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Rocking around the clock Rockwell construction ahead of schedule
Violet Whitmore News Editor
The ongoing renovation of Rockwell Hall is ahead of schedule this fall according to Vice President of Operations Susan Grimm.
“The connector piece (connecting STEM and Rockwell) is on schedule and the whole building will be completed in July 2025,” she said. The construction team has been working hard this summer and fall, and around “50 - 60 are present on busy days,” she said.
The foundations of the connector were completed in May this year, creating the
bridge that will join STEM and Rockwell Hall together. In addition to concrete floors and steel supports, largescale demolition and restoration have occupied much of the construction team’s time in their efforts to refurbish the building.
Other additions from this spring include new ductwork and electrical runs, insulation, drywall and interior masonry work. The south stairs have also been removed in preparation for the new elevator.
HopeCAT brings art to campus
Emily Fox Community Editor
Grove City College collaborated with the Hope Center for Arts and Technology (HopeCAT) for the debut of the “Meet the Fleet” art gallery in the Pew Fine Arts Center (PFAC) yesterday.
The gallery displays works of art created by educators at HopeCAT in Sharon Pa. and exhibits a variety of styles of artwork including mixed media on textile, prints, screen prints, paintings, watercolor works, ceramics and even Ukrainian painted eggs.
“It’s a great opportunity to see some professional artists and their work, as well as learn about the amazing things that HopeCAT is doing for their community and the surrounding area,” Director of College Archives and Galleries Hilary Walczak ’09 said.
The HopeCAT non-profit supports the arts and education in Sharon Pa. The Center provides instructional
opportunities for adults in disciplines such as construction trades, medical assisting and EMT programs.
The artists who created the artwork in the College gallery
The artists
The $48 million project will continue next year with the completion of the connector, carpentry, flooring, furniture and interior paint on the interior and a new clay tile roof, walkways, landscaping and lighting on the exterior.
provide art classes for children, adults and people in recovery at HopeCAT. The Center works with non-prof-
This past year demolition efforts stripped Rockwell to its roots while carefully preserving artifacts like the
Cobb cut from meal swipe
Emma Rossi Editor-in-Chief
The campus Chick-fil-A recently removed cobb salads from the menu included in the student meal plan.
While this has resulted in some discontented students and even the creation of a petition to return the cobb salad to the menu, the issue is more complex than a simple menu change.
“The cobb salad was removed from the meal swipe plan due to some provisions set forth from Chick-fil-A. Being a licensee of the brand, we need to follow the brand standards regarding the menu,” Parkhurst’s statement said.
Is the current menu per-
are Missy Rogers, Francesca Baldarelli, Ashley Vaughan, Christian Kuharik, Carol Novosel, Jeremiah Ibarra, Lovie Djan, Emerson Goheen and Daphine Postl.
The Award-Winning Grove City College Student Newspaper Vol. 110, No. 2
Construction workers carry wooden planks towards the roof of Rockwell. The building is undergoing major construction this fall, including restoration efforts.
LUKE PAGLIA
College Archivist Hilary Walczak stands next to a mixed media piece displayed in PFAC’s Gallery. HopeCAT is a non-profit that supports the arts and education in Sharon, Pa.
From the Tower
Taking a poll pulse
What a time to be alive. It’s an election year.
Last time the nation headed to the polls for the presidency, we were still embroiled in a deathly pandemic, Jack Harlow’s song “What’s Poppin’” was at the top of the charts and the current senior class was applying to the College.
Safe to say, things were very different. It’s been an eventful four years that have culminated to this very eventful election season.
Last year we polled students on their thoughts, plans and feelings approaching the 2024 election. What we found was that the student body has candidate choices across the board.
In the spring of 2024, 38.36 percent of students had not decided who they would vote for, while in 2020, only 14.52 percent were undecided.
In 2020 the campus had a clear candidate of choice, with 66.94 percent of students pledging their vote to Donald Trump and a mere 18.55 percent pledging theirs to Biden.
2024’s numbers still point to Trump being the favored candidate, but with less than half (46.3 percent) saying they will vote for the former president. At the time, Joe Biden was thought to be the Democratic party’s pick, and only 3.33 percent of students said they would vote for Biden.
Now, of course, Biden is no longer the front man. Instead, Kamala Harris has become the face of the party for this election.
With all of these numbers in mind, it’s clear that the political attitude of the student body has changed slightly, with students being less inclined to go with one of the main candidates. I wonder if this student body approaches the 2024 election differently than the student body four years ago approached the 2020 election.
In 2020, the public’s mind was clouded with concern about COVID-19. Voters wanted someone who was going to lead the nation through the conclusion of the pandemic. In 2024, are student’s votes going where their wallet leads them? Are they thinking of the job market they’ll be meeting after graduation, or hearing rumors of an impending recession?
Do students believe this election is simply a decision between the lesser of two evils, or do they see merit in specific candidates? Are students concerned more about what’s going on at home on American soil, or do they think we need to be more involved in what’s going on across the pond?
We will be issuing another poll to the student body soon and asking these questions and more. What does the political pulse of this campus read?
What we seek to uncover is whether Grove City College voters are convicted or conceding; satisfied or sick and tired.
Emma Rossi Editor-in-Chief
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Section Editors
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Perspectives
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John Remaniak
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Found in the Collegian Archives
Emma Rossi Editor-in-Chief
In honor of our second issue, here are the headlines from two decades of second issues, starting in 1974.
Tuesday, September 23, 1974
Don McLean visits the campus, a review on page one was impressed by McLean’s ability to captivate an audience and perform a “One Man Show”
A photography class was added to the registrar, led by Dr. Richard Kauffman. It was called “Photography-Art 210.” It is now, of course, called COMM 245
Diane Bonnell wrote “an open letter to GCC Students” in which she writes, “Our nation seems to be going through one of the most dramatic upheavals in its executive branch that you will ever be privileged to view in your political lifetime.” This letter came only a month and half after President Richard Nixon’s resignation and Gerald Ford’s swearing in.
Friday, Sept. 21, 1979
Construction was “well under way” for the field house on lower campus. President MacKenzie said, “This project is another indication of the vitality of this institution.”
Today, the College is on track to build a new field house as part of the Impact 150 campaign.
The theatre announced their fall show, “Our Town.” Last spring, the theatre department performed “Our Town.”
Tom Michaelian wrote an article about the “Grove City Bubble,” a common campus term still used to describe the niche community and isolation from the outside world that can be found in some aspects of campus life.
Joden Jewelers, still located on Broad Street, advertised “custom designed engagement rings.”
Friday, Sept. 18, 1987
The installation of a
new phone system was announced. As part of the new system, Telephone jacks were installed in every student dorm room on campus. Students could lease a phone from the College and were billed based on individual usage.
$7 million construction began on the PLC, and the 50-foot flagpole that serves as an iconic campus symbol was installed.
SGA’s movie nights promised to screen “Hoosiers,” “Back to the Future,” “Jaws” and “West Side Story.”
Friday, Sept. 16, 1988
The football team’s Coach Chris Smith took four players to Europe, where the Wolverines joined 26 other Americans to put on football clinics and play football games.
