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Hicks tries take-out meals
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“I do not think it looks great,” senior Kyle Kirchofer said. “The placement is an odd choice since the men that live in Alumni don’t walk past the statue and parents that come to sports games come from the STU parking lot. So, no one really passes it
Bon Appétit will roll out a new GeDunk-style Grab ‘n Go program at Hicks Café beginning the week of Sept. 9. Currently in its development phase, this pilot program will – in exchange for a card swipe – offer pre-packaged hot or cold entrees and a choice of sides, fountain beverages and desserts, according to General Manager JonErik Germadnik. Available each day for lunch and dinner, students will grab their takeout meals in the lobby area directly across from the cashier station. Based on student participation and feedback, Grab ‘n Go could become a staple of Hicks. “If we have approximately 100 to 200 students participate that would be very much a success for this pilot program,” Germadnik said. He added that expansion to MAP Café “is very possible.” Germadnik also did not rule out including retail options in the lobby area, saying that they would have to “see what might make sense.” Senior Alexander Applegate had this to say: “People are busy, I think there are going to be a lot of people
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Sophomore Caitlin Harvey and senior Ian McGrew try out the new Wolverine statue. A gift from the Class of 2019, the statue has divided the opinion of the student body. Class gifts are a long tradition at Grove City, and have given campus some of its most notable features.
Statue splits sentiment Paige Fay News Editor
The class of 2019 has already left behind a legacy for the campus: the wolverine statue. Located outside the Physical Learning Center, the statue that was installed this summer is the center
of much conversation—and memes—this fall. While the meme makers have poked fun at the statue, student opinion is divided, with varying explanations of why they do or don’t like the statue. “Initially I thought there were better uses for the money, but now that I’ve seen the
wolverine statue in person, I realize its symbolic importance,” junior Jonathan Skee said. “It is both picturesque and iconic. I think that it will become a hotspot on campus where students come to take pictures and proclaim their belonging to Grove City College—especially the freshmen.”
Marching with a new look
Anna DiStefano Community Editor
After fifteen years the Wolverine Marching Band has a new look. Band uniforms, which typically have a shelf-life of ten to twelve years, are responsible for the unification of the band on and off the field. Kevin Dick, president of the Marching Band, said the new uniforms are “a lot more modern, and not as heavy.” The new uniforms feature a red and white coat with plain black pants. Buttons accent the wrists and the top of the coat. The old uniforms, which were comprised of a red and white sashed tuxedo coat, a pin-striped pant, and white gloves, were ready to be traded in for a new look. Director of the Marching Band Andrew Erb, band officers and members of the administration strategically chose the two-toned coat for the visual effects it would have during performances. Erb also noted the design is “well branded,” referencing the “Grove City College” stitching on the right arm and the well-known shield and “GCC” on the chest.
Farewell to Fitwell Connor Schlosser Sports Editor
and connect with each other. We learn new things about everyone and get to make unique friendships because of the atmosphere we are in,” Dick said. “When you meet the band, you can see a bond between all academic levels, whether
As we transition into another academic year, we say goodbye to many familiar faces and welcome new friends into the Grove City community. Outside of the farewells we have bade to our seniors of last year, we say goodbye to a unique part of Grove City academia. Fitness and Wellness, the course most commonly referred to as “Fitwell,” is no longer what we remember and has undergone some significant changes starting this year. The primary focus of the Fitwell program was to “expose students to useful information so that they would not become statistic with their health and well-being,” Jeffrey Buxton, assistant professor of exercise science and a former Fitwell instructor, said. “And to potentially breakdown some fear barriers that might arise when
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The Grove City College Wolverine Marching Band sport their brand new uniforms, which play an important role in fostering unity. The new uniforms feature a simple design and the College’s colors. “They’ll always know who we are,” Erb said. These new uniforms are more than just a modern upgrade; they highlight the unity of the band and the community among its members. This sense of community is what draws students to join the band. “Band is a ton of fun. We get to make awesome mu-
sic with awesome people. As cheesy as it sounds, we’re definitely a family,” junior Hannah Fleury said. This band family is solidified every year and transcends class and major. “Being able to spend time with each other over a week of band camp really allows us to get to know one another
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From the Editor’s desk
The passing of an era
James Sutherland Editor-in-Chief
For the NBA, the times they are a-changin’. Much of the league’s history centers on its storied dynasties, teams that dominated for decades at a time: Russell’s Celtics, the Showtime Lakers, Jordan’s Bulls. This summer saw the final passing of one such dynasty. Point guard Tony Parker retired in June, the last of the great San Antonio Spurs to hang up his sneakers. The Spurs may be the iconic dynasty of league history. Built around a core of Parker, wing Manu Ginobli and center Tim Duncan, the Spurs won four titles in twelve years (they won one earlier, but that was before Parker and Ginobli’s time). The Spurs have made the playoffs every single season since 1998, when they draft Duncan with the number one overall pick. Parker, Ginobli, Duncan and head coach Gregg Popovich exemplified a certain, admirable brand of basketball: humble, quiet and adaptive. Above all, though, was the loyalty. The team stuck together through the good and the bad – and there was lots of bad. Between 2007, when they won their third title, and 2014, their fourth and final championship, the Spurs took about every punch in the book. But no one ever thought about bailing ship. No one ever looked for a better chance at winning with another team. They banded together, figured out how to change their game in order to win and then did just that. Even as this dynasty passed into the history
