The Collegian – November 13, 2015

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The Grove City College Student Newspaper

Vol. 102, No. 9

Orchesis goes ‘Unhinged’ Dance troupe amazes with new performance

Bethany Wilson Contributing Writer

This weekend, Grove City College’s beloved dance troupe will be staging one of their most creative and diverse performances yet—Orchesis: Unhinged.

Orchesis has existed since 1976 and has been putting on annual performances during the fall semester ever since its inception. The cast regularly includes around 100 dancers from all dance styles and experience levels. The Orchesis show is one of the largest productions that the College puts on annually, and this year’s cast will include 80 dancers and choreographers from all majors and areas of study. Their common bond is a love of dance and a desire to express themselves through that form of worship and art.

Some of the styles encompassed by the show include lyrical, hip-hop, jazz, tap, and more. In fact, this year’s show will incorporate a wider range of dance styles than in previous years. Regarding the theme “Unhinged,” Head Choreographer Jessica Sayre said, “This year’s theme is very abstract; meaning ‘offthe-wall’ in a sense. We’re interpreting it to represent novelty and creativity.” This year, the cast of Orchesis aims to push the boundaries of dance and expression to create a bigger and better show than ever before.

The choreographers and dancers in Orchesis have put countless hours into the show thus far, as the cast has been preparing for this performance since the third week of the fall semester.

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Dancers practice for one of the many dances in Orchesis: Unhinged. The choreographers use various styles such as ballet, tap and ballroom dance during the show. Performances of the show are taking place tonight at 7:30 p.m. and tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Women’s club rugby team GCC exceeds is rucking awesome expectations

Molly Wicker

Molly Wicker

News Editor

News Editor

The Grove City College women’s rugby team will travel to St. Bonaventure University on Saturday to compete in the Women’s USA Rugby College Nationals. This is the first time that the women’s team has made it to nationals in its 13-year history.

The 20-member club sports team, led by senior captain Arianna Johnson ’16 and head coach Evan Gruver ’14, finished the season 5-0 in their conference and 5-1 overall, losing only to Slippery Rock University. The team’s biggest win LOGAN CUMMINGS

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Grove City College made its first appearance on Christian Universities Online where it was ranked number 14 on the “Top 50 Christian Colleges and Universities Exceeding Expectations 2016” list.

Christian Universities Online is an independent online resource for prospective students and their families searching Christian higher education.

“Grove City College has a long history of admitting great students. It is rewarding when external organizations recognize our exceptional success in supporting these students through to

graduation,” said Dr. Robert Graham, the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs.

According to the Christian Universities Online website, the goal of the list is to “highlight schools which have proven to go above and beyond when it comes to students’ academic achievements.” Schools that have significantly surpassed their predicted graduation rates are included on the list.

Grove City College’s graduation rate is 83 percent, which surpasses its predicted rate by 10 percent.

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Forbes magazine ranked GCC as a top college, find out why.

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Orchesis dancers steal the show with a variety of dance styles.

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Star Wars fans anticipate the arrival of the newest version of Battlefront.

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Will Tarantino’s new film be successful despite the filmmaker’s reputation?

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The GCC volleyball team has wrapped up their season but are anticipating next year.

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Network of Enlightened Women GCC’s new political organization takes off

Emily Morgan Contributing Writer You may have heard the news through posters or email by now: Grove City College has a new political organization for women.

This semester, the Network

of Enlightened Women began a new chapter in Grove City College. NeW is an organization that is not limited to Grove City College, but has a great presence nationwide and is headquartered in Washington D.C. The goal of NeW, as told by junior

member Grace Meakem, is “to empower women through knowledge and providing network opportunities.”

The notion that an overwhelming majority of Grove City College students adhere to the conservative political tradition is well known

NeW

Brianna Buczkowski sits at an information table in the Student Union to raise interest in the new political group, NeW.

‘Tiramisu, tiramisu’ Faculty Follies funny on multiple layers

Kathleen McAlister Contributing Writer

After almost 40 years of laughter, Faculty Follies is still going strong.

Initiated by the chapel staff under the direction and encouragement of the chaplain, Faculty Follies began in 1977.

Today, it is sponsored and organized by ODK and Mortarboard (Benjamin Marasco, Emily Rothbard, Danielle Dennis, Karolina Lagerquist, Tucker Sigourney, Pierre Elkoms, and Jacob Sziraky), with the assistance of faculty members.

Consistently well-attended, Faculty Follies brings in not only 600-plus students each year, but money towards a scholarship.

When asked why Faculty Follies has not only lasted throughout the years but maintained its great popularity, Dr. Michael Coulter (Cat Choreographer) pointed to the community atmosphere of Grove City College.

“We eat together, learn together, and I think it’s important that we laugh together,” he said.

College President Paul J. McNulty `80, a member of the chapel staff during the infancy of Faculty Follies, echoed Coulter regarding the community between faculty and students.

“I think it has lasted for a couple of reasons. The students and faculty have great relationships here. I’d say it’s one of the reasons Grove City is a successful college.

Faculty and students want to get to know each other.

You don’t get these kinds of relationships at big Division I institutions. Secondly, it’s a natural extension of Grove City’s culture. There are certain things that professors and students share that are fun to poke fun at and laugh at together.”

This year’s Faculty Follies certainly laughed at the Grove City culture, joking about couples, stress and McNulty himself.

The show began with a grand procession of the “naenae” dance, followed by the evolution of dance featuring Drs. Andrew Mitchell, Michael Coulter, Gary Smith, Paul Schaefer, Susan Cramer, Warren Throckmorton, DJ Wagner, Michelle McFeaters, Vern Ulrich, Sue Dreeves, Sra. Carla Ligo and Career Services’ Mandy Sposato.

At the risk of breaking the one and only rule and talking about it, next up was evidence of the secretive faculty fight club. Librarian Kim Marks took on Dr. D.J. Wagner, while Dr. H. Collin Messer sparred with Dr. James Bibza.

Sobering up the audience, Dr. Andrew Harvey did a “Very Serious Poetry Analysis,” breaking down the hidden symbols in Macklemore’s “Downtown.” The moped is the ultimate quest for 80’s chillness and symbolizes Macklemore’s anarcho-capitalism. There are layers to it, tiramisu, tiramisu.

The Writing Center and Dr. Hogsette then issued a PSA enlightening the student body of the sad state of professors during this time of term papers. Students can help with just one quick trip to the Writing Center.

Next, Dr. Gary Smith, featuring a student chorus and dancers, parodied the popular Shia Labeouf video, replacing the cannibalistic Labeouf with Dr. Andrew Mitchell, poking fun at Mitchell map quizzes, awkward Grover couples and more along the way.

After a delightful monologue about the several cringe-worthy awkward moments in his life, Mitchell introduced a send-up of Labeouf’s “Just Do It” video, featuring a very loud Dr. Stanley Keehlwetter and a characteristically deadpan Dr. Gillis Harp.

Posing as Dr. Bibza, Dr. Paul Schaefer shared some favorite Snapple/Grover facts, nearly taking out students’ eyes with bottle caps.

For another perspective on the professors’ humor, check out page 5.

“If you remove the space between atoms, earth would be the size of a baseball. If you remove the space between Grovers, it would be the Commie Lounge,” was one fact that had the crowd roaring with laughter.

