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Vol. 104, No. 11

Weather strikes

Rio Arias

News Editor

Grove City College cancelled classes Wednesday and Thursday in the middle of extreme winter weather conditions.

The College community was notified via a text alert system Tuesday at 10:30

p.m., and an email followed at 10:40 p.m. citing extraordinary wind chill temperatures as the cause.

“The National Weather Service released information saying that with wind chill temperatures could feel as low as -30 degrees, and even fifteen minutes of exposure could be detrimental,” Larry Hardesty, Vice President of

Student Life and Learning, said.

Hardesty had already warned students of potential frostbite and dangerous road conditions earlier in the week, as commuters and residents of the Colonial Apartments were particularly vulnerable to the weather.

Hardesty estimates that the walk from the apart-

ments to upper campus is about 15 minutes.

“Once the risk of frostbite increased from 30 minutes of exposure to only 15 minutes of exposure, we reconsidered cancelling classes,” he said, adding that residents of Colonial were at particular risk.

Grove City College’s Inclement Weather Team, including President Paul J.

McNulty ’80, Student Life & Learning, Academics and Operations – consisting of Maintenance, Housekeeping, and Grounds personnel – were all made aware of the freezing temperatures.

McNulty initiated a conference call with the team to discuss the situation before WEATHER 2

College defeats Harvard Collegian Staff

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A group of Grove City College students standing in Caesarea. The students, along with Dr. Seulgi Byun and Dr. Don Shepson, explored Israel during the winter break.

In Christ’s footsteps

Anna DiStefano Staff Writer

What better way to gain a fuller understanding of one’s faith than to go to the heart of it all?

This past January, a group of Grove City College students were able to do just that.

Led by Dr. Seulgi Byun and Dr. Donald Shepson of the Biblical and Religious Studies (BARS) department, students traveled to Israel to connect with the roots of Christian faith and to see the modern country.

This travel course is unique in that students were invited to apply for the trip. Addi-

Chapel honors MLK Paige Fay Life Editor

On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Harbison Chapel was packed with students eager to hear about the legacy of the civil rights leader and Baptist minister.

Students Excited About Diversity (SEAD) organized the chapel presentation for campus. SEAD is a campus organization that seeks to provide a safe environment that allows students to engage in communal reflection and reconciliation on matters concerning race and culture. This is the group’s eleventh year hosting the MLK Jr. chapel.

The featured speaker was Reverend Tim Russell, who serves as an assistant pastor to middle adults at Sec-

ond Presbyterian Church in Memphis, TN. He and Dr. Dean Weaver have known each other for many years and Weaver suggested that he speak for the chapel presentation.

Russell spoke about how to approach diversity from a Christian perspective. Embracing diversity, he said, was about loving in Christ and is consistent with the Scriptures. He explained that everyone has prejudices, and many are not even aware that they have them.

Sophomore SEAD member Elsie Becker gave a student testimony, sharing how her experience growing up in multicultural church and community shaped her perspective on diversity and sparked her passion for MLK 2

tionally, instead of being a traditional travel course, this trip was in conjunction with Passages, an organization that takes Christian college students to Israel.

The website states, “Passages offers Christian college students with leadership potential a fresh and innovative approach to experiencing the

Holy Land. Participants … encounter the roots of their Biblical faith first-hand and come face to face with the modern-day miracle that is Israel.”

Senior BARS major, Hayden Sealander, has taken on the role as Campus ISRAEL 10

Featured at festival

THEATER DEPARTMENT

Junior Hannah Meredith playing Ann Deever in Grove City College’s production of “All My Sons.” The Theater Department first performed Arthur Miller’s classic play in March 2018, before reviving the play in January for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. For more, see page 4.

Grove City College defeated Harvard University on a last second question to win the second annual American History and Western Civilization Challenge Bowl last weekend.

The competition, hosted by the King’s College in New York City, pitted Grove City against teams from Harvard, Princeton and the hostschool.

Grove City College’s team of senior Carolyn Hartwick and juniors Noah Gould and Elena Peters scored 537 points to Harvard’s 526.

Hartwick secured the win with just ten seconds left on the clock by correcting identifying 16th-century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe.

The three students come from a diverse background of majors: Gould is economics, Peters is history and Hartwick is a political science and philosophy double major.

The team used that experience to their advantage, especially during the speech rounds.

“GCC got the highest scores for speech at the competition, because we were able to synthesize ideas and present them in an interesting way,” Gould said.

Team coach Dr. Jason Edwards, professor of history, helped the team get the team ready for the intense competition.

“Dr Edwards did a great job of preparing us for the competition and making sure we were well rounded in our knowledge,” Gould said.

Edwards said that the team “represented the college in the very best way possible by not only impressing all with their academic acumen, but also with their gracious spirits and infectious personalities—and by that I do not mean that Carolyn was sick the whole time—though she was.”

According to Edwards, the competition was friendly. “It would be easy but inaccurate to paint our competition as villains to be thwarted. The students from all the institutions were knowledgeable, gracious, and seemed genuVICTORY 2

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Juniors Elena Peters and Noah Gould and senior Carolyn Hartwick, coached by Dr. Jason Edwards, professor of history, defeated Harvard University in the American History and Western Civilization Challenge Bowl last weekend.

VICTORY continued from 1 inely interested in Western Civilization and the flourishing of the United States,” he said.

“It was refreshing to see all of the young people interacting so positively despite the fact that they knew they would be competing fiercely with one

MLK continued from 1 SEAD’s mission.

Becker emphasized that MLK Jr., though he was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement and advocated for African-American rights, spoke to everyone. His speeches strove to unite people of all races.

“I would ask the campus to be aware that dialoging and interacting with students different from themselves is beneficial,” Becker

another,” he said. “The American Heritage Education Foundation is doing great work and I think gathering these likeminded students together for serious, but friendly competition is sure to bear tremendous fruit.”

Grove City defeated Princeton in the semi-finals Friday 672-540, while Harvard bested The King’s College.

In the matchups, team

stressed. “But expecting others to comment on something that they may not feel comfortable discussing is not.

We need to approach all of our interactions in a Christ-like manner.

Only with God’s help will we be able to overcome our prejudices.”

The organization was founded by two Grove City students, Natalia Harris and Michael Thornhill in 2008. At the time, many culturally diverse students felt misunderstood and

Foreign relations, financial figures George Daugharty Finance Reporter

Foreign Relations and Financial Figures Since the 1st of November, the S&P 500 is down 2.6 percent, 10-year treasury notes have rallied from 3.13 to 2.73 percent, and the yield curve sits at just 15 basis points.

Even with the recent market rebound, concerns of a global economic slowdown are rising. Three topics are on investors’ minds: China, Europe and U.S. policy, both fiscal and monetary.

Starting stateside, uncertainty surrounding the partial government shutdown and trade policy have been of no help. While economies in no way rely on governments for sustained growth, so long as our mixed economy is structed the way it is, tax refunds, initial public offerings and FHA housing programs have all, and may continue to be, negatively affected by the shuttering of federal offices. Monetary policy has also been a headwind. After four rate hikes and $50 billion in monthly Federal balance sheet offloads in 2018, asset normalization and a pair or rate hikes are expected in the current year.

Adding to the worries is the quickly approaching March 1st deadline for a Sino-American trade agreement. The 25 percent tariff hike on $200 billion in Chinese goods was to begin in late 2018, but was postponed for 90 days in hopes of a deal.

March will also see the quickly approaching deadline for British parliament.

Without a deal, a “hard” Brexit will be had come the 21st. Combining that with an industrial recession in Germany, a recent spike in junk yields and Italy’s sovereign debt crisis, and Europe doesn’t appear to be in in the best shape.

China remains the biggest concern. More will certainly be written here in the weeks to come, but with 2018’s lowest annualized GDP growth print since Tiananmen Square, the first fall in China’s Auto sales in two decades and ongoing concerns about a potential real estate bubble, things are not looking great for the world’s second largest economy.

In the weak ahead, a State of the Union Address alongside fourth quarter earnings for XOM, GOOLD, DIS, GSK, and GM should all make for a fun week.

members each spoke on a topic, before preceding to gameshow style toss-up rounds. In the finals, Gould, Hartwick and Peters, who are all part of the college’s Trustee Scholar program, and the team from the Abigail Adams Institute at Harvard battled back and forth over the toss up questions. Hartwick’s game-winning answer secured the victory and the $4,000 cash

scholarship for each of Grove City’s students.

