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The Grove City College Student Newspaper

Grateful Grovers David Kirk Staff Writer

Students gathered in the Student Union on Tuesday to write over 1,000 thank you notes to Grove City College donors.

The Crimson and White Society and the Office of Alumni Relations held their fifth annual One Day of Thanks event on campus.

“One Day of Thanks is an occasion for our students to recognize the opportunities that are made possible by the generous supporters of the College,” said senior Ben Ivan, a member of the Crimson and White Society.

The event was held in the Breen Student Union and gave students a chance to fill out a thank you note that will be sent to one of the college’s many, generous donors. Last year, the Alumni Office mailed out over 1,400

cards out to donors.

Margaret Perkins Noel, Director of Alumni Communications in Carnegie, said that this year they are focusing on quality, not quantity.

“We are really looking for thoughtful, heartfelt cards from the students,” Noel said., She has lead the event for two years.

The event has provided iconic, bow-shaped cookies every year for the event, but this year they also offered a contest for students. After completing a thank you note, students were able to guess h o w m a n y coffee beans were in a jar on the table.

The beans represent all of the donors to Grove City College,” said Noel, “we hope

that the contest will provide fun to the students while also showing them just how many donors benefit the school. Grove City College donors were recently in the spotlight when they donated over $1.25 million during the Development Office’s Wolverine Challenge week back in January. The funds will be put toward scholarships and other campus projects.

Senior mechanical engineer T.J. Zinn said that he really enjoys One Day of Thanks ev-

can receive a small token of gratitude from the students,” said Zinn, who has taken part in the event all four years he has been at the College.

In addition to the card writing, the Crimson and White Society adorned items around campus that were made possible through gifts from alumni and friends of the College.

Students were invited to take pictures of themselves with the bows and share what they were grateful for on social media.

ery year.

“It’s great to know that those who have helped the college

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Smiths’ new book gives insight into poverty Molly Wicker News Editor

Grove City College Department of History Chair Dr. Gary Scott Smith ’72 and his wife Jane Marie Smith ’89 have written “Suffer the Children: How We Can Help Improve the Lives of the World’s Impoverished Children,” a book that examines the critical situation that the world’s poor children face and offers possible solutions to the problem.

The book is inspired by the Smiths’ personal experience as foster parents, short-term missionaries and board members of local aid agencies. Additionally, Dr. Smith has served as a part-time pastor in an impoverished community, and his wife has worked as a lifelong advocate for those affected by human trafficking.

“Our work has taught us much about the

problems, frustrations and hopes of poor parents and SMITH children who life stories are often heartbreaking. All these experiences convinced us that we should and can do more to help the world’s impoverished children,” Dr. Smith explained.

The book is also deeply influenced by the Smiths’ faith.

“More than 1,000 biblical verses accentuate God’s passionate concern for justice and exhort us to provide just political, economic, and social arrangements and practices,” he said.

“The Bible commands us to aid the indigent.”

In the United States and abroad, more than 20 million children live in poverty. They lack food, clean water, decent housing, healthBOOK 2

Ed dep’t. receives grant Molly Wicker News Editor

Dr. Gary Smith ‘72 and his wife Jane Smith ‘89 have reflected on their experience as foster parents and as missionaries and written a book to express their views on the world’s role in helping underprivileged children.

Grove City’s Education Department received a $100,000 grant from The Edith L. Trees Charitable trust in order to support efforts to serve children and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the Grove City area.

“Schools have made great strides with inclusion of diverse learners,” Dr. Constance Nichols ’93, chair of the Education Department, said.

“With this generous grant we want to create greater opportunities to fully engage those with intellectual and developmental disabilities in community life.”

The College will use the majority of the grant to create opportunities that facilitate inclusion beyond the classroom, community engagement activities and programming for the disabled, their fami-

lies, teachers and community at large. The remaining balance will be set aside for scholarships for students pursuing careers in special education.

The grant’s three year life-span, funds will be awarded to students and campus groups in a competitive process that will require them to present their programming ideas to a panel of advisors who will evaluate the requests. Winning teams will implement their ideas with support from faculty advisors and community organizations that partner with the College.

Nichols is quick to point out the College’s rich history in supporting students with disabilities and their families through the work of student teachers and campus groups. She sees the grant as a way for the College to “use our gifts to serve othEDUCATION 2

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Milo’s pedophilia comments cost him job, CPAC slot and book deal Josh Delk Staff Writer This week, 44 Grovers are down in DC, attending the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) where they are learning from and connecting with the biggest names in contemporary American conservatism, but this year, all of the headlines are about who isn’t there.

Breitbart’s former tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos lost his spot as the keynote speaker at (CPAC) after tapes surfaced of the right-wing provocateur advocating for sexual relationships between “younger boys and older men.”

The video first surfaced on twitter via The Reagan Battalion account, after which American Conservative Union (ACU) Chairman Matt Schlapp an-

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Breitbart former tech editor Milo Yiannopoulus’ invitation to the Conservative Political Action Conference was revoked when news of his pedophilic tendenices . nounced that CPAC had disinvited the controversial speaker within 24 hours of the video’s appearance, as predicted by Grove City College Political Science professor Paul Kengor.

Kengor directs the college’s Center for Vision and Values, which hosts a trip to the convention every year for students to gain experience networking, and

he made known his displeasure with the choice of Yiannopoulos as keynote speaker.

“If this is your idea of the new conservative movement, count me out,” he said. “Milo is a Bannon-Breitbart creation/superstar. For traditional-values conservatives who boarded the Trump train to defeat Hillary, well, it’s time to pay the piper.”

“I realize it might seem uproariously fun to watch an outrageous, crude, militant homosexual tell leftists to go blank themselves, but is this really the poster-boy you want as the new model for young conservatives?”

Some students registered to go on the trip also expressed concerns.

“Milo isn’t the kind of guy I was hoping to hear from when I signed up for going to CPAC,” said Arthur LaMotta, a junior attending the Vision and Vales networking trip.

Schlapp originally invited Yiannopoulos in an effort to appeal to a younger generation of conservatives. The Breitbart star was going to speak on the suppression of free speech in the country’s universities. As Schlapp noted, “we initially extended

the invitation knowing that the free speech issue on college campuses is a battlefield where we need brave, conservative standard-bearers.” However, Schlapp invited Yiannopoulos unilaterally, without consultation of the ACU board.

The board, which includes foundational thinkers of the conservative movement such as Morton Blackwell and Grover Norquist, voted unanimously to revoke Yiannopoulos’ slot at the convention.

A bad 24 hours turned worse for Yiannopoulos after publisher Simon & Schuster cancelled the contract for his upcoming book “Dangerous,” after which he resigned his post under pressure as senior editor at Breitbart News.

In a Tuesday news conference in Manhattan, an uncharacteris-

tically apologetic Milo addressed the controversy. “I’ve never been so sorry in my life.”

Yiannopoulos went on to say that while he believed that someone had tampered with the video to mince his words, he regretted that his comments seemed to advocate such a perverse activity. A victim of child abuse himself, Yiannopoulos posted to Facebook that he is “horrified by pedophilia.”

Breitbart editor-inchief Alex Marlow said in his radio program Tuesday morning that his comments were “indefensible” and “appalling.” While Yiannopoulos has since left his position, he has hinted at starting a new media venture and will eventually publish his book.

“I’ve gone through worse,” he posted. “This will not defeat me.”

Franklin’s book becomes the focus of Responsibility Project Mahlon Kester Contributing Writer A well-known Swedish research group will be sponsoring Assistant Professor of Philosophy Dr. Christopher Franklin at a seminar later this month with Franklin’s book being the subject of discussion.

Oxford University Press will publish Franklin’s book, “A Minimal Libertarianism: Free Will and the Promise of Reduction,” later this year.

A group of researchers from the Gothenburg Responsibility Project chose to review and discuss this work.

Franklin is scheduled to meet with international scholars at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden on Feb. 27 in order to go over specifics and to bring forward any questions about the book. While at the university, he is scheduled to give a public speech.

“I argue that human freedom consists of two dimensions,” Franklin said. “The first dimension consists in the powers of reflective self-control: powers to reflect on, evaluate, and modify our fundamental desires, aims, or purposes. The second dimension is the

EDUCATION ers.”

Ideally, Nichols envisions students from a variety of disciplines and with a range of talents bringing different perspectives and unique ideas to campus.

“We want to provide a greater connection to the community for individuals and families after school, in the summer and in the workplace. We want

freedom to exercise these powers in variety of different ways.”

“While human biology, social environment, laws of nature and even God’s providence constrain how humans act, these factors nonetheless leave open a range of alternatives for how humans exercise their powers of reflective self-control,” Franklin said.

The focus of the Swedish Research Council is on research into free will. Moreover, the Gothenburg Responsibility Project, an initiative of the Swedish Research Council is specializes in collective responsibility; how neuroscience effects human freedom and responsibility; and the normative principles that dictate certain practices relating to accountability and punishment.

