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@Collegian_GCC @gcc.collegian The Collegian: The GCC Newspaper Friday, October 12, 2018

The Grove City College Student Newspaper

Vol. 104, No. 7

Cops: Hicks takes a hit James Sutherland Editor-in-Chief

college students. Young graduates-turned-parents pushed strollers and held on to their little one’s hands.

Everyone smiled and waved.

Greek Life floats duplicated cities across the world including Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Theta Alpha Pi Sorority created that float with the Sigma Alpha Sigma and won first place and a prize of $600. All the colors of the Olympic rings decorated the float and sorority members. The float was

Grove City College security says someone attempted to break into Hicks Cafeteria several weeks ago.

The person, who was wearing a light red hoodie and a backpack, used a piece of wire to try to get in to cafeteria the night of Sept. 26, police said.

Seth Van Til, Director of Campus Safety, said Campus Safety and local police found damage to a window and a door of the cafeteria, which is also attached to a dorm.

“Both the door and window in question were to the dining hall,” Van Til said. “We found no evidence of an attempted break in of the residence hall.”

A Grove City College student alerted Campus Safety of the break in.

“An alert student reported seeing this person attempting to get into the dining half doors and reported it to Campus Safety,” Van Til said.

“The suspect was gone on arrival, but the following morning a torn screen in the din-

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Children on the Early Education Center Homecoming float wave to parents and spectators during the parade. Hundreds of people came out to watch the parade Saturday despite a few drops of rain. There were local marching bands, Greek floats, alumni, a mounted patrol, emergency vehicles and Grove City student organizations participating in the popular event. For more pictures, see pages 6 and 7.

Hoco parade rolls on

Alyssa Jackson Managing Editor

The short siren of the police car cleared the road and a campus safety vehicle followed close behind.

But instead of striking fear into students, children in the backseat of the campus safety car threw candy to the onlookers and the 2018 Homecoming Parade began.

The Wolverine Marching Band led the music of the parade.

Other area bands kept up the beat throughout the parade.

Grovers back for their 60th class reunion rode in a bus—all except one man proudly walking behind the class reunion banner.

The 55th reunion returners also had the view from a bus for the long route. Class reunion walkers—from 60th down to fifth— marched between area marching bands, sorority and fraternity floats and the Pittsburgh mounted police.

Instead of six white horses coming around the mountain, six police horses trotted down the street.

President Paul J. McNulty ’80 rode in a convertible with Brenda McNulty, the college’s First Lady, and waved to the crowd.

Nearly 3,000 alumni come back for Homecoming and most watch parade. Grove City Residents also join the audience.

“I was especially struck this year by the size of the crowd. People really turn out for this event,” President McNulty said. “It’s a wonderful tradition.”

Kristi Hannon ’93 celebrated her 25th class reunion this year and

walked with her class in the parade. “The best part was walking with friends I haven’t seen in 25 years,” she said.

Back when she was in school, Homecoming was a day off Saturday classes. “Homecoming when I was at GCC was very much for frats and sororities and I wasn’t in the Greek system so I skipped it. It is so much better now!” Hannon said.

Skittles, Swedish fish, gummy bears and Twizzlers all flew from the hands of the marchers and were quickly picked up by watching kids and

Trump rally hits home Rio Arias

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‘Harry Potter’ as a sacred text Jessica Willis

President Donald Trump visited Erie (Pa.) Insurance Arena Wednesday to rally his supporters to vote in the midterm elections.

The arena, designed to fit over 6,000 people, filled long before the president began speaking.

Supporters traveled across states to hear Trump in person.

Additional fans—and protestors—gathered outside around a large video screen to watch a live stream of the rally.

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RIO ARIAS

Crowds of over 1,000 gathered outside the Erie Insurance Arena to hear President Donald Trump speak via video streaming due to the arena reaching capacity Wednesday.

The most dedicated presidential supporters waited outside for arena seating before noon, ac-

cording to junior Elizabeth Becherer, a Grove City College student in attendance.

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Evolving election systems James Sutherland Editor-in-Chief The Blue Ribbon Commission on Pennsylvania’s Election Security, co-chaired by Grove City College’s President Paul J. McNulty ’80, released a series of recommendations last month to

shore up the state’s election systems.

The commission, which will release a full report on its findings next year, focused its recommendations on replacing the physical voting machines that counties use to run elections.

The current ma-

chines only produce an electronic record of votes, even when a voter submits a paper ballot. The commission’s key recommendation is to move to machines that produce a paper trail of votes, which can be tracked and audited if the electronic system fails.

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Dr. Joshua Mayo, professor of English, wrote an article in response to a podcast called “Harry Potter as a Sacred Text” (HPST) for First Things, an online journal about life, religion, and philosophy.

In the HPST podcast, the hosts read and discuss the Harry Potter series as if it were a religious document full of wisdom to impart.

Mayo admits he listened to the podcast ready to laugh at

their secular follies, yet beneath the silliness and occasional blasphemy, there is truth.

Although Mayo understands the podcast may be easily dismissed, not everything about HPST podcast is ridiculous. The hosts of the HPST podcast treat the Harry Potter series as if it contains truths applicable to everyday life. In Mayo’s opinion, this concept is right on the money.

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Kengor talks for PragerU

Erin McLaughlin Contributing Writer

Prager University (PragerU), a non-profit organization known for its five-minute lecture videos, featured Grove City College’s own Dr. Paul Kengor, profesor of political science, in one of its latest clips.

Responding to the latest wave of cultural Marxism and the recent growth of Democratic Socialism, the video comes well-timed.

It combats modern progressive assumptions of the good intentions of Marxism and exposes examples of the real-world, deadly consequences of the ideology.

In his lecture, Dr. Kengor said, “Ultimately, those regimes and movements calling themselves ‘Marxist’ murdered about 100 million people and enslaved more than a billion.”

Some colleges paint Marx as a good man with a wholesome philosophy.

The students who are taught this ideology, Kengor said, are part of the intended audience for his video. “PragerU is targeted at younger people, millennials: people who haven’t had

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Dr. Paul Kengor, professor of political science, appeared in a five-minute video on PragerU recently to shed light on the legacy of Marxism.After Kengor wrote an article for the Wall Street Journal on the bicentennial of Karl Marx, PragerU contacted him to shoot the video. the blessing of a Grove City College education.

But it’s not just targeted at young people, it’s clearly targeted at people of all ages and I probably got a couple hundred emails on it, and they’re from people of all ages.”

“So I wrote an article for the Wall Street Journal on the bicentennial of Karl Marx, noting that we shouldn’t be celebrating Marx and making the crucial point that Marx’s writings and ideas should not be separated from the terrible results of Marxist policies,” Kengor said.

In response to that article, PragerU asked him to do a video.

According to Kengor, the video itself did not go well.

“I thought it was kind of monotone, kind of dry, not a lot of personality in it, but I remember smiling a lot more and having, I thought, more personality. But I think I figured out what they did was they tried to take moments where I wasn’t smiling so much because it’s such a serious subject so they wanted a certain tone.”

Prager University usually films out of Los Angeles, CA, but

the crew made the trek to the Strip District in downtown Pittsburgh to make the video. Kengor was surprised that PragerU flew so many people out from LA. “If I had known that they were going to bring the whole crew out they could have guilted me into flying out to Los Angeles and I would have done it there,” he said.

The Executive Director, Allen Estrin, has written, produced, and directed many movies, documentaries, and television shows.

Kengor said that Es-

trin and his crew were phenomenal.

Kengor watched his first PragerU video the day prior to shooting. “[Director Allen Estrin] just looked at me with a kind of a half-smile said ‘Oh yeah we’re a serious operation. We take what we do very, very seriously’,” Kengor said.

Before shooting the video, Estrin assured Kengor it would grab one million views.

It currently claims over 1.6 million hits on the PragerU website and 920,000 on YouTube.

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said. “Those who have studied this issue have concluded that having a backup system to the machines, a paper back up trail, is the best defense against an election going wrong. It is an insurance policy against all the possibilities of attack or things going wrong.”

Pennsylvania had already begun the move to machines with paper trails. In April Robert Torres, the acting Secretary of State, ordered all counties to have the new voting machines in place no later than December 2019 and hopefully earlier than that.

The commission also recommended that the state provide funding to counties, which administer elections, to help replace machines and keep their voting systems up-to-date.

“There’s a cost associated with [keeping elections safe],” McNulty said. “There needs to be some type of financial provision made in order for counties to replace machines.”

The commission convened two sessions over the summer, where they examined live and written testimony from election experts and directors. Jeff Greenburg, Mercer County’s Director of Elections, was one of those who testified before the commission.

Greenburg said he thinks the commission’s recommendations are a step in the right direction for Pennsylvania.

“I am hopeful that with recommendations like this from the Blue Ribbon commission and other parts of

here, and people coming right from work, because you can tell from the way they’re dressed,” Becherer said.

She said she attended rallies for political candidates before, most notably one for Mitt Romney in 2011.

“I like going with my friends and it’s always a good time,” Becherer said.

Becherer was not the only college student in attendance.

Hannah, a sophomore at Kent State University, drove from her college town in Ohio to hear the president speak about the work his administration is putting forth at the White House.

“I am excited to hear what’s been accomplished and what’s going on in the future,” she said. “He’s been to Ohio two or three times in the past few weeks.”

Hannah publically supported Trump since he announced his candidacy in 2015, and campaigned for him during the 2016 presidential election.

