The Collegian – February 5, 2016

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Friday, February 5, 2016

Vol. 102, No. 12

The Grove City College Student Newspaper

Sweet, sweet victory GCC students win ‘Cake Wars’

Patty Folkerts Editor-In-Chief

CAKE WARS

Emily Bartlow and Tristan Slater pose with their bake show winning cake: a Minecraft castle being defended by characters as a laptop is split in two by a signature Minecraft pick axe.

College GOPers host debate party

Grayson Quay Managing Editor

Trump may not have shown up for the Republican debate last Thursday, but plenty of Grove City College students did.

The College Republicans hosted a watch party in the Breen Student Union, providing pizza and soda and distributing voter registration forms to the 200 or so students who showed up throughout the night.

College Republicans CoChairman Thomas Kutz said he was pleased with the turnout. “If anyone questions the

dedication of our next generation of leaders, they should look no further than Grove City College where almost 10 percent of the student body stopped by to watch a debate that is inconsequential to them personally,” Kutz said, noting that at the event’s peak, there were around 125 students watching.

To feed these students, the Pennsylvania GOP paid for 12 pizzas, but when it became clear this would not be enough, Kutz paid for 13 more out of his own pocket.

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It was the icing on top of a large, precarious, “Minecraft”-themed cake.

Emily Bartlow and Tristan Slater won Food Network’s “Cake Wars” in an episode that premiered Monday night. Effectively capturing the theme and tastes that the judges desired, the girls walked away with $10,000.

To celebrate their victory, the College hosted a viewing and cake tasting in Sticht Lecture Hall on Thursday, Feb. 4.

“The support of our Grove City ‘family’ has meant so much to both of us,” Slater said.

The girls kept their impressive win a secret since last semester, which was not easy as friends and family pestered them for the results.

“Keeping a $10,000 secret is not an easy feat. It was such an exhilarating, intense, surreal and incredibly stressful experience, and waiting to share it with family and friends was almost a ‘war’ in and of itself! Praising God from whom all blessings flow and so honored to have competed on Cake Wars!” Bartlow said, looking back on the experience.

For this event, Bartlow and Slater baked versions of the two cakes they made during the show for the campus to share. They were also available to answer questions about the experience.

The episode was video game-themed, with contestants making cakes modeled after the popular game “Minecraft.” While it was an unusual theme, the two worked well together to crush the competition. Bartlow was the lead baker, but the competition required them both to utilize their strengths and work together to make the cakes.

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Instagate

GCC Instagram suggests students like Trump Grayson Quay Managing Editor

A picture wrongly implying that an overwhelming majority of the student body supports Republican frontrunner Donald Trump was posted to the College’s official Instagram account during the GOP debate watch party last Thursday night.

The College Republicans conducted their straw poll, which was funded by the Republican National Committee, during the week leading up to the debate by

labeling clear plastic cups with the names of the various candidates and asking voters to drop an M&M into their preferred candidate’s cup. Although Trump received only eight votes out of 133 votes cast, the post on the College’s Instagram account (@grovectycollege), which has 2140 followers, showed Trump’s cup over halfway full.

Presumably, whoever overfilled the Trump cup intended this exaggeration as a joke, but the caption, which merely described the INSTAGATE 2

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February is Black History Month, take a look into its history.

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The Lamplight Concerts were full of light but not from lamps.

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A popular screenprinting artist visited campus, and the exhibit is still up.

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A deeper look into the Iowa Caucus and a special memo from President McNulty.

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Find out more about the recent additions to the GCC Hall of Fame.

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GCC straw poll favors Rubio Grovers vote Rubio, Cruz and snub Trump, Clinton

Grayson Quay Managing Editor

The College Republicans conducted their poll during the week preceding last Thursday’s GOP debate and during the debate watch party itself.

Voters chose a candidate by dropping an M&M into a clear plastic cup marked with the candidate’s name. There was one cup for each candidate from both major parties.

There are no major polls that compare all the candidates from both parties, but since there were relatively few votes cast for Democrats, we have provided the GOP national average for comparison.

A total of 133 votes were cast, of which Rubio received 40. The Florida senator, who is in third place in national polls, was the clear winner, with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz coming in second with 27 votes and former Florida

Governor Jeb Bush in third with 12.

GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, who at press time was the clear frontrunner, polling at 36 percent in RealClearPolitics’ average of national GOP polls, received only eight votes, equivalent to six percent of the vote in the College Republicans’

Blooming Bloomberg boom?

Josh Delk Staff Writer

Forget about Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton; the real candidate to watch for the 2016 election is Michael Bloomberg. That is, if he decides to run.

After entertaining the notion of a presidential bid for the better part of a decade, New York’s richest-ever mayor is once again hinting at presidential ambitions for the upcoming election.

The multi-billionaire media tycoon was elected as mayor in 2001 after changing his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican.

He was elected again as a Republican in 2005 and as an unaffiliated candidate in 2009. Following the end of his third term, Bloomberg announced he would be returning to his old position as CEO of Bloomberg L.P. Leading up to the 2008 presidential race, Bloomberg aggressively pleaded the case for an independent candidate and believed such a candidate could win. A moderate approach, he claimed, was crucial in resolving the issues plaguing the country at the time.

Between elections, the mayor and his aides continued to make comments and political gestures hinting to the mayor’s national ambitions, while also denying it with comments like “no way, no how” and “I’m not going to run for president, period.”

Leading up to the 2012 election, as the public once again suspected an attempted presidential bid, Bloomberg reversed his position.

“I think an independent couldn’t win,” he said to a New York TV network.

With yet another election coming, America’s seventh richest man has once again launched speculation that he may attempt to capture the presidency and spend over $1 billion of his own funds to do so. However, he admits he is unlikely to run unless the

two main parties nominate certain candidates.

The Observer notes the Republican Party’s collective unease with Donald Trump’s leading position in the polls, and even with having the unruly Texas senator Ted Cruz in second place. Bloomberg believes that he might have a chance at becoming elected as an independent if Donald Trump and the equally distrusted and admitted socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders are the nominees.

Bloomberg remains a liberal on most social issues, as well as on gun control, one of the most heated issues being debated in the pre-election season. As history has shown, third party candidates usually lack the institutional infrastructure to gain any real ground in a national election. In most cases, these candidates serve to sabotage another party’s candidate.

Even if Bloomberg were able to garner significant bipartisan support to make any real ground, a 270 vote majority is needed in the Electoral College to clench the presidency, which at this point in the race is all but impossible.

A presidential campaign would likely lead to a Republican victory. At minimum, Bloomberg would compete for Democratic votes in blue states and swing states, stealing votes from Sanders and handing the election to the GOP. If Bloomberg were to somehow secure several states’ Electoral votes, this could result in the first election decided by a vote in the House of Representatives since 1824. This would also bode well for Republicans, as they are currently the majority party in the House.

The 2016 presidential race has been unorthodox to say the least, and has seen the rise of several unlikely candidates. Will 2016 see the rise of yet another controversial contender? If one thing is for certain in 2016, it is that anything goes.

straw poll.

According to polls by CNN, NBC News/The Wall Street Journal and Quinnipiac, Trump polls at 37 percent among Republicans with no college degree but at only 19 percent among Republicans with college degrees.

Only nine votes were cast for Democrats, of which Ver-

mont Sen. Bernie Sanders received six and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley received three. Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is currently polling at 51.6 percent to Sanders’ 37.2 and O’Malley’s 2.2 according to RCP, received no votes in the Grove City College straw poll.

Candidates hit the Grove

Caleb Harshberger Life Editor

In the last few decades, three of the 2016 republican candidates have spoken at Grove City College: Jeb Bush, Rick Santorum and Ben Carson.

It is unsurprising that Grove City College attracts such conservative speakers.

From the motto “Freedom’s College” to the think-tank titled The Center for Vision and Values, the College has a strong and time-honored tradition of being ardently conservative. The candidates speeches ranged from the personal to the highly political, but all of them focused on the role that religion ought to play in the life of the Christian and of the nation.

The first of the candidates to come to the small private school was Dr. Ben Carson in 1995.

Before beginning his involvement in national politics, Carson was known worldwide as the first neurosurgeon to successfully separate conjoined twins attached at the back of the head. He was also one of several leading figures in bringing back the hemispherectomy, a controversial procedure in which part or all of one hemisphere of the brain is removed in order to aid in controlling a patient’s seizures. Carson came to Grove City College to speak about the role religion plays in our lives. Carson credits his faith with helping him turn his life around after a childhood he describes as wild and violend.

Despite a surge in momentum last year, Carson’s support has largely disintegrated, due in part to doubts cast by the media on portions of his biography, and projections do not show favorable chances for the candidate’s presidential bid. Carson took a “day off” the trail last week, prompting expectations that the candidate may be in the process of suspending his campaign.

In 2012 Rick Santorum shocked the nation when he very nearly defeated Mitt Romney for the Republican

Nomination. Clad in his signature sweater vests, the candidate spoke candidly about Christian family values.

Santorum came to Grove City College in 2014 to speak about how religious freedom at a conference called “Faith and Freedom Abused: threats to Our Religious Liberty.” Speaking in Sticht Lecture Hall, Santorum called on all present to fight against any action our government takes to limit our religious freedom, something he believes happens far too often in America. After months of lingering in the single digits,Santorum announced Wednesday that he was dropping out of the race.

