10.19.17 Hillsdale Collegian by The Hillsdale Collegian

Reformation at 500 As the event’s anniversary nears, faculty and visiting speakers discuss what it means for a life of faith. B1

Rebranding Residents and city council members are dissatisfied with private rebranding proposal of the City of Hillsdale’s logo and official tagline. A6

Artistic “Wild Bill” Lundberg and his children are as artistic as they are sporty, creating the style of Anthropologie and taking pictures as a professional Instragrammer. B6

Chargers volleyball is on an 11-game winning streak. Todd Lancaster | Courtesy

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Charger volleyball hits stride in 11-game streak By | Michael Lucchese Senior Writer Hillsdale volleyball went undefeated at last weekend’s Midwest Region Crossover Tournament, defeating former GLIAC rivals Ferris State and Tiffin University on Friday and overcoming the GLVC’s Bellarmine University on Saturday. The Chargers now have an 18-3 record this season and improved their winning streak to 11 matches. They were the only G-MAC team to go 3-0 at the tournament in Aurora, Illinois. “Our success this weekend shows the preparation and time we’ve put into this sport as well as the amount of heart we each have for the game,” junior rightside hitter Paige VanderWall said. The Chargers won their tournament opener 3-1, against three-time defending GLIAC champion Ferris State — the first time Hillsdale defeated the Bulldogs since 2011. “We really served Ferris aggressively and took them out of system,” senior outside hitter Jackie Langer said. The Bulldogs held a 24-23 lead toward the end of the first set, but after a timeout, the Chargers rallied to score the last three points. Hillsdale

seized a commanding lead in the second set to win 25-19, but lost the third set, 25-20. The Chargers reversed that score for a victorious fourth set. “We knew that we needed to continually press them the entire time, which is definitely a challenge against a solid team like Ferris pushing back,” VanderWall said. “I think our resiliency in tandem with our communication and execution really helped us pull through with a win.” Hillsdale’s offense went for a .295 hitting percentage through the match. Langer scored a season-high 15 kills, and VanderWall contributed 17 of her own. Junior outside hitter Kara Vyletel nailed 15 kills, and freshman middle hitter Allyssa Van Wienen racked up 12 in an impressive performance. Those numbers would not have been possible without the help of freshman setter Lindsey Mertz, who had a career-high 55 assists. The Chargers’ defense also pulled their weight against the Bulldogs — Ferris made 172 attack attempts, but only had 56 kills in the entire match.

Sessions, Stockford hope to unite college, community By | Breana Noble Editor-in-Chief

Bags of trash and a stack of old tires sat in a pile, after the Hillsdale College’s Conservation Club took to the Baw Beese Trail to remove debris and trash recently. But it is acts such as this that often go unnoticed and unmentioned, though they highlight the relationship between the City of Hillsdale and its college, City Manager David Mackie said. “It is something most people don’t see,” he said. “The college and the students, they don’t and we don’t really promote that they are so connected and committed to the community.” That is something Mayor Scott Sessions and Councilman Adam Stockford ’15 each said they hope to address if elected mayor. Although Mackie said the relationship between the city and Hillsdale has strengthened in recent years, many of the people in the community do not hear about work that goes into that partnership. Although there is a link to Hillsdale.edu on the city’s redesigned website, Sessions said he would like to see events at the college posted to it. He also suggested including spotlights on the college’s outreach programs in a new quarterly newsletter the city will mail with residents’ Board of Public Utilities bills. The first newsletter will be sent in November, according to Mackie. “I think the college and the city are great for each other,” Sessions said. “The relationship has gotten better, and it’s about bringing more information to the town.” He mentioned clubs, sports teams, sororities, and fraternities that frequently do community service in local schools and parks and for city residents. Work like that represents the largest part of the community and college’s relationship, he said. Stockford said he believes he can be a good conduit between the city and college, since he grew up in Hillsdale and graduated from the Follow @HDaleCollegian

college in 2015 as at the age of 35 with a politics and government degree. As a student, he said he participated in volunteer programs and saw the community that grew from those experiences. “Most of the time when people have the chance to interact with the college students, it’s almost always positive,” Stockford said. He said he would like to see a greater public relations effort in promoting the work Hillsdale is doing in the community, including having announcements about events in The Hillsdale Daily News or on the WCSR radio station. Stockford said as a councilmember, he brought forward a proposal to hang signs in the downtown that welcomed students, parents, and alumni into the city. Knowing the city was tight on money, he approached Hillsdale College Chief Administrative Office Rich Péwé about the college purchasing the signs, and it did. “In other college towns, during Homecoming weekend, there are banners everywhere,” Stockford said. “I drive into town, and I’m proud of that sign. It’s a matter of reaching out. It’s a small gesture of good faith, and a small example of things we can build off.” Additionally, the candidates mentioned the investment Hillsdale has made in the community. Sessions noted that the college has paid for road and sidewalk construction near campus, lessening those costs for the city. Stockford said the investments in construction of housing and townhouses help to beautify the community, but since they are owned privately, the city still earns tax money from the properties. As a nonprofit college, Hillsdale does not pay property taxes, a point of criticism among some members of the community. Some public universities and colleges voluntarily donate funds to the cities in which they reside as a payment in lieu of taxes.

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Sophomore libero Taylor Wiese led the defense with 26 digs in total. “Almost all our players had strong performances this weekend,” head coach Chris Gravel said. “But, Taylor and Lindsey will get the most recognition.” Mertz and Wiese were both named to the all-tournament

backcourt and coordinating our defense while Lindsey did the same with our offense in the front row,” VanderWall said. “Both did a great job of activating individuals and the team while problem solving in tense situations.” Thanks to her efforts this weekend, Mertz was also named G-MAC West player of

third highest average in the G-MAC. Friday also brought a 3-1 victory over former GLIAC and soon-to-be G-MAC rival Tiffin University. The Chargers slayed the Dragons 25-19 in the opening two sets, but Tiffin regrouped and won the third set 25-22. In the final set, they led 23-19, but Hillsdale went on a 9-3 run to win 28-26. Freshman outside hitter Maddie Clark had seven kills, two of which came in the decisive fourth set. Vyletel led the offense with 16 kills, followed by VanderWall with 14, and sophomore middle Hannah Gates, who had a career-high nine kills. Mertz provided support with 33 assists through the match. “Our offense was extremely spread out which kept our opponents on their toes,” Vyletel said. “Our defense also killed it, and our serve receive was solid.” Wiese achieved a career high of her own against Tiffin — 29 digs. VanderWall Chargers Volleyball is currently on a 11-game winning streak. added 14 digs of her own, Todd Lancaster | Courtesy and Mertz contributed 10. “I think our efforts from team for their performancthe week for the first time in the service line helped us dises in all three matches this her career — the third player band our opponents’ offense, weekend. selected on Hillsdale’s team which was very helpful for “Taylor did a phenomethis season. Her average 10.8 us,” VanderWall said. “We will nal job being a leader in the assists per set is currently the

continue to work on serving to make it a greater strength for our team.” On Saturday, Hillsdale won their final match of the tournament, against Bellarmine University. The teams started tied 1-1, but Hillsdale pulled away with 25-14 and 25-15 victories in the final two sets. On defense, Wiese made 23 digs to end her weekend, sophomore outside hitter Emily Lachmann made 13, and Mertz continued her outstanding performance with four digs and another 33 assists. On offense, Vyletel had 14 kills and a .400 hitting percentage. Van Wienen followed her closely, also making a .400 with 13 kills. VanderWall scored 10 kills and two service aces. “The crossover tournament shows we have consistency, resiliency, and a deep bench,” Gravel said. “Let’s hope we can keep up our streak.” This weekend, the Chargers face the Walsh University Cavaliers and the Malone University Pioneers. Both teams are currently 8-2 in conference play. “We are eager to get back into the gym to continue working hard and to prepare for Walsh and Malone,” VanderWall said.

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Junior Andres Torres won ‘Mr. Speed Read’ at Pi Beta Phi’s annual philanthropy event on Saturday. Olivia Llewelyn | Courtesy

Alumnus collaborates with Future, Wiz Khalifa By | Joe Pappalardo Senior Writer You’ve heard Wiz Khalifa on the radio a million times, and you might’ve heard Future’s hit “Mask Off,” but the rappers have more of a connection to Hillsdale than playing over the loudspeakers at frat parties. Now they’ve recorded songs with a Hillsdale alumnus. Hyde, also known as Chris Greene ’13, has rapped and sung on tracks with each of them, no small feat for an up-and-coming artist. The song with Future, “Showin Off,” came out Sept. 25, while the Wiz Khalifa track, “Only Life I Know,” will release later this month. Both feature vocals from Greene, who opens “Showin Off ” with a tongue-tying verse before singing the hook. Recording himself in his

home studio, he never had to leave his Kalispell, Montana, residence. Greene said a producer for the tracks, LX Xander, reached out to him on

the new songs. “Those tracks were sort of already in the making, and we just managed to hitch our carts to them,” Hyde said in an

Chris Greene has collaborated with major artists like Wiz Khalifa and Future. Chris Greene | Courtesy

Twitter asking to collaborate. After working on multiple tracks with LX Xander, Hyde joined mainstream artists on

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email. The “Showin Off ” rapper started out writing poetry in high school, before a youth

pastor suggested he transition to rapping. Beside the popular contemporaries Eminem and 50 Cent, he began listening to Christian rappers such as Lecrae, prompting him to make music under the Christian rap moniker “Ovadia.” His peers, including Alex Gage ’13 and Jonathan Slonim ’14, note that they often heard him listening to these various influences. “He would listen to Lecrae all the time,” Gage said. Since switching from Ovadia to Hyde two years ago, the lyricist has nearly finished a new EP titled “End of the Beginning” and earned his first check for a performance. He released “Fire from the Heart,” his debut album as Hyde, in 2016. “Finding a good, meaningful moniker that isn’t already overused is really, really hard,” he said.

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Senior aids in education research for new book By | Chloe Kookogey Collegian Freelancer When senior Cassidy Syftestad was in fifth grade, she declared independence from her teacher. Now, she’s working to give parents the same freedom. Cassidy Syftestad recently co-authored “The Corrupt Classroom” with her mother, Christie Syftestad, and Lance Izumi, Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies at the Pacific Research Institute, a California think tank. Released this June, the book contains personal anecdotes and data presented under subcategories of indoctrination, religious bias, and sexualization taking place in classrooms everywhere, not just California. The book hit No. 3 on the Amazon bestseller lists in Economic Policy and Economic Policy Development on Sept. 5, the same day Izumi was featured on FOX and Friends. Cassidy Syftestad’s interest in education didn’t begin in 2016, though. She recalled the time when her fifth grade teacher enforced the concept of taxation without representation by claiming a pencil from each of his students every day of the unit study. “I was appalled,” Syftestad said, grinning. At home, she decided to follow the colonists’ example and write her own declaration of independence.

“I changed ‘government’ to ‘school,’ ‘tax dollars’ to ‘pencils,’ ‘king’ to ‘teacher,’ and formally declared independence from him to get our pencils back,” she said. He returned them. For Cassidy Syftestad, the story is more than a precocious anecdote. It’s an instance of a teacher who was committed to creating an effective learning environment for his students, a fact her research revealed is becoming increasingly rare. Classrooms are more often used as “political soapboxes” for teachers than places to engage students, she confirmed, sharing an account she found of a Texas teacher who burned the American flag on the ground during classtime to make a point that free speech exists. Another teacher tacked up a photo of then-president-elect Donald Trump on the white board, pulled out a squirt gun, squirted the picture, and yelled “Die!” in front of an audience of high-schoolers. In most cases, instances like these go unreported. “The only way parents find out about it is if their kid thinks to mention it,” Cassidy Syftestad said. “If you like recess better than class time, you’re not going to go home and tell your parents about that.” In the summer of 2016, after finishing her sophomore year at Hillsdale, Cassidy Sy-

ftestad returned to her native In addition to his work as California to work as a legal fellow and director of Pacific intern for Churchwell White, Research Institute’s Center for LLP, a Sacramento law firm. Education, Izumi has writThere she met Randy Pollock, ten several books, including who introduced her to Izumi. the series ‘Not as Good as Between their interest in edYou Think: The Myth of the ucation policy and a “shared Middle Class School,’ and has affinity for Hillsdale,” as Cassidy Syftestad noted, the two realized they would work well together. Before the lunch was over, Izumi asked her to come on board as a research assistant for “The Corrupt Classroom.” Prior to his work in education policy, Cassidy Syftestad and Christie Syftestad with Izumi had author Lance Izumi. worked as a Cassidy Syftestad | Courtesy speechwriter for former Attorserved as a member and presiney General Edwin Meese III dent of the board of governors under then-President Ronof the California Community ald Reagan. When Reagan Colleges. He now serves as left office, Izumi moved to chair of the board of directors the Claremont Institute, of the Foundation for Califorwhere Hillsdale’s President nia Community Colleges. Larry Arnn was serving as But the team still wasn’t president. It was Arnn who complete — they needed a encouraged Izumi to focus teacher to give the project on school choice issues in his credibility, Cassidy Syftestad state. explained. Izumi found the “So I owe my start in eduperfect match in Cassidy’s cation policy to Larry Arnn,” mother, Christie Syftestad, Izumi said, chuckling. “Now who has over 10 years’ worth it’s all I’ve been doing for the of experience in public, pripast 20 years.”

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place—and the official title of Mr. Hillsdale—he was followed by junior Andres Torres in second and sophomore Jake Sievers in third. Both Compton and Torres were independent representatives, while Sievers represented Sigma Chi Fraternity.

the participants were. “I think every one of the guys really did give 100 percent,” Brant said. “Nobody held back.” Brant said Compton’s swimming piece was her favorite talent event. “It was silly. It involved a

vate, and home education. “I was really grateful when Cassidy met Lance because it gave us an opportunity to do something rather than just complaining on the internet,” Christie Syftestad said. The project itself was a daunting one, as mother and daughter collected and summarized hundreds of news articles spanning from 2011 to the present, a task Christie Syftestad reported they could have worked on full time. “In quite a few of the articles that we uncovered, the research supported that so many of these instances are not isolated; they are in fact trends and patterns that are occurring at all grade levels, K-12,” she said. The most alarming data, according to all three, was the curriculum used to educate the teachers, not the students. Cassidy Syftestad reported reading a textbook training teachers to steep their compound sentences in social justice theory. Grammar was no longer about syntax alone — it was an avenue for worldview-forming. “That’s how they sort of politicize it by following the rules,” Cassidy Syftestad concluded. Bias isn’t limited to the teachers, however — it bleeds right into the classroom itself. Izumi reported several instances he uncovered in which students were taught

the Soviet Union under Stalin was no more than a nation with “a poor record on human rights,” while Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution and Great Leap Forward were described as “sources of turmoil or disturbance,” with no indication of the millions of lives lost as a result of Communism. “A student who is learning about those programs would have no sense of the wide breadth of those programs and would have a warped view of history,” he said grimly. Ultimately, the three wrote “The Corrupt Classroom” as a good resource for parents. By balancing personal accounts with hard statistics, they explained, their hope is to create a convincing case for the right parents have to move their children out of a bad school and into a better one. The opportunity parents have to instill values in their children is critical, Christie Syftestad said—and it begins when they aren’t tied to the value system of a teacher or a school. “Too much we think, ‘Oh, that’s too big, we can’t change it,’” she said, “and that’s not true—we can. There’s so many of us who think the same way. We just can’t sit back and be complacent. We need to be the hammer and not the nail.” “The Corrupt Classroom” is available for purchase on Amazon.

Compton swims way to Mr. Hillsdale NRA visits campus With legs flying and a swim cap on, junior Mark Compton flailed his way into the title of Mr. Hillsdale last Saturday. Compton and housemates soared across stage in an elaborate water-free synchronized swimming routine as Compton’s entry for the talent section of Pi Beta Phi’s annual Mr. Hillsdale event, a philanthropic male pageant. The event raised $200 more than last year, bringing in $1,450 for the sorority’s Read, Lead, Achieve literacy program. This total does not include the additional funds raised through Penny Wars, a donation contest run tangentially with Mr. Hillsdale. “I was excited to try and elevate this event a little bit, and based on the comments I’ve heard from audience members, as well as the money raised, we were successful in doing so,” said junior Genevieve Chiara, Pi Phi’s vice-president of philanthropy. There were nine contestants in total—three independent, three from Greek houses, and three from sports teams. “Mr. Hillsdale is my favorite philanthropy event that we do as a chapter because this event brings together so many students from both the Greek and independent student groups on campus,” Pi Phi President senior Charlotte McFaddin said. While Compton took first

through Dr. Seuss’ “Green Eggs and Ham” as quickly as possible. Although he only took home second overall, Torres did earn the title of Mr. Speed Read. Pi Phi’s Read>Lead>Achieve program aims to promote literacy. “Mr. Hillsdale has greatly helped us reach our goal of donating more than $4,000 this year to Pi Phi’s literacy initiatives like Read>Lead>Achieve and Champions are Readers,” Chiara said. “It also helps us contribute to the 100,000 books donated by the Pi Beta Phi Foundation across the country each year.” The philanthropic nature of the event also inspired more participation. “It made it a lot more fun to get excited about it, knowing your excitement transJunior Mark Compton performed a mock synchronized swimming piece lates into money for a for his talent in the Mr. Hillsdale pageant. Olivia Llewelyn | Courtesy good cause,” Compton said. Brant agreed, saying she The male pageant include lot of guys,” she said. “I liked felt “very comfortable” putevents for formal wear, a that he and his friends put in ting a lot of money into the costume contest, and a talent. a lot of practice time.” Participants were also tasked The truth, Compton admit- Penny Wars jars, knowing it was going to a good cause. with wooing their Pi Phi ted, is a little bit different. Torres praised Pi Phi’s escorts with pickup lines. “We never did it all the way success. “I had a really good time,” through without messing up “They’re making money Sievers said. “My main until the actual event,” Compfor their cause and raising concern was providing the au- ton said. awareness,” Torres said. “They dience with entertainment.” The pageant also includdo a great job with that.” Junior Lydia Brant, who ed a speed-reading event, in attended the event, said she honor of the purpose of the appreciated how committed event, where participants read

Rev. Solanus Casey, a Roman Catholic priest and Detroit Capuchin friar who ministered to many in the soup kitchen, will be declared a Blessed, just one step away from sainthood, Nov. 18. With the proximity of the event so close to Hillsdale, a group of approximately 40 Hillsdale College faculty and members of Catholic Society will attend the Beatification Mass at Ford Field. Junior Jimmy McGrath, an outreach member of Catholic Society board, is leading the Hillsdale group to the Beatification Mass. Growing up in Detroit, McGrath said he heard about Casey beginning in fourth grade. Casey was a priest of the Capuchin Franciscan Order

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College Republicans met Wednesday night to hear from Suzanne Anglewicz, a representative from National Rifle Association University talk about the state of the National Rifle Association in American culture, history, and politics. Anglewicz has a passion for educating people on gun rights and the misconceptions surrounding the NRA’s message. She gave a short history of the NRA and its functions, clarifying many misconceptions held by college students and citizens around the United States. “One of the things we are dealing with right now is we don’t understand terms, and we don’t understand how firearms work,” Anglewicz said. “Politicians have absolutely no clue, and the problem is, you have people without a clue how firearms work making laws for us.” After giving a short lecture on the problems of organizations skewing data and statistics to blur the truth, Anglewicz reminded students to look at the statistics and research for themselves before coming to conclusions. Anglewicz also discussed assault rifles and their place in modern culture. “In the last few weeks we’ve heard so many people refer to them [assault rifles] as machine guns, automatic rifles, etc.,” Anglewicz said.

“When people ask me ‘why do you need an assault rifle?’ I ask them first ‘can you describe to me what one is? Ninety-nine percent of the time, they will describe a fully automatic weapon.’” Anglewicz finished her talk by offering students practical ways to get involved with the NRA and gun education, including job internships and NRA Collegiate Coalition, a new organization forming to serve college students who want to be more involved. Senior Brant Cohen said he was interested in the points Anglewicz made, especially in the wake of the tragic shooting in Las Vegas. “Our Second Amendment is meant to be protected, and if something happens and passion starts to rule over reason, she [Anglewicz] and the NRA are able to provide all those institutions that are able to support it and not be an enemy,” Cohen said. “This talk armed us with a better understanding of the more activist representation of the gun control.” Junior Ross Hatley, president of Hillsdale College Republicans, commented on the importance of bringing the gun debate to campus. “We want to provide as many opportunities as possible for Hillsdale students to actually see stacks of policy work, look at what the reality of the situation is and actually apply what we are learning here to the environment of Hillsdale,” Hatley said.

