The Collegian – Oct. 22, 2021

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Crouch to deliver next Faith for Life lecture

Annalese Aderholt Contributing Writer

Andy Crouch is returning to Grove City College once again. Crouch will lead the chapel service and deliver a Faith for Life lecture on Thursday, Oct. 28.

The Faith for Life series brings notable Christian thought leaders to campus to encoruage students to explore the implications of

their faith for life and soci ety. This week, the series fea tured American political com mentator David French, who spoke about “Wisdom in the Whirl.”

Crouch, an educated Christian and family man, is a speaker, author and musi cian, and he is currently a partner for theology at a “re

demptive entrepreneurship” organization, Praxis.

Crouch serves on the ad ministrative boards at mul tiple educational institutions and is an advisor on multiple Christian project-based or ganizations. He was formerly an editor and producer for Christianity Today and has been recognized for his writ ing skills by features in The

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Double chapel is no more

Ayden Gutierrez News Editor

The 2021 academic school year has seen a drastic trans formation in the Chapel De partment. From changing its name to the number of cred its required per semester, Chaplain and Senior Director of Christian Formation Don ald D. Opitz has made many improvements. However, one change that has caused some commotion is the re moval of the double-chapel opportunities.

Double chapel credits were offered in the past at certain convocations and lectures held on campus. For exam ple, students could receive two chapel credits last fall if they attended Andy Crouch’s lecture.

According to Opitz, it was never highly favored within the department.

Student developing rental scooter app

Zach Gillispie Contributing Writer

Nestled amidst the rural confines of western Pennsyl vania, there is a small college known for its faith, values and… scooters?

Freshman Jonathan French certainly hopes so, and is attempting to become the college’s first scooter magnate.

After being on campus for a few weeks, he noticed how several students use per sonal scooters to cross cam pus and run into town. It got him thinking about the mas sive growth of scooter rental businesses in his native Pitts burgh and other large met ropolitan areas across the country.

After quickly scribbling down a few notes, crunching some numbers and conduct ing some market research, French concluded that a

scooter busi ness could op erate and be come profitable in Grove City.

And thus, Scootie was born.

“Scootie is a way to ease transportation in a fun, sim ple and modern way,” French said. “I see an opportunity that Grove City needs.”

According to French, the Scootie app will operate a fleet of several rentable scooters that will operate within the city. Through this app, patrons can rent electric scooters from local charging stations throughout the city for their personal needs all hours of the day.

While Scootie is avail able to all individuals, the app will be geared towards college students, especially those who do not have per sonal transportation on cam

pus. Grove City will serve as the prototype, and if all goes well, Scootie will look to ex pand to other small college towns throughout the region.

“I want to have this rolled out by hopefully spring.” French added, “I’m taking the fall and all winter to get it figured out. I have the scoot ers I want to use picked out. I’m still looking at exactly how I want the app to work.”

French has been working through the office of Grove City Borough Manager Vance Oakes, along with the Bor ough of Grove City and the Parks and Recreation De partment to gain approval for his business. Because of tax reasons, Scootie will be prohibited from placing scooter charging stations on campus.

Yet French says the city of ficials have been very recep tive to his ideas about possi bly placing charging stations

in town. Additionally, many college officials have ex pressed interest in the proj ect, despite the campus’ re strictions.

“Many students walk to Broad Street for haircuts, the U.S. Post Office, some go to the Guthrie for a movie, the health food store and the banks to name a few draws to the main street,” T. Scott Gordon, the Director of Stu dent Activities and Programs at the college, said. “I think if students saw a faster and fun way to get to Broad Street from campus, they might give it a try.”

Others on campus share the same excitement. Many have taken note of this po tential new business and are excited about the prospect of having scooters in the bor ough.

“I love using scooters in

“Double credit was not al ways a practice; and when it was used, it was mostly to en courage attendance at partic ular events,” said Opitz. “Nei ther President McNulty or I liked the practice much, as it signaled that some speak ers or topics were somehow worth more than others, and it encouraged students to come for a motive that was not really connected to learn ing or spiritual growth.”

Opitz also mentioned the decrease in required chapel credits per semester. The requirement this semester is 12. In previous semesters, the requirement was 16 cred its. Last fall and spring, the requirement was only eight due to the campus wide CO VID regulations.

Opitz stated he hopes that students can begin to see what the department is really about.

“What we’re about is far more than the chapel as a building or a series or ser vice,” Opitz said. “Chris tian Formation describes the work of campus ministry on and beyond our campus.”

Opitz noted that he doesn’t want a double-credit oppor tunity to attract students to chapel; he wants students to come to chapel for the expe rience to grow together.

“I believe that students

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Freshman Jonathan French plans on installing charging stations in town to introduce more electric scooters, like this one, to c ampus.

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Speaker David French converses with students and faculty in Rathburn Hall Thursday morning after chapel.

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Finding some ‘me time’

While at college, it’s hard to find time for yourself. Whether you’re running to class, doing homework or par ticipating in a sport or other extracurricular, each semester spent here is exhausting. You already have enough on your plate, your energy is spent and is solely relying on caffeine to get through the day.

So why is it important to do something fun or relaxing for yourself? Why bother?

Looking back on fall break, I felt like myself again over those four short days. I just stayed on campus, so my fall break was chill. Despite having to catch up on homework, I made sure I carved out some time for myself before the next five weeks of classes started.

I didn’t have the chance to go anywhere fun or exciting for fall break, but I did manage to hang out with my friend Carlos, who also happened to stay on campus. So it was nice having him around, especially when it was the easi est to get bored during the semester. Even doing something simple as watching “No Time to Die” together in theaters was a fun time I’ll never forget. (On a side note, feel free to read my review of the latest James Bond film in Entertain ment on pg. 10).

Fall break made me realize there are more important things outside of college and the constant stress in writing papers and reading books. It’s necessary to take a step back and unplug yourself from work, if only for a little bit, to do something that you enjoy.

Something I wish I did over break was take an hour each day to scratch my creative itch – that need to create some thing. One fun hobby of mine is writing. Normally I’d en joy this if it was for myself; but because I do it so often for school, I just can’t enjoy writing like I once did. It’s one thing to write an essay for class; it’s entirely another to write your own short story.

One day, I’d like to pursue a career in writing…whatever that looks like though, I have no idea. I just know I want to write for a living because it is a passion that I find great en joyment in, but I’ve been sick of it lately because I haven’t been writing anything for myself. I’ve been writing nonstop for different classes and for this newspaper publica tion you’re holding in your hand right now.

Once an activity I did in my free time, I haven’t written any screenplay ideas since the semester began because I knew I’d just get interrupted from my creative flow with everything else I’m committed to on campus. This is some thing I’d like to change and work on for my personal wellbeing.

Engaging in a creative hobby (or doing anything fun or relaxing) is refreshing to the soul and helps break up the monotony of a weekday at Grove. To prevent burnout, find something you can be passionate about. Maybe it’s playing a sport, going on a hike or just watching a movie with some good friends. Whatever it is, do it because there is more to life outside of college.

David Zimmermann Editor-in-Chief

Collegian Staff

the Green eyeshade award

This week’s Green Eyeshade Award goes to Perspectives Editor Clark Mummau for his consistent hot takes and meaningful contributions to “Collegian Quotes Out of Context.” Clark, you are the real MVP!

The Green Eyeshade Award honors student contributors that demonstrate consistency and excellence in their work.

Glorifying God on the field

Ayden Gutierrez News Editor

What does it mean to be a Christian athlete? As many of us at Grove City College identify as both Christians and athletes, how do these two things compare? Can they conjoin? Can Jesus come onto the field with us?

I would answer with an af firmative ‘Yes’. But in today’s culture, many would call this nonsense.

You see, today’s sports cul ture is dominated by hate. We want to destroy the op posing teams, we cheer when our opponents are injured, we taunt and trash-talk our opponents. As fans, we curse our opponents, throw objects at players and even verbally violate athletes of a differ ent race. We idolize play ers, coaches and even en tire sports. We put winning above all else, even if that means achieving it immor ally.

My question for you today is what does Jesus think of all of this?

Do we invite Jesus onto the field with us when we play our rivals? I would argue in most cases that we do not. I think it is fair to assume that we aren’t proud of saying de rogatory things towards an opponent’s mother, we aren’t proud when we scream at of ficials…yet we do it anyway.

We know Jesus does not ap prove of these actions, yet we do them anyway.

Sport has the potential to be a massive avenue for wor ship and discipleship, yet we as a culture fail miserably at doing so. As Christians, we are called to cultivate and to make disciples. Are we doing this in sports?

As athletes, we can use our talents and our platform to glorify God. As I am a mem ber of the Grove City College football team, I can speak on the effectiveness that our program has in doing so. Our program has a vision state ment that reads, “To glorify God in the pursuit of earn ing a degree, building lasting relationships and competing for PAC championships.” I know many other programs here at the college have simi lar vision statements as well.

