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are still affected by the events that happened on 9/11,” senior Sarah Rectenwald said.

“It was a tragic event that is still difficult for me to comprehend, but the ways that individuals responded with love that day is something so beautiful to me.”

The idea for a 9/11 remembrance arose through conversation between SGA President Tyler Gustafson and McNulty. They thought the College should take a moment to remember the victims, victims’ families and first responders from the tragedy. The event started at the same time American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the first tower of the World Trade Center.

This year marks the 18th

Starting in May and continuing throughout the summer, administrative officials meet each year to discuss how the College’s financial resources should be utilized in the upcoming semesters to further benefit the student body.

Due to a lower freshman enrollment for the 20192020 school year, revenue has decreased. Because of this, the College has been forced to be wiser with how they spend the money given to them. This means certain events, like Hickstober Fest and NoHo, will have to find their funding through other means, College officials confirmed.

“We had to look at how to be good stewards with what we had coming in without having it impact the campus in any kind of mission-related way,” President Paul J. McNulty ’80 said.

“Whenever students hear that there are cuts of players, funds or whatever it might be, there’s a negative perception. So often, it is a matter of how you frame your reality. It’s perspective,” Larry Hardesty, vice president of Student Life & Learning said.

According to Hardesty, this year’s financial plan was not characterized as a budget cut but rather as a reallocation of the College’s funds with an emphasis on stewardship.

“When excellence and stewardship come together, it’s value. Students are not going to have a lesser experience, and the beautiful thing

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Grove City College President Paul J. McNulty ’80 and the Executive Committee of SGA led a gathering in remembrance of 9/11 in front of the flag pole Wednesday. McNulty recounted the events of the day, before a moment of silence and a prayer.

McNulty, SGA remember 9/11 with students Paige Fay News Editor

Fiona Lacey Staff Writer

Students, staff and faculty gathered Wednesday to remember a heartbreaking moment in American history: 9/11.

The brief ceremony began at 8:46 a.m., the same time the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center in 2001. The Executive Committee of Student Government Association (SGA) and President Paul J. McNulty ’80 greeted about 65 students, staff and faculty at the flagpole on the Quad. There was a minute of silence followed by a prayer.

“I had the privilege to pray over this time, and I

really think all the students here were able to come commemorate something that was influential in the U.S.’s history,” Graham Schuman, SGA chaplain, said. “What’s beautiful is we did this then, at that time in 2001. So today, we were able to come together yet again and commemorate all the heroes and reflect on the loss of that time, which is really respectable as a campus and I think what God intended for us to do during this time.”

“It’s critically important that Americans remember what happened that day so that we remain vigilant, support wise policies that will help prevent this from reoccurring, and continue to honor those who lost their lives. This is our small way of contributing to that national

cause of remembrance,” McNulty said.

Freshman Gavin Eberlin said the event helped him go through the rest of the day reflectively and to remember the blessings we all have.

“It’s a lot to take in and to know that God is here,” Eberlin said. “It’s just a lot.”

“I think it’s awesome that our campus is putting on something like this. You wouldn’t see this at a state college or anything,” freshman AJ Bernsdorff said.

“Taking time this morning to silently remember 9/11 reminded me of the gravity of our nation’s loss and the privilege of every ordinary day,” senior Sionna Spear said.

“I think it’s important for me to continue praying for families and individuals who

Skunk scares students Fiona Lacey Staff Writer

Grove City College Campus Safety has been busy as of late, due to numerous encounters of skunks.

In the past week, students have reported a number of sightings, occurring around buildings and on the quad.

Most students have either seen or heard of the furry culprits, who were recorded scampering around the premises at late hours of the night.

Students began smelling the skunks early last week and have since alerted others to avoid the areas with the unpleasant odor.

The skunks did not stop there, however. They’ve been seen around and even inside dorms and academic buildings. Sophomore Michelle Sloan recalled smelling the repulsive scent in her own

dorm room.

“One night during last week I was in my room with my roommate, and it started smelling really bad. We could both tell the skunk smell was coming in through the window. It was horrible,” she said. “We had to open the doors and wait for it to air out an hour afterwards. We were on the second floor.”

Reports of a student being sprayed led to Campus Safety’s intervention last Thursday. Students received a mass email notifying them of the sightings, warning them to take precautions.

“Sudden movements startle skunks,” Campus Safety stated, “If possible, avoid letting the skunk see you at all.

Move slowly and steadily out of the path of the skunk.” The warned also that feeding any animal on campus, including the acclaimed “Kitty Purry”, is unsafe and dangerous.

“We ask you to please stop this practice,” the officials warned, “as leftover food attracts many types of animals.”

Seth VanTil, director of campus safety, said skunk trappings will begin soon.

“We contacted a humane trapper, who we have used before to remove skunks,” VanTil said. “The traps will be either a box or tubeshaped device and placed in or around shrubs or plantings where the skunks have frequented.”

The trappings will be terminated once all skunks are captured.

This commotion has led to skunks not only becoming a conversation topic on campus, but also the creation of its very own Instagram page called, “Stinky Furry”, alluding to a cat who frequents the SKUNK 3

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Students grab hot dogs from Weiners Gone Wild, the first food truck of the new Food Truck Friday series. Each Friday in September, a different food truck will set up outside of STEM. Today, Who’s Hangry will be serving up mountain pies, including a Buffalo Chicken Mac & Cheese Pie.

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Mourning a tragedy

From the Editor’s desk

Always remember

James Sutherland Editor-in-Chief

I do not remember 9/11.

Half of the people reading this column shook their heads; the other half did not blink an eye.

The people shaking their heads are the people who remember that day more vividly than almost any other: they remember where they were when they watched the second plane hit the South Tower; they remember the feeling of paralysis as the day went on; they remember the hope and reassurance of President Bush’s speech that night.

The people not blinking are the people my age.

We may have lived through 9/11, but we do not have any memories of it. For us it is history, not a memory, something we read in our textbooks and watched videos about in class.

My generation is now coming into adulthood, and we have no memory of or visceral connection to the last great unifying moment in American history. In a country as divided as ours, that is not a good thing; now, more than ever, we need to remember what has brought us together, and use that to come together.

The only way to keep alive the reality of 9/11, to make it more than a far-away event in a boring textbook, is to pass those memories down from generation to generation. Let those who have 9/11 seared onto their hearts and minds tell their children and their children’s children about that day and the unity that came after.

As I commemorated 9/11 Wednesday, I was struck by two profound instances of just such acts. First, the on-campus remembrance.

President McNulty and SGA

led a gathering of students at the flagpole Wednesday morning. At 8:46 a.m., the moment when the first plane hit the North Tower, there was a minute of silence, followed by a prayer.

It was a beautiful time.

Faculty and administrators, the people who lived through that day, came together with students, who have only learned about that day, to remember it as one.

The event was a perfect example of how we must keep this memory alive: by keeping it fresh in our minds, by never neglecting it and by ensuring that one generation passes the memory on to the next.

Second, HBO aired a documentary Wednesday night geared specifically towards teaching children about 9/11 called “What Happened on September 11.” The documentary grew out of director Amy Schultz’s conversations with elementary schools kids, who knew nothing of the tragedy outside of random Google searches. Schultz wanted to give children more and better information than that, so she made this documentary to teach them about what happened that day, why it happened and what America’s response was.

Schultz’s work is admirable. She has also produced children’s documentaries explaining the Holocaust and the Parkland shooting.

Schultz’s work is the kind of work that we all should be doing, the kind of work that Wednesday’s remembrance ceremony also exemplifies: explaining and preserving.

I take heart in this year’s 9/11. It showed me that we still remember, that we will never forget and that we will pass down our memories and experiences to the next generation, and they to the next. I, for one, firmly believe those memories still have the power to unite us.

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Grove City College students mourn on 9/11 outside of Harbison Chapel. The terrorist attacks shocked students and faculty alike, taking the lives of many loved ones.

