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Champions again
Vol. 105, No. 9
Women nab second straight PAC title James Sutherland Editor-in-Chief
It took a long, painful and winding road to get there, but the women’s soccer team is back on top. The Wolverines earned their second-straight Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championship Saturday with a dominant 4-1 win over Chatham on their home turf, the shiny new Don E. Lyle Field. The win capped a stellar run to end the season. Grove City won its final six games, scoring 22 goals while allowing just four. In the PAC tourney the Wolverines gave up just one goal, outscoring their opponents 6-1 across the semi-
finals and finals. That excellence earned Grove City its second consecutive conference title and its second straight bid to the NCAA Tournament. Grove City went almost twenty years before the two conference titles, winning their last in 2001. Head coach Melissa Lamie said that the title drought set the stage for recent success. “The teams that fought and worked just to finish second laid the groundwork for us to get to the top,” Lamie said. “The legacy they left was one that the past two teams have built on and improved enough to get to the final and have the mental strength to win it.”
Senior forward Ruby Mattson, a four-year starter and stalwart of Grove City’s attack, noted that playing the PAC tourney at home was an unexpected boost. The Wolverines had planned on traveling to top-seeded Westminster for the final, until Chatham upset the Titans, and Grove City became the host. “A home game created an awesome environment for our whole school to be a part of,” Mattson said. “I think the home game gave us the advantage of extra motivation to earn the win.” Things did not always look rosy for the Wolverines this CHAMPIONS 10
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Junior midfielder Michaela Burke shoots during the 4-1 win over Chatham in the PAC title game, GCC’s second consecutive title.
Chinese program shuts down
Roaring into winter
Clark Mummau Contributing Writer
ways this garden could increase our campus’ appreciation and care for nature.” McNulty and the chosen students plan to work as a team to prep, build and plant the new community garden. The team already has plans for harvesting, with ideas of giving back to the college and Grove City community. “We could donate the leftover veggies to the food shelter, or gift them to Bon Appetit for a special event,” said McNulty. McNulty’s passion for gardening started long before the community garden. “When we first married
Grove City College’s Chinese program is in its last year as enrollment decreases. This change is symptomatic of a national reduction in foreign language enrollment. Dr. Rebecca Harmon, chair of the Department of Modern Languages, said that it is unsustainable to continue the program. “We can’t continue to offer classes students don’t take,” she said. Dr. Shuhui Su, professor of Chinese, “brought hundreds of students to Chinese Club festivals who never took or will never take a Chinese class,” Harmon noted. While next semester is the last semester for students to take Chinese language classes and to finish minors, Harmon said, classes such as Asian Politics and World Music: Asia and Middle East will still be offered as they are not within the department. Harmon also hopes that the Chinese Club and Chinese Language Table can remain to continue building students’ language and cultural knowledge. Senior political science major and Chinese minor David Calhoun noted that the loss of the minor is especially unfortunate in an increasingly global world. “Chinese is the most useful language to know in the twenty-first century,” he said. Some students will be unable to complete their Chi-
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Winter has hit Grove City College, and not everyone is happy about it. The Wolverine growls at the cold weather and some friendly pranksters who put snowballs on his noggin.
Planting a new community Fiona Lacey Staff Writer
First Lady Brenda McNulty ’80 and a number of students are prepping the grounds for a new campus community garden to be planted right in the president’s backyard. With their first meeting at the President’s House last Thursday, McNulty and the students already have plans underway for the garden’s primary stages. According to McNulty, a longtime gardener herself, the garden beds will be ready for planting after the right soil is put in place. “I really appreciate the enthusiasm of the guys in the
grounds department to help us make our dream a reality,” McNulty said. “Once the boxes are in place we’ll plant our garlic and shallots.” Flowers and fences will be added too, according to McNulty. Vegetables will be planted in the spring and harvested in the fall. “The thought behind the community garden is manifold,” McNulty said. “Many universities across the country are doing this, and Paul shares this vision with me of our school having our own gardens.” McNulty began this project to share the joys of garden-
ing with students on campus. This love of gardening, she added, also leads to a love of God and his creation. “There is so much to learn about God’s creation in order to be good stewards of it,” she said. “I hope we, as a campus community, can learn by doing it in a small way through this garden.” Meanwhile, her team of students are ready to get to work. “When Mrs. McNulty first contacted me with her interest in a campus garden, I was so excited,” sophomore Katie Leon, president of the environmental club, said. “I’m looking forward to the
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In a thankful mood James Sutherland Editor-in-Chief
Forgive me for going full Grover in this column. You should never go full Grover, but forgive me if I do it just once to talk about philosophy. I’ve had the pleasure of reading Marcus Aurelius, the 2nd-century Roman emperor and philosopher, this semester in a seminar on the Stoics (led by the incomparable Dr. Franklin). Aurelius is a fascinating read for so many reasons, not least of which is that, unlike most navel-gazing philosophers, he is actually a good writer. But setting aside the flowing pen, Aurelius is deeply thought-provoking and convicting. He wrote his great work, posthumously titled “Meditations,” over the course of decades on campaign with his armies. The book, originally his private diary (imagine having your journal published for all to see—yikes!), is a series of loosely connected thoughts on nature, humans and life. It is deeply moving and insightful, a remarkable achievement given that Aurelius was also, you know, running the entire known world. The first book of the “Meditations” is just a list of people to whom he is grateful. He simply writes a person’s name, then lists everything that they gave him or the important lessons they taught him. The list includes his parents, grandparents and teachers, and ends with a long section praising the gods for their providential guidance of his life. Reading that section is interesting for many reasons. It is a fascinating peek into what one of the great-
est leaders in world history looked for in others. It gives us background into what Aurelius’ education looked like. But more than anything else, it is a challenging exercise. If you do not believe me, go try it. Find a piece of paper and start writing down all the major figures in your life and everything they have blessed you with. I think you will find it is not easy to do. The fact that it is difficult for many of us to articulate clearly how we have been blessed by our parents, teachers, friends and pastors speaks less to a lack of gratitude and more to a lack of awareness. Oftentimes, we do not pick up on everything that other people have done to help us. We are cold to the lessons they have taught us, and cold to the good examples they have provided us. We do not appreciate the blessings that others pour out on us. I graduate next month, and this is my second-tolast issue of The Collegian. As I get ready to go and as I read Aurelius, I’m struck by how many great people have blessed me at this paper in two-and-a-half years working on it. The list of names could stretch on forever: Karen Postupac, Grace Tarr, Alyssa Jackson, Rio Arias, Josh Tatum, Paige Fay, Aly Kruger. Of course, the indefatigable Nick Hildebrand. I left off more names than I put on the list. Those great friends taught me so much about responsibility, patience, work ethic, happiness, friendship and so much more. As I get ready to leave the Collegian, I am thankful for all they have done for me. And for this great (award-winning) newspaper.