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of St. Joseph. The monks live in St. Bonaventure Monastery and run the Capuchin soup kitchen in Detroit, where Casey served for over 20 years. Casey died in 1957. McGrath said he admires the Casey’s witness, whose own struggle through academia at his young age, gives “inspiration for all of us who struggled with school ourselves.” McGrath said he looks forward to attending the beatification with his peers. In order to become a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, deceased persons go through a process by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, a group dedicated to managing the process toward sainthood, in Rome. In 1976, the Congregation began receiving witnesses and documents on behalf of Father

Casey. In 1995, Pope John Paul II gave Casey the title of Venerable out of recognition for Casey’s life of heroic virtue. This past May, a miracle was confirmed and attributed to Casey, advancing Casey to the title Blessed. Medical specialists and theological consultors approved of the healing of a woman’s incurable genetic disease. Pope Francis announced shortly after that Casey will be given the title of Blessed in November. While tickets to the Mass were free, reservations were made over the summer and are currently no longer available online. Ford Field is expected to reach capacity for attendance at the Beatification. “I think it will be cool seeing the Church come together for this,” McGrath said.

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Got milk? Cow expert lectures pre-vet students By | Madeleine Jepsen Science & Tech Editor When veterinarian and dairy herd performance specialist Gordie Jones consults for a new dairy farm, he said he focuses on the ABCs of dairy farming: air, bunking, and comfort. Jones shared nearly 40 years of experience as a veterinarian and dairy consultant with students Oct. 12 in Strosacker Science Center. Although Jones started as a veterinarian, he said he grew tired of his work and transitioned to consulting for dairy farms before eventually founding and managing his own dairy farm. “The problem with being a dairy vet is that we want to fix cows,” Jones said. “So my best day was a dairyman’s worst day, and that was a terrible relationship. I was excited they had surgeries to do because I got to do the surgeries.” After transitioning to his consulting role, Jones said he was able to focus on adjusting dairy facilities and protocol to maximize milk production. He has traveled to more 38 countries to help improve dairy farms’ productivity. “Milk is the absence of stress,” Jones said. “If I make a cow’s life stress-free and she eats one more bite of rations and goes to bed one more hour, I get more milk. My job is to be a counselor for cows — get them fresh air, a good bed, and remove stress.” Jones said understanding how cows survived before the early Mesopotamian farmers first domesticated them is key to increasing overall milk

production. For example, cows feed in groups and are most active at dusk and dawn, just after the tigers finished hunting for the night and before the humans began hunting for the day. Consequently, dairy farmers should make plenty of food available at peak eating times in order to improve milk production. Likewise, comfortable, well-ventilated stalls help prevent disease and encourage the cows to spend extra time resting — another factor Jones said would improve milk production. While these principles sound simple, Jones said he analyzes farm routines and the cows’ daily, yearly, and biyearly routines for ways to reduce stress and improve conditions. “He’s obviously a big-time consultant, but he made the concepts really accessible,” sophomore Sienna Clement, a member of the Pre-Veterinary club, said. “It was inspiring to see how much he enjoys his work.” Given the important role of cows in early farming and their continued role in providing protein and power, Jones said humans owe cows an amazing debt. Senior Devin Ward said the talk helped her learn more about dairy herds and the importance of understanding where food comes from. “Some people really don’t understand where their food comes from at all,” Ward said. “I had no idea how productive cows are. I love cows, but I didn’t realize they made so much milk.”

Hillsdale College Mock Trial teams took second place this weekend at Michigan State University in the Red Cedar Classic Invitational, competing among some of the best teams in the country, including MSU, Penn State, and Pittsburgh University. Team 1106, one of Hillsdale’s two mock trial teams, snagged second place with 6.5 wins and 1.5 losses under the leadership of captain Nathan Cheng, falling only half a ballot short of first place, which was won by Michigan State. While Team 1107, captained by Andrew Simpson, did not place with their score of 5-3, two of its players scored individual awards for their work. After each trial, players are given ranks by the judges that are non-contingent on the score of the team. At the end of the tournament, these ranks are added up for each player. Sophomore Lucas O’Hanian scored 17 ranks as a witness, earning an outstanding witness award, and freshman Sophia Klomparens scored 19 ranks as an attorney, in her competition debut. The team, which lost many, has been working hard on case theory and practical preparation under their coaches John Church and Lindsey Church, who both graduated in 2017, and Neal Brady, a Hillsdale County attorney. Case theory is the team’s approach to the facts of the case and how to use these facts, events, and witnesses to shape their narrative for the defense or prosecution. While most case theories at the start of invitational season are unperfected and basic, Team 1106 tried an unconventional approach to the case, which involves strangling and criminal assault. “Our defense is insane and no one else has it,” said sophomore Kiara Freeman, a witness on Team 1106 and new member of the Mock Trial team. “The last time that

Fighting youth suicide Hillsdale students learn about suicide prevention By | Regan Meyer Collegian Freelancer

Nationally renowned mental health speaker Mike Veny brought a message of hope and encouragement to Hillsdale-area high school students. Nearly 1,700 high school students packed the Roche Sports Complex on Thursday for a presentation on suicide prevention and awareness. Nine area high schools were represented. Youth Opportunities Unlimited Throughout Hillsdale, a program run through Hillsdale County Community Foundation, organized the event as part of a new campaign to help combat suicide and self-harm. “We’ve seen a really high rise in numbers of self-harm in our area students,” said HCCF President Sharon Bisher. “We’ve had, in the last few years, some kids commit suicide, which has caused some major ripples inside of our schools.” Bisher said HCCF is not aware of any specific reason behind the rise in suicides, though there are contributing factors in the community. “There’s always pressures inside the schools. They don’t always have the resources to help that child who is struggling to find a college, find a future, find their way in the world,” Bisher said. “We have a high population of poverty in our community. We also have a high rate of child abuse. And so I think these kids are living traumatic lives and they don’t have the coping mechanism to deal

with that.” Mike Veny, the speaker at Thursday’s event, is familiar with suicide attempts and prevention. By age 15, Veny had been expelled from three schools, spent three different stints in a mental hospital, attempted suicide several times, and was self-harming. He is now married and speaks professionally at high schools and corporate events around the country. His message to students on Thursday was simple. “When you’re stuck in that bad place—and we all have been there—you can do something about it,” Veny said. “It’s not the end of the world, and you just have to be proactive about it.” Area students were receptive to Veny’s words and agreed to open the discussion of mental health at their schools. “It was very eye-opening and it really hit home for me,” Jonesville High School freshman Braxton Wagner said. “I do think it is an issue all around. I think it has a lot to do with cliques and it’s the way people treat others, and just a lack of respect between a lot of people.” Isabella Jiles, also a freshman at Jonesville High School, said she was struck by Veny’s words on the commonality of mental illness. “It really hit when he was saying that he wouldn’t be giving this talk about the common cold,” Jiles said. “Because people usually take physical illness more seriously than mental illnesses.” The campaign aims to start

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the conversation through two components. The first is a peer group program called Pure Listening Teams. The Pure Listeners are trained in basic counseling skills as well as suicide prevention. “We want to empower these kids to have a peer-topeer group that they can go to and have somebody they can talk to in a confidential manner,” Bisher said. “And then, if something arises out of that, then those Pure Listeners have contacts. So they can go and say, ‘I think this student might need some additional help.’” The second part of the campaign is a social media hashtag, #iwontbesilent, created in partnership with the Jason Foundation, a non-profit organization centered around youth suicide awareness and prevention. “It’s ‘I won’t be silent when I see someone in need. I won’t be silent if I need help. I won’t be silent when I see bullying and inappropriate rumors and things inside the school,’” Bisher said. The campaign, Bisher says, is a way to start the conversation about mental health and to bring a message of hope to the students. “We knew that there was a lot of emotional stress, like depression or pressure to succeed,” Bisher said. “We wanted to create a campaign that would give them some tools to use, to let them understand that there was hope and that there’s not one among them who doesn’t have that same anxiety. ”

#MeToo trends online Following several allegations of sexual harassment and assault against Harvey Weinstein over the past couple of weeks, actress Alyssa Milano launched a social media campaign on Sunday, inviting victims of sexual harassment or assault to raise awareness using the hashtag #MeToo.

we were on defense one of the judges had his team come in to watch us and see if they could learn from our defense. The opposing teams were not prepared for our defense at all.” Cheng, Team Captain of 1106, said that they plan to

up a notch in terms of freshmen being required to engage in the case theory, add to it, and understand it,” O’Hanian said. “It’s a much more handson coaching style.” The Mock Trial team’s next tournament will be held at University of Illinois Urbana.

The mock trial team poses with their trophy after finishing second at a Michigan State University tournament. Natalie Taylor | Courtesy

expand their theory more through the invitational season. “We’re doing a defense theory that most people are not doing,” Cheng said. “As people pick up what we are doing, a lot of teams are going to be stealing our defense theory, so we’re going to have to keep on refining it.” Much of Team 1106 and Team 1107 were experiencing their first tournament as rookies. “I was so impressed by how well all of the new people did, and our team has a lot of new people,” said junior Natalie Taylor, an attorney for Team 1106. “All of them were outstanding. As a whole, this is the best incoming group of freshmen we have ever had.” The team has been putting in the effort toward success, according to O’Hanian. “John [Church] is taking it

“I’m really encouraged,” Cheng said. “Tryouts for new members were really good. We have a lot of natural talent, and if people perform as well as they did and continue to develop their potential, we have a really good shot at getting to regionals, getting to ORCS, maybe even getting to nationals.” Taylor, a veteran on the Mock Trial team and the director of media relations, said she is excited for the rest of the season, despite the loss of several of her teammates from last season. “We’re calling this a ‘rebuild year’ because we have lost so many people,” Taylor said. “But being on this tournament showed me that just because we are rebuilding doesn’t mean we are not going to be a very high-powered team this year.”

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Club holds film contest By | Katarzyna Ignatik Collegian Reporter

Anybody who wields a camera or phone can try for free coffee by making a spooky movie this Halloween. Hillsdale’s Film and Production Club is hosting a horror film contest for students, with a first prize of $15 to local coffee shop Rough Draft. Senior Kayla Stetzel, president of the Film and Production Club, came up with the contest idea. She said the hope behind the contest is to “encourage students to get involved and start creating something.” The club is looking for submissions of films from two to five minutes long. Both Stetzel and senior Beau Jarrett, the treasurer for the film club, stressed that students from all skill levels are welcome to submit a film. “Halloween-themed films are really easy to do,” Stetzel said. “A lot of famous directors started out with horror movies.” Jarrett added that the movies can be shot on iPhones, noting that judges won’t be expecting a perfectly edited film. The club will be flexible regarding submissions, according to Stetzel. For example, they welcome funny horror films as well as serious ones. The club will have a viewing party after the contest has ended. The exact location and time has yet to be determined. For more information, students are directed to the club’s Facebook page—“Hillsdale College Film and Production Club.” The contest’s promotional video is posted there, and further information about the contest and viewing party will be posted there as well.

Professors hit the airwaves in new National Review podcasts By | Isabella Redjai Collegian Freelancer Hillsdale professors are hitting the airwaves at National Review to bring about dialogue centered on literature and music, sans the trend of modern politics. John J. Miller, director of the Dow Journalism Program, and Scot Bertram, general manager of WRFH 101.7 FM Radio Free Hillsdale, have recently launched a free podcast series through National Review. Although the National Review typically provides a forum for political discussions, in this case it encourages artistic and cultural discussions. Miller’s podcast, “The Great Books,” is a weekly, 30-minute conversation with a scholarly guest about a classic work of literature. Thus far, Miller has covered classic literature such as William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” and “Beowulf.” “National Review is interested in culture and traditions and having great conversations about these topics,” Miller said. “I think a lot of National Review readers will have an interest.” Miller also describes “The Great Books” as having a sense of “timelessness” and said he hopes the podcast series will not only be relevant for current readers but may also remain relevant for future readers. Although “The Great Books” is a fresh project, Miller has been on staff for Spain addresses Catalonian secessionism Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has given Catalonia leader Carles Puigdemont until 10 a.m. on Oct. 19th to cease his bid for independence, following an earlier request for clarification on Monday, which Puigdemont ignored.

the National Review magazine for over 20 years and hosted a podcast series called Bookmonger since 2007, taking on a part-time role in recent years. Likewise, Bertram Station Manager Scot Bertram hosts a podcast has sought, through National Review with John J. Miller, through his director of the Dow Journalism Program. first ever Scot Bertram | Courtesy podcast series, “Political or band discussed. Beats,” to remove the aspect The show is being proof politics (in spite of the moted by Fred Hadra ‘09, a podcast’s name) and to focus sales director with Ricochet on subjects everyone can Advertiser, who represents 35 relate to and enjoy: music. different shows for advertisThrough analysis of both ing sponsorship. He hopes to old and contemporary music, find new sponsors for early Bertram, along with co-host, 2018. Since sponsors look at Jeff Blehar, invites political the number of subscriptions guests on the show for a disper podcast, listeners are cussion about that particular not only wanted, but needpolitical guest’s favorite artist ed in order to sustain these or band. projects. “With ‘Political Beats,’ “Sponsors and advertising we want to talk to people are making the production of whom listeners and readthis content possible,” Hadra ers of National Review are said. “There’s a cost to John familiar with, whether it’s Miller’s time to make this National Review writers, show, so it’s important that— or the Weekly Standard, or although we would rather people in politics,” Bertram not have ads—we need to said. “We don’t talk a second consider where it is possible about politics on the podcast. to support advertisers and The only time we talk about sponsors of the podcast.” politics is we ask what they To find out more about do in politics.” Miller and Bertram’s new At the end of each segpodcast series, and to subment, Bertram, Blehar, and scribe for free, go to: http:// the selected guest recomwww.nationalreview.com/ mend two albums and five media/audio. specific songs from the artist

Senators reach bipartisan healthcare agreement Two senators reached a bipartisan agreement on healthcare on Tuesday that would both restore funding for insurer subsidies as well as allow states faster and more flexible federal waivers to the health law.

Jaguars president apologizes for team President of the Jacksonville Jaguars Mark Lamping wrote an apology following a Jaguars-Ravens game in London last month, at which Jaguars players kneeled during the U.S. national anthem and stood for “God Save the Queen.”

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Listen to those who say ‘Me Too’ By | Jo Kroeker Features Editor “Me too,” I thought, scrolling through Facebook. I reacted with likes, hearts, and sad-faced emoticons, but until now, I couldn’t type the words. “Does that count?” “What about that ‘no,’ which, weary from repetition, became ‘yes’?” “Or the gropes, cat-calls, unsollicited drunken advances, yells and leering stares from trucks, and men following me in cars for minutes that feel like forever?” It’s perverse that I questioned whether I was “worthy” to enter into this category, that a social media movement enabling victims of harassment and assault to speak up could make me wonder if my experience was “bad enough.” My internal dilemma is just a symptom of the tensions at the heart of the “me too” movement. Social media’s equal capacity to spark nationwide conversations and curtail real activism only exacerbates those. The flood of “me too” statuses reveals the staggering degree to which sexual harassment and assault are happening. Each post made me feel angry at how prevalent this issue is and sad for my friends who have gone through experiences that left them afraid, in pain, and helpless. Some women came forward with full, heartbreaking accounts, while others simply posted “me too.” Both responses are acceptable. No victim owes casual scrollers her story. The lack of distinction between sexual harassment and sexual assault in the “me too” movement is a strength and a weakness. In not defining the circumstances, more women can identify with “me too” and post their solidarity because any form of sexual violence manifests in an alarming array of physical, verbal, psychological, and emotional ways. This lack of distinction poses a problem for skeptics, who find this too subjective and claim the movement can only have credence if the stories justifying these posts fit the legal definition of harassment and assault. Approaching victims through this legal-rational framework can only distinguish between victim and aggressor and seek justice for physical harm, but it cannot approach the whole person. Thus, the deck is stacked against women trying to express the physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological ways fear manifests itself after these experiences. And those who still need to learn this lesson can’t hear it. The success of “me too” depends on showing

skeptics the magnitude of the problem through this collective confession. Social media complicates the story too. Will “me too” be an actual movement? Or, with the beginnings of memes and impersonal hashtags, will it devolve into a trend because it was built on the shaky foundation of Facebook’s false sense of solidarity? Just as social media enables the proliferation of causes and expressions of solidarity, it passively causes complacency about activism, convincing us “reacting” fulfills our obligation to do something. The posts may be growing louder, but we are still faced with the crushing reality that Facebook and Twitter are just empty rooms where we shout and shout but nobody listens or does anything. Without a robust vocabulary that acknowledges human dignity and without the motivation to post due to perceived requirements, what can we do? Listen. The words aren’t easy to come by, the stories make us wince, and most of the time, it’s easier not to say anything. If you don’t listen to us, though, and seek to understand the things beyond expression on social media and in superficial conversation, you won’t ever have to see us for who we are: Beings who must not be manipulated for the pleasure of power. “Me too” has so much potential because it forces people to reckon with a fuller conception of a person than the happy, put-together, or witty persona she is limited to on social media. It shocks us into remembering that behind every post is a physical person with a complex system of physical, psychological, and emotional ways of internalizing the many forms aggression takes on as real experiences and sources of fear. But social media cannot be the end of political activism. Love doesn’t just react; it steps into its immediate community — our temporary, constructed one here at Hillsdale, for example — and asks where it’s needed and who it needs to surround. “Me too” is passive. Every woman who utters it reveals how she was treated like something less than fully human: “This happened to me too.” Our response to this must carry sympathy and connect us to each other, it must acknowledge our human imperative to recognize our wholeness and the hurt done to us.

“Love doesn’t just react...it asks where it’s needed.”

Jo Kroeker is a senior studying French.

As midterms and papers pile on, it’s easy to stick your nose into a book, put in headphones, and tune out the world. Don’t. In the long run, it won’t matter if you got an “A-” or an “A” on your assignment. Reading a paper for stray commas for the 17th time won’t fulfill you. What

matters are the friendships you cultivate. A class can influence your life, but a friend can change it. Hillsdale culture is one of busyness. We are students who take pride in our work and love to do a lot of it. While that’s a good thing, it also means we sometimes forget about the people around us. We have created

a culture where we compete over who is busier. We reduce our conversation to complaints about assignments and tests and stress. A college is more than professors and students, graders and graded. It is also a community. After graduation, the friendships you made will be more important than the extra credit you

earned. Take time this week, in the midst of midterms and essays, to grab coffee with a friend. Talk about something other than how stressed you both are. Be present for more than just your classes. Be present with your friends and classmates, too.

