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Focus Week: Turn down the noise

Kelleigh Huber

Alums against travel ban Molly Wicker

Life Editor In addition to those goals set by GCC students and community on the stroke of the new year, Focus Week 2017 can add to that list with challenges involving eliminating noise from our lives.

From Feb. 13-16, students will have the opportunity to gather for workshops, lectures and speakers that will provide insight into what the “noise” is in our lives and provide strategic ways to com-

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bat these distractions.

The week of “Turning Down the Noise: Removing Noise to Make God our First Priority,” could provide for many

students the awareness that there is noise is one’s life.

For those who may acknowledge the noise in their life, those

“noises” are addressed through panels on healthy relationships, guided prayer sessions and lectures on anxiety.

Many of these things

trouble students, and Focus Week provides the perfect opportunity to speak with worship FOCUS 2

Great times at the ’Ganza

JOEL ESPENSHADE

The Tri-Rhos held their 32nd Annual Extravaganza last Saturday in Hicks Cafeteria. Students donned their best formal outfits and enjoyed dancing, food and non-alcoholic mocktails. This year, both food and drink were in plentiful supply and there was no need for McDonalds burgers to be tossed in the crowd. For story, see Page 5.

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The quest for caffeine: Prins published in SHAPE

Molly Wicker News Editor

Dr. Philip J. Prins, Assistant Professor of Exercise Science, was published in the December issue of SHAPE magazine.

His article, entitled “Energy Drinks Improve 5-km Running Performance in Recreational Endurance Runners,” focuses on the effects of caffeine on sport performance.

The piece is the culmination of campus research efforts.

“Basically, I was interested in studying one of the most prevalent nutritional supplements (Red Bull energy drink) along with the most popular running events (5km),” explained Prins.

“This led me to the purpose of this study which was to rest the difference of the energy drink Red Bull on 5km time trial performance.”

Prins’ research and his work

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Assistant Professor of Exercise Science Dr. Philip Prins’ research on the effect of caffeine on sport performance was recently published in SHAPE magazine. at Grove City College are cited several times throughout the article. The article is available on newsstands wherever SHAPE is sold.

The article features work that Prins completed during his doctoral dissertation.

Prins has also worked on several research projects with students on campus. In the fall, senior Grace Majchrowicz presented a conference paper on the potential outcomes that certain energy drinks have on athletes’ performance.

On campus, Majchrowicz has collaborated on several other research projects with Dr. Prins.

“Over the last couple of years quite a few students from the exercise science department have helped with these studies,” said Prins. “We have seen a significant increase in student interest in wanting to be involved in research and doing independent research.

As a professor it is really great to see so many of our students wanting to be involved in the research process.”

Grove City’s Exercise Science Department offers students a well-rounded curriculum that balance theory and practice, allowing students to receive specialized instruction in exercise science, nutrition, anatomy and physiology, biomechanics, ethics and personal training.

Two Grove City graduates, David J. Bier and Bishop Sean Rowe, published articles against President Trump’s recently-released immigration policy.

Bier’s most recent piece, “Trump’s Immigration Ban is Illegal,” published in the New York Times, cites historical facts and modern statistics in arguing that Trump’s ban is discriminatory in nature.

“President Trump signed an executive order... that purports to bar for at least 90 days almost all permanent immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries, including Syria and Iraq, and asserts the power to extend the band indefinitely,” Bier writes.

“But the order is illegal. More than 50 years ago, Congress outlawed such discrimination against immigrants based on national origin.”

Bier’s article was cited by Ann Coulter, an American conservative social political commentator, in a response she wrote for Breitbart, a far-right American news organization whose former executive chair, Steve Bannon, is now a chief strategist in Trump’s cabinet.

Coulter, who supports Trump’s presidency, writes, “I was wondering why the Times would sully its pages with the legal opinion of a Grove City College, B.A., like Bier!”

Bier, an Immigration Policy Analyst at the Cato Institute, graduated from Grove City College with a degree in political science. According to the Foundation for Economic Education’s website, he is “an expert on visa reform, border security, and interior enforcement.” His work has been cited in the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Politico.

Bishop Sean Rowe, a 1997 graduate of the College, makes a similar assertion in his article, published on GoErie.com, saying that “turning away refugees violates Christian principles.”

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GROVE CITY COLLEGE

Grove City’s Investment Society recently received funding that will allow its members to gain real-world investing experience while they are still attending college.

Anonymous angels: Investment Society receives startup funding

Caleb Harshberger Editor in Chief

This semester marks the start of the Grove City Investment Society, a new group on campus where students have the chance to learn investing using real money under the supervision of faculty and alumni.

The group is funded by a number of anony-

mous investors who collectively have given the group $40,000 to invest, said Tony Peterson, President and CIO of the group. “We’re expecting another $15,000 in the spring.”

Each meeting, a student will pitch one company that the group will consider to include in its portfolio, explained Peterson. At the next week’s meeting, the

group discusses and votes on whether or not to invest in the pitched company.

“My favorite part is the discussion that happens around the pitch,” said Peterson.

If it passes, the group’s faculty advisor and the alumni board, headed by Christopher Marasco ’11, will review the proposal to ensure the money is invested

responsibly. The Alumni Board can veto proposals by the group.

“We passed a vote last night on the Affiliated Managers Group,” said Peterson.

All money made and donated to the Investment Society will stay within the group for further investments.

The school cannot use the money for anything other than the Invest-

ment Society’s portfolio.

The group is currently looking for members from all majors. Students do not need any prior finance experience.

“We’ll teach you from the ground up,” said Peterson.

Meetings are Tuesdays at 9:30 in HAL 209 and are open to anyone who would like

to attend. Students become active members if they attend over half the meetings in a week and gain pitching and voting rights. Students unfamiliar with pitching can approach the Society’s officers for guidance, Peterson said, adding that he or Mark Tyler, also a CIO, would be happy to teach new members.

Grove City included in Princeton Review’s ‘Colleges that Pay You Back’ Molly Wicker News Editor The Princeton Review recently included Grove City College in its list of “Colleges that Pay You Back.”

The College is part of a list of more than 200 schools and universities nationwide with a reputation for providing students with a valuable return on investment.

Grove City College features stellar academics, affordable costs and strong career prospects for graduates, according to the college preparation and testing company.

“This major recognition spotlights our unique place in higher education. We are ranked at the top because we combine academic excellence and a Christ-centered mission with a commitment

FOCUS leaders and counselors about what it means to remove that type of noise from one’s life.

When asked about her expectations Director of Campus Ministries Devayani Wintrode said that her hope is that both students and the community will benefit from this week. This week, she hopes, “will be a time that we pause and are made more aware of the noise in our lives” and a chance to “reevaluate our lives and realize what those distractions are.”

What particularly drew the Focus Week Committee to choose this topic was its applicable nature to everyone at any stage in life. Wintrode said the choice was made

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Grove City Collge was included in The Princeton Review’s list thanks to its history of providing a stellar return on investment for its students. to affordability creating tremendous education value for our students,” College President Paul J. McNulty ’80 said.

“Suffice to say that our students also graduate on time, enjoy a 97 percent graduate placement rate, higherthan-average starting salaries and mid-career earnings that outpace

national averages.”

The Princeton Review uses 40 weighted data points, including academics, cost, financial aid, student debt, graduation rate, alumni salaries and job satisfaction, to calculate its Return on Investment rating and select the schools that is “considers the nation’s best for

academics, affordability/financial aid, and for getting their graduates out the door to satisfying and rewarding careers.”

More than 650 top colleges and universities were evaluated.

Grove City College received an ROI rating of 87 based on data The Princeton Review col-

lected in 2015-16 from its surveys of students and administrators and alumni compensation information collected

by PayScale.

Grove City College graduates see an average starting salary of $48,000 and average mid-career compensation of $96,000 per year, according to Pay-

with much prayer and speaks to a need we all have.

