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Vol. 102, No. 15

The Grove City College Student Newspaper

‘She Stoops,’ we score

Lizzy Borcherding Entertainment Editor

Stressed about midterms? Starting this weekend, Grove City College students and townies will be laughing their worries away as some of Grove City College’s own perform in “She Stoops to Conquer.” The performance is full of “hilarious shenanigans and misunderstandi ngs , trickery and love, and of course…stooping,” said Kira Hellweg, stage manager, on the play’s Facebook page.

The play, directed by Betsy Craig, associate professor of theater, will be held in the Little Theater in the Pew Fine Arts Center today and tomorrow and March

24 through 25. All performances will begin at 7:30 p.m., and the doors open at 7 p.m.

Hellweg promised lots of laughs and said the crew is “doing an anachronistic take on the production to help make it more relevant to the campus audience. The play is easy to understand, and it will definitely be an enjoyable show to watch.”

Before and after the performance there will be a donation basket set out front. Donations will be collected for the theater honorary Tau Alpha Pi, which funds a scholarship to send a student to the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival that takes place next PLAY 3

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“She Stoops to Conquer” runs in the Little Theater of the Pew Fine Arts Center today, tomorrow and March 24-25.

Literary masters Foreman to speak at College to perform Molly Wicker News Editor

Internationally renowned writer and artist, Makoto Fujimura, and poet and playwright, Jeanne Murray Walker, are co-headlining the Christianity and Literature Eastern Regional Conference from Mar. 30-Apr. 1 at Grove City College.

With the theme “Beauty and Exile: Negotiating, Exchanging, and Redeeming the Challenges,” the conference will focus on the ways faith and literature interact to make sense of the suffering that plagues the world.

“Issues of beauty and exile are not limited to literature and the arts; they also touch on theology, history, politics and beyond,” Dr. Eric Potter, professor of English and one of the organizers, said.

Since 2001, Grove City College’s Depart-

ment of English has hosted its annual Christian Writers Conference each spring, drawing regional and national interest. The conference brings together writers, scholars and students to explore and discuss the nature of writing and the role faith plays in it.

Along with faculty from around the country, undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to submit their work for discussion in panels scheduled throughout the three-day event.

Organizers of the conference are hopeful that it will be a rich time of scholarship and growth.

“The conference has a rich history here at Grove City College,” Dr. Collin Messer, chair of the English Department, said. “This year, we are excited to hear from our speakers and panelists as we learn

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Marley Kropp Staff Writer

MAKOTO FUJIMURA

Writer and artist, Makoto Fujimura, is co-headlining the Christian and Literature Eastern Regional Conference on campus this March 30 through April 1. more about what it means to produce art while living in a broken world. As conference speaker Mako Fujimura has said, ‘It is precisely in encountering and transforming our suffering into terrifying beauty that we know there is grace at the base of the universe.’”

Fujimura speaks at 7 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 30, in Ketler Auditorium of the Pew Fine Arts Center on campus.

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Jon Foreman, lead singer of Switchfoot, will perform a solo show in Crawford Auditorium on Friday, Mar. 31, at 8 p.m.

Stonebridge Concerts, a student organization focused on hosting concerts at Grove City College, announced the event on March 12. Foreman is a singer/songwriter from California, and he is best known as the lead singer of alternative rock band Switchfoot.

According to a Facebook post from Stonebridge, Foreman’s solo work “features an acoustic folk sound and rich, honest lyrics.” Foreman’s solo work is comparable to the music of John Mark McMillan, Josh Garrels and Ben Howard. His latest solo project, The

Wonderlands, consists of four EPs: Sunlight, Shadows, Darkness, and Dawn.

Members of Stonebridge expressed their enthusiasm about the coming concert.

Senior Josh Delk, President of Stonebridge, described himself as a “Jon Foreman fanboy.”

Senior Knight Knight, Stonebridge Marketing Director, added, “If Josh is a fanboy, then I’m a fangirl.”

“I’ve seen Switchfoot twice,” said Knight.

“They were awesome and very fan-focused, and I’m expecting Jon Foreman to be like that.” Encouraging students to attend the concert, Knight added, “It’s silly to miss this kind of high quality performance when it’s a fiveminute walk from your FOREMAN 3

College names new business and finance VP Molly Wicker News Editor Michael R. Buckman ’82 was appointed as the Grove City ColBuckman lege Vice President for Business and Finance on March 2. He suc-

ceeds Roger Towle ’68, who retired last year as Vice President for Financial Affairs after 21 years of service.

Buckman will serve as an officer of the College and as a member of the senior leadership team, where he will provide direct support to the Office of the President as well as the Board of Trustees and its key committees.

In a newly-restructured role, Buckman will be re-

sponsible for a wide range of enterprise matters including financial planning and analysis, budget development, investment management and revenue stream, in addition to human resources and the implementation of best practices across the organization.

“We welcome Mike and look forward to the benefit of his experience, leadership and unique gifts as Grove City College continues to

meet the many challenges in higher education today,” President Paul J. McNulty ’80 said.

“He knows our College and the stakeholders we serve. I am confident that Grove City College will be in good stead as a result of his commitment to our vision, mission, and values.”

Buckman graduated from Grove City with a degree in accounting and earned his

MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1990.

Throughout his career, he has served in various financial positions, including accountant, investor relations and controller.

For the last 10 years, he was the Chief Financial Officer for eLynx, which is now Black Knight Financial Services.

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March 17, 2017

A look inside the GOP’s ‘repeal and replace’

Staff Writer Lawmakers spent hours debating the proposed healthcare plan last Thursday, before two house committees approved the bill. The new bill, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), has already faced steep opposition in the media, liberal circles and even among conservatives.

While it will likely face many changes before it passes through the Senate and eventually across President Trump’s desk, America’s new healthcare legislation could affect the lives of many young adults, including college graduates.

One feature of President Obama’s trademark Affordable Care Act (ACA) that the proposed GOP replacement retains is the popular provision that allows people to stay on their parent’s healthcare plan until the age of 26. As the law currently stands, young people essentially sub-

sidize the coverage of older adults; those who require less of the health system pay for those who require more care.

While there is a significant cost differential in the care of twentysomethings and senior citizens, the GOP plan would only allow insurance companies to charge seniors a maximum of five times higher for coverage. This will result in lower premiums for young adults who pay for their own healthcare plans.

GCC associate professor of Political Science Dr. Caleb Verbois noted his concern with the new legislation.

“If the status quo continues, it’s going to bankrupt millennials. Healthcare related funding is now over 50 percent of the federal budget and will continue to rise.” Verbois explained that while AHCA is the “opening salvo” of negotiations on the current law, which was designed to avoid a filibuster in the senate, Republicans

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Speaker of the House Paul Ryan holds up the American Healthcare Act, the GOP’s proposed replacement for the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as “Obamcare.” won’t stand for anything that doesn’t repeal or replace the ACA. The new plan puts in place a system of refundable tax credits that help people afford individualized plans through private insurance providers. The AHCA weights tax credits by age and phases them out as the plan holder enters higher income brackets.

A 30-year-old who makes under $75,000

per year under the new system would receive a fully refundable healthcare credit. Above this income bracket, the tax credit goes down by 10 percent.

The Republican bill also eliminates the controversial mandatory coverage included in Obamacare. In its place, consumers would pay a 30 percent premium on health plans if they have gone more than 63 days with no coverage.

Since the plan does not require coverage for individuals, healthy people may find it more cost-effective to go without insurance until a medical event requires expensive treatment.

A recent report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found that many people would go without insurance under the AHCA legislation, with over 24 million more people

uninsured under the plan by 2026 than under Obamacare.

Like its predecessor, the new plan will force insurance companies to sell coverage to individuals regardless of their past medical history or pre-existing conditions.

However, the similarities between these two plans for American healthcare, the GOP has yet to live up to its motto to “repeal and replace” Obamacare.

GCC named best in state in 2017 rankings Molly Wicker News Editor Grove City earned a top spot on BestColleges.com’s 2017 ranking of the 50 best colleges in Pennsylvania among some of the state’s best known and respected public and private colleges and universities.

Best Colleges narrowed down the top contenders from nearly 450 accredited, not-

CONFERENCE as a shaper of culture.

“It’s an honor to be able to host someone of the caliber of Fujimura.

We are deeply honored by his presence,” Messer said.

A presidential appointee to the National Council on the Arts from 2003-2009, Fujimura served as an international advocate for the arts, speaking with decision makers and advising governmental policies on the arts.

In 2014, the American Academy of Religion presented him with its Religion and the Arts Award, recognizing his contributions to the understanding of the relationship between art and religion.