After a brief intermission, the show resumed with a video of Dr. Drake being haunted by Drake the rapper, causing havoc in a test. It was followed by a lip-sync battle featuring Sra. Ligo and Dr. Horton, emceed by Mitchell, also posing as Bibza, who managed to get a shot in at his recently graduated brother and the recent scorecard debacle.

A video celebrating McNulty as the Most Interesting College President was shown next, eliciting sighs from the female constituency at the inclusion of McNulty wedding photos.

Grove City College’s answer to the British boyband One Direction, Un-Direction, took the stage next, fronted

by Schaefer, with Ulrich and Throckmorton on guitars and Dr. Timothy Sweet on the drums. Let us just say that they are not the pits.

A Follies classic, the Coulter Report, satirized recent events such as the bear threat, which can apparently be solved by luring it between a campus safety vehicle and a wall, and delved into the background of McNulty.

Faculty members were then pitted against a select group of students in a test of pop culture knowledge. The faculty was eventually victorious due to some timely rule-bending and one very special president.

The show ended with faculty exiting on scooters and hovercrafts, and the evening proved once again that there are layers to Grove City College faculty, tiramisu, tiramisu.

throughout the campus.

However, because of this, no one ever feels the need to defend their views on what would normally be controversial political topics.

Senior Brianna Buczkowski attended the annual NeW national conference for the first time in the summer of 2014. Knowing that this organization was precisely what Grove City College needed, she brought the group to the College to inspire female students to voice their opinions.

“While many other colleges and universities have the problem of liberal professors and biases that drown out the Conservative student’s voice, Grove City College faces the opposite problem of apathy and stagnant activism.”

The purpose of bringing NeW to Grove City College is to bring together the women on campus who enjoy such things as politics and current events, but also to educate those who would like to learn more in regards to controversial issues and political parties. It is also emphasized that the group is not focused solely on conservativism, and members of any political affiliation are welcome to attend meetings and share their thoughts and beliefs.

Since the organization’s inception here at Grove City College, the main focus of the group has been to focus primarily on the upcoming elec-

tion. Most recently, a viewing party was held for the Democratic debate in October, and a program director from NeW’s national headquarters in Washington D.C. came to discuss professional development and job hunting postcollege graduation.

“This program will be beneficial to all Grove City College women because it’s a club by women, for women,” Meakem says.

“This is a place for the girl who is a political junkie but also for the girl who feels as though she does not know enough about politics.”

In addition to joining the program at Grove City College, the Network of Enlightened Women also has a nationwide membership that you can join for a one-time fee of five dollars. Beyond club membership activities, the national membership provides additional benefits such as scholarship opportunities, attending the national annual NeW conference and free career advice. It is never too late to join the Grove City College NeW chapter or the national membership, so if you are interested, feel free to attend the next NeW event or meeting on campus.

“At GCC,” says Buczkowski, “our chapter welcomes you to come and go as you please. Bring friends, engage, or just sit back and listen and learn from your peers.”

Nutrition courses closed off

Abigail Opst

Contributing Writer Despite the many Grove City College students interested in nutrition, the Exercise Science department reserves any and all classes on the topic for Exercise Science and Bio/Pre-med majors only.

Intent on seeing the classes return, Paula Gruber, adjunct nutrition professor at GCC, passionately stated that nutrition “is the most basic life skill…Exercise and nutrition go hand in hand.”

When open to all students, the course consistently pulled in thirty to thirty five students, only half of whom were actually required to complete the class; all others elected to take it due to personal interest and curiosity.

Professor Dreves—interim chair of and assistant professor in the Exercise Science department—said that it is a very practical area of study.

“It is definitely on my radar… and I have been trying to find a way to make it happen,” said Dreves.

While working towards accreditation in Exercise Science, the department increased the nutrition courses’ difficulty level. This triggered the need for an anatomy prerequisite, subsequently making the course exclusive for Exercise Science majors.

“Every semester I get emails from students asking me to waive them into the class,” Gruber stated. Yet this cannot be done.

Professor Dreves proposes two different nutrition courses, a general nutrition course open to all majors and an exercise science nutrition course.

“Unfortunately due to staffing and budget con-

straints it is just impossible at this point,” Dreves said.

In just two short Fitwell class sessions, eager young adults get a small taste of what the nutrition courses cover.

Unfortunately, much of the information is far too compacted for students to absorb a full understanding of the subject matter, and due to time constraints it is skimmed over fairly quickly.

“The questions from [students during] Fitwell prove to me that our students are interested in taking care of themselves,” Gruber said.

She believes that equal emphasis should indeed be placed on exercise and healthy eating. “In fact,” she stated, “many studies say diet is more important than exercise.”

Perhaps if we ate the proper foods from the start, the need for so many different exercise methods, programs, and fads would fall by the wayside.

Considering the health issues in the U.S.—mainly concerning cardiovascular and obesity problems—Gruber’s ideal to have classes on “general nutrition and how to apply that knowledge to grocery shopping and food prep” would give students a helpful boost towards a more balanced lifestyle overall.

“I’m actually really surprised,” one potential GCC student stated, “that they don’t offer [nutrition courses] since people are becoming so much more health conscious, and it’s so applicable.”

Life GCC ranked ‘top college’

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Forbes magazine reviews the College highly

Victoria Clauss Contributing Writer Several top rankings have brought Grove City College more positive acknowledgement.

Grove City College has often been recognized by Forbes as a top college, and this year is no exception.

On their Northeast list of Top Private Colleges, Grove City College is ranked 97.

Not only did the College gain distinction in the Northeast schools, but also in the nation. Nationwide, the College was 166th. This led to an overall ranking of 224 out of

a field of 650 top colleges.

Many factors influence Forbes’ final rankings, but they are not surprising and are what one would expect.

As a matter of fact, most students would probably list at least one or two of them as reasons why they chose the College. These factors include academic success, graduation rate, student debt and student satisfaction.

Forbes then numerically computed an overall score through the use of an undisclosed formula.

One indicator that could be used to measure academic success could be the ability of the students to gradu-

ate in four years. Grove City College boasts 82 percent of their students graduating in four years, which contributes to another influential factor: student debt. When a student graduates on time, they keep their debt under control and are able to begin paying it back when they earn their first paycheck.

An additional feature at the College affecting both academic success and student satisfaction is the low student-to-faculty ratio. The current ratio is 15 to one.

Students gain crucial in-class instruction at levels where questions can be freely asked and addressed. In addition,

the mentoring opportunities are plentiful at Grove City College.

Still another trait that demonstrates student satisfaction is the high retention rate of the College. Ninety percent of Grove City College’s freshmen remain here through graduation; this high percentage shows that students are happy with their choice and stay to complete their education. Only two and a half percent of the students transfer to a different college or university.

The age of the College also seems to play a role in an interesting way. Many of the top schools in our nation

have founding dates before 1900, and the top 25 schools on the list were founded before 1887. Grove City College has a founding date of 1876, positioning the College in good company.

Maybe some of these reasons expressed by Forbes are ones that led current students to Grove City College.

Forbes is a list that many potential college students use to help guide them in their decision, and it is a blessing that Grove City College has gained recognition on these lists.

Coffee house

PHOTOS BY RYAN BRAUMANN

Abigail Cunningham

Contributing Writer

The drinks were hot, the snacks were sweet and the sound of acoustic guitars and rich voices filled the Breen Student Union.

On Wednesday Nov. 4, the College’s Student Government Association hosted the second of three Coffee Houses that will take place this semester. The three-hour event is held once a month in the Student Union and provides students with the opportunity to hear their peers sing and play.