There are also members within the group who are concerned with more in-depth aspects of this work, including mental responsibilities, business responsibilities, medical ethics and political responsibilities in respect to issues such as immigration, social justice and the environment.

The main goal of the

Gothenburg Responsibility Project is “to generate and deliver substantial research contributions on this wide set of problems and issues and to become a leading center for the study of these fundamental problems and concerns in all aspects of human life.”

Dr. David Ayers, dean of the Caldwell School of Arts at Grove City College said “The fundamental question of reconciling human freedom and responsibility with not only God’s omnipotence but the influence on human behavior of very powerful influences of biology, nutrition, upbringing, culture, social pressure and so on is a perennial but pivotal one in many areas of inquiry in the humanities and social sciences. There will never be some ‘final theory’ to explain all of that harmoniously in all its complexity, and yet it remains exceedingly fruitful and of real practical importance.”

Ayers also said “We are so proud that Dr. Franklin is addressing this from within his discipline with such prestigious support, publishing and indeed international scholarly attention,”

to educate the public about what is possible,” she said. “It’s not that communities don’t want to be inclusive, but they often don’t know how or lack resources to implement inclusive practices.”

“There is a need for more inclusive extracurricular activities for children and young adults in our community – and for more teachers certified in special education.

Grove City College is

grateful for the support of The Edith L. Trees Charitable Trust so it can provide education, outreach and engagement for children with disabilities and their families,” Kelly Conger, director of Foundation and Corporate Relations for the College, said.

The trust is a Pittsburgh-based foundation established to serve the needs of children with intellectual and developmental dis-

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In their book, the Smiths give many ways to help the situation of children in need, such as praying and giving time and money to organizations.

BOOK care, education, security, justice and a child welfare system that is fully equipped to help them.

“Growing up in poverty has very detrimental physical, intellectual and psychological impacts on children,” Dr. Smith explained.

The book lays out several potential solutions for child poverty by looking at real-life situations and stories of people who have overcome poverty.

“Because the problem appears to be so massive, it is easy to throw up our arms in despair and conclude that individuals can do nothing to help. However, we can help in many ways.

In our book, we discuss the importance of praying faithfully, studying diligently, giving generously, living modestly, volunteering enthusiastically, investing and shopping prudently, supporting candidates who strive to promote justice and eliminate poverty, advocating abilities. Its support for the College’s Special Education Certification Scholarship Endowment will help ease the financial burden for education graduates and benefit areas most in need.

“With less educational debt to consider, students may be able to take opportunities where vulnerable populations live – inner cities, remote rural areas and developing nations,” Conger said.

passionately and working to reform social structures,” Dr. Smith said.

The book has received preliminary praise from a number of sources.

Peter Greer, president and CEO of HOPE International and coauthor of “Mission Drift,” said the Smiths’ book “takes an unflinching look at the hardships faced by millions of children each day, but then also turns our gaze toward approaches and organizations that are creating lasting change.

Clear, compelling, and thoroughly biblical, this book envisions a future in which children exchange their suffering for hope.”

Ron Sider, author of “Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger” and president emeritus of Evangelicals for Social Action, calls it “a solid help for Christians wanting practical help on how they can act effectively to reduce poverty here and around the world.”

All royalties from the book, published on Feb. 18 by Cascade Books,

will be donated to ministries highlighted in the book.

Dr. Smith has been on the faculty at the College since 1978.

During that time, he has authored numerous books, including “Religion in the Oval Office: The Religious Lives of American Presidents,” “Heaven in the American Imagination,” “Faith and the Presidency: From George Washington to George W. Bush” and “The Search for Social Salvation: Social Christianity and America, 18801925.”

Jane Smith retired after more than 25 years as a college and university librarian.

She has served as a research consultant and editorial adviser on her husband’s books and teaches English as a second language to Congolese refugees and tutors at an inner-city school. She previously volunteered as a courtappointed special advocate for children in the foster system.

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Recently, the Education department received a $100,000 grant to contribute to advancing the education of children with disabilites.

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Campus celebrates cultures Marley Kropp Staff Writer

The third annual Stories of Heart and Home cultural festival will take place on Thursday, Mar. 16, from 7-9 p.m. in Rathburn Hall.

Stories of Heart and Home is an open house designed to celebrate the cultural diversity of Grove City College.

Each spring, Morledge Great Room transforms into a gallery of cultural artifacts that represent the backgrounds of members of the College community. The Office of Multicultural Education and Initiatives hosts the festival in partnership with Residence Life.

Students, staff and faculty bring in items that represent a value or tradition of their home, family, ethnicity or culture. Items can be food, clothing, photos, art and anything else that represents the participants’ backgrounds.

Past submissions have involved musical instruments, jewelry and sports equipment related to family traditions.

Short descriptions accompany the items so

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Now in its third year, Stories of Heart and Home is a cultural festival that celebrates the different cultural contributions from from students of all races at Grove City College. This year’s festival is scheduled for Mar. 16. that attendees can see how they connect to different cultures.

Approximately 30 people submit items to the festival each year, said Natalia Harris ’12, director of Multicultural Education and Initiatives. Harris expects 50 to 75 people to attend this year.

Harris has helped to plan every Stories of Heart and Home festival.

In 2015, resident assistants Alaina Wheeler ’15 and Amy Rumbaugh ’16 approached Harris about organizing an event to “celebrate the goodness of cultures,” she said.

“They were like, ‘How about we just party?’”

Harris said. “I was like, ‘That would be awesome; I think we should.’” Wheeler and Rumbaugh wanted to create a fun, inviting at-

mosphere for people to see the diversity of the campus community.

“We’re a predominantly white institution,” Harris said, “but I think within the seven percent that we have that aren’t predominantly white, there’s a richness there. Also within the 93 percent of students who would identify as white or some form of that, there’s a lot of diversity

of region and just even traditions in the family.”

Stories of Heart and Home ties into Harris’ work in the Office of Multicultural Education and Initiatives on understanding racism, prejudice and biblical racial reconciliation.

Harris described the biblical narrative of God creating people to spread out across the world in tribes, cities

and nations as the basis of her work.

“There’s an intentionality in our ethnic backgrounds,” Harris said. “The family of God is one as a bride but multicultural in our backgrounds and in cultures.”

Harris said that the festival is a “moment to pause and reflect on that good thing that God has done, that He’s restoring, and that we’ll see in its fullness in the right way in heaven.”

Harris will accept item submissions until 5 p.m. on Mar. 3. Interested students should email Harris at nmharris@gcc.edu with a short description of the item and its cultural value along an optional photo of themselves and their family.

Participants can drop off their items at Morledge Great Room between 4-5 p.m. on Thursday, March 16, and pick up their items by 9:30 p.m. that evening. People who submit an item do not need to be present for the open house.

Musicians awe Marion Luckett Contributing Writer

Three Concerto Competition winners and two student conductors displayed their talents at Grove City College Orchestra’s concert this past Friday.

Emily NicoletteFantin ’18, Kassaundra Funch ‘18 and Claire DeArmitt ’17 stunned the audience on Friday with their piano and vocal skills. Each student was accompanied by the orchestra, led

by Dr. Jeffrey Tedford, Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Orchestral Activities at the college.

Nicolette-Fantin, a music education major, performed Tchaikovsky’s first movement of Piano Concerto No. 1.

Funch sang “Monica’s Waltz” from Menotti’s “The Medium,” and DeArmitt performed “Una Voce Poco Fa” from Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville.”

Both Funch and DeArmitt are also music education majors.

When asked about her experience, Nicolette-Fantin commented, “[Usually] I get too nervous to actually enjoy performing…but I love the piece, I was well prepared by Dr. Hubert, [Professor of Music and Piano]…and Dr. Tedford made it as easy as he could for a nervous performer like me.”

When the audience was not awed by the soloists’ talent, two student conductors led the orchestra in pieces, as well.

Sarah Leon ’17 and Mark Wasilko ’17 are both music education majors, completing their independent stud-

ies in orchestral conducting. Leon conducted part of Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished,” and Wasilko conducted the Berceuse and Finale from Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite.”

Leon was thrilled for the opportunity to conduct in front of a group of musicians.

“I felt a peace of awesomeness come over the entire group as we worked together to create beautiful music,” she said. “It really was an amazing experience beyond words.”

GCC’s orchestra is comprised of students from all over campus.

One will certainly find music majors or minors with various musical interests, but many students simply play in the orchestra for enjoyment.

Rachel Buoni, junior Communication Studies major, plays violin in the orchestra. She feels the orchestra is special because “a huge majority of us aren’t even music majors, so there’s a lot of dedication from the students to perform at a high level.”

Junior psychology major and flutist Sarah Weaver thinks it is “awesome that we get to bring so many people… together to do something we all love.”

Non-music majors or minors can receive up to one credit per semester from orchestra, which gives students opportunities to play music without the commitment of a major or minor.

The Grove City College orchestra will perform next on Apr. 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the J. Howard Pew Fine Arts Center.