“This [noise] is so relative, and how wonderful to talk about it early on in life and be made aware of it rather than not know that you’re depending on it,” she said. “I don’t think anyone is free of noise, no one can say they don’t have a problem with that, everyone has a noise in their life.”

Some of the noises that the committee anticipated from college students included time, status, grades and financial success, as well as the literal media received through news and social media.

Included in the conference are Miss Pennsylvania contestants and past NFL linebackers, but also everyday people.

There are people speaking who have been in the national spotlight and others who thrive on engaging locally through their church or school.

A primary goal for the week is to raise awareness for what these distractions mean in relationship with God: how often do we listen to God’s voice instead of the noise and how do we limit the distractions that we face daily?

One project that will begin during Focus Week is a cell phone challenge during meals where students are encouraged to not use their phone during meals and focus on one another.

It’s a tangible way to make people aware of their distractions and Wintrode is optimistic that that could carry on

past Focus Week.

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“I’m encouraging students to try to attend at least a few of the Focus Week events,” she said.

“I’m really encouraging people to attend these with friends, with a group, with their hall, or to go to this as a ministry group or bible study. Go as a group and continue to talk about it, it’s not just a one-week event.”

Wintrode hopes this is just the beginning to starting a conversation that is lifelong.

To find out more information Focus

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events,

visit the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ groups/gccfocusweek.

closing our borders to Syrian refugees and suspending refugee resettlement and immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries is a profound betrayal of Christian principles and American ideals,” he writes.

Rowe was ordained a bishop of Northwestern, Pennsylvania in 2007. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in organizational learning and leadership at Gan-

Scale, which identifies the College as one of its top ten Best Value National Liberal Arts Colleges.

“The colleges we have identified offer superb value; not only will students get a great education, but students benefit from generous financial aid, extraordinary career services programs, alumni connections and career opportunities like internships that will help students find jobs when they graduate,” said Robert Franek, The Princeton Review’s editor-in-chief.

Grove City College is also included in Princeton Review’s 2017 “381 Best Colleges” guide and also listed as a “Best Northeastern College” by the education services company.

non University. Rowe graduate with a Masters of Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary in 2007.

As an institution, Grove City has remained quiet on throughout the subject of Trump’s election and beginning of his presidency.

A student survey conducted prior to the election in November indicated that students favored Trump overwhelmingly.

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SKY BLUE TOURS

Brazen will allow current Grove City students interested in working in our nation’s capital to network with graduates who already have jobs in Washington, D.C.

Brazen lets GCC chat with D.C.

Kelleigh Huber Life Editor

From the ease of their laptops, students have the opportunity to network amongst numerous alumni, providing them a quick and easy route to making connections for internships and jobs.

From 7-8 p.m on Feb. 16, current Grove City students can find successful career tips and job openings with Washington, D.C. alumni, who serve as the focus for this chat.

Students can find the link to register on JobGrove and will be redirected to register on Brazen.

Brazen is a new platform recently purchased by the Career Services and Alumni Relations Offices in hopes of connecting students and alumni in a convenient way.

Director of Career Services Mandy Sposato said that the CSO is excited about the new platform because it will allow students to connect with people across geographic locations and companies, giving both liberal arts and science majors a chance to meet with people easily despite being states apart.

The site allows students to upload their resume as well as their

LinkedIn URL to share with the alumni prior to the networking hour.

Then, the day of, students simply log in and join a chat around 10 minutes in length, and then continue to another contact.

The chats are oneon-one and are saved, which allows students to then go back and review their conversations.

While the event is only one hour long, the aim is that those quick connections will then be used as future resources, allowing the conversation to continue between students and the alumni met through the networking

“The idea is to make a quick connection, like you would at a live networking reception.”

Mandy Sposato, director of Career Services

night.

“The idea is to make a quick connection – like you would at a live networking reception – and follow up later for further conversation,” Sposato said.

In the fall semester, a few events were featured on the Brazen platform, and the response was encouraging. One piece of advice is that participants be

aware that the chats are timed, which caught students off-guard initially.

“Student participants gave us the feedback that the technology was very intuitive and user-friendly.

Many also expressed that the experience was energizing and fun as they built relationships with various alumni for career advice,” Sposato said.

For the current semester, there are two upcoming networking chats.

The first is the Feb. 16 event, held for those students interested in the Washington, D.C. area, but another, held on March 16, will be a general networking event that includes alumni from a variety of industries.

There are a few events expected for later in the semester, with details to come.

With a few clicks and a simple registration form, career advice and free networking could be a good way to land a summer job or internship.

Master the ballroom at the ‘Black and White Ball’

Angela Kim Staff Writer

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Students can experience the wonders of nature by working at a camp.

Camps come to Grove City

Kelleigh Huber Life Editor The Grove City College dream jobs came to campus last Wednesday in the Student Union; 0ver 40 camps seeking eager college students to work as counselors took part in the 13th annual Camp Fair.

From 1 to 4 p.m., students had the opportunity to find summer employment at a variety of camps across the states. Positions ranged from teaching, to media, to horseback riding, to baristas and many others. Students could also apply to be in a traditional camp counselor role.

Camps included some popular ones nearby, such as Camp Bucoco in New Castle and many

in the Pittsburgh area, as well as those in Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Maryland and New Hampshire, presenting the chance for students to work either closer to home or to live away from home for the summer.

The camps also held some fun giveaways for students to participate in, including a $25 iTunes gift card for signing up for more information with Camp Judson.

Traditional camp snacks were featured in the S’more muffins and S’more dip with graham crackers.

Those who attended the Camp Fair had numerous opportunities to meet with a variety of camps in the area and find their way to a job for this summer.

Feb. 11 is an important day on the Grove City College campus.

It’s the Saturday before Valentine’s Day, a stressful time of tradition and high expectations in which couples fulfill cultural stereotypes brimming with chocolate and roses.

The Ballroom Club, however, has a different plan for Valentine’s weekend.

“It’s not just a Valentine’s Day event,” said Andrea Brodine, copresident of the Ballroom Club. “It’s an elegant dance for everyone on campus to enjoy.”

The Black and White Ball was first introduced on campus last year in February. The Ballroom Club wanted a dance in the spring that was exceptionally elegant and formal.

“We threw a great event,” Brodine said.

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Interested students can learn to ballroom dance before attending the Ball.

“But we didn’t have the best turnout. So this year, we will not be charging any fees for attending.”

The Ballroom Club will also provide a free beginner lesson before the event at 7:30 p.m in Old MAP. The dance itself spans from 8 – 11 p.m.

“We would really like to have more students who do not usually come to ballroom,” said Brodine. “We have a lot of people in Ballroom Club who we encourage to dance with beginners.”

Both the food and the decorations will follow the black and white

theme, while the music will be featuring classic love songs and Frank Sinatra.

If students are interested in learning more about the Black and White Ball, ballroom dance lessons, etc., Brodine encourages them to contact her at BrodineAS1@gcc.edu.

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Housing groups go on the hunt

Joe Setyon

Managing Editor Pledge week is coming to an end for both the fraternities and sororities on campus, but freshmen males who did not rush/pledge a frat can still join a group and enjoy the benefits of block housing.

Aside from its 10 fraternities and eight sororities, Grove City College offers nine independent men’s housing groups.

This past week saw groups put on open houses on their respective halls in order to attract interest from prospective new members.

The process for becoming part of a housing group is less formal than it is for frats, as there is no official “rushing” or “pledging.”

Instead, after the open house, prospective members can attend a series of get-toknow you events, like wing nights, bowling nights and bible studies put on by the groups over the next month.

Freshmen (and other underclassmen as well) can learn more information about specific groups while also determining if they fit in with the group culture.