That same year, former Florida Govr. Jeb Bush spoke at the class of 2014’s graduation ceremony, sparking speculation across the nation as to whether he was planning a run for the presidency. The former governor’s speech was a call for students to reaffirm their conservative principles in an increasingly secular society.

Bush was invited to speak by former Grove City College President Richard G. Jewell ʼ67, who said that he had great respect for Bush and his family.

The highly politicized speech, Bush’s only at a graduation ceremony that year, seemed to be a clear sign that Bush was serious about trying for the presidency.

Almost two years later Bush’s campaign is in trouble. Despite raising a remarkable war chest, the candidate has found himself upstaged at every turn by nearly every other candidate.

Unless he gains momentum soon, Bush will in all likelihood finish in around fourth or fifth place at the end of the primaries. His lack of energy, highlighted by opponents in the debates, as well as the problems the Bush name brings in a year where being the outsider is key, all seem to spell out a poor finish for the former Florida governor.

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DEBATE or so people, so having three times that was a nice surprise. We’ll be ready though next time with enough pizza from the beginning,” Kutz said.

Kutz also announced that the College Republicans got 15 students to register to vote that night, plus an additional 50 during the preceding week at their table in the Student Union.

The audience was fairly attentive throughout the long debate, occasionally clapping or jeering at the candidates on the screen. One student pounded the table enthusiastically when Rand Paul spoke, and two female students, describing themselves as “Rubi-hoes” made a debate bingo game in which they checked off boxes whenever certain candidates used certain phrases or buzzwords.

Before the debate, Kutz advised attendees to be on the lookout for certain strategies, such as a swing to the right or an appeal to evangelicals.

“Everyone listened intently on a couple of questions that involved faith. People responded well to Rubio’s message and laughed at the Trump jokes,” Kutz said.

Sen. Ted Cruz, who at press time was in second place in Iowa, opened the debate with what he called “the Donald Trump portion,” saying “I’m a maniac. And everyone on this stage is stupid, fat and ugly. And Ben, you’re a terrible surgeon.”

“The Grove City crowd did not appear to be the biggest Trump supporters,” Kutz said, adding that he was excited for the CR’s to take a more active role in the election as the Pennsylvania primary in April draws nearer.

The College Republicans will host a similar watch party for the next debate on Feb. 6.

INSTAGATE straw poll and the watch party, gave no indication that the photo did not reflect the actual results of the poll.

Jacki Muller, the College’s senior director of marketing and communications, said that the post was intended as “an opportunity to showcase how politically engaged and active our students can be” and that it was “unfortunate that it was taken out of context.”

Although she confirmed that the photo was taken and posted by a member of the marketing and communications team, she would not say who it was.

Within two hours, the post had accumulated over 70 likes and several comments. Reactions from the account’s followers, including alumni as well as current and prospective students, included a few statements of support for Trump, but mostly consisted of denunciations of Trump and of a student body that would support him. One alumna wrote that after seeing the picture, she was glad her son had decided not to apply to Grove City College.

(Full disclosure: I commented “Please take this down. No one will want to come here”).

The picture was taken down later that night, but Ms. Muller continued to defend the post, saying that, like Donald Trump, “it got people talking. It got them paying attention.”

News

Feb. 5, 2016

Waters run brown in Flint

Rio Arias

Staff Writer

Flint, Mich. is a relatively unknown city that has suddenly captured the attention of the nation in light of accusations of “environmental racism,” or the placing of environmental hazards and pollutants near disadvantaged communities of color.

The community of Flint has been fighting the issue since 1994, when a Genesee Power Station was set to operate nearby.

The Civil Rights Office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) dismissed the community’s complaints and allowed the Power Station to pump pollutants into the city’s air every year, although it should be considered that the Office has yet to deem any situation a discriminatory violation.

In the spring of 2013, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder appointed a financial planner to relieve the state’s accumulated debt, starting with water expenses.

In April 2014, the state began to draw water from Flint River instead of the Detroit Water and Sewage Department Treatment Facility.

Immediately after the change, residents became wary of the foul-smelling, discolored water. Many residents developed skin rashes after bathing, yet the governor’s office ignored complaints.

In reality, Flint River was contaminated with lead, which had seeped into the water system from aging pipes. Children were the most susceptible to higher rates of lead in their bloodstream and eventual poisoning from it.

Local pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha found that “the percentage of kids with lead poisoning doubled after the [water] switch … in some neighborhoods, it tripled.

And it all correlated with where water lead levels were

the highest.”

She presented her findings publically at a news conference this past September after testing 1,750 children with her colleagues. However, many suspect that over 8,000 children were exposed or found with lead in their bloodstreams.

This type of poisoning can cause immense damage to the brain development and nervous systems of growing children, as well as cause mass hysteria in a community already facing other poverty-related obstacles.

But while past lead poisoning cases have arisen, none of them have progressed beyond the status of “pending.”

It was not until Jan. 5, when Gov. Snyder declared a state of emergency over Flint, that the government officially recognized the severity of the issue and moved to intervene.

On Jan. 12, the government mobilized the National Guard to help with the distribution of water bottles and water filters, since residents were in the midst of intolerable conditions.

Three days later, President Obama put the city under a federal state of emergency, making available $5 million reserved for emergency purposes, which covered around 75 percent of the cost of the emergency. But the price of ignoring the safety of water goes beyond the help of troops and plastic water bottles: because the condition of Flint River’s water was so awful, the city will have to spend an estimated $100-400 million repairing eroded and lead infested pipes across the district, far more money than “emergency planning” would have resulted in.

Faucets at schools, libraries and other public places will need to be tested for safety, and an appeal to Congress for more funding could occur.

Residents of Flint have a lack of trust in the govern-

ment, and even though a lawsuit combining a total of 10 plaintiffs has been put together, the state has “sovereign immunity,” the protection that guarantees they cannot be sued for a “legal wrong.”

This immunity is based off of the principle that lawmakers cannot live in constant fear of being sued for something that could come across wrongly to the people at a given point. Yet in the case of ignoring the public safety, it means officials cannot be held accountable for the true weight of their actions, or in this case, lack of action.

However, this is not to say that government is evil, or that bureaucracies cannot manage public health at a more cost-effective and responsive way. The situation demonstrates that areas like Flint, Mich. where over 40 percent of the people are under the poverty line, most of them minorities, tend not to receive public attention unless there is a legitimate crisis.

Poverty often discourages intervention or any kind of address. But Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. did not march on Washington so we could plateau, being content with where we are.

Bureaucracies like the Civil Rights Office of the EPA exist not as black holes for tax money, but so we can further our outreach to all people as Americans.It should also be noted that these “emergency financial planners” belonging to the Michigan government are rarely called upon to take over districts other than those characterized by poverty and large AfricanAmerican populations.

So if these “emergency spending cuts” are only good enough for disadvantaged neighborhoods and overlook basic health-protecting protocol, are they actually good?

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 would not say so.

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Palin endorses Trump

Kelleigh Huber Staff Writer

Endorsements are part of the political campaign for President of the United States, but how much of a role do they have in the upcoming election?

Political analysts seem torn: some find Sarah Palin’s recent endorsement of Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential election significant, while others find it a statement of mere words that will not impact the election’s outcome at all.

Associated Press reporters for the New York Times note that Palin’s endorsement came as a blow to Sen. Ted Cruz, who Palin endorsed for his 2012 Senate race. Until last month, both Cruz and Trump were among her top candidate choices, reporters say. The endorsement could not have come at a better time, considering that at the time of the announcement, Trump and Cruz were polling neck-in-neck in Iowa, which Cruz narrowly won.

In the New York Times article mentioned above, Michael Glassner, Trump’s national political director and a prior employee of Palin’s, said he normally does not place much weight on endorsements, but this endorsement “could very well result in votes.”

Palin’s endorsement of Trump may have had some impact in the Iowa caucuses, due to the support that Palin has among the Tea Party Republicans and evangelical Christians there. However, as the Feb. 1 deadline approached, Trump’s numbers did not drastically increase.

As the election progresses, the influence of endorsements may come to have a larger impact.

Outside of endorsements, however, many argue that ultimately, the significant aspect of the election is the candidate himself (or herself), and both students and faculty here at Grove City College seem to agree that the people who support Trump now are going to continue to support him regardless of any endorsements.

Maybe too much weight is being placed on big names rather than on the candidate behind those names. One

must choose the candidate, not the names that support the candidate. The endorsements he or she has received should not matter as much as the candidate’s character and the policies he or she advocates.

Regarding Trump’s policies, many people argue from a Christian standpoint that Trump does not uphold the Christian principles that America was founded upon.

“The Republican Party is usually known for upholding strong, Christian values, and Donald Trump’s views of banning individuals from foreign countries goes against the Christian teaching of loving, accepting, and aiding those who are struggling. God calls us to love our neighbors, but Trump is blatantly disobeying that command by removing Muslims and others from his rallies, advocating isolationist policies, and preaching a doctrine of hatred against those who hold different views than his,” junior Megan Baak said.

Trump should, in theory, be struggling to gain the support of Christians based on his opinions, but he seems to have found a strong group of evangelical supporters that are not disturbed by his policy positions.

Aside from faith, Trump’s “lack of political experience, vagueness of policy choices, and his inability to work with people” should be enough to make us question his candidacy, said Dr. Gary Smith, chair of the history department.

Students who heard of the recent endorsement are not shocked, nor do they think anything will come of it.