This is her fourth Trump rally, her first being during his campaign trail through Pennsylvania.

Hannah was accompanied by her brother Thomas, a freshman at Barberton High School.

“I think it’s cool to be able to see the president and support what he’s doing for the country,” he said.

He also expressed some concerns that with growing terrorist threats, opportunities to see the president in person may decrease.

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Jeff Greenburg, Director of Elections for Mercer County, discusses election secuirty in his courthouse office. the country that real progress is going to be made,” he said.

The commission, as well as the nationwide conversation about election security, sprung up after the presidential election in 2016. Concerns about foreign interference on voting day and disinformation campaigns throughout the election drove many across the country to take a deeper look at their election security.

According to Greenburg that increased attention has led to improvements. There is now better communication between and training for election administrators at the local, state and federal levels.

Greenburg has participated in a number for national and state tabletop exercises, and is part of services that connect administrators across the country in real time on election day.

“That’s something that voters should take

heart in: there is a coordinated effort occurring. We haven’t solved all the issues, but there is substantive change.

As a local level, I feel like I have a lot of resources I can lean on even from the federal government on election day,” Greenburg said.

Most of all, Greenburg emphasized that the public should feel confident that the actual votes cannot be tampered with.

He said that the new voting machines not only have a backup paper trail, but are also legally barred from being internet capable.

Without that internet capacity, he said, it is impossible to hack the machines themselves and changes votes.

Greenburg said that adversaries could always change the reporting of the votes on local or state websites, but it is now incredibly difficult to change the votes themselves.

“The assurance we can always give people

in the end is that while actors can always do something by creating confusion, they would not be doing anything to the votes,” he said.

McNulty co-chaired the independent, bipartisan commission with David Hickton, the founding director of the University of Pittsburgh’s Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security (Pitt Cyber).

The Heinz Endowments and the Charles H. Spang Fund of The Pittsubrhg Foundation provided support for the commission.

Pitt Cyber, Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute CERT Division, and Verified Voting collaborated on the commission, helping to collect evidence and expert testimony.

The commission holds its last meeting this week, and will release a full report of its findings and recommendations next year.

HICKS continued from 1 ing hall was also discovered,” he said. “Bon Appetit did not identify anything missing, but because of the serious nature of such an attempted break-in, the matter was reported to Grove City Police.”

Van Til stressed that the person did not get near the dorm and would have had difficulty getting in if he tried.

“All residence hall living space is behind at least one layer of card access doors,” he said.

“These doors are monitored 24/7 by Campus Safety and any problems are investigated by an officer.”

“This incident is a good reminder that the safety of our community is directly related to our students, faculty and staff being proactive and reporting all suspicious persons and situations,” he said.

“We are fortunate to have a very safe community, but we all have to do our part to keep it that way. If you see something, say something.”

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Police are invesitgating an attempted break in of Hicks dining hall.

President Trump addressed crowds at 7 p.m., saying “This has been a historic week for our nation, and you know what I’m talking about. All my life I’ve heard that the most important decision a president makes is who he or she picks for the Supreme Court.”

Trump described the trials the Kavanaugh family faced during the Senate hearing, at the expense of the Democratic agenda.

“The Democrats are the party of crime,” he said, “and the Republicans are the party of law, order and justice.”

“This Monday we swore in Justice Kavanaugh to defend your rights, constitution, and God given freedom,” he said as his supporters cheered.

Trump eventually turned the stage over to U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly and Lou Barletta. Kelly is running for re-election to the 16th District seat, which represents Grove City, and Barletta is running for the U.S. Senate. Trump has endorsed both of them.

They each spoke about how the country has flourished under Republican leadership, citing low unemployment rates and high gross national product.

They both highlighted the resurgent steel industry, investment in American jobs and fighting for low tax rates to encourage the residents of Erie.

Trump, Kelly and Barletta each ended their speeches with a call to go out and vote in the November midterm elections.

Life

October 12, 2018

Cultural views

Sarah Ramsey Contributing writer

At first glance, people may assume that Julianne Casetta is a minority.

With her tan, olive skin, often-braided dark hair and kind eyes, she has a very approachable countenance. Her personality completes her story.

Casetta, a senior special education major, has a complex ethnic identity. Her mother is ethnically mixed and her father is an ItalianAmerican. Thus, Casetta is part Asian, Caucasian, Hispanic and Native American.

Looking at Grove City College’s 2018 minority report, her ethnicity is not clearly represented.

Despite the broad label “multiracial,” Casetta explores her cultural identity from different aspects of her ethnicity.

She lived in the rural edge of Beijing for four years with her missionary family as a young teenager. She remembers her favorite hole-in-the-wall noodle restaurant fondly.

The place didn’t even have a menu—she just ordered what she wanted.

She also remembers homeschooling. As Casetta learned English her parents helped other Chinese adults learn English as well, so she and the adult often received the same spelling test. This sparked Casetta’s competitive spirit to do better than the adults every time.

During these formative years of her life, she

worked with orphans with special needs. She often taught basic language and social skills to younger orphans one-on-one.

Serving God in China made her realize her love for her Asian heritage as well as her desire to serve in special education.

Providentially, Casetta heard about Grove City College while she was in China. Grove City students came and served as short-term missionary interns for the summer at the same place Casetta worked.

She admired their work ethic and godly attitudes so much that she chose to further her studies at Grove City.

Bethany Hamilton and Emily Kuezek, the two interns, made significant impressions on Casetta. They spent much time working together because Casetta’s mother was their mentor. They bonded like sisters and through them Casetta heard all about Grove City.

To this day, Casetta still talks to them; she feels so grateful for their kindness and for introducing her to the school.

During her freshman year, Casetta’s ethnic and cultural awareness increased. She realized that she went from the “American foreigner” in China to a minority at Grove City.

Casetta says, “As a kid, I realized that I was an American, but not American like my friends because I grew up in China. I was different from them . . . I realized that I wasn’t a

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Julienne Casetta embraces her multicultural heritage.

As the president of Chinese Club, she helped with the recent Mid-Autumn Festival.

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Students crafted and decorated treats at the MidAutumn Festival this year. ‘standard’ American, but I also knew that I wasn’t Chinese.”

As an ethnically mixed person, she has the choice to connect with more cultures.

Growing up she identified more with Chinese culture, but now, as an adult, she has grown to appreciate American culture. At college, she immersed herself in American culture and learned what it means for her to be an American.

This does not mean that Casetta let go of the Chinese part of her cultural identity. She is now the president of the Chinese Club on campus, having participated in it since her freshman year.

Her goal for the club is to raise awareness about Chinese culture through experiencebased events.

For example, the Chinese club recently hosted a Mid-Autumn Festival, where people made mooncakes, a traditional Chinese dessert.

People also played traditional games and ate other traditional foods.

The night culminated in letting paper Chinese lanterns float up in the night sky. Casetta wants to give people a taste of Chinese culture through authentic activities.

She has also started what she calls “cultural conversations,” a club which explores different aspects of Chinese culture in comparison to American culture.

Because of her own diverse ethnic and cultural identity, she often pulls from her own past to help make connections between the two cultures.

She says, “The percentage of people that actually ask me about my ethnicity is much less than the people who just make assumptions about me, but I would never shame someone for asking me questions because how else would we learn?

I know that there are many people who are culturally caught between cultures and I hope that my story can help people going through similar identity crises.”

Go outside!

John Paul Roboski Contributing Writer

Whether it’s hiking trips, canoeing, chopping wood or just getting out and breathing in the fresh air, the Outing club welcomes the seasoned camper and the amateur alike.

There aren’t many clubs that allow you to enjoy the simplicity of nature and the company of your friends with the purpose of just being in the moment of the great outdoors.

With Grove City’s Outing club, students can take a break from the hustle and bustle of the campus to enjoy the tranquility offered in the natural elements.

“I joined because I’ve always been interested and enjoyed the outdoors,” freshman Elijah Labby said. Like many freshmen, Labby is still narrowing down his interests and figuring out how he wants to spend his free time, but it looks like the Debate club and the Outing club will be ones he will invest in.

“I was never a Boy Scout, but looking back it would have been useful. I’m looking forward to hiking trips and canoeing trips,” Labby said.

Labby already completed a portion of the requirements to join the club: working concessions for a football game. Other dues include a $20 payment and help with work at the cabin where the group stays.

The service requirements and dues aid the organization in maintaining a more dedicated and hardworking membership. The requirements raise money to fund the group’s activities as well as provide a good opportunity

for members to bond.

This year’s vice president is Megan Lawson, a junior who has invested her time in the Outing Club since the beginning of her freshman year.

“One of my favorite experiences was a weeklong backpacking trip I went on my freshman year,” Lawson said.

“The trip was over spring break and I did not really know anyone in the club at the time, so I was a little apprehensive about going on the trip. We ended up hiking on part of the Appalachian trail in Virginia. One week in the wilderness with a group of strangers created a very close-knit group of friends. We shared great experiences on the trail of wild ponies and amazing views,” Lawson said.

The new year brings new names to know and new places to go.

“I’m looking forward to meeting new people, hiking, and any other adventures we plan as a group,” Lawson said.

Although no plans for the whereabouts have been specified, the group will be going on an excursion over fall break.

“It should be a fun time,” Lawson said.

