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Campus celebrates Homecoming
Morledge leaves behind legacy
David Zimmermann Editor-in-Chief
As the campus commu nity celebrates Homecom ing festivities this weekend, the college is also mourning the loss of a re spected alum nus.
Rev. Dr. Richard A. Morledge ’54 passed away Sunday, Sept. 18 at the age of 90.
After his time as an under grad, Morledge served the college in multiple roles, in cluding Dean of the Chapel, a Board of Trustees mem ber and vice president of the Alumni Association.
President Paul J. McNulty ’80 offered kind words in re membrance of Morledge.
“Dr. Morledge was one of the most beloved members of the GCC community. No one has ever been more passion ate about our college, and I can’t imagine anyone who has prayed more for the out pouring of the Lord’s grace and goodness on GCC,” Mc Nulty said.
“His love for our campus will be irreplaceable.”
Willie is so back
Emma Rossi Sports EditorYou know him. You love him. He’s back. Seven indi viduals have taken it upon themselves to don the iconic suit and take on the persona of Willie the Wolverine.
Willie the Wolverine offi cially re-debuted at last Sat urday’s White Out football game. Willie toured a packed student section, taking his
place on the track in front of the stands to direct the crowd in their cheering.
After auditions held in early September, Athletic Director Todd Gibson has assembled Team Willie to serve the college as our lov able mascot.
“It was great spending 15 or 20 minutes with all these students who just love Grove City, and they want to do anything they can to build
Homecoming events in full swing
Ayden Gutierrez News Editor
The annual Homecoming festivities began at the col lege this week, and a full slate of events was held over the last week to gear up for the Homecoming football game against Case Western Re serve University tomorrow afternoon.
The annual Powderpuff football game took place on Monday night at Thorn Field. The seniors defeated the juniors with a final score of 7-0.
A student-led Homecom ing worship service was held last night with alumni speaker Amanda Muetzel Beggs ‘07. The Great Gatsbythemed Homecoming dance returns tonight in the Breen Student Union.
“I thought the turnout was really good this year,” senior Tess Dattoli said. “This event is special because everything is made possible by partici pation from students as play ers, coaches, cheerleaders, refs and MCs. This makes it a fun event for people to watch and support their friends.”
According to Dattoli, there was very high participation this year, especially from the male cheerleaders.
“It was nice to see some of the teams taking advantage of optional practices and get ting excited about the game,” Dattoli said.
The Homecoming Parade will take place tomorrow and will make its way through campus, down Pine Street and South Broad Street.
up the brand and just make other people happy,” Gibson said.
“One hundred percent of the people that we talked to, it was very clear that they loved Grove City College, and they wanted to be part of bringing joy to other peo ple. It was just refreshing to be around people that were willing to go that extra step for other people. They’re not getting paid; they’re just do
ing it because they want to help.”
This enthusiasm is some thing which encouraged Gib son throughout the auditions and as the team looks to bring Willie’s presence back to campus. While a set plan for this presence is still in the works, the fuzzy face of the wolverine is sure to become familiar.
If they never had the chance to meet him, many Grovers may know Morledge for his popular catchphrase, which he said at every chapel service he led, “It’s a great day in the kingdom.”
Those who did get to know him, however, reminisced over their time spent with Morledge and his love for the college.
“I consider Dick Morledge to be one of the best people I have ever met. He is among the giants of Grove City Col lege’s history as a leading benefactor to the strong spir itual structure of our cam pus,” Board of Trustees Chair Edward D. Breen ’78 said.
“Dr. Richard Morledge epitomized the Grove City College spirit in everything he did. Dr. Morledge posi tively impacted thousands of Grovers from his arrival on campus in 1950 to his pass ing this month,” Vice Presi dent for Advancement Jef frey Prokovich ’89 said.
“To me, he was a dear friend, a spiritual advisor and a trusted counselor. I will miss him greatly.”
In addition to serving as the chapel dean from 1984 to 1999, Morledge sat on the Board of Trustees for 20 years, from 1995 to 2014, after which he was elected Trustee Emeritus. He also dedicated his time to the Alumni Council, taking on the roles of director of annu al giving and vice president.
Morledge received the Jack Kennedy Memorial Alumni Achievement Award in 1990 and the Distinguished Ser vice Award in 2016 for his prolonged service to the col lege.
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MORLEDGE GRACE DAVID Willie poses with the college’s cheerleading squad during the White Out football game on Sept. 23 against Saint Vincent College. GRACE DAVID Juniors Lauren Border and Olivia Nicholas perform at Java Jam. WILLIE 3Life beyond the Grove
Collegian alumni reflect on post-grad days
Cherish every season
Noel Elvin ’22 Former Community & Entertainment EditorEveryone describes their transition out of college slightly differently: invigo rating, freeing, rough – you name it.
And while it varies from person to per son, most re cent graduates can likely agree that adjusting to any form of change comes with a certain amount of struggle, even if the change is good.
College was the fastest and slowest four years of my life. Four years of dedicating ev ery day to setting my life up for success. Four years of pouring myself into a com munity devoted to the Lord. Four of the most impactful years a young adult will ever know.
And now, I am four months out of those four years and it’s a strange awakening. For the first time, my life is fully and completely mine – and that’s invigorating. No one is telling me to go to class (or chapel), how to do or write certain assignments or when open hours are.
While that is invigorating, post-graduation also became disappointing. From moving back home without a com munity to struggling with the fact that I was finding little joy in the full-time job I had taken, everything about postgraduation began as a disap pointment.
I suppose my third word is lonely. We’re all aware of the thick community we have at
Grove City College, but I cer tainly became more aware of it once I didn’t have it, and worse, couldn’t get it back. It was over. I had to choose to invest myself in the stage of life I was currently in.
And amidst the many struggles since graduation, I’m learning to accept the seasons God sent me.
So, I suppose my point here is that no matter the season – invigorating, disap pointing or lonely – live and breathe every season because each season, in or out of col lege, is a season that God has sent you, beautifully orches trated and ripe with purpose.
No matter how tumultu ous the season you are cur rently in is, know that he put you there because he has a greater plan.
Although I didn’t want to move home after graduation, God has time and time again shown me why I needed to. And while I really didn’t like my job at the beginning, God set me up for a promotion that would help me to pur chase a new vehicle when my old car died unexpectedly.
I am looking forward to future seasons of my life that I won’t label as lonely and disappointing, but these past four months have very clearly shown me the good ness that God can bring from difficult seasons.
And oh, how beautiful dif ficult seasons can be when you choose to focus on what God is doing in your life in stead of the mountains be fore you.
Elvin was Community & Entertainment Editor from 2021-2022.
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Take life at your own pace
Emily Rupczewski ‘22
Former Sports Editor
When you reach a mile stone in your life, you’re asked the same questions from everyone you talk to.
When you’re a senior in col lege, the question you get from everyone is: “Are you excited for it to be your last year? Or are you sad?”
When I was getting that question last year, my an swer was al ways: “It is what it is. I’m not rushing senior year along, but I’m also not sad about it.”
Now that I am officially graduated and outside of the Grove, I stand by what I said to everyone who asked me that question. I do not miss being a college student, but I can say I do miss the people, which I feel like is typical for most recent graduates to say. I miss my friends, profs and most of all, the Best. Colle gian Staff. Ever.
As my time at Grove City ended, I realized that I was quickly starting to outgrow life as a student. I often compared living in dorms to long-term camping, mainly
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ness Michelle McFeaters ’88, ’02 shared her memories of Morledge, saying she loved his preaching during the former Vesper services each Sunday evening.
“I appreciated his vibrant love for the gospel and for the students he helped dis ciple,” she said.
McFeaters recounted one of her interactions with Morledge during her time working in Financial Servic es.
“He was a frequent and welcomed visitor to our work area on the second floor
due to the dining and living situation. It’s not even re motely comparable to living independently and working a 9 to 5. As this reality set in for me, I felt myself outgrowing my identity as a college stu dent in real time.
That was a good thing! We are designed to grow and navigate through different seasons of our lives. Though I am very thankful for the time that I spent here, I feel so at peace about where I am today. I’m fulfilling my call ing as a high school English teacher, and I am grateful to finally be able to apply my degree to what I’m called to do in life. This was always the goal.
Speaking of calling, any one with social media can tell you that there was at least one Grover wedding every weekend all summer long. Every other post was either a wedding or an engagement announcement. I am happy for everyone who found their spouse in their four years there, but by senior year, I knew that wasn’t going to be me, nor did I want it to be.
My early twenties re ally opened my eyes to the harsh reality that people our age begin to enter the stage where everyone is on totally
of Crawford Hall where he would be sure to say a word of encouragement to each of us,” she said.
“He loved to poke fun and insist that Austrian econom ics required us to process payroll every day so that the worker was justly compen sated as work was fulfilled. This got a particular chuckle out of our payroll coordina tor, Mrs. Karen Davis, who would have none of that talk. That would be impossible!”
As a student, Morledge participated in many groups and organizations on cam pus, such as the Beta Sigma fraternity, the Theta Alpha
different life trajectories, and once we make big life choices, nothing ever goes back to the way it was before. Marriage changes things, kids change things, jobs change things.
At the same time, I am incredibly relieved that my life is under no obligation to look the same as everyone else’s. I don’t feel any pres sure to have it all together, to be married before the frontal lobe of my brain is fully de veloped or check off all the traditional life “milestones” boxes that society expects us to check off some imaginary list.
Even better, I have a call ing that I am fulfilling right now, on a timeline that God himself has gifted me. And that’s where I find my peace in this stage of life.
So, whether you’re a cur rent student or recent gradu ate and you feel like you’re drifting away from your friends because you’re not the one getting married the weekend after graduation, you can still celebrate the fact that your life is its own unique journey. It’s all going to be just fine.
Rupczewski was Sports Editor from 2020-2022.
Phi theater honorary, the men’s soccer team, the Chris tian Service League, the Clas sics Club and The Collegian, on top of serving as an officer for three years.
Filled with school spirit, he also was the second person to don the suit of the Willie the Wolverine mascot.
