The Collegian – February 12, 2016

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Friday, February 12, 2016

Vol. 102, No. 13

The Grove City College Student Newspaper

Oh Hellos to play at GCC

Bethany Wilson Contributing Writer

Stonebridge Concerts and the #DreamsGoLive team are excited to announce the highly-anticipated feature concert coming to our campus this semester. On April 2, The Oh Hellos and The Gray Havens will be playing at Grove City College in Crawford Auditorium.

Formed in 2011 by siblings Maggie and Tyler Heath, The Oh Hellos are

a folk rock band who have been producing fresh and exciting music ever since their formation. In 2011, the duo recorded their self-titled EP, and in the fall of 2012, they released their debut full-length record “Through the Deep, Dark Valley,” which they wrote, recorded, produced, mixed and mastered themselves.

The Oh Hellos bring a wholly unique perspective to the folk rock world, mixing bright and exuberant instrumentation with lyrics that

wrestle with the theological complexities of Christianity. Their second full-length album, “Dear Wormwood,” was inspired by C.S. Lewis’ “The Screwtape Letters,” shaping “the record’s concept around the idea of a character who writes letters to a tormentor,” according to NPR. “The Oh Hellos pull together a strong and potent mix of sound doctrine and redemptive culture through their music,” senior Andrew Irving said of the headlining band. “They

promote the ideas of redemption and sanctification not only through their music, but also through their lyrics and persona. The Oh Hellos are a great band to bring to campus for their ability to hinder the regress of culture and establish healthy relationships with peers and with God, one individual at a time.”

Following a feature on NPR’s “Little Desk Concerts,” The Oh Hel-

Winter has finally arrived, or so it seems

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PATTY FOLKERTS

After weeks of warm weather winter finally makes an appearance on GCC campus. Scattered snow flurries this past week leave some students complaining and others rejoicing in the change in weather.

Iowa’s real winners

Josh Delk

Sebring water crisis

from precincts and was apparently decided by coinflips. Clinton denied requests from the Sanders campaign to audit the results, further revealing her lack of devotion to the truth.

Although she was quick to announce her narrow win over her rival, she lost New Hampshire, home to many more of the far-left Sanders supporters that Hillary failed to capture in Iowa, by a wide margin. The Democratic campaign this year will likely be a hard fought battle for the young liberals that Clinton will need to win the nomination.

Of the 186,000 Republican voters that showed up to the caucus, 119,000 of them claimed to be evangelical Christians on entrance polls, a significant increase from 57 percent to 62 percent from the last election. Cruz took a considerable win here, with nearly 39,000 evangelical votes. This confirmed the frontrunner’s claims to have the appeal and know-how to bring out previous nonvoters to his aid. Trump and

Rubio each received 25,000.

“Marcomentum” showed to be more than just a catchy slogan at the caucus, as Rubio’s close third place finish reflected his popularity in many polls leading up to the event. Likewise, polls at the event showed that Rubio was most favored by those who only recently determined their favorite candidate for 2016. Rubio looked strong coming out of Iowa, but lost much of his momentum after a debate gaffe in which he repeated the same line several times and was ruthlessly called out on it by Chris Christie.

More notably, longtime frontrunner Donald Trump failed to cash in on his popularity. Though many feared Trump could win the caucus by drawing in first time caucusers, the 38 percent of voters who identified as such were largely split between the top three candidates, with Trump winning only a 30 percent plurality.

Life

The Lens

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Perspectives

Sports

Does it cost more to live on upper campus or in the apartments?

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The Extravaganza was a hit, check out some of the highlights.

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Check out some of these trailers that aired during the Superbowl.

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After an attack on science last week, someone steps up to defend it.

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The women of GCC’s water polo team are ready for the new season.

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Staff Writer After months of speculation and pre-election season conjecture, the Iowa caucuses failed to further clarify the presidential race as they have in the past.

The Republican ballot remains cluttered with secondtier candidates, and the near Democratic tie has unclear implications moving forward to the New Hampshire primaries. Both parties’ caucuses demonstrated just how unsure American voters are moving into the 2016 season.

Clinton’s actions in the primary’s aftermath contrast with her previous calls for transparency in state-level elections and the protection of American voting rights, but adhere perfectly to her policy of dishonesty and circumventing proper procedure in legal issues.

The Democratic caucus was a debacle. The caucus undertrained volunteers and included a host of logistical problems, inaccurate reports

IOWA 2

Molly Wicker News Editor

Between Canton and Youngstown, the small town of Sebring, Ohio, is facing a growing problem similar to the one which has captured national attention in Flint, Mich.

The Youngstown-based CBS affiliate WKBN reported that the water treatment operation in Sebring, Ohio is facing a criminal investigation from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency after elevated levels of lead and copper were found in the town’s tap water.

Sebring, located about 60 miles southeast of Cleveland, has a water system that serves around 8,100 customers in three communities within Mahoning County.

Sebring’s city manager issued an advisory saying that children and pregnant women should avoid drinking the village system’s tap water, after seven of 20 homes where

the water is routinely tested showed levels of lead and copper that exceeded U.S. Environmental Protection Agency standards, CBS News reported.

WKBN reported that the Ohio EPA is taking steps to revoke the license of James Bates, Sebring’s Water Superintendent. According to their investigation, they say they have substantial evidence to believe that Bates may have falsified reports.

A spokesperson for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, James Lee, told WFMJ-TV in Youngstown that the lead is not coming from the Sebring water treatment plant or the nearby Mahoning River, but instead believes the traces of lead and copper are coming from smaller distribution lines and older homes with lead pipes.

The local school district canceled its classes on FriSEBRING 2

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Wheaton professor under fire for statements on Muslims Bethany Wilson Staff Writer

Are the Christian God and the Muslim God one and the same? Wheaton College is currently experiencing the fallout from this hotly-debated question, following a tenured professor’s remarks regarding the relationship between the Christian and Muslim faiths.

Wheaton College is an acclaimed private Christian liberal arts college located in Wheaton, Ill., about 25 miles west of Chicago.

Larycia Hawkins, the professor at the heart of the controversy, was hired as an assistant professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Wheaton in 2007.

In 2014, she was granted tenure and promoted to associate professor, becoming the first African-American woman to be tenured in the college’s history.

On Dec. 10, 2015, Hawkins posted to Facebook announcing her intent to wear the Muslim hijab throughout

the advent season, including while she taught at the evangelical liberal arts college. She proclaimed a decision to stand in both “human solidarity” and “religious solidarity” with her Muslim neighbors.

Hawkins’ statement ended with the declaration that “[Muslims], like me, a Christian, are people of the book.

And as Pope Francis stated last week, we worship the same God. ”This statement raised concerns among faculty and administrators at the evangelical Protestant institution, whose statement of faith affirms a belief in “one sovereign God, eternally existing in three persons: the everlasting Father, His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, and the Holy Spirit, the giver of life.”

On Dec. 15, following Hawkins’ controversial words and actions, the professor was placed on paid administrative leave. In a statement released the following day, Wheaton College cited a desire to “give more time

to explore theological implications of [Hawkins’] recent public statements concerning Christianity and Islam.”

Wheaton College declared a rejection of religious prejudice and affirmed Hawkins’ freedom to wear a head scarf as a gesture of compassion to persecuted individuals.

However, the college also expressed concern that Hawkins’ theological views stood in contrast to the school’s statement of faith.

In the following days, Wheaton students reacted strongly to the news of Hawkins’ departure, holding a peaceful protest and sit-in outside the office of Wheaton College President Philip Ryken, including delivering him a personal letter of their disagreement with the school’s decision.

On Jan. 5, 2016, a Wheaton statement confirmed reports that the college had issued Hawkins a “Notice of Recommendation to Initiate Termination-for-Cause Proceedings,” indicating the beginning of the established process for ousting a tenured

OH HELLOS los’ track “Bitter Water” was praised for its ability to “convey the pain of a lover swimming through toxic memories, though it’s couched in a big, bright choral arrangement. The verses have simple harmonies that impart loneliness while supplying a bolster against it.” The Oh Hellos have been lauded for their eclectic style featuring notable influences from a wide variety of genres.