Another freshman, Will Adams, also joined the Outing club. Being an avid fisher and hunter, the Outing club is right up his alley. “Just to go out and go hiking or canoeing or do whatever you want for the weekend or even just for the day is great,” he said.

“Going outdoors has always been one of my favorite things to do, so a college club that does nothing but that is where I want to be,” Adams said.

GCC alum gives research show-and-tell Paige Fay Life Editor After many alumni left campus to return to their homes and jobs after Homecoming, one arrived Monday to present his research to undergraduates.

Jacob Choby ’13 studied the pathogen Bacillus anthracis, which causes anthrax, during his undergraduate years.

He presented this research at an international conference during his senior year and published a paper on his results in a competitive journal.

Dr. Devin Stauff, associate professor of biology, remarks that Choby was “definitely

PHOTO COURTESY OF DR. DEVIN STAUFF

Jacob Choby ’13, left, relaxes with Dr. Devin Stauff and others from Dr. Eric Skaar’s laboratory. one of the most sucNow, Choby is a Ph.D. December. He will be cessful undergraduate student at Vanderbilt presenting his research research students I’ve University and is set on the pathogen Staphcome across.” to defend his thesis in ylococcus aureus which

causes the disease MRSA. This pathogen steals nutrients that it needs to survive from its host during an infection. One of the nutrients it needs is iron, so Choby is studying how the pathogen ‘hijacks’ the iron from its host.

Stauff and Choby traveled to the laboratory of Dr. Eric Skaar at Vanderbilt University between Choby’s junior and senior years for research. Skaar was Stauff’s mentor throughout his graduate school experience.

Choby enjoyed researching in Skaar’s lab so much that it was what inspired him to apply for their graduate program. Stauff finds it a “cool connection” that

he and Choby share the same mentor.

Stauff was Skaar’s first graduate student and there were only three people in the lab: Stauff, Skaar and a lab tech. Now there are over 20 people, including grad students and post-doctorates, who occupy an entire wing of the research building.

Stauff is thrilled that one of GCC’s own students can come back to present his findings to undergraduates. “I think it’s cool that a lot of our students go on to discover completely unknown things,” he said.

“I definitely enjoy keeping track of them and seeing what they’re up to.”

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Keep break from falling short

Anna DiStefano Contributing Writer

With fall break steadily approaching, Grovers planning to stay on campus are left wondering what to do with four days of freedom.

Mid-October is the perfect time to embrace fall. Consider checking out the nearby orchards and corn mazes.

Emmett’s Orchard is a 15-minute drive from campus and has a lot to offer. The orchard is locally owned and is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Go try some McIntosh, Ginger and Gold, Honeycrisp or Gala apples.

The orchard also has their own apple cider

available as well as treats like caramel apples and pumpkin molasses muffins.

You can further embrace fall by going to the Coolspring Corn Maze in Mercer. Admission includes this year’s superhero-themed corn maze, an indoor hay maze, mountain slides and a hayride. If you go Friday or Saturday, you can check out the Trail of Fear, too.

Looking for another way to enjoy fall? Check out one of the nearby state parks like Moraine or McConnell’s Mill. Drive slowly under the canopy of changing leaves or hike a trail with a friend. Take the time to look at fall in

Exploring experiments Noel Elvin

Contributing Writer The Hopeman School of Science, Engineering and Mathematics is hosting its annual Discovery Day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow in the Pew Fine Arts Center.

Discovery Day is an open house for prospective students interested in Grove City College’s science, engineering and mathematic programs.

Discovery Day will provide high school students with the opportunity to meet faculty and current students within the Hopeman school. After registration and refreshments, both Timothy Mohr, Interim Dean, and Kristina Pazehoski, Interim Assistant Dean, will present an overview of the school by highlighting different programs, curriculum and undergraduate research opportunities. Also, during this session Mandy Sposato ’00 will talk about Grove City’s career service program, internships and career development.

After these group events, the students will break off into their individual majors. Each department will put on presentations about their department and provide opportunities to tour labs or do hands on activities.

When asked what makes this event unique compared to others on campus Lynise Massella, Admissions Event Manager, said, “What I think makes this event stand out from some of the others [are] actually the hands-on opportunities that students will have through the various lab or experiment type things that these science programs will have to highlight their programs on this day.

It is a unique opportunity.”

For example, exercise science majors will have the opportunity to see equipment that calculates body composition and body fat percentage. In addition, they

I would say it’s definitely the individual attention or the relationships that are built that are memorable for families.

Lynise Massella will see equipment that can look within your muscle tissue, analyze blood chemistry and calculate metabolism.

Tom Ball ’88, Director of Financial Aid, and Steve Vago ’97, Associate Director of Admissions, will present optional sessions on admissions and financial aid three times throughout the day.

There are currently 128 high school students preregistered for Discovery Day. That is an 11 percent increase in preregistrations compared to 2017.

Mechanical engineering is the largest major within the Hopeman School, and there are currently 46 prospective students preregistered for this major.

Biology and computer science are the next most popular majors.

There will also be multiple current students who will help out with the activities during Discovery Day. The willingness our current students have to help these prospective students search for answers on where God plans to take them in a year or two, is phenomenal.

According to Massella, these interactions with our staff and current student are what make our events memorable and come to life.

Massella said, “It’s amazing the impressions that we’ll hear after the event about something as simple as offering to pray for a student in their search or answering a question authentically that stands out for students and their families. I would say it’s definitely the individual attention or the relationships that are built that are memorable for families.”

its natural beauty and glory.

Don’t have a car?

Take the short walk down to Broad Street and explore downtown Grove City.

Try a new coffee shop – Beans on Broad, Collage Coffee or Dunkin’ – while the regular semester crowds have subsided. While you’re there, branch out and order something new.

Order something that scares you or something that you don’t know how to pronounce.

Bring some schoolwork if you must and see what it’s like to study somewhere new.

While all these ideas are great and will hopefully help you fill your

new-found time, you can also take time for yourself.

Fall Break is just that – a break. Step back and breathe for a moment; step away from your school work and take time for you. Do something for yourself.

Reward yourself for the last couple weeks of midterms.

Get a haircut, clean out your desk, update your journal, spend time with God. We often forget to slow down; we might not even know how.

This fall break, do something – or nothing – to enjoy your time, in whatever way you can find.

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Fresh apples and treats await at Emmett’s Orchard located right in Grove City. The orchard is one of many places to visit over Fall break.

Prospective music majors find their collegiate tune Michelle Jeffries

is like.

Throughout the day, high school seniors had the opportunity to audition to be a music major for the fall of 2019.

Students interested in a music minor were able to see the campus on a tour.

The high school students were able to have lunch with current music majors to discuss what being a music major would entail. Their parents were able to meet with the faculty.

“This is a great opportunity for students and parents to get a feel for the department,” Dr. Jeffrey Tedford ’00, assistant chair of the department, said.

Current music majors helped with registration and met with the students during lunch.

Music majors were able to interact with the students throughout the day.

“We talk in the department about creating a family atmosphere and making each student feel welcome. We want every student to know that they are an important person who can be part of the special atmosphere in the GCC Music Department and that they can be a successful musician at GCC,” Tedford said.

At the first Music Major Day there were 18 students enrolled.

It is great to see how the event has expanded since the first one in 2012.

“My hope is that students and parents will see that we strive for a healthy balance between scholarship, musical development and performance and the development of each student as a human being. I want them to know that we intentionally strive to honor God with our musical gifts as solo musicians and members of the many ensembles that exist on campus,” Tedford said.

Music Major Day was a great success this year, and the music department is hoping for just as much success next year. Tedford was thrilled with the opportunity to share the department with the perspective students.

“I hope they will see that our program is unique in our attempt to achieve these things and that our faculty and staff care about each student and want to provide as many opportunities for growth and leadership as we can,” Tedford said.

Zoltan, one of the HPST hosts says, “’Sacred’ is an act, not a thing.”

Mayo says this idea is a “disaster” and the hosts don’t take the time to support this idea they simply act upon.

For Mayo, close reading literature with the intention of discovering truth is an excellent practice although not a sacred one.

In his article, Mayo compares the HPST podcast to a scholarly piece written about Harry Potter entitled “Sexual Geometry of the Golden Trio: Hermione’s Subversion of Traditional Female Subject Positions.” He asks which group treats the text correctly.

Mayo writes, “[The HPST hosts] view the Harry Potter books as avenues to wisdom, but the scholars above treat the texts as data for their own preformed social agendas.”

Instead of reading with the intention of analyzing to fit into an agenda, Mayo suggests it is far better to approach the text humbly with the intention of gaining knowledge.

However, reading literature with the intention of discovering truth is much different than simple analysis, says Mayo.

It requires patience and love for the text as well as an open mind.

According to Mayo, careful thoughtful

reading creates, “a convergence of horizons between the reader and author.” When the reader approaches the text carefully, they internalize the story by bringing their own life experience to the table.

Even though Mayo does not ascribe to the podcast’s teaching, he believes the folks at the HPST podcast explores something we as a society are missing.

In the end, Mayo would rather discuss Harry Potter with some overzealous podcasters, than overanalyze it with a few esteemed scholars, because at least the folks at Harry Potter as a Sacred Text treat their literature with the respect it deserves.

Tiffany Seitz ’17, Miss Butler County came back to her alma mater perched on a yellow convertible.

“I loved seeing Miss Butler County. Tiffany

is an amazing person and friend!” Emily Drummond ’16 said.