Though the college com munity is currently mourn ing the loss of Morledge this Homecoming weekend, his legacy will live on as Grovers continue honoring his mem ory.
As McFeaters said, “Dr. Morledge will never be for gotten.”
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Begg delivers call to action
Ayden Gutierrez News EditorAlistair Begg gave a mes sage titled “Living as Aliens and Strangers” in Harbison Chapel on Wednesday, Sept. 21, for the latest installment of the Faith for Life Lecture Series.
Speaking to students and faculty that evening, Begg preached a message of how to engage the Christian faith with non-believers after col lege.
Begg explained the title of his lecture by discussing his Scottish ethnicity. Before he became a citizen, he was an alien in America much like how Christians are aliens on Earth. Begg used this thought, along with his other points to explain the naming of his lecture.
After describing his title, he asked the audience, “How do we declare truth in a non-
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The Homecoming King and Queen will be announced during halftime of the foot ball game, along with parade float awards.
Alumni Class Reunions will also be taking place to morrow, along with an abun dance of Greek life and other organizations hosting events at their designated tents across campus.
Tricia Corey, manager of programs and events for Alumni and College Rela tions, discussed the details of the several reunions and anniversaries occurring this year.
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“I really want Willie to become a symbol of team spirit and unity on campus. Willie in previous years has been seldom seen during the semester, save for football games and the occasional festival or talk. Getting Willie out and about would get stu dents more excited for events and more aware of sporting events happening around campus,” one team member
truth-seeking world?”
Begg cited a BBC article surrounding America’s re action to the recent Roe v. Wade decision that polarized the nation. He noted the ar ticle’s author mentioned that America feels like one coun try with two nations.
Begg used this example to demonstrate that there is so much uncertainty in the world and that it is impor tant to remember that there is clarity in Christ. He later added that situations of un certainty provide an oppor tunity to preach stating, “In all issues, the challenge is al ways how we face them,” he said.
Begg then began discuss ing how in our present day, the question of “what is going on?” is always looming. He cited the recent COVID-19 pandemic as an example. He said that the Bible knows what’s going on in the world, as seen in the prophetic
“Each year we celebrate 12 class reunions from fifth (2017) through the 60th (1962) in five-year incre ments,” Corey said. “This year is also Alumni Band Re union where alumni join the Grove City College Marching Band on the field for pregame and halftime.”
Corey mentioned that oth er anniversaries are being celebrated by Kappa Delta Pi (KDP) and Warriors for Christ.
“KDP will be celebrating their 30th anniversary –KDP alumni are welcome to visit the Children’s Play tent where the actives of KDP as sist us with face painting, handing out goodies, etc.
said.
According to the college’s website, Willie the Wolver ine made his first appearance at the Homecoming game in 1948. Over the past 74 years, Willie’s appearance has evolved from an originally wolf-like suit to the wolver ine we know now.
Despite his cosmetic changes, his mission is still what it was in the beginning – bringing joy to others. The new team of seven has taken
books.
When discussing this thought, Begg mentioned that oftentimes people refuse to accept the fact that history repeats itself and that the current times can be com pared to the Bible.
For Christians, Begg said that Earth is not their desti nation.
He then touched on reality and how it is up for grabs.
For non-Christians, Begg discussed that they struggle to explain what is real and said that oftentimes history and accuracy are replaced by people’s own worldviews.
Introducing three methods by which Christians can relay their message of truth, Begg said Christians will either use admonition, accommodation or proclamation as ways to engage with unbelievers.
Begg described admoni tion as the spirit of condem nation; and with accommo dation, he said, “We switch
The Warriors for Christ will be celebrating their 30th an niversary and will have a tent on the Quad for their alumni to visit the actives,” Corey said.
Corey added that several Greek life organizations will be celebrating significant an niversaries this Homecom ing.
“We will be celebrating four Greek Milestone Anni versaries this year: Zeta Zeta Zeta’s 105th, Beta Sigma’s 100th, Alpha Beta Tau’s 75th and Omicron Xi’s 75th,” Co rey said. “These groups will have floats in the parade as well as alumni walkers, then a lunch in Greek Village on lower campus and in the eve
this mission to heart, as one of the seven set to play Willie expresses.
“I’m hoping that the pres ence of Willie will ignite a fire of school spirit that draws more students to support our athletic teams. Team Willie is here to bring joy to friends and families. I’m thrilled to be a part of that mission.”
As the team prepares for this year’s Homecoming fes tivities, they look to curate and nurture a strong sense
the truth to comfort nonbelievers.” Begg emphasized this is not how to do it.
Begg added that if Chris tians only read the easy parts of the Bible and ignore the harder parts, they are no lon ger serving Christ but are in stead serving themselves.
Proclamation is the option that Begg suggested using when preaching the Chris tian gospel. Begg illustrated this evangelistic method with Paul in Romans 1, not ing how “he proclaims with kindness and love.”
The Scottish pastor ended his lecture by encouraging students to not take the edu cational opportunities that the college presents them with for granted.
Earlier last Wednesday, Begg was the guest speaker for the morning chapel ser vice and later spoke with students and faculty in Rath burn Hall that afternoon.
ning will have receptions/ dinners off campus.”
Kris Sekera, a junior mem ber of the Beta Sigma Frater nity, said the group is look ing forward to their 100th anniversary celebration.
“We’re having a dinner and evening program in Cranberry Saturday evening for actives and alumni,” said Sekera. “There will be alum ni speakers representing each decade of the fraternity, reaching all the way back to the ‘50s. We’re excited to connect, share stories and make great memories!”
of community at the college. The seven hope to repre sent properly and fully what makes the school special.
With a culture as unique as Grove City College’s this is no small task, but Team Wil lie is well up to it.
Be sure to look out for Wil lie around campus this week end and say hello. He might not say anything in reply, but he’ll extend a welcoming wave and pose for a picture with his fans.
Profs, guest speak on CRT
David Zimmermann Editor-in-ChiefOn Tuesday night in the Pew Fine Arts Center’s Ketler Auditorium, founder and president of the Center for Biblical Unity, Monique Du son, participated in conver sation with political scientist Dr. Paul Kengor and church historian Dr. Carl Trueman regarding the hot button is sue of critical race theory.
Duson and company dis cussed how CRT has come to be in the contemporary sense of the term and why it is in compatible with the Bible. The “Critical Race Theory and Biblical Unity” event, which began at 7 p.m. and lasted for an hour and a half, was hosted by the Institute for Faith and Freedom.
The evening discussion included introductory defi nitions of the controversial term and a better under standing of how academics Richard Delgado, Jean Ste fancic, Ibram X. Kendi and others advocated for CRT and a biblical response to the ideology’s teachings.
An interesting fact from Kengor was that CRT chal lenges conservative, liberal and progressive views on racism and racial justice.
Trueman discussed how, under CRT, every societal and legal system is irre deemable. He said there is no room for repentance and forgiveness, which primar ily advocates for grabbing power in all societies and re lationships. Or as Trueman put it succinctly: “All war, no gospel.”
Duson’s interpretation of author Robin DiAngelo’s belief that minorities can not think for themselves, and that philosophy’s over whelming nature is one that she strongly disagreed with.
Another point which Du son made was that CRT re moves agency from all people because the theory overem phasizes skin color rather than character.
During the 2021-22 aca demic year, the college was accused of allegedly promot ing CRT on campus in aca demic programs, chapel and student life by parents and alumni. College leadership, including President Paul J. McNulty ’80, addressed these claims last spring.
During this time, the news caught the public’s attention in publications like American Reformer, National Review and Newsweek, among oth ers.
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Homecoming court nominees announced
Name: Nicole Switzer
Hometown: Damascus, Md.
Major: Music Education
Favorite Place on Campus: PEW Fine Arts Center
Best College Memory: Dancing and having an immense amount of fun at this year’s Street Dance with her ABT sisters!
At Homecoming in 10 years, I will be: A choir director and music teacher with a master’s degree in music conducting. She looks forward to being involved in music more, as well as spending time with her family and friends that she made here at GCC!
Name: Janessa Dawson
Hometown: Zanesville, Ohio
Major: Biology Health with Exercise Science and Psychology minors
Favorite Place on Campus: Hammocking down by the softball field
Best College Memory: Laughing and hanging out in the dorms with her friends
At Homecoming in 10 years, I will be: A Physician
Assistant with a husband and a family. She hopes to be active in a local church while pursuing Christ in whatever she does.
Name: Tess Dattoli
Hometown: Seven Fields, Pa.
Major: HR Management
Favorite Place on Campus: The first floor of MEP on the baseball side
Best College Memory: Making a giant jump rope out of Grove City rally towels at the white out game and seeing McNulty take a go
At Homecoming in 10 years, I will be: Running through the fountain
Name: Olivia Ortmann
Hometown: Indianapolis, Ind.
Major: Sociology with Political Science and Prelaw minors
Favorite Place on Campus: MAP South Lobby dur ing open hours or after 12pm when it’s vacant
Best College Memory: Making genuine friendships with people from all walks of life . . . and the one day successfully making it to 3rd floor HAL without being winded
At Homecoming in 10 years, I will be: Developing gray hairs, paying off my student loans and maxing out my passport
Name: Grace Roux
Hometown: Turbotville, Pa.
Major: Middle Level Science and History Education
Favorite Place on Campus: MAP Cafeteria during breakfast
Best College Memory: Spending time with all of OB during Orientation week and interviews
At Homecoming in 10 years, I will be: Playing Thunderdome
Name: Clark Mummau
Hometown: Mount Joy, Pa.
Major: Biblical & Religious Studies
Favorite Place on Campus: Harbison Chapel with the Touring Choir because of the acoustics
Best College Memory: Making orange juice fresh man year in the bathroom with a bag of oranges from under his roommate’s bed
At Homecoming in 10 years, I will be: Proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ and discipling Christians with a college ministry while being active in his local church, potentially married with children
Name: Kurt Sekera
Hometown: Level Green, Pa.