books this summer, another set of events promised to nail the dynasties themselves in the coffin. In free agency, half of the league’s players changed teams, including two of the three best players in the world: Kawhi Leonard and Kevin Durant. Their moves exemplify a trend of player empowerment started by LeBron James earlier this decade. Neither Leonard nor Durant left bad situations in their old teams: Leonard had just won a title, while Durant departed from one of the best teams to ever play the game. Both athletes left for reasons solely related to themselves: they wanted to have more control over their career and future. Is this a bad thing? In a sense, not at all. Anyone should have the right to decide where they ply their craft, and to get as much money as the market will give them, and so on. But player empowerment becomes an issue when it causes detachment – from communities and franchises. Player empowerment increasingly means noncommitment. Why commit to a team for the long term? That’s just giving up control of your future. Leonard is on his third team in as many years; Durant, too, is on his third team. Both signed contracts for fewer years than they could have, ensuring they will get back on the market. This all amounts to a death blow to dynasties. Players by and large will not commit to a team anymore. They will bounce to the next spot as soon as things are less than ideal. And that is sad. It is a rejection of the league’s history and identity, and a loss of something special.
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Good people cannot ‘do nothing’ Joshua Tatum
Perspectives Editor On Monday, Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy announced his resignation from Congress. On Facebook, he wrote “we have engaged in the most important battles of our time.” “After eight and a half years, the time has come for me to focus more on the reason we fight these battles – family,” he continued. Every year, the return to Grove City writes another chapter in the annals of our own bellicose lives. For now, this “bellum” is fought, but ploddingly and often silently in minds, in dank, dusk-lit dorm rooms, in empty auditoriums – sleep deprived. As students at a liberal arts college, we recognize that the spoils of this internal war – being knowledge and later understanding – are good for their own sake. But for some, there are times when, like Rep. Duffy, they are drawn beyond their domestic, well-examined lives to the myriads of ex-
ternal battles which present themselves every day. Many people are corralled and cajoled into fighting false ones. But it falls to those with understanding to identify – through the haze of dogma – the true battles and whether or not to fight them. Billionaire political activist David Koch, for example, who passed away last Friday, made it his life’s work to convince others that climate change, despite the realities, is no battle at all. But shouldn’t we, as Christian conservatives (if we are capable of conserving anything whatsoever) have a duty to conserve God’s creation first of all? And as was seen so violently played out in El Paso, there are also voices that have far too many convinced that a battle against immigrants is not only true, but tangible. Evil will always be worthy objects of ire and battle. The evil that infested men like the late disgraced financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein is emblematic of that battle. People knew. And, as Edmund Burke reminds us, evil triumphs when “good men do nothing.”
In our “culture of death,” it is not good enough for good people to do nothing. Against the evil of abortion, lawmakers in Alabama did something when the Human Life Protection Act was passed in May. Against the absurdity of unjust wars, in this midst of tense language and needless escalations between the U.S. and Iran, Rep. Ro Khanna, Rep. Matt Gaetz and 17 cosponsors pushed for anti-war legislation. These are the good people. But finite as we are, we also – among multiple true battles – must choose those which hold precedence. And as the tendrils of the 2020 presidential typhoon come closer, we must not so quickly be caught up in the many calls for battle, true or false. Some, again like Rep. Duffy, are not called to fight, but to the joy of a beautifully ordinary life. It is my hope and prayer as the Perspectives Editor that this section – meager as it may be – may stand as a light to discern truth from falsehood. But, for now, we silently prepare for battle and pray for peace.
This week in Collegian history August 31, 1980 “79-80 Violations Listed College Nets 4 Grand” Grove City College collected $3,900 in fines from students who violated policies such as intervisitation, alcohol, broken college property, and possession of firecrackers. All the money was put towards a fund to provide students with tutors. August 31, 2001 “On the rise” Parking fees at Grove City College rose a whopping 400 percent, totaling to $125. According to Tom Gregg, the vice president for operations, the College realized the fees were not covering the parking expenses which led to the jump in price.
August 29, 2003 “Meet the new boss” Dr. Richard Jewell joins Grove City College as the new president. He stayed in the Cunningham House until the new President’s House construction is complete. “His love and passion for the school was amazing,” ODK President Randy Cole said. Jewell hoped to improve communication and increase the diversity of the student body. August 31, 2007 “Hicks Café gets a makeover” Hicks Café experienced renovations that were completed on entirely on schedule. After five months of renovations, the café was ready in time for the new se-
mester. The project cost $3 million and was designed to fit 550 people – a 13 percent increase from past years. August 29, 2008 “Hardesty serious about students” Larry Hardesty begins his third month as the Vice President of Student Life and Learning. “One of the things that I’m really trying to be cognizant of is that Grove City has its own culture and that that culture is special and should be protected,” Hardesty said. He has previously worked in administration at Geneva College and moved to Slippery Rock to be closer to the new job.
