The Collegian – April 11, 2014

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Strongest kid in school Stephen Dennis Staff Writer

You have been working out for months, and you’re finally able to bench-press 200 pounds.

Then you look over to your side, and what do you see? Frank “The Tank” Snyder is beside you and he’s bench pressing more than 400 pounds like it is nothing.

Snyder, a 23-year-old junior from Scranton, PA, spends many of his nights working on homework for his mechanical engineering classes, but that is not all he does.

Snyder likes to spend at least half an hour a day in the gym working out, which consists primarily of weight lifting.

Lifting has become more than just a way for Snyder to stay fit; it has become a way of life for him.

“The only time I don’t regularly go to the gym is during finals week; there’s just too much to do then,” Snyder said.

According to Snyder, it is also difficult for him to always find the time to work out when he is not at the College. Over this last Christmas break, Snyder was only able to lift on three separate days.

Upon his return to the College, Snyder was disappointed to find that his bench pressing abilities went from 415 pounds down to 375 pounds.

Regularly lifting while on campus is not the only thing Snyder does to get his body to perform such feats of strength.

Snyder regularly drinks muscle building supplements and takes multiple vitamin pills.

“Some months I’ll spend $100 to $200; heck I’ve even spent $250 on supplements before, and then other months I won’t have to buy any,” Snyder said.

Currently, Snyder’s favorite supplement is Uni-Vite, which he takes daily along with fish oil pills and vitamins.

For Snyder, the process of taking pills began with vitamins when he was in high school and progressed to muscle supplements during his freshman year in college.

After reading about fish oil, Snyder discovered that it was a great way to keep both cardiovascular health and blood pressure in good ranges and added the supplement to his list.

Snyder said that the supplements definitely help his body build mass, but they can only go so far, since both regular exercise and natural born ability also contribute largely.

At one time Snyder knew that he was the strongest kid on campus, but over the last year, due to an increased amount of engineering homework, he has lost some of his strength, putting other students within the range of holding that title.

Snyder said that he will again have the title of strongest student attached to him by the time he graduates.

“At graduation some kids will be able to say they were the smartest, while others will be able to say they did the best in this class or that. As for me, I just want to be able to say I’m the strongest,” Snyder said.

Child’s play?

Show fraught with deeper meaning

Jonathan Fisher Contributing Writer

Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s inspirational story, “The Emperor’s New Clothes” is Grove City College’s next enthralling musical production.

The musical is no vacuous fluff piece, but rather a theatrical experience rife with moral lessons and intense social commentary.

The production dives into the gripping story of an emperor who is cruelly manipulated into believing that he is being given new clothes that are invisible to foolish people. Audiences watch the conflict between the emperor and his daughter along with the evil plans of Lord Vince, the minister to those less fortunate, as he plays with the feelings of a poor single mother and her son to convince them to swindle the emperor.

Over the span of the play, tension builds between the peasants and the emperor, finally culminating in an intense climax.

Producing this profound musical drama is quite a feat. The show’s directors, juniors Andy Hickly and Natalie Nagel, were up for the challenge.

Hickly described the play as “a thinly veiled allegory of both the French and the Bolshevik revolutions dramatizing the political

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Top: The royal secretaries stand ready to affirm the emperor’s fashion sense.

Above: Lord Vince (Tim Lagoy, center) plots the overthrow of the emperor (Nate Woodruff, right). For more photos, see the photo spread on pages 6-7. and economic divide between the haves and the have-nots.”

Despite the task of directing a play with such heavy concepts, Hickly has enjoyed the humorous script and phenomenal music of the production.

Backstage work is no walk in the park, either. Freshman Courtney Justice described the goings-on backstage as “busy,

crazy, but always fun.” She added that everyone is working together to accomplish the same goal of creating a great show.

The directors and backstage crew are not the only people working hard. The actors were presented with deep, complex characters to portray, like sophomore Nate Woodroof who plays the whimsical emperor.

Woodroof observes that his character depicts how political leaders obsess over things that do not really matter and use extravagant solutions that do not necessarily provide solutions.

In his first lead role in a musical, Woodroof found the task daunting at first, but he has EMPEROR 5

New parking for Colonial apartments Louis Petolicchio Staff Writer

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The old middle school building will be demolished to make way for a small parking lot.

Grove City College will be building additional student parking space due to its purchase of the old middle school building along Main Street and near East Main Presbyterian Church, though not without consideration for a locally prominent bird species.

After purchasing the middle school, the College began drawing up plans to demolish the extremely outdated structure and to replace it with a new student parking lot.

According to James Lopresti,

the senior director of facilities, the intent is to “demolish the present building and construct a parking lot that will have approximately 50 spaces.”

While the final lot is currently intended for use by residents of Colonial Hall, Lopresti said that actual sticker and registration parameters have not been solidified.

The College purchased the building from the local school district after school board members decided that the building was old and outdated and that it would be easier to build an entirely new facility than bring the PARKING 2

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The Collegian We don’t need no (foundations of) education

April 11, 2014

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Josh Evans News Editor

Grove City College recently announced that education majors will no longer be required to take Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education.

The change, made by the education department, was enacted in order to give education majors more options in fulfilling the requirement to take a course on the foundations of social sciences.

Dr. Constance Nichols, education department chair, said that the change was made in part to reduce the number of credits

that education majors were required to take, which is higher than most other programs.

“Other education programs across the state and the nation require less than half of those credits,” she said. “An education major has very little room for electives, and it’s important for us to prepare students for the broad calling of education, not just this idea of a classroom teacher.”

Nichols also noted that the department wished to give education majors the ability to choose how they satisfy the foundations requirement.

“We’ve got a lot of students who are going to graduate school and finding that they

couldn’t get in to certain programs because they didn’t have, say, psychology or sociology or things of that nature, and we wanted to give them that ability to make themselves more marketable for graduate school,” Nichols said.

Despite the change, Nichols said she was confident that most education majors would continue to take the course.

However, Dr. Jason Edwards, a professor of history, and one of the teachers of the course, believes that the course is crucial in developing a proper view of education, and he worries about the impact of the change.

“I fear without a systematic

exposure to the best that has been written and said on education throughout history, that students will be intellectually trapped by either their own personal educational experience or the standardized, modern schooling mindset,” he said.

Edwards believes that the current predominant view of teaching is that of a neutral and mechanical skill, rather than something more involved.

“That mindset, if not challenged, leads to lockstep, narrow thinking and a diminished view of the teaching enterprise,” he said.

In contrast, Edwards’ course examines a wide variety of both

IJM takes a stand

Louis Petolicchio Staff Writer

If students found out that slavery, both in the United States and around the world, was alive, and bigger than it has ever been before, would they try to stop it?

Yesterday, April 10, the Grove City College chapter of the International Justice Mission (IJM) held their headline spring event in the Breen Student Union, where members of the organization and many other interested students spent 24 hours standing up “to raise awareness for those who cannot stand up for themselves.”

The event, which ran from 8 a.m. yesterday to 8 a.m. this morning, also included a wide variety of events, such as live music, free tea and cupcakes and an expo of presentations from a variety of local and national anti-trafficking organizations.

It also featured a “standing dinner,” sunrise worship and a display that presented and recreated some of the conditions in which trafficked people have to live.

The goal of the event, according to chapter president senior Elizabeth Early, goes beyond simple awareness. The goal of the College’s chapter members was to raise money for the umbrella IJM organization as well as to sign a petition that, along with petitions collected by other chapters, will be presented to the U.S government demanding an increased crackdown on slavery at home and abroad.

“First, we wanted to raise awareness,” Early said. “Second,

PARKING old one up to the current building code.

The College, which has been in need of additional parking for some time, added the middle school to its growing list of purchases along Main Street.

Lopresti said that preliminary work to prep the building for demolition will begin as early as May, involving what he called “work that wouldn’t be visible from the road, such as safely removing potentially hazardous materials.”

The actual demolition of the building will not begin until

we wanted to give them an opportunity to do something tangible about it. We want to make students aware of efforts being made right here in the local community to engage with this issue, and give them an opportunity to get further involved if they so choose.”

The problem of slavery is still very real around the globe today, and according to IJM’s annual report, there are estimated to be over “27 million men, women and children held as slaves today – more than any other time in history.”

“Slavery is exploitation,” Early said. “Human trafficking is forcibly exploiting people for their goods or services to make a profit.”

To combat this growing problem, IJM and a number of other organizations are working around the world to raise money, to build awareness and to find tangible means to free the oppressed. They also aim to punish human traffickers around the world.

The IJM is an international, U.S.-based non-profit organization dedicated to fighting human rights abuse, human trafficking, sex slavery and violence and local governmental corruption. Founded in 1997, this faithbased organization has been able to free thousands of people each year.

By pursuing professional investigations into reported cases of human rights violations or oppression and using trained legal teams to prosecute either slavers or corrupt government officials, IJM is not just working to

free people around the world but to help fix the system that allowed these atrocities to take place.

According to their website, IJM’s purpose is fourfold: victim relief, perpetrator accountability, victim aftercare and structural transformation. In 2012 alone, its efforts rescued a total of 2,409 people from oppression, slavery and brutality.

The College chapter of IJM is dedicated to supporting its parent organization while raising awareness of the issue and helping students connect with local advocacy groups. “Stand for Freedom” gave students a glance into the often overlooked industry of human trafficking and showed how it may be affecting their lives.