This week in Collegian history

‘A day of infamy’ Jules Wooldrige Staff Writer

Students and faculty, react as thousands die in worst attack in US history-The Collegian, Sept. 14, 2001.

This week in history in the fall of 2001, America saw one of the most tragic events in its history. The terrorist attack shook the nation to its core, and the aftershocks were certainly felt on Grove City’s campus. Megan A. Standish, managing editor of the Collegian at the time, reported on the school’s reaction with quotes from faculty and students.

“I don’t really have words to express my own feelings about what happened today.

What happened today just simply defies comprehen-

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continued from 1 is I know my team is committed to that as well. If you want to make it even more beautiful, I know that this is the commitment all the way up. That’s President McNulty’s commitment,” Hardesty said.

Despite the lower funds this year, McNulty was optimistic about the future of the College.

“We are going to continue to make the buildings as excellent as possible and look to raise money to invest in the campus,” he said. “Most of all, as the president of the College, I am very thankful for the way God has been faithful to us over the years;

sion. It’s an act of such cruelty and malice that I simply cannot understand it,” thenschool president Dr. John H. Moore said. “I imagine that’s true for many of you as well.”

Dr. Moore was correct; many of the words from students echo his sentiments.

“The reality of it hasn’t sunk in,” then freshman Susan Burger said.

“Nobody flies airplanes into the World Trade Center without a reason. I just want to know why they did it,” then senior Shannon Farley said.

Dr. Dunn, the dean of the school of arts and letters at the time, was less shocked than he was dismayed.

“No surprise,” he said, “We should have expected this.

The events have led up to this

for quite a few years.”

These feelings of uncertainty, shock and grief were at the forefront of the students’ minds. There was a service held in memory of the lives lost and for the families that they left behind in Harbison chapel.

The service brought the campus together. Dr. Stanley Keehlwetter, then dean of the chapel, said of the service, “Standing room only tonight.

Just a real sense of grief and of wanting to be together, I believe, in the context of the Grove City College family.”

That sense of family and community is still strong on this campus today, and on the 18th anniversary of the attacks we still come together to remember.

and I’m pretty hopeful that he will continue to be faithful like that in the future.”

Along with financial planning comes new additions to the campus whether these additions are affected by cutbacks or not, or if they are used for future opportunities to grow as a community.

According to McNulty, renovations for the 2019-20 school year include the soccer field and the beginning stages of the Henry Buhl Library project. As far as future plans are concerned, there are aspirations among administrators to renovate certain campus buildings such as Rockwell Hall of Science, Hoyt Hall, the Hall of Arts and Letters and others.

In addition to these cur-

rent and future renovations, the College has recently purchased a 77,000 square-foot United States Investigative Services office building, which it intends to use for more community-related events instead of academic classes.

Although there are plenty of reasons to be excited, McNulty brought the vision back to what was really important—the mission.

“The mission is more about the substance of what we do here than it is about the state of repair of facilities that varies from year to year,” he said. “It should be an exciting time for students to see more and more things being done that show the strength of the College.”

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Sept 13, 2019

Global news roundup

Pink slips and capsized ships Andrew Furjanic Contributing Writer

With classes and extracurriculars, it’s hard for students to keep up with the raging 24-hour news cycle.

Read our news roundup of this week’s biggest stories.

Bolton Fired

President Trump fired his National Security Advisor, John Bolton, Tuesday. The National Security Advisor is an important position in the White House, serving as a key advisor to the President and as the President’s liaison with the National Security Council, which includes the Secretaries of Defense and State. Details of Bolton’s firing are unclear, with Bolton saying he resigned, while Trump claims to have fired Bolton. Bolton, who favored hardline, military strength solutions to international problems, clashed with the President, who focused more on forging agreements with foreign powers. Bolton’s aggressive stances toward Iran, Afghanistan and North Korea conflicted with the President’s goals of developing new partnerships.

Golden Ray Capsized

South Korean cargo ship, the Golden Ray, capsized off the coast of Brunswick, Ga., Sunday. After 36 hours of search and rescue, the Coast Guard finally managed to pull the last 4 crewmembers from the ship.

Hyundai owned the South Korean vessel, which was carrying a shipment of cars from Brunswick to Baltimore, Md., for distribution.

South Korean authorities reported that there were 24

crewmembers aboard, 10 South Koreans, 13 Filipinos and one American harbor employee. All crewmembers have been rescued, and the cause of the accident remains unknown. The Coast Guard has shifted its focus to minimizing environmental damage.

Buying Greenland

Several weeks ago, President Trump confirmed his interest in purchasing the island of Greenland. The president had privately asked advisors about the possibility of this purchase.

After this was reported in the Wall Street Journal, Trump confirmed that he was considering it. Proponents of this plan argue that as the Arctic continues to melt, the icy Greenland will become a more valuable economic and strategic location. The newly melted ice could create new trade routes and allow access to natural resources that are currently frozen beneath the ice. Greenland is a selfgoverning territory of Denmark, and both countries have emphatically stated that Greenland is not for sale.

Trade War

China announced Wednesday that it will exempt 16 US products from its tariffs, beginning on Sept.

16 and running for the subsequent year. The products included in this exemption are feed for animals, various chemicals and several types of fish and shellfish. These concessions indicate that China may want to end the trade war, which would be good news for U.S. and Chinese consumers.

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Gordon studies Paul Taylor Russell

Contributing Writer Dr. T. David Gordon, professor religion and Greek, has published a new book titled “Promise, Law, Faith: Covenant-Historical Reasoning in Galatians.”

Gordon’s work is a journey into Paul’s reasoning in Galatians.

The book serves as an attempt to explain Paul’s “negative” statements about the law by covenant-historical reasoning.

“Paul ordinarily employs the term ‘law’ to refer to the covenant God instituted with the Israelites at Sinai; he does not employ the term to mean ‘God’s moral will,’ analogous to the medieval distinction between ‘moral law’ and ‘positive law,’ and he does not employ the term to mean ‘a legalistic/meritorious abuse of God’s law,’” Gordon said.

“I attempt to work carefully through Paul’s reasoning, especially in Galatians 3 and 4, to demonstrate that the letter reads better by understanding ‘law’ to refer to the covenant God made with the Israelites at Sinai: a covenant that had many stipulations or commandments, a covenant that threatened the Israelites with severe sanctions if they disobeyed those commandments, a covenant that segregated the Israelites from the nations around them,” he said.

Gordon has been studying Galatians since the early 1980s and has taught the book in its original Greek almost every year since.

While teaching the Greek text, Gordon narrowed down the question of law, or

Dr. T. David Gordon, professor of religion and Greek, has published a new work studying Paul’s use of law in Galatians.

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“νόμος” in the Greek, to what Paul did with it in that particular book.

Since Gordon started studying Galatians, many works have been written on the book, but none of them adequately account for Paul’s reasoning.

He even wrote his dissertation on Paul’s understanding of the law in the early 1980s.

“Interpreting texts is not like researching frogs; interpreting texts requires one to enter sympathetically the world of another person’s reasoning, in the effort to understand him in his own situation on his own terms, and I think the two prevailing approaches to Paul, and to Galatians, have misunderstood him,” Gordon said.

Gordon hopes that people who read his book are eager to understand Paul on his own terms.

It would help if the reader

had a beginning acquaintance with Greek, but others could follow his reasoning as well.

Gordon hopes readers take away three things: “That they will learn that one can be a Christian without scolding a Jew; that Paul contrasts the Abrahamic covenant with the Sinai covenant, and that it is better to read the lines of Paul’s letters than to read between the lines of Paul’s letters whenever possible,” he said.

“If I have opportunity to do so, I would like to write a briefer monograph on the law in Romans, in which I would argue that while Paul need not have used νόμος in Romans as he did in Galatians, he surely could have done so,” Gordon said.