When the new member activities are com-

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Men who join housing groups can participate in a variety of activities. Pictured here, the men of Alpha Epsilon Chi (AEX) perform at All-College Sing, an annual competition at Parent’s Weekend where fraternities, sororities, housing groups and independent groups show off their singing talents. pleted, existing housing group members vote on who they want to take into the group.

After accepting their “bids,” new members are officially in, and do not have to go through any official process of pledging.

According to Connor Lowe, vice president of the Nu Del Epsilon men’s housing group, “Housing groups are an interesting thing that the school offers: a unique opportunity for young men to join a group that they feel is suited to their needs.”

He explained that personality traits like

“high character” are extremely important when groups are looking for new members, especially as they look to maintain a “tightknit” community where “all the guys love each other” and are “willing to do a lot of things for each other to help each other out.”

In many ways, housing groups at this school are similar to fraternities.

For example, both types of groups are known to campus by their Greek letters.

Like frats, each housing group receives block housing on one

hall in either Hopeman, Lincoln or Ketler. This means that members of housing groups who live on the hall do not need to participate in room draw.

Instead, individual groups hold their own form of room draw in order to determine how the rooms on the hall will be divided up.

To maintain their Community Living Privileges (CLP), housing groups, like frats must regularly “demonstrate their support for the mission and values of the institution” through a report made to the Office of Student

Life and Learning, according to The Crimson.

Housing groups can acquire CLP credit by participating in certain events on campus that offer CLP credit.

However, they also prove their involvement to the College by putting on events for the rest of campus to participate in, like dances, coffee houses and sporting competitions.

Recent examples of include the Tri-Rhos’ annual Extravaganza and the Possums’ Dance of the Century.

Many housing groups also perform at All-Col-

lege Sing.

Though they are ranked in different categories than fraternities, they still have the chance to win for having the best overall performance.

Unlike fraternities, housing groups normally do not wear stitched letters, and their members do not officially refer to themselves as “brothers.”

Also, though housing groups usually do require members to pay dues, the amount of money in question is often far lower than what members of frats pay.

One misnomer that often becomes popular among freshmen around this time of year is that there are no independent women’s housing groups because such groups would be considered “brothels” under Pennsylvania state law.

In fact, even though female housing groups do not exist at Grove City, there is no such law. Instead, The Crimson explains that with 27 CLP groups already on campus, “physical constraints” would render “the addition of another CLP group detrimental to the residential experience of our independent student population.”

Grover Life

An occasional satirical feature exploring the vagaries of life at Grove City College

Couple sitting on same side of booth in Hicks looks like someone just died

A group of Grovers attempted to piece together the conversation of the couple sitting on the same side of the booth by the windows in Hicks, the group confirmed for the interview.

“I mean, they’re just leaning on each other and whispering like they’re in a Jane Austen movie or something,” said one of them.

“Are they even going to eat food? They know they’re in a cafeteria

and not a funeral home right?”

“It honestly looks like their dog just died,” said another describing the somber pair whose sorrowful faces rivaled a pair of lovers savoring their

final moments before a ten-year separation.

“Do you think they are breaking up?” asked another.

“I mean when my girlfriend and I broke up last semester we probably looked like

that.”

After a brief pause, he concluded, “either their parents died or they are breaking up.

It’s got to be one or the other.”

When approached later to determine if ev-

erything was all right, the couple answered that they were merely figuring out how many more hours until intervis.

Girls show comp. sci. who’s boss

Karen Postupac Design Chief

It is no secret that the computer science field is on the rise, especially with all the technological advances seen in the past decade.

Having these sets of skills makes an individual irreplaceable.

However, being female and having a passion to pursue these skills is something even more valuable – and unlikely.

In 2016, a study conducted by the National Board of Science shows a drop in young women graduating with a computer science degree from 28 percent to 18 percent.

That is why senior Jessica Lewis, president of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) chapter here at Grove City, College decided to introduce high school girls to the

world of computer science.

“I really want girls to simply be exposed to computer science. I want them to have an idea of what computer science is, and recognize the numerous career opportunities that are available with a B.S. in Computer Science,” said Lewis.

From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb 11, high school girls will flood STEM to take part in the very first “Girls Who Code,” a workshop geared towards high school freshmen, sophomores and juniors, giving the young women in the community a chance to discover the opportunities in the world of computer science.

Students at the event will interact with multiple individuals involved in computer science, including Julie Straub, an IT manager at PPG

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Industries, Inc. Straub will speak on the post-collegiate experience of the computer science field, sharing about her career as a woman in the field.

Additionally, the participants will have a chance to integrate with the current computer science majors at Grove City.

During the lunch break, those attending the workshop will be able to explore the projects of the current students on campus.

Two of Grove City’s professors, Dr. Britton Wolfe and Dr. Brian Dellinger, will conduct a presentation on the fundamentals of programming, allowing the girls to learn the skills needed for the main event.

The students involved will then have a chance to put their knowledge to the test.

The participants will have an hour and a half to program an Edison robot. An Edison robot is a small machine, ca-

pable of many actions.

“The robots are able to read barcodes that make them perform a particular action.”

“They can also track a line, play music, and detect light, claps, and obstacles,” Lewis said.

After the students have programmed their robot, it will race through an obstacle course, aiming for two criteria: the fastest time and the least number of errors while completing the course.

While this will be a

wonderful day filled with fun and competition, Lewis hopes that those involved will gain insight into an option for the future.

“When I was in high school, I never knew computer science was an option, so if they take away anything from the workshop, I hope that they recognize computer science as a real option as they decide what they want to do post-high school graduation.”

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Gaga gives glamorous performance

Claire Rauf Staff Writer

JARED GRACE MUSIC

Jared Grace has been playing music from a young age, acquiring a passion fior singing and learning instruments.

Boy against the world

Lizzy Borcherding Entertainment Editor

Grove City junior Jared Grace released his latest EP, “Boy v World,” on Jan. 21, 2017.

Grace has had a passion for music since he was a child, and has continued to pursue that passion through singing, songwriting and playing his instruments. He taught himself to play the guitar,violin, piano and ukulele, all completely by ear.

Regarding his newest album, Boy v World, Grace explains that listeners can expect a blend of “different stylistic ideas to capture the message of hope that I wanted to portray

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in the music.”

This EP also features vocals by Christie Goodwin, a fellow Grover, on the song “How the Story Goes.” “The album blends different

genres to give a true alternative pop form from the type of pop music today,” Grace said.

Grace is studying Computer Information Systems, but reassures

Jared Grace released his debut wEP on Jan. 21.

his fans that music “will always be a part of who I am, whether it’s for profit or not.”

Though he finds recording such a restrictive medium, Jared loves the flexibility of performing on stage.

“Performing helps me to let the song flow and become what it needs to be at that time”, he explained, “and it is much more natural and in a sense fulfills the full purpose of what the song was meant for.”

For those interested in catching his next live performance, Jared Grace will be at Nancy’s Hair Loft on Feb. 25. To those who prefer listening to music in solitude, his EP is available on Spotify and iTunes.

Music and mocktails, minimal McDonalds

Paige Kraynak Staff Writer

Last Friday, the members of the Tri-Rho housing group threw their 32nd Annual Extravaganza.

This dance featured music, mocktails and excellent service brought forth by the Rho men themselves, as attendees donned their classiest cocktail attire.

Instead of a salad bar, the Rhos served mixed mocktails, cheesecake, shrimp and even ice cream (generously donated by Sweet Jeanie’s).

Fortunately, the Rhos learned their lesson from years passed, and provided plenty of food for dance-goers.

This time, there was no need to buy McDonalds hamburgers and ruin shoes again.

For the majority of students, the dance was free. However, $2 fast passes were available to those who wanted them, allowing them to skip waiting in the line and head inside early.

Those who opted to wait in line could take shelter in the TLC instead of standing outside in the bitter cold prior to doors opening. For attendees who brought a coat, the Rhos

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Aside from the music and mocktails, the Extravaganza featured a photobooth. supplied candy and hid them in the pockets as a treat for attendees after the dance.