That statement holds some incredible goals, yet note what comes first: “To Glorify God.” Our program exists to glorify and honor God. It doesn’t exist to destroy the other PAC schools. It doesn’t exist to accumulate highlight clips to go viral on Twitter. It exists to glorify God in how we play the game, how we train and how we carry our selves off the field.

“Game Day Glory,” a book written by John and Cindy White, describes two the ologies of competition that Christian athletes often have. One is a grace-based theol ogy of competition, and the

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other is a performance-based theology of competition.

A performance-based theology of competition is when an athlete gets their joy from their performance. They pray before games as a good luck charm, and by doing so, believe that God owes them athletic success. They think that God will be pleased when they win, no matter what means they take to claim victory, and disap pointed when they lose.

The grace-based theol ogy is when an athlete knows that God owes us nothing. This athlete gives thanks to God for blessing him or her with the talents that they have. This athlete doesn’t play for the satisfaction of fans, coaches, teammates or family members; this athlete plays to satisfy Christ. This athlete invites Jesus to walk onto the field of competition with him or her.

To whomever is reading this, whether you’re a var sity athlete, an intermural athlete, a coach or simply a fan of the game, I challenge you to look at yourself in the mirror. Are you approaching athletics in a way that would satisfy and glorify God?

As Christians, we are blessed with transformed hearts and minds. As ath letes, we need to use our transformed souls to not only help transform sport, but to also transform each other.

Campus news and near-death experiences

Oct. 27, 1995

Women’s soccer team captures first confer ence championship

On this day in history, the women’s soccer team de feated Waynesburg Univer sity 7-3 to capture the team’s first Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championship in school history. Fresh man Allison Franklin ’99 recorded a hat trick, scoring three goals during the game. Head coach Heukelem said, “It’s something we’ve been building up to for the last three years. It’s the first step for the program in a direc tion that we want to go.”

Oct. 23, 1981

Grover gets knifed

On this day in history, two Grove City students were assaulted by five “townies.” The cause of attack was ap

parently “mistaken iden tity.” The two students were dining at Pizza House, then a restaurant off campus. As the students headed for their vehicle, the group of townies (four males and one female) began assault ing the students. According to the article, the students were “pummeled by fists and kicked numerous times, with one of the students re ceiving a knife wound from his forehead to his eye.”

Oct. 22, 1923

College may purchase Presbyterian Church

On this day in history, ne gotiations began for the pur chase of the Presbyterian Church for chapel purposes. At a Board of Trustees meet ing the week prior, a major ity decision was recorded in favor of purchasing the property, and a commit

tee was appointed to confer with church officials. The decision came to thought due to the inadequate seat ing of Carnegie Auditorium, which at the time could only hold up to 400 people.

Oct. 24, 1921

Gym additions nearing completion

During this week, the col lege began the work of re pairing and replacing the capacity of the gymnasium. Stairs were being installed in the north end, along with a new doorway. On the first floor on the end opposite the entrance, elevations on which to place additional seating were installed. On the balcony provision for seats increases the capacity by 100 percent.

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Fuller takes on pressing economic lies

Haley Steele Contributing Writer

Dr. Caleb Fuller ’13, an economics professor at the college, published his new book, “No Free Lunch: Six Economic Lies You’ve Been Taught and Probably Be lieve.”

Fuller’s love for econom ics began in high school after reading Russel Kirk’s “Eco nomics: Work and Prosper ity.”

“That book showed me the importance of economics for human flourishing,” Fuller said.

Studying economics at Grove City College taught him the “compatibility of economic theory and a Chris tian worldview.” Happy to have found a field that was socially important, univer sally applicable and aligned

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New York Times and Best Christian Writing, among other top names.

He received his education in classical studies at Cor nell University and a Mas ter of Divinity from Boston University of Theology. Ad ditionally, he has a heart for college students and campus ministry, as he was a campus minister at Harvard Univer sity for ten years.

Grove City’s strong Chris tian beliefs, business pro grams, appreciation for clas sical studies and existence as a top-ranked liberal arts institution make it a top tar get for Crouch to speak he spoke at the college last fall.

At Praxis, Crouch is a part ner for theology and culture, meaning he is a crucial mem ber of the team where he leads as a mentor and teach er and speaks at conferences, colleges and events in order to tell the world about Praxis and their mission, which is to serve as a “creative engine for redemptive entrepre neurship, supporting found ers, funders and innovators motivated by their faith to love their neighbor and re new culture.”

“Praxis” means “faith in action” the organization believes it is the Christian’s duty to be committed to the Great Commission, which includes working towards restoration and healing for the world via entrepreneur ial work. As a partner for theology and culture, Crouch keeps Praxis focused on the Christian mission to reflect the image of God and care for the world.

Praxis embodies much of what Grove City College be lieves in and what it believes its students’ role in the world is: to use their education and skills to love others well and make the world better, by spreading Christ. These val ues apply especially well to the college’s entrepreneur ship program, which Crouch is connected to, as well as to liberal arts and education, as Crouch’s return to campus this year involves the English Department.

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benefit from some common experiences together with other students (and our cha pel program is designed for that), from a commitment to a local congregation and from other freely chosen op tions like a Bible study or ministry team.”

with a Chris tian worldview, economics was an easy choice.

Fuller made the decision to go to George Ma son University to earn his Ph.D. in econom ics before coming back to the college to teach the subject he loved.

“No Free Lunch” was born from a script that Fuller wrote for his “Great Lec tures from the Grove” series.

When Fuller asked a gradu ate school friend to review his script, the man suggested he convert the script into a short book. The series is still available on YouTube, but while the series and the book have many similarities, they are not identical.

His book tackles six eco nomic lies: Destruction is

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Profit, Lunch is Free, Inten tions Guarantee Outcomes, Exchange is Exploitation, Trade is War and Markets are Unregulated. Fuller sug gests that free markets be ing unregulated is arguably the most widely believed of the lies and thus the one that could be most impactful for readers. However, he asserts that “Trade is War” is likely responsible for the most loss of wealth over time.

The foreword of the book was written by Peter Boettke ’83, a professor of economics at George Mason University. Boettke heralds “No Free Lunch” as “a welcome ad dition to a distinguished lit erature,” remarking that the book strives “to eradicate one of the greatest social ills hu manity faces: basic economic literacy.”

“Caleb Fuller has offered

to

Although the launch of Scootie is still several months away, the platform is gaining

his readers a wonderfully written invitation to inquiry into the worldly philosophy and science of economics,” Boettke wrote.

When asked how a book about economics would ben efit college students, Fuller replied that while the book may not directly benefit stu dents at first, college is an ideal time for exploration of truth and forming a world view. Economics is a large part of our social world and a deeper understanding of it can offer greater insight into the world around us.

“Economics, fundamen tally, is about explanation. So, anyone who is curious about the world should read it,” said Fuller.

Fuller describes his book as “an introduction to eco nomic reasoning,” which he hopes will improve the read

significant momentum. Al ways the optimist, French is hoping his electric scooters can give Grove City’s trans portation a spark very soon.

er’s understanding of how economists see the social world. Furthermore, if you believe any of the economic lies in the book, it will chal lenge your views.

Fuller states that nothing about what he has written in “No Free Lunch” is contro versial from a historical per spective. Unfortunately, the opinion of the greater public is not always informed by the lessons of history. He hopes the knowledge in his book will help readers to stop fall ing for “bumper-sticker anal yses of the social world.” At the very least, he hopes that it causes readers to consider the groundwork that has made our society what it is today.

Amazon has yet to release the physical copy of the book, but Fuller notes that it should be soon.

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“These games are going to force us to play with big strong athletes that can play the game at a speed that will push us,” Jernstedt said in anticipation of the weekend’s competition. The Nicholas Collelouri Classic tomorrow will have a suggested admis sions donation of $5 cash that will be going straight to Lowin and her family, and any donations will be ac cepted. The Willoughby fam ily will be presented with a check during an award cer emony at 3:30 p.m., prior to the Seton Hill game.

“We have a unique oppor tunity to use sport to serve others across our depart ment, and many teams and athletes do many things to serve the community,” Gib son said. “‘Wolverines To gether,’ our athletic depart ment’s movement, seeks to be inclusive rather than ex clusive. The more we serve, the more connected we be come to the community and vice versa. I think this event is awesome, and I am proud that our lacrosse program is a part of it.”

How to hit your budget target

Karsten Lagerquist Contributing Writer

When I wrote last, I named a number of differ ent areas that someone new to personal finance might find worthwhile to consider more in depth: record keep ing, budgeting, investing, credit and debit cards and loans.

We considered the mer its of keeping track of your expenses earlier in the se mester. However, that’s just a piece of the puzzle. Being able to say you spent a cer tain amount on school sup plies, entertainment or food is not the same as compar ing that amount to an estab lished target.

Budgeting, at its core, is about establishing targets. Whether a budget is suc cessful is determined by the presence of two targets: a clearly specified amount that you would like to spend

and a primary purpose/cat egory for each of those dol lars.