The American Heritage Education Foundation sponsored the bowl. The foundation promotes civics and history education and sees the bowl as a way to encourage teaching in those fields and to reward students for their mastery of American history and Western Civilization.

isolated, and SEAD created a place for them to feel accepted and supported. SEAD members seek to have a Biblical understanding, hope and reconciliation on matters concerning race, ethnicity and culture.

SEAD has greatly influenced Becker by providing her with an avenue to talk about topics relating to race and ethnicity and approach them from a Christian perspective.

“When I arrived at

GCC, I honestly wasn’t prepared for the lack of diversity on campus.

I went through culture shock. In an effort to combat this feeling, I was looking for an opportunity to interact with more of the minority students on campus,” said Becker. “As a freshman walking around the organization fair, SEAD stood out to me as the only campus group serving that purpose.”

Justin Jose, Director of Multicultural Edu-

cation and Initiatives, works alongside SEAD often. “As SEAD advisor, I hope to encourage, support and engage students who are interested in learning more about why God values and loves diversity.”

If you have any questions about the topic of diversity, contact Jose in the Multicultural Office on the second floor of the Breen Student Union or reach out to SEAD Senior Chair Brandy Ndirangu.

WEATHER

was afraid of getting frostbite.”

Her petition gained 1,000 signatures in two hours, and did not slow in momentum until news that classes were cancelled reached the campus.

“The large number of signatures on the petition helped me understand the level of student concern, but we ultimately needed to determine what was the right thing to do whether it was popular or not,” McNulty said.

“The petition didn’t influence the College’s decision,” Hardesty added, “but I did look at the comments after the fact, and it was pretty funny.”

He added that he was pleased students had a community to share their voice and that the College seeks to serve the students and work alongside them.

Dormitory buildings and dining halls remained open, while academic and administrative buildings closed.

“A good majority of our students have to travel for one meal,” said Hardesty, acknowledging that students using the meal plan faced harsh wind chill temperatures.

“There’s more pressure to attend class than the dining halls, however,” he said, and without the stress of classes students could choose to leave their rooms or remain indoors.

Greek Unity Week was likewise affected by the weather.

New Actives were advised to wear pants and closed toed shoes

by John Coyne, Dean of Student Life.

Many sororities reduced the amount of time that new actives would be outdoors, by not requiring them to eat meals together or travel between buildings as often.

Campus Safety also plays a vital role during inclement weather, responding to calls about students who need to jump start cars, or providing shovels to dig out vehicles that have not moved for extended periods of time.

They monitor the weather constantly, and provide updates to the College, according to Seth VanTil, head of Campus Safety.

Campus Safety also works with the omnilert mass-alert system, which sends notifications to students via text in the event of emergencies.

VanTil urges all students to sign up for the emergency alerts, especially in the winter.

“Students are encouraged to sign up for emergency alerts through Grove City College’s GCC Alert System at gcc.omnilert.net,” VanTil said.

continued from 1 he ultimately decided to cancel classes, Hardesty said.

“By early evening we decided to at least do something about commuters and Colonial students while we continued to evaluate the situation,” McNulty said.

This decision is rare one, and not taken lightly.

According to the Office of Student Life, classes were last cancelled Feb. 13, 2006.

Students on the other hand, were overjoyed.

“You could hear cheers in the residence halls when the text notification came,” junior Elizabeth Becherer said.

Other students felt great relief, as the burden of travelling to class affected them more than their peers.

“I was very happy when I heard classes were cancelled,” senior Vanesa Perez, a Colonial resident said, “because the parking lot is pretty far from [the Hall of Arts & Letters].

We also have to walk to our car and clean it off if it snowed,” she added.

Freshman Lillian Pletcher started a petition on change.org Tuesday after the College’s initial announcement that school would stay open.

“I saw other colleges cancelling and thought we should too—also I

Robert Audia, 30, Morgantown, W.Va., pleaded guilty to counts of sexual abuse of children and invasion of privacy in Mercer County Court last month after filming students in Grove City College locker rooms and showers.

Audia, a former College employee, entered guilty pleas to one count of sexual abuse of children and ten counts of invasion of privacy, according to court records.

Audia worked as the College’s assistant sports information director.

He was fired shortly after the allegations of improper conduct came to light.

Grove City Police Department filed initial charges against Audia on May 31 following an eight-month investigation that began in October 2017 after College officials reported that several students suspected Audia was filming them in the locker room and showers.

Police said Audia admitted to taking photos and videos of male students after the images were discovered on his computers and phones.

During the investigation, police said they discovered one of the victims was underage, resulting in the charge of sexual abuse of children.

None of the images were shared online, police said.

In response to a Collegian inquiry, the College released a statement saying that in Oct. 2017 it “learned of potentially improper and illegal conduct by Audia.

“Borough police were immediately notified and within 48 hours Audia was placed on administrative leave and, shortly thereafter, terminated,” the statement continued.

The College said that it “appreciates the diligent efforts of the Grove City Borough Police Department and the Mercer County District Attorney’s Office to hold Audia accountable for his shocking violation of trust.”

“The College underscores its commitment to maintaining a safe and secure community as a highest priority; and, we are relieved by the progress made toward resolution of this matter,” the statement continued.

Entertainment

February 1, 2019

Grace Tarr

Love is in the air

Managing Editor A-list movie star Christ Pratt and quarterback-turned-pitcher Tim Tebow recently announced their respective engagements to Katherine Schwarzenegger and Demi-Leigh NelPeters.

Both outspoken Christians, Pratt

and Tebow’s engagements caused a stir. Pratt and ex-wife Anna Ferris finalized their divorce in October 2018 after a year-long separation. In early January, Pratt and Schwarzenegger announced their engagement.

This whirlwind divorce and engagement comes as the Guardians of the Galaxy star has been more outspoken of his faith.

“God is real. God loves you. God wants the best for you. Believe that. I do,” Pratt said when ac-

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Tim Tebow and Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters pose after their engagement on January 9.

Tebow popped the question on his family’s farm in Florida.

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cepting the Generation Award at the MTV Movie & TV Awards.

Raised Catholic, Schwarzenegger has been attending Hillsong Church with Pratt and is also a professing Christian.

Tim Tebow began his NFL career in 2010 as a first round draft pick for the Denver Broncos.

Outspoken about his Christian faith, Tebow became controversial for his strict views on chastity.

The 31-year-old recently announced his engagement to South African model Miss Universe

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Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters.

“Thank you for saying YES and making me the happiest man in the world. You’re the love of my life, and I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you,” said Tebow.

Both men have been open about their faith while under media scrutiny. Their new engagements have created even more scrutiny, with both couples staying committed to their faith.

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Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger announed their engagment in early January.

‘Wildlife’ delivers chills

Film Critic

It’s not often that a film can so closely resemble the novel that it is based on. However, “Wildlife,” directed and written for the screen by Paul Dano, accomplishes just that.

In fact, what makes this even more impressive is that it is Dano’s directorial debut. He is well known for his roles in “There Will Be Blood,” “Little Miss Sunshine,” and “Love & Mercy.” Although Dano is perceived as a veteran actor, like fellow actors who are dabbling with directing, such as Jonah Hill (“mid90s”) and Greta Gerwig (“Lady Bird”), he is being recognized for his talent behind the camera and for bringing a poignant story to life.

Based on the 1990 novel

by Richard Ford, “Wildlife” is the story of a family who moves to Great Falls, Montana in 1960. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Jerry Brinson, a man in his midthirties who is fired from his job as a golf pro at a country club. His wife, Jeanette, played by Carey Mulligan, is a stay at home mother who is forced to work at the local YMCA as a swimming instructor because Jerry is complacent with staying at home. Their son, Joe, has a difficult time adjusting to a different school; his father wants him to play football, although he sits the bench

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Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal share the screen in the new independent film “Wildlife,” based on the book by Richard Ford published in 1990. and does not enjoy the sport.