A considerable amount of organization went into making the dance happen.

Senior Robbie Davis III, head chair of the Extravaganza, complimented his fellow Rhos on a job well done.

“I’m proud of the Rhos. They do their best to put a terrific dance on, and while we take pride in our work, I don’t think they realize how much they actually do,” Davis said.

According to Davis, about half the student body showed up, making it one of the most popular events of the semester.

Part of the dance’s

success was due to the location in Hicks Cafeteria.

Hicks had room to dance, but for those taking a break they also had enough room to stand around and enjoy the cheesecake.

With so many students, such an event can be hectic, but the Rhos were able to keep the attendees entertained and did an admirable job of planning accordingly to size and numbers of guests.

Davis explained that all the Rhos are involved in planning the dance.

“The behind-thescenes work is a lot more than you’d imagine. There are senior and junior chairs for, not only the dance, but

for various committees as well, ranging from food and security to decorations and prizes.

There isn’t a single Rho who doesn’t assist in preparing for the Ganza, which may be my favorite part of the event, actually.

“It’s not an event put on by individuals. It’s put on by a community for the community, he added.

The crowd seemed to enjoy themselves, dancing to the music, getting their pictures taken in the photo booth and munching on the sweets.

As a result, the atmosphere created a fun, stress-free mood that ended the week on a great note for many students.

After it was announced that Lady Gaga would be performing for this year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show, fans began to speculate as to the specifics of the high-profile performance.

Some wondered whether or not she would turn the show into a political statement, as she is incredibly outspoken about politics.

Another rumor that spread was that she would find a way to perform on the roof of the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, a feat that excited her “little monsters” but terrified officials in charge of the stadium.

When the show began, Lady Gaga was indeed standing on the roof of the stadium. She was wearing a flashy silver one-piece and bedazzled eye makeup.

She began with a beautiful and solemn “God Bless America”, and segued into “This Land is Your Land”.

As she sang, what the audience thought were stars behind her began to swirl and flash red, white and blue in cadence with her. These were the 300+ drones specifically designed for performances like these, and which caused quite a stir as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had placed a ban on drones flying within 35 miles of the stadium.

However, Gaga had her way, and the starlike lights of the drones provided a stunning backdrop over the Houston skyline.

After her passionate odes to America, Gaga leapt straight into the stadium. This was the moment that fulfilled one of the rumors: Gaga had indeed jumped off of the roof during the halftime show. The crowd went wild as she descended into the stadium, lit up by lights and suspended between two wires.

While the leap was real, it had been filmed earlier in the week and then played on the screen beforehand to give the illusion that she had leapt mere seconds before she was illuminated in midair by the stadium lights. Still, it was an impressive performance.

As she neatly landed on the stage, she erupted into her hit “Poker Face.” The performance was enhanced wonderfully by scores of back-up dancers, lights, fireworks and fire spouts. Lady Gaga herself sang powerfully and emotionally, particularly during a still point in the show when she performed “Million Reasons,” a power ballad from her new album

Joanne. It was a beautifully tender moment as she walked into the crowd and connected with them, holding their hands and even hugging a fan.

Immediately after, she launched into “Bad Romance,” and with the change in energy came a seamless change in costume. With herself and her dancers all arrayed in white, the contrast between them and the red stage was intense and dynamic.

While it’s easy to get caught up in critiquing a performer, especially as they sing in front of an incredibly large live audience, Lady Gaga truly did an amazing job. Her vocals were on point, her choreography fierce and energetic and her passion contagious. It was an athletic performance that required the skills to both sing and dance – as well as do both at the same time – without missing a breath or beat.

After the show, many news articles began to pop up talking about the “apolitical”-ness of Lady Gaga’s performance.

She is known for being a strong supporter of LGBTQ+ rights and strongly outspoken with her political stances.

However, before the show even began, she commented during the NFL news conference that “we’re here to make you feel good”, and stressed that she will not be making a political statement with her show.

This was different from last year’s halftime show, when Beyoncé used her time on stage to display her personal political views, leaving watchers uncertain about whether it was a break for a football game or a public demonstration of Black Panther ideology.

While not necessarily political, the message Gaga did emphasize was one of inclusion.

For every song, she only performed the chorus, but with “Born This Way,” she included the bridge.

This song deals with pride in being who you were born to be and directly mentions various races, sexual orientations and lifestyles.

Whether or not this was a specific statement about the contemporary climate, it was a subliminal one and probably escaped the notice of most casual viewers who could enjoy the impressive and relatively apolitical performance.

All in all, this year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show was intense, exciting and full of talent.

This leaves fans begging one more question: who will be on stage next year?

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GCC goes Bowl-istic Super Bowl LI lived up to all the hype. As the first Superbowl to go into overtime, the battle between the Patriots and the Falcons started as a blowout, but turned into an instant classic. The big game was aired all around campus, as multiple groups threw watch parties where students could watch it on the big screen.

Alpha Sigma The men of Alpha Sigma offered free chips, drinks and pizza - $600 worth. In addition, the viewers enjoyed a movie theater experience, as the game was projected on the big screen in Crawford Auditorium. Even Dr. Schaefer, the housing group’s faculty advisor, was in attendance.

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The Buffaloes The Buffaloes’ party featured the most homey atmosphere of all the parties on campus. Each room on the hall was cleared to host a television and several chairs, allowing friends to gather together in a small setting and watch the Super Bowl.

The group also provided free food, incluing drink, chips, pretzels, pepperoni rolls and stir fry.

Fellowship of Christian Athletes Below: Held in the Morledge Great Room in Rathburn, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) offered a huge screen where students could watch the game, as well as free pizza, chips and cookies for them to enjoy during it.

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Feb. 10, 2017

Maddy Moser Staff Writer

With the chanting, greetings, trails of glitter and uncomfortable lack of space in chapel pews, you might have guessed that Greek Unity Week was upon us. Starting on Jan. 30th with an all-sorority event known as Table Pounding, Greek Unity Week (or really weeks) makes its presence known on campus.

About 28 percent of females and 24 percent of males on campus are involved in a Greek group. Though this is but a fraction of our enrollment, Greeks still leave a big impression.

As a sorority member myself, I can attest to the fact that Greek life has changed my perception of Grove City College. During my first semester I was frustrated with the lack of things to do on campus, so I started the rush process. Rushing made me realize that Greek groups have plenty of their own activities and events that add to their already busy campus social calendars.

From corn mazes in the fall to formals in the spring and plenty of retreats and events in between, I found that Greek life could keep me busy all on its

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Greek groups participate in many events. Every year, frats and sororities create their own Homecoming floats. own. However, joining a group spiked my interest in other parts of campus. Hearing that a sister was the president of a certain club or captain of a team made me want to try new things and get involved in as many aspects of student life as possible.

I have also found that being in a Greek group has put me in positions of leadership, helped me become a better communicator and taught me invaluable lessons about interpersonal relationships.

Having Greek life at Grove City has positively altered my college experience, but I realize that is not the case for everyone on campus.

At Grove City College, as well as on other campuses nationwide, there is rivalry or discontentment between Greek groups and inde-

pendents, mostly during the rush and pledge process.

First, I completely understand why those outside of Greek life would find it annoying or distracting. In all honesty, some members of Greek groups find certain aspects annoying, so you are not alone. But I do ask you to consider other groups that do similar things.

Take OB, for example. They wear the same shirt for two weeks, they loudly advertise all their events, and they stop in the middle of HAL courtyard to perform a choreographed dance number, but they are crucial to campus life.

Without OB, freshmen orientation would be even more awkward and uncomfortable and I bet you wouldn’t have

ever met the shy girl on 2nd floor North if it wasn’t for her signing your shirt Graffiti Dance.

