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Inaugural year brings changes New president engages in college community

By Leigh Durphey

leigh.durphey@franklincollege.edu

The inaugural year for the college’s 16th president means a lot of listening, engagement and blue and gold attire.

Thomas J. Minar, who was named as the college’s new president eight months after former president Jay Moseley announced his retirement in May 2014, said he wants to hear community opinions about the college’s future.

“As a new president in a substantial community, I’m at a listening point,” Minar said. “I’m engaging in a listening tour essentially—which we’ve themed ‘thinking forward’—just to think forward about the college and to seek people’s thoughts on the development of a common vision for the future of Franklin College.

The strategic planning process will be focused on just that and honing in on what that vision is.”

Minar officially began his role as president July 1, and since then, he has quickly immersed himself in the college’s atmosphere in what he calls a “24-hour job.” He’s spent a lot of this time meeting and getting to know students.

“The interactions with students¬—which are often really very short—are really wonderful, which is sort of a reminder of why we do what we do,” Minar said.

Senior Danielle Faczan said she met Minar a week ago at Faught Stadium at the football game.

“He was really nice,” she said. “He was friendly. He had a good sense of humor, and he’s easy to talk to.”

Because Faczan was in Uganda when Minar held meet and greets with the students, she said she hopes there are more of those events in the future so she can get to know the new president better.

As a first year president, Minar said there are many areas he needs to focus on, but some of his principle concentrations will be on alumni relations and branding the college.

Minar already met with alumni in the region and in his former home near Washington, D.C. He also spoke with alumni around the country electronically.

“Right now, alumni are making a difference to me in helping me understand the importance of this college,” he said. “Down the road, I think the question is, ‘how do we bring more alumni even closer to the college?

How do we engage them in the life of the college? How do we engage them in the students? How do we help alumni make a difference in your lives just the way your faculty do?’”

Minar will work closely with the alumni engagement staff and faculty to answer these questions and develop a plan of action.

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President Thomas J. Minar poses in front of his home on campus sporting custom-made Franklin College themed shoes.

“The bottom line is I think that this college is the best-kept secret in higher education in Indiana and in the Midwest.”

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New head chef hopes to raise the bar for Sodexo’s food quality

By Leigh Durphey

leigh.durphey@franklincollege.edu

A European culinary arts education and experience with celebrity chefs are just a few of the qualifications of Sodexo’s new executive chef.

After a month-long search, Sodexo hired Rosie Neel as the head chef after the death of previous head chef Tim Bowen, who Food Service Director Les Petroff said will truly be missed.

Neel, who studied culinary arts in Germany, said she hopes to improve the standards of food in the cafeteria.

“I would like to see the quality of food and the bar just raised a little bit with taste and flavor,” Neel said.

Neel has an extensive resume including work at the Ritz-Carlton, Brown Hotel and Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse. She even had the opportunity to work side by side with celebrity chef Bobby Flay.

Neel worked with Sodexo previously in military services, and she said she is looking forward to bringing new ideas and fun events to campus.

“I am so, so stoked about a couple of events that I have planned,” Neel said. “The next one I believe is in October, and I would like to do an obstacle course with food. It’s just something fun for the students.”

Neel said she has wanted to be a chef ever since she acted as her grandmother’s “sous chef” as a little girl.

When she moved to Germany, her interest in food preparation peaked.

“When I moved to Europe, that’s when my heart really got into the culinary arts,” she said. “All your famous sauces are over in Europe and just travelling around and tasting all of the different kinds of food made me want to bring some of that back to America with me.”

Petroff said he and the entire staff have been happy with Neel’s performance so far.

“She’s come in and hit the ground running,” Petroff said.

“I think students will be very happy with the changes going forward with Chef [Neel].”

In military services, Neel was accustomed to serving big numbers of people, and she said she understands

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the importance of the customer.

“What I think is most important is getting students’ feedback,” Neel said.

“Because you are the client so we want to keep you guys satisfied and happy.”

Students with food allergies and dietary concerns have already spoken to Neel, and she has been eager to provide them with the proper food, Petroff said.

“We’ve already gone out and purchased some products to meet the dietary needs of those students,” PetPagie Clark: The Franklin roff said. “The New head chef Rosie Neel said she hopes to utilize her culinary experience to bring food and entertainment to students of Franklin College. Neel chef is accessistudied culinary arts in Germany and worked at many high-end restaurants before coming to Franklin. ble. I’m accessible. Students need to know that we are here to take care of them, so anything we can do, stop and see us.”