He is the author of numerous books, including “Refractions: A Journey of Faith, Art, and Culture” and “Silence and Beauty: Hidden Faith Born of Suffering.” Fujimura’s artwork, a unique fusion between fine art and abstract expressionism, has been exhibited worldwide. His style dates back to 15th

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GCC was named one of the best colleges in the state

by BestColleges.com.

Jeanne Murray Walker century, blending a traditional Japanese art of Nihongo and Kacho-ga.

He provided illuminations for “The Four Holy Gospels,” published in conjunction with the 400th anniversary of The King James Bible.

He has lectured at numerous conferences, universities and museums, including the Aspen Institute, Yale and Princeton universities, Sato Museum and the Phoenix Art Museum.

Fujimura currently serves as director of the Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, and the Arts at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif.

Walker will address

the conference at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 31 in Sticht Lecture Hall in the Hall of Arts and Letters on campus. A writer and teacher, Walker was born in Parkers Prairie, a village of a thousand people in Minnesota and won the Atlantic Monthly Award for both fiction and poetry while still an undergraduate at Wheaton College in Illinois.

“I’m looking forward to the college hosting Jeanne Murray Walker. She is not only an award-winning poet and playwright, but also an excellent teacher and a generous spirit,” said Potter said.

Walker has written eight volumes of poetry, including “Helping the Morning: New and Selected Poems,” “A Deed to the Light” and “New Tracks, Night Falling.”

Her poetry and essays have appeared in numerous journals.

Her scripts have been performed in theaters across the United States and in London.

Her memoir, “The Geography of Memory: A Pilgrimage through

for-profit schools in the state to come up with the rankings.

Their methodology put the heaviest weight on academic quality and affordability.

The online college choice website ranked Grove City College the 17th best college in Pennsylvania, noting the College’s “holistic approach” to education.

“Each student receives an inclusive learning experience Alzheimer’s,” recalls the decade she and her sister cared for their mother.

Walker recently retired as a professor of English at The University of Delaware, where she headed the creative writing concentration.

She serves as a mentor in the Seattle Pacific University Master of Fine Arts program.

For 20 years she was the poetry editor of Christianity and Literature. She currently serves on the editorial board of Image and Shenandoah magazines.

The Conference on Christianity and Literature is an interdisciplinary society dedicated to exploring the relationships between Christianity and literature. Organized formally in 1956, CCL is dedicated to both scholarly excellence and collegial exchange and includes hundreds of members from a variety of academic institutions and religious traditions from the United States, Canada, and more than a dozen other countries.

that incorporates the humanities, social and laboratory sciences, and foreign languages into the rigorous curriculum,” according to Best Colleges.

The College’s distinctive and inclusive character also earned notice.

“Grove City College’s Christian-oriented courses encourage spiritual growth and the exploration of faith while welcoming stu-

dents from all denominations.

A leader among Pennsylvania colleges, Grove City College’s academic programs reflect a mission to produce ethical leaders equipped with the skills necessary to effectively engage in the modern world.

The curriculum emphasizes the Christian perspective of neighborly love in a free society,” Best Colleges concluded.

Local U.S. Rep. backpedals Caleb Harshberger Editor in Chief Last Saturday, Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) was filmed at the Mercer County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner held on the Grove City College campus accusing President Barack Obama of staying in Washington D.C. to head a shadow government in opposition to the new administration.

“President Obama himself said he was going to stay in Washington until his daughters graduated,” Kelly said.

“He’s only there for one purpose and one purpose only, and that is to run a shadow government that is going to totally upset the new agenda.”

Kelly’s comments sparked an immediate backlash, and he later released a statement through his spokesman Tom Qualtere saying, “It is worth clarifying

that Rep. Kelly does not believe that President Obama is personally operating a shadow government.”

In another statement Qualtere clarified the clarification saying that the congressman was “sharing the frustration of everyone in the room over how they believe certain Obama administration holdovers within the federal bureaucracy are attempting to upset President Trump’s agenda.”

Kelly represents Grove City in Congress.

His comments echoed sentiments from the Trump administration, through spokesman Sean Spicer, about their suspicions regarding current employees from the Obama administration. The day before Kelly’s comments were made, President Trump ordered 46 holdover United States attorneys to tender their resignations.

Life

March. 17, 2017

Symposium strikes

Raquel Fereshetian Contributing Writer

Attendees can stretch and work out their brains at Grove City College’s third annual Exercise Science Symposium. Set for Thursday, March 30, this year’s theme focuses on “Sports Performance Enhancement.”

Hosted by the Grove City College Exercise Science Club, this day will be full of engaging presentations on current research, findings and developments in the field of exercise science. As the club’s goal is to promote health and fitness efforts on campus and in the local community, the symposium will be open to both students and community members to attend.

The senior co-coordinator for this year’s event, Joanna Schwab, described the goal of the event as to not only give students exposure into research outside of Grove City, but also into what is being conducted independently within the student body and faculty.

The “Sports Performance Enhancement” theme speaks to the diversity within the field of Exercise Science.

Schwab stated that “It is not only attractive to Exercise Science majors, but to the general student body on campus who is either involved in sports or interested in health and fitness in general.”

The day will begin

with a poster presentation at 2:30 p.m. in the Student Union Great Room that will give an opportunity to highlight these findings within the college body. Attendants will then move to the Little Theatre for more specialized workshops lead

by Physical Therapist, Dr. Lyneil Mitchell, and Grove City College Strength and Conditioning Coach, Mike Hoyt.

Schwab added that “The workshop component gives hands-on involvement to activities that are regularly performed.”

The evening will conclude in the Sticht Lecture Hall at 6:30 p.m. where professionals will be presenting and discussing topics of interest in their fields.

It will begin with the broadcasting of a recorded interview done with Dr. Timothy Noakes, Professor of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

“I am most excited to hear his input being that he is one of the leading researchers in the Exercise Physiology field,” Schwab said.

Other distinguished speakers who will be present include Dr. Hayden Gerhart, Dr. Jeff Lynn and Dr. Philip Prins.

There is still an opportunity to register for this event at the SignUp tab on myGCC or online for non-Grove City students.

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Speakers will represent the fields of graphic design, filmmaking, music production, photography and more, and include TJ Mousetis from Walk in Love, Megan Smalley from Scarlet & Gold and 2014 GCC grad, HB Mertz.

The day will feature main session talks, seminars, workshops, giveaway prizes and networking hours designed to allow speakers to connect with stu-

dents.

Seniors Abby Cunningham and Alexis Marnejon developed and organized the conference during an independent study last semester with the Department chair, Dr. Mobley.

“We are excited about the Create Conference and hope that this event will inspire and educate students, whether they are pursuing a creative hobby or career,” said Cunningham.

Marnejon added that “With so many creatives on campus, we anticipate a great turnout.”

The conference will begin at 10 a.m. tomorrow in The Hall of

Arts and Letters, with sessions continuing through 6 p.m.. Students are not required to attend every event during the day.

An evening concert will conclude the day and will take place in the SAC from 8-9:30 PM. Performers include Jared Grace, Grace DeMember and Joe Holston and Coby Bartolucci.

The Create Conference allows students the chance to network and learn from those already in the field.

A full conference schedule can be found on the events Facebook page, “2017 Create Conference.”

sion and reputation.

Delk and junior Andrew Stein, Vice President of Stonebridge, handled most of the communication with the administration.

“This is the biggest concert we’ve been directly in charge of booking, organizing, and promoting,” said Knight. “This concert is run by students, and we’re really proud of it and excited to share it with the campus.”

Stonebridge is best known for putting on a large spring concert each year and hosting a few smaller events throughout the year.

Delk explained that the group began in the 1980s.

“President McNulty

was involved in Stonebridge when he was here,” said Delk. “So he’s really supportive of what we do.”

Stonebridge is a student ministry, although it is not as easily recognizable as a ministry as International Justice Mission or New Life are, Delk said. However, Delk sees Stonebridge’s work as a service to the campus and to God. “We hope to serve the Kingdom through good music,” he added.

When Delk joined Stonebridge as a freshman, the group was not very well known.

When Delk was a sophomore, he became the President. Delk and the Stonebridge team have

revamped the group and have been recruiting new members.

Delk is optimistic about the future of Stonebridge. “This campus loves good music,” Delk said.

“We’re getting back to the roots of what Stonebridge is all about and we’ve been bringing good music to the campus, especially last year and this year.”

Tickets for the Jon Foreman concert are $15 for students and $20 for general admission.

Attendees can purchase tickets online or in the Student Union from 9-4 p.m. Monday through Friday up through the day of the concert.