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To a bike thief Or, why nationalism matters
Joshua Tatum
Perspectives Editor Someone stole my bike on Nov. 4 (or so I thought). To save you a trip to the calendar, the fourth was a Monday and I had just gotten back from a little provost-excused conference with the venerable staff of The Collegian. I had, of course, done nothing at all resembling schoolwork for the entire four-day weekend and spent most of my Sunday – with apologies to the fourth commandment – not going to church and playing catch-up in Colonial. So, perhaps it was a divine judgement of sorts that when I woke up that Monday in a mad rush to make it to my 10 a.m., my bike was not on its rack. The clock on my phone read something like 9:53 a.m. and so (never being one to enter a classroom late) admitted defeat. Later, on that tepid Monday, after a suggestion from the Colonial RD, I went down to campus safety in Crawford. To my surprise, Corporal Grube clued me into a recent trend of – not thefts – but bike borrowings “probably by one of your fellow classmates.” Grube then directed me to a discarded bike near the Main Street entrance that fit my description. And there it was, tossed away with dirt and grass in the handlebar. I biked back to Crawford to close the case. Grube suggested that I get a bike lock. Now, to be clear, I’m not writing this as a Chicken Little. That is, I don’t wish to suggest that the fabric of this campus community is frayed entirely, only partially. As a test, one can go back to the Charter of Grove City College which makes it clear “that the College shall be thoroughly Christian and evangelical in character.” Towards this “shall,” however, the Charter (like any prudent founding document) has left the means – besides the broad requirement that each applicant “produce satisfactory evidence of a good moral character” – up for debate. I’ll consider the means later, but as for this end, I don’t think I’m alone in observing the collective deficiency of our community in reaching
Although this deficiency can be overt (like in the case of theft or hazing or P.D.A.), the communal disharmony is more often a discaring and ironic detachment. It’s the GPA grind, it’s the view of college as a buyerseller transaction, it’s getting 16 chapel credits, it’s a ramshackling of Greek groups and other cliques with the unaffiliated left out to dry, it’s not taking a moment to truly talk to a person, it’s “podding up.” Am I projecting? Of course. But I also think I’m right in identifying a common thread of disharmony on this our campus – correct me if I’m wrong on this synecdoche – as a reflection of the disharmony of American society at large. To get a sense of what we lack in both the part and the whole, an analogous episode may be found in the 1948 Italian drama “Ladri di biciclette” (or “Bicycle Thieves” in the U.S.). For the protagonist Antonio Ricci, in the poverty of post-World War II Rome, to have a bicycle is to have a job. Now, even before the bike is stolen, there is still an element of mutual compassion between passersby, pawnbrokers, “poliziotti,” etc. When his wife pawns their sheets, for example, the hocker offers them 7,000 lire. Antonio asks for a bit more and – in an act alien to Gekkoian-American sensibilities – the hocker chooses to give them 7,500 lire instead. It is important to note here that “Bicycle Thieves” was at the forefront of the neorealist movement as spearheaded by its director, Vittorio De Sica. So, while cinema is not reality, De Sica’s was a concerted effort to capture the reality of Rome at this time. So, with this approximate model of mutual empathy, what was there in 1948 Rome which united the hearts of its people? Three things. First, was the integral role of Christianity in Italian life. Second, at least among the workers, was the common struggle of poverty. Typically, under the pressures of poverty, as Benjamin Franklin noted well, “It is hard for an empty sack to stand upright.” The role of Christianity, however, coupled with the third – a newly out of vogue Italian nationalism – had a
suppressing effect on poverty-driven crime relative to other European countries. Out of vogue in 1948, obviously, for its recent appropriation by and association with the Fascism of Benito Mussolini. Italian nationalism, however, can be traced back much further to the mid-19th century when something closer to a romantic nationalism swept through Europe broadly and Italy in particular. Renowned anti-Trumper Rich Lowry, editor of the National Review, in an attempt to reset the vogue, wrote in his new book, “The Case For Nationalism,” that “Nationalism, or at least national feeling, isn’t new or manufactured but quite old and entirely natural. It isn’t based on hatred, instead on love: our affection for home and our own people.” So, with an understanding of the type of nationalism I’m talking about (not the arbitrarity and evil of ethnic nationalism espoused by the likes of Stephen Miller), I would propose along with Lowry, that nationalism provides a common set of goals and ideals as a powerful binding force for a jumbling of unique but fundamentally equal persons that would not otherwise have much of an impetus to get along. Thus, nationalism (along with a strong Christianity), as applied to America and applied (albeit a little differently) to the microcosm of the campus, is a legitimate mean towards the end of a mutual caring between citizens and classmates. As applied to the campus, “nationalism” becomes more of a “collegian-ism” (collegium coming from the Latin for “association”). Under this idea, the individual acts in their selfinterest but also with a view towards the holistic flourishing of the College and its community as a whole by the everyday accumulation of seemingly infinitesimal goods. It’s leaving Grove City better than you found it – not just eking out a degree. And that means compassion, not detachment. Cooperation, not competition. Sharing, not stealing. Benevolence, not bike locks. If this College should long endure, it is these things that will bind.
This week in Collegian history
Spotlight on Armistice Day This week we interrupt our regularly schedule articles for ending-in-nine years to put a spotlight on Armistice Day and how the Collegian has covered it in the past. 101 years ago this week, the First World War ended with the signing of armistice terms. Nov. 11 is still remembered as Armistice Day across the world, while America has tweaked it, making it Veterans’ Day.
Nov. 11, 1929
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Armistice Day The mood for the day was quite hopeful in ‘29. “Another anniversary of peace has dawned… Let us take this
time to dedicate ourselves again to the promotion of world peace, the only means by which we may be certain of guarding against another experience which would threaten to topple the very universe in which we live.”
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Civilization! The tone of the holiday was very different in ‘39 than it was ten years previous. “Few realized the cessation would last less than 21 years! Just time for warring nations to catch their breath, time enough to raise a new generation of cannon fodder; yes, time enough to
partially recover from their exhaustion, to build deadlier machines, and then once more to tear at each others’ throats like two wild beasts. “Europe will - shall we dare say celebrate - Armistice day in her own grime manner. Roaring cannons, sinking ships, and screaming bombs will furnish plenty of noise for the occasion, not to mention the quiet playing of taps for the last time over freshly dug graves. That is civilization! Will man ever learn?”