Major: History Second Education
Favorite Place on Campus: HAL Atrium
Best College Memory: Tubing in Wolf Creek during a thunderstorm
At Homecoming in 10 years, I will be: A middle school social studies teacher in the great city of Pittsburgh
Name: Samuel Belitz
Hometown: Independence, Ohio
Major: Exercise Science with a Psychology minor
Favorite Place on Campus: Don Lyle Field
Best College Memory: Making coffee with his friends while doing the Butler Eagle crossword puzzle
At Homecoming in 10 years, I will be: 10 years closer to his ultimate calling as a grandpa
Name: Colson Parker
Hometown: Durango, Colo.
Major: Social Work
Favorite Place on Campus: The walkway behind the Flagpole
Best College Memory: Staying up until 2 a.m. while his roommate enacted out the main points of every US president in order from memory in a humorous sing-song manner
At Homecoming in 10 years, I will be: Serving in ministry in whatever way the Lord chooses to call him
Name: Jamin Smith
Hometown: Reading, Pa.
Major: Biochemistry
Favorite Place on Campus: The top of the Quad during a wonderful Grove City Sunset
Best College Memory: The countless late nights on his freshman hall playing games and talking about things that they were learning about in life
At Homecoming in 10 years, I will be: 10 years
GRACE DAVID Last year’s Homecoming king and queen, Richie Bochicchio and Lizzy Swoboda, will be returning to crown their successors at the Homecoming football game tomorrow.Homecoming recognition
Kennedy Awards honor alumni
Violet Whitmore Community EditorDr. Jim Evans ’70, Dr. Ste phen “Andy” Sems ’95 and Barbara (Bentz ’83) Stan iscia are the college’s 2022 Jack Kennedy Memorial Alumni Achievement Award recipients for excellence and achievement in their fields.
The winners’ diverse back grounds begin with their Grove City College under graduate achievements: Stu dent Government Associa tion president, cheerleader, Sportsman of the Year in 1995, Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK), Man of the Year 1970 and Touring Choir to name a few.
“For me, deciding to at tend Grove City College was one of the best decisions I ever made, for it was at the college that my sense of vo cation would be formed, and result in a career that I would do all over again if that op portunity were to arise,” Ev ans said.
Initially earning his degree in chemistry and participat ing in the ROTC program, he began working as a lieu tenant officer in the United States Air Force while get ting his Ph.D. in Higher Ed ucation Administration at the University of Pittsburgh. While working for resident life, Evans realized his call ing, becoming the future dean and vice president of student affairs at the Univer sity of Pittsburgh, and going on to institute an ROTC pro gram.
“If the truth be known, I wanted to be in a position in which I could have the same type of impact on students that Dr. Fred Kring had on students at Grove City — he was truly an outstanding dean, and I thought of him often over the years when serving as dean at the Uni versity of Pittsburgh at Brad ford,” Evans said.
Sems, a highly regard ed and internationally ac claimed orthopedic surgeon is known for his revolution ary approach to treating peo ple with congenital, develop mental and traumatic limb deformities.
He earned a degree at Grove City in mechanical en gineering and furthered his education at The Ohio State University, The Cleveland Clinic, in Austria and at the University of Minnesota/ Hennepin County Medical Center.
He currently works with the Mayo Clinic in Roches ter, Minn., and he oversees the Limb Lengthening and Regeneration Clinic. There he and his team work to re
pair bones, improve and re store bodily function and al low normal alignment of the body.
Dedicated servants to receive awards
David Zimmermann Editor-in-ChiefFor their dedicated ser vice to the college, Trustee Emeritus Philip Gasiewicz and Alumni Council Member Emeritus Dr. Bruce E. Smith ’58 will be awarded the 2022 Distinguished Service Awards this Homecoming.
rials engineering at the col lege, Staniscia furthered her education at Case Western Reserve University and is the first female president and manager of Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc. (BPMI), in Monroeville, Pa. Leading 1,100 engineers, professional services personnel and pro curement professionals, the team advances nuclear tech nology to support U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines.
During her time as gen eral manager, she has led the company through a transfor mation aimed at increasing capability, reducing cost and schedule and encouraging innovation and diversity of thought.
Staniscia also works with BPMI’s Female Leaders Fo rum to encourage young leadership and with the Uni versity of Pittsburgh’s Wom en in STEM program.
All the 2022 recipients are set to receive the award dur ing this year’s Homecoming.
“We are so excited to once again pay tribute to some of the most accomplished members of our alumni com munity and honor service that is above and beyond with our Distinguished Ser
Gasiewicz served on the Board of Trustees for 14 years before stepping down from his treasurer role in 2021. He was elected Trustee Emeritus in May 2022. Before then, Gasiewicz worked in Ameri can government at the U.S. Investigations Services and the U.S. Civil Service Com mission for about 30 years.
He also served his country in the Vietnam War as a Chi nese Mandarin linguist and intelligence analyst.
“At each stage of my life, I’ve been given opportuni ties to serve – my family, my church, my nation and it is in the latter regard, that my work at Grove City College falls,” Gasiewicz said.
Additionally, Gasiewicz has written four novels un der the pen name, Philip Warren. His most recent published work is titled, “Winter’s Dead,” in which a murder mystery takes place in a fictionalized Grove City.
Smith has spent over 70 years serving the college in
vice Award,” said Melissa (Trifaro ’96) MacLeod, se nior director of Alumni and College Relations. “Their achievement in so many dif ferent fields is a testament to the quality and character of Grove City College gradu ates and something we all celebrate.”
The Jack Kennedy Memo rial Alumni Achievement Award originated in 1964 with a class of honorees that included the College’s third
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various roles. From working in student government to sit ting on the Alumni Council until 2013, he has had an ac complished career during his time at Grove City. Smith re mains an emeritus member of the Council.
Before retiring, he worked as deputy director of the Mercer County Area on Ag ing, president of the Western Association of Area Agen cies on Aging and a member of the Institutional Review Board at Slippery Rock Uni versity.
After graduating from Grove City College in 1958, Smith went on to teach chemistry at a Pittsburgh high school and math and physical science classes at Robert Morris Junior College (now named Robert Morris University). While teach ing, he obtained his Master of Education and doctorate degrees at the University of Pittsburgh.
president Weir C. Ketler, who graduated in 1908, legendary benefactor and Trustee Chair J. Howard Pew (1900), noted scientist George Southworth (1914), pastor and theolo gian Rev. F. Paul McConkey (1909) and coach and athlet ic director Robert E. Thorn (1916).
The award is named after faculty and administrator Jack Kennedy ’36. Accord ing to the college’s website, he had an undeniable influ
Smith has “treasured the friendships” he has made during his lifetime and said he keeps in touch with them all these years later.
As a student, Smith was involved in the Omicron Xi fraternity.
“The Okies were only sev en years in existence when I joined. I served as secretary and as a writer for the Ok ies’ annual yearbook,” Smith said. “My senior year I served as president of the Okies which was the very thing that connected me to the woman I married a year after gradu ation.”
Having spent most of his life and career at the college, Smith noted the changes and growth he has seen since his undergrad days on campus.
“Men sat on the left of the center aisle in the Chapel, and women sat on the right side of the aisle. Roll call was taken by a faculty member, and a student had better be in his assigned spot. Women had hours that they had to be in their dorms,” which was an 8:30 p.m. curfew for freshmen, he said.
The awards ceremony, which includes the Jack Kennedy Memorial Alumni Achievement Award recipi ents, will start at 7 p.m. to night in Harbison Chapel. The event is open to all alum ni and friends.
ence on students’ futures and achievements.
“In 1987, following Jack’s death, the award was re named the Jack Kennedy Memorial Alumni Achieve ment Award, a true tribute to one of the founders of the alumni award,” the website states.
The college will honor awardees at a ceremony dur ing Homecoming 2022 at Harbison Chapel on campus and is open to the public.
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Trustee Emeritus Philip Gasiewicz attends the Henry Buhl Library rededication, posing in front of the reading room named in honor of himself and his wife Beth. Gasiewicz will be receiving one of two Distinguished Service awards tonight at 7 p.m. in Harbison Chapel.
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Humans vs. Zombies Students prepare for the Haunted Forest Invitational
Mia Gallagher Staff WriterThe Grove City College’s Urban Gaming Club (UGC) is gearing up to deliver a week end full of fun and frights this fall with their annual Humans vs. Zombies invita tional on October 28-30.
Throughout the fall se mester, the club has hosted week-long Humans vs. Zom bie events in preparation for the upcoming invitational weekend. The UGC sponsors week-long and invitation al events that put players’ teamwork and critical-think ing skills to the test.
The upcoming Haunted Forest Invitational—aptly named in the spirit of spooky season—will expand upon the format of their typical humans vs zombies game play, boasting a creative sto ryline and an expanded ar ray of missions for players to complete.
UGC communications di rector Laura Hamilton ex plained the logistics of the event stating, “The ‘humans’ will comprise a team of para normal investigators sent to explore the haunted forest in search of disappearing crew members, and the zombies are…well, zombies, witches, vampires, etc.” Hamilton will assume the role of Lead Paranormal Investigator in the gameplay.
“The invitational will con sist of six missions (zero to five). Missions are crosscampus game objectives that the ‘humans’ must complete to advance the story, such as escorting an NPC, defend ing a location or retriev ing collectibles,” Hamilton said. “The invite is open to all Grove City students with no prior Nerf experience re quired. It’s our biggest event of the semester and a super fun time!”
Looking to grow last year’s attendance of over 100 play ers, the UGC promises to de liver a comprehensive, fastpaced game sure to make this Halloween one to remember.
Members of the club ap preciate the friendships and experiences gained through
the organization.
Senior Jacob Shirk com mented on the community of the club.
“Everybody is there to have a really good time. It’s a fun environment that the com munity creates. If you can be nerdy, then you’re going to have fun with this group of people.”
Shirk also said, “It’s also a fun athletic outlet. Depend ing on what the mission de sign is, you can play as fast or slow as you want. By the end of a mission, I am winded because I am sprinting back
and forth all around and dodging zombies. If you’re playing a zombie and you’re super into it, you will get a workout.”
“I’ve made some of my clos est friendships and met some wonderful people through the Urban Gaming Club and being on the admin team has taught me a lot about respon sibility, leadership and what it takes to grow a community from nothing,” Hamilton said.