Plan a fall break staycation in Hillsdale By | Katherine Scheu Associate Editor As backpacks, shoulders, and eyelids start to sag during this season so fraught with midterms, only one thing sustains Hillsdale students and I’m sorry to tell you it’s not our love of the liberal arts. It’s fall break. The 96-hour vacation promises a retreat enjoyed alongside family or friends and with it, all the time anyone could ever need to catch up on unfinished readings or start the papers that will soon rule our every hour. Familiar faces, fresh food, focused study time — all the makings of fall break bliss. But it’s all a lie. Don’t go home for fall break. Don’t catch a train to auntie’s for a long weekend of fluffy, homemade waffles and Full House marathons. Don’t drive to your roommate’s house a few hours down I-94 Instead, stay here. You’ll tear through those pages you haven’t read or written; you’ll have a chance to explore Hillsdale and you’ll burst through the doors of the Grewcock Student Union the following Monday morning rested, refreshed, and prepared. Here’s the problem with fall break: it’s too short. In a perfect world, you’d dump

your laundry into a trash bag and kick your backpack under your desk, before you grab the keys and head for home. Or for the airport. But this moment in the semester may trump finals week. Look at your planner (or, if you’re not put together like me, your ink-smeared hand and collection of crumpled sticky notes). You’ve sprinted from one midterm to another, hurdled over essays and projects. And your syllabi promise only more. Plus, you’ve got 10,000 performances to attend, 80 clubs to run, and 45 dates to woo. You’re behind, I’m behind — it’s kind of a disaster. Four days at home will fix none of this. The temptations of home will clash with your study schedule even more than a typical weekend at school. Forget about SAB events, dorm parties, concerts, dances, dinners, games. If you swap that craziness for a soft bed, a stocked fridge, and a new season of Stranger Things, leisure will take over and you’ll never get anything done. A fall break weekend at Hillsdale won’t compete with your studies like every other weekend. The quiet of smalltown life will speed your studies and clear your schedule so you can experience Michigan

in its autumnal glory. Senior Gionna Eden hung back in Hillsdale for fall break last year and skipped an expensive and short-lived trip back to Kansas City. “We don’t get much time to be in Hillsdale without classes and homework taking up most of our time, so staying for fall break is a really refreshing change,” Eden said. “It’s also a really great chance to pack a whole bunch of quality friend time into just a couple days.” She has planned another Hillsdale fall break for this year. A staycation in the Dale doesn’t limit you to the six square miles we know and love, however. That’s the beauty of a day trip. If you’ve got a sweet ride, or even a rusty jalopy, clunk on over to a nearby city and try a new restaurant. If Hillsdale’s handful of eateries have you satisfied, then go and explore an art museum. I recommend the Detroit Institute of Arts, where you can see works by Claude Monet and Diego Rivera for an $8 student ticket (bring your ID) and an hour-and-a-half drive. For the nature nerds out there, Lake Michigan is freezing this time of year, but it’s always pretty to look at, especially from the

shores of South Haven, which is two hours away. Fall break without a car can still work, though. Hayden Park, Baw Beese, Stock’s Park, and Louis Emery Park offer plenty of spots for picnic blankets, hammocks, bonfires pits, and other fall activities Instagram is always telling us to do. If the clouds decide to wring themselves out, movie marathons with films borrowed from the library will spare your wallet but seize your attention. A walk from campus to Kroger will get you all the ingredients you need to make an apple pie, the only dessert worthy of following a big bowl of chili. Tell your friends to cancel their fall break plans. Consider my advice, peruse Yelp, and plan a fun weekend. But if you stay and only do one thing, I implore you this: go for a walk or a drive around 5:45 p.m., and try to hit some of the backroads. Loop around back Hayden park or speed out past Hillsdale Hospital. This time of year is beautiful but fleeting. Don’t miss out on our final few golden hours. Katherine Scheu is a senior studying French.

Newly elected Austrian president could break socialists’ hold on the country By | Ben Dietderich Collegian Reporter American media has failed to understand what actually happened in Austria, the small European nation with about eight million inhabitants. On Sunday, the Austrian people voted Sebastian Kurz, 31, and his center-right Austrian People’s Party into power. The People’s Party, known in Austria as the OVP, won 31.6 percent of the vote. The left-leaning Socialist Democrats, or SPO, took second with 26.9 percent and the far-right Freedom Party, or FPO, took a close third with 26 percent. Why should you care about what happens in a small nation so far away? The New York Times argues it’s a cautionary note: The far-right European nationalists are here to stay. “Rather than a sudden lurch to the right, the victory of conservative and far-right parties in Austria’s elections Sunday was another reflection of the new normal in Europe, where anti-immigration populism and nationalism are challenging the European Union’s commitment to open borders for trade and immigration,” The Times wrote. They were not the only ones making sweeping analyses. The Washington Post wrote, “Austria became the latest European country to take a sharp turn right on Sunday.” Even the news outlets that simply report the facts failed to describe much about Kurz’s views other than his immigration policy. The Wall Street Journal fell victim to this reductive characterization in an editorial on Monday. Even on the right, outlets such as the National Review have failed to grasp the reality of Austria’s vote. “The populist right, though

scorned by the Left as Islamdesire to make Austria more ophobic, gains ground in yet economically competitive, and another European election,” his refugee policy she didn’t wrote National Review’s John believe to be extreme. Fund on the Austrian election. In an exit poll by the AusThey are all wrong. trian Broadcast Association, Due to a lack of context, 55 percent of voters said they many American and British voted for Kurz’s party benews organizations have been cause of its policies regarding too quick to use the Austrirefugees and integration. That an election to support their means 45 percent voted for previously established politihim for other reasons. cal narratives. For many, the “One of his main focuses Austrian election is simply has been economic but people cannon fodder. This oversimdon’t talk about that,” Schiller plification said. “In Sebastian Kurz’ party won the Austrian is harmful Austria, election on Sunday. because it if you Wikimedia Commons misses the want to real story. open Kurz your criticized own Austria’s busimassive ness, it’s influx of really, refugees really and failed hard.” integration Her efforts, views but he’s are not also one the only of the first I have European encounpoliticians tered. to be In the against the Spring, expansion I visited of the Vienna welfare and state. He supports lower taxes, spoke with an owner of a hair less regulation, and a more salon. He told me that for the business friendly climate. first six months of the year, In other words, on a taxes make it impossible for continent with socialists on him to make a profit. the left and right, Kurz stands In an interview last May astray, duty bound to roll back on my Radio Free Hillsdale government in desperate need mini-series, “The Vienna of reduction. Tapes”, Austrian philosopher “We needed a wakeup call,” and professor Eugen-Maria said Ulli Schiller, an Austrian Schulak emphasized a similar resident and citizen. “In the point. last two to three years the So“Every year a lot of peocial Democrats and the Green ple give up on the free life in Party have been completely Austria,” Schulak said. “They ignorant.” start to live on the social care Schiller has always voted of the government because for the Socialist Democrats – they couldn’t keep their busiuntil Kurz came along. nesses. We have so much tax Schiller said she voted for and so much regulation, you Kurz because of his position couldn’t imagine.” on the European Union, his After the interview I asked

him if he thought there was any hope for political reform for Austria. He told me probably not, but there was one new politician who was different. “His name is Sebastian Kurz,” Schulak said. Kurz’s policies regarding the European Union are a move towards decentralization but not in the drastic way some have speculated. Unlike what some have argued such as the Daily Express, Austria will not be “next to leave the EU.” Kurz has explicitly stated his desire to stay in the EU, however, he has also emphasized that member states should have more sovereign control. While his positions on deregulation and decentralization have been understated, the migrant crisis did play significant role in the election. The media got that fact right but Kurz’s unique form of addressing it was missed. “Immigration has been a huge issue for Western Europe, ignoring it would be wrong, but Kurz is different.” Schiller said. “He doesn’t use fear as a tactic to gain votes.” Unlike the far-right Austrian Freedom Party, FPO, and many other far right parties in Europe, Kurz has a unique ability to calmly address hot button issues. “Kurz has managed to bring the political discussion of Islam to a foreground without sounding like a racist.” Chris Gutman, an Austrian citizen, said. Sebastian Kurz and his party may be an unusual turn for Austria but not in the way the American media has suggested. In a country where both the right-wing and left-wing parties support big government, Kurz is a breath of fresh air. Ben Dietderich is a junior studying political economy and rhetoric and public address.

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I lost my Social Security card on parent’s weekend By | Joe Pappalardo Senior Writer My mom’s trying to set me up with the waitress pouring my dad’s beer while I’m wondering whether I should admit I lost the social security card she gave me two hours ago. Every parent’s weekend feels like controlled chaos. The Grewcock Student Union becomes an open bar, bringing parents and students together for a night of friendly conversation and devastating matchmaking. Professors meet the people who raised their students and reassure

families their children will survive the semester. The semi-annual occasion gives freshmen a chance to show their families how much they’ve grown and to shock their parents with harrowing tales of their first two months in college. An event awaited with either dread or anticipation, parents’ weekend can be a joyful reunion for some and an uncomfortable meeting for others. Like Ramen noodles, it doesn’t last long and is significantly more attractive to students strapped for cash. My mother’s mandatory trip

to the Jonesville Wal-Mart has always left me wondering how I lived in such squalor. Nevertheless, it’s an uncomfortable experience for students who find their college life doesn’t mesh with the one they left at home. I moved off-campus this year to reside in the West Bank, a house held together by a friendly landlord and my shallow plumbing experience. My dad is going to come through the battered screen door, see the recycling piled up on the back porch and let loose a mournful sigh. George Costanza he is not, but for a

weekend he’ll have to wander campus as a supporting character in my sleepless journey to graduation. This weekend, students find themselves putting off midterms to hang out with the supportive people who pray their kids pass those tests. It’s not ideal to give up a weekend during the second most hectic time of the semester, but neither is spending a day or two stuck in the library pretending one’s family doesn’t exist. Even spending the weekend with someone else’s family can be a refreshing break from the slog of studying.

Mom will want to clean and demand evidence I’m eating enough and getting good grades. Dad might just say “hi” but also ask me if I have a job yet. Suddenly we must answer for the time, money, and effort everyone has put into this part of our lives. Having parents come into town may be a distraction, but to say it’s a burden is to ignore a couple of the reasons we came to Hillsdale in the first place. Regardless of whether we came to southern rural Michigan to escape our families or make them proud, parents’ weekend is a chance

to celebrate that. Sometimes that means bidding your folks goodnight so you can search a darkened lunch room for the sacred document with those nine digits that grants you employment and benefits. It will be sitting in the cafeteria office even though they won’t contact you to say they have it. Mom will read this during parents’ weekend of Fall 2017, and I’ll never be trusted with my social security card again. Joe Pappalardo is a senior studying marketing.

Boy Scouting isn’t just for boys Only boys belong in Boy Scouts Criticisms of this policy with the opposite gender By | Matt Wylie becomes productive. Special to The Collegian change fall under two categories. Some argue that the The second criticism, too, When Lord Robert change poses a danger to is theoretically sensible but Baden-Powell, lieutenant gen- youth development in sindisproved when one takes into eral of the British Army, wrote gle-gender groups and others account that the GSUSA is the manual Scouting for Boys say that the change is supernot, in practice, a mirror proin 1908, he wanted to combat fluous because girls already gram of the BSA. The scouting the growing pervasiveness of have a Scouting option (Girl that takes place in the two “brooding and selfishness” in Scouts of the USA). organizations is drastically England. The first criticism is different. Similar mission His goal was to show the well-intended but misdirected statements though they have, path he took to fulfillment because it is impossible for the BSA has always kindled and virtue to Britain’s youngthe policy change to result in the pioneer spirit of America er generation so they could mixed genders in the small — valuing physical labor and follow it, if they so chose. He groups where growth actually conserving the land — while expressed in the book, among occurs. There is something the GSUSA has historically other things, praise for the to be said for development been a home for the urban-acfemale scouts of the nation alongside similar kids in tivist spirit of America. and a conviction that “it’s the single-gender groups. The An example of this is spirit within, not the veneer BSA administration agrees. the difference between the without, that makes a man.” That is why there will be no requirements for the highest Historian of Scouting co-ed dens in Cub Scouts and rank in each. In the BSA, Tammy Proctor said, in an packs have the option of not most Eagle Scouts earn their interview with The Atlantic, allowing girls at all. award by completing a service that girls caught onto Powproject involving ell’s project in Britain with manual labor and as much enthusiasm as boys handiwork. Gold did. Girls were excluded from Award projects in the original organization the GSUSA tend inspired by Scouting for Boys to value a scout’s because early Scout leaderefforts to educate ship worried that a co-ed about a social program would be unappealissue in a coming to boys. Eleven year olds munity. would think it was “unmanly” Setting aside to practice outdoor skills arguments about and leadership development which program alongside girls. is better, we can But, Powell, seeing the imdefinitively say portance of learning selflessthey are different. ness and service and excited If there ever was a about the potential of Britain’s girl who wantyoung girl scouts, helped his ed to make the sister set up a corresponding values of Scoutorganization. ing part of her Lord Robert Baden-Powell wrote the book that Now, at the beginning of life in an atmostarted the Boy Scouts. Wikimedia Commons 2018, the BSA is reuniting sphere that would boys and girls at the begincultivate a love of ning of the scouting path The Boy Scout track isn’t physical labor and adventure, in response to surveys that finalized yet, but the official while also providing the benrevealed a demand for the instatement of the BSA regardefits of a rigorous curriculum struction the BSA has to offer ing the policy promises that in skills along with a nationalfor both genders. Eighty-five the organization will “mainly recognized award like Eagle percent of Scouting parents tain the integrity of the single- Scout, she didn’t have the think it’s relevant for both gender model.” What’s more, option. Until now. genders. Ninety percent of the biggest gender integration There has been a trend non-Scouting parents would that could possibly take place, since the 1970s of girls enroll a child of either gender boys and girls doing trips and quitting the GSUSA for not in a program with the same activities together, already meeting their expectations. values and activities as the took place. They have looked to join BSA. In 1998, the BSA initiated the BSA as an alternative. In The BSA is changing, a program called Venture response to Sydney Ireland of first, by letting girls into Cub Scouts that wanted to instill Manhattan leaving the Girl Scouts. Next year, Cub Scout Scouting values into teenage Scouts this year for that reapacks across the country boys and girls through more son, a representative from the will have the options of (1) intense options than normal GSUSA said “We’re not meant creating an all-girl pack BSA troops with younger boys to be the girl equivalent of alongside their own pack, (2) could offer. If anyone thought Boy Scouts… if [Girl Scouts] form all-girl dens (groups of absolute gender separation doesn’t feel right for certain six-eight girls of the same age) was the best option for the girls, I really laud their parents in an already existing CubBSA, they lost their chance to and them for finding a place Scout pack, and (3) remaining object 20 years ago. that is.” all-boy. A track for girls in the As it is, the recent change Hats off to the BSA for Boy Scout program is a devel- integrates boys and girls no creating that place. opment that will allow girls more in the BSA than they to earn every Boy Scout rank already were. And it also preMatt Wylie is a senior and merit badge, including serves separation of the sexes studying English. He is an Eagle Scout. until the age when working Eagle Scout.

By | Austin Gergens Special to The Collegian William Boyce founded the Boy Scouts of America in 1910, after he encountered the chivalry of an English Boy Scout who had been a Scout under the founder of Boy Scouting in England, Lord Robert Baden-Powell. Powell founded the program with the purpose of taking young boys and teaching them the importance of civic duty, outdoor cleanliness, and patriotism. While his vision has stood for over a century, it was radically altered by the Boy Scouts of America Executive Council last week with their decision to admit girls into the Boy Scouting program. Many Scouts and supporters of the Boy Scouts are now asking, “Will this be the end of Boy Scouts as we know it?” According to Chief Executive of the Boy Scouts of America Michael Surbaugh, “The values of Scouting...are important for both young men and women. We believe it is critical to evolve how our programs meet the needs of families interested in positive and lifelong experiences for their children.” This explanation seems altruistic and progressive. But while the values of scouting — good conduct, honesty, civic activity, and leadership — are important to everyone, the Scouting program as put forth by Powell was designed to develop young boys into men. Boy Scouting was not meant to evolve into a family-friendly camping experience. Powell became a revered veteran and a British house-

hold name following his strategic battle victories in the second Boer War, specifically during the Siege of Mafeking. After the war, he started writing a book called “Aids to Scouting” for men at war to aide them in their battle strategy. When word got back to Powell that young boys had started to read it and practice the skills they learned, he sought to make a version for them with an emphasis on morality and cheerful service to others. Thus came “Scouting for Boys.” In 1910, the Boy Scouts started in America, and since then has been known for producing men of good character, dutiful citizens, and prepared members of society. Powell originally didn’t even intend to cater to an audience of boys at peace, but rather, men at war. But once his mission changed, he created one of the best youth development programs ever. The idea was to take boys and have them learn from older and wiser men so that the boys could become productive and successful men in society. The success of the program is evident through the twenty presidents of the United States who played active roles in their Scouting communities and held honorary roles while serving as President of the United States. President Kennedy was the first president who was a Boy Scout in his youth and President Ford was the first Eagle Scout to hold office. Future female participants of the Boy Scouts of America

will glean a great foundation in the pillars of Boy Scouting: proper outdoor practices through the Leave no Trace principles, high moral standards from the Scout Oath and Law, and religious virtue. Nevertheless, the underlying theme of boys learning to become men will not be applicable because young girls are not trying to become young men. This will also present a host of dilemmas for Scout Leaders with regard to teaching style, logistics, youth protection, the buddy system, and sleeping arrangements. Girl Scouts complain that the program does not provide the same level of camping options or outdoor adventure opportunities as the Boy Scouts. That claim is valid, but the desire to let girls into Boy Scouts because the Girl Scout program is deficient is misguided. Because Girl Scouts of America has no intention of improving their program with regard to high adventure or emulating the Boy Scout program, other programs have been created to meet their needs. Some examples of alternative Scout programs include the Venture program for ages 14-18, Sea Scouts for ages 14-21, and the American Heritage Girls for ages 5-18. While this decision will not bring about the end of the program, it will drastically alter the Boy Scout program as we know it and Powell intended it. And that’s a tragedy. Austin Gergens is a freshman studying the liberal arts. He is an Eagle Scout.

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, I sat down to read The Collegian without a cup of coffee last Thursday. I’ve pretty much kicked my caffeine habit, but that didn’t curb my reaction upon reading the article “Mugs go missing.” I’m the first one to admit that discussing the whole cup controversy any further is beating a dead horse, but there’s an aspect that hasn’t been discussed yet: Bon Appétit raised meal plans by about $100 per plan from last academic year to this one, while eliminating our beloved disposable cups.

For Bon Appétit’s sake, let’s examine inflation. Last year, a 15 meal plan for one semester was $2,385, which is equivalent to $2,432.24 today. However, this meal plan is $2,480 this year, leaving Bon Appétit with $48.76 more per buyer of this plan. As a rough estimate, Bon Appétit has $71,000 more this year than the previous from student fees, accounting for inflation. Despite this, they have still cut out $8,000 of our cherished disposable cups. Nevertheless, we ought not ignore their efforts that attempted to curb the backlash. We must recognize that Bon

Appétit supplied us with travel mugs to avoid this controversy. But that didn’t work. If they were truly as convenient as the disposable cups, this debate wouldn’t continue. Bon Appétit: You did what you could to try to soothe this problem. I don’t consider myself an advocate for the theft of your cups, but you definitely brought this upon yourself. We shouldn’t finance your larger budget only to receive an inferior product. Gabriel Kramer is a freshman studying the liberal arts.

New lights on Manning Street hamper sleep and aesthetic By | Mark Naida Assistant Editor A friend and I threw a frisbee across Manning Street between College Baptist and the front lawn of Delta Tau Delta this past weekend. And even though the sun had set and clouds obscured the light of the moon, we could see the disc fine because new streetlights force residents of Manning Street to live in a state of perpetual day. The new streetlights are a part of the College Park project. The project, headed by the Board of Trustees, aims to develop housing on Manning Street and townhouses on West Street to create beautiful, natural-looking neighborhoods that coordinate nicely with campus, Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé said in a December 2016 interview with The Collegian.

These streetlights have not accomplished the goals put forward by the college. They are not beautiful and they do not contribute to anything that is “natural-looking.” Normally, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. The moon undergoes various cycles that offer differing amounts and qualities of light. But none of that reflected light is as noxious as the retina-singeing glare that radiates from the streetlights. And it is not as if these streetlights are simply an inconsequential, if poor, aesthetic choice. They will actually harm Manning residents’ health. According to Health.com, light inhibits the secretion of melatonin, a hormone that promotes restful sleep. “You want as much darkness in your bedroom as you can handle without tripping over things,” said Joyce

Walsleben, associate professor at the New York University School of Medicine. And nowadays, inexpensive artificial light can assuage anyone at any hour of the day. And artificial is the best word to describe the Manning Street lights. Though during the day the poles evoke the old gaslight style, the new lights on Manning Street emit a piercing white LED light. Light is measured in two ways: lumen and lux. Lumen measures the intensity of light at the source and lux measures the effect of lumen over the surface area it illuminates. If you have been subjected to the garish brightness of LED bulbs, you serve as a witness to high luminosity. If you live on Manning Street and have been able read the titles on your bookshelf after you have switched off the lights, you serve as a witness to the terrible lux caused by the new

lights. According to Resmed, a company that designs products to alleviate the effects of sleep disorders, lux can range from 150,000 on a sunny summer day to 1,000 on a cloudy winter day, but at night, even when the moon is out, the lux value is often less than one. In a bedroom at night the lux value should be no higher than 5. But because of the streetlights, Manning residents have to contend with light that equates to a perpetual sunrise. The lights further scramble students’ already inverted circadian rhythms and make the walk down the hill from campus stressful instead of relaxing. Now, pedestrians must look down at their feet to avoid retinal damage. Maybe the college should give out Eclipse Glasses for the walk home. Though the Board of Trust-

ees wanted to “make the campus stretch down the street,” they have broken the borders between the main campus, where no one lives and events happen at all hours, and the surrounding residential area, where people live and sleep. Before the installation, Manning Street shadows calmed the nerves of restless students ready to relax after a day of ardent study. Now, the harshness of a nighttime stroll down Manning provokes lamentations for a simpler time when people could watch their neighbour flick on lamps at dusk, a time when nights were quiet, serene, and, most importantly, dark. The Lake Hudson Dark Sky Preserve is really the only place near Hillsdale to escape the proliferation of light pollution. And even then, after enjoying the brilliant stargazing possible in near

blackness, a halo of light from the surrounding cities still illuminates the park enough so that you can always find your car. For me, there is little recourse. The lights are there and intrude upon my home. Maybe when the LEDs burn out, mellow fluorescents could replace them and positively contribute to the aesthetic quality of Manning Street. The college, however, should think hard before it installs similar lights on West Street. Though I will admit it is nice to play frisbee whenever I want, as the sun goes down, I would rather enjoy the steady fade from the golden hour to the blue hour and down into dusk without the streetlights buzzing awake and rebuking the darkness. Mark Naida is a senior studying French.