“It’s a great way to connect with the students of the school and create an atmosphere where they can take a break from homework and stress and enjoy performances,” said SGA member Danielle Dennis.

This month’s line up featured a variety of performers and songs.

At 7 p.m. Gabi Ailinger and Rob McLain took center stage to kick off the night. The duo was followed by sophomore Carolyn Ebel whose soulful vocals and original songs captured the attention of the audience.

Ebel was followed by an audience favorite, Coby Bartolucci.

“I enjoy taking a song people know and making it my own style,” said Bartolucci.

The junior covered “Trap

Queen” by Fetty Wap, “Runaround Sue” by Dion and other of his personal favorites. Not only did Bartolucci impress the audience with his diverse song list but also with his vocal and instrumental abilities.

Bartolucci was followed by Matt Vavro, who opted not to sing. Instead, Vavro captured listeners by showing off his exceptional guitar abilities.

Vavro performed instrumental covers of popular songs such as “Someone Like You”

by Adele in addition to performing his own original pieces.

The night wrapped up with two sets.

Emily Yoder and Jared Grace used their 30 minute time slot well. The duo stopped those passing by with their rich harmonies and songs such as “Apologize” by One Republic.

The night was brought to completion by Jordan Horst, Josh Tracey and Tyler Mulley. The trio performed a number of throwbacks featuring “I Don’t Want To Be”

by Gavin DeGraw, which was featured in every millennial’s favorite teen drama, “One Tree Hill.”

The College offers a number of events throughout the year that provide an opportunity for student performers, but SGA’s monthly Coffee House remains one of the most popular events for stu-

dent musicians.

Although there appeared to be quite a few empty seats in the room, the audience’s size seemed the least concern for the performers.

Performer Emily Yoder said, “It’s a fun experience getting to perform beside your friend ... this is the first time that I performed with Jared.”

It was not until later that Yoder commented on the audience and having friends there to support her.

Bartolucci also commented, “This past year I’ve realized how much I enjoy playing and singing just for the sake of doing it, not necessarily to perform. Having an audience is just a bonus.”

Yoder and Bartolucci appropriately captured the night with their comments.

It was altogether a time of fun, music, and supportive friends. People drank coffee, ate mini pumpkin pies and took a break from the books to show support for their fellow classmates and friends.

In light of the Thanksgiving season, the event was a reminder to give thanks for coffee, music, fellowship and the friends that continue to shape Grove City College’s campus community.

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Day in the life: Luke Negron

Pearl Scalzo

Contributing Writer Luke Edison Negron, a senior political science major from New Jersey, is a choreographer and dancer in Orchesis: Unhinged.

As a child he teased his sister for taking ballet classes, but in the last five years he has imitated her passion for dance. He describes his dancing ability as “exclusively hip hop,” choreographing an entertaining piece titled “No Girls Allowed.”

He also participates in the contemporary officers and choreographers dance, which he describes as “challenging but great because it means I can spend more time with the girls.”

As house manager and choreographer he has

learned valuable skills in “organizing and being in charge of people.”

Strengthening these skills have prepared him for future leadership positions and have added an unusual activity on his work resume.

Through his persistence and positivity, he has encouraged many men to audition and participate in his dance.

“No Girls Allowed” includes ten men, all with mixed dance experience, who ordinarily would not be spending their Friday evenings on a stage, but Negron’s encouragement has eased that stage fright.

Parts of Negron’s dance, such as locking and breaking, were inspired by watching “America’s Best Dance Crew” and the “Step Up” movies.

He also praised the talented

Chris Brown and Channing Tatum, admitting that he imitated some of their dance moves.

One of his responsibilities of being house manager is to raise revenue through fundraisers or creative ideas. Usually, flowers can be bought and given to the dancers; however, due to the influx of men, Negron has created a different way to gift your special man – a small basket with goodies inside is more appealing to the men than a dozen roses.

Negron’s senior year has been both relaxing and stressful, a bittersweet year of saying goodbye and beginning a new chapter. Between being completely comfortable in his surroundings and friends, he is in the process of leaving those comforts be-

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Luke Negron (left) poses with fellow choreographer, sophomore Alex Moldovan, for official pictures for Orchesis: Unhinged. life,” he said. hind and finding a job.

Come see Negron on “I will be saying goodbye pretty soon, and I just want Thursday, Friday or Saturday to say thank you to my fam- evening, and get your special ily for their encouragement man or woman flowers or gift and inspiration in dance and baskets!

RUGBY of the season came when they beat chief rival Clarion University on Oct. 24.

Grove City’s team went on to win their final match against Allegheny College on Oct. 31, which led them to win their conference championship and secure a spot in the national tournament.

If all goes well, the girls will continue to the final rounds in Charlotte, N.C. “I am just extremely proud of the heart the girls showed these past two weeks of the season,” Gruver said. “Beating Clarion at home was a huge undertaking against an unbelievably strong team.

They definitely earned a shot at a national title.”

The Grove City Women’s Rugby Club was established in 2002. The team became an official club sport in 2004.

Today, they are a member of the Allegheny Rugby Union and they regularly play D-II and D-III schools. Follow the team on Twitter: @gccwomensrugby.

RANKING recognitions from national sources such as U.S. News & World Report and Princeton Review. The College was also recently named among the “Best Schools for Your Money” by Money Magazine.

Rankings continue to be an important part of the College’s profile, especially these past few months in light of Grove City College’s omission from the Department of Education’s College Scorecard.

According to the popular college website Niche, more than two-thirds of students used college rankings to help them determine where to ap-

ORCHESIS ing immediately after auditions are held in the second week of the year. Some people choose to join one dance, which means they rehearse for one hour per week, while others join up to seven dances, meaning seven hours of dance rehearsal every week.

All of this preparation leads to the two intensive tech weeks in which the cast spends Monday through Thursday in Ketler Auditorium rehearsing for five to six hours a day. On top of that, officers and choreographers spend additional time on

ply for higher education.

This year also marked an important milestone in the world of college rankings, as U.S. News & World Report, one of the preeminent college ranking services, revised the formula that they use to rank institutions in order to place more emphasis on student outcomes.

“U.S. News strives to provide students and their families with the most comprehensive data available,” said U.S. News’ director of data research, Bob Morse. “Measuring outcomes is critical to understanding how well a school retains and educates its students.”

High school rank, mean-

while, received less weight than in years past.

However, U.S. News rankings suffer from one major problem: there is no direct way to measure the quality of an institution. How well do students immerse themselves in the intellectual and social life at their college?

How do students engage with faculty? These are things that can hardly be represented by a list of numbers.

Ultimately, these lists can provide, at the very least, a good foundation on which to start researching different colleges and universities and perhaps discover previously unknown schools.

creative, administrative, and organizational preparation for the show.

Needless to say, the Orchesis team is incredibly dedicated to the production and thrilled to be able to perform their show in front of an audience for the first time. Sayre said, “The dancers pour their hearts and souls into the production and almost every student on campus knows a participant. Orchesis members simply love to dance and want to bless their peers and the community by showcasing the talents God has given them.” The cast and crew of Orchesis have given up much of their time and energy for

this production, and they would encourage every student at the College to come out and support their performance.

Orchesis: Unhinged will be performing on Thursday, November 12 through Saturday, November 14 in Pew Fine Arts Center’s Ketler Auditorium. This year’s Senior Head Choreographer is Jessica Sayre, and Junior Head is Erin Sweet. Performances will be each night at 7:30 PM, in addition to a 2:30 matinee on Saturday. The show is free and open to the public, but tickets must be reserved beforehand in Breen Student Union.