While off work for an extended period of time, Jerry discovers an add in the paper for a temporary position to contain and extinguish wildfires. Jeanette is not pleased with Jerry taking the risky and low paying job, but he leaves anyway. In Jerry’s absence all hell breaks loose and a metaphorical wildfire consumes the Brinson family.

What makes “Wildlife” work so well is that it is Dano’s passion project. Af-

ter reading “Wildlife,” Dano gave it to his girlfriend and actress, Zoey Kazan, to read.

They both fell in love with the book and worked on the screenplay. Dano described the process to create the screenplay with a honorable vision as frustrating.

He would write hundreds of pages and Kazan would edit it considerably. The screenplay alone took Dano and Kazan years to perfect. However, with proper fine-tuning and dedication, the couple created a film that is as well

crafted as the novel.

In May, knowing that the film would be released within several months, I read Ford’s novel. I, like Dano, fell in love with it. The novel is a captivating story about family dynamics, and captures the essence of hardship, love, and fidelity. The film does not shy away from the crucial aspects that the novel tackles.

Bob Mondello of NPR writes that ‘”Wildlife’s’ portrait of family life is much like the director’s many onscreen performances – understated,

sad-eyed, and deeply affecting.” Despite being critically acclaimed, “Wildlife” did not perform well in theaters. It grossed nearly three million dollars in the box office, which is a considerably low performance, even for an independent film. Still, it is an excellent film that has a lot to say. At times, the film may seem unsettling, and it should; but its commentary on family life, resilience, and loss of innocence is something worth a watch or two.

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Senior Brian Ferris, playing Chris Keller, yells at Sam Kenny ’18, playing Chris’ father Joe, in Grove City College’s production of “All My Sons.”

THEATER DEPARTMENT

‘All My Sons’ wins acclaim

Jacob Schiela

Contributing Writer When Grove City College first put on their production of “All of My Sons” in the spring of 2018, a board of faculty and professional respondents voted this play to the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.

One member of this board was Grove City College’s Betsy J. Craig, an English and Theater professor.

This festival highlights six shows that this board considered to be in the top six plays out of a pool of 56 eligible

productions.

This festival took place Jan. 15 to 19 at Montclair State University.

The college has only looked for invitation to this festival for four plays since 2009.

These productions were “Red” and “La Bete” in 2015 and 2009 respectively. Usually the college only asks the board to give feedback on their shows.

After earning the privilege to perform at the festival, they had to put in some hard work to get the production ready for performance.

They had to remake the set

that they used months prior to fit a larger stage.

On top of building a new set, they had to recast two positions that two graduates had previously filled.

This festival not only displayed the work of six colleges and universities but also held things like seminars, workshops, and graduate school auditions.

The whole experience allowed for students at Grove City College to further their experience in theater.

A few alumni had to travel up from Pittsburgh in order to be a part of rehearsals at

night. One alumnus even had to be skyped in to rehearsals because she lived in Virginia.

All these hoops that they needed to jump through made the play harder to prepare for.

Since Grove City College does not have a theater major, the actors and actresses came from a variety of backgrounds.

Not only were English majors a part of the production, but also students from math to engineering to exercise science and everything in between.

Grove City does, however,

Leading campus community Juliet Long

Contributing Writer Each year students at Grove City College are blessed with the loving and selfless service of the college’s 88 resident assistants, otherwise known as RAs. The college’s residence life team takes several weeks during the start of the spring semester to choose who will serve in this crucial campus community role during the following year.

Applications for next year’s RAs are already available and will remain open until Feb. 11.

Director of Residence Life, Jonathan DiBenedetto, said that in the past they have typically received around 120 applications. This hiring year, with the elimination of the freshmen coRA system, there will be less positions available, but DiBenedetto would still like to see their application pool increase significantly.

DiBenedetto described the hiring process in three steps: the physical application, individual interviews and group interviews.

He and the Resident Directors (RDs) use each of these steps to discover personality and proper placement of the RAs amongst the buildings.

There are several attributes the residence life team looks for in their RAs, but teachability, intentionality, efficiency and self-assessment are DiBenedetto’s must-haves.

“College is about holistic development, and RAs bring life outside

offer Theater and Music Theater minors in cooperation with the English and Music departments at the college.

This is a huge accomplishment for the Grove City College Theater program.

They were able to overcome obstacles like two new cast members and a completely different set and stage in order to be able to produce a play on a much larger stage.

The next production that the program will perform is “Tartuffe” on Feb. 21.

Professors proffer perspectives Emily Geiger Staff Writer

MEREDITH GROSS

Harker staff enjoy a staff retreat in Pittsburgh last semester. Resident Assistants engage in continuing staff developement during the year. of academics,” DiBenedetto said. He also mentioned that building stronger relationships between RAs and their residents is the primary objective in the job.

Junior and secondyear RA, Katie Morrison, is already well on her way to achieving this goal. Morrison said that being an RA “can test you, but ultimately it is rewarding because you can make a difference in other people’s lives.”

Senior and third-year RA, Morgan Ziegler, described her experience as an RA similarly, “RAs have a unique leadership role that gives them the opportunity to build positive living environments, hear life stories, and create memories with students from all backgrounds and walks of life” she said.

DiBenedetto illustrated the life as an RA as a “balancing act” as he said that “there’s a responsibility and loneliness in leadership.” Both Morrison and Ziegler mentioned the time commitment of an RA as the primary disadvantage of the position. “I know a lot of RAs struggle with FOMO, or fear of missing out, because of required RA commitments,” Ziegler said of the position.

DiBenedetto is hoping to reevaluate and reduce the amount of administrative work the RAs are currently required to do. This change is part of his plan to get RAs to increase relationships and student interactions. His idea is that with less administrative work an RA’s schedule will open up for them to spend more time with

their residents.

The loss of the freshmen co-RA system and the smaller freshmen halls is another major change made by the residence life team.

Ziegler, who served as a freshmen RA for two years, believes that this change will “make the RA role easier and more enjoyable [because] each RA will now have less residents and as a result will be able to get to know their residents even better and connect on a deeper level with them.”

DiBenedetto said that the position of an RA challenges growth and the lessons learned can be applied to any future job. “I consider the job of being an RA an extreme honor and a role I do not take lightly,” Ziegler said, who encourages anyone who is passionate about the position to apply.

It's the day before your 20-page research paper is due. You have no idea how to do the assignment. You have 10 minutes between your 11 a.m. and your 12 p.m. You sprint as soon as the clock strikes 11:50 to your professor's office. Unfortunately, there is a group of students pacing outside of the door waiting to talk to your professor. It's 11:55 and you already used the two skips for your next class. Luckily, in the nick of time, you manage to sit down with your professor. As he looks at you through his smudged glasses and stacks of ungraded papers, you realize you have no idea where to even begin with asking questions.

Now, maybe this didn't happen all at once to you, but many Grove City College students have experienced this in one way or another. We procrastinate, we don't know where to start and we realize after looking over the assignment that we don't know how to log into that database or find that specific information. Here are some do's and don’ts of office hours, provided by some Grove City professors and a student: DO: Email the professor ahead of time.

Sometimes the professor might be out for a conference or might

not have the resource accessible at the moment you walk into the room. It helps to let the professor know ahead of time when you want to meet and what it is about.

-Dr. Coulter DON'T: Come to a professor and ask unclear questions. The professors are here to help you, but can't help if you don't know what you are looking for.

-Alyssa Kowalick DO: Come to a professor if you think they can help you with something other than school. Professors don't just come to GCC to teach, they are also here to mentor, speak truth and help guide you. Office hours are a great opportunity to seek advice from a teacher.

College is not just about memorizing formulas and vocabulary; it's about finding what God wants you to do with your life.

-Professor Sweet DON'T: Expect your professor to know everything.

Although professors are a great source of advice, there are other places that might be more suited for your questions. If you are unsure of your calling for your life, the Counseling Center has many therapists trained to walk you through it.

If you need input on a graduation admission's essay, Career Services can assist you.

-Alyssa Kowalick OFFICE 5

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Surviving Greek Unity Week

Community Editor Greek Unity Week (GUW) is an exciting time on Grove City College’s campus for pledges and independents alike. As many in Greek Life say, “Greek Unity Week are the best two weeks you never want to relive.”