Our very own Dr. Michael Coulter ’88 wrote a column on the 1988 election entitled, “Let’s Get Real.” Coulter expresses his discontent with the media’s coverage of the ’88 election, with most major outlets focusing on “personality and gossip.” He humorously writes, “George Bush has tried to convince the Americans that he eats pork rinds. While that may sit well with the pork rind lobby, it
does nothing for me.”
Friday, Sept. 17, 1993
Swim coach Dave Fritz ’93 was named Defensive Player of the Week for the football team. He had six tackles and a sack in the Wolverines win over the Hiram Terriers.
Dr. Kevin Leman’s daughter, Holly Leman, wrote a feature piece on her father and professor, with a headline that reads, “Renowned psychologist/dad to speak Tuesday.”
Monday, Sept. 19, 1994
The campus adjusts to the addition of the Outlets by campus. A student, Heather Mathieson, said of the new stores, “I think it’ll be popular among students for a while because it’s a new thing, like Wal-mart was last semester.”
Dinesh D’Souza visited campus to give a lecture on his 1991 book, “Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus.”
Dr. Jim Thrasher ’80 took on a new role as Director of Career Services. Lee Wishing ’83 joined the department as the Director of Placement and Communications. Both men still serve in the College’s offices.
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New dorm additions
Violet Whitmore News Editor
No need to air your dirty laundry in campus laundry rooms with unexpectedly broken machines anymore. Over the summer, campus operations installed new washing and drying machines -- an act even more exciting than finding your favorite sweater in the laundry room lost and found.
This past June, 36 machines on campus were replaced in both the men and women’s dormitories. Assistant Director for Operations Karli Sowers and the College worked in conjunction with the laundry service company CSC ServiceWorks in order to better service the students on campus.
All of the old laundry machines were replaced with new ones, as more cannot be added alongside old machines due to HVAC and plumbing constraints within the laundry rooms. The existing systems can only han-
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Foucault Pendulum, an experiment in perpetual motion that mimics the earth’s rotation. The pendulum will be displayed as a showpiece in the new connector’s lobby once it is constructed.
Depression-era construction techniques were also found over the course of the demolition, the most common including material substitutions due to national
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dle the number of machines available, and adding more machines would require both HVAC and plumbing expansion.
The new machines are wired to an app called CSC Go that can track the status of the laundry in real-time.
“Logging into the app will allow students to see which machines are currently being used. This will save them a trip from the third floor down to the basement just to find out everything is taken.
The app also can send you a reminder when the cycle is complete,” Jon DiBenedetto, Solutions Developer for Operations said.
Accessing the app is as easy as snapping a picture of a QR code. “The new machines are more efficient so they will perform better for students.
The app will show you what machines are available in your dorm, as well as keep you updated on the status of your laundry once the cycle has started. By scanning the QR code through the app,
shortages. Another interesting historical discovery was made when McClintic-Marshall Corp joist tags were found-- a subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel, the company that built the Golden Gate Bridge.
The project will also preserve hundreds of handwritten names on the walls inside the tower over the decades, the façade of Rockwell, stained glass windows and updated mechanical parts for the inner workings of the clock tower.
all these aspects are meant to provide students with a more efficient, dependable service,” Sowers said.
Work orders no longer require a third-party website and can now be submitted through the app. According to DiBenedetto, this makes fixing the machines significantly easier for both the staff and students. Students can go through the app to submit a description of their issue through the “Request Service” tab to contact the servicer immediately.
“CSC will be servicing the machines weekly, but the sooner they know the issue, the faster they can react. If you have any questions or issues with CSC servicing the machines, please submit a work order using the app. “We will continue to work with them to clean up any issues, but the app allows us to expedite the response from CSC while also allowing Operations to monitor and intervene as needed,” Sower said.
When completed in the fall of 2025, the new building will be dedicated as the Smith Hall of Science and Technology, named for Bill ’69 and Dieva Smith, who donated a significant gift toward the building’s transformation.
Rockwell’s renovations are part of the college’s Impact 150 campaign, a comprehensive plan to raise $185 Million to fund scholarships, campus improvements, and the overall student experience in time for GCC’s 150th birthday in 2026.
Speakers coming to campus this fall
Violet Whitmore News Editor
Grove City College will host three high-profile speakers this fall who highlight the College’s conservative Christian character.
Scott Walker, the former governor of Wisconsin and current president of Young America’s Foundation, will speak at the Ronald Reagan Lecture next month.
During his time as governor, he enacted Act 10 which cut taxes and allowed local and school officials to staff based on merit and pay based on performance.
In 2012, Walker became the first Governor in American history to win a recall election and won three elections for Governor in four years and served two terms.
Walker now serves as President of Young America’s Foundation, an organization that conducts programs at the Reagan Ranch, Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home, Virginia offices, Washington, D.C., and at regional sites across the nation. YAF also hosts more conservative campus lectures than any other organization and has a digital presence with more than a billion views.
Rev. Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III is chancellor and CEO of Reformed Theological Seminary, where he is also the John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology. Duncan will speak in chapel on Nov. 13 at 11 a.m. titled “Psalms for Christian Perspective” and will also host a Faith for Life lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. in Harbison Chapel.
Duncan has written, edited and contributed to several books including “Preaching the Cross”, “Women’s Ministry in the Local Church”, “Should We Leave Our Churches?”, and “Fear Not!” Ligon has authored, co-authored, edited or contributed to more than 35 books.
Duncan was born in Greenville, S.C., and is the son of an eighth generation
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“We are currently looking into different ways to adapt to these provisions. We are working diligently to find an alternative solution. For the time being, we added fries and the side salad to continue with a healthy option in that location. We are aware of the upset this has caused and apologize for the inconvenience this has created,” Parkhurst said.
Laura Hamilton ’24, who worked at the campus Chickfil-A during last year’s spring semester, spoke of the challenges that came with including the cobb salad on the student meal plan.
“Cobb salads take much longer to prepare than the other meals, and since they were so popular, they ran out quickly. Also, the cobbs are basically the only really healthy meal option for the student swipe, so everyone got them,” Hamilton said. Due to the salad’s popu-
larity, the kitchen would typically run out of its ingredients by the afternoon, meaning it wasn’t as frequently available.
While she no longer works for the campus Chick-fil-A, she offered some insight to any potential menu changes.
“I think if they offered something like the cool wrap as a healthy alternative that’s easier to prepare it might be easier, although I can’t be certain,” Hamilton said.
Presbyterian ruling elder. He graduated with a B.A. in history from Furman University, received his M.Div. and M.A. (Historical Theology) from Covenant Theological Seminary and later earned his Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh, New College, Scotland.
He has preached in Presbyterian, Dutch Reformed, Baptist, Congregational, Anglican, Methodist and Independent churches.
Over his thirty-plus years at RTS he has taught theology and lectured both nationally and internationally.
Duncan co-founded Together for the Gospel (“T4G”) in 2006 along with Mark Dever, Al Mohler, and C.J. Mahaney (joined by John Piper, John Macarthur, and R.C. Sproul). He serves on the board and council of The Gospel Coalition (TGC), The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood and Highland Theological College. He is also the past chairman of the RUF Midsouth Committee.