Gordon has also published Why Johnny Can’t Preach and Why Johnny Can’t Sing Hymns.

plane crashed into an empty field in Shanksville, Pa. Nearly 3000 people died, and thousands of others were seriously injured.

McNulty finds it interesting that in the freshmen class at Grove City College, there are some students who were born after the attacks.

“I think that perhaps, go-

ing forward, it will be especially important that we do something to remember what happened–the largest attack ever on our country.

We should do something for the sake of future security to help them become more connected to this dark chapter in our nation’s history,” McNulty said.

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WeWork goes public

Markets continue to move horizontally, as the U.S. stock indices remain near all-time highs, despite poor earnings forecasts and a series of other negative economic indicators.

In this past week, the S&P 500 is flat and the yield on the Treasury’s 10-year note has risen slightly to 1.66 percent. In this edition of our weekly business news publication, I veer from the macroeconomic to discuss one of the most talked about Initial Public Offerings of the year: the office space rental company, WeWork.

WeWork, recently rebranded as the We Company, is an urban real estate company that provides rentable office spaces to over 500,000 individuals in over 500 locations across the globe. The business was founded nine years ago by Miguel McKlevey and Adam Neumann after they successfully sub-rented a Manhattan office complex to dozens of smaller businesses, in es-

sence, by “wholesaling” office space.

The company has captured the interest and admiration of young urbanites for its trendy and fun office vibes. Membership brings more than a space to meet and work but also an insurance package, networking events and annual retreats.

With hundreds of thousands of members, consumers seem to be satisfied with WeWork’s product, but with an impending initial public offering (IPO), outside analysts are stepping in to throw cold water on the company.

An IPO is when a private company, like Chick-fil-A or Sheetz, begins listing its shares on a major stock exchange. Once these shares “go public” they become available for any investor who wants to buy or sell to do so. The problem is that the company has to be valued appropriately to go through an IPO. The founders of WeWork and executives at SoftBank, the invest-

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ment bank, which is leading the IPO, originally wanted the company to list with a valuation of over $40 billion dollars even though WeWork remains extremely unprofitable, losing over $1 billion annually.

According to “The Financial Times,” WeWork loses $220,000 “every hour of every single day.” Over the weekend, SoftBank lowered the valuation estimate to a mere $20 billion, which is still ridiculous says Bloomberg commentator Scott Galloway of NYU’s Stern School of Business.

“That’s not even a market valuation,” Galloway says.

“That’s like me putting up my Toyota Camery up for sale for $1 million dollars then when it doesn’t fly, I try and sell it for half a million.”

Whether the company even gets through with its IPO remains to be seen. If it can, it will be the most recent in a long stream of unprofitable business that have managed to have multi-billion-

dollar IPOs in recent years.

The list includes Lyft, Uber and Snap Chat. But valuation and financial sustainability doesn’t seem to be a problem for some, not even cofounder Miguel McKlevey.

When one reporter asked him in a 2018 NPR interview about the potential of the entire company to collapse due to cash burn he responded that “its something that we are still trying to figure out every day and that nothing we have done so far is the right answer” later adding that “valuation doesn’t matter.”

That may be easy to say for the multi-billion-dollar entrepreneur who grew up in no-men-allowed Communist collective in Oregon, but pretty soon the market will decide what the true value of this firm will be.

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campus, called “Kitty Purry.”

Not all students, however, are in favor of the directed precaution, expressing its irrelevance to campus life.

Sophomore Joanna Thorpe, amongst other students, pointed out the slight irrelevance of the campus raucous.

“I saw the skunk outside of Harker when returning from the library one night. I used my common sense and walked in a direction that avoided it,” Thorpe said.

Many simply want to be free of the annoyance and possible danger these creatures cause.

“I mean I’d rather not be sprayed on my way to class,” Sloan said.

Katie Leon, president of the Environmental Club, thinks the sooner the better when it comes to possibly diseased animals.

“The humane trappings are an honest way to prevent transmission of diseases that skunks can carry, like rabies,” Leon said. “It would be best to relocate them now, rather than see an infestation after mating season.”

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Sophomore Matthew Lamberson spends his free time scouring campus with a metal detector. He found a class ring from 1952 near the tennis courts last spring.

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Student finds class ring from ’52 Fiona Lacey

Contributing Writer Since he was 12, sophomore Matthew Lamberson has always had a knack for metal detecting.

Lamberson said he scours the IM fields and creeks of Grove City “pretty much all the time.”

A mechanical engineering major during the day, Lamberson has been metal detecting from the moment he got to campus.

He’s found musket balls, parts of a Ford Model T and even Jacksonian era military coat buttons. During finals last semester he dug up what he calls his best find yet: a Grove City College class ring from 1952.

“I didn’t think I’d find anything over by the tennis courts,” Lamberson said.

“I had already checked that spot.”

Even so, he ended up in that area, and got a signal on

his metal detector for a pull tab from a tin can.

“It wasn’t that exciting to find one of those, so I didn’t think I should bother digging it up,” Lamberson said.

But he decided to try it, and, to his delight, dug up a bit of college history.

The ring, made with 10-karat gold and engraved with the college’s old wolverine-style seal, is marked with the number “52” on the left side, making this a rare find.

Placed on the front of the ring is a large crimson jewel.

He dug up the ring in what were backyards of several houses off main street that were torn down a couple years ago.

With that knowledge in mind, Lamberson speculates that the ring belongs to a member of one of those households.

He emailed the College Archives to let them know of his finding, but he has not since gained any further knowl-

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edge of the ring’s history or owner.

He took it to Joden Jewlers in town the next day, where the attendant determined the ring’s worth to be around $200.

“I was pretty excited about that,” Lamberson said. “Even the guys in my hall thought it was fake.”

Though selling the ring would be financially beneficial for the mechanical engineering major, Lamberson still wants to hold out on any proceedings, in case the owner shows up.

“I would give the ring back, if the owner appeared,” Lamberson said. “If I could find out who lived in that house, I might be able to trace it back to the owner.”

Lamberson remains on the lookout for the ring’s owner, but for now, he treasures his prized possession.

“I wear it to class most days,” Lamberson said.

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Special Report: Campus Infestation 2019 From Harbison Chapel to Pew, reports of campus infestations have come in.

Everyone knows about the spiders in the bathrooms, the bats in the attics, and the skunks in the … well, the

skunks are everywhere.

Just this week, a report came in of a poor freshman who, returning from night class, was chased from HAL all the way back to Memorial by the black and white men-

ace and his entire extended family. (The skunks seem well adjusted to Grover family life as they were Mom, Dad, and seven children.) On the lawn in front of Memorial, they ruthlessly emptied

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Lamberson hopes to return the 10-karat gold ring to its owner. For now, he wears the ring to class.

Lamberson and his metal detecting occupation? As of late, the College Archives and the Historical Society have offered him an internship.

The internship is right up his alley, too. Under their direction, Lamberson will work

in a closed down warehouse, preserving hammered aluminum artifacts.

He’s excited to get his hands dirty and looks forward to preserving more history for the college.

their glands.

According to those close to the victim, his roommate has yet to let him back in the room.

But you know all that. Your humble reporter has set out to find the lesser known infestations of campus.

And I swear, according to the standards of my profession, to reveal to you only the truth.

A resident of Lincoln claims that every day this week he has found a dead chipmunk hidden in his room. It might be on his couch, outside his door or on his pillow, but like clockwork, he finds one every day. Later interviews revealed that none other than Kitty Purry has been depositing these “gifts.”

Reports have been streaming in of a local summer camp hosting their games on our campus. Calling them-

selves The Undead vs. the Alive People (UvAP). I spoke with one of them who said, “No really, I go here.” Dear reader, I have my doubts.

Rumors of ghosts in Pew have circulated, but I dismissed them as the anguished hallucinations of piano majors that had practiced for one too many hours.