Featured band The Gray Havens, a husband-wife folkpop duo, draws from similar wells of inspiration as the Oh Hellos. Heavily influenced by such historical icons as C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and Jonathan Edwards, The Gray Havens’ unique artistry reflects their passions and beliefs. After releasing their first EP, “Where Eyes Don’t Go,” in 2012, David and Licia Radford raised funds on Kickstarter to produce and release their first full album, “Fire and Stone,” in 2015.

Launched in the fall of 2015, the #DreamsGoLive campaign developed in the minds of senior Grace Leuenberger and sophomore Molly Wicker following a summer of incredible concert experiences.

The project developed as a celebration of the arts and a movement to bring outstanding live music performances to Grove City College and the surrounding community, centered on the firm belief that “good music matters.”

Since the launch of its #DreamsGoLive initiative,

IOWA Trump also managed to win 44 percent of voters who identified immigration as their top issue of the 2016 race. Immigration has largely dominated the GOP debates in recent months, but only 13 percent of voters named it their most important issue.

Surprisingly, government spending won the day with 32 percent on the same poll, where Cruz made a predictable win.

Contrary to this election

faculty member.

According to the statement, Hawkins provided the faculty board with a written response to questions about her personal theology; however, when asked to participate in further dialogue on the issues at hand, Hawkins declined.

The college holds that their actions are solely in response to her controversial theological beliefs, but Hawkins and Wheaton students alike have expressed concern that the termination points to greater issues of Islamophobic bigotry and racial prejudice within their college community.

These events have come in the thick of a contentious national conversation about religious freedom and the place of Islamic values in America.

With the threat of ISIS and the continuing Syrian refugee crisis at the center of the current presidential election, Islamic racial and religious tensions remain at the forefront of America’s consciousness.

To add to the fearful national energy, there have

been two devastating recent terrorist attacks, one in Paris and one in San Bernadino, Calif.

These attacks have been labeled acts of “radical Islamic terrorism,” leading to valid questions about how America’s leadership intends to protect national security during thelcoming years.

However, many Americans are concerned about the rising demand for action against Muslims, noting the obvious dangers which can quickly grow to accompany religious intolerance and segregation.

While these questions of religious prejudice may seem a far-off concern from an evangelical Christian institution like Grove City College, the recent events at Wheaton prove that controversy can strike at any time, and an intelligent college community ought to arm themselves with discernment, trust, and kindness in preparation for the uncertainty ahead.

New Hampshire primary results Caleb Harshberger Life Editor

THE OH HELLOS

Stonebridge Concerts has been working with the full support of College administration to inaugurate a new era at Grove City College, one in which the student body is regularly thrilled and inspired by excellent live music.

Stonebridge Concerts, a long-standing student-led organization that aims to bring glory to God and offer Christian ministry through music, has hosted a variety of excellent concerts at the College over the past year. This includes husband-wife duo Jenny & Tyler last February, folk musician Jake Armerding in November, and a Grove City College-alum fronted event at the end of January called the Lamplight Sessions, featuring Joel Ansett, the Blue Light Bandits and the Stairwells.

About the work of the #DreamsGoLive campaign, College President Paul J. McNulty ʼ80 said, “Great live music must be a significant part of our GCC experience.

Johann Sebastian Bach observed, ‘Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor

of God and the permissible delights of the soul.’

The Oh Hellos have certainly created ‘agreeable harmony’ by combining compelling thoughts with original and delightful music. I’m very thankful for the leadership of #DreamsGoLive and Stonebridge for this exciting initiative and the hope of fantastic concerts in the future.”

A special kick-off ticket sale will take place on Monday, Feb. 15 and Tuesday, Feb. 16 in the Breen Student Union from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Those purchasing tickets on the 15th and 16th will be eligible to win Oh Hellos merchandise and sound-check access passes. Tickets are $15 for students, faculty and staff of Grove City College and $20 for the general public.

For more information about the concert, or to order tickets online, students can visit www.dreamsgolive. com. Follow Stonebridge Concerts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for concert updates and information about future events.

cycle’s nickname “the year of the outsider,” many Iowa voters cited political experience as their most important qualification for president.

If this is representative of most American voters, then despite his victory in New Hampshire, Trump’s popularity will decline as the race continues and voters become more serious about their political decisions, leaving room for this race’s serious, experienced candidates: Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.

SEBRING day, Jan. 22, as a safety precaution while more tests were being performed on its tap water.

In a statement posted on the school’s website early Sunday morning, Sebring Superintendent Toni Viscounte announced the school’s closing and the planned tests.

The statement was updated later in the day, saying that the school’s water was safe and classes would resume Monday.

Donald Trump trounced his rivals, receiving 35 percent of the vote with Ohio Governor John Kasich taking a distant

On Tuesday, New Hampshire declared Senator Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump the winners of the nation’s second primary.

Sanders ended the night with 60 percent of the vote, 22 points ahead of rival Hillary Clinton. His victory came as no surprise, as all the polls and analysts had Sanders well ahead, some giving him a 99 percent chance of winning.

The question became whether or not Hillary could get enough votes to close the gap and prevent Sanders from gaining momentum. On the day of the voting it became apparent that she had failed to do so, conceding very early in the night.

On the Republican side, Donald Trump trounced his rivals, receiving 35 percent of the vote with Ohio Governor John Kasich taking a distant second. Kasich ended the night with 16 percent of the vote after a close race with Cruz, Rubio and Bush.

Despite an impressive resume Kasich had, until recently, failed to garner much attention. This win has many analysts speculating on whether this may be

the start of a new surge for the Ohio governor.

This primary also saw two candidates “suspend” their campaigns. Former Hewlett-Packer executive Carly Fiorina, who finished seventh in New Hampshire and who had been struggling with single digits in the polls for the majority of her campaign, announced that she would be ending her candidacy.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has also decided to drop out of the race. Despite speculation that Christie’s popularity may be on the rise after his performance against Senator Marco Rubio in the last debate, Christie failed to get more than seven percent of the vote in New Hampshire and quickly announced that he would be no longer be seeking his party’s nomination.

The post was later removed and updated with one announcing that classes were also cancelled on Monday, Jan. 25, “due to additional testing that the EPA has requested.”

According to the school’s statement, the initial water testing was done by taking samples from a few areas in the school buildings, such as drinking fountains and faucets, but tests were later requested for all water outlets in all buildings.

Tests have showed lead levels at 21 parts per billion

in the seven homes. The EPA standard is a maximum of 15 parts per billion. Lead can cause serious health problems for infants and young children.

A blood lead screening clinic was held on Sunday, Jan. 24 for area residents under the age of six as well as pregnant or breastfeeding women who get their water from the affected water system.

Volunteers handed out bottled water to residents over the weekend.

Life

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Apartments v. dorms

The dynamics of off and on campus housing Caleb Harshberger Life Editor Every spring, 208 students opt to leave the dorms of upper campus for the glitz and glamor of the Colonial Hall Apartments on lower campus.

The building stands in the same location that the former women’s dormitory, and later men’s hall, stood from 1904 to 1981. Today, Colonial Hall has 68 apartment units including triples, doubles standard apartments and resident director apartments.

Colonial Apartments are host to a number of perks not seen in upper campus dorm life, including free cable TV, air and heat controls, telephones and enhanced internet capabilities.

There is also a small loosening of the rules; for example, intervisitation is permitted every day at allotted times, and common area lounges are open 24 hours a day.

While they are not on upper campus, the apartments are still on College grounds and are therefore subject to all of the same rules as laid out in the Crimson Student Handbook.

With the exception of two student apartments, units have washers, dryers, a full kitchen, dishwasher and a refrigerator. Such amenities do not come for free, however.

The cost of living in the apartments is approximately the same as living in the dorms, but that does not include a meal plan. In the dorms, room and board is $8,802. Room and board in Colonial is $12,094, though

students typically opt for the room-only option costing $8,514.

Students living in the dorms are required to purchase the 21-meal a week plan through the College, though those in the apartment may choose between purchasing the full plan, purchasing a limited one or simply not purchasing one at all.

All of this evens out to around $978 a month to live on upper campus and $946 for only a room in the apartments. Off campus, the average cost for an apartment in Grove City and the surrounding area is around $754 per month including utilities.

However, cheaper units can be found within reasonable distance of the school.