Students take plunge into the Shark Tank

Bri Doane

Section Designer Students are preparing to compete in Grove City College’s third annual Shark Tank competition in Sticht Lecture Hall on Friday, Mar. 24.

The competition is based off television show Shark Tank on ABC, which gives startup companies an opportunity to receive funding and advice from successful business owners like Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner and Kevin O’Leary.

Students in Grove City’s Shark Tank competition are asked to come up with an idea or event to fix a problem or fulfill a need on campus, but they only have $1000 to do it. Teams and individuals submit their idea, and the top ten ideas are chosen to move on to the final round. These ideas are then presented to a panel of judges made up of professors from the Entrepreneurship Department.

The winning team or person gets $1,000 to execute their idea or event.

Students can also earn personal cash prizes of $300, $200 or $100 for the top three ideas. The idea that gets voted “most popular”

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Students with an idea to pitch compete for the top prize: $1,000 to make it a reality. by the audience also wins a $50 cash prize to put towards their idea or event.

Sarah Klein, a senior Communications and Entrepreneurship major, came up with the idea to hold the event for students on campus.

As a member of SGA, Klein says she founded the event because she “saw an opportunity to tap into the student body’s tendency to selfanalyze problems on campus and how they can be improved.”

In its first year, Shark Tank was a success, with 30 teams and individuals competing for their idea.

The main objective of the event is to facilitate creative thinking from students in regards to problem solving and events related to campus life.

The competition also serves to improve the campus and provide opportunities for students to utilize their entrepreneurial skills and spirit.

There can often be a disconnect between the student population and administration and SGA’s purpose is to be the link between the two. Shark Tank is one way to create that link.

While everyone involved is excited to see the innovative ideas

and solutions that students come up with, Klein says she is especially excited “to see the traction and sustainability that has formed and gives me the confidence that it will continue after I graduate.”

This year, Klein will be serving on the judging panel to rank initial ideas to determine the finalists as well as judging the final round itself.

The deadline for teams and individuals to register their idea is Mar. 3 by midnight.

The top ten ideas will then be presented in the final round on Mar. 24 at 7:00 pm.

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

Man returns from ICO trip still single

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Area artist Alexander Cathedral will be one of three acts performing at to raise money for ICO Guatemala.

Concert for a cause

Paige Kraynak Staff Writer

Students planning on serving on an ICO trip in Guatemala students are having a fundraiser concert in support of their trip from 7-10 p.m. tomorrow in Rathburn Hall.

The concert promises to show off the amazing talents of area musicians to show off their talents.

Junior Jared Grace will be performing, as well as the Rockafellas and local artist Alexander Cathedral.

However, this concert is not a coffee housetype event. Instead, there will be flashing lights, lasers, a mosh pit and everything one can imagine that should be at a rave.

Sophomore Claire Hagan is a member of the ICO Guatemala team, and she is thrilled

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for this opportunity.

“I have a young cousin who was adopted from Guatemala and she is one of my favorite people in the world.

This trip is important to me because it’s giving me the opportunity to take the love I have for her and share it with

more amazing Guatemalan children. I’m extremely excited to serve and love the people that we will meet both at the orphanage and in the surrounding villages,” she said.

The team will be working in the Hogar de Vida Orphanage (which

Student musician Jared Grace will also be performing.

means “Home of Life”).

The trip has happened for 15 years now, making it the longest standing ICO trip.

According to Junior Ariella Carter, the orphanage is understaffed, and there are about 20-25 kids who live there who are under the age of 18.

The focus of the trip is to spend one-on-one time with the kids and to assist the workers.

Students will also work maintenance and construction projects in the neighborhoods.

Fundraisers, such as this one, not only help the ICO teams financially but through meaningful support and care as well.

The concert is free to attend, but the ICO Guatemala students are asking for a minimum donation of $1. Tickets are available in the SAC.

A Grove City College freshman recently returned from his ICO abroad, still single.

This highlights what has become a very useful perk and, for some, difficulty, of ICOs. ICOs have always represented a great way to start relationships, but some unfortunate members, like him, get hung out to dry.

“While everyone else in the group paired off, I was just kind of the odd man out. I mean it had to happen to someone on the team when you have seven guys and six girls I guess, but you just never think it’ll be you, ya know?”

When asked what he wishes he would have done differently, he passionately stated that “I really should have gotten started on it earlier, I mean it was about a month in before I got my first meal with one of my female team members, but by then it was too late, I was the last one, and no one wants the scraps.”

“I just really want to serve as a reminder for all the underclassmen out there of what not to do. Start early, lay the groundwork while you’re home, then really solidify

the relationship once you’re there and all the emotions are running pretty high,” he added.

Now, during the old meeting times in the SAC, only he remains while everyone else is intervising. When asked about the trip itself, he explained, “I knew it was coming too, I could feel it. Once the leaders started dating, it was just a matter of time.”

When asked again about anything having to do with the actual trip, he continued on, “It’s just not fair, why couldn’t we have just had an even number, it would have been so much better.”

Through further investigation, it was discovered that the trip took place over winter break in a Central American country, and by all accounts, the team served the Lord and glorified Jesus well.

At press time, hestated that he was excited for next year’s trip, to have a leg up on the new freshmen who may be going and not yet understand the true meaning of ICOs, and to have a shot with some of the returning members whose relationships “no doubt will have flamed out.”

Where do faith and finances meet?

Taylor Starcher Contributing Writer

Is it possible to balance one’s faith and finance? Do the two aspects need to be separated, or can they somehow go hand-in-hand if handled correctly?

Today’s world is full of tough decisions; it can be difficult to know where to draw the line between what is right and what is wrong with money.

Grove City College is continuously generating new ways to center Christ in everyday relationships, lifestyle choices and overall situations. In their newest series, Faith and Finance, ideas about

money will be incorporated with living the Christian lifestyle that individuals struggle with daily.

Dr. Scott K. Powell, a Professor of Business at Grove City College spoke at chapel this week.. He elaborated on how he believes that faith and finances can in fact go together; it’s all about how faith directly influences finances. A specific aspect is how to market a business truthfully and performing everything one can do to satisfy the customer’s needs, not just work toward collecting the money.

Traditional corporate businesses only think about the profit instead

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of treating people with the love and compassion that the Lord has shown us.

The relationships that are impacted in the business process are the more important aspects since the Christian belief of spreading the word of God to others is crucial. Powell further stressed how imperative it is to do what is right, even when it’s not effortless, adding

that we are called to be stewards of Christ and need to have a morally right mindset in order to do just that. Greed is a huge aspect to today’s society and it is very simple to get caught up in its firm grasp.

With many years of teaching and personal experience in business, Powell relates financial situations through his consumer behavior class. He delves specifi-

The series helps students reconcile faith and finance.

cally into commerce to give students an overall better understanding of money and morals balanced. They can then use their own passions and God’s resources in the real world industry.

By connecting God’s Word to the commercial life, Powell is giving students a genuine, special experience.

There will be five different events in this upcoming series with a variety of speakers.

Chapel credit will even be counted for students who go to select events.

From Grove City College faculty to financial professionals, the series is a wonderful way for students to learn more about economic life and

responsibility after college.

It’s challenging, especially in today’s society, to run a business honestly. Money is purely a material object, but is a significant part of how to live when used as God intended. Although it may seem impossible to purely live for Christ while still maintaining financial aspects, it’s the true intentions that will always lead to the correct decisions.

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5).

The world, served up on a silver platter

Alyssa Jackson Contributing Writer

Students interested in tasting new and exotic foreign foods while funding a great cause need look no further for foreign food, fellowship and philanthropy.

Alpha Mu Gamma (AMG), the foreign language honorary of Grove City College, in coordination with the Student Government Association (SGA) is

hosting the annual International Food Fair. on Mar. 1 from 6-8 p.m. in the Student Union Great Room.

When asked what her favorite part of the dinner is, Maya Craig, president of AMG said that, “I personally love tasting what everyone has made, and I’m really excited when we get food from countries that haven’t been represented in years past.”

Some foods featured

in past Food Fairs have included Chinese dumplings, Indian samosas, Mexican dishes, spanakopita from Greece, Swedish meatballs and Brazilian brigadeiros (similar to truffles).

Along with Craig, senior Ethan Paszko and sophomore Emma Hagan are in charge of the event.

Hagan shared that, “the event brings many different people to-

gether and gives them a chance to display different types of food.”

The proceeds benefit Heifer International, an organization committed to ending world hunger by providing renewable resources to impoverished families around the world.

For example, instead of giving handouts, the program will provide cows to produce milk.

In order to expand the resources, the family

is to give away the first female offspring to another family in need.

The international dinner will contribute to Heifer and the distribution of such renewable assets.

Funds raised from the international festival will be matched by Alpha Mu Gamma and given to Heifer International.

The International Food Fair is open to all faculty, students and

community members.

“The purpose of the event is to gather in fellowship with students and faculty and experience each other’s cultures through food,” says Craig.

Tickets are 50 cents apiece, or $2 for five.