I later found out that reports of a bear on campus was merely a creative ploy by a freshman named Huey Bear seeking election into SGA. I set out to find the source of the infestations, but instead I found that they are too numerous to count.

Millipedes in South, moths in Hicks and students saving tables in the SAC when they will be gone for 8 hours.

All these events can lead me to only one conclusion: nature is taking back what is hers.

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‘All of life is worship’ Casella speaks, performs at first convocation

Clark Mummau Contributing Writer

Not all Christian music is worship music, but worship is a way of life.

This is singer-songwriter Jeremy Casella’s perspective when writing music. Instead of worship music, he writes “truth-telling music … from a Christian worldview,” he said.

Casella kicked off this fall’s Convocation series with a concert on Thursday night.

He spoke in chapel that morning and led the college in a hymn. This is the second time the College has invited Casella to perform.

“I really appreciate it when the College brings in other worship leaders and Christian musicians with different perspectives,” senior Falco Muscante said.

Casella writes songs that “guide people towards a deeper relationship with God,” his website said.

In practice, his lyrics are “a signpost pointing to Christ,” he said.

They also “create the world that ought to be” as they “reflect the truth” of God, he continued. “The reason folk

music is so powerful is because it keeps the focus on the words.”

For example, “Spirit (Keep on),” which will be on his new album “Spirit” that comes out this November, is about “an incredibly painful time” in his life, Casella said.

The song is written “about the Lord speaking to us,” and it explains that “[God] is very near in the suffering.”

Through the Holy Spirit’s indwelling, “we’ve got God’s companionship,” he said.

Casella calls himself a folk, not a worship, singer-songwriter.

He distinguished his Christian music from worship music, saying “I’m writing from a Christian … view of life.”

“Worship music is for congregations,” Casella said, while Casella’s music is written “for anyone to listen to.”

To Casella, “if you talk about Christ, worship or church … all the terms need to be defined.” He clarified that the heart of worship is “to keep your heart before the Lord.”

“I think that there are many different ways that we worship God,” Muscante said, also reflecting the idea

Christian singer Jeremy Casella spoke about and performed worship music yesterday. that worship is a multifaceted way of living to honor and glorify God. Another part of Casella’s ministry is Compassion International, where he has served as an ambassador for 15 years.

Compassion International sponsors children through a “poverty relief ministry that’s… grounded in the Gospel,” Casella said. At his

Finding your niche John Kalajian

Contributing Writer Among the clubs present and recruiting new members at this year’s Organization Fair were the Apologetics Club and the Equestrian Clubs, which, while not new to campus, are hoping to gain greater recognition and membership from the student body.

Apologetics is the religious discipline of defending religious doctrines through systemic arguments.

On campus, students can learn more about defending their faith through the Apologetics Club.

“The goal of our group is to help equip members so they can graduate with confidence that they can defend their faith against other religions,” vice president Abigail Burkholder said.

The Apologetics Club meets on Thursdays at 8 p.m. and focus around discussion of Christianity and other re-

ligions.

Previous speakers at meetings have included a Jewish Rabbi, a Baha’i faith leader and Dr. Donald Shepson III, professor of Christian ministries.

The purpose of the Apologetics Club is not to discuss differences within Christianity, but to discuss ways to defend the broader Christian faith.

“We are trying to defend Christianity as a whole,” Burkholder said. “If you want to talk about doctrine, dogma or differences in the different sects, that is for outside the club. The vision of our group is to help students be able to graduate with a strong defense of their faith.”

Students who are interested in learning more about the Apologetics Club are encouraged to contact Abigail Burkholder.

Not too far away from the Apologetics Club table at the Organization Fair was the Grove City College Equestri-

an Club.

“We are trying to make the club very open to people who are serious about taking horse-riding lessons. We have a barn for English riding, and we are setting up a barn for Western riding,” secretary Laura Mosley said.

“We know that not everyone can afford or has the time to ride, so we also serve as a social club for people who like horses and want to talk about them.”

Events being planned by the Equestrian Club this semester include movie nights, a rodeo trip and a trail ride.

No horseback riding experience is necessary to join Equestrian Club, only a desire to connect with animals and to enjoy the company of those who are also interested in horses.

Meetings occur at various dates throughout the month, so those interested in learning more information about the Equestrian Club should contact Laura Mosley.

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concerts, he speaks about Compassion International’s ministry and has a table set up where people can find more information about the ministry and sign up to sponsor children.

“What they do is pretty beautiful,” he said.

Casella’s next album, “Spirit,” comes out Nov. 22.

“A lot of work goes into making an album and finishing

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it,” he said, and he is beginning promotion for it now.

As 2020 approaches, he will begin touring the album.

Casella seeks to glorify God by making his music a reminder of biblical truths.

“Your walk with the Lord is a walk with a person,” he encouraged. While he views worship music as congregational, “all of life is worship” he said.

College, commerce and community Janna Lu

Contributing Writer Around 100 students attended the eighth Annual Grove City’s College & Commerce Mixer on Tuesday.

For the advertised door prize, student attendees had the choice between a free appetizer at Rachel’s Roadhouse with the purchase of an entrée or a free drink of any size and kind from Beans on Broad. “[The goal of the event was] to build relationships between students and the local Grove City business community,” Associate Dean of Student Life and Learning John Coyne said.

The mixer was sponsored by the College and the Grove City Area Chamber of Commerce.

Local businesses in attendance included the Guthrie Theatre, B’gifted, Wise Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, Grove City Medical Center, AWARE, Inc., Terra Nova House Bed and Breakfast, Farmers National Bank, Fair Haven Farms and Main Street Diner.

Other than three varieties of cookies courtesy of Bon Appetit offered at the entrance, many businesses brought snacks to attract students.

Some businesses offered giveaways for students. Prizes ranged from a $25 Grove City College Bookstore gift card to a free admission ticket to the Guthrie. The College also held a drawing for a $200 Bookstore gift card and a pizza party for 25.

Representatives of local businesses talked about the connection between the Grove City business community and the College.

“We really want you guys to feel like this is your theatre. Because not a lot of towns have that and we love being that,” Amanda Rum-

baugh, a representative for Guthrie Theatre, said.

She also shared how students can become more involved at the theatre and community.

“We have community theatre which we always need all kinds of volunteers for. Every single concert that we do, we offer free tickets to those who come and volunteer as ushers or help load things in and out. We really want to build a bridge between this place and theatre,” Rumbaugh said.

Some businesses, like the Terra Nova House Bed and Breakfast, hope to be a place for visiting parents or speakers invited by the College to stay.

Other businesses, like Fair Haven Farms, offer students the opportunity to get off campus and connect to the earth. The representative for the farm remembered a group of seventy students from a sorority who “had a really fun bonfire and did the whole corn maze and everything.”

The businesses, however, do realize the hectic nature of college students’ schedules.

“You guys are so busy!

We don’t get you downtown much,” the representative for B’gifted said.

Students are generally positive about the town and enjoy becoming part of the greater Grove City community. The event also helped new students learn more about their new community.

“I have really enjoyed exploring Grove City as a town,” freshman Devon Willis said.

Coming from Houston, Willis appreciates the opportunity to walk around and explore.

“Grove City is a rather nice little town. It’s cute and the people are friendly and it actually looks like there is a thriving community,” freshman Mary Stevens said.

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Through the lens

Junior computer science major Sam Mendheim took this photo of The City of Bridges lit up during a trip to the city for a friend’s wedding.

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Where in the world are Grovers?

We all know the stereotypical Grover: a whirlwind of constant activity and passion for experiencing and achieving new things. This semester Grovers are back to their usual overachieving exploits. Here is a look at what a few of our fellow Grovers have been up to in the first few weeks of the semester. Whether studying abroad, running 26.2 miles or taking an impromtu trip to see Pittsburgh lit up, students are on the move.