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Entertainment

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Pick of the Week

Bob’s Buskers

Sam Farley

WSAJ Contributor

Faculty pose in front of Harbison Chapel for the classic boy band style shot.

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Faculty Follies Professors evoke laughs for comedy sketches

Abby Palaski

Contributing Writer From the ‘Grand Procession’ to the ‘Test of Knowledge’ Faculty Follies had students rolling in their seats by the end of the night.

The show contained a hodgepodge of professors from across campus led by “Mr. Indispensable,” Dr. Andrew Mitchell, and “Cat Choreographer,” Dr. Michael Coulter.

The spectacle started off with the ‘Evolution of Dance’ with a featured Kung Fu dance by Dr. Warren Throckmorton.

Students were not disappointed by Dr. Andrew Har-

vey’s not so serious ‘Very Serious Poetry Analysis’ of Macklemore’s “Downton.”

The students from his Civ Lit classes say he has even reprised the skit for in class in case anyone missed it.

Dr. Mitchell stole the show with his giant poster board face as a parody of the YouTube hit “Shia LaBeouf Live.” Shia LaBeouf parodies seemed to rule the night especially because a “Just Do It” video immediately followed. The video was fantastic with Dr. F. Stanley Keehlwetter as a definite stand out.

Students were also thrilled with Dr. Paul Schaefer’s attempt to be Dr. James Bibza, sweater vest and all.

Dr. Schaefer also appeared

in the favorite act of the students as part of the campus premier of Un-Direction.

This was a parody of the band One Direction featuring Dr. Schaefer on vocals, Dr. Throckmorton and Dr. Ulrich on guitar, and Dr. Sweet on drums.

Junior Maria Dunsworth said that her favorite part of Un-Direction was their rewrite of the hit song “What Makes You Beautiful”. She found the lyrics clever and relatable since they referenced things nearly everyone on campus understood.

Senior Abigail Marsan said that she always looks forward to the Coulter Report skit and was not disappointed this year.

Freshmen Caroline Coulter was excited to be a part of the production. She said that the faculty was really open to ideas and most of the ideas thrown around were put into the show.

Her favorite thing about being a part of the show was teaching the professors how to dance.

Faculty Follies 2015 was brilliantly done thanks to the faculty and students alike that were involved. They brought many smiles to the faces of their students.

Junior Jonathan Fisher summed it by saying that the “fact that the faculty takes the time to make fools of themselves is what made the event most enjoyable.”

New take on classic comic characters

Jake Sziraky

Entertainment Editor There are all sorts of holiday traditions surrounding the last three months of our year. In October we dress up and distribute candy to visiting children. In November, we gorge ourselves on a bounty of homemade food and remark about how thankful we are for everything we have. And, finally, in December we honor the birth of our Lord and savior and have a beautiful time exchanging gifts with our family and friends.

However, there is one holiday tradition that is often left un-said but never forgotten: watching “the Peanuts” holiday special. We all grew up hearing Linus preach about the merits of the Great Pumpkin and the simplistic

yet touching rendition of the first Christmas. We laughed as Snoopy and Charlie Brown made popcorn and toast for their Thanksgiving dinner, and we all choked back a tear as Charlie Brown chose the ugliest tree in the lot because he believed all it needed was “a little love.”

For many of us, it would not feel like the holidays unless we had at least one visit with our favorite “blockheads.”

Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang has been around for decades. Our parents were watching these beloved cartoons long before we were born. There has not really been a new, iconic Peanuts special in years.

This holiday season, however, that all changed with the release of “The Peanuts Movie”

The Peanuts movie was a fantastic and surprising treat. Going into the theater, one would expect this to just be another rehashing of a beloved piece of our collective childhoods being torn to shreds in order to make a fast buck.

Nothing could be farther from the truth. One could easily tell within the first few minutes of the film that a lot of time and care went into the crafting of this movie.

As you watched the film, one would almost feel as if they were watching a moving comic strip. It was not rehashed or slapped together like “It’s Christmas again, Charlie Brown.”

It had a clear narrative.

At the same time, it was compartmentalized enough that it felt like it was just a multiple day story line that

one would find in any comic page.

Even though they made the film feel fresh, they were able to include many iconic lines and jokes. What is truly amazing about this is that they were able to do this without seeming heavy handed. They were worked in subtly. Snoopy made his rounds as the Red Baron, Schroder played his Beethoven, and Sally called out for her Sweet Baboo in a perfect blend of nostalgia and entertainment.

Overall it was a delightful film and it is sure to become a part of our holiday traditions from now on.

Stormtroopers at famous battles such as Hoth or Endor.

The game series: “Star Wars Battlefront” encapsulated all of these features and more.

The first Star Wars Battlefront game was released in 2004 for the Sony PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC. It mirrored many features of the present day Call of Duty or Battlefield series where you can customize your class and play different game modes such as capture the flag or team deathmatch.

The game was wildly popular, so Pandemic Studios and LucasArts developed a second game simply titled “Star Wars Battlefront 2.” This game was released in 2005

and was just as popular as the first game.

Many can fondly remember game nights with friends on Friday nights as they would stay up until three in the morning playing both Battlefront games, competing on every possible map with every possible faction of soldier.

That would not stop, as many still play these games regularly to this day. The game certainly has had a lasting impact on our generation.

However, feuds between the publisher and the game developer essentially halted any possibility of a future game. Servers for the original games were eventually shut down, and the series

was left for dead. Today, this game series has been revitalized as the new Star Wars Battlefront game comes out on November 17, 2015.

Now under the direction of EA and Dice, this Star Wars game holds true to the original three films and the original games. Players will be able to play on the planets of Hoth, Endor, Tatooine, Sullust, and Jakku from the upcoming film “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

It is certainly an exciting time to be a nostalgic Star Wars fan with new movies, TV shows, and games coming out in the near future.

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Awaken your inner Jedi

Kyle Martin

Contributing Writer Since May of 1977 George Lucas’s “Star Wars” has brilliantly captured the imaginations of children and adults alike. There have been a total of six Star Wars films produced since 1977 with numerous spinoff shows.

One of the biggest impacts that Star Wars has had on consumers is through the video game industry.

Whether it was at the arcade or the home, the consumer could role-play in the Star Wars universe, fly an Xwing or a Tie fighter or fight the likes of Darth Vader or

The television show, “Bob’s Burgers,” has become something much more than just a television show. It has gained a loyal following for many reasons past its unique characters and odd dynamic. It has a draw that goes deeper than just lighthearted humor. It is that same draw that has brought artists like St. Vincent, the National, and Sleater-Kinney to cover the short tracks throughout the series.

The show itself has its own short songs that these artists have chosen to cover and are collectively organized into a group titled, Bob’s Buskers, which can be found on YouTube with depicting animations throughout the songs.

In this list of artists, the exception is SleaterKinney. Instead of covering a short track from the show, Sleater-Kinney made their own song prior to releasing it with an animation of Bob’s Burgers that accurately captures all the character’s roles and personalities.

St. Vincent covers the song, Bad Girls, which is about the inner struggle within any adolescent of trying to fit in while still remaining true to herself. In this case, however, she highlights Tina, a confused teenager going through the struggles of being a teen.