“Goldsmith wrote a really hilarious play that is genuinely funny because of its characters and situation, not because it’s trying to be funny,” explains Hellweg. “I’m a little biased, but they’re killing it. It’s a really funny cast and show.”

The castof the show includes Greg Tomasino as Mr. Hardcastle, Leah Lucas as Mrs. Hardcastle, Samuel Kenney as Tony Lumpkin and Rachel Criswell as Kate Hardcastle. In addition,

Jessica Stonefield will be playing as Constance Neville, Luke Leone as Charles Marlow, James Mangiapane as George Hastings, and Dave Tharnish as Sir Charles Marlow.

This acting troupe has been preparing for this performance for three months now, and they often practice four to five nights per week for two hours each night.

The week leading up to the performance, however, both per-

formers and stage crew members have been working around the clock to ensure all audience members will be laughing until they cry.

The running time of “She Stoops to Conquer” is roughly 2 hours and 15 minutes with a 15 minute intermission.

This play is free and open to the public.

Tickets are available for the public at www.gcc. edu/tickets.

Students can reserve tickets under the “events” tab on mygcc.

Contributing Writer The Department of Communication and Visual Arts at Grove City College is bringing a brand new event, the Create Conference, to GCC tomorrow.

The one-day conference, sponsored by the Department of Communication and Visual Arts, the Department of Entrepreneurship and SGA, is open to all majors and will feature seven speakers from the field of creative communications. The event is designed for students seeking to pursue a career in creative communications or with hobbies in this area.

bedroom.”

Announcing the concert just two weeks before the event “helps to keep excitement up,” said Delk. The intended audience for the concert is the campus community, local churches and the local community.

“Jon has a good following, so I’m excited about the turnout for the concert,” Delk said.

Stonebridge members proposed the concert and the artist to President McNulty and other administration members, said Delk.

The students explained to the administration how Jon Foreman’s music would mesh well with Grove City’s mis-

Exercise Science professor Jeffrey Buxton took a goofy photo at last year’s Exercise Science Symposium. The event is currently in it’s third year.

CYNTHIA STANSHACK

Artist Cynthia Stanshack, whose work is above, will be one of the speakers at the 2017 Create Conference.

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PLAY January. Any of the actors and actresses in this performance could be nominated to win this scholarship.

The play’s original purpose was to restore the idea of a comedy in 18th century England.

The playwright, Oliver Goldsmith, believed that the plays of his contemporaries were fake and inauthentic, so he wrote this comedy to combat the comedy tryhards.

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March. 17, 2017

Books and baking Kelleigh Huber Life Editor

GROVE CITY COLLEGE

Before they graduate this May, the Senior Send-off will help seniors learn how to transition into the real world.

Senior Send-off in style

Kayla Sarin

Contributing Writer There are officially nine weeks left in this school year. For the seniors of Grove City College, that means 36 more days of class, four days of finals, graduation and then that’s it.

They’ll be off to the “real world” and their time at Grove City will turn into sweet memories to look back on for the rest of their lives.

As the semester draws to a close, the staff of Student Life and Learning wanted to do something special for the students who have spent the last four years of their lives dedicated to the college.

For the past 10 years, they have put on an event called Senior Send-off.

The coordinator of the event, Ms. Diana King explained that “It started out as a way for seniors to come together and mingle and also make sure they have everything checked off their list before they graduate.”

She went on to say that the main purpose of the event is to provide students with an opportunity to reflect on their time at Grove City College, to celebrate their personal accomplishments and to prepare for Commencement Weekend.

This year, Senior Send-off will be hosted in the Great Room of the Breen Student Union on March 22. In order to allow student teachers to attend, the event will be held from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. There

will be seven different tables available for the seniors to “walkthrough.”

At the Alumni table, seniors will be able to learn the ins and outs of transitioning from student to alumni. Career Services will also have a table.

The Director of Career Services, Mandy Sposato, expressed that “we appreciate the opportunity to connect and touch base with students as to where they are with their plans.”

There will be two tables from South Broad Street: PNC Bank and Josten’s; here, seniors will find representatives ready to help them with banking after college and instructions on ordering announcements and class rings.

At the TLC table, seniors will get a step-bystep tutorial on how to “seniorize” the beloved Grove City laptops before Commencement.

Finally, the Bookstore will have a table where memorable items such as diploma frames or other various items can be purchased to serve as reminders of the glory college days.

Over the years there has been much positive feedback regarding the event.

King says, “Seniors appreciate this opportunity as their last semester at GCC goes so fast, with so much to do and to be able to ask questions and check things off their senior “to-do” list and not leave things until the last minute is a big help.”

“I have an autistic nephew and also graduated with an elementary education degree,” she said. “I love delivering the products to the schools and seeing the kids and their excitement with all the new items for their classroom.”

All treats are $1 and go directly towards purchasing supplies and helping autistic students obtain materials for their classrooms.

There are multiple ways to participate in supporting the cause, however, and not all of them involve eating delicious treats.

Shaw says for those who are more health conscious, there is a 5K being held in Sharpsville on Saturday, Apr. 29. At the library’s booth, students can pick up fliers that advertise for the 5K. Both runners and walkers can be involved in the 5K and are encouraged to keep up with the Buhl Library Facebook page for more information as the race approaches. Proceeds from the race will go to Autism Speaks, an advocacy organization that works on research, awareness and outreach activities.

Empty bowls to end hunger

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

Ciara Resler

Local cult accepting new members Springtime - it’s that time of year again folks. The “organization” known as Orientation Board is accepting new members. One can trace the cult’s origins to centuries prior, where in an abandoned mineshaft under modern-day Broad Street, Abra PIXABAY.COM ham Hansford and Orientation Board, one of Grove City’s most well-known his brothers Joseph, cults is currently accepting new members.

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Henry Buhl Library is holding its annual bake sale next week in efforts to raise awareness about autism in the Grove City Community.

On Mar. 20 and 21, library staff will be in the Student Union offering a variety of sweet treats and promoting a local autistic classroom in Sharpsville, PA. The proceeds of the bake sale will be used to buy supplies for the classroom. Cookies, candy, brownies, cupcakes and even gluten-free items will be available for sale from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on those two days.

Permissions and Interlibrary Loan Coordinator at Buhl Library Ms. Conni Shaw has been an active part of Autism Awareness Month in the library.

Promotion of awareness has taken different forms over the years, starting with the idea of an angel tree, where students and staff donated items to fill a wish list for an autistic classroom in Mercer. The second year saw a similar tradition, where products were purchased for the New Wilmington School District.

This third year, however, the form of the event has changed, capitalizing on the staff of the library and their love of baking. The bake sale will be the first of its kind and the money raised will be able to help purchase classroom supplies for two different autistic classrooms in the Sharpsville School District.

For Shaw, the event is something near to her heart.

members clasp hands, in a practice they call “inter-diging,” and form a circle that represents the immortality of the group. While in this formation, they sing secret chants in low voices.

Cult activity becomes most prominent around the first two weeks of the fall semester, during which the organization throws wildly awkward dance parties and “mix-and-mingle” events for the freshmen. These events tend to have a mesmerizing effect on new students, many of whom go on to form the bulk of OB applicants in the spring.

Thus, in the spirit of Father Abraham’s original vision, OB has become a self-perpetuating organism, secretive and selective in its methods, manipulating the fate of many a freshman behind the scenes.

Contributing Writer The annual Empty Bowls celebration in the Grove City area is celebrating its ten-year anniversary. For the past ten years, Grove City College’s ceramic program, Grace United Methodist Church and George Junior Republic have come and worked together to fundraise for the local food pantry.

They hope to spread awareness to the community of those who are impacted by hunger daily.

“Every year students who are involved with the ceramic program at Grove City College volunteer two nights a week for a month and teach the George Junior Republic students how to throw the bowls to raise money for the pantry,” Kathy Rhoades, professor at Grove City College and one of the coordinators of the event, said.

The students are also taught through an after-school program that is run by Glen Sanders.

Emily Horn, a Grove City student, is involved in preparing for this event. She is in charge of the making of the bowls.

“Our students and workers have both been working hard since last semester to make and glaze over a hundred bowls for this event.

Boys from George Junior have personally made over half of them, under the instruction of the Beginning Wheel Throwing students and Prof. Glen Sanders,” she said.

This event is unlike any other because participants are given the opportunity to witness the art work of the hand-crafted bowls made for the event and also donate to the community. The celebration of the ten-year anniversary of this event will take place on Mar. 19 at Grace United Methodist Church, located at 210 South Broad Street, Grove City from 12 to 2 p.m.

The cost for the event is $10 for adults and $5 for children.

