the
talent that it took to create the
melody. Then examine why it is
the way it is.
Art is beautiful. Honor its
beauty.
Nathanael Meadowcroft is
a sophomore from Vancouver,
Washington. He is majoring in
mathematics and minoring in
journalism through the Dow
Journalism Program. He serves
as the assistant editor of the Collegians Sports page.

Austen fans, rejoice.

Tomorrow, April 10, starting
at 8 p.m., the Cravats & Bluestockings the group that hosts
the annual Naval Battle in the
Arb and puts on weekly studentprofessor teas will be hosting
this years Regency Ball in the
The dance will go until 12
p.m., and will serve refreshments
throughout, while dancers enjoy
English line dances to live music.
Sophomore Katherine Kortepeter, Minister of Publicity for
the Cravats & Bluestockings,
perience.
The Regency Ball was my
favorite night of freshman year,
Kortepeter said. This is a really
different event, something you
wouldnt get to do otherwise.
The dance is Regency-era
themed, which most students
at Hillsdale are familiar with
through the works of Jane Austen. Formal dress is encouraged,
but not necessary. Some girls
make their own dresses, while
others simply dress in semi-formal attire. Guys generally wear
suits, but some add small touches
what men would have actually
worn in the period.

Anders Hagstrom
Collegian Freelancer

This weekend will be a busy

one for the Hillsdale College Music department, with three performances involving a number
of styles and groups scheduled
to take place in Howard Music
Buildings McNamara Rehearsal
Hall. No tickets are required for
any of the three events, which are
free to any who wish to attend.
The Hillcats Faculty Jazz Ensemble will perform on April 10
at 8 p.m., the Percussion Ensemble will perform on April 11 at 8
p.m., and the Faculty Woodwind
Quintet will perform at 3 p.m. on
April 12.
The Hillcats Faculty Jazz Ensemble performance will include
a number of original works as
well as performances from jazz
vocalist Sunny Wilkinson. Other
members of the band include
trumpet player Chris McCourry,
Jonathon Gewirtz on saxophone,
Lawrence Ochiltree on drums,

This is the one night a year

that you get to see everyone in
costume, as if they really lived
in the Regency era, Kortepeter
said. I look at the people around
me and think, Whoa, those are
my friends. Everyone looks so
Students who do not dance
dating.
People walk you through
each dance, so you really dont
need any previous dance experience, Kortepeter said.
The food at the dance will
be homemade, and everyone in
the club will contribute. Foods
such as tea sandwiches and other
snacks that represent the Regency era will be offered. Kortepeter
emphasized that the ball is not
only a great cultural experience,
but also encourages meeting new
people.
Last year, the event attracted
over 50 people. Kortepeter said
When people lined up for the
line-dances, they were going out
the door, Kortepeter said. The
entire room was packed.
The whole thing is very social, Kortepeter said. You have
to talk to people.
Students who do not buy a
ticket through the clubs table in
the union may purchase one at
the door of the event: $4 per person, $6 per couple.

bass player James Ball, and ArEach Hillcats performance is

unique: most of what the audience hears is actually improvisation. Hillcats members will rely
on sheet music for only a fraction
of the performance.
The 16-member Percussion
Ensemble is a diverse group,
including freshmen and seniors,
beginners and professionals,
whose musical backgrounds vary
from harp to rock drumming.
It will be an extremely eclectic and exciting concert, said
Teacher of Music Stacey Jones,
who organizes the ensemble.
Listeners can always expect to
be surprised.
The ensemble will perform
Ionization by Edgar Varese.
A unique piece at the time of its
release in 1939, Ionization is
to be written solely for percussion instruments.
It was a groundbreaking and
controversial composition in its
time, and actually caused come
audiences to riot, Jones said.