Jordan Kauflin is a songwriter for Getty music, Sovereign Grace Music and a worship pastor at Christ Covenant Church in Atlanta, Ga. where he “helps people know the gospel, love the kingdom, and live out God’s mission” while also working to train “and develop leaders/musicians and provide leadership for our music ministry.” Kauflin will be a featured speaker on Sept. 25 at 11 a.m. in Harbison Chapel and will host a Faith for Life Lecture series titled “Why We Sing, Congregational Singing” on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Harbison Chapel.
Kauflin leads congregational singing while also writing songs for church worship. His hymns include “I Will Wait for You (Psalm 130)”, “Christ our Hope in Life and Death” and “All I Have Is Christ.” He primarily writes with Getty Music and Sovereign Grace Music.
Kauflin will return to campus this fall as part of a student worship initiative and as a visiting lecturer to supplement the new Christian ministries worship minor, according to President Paul J. McNulty, ’80.
while others have been in the works for years, according to Walczak.
its and schools, in addition to hosting exhibits.
Preparation of the Grove City gallery began last spring with the help of the College’s chair of the Education Department, Dr. Connie Nichols ’93, who is also a member of HopeCAT’s board of directors. Some of the artwork featured in the exhibit was created for the purpose of being displayed in the gallery,
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day,” Gray said. “We moved the ball nicely and created numerous chances in the run of play. If we keep our foot on the gas and continue to move the ball around like we’ve been doing, the team will have a lot of success this season. We’re not there yet
The gallery will continue to be displayed through Oct. 12. Students interested in visiting the gallery may stop by PFAC between 4 and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, between 1 and 5 p.m. on Saturdays and between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Oct. 12. Those interested in learning more about HopeCAT can visit their website at www.hopecat.org.
though. Winning the opening match is a great feeling but there’s a long season ahead. If we keep working hard, results will come.”
After traveling to Oberlin College for a match Wednesday, which they won 2-1, the Wolverines will head to Granville, Ohio to square off against Denison University at 1 p.m. tomorrow, Sept. 7.
LIGON DUNCAN
JORDAN KAUFLIN
SCOTT WALKER
LUKE PAGLIA
Ketler resident loads his laundry into one of the College’s the new washing machines.
Overseas options
Spring study abroad applications are open
Mia Gallagher Sports Editor
Looking for a unique opportunity to explore new cultures? Eager to broaden your horizons and travel to new, exciting places? Searching for a way to enrich your college experience and see sights you’ve always dreamed about?
Well, look no further than Grove City College’s Office of Global Programs, whose vision is to provide students with the means to fulfill these hopes and desires. The office, located in SHAL 319, is filled with individuals eager to help students find their ideal study abroad experience and
I’ve been talking to this guy all summer, but he still hasn’t asked me to be his girlfriend yet. He takes me on dates and we talk all the time, but we still haven’t defined the relationship yet.
I’m starting to wonder if he’s ever going to ask me. Should I wait it out or cut him loose?
Sincerely, Impatient Grover
Dear Impatient Grover,
You guys have been talking for quite a while, and it sounds like you both have clicked! Fun dates and long conversations at night have brought you two pretty close. If he hasn’t made any
answer any questions that may arise along the way.
This semester, the College sent nine students out to study abroad in five different countries, providing each of them with a unique learning and cultural experience.
Upon returning next spring, they will not only have a more informed view of the world but will also bring back countless stories and memories that will transcend the grounds of this campus.
“There are so many benefits to studying abroad!
Learning independence, seeing more of the world, experiencing new cultures and interacting with a variety of people, to name a few,” Glob-
al Programs Coordinator Rachel Anderson said.
“Some study abroad programs involve a service component or are through Christian organizations. Some have you taking courses in a small group of students studying abroad, while others have you taking courses on campus at an overseas university. Some even have you stay with a host family, which is especially helpful for improving your language skills.”
In addition to semester study abroad programs, the Office of Global Programs also helps coordinate the travel courses offered by the College. These courses al-
low students to earn course credit through participation in immersive cultural experiences. The slate of courses being offered next summer will send students to a variety of different countries – Costa Rica, France, Italy, Scandinavia and Bolivia – to study an even broader array of subject matter. Whether you’re looking to physically walk through the history covered in the humanities courses, experience a global business class on a much larger scale or engage with diverse Christian perspectives in a religion or SSFT class, these travel courses have so much to offer you.
Do I hold on or cut him loose?
moves to initiate a conversation about where the relationship stands, it may be up to you to sit down with him and ask what he thinks about your current situation. I’ve been there — you don’t want to do this in a way that catches him off guard. Just a casual, “Hey, we’ve been talking for a while now and I was wondering what we are,” could work! Guys can
be kind of dense sometimes (no offense intended, just prior experience) and need a little nudge. It sounds like you are ready for a committed relationship. When you two are talking, does he seem to be on the same page? Has he talked about doing things in the future with you? (And no, I don’t mean dinner at Hicks next week) Talking about what you want out of a relationship could be a way to casually segue into the DTR conversation.
Is he on the shy side? It could be that he’s a little nervous to take the next step forward or waiting for some sort of signal from you. It’s not unusual for an introverted person to take their time.
Maybe he needs clarity just as much as you do. However, if he’s a pretty outgoing guy, it’s a bit suspicious he hasn’t said anything, ESPECIALLY as a Grover — you know how it is. If he’s so open about talking about anything and everything under the sun, why hasn’t he brought up the important convo yet? But, without asking, you’ll never know what’s going on inside his head. Communication is important! Maybe he already assumes something, but since you guys have never talked about it, he doesn’t know exactly where things stand. Cutting him loose without giving him a chance to voice his thoughts could end your situationship messily.
“Students can email the Global Programs Coordinator (andersonrj@gcc.edu) to get started. We’ll help you choose a program and walk you through the process. Students are also welcome to stop by any time. We have several student advisors who have studied abroad themselves and are happy to share useful tips and talk about their experience abroad,” Anderson said.
The deadline to apply for spring study abroad is Sept. 15. For more information visit the Office of Global Programs.
A chance to talk it out will clear the air up quickly, one way or another. You won’t have to overthink it any longer, and Instagram reels can stop bringing up videos that eerily relate to your exact situation. And if it happens that he was just looking for something casual (SO not the vibe), you get a better idea of what to look for moving forward! I wish you the best of luck!
Auspiciously, Dr. Love
Love M.D.
OFFICE OF GLOBAL PROGRAMS
This past May, students traveled to Ecuador on a faculty travel course offered through the Office of Global Programs. The deadline for spring applications is Sept. 15.
Kids at their BEST
Emily Fox Community Editor
The Grove City College Engineering Department hosted middle and high school students from 13 schools in the Pew Fine Arts Center (PFAC) for the annual Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology (BEST) competition kick-off event last Sunday.
BEST is a non-profit organization that allows middle and high school students from all educational backgrounds to compete to build a robot capable of completing tasks in just six weeks. Schools send teams of students free of charge to be mentored by working engineers and create a robot able to accomplish a series of objectives in three minutes, according to the B.E.S.T. Robotics website.