At Grove City College, a rush is formally an active member when they sign the bid for their Greek group. Then, they are called new Greeks or new actives when they are being inducted into their group during GUW. GUW is full of late nights, rushing from place to place and working with others. It can be a very stressful time for new Greeks and actives, so being aware of how to support your roommate/friend or, if you are a new Greek, yourself during GUW. Junior Alexis Funderlich, a member of the Sigma Theta Chi sorority, recalls how her roommates helped her during GUW freshman year saying, “They would organize my things for me and keep

the room clean so I could find what I needed when I had to rush to a GUW event. It honestly helped so much!”

“Let your roommate sleep!” sophomore Paul Oram said, a member of the Delta Iota Kappa fraternity. He stressed that sleep is very important for a new Greek and that roommates should be especially mindful of this during GUW. Resident Assistants (RAs) are also there as support for new Greeks during GUW. RAs genuinely care for their residents and are willing to provide emotional and moral support throughout the week. They care for their residents as people before they care for them as an RA. An RA’s job is not to look for ways to get a resident in trouble, but to love and help them.

Freshmen RAs have been educated in how Greek life works and how to handle GUW through meetings with Meredith Gross, the Resident Director of Harker Hall and Assistant Director of Residence Life and Dr. John

PHOTO COURTESY OF GABBY ROSS

Gamma Chi sorority sisters pose with new pledges. Greek Unity Week can be a stressful experience, but with the support of one’s big and community, the pledges make it.

Coyne, Associate Dean ers were the only thing or friend, or for a new themselves and who that helped me through Greek to take care of they are and what they of Student Life.

Coyne stand for.”

“RAs love their resi- the week. It’s very tough him/herself, If you have any condents and are willing to for people who are not urges them to be aware listen and support them going through it them- of the policies and rules cerns about your group surrounding GUW. or a roommate/friend at any time,” North RA selves.”

Oram affirmed that “I would encourage who is participating Mary Campbell said.

“We want to help all our his fellow new Greeks new members to review in GUW, or are a new residents in any way we were a vital part of and know the policies. I Greek wishing to deachis GUW experience. would encourage them tivate, you can contact can.”

New Greeks can “Working together was to understand that they your RA, RD or Coyne also lean on other new key to success and we can deactivate at any who is in the Student Greeks in their group shared the burden to- time and I won’t ask Life & Learning Ofthem questions,” Coyne fice on the second floor to help them. Sopho- gether,” he said. of the Breen Student When it comes to said. more Matthew War“I would encourage Union. ner, member of the Nu keeping an eye out Lambda Phi fraternity for the well-being of a new members to have said, “My pledge broth- new Greek roommate respect and dignity for

Latin American films featured Katheryn Frazier

New year, new chapel

Staff Writer

Collegian Staff

Films have that special ability to transport its audience to another place and time in an instant.

The accessibility to movies has increased as streaming remains the primary way to watch movies and television. However, many viewers may not have considered a hidden gem of a genre, foreign films. These films are particularly interesting as foreign film unveils differences in culture and filmmaking when compared to western culture.

The Modern Language Department seeks to further expose students to foreign films and Latin American culture by presenting Pragda at Grove City College: Celebrating Ibero American Cinema.

“We want this to be an educational experience that allows the community to reflect about issues that impact us from different points of view, while reflecting on the conditions that people face in other places,” said Quintero, Associate Professor of Spanish. “Students should arrive with open eyes. One might think that nothing is happening, while actually everything is taking place before one’s eyes, just at a different rhythm and with different conventions.”

Those interested should be on the lookout for a document that will be released detailing the synopses of the films along with reflection questions. All films will be shown in Sticht Lecture Hall (HAL 108) at 7:30 p.m. throughout the semester.

The festival kicks off today with “Chinese Take Away.” The Argentinian

Chapel is an integral part of Grove City’s campus community and this semester several changes are coming to the program alongside traditions.

“This semester’s chapel schedule is continuing the themes of ‘Loving God’ on Tuesday mornings and ‘Loving Neighbor’ on Thursday mornings,” Zachary Pitcher, Chapel Ministries Coordinator, said. “This semester we will be hearing from several of our Biblical and Religious Studies faculty on Tuesday mornings, starting with a 4-week series on the book of Job by Dr. Carl Trueman. For the Thursday chapels, we will be starting off with a 4-week series on reaching the next generation.”

“After Spring Break we will have several notable authors and speakers, such as Karen Swallow Prior, who will speak at the Christians Writers Conference speaker, and Dr. Bryan Chapell, the author of Christ-Centered Preaching,” Pitcher said.

“Vespers will be hosting a series on Spiritual Disciplines hosted

by Elizabeth Messer and Dr. Don Shepson,” Pitcher said. “Pastor Dean will be preaching for several of the Vespers services, as well as our senior Chapel Aides, Brandon Davis and Simon DeAngelo, and our Men’s Ministry Coordinator Eric Phillips.”

The biggest change coming to chapel is the addition of senior chapels in Crawford Audi-

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Ricardo Darín stars in the 2011 film “Chinese Take Away” which will be shown tonight at 7:30 p.m. in HAL 108. comedy focuses on the concept of neighbors and strangers from different cultures. The movie earned the most money in 2011 when it was released, excluding American films.

Quintero notes the differences in the structure of the films being shown compared to westernized cinema as shots are longer, there are fewer transitions, and there is an emphasis on dialogue and composition.

On Feb. 15 “From the Land to your Table” will be showed. Its primary focus is on documenting various foods and resources that come from seven different countries located in Latin American.

The festival continues as the challenges of a Mexican migrant returning home will be the premise of “Here and There’s Turn” on March 15.

“Guarani” will depict an adventure of a young girl, her mother and her grandfather finding the meaning of tradition and family on a journey to learn and preserve Guarani culture on April 12.

According to Quintero, the actors in “Guarani” are not pro-

fessional which in turn creates a more authentic, although dramatized, testimony to those who live near the Parana river in Paraguay.

The closure of the festival ends on May 3 with “The Country of Fear,” which unveils the social and economic changes taking place in America due to migrant activity. The film highlights individuals and the difficult situations that it presents them.

“Film is a great way to witness how a culture reacts to issues that affect them. The idea was to create a space for conversations about how other cultures perceive themes that are relevant for them as well as for us.” said Quintero.

The power of film can enlighten, entertain and empathize with its viewers. This opportunity allows Christians and nonChristians a window into deeper issues that affect the everyday lives of people that audiences do not know, but can nonetheless assume by the title “neighbor” after hearing their compelling narrative.

discover it. I knew that God was going to call him to something incredible. When he graduated, he sent me a letter. He told me that conversation changed his life, and that he is more focused and confident than ever before.

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torium.

“Traditionally we have had the Freshman class attend chapel in Crawford for the first 6 weeks because of the lack of sufficient seating in Harbison, but we recognized that the senior class is in a different place than the rest of campus and we would like to support them as they look beyond their life on our campus,” Pitcher said.

“The planning process for these new senior chapels was undertaken by the chapel department, student life, alumni services and career services to address the “unique joys and challenges of the senior transition,” according to Pitcher.

“We will be covering topics such as the importance of trusting the Lord in the midst of transitions, how to manage money once you actually get a paycheck and how to prepare to integrate your faith into your work in a secular work environment,” Pitcher continued. “The seniors will be hearing from speakers such as Dr. T. David Gordon, Lisa Slayton, the CEO of the Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation, as well as a panel of faculty and President McNulty.”

“Four years after sitting in Crawford as a freshman, wondering how in the world to enter this campus community, the seniors will be sitting in Crawford this week wondering how in the world to leave this campus community. We hope to answer some of those questions.”

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Through the Lens

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There is something strange that happens when you enter a foreign country.

Sitting on the bus and staring out the window, I watch in fascination as the scenery goes by. Hebrew and Arabic signs hang above local shops. Men persuade anyone in earshot to consider their brightly-colored clothes and women stroll by in scarves and maxi skirts. And I join them. I wear the one long skirt I own. I exchange “to da” for “thank you” and “shalom” for “hello.”

Soon, the external adaptation is complete and, internally, I begin to find my place. Halfway into the trip, I barter well, actually paying an appropriate amount for necklaces and nativity scenes. I navigate the streets of the Old City of Jerusalem without asking for directions.