Air raid sirens and anvils are

among the 40 or more instruments played by 13 performers.
Other pieces will include a
drumming feature for a freshman
trio and a lineup of trash cans.
The performances loose
theme is musical sounds with
trash we will be performing
on a variety of pieces of junk:
metal, auto parts, trash cans, clay
pots and other found items that
are not typically thought of as instruments, Jones said.
end, the Faculty Woodwind
Quintet, is composed of Jamie
Ware-Thomas on the oboe, Andrew Sprung on the clarinet; CinAlan Taplin on the French horn.
The quintet will perform a
number of pieces from Hungarian composer and teacher Ferenc
Farkas, including his 1959 work

Written in 1922, Op. 43 is a

staple of the literature, Sprung
said. It is one of the most widely
performed woodwind quintets of
the 20th century. With this work,
Nielsen is credited with inaugurating a way of composing based
upon the character of the individual instruments.
Three Stories, a composition by Associate Professor of
Music Mathew Fuerst, will also
make its world premiere at the
recital.
Each of the performances
will be truly unique, both to each
other as well as to their respective past performances. Whether
you enjoy smooth jazz, the classic sound of a woodwind quintet,
or the artful use of junk as a percussion instrument, the music department has certainly scheduled
an entertaining weekend for any
music lover.

garian dances of the Baroque era.

Carl Nielsens Op. 43 will
also be performed.

For the motherless in Brooklyn: Carrie and Lowell

Caleb Whitmer
Special to the Collegian

Sufjan Stevens supposedly

recorded Carrie & Lowell in
the living room of his Brooklyn
apartment. Such is the closeness
of the album that you, the listener, could be sitting on an adjacent couch, humming along with
the apartments air conditioning
unit. In past albums, Stevens presented his emotionally damaged
myths with bombastic kitsch orchestras, either analog or digital.
fame, possesses a showmanship
that just isnt present in Carrie
sic that is stripped of Stevens
particular talent for doing gaudy
in just the right way. Gone are the
trumpets, the 80s-inspired drum
samples and any trace of the
Christmas Unicorn.
In Carrie & Lowell, Stevens

banjo, a synthesizer, God and his

emotions all revolving around
Stevens drug-addicted, schizophrenic, and depressed mother,
the eponymous Carrie. She is the
or two that once hes gone, its albums focal point. Her death in
going to be Okay, what are we 2012 launched Stevens into all
doing now?
Though Wright will be gradu- a Pitchfork interview titled True
ating, he has high hopes for next Myth for more background
like all of Stevens albums, this
Im excited to see what the one requires some homework).
The album is about a boy abanfuture. I think the way were doned by his mother, and a man
looking with who is going to run now grappling with her death.
the club next year is going a good The pain of her abandonment,
direction, Wright said.
Stevens tells us, became the center of his life: everything I see
/ returns to you somehow, he
sings on The Only Thing. For

Regency Ball tomorrow

Carly Howell
Collegian Freelancer

A packed weekend for the music department

those of us blessed with intact

homes and in-fact parents, the
breadth of brokenness Stevens
shows us here is, perhaps, hard to
grasp fully. But Carrie & Lowell helps us understand.

matic technological fever dream

that concludes Stevens 2010
offering Age of Adz. Its all
black shrouds and demon spells
until Stevens guitar abruptly
gives way to a piping synthesizer: I should have known bet- ter, he repeats, Nothing can be
lence / I can hear you / but Im changed / the past is still the past
afraid to be near you. Here re- / the bridge to nowhere. Perhaps
turns an ever-present theme in Ste- out of context, those lines sound
vens music: the tension between dark; in reality, they are anypeace and
thing but.
destruction
Instead,
inflicted
they repreHe wants to be near her, she sent a sadby
the
p r e s e n c e abandons him; she brings him eyed, but
of God. I peace, she destroys him. Once r e l i e v e d ,
think its
realization
fair to say you notice how deliberately Ste- about the
Stevens is vens employs ambiguous pro- world. Steo b s e s s e d nouns, it will drive you nuts with vens rejects
with
the
the pasts
paradox mystery and admiration. Is the bridge a
a paradox spirit of Stevens silence God or path that
he applies Carrie? I suppose both.
undoubtto his reedly leads
lationship
to Carriewith Carrie.
inspired
He wants to
self-pity
be near her,
and bittershe abanness and
dons him; she brings him peace, turns to a new one that leads to
she destroys him. Once you no- where? to what? Stevens answers
tice how deliberately Stevens at the songs end: My brother
employs ambiguous pronouns, it had a daughter / the beauty that
will drive you nuts with mystery she brings / illumination.
and admiration. Is the spirit of
Biography abounds in Carrie
Stevens silence God or Carrie? I & Lowell. Take Eugene, for
suppose both.
instance. We hear a story of todLook to the next song, then, dler Stevens knocking over CarShould Have Known Better.
Put simply, its gorgeous. For its near you). We hear another anecdote about the man who taught
through mythic regret and depres- young Stevens to swim and who
sion relating, of course, to Carrie.
But then comes the breakdown, name: Like a father / he led /
which channels, of all things, the community water on my head /
emotional uplift of Impossible And he called me Subaru / And
Soul, the 25-minute psychoso- now I want to be near you. First,