Dr. Mike Bright, a professor of engineering at the College, founded the hub at Grove City, and it is one of two hubs in Pennsylvania, according to the College website.
This past weekend’s kickoff event provided competitors the opportunity to visit the College and learn about
the rules of the competition, check out the area, ask questions and participate in training sessions to prepare them for competition day.
The next stage of the competition will take place on Oct. 12, with teams will participating in “mall day” at the Ross Park Mall. There they will have the opportunity to test out their robots almost two weeks before the competition weekend.
The competition allows students to develop other real-world practical skills in addition to the engineering education they receive.
Contestants are responsible for developing a marketing presentation that involves explaining the decisions they made while building the robot to the judges. Students may earn awards for their notebook design, robot design or for their spirit and sportsmanship. There will also be a competition between different teams’ robots later in the event, according to Grove City College Hub Director Brandon Zimmerman.
The College’s engineering students also have a role in the competition. Student volunteers are responsible
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for assisting in various ways throughout the contest, including set up, judging, scorekeeping, inspecting robots and answering questions. Many of these volunteers are former contestants in the BEST competition themselves.
“We are always looking for more people to help with our leadership or just to help judge on gameday. All are welcome even if they have not participated in BEST before. Game day can be hectic and having student leadership that takes charge of their areas without our involvement helps,” Zimmerman said.
Student volunteers benefit from helping with the competition as much as the competitors do. The leadership skills they develop will help them later in their careers.
“They (volunteers) get the chance to have a leadership role, which is a good resume builder,” Zimmerman said.
Grove City students interested in attending the competition day should mark their calendars for October. The event will take place from 4 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 25 and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 26.
Grove City College Professor of Political Science, Paul Kengor, poses outside the Guthrie Theatre on Broad Street. Student Life and Learning is sponsoring a showing of “Reagan” for students at the Guthrie at 9 p.m. Sept. 14. The presidential biopic, inspired by Kengor’s book “The Crusader,” ranked fourth at the box office its opening weekend. Tickets for the movie will continue to be sold at the SLL office for $10 through Sept. 13. Each ticket comes with a free fountain drink and popcorn.
Seven questions with…
Dr. W. Matthew Henderson Professor of Sociology
Why did you choose to teach at Grove City?
To be honest, I feel like the Holy Spirit led me here. I was content enough where I was and wasn’t necessarily looking to relocate. But over the course of the past year, I felt like God was calling me to a new opportunity, and over the spring everything just fell into place.
I’ve worked at Christian higher ed. institutions for the past decade or so, and it has given me a deepening appreciation for the ways schools like Grove City facilitate the integration of scholarship with sincere Christian faith. In the past few years, I had observed Grove City from afar and was impressed with the principled way the College appeared to conduct their business. I was also impressed with some of the scholarship I had come across from the faculty. While interviewing, I was also impressed by the quality of the students and the dedication of the administration, faculty and staff. It seemed like a place that strived to serve students well. For all these reasons, Grove City felt like a good fit. My first few weeks have largely confirmed that sense.
What is your favorite memory from this past summer?
My family and I spent the bulk of the summer making arrangements to move from Tennessee, so it was quite a whirlwind. But I had a chance to visit some family in my home state of Texas, which was a really wonderful time. I also enjoyed watching the Olympics with my kids.
If you could teach a class in any discipline for one day, what would you choose?
This is a fun question, especially if it assumes that whatever magic spell allows me to teach this field also grants me proficiency sufficient to teach it, which sounds rad! Under that assumption, I think it’d be fun to teach music theory or maybe quantum physics.
If you had to choose an actor to portray you in a movie about your life, who would you choose?
A friend of mine once answered this question for me by suggesting Paul Giamatti. I have to admit, that would be pretty good casting.
What are you most looking forward to this semester?
I’m new to the area, and I’m generally excited to get to know my students, learn about the culture here at Grove City and what life in Western Pa. is like. I’ve never been to a hockey game. Maybe I’ll try that.
If you were an animal, what would you be?
A lion. They seem to have it all figured out.
If you could time travel, would you rather visit the past or the future?
I’ve seen too many time travel movies to think I could master the mechanics of time travel, so I’m reluctant to say either. But knowing the future sounds like it might ruin the experience of going through life. Knowing the ending to a mystery novel spoils its reveal, so I guess I’ll go with the past.
WHAT’S FRESH AT THE GROVE
In the PLC lot... Food Truck Friday Sept. 6
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Haitian Sensation will be serving lunch from their food truck in the PLC/STU lot this afternoon.
In SHAL Courtyard... Street Dance Sept. 6 8 - 10 p.m.
SLL invites students to bring their friends to the courtyard and enjoy good music and dancing tonight.
In SHAL... CRM Conference
Sept. 6 5 - 8:30 p.m. Sept. 7 8:30 a.m.- 3:15 p.m.
Pastors and professors speak about ministry topics.
On the Rock Quad... Safety Fair
Sept. 9 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Learn about the various safety resources available to students this coming Monday.
School is back in session
Another academic year is underway with students out and about
Jillian Bates
Jillian Bates
The Grove City College academic year has officially begun and the student body has been outside all over campus. In the time we have been back on campus, the weather has been beautiful and the students love to be outside when they can be.
The students prepare to embark on a long, tough semester, full of classes, homework, and exams. However, they continue to push through and enjoy the time here at Grove City College, working hard, and glorifying God every step of the way.
by Luke Paglia, Photo Chief
Jillian Bates
Jillian Bates
Jillian Bates
The power of influencers MrBeast accusations spark controversy
Sarah Barker Contributing Writer
In another case of celebrity controversies, Jimmy Donaldson, known as the popular YouTube star MrBeast, received several accusations, including collaborating with an alleged pedophile, staging YouTube videos and creating unsafe working environments. The channel boasts more than 300 million subscribers, most of which are young teens and children. Donaldson’s channel has an influential market mostly in the age ranges between eight and 20, but people of all ages tune in to the channel to watch him host events, games, extreme challenges and charity content.
The accusations surrounding Donaldson began in July when the channel’s collaborator Ava Kris Tyson was allegedly accused of engaging in inappropriate interactions with a minor.
The second round of claims surrounding MrBeast targets the new Amazon Prime Video reality show “Beast Games.” According to NBC News, these accusations claim that the working conditions for the show were unhealthy and posed serious health risks, including “hospitalizations, sleep deprivation, lack of medication and lack of food on set.”
Through uploaded videos on YouTube, former employees of MrBeast came forward with accusations about the psychological harm that they experienced behind the scenes when they worked
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Abigail Kengor Staff Writer
Many a patriotic Grover will fondly recall the tall pine trees, robust stone and brick architecture and bubbling streams of Wolf Creek that lace throughout our campus. Hopefully, recollection of the merry times, warm friendships, vibrant faith and invigorating academics will follow. A good college becomes to the heart like a nourishing mother — in Latin, alma mater — or a beloved home whose memory lingers even after parting.
This concept of a motherland’s love has historically been expressed through
on his channel. The veracity of these claims is still unproven, but the outpouring of allegations has had an immense impact on MrBeast’s reputation.
While “canceling” is the newest buzzword in 2024, celebrities and influencers who have committed crimes should face further action.