Whether you’re a Nerf blaster fanatic, an avid roleplayer, or a strategic mas
termind, UGC provides the gaming community a way to live out each of these pas sions. Hamilton says, “We’re a bunch of nerds who like to shoot Nerf blasters and fight each other with foam swords, which I wouldn’t have ex pected as an incoming fresh man, but I wouldn’t change a thing about my time in the club!”
The group, hosts meetings every Tuesday night and play a variety of games. More in formation on sign-ups for the invitational will be available in the coming weeks.
Finding privacy outside of open hours
My boyfriend is coming up this weekend, and I’m so excited to see him for the first time this se mester. However, especially with the rain in the forecast, how might you recommend spending time together in private when there’s no open hours? I really want to have some one-on-one time with him. Expectantly, Still-Adjusting Grover
It’s so exciting that your boyfriend is coming up to visit you. Spending time with one another in per son is so much better than texting, phone calls or even video calls.
Dr. Love
But you’re right – it really can be hard to find a good place for conversations in private. Ket Rec is too open, South Lobby is too occupied, Beans is too busy and SAC is too public. Even if you can snag one of the quieter cor ners somewhere before the same-side-of-the-booth cou ples take them, there are still plenty of people around that you might not want there.
And yes, the rain will rule out taking a walk or sitting down along the nature trail. But I have good news for you, most of those places are
much less busy in the morn ings prior to open hours. You can have a good con versation in near privacy if you keep your voices a little quieter.
I wouldn’t recommend go ing to a prayer or practice room because it is good to reserve those spaces for peo ple who need to use them. However, there are still some areas on campus that would be great places for a private conversation.
Crawford is probably the best place to go. You could sit in the auditorium, in Crawford Social or even on the second floor. Not many people use Crawford. If they see someone already there, they will most likely leave,
especially if those people are having a conversation.
Finding a place for private conversation can be a chal lenge outside of open hours, especially when you don’t want to go outside. You just have to think creatively about what spaces are avail able and when they are in use.
One final note: From my experience, you can have any conversation almost anywhere, and people re ally won’t care. As long as you are not being incredibly loud, people will just pass by you and continue on their way. We all have conversa tions, and we all know that it’s not polite to eavesdrop. People will not pay any spe
cial attention to you unless you are drawing attention to yourself through PDA or an overly emotional conversa tion.
So, enjoy your time with your boyfriend this week end knowing that, while you might not be able to stay in your room Saturday morn ing, there are still plenty of spaces that you two can be together. With hope,
Dr. Love Love M.D. JANET AUSTIN During last year’s invitational, competitors traveled to the college to compete in Nerf-related events that spread out all over campus.CCO welcomes Moneymaker
Violet Whitmore Community EditorLauren Moneymaker ’22 sings a new tune as she tran sitions from student to the latest member of the Coali tion for Christian Outreach (CCO) Grove City division.
Moneymaker graduated this spring with a degree in Christian ministries and works with the worship team in Harbison Chapel and Grove City Alliance Church.
“My role here at Grove is a minister position. I’m here to aid the Worship Department in planning worship sets, ad vising our worship teams and building community,” Mon eymaker said.
According to CCO’s web site, their mission is to “call college students to serve Je sus Christ with their entire lives.” Their team demo
graphic is largely made up of young college alumni.
“I chose to pursue the CCO because of the people within it. On campus, we have so many positive examples of CCO campus ministers pour ing into the lives of students. I loved seeing their passion for this ministry,” Money maker said. “As someone who knows they have a fu ture in ministry, it’s comfort ing to know this is where God wants me to be in this season of life.”
CCO may have snatched away, but Grove City College couldn’t let go of Moneymak er just yet.
“I chose Grove for many reasons primarily because I was invited to this fellow program particularly, but I was drawn in because the en vironment is familiar,” Mon eymaker said. “It’s a blessing to know the culture on cam
pus and what certain expec tations students have in wor ship. I hope that I can help provide a time of worship that is impactful and genuine to the Grove City student.”
The relationships forged at the college were another draw to her alma mater’s ministry program. Moneymaker is continually surprised by the talent and tenacity of the stu dents she works with.
“My favorite part of my job is getting to know the stu dents involved in worship. Whether it’s rehearsal or just hanging out one on one, I’ve found that they really are in credible people. They give of themselves so freely, and pursue the Lord with their talents. Watching them work toward that end is an awe some thing to witness,” she said.
Moneymaker aims to culti vate an enriching chapel ex
perience and strengthen the community at the college.
“What I hope to accom plish is create a culture with in our department that seeks to serve each other. Chapel is a ministry, and it is difficult to pour from an empty cup. I would love to see our staff and students continue to spiritually uplift one another, leading to a powerful minis try on campus.”
Through working with the worship team, she encour ages all students to say hello or introduce themselves.
“What I’d love students to know is that if they ever see me in SAC or just around campus, say hi! Luckily, I know many faces, but not all. I’d love to get to know you guys! I promise to not make you play on a worship team if you don’t want to.”
Veteran resident director reminisces
Violet Whitmore Community EditorSam Richard ‘05, resident director (RD) of Memorial Hall from 2007-2011, has dedicated 14 years of his life to Grove City College. During that time, he has raised his family, explored his calling and come to admit that “ring by spring” is more likely than you think.
During his time as an un dergraduate at the college, Richard majored in molecu lar biology, was a part of the marching band and met his wife Deb Richard ’05. After he graduated, however, his career path pivoted.
“I completed a master’s degree in higher education from 2005-2007 at Geneva College and was interested in pursuing a career in student development. Deb and I also came on staff with a campus ministry organization called the Coalition for Christian Outreach,” Richard said.
His education, love for the college’s community and en gagement with students on campus led him to take up the role.
“Being an RD at Grove City afforded us the opportunity to engage students (particu larly first year students and RAs in Memorial Hall) at a pivotal time in their lives, trying to help them make
sense of their newfound free doms and responsibilities, their academic pursuits and life in community on a small, Christian liberal arts cam pus,” Richard said.
“Working in this capacity as well as in campus minis try dovetailed nicely as we discussed with students and groups the nature of God’s calling on their lives to wor ship him in all aspects of their lives, from academics and career pursuits to rela tionships and daily living. The relationships we devel oped each year with the RAs was the most memorable and enjoyable part of the job.”
While on campus, Richard and his wife had their first child in March 2009.
“Deb is a rather petite in dividual. When we got preg nant with Elliot, she enjoyed the stares of students (most ly) who weren’t aware that she was a staff member and not a student on campus,” Richard said. “As rare a sight a baby on a college campus is, I think the students en joyed having Elliot around to break the stress of studies and campus life.”
Now Richard works in dif ferent fields concerning child welfare, and Deb works as a librarian at their youngest child’s school.
“Currently I work as a program specialist for child
protective services in York County, Pa., called York County Children, Youth & Families. We are a family of five now, and our three kids are all in elementary and middle school,” Richard said.
“Certainly, as a student majoring in molecular biolo gy I would not have anticipat ed working in child welfare. While the field is undeniably broken, I do find satisfaction in knowing that it’s impor tant work aimed at providing permanency, safety and sta bility for children in unsafe homes and situations.”
Richard wants current stu dents to know that “there are precious few things that are actually within your control.”
“Most of life is not, and God simply calls us to be faithful to him in the particu lar spheres in which we live and have some measure of influence,” he said. “There are some relationships you’ll form at Grove City College that’ll last a lifetime and oth ers that are there just for a season. Both are necessary and useful in our individu al formation and develop ment.”
Seven questionswith…
Dr. Chris Ansberry
Associate Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies
What’s something you didn’t expect to encoun ter in your experience teaching at Grove?
I didn’t expect, com ing from working with graduate-level students, to encounter such con scientious students at a small liberal arts college. I’ve been impacted by the striking motivation and intentionality in learning that is found among the students here.
What’s one of your fa vorite books and why?
One book I continually return to is “Till We Have Faces” by C.S. Lewis. It’s one of those books where the ending makes you want to go back to the beginning and read it through once more.
There’s much to be learned in the character’s realization that her view of herself and the world around her has been en tirely governed by self and then to watch her come to a right view of it all.
What classes are you teaching this semester?
I’m teaching Wisdom Lit erature and two sections of Old Testament.
What’s one of your fa vorite hobbies?
I grew up spending a lot of time in the kitchen with my mom cooking an as sortment of dishes. Now, I love to cook with my own children. Our favorite meals include a variety of Italian or Asian dishes.
What would be one word of advice or encourage ment you would give to the students of this campus?
I would encourage stu dents not to separate their callings and vocational directions from their iden tities as servants of God. Your career ought not to be distinguished from how you serve the Lord.
What’s your favorite movie?
I would have to say “Good Will Hunting” because of how it offers a cautionary tale of where wisdom is truly to be found.
What type of music do you most often listen to?
I’m quite eclectic in the music I listen to, but a favorite would have to be jazz music, especially John Coltrane.
GRACE DAVID Lauren Moneymaker ‘22 poses in Harbion chapel at the piano before leading worship for a Wednesday chapel service. CONTRIBUTED Former Resident Director of Memorial Hall, Sam Richard ‘05, poses with his family at the beach last summer.Through the Lens
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across time and space
Enjoy the beauty of brothers and sisters coming together over multiple decades to celebrate the love that they have for their shared home: Grove City College.
Photos: Alpha Beta Tau, Beta Sigma, Phi Sigma Chi, Omi cron Xi, Adelphikos and the Grove City College Archives.
— Grace David, Photo Chief
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Judgment to the butchers of Iran
We dare not forget that freedom has real enemies
Isaac Willour Staff Writer
Mahsa Amini, a 22-yearold from Iran’s Kurdistan Province, was traveling with her family in Tehran on September 13 when she was arrested by the country’s Guidance Force. The Force is Iran’s ‘mo rality police,’ tasked with ar resting women who commit the grave sin of not properly wearing a hijab in compliance with the man dates of the Iranian govern ment, a theocratic regime considered a state sponsor of terrorism for the past 38 years.
