The Collegian – September 23, 2016

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Friday, September 23, 2016

GCC fails to ‘score’

Molly Wicker News Editor

The federal government recently updated its College Scorecard. Grove City College, however, is absent for the second year in a row. “The U.S. Department of Education continues to insist inaccurately that the Scorecard is a comprehensive means for families to evaluate all of America’s colleges and universities on costs and outcomes. Yet the Department ignores the data of private independent colleges such as Grove City Col-

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Unfortunately, this decision has resulted in the exclusion of colleges like Grove City from other national rankings, further compounding the Department’s error. President McNulty

lege that don’t accept federal funds. Even worse, it does not disclose the omission to the public,” said College President Paul J. McNulty ’80. According to the HomeRoom blog, maintained by the Department of Education, the updated Scorecard

“includes updates to the data on college completion, debt and repayment statistics, and post-college earnings.” Additionally, “the refresh now brings . . . 19 years of higher education data…encompassing over 1,700 data points across 7,000 institutions.” In a news release this

week, the United States Department of Education said that a goal of the Scorecard is to help students and families find “a school that is affordable, well-suited to meet their needs, and consistent with their educational and career goals.” According to numerous statistics, Grove City meets and exceeds that description. “American families are not getting the complete picture from the information contained in the College Scorecard. The Scorecard is not SCORECARD 2

Vision, values and Trump Josh Delk Staff Writer

Donald J. Trump’s capture of the Republican nomination has been met with mixed responses at Grove City College. Students have taken both sides on the issue, but the Center for Vision & Values, the College’s conservative TRUMP think tank, has featured a number of editorials on its website that paint The Donald in a negative light. Although Vision & Values does not take an official stance on political campaigns, these articles have largely encouraged a principled rejection of the candidate. GCC’s Center for Vision & Values seeks to advance the college’s devotion to faith and freedom. The Center’s mission statement states that “understanding the relationship between God’s truth and our liberty is not merely an TRUMP 2

The new patio on the Breen Student Union seems to be a big hit among the Grove City community.

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New patio down pat

Caleb Harshberger Editor-in-Chief

Among the many renovations the school started over the summer was a patio built to replace the steps behind the Breen Student Union. After several momentary setbacks, the long awaited patio is now open to the public. It was expected to be opened on Sept. 30th but was finished ahead of schedule, much to the delight of students and faculty. Construction is wrapping up, but there are still signs of the project, with orange mesh fencing and fertilizer gracing the outside of the SAC. The project was decided on when the old stairs were found to be in need of repair or replacement, and administration opted to take care of the problem and add on a new feature at the same time. Now, students can sit comfortably behind the SAC with chairs and tables positioned around the newest addition to the GCC architectural family. The patio has already been seen filled with students making use of the new space. During the process, GCC also laid down new sanitary lateral lines among other projects. When it comes to renovations on campus, the college says it is committed to fiscal responsibility and also aesthetic excellence.

Coming home again Sarah Gibbs Staff Writer

In a few short days, 3,000 alumni will begin to descend upon the Grove City Campus. They will be coming back to a place where they once pulled all-nighters and creeked their friends, sometimes six decades ago. Alumni will reconnect, swap stories, strike up old rivalries and even make time to network with current students at several academic breakfasts. 12 sponsored class reunions will take place, with events happening all over campus and at different businesses in downtown, including Beans on Broad, Sweet Jeanie’s, the American Legion and event centers as far away as Cranberry. Each class reunion has students from the alumni committee that will serve as their hosts for the weekend. HOMECOMING 3


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