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Honoring a legend Students, faculty pay tribute to Mr. Rogers
Lauren Ness Copyeditor
On Wednesday, Grove City College participated in Cardigan Day, inspired by Mr. Rogers’ iconic cardigan sweaters, to encourage kindness as well as fundraise for Grove City Area United Way. Joining other schools and organizations across Western Pa., the Future Christian Educators club asked students to wear a cardigan and donate $1 or more. Half of the funds raised are going to local nonprofit Grove City Area United Way and the remaining half to other FCE outreach efforts. Fred Rogers and his beloved television series, “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood,” modeled the necessity of showing kindness and care to everyone. Airing from 1968 until 2001, Rogers used the show as a platform for promoting unconditional love, neighborhood and community. It was no coincidence that Wednesday was also National Kindness Day. GCC’s education department chair, Dr. Constance Nichols, commented that the desire to foster a nurturing and kind environment in the classroom is on the rise across both secular and private schools. This mentality reflects Rogers’ theme of care and love. Rachael Stille, event planner for the Future Christian Educators, organized the event. “[The club’s mission is to] fellowship and encourage
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Grove City College faculty and students donned cardigans Wednesday in honor of Mr. Rogers. Organized by the Future Christian Educators club, students participating in Cardigan Day donated a minimum $1, with fund split between FCE and the local United Way. others through discussion, worship and service,” Stille said. “Cardigan Day is one of FCE’s ways of giving back to the community.” In addition, FCE members took this opportunity to consider what being a good neighbor means and looks like for Grove City College. Supporting and advocating
for local organizations is just one of many approaches. United Way’s mission is to strengthen and enable communities to support families, education and those in the community through exhibiting neighborliness. Rogers’ example is based on his foundation of love for others. Dr. Nichols remarked
Folmar to teach film course Clark Mummau Contributing Writer
Spencer Folmar ’10, president of Veritas Arts, wants to educate students on how they can interact with the film industry, regardless of their major, with a course during the January intercession on the Modern Film Industry. Folmar has worked in Hollywood since his graduation and has produced two feature films. He is now working on a film about Dietrich Bonhoeffer that is scheduled to be released in 2021. “The focus of the class is to really understand the trends: what’s working, what’s not working in storytelling and how a Christian storyteller interacts with the trends,” Folmar said. Folmar has been working closely with Dr. Kimberly Miller, the chair of the communication and visual arts department, to bring this course to the College. By combining her teaching experience with Folmar’s “excitement” for the course, the two have made a syllabus and planned assignments in a “mutually beneficial relationship,” Miller described. “We’re both super busy, so it’s been a timing issue really. We got in under the wire. The class is baked; we have a syllabus and a required text,” Folmar said. “One of the assignments is plotting out your career path of how to be a working
artist in Hollywood,” Folmar said. “The business side and the career planning side of the HolFolmar lywood vocational industry is not taught anywhere.” Another lesson Folmar described is the process of making a feature length film “from the ground up, from development to independent distribution.” The course is “rigorous,” Folmar said, comparing it to the hard work required in the film industry. In addition to the normal coursework, there will be labs for watching films. He hopes that many of these can occur at the Guthrie Theatre. Folmar hopes that the approximately 10-year age difference between him and the students will lead to discussions of different perspectives and generational trends, ultimately equipping students to “jump in with a clear understanding of the film industry.” Even though the class is focused on the film industry, Folmar and Miller both encouraged all students to take the class. “If you like entertainment, if you care about shaping culture, this is an important class,” Folmar advised. “Even just movie enthusiasts will get something from it.” Folmar said he knows engineering, accounting and
other majors outside of communications who now work in the film industry. “I don’t think people realize just how they can influence culture through buying tickets for films or even investing,” Folmar said. In particular, Folmar expressed a need for the “Christian, conservative and reformed perspective” present at the College in the film industry. “I’ve been frustrated with faith-based cinema. I find it more judgmental than helpful, so I want to give back to the students, these students which we desperately need to tell modern days parables,” Folmar said. “I really like Grove City College and its ethos, and I think it’s missing from culture.” Miller appreciated Folmar’s contribution to the students’ education at the College. “I think it’s so cool to see someone who works so hard and loves what he does so much,” she said. “It’s helpful to see our alums so that our current students can see the range of fields they can succeed in.’” “There’s so much mystery, enigma and smoke and mirrors in the film industry that it seems unapproachable, but this course will help students see the film industry as it actually is,” Folmar said. “We will look at the trends, where the power play is going and where the future may lead.”
that it is easy for college students to view themselves as guests in their community; in reality, this community is their home for four years and therefore there is the responsibility to support it. Participating in Cardigan Day and donating to FCE is one way to do so. Junior elementary educa-
tion major Naomi ShromKuc commented, “Cardigan Day is a beautiful statement about the life and legacy of an inspirational and incredible man. I’m proud to be part of a college and department that honors the message of Mr. Rogers, and ultimately the message of unconditional love.”
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parents spoke English. If you know English, you can learn another language.” “Students are very interested in checking boxes for a major or minor,” Harmon said of decreased enrollment. “This is contrary to the notion of a liberal arts school. A mindset of only pursuing things that will get you a credential is too limiting. Education doesn’t have to be quite so specialized, as funneled.” Harmon, Calhoun and Lee all said that learning a foreign language helps them to interact with other people. Calhoun was able to use his Chinese skills at a summer camp teaching English. He described the blessing it was to be able to speak to people in their language and get to know them better. The elimination of Grove City College’s Chinese program represents a loss of opportunities for students, but it fits a national trend. Calhoun and Lee both described how learning language helped them to interact with others, and both encouraged students to pursue learning a language. “God is a god of language. God is not just God of the English-speakers. The Bible was not written in only one language,” she said. “It’s glorifying to God to learn more about language because it helps you to love your neighbor. The more people you can talk to in a loving, humble way, speaking their language, the better off you are.”
continued from 1 nese minors with the removal of the program such as freshman music and Spanish major Jacob Lee. “I came to Grove City partly because of the Chinese program,” Lee said. “I hope and plan to continue studying Chinese on my own.” Harmon pointed to several national studies that showed a substantial decline in foreign language enrollments that resulted in several colleges decreasing the size of their foreign language departments, saying that Grove City was not unique in these cuts. According to a 2018 Modern Language Association study, “Between fall 2013 and fall 2016, enrollments in languages other than English fell 9.2% in colleges and universities in the United States.” Harmon said of enrollment in Grove City College’s Modern Languages Department: “Enrollment at the beginning of the semester was 304 students in a MODL class. In 2006, there were 511. It’s not a straight line, though. In 2016 there were 296; in fall 2018 there were 219.” Calhoun and Lee both said that Chinese can be intimidating for students. However, just like learning any language, with continued studying, “the overlap with English will only increase,” Calhoun said. “We are all created with linguistic capacity,” Harmon added. “We happened to learn English because our
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Mentor the next men Taylor Williams Contributing Writer
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Male members of this year’s Orchesis Troupe rehearse before opening night. This year features an entirely-male dance choreographed by senior Zackery Kenyon.
