Junior Anna Jenkins said she loves the Fiver program because it “allows students to have a more personal rela tionship with other students and with a professor.” Spe cifically, Jenkins enjoys the ability to “learn from and get to know professors who are not in your major and who you would not otherwise en counter or experience on a personal level.” So far, the Fiver program has gleaned very positive responses from the student body. While some people are sad to not have 11 a.m. class es or Friday lunch dates, the first wave of Fiver sign-ups for this fall are almost full af ter the first week.
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As the new academic year continues, students are set tling into several new aca demic programs, including three new degrees added to the curriculum this semester. The new majors are B.S. in Applied Science and Engi neering, B.S in Supply Chain Management and B.S. in Computer Engineering. “These new majors are the result of an ongoing, strate gic review and reimagining of our academic programs in areas where the college’s strengths and resources meet market needs,” Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Peter Frank ’95 said. Frank continued, stat ing that “Grove City College is well known for the qual ity of our engineering, busi ness and computer science programs. With these new areas of study, students will have greater opportunities to flourish and serve the com monAccordinggood.” to the college website, the B.S. in Applied Science and Engineering major will consist of courses in science, engineering and
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“The job requires being very ‘mascoty’ at all home football games, as well as participating in other events and parades for the campus,” Gibson said. “We are look ing for someone who stands for all things we love about Grove City College, and can make people happy.” The job of serving as the mascot does not come with pay.The college hasn’t had any one playing the Willie role regularly in the post pan demic era and Gibson said he hopes to build up a roster of students ready to serve in the role for athletics and other campusSeniorevents.ClarkMummau has previously donned the fur and paws as Willie the Wol verine. He spoke on what it was like to be the college’s
There was reportedly an other compromised drain that would have caused a problem in future inclement weather, but was replaced this week, Grimm said. Students and professors gathered around the scene while the housekeeping staff contained the impact of the leak under the damaged ceil ing and cleaned the floor, both of water and tile debris. Frustrated by the interrup tion of class at first, Dr. Jef frey Tedford ’00, chair of the Music Department, said he was proud to see the initia
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Opitz said that “it is helpful in Christian nurture to avoid the one-and-done,” like the former 25 minutes on Tues day and Thursday chapel schedule facilitated. Fivers allow students more time to “keep their eyes and hearts on a topic for five consecutive weeks.”Jenkins said how much she enjoyed her Fiver with Dr. Paul Kemeny in spring 2022
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The college’s Athletics De partment is actively recruit ing candidates to serve as campus mascot Willie the Wolverine.Athletic Director Todd Gibson ’01 announced the search via campus-wide email Wednesday and in vited students to audition for the role.
In spring 2022, the col lege’s Chapel Office under went many changes: a new name, new staff and a new approach to programs of Christian formation on cam pus.The most significant change has been students’ ability to choose how they spend their chapel time on Fridays with the five-weeklong, educator-led sessions calledFiversFivers.allow student choice and educator flexibility to best support community and faith building on campus. Chaplain and Senior Direc tor of Christian Formation Don Opitz explained that part of what prompted the shift was the new office’s research on developing the Christian faith of college students. He said findings indicate that “a student’s relationship with a faithful faculty member is key,” prompting the CFO to task professors with leading Fivers on topics of interest.
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On Monday afternoon, a heavy rainstorm struck cam pus causing damage to the roof of the Pew Fine Arts Center.Asstudents were begin ning their 2 p.m. courses in Pew, rain pounded the top of the academic building and poured into the hallway between the art studios and music practice rooms. A few ceiling tiles crashed to the floor as a result but injured no students or faculty mem bers.Vice President of Op erations Susan Grimm ex plained how the incident oc curred.“One of the drains from the roof failed. They lead to piping that collects the water throughout the building and then ends up in our storm water system,” Grimm said. “The drain portion between the surface of the roof and the indoor ceiling tile was the part that failed.” Most of Pew’s roof was re paired over the summer. Grimm said roughly 65 percent of the roof, including the damaged portion, was covered with a membrane material, preventing water from seeping into the build ing’s interior. The rest of the roofing will be replaced this year or next. After the drain clogged, the rain overflow started leaking into Pew despite the roof’s new watertight covering. “We had the roofing com pany and the representative of the membrane material company onsite within the hour,” Grimm said. “Be tween these two companies and part of our Operations team, we were able to replace the drain to prevent it from happening again.”
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Eventually, it comes time for the flames to separate and for the new light, the new leader, to shine bright on their own, equipped with all that they could possibly absorb. Sustainable leadership can often be lacking in the college environment where there is innately constant turnover, and while this may be overwhelming, you will hopefully find that through the process of coming alongside a future leader you continue to grow yourself.
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It’s true that LOTR fans are concerned about tokeni zation, or the inclusion of minorities for the sake of diversity, but not for the rea sons Amazon claims. It’s not because most critics against this show are hateful, racist people that can’t stand see ing someone different from themselves; it’s that it does not make sense for the story Amazon is trying to tell. If “The Rings of Power” was an original fantasy show that had its own world, that would be fine because it would make sense in that context; but in cluding persons of color in Middle-earth, a mythical set ting created as a prehistoric north-western Europe, does not logically fit in Tolkien’s story (apart from Harfoots, which the author described as Diversitybrowner-skinned).forthesake of diversity, instead of storytell ing, is cheap, and people can see right through that. However, where I think the show will ultimately fail is in its treatment of Tolkien’s work.“The Rings of Power” is supposed to be set in the Sec ond Age before the events of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” and is loosely based on “The Silmarillion,” a collection of short stories which covers a couple thou sandTheyears.problem is Amazon does not have the rights to “The Silmarillion,” which means they cannot cine matically adapt those events without facing a lawsuit from the Tolkien Estate, according to Vanity Fair. Instead, the show is based on the appen dices at the end of “The Re turn of the King.” If you know anything about appendices, it’s that they don’t tell cohesive sto ries; they only supplement the main narrative by giving additional details and the chronology of major events. This means that “The Rings of Power” will mostly be a fanfic show that the show runners and writers created themselves as opposed to looking towards the source material for guidance. Though the lack of rights to “The Silmarillion” was out of their control, Amazon inten tionally hijacked a beloved franchise by inserting mod ern politics into it instead of telling a timeless story that TolkienWhat’sauthored.worseis that the studio decided to release the first two episodes of the series today, Sept. 2, the 49th anniversary of Tolkien’s death. If that isn’t the biggest slap in the face ever, I don’t know what is. This is why the show will not honor Tolkien’s vision of Middle-earth and will fail to respect what the story is in tended to symbolize: a tale of friendship and hope against allDespiteodds. my confidence of the series’ failure among fans, I will still watch “The Rings of Power” even though it may very possibly dilute the imagination of Tolkien’s lore. I only want to see how people react to this show and watch the inevitable backlash that will ensue for attempting to bastardize Middle-earth; but hey, at least we got Peter Jackson’s LOTR movies to fall back on.
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Passing the torch Seniors, I hate to be the one to break it to you, but (hope fully) at the end of this year you will be leaving this campus. This means that everything you do will have to be done by someone else next year. And so, even in all the hubbub of getting ready for graduation and what comes after, it’s important to prepare that person. College is one of the only places where the goal is to train and equip leaders, and then right as they’re hitting their stride they’re gone. Anywhere else that kind of strategy would be extremely unstable, but somehow here, we sur vive.No matter where you go, part of leadership is always go ing to be passing the torch on to the next generation. Now, I imagine most of you have never participated in the Olympic torch relay, but perhaps you have participated in a Christmas Candlelight service, where the light is slow ly, steadily passed down each pew. To avoid dripping wax all over your nice Christmas clothes, there’s a very purposeful way of passing along the flame. The lit candle is held still and strong, while the unlit candle is turned on its side, inserted into the flame, and then as you see the flame increase you know that the second candle has lit and can be taken away. This is how I attempt to model the passing on of respon sibility. In any position, there’s an immense amount of in stitutional knowledge obtained, either that has been passed to you or that you have learned, and it’s your job to pass as much on as you can so that your organization is not left behind.Theearlier this process starts, the better, because the next generation of leaders will be out of their comfort zone. Learning to lead a functioning organization is a lot, and it will feel like being turned on your side and held to a flame. But, through teaching, eventually that new leader can start to work along side you, catch the flame, and, as you work together, flourish.