Greek life adds to campus in many of the same ways. Greek groups host one third of all on campus events.

Some of the most popular include Sig Madness, Sigma Theta Chi’s Big Man on Campus, the Tri-Zeta Date Auction and the former Okie-Pi Christmas Party. These are not only social events, but also raise money for organizations like the American Cancer Society and the Grove City food pantry.

For all the good that Greek life brings to our community and campus, we might just ask for a few days of chanting in return.

Second, the exclusivity of Greek groups is

often deemed “unchristian.” Need I remind you that Jesus only had 12 disciples?

Before you freak out about that statement, note the importance of having a core group of friends. The intimate relationships that Jesus was able to build with the disciples spread Christianity throughout the world.

Having intimate relationships in Greek life can then translate into better interpersonal communication when Greek members are active in other parts of campus.

Many other organizations have applications, interviews, or lengthy processes of acceptance. A pithy way to say it is that if everyone is Greek than no one is Greek.

This means that if there was not a Stu-

dent Life and Learning mandated maximum membership on Greek groups, then everyone could be Greek, potentially damaging the importance and intimacy of relationships within the group.

Third, the small membership can often make members of Greek life look elitist, but I assure that is not the case.

I think all of campus should look at organization membership not as where you were “good enough,” but where God wants you at this point in your life.

In my case, God wanted me to be part of a sorority to grow closer with the girls I call my sisters and grow closer to Him through them.

However, God did not want me to be part of many campus organizations that have told me I wasn’t a good fit.

At the time it was difficult to feel rejected, but long term I have realized that it just wasn’t part of God’s plan and that he had something better in mind for me.

Greek life certainly isn’t for everyone, but it is for this campus.

It adds a new dimension of activities, alumni relations, and personality to our college.

Thankfully, Greek Unity Week is almost over and the Greek community promises to never be this loud again…until next year.

But don’t you want independence?

Alison Kjergaard Staff Writer

I’d like to preface all my words with stating the fact that no, I never attempted to rush in my years at Grove City College. I get that this might make me appear to be a less than reliable source, someone standing on their own personal bias alone.

Fair enough.

I t should also be stated that I have friends who are in Greek life, not just acquaintances but the kind of friends I text and email throughout the day and go to for advice. I try not to get into the nitty gritty of sorority and Greek life with them because I don’t think I’ll ever fully understand the appeal and I don’t think they’ll ever get me to understand the appeal.

If you have been hiding under your bed for the past two weeks you probably aren’t aware that it’s been pledge week for the past two weeks.

It’s kind of difficult to ignore, it takes over Instagram, Facebook, and freshman pledges all wear nametags and rapidly try to remember the names of the

actives as they skitter to and from class. There is some sort of chanting and screaming and A LOT of saving seats in chapel and in the cafeteria.

Most of the aforementioned doesn’t bother me. I put up with the election dominating my Facebook for months, I can tolerate pictures of sisterhood for a few days. Watching freshman girls stutter their way through a greeting to an active doesn’t affect me.

The saving seats does become a nuisance when I showed up early to the cafeteria and I look to see the pledges have reserved tables so the actives can come in thirty minutes later.

But none of this by itself is enough to protest sororities. Plenty of groups on campus will reserve tables and will make themselves very much known on campus for periods of time.

I was on orientation board, I get this and that it can be mildly annoying.

I try hard not to look at a girl any differently when she mentions she is in a sorority, it’s hard and I’m not perfect but I really try not to make a snap judgement after all, my problem is with the institution of sororities and not the individuals in them. Women

already have some negative tendencies toward gossiping, being judgmental, wanting to exclude because it gives a feeling of superiority. I know this because I was once a middle school girl and I know that the cliques and exclusiveness of middle school is where “mean girls” are created.

Sororities often feel like a continuation of those cliques. Girls wanting to be in the “in group” will subject themselves to exhaustion and servitude for two weeks to be a part of this group. Sure, they are choosing it but I remember girls in my class in 6th grade rapidly making friendship bracelets for the “cool girls,” saving seats for this clique, they did it all eagerly and excited, with hopeful eyes that this group would let them in.

I remember feeling put off by it, these cool girls were never going to let them in. They were obviously trying too hard, and even if they were let in what kind of friendship would that be? Could you be really good friends with the girls you let manipulate you into giving them your Capri Sun? Okay, I get it. We aren’t in middle school, we are making our own decisions now. If you

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Rushing a group makes sense for some, but others might value their independence. want to sacrifice two weeks to be a part of a sorority you can but just because those little girls willingly subjected themselves to saving seats for the “cool girls” didn’t make what the “cool girls” were doing right. Just because freshman girls will put up with an unfair treatment for two weeks doesn’t mean you need to treat them unfairly.

The rejecting of girls is another thing that befuddles me with sororities. To reject girls because they might not fit with the group feels like a cop out, that’s not very strong reasoning. You’ll never know if they could fit, they never got the chance to try.

All of us will experience rejection be it through a relationship, job application, etc.

It’s something every human will feel. Does anyone in this world really need another opportunity to be rejected, especially by a group of people you want to be friends with? Getting rejected for a job I understand but being rejected because I don’t fit in with the group

feels uncharitable.

Christ really was not about hanging out with the cool people of his time, he didn’t check to make sure they fit in with him. Christ hung out with the left out and the isolated. I’m not perfect here, I could do a lot more to look out for the left out but do we really need another organization to make people aware that they don’t fit in, another way to draw lines between each other? Is it worth having a group of girls who are super close to one another when a few girls stand on the outside wondering what was wrong with them that they couldn’t get in?

Sororities have been good for some girls, they’ve found community, but what about those who didn’t get a bid? The day Third Formal Invitations went out my freshman year I was coming inside and I walked through North.

I remember there were some loud squeals and yelling, but in another room was a girl slumped over on the floor, sobbing. She

hadn’t gotten an invitation. I should have gone in and hugged her or asked if she was okay, but I didn’t. Instead I walked back to my room and it hit me that those screams of joy had come at a cost. I’m an extreme empathizer and that image hit me hard.

It felt like I hadn’t left middle school and cliques were still trying to pick out who would “fit in” and who wouldn’t.

If you’re reading this and you were a girl who didn’t get a bid, I’m sorry. You are so much more than a bid, a set of Greek letters, or a group. Independence is pretty amazing, at least I’ve thoroughly enjoyed being an “independent” for my past years.

If you’re in Greek Life and this has found offense with you, I’m truly sorry. I’m not a mean person who is out to destroy your community, I just can’t justify it in my mind. And for what it’s worth I think you too are a lot more than a bid, a set of letters or a group.

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Feb. 10, 2017

Scalia’s heir is a worthy pick

James Sutherland Contributing Writer

On the morning of Feb. 13, 2016, Antonin Scalia passed away.

Scalia was one of the most divisive, influential and brilliant Supreme Court justices in history.

H i s nearly 30-year tenure on the Court helped b r i n g originalism, the judicial philosophy that argues for interpreting the Constitution according to the original intent of the authors, into the mainstream of both conservatism and the wider world.

Scalia’s writing was legendary, lucid, at times funny and often times biting and acerbic.

Elena Kagan, who served with Scalia on the court, said that he was “one of the most important Supreme Court justices ever, and also one of the greatest.”

Another fellow judge called Scalia a “lion of the law.”

That judge, Neil Gorsuch, has been nominated by President Trump to succeed Scalia on the court. Gorsuch has the pedigree of a Supreme Court justice.

Gorsuch attended Columbia University, where he wrote for several school newspapers and founded his own, “The Fed.” After graduating, Gorsuch enrolled at Harvard Law School, where he graduated

near the top of his class.

Gorsuch then clerked for two Supreme Court justices, Byron White and Anthony Kennedy (who still sits on the Court). Following his clerkship Gorsuch began private practice at the elite D.C. law firm Kellogg, Huber and Hansen.