Tough guys dance Clubs, companies look for more males on the floor
Clark Mummau Contributing Writer
All the myriad dance groups at Grove City College have one thing in common: they want, they need more men. “Women are always looking for partners, so men are in high demand,” junior Jared Kettinger, president of Ballroom Club, said. Kettinger first tasted ballroom dancing on a high school visit to Grove City. Opportunities abound for men who want to dabble in dance. The Swing and Ballroom Dancing clubs both offer weekly dance lessons and free dance opportunities. Then there are Orchesis, which performs in the fall semester, and Spring Dance, which performs in the spring. Both provide more structured, choreographed dances, as opposed to their more improvisational counterparts. Orchesis this year has put in extra effort to recruit male
dancers. The show, which runs this weekend, features an allmale number choreographed by senior Zach Kenyon and set to “Kickin’ da Leaves” by Judah and the Lions. “This gives the guys the opportunity to just compete against each other to get into these spots, and it makes them feel more comfortable with auditioning,” he said. “I think it’s important to continue those to keep guys in the program.” On top of the clubs and companies, Kevin Garvey, faculty advisor for Orchesis and Spring Dance, also teaches several one-credit dance classes that anyone can take to learn basic dance skills. Even with all these opportunities, many men still hesitate to try dancing. Some men avoid dancing because they lack training and fear ridicule. “There’s the whole stigma of ‘oh, I have two left feet,’” junior Adam Atwell, who only started dancing his
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sophomore year, said. A social barrier keeps other men from dancing. “There’s so many more girls than guys, usually, and that stigma kind of propagates itself, because guys show up, and it’s like ‘it’s all girls here,’” junior Nathaniel Shi, president of Swing Dancing club, said. Shi also started dancing in college. Despite the negative perceptions, male dancers say it has benefits beyond the dance floor. “Partner dancing specifically is a really good way to connect with people, and the practice there in something simple as asking someone to dance and learning someone’s style in that way translates really well over from dance to the social aspect of your life,” Shi said. “It helps you even in sports, even in IM Sports. You learn to be a lot lighter on your feet, quick transitions. Free dance isn’t choreographed, so you’re just on the fly,” Atwell said. “You could have someone
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Same Side Booth Police The Same-Side Booth Police Department (SBPD) is committed to keeping our campus safe from heinous acts of PDA in Hicks, MAP, Ket Rec and more. Same-side booth couples are a special breed of Grovers who cannot keep themselves apart for even the length of a meal. Instead, they opt to sit on the same side of a booth, and in extreme cases, cuddle
or even kiss in public. This week we interviewed SBPD chief, Brett A. Room, about his work in the force. “It takes a special kind of boldness to be a part of our same-side booth police force,” Room said. “Most people can’t even stand looking at the cringey PDA of same-side couples, but someone has to stop them. Its brave men like ours that
keep our community safe and, frankly, mature.” Room kindly shared insider details about SBPD strategies for stopping same-side couples and other PDA. “Our most common method involves the officer simply sitting in the open side of the booth across from the couple and staring at them. This usually makes the same-siders extremely uncomfortable
in front of you make a sudden stop, and you’ve got to figure out what you’re going to do.” Ultimately, both men and women dance because they enjoy it. “Dancing is such a joy to me. It’s not just joyful, though, it’s a cathartic thing, which is so good at school,” Kettinger said. “It’s impossible for me to be upset when I’m dancing.” “Imagine some day being able to go into your wedding and being able to choreograph your own wedding dance. That would be pretty cool,” Atwell added. Orchesis debuted at 7:30 p.m. last night in Ketler Auditorium. The show runs tonight and tomorrow, in the same time and place, with an additional 2 p.m. matinee tomorrow. The show is called “A Year in the Life,” and walks the audience through the seasons of life at Grove City. Admission is free. and they stop publicly displaying affection.” “However,” Room continued, “the most audacious couples just keep on shamelessly kissing in front of everyone. This requires us to take extreme measures, such as what we call ‘third-wheeling,’ when an officer proceeds to sit on the same side of the booth as the couple. When even this doesn’t work, we break out our state-ofthe-art technology, which is in fact a Holy Bible designed with extra thick pages. If we can’t get through to them, this hefty Bible shoved between them will surely leave plenty of room for Jesus.” Incidences of same-side booth couples and general PDA have gone down thanks to the service of the faithful SBPD. Room concluded our interview with wise words to the public: “Don’t same-side sit, keep it private.”
The mentor project is a unique ministry for upperclassman and freshman males. An upperclassman is paired up with a freshman at the beginning of the year. Most pairs meet for about an hour a week where they give each member a time to pray, work through a book of the Bible and talk about how they have been doing over the past week. “For many men, this could be getting a weekly meal while studying a book of a Bible they have been reading throughout the week,” senior Benjamin Slate said. “This year is my first year as a mentor and it has been going so well. My mentee and I are currently are working through the book of James and have already had several good talks about how to live out our faith on campus,” junior David Hutchinson said. Not only is it a great support system but it also allows the mentors to grow and learn as well. “Although I am a mentor in the program, I feel like I have learned more from my mentee than he has learned from me,” Hutchinson said. The MENtor project increased significantly in participation from previous years. Last year, 24 men participated. Since then, the number has nearly reached its goal of 100 men. “One of the highlights of this ministry is that many of the men who were previously mentees are now serving as mentors in the project,” Slate said. The MENtor pairs do not necessarily follow a specific curriculum or study. Instead, each pair can choose how they spend their weekly meetings. Hutchinson’s favorite part of the ministry is “the freedom that each pair has in determining what book to work through and how to speed the weekly meetings together. It forces me as a mentor to be intentional and consider how it is best to spend my time with my mentee,” Hutchinson said. The goal of the MENtor project is to create an impactful one-on-one relationship between students where they can learn and grow in their faith. “Having been in the MENtor project since my freshman year, the positive impact created by a one-on-one mentorship is clearly evident in my life. Being able to help other men experience the same growth in their faith is encouraging,” Slate said. The mentor ministry is a great opportunity for real authentic discipleship that is great preparation for informal discipleship after college. The MENtor project is accepting freshman throughout the year, so if you were unsure at first but want to be a part of the project, signups are still available.
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Park brings faith to business Lauren Ness
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The Grove City College Men’s Rugby team finished its fall season undefeated, winning its conference before coming up short for a shot in the national tournament.
Undefeated Rugby records historic season
Paige Fay News Editor
The Grove City College club men’s rugby team has had a successful season. This fall, the 28-player team ended their regular season an undefeated 6-0, playing in the Three Rivers Conference and the National Small College Rugby Organization. Grove City beat St. Vincent to win the Three Rivers Conference last month, completing its first undefeated season in the club’s history. The team then lost to California University of Pennsylvania in the NSCRO’s Silver Division Championship, with a trip to Missouri for the national title on the line. Despite the loss, the team feels good about their performance this season. “We have a lot of seniors this year, guys that have been playing together for a long time. They took it a little more seriously and practices were a little more crisp and involved than in past years
and I think that benefitted us the most,” senior captain Max Clements said. According to senior Nick Derrick, part of what contributed to the undefeated season was the team’s dedication, showing up to practices and good leadership. “Our captains have been phenomenal,” Derrick said. “They’re just great leaders that have been pushing us to get better. And our adviser, Dr. Kriley, has always been there and he’s a big help, too.” The team has developed a solid community over the past few years. After practices, the team always gets dinner together and once a month they have meetings to watch game film. “We’re all mostly friends outside the team,” senior captain Drew Bowser said. “We’ll work out together in the gym and go for a run here and there.” “It’s fun to watch them grow as a team,” Dr. Charles Kriley, professor of chemistry and team adviser, said.