“I don’t think Palin’s endorsement will have an effect one way or another. I also think that people that support Trump will continue to do so with or without the endorsement of other political figures. The only way I see it hurting Trump is if he picks Governor Palin as his running mate,” junior Thomas Kutz, co-chairman of the College Republicans, said.

Trump may have lost in Iowa, but voters will still have to wait and see if this endorsement actually affects Trump’s campaign in the long run.

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CAKE WARS

CAKE WARS During round one, called “Batter Up,” Bartlow and Slater created a confection featuring a Minecraft pig devouring a cake. The round was 75 minutes long, and after time ran out, one competitor was eliminated. However, the taste and design of their cake kept Bartlow and Slater in the running.

The second round was much more intense.

With a time limit of four hours, the competitors were instructed to build a creative, partysized “Minecraft”-themed cake. Now down to three competitors, Bartlow and Slater were feeling the heat, literally and figuratively.

At the very top, their cake featured a laptop being split in half by a Minecraft axe, with pixels raining down on the rest of the cake.

The laptop was balanced on top of a castle, featuring some Minecraft characters defending the castle. Bartlow and Slater’s cake made it to the display podium while one opponent’s cake crumbled, leaving it down to two final competitors.

Not only were the judges extremely impressed by the creativity and design of the cake, one judge said that “this cake brought a tear to my eye.” The judges found their cake unique and delicious and crowned them the winners.

“It is absolutely exciting, and completely overwhelming to be surrounded by so much incredible support by family, friends, and even complete strangers!” Slater said.

While neither of them had competed in baking competitions before, Bartlow has a vast amount of past experience in cakemaking and has been serious about decorating cakes since high school. She often makes cakes and other treats for birthday parties, weddings, baby showers and other events.

Both Bartlow and Slater flew to Los Angeles, Calif. last October during their fall break to film the episode of Cake Wars. While preparing for the show and participating in it, Bartlow and Slater were full-time students, had key roles in the College’s performance of “Oklahoma” and also danced in and choreographed for the annual Orchesis performance.

The semester was busy for the both of them, but it was a picture-perfect ending tf the college experience for Bartlow.

Bartlow and Slater have shared their adventures on their blo, “Kindred Cupboards,, which features some of their favorite baked goods and will soon include recipes they have used. You can also find them on Facebook as Kindred Cupboards.

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A brief history of Black History Month Molly Wicker News Editor

Observed annually during February, Black History Month is dedicated to celebrating the lives and achievements of AfricanAmericans.

The foundation for the celebration was originally set by Carter G. Woodson, an African-American historian, author and journalist.

During the early 20th century, while he was earning his master’s degree from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. from Harvard, both in history, Woodson witnessed how black people were underrepresented in the books and conversations that shaped the study of American history. According to many historians, African-Americans barely registered as a blip on the nation’s past, which Woodson found to be a gross and unfortunate deficiency.

In 1915, Woodson and Jesse E. Moorland, a community executive and civil leader, founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (now the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, or the ASALH). The organization’s goal was to promote the study of black history as a discipline in, rather than an addition to, American history classrooms. The group would also celebrate the accomplishments of AfricanAmericans.

Woodson and the ASALH launched “Negro History Week” in 1926 to bring attention to the mission and to encourage schools to develop a coordinated focus on the subject. Woodson chose the second week of February, which includes the birthdays of two prominent American leaders: Frederick Douglass on the 14th and Abraham Lincoln on the 12th.

As the ASALH explains on their website, the celebrations and studies gained traction quickly, creating a demand for teaching materials and the formation of black history clubs.

Nevertheless, although a newfound interest in black culture and literature was spreading throughout

Caleb Harshberger

Black History Month is dedicated to celebrating the lives and achievements of African-Americans. classrooms, the idea of expanding the celebration from a week to a month did not occur until several decades later.

During the Civil Rights Movement, Freedom Schools in the South wholeheartedly embraced the week and its curriculum as a way to contribute to the mission. By the mid1960’s, the most popular textbook for eighth grade history still only mentioned two black people in their explanation of post-Civil War history. During that time, colleges and universities were among the first institutions to dedicate an entire month to the cause, rather than just a week.

By the time President Gerald Ford decreed Black History Month a national observance in 1976, on the 50th anniversary of the creation of Negro History Week and during America’s bicentennial year, many municipalities had already adopted the event.

“In celebrating Black History Month, we can seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history,” Ford said.

Presidents have issued national decrees with each year’s theme since the 1970s. AfricanAmerican History Month’s 2016 theme is “Hallowed Grounds: Sites of AfricanAmerican Memories.”

Now, Black History Month is celebrated across the country; however, many members of American society are left to wonder what it will take for their fellow citizens, both black and white, to celebrate a group of people whose accolades and accomplishments deserve to be remembered all year long, rather than for a mere 28 days.

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‘A tradition of remembering’

Molly Wicker News Editor

February is Black History Month. The annual observance of the sometimes suppressed stories of African American achievement and experience has been around for decades but critics routinely question its value.

Some say focusing on black history is divisive, others consider it a weak attempt to placate a population that’s been marginalized. Others see it differently.

Natalia Harris ’12, the Director of Multicultural Education and Initiative for Student Life and Learning says celebrating Black History Month is a time to correct past mistakes and focus on the future.

“Black History Month is a tradition of remembering – it is a built-in reminder for us as a country-community to reflect and cherish our brothers and sisters. This intentional month helps us all to walk in a posture of learning and a posture of humility,” she says.

Dr. Todd Allen, professor of communications studies at Grove City College and an expert on the Civil Rights Movement, said Black History Month is an important stepping stone toward racial reconciliation in America, a topic which some Americans may fail to even acknowledge through their rose-colored glasses.

“African-American history is American history. If we don’t talk about it in the context of American history, how are we going to talk about it at all? Until we can do that, thank goodness for the pause and a reason to celebrate.”

Allen says that although reconstruction began in 1865 and largely succeeded for another 12 to 15 years, setbacks like the Jim Crow laws were detrimental in the growth of racial freedom in America.

Allen explained that since the Voting Right Act of 1965 and Martin Luther King’s Assassination in 1968, Allen explained that it has really only been within the past 50 years that American culture has returned to those reconstructive roots in an effort to quell the racism that still seems to plague the country and many of its people.

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Dr. Allen is an expert on the Civil Rights Movement and teaches Intercultural Communication.

“Folks are well-meaning,” Allen said, “but we fool ourselves into thinking that something like Jim Crow, which was around for 60 years, can be undone in the same amount of time. We need to provide an honest account of our past and the ways in which we, as a country, were complicit in the dehumanization and degradation of an entire group of people. Once we do that, we can move forward.”

Recent campaigns, such as “Black Lives Matter,” rising to prominence in the wake of the deaths of several young, black people over the past five years, have brought some attention to the issue.

Nevertheless, Allen argues, the campaign still misses the mark on the true issue.

“If all lives matter, which they do because everyone is created in the image of God, then we shouldn’t have to say that black lives matter. We shouldn’t have to declare our humanity,” Allen says.

He went on to explain that the incidents of the past few years, “without getting too political, can all draw parallels to things that happened in the past, like the death of Emmett Till in 1955.”

“Racism is more than someone not liking you,” Allen continued, “It’s systemic.

History lingers.”

At Grove City College, where diversity levels can be observed with a quick glance around the campus

or inside a classroom, racial reconciliation may seem like an overwhelming task. Allen encourages students to begin by simply learning each other’s stories.

“As an education institution, it would of course be wonderful to see greater numbers, and I think at Grove City we are taking the necessary steps toward that end, but at the same time, it’s not just about the quantity of interactions, but about the quality,” Allen said.

“Our common bond is Christ. We have a common commitment to justice, doing what is right, and being inclusive. Love your neighbor, says the Bible.”

Everyone has roots, Allen explains. According to him, the key to getting to those roots is being intentional with one another. For college students, this means starting conversations about the issue inside and outside of the classroom.

“There have always been sides of hope,” Allen said.

“Reconciliation is a process that is lived out in our daily lives. There will always be stops and starts and moments of celebration and disappointment; but there are changes taking place today that I never thought I would see in my lifetime. The real question is, how do we live amidst our differences and fight together to advance the kingdom of God?”

A focus on relationships

Staff Writer Focus Week begins this Monday at the College, and will concentrate on the theme of relationships.

“Next week is our second annual Focus Week and this year we will be exploring the theme ‘Thriving: Pursuing Abundance in Relationships,’” Director of Campus Ministries Devi Wintrode said. “We will spend next week talking about different

aspects and elements of relationships with God and with one another, and how we can more fully enjoy abundance in the various relationships in our lives.”

Each day of the week will have a special theme within the topic of relationships.

Monday will cover church membership, Tuesday will cover friendships, Wednesday will cover dating, Thursday will cover the individual’s status as a “child of God”

and Friday will cover the self.

Among the talks, College President Paul J. McNulty ʼ80 will be speaking on the topic of marriage.

A full schedule of speakers can be found in a recent email from Wintrode, on the Grove City College website calendar or on the College’s website.

The week and its focus was the vision of Vice President for Student Life and Learning and Dean of Students

Larry Hardesty, Wintrode said. “He thought it’d be a neat thing to do.”

Hardesty may have been right. Faculty and students involved in putting on the events have been reaching out to groups and professors to keep the focus on relationships even after Focus Week has ended.