For Grove City College students who would prefer to live off campus, there are essentially three options: live with a legal guardian and commute to school, get married or attend the College beyond four years as a “super senior,” at which point living on campus is no longer an option. There are also special cases when off-campus living may be requested, such as in the event of a medical excuse or a significant age difference with the rest of the student body.

Living off campus does come with some rules, however. According to the Crimson, students must keep a current address on file, and the College reserves the right to compel students living off campus to relocate if they perceive a “sufficient health, safety, academic or moral concern with the student’s off-campus living situation.”

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ODK honors community members Leadership honorary gives ‘honorus causa’ awards

Caleb Harshberger

Life Editor

This year, the Grove City College Omicron Delta Kappa Circle inducted Bon Appétit catering manager Karen Morgan-Windisch into their ranks.

Hired by Bon Appétit Management Co. as a salad prep team member in 1999, Windisch quickly proved herself to be a hard worker and a likeable team member, known for her “we can do anything” attitude. Frequently going above and beyond, Bon Appétit managers quickly recognized her as a leader and in 2001 promoted her to Bon Appétit café manager.

She immediately went to work keeping the kitchens running smoothly as well as assisting in implementing many improvements over the years.

In 2002, the catering manager position opened up mid-summer. With the semester fast approaching, Bon Appétit needed a catering manager and Windisch volunteered to assist while they were looking for a permanent replacement.

After a few weeks, management realized that Windisch was a perfect fit and officially promoted her to the position. She has served in this capacity ever since. In her time as catering manager she has overseen 15 homecomings, two presidential inaugurations and thousands of various events.

Windisch is the one who makes it happen, though few students know who she is, as she is typically behind the scenes overseeing administration and managerial functions. ODK officially recognized Windisch with their “honorus causa” award at the senior dinner in Mary Anderson Pew Dining

Room.

ODK also recognized “Sweet” Jeannie Mills, proprietor of the eponymous ice cream shop on Broad Street.

The ODK Circle at Grove City College was established nearly 70 years ago in 1947. They seek to induct into their membership talented and dedicated upperclassmen, faculty and community members. Student Circle members vote every semester on who to induct. The member is then “tapped,” whether in class or at a public event.

Today the Circle President is senior Benjamin Marasco. Dr. Gary Smith is their advisor and Dr. Timothy Homan is the faculty secretary.

Grove City College ODK Circle puts on the annual Faculty Follies event, where GCC faculty members put on a show for students through skits, music and more. It is heavily attended every year. The group also participates in community service projects and events and recognizes notable members throughout the year.

For the last three years, Grove City College’s ODK Circle has been the recipient of awards, winning Circle GROVE CITY COLLEGE of Distinction both in 2013 and 2014 Bon Appétit Catering Manager Karen Morgan-Windisch embraces Joscelyn Seaton ’16 at the Senior Dinner last week. Morgan-Windisch was inducted and Superior Circle in 2015.

ODK itself was founded in 1912 by into Grove City College’s Omicron Delta Kappa Circle. a group of students who wanted to form a group that recognized notable college students. The group survived World War I and has been expanding ever since.

In 1974, women were permitted to join for the first time, and in 1998 the group saw its first woman president, Cheryl M. Hogle. As of last year there were 252,864 members and 292 active circles.

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Life Is the end near? VentureLab Entrepreneurship

Feb. 12, 2016

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Humans v. Zombies kicks off

competition on the horizon

Tara Steinheiser

Caleb Harshberger

Contributing Writer

Life Editor

There is a week in the semester that every student either loves or hates. No, not finals week; it is once again the time of the semester for Humans vs. Zombies.

Commonly

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ferred to as “HvZ,” Humans vs. Zombies is a campuswide game placed in an apocalyptic scenario and played by anybody who wants to participate.

“HvZ isn’t just about a game, it’s about creating a community,” current game administrator junior Jonathan Brutt said. “During my freshman year at GCC, HvZ was a way to meet new people, make new friends and play an entertaining game.

The exercise and adrenaline of playing a live action game is genuinely exhilarating.”

during the entire day, but it makes daily activities more entertaining and challenging than normal.

HvZ encourages strategic and creative thinking to solve problems in real time and helps to build important character traits.

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It helped me to learn to have courage that, even when I thought the zombies would get me, I had to fight my way out.”

Humans vs. Zombies goes beyond what most people tend to see as a silly game for adults to play with Nerf guns.

It is a way to build community and forge lasting friendships that would not be made otherwise. It teaches creative thinking in real life situations, whether the role playing setting is realistic or not.

While some students may find it a disruption or annoyance, others will proudly be enjoying themselves and making memories that will last a lifetime.

VentureLab 2015-16, put on by the Entrepreneurship Department, is well under way, and very soon the accepted teams will be kneedeep in developing and funding their projects.

Nine groups have been accepted this year as a part of the program. The teams’ ventures include projects such as the “online political news source for millennials” titled “Streamline,” the “Uber for food” service, “Foodini,” and the virtual reality technology service, “Immerse.”

While anyone can form a team and apply to the program, the team leader has to be a Grove City College studentd Executive Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Dr. Yvonne English said.

The process began last fall with applications due at the end of October. In November, the teams were chosen and the first meeting was held. In the time since, groups have continued to work on their projects and prepare themselves for what Venture Lab 2015-16 had in store.

The main purpose of the program is to carefully guide students to develop their ventures. “It’s an idea feasibility lab,” English said.

In the months ahead, teams will be meeting with experts in business, social enterpris, and finance as well as lawyers, accountants, marketing professional, and experts in their field of interest.

Between Grove City Col-

lege alumni and other connections through the college’s faculty, the teams will have unfettered access to all the experience they need to see their projects through to the end.

Teams will also have the chance to seek funding, English said. “Some of them have already started.”

Teams can also apply for seed grants. The application for the grants will require the team to completely layout how the funding will be spent and what milestones will be achieved through it.

Additional funding may be requested if adequate progress is shown.

The Entrepreneurship Department has been running the VentureLab for the last four years and has fine-tuned the program with each iteration.

VentureLab gives students real-life experience in entrepreneurship outside the bubble, but with all of the help and guidance a college environment can provide.

English and her colleagues, Grove City College professor of Business/Finance and Entrepreneurship Dr. Timothy S. Mech and Entrepreneurship Department Chair Dr. Tim Sweet, serve as coaches for the teams.

Teams will be presenting their VentureLab projects on April 16 at the Grove City College Entrepreneurship and Innovation Showcase 2016 which will be held in Sticht Lecture Hall at 10 a.m.

The event will be open to students and the public. All are encouraged to attend.

Entertainment

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Pick of the Week Art Angels

Tara Steinheiser

WSAJ Contributer

Tri-Rho Extravaganza

Party attendees enjoy each other’s friendship and pose for the in-house photo-booth.For more photos of the `Ganza see page 6.

Better without the burgers Tri-Rho Extravaganza transforms Hicks

Jacob Sziraky

Entertainment Editor The Extravaganza, hosted by the Tri-Rho housing group, is perhaps one of the most anticipated events of the entire Grove City College spring semester.

“The Ganza” takes place in Hicks Café, with curtains disguising the mundane cafeteria and thus transforming it into a nightclub. The bright multicolored lights, photo booth and stage all added to the uniqueness of this particular event. This event is

so beloved that many people line up at the door in order to gain entrance, including several sorority pledges as they came close to the conclusion of their dreaded pledge week.

It was extremely packed.

Most dances that occur on campus do offer some sort of spread, be it cheese and crackers, fresh fruit, occasionally cupcakes and mass produced gallon drums of fruit juice and water. As per their reputation, the Rhos went above and beyond the call of duty. They served decadent foods such as shrimp,

strawberries and mini cheesecake bites. They also forwent the gallon drums and quenched the thirst of their patrons with fun and festive drinks, such as virgin piña coladas and margaritas.

And of course, their presentation could not be beat. At the bar there were fish tanks with goldfish as decorations for the partygoers enjoying their refreshments.

All these wonderful innovations certainly added some fun and frivolity to the entire event. However, let us not forget the actual

purpose of the event: the dance. The dance floor was in the window side of Hicks dining hall, complete with stage, DJ and party lights.