Early urged students to, in addition to giving support to organizations like IJM, be careful what they buy and consume. According to Early, an inordinate number of goods available in the U.S. are still made by or with elements produced by slave labor.

“That shirt you wear, that coffee you drink, that chocolate you eat, could have easily been produced with exploited forced labor,” Early said. “Make sure you take time to research products before you buy them.”

Early and the rest of IJM urge the students of the College to get involved and to get going in the fight to end human trafficking all around the globe;.

“Stand for Freedom,” the College’s chapter of IJM and the IJM itself all have the same vision: “to rescue thousands, protect millions and prove that justice for the poor is possible.”

early June.

Lopresti hopes to have the parking lot ready for use before the fall semester begins, but he acknowledged that this timetable would be the perfect-world scenario.

“Realistically, the odds are that it will not be completed until later in September or even early October,” he said.

The only major concern with the removal of the old middle school building is the question of whether it would interfere with the habitat of local chimney swifts, a bird species that had been known to roost in the middle school in particular.

The College has partnered

with the Audubon Society and Grove City’s local Boy Scouts of America chapter to construct a “Chimney Swift Tower” near the wetlands area and nature trail on lower campus. This chimney construct will provide a safe, protected alternative for the chimney swifts to nest.

As for the parking lot, Lopresti said they are still hammering out the final details, and will be putting out a contract for bids to a select a list of contractors this coming week.

If all goes according to plan, both the cars of Colonial Hall residents and the native chimney swift birds will all have a new place to call home this fall.

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ancient and modern views on education through a specifically Christian worldview. Edwards states that the class is highly helpful in evaluating the country’s current education system and strongly recommends that education majors take the course, regardless of requirement.

“Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education exposes students to the grand variety of educational approaches, philosophies, goals and understandings, and without it, the students’ educational options will be severely crimped, as will their understanding of education itself,” Edwards said.

World News Roundup Compiled by Maggie Englehart

Washington state landslide

The Cascade Mountains in Washington experienced a fatal landslide on March 22. The death toll keeps rising, currently a total of 35 dead as of Tuesday. Eleven people are still missing after a rain-saturated hillside along the Stillaguamish River gave way on the outskirts of the rural town of Oso. Search crews are continuing to search through deep, sticky mud and debris to search for the missing, with some areas reaching 70 feet thick. President Barack Obama is planning to visit the area on April 22 to meet with search crews.

Malaysia airline missing update

Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 has now been missing for over a month as aerial and naval searches continue to look for any signs of debris that could lead to the pinpoint of the crash site.

Australian ship Ocean Shield reacquired signals twice that could be coming from the black box data and voice records from the flight. The ship has heard the signal a total of four times, one of which was a seven-minute transmission on Tuesday night.

The black box’s ping batteries are expected to run out any day now. Over $44 million has been spent by Australia, China, the United States and Vietnam on the deployment of military ships and aircraft.

Other countries aiding the search include Britain, France, New Zealand and South Korea. The search consists of 14 planes and 14 ships.

Ukraine crisis

Russia is claiming that Crimea should have a “right of return” to Russia. Russia raised prices of fuel and enforced the

restricting of energy supplies to Ukraine and other parts of Europe as a way to demonstrate its power and dominance over Ukraine.

Using this new tactic, Russia is on the path to becoming more powerful in Europe than it has been in the past two centuries. Europe and the United States are not willing to go to war over Crimea, but Russia certainly is.

The U.S. and NATO are both warning Russia not to move into Ukraine with its troops, but it is still uncertain what Putin’s decision will be with his troops.

Italy rescue mission Italian authorities report that about 4,000 migrants have been rescued at sea in the past two days as the rescue from Libya continues. Around 15,000 migrants have been rescued since the start of the year.

There are still about 300,000 to 600,000 people waiting to board boats to go to Italy.

Many of these migrants were in Libya with the intentions of reaching Europe after applying for asylum.

Italy strengthened its sea rescue operation after a boat capsized and killed about 360 people. Italy is a major gateway to Europe for migrants who cross the Mediterranean Sea.

Bomb in Pakistani capital A bomb tore apart a fruit and vegetable market on the outskirts of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, on Wednesday morning. The bomb killed at least 21 people and left dozens wounded.

Police quickly came to the scene and blocked it off. The bomb disposal squad found the 11 pounds of explosives hidden in a fruit carton. It is rare for Pakistani bombs to occur in the capital.

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Housekeeper puts family first Mia McMahon

Contributing Writer Aggressive fluorescent lights shine brightly in a Mary Anderson Pew North communal bathroom, with shelves of shower caddies strategically stacked around its edges.

Girls trickle in throughout the day, as early-morning athletes return from their workouts, all in competition for a shower spot. As the number of girls begins to dwindle, a cheery woman with her blonde hair pulled back into a ponytail enters, keys jangling by her side.

She props open the door with a garish yellow sign wedged in the door that reads, “Closed for Cleaning.” Clara McCracken, one of MAP North’s freshman bathroom housekeepers, has arrived.

“I’ve been here 12 years in July,” McCracken said, “I can tell right away if something else is in there [the trash can] besides paper towels – even a tea bag.”

McCracken’s most common daily tasks include bathroom cleaning tasks and vacuuming the hallways.

She and the other College

housekeepers also help to shovel snow in the winter and to set up tables and chairs for various events in the J. Howard Pew Fine Arts Center and Rathburn Hall.

McCracken was frank, saying she only sticks with her job because it pays better than any other job she would be able to find.

“I’m in it for the money,” she

“I can tell right away if something else is in there besides paper towels - even a tea bag.”

Clara McCracken, on bathroom trash cans

said.

She enjoys being able to work alone, with the freedom to avoid butting heads with anyone.

“You do your thing, I do mine and we’re cool,” she said.

However, McCracken noted that teamwork still plays a key role in her job.

“I figure I’m going to be here till I retire at 62… so I might as

well be friends with everyone here,” McCracken said.

Indeed, McCracken has many friends at the College, from resident assistants to girls who have lived in North to other staff members.

Housekeepers can easily injure themselves with straining tasks like moving furniture and large machines, especially between the end of the school year and the beginning of May intersession classes.

“Oh, that’s the worst,” McCracken said, emphasizing the long days, hot weather and heavy lifting all around. “We call it hell week.”

McCracken does not want to be defined by her job. She only views it as a means of sustaining her family, not personal fulfillment.

“Oh, I don’t even think about work as soon as I get off at four.

Then it’s all about family,” she said.

Family is the most important thing in McCracken’s life. She swelled with pride when she spoke of her 21-year-old daughter.

“Sabrina – we call her Bean – says that I’m her best friend. We

talk every day,” she said.

Laughter and humor has played an important role in McCracken’s family dynamics ever since she surprised her husband of 35 years for his birthday when they lived on an Air Force base in Germany.

She had him arrested by the military police, who proceeded to read his Miranda rights, modifying them to “the right to have a happy 24th birthday.”

More recently, McCracken won a bet with her 23-year-old son, Daniel. As her prize, she dragged him along to her weekly bellydancing class, even forcing him to wear the traditional coin-

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adorned sash around his hips for the full effect.

McCracken enjoys dancing and is currently in search of “anyone who’s willing to teach [her] the Irish Jig.”

Professor Spotlight

Dr. Martin Bright Breanna Renkin Contributing Writer Although not a new professor at Grove City College, Dr. Martin Bright is in his first year as a full-time professor in the sociology department. Previously, Bright served part-time at the College for four years as an adjunct professor.

Bright has taught Principles of Social Work, Courtship and Marriage, Sociology of Deviance, Foundations of Sociology and Gerontology during his time at the College. Next academic year, he will be teaching some courses that he has never taught before, including Juvenile Delinquency during the fall semester and Sociology Colloquium along with Dr. William Anderson, Dr. David Ayers and

Dr. George Campbell during the spring semester.

“My favorite classes to teacher are Sociology of Deviance or Principles of Social Work,” said Dr. Bright, “People tend to find them interesting and the topics lead to good discussion.”

Bright hopes that his students become lifelong learners. He also hopes that his students learn material that they can apply to their lives down the road, not only for future jobs but in their personal lives as well.

“My favorite part about the social sciences is that students learn good academics and things that will help them thrive and live more abundantly,” said Dr. Bright.

For example, in Courtship and Marriage class, students learn skills, such as how to effectively communicate, that help

Dr. Martin Bright is enjoying his first year as a full-time professor. them be productive both in the work place and in the context of family and relationships.

Although Bright loves to teach his classes, there are other aspects of his job that he loves and finds rewarding as well. He finds it fun to research topics and to interact with his students As for his favorite memories at the College, Bright says that he enjoyed when his brother

pulled practical jokes on him in the classroom when he first came to campus. Bright’s brother is also a professor at the College who would often get his classes to pull pranks on him.

Additionally, Bright loves reading Mr. Rogers to his classes to illustrate different topics in class. For example, in Courtship and Marriage class this semester, Bright used the Mr. Rog-

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ers’s quote that says, “Love isn’t the state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and right now,” to illustrate giving one’s partner unconditional support and encouragement.

“I have enjoyed my time here so far and look forward to many years to come,” said Dr. Bright.

GeDunk worker a mother to all Victoria O’Brien Contributing Writer

For some students, a trip to the GeDunk not only promises quality service but also encouragement from a certain employee who has often exceeded students’ expectations.