“They all seem to get along really well together.” Kriley and Bowser said that the team is well-represented across campus from fraternities, housings groups and independents. Many of the players do not join the rugby team with much, or any, experience, but the captains and other veteran players are willing to teach. “My and Max’s philosophy is just to play. Get in the game, get in the game set, make decisions in the game. Then we’ll break it down from there,” Bowser said. For the spring season, the team will switch to playing 7s games which has fewer players on the field. Their goal is to go to at least two qualifying tournaments. They hope to attend some overnight tournaments in places such as Lancaster and Pittsburgh. “Our goals are to go and be competitive in the 7s tournaments, hopefully qualify for the national championship and then win all our 15s games,” Bowser said.
Grove City College’s latest addition to the Business program, Dr. Young Park, professor of accounting, encourages students to use their God-given talents in pursuit of their callings. Park stepped in after Dr. Nicole Stone ’98, ’99, business program director and assistant professor, left for maternity leave mid-semester. A smooth transition, Park expressed his gratitude towards the welcoming faculty, commenting that Grove City is the “most kind college he has ever seen or worked for.” Prior to Grove City College, Park taught at a variety of universities across the Midwest and Eastern coast, including Chicago State University, Georgia College and State University, as well as the University of the District of Columbia. The prominent faith integration and strong academics drew Park to Grove City College. He observed that students are motivated to learn and are engaged in the classroom, something he greatly appreciates. The smaller student body allows for increased interactions between professors and students; as a result, the students expect their professor’s feedback, a desire that contrasts his experience at state schools. Grace Dalavai, a current student in Park’s Principles of Accounting course, expressed her affirmation. “Dr. Park smoothly stepped right in and has done a great job teaching the course. I really appreciate how he always pauses class and makes sure the class is able to follow along. He also does a great job assisting his students,” Dalavai said. Park was recently granted the Best Paper Award at the Academic and Business Research Institute Conference in Washington D.C. for his paper, “Do Effective Corporate Audit Committees Reduce the Likelihood of Litigations Against External Auditors?” Park began research for his paper during his Ph.D study and then continued
amid working and teaching, completing it after about 25 years. It was not until Park arrived at the conference that he learned of his achievement, the first paper in the conference’s history to receive a unanimous vote of affirmation. Park was born in South Korea and it was there that he received his undergraduate degree. After three years of working post-college, Park moved to the United States to pursue his dream of becoming a professor. He attended the University of Pittsburgh for his Ph.D. He returned to South Korea to take care of his mother upon his father’s passing. In addition to receiving his B.B.A., Park also taught accounting at Konkuk University in Seoul. He came back to the United States after three years to raise his family and later attained his MBA from the University of Iowa. College students are often reminded of how technological advances and shifts in society effect the future job market, a fact that may present challenges for life after graduation. Park’s response is one of comfort for his accounting students: there will always be a need for accountants. The rumors of Automatic Intelligence replacing their role may bear some truth, but it cannot occur “for a hundred years,” he remarked. While AI may be able to interpret numbers, it cannot make judgments. That capability is unique to humans and, Park argues, should stay with humans. Furthermore, accounting students are very detailoriented, observant, and perseverant individuals. The development of these characteristics equips them for not only accounting jobs, but those in management or business, making them valuable and versatile assets to any employer. Park passed along these wise words of his mother that not only serve as a reminder for him, but also are a great reminder for each of us as we pursue our studies: “Since God has given you a talent, you must serve him in that capacity.”
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Just dance This weekend, the Orchesis Dance Troupe’s show will take you through the four seasons. Following this theme, the dances explore seasons in life and their correlations with the seasons in nature. This cohesive and stunning show is unlike any Orchesis performance Grove City has seen and you definitely don’t want to miss out. Friday showtimes: 7:30 p.m. Saturday showtimes: at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.
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Stop the protests Barnabas Chen Contributing Writer
thereof) qualify as “high crimes and misdemeanors” (Article I, Section 3). Did campaign motivations spur the temporary withdrawal of military aid? So far, Trump looks innocent. Nothing has been released that denies he was legitimately seeking to unearth corruption. David Marcus, a columnist for “The Federalist” postulated that, “it is just as plausible that Trump wanted answers about family members in the Obama administration getting sweet deals from foreign governments as it is that he was trying to damage a potential political rival.” In Hunter Biden’s case, the circumstances don’t just look bad, they reek! The son of a sitting Vice president is suddenly recruited by a nation which at the time was part of major foreign policy concerns of the U.S. Yeah, that’s normal. Likewise, within two weeks of accompanying his dad on a taxpayer-subsidized joy ride to China, Hunter was offered a job from a Chinese investment business.
Yikes. Additionally, the left, and a handful of Republicans, object to Trump’s alleged use of quid pro quo negotiating tactics. Let’s look at the facts. Trump released the tapes of the conversation between him and Zelensky. No such quid pro quo was threatened or hinted at. The Dems merely have a suspicious looking timeline showing that Trump withheld aid before speaking with Zelensky and so are desperately attempting to connect the dots. What’s the big deal with quid pro quo anyways? It’s a negotiating tactic. There’s precedent for it. It’s how leaders accomplish foreign policy objectives. Even prominent 2020 Democrat hopefuls have promised they would bargain with other countries and withhold aid if need be. With perfect timing, a compilation of clips surfaced on Twitter this weekend (who says Twitter is useless?) showing Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, Cory Booker, and Julian Castro all pledg-
ing to squeeze foreign countries if they don’t acquiesce to their foreign policy goals. “If you [Israel] want military aid, you’re going to have to fundamentally change your relationship to the people of Gaza,” threatened Sanders. “Everything is on the table. Everything is on the table,” Warren repeated, as she emphasized her insistence that Israel accept a two-state solution with Palestine. As Vice President, Biden flippantly bragged about how he strong-armed Ukraine (oh, the irony) into firing a Ukrainian prosecutor (who happened to be considering an investigation of Hunter Biden’s company). And how did he do that? By withholding aid—one billion dollars in aid, I might add (Trump withheld $400 million.). Can the left pinpoint what exactly is so illegitimate about investigating the former VP’s son for possible illicit behavior tied to a presidential administration? So far, they haven’t given a good answer.
As an ongoing event, the Hong Kong protests are still surrounded with strong opinions. Most free countries in the world, such as the United States, support the protest while most Chinese, including the most Hong Kongese, do not. The American media portrays the Hong Kong protestors as motivated by justice and to be representative of the majority of the Hong Kong population. This portrayal has caused the majority of Americans to support the protestors for their mutual affinity for freedom, democracy and a revolutionary spirit. These sympathies are admirable but are still biased and unreasonable. First of all, imagine if people from Texas rebelled against the American government and were trashing the streets with fire and violence. These actions would not be applauded but would bring disgust and hatred. It is the same way for Hong Kong and mainland China. Citizens from Hong Kong and mainland China do not want to encourage violence and rashness because it is not the right way towards democracy, nor is it the right way to start a revolution. Second, let us not forget the reason that the Hong Kong protest started. The goal was to force the Chinese government to retract the extradition bill. Since the bill is now indefinitely suspended, there is no logical reason to protest anymore, let alone cause destruction and casualties. People worldwide deserve to see the full story behind the Hong Kong protest and not what the media wishes them to see. With a broader perspective, there is no reason for one to support the Hong Kong protest. The spirit and ambition are admirable, but the complexity of the protestors’ degraded motives ought to be horrific.
of Project Veritas, shared a video that a whistleblower sent to him concerning Epstein. Amy Robach, an ABC News anchor, was recorded on a hot mic exposing how she interviewed Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a survivor of Epstein, three years ago but was not permitted to air the credible allegations. “I tried for three years to get it out to no avail. And now it’s all coming out and it’s like these new revelations,” Robach says on the tape, dropping prominent names of global figures like former-President Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Alan Dershowitz. Even so, media outlets were vehemently focused on revealing the identity of the whistleblower, rather than being outraged by the apparent fact that ABC News had buried the story. ABC News attempted to hunt down the whistleblower within a matter of hours after Robach’s hot mic moment was leaked.