Anyone is welcome to contribute to the feast.

Student with an ethnic dish to share can email Craig at CraigME1@ gcc.edu.

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A walk with wine in Olde Town

Marley Kropp Staff Writer

It’s Saturday, and you want to go out for a drink with your friends.

Of course, in this scenario, you’re over the legal drinking age.

You could walk to the Broad Street Grille, but you’re tired of going there. You could drive to Elephant and Castle, but you’d like to avoid hunting for a new parking spot in the last row of the lot when you return to campus.

You could avoid both of those scenarios and instead walk through town drinking wine and eating complimentary food.

Students 21-yearsold and over can sample wine from 12 local wineries from 12-6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25, at the eighth annual Olde Town Grove City Winter Wine Walk.

Representatives from each winery will be stationed at different stores on South Broad Street. Attendees will check-in beside Sweet Jeanie’s at 241 S. Broad Street. Anyone who

buys wine can pick it up at Steigerwald’s Kitchen and Bath at 120 S. Broad Street by 6:30 p.m. the day of the event.

The event will also feature a pop-up artisan shop from Grove City ArtWorks and a pop-up bookstore from the Grove City Community Library.

Tickets are for sale online for $20 at OldeTownGroveCity.com and at the following Olde Town merchants: Beans on Broad, b’Gifted, Nonni’s Corner Trattoria and Steigerwald’s Kitchens and Baths.

Attendees can purchase tickets, subject to availability, for $25 at check-in beside Sweet Jeanie’s on the day of the event.

Members of Olde Town Grove City devised the first Winter Wine Walk in 2010 to attract customers to downtown shops and restaurants during the typically slow mid-winter months. Olde Town Grove City also hosts outdoor concerts, the Farmers’ Market in the

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The annual Olde Town Grove City Winter Wine Walk is this Saturday from 12 to 6 p.m. There will be live music, local art and wine from several area wineries. Cost is $25 per person at check-in.

Joseph D. Monteleone Youth Festival Park and the Art Walk.

Attendance of this year’s Wine Walk is “capped out at 1,000,” said Alex DeGroff, manager of Olde Town Grove City, the nonprofit organization that hosts the Wine Walk.

Between 300 and 400 people attended the first Wine Walk, DeGroff said.

Olde Town Grove City is an organization designed to create a bet-

ter downtown through economic development, marketing initiatives, events and physical improvements.

A group of community members and merchants created Olde Town Grove City in order to revitalize and regenerate downtown Grove City.

Olde Town Grove City initially focused on physical improvements such as brick sidewalks, underground utilities and new streetlights.

Now, it consists of a board of community members who focus on continued growth and marketing efforts to ensure a thriving downtown.

“I think like all downtowns, it (Grove City) has had ups and downs,” said DeGroff.

The Grove City Outlets initially had a negative effect on the downtown.

Several clothing stores and restaurants closed in Grove City, said DeGroff.

Since the initial implementation of visual improvements, progress has been steady, said DeGroff. “We have a few empty storefronts at the moment with a ton of potential,” he said. “We’re really looking for more retail, a bakery and possibly a brewery.”

Until then, members of the Grove City community can take advantage of what is here by attending the Wine Walk.

Capaldi departs, but ‘Who’ lives on forever Joe Setyon Managing Editor After nearly three years playing the titular role in the long running British TV show “Doctor Who,” Peter Capaldi announced that the upcoming tenth series of the show’s relaunch will be his last.

The news surprised many fans, who were left wondering why Capaldi was leaving after just three series, who the next Doctor will be and how the new actor will be able to convincingly play the ageless Timelord from Gallifrey.

As the Twelfth Doctor (or Thirteenth, considering how you count John Hurt), Capaldi has undoubtedly brought a welcome element to “Doctor Who.” In 2014, he took over for Matt Smith, a young, freshfaced and lively Doctor, who, although he could be serious when the script called for it, was at his best when he wasn’t taking himself seriously.

Smith had a boyish charm about him, which affected his relationship with companion Clara Oswald (played by Jenna Louise-Coleman). At times, it felt like Clara treated him like her boyfriend, instead of as a two-hearted alien more than a thousand years her senior. In fact, at one point, Clara even admitted that she “fancied” him.

In replacing the youthful-looking Smith, Capaldi redefined the relationship between the Doctor and his companion as purely platonic. He still cared deeply for Clara, and she for him, but all the romantic tension between them disappeared.

This was for the better.

Clara was able to move on, falling for fellow school-

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Peter Capaldi has announced he will be stepping down from his role as “The Doctor.” Showrunner Steven Moffat has also annuonced he will be replaced. teacher Danny Pink. Meanwhile, fans saw a different, often darker side of the Doctor.

Capaldi, as a veteran actor with amazing talent, portrayed the raw emotion of an old man carrying the guilt of over a millennium of regrets.

He was angry at times, sad when he had to be and of course always cunning. He brought a seriousness to the role that had been lacking in the Matt Smith era, but he could also be silly, stupid and oblivious.

Perhaps Capaldi’s greatest performance came in the penultimate episode of Series Nine, “Heaven Sent.”

Without spoiling the plot, the episode sees the Doctor alone in a secluded castle, forced to confront his own demons and look inside himself in order to survive.

Capaldi stars in the episode on his own, but the performance he gives makes the audience forget, for just an hour, that the Doctor is not the only character in Doctor

Who. Yes, Capaldi will certainly be missed. That’s why his departure comes at the perfect time for the show.

He has established himself as a memorable Doctor, but “Doctor Who” has never been about stability or consistency. Every couple of years, one Doctor departs and another takes his place.

Companions come and go.

Showrunners grow tired of the series and move on to other projects.

For more than 50 years, “Doctor Who” has thrived on this cycle of rebirth/rebooting, and it’s good that the show can never coast by on its reputation. It must continually recreate itself with new actors, writers and producers. It must keep on inventing characters that the audience loves and roots for.

Peter Capaldi was never going to be the Doctor forever, and it’s better that he leaves now, while fans still like him, then to overstay his welcome.

Capaldi’s departure also comes at the same time as showrunner Steven Moffat, who has also announced that the Tenth Series will be his last.

It’s better for Chris Chibnall, Moffat’s replacement, to have a new Doctor to work with, so that he can take the show in any direction he chooses without having to find a compromise between his own ideas and the established aspects (like Capaldi) that he must work with.

This is not meant as a knock on either Chibnall or Capaldi. Rather, the point is that if “Doctor Who” is going to reestablish itself, it should not just go part of the way.

Still, fans’ concerns about a new Doctor are understandable. Such viewers would be wise to remember the transition from showrunner Russell T. Davies and the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) to Moffat and the Eleventh Doctor (Smith) in 2010.

At the time, fans feared that the show would be un-

recognizable. Tennant had played the Doctor from Christmas of 2005 to New Year’s Day of 2010, while Davies had guided the show ever since it was relaunched in 2005.

Tennant was beloved by fans, who also appreciated Davies’ interesting stories and unique direction.

“Doctor Who,” though, did more than just survive.

In the Smith/Moffat era, its fame reached new heights as it became “mainstream” not just in Britain but in the United States as well.

Change will always come to “Doctor Who,” and if fans are willing to accept it, they can learn to appreciate the show, whoever the Doctor or showrunner is.

But what should Whovians be expecting in the post-Capaldi/Moffat era?

It’s hard to tell. We know that that the Doctor’s new companion’s name is Bill (played by Pearl Mackie).

She will presumably aid the transition from Capaldi to whoever the new Doctor is.

However, it is difficult to tell who will be chosen as the Thirteenth (or Fourteenth) Doctor. Most likely, the announcement will take fans by surprise.

However, some are calling for the new Doctor to be a woman and/or ethnically diverse individual. Such diversity should be celebrated and encouraged if it will add to the show. However, diversity for diversity’s sake does not help anyone.

Instead, fans should be more interested in the new Doctor’s personality, and how he/she will transform the ageless character.

Whoever it is, one thing is certain: “Doctor Who” will live on.

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Last Tuesday, Grove City College students wrote 1,400 cards to donors for the One Day of Thanks. This event, held by the Crimson and White Society and the Office of Alumni Relations, highlighted the generous contributions, such as the $1.25 million donated for scholarships during last year’s Wolverine Giving Week Challenge.

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The gang never changes in ‘It’s Always Sunny’

Managing Editor “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”, now in its 12th season, has never been your average sitcom.

The FXX sitcom, which started its run in 2005, relates the tales of five Philadelphia natives and the bar they run in the South side of town, Paddy’s Pub. The twist, if one could call it that, is that the main characters are truly terrible human beings, the kind that make you fear for America, and even for the future survival of the human race.

The show was created by the actors who play three of the main characters: Rob McElhenney (Mac), Charlie Day (Charlie) and Glen Howerton (Dennis), giving it an authentic feel through the years.

It started from the very beginning, when the guys made a pilot with a video camera and a few hundred dollars, at most.