Entertainment Bon Appétit bracketology

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‘Hey Violet’s’ synths of the heart

Madison Stout

Staff Writer

Hot pink, glossy lips outline perfect teeth holding a sweetheart with an unusual inscription: “BREAK MY HEART.” Tantalizing, isn’t it?

Well, that’s the cover for the new single “Break My Heart” that dropped last Friday.

On March 10, upand-coming pop punk, pop rock band Hey Violet released its new single.

As the second of two singles released from their yet-to-be-announced album coming this year, “Break My Heart” has the familiar club dance vibe typical of HV but is also one of the more electronic sounding of their songs.

The song begins with three solid beats of “break my heart” followed by a catchy repetitive beat that gets immediately stuck in my head.

I was surprised at how smooth the verse and pre-chorus was, especially because one of

the things that originally drew me to the band was Rena Lovelis’ gritty and confrontational voice.

Around the one minute mark, the pre-chorus ends and the bass drops before the “break my heart” repeats once more and the memorable emotional demanding voice is back.

Throughout the rest of the song, synthesizers and mixers are used to create a distinctive techno sound to support the vocals.

“Guys My Age,” the first single released from the future album, showcases HV’s recent turn toward a more, as Billboard Music calls, “synth-based pop music.”

This new song follows in suit and I anticipate the new album to carry that sound as well.

The band currently consists of five members: R. Lovelis, lead vocalist; her older sister Nia, drums; Miranda Miller, rhythm guitar and keyboard; and Casey Moreta, lead guitarist; Iain Shipp, bass.

I discovered HV this past year when I attended two concerts for my favorite band, 5 Seconds of Summer when it opened for 5SOS during the Sounds Live, Feels Live tour.

Rocking bright pink hair and an oversized jean jacket, R. Lovelis commanded the stage with her sassy attitude and powerful vocals.

I was immediately drawn to the bands electronic sound and the seductive and rebellious tone of their songs.

According to OurStage, the band originated in Los Angeles, California in 2008 as an all-female groupcalled Cherri Bomb when some of the members were still in middle school.

They opened for a few bands such as Foo Fighters and The Smashing Pumpkins and played during the traveling rock festival, Vans Warped Tour, in 2012.

In early 2013, the band announced that it would be departing

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Pop-funk band Hey Violet recently released its new single, “Break My Heart.” with lead singer Julia Pierce. Stage to Stage reported in February of 2015, that the band then reestablished itself as Hey Violet and announced being signed to Hey or Hi Records, a record company cre-

ated by 5SOS. Since 2015, it has recorded 14 songs, including multiple remix’s, two EP’s and toured the US, Europe and Oceana.

HV is going places, and with its smooth,

taunting, and catchy melodies as well as a great live presence, it is inevitable that the music will continue to play on radio stations and in clubs.

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A tour to remember Sarah Gibbs

Staff Writer

Photos by Kassaundra Funch and Abigail Marsan

While many Grovers were vegging out on the couch catching up on Netflix or tanning on the beach in Florida, 45 students were traveling across New England, Pennsylvania and New York ministering to churches through music.

The Grove City College Touring Choir spent the last nine days traveling to a mixture of Wesleyan, Baptist and Presbyterian churches and one Christian school. They held concerts in the evenings and on some mornings, performing both choral arrangements and gospel songs.

Some of the selections included Bach’s “Lobet Den Herrn” and the spiritual “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child.”

Members of the choir represent students from various majors and are selected at the beginning of each academic year through an audition process. Each year, faculty choose 45 students to participate in the choir.

Junior Communication Studies major Joel

Espenshade has been a member of the choir since his freshman year and is the Touring Choir Vice President this year.

Espenshade was actually introduced to Grove City College through the Touring Choir when the choir performed at his church when he was in eighth grade.

Espenshade said that the Touring Choir was “by far the best group I have ever been a part of.”

He also said that his personal highlight from this year’s tour was when, “we sang at my home church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and all my family was there.”

In between the singing on the annual tours, the students find time to explore the areas they visit.

This year, the students got a free day to spend in New York City and found time to explore the Yale campus in New Haven, Connecticut.

The Touring Choir has been active since the 1950s when Professor Oscar Cooper organized the group. He wanted the choir to accomplish five main goals: to minier through music, enable

students to share in the joy of singing, give others a greater appreciation for music, serve as an ambassador for Grove City College to the community and enhance its members’ education through personal contact, fellowship and travel.

In addition to the annual tour, the group performs choral arrangements regularly throughout Western Pennsylvania, including performing with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Erie Philharmonic Orchestra.

In the past, the group has performed for Billy Graham crusades, at the Senate Office Building in D.C. and at Disney World.

The Touring Choir functions as a community of fellowship and musical development for its members during their years on campus, but it continues to be a tie that binds even after graduation.

The Touring Choir organizes alumni choirs and tours, and in 2000 and 2005 Alumni Touring Choirs traveled to the United Kingdom and Eu-

rope.

The choirs presented programs to audiences at prestigious venues such as the Notre Dame cathedral, the Salzburg Cathedral and St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.

The current director of the Touring Choir is professor of music Dr. Katherine Mueller. Dr. Mueller brings multiple years of experience directing choirs in Pittsburgh which were featured on the radio and performed across the country in Boston’s Symphony Hall and Tanglewood’s Ozawa Hall in Lenox, Massachusetts.

Dr. Mueller earned a D.M.A. in conducting from Shenandoah Conservatory and a master’s degree in conducting from Carnegie Mellon University, in addition to a master’s degree in vocal performance from New England Conservatory of Music.

Dr. Mueller and the Touring Choir will be performing their full tour program for the campus community on March 25 at 4:00 p.m. in Harbison Chapel.

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Belle and Beast burst on big screen

Claire Rauf Staff Writer

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“The Shack” has been a commercial success, but it has also sparked controversy.

Heresy or holiness?

Paige Kraynak Staff Writer

Murder, forgiveness, faith. These are all topics covered by “The Shack,” a fictional tale that tells of a father who loses a child and how he deals with grief, forgiveness and his faith.

The Shack, written

by W.M. Paul Young and published in 2007, was a USA Today bestseller and sold millions of copies worldwide.

On March 3, almost ten years later, the story hit the big screen and raked in over $32 million (boxofficemojo. com).

Even though this story involves the Christian faith, it creates much controversy over the being of God himself.

(Beware of spoilers!)

This story humanizes God - God the Father, God the Son (Jesus) and God the Holy Spirit into three different people.

The protagonist, Mac, finds a letter written to him and signed by “Papa,” telling him to go to a shack for healing after dealing with the loss of his youngest daughter, Missy, who was kidnapped on a camping trip.

The shack is the last spot the police traced Missy’s body, and it is in the shack where Mac admitted to himself that his daughter is, in fact, gone. The shack has become a place of horror and guilt to Mac, and so when he finds this letter telling him to go there, he is confused and unsure about what to do. The letter is also signed, “Papa,” his family’s name for God. Mac thinks this is a joke at first, but curiosity catches up to him and later on he decides to check it out for himself.

The shack turns from a place of misery into one of love and beauty as the three portrayers of God meet him and help move him through the process of healing and forgiveness.

God the Father is portrayed as a large African American woman, God the Son is Jesus and God the Holy Spirit is portrayed as an Asian woman named Sarayu.

Critics argue that this depiction of God as three different characters is flawed. Each character has their own personalities and ways of doing things. It has been called heresy by many critics, hence why the Church is torn

about this piece of literature. Some pastors are encouraging their congregations to read this story because of the message it contains, as others are forbidding it story due to an alleged false personification of God. The book also creates issues with the themes of love and justice.

The version of God in “The Shack” loves all His children, which certainly God does do.

However, in order to be saved, Christians must remember Romans 10:13 - “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

In the book, it is unclear whether Missy’s killer is pardoned by God. God the Father, in the story, reminds Mac that even though the murderer (called the Little Ladykiller) has done wrong, he is still loved as a child of God. There is very little information on this character, but critics have tried to prove whether or not the murderer is pardoned because of God the Father’s love for him. In the movie, there is a scene where Mac is frustrated with God the Father for allowing this to happen and wants to seek revenge on the killer.

However, God the Father says that though both he and Mac are angry, He loves this man just the same. The movie ends, though, without mentioning the killer’s fate.

On the other hand, the book ends with God the Father showing Mac where Missy’s body lays so he can guide the police to her body. As a result, the Little Ladykiller is caught, arrested and put on trial. Still, readers don’t know his final fate.

All we know is that God loves this character so much as to help Mac learn to forgive him.

Overall, this story is extremely thought-provoking.