Amy McMillin, a resident of Slippery Rock, Pa., was hired by Bon Appetit Management Co. in 2012 as a food vender for the GeDunk.

Besides quality service and hard work, McMillin desires to personalize her actions through encouragement, compassion and openness towards students.

“I’m friendly to everyone; I respect everyone for who they are,” McMillin said.

McMillin has left her mark on campus, creating quite the reputation for herself.

For sophomore Savannah Taylor, McMillin is more than just an employee; she is like a mother, a friend and a constant comforter.

“She is very understanding, positive and a great friend. She does not let bad days at work

Out of reverence and respect, McMillin desires to reflect her father’s remembered work ethic by providing the best life for her family, friends and students. get her down The campus and she is always e nv i ro n m e n t friendly to evthat surrounds eryone,” Taylor the GeDunk has said. offered McMilTaylor belin a sanctuary lieves that Mcwhere all outside Millin’s uncondistractions are ditional kindness dropped, allowis rooted in her ing her to focus “motherly-inon her main stincts.” task at hand, the Although students of the McMillin did College. not attend colMcMillin lege, she bedoes not view lieves that she students just as can relate to the customers but college lifestyle rather as chilthrough a mothdren of her own. erly perspective.

McMillin beWith two lieves her prior VICTORIA O’BRIEN/THE COLLEGIAN d a u g h t e r s The death of her father helped Amy McMillin approach students work experience of her own, differently. has shaped her McKenzie and into the caring ously. Once you enter into the Briana, McMil- lin is an avid employee she is today. For the supporter of a successful edu- real job world, there is more re- past 19 years, McMillin worked sponsibility than you have now,” in the food service, serving at cation for young people.

“Take your academics seri- McMillin said.

Saint Francis Hospital in New

Castle, PA and at General Electric.

Through these past experiences, McMillin learned to value the individual as a person, not just a customer.

On a more personal level, McMillin believes that the tragic death of her father, James O’Neill, changed her outlook on how she treats others.

“I never want to leave anyone behind,” McMillin said.

“The death of my father really changed my perspective on life.

I value life and those who live in it.”

Out of reverence and respect, McMillin desires to reflect her father’s remembered work ethic by providing the best life for students, friends and family.

Working 34 hours a week, McMillin seeks to give students the attention her father once gave her, through quality service in a judgment-free atmosphere.

McMillin leaves students with these words: “Know that if you ever need a shoulder to cry on, or a smile to cheer you up, I will be here to give it to you.”

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The making of a therapy dog Shelby Mander Contributing Writer

The presence of new furry counselors in schools throughout the United States has been proven to relax and comfort students no matter the severity of their crisis.

This fall, the College will welcome their new therapy dog, Maui, a one year old Labrador mix.

Maui has just started her beginner dog obedience classes, the foundation of her training.

Once she completes these classes, she will begin the advanced training.

The completion of the obedience classes combined with increased maturity will prepare Maui for the Therapy Dog International test.

Thanks to Denise Wilson, a counselor at Zerbe Counseling Center since 2007, Grove City College is one of the schools

that uses dogs for therapy. It all began with Wilson’s black lab, Tilly.

“I became interested in the concept of using dogs in therapy so I presented the information to Student Life and Learning and Dr. Jewell and they agreed to allow Tilly to come on board,” Wilson said.

“Tilly had obedience training, but was unable to accomplish the ‘leave it’ command, so she never actually passed the Therapy Dog International exam.”

Tilly served at the College for five years until she died in April 2013.

Like most therapy dogs, Tilly was able to relate to all age groups and was extremely adaptable.

College students were not the only ones who benefited from Tilly’s comforting nature.

She also visited the Orchard Manor Nursing Home and Retirement Facility weekly and was

an active member of the Animal Alliance.

A key feature in therapy dogs is a gentle disposition with a willingness to please.

According to Wilson, Maui displays both of these characteristics.

Maui is a rescue dog. A breeder sold Maui when she was four weeks old, an age that is generally considered too young to be taken away from her mother.

The new owner expected a pure-bred and after he discovered Maui was a mixed breed, he dropped her off at a Petco.

Wilson received Maui at the age of 11 months from her daughter, a veterinary technician, who had fostered Maui since she was a young pup.

“It quickly became evident that she had the making of a fine therapy dog,” Wilson said. “In the College counseling center, students who are in distress may have difficulty verbalizing their

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Maui is finishing her training to be the College’s new therapy dog. pain, but when interacting with a therapy dog, no words are necessary.”

Come fall 2014, students in

need of some animal interaction are encouraged to stop by the College’s counseling center to visit with Maui.

Yates publishes screenplay

Of film and frankfurters Grayson Quay

Entertainment Editor

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Dr. Yates, professor of philosophy, released “No Time to Be Lost,” his self-described PG-13 screenplay, in book form on April 1. The plot follows a globe-trotting group of quirky philosophers in their quest to aid the downtrodden.

On Tuesday April 15 at 5:15 p.m., Grove City College and the Guthrie Theatre will co-host a screening of the documentary “Dog Days” and will provide free hot dogs.

Directed and produced by Laura Hinson and Kasey Kirby, “Dog Days” explores the microentrepreneurial world of Washington, D.C. street vendors.

“This is far more than a simple screening. This is about initiating a conversation,” Dr. Jennifer Mobley, chair of the Department of Communication Studies, said.

This screening is intended to start a dialogue about entrepre-

neurship, taking place in a world in which, according to the filmmakers, “the underdogs of D.C. street vending speak for a nation wondering if the American dream can still be a reality.”

The filmmakers will give a brief introduction before the screening and hold a question and answer session afterward at the new Grove City ArtWorks Studios & Gallery on South Broad Street.

The screening was conceived by the Service-Learning Collaborative, an advisory group led

by Mobley and funded by the Department of Communication Studies, the Department of Entrepreneurship, and Olde Town Grove City.

The Collaborative seeks to spark a conversation about how mutually beneficial relationships can be established between the College and the community.The intention behind this screening of “Dog Days” is to use the medium of film to raise questions about entrepreneurship, the American dream, and how individuals can all work together for the common good.

Franktuary, a Pittsburgh restaurant started in 2004 by two Grove City graduates, will be sending its food truck to the Carnegie Alumni Center parking lot to provide free gourmet frankfurters after the movie.

This day in history: April 11 Stephen Dennis Staff Writer Today, April 11, 2014, marks the anniversaries of three major legislative decisions in the world, as well as turning points for two of the world’s most famous leaders.

The Spanish-American War officially ended 150 years ago

today, with the signing of a treaty.

The war was the direct result of United States involvement in the Cuban War for Independence.

President Lyndon B. Johnson also signed one of the most significant pieces of legislature written during the civil rights movement.

The 1968 Civil Rights Act, or as it is sometimes known, the Fair Housing Act, granted equal rights to all citizens when purchasing or renting housing.

Another legislative change occurred 93 years ago and took place in Iowa when the first state cigarette tax was imposed.

Today also marks the 200th anniversary of Napoleon

Did you know?

Breanna Renkin Staff Writer Many professors at Florida State University might be familiar with the name Frederick L. Jenks, a Grove City College graduate who also left his mark on Florida State’s campus.

Although born in Buffalo, NY in 1942, Jenks attended the College and graduated with a B.A. in foreign language in 1963. During his time at the College, he was heavily involved in the Pan Sophic fraternity. After graduation, Jenks went on to earn his Ph. D. from Wayne State University and his master’s degree from Case Western Reserve University.

Jenks dedicated his life to education by serving at a number of colleges. At Florida State, he served as a professor emeritus in the College of Education beginning in 1971.

He also designed and directed doctorate and master programs for teaching English as a second or foreign

Bonaparte’s exile from France to the island of Elba.

Napoleon was allowed to retain the status of Emperor when he was exiled, and he ultimately escaped from the island in February 1815.

On this day in 1981, President Ronald Reagan returned from his medical leave.

A mere 69 days into his

presidency, John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate the President.

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punctured lung and severe bleeding but was able to return to office less than two weeks later, 33 years ago today.

Frederick L. Jenks

language as well as founded the Center for Intensive English Studies, which he directed for 23 years.

The center’s mission includes preparing international students to study in English universities and providing a program that allows students to learn the necessary skills for teaching the English language abroad.

Additionally, Jenks directed the Florida State University Panama Canal Branch for four years. The Panama Canal branch is a private university in the Panama Canal Zone that allows citizens and military personnel living there to earn degrees.

Working with American University, Jenks designed and directed the first master’s degree in English with a concentration in teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program (MA-TESOL). He also served as an adjunct professor at Flagler College in St. Augustine, FL. Other positions that Jenks has held include a Fulbright Senior Specialist, a legal expert witness in second language assessment, an advocate in the Florida legislature for public-school English language learners, a member of the Executive Board of the American Council on

the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Chairman of the Southern Conference on Language Teaching, a committee member of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and a founding member of TESOL International Research Foundation.

He was also a specialist for the U.S. Department of State, in which he served in former Yugoslavia, East Germany and former Czechoslovakia.

In addition to serving in these positions, Jenks was an accomplished professional writer and editor. His editing positions include being founding editor of the American Foreign Language Teacher and an editor for Heinle and Heinle’s Foreign and Second Language Education series. His own works can be found in journals such as Classical Outlook.

For his numerous contributions, Jenks has received the Heinle & Heinle Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Jenks died on Oct. 24, 2010 at Big Bend Hospice in Tallahassee at the age of 68.