If you are like me, you ini tially dismissed the idea of budgeting while in school because you don’t have an income, your income is su per irregular, your expenses are too irregular or you’re just broke. We fall into that trap because all too often, we only focus on the second reason I listed above, and we miss the importance of deciding how much we can/ want to spend.

Especially while we have inconsistent income and expenses, establishing good patterns of spending real istic amounts is ideal. The phrase that’s commonly used is “living within your means.” All that means is spending less than you make. People with salary can shoot for that more eas ily because of the consisten cy of the situation. For us at

school, we have to be a bit more nuanced.

We all come to school with different amounts in our bank accounts and needing to pay different amounts to get through school. The question that needs to be asked is: “How much is re alistic for us to spend?” If we are blessed with a little bit more in the bank, maybe we can pick a number that’s a little bit higher than if we need student loans or are close to it. Either way, we know we will spend some money at school and need to set a clear expectation for ourselves as far as what amount that will be.

The beauty of the budget is that if we have that overall expectation, we can set up as many internal categories as we deem necessary. General categories like food, travel and entertainment are fine.

The amount allocated to each of those categories can

be fluid month to month as long as we stay within the overall total. We might learn that you really don’t need $50 for gas every month and that you’d like more than $15 for food.

You can also carry over budgeted amounts that aren’t used in future periods so that you can save up for different items while ensur ing that excess spending in one month is counter-bal anced by saving in other pe riods.

Budgeting sounds com plicated and maybe even beyond reach while in school, but it’s really not. It’s all about being realistic about what resources you are blessed with and giving yourself a target to shoot at. Learning to hit that target is a skill that never becomes ir relevant no matter how that target changes through life.

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the city,” freshman Nathan Clark said. “I really look for ward to have scooters come

Grove City, and I honestly can’t wait for them.”

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Senior Shawn Cook takes a joyride around campus.

The Collegian, Oct. 22, 2021

What’s fresh at the Grove?

On Campus: Wolf Creep

7-10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22

Lower Campus Nature Trail AO Glow

8-11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22

Lincoln Lawn Nicholas Collelouri Classic Lacrosse Event

11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23 Thorne Field Cornhole Tournament

1-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23 Lincoln Lawn Intercollegiate Colloquium on the Liberal Arts Keynote Address

1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23

Sticht Lecture Hall Pink Dance

7-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23

HAL Courtyard One Story with Paralympian Mikaela Jenkins

8 p.m. Monday, Oct 25 Sticht Lecture Hall Internship Fair

2-4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27

STU Great Room

An Evening with Dr. Michael Rubin

7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27

Sticht Lecture Hall

Outdoor mission field

Leaving a spititual impact through outdoor education

Sarah Soltis Staff Writer

The great outdoors invites a variety of students to ser vice through Impact, a col lege organization focused on developing student leader ship in the context of the out doors.

Sponsored by Student Life and Learning, the organiza tion revolves around “peers serving peers and thinking about faith through out door experiences,” accord ing to the group’s leader and founder, Joshua Hayes.

The group centers itself around student leaders, who must apply and com mit at minimum a year to learn leadership skills. Hayes shared that the organization works to develop both soft skills, which include facili tating community, resolving conflict and managing group dynamics, as well as hard skills, which are the design details or “nuts and bolts” of outdoor leadership. Students also pursue specific outdoor skills in mountain biking, rock climbing or backpack ing.

Hayes stressed spiritu al formation stands as the “anchor point” of the orga nization. “We understand

that our work is a ministry,” Hayes said.

Impact offers two kinds of trips: some for the develop ment of Impact student lead ers and some designed and lead by those students, open to the broader campus com munity. Seventeen mem bers currently make up the student leadership group, though new members from the freshman class will soon join.

The leadership group can consist of anywhere be tween 18 and 25 and caps at 30 members, according to Hayes. From the group’s small, half-day trips for mountain biking to the largescale team-building experi ences offered to ICO teams, athletes and the like, Hayes estimated that Impact serves 300 to 400 students each year.

This year, Hayes plans for a Virginia backpacking trip over Thanksgiving, a New Hampshire ice-climbing trip in January and a trip out West over spring break. In years past, Impact has em barked for Colorado Springs, Colo., and Joshua Tree Na tional Park, Calif., among other destinations. Over fall break this past weekend, Hayes took six student lead ers to New River Gorge, W.

Va., to improve rock-climb ing skills.

Such country-spanning, skill-focused adventuring originated as an idea be tween President McNulty and Hayes in 2016, when McNulty invited Hayes to begin formulating a program for student development at the Office for Student Life and Learning. Hayes, on staff with the Coalition for Chris tian Outreach, a Pittsburghbased nonprofit network of campus ministries, wanted to fashion an organization for the college that combined adventure and spiritual for mation. He spent several months discussing the dream and structure of the group before Impact officially be gan in 2017.

Hayes spoke of his gifts and passion for ministry in an outdoor context. Impact’s effect certainly testifies to Hayes’ gifts for such minis try and to the reality of the group’s “anchor point” of service.

Sophomore Impact stu dent leader Abbey McFeely expressed, “We’re not all the same, but we have a common love of the outdoors.”

With shared trip experi ences, Hayes’s intentional connection with each mem ber and discussions of faith

unites the group.

“Faith really brings us to gether,” McFeely said, who recently returned from a for mer Impact student leader’s wedding, which another Im pact member photographed.

Some student leaders are engineers, some education majors; some “love to push the limits,” and some, such as McFeely, “like the outdoors but won’t be seen on the edge of a cliff.” Nonetheless, student leaders drive each other to the airport and sup port each other’s films at the spring festival, McFeely said. Additionally, each one has semi-regular “one-on-ones” at Hayes’ home to check in on relational, personal and spiritual well-being.

Impact, as Hayes and McFeeley acknowledged, al lows students from distinct backgrounds and corners of campus to band together and venture out into the moun tains to learn about God and His world. The student lead ership team is “an eclectic group of individuals,” but, as Hayes expressed, “there’s something all of our students recognize about outdoor spaces and the role of adven ture and wilderness in God’s formation.”

How to focus on character, not only feelings

In the early stages of a relationship, how can I remain unblinded by my feelings for a person so as to still see clearly? Curiously, Sightless Grover

Dear Dr. Love

Dear Sightless Grover, Puppy love, infatuation and stupidity can be chal lenging to navigate in the early stages of a develop ing relationship. Whether it’s the emotion or facade, knowing that you’re com mitting to a person that is teachable, loving and willing to push you to grow closer to Christ is essential.

The first impressions that are forged through the first dates, months or even years of the relationship are not the whole picture of your significant other. That be

ing said, it doesn’t mean that some people aren’t genuine upon the first few interac tions, but many people take a long time to reveal their true selves.

Knowing that you both may take some time to crack, do not brush off red flags such as anger, jealousy or lust. Remain diligent to the behaviors or comments that may not be healthy or Christ-like.

If you think you can sim ply “put up with it for now,” you’ll be paying the price of investing in the mirage of the person you wish they would be or “could grow

into.” That’s called mission ary dating, and it’s exhaust ing and almost always disap pointing.

As corny as it sounds, the reality is that patience is a virtue and an essential part of success.

There is no need to rush with your commitment, physical intimacy or assess ment of a person. If you truly believe you’re meant to be together, don’t rush it. If it’s meant to be, it will all work out.

If you think you’re being blinded by the heat of the moment, check yourself by praying. God doesn’t work

through fear, and as you spend more time with your significant other, you’ll de velop a greater sense of di rection. You can look out for red flags, consider your fam ily and friends’ input and get to know them better.

If all else fails, you can al ways get a pet rock; at least it won’t take you for gran ite. Best of luck my Grover,

Dr. Love Love M.D.

KURTIS HINGL

Junior Wake Wildman rock climbs over fall break on an Impact trip to New River Gorge, W.Va.

Students endure quarantine buried in the Mole Hole

Sarah Miller Contributing Writer

When students test posi tive for COVID-19, it means packing clothing, bedding and schoolbooks into bags and lugging them down three sets of stairs to a hall in the basement of Mary Anderson Pew–the Mole Hole.

While each student’s ex perience of quarantine var ies, three students who spent time in the Mole Hole gave a look into life during quaran tine at the college.

On the night of Wednes day, Sept. 13, senior Brooke Bannister moved into a single room with a tiny win dow that was locked in by a bathroom on one side and another dorm room on the other side. Three times a day, she walked up a flight of the basement stairs and grabbed food from a black bag, some supplementary snacks and a water bottle from a brown box.

During the first few days, Bannister’s symptoms pre vented her from doing home work and classes, so she re sorted to watching movies and knitting. As her fatigue, cough and congestion in creased in severity, Bannis ter realized she wouldn’t be able to recover in this envi ronment.

“It’s really depressing without windows. You re ally feel like you’re in a box,” Bannister said.

After three days, with her fever spiking and a lack of sleep, she left the Mole Hole for a friend’s house nearby.

