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2022 commencement speaker announced Ayden Gutierrez News Editor
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democratic United States Representative for the 14th congressional district of New York, will speak at Grove City College’s 142nd Commencement. The speech will be AOC’s first time addressing a conservative-dominant crowd. The college has been a longstanding representative for faith and freedom, specifically being rooted in conservative politics, economics and Christianity. The college has had a number of high-profile Republican politicians speak at commencement over the last few years – Ben Carson, Mike Pence, Ben Sasse and a Fox News host who used to work for George W. Bush. “We’ve had dozens of Republicans speaking at commencement over the years … this is a chance to demonstrate that we’re fair and balanced with our grad speak-
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ers,” a college spokesman said. The choice may seem an odd one for the college, one of America’s most conservative Colleges, but the liberal firebrand best known for defunding the police and trying to build back better says she’s thrilled to speak to graduating Grovers. “I’ve never heard of Grove City College, but I’m sure this audience will be very receptive to my slate of issues,” she told The Collegian. “Ocasio2018 was a campaign that brought New Yorkers together to champion the needs of working families in the Bronx and Queens. Ocasiocommencement-2022 will bring me and the people of Grove City together as we discuss dignified healthcare, tuition-free higher education, quality employment and justice for all. I hate corporate money, and this place
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Immortalizing Kitty Purry David Zimmermann Editor-in-Chief
Two springs ago, all of us lost something or someone – personal interactions with professors and fellow students in class, time in the close-knit community Grove City College is known for and maybe you haven’t seen a friend since they graduated. Whatever it was, 2020 was the year that took and took and took… and gave nothing in return. Perhaps the most devastating news (to those of us who got the chance to know her) was the loss of Kitty Purry, the beloved campus cat. Many of us, when return-
ing to campus in the fall of 2020, looked forward to reuniting with our furry friend but were saddened when there was no sight of her. No longer did she stalk the campus squirrels to eat her meals nor jump into the first-floor dorm windows to make new friends. Kitty Purry was a source of joy to the students and faculty who encountered her during her short time here. But oh, fret no more, dear Grover. To memorialize the legacy of the cat, the myth, the legend, the senior class of 2022 should replace its current parting gift (of the word “GROVE”) with a sixty-cubit high, six-cubit wide statue of Kitty Purry. Rather than sculpt the
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statue out of one metal alloy such as bronze, why not take inspiration from the Nebuchadnezzar statue in Daniel 2? This way, the statue can be made of gold, silver, bronze, iron and clay – each material representing the five campus values of faithfulness, excellence, community, stewardship and independence. “This image, mighty and of exceeding brightness, stood before you, and its appearance was frightening. The head of this image (and its whiskers were) of fine gold, its chest and (forelegs) of silver, its (belly) and thighs of bronze, its (hind legs) of iron, its (paws) partly of iron and partly of clay.” To find an ideal location where the whole campus
can behold Kitty Purry’s awesomeness, the college should replace the American flagpole on the quad with this modern colossus looming over Wolf Creek, her former feeding ground. A nice addition to this immaculate statue would be a “Try me” button on its nose 90 feet in the air. If someone dares climb Kitty Purry and smacks the button, a 125-decibel “meow” would echo through Grove City’s campus and into town. The speakers would be installed on the side of Rockwell Tower. What better way to honor our old feline friend than give her a statue taller than all the other buildings on campus?
Hicks Cafe won the “Best Cuisine” award at the Western Pennsylvania Cuisine Award Show last Saturday night. Guy Fieri, a TV host on the Food Network, was thrilled to present the award to Jack Colby, general manager of Bon Appetit at the college. “It is my joy to find hidden gems of the cuisine world, especially when they’re close to home,” Fieri said. Colby expressed his appreciation for this award: “Both I and our staff are thankful for this recognition and appreciation, as we have worked day and night to get Hicks up to this status.” Sophomore Morgan Zuccola, a dessert runner at Hicks, said, “I’m extremely proud of Hicks, especially the bakery, for stepping up their game and beginning to cut the cakes and brownies into triangles instead of squares so that people will grab more and eliminate food waste.” Students are slightly confused by this award, and many are wondering if they possibly missed a good meal at Hicks last week. “There are occasionally strawberries at the yogurt bar and cinnamon butter at the bread station,” sophomore Annie Wood said. “Maybe they served those the day the judges visited campus and I missed it.” Surprisingly, when the award was announced, Fieri didn’t mention cinnamon butter or strawberries, but instead Hicks’s famous chicken, rice and sauteed greens were the deciding factor. “At first taste, I was very taken aback by how dry and bland the chicken was,” Fieri said, “but once I drowned it in ranch dressing, it was a novelty.” Fieri continued to expound on their cuisine, saying that Hicks Bon Appetit won the “Best Cuisine” award for their ability not to undercook food and find useful ways to reuse leftovers, such as sauteing old salad and using leftover mac and cheese to garnish the pizza. Although judges, including Fieri, had to pay $10 for admittance into Hicks Café, they were pleasantly surprised by the unlimited options spread throughout the cafeteria. “Who knew college cafeteria food could be so exquisite,” judge Cherry Jones exclaimed, mentioning the astute attention to detail regarding the shape of desserts. After hearing of the announcement, tourists and food connoisseurs are coming from near and far to the small town of Grove City to experience the fine cuisine of Hicks Café, facing and embracing the noon-time rush.