After a few more days, I dig deeper, past the enchanting land of Israel, and see the war-stricken nation. I touch the wall separating the Gaza Strip and Israel. I watch children play and climb on a bomb shelter, disguised as a giant caterpillar.

I realize, all of a sudden, I am not just wearing the clothes of the people, I wear the fear of the people. I do not just see the hurt, I feel it. I do not just see tears, I shed them.

Something unbelievably strange happens when you enter a foreign country. There is an exchange. It is more than just seeing the land and bringing back souvenirs. The land, the people and the affairs of the people take a piece of you. Parts of my heart were molded by the blessed burden of personal experience. I no longer dwell in the land of detached information. I no longer have the luxury of reading the facts of the news articles in peace. My heart will not allow it.

I am still there, hearing the call to prayer for Muslims, smelling the spices sold in the market. I am still sitting at the table with the families of Jewish communities at Shabbat dinner, as the parents bless each child individually.

I am still there. And I do not think I would want to ever leave, even if a part of me had not been left behind.

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Humanity in full James Sutherland Editor-in-Chief

I attended the Theater Department’s revival of their production of “All My Sons,” one of Arthur Miller’s classic works, Friday night.

Simply put, the production was superb. The acting was restrained and authentic. Sam Kenney ’18 stood out from the already excellent cast playing the lead role of Joe Keller, a man struggling to keep his internal moral struggle from pouring onto the outside. Senior Brian Ferris, playing Keller’s son Chris, acted the perfect foil to Kenney’s Joe. The direction, by professor of English and theater Betsy Craig, the lighting and the audio were all outstanding.

Part of the brilliance of this production was how endearing it made Miller’s characters, making them feel like family. The production drew you into the scene, made you believe—spoilers incoming—Joe when he denied his crime, and made you empathize with him at the end when he finally admitted to his failing and tried to justify it. The production captured the intimate, almost stifling, feel of the play’s neighborhood setting, where everyone grew up with each other and knew each other well, perhaps too well.

It certainly helped that the faces I saw on stage, acting, were the ones I see around campus, living the same life I live. It helped me realize what Miller intended: that these characters are not far-off celebrities, living lives completely out of touch with you and me. Instead they are just like us, with our same hopes and dreams and frustrations and failures.

Miller wanted the play to force the viewer to think about how he would have acted in the situation. Would I have shipped out a batch of faulty plane parts in order to keep my business running and provide for my family? How long would I wait for my MIA brother or son before accepting his death and moving on? How far would I go to create a life and a legacy for my children and their children and their children’s children?

This production forced me to think about what is common in human nature. These characters were common folk, normal, everyday people, who found themselves in difficult situations. It made me think about how any human would act in that circumstance, about what is common to all humans, in our heart of hearts. This is what great art ought to do. I’m reminded of what Russell Kirk once said: “So pure poetry, and the other forms of great literature, search the human heart to find in it the moral existence, distinguishing man from beast.” “All My Sons,” and this production in particular, searched the depths of the human heart, and drew out onto the stage moral dilemmas which make humans human. Miller intended his characters to be deeply, authentically human. This production captured that humanity, and for that it fully deserves the accolades it has received.

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News Editor “I have a dream.” Everyone is familiar with this famous statement, the focal point of Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech delivered at our nation’s capital in 1963.

He dared to dream of a world different from the one he lived in, one that might afford his own children more love and opportunity than he had experienced in a lifetime. In fact, one might say that his dream is the world we live in today.

Americans of all races have access to public education that allow white students to study alongside black students and laws that protect them from being discriminated against in places of work or denied loans based off the color of their skin.

It means people like me, with darker skin and hair, have the opportunity to live in a college dorm with other white students. I can take the train home without being asked to sit in the back or stand, and I don’t have to worry that if I was sexually harassed by a white man, the law would turn a blind eye.

I am not only an American, but someone who is finally able to pursue the American Dream without chains around my ankles and a life of constant fear.

My life is radically different because of a movement that occurred less than 60 years ago.

But beyond the message of love, there is a call to understand. It’s not enough to treat someone just like you, but we should instead strive to see the world through their lens – their biases, joys and hardships.

My friend Elsie shared about a time when her church merged with an inner-city church at this year’s MLK chapel, saying her relation-

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ships around her changed greatly. Everyone in her church spoke English, but she had trouble understanding the language that some of her friends were using. She would often have to ask what words meant when it seemed obvious, and through her friendships in her church, she began to integrate their slang into her own vocabulary.

But when she went back to school on Monday, her world shifted. Many of her white friends didn’t understand the words she used and asked her pointed questions like why she “talked black.” She was caught between two very different cultures, and did not seem to fit in with one or the other without altering some part of her speech or herself.

Elsie was faced with a choice. She could adapt to fit in with her black friends, learning their words to avoid feelings of embarrassment or feeling like an outsider,

but still go back to what was comfortable on Monday. Or, she could ask questions and understand the meaning behind the words, actions and beliefs of her black friends.

She could understand what influenced them and was a part of their life, rather than settling for surface interactions of love and unity.

We have much to learn about God’s design for the rest of the world. And when we learn from one another as brothers and sisters in Christ, we have the opportunity to glorify God. So let us not settle for the message of love. Love can be done from afar.

It can be silent prayers, thank you notes or even inviting someone over to feel welcomed by your standards or traditions.

Let us seek to be guests and foreigners before those different from us, so that we might see God’s image in its full glory.

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The Women’s March is a pretty rough topic to discuss as a Christian feminist.

Normally, hearing about a bunch of women marching together and sticking up for their rights is something that I would love to support, but after learning more about the march, it has left me in a cloud of confusion.

Women march for many different reasons — equal pay, abortion, sexual assault awareness and a plethora of other controversial topics. A lot of these women, I believe, are marching for the right reasons. Women have been at the back end of abuse since

the fall of man. Women have been drugged, raped and beaten. Women have been sexualized by the media and expected to have tiny waists, big breasts and round butts.

Women have struggled raising children alone and sticking up for their families.

There is a lot I support about the Women’s March.

I think that these are topics that need a platform and should be discussed. However, there are parts of the march I passionately stand against.

I believe that all women’s lives matter, including the unborn. I think it is wrong that we accuse lawmakers by saying we do not have the rights over our bodies when denied abortion. You can make the same argument for the unborn. If you abort a child, the mother makes

the decision that the baby doesn’t have the right to its life.

I also dislike some personal behavior that goes on at these marches. Women have a lot to face; I don’t think we need to present ourselves as a men-hating, nipple freeing, profanity loving, angry mob. The Women’s March should have a more direct focus on the importance of cooperation between man and woman and the strength a woman can bring to the table. It should speak up in a dignified way for what we believe in.

Women will never be taken seriously if we don’t take ourselves seriously. If we are standing up for our rights, we need to do so with well-informed voices, fully clothed and with the Lord’s strength.

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Contributing Writer The longest government shutdown in the history of the United States finally ended after 35 days with nothing to show for it.

There was no wall funding given to the president and 800,000 federal workers did not get paid. President Trump and the Democrats came to an agreement to reopen the government for three weeks until February 15th.

If there is no funding for Trump’s border wall by then, the government will either shutdown again or President Trump will declare a national emergency.

Some conservatives, such as Ann Coulter, are saying that the president caved on the border wall issue and are calling on him to use the power of the presidency to get the wall built by declaring a national emergency.

However, Republicans and Democrats alike are questioning how much power the president should have in this situation.

If you truly believe in the Constitution, then this call to declare an emergency should concern you. A president that has too much power goes against everything that our constitutional republic stands

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Congress should finally act like adults and come together to defend our nation’s borders.

The Democratic Party that now believes border security is racist and immoral used to believe in defending the borders until President Trump showed up.

Top Democrats, such as Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer, all voted for the Secure Fence Act in 2006 that added fenc-

ing and barriers along the southwest border from California to Texas.

So why all of the sudden are the Democrats completely flipping their stance on this important issue?

Their hatred for President Trump combined with the pressure put on them by their leftwing base has caused the Democrats to stand against any form of a border wall.

They will not com-

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promise for the sake of the country because of their fear of President Trump “winning.” Before the government reopened, the president laid out a bipartisan deal that would extend protections for 700,000 immigrants

who came to the United States illegally as children and were shielded from deportation under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in exchange for $5.7 billion towards a border wall.