Balloons littered the floor and were thrown up into the air periodically for even more fun. But the balloons were not the only things falling; confetti floated down from the ceiling, and at one point, money rained down on the patrons. These diversions did cause their share of pandemonium, but not nearly as much as the infamous cheeseburger incident.

Superbowl movie trailers Elisabeth Kruizenga

Anticipation builds for flicks

Staff Writer

Amid the many ads and Super Bowl 50 festivities, the great American event introduced the nation to many new trailers.

Many spots and trailers were followups or final previews, including those for “Gods of Egypt,” “X-Men: Apocalypse,” “10 Cloverfield Lane,” “Deadpool” and “The Jungle Book.”

“Gods of Egypt,” a film set to release on Feb. 26, is directed by Alex Proyas (“I, Robot” and “Knowing)” and stars an excellent cast of Hollywood favorites, including Gerard Butler, Geoffrey Rush and Brenton Thwaites.

Between the cast, direction and setting, the film should look incredible in the trailers. But there is something wrong, something off about them. Why are they still so bad? Maybe it is the non-traditional, cyborg-like gods or the borderline excessive CGI. Whatever it is, it is ruining the trailers.

“If you can’t make your movie look good for Super Bowl ad prices, you’re in a tough spot,” Slash Film said about the film’s Super Bowl spot.

On the other hand, “X-Men” fans were surely intrigued by the Super Bowl spot for the upcoming movie.

Although it does not even begin to compare to the first trailer that flooded social media sites a few months ago, it was a satisfying trailer and suggests that the movie will fit excellently into the saga. Let’s be honest, though: “X-Men” will never be the same without Wolverine (Hugh Jackman).

“Deadpool,” the soon-to-be-released R-rated Marvel film starring Ryan Reynolds, provided a humorous, actionpacked and thoroughly entertaining trailer. Of one thing we can be certain: Robert Downey, Jr. was entertaining, but Marvel is taking it to a whole new level with “Deadpool.”

J. J. Abrams and Bad Robot have a new movie on the horizon, and the teaser trailer has left the world asking many questions: why is this woman running?

Why is a man helping her by keeping her in a basement? Above all, what is the great glowing and roaring thing behind the house?

Even though the spot for “10 Cloverfield Lane” was startling, confusing and shocking, it will not be easily forgotten

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and appears to promise a striking film.

Disney has finally released a longer trailer for upcoming live-action reboot of “The Jungle Book.” The movie, based off of Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale and Disney’s previous animated film, stars Bill Murray as Baloo, Ben Kingsley as Bagheera, Scarlet Johansson as Kaa and Christopher Walken as King Louie.

Mowgli will be played by Neel Sethi – a newcomer to world of film.

“Even in live action, the jungle looks just as lush and vibrant as ever in this HD remake of the Disney classic,” The Inquisitr reported Sunday. “And the crazy part is that all of the scenery was shot in 100 percent CGI.” Last but definitely not least, Americans got their first glimpse at the new “Jason Bourne” movie, premiering in July. The best part? Matt Damon is back. No more fooling around with Jeremy Renner. Who cares about James Bond when Jason Bourne is in the house?

Overall, the Super Bowl may not have been the most exciting game of the season, but the movie trailers were not too shabby. It looks like 2016 is shaping up to be a solid year for cinema.

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Plain and simple, Grimes, otherwise known as Claire Boucher, has revived hope in the realm of indie electronica.

As a field that has often been intermixed with indie pop and has been slowly dying from complacency, Grimes finally provided a shift in this field with her album “Art Angels.” The album constantly changes pace and provides a storyline that is often missed within the individuality of electronic songs and the energy pursued by many artists.

Grimes is not necessarily known for keeping things consistent or simple. She has a diversity within her music that began to draw comparisons with the likes of the artist Purity Ring in 2012 because of her album, “Visions.” This was thrown practically upside down with the release of her song “Go,” in which she collaborated with Blood Diamonds to produce a heavy, hardhitting jam. She proceeded through with that side project until last November, when she released “Art Angels.” “Art Angels” is a mix of “Visions” and her work with Blood Diamonds that finds a happy medium of a cohesive album that also has singles that can be significant all on their own.

Grimes utilizes her wide range and distinct voice to easily cover all the points of emotion that are brought to light in the album. She stretches it out in hardhitting choruses, carries it through quick melodies and even manipulates it into the background of some of the layers. “Art Angels” quickly grabs interest in two of the first three tracks, only one of which was released as a single. The first of the two, “California,” is gripping in its surprisingly stereotypical, yet incredibly well-done pop mentality. This is completely shattered when it is followed by “Scream.”

Any long-term follower of Grimes will love “Scream” as a stand-out track reminiscent of “Visions” in that it shows her pushing the boundaries with another artist and not compromising herself. This is where the story begins.

The album continues, maintaining individuality within songs, but still holding together as a cohesive whole. The album is an easy listen, spreading out the singles and encouraging a conscious effort to make it through the album instead of hitting a portion of all the known songs in a row.

Overall, Claire Boucher’s album, “Art Angels,” is a staple in that it has finally provided something new in the electronica, indie dance scene that has been in the same position since Grimes and Purity Ring’s last albums. Boucher’s versatile voice provides yet another element to her music that transcends her intricate, fast-paced rhythms that produce an album notable for its singles, as well as the continuity of it as a whole.

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Through the Lens

Feb. 12, 2016

The Extravaganza

PHOTOS BY REBECCA SHAFFER AND THE EXTRAVAGANZA PHOTOBOOTH

Last Friday, the Tri-Rhos welcomed Ganza-goers to a totally transformed Hicks Dining Hall.

The renovations featured a clublike atmosphere, a mocktail bar, a photobooth, a large dancefloor and giant balloons full of money.

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Halftime show disappoints Coldplay performance lacks showmanship

Matt Hoekstra Staff Writer

When people first heard that Coldplay was doing the Super Bowl halftime show, many were confused. Coldplay has traditionally been an average band that everyone knows but no one really likes.

Although hits like “Fix You” and “A Sky Full of Stars” are decent enough songs on their own, the band as a whole is fairly bland.

This year’s halftime show, a milestone of sorts, considering that this was the 50th Super Bowl, lacked the energy and showmanship of past years’ performances.

Coldplay started out playing “Viva La Vida,” quickly transitioning into “Paradise” and then into “Adventure of a Lifetime.” Aesthetically, the performance was very colorful – the audience was divided into different-colored segments, and the band was accompanied by an orchestra with rainbow-colored instruments. While it was a lot to take in, it was nothing compared to what the Super Bowl usually offers.

The point of a Super Bowl halftime show is to be big,

exciting, unpredictable and dangerous. Last year, Katy Perry gave an incredible performance, filled with costume changes, special guests, soaring platforms and, of course, the infamous Left Shark. Katy Perry’s halftime show was good not because of her music or her vocals, but because it was an entertainment spectacle. On the flipside, Coldplay’s performance was uninspired and there was nothing outside the box. They failed to go above and beyond, and instead, settled for what I would expect to see at a typical Coldplay concert.

The closest this year’s halftime show came to being exciting was when Coldplay took a back seat. This year’s halftime show featured Bruno Mars and Beyoncé in addition to the headliners. Bruno Mars performed his hit, “Uptown Funk,” with a troupe of background dancers. After this, Beyoncé debuted her new single, “Formation” – a socially conscious anthem of empowerment. Like Mars, Beyoncé was accompanied by dancers, and her troupe got into a bit of a dance-off with Mars’ dancers. It was

fun, but did not feel like it belonged in the performance.

I can think of very few performers more different from Coldplay than Beyoncé and Bruno Mars. Instead of complementing the headliners, the featured artists overshadowed them. It felt like the producers of the halftime show were experiencing remorse over their selection of Coldplay, and wanted the tested Super Bowl performers Beyoncé, who headlined the show in 2013, and Bruno Mars, who headlined in 2014, to save the day. However, the show ended up being musically jarring. There was little to no logical flow, and listening to Coldplay, Beyoncé and Bruno Mars perform “Uptown Funk” at the end was more confusing than entertaining.

All in all, this year’s Super Bowl halftime show was a disappointment. The 50-year milestone was marked by a montage of clips from past performances while Coldplay performed “Fix You.” Fifty years from now, however, it does not seem likely that any moment from this year’s show will be remembered with the same nostalgia.