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Entering another year McNulty sits down with Collegian staff for annual preview Paige Fay News Editor
This may not be President Paul J. McNulty ’80’s first year at Grove City College, but his excitement and anticipation that comes with beginnings has not diminished. McNulty recently shared with Collegian staff some of his thoughts on the new year and things to look forward to in the future. In the academic realm, the College will be experiencing new leadership with the addition of a new STEM dean, Dr. Richard Savage, this se-
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mester and a new provost that will begin in January. This year they will be settling McNulty into their new roles as they help the College move towards the future. The College is also adding a nursing program in partnership with Butler County Community College. Both colleges are preparing for the first class of nursing students in Fall 2020 and will spend the year seeking a director for the program. Another big initiative in
academics is implementing a more developed online class program. This will offer classes for adults who are seeking specific certifications and dual enrollment high school students. Dr. Christy Crute, the newly hired Director of Graduate and Online Programs, is working on an online graduate school program for business and education that will tentatively launch in Fall 2021. For chapel, the College is reshaping the chapel schedule for next year from the usual Tuesday/Thursday to a Monday/Wednesday or
Wednesday/Friday period. This would allow a free period on the non-chapel day to offer faculty time to have meetings. Campus Ministries has new faces in an effort to develop the ministry work on campus. Matthew Montgomery is the new part-time Worship Teams Coordinator and will oversee the chapel, Vespers, and Warriors worship teams. “What we have done by putting together a team of folks is that we have created strengths in a lot of areas – strengths in Bible study, dis-
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Campus is buzzing with the addition of a bee garden coming this spring. Dr. Tracy S. Farone, professor of biology, is heading the project that will help students learn more about pollinators and the diseases afflicting honeybees all over the world. A licensed veterinarian, Farone began studying bees in early 2017 when the Food and Drug Administration mandated that beekeepers consult veterinarians to diagnose and treat their bees. Before the 2017 mandate, beekeepers treated their sick bees with over the counter antibiotics. Since beekeepers did not need prescriptions, their unregulated use of antibiotics risked creating antibiotic resistance and an increase of antibiotic residue in food. Veterinarians in the United States, however, are not educated on bee health, so the new mandate created a need for veterinarian education in bees. Recognizing this need for education, Farone spent her sabbatical during the spring 2019 semester traveling the world learning about bees and how other countries approach veterinarian education. While in France, Farone studied at the ONIRIS school in Nantes. ONIRIS, which
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Tracey Farone poses in front of bee hives. The biology professor spent her sabbataical studying apiculture all over the world. focuses on veterinary medi- is yet to be solidified, but cine and engineering, offers Farone would like to name it a post doctorate program for the Grove City College Oliver veterinarians that specializes Apiary to honor the generin bees. This program helps ous donor and friend of the to bridge the gap between college who gifted the seed beekeepers and veterinar- money for the project. ians, which the FDA’s manStudents have responded date created. enthusiastically to the new “I have actually become a garden and research opporbeekeeper to see both sides tunity. Five students will of the relationship that needs work closely with Farone to be made,” Farone said. working in the garden and The College’s garden will studying plant and bee biolprovide a space to study both ogy. Thirty biology students honeybees, which are clas- have already volunteered to sified as an agricultural ani- be additional helpers. mal, and other native polliFarone hopes that the garnators. den will attract students of “Honeybees are the most all majors, not just Biology. important agricultural aniShe has already spoken mal we have,” Farone said. with Yvonne English ’97 of “They pollinate one-third of the Department of Entreour food and eighty-five per- preneurship to find a way to cent of our crops.” market the honey that the Construction and plant- hives will produce. Farone ing will start in the fall, with sees the beehives as an opthe introduction of the bees portunity for a senior engiand their hives following in neering project. Additionspring 2020. ally, students have already The name of the garden asked about decorating and
painting the outsides of the hives. “Our goal is to become a certified pollinator-friendly garden by the Master Gardeners at the Penn State University extension by summer 2020,” said Farone. This fall, Farone and her research students will conduct a botany study to categorize the native plants. This study will allow the group to evaluate what native pollinators may be in the area and to submit their application for certification to the Master Gardeners. It has been just over two years since the FDA’s mandate to veterinarians, and there are few veterinarians in the U.S. truly knowledgeable about bee health, making Farone a popular speaker in veterinarian education circles. This month, she spoke at the Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association conference in Hershey, Pa. about bees and bee health. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has asked Farone to create continuing education for state veterinarians. Farone is looking forward to meeting with Burgh Bees, an urban apiary in Pittsburgh, and consulting with the University of Pennsylvania and Michigan State University, two schools with veterinary medicine education programs.