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Residents, city council dissatisfied with new logo proposal By | Nic Rowan Assistant Editor Private rebranding proposals for the City of Hillsdale’s logo and official tagline have left some residents and members of city council perplexed. The redesign proposals — which would cover the city’s website and marketing efforts — have been discussed for the past several months and are a result of the city’s efforts to attract more businesses to the area. Provided by CGI Communications, the new branding would feature a generic Neoclassical facade of a state

building with one of these three taglines written under it: “Traditional Values, New Vision,” or “Where Tradition, Education and Innovation Thrive” or “Preserving the Past, Embracing the Future.” These new options would not replace the city’s current seal, which features a tree and Hillsdale’s charter date, but they would become official branding in areas where the tree would have been used before. Some residents complain that the new proposals detract from the city’s distinct character. “The original seal represents the Hillsdale community,” Ward 1 City

Council candidate Dennis Wainscott said. “The tree represents more of what Hillsdale stands for than a building with pillars.” Ward 4 City Council candidate Penny Swan cited a Facebook poll she created that overwhelmingly supported retaining the seal without any new branding. “It really doesn’t speak to Hilldale,” she said. Members of the council also took issue with either the logo or tagline. While he said he liked the tagline, “Where Tradition, Education and Innovation Thrive,” Councilman Matt Bell said the city ought to add an Oxford comma to make it look more professional. He also suggested re-thinking One of the proposed designs for the City of Hillsdale logo. City of Hillsdale the new logo, stating part of our history,” he said. “I think it’s kind of clunky,” Morthat the proposed state house risey said. Councilmen Will Morrisey and looked too bland for official Stockford added that although Adam Stockford said they prefered city use. he preferred “Preserving the Past, “Preserving the Past, Embracing the Councilman Bill Zeiser Embracing the Future,” the tagline said he agreed with Bell on is already in use in other towns, so the Oxford comma issue and the city might appear unoriginal by added that he would not want adopting it. to see the seal removed from Councilman Patrick Flannery said city use, since it has been he disagreed with the whole idea of incorporated into so many corporate branding. things — police cars, wel“Why do we need a tagline?” he comes signs, council chamsaid. “We know who we are. People bers — that mark the city as will know when they come live in the distinctly Hillsdale. Future” to “Where Tradition, Educa- city, and we can point to that.” Zeiser proposed that the The council unanimously voted city draft a proclamation that tion and Innovation Thrive” because to table the discussion to a later date the seal cannot be replaced the former seemed less manufacbecause of the dissatisfaction with without legislation. tured to them. “We should show that it is the current options.

“It really doesn’t speak to Hillsdale.”

One of the proposed designs for the City of Hillsdale logo. City of Hillsdale

Mayor from A1 Hillsdale College, which receives no government money, does not have a PILOT program like that. Both Sessions and Stockford said they would be open to discussing such a program with the college but emphasized the college has no duty to do so. “If the college is willing to give a payment in lieu of taxes, and I think some day it might, it has to be because they think it is a good investment,” Stockford said. “They don’t take government money, so they don’t have that obligation.” Sessions said the college’s existence is an asset that benefits the city itself. “I want to acknowledge that the college does a lot for the city,” he said. “The college brings real economic development and economic growth to the city with all the new buildings and new building renovations that it does.” Sessions also emphasized the importance of economic

development, especially in the downtown to provide opportunities for students to enjoy the city and meet local residents. He noted the opening of Rough Draft and Handmade as examples of those efforts. “The concentration we’ve had on revitalizing our downtown is a step in the right direction,” Sessions said. “Having cool things to do in a downtown and a place for small businesses is important for our community but also to Hillsdale College. Having a walkable downtown is very important as it helps to improve our quality of life, and it brings the students here to be a part of Hillsdale.” Mackie said he hopes further communication with the college will continue to create a stronger working relationship. “We look for ways to continue to improve that relationship and make it better,” Mackie said.

Veteran files suit against county for sex-crime charge By | Kaylee McGhee City News Editor A Michigan National Guard veteran says Hillsdale County and state authorities wrongly forced him to register as a sex offender, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this month. In the lawsuit — filed against Hillsdale County, the Hillsdale County Sheriff ’s Office, a deputy, a former assistant prosecutor, three Michigan State Police troopers, and two Michigan Sex Offender Registry analysts — Andrew Fether, 31, contends he never committed a sex-related crime and that the false accusation led to a six-month jail sentence and unwarranted suffering. He is seeking relief for compensatory, punitive, and exemplary damages. Fether said while serving in Iraq from 2006 to 2007, a “disgruntled servicemember” accused him — as a prank — of having child pornography on his laptop. Per U.S. military protocol, a military intelligence agency and the FBI conducted an investigation. According to the lawsuit, both agencies dispelled the charges soon after,

finding no evidence to prove the servicemember’s claim. The lawsuit stated a Michigan State trooper told Fether in 2010 that he was required to register as a sex offender, due to a “conviction for a sex crime” shortly after he moved to Hillsdale County. According to the lawsuit, law enforcement decided to place Fether on the Michigan Sex Offender Registry list “in spite of the fact that no conviction had ever occurred, or recorded or documented in any way.” Hillsdale County Sheriff Tim Parker could not be reached for comment, and a spokeswoman for the Michigan State Police said law enforcement cannot comment on ongoing litigation. The lawsuit said an investigation — conducted under Hillsdale Prosecutor Neil Brady — justified law enforcement’s decision to list him as a sex offender by accusing Fether of a sex crime. Fether refused to register, however, because he said he had never been charged or arrested in connection with the Iraq incident. This led to Fether’s arrest in 2011, for failure to comply with the Michigan Sex

Offender Registry Act, which is a felony. A judge told Fether that if he provided the military paperwork proving he had been falsely accused, he would consider Fether’s case. When Fether could not find the documentation, he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor, after Brady agreed to drop the felony charge. He again ignored the requirement to register as a sex offender with the HCSO, contending it was an unfounded demand. He was arrested again in July 2014 with a felony offense for failing to register. Fether once again pleaded no contest and was charged with another misdemeanor; he was sentenced to 180 days in jail, the lawsuit states. According to the lawsuit, Fether was released when U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Tipton, looked into the charges and failed to find a charge or conviction against the plaintiff. “The FBI informed the Congressman that no such conviction existed, and that nothing, including any warrants for a sex offense, had ever been added to the National Crime Information Center, in spite of the fact that the defendant claimed to rely on NCIC information, in

listing Fether as a sex offender,” the lawsuit reads. Hillsdale County District Judge Sara Lisznyai had Fether removed from the sex offenders list immediately after. Brady told MLive that his office dropped two registry-related convictions after it became clear the accusations weren’t true, and that Fether is no longer on the Michigan Sex Offender Registry list. Brady said that no one looked closely at Fether’s case because it was atypical. “No one knew about it,” he said. “This was out of state. It was in the military. It was unusual.” Fether could not be reached for comment. In the lawsuit, Fether contends that he has still had to face the negative effects of the false accusation, citing his daughter’s school function in May 2017 that the school prohibited him from attending. Fether accused state officials of violating his constitutional rights and said they forced him to suffer “degradation, humiliation, mental anguish, emotional suffering, and embarrassment and other psychological and emotional injuries, past and future.”

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A horse drawn carriage passes through the streets of downtown Hillsdale. Nicole Ault | Collegian

Junior Andrea Wallace talks to children oustide of downtown stores. Nicole Ault | Collegian

Carlie, 8, and Carsin, 6, enjoy participating in the costume contest at Awesome Autumn. Nicole Ault | Collegian

Downtown holds annual fall event Awesome Autumn brings kids, kids at heart together By | Nicole Ault Assistant Editor

Free pumpkins were offered outside of Smith’s Flowers shop. Nicole Ault | Collegian

The Liberty Princess Co. mingles with children. Nicole Ault | Collegian

When Addison Gaff looked up and saw two horses driving a carriage past her downtown Hillsdale shop, she knew the local fall festival was a bigger deal than she’d imagined. “I had no idea it was this big of an event,” Gaff said of Hillsdale’s “Awesome Autumn” fall fest, held annually for the past seven or eight years by the Hillsdale Business Association, according to the event’s committee co-chair and HBA president, Cindy Bieszk. Modern Revival, the shabby chic furniture store where Gaff works, joined about 30 downtown shops in opening their doors from 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday, offering free food and activities for streams of patrons. Dressed in costumes, a few hundred children — and their parents — enjoyed the carriage ride, free candy and pumpkins, greeting princesses outside of Smith’s Flower Shop, and a big red moonbounce set up by Salvation Army outside the courthouse. “The ultimate goal of Awe-

Yoga classes offered at Rough Draft By | Jo Kroeker Features Editor

“We just wanted people to have an option for yoga, which I’m sure exists somewhere in Hillsdale, but I never knew about an accessible yoga studio,” coffeeshop co-owner Haley Talkington said of how morning yoga started at the

and Saturday mornings for 45 minutes, and will continue to teach on Saturdays. “We wanted someone Hillsdale College yoga inwith a little more experience, structor Leah Novak’s Rough someone who’d be able to Draft yoga classes began teach a more advanced class Thursday at 7:15 a.m. and have that option to for This is Novak’s first people,” Talkingoff-campus class since ton said. arriving in Hillsdale Currently, during the spring Novak teaches of 2016. She started two college classes teaching an evening and, at 5:45 p.m. class at Roche Sports on Wednesdays, Complex in spring one open class 2016 and for class credat Roche Sports its in spring 2017. Complex that she “It’s about awaksaid is welcoming ening and preparing to all levels and yourself for the day bodies. and centering yourself She said if her so you can be able to new Thursday go and handle all the class generates other things that come enough interest, at you throughout the she might conday,” Novak said. “I sider a second want people to be able class — likely held to come, work out the Yoga classes are now offered at Rough Draft, likely to Monday mornkinks, wake-in, and get be held on Monday mornings. Facebook ings — at the new some stretching in becoffee shop. fore they go to work — withcoffeeshop. Talkington said Rough out it being a really heavy and Talkington said Anna Zenz Draft is looking into a second intense sweat class where they of Root and Stream yoga instructor from Jackson, Ramight have to go bathe after.” domi Meyer, who would teach approached the co-owners of a more advanced class during The rate is $10 per hour, Rough Draft looking to exwith a discount of $5 for pand her practice and gain ex- the week. students. perience. Zenz taught Monday

some Autumn is to keep our downtown vibrant and growing,” Bieszk said. “We want everyone in all the shops.” The event included a costume contest for kids and prize drawings at shops that sported paper pumpkins on their doors. Nothing differed significantly from previous years, Bieszk said. Storekeepers measured their traffic by goods consumed: Customers grabbed 200 bags of pumpkin cotton candy by 6:30 at Small Town Sweet Boutique and picked up 250 pumpkins by 6:45 at Smith’s flower shop. At Jilly Beans coffee shop, kids painted pumpkins that they’d picked up for free down the street at Smith’s. “He’s going to a dance,” said seven-year-old Tate Ortiz, carefully adorning his pumpkin with felt stickers shaped like a suit and bowtie. Small Town Sweet Boutique opened just three weeks ago, and owner Danielle Brock said she hadn’t known what to expect. More people came than she had cotton candy for, and they weren’t just

children: Two older men in black leather jackets muttered something about being like Ronald Reagan as they took free samples of jelly beans. Checker Records coffee shop handed out hot chocolate. Nutrition Solutions offered protein shakes and cookies. All Aboard Travel cooked up chicken and pork on kabobs. Besides pumpkins, Smith’s Flower Shop served barbecue sandwiches from the House of Pizza and BBQ. Patrons included college students, part of Bieszk’s goal. “It’s sometimes hard to get students down the hill,” she said. “We do have a good downtown, and we want to remember what we have.” “It’s a good community-building event with the college,” said Hillsdale College senior Jenna Biggs, who came with two friends. “It’s the only thing that would get us down here on a weekday evening in the middle of midterms.” Several stores propped up scarecrows for a competition. At the Blossom Shop, owner Kathy Newell showed off their special straw man: a replica

of the store’s founder, Karl Katzenmeyer, complete with a black-and-white photo of his face with a pipe in his mouth. “The best part of Awesome Autumn is having a beautiful night,” Newell said, “and people being able to come and enjoy the downtown like it used to be.” Though the costume contest and free pumpkins are for kids, no one’s too old to come. Sarah Broughman, a whitehaired lady who works at the Hillsdale College dining hall, laughed as she watched her middle-aged daughter, Melissa Broughman, play with a battery-operated witch’s broom not far from the courthouse. Melissa said she couldn’t resist buying the toy, and that the two enjoyed the treats, the nice weather, and the fall atmosphere. The two said they looked forward to visiting the candy store — “a dangerous place to go” because of her sweet tooth, Sarah said — and going on a carriage ride. “We’re still kids at heart,” Sarah said.

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On the day of the first football game last season, then-freshman kicker Bryce Sealock sat in a lobby in Simpson Residence and revisited the “It’s Wednesday, My Dudes” Vine by user JimmyHere. He suddenly ran to his room and reappeared minutes later sporting his football goggles and a drawnon mustache, mimicking JimmyHere’s outfit in the vine. “It’s game day, my dudes!” Sealock yelled. The phrase is now iconic. Ever since, game days mean Sealock, a sophomore, can release a new video to his Twitter account inspired by the famous vine. Sealock tries to upload these videos to his Twitter every Charger football game day with the help of his teammates, sophomores Alex Giampietro and Tommy Froman. They even have a GroupMe message dedicated to his videos. “I wasn’t really involved until four or five videos in. Then Bryce ran out of ideas, so he started asking Alex and I for help,” Froman said. Froman revealed that they partly agreed to helping because they wanted to see all the crazy things they could convince Sealock to do. In one instance, Sealock filmed a video in the bathroom near the Knorr Dining Room before a pregame meal. He immediately tweeted the video. “We were just sitting in the cafeteria on our phones...you could actually hear the video on everyone else’s phones traveling through the cafeteria from one corner to the other,” Froman said. Another of Sealock’s videos, Froman’s favorite, featured him jumping into a pond while wearing a shark fin. Froman said Sealock cut his foot. “To keep getting likes and retweets, you have to keep doing crazier things...and that’s a lot of effort,” Sealock said. Sealock and Froman mentioned that head football

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coach Keith Otterbein has viewed the videos. Sealock said it keeps him in check, as the football page and many of his teammates follow his account. “It’s hard to come up with ideas that won’t get you into trouble,” Sealock said. Sophomore Calla Janke, who always watches Sealock’s videos, also said her favorite video is of Sealock jumping in the pond behind the football field. “You never know what to expect with his videos...they get me hype for game day,” Janke said. “If you don’t know Bryce, it’s a really good way to get to know him.” Janke said after meeting Sealock freshman year at Dr. Arnn’s annual freshman dessert party and learning that they both were natives of Nebraska, she knew that she had to adopt Bryce as her Charger — an opportunity provided by Hillsdale’s Student Activities Board, where students commit to supporting an athlete with small gifts. “The highlight of my week every week is bringing Bryce cookies or powerade and seeing his face light up,” Janke said. Sealock said he can’t let his followers down and that he keeps making videos because they keep retweeting them. “The videos made people think football is still fun,” Sealock said. “College football doesn’t have to be all business when you are getting ready for game day...it should be exciting when you’re getting ready to play a sport you like.” Sealock said the videos have reached people at his former high school and one student has even referenced them on his social media. “I think people should follow me because I have one of the dopest twitter accounts,” Sealock said. “I mean that probably might not be true.” To see Sealock’s latest video where he drops a television from a 3-story building, and classics featuring him jumping into various bodies of water, visit his Twitter @ brycesealock1.

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ANDRE HOLMES ’11 GIVES BACK By | Jordyn Pair News Editor When assistant coach Pat Hornak came up at the end of the football team’s practice last week, the team expected a routine announcement. Instead, Hornak unzipped his jacket, revealing new uniforms for the team. “They went nuts,” head coach Keith Otterbein said. Hillsdale alumnus and current Buffalo Bills wide receiver Andre Holmes ’11 donated the the jerseys. A dark gray with white script, they are welcome addition to the blue and white uni-

forms currently in the team’s rotation, said senior captain Danny Drummond. “The gray looks pretty cool,” Drummond said. “It’s a good compliment to our white and blue.” Otterbein agreed. “They’re very sharp,” he said. “They turned out well.” Drummond said he likes how comfortable the uniforms are, saying they provide a “good range of motion.” The team didn’t just get new uniforms, though. The team also debuted new white helmets on Sept. 9. Chargers football hadn’t ever had white

helmets before this season, according to Sports Information Director Brad Monastiere. The team wore another new white helmet on Saturday, featuring the “Chargers” script. Originally, the team was only supposed to receive new helmets. Last winter, it was given a choice between new helmets or new uniforms. “I knew I could afford something,” Otterbein said. “The players decided to go with the helmets.” That was when Otterbein approached Holmes. “As a former player, you have a pretty close relation-

ship with the guys,” Otterbein said. The coach said this was Holmes’ first time donating to the program, though he declined to comment on the cost of the uniforms. Being able to debut the new uniforms at the game with ESPN in attendance was a “happy coincidence,” Otterbein said. Drummond said the team plans to next wear the new uniforms on Senior Day. “We’re going to wear at least one component of them as much as possible because they’re so comfortable,” Drummond said.

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“He’s really sharp and well spoken,” Brown said. “I was into radio already then, and I said, ‘One day, Rick, you and I will do a sports talk show together.’ And he’s like, ‘Yeah, right, whatever.’” The show began almost ten years ago, and now Brown and Arsenault continue their banter by chatting about the game results and--after losses like the Wolverines to the Spartans a couple of weekends ago--answering questions such as, “Can you have a good weekend if all of your teams lose?” Their conclusion, Brown said: “Not really.” The show also features Petersen, who got involved with the radio station as a sixth grader. Brown said he was hesitant to bring on such a young sports fan, but Petersen ended up knowing more about sports than he did. Brown, however, has a talent for real-time announcing, according to Petersen. The pair also call basketball games together, and Petersen said Brown is one of the best play-by-play announcers he has heard at any level. “It’s always a joy to work

with him, especially during the basketball games,” Petersen said. “The game comes down to the wire, you know, and he’s making great calls, and it just makes it really exciting for me and the people that are listening as well.” When Brown invites athletes on his radio show, he’ll ask local high school players to highlight their achievements. But he also talks to more celebrated athletes as well. He’s had several interviews with Hillsdale resident Penny Neer, who competed

in the Olympics for discus throwing, and he also hosted Katie Cezat ’09 after she won Division II National Player of the Year. “Those are the stories I love, you know, the folks from our county who have…been successful and have done special things,” Brown said. Next Tuesday, tune in at 6 p.m. on 92.1 FM to hear Brown speak with new head women’s basketball coach Matt Fritsche. Over the summer, when he’s not teaching at Hillsdale

or his full-time job at Camden-Frontier High School, Brown spends his time at the radio station. “I always say, ‘I teach all year so I can do radio for three months in the summer,’” Brown said. He’s been broadcasting games long enough now that it’s never too much of a challenge. “You can just go and enjoy the game and talk about it,” Brown said, “and try to bring the action to the fans.”