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Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi immediately turned down the offer and called it “unacceptable.”

This plan is clearly not unacceptable, but rather compassionate and reasonable.

President Trump and the Republicans must continue to fight for Americans that have lost loved ones at the hands of illegal immigrants.

Law and order is more important than ever, with the country desperately needing more barriers on the border.

Democrats and Republicans must come together to address an issue that should not be partisan.

Keeping our country safe and secure is nonnegotiable.

Putin compromises American ideals

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Paul Whelan was arrested in Moscow by the Federal Security Service (FSB) on December 28, 2018, becoming the latest thread in the long string of post-Cold War titfor-tats that is the ongoing US-Russia relationship.

A former U.S. Marine, Whelan developed a particular interest in post-Soviet Russia during his time globetrotting with the Corps in the mid-00s, having returned to the country several times since. According to his attorney, Whelan was in Moscow for the wedding of a fellow Marine at the time of his arrest.

The FSB’s arrest came shortly after a Russian citizen handed Whelan a USB flash drive of what Whelan thought to be travel photos, but instead contained “state secrets.” Whelan currently remains in Russian custody on charges of espionage, which carries a sentence of up to 20 years.

This sort of bait-andswitch however, is not a new addition to the Russian intelligence’s bag of tricks. Just ask

Nicholas Daniloff, an American journalist who was detained under similar circumstances. In 1986, while working in Moscow for the U.S. News and World Report, a Russian “friend” handed Daniloff a bag containing newspaper clippings as well as maps of classified Soviet military deployments.

That same day, he was stopped, searched and arrested by a group of KGB agents.

Daniloff’s arrest came a mere three days after the FBI’s own arrest of Gennadi Zakharov, a Russian physicist alleged to have attempted to steal technical information on Air Force jet engines. Zakharov himself was arrested nearly immediately after being handed an envelope containing said information by an undercover FBI agent.

This is, unfortunately, the absolute state of the US-Russia relationship wherein citizens and quasi-operatives are traded back and forth in a post-Cold War political tango. Indeed, like Daniloff’s case, Whelan’s arrest was in response to the July 15, 2018 arrest of Maria Butina, an alleged Russian operative.

We may, of course, play the endless game

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that is the rabid speculation over whose government is telling the truth, who’s propagandizing who, who are the real spies, et cetera. For our purposes, however, we must take the given facts as they stand.

Whether Maria Butina was Putin’s pawn or not is irrelevant.

What is of note, however, is the absolute inequivalence of Butina and Whelan. On the one hand, according to the FBI affidavit, Butina was in constant contact with a senior Russian official, believed to be Aleksandr Torshin, the then deputy general of the Central Bank of Russia. In subpoenaed Twitter direct

messages, she spoke often of a “RussianAmerican project” and the creation of a “back channel” between the Kremlin and U.S. conservative leaders.

On the other hand we have Whelan who, while no saint (in 2008 he received a bad conduct discharge from the US Marines for larceny), by all accounts had no interest in or intentions of infiltrating the Russian political machine or receiving classified information.

Russia is still, much like its KGB-reared President Vladimir Putin, inextricably tied to its Soviet past. While the KGB is deceased in name, its spirit and

techniques live on in its successor: the FSB. Even as recently as March of last year, the Ruskies came under international criticism for their alleged use of a nerve agent against a former Russian spy and his daughter. This itself is part of the larger trend of the violence against and attempts on the lives of Putin’s critics.

In the case of Whelan, the eventual ending will most likely be his exchange for Maria Butina.

But this is the end of their story only. The yet unfortunate reality is that tensions between the US and Russia have no signs of being

relieved. Russia will continue to revert to its Soviet ways at their convenience, violating human rights all along the way.

It is strange, therefore, the idea proposed by some American conservatives that a positive Russian-American relationship may, despite our differences, be built over the bonds of social conservatism.

This commonality, however, is only incidental, in the same way that jail is a great place to meet new people.

The fact remains that Russia’s soft authoritarianism is fundamentally incompatible with the American ideals of Western democracy.

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Change comes in small steps Fiona Lacey

Contributing Writer This year I was finally able to attend the March for Life.

I tagged along with a Catholic youth group and headed downtown on the metro to pay my dues as a young prolife conservative college student. In the back of my head I was fired up with witty Ben Shapiro arguments and scary abortion statistics stored up from Heritage foundation articles. I was ready, or so I thought.

We got off at Union Station, following the masses of Catholic private school kids with their matching color-coded hats and scarves.

Wholesome looking families with confused looks on their faces were stuck at the metro gates, trying to figure out how to swipe their metro card, with their “I March for Life” signs shoved into the back of their baby stroller.

For one day, the heart of DC was filled with on-fire evangelicals and the homeschooling Christian families of America, instead of busy government employees and political elites. There was a unanimous feeling in the air; everyone felt what they were doing was important.

The March for Life was the pilgrimage to which we had all sacrificed so much to come.

There was a mutual respect for everyone who had made it to D.C. and it was the most energy I had seen in my entire life. I loved it. But pretty soon I came to reality and was aware of the major misconception I was having.

I was walking briskly with all the thousands of mothers, fathers, baby strollers, priests and pastors who were marching. We confidently paraded past interesting

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posters on the streets, reading phrases like, “babies are beautiful”, “Pro-life= True Feminism”, and “Stop Abortion Now.” I started to realize I was seeing the same things— same ideas, same images, same types of people—over and over again. I can’t even recall how many groups I saw that had set up projectors on the side of Constitution Avenue to show graphic images of murdered fetuses and mutilated baby parts.

Catholic schoolkids were shouting, “We are the Pro-life Generation” again and again.

Priests and seminarians were evangelizing and praying to God from megaphones.

Do not get me wrong, it was pretty amazing and stimulating to be surrounded by these people for 3 hours. It’s probably rare that I will ever experience something like that ever again.

But I started thinking to myself: How many years have young people been saying “We are the pro-life generation?” What does that even mean? This march in

2019 marked the 46th annual March for Life. That means a 60-year-old woman could have been shouting the same vague and insignificant phrase when she was my age.

I thought to myself, “We’ve been doing the same thing for almost 50 years.”

We’ve been marching, holding up signs with catchy phrases and summed up arguments.

We come to D.C., march to the Supreme Court, hold up our signs and hope some majority of Supreme Court justices will see us and overturn a 1973 decision.

All the excitement, eagerness and motivation seemed stupid to me then. “What are we doing,” I thought.

Here is where my problem was. My attitude concerning the entire pro-life movement was wrong, and I think many would agree with me.

NBC, FOX and even CNN was there filming the crowd.

The March for Life is the epitome of what it means to be pro-life for most. If you don’t go to the March for Life, do you really care about

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kowski commented saying that “the Gillette commercial strips men of their humanity.”

In order to make things fair, and in the terms of feminists, “equal,” the entire female gender should be labeled as “toxic femininity.”

Lord knows there have been plenty of evil women in the world. If this is the logic people choose to use, it should be used for everyone.

In a country that is pushing the idea of letting people be who they truly are, they certainly have a problem with letting men be who they are – masculine. When asked if the word “masculine” has been tainted, Retkowski said that “in the past five years it’s almost like you have to look over your shoulder, like saying ‘masculine’ is going to offend someone.” He went on to explain that “men aren’t allowed to have what makes men men… we’re all kind of

and local level.

First of all, we don’t fund overseas abortions any longer, thanks to President Trump’s reinstating of the Mexico City Program. States are also allowed to individually defund Planned Parenthood of Medicaid dollars. 11 states in the US do not allow coverage of abortion under insurance.

Health care providers are still allowed to refuse cooperation in abortions in 45 states.

Iowa recently passed their Heartbeat Bill which restricts abortions once a heartbeat is detected, usually around six weeks after conception, essentially banning after-six week-abortions. Mississippi went from banning abortions after 20 weeks to banning abortions after 15 weeks this past March.

Marches aren’t everything.

They don’t make or break anything, and maybe spreading the word about the small steps and changes that have been made is a better investment than showing up on the FOX morning news.

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tional travel course to Israel led by Dr. Shepson and Dr. David “Duffy” Robbins in May 2020.