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67 The thug life _____ me
1 Née Cassius Clay 4 October birthstone 8 Musketeers author
68 Snake-like fishes 69 Abel’s brother 70 Hungry enough to eat one
13 Before the break 15 Miami Heat’s Dwayne 16 One having all female lineage 17 Hicks or MAP, e.g. 19 Town in South Carolina
71 Dial-up upgrades 72 What Gore did for President in 2000 DOWN
20 Flopped 2008 evolution simulator 1 Sing them with me next time 21 It’s only human 2 ____ of faith 23 Everyone’s favorite moss 3 Alex Jones’ genre of war 24 Our Marching Wolverines have new ones 28 GCC’s Indiana sister 30 Hamsun’s “Growth of the ____” 31 Easy to spell animal
4 To have an obligation 5 For the course 6 Adios! (Fr.) 7 What a student does, hopefully 8 El Chapo’s archenemy
32 1232 for the avg. Grover 34 Not true 38 Seniors raised $35,742 for it
9 Being a major depressive 10 You’ll meet yours eventually 11 1980’s TV prison-breakers
43 Hitchcock, Stan Lee, and Tarantino12 They’re in your outbox all have done one 14 Kentucky’s, e.g. 44 At Hicks, occasionally 18 Not quite blue or green 45 One for each man on a Trireme 22 One runs through it (Sp.) 46 Dragged across one’s head 25 On the front of your face
36 Find one in the underbrush 37 Poet’s always 39 Makes it hard to wear one? 40 Brooklyn’s or San Diego’s, e.g. 41 For a tree or a person
49 Primary Minecraft activity 52 New GeDunk-style program 56 American ____
26 For a portrait or conclusion 27 Mini flute 28 Fancy venue in Sharon, PA
42 A varicose ____ 60 Operatic monologue 47 39,000 for the sugar in a Coca-Co- 61 Grove City’s state’s founder la 63 “Aah, I ___.”
57 For typos 58 Swift suds 62 The Canterbury _____ 64 The fairer’s support system
29 An indivisible unit 31 The Canadian BBC 33 Zenith for the layman 35 Simba or Aslan, e.g.
48 Paid off 65 Not some 50 BRAC or Doctors Without Borders, 66 Snake trademark e.g. 51 _____ bond
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cipleship, worship, missions – and we’re not dependent on just one person being able to move a wide range of things forward, but we’re calling upon a number of people to contribute with their passion for spiritual formation,” McNulty said. With new faces on campus and new programs in the works, Grove City continues to strive to provide an education to students of more ages and with a broad array of interests while staying rooted in the Christian faith.
Rend Collective to rock campus Collegian Staff This year’s annual Stonebridge Concert hits campus with a Northern Irish flavor. Rend Collective, a folkrock worship band and missional collective born out of Bangor, Ireland, will perform at 7 p.m. Sept. 13 in College Arena as part of their North American Revival Tour. Tickets are on sale at rendcollective.com, and will be available on campus as well. Senior Emily Stein, president of Stonebridge Concerts, said Rend Collective is a “perfect fit” for campus. “Their music draws you in, whether you’ve listened to them before or not, and the faith they display in their music resonates with all of us on a deeper level,” Stein said. “What is unique about Rend Collective is that so many young adults have grown up listening to their music—and singing along— at youth camps, church and even in chapel,” Stein said. “We’ve sung their songs in our homes and on our campus and now we get the chance to sing along as they perform for us in the place that we have grown up in.” Stein said Rend Collective reached out to Grove City, looking for another stop on their tour and excited at the prospect of playing for a Christian community. Rend Collective approaches their music creatively, saying their music is developed apart from industry or formula, rooted in missional community and aims to shed light in dark places. “We want our music to be what we call organic worship, an honest and natural connection with God, something which is authentic and not artificial,” band leader Gareth Gilkeson said. “We want to create an environment for people to have genuine encounters with Him and to find themselves singing to Him in ways that they find real.” The group is an eclectic collective of multi-instrumentalists, has been making great music for more than a decade, touring and releasing eight albums. Their 2018 album “Good News” was nominated for Dove Award Worship Album of the year.
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New on the faculty: Front row: Brooks, Yowler, Berry, Richards, and Park. Back row J. Smith, Savage, K. Smith, Baker, and Rumbaugh.