She came back with her husband to join in the festivities.

“The best part was

watching it with friends.

It was fun seeing the floats but I was glad to have some quality time during the parade with the people I love and miss dearly.”

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Grove City College’s Department of Music hosted its annual Music Major Day Monday.

Music Major Day is a day for high school potential musical majors and minors to come to campus and see what the music department at Grove City is like.

For high school sophomores, juniors and seniors Music Major Day is a great way to become familiar with the music department. This year, 33 students made the journey to Grove City College to experience a day in the life of a music major.

The day was filled with many activities in order to give the high school students the best experience and impression of the school as possible. Their day began with a welcome from faculty of the music department as well as campus administrators. They were then introduced to the music department with a presentation on what the music department stands for and what it

MAYO continued from 1 read, Mayo says we should ask, “What in this book is true?” and strive to understand the material we engage. In culture now, Mayo said, “It has become rare to treat great books as friends and teachers.”

The hosts of HPST give literature a serious look, investigating for applicable knowledge.

The podcast’s most problematic idea, according to Mayo, is the esteem they place upon the novel. Rather than simply give books a contemplative reading, they treat mere fiction as “sacred.” In defense of this idea, Vanessa

PARADE continued from 1 complete with jersey wearing boys playing soccer right behind the float.

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Pew Fine Arts Building houses the Department of Music. The department hosted its annual Music Major Day this week.

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DJ Michael Slattery kept the floor moving at the Around the World themed 2018 Homecoming dance. Packed tightly in the STU, dancers partied through the night.

Dancing around the world

Katie Morrison Contributing Writer

Hundreds of Grove City College students, dressed to the nines in their elegant dresses and suave suits, filed into the Student Union to celebrate the College’s annual Homecoming dance Friday night.

Thanks to this year’s incredibly large turnout and fun theme, the work of the Homecoming dance committee paid off. While some would argue that the location of the dance was somewhat inconvenient – students were packed like sardines in a small room, giving them very little room to dance – not many people would disagree that those who were in charge did a great job of transforming this location we know and love.

Kaitlyn Ringwelski, senior chair for the dance committee, said that set up for the dance began around 3 pm on Friday, “because a lot of time and hard work goes into transforming the STU.” The theme of the eve-

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Around the world in four hours, many students crowded the Student Union and danced the night away. “Best Love song” by T-Pain closed out the night. ning was “around the world.” The dance featured a themed photo booth and different flags around the snack table. One of the fun features of the night was the DJ, Michael Slattery, breaking a piñata. Staying true to the theme, the dance also featured delicious food that represented different cultures including churros, fortune cookies, macaroons, and chips and salsa. In fact, the food was so popular that those who arrived

on the later side missed out on some of it.

Junior Alex Halton said that she attended the dance for a little over an hour, but “they ran out of all the good snacks by the time we got there around 9.”

Perhaps the committee should keep in mind for next year that many college students attend to appreciate the food.

While this may have dampened the mood of some students, many seemed to be enjoying their time at the dance.

Their bright smiles and laughs were indicative of the general mood and energy. After all, it is not often that most of campus comes together in one place to celebrate the wonderful history of the College.

“I would say the dance was a success; people seemed to really enjoy the dance. They also loved the food! I would describe the atmosphere as very energetic and fun. People were dancing and socializing and it seemed

to be a really great time,” Ringwelski said.

While there were some things that could have gone better such

as the food, the dance in itself was a wonderful opportunity to see the campus come alive.

Moore takes on Trump in fiery new film to screen Grace Tarr

Entertainment Editor Many folks thought there was no way Donald Trump would ever be President of the United States. Documentarian Michael Moore, however, saw it coming from miles away.

In his new film “Fahrenheit 11/9,” a twist on his 2004 film “Fahrenheit 9/11” and the date Trump defeated Hillary Clinton, Moore tackles how Trump became President and how American society should not embrace Trump. Moore takes us through Trump’s history at a very fast pace, which is difficult to follow.

But what makes “Fahrenheit 11/9” Moore’s best film in a while is that it is nonpartisan. Moore does not point his finger at Trump and only focus-

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Michael Moore’s fiery new documentary “Farenheit 11/9” covers Donald Trump’s rise to the presidency, and the factors that enabled him to get there. es on the President for the first half of the film.

In fact, some critics feel that Moore’s new film does not attack Trump enough. Anthony Lane, a film critic for The New Yorker, writes, “The film will neither change minds nor soothe embittered hearts, I fear,

and an opportunity has been missed.”

It is comparable to his films “Roger & Me” and “Fahrenheit 9/11.”

Truthfully, it has some humorous moments too. Moore mentions, jokingly, that Trump got the idea to run for President when he

found out that Gwen Stefani made more money on “The Voice” than he made on “The Apprentice.”

About halfway though the film, Moore talks about his hometown of Flint, Michigan. Governor Snyder, who knew of his people being poisoned and lied about it, is compared to President Trump.

RogerEbert.com critic, Brian Tallerico, writes that Moore “ties this to Trump by pointing out that Synder got away with it, and wondering if that inspired Trump to operate in previously unimaginable ways.

And Moore doesn’t let Obama off the hook either, pointing out how horrendously he handled the situation when he finally decided to visit Flint.”

I think Moore’s nonpartisan view in “Fahrenheit 11/9” is effective, even if it’s rather messy

and somewhat misguided. Albeit, Moore does not attack President Trump throughout the entire film. Rather, he attacks just about everybody else. In a way, “Fahrenheit 11/9” is like a revamped “Fahrenheit 9/11.” Moore’s main message in the film is basically that the two-party system is broken, which I agree with. However, Moore’s audience has dwindled over the years, which is of no surprise considering his extreme political views.

Critics, across the board, are praising Moore’s work. The film is garnering reviews calling it his best film in years, perhaps a decade. Currently, it has a 77 percent approval rating among critics, according to Rotten Tomatoes. “Fahrenheit 11/9” has grossed six million dollars so far, which is Moore’s best

box office success since 2007’s “Sicko,” which grossed nearly forty million.

Despite the films success, not all critics agree. Jason Bailey, of L.A. Weekly, writes, “The genius of Moore’s first film [“Roger & Me”] was its entry point: Moore began with a close up look at his hometown of Flint, Michigan, and then expanded out to make Flint a microcosm for a broken nation. This one gets that backward.”

If you enjoyed Moore’s documentaries in the past, I can almost guarantee you’ll love this one. If you don’t like Moore, his views, and message, you’ll absolutely hate it. With that being said, and looking at the film with a non-partisan view, I thought it was a decent and engaging documentary.

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G.O.A.T.s on floats

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The Homecoming parade fended off the rain Saturday, as alumni, marching bands, the Homecoming court and the McNultys waved and threw candy to the thousands of spectators.

At the Homecoming Game, Grove City College defeated Westminister College 33-29. Seniors Rachel Beidelman and Ethan Fry were crowned Homecoming royalty.

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Rather be reading Grace Tarr

Entertainment Editor

Three escaped convicts, played by John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson and George Clooney, right to left, travel across America in search of a treasure in “O Brother, Where Art Thou.”

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‘Do not seek the treasure’

Anna Emmons Contributing Writer

When beginning to write a movie review, I went to read one first – you know, to get a feel for how it’s supposed to go.

So, I googled “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” (directed by the Coen brothers, 2000), and to my shock found it summarized online as a “crime comedy.” While yes, there is plenty of crime and even more comedy, there’s such a bizarre mix of classical allusion and Biblical imagery and insightful thought and musicality that it seems – pardon me – a crime to boil the movie down into such simple terms. I have 500 words to do better, and I’ve already wasted 100 of them in the introduction, so let’s get to it.

“O Brother” is the story of three escaped convicts traveling across 1930s depressed America in search of a buried treasure. Pete Hogwallop (John Turturro), Delmar O’Donnell (Tim Blake Nelson) and their intrepid leader Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) are seeking to start their lives anew

with the opportunity this treasure will provide. Along the way, they encounter a blind prophet and storyteller, a large one-eyed man with nefarious intentions, three beautiful women who can enchant men with their singing and even the suitor of Everett’s former wife.

Sound familiar? (Anyone who’s in Classical Lit right now should be nodding along sagely.) Yes, the Coen brothers give Homer’s “Odyssey” a big shoutout, blending Odysseus’ many adventures with the dusty 1930’s South. But the movie goes beyond that. What really makes it tick is the combination of horror and hilarity the Coen brothers work into everything from racism to politics to relationships and to who we are at the core of ourselves.

While I wouldn’t necessarily classify it as an “art movie”, “O Brother” is certainly artistic in its presentation. One thing the Coen brothers do a lot in their movies is play around with motifs. White, for example, is a recurring theme since every “evil” character dresses in all white, save one, but conversely it is

also used to connote innocence and newness. Fire is frequently present in scenes of trouble or distress, particularly with religious overtones. The theme of vision and blindness is a particular favorite of mine – watch out for characters who wear glasses, only have vision in one eye or are full-out blind.

And then, of course, there’s music. The movie’s soundtrack is one of its defining features, with its soft, Depression-era folk and four-part harmonies.

Songs are certainly chosen and placed with purpose according to the plot, and the film’s music adds to its overall charm. And who doesn’t love The Soggy Bottom Boys’ take on “Man of Constant Sorrow?” According to the iTunes store, not many.

One thing I will say: it’s a movie that gets better with age.