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Hillsdale born and bred: Philipp leads G-MAC By | S. Nathaniel Grime Assistant Editor

One of the biggest decisions many students make in their teenage years is where they will go to college. For redshirt freshman kicker Joe Philipp, the answer was just down the street. The name “Hillsdale” that Philipp wears every Saturday isn’t just the school for which he plays football. It’s his hometown. Philipp was born in Hillsdale; grew up in Hillsdale; played basketball, soccer, golf, and football at Hillsdale High School; and now is the starting kicker for the Hillsdale College Chargers. Through seven games this year, he leads all G-MAC kickers with six field goals and has made 24 consecutive extra points since missing his first attempt of the season. If you asked Philipp just a few years ago what sport he’d be playing in college, he would have said soccer. “I wanted to play soccer in college for most of my life, but the end of my junior year came, and I started talking to some coaches about football and decided I wanted to play football in college instead,” Philipp said. He didn’t play football until his freshman year of high school, but immediately became the varsity kicker for the Hillsdale High School Hornets. “High school was the first time I ever put on pads and played football,” Philipp said. “My first game, I didn’t even know how to put on my pads. It was pretty funny because I was just a freshman and I was asking the older guys how to put on pads.” Philipp said his familiarity with soccer helped him with

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get a lot of pressure.” The Oilers’ top-ranked rushing offense recorded 167 yards and three touchdowns on the ground. Findlay entered the weekend averaging nearly 300 yards on the ground per game. “Our run defense has been great all year,” Yost said. “I don’t think we strayed away from the challenge. Give credit to the defensive tackles on the inside. They did a great job plugging up the gaps.” With plenty of time for receivers to get open, the Oilers added 332 yards in the passing game. “They had two really good receivers, one was an All-American last year,” sophomore defensive back Jason McDonough said. “You try and weather the storm, knowing they’re going to make their plays, but you’ve just gotta keep going and keep pushing.” Junior wide receiver Trey Brock led the Chargers’ wideouts with four receptions and 100 yards. Despite not catching a pass in the first half, he exceeded the century mark in receiving yards for a fourth time this year. He leads the G-MAC with 53 receptions and 867 yards this season. Brock caught a 57-yard touchdown pass from Stewart in the third quarter to get Hillsdale on the scoreboard. Findlay responded imme-

kicking a football, but the two techniques have subtle differences. “The main difference between kicking a football and kicking a soccer ball is on the point of contact, your knee should be locked in football, and in soccer it should be bent,” Philipp said. “Other than that, the kicking motion itself is exactly the same.” Hillsdale High School head football coach Marc Lemerand said Philipp is among the best kickers he’s coached at the high school level. Philipp received Michigan All-State

honors his junior and senior seasons. “At the high school, we have been fortunate to have some outstanding kickers,” Lemerand said. “Joe ranks up with the best.” Because Philipp played soccer throughout high school, he often had to switch between kicking a football and a soccer ball. “If I would go to football practice and then play in a soccer game the next day, there were a lot of shots I would take in soccer games that would go like 40 feet over the goal,” Phillip said. On the football field, the longest field goal Philipp made in high school was 47

yards. He attempted a 50yard, game-winning field goal his junior season, but missed as time expired. Three years later, he believes he could make that kick if given the opportunity. “If I need a max range, I think I could feel comfortable from 50,” Philipp said. “If there’s steady winds and everything, and we needed a 50-yarder, I think I could hit that.” Wind is something Philipp pays attention to more than anyone on the football field. He takes the field for warmups 30 minutes before the rest of the team, and looks for the flags on top of the uprights to gauge whether the wind is still, or blowing in, out, left, or right. Depending on the wind, Philipp sometimes has to aim to the right or left of the goal posts for a field goal. With all of the variables involved, Philipp said the mental side of kicking is critically important. “I think it’s more mental than anything else, honestly,” Philipp said. “The biggest thing for kickers is if you miss a big kick or something like that, what you can do is you come off the field, you’re mad for a minute or two, but then you’ve just got to flush it and move onto the next kick. Everyone’s missed a kick. Everyone’s been in the same position you are.” Philipp said a clear mind and sharp focus is the best way to prevent nerves from taking over. “I just try to think about my technique as much as I can before the kick,” Philipp said. “I just try to clear my mind as much as possible. If you’re getting ready to kick and you’ve got six or seven things going on in your mind, it can hurt you more than

diately with a touchdown, set up by a long kick return, to make the score 24-7. Otterbein said aside from that return, the Chargers’ special teams unit performed valiantly. “I thought we played great on special teams,” Otterbein said. “We covered well and kicked well. We were down there against pretty good athletes and made some plays.” Senior tight end Austin Adams caught his first touchdown of the year, an 18-yard reception in the fourth quarter. The Chargers’ offense moved the ball much better in the second half, but three times in the final quarter, it stalled on a failed fourth down attempt. Two of those came inside the Oilers’ 15-yard line. “In the second half, we stayed out of some third-andlong situations, whereas in the first half it seemed like we were third-and-long every time,” Stewart said. “We didn’t make a ton of adjustments, we just played at a higher level in the second half and that’s why we were able to move the ball a little better.” Junior wide receiver Austin Sandusky added three receptions for 76 yards, his most productive game this season. He also returned four kickoffs for 115 yards. Sandusky broke off a 44-yard kick return in the first quarter, the longest a Charger has returned a kick all year.

McDonough continued his breakout campaign on defense, recording seven tackles and an interception, his second of the season. He also broke up a pass in the secondary. McDonough’s pick was timely, as it came near Hillsdale’s goal line with Findlay’s offense knocking on the door in the second quarter. Junior defensive back Wyatt Batdorff led the defense with 10 total tackles, and junior linebacker Dan Shanley made nine stops. Batdorff, Shanley, and McDonough are the Chargers’ top three tacklers this season, respectively. The Chargers remain at home this weekend, when they host Walsh University (2-5, 2-1). Walsh has won its last two games after beginning the season 0-5. Last season, the Chargers defeated the Cavaliers, 28-10. “Our seniors deserve to go out 7-4,” McDonough said. “We have a talented team this year. We’re just focusing on what we can control. Winning out is all we’ve got on our minds.” Drummond is one of those seniors who would like to finish his career at Hillsdale on a high note. “We haven’t quite reached our potential as a team yet,” Drummond said. “But we have four more games left, and we’re going to win these last four games.”

“I’ve been watching these guys since I was two or three years old, and now I get to be a part of it.”

help.” During the week, Philipp and the kickers do all the same lifting and conditioning as the rest of the team. Practices are a different experience for kickers. “As far as practice goes, the biggest thing for kickers is over-kicking, so if you overkick, your leg gets tired and you can’t perform as well,” Philipp said. “In practice, we do full reps of punt with the full team, and then we go into kickoff, and hit three or four kickoffs. Then we take about a half hour break and then we just hit some field goals with the team.” Last year, Lemerand visited a college practice in the sweltering August heat to check in on some of his former players. “I always joked with Joe about the ‘hard work’ kickers do at practice,” Lemerand said. I stopped to watch the practice. It was very warm that day. I saw the the rest of the team practicing hard and drenched in sweat. As I walked further down, I saw Joe and the other kickers standing next to the bleachers in the shade. I just looked at them and said, ‘Yep, kickers.’” Since graduating, Philipp returns to his high school field in the offseason to work with the current Hornets kickers. “We are blessed to have a kid like Joe help our kickers,” Lemerand said. “Having a good kicker in high school is an advantage for extra-points, field goals, and kickoffs.” Philipp is one of five current players on the Chargers’ football roster that played football for the Hornets in high school. Hillsdale College head coach Keith Otterbein said recruiting a player to play for his hometown is not as easy as

Redshirt freshman kicker Joe Philipp leads the G-MAC with six field goals this season. Jim Drews | Courtesy

it may seem. “What you’ve got to sell them is Hillsdale College is not Hillsdale,” Otterbein said. “I know from my own kids’ experience going to Hillsdale College, it’s its own community outside of Hillsdale. You’ve got to convince them of that.” Philipp said the genuineness of Chargers’ coaching staff and the academics at Hillsdale made the school an ideal fit. “It’s pretty hard to turn down a school like this when it’s 10 minutes from my house,” Philipp said. “It’s one of the top schools in the country.” While some people may

try to hide in a small town where seemingly everyone knows who they are, Philipp said he likes that he can go to a high school football game or walk into the Palace Cafe and recognize familiar faces around him. With a season under his belt and a handful of big kicks already through the uprights, Philipp said playing for his hometown is something he relishes. “It’s pretty special, honestly,” Philipp said. “It didn’t really hit me until I started the season last year. I’ve been watching these guys since I was two or three years old, and now I get to be a part of it.”

difficult. 20 mph winds all day. Rain on and off. Temperature was great — 72 degrees,” Gilchrist said. “However, the team struggled with being patient and embracing the very difficult elements.” Pietila stayed focused, despite the elements, finishing only three strokes over par. “The biggest thing I was able to do during the first day was limit big mistakes,” he said. “The wind was howling and it was very easy to lose balls, but I was able to keep my ball in play and keep double bogies off the card.” Sophomore Ryan Zetwick said the weather was “hard to battle through mentally.” “Joel did a great job keeping his head in it and finishing the round, but the rest of us struggled and had a disappointing day.” Zetwick recovered from a first round of 85 with an impressive second round in which he led the team with a 71. “I made a lot of putts and kept my head in it the whole round and was able to post a score that helped out the team,” Zetwick said. Juniors Henry Hitt and Liam Purslowe, and senior Logan Kauffman rounded out the team’s roster for the tournament. Hitt shot 177,

Purslowe shot 157, and Kauffman finished at 168. The team had four top-five finishes on the season: second place at the Watrous Intercollegiate, third place at the Kyle Ryman Memorial Invitational, fourth place at the G-MAC Fall Invitational, and fifth place at the Midwest Regional. “We’ve improved a lot from last year. As a team we have learned a lot and we’ve become better at focusing on each shot and not worrying about what our score is,” Zetwick said. “We got off to a great start and we’re in a good position for the spring to have some success.” Gilchrist said the team feels partially successful. “The team was ranked 54th in the nation out of 205 teams heading into the Motor City Invite. They were ranked as high as 4th in the Midwest Region out of 32 teams heading to the Motor City Invitational,” he said. “We are pleased with the trajectory of the team...the players are ready to win, they had chances to win this fall but just didn’t finish it off in the end. They are a little disappointed they didn’t get a victory this fall. We will reset, get focused, and work hard this offseason in preparation for the spring championship season.”

world. Anything you learn here is going to be applicable anywhere else in the world. It’s a universal degree, and if you’re going to do it anywhere, the U.S. is probably the best place to do a degree in finance.

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GOLF FINISHES NINTH AT MOTOR CITY INVITE By | Joshua Paladino Opinions Editor In the Hillsdale College golf team’s last tournament of the year, the team placed ninth at the Motor City Invitational, which was held at TPC Michigan in Dearborn on Sunday and Monday. The team shot 628, 25 strokes behind first place finisher Wayne State University. Junior Joel Pietila put together two solid rounds last weekend and finished in fourth place as an individual. He shot 75-73, for a two-day score of 148. He fell only 3 strokes out of first place. Pietila has been the team’s leader this fall season and had the team’s lowest score in fourof-five tournaments. In each of those four tournaments, he placed in the top six. “Joel is consistent because he has a very level head and is very patient,” head coach Nathan Gilchrist said. “Physically, he hits it at or near his targets all of the time. When he doesn’t, he has such a great short game that he saves par and moves on to the next hole.” Tough conditions met players on the first day of the Motor City Invitational. “The weather was very

Charger Chatter: Liam Purslowe How did you develop an interest in golf? I was brought up on a golf course. All my brothers play. It’s just one of those competitive nature with brothers things. What are your practices like?

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Liam Purslowe is a junior from Perth, West Australia. He is a member of the Hillsdale College men’s golf team.

We have scheduled practices basically every day of the week for about two hours. We just focus on a different element of your game every week. If we have an important tournament coming up, we’ll try and practice specific things that we’ll meet around that particular course. It’s whatever we need to practice for the coming week or what-

ever we’re lacking at that time. How did you hear about Hillsdale? I got recruited in the general fashion that most athletes get recruited. I know the college was looking to recruit some international students. I was looking to come to the U.S. What is it like living in America, and how is it different from Australia? The primary difference is the weather. That’s probably the primary difference, getting used to having an actual off-season where you can’t play golf. I was brought up in a climate where it’s sunny 12 months of the year. It’s sort

of hard to compare, because you’re comparing apples and oranges. Culturally, it’s very different; geographically, it’s very different.

What has been the biggest adjustment to living in a foreign country? For me, I never had the option to go home during the semester. In terms of family life, I can’t just get in a car and drive home, due to sheer distance and cost. It’s learning to be independent. It was a good step to becoming independent. What is your major? Financial management. The reason for that is the U.S. is the finance capital of the

What has been your favorite class? I didn’t mind doing American Heritage, of all things. It gives you a different perspective on different parts of the world. It’s probably different for any other student that goes here, that it’s their heritage. It helped me understand American culture to a fuller extent...And I enjoy business classes the most, because that’s my major, but in terms of a core class that I had to

What is your favorite part of Hillsdale’s golf team? The team interactions that we have. Say in football or something, it’s a team effort, but for us, we’re playing as individuals, so you have to learn to put your individual scores aside and look at the team. It’s nice having that team aspect where we can work together for one common goal. Especially with golf, it’s not like we all play different positions. We can critique each other, help each other, so that’s nice.

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Charger spotlight: Joe Philipp Redshirt freshman kicker Joe Philipp, a Hillsdale native, began playing football in high school and now leads the G-MAC in field goals. A9

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SWIM TEAM TOPS ALBION IN SEASON OPENER By | Katherine Scheu Associate Editor

If a season’s first meet indicates anything, the Hillsdale College swim team will dominate in the pool this year. The Chargers triumphed over Albion College 152-136 Friday evening in the McAvoy pool. The team overcame its handicap of competing without a diving team that could earn them 26 to 32 points. The G-MAC named freshman Hannah Wilkens its Women’s Swimming Athlete of the Week after her collegiate debut. “The meet was a great starting point for us. The women were certainly up to the challenge,” head coach Kurt Kirner said. “The entire team

fought for every place to make the win a reality, even in the absence of diving.” Wilkens won first place in the 200 freestyle in just 1:58:20. She swam the 500 freestyle in 5:16:57, finishing her final lap before any competitors. Wilkens took second in the 200 IM with 2:16:99. She said she was surprised when she found out the G-MAC had recognized her as Women’s Swimming Athlete of the Week. “I feel honored and humbled and proud to represent such an amazing team and school,” Wilkens wrote in an email. “It motivates me to be a supportive and encouraging teammate and to keep working hard to reach my goals.” Wilkens said she enjoyed

supporting her team and feeding their encouragement as well. To perform as well and continuously as she did, she said, she made sure to warm up and down before and after each race. She also mentally compartmentalized every event. “During a meet, I try not to let previous races affect my next races,” Wilkens said. “If I have a bad race or I’m tired I try to shake it off and reset for the next one.” Freshman Katherine Heeres and junior Anika Ellingson also stood out on Friday. “They have set the bar high for themselves and their teammates,” Kirner said in an email. “Hannah was chosen as G-MAC Swimmer of the Week on Wednesday for her out-

FOOTBALL FALLS SHORT AT HOME AGAINST FINDLAY By | S. Nathaniel Grime Assistant Editor Hillsdale’s aspirations for a conference championship suffered a setback on Saturday, as the Chargers fell at home to the University of Findlay, 31-13. Findlay (6-1, 3-0 G-MAC), is tied for first place in the G-MAC with Ohio Dominican University (3-3, 3-0). Hillsdale (3-4, 1-2) has four games, all against conference opponents, remaining on its schedule. Since beginning the season 2-0, the Chargers have lost four of their last five contests. “Sometimes in football, as in life, you get to a point where you’re not where you want to be, but you have to make the best of where you’re at,” head coach Keith Otterbein said. “The opportunity is there to finish with four straight wins.” In a matchup that featured the G-MAC’s top two offenses, Findlay kept Hillsdale off the board in the first two quarters, and led 17-0 at halftime. The Oilers held the Chargers to just 71 total yards of offense in the first half. In the end, Findlay possessed the ball for more than 37 minutes, while Hillsdale had the ball for just more than 22 minutes. “We’ve never had that lopsided of time of possession,” Otterbein said. “We had opportunities to throw it, catch it, get some first downs, but we didn’t necessarily execute it. We didn’t have very many snaps in the first half.” The Chargers’ defense often limited damage, but allowed more than 30 points for a fourth consecutive week. Hillsdale forced one turnover, but its offense turned the ball over twice. When the Chargers force as many or more turnovers as their opponent this season, they’re 3-0. When they lose the turnover battle, they’re 0-4. The Oilers’ ability to contain Hillsdale’s offensive weapons was also key to its defensive effort. Sophomore running back David Graham carried the ball eight times for just 32 yards, his lowest output in a game this season. For the first time this year, he didn’t rush for a touchdown. Findlay limited the Chargers’ offense to just 34 total yards on the ground. Before week seven, Hillsdale hadn’t been held under 105 rushing yards in a game this season. Because Findlay took an early lead, the Chargers had to throw the ball more in order to move more quickly down the field on offense. “We were dominating in

Junior Austin Sandusky caught three passes for 76 yards on Saturday. Todd Lancaster | Courtesy

the run-blocking scheme,” senior offensive lineman Danny Drummond said. “What was unfortunate was when you get behind, you can’t really run the ball as much.” Junior quarterback Chance Stewart completed 15 of 35 passes for 272 yards. He threw two touchdowns and one interception. “When it came down to it, we just didn’t really play a good football game,” Stewart said. “We needed to take our game to the next level. I had to make smarter decisions at a much quicker rate. Credit to them, they’re a great defense.” The Oilers pressured Stewart the entire afternoon. One of their five sacks resulted in a fumble by Stewart, which Findlay recovered in Hillsdale’s territory. “They dialed up some

blitzes that we couldn’t block schematically,” Drummond said. “They didn’t necessarily blitz a whole lot more than some of the teams that we’ve faced, but they just happened to pick the right blitzes at the right time.” On the contrary, the Chargers’ defense struggled to make plays in Findlay’s backfield. Junior defensive lineman Charlie Yost recorded Hillsdale’s only sack in the game. “It takes a lot off our defensive backs when we’re able to get pressure on the quarterback and make him scramble around and make quick decisions,” Yost said. “Findlay’s quarterback was getting the ball off very fast so it wasn’t easy for our line to

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After winning its first two games of the season, Hillsdale College football has dropped four of five. Todd Lancaster | Courtesy

standing showing at the meet, however any one of the three could have been nominated based upon their performances.” Heeres took a close second to Wilkens in the 200 free, touching the wall at 1:59:79. She also won two first places in the 100 backstroke at 1:00:02 and in the 200 IM at 2:15:19. Heeres and Ellingson worked with sophomore Catherine Voisin and junior Suzanne DeTar to win first in the 200 medley relay in 1:50:37. Ellingson performed strongly in the 50 and 100 breastroke, winning both in 30:95 and 1:06:80, respectively. Physical preparation is an obvious element of success during any meet, Heeres said, but a swimmer’s mental game

plays an important role, too. “We’ve been focusing on the mental side of swimming, being mentally tough and not letting your thoughts control you,” Heeres said. “As someone who puts a lot of pressure on themselves and gets very nervous before races, I always find it helpful to focus less on myself by cheering and encouraging my teammates.” Kirner said the team will focus on this aspect of training as they look to their next competition. “I find ‘emotional’ reactions to things in both practices and meets limit their abilities to shoot for their own individual goals,” Kirner said. “The season is too short to be consumed in thoughts and feelings that don’t have them

focused 100 percent on getting better as competitors.” The team will next face Calvin College and Grand Valley State University when they swim in Grand Rapids this Friday. “I’m feeling pretty confident about this next meet; I feel like our team will be focused more on times and less on placing at this meet because we the smallest team at the tri-meet,” Ellingson wrote in an email. “It’ll be good for us to have some faster competition to see what we need to be working on again during practices. If we can maintain faster times than our Albion meet, I feel that it sets us up really well for the rest of our season.”

