1.30.14 Hillsdale Collegian

Michigan’s oldest college newspaper

Vol. 137, Issue 14 - 30 Jan. 2014

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Remembering Parke Hayes Hillsdale community mourns the loss of the voice of Hillsdale College basketball Caleb Whitmer Editor-in-Chief The Voice of Charger Basketball fell silent earlier this month.

A lifetime Hillsdale resident, Hillsdale College graduate, longtime radio announcer for WCSR, and active agent in local politics, Parke Hayes, 67, passed away on Jan. 10.

Hayes was, in the words of one WCSR colleague, “the consummate multitasker” – a man of many hats who moved fluidly between the college and the city.

Born at Hillsdale Hospital on April 7, 1946, Hayes grew up in Hillsdale and attended Hillsdale Community Schools before moving up the hill for college.

He pursued his interest in sports journalism early on. During his senior year of college, he simultaneously worked as The Collegian’s sports editor, WCSR news editor? broadcaster, and assistant sports publicity director for the college.

Besides editing The Collegian’s sports section, he also wrote regularly for it, including a weekly column titled, “Short Hops.” Writing at the end of the relatively unsuccessful 1967 football season, Hayes wrote this: “Wanted: One quarterback who can throw accurately most of the time and has, or can secure a SPIRIT MACHINE. Material and rah-rah are two things you have to have to win football games and the Big Blue didn’t have them this year. It’s just that simple, leaving all the technical aspects aside.”

Hayes graduated in 1967 with a political science degree and began working full time at WCSR – which he would do for the next 33 years.

In the late ’60s, Hayes and current general manager of WCSR Mike Flynn shared an apartment together for several months, the two working different shifts at

the radio station “We were the original ‘Odd Couple,’” Flynn said. “He was Felix. He was the neat one.”

Citing the long hours Hayes worked, Flynn praised his colleague’s work ethic.

the course of his career, including the 1980-’81 NAIA basketball finals, the1985 NAIA track and field championship, and the 1985 national football championship.

In 1982, the college hired Hayes to be the public address

was “a no-brainer.”

“He possessed so much of our history just within himself,” Monastiere said. “It’s sad that that’s gone, but he is so fondly remembered and thought of. He is a very, very integral part of history of the last 50 years of athletics here.”

He was also an integral part of the city’s history. An abbreviated list of the public offices he held includes: charter member of the Hillsdale Exchange Club, a 40year board member of the Hillsdale Intermediate School District, several terms as city clerk, district 1 county commissioner, the Hillsdale Community Health Superintendent of Custodial Services Vicky Phetteplace Center advisory board, and many and Physical Plant Director Todd Clow clean up the leak in others. the student activities office. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian) “I think we would all be hardpressed to find someone who was involved in as many community activities as Parke,” said Hillsdale City Manager Linda Brown.

Hayes bridged the divide between the city and college effortlessly. In the later part of his life, library when he heard the alarm Sally Nelson he received many civic and colgoing off. & Kate Patrick legiate honors including the Elks “I was trying to figure out Opinions Editor Distinguished Citizen Award, the where it was coming from and & Collegian Freelancer GLIAC Media Service Award, approached the doors,”Michael and the Tower Award from the A sprinkler line burst in the said. “As I got close, it started to college for leadership and service south entry to the Grewcock sound like a rainforest or a torto the college.

Student Union on Wednesday at rential downpour.”

When the Hillsdale ISD com- 3:05 p.m. What started as a few In A.J.’s Cafe, sophomore pleted construction of their ad- drops quickly turned into a flood Naomi Virnelson had just orministration building in 2007, of water that collapsed ceiling dered coffee when she heard the they named it after Hayes. tiles, flooded the entrance and alarm.

“He was one of the few peo- seeped out from underneath the “See, I was just concerned ple who integrated himself in a door into the student activities because the alarm had gone off strong way in both the college office and the union itself. after I had paid for my coffee but and the city,” Monastiere said.

“Come to find out, the sprin- before I had gotten it,” Virnelson More than 350 people gath- kler line had frozen and expand- said. ered at the First Presbyterian ed the pipe system and eventually At the south entrance to the Church of Hillsdale on Jan. 25 caused the line to burst,” Student Student Union, sophomores Ilana for Hayes’ funeral.

Activities Director Amanda Big- Goehner, Albert Nakayama, and "Though he was weakened in ney said. “Thanks to the very Minte Christiansen stood hudbody, Parke Hayes was one of the speedy maintenance team, the dled together in the cold after exstrongest personalities I've ever problem was taken care of within iting the building. known,” Rev. Patti Beckman an hour and a half.”

“Don’t go in there, you could said. "This room, filled to overMaintenance pumped water die!” Nakayama shouted to stuflowing, bears witness to that." out of the entryway and set up dents trying to enter the union.

-Chris McCaffery contributed fans to dry the floor.

“It’s not new to us. We’ve exto this report.

Junior Dakota Michael was perienced this before,” Christianapproaching the union from the

Student union water pipe bursts

For more than 30 years, Park Hayes ’67 was the voice of Charger basketball at WCSR. He passed away Jan. 10.