I’ve seen it at least seven times, and each time I like it more. At a cursory glance, it’s an odd movie. But don’t be afraid to give it a try and discover a whole new way to understand the Odyssey in 1930’s America.

‘Becoming Mrs. Lewis’ Grace Tarr

Entertainment Editor Aslan, the beloved lion from “The Chronicles of Narnia,” is for many a childhood muse, but for Joy Gresham and C.S. Lewis he was the reimaged Hound of Heaven who chased each to their knees and eventually across an ocean to meet one another.

Released Oct. 5, the novel “Becoming Mrs. Lewis” by Patti Callahan reimagines the twisting love story of the two authors. Callahan presents a narrative on the life of C.S. Lewis and the remarkable woman who found him from across the Atlantic.

Callahan takes heavy artistic license with her imaginings of their correspondences that began after Gresham wrote Lewis with questions about faith.

However, she embellishes the story with the adeptness of one who has read Lewis and Gresham’s work closely.

Fans of C.S. Lewis will recognize their familiar friend in her writing and will perhaps come to make a new acquain-

tance in his true love.

Written from the perspective of Gresham, the novel begins with her early childhood.

Gresham’s strict childhood led her to graduate with a bachelor’s degree at age 19 and earn a master’s from Columbia shortly after.

Her early marriage to fellow author William Lindsay Gresham was wracked by his alcoholism, PTSD, suicide threats and affairs.

After an authentic experience of God’s presence during a desperate midnight prayer, Gresham – a confirmed atheist and former communist – began a search for the One who had met her in prayer that night. After finding Lewis’ works, she wrote to him to enquire further about his writings and the two began a correspondence that lasted two years.

As monetary restraints and domestic affairs increased at her home in New York Gresham traveled to England to research for a book, leaving her husband and two sons with her cousin to care for them while she tried to

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Patti Callahan reimagines the twisting love story which grew across oceans of authors C.S. Lewis and Joy Gresham in her new book “Becoming Mrs. Lewis.” write and sell her book will recognize in both to relieve the family fi- Jack and Joy’s stories nances. While in Eng- the continuous, fierce land, she met with Lew- pursuit both had for is (or Jack, as he liked something of heaven, to be called). But issues something that can from home haunted only be called joy. But her in England as she there is another theme discovered that her in Joy’s story – bravery. husband, Bill, was hav- Bravery to cross oceans, ing an affair with her to forge a literary career cousin. Devastated, Joy and to answer the call of returned to New York “that tricky lion” Aslan to begin her divorce who had called her to and move her boys to Narnia.

As Joy says in the England. Throughout all of this, Jack stood by book, “Jesus tells us not her side and continued to worry about tomortheir lively intellectual row, do we believe him? … what if … I trust that friendship.

As the book unfolds, command? What on the story of two friends earth would become of turns into a beautiful me if I should ever grow love story of sacrifice, brave?” Indeed, whatheartache and tender- ever would become of ness. Those familiar us if we were to grow with Lewis’ autobiogra- brave enough to answer phy “Surprised by Joy” Aslan’s call?

For every voracious reader, there is a moment that a book grabs our attention, rivets us to the page and leaves us a different person.

It is this moment that Ann Bogel praises in her newly-released book “I’d Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life.”

Bogel, a self-proclaimed book worm, muses about the struggle of always wanting to read her ever growing stack of books on her bedside table and the daunting task readers face when it is time to move and all the books must be packed and relocated.

Bogel does not praise all books; it takes more than pages, ink and binding to create a book. She opens her book with this very dilemma: how does one find the perfect book?

Afterall, most of us do not have unlimited reading time (no matter what Grove City professors may think) and we must be choosy with our titles.

But herein lies the quandary. How are we to know if a book will be perfect until we read it – or at the very least dip our toes into its waters?

Bogel suggests finding a reading buddy, someone who knows your taste and who can recommend truly good books.

There must be caution, however, in book recommendations. For Bogel, we betray our friends and the purpose of books when we recommend a book to a friend to fix them.

We must find books on our own when we are ready to go on an adventure with that author, whether it is a novel, self-help book or non-fiction piece. Un-

Who said there’s NOTHING to do in Grove City?

Today “Twelve Angry Men” Classic Movie Night with AEI 7:30 p.m, Sticht Auditorium Orchestra Concert 7:30 to 8:30 p.m, PEW Jack-O-Jams 8 to 11 p.m, HAL Courtyard

Saturday Swimming, Grove City Fall Classic 10 a.m., Longnecker Pool Women’s Tennis vs. Franciscan 12 p.m., Walters-Zbell Courts Football vs.

Waynesburg 1:30 p.m., Thorn Field Memorial Pig

til we are ready to join the book’s journey, they will remain stacked beside our beds, dusty on our shelves and perhaps still in their wrapping paper.

Bogel finds community in books. Rather than a distinctly solitary pastime, Bogel shares her love of reading with her children who are now voracious readers and her trusty recommendation buddies.

She writes about the books she loves with a familiarity as though they are old friends and the characters longtime companions.

Books open up worlds for us to explore. After all, who wants to live one life when we can experience many lives in the pages of books?

They open our horizons and stretch our imaginations to sometimes fantastical worlds just to set us back down gently in our own lives as slightly new people.

The books themselves are our friends. Sometimes chastising, sometimes humoring and sometimes crushing us.

For anyone looking for rejuvenation and encouragement in their reading life, Bogel’s book offers a refreshing perspective on our pursuit of stories and information.

You may just find yourself becoming friends with Bogel herself and nod along to her delights and dilemmas with books.

As she points out, C.S. Lewis is right when he says, “Friendship is born at the moment when one person says to another “What! You too? I thought I was the only one.””

“I’d Rather Be Reading” is a beautifully written book about the friendships we form with and through books.

Roast 3 to 7 p.m, Memorial Lawn

Sunday Vespers 6:30 p.m, Harbison Chapel

Monday Relationship Red Flags 7 to 8:30 p.m, STU Great Room Monday Night Dancing 9 to 11 p.m, PLC 283

Tuesday Men’s Soccer vs. Thiel 4 p.m., College Field Women’s Volleyball vs. Westminster 7 p.m., College Arena

Wednesday Women’s Soccer vs. Thiel 4 p.m., College Field

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The scoop on Kavanaugh

Joshua Tatum

Contributing Writer Christine Blasey Ford wrote a letter to her congresswoman less than a fortnight after Brett Kavanaugh was put on the short-list of President Donald Trump’s nominees for the Supreme Court.

In that letter, Ford detailed how, at a party in the summer of 1982, a liquored-up Kavanaugh and his friend, Mark Judge, forced her into a bedroom wherein, Ford alleges, Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her.

These allegations stalled what was to be yet another victory for Republicans. Since then, two more women—Julie Swetnick and Deborah Ramirez— have brought additional, less corroborated accusations forward, leaving Kavanaugh to prove a negative.

After deliberation as to the best course forward, it was decided that there be a public hearing like the oftparalleled Anita Hill case during the 1991 confirmation hearings for Justice Clarence Thomas. Not counting the uncritical few on both extremes, both sides wanted the same things: a fair process and the truth. The Senate Judiciary Committee—having learned a hard lesson from Anita Hill—ensured on the morning of Sept. 27 the wanted fair process.

Both Ford and Kavanaugh were allowed to

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make their cases, for nearly four hours each, under the questioning of Senators and a Republican-selected sex-crimes prosecutor, Rachel Mitchell.

The truth, however, proved more elusive.

Each party categorically held their positions, yet with scant evidence in either direction. It became a battle of pathos: who was more “authentic.” Some have used Kavanaugh’s passion against him, saying that he is unpossessed of “judicial temperament.” However, regardless of sincerity, to appear as anything less than wounded in the flesh would have been to concede, at least to the image-driven me-

dia.

One of the few bipartisan elements throughout this process has been the ugliness of it all. There have been death threats towards Ford, Kavanaugh and several senators; a certain Senator’s personal information was leaked; Senator Ted Cruz and his wife were forced from a D.C. restaurant by the harassment of activists; Trump mocked Ford’s testimony at a Mississippi campaign rally; and, not to mention, there were particularly heated protests and demonstrations throughout.

As Senator Susan Collins said, “It is when passions are most en-

flamed that fairness is most in jeopardy.”

Thus, it was a fair concession, regardless of what marginal effects there may be on the inevitably counterincumbent midterm elections, that the FBI investigate.

On Oct. 5, the FBI handed over their report to the Senate.

Therein, the FBI had interviewed all those purported to have attended the 1982 party, with the exclusion of Ford and Kavanaugh. All either denied or failed to recall such a party ever happening.

Had but one of them corroborated any detail of Ford’s account, this would be a different story. However, the pre-

sumption of innocence, undergirding our entire legal system, held sway.

After a 30-hour debate period in the Senate, Kavanaugh was confirmed by a party-split 50-48 vote on Oct. 6, the thinnest margin for a Supreme Court nominee since 1881.

Ford decided against pursuing this case any further or aiding the Democrats in an impeachment process.

Ford never sought the spotlight. Instead, her name was leaked to the press, and she became a political pawn when all else failed against such, as Senator Cory Brooker put it, an “evil” nominee. Indeed, Senator Diane Feinstein had Ford’s letter in her possession six weeks before it was brought against Kavanaugh.