Well, ladies and gentle men, today is the day that dread has finally come upon us. It has been two and a half years since Amazon officially announced the show, and we get to see what the studio has been working on all this time. Of course, I’m talking about “The Rings of Power.” Since the first (and Lordwilling, the only) “The Lord of the today,riestelevisionRings”sepremieredIfigured I’d write about it—not be cause I’m excited for it; I’m feeling quite the opposite. To preface, I’m not a huge LOTR fanboy so I don’t know everything related to J.R.R. Tolkien’s literature. I haven’t read most of his books (ex cept “The Hobbit”), but I did grow up with the original cinematic trilogy in the early 2000s so I’m somewhat fa miliar with the lore. I may not be the most qual ified person to write about the topic, but this show has sparked something that I have never seen before in modern entertainment— massive fan backlash. Sure, Disney has faced controver sy for distributing less than stellar Marvel and Star Wars projects in the last few years (the most recent examples being “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law” and “Obi-Wan Keno bi”), but it appears Tolk ien fans are not giving “The Rings of Power” a chance and for good reason. The YouTube like-dislike ratio of the main teaser trail er was initially 1:3, sitting at 56,000 likes in contrast to its 159,000 dislikes, Forbes reported on July 17. These numbers have likely gone up since then; overwhelming re jection has been the consis tent trend for all the show’s trailers.Thismust make you won der: Is the criticism only due to allegedly racist trolls who, as the showrunners claim, are just bigoted against di verse representation on screen? Or is there some thing deeper going on here in how the show is treating Tolkien’s work?
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Greetings from Northern Ireland! Eoin (pronounced O-in) Joseph Johnston, our fourth grandchild, was born on August 27. The wee lad’s mom is Corrie Johnston (McNulty) ’14. Admissions has sent me and Mrs. M on an early recruiting visit. This means that I will miss my first home football game since becoming president in 2014. But don’t worry; I’ve lined up a surprise substi tute to lead our “Hey Baby” sing-along between the third and fourth quarters.
If you and your friends take a photo at our new GROVE sign, I would love to see it. It will be fun to put together an album of group shots. Please protect the presi dent’s aging back: if you move the Adirondack chairs in the SHAL courtyard into unusual spots (e.g., all grouped together, under the building overhangs), please return them to something close to the normal spots so students can easily use them. I know, I’m a little weird about stuff like this. Always feel free to let me know if there is something we can be doing better.
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And speaking of Wolver ine sports, be sure to check out the schedules for all our teams this fall. We are among the top teams in ev ery sport, and your support may help put us over the top. Wolverines Together! It’s exciting to see so many of you making use of the many fantastic study spots in the new library. This ren ovation is the fulfillment of a dream to make the library the coolest place on cam pus, though I know it’s stiff competition with the Breen STU. When I get back from Ireland next week, we will celebrate the grand opening of the Collier Café. I’m look ing forward to having coffee with many of you in the days ahead.
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The balance is some where in between, and those who find it will be blessed in the long run. business, as well as concen tration options in Biomedi cal Engineering and Public Health. The program will equip students to bridge the worlds of medical science and engineering, providing a deep scientific and math ematical foundation as well as the broad range of tech nical training. Graduates will be able to pursue jobs as biomedical engineers, men tal health advocates, public health managers, disease prevention specialists and other highly sought-after jobs.The B.S. in Supply Chain Management is a four-year, ACBSP-accredited Manage ment and Marketing pro gram that aims to prepare students to meet the world’s essential needs while opti mally keeping businesses running. With ethical prac tices emphasized, the pro gram will allow students to develop skills in logistics, procurement, manufactur ing, service and being able to plan for facing challenges like national disasters and economic upheaval. Upon graduation, students will stand out as critical thinkers and effective communica tors with the knowledge and skills to solve complex busi ness problems and strength en companies and communi ties.Caleb Heiser, a junior who switched to the Supply Chain Management degree, com mented on the addition of the“Iprogram.wasoriginally a Man agement major with an Op erations concentration, but Supply Chain is what I am really interested in. So, when the college added this ma jor, I made the switch,” said Heiser.“The most exciting thing about this program is the ex perienced professors in this field. Management and Mar keting Professor David But ler has 30 years of experience working in Supply Chain, so it is invaluable to get an edu cation from someone who has seen it all in the Supply Chain and can speak on their fieldwork.”Butler,who teaches four courses within the Supply Chain Management pro gram, noted that the pro gram is an exciting addition to the already strong Busi ness“SupplySchool.Chain Manage ment (SCM) is a critical func tion for companies both large and small,” said Butler. “The last three years has taught the world what SCM profes sionals have known for years, that a business must have a strong, resilient supply chain to compete successfully in to day’sButlermarketplace.”addedthat the bib lical worldview that Grove’s students will bring to this dis cipline make them uniquely qualified to make the many tough, ethical decisions that are required of SCM leaders. “I’m excited to be a part of it and can’t wait to see where God leads the Grove City Col lege SCM graduates.”
There have been many studies that show the rela tionship between personal finances and human behav ior and how there is a bal ance that must be struck to maximize efficiency. Indi viduals who are overly strict about a personal financial plan tend to lose motivation over time. On the flip side, individuals who believe that money grows on trees do not prioritize the neces sary structure that a finan cial plan creates.
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PEW continued from 1 mascot for a brief period. “Taking the mantle of the mascot is a great honor. You get to represent the college — you are its face for an after noon or evening,” Mummau said. “It also takes a lot of re sponsibility. You have to fig ure out how to have fun and get the crowd excited and also relate to the kids who will come up for pictures.” Mummau offered advice to future Willies. “A practical note on actu ally being Willie: Everything has to be big. When you’re wearing all that, slight move ments vanish. You have to go out there and be larger than life in every aspect. It’s hot and draining, but it’s fun and super rewarding to see peo ple smile and laugh as they all cheer Accordingtogether.”tothe college’s alumni website, Willie the Wolverine made his first ap pearance during the 1948 Homecoming game. Willie was decked out in a football uniform donning number 86 and a wolf’s head. The cre ator and first Willie was Rev. Richard S. Beidler ’51, often called Dick “Willie” Beidler who passed away at the age of 88 in “Beidler’s2016.legacy of Wil lie the Wolverine lives on and will continue to serve as a symbol of school spirit, good nature, friendliness and sportsmanship,” the website reads.Upon graduation, to keep the Willie tradition alive, Beidler handed down his football uniform and wolf head to Dr. Richard A. Morledge ’54. During this time, there was much confusion as to wheth er Willie was a wolf or a wol verine. The 1949 yearbook featured a Willie the Wol verine caricature bursting through the Grove City Col lege shield. Created by Don Kingsley, ‘49, the cartoon de picts a wolf-like appearance, yet it was called a wolverine. The ’49 yearbook an nounced, “Tis said when first this college came to be, a powerful Wolverine came out of the north to lie in the shades of our campus, to protect and keep eternal vigi lance over all those who call themselves ‘Wolverines.’ ‘Tis said and ‘tis true ... for here he is ... Meet Willie the Wol verine.”In1951, to ensure that Willie was here to stay, the Student Government Asso ciation approved a petition of charter which was signed by President Weir C. Ketler, to preserve the Wolverine as the college’s Mascot. From then on, the school’s athletic teams were known as the Grove City College Wolver ines.Ryan Briggs, the Sports Information Director at the college, credited Willie with the recent increase in fan en gagement.“Fansupport and enthusi asm for Grove City College’s sports teams has really taken off in recent years,” he said. “Our cheerleaders and Wil lie the Wolverine have had a major role in that growth.” Briggs continued, noting that mascots are an impor tant part of intercollegiate sports at all levels in terms of school spirit and the overall pageantry of college sports. “It is always a big deal when Willie shows up at a game or event on campus,” said Briggs. “Kids are very excited to see him, to get a high five or to have their picture taken with him. Willie has been an integral part of the college and its Athletic Department for 70 years now, and we’re looking forward to regularly seeing him throughout the fall, winter and spring this year.”