notice how much heartbreak and

longing Stevens packs into the
work like. Then follows the
parental absence, a reference to
baptism, a funny detail, the inescapable abandonment and all
this draws us deeper and deeper
into Stevens emotional space.
These stories build on each other
until the title track, Carrie &
Lowell. When Stevens whisperscreams, Carrie come home!,
we need her to come home, too.
The albums last three songs
movement, starting with John
My Beloved. At the end of that
track, Stevens tells Jesus, I need
you / be near me. But the next
song, No Shade in the Shadow
of the Cross, returns to the holy
tion to Stevens sins. So where is
Stevens going with this? He tells
us on Blue Buckets of Gold,
things to extol, he sings, Lord,
touch me with lightning.
Present until the end is that
tension between peace and destruction in Gods presence. Also
still present is Stevens fear of
abandonment. Carrie & Lowell does not end happily. But as
Waughs Sebastian points out,
happiness doesnt seem to have
much to do with it.
Caleb Whitmer 14 majored
in English and minored in journalism through the Dow Journalism Program. He was Editor-inChief of the Collegian from 2013
to 2014. He is a reporter for the
Star newspaper in Auburn, Indiana.

Furious 7 full of sound and signalling nothing

A.J. Maruna
Special to the Collegian
In a world without rules, a
world unfettered by reason or
rationale, Furious 7 reigns supreme.
Like its far-too-revealing
trailer, Furious 7 hits all the
familiar notes in a spectacularly
star-studded yet rote and inane
extravaganza of babes, beaches,
and Bugattis.
The newest installment of the
Fast and Furious saga has amped
up its already impressive cast,
bringing in characters from past
installments and new ones like
Rhonda Rhousey, Jason Statham,
sell. The cast seems largely wasted though, serving only as vessels for clunky dialogue, painful
exposition, and predictable action.
To begin with, Furious
7 is virtually plotless. In one
scene, the audience expects to
be prepped for an upcoming bout
their need to depart and hurriedly
leads the team into their black
to go, you go. Pedal to the metal,
no questions asked. This is for-

want to hear the science behind geles, hunched over a desk in a

the omniscient Gods Eye de- dimly-lit, single room apartment,
vice that can hack into any and a screenwriter is laughing at the
all technology with the press of fools he duped into paying him.
a button? If you paid for a movie
And for this Furious movie,
ticket, I highly doubt it.
laughter is the best medicine.
And as cool as it is to hear What starts as hushed, embarThe Rock
r a s s e d
tell Statham
chuckling
hes going
in
Some of the best scenes in the ends
to
break
laugh-outmovie came as transitions to the loud
fun
six differ- action and struck a resounding,
ent
ways
pushes you
and stick it cinematic chord. When the audi- to
accept
where the ence sees the team bedazzled in its ridicusun dont tuxedos and gowns and the Ara- lousness, or
shine, the
be
beaten
d i a l o g u e bian-dance beat drops, a tangible senseless by
- it. When the
couldnt
save
the ater. This scene lasts only a few clichs are
seventh infearlessly
s t a l l m e n t seconds, however.
confronted
from
fuland undermined
by
stereotype.
outlandish
Instead,
action
or
most of the
childish hulines were agonizing, like shov- mor, the movie becomes palating handfuls of broken glass into able. But scenes that attained this
your ears. Tyrese Gibson en- level of self-parody were few and
tertains with idiot humor as the far between.
teams clown, which works well
Some of the best scenes in the
with the nails-on-chalkboard movie came as transitions to the
dialogue. But any time drama action and struck a resounding,
took precedent over action or a cinematic chord. When the auone-liner was pitched before a dience sees the team bedazzled
in tuxedos and gowns and the
laughs. Somewhere in Los An- Arabian-dance beat drops, a tan-