April 11, 2014

Josh Evans

Entertainment

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Swords and sex

News Editor

Murder, betrayal and gratuitous nudity returned to HBO as the fourth season of “Game of Thrones” premiered last Sunday.

The new season will cover the second half of “A Storm of Swords,” the third book from George R. R. Martin’s series, “A Song of Ice and Fire,” upon which the television series is based.

The show, as well as the book series, centers around a struggle for control over the fictional

realm of Westeros among as many as six rival factions.

The premier episode, “Two Swords,” focused on several of the show’s numerous plot lines.

In the capital city of King’s Landing, Jaime Lannister (played

by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) returned to find that much had changed. His father Tywin (Charles Dance) had begun to doubt his abilities, and his sister, Cersei (Lena Headey), appeared to have lost her incestuous passion for him.

Despite only appearing in a brief scene, King Joffrey

Baratheon (Jack Gleeson), one of the most hated characters on the show, reminded viewers of what an obnoxious brat he is by mocking Jaime’s lost limb and his supposed lack of accomplishments.

Meanwhile, in the north, Jon Snow (Kit Harrington) was tried at the Wall for his betrayal. He was released only when he revealed the battle plans made by the savages who live north of the Wall.

The episode also followed Danaerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) in her continued con-

quests to the east of Westeros.

While the show has often been mocked for finding excuses to keep her expensive CGI dragons off-screen, the premiere featured an impressive display of the three ever-growing creatures fighting over a slaughtered sheep.

Viewers were also shocked by the recasting of Daario Naharis, the mercenary leader fighting alongside Danaerys. The previous actor, Ed Skrein, left the show to take the lead role in the newest “Transporter” movie, and was replaced by Michiel Huisman.

The fourth season will also begin to introduce the Martell family through Prince Oberyn Martell (Pedro Pascal), who arrives in King’s Landing. It seems that he has come to attend Joffrey’s wedding, although Martell soon revealed his true intention of seeking revenge for the rape and murder of his sister.

“Game of Thrones” has been infamous in the past for mercilessly killing off prominent and beloved characters. This season is likely to be the same, as the final chapters of the book upon which the season is based feature the deaths of major characters in rapid succession.

The show has also continued its trend of oversexualizing the source material.

The introduction of Oberyn is moved from the city entrance to a brothel, adding nothing to the story except nudity and the opportunity for Oberyn to stab a man through the wrist. While the books are certainly graphic at times but convey importance to the plot, the show’s additions fail to do the same.

While the show’s producers see a need to add sexuality to attract viewers to the less popular genre of fantasy, the excellent writing and fantastic acting are enough to stand on their own.

Despite these changes, the premiere gives an excellent taste of the plot twists to come as the rulers of Westeros continue to play the game of thrones.

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Les Mis actors sing with Broadway’s Valjean Jacob Sziráky Staff Writer

The 2013 Grove City College production of Les Misérables came to a close in November.

Unlike other shows, the curtain briefly reopened.

This past Friday, April 4, the cast had a revival of the show under special circumstances. Not only was their performance for a select audience, but they also had the opportunity to perform with Ivan Rutherford, the actor who currently plays Jean Valjean on Broadway.

The special performance of

EMPEROR gained a sense of the character.

He also pointed out that the story is just as much about the emperor’s daughter, Sam, as it is about the emperor himself.

Junior Emma Sibilla plays Sam, whom Sibilla describes as a modern young woman. Sam prefers to dress simply in contrast to her father’s extravagant wardrobe. Sam not only quarrels with her father over fashion but stands up for the rights of the peasants.

Sibilla enjoys that Sam is at times the only person who realizes the insanity occurring around her. She is a strong contemporary role model for young women and comes to find a good balance between tradition and independence, while also learning the importance of family.

Joining the emperor and his

the show was for Family Guidance 50 Year Legacy Gala. Freshman Jonathan Brutt, a member of the Les Misérables ensemble, described the mission of Family Guidance as being able “to provide for at-risk children that includes poverty and bad home situations. They provide camps for very low [cost] or for free.

This was actually their first time doing an event of this magnitude.”

Brutt went on to say that they arrived at the Fairmont Hotel in Pittsburgh around noon where they began to rehearse with Rutherford.

“He was incredible. Not just a daughter is the narcissistic Vince, played by sophomore Timothy Lagoy. Lagoy commented on the lesson that his character teaches about the wariness one should have when dealing with people.

“People need to make sure that they truly have all their ducks in a row and that there isn’t an ugly duckling in the bunch,” Lagoy said.

He has also been able to experiment with this character and discover just the right comedic timing under the direction of Hickly and Nagel.

Moreover, Mama and Kimberly Swindler (played by sophomore Ashley White Brothers and freshman Robbie Davis, respectively), add additional humor to the play. When considering what his character says about young people, Davis commented that young people are often told what they cannot do when they need to be told more often what they can do.

performer but a great collaborator, very friendly and funny and offered us so many different stories of Broadway. He performed Jean Valjean over 2,000 times and is still on Broadway,” Brutt said.

Brutt described the evening as follows: “Rutherford performed three of his own songs including several Les Misérables classics, and there was a middle act where Family Guidance displayed what they were doing with money from their gala… Ivan Rutherford performed a few more times and the final performance of the night was performed with him in “‘One Day More.’”

The audience consisted of 400

donors to the Family Guidance organization. Brutt said one of their activities before the show was to set up gifts and other tokens of thanks for the donors.

The entire cast had been asked in an email about participating in the Gala, but due to conflicts with the upcoming Children’s Theatre show, the entire cast was not able to participate in the performance. After the selection process, only 13 performers were able to go to the performance.

Despite the small size of the group, the show was still regarded as a huge success that resulted in the whole cast receiving a standing ovation.

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Sophomore Ashley White Brothers adds well to the play’s humor.

For Brothers, acting as a single mother has given her new perspective.

“It’s worth every mile,” she said, considering her character’s point of view. “We’ve learned how to fend for ourselves.”

Brothers and Davis also point out that although there is friction between their characters at times, deep down they love

each other, which is a lesson that speaks volumes to the families in the audience.

“The Emperor’s New Clothes” is filled with lessons about today’s society that entertains young and old alike.

The play will be performed for the public tonight at 7 p.m. and tomorrow, April 12, at 11 a.m. in the Pew Fine Arts Center.

Pick of the Week

NOW + 4EVA

Claire McCray WSAJ Contributor Known for hits such as “Contact High,” Architecture in Helsinki is back with more polished dance pop with its newest album “NOW + 4EVA.” The Australia-based pop group’s fifth album, “NOW + 4EVA” breaks a musical dry spell that began in 2011.

Heavily inspired by pop from the late ’90s and early 2000s, Architecture in Helsinki refreshes a genre that has a tendency to be tired and overdone. While this newest album is arguably not as musically intriguing as past records, “NOW + 4EVA” is still a positive addition to Architecture in Helsinki’s discography.

Full of bright synths and catchy drum fills, the album relieves any remaining winter blues and replaces them with pastel hues. “I Might Survive” takes on a modern disco quality and is accented by singer Kellie Sutherland’s light and airy vocals that shine in a chorus featuring the lyrics, “I might survive/ Don’t tell me either way/ I’d rather be with you/ Then alive/ I might survive/ Tomorrow or today/ I’d rather be with you.”

The chorus is backed by synths that bring to mind panflues and hand-claps, creating a party atmosphere. Lyrics such as, “In this commotion, it turns me up today/ No magic potion can bring me back/ Went through all over, but baby, don’t believe in fate/ While we make a future for ourselves,” enhance the positive atmosphere and create a crazy-in-love vibe.

Perhaps the strongest track on the album is found at “NOW + 4EVA’s” conclusion with the track “Before Tomorrow.” Opening with a big band feel with group vocals and pounding organ chords, “Before Tomorrow” is a group jam fest that oozes positivity. A blend of pop and soul, this track is an energetic mix of styles that provides a clue as to where Architecture in Helsinki intends to proceed in future albums.

The lyrics “Before tomorrow/ Make some history for tomorrow/ These never ending ways we’re pretending they got me drifting/ Before tomorrow/ Make some history with me,” develop the soul sound and are backed by blasts from tenor saxophones.

Architecture in Helsinki is an indie-pop group that is not afraid to take chances in changing how it approaches the genre, regardless of how it is received. While not every track is a strong standout, there are enough hits that shine through to present hope that future albums will learn from the mistakes of tracks that fell flat.

Fans of Fitz and the Tantrums and Animal Collective are sure to find Architecture in Helsinki to be a fun addition to their library.

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Entertainment

April 11, 2014

‘House of Heroes’ rocks Crawford Courtney Justice Contributing Writer

On Saturday, April 5, Stonebridge Concerts brought House of Heroes to Crawford Auditorium. Senior Dan Becker described the music lineup as “harmonies that will make your mama cry.”

The band played a mix of its older and newer material, aiming to spark the current fan base, while allowing fresh interest to ignite. Students as well as outside youth groups and members involved in the Junior Crimson Day festivities gathered to hear the band play at 8 p.m.

House of Heroes hails from Columbus, OH and includes lead singer Tim Skipper, drummer Colin Rigsby, lead guitarist Eric Newcomer and bassist Matt Lott. Their alternative sound caters to a variety of musical tastes.