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The second pointer is to track weekly and monthly spending. Everyone is sus ceptible to splurging on unnecessary comforts, so track it and factor it into your budget. Refrain from recurring costs that eat away at your hard work. All of this information is far easier said than done.
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The third major is a B.S. in Computer Engineer ing. According to an article published on the college’s website, this Electrical and Computer Engineering de gree bridges hardware de sign and software develop ment. Through projects and robust courses, this chal lenging four-year program will strengthen students and allow them to integrate their understanding of computer programming and embed ded systems. The program will allow students to acquire hands-on experience. That, along with a strong foun dation, will have graduates ready to launch careers in robotics, cybersecurity, arti ficial intelligence, high-end data science and much more.
tive taken by music students who placed about six garbage cans under the affected area. Housekeeping arrived short ly Seniorthereafter.Genevieve Harvey was one of the students who helped contain the leakage in Pew earlier this week. She said she saw four tiles fall from the ceiling while she wasHarveythere. also mentioned that Music Audition and Re cruiting Coordinator Mark Wasilko ’17 “walked under the leak holding his umbrel la.”Water leaked into Pew’s locker room, but no instru ments or equipment were damaged.Tedford thanked Grimm, the rest of the Operations team and the roofing con tractor for quickly respond ing to the emergency and the damage in the storm’s after math.“Ithink we, as an institu tion, realize that despite this being an unusual storm, we need to take steps to antici pate and rectify problems,” he said. “I believe this has happened, and continual evaluation is being done to make sure something like this does not happen again.”
WILLIE continued from 1 stating she has “spiritually and personally grown a lot more” than she would have in the old chapel program. For faculty and staff, lead ing a Fiver is kind of like teaching a weekly class. Opitz said the job “isn’t for ev ery educator,” but that their overall response has been positive, with over 40 faculty participants so far and many professors coming back to do another.Opitz said “many who come to work at the college are here because they cherish their own relationship with Jesus” and want to share that, as well as their intellect andStudentswisdom.generally appre ciate the change and now look forward to getting their 12 chapel credits in. Junior Emily White said, “I love the Fiver program. It is so awesome, and I hope they keep it forever.”
According to the Finan cial Literacy and Education Commission, there are five major components of finan cial literacy: earn, spend, save and invest, borrow and protect. While many of these components do not impact us as students, it is beneficial for critically thinking people to grasp the basic principles of financial literacy.Inthis article, the focus will be on earning, spend ing and saving. The earning compo nent of financial literacy is unique for everyone. Some people earn a doctor’s sal ary while others may earn a landscaper’s wage. Regard less, many financial prin ciples are universal. The powerful thing about finan cial literacy is that you do not have to make six figures to be considered wealthy. It is a mistake to assume that someone is financially free because of their sal ary. Through the proper steps and with attention to detail, anyone with a stable income can reach financial freedom.Afteryou have earned money, the natural next step is to spend at least a portion of it. There are two buckets of spending: dis cretionary spending and non-discretionary spend ing. Discretionary spending is a cost that you can live without, like a vacation or a new car. Non-discretionary spending is an essential cost, like food and rent. A struggle for younger people is that we lack the discern ment to differentiate be tween these two types of spending.Warren Buffett is cred ited for saying, “Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving.” Of course, Buffett must spend money on nondiscretionary expenses, but he is an advocate of sav ing or investing first before ever participating in discre tionary spending. To utilize these major components of financial literacy, it is incredibly im portant to create, monitor and evaluate a personal financial plan that tracks earnings, spending, sav ing and investing. This tool has served many people by holding them accountable for their financial decisions. There are a few point ers that will make a budget more realistic and achiev able. The first is to over budget and underspend. So many individuals fall into the trap of creating a beautiful financial plan and then never sticking to it. Even if you are successful with sticking to your plan, there are unforeseeable life events that could require those extra savings.
A few Fivers being offered during the first wave of the fall semester include “The Miracles of Jesus” with Dr. Andrew Mitchell and Hope man Hall RD Bennett Potter, “Tim Keller’s ‘Every Good Endeavor’” with Provost Pe ter Frank ’95 and “Honky Tonk Gospel” with Dr. Jason Edwards. New this semester is a First Year Students session during chapel time on Fridays. For those who do not sign up for a Fiver, Friday morn ings in Sticht will be occu pied by Dr. Christopher An sberry who is leading a Bible study on the book of Jonah, and Harbison Chapel will host Daniel Snoke and the college’s worship staff for prayer, music and Scripture readings.Thefirst Fiver wave of the semester will begin next Fri day, Sept. 9.
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Overcrowded, under staffed and distressed, the Grove City Area Pet Rescue is seeking compassionate volunteers to care for lovable cats and kittens. Dr. Gary Thompson, a mathematics professor, has volunteered at GCAPR for the past eight years. He and his wife devote their spare time to the well-being of its residents: a little over one hundred cats. Most of the cats are aban doned, strays or “Covid kit tens,” which are pets that people bought during the Covid lull but realized they couldn’t keep when life got busyCurrently,again. the Thompsons are the only two consistent volunteers.“Weare stewards of the earth and domesticated ani mals are our responsibility,” Thompson said. “Nearly ev ery cat in the shelter could tell a tale of abandonment. I sometimes ask them, ‘What’s yourThestory?’”shelter is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization, which means it is run com pletely by volunteer workers and is strictly sponsored by fundraising alone. Many students at Grove City College have volun teered at the shelter, with some continuing to help ha bitually.“Allof them have a love for cats or have a close friend who loves cats and has dragged them along,” Thompson said. “Some wel come the chance to get offcampus for a few hours, oth ers crave a chance to interact with cats, and others just have the heart of a servant.”
While I know many Grover couples start dating one se mester, get married a year later and are off campus in an apartment with a child on the way the next, that likely won’t happen to you. Rela tionships take time to grow, and it would be wise to con tinue to get to know this girl before asking her out. As you continue to inter act, notice how she inter acts with you. If she quickly leaves your connection group dinners and doesn’t say goodbye to you, there is a good chance she is not inter ested. However, if you two end up talking after game night for a while when she could have left to do home work, then she might be in terested in at least getting to know you as a friend. Since you’ve just met her, you probably don’t know ev erything about her, so it is also wise to get to know her character and see how she interacts in different envi ronments. You can also use this time to learn about her opinions on things like her faith, family, politics, hob bies and movies. Some of those things are deal break ers, and by learning those sooner rather than later, you can save yourself a world of trouble. How many times are you willing to watch “The Notebook”? Ask yourself these questions now before it is too Additionally,late. seek wis dom from others. Talk to the other guys in your group, your OB parents and your own parents to see what they think. If they know her well, they can help you think through whether now the two of you would be a good pair, point out red flags and help you see if you are ready for a relationship. Freshman year is a great time to get to know many people, so don’t restrict yourself to just one person. Remember to intentionally get to know the guys on your hall — they could be some of your best friends throughout college.Italso would help you to wait for the semester to get busier and see how you two continue to interact. If the challenges of the semester come and you don’t miss spending time with her that much, then maybe you were just infatuated. On the other hand, if you are both making time for each other, next se mester might be a great time to define the relationship. So, don’t rush into it. You have four whole years ahead of you, and you don’t need to have your mind made up yet. Give both you and her the freedom to figure out college before making another big life change like starting a re
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There’s this girl in my connection group who’s pretty cute and nice. How early is too early to ask her out? Quizzically, Eager Grover Woah there, Tiger, take it easy. It’s only week two, and you need to give this time.