Emily Oren ’16 wins Detroit Half Marathon By | Calli Townsend Colegian Freelancer Emily Oren ’16 can add another half-marathon title to her long list of accomplishments. The nine-time D-II national champion is now a two-time Detroit half marathon champion after her race on Sunday. Her winning time was 1:19:1, just one second over a six-minute mile pace. “I wanted to go faster than that, under a six minute pace. But this course is a little long, like 13.2 or 13.3,” Oren said. Oren now runs professionally for Oiselle, a women’s running athletic apparel company, while balancing her demanding job schedule that she said requires a lot of travel. “I’m a Hillsdale College admissions counselor, and I visit high schools for college fairs,” Oren said. “This year I’m doing Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin.” Andrew Towne, Hillsdale’s head cross country and track coach, attributes Oren’s success to her competitiveness. “From the time I first met her in the fall of her senior year, you could tell she wants to be the best, she’s really motivated and competitive to make that happen,” Towne said. “I’m proud of her, as

always. She continues to do good things and continues to improve.” Although a half-marathon is a much longer race than the races she’s used to, Oren said she enjoyed her experience. “It’s kind of a fun distance because the pace is a little more chill compared to a track race,” she said. “It was really humid this year so that sort of threw for a loop. But

it’s still fun.” She is now getting ready to train for the indoor track season, when she will be competing in the mile and 3K races. Her goal is to compete in the USA championships. “I am taking a little bit of downtime, then I’m going to start building a base for indoor,” Oren said. “Indoor USA’s is like three weeks earlier this year, in February.”

Emily Oren ’16 speaks to the media after her second straight victory at the Detroit Half Marathon on Saturday. Emily Oren | Courtesy

ANDY BROWN: THE VOICE OF THE HILLSDALE CHARGERS By | Madeline Fry Culture Editor When Lecturer in English Andrew Brown begins his Great Books class, he usually starts a discussion about the weekend’s Charger football game. Brown has taught an English course each semester for a few years, but he’s spent more than half of his life as a broadcaster for Charger football. So after he tells students to stop leaving games at halftime, they’ll launch into Macbeth. In addition to covering Charger football and men’s and women’s basketball games, Brown hosts a sports talk show every Tuesday night. On “Time Out with Andy Brown,” he features local coaches and high school players before chatting about state sports with co-hosts Rick Arsenault or sophomore Martin Petersen. One of Brown’s three sons, Sam, is the show’s co-producer. Brown, who graduated from Hillsdale in ’97, got involved with sports broadcasting as a student. He had grown up listening to Detroit Lions games on his transistor radio when he should’ve been

sleeping, so he combined his passion for radio and sports by getting involved with the city of Hillsdale’s radio station, WCSR. Brown met his co-host Arsenault, who works as a custodian at Hillsdale, on the way to science class almost 20 years ago. After he discovered their mutual love of Michigan teams, Brown would stop in

the hall to chat with Arsenault about the Tigers. “Even at that point we had our sports dialogue,” Arsenault said. “So we’ve been doing our shtick for a long time.” Brown knew as a student that their rapport was too good not to continue.

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The Reformation at 500: Living out a life of faith By | Hannah Niemeier Senior Writer Debates about Christian doctrine during the Reformation didn’t play out only on church doors at Wittenberg and in lecture halls at Marburg; they led to distinct ways of practicing the faith for all Christians. In the second installment of the semester-long “Reformation at 500” lecture series Tuesday and Wednesday, theologians and historians from Hillsdale to Spokane, Washington, discussed the life of faith as lived out in the Catholic and Protestant traditions, especially in the practice of the Eucharist. “The Reformation is thought of primarily in terms of dogma,” said Thomas Burke, chairman and professor of philosophy and religion at Hillsdale, in his 4 p.m. lecture in Phillips Auditorium.

“But one must also remember that the Reformation was initially inspired by a concern for true piety.” Burke compared and contrasted the ways Protestant practice differed from Catholic practice according to their distinct positions on justification, the priesthood of all believers, and original sin. “The point is the doctrine of justification was not an end in itself, but a means to a new picture of the way to live the Christian life,” Burke said. This included a view of the “priesthood of all believers” that reshaped the existing hierarchical structure of the church and focused on preaching instead of administration of the Eucharist in the Mass. “I was looking from a Lutheran perspective,” said John James, a senior classics major and treasurer of the Lutheran Society, “but I think Burke

showed how different views of justification lead to Protestants’ distinct views, but then also made some distinctions within Protestantism.” It also led to a view of justification and sanctification that focused first and foremost on inner faith, not the Catholic view of good works that help sinners grow in piety. But this refocusing on the inner life of faith has led to misunderstandings about the Protestant understanding of Holy Communion, according to W. Bradford Littlejohn. “The central debate was not whether the body and blood of Christ were present, but whether bread and wine were present in the Eucharist,” said Littlejohn, who is founder and president of the Davenant Institute for studies in Christian theology, focusing on the Reformation and its later developments. Far from dividing the

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material and spiritual world by viewing the Sacrament as a mere symbol, Reformed traditions upheld the belief in Christ’s real presence, refining the doctrine with greater philosophical and theological rigor, Littlejohn said. Even Catholic and Lutheran theologians, who claim that Christ is present in a bodily sense, ultimately find the real presence to be, in some sense, beyond reason. “Everyone agreed that Christ’s flesh couldn’t be locally present, but present only in a mode that surpasses our understanding. The difference was that for the Reformed, this mode had a name: the Holy Spirit,” Littlejohn said. According to John Calvin and other Protestant theologians, the Holy Spirit makes Christ present through the believer’s faith, not any outward conversion of the elements. “The essential point,”

Littlejohn said, “is that the Eucharist is a mystery to be gratefully received, not a logical exercise.” James said Littlejohn’s lecture brought clarity to his understandings of Reformed views on the Eucharist. “As far as what I’d heard before, I thought it was helpful because in the past it seemed to me that the Reformed view was just more vague,” James said. “This helped clarify that they have a very established theological stance that isn’t just less defined, or more open.” On Wednesday at 4 p.m., associate professor of history Darryl Hart, who has published a collection of essays on liturgy in the Reformed tradition, presented “The Inward Turn of Protestantism after the Reformation.” “Protestants balanced talk about holiness with the formal aspects of church life

— initially. But with the rise of Puritanism and frustration over church life in England, Protestants in the Calvinist world began to turn inward,” Hart said. This has visible — and audible — consequences that are evident in Protestant churches today: “Presbyterians abandoned singing Psalms for singing hymns … Hymns were much more about personal experience — Hence the inward turn.” Hart’s lecture was followed by a faculty panel at 7 p.m. with Hillsdale professors Burke, Hart, Jordan Wales, Eric Hutchinson, Korey Maas, and Adam Carrington. The “This Far by Faith” lecture series concludes Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 with a discussion of the authority of Scripture and the church.

Roald Dahl teaches children discipline and wonder, but he has lessons for college students, too the story from a fate of finthe gates, and he called out, By | Katherine Scheu ger-waving. ‘Welcome, my little friends! Associate Editor From its premise to its finer Welcome to the factory!’” Log onto Netflix — you’ve details, it’s a silly story. Who Through its hilarity and got a golden ticket. can resist a laugh when creaky, bizarreness, this story will “Charlie and the Chocoold Grandpa Joe (one of four prompt all to evaluate amlate Factory” reappeared in elderly relatives crammed bition, laziness, and pursuit the streaming service’s cache into the Bucket family shack) of self-gratification as she of children’s movies earlier springs from his bed to claim pursues her goals. this month, giving a broader his spot as Charlie’s chaperone The children serve as the audience a chance to revisit to the factory? best example of this, especialthe classic tale. Johnny Depp “His long bony body rose ly as they enter a factory of gives his signature, weird up out of the bed,” the story temptations designed to entice rendition of Willy Wonka goes, “and his bowl of soup and beguile them. Veruca in the 2005 film, and Roald went flying into the face of Salt gives a nice performance Dahl’s most famous story Grandma Josephine, and in as she reaches total meltstill enchants readers with one fantastic leap, this old down over her need for a pet its Oompa-Loompas, squirrel: “All I’ve got everlasting gobstoppers, at home is two dogs and snozzberries. and four cats and six A kid’s inspirabunny rabbits and two tion and a parent’s parakeets and three child-rearing manual, canaries and a green the story also satisfies a parrot and a turtle and college student hungry a bowl of goldfish and for a taste of nostalgia. a cage of white mice As a little book or a and a silly old hamster! fun flick, Dahl’s classic I want a squirrel!’” tale weaves the reader Veruca races through a whimsical, forward and clutchhumorous narrative that es a small squirrel gently chides readers in her hands, and of any age to evaluate then the rest attack, themselves. throwing her down a As Willy Wonka garbage chute! After leads Charlie Bucket this ridiculous scene, and his companions readers can’t help but through his sugary wonder what inspired labyrinth, Dahl prestheir own most recent ents a few monsters: fit of selfish rage. A the greedy Veruca Salt, seemingly unfair paper the indulgent Augustus grade? An inconveGloop, the nasty Violet nient lack of parking? Beauregarde, and, of The factory visitors Charlie and the Chocolate Factory inspires and their parents seem course, the obsessive readers today. ISFDB.ORG to never realize their Mike Teavee. Each of the children found a fellow of ninety-six and a problems. Instead, with each golden ticket inside a Whiphalf, who hadn’t been out of child’s downfall, Wonka’s staff ple-Scrumptious Fudgemalbed these last twenty years, of Oompa-Loompas deliver low Delight chocolate bar, jumped on to the floor and a rhyming scrutiny of their and with it, they received an started doing a dance of victo- behavior. exclusive tour of the “scrumry in his pyjamas.” Listen to the Oomdiddlyumptious” factory And what kind of maniac pa-Loompas’ blunt analysis (which had been closed to the doesn’t chuckle when Willy of television-obsessed Mike public for many years). As Mr. Wonka throws open the gates Teevea: “‘The most important Wonka parades them through of his factory? thing we’ve learned,/ So far his castle, the children fall to “Suddenly,” Dahl writes, as children are concerned,/ Is each of their flaws until only “he did a funny little skipping never, NEVER, NEVER let/ sweet, unassuming Charlie dance in the snow, and he Them near your television set remains. spread his arms wide, and —/ Or better still, just don’t Humor softens these life he smiled at the five children install/ The idiotic thing at lessons and morals, saving who were clustered near

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Who wants retro candy? Downtown boutique preserves a sweet culture

there, we get what we can,” Brock said. “A woman even By | Scott McClallen she said. “And every time wants to have her forty-secAssistant Editor we get something someone ond birthday party here.” Before Small Town Sweet requested, we post on FaceTo involve the campus and Boutique even opened, store book, which brings people beyond, Brock hired senior owner Danielle Brock conback in….If there’s an old Faith Liebing. tacted Hillsdale resident Kelly candy you had growing up “She’s a great resource for McNew to sponsor Molly’s as a kid and you can’t find it planning ideas and specials Glitter Run, an annual 5K in anywhere, if they still make it, for parents weekend, like the memory of McNew’s daughwe can mostly find it.” candy pizza idea that can be ter, who died at 6 years old. The store’s most popular delivered across campus,” The day of the event, candies are cricket suckers, Brock said. Brock passed out goodie bags Liebing pitched a filled with gummy new feature for the penguins — Molly’s store: selling candy“It’s always fun to see favorite candy. lover and chocolate “Before she was supreme pizzas and people checking out, whether making a profit, she delivering them to the was already giving door. But her main it’s lawyers or police.” back to her communijob is to assemble ty,” McNew said. candy bags and cusSince opening in late black licorice, and maple tom-made gift bouquets. September, Small Town Sweet buns. “I like the idea because Boutique has brought sweet “I buy cases at a time, and everyone who comes into a treats and candy-lover’s nosI can’t keep them in stock,” candy shop is happy — you talgia to the city. Brock said. can’t be angry or upset in a “We didn’t have a little According to Brock, a surcandy shop,” Liebing said. hometown store where kids prising new favorite is spicy “The prices are lower than could stop in after school and candy — chili mango nerds, expected, and they do that pick out a treat,” McNew said. siricha suckers, hot cinnapurposely — they try to make When the store opened mon, and tabasco chocolate. them accessible to anyone in September, Brock said she But candy is only half the and everyone.” started out with both popular fun. The shop holds birthday To celebrate Halloween, and rare, nostalgic candy, but parties, baby showers, and Small Town Sweet Boutique she lets customers in on the wedding showers. It’s bookstarted selling gummy body selection process. ing some parties as far out as parts and chocolate eyeballs “We get probably 30-40 February. suggestions a week, and from “It’s open for everybody,” See Candy B2

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‘Marshall’ movie idealizes the man

Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American Supreme Court justice. Wikimedia Commons

By | Nic Rowan Assistant Editor Most people know Thurgood Marshall as the first black judge to sit on the United States Supreme Court. Few know the details of the legal slog he had to endure in the years beforehand. Beginning in 1934, Marshall worked as a defense lawyer for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, travelling the country and taking on cases to defend black people accused of crimes because of their race. He became a prominent legal activist in the 1940s and ’50s, most famously in his successful argument to end public school racial segregation in Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court. It is this early Marshall that director Reginald Hudlin lionizes in the biopic “Marshall,” which came out Oct. 13. Rather than depict the drama of a monumental civil rights case or the controversy of his Supreme Court nomination, Hudlin opts to show his audiences an earnest Marshall (Chadwick Boseman), charged with defending a young black man (Sterling K. Brown) wrongly accused of raping a wealthy socialite (Kate Hudson). To help win the case, Marshall enlists the help of Samuel Friedman (Josh Gad), an unwilling but steadfast Jewish attorney. A racist judge, a snotty prosecutor, and a horde of stock bigots attempt to hamper Marshall and Friedman, but to no avail. Marshall’s righteous rhetoric — and the power of The Truth — triumph in the end, no matter which devil he faces. Critics have praised Hudlin for turning a courtroom drama into something very like a superhero film. The comparison is apt. “Marshall” does not care about its titular subject; it just wants to make a spectacle out of a suited lawyer. That’s not to say the movie is especially bad. It’s just typical of a particular strain of civil rights biopics that prefer to idealize their subjects rather than actually study their humanity. This summer it was “All Eyez on Me,” which seemed unable to tackle the

complexities of Tupac Shakur. Last Christmas it was “Barry,” a movie whose pandering attempts to make a young Barack Obama seem cool and disaffected just made him boring. “Marshall” makes similar mistakes. In an early scene, Marshall and Friedman pose together on the courtroom steps as they prepare to argue their case. Marshall uses the opportunity to deliver a Catonian and adverb-heavy speech about how equal rights for all races will win out in the end. The sentiment is noble and the words even inspiring, but when the camera is panning in on a prophetic countenance and triumphant cellos are swelling in the background, it falls a bit flat. This is because Marshall has a Thomas More problem. Not Shakespeare’s More, whose sainted good humor allowed him to be a fierce defender of the faith that binds all men to a loving God, but rather Robert Bolt’s More, whose stiff presence in “A Man for All Seasons” inspires no sympathy in the audience, only a distant sort of admiration. But Marshall is even stiffer than Bolt’s secular saint. In the film’s climactic scene, our hero tells Friedman that he, Marshall, needs to train a fleet of lawyers “who are as good as me,” oh, wait, he stops himself — “almost as good as me.” These lawyers, Marshall says (the soundtrack gets inspiring here), will do whatever he tells them to do, recreating the legal boundaries of the United States according to Marshall’s untarnished vision of right and equality. Race-related issues are tough to portray in art, and Hudlin chose the boring path: idolization. “Marshall” really is a superhero movie. It’s shallow, cheaply made, and completely disposable. If you’re looking for a slice of righteous racial conflict with a little more kick, check out the new Wu Tang Clan album, “The Saga Continues.” It came out on the same day and does everything “Marshall” could not. Wu Tang brings the ruckus.

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‘Repercussion’ exhibits graphic design By | Nic Rowan Assistant Editor For graphic designer Kelly Salchow MaCarthur, the digital arts communicate important ecological messages. The art department will be hosting an exhibit of MaCarthur’s work from Oct. 20 to Nov. 19. The exhibit combines an array of digital designs printed on paper and metal, highlighted by different lighting techniques. The exhibit’s purpose is to encourage viewers to rethink how they treat the environment. This is the first time the art department has hosted a graphic artist as its featured exhibit since the college started offering graphic design classe more than 15 years ago. MaCarthur is an associate professor of studio art and co-coordinator of graphic design at Michigan State

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While the name Hyde recalls the dual personalities of the literary characters Jekyll and Hyde, the rapper explained that his name represented a more honest version of himself, rather than a depraved alter ego. “I do think of my rapping as an alternate version of myself,” he said. “Almost a more honest one. A persona that expresses the thoughts and feelings that Chris Greene would be more likely to suppress.” Though he’s transitioned out of Christian rap, Hyde’s music is still influenced by his Hillsdale education. He said his music features Shakespeare and T.S. Eliot references, and his study of literature strengthened his storytelling skills. “My studies at Hillsdale have helped to underpin the philosophy behind my music and my perception of art in general,” he said. “My understanding of the purpose of art strongly influences how I’ve approached my own.”

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University. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design and also studied at the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning. According to Teacher of Graphic Design Bryan Springer, displaying her work will expose students to a type of art Hillsdale does not usually have the chance to experience. “The medium is unique and in an area that is contemporary and relevant,” he said. “And MaCarthur’s work is beautiful. She offers a specific visual language you don’t see in painting or sculpture.” The art department decided to host MaCarthur and her work because the exhibit will serve the dual purpose of ex-

As a sophomore, the rapper lived across the hall from Jonathan Slonim ’14. The two bonded over Old English while the rapper was taking an Anglo-Saxon literature class. He introduced Slonim to Eminem and other hip-hop legends, showing the freshman some of his raps as well. “Eventually, he had taught me enough that he trusted me to give him my input on some of his songs, which was a lot of fun,” Slonim said in an email. “He sometimes helps me write poetry myself.” After a decade of rapping, multiple albums and a name change, Hyde is looking to evolve further. His next project, a set of five tracks, will have a “poppier, more polished and upbeat vibe” than his previous work, and the artist expects it to be his best work yet. Hyde’s music can be found on Spotify, YouTube, and SoundCloud. He has an artist page on Facebook, and goes by @HydetheRapper on Twitter and Instagram.

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posing students to professional design and of showing how graphic arts could transcend utility and communicate something higher. “We see the value of graph-

ic design as it relates to the traditional artists,” Springer said. “It fulfills the need to communicate visually one’s own identity.”

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all.’” This begs the question — do college students squander their time, talent, and creativity staring at lame sitcoms that only make them chuckle? Surely more invigorating procrastination methods exist. Charlie Bucket escapes the Oompa-Loompas’ blistering reprimands and inherits the entire factory at the end of the story. His humility and wonder keep him far from the

temptations that landed his companions in chocolate lakes and human-sized juicers. This is seen even at little Charlie’s most stinging moment of disappointment, when he unwraps a candy bar on his birthday and no golden ticket crinkles beneath his fingers: “He smiled at them, a small sad smile, and then he shrugged his shoulders and picked up the chocolate bar and held it out to his mother,

and said, ‘Here, Mother, have a bit. We’ll share it. I want everybody to taste it.’” In the end, Charlie gets to share an entire chocolate factory with his family, a clear reward for his behavior. More than escaping punishment, though, his temperament allows him to enjoy a gift with loved ones. We can all learn from that.

By | Ryan Goff Collegian Freelancer The Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra opens its 67th season this weekend with a diverse repertoire featuring works from the 19th and 20th centuries, highlighted by Felix Mendelssohn’s “Symphony No. 5 in D major,” also known as the “Reformation” symphony. The Orchestra will perform on Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. in Markel Auditorium. Tickets are free, but Saturday’s concert is already sold out. Mendelssohn wrote “Symphony No. 5” for the tricentennial celebration of the Reformation, and it includes a “A

Mighty Fortress is Our God,” a hymn by Martin Luther sometimes called the battle hymn of the Reformation. This piece’s performance coincides with the Reformation’s 500th anniversary on Oct. 31, which was not accidental, according to Director of Orchestras and Choirs James Holleman. “I had planned to do this piece about two years ago, and when Derek Stauff, our music history professor, mentioned that the 500th year was not far out I decided to save it for then,” Holleman said. “It’s a beautiful piece. It’s challenging to our orchestra and the instrumentation lets all the voices have an important role.”