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Colonial Hall RAs pose after winning the Hunt for the Holy Grail during RA training this summer. The scavenger hunt is an opportunity for RA buildings to bond while engaging in some friendly competition.

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Adventures await around every bend while you are adventuring with your best friend. Be it a house or a makeshift cabin, an old factory or a gian silo, you never really know what you will find.

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Senior Randall LaBrie poses with the Weiners Gone Wild Weiner Food Challenge. The restaraunt challenges guests to eat 1 lb. of baconwrapped hotdogs, 2 fried eggs, chili sauce, cheese sauce, 20 tator tots and inferno peppers in a bun in under 15 minutes.

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Junior english major Alicia Beaujon poses in Tuscany Italy while studying literature abroad this semester.

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The stars in Grove City shine bright and during busy study nights, the quad is a welcome break to kick back and look up to the sky. Stars are a reminder of God’s creative design, as Psalm 19:1 says, “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.”

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Hong Kong stands up

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Five demands of a revolution

Andrew McDevitt Contributing Writer

Hong Kong has been ground zero for ongoing protests in support of democratic government reforms over the last five months, causing problems for airports and sporting events that can last for days.

Hong Kong is technically a part of China, even though many of its citizens see themselves distinctly as residents of Hong Kong and not China. Hong Kong’s separate government is of greater resemblance to Great Britain than it is to China. One of the greatest differences between Hong Kong and China is Hong Kong’s freedom of

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speech and their right to protest.

As China exerts more control over Hong Kong, the people are rising up. A great number are protesting to fight a perceived oppressive influence from an outside party.

While the majority of protests remained peaceful, tensions are increasing and leading to more violent actions. Although previously, violent protests were almost unheard of, they did exist.

Hong Kong police have been heavily accused of intense police brutality in their vicious handling of the protestors.

The protests were initially formed to fight against a bill designed to transport criminals. The proposed system would have created a stron-

ger connection with China’s government, but many were concerned Hong Kong’s government was inviting China to interfere with their legal system. While the bill was shut down, the protestor’s demands had already grown to include greater Democratic appeals.

CNN reporter, Tara John, lists the protestors’ demands to “withdraw the bill, for leader Carrie Lam to step down, an inquiry into police brutality, for those who have been arrested to be released, and greater democratic freedoms.”

Students are a large part of the protests – they are attempting to increase awareness for the cause by skipping classes to join the protests.

The protests consumed the summer as a whole and stu-

dents continued this action upon returning to school.

China is not the only country to previously invest interest in Hong Kong; the United States has a long history with Hong Kong as well. Many of the protestors started carrying American flags to show support for democratic rule.

However, this American symbol led Chinese officials to believe that the protests are actually an American operation. Seeing as the objective of the protests is to prevent outside interference or collusion, this creates complications for negotiations.

Every year since 2017, the United States bill, “Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act,” is reintroduced. The proposed legislation increases American support and direct interfer-

ence “to uphold freedom and democracy in Hong Kong at a time when its autonomy is increasingly under assault.”

While initially this seems to be an easy decision, it raises many issues. The presence of the American flag alone makes negotiations more stressed and difficult. The language used in the “Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act” reveals a near paradox that America now faces: if the United States were to become involved, they would be interfering in an effort to preserve Hong Kong’s autonomy. The logic behind this is far from sound.

More effort is needed to determine the best course of action from Hong Kong’s allies.

Billboards: bane or benefit?

Perspectives Editor There is an empty building at the center of Times Square.

Built in 1904 to house The New York Times, One Times Square once had a beautiful facade, a striking tiered design and was, for a time, an iconic edifice of the city. That was, however, before the ‘60s when that facade was paved over in concrete – that is, “modernized.” The building itself is now effectively vacant and entombed in digital billboards. Unrecognizable and “Disney-fied,” like the rest of the Square.

New York City is, especially for people that only know America via Hollywood (we’re not all Valley Girls and cowboys), the American specimen. And while there is certainly a lot to talk about regarding the interment of American culture at the hands of advertising executives, a good place to begin is a discussion about billboards.

Billboards are unique among advertising media in that they are almost unavoidable and almost entirely un-

popular (polls regularly put anti-billboard sentiment at over 70 percent). You can cut cable, use an Internet adblocker, smash your radio, et cetera. But even the Amish have to buggy past billboards on their way to church.

In fact, it is this unavoidability that make billboards such an attractive medium to advertisers. This, in turn, makes billboards infamously hard to suppress. It becomes a push-pull between the vocal minority and advertisers, with the latter winning far more often.

Take, for example, the old Bayer billboard on top of Mount Washington in Pittsburgh. Controversial since its construction in 1921, over the years the sign begrudgingly became an infamous icon of the city. After decades of ire-stoked hot potato, the dilapidated sign fell into the hands of Lamar Advertising.

Lamar then ran vinyl ads for Sprint, sparking a legal battle spearheaded by Mayor Peduto and the city.

Pittsburgh lost that battle late last month. Lamar has previously expressed interest in turning the sign into the “country’s largest LED billboard,” but was met with heavy opposition.

This is not an isolated

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event. Local news stations around the country are rife with these stories of billboard-related citizen ire with retaliation being squelched by the long legal arms of advertisers.

I say billboards are almost unavoidable because, around the same time that One Times Square was being interred, a number of states – namely, Alaska, Hawaii, Vermont, and Maine – passed legislation banning billboards on

aesthetic grounds. But why just these four states? Aren’t Pennsylvania’s rolling hills and pastoral valleys worthy?

Bills like the Highway Beautification Act of 1965 have attempted to curtail the spread of billboards at the federal level.

The HBA, however, is infamously rife with loopholes and the number of billboards has instead increased since 1965.

Times Square was once a

crack-fueled hellhole of sex shops and “massage” parlors, before Mayor Giuliani made the push to clean it up. Billboards are driver-distracting visual pollutants from a bygone pre-Internet era.

And just like the smut of the Square, profits be damned, they too can be relegated to cyber space. And people will still buy their Wheaties and tune in to NBC soaps without ever-flashing billboards telling them to do so.

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Guns are right and necessary Joshua Sikora Contributing Writer

In early August two mass shootings occurred on backto-back days, resulting in 32 deaths and 51 injuries, some of the deadliest in U.S. history.

These shootings led to calls for increased gun control, notably red flag laws which some say would have helped stop the supposed race-based shooting in El Paso, Texas.

Red flag laws would allow for people to alert authorities to statements that they think identify someone as a potential shooter, or someone deemed “too dangerous” to own a firearm. Red flag laws became the latest form of gun control in a growing list supported by the nominally Republican President Donald Trump.

Multiple questions arise in regard to red flag laws. First, are they constitutional? This question is easy to answer: no. They violate the Second, Fourth and Fifth Amendments at least.

Second, would they be effective? This question is an unknown that cannot be properly known unless implemented. However, it can be assumed that if we want to stop mass shootings, we should just make shooting

someone a crime, that is unless people set on committing mass murder do not care much for the law.

Much importance rests on the third question: is it smart to give government control over who gets to own a gun?

Well, if it’s deemed wise to give an institution responsible for over a quarter billion (yes billion, with a B) murders in the previous century the right to control who can defend themselves, then sure it’s smart.

If we take the number of people killed by gun violence (not just mass shootings) each year (15,000 according to CNN) it would take well over 16,000 years for private gun violence to reach that of the government in 100 years.

Even if you add in suicides to bring the number up to 40,000 annually it would still take over 6,000 years to reach the government’s total from the 1900s.

Now one could argue those governments were different, the American government is not some authoritarian regime bent on mass murder like the Nazis, Soviets or Chinese.

Let’s ignore that most people calling for more gun control are also the ones who think Trump is a racist and homophobic Nazi who wants to kill all non-straight non-whites. Let’s not forget the federal government is

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responsible for the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history in 1890 when no fewer than 150 native American women and children were killed by the U.S. government at Wounded Knee, a number that the next three deadliest mass shootings combined do not reach.