The Iranian police put Amini in a van and took her into custody. She would nev er leave alive, allegedly suf fering a heart attack before dying on the 16th in a Tehran hospital. Reports indicate that Amini’s death was actu ally caused by a skull fracture
from heavy beatings endured in police custody, revealing the depths of abuse Amini was likely subjected to for the crime of not covering her head to appease the butchers of Iran.
The protests in the coun try have moved into dozens of Iranian cities, with pro testors removing hijabs, at tacking police and seizing territorial control of areas in Kurdistan. Days after Ami ni’s death, Iranian terrorists launched artillery at Amini’s fellow Kurds in northern Iraq. In a land ruled by mon sters, there is no rest for the weary.
As a reporter, I spend much of my time hearing about how impactful the di rection of American higher education is. If American col lege campuses go to the left, I’m told, we’re headed for a woke communist dystopia. If American college campuses go to the right, I’m also told, we’re destined to end up in a xenophobic hellscape of mis information.
We must guard against viewing political victory as the end goal of academia — that is dangerous and de grading to a country with an intellectual tradition of free dom.
But let’s not pretend for one second that the Ameri can debate is comparable in scope to what we see in Iran. In America, a protestor being hit with a bike lock is a mat ter of national controversy. In America, our political ad versaries implement policies and run campaigns.
In Iran, protestors be ing shot in the face and the slaughter of political dis sidents is standard practice.
In Iran, children as young as eight are shot multiple times at close range, resulting in crushed brains and shat tered skulls, for the crime of participating in protests. The jackbooted enforcers of Iran aren’t political adversaries. They’re not people. They’re monsters who use extremist ideology to justify the torture and murder of innocents.
Americans can never forget that our political opponents and our enemies abroad are not the same.
Similarly, we can never forget how sending mixed messages weakens America’s resolve.
As America announc es sanctions and uses its re sources to help lift the digital blackout the Iranian mullahs have placed on the country, the Biden administration has maintained negotiations to lift already-existing sanc tions on Iran for its ongoing nuclear testing program. The talks are seen as potentially providing a financial lifeline to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s government, leading some to claim hypocrisy on the part of the United States gov ernment.
They are right. If the mul lahs can be unseated (and they can), it behooves the United States not to prop up the Iranian regime at the cost of the Iranian people. Failing to support the Iranian people (or worse yet, aiding the re
gime that oppresses them) is a grievous moral blemish for a country that calls itself free.
The human heart longs for freedom in a way that those who’ve never lacked it can barely understand. I have personally heard that longing in the voices of exiled Hong Konger dissidents and exon erated death row inmates.
Now, that longing is com ing from the Iranian people, in voices far too desperate and insistent to ignore. It is for us in the free world to take heed and call for the vindication of the afflicted, rescue for the needy and the crushing of the oppressor.
Ali Khameini will ultimate ly see judgment for the fruits of his labor. The Iranian re gime and the monsters who uphold it will one day see destruction. The guardians of Sharia law will one day be ground into the dust, buried in eternal forgetfulness.
For the sake of the inno cents in Iran, may that day come quickly.
Immigrants are not at fault the system is
Benjamin Seevers Contributing Writer
The conservative position on immigration has recently been that we should have less of it. If argued against well, they will eventually conclude that we cannot allow immi gration for political reasons; immigrants will allegedly make the electorate more progres sive.
Libertarians take a different perspective.
The libertarian position is a free market in immigra tion, essentially open bor ders. This is not only liber tarian but Christian; it is the position people have held for most of human existence. We believe that the only legiti mate borders are the borders between private property owners – you alone are re
sponsible for regulating the migration to and from your property.
This allows native property owners to maximize the sat isfaction derived from their property by allowing those outside of their country to do several things, such as work for them, pay rent, etc.
It is a mutually beneficial exchange. Any government impediment, such as immi gration quotas and border security, impedes prosperity.
Historically, borders have been hardly enforced. Strict demarcations between ju risdictions did not exist for most of humanity’s history.
In the United States, it was not until the Immigration Act of 1882 and the Chinese Exclusion Act of the same year that immigration was regulated.
Before that, naturalization issues were legislated, i.e., when an immigrant becomes a citizen, not whether or not
they can immigrate. At face value, racial hatred was the prime mover of these immi gration restrictions (“Chi nese Exclusion”); however, there is more to this.
Racism was merely a thin veneer meant to conceal the true nature of these regula tions, which was, at its core, protectionist.
Native laborers, especially those in labor unions, hate the competition that immi grants bring. Consequently, the unions and progressive politicians supported laws restricting the freedom of movement to increase wages artificially. If immigration restrictions were to be com pletely eradicated, economist Michael Clemons projects that world GDP would in crease by 50-150 percent.
The effect on special inter ests is partially why Bernie Sanders was pro-borders at one point in his career (he may have switched his posi
tion recently). Modern con servatives are following in the footsteps of progressive politicians restricted. Per haps they should be remind ed of Ronald Reagan’s Immi gration Reform and Control Act of 1986, which legalized many illegal immigrants. The act was a mixed bag, but it starkly contrasts the modern Republican Party’s policy.
What are the other con cerns conservatives have?
Will immigrants make our electorate more socialist?
They will probably sway the electorate to the left, but why does this ultimately matter?
The conservatives proclaim that Republican socialism is better than the immigrant brand of socialism. Conser vatives do not oppose the government; they merely want to use it for their own unjust ends.
Ultimately, why does it matter whether an immi grant or conservative taxes
me? The result is always waste. If this is one of the more significant problems with immigration, then the solution is to not allow them to vote: change the natural ization laws. Allow them to come, but do not give them citizenship. If the conserva tives are concerned with the immigrants taking power, destroy the center of power. Scale down the government or get rid of it entirely.
Regardless of ideology, we need to, as Christians, wel come our fellow man, not round them up in camps, then kick them out. Exclud ing our fellow man will not only make him worse off. It prevents them from becom ing closer to us, fostering hatred and malice. No justifi cation for restriction trumps private property. Regula tions fundamentally restrict private property. Therefore, they can be completely re jected.
UNSPLASHChallenge your professors out of love
Jessica Pratt Contributing Writer
Romans 13:1 says, “Let ev ery person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that ex ist have been instituted by God.”
Christians see this Scrip ture and strug gle to find the courage to question au thority when they find it nec essary. Howev er, we can often misinterpret a situation’s actual authority.
As college students, the au thorities that we constantly come face to face with are our professors.
Though we respect the professors who instill us with knowledge, there come times when they share a perspec tive that we disagree with, or they present information in a way that seems distaste ful. We may take issue with them on an academic front, a political front or, in complex cases, a moral front.
So how do we handle our selves in these situations?
The first step is under standing the educational, political or moral framework your professors root them selves in. Fortunately, the college supplies the frame work that professors should be operating from in their mission statement: “Grove City College equips students to pursue their unique call ings through a Christ-cen tered, academically excellent and affordable learning and living experience.”
Therefore, I suggest that
if a professor seems to be espousing an idea that goes against this statement, then it should be challenged by the authorities that they an swer to, such as a community guideline or a standard high lighted in the class syllabus.
In doing so, we can also es tablish what it means when a professor “espouses” an idea.
Is a professor making mul tiple sides of an issue known, or are they placing their bi ases on a particular subject?
Are both sides being present ed fairly, or is one side being presented more than anoth er? Are they raising an issue of academic debate profes sionally, or are they bringing an issue of academic debate into a questionable moral framework unnecessarily?
Once one establishes the
answers to these questions, it can be decided which author ity would be best to challenge a professor in each situation.
Addressing a topic like politics in the classroom can be tricky, but if you can identify a broader issue that you take against your profes sor’s claims, it may be easier for you both to find common ground.
To take a completely hypo thetical example, if a teach er were to ask you about a tricky subject like your views on vaccination status, rather than taking the conversa tion into a political area, you could simply broaden the discussion to more com mon ground, like a desire for personal privacy with your views.
When a broader scope is
called for, it is best to take an issue to the ultimate author ity: the Bible. This is even called for in 2 Timothy 3:17: “So that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
Every professor should be willing to listen to you, especially when you quote Scripture in a respectful manner. Using Scripture as an authority, as specified by the college’s mission state ment, takes you from attack ing a professor to challenging them out of love.
It is nearly impossible to outline how to handle every difficult situation.
But when using a loving approach paired with Scrip ture, you bring an authority that is difficult to challenge back.
Modesty begins with the heart
Jane Monaghan & Isaac Goniea Contributing Writers
We were extremely disappointed with Zachary Smith’s “Lust kills love” article. A topic as serious as pornography cannot be handled lightly.
Good journalism requires rigorous research, proper care and firsthand experience, especially if you intend to give your own opinion. To prepare this response, we interviewed both men and women and suggest Smith do so as well.
Smith begins by citing the organization “Fight the New Drug” but neglects thorough research and presents pornography as a man’s issue. However, statistics from their website state “approximately 60.2 percent of women report consuming porn in the past month” and that “57 percent of 14
to 18-year-old females have viewed pornography.”
Obviously, porn is not just a problem for men, and it is dangerous to portray it as such.
Smith’s treatment of women throughout the article lacks respect and only diminishes the real and serious problems they face. In addition, to suggest that all men only struggle with the inward issues of the heart and all women only struggle with the outward expressions of sin is not only a vast generalization but extremely hurtful to those who don’t fit into this strict dichotomy.
Smith cites Matthew 5:28, where Jesus equates lust with adultery. Jesus points out that all sins — even outward actions like murder and adultery — begin in the heart. It is a great mistake to forget this or apply it unevenly.
Romans 14:13, the verse Smith quotes, says it clearly: “Therefore, let us not judge one another.”
To decide holiness based on an outward, subjective judgment of what is or is
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not “modest” turns men into gods and women into Pharisees. It is impossible to know the heart of a woman by the way she dresses.
I, Jane Monaghan, knew a woman who dressed in clothing more revealing than myself but was involved in Bible studies and ministry, and she was always inviting people to church. Do her good works amount to nothing because she doesn’t dress as modestly as Smith would prefer?