Lest we forget, this is the Justice who would, along with four other “evil” conservatives, seek to roll back rulings such as Roe, Obergefell and other staples of a so-called progressive society. But this is part and parcel of a Supreme Court which has only increased in its undemocratic nature in deciding hot-button moral and social issues.

And while all this may lead to additional Republican victories, the unfortunate side effects of the opposition’s desperate countermeasures has further descended into each party’s respective heat-worn trenches which, unfortunately, only look to be getting deeper.

India decriminalizes adultery

Connor Schlosser Contributing Writer

The Asian subcontinent country of India took a large stride towards secularism.

Gradually breaking away from its British colonial laws, India’s top court decriminalized adultery on Sept. 27.

In the name of “equality and freedom,” the government unanimously decided on the elimination of it.

Business Insider says, “[The law] meant a man who had sex with a married woman without getting her husband’s permission could be charged and face up to five years in jail if convicted.” Will the removal of this law cause India to flourish or suffer?

Although this legalization of adultery is popular with most, not all citizens find it acceptable. According to Business Insider, “Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand had argued last month that adultery should remain a criminal offense to ensure the sanctity of marriage.” The act of marriage is a commitment; it is sacred and deserves some of the highest of respects.

By allowing lust to rule over love, the legal code is spitting in the face of those who commit to matrimony. If Anand’s argument is true, this action of legalization would surely increase adultery significantly since there is now no fear of

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offenses. However, the courts seem unaffected by this possibility. One justice, DY Chandrachud confidently said, “Adultery is a relic of the past.”

India has historically been synonymous with the religion of Hinduism. It is the fourth largest religion in the world, originally founded in India, and currently holds just over 75 percent of its population.

India, also being the second largest country in the world by population contains about 95 percent Hindu followers within its borders.

Ironically, Hinduism considers marriage as sacred and views adultery as a serious violation of “dharma”—the Hindu law of conduct. If most of India professes to be Hindu, why would a violation be approved? With this legalization of adultery, it will most likely create a separation within the populace.

The traditional will be ever more distant from the mod-

ern, with the younger generation gradually supporting secularism more. This issue is not restricted solely to India. It is a global issue that countries are struggling with identity.

Europe, the cradle of Western civilization and the heart of Christendom, finds itself at an impasse between its religious history and its secular modernity. Ever since the 1700’s Age of Enlightenment, Europe has gradually become less and less concerned with spirituality. With criticisms of religion and new ideas from philosophers such as Voltaire, Kant and Hume, Europe began to doubt Christendom.

Europe has been wavering from religion and looking to materialism and secularism.

According to a study, the Independent says that nine out of the top 10 adulterous countries in the world are in Europe. The top country on that list however is not European, but Asian. Thailand boasts the

highest admittance of adultery in the world, but also a Buddhist population over 90 percent. Global religions are being deteriorated by the “worldly” lifestyle.

India is changing its legal landscape. This is just one example of laws being changed to satisfy the cravings of a secular lifestyle. The United States is going down a similar path. In the system of states rights, the legality or illegality of adultery varies. While some states enforce time in jail, others deal out fines to the unfaithful.

With a variety of different enforcements and protocols across the fifty states, it could lead to a federal law in the future. Much like most of Europe and most of Asia, religious faith is on the decline in the United States. American citizens are becoming less involved in religion or are leaving the faith altogether.

With a loss in faith, the world loses a moral compass. Without a moral compass, anything and everything is acceptable.

This is a dangerous and dark picture to think about, but this harsh reality is something we are descending to. The secular world points at religion for the cause of death and war. Faith is blamed for holding back society from progress and order.

Ironically, if faith is eliminated from the equation along with its standard of morality, what order will be left? What type of progress should the world really be making?

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The Good Samaritan

Alejandra Flores Contributing writer

Dangerous lessons

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Contributing Writer High school, in all its awkward and hormonal glory, is a crucial period of mental, emotional and physical development for adolescents.

Teenagers develop worldviews based on the ideas they absorb and the concepts that surround them. They begin to formulate their own opinions and solidify the correct way to interact with fellow humans. Most importantly, they draw conclusions about selfworth that they carry with them for the rest of their lives.

Young women are faced with augmented pressures during their middle school and high school years that often escape the notice of their male counterparts. While both genders experience changes as their bodies develop, women also begin to receive strict instructions on the correct way to present their bodies. As girls worry about the length of their shorts and the width of their tank top straps, the issue of school dress codes begins to invade their lives.

This September, Jared Hensley, the athletic director and assistant principal of SoddyDaisy High School in Tennessee, was placed on administrative leave due to his extreme comments regarding changes to the dress code.

Hensley addressed the students of the high school to announce a ban on athletic shorts for both genders. In the video, he goes on to acknowledge that male students will be upset about the ban and encourages them to “… blame the girls, because they pretty much ruin everything.” He concludes his statement by warning the males, “It’ll be like that the rest of your life.”

When did the existence of females become a scapegoat for administrative incompetency? Why are even appropriate-length shorts considered obscene on the bodies of teenage girls?

Though the concept

of modesty certainly deserves a place in public school dress codes, the practice has been stretched beyond reasonable bounds. Dress codes in American high schools have crafted a culture of shame regarding female bodies.

The issue is not with reasonable standards of what may be worn in schools. No high school students are arguing against the necessity of wearing a shirt to English class. Incredibly tight clothing and skirts that fail to cover certain areas are worthy of censorship in an academic setting.

Cold-shoulder blouses and denim shorts that cover necessary places, however, can hardly be considered forces of distraction for a public environment.

When I was in high school, no one batted an eye when the males would wear absurdly tight or short shorts. Females, however, were consistently asked to refrain from wearing clothing that everywhere else was considered normal.

Some suffered in jeans throughout April and May because no stores sold shorts long enough to wear to school, while others wore what they had and risked the humiliation of being asked to change.

When young women are taught that their comfort should be compromised to protect the focus of hormonal males, they lose the opportunity to experience the world the way that young men do.

When girls are blamed for rules put into place because adult administrators are wary of their adolescent bodies, they learn to be ashamed of the human form that God created them to have. When girls’ clothing is of more concern than their academic participation, young men are not taught to view females as their equals.

Dress codes deserve a place in every high school handbook without a question. Those rules should maintain professionalism for both genders. The responsibility for those standards existing, however, should not rest on the shoulders of teenage girls.

A man speeds down the road, frustrated that he is late to work.

He hits the brakes as the lights quickly turn red. He waits, constantly tapping his finger on the steering wheel, his foot hovering over the gas.

Absentmindedly, he stares out the window.

As he looks, something catches his eye. There on the side of the street is a man. He stands there meekly holding his sign.

Taking in the old man’s appearance, the man in the car sees his t-shirt two sizes too big and is thankful that on this chilly fall day the heater in his car works.

W h a t m a k e s him look closer is the sign, “US Veteran, no family, lost my job and my house, just want food. Please help, God bless!”

Staring from the comfort of his own car, he makes eye contact with the veteran and quickly looks away hoping he does not approach. He breathes a sigh of relief as the light changes, and just like that the sapling of worry he had for this man dies as his thoughts fill with his frustration of being late to work.

Three days later, the man is buying groceries at the store, when he sees that same veteran leaving the parking lot with a shopping

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cart only to realize the wheels lock once off the grocery store’s property. The man watching the veteran thinks the notion that this man needs to steal is ridiculous. Find a job. Get some help. Don’t steal.

He then proceeds to walk to the car and remembers the ice cream, probably melted by now, and rushes to start the car.

Sunday morning, he listens to the sermon of the good Samaritan.

When no one is looking he checks his phone to make sure work has not called or texted him.

It’s okay, he thinks, I’ve heard this story a thousand times, heck I could probably could preach it.

Service ends, and he finds himself rushing to his car wanting to avoid the traffic that begins about five minutes after church finishes. He makes it to his car and

hurriedly turns it on.

Relieved, he drives out of the parking lot when something catches his eye.

There, leaning over a trash can is that same veteran collecting something. As he drives closer, he sees the bottles the veteran is trying to carry. He tries, but only so many can be held at once. It may seem trivial, but little does the man from the car know that is the only income the veteran receives, the few cents from recycling the bottles. Never has the story of the Good Samaritan been truer than now.

Many will judge the veteran for attempting to steal, but will anyone question the man sitting in his car? Instead of asking, “Do you think the veteran was in the wrong for trying to steal the shopping cart?”

Start asking, “Was the man in the car a Phari-

see or the Good Samaritan?”

As Christians, we know stealing is wrong, but do we understand that God calls us all to help those in need? In Matthew, Jesus stresses the importance of helping those in need, those who are hungry, those who do not have a place to live, but so many times we ignore them, consumed by the business of our own lives.

The fact that we put so many people in the position where they feel no one will help them and need to steal is shameful. As Christians, we should stop asking if it’s wrong to steal to survive and start asking what to do to help them survive.

Unfortunately, there are many who do not want to work and are idle, but many just need an opportunity. Will you be the one to give it to them?

Editorial: Make senior year count Kenny Chesney has a song called “I Go Back” that I’ve been listening to a lot lately. It is a pretty old song and I loved it growing up. It was always one of my favorites, but recently I’ve been listening to it for other reasons.

It is about remembering parts of your past through songs that stood out at various stages of life. Lately, I’ve been struggling with the whole “senior stage” of life that I’m currently in, along with my classmates. It feels like we’re in a time crunch to just get all the work done that we can to secure a job, get that GPA and get our lives started, so that we can excitedly shake McNulty’s hand and walk across that stage with confidence. And believe me, I want that day to come.