The band is influenced by groups like the Beatles, Queen and Muse with a sound similar to that of Relient K, Switchfoot and Anberlin.

The band considers itself to be

an alternative rock band rather than a Christian rock band for the same reasons that many other Christian-going-secular bands do.

“We kind of straddle the line as far as playing in church one day and playing at a bar the next day,” lead singer Skipper said in a YouTube interview. “We can relate to the people in the church and the people in the bar. They also need to hear a message. At the end of the day, we just want to be as real as we possibly can.”

At the concert, House of Heroes played music from its most recent album, “Cold Hard Want,” as well as from albums “Suburba” and “The End is Not the End.” The band’s latest album was released in 2013 and titled “The Knock-Down Drag Outs.” It is a compilation of previous albums, as well as a few demo tracks.

The band also debuted “Satisfied,” a song that will be released on a new EP later this year.

The opening act for House of Heroes was Dan DeCristofaro ’13. He performed solo, without the other members of his band,

the Blue Light Bandits. DeCristofaro had a softer sound than that of House of Heroes and made for a solid opening act.

COURTESY BRANDON MOORE Stonebridge is an organization on campus of about 10-15 Frontman Tim Skipper (above) and the band surprised fans by students that strives to bring debuting “Satisfied,” a song from an upcoming EP. bands to campus. rooms and hotels and creating a vertising for the event.This partThe goal of Stonebridge, acgreat experience for the bands nership with WSAJ has led to cording to the campus ministries when they come to perform. the possibility of hosting bigger website, is “to provide Grove After the opportunity to speak bands in the future City College with artists who with the lead singer after a con“At WSAJ we use our comwill bring glory to God through cert, Becker was able to commu- munication and technical skills a variety of musical performance nicate with the band’s booking in diverse and fun ways,” WSAJ styles.” manager and bassist for about six general manager, junior Brittany The members of Stonebridge months in order to bring House Morales, said, “It’s exciting for delegate the work through the of Heroes to campus. us to partner with a group that leadership of the organization’s The members of House of operates within a similar arena. president, senior Scott Inderbit- Heroes pride themselves on their Specifically it made a lot of sense zen, as well as a marketing team, outlandish requests. Although to support the sound services fundraising team, hospitality they praised the hospitality team and equipment for House of team and logistics team. for providing them with a birth- Heroes, so we have had a large Becker has been involved day cake and a trophy, they also part of our budget dedicated to with Stonebridge since his pointed out that Stonebridge the project for some time.” sophomore year because of his had failed to provide them with Stonebridge holds interviews immense love for music. the group’s third request: a fal- each semester to reel in more “I wanted to be a part of coner. students to be a part of bringbringing music I love to camStonebridge Concerts hosted ing concerts to campus. With pus,” he said. three concerts this school year. the help of the WSAJ sponsorBecker is on the hospitality The organization partnered ship, students can look forward team, and his duties include pre- with WSAJ Campus Radio for to seeing more of their favorite paring food, providing dressing assistance with finances and ad- bands on campus in the future.

‘Buffy’ still slays audiences

Things 2 Do Friday, April 11 Vision & Values Conference 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.Various Locations Children’s Theatre: “The Emperor’s New Clothes” 7 - 9 p.m. PFAC Ketler Auditorium Relay for Life 7 - 11:55 p.m. PLC IM Rooms

Saturday, April 12 BUFFY.WIKIA.COM

Grayson Quay

Entertainment Editor Despite being off the air since 2003, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” continues to captivate audiences, combining the boundless creativity of shows like “Doctor Who” with some of the finest characters and writing in television history.

We’ve all seen the cute, blonde girl get eviscerated by the monsters in the first five minutes of every horror movie. “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” turns the tables, creating a cute, blonde girl that the vampires and demons fear.

Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is the Slayer, endowed with enhanced physical abilities and charged with keeping the world safe from the forces of evil. On top of all that, she also has to survive high school.

As the series opens, Buffy is a sophomore who has just transferred to Sunnydale High School, which is conveniently located over a nexus of occult energy known as the Hellmouth.

At school, Buffy meets her British “Watcher,” Rupert Giles (Anthony Stewart Head), who serves as her trainer and handler.

She also befriends Xander Harris (Nicholas Brendon) and Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan).

The four characters remain constant throughout the show’s seven seasons and are complemented by a rotating cast of sup-

porting characters.

“Buffy” is a coming-of-age story on a cosmic level, following Buffy as she navigates high school and college, dead-end jobs, family crises and failed relationships, all while standing as humanity’s first and only defense.

The stakes are constantly high and the action never-ending.

“I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of apocalypse,” one supporting character remarked.

Buffy is an archetypal female lead, engaging in stylized fight scenes with her vampire foes before dispatching them with a thrust of her stake. Joss Whedon, the show’s creator, manages to develop Buffy so that she is conflicted and nuanced, rather than the feminist poster child she could easily have become.

Tension exists between Buffy’s monumental calling and her longing to experience normal life.Viewers never forget that the girl who is called upon to make decisions that determine the fate of humanity is the same girl who questions her worth after a rough break-up.

Each season is loosely structured around a main villain or “Big Bad,” each of which challenges Buffy and her friends, who call themselves “The Scooby Gang,” in a unique way. The first season is gratingly campy, but the next six seasons make up for it.

The high points of the show

are the episodes that Whedon writes and directs himself. They include gems such as “Hush,” which features 22 minutes with no dialogue, and “Once More with Feeling,” a fully choreographed musical episode with an entire album of original songs.

The supernatural forces pervading the show make it possible for almost anything to happen, leading to fascinating scenarios as well as crushing moral dilemmas. One of the greatest triumphs of the show is that, despite almost infinite possibilities, the audience can connect with the fanciful world and invest in characters who respond to fantastical situations.

A variety of plot arcs stand out. Buffy’s star-crossed romance with Angel (David Boreanaz), a vampire with a soul, is vampirehuman love done right. The conflict between Buffy and her Nietzschean fellow Slayer, Faith (Eliza Dushku), raises important questions about how Slayers, or anyone else, should wield power.

Spike (James Marsters), a powerful vampire obsessed with testing himself against Slayers, begins as a villain but becomes morally ambiguous as the series progresses, leading to spiritual struggles that border on Calvinistic. Like any Whedon show, there is no shortage of whiplashinducing twists.

All seven seasons are available on Netflix.

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Tuesday, April 15 Dr. David Valoney, adjunct professor, Regent University Law School

April 11, 2014

Perspectives

Dear freshman self, I guess this is coming about five years late, but maybe someone else can learn from the things you did not. Sometimes you just need a break from the bubble to clearly see your time there.

Let’s review the things you took for granted going into Grove City College freshman year: #1: College is when you will always look amazing, be popular and get good grades.

Right, because life is like an episode of “Greek” or “Gossip Girl.” Stop hiding your insecurities and faults behind the perfect image you present on social media or when you walk out of your room for class. Be honest with people; don’t just say you are “fine.” Girls, does it really matter if you look put together for class?

Take a day to do something that you enjoy. Skip a homework assignment and go to bed before midnight. Have a good chat and a good cry with a friend about things that really matter.

Perfection is unattainable, so don’t let it get its claws wrapped around your life. We are free in Christ: are you living in that freedom? Have a little fun and stop stressing over school work – your GPA is just a number that doesn’t mean as much as you think it does.

Invest in people; they are where you can make a real difference. Love them, listen to them, be honest with them about your fears and guilt and make time for them. #2: Everything is under control, and life is a synonym for “my plans for my future.”

Guess what? You might think you know what you want in life, but God knows better. It may not seem better compared to what you have planned now, but it will be better when you look at the long-term scope of your life.

If He changes the plan, be

flexible, otherwise it’s going to hurt a lot more later on. Constant and total surrender is the key, and it’s the hardest thing you do on a daily basis. Trust Him. He knows what He’s doing, especially when you don’t.

Stop worrying about failing, about taking risks and doing something crazy. It’s okay to fail.

God’s plan leaves room for failure, because God doesn’t measure success based on your GPA, the number of Facebook friends you have, how much money is in your bank account or what kind of job you’ll get after graduation.

He is so much bigger than all of that. #3: I will meet my soul mate in college and get my “ring by spring.”

Why are you so afraid of being single in college? Contrary to popular thought, being single does not mean you are undesirable. Being single does not mean that you have failed. Singleness is a time of wonderful, uncomplicated friendships, of loving the other sex as brothers or sisters in Christ.

But when you do like someone, do you ever tell them? Are you ruled by your fear? If God wants it to work, it will work, if not, then it won’t. Stop being afraid of ruining friendships if you share your feelings. There is freedom in honesty.

I guess it also is time to tell you that dating just for the sake of dating is stupid. If you don’t see a future with the other person, there is no need to stay with them. On the other hand, waiting to start dating someone until you think you are ready to marry them is also stupid. It’s a date, not a proposal. #4: I know what I believe about faith, and am excited for the Christian community at the College.

Don’t get me wrong, the people at the College are wonderful, fabulous and incredible – a community unlike anywhere else.

But don’t get lulled into thinking that this is what the world is like.

The College is a Christian bubble. There are lots of good things to learn in the bubble, but don’t learn complacency. Just because all your friends are Christians does not mean that you are exempt from Jesus’s command to “go and make disciples.” Mission has always been a central component to the church and the heart of God, and if you are not involved in some sort of mission, you might need to look again at your priorities. Christians are not made to be consumers, but givers as well. Serve at your church if you’re looking for a starting place.