For some people, it is an uplifting piece that helped them overcome personal struggles. For others, this story depicts their holy God in a way that they refuse to support it.

Is it heresy? Is it just a piece of fiction meant to support Christian attributes? Judge for yourself, but if you want to know the true character of God, search in His Word.

When Disney announced that it would be making a Beauty and the Beast live-action movie, the world went crazy.

Fans of the Oscarwinning 1991 classic – many of whom are now parents in their own right or grew up with the film – excitedly began waiting for any teaser trailer or sneak peek from the movie. They were not disappointed, as clips of “Harry Potter” veteran Emma Watson singing as the character Belle quickly went viral and became headline news.

The selection for the remainder of the cast, while not as important to fans as Belle’s choice, only intensified the fervor and anticipation for the film.

Dan Stevens from “Downton Abbey” fame takes over the role of the Beast, while Luke Evans (“The Girl on the Train”) plays the strong-jawed Gaston.

Josh Gad, known for his voice skills as Olaf from Disney’s “Frozen” is in the place of LeFou, Gaston’s humorous sidekick.

Other famous names grace the cast list; Ewan McGregor (“Star Wars”), Ian McKellen (“The Lord of the Rings”) and Stanley Tucci (“The Devil Wears Prada”) also have roles in the movie.

When tasked with finding a tenacious female lead to play Belle, the choice of Watson was a no-brainer, according to director Bill Condon (“Dream Girls”).

“We wanted to update Belle as a strong

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Starring Dan Stevens and Emma Watson, the film hits U.S. cinemas today. female role model and Emma Watson is that in her own life,” he said.

Watson is known for being an outspoken advocate for women’s rights. Last year, she launched her own feminist book club with her followers on Twitter.

A graduate from Brown University and a global Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations, Watson is certainly the kind of woman that the real Belle would be proud to be portrayed by.

In addition, her stunning acting abilities and her native habits of working with CGI (attained through growing up as a “Harry Potter” star) make Watson the perfect candidate for the brunette, bookworm princess.

Indeed, Watson’s depiction of Belle will heavily reflect her own feminist ideals.

“The original Belle was very progressive and quite modern for her time, and I think it was a case of kind of defending and protecting her original DNA,” she said.

The actress added

that she didn’t wear a corset during filming, which was the norm for 18th century France.

In addition, Watson suggested that Belle be made an inventor, much like her father in the movie.

The actress had quite a say in the dialogue for her character, and used her influence to focus more on Belle’s personal strength and intelligence than just pure romance.

The expectations for Watson are high, but many are confident the talented actress will be able to pull it off.

“Emma is very aware of the impact she has on a whole generation of children,” said Audra McDonald, Broadway legend and operatic chest of drawers in the film.

“Belle’s self-reliance, her independence, her strength, her courage — all of that was going to be put in even sharper focus in a live-action film because Emma… wouldn’t have had it any other way.”

Beauty and the Beast is expected to be the highest grossing film

for the month of March, with $215-245 million anticipated for its worldwide opening.

Those numbers outshine previous debut from other March movies such as “The Hunger Games” ($211.8M) and “Alice In Wonderland” ($210.1M).

Review site Rotten Tomatoes has already given the movie a 70 percent fresh rating, and 98 percent of the site’s users say they want to see it.

Even with the revelation that Gad’s character will experience a “gay moment” in the movie in regards of his relationship to Gaston, analysts still expect the film to have one of the biggest openings for this month, ever.

Condon merely shrugged off the reaction, calling it overblown. “This is a movie for everyone,” he said.

Only time will tell if he is correct.

Beauty and the Beast premieres today, and can be watched at theatres around the Grove City area, including the Guthrie.

Synth-pop upgrades Nicolas Giorgi Staff Writer Knowing where you have been is one of the best methods to understanding where you are going. Wayfaring in this fashion, however, can lead us to look at the past with rose-tinted glasses, placing reverence on what does not deserve praise; such is the case for eighties synth-pop.

Generally, synth-pop from this decade was shallow, sloppily written and produced to be a part of the lowest common denominator.

It’s time for an upgrade.

This request was thankfully delivered by the musings of Kurt Feldman, operating under the band name The Ice Choir.

On Sept. 9, 2016, Feldman, under the guise of the Ice Choir, released his sophomore album, “Designs In Rhythm,” building off of the foundation of antiquated synth-pop and his own

discernment.

An NYU graduate, Feldman has been in the music industry for a substantial amount of time, performing in three different musical acts and mixing for various artists, including Diiv, and this becomes evident with “Designs in Rhythm.”

“Designs in Rhythm” is a perfect homage to what synth-pop used to be, without getting too close to the negative parts of the genre. It is a fun, airy album that is wrought with lyrical depth and masterful mixing at the hand of Feldman; an appropriate amalgamation of synth, drums, samples and fretless bass keeps the album on course, touching base with the shimmery sound of the eighties and the maturity of an artist that is willing to grow beyond his bounds.

However, the album does not take itself too seriously, hinted at by the “so-(intentionally)bad-it’s-good” mu-

sic video to the track “Designs in Rhythm,” featuring only a green screen, thick, blocky type, and wonderfully rendered fishbowls, clocks and traffic cones.

Stylistically, “Designs In Rhythm” is very upbeat overall. The beats are fast, calling longingly for distant loved ones, the sun and the surf, despite the pointed sound that can come with a synthesizer; this harshness is dissolved using the chime of high bells, pumping bass and a menagerie of layered vocals.

More importantly, each track builds upon its own framework, as opposed to being ensnared in repetition, such is the case for Afar. The album actually feels like it’s going somewhere.

The album opens with “Let’s Music,” a whimsical, fifty-two second, instrumental cascade of velvety synth that flows circularly, like a ribbon, terminating and flowing “Unprepared.”

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“Designs in Rhythm” presents a new take on synth-pop

“Unprepared” is the blasting-cap that really pushes the album in motion; it’s energetic and it is amorous, proclaiming love so saturated that only Cupid could provide it.

Once this track ends, we are brought to “Designs in Rhythm,” a track worthy of a beachside carride at dusk and a group of friends shouting the chorus alongside you.

Although we’re still stuck in the treacherous cold, idly searching for spring, “Designs In Rhythm” can be a means of instilling hope in a person that the sun will, one day, return.

As a collection of songs conjoined by one rhythmic motif, it is worthy of listen.

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Surviving the snowstorm

Rio Arias

Perspectives Editor This week, states all across the country predicted mass snowfalls ranging anywhere from four inches to multiple feet, creating fake blizzard warnings and cries of fake news. Grocery stores also faced spikes in sales due to the inclement weather, which strangely only affected milk and toilet paper products.

Concerned parents began sewing mittens to coat sleeves by the hundreds, and high school students took the time to relaxingly

ignore their homework, since school would “like definitely be closed or something”.

The most important preparation made of all, however, was stocking the home with emergency goods. Many adults carefully crafted their shopping lists to perfection, making sure to provide for all possible outcomes their pet could face, while buying two boxes of ramen noodles after reading a Buzzfeed article entitled “Twenty ways to cook Ramen”.

Others concerned with their health made sure to have a backup jar of protein powder, because every day should be a #gains day.

But to ensure that

you don’t fall short of the most important home snowstorm supplies, here is a list of the most essential things to survive this year’s winter weather.

1) Milk. It can be consumed in a glass, in a cereal bowl, double as coffee creamer and is an excellent source of Vitamin C. As one of the most versatile groceries, it’s important to have because it’s really a home staple. And if you’re feeling extra creative, it can also be made into cheese.

2) Easy Mac. With all the time you now have to sit at home, it can be rough to fit in a hot meal into your Netflix schedule. Easy Mac is the perfect solution

to a dinner that’s completely satisfying, and won’t leave you hungry afterwards.

3) Extra clothing. Laundry may also be difficult to fit into your schedule, so this takes care of that need, as well as provides an excellent opportunity to get a fleek new outfit.

4) A great Spotify playlist. Because whether you’re stuck inside all day or out shoveling snow, you need to be up to date on the latest hits and get the most out of that free trial.

5) A backup phone charger and portable battery. If you can’t post hourly Snapchat updates on the snow fall, did you

even snow day right?

6) While you’re at it, consider getting a backup power generator. If all else fails, you still have to be able to watch “The Bachelor” finale.

7) Most important of all, make sure to have an emergency phone. Because while your needs may be important, if your mom calls to check on you and you can’t answer, a real national emergency may occur.

We all know there is no stronger force driving this nation than concerned parents.

I hope these tips were helpful, and make sure to stay warm and safe if a large snowstorm happens near you.

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Healthy introspection into personal self-identity

Beth Shrom

Contributing Writer “Click here to find out what your zodiac sign says about your love life, body and health.”