There are two “Meet the Chef” events set for September 16 and 30 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the dining room where students can meet Neel Caitlin Soard Zoie Richey and discuss ideas for the cafeteria.

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New president Thomas J. Minar poses on Dame Mall, the center of his new home at Franklin College.

“I think through that strategic planning process, we’ll identify some opportunities for alumni at Franklin, which is really an exciting thought to me,” Minar said.

Before major steps can be made to increase the college’s presence, Minar said it’s crucial to figure out how students and faculty should represent the college to others.

“The important thing about the branding right now is listening, and the bottom line is I think that this college is the best-kept secret in higher education in Indiana and in the Midwest,” he said. “We need to be very aggressive about the way we talk about it to be able to share this with more people so that we have a bigger impact and so that our students have more opportunities.

That’s really critical to me in who we are and thinking about the future.”

Faczan said she hopes that Minar will get involved with student organizations other than just athletics, theater and the arts. She said she would like for him to attend meetings for Grizzly Pride Alliance, of which she is a member.

“If he branched out and went to things all over the place and had more of a presence, that would be beneficial,” she said.

Minar already has a wardrobe fit for a Grizzly. He made custom pairs of Franklin College Chuck Taylors for he and his husband, Dr. Frank Becker, on the Converse website. He also sports blue and gold bowties and other spirited attire.

“I love it here,” Minar said. “It’s a great place, and it’s too well-kept a secret. I’ll be spending my time here shouting from mountain tops about this place and about its people.”

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Student author finishes first novel

By Ashley Shuler

ashley.shuler@franklincollege.edu

Junior Alec Robinson has been planning an entire fantasy novel in his head for more than two years.

“It’s the first novel I’ve ever written,” Robinson said.

Robinson’s first book, titled Penelope and Crusoe, tells the story of a little girl, Penelope, and her bodyguard, Crusoe, who protects her as she travels through fantasy dimensions.

The theme is similar to Harry Potter’s world of magic and is the first of four in a saga.

It was finished a little over nine months ago after two years of development.

Last year, Robinson switched his major from business management to creative writing to focus on writing.

“I still love business,” Robinson said. “But from a business standpoint, it made more sense to do something that I thought I excelled at to make money. It seems like a very good idea to me, as long as I can execute it.”

Robinson said changing his major was a “huge switch,” but pointers about writing a book from his professors have really helped.

“I don’t like reading and writing at all, but I love creating stories,” Robinson said. “It’s probably not very often you hear an author say that.”

Robinson said he considers continuity an author’s biggest challenge.

“When you’re writing your story, you have to go back and reread it a lot,” Robinson said. “Reread

each portion and make sure that each moment where the story develops is on-par with the rest of the story. Especially when you’re working with a big world like me, you can’t contradict yourself.”

Robinson is currently working on the book’s artwork with T. Edward Redd, an Indiana young adult author, and Tim Morris, a junior graphic design major at Franklin College.

“I’ve also been working on more concept [art] work,” Robinson said in a Facebook update. “The characters are becoming more and more real with every sit-down.”

Robinson approached Morris about creating artwork during their freshman year at Franklin.

“He approached me with an idea for a video game, which then changed into a comic book, and now it’s a book,” Morris said. “He comes up with character designs, and I come up with art to match those concepts.”

Morris said he’s learned a lot about art and design since they first began working on the book.

“When I first started, my artwork was ‘very freshman,’ but it’s been great practice for sketching and design work,” Morris said.

“I’ll definitely use it in a portfolio when the book is completed.”

You can stay updated on the book’s progress by liking the Penelope and Crusoe Facebook page.

Technologically-advanced millennials may succeed in business world

By Allison Groves

allison.groves@franklincollege.edu

Lazy. Entitled. Technology-obsessed. Lack work ethic.

These are all characteristics commonly associated with millennials, a generation of people born in the 1980s and 1990s.

While some of the traits mentioned above may be true of millennials, some say there are benefits to having a sense of entitlement and obsession with technology.

Millennials are usually described as having more outgoing personalities and self-confidence than people from past generations. These types of personalities are helpful in the workforce and can set a person up for success.