Sure, this was one event over 100 years ago, not necessarily the most relevant.

Fast forward a hundred years to 1993 when the FBI killed 78 people in Waco. Not as high as Wounded Knee, but still deadlier than any single mass shooting by anyone outside the government.

Beyond actual killings of civilians there is more to

point to the United States as the rule not the exception when it comes to tyrannical states. We know the NSA was, and likely still is, conducting 1984-esque spying on American citizens. We have also seen the United States murder an American citizen by drone with absolutely no trial.

However, there is yet more evidence to fear the American government as a threat to personal safety. In Yemen, the United States is assisting in a genocide that could be deadlier than the Holocaust.

In Syria the are providing military aid, at least indirectly if not directly, to ISIS and Al-Qaeda. All in the name of

protecting its interests in the region. What would happen if people in the U.S. were a threat to its interests?

So, the U.S. government may not be the kindest we have seen in the world.

Is this the organization it makes sense deciding who should be able to protect themselves? Especially when the biggest threat appears to be from that organization?

Where would be the logic in letting a burglar decide if you should have a home security system?

Certainly none. So why can the most murderous organization in world history decide if you can defend yourself from it?

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Jonathan Kolker Contributing Writer

Justice in the wings Noel Elvin

Contributing Writer After nearly two decades, the alleged masterminds of 9/11 are officially scheduled to go on trial.

On Aug. 30, 2019, military judge Colonel W. Shane Cohen set the date of trial, Jan. 11, 2021, for the five accused men behind the 9/11 attack.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammad is accused as the mastermind behind the architectural plotting of the attack on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the attempt on the Capital. The other four men being tried for co-plotting alongside him include Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ’Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi.

Mohammad is linked to numerous other terrorist attacks including the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center and the 2002 Bali nightclub bombing in Indonesia.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammad was taken captive in 2003

by Pakistan forces who then turned him over to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He was transferred to Guantánamo Bay three years later. In 2002 and 2003, the other four defendants were also taken captive in Pakistan.

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The prosecution faces difficulties that include the defendants undergoing torture while held in the CIA secret prison network of black sites before they were transferred to Guantánamo Bay. This case has been pushed back since 2012, when the defendants were charged with conspiracy, attacking civilians, murder in violation of the law of war, aircraft hijacking and terrorism. These men were initially charged during George W. Bush’s presidency, but Barack Obama stopped this case from proceeding forward.

Cohen is the first judge to set an actual date for trial and if it moves forward, it will be definitive for the case of 9/11.

The jury will be composed of all military officers. The trial will take place in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where all five of these men will be facing the death penalty. If they are determined guilty and sentenced to death, it will be up to the secretary of defense to decide how they will be executed.

Families and friends of loved ones who died, as well as our country, have been waiting long enough for justice of the murder of 2,976 innocent people. For many, 9/11 is no longer seen as a case waiting for justice, rather as a historical event that current high schoolers learn about as occurring before they were born, yet the case is far from over. Justice waits in the wings.

I recently heard a new student remark about the odd shift our campus culture undergoes on Sundays, observing that it seemed that for a few hours at least, “everyone seems to remember that they are Christians.” Aside from marveling that one could ever forget so momentous a thought, his comments set my mind turning.

I generally consider my own soul so great a mystery that I despair of commenting on that of my peers; “the heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” I will not, therefore, undertake to diagnose our college’s cultural moment, but will rather relate my interaction with it. For, though I failed to identify it, I recall perceiving this shift myself when I first lived on campus.

Sunday brunches are, I think, the place where it is most intelligible. Being a middle-class American evangelical, Sunday brunch was something of import in my upbringing. Wearing your Sunday-best, acting your Sunday-best and believing your Sunday-best, you and everyone else in that restaurant knew something about yourselves in that moment: we were a different sort of people. As Tevye says in the opening number of “The Fid-

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dler on the Roof,” “because of our traditions, every one of us knows who he is, and what God expects him to do.”

Certainly, in the back of my mind on the occasion of that first Sunday brunch as an independent man loomed the figure of my father, with slicked hair, dress shoes and pressed pants, with nodding head, smiling mouth, and, above all, undisturbed devotion. So, I stood in the omelet line at my new place of worship with slicked hair, dress shoes, at least unwrinkled pants, with my head nodding, my mouth smiling, and, above all, a very disturbed devotion.

For I do not know who I am, and I do not know what God expects me to do, though I

still wear my Sunday-best. It is an outward show of an inward stability I once thought I had. Some Sundays, I do not wake up in time to go to the early service, but still I wear my Sunday-best to brunch. Some Sundays, I feel quite broken inside, but I always fix my hair. Some Sundays, I feel cut off from God and man, yet always take Communion. Some Sundays, I feel dirty and ashamed, and the lukewarm water in the Hopeman shower is not nearly sufficient to clean me.

Is it not an ironic thought that this great religion I pay homage to every Sunday at brunch began with a man bruised and beaten, forsaken

by God and man and naked spread eagle on a tree?

Correction A design error regrettably cut off part of Justin Folger’s piece in the Sept. 6 section. The omission follows: Most recently, reports showed that Rwanda is 92.5% reconciled, a 10.2%

increase since the last test.

Instead of condemning Rwanda to the mistakes of their past, we actually have much to learn from them.

Imagine what our country would look like if we were not Republican or Democrat, not white or black, not

religious or atheistic, but simply, all Americans.

The story of Rwanda should be viewed for what it is: a living testament to just how far the power of forgiveness can go.

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“Blinded by the Light” hit theaters August 16 and follows the story of a young Pakistani teen trying to find his place in 1980’s England.

Self, songs and success Film promotes racial reconciliation and self-discovery

David Smith Film Critic

For young adults, a prominent question we ask ourselves is “who am I?” The film “Blinded by the Light,” based on journalist Sarfraz Manzoor’s teenage years in 1980s England, tells the story of Javed Khan, a young adult who struggles to find his identity as a Pakistani growing up in a predominantly white society.

Khan is a creative individual who enjoys contemporary rock music and poetry, the latter of which is based on his working class upbring-

ing. Throughout high school, Khan feels out of place until he is introduced to the wonders of Bruce Springsteen’s music. Suddenly, Khan feels as though someone finally understands him. He spends hours listening to Springsteen’s cassette tapes. Khan gallivants around Luton, England singing “Promised Land,” “Dancing in the Dark” and “Thunder Road,” expressing how Springsteen’s music speaks to his soul.

Springsteen’s influence in Khan’s life becomes evident, as he decides to be more outgoing and assertive: he begins a romantic relation-

ship, gets the nerve to write an article for his high school newspaper and express himself through poetry and lyrics.

However, his newfound identity does not please his traditional father. Khan’s father expects his son to follow his path—work a middleclass job, excel in math and science courses, and remain loyal to his Pakistani customs. Khan, up until discovering Springsteen’s music, struggles to understand who he is, perhaps because he is living a lie. Still, he knows that he has only one life to live and decides to live it well.

“Bend It Like Beckham” director Gurinder Chadha returns with this triumphant film about self-identity. Allen Admas of The Main Edge writes, “Being part of the world when you’re not sure how you fit is tremendously difficult; that feeling pours forth from every scene in this film.”

Indeed, “Blinded by the Light” is, for any young adult, a relatable film and it succeeds in relaying a poignant message: believe in yourself and others will believe in you. Springsteen’s music, to me, has always conveyed the same messages that “Blinded

by the Light” portrays. Being who you are is perfectly fine, just as long as you stay true to that. Even despite stifling circumstances, anyone can rise above their predicaments in order to achieve success, whatever “success” means to them.

For Khan, “success” is doing what he loves and doing it to the best of his ability.

Throughout the film, Khan learns that he must not allow racism and unrealistic expectations to bring him down.