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‘The Revenant’: a grizzly frontier tale

Staff Writer Like a mountain avalanche, “The Revenant” is epic and violent and demands to be witnessed. It is the film which will finally deliver DiCaprio his long-elusive Academy Award.

Director Alejandro González Iñárritu combines brutal, heart-stopping, sometimes unwatchable frontier action with subtle and artistic storytelling. “The Revenant” is as terrifying as it is beautiful and as ugly as it is virtuous.

Here are just a few thoughts which may help you analyze the film or spark interesting conversation among friends; a bit of powder in the pan, if you will.

To quickly summarize, renowned frontiersman Hugh Glass, played

by Leonardo DiCaprio, is mauled by a bear and left behind by his fellow

trappers for the sake of the group’s survival. Several men, including the deviant trapper John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy), promise to stay behind with Glass while he teeters on the edge of death. But out of concern for his own life, Fitzgerald leaves Glass half-buried alive in a shallow grave.

Lesser men would have died, but Glass’s survival skills and will to live give him a chance at revenge.

Back to the promised food-forthought; the raw buffalo liver meat.

First, notice the ways which Glass and Fitzgerald are foils. They are identical, but inverse images of each other. Both are hard, iron-willed men, motivated solely by an unflinching survival instinct. They are both determined to live, to keep breathing and go to incredible lengths, far beyond human limitations, to do so. Most of the film’s violence stems from their extraordinary efforts, from cold-blooded murder (there is

no other temperature in “The Revenant”), to hacked digits and slaughtered animals.

Glass and Fitzgerald are identically fierce, but at their core are oppositely motivated. Fitzgerald’s survival quest is selfish and inwardly focused.

He aims to preserve himself for the sake of his own life, his own skin, his own pelt. Self-concern motivates his choices from the film’s outset, culminating in the decision to murder Glass’s son and leave them both behind for dead.

Glass is equally motivated to survive, but does so for the sake of others. He crawls out of the grave, fighting unimaginable pain, only to lay beside his son’s body. Glass has only to close his eyes and stop struggling to make all his pain go away. This is literally true when Fitzgerald secretly offers to put him out of his misery, which would allow their party, including his son, to trek on unencum-

bered. Fitzgerald whispers his offer to Glass, “Blink once to save your son.” Glass blinks, because he is as willing to die for his son as he is willing to live.

Hopefully, these few quick thoughts will help you enjoy “The Revenant.”

In what ways are Glass and Fitzgerald related or unrelated characters?

If Glass does become the bear, why?

Why does Iñárritu include such striking religious imagery, and what is its significance? All of these are helpful questions to consider while watching “The Revenant.”

If not, perhaps make a list of 10 nice things in the world. Think of third grade, your dog or the end of finals; anything to occupy yourself while you watch DiCaprio gut a dead horse and crawl inside naked. “The Revenant” is a long, cold but epic ride, and you had better come with a plan for survival.

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Perspectives Who owns America?

Feb. 12, 2016

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The abomination of eminent domain

Colin Combs Perspectives Editor One of the great fundamental principles of law is the belief that “a government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed.”

In other words, a government is only ever just if it rules by consent, and without that, it becomes tyrannical and evil.

The hierarchy of power is also obvious. It is the people who are really meant to rule.

In a free society, the people exercise self-determination.

This is the reason we have taken to calling politicians our “representatives.” They only hold power insofar as it is given to them. They do not have it naturally, but rather are entrusted with it.

With that in mind, let us consider the idea of eminent domain.

By eminent domain, the government uses force to compel people to sell their property to the state at a price that the government itself decides to be the “fair market value,” so long as it is taken for “public use.”

Moreover, this practice finds Constitutional support, supposedly, according to the Fifth Amendment: “… nor

private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” Those last three words, called the “Taking Clause,” are the legal basis for all kinds of takings.

The legal theory behind this makes sense. It is the government who truly owns the United States of America, and it has reserved to itself the right to take away these lands from its citizens as it pleases.

It should be plainly obvious, however, that these theories of law are entirely incompatible. Yet strangely enough, the U.S. government claims to uphold them both.

If our government is truly one that depends upon “We the People,” then it should be obvious that the government cannot have greater rights and claims to real property than we do. From where would it derive such a power?

It is a basic principle of law that one cannot hand over a title to land greater than one possesses in the first place. If ownership of the land is limited, these limitations “run with the land” if one sells it to a third party.

The government does not claim that such a transfer of ownership happened in the first place. The United States

government still claims to only “represent” the people, after all, not to own them.

Representatives cannot go against the wishes of the person they represent, though.

If a man represents you, he is subject to your decisions, not the other way around.

If a lawyer represents you in court, and you choose to plead innocent, he cannot decide that you plead guilty.

What kind of perversion of representation is it, then, when the government can dictate to you that you are deciding to sell your land to them? In what way can this be considered a “just” power of the state?

We might argue that the government does not just represent the landowner, but all of the United States. In that case, whether the landowner objects does not matter, when compared against the collective right.

This line of argumentation is inherently flawed, however.

Only a fraction of the U.S. population is even eligible to vote in the first place. Of that group, little more than half of the United States’ eligible voters actually vote in the presidential election, and a mere 36.4 percent show up

for congressional elections.

Even less vote for the winning candidates.

Further, many who vote for winning candidates only do so because they fear who will come into power should they not vote. This cannot be considered genuine consent to the winning candidates.

The claim that any candidate represents “the people” is already quite dubious.

Even if our government could truly be said to represent “the people,” would that change anything? Rights belong not to abstract groups, but to real individuals. The United States is not communistically owned by all, but by the people who worked, homesteaded, and bought the land.

The collective right of the nation is merely the combined rights of the individuals that make it up. It has no power over the individual who refuses to sell their own land.

The practice of eminent domain is an abomination against the principles of liberty that all just governments are founded upon. Either this practice should be entirely abolished, or the charade of being a government “for the people” should be ended.

Science strikes back Speaking up for science

Jenny Calawa

Contributing Writer As artfully as Ryan Brown attempted to convey his ideas about the supposed perils of scientism in the modern age (Feb. 5 edition), his article fell far short of his goal, succeeding only in illustrating his incredibly flawed misunderstandings of the true nature of science.

The language throughout the article clearly demonstrates that Mr. Brown, as so many do, simply fears what he does not comprehend.

I will not attempt to delve into Mr. Brown’s attempts to vilify science for being peer-reviewed and utilizing deductive reasoning; those fallacies speak for themselves. Let us therefore begin with the numerous references to “the fancy language of science,” “indecipherable gobbledygook” and the like scattered throughout the original piece. I would like to propose the radical notion that science does indeed have its own language through which it communicates - exactly as history, economics, political science, sociology, the arts, philosophy and every other academic subject does - that can be understood through study.

For example: Before I took Civilization and the Arts here at Grove City, I did not know what the terms “cantus firmus” or “contrapposto” meant. But I gained that knowledge through dedicated and thorough study; primarily via a Google search. I learned about FriedelCrafts acylation of benzene from Professor of Chemistry Dr. Timothy Homan, and I certainly did not know what those words meant before I took Organic Chemistry II. Applying this concept, all scientific hypotheses, theories, and laws can be understood if one simply takes the time to do so. There is no inherent Gnosticism that dictates only scientists can possess scientific knowledge; it is for everyone to love and appreciate.

Students here at GCC currently have to take two science courses with laboratory requirements; it would seem even our fair school believes everyone is capable of, and indeed should maintain, a basic level of scientific literacy. Again, if there are scientific concepts that mystify or confuse, I would suggest a basic Google search on the topic to start. There are numerous resources available.

So, it has been established that science can be understood through study just as any other subject; that certainly diminishes the “mystery of jargon” that is supposedly the “religious aspect of science” that “people are enraptured by.”

This rise of “scientism”- a term which is not actually stated in the original article anywhere, but rather replaced with the word “science” only - that Mr. Brown so fears is rooted in the increased exposure of the public to scientific theories and laws, and subsequently in the increased level of scientific literacy and understanding. There is much taken out of context, misquoted and simply exaggerated by the scientifically illiterate, mind you, but as a whole, science has taken center stage as a means of communicating the “physical phenomena” encountered in our universe. Why is this?