Thankfully, the nurses at the Zerbe Health and Well ness Center were “really gracious.” Student Life and Learning also helped in pro viding her with medication and driving her to Zerbe when needed.

However, while grateful for the assistance she did re ceive, Bannister wants Stu dent Life and Learning to be aware that while she was in the Mole Hole, “no one was checking on me unless I reached out,” which she believes could be unsafe for those who might become ex

tremely sick.

On the Friday night before Labor Day, freshman Emma Eide was excited for the long weekend. The following day, she tested positive for CO VID-19. By that afternoon she had moved into the Mole Hole. While there, her daily routine included eating her meals while watching class es, taking naps in her free time and trying to do home work, despite being unmoti vated.

Like Bannister, Eide “felt very trapped” in the room, especially because very lit tle fresh air and sunlight streamed through the win dow, and there was nowhere to go for a change of scenery.

“The room created a single emotion,” Eide said. “There was no way to get out of the depressing feeling.”

Once she was released, adjusting back to normal life was difficult. Being in a dark, cramped space for ten days made her feel tired, de pressed and anxious, even after she had left it.

Freshman Colin Gardner was anticipating the excite ment of life at college. During his second of week of classes, however, he began experi encing COVID-19 symptoms, tested positive and then was “just sort of sucked away

from life for the most part.”

During his stay, Gardner thought that both his pro fessors and the college did their best to accommodate his needs, especially when he reached out to the Quaran tine Care Team via email and asked them to pick up a pack age and do his laundry. He did find it strange, though, that there was a lack of sign postings on the two commu nity bathrooms. Since he had no bathroom in his room and no one had told him which one to use, he guessed.

The lounge on the hall pro vided a way for Gardner to connect with others in the Mole Hole.

This windowless room holds only a fridge, a micro wave and a couple pieces of furniture, but it provides a space for quarantined stu dents to hang out and talk. For Gardner, playing board games and chatting in the lounge helped him make friendships that have lasted after quarantine.

Each of these students had some tips for surviving the Mole Hole and some sugges tions for the college: “Keep the same routines, if pos sible,” Gardner said. “Don’t make quarantine any more abnormal than it needs to be.”

In addition, Eide suggest ed that those heading into quarantine should be inten tional with their packing by bringing activities they enjoy to stay occupied.

Bannister advised the col lege to send COVID-19 posi tive students to the college houses first, rather than try ing to fill up the Mole Hole. After having been in both the basement and a house, she believes that being able to go outside was key to her recov ery from COVID-19.

In response, Vice President of Student Life and Learning Larry Hardesty said the Mole Hole is being used as the pri mary way to quarantine stu dents because there are “very limited houses this year” off campus. However, he noted that the college is trying to improve the Mole Hole expe rience in other ways.

While there are limita tions to these improvements, Hardesty wants there to be open communication be tween students who have been quarantined and the college.

“When you’re doing some thing because you care about students, feedback is some thing that is not threaten ing,” he said. “It is something that helps you to be able to love them even better.”

Parents and children interact in the classroom

Scott Amon Staff Writer

Having taught at Grove City College for the past three and a half years, Dr. Donald Shepson III has encountered many students within his classroom but notes two spe cific students–his daughters. With the significant num ber of students who attend the college because their par ents or siblings are alumni, it is no wonder that some stu dents have taken a class with their parent as a professor. Being taught by one’s parent has the potential to change the classroom dynamic, and the professors who have taught their own children in a college course reported that the dynamic was either unchanged or had a positive effect.

Shepson, a professor in the Biblical and Religious Studies Department, said the classroom dynamic did not change when he taught his kids. He did, however, have to adapt his metaphors.

“I did change some of the personal illustrations that I used while they were in class with me, but nobody realized that,” he said. “I was protect ing the innocent!”

Dr. Kimberly Miller, the Communication and Visual Arts chair, was in a similar boat as Shepson when her daughter, Molly Miller ’21, took some of her classes. Miller did not notice any change in the classroom be cause of her daughter. In stead, she appreciated her daughter’s enthusiasm.

“She’s a very conscientious student, and I was happy to have her in class.” Miller said. “She’s also a very good writer and a film buff, so she brought especially helpful contributions to the screen writing course.”

While both Shepson and Miller appreciated having their children in class, it could present new quanda ries.

One potential problem students can have when be ing taught by a parent in a

college environment is de termining how to address their parent in class. Tabitha Shepson, a junior and daugh ter of Shepson, said she typi cally sticks with calling her father “Dad” in the hallways but is sure to be professional while in class.

For Dr. Miller, it depends if one of her daughters has a class with her that semester or not. “I didn’t require it of Molly, but out of respect, I guess, she always called me Dr. Miller anyway,” Miller said. “Now, my youngest, Anna, is a freshman at the college, but she doesn’t have me for any classes. She just calls me ‘Mom.’”

Student and parent re lationships within the aca demic classroom can cause confusion in some situations and require clarification.

“It was pretty funny the first time my daughters came up to me after class early in the semester and gave me a hug,” Shepson said. “Stu dents were trying to figure out why that was happening.

I had to explain that I was hugging my daughters.”

Though the relationship between parent and student might result in some confu sion, neither Shepson nor Miller regret having their children in class.

Shepson saw an oppor tunity for further education when his children took one of his classes. The ideas they learned in class could be de veloped even off campus.

“Later on, we had opportu nities to listen and engage in formally around those ideas at home in deeper ways,” he said.

Likewise, Miller enjoyed having her daughters in class and seeing them around campus.

“I loved getting to see Molly, and now Anna, in the hallways and to check in for lunch or a quick cup of cof fee,” Miller said. “So, it’s been a blessing to have them at the college with me.”

Seven questions with… Prof. Melissa Carruth Assistant Professor of Spanish

What do you listen to on the ride home?

Since the ride home is a chance to pause and reflect, I listen to silence or my own thoughts. What are you currently reading?

“Cuba libre: vivir y escribir en la Habana” by Yoani Sánchez

What’s something you’ve been pondering lately?

Given the lies, ugliness and despair in much of our world, I have been pondering the impor tance of truth, beauty and hope. Relatedly, I’m contemplating the fol lowing questions. What does it mean to be “salt and light” at this historical moment (Matthew 5:1316)? What does it look like to “stand firm” in the faith and engage fellow image-bearers with “grace and truth” (Ephesians 6:14, Galatians 5:1; John 1:14)?

Favorite restaurant? Jin Sushi

Name a movie that makes you emotional:

“Voces inocen tes (Innocent Voices),” directed by Luis Man doki. Based on the child hood of Óscar Torres, this film depicts the impact of the Salvadoran Civil War (1979–1992). The most vulnerable of society, chil dren, are forced to hide or become enlisted as sol diers in the brutal conflict.

I grieve the deep losses experienced by these children, their families and their nation.

What are you looking forward to today?

I am looking forward to a women’s gathering at Mrs. Brenda McNulty’s home!

Favorite class you’re teaching this semester?

Although I enjoy teach ing all my classes and students, this semester I would say that teaching Spanish 301, Introduction to Literature and Film in Spanish, is my favorite. It has been satisfying to im prove the course content and presentation. I also enjoy hearing the insights from my students, as we explore diverse genres of literature and film across the Spanish speaking world. Themes of love, war, death, (in)justice, beauty and so on facilitate our discussions of com parative worldviews.

EMILY RUPCZEWSKI

Missing the boys, two students gather outside a Mole Hole window at MAP West to communicate with quarantined friends in this file photo from Oct. 2020.

Through the Lens

Flush with color Student photographers brace for the busy season of photography

Photos Matthew Schoonover Photo Chief Olivia Ortman, Max Pargeon, Jacob Shirk, Eve Lee, Gracie Turnbaugh, Mia Campangna Staff Photographers

Fall break is one of the most photographic breaks of the academic year. The chilly mornings and the colorful leafs give some of the best condi tions for photographers looking for a good piece of natural beauty. This year, students went home and explored local parks, streams, architec ture, roads and glorious sunsets. The task of the photographer during the season of color is not to lay back and enjoy the sights, but to get out in the field and capture the moments so others can enjoy them later. Fall is also one of the hardest seasons to photograph: the mornings are colder, schedules are tighter and naps are longer. As fall comes into full swing at Grove City College, the challenge is set before the student body: to take photos of God’s art before all the color is blown away in the wind.

- Matthew Schoonover

Perspectives

It’s a publicity stunt, and a shameful one at that

Clark Mummau Perspectives Editor

As a reporter named Clark with an uncle named Kent, I am dismayed by the new Superman, Clark Kent’s son, being declared to be bisexual.

“On November 9th the life of Jon Kent, the Superman of Earth and son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, takes a bold new direction,” DC Pub licity said in a statement on Oct. 11.