Pictured above is his Hillsdale College Hall of Fame plaque in the Roche Sports Complex. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian) “Parke was the consummate multitasker,” Flynn said. “He could do several things at once, do all of them well, and get them all done.”

Hayes was also a sports fanatic – for Detroit teams but especially Charger basketball and football.

He broadcast hundred of Hillsdale games and matches over

announcer at football games, a role he held until 2010.

From the early ’80s on, Hayes also worked for the college on the hill proper as a lecturer in broadcasting. He also coordinated internships for students.

Sports Information Director Brad Monastiere said Hayes’ induction into the Hillsdale College Sports Hall of Fame in 2003

College plans Q&A: Ross King on Leonardo da Vinci Simpson update Hannah Leitner Collegian Reporter The nearly 50 years old Simpson Residence is currently home to 174 men, and with half a century of housing college students comes wear and tear.

As a result, the college plans to update Simpson this summer.

“For Simpson’s age, I think it’s a great dorm,” Simpson House Director Peggy Wilson said. “The housekeepers and maintenance do a great job.”

But even good upkeep begins to lose its effect when the dorm hasn’t been significantly updated since its construction in 1966, Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé said.

On Feb. 6, the Hillsdale College Board of Trustees will be meeting to discuss the funding for the renovations.

“Some dorms are just getting to the point where we need to put some money into them,” Péwé said.

Péwé said the renovations could cost the college an estimated $2.5 million.

“We’ve got a lot of things going on, so we need to have good planning,” he said. “We’re putting it on the schedule now, so that if something happens we will be prepared.”

For the renovations, the college plans to replace plumbing, sinks, floors, lighting, windows and kick out panels, roof panels, and heating and cooling units, as well as applying a fresh coat of

paint.

Péwé said a large portion of the budget would also be going toward mechanical and electrical updates.

The college also hopes to redo the lobby and study areas, add a public kitchen, and possibly add a porch, if the budget allows.

“I’m really excited if they do what they say they are going to do,” Wilson said.

Although freshman Chris Koenigsknecht said he wishes for bigger rooms and a better plumbing system, Simpson is less about the physical building than the atmosphere it possesses.

“I like living here a lot,” Koenigsknecht said. “Everyone is real close, and it’s easy to make friends.”

Wilson said she hopes that this renovation can make the dorm feel like a home away from home.

“I hope they will just brighten it up, give them their own kitchen, and tear up the old carpet,” Wilson said. “All those things would make it feel more like your home than your dorm.”

In addition to the renovation of Simpson, Hillsdale has made multiple additions and improvements to campus within the past year, including the building of the Margot V. Biermann Athletic Center, a gym renovation in the Roche Sports Complex, and many developments in Hayden Park and the Slayton Arboretum.

“Hillsdale has done a lot of

Ross King received his Ph.D. from York University in Toronto in 1992, and now lectures on art and history throughout Europe and North America. He has written on Brunelleschi, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, and, in his most recent book, Leonardo da Vinci.

His books have been nominated for a National Book Critics’ Circle Award, the Charles Taylor Prize, and the National Award for Arts Writing.He has won BookSense Non-Fiction Book of the Year in the United States for “Brunelleschi’s Dome,” as well as the Governor General’s Award in Canada for “The Judgement of Paris.” Born in Canada, King now lives near Oxford, England with his wife Melanie. Compiled

by Amanda Tindall.

When did you become interested in history?

When I was around 11 or 12, my mother took me to the public library. I would come away with my little stack of books. My favorite books when I was about 10 were usually about a boy and his dog, and the adventures they faced on the frontier. I gradually got interested in history during adolescence. I was interested in historical periods and the history of place I lived in, but I was also very interested in Leonardo da Vinci. I knew who he was when I was about 7 or 8 years old. I just sort of always had him in my imagination — partially because he was left-handed and a painter, and I was interested in painting.

Are there any misconcepSee Renovations A3

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tions that people commonly have about da Vinci?

There are lots of misconceptions about da Vinci. For a while, it never occurred to me that he

ing bronze doors in Piacenza, and he didn't get it. It almost boggles your mind to think that there's a hiring committee in Piacenza, and Leonardo's CV comes across

Renaissance CCA speaker Ross King spoke Sunday night on the topic of Leonardo da Vinci. (Carsten Stann/Collegian) could fail. He is often considered the person with the highest IQ in history, an all-concrete genius. I was fascinated to discover that in 1490, he tried to get a job cast-

their desk, and they say, "No, no.

He's not the man for the job."

The other thing that I discovered was that he was really well in his forties before he did the

work that we now know him for.

Had he died in 1494 at the age of 42, which is when he started “The Last Supper,” he would really just be a footnote in history. partly because the paintings that survived that he did before that, the main one being the “Virgin of the Rocks,” which is in the Louvre, might have disappeared unless it had the fame of Leonardo attached to it. If Leonardo was just obscure, that painting may have not survived. And so, I guess it’s heartening in a way, going through all of my projects, the Brunelleschi one, Michaleangeo, Machiavelli, Leonardo, these people being undeniably brilliant, having huge achievements, and deservedly enormous repretations. In some way it’s heartening to think that they were human as well, and to know that they were plagued with selfdoubts. I mean Leonardo, it’s very poignant to consider of him at the end of his life, and saying that he had not done enough.