Ashley Bianco, a former ABC News producer and alleged whistleblower, had recently relocated to be employed by CBS News, but was subsequently fired by the network shortly after the ABC News scandal became viral. In an interview with Meghan Kelly, Bianco asserted that she recorded the hot mic incident but simply kept the video clip in the system. Bianco claims to Kelly that she did not leak the video; instead, that another individual must have tipped Project Veritas. Bianco concluded the interview by unequivocally stating she did not leak the video – and was regretful that she had recorded the video in the first place and that she just wants a job. The actual whistleblower, whose identity remains unknown, wrote a letter published by Project Veritas, saying that the Disney-owned network’s executives actively decided to bury the credible allega-
tions. In the post-Me Too movement, ardently perpetuated by the media’s laudatory acclaim, why have news outlets become eerily silent on the issue? This gratuitous display of indifferent corruption is a mockery to authentic journalism, which is why this indifferent complicity enacted here is truly a vice, and that the virtue of accountability should shine through. Though the mainstream media enjoy pontificating a narrative against the wealthy or successful, they ironically accomplish the opposite as they consistently protect the elite from any criticism or retribution. As the bystander effect (the idea that individuals in a crowd will be less willing to help a victim) continues to run rampant in current culture, we allow the vice of complicit indifference to become our moral compass— comfortable in the status quo and fearful of the repercus-
sions of justice. We have become the miserable crowd of self-centered opportunists, aimlessly chasing the Dantean eternal banner. With natural law embedded in our hearts and the faculties capable of exercising reason, we have a duty to speak truth, as we know it. Yet the media is not the mouthpiece of the people, but rather has become the mouthpiece of an elite. Thomas Jefferson once said, “Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.” To combat this complicity head on, accountability must habitually be practiced as a virtue. Moliere, a seventeenthcentury French playwright, said, “It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.” Where the sin of omission is abundant, let us enact the virtue of accountability.
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
Until proven guilty Forget Trump, focus on the Bidens
Erin McLaughlin Contributing Writer
This September, a government whistleblower complaint stipulated that President Trump inappropriately pressured Ukrainian President Volomydyr Zelensky to investigate Hunter Biden, son of former vice president, Joe Biden, under threat of refusing military aid. In Ukraine, a country Biden was particularly involved with during his tenure as VP, Hunter was recruited to the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian natural gas company, while Obama was in office. Because of this alleged “quid pro quo” proposition, Nancy Pelosi finally bowed to Democrat pressure to launch an official impeachment inquiry against Trump. Let’s clear the air: Trump did not break the law in his call with Zelensky. The Justice Department has already cleared that up. The contention is over whether his actions (or lack
We have a duty to speak truth
Emily Burke
Contributing Writer We stand at the height of the Information Age, in which we have near unlimited access to a mass of information by which we can uncover truth, yet from all the ways we can know truth, those very same techniques can, and are, being used to obscure truth. Just one example of this phenomenon is evidenced by the seemingly never-ending saga of Jeffrey Epstein’s unethical escapades. Epstein, a billionaire serial pedophile, although found deceased from supposed suicide in his jail cell awaiting trial for charges of sex-trafficking in August, continues to receive tidal waves of allegations against his character. About two weeks ago, James O’Keefe, conservative political activist and founder
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Entertainment
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Enviro-vloggers
YouTubers head outdoors to make perennial change Katheryn Frazier Staff Writer
More than 600 YouTubers are coming together in an initiative to plant 20 million trees by the end of 2020. The effort was started by YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, known as MrBeast, who often gives large amounts of money for stunt or philanthropic content. Donaldson was prompted by fans on multiple social sites to plant 20 million trees after reaching a 20 million-subscriber milestone on his channel. The YouTuber sought to make the idea a reality alongside the community that supported his success and to prove that the platform could make an overall contribution to the world. Former NASA engineer and Youtuber, Mark Rober, pointed out that planting this number of trees would not reverse climate change, but could serve as a constructive way to demonstrate that society is serious about climate change. Rober is currently helping Donaldson fundraise. YouTubers who are in support of the cause have been
posting videos with the description #TeamTrees to encourage viewers to donate to teamtrees.org. Rhett & Link, Jacksepticeye and The Try Guys are just some of the notable YouTubers who have uploaded videos in support of the effort. The YouTube company is even lending a hand by covering the fees for all the transactions generated by the donations. The collected donations will be given to the Arbor Day Foundation non-profit for the purchase of the seedlings and future growth of the trees. The foundation has stated that it intends on restoring native trees to the environments they are planted. Overall, tree planting will commence in January 2020. Some critiques of the project derive from the head of horticultural science at the University of Bonn. These critiques are concerned with whether the seedlings that are planted will grow to be trees and how the trees will be cared for, since tree mortality is still possible. Another worry is that the fundraiser only concentrates on trees, while
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Junior Michaela Burke celebrates with seniors Meredith Balsbaugh and Ruby Matton. Burke and Mattson powered Grove City’s stellar offense this season, scoring a combined 25 goals.
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season. They started the season slow, winning just one of their first seven matches. But after a tough September weekend in Texas, where they faced national powerhouses, Mary Hardin-Baylor and Hardin-Simmons, Grove City started to turn things around. They popped off a fourgame win streak, including an 8-2 shellacking of Mercer County rival Thiel. The Wolverines opened Lyle Field Oct. 1 with a dramatic 2-1 overtime win over Mount Union. They dropped just two games the rest of the season, both tough road matchups. Grove City dominated their home turf, going 7-0, and allowing just four goals.
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continued from 1 and had our first apartment in Columbus, Ohio, I planted tomatoes, but they turned brown,” McNulty said. “Then I heard that all the dirt in my yard was just junk filler dirt and I should have amended my soil.” From then on, she said, she was drawn to gardening by her love of “learning by doing.” She continued to plant flowers, herbs and perennials at each of their homes.