Bold, but not necessarily new, is a fair way of describ ing the way the company is taking the character, as he is going to “find his identity” by starting a romantic relation ship with a male reporter, Jay Nakamura, confirming Jon Kent to be bisexual. The change is a part of DC’s Pride anthology, a series of comics “celebrating a parade of LG BTQIA+ characters and cre ators.”

From a secular humanist perspective, there is nothing wrong with having Super man, or any superhero, be bisexual. However, would it not be better to make this a storyline without the dress

ings of a Pride package?

DC is just using these su perheroes as a way to ad vance a political and social agenda supporting LGBT rights and celebration in so ciety. If they really wanted to make a point about these relationships being accepted, they should include these in comics presented as normal, rather than as something special.

I also think that it is pa tronizing to the LGBT com munity to make issues spe cifically to celebrate them, in the same way that I would feel patronized if DC released

a “Christian” edition of my favorite superheroes. You shouldn’t pander to an audi ence to gain acceptance from them.

However, this decision for Superman is not new, as they claim. He is by no means the first bisexual superhero, and there have already been many LGBT superheroes, many minor ones, but even such mainstream ones as Batwoman and Robin. Even more, he is not as notable of a Superman as his title would suggest.

“They haven’t queered their core characters, after all

Trump: Out of containment

Isaac Willour Staff Writer

I understand the appeal of Donald Trump, as much as that understanding some times causes extreme revul sion.

For years, it has been un derstood that Trump was a symptom, not a disease. He was the product of a demographic that was disen franchised during the Obama years who thought, perhaps erroneously, that he was the answer to years of feeling despised and unheard by political representatives. His brand of something-suppos edly-resembling-conserva tism was a weapon against being overlooked and unrep resented by D.C. politicians, right and left alike.

I will not say that this characterization is entirely wrong. Nor would I say that the levied criticisms against establishment political par ties are entirely in the wrong.

But there is one thing that can be said now, with the benefit of four years of Trumpism behind us: Em bracing Trump the man is a terrible mistake for the American right going for ward, now more than ever before.

During those four years of Trump, we were told not to pay attention to the things he said. Rhetoric, it was argued,

was far less important than policy. Picking good justices, securing the southern bor der, protecting American in terests, all these things were more important than “mean tweets.” And that was correct. But what’s happening now is not simply “mean tweets.” What we are witnessing right now is a former President of the United States refusing to admit defeat in a free and fair election and trying to draw support around that refusal.

“If we don’t solve the Pres idential Election Fraud of 2020 (which we have thor oughly and conclusively doc umented),” Trump emailed to his supporters, “Republi cans will not be voting in ‘22 or ‘24. It is the single most important thing for Republi cans to do.”

I do not care what you think of Trump. I really do not. We can have disagree ments there, and I am more than willing to accept that the choice to vote Trump has always been a contested choice. But let us be clear here. Wherever you stand on the political spectrum, you should be able to denounce this. Pick your poison: tacti cally foolish, politically ir responsible or outright dis honest. This is not the way forward.

Trump’s brand of politics was served by the fact that he made it incredibly difficult to vote for his opponents. No one on the Trump train or anywhere in its vicinity was willing to pull the lever

for Lyin’ Ted, Crazy Bernie, Crooked Hillary or Sleepy Joe Biden. That worked for Trump, and his political out sider status made it compar atively easy to vote for him.

This latest statement is an indicator that the tide is shifting. Supporting Trump now, by the parameters he himself has set, means giv ing some form of assent to the election fraud narrative that the former president has pushed since last November. Providing that acknowledg ment is proving difficult for the moderate and sensible on the right, and Trump should arguably be savvy enough to see that his narrative is not making it easier to vote for him. Yet, he is not.

The tide is shifting, and it is time to let Trump go. Large swaths of his support have disappeared, and his approval ratings at the end of his presidency hit lows among both Republicans and Independents polled. Even allowing for some resurgence in numbers given the general disaster of the current presi dency, Trump’s open em brace of the election fraud narrative presents big elect ability problems for anyone wanting him back in the Oval Office.

There was a time when Trump was the symptom, not the disease. Five years later, it is abundantly clear that he has become a disease unto himself—a disease no sane political party should want to catch.

— no, those heavily licensed nuggets of intellectual prop erty resist meaningful change because they must, especially if they’re to keep paying out dividends by, among other things, getting printed onto kids’ bedsheets,” NPR’s Glen Weldon notes.

This critique is from a secu lar perspective where homo sexuality is celebrated, but as a Christian, I have even more problems with this de cision, because such behav ior is condemned throughout Scripture.

As a sin, we should not cel ebrate or even tolerate this

Letter to the Editor:

behavior. However, I think the issue of it being a sin has been discussed already. Even from a secular perspective, DC is only acting to gain so cial acceptance by promoting the LGBT agenda. However, they are not doing this in a way that will actually affect real change in society as a whole.

From a Christian per spective, celebrating sin is shameful, but even from a secular perspective, DC’s de cision shows a lack of deep care for how they are seek ing to “normalize” and “cel ebrate” LGBT individuals.

In its last issue, The Collegian published a “satire” which was poorly written, demeaning and inappropriate for a Christian community to promote. This piece was also pub lished with no name attached.

The point of a well-written satire should be to offer con structive criticism through humor and wit. The “satire” written last week failed to say anything edifying but be littles and mocks society for making everything about race in an ironic piece which makes everything about race. Per haps the real issue with society is our inability to move on from the racial issues that have plagued us. In the future, I ask that we be more considerate and professional in the way that we address an issue so delicate as race.

I imagine one of my African-American or Asian friends reading this article alongside me. These are my friends and my community, and they are yours too. No one should re spond to their friends’ struggles by telling them that what they experience is not real and does not matter. Marginal izing people’s experiences is not the way to fill space in a column.

We claim to be a Christian campus, and this is not a Christian response. I understand being tired of hearing about race, but that does not excuse this kind of callous ness to our brothers and sisters in Christ.

Steele

Editor’s Note:

The Collegian inadvertantly omitted the byline for the satire piece. The piece should have been attributed to Isaac Willour.

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Haley

DC COMICS

Neither sanctions nor aid are good solutions

Ben Seevers Contributing Writer

Government supporters claim that the countries of the Western world should give aid to poor developing so that they can one day join the ranks of the flourishing.

Unfortunately, the average person falls into this trap.

The public will is behind foreign aid, but the ques tion stands of whether for eign aid works for its intended goals or not. The current situation in Af ghanistan exemplifies the importance of getting this question right.

At the moment, foreign aid to Afghanistan is frozen due to the absence of a rec ognized government. Some countries have promised aid, but for the most part there is an overwhelming lack of it. Despite the corporate me dia’s distress over the matter, this is not an issue.

Everyone should be asking themselves how countries develop. If one were honestly to investigate this question, they would come away with the conclusion that saving money and resources and in vestment leads to actual de velopment. Foreign aid does not incentivize the people of developing countries to ac cumulate capital and build up a structure of production

like those found in the west ern world. That is the only way for a country to become affluent.

Foreign aid is an abject failure in this regard. It not only prevents developing countries from actually de veloping but also lines the pockets of the political elite of the country.

Anyone with a brain can see that the Taliban is in control of Afghanistan, so it is reasonable to say that in stead of foreign aid going to a starving family, it would instead help to bolster the position of the very terror ists that have helped destroy the country (and no, I am not talking about the United States).

Therefore, we should not worry about foreign aid. In fact, we should vigorously at tack any proposal of foreign aid.

But what shall we do? Nothing? Not at all. The best thing we can do is open our selves to those that wish to leave their dire situation. However, we should not lend them aid when they arrive here, lest they grow com placent and not integrate. Instead, merely give them a taste of our freedom.

Let them work here and adopt our principles not by choice but by necessity. Al lowing them to come here is the best thing we can do for the Afghan people at this time. Here they will have ac

cess to better institutions, a deeper structure of produc tion, more capital and more opportunity. Ultimately, this will be better for them and for us, as we take advantage of each other’s comparative advantage.

Furthermore, the U.S. should lift the sanctions it has on the Taliban. The suf fering that sanctions lead to alone is enough to justify the lifting of sanctions, but the enmity it creates between people should definitely give us pause before supporting them. Trade restrictions in the past have led to devast ing conflicts, with the War of 1812, the Civil War and pos sibly World War II among them.

Given the United States withdrawal from Afghani stan, it is time to lower the tensions, not deepen them. Sanctions will only lead to future bloodshed. The cur rent situation with the sanc tions is that there is legal un certainty as to how it applies, given that the whole country of Afghanistan is currently ruled by the Taliban. This of course not only affects selfproclaimed members of the Taliban, but the country as a whole.

We should not rely on gov ernment to improve the cur rent humanitarian crisis. We should instead end all for eign aid along with abolish ing all immigration and trade restrictions.

Consider other people’s opinions in your walk of wisdom

Zachary O’Neil Contributing Writer

As students in higher edu cation, we have a duty to en gage with ideas. This means engaging opinions which we agree with as well as opin ions we disagree with. The classroom would be come a rather dull place if we only stud ied the ideas of those whom we completely agreed with, mainly because there would not be many people to study. Thankfully, this is not the practice of college professors here.