Gorsuch was not satisfied with his education, though. After nearly a decade of private practice, Gorsuch enrolled at Oxford University, where he studied under the famous legal philosopher John Finnis.

Gorsuch earned his Ph.D from Oxford in 2004, and in 2005 began working at the Justice Department.

In 2006, George W. Bush nominated Gorsuch for a seat as a judge on the 10th Circuit Court, in Colorado.

Gorsuch was quickly confirmed. He was 39 years old.

Beyond his impressive resume, however, lies a strong judicial philosophy and understanding of the Court’s role in government.

Gorsuch is an originalist, in the line of justices Scalia and Clarence Thomas.

Gorsuch, in a speech paying tribute to Scalia last summer, said that judges should “strive… to apply the law as it is, focusing backwards, not forwards, and looking to text, structure and history” to determine the original intent of the law’s creators.

Gorsuch also believes that justices should decide cases on the basis of what the law says, not on what their politi-

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Gorsuch is different from Scalia, to whom he is being widely compared, in a few ways.

Most notably, Gorsuch is much less deferential to the executive branch than Scalia was.

Scalia held by what is called “Chevron deference,” referencing a 1984 Court case involving the Chevron Oil company. Chevron deference says that courts should defer to executive agencies and departments in the interpretation of ambiguous statutes and regulations.

Gorsuch, however, disagrees with Chevron deference.

He argues that it is always the role of the courts to interpret the law, while the legislative branch writes and the executive branch enforces it.

Many commentators have suggested

that Gorsuch’s position on Chevron deference could lead to clashes with President Trump.

Trump has already shown his intention to do policy-making through (the completely constitutional) use of executive orders.

Indeed, he issued an amazing 17 orders in his first week. This pattern, as well as the pattern of Trump’s rhetoric on the campaign trail, indicates that he may not be a traditional, smallgovernment conservative. Gorsuch’s position on Chevron deference, many argue, means that he will seek to check Trump’s potential centralization of government to the executive branch.

Dr. Caleb Verbois disagrees, however, stating that “Gorsuch’s understanding of Chevron probably fits well with what Trump wants to do, given Trump’s interest in reducing regulations.”

How Gorsuch will rule regarding Chevron deference, or many other issues, is unclear at this point. Justices are humans, not robots,

and their decisions are grounded in principle, but often depend on the case.

Gorsuch’s potential effect on the Court and government at large is speculation right know.

What is not speculation is that Gorsuch is eminently qualified to replace Scalia on the Court.

He has an impeccable resume and fits the ideological mold of a strong, constitutionalist justice. Even better, Gorsuch shares Scalia’s love of writing, and matches Scalia for volume of writing.

He will be the heir to Scalia’s dual titles of best writer and lead apologist of originalism on the Court, using the first position as a platform to spread originalism.

These factors, combined with Gorsuch’s young age (he is just 49 years old), mean that he could lead a conservative reformation of the American legal system.

Neil Gorsuch will make a fine justice and an exceptional replacement for Antonin Scalia.

Space travel: from here to the future Steven Gosselin Staff Writer

Feb. 1 marked the 14th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

F o r those unfamiliar w i t h t h e event, during liftoff, the edge of the shuttle’s wing was struck by a loose piece of the ship.

After video review, NASA told the crew there was no danger and the mission proceeded normally.

However, the stray piece had struck the wing with enough force to create a hole in a panel that was needed to protect it from overheating in reentry.

When the shuttle began its decent, hot gasses deteriorated the wing and ultimately lead to loss of control, as well as the crew’s lives.

The main cause of this disaster was caused by the space shuttle having a greatly different design from all other manned spacecraft.

Instead of following traditional design, where the capsule itself is stacked on the very top

of the rocket, the space shuttle was mounted to the side of the external fuel tank. This exposed the shuttle’s heatshield to the elements and the possibility of damage.

NASA even studied the chance of damage to the heatshield from falling foam, as some shuttle launches even included the heatshield being impacted by foam pieces, but the damage was not severe enough for NASA to consider it a risk for loss of crew.

Unfortunately, since the heatshield must function perfectly for a spacecraft to survive reentry (where the temperatures often exceed 2500°F), the relatively small hole made in Columbia’s heatshield (estimated at six inches in diameter) was enough to prove fatal to the shuttle and crew.

Immediately after the disaster, NASA halted all shuttle flights for two years, which led to a freeze in crew rotations and assembly of the International Space Station by the space shuttles. After shuttle flights resumed, the shuttles all carried cameras to document the heatshields and make sure there was no damage to them.

In addition, all but

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14 years, ago, the the Columbia shuttle crashed one flight until the end of the shuttle program flew to the ISS as a safety feature to give the crew a refuge, in the case that the shuttle’s heatshield was too damaged to allow for a safe reentry.

While this change allowed the shuttles to focus on finishing the assembly of the space station, it also meant that the shuttle would no longer serve as an orbital test bed for new technologies before they would be flown to the space station, which was the purpose of the final flight of Columbia.

As such, this put the final nail in the coffin of the shuttle program’s goal of frequent, cheap, and assessable spaceflight.

In my opinion, the shuttle program is a great example of how a governmental agency should not approach a project designed to be fast, cheap, and reliable. When it was originally designed,

the space shuttle was supposed to be a onesize-fit-all platform for launching commercial and military satellites, offering superior service to currently available rockets.

Today, the spaceflight industry stands on the verge of a new renaissance of activity as several companies plan to launch large fleets of communications, observation and remote sensing satellites. This time, government agencies are playing hands-off.

Instead of dictating specific designs to service providers, NASA and others are merely listing requirements that vehicles must meet in order to compete for government contracts.

As such, vehicle manufactures must compete for the best overall design, with low cost, reliability and payload capacity as the most important goals.

Moving towards the future, NASA has taken

several lessons from the space shuttle program to heart to ensure future astronaut safety.

For instance, as NASA works with Boeing and SpaceX to restore the United States’ ability to launch astronauts once again from U.S. soil (as NASA has relied on the Russian Soyuz rocket for transportation to the International Space Station since the retirement of the shuttle fleet), and it has a list of stringent safety milestones that each company must achieve before its rocket and spacecraft can fly with astronauts.

For instance, each company must demonstrate their spacesuits, crew capsule and capsule avionics. Each crew capsule must undergo a “pad abort test,” where the capsule tests its escape motors that would allow it to escape from the rocket if a problem happened before or during launch.

Finally, each space capsule must be launched twice to space (with one flight traveling to the ISS) without any crew on board to prove the reliability of the system.

And both capsules keep their heatshields covered.

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Swimming, diving teams prepares for PACs Brad Warmhold Sports Editor

The President’s Athletic Conference (PAC) championships will once again be held at Grove City College’s James E. Longnecker Competition Pool, the longtime home of the league’s swimming and diving championships since 1990.

Last year, the Wolverine men finished in third behind Washington and Jefferson College and repeat champion Westminster College. On the women’s side, the Wolverines earned their 14th overall and eighth straight PAC championship and will look to make 15 championships this year.

Both the men and women will be relying on their veterans and newcomers for the upcoming championships.

For the men, freshman Ben Slate will make his

first PAC championship appearance with top times in the 100 breaststroke (57.53) and 200 breaststroke (2:07.17) and the third-fastest time in the 400 IM (4:19.01).

Senior Jeremy Kim owns the event’s top time in the 200 butterfly (1:55.22), thirdbest time in the 500 freestyle (4:47.17) and also has the fifth-fastest time in the 100 butterfly (52.74). He claimed his third-straight PAC title in the 200 butterfly last season while finishing third in the 500 freestyle and 100 butterfly.

Sophomore Dane Hoselton holds the event’s top time in the 100 backstroke (57.82), third-best time in the 200 backstroke (1:56.32) and fourthfastest time in the 200 IM (1:59.57). He posted a third-place finish in the 200 IM, a fifthplace finish in the 100

backstroke and swam on the Wolverines’ winning 400 medley relay in 2016.