If evidence proving MrBeast’s misdeeds surfaces and prompts a court trial, it would set an unusual precedent for YouTubers and influencers that the U.S. has not seen before.
Right, fair treatment is the ideal, but in a society where entertainment and attention are the top currencies, can justice be upheld? Or is truth and justice prevented because our favorite powerful celebrities and influencers pay for it to disappear?
Influencers, content creators and celebrities are people we should be careful to put our trust in, if we trust them at all. When we follow, subscribe or watch someone on the internet, we should remember that we don’t know who they are when the camera turns off.
Every action that they make on camera is part of a personality. There is a script, either written or subconsciously curated. An influencer who has the sweetest smile while filming her makeup tutorials can exploit her fans as easily and quickly as she can flick on her mascara.
Celebrities are human beings, and the dangers of sinful human nature are present in them too. We must think carefully about who we venerate in our minds. Our fa-
vorite influencers are capable of criminal activities and deserve equal justice.
The United States is sick with the disease called entertainment. It is what leads us to poison our eyes with “doom scrolling” and endless social media feeds.
This sickness is what gives corporations like Facebook, TikTok and YouTube the power to be on trial and escape with no repercussions. Children prefer watching the content of MrBeast’s challenges over turning off their iPads and playing outside.
We give influencers and social media their power, and when they exploit people, they keep their power anyway. We must be careful who we give attention to and manage how much power our attention gives them.
the pines’ matters
song; an anthem or hymn uses the art of music to express love and honor for an object worthy of it, whether God or homeland. A child writing a poem for his mother expresses a similar sentiment, or piety, as one of my professors calls it. Applied to a country, it’s the virtue of patriotism, whereby a country is not worshipped, but honored with gratitude that glorifies God by revering His gift. Similarly, anthems are not necessarily ill-placed worship, but rather an indirect worship of God by recognizing that through homeland, He has given people a praiseworthy gift. It is thus that we sing, “Hail to thee, our alma mater,” as the Archangel proclaimed “hail” to Mary
and as the New Testament epistles hailed their beloved recipients.
It is not worship, but love. Love desires expression and finds fulfillment and increase when expressed. This is why hymn and anthem singing remains such a hallowed community tradition, as through it singers reflect on and find joy in sharing their love.
For the College, our Alma Mater is that anthem -something we can all sing and cherish, convivially giving voice to the place this campus and its people have in our hearts. Yet, with how patriotic our campus is, there is an unexplainable lethargy when it comes to “Mid the Pines.”
In the film “Knute Rockne: All American,” students ral-
ly around their victorious sports team, singing from the heart their Notre Dame anthem amidst joyful uproar. The patriotic joy vibrates through the crowd. But at the football games I attended last fall, as well as at graduation, the tune was proudly played by our marching band, yet only a whisper of a few voices faintly singing could be heard. While other celebrations occurred, the poet in me was dismayed to hear none of those beautiful lyrics — and equally disappointed that I couldn’t recite them either.
The hearty singing of the hymn displayed at last Wednesday’s opening convocation gave hope that this problem is as simple as not knowing the lyrics. Despite
searching campus library books, hymnal covers and websites, I could only find a display of the lyrics on obscure, school-unaffiliated websites. If students have access to the lyrics, this beautiful tradition of patriotism can find its way back into our campus culture.
If you know the song but don’t like it musically, the patriotic joy might redeem it. At this College, maybe some are uncomfortable with a hymn “hailing” anything other than God; I hope my explanation above satisfies them. But if you would, consider making the effort to learn the lyrics and chime in next time the band strikes up. The joy and memories of the song when you graduate might be that much greater. WUBBAC.HERIONEWARRIOR
A voter’s guide to hope
Madelyn Braho Contributing Writer
There are two months left until the election and it feels like it has been going on forever. At this point, you have probably decided whether you are even going to bother voting, for if you are like many college students, you will need to get an absentee ballot. Maybe you’ve determined that it isn’t worth the trouble because your vote doesn’t matter anyway. There are many people who have been taught to believe this notion and approach
all politics with despair and fear. But perhaps we don’t have to stare down the election like the barrel of a gun, and we can instead try to choose hope. It’s a difficult thing unfortunately, but it is possible. There are a few ways to approach this situation with hope in mind, and each one can help us to make it through without wanting to totally give up and move to Canada. Assess what the candidates are selling, decide on your motivation in voting and raise your eyes beyond this.
Fear is a very easy thing to sell people on, as shown by the deluge of political ads
we are all too familiar with. If you can convince people they are in danger, they will do whatever it takes to make themselves feel safe. But that is the funny thing about fear: people can always find new things to be afraid of. Don’t get me wrong -- there are genuine problems we face as a nation -- but consider who is offering solutions and who is selling a lifetime subscription to fear. And don’t just look at the presidential candidates, look at the vice presidents, at the senators and congressmen and at your local ballot. Consider what they are trying to sell you, and if they seem to offer hope, or are just trying to
stoke fear.
Beyond the candidates, look at your reasons for voting. In casting your ballot, what are your main concerns? Are they your own comfort, or the good of another? There are many problems in our country, ones that you’ve maybe never encountered but others face every day. Consider the needs of those for whom free lunch, domestic violence or low-cost healthcare might be their most pressing issue. Remembering you live in a large and diverse country, do your best to love your neighbor, whether you know them or not. That too requires hope in a better future for all of us.
Finally, do not let fear keep you from remembering where your hope should be placed: not in a candidate or an election result, but in Christ. He alone is incorruptible and unchangeable. Now I’m not suggesting a Jesus for President 2024 campaign; we have our candidates already. But give your fears to Him. Lean on Him when you are tired and want to give up. Remember that His plan is beyond us, and regardless of the outcome, we know this world is not the end. Act with love for others and place your hope in Christ alone.
Freedom doesn’t ring, it dials drunk
Catharine Runion
Contributing Writer
Teams are something we identify with. In whatever sport you love most, your favorite team becomes an adopted appendage of yourself.
I find myself always referring to my favorite team as ‘we,’ never ‘they,’ as if I myself am a member of my beloved Phillies. Teams unite large groups of people together in membership both to team and to country. I cannot even count the number of perfect strangers I have complimented on a hat or a jersey simply because it meant that they and I were a part of the same family, as it were.
First sung before a baseball game in 1862 and instituted as a regular event during World War II, nearly every single national sports match in the country since then has been preceded by the singing of the national anthem. The anthem exemplifies the ideals of American patrio-
tism, unites us all under the flag and, most importantly, honors past and present service members who continue to fight for the freedoms we hold so dear. Far from being mindless propaganda for the sake of some political campaign or other, the singing of the anthem serves as a muchneeded reminder of the origins of our freedom. This is the land of the free and it has been dearly bought.