Another cover is done

by Stephin Merrit and Kenney Mellman. They covered a song titled Electric Love, which, in context, is written by Louise, the child of the family that stirs up all sorts of trouble. The short song is about Thomas Edison and his inhumane treatment of animals in his experiments with electricity.

Just like the show, it is easy to pass these songs off as humorous and meaningless projects that these large bands decided to take on as a break from their usual, intricate sounds.

When it comes to the two songs that The National has covered, it is hard to draw any moral or social implications.

Although, it is hard to resist the sultry voice of Matt Berninger singing a Thanksgiving anthem of the voyage of a gluttonous turkey and gravy dinner titled Sailors in Your Mouth.

The songs covered from Bob’s Burgers are tempting for they are not only comedic, but they are also well done and relevant within society. A large amount of the quiet influences throughout the show are easily overlooked and can still be enjoyed at face value. By adding a legitimate meaning to the covers and striking chords that are applicable to issues today, it provides an odd attraction that is practically irresistible.

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Orchesis: Unhinged PHOTOS BY NATE BERGEY

The Orchesis troupe premiered its annual dance production Orchesis: Unhinged on Thursday night in PEW. Led by senior head Jessica Sayre and junior head Erin Sweet, Orchesis: Unhinged conveys the all places and emotions that dance can take us through.

There are three productions left: tonight at 7:30 p.m. and tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

You’re not going to want to miss this one.

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Perspectives Intervisitation: The broken system

Nov. 13, 2015

Thomas Kutz Staff Writer

Each year students gripe about the intervisitation system. The system worked for a period of time, but perhaps not anymore. With the new changes implemented

by Student Life & Learning at the start of the semester, however, the students who continue to gripe about the system appear to finally have a winning argument.

Going to the system that is working well in the apartments seemed like a good idea: it centralizes signing in and makes it easy to account for all those in the building without having to go to each individual hall. The problem is that it only works in the apartments.

The residence halls on upper campus are not conducive to such a system. Ketler Hall, for example, has one “central” location in “KetRec,” where IDs are collected and also where every student in Ketler Hall is inconvenienced.

In MAP North, the sign in table is on the farthest corner from the direction that all students come in, making the burden of walking there greater than the benefit of visiting the dorm.

In Hopeman and Lincoln Halls the two ends of the buildings are not connected and the sign-in desks are at one extreme of the building, not one “central location.”

Why is this problematic?

It creates a disincentive for students to follow the rules.

There is no moral imperative for students to sign in.

Whether or not students sign in does not weigh on their conscience, especially if it is only for a few minutes. The convenience of the old system made students sign in because it was so easy. Now, in virtually all dorms, the difficulty of the sign in system makes students simply not want to do it. Add in the factor of cold weather for the better part of the year and students have the perfect

formula to want to minimize time outside by not signing in.

The new system also proves to be an inconvenience for students with their hands full. I know of a student who was written up because he and a female friend brought his roommate food while their hands were full before signing in because the sign-in process was so inconvenient and they were only dropping off food before signing in.

This argument does not begin to scratch the surface of the brokenness of the intervis system.

Resident Assistants and Resident Directors selectively enforce so-called violations. One student, for example, received a formal disciplinary warning with not even a parking ticket on his file for an honest mistake of going five minutes beyond the allotted time for intervisitation. A different student, however, received only a stern email and no formal disciplinary action for intentionally overstaying the better part of an hour in a female dorm.

Why the same resident director failed to provide equal justice under the law is beyond my comprehension.

The system, however, loses all credibility when such injustices occur.

The college has even go so far as to punish people because they followed procedure to the letter, yet in a room that is “suite-style” went to a different part of the suite to watch a two-minute video and did not go across the building, outside, and back to the sign-in desk to inform the attendant that they would be changing rooms for the two minute duration of the video. The old sign-in system on each hall would easily remedy these situations.

Students, moreover, are forced to go to the Student Union if they wish to use a bathroom in a dorm that does not have a lobby. Apparently it is unreasonable to

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There has recently been some talk in the news centering on allegations against Republican candidate Ben Carson.

It was all very surprising, simply because it is so thoroughly uncharacteristic of news networks to dig furiously through peoples’ closets for even the most trivial skeletons and then wave them around on neon banners, but the recent talk has brought up such topics as whether or not Carson was a violent teenager, whether he was offered a place at West Point, and so on.

Those allegations will not be the focus of this perspectives piece – rather, I would like to consider what our reaction should be when such allegations arise (as happens, despite my earlier sarcasm, with dizzying frequency).

First, I will say, in spite of my own tendencies, that we ought not to simply ignore all of it. Occasionally, something important does surface.

I imagine that most of you would be convinced if I mentioned the Hillary Clinton email scandal – the question of whether she did anything wrong there is an important one to answer, even if it turns out that she did not.

Since the routine allegations almost always have to do with whether or not a candidate lied about something, the answers to most of them will appear

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have a bathroom in Lincoln, Hopeman, or Hicks halls that females may use.

Thirdly, the system actually has the inverse effect of its intention.

If intervisitation is to limit the amount of time couples may spend together in a room in hopes of preventing inappropriate behavior, as defined by the school, then the system has failed.

Suppose couples will spend x hours together outside of class. The variable number of hours does not change with the system. Rather, couples will want to maximize their time together by spending as many hours during intervisitation days (4 days/week) as possible.

This may inconvenience roommates and in fact con-

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tribute to the very behavior the college wishes to avoid as a result of students wanting to capitalize on those opportunities together.

If students were allowed in opposite-gender dorms 7 days/week, by contrast, the time spent in the dorms would be more evenly distributed and perhaps on nights that would not inconvenience roommates or encourage couples to make the most of their time in certain ways.

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In defense of lying

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to have at stake the honesty of the individual in question, which is a rather important stake.

Nonetheless, consider the fact that people will very often say wrong things, and that they are only really lying some of the time; more often, they really believed the thing they said.

Also consider the idea that a candidate who has actually lied at some point, and can be shown to have lied, should not be struck from the running simply in virtue of that fact.

For one thing, that leads us to a very practical concern: if lying were enough to keep one from ever being president, we would have no president.

But the main point of any accusation about a candidate’s honesty is that it should really call into question the candidate’s honesty.

The allegation should be such that, if it were true, there would be very real concerns about the candidate’s ability to run a country with integrity, and allegations centered on events that are isolated, long past or minute simply do not fit that criterion.

Certainly a candidate that is a pathological liar should not be elected. But allow me to argue that a willingness to lie about certain things is not only alright, but a necessary quality in a good leader, and especially in the leader of this vast and complicated country of ours.

I hold the potentially controversial opinion that one is allowed (and occa-

sionally required) to lie if the case fits what I have taken to calling the Rahab criterion: are you doing something good (or preventing something bad), and will you be unable to do that good (or prevent that bad) if certain people know the truth about it?

Such situations usually arise when you have enemies and when those enemies pose an imminent threat.

It takes very little observation to notice that America has been in exactly that situation for quite some time now.

Even if you do not agree with the moral import of my claim, you may yet agree that, simply on pragmatic grounds, if the leadership of the United States is unwilling to lie about certain things to the foreign community, and even to its own citizens, it will be far less effective.

That relatively long digression was simply to make the point that, when candidates are accused of lying to their first grade teachers, or of lying about their qualifications, we need to be able to differentiate between the two accusations by keeping in mind the impact that the truth of them might have on the candidate’s effectiveness as a leader.