According to a 2015 Pew Research Center analysis, millennials now make up the majority of the U.S. workforce, surpassing generation X, which includes birth dates in the 1960s through the early 1980s.

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Pew also reports adults between the ages of 18 and 34—which is made up of college students and young professionals—now make up one in three American workers.

Because of the many sterotypes about millennials, some employers are hesitant to hire employees from the generation.

But according to Sarah Sladek, author of Knowing Y: Engage the Next Generation Now, many millennials prefer to start their own business.

In fact, Sladek says 50 percent of millennials want to or have already started their own business.

And many see the millennial connection to technology as a fault, but in reality, the workforce is driven by technology.

Millennials tend to know their technology and are innovative, and traits such as these are necessary in a rapidly changing world.

Franklin College business students are trying to change the view of entrepreneurial millennials.

During the 2015 spring semester, senior business students ranked in the top eight percent on the major field test. Student Ryan Hammer even placed in the top one percent.

“There is a misconception that our generation is incapable of creating a successful business because of technology,” sophomore business major Kali Joiner said. “Technology has not made us lazy. Instead, it has given us an advantage. We have been able to follow other successful entrepreneurs in the media and learn from their mistakes. We have had other advantages that past generations have not had.”

Another common misconception is that millennials overexpose themselves and broadcast their personal lives too much online. However, this very aspect of technology may

be exactly what has made some millennials so successful, innovative and easy to network with.

As Joiner mentioned before, new entrepreneurs have been able to learn and pickup tips from past entrepreneurs’ mistakes being broadcasted.

However, some think timing has more to do with the success of millennials in business than technology and media.

“People are focused more on innovation and trying to pursue entrepreneurship these days,” sophomore Mitch Duncan said. “It’s also more acceptable to pursue entrepreneurship than it was in the past.”

So maybe millennials are technology-obsessed and prone to oversharing. But maybe millennials were born with the formula for business success—confidence, innovation and outlook.

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Campus receives Internet upgrade, added TV channels

By Jessica Kaiser

jessica.kaiser@franklincollege.edu

Over the summer, the college upgraded its Internet speed by 2.5 times and added channels like HBO and Cinemax to its TV lineup.

This year’s Internet has a noticeably higher megabit (total speed) connection.

“There’s more than twice as much,” Solomon Seal, systems administrator for the college, said.

If you still find yourself having Internet problems, Seal suggests putting in a service request on MyFC. It helps staff become aware of the problem and pinpoint the problem.

The Internet switch has nothing to do with your emails not being able to send, Seal said, which

many students have struggled with since the start of school.

“New students won’t have the [error sending emails] problem at all,” he said. “Any returning students might have some of the [email] addresses with an @live.franklincollege. edu in them. … If you are a returning student, make sure that either you take the @live out of the email address, or go through and find their email address without the @live so that it will save that one for when you send another email to that person.”

There is also a new cable provider on campus, after the Comcast contract expired last year.

“The biggest thing that we learned from students was they wanted

high definition channels, and a lot of them said that they wanted a premium channel if at all possible,” Jacob Knight, Director of Residents Life, said of surveying students about cable choices. “We used sort of popularity of channels to determine which ones should be high definitions verses standard definition.”

The new cable provider is Campus Televideo, which offers more movie and sports channels.

“We had 65 or so channels before, but we currently are up to 88 channels,” Knight said. “56 of those are high definition channels and then the other 32 are just standard definition.”

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the required degree to take the exam from a bachelor’s to a master’s.

“We saw this coming,” Athletic Training Master’s Director Jennifer Austin said.

Although other college programs nationally will continue to offer bachelor’s degrees in athletic training, this year’s freshman class at Franklin College will be the last group eligible to go through the existing training program, Austin said.

The program will have two options for students who want a career in athletic training.

The new degree can be completed during a “3+2” program, which allows entering freshman or potential undergraduate transfer students to obtain both their bachelor’s and master’s degrees in five years.

The second option will be a traditional, two-year master’s program for students who already hold a bachelor’s degree.

The cafe space, which is currently under construction, will be repurposed into two separate areas: a study area and classroom, and a room for research and patient studies that will

be shared with exercise science students.

The plan is to create a state-of-theart space for students to conduct research using new equipment and the latest technologies, Austin said.