Coming back from the January trip, faculty and students highlighted the close, personal encounter with one’s faith that traveling to the Holy Land brings.

“Students should definitely do a travel course because it exposes them to different ideas, religions, cultures, foods, fads and so much more.

I was so grateful to have witnessed the subtleties that make different cultures special, and what better than in the land where my religion evolved? The perspective gained from a global expedition is inexplicable,” Senior Matthew Schallus said.

“When you go to the land and you see with your eyes and you touch, you can feel you’ll never read the same,” Byun said. “The details of scripture just come alive.”

“We were given the incredible opportunity to walk up the Southern Steps leading to Temple Mount. These were the same exact steps that Jesus would have ascended as He approached the Temple,” Sealander said. “The experience as a whole was almost emotionally overwhelming and it definitely created a unique context and feeling that I believe is otherwise unobtainable.”

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Contributing Writer “Toxic masculinity” has become a new and popular phrase in recent days due to the actions of a few “bad apples” amongst the male gender and lately, the popular men’s shaving company, Gillette, has added their voice to the hot debate.

Gillette’s controversial commercial, ‘Best a Man Can Get’ aired earlier this month.

Since then, debates regarding the ad and its contents have not ceased. Discussions over the meaning and various interpretations have poured in from people all over social media and news outlets everywhere.

The message Gillette was trying to send was not wrong: do not rape, do not degrade women, do not bully. It was the way they did it that was wrong. As Greg Gutfeld said on Fox News during The Five, “It suggested the behavior represents the norm,” and this is simply not true.

The nation has labeled an entire gender based on the actions of a few men who do wrong. Are there bad men in this world? Yes, absolutely, just as there are bad women in this world. Senior engineering major, Wyatt Ret-

aborted babies?

Everyone is so focused on this march, when really it is just the same thing year after year, with different people, but the same arguments, different keynote speakers but the same main points.

There is too much investment in this one event, so young adults like me make the mistake of forgetting where most change happens: at the state and local level.

There I was, an uneducated college kid who knows basically nothing besides the dignity of life, thinking the march was the only thing that mattered.

Why? Because Ben Shapiro was there. CNN was there.

Pope Francis even commended the march. No, the march is not the only thing that matters here. Better yet, it really is only a tiny part of the solution to abortion.

Look around you. Over the past three years, there have been so many milestones for the pro-life movement; they just have not been at the level of overturning Roe v. Wade.

They have been at the state

losing something.”

Several companies have responded to Gillette’s ad, including Egard Watch Company, who released their ad, ‘What is a man?’ shortly after. Their message of “We see the good in men” was much more inspiring and effective than telling all men they are evil. Retkowski said that this ad “gives men a sense of realness, like they are human beings.”

Masculinity is not toxic.

Masculinity is strength, honor, faithfulness, dignity.

Masculinity is needed to fight wars, build bridges and mine coal. What is toxic are the few men in this world who are bad and who do act in ways that are disgraceful, but do not label an entire sex as being “toxic.” Do not change the connotation of a term, which could mean something so honorable. Men, go on being masculine, go on being men.

Ambassador for Passages at Grove City College. In his role, Sealander will work to foster and maintain the community that the students formed during the trip.

The trip provided students with a deeper understanding of Scripture as they watched it come alive from the pages of the Bible.

“Going to Israel adds an incredible layer to reading and understanding the Bible,” Craig Henderson, a senior Christian Ministries major, said. “Going to the places that we read about in the Old and New Testaments allows you to see where the stories took place and why the text is written the way it is.”

New to the college, Dr. Shepson was invited to lead the trip alongside Dr. Byun. Prior to coming to Grove City, Shepson led seven trips to Israel with churches and college groups.

“My favorite part of this particular trip is the opportunity I have to visit a very special place for us as Christians and to see all these places with a fantastic bunch of students. Watching them grow and learn is a huge blessing,” Shepson said.

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February 1, 2019

Mackenzie Stine

Men’s Basketball Beat Writer The men’s basketball team is putting up a strong season as they are more than halfway through with 11-8 overall record and a 6-5 record in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

Over winter break the Wolverines lost twice, once to Albion during the Bluffton Tournament in Ohio and the other to Washington and Jefferson with a close 63-61 score. They had six wins against Ohio Mid-Western, Geneva, Penn State DuBois, Thiel, Westminster and Waynesburg.

Upon returning to campus, the Wolverines lost to Saint Vincent on the road. During the 7663 defeat, three players scored in the double digits.

Sophomore guard Justice Rice and junior forward James Wells both put up more than 15 points while junior guard Nate Peters had 12 points. Wells

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Sophomore center Garrett Clark shoots the ball against St. Vincent College last week. Grove City bounced back from the 76-63 loss with a dramatic 66-65 overtime win at Bethany College. has scored 319 points and a half seconds left verines their 66-65 adGrove City held Chatotal this season and in regulation time, Rice vantage. The defense tham to a season-low continues to lead the scored to tie the game prevented a score from 56 points, along with team. Saint Vincent is 60-60 resulting in over- Bethany to secure the a 20-for-55 shooting undefeated in the PAC time. During overtime, win in the remaining performance from the and was 17-2 when they Peters made sure it was seconds of overtime. field. Meanwhile, Grove played the Wolverines. a close game by tying it The men then domi- City went 25 of 50 from The team bounced up at 65-65. With less nated Chatham Univer- the field for the game. back with an intense than 10 seconds left in isty, picking up a 67-56 Grove City trailed 66-65 overtime win at overtime and the game home win.

14-6 early before emBethany. The Wolver- tied at 65, Bethany Meola led the way barking on a 19-2 run. ines were in the lead fouled sophomore for- with 16 points, while Meola’s three-point 31-27 at half and held ward Joe Meola. Meola Wells and Rice added play midway through the lead throughout the made one of two free 15 and 11 points respec- the first half gave Grove second half. With four throws to give the Wol- tively.

City a 17-14 lead. Wil-

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liams followed with a three-pointer. Rice pushed the lead to 2214 with a steal and subsequent layup.

The Wolverines led 29-24 at halftime and did not relinquish the lead in the second half.

Chatham pulled to within 49-47 but Grove City answered with a 7-0 spurt. Rice’s layup ignited the run while Wells added consecutive field goals to stretch the lead to 56-47 with 2:15 left.

Meola and Wells both had eight rebounds to help Grove City own a 38-33 edge on the glass.

Grove City now owns sole possession of second place in the conference, one game ahead of Chatham, Washington & Jefferson, and Westminster.

The Wolverines will host archrival Geneva 3 p.m. Saturday in conference action at the Grove City College Arena.

Track and field off to strong start

Contributing Writer The Grove City College track and field teams opened their 2019 schedules last weekend at the SPIRE Midwest Open.

The Wolverines competed against Division I, II and III programs from all over their region.

Junior Katlyn Adams helped lead the wom-

en’s team to a strong showing, achieving the team’s top finishes of the weekend. She took sixth in the long jump with a leap of 16 feet, 1 1/2 inches and placed 11th in the triple jump with a mark of 32 feet, 5 ½ inches.

Senior Maggie Bauman led Grove City on the track by taking 17th in the 5000 meters, posting a time of 20:20.82. Junior Al-

lison Hollenbaugh finished 24th in the 5000 with 21:13.86, one spot ahead of sophomore Michaela Higgins with a time of 21:23.89 for 5000 meters.

The men’s team produced notable finishes as well. Senior Ryan Budnik posted Grove City’s top finish at the two-day event as he took fifth in the 5000 meters. He also set a Grove City-record time

Diving into a new season Collegian Staff The Grove City College swimming and diving teams opened their 2019 schedule on a strong note, defeating Washington & Jefferson College Saturday in Presidents’ Athletic Conference action.

Washington & Jefferson hosted the event, at the Henry Memorial Center Natatorium.

The women’s team won 15 events, taking a commanding 143-51 win the hosts.

Freshman Emily VanderWeele led the charge with three wins.

She won the 200 freestyle in 2 minutes, 4.30 seconds, and the 200 butterfly in 2 minutes, 29.48 seconds. She followed up those wins with a victory in the 100 butterfly, finishing in 1 minute, 5.59 seconds.