the theater. This scene lasts only

a few seconds, however. If even a
scenes possessed were instilled in
the others, the movie could have
subverted its genre clichs, or at
least bulldozed through them.
And maybe this was the biggest problem with the movie: it
added nothing new to the genre.
It simply made viewers forget
about the last movie, a curse that
will inevitably apply to Furious
to the streets of New York City in
Furious 8.
One bright spot is worth noting. In light of the tragic death
of Furious star Paul Walker, the
movie takes on a different meaning, becoming much more about
the relationship of the characters,
with each other and with the audience, than with how likely it
would be for a foreign helicopter
to destroy Los Angeles and get
away with it. Furious 7 pays
its respects to the memory of
scene, leaving the audience to ruminate not just on death but on
the gentle soul and kind heart of
an action hero who left behind a
legacy larger than life.
A.J. Maruna is a senior from
Montgomery, Alabama. He is
majoring in English.

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Cheers to Charlotte
Anders Hagstrom
Collegian Freelancer
Charlotte Truitt is one of the
women that has knocked on dorm
doors every morning, and has
been for the past 38 years.
Truitt has devoted herself to
Hillsdale housekeeping for nearly
four decadesa length that surpasses even the most long standing of professors. This semester
will be her last, however, as she
plans to retire this summer.
Having worked at Hillsdale for
such a vast amount of time, Truitt will surely never be in want of
memories. Truitt has interacted
with a massive number of students
during her time here, giving her a
unique perspective on what sort of
college Hillsdale was in the past
and how it is today.
Its one of my favorite aspects
of Hillsdale, from a non-academic
standpoint, said junior Simpson
resident Josh Hamilton. The fact
that I dont have to clean my room
never ceases make my friends at
home jealous.
Truitt always treasured the
perks of her job in creating relationships with students.

Meeting the kids has always

been my favorite part of the job,
she said. In my time here I feel
as though Ive met people from all
over the world. The students have
always been so kind and respectful.
Truitt spent 32 years of her time
at Hillsdale working in Mauck
Residence. She also worked in
Simpson Residence and the Suites
and currently oversees Galloway
Residence as well.
Every time I go into a room I
want to start a conversation with
whoever is inside, Truitt said,
I love getting to know the kids.
Where theyre from, what they
hope to do. Everyone always has
such unique stories.
Freshman Joshua Paladino says
he will miss his morning chats
with Truitt.
Its always a joy to receive a
knock on the door from Charlotte in the morning, Paladino, a
Galloway resident, said. She is
warmhearted and genuinely tries
to get to know the guys in Galloway. I believe that all of Galloway
feels the same way, will miss having her around.

Part of the original screen door factory building, facing the railroad tracks. (Dakota Michael/Collegian)

Factory
From B4
In 1900, the business now
known as the Hillsdale Screen
Company changed ownership to
Corvis M. Barre, the Hillsdale
Daily News reported.
Its advance was only temporarily retarded by a disastrous
plant and proved to have been of
incendiary origin, set for the purpose of hiding the murder of Joe
Cawsey, the night-watchman,
the Hillsdale Daily News report-

the 1929 article Screen

Factory Dates Back To
History of Hillsdale, AlImportant Cog in Local

1903 and the Cawsey murder trials which followed in 1906.