New faces behind the lecturn College adds stellar group of professors
Anna DiStefano Community Editor
New faces on campus are not limited to freshmen this fall, as the College welcomes ten new professors. “Grove City College has been blessed to be able to attract excellent professors who are accomplished in their disciplines, committed to the Christian intellectual tradition and focused on student success,” College President Paul J. McNulty ’80 said. “These new scholars exemplify the College’s dedication to academic excellence, and we look forward to seeing them work closely with
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continued from 1 it comes to starting a fitness discipline while exposing students to individuals on campus where they might be able to seek help and support in any realm of their wellbeing.” The one-credit, required course historically commenced with several informative lectures on diet, exercise, mental health and much more. Bringing in various coaches, instructors and professors from campus provided a new freshman audience with plenty of resources and information on how to improve one’s health. After the first half of every fall semester, the course would pivot into a hands-on course for students. Fitwell instructors taught students many physical training activities
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continued from 1 unless they’re on their way to lunch.” “I think the mascot is mostly for the sports teams, and in that aspect having the tough, aggressive wolverine fits the theme,” junior Emily Kuhn said. “But the rest of the school doesn’t focus much on sports. Like, a group of students wouldn’t refer to themselves as ‘wolverines.’ They would refer to themselves as ‘Grovers.’ So, I just don’t think we have a strong enough attachment to our mascot to warrant a statue.” “I don’t know the process of choosing what the gift is, but I like to think of it as a way of saying ‘thank you’ to GCC for all they have done for them. It definitely isn’t
our students and advance the College’s mission to develop leaders of the highest proficiency, purpose and principle.” Calderwood will see new faces in the History, English and Accounting departments in Dr. Elizabeth Baker, Dr. Sarah Berry, and Dr. Young K. Park, respectively. The College also welcomes back alumni Dr. John D. Smith ’88 to Managing and Marketing and Prof. Ken Smith ’84 to the growing Entrepreneurship department. Hopeman adds Dr. Brian Yowler to the Biology department, as well as three professors of Engineering.
The Electrical Engineering department welcomes back two alumni to its ranks in Dr. James Brooks ’04 and Dr. Luke Rumbaugh ’07. Dr. George “Geo” Richards will join the Mechanical Engineering department. This fall, the new faculty will be beginning their Grove City College teaching careers. In Calderwood, Baker is teaching Modern Europe and a study on 19th-century Britain; Berry teaches Contemporary Literature and Literary Theory; Young teaches alongside veteran Grove City professors for several classes and is teaching a section of Auditing himself; Kenneth
Smith is teaching Ethics for the Entrepreneur, Managing a Growing Enterprise, Entrepreneurial Leadership and Entrepreneurship Finance/ Venture Capital; and John Smith is teaching project Teams and Leadership. In Hopeman, Yowler leads a Biology laboratory, a recitation and Virology; Brooks teaches Control Theory and lead a Capstone Design Project section; Rumbaugh is teaching Linear Circuits Laboratory, Communication Systems and lead a Capstone Design Project section; Richards co-teaches Mechanical Systems laboratories and Advanced Thermodynamics.
ranging from swimming for beginners and proper running form to free weight and mechanized weight education led by coaches and instructors alike. So, what happened to the course? “The exercise science department did a curriculum review of our strengths and weaknesses (including Fitwell),” said Buxton. Since Fitwell was under the Exercise Science department, discussions on how to improve the course began in their space. “Healthful Living,” the new Fitwell replacement, is also a one-credit required course, but unlike its predecessor, it is completely online. The department decided that an online platform would be a more effective way to deliver lectures to students. Healthful Living will allow students more flexibility in
their schedules in contrast to Fitwell’s eight a.m. time slot. The new replacement course looks to provide more engaging material for the students, including forum discussions and nutrition logging, Buxton said. Healthful Living will lack the “hands-on” components of the former modules, but it has the potential to regain some of those opportunities in the future. The department still feels strongly about making Healthful Living a required course. Backed by the many health studies on the college age group, it is evident that fitness and proper diet are necessary components to improve wellness. “The Athletics department knew where they wanted to go with their staff and their department, so the timing seemed right to make a shift now with resources,”
Buxton said. “Recruiting, preparing for practices and matches, player development and mentorship is what the coaches need to be able to do and to grant more time for those needs. In order to do that they needed to cut back on their time in the classroom with lecturing and instructing Fitwell.” With athletics adapting their staff model to grant more time to invest in coaching and recruiting, the Exercise Science Department’s new idea of a different physical education program began to take shape and Healthful Living was born. As we shed a tear, either of sadness or of joy, we say goodbye to our beloved Fitwell uniforms and our 8 a.m. lectures. A new era of physical education for our liberal arts college has begun.
the prettiest thing I have ever seen, but it has really good intentions behind it,” sophomore Carly Williams said. Senior classes in the past have given a variety of different gifts. Some give endowed scholarships for future Grove City College students and others have gifted significant elements of campus. In the past 15 years classes have gifted renovated fountains on South Patio, the outdoor classroom behind the Hall of Arts and Letters, the fountain between the Hall of Arts and Letters and the Breen Student Union and the fire pit on lower campus. The senior class raised $35,742 for the statue, which was created by Wanner Sculpture Studio based in Milwaukee, Wisc.
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That song is paired with “In Caelum Fero,” “Let’s Groove” and “Turn Turn Turn,” a spiritual ballad. The joy of music also attracts students to the band. “There’s music for everyone to like and it’s fun to play and learn,” Dick said. Erb said he is looking forward to showing off the band’s balanced sound while enjoying the camaraderie of the students: “They keep me young.”
continued from 1 you’re a freshman or a senior, and that makes the band a very unique and special environment.” The band’s show this year four songs, spanning genres from pop to jazz to spiritual. Audiences will recognize bandmembers’ favorite tune, an arrangement of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody.