Mr. Brown believes it is because every other discipline has been rudely shoved out of the way for science, “the caveman way” as it was crudely put, to be crowned as king. Once more, this is due to a lack of understanding about the nature of science itself. Scientific study is by definition and necessity limited to the observation of the physical, empirical world and the logical inductions and deductions by which it can be further described. The resulting conclusions do indeed often use mathematics to model and depict the physical world, although most certainly not in an arbitrary or shoddy fashion as Mr. Brown has asserted. One simply needs bring to mind any one of Kepler’s three Laws of Planetary Motion, developed in 1619, and realize that they sent a man to the moon in 350 years later to grasp that science and math are entirely in harmony with one another.

But I digress. The other disciplines have not disappeared, they are simply not in the limelight right now. But why?

Why has mankind come to venerate science so?

Because science solves the mysteries of the universe. Because it is full of wonder and majesty and complexity, capable of inspiring awe and capturing imaginations. No, it cannot state whether or not God exists; it instead gives mankind a way to understand how the cosmos came into being from the first nanosecond that time existed,

dark matter coexisting with the light and heat of the nuclear reactors firing inside of the stars. Science does not state what is in the heart of man, but it does explain how joy itself is triggered in our brains, the rush of interacting chemicals and electricity that make goosebumps rise on our skin at the sight of a shining night sky. Are there questions that science cannot answer? Yes. Does this mean that science deserves to be dragged through the mud, as the original article clearly does, by fearmongering Christ-followers that do not understand the beauty it does possess?

No. This is what Mr. Brown truly fears: not the rise of science as the portrayer of ultimate truth, but rather the truths science can explain and defend that do not line up with other previously held beliefs derived from other disciplines.

There is no need for this fear. After all, the end goal of science is to discover the truth. What is there to be afraid of?

Nothing, except change. Therein lies the true beauty of science: the freedom to change, to mature in understanding, to be wrong so in the future one can be right. Two truths will not come into conflict, if the nature of reality - which science apparently cannot comment upon, according to Mr. Brown - follows the logic of cause and effect, as science has led us to understand that it does. If reality does not function this way, good luck convincing anyone of your truths, because mine will be just as valid as yours.

Perhaps, just perhaps, the real fear is that one day, scientific fact will be the one to stand firm while previously held ideas from the arts, philosophy, history and even religion will have to be adjusted. The fact remains, however, that this day has already come. Ideas are constantly changing and growing and being adjusted, both inside and outside of science. But truth? It stands firm for the test of eternity. So do not be afraid of being wrong, and do not be afraid of being right. Scientists do not mind being either; in fact, we encourage them both.

Come and try and fail and learn and try again and discover the truth. There is a place for everyone with curiosity and an open mind. That’s not so scary, right?

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If presidential candidates ran Grove City College

Grayson Quay

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Donald Trump • Builds a wall and makes Slippery Rock University pay for it.

• Expels all minority students. They can reapply next semester.

• Refuses to admit any more Arminian students until we figure out what is going on.

• Current Arminian students will be required to carry a special identification card and may be placed under surveillance by Campus Safety.

• Reads a verse from “Two Corinthians” at his inauguration.

• Demolishes the presidential residence and constructs a 50-story luxury hotel in its place.

• Publicly comments that if a certain sorority girl was not a student, perhaps he would be dating her.

• Promises to make Grove City College matter again.

• Promises to continue winning even after students get sick and tired of winning.

Ben Carson • Sleeps.

Ted Cruz • Immediately alienates every member of the board, staff and faculty.

• Carpet bombs Westminster College until it glows in the dark.

• Abolishes five offices on campus: the Registrar’s Office, the Financial Aid Office, the Office of Student Life and Learning, the Office of International Education [long pause] and the Financial Aid Office.

• Accuses the Collegian of being “the liberal media.”

• Has long, nostalgic talks about his homeland with fellow Canadians, including Nate Mills and retired Professor of English Dr. Janice Brown.

Marco Rubio • Dispels the notion that current College President Paul J. McNulty 80 does not know what he is doing; he knows exactly what he is doing.

• Any radical Arminians we capture get a one-way ticket to Siberia where we find out everything they know.

• Constantly mistaken for a student by members of the faculty and staff.

• Replaces the Philosophy Department with the Welding Department.

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Female applications to Grove City College increase by 600 percent.

Chosen as sweetheart by every sorority.

Hillary Clinton • Indicted by Campus Safety after storing the names of the members of Spring Court on an unsecured email server.

• Refuses to allow Bill to live on campus, saying she learned her lesson the first time.

• Disbands the Life Advocates.

• Faith and freedom stop mattering.

• Bill moves into Memorial attempts to rush Kappa Alpha Phi. Bernie Sanders • Gives all students free, unfettered access to the Zerbe Health and Wellness Center.

• Doubles tuition while making washers, dryers, textbooks, GeDunk meals and soda machines free.

• Stops the moral outrage of all the A’s going to the top one-tenth of one percent.

• Increases the minimum wage for campus jobs to $15 per hour.

• Legalizes drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana on campus.

• Organizes a coalition of moderate secular colleges to fight Westminster.

• Fires the entire economics department.

Platonic presidential tyranny Drew Brackbill Contributing Writer Plato taught in “The Republic” that democracy naturally gives way to tyranny.

In the American context, democracy fostered the rise of tyranny during the era of the progressive presidents.

These presidents relied on an amorphous concept of the “public will” to allow them to make laws which were outside their jurisdiction and the boundaries of the Constitution.

Men like Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt exemplified the concept of Platonic tyranny in a modern environment. They stepped beyond the boundaries of established legality and used the power of demagoguery and public approval to make laws and accomplish objectives outside of the proper framework of separated powers.

Plato said that “tyranny springs from democracy … from excess of freedom.”

“The great natural good of life,” says the democrat, “is freedom. And this exclusive love of freedom and regardlessness of everything else, is the cause of the change from democracy to tyranny.”

Plato speaks of the tyrant as an archetypal ruler who

promises freedom and prosperity to the masses, swaying them with honeyed words.

“In the early days of his tyranny he smiles and beams upon everybody; he is not a ‘dominus,’ no, not he: he has only come to put an end to debt and the monopoly of land.”

Popular with the masses, the tyrant rises to power over all others, and in order to remain on his throne, he must keep the masses in thrall, obtaining ever more power. He must acquire a monopoly on force with which to keep his enemies from toppling him.

The democracy gives way to tyranny by nature, Plato said, for it is common in democracies that “the people have some protector whom they nurse into greatness, and from this root the tree of tyranny springs.”

The parallels between Plato’s description of the tyrant and the presidents of the progressive era are startling.

Theodore Roosevelt, for example, closely resembled the Platonic definition of a tyrant. He used eloquent speeches and powerful rhetoric to appeal to the public.

He promised the public a “square deal” of economic opportunity for every man.

He fought against the richest Americans, breaking up their fortunes via “trustbusting” and attempting to

spread their wealth around the economy.

In this way, Roosevelt was like the tyrant in the earliest stages of his tyranny, who, in order to secure the loyalty of the masses, “has to make a purgation of the State; but, unlike the physician who purges away the bad, he must get rid of the high-spirited, the wise and the wealthy,” and then must “rob the temples of their treasures, which will enable him to lighten the taxes.”

More tyrannical than the first Roosevelt, however, was his intellectual successor Woodrow Wilson. Wilson believed in and utilized the power of popular rhetoric to win elections, but he did not believe the American people had or deserved to have the capacity for self-rule.

Fearing the public will, Wilson sought to replace elected representation with expert administration, removing the ability of the people to rule themselves and putting that power into the hands of the executive and his chosen bureaucrats.

Wilson also exhibited the kind of repressive behavior typical of tyrants in Plato’s day.

His infamous Espionage and Sedition Acts punished anyone who spoke out against his government, crushing the rights to free

speech and free assembly provided by the Constitution.

This repression was terribly ironic, considering that Wilson went to war, against the desire of his nation, in order to promote freedom and “make the world safe for democracy.”

But this, too, resembled the Platonic form, as Plato says that the tyrant “makes himself necessary to the State by always going to war.”

During the era of the Great Depression and World War II, Franklin Delano Roosevelt also rode the wave of the popular will to a position of immense power.