ever made in the United States
and put on the market were made
in Hillsdale, and this is the plant
that made them, reads the 1915
Hillsdale in History Yearbook.
The business has grown to
such an extent that the Hillsdale
Screen Company sells its product
at wholesale to retail dealers in
10 different states.
Although Gelzer & Sons

bought the building in 2011, Gelzer said there arent any plans to
renovate it right now.
If I had my way, Id make the
downstairs parking and maybe
some businesses, and make the
upstairs loft apartments, Gelzer said. We just dont have the
funds.
Gelzer & Sons CEO Grant
Baker said the building is currently a work in progress.
My interest in it is commercial, Baker said. I was interested because it was vacant.
Baker said Gelzer & Sons still
maintains the building they

leaks.
Even though it is unused, the
old screen door factory reminds
residents of Hillsdales importance in industry and commerce
during the late 19th and early
20th centuries. Based on the
brick structure and spaciousness
of the facility, the factory still
possesses the potential to be a
force for economic good in the
city of Hillsdale. It is corporations like Gelzer & Sons that can
sdale someday in the future.

still upkeep small things, like in-

A guide to the coat of arms

1
2
3
4
5
6

ed in
Door
Early
ways

4
5
6

JOSHUA MIRTH, SENIOR

The helmet from the Blackmar coat of arms (referring to Esbon

lege in the Civil War
A seashell to commemorate the heroism of Charles V. Gridley
during the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898
Two crosses indicating the religious background of the school

A lamp of learning

CAMPUSCHIC

Describe your fashion sense.

My friends like to describe it as modern-day prophet.
What is your most embarrassing item of clothing?
Probably a Christmas tie with alien snowmen on it.
What is your biggest fashion pet peeve?
Poorly tied ties.
What is your favorite item of clothing?
Tweed jackets.
Who inspires your wardrobe?
Humphrey Bogart and Dr. Lindley.
Photos by Hannah Leitner

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Spotlight

The wooden elevator shaft inside the

abandoned screen door factory.
(Dakota Michael/Collegian)

Abandoned factory: A snapshot of Hillsdales rich history

Kate Patrick
Assistant Editor
Walking through the abandoned screen door factory on
Carleton Road that old brick
giant sitting next to Family Video is about as close as you
can get to meeting the people
who lived, worked, spoke, and
breathed in Hillsdale 150 years
boards they walked, you touch
the same brick they touched,
you open the same doors they
opened, and you sneeze the same
dust they sneezed.
Who said time travel doesnt
exist?
Theyre like weird time capsules. You walk inside, and
youre experiencing the same
building people experienced
more than a hundred years ago.

tory in the United States is one of

the coolest time capsules Ive
ever seen. I walked past it one
Thursday and happened upon
some construction workers putting on a new door. I asked them
who owned the building which
turned out to be the H.J. Gelzer &
Sons Inc. and promptly called
the Gelzer & Sons Hardware to
talk to someone about the old
factory.
Employee Andrew Gelzer
agreed to let me inside the building. On a Tuesday evening, senior Dakota Michael and I met
Gelzer at the factory with a camera, a notepad, and irrepressible
curiosity and excitement. He unlocked the door, let us in, and had
trouble getting us back out.
Every door had to be opened. Mi-

pher used the camera, but that

didnt stop me from snapping
as many photos as I could on

You walk inside, and

youre experiencing
the same building
people experienced
more than a hundred
years ago.
The exterior of the old screen door factory, facing the railroad
tracks next to Family Video. (Dakota Michael/Collegian)

staircase through a door with a

hole beaten through it, laughed at
walls, and strolled through huge
dark rooms with thick wooden

columns, and broken windows.

We peered up the huge wooden
elevator shaft, examined the rotting conveyor belts, and dodged
the cords and pipes hanging

crookedly from the ceilings.

Four staircases later, I found
against the rafters. It trembled as
I climbed it, and when I reached

the top I pushed on the wooden

board covering the skylight, but
it wouldnt give. So much for a
view from the roof.
After answering Gelzers query of think youve got enough?
nearly a dozen times with yeah,
in a minute, wed sated our curiosity, and left the factory.
Believed to have been built
in 1879, the building was a chair
and upholstery factory belonging to Albertus E. Palmer, according to the 1888 Portrait and
Biographical Album of Hillsdale
County. When the William T.
Buchanan & Sons Screen Door
Works building burned down
in 1891, the business moved to
Palmers building in 1895, the
Hillsdale Herald reported in a
front-page article.

See Factory, B3