Smith implies that outward holiness is preferable to inward holiness, but Jesus makes it very clear that outward holiness is not holiness at all. Instead of judging others, we invite Smith to focus on his own heart and how he can be modest.
As modesty begins in the heart, men also have a duty to look at their actions, words and thoughts. A common mistake Christians make when talking about modesty is to put all the responsibility on the woman, as if she is solely responsible for all sins of lust a man
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may commit. Men have just as much responsibility to control themselves and “abstain from fleshly lusts” (1 Peter 2:11). Romans 14:13 is not directed just at women. Every member of the church, male and female, has a responsibility to love and care for their brothers and sisters in Christ.
Finally, during our re search, Isaac Goniea had words of encouragement:
“To all my brothers and sisters in Christ who struggle with pornography: Know you are not alone. There are many who struggle with the same issues and who wish not to be alone. This beast is a terrible one that is not wisely faced alone. Find people to confide in during your time of need.
Admittance is your first step to a healthier spirit but also the most challenging step. You can leave this behind, especially if you help yourself by letting yourself be helped. This can be a lonely struggle, but it certainly doesn’t have to be. May you be blessed with courage.”
Abby Berk I love see ing all the alumni and their families come back.
They bring so much ener gy and it’s cool to see them reconnect with people.
Leah Flick
I loved when I was a freshman and alumni were walk ing the halls of the dorms, and a couple people came up to my room and said that they had lived there their freshman year. It’s so cool to think that people have been ex actly where you are for so many years.
Mathilde Steenepoorte
My favorite part is vot ing for the Homecom ing court. I enjoy the ex citement of seeing friends get voted in and the op portunity to celebrate their influence and presence on campus.
Noah Koons
I really love having a day set aside to specifically appreciate the people in my life at this school. Hav ing a dance just to be with them and show them how much I respect and admire them gives me not only a break from school but an opportunity to show my friends gratitude as well.
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Tunes from the Tower ‘Standing Out’
Vincent Clay Contributing Writer
Since the 2013 music sensation, The Neighbour hood, first rose to fame on Tumblr, the group has been generally ignored by serious music publica tions and disregarded in online music discourse.
At their worst, they were depicted as some sort of faux-rockstar, hairsprayand-swagger scented white dudes from Califor nia that have ill intentions for your daughter.
The band seemed okay with that, at least for a while. However, in 2018, they released their selftitled album, an overlong and weak set of songs that only hinted at something great.
The boys were clearly in a state of flux, struggling to break free from the reputation of their past work. That metamorpho sis finally came to fruition with 2020’s “Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones.”
Gone are the noir riffs and hip-hop beats, now replaced by vivid and glis tening California soft rock. The decaying, watery gui tar tones on “Pretty Boy” and “Silver Lining” seem to sparkle holographical ly, mimicking the Bowieesque alien suit worn by lead singer Jesse Ruth erford that adorns the al bum’s cover.
Elsewhere, there is the track “Tobacco Sunburst,” a syrupy slow jam with beautiful ringing keys that fly like flares in the sky, reminiscent of Frank Ocean’s “Solo.”
The boys sample the ‘70s soul song “Wish That You Were Mine” by The Manhattans on the steam rolling “Lost in Trans lation.” It’s hard not to groove when the bassline on “Devil’s Advocate” slinks in.
Despite the great ness described, nowhere else in their discography does The Neighbourhood sound more in bloom than on the skyscraping power ballad “The Shining.”
Above glittery synths and acoustic strums, Rutherford strikes the al bum’s emotional heart, singing, “The way that you glow / Everybody knows / You’ve got a heart of gold / And mine is always broken / So I’ll just paint it chrome … I just wanna shine with you.”
Looking into the kalei doscope of this album is a dizzying and beautiful experience. It’s a lot like stargazing. For music fans of all kinds, The Neigh bourhood makes excel lently crafted pop music with enough edge and camp to make them stand out.
Peele underwhelms
But Kaluuya and Palmer shine in ‘Nope’
Nick Grasso Entertainment EditorJordan Peele, known for directing “Us” and “Get Out”, began working on a sci-fi alien film back in 2021.
The highly anticipated film, “Nope,” was released this July.
After recently watching Peele’s movie, which com bined the science fiction and Western thriller genres, I was disappointed with the end result.
Peele is notorious for lac ing his horror movies with an undertone of cultural or socioeconomic messaging, making him a director of style and substance. It was almost impossible to venture into the world of “Nope” without expecting a similar message, but it wasn’t present as I had imagined it would be.
‘Cobra Kai’ keeps on kicking
David Zimmermann Editor-in-ChiefHaving grown up watching all sorts of 80s movies, “The Karate Kid” franchise holds a special place in my heart –which is why I grew nervous that its modern spinoff series would overstay its welcome in today’s day and age of Hol lywood reboots.
After watching season 5 of “Cobra Kai,” however, I can fairly say that this is one of the best nostalgia-bait shows out there. Plucking the char acters from the original three movies while simultaneously telling a new story with the next generation is no easy task, but showrunners Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg balance the two tasks with ease.
This is no more appar ent than in the fifth season which, in my opinion, is the show’s peak.
After the events of sea son 4 which saw the Cobra Kai dojo win the All Valley Karate Tournament, Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Law rence must bring down Terry Silver’s karate empire before
Leading man Daniel Kaluuya was truly magnifi cent, delivering a masterful performance on a complicat ed character, a horse rancher named OJ.
Kaluuya’s notorious softspoken voice and conserva tive facial expressions were on full display in a way that ironically made his emotions crystal clear. His “Is that a UFO flying over my prop erty?” face is exceptionally believable.
Early in the film, I expect ed Kaluuya would carry the complex plot. I was pleas antly surprised, however, by Keke Palmer’s performance.
Palmer does a stellar job por traying Emerald, OJ’s sister, delivering her lines with a perfect blend of comedy and magnitude. By the end of the movie, she had become my favorite character.
Unfortunately, the re
markable cast performance was not enough to raise “Nope” to the same tier as Peele’s previous films. While the movie is still enjoyable, it doesn’t have the unique flair that Peele is notorious for.
Fan theories litter the in ternet as they did with “Us” and “Get Out,” the most popular guessing that Peele meant to shed light on hu man exploitation or the rela tionship between entertain ment and audience.
The fan theories, while well thought out, feel unsubstan tiated. If dwelt on too long, they could cause a viewer to miss the point of “Nope”: that it would be awfully un pleasant if an unidentified flying object began beaming people up to their deaths in rural California.
I hesitate to critique “Nope” too harshly because Peele is justified in his desire
to explore more surface-level filmmaking (if that’s what he was doing). Where the prob lem arises is in the expec tations audience members likely have for the movie.
A viewer may feel unsatis fied walking out of the the ater because Peele didn’t dive deep into American race relations or the socioeco nomic disparity between the upper and middle classes, but at the end of the day, it’s okay to simply enjoy a movie about aliens.
“Nope” isn’t an iconic dis play of subtle messaging, nor is it the best alien movie in existence. It’s just a regular thriller with good acting and a wacky plot.
To summarize my feelings, I thought “Nope” was fine, not great, not terrible, just fine.
more children become in fected with Cobra Kai’s phi losophy.
Despite the plot synopsis sounding ridiculous and al most soap opera-ish, “Cobra Kai” delivers the drama in a way that is exaggerated, but still refreshing in every episode of the latest sea son. Where the previous four dealt with LaRusso and Lawrence’s rivalry, season 5 focuses on how the younger generation can learn from their parents’ and mentors’ mistakes and start making amends with their adoles cent enemies.
But not every martial arts antagonist is redeemable.
Silver, who originally ap peared in “The Karate Kid Part III,” excelled as the new season’s ultimate villain, proving to be a charismatic, manipulative character that the public loves despite the heroes’ best efforts to con
vince them otherwise.
If you thought John Kreese was bad in seasons 2-4, Sil ver kicks it up a notch with his sadistic teaching meth ods, determined to defeat his enemies no matter the cost.
Perhaps the most interest ing aspect of Silver’s charac ter is that he psychologically abuses his students and the protagonists instead of solely using brute force. This makes him a much more menacing villain than Kreese because the viewer is always guessing what he’s up to.
Apart from the antago nists, the writing as seen in the dialogue and character development is at the show’s finest. You get to see the fleshed-out motivations that drive the characters and op posing worldviews that come into conflict with each other, both of which make for a highly entertaining watch.
Among the season’s stron
gest characters are Silver, LaRusso and Chozen Togu chi, of whom the audience sees a more benevolent side in contrast to his villainous role in “The Karate Kid Part II.”
When you think the story can’t get any crazier, the show throws another turn in the spiraling plot, leading to an epic and emotionally sat isfying showdown in the sea son finale.
Quite the anomaly in mod ern entertainment, “Cobra Kai” differs from other nos talgia-bait shows in that its execution pushes the char acters to their limits, bring ing audiences back to Netflix for more cathartic drama and teenage angst.
If you have not had the chance to watch the latest season of “Cobra Kai” (or the show at all), you are missing out. Trust me, you will not regret it.
NEW YORK POST EL NORTE‘Clerks III’ makes a quick stop in the past
David Smith Staff WriterA lot has changed since Dante Hicks and Randal Graves started working at the Quick Stop nearly 30 years ago in the first “Clerks” film.
“Clerks III,” directed by Kev in Smith, brings old charac ters back to life and includes some unexpected surprises.
In this recent installment, Dante and Randal own the Quick Stop where they still play hockey games on the roof and hang out with Jay and Silent Bob.
One day, their employee Elias Grover and his friend Blockchain are trying to sell NFT kites, complete with the image of the Buddy Christ
from “Dogma.” Randal and Elias get into an argument about religion, which leads Elias to pray that God will smite him.
He suffers a massive heart attack which propels the plot of the film. After recovering from the ailment, Elias real izes that he has wasted his life and needs a new reason to live. He concludes that he will make a movie about his experiences with Dante at the Quick Stop.
“Clerks III” does not rely on nostalgia or a copious amount of fourth wall-break ing jokes like “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot” and is surpris ingly funny and heartwarm ing. Smith appropriately blanaces nostalgia with char
acter development.