His “fireside chats” were an exercise in popular oratory, swaying the public with reassurances and soft words in the manner of a true demagogue. His New Deal policies were a means of placating the people with promises of equality and economic security, all the while aggregating power in the hands of a federal government which he controlled with an iron fist.

When the Supreme Court refused to allow FDR’s policies on the grounds that they were not constitutional, Roosevelt attempted to circumvent the rules by packing the court with six new justices of his choosing.

Then when war struck Europe, though the U.S. ostensibly maintained neutrality,

Roosevelt joined in on the side of the Allies, providing them with the aid and the war materiel they needed to hold back the Nazi scourge.

The advent of WWII was politically convenient for Roosevelt; the public stood behind him once again.

The war also provided other examples of Roosevelt’s Platonic tyranny, however.

In 1942, he imprisoned some 120,000 American citizens in a blatant violation of their right to due process, because he feared the possibility that they might rise against his government.

The progressive presidents exemplified the Platonic archetype of the tyrant. All three were darlings of the mob, who rose to power by portraying themselves as protectors of the people, attacking political opponents, passing laws outside of their legitimate domain, and even unlawfully incarcerating their own citizens.

They had, perhaps, the best of intentions. But a tyrant with good intentions is still a tyrant. The progressives wore the mask of freedom, but the face beneath that mask of freedom was the cold visage of a tyrant, for as Plato said, “the excess of freedom passes into the excess of slavery, and the greater the freedom the greater the slavery.”

Sports

Feb. 12, 2016

Starting well Indoor track finds success at Oberlin

Bradley Warmhold Staff Writer The Grove City College men’s and women’s indoor track teams competed in their first meet of 2016 last Friday at the Oberlin Crimson and Gold Invitational at Oberlin College. The meet marks their second of the 2015-2016 indoor track season, and their first competition since their first meet two months ago at the Youngstown State Icebreaker.

The men’s team garnered multiple victories from juniors Nick Betz and Ryan Buchalter. Individually, Betz took first in the 60 hurdles (8.53) and the 200 (23.85) while Buchalter emerged victorious in the 400 (52.15).

The two, along with sophomore teammate Quaide Simek and senior teammate Brandon Ward, combined to pull off a 3:36.75 time in the 4x400 relay, giving them first place in the event.

Senior Joshua Dunsworth also contributed with a first place visit in the 800 with a time of 2:04.36. Junior Mike Cole leaped for a best of 39 feet, one inch (11.91 meters) in the triple-jump event, finishing in second place.

Other notable finishes include Simek, who finished the 400 in third place at 53.91 seconds, and senior Dane Mossgrove who took third in the 60 hurdles (9.04). In his collegiate debut, freshman Ryan Budnik collected a pair of third-place finishes in the mile (4:44.33) and the 3,000 (9:36.86).

On the women’s side, junior Katelyn Hess scored a key victory for Grove City in the triple-jump event with a leap of 33 feet, six inches (10.21 meters). Fellow teammate and junior Rachel Watson took second in the event with a best of 32 feet, 5.5 inches (9.89m), giving the Wolverine women the top two spots in the triple-jump.

The two also competed in the long-jump event in which Hess took second place with a jump reaching 15 feet, six inches (4.72m) and Watson placing fifth with a jump of 13 feet, 11.75 inches (4.26m).

In the other events, junior Melanie Packard took third in the pole vault reaching 10 feet, two inches (3.10m) on the jump, and senior Lydia Rittenhouse took third in the 60 hurdles with a finish of 10.77 seconds.

The team of senior Allison Blain, junior Lauren Pearce, junior Sarah Williamson and sophomore Melanie Wizorek finished second in the 4x200 relay, finishing the event with a time of 1:55.03.

Blain, Pearce and Williamson respectively also took fourth (28.71), fifth (28.73) and sixth (28.75), in the 200 event.

Both the men’s and women’s teams are scheduled to compete in their next meet on Friday, Feb. 12 at the Baldwin Wallace University Mid-February Meet in Berea, Ohio. The Competition is expected to begin around 4 p.m.

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Coming on strong

Women’s basketball makes best of last weeks of regular season Joe Setyon Sports Editor

Not too long ago, things were not looking too good for the Grove City College women’s basketball team.

The squad had just lost three straight games to teams in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference and was 7-11 overall and 5-6 within the conference. With just six games remaining in the regular season, it was now or never for the Wolverines as they looked to make their mark with a strong finish to the season. Now, with three games left to play, it looks as though they are doing just that. Grove City stopped their skid with a blowout win over Waynesburg University, then proceeded to return home and win consecutive PAC contests handily. Now the Wolverines are third in

the PAC and look to be in good shape heading into the postseason.

First, Grove City took on Westminster College on Feb. 3. The Wolverines came out to play in this one and were unrelenting in a 59-40 blowout win. Things were close at the end of the first quarter, but Grove City opened the second period on a 12-0 run and went into halftime with a 15-point lead. They added on in the third quarter, and by the last minutes of the game the Wolverine reserves had come in to run the clock out.

Freshman Laura Buchanan was the star in this game, leading her team with 15 points and five blocked shots.

Meanwhile, Kathryn Erbelding racked up 10 points, 10 boards and five assists for her eighth double-double of the season. Lexie Arkwright had a nice game as well, grabbing

six boards and scoring eight points.

As a team, the Wolverines had 14 more total rebounds than the Titans, who had 39 total, and kept their opponents in check from the floor. Westminster struggled to shoot the ball, converting only 32 percent of their shots, while Grove City shot an efficient 43 percent.

Next, Grove City hosted Geneva College on Feb. 6, winning 70-61. Geneva trailed by six points at the start of the second quarter, but a 7-0 run by the Wolverines set the tone early in that quarter. At points in the second half Geneva rallied, but they could never cut the deficit to anything less than seven points.

Erbelding had a monstrous performance in this contest, with 25 points and 10 rebounds for another double-

double. Moreover, she had six steals, helping her break the all-time franchise record.

McKenzie Black played well too, scoring a career-high 14 points, while Arkwright added 14 as well. Buchanan was impressive again, racking up eight points, seven boards and six blocks. Overall, Grove City shot a season-best 57 percent from the floor, while Geneva could only convert 35 percent of its shots.

Now Grove City enters the final stretch of the regular season. Last wednesday they played Catham University, winning 56-55.They will travel to St. Vincent College on 13, respectively, for the final road game of the season. Then, after two more home games, they will prepare themselves for the PAC Tournament.

Rolling ahead

Men’s basketball team cruising Joe Setyon Sports Editor After a tough stretch that saw them lose two consecutive games, the Grove City College men’s basketball team rebounded this past week, collecting two more wins and cementing what has already been a very strong season.

The Wolverines played two straight home games against Presidents’ Athletic Conference rivals, and when it was all said and done, the team’s record was 14-7 overall and 9-5 within the PAC. Through these wins the Wolverines showed, as they have all season, that they are resilient and will not fall off, even when they go through a rough patch.

First, after two consecutive road losses, the Wolverines travelled home on Feb. 3 to take on Westminster College.

The teams had played each other earlier in the season, nearly a month ago on Jan. 6. In that one, Joe Vermilya led his team with 20 points and the Wolverines were victorious 77-67. In this most recent contest, it was all Grove City once again, as Westminster got routed 96-74.

The Wolverines started out well, but later in the first half the Titans rallied and were able to attain a single-digit deficit.

After the break, however, Grove City pulled away, thanks especially to a seven-minute run that saw them outscore their opponents by a score of 23-6.

Grove City was able to score so much

in this game thanks to the contributions of the entire team, six members of whom had ten points or more. Sophomore Andrew Beckman hit a career high with 18 points and also grabbed 11 boards, while Joe Vermilya hit five three-pointers and scored 16 total. At the same time, Stephen Tam had 13 points and seven assists, while Caleb Knudsen had 12 points, seven rebounds and six assists. Finally, Cory Huff and Tyler McGrath each added ten points as well.

Grove City stayed at home and took on Geneva College on Feb. 6. Aside from the actual gameplay, this contest was important, as it was also Hall of Fame Day. In a ceremony held in conjunction with the double-header that day, 10 alumni were inducted into the College’s Athletic Hall of Fame, while two more were honored with the Athletic Heritage Award.