I also do not think that we should only welcome speak ers whom we completely agree with. College is a unique time of holding won to ultimate truth while also forming ideas around those things that are not of ulti mate importance. We must have the integrity to hold onto ultimate truth but the charity to hold loosely those things that aren’t of ultimate importance.

Part of the hard work of the student is to discern the difference between these two categories. The mistake we often make as students is to assign ultimate importance to the questions that do not belong in the category of ul timate importance. One of those questions that is of ulti mate importance is the ques tion of who God is. A ques tion that is not of ultimate importance is how you voted in the past election. When engaging ideas and people we should always approach them with a charitable atti tude. When the questions are not of ultimate importance, we should have even more charity paired with an intel lectually humble disposition.

That brings me to David French; the author, col umnist, and cultural com mentator who spoke on our campus yes terday. When it comes to the spectrum of beliefs in the world, rather in America, French is closely aligned to many students.

The student body at the col lege is one that has many Christians and many Conser vatives. These are titles that French claims and has spent a lifetime publicly defending.

It worries me when parts of the student body and the larger college community are opposed to his visit. Not because they hold different beliefs than French; there is nothing wrong with that. It worries me because if we cannot thoughtfully engage with those who agree with us on many things (like French) how are we going to engage a world that disagrees with us on most things.

I would hope that a speaker who disagrees with us on al most everything could come to this campus, speak and be lovingly hosted. Here is a re minder that most people do not believe what you believe.

Part of the point of an education is learning how to engage with a world that will throw a million differ ent ideas at you on any given day. It is of crucial impor tance that as an institution we learn to engage with peo ple who hold these different ideas. We must learn to en gage with people who have differences of a fundamental nature. Before we can do that though, we must learn to en gage with people who only differ slightly in their beliefs. This is one of the most cru cial goals of an education and we have failed at it if we are not welcoming guests with different ideas onto our campus. If you cannot en gage with those who share the same framework as you then you will be hopelessly floundering in a world where many have a completely dif ferent framework.

I am glad that French came to our campus and shared his well-articulated beliefs. It helped me on that walk of wisdom, and I believe it helped our campus on that same walk. I encourage you to begin the journey of truly engaging those who think differently than you. As you begin this journey, I would encourage you to have the integrity to engage with dif ferent thinkers, the charity to correctly understand them and the humble disposition to learn from then.

Don’t forget about German contributions

David Ake Contributing Writer

German-American Day is a United States holiday cel ebrated annually on Oct. 6.

I believe this holiday should be more popular due to the many contributions Germans and German-Amer icans have made to the U.S. They are worthy of recognition for at least one day out of the year.

The holiday’s original in tent was to commemorate the first German settle ment in Philadelphia, Pa., named Germantown on Oct. 6, 1683. It was celebrated from the 19th century un til the first World War. It declined in popularity with the stigma around Germany arising from the cruel acts of Germans during the World Wars.

President Ronald Reagan

proclaimed Oct. 6 as Ger man-American Day on the 300th anniversary of the set tlement of Germantown. He reestablished this holiday to celebrate the German settle ment, the contributions of Germans to American society and the German heritage of a large portion of Americans.

Here is a list of some of the notable things connected to Germans and GermanAmericans.

The English language is the most common language spoken in the U.S., and it was created by Germanic tribes that sailed to Britain in the fifth century.

Germans have had a last ing influence on the Ameri can church. Reformer and theologian Martin Luther led the Protestant Reformation.

Other Christian denomina tions Germans started and still flourish in the United States are the Mennonites, Brethren and the Quakers.

The Pennsylvania Dutch who primarily make up these de

nominations, are not Dutch; they are German. The Ger man word for “German” is “Deutsch,” which looks like “Dutch.”

German composer Johann Sebastian Bach wrote many chorales that are played in American churches.

Some American Christmas traditions, like Christmas trees, are German in nature. Santa’s reindeer Donner and Blitzen’s names are German for “thunder” and “light ning.” Two hymns originally written in German are “Silent Night” and “Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming,” originally titled, “Stille Nacht,” and “Es ist ein Ros entsprungen.”

Even many common American foods have their roots in Germany. Hotdogs, sausage, hamburgers, sau erkraut, liverwurst, pretzels, scrapple and jelly doughnuts are all German foods. Heinz Ketchup and Kraft Foods Inc. were founded by Ger man-Americans. Hotdogs, or Frankfurters, were cre

ated in Frankfurt, Germany.

In Germany, jelly doughnuts are called Berliners. Heinz ketchup was created in Pitts burgh by German immigrant Henry J. Heinz in 1876, and Kraft Foods Inc. was found ed by a Canadian immigrant of German descent named James L. Kraft.

Some German and Ger man-American industrial contributions to the United States are Audi, Porsche, Volkswagen, Boeing Air lines, the Brooklyn Bridge, blue jeans, Adidas, Puma and Disney. Boeing Airlines was founded by William E. Boeing, the son of a German immigrant. The first blue jean factory in the world was founded by German immi grant Levi Strauss.

German and GermanAmerican figures were also influential in American his tory. Baron von Steuben trained General Washing ton’s troops during the Revo lutionary War, and German immigrant Carl Schurz was

a founding member of the Republican Party. Albert Einstein taught his groundbreaking scientific discover ies in American universities. Thomas Nast was a political cartoonist and considered “Father of the American Car toon.” Presidents Herbert Hoover, Dwight Eisenhower and Donald Trump have sig nificant German heritage.

Germans have also im pacted pop culture through actors and actresses Leonar do DiCaprio, Sandra Bullock and Michelle Pfeiffer, who all have significant German heritage.

As an American with par tial German heritage, I love learning about the rich influ ence of the Germans on the United States, whether it be Protestantism, the English language, Christmas trees, blue jeans or other things Americans do not consider as having German origins. In light of all these contribu tions, mark your calendars for next year.

FRENCH

Bond’s last mission a pleasant surprise ‘No Time to Die’ marks the end of an era

David Zimmermann Editor-in-Chief

The last in Daniel Craig’s iteration of James Bond, “No Time to Die,” concludes his story with an action-packed film that isn’t afraid to ex plore the British spy’s more vulnerable side.

Director Cary Joji Fuku naga takes the actor that breathed new life into the Bond franchise 15 years ago and manages to send him off in an epic finale.

“No Time to Die” follows a retired Bond, who gets thrown back into the spy game after becoming the pri mary target of the terrorist organization SPECTRE. De termined to thwart its nefari ous plans, Bond discovers there is an even more sinister villain on the loose.

Though it clocks in at a whopping 163 minutes, the film never feels slow or bor ing. Rather, its quick pace keeps the audience enter tained for the entire runtime. The film balances the action sequences well with its more quiet, intimate moments be tween characters.

The opening chase scene sets the tone for the rest of the movie, telling the audi ence it’s going to be a fun last ride. Propelling the story forward to a satisfying conclusion, the action is ex hilarating and shows Craig at Bond’s finest, even at 53 years old.

And the dialogue scenes

Tunes

between Bond and other characters help to slow the film’s otherwise rapid pace. The chemistry between Craig and the rest of the cast is fun to watch, especially with Léa Seydoux’s character, Mad eleine Swann.

Over the previous 24 mov ies, audiences have come to expect the “Bond girl” trope from the franchise, but “No Time to Die” differs in its treatment of Swann as Bond’s love interest. Instead of viewing her as a dispos able pleasure, Bond finds her worth pursuing. He cares for her and wants to protect her. Bond’s love for Swann makes him relatable (and vulner

from the Tower...

‘Being So Normal’

Chris Murphy Design Chief

Peach Pit’s debut album, “Being So Normal,” is much more rock-influenced than the other albums that have been in this column.

While there’s a hint of in die flair to the shorter LP, each song has a distinctly rock sound, with many tracks featuring a guitar solo to cap off the track. That being said, the album is very chill, with rela tively pulled back drums to allow the melody to be more prominent from the bassline and riffs.

Among the nine tracks on the album, songs like “Drop the Guillotine” and “Not Me” have stronger rock styles, while “Being so Nor mal” and “Alrighty Aphro dite” have an even split of

indie and rock vibes.

On the other hand, “Techno Show,” “Chagu’s Sideturn” and “Private Pre sley” are the kind of laidback songs you’d want to play while hanging out with friends. “Hot Knifer” and “Tommy’s Party” are slow er songs that are similar to rock ballads.

I hadn’t heard any songs beyond “Alrighty Aphro dite” and parts of “Not Me” before listening through the album, and I was pleasant ly surprised with how much I enjoyed going through it, especially because of tracks like “Techno Show” and “Being so Normal.”

I’d definitely recommend giving the album a listen for the sake of the chill but satisfying rock tone you can find in most of the tracks.

able) in this film.

