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Ed. prof leaves legacy David Zimmermann Staff Writer
in this material and see how she wrote stories and getting practice writing the things she never got to finish. It’s been a humbling and exciting enterprise” Wilson said. Wilson spoke in chapel Tuesday morning was titled, “Seeing Oneself Rightly.” She shared later that evening in Sticht Lecture Hall discussing “Why Flannery O’Connor’s God Yells More Than Whispers.” O’Connor wrote on topics of racism, violence, pride
After 14 years of teaching at Grove City College, education professor Patricia Scheffler will retire at the end of the semester. With degrees from Covenant College, the University of Mississippi and the University of Pittsburgh, Scheffler has dedicated her life to the education field, teaching higher Scheffler education for 21 years. Before her turn to higher education, she taught elementary school for eight years in five different states, started a small Christian school, substituted in both public and private schools and owned a business representing homeschooling families. Accustomed to moving every few years, Scheffler was glad to have settled in western Pa. where she taught at Butler County Community College, Clarion University and the University of Pittsburgh before coming to Grove City College. Dissatisfied with secular education, Scheffler stayed at the College over the past decade because she could openly express her Christian worldview to students and holistically mold them into future Christian educators. “It has been such a joy and delight to be at Grove City to seek and to develop my students in every aspect of their lives spiritually, emotionally, academically and professionally,” she said. Scheffler’s philosophy of education is based on the three tenets in Micah 6:8 — do justice, love mercy and walk humbly. “Do justice means that I
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Gabriel Cirio ‘19 and Senior Ian McGrew chill at last year’s Ganza. The Rhos host the anticipated dance tonight in Hicks. For insights on how to make the most of the dance, see Community.
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English dept. hosts Christian writer’s conference Lauren Ness Copy Editor
Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson was this year’s featured speaker for the 20th annual Christian Writers Conference focused on American author, Flannery O’Connor. The conference aims to “explore the intersection between Christian faith and literature,” Dr. Collin Messer, professor and chair of the English department, said. This year’s conference partnered with Grove City’s Newman Club to highlight the
influence of the Southern, Catholic writer who published novels, short stories, and essays. Wilson is the Associate Director of Honors Scholars Program and assoWilson ciate professor of Creative Writing at John Brown University, as well as the cofounder of Sager Classical Academy. Additionally, Wilson was the 2019 winner of the Hiett Prize for Humanities. She has authored three
books and her most recent, “Giving the Devil his Due: Flannery O’Connor and The Brothers Karamazov,” won Christianity Today’s 2017 Book of the Year in Culture and the Arts. Wilson first read O’Connor at age 15 and has been enamored ever since. O’Connor died in 1964 at age 39, leaving behind an incomplete novel. Wilson is currently working to prepare the unfinished novel, “Why Do the Heathen Rage,” for publication. “It’s been wonderful to be
McNulty, Verbois respond to acquittal Anna DiStefano News Editor
For a student’s take on the Trump hearings, see Perspectives page 9
The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to acquit President Donald J. Trump of the two articles of impeachment on Wednesday. The decision came after months of investigation into Trump’s alleged abuse of power Trump and obstruction of Congress, impeachment by the House of Representatives and a Senate trial on the charges. As a result of the Senate vote, Trump will remain in office and continue to seek re-election in the fall. Professor of political science Caleb Verbois acknowledged that “it was always unlikely that Donald Trump would be removed from of-
fice” given the party polarization. Professor of history Gillis Harp said the verdict is “deeply troubling, or should be, for genuine conservatives who care about the Constitution, limited government, and executive accountability.” President Paul J. McNulty ’80 also cited the partisanship of the impeachment proceedings. “This impeachment has involved far more bitter partisanship than the Clinton proceedings which I witnessed first-hand. Any lingering doubts about the Democrats’ true intentions were erased by the Speaker’s disdainful behavior at the SOTU address,” McNulty said. “This case boils down to the nature
of the conduct in question. If the President’s actions were sufficiently egregious and worthy of removal from office, clearly meeting the socalled threshold, there would have been some GOP support, and it’s incredibly telling that in the end only one out of 250 House and Senate Republicans supports impeachment and removal.” Harp has found “some solace in Sen. Romney’s courageous stand. These days, it is sadly rare to see anyone rise above the most unprincipled sort of partisanship.” Even though the trial is over, the country will feel both short-term and longterm effects in the wake of Trump’s acquittal. “Just as with Clinton in the 90s, it appears that a failed impeachment attempt has ACQUITTAL 3
A raucus caucus Collegian Staff
The democratic presidential hopefuls all took the podium to offer victory speeches last Tuesday after the State Democratic Party was unable to determine the winner on schedule. The Iowa caucus is the first weathervane of the presidential election and candidates typically focus much of their energy on winning over the vote in Iowa to gain an early lead. Iowa typically makes headlines on an election year, but this year they made headlines for the wrong reasons. Democratic presidential hopefuls aimed their sights at the Iowa caucus after the seventh democratic primary debate was held on Jan. 14, 2020 at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. The voting system suffered
due to a new app that the democratic party launched to show the results of the caucus. The New York Times reported that the Iowa Democratic Party commissioned Shadow Inc. to make the app only two months before the caucus. The unproven technology caused confusion for many voters and volunteers were not adequately taught how to troubleshoot the app. The app also did not properly transmit the data and officials noticed that the app data did not match paper copies. Because of this issue, Chairs were instructed to report simply by emailing photos of their worksheets. The caucus debacle set the vote count back days while the Iowa Democratic Party counted the votes by hand. CAUCUS 3