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April 24, 2015
Collegian
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Let’s talk about... gender
The Grove City College Student Newspaper
Vol. 101, No. 13
New organization initiates equality dialogue
Adrienne Scrima Staff Writer
Recently, representatives from student-led initiative Students for Gender Equality hosted an informational table in the Breen Student Union. Interested passersbys read about and discussed various viewpoints regarding feminism and gender equality. The purpose of the SGE project is to “enable open and intelligent discussion about gender roles, both in society and the church.” Ultimately, SGE aims to spread awareness and educate the College’s student body about prominent issues related to gender equality and feminism. Additionally, SGE plans to fundraise for specific causes related to these issues. The Student Union experiment was a success. Roughly 100 people, including male and female students and professors, signed up for more information about SGE events. According to SGE President junior Evlyn Roper, “this turned into something a lot bigger than we thought it would be.”
Roper confessed that she feared “no one would be interested.” Because of the stigma commonly associated with feminism, many students opposed the idea of the group, assuming it to be “male-bashing.” Various students were concerned about the idea of the group for reasons such as satisfaction with society the way it is and disagreement with the goals of feminism. Roper, however, remains undaunted. “That’s good,” she said. “Bring that idea because that’s where learning starts – when all sides are represented.” A transfer student, Roper grew passionate about gender equality shortly before attending Grove City College. Through a study called Women of the Bible, she received a new and empowering perspective. “God values women just as much as He values men,” Roper said. For her, the question then becomes, “So as a woman, what do I have to offer the world?” Roper also pointed out that “Misconceptions about gender affect both women GENDER 2
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Special art, special kids The Very Special Art Show, sponsored by the Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV, featured art from over 700 kindergarten to 12th grade students with special needs. See more of the works displayed at the show on page 6.
The science of life
GCC bio students present at conference Kendra Tetrick Contributing Writer
Two teams of Grove City College biology majors – juniors Lauren Gillepsie and Amanda Lisby and senior Sarah Blizard, and seniors Stephanie Pitman and Rachel Masciarelli – had the privilege of presenting their hard work and research at the Sigma Xi conference in Erie, Pa. this past weekend. Sigma Xi, a scientific research honorary, is an international science and engineering honor society and is one of the oldest and largest scientific organizations in the world. Students had the option of presenting their research either as an oral presentation or with a visual display, such as a poster. Pitman and Masciarelli spent the past two years researching tick species in Pennsylvania. “Our research is actually the first of its kind to try to get the CDC information current on tick species in the area,” Pitman said, adding that they “found
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Amanda Lisby. Lauren Gillespie and Sarah Blizard presented their work at a conference in Erie, Pa. a large prevalence of spe- going for quite some time, cies that the CDC didn’t even especially for Gillespie and know was in Pa.” Pitman Blizard, who have been worksaid that she was happy to ing on the project for the see a large number of female past three semesters, while research competitors at the Lisby has been working on conference, signifying the the project for the past two. erosion of the gender gap in They tested the growth effect traditionally male-dominat- that the compounds querceed STEM fields. Future stu- tin, and resveratrol had on a dents will continue Pitman progressive cancer cell line. and Masciarelli’s research. Quercetin is a compound Gillespie, Lisby and Bliz- found in vegetables and resard presented their research veratrol is found in red wine on cancer at the conference. BIOLOGY 2 This project has been on-
Back for brains
Caleb Harshberger Staff Writer
On Monday, April 13, the zombie apocalypse occurred … again. It all started when junior Lauren Sestrich and freshman Christian Talbot went from peaceful Grovers to mindless zombies, and it was up to thirty of their former friends and neighbors to survive the two day outbreak. This year’s Humans Versus Zombies game was quick but was no less exciting. The zombies wasted no time in tearing through the campus searching for helpless humans to infect. Fortunately, the humans were prepared. Equipped with all manner of Nerf guns and sock bombs, the humans fought their way from building to building to sleep, eat and attend class. With zombies lurking around every corner, they had to remain constantly vigilant. The Breen Student Union became the proving grounds where, after repelling waves of the zombie horde, a few slipped through the cracks
and overran the garrison. With the Student Union overrun, the survivors were left to search for shelter or do homework. Over the terrifying two days, the human numbers dwindled until only four remained. War stories of those two days continue to surface as the populace seeks to return to normalcy. One story tells of freshman Tyler Rathburn being chased down after battling his way to much-needed shelter at room draw. Later, the zombified Rathburn was reportedly seen ambushing a group of humans during the tumultuous battles for the Student Union. Sestrich watched the action from a safe distance: “Tyler, the zombie, waited until the human was right in front of him. Upon hearing ‘Hey, where’d Tyler go?’ from the human, he reached out and…” Such stories sparked nostalgia for past zombie outbreaks. Veterans find solace in telling about their experiences. From saving scientists in distress to battling for the HVZ 2
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Why Broad Street should have you making your way downtown. Page 9
Men’s tennis on top of PAC. Page 11