Emma Whiteford Contributing Writer Room draw is a tumultu ous experience for Grovers and the question of why women aren’t allowed hous ing groups has always been a conversation on campus. Last year, however, some thingDesignedchanged.to model the male housing group system, squatting was introduced as a new housing option for the women of Grove City College. With the goal of creating closer community ties, ad ministration paved the way for this new housing adjust ment.Squatting provides an op portunity for students to room with and near their friends for multiple years. Through cultivating these hall communities, social networks are kept secure in a manner like the benefits of Greek life and housing groups while maintaining an understanding of low com mitment.Thechanges in housing this year offer exciting op portunities to bridge divides between social lives and liv ing spaces with the goal of providing holistic care for ev ery student on this campus. As years go by and this adjustment becomes more deeply integrated into cam pus culture, the hope is that the squatting groups will take initiative in fostering relationships between rooms and suites on the hall. Com munity will hopefully be fostered by hosting events, Bible studies, gatherings and maintaining traditions that will provide each group with a unique and distinctive voice and persona. Halls will be given names, themes and color palettes by students residing in the halls, created with the hope that they will stand the test of time. Resident’s Assistant Kier sten Elliott is excited to begin tradition.“What we’re putting into the halls isn’t a one and done deal that will be restarted each year. Rather, the seeds we’re planting now—the girls specifically chosen for each hall, the current décor themes, the hall names—will grow year after year into a community that will not only make our current residents feel a part of something, but that will also make future residents want to be part of something. I look forwards to seeing how the community of my own hall will blossom and invite girls in.” Sophomore Jessica Reyn olds said she loved joining a squat group this year. “I walked into the semester confident that, from day one, I would be surrounded with a small community of amaz ing ladies that would be there to encourage and challenge me throughout the academic year,” she “Choosingsaid.to live with some of my closest friends is definitely one of the best de cisions I have made.” A bright future is in view for the new housing system, and Residence Life has great hopes for the opportunities squatting provides in foster ing formative community and intentional fellowship among the female students on campus.
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Sophomore Alexa Steigh ner said, “The best part of the shelter is you can make a difference, even as a broke college student. Even a few hours a week can make all theAccordingdifference.”to the GCAPR
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The volunteer service may be tough and dirty work, but the adorable kittens and friendly cats make it worth it.
“It’s not glamorous and it can be downright nasty, but you can be part of a team that does its best to help these beautiful, graceful, vulner able animals,” he said.
All the cats are treated with compassion, Dr. Thompson and his wife being the prima ry volunteers at the shelter.
Trash cans full of takeout containers, plastic bottles, aluminum cans and paper plague the campus, making it difficult to throw away actual trash when necessary. So, where are all the recycling bins? More importantly, do we need Recyclingthem?cans are present on campus, lining the hall way that leads to the South MAP laundry room and in HAL. Why then are there not recycling bins in more densely populated areas of the school? Environmental Club Presi dent Hannah Lewonka, a ju nior, said, “Students go on a scavenger hunt around the buildings to find places to recycle. The Environmental Club’s push for this year is to add more recycling around campus in places that pro duce a lot of waste. As stu dents living 0n campus, we can see where the most waste is produced and can take ac tion to push for recycling bins.”Outside Hicks cafeteria, the library and inside SAC are areas consistently full of recyclable trash. These areas would be ideal for picnicgoers outside of the cafete ria and late-night iced-coffee drinkers at SAC who are us ing plastic, paper and cans on a regular basis. Plastic takeout containers are still a popular option that can be recycled, according to Bon Appetit Operations Manager Matthew Leggett.
VIOLET WHITMORE Recycling bins line the hallway leading to MAP’s laundry room.
He said that staff members do not have recycling bins in the kitchens because they are a third-party company and would need to partner with Grove City College staff or associated groups to get recycled items to reach their properRecyclableslocation.must be avail able for the county’s trash collectors to pick up, and a spot for these items has not been negotiated yet. The Grove City Borough website cites that it recycles aluminum and metal cans, plastics #1, #2, and #5, news print (including this inspir ing article), junk mail, com puter paper, various types of paper bags and cardboard. If recyclables are thrown away with trash, they will not be recycled due to cross con tamination, creating a more expensive process for the plant workers and taxpayers. Many institutions think re cycling is a waste of time or and too costly. Students of ten do not recycle properly, throwing away trash in recy clingHowever,bins. the waste man agement company, Recycle Track Systems, claimed that incinerating garbage uses more fossil fuels and recy cling properly can save mon ey and resources – alumi num cans taking 95 percent less energy to produce after beingThisused.system only works, however, if students properly dispose of their trash in sepa rate paper, plastic and alumi num or can bins.
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As the Grove City College student body grows, so does its waste disposal problem.
What is your favorite genre of music? My music tastes are pretty eclectic. I love everything from jazz to metal. Coun try music is the only genre I don’t really care for. What class are you teaching this year? I am very excited about teaching HUMA 202, or Civ Lit, for the first time. I get to teach Homer, Shakespeare, Dostoevsky and Faulkner all in one class! Favorite restaurant? My favorite restaurant is all the way down in Texas, a little Tex-Mex place called Ninfa’s. But in this area, my husband and I enjoy eating at North Country in Slippery Rock. Where did you earn you undergraduate degree? Why? I earned a degree in letters from the Univer sity of Oklahoma. I chose the program because it provided a wide-ranging liberal arts education. Favorite movie? I love movies, so this is a difficult question. One of my favorite films is “The Lady Eve,” a 1940s screwball comedy starring the wonderfulStanwyck.Barbara Where are you from? I was born in Denver, Colorado, but I’ve spent most of my life in Texas. What is your favorite part of students?teaching I love literature, and the best part of teaching is getting to share that love with students. It is a true privilege to help students come to admire the beauty of the works we read in class. GRACE DAVID Squatters pose together in MAP West, second floor. The hallway is decorated with their own personal touch.
Facebook page, the shelter is in desperate need of vol unteers, donations, food and medicine for the cats. Many of these fundraisers are post ed online and in-person –anything is appreciated, due to Thereoverflow.are more cats liv ing in the space than there is room, and most are wait ing to be adopted or fostered.
Though most students can not adopt, they can still do nate small amounts of mon ey or their time.
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“I get attached to many of the cats. I am both sad and delighted when they finally get adopted,” Thompson said.The cats are most likely to get their proper attention and care for their specific needs when they are put into a loving home, he added. Thompson recounted his heart-wrenching experience with one cat. “We had a feral cat in our backyard named Coalie who we had trapped, neutered and released. We kept her in our garage but built her a cat porch of sorts so she could go outside. It took two years, but I was able to tame her enough so that I could handle her, but she trusted no one else,” he said. “Sadly, she developed a cyst on her tail and was diagnosed with diabetes.“Shewas too wild to treat, so I took her to the vet to be euthanized. It tore me apart to know that the only person she ever trusted was taking her to the vet to be put to sleep, but she was saved from a lot of pain and suffering.”
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The recycling dilemma: is it rubbish?
Freshman year is full of adventures and plenty of learning — both inside and outside of class. Explore new things, find joy in the present moment and grow the relationships that you develop along the way.