Though the budgetsgot somewhat better and the cinematography improved, the show never lost itself. In large part, this is because of the characters themselves.

Dennis, a neurotic psychopath, thinks himself to be morally and physically superior, but he is obsessed with seducing women.

His twin sister, Dee (played by Kailtin Olson), was originally supposed to be the voice of reason in the show, but she is completely depraved in every way possible as well. She fancies herself

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“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” now in its 12th season, has mastered the art of the deconstructed sitcom.

Despite its many years on TV, it shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. an actress, despite failing to possess even the tiniest shred of talent.

Dee will take every opportunity to backstab and scheme, but she is still a pitiful character because of the constant verbal abuse (including from her own brother and father) she takes.

Dennis’ and Dee’s “father,” Frank (played

by Danny DeVito), who raised them but does not have any blood relation to the twins, is a short and bald little man who only cares for himself. He does not show even the slightest fatherly love to his “children” but instead takes every opportunity to use them for his own gain when it suits him and cast them aside when he has no use for them.

Frank’s roommate is Charlie, the bar’s illiterate janitor, who lives in

filth and enjoys hanging out in the sewer and stalking his romantic obsession, The Waitress. Charlie sleeps in the same bed as Frank, and is clearly mentally disturbed.

At the same time, he may be the only character in the show with a moral compass. He isn’t by any stretch of the imagination a good person, but he does have a good side, often choosing to do the “right” thing instead of just looking after his own interests. Also, despite his overall idiocy, Charlie has some real musical talent, though he unfortunately uses it to write oddly creepy songs.

Finally, Mac is a tragic character, a would-be “bad-a--” who severe self-confidence issues.

He is always trying to prove to the rest of the gang that he has awe-

some skills in karate, despite having never taken a single karate class. Mac is obsessed with his body and with putting on “mass,” mainly because he is looking for the approval of others.

The strength of its “It’s Always Sunny” has always been in its ability to recognize the line and unashamedly plow through it.

A perfect example of this can be seen in the seventh season. Rob McElhenney, who plays Mac, decided to intentionally gain 50 lbs to show what his character would look like in real life. The weight gain was comedically effective, and showed just how far the show was willing to go to make a point.

Whether it be through the horrendous language, crazy schemes or unexpectedly dark

turns, the show has survived based on its ability to be exactly what it purports to be: a bunch of people screaming over each other while they sink deeper into stupidity and depravity.

The characters will never progress; they will always be selfish, hateful, intolerant individuals with an unnatural dependency upon each other.

This is not to say that “It’s Always Sunny” offers no value. The plots often take a look at contemporary issues like religion, abortion, gun control and gay marriage. Usually, the point is not to settle on one particular stance, but to mock the entire argument itself.

Moreover, the characters offer a look at the effects of bad or absentee parenting. With the exception of Frank, each of the characters

have had terrible experiences with their parents.

Dennis and Dee were each raised by Frank, who cared nothing for them, and actually put effort into making them miserable.

Charlie, meanwhile, had a loving mother.

He did not have a father in his life, but it is suggested that his father is actually Frank, who viewers know had a relationship with Charlie’s mother around the time he was conceived.

Mac’s has two parents, but his mother spends most of her day in front of the TV smoking cigarettes in a nearly vegetative state.

His father on the other hand, is an imprisoned drug dealer, who Mac is constantly trying to please and get to say “I love you.”

The gang is completely depraved, but it can be a joy both watching them interact with each other (inevitably for the situation to spiral out of control into nonsense and insanity) and with the other, more normal members of human society. The world has changed around, but the gang will always be the same.

In a crazy, confusing way, this is somewhat comforting.

The gang won’t be going away any time soon.

“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” is currently in its 12th season and is still producing strong episodes. It has already been renewed for a 13th and 14th seasons, making it one of the longest running sitcoms in recent memory.

A new ‘Twist’ on Charles Dickens Lizzy Borcherding Entertainment Editor Charles Dickens’ classic novel, “Oliver Twist,” has a new and welcome rendition in Pittsburgh: a stage performance.

No longer are Dicken’s fans left to imagine the details of this story for themselves.

Adapted and directed by Alan Stanford, OLIVER! brings to life the charming story of an innocent youth’s journey through the sinful streets of Victorian London.

For those who have yet to experience “Oliver Twist” in any form, what can they expect?

Oliver was orphaned at a very young age. Unable to find his father, he was placed in a private orphanage, where he was beaten and abused for nine years.

Eventually, the young orphan received an apprenticeship with an undertaker, where he was

viciously flogged for succumbing to peer pressure.

Fed up with the horrific abuse, Oliver runs away to the streets of London. While on his own, he meets a gang of pick pockets who teach him their ways. Unfortunately for him, he is arrested for their offense after they choose an old man for their next pick pocketing crime.

However, Oliver eventually ends up staying with the man that he attempted to pick pocket.

Unsettled by Oliver’s rescue, the leader of the pick pockets sends one of his members to stalk the young orphan. They successfully cathc him and hold him in captivity.

Through a series of unfortunate events, such as a parish leader misrepresenting Oliver Twist in order to throw off the suspicion of his kind caretaker and

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the burglary of a dying woman’s home, Oliver, alongside readers and viewers, learn that in a world tainted by evil, good people still exist, and good will always triumph over evil.

OLIVER! performances will take place tonight through Sunday as well as on Mar. 3 from 7:3010:30 p.m. in the Vincentian Theater in Pittsburgh, Pa. Tickets sell for $8.00 per seat.

Along with the performance, attendees can

enjoy concession food, including “pizza, nachos, hot dogs, walking tacos, soft pretzels, sundae bar, root beer floats, assorted desserts, candy, chips, hot and cold beverages.”

In addition to bringing money for snacks, guests are encouraged to take non-perishable food items that will be collected before and after the performances.

All food collected will be given directly to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.

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Fighting the rise of relativism Joshua Fried Staff Writer

Everyone has heard the phrases “You do you” and “To each their own.”

But what do these quotes actually mean?

Is “You do you” being meant to say that one does not care what the other is doing? Or is it that one is saying “do what makes you happy?” This is the problem with a vague quote, there are innumerable meanings that can be implied, and it is ineffable to find the exact meaning.

In general, these phrases suggest that you do whatever makes you happy; whatever you want with whoever you want or with whatever you want as long as no one is harmed in the process.

It sounds like a fair philosophy to seek pleasure and do harm to no one, yet it is a promotion of hedonism in its shallowest form.

Everyone at some point is guilty of living hedonistically, whether it be by eating an entire sleeve of cookies or making out with your best friend’s older brother because he is so cool or sleeping with a girl at a party because she was down with it.

No one can argue that any of these things are wrong because everything here happens in a mutual agreement of two parties where no one is being hurt as a result (except the cookies, they were not in agreement and were viscerally masticated).

It is the individual who acted in each scenario’s right over their own body to act as they wish, is it not? And if no one is hurt as a result of their actions it cannot be wrong.

But let’s say the girl the guy sleeps with in the third scenario has a boyfriend, but the guy is not wrong because he did not know, therefore only the girl is wrong.

The act of intercourse is only wrong relative to the party hurting a secondary party, but for her it was not wrong because the action is justified in relation to her belief that faithfulness exists only in marriage, and dating is a time to experiment, to discover what you like and don’t like. And thus the boyfriend is harmed yet no

one is morally to blame.

Logically, if you believe in a relative morality, this conclusion should be accepted as morally just actions relative to each actor, but most people ought to feel uncomfortable at the fact that someone is emotionally harmed by two other actors, and that those two actors are morally free from guilt.

The conscience of one who is not willing to dilute their own conscience in the pursuit of pleasure realizes that this act is wrong and immoral.

The boy who sleeps with the girl at the party feels bad for the guy and feels uneasy that he is at fault but reasons that it can’t be his fault and that he is in no way in the wrong for acting in such a manner.

Relativism becomes a scapegoat for people to act how they wish to pursue their own personally defined good, which usually ends up being their own personal pleasure.

In the defense of relativism, most individuals who live in its shadow argue that their conscience is their guide, but they never have an answer to what will occur when two people in conflict act according to their consciences and each do what the other believe is wrong. In both situations the other is harmed to some degree.

Each would argue that the conscience of the opposite has been tainted, which mean that their conscience is right, but then that would mean that their good is not relative to themselves but that there is some mass conscience that is linked between all humanity, and that this conscience is capable of corruption, though by rationality it can be purer.

This deconstructs the foundation of their relativism, and shows that the relativist is ultimately arguing for their right to do what is most pleasurable to them and that they cannot be wrong because the accuser is simply coming from a different perspective than the accused.

If there are no absolutes, then this relative view is true, but if there is any absolute or ultimate in the world, then living with the relative claim as your justification is an ill-advised risk.

Every election year, more and more people bemoan the two party system: “Its unfair!”

“I’m not represented!”

“Neither party will let my dog run!”

The cries of downtrodden Americans rise to Washington, and the cold shoulders of senators and political wizards continue to cast its shadow of the populace.