Much of the turnaround was fueled by players stepping into bigger roles. Junior midfielder Michaela Burke dominated the back stretch of the season, scoring 11 goals in the Wolverines’ last eight games, including backto-back hat tricks against Chatham and Bethany in late October. Mattson played a crucial role as well, carrying the Wolverines through the middle of their season. In a four-game, weekand-a-half stretch, Mattson scored seven goals, including four in the rout of Thiel. The Wolverines now turn their attention to the NCAA Tournament. They travel to Ohio Northern, who are ranked 17th in the country and are a staple at the tournament, at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Kerscher Stadium. McNulty looks forward to sharing her joy of gardening with the team of students she has chosen to work alongside. “There is that satisfaction of hard work that leads to something delicious or beautiful,” she said. “There is that element of wonder where you put a seed in the ground and watch what happens.” The project of the McNulty’s Community Garden is already underway, and the campus looks forward to seeing its progress come spring.
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YouTuber MrBeast pledged to plant 20 million trees after gaining 20 million subscribes. He is collaborating with over 600 other YouTubers on the project, which has drawn criticism from academics. other topics are just as influential or more effective to prevent climate control from increasing. Nonetheless, if the trees reach a mature age, potential benefits include additional oxygen, shade, carbon reduction, water filtration and habitation for wildlife. Support to decrease climate change has been dem-
onstrated from political rallies, changes in commercial products and even the plastic straw debate. Greta Thunberg, 16-yearold climate change activist, has spurred further discussion and attention on the subject. The public, especially within the younger generation, has banded together through social me-
diums in a declaration that climate change is everyone’s issue and that there is only one Earth which needs to be taken care of properly. Needless to say, the notion to steward the Earth is going nowhere within society, and YouTube is just another example of how that society wants to be environmentally conscious.
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Sports at a Glance
News Football
The football team was victorious over PAC opponent Geneva winning 45-28 at Robert E. Thorn last Saturday. The Wolverines now improve to a 7-2 overall record. Volleyball GCC
Senior guard Nate Peters sinks a basket during Tuesday’s 70-68 loss to Hilbert. Peters helped lead Grove City to a 17-point halftime lead, but Hilbert mounted a second-half comeback to win.
Coming up short
The women’s volleyball closed their season Thursday with a loss to Geneva 3-0 in the PAC tournament. The Wolverines won their first match in their ECAC tournament against Penn State Altoona Wednesday 3-0. The women advance to face Marywood Saturday
Results
Men fall to Hilbert in tight match
Connor Schlosser Sports Editor
The men’s basketball team opened their 2019-20 season Tuesday against non-conference Hilbert, falling in the final seconds 70-68. The Wolverines, sporting their new home uniforms, got off to an effective first half, opening the game with an 8-0 start and maintaining a double digit spread for a good portion of that half. The Wolverines lost momentum down the stretch, allowing Hilbert to chip away at Grove City’s comfortable lead. A dagger Hilbert 3-pointer in the final seconds put them ahead of Grove City by two, just enough to collect the win. Senior guard Nate Peters guided the Wolverines’ scoring with his consistent offensive presence, shooting 10of-15 with a game high of 25. Peters was also active on the glass, grabbing six boards. Junior guard Justice Rice dished out four assists leading the Wolverines in the distribution department. Despite this unfortunate first loss, the Wolverines’ approach remains the same going forward with a full season ahead. “We run a very different
system than almost everyone else in the country both defensively and offensively,” head coach Steve Lamie explained. “We focus almost exclusively on our system rather than the systems and players of our opponents. We have simplified some of our offensive action. We want to be really good at what we do a lot.” Although the roster this year features familiar faces, six freshmen join the now 20-man squad. Grove City has expanded their roster slightly from last year’s 18man squad, looking to develop their younger players. “The advantage is twofold,” Lamie remarked. “We usually play 12 guys in every varsity game and for the guys that are not playing varsity we can develop by having junior varsity games to prepare them for varsity action.” This strategy will leave a lot more options on the bench for the coaching staff to replenish starters and match up players for key assignments. The youngest of the squad will now have more opportunities to polish their game at both levels. Grove City is sure to be tested and stretched throughout the season, just as they experienced with this humbling
first contest against Hilbert. “The biggest challenge for us as a team is going to be how we respond to adversity,” senior guard Nate Peters said. “There are always times in the season when it gets hard, whether it be a two or three game losing streak, a couple of tough practices, or any other thing: we just have to lean on each other and get through it.” Goals and expectations remain the same for Grove City, as they continue as a team. “We know what made us successful last year, so we just need to remember that and build upon it,” Peters said. “We had a great year last year and have a lot returning, so we are looking to improve and jump right in from the start.” The Wolverines now enter a stretch of two weekend tournaments, starting with one hosted by Allegheny today against the Gators followed by a game against John Carroll on Saturday. Grove City will face Saint Vincent next Wednesday followed by the second tournament held at Geneva, where the Wolverines will face La Roche and Capital on Friday and Saturday respectively.
Longevity in pro sports Connor Schlosser Sports Editor
The old-timer still has what it takes! Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara laced up his skates to hit the ice for his 1500th career NHL game Tuesday as the oldest player in the league. Chara, now 42 years young, is still holding down his position playing highlevel hockey on one of the top teams in the league. Chara is known for several other things besides his age. He is also known for being the tallest NHL player to ever grace the ice at six feet nine inches, and he is the first NHL European-born and raised player behind the Iron Curtain to win a Stanley Cup. Perhaps now though, the ability to play at a high level in such a physical sport at a high age, is the biggest feather in the Slovakian defenseman’s cap. Chara is in good company with veterans across the professional sports world who also happen to be in their forties playing at high levels.
In the NFL, the immortal 4-time Super Bowl champion placekicker, Adam Vinatieri, boasts the title of oldest active NFL player at age 46 only two years behind legend George Blanda who played until he was 48. Vinatieri, despite being the starting kicker for the Colts, is starting to see a noticeable dip in his accuracy hitting just under 75 percent of his field goals. Over in the NBA Vince Carter, who once shook the league with his jaw-dropping dunks both in contest and in-game, now hustles up and down the court in his 42-year-old frame in what will likely be his final season in the league. Despite the salt and pepper hair, what makes these old-timers different from the whippersnappers of today and tomorrow? Do the seasoned veterans wrap themselves up in bubble wrap when they leave the field? Do they eat only of things that are green? Short answer: yes and no. Tom Brady has received a lot of publicity regarding his strict diet and lifestyle. Of course, with Mr. Brady, he has built an entire brand around his nutrition plans
and even went as far as to publish a book on the topic. Strict diet and constant exercise are pillars in supporting a healthy lifestyle especially for any athlete, and especially an aging one. But in ever-growing competitiveness in sports, it is all the more important to stay healthy and free of injury. It seems that strict diets and consistent exercise programs are becoming more popular among younger professional athletes, yet injuries seem to continue to plague the best of leagues in high numbers. Professional sports are growing in competitiveness, physically demanding the most out of developing athletes. Take Zion Williamson, for example, who has been one of the most explosive young players making the jump from college action into the NBA. Zion has already suffered major injuries in his knees and could potentially put a ceiling on his potential if he continues to get hurt. Physical maintenance is important, but avoidance of injuries is even more vital.