If you leave college thinking that you have all the answers to anyone who might question Christianity, then you have not been honest with yourself about the issues. Engaging with non-Christians about Christianity is difficult, so don’t shoot yourself in the foot by being arrogant and condescending about it.

Humility and honesty is the best way to approach a conversation, not heavy-handed Bible thumping. You will miss out on growing if you refuse to get out of your comfort zone, but I can assure you that that being out of the comfort zone is the most freeing place to be, because it is there that you must let God be in control.

I hope you learn these things before you leave Grove City College – before you limit what God can do in and throughout your life. Enjoy your time in this bubble, but please take time to question the things you might take for granted and to be honest with others and to get out of your comfort zone.

Sincerely,

Monica Godfrey ’13

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Editorial

Approaching 100 years Dan Johnson Managing Editor

Grove City College’s student newspaper, The Collegian, has been delivering the news on a weekly basis for 100 years as of this October. The realization of this momentous occasion was something I stumbled upon earlier this year.

The assigning of volume numbers for newspapers has apparently been an area of confusion for quite some time.

A case could be made to base the volume numbers on the 1891 founding of The Collegian, but the publication ceased printing for a number of years early on, and did not become a weekly paper until the fall of 1914.

An examination of past issues of The Collegian presents a numbering system that was spotty at times, for a number of reasons known and unknown.

Until now, the numbering has not been in line with a 191415 starting point in about 70 years.

As Oct. 10, 1914 was the first issue of the weekly Vol. 1, this fall’s staff will produce the first issue of weekly Vol. 101. October will mark the 100th anniversary of this paper, which has been published without prolonged stoppage in that span.

One possible exception is

the 1943-44 academic year.

Copies of The Collegian are missing in the online archive from that year, though the volume number stayed at Vol. 29 through a portion of the World War II years. Thus in this issue we reestablish the numbering of the paper for the first time since perhaps the late 1930s.

Because of the way the dates fall, The Collegian will publish an issue on Oct. 10, 2014, exactly 100 years from the date of the first weekly issue. More fanfare will follow, likely in that most appropriate issue.

And so, these final two issues continue the 100th consecutive weekly volume of The Collegian. We are honored to have taken our place in the history of this paper and the College.

We are excited to announce that junior Josh Evans will assume the role of editor-in-chief to lead the paper into the next 100 years, joined by junior Marissa Candiloro as managing editor. Both have gained considerable experience with the paper this year, serving as news editor and design chief, respectively.

With the establishment of next year’s staff already well underway (including a full editorial staff), The Collegian is excited to continue providing the news to the College community.

Write for The Collegian Interested in writing for The Collegian? The Collegian provides excellent opportunities for students who are interested in journalism careers, in writing and in exploring campus events and issues. All sections welcome new writers. Email the Collegian at collegian@gcc.edu.

NSA’s actions constitute domestic abuse Scott Alford Staff Writer Whistleblower Edward Snowden brought warrantless wiretapping to the forefront of national conversation by exposing the National Security Agency’s surveillance of the American people.

While many Americans are outraged at the NSA’s unconstitutional actions, few realize the extensive history of NSA’s spying policies. Since President Harry Truman established the NSA in 1952, the agency has grown in both power and technological capabilities, enabling it to spy on American citizens without consent or probable cause.

The NSA claims its primary purpose is collecting and analyzing foreign intelligence and counterintelligence. The NSA uses cryptology to protect the vast array of domestic communication systems and to analyze threats to the United States.

Of all U.S. intelligence agencies, the NSA is estimated to be the most powerful and expensive.

In the wake of the Watergate scandal in 1972, the American people became concerned about the abuse of power by government agencies. Because of Watergate, “trusted” agencies of government were submitted to rigorous scrutiny.

When allegations surfaced of government agencies, such as the NSA, abusing powers, the Senate voted to establish an 11-member committee to investigate.

The committee, spearheaded by Senator Frank Church (D-Idaho), conducted the investigation

using similar techniques to the Watergate enquiries.

The senators discovered that NSA operatives had spied on American citizens in the U.S. without warrants.The NSA used techniques from basic theft to sophisticated electronic communication technologies to obtain information about the American people.

Church’s committee discovered illegal surveillance operations were used by NSA agents targeting political dissenters, including anti-war protesters, civil rights activists and political opponents.

Church summarized the impact: “[The National Security Agency’s] capability at any time could be turned around on the American people, and no American would have any privacy left, such is their capability to monitor everything: telephone conversations, telegrams, it doesn’t matter. There would be no place to hide.”

To address these concerns, Congress enacted the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Among other policy reforms, FISA created a secretive court to issue warrants to the NSA for “reasonable” wiretaps and eavesdropping. In 1975, the New York Times explained that FISA established guidelines in which the NSA could only obtain “warrants under FISA that they could not get from an ordinary judge.”

After the enactment of FISA, the NSA strictly followed the set parameters. However, that all changed on Sept. 11, 2001. In the aftermath, the agency compromised Fourth Amendment

protections in the name of combating terrorism.

Former NSA analysts explained, “The individual liberties preserved in the U.S. Constitution were no longer a consideration [at the NSA].”

These changes occurred because of President George W. Bush’s quick reaction to circumvent the FISA regulations.

The NSA has a history of constitutional usurpations... Congress needs more oversight of the NSA... [and] should strictly define “reasonable search.”

“Twenty-three days after the Twin Towers fell, President Bush signed off on a secret eavesdropping operation,” Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Eric Lichtblau reported in his book, “Bush’s Law.” “Many of the country’s senior national security officials, men and women with highest security clearances in his administration, knew nothing about it.”

The Bush Administration slowly and secretly increased the authority and power of the NSA’s wiretapping operation in the years following the terrorist attack.

In President Bush’s second term, details of the NSA’s expanded powers began to surface.

In 2005, President George Bush revealed the program existed and

defended the program for fighting terrorism.

Under the Bush Administration, an unprecedented amount of wiretapping and metadata tracking was unleashed on ordinary citizens. By 2006, the NSA was collecting data to create “the largest database ever assembled in the world,” with the goal of compiling “a database of every call ever made,” with no exception for American citizens.

In 2008, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was amended to formally allow the NSA to eavesdrop on phone calls and emails of ordinary Americans without having properly justified warrants.

One of the most significant changes to FISA was the clause absolving companies from liability for cooperating with the government by granting access to their private records of customer data. The era post-Sept.

11, 2001 introduced a new era of “big government.”

The new surveillance powers gave the government power to track U.S. citizens without oversight.

In the spirit of the new era of “Big Brother,” the NSA began to construct a massive data center “to intercept, decipher, analyze and store vast swaths of the world’s communications as they zap down from satellites and zip through the underground and undersea cables of international, foreign and domestic networks.”

The data center uses state of the art technology to track calls, emails and metadata.

In recent years, evidence emerged of the NSA having engaged in “over collection” of

domestic communications of Americans. While previous evidence suggested the surveillance was incidental, the NSA’s new wiretapping and spying abilities were described by officials and briefed lawyers as “significant and systemic.”

In early June, the American people learned that the NSA forced Verizon to release all phone records on an “ongoing, daily basis.” Shortly after, the Washington Post reported leaked slides describing the NSA’s PRISM program to tap major companies for extensive email and electronic communication records. Since then, the American public has been demanding answers about the actions of the NSA. The NSA has a history of constitutional usurpations.

When Church originally scrutinized the NSA for such abuses, he understood the importance of accountability and oversight.

Congress needs more oversight of the NSA. FISA should be restored to fulfill its original oversight purposes. Congress should strictly define “reasonable” search to give full protection of Fourth Amendment rights.

Additionally, the Electronic Communication Protection Act (ECPA) should be reformed to provide protection against all unreasonable search and seizure in digital communication. The American people must decide how they will react to the NSA’s overreach. America must decide between caving to the “Big Brother” NSA or fighting for constitutionally protected liberties.

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April 11, 2014

A more HUMAne option Daniel Amico

Contributing Writer A liberal arts education historically includes subjects like math, art, sciences and languages.

Since antiquity, educators have valued the liberal arts as a means of producing well rounded citizens who have a more holistic and interdisciplinary understanding of the world.

Grove City College’s identity as a liberal arts college is articulated through its battery of humanities requirements. But this indiscriminate requirement gives rise to common complaints: “I thought I finished this in high school” or “I know this already from high school, why am I here?”

No one doubts that liberal arts classes are incredibly valuable, but their value evaporates if they are merely repetitive classes from high school.

I believe the College can address these complaints while strengthening its commitment to the liberal arts ideal. It is simple: students should be given the ability to test out of humanities courses and in turn be given the opportunity to explore academ-

ic disciplines outside the ancient Latin curriculum.

Optional tests can give students the choice to bypass humanities courses if they demonstrate the basic level of understanding that a humanities class is designed to guarantee.

Humanities requirements assure professors that students have a uniform basic understanding as they move into higher level courses. Testing can achieve the same object.

Even as they stand now, humanities courses vary. They are not taught uniformly, but by different professors using different materials, divergent syllabi and unique teaching styles. A testing requirement would preserve this baseline subject understanding that all humanities classes guarantee.

Optional testing is not a novel solution; it is one the College already implements to a limited extent. Freshmen are regularly exempt from the math, language and science requirements.