The orchestra will also perform Gioachino Rossini’s “Overture to Guillaume Tell,” Charles Ives’s “Variations on ‘America,’” and Samuel Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24.” Holleman said Rossini’s “Overture” highlights the hard work of the the mature cello section. “Our seniors have been the leaders of that section since their sophomore year,” Holleman said. “So I’m looking for literature that features them.” Concert goers can stick around after the performance on Saturday for the Jazz Afterglow, which will be the Big Band’s first performance of the semester in McNamara Hall.

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and decorated with black cats and webs, but it plans to transform into the land of witchcraft and wizardry the night of Oct. 27 from 7-9 p.m. “We didn’t want a traditional halloween, so we are having a Harry Potter night, a Night at Hogwarts. It’s a ticketed event,” Brock said. “We close down shop at 6, and and turn this place into Hogwarts the best we can — you’ll even get an acceptance letter.” The $20 ticket provides access to four stations: sorting hats, Butterbeer floats and chocolate wands, a makeyour-own-candy potion, and hide-and-seek the golden snitch. The store will also sell Harry Potter merchandise — Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Beans, chocolate frogs, Jelly Slugs, and Butterbeer. For the rest of the time, Brock said her favorite part of running the shop is witnessing everyone’s favorite candy. “We love to see what kind of candy people want. It’s always fun when you see people checking out, whether it’s lawyers from the courthouse or police — you’re always curious what candy they like.”

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Houghton possibly discovers new caddisfly species

By | Madeline Fry Culture Editor While slogging through a glacial lake in his one-person raft, Professor of Biology David Houghton spotted a tiny waterfall. The water fell clear, harboring just the kinds of insects for which Houghton had been looking. One of them, he thinks, was an undiscovered species. “An untrained eye would say, ‘That’s a stick,’ or ‘That’s a bug’ or something. I’m trained enough that I can look at it and say that’s Ecclisomyia; I think that’s a new species,” Houghton said. “But I have to get it under the microscope to really find out for sure.” Houghton spent his summer researching rivers in Ju-

neau, Alaska, studying aquatic insects to compare untouched environments with polluted ones. Aquatic insects, particularly caddisflies — of which Houghton said he may have found a new species — are good indicators of water quality because they’re sensitive to pollution. Studying insects provides information about the health of the aquatic environment, which helps explain how to maintain its health. “We want to be able to assess the environment because if you can assess it, then you can fix it,” Houghton said. The day he discovered the waterfall, Houghton had been paddling around Mendenhall Lake for an hour, looking for clean water among the glacial

Professor of Biology David Houghton studied some of the insects that live in pristine glacial bodies of water. David Houghton | Courtesy

silt, water so thick Houghton could see no more than three inches deep. The waterfall cleared sediment from a little pool, which he found teeming with insects. At least 134 species of caddisfly live in Alaska, and Houghton may have discovered one more. Most of the identification process is morphological, comparing the physical description of what he found to that of previous species. Another form of analysis is more quantitative: By running samples through the biology department’s gene sequenc-

er, he can compare its DNA sequences to other species and find the percentage of difference. But he said it’s hard to tell how big of a genetic difference would distinguish it as a new species. “It’s not as clear cut as non-scientists like to think,” he said. If he determines the type of caddisfly to be a new species, he gets to name it. He’s thinking Ecclisomyia mendenhalli, after the lake in which it was discovered and the Mendenhall Glacier that feeds it. At Hillsdale, Houghton applies his field experience

through classes he teaches at the college’s G.H. Gordon Biological Station in Luther, Michigan, where he introduces students to scientific study extending beyond the classroom. “I’ve taken ecology with him up at the biostation, and that was a great opportunity because we got to spend a lot of time outside of the classroom, on the lake and in the woods doing reptile research,” senior Jon Coote said. “It was just really fun to apply classroom biology to field biology.” For the past 10 years, Houghton has studied aquatic insects from pristine, unpolluted habitats in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. During research in Minnesota, Houghton built a predictive model that correlated the number of species of caddisflies with levels of habitat disturbance. He’s been almost everywhere in each of those three states, he said, so before his trip to Alaska he was “kind of running out of unique, cool

places to study.” He spent his sabbatical there last year, and he returned this summer to continue his work. “After one summer I felt that I still had more to do,” Houghton said. In June he arrived at Juneau, a city of decent size that is also close to the wilderness. Some days he would grab his blue packraft—a 20-pound inflatable boat that can fold into a backpack—and find a trail, paddle through a river, find another trail, and continue to wander until he found something new. “To me the cool part is: I’m in the capital city of Alaska in a lake viewed by hundreds of thousands of tourists a year, but I paddle for an hour and I found this oasis habitat that I don’t know if anyone’s ever looked at before, finding new species of critter,” Houghton said. “For someone like me who thinks he was born five generations too late, it’s nice that there’s some of these places still left in the world.”

Professor of Biology David Houghton holds what he said may be a new species of caddisfly. David houghton | Courtesy

Professors speak on climate change solutions By | Josh George Collegian Freelancer

Using an LC-MS instrument (left), senior Anna Meckel studied how caffeine, acidity, and antioxidants of several types of tea varied based on brewing conditions (right). Anna Meckel | Courtesy

Meckel brews ‘optimal’ cup of tea Researcher measures acidity, antioxidants, caffeine in tea By | Hannah Niemeier Senior Writer It’s a morning ritual for many: boil some water, grab a favorite mug, and puzzle over the tea box — is this a morning for black tea or green? Or what about chamomile? Tazo or Twinings? The search for the perfect cup of tea was the fuel for — and the focus of — senior Anna Meckel’s biochemistry research. She studied three types of tea for their caffeine content, their antioxidant power, and their acidity. Meckel said she was inspired by a coffee research project done by Sigrid Kiledal ’17, who tested for slightly different compounds to determine the “healthiest cup” of coffee. “My interest in tea started in college — necessity drove me,” Meckel said. “Since I’ve become an avid tea drinker…I was interested to see if I could perform a similar analysis of tea: Focus on several tea components known to have effects on our health and investigate how factors like tea type and brew method affect those components.” In a world where the steeping processes are more often determined by culture than careful research, Meckel’s findings were surprising: of the three types of tea she studied, the brew with biggest caf-

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feine and antioxidant punch is Gunpowder Green. And to stimulate the brain while still preserving tooth enamel, it’s best to steep tea longer, as it maximizes caffeine content and minimizes acidity. “I like to oversee projects that students have personal interest in,” said Lee Baron, professor of chemistry and Meckel’s thesis adviser. “This is why we have such interesting projects, because students will say, ‘I saw you did a project on this, and I’d like to do something different with it.’” While coffee’s composition and brewing methods have been extensively documented, the recipe for a perfect cup of tea has long been a matter of tradition rather than of scientific tests. Its health benefits are often no more than estimates based on widely varied brewing conditions. “It’s well-known that there are different ways to do tea,” Baron said. “There’s a way to brew tea in England and a way to brew tea in China. That’s just how you do it. But what Anna is asking is, ‘Is this optimal?’” The whole world of teas was open to Meckel, so she chose three blends that spanned the spectrum: Gunpowder Green tea, English Breakfast black tea, and Raspberry Zinger, an herbal tea. Meckel said she looked at three components in the

tea: caffeine, the amino acid L-theanine, which is known to have a relaxant effect, and the antioxidant epigallocatechin gallate, which is one of the most prevalent antioxidants in tea. In order to isolate and measure these components, Meckel used an instrument called the LC-MS: liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. The instrument does two processes, according to Professor of Chemistry Mark Nussbaum, Meckel’s co-adviser on the project. “A helpful analogy is to think of liquid chromatography like a small creek,” Nussbaum said. “If you want to separate some twigs and pebbles, you can do that by tossing them in a stream. The twigs will interact more with the water, and the pebbles will spend more time at the bottom.” The compounds separate themselves out because some spend more time in the liquid phase, like twigs in the water, and others get slowed down as they interact with the mud and pebbles at the bottom of the creek, like the instrument’s stationary phase, Nussbaum said. Then, with mass spectrometry, these compounds can be identified and quantified. It’s a touchy instrument, Meckel said, and one to which undergraduates in many small

colleges don’t have access. Controlling the experiment at viable brewing temperatures while searching for low levels of the many compounds in tea caused an extra challenge, Nussbaum said. But the results were undeniable, Baron said, and surprising: Gunpowder Green tea has more caffeine than English Breakfast, and the Raspberry Zinger fruit tea is much more acidic — a red flag for possible damage to tooth enamel — and lower in antioxidants than the other two teas. Meckel’s findings on brewing optimization are more intuitive: To maximize caffeine and to lower acidity levels, it’s best to steep the tea longer, as more of the caffeine from the leaves reaches the water and acidic compounds dissolve. Meckel’s project is just a start in tea research, she said. “There are so many varieties of tea out there that my project shouldn’t be taken as a perfect representation of black and green teas as a whole,” Meckel said. “I’d love for someone to investigate more herbal teas like mint, chamomile, or lemon, and a greater variety of steeping times and temperatures — maybe looking at iced tea or an overnight extra-strong brew.”

Rising global temperatures are the cause of a lowered concentration of protein in pollen and could be the cause of a recent uptick in bee deaths. This and other consequences of human-caused climate change were discussed Oct. 11 at a lecture held by the Hillsdale College Democrats in the wake of several major natural disasters in 2017. Professor of Physics Kenneth Hayes discussed the warming of the oceans and humanity’s contribution to the greenhouse effect. “The greenhouse effect provides the cleanest explanation for anthropogenic climate change,” Hayes said. “The measured increase of the heat content of the oceans provides unassailable evidence for it.” Hayes also said humans’ contribution to climate change, if it continues unchecked, could potentially have consequences such as increasing numbers of wildfires, higher storm intensity, and continued bleaching of the coral reefs. “Most people have no idea how sensitive life is to temperature,” Hayes said. “Humans can tolerate temperature change, but the Earth as we know it cannot.” Assistant Professor of Economics Christopher Martin presented on what people could do to solve the problem of climate change economically. Martin explored the

idea of a tax on carbon output from manufacturing. He also said an intergovernmental climate agreement with reasonable restrictions on carbon output could reduce human impact. Martin also said there is still debate about the correct taxation policies for carbon. In order for an intergovernmental climate agreement to be effective, it would need to be binding and would need to require sanctions for countries who broke the agreement. Senior Elyse Hutcheson, president of the Hillsdale College Democrats, said she was glad the club was able to hold the event and spark discussion about an important topic. “I just think that climate change is something we don’t talk about enough here, and a lot of the people who are in science agree that it’s an issue, but it’s become so politicized,” Hutcheson said. “That’s why it’s so important that we talk about this.” Freshman McKenna Towns said Hayes’ description of the potential consequences of climate change was something she hadn’t considered before the lecture. “Learning about the increase in natural disasters as a result of climate change was really shocking to me,” Towns said. “Natural disasters and the increase of things like fires, floods, and hurricanes — that’s not something people usually think about when it comes to the effects of global warming.”

Research clarifies link between sugar, cancer

Nanomaterial helps convert seawater to hydrogen fuel

Scientists observe gravitational wave radio emissions

Study shows link between healthy aging, healthy gut

A research collaboration has revealed the mechanism behind high sugar metabolism in cancerous cells, which can lead to tumor growth. Though the Warburg effect, in which cancerous cells use higher amounts of sugar than healthy tissues, has been extensively researched, it was unclear whether the effect was a cause or a symptom of the cancer. This research, published in Nature Communications, explains the relationship between sugar and tumor aggressiveness, and may impact cancer patients’ custom-made diets.

A new material was developed for producing hydrogen gas from seawater and may be a step toward developing hydrogen fuel cells for cars, according to a new study published in Energy & Environmental Science. The material is coated with a compound called molybdenum disulfide, a photocatalyst which helps speed up the creation of hydrogen gas in the presence of sunlight. The nanomaterial captures a larger spectrum of light than other materials, and is nearly twice as efficient as other photocatalysts.

A collaboration of radio astronomers have measured radio emissions from colliding neutron stars nearly 124 million light years from Earth for the first time. The emissions are the radio counterpart to the LIGO and Virgo detections of a gravitational wave signature in August. The radio emissions help researchers understand the energy and physical surroundings of the event and adjust theoretical models accordingly. The radio emissions, which had frequencies of 3-6 GHz, were observed in data taken by the GROWTH project Sept. 2-3.

In one of the largest studies of the human microbiome, researchers have identified similarities between the microorganisms found in the guts of healthy individuals ages 30 and older. The study, published in mSphere, shows a direct correlation between health and the microbes present in the intestine. The researchers said the study shows that microbial diversity in the gut can be an important biomarker for healthy aging in the same way that cholesterol levels are indicative of heart health.

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Catalonia through the eyes of Hillsdale professors By | Jo Kroeker Features Editor

Stewart and Professor of Spanish Todd Mack both have connections to the region that extend back to their graduate studies. These connections became relevant this month, when the autonomous region of Spain made American headlines for its decision to hold an official vote for independence. “People outside Spain had never paid much attention to Spain,” Stewart said. “History in the 1800s largely centers on the winners, even here. I offer History of Spain and History of England, and History of Spain is not going to attract anything like History of

dissertation in Catalan history right as the Spanish archives were opening up after 50 years When a Catalan TV of forced academic silence reporter interviewed histounder the Franco regime. ry professor Dave Stewart Later, he wrote a book called in front of the Fossar de les “Assimilation and AcculturaMoreres memorial in Bartion” about the events leading celona, she didn’t expect the up to the War of Spanish SucAmerican to give a full accession. In the book, Stewart count of the events leading up examines Catalan nationalism to the War of Spanish Succesand balances it against French sion in 1714 — in Catalan. and Spanish national identiThe first time was an ties. He has also published a accident, Stewart said, but the few scholarly articles. reporter included Stewart’s “I live in the 18th century,” dive into historical context Stewart said. “I’m accidentally in her story on memorials. relevant this week.” The second time, she came Mack’s fluency in Cataback to him to be a neutral, lan, visits to the region, and knowledge of its politics also became relevant points of discussion in his Spanish classes. “In Spain, what the Catalans are doing is absolutely illegal, there’s no legal way for them to break away because the government has made it very clear it’s illegal,” Mack said. “So, on the one hand, they’re a bunch of lawbreakers who are breaking their own constitution; on the other hand, these are people who feel that for the last 300 years, their Professor of Spanish Todd Mack with his wife Betty at the Camp government has shown itNou stadium in Barcelona where the Barcelona soccer team plays. self incapable time after time Todd Mack | Courtesy after time of taking into account their safety and their and English-speaking, voice England. It’s more obviously ability to pursue their own in a series of interviews with relevant. People don’t see happiness, and now they’re Catalan nationalists. Spain as relevant. Great, they taking matters into their own When he’s not in Barcelodiscovered the New World hands and declaring indepenna (and he’s been there more and have done nothing since, dence, like we did,” he said, than 40 times), Stewart keeps who cares. People are going to referencing the American pieces of Catalonia in his be attracted to things they see Revolution and motioning to office — like the flag, vertical as important or relevant.” the Thomas Jefferson statue red stripes on a yellow drapStewart completed his across from Delp Hall. ery, hanging on the back wall.

Mack took his first trip to Spain as a 19-year-old Mormon missionary, living in Madrid. That’s when he first encountered the European mentality that he considers fundamental to understanding the continent: Time is longer and distance is shorter. A century-old building in his home state of Utah was built yesterday in the Spanish timeline, and cousins, who live eight hours across the state, would have crossed Spanish borders and arrived in Paris in that amount of time. And nobody just drives to Paris. After his mission trip, he studied Spanish at Brigham Young University, stayed there for his master’s, and went to Stanford for his doctorate. His doctorate wasn’t just in Spanish but also in Iberian and Latin American Cultures. During his studies, he learned Catalan from a visiting professor and continued to do so while living in Barcelona. When he returned to Stanford, he taught Catalan. “You really can’t understand Spain if you don’t understand its regions,” Mack said. His dissertation brought him back to the peninsula in 2010 and 2011 to discover what it was like to be a farmer during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) through contemporary Galician, Basque, Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish novels. “It’s about literature, memory, and space,” he said. “It’s about how where you’re from affects how you read and how what you read affects how you remember the past, and

how these things are all tied together.” When he traveled to the rural areas of Galicia, the Basque region, and Catalonia, he went to the town center, and rather than asking for someone who lived through the Spanish Civil War, he looked for people who had read a particular novel. He interviewed them about living in the area and reading the book to record how it affected their memory of the civil war. He conducted between 80 and 100 interviews. “I was able to see a view of the peninsula that you don’t get when you’re in Madrid,” Mack said. If being in a program so focused on the different regions in the Iberian Peninsula broadened his view of Spain, it also complicated it. “I know people all over Spain, that have wildly different views on lots of different things,” Mack said. “They’re people that I love and I care about deeply, and it’s part of the reason why the situation in Catalonia has been so hard for me is because it’s hard for me to see how everybody wins.” Just as Mack considered the American Revolution and the Civil War in his explanation of the conflict, Stewart looked back to explain the Catalan spirit to seniors Maddy Domalakes and Sarah Strubbing, who both sought historical context to the modern conflict and listened in rapt attention as they sunk into his goldenrod office couch. Domalakes said she appre-

ciated Stewart’s perspective on the Catalan independence movement. “Even if he has one perspective, he does a good job of presenting the information in a very unbiased way in that he presents all of the information before he gives you his judgement,” she said, noting that she’s wary of media bias toward the independence movement. “It’s more nuanced than a lot of people think ... I don’t think I realized how fragmented Catalonia is within its own borders,” she said. “It’s invaluable that I have that opportunity [to talk to Stewart]. He already has all the background knowledge ... When me and Sarah go to him, we can have a really fruitful discussion.” Legend has it the count of Barcelona Guifré el Pélos (Wilfred the Hairy), was mortally wounded in a Moor-Christian battle in 897. In his dying breaths, he told his son to “fight and die as you lived, a Christian man” — a pointed jab at his ally the Frankish king Charles the Bald, who was ready to throw in the towel. Inspired, but mostly humiliated, Charles dipped Guifré’s hand into his own blood and dragged his fingers across his golden shield. Charles presented the shield to Guifré’s son and pledged allegiance to him. One by one, everybody in the camp made the oath to fight and die a Christian man. The next day, the Spanish crushed the Moors in one of the most definitive battles for the region and liberated the

Banjos and Civil War reenactments: The historical side to Springer’s art By | Carmel E. Kookogey Collegian Freelancer In his soundproofed office, on the dark wall behind Professor of Art Bryan Springer, hangs a single piece of artwork: a Civil-War-style banjo he built himself. The wood for the instrument came from walnut trees on an abandoned farm. Springer, who instructs Graphic Design courses, participates in Civil War Reenactments, a hobby that led him to discover pre-Civil War secular banjo music, which was considered the rock-androll of the time. “It was a little politically incorrect, but interesting, sort of a novelty,” Springer said, laughing. This discovery led him to build the entire banjo — save the original pot. His oldest son, who now joins him occasionally in the campouts and reenactments, accompanies Springer on the violin as he picks his walnut banjo. Born in the San Francisco Bay Area, Springer, who is currently working with the president’s office to create maps for Volume 20 of Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn’s Churchill biography, described his discovery of Hillsdale as a “twist of fate.” “I was really interested in communicating visually,” Springer said. “I had a rela-

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dale County and follows Tuttle Road north until it turns west and enters Lost Nation State Game Area. The trail then continues northwest through Osseo, around Lake Baw Beese, and follows Baw Beese Trail past Stock’s Mill and Wal-Mart through Jonesville and Litchfield and then out of the county.