But 2016 was going to be their year!

Yet for all the effort of third party candidates Jill Stein, Evan McMullin and that one libertarian candidate, none of it seemed to matter on election night.

Even McMullin, who

was thought to have a chance in Utah, underperformed.

So, four years in advance, I’m letting you know now, the third party won’t work. At least not any time soon.

So before you buy that Green Party t-shirt or that iconic boot for a hat, please take a minute and consider the getting involved before you take your ball and go home.

Who has had more of an impact, the Tea Party or the Libertarian Party?

Clearly the former.

The Tea Party protested, went to town hall meetings, got involved.

And in the end, they gave the Republicans control in Congress and showed that there are significant parts of the country that want to see changes in the country and the Republican Party.

And thus the “hell

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no” caucus was born.

They would go on to fight everything the Obama administration proposed.

And what was the Libertarian Party up to?

I don’t know because I don’t read The Libertarian Republic.

You want to make news? You want to make a difference? Get involved in your party; don’t break away to start your own.

Do you think Trump would be president if

he started the Gilded Gropers Party? No. He had to hijack an established party, and that’s what he did.

If you had to go find the lost city of Atlantis, would it be easier to make a submarine or steal one that’s already working? I think we know what the answer is.

Side note: 2016 showed us that even if you can buy a party, someone can still steal it from you.

Freedom or just the idea of freedom?

Joshua Sikora

Staff Writer

In all of human history, there has never been a society who has had such a strong attachment to the idea of freedom as the United States.

Americans pride themselves on breaking away from a corrupt government in the name of freedom, setting up a Constitution that guaranteed the rights of the people and restricting the power of the government, rather than the adverse which had been true throughout human history.

Americans have always enjoyed preaching that they enjoy freedom unseen anywhere in the world today or at any time in human history.

However, Americans who claim to be so in favor of the idea of freedom are highly hypocritical and contradictory on this idea.

Both sides of the political spectrum are guilty of hypocritically using an appeal to freedom for their policies, while supporting the suppression of freedom with other policies.

Those on the left oppose freedom of business, guns and religion.

The right opposes freedom of drugs, privacy and marriage. The opposition to freedom is not limited to those named, but rather cover a much greater expanse of topics.

What is hypocritical about each side is that they will claim the other opposes freedom when it goes against their idea of freedom, but defend their own policies

that suppress freedom.

A right-winger will complain when a leftist calls for limits on guns, while supporting marijuana prohibition. A leftist will cry out against government spying, while also demanding businesses hire a certain number of minorities. Both sides, and nearly all Americans, are guilty of this type of behavior.

Anytime someone is called out on being against freedom, they attempt to add on to or qualify their statement to defend themselves from seeming antifreedom. One method they use is a claim that what they are against is not actually freedom but something that they consider morally wrong, whether it be sexual perversion, or a potential threat to society.

No matter how much something may go against personal morals, it still is freedom to be able to do that action.

The defense many will run to is that they will say “I support freedom, but…” When they say “but”, “except”, “unless”, etc. they are showing that the start of their statement is a lie. If someone claims to support freedom, and then adds a con-

dition to that support, then they do not support freedom. Instead they only support some freedoms that they like or wish to engage in.

They do not support the idea of freedom itself, but rather their personal moral code applied to the whole of society.

One of the most prevalent examples hypocrisy in regards to freedom in America comes from the ongoing War on Terror. There are those who will make the claim that terrorists hate the United States for its freedom.

The people who make this claim will also support policies like the PATRIOT ACT and NSA surveillance in order to combat the terrorists who supposedly hate the United States for its freedom. It makes no sense that if a group hates the United States for its freedom, then Americans should give up their freedoms in response to terrorist acts of that group.

If anything, that is giving in to the wants of the terrorists, and giving them victory over freedom.

Perhaps the most ironic case of hypocrisy is the argument over flag burning. People seek to outlaw the burning of the American flag

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because it is a symbol of the United States and its freedom. These people care more about protecting something that represents freedom, than protecting actual freedom itself.

Additionally, people will say it is disrespectful to burn the flag because thousands of soldiers have fought and died for it. While it is true that thousands died under the American flag, and that they should be honored, respected, and remembered, those soldiers died for the freedom the flag represents.

Freedom which includes the right to burn the flag. It is more disrespectful to limit the freedom a soldier died for, than to burn the flag they wore on their shoulder.

Americans will be the first to stand up and proclaim that they are free, but when it comes to actually supporting that freedom, they are rather quiet. Few Americans truly support the base idea of freedom itself. Instead they tack a whole bunch of exceptions or asterisks onto what they call freedom.

If the Stars and Stripes is a flag that stands for freedom, then the United States should start to follow that meaning, or look for a new flag.

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In defense of anarchy

Joshua Fried Staff Writer

In the shadow of the monumental election season, and the need to choose the least of two evils, we as a nation realize that we have made an awful choice.

The plot twist is that this realization would have occurred in either scenario, but we are not dealing with hypotheticals.

Actually, we are dealing with hypotheticals.

If the world thinks that America w o u l d be better off overthrowing its democ r a t i c process by kicking the elected president out of office because they do not like him, then they should be prepared for the fall of democracy and the rise of the beautiful Anarchic States of America.

In this nation, or lack thereof, we will see the end of all of problems.

They will be cut off at the source. In these fifty states, or probably

more as states splinter into more communities of newly formed anarchists, we will no longer see arguments for or against LGBT+ policies because there will be no more policies or laws to defend and support their rights.

In a sub-state of Texas, there will be peace as everyone will gladly carry their guns around and deliver their version of justice upon the heads of anyone who opposes their personal opinion. Such is only right because morality has been cut off at the source of order.

Order is for the weak.

Who wants to argue ethical rights of fetuses when we could be enjoying the boost in our anarchic economy with the newly rising economy of stem cell research.

Without a government to subsidize big pharmacies, our nation could finally see an end to cancer with the discovery of the probablyalready-discovered cure following the beheading of the American pharmaceutical monopoly on medicine.

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And even if there isn’t a cure for cancer discovered, we as a nation will no longer need to worry about cancer, or other age related diseases, because most people won’t live long enough develop cancer. And in the sad cases of childhood cancer, the new eugenics industry created in the midst of the unhindering of natural selection will free the suffering of unfortunate genetics hindrances.

Many moralists will argue that there will still be those in this anarchic system of states who will live and be driven by their con-

science, but does anyone really believe that these individuals are going to survive the barbaric purge and the uprising of those previously morally tied individuals in the Bible Belt?

The answer is simply: please.

With all of this being understood, and my dear reader finally realizing the amoral goodness of our newly created Anarchic States of America, one ought to tell you to get over it because democracy won’t be thwarted, though the president may find himself impeached on

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constitutional and legal grounds.

This motion will only occur as an extension of the democratic republics checks and balances and not on the desire of opposition to kick #notmypresident out of office, because like it or not, this nation is not a nation of me but a nation of we.

He is not my president; he is our president.

If this argument does not suit your tastes please return to the beauties of Nietzschean morality in an anarchic system of the will to strength.

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The Planned Parenthood problem

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Perspectives Editor A federal judge in Texas recently ruled that the state cannot legally withhold Medicaid funds, despite secretly recorded videos taken by pro-life activists.

Ken Paxton, the state’s Attorney General, said that he would make an attempt to appeal the ruling, in spite of a case built off of videos that were unauthenticated. And while the case may not have had much of a legal foundation, it has circulated concern in Texas about the services offered by their Planned Parenthood clinics, as well as nationally about the importance of the nonprofit and their impact in society.

For general clarification – the aid given to Planned Parenthood cannot be allocated to abortion services (as is stated by the Hyde Amendment) unless there are circumstances of rape, incest, or danger to the life of the potential mother. Money received by the nonprofit is generally used for contraceptive counseling, screening for cancer and STIs, general sex education and forms of prenatal care.

But ever since the election of Trump into office, pro-life advocates have become openly more skeptical of the prenatal services offered by the group, questioning the availability of such services and how often they appeared as options in unplanned pregnancies (in contrast to abor-

tions).

Mostly released through videos, interviews of ex- Planned Parenthood workers or loose facts gathered together, the non-profit has come under larger scrutiny for their willingness to offer abortions instead of counseling women to fully consider keeping their child.

Some of these interviews have even gone so far as to say that Planned Parenthood had quotas for how many abortions to complete per month, or not to offer prenatal care at all. Many of these sources are considered to be illegitimate, and while they cannot be wholly verified, they do raise concern.

And since we do have a Republican president and Congress, it has raised further concern about federal support for the non-profit.

Defunding Planned Parenthood does represent a number of issues, to be sure. The group makes contraceptives and sex education widely available to anyone with a clinic near them, or internet access to seek out information. They have changed the general at-

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titude towards talking about sex, and a majority of millennials are far more open to having discussions about birth control and the risks associated with having multiple sexual partners than ever before.

Many have cited this as a resource to the lowincome, who often tend to be more economically victimized by unplanned pregnancies, and unprepared for how to parent a child.