A testing option would assure that humanities courses are only bypassed by students who have proven adequate subject familiarity even if they didn’t have Advanced Placement or Inter-

national Baccalaureate classes offered at their school.

In other cases, the course requirement is reduced if one’s high school grades or Advanced Placement test scores are high enough. At the College, where students can take a class on the life of Christ from an earnest and orthodox teaching perspective or a class exploring Austrian economics, open credit hours would benefit students wishing to study other areas of academic interest.

The unique Christian perspective that the College has is highly prized. But students who already have that perspective – either through homeschool or private schooling – and want to bypass redundant or unchallenging humanities requirements should have the option to branch out and explore new fields outside their major, taking advantage of the College’s Christian worldview in all courses.

Students at the College live in the 21st century; according to former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, humanity is producing more than 5 exabytes (that’s about 5 million terabytes) of new information every two days.

If the goal of a liberal arts edu-

The left’s evolving hierarchy of rights Dr. Paul Kengor Editor’s note: This article first appeared at TheBlaze.com on April 3.

Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock, you’ve noticed the growing clash between religious freedom and issues like samesex marriage and forced funding of abortion. Last week, the Supreme Court heard a landmark case on whether the federal government can compel a business to fund abortion drugs in defiance of the religious beliefs of the business owner. It’s merely one such case amid a flurry of lawsuits that even includes the Little Sisters of the Poor. Or, consider these situations involving gay marriage: In Oregon, a couple that owns a bakery, the Kleins, are being sued and called before the state for not making a wedding cake for a same-sex ceremony. The Kleins note that being forced to make such a cake against their will would violate their Christian beliefs and freedom of conscience.

In Colorado, another bakery owner, Jack Phillips, awaits a possible jail sentence for refusing to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple.

In Washington State, a florist is being prosecuted by the state’s attorney general for declining to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding.

In Ocean Grove, New Jersey, a Methodist camp meeting association lost its tax-exempt status for declining its wedding pavilion to two lesbians for a samesex ceremony.

In New Mexico, the state Supreme Court ruled against the owners of Elane Photography, judging that they violated the state’s Human Rights Act by refusing to take pictures for a same-sex ceremony. The ACLU opposed Elane Photography, as did one of the justices, who recognized that the ruling violated Elane’s religious freedom but argued that such is the price of “citizenship” in America today.

In Massachusetts and Illinois, Catholic Charities, one of the oldest and most established private adoption agencies in America, has been forced to cease services because it will not provide adoptive children to gay couples.

And then there’s any number of figures demonized, boycotted, picketed, pressured, or fired for expressing their opposition to gay marriage: the president of Chick-fil-A, the owner of Barilla pasta, Craig James of Fox Sports, or Arizona’s governor.

These are merely a few of many examples. All involve religious believers invoking their sacred First Amendment rights, only to have those rights rejected by those describing themselves as “liberal” and professing “diversity” and “tolerance.” In truth, you are not free to disagree with liberals on this issue. They won’t let you. They will compel you.

They will see you in court, in bankruptcy, maybe even in jail.

Liberals tolerate only what they agree with.

But what’s really going on here? What’s the bigger picture?

Well, these actions of liberals/ progressives aren’t a surprise when you delve deeper into the logic of their ideology. Consider: Liberals/progressives have a hierarchy of rights. They don’t look at competing rights in a pluralist system in the typical way that we’ve long been accustomed to in America. For instance, Americans typically— through the political and judicial process—have carefully sought to balance competing rights: property rights, civil rights, religious liberty, freedom of conscience, speech, press, federal rights, state rights, the right to life, and so forth. Picture all of these rights laid out in a line, with each prudently considered among the others, and with respect to the others.

Unfortunately, that is not how liberals/progressives operate.

They act according to a hierarchy of rights that—consistent with progressivism—is always progressing, or changing, or evolving. Right now, for liberals/progressives, sitting atop the totem pole in this hierarchy are so-called “marriage rights” and “abortion rights.” In the past, they called these things not rights but “gay marriage” or “freedom of choice.” Quite shrewdly, however, they’ve framed these “freedoms” as “rights,” along the lines of “civil rights.” Equally shrewd, they push them forward under the mantra of “tolerance.” It’s a brilliant move that’s working ex-

tremely effectively with millions of Americans.

But here’s the main point: for today’s liberals/progressives, the likes of “marriage rights” and “abortion rights” rise superior to other rights, certainly above religious rights and property rights.

We see this in the gay marriage examples listed above. It also applies to the Obama HHS mandate requiring religious believers to fund abortion drugs. In all these cases, there’s one commonality: liberals/progressives disregard the religious rights and property rights that they are steamrolling in the name of gay marriage and abortion. Religious rights and property rights are subjugated to a kind of liberal/progressive gulag. They are deemed bottom-of-the-barrel, and in no way nearly as important or worthy of consideration.

Again, the startling irony is that these same people fancy themselves champions of tolerance, diversity, and “equal rights.”

That has never been accurate, and they are proving it now with special uncompromising rigidity. They are pursuing what they’ve always pursued: selective tolerance, selective diversity, and selective equal rights. Religious rights are not among their select.

A quotation that sums up this thinking comes from gay activist, law professor, and EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum.

When asked about the conflict between gay rights and religious rights, Feldblum said, “I’m having a hard time coming up with any case in which religious liberty should win.”

That’s very clear. An attorney colleague of mine says of Feldblum: “Supposedly a Constitutional Law scholar, she holds that view despite the fact that religious freedom is actually in the Constitution!”

Yes, but to liberals/progressives it doesn’t matter. They have a hierarchy of rights, one that’s always changing. And right now, religious rights are their bottomdwellers. For religious believers who disagree with them, too bad. They’ll see them in court.

cation is to produce knowledgeable and erudite citizens of the world, and a student already has satisfactory working knowledge

need to sit in a classroom being told what you already know.

There is a wealth of knowledge out there today that the

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of the ancient Latin curriculum, it is an exercise in tedium to make them sit through a review of high school while in college.

The liberal arts vision of today is grander and richer than that conceived in antiquity. Learning the basics is important, but once one has done that, there is no

original scholars could not have even imagined. Grove City College students should have the option to not only graduate having the classic education promised by a liberal arts college, but, if conditions are met, also having explored some other exciting disciplines as well.

Dropping class damages context Susan Thomas Contributing Writer A liberal arts education should provide a thorough understanding of one’s field of study within a historical and philosophical context. It is crucial to view the world through the lens of history and to encounter differing perspectives in order to uncover personal and collective misconceptions.

Knowledge is powerful, and any accumulation of it may prove dangerous on its own. It must be accompanied by a full comprehension of how to employ it. In spite of this knowledge, Grove City College will no longer require historical and philosophical foundations of education as a requirement for education majors.

Though it may sound hyperbolic, the truth is that the College is damaging educational experiences while sending the broader message that it is superfluous to understand why any vocation is a worthy pursuit.

However, this policy change does not stem from an intentional desire to undermine students’ education. The College seeks to provide education majors with practical training. Field experiences and student teaching are championed as the key to creating excellent teachers.

While practical knowledge is valuable, without philosophical knowledge, it is meaningless and often dangerous.

While it may be easy to as-

sume that the uneducated provide the greatest threat to society, it is far more dangerous to possess knowledge without any appreciation of how to handle it.

As Dr. Jason Edwards, professor of history and humanities, explains in his course, one’s philosophical views directly affect his educational philosophy, policy and practice.

A Christian teacher could easily fall prey to relativistic teaching methods if not instructed to detect the subtle philosophies which undergird practices.

Foundations of education is the key to creating thoughtful education majors who will become thoughtful teachers.

It is ironic that one expects teachers to cultivate reflective students without first learning how to think about education.

Thus, the practice of education is insufficient and must be complemented by a broad understanding of the various philosophies concerning education.

Generally, any study will prove itself to be pointless if it lacks any discussion of its importance.

Any school that triumphs practice over perception and method over mentality does not provide a liberal arts education, but rather reveals itself to be an opposing force in the attempt to learn.

Any administrative body that seeks to limit discussions of the philosophy of any scholastic pursuit merits denunciation. Education majors deserve to learn why their vocation is valuable. It is reprehensible to rob them of this necessary discussion.

GREEN EYESHADE AWARD This week’s award goes to junior Melissa Eswein for her thorough and consistent contributions to the Collegian fact checking team in addition to extra contributions of solid copy.

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Sports

April 11, 2014

Bounce back potential Softball team looks for positives amidst adversity

Joe Setyon

Staff Writer

The Grove City College softball team (4-11, 0-4 Presidents’ Athletic Conference action) played a pair of PAC doubleheaders the week of April 1-6, travelling first to Bethany College (7-11, 3-1 PAC) and then to Thomas More College (13-6, 2-0 PAC). The team dropped all four games and scored only four runs combined, leaving room for quite a bit of improvement, but also showcased some bright spots.

The Wolverines fell to Bethany by a score of 6-2 in the first game. Freshman Erika Aughton started and allowed six runs, five earned, in six innings. All the runs were scored in the third inning. Juniors Kelsey Shirey and Caitlyn Vidovic each managed RBI singles, but that was not enough to overcome a six run deficit.

In the second game of the doubleheader, freshman pitcher Katie Watts allowed seven runs over five and two-thirds in-

nings, as Grove City lost 8-1.

Watts drove in the sole run for the Wolverines as her first inning single scored junior Allison Rayburn.