Some professors have incorporated the theme into their syllabi and certain groups, like the Sociology,

Social Work and Psychology Association (SSWAPA), have planned events with similar themes later in the semester, said Wintrode.

Focus Week seems to be becoming an overarching theme in many parts of the College this semester, and Campus Ministries is intent on keeping the conversation going.

“We invite you to join us for these conversations and to think about ways in which you might pursue greater abundance in all of your relationships – both present and future,” Wintrode said. “We trust that God is going to do great things over the course of next week, and we hope that you will choose to be part of that. He is a relational God, cares deeply about all of our relationships, and above all wants a relationship with each of us.”

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Popular screenprinting artist visits GCC

Tara Steinheiser

Contributing Writer

From Jan. 28-Feb. 13, Grove City College’s J. Howard Pew Fine Arts Center will exhibit a collection of screenprinting artist Charlie Wagers’ most popular works.

The gallery features a collection of concert posters, skateboards and vinyl discs, consisting mostly of products for musical artists. Described as “raw,” “incredible” and “extraordinary” by Grove City College students, the works’ unique nature draws the eye with a combination of bold, uncommon colors, and organic and geometric shapes. As the summary profile on Wagers’ website states, “he draws inspiration from the antique and arcane: early printing techniques, vintage cameras and films, aged textures, forgotten book, and – oddly enough – old neon signs.”

These influences are all clearly seen throughout the works of art he produces.

Many of the pieces showcased came from works produced for Wagers’ more well-known clients, such as artists like The Fray, Walk the Moon, and Josh Ritter.

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Who is Charlie Wagers?

Charlie Wagers is a 28-year-old Kentucky native, currently residing in Akron, Ohio making his living as a screen-printing artist. In addition to founding Charlie Wagers Creative in 2009, he is a founding member of Three Bears Design, and has worked for major clients such as Six Flags Theme Parks, Procter & Gamble, Goodyear, Forever 21, and Joanne Fabrics. Much of Wagers’ work, and the main feature of the current exhibit, is screen-printed posters for Alternative music artists:

mewithoutYou, Guster, Defeater, Gifts from Enol, and If Trees Could Talk, just to name a few. He has coined several phrases within his works, examples being, “too blessed to be stressed,” and, “life’s a beach, and then you die.” Wagers also designs pins for Lost Lust Supply, including a recent design inspired by the poster for the gallery and “D.I.Y. ’Til the Day I Die” workshop, featuring a skull-shaped screen printing squeegee.

What makes his work different?

Each musical artist poster

is unique, like a finger print.

That being said, a consistent style is found throughout Wagers’ works, making them easily recognizable as his own pieces. His persistent themes of nature and antiquity give his art originality and a rustic aesthetic.

Why should you see the show? The works of art cover a wide variety of interests, making the show attractive to most individuals. There is something for anyone with an interest in music or the visual arts to enjoy.

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It is cliché to say that an album is a story, an immersive experience that can be known by listening to the album as a whole, simply because it is so vague. But with Son Lux’s newest album, it is one of the best descriptors.

“Bones” is music in a different form, maintaining a theoretical storyline and expanding the capacity of Son Lux to an even higher degree of creativity and uniqueness.

I would put Son Lux’s newest album in an odd realm with a mix of distressed vocals and aggressive instruments that come and go, but never overstay their welcome.

Lead singer, Ryan Lott, has vocals that could be compared to very few other singers. They are like that of the lead singer of Wolf Parade, Spencer Krug, but lower, and almost more urgent, and that urgency flows throughout the entire album. The album displays an array of instruments which usually start with a simple synthesizer, and then adds hard-hitting riffs and simple melodies that are built up with guitars, drums and anything else to contain Lott’s voice. It packs in hopefulness, energy, sadness and intensity, all into one album.

The album as a whole is suffocating and nerveracking, but it all fits into place to create something that feels almost postapocalyptic. It is almost like Lott is speaking to you after some world-altering event and you are the key to saving all of humanity.

With lines like “Close your eyes / Swallow the sun / It has only just begun / Your day will come” and “Your world will come undone,” it feels like you are about to fulfill some prophecy that has been written ages ago. Lott creates a call to arms, derived from his film-scoring background, but it raves with the intensity of a subject that is never actually specified.

The album opens up with an urgency that slows down into a build up for a climax that is never reached. He dances around this idea of rebelling against something, but at the end comes to a conclusion that it cannot be overcome. Instead he finishes with a solemn track, “Breathe Out,” by far the tamest track on the album. After bottling things inside himself for so long, he wants to be free of his internal anger, but settles with the idea that he must bear it and understand that he will have this within himself forever. It is an unconventional ending to anything so full of spirit, but it is still incredibly fitting.

The album is indeed a story, a story of twists and turns that never fully expose who Son Lux is aiming at, and is an incredible shift into the cold, winter season and everything it has to offer.

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Lamplight

PHOTOS BY MADDIE WILLIAMS

At 7 p.m. on Jan. 30, the Alpha Episilon Chi housing group, with the help of the Stonebridge and Omicron Xi housing group, hosted Lamplight Sessions, a benefit concert for the Lt. Barret A. Snyder ’08 Memorial Scholarship Endowment at GCC with matching funds provided by Snyder’s family. Performing in Crawford Auditorium were three alumni-centric acts: The Stairwells (featuring Stephen Horst ’13, Joshua Morken ’13, Peter Christiansen ’15 and Julie Kucks ’14), Joel Ansett ’12 and the Blue Light Bandits (featuring Dan DeCristofaro ’13).

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Reboots Movie remakes making a comeback

Grant Wishard Staff Writer

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Is the trailer too revealing?

Rebecca Shaffer Staff Writer

What happens when the main characters meet in the second “Batman v. Superman” trailer? Well, it is what appears to be an awkward interview.

In these first few moments, we see Clark Kent (Henry Cavill) and Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) engaging in a verbal duel over the relative merits of their respective alter egos, Batman and Superman, which ends on a note of tension when they are interrupted by a young and conspicuously not-bald Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg). This interaction is a precursor to one of the biggest fights that the DC Comics universe has ever known.

Why the hostility? Well, Batman seems to think Superman is a threat after the widespread collateral damage following the Man of Steel’s battle with General Zod. As for Superman, his opinion is that Batman is a rogue vigilante who needs to stay out of his way.

In the public eye, both heroes seem to be controversial heroes. Batman’s suit is shown with graffiti on it that reads, “Haha, jokes on you Batman.” Meanwhile, some hail Superman as a godlike messiah figure, while others, frightened at the alien in their midst, hold a picket rally outside of the United States Capitol.When it comes down to the actual fighting between these two, it is destructive and intense, though Superman seems to have the obvious advantage when it comes to strength and speed.

However, this epic fight is halted when a new threat arises. Lex somehow gains possession of General Zod’s

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body, and performs an experiment that produces some sort of grotesque creature that many have speculated is notorious Superman villain Apocalypse.

In another scene, Batman is narrowly saved from certain death by Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot). Her status as a neutral party seems to cause Batman and Superman to focus on the real threat and lead to the three of them uniting against their common adversary.While presented in a great way, the trailer seems to be very predictable. Superman and Batman fight, Lex brings in the monster that may or may not be apocalypse and Wonder Woman helps to defeat both supervillains.

Director Zach Snyder has suggested that fans should be wary of assuming that

the trailer contains a full plot summary. There may be some twists, especially the appearance of another wellknown DC Comics character.

While not shown in the trailer, the cast list of “Batman v Superman” reveals that Aquaman, King of Atlantis, is involved and is played by Jason Momoa. The angle of what he may bring to the table is an unexpected yet exciting mystery.

With the new supervillain’s appearance, it seems that these heroes must team up in order to fight for Earth’s, and each other’s, survival, eventually laying the groundwork for the formation of the Justice League.The movie will debut in theaters on Mar. 25 of this year and has the potential to be either totally predictable or wildly unpredictable.

The year 2015 was an auspicious year of highly successful reboots. Storylines which ended long ago were brought back to life: “Jurassic World,” “Creed” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” were some of them. These films were glorious resurrections and were greeted with box office success. “Mad Max” deserves the same praise, but perhaps another time.

Sequels, too, were successful; “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2,” “Furious 7” and “Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation” were all well-received, although, “Pitch Perfect 2,” “Hitman: Agent 47,” and “Specter,” ruined this trend and did what sequels tend to do – flop. Audiences and critics secretly expect sequels to flop. It is understood, at least subconsciously, that good things do not stay good very long. Sequels often flop because it is difficult to recover what has been lost.

Reboots are under far more of this same pressure, to recapture the original magic that disappeared decades ago; however, few manage to take the heat. Remember “Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull,” “Total Recall” (2012), “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (2005) and the Hobbit trilogy?

Those examples are why it is so remarkable that three reboots would succeed in 2015. And not just any reboots – “Jurassic World,” “Creed,” and “The Force Awakens” gave new life to three of the most important, most successful and most loved stories in movie history. Each film thrived under the pressure by honoring their nostalgic traditions and preserving the essence of what fans loved about the original series.

“Jurassic World” bowed low to the original “Jurassic Park” with dozens of shotfor-shot similarities, Easter egg references and an essentially identical plot. Again, there is a dinosaur park, the big execs think they have everything under control, dinosaurs escape and the disregarded voice of reason must save everyone on the island from disaster. Mr. DNA, Jeep 29, those night vision goggles and a pack of raptors all reappear. There is a statue of John Hammond, the original park owner and Claire wears a female rendition of his signature white suit. These and many more references, including moments from John Williams’ original soundtrack, help to recover the original magic.