The anthem is called into question every so often, but never more so than in the last ten years, as players have begun kneeling during the anthem to protest various injustices. Well may their intentions be: regardless of the politics of it all, it is fitting to desire that the land of the free be truly free. To my mind, the anthem is not so much a dictum telling me never to question this country’s institutions as it is a hymn bidding me to recognize and honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. You may contest definitions of freedom as it pertains to the United States, but as I
cast my mind to the international conflicts this country has seen over just the last century and the alternative outcomes that could have been, I have no scruples in calling this country free. Such an anthem warrants a somber and respectful approach, but it rarely gets such treatment. Many artists try to use the anthem as a means of self-promotion, and most fail to toe the line between being unique and just being bad. It’s a difficult song to sing, especially if you’re altering it past recognition. Roseanne didn’t even try when she sang it, Fergie tried WAY too hard and made it weird and Maya Rudolph sang a fantastically bad parody rendition on SNL. At least the SNL version was supposed to be bad.
A four-time Grammy nominated country singer, Ingrid Andress, earned a spot on the list when she sang before the 2024 MLB All-Star Home Run Derby. Her artistic choices were poorly chosen and even more poorly executed. Her diction was all over the place and she
couldn’t seem to decide on one key in which to sing. It was truly embarrassing. The cameras cut to shots of different baseball players during the song; many of them couldn’t keep a straight face.
In my shock at the anthem, it wasn’t long before I saw Andress take to Instagram the next day: “I’m not gonna bulls—t y’all, I was drunk last night,” she wrote. “I’m checking myself into a facility to get the help I need.” Andress ended by making a joke about rehab – because, of course, humor would definitely make everyone forget the time that she showed up on national television drunk and butchered our country’s national anthem.
I cannot accuse any one singer of maliciously slaughtering the national anthem. Even Andress, as lightly as she treated it, deserves to get help if she was truly drunk. In more cases than not, these failures come as a result of hubris rather than anti-patriotic sentiment. But it’s contributed to the degradation of the anthem as a tradition
in an era that is already critical of American patriotism, and it’s taken the focus off the true reason we sing in the first place. The anthem isn’t supposed to symbolize blind support for everything this country does. It is supposed to honor those who fight to keep our country free.
My humble notes towards singers of our national anthem: don’t sing unless you mean it, and please, for the love of all that is sacred, don’t sing unless you’re sure you can actually sing! To the general public, let me encourage you to take patriotism—not blind, brash, unquestioning patriotism that we see so often misrepresented, but true patriotism—seriously. You don’t have to agree with everything our country does in order to love it and be grateful for the freedoms it provides. Our love of country need not come from whoever’s in office or whatever is going right or wrong in politics. This is, after all, the land of the free, so I think it’s only fitting that we honor the brave.
Drake & Kendrick A story of short jokes and pedophilic accusations
Randall Elvin Contributing Writer
The hip-hop genre always stands out in the music industry because of its largerthan-life artists who love to share their lyrics, demonstrate their musical flow and attempt to taint other artists’ reputations through disses. Drake and Kendrick Lamar are no different, providing rap listeners with the newest rivalry. The Toronto native, Aubrey Drake Graham, has been one of the biggest artists in music in the last decade, displaying his firm grip specifically in the hip-hop genre.
Kendrick Lamar, who is a Compton native, has also been a massive artist in the hip-hop genre for the past decade. Over those ten years, Kendrick and Drake have been known to subtly diss each other in lyrics back and forth, but never escalating past a few sneak jeers.
On March 22, 2024, Kendrick Lamar featured on a Metro Booming and Future song titled “Like That,” where he finally expressed his hate for sneak dissing and follows it up by saying, “first person shooter / I hope they came with three switches.”
This line was a direct shot at Drake, who 6 months prior had released The Billboard Hot 100. No. 1 hit “First Person Shooter.” Drake had teamed up with J. Cole, rapping that they were the biggest name in the rap industry
and claiming that they “Love when they argue the hardest MC / Is it K-Dot? Is it Aubrey? Or me? / We the big three like we started a league / but right now, I feel like Muhammad Ali.” It seemed that Kendrick and Drake were no longer holding back and were gearing up to go all out, but nobody could’ve prepared for or expected the slew of accusations that came forward. What went from taunting and flexing of who was the biggest or the most respected accumulated to accusations on serious topics like partner abuse and the grooming of underage kids.
Drake continuously took jabs at Kendrick Lamar for being smaller than him, with
K-dot being 5 feet 5 inches, while Drake himself stands at 6 feet tall.
Meanwhile, Kendrick fired back, questioning the rapper’s intentions with teenage girls and sharing in his lyrics that Drake has groomed children. In Kendrick’s hit song “Not Like Us,” he raps verses such as “certified Lover Boy? Certified pedophile” and “Tryna strike a chord and it’s probably A-Minor.”
Drake obviously denies such claims and responded with his own accusations, claiming that Kendrick has an abusive relationship with his wife. “You hired a crisis management team to clean up the fact that you beat on your queen,” Drake rapped. Furthermore, he questioned
why Lamar hasn’t married his fiancée, even though they’ve been engaged since 2015, saying “I’m guessin’ this wedding ain’t happening’, right?”
While both rappers threw claims about their opponent, it’s still unclear if any of the accusations will come to be proven true. What spawned from just subtle jabs was a war of words that rocked the hip-hop industry and topped the charts.
The feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar appears to be on a break for now, although it has been alluded by both rappers that they are dropping an album later this year. Time will tell if the accusations end here or only continue to get more intense.
The ‘It Ends with Us’ saga
Emma Rossi Editor-in-Chief
Creative differences, mixed messages and a public relations nightmare turned the movie adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s controversial, “It Ends with Us,” into a popculture saga.
Spoiler warnings and themes of domestic violence (DV) are ahead.
“It Ends with Us,” originally published in 2016, tells the story of a young woman named Lily Bloom whose whirlwind romance with Ryle Kincaid quickly becomes abusive.
I have intentionally avoided anything Hoover-ian, but after my social media was flooded with the movie’s controversy, I decided to read the book (bad), watch the movie (a little less bad) and learn as much as I could about the on-set and off-set issues (ugly).
The Book
The story begins as a typical romance. Lily meets Ryle, a neurosurgeon (who is a hot and emotionally distant bad boy, of course), and the two begin a relationship.
However, things take a horrific turn as the previously lovable Ryle becomes increasingly abusive towards Lily. In the book, Ryle’s acts of violence are sickeningly described, and the reader is put inside the mind of a confused Lily, whose own parents’ history of domestic violence puts her on a heightened edge. The book was not necessarily good. Clichés and over-
used character tropes sank what could’ve been a complex and complete tale of surviving domestic violence. I didn’t feel attached to any characters, which didn’t numb the impact of Ryle’s abusive actions, but made the story feel flat
In spite of its short comings, what I think the book did well was put the reader in the mind of a woman experiencing what experts and DV survivors described as realistic domestic violence. At first, Ryle seems like the stereotypical dark, brooding, yet handsome and romantically obsessed boyfriend. Slowly, Hoover works his abusive behavior into their otherwise “rom-com-esque” relationship.
Through Lily, the reader witnesses the confusing, selfblaming and gaslit perspective of a DV victim. She is well aware of the consequences of domestic violence, having seen her mother abused by her father. She even partially blames her mother for never leaving her father. Still, her relationship with Ryle traps her in a cycle of his excuses for the “accidents” that lead to her injuries, her denial of the reality of the abuse and the constant back-and-forth of whether she is truly in danger or not.