Zoie Richey: The Franklin “The introDespite the college’s high hopes for 66 Water St. Arts Cafe, the cafe will be transformed into a private duction of the college’s laboratory and classroom for the new athletic training masters program. first master’s program is requiring many changes in search and learning that can’t operations,” Schluge said in his email be shared with other educationover the summer. “To date, we have al programs, Schluge said. modified processes and procedures “No other space on campus in financial aid, the business office, could do that,” Schluge said. student affairs and academic affairs.

“We think this can work.”

Accordingly, the use of our facilities The master’s exercise sciwill also need some modification.” ence program is set to take Athletic training programs over the space by June 2016. need dedicated space for re-

the new cable, you can get a cable from an on-duty RA, Knight said.

Any further cable problems should be emailed to jacob. knight@franklincollege.edu.

“Sometimes the wi-fi is slow, and it tends to go in and out,” freshman Cody Burker said. “It’s pretty much worked pretty well for me. But I can’t get my PlayStation to connect to the wireless.”

“The wi-fi is better, but with the cable, I feel like I have to watch more Netflix,” sophomore Megan West said.

Cafe to be repurposed into space for AT masters program

By Ashley Shuler

ashley.shuler@franklincollege.edu

Since its grand opening in December 2012, 66 Water St. Arts Cafe has cost the college nearly $62,000.

The cafe—originally envisioned as a place where faculty, staff, students and community members could congregate downtown—failed to make more than $14,000 since its conception.

“The college has lost a lot of money over the last two years,” Daniel Schluge, vice president for business and finance, said.

Despite remodeling and reprogramming efforts, the cafe continued to struggle.

“We couldn’t get students to make the trek down to the cafe,” Schluge said. “The volume of students going down there just wouldn’t work.”

In an email to staff and students in June, Schluge announced the college would be closing the cafe and repurposing it into a private laboratory and instructional space for the college’s new athletic training master’s program.

The college designed the master’s program in anticipation of the athletic training certification board raising

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Transfer students have unique stories

This year, 25 new faces join the sea of 350 first year students.

These students have transferred to the Franklin College for the 2015-2016 academic year, gathering from as far north as Valparaiso University and as close as University of Indianapolis.

Sophomore Emma Mundy is a transfer student from University of Southern Indiana, located in Evansville, Indiana. Mundy is a music major involved in choir, the FC Chapel Praise Team and the string ensemble. “[Franklin College] has the music major that USI did not have,” Mundy said of her transfer. “I visited four times.

After spending a year at a large school, I wanted something more advanced and personalized.”

USI offers a music minor, but Mundy strived for more. She said the difference between the major and minor offering was

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a deciding factor for her, as is for many transfer students, according to Jennifer Bostrom, admissions counselor.

“It’s very interesting because transfer students tend to have individualized stories,” Bostrom said. “They’re coming for different reasons; they may not have been happy with the place they originally attended, and Franklin seemed to be the best fit now that they have experienced something else.”

The 25 transfer students account for seven percent of the fall’s incoming students. This number has decreased slightly from the 27 transfer students in the fall of last year. “[The transfer rate] has remained consistent,” Bostrom said. “We tend to get a similar number of transfer students every year.”

These students complete a similar process to those who are first-year students and freshmen.

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Mundy calls the transfer process “very simple.”

After completing paper work at USI and sending her high school, dual credit and USI transcripts, Mundy was on her way to a Franklin College acceptance.

“I applied to Franklin and heard back quickly,” Mundy said.

A transfer recommendation form from the student’s previous college is used by the admissions office to determine whether the prospective student is a good addition to the Franklin College community, Bostrom said.

The form also identifies whether or not the student was in good standing, or if they were asked to leave due to behavioral, academic or financial reasons.

When a student travels the other direction and leaves Franklin College, Dean of Students Ellis Hall is responsible for completing the transfer form, along with an exit interview.

“An exit interview is a series of questions we ask a student who plans to leave Franklin College,” Hall said. “[We] basically ask why they’re leaving and what their experience at the college has been, how they eventually chose the college and other questions regarding their experience and plans.”

During his years at Franklin, Hall said he has seen the graduation rate increase, which means less students leaving Franklin.

It may also mean more students attending Franklin, like Mundy.