In the actual game. Grove City rolled to a relatively easy 70-61 win. The Wolverines dominated in many aspects of this game, including rebounding (42-28 advantage) and turnovers (Geneva gave away 19).

Freshman Brandon Grider led the way in this game as he scored 14 points, while Cory Huff added 13. Joe Vermilya was great too, recording a double-double thanks to 11 points and 11 rebounds.

Andrew Beckman also scored 11 and grabbed six boards. Finally, even though he scored just nine points, Ste-

phen Tam had a career day passing the ball, with nine assists.

After both of these wins, Grove City is in great position with the PAC Tournament looming ahead. The Wolverines will travel to Chatham University and St. Vincent College on Feb. 10 and 13, in their last road games of the regular season. Then, after two final home contests, they will be ready for the PAC Tournament that starts Feb. 22.

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In the second year of his collegiate career, Andrew Beckman has made huge strides for the Wolverines and is now averaging 9.0 ppg and 6.4 rpg.

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February 12-26 Men’s/Women’s Swimming and Diving Friday-Saturday, Feb. 1213, Longnecker Invitational/PAC Championships Prelims: 10 a.m.

Finals 6 p.m. (Fri) and 5:15 p.m. (Sat)

Men’s/Women’s Indoor Track and Field

Wednesday, Feb. 17, 5:30 p.m. vs. Bethany College

Saturday, Feb. 12, 4 p.m. at Baldwin Wallace University Mid-February Meet

Saturday, Feb. 20, 1 p.m. vs. Thiel College (Senior Day)

Friday, Feb. 25, 3 p.m., PAC Indoor Championships at Youngstown State University

Men’s Basketball Saturday, Feb. 13, 6 p.m. at St. Vincent College

Saturday, Feb. 20, at Kenyon College

Women’s Basketball

Wednesday, Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m. vs. Bethany College

Last Chance Invititaional

Saturday, Feb. 13, 4 p.m., at St. Vincent College

Saturday, Feb. 20, 3 p.m. vs. Thiel (Senior Day)

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Going for the goal Water polo dives into the season

Alyssa Jackson

GROVE CITY COLLEGE

After an up-and-down year that saw them go 7-11, the women’s water polo team is all set for 2016, and Ashley Parks and Ashley Henderson are ready for their senior season.

cut College and Washington & Jefferson College will pose the biggest threats, but Co-captain Ashley Parks is “excited to see how the rivalries will pan out with the talent we have on our team this season!”

There is one significant name missing from last year’s roster. Jocelyn Hinkle graduated in 2015 as an ACWPC Honorable Mention All-American, CWPA DIII Scholar Athlete of the Year and AllCWPA DIII First Team member. However, many strong athletes remain,

and this season looks promising.

Fourteen women are on the roster this year. Six of the 14 are on the swimming and diving team as well, and eight are solely polo players. Among these are six freshmen.

“We are also very fortunate to have a lot of new players this year who will bring a lot of energy and talent to our team,” Parks said. One of these new members, freshman Heidi Schmidt, shares in the excitement for this season: “I have already been blessed so much by

the amount of support from my teammates, and I can’t wait to continue the season with them.”

The head coach this year is Alyssa Hunt who is in her second year in this position, and is also an assistant coach of the swim team.

Come show your support for these hardworking teammates at their three home matches on March 3, April 6 and April 9. As the captains themselves said, “We love a good fan section!”

Pitt basketball falls to UVA Staff Writer

It was a very big week for Pittsburgh Panther basketball fans. The Panthers, who came into the game with a record of 17-4, were tied for third in the ACC rankings with the University of Virginia Both teams had the same overall record and the same conference record. However, UVA came into the game as the ninth ranked team in the nation, making this game a huge opportunity for the Panthers to prove whether or not they deserved to be in the Associated Press Top 25 rankings heading into February.

The Panthers kept the game tight during the first half. The teams seemed to be trading buckets and it looked like a win was in reach for Pittsburgh.

The only thing that seemed to be taking the game away from Pittsburgh was the play of senior guard Malcolm Brogdon, who carried the team for UVA during the first half.

Going into the locker room, Pitt was down by only two points and was looking very optimistic after a last minute bucket from junior forward Jamel Artis.

The second half opened up the Panther’s chances as they were once again able to tie the score within the first few minutes of play. The Panthers were in the game and seemed ready to make a run against the number-nine team in America, but UVA was not going to fall off that easily.

The Cavaliers once again turned to the play of Mal-

Feb. 3

colm Brogdon who continued to light up the Panther’s defense all throughout the second half of the game. They also relied on their flawless teamwork and passing ability, which the Panthers were not able to overcome over the course of the second half.

UVA finished the game with a win. They outscored the Panthers by 12 points during the second half, finishing the game 64-50 and solidifying their spot as the third best team in the ACC. The big contributors on the night for the Panthers were Jamel Artis and Mi-

chael Young. Artis poured in a team-high 17 points, each bucket crucial down the stretch, and Young contributed 12 points while also bringing down 10 rebounds.

Young was the only player to finish the game with a double-double.

The win not only solidified UVA’s place as third in the ACC, but it also pushed the Cavalier’s winning streak to six games. They now have an overall record of 19-4, which is tied for best in the ACC. This will make them very dangerous come tournament time in March.

Grove City turned in an all-around great team performance as they routed Westminster at home.

Kathryn Erbelding recorded a double-double, scoring 10 points, grabbing 10 boards, and assisting on five buckets. Meanwhile, freshman Laura Buchanan scored 15 points to lead her team.

Men’s basketball: Grove City College 96, Westminster College 74 Grove City won easily over rival Westminster in a game at home. For the first time in 13 seasons, six Wolverines scored 10 points or more, including Andrew Beckman, who had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Joe Vermilya, Stephen Tam, Caleb Knudsen, Tyler McGrath and Cory Huff also reached double.

Feb. 5 Men’s/Women’s Indoor Track and Field: Oberlin College Invitational

A tough test

Michael Cole

Check Women’s basketball: Grove City College 59, Westminster College 40

Contributing Writer Imagine playing a sport where you must only touch the ball with one hand and your feet cannot touch the bottom of the pool. Sounds tough, right? But for the Grove City college women’s water polo team, this is nearly natural.

The Wolverines will begin their 2016 season with a trip to California for a tournament over spring break. This will be the first time the team will participate in the event. Regarding the tournament, Captain Ashley Henderson said, “It will be a great start to our season and will help us elevate our level of play.”

Last season, the women finished with seven wins and 11 losses in conference and non-conference matches. But this season, “Everyone is very driven to succeed, and we all push each other. I can’t wait to see what we could do this season within our league,” Henderson said.

Competition this season will be similar to the previous year. Connecti-

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This game also had bleak implications for Pitt. The Panthers, who have yet to beat a top-25 team all year, headed to Miami on Tuesday, Feb. 9, to play the Hurricanescurrently ranked number 17 in the country, who narrowly defeated the Panthers 65-63. This game was crucial not only for ACC standards, but also to the tournament committee, which takes into account the strength of schedule and wins against ranked opponents when selecting March Madness candidates.

In Grove City’s first meet of the new year, the Wolverines impressed, giving hope that this might be a good year. For the women, junior Katie Hess was victorious in the triple jump and second in the long jump. Meanwhile, a four-person Wolverine team finished second in the 4x200 meter relay race. For the men, Nick Betz and Ryan Buchalter combined for three total individual victories. Grove City also had a plethora of second place finishes.

Feb. 6 Women’s Basketball: Grove City College 70, Geneva College 60 Grove City rolled to a relatively comfortable win over rival Geneva, as the Wolverines shot 56.9 percent from the floor.

Kathryn Erbelding led the way with 25 points, while Lexie Arkwright and McKenzie Black each had 14 in the victory.

Men’s Basketball: Grove City College 70, Geneva College 61

PITT BASKETBALL

The University of Pittsburgh basketball team fell to UVA and Miami, causing them to drop in the ACC rankings.

Grove City put forth a great team effort as they defeated Geneva. Four Wolverines had 10 or more points, including Andrew Beckman, Cory Huff, Brandon Grider and Joe Vermilya, who also had 11 rebounds.