For the women, freshmen Britt Byer and Anne Shirley Dassow will make their PAC Championships debuts, holding four of the league’s top times. Byer currently holds fastest times in the 100 backstroke (59.31) and 200 backstroke (2:10.04), second-best time in the 200 freestyle (1:57.17) and fourth-fastest time in the 50 freestyle (24.72). Dassow, on the other hand, holds the top times in the 100 butterfly (57.34) and 200 butterfly (Bcut, 2:05.18), secondfastest time in the 100 backstroke (1:00.59) and third-fastest time in the 200 backstroke (2:13.56).

Sophomore Megan Crutcher holds the PAC’s fastest time in the 100 breaststroke (1:06.80), second-fast-

Where is the Steel City heading in 2017?

Travis Auth

Contributing Writer Good news for all Yinzers out there: Pittsburgh sports are trending in the right direction for 2017.

At the conclusion of 2016, two of the three major sports teams— the Steelers and Penguins—enjoyed wildly successful seasons that ended in successful playoff runs and even a championship. The Pirates, meanwhile, underwent a bridge year in which a number of young prospects came up to showcase their skillsets.

Thankfully, all three teams avoided blowing the now infamous 3-1 lead in a playoff game.

The Steelers enjoyed a successful season buoyed by great years from the Killer B’s: quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, running back LeVeon Bell, wide receiver Antonio Brown and kicker Chris Boswell. Roethlisberger passed for 3,819 yards and 29 touchdowns while leading the Steelers to an 11-5 record and nabbed yet another AFC North crown on the strength of a sevengame win streak.

Opponents wilted at the pressure applied by the ageless strongman, James Harrison and his fellow stingy defenders.

Despite the ransacking they unfurled offensively in the regular season and in their first round game against the overmatched Miami Dolphins, the Steelers had to depend on an unexpected hero in their Divisional Round game against the Kansas City Chiefs: kicker Chris “The Goat” Boswell.

Boswell hit six field goals to send the Steelers into and AFC Championship game against the New England Patriots, where they promptly got punched in the

est t i m e in the 200 IM (2:13.39) and thirdbest time in the 200 breaststroke (2:29.00). She was the PAC champion in the 100 breaststroke last season and finished second and fifth, respectively, in the 200 IM and 200 breaststroke.

Senior Molly Gallant claims the PAC’s top time in the 50 freestyle (24.06), seventh-fastest time in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.86) and eighth-best time in the 100 freestyle (55.06).

After a third-place effort in 2014 and runner-up finish in 2015, she won the conference title in the 50 freestyle last season.

Freshman Kaylyn

Froeb e l owns the league’s top time in the 200 breaststroke (2:27.60) and third-fastest times in the 200 butterfly (2:11.14) and 400 IM (4:46.35).

Freshman Danielle Ledyard has the league’s third-best times in the 100 breaststroke (1:07.60) and 100 butterfly (59.23) and fourth-best time in

t h e 200 IM (2:16.15).

Currently, preliminaries are still underway, but event finals are scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Admission to each morning’s preliminary rounds is $6, while admission to each evening’s finals is $8.

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Brady, Belichick complete their legacy

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Pittsburgh sports teams have been celebrating victories and holding trophies. It seems that this trend will continue in the future. mouth and sent packing.

To add insult to injury, the Steelers will receive the 30th pick in the 2017 draft.

The Pirates, on the flip-side, underwent an underwhelming season, finishing the year with a record of 78-83, good for third in the National League Central division behind the World Champion Chicago Cubs and the consistently strong St. Louis Cardinals. Despite these results, the Pirates look primed to retool quickly with a number of young prospects.

Josh Bell enjoyed a successful major league debut, but fell short of his rookie eligibility by three at-bats. Look for him to contend for a Rookie of the Year right out of the gate this year.

Tyler Glasnow came up and showcased his electric talent, but his lack of control contributed to his average of five batters walked per nine innings and lack of ability to maintain the run game. If he can improve in those areas, he’ll settle in nicely as the number two starter behind ace Gerrit Cole.

The 2016 Stanley Cup Champs, the Pittsburgh

Penguins, however, set the standard for Pittsburgh sports going into 2017. They finished the 2016 season with a 48-26 record and accumulated 104 points in the standings, good for second place behind the league-leading Washington Capitals.

Sidney Crosby led the charge through the playoffs, scoring six goals and recording 19 points to lift the Pens to their first Cup since 2009. The championship series went to six games, where the Pens bested the Sharks by a score of 3-1 to bring home the Cup. The Pens currently sit in a tie for second place with the Columbus Blue Jackets, who have come up as a surprise this year, and just one spot below the Capitals.

Crosby is second in the league in goals scored with 45 and Pittsburgh looks poised to make another deep run to keep their crown.

This year has been a great year to be a Pittsburgh fan and it looks like the future is bright.

Pittsburgh will continue to thrive and the stadiums will be full as thousands of Yinzers pack in to cheer on their glorious teams.

On the biggest stage in sports, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots took home the Vince Lombardi trophy for the fifth time in a game of historic upset and unprecedented success.

On Feb. 5, the AFC Champion New England Patriots travelled to NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas to face off the NFC Division Champion Atlanta Falcons for the biggest milestone in sports.

In terms of experience, the Patriots stacked up quite favorably with nine Superbowl appearances compared to the Atlanta Falcons, who made their second appearance last week.

The game began with a coin toss from former President of the United States, George H. W. Bush, which fell in favor of the Falcons. From then until the end of the first half, it was all Matt Ryan and the Falcons offense.

They couldn’t seem to drop a ball or miss a beat, and by the time Lady Gaga took the stage, the birds from Georgia were up 21-3 and New England fans were wondering just who showed up to play in those buses.

Needless to say, Tom Brady was not done yet.

After the half, the Falcons scored one more touchdown to make 28, but that was where they stopped.

The Patriots answered with new energy, and turned the momentum quickly in their favor with a touchdown. Although Stephen Gostkowski missed the extra point, it was all New England from there.

All in all, the Patriots scored 25 unanswered points, including two touchdowns from James White, one from Danny Amendola and one unbelievable catch in between the legs of three Falcon defenders from Julian Edelman.

This took the teams to overtime, where James White scored on a 2-yard run to win the game and crown the Patriots as Super Bowl LI Champions.

The results of the game not only make Super Bowl LI the largest comeback in history, but also the only Super Bowl to go into overtime.

The confetti had barely touched the ground when people began talking about the Belichick/Brady era.

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The Patriots took all of the marbles in the championship game on February 5, 2017, as they should have.

An article from the Guardian proclaimed, that from this game, Brady “might have sealed up his reputation as the best player in NFL history.”

Brady 43 of 62 passes for 466 yards and two touchdowns, and silenced all doubters with no deflated balls to be found. As the trophy was presented, there were tears of shock and complete euphoria as the realization hit that the trophy was headed back to Foxboro.

“We all brought each other back,” Brady said after winning, among his family, teammates and the Krafts.

This game marked Tom Brady and Bill Belichick as the most successful coach/quarterback pair in history.

Brady now ties Charles Haley for the most Super Bowl rings (five) and the most out of any quarterback.

This victory distinguished Brady in a way that makes the four-time Super Bowl MVP simply that: the most valuable player, ever, passing Joe Montana, his childhood idol.

Though the title of league MVP was won by Matt Ryan just several nights ago at the NFL Honors, it was Brady who took the field by storm. As Rob Gronkowski said at the end of the game, “Brady’s the greatest of all time, no doubt”.

A legacy? Absolutely.

The Collegian

Page 12

Feb. 10, 2017

Men’s basketball keeps momentum

Joe Setyon

Managing Editor The Grove City College men’s basketball team (10-12, 6-9 PAC) has improved its play as of late, finding a way to keep games close and perform in the clutch.