But before all that, I want to think about enjoying the moments.

It’s like Josiah Leuenberger ’08 said at the homecoming worship chapel about not wishing our senior year away. For me, that is not a challenge.

Lately, I’ve found myself wishing I had enjoyed things more as they happened. During OB week I was struggling to find a balance between completely enjoying the events

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and laughing and having fun and talking to the freshmen and trying to mesh that with my heart that was saying, “Don’t forget this is the last one. Enjoy this, take it in.” And I tried, knowing as every event went by, that it was the last.

So far, I’ve tried to enjoy every beautiful late summer day that left me unbelievably sweaty, every class, every 18-hour day, every hot morning in white tees, every walk to the SAC, every football game and every interaction, knowing even as I experience those moments that I will soon miss them.

A line from “I Go Back” says, “I go back to watching summer fade to fall, growing up too fast and I do recall wishing time would stop right in its tracks.”

That has been on my mind since this school year began.

I could go on about my favorite memories of Grove City College, and there are many, but the point I’m trying to make is this: life is so short, chopped up into little blocks of time. High school was one block and college is another. Now the sun is setting on that sect of time. It is short, but it is full of great things.

Furthermore, time does not stop, so we must make the most of where we are, when we are there. I’m still learning how to do this, but the most important thing I have been thinking about is to really enjoy everything you’re in. I remember thinking, after I had met some members of my class for the first time this

year, that there are so many amazing people here at the Grove that I’ve never really gotten to know. Don’t let that happen.

To my fellow seniors, go to that event, stop by that coffee house, cheer at that basketball game; don’t stop growing just because it’s almost over. There’s still time to meet and befriend new people, so take the time to do so.

Develop relationships with your peers before they leave, learn what they are thinking of doing with their lives and their careers, learn why they have spent four years dedicating their time to something. Go to Sheetz at 1 a.m. before the exam, make dumb decisions before you can’t. Make those memories, because soon college itself will be one.

Sports

October 12, 2018

Aly Kruger

Rock the court

Diving in: Team suits up for season

Sports Editor

The women’s tennis team added another win to Grove City College’s undefeated Homecoming weekend, defeating Washington & Jefferson College Saturday.

The team followed it up with a spectacular Monday night win over Saint Vincent College before hosting Westminster for their senior day.

The first pair of wins pushed the team’s record to 8-0 overall and 6-0 in the President’s Athletic Conference.

Grove City dominated in both sets of matches, securing the majority in both the singles and doubles contests.

Junior Jenn Elder and sophomore Madi Reed both earned two wins in the match for the Wolverines.

Sherri Barr

Contributing Writer

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Junior Jenn Elder in action against Washington & Jefferson College Saturday. The women’s tennis team excelled this week, beating W&J before sweeping Saint Vincent College Monday night.

In the singles sets, Grove City posted four wins in six singles battles. Sophomore Morgan Happe, senior Rachel Ford, Elder and Reed were all victorious against their opponents. Ford and Reed both won by five-points.

In the doubles matches, the team of

Reed and Elder smoked their opponents in an 8-4 contest, along with teammates Leigh-Ann Trepanier and Lillian Jeynes, who in turn triumphed W&J’s pair 8-5.

Following that evening, Monday again brought victory for the women as they scored

a 9-0 win. Grove City again swept the three doubles matches and secured six singles victories.

The team hosted Westminster College for senior day Wednesday. The match was cut short by incliment weather, and will be replayed.

Women win eight straight Mackenzie Stine Staff Writer Grove City College’s women’s soccer team downed Washington & Jefferson College 2-0 Saturday, extending their now sevengame win streak prior to defeating Geneva Wednesday night in a 3-0 victory, extending their streak to 10-3 overall and 3-0 in conference action.

Against Washington & Jefferson, the two teams seemed evenly matched, heading into the second half scoreless. The game went down to the wire, until senior forward Krista Heckman scored with 15 minutes left. She was assisted by junior

forward Ruby Mattson.

Heckman now has four goals on the season and Mattson has three assists.

Sophomore midfielder Michaela Burke sealed the game in the 82nd minute, scoring a penalty after W&J received a yellow card in the box. Burke’s goal was her sixth on the season, leaving her tied with Mattson as the leading scorer this season.

Sophomore goalkeeper Alexa Dunn also had an impressive game with three saves to maintain a shutout.

Homecoming Weekend is a big deal for the women’s soccer team. With many players returning to campus, they like to take

advantage of having so many alumni by challenging them to a game every year. The current Wolverines hosted the alumni in the Alumni match on Saturday.

While the alumni usually win the match, this year the game ended in a friendly tie between the two teams. It is a great opportunity for all the players to get some playing time. After the game, the team hosts a get together where they make a slide show featuring the alumni. They get a chance to talk to the alumni, connect with them and hear about their experience.

Wednesday, the team traveled to face foe Geneva at Reeves Field.

The Wolverines scored

twice in the first half to take an early 2-0 lead, the first by Krista Heckman. The goal was her fifth on the season.

Adding to the score was midfielder Maggie Williams, assisted

by Brooke Thomas at 17:40. It was Williams’ sixth goal of 2018.

The last goal that secured the victory was again by Williams at the 72:38 mark, her seventh goal of the season which leads the team.

The Wolverines have blanked five opponents this year, including three conference battles. Burke and Heckman each have three game-winning goals .

Grove City will next face Bethany on the road tomorrow at 1 p.m.

Mahomes lighting up the game Matt Horner

Contributing Writer After five weeks of football, the standings are beginning to take shape and some teams are playing much better than expected, while other teams have not played up to expectations.

Two teams that have been phenomenal over the first five weeks are the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Rams. Both teams are undefeated and have dominated their opponents.

The Chiefs are led by second year starting quarterback Patrick Mahomes and their top-ranked offense.

Mahomes has broken records as a first-year starter and his team has benefitted greatly from it. Mahomes is surrounded by a plethora of weapons, including speedster Tyreke Hill, receiver Sammy Watkins, second year running back Kareem Hunt and Pro Bowl tight end Travis Kelce. This offensive unit has led the Chiefs a 5-0 start even though their defense is one of the worst in the

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league.

The Chiefs lost their best cornerback, Marcus Peters, in free agency and have been without safety Eric Berry.

The Chiefs hope that their explosive offense can make up for their terrible defense.

The Los Angeles Rams are an incredible team on paper and on the field. The Rams signed defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh to join former defensive player of the year Aaron Donald on an already dominant defensive line.

Those two players alone would make any defensive coordinator smile.

The Rams also added cornerbacks Marcus Peters and Aqib Talib to the roster in the offseason. The Rams have one of the top offenses and defensives in the NFL and that is recipe for winning football games.

Some teams that have struggled so far this season are Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

These teams are off to a start of 2-3 and 2-2-1, respectively, and have not played up to their expectations.

The Eagles are coming off their Super Bowl 52 victory with what seems to be another case of a Super Bowl hangover. However, this poor start has partly been because of injuries. Quarterback Carson Wentz was out for the first two weeks with a torn ACL, receiver Alshon Jeffery was out the first three weeks recovery from shoulder surgery, safety Rodney McLeod is out for the season with a MCL injury and running back Jay Ajayi is out for the season with a torn ACL, along with several other injuries.

The Eagles should start playing better football with their offense mostly intact thanks to the return of Wentz. Wentz was the perhaps the best player in the league last season until he tore his ACL in week 14. Sunday in the second half against the Vikings, he looked electric and shredded Minnesota’s defense just to come up two points short of a comeback in their 23-21 defeat. Eagles’ head coach Doug Pederson knows what he is doing and should

be able to right the ship before their season gets too out of hand.

The Pittsburgh Steelers have had a poor start to the season, mainly because of their defensive play and their loss of Le’Veon Bell due to a holdout. The play of their secondary has been atrocious this season and the defense as a whole has taken a huge hit ever since linebacker Ryan Shazier had a likely career ending injury last season.

The Steelers have done this before, where they look bad to start the year, then they string together several wins to win the AFC North and make a playoff run.

Once Bell rejoins the team during week seven, their offense may be explosive enough to make up for their porous defense, but this might become a problem come January.

There is still a lot of football left before the playoffs, but some teams have to play a lot better if they expect to win football games like they have in the past.

Buckets.

To most, they are a tool for carrying supplies or making sandcastles, but to Grove City College’s swim team they are one of their most arduous exercises, designed to not only test their physically and mental capabilities.

Although the drill is met with a wary attitude, the swimmers take it head on because they know that what you put in is what you get out. Junior Josh Wakefield said it is “painful but worth going through the experience.” Senior Dane Hoselton, a captain of the team, in reference to the first buckets of the season said, “I didn’t throw up once Wednesday, I was so proud!”

So why do these Grovers put themselves through the rough two hours of swim practice and one hour of lifting or dry land workouts every day from September to February?

After talking with a few of the members, it is a variety of things that drive them most.

Juinor Nathan Rose enjoys the competitive nature of team, Hoselton appreciates all the great people and Wakefield likes being able to eat whatever he wants but still maintain a six pack.

When asked about his growth as a college athlete, Hoselton said it has been “physically, spiritually, emotionally, relationally.” Senior Sarah Haley, another captain, learned

to let God be in charge instead of letting swim be an identity for herself.