As “The Boss” sang in “Thunder Road,” “It’s a town full of losers, I’m pulling out of here to win.”

Swift-ly dethroned

Katheryn Frazier Staff Writer

Art rock band Tool dethroned pop icon Taylor Swift from the number one spot on the Billboard 200 chart this week, igniting an age-old debate: rock vs. pop.

Swift has been one of the most influential and commercially viable artists of the past decade. Her music has consistently been rated as number one on the billboards and Swift’s seventh album “Lover” was no exception.

Released on Aug. 23, Swift’s newest album keeps up with her pattern of producing catchy and relatable love songs.

Fans of Swift will notice that this album also contains a blend of songs written in both her old-school vulnerable style and Swift’s newer, more powerful voice. Swift even paid homage to her Nashville roots by featuring the Dixie Chicks, a female country group, in one of the album’s tracks, “Soon You’ll Get Better.”

However, only a week after the release of “Lover,” a new group threatened Swift’s success. Tool released their fifth album, “Fear Inoculum,” and it quickly rose to the top.

Twitter became a battleground as both Swift and Tool fans defended their respective musicians. Swift fans were especially outraged; social media users demanded to know “who is Tool?”

Tool, a four-member rock

band, made their debut in 1992.

Tool’s music is characterized by its unique sound, which is simultaneously soothing and distinctively rock.

The heavy focus on guitar and drums in Tool’s songs helps them to achieve this.

Their previous album, released thirteen years ago, was titled “10,000 Days.”

The lengthy break between “10,000 Days” and “Fear Inoculum” was not due to an artistic choice; it was the result of a multi-level lawsuit.

The lawsuit began when an associate of Tool claimed that he wanted credit for artwork that he produced for the band. The situation grew more complicated when an insurer hired by Tool also turned against them and filed a lawsuit.

The group has spent the last thirteen years giving countless countersuits to settle both disputes, which has cost them millions of dollars.

Even now, the ordeal is not over: Tool’s next trial in the proceeding is scheduled for January.

Tool fans were none too happy about the thirteenyear hiatus of the group, but they were in disbelief after “Fear Inoculum” dropped.

Soon after the album’s release, Tool announced that they were launching a tour for “Fear Inoculum” that begins on Oct. 13. For local fans, the closest venue to Grove City that the group will be playing at is PPG Paints Arena on Nov. 8.

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Art rock band Tool knocked pop star Taylor Swift out of her place atop the Billboard 200 chart with their new album “Fear Inoculum.”

The significance of Tool threatening Swift’s chart spot is not found in the inherent likeability of the music but rather in the sharp contrast between the two genres.

Presently, the pop genre dominates the music industry. When a non-pop song

changes that norm, it makes headlines.

Music is a subjective medium that has been made into an industry where a song’s worth is determined by the popularity and the monetary value it brings to companies.

The interest in Swift and

Tool’s rivalry demonstrates this.

A number one spot on the charts is a fleeting title in the music industry.

In the end, it is up to the listener to truly decide if a song, album or group is worth listening.

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Scores and schedule News Women’s Tennis The Grove City College women’s tennis team continued in their undefeated record sweeping their first PAC matchup against Geneva 9-0. The Wolverines dominated in both singles and doubles winning every match.

Women’s Golf The Grove City College women’s golf team started off their season last Tuesday with a 418-496 win in a dual match against Geneva.

Sophomore Katie Grieb led the Grove City victory effort carding a 95.

Junior goalkeeper Columbia Harkrader boots back a ball during a shutout victory over Penn State Behrend. Harkrader earned PAC Defensive Player of the Wek honors last week.

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Ups and Downs

Women win despite tough start Joanna Thorpe Copy Editor

The Grove City College women’s soccer team earned their first triumph of the season in the match against Penn State Behrend Friday.

Following the season’s disappointing 0-2 opening, senior midfielder Ruby Mattson found the back of the net for the first time this season, assisted by junior defender Ryleigh Lefever. In a one-onone face-off, Mattson shot through the goalkeeper’s legs to capture the lead for Grove City in the 36th minute. This remained the only score of the game, despite further offensive efforts by junior midfielder Shannon Brawley, sophomore forward Jacqui Netschert and junior midfielder Anna Williams.

After the first half goal, Grove City’s offensive stamina waned in comparison to their competitors, who came out swinging in the second half with back-to-back shots in the 45th and 46th minutes. The Lions continued to release a deluge of offensive attacks throughout the second half.

Grove City drove the ball to the opposing goal just seven times throughout the match, compared to Penn St. Behrend’s 16 offensive strikes.

The Wolverines held their own on the field, however, as junior goalkeeper Columbia Harkrader made seven saves for a shutout win, the seventh of her career.

The Friday night victory marked Grove City’s fifth consecutive win against Penn State Behrend since 2015,

securing a record five-game winning streak over their non-conference opponents.

The women fell short last Wednesday, losing to Carnegie Mellon 2-0. After a scorelss first half, both teams looked to make offensive strikes. Unfortunately for Grove City, Carnegie Mellon secured two goals in a twominute period around the 70-minute mark. Grove City was unable to match the momentum garnered by Carnegie Mellon and fell short in the end.

Grove City now sits on a 1-3 record and will continue to push through their difficult string of road matches taking on Allegheny next at 3 p.m. tomorrow in Meadville, Pa.

Brown brews in controversy

Connor Schlosser Sports Editor

The deluge of dramafilled football headlines appears to have subsided for now with ProBowl wide receiver Antonio Brown finding a new home in New England.

Brown signed a one-year, $15 million deal with $9 million guaranteed to join the defending Super Bowl champs.

The Patriots have never shied away from signing players flagged with high risk or controversy. Whether it was the risk in signing Randy Moss from Oakland years ago, or Josh Gordon with his troublesome past and falling out in Cleveland, the Patriots are ready to take on yet another questionable addition.

Antonio Brown has consistently been ranked a top ten receiver in the league for the last six years of his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, easily making him one of the best receivers in the game today. But Brown knows his worth all too well. With great fame often comes arrogance, and this is no exception for the 31-year-old.

The dramatic spiral of

Brown’s exit from Oakland began with him actively protesting the NFL’s helmet policy once the League deemed his favorite Schutt model helmet as outdated.

Brown fought the league’s decision by filing grievances and posting on social media, but to no avail. Brown was able to find a new, acceptable helmet, but at the cost of missing almost all of training camp. The Raiders responded by fining their new receiver for his absence at practice over his helmet debacle.

Oakland Raiders General Manager Mike Mayock wrote to Brown regarding his fines for missed practice time. A flustered Brown took to social media posting the private letter for all to see, ranting about his situation.

This resulted in heated conversation between Mayock and the disgruntled receiver.

The verbal exchange never developed into a physical altercation, but Brown, while cursing and name-calling, threatened to punch Mayock during the conversation reports say.

The Oakland Raiders began to discuss options with their angered star. Antonio Brown returned to the practice facility the following day and apologized to his

teammates for his behavior.

It was believed that Brown would play the first week.

Shortly following the conversation with Mayock, reports were released that the “Raiders took away the guaranteed money in Brown’s deal and fined him more than $200,000 on Friday,” according to CBS Sports.

Brown’s response to this news was as expected. AB took to social media yet again in clear frustration, demanding for the Raiders to release him. Later that day the Raiders granted Brown’s wish and released him from the team. Later that evening, Brown became a New England Patriot. A confusing roller coaster of drama had finally settled. Within a matter of days, a Pro Bowl receiver left an Oakland team without playing a single game.

Brown will join a loaded Patriots offense consisting of established receivers Julian Edelman and recently reinstated Josh Gordon, led by 42-year-old quarterback Tom Brady. Although Brown did not gear up for the first week against his former Pittsburgh teammates, he likely is on the roster for this Sunday’s game against Miami.