Director Colin Trevorrow gets it: the “Jurassic” movies are about the weakness of human pride in the face of nature’s awe-inspiring, bone-crunching power. Intentionally, there are only two dubious references, if any at all, to the less-revered second and third movies.

“Creed” made similar efforts to recall “Rocky.” As before, a no-name fighter gets his shot at the big time, trains hard, falls in love and ultimately goes the distance. Remember Rocky’s grey warm-ups and Apollo Creed’s star-spangled boxing trunks? Both of these reappear. Rocky tells Adonis,

“women weaken legs,” and makes him chase a chicken during training. Like Rocky, Adonis makes a speech in the ring and loses according to the scorecard, but succeeds in making Rocky, his mother and his girlfriend proud.

These more obvious similarities work together with more subtle references to dredge up the original Rocky aura, or more accurately, the sweaty Rocky stench.

Ryan Coogler, director and screenplay writer, gets it: “Rocky” and “Creed” are about romantic American underdogs who go the distance. Notice that there are few, if any, references to the five sequels which followed the original.

“Star Wars,” however, did the best of all. If reboots are under more pressure than sequels, even more is required of sacred texts. “Star Wars” is an enshrined film, and significantly impacted the culture in ways difficult to describe here. Perhaps read, “How Star Wars Changed The World (As We Knew It),” by Jim Emerson, where he writes: “To see ‘Star Wars’ in 1977 was to experience a moment in pop culture that seemed universal. This may have been the last such unifying landmark for the boomer generation – with the Beatles at one end and “Star Wars” at the other … It’s hard to describe the feeling.”

Considering the cultural heft of “Star Wars,” imagine the challenge J.J. Abrams faced in directing “The Force Awakens.” Especially after fans, and the Western world, were disappointed by the lamentable Episodes I, II, and III. But as “Jurassic World” and “Creed” proved, the formula is simple: respect nostalgic tradition and understand why audiences fell in love. BB-8 is the new R2D2, Harrison Ford is still Han Solo and Carrie Fisher plays Princess Leia. Abrams went so far as to bring back Peter Mayhew, who played the original Chewbacca. The newest superweapon is larger than ever, and can now obliterate multiple planets at once, the Jakku desert recalls the planet Tatooine and the list goes on.

But most importantly, J.J. Abrams loves “Star Wars” enough to understand that the galaxy is all about good versus evil, memorable characters, tragedy and romance.

Though, who is to say that it is not about democracy, Buddhism and industrial farming? Thankfully, no characters and few references are carried over from the prequel episodes. Regardless, Abrams, like Trevorrow and Coogler, has managed to recapture a feeling, an elusive and abstract emotion which audiences have remembered and hungered after for decades. It is all about nostalgia, and that is not necessarily a bad thing. The ways each new movie took a fresh approach deserves a separate article. For now, it is worth noting and appreciating how difficult it is to recover a feeling, and how three directors managed to reawaken three of the most important, mostloved storylines in movie history, and that it all happened last year, in 2015.

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The scourge of scientism A false religion of physical phenomena

Ryan Brown Staff Writer

Science is worshipped in today’s society.

Often, people will give results arrived at by selfproclaimed scientists much more weight than they give to results reached by artists, philosophers, religious leaders, social activists or historians.

When Sam Harris, one of the New Atheists, makes claims about how science can give us morals, many people do not bat an eye and are transfixed by what they see as a new frontier.

There are a great number of myths floating around in society about this bright future that science is leading us toward, a veritable utopia ushered in by the computer.

Then there also competing myths that portray science as the scourge and ultimate ender of humanity in some sort of techno-ragnarok led by rebelling machines or the destruction of the planet by nukes, global warming or exhaustion of resources.

The disciplines of history, economics, political science and sociology are slowly seduced by the fancy language of science and adopt it so that they can take part in the lucre to be gained in serving the “scientistic” god of this age.

Those disciplines which refuse to adopt the new ways of making predictions about the future, speaking the language of mathematics and

Its high priests are lab coat-wearing women meddling with test tubes, and fuzzy-haired, old men scribbling indecipherable gobbledygook on chalk boards. performing experiments are marginalized by the profession and ignored by the public.

This disgusting trend is even beginning to seep into disciplines like philosophy.

What is this god that calls itself science, though? Most likely, we do not mean a specific epistemic approach to discovering truth; that is much too boring.

Instead, the myth of science is broader. Its high priests are lab coat-wearing women meddling with test tubes, and fuzzy-haired, old men scribbling indecipherable gobbledygook on chalk boards.

Its scripture is talk of the wonder and majesty of the stars and the heat and size of those infernos, the complexity of the mechanisms of life and the dark matter that permeates the universe.

Their miracles are the seething pit of fire in the heart of nuclear reactors and the volcanic steam rising from their stacks, miracles like hover boards and hybrid fruits and the destruction of entire towns through such wizardry as the atom bomb.

It is the religious aspect of science that people are enraptured by; the mystery of jargon. In truth, though, it is

not worthy of the high mantle on which we place it.

What truly makes science different from other truth claims is that it is less sure. We can make claims about our feelings and beliefs because we directly perceive them, and make claims about mathematical and logical truths because they follow from definitions and axioms that we perceive directly.

We know things about the external world without directly perceiving it, but our basic knowledge about the external world is mediated by one or two things – our sensory organs and the processing of the brain. Knowledge of things like the thoughts and feelings of others go through additional filters – our model of what those expressions on their faces mean, and what words and tones of voice all reflect – but those filters are naturally placed in our minds.

Scientific knowledge goes through the filters of our perception, our mind processing the perception, then bringing to bear certain models about reality (like causation, or events being repeatable and not unique), then shoddily applying mathematical truths or top of the things we perceived.

Science does not just go through those filters, though.

For most people, scientific knowledge is not just second-hand, but fifteenth or sixteenth-hand through the testimony of many others. It goes through physical filters, tests and experiments using tools made and calibrated by others. In order for it to be reliable at all, every experiment has to be verified and checked, and then rechecked over and over.

It is the caveman way; learning things by repetition, banging stones into one another until he learns the angle at which they must hit to get sparks. Is this an argument against science? Of course not, it is just a description of the definition of science.

It is induction. it is building “ad hoc” models and then testing them to see if they work in different circumstances. It is very useful for many things, and it is useless for many other things. It is a tool, and not a universal tool, and certainly not a god here to destroy us or lead us into the future. It can speak about what is, not about what ought It can speak about repeatable physical phenomena, not about men or history.

It can speak about bodies and not minds.

It can speak about specific quantities of mass or velocity, but not numbers divorced from units. It cannot even mention the nature of reality, just point out a couple of the corners on the larger shape of reality.

After Iowa what’s next for the candidates?

Thomas Kutz Staff Writers

The Iowa caucuses have come, and the 2016 presidential election season is officially under way as the first ballots have been cast in Iowa’s 99 counties to determine our nation’s next president. Ted Cruz was written off when he announced he was running for president, and he was the winner of the Iowa caucuses.

Donald Trump was seen as a joke, according to several polls, and he earned a quarter of all Republican votes cast.

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton were in a virtual dead heat to win the caucuses on the Democratic side. And all of it decided by only a few thousand votes.

You read that correctly.

Cruz’s four percentage point victory over Trump translates to 6,210 votes as of press time. Trump edged out Rubio for second place by less than 2,300 votes.

So what does all this mean?

Well, first, for the Democrats, it means that Sen. Bernie Sanders is here to stay. He and former Secretary Clinton will likely split half of Iowa’s delegates each, and they will head to New Hampshire, where Sanders is leading in most major polls.

While one can argue which one is easier to defeat in a general election, it will most certainly be one of them, as former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has suspended his bid for the White House.

On the Republican side,

we now know that the race is essentially a three-person race between Sen. Ted Cruz, businessman Donald Trump and Sen. Marco Rubio. They will split Iowa’s 30 delegates primarily between themselves moving forward.

Cruz won when he needed it most. You could say that he put all of his eggs in the Iowa basket and banked that a win in Iowa would catapult him to become conservatives’ and evangelicals’ top choice. It looks like that plan is working for now.

Trump supporters will be slightly disappointed that they did not win, but they will not be deterred. They will look at Iowa as neither a win nor a loss.

After all, Trump will only receive one or two fewer delegates than Cruz and can easily remain competitive. It is certainly a positive given where the Trump campaign was in June of 2015.

Rubio should and will be seen as the biggest winner from the caucuses, though.

Third place may not sound like a great finish, but Rubio’s camp is ecstatic because they did even better than they – and all pollsters – thought.

Sen. Rubio is no doubt a beneficiary of a stellar debate performance just days before the caucuses, when about one-third of caucus-goers remained undecided. As a result of that performance, Rubio gained some more “Marcomentum” by earning some 23 percent of voters’ support.

Rubio will ride this wave into February’s early primary

On the Republican side, we now know that the race is essentially a three-person race between Sen. Ted Cruz, businessman Donald Trump and Sen. Marco Rubio.

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states with hopes of emerging as the clear alternative to those who oppose Cruz or Trump. That looks to be the case, given that Rubio earned nearly as many votes as all of the candidates below him.