“If you’re an advanced student, FC is a good place to go,” Mundy said. “Talking to [librarian] Jessica Mahoney, she thinks her undergrad here was harder than her graduate school. They don’t mess around at Franklin—it is much more challenging. Like someone said, this is an honors college.”

“After spending a year at a large school, I wanted something more advanced and personalized.�

Agueda Formoso-Mayan, lecturer of Spanish

Story by Shelby Mullis, photo provided by Emma Mundy and design by Paige Clark and

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opinion Editor Welcome

Caitlin Soard Overwhelmed, but confident In August of 2012, I sat in the basement of Shirk Hall feeling very overloaded at my first newspaper meeting as a reporter.

I came from a very small high school without a polished journalism program—just a yearbook with a very limited staff and one adviser who was wonderful and cared more than most people would have, given the situation.

Three years later, in 2015, I’m sitting in The Franklin editor’s office in Shirk Hall still feeling very overwhelmed. I have been on The Franklin’s staff every semester of my college career, and I’ve held most of the leadership positions one can hold on staff.

Despite all of that, it feels very strange and almost wrong to be in charge of the entire publication— kind of like the first time you drive in a car alone as a teenager. I never really expected to take this position.

I am notoriously nervous about committing to things in which I will hold a lot of responsibility.

I am nervous. I am new. But I am confident that The Franklin will grow even more this semester with me in charge (and, mostly, with the help of the fantastic team of editors who have agreed to do a job that’s a lot of long hours for far too little pay.)

I truly believe newspapers are something worth investing time into—hence my major and my position on this staff. I hope that this semester the staff of The Franklin can prove that to you if you don’t already believe it.

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Americans remember, but don’t dwell Friday you probably woke up, groaned reaching for your phone to shut off your alarm, and rolled out of bed to start you daily routine.

Your first thought might be, “five more minutes,” or maybe you scroll through your social media looking for funny cat pictures.

At this point, you see flags or other American symbols and realize as you check the date that it is September 11th.

On September 11, 2001 the largest terrorist attack in America’s history took place. Four airplanes were hijacked by an Islamist radical group al-Qaeda to carry out suicide attacks against the United States. Two planes were flown into the infamous Twin Towers in New York City, New York, the third plane hit the Pentagon on the outskirts of Washington D.C., and the fourth crashed in Pennsylvania.

Americans watched live newsfeeds in horror as black smoke billowed from the damaged buildings. Americans wept while people lay dying, firefighters and police trying to unbury countless victims.

More than 3,000 people lost their lives that day.

For days, weeks and even months after the planes crashed, news coverage, talk shows and dinner table talk focused on that infamous day.

But today, when reaching to shut off your alarm, you were not thinking of those who lost their lives that day. Unless personally affected, you were most likely unaware of the 14th anniversary of 9/11 at all.

Flags will be half-staffed in memory and the news may mention it, but more than likely the first thing

you see on Yahoo! is the new baby panda at the zoo, not memorable photos from the fiery crashes.

Is it insensitive of Americans to let such a tragedy fade? Is it callous for us to continue with our daily lives, remembering what happened 14 years ago?

The truth is that throughout history, tragedies happen – whether by the hands of humans or from natural causes. We mourn, we remember, we band together with patriotism. But, in the end we move on, and we have to.

If Americans – civilians and government bodies – remained still and stuck in 2001, the world would pass us by.

The events on 9/11 led to America’s longest war in history in Afghanistan to fight terrorism and oust the Taliban. With intentions to destroy Osama Bin Laden’s network, American troops effectively removed Taliban from operational power. Bin Laden was captured and killed later by American troops in Pakistan in 2011.

Not only through the attacks on 9/11, but through the war, the many casualties and constant protests outside the White House, America remembers September 11.

Globally, Americans remember 9/11 in international decisions.

The lone superpower for decades, 9/11 woke Americans up and reminded the land of the free that they are not loved by all.

Mostly, Americans remember 9/11 with the renewed patriotism citizens felt as they banded together, not against Republicans, Democrats, neighbors or co-workers

Our Position: The Franklin editorial board believes Americans should recognize and remember the tragedies that occurred on September 11, but not daily.

but one common enemy. The extra swell of pride felt in every American’s chest when the National Anthem played before sporting events.

The events of 9/11 have faded. They are no longer dinner table talk. Images of the fiery crash do not infiltrate your news sites every day. The fear of flying is limited to turbulence.