The Movie
“It Ends with Us” stars
Blake Lively of “Gossip Girl” fame as the heroine Lily Bloom, and Justin Baldoni as Ryle Kincaid.
The film does the story sufficient justice, although many of the more explicitly violent
acts are censored due to the PG-13 rating. This is an understandable choice and not a source of major criticism on my part.
One thing I did not like about the movie was how, unlike in the book, where readers know that Ryle’s actions are not “accidental,” it is unclear to the viewer the extent of the injuries towards Lily.
It could be seen as a choice to entangle the viewer even further in Lily’s perspective since it lacks her consciousness as a narrator, but instead I felt like I was missing the meat of the problem. If a viewer hadn’t read the book prior to watching the movie, they would’ve been confused.
The Controversy Baldoni directed the film, while Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds worked as producers. There were rumors that the two had major creative differences which led to personal issues.
These rumors came to a head when Baldoni chose to appear solo at the premiere and throughout the movie’s press tour. And the press tour was a mess. Baldoni had a clear message behind his media presence and PR work -- this movie is about raising awareness about domestic violence, giving women experiencing DV hope and visibility.
In every interview, he answered questions about domestic violence tastefully and intentionally. In his mind, this movie was not a romance, but a realistic por-
Sabrina’s ‘Short ‘n Sweet’
Dom Puglisi Staff Writer
Every summer has its breakout star -- the artist whose music is inescapable from June through August.
2024’s artist of the summer was most definitely Sabrina Carpenter.
The child actor turned popstar’s singles “Please Please Please” and “Espresso” ran the charts, radio and TikTok all season long with their bounciness and summer groove. This groove, especially present on the latter track, seems to separate Carpenter from the artists she is constantly compared to, Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo. This divergence offers a somewhat different strain of female vocal pop that you cannot help but move to.
This in mind, I was excited to see if she could continue to separate herself from the pack in her newest album “Short n’ Sweet,” but unfortunately it seems as though she has been unable to craft her own trademark style.
trayal of DV and the relationship between victim and abuser.
Lively, on the other hand, chose to use the movie to promote her new haircare line, as well as her alcohol brand. When asked about the movie’s central issue, she dismissed questions and eventually gave half-hearted and poorly communicated answers.
She spent the majority of the press tour talking about the outfits she wore in the film (which were horrible, by the way) and about her husband’s role in rewriting portions of the script.
I was hoping that Lively was getting a bad rap. I thought there was no way she was truly so tone deaf to the movie’s purpose. I was only partially convinced of her negative role in the situation until she held a prepremiere party featuring her husband’s brand of gin and named a drink after the abuser, Ryle.
Tasteless, tactless, sure, but even worse considering that Ryle’s horrific acts of abuse occur often after he’s had too much to drink, and the book’s climactic scene features alcohol abuse as a significant plot point.
I am disappointed that the good intentions behind making this movie have been overshadowed by the personal issues between the cast, but I can’t say I’m surprised that Hoover’s book has led to two very different interpretations.
The lyrics across the entire album blend the sensuality of Ariana Grande with the tales of bitter loss, love and ridiculous exes you may find in a Taylor Swift song. Carpenter shows glimpses of unique and clever writing across the album with tongue-in-cheek jabs in songs like “Coincidence” and scathing psychoanalytical insults in tracks like “Dumb and Poetic.” However, the lyrics can also seem somewhat repetitive, with the same concepts of passion and breakups ruling most of the album’s content, and are not always presented with a unique twist.
Carpenter has enough lyrical personality in her to carry a project, but the problem with this album is the instrumentation. Carpenter has no firm sound or stylistic markers in her production.
“Coincidence” seems to be going in a somewhat folksy direction, but is never able to fully commit to that, with random 808 slides and other out-of-place production techniques battling against the main sound of the song.
“Don’t Smile” has interesting jazzy influences and teases us with their presence, yet never fully commits to them. Rather, the bland minimalist synth-pop that producer Jack Antonoff has found himself comfortable in constantly overwrites the more compelling sonic ideas these songs have.
The glimpses of unique production and strong stylistic choices seen in the aforementioned hit singles, such as the synths in “Please Please Please” that are reminiscent of 70’s synthesizer classics like “Plantasia,” are absent from the album as a whole.
This is a major shame, as Carpenter’s engaging lyrical personality deserves a production that won’t drown it in mediocrity but rather allow it to thrive.
Overall Score: 53
Favorite Song: Sharpest Tool
Least Favorite Song: Slim Pickens
Collier takes lead as new head XC coach
By: Mia Gallagher Sports Editor
As the cross-country season begins, both the Men’s and Women’s programs have a new key player paving the path to their success.
That player is Paul Collier, the newly appointed head cross-country and assistant track and field coach. Collier looks to continue the tradition of athletic excellence that the program has cultivated over the years.
“Our cross-country programs are programs that we are proud of, not only for the achievements in competition but also for the connected culture that runners value. When we had the opportunity to meet Paul, it was clear that he loved cross-country and track and field, and could help our runners excel athletically. But more importantly, he is a great fit for what the distance running
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Head XC coach Paul Collier.
program at Grove City College has always represented,” said Athletic Director Todd Gibson ’02.
Collier, a 2023 graduate of Washington & Jefferson College, comes to Grove City fresh off an assistant coaching position with his alma mater. With his assistance, the Presidents found tremendous success in the 2023 season, as the Men’s team achieved a top 10 team finish in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship.
In addition to inspiring full-team success, Collier’s
“I wanted to be a part of a college with an active Christian culture that was dedicated to growing its students not only academically and athletically, but in their faith as well,” Collier said.
guidance helped produce three PAC team runner-up finishes, three NCAA Championship qualifiers, four individual conference champions and numerous other awards and honors.
When asked what drove him to pursue this opportunity with Grove City, Collier spoke of the College’s culture.
“I wanted to be a part of a college with an active Christian culture that was dedicated to growing its students not only academically and athletically, but in their faith as well. I was familiar with
Women’s soccer transitions the ball upfield in this file photo.
Women’s Soccer travels to the Mid-Atlantic for Labor Day trip
By: Mia Gallagher Sports Editor
The Women’s Soccer team faced new challenging foes in their season-opening weekend trip to the Mid-Atlantic region.
After just being edged 2-3 by the Shorewomen of Washington College in Chestertown, Md. on Aug. 30, they drew 0-0 with Catholic in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 31.
In their Friday evening match-up, the Wolverines went down 0-2 following two unanswered goals from the Shorewomen, with the first coming at 38:32 and the second at 52:10.
Senior forward Emma Herrmann opened the program’s 2024 scoring campaign with an unassisted goal at 55:23, cutting the Shorewomen’s lead to one. Herrmann, a 2023 All-American, tied the game five minutes later at 60:49, finding the back of the net on a penalty kick.
The teams remained locked at 2-2 until the final three minutes of the match, where a late goal from the Shorewomen broke the stalemate, allowing them to edge the Wolverines 3-2.
On the offensive side, Grove City trailed Washington College 9-19 in total shots, being edged 3-11 in shots on target. Defensively, senior goal-
Lisman earns Defensive Player of the Week.
ie Courtney Lisman tallied seven saves in the match-up, aided by a strong defensive front that held up in spite of the loss.