Despite a loss to Saint Vincent on Saturday, the Wolverines have done an admirable job rebounding from a difficult start to their President’s Athletic Conference schedule.

Four days after coming back from a nine-point halftime deficit to defeat Washington and Jefferson, Grove City returned home on Feb. 1 to take on Chatham. The team was down for much of the game, and with three minutes to go in the game, trailed by five points.

Grove City roared back, though, tying the game before sophomore guard Isaac Williams gave his squad the lead for good with a go-ahead three-pointer, and the Wolverines held on in the last seconds of the contest to prevail, 62-59.

Juniors Andrew Beckman (forward) and Cory Huff (center) led the way in this game, each scoring 18 points and grabbing eight rebounds, with Beckman adding seven assists to pace the team.

Meanwhile, sophomore guard Brandon Grider, who had missed the previous nine games due to injury, scored 11 points in his return to action.

The Wolverines’ momentum was halted somewhat on Saturday, Feb. 4, when they visited Saint Vincent. The Bearcats, who are currently have the best overall and in-conference record in the PAC, were too much for Grove City, who fell by a score of 50-62.

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Junior Lexie Arkwright has been a top player in the conference this season, leading the PAC in scoring with 451 points.

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Junior Andrew Beckman is among the team leaders in scoring.

Saint Vincent began to pull away in the first half and trailed at the break 21-33. The Wolverines never made a serious run in the second half and fell 50-62.

Beckman and Huff once again scored the most points on their team. Huff nearly had a doubledouble, scoring 14 points and grabbing nine rebounds. Meanwhile, Beckman scored 11 points, grabbed five boards and accumulated four steals.

Prior to that game, the NCAA presented former Grove City College athletic director and 2017 Hall of Fame inductee Don Lyle with the Bob Frederick Sportsmanship Award, a yearly honor given to a coach, administrator or staff member with “a demonstrated history of sportsmanship.”

Grove City returned home on Feb. 8 to battle bitter rival Geneva, picking up a 69-60 win.

Grove City trailed by one at the half, but rallied in the second half to pick up the win.

Beckman led the way with 17 points and 13 rebounds, while

Huff and Grider each had 16 points.

So far this year, Huff and Beckman have been Grove City’s most consistent players. Huff is leading the team in scoring, with nearly 15 ppg, and he is averaging about seven rpg. Beckman is right behind him with an average of 14 ppg and over seven rpg.

He has dished out the most assists (75) and blocked more opponents’ field goal attempts (48) than any of his teammates.

As the season draws to a close, Grove City is nearing the yearend PAC Tournament.

Each of the 10 teams in the conference will make it to the tournament, but the lower their seeding, the better the team that Grove City must face.

Currently, Grove City is the sixth-best team, meaning they are on track to play the number five seed (Bethany).

Looking forward, Grove City had three games left to improve its seeding. It starts tomorrow, Feb. 11, at home against Westminster.

Track and field starts 2017 strong Joe Setyon Managing Editor The Grove City College men’s and women’s track and field squads participated in the first indoor meet of the season last Friday at the Oberlin College Dan Kinsey Invitational.

Both teams performed well, providing hope that the remainder of the indoor season and the entirety of the outdoor season will see them have success.

On the men’s side, Grove City athletes earned six hard-fought wins, including four on the track and two in the field. Senior Ryan Buchalter was the star of the meet for the Wolverines. He was victorious in both the 200 and 400-meter races. He completed the former contest in 24.38 seconds, and the latter one in 51.4 seconds.

With a winning time of nine minutes and one and 43 hundredths of a second, senior Daniel Christiansen won the 3000-meter race.

Rounding out the Wolverine men’s wins on the track, junior Drew Thibault prevailed in the one-mile race with an impressive time of four minutes and 44 and 62 hun-

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Senior Melanie Packard finished in fourth place in the pole vault competition, clearing nine feet, eight inches at the Oberlin College Dan Kinsey Invitational dredths of a second.

In the field, Grove City also performed very well.

Junior Connor Lowe won the shot-put competition, as he was able to hurl the ball 44 feet and five and a quarter inches.

Finally, senior Mike Cole was victorious in the triple jump with an outstanding jump of 44-6.

The women also had a solid start to 2017, collecting one thirdplace finish and three fourth-place results.

Freshman Rohanna Foote had arguably the most success on her team at the meet. With a final time of 8.28 seconds, she came in third place in the 60-meter dash.

Foote is certainly a runner with a bright

future at Grove City College. She has only run in two races for the track and field squad, but she has made a major impact in each one.

Aside from her thirdplace finish on Saturday, she also starred in the Youngstown State Icebreaker. In her first collegiate meet, she set franchise records in both 60 meter and 200 meter races with times of 8.29 and 27.52 seconds, respectively.

Each of those times were the best among Division III athletes at the Icebreaker.

Grove City will certainly continue to rely on Foote going both this season and in the years to come.

At Oberlin, freshmen Heidi Hoffman and Madison McKivergan finished fourth in

3000-meter race and one-mile run, respectively. Meanwhile, senior Melanie Packard nine feet, eight inches clearance in the pole vault competition helped to a fourth-place finish.

Both the men’s and women’s teams will next compete today at Baldwin Wallace University. From there, the squads have just one more meet (at Kent State University) before the President’s Athletic Conference (PAC) Indoor Championships on Feb. 23, followed by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Indoor Championships on March 3-4.

The Wolverines do not have a home meet until the end of the outdoor season on May 5.

Arkwright is downright dominant Andy Fritz Staff Writer This season, junior guard Lexie Arkwright has emerged as one of the premier women’s basketball players in the President’s Athletic Conference (PAC).

Arkwright currently leads the PAC in scoring with 451 points, averaging over 20 points per game. As a sharpshooting guard, Arkwright is also top five in the PAC in three-point percentage, shooting percentage and free-throw percentage.

Most recently against Geneva, Arkwright scored 24 points with five rebounds and five steals in the 80-49 win.

Arkwright has had hot hand ever since the season started, scoring 20 or more points in 13 games thus far. In fact, some of Arkwright’s best games have come against the toughest opponents. She is averaging 19.5 ppg against the five best teams in the PAC. For example, on Jan. 14, Grove City took on Bethany.

Arkwright was dominant in that game, scoring a teamhigh 26 points on eight of 12 shooting from the field, including three of six from beyond the arc.

Arkwright also knocked down all even of her free

throws in that game, and also accumulated three rebounds, three assists and six steals in Grove City’s 85-58 blowout victory.

Arkwright has been an integral part of the team on both ends of the court, in addition to being a nightmare for opposing defenses. She has stymied opponents with a league leading 93 steals. Arkwright also has added 24 blocked shots (strong enough to earn a spot at eighth in the PAC).

Even with another year to play, Arkwright’s 241 career steals places her at third all-time in Grove City history for career takeaways. She only needs 26 steals to pass the current record holder, Kathryn Erbelding ’16, with 267 steals.

Rounding out the season, the Wolverines play Westminster, Thiel and Bethany. as they make a strong effort to challenge the rest of the field in this year’s PAC Tournament. It certainly seems that in the final push to PAC glory, that Arkwright will continue to be a huge part of the game plan moving forward.

Arkwright and the Wolverines are back in action tomorrow at 1 p.m. in the Grove City College Arena against Westminster.

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Men’s Basketball Sat, Feb 11 3:00 p.m. Westminster (Home) Wed, Feb 15 7:30 p.m. Thiel (Home) Women’s Basketball Sat. Feb 11 1:00 p.m. Westminster (Home) Wed, Feb 15 5:30 p.m. Thiel (Home) Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Baldwin Wallace (Away) Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Thurs - Sat, Feb 9-11 10:00 a.m./6:00 p.m.

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