But overall, the events of 9/11 could never be forgotten as they are a part daily life, whether we realize it or not.

The editorial board represents the opinion of The Franklin and its staff members.

The board meets once a week to discuss pressing issues relevant to Franklin College students. Meetings are moderated

by Paige Clark, the opinion editor. Board members are junior Brittney Corum, and freshmen Dannielle Blunt, Jessica Kaiser and Megan Powell. Caitlin Soard, the executive editor, sits on the editorial board. If you have an issue you would like the editorial board to consider, please feel free to email Paige Clark at paige.clark@franklincollege.edu.

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Harder classes create confidence in the classroom

High school skills transfer poorly at collegiate level

Throughout my four years as a student at Roncalli High School, I definitely drove the struggle bus when it came to academics.

Sophomore year, I took English Literature III and, not going to lie, I cried a few times within the year. Somehow I managed to stay afloat with a decent grade I could accept.

Junior year, I definitely took just the required English course.

As the exciting but also scary thought of senior year and leaving my friends drew closer and closer, I knew that I needed to make an effort to start college off strong.

When I had my last scheduling appointment with my counselor, we went over my diploma plan for the final time.

To earn a Roncalli Academic Honors Diploma a student had to accumulate 56 credits and take two advanced placement classes or two dual credit courses within your four years.

I did not take, nor did I want to take, any AP classes, but I did take three dual credits course that gave me a boost in college credits before I stepped on campus. Coming into Franklin, I already earned 18 college credit hours. Looking back as a recent graduate, I am thankful that I took the challenge of taking level III British Literature, Government, and Spanish.

Attending a private Catholic high school, our curriculum included several religious focused classes. After completing these courses, I feel confident talking about my faith and was able to shape my morals and my outlook on life. (Even though I asked myself “Why did you do this to yourself, Megan?” at least ten times a day.)

However, I’m happy that I put in those nine months of hard work because now I can get a head start on doing what I love: journalism.

My high school was small. I graduated with a grand total of about 95 people.

Because of our small size, we lacked a lot of resources that bigger high schools had, and I didn’t think that was a huge deal—until I got to college.

Well, really, it started to become apparent my senior year as I was applying to—and getting denied from—most of my dream colleges. I just didn’t have the extracurricular activities to compete with people from high schools that had thousands of students.

My high school offered barely a handful of clubs, two AP courses and sports. If you weren’t involved in one of those things, you weren’t involved in anything. I did as much as I could, and it still wasn’t enough for most colleges.

In addition to not preparing my resume, high school really didn’t prepare me for the level of studying I would have to do. Until college, I’d never needed to actually study—a lot of the time, I barely needed to read the material. I thought I was so smart, but it only took about a month at college for me to realize I’m no smarter than anyone else here.

I think instilling the importance of study skills and resume building is something that’s lacking in a lot of high schools, and I wish mine had focused on those things more, since it would have made my first semester of college much less stressful.

Megan Powell

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The British are coming. But, this time they’re not by horse or by sea, but through your car radio.

Have you heard of the revolutionary invasion of the British?

Not the invasion with red coats and muskets. Not the one that dismantled the British rule over the American colonies.

I’m referring to the musical invasion that completely revolutionized music, particularly rock ‘n’ roll, and continues to influence artists to this day. Many bands played a hand in the British invasion – The Animals, The BeeGees, The Rolling Stones, The Who. But none of these groups had an impact like The Beatles.

On this day, September 11, 1965, according to onthisday.com The Beatles album “Help!” claimed the number one spot on the Billboard 100 list – and remained for nine weeks.

The song is constantly heard in movies, advertisements and on classic rock stations and most Americans can sing along without hesitation. But, did you know that the original version of this famous song started slow – at the request of John Lennon? However, if you’ve heard the hit single, you know he didn’t get his way.

It seems to be a staple in American culture after releasing it in 1965. The song has been covered by several famous artists from all genres – Dolly Parton, The Carpenters, Peter Sellers and Tina Turner.

And, while those artists are a bit dated, the song continues to stay mainstream. The popular television show Glee featured the song as a part of their Beatles tribute.

It’s a great episode to keep in your forever-full DVR and one of my personal favorites in the series.

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sports Megan Powell Back to the Future for Cubs One of my favorite movie scenes is in Back to the Future II when Marty McFly is standing outside by the town’s clock tower in 2015 with Doc Brown. The two see a hologram that says the Cubs just won the World Series by sweeping Miami.