If 75 percent of voters are split between three candidates, it would appear prudent for the other candidates, who split roughly 25 percent of support eight ways, to bow out gracefully and leave it to those in real contention.

The problem is that so much money has been invested by the other candidates that letting go of such an investment feels fiscally irresponsible. Jeb Bush, for example, is up around nine figures in spending between his campaign and his SuperPAC “Right to Rise.”

Yet Bush, along with Ohio Gov. John Kasich and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, are all polling in double digits in more moderate New Hampshire and doing well in other moderate states. Their support is just not enough to do anything other than harm to like-minded candidates.

Bush, Kasich and Christie are seen as “establishment” candidates, along with Sen. Marco Rubio. The thought is that the three governors’ combined support would propel Rubio to the nomina-

tion, given that the “establishment vote” is currently split between the four of them.

Do not worry, they can always release their delegates later, but there is no guarantee that they would all pledge to back Rubio. Also, if Rubio is seen only at 25 percent and not up there with Cruz and Trump in national polls because of the other candidates, Rubio will suffer in fundraising and in gaining traction as a result.

I would venture to guess that after South Carolina votes in mid-February, the already clear three-candidate race will dwindle down to nearly that. Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul have already suspended their campaigns, and Carson and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina may soon follow suit.

The establishment governors can hold on a little while longer, but by Super Tuesday we will see what the Iowa Caucuses have just told us: The Republican Party’s nominee for President of the United States will either be Ted Cruz, Donald Trum, or Marco Rubio.

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The McNulty Memo

We’ve got a great opportunity this month to support our women’s and men’s basketball teams. The men are having a strong season and the women have been racking up wins since the start of the year. Feb 6, 17 and 20 are the remaining home games. And come hear our new pep band. ›› ›› ›› ›› ›› ››

Also, Feb 11-13 are the PAC Swimming and Diving Championships. This is a really exciting event, and many of our athletes are top contenders. There are no better fans than the families and friends cheering on our swimmers and divers.

My favorite part of Emily’s and Tristan’s “Cake Wars” victory: grace under pressure.

We’re bringing back the cold Starbucks drinks in the Gee. Sorry for the confusion.

Great news about the success of last year’s grads in landing jobs or continuing their studies (97 percent). But our greater hope is that everyone leaves GCC with a strong sense of calling to serve Christ and the community with faithfulness and integrity.

Please be praying for Yvonne English (Entrepreneurship) who lost her brother last weekend in a car accident, and continue to remember the family of Nate Ferraco, the Geneva freshman who died on January 23.

My deepest thanks to all who sent birthday greetings last weekend. It was a wonderful blessing and encouragement.

Paul J. McNulty is president of Grove City College. He writes The McNulty Memo periodically for The Collegian.

Parties killed founders’ dream Drew Brackbill Contributing writer

The founding fathers built our country on the concept of shared power. In composing a government of three separate branches, they sought to avoid both the threat of tyranny and the danger of the legislative vortex.

They dreamed of a government by the people, for the people, with both the capacity to act well and the restraint to act carefully. The advent of political parties and the ugly specter of factionalism have crushed this dream and left our political system a tragic mess, indistinguishable from the pure vision of the founders.

The Constitution was drafted with distinct branches of government, and it was built this way at the behest of men like Madison and Wilson, who wanted a strong distinction between the executive and the legislative branc It was important to the founders “that each department should have a will of its own; and consequently should be so constituted that the members of each should have as little agency as possible in the appointment of the members of the others.

This separation of powers was designed to allow for institutional clash.

Congressmen and presidents ought to be the fiercest of foes; as Madison put it in Federalist 51: “Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.

In this way, the executive and the legislature would compete against one another for the power to make laws and manage the state.

The personal and political ambitions of each congressman, and of congress as a whole, would clash with and impede the ambitions of the executive, thereby rendering both parties less capable of drastic malfeasance.

But this clashing of ambitions was meant to be a safeguard, primarily against tyranny.

The watchword of the founders was capacity; capacity to rule, and capacity to be ruled.

To quote Madison again, “the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

Our system was designed upon the concept of efficacy

balanced with carefulness. A government which governs too much is a bad thing, but a government which governs not at all is worse.

During the era of the Articles of Confederation, the founders had a taste of the latter, and it left a bitter flavor in their mouths. For this reason, the Constitution was designed to balance power between a deliberative legislature and a strong unitary executive.

Because the founders believed that the legislature of a republic is, by nature, always its strongest branch, they thus found it necessary “to divide the legislature into different branches; and to render them, by different modes of election and different principles of action, as little connected with each other as the nature of their common functions and their common dependence on the society will admit.

This bicameral separation of Congress was designed to make the executive stronger by comparison, thus to balance and more evenly distribute the sovereign power of the state, making the people safer in the process.

Unfortunately, when the founders set down the rules of the Constitution, they did not foresee the rise of organized political parties, and they could not have predicted the corrosive impact such parties would have on the republican system.

When ambition no longer counteracts ambition, when we allow parties to arise, we allow politicians to become concerned with their careers over their constituents’ desires and needs.

Political parties encourage politicians to subordinate their personal beliefs and the preferences of their constituents to the will of the party machine.

George Washington saw the risks posed by factionalism while he was in office.

In his farewell address, he warned against the dangers of political parties, saying that parties “put, in the place of the delegated will of the nation, the will of a party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community; and, according to the alternate triumphs of different parties, make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans digested by com-

mon counsels and modified by mutual interests.

It is to the eternal detriment of all Americans that Washington’s successors never heeded his warning.

When half of Congress agrees with the president at any given time, there can be no more institutional clash.

A president can ram his agenda through Congress so long as his party is in power there, and if his party is not currently in power, he can use the veto to ensure that his sworn enemies will not make any gains against him.

Politics then becomes nothing more than a game of give-and-take battles fought for meaningless points, a game of stale, dogmatic sound-bites, where the only winner is the federal government and the only loser is the American public. Although political parties provide a valuable logical heuristic for voters, they exist primarily as a means to make re-election easier for politicians. Political parties are good, very good, for politicians, but they are the kiss of death for deliberative, rational government.

There is no more deliberation in the halls of Congress.

There is no more debate, not really, because roughly one half of Congress now follows in lock-step with the agenda set for them by the president, and the other half must, by default, stand strong against their mortal foes.

This is what happens when children are made, like Hannibal, to swear upon the altar of their household gods that they will never be a friend to the Democrats.

When factionalism and partisanship take the place of discourse and pursuit of the mutual good, the people suffer and the republic withers on the vine.

Our Federal government now has neither capacity nor restraint; it vacillates endlessly between passing all the laws and passing none of them, with never a thought for the actual content of the laws in question or the impact they will have on the nation.

The rise of parties has spelled the end for the dream of the founders; political parties have destroyed the idea of separation of power and have created a system which must by default govern either too much, or not at all.

The centrality of free speech

Colin Combs

Perspectives Editor Freedom of speech has fallen from its holy mantle.

Everyone claims to love free speech, the first and most treasured of all the rights listed in the Bill of Rights, but in practice many find it hard to keep.

How often have we heard the phrase “I believe in free speech, but I don’t see why we should let people say…”?

People can often say awful and terrible things. After all, what possible value could there be to the spread of bigotry and hatred?

Why should we defend that kind of speech? Why should we let ourselves be overrun by fanatics and racists? Would the world not be a better place without this kind of venomous talk?

The simple answer is, of course, yes! It is the moral duty of every man to fight off ignorance wherever it may be found. We do this, however, precisely by upholding freedom of speech!

The weapon of reason is not the sword, but the pen. If there are vicious and harmful ideas that are spread throughout society, and there certainly are, they must be combatted by refutation and persuasion, not by the force of arms.

The first and most important reason for this is from the nature of liberty itself. If we want to have a truly free society, we need to recognize and defend the principles on which it stands, the first of which being the freedom of every individual to think and choose for himself.

Without this most vital of rights, everything else falls.

Nothing could be more criti-

cal to freedom. If we concede that the government has the right to determine what we can and cannot think, every single other right we hold dear is threatened.

We must hold on to this most sacrosanct of rights.

But free speech does not only have the ethical high ground; it also makes simple, pragmatic sense. If we compromise free speech, who stands to benefit more, the right or the wrong?

It should be obvious to everyone that it is only the false that fear scrutiny, and consequently they have the most to gain from banning speech against them.

Rather than eliminating bigotry, abandoning free speech only gives bigotry a place to entrench itself.

To quote Thomas Jefferson, “It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.”

Finally, we must remember that we are not omniscient. In general, we do not know nearly as much as we think we know.

By definition, new ideas and innovations come from people who broke against the narrative of society, who challenge our perceptions.

By guaranteeing people their right to speak their mind and letting their thoughts be tested on the free market of ideas, we also guarantee the ability of our society to flourish and to improve upon itself.

So remember, ignorance is only overcome through education, not regulation. If we wish for society to flourish, we must defend the principle everything else is built upon at all cost.

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GCC to induct 10 into Hall of Fame One of the most exciting times of year for the Grove City Athletic Department is the induction of new Hall of Famers. This year, the Wolverine Hall of Fame welcomes 10 standout alumni athletes into its ranks, as well as two recipients of the Athletic Heritage Award.