Liza Kearney, a junior on OB, provided some advice for those just entering their collegiate experience: “Take advantage of things, but don’t overcommit and spread yourself thin right from the start. It’s okay to not do everything at once.”
Orientation Board welcomes Class of 2026 to campus
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As freshmen transition from their home towns to their home for the next four years, they are met with a high-energy group of up perclassmen, excited to participate in the first chapter of a new academic journey. Every year, the group of 100 students that make up Orientation Board have one com mon goal: to encourage each new student and embrace him or her with a Christ-like love. Every class is unique but equally loved by all of Orientation Board. “They’re weird and I like it. They remind me of my year,” said Ambria Good, a senior member of OB. The freshmen are excited for the many opportunities that college provides. One freshman, Garrett Hopkins, looks forward to continuing college classes, particularly with professors like Drs. James Bibza and Carl Trueman.ColtonMiddaugh, another freshman, said that “meeting new people, being on the track team and really just getting to run and have fun with others” is what he is excited for thisBeyondyear. move-in and the many events hosted by Orientation Board, the upperclass men students within the ministry find joy in walking alongside new students throughout the year and getting to know them personally.
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There are moments in his tory when those so close to inevitable victory make one fatal flaw making defeat their fate. For one to clearly see this principle ap plied, looking further than the 2022 mid terms is not necessary. Over the past few months, Re publicans have touted how a Republican victory to regain control of congress is inevi table due to Joe Biden and his administration’s failures starting with the economy. I remember while visiting DC in May and June, hear ing from Republican pundits pointing to the polls showing leads by Senate and House candidates over their Demo crat challengers. Despite the clamor of premature victory within Republican circles, those within the party as well as observers are slowly real izing that they are snatching defeat from the jaws of vic tory in the approaching 2022 midterms.According to polls by Real Clear Politics, Republicans are ahead of Democrats by only 0.8 points in a generic congressional vote. Addition ally, Democrat senate candi dates currently lead in five of the eight toss up senate seats. In Trafalgar group’s most re cent polls, Democratic candi dates John Fetterman, Man dela Barnes and Raphael Warnock are currently beat ing their Republican con tenders between two to five such as Mehmet Oz and Blake Masters, I realized that one of the common denomi nators in their campaigns was a message of resentment towards their opponents. When you first go to Blake Masters website he says, “I grew up in Arizona, and I hate what is happening to it.” Oz has used Fetterman’s health as a means of insult ing him saying, “if John Fet terman had ever eaten a veg etable in his life, then maybe he wouldn’t have had a major lie about it constantly.”
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The radical members of the party gradually fell away, and the libertarian party experi enced peaks and troughs over the years. Tensions started to arise when party’s leadership began criticizing libertarians like Ron Paul and denounc ing organizations like the Mises Institute – one of the organizations partially cred ited for my libertarian views. The party needed reforming. Enter the Mises Caucus. The Caucus was founded in 2017 by Michael Heise, an admirer of Ron Paul and a student at the Austrian School of Economics. The Caucus’ main goal was to take over the party and re turn it to its roots. Since its inception, the party progres sively grew, becoming one of the biggest recruiters, taking over state affiliate after state affiliate. The grand finale came this past convention, which had a Mises Caucus majority.TheMises Caucus took every single leadership po sition, despite the efforts by the pragmatists to delay. In retaliation for the actions of the pragmatists to stall the convention, the Mises major ity voted to suspend the rules and extend the time so other agenda items could be cov ered. The pragmatists had almost totally lost by the end. Consequently, the party has essentially returned to its roots. No longer does the leadership have starry-eyed awe over the ivory towers of Washington, D.C. Radi cal libertarians now drive the party, and that is how it should be. They are also normal human beings. The political rejects and self-pro moters are leaving the party in droves and making way for ordinary people with solid principles.Itisalso reoriented toward radical messaging. While the recent social media offended some from the new party ad ministration, the messaging does refuse to entertain the mainstream, and that is what the party should be doing. It is not a mainstream move ment, so it should utterly reject the ideals of leftism, egalitarianism, and the po litical correctness that Dem ocrats accept, and Republi cans pretend to accept. Additionally, thanks to the efforts by the Pro-Life Cau cus, the Pro-Choice plank in the party platform was re moved entirely and replaced withLastly,nothing.this convention sets the stage for 2024. Will the next candidate be the same as the previous disappoint ments? Probably not. Con sequently, it will not be Jo Jorgensen, the 2020 nomi nee. The 2024 candidate will likely be comedian Dave Smith. He would be a breath of fresh air for the party, de spite having his detractors. He is a principled candidate and intelligent speaker who would be a good representa tive for the party. The only question left is if the Mises Caucus will keep the momentum and main tain leadership. If it does, the party will head in a good direction. If not, then I fear the radicals will lose hope and leave the party, reverting it back to its previous state. Only time will tell, but as of now, the future looks bright for the Libertar ian party.
Hunter Oswald Contributing Writer
Now it is one thing to be frustrated at the failures by the Democratic Party, but the reality is that insulting your opponent’s health and basing your campaign on hatred has never fixed anything. If Re publicans wish to appeal to the average American, they must embrace a message of optimism that engages vot ers and offers hope to those who feel alone. The second point is simple, good policy matters and ap Administration’s policy di sasters ranging from the eco nomic recession, record high inflation, rising crime rates, Biden’s blunders in Ukraine and Afghanistan, and Amer ica’s new energy crisis. Now it is one thing to mention how the status quo is fail ing America, but the key to any successful campaign has been this: how does one ef fectively address it? Repub licans have unfortunately wasted time on attacking their opponents, which has be under the Biden Admin istration.Despite Republicans’ ma jor flaws in their midterm strategy, there is still hope for the Party. As Senator Ted Cruz said at Young America’s Foundation National Con servative Student Confer ence, “you win, I believe, by drawing a sand in the line, by standing and fighting.” Even with defeat in sight, restor ing hope is the real key to any potential victory for Re publicans.
Ben Seevers Contributing Writer
In May, I had the honor of serving as a delegate to the Libertarian National Con vention.Ihada great time, but the infighting was plentiful. If I were to guess, most people would not be aware of the intra-party turmoil that led to the convention. The Libertarian Party was founded in 1972 by the radi cal libertarian David Nolan. The party’s purpose was to promote the ideals of liber tarianism on the national stage. Others in the party had different plans, trying to make the party more of an es tablished or ganization in a failed attempt to win major elections. Some of its early members, such as Murray Rothbard and former congressman Ron Paul identified with the party; however, they did not stay forever. The libertar ian party quickly became rank with political rejects, non-libertarians that could not make it in other par ties. There was one instance where Rothbard was booed by the crowd for suggesting that the party should add an anti-war plank to the plat form. Imagine that!