A good president is an honest one, and a good president is also willing to maintain tight control of information in service to the country. I see no reason why the two should be necessarily in conflict, but I welcome correction.

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Calling a murder a murder

Will Tarantino’s reputation affect his new film’s success?

Grayson Quay

Foreign Correspondent There is a moment in Quentin Tarantino’s first film “Reservoir Dogs” when Harvey Keitel’s Mr. White asks Steve Buscemi’s Mr. Pink if he shot anyone during their escape from the scene of their botched bank robbery.

“I tagged a few cops,” Pink says.

“No real people?” White asks.

“Just cops,” Pink replies.

Real people or not, cops have recently become a huge problem for the controversial filmmaker after he joined a New York City protest against police brutality.

“When I see murders, I do not stand by…I have to call a murder a murder, and I have to call the murderers the murderers,” Tarantino said.

A leading police union fired back with a strongly worded statement.

“It’s no surprise that

someone who makes a living glorifying crime and violence is a cop-hater, too,” Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch said, calling Tarantino a “purveyor of degeneracy” out to “peddle his slanderous Cop Fiction.”

Someone, I assume, was very proud of having come up with that little play on words.

Since then, police unions representing hundreds of thousands of law enforcement officers across the country have joined a boycott of Tarantino’s upcoming film “The Hateful Eight” which will be released Christmas Day. These unions have a right to boycott, but they have taken another, more troublesome step.

A few days ago, Jim Pasco, Executive Director of the Fraternal Order of Police, promised that his organization has a

“surprise” in the works for Tarantino that could come at any time between now and the premiere and will “try to hurt him in the only way that seems to matter to him, and that’s economically.”

No matter how much they resent his comments, police officers have no business attempting to frighten and intimidate one of the very citizens they have sworn to protect simply because he exercised his first amendment rights.

Tarantino admitted that he has begun to feel uneasy around police, a feeling no law-abiding citizen in a free society should ever have to experience.

As to Tarantino’s comments themselves, the backlash seems unnecessary.

While some in the Black Lives Matter movement condemns all cops as racist murderers, other police unions portray all cops as heroic defenders of justice. Neither is true, nor helpful in dealing with issues of race or police brutality.

In contrast

to these extremes, Tarantino’s view is far more balanced. When a police officer kills someone who did not pose a direct and immediate threat to his life or the lives of bystanders or fellow officers, that officer has committed a murder.

We can endlessly debate the particulars of individual cases, such as the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, but that some police officers have committed murder and that a disproportionately high number of those killed by police have been black is an indisputable fact.

I have great respect for police officers. They are authorized by the members of their communities to protect them, and if need be to exercise force on their behalf.

This is a difficult, dangerous and often thankless job.

It is important to remember, however, that any job that sanctions the use of force will inevitably attract its fair share of bullies who

abuse the trust their communities place in them.

Weeding out these bad apples and restoring communities’ faith in police should be a top priority of the unions, while members of communities that feel persecuted by police should try to appreciate how much can depend on a split-second decision for those who wear the uniform.

Tarantino himself has clarified his remarks, saying “All cops are not murderers.

I never said that. I never even implied that,” which is impressive for Tarantino since the last time I heard him respond to criticism he simply said “kiss my (expletive) ass”.

He is abrasive and perhaps slightly misguided on this issue, but he raises a valid point, and while I will continue to respect all those who serve as police officers, I will be seeing “The Hateful Eight” in theatres over Christmas break.

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Worship of science Colin Combs

Perspectives Editor Since the Enlightenment, Western civilization has been extolling the praises of human reason. Logic, empiricism, rationality, skepticism; these have all become the new virtues of society.

The scientific reigns supreme in dignity.

There is no doubting the importance of these things.

Scientific progress has led to many amazing developments, especially in the last 100 years.

But the degree to which science has been ingrained into our culture goes even beyond that. People today take great pride in considering themselves “scientific.”The abstract concept of science has quite literally gained a fan base. Companies like “Think Geek” actively profit by promoting “nerd culture.”The Facebook page “I f----- love science” currently has 22.5 million likes, while posting nothing but puns of the periodic table and showing off necklaces that look like molecular structures.

This kind of attention is unwarranted and arguably unscientific.

What qualifies as “science” in circles like this usually is not science at all.

Have you ever liked looking at pictures of space? Do you think the show Doctor Who is “kind of okay?” Have you ever laughed at the comic that confuses the number pi and pie? Did you watch Bill Nye or the “Magic School Bus” as a kid?

Congratulations! The qualifications for “scientific” status have been reached. Who knew it was so easy?

But that is all nonsense.

Real science requires years of dedication to boring and tedious study. Just because you heard something interesting once and wondered “huh, I wonder why that is,” does not make you a scientist.

What is worse is that the worship of science, or at least whatever counts as “science” in the loosest sense of the term, has become so ingrained in some people’s minds that it becomes a new god.

For some, science is considered the final authority, the sole source of truth and value in this world. I am referring to the evil known as “scientism.” These people appropriate all of human knowledge under science.

This perversion comes in two forms. Some make the mistake of listing parts of human knowledge under science that really do not apply, such as art, ethics or mathematics. The worst version, however, denies that any knowledge is possible apart from the scientific method.

Unfortunately, this is not only a fault of idiots that do not know any better. Serious minds and celebrities have taken on this view.

The undeniably brilliant Stephen Hawking was foolish enough to claim that “Philosophy is dead … Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.”

Neil deGrasse Tyson has infamously dismissed philosophy as nothing but a distraction. In several interviews he has declared his annoyance with “asking deep questions” that lead to a “pointless delay in your progress” in tackling “this whole big world of unknowns out there.”

For him, when a scientist meets a philosopher, his proper response should be “I’m moving on, I’m leaving you behind, and you can’t even cross the street because you’re distracted by deep questions you’ve asked yourself. I don’t have time for that.”

For a man who prides himself as a popularizer of science, these kind of antiintellectual sentiments are an astonishing exercise in cognitive dissonance.

In truth, while science is truly impressive and a huge area of human knowledge, as well as an important tool for gaining more knowledge, let us not pretend that it is the only method.

Science can never give us aesthetics. We cannot use the scientific method to determine what makes a thing beautiful.

Science can never give us ethics. We cannot run experiments on what we “ought” to do.

Science can never give us logic, mathematics, and a host of other things, since it needs to assume them before it can even be done in the first place. Hence the reason “philosophy of science” is a field. Perhaps the biggest crime here is that although knowledge really is the highest thing that humans can strive for, this idol of “science” has unintentionally crushed genuine knowledge for the sake of people wanting to consider themselves smart.

Let us stop pretending already.

INTERVIS do, rather it will cause them to seek out other ways in which to do the same behavior.

As Campus Safety is aware, students may seek the dugouts of the softball field, vehicles, or any number of other secluded spaces on nights in which there is no intervisitation. A more open system would cut down on these occurrences and consequently keep private matters more private.

While one may debate the authority of the college to regulate how couples conduct themselves—for example, where the college feels it has authority to tell couples they may not hold hands or kiss—this article seeks to merely point out the flaws in its current regulatory system.

This system, which many point out is archaic, perhaps points to a bigger problem: that in the age of gender equality, a male and female cannot study together on a couch in a dorm room, nor

can they sit in the comfort of a lobby without being told how to sit (in lobbies students are told they may not lay on the couches).