What has the swim team been doing over the summer in preparation for this season and what do they hope to get out of this season? Junior Nathan Rose has been doing cross training exercises and wants to be a good example to the other members of the team. Haley had early 6 a.m. practices with her club, watching the sunrise everyday while training.

She hopes to break one min 10 sec for the 100 yard breaststroke.

Wakefield lifted a lot and swam a little and hopes to get the boys team a PAC championship and to go to the NCAA. When asked about mental preparation for a swim, Haley said she would write 2 Timothy 1:7, “For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control,” on her wrist to remind herself not to let the fear of having a bad race stop her from giving her best efforts. Rose would go to a calm place and Hoselton would pray behind the blocks.

Many of the swimmers looked up to former teammates, and other looked up to pros like Nathan Adrian and Missy Franklin.

The team opens its season tomorrow with the Grove City Fall Classic, a multipleteam meet. Grove City hosts the meet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Longnecker Competition Pool.

Wolverines top PAC poll Aly Kruger Sports Editor

Grove City College’s men’s swimming and diving teams landed in first place in the President’s Athletic Conference’s preseason coaches’ poll, edging out four-time defending champions Westminster College.

The PAC announced the results of the preseason coaches’ poll Friday. Results are determined by a vote of the league’s five head coaches. This is Grove City’s first year atop the poll since 2014.

Grove City, led by 17thyear head coach Dave Fritz, collected four of five first-place votes and 24 of a possible 25 points to earn the top spot among the league’s men’s programs. The Wolverines have claimed 18 PAC titles, with its last coming in 2014.

Fritz was voted the league’s swimming Coach of the Year following last year’s championships.

This year, many

eyes are on Grove City, coming off a huge year with Anne Shirley Dassow and Calvin Brouwer leading the charge of impressive performances. At last year’s Division III Championships, Brouwer posted a Grove City-record time of 15:43.47 during the preliminaries of the 1650. Following the final heat of the 1650, he concluded the event in 10th place.

It was his first career All-America citation.

Brouwer entered the Championships as the No. 13 seed with a previous seasonbest time of 15:44.08.

This year, he clinched a spot as a swimmer to watch as the season progresses.

Grove City will once again host the PAC Swimming and Diving Championships at the James E. Longnecker Competition Pool.

Longnecker Pool has been the home of the PAC Championships since 1990. The fourday event is scheduled for Feb. 13 to 16.

Sports

October 12, 2018

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Touchdowns from Ehst to Wes

James Sutherland Editor-in-Chief

As freshman Josh Ehst dropped into the shotgun late in the fourth quarter Saturday, Grove City College’s football team was down 33-29 to Westminster College with just under three minutes left in the game and the ball on their own 22 yard line.

The stands held a larger-than-capacity crowd packed with alumni and parents here for Homecoming.

The pressure was on with the game on the line.

But the freshman quarterback had ice in his veins, leading the Wolverines on a clinical 12-play, 78-yard drive to win the game. Ehst capped the drive with a two-yard touchdown pass to sophomore wide receiver Cody Gustafson with just 11 seconds left.

“I was trying not to overthink it,” Ehst said of his mentality during the game-winning drive. “I was thinking about taking it read-byread, play-by-play.”

Ehst ran a no-huddle offense with ease, picking Westminster’s defense apart with his arm and feet. It was a classic two-minute drill, a situation every team practices: little time left on the clock and few-tono timeouts, the ball deep in your own territory and the game on the line. It is a test of a team’s communication, experience and composure: Grove City passed with flying colors.

“The adrenaline and all the emotions are different. There’s more pressure, but in a good way,” Ehst said.

“Drives like that are fast paced, quick signal.

You have to be ready to get to the ball and clock it if need be,” he contin-

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Freshman quarterback Josh Ehst led the Wolverines on a game-winning drive Saturday, hitting sophomore wide receiver Cody Gustafson for the winning score with just 11 seconds left. Below right: Grove City’s defense held Westminster to 293 offensive yards on the day. ued. “You are trying to throw high percentage passes and get the ball out of bounds.”

Ehst started the drive with consecutive first-down passes, hitting sophomore wide receiver Gustafson for 11 yards and freshmen wide receiver Branden Caffrey for 15. That early success helped get the Wolverines into a groove.

“You kind of get in a rhythm and start to feel like this is going to happen. Once you start to find a rhythm, that’s when it starts to feel like this is coming together,” Ehst said.

Two plays later on a third-and-one near midfield Ehst ran for 13 yards, gaining a first down and putting the Wolverines deep into Westminster’s half.

The run was not called, but Ehst said he read the Titans’ defense and saw the opportunity.

“Normally it would be all pass, but they

were in a defense were they were overplaying the pass and so there was the matchup to run the ball,” Ehst said.

Sophomore wide receiver Cameron Drake caught a seven-yard pass from Ehst to put Grove City in the red zone.

After several penalties and miscues, Grove City scored from Westminster’s two yard line on third down with just 11 seconds left.

Ehst knew where he was throwing before he even got to the line.

“I wanted to take the matchup with Cody, because he’s a bigger guy on a smaller corner,” he said. “My mindset was put the ball in a spot where only he can get it, and he did a great job going out and getting it.”

Ehst’s touchdown pass was his only for the game.

He threw for 236 yards and completed 15 of 26 passes, and ran for 62 yards and a

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back of last week’s 3121 win at Carnegie Mellon, and pushed Grove City’s record to 3-3 and 2-3 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

The Wolverines look to build on the two-game win streak at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow on Thorn Field against Waynesburg University.

WOLVERINE WEEKLY HONORS Josh Ehst Freshman quarterback Josh Ehst secured PAC Rookie of the Week. Ehst made his third start at quarterback and finished Saturday’s win with 292 total yards. He completed 15 of 26 passes for 230 yards and a touchdown while adding 62 rushing yards and a score. Ehst threw the game-winning touchdown pass to sophomore wide receiver Cody Gustafson with seven seconds left in the game.

Staff Writer Junior midfielder Noah Esbenshade scored 6:21 into the first overtime period, lifting the Grove City College men’s soccer team to a 2-1 over Washington & Jefferson College (W&J) at home Friday.

The dramatic win opened conference play for the Wolverines.

Grove City took a 1-0 lead at 23:35 when the Wolverines’ starting outside backs combined for a goal.

Freshman defender Christian Giannetti scored from inside the box after connecting on a cross from junior defender Alec Gehman.

W&J tied the match at 77:23 on a goal by freshman midfielder Michael Komaniak.

Esbenshade, playing in his 50th career match, broke the tie when Grove City (8-1-3, 1-0) counter-attacked after a W&J corner kick. He received a cross from junior forward Christian Caporaso and blasted the ball past W&J goalkeeper Nick Stasko for his first career goal.

Grove City held a 28-5 edge in shots, along with a 6-3 advantage in corner kicks. Freshman goalkeeper Luke Greenway made one save to earn his eighth win of the season.

Stasko stopped 11 shots from the Wolverines for W&J. Following the victory over W&J,

touchdown.

Drake led the Wolverines receiving corps with 127 yards on six catches, while Gustafson caught eight passes and one touchdown.

Junior running back Wesley Schools continued to dominate on the ground, rushing for 125 yards and two touchdowns on 34 carries.

Schools’ performance took him over the 3,000 yard rushing mark for his career, making him just the second player in school history to do so.

On the defensive end, freshman linebacker Parker Kilgore, the reigning ECAC Division III South Rookie of the a fumbled kickoff at the Month, led the Wolver- Westminster 11 in the ines with 14 total tack- second quarter to set up les. a Grove City field goal.

Junior linebackFreshman kicker er Luke Salerno and Nick Morrow continsophomore safety Pat- ued his strong season rick Mark each had 10 with three field goals, stops. Mark also forced all from more than 30 2.5 tackles for loss. yards out.

Freshman cornerback The Homecoming Ben Palizay recovered game win came on the

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Noah Espenshade lifted the men’s soccer team to a 2-1 victory over W&J with an overtime goal. the team traveled to face Geneva in what would become their largest margin of victory over the Golden Tornadoes since 2008.

The men took on the Tornadoes with force. Senior midfielder Jon Burton scored two goals, Caporaso added one, and junior forward Justin Lind secured the victory by scoring the fourth goal. The win moved Grove City’s record to 9-1-3 on the season. Caporaso had a total of four shots, Burton’s two shots entered the net for Grove City, and Christian Giannetti assisted and had one shot on goal. Lind’s goal was his only shot of the evening.

The Wolverines will next travel to face foe Bethany College at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow.

In football, freshman kicker Nick Morrow earned Special Teams Player of the Week distinction. Morrow kicked three field goals and also went 3 for 3 on extra points in Grove City’s comefrom-behind 36-33 Homecoming win over Westminster Saturday.

Christian Giannetti Freshman defender Christian Giannetti captured Defensive Player of the Week in men’s soccer. Giannetti played a pivotal role in Grove City’s two matches last week as the Wolverines went 1-01. His defensive efforts helped limit Washington & Jefferson College to five total shots in 97 minutes of action.

Colleen Zilka Junior defender Colleen Zilka earned Defensive Player of the Week honors in women’s soccer. Zilka helped hold Washington & Jefferson to three shots on goal in Grove City’s 2-0 home triumph Friday. Zilka has helped Grove City post four shutouts this season, winning seven matches in a row.