Turmoil within libertarian convention
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What could be more Christlike than assisting His bride, the Church?Carl True man’s “Strange New World” attempts to achieve this worthy end, but we might won der if it does so with wisdom. In the first sections of the book, Trueman compares the ideas of important thinkers with contemporary culture’s ideas. Rousseau, or some other thinker, believes ‘X’ idea, such as psychological selfhood, and so does con temporaryHowever,culture.itisunclear how this helps the Church. Rous seau’s believing it does not significantly impact con temporary culture, as he admits—most people have not read him or any of the other thinkers he mentions. So, knowing Rousseau is not helpful there. I cannot infer that modern people agree with Rousseau on anything because they agree with him on ‘X’ idea— such is the height of intellec tual irresponsibility. There is no such thing as “the theo retical basis” for any view— as he tries to claim. Views can be held for any number of reasons. And be cause both modern culture and these thinkers are con fusing and unfamiliar; there is no familiar thing helping the reader understand the unfamiliar.Trueman could make his points about culture entirely independent of these think ers. Saying, “this is how Rousseau believed,” along side social commentary and achieve the same goal. The rest does not help me help my neighbor out of their cul turalAdditionally,confusions. the book is very ambiguous when it comes to the object of its analysis. Trueman ubiqui tously mentions “the culture” and “the modern world” yet fails to make clear who ex actly he is talking about. He makes claims like “We are all, in a sense, Marxists now.” Who is we? Only advocates of the sexual revolution? Does it include the Christians he addresses in the last chapter, who are not advocates of the sexual revolution? If so, how, since they do not support it? If not, in what sense does he says, “our culture,” about only a subset of the culture? A work written to a subset of the culture from one side is not history or social com mentary—it is a party tract. This is on top of a wealth of claims about this subset which seem simply false. According to Trueman, the expressive individualists have abandoned moral codes for feelings and doing what ever makes them feel good. But one wonders if True man has seen contemporary discourse from people today who would affirm certain statements (those he consid ers confirming you in thera peutic expressive individu alistic anti-morality) and affirm that racism and sex ism are objectively wrong, no matterApparently,what. modern cul ture believes in a radical selfsufficiency that repudiates dependence on others. Yet a Tumblr post with 140,000 reposts affirms our depen dency from birth; the senti ment radiates through the very language of a multitude of “communities” and affir mations of self-care from the more liberal leaning often emphasize asking others for help and not acting like you must do everything yourself.
How free enterprise is saving Africa
‘Strange New World’ author confronts culture
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To Trueman, we live in a culture that idolizes the safe space where there is no speech that might offend anyone. Yet there is an en tire movement online cen tered around “getting out of your comfort zone” that can be seen by typing “comfort zone” into Pinterest or Ins tagram. Our culture seems more complex than True man’s statements imply. If we are to confront our culture on their manifold sins, we must understand them. The former is not pos sible without the latter. If we are to love our neighbors and help the Church, let us un derstand our world. If this article interested you, feel free to read a longer, more demonstrative version on my blog: orakleofdelfi.blogospot. com.
For years, Africa has domi nated the podium in the ‘bad healthcare’ Olympics.Inthe SubSaharan region of the conti nent, very few countries had the financial structure to spend $34 to $40 per person on health care per year. For reference, the average cost for an estab lished patient and Medicare recipient to visit a family practice in Pennsylvania is approximately $88—the cost of less than a week’s worth of groceries. For years, most Sub-Saharan African coun tries couldn’t afford half of that, to say nothing of medi cation, surgeries or vaccina tions.There’s so much more to the story. Since the beginning of the millennium, some thing has changed. The Af rican healthcare sector that struggled to pay half the cost of a typical American doc tor’s visit is now worth $66 billion. Nations like Japan are pouring tens of millions of dollars into African sys tems to help alleviate the effects of food shortages and healthcare disruptions caused by COVID-19. Per haps most importantly, the African healthy life expectan cy has increased by a decade on average since the start of the 21st century. Let’s take a moment to think about that last one in specific terms—it’s too im portant and beautiful to just be a statistic on a page. The average Rwandan born in 2000 would only have seen 41 years of healthy life. Now, a baby born in Rwanda in 2019 can look forward to 60 years of healthy life. That’s almost twenty years of fam ily, community, and all the things that make life amaz ing. There is no negative side to that piece of news—people in the poorest continent on Earth are living longer lives, less burdened by disease, and have massively increas ing access to health services. In popular terms, that’s a miracle. It’s a miracle lift ing millions out of diseaseridden poverty into the hope of something better—some thing close to the pursuit of happiness we in the West have preached about for cen turies.Sowhy is it that poor pop ulations are living longer, better lives? Social scientist Arthur Brooks went looking for the reason behind mas sive global decline in pover ty in the past 200 years. He found five root causes: glo balization, free trade, prop erty rights, rule of law, and entrepreneurship. It’s not difficult to see how all five of those connect to Africa’s ris ing. Scholars at the liberal Brookings Institute note that globalization has increased demand for African prod ucts and aided in knowl edge transfer, resulting in improved living conditions. Free trade, according to the World Bank, could boost Af rica’s economies and lift 50 million people out of extreme poverty by 2035. James Robinson of the conserva tive Hoover Institution ar gues that securing African property rights is key to sta bilizing countries’ abilities to generate economic progress. Regarding rule of law, the American Bar Association has launched initiatives in Uganda and Tanzania to im plement judicial reform and improve rights for women. Africa is seeing a rise in en trepreneurship in countries like Nigeria, where recent GDP growth has been filled by innovation in areas like information facturing.transportation,communication,andmanu
It’s not foreign aid packag es that are allowing millions of our fellow human beings to live richer and healthier lives, although charity and aid undoubtedly have their place. It’s the free enterprise system that is doing this; it’s innovation and entre preneurship and capitalism that is doing this. We don’t have to be naive, pretend ing capitalism is free of flaws or that the system isn’t af fected by inherent human selfishness. But it would be equally as naive to pretend capitalism hasn’t been a tool of God that’s done truly amazing things. In fact, ex cepting the gospel of Jesus Christ, I’d argue that noth ing has done more for the poor and the marginalized than the influence of the free enterprise system. To quote Barack Obama, “Capitalism has been the greatest driver of prosperity and opportu nity the world has ever seen.” That is true, and right now, free enterprise is bettering life for millions of the least of these. It’s cause for rejoic ing—gratefulness to those within the free enterprise system who’ve helped affect this miracle, and gratitude to the God above who planned it all for His glory.
The Predator becomes the hunted Amber Midthunder shines in ‘Prey’
David Smith Staff Writer
‘Coolerreverb’than Miles Dorst WBN Assistant Music Director Soundgarden’s second album and major-label debut “Louder Than Love” became a conversation amongst musicians and alternative music fans alike despite minimal commercial success. Their third album “Bad motorfinger,” contains many musical masterpiec es asThewell.album begins with the rousing opener, “Rusty Cage,” whose winding gui tar riff prevents the odd time signature from feel ing too strange. The track is unrelenting and upbeat until around the threequarter mark, where it slows down to a heavy, plodding riff. The album then moves to perhaps the most wellknown song, “Outshined,” a heavy but catchy rocker that seems tailor-made for rock radio. In the hands of another band, “Slaves & Bulldoz ers” would be just another by-the-numbers metal dirge; Soundgarden takes it to the next level. “Jesus Christ Pose” is anything but cookie-cutter, with guitarist Kim Thayil’s jar ring lead lines taking lis teners on an exhilarating journey.“Face Pollution” is a perfect song to prove that the grunge genre didn’t produce exclusively slow and depressing music. In a perfect world, “Some where,” penned by bassist Ben Shepherd, would have been a huge hit for the band. The song is catchy and melodic enough to appeal to the masses but doesn’t sacrifice the heavi ness found in other num bers.“Searching With My Good Eye Closed” kicks off the second half of “Bad motorfinger” with a midtempo rocker. Next up comes the groovy, “Room a Thousand Years Wide,” with Kim Thayil’s chug ging riffs complemented by Ben Shepherd’s rum bling bass. A saxophone and trumpet are thrown in the mix of instruments as well.The moody “Mind Riot” sounds like it could’ve been written for fellow altrockers Jane’s Addiction, with some unpredictable chord changes that keep the listener on their toes. “Drawing Flies” is a downand-dirty blues tune with the sax and trumpet re turning to give the song an Aerosmith vibe. “Holy Water” is a wel come return to the slow, plodding stylings of the first half of the album without feeling stale. The 9/4-time signature of the pummeling “New Dam age” feels natural and is a fitting way to end this jug gernaut of an album.