Sophomore diver Reilly Diggins dominated the diving competition, winning every competition. She won the 3-meter diving with a score of 311.93 points and the 1-meter diving with 272.55 points.

Senior Jillian Brekcneridge won the 1650 in 20 minutes, 5.46 seconds, while senior Sarah Haley took the 100 breaststroke in 1 minute, 17.36 seconds.

Freshman Jenny Baglia won the 50

free, while junior Brittany Byer won the 200 backstroke.

Junior Anne Shirley Dassow won the 100 free with a time of 58.83 seconds. Fellow junior Leona Bently won the 200 breastroke and sophomore Kimmi Wndelschafer followed with a victory in the 500 free.

Senior Abby Spicher grabbed Grove City’s final individual win when she won the 400 individual medley.

Byer, Wendelschaefer, Baglia and Bently opened the meet by touching first in the 200 medley relay. Wendelschaefer, freshman Cecelia Pearson, junior Amanda Mazoch and Haley Jennings closed the meet with a winning time of 1:57.08 in the 200 free relay.

The men’s team also turned in a strong performance, defeating Washington & Jefferson 148-61.

The men won 16 events Saturday, led by three victories from freshman Luke Mason.

Mason won the 200 breaststroke in 2 minutes, 18.65 seconds and then took first in the 400 individual medley (4:18.08). He also added a victory in the 200 freestyle.

Sophomore Calvin Brouwer secured wins in

both the 50 free (22.75) and 100 free (49.41).

Ryan Klemmer won the 1650 in 18:14.44 while senior Dane Hoselton captured the 100 backstroke in 53.73 seconds. Freshman Joe Astrab won the 100 breaststroke in a time of 1:04.42.

Junior Josh Wakefield won the 200 butterfly in 2:02.32 while freshman Peter Millar prevailed in the 200 backstrok. Sophomore Michael Moosa captured the 500 free and freshman Noah Berkebile followed by winning the 100 fly.

Freshman diver Ryan Morris swept both diving events Saturday for Grove City. He won 1-meter diving with 221.85 points, then accumulated a winning total of 269.70 points on the 3-meter board. Grove City also won both relay events.

Hoselton, junior Ben Slate, senior Rhys Dickhudt and Wakefield opened the meet by winning the 200 medley relay in 1:36.43.

Slate, Wakefield, Berkebile and freshman Reid Blackstone closed the meet with a winning time of 1:31.69 in the 200 free relay. That time set a W&J pool record.

of 15 minutes, 12.03 seconds and finished second among the NCAA Division III competitors in the event.

Sophomore Seth Ray led Grove City’s field athletes by taking seventh in the high jump having cleared 6 feet, 3 1/4 inches. Sophomore Thomas Troxel earned eighth place in the 800 meters with a time of 2:00.19 and his classmate Christopher

Sweeney took 10th in the triple jump by leaping 41 feet, 3 ¼ inches.

Sophomore Jared Gay placed 11th in the shot put with a throw of 47 feet, 7 ¾ inches. Sweeney also finished 14th in the long jump, 20 feet,1 inch.

Freshman Andrew Longjohn placed 15th in the long jump with a mark of 20 feet, ½ inches.

Sophomore Matthew Becker fin-

ished 16th in the weight throw at 38 feet, 10 ¼ inches and Longjohn claimed 17th in the triple jump with a mark of 39 feet 2 ½ inches.

The men’s and women’s teams return to action

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February 1, 2019

In 2001 the then-St. Louis Rams were one of the greatest offensive teams in NFL history: the Greatest Show on Turf.

They were heavily favored to beat the upstart New England Patriots. Instead Adam Vinateri drilled a game-winning field goal, giving the Patriots their first Super Bowl. The two teams went in very different directions in the next 17 seasons. The Patriots established

themselves as one of the sport’s greatest dynasties, making eight Super Bowls and winning five. The Rams went 10 years without making the playoffs, and then moved to Los Angeles. Now, the two old foes are back. This time the Rams are the young challengers, looking to start a dynasty, and the Patriots are the old hands, looking to cap off a historic run.

Tale of two teams:

Rams and Patriots records since 2002 Super Bowl

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Aly Kruger, Sports Editor, and James Sutherland, Editor-in-Chief With graphics from Karen Postupac, Design Chief

The number of wins since they last played each other in the SuperBowl.

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Goff is young and restless

On the field Brady bringin’ heat to take back title

When Jared Goff led the Los Angeles Rams to a dramatic 26-23 victory over the New Orleans Saints in the NFC Championship last month, he became the youngest quarterback drafted number one overall to make a Super Bowl.

Do not let that make you think Goff’s first three years in the league were smooth sailing. His rookie season in 2016 was underwhelming. Starting the final seven games of the season, Goff threw just five touchdowns compared to seven interceptions.

Going into Goff’s second season, the Rams hired young offensive coordinator Sean McVay with a clear directive: make our franchise QB successful.

McVay and Goff did just that. Goff threw 28 and 32 touchdowns during the last two seasons respectively, turning himself into a clean thrower with good decisionmaking skills. Of course, Goff’s revival coinciding with McVay’s entrance has led to accusations of Goff being just a system QB, a guy who can only succeed in the brilliant offense schemed by his head coach.

Coincidently, Goff’s opponent on Sunday— Tom Brady—faced many of those same accusations for years. The Super Bowl is Goff’s chance to prove his bona fides by outshining the GOAT and taking home the Lombardi Trophy.

Tom Brady has firmly planted himself in the debate over the greatest quarterback of all time. Brady will make history just by stepping on the field: this is his ninth Super Bowl in 19 years. The entire Rams’ roster has just four appearances combined. This season began with a swirl of doubts around whether Brady, now 41 years old, could keep up his performances.

Those doubts only intensified after a lessthan-impressive performance against the Bills in December.

Adversity seems to be the obstacle that Brady knows well, though.

Since that game Brady has answered the doubters, turning in dominant performance after dominant performance. He bested first Phillip Rivers and then Patrick Mahomes Jr. in the playoffs.

The fears about aging were always overblown anyway. Brady threw for over four thousand yards and 29 touchdowns this season, picking up a 97.7 rating along the way. Not bad for an old man. Brady’s legacy is secure, but a Patriots win on Sunday would give it a nice boost: it would give him the NFL records for both overall wins (237) and Super Bowl wins (six).

McVay ready to On the sidelines take the torch Did anyone expect Sean McVay to be this good when the Rams hired him two years ago? Sure, he had helmed some good offensive units with the Washington Redskins as a coordinator, but he was only 30 years old (the youngest head coach in NFL history) and had never played in the NFL. How was he going to

command the respect of his team?

McVay has certainly put all those concerns to bed. Before his arrival, the Rams were irrelevant, failing to post a winning record for 10 straight seasons. Since his arrival, the Rams have gone 26-9 and made back-to-back playoff appearances—oh, and he won Coach of the Year last season. Using a near-photographic memory, McVay has harnessed the immense talent the Rams have on both sides of the ball, drilling his brilliant schemes until Los Angeles executes with perfect efficiency. McVay may be the dominant coach of the next 30 years, but Sunday he faces the current one: Bill Belichick. Belichick has crafted one of the greatest dynasties in American sports history.

For McVay, this game is the perfect passing-of-the-torch moment: beat Belichick, assume his place atop the ranks of NFL coaches and then never let go.

Belichick still best in NFL

Over the course of his 19 seasons leading the Patriots, Bill Belichick has been a model of excellence and consistency. His teams have better schemes than others, and execute those schemes better. Belichick’s Patriots have rarely been rattled, able to consistently maintain leads and bounce back following losses.

Since the beginning of the 2003 season, New England is 45-6 (.882) in regular-season games following a loss, dropping back-to-back regular-season contests just six times over that span. Belichick had proven himself a great coach even before his time at New England. As defensive coordinator for the New York Jets, he helped propel them to their first division title in 1998 and advance to the AFC Championship Game that year. But it is with Tom Brady and the Patriots that Belichick will be remembered: five Super Bowl championships, eight conference titles,

15 division crowns and 27 playoff victories, while posting an overall record of 241-84. If New England defeats Los Angeles on Sunday, Bill Belichick will join George Halas and Curly Lambeau as the only coaches with six NFL titles, cementing his legacy as one of the greatest to ever coach.