What is so beautiful about “Clerks III” and Smith’s View Askew Universe is just how intimate the characters are to the audience. What Tik Tok and Youtubers are doing for today’s generation, Kevin Smith accomplished decades earlier, building a close-knit relationship with his audi ence.
For long-time fans, the film might make them won der where the last 27 years have gone and what it means to be approaching middle aged, which is practically an tithetical to the first “Clerks.”
The meta element of “Clerks III” is that Smith was once a convenience store clerk in New Jersey who ful
filled his dreams of becoming a successful filmmaker.
I, for one, can say that some of his films have im pacted my life in such a way that I now view certain situ ations and ideas differently and, perhaps, for the better.
“Clerks III” will be most satisfying for long-time fans; however, it still hits with emotional weight and in cludes many laugh-out-loud moments for newcomers.
For some, the film will hit close to home, delineating what it means to be alive and how we sometimes take that for granted.
Smith, who suffered a nearly fatal heart attack in early 2018, can attest that life is precious and is not be
wasted. Every waking mo ment we have should be spent making friends laugh, telling our loved ones just how much we love them and making the most of what we have.
I can stand behind that sentiment as that is ultimate ly what provides the third in stallment of “Clerks” with a tangible silver lining.
“Clerks III” is not exactly what someone would define as a great film, but it will get its audience thinking about how they are living.
Despite a hurried third act which could have had a deeply profound denoue ment, “Clerks III” still works out to be a fine conclusion to the saga.
Death Cab for Cutie feels nostalgic, too
Dominic Puglisi Contributing Writer
Homesickness is a unique feeling. The yearning for what’s far away can be so strong that it feels almost melodramatic, while also being difficult to vocalize.
Luckily, for those of us feeling this hard-toexpress emotion, Death Cab for Cutie’s 2003 album “Transatlanticism” provides the perfect soundtrack for our burning nostalgia. Written after lead singer Ben Gibbard broke up with his girlfriend and watched her move across the country, this album has plenty to say about distance and missing the past.
In the opener “The New Year,” Gibbard sings, “This is the new year / and I don’t feel any different … I wish the world was flat like the old days / there’d be no distance that could hold us back.”
Like many college students, Gibbard himself hasn’t changed all that much, but the world had torn him away from what he once knew.
The track “Title and Registration” uses a glovebox as a metaphor for the feelings of loss Gibbard is experiencing. He croons that in his glovebox there’s “nothing to keep my fingers warm,” but rather finds “souvenirs from better times.”
This is a clever way to portray how there’s no
comfort available when everything is reminiscent of what you’ve lost.
In “Tiny Vessels,” Gibbard sings, “Yeah, she’s beautiful / but she doesn’t mean a thing to me,” an emotion many students have likely felt about their college campuses while reminiscing about home.
The title track “Transatlanticism” is an immense ballad detailing the
feeling of being separated from what you love by a whole ocean. Toward the end of the track, Gibbard melancholily chants, “I need you so much closer,” a thought many students can relate to when remembering their hometown.
While this track list has been full of downers up to this point, the sunny guitar plucking of “A Lack of Color”
provides some hope, as do its optimistic lyrics: “If you feel discouraged when there’s a lack of color here / please don’t worry lover / it’s really bursting at the seams, absorbing everything.”
As a Californian sitting in my dorm surrounded by rainy weather, these lyrics speak volumes. The entire album’s somber guitars and lyricism about past nostalgia
and present separation speak well to both me and countless others’ situations here away from home.
For anyone seeking to cope with homesickness, I recommend Death Cab’s classic album “Transatlanticism.”
It’s a masterpiece that captures the essence of the elusive emotion of homesickness.
THE WRAPHatties, hatties, hatties
Emma Rossi Sports EditorMen’s Soccer has kicked off their conference action with three straight wins. On Wednesday, Sept. 28, Grove City earned their third win in a 3-0 victory over rivals Westminster.
The Wolverines defeated Chatham in their Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) opener last Wednesday, Sept. 21 and squashed Fran ciscan on the road this past Saturday, Sept. 24.
In Wednesday night’s win, senior forward Sam Belitz was the sole contributor to the scoreboard for the Wol verines. Belitz’s three goal game gave him his season’s second hattrick. The first of his trio came in the first half off an assist from junior mid fielder Matt Van Kirk. The second two were both suc cessful penalty shots.
Senior goaltender Jesse Greyshock earned his third straight shutout, giving him a season total of four.
Greyshock earned two PAC Weekly Honors as Defen sive Player of the Week and Goaltender of the Week. The Wolverine defense held out for Greyshock, allowing only two shots to come his way.
The Wolverines paid the Franciscan Barons a visit in Stuebenville, Ohio in their second stint of PAC action. Grove City held the Barons scoreless, racking up six goals of their own to add a fi nal score of 6-0 to the record.
In what seems to be a trend for men’s soccer, Belitz
secured a hat trick in the win, scoring the latter half of the Wolverine’s goals. The other three tallies were contrib uted by sophomore forward Jordan Rebsamen, junior midfielder Lance Lenosky, and junior midfielder Chris Eklund.
Greyshock earned his third shutout of the season with five saves.
Last Wednesday, Grove City faced the Chatham Cou gars on Don Lyle Field. The competition marked the be ginning of conference play for the team after six nonconference games opened their season.
Despite a lightning delay interrupting play, the Wol verines took the Cougars by storm thanks to a hat trick from junior forward Hunter Hardin.
Hardin scored each of Grove City’s three goals in the last ten minutes of play. This was his first career hattrick for Grove City. He earned PAC Weekly Honors as Offensive Player of the Week, joining Greyshock in representing the Wolverines.
Hardin said in a postgame interview with Sports Information Director Ryan Briggs, “We were pushing so hard, and we had a lot of good…chances and we just really needed one. The first one came in and all the guys just rallied. (I)t really im proved the morale.”
The 3-0 win came after a four-game losing streak, giv ing the Wolverines the confi dence needed to dive deeper into conference play.
Men’s soccer will take on
Captain practices kick off Fall Ball
Caleb Vinoverski Contributing WriterThe college’s baseball team is gearing up for the spring season by holding captainled practices this fall.
Senior catcher C.J. Saylor is one of the three facilitating captain-led practices, along with senior outfielder An thony Tambellini and sopho more third baseman Mally Kilbane. Saylor explained how captain-led practices are a great opportunity for the players to get their reps in before the coaches return to start official fall practices.
“We lead these practices by a combination of things that the three of us think are the best for us as a team,” Say lor said. “This comes from things we have done with the coaches in years past. A typical captain-led practice involves dynamic stretching, throwing for about 20 min utes, taking infield, hitting and just getting in reps of pretty much everything.”
When asked if there is any thing specific he works on to prepare for the season, Say lor said, “I’ve come to find the best thing to work on during this time is to build relation ships with guys on the team. The older guys in the past have given the advice that as a senior, you are going to be what you are in the spring. It’s more important to build that relationship with that young guy at this point.”
Junior Isaak Flaming agrees that the main point of these practices goes beyond the field.
“These captain-led prac tices really help the guys get
to know each other and the freshmen to feel like a part of the team,” Flaming said.
Saylor continued to touch on the importance of team building with other team exercises they do during the fall. Along with captain-led practices, the baseball team has game nights and month ly Bible studies.
“Each time we meet for a Bible study, we have one or two guys tell their life stories. It’s so rewarding because you find out things you would have never known about a person if you didn’t ask,” Saylor said.
Captain-led practices are an important time to develop the player’s skills and build
strong team chemistry. Ac cording to Saylor, it is cru cial for the baseball team to get started now even though their season is a full semester away.
The senior catcher wanted to remind students that base ball is not the only spring sport on campus that starts in the fall.
“It’s not just us. It’s no se cret that GCC sports are get ting better,” Saylor said.
The captain-led practices ended on Sept. 12 when of ficial coach-led practices began. According to Saylor, the NCAA Division III rules allow the team to have 16 of ficial fall practices with the coaches.
the Point Park Pioneers to morrow, Saturday, Oct. 1 on Don Lyle Field at 7:30 p.m. as part of Homecoming fes tivities. The Wolverines return to conference play next Tues day, Oct. 4 in a match on the road against Thiel College. GRACE DAVID Sophomore defender Jacen Davis and senior defender Matt Kimmich in action during last Wednes day’s win over Chatham.. MATTHEW SCHOONOVER Sports Page 14The Collegian, Sept. 30, 2022 Junior shortstop Lucca Baccari passes to senior catcher C.J. Saylor in this file photo from the spring season.tional about building that spiritual life into the fabric of who we are as an Athletics Department.”
This fabric is interwoven with qualities such as in tentional service to the sur rounding community, team devotions led by each team’s student chaplains and lead ership training.
“Our theme that we’re go ing to be trying to push is getting out and serving in the community because we’re fi nally able to open the doors and go out and do things. I believe in organic ministry,” Sayles said.
The department promotes Sports Ministry through the acronym G.E.A.R. According to the athletics website, this encompasses the mission to “Glorify God as we Equip athletes to Affirm their iden tity in Christ and to Realize their role as Christ’s ambas sadors through the platform of sports.”
This presents itself within the department through All Athlete Chapel, a partner ship with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) and the Team Chaplains Council.
The Team Chaplains Coun cil is comprised of at least one athlete from each of the department’s teams.
The mission of G.E.A.R does not end once an athlete graduates. Gibson and Sayles have a goal to plant a seed of
faith which lasts a lifetime.
“We want to equip them to be able to communicate with all of the other athletes on their teams, and then hope fully going forward in their life to be a Christian leader who can impact people no matter where they are,” said Gibson.
The role of faith within the Athletics Department im pacts athletes in their game play as well as their lives out side their sport. This impact displays itself in a clear tradi tion of excellence.
“One of the things that has always stood out to me, that attracted me when I first be came familiar with the pro gram was this intentional sense of excellence. We see it in the tradition. If you look at the history of the program, it’s amazing how rich the tra dition is here. That is based on one thing, that we pur sue excellence. We are not pursuing wins and losses. If you pursue excellence and do things well and do things the right way consistently, wins and losses begin to take care of themselves,” Sayles said.