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continued from 1 on campus who are going to need that,” referring to the program. On the negative side of things, sophomore Garrett Dickhudt said “I’d be worried about congestion around the big rush times, when everybody’s trying to put down
their backpacks. It just gets really hectic.” Senior Luke Pelaschier agreed, saying “I feel like it’s going to be a traffic disaster.” Offering reassurance, Germadnik said, “we ask the student to be patient with us and this program in the beginning. Give us your thoughts to improve and work with to try to make this a success.”
Grove City College is known for the liberal arts education it provides for students. Now, the College seeks to expand its educational options by adding a nursing program. Negotiations with Butler County Community College (BC3) resulted in the Charles Jr. and Betty Johnson School of Nursing at the College. First announced on June 27, the partnership will benefit both colleges. Students will attend GCC the first and fourth year for liberal arts and science education classes, while spending the two middle years at BC3’s Shaffer School of Nursing and Allied Health. There, students will do their nursing theory work and then apply them in hospital settings. Grove City College is offering the program starting with the 2020 freshmen class. Nursing is a quickly expanding field with a projected 1.2 million vacancies by 2025 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This makes nursing programs vital to the next generation of students seeking higher education. The thought of adding a nursing program was one the College had been considering for a while and now the thought is becoming a reality by teaming up with BC3. “We continued to think about ways that you could come out after four years with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing, and Butler’s nursing program is very highly regarding and fortunately I had some people on my team who had a longstanding relationship with the folks at BC3,” president Paul J. McNulty said. According to Dr. Patricia Annear from BC3, at the end of the program’s third year, students will have the opportunity to take the registered nurse exam to become a registered nurse which gives them a chance to work while attending their last year at GCC. “This program is really an example of what it should be in higher education, where stellar institutions offer what we do best,” Annear said. “We’ve been doing nursing for many years, and [GCC has] been doing liberal arts for many years, so we’ve merged the best and now you’ve got a four-year program.” “Nursing is a rewarding and fulfilling career that many students are interested in pursuing. There is also a pressing need for more and better trained professionals in the field. This partnership with Butler County Community College allows us to meet the needs of students and society,” McNulty said. “We are blessed to have a neighbor like BC3 that allows us the opportunity to better serve our students, our community and the common good.”
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New coach grabs the reins Sayles takes over volleyball program
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Collegian Staff Head coach Leo Sayles enters his first season in charge of the Grove City College women’s volleyball team with a veteran lineup and an eye for improvement. Sayles, who was hired in December and also serves as assistant athletic director for sports ministry, said he expects the team to improve on its fifth Sayles place finish last season and qualify for the Presidents’ Athletic Conference tournament again. “This year we are talented enough to compete with any team in our conference, so we have a lot of confidence going into the season,” Sayles said. “We have the privilege of playing the underdog role most of the season, since other teams have not encountered our improved squad.” Sayles takes over a team with a strong returning core, despite the loss of last year’s standout player, Laura Buchanan ’19. “Any time you return all but two starters from the end of your previous season, you tend to set a higher expectation because of the combined game experience of the returning squad,” Sayles said. Senior Emma Hartshorn, a three time all-conference honoree, will lead the way. Hartshorn is expected to start at outside hitter. Senior Maria Boris joins Hartshorn as a team leader. Now in her fourth season in the rotation, Boris finished second on the team with 28 blocks in 2018. She will likely hold down one of the spots in the middle this season. Two seniors, Katei McClymonds and
Hunt steps down
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Senior Emma Hartshorn is a three time all-conference honoree and returns to the court this season to lead the Wolverines to victory. Monica Fitzgerald return to the WolverFor Sayles, coaching is about more ines’ back row. McClymonds is a three- than just the game. year letterwinner as a defensive special“Coaching is my calling, so I view my ist, two-year letterwinner Fitzgerald role as a ministry role, to utilize volleyplayed in 24 of 26 matches last year ball as a tool to mentor and empower and ranked fourth on the squad in digs. my players,” Sayles said. “I am inspired Junior Elisabeth Sems will feature as I see my athletes growing as servants heavily in the team’s offense, after rank- and leaders, and using their gifts and ing second on the team in kills last year. talents to serve their body.” Fellow juniors Brooke Sorenson and The Wolverines open their season at Abigail Neal will both compete for in- the Moravian College Tournament this creased roles this season. Sorenson weekend, facing off against Misericorplayed in all 26 matches last year and dia at 6 p.m. tonight. Grove City will led the team with 18 aces, while Neal open its home season with a 7 p.m. played in 17 matches as a first-year match against Penn State Altoona Sept. sophomore. 10, in the Grove City College Arena.