Miami is nearly 20 games behind the Mets, so that prediction will not come true. The Cubs, however, do have a chance at the Series.

As most of my fellow Chicago Cub fans know, we had a few good seasons and plenty of really miserable ones.

Yet, when you consider the history of these “Loveable Losers,” many in Cubs Nation are used to repeating the September mantra: “There’s always next year.”

I’m sure when the movie was released in 1989 the majority of people in movie theaters even in Chicago laughed hysterically. But the future is now for the Northsiders, thanks to a few rookies.

Some key rookie call-ups this season include All-Star third baseman Kris Bryant, catcher and outfielder Kyle Schwarber, shortstop Addison Russell and second baseman Javier Baez.

Recently, the Cubs were missing one of their key rookie hitters. The former IU slugger Schwarber suffered a mild rib cage strain that sidelined him. He should be ready for postseason play.

Pitching for the Cubs poses the biggest problem for skipper Joe Maddon, with the exception of Jake Arrieta, who recently tossed a no-hitter against the LA Dodgers.

Cubs brass shored up the bullpen with veteran Fernando Rodney.

The Cubs will be in the playoffs for the first time since 1998, with their eyes focused on the World Series.

If the stars align correctly for Maddon, the Cubs can win it all at home on Halloween night. That’s a big “if,” but it would be a treat for Chicago and something Hollywood predicted.

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Sophomore quartberback Chase Burton runs a play for the Grizzlies in the opening game against Illinois Wesleyan.

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Football team looks to bounce back after loss

By Megan Powell

megan.powell@franklincollege.edu

Even though the temperature was 91 degrees at Faught Stadium, Griz fans did not let the heat and humidity keep them away.

But the start of the third quarter was delayed for nearly three hours due to lightning and a slow moving storm. This lengthy delay was a first for Head Coach Mike Leonard.

The third quarter finally kicked off at about 6:30 p.m with the Titans leading 28-21. After five fumbles in the second half, the Grizzlies lost to the Titans 34-24 for their home opener.

The Griz offense initially came to play with sophomore quarterback Chase Burton hitting senior tight end Dylan Jenney for a 22-yard touchdown in the first quarter.

During the extended half time, players had to get fluids in order for them to get hydrated for the second half, Burton said.

“We were getting tired and anxious to play, but you can’t really blame the weather on how the game goes,” Burton said. “Whether we come out of halftime after 25 minutes or we have to wait three hours, we still have to execute and play.”

Going into this season, the Grizzlies lost a lot of key players due to graduation but made up with some incoming freshmen, like wing back Brad Bonomini and split end Ben Fleet.

“The difference between high school and college so far is definitely the speed of play,” Fleet said. “College is far faster and more physical than high school.”

Bonomini said he agrees with his teammate.

“At my high school we ran the ball a lot, so I really did not have that many catches or anything for a wide receiver,” he said.

With the season officially underway, players will keep Coach Leonard words in mind.

“My goal is to make each player think like a champion one game at a time,” Leonard said.

Even after a stormy start, Grizzly fans are hoping that this year resembles the past with another return to the NCAA Division III playoffs like they have done 7 out of the past 8 years.

The game tomorrow will be at Butler and will be the first of two

night games for the Grizzlies this season with kick-off at 6:30 p.m.

“The Butler game should be a great game, and we need all of the support we can get,” Leonard said. “We would love to have students, faculty, and staff come out have some fun and support us.”

“We were getting tired and anxious to play, but you can’t really blame the weather on how the game goes. Whether we come out at halftime after 25 minutes or we have to wait three hours, we still have to execute and play.”

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By Jay Siskin

Senior Chelsea Howell also had a strong outing while teaming with Sanders against Brescia in the No. 1 doubles match. Howell and Sanders won 8-2. Howell has a lot of confidence after two wins in the beginning of the season.

“Personally, I am playing better than I ever have,” Howell said.

“This senior season will hopefully lead to a lot of good things and good tennis for me.”

Howell was moved to the number two position before the season started. She hopes to be a leader to her teammates.

“Playing at the number two position helps me lead my team by example,” she said. “As a team I think we are doing really well.”

Howell said she is excited to start conference play after a strong start.