No, nor can a male or female friend console one another in times of heartache, nor may they join together in celebration of a birthday, nor may parents of the opposite gender—or a sibling for that matter—feel comfortable, and in some cases be denied permission, to be in an opposite-gendered dorm for the sole purpose of upholding an outdated practice that many people feel is prejudicial and broken.

The real question is why instead of changing to a more open system that the college would think that more regulation is the answer. The college preaches that “freedom matters,” but I guess freedom only matters when it is convenient.

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Roller coaster ride Women’s soccer Steelers pull out win against Raiders

Michael Cole Staff Writer

“Wow!” That is all any Steelers fan can say about the Sunday afternoon brawl that took place at Heinz Field against the Oakland Raiders.

The black and gold came into the game with a record of 4-4, having just suffered a rough loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. A win in this contest would guarantee that the team would stay above .500.

However, this was easier said than done.

The Steelers’ defense struggled early in the contest as quarterback Derek Carr threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to receiver Michael Crabtree within the first three minutes of play. This kind of play continued as the Steelers struggled to control the dynamic duo for the duration of the game.

The black and gold wasted little time in retaliation to the black and silver. This first came in the form of a 34yard field goal from Chris Boswell. Then, they struck early in the second quarter with a three-yard touchdown run from DeAngelo Williams and a two-point conversion from Roethlisberger to Williams.

The Steelers continued to light up the second quarter with Big Ben leading the team 78 yards down the field, setting up yet another touchdown run from Williams.

The team looked good going into the locker room at halftime with a 21-14 lead.

However, halfway through the third quarter, Carr led his squad 80 yards down the field for a touchdown that tied up the game for the Raiders.

The fourth quarter was a wild roller coaster for both teams. The Steelers started the quarter with two touchdowns. The first of these came from Roethlisberger who marched his team 91 yards and then threw a 14yard touchdown pass to Martavias Bryant.

The second score resulted from a big hit from Roosevelt Nix on the ensuing kickoff that would force the Raiders to fumble the ball. Then, Roethlisberger threw an easy four-yard touchdown pass to Jesse James.

It looked like the Steelers might run away with the contest, but a strong run from Raiders running back Jamize Olawale resulted in a touchdown. As if that were

not enough for the black and gold to handle, Roethlisberger was sacked during the following Steelers possession by Aldon Smith, left the game with a left leg injury and did not return to play.

To make matters even worse for the Steelers, Carr continued having an unbelievable game and threw a 38-yard touchdown pass to Crabtree, which tied game.

At this point, the game looked as if it were going to overtime, but Landry Jones had something to say about that. With 55 seconds to go, Jones threw a big-time pass to Antonio Brown for 59 yards which put Chris Boswell in field goal range to kick a game-winner with two seconds left in the contest.

It was a hard-fought victory for the black and gold that night. It was especially big for Antonio Brown who set the Steelers’ single game-receiving yard record with 284.

The Steelers will have a good chance to keep the momentum going as they have the 2-7 Browns in Pittsburgh next week.

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Despite Ben Roethlisberger going down with an injury, wide-receiver Antonio Brown was fantastic, catching 17 receptions for 284 yards in the 38-35 win.

heads to ECAC

Thomas Kutz Staff Writer

The Grove City College Women’s Soccer team (11-64, 6-2-2 PAC) earned a spot in the ECAC South Tournament after a stellar season in the President’s Athletic Conference.

The women played in the PAC Championship game against defending champion Thomas More on Saturday, November 7 in Crestview Hills, Ky. The women battled Thomas More to a 1-0 defeat in the title game. Thomas More’s goal came off of an apparent handling by the attacker that was out of the sight of the referees.

Despite chances late in the game, the women could not pull level to force overtime as they did earlier this season in a 0-0 loss at home.

The women’s team closed out the regular season without a loss in their last seven games, clinching the third seed in the PAC Tournament.

The women earned the third seed by closing out the season with victories at Waynesburg and at home versus Chatham on Oct. 28 and Oct. 31.

After two overtimes in Waynesburg, the women captured a 3-2 victory thanks to yet another goal by senior midfielder Kristin Thomas.

Thomas scored off of an assist from sophomore Kat Kouzelos early in the second overtime for the win. The Wolverines scored twice in regulation, with goals from seniors Abby Mathes and Sammie Wild.

The women then returned home to close out the regular season with a 4-0 on Oct. 31 against Chatham.

Sophomore Lindsey Hutton scored twice, including the game-winner in the first half.

Sophomore Megan Van Kirk added a goal and assisted on one of Hutton’s goals, and junior Jordan White also added a goal and an assist for the Wolverines.

On November 3, the women faced Washington & Jefferson in the PAC semi-final

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Lindsay Hutton scored the decisive goal in a shootout win that sent the Wolverines to the PAC Finals. Overall, it was a fantastic season for Hutton whose five goals and 442 shots were good for third on the team.

in Washington, Pa. After a scoreless match, including two scoreless overtimes, the women went to Kicks from the Mark to decide who would go on to face Thomas More in the PAC championship game in Crestview Hills.

Ky. on Nov. 7. The women would advance 6-5 after seven rounds of kicks thanks to a save in the final round from senior goalkeeper Nicole Lapia.

Thomas, Van Kirk and Mathes, along with junior Jordyn White and sophomore Sydney Dunn, all scored for the Wolverines during Kicks from the Mark.

Hutton netted what would be the game-winner for Grove City before Lapia’s save ended the game in Grove City’s favor.

The women’s appearance in the PAC title game was their second straight, and this year the team earned a spot in the ECAC DivisionIII South Women’s Soccer Championship Nov. 11-15.

The women will look to build on this momentum combined with the return of a great deal of talent to mount another run to a third straight PAC title game next season.

A strong finish to a solid season Men’s soccer ends 2015 season in PAC tournament

Thomas Kutz Staff Writer

The Grove City College Men’s Soccer team (11-6-1, 6-3 PAC) closed out the President’s Athletic Conference (PAC) tournament on Nov. 4 with the PAC title within their grasp.

After finishing out the regular season with wins in six of their last seven games, the men fell to Geneva in the President’s Athletic Conference semi-final game in Beaver Falls, Pa., in double overtime.

After 70 scoreless minutes, Geneva broke through to take a 1-0 lead. Just minutes later, however, senior reigning PAC Player of the Year Seth Loew leveled the game at 1-1.

Regulation ended at 1-1 and the first overtime period ended scoreless.

About halfway into the second overtime period, a scrum of players in the Grove City penalty area broke out.

Somehow the ball found its

way into the back of the net for Geneva, whose golden goal lifted them as the 2-1 winners in the semi-final.

The loss to Geneva was the team’s second 2-1 loss to Geneva this season, the first one at College Field.

The Wolverines appeared to have a chance when the Geneva goalkeeper bobbled a ball and nearly had a rebound opportunity, but the keeper gathered the ball to avert a chance.

A dangerous Tim Shackleton throw-in also gave the Wolverines an overtime chance, but that too was thwarted.

What stings even more for the Wolverines is that defending PAC champion Thomas More, who was ranked second in the nation, was upset earlier in the day

by Westminster 2-1 in Crestview Hills, Ky. The winner of the Grove City-Geneva game was set to host the championship match, both being seeded higher than Westminster.

The upset by Westminster provided a golden opportunity for Grove City, who was defeated by Thomas More 3-0 at home earlier this season.

Though Grove City needed double overtime to defeat Westminster on the road, a home crowd and grass field may have given the Wolverines the boost they needed to claim the title “PAC champions.”