You know you have watched too many movies when you reach the point of asking yourself, “what have I just watched?” The movie in question is “Bodies Bodies Bodies. In fact, before writing this article, I had completely forgotten that I had seen it. I wish it could have remained thatTheway.basis for the film came from a spec script written by Kristen Roupenian, who attained viral success with her short stories, such as “Cat Person.” Director Ha lina Reijn displays a group of wealthy Gen Z friends who fear a killer is stalking and attempting to murder them one by Afterone.taking drugs, drink ing, and dancing for some time, the group decides to play a game called Bodies Bodies Bodies, a murder in the dark game that goes ratherAlthoughpoorly.“Bodies Bodies Bodies” is visually pleasing, it is swollen with pompous irony and shallow concepts custom-fit for bougie-twen ty-somethings who value branding over substance. With actors like Pete Da vidson and Lee Pace, the film had potential to be taken in many different directions. More humor and a better story arc would have im proved the content dramati cally. Ultimately, because of a combination of poor writ ing and directing, the movie feels tragically static.
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There’s also a well-done bear attack scene in which Naru attempts to escape the teeth of a grizzly. Bear scenes rarely utilize decent CGI (re member Demon Bear from The New Mutants?), but “Prey” does things right, sup plying viewers with a believ able chase scene. “Prey” uses its set pieces well, just as the originals did. Trees blur behind Naru as she speedily flees from the Predator.TheComanche base is rid dled with teepees that stand out brilliantly against the ris ing and setting sun. The lack of big-budget ac tors does wonders for the film, allowing viewers to buy into the character de velopment even more, while wholeheartedly rooting for the heroine midway through.
The film itself is also low budget when compared to the original predator films, but VFX is often made beau tiful by simplicity, as is the case here. As a fan of action movies, I can regretfully report that while I’ve seen one or two of the original Predator films, I’ve never been especially in vested in the series. But that’s the beautiful thing about “Prey”; you don’t need to have seen the origi nals to enjoy this latest in stallment.It’sasci-fi thriller that wonderfully ties into the well-oiled machine of the Predator franchise, but func tions as a solo film for those hoping to get a good jolt. Perhaps the best part of “Prey” is the humanity be hind Naru. Arnold Schwar zenegger stars in the original Predator as Dutch, a gritty soldier with a knack for, well, grit.Naru provides a much more relatable character in that her fiery warrior spirit exists alongside her desire to prove herself to her peers.
‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ misses the mark
“Bodies” seems to beckon “Spring Breakers”. The films differ in that “Spring Break ers” has a wildly fascinating protagonist; perhaps that is what “Bodies” is lacking. However, even with that addition of an interesting vil lain, the characters in “Bod ies” are so static that I could not care less what happened to them throughout the mov ie. In fact, I found myself rooting for them to be killed off.Was “Bodies Bodies Bod ies” the worst film of the sum mer? I would say no. Overall, “Bodies Bodies Bodies” is an aesthetically stimulating slasher filled with campy dia logue and obnoxious charac ters that left me ultimately feeling unfulfilled.
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Nick Grasso Entertainment Editor
It’s been a long time since the first Predator movie hit theaters back in 1987. Over 30 years later, Dan Trachten berg’s “Predator” prequel, “Prey”, has found its way to Hulu. Fans of the series may pause, wondering why the iconic series is being given a prequel at all, but “Prey” stands out among the “Pred ator” and “Alien” films as one of the best. Set in 1719, this sci-fi thrill er sees the Predator learn how to hunt on earth, target ing a nearby Comanche tribe as it begins to adapt to the planet.Allthe violence and gore are still there, but improved CGI, a simple plot, and a great performance from a leading woman, Amber Midthunder, set “Prey” apart. Midthunder plays Naru, a fierce warrior hoping to prove herself to her tribe.They crown Naru’s broth er, Taabe (Dakota Beavers), the leader of the group, while failing to see that Naru pos sesses the same fighting spir it as her older brother. After the Predator vicious ly attacks a band of Coman che hunters, Naru sets out to take down the beast and earn the respect of her patriarchal tribe.Midthunder’s ferocious portrayal of a woman living her own life provides a cen terpiece that parallels any one of the protagonists from the original films. What she lacks in strength, she makes up for with speed andInintellect.onescene, the Predator easily dismembers a crew of male hunters, but Naru’s im proved weapon, which allows her to sling her axe around and instantly pull it back to her hand, proves a capable match for the Predator’s weaponized tech.
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Men’s Cross Country: Sept. 2, Westminster Invitational, New Wilmington, Pa. Sept. 9, Saint Vincent Invitational, Latrobe, Pa.
Cross country hits the ground running
Men and Women’s Cross Country is entering their new season under the leadership of recently promoted Head Coach Laura Rybka.Rybka joined the program two years ago, and, prior to her early Au gust promo tion, served as the assistant coach and coordinator of distance running for the col lege’s Track and Field pro gram.Asshe begins her first sea son as head coach, Rybka is looking forward to seeing the benefits of a rapidly growing program and the fruits of a faith-driven culture.
“I think just seeing people grow in confidence in leader ship, it’s been really neat to watch some of the athletes that I’ve coached…(for) two years to just see them grow as people and take owner ship of leadership…” Each team has two cap tains, in addition to team chaplains. The men’s cap tains are senior Bergen Weiner and junior Nick Mady. The captains of the women’s team are senior Eliz Slabaugh and junior Sabrina Bergey.Part of Rybka’s approach to the program is to distin guish the men and women’s teams.“(T)he whole cross-coun try program…we’re all fam ily but…a lot of times people treat the men and women teams as like one thing and they coach them together, they do everything together.
Volleyball: Sept. 2-3, Cedar Point Tournament, Sandusky, Ohio Sept. 7, 6:00 p.m. at Allegheny College
Women’s Soccer: Sept. 3, 12:00 p.m. vs. Mount Aloysius College Men’s Soccer: Sept. 2, 6:00 p.m. at Houghton University Sept. 3, 6:00 p.m. vs. Lancaster Bible College Sept. 7, 7:00 p.m. at Oberlin College
Setting up for success
Jane Monaghan Contributing Writer Grove City College’s Wom en’s Volleyball team is poised to enter their 50th season “As One, For One.” Uniting the 21-person team is their overarching vision: to glorify God.In a reflection of Grove City College’s values of Faithfulness, Excellence and Community, the team’s 12 returning upperclassmen and nine new additions are united in their goal to glorify God through the pursuit of excellence, community and competition. This vision will guide the growth of the team throughout the season, head coach Leo Sayles said. “It will require players to adapt and adjust to each oth er and our new journey, to release their personal goals for the sake of the team, and embrace new roles,” said Sayles. “We expect that all our players from returners to freshmen will embrace their roles and play to the best of their ability for each other and for Christ.” The team’s culture is built on selflessness, servanthood and collaboration between players.“Webelieve that our suc cess is bound to our ability to mesh as one unit,” Say les said. “We are intentional about developing a loving community, just as we are intentional to pursue excel lence by competing with honor and Combiningintegrity.”individual ef fort and passion with team community and culture al lows the team to play to the best of their ability. This year, Grove City expects to compete in the President’s Athletic Conference (PAC) championship with hopes to advance to the NCAA tourna ment.“Every season is a journey of its own,” Sayles said. “We are hopeful that the game ex perience our upperclassmen bring will help us handle the typical challenges of a season – the surprise in unexpected loss or injury that brings the potential to derail any sea son.”Grove City finished their 2021 season with a 19-12 overall record. The Wolver ines saw their season come to an end with a loss to West minster in the PAC semifi nals.The team ranked third in the annual PAC preseason coaches’ poll for 2022 behind Bethany and Westminster. Westminster won the PAC championship last year for a total of six titles. Grove City College owns nine. Three players also earned All-PAC honors last year: se nior outside hitter Faith Ke atings, junior middle blocker Anna DeGraaf and sopho more setter Kennedy Kerr. The Wolverines begin their season today, Friday, Sept. 2 at the Cedar Point tourna ment in Sandusky, Ohio with four matches across two days of gameplay. Their first home game is a non-conference match on Tuesday, Sept. 20 against Geneva College.