After waiting out a weather delay that halted play in the first half, the team’s matchup against Catholic ended in a draw. The Wolverines fended off a talented opposing offense who edged them 17-7 in total shots.
Lisman secured the shutout with six saves, totaling 13
the XC and T&F program’s dedication to acting out their faith, and I knew this would be a place where deepening a relationship with Christ was prioritized,” Collier said. Stepping into this new position, Collier hopes to maintain and elevate the level of competition championed by the two teams. With a Women’s PAC title to defend, Collier, with the help of Jessica Cooper, the Wolverines’ head track coach and director of cross-country, has been working tirelessly to put together a program to promote continued success.
Collier has enjoyed getting to know the students on his teams. “They’re all great people and they’re very dedicated to the sport,” he said.
“I’ve also enjoyed the challenge of quickly learning what types of training they positively and negatively respond to. I’ve been trying to slowly build them towards feeling race intensity in workouts, but my focus is primarily on building strength regardless of the upcoming meet. Even an experienced racer won’t remember what it feels like to race until they race after a long summer of work, so while I believe the meet will go well, knocking the rust off is all part of the process,” Collier said.
Collier and his two talented teams will kick off their 2024 program with the PAC Preview Meet tomorrow, Sept. 7, at Lawrence County Fairgrounds in New Castle, Pa.
Men’s Soccer (1-0): W, Penn State Altoona (3-0)
Women’s Soccer (0-1): L, Washington College (Md.) (2-3)
Women’s Soccer (0-1-1): T, Catholic (0-0)
Women’s Volleyball (0-1): L, John Carroll (1-3)
Women’s Volleyball (1-1): W, Hiram College (3-0)
Women’s Volleyball (1-2): L, Manchester (2-3)
Women’s Volleyball (2-2): W, Heidelberg (3-1)
Upcoming
Men’s Golf: Sept. 6-7, 10:30 a.m. at Malone Invitational
Women’s Volleyball Sept. 6, 2 p.m. vs Wooster
Women’s Cross Country: Sept. 7, 10 a.m. at PAC Preview
Men’s Cross Country: Sept. 7, 11 a.m. at PAC Preview
Women’s Golf: Sept. 7, 1 p.m. at Thiel Invitational
Women’s Tennis: Sept. 7,
for the weekend and earning Defensive Player of the Week in the President’s Athletic Conference’s (PAC) weekly honors.
Both of the weekend’s matches mark the first-ever meetings of these teams in the program’s history.
After a week of rest, the Wolverines will face the Fighting Scots of the College of Wooster in their home opener at 1 p.m. tomorrow, Sept. 7, on Don Lyle Field.
Courtney Lisman Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week
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Shutout in the storm
Men’s Soccer thunders into 2024 with home opener win
Mia Gallagher Sports Editor
Men’s Soccer emerged victorious in their home opener this past Friday, Aug. 30, soundly defeating the visiting Lions of Penn St.-Altoona 3-0. Despite poor weather conditions that led to a two-hour delay in play at the beginning of the first half, the match showcased talent on both sides of the ball for the Wolverines. Here the team demonstrated their potential going forward this season.
After play resumed, the Wolverines’ offense kicked into gear as sophomore midfielder Noah Gray scored the first goal of the season at 16:53 into the match. Senior forward Luke Kimmich assisted Gray to help the Wolverines speed to an early 1-0 lead.
Nine minutes later, the offense thundered their way to
“Winning the opening match is a great feeling but there’s a long season ahead. If we keep working hard, results will come,” Gray said.
goal again, with senior midfielder John-Luc Harbour finding the back of the net at 25:16 into play. Harbour’s goal, assisted by junior forward Daniel Sharp, allowed the Wolverines to jump to a commanding 2-0 lead.
Senior forward Jordan Rebsamen scored Grove City’s third and final goal unassisted at 4:46 in the second half.
“A big thing that our offense has been working on in the preseason was generating good opportunities in the run of play. We have really tried to throw in some new wing movement into our system to
help generate those opportunities. Crafty wing play combined with dynamic runs in the box is what we are after as an offense,” Kimmich said.
“It was really great to see that hard work pay off and see Noah be on the end of a cross to open the scoring sheet for the boys,” Kimmich expressed.
On the defensive side, the Wolverines successfully shut the Lions out -- only allowing one total shot in two halves of play. Grove City’s keepers, junior Teddy Almeter and sophomore Anthony D’Ippolito, both contributed to the defense’s impressive
showing.
Overall, the College dominated with a 12-1 difference in total shots, with a 7-0 advantage in shots on goal. According to Grove City College
Athletics, the program is now 5-2-4 in its last 11 openers.
“We were really pleased with how we played on Fri-
Women’s Volleyball starts strong after Cedar Point tournament
Mia Gallagher Staff Writer
The Women’s Volleyball team opened their 2024 program with a strong performance at the Great Lake Crossover in Sandusky, Ohio on Aug. 30-31.
The team, who competed in four matches throughout the two-day tournament, emerged with hard-fought splits both days, setting them up with a 2-2 record heading into their matches at Oberlin College this weekend.
On day one of the tournament, the Wolverines were just edged out in four sets by the Blue Streaks of John Carroll University in their opening match. They then battled back later in the day to secure a decisive, three-set victory over the Terriers of Hiram College. Against the Terriers, soph-
omore Alexis Standford led the offensive charge by tallying eight kills. Junior Lila Stonehouse and sophomore Lily Lagaras also lent their talents to the offensive effort, combining for 12 kills.
To support their hitters’ efforts, Grove City’s setters – senior Kennedy Kerr, junior Brooklyn Wirebaugh and sophomore Sarah Harris – combined for 28 assists.
Additionally, sophomore trio Alayna Dorst, Kendra Klusch and Lagaras recorded eight aces to secure the three-set sweep for the Wolverines. Day two of the tournament proved to be a long one, as Grove City battled through two difficult five-set matches.
Although they dropped the fifth set against Manchester 11-15, the Wolverines rallied to triumph over Heidelberg University, edging the tournament’s host team 15-12 in
the final set.
Offensively against Heidelberg, Dorst paced the team with a season-high of 14 kills. Lagaras and Klusch contributed a combined 19 kills as well to secure the Wolverines victory.
Kerr and Harris set their hitters up for success, combining for 40 assists across the five-set span. Lagaras, Kerr and Fisher also tallied eight aces, with Lagaras scoring two consecutive aces in the team’s come-from-behind win in the fifth set.
On the defensive side, Klusch recorded four blocks at the net while Fisher locked down the back row with 19 digs. Lagaras, Dorst and Kerr combined for 41 digs as well.
Women’s Volleyball is back in action at 2 p.m. today, Sept. 6 against the Fighting Scots of the College of Wooster.
JOHN HAKE
Sophomore Noah Gray celebrates with teammates after scoring the first goal of the season against Penn State Altoona.
JOHN HAKE
Gray, finishing a cross from Kimmich to score opening goal.
NAOMI WALTERS
Women’s volleyball splits 2-2 for opening weekend.