tive who was a Hillsdale grad at the time, and introduced me to the school. And I really loved it, of course, like most people do who come to our campus, it’s really alluring and beautiful.” Springer has been Hillsdale’s graphic design professor since 2008, but his connection with the school goes further. After graduating from Hillsdale with a bachelor’s degree in 1994, Springer pursued illustration with pastels at Savannah College of Art and Design, where he earned his master’s and got into graphic design. While he didn’t intend to stay at the college for his full academic career, Springer said professor of art Sam Knecht played a major role in influencing him to stay all four years. “I was just amazed at his instruction and how much I didn’t know and still needed to know in terms of foundations of art,” Springer said. “At that point I realized I would go to graduate school because I wanted more schooling, but also the possibility to teach somewhere down the line in my career.” His love of history doesn’t end with Civil War Reenacting — Springer indicated a lot of his design inspiration comes from the same angle. “I get really excited when I see beautiful typography, or illustrated type. And I love Patches of blue paint (called “blazes” by hiking folks) adorn the trees and mark the trail. Though it crosses the St. Joseph River and several drainage creeks in a number of places, hikers are not forced to ford the streams. Members of the Chief Baw Beese Chapter of the North Country Trail Association, the group that maintains Hillsdale’s County section of trail, have made rustic log crossings

historical typography: old things, textures of old paper... examples like that,” Springer said. Fellow art professor Barbara Bushey described Springer as the one who “always keeps everything together.” Springer balances his time teaching with freelance work for Hillsdale’s marketing department, branding the online courses as they are released, and working with External Affairs to develop slides for the Center for Constructive Alternatives. “He’s got all kinds of interests, from Civil War reenactment to — well, maybe they’re related — bourbon,” Bushey said. Springer confirmed he always drinks a bourbon neat, occasionally with a drop of water, and though Hillsdale County doesn’t always have a huge variety available, he admits to enjoying many brands. While history inspires his design aesthetic, Springer’s passion is to “educate people in visual literacy… There is so much [material] out there… And how do you present that information well? Good design is necessary in a world with so much information,” Springer said. Springer did not come here with immediate family connections, yet Hillsdale has become a significant part of his personal history: It’s where he met his wife, a 1995

graduate, who is now pregnant with their fifth child. Springer did move out to California briefly, but returned after about six months. “We decided to come back because we thought that family was more important,” Springer said. They moved to Ann Arbor and have remained in the area since. “He is a marvelous colleague,” Bushey said, “He’s always ready to help in the department in any way, shape, or form that he can, so I certainly appreciate it from that perspective. In the classroom he does a really excellent job, he’s got really strong standard drawing skills. He also does lots of freelance work on his own, so he is actively designing stuff, so he knows what he’s talking about…And of course he was a student here, so he certainly understands the college in a way that not everybody does.” Not all of his designing is for work — Springer also makes clever family Christmas cards, to the enjoyment of the other faculty. “Every year he does his own Christmas card, and it’s always something spectacular,” Bushey said. “I seem to recall one year was like, headshots of the whole family, but individually fit into things… I don’t know, it was just cool.” In a true liberal-arts spirit, Springer encourages

and small wooden bridges to keep adventurers dry during their hikes. In the summer, the NCT is perfect for trail runners, hikers, and fishermen looking for a secret spot. In the winter, the slight changes in elevation make for great cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. Near Skuse Road, the trail skirts the edge of a ravine where there is a cave made infamous by the 19th-centu-

ry horse thief and murderer, Silas Doty. According to a Natural Features Inventory prepared by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources: “a larger cave occurred in the vicinity but was destroyed to prevent the local brigand Sile Doty from using it to hide stolen horses in the mid-1800s.” And with Halloween quickly approaching, this cave on the edge of the NCT offers

Professor of Art Bryan Springer plays a homemade banjo as part of a Civil War reenactment. B&K Photography | Courtesy

his students to diversify their interests, too. “I encourage my students to be able to take the drawing to learn how to see, and have that inform their digital work,” Springer said, emphasising the importance of housing the study of graphic design under the framework of the Fine Arts. When Springer was at Hillsdale, the art courses were predominately Art History, Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture. “The main thrust,” adventurers the opportunity for a scare. “It is also said that if you go to Doty’s cave at night you will find a dead fox and some black walnuts,” wrote the author of “150 Years In the Hills and Dales.” “If you look real hard you will see the ghost of Silas Doty that is said to haunt the cave, and he is smiling.” If spooky encounters are not the goal, the North Country Trail’s proximity

Springer said, “was learning to see, learning how to draw from masters’ work, and also putting the history of art into perspective in terms of the Western Heritage, and how Naturalism, or Realism, is important in the classical education of an artist.” Though much has changed in the art since then, the focus is still the same. “I talk about as a creative person, having a cup, and...you’re constantly pouring it out, for yourself and for other people,” Springer said. calls Hillsdale residents out of their homes to enjoy some of Michigan’s natural beauty. “It is a cool reversal of circumstances: Normally you are looking at one cool tree on the quad or a farm field near the road, but on the North Country Trail, you get the chance to feel surrounded by places that are untouched,” Wylie said.

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Econ profs run models and races with grit By | Grace Houghton Collegian Reporter Tucked in a third-floor corner of Lane Hall, the office of Assistant Professor of Economics Gary Wolfram is strewn with mementos of races past. A newspaper clipping shows his son competing in a soccer game, and a pair of red, green, and white Nike spikes dangle by their laces off a wall. His own story is on hangers: road-race shirts and track jerseys. In his hall, that decor isn’t so unique: The economics department of Hillsdale houses remarkable stories of competition, endurance,

Santa Barbara and Berkeley in California, to Massachusetts, Washington, and Michigan. His road-racing brought him to Hillsdale College partly through meeting Hayden Park Fitness Director Bill Lundberg, who was running road races after recovering from a bid for the Olympic team in the steeplechase. Within the road-race circuit, Wolfram said, “if you’re in the top five or ten every time, you get to know everybody.” He knew Lundberg, who raced in Steeplechase Olympic Trials in 1976 but tore his achilles tendon while coming off the water jump.

Charles Steele, assistant professor of economics, has run 41 ultra marathons. Grace Houghton | Collegian

and unpretentious dedication to the sport of running. In nearby offices, three other economics professors display similar tokens of running achievements. Wolfram’s academic and athletic careers took him across the country, from

Wolfram also tried out for the Olympics as a marathon runner in 1980 and again in 1984, scraping just short of the trials cut both times, “which was disappointing.” But he set one of his best marathon times at the Boston Marathon in 1983, pushing

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ed more, and I wanted to see how far I could get with this company.” At her corporate job at Home Office, she helps create and assemble display packages, a kind of kit sent to every Anthropologie store to help its artists create the decor each season demands. “I get to work with so many creative, amazing individuals, so that definitely keeps me on my toes,” Kate Lundberg said. “I’m very grateful for this job, and I may be seeing it through for a while longer.” In the long-term, however, she said she will consider getting a master’s in Fine Arts. The possibility of teaching also excites her, but for now, she will continue to focus on her personal art. In the last year and a half, she has displayed her own creations in five different venues, including the Art Alumni Invitational Exhibit showcased homecoming weekend. Kate Lundberg knows she’ll keep pushing herself — that’s just her personality. But that’s also her encouragement to all young artists, especially those at Hillsdale embarking on the same quest she chose seven

than her English classes ever had. “There was just something so enjoyable to me about being in the Sage Center and walking into Sam Knecht’s or Barbara Bushey’s art classes,” Kate Lundberg said. “You go into that classroom, the lights dim, you’re looking at that slideshow. It’s this really cool, serene, intimate classroom experience where you get to hear about art and artists I was so inspired by in the past.” She spent an extra year at Hillsdale, completing her art major and exploring all the mediums she could, which prepared her for working at Anthropologie. At the store, she used newspapers to construct a life-sized elephant skeleton. She worked with beets, red onion, and turmeric to dye fabrics with natural colors. “My job really just was this extension of an art education that was really exciting to me, and really fulfilling in those first few years out of college,” Kate Lundberg said. “I did know deep down that I want-

his way to 200th place with a time of 2 hours and 26 minutes. Compared to the 2017 Boston Marathon results, Wolfram would have finished in 34th place overall. At 9 a.m. on July 4, 1981, Wolfram ran a 10k with his best man Doug Curtis, “one

professor of economics, also discovered the same community; not on asphalt streets, but on gravelly forest-service roads in Montana. His speciality is ultra marathons — any race longer than 26.2 miles. He’s run 41 of them.

“Ultra running has taught me that my limits are much greater than I thought, and the only way I know is to explore them.” of the top marathoners in the world at that time,” Wolfram said. The two tied for first, holding hands in celebration. Then, they jumped in Curtis’ car, showered at a friend’s house, and sped to Wolfram’s wedding at 11:30 a.m. Wolfram said the fact that his best man was among the top marathoners in the world illustrates the easily accessible community of running. “If you were a Hillsdale College football player,” he said, “you’re not gonna go out with Peyton Manning and hang out with him, whereas you can do that in running.” Pointing to the colorful Nikes hanging off his wall, Wolfram remarked that “a world record was run in those shoes.” Through an assistant professorship at Washington State University, Wolfram trained with and befriended Henry Rono, a Kenyan who broke world records in four events — the 3k, the steeplechase, the 5k, and the 10k — in one 90-day period. After their time in Washington, Rono traveled to Michigan and stayed with Wolfram, and on a race day, when Wolfram missed his spiked racing shoes, Rono tossed his own pair over. Just months before, Rono had broken his own 5k record in the same shoes. Charles Steele, an assistant

On his first trip to what would become his favorite 50-mile race, “Le Grizz,” in Montana, Steele drove out to the starting line of the race, which was in a primitive campground area, and threw down a sleeping bag. Several racer-campers called him over to their campfire, and Steele found himself chatting with the previous year’s winner, who had held a course record for many years, and was national winner at some of the biggest 100-miler competitions. “It’s the kind thing where the very top people and the very bottom people know each other, or can know each other,” Steele said. Le Grizz is one of the oldest ultra marathons in the world, directed by Pat Caffrey, a “completely crazy guy,” Steele said. The course winds from Spotted Bear, a ranger station in Montana, to the town of Hungry Horse. Steele describes the race in Caffrey’s words, saying that while some think man’s salvation is in the wilderness, and others in civilization, “we need both, and so we run in terror through the wilderness for civilization, knowing that there’s a bunch of things out there that know that we’re not at the top of the food chain.” A 5k may be about win-

years ago: “Where there’s a will there’s a way,” she said. “As an art major, you have an amazing skill set to offer, and it’s just about how you apply that. Speak it into the world that you want something, and go for it.” Tommy Lundberg, 27, must have taken his sister’s advice. He discovered his

Tommy Lundberg tried to pull ahead in his runs with his team as well as in the classroom. He hung up his running gear when a few injuries slowed him down after an intense summer of training, and he eventually pushed aside his work as an economics major, too. “I realized, ‘I’m not eating

“I had to go through those experiences and some struggles and failures to realize that I really love art.” passion for Instagram when he started snapping photos on his iPhone in his free time after work as an in-house designer for a Whole Foods Market store in Los Angeles. He set his prospects high, quit his job, and undertook a new venture: working as a professional Instagrammer. He never thought his artistic inspiration would take this turn. As he started his sophomore year at Hillsdale,

and breathing this stuff like my peers. This is what they love, and on their free time they’re learning it, and they’re absorbing it so much better,’” Tommy Lundberg said. “I had kind of an identity crisis in the academic world too. I had to go through those experiences and some struggles and failures to realize that I really love art.” So he switched his major to art, and the shift illumined him: “That’s when the light

ning, Steele said, but an ultra marathon is about survival: “You’re doing something where you don’t know for sure if you can, and you don’t always.” The community in this kind of race is one of “great respect,” Steele says. “People will work together and support each other, and there’s a number of times…the front runners have been battling it out, and…they grab arms and run across the finish line holding hands. They’ll say, ‘Yeah, we finished together.’” Despite his accomplishments, Steele doesn’t hold himself up as a superman. He said humans beings are naturally adapted to run like this. “How do you think the Indians caught their first horses?” he asked. “Well, they went out and ran them down. Humans have the endurance and other animals have the speed.” Steele preaches knowing one’s limits, not boundless optimism. One of the most important lessons ultra running has taught him is that humans can’t do anything, even if people say so. “[Ultra running] has taught me that my limits — whatever they are — are much greater than I thought, and the only way I know is to explore them,” he said. Since rote training, not glamorous performance, is the basis of human capability, the playing field levels, even among 2.5, 50, and 100 milers. Though he classifies himself as an amateur runner, Assistant Professor of Economics Matthew Clark also runs regularly. He has run two official races with his wife — once, a half-marathon with no training at all, and later, a 10-mile run after months of preparation. “We had a blast,” he said in an email. Assistant Professor of Economics Chris Martin, who recently “vanquished the competition” in his age

category at a local 5k, said in an email that, according to his high school coach, he “had no real talent” but “nonetheless worked my way up to average performance by dint of training intensity and pain tolerance.” The theme of persistence defines Martin’s running career, especially as a professor and father in his “wizened middle age.” “Econ for some reason disproportionately attracts runners, and they are almost to a person good students as well as blindingly fast,” Martin said. “Does pain tolerance also explain this?” For Wolfram, “competition was the whole thing.” Once he got to to where he couldn’t compete “up at the front,” Wolfram said he “just didn’t have the urge to just go out and run.” Despite Steele’s invitation to run a 50-miler, Wolfram said he doesn’t miss the training: “I did enough of it — I was running 85-90 miles a week for decades. In November I’ll be 67 years old. I’m just not going to go out and run a 2:20 marathon, you know?” Only in the past ten years has Wolfram scaled down from his routine of running 85-90 miles a week. Steele, meanwhile, is still in recovery mode, following his second hip replacement this August. His most recent training included walking a 5k, plus regular physical therapy work. He’s determined not to “pick up any bad habits” because he wants to race at Le Grizz — not once, but several more times. “I gotta get to 20,” he said. “I told my surgeon, that’s what our goal is.” Steele proudly hoisted a slab of polished cedar cut from the Flathead Valley area of Montana near Le Grizz, which he won for his 10th time completing the race. “You’re not leaving without seeing some of my trophies,” he said.

went on for me, and I really got into the creative process,” he said. Under the direction of art professors Sam Knecht and Brian Springer, Tommy Lundberg’s art proliferated. He dug into art outside of class, too, and rendered everything that delighted his eye and his mind with his own artistic vision. While he prepared to graduate, he found a job opening at Whole Foods Market that would allow him to design and draw signs and other pieces of art for their store. He got the job, moved out to L.A., and started taking photos after work to keep up the creative process he established in college. “That kind of birthed this passion or interest in photography. It really started to switch spring of last year. I started getting invited to these InstaMeet things with some photographers that I really admired,” Tommy Lundberg said. “I got into a place where my feed started to become very artistic. Clearly, it was something that I wasn’t just casually doing.” Since he purchased a professional-grade camera

last August, he’s shot all over the United States, and he’s even started breaking into the international scene. He photographed hipsters dancing at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California, Firefly Festival in Delaware, Arroyo Seco Weekend in Pasadena, California, and Lollapalooza Chicago with Red Bull. He’s been to Hawaii with the Hawaii Tourism Board, Shanghai, China, with W Hotels Worldwide, and in just a couple days, he leaves for Japan to make content for another tourism project. “I’m a new breed of photographer. I’m really just an instagramer. I’m a professional instagramer. People are hiring me to create content for them,” Tommy Lundberg said. Tommy Lundberg and Kate Lundberg speak passionately about their developing careers, but no one takes more pride in their work than their father. He credits Hillsdale College with his kids’ success. “Hey, look — it’s not the starving artist thing. These kids they are really, if not just rockin’ it, they’re doing well in their careers,” Bill Lundberg said. “And that’s a credit to our

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ARTISTIC PASSION RUNS IN THE LUNDBERG FAMILY By | Katherine Scheu Associate Editor When “Wild Bill” Lundberg chats about his three kids and their talents, it’s easy to guess they inherited athleticism from their dad, the face of Charger athletics. Steven, Kate, and Tommy Lundberg grew up a sporty bunch, but they also inherited a lesser-known talent from their father, Hayden Park Fitness Director Bill Lundberg: his gift for art. Now, Kate and Tommy work as professional artists. “My kids’ talents have far surpassed mine,” Lundberg said. “They got their gifts from their grandmothers, actually, and from the Lord.” Kate Lundberg ’11 intertwines fabrics, metals, papers galore at Anthropologie’s Philadelphia headquarters to create decor for each season. Tommy Lundberg ’14 finds unex-

pected angles and aims his camera at exotic colors as he makes creative content for corporate Instagram accounts like Lollapalooza and the Hawaii Tourism Board. Many years before his children decided to pursue art, Bill Lundberg likewise adjusted his education’s trajectory. He studied at a junior college in Michigan and completed two years of pre-professional work in architecture while establishing himself as a runner. When he transferred to the University of Kansas and entered its school of architecture and design, however, he said he felt compelled to change his path. “I was just seeking God — ‘Where do you want me to go? What do you want me to do with my life?’” Bill Lundberg said. “I really felt like I wanted to teach and coach.” As he started his second year in

Kansas, Bill Lundberg changed his major to art education. He went straight into coaching track, and later got his master’s degree in physiology, exercise physiology, and kinesiology. But he still draws cartoons on the whiteboards of his classrooms to lighten the atmosphere in Physical Wellness Dynamics classes. After Kate Lundberg, 30, graduated in 2011, Anthropologie hired her to create store displays for one of its shops in Atlanta. The enterprise has modeled itself after its five muses, which, according to its website, are “soft and delicate; boho chic; easy cool; elegant classic; and modern sporty.” Anthropologie’s creativity and definitive style resonated with the young college graduate. “It was this job where I was going to have to use every single skill set that I had learned from college and a

lot more, a lot of things I had never ventured to use before,” Kate Lundberg said. She has worked as a display manager at the Anthropologie headquarters, its home office, in Philadelphia for the last two years. Even though she set goals to advance within the company soon after she started at Anthropologie, she hadn’t always dreamed of working as an artist and designer. Kate Lundberg said she started college intending to study comparative literature as an English major. She also wanted to walk onto the volleyball team as a sophomore, but the athletic commitments precluded her other endeavors. “I let go of that dream and decided to focus on art,” Kate

Kate Lundberg ‘11 has shown her work, including this piece, in five shows over the last year and a half. Kate Lundberg | Courtesy

(Above) Tommy Lundberg ‘14 makes creative content for coporate Instagram account, and reposts many of his shots on her personal account, @tommylundberg. Tommy Lundberg | Courtesy

Hillsdale’s secret scenic trail

Along the Hillsdale County section of the North Country Trail, hikers walk through well-preserved forests. Mark Naida | Collegian

By | Mark Naida Assistant Editor If you have ever run or walked on the path behind Simpson Dorm that connects to Oak Grove Cemetery, you have traveled part of the lon-

gest National Scenic Trail in the United States. The North Country Trail winds through America’s Northern Heartland for 4,600 miles and, for a small portion, it cuts Hillsdale County into near-perfect halves.

“The North Country Trail has value in Hillsdale because you don’t often feel like you are in an area that is untamed or untouched by farming or by the town,” said senior Matthew Wylie, who has hiked portions of the trail numerous times. The trail, which begins at Crown Point State Historic Site, New York and ends at Lake Sakakawea State Park, North Dakota, runs south from Upstate New York down to Cincinnati and then turns northward through Ohio and Michigan’s lower and upper peninsulas where it veers westward toward the Canadian border and the central Dakota plains. The Hillsdale County section of the NCT is one of the only sections in Southern Michigan without significant stretches of hiking on the side of the road. It is long enough to make a weekend out of hiking and camping in the

well-preserved forests of the area. During spring, summer, and early fall, branches of hickory, birch, and oak trees form a tight canopy over the stretch of trail near Hillsdale, and wildflowers bloom at the margin of the path. Flocks of starlings migrate from tree to tree as grouses, wrens, and ravens call to their lovers hiding behind leaves turning scarlet in the autumn chill. Migrating geese arrange themselves to signal where to head to escape the oncoming chill. “There is one section we have taken the Outdoor Adventures Club to a couple of times,” Outdoor Adventure Club President junior Emma McCormick said. “You feel like you are a lot farther than 15 minutes from campus when you are out there.” As the path breaches the Ohio border, it enters Hills-

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1981: Economics professor Gary Wolfram tied for first in a 10K with his best man, Doug Curtis, before jumping in Curtis’ car and speeding to Wolfram’s wedding the same day. Gary Wolfram | Courtesy

Sloppy Semester to Parents Weekend Chic

By | Madeline Fry

John Speer

3. How hard was it to find your suit? I wasn’t even entirely sure that I’d brought it.

1. How would you describe your midterm-week style? Whatever can soak up the tears.

4. When was the last time you dressed up like this? June.

2. What is the look you’re going for this Parents’ Weekend? Scholarly. In a way that falsely conveys I have my life together.

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5. Do you own an iron? When was the last time you did laundry? Ha. Madeline Fry | Collegian