Sayles is joined in his ef forts by every coach in the program, as Athletic Direc tor Todd Gibson explained, “All of our coaches up and down the hallways, their job is to take student athletes, where they wouldn’t have gone alone. Meaning if that coach wasn’t in their life, they would not have achieved certain things on the field,
certain things in their life or whatever those things might be.”
With a culture so distinct, the work coaches and ath letes put in seems obvious, but most of it goes unseen.
“It’s not about just broad casting how Christian our athletic program is, I think if people spend time with our athletes, see teams pray after games in the field, all those things, people get that idea. But to me, it’s more about the hard work of people living that Christian life, and just being the type of people that others want to be around and learning how to be a Chris tian leader,” Gibson said.
Sayles reiterated this senti ment regarding the commu nity work athletes do.
“There are a lot of things going on behind the scenes where people are serving the way they should, serving qui etly, knowing that their re ward comes from Christ, not from being recognized for what they’re doing,” he said.
Championships, all-con ference honors and recordbreaking performances are always on the horizon for the Wolverines. Regardless of what each season may bring, Sayles directed it all back to the core of Christ.
“We’re seeking to bring our best to the Lord. This is our ‘whatever’ and we’re going to take our ‘whatever’ and do it all to the glory of God and that’s what drives us towards excellence.”
Sports at a Glance Results
Football (3-1):
W, Saint Vincent (42-7)
Volleyball (8-7):
L, Carnegie Mellon (0-3)
L, Marietta (0-3)
W, La Roche (3-0)
Men’s Soccer (5-4):
W, Chatham, (3-0)
W, Franciscan (6-0)
W, Westminster (3-0)
Women’s Soccer (2-6-1):
T, Chatham (1-1)
L, Franciscan (1-6)
L, Westminster (1-2)
Women’s Cross Country:
17th/34 - 479 pts., Lock Haven Invitational
Men’s Cross Country:
18th/34 - 543 pts., Lock Haven Invitational
Men’s Golf:
7th/16 – 620 pts., Allegheny Invitational
Women’s Tennis (7-2):
W, Mount Union (5-4)
W, Washington & Jefferson (5-4)
L, Allegheny (0-9)
Men’s Tennis (3-0):
W, Otterbein (5-4)
W, Mount Union (7-2)
Upcoming
Football:
Oct. 1, 2:00 p.m. vs. Case Western
Volleyball:
Oct. 1, 1:00 p.m. at Geneva Oct. 4, 7:00 p.m. vs. Thiel Oct. 6, 8:30 p.m. vs. Chatham
Men’s Soccer: Oct. 1, 7:00 p.m. vs. Point Park Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m. at Thiel
Women’s Soccer: Oct. 1, 5:00 p.m. vs. Wittenberg Oct. 4, 5:00 p.m. at Thiel
Women’s Golf: Oct. 3 at Geneva
Men’s Golf: Oct. 2-3 at Clarion Invitational
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Junior Scott Fraser ob tained 78 receiving yards from four catches. Fraser also had the longest play of the game with a 33-yard re ception from Pfeuffer.
Senior running back Clay ton Parrish led the team in rushing attempts and yards with 16 carries for 107 yards.
Sophomore running back Nico Flati followed with 57 rushing yards.
The Wolverines’ offense successfully converted all three fourth-down conver sion attempts and possessed the ball for 34:17 of the game.
The defense put on an amazing performance as well, completely dominat ing Saint Vincent’s offense in almost every statistic. Saint Vincent was held to 199 total yards, and the Wolverines’ defense allowed only one touchdown late in the fourth quarter.
Saint Vincent had 14 first-downs and went 4-10 on third-down conversions while not even attempting a fourth-down conversion.
Senior inside linebacker Parker Kilgore had seven tackles and one tackle for
loss. Junior safety Trevor Beck also assisted the de fense with six tackles and three other players each had five individual tackles.
Five separate players also contributed with sacks, but senior outside linebacker Ryan Fleming had 2.5, the most out of both teams.
Fifth-year kicker Nick Morrow made all six of his PAT attempts.
Head Coach Andrew Di Donato ’10 was thrilled about the result of the game and performance of the players.
“The defense led the way, and the running game got going. Just all-around a great game,” DiDonato said. “I think this was the epitome of a team win.”
Five years ago, Grove City played Saint Vincent at home for the annual Homecoming game. On that night five years ago, the Wolverines snapped a 33-game losing streak, de feating the Bearcats 24-14. This would mark a change in the Grove City football orga nization as DiDonato would continue to improve the team from here, winning 25 more games since then.
Since that fateful night five years ago, the Wolver
ines have never again lost to Saint Vincent and has not had a losing season for three straight years.
The White Out game was a welcome continuation of the Wolverines’ exceptional sea son.
“This is a game everyone loves to come to and as play ers, we love to play in it,” sophomore tackle Dalton Foore said.
The fireworks after the game provided a spectacle for the players and visiting alumni in preparation for this weekend’s Homecoming celebration.
With this win, the Wolver ines remain undefeated at home and 1-1 against other PAC teams.
Grove City will soon play another PAC rival, Case Western Reserve.
“If we want to get to where we want to go, we have to go through them,” DiDonato said. “We looked forward to a great week of preparation against a great opponent.”
The Homecoming game will be held at the college on Robert E. Thorn Field at 2 p.m. tomorrow after the downtown parade and tent reunions.
Women’s Tennis: Oct. 5, 4:00 p.m. vs. Westminster Oct. 6, 3:30 p.m. vs. Saint Vincent
Men’s Tennis: Sept. 30-Oct. 2 at Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional Championships
WOLVERINE WEEKLY HONORS Jesse Greyshock Men’s Soccer Defensive Player & Goalkeeper of the Week Hunter Hardin Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week Ben Bladel Football Rookie of the Week Sunshine Tarpey Women’s Tennis Rookie of the Week Alyssa Good Women’s Tennis Player of the Week GRACE DAVID Sophomore quarterback Logan Pfueffer is joined on the play by sophomore running back Joey Guida and sophomore offensive tackle Dalton Foore.Wolverine country,let’s ride
Joel Sledd Contributing WriterThe Wolverines continue to dominate, defeating the Saint Vincent Bearcats 42-7. The annual White Out game attracted a large crowd of students and parents alike. The football team did not disappoint.
The first quarter was un eventful with no scoring and two punts. However, the Wolverines’ offense had two touchdowns in the second quarter, scoring their second one with 24 seconds left of the half.
In the second half, the Wol verines were able to score twice in the third and fourth quarters, while Saint Vincent scored only once in the final 30 seconds of the game.
The Wolverines’ offense earned 401 total yards, more than doubling the output of Saint Vincent’s offense.
Sophomore quarterback Lo gan Pfeuffer led the offense with 10 completed passes for 170 yards and two touch downs.
A tradition of excellence
Emma Rossi Sports EditorAnyone passing through the Physical Learning Center when volleyball has a home game will know who’s in the arena. It’s not necessary to check their schedule; you are guaranteed to hear them.
A block, a spike, a suc cessful pass, it doesn’t mat ter, on-court action elicits a cacophony of cheers, chants and claps from the faithful audience. Grove City volley ball has a spirit that seems to transcend scoreboard stand ings.
This is because they are in fluenced by something much greater than wins, losses and themselves. Christ is at the core of all they do.
Of the college’s Athletics
Department’s 23 programs, volleyball is one with this crucial core. Head Volleyball Coach and Associate Athletic Director for Sports Minis try Leo Sayles spoke to the necessity of this focus, espe cially for Grove City College athletes.
“It happens across the country for the Athletics De partment to sometimes sepa rate from the rest of the stu dent culture. We don’t want that. We need to be able to not only reap the benefits and the blessings that are here for all of us in the spiri tual sense, but also recognize that we have a unique plat form and a unique opportu nity to represent Christ to the community,” Sayles said.
“We wanted to be inten
Student athlete population sets record
Keegan Berzonski Contributing Writer
In what is becoming a campus tradition, Grove City College has once again set a school record for the number of student athletes on cam pus.
With 530 student athletes this year, the college has broken a record previously set last year. That number makes up 23 percent of the student body, according to Director of Sports Informa tion Ryan Briggs ‘01.
The college’s record at tendance is no surprise to the Athletics Department. Briggs credits the addition of women’s lacrosse and the general growth in roster size as major contributing factors to the record.
The majority of our teams have the largest rosters, or very close to the largest, that they have ever had. More sports plus larger rosters equal record number of stu dent athletes,” Briggs said.
But Briggs also acknowl edges the unity and benefit that the department has seen in recent years.
“Yes, we have 23 teams, but we are all united as one Athletics Department. As a college, we have many de partments, but we are united as one campus community,” Briggs said. “It is a very ex citing time overall to be at Grove City College and spe cifically in the Athletics De partment.”
Football Coach Andrew Di Donato ‘10 also knows how a team can bring a community together.
“Anytime you have some thing that brings everyone together to support a cause bigger than themselves, it’s pretty special,” he said.
DiDonato also under stands the influence student athletes can have on their fel low students, even those not involved with extra-curricu lar activities.
“When I was hired for the position, it was mentioned football is one of the biggest organizations on campus,” DiDonato said. “So when you get to be the head coach and represent a program that is one of the biggest programs the college has to offer, you want it to be a beacon of light.”
The results of such high attendance numbers can be seen in the stands. The Wolverines thumped Ju niata College 63-6 in front of a packed house at Robert E. Thorn Field on Saturday, Sept. 3. Despite the blowout, many fans stayed well after the game, talking to players and coaches.
But the support extends past just the football team. Wolverine athletics are sit ting at a positive record across the college’s sports programs.
GRACE DAVID Sophomore running back Joey Guida stiff arms a Saint Vincent player in Saturday’s win. GRACE DAVID Sophomore quarterback Logan Pfueffer hands the ball off to sophomore running back Nico Flati. FOOTBALL 15 GRACE DAVID Senior outside hitter Faith Keating readies for a serve.