Alyssa Hunt, head coach of the Grove City College women’s water polo team, is stepping down from her position after five seasons. Hailing from Alberta, Hunt will be returning home to become the program director for the Alberta Hunt Water Polo Association in Calgary in September. Hunt lead the Grove City team to an 11-8 record and the Collegiate Water Polo Association Division III Eastern Division title this past season. She also earned the Collegiate Water Polo Association’s Division III Eastern Division Coach of the Year honors. Elizabeth Andrews and Tessa Leatherwood both earned Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-America recognition after the 2019 season. Hunt’s teams also excelled in the classroom as six student-athletes earned ACWPC All-Academic distinction in 2019. In 2017, Abby Jank earned CoSIDA Academic All-America honors. Outside of water polo, Hunt worked as the assistant swimming and diving coach at Grove City helping the women’s team to four PAC titles and the men’s team to the 2019 title.
Running to glory
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The Grove City College cross country teams begin the 2019 season with familiar faces on the course, but a new face in charge. The College appointed Jessica Smith as the new director of cross country and track and field this summer. Smith Smith, who served as head track and field coach for the last two seasons, takes over from Sean Severson, who will now focus on his role as assistant basketball coach. Smith said that the program she inherits is in a strong position. “The cross country team has had a long standing tradition of success,” Smith said. “I’m very thankful for all that Coach Severson has done with the team in the past and for the great team culture that he has been able to build.” While Smith takes overall charge of the program, assistant cross country and track and field coach Summer HillJones gets her own promotion: Hill-Jones is now coordinator of distance running for both the cross country and track and field teams. We are very blessed to have Coach Hill-Jones with us again this season,” Smith said. “She will be the driving force behind the team’s training this year. “ With those changes in leadership, the men’s and women’s teams look set for another stellar season. The women return three all-conference honorees to defend its Presidents’ Athlet-
Wolverine scores and schedule Upcoming games Week of Aug. 30 to Sept. 5
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Sophomore Nathan Warrick, above, looks to build on a strong freshman season this year. ics Conference title: seniors Heidi Hoffman and Allison Hollenbaugh, along with junior Karen Prem. Hoffman and Hollenbaugh anchor an eight-member senior class which will serve as the core of the team, including Ellie Bell, Maddie Graner, Madelyn Kimpel, Kaylee Kriner, Ellie Lockwood and Breanna Rupe. Juniors Michaela Higgins and Denali Hutzelmann, both two-year letterwinners, will feature in the Wolverines’ title defense as well. For the men, five of their seven top runners return to lead the charge for another PAC title after finishing third last season. The only senior on the roster is Michael Martin, a three-year letterman and a consistent member of the lineup through his career.
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Joining him will be juniors Malachi Lyon and David Vacarro, both two-year letterman. Sophomores Einar Trosdal and Nathan Warrick both look to build on strong performances last season, after finishing in the scoring lineup at the Mideast Region Championships. Smith said that both teams plan on challenging for the PAC title this season. “We lost some very talented runners to graduation last year, but I still believe that we have a strong team coming into this season,” Smith said. “Our overall pack is tighter this year which is a great position to be in. I think the top two or three teams in the PAC are very close so it will be an interesting run.”
Today Westminster Invitational
Men’s golf
Aug 31 Pitt-Bradford Invitational
Men’s soccer
Today vs. Houghton August 31 vs. Capital
Women’s soccer
Today vs. Messiah, August 31 vs. Lebanon Valley
Women’s tennis
August 31 vs. Thiel Sept. 3 vs. Edinboro
Women’s volleyball
Moravian College Tournament Today vs. Misericordia August 31 vs. Alvernia August 31 vs. PS Harrisburg
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Kicking off the season Women aim for PACs Connor Schlosser Sports Editor
History was made and milestones were passed last season for the Grove City College women’s soccer team. Under the leadership of Head Coach Melanie Lamie, Grove City finished the season with a historic 17-4-1 record going undefeated in conference play with eight games and winning the PAC title for the first time in seventeen years. Grove City College women’s soccer was led on-thefield by last year’s All-American seniors Krista Heckman and Claire Kocur serving as offensive and defensive anchors respectively. Heckman additionally earned ECAC player of the year and Grove City College’s Sportswoman of the Year honors. Head Coach Lamie surpassed three hundred wins last season and earned PAC Coach of the Year along with Grove City earning Regional Staff of the year with her assistant coaches Jordyn White and Sydney Koerber. Following the prestigious season produced by last year’s squad, the 2019 season will come with plenty of expectations and pressures. The team is ranked first in the preseason rankings in PAC women’s soccer, with all eyes on the Lady Wolverines. “You do feel that a little bit of that pressure to live up to,” said Coach Lamie. “But