Men’s Soccer The Grove City College Men’s soccer team fell short in both games of their weekend road trip last week losing to Wabash 3-0 and Wilmington 2-0. The team continued to struggle falling to Oberlin 2-1 last Wednesday.

Men’s Golf The Grove City College men’s golf team took home a sixth place finish out of seven teams in the two-day Malone Invitational last weekend. Senior Luke McKeogh guided the Wolverines taking silver overall. McKeogh finished first out of all Division III competitors in the invitational with a two-day total of 144.

Cross Country Grove City College’s men’s and women’s cross-country teams put up solid performances at the Bethany Invitational last Saturday. The men’s team finished 13th in the 24-team meet with 441 team points and the women’s team completed the meet at 10th out of the 25 teams meeting, finishing with 319 team points.

Scores Football (1-0) W, Juniata (49-28) Volleyball (5-0) W, Penn State Altoona (3-1) Women’s Tennis (3-0) W, Geneva (9-0) Women’s Soccer (1-3) W, Penn State Behrend (1-0), L, Carnegie Mellon (3-0) Men’s Soccer (0-4-1) L, Wabash (3-0) L, Wilmington (2-0) L, Oberlin (2-1) Women’s Cross Country 10th/25 @ Bethany Invitational (319 pts.)

Men’s Cross Country 13th/24 @ Bethany Invitational (441 pts.)

Men’s Golf 6th out of 7 @ Malone Invitational

Upcoming games Football Sept. 14 v.s. Bethany Volleyball Sept. 14 @ Westminster Men’s Soccer Sept. 14th @ Fredonia State Sept.17 @ Penn State Behrend Women’s Soccer Sept. 14 @ Allegheny Cross Country Sept. 14 @ Allegheny Invitational Men’s Golf Sept. 12 v.s. Grove City Invitational Women’s Tennis Sept. 18 v.s. Washington and Jefferson

WOLVERINE WEEKLY HONORS

Columbia Harkrader

Luke McKeogh

Women’s Soccer Junior PAC Defensive Player of the Week

Men’s Golf Senior PAC Player of the Week

Sports The Collegian, Sept. 13, 2019

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One down, more to go Wolverines prep for Bethany

James Sutherland Editor-in-Chief

After breezing through its week one matchup at Juniata College Saturday, the Grove City College football team is turning to its first true challenge of the season: hosting Bethany College in the team’s annual night game at 7 p.m. tomorrow.

History goes against the Wolverines here. They dropped the last six games against Bethany, their last win coming in a dramatic 2012 home game when Grove City scored 20 unanswered points in a fourth quarter comeback to steal a win.

Bethany is also one of the stingiest teams in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference, leading the league in both points and total yards allowed last season. The Bison return an all-conference honoree as well: senior defensive back, Tre Roberts.

Roberts and Bethany’s defense will have their work cut out for them, however. Grove City’s offense is loaded with firepower, and that talent was on full display in Saturday’s 49-28 win over Juniata.

Grove City totaled 605 yards of offense, with two 100-yard receivers and rushers apiece. Sophomore quarterback Josh Ehst led the way, throwing four touchdowns with a career-high of 363 yards.

Ehst connected with familiar faces for his touchdowns: junior wideouts Cody Gustafson and Cameron Drake.

Ehst, Gustafson and Drake formed a tight connection on the field last season and spent the summer cultivating that relationship, meeting several times to practice routes, Ehst said.

Another familiar face anchored the Wolverines ground game: Schools. The senior ran for 106 yards and three touchdowns on 27 carries, crossing the career 4,000-yard mark in the process.

Schools has now rushed for 100 yards in 10 straight games, a streak which stretches back to week three of last season.

Sophomore Cameron Roth

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Senior running back Wesley Schools punches the ball into the endzone during Grove City’s dominant 49-28 win over Juniata Saturday.

Alumni remember last victory over Bethany Grove City faces Bethany in football tomorrow, looking to break a six-year losing streak. The last time the Wolverines took down the Bison was 2012’s Homecoming game, a dramatic comefrom-behind win.

Grove City, then led by senior running back Sean Kaclik and junior quarterback Brian Pell, entered the fourth quarter down 40-24.

The Wolverines scored 20 unanswered points to grab a 44-40 win. The Wolverines fought from behind the whole game. Bethany roared to an early 21-0 lead, holding Grove City scoreless un-

til the second quarter. From that point on, the Wolverines outscored Bethany 44-19.

“It was homecoming so the stadium was packed and the crowd was very involved,” Kaclik said. “We got behind early on and that was partially my fault as I had a costly fumble which particularly bothered me that I put the ball on the ground. I knew I had to make it up to my team.”

He more than made up for the early fumbles. Kaclik scored two of Grove City’s three fourth quarter touchdowns, punching the ball in from the one-yard line

both times, including the game-winning touchdown with five minutes left. But he mostly credits the defense for the comeback.

“I remember our defense came up huge and forced a few turnovers that put us in great field position to score and eventually make our comeback,” Kaclik said.

Pell noted that the home crowd played a big role in the victory, as it did all season.

“We had one of the best crowds in the conference.

They breathed life into games that might otherwise have ended differently, and

that game against Bethany was likely one such example.

Big crowds simultaneously love and inspire big comebacks like that,” Pell said.

Even years after the season has wrapped up, both Pell and Kaclik remember that team fondly.

“I really enjoyed playing with that team and am still great friends with a number of the guys,” Kaclik said.

“It was a tight-knit group that pursued excellence and cultivated many healthy relationships,” Pell said.

joined Schools in the rushing attack, running for 108 yards on eight carries.

Roth is the team’s Swiss Army Knife, filling in as quarterback, running back and slot receiver as the needs arise.

He will be a key factor in the team’s success this year, especially as head coach Andrew DiDonato looks to diversify the team’s offense with more slot action.

Home field advantage goes in Grove City’s favor.

The annual night game is always one of the best attended, with the student body turning out in force for a white-out game. The night game also marks important moments in program history; two seasons ago, Grove City took down St. Vincent College to break a 30-game losing streak.

Schools, in his final cam-

paign as a Wolverine, said the night game is always one of his favorites.

“When you think of memories, the night game is what you go to first,” he said.

This is a must-win game for the Wolverines, especially considering their schedule in upcoming weeks: a trip to Case Western, hosting Washington & Jefferson and Carnegie Mellon back-to-back weekends and finishing off

with a trip to Westminster.

The Wolverines face the projected second, first, fifth and third teams in the conference, respectively.

That is a gauntlet schedule, one that the Wolverines will have to run cleanly in order to win the PAC title they covet.

Going into that brutal run with a win, preferably a comfortable one, over Bethany only makes things easier.

Whiteout win Connor Schlosser Sports Editor

Sophomore Cassidy Kohmann setts the ball during Grove City’s 3-1 win over Penn State Altoona.

The Wolverines improve to a 5-0 record with the victory.

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The Grove City College volleyball team delivered with their first home victory of the season against Penn State Altoona improving their undefeated record to 5-0. The Wolverine faithful brought energy for the squad on the court dressed and ready for the annual “Whiteout” game.

Finishing the game with 2516, 25-22, 21-25, 25-16 effort, the Wolverines beat out their non-conference matchup 3-1.

Grove City dominated the game in kills with 58 led by junior outside hitter Elizabeth Sems recording 14. Freshman outside hitter

Faith Keating, senior right side Emma Hartshorn, and senior middle hitter Maria Boris all made double digit kills with 13, 12, and 10 respectively.

Sophomore setter Cassidy Kohmann matched a career high of 49 assists out of Grove City’s 57 total.

The defensive game was bolstered by Keating and senior defensive specialist Katie McClymonds who had a combined 43 digs out of the 88 Grove City total.

Freshman Ellianna Fry and Hartshorn combined for five blocks at the net.

Grove City will embark on its first PAC matchup of the season against rival Westminster on Saturday.