This is just one of the reasons why “No Time to Die” feels vastly different in tone from its predecessors. It shows Bond’s character growth from a selfish, cocky 007 agent in “Casino Royale” to a humble, empathetic hu man being who cares for oth ers and not just himself.

Another aspect that sets this film apart is its gorgeous cinematography. Director of photography Linus Sand gren shot “No Time to Die” on large-format Kodak film – a franchise first – to make the film look larger than life. And it paid off!

The visuals and colors are

beautiful and bring you fur ther into the story, while the exotic locations instill a sense of awe and wonder in the audience.

The music is also a huge positive. Hans Zimmer’s breathtaking score imbues the film with a sense of ur gency in the chase scenes and feelings of emotion in its dramatic moments, and Bil lie Eilish nails the trademark theme song with the film’s more somber tone.

The only major drawback is the main villain, Safin, played by Rami Malek. His opening scene hooks in the audience, now wondering who this mysterious char

acter is. Appearing a second time halfway through the film, Safin is surprisingly un derwhelming as a villain due to his lack of clear motiva tion for world domination.

The absence of his char acter development makes it unclear as to what he is try ing to accomplish in the third act.

Despite this one negative detail, the 25th Bond film is a fitting, fun and epic finale for Craig’s version of the charac ter. I didn’t go into the the ater with high expectations for this movie, but I was pleasantly surprised when I walked out. I’d rate “No Time to Die” a 9/10.

Searching for the ‘Blue Flower’

Jake Aspacher Contributing Writer

The Gray Havens, a hus band-and-wife duo com posed of Dave and Licia Red ford, recently released a new album called “Blue Flower,” inspired by C.S. Lewis and his exploration of the idea of “sehnsucht.”

For those who haven’t lis tened to The Gray Havens before, you should listen to this extremely talented pair; they work ideas of philoso phy and faith into incredible folk-alternative and folk-pop musical pieces. If it’s any clue as to how serious they are about their music’s phil osophical and spiritual com ponents, their stage name is itself a J.R.R. Tolkien refer ence.

This new album, which is their fourth full-length al bum, is an airy and hopeful exposition that leans on the philosophical and poetical idea of “sehnsucht,” which is defined as a “yearning; wist ful longing.”

For anyone interested in literature and philosophy, especially C.S. Lewis fans, this album is a real treat. In an interview with The Gospel Coalition’s senior editor and

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continued from 11 has also entered their PAC Championship tournament. Grove City entered as the fourth seed in the quarter finals, and their 7-2 victory over Saint Vincent on Tues day advanced them to the semi-finals.

The Wolverines emerged victorious with two out of three doubles wins against the Bearcats. Senior Lillian

director of communications Brett McCracken, Dave Rad ford said that the inspiration for this album came from reading Lewis’ book “Sur prised by Joy.”

In his book, Lewis talks about his experience with the idea of “sehnsucht” and makes reference to “the Blue Flower,” which Radford points out in his interview with McCracken, “was used in German Romantic litera ture as a symbol for “sehn sucht.” It was this interac tion Lewis described that gave Radford the inspiration for the album. The album it self follows along with Lewis’ life and search for joy and “the Blue Flower.”

The 12-track album moves at a good pace and engages the listener both lyrically and musically with its upbeat and springy feel. The first track, “Blue Flower,” describes the search for joy and really sets up the rest of the album. The following tracks are little snapshots of one’s search for joy.

In “Endless Summer,” Radford takes the phrase “endless winter” and flips it on its head with the sunrise. The fourth track, “It’s Pos sible,” is inspired by Lewis’

Jeynes and freshman Emily Ivory earned their doubles win 8-2. Freshman Alyssa Good and senior Sydney Ad ams secured the next win 8-6, while junior Logan Fuss and sophomore Lexi Chappel fell 8-2.

Chappel, Ivory, Jeynes, Good and freshman Janel McCray all earned victories in singles play.

The Grove City women will take on top-seed, 7-0

first visit to Oxford accord ing to Radford. “Pale Moon light” has an interesting beat that breaks from the other songs, which fittingly de picts the seeker’s realization that they’ve been chasing the wrong thing.

If you listen to this album, try to listen to it in its entire ty, as it takes the listener on a pleasurable philosophical and musical journey.

Listen carefully. This al bum is full of little refer ences to Lewis’ works that you don’t want to miss. It is impressive how seamlessly and beautifully these refer ences are woven into this miniature timeline of Lewis’ life, coupled with the idea of “sehnsucht” and the search for joy.

The Gray Havens have cre ated an experience of musi cal, philosophical, historical and literary bliss. It’s hard to listen to this album and not come away wanting to get outside, enjoy the sunshine, hear the birds chirp, enjoy a cup of tea or read a good book. This album fulfills its intended purpose by leav ing the listener with a sense of hope looking toward the future and a desire to search for “the Blue Flower.”

Franciscan at 1 p.m. today in Washington, Pa. The winner of the Grove City-Franciscan match will face the winner of the W&J and Westminster semi-final match on Satur day in the finals.

In their last meeting on Sept. 24, Grove City fell to Franciscan 6-3, but the team looks to fight hard and ad vance to the championship match tomorrow.

Volleyball and tennis advance to postseason

Emily Rupczewski Sports Editor

The volleyball and wom en’s tennis teams have al ready secured their spots in their respective postseason tournaments.

The volleyball team clinched a playoff berth on Tuesday night with their close 3-0 victory over Saint Vincent. Though it was a 3-0 sweep, the Wolverines fought for every point, winning by a narrow 25-19, 26-24 and 3028 first, second and third set, respectively.

Grove City’s offense was ceaseless against Saint Vin cent on Tuesday. Sopho more middle blocker Anna DeGraaf and junior outside hitter Faith Keating each had nine kills apiece, and junior Robyn Collier posted eight kills. Sophomore outside

Lexie Auth added five crucial kills in the nail-biter third set.

Freshman setters Katie Kenlein and Kennedy Kerr directed the offense. Kenlein set 22 assists, and Kerr add ed 10 for the Wolverines.

Back in the libero jersey, freshman outside and libero Mya Lathem kept the back row alive with 32 digs on the night. Keating contributed defensively with 26 digs. Kenlein and sophomore out side Eloise Augustine each had nine digs.

DeGraaf, senior right side Amanda Schmidt and sopho more middle blocker Katie Pry each posted two blocks apiece.

The win over Saint Vincent guaranteed Grove City a spot in the postseason bracket, which will include the top six teams in the conference. As

of Wednesday, the Wolver ines volleyball team sits 17-7 overall, and second place (10-3) in the PAC behind undefeated Westminster (13-0), who Grove City will challenge again at home on Tuesday.

Before that, the Wolver ines will make the trek to Bethany, W.Va., to face the Bison at 1 p.m. tomorrow. After Saturday, only two more regular season games remain for Grove City, W&J and Geneva, two teams the Wolverines have already de feated this season. One thing is for sure: The remainder of the regular season will be crucial for the Wolverines, as conference standings will de termine seeding for the PAC Championship tournament.

The women’s tennis team

Men's soccer beats Barons

Emma Rossi Contributing Writer

The Grove City Wolver ines defeated the Franciscan Barons 2-1 on the road on Wednesday, improving their conference record to 6-1.

Junior forward Sam Belitz delivered the tie-breaking goal with only four minutes remaining. Belitz’s high left shot became his tenth goal of the season, putting him in the lead scoring position on the Wolverines’ roster and ranking him second over all in the conference. Belitz leads the league in game win ning goals, with four total.

The deciding goal was as sisted by freshman forward Jordan Rebsamen, who pro vided sophomore forward Hunter Hardin with an assist to open the scoring 52 min utes into the game.

The game was tied 1-1 af ter the Barons scored at the 54:39 mark.

Grove City dominated of fensively, racking up 14 shots on goal while holding Fran ciscan to only six. Senior

goalkeeper Luke Greenway kept a scoreless first half by recording two saves. Begin ning in the second half, ju nior Jesse Greyshock took over in goal and tallied two saves of his own to close out the win.

The Wolverines delivered the Barons their first loss of the season with yet another impressive performance.

The Wolverines clobbered the Chatham Cougars 5-1 at Don Lyle Field on Saturday, Oct. 16.

Junior defender Aaron McFeaters opened scoring 22 minutes into the game, as sisted by freshman midfield er Luke Kimmich. McFeat ers’ scored his second goal of the game and sixth goal of the season on an assist from at the 44:55 mark.

The Cougars’ sole goal of the game opened the second half at minute 53:36.

Grove City quickly re sponded only a minute later with a goal by Belitz, assist ed by Hardin. The Wolver ines’ third goal of the game marked Belitz’s ninth goal of

the season.

Belitz’s second contribu tion of the game came on an assist to sophomore mid fielder Holton Gwalthey’s goal at the 61:19 mark, put ting Grove City ahead 4-1. The Wolverine’s culminating goal of the game was scored two minutes later by senior midfielder Kennan Roewer, whose first goal of the season drove the final nail into Cha tham’s coffin.