“We start conference play this Saturday and Sunday against Transylvania and Rose Hulman,” Howell said.

“Hopefully we can get away with two wins and continue our great start.”

Franklin has six freshmen this season, and Howell said they bring a lot to the court and can make a run to win a tough conference.

“We have six new freshmen and each one of them brings something special to our team,” Howell said.

“I expect conference play to be tough competition, but nothing we can’t handle. We have a very good team this year from top to bottom and so I think we have a very good chance of coming out on top.”

Before the season started, the team went through two-a-day practices. Senior Chelsea Platt thinks that helped the team significantly.

“We moved in almost 2 weeks early to have two-a-days,” Platt said. “They were exhausting, but they shaped us into better players for this year.”

Platt said the Grizzlies are very hungry for a championship, but the team has to take it one match at a time.

Women’s soccer drops first game heading into weekend play

Junior Audra Lane advances the ball down the field against Webster.

Zoie Richey: The Franklin

By Ben Brown

benjamin.brown@franklincollege.edu

The Franklin women’s soccer team heads into this weekend following a Wednesday loss to DePauw University. The team will travel to Wilmington (Ohio) for a 2 p.m. start time.

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The Franklin College women’s tennis team has gotten off to a strong start in the 2015 season. The Grizzlies opened up their season on September 1st with a 8-1 win over Asbury College and 9-0 win over Brescia College on September 5th.

“We played well against Asbury University this past week, and we won 8-1, which is very exciting,” senior Melissa Sanders said. “We have been practicing hard over the past couple of weeks, and it definitely showed in the match.”

Sanders earned a hard-fought three-set win on the No.1 singles court against Asbury. She followed that up with a 6-3 victory at the top of the singles lineup against Brescia.

Sanders said she believes the hard work at the beginning of the season will show later in the season.

“We are going to continue working hard and getting better, and I believe that it will pay off once we start conference play,” she said.

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Junior Kelsie Williams said the game against Wilmington last season was tough despite the Grizzlies coming out with a 1-0 victory.

“This year we expect to focus on playing our game, being mentally

tough and really just having fun doing what we love,” Williams said.

The Grizzlies have started this season hot, winning three of their first four games of the season. The team took its first loss against DePauw Wednesday losing 3-1.

“I have very high hopes for this team the rest of the season,” Williams said. “We are off to our best start ever and are only going to get better from here. This team is super special, and I can’t wait to see us do great things out on the field.”

Williams said the team’s goal this season is to make history. The team wants to win the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference for the first time in team history.

In order to win the conference the team has some things to improve on.

“As for any team, we need to continue working on our communication with each other,” Williams said. “We also need to work on staying completely focused for 90 minutes straight.”

Franklin vs. Wabash L, 3-0

Women’s Soccer

Franklin vs. Milwaukee Engr. W, 3-2

Women’s Volleyball

Franklin vs. Dubuque W, 3-2 Franklin vs. Colorado College L, 3-0

September 5 Men’s Football

Franklin vs. Illinois Wesleyan L, 34-24

Men’s Cross Country Sodexo Grizzly Invitational Franklin finished 5th

Women’s Cross Country Sodexo Grizzly Invitational Franklin finished 3rd

Women’s Tennis

Franklin vs. Brescia W, 9-0

Women’s Volleyball

Franklin vs. Carleton L, 3-0 Franklin vs. Texas-Tyler L, 3-1

Women’s Soccer Franklin vs. Webster W, 2-1

September 6 Men’s Baseball

Franklin vs. Mt. St. Joseph W, 5-3 Franklin vs. Mt. St. Joseph L, 12-6

Men’s Golf

Transylvania Invitational Franklin finished 14th

Women’s Golf Olivet Invitational Franklin finished 6th

September 9 Men’s Soccer

Franklin vs. Depauw L, 3-0

Women’s Soccer

Franklin vs. Depauw L, 3-1

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friends of franklin

How would you describe your friendship?

“We do a lot of stuff together.”

“We’re stuck like glue.”

Will Gosser and Jacob Smith, juniors

Zoie Richey The Franklin

What was your favorite part of working on The Franklin’s staff?

“My favorite part was working with the students and staff. It was a good experience. It’s wonderful to see The Franklin doing so well.”

Zoie Richey, The Franklin

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Bill Bridges, executive editor of The Franklin in 1955