The teams are slated to run in five invitationals this sea son, as well as running in the Grove City Twilight 5K early this November. As they pre pare for their season, Rybka and the teams have set oncourse goals of learning, im proving and becoming a co hesive unit. “I think all racing and run ning is learning and it’s…like anything else, like music or writing or art and the more you do it the better you get at it, so I think…for those that are returning (and) coming back with more knowledge… (We’re) also looking to the end of the season (with) the goal (of) learning how to race together as a team.”
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Women’s Cross Country: Sept. 2, Westminster Invitational, New Wilmington, Pa. Sept. 9, Saint Vincent Invitational, Latrobe, Pa.
(T)he more I’ve learned I’ve just realized that different types of training works for the men and women and also…I need to be a differ ent coach for each team,” she said.Within these differenc es, however, there is one clear goal shared among the teams.“Our ultimate goal is to be a light to those around us and to be a kind of team that…sees the people that need Jesus and not neces sarily…talking about it but living it out and being lov ing and kind,” Rybka said. “I want my athletes to grow not only as athletes but as people and leaders and to grow in character. (H)olistic growth is one of my main goals.”
Upcoming
“I think about 75 to 80 per cent of the team is freshmen and sophomores. I think it’s figuring out the type of ath lete that fits both programs and then recruiting that spe cific type,” Rybka said. The men’s team is wel coming 14 freshmen and the women’s team is welcoming four. Rybka explained the team is not only growing in size, but also in their roles off the course.
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RYBKA GRACE DAVID Freshman outside hitter Bella Costa warms up before Saturday’s scrimmage. GRACE DAVID Freshman setter Ella Kopas celebrates with her teammates during Saturday’s scrimmage. Sports at a Glance
Football: Sept. 3, 1:00 p.m. vs. Juniata College Sept. 10, 1:00 p.m. vs. Geneva College
The teams run in their first invitational of the season to day, Sept. 2 at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pa.
Women’s Tennis: Sept. 2, 5:30 p.m. at Houghton University Sept. 6, 3:30 p.m. vs. Thiel College
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The team is welcoming back 21 returning players and introducing 13 freshmen to the program. With a full roster of 34 players, the 2022 team is historically large. “We have a bunch of re turning players who played a lot for us last fall. We had to learn a lot of hard lessons, which is fine because I think it will pay off,” said Lamie. “That experience I think is (going to) be make a big dif ference for us.” After having two seasons affected by the pandemic, the team is looking forward to uninhibited play and see ing the fruits of a productive spring season. The team has also estab lished a core leadership group of six players, voted into position by their team mates. Lamie spoke to the importance of this group and their effect on the team cul ture off the field. “I think off the field we’ve already seen a really great foundation for our team chemistry, our team culture. These guys have been in it two and three years now,” said Lamie. They’ve really bought into it, so I feel like we’ve got a good foundation laid to find new ways to in corporate the freshmen this year and they’re doing a great job bringing them along.” On the field, the team is looking to kickstart their of fense, scoring more goals and utilizing both veteran experience and fresh talent from this year’s recruiting class. Within the freshmen, Lamie sees versatility and a bright future for the group at Grove“There’sCity. some who will have an immediate impact, others who are just giv ing us the depth advantage and making practice more competitive,” Lamie stated. “They’re (going to) develop as players throughout the year.”The season continues af ter Thursday’s opener at Pitt-Greensburg tomorrow on Don Lyle Field at 12 p.m. against Mount Aloysius Col lege.
Emma Rossi Sports Editor Women’s soccer is pre pared to take the field this season and “finish it.” After falling short of the championship last season, Head Coach Melissa Lamie and her team are ready to play a strong season and go all the way. “We feel like the last couple years we haven’t finished the season as well as we wanted to… (and) to finish some thing well you have to start it well and do it well every day,” Lamie said. The Wolverines earned a 10-8 record last season, go ing 7-2 within the confer ence. The 2022 season starts with six non-conference games, intentionally sched uled to challenge the team and prepare them for confer ence play. In the first bout of conference action on Sept. 21, the Wolverines will dive head-first into their season, facing the all-too-familiar Chatham Cougars, who end ed Grove City’s playoff run in the last two seasons. There is an overwhelm ingly positive outlook for the Wolverines going into this season’s conference action.
GRACE DAVID Junior midfielder Chris Eklund moves through defenders during the Wolverines’ preseason scrimmage versus La Roche University.
GRACE DAVID Freshman defender Karly Keller fights for the ball during the Wolverines’ preseason scrimmage against Case Western Reserve University.
Women’s soccer plans to ‘finish it’
Men’s soccer leads the PAC Wolverines take top spot in preseason poll
Emma Rossi Sports Editor Men’s Soccer’s 2022 cam paign for the title is off to a promising start. In the President’s Athletic Conference preseason poll, the Wolverines earned the top spot after going 7-2 in the conference last season. Grove City received five firstplace votes and landed at the top with 103 points. The Wolverines will strive to finish first with their larg est roster in almost 90 years. Grove City’s 39-man roster is made up of 12 freshmen and 27 returning players, includ ing eight starters and PAC Player of the Year Sam Belitz. Head Coach Mike Dreves spoke highly of his team.
The Presidents Athletic Con ference (PAC) Preseason Poll has the Wolverines ranked second overall in the con ference with 101 points. The Wolverines missed the top spot by only 2 points, which was taken by Westminster with 103 points.
Dreves is entering his 17th season running the bench and his 22nd year with the program.“Ithink our whole team is pretty interesting, where we’re older, we’re young… (W)e’re really balanced, so our returning guys have a lot of experience but there’s still some youth in that,” Dreves said.The large roster is dynam ic, comprised of veteran ex perience and young talent. After having the first nor mal Spring since the pan demic, the team has devel oped and adapted to their style of Drevesplay.spoke to the con structive time spent last spring.“We had a good spring… establishing how we want to play…and have a style… (The team) bought into it and they’re really coachable…I think the balance we have, the veteran nature we have with some of the guys and then their ability to just find what we’re doing…provides a really good opportunity for us to be successful,” Dreves said.Off and on the field, the team desires to create a cul ture of respect and setting a Christ-like example. Dreves encourages his players to seek excellence and choose joy.“We’re really trying to just to build something that peo ple respect, and they notice something different about us and they’re intrigued…(E) verything we do is pouring into that,” he said. “They’re just a blast… they’re a lot of fun…I deeply enjoy this group of guys… I love spending time with them, I love coaching them, I love working with them be cause they’re good kids and they’re fun to work with so that’s…a blessing for me.” After an unexpected ear ly playoff departure in the semifinals, the Wolverines are looking to adjust their game to better prepare for the moments which define theirDrevesgame.spoke to the neces sity of this “Fortunately,change.or unfor tunately, soccer is about moments…(W)e were the number one seed going in the tournament, we lost to Bethany off two really good moments…(I)t’s about being better in certain moments, so we’re trying to improve how we play to control the game more, so it’s not influenced by those…30 second lapses of us not doing the right thing,” heThesaid.Wolverines begin their season with six games of non-conference action. They see their first conference ac tion on Sept. 21 against Cha tham.The Wolverines’ season be gins today, Sept. 2 at 6 p.m. against Houghton College at home on Don Lyle Field. Tomorrow, Saturday, Sept. 3, they face Lancaster Bible College at 6 p.m. on Don Lyle Field.