Grove City’s next doubleheader came against Thomas More College. The offense was particularly meager in the first game, mustering just two hits in a 5-0 loss. Watts started again, giving up five runs in four innings. The remaining two innings were pitched by freshman Aimee Wootton, whose outing was encouraging. She retired six of seven batters faced, allowing just one walk.

The final game of the doubleheader was the closest game of the mostly forgettable stretch, with a final score of 3-1. Aughton turned in a sparkling performance, allowing three runs, two of them earned, on just four hits over seven innings.

She also knocked in Grove City’s only run with a fourth inning RBI single. However, it was an otherwise quiet day offensively for the Wolverines, who could not come back after

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Sophomore Kelsey Shirey leads the team with a .400 average.

Thomas More scored in the fifth and sixth innings.

It was undeniably a tough week for the Wolverines. Even with four straight losses, the team has a number of things to build upon. Junior catcher Sarah Morris praised her team’s defense, which she says is “keeping our team in games,” while “spectacular plays … give [them] the opportunity to win.” Morris also focused on the Wolverines’ offense, which has struggled as of late.

“You win games when you string hits together,” she said. As a result, Morris says, the team has been working on its hitting, evidenced by players like Shirey, who, with her .400 batting average, is having another fantastic year. Junior outfielder Erica Gmuer is also having a solid 2014 campaign, with a .308 batting average.

Aughton has had an outstanding freshman year. She leads the team with a 3.07 ERA and six games started, while her .286 batting average is fourth.

Grove City tried to get back in the win column when they hosted PAC opponent Saint Vincent College yesterday. (The game was too late for press time.) The most important aspect for the team at this point is confidence. Morris especially emphasized “keeping upbeat and positive,” something that seems particularly important to the team moving forward.

The Wolverines can definitely take positives out of the past week, and will look to build momentum on these things as they continue the season.

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Championship weekend promise Ian Mikrut Sports Editor

The Grove City College women’s water polo team has closed out the regular season this week with a 15-7 loss to Gannon University. Though the setback is not an ideal way to head into the end of regular season league play, with the Wolverines heading to St. Paul, Minn. to compete in the Collegiate Water Polo Association Division III Championships, the team can find confidence in winning three out of its final five games.

Grove City started a two game win streak at Washington & Jefferson College in league match play against Carthage College and Monmouth University with victories of 12-7 and 8-2, respectively. In those two games virtually the entire team contributed in scoring.

Junior utility player Jocelyn Hinkle netted eight goals, sophomore Ashley Parks had four goals, freshman Abby Jank contributed with three and sophomore Ashley Henderson and freshman Grace Klimek scored twice. Lone senior driver Lauren Burrows also chipped in a goal of her own. On the defensive end, freshman goalie Mary Frank had an impressive 18 stops in goal.

The Wolverines’ streak ended the following week against rival Washington & Jefferson in a 9-3 routing. However, the Presidents are ranked first in the division and are entering the weekend with the number one seed.

Grove City bounced back with a 9-2 win at Penn State Behrend College before falling to Gannon Tuesday night.

In the final two games of the season Hinkle and Parks were hot on the scoring end for the Wolverines, tallying up six goals each along with Jank’s three

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Junior Jocelyn Hinkle scored 6 goals in the last two games.

goals. Henderson also had a goal against Penn State Behrend.

As the team ends the regular season with an 8-5 conference record, it enters the weekend with the number four seed. Since 2010, the team has finished first in the division and even finished fifth nationally in the same year.

With a less experienced roster comprised mostly of underclassmen, aside from Burrows and junior Hinkle, the Wolverines have experienced some turbulence as a team. However, the opening matchup against fifth seeded Macalester College provides promise for Grove City.

The matchup fits the Wolverines, who defeated the Scots 9-6 in March before falling later in the month in a decisive 11-10 loss at home. The continual offensive firepower of Hinkle and Parks along with a strong defensive effort from Frank could see Grove City facing off against the winner of the Connecticut College versus Monmouth College matchup in the semifinals.

The eventual champion of this weekend’s tournament will head to Bucknell University on April 25-27 to compete in the CWPA Championships.

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April 11, 2014

A significant showing

Men’s club volleyball falls on final day of play Dan Johnson Managing Editor In a path remarkably similar to last year’s showing at nationals, Grove City College’s men’s club volleyball team came home with an admirable, though still disappointing, finish.

The National Collegiate Volleyball Federation held its annual championship tournament in Reno, Nev. this year, in a giant convention center filled with 48 courts.

“College teams take over the city,” senior middle hitter Ian Mikrut, who was named as an All-Tournament honorable mention, said. “At any time, 100 teams could be playing.”

The first day of the tournament was pool play style based on initial rankings. Each team faced the three others in its pool and the top two advanced.

Grove City, ranked No. 14 entering the tournament, faced the College of New Jersey first. It locked up the victory in straight sets, 25-20 and 25-17. The second match went much the same, as the Wolverines won 25-20 and 25-16.

The last match of the day was against United States Military Academy-West Point. After falling in the first set 25-17, the Wolverines almost forced a third set but fell short, losing 25-23.

The effort was enough to advance.

Grove City, placing second in its own pool, advanced to a “challenge match” in an attempt to make the next round of pool play.

After a 25-18 victory in the first set, University of Wisconsin at Platteville put up a fight in the second set and extended the match in a 24-26 outcome.

Grove City moved back into pool play by winning 15-12.

“We had Messiah on the ropes... It is always disheartening when you come that close, and a small error makes all the difference.”

Tim Horbachewski

The pool of the second day involved three teams, only one of which would not advance to the “gold bracket,” a single-elimination championship bracket.

The Wolverines smacked around Loyola Marymount University, winning in straight sets of 25-12 and 25-19.

Another matchup against a higher seed, Sonoma State, caused problems for the Wolverines. These sets were even closer than the Army game at 25-22 and 28-26. Despite the loss, the team moved into the gold brack-

et for the biggest test yet.

Messiah College, last year’s tournament winner, was slated to face Grove City in the first match of the championship tournament. Messiah had only dropped one set to that point, in the second round of pool play to Azusa Pacific University. They would not lose another.

“We had Messiah on the ropes [in the first set]. We had a lead of over six points,” junior right side hitter Tim Horbachewski said.

“It is always disheartening when you come that close, and a small error makes all the difference.”

The championship game was the only Saturday match for Messiah that was closer.

“We felt like we left it all out there,” Mikrut said. “You felt like we could’ve won, but at the same time, we definitely played some of our best ball of the year, which is all you can strive for.”

As the tournament signals the end of Grove City’s season, the team turns its attention to next year.

“We could see up to 14 gentlemen return next year,” Horbachewski said. “Though [senior outside hitter] Craig [Murrill] and Ian will be sorely missed, I am confident that we will be able to effectively fill their roles and continue competing.”

There’s good reason to believe that.

Three freshmen – defensive specialists Ethan Gelpi and Dan

Atkins and outside hitter Andy Willits – started all year. Other younger players such as lone sophomore middle hitter Darren Moyer (sophomore libero

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Senior Ian Mikrut (7) jumps at the net as junior Jake Nedley (2) looks on. Mikrut earned All-Tournament honorable mention.

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Chris Collins said. “Everybody’s getting along very well, and there is a great team Contributing Writer atmosphere which is helping us win a lot After dropping three straight team of games.”

Collins is currently undefeated in the losses during its fall campaign, the Grove City College men’s tennis team (6-3, 5-0 league as a fourth singles player and as a in Presidents’ Athletic Conference action) second doubles player with his partner, has picked up six straight wins and cur- sophomore Jonathan Graber. rently sits atop the PAC. While the Wolverines’ team record is The Wolverines, led by second-year impressive, the individual records of all head coach Jeff Buxton, have been un- the players in their doubles and singles stoppable since the first match of their matches are just as good. Not one singles spring season. player or doubles team has given up a In the past two and a half weeks, the team has only dropped one set in its single loss in conference action.

Junior Peter Riley played exceptionmatches against Marietta College, Thomally well during the week of March 24, in as More College, Waynesburg University, Westminster College, Thiel College and which he won all four singles and doubles Saint Vincent College, earning an aggre- matches. He dominated sets, winning 40gate score of 53-1 over the last six con- 10 in games (including doubles play with tests. junior Colby Beighey). Riley was also Even after losing five starting seniors named the PAC men’s tennis player of last spring, leaving the team with none the week as well as the ECAC DIII men’s this year, the Wolverines have been able tennis co-player of the week during that to find a great amount of success through run. excellent coaching and good team chem“We played some top ranked DIII istry. teams in the fall, as well as some DII “I think Coach Buxton has done a good job with bringing the team to- teams, so we were very prepared to come gether,” junior singles and doubles player back in the spring and play the teams in the PAC,” Collins said.

The team’s recent surge in the win column should come as no surprise to the other teams in the league. Even before the spring season began, the coaches in the PAC selected the Wolverines as the preseason favorite to take the league crown.

At first place with only two league matches left and riding a massive hot streak, the Wolverines faced one last remaining obstacle between them and their 25th consecutive conference championship: the Saint Vincent Bearcats (6-2, 4-2 in PAC), who they played on Tuesday, April 8 at the College. The Wolverines DAVE MILLER/ADM PHOTOGRAPHY earned yet another 9-0 Junior Peter Riley has led the way in another dominant clean sweep, and look to season for the Wolverines. be well on their way.

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