Grove City College will induct the 2016 class in conjunction with Grove City’s Presidents’ Athletic Conference basketball doubleheader Saturday against Geneva College. Don Batchelor ‘21 and Charles Ruffner ‘21 are the recipients of the College’s Athletic Heritage Award.

This year’s inductees are:

Jeannie Annan ’96

Jeannie Annan closed her stellar volleyball career by earning Presidents’ Athletic Conference Most Valuable Player honors following the 1995 season. She helped lead Grove City to Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III titles in both 1994 and 1995, earning ECAC MVP honors in each of those two seasons. As a senior in 1995, Annan set a single-season Grove City record with 1,267 assists.

Her 81 aces also broke the single-season program record. She earned First Team All-PAC honors in each of her final two seasons and is Grove City’s all-time leader in assists with 3,549.

She also served a program-record 156 aces. The conference honored her as a member of its 60th Anniversary Team in 2014.

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Annan graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education in 1996. She earned her doctorate in counseling psychology from Indiana University in 2007.

Doug Fullerton ’97

Doug Fullerton was a dominant performer in the breaststroke and individual medley for the Grove City College men’s swimming and diving team from 1993 to 1997. He highlighted his career by becoming the 44th and final NCAA All-American coached by Jim Longnecker when he placed ninth in the 200 individual medley in 1996.

Longnecker called him “probably the best all-around swimmer in the history of the school.” He qualified for the NCAA Championships in eight individual events during his career, captured 26 total Presidents’ Athletic Conference titles and earned the conference’s Most Valuable Performer award in 1995, 1996 and 1997.

Fullerton graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He then earned a master’s in business administration at Duke University in 2000. The College inducted Fullerton into its Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame in 2002.

Doug Hart ’88

A two-time All-American at Grove City College, Doug Hart emerged as one of NCAA Division III’s premier kicking specialists during his career from 1985 to 1988. He earned AllAmerica honors following the 1986 season after setting a program record

with 12 field goals in nine games. His 55-yard field goal against Hiram that season remains the longest ever by a Presidents’ Athletic Conference kicker. In 1987, he became the first Grove City modern-era football player to be named as an All-American in multiple seasons when he earned First Team All-America after his junior season. In 1985 he led Grove City in scoring and set a single-game team record with four field goals in a 19-16 win over Bethany. Hart also led the 1987 squad in scoring.

Hart’s 40 career field goals are the most in conference history, as are his six field goals of 50 yards or longer.

In 2014, the conference recognized Hart as a member of its 60th Anniversary Team. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business and finance.

Michele (Kirin ’90) Michael

A four-time First Team all-conference selection in softball, Michele (Kirin) Michael rewrote Grove City College’s pitching record book during her career from 1987 to 1990. Michael graduated as Grove City’s all-time leader with 44 pitching victories while also setting program records with 480 innings pitched, 260 strikeouts, 75 appearances, 67 complete games and a 2.58 earned run average. She made an immediate impact as a freshman in 1987 by going 11-4 in the pitcher’s circle and helping lead Grove City to its first Presidents’ Athletic Conference title. Her 16-5 record in 1988 remains the best by a Grove City pitcher.

In 1990, she again earned Most Valuable Pitcher recognition after helping Grove City capture the program’s second conference title in a four-year span. The conference honored Michael as a member of its 60th Anniversary Team during the 2014-15 academic year. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biology and added a master’s degree in physical therapy in 1992.

Beth (Lora ’98) Pifer Beth (Lora) Pifer played a major role in the resurgence of the Grove City College women’s basketball program from 1994 to 1998. A dominant scorer in the post, she amassed 1,250 points during her career while leading the team in scoring during each of her four seasons.

Pifer is the fourth-leading scorer in program history. As a junior during the 1996-97 season, she helped lead Grove City to the Eastern College Athletic Conference South Championship Tournament at King’s. Pifer scored 33 points in a semifinal victory over top-seeded King’s. In the championship game against Ursinus, she scored 20 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Grove City to a 6763 overtime win, earning the tournament’s Most Valuable Player award.

In 2014, the Presidents’ Athletic Conference recognized her as a member of its 60th Anniversary Team. Pifer graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biology.

Score Check

Jan. 27 Women’s basketball: Thomas More College 92, Grove City College 37 Grove City played against the top ranked team in the division and lost by a wide margin. Lexie Arkwright had 10 points and five steals for the Wolverines while Jackie Stewart had six points.

Thomas More improved to 17-0 on the season.

Men’s basketball: Thomas More College 64, Grove City College 56 Grove City fell way behind in the second half, trailing by 16 points at one time. Thanks to a clutch three-pointer, they cut the deficit to four, but Thomas More held on for the win. Corey Huff had 14 points, while Andrew Beckman had 10 boards.

John Mulholland ’65

John Mulholland highlighted his men’s soccer career by earning All-America distinction as a junior and captaining the Wolverines’ undefeated 1964 squad.

Mulholland started at fullback in each of his four seasons at Grove City. As a sophomore, he helped Grove City post a 5-3-1 regular season record and earn the program’s first berth in the NCAA Championship Tournament. Mulholland earned Honorable Mention AllAmerica distinction following his junior season after his defensive work helped lift Grove City to a 6-3 overall record. In 1964, he played a major role for a Wolverine defense that recorded five shutouts and allowed just 0.78 goals per match.

The College inducted Mulholland into its Men’s Soccer Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class in 2001.

He is also a member of the Monsignor Bonner High School Hall of Fame.

He graduated with a history degree in 1965. Mulholland served three tours of duty in Vietnam as a member of the Marine Corps. He achieved the rank of major and earned the Bronze Star. He passed away Jan. 1, 1996.

Susan Roberts

In 29 years at Grove City College, Susan Roberts compiled one of the finest multisport coaching careers in NCAA Division III history as she amassed 750 total wins while leading three different programs to Presidents’ Athletic Conference titles. She concluded her career as the College’s all-time leader in coaching victories.

Roberts came to Grove City in 1985 as head volleyball coach and head women’s basketball coach. In her first season, Roberts guided the volleyball team to a 41-1 record in 1985, including the program’s first PAC title and a berth in the NCAA Championship Tournament. She guided Grove City to eight more conference titles. From 1985-93, Roberts coached Grove City’s women’s basketball team to a 101-78 overall record. The 1986-87 team won the program’s first PAC title. She coached the softball program from 1994-98, compiling a 66-48 mark. Her 1998 squad won the conference title.

Roberts added the role of associate director of athletics in 1998. She earned her undergraduate degree in physical education from Ohio University in 1975 and then earned her master’s degree in biomechanics from the University of Arizona.

Mark Smith ’83

A highly-productive guard for the men’s basketball team from 1979 to 1983, Mark Smith helped lead the Wolverines to the winningest season in program history and is one of the program’s all-time leading scorers. He co-captained the 1982-83 team that started 11-0 and finished 21-4. He averaged a team-leading 19.2 points and 5.6 rebounds per game that season while shooting 57.3 percent from the field.

His 481 points ranked as the fourthhighest total in program history.

Grove City finished the season as the nation’s No. 7-ranked team in NCAA Division III. Smith ranked seventh all-time in scoring at Grove City upon graduation, with 1,171 career points.

He capped his career at the College by earning the 1982-83 Sportsman of the Year award.

He graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry.

Smith then added a master’s in business administration from the University of Pittsburgh in 1986. Mark is married to Jody (Imbrie ’83) and they have three children: Kara, Erik and Kylee. Jody is also a Grove City College Athletic Hall of Fame member (’07).

Meg (Tilley ’04) Musselwhite

A prolific scorer at forward from 2000 to 2003, Meg (Tilley ’04) Musselwhite helped lead the women’s soccer program to its first two NCAA Division III Championship Tournament appearances in 2002 and 2003. She concluded her career as Grove City’s all-time leading scorer with 68 goals and 35 assists. She set a program record in 2002 with 25 goals while earning the first of two NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region honors and the team’s first trip to the NCAA Championship Tournament. In her senior year Musselwhite earned the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Most Valuable Player award, scoring a team-leading 17 goals while helping the Wolverines capture 16 wins and a return trip to the NCAA Tournament. She earned First Team All-PAC in each of her four seasons.

The PAC honored her on its 60th Anniversary Team in 2014.

Musselwhite graduated in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in English/history. She earned a master’s degree in early American history from the College of William & Mary in 2006.

Mark Timko ’94

Sharp-shooting guard Mark Timko poured in 1,255 points in three seasons as a member of the men’s basketball program from 1991 to 1994. As a senior, he emerged on the regional and national scene with his play during the 1993-94 season.

Timko fired in 670 points that season, which ranked as the second highest single-season total in program history. He led the conference and the region in scoring, averaging 26.8 points per game. In his final home game at Grove City, Timko set a new program and Grove City College Arena record by firing in 47 points against Waynesburg. He drained six three-pointers that afternoon, setting a single-game program mark.

He led the nation in three-point accuracy in his senior year, connecting on 53.4 percent of his attempts. He earned the conference’s Most Valuable Player following the 1993-94.

During the 2014-15 academic year, the Presidents’ Athletic Conference honored Timko as a member of its 60th Anniversary Team. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English/secondary education.

Jan. 28 Men’s swimming and diving: University of Westminster 180, Grove City College 109 Women’s swimming d diving: Grove City College 154, University of Westminster 146 Grove City’s men’s team fell to their rival last week. Despite the loss, the Wolverines combined for si6 runner-up finishes in races. The women had better luck, as Megan Bilko won three events herself.

each had two wins individually. For the women, the team won si6 events in a great overall team performance.