The dream will have to wait one more year though for Coach Mike Dreves. The men have not won a PAC championship since 2005 despite playing in the PAC title game last season and getting a taste of the title again in 2015.

The men’s team closed out the regular season on a positive note with two road wins.

The team defeated Thiel 4-0 on Oct. 24 and Waynesburg 5-0 on Oct. 28. Loew scored twice and assisted twice on goals from junior Dale Reese and senior Jonathan Mathes, respectively. The men out-

shot Thiel 41-7 and dominated the entire game.

The regular season finale in Waynesburg, Pa., proved to be monumental for a couple of Wolverine players.

Senior goalkeeper Ben Weaver became all-time leader in wins for the Grove City Men’s program as the Wolverines rolled to their eighth shutout of the season.

Loew also made history, becoming just the third player to earn 100 points in program history.

Loew netted two goals in the win, and freshman Franklin Tropiano added a

goal for the Wolverines. The Hueber brothers also came to play, with freshman Jimmy Hueber and junior Frank Hueber each adding goals for the Wolverines.

Loew’s goal against Geneva would prove to be meaningful in his chase for history, tying him for second on the all-time list with Greg Kreutzberg at 105 points.

Loew will also finish tied for the most goals in the conference and in the top three in most other categories.

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The elusive win Wolverines drop 2015 home finale Bradley Warmhold

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The Grove City College Wolverines found themselves under attack from a relentless Westminster College offense last Saturday in their home finale for the 2015 season. The 45-7 loss against the Titans (6-1 PAC, 7-2 overall) marks only the third time in the past 17 years that the Wolverines (0-7, 0-9) have dropped a home finale game.

Westminster started off the game hot and tacked on a majority of their points early. By the end of the first quarter, the Titans led by a 28-0 deficit.

The rampage continued into the second quarter as Westminster quarterback Paul Columbo ran for three first-half touchdowns and threw one touchdown pass, helping Westminster lead 38-0 at halftime. Columbo went 12 of 19 for 134 yards and ran for 72 yards.

The Wolverine defense settled in during the second-half of play, allowing only one scoring drive for the remainder of the game.

Freshman cornerback Daniel Jackson intercepted a pass while sophomore linebacker Deion Minor forced and recovered a fumble. Senior linebacker Bobby Tuttle forced two fumbles while sophomore safety Andrew Seifert and senior end Tyler Campbell both recovered fumbles. Tuttle also recorded a sack, three tackles for loss and 12 total stops. Senior linebacker Brandon Berringer recorded a game-high 18 tackles.

Offensively, Grove City struggled to bypass Westminster’s defenses until the fourth quarter.

With 4:17 left in play, senior fullback Steve Maskrey bulldozed his way into

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Brandon Berringer, senior, ended his last home game with 18 completed tackles against the Westminster Titans on November 7. the end zone from the one yard-line to give Grove City their only touchdown of the day. Maskrey led Grove City with 44 rushing yards on 14 carries.

The 45-7 defeat marked the last home game for head coach Chris Smith. Having been with the program for 32 years, his 122 wins places him as Grove City College’s all-time wins leader as a head football coach.

His position will be filled by current

assistant head coach and offensive coordinator Andrew DiDonato ’10 following the end of the season.

The Wolverines will finish off their 2015 season next week in Greenville, Pa. against the Thiel College Tomcats (0-7, 1-8) in the 32nd annual Mercer County Cup. Grove City will look to take the cup back from the Tomcats after a 42-21 setback last year and also find their first win of the season and in the PAC.

Wolverines fight to the end Connor Lowe Staff Writer

The Grove City College women’s volleyball team came up just short against No. 5 seed Westminster College in the opening round of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Tournament on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

The Wolverines (15-17) nearly rallied from a large deficit in the fourth set but in the end could not overcome the momentum of the Titans, who came into the game riding a four-match winning streak.

Every set was a nail-biter, starting with the Wolverines winning the first set 25-22 before falling 25-23, 25-20 and 25-23. The Titans led the first set 19-18, but the Wolverines rallied to take back the set and win it in front of a wild crowd at the Grove City College Arena.

The Wolverines had a number of strong performers throughout the match.

Freshman Laura Buchanan (North Huntingdon, Pa./ Norwin) led the squad with 12 kills, closely followed by sophomore Hannah Foster (Sugarcreek, Ohio/Garaway) and senior Natalija Galens (Covert, Mich./Grace Christian) who added eleven and ten kills of their own. Senior Libbie Casey (Wheaton, Ill./ Wheaton North) also turned in a strong day, posting eight kills, followed by sophomore Jamie Robatisin (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) who added seven. Additionally, Galens and Casey both had four blocks. Senior setter Amy Trageser (Marriottsville, Md./Chapelgate Christian) had a huge day for the Wolverines with a matchhigh 46 assists plus 14 digs.

Sophomore libero Bekah Russell (North Canton, Ohio/ Cuyahoga Valley Christian) commanded the Grove City back row with a match-high 25 digs and also had help from Galens, who recorded

17, and Robatisin, who added 16 of her own. Junior Lexie Schwartz (Pittsburgh, Pa./ Shaler) also reached double figures with 13.

The Wolverine’s errors in the second set, though, became too much for Grove City to overcome. The Wolverines led 10-7 in the second set before Westminster (13-23) went on a 10-4 run to take a 17-14 lead.

The Wolverines rallied back, eventually leading the set 23-22, but a kill by Titans senior Megan Prybyl (Mars, Pa./ North Catholic) would even the score, and Westminster went on to win 25-23 on a pair of Wolverine attack errors.

Prybyl had a big day with the Titans, registering a double-double with 11 kills and 24 digs.

In the third set the Titans never trailed, winning 25-20, and it looked like it would be the same story in the fourth set after jumping out to a 10-2 lead.

However, the Wolverines never gave up and rallied to make the score 11-8. After more back and forth, Trageser put a serve in a soft spot for the Titan defense, getting the ace to tie the match at 1818 and prompted a Westminster time out.

The Wolverines and Titans went back and forth to even the set at 23-23, but Westminster had a fortunate next couple of kills, ending the match and the Wolverines’ season 25-23.

Westminster went on to lose to Thomas More College in three sets in the semi-finals of the PAC tournament.

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Nataljia Galens, senior, goes in for the kill during the PAC tournament match against Westminster College on November 3. Galens ended her career with 732 kills and 985 digs.

Thomas More went on to win the PAC conference championship, sweeping Geneva College in three sets.

The match was the final one for Wolverine seniors Casey, Galens and Trageser.

Galens concluded her career with 732 kills and 985 digs. Casey posted 287 kills and 272 digs in her career.

Trageser finished her career ranked sixth in program history with 2,357 assists and 879 career digs.

Saturday, Nov. 14, 1 p.m. at Franciscan University Wednesday, Nov. 18, 6 p.m. at University of Pittsburgh– Greensburg Friday, Nov. 20, 5:30 p.m. vs. Kenyon University (Geneva College Classic) Saturday, Nov. 21, 1 p.m. vs. Eastern University (Geneva College Classic) Women’s Basketball Tuesday, Nov. 17, 7 p.m. at Pitt Greensburg Friday, Nov. 20, 8:30 p.m. vs. SUNY Fredonia (Behrend Tip-off Tournament) Saturday, Nov. 21, 1 p.m. or 3 p.m. vs.

Pennsylvania State Behrend College or Hiram College (Behrend Tip-off Tournament)