Most of us are guilty of reading a similar link, opening a related Snapchat story, or (for the old-at-heart) reading the daily horoscope in a local newspaper. Nevertheless, our desire to read clickbait like this is incredibly high. I reluctantly admit to being a zodiac enthusiast.

Interestingly, I always jump down to read my “Pisces” and totally ignore the other signs.

There may be a sliver of truth in horoscopes’ predictions, but its accuracy is questionable at best. Often they are written by fans instead of experts, and modern science shows that you can’t know what people are like from an astrological sign. Instead, people often turn to a

more widely accepted form of understanding why individuals are the way they are through personality tests. There are several popular online tests to understand identity – that of the self and others.

Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) inspired by psychiatrist Carl G. Jung and developed by Isabel Briggs Myers, has been around for more than half a century now. It categorizes people by their answers to practical and situational questions into one of sixteen types.

Many workplaces and schools have collaborated with the MBTI program and holding the title ‘certified MBTI practitioner’ is a growing commonality.

I first heard about MBTI as a middle schooler. My parents were adorably excited to learn more about each other and constantly referred to their test-result letters during every day, married life. Even at an age where I would rather

die than share my parents’ interests, I found myself fascinated with exploring the personality types.

Suddenly, aided by Google and a rich recollection of past social exchanges, I felt that I could analyze and interpret the actions of everyone I knew. Middle school me might have been overly eager, but I still enjoy deciphering people’s MBTI types.

Healthy introspection is vital to self-confidence and understanding one’s role in life, but understanding an array of personalities holds a deeper value than simply experiencing inner peace. True knowledge of what people are like comes from personal interactions, and that kind of experience is key in problem solving.

Conflicts are more often rooted in misunderstanding than disagreement.

Frequently, relational problems stem from ignorance to personality differences. Relationships would surely

benefit from a comprehension of the cognitive functions and attitudes of others.

While memorizing all sixteen types of personalities according to the most up to date personality tests to readily identify them would be cool, at least to most psychology majors, it would also be largely impractical and quite unnecessary.

Nor do I recommend keeping a MBTI handbook handy 24/7.

However, having a basic knowledge of unique processes and behaviors will spare many-aconflict. Who knows, it may even save the relationship itself.

It’s easy to feel like learning about each personality type is just another to-do on your endless list of tasks, and that is understandable. Some may feel like it takes away the fun in discovering how to interact with others, or makes people and their personalities seem too systematic. But it’s important to remember

that your perception of the world is unique to you, and when others seem “too illogical” or “too spontaneous” they are not wrong, simply different.

Isabel Briggs Myers said, “When people differ, a knowledge of type lessens friction and eases strain. In addition, it reveals the value of differences. No one has to be good at everything.”

Why do I only read “Pisces” in the newspaper horoscope? Simple, really. I am selfish! We know that our human nature focuses primarily on the self, often in the form of wanting others to learn about us and act the way we want them to. However, Christ calls us to so much more than a selfcentered life. We ought to love others, and seek to learn more about how we can love others better. Understanding their personalities in a truthful way is a very good place to start— much better than reading a horoscope.

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.

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Difficult dialogue and racial reconciliation

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St. Paddy’s Day do’s and don’ts Joe Setyon

Managing Editor Around the world, Saint Paddy’s Day is known as a time to celebrate Saint Patrick, who brought Christianity to the Irish, as well as the cultural heritage of the Irish people as a whole. Of course, this has evolved over time into a holiday where all people, Irish or not, can enjoy more than a few drinks and party until they drop.

In the context of these negative stereotypes surrounding the day, here are a couple of do’s and don’ts Grovers can keep in mind to enjoy an edifying, clean celebration honoring Saint Patrick and setting us apart from other scandalous young adults as students of Grove City College. So, make sure you wear your best green outfit and enjoy!

Don’t: Let the thought of consuming alcohol even cross your mind.

Everyone knows that this is Grove City College, and that at Grove City, no students even think about drinking.

What they are doing at those secular schools is irrelevant, there is simply no way to effectively celebrate Saint Patrick unless you are completely and utterly sober. Whatever St. Paddy’s Day drink specials the BSG is offering for those of age, you know it won’t matter because you’ll be safely in your dorm participating in an impromptu St. Patrick’s Day Bible study.

Do: Attend an appropriate chapel service. What better way to honor St. Patrick than by solemnly sitting in chapel service that commemorates his life and contributions?

Sure, your friends from state schools will probably be doing their commemorating with Jaeger and Guinness, but you know to do things right. No chapel service on Friday? No problem!

You can go to a chapel or church of your choice and play your own type of drinking game, except without the alcohol. For every shot your depraved friends might be taking right now, devote a moment of silence to remembering Saint Patrick.

Don’t: Leave campus in search of decent food and a party. It can often be tempting to leave campus for special occasions, especially holidays such as this one.

The allure of a homecooked or restaurantstyle meal and a beer (only if you’re 21, of course) can appeal to many students. The fact that Saint Paddy’s Day is on a Friday can only strengthen the call to leave depart. If you do, though, you’ll be missing out on everything Grove City has to offer. Perhaps most importantly, you’ll be forfeiting the chance to spend your Friday night accomplishing what’s really important: your homework.

Do: Stay here and devour a delicious bon appétit Saint Patrick’s Daythemed meal. Who doesn’t want some type of corned beef and cabbage mash-up, accompanied by definitely-not-dry Irish soda bread? The best part?

The meal will live on forever (though not in your stomach) in the form of a mouthwatering soup sometime in the next few days. Your insides will thank you for the meal, as will your parents when they hear you didn’t spend money eating/drinking at an Irish pub.

The Southern Baptist Convention is the largest Christian denomination in the United States, with over 45,000 churches in membership. It rose to influence after a dispute over the morality of slavery split Christians across the nation, and it took the stance that Christian membership and missions work could be extended to slave owners as well as slaves.

Eventually renouncing their historical ties with slavery and segregation, the denomination elected its first African-American president in 2012, who served a maximum of two terms. Today, the group has done much work not only in this nation, but also in missions and reconciliation across the globe.

Issues of division, however, are far from over for this group.

Ever since tensions rose this past summer over unarmed shootings of black Americans, many churches, pastors and members of the denomination have taken sides.

Notable Christians such as Lecrae and John Piper have spoken out in support of groups like Black Lives Matter and initiated discussions on race within the church body.

Many evangelicals, especially those in the south where divides are highest, have felt the unnecessary attention drawn to the negatives of race, and that conflict has been created where there should be unity.

Russell Moore, president of the policy arm of the SBC, has publically taken many unpopular stances among conservatives, saying that the group needs to appeal to the more politically diverse youth. During President Trump’s 2016 campaign, many evangelicals overlooked racist comments made

by Trump, attributing them to small errors in judgement, while many others spoke out against them. After the election results, Moore said that he wished members of the SBC would “take seriously as moral questions those

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issues of racial justice and reconciliation in this country.”

At a time when many black Christians fear Trump, while over 80 percent of white evangelicals voted for him, questions like these are pivotal.

Moore was not only critical of Trump, but also evangelical leaders who supported him. Issuing an apology post-election for condescending comments over the political beliefs of those in his shared convention as well as outside of it, many churches belonging to the SBC still felt slighted and that he was unfit for his position.

Threatening to withhold funds, churches such as Prestonwood Baptist Church, which has $1 million in donations ready, would abstain from funding the entire convention.

And though little of that funding will affect Moore, much of it will affect missions work done by the Southern Baptist Convention, as well as other needs of the group.

The biggest blow came when the SBC executive committee met to decide whether or not to continue to work with Moore, or cut ties.

Frank Page of the SBC committee spoke saying that, he has “heard of no one opposed to the racial reconciliation efforts by Russell Moore.”

He also emphasized that the convention cares “deeply and desperately” about the concerns of Christian

brothers and sisters in ethnic minorities. Yet many supporters and members of the SBC remain troubled by Moore’s representation, and have spurred dialogue over it.

Moore has not been a perfect example of reconciliation within the Southern Baptist Convention, not only in regards to racial reconciliation, but also political reconciliation throughout this divisive presidential campaign.

Labeling fellow Christians as followers who had “drunk the KoolAid” because they met at Trump Tower, many (including Trump) felt it was a poor reflection of Christianity as well as professionalism.

And through his personal convictions, Moore has truly brought to light how deep both fear and misunderstanding of the political opposite exists.

Though this realization is uncomfortable, it is also true that real change and real reconciliation cannot occur without the painful recognition of the past, and of current tensions.