Others have children at too young an age, or without another adult available to help them.

Likewise, careers and educational opportunities are drastically affected by children, so the availability of birth control has changed prospective opportunities for many Americans.

Yet the lingering questions remains – what is the best course of action in the case of an unplanned pregnancy?

The short answer is, no one knows.

I am personally prolife and believe that all people should be given the opportunity to contribute something to the world, even if it means that a child is

given up for adoption rather than aborted.

But in instances of general health risks, rape, or incest, it becomes harder. More than one life could be lost if a mother decides to go through with a risky pregnancy. Other victims of rape or incest my also face physical health issues, but carry the grief of poor mental health for the rest of their lives. This doesn’t mean that abortion is the automatic answer, but it does mean that sympathy needs to be extended in the face of these difficult circumstances.

The general attitude of Planned Parent is much different, however. Disproportionately targeting Black and Hispanic neighborhoods, the group readily offers abortion as a “quick fix” to those who seek their services. While many other options exist, such as birth control before unplanned pregnancies become an issue of concern, Planned Parenthood often sends the message to young people that in order to be a strong independent woman, you can’t be a mother.

The real issue with

Planned Parenthood isn’t that they’re secretly racist (though their location choices have raised some skeptics) or that they service abortions at all. The issue with them is that they are the largest and most accessible platform for young people to receive sex education, and they constantly send the message that you cannot be an individual, or influential on our world if you are tied down with a family.

In the face of modern feminism, where some have so far as to say that it’s more important to have a career than a family, this information is disturbing. Single and teenage mothers are already looked down upon in society, instead of being recognized for the reliance it takes to work, go to school, and provide for another person.

And if young women are convinced that having premarital sex is normal, but having a child before marriage is the worst thing that could happen to their individuality, the number of abortions will continue to rise.

Anyone who is prolife should also be prosex education, because it encourages young people to learn about the risks and benefits of their behavior, and ultimately choose what lifestyle they will live.

But whether you are pro-life or pro-choice, you should be the first to support a woman’s decision to follow through with an unplanned pregnancy. Because there is nothing more anti-woman than telling someone they can’t have a family and be strong.

Copy Editors Ali Kjergaard Tom Verner Hannah Sweet Rachel Reitz Section Designers Bri Doane Aly Kruger Advertising/ Business Manager Jesse Peterson Staff Adviser Nick Hildebrand The Collegian is the student newspaper of Grove City College, located in Grove City, Pa. Opinions appearing on these pages, unless expressly stated otherwise, represent the views of individual writers. They are not the collective views of The Collegian, its staff or Grove City College.

GREEN EYESHADE AWARD

This week’s Green Eyeshade Award goes to Marley Kropp for her excellent reporting on the Olde Town Wine Walk and the Stories of Heart and Home cultural festival.

Congratulations Marley!

The Green Eyeshade Award honors student contributors that demonstrate consistency and excellence in their work.

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Feb. 24, 2017

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Men’s basketball falls in PACs

Michael Cole Staff Writer

It has been an exciting, but ultimately disappointing week in the world of Grove City College men’s basketball.

The Wolverines came into the week 11-13 and looking to face two very tough conference opponents.

The first game against Bethany College was an important away game for the Wolverines, as they tried to create some momentum before heading into the President’s Athletic Conference (PAC) Tournament.

“It was important for us to get the win and get some momentum going before going into the playoffs,” said sophomore guard Brandon Grider.

“We were 7-9 going into the game and look-

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Nate Peter finished with 14 points in Grove City’s loss to Thiel on Tuesday, eliminating them from contention in the PAC Tournament. ing to improve.”

Despite high expectations going into the Bethany game, the Wolverine’s struggled severely going into the locker room at half time. They trailed by 15 points with Bethany leading 46- 31.

Once the Wolverines came out of the locker room fortunes began to

change. Junior Corey Huff hit a jumper that would lead to the team going on an 11-0 run.

The Wolverines would shoot an outstanding 75 percent from the field during the rest of the second half and would outscore the Bisons 5527 in the second half in route to a 13-point victory.

There were many impressive individual performances for the Wolverines on the night. Brandon Grider finished as the leading scorer on the team with 17 points, while also bringing down eight rebounds.

The Wolverines also had big games from Andrew Beckman, Corey

Huff and Nate Peters.

All three finishing with 16 points.

This was a huge victory for the Wolverines who had just come off of a very close and very tough loss to conference rival.

The Wolverines however would have a big opportunity to redeem themselves as they traveled to Thiel again in the opening match of the PAC Tournament on Tuesday.

“We were just going to do what we did all season and try to stick to what we knew could do.” said Grider. “We had a lot of momentum coming off that Bethany game.”

The game started out competitively as the Wolverines were only down two going into the locker room at halftime.

However in the second half, despite starting

out with an 11-3 run to start the third quarter, things would not particularly go as planned for the team.

The Wolverines eventually would go on to lose the game by nine points, ending their season.

Andrew Beckman and Nate Peters were the leading scorers for the Wolverines on the night. Beckman finished with 15 points and Peters finished with 14 points.

Big efforts from the team, however they were not able to contain Thiel’s Nyric Gosley who finished with a game high 20 points.

The Wolverines would finish their season 12-14, but look forward to seeing what they can do next season.

They will lose forwards D.J. Martin and Mitch Newberg to graduation.

A bright future with Beckman

Bradley Warmhold Sports Editor

Though the Grove City College men’s basketball team’s chances at the President’s Athletic Conference (PAC) trophy may have passed, a bright spot is that junior Andrew Beckman is still around for one more season.

The 6’6” forward has been a central part of Grove City’s successes during his career. Following a freshman season that saw him lead

the team in blocks and appear in every single game, Beckman quickly made a name for himself in the PAC. As a sophomore, Beckman led the team in rebounding (6.6 rpg), blocks (46) and field goal percentage (.519) while ranking second in assists (78) and steals (25) and fourth in scoring (10.3 ppg). He more than doubled his total points scored (277), became fifth in program history in blocked shots after just two seasons

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and was selected as an All-PAC Honorable Mention recipient. His buzzer-beating, gamewinning tip-in at Saint Vincent was also a finalist for Geico’s College Basketball Play of the Year.

Beckman returned this season surrounded by a much younger team following the loss of a senior class that comprised most of the starting line-up and first guys off the bench.

Regardless, the junior returned just as strong

and consistent in the paint.

In his most recent outings with the Wolverines, Beckman contributed 16 points and a .750 field goal percentage in route to a come-from-behind win against Bethany College. Grove City managed to defeat the Bison after a 55 point second half after being down by 15 in the first.

Their victory against Bethany placed the Wolverines as the sixth seed in the PAC playoff

tournament and pitted them against third seed Thiel College. In the contest, Beckman put up 15 points, blocked two Tomcats, and provided seven assists on the night, but Grove City’s failure to consistently put up quality shots cost the Wolverines in the losing effort.

The Wolverines shot 38 percent from the field for the game, making only 21 of 55 shots.

Beckman ended his season with 353 points (averaging 13.6 per

game), 54 blocks, 102 assists, and 19 steals.

The 2016-2017 campaign, however, may not be over for Beckman and the Wolverines just yet. They will await to hear if they receive a bid for the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) tournament, which will breathe new life into Grove City’s playoff chances and Beckman’s junior season.

Swimming and diving teams close out strong

Joe Setyon

Managing Editor The Grove City College men’s and women’s swimming and diving squads both had successful seasons, as both teams wrap up their competitive schedules.

The women were consistently excellent once again this year, winning their ninth straight President’s Athletic Conference (PAC) title earlier this month.

One week after winning their crown, the women competed in the Kenyon College Fast Chance Invitational on Feb. 18.

The Wolverines four-woman grouping of freshman Brittany Byer, sophomore Megan Crutcher, freshman Anne-Shirley Dassow and senior Molly Gallant was victorious in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:44.42.

This broke the foursome’s previous time of 1:45.61, which was already a PAC record.

Thanks to their superb performance at Kenyon, the relay team will most likely be chosen to swim in the 2017 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships on Mar. 15.

In the 100 breast, Crutcher’s best time was 1:05.79, while in

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The women’s 200 medley relay team broke their own PAC record at Kenyon. the 50 free, Gallant finished with a time of 24.14.

Grove City had 14 swimmers/divers whose achievements were recognized by the PAC by their naming to the All-PAC Team, and several of them should be chosen to perform in the NCAA Championships.

The All-PAC selection included six players who were named to the First Team, including Byer, Crutcher, Gallant, senior Grace Klimek, senior Abby Jank and freshman Anne Shirley Dassow.

It was perhaps Dassow, the conference’s Most Valuable Performer, who had the most impressive season out of all her teammates. In the conference championships, Dassow had three individual wins

in the 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke and 200 butterfly, where her time was third best in all of Division III, as well as three relay wins.

In diving, Klimek finished second from the three-meter board and third from the one-meter board.