I think that will be long forgotten by the time we get to conference play.” The team will be stretched and tested this year with a difficult schedule. Grove City has eight non-conference games lined up to kick off the season which makes it nine total road games before the team is back at home. In the middle of that long road trip the Lady Wolverines will travel down to the Lone Star State for a weekend of two total games against HardinSimmons and Mary HardinBaylor in Abilene, Texas. “I think it’s the hardest non-conference schedule we have ever had,” said Coach Lamie “We are playing nationally ranked teams and several other regionally ranked teams all on the road.” The team needs to pick up momentum early against these tough teams going forward and rely on the experienced players to pull the squad through the stretch. Luckily, seniors and juniors on the squad have made some of those trips, played difficult teams and been in these situations before. Coach Lamie hopes that the young core will learn from this tough experience early. “Coming off such a successful season my expectations are that we keep the momentum going into this year,” said senior Ruby Mattson. “The goal is to repeat our successes and take things a step further if possible. I’m excited to upkeep
After falling just short, men shoot for the title Connor Schlosser Sports Editor
Coming off a solid 15-3-4 season, the Grove City College men’s soccer team may have the recipe to make a strong title run this season. According to the PAC Men’s Soccer Preseason Coaches’ Poll, Grove City sits atop the projections at number one, just ahead of 2018 PAC champion Westminster. “It’s exciting, I was super surprised, it’s humbling and great to get respect from the other teams in the conference,” said Grove City College men’s soccer Head Coach Mike Dreves in a video interview. This is the second consecutive year that Grove City has
earned the top spot on the preseason poll collecting five out of nine first-place votes by PAC men’s soccer head coaches. These preseason honors come with expectations. The recognition the team has received before the start of the season will not phase the way they prepare, train and build together as a unit. Although the team is honored, they do not see the rankings as a reason to relax in their preparations. “I don’t look at any of that stuff because anything can happen,” responded senior Christian Caporaso. “You don’t want to think we’re better than anyone else.” The biggest challenger in the conference going forward according to the PAC pre-
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Senior Ruby Mattson shoots in a game against Adrian College last seaon. Mattson joins five other seniors as the core of the Wolverines squad this season, with sights set on defend their Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship. our awesome team culture also. Everyone is pumped for the season given our history, but it’s also important to let last season be in the past and take this one as a fresh opCollege Field, the Grove der the lights.” portunity.” City College soccer field for The biggest issue surThe team sees their chalboth men’s and women’s rounding the new field is lenges ahead and looks to soccer, is under construc- the obvious delay with its prove their stamina this seation to place a new drainage construction. Drainage has son while on the road and desystem, erect new lighting been an issue with the field liver in their key matchups. for the field and lay down before, which is one of the “They’re going to be motifresh turf. reasons behind the new vated to win that conference Originally constructed changes. Unfortunately, again because we have not in 1953, College Field has rain throughout the sumdone it in seventeen years undergone several minor mer has slowed the progress before last year and it felt rechanges, but never such a on the project. ally great to do it,” said Coach large-scale conversion from “The delay of the field is Lamie “They want to do that grass to turf before. a bummer, but we can’t do again, they want to feel that “The field project at Grove anything about it,” said seagain they want to experiCity is a tremendous blessnior Ruby Mattson. “We are ence that success.” ing for us,” Michael Dreves, The Grove City College head coach of the men’s soc- going to make some memowomen’s team kicks off their cer team, said. “The fact that ries on the road, and I think season tonight against Mesit is going to be lighted and a it’s just making us look forsiah in Grantham, PA. turf surface is just amazing.” ward that first home game Players will have to ad- even more.” Currently, the first womjust to the new play suren’s soccer game to take face but look forward to the place on the new field is set new upgrades to the venue. “We cannot wait for the for Oct. 1 against non-connew field,” says senior Alec ference Mount Union. The Gehman. “We are extremely first men’s soccer game is thankful for the field and set for Oct. 12 against Geseason rankings is returning the opportunity to play un- neva. champion Westminster. The Westminster Titans took the seniors. This six-pack core of team’s chemistry saying, title last year and have re- seniors equips the team with “Their friendship and offtained key pieces most no- experience going forward the-field bond sets an examthis season. ple for what a team should tably their senior Peter Mat“Preseason helped build a be.” tocks. Both Mattocks and strong foundation culturally Dreves further explained Caporaso finished last season and tactically for the team,” what the biggest key to suctied at second place for most said senior Alec Gehman. cess will be going forward goals in the league at twenty“We have an exciting mix of saying “Whoever is consiseight apiece. Although Westexperience and youth in the tent and whoever executes minster is an obvious threat, squad.” will win the conference.” other conference rivals have The chemistry of the team With high expectations stepped up. will be a great advantage for before the season’s start, the “The PAC is becoming a su- Grove City. “You can have Grove City College men’s socper competitive league,” said talent on a team, but if you cer team must stay focused Dreves in a video interview. don’t have culture, it can de- to build off their successes of “I think there are four or five stroy a team,” said Caporaso. last season and look for sucteams where if they are doing “We don’t see each other as cess. things right at the end of the freshman and seniors, but as Grove City will kick off season, they can win.” friends and as family and we their season against HoughChallengers aside, the hope to grow in that mental- ton today in Erie, Penn., and men’s team is back in action ity.” will face Capital in Slippery Coach Dreves praised the Rock Saturday. this season with six returning
College Field renovations delayed