Football (7-2) W, Geneva (45-28) Men’s Basketball (0-1) L, Hilbert (70-68) Women’s Basketball (1-0) W, Mount Aloysius (84-51) Volleyball L, Geneva (3-0) W, Penn State Altoona (3-0) Women’s Soccer (12-6-2) W, Chatham (4-1) PAC Champions! Men’s Swimming & Diving (0-3) L, SUNY Geneseo (155.5-132.5) Women’s Swimming & Diving (0-3) L, SUNY Geneseo (147-120)
Upcoming Football Nov. 16 @ Thiel (Mercer County Cup) Women’s Soccer Nov. 16 @ Ohio Northern (Division III Tournament) Swimming & Diving Nov. 15 @ Saint Vincent Men’s Basketball Nov. 15 @ Allegheny, Nov. 16 vs. John Carroll @ Allegheny, Nov. 20 @ Franciscan Women’s Basketball Nov. 15 vs. Hiram @ Allegheny, Nov. 16 @ Allegheny, Nov. 20 @ Pitt-Greensburg
WOLVERINE WEEKLY HONORS
Cody Gustafson Football PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Elias Griffin Swimming PAC Rookie of the Week
Reese Trauger Swimming PAC Rookie of the Week
Emma Hartshorn Volleyball PAC First Team
Faith Keating Volleyball PAC Second Team
Elizabeth Sems Volleyball Honorable Mention
Cassidy Kohmann Volleyball PAC Second Team
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Wolverines sink opener
Team effort starts season off right for women Connor Schlosser Sports Editor
The women’s basketball team trounced non-conference opponent Mount Aloysius Tuesday, winning 84-51. Everyone got their fair share of points, with five Wolverines scoring in double figures. Junior forward Jessica Kimbrell put together a career-high performance, leading the Wolverines in scoring with 14 points on 7-of-8 shooting. Freshman guard Emma Vezzosi also dropped 14 in her collegiate debut. Freshman center Nina Cano recorded 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting in her collegiate debut. Junior center Sedona Campbell and junior guard Jess Bowen each added 11 points. Junior guard Jordan McConnell guided distribution of the ball, dishing out five assists. Grove City dominated the game in boards, outrebounding Mount Aloysius 39-20 led by sophomore forward Allison Podkul, who grabbed nine. With their first game showing promise, the Wolverines are ready for another season of hoops. One notable change in this Wolverines squad is their roster size. Grove City’s current roster of 12 players is more compact than in years past. “Smaller teams are pretty
special,” head coach Chelle Fuss explained. “Playing time will adjust itself especially with our fast-paced defensive style, and we will be able to play a lot more people.” Half of this year’s compact squad is composed of juniors. The Wolverines will look for that core to develop into leaders ahead of next season. “They are becoming more stable in knowing where our offenses and defenses are and are now more in leadership roles than last year,” Fuss said. No changes have been made to the Wolverines’ strategy, as they keep their eye on one goal. “Our vision is always the same: to be the number one team in the PAC with the right culture,” Fuss said confidently. “We are working hard right now to climb the ladder and get to the number one in the PAC.” “In order for us to find success this year, we are going to have to give 100 percent every single day,” Bowen said. “The conference is very competitive this year. If we want to live out our vision, then we can’t take any days off.” With one win behind them, the Wolverines look forward to their remaining 24 games this winter season. They will need to maintain the balanced success they
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The women’s basketball team started their season strong at Tuesday’s game, winning 84-51 against Mount Aloysius. found to start and translate it across an enduring season full of matchups.
The Wolverines will jump right back into action this weekend at the Allegheny
tournament, where they will face Hiram today followed by Allegheny on Saturday.
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Grove City’s men and women’s swim teams were defeated by SUNY Genesso at Saturday’s meet.
Geneseo swims past GCC Connor Schlosser Sports Editor
The men and women’s swim teams both fell to national swimming powerhouse SUNY Geneseo 155.5–132.5 and 147-120 respectively last Saturday in Western New York. Freshman Elias Griffin guided the men’s team to win the 200 breaststroke. Four Wolverines earned runner up finishes. Senior Ben Slate finished second in the 200 breaststroke just behind Griffin. Sophomore Luke Mason placed second in the 1000, while fellow sophomore Noah Berkebile grabbed second in the 100 backstroke. Senior Josh Wakefield achieved a secondplace finish in the 50 free. The women’s effort was led by senior Anne Shirley Dassow who won the 200 but-
terfly and took second in the 100 freestyle. Senior Kimmi Wendelschaefer took second in the 1000, while freshman Reese Trauger grabbed second in the 50 free. Nationally ranked, nonconference Geneseo has one of the strongest Division III swimming programs in the country. Geneseo’s men’s team is ranked 25th on NCAA’s Division III site, while their women’s team sits higher up in rankings at 14th among women’s teams. If the Wolverines wanted a challenge, they received an immediate baptism by fire here against Geneseo. “This meet was tough because Geneseo is a competitive swim program and humbling competition for us,” Wakefield explained. “This meet showed us our flaws and each dual is preparing us to become the best we can
be.” With this loss, the Wolverines have been made aware of areas to improve. “Focusing on tighter streamlines, faster flip turns and a greater focus on our stroke technique are some examples that will push us to where we need to be for our dual meets in the future,” Wakefield mentioned. Grove City will continue to tread through their season, looking to collect their first win of the season as they near the season’s first quarter. The swim teams will take on Saint Vincent today in their first President’s Athletic Conference matchup of the season thus far. The Bearcats’ men and women’s teams, both ranked third in preseason rankings behind Westminster and Grove City, will meet the Wolverines in Latrobe, Pa.
Grove City College will add women’s lacrosse to its varsity family, the College announced this week. The Wolverines will compete the Presidents’ Athletic Conference, which only added women’s lacrosse in the 2019 season, starting in the spring of 2022. Grove City will join all its fellow PAC full members, excluding Geneva and including PAC associate member, Franciscan, for a nine-team conference. “The Grove City College varsity athletics culture is a distinctive strength of our school,” President Paul J. McNulty ’80 said. “Our student athletes are outstanding young scholars and leaders,” he said. “Adding women’s lacrosse creates another opportunity to mold talented students into great citizens for Christ’s kingdom and the common good,” he said. The women’s team will become the 23rd intercollegiate varsity sport at the College. This addition brings the College-sponsored women’s sports teams total to 12 with 11 teams remaining for the
men. “We are extremely excited about the potential for women’s lacrosse at Grove City College as a varsity sport,” Athletic Director Todd Gibson said. “Women’s lacrosse has a long history of success at the club level at Grove City, and we feel we have the building blocks to develop a varsity program that displays strong Christian character while striving to be the best college lacrosse program in the country.” The women will play games on both Robert E. Thorn Field and the new Don Lyle Field to compete and defend their new homes. “We are thankful for the new turf and lights at Don Lyle Field that will help support this undertaking,” Gibson said. “We can’t wait to welcome the team into our athletic community.” Grove City’s competition will include rivals like Westminster who went an undefeated 7-0 in PAC play in the inauguration year. Grove City will gear up to face their new competition in the spring of 2022.