Jan. 29 Men’s swimming d diving: Grove City College 103, Bethany College 71 Women’s swimming and diving: Grove City College 106, Bethany College 64 Both Grove City teams won easily in a pair of Saturday matches. Pete Wheat and Brett Gwynn

Women’s basketball: Grove City College 70, Waynesburg University 49 Grove City won easily in this one, as they started hot and maintained a lead. Laura Buchanan and Lexie Arkright each had 13 points in the win.

Men’s basketball: Waynesburg University 75, Grove City College 69 Grove City had a lead in the second half, but let the opposition whittle it awat. Joe Vermilya had 18 points for his team, while Corey Huff had 14 points and nin9 boards, but the Wolverines struggled to make baskets in the second half.

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Fighting tough

Wolverines lose two straight games despite competitive spirit

Joe Setyon Sports Editor

At 12-7 overall and 7-5 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference, the Grove City men’s basketball team is on track to have its best season since 2009-2010, when it went 19-9 and made the NCAA Tournament.

Despite the overall success of the season, however, the Wolverines have stumbled a bit lately, losing two consecutive games to PAC rivals Thomas More College and Waynesburg University.

On the bright side, neither of these games have been blowouts, and the Wolverines have generally found ways to keep competitive, even in contests where points would not be easy to gain.

On Wednesday, Jan. 27, Grove City played a home game against Thomas More.

Spirits were high, as the team had just reeled off three straight victories to go to 125.

The Wolverines struggled for a large portion of this game, and at one point in the second half they faced a

16-point deficit.

They roared back, however, and with just under a minute left to play, senior guard Stephen Tam hit a three-pointer that brought his team to within four points.

However, they let Thomas More hit a basket soon after which iced the game, and the final score was 64-56.

For the Wolverines, Cory Huff continued his breakout sophomore year, scoring 14 points. Meanwhile, Joe Vermilya scored 10 points to go along with seven rebounds and seven assists, and Andrew Beckman grabbed 10 boards.

As a whole, however, Grove City struggled offensively. They shot just 37 percent from the field and turned the ball over 18 times, as opposed to 11 times from Thomas More.

Next, the Wolverines travelled to Waynesburg for a game on Saturday, Jan. 30.

Things started off poorly in this one, as Waynesburg got off to a 9-0 start.

Grove City rallied though, and were only down five at halftime. From there, Grove

City roared ahead, taking a 13-point lead. However, after taking this lead, they were unable to make many more shots, and went through an eight-minute period where they did not make a field goal. In the end, Grove City was defeated 75-69.

Despite the loss, Joe Vermilya had a great performance, leading his team with 18 points scored.

Cory Huff was solid all around again, scoring 14 points and grabbing nine rebounds, while Caleb Knudsen added seven rebounds and three steals.

For the game, Grove City shot at a respectable 42 percent, while rebounding the ball 32 times (compared to 29 by Waynesburg).

Even during this small losing streak, the Wolverines have shown that they are able to fight back and stay in the game, even when the outlook is not great from the start. Against Thomas More, the team nearly erased a 16-point second half deficit and almost overcame being down by nine in the contest vs. Waynesburg.

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Caleb Knudsen carries the ball against Westminster College.

Grove City might not be a dominant team whenever they take the floor, but they make up for it with remarkable resolve and endurance.

That is why a short losing streak, in the grand scheme

of things, is really nothing to worry about.

The Wolverines will play theie next, game at home on Saturday, Feb. 6 against Geneva College.

Old v. new in Bouncing back GCC overcomes tough loss Super Bowl

Thomas Kutz

Staff Writer

It is fitting that what may be Peyton Manning’s “last rodeo” will be a battle against an up-and-coming star in Cam Newton. An 18-year veteran versus a fifth-year quarterback; a pocket-passer versus a scrambler.

Yes, it is perfect for Super Bowl 50. This Super Bowl represents a possible shift in paradigm for what it means to be an NFL quarterback.

We have seen examples of this transition brewing for a few years now, but none more iconic than two polar opposite quarterbacks playing in the 50th Super Bowl.

It would be remiss not to mention that the NFL started before 1966, so let us not ignore the history of football well before that. The Super Bowl era nevertheless brings us the most recent history with which we are familiar.

It started with Bart Starr and the legendary Vince Lombardi. In 50 years, 19 franchises have claimed 50 Lombardi trophies. NFC teams have won three more Super Bowls than AFC teams.

But Super Bowl 50 represents more than another clash between AFC and NFC teams; it represents a clash between two styles. Peyton Manning has recently set most of the passing records in NFL history himself, and if he has not, then Tom Brady or Brett Favre has.

A number of quarterbacks have burst onto the scene in recent years that have changed the very complexion of the position. Michael Vick represented the earliest of the rushing quarterbacks, but soon thereafter college coaches realized that using the athleticism of its quarterbacks proved more effective.

Those quarterbacks would soon transition to the NFL, where they would thrive. Colin Kaepernick could not be stopped for two seasons until teams figured out how to defend against him. He led the 49ers to multiple NFC

Championship game appearances but could never reach the next level.

Kaepernick is an example of a player whose ground game was developed, but lacked the passing game to succeed in the long run. That is where we turn to his division rival, Russell Wilson.

Wilson led the Seahawks to back-to-back Super Bowl appearances, earning himself a ring as a young starter.

Wilson’s dynamic play as a scrambler destroyed secondary teams across the league.

Soon teams would have to keep a linebacker as a quarterback spy, which often led to single coverage and wide open receivers.

This year, Cam Newton takes the crown for the representative of the new era of quarterbacks. Newton was seen out of college as the run-heavy quarterback who needed to develop his passing game in order to succeed in the NFL, and in just a few years with Carolina, Newton has done exactly that.

Coupled with a stellar defense, Newton’s leadership at the quarterback position led the Panthers to a 15-1 season and a top seeded finish in the NFC. They have youth and energy on their side, most evident at the quarterback position. The Broncos simply do not.

Peyton Manning reportedly told Patriots coach Bill Belicheck after the Broncos AFC Championship game win that Super Bowl 50 may be his “last rodeo.” Manning, aside from Brady, represents one of the greats in the era of the pocket-passer.

While a few quarterbacks may still linger after Manning’s retirement, Super Bowl 50 can very well be seen as a clash between the old school style of Manning and the newer style of Newton.

Which will dominate? Only time will tell.

However, one could not hope for a better ceremonial passing of the torch than from an old veteran to the new MVP.

Joe Setyon Sports Editor

The Grove City College women’s basketball team has been somewhat inconsistent this year, but they have always found a way to stay in the thick of things. Even after a tough loss or string of defeats, they have largely been able to shake it off and make up for it in the next contest. As their 8-11 overall record (6-6 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference) shows, they definitely have some things to work on, but should also be proud of what they are doing well. This is especially evident in the team’s most recent games: a loss to Thomas More College and a win against Waynesburg University.

The women went into the Thomas More game on Wednesday, Jan. 27, having lost a pair of games to PAC opponents. As it turned out, Thomas More, a top-ranked team, was not a foe to be taken lightly. They showed why they have not yet lost a game this season, dispatching the Wolverines relatively easily, 92-37. Thomas More led by 12 points at the end of the first quarter and had a 19-point advantage at halftime. From there, they simply kept on extending their lead, eventually winning by a 55-point margin.

Despite the loss, several Grove City players performed well. Sophomore guard Lexie Arkwright scored 10 points and stole the ball five times. Meanwhile, junior guard Jackie Stewart scored six points. As a whole, though, the team struggled. Offensively, Grove City only made 15 of their 52 field goal attempts, but allowed Thomas More to convert 53 percent of the time. Thomas More also outrebounded the Wolverines 46-31.

Grove City would not stay down for long, though. On Saturday, Jan. 30, the Wolverines travelled to Waynesburg and were victorious 70-49. Grove City started off well, and led by 13 points at the halftime break, only to keep adding to their lead in the third and fourth quarters of play.

It was a great team performance by the

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Wolverines as they only allowed Waynesburg to shoot at a 34 percent field goal rate, while forcing 19 turnovers. Grove City had three players who finished with double digit points.

Lexie Arkwright scored 16 and accumulated eight rebounds and three steals. Laura Buchanan also played well, scoring 13 points, grabbing nine boards and recording three blocks. Overall, the team shot at a 41 percent clip from the floor and made 85 percent of its free throws.

It was a very important victory for the Wolverines, who had been on a three-game slide.

It showed that they are at their best when they play team ball. No one player needs to be completely dominant. Instead, the team benefits when a variety of different women all get their chance to make an impact. The victory also shows that the team is capable of playing lockdown defense, as Waynesburg was barely able to get anything going throughout the entirety of the game.

Grove City will play its next game at home, a matinee game against Geneva College on Feb. 6.

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Lexie Arkwright reaches for the basketball during a game against Westminster College.

Men’s Basketball Saturday, 3 p.m., vs. Geneva College

Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., at Chatham University Women’s Basketball Saturday, 1 p.m., vs. Geneva College Wednesday, 6 p.m., at Chatham University Men’s/Women’s Swimming & Diving Thursday, Feb. 11 - Saturday, Feb. 13, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., PAC Swimming and Diving Championships (James E. Longnecker Swimming and Diving Invitational)