The men’s team was also successful, finishing in second place at the PAC Championships.

At Kenyon, the senior Randon Hoselton finished the 200 butterfly in one minute, 57 seconds and 49 hundredths of a second.

This was two seconds better than his previous time in the event, and gave him a top 10 time in program history in this event in his last collegiate meet.

Hoselton’s brother, sophomore Dane

teamed up with senior Josiah Vehrs, junior Brett Gwynn and sophomore Rhys Dickhudt to complete the 200 medley relay of one minute, 32 seconds and 82 hundredths of a second.

Finally, freshman Ben Slate swam in the 100 and 200 breast, posting times of 57 seconds and 36 hundredths of a second and two minutes, five seconds and nine hundredths of a second.

The men’s team sent nine members to the All-PAC Team, including four on the First Team: Dickhudt, the younger Hoselton, Slate and senior Jeremy Kim. Looking forward to next year, the women will graduate seven of its 29 players, while the men will graduate six of 22.

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Feb. 24, 2017

Women’s basketball edged by Westminster in PAC playoffs

Ryan Brunson

Contributing Writer The Grove City College women’s basketball team found an overtime win, lost a close game in the PAC Championships, and had one of their own move up into the twelfth spot of Grove City’s all-time scorers.

Visiting Bethany College on Saturday, the women’s team pulled out an 82-79 overtime win against Bethany to close the 2016-17 regular season.

Both teams recaptured the lead for a combined 16 lead changes. There were an additional 13 ties throughout the game.

Grove City tied the game up one last time in the final five seconds of the fourth quarter with a free throw by junior guard Lexie Arkwright.

This brought the score to 74-74. Grove City defended well in the remaining seconds to take the game into overtime.

In overtime, Grove City took over with the lead and led for the remainder of the game.

At one point the Wolverines created a sevenpoint lead of 82-75, the largest point gap of the whole game for either team. Bethany played well in the remaining

time, but even after a few scores they could not overcome the lead Grove City had created.

Arkwright led Grove City in points with 35 total. Sophomore guard McKenzie Black followed with 16 points.

Freshman guard Kate Balcom scored 10 points. Senior guard Jackie Stewart finished with eight points.

The win in the final regular season game against Bethany secured the number five seed in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championship Tournament against Westminster.

At home on Monday, with the momentum of a four-game winning streak, the Grove City women’s team played strong in the first-round game against eighth seed Westminster but could not secure the win to advance.

Although Westminster started out by taking an early lead and led in points for most of the game, Grove City persisted and took the lead back at three different times in the game.

Late in the first quarter, freshman forward Jess Book scored a layup to create a Grove City lead of 11-10.

The lead was captured again for a second

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Despite Grove City’s loss, junior Lexie Arkwright still provides hope for an even better season next year, time early in the second quarter with a layup

by Arkwright. Grove City lost the this lead briefly before another layup by Arkwright, assisted by Balcom, put Grove City back on top for their third and final time they would lead the game with a score of 17-16.

Grove City kept the score close for the remaining third and fourth quarters, tying the game up two more times. The women’s team could not over-

take the Titans in the end, though.

Lead scorers of the game included Arkwright at 20 points, followed by Balcom at 11 points, Book at six points and Stewart at six points as well.

The final score of the game came to 55-49 Westminster. The game brought the Grove City women’s season record to 14-12. Grove City will wait for a possible bid to the 2017 Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III

Championship Tournament, to be held Mar. 1-5 at campus sites.

Announcements on the tournament will be made Monday, Feb. 27.

To spotlight one of the Grove City women’s basketball players who has had great success, Arkwright, who recently became the thirteenth Grove City woman to join the thousand-point-club, moved up to the twelfth spot at Saturday’s game against Bethany. After the most recent game

against Westminster, Arkwright currently sits at 1077 total career points, an impressive feat for a junior.

It is impossible to say yet if that is her total for this season until the announcements are made on the ECAC tournament.

Either way, going into their final year together, Arkwright and the rest of the Wolverines have another whole year of excitement to come.

Baseball opens season

Bradley Warmhold Sports Editor

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Men’s lax is gearing up in its final year as a club team before becoming a varsity sport in 2018.

Men’s lacrosse gets in gear

Maddy Moser Staff Writer

While many Grove City students were enjoying the change in weather, the Grove City College men’s lacrosse team played two scrimmages against PAC rival Westminster College and NCAA Division II team Davis and Elkins College on Saturday afternoon.

The Wolverines lost the back-to backscrimmages in two back and forth games.

Though the outcomes were not as favorable as hoped, the team’s effort was notable for several reasons.

The Wolverines were down several of their best players on Saturday. Junior goalie and captain Ben Dumm was sidelined due to an injury that occurred in last Saturday’s game against the University of Pittsburgh.

In goal was Westminster’s backup goal-

ie, who was coached

by Dumm during halftime and in between the two games.

Grove City is still trying to recruit a goalie in preparation for Dumm’s graduation in a year and a half.

Other players were out for multiple reasons, meaning several players were on the field for more of the game than usual.

For not being at full force, Grove City held their own with an end score of 4-6 against Westminster College and 3-8 against Davis and Elkins College.

“We are a young team and we are still learning to play with each other, but the team is looking better every day and we are excited for the official competition to start,” said Dumm.

Grove City will face Southern Connecticut University and Bridgewater State University this coming weekend.

Following a season that included a recordsetting 27 wins in a single season, an Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Southwest Division title, and 10 more records either tied or broken, the Grove City College baseball team under first year official head-coach Matt Royer have much that they are looking to match from last year.

The baseball team finished last season with a 27-17 overall record and a 15-9 President’s Athletic Conference (PAC) record: good for fourth in the standings. The Wolverines advanced to the PAC playoffs for the first time in five years, but were the first team out in the double elimination tournament.

Grove City, however, would be selected to compete against Penn State Behrend in the ECAC Southwest Regional tournament soon after where they won the series by taking two out of the three games.

Graduating only three seniors last year, the 23-man roster, though smaller than the typical division three baseball team, features a highly experienced and talented squad.

Six of Grove City’s seven all-conference honorees from last year will be returning to R. Jack Behringer field for

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Shane Hammel is looking to improve on a great year. the 2017 season. (.976). His 16 doubles The Wolverine of- ranked second among fense, a strong element league counterparts of last year’s team, while he also ranked is led by senior first- fourth in the conferbaseman Matt Wauga- ence in batting averman and fellow senior age, fifth in on-base Andy Fritz, Grove City’s percentage and sixth in starting catcher. both hits and RBIs. Waugaman’s junior Grove City’s offense is season was nothing rounded out by a startshort of phenomenal. ing line-up that can The All-PAC first team hit from the one to the and All-Midwest Re- nine spot in the order. gion third-team honor- Senior shortstop David ee broke eight program Laylock (Second Team single-season records, All-PAC) and sophoincluding games played more third-baseman/ (44), games started pitcher Micah Burke (44), at-bats (160), hits (All-PAC HM) provide swings (65), runs batted in high-contact (54), total bases (121) at the top of the order, and putouts (373) while and junior outfielder tying catcher Marcus Tyler Graham (All-PAC Magister’s 2009 re- HM) returns after leadcord of 13 home runs. ing the team with 22 He also led the confer- stolen bases last year.

On the mound, the ence in hits, home runs, pitching RBIs, slugging and to- Wolverine tal bases while ranking staff features seven among the top four in pure-pitchers and four five additional offensive player-pitcher utility men. Sophomore John categories.

Fritz, an All-PAC Sec- Bini quickly settled in ond Team honoree, set last year as one of the a new program single- league’s top-pitchers, season record with 16 finishing with a 9-0 doubles while ranking record, a 3.81 earned second on the team in run average, and a First batting average (.405), Team All-PAC selechits (60), RBIs (41), to- tion. Bini was the only tal bases (82), slugging freshman in the league percentage (.554), on- to receive First Team base percentage (.474) honors.

Royer stated that and fielding percentage

aside from Bini and freshman pitcher/outfielder Austin Wacker, the other three starting pitcher positions are still up for grabs.

“We’re still looking, we need that third, fourth, and fifth guy to come soon. Senior control-pitcher Ben Finlan, who went 5-2 last year, sophomores Philip Bell and Micah Burke and seniors Nolan Myers and Cameron Lawson have potential to round out the starting rotation come PAC competition.

In the preseason PAC polls, the head coaches of all ten teams predicted Grove City to finish fourth in the league, a considerable jump from last year when they were picked to finish last. Thomas More College, last season’s regular season and tournament champions, and Washington and Jefferson College tied in the preseason polls to finish in first.

“They’re a lot like toilet paper those preseason polls,” said Royer.

“It’s not a bad thing if it means if you have the respect of other coaches in the league, but we proved last year that the polls really mean nothing.”

The baseball team will travel down to Florence, Kentucky this weekend to take on the College of Mount St. Joseph in a non-league double-header.

First pitch is scheduled for 12 p.m. in the first game and 2:30 p.m. in the second game.