The leaders who call out Moore for his condescending actions towards others are absolutely correct, and are also right to demand that as Christians we give respect and dignity to those in charge, no matter how “unlikeable” they may be.

But it doesn’t excuse the way many have become callous to the racist, ignorant, and occa-

sionally vile comments made by our President.

Some such as Jerry Falwell Jr. have gone on the record saying that they believe Trump will change, and that all are redeemable. Others such as Jemar Tisby, president of the Reformed African American Network have spoken saying that “When ... [white evangelicals] overwhelmingly support Donald Trump, I feel like they haven’t understood any of my concerns as a racial minority and an African American.”

Ignoring issues of race and ethnicity in light of a president who has attacked minority groups with his policies and statements will not heal the fear that many respond with. And even if a different candidate was president, and issues of ethnicity were not brought up on the media every week, the underlying problems would still be there.

We cannot preach love until those who have fear are silenced, nor can we act on solely fear and ignorance. It takes two sides willing to have a dialogue, even if it initially brings darkness to light, in order to be able to reconcile the past into a unified future.

And while Moore may not be the champion of this cause, the Southern Baptist Convention needs to be willing to have difficult discussions as a church body, instead of rejecting racial reconciliation as a form of conflict.

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Shattered bones to shattered records Joe Setyon Managing Editor Andy Fritz wasn’t supposed to be any good at college baseball.

The senior, who is currently a starting catcher for the Grove City varsity squad, loved playing different sports through middle and high school. He excelled at baseball and soccer and particularly liked to ski in his spare time.

The plan was to go to college to play baseball, and he was on track to do just that. All was well, until one fateful afternoon in January, 2011 when he went skiing with some friends at Holliday Valley “I tried a huge jump, probably about 30 feet into the air, but I couldn’t land it right,” Fritz said.

He avoided any lifethreatening injuries, but he didn’t come out completely unscathed.

His thumb was shattered and with it his dreams of becoming a professional baseball player.

It took him a full year to recover. That meant missing showcases for high school athletes, as well as his entire junior season, which is when colleges begin to recruit in earnest.

“The doctors and everyone else told me I might never be the same player. I had to reevaluate everything: school, baseball, my career, what I wanted to do with my life.”

Fritz started looking at colleges, realizing that he would not be able to get a baseball scholarship to cover his tuition. He turned to Grove City, thinking that it was “worth a try,” even though he wasn’t sure he would get in.He didn’t. Fritz’s grades weren’t good enough, but that’s when then-head baseball coach Rob Skaricich jumped in.

“Coach was definitely looking out for me. Even though I hit something like .250 my senior year with terrible grades, he believed in me. He pulled some strings and before I knew it, I was coming to GCC,” he said.

More than three years later, Fritz is thriving, both academically and on the baseball field.

As a Marketing Management and Analytics major, his grades are exemplary, and he expects to graduate this coming May. On the field, his development has been just as impressive.

“I started out as the fourth string catcher.

I played a few games my freshman year, but I wasn’t that amazing,” he explained.

Fritz’s sophomore year, though, that all changed.

In 2015, he finally got a chance to play regularly, and took advantage. He hit a ridiculous .473, good enough for second all-time in franchise history and fourth overall in all of NCAA Division III baseball.

The next year, Fritz showed that his amazing performance was no fluke. He hit .405, and helped lead his team to an Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Southwest crown. The Wolverines were a winning team for the first time since 2011, and with 27 final victories, the squad set a single season team record.

In 2017, Fritz has started off a bit slower.

He is hitting just .222 as his team has struggled at the outset of the season. Still, he has his team’s only home run, along with six RBIs, and his .364 OBP is still solid.

For Fritz, being able to contribute to a competitive team was even better than accumulating gaudy statistics.

“Stats are great, but they are really meaningless when your team doesn’t go anywhere.

When you win though, it’s the best feeling in the world to feel like you’re making a difference.”

Prior to the start of the 2017 season, Fritz expressed that he couldn’t wait take the field for his final season before he graduates, and he is impatient to get started.

“I wasn’t supposed to do any of these things – play baseball in high school, get into GCC, become our starting catcher or even last academically. But I’m still here. I’m here for one more year. I want it to count.”

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Senior Andy Fritz up at bat for the Wolverines. He has been on the team since his freshman year.

Baseball struggles in Florida Brad Warmhold Sports Editor The Grove City College baseball team met with multiple setbacks during its journey down to Auburndale, Florida for its annual Spring Break trip. The Wolverines went 2-6 during the week, putting them at an overall record of 3-7.

The Wolverines began their trip falling to Ohio Northern 13-3 and 3-2 in doubleheader action. In the nightcap, sophomore pitcher Phil Bell let up only two earned runs and struck-out one batter across six innings to keep the Wolverines in the game.

The Wolverines threatened to take the lead in extra innings, but the Polar Bears quickly got out of a jam and then won in walk off fashion off an RBI single.

Grove City’s first victory of the trip came off of a complete-game effort by sophomore pitcher/infielder Micah Burke. In his first appearance on the mound this season, Burke led the Wolverines to a nine-inning 3-2 victory over Montclair State, scattering

12 hits and striking out three.

After a scoreless first three innings, senior Andy Fritz blasted leadoff home run to give Grove City a 1-0 lead. Junior left fielder Tyler Graham and sophomore right fielder Shane Hammel each recorded a pair of hits for the Wolverines while Fritz, senior shortstop David Laylock and freshman first baseman Matt Dayton each drove in a run in the winning effort.

Following their success against Montclair State, the Wolverines pulled off a ninerun fifth inning rally against Penn State Altoona to give head coach Matt Royer his 500th career NCAA coaching victory with a 10-6 victory.

Sophomore left fielder Travis Auth went 2 for 3 with three RBIs, driving in all three runs on a key bases-clearing triple during Grove City’s fifth-inning outburst, while senior shortstop David Laylock posted a pair of hits and drove in a pair. Senior catcher Andy Fritz also recorded two hits.

That victory, however, would be the last

one Grove City would see down south. The Wolverines would go on to lose three straight games, including an extra-inning heartbreaker against Rensselaer Polytechnic.

Sophomore pitcher John Bini put on a stellar performance, scattering 11 hits and striking out four while allowing a single unearned run over 10 and one-third innings.

In the top of the 11th, Fritz led off with a single down the left field line, and senior utility man Nolan Myers entered as a pinch runner.

Myers advanced to second on a wild pitch and then to third on an infield single by Burke and then scored on a sacrifice bunt by Hammel to give Grove City a 1-0 lead. Unfortunately for the Wolverines, the bullpen could not seal the deal and the engineers won in walk-off fashion in the bottom of the 11th.

Grove City is slated to begin the northern portion of its 2017 schedule on Wednesday at Penn State Beaver for a single nineinning game at 3 p.m.

Pittsburgh Spotlight: Pitt misses March Madness Mike Cole Staff Writer Tough. The only accurate word to describe Pittsburgh sports action over the past week.

After coming off of a difficult loss at the University of Virginia, a team who the navy and gold had beaten in a wild contest earlier this season, the Panthers looked for one final push that would give them some momentum as the ACC tournament got underway. They looked to Georgia Tech for this game.

Georgia Tech came into the game with a very similar situation to the Panthers. The team was 17-14 and held

the 11 seed in the ACC tournament. The Yellow Jackets were just looking for a few wins to push them over the hill and into the NCAA tournament.

The game was close as Pitt only led by only three points going into the locker room at half time. The atmosphere of the contest stayed consistent during the second half, and fortunately for the Panthers, senior, Jamel Artis was able to knock down a pair of free throws with less than a minute left in the game in order to seal the victory for the Panthers.

Artis would finish the game with 11 points, but the big scorer on the night for the Panthers

was Michael Young who finished with 17 points and six games.

When asked about the game Young said, “Regular season is over.

Everybody is starting fresh. It’s just about being the team we know we can be and being that team consistently.”

The Panthers would look desperately towards the next tournament game against the University of Virginia which they would have to win in order to keep their NCAA tournament hopes alive.

The Panthers had a tough start against the Cavaliers who led the black and gold by 11 points going into the locker room at halftime.

Coming out of the

locker room, the Panthers played valiantly as the Cavaliers only outscored them by one point in the second half. However, that was not enough to win the game, ending the season for the Panthers.

Sophomore guard Cameron Johnson was the big contributor for the Panthers. He finished the game with 20 points while Jamel Artis and Michael Young, added a combined 32 points to the black and gold effort. The Panthers main struggle during the contest was their bench production as the Cavalier’s defense was able to hold the Panther’s bench scoreless throughout the whole game.