“Our result against Cha tham was evidence of the chemistry that this team can display,” Dreves said. “We were missing a bunch of guys for the match, but the group we had played well and clicked. Scoring on set piec es and in the run of play was great to see. The 10-minute period in the second half when we scored three goals and were really pushing showed what we are capable of.”

The men’s soccer team plays their next game at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 23, at Don Lyle Field.

Sports at a Glance News

The women’s tennis team advanced to the semi-finals of the PAC championship tournament. They will face unde feated Franciscan this afternoon to challenge for a spot in the finals tomorrow.

The Grove City volleyball team clinched a playoff berth on Tuesday with their 3-0 sweep of Saint Vincent. They are currently second in the PAC at 10-3.

Junior running back Clayton Parrish now leads all of NCAA football with 17 total touchdowns this season, and is third in the PAC with 460 rushing yards.

Results

Women’s Soccer (8-7, 5-2): W, Franciscan (3-1); W, Chatham (1-0, OT); L, Westminster (1-0)

Men’s Soccer (8-7, 6-1 PAC): W, Franciscan (2-1); W, Chatham (5-1); L, Westminster (2-1)

Volleyball (17-7, 10-3 PAC): W, Saint Vincent (3-0); W, Chatham (3-1); W, Waynesburg (3-1); W, Franciscan (3-0); L, Thiel (3-0); W, W&J (3-1)

Women’s Tennis (9-4, 4-3, PAC): W, PAC Quarterfinals: Saint Vincent (7-2); L, W&J (4-5) Football (6-1, 5-1 PAC): W, Saint Vincent (41-29); W, Geneva (56-7)

Women’s Cross Country: Oberlin Invitational, 23rd/35 – 625 pts Men’s Cross Country: Oberlin Invitational, 24th/33 – 723 pts

Women’s Swimming & Diving: Clarion Classic, 2nd/3 – 427 pts

Men’s Swimming & Diving: Clarion Classic, 3rd/3 – 319 pts

Women’s Golf: PAC Championships Rounds 1-2: 5th/8 – 816 Men's Golf: PAC Championships Rounds 1-2: 3rd/7 – 619

Upcoming

Women’s Tennis: Oct. 22, 1:00 p.m. PAC Semifinals vs. Franciscan Volleyball: Oct. 23, 1:00 p.m. at Bethany Oct. 26, 6:30 p.m. vs. Westminster Oct. 28, 7:00 p.m. vs. W&J Women’s Soccer: Oct. 23, 1:00 p.m. vs. Bethany Oct. 27, 4:30 p.m. vs. Saint Vincent

Women’s Swimming & Diving: Oct. 23, 1:00 p.m. vs. Allegheny

Men's Swimming & Diving: Oct. 23, 1:00 p.m. vs. Allegheny Men's Soccer: Oct. 23, 4:00 p.m. vs. Bethany Oct. 27, 7:00 p.m. vs. Saint Vincent

WOLVERINE WEEKLY HONORS

Lydia Bennett Cross Country PAC Rookie of the Week

Clayton Parrish Football PAC Offensive Player of the Week

Jonah DeWitt Cross Country PAC Rookie of the Week

Kennedy Kerr Volleyball PAC Rookie of the Week

Natalie Merrick Women’s Soccer PAC Rookie of the Week

Mac Hancock Swimming PAC Swimmer of the Week

Owen Schulze Swimming PAC Rookie of the Week

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Junior Logan Fuss swings during Tuesday's PAC quarterfinals vs. Saint Vincent. The Wolverines won 7-2 and advanced to the semifinals where they will face Franciscan this afternoon.

Lacrosse for a cause Team hosts fundraiser scrimmage

Rachel Ledford Contributing Writer

If the chance to watch a Di vision I school play on Grove City turf for the first time in modern history isn’t excit ing enough, then you should know it’s for a wonderful cause.

The men’s lacrosse team hosts the Nicholas Collelouri Classic tomorrow, where they will play Division I team Cleveland State at 11:30 a.m. and Division II team Seton Hill at 4 p.m. This event is one of many that the men’s lacrosse team has been host ing throughout the fall to

raise money for The Head strong Foundation and the Willoughby family.

The Willoughby fam ily attends church with head men’s lacrosse coach Alec Jernstedt and his family, and the friendship between his daughter Charlotte and the Willoughby family’s 5-year-old daughter, Lowin Willoughby, brought Coach Jernstedt’s attention to the family’s situation.

Lowin has a large, rare brain tumor that she has been battling for most of her young life, along with other medical issues such as Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

and seizures as a result of her tumor.

“Lowin is so full of energy and life and is so quick to do something silly to make everyone laugh. She imme diately came to mind when we were asked to find a lo cal family that we could sup port,” Jernstedt said.

Before fall break, the men’s lacrosse team had the chance to meet Lowin and her fam ily. Lowin’s mother spoke to the team about how she has learned to trust God in ev erything and that He is ul timately the One in control. The team also gave Lowin her own lacrosse stick and

gave her the chance to run and to score some goals on the field with them.

“It was incredible how joy ful she is in everything she does,” sophomore goalkeep er Daniel Stone said. “It was incredible to be able to intro duce her to lacrosse and see how much joy she had play ing with us.”

Jernstedt hopes to take what the players learned from this experience and ap ply it to their performance on the field.

“You can play well, and you can play poorly, but ul timately God is in control,” Jernstedt said.

Preparing to play a Divi sion I school and a top Divi sion II school on the same day is an exciting and unique opportunity for the team. Af ter competing in the NCAA tournament last year, the team is looking to improve upon their performance and continue to compete on a na tional level.

“I think it’s an awesome opportunity and will be a memorable experience for the team,” athletic director Todd Gibson said. “We want to build an athletic program that people want to play

Swim team debuts at Clarion

Emily Rupczewski Sports Editor

The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams were back in action this weekend as they visited Divi sion II Clarion University to kick off the 2021-2022 sea son.

The women’s team took second place, with 427 points, behind host Clarion, who finished with 878.5 points. Allegheny College finished in third with 410.5 points.

The men’s team took third place with 319 points behind Clarion and Allegheny, who finished with 1007.5 points and 327.5 points respective ly.

Saturday proved to be an all-day endeavor with many swimmers competing in mul tiple events all day long.

“I believe that our team felt quite prepared for this meet,” junior Rachael Wallace said. “We are coached to perform even while fatigued which really makes meets like this a mental game. Our athletes had to swim a lot of events, and it was a very long meet. Overall, we all did super well, and everyone was clearly giv ing their best.”

Wallace contributed two major wins to the women’s team. She won the 100 but

terfly in 1:01.49 seconds. She also placed first in the 200 individual medley in 2:19.99.

Wallace also finished sec ond in the 200 free with a time of 2:01.00. Junior Ra chel Ledford finished third in both the 400 individual med ley, with a time of 5:04.21, and in the 200 backstroke, with a time of 2:22.04.

Freshman and gold-med alist Paralympian Mikaela Jenkins secured her first col legiate win by taking first in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:17.76.

“It was so much fun com peting with the team for the first time,” Jenkins said. “I love everybody on the team, and they have all been so supportive of me and the other freshmen. Every ath lete works so hard during each practice, and they have been great to train with!”

In August, the Paralympi an won gold in her 100 but terfly with a time of 1:07.52. Upon arriving at the college after her successes in Tokyo, Jenkins took the first three weeks of the practice season off to get adjusted to life as a student and to recover from the rigor of the Paralympics.

“I was very happy with my swims this weekend,” Jen kins said, “especially in my 200 fly. It showed me that I’m not too out of shape, and

it encouraged me to continue to train hard!”

The Grove City women, comprised of Wallace, junior Sarah Gann, freshman Sarah Kuchma and sophomore Liz Hasse, took third in the 400 free relay with an overall time of 3:54.72.

For the men, junior Mac Hancock won the 50 free in a lightning 22.26 seconds, earning him PAC Swimmer of the Week. Hancock also took second in the 100 free in 49.55 seconds. Junior

Elias Griffin gave Grove City another victory by finishing first in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:16.08.

Both Griffin and Hancock, along with seniors Noah Berkebile and Will Hannon, placed third in the 200-med ley relay with an overall time of 1:40.14. Senior Joey As trab had a third-place finish in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:03.77.

Though the season has just begun, the Wolverines are al ready on the hunt to become

PAC champs for yet another consecutive season.

“We are definitely aiming for another conference title, and that’s something we can’t achieve without all of our teammates working hard,” Wallace said. “As teammates, we try and make sure we are lifting each other up and en couraging everyone to be the best we can be.”

The Wolverines will face future PAC member Allegh eny at 1 p.m. tomorrow in Meadville.

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The men's lacrosse team invited Lowin Willoughby to one of their practices in preparation for Saturday's scimmage and fundraise r for Lowin and her family.

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Junior Rachael Wallace in last year's meet against Chatham. Wallace boosted the Wolverines to second place with her two first-place wins last Saturday at Clarion University.