The Panthers will now take the time to restructure the team for next year as they were unable to make the NCAA tournament and were also not invited to the NIT. The black and gold will have a lot of work to do in the rebuilding process as both freshman Corey Manigault and sophomore Crisshawn Clark have decided to transfer and leave the team.

In other Pittsburgh sports news the Penguins have been making a good amount of noise in the NHL standings over the last week. The team was able to pull off five straight wins, three of those coming in games on the road.

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midst of their big win streak their luck ran out as the faced the Calgary Flames on the road in a hard fought contest.

The Flames topped the black and gold 4-3 in the shoot-out.

Going into next week the Penguins will look to end their road trip in Philadelphia as they face the Flyers before coming home for a game against the New Jersey Devils.

The Penguins currently stand at second in the Metropolitan division, only trailing the Washington Capitals by a few games.

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March 17, 2017

No-hitter highlights spring trip Brad Warmhold Sports Editor

The Grove City College softball team opened their 2017 season down in Florida over spring break.

The Wolverines finished their campaign down south with a winning record at 5-3, with their first two wins coming against King’s College (Pa.) and the State University of New York-Poly, with Wolverine pitchers dominating the scene.

Senior pitcher Aimee Wootton fired a nohitter against King’s to help lift Grove City to a 2-1 victory.

Senior pitcher Erika Aughton then followed with a two-hit shutout, and a no-hitter going into the fifth inning to help Grove City earn a 2-0 win over SUNYPoly in Monday’s nightcap. She struck out three and walked no one.

Wootton’s no-hitter in the opener marked the first no-hit game

by a Grove City pitcher since April 21, 2008, when Lauren Pennell threw a five-inning nohitter in an 8-0 win over Franciscan. Pennell also had a fiveinning no-hitter April 10, 2008 against Penn State-Greater Allegheny.

Wootton is also the first Grove City pitcher to throw a seven-inning no-hitter since March 1, 2002 when Laura LeVake held Peace College (N.C.) hitless.

Wootton struck out six and did not walk a batter. An error followed by a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first led to King’s lone run.

Grove City secured two more wins with a 3-1 victory over Penn State Beaver and a whitewash against Wentworth in which the Wolverines shut out the opposition 10-0 in only five innings.

Grove City cracked five extra-base hits as part of their bombardment against Went-

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Grove City Senior Aimee Wootton threw a no-hitter against King’s College (Pa.) over spring break. The Wolverines currently have a 5-3 record. worth. Junior shortstop Brenna Lent doubled twice for the Wolverines while Aughton tripled. Senior Casey Woodcock and freshman catcher Liz Scherer both doubled.

Aughton struck out four and did not walk a batter in five innings.

She allowed three hits.

The Grove City College softball team con-

cluded its Spring Break trip with a 6-2 victory over Wilkes College after dropping a game earlier that morning to Cazenovia, 3-1.

Against Wilkes, Grove City pulled ahead in the fourth inning after being down 2-0 for most of the game. Junior second baseman Michaela Cashmer cracked a three-run tri-

ple that scored senior center fielder Maddie Brubaker, Wootton and Aughton.

Wootton improved to 3-0 on the season by throwing a complete game.

She struck out 11 in seven innings while allowing only seven total baserunners on five hits and two walks.

She was named East-

ern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) DIII Pitcher of the Week on Wednesday.

Grove City will visit Penn State Beaver next Thursday, March 16, in non-conference play.

That will be Grove City’s northern opener.

The home schedule begins March 18 against Hiram.

Golden State offers Track and Field home growth for Grovers meet tomorrow Joe Setyon Managing Editor The Grove City College varsity women’s water polo team travelled to California over Spring Break to play a series of matches against teams on the West Coast. Despite winning the first game, the team dropped three of its four matches to drop to 1-5 on the season.

On March 4, the women competed at the Claremont Convergence, which was hosted by Pomona-Pitzer.

In a 13-9 victory over Cal Tech, Grove City trailed 4-2 early on, but roared back with five consecutive goals.

Cal Tech would make things interesting, and Grove City led by just one point with under five minutes left.

However, the Wolverines pulled away in the final minutes to grab the win.

In the victory, senior Abby Jank collected four goals and four steals to lead her team, while junior Brynna Bartlett, sophomore Sonni Kiefer and fresh-

man Elizabeth Andrews found the back of the net two times apiece.

Senior goalie Mary Frank had four saves and two steals as well.

Grove City took on Chapman later that night, but fell5-13, despite two goals apiece from Jank and Kiefer and one from sophomore Abby Spicher.

Two days later, the Wolverines travelled to Redlands, California for a match at Redlands, falling 2-13. Despite the loss, Andrews scored two goals and had two steals, leading the way in the loss. Also, Frank collected 10 stops in goal.

Grove City ended its trip to California with an 8-14 loss to Occidental in Los Angeles.

However, this match offered a glimmer of hope for the Wolverines, who were down big, but scored five times in the fourth quarter to make things interesting.

Andrews once again led the team in scoring with four goals, while Jank had two scores and three steals. Blume recorded a goal and an assist, and Frank made

six saves in goal.

Grove City might not have many wins, but they are showing hope for the future. Eight of the fourteen players on the varsity squad are freshmen or sophomores, and the Wolverines are getting significant and well-rounded contributions from its younger players, especially from Kiefer, Spicher and Sanders.

Moreover, Blume, who has one more year following this one, is also playing well as both a scorer and a passer.

Looking forward, Grove City has yet to open Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) DIII play, which will start next weekend. The Wolverines will travel to New London, Connecticut for five matches against CWPA opponents, starting on. March 24 at 3:00 p.m. against Carthage College.

Though the season has started off with some tough losses, Grove City still has plenty of time to turn things around.

INTERSESSION MAY 22 – JUNE 3, 2017

2 WEEKS • 3 CREDIT HOURS WWW.GCC.EDU/REGISTRAR

Brad Warmhold Sports Editor Following a successful indoor campaign, the Men’s and Women’s Track, and Field teams will be opening their outdoor seasons at home tomorrow at 10:00 am on Robert E. Thorn Field.

During the indoor season, several Wolverines finished on the top of the podium, including seniors Daniel Christiansen and Mike Cole at the Presidents’ Athletic Conference(PAC) Indoor Track and Field Championships, held at Youngstown State’s WATTS facility. Grove City placed sixth in the nine-team field with 57 team points. Thomas More won the team title with 112.5 points.

Christiansen won the 5000 meters with a time of 15 minutes, 24.75 seconds while Cole won the triple jump with a mark of 43 feet, 5 3/4 inches to win the conference title.

Grove City also earned second in the distance medley relay as the team of sophomore Matt Werner, sophomore Ryan Budnik, freshman Mike Logie and junior Drew Thibault posted a time of 11:01.17.

On the women’s side, the Wolverines placed sixth out of 10 teams at the PAC Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Grove City finished the meet with 44.5 team points.

Freshman Heidi Hoffman led

Grove City’s effort by winning the 3000 meters in a meet-record time of 10 minutes, 46.78 seconds.

Junior Margi Haiss led Grove City’s field performers by placing third in the shot put with a best mark of 34 feet, 6 3/4 inches. Junior Brooke Beatty captured fourth in the shot put (33-10 1/4).

Following the PAC Indoor Track and Field Championships, a select number of individuals were chosen to participate at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Indoor Championships held at Glazer Arena within Ithaca College’s Athletics and Events Center.

Senior sprinter Ryan Buchalter posted a 10th-place finish in the men’s 400-meter dash at the, on Saturday afternoon, posting a time of 50.76 seconds.

Buchalter concludes his indoor career as the Wolverine indoor recordholder in the 400 with a time of 50.37 seconds and he is also a member of Grove City’s record-setting 4x200 and 4x400 relays.

Ithaca won the women’s team title while Rowan’s men were crowned ECAC Champions.

The Wolverines will be facing off against PAC rival Geneva College in a dual meet.

The Grove City Invitational is the only meet to be held at Grove City College throughout the entire track and field season.

WHY INTERSESSION?

• INTENSIVE, PERSONALIZED LEARNING • LIGHTEN YOUR COURSELOAD • MEET YOUR CREDIT REQUIREMENTS • EXPLORE NEW AREAS OF STUDY • MAKE ROOM FOR A MINOR

REGISTRATION FOR ALL THREE TERMS WILL BEGIN BY STUDENT CLASS CODE ON THE FOLLOWING DATES: SENIORS – March 30 at 6 pm

SOPHOMORES – April 20 at 6 pm

JUNIORS – April 6 at 6 pm FRESHMEN – April 27 at 6 pm

VISIT WWW.GCC.EDU/REGISTRAR FOR MORE INFORMATION