What hope there is for the rest of us, if Leonardo didn’t make full use of his talents. Arguably, he didn’t because he was trying to do so much. He wasn’t good at just one think. He was good at 50 things, and couldn’t concentrate all of his effort on just one thing, whether it was painting, sculpting, or anatomy. I think there are lessons there for us. If Leonardo da Vinci can fail, so can we. And we can succeed, as he did, in a more modest way.

I noticed that you edited a collection of da Vinci's fables,

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INSIDE Hillsdale in ‘The Bachelor’ Hillsdale alumna Amy Jokinen is kicked off early in the most recent season of the reality TV show. A2

Llama goes viral Terre the Llama becomes an internet sensation. B4

Record SAB trip attendance More than 100 people attended last weekend’s ski trip organized

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‘Perspectives in Photography’ Four accomplished photographers exhibit their work as a part of the Visiting Artist Series. B1

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The Historic Dawn Theater will host a benefit for a deceased community member on Feb. 1.

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Hillsdale grad booted off ‘The Bachelor’ Emmaline Epperson Collegian Reporter

Class of `04 alumna Amy Jokinen appeared on the current season of the hit reality TV show, “The Bachelor.”

Jokinen was sent home early in the show. (Courtesy of Amy Jokinen)

There are always tears on the first night of the reality show “The Bachelor.” After months of training, the bachelor releases a few girls just hours after they arrive at the Bachelor Mansion.

Hillsdale College grad Amy Jokinen, ’04, was one of the unlucky candidates not to receive a rose in episode one.

Despite her disappointment about not having the opportunity to stay on the show, Jokinen said, “I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. I treated it like my bridal time.”

During Jokinen’s brief time on the show, she gave the bachelor, Juan Pablo, a massage.

Jokinen works as a massage therapist in Los Angeles, while also pursuing a career as an actress.

Amber Garrett, from the reality commentary website Wetpaint, said, “Massage therapist Amy J. must have rubbed JP the wrong way, because he sent her to pack up her oils and go.”

Jokinen joked that if she

would have given a massage to Sean Lowe, the previous season’s bachelor, he would have kept her because he is “goofier.”

Jokinen has also received criticism for her tearful reaction after her release from the show.

“The reason we cry is that we shut down our life for two months. I had taken time off of work and paid off all my bills,” she said. “They really prepare you for this romantic thing. And then when there is no chemistry between you and the bachelor and they send you home, it’s troubling and tearjerking.”

Several media outlets also mocked Jokinen for her video introduction. Another commentator from Wetpaint said, “In her packaged intro, she freaked everyone out with her airplane noises and over-exuberance.”

Jokinen said that the introduction portrayed her inaccurately.

“I didn’t go on social media for two weeks. I really was frustrated with the way I was edited,” she said. “But I was

just being goofy.”

Though she had followed the show, Jokinen did not originally have any intention of becoming a contestant on “The Bachelor.” Her cousin sent in a letter and her headshot describing her as the perfect person for the show.

Previously, Jokinen had decided to devote less time to acting in order to focus on her massage therapy. She had recently broken up with a bad boyfriend, and she said that she felt “powerful.”

The producers of the show called her to audition a few weeks later. Jokinen was cast during the interview.

“I pray to God every day for my husband. I was really pumped to go on the show and find love,” she said.

Jokinen said that she describes her time at Hillsdale as the best and worst of her life.

“The education there and the classes that we were required to take, truly stay with you,” she said. “It shaped my decision-making and my ideas of my country. I am eternally grateful for my time there.”

Jokinen was an active mem-

ber of the college theater department and was cast as the lead role in the first play for which she had auditioned.

Jokinen was also a member of Chi Omega sorority. She said that she enjoyed her time in the sisterhood but joked that, “you can gain 30 pounds from eating in that downstairs kitchen.”

Geena Pietrefase, junior and Chi Omega president, said that many members of her sorority watched Jokinen during Christmas break. She also said that no current members of Chi Omega are interested in following in Jokinen’s footsteps and auditioning for “The Bachelor.”

“We know that reality television is not reality,” she said.

Though Jokinen plans to continue to pursue acting, she hopes one day to found a wellness center.

“I think I have a healing gift, and I think that I can make someone better,” she said. “I pray for my clients and hope when they leave me they feel physically and spiritually better.”

Fed moves ice College buys houses on West Street rink warming hut Kate Patrick Collegian Freelancer

Student Federation approved $600 for Campus Health and Recreation to move a warming hut down to the ice skating rink across from Broadlawn on Hillsdale Street. Previously, the ice rink was located on the Quad.

“They moved it to the new place, across from Broadlawn, and that’s replacing the one that was out on the Quad,” said Student Fed President and junior Arielle Mueller. “Usually there wasn’t a warming hut, because last year all the skates were in the Union. So that’s the reason we need a warming hut – so people don’t have to go from the Union all the way to Broadlawn and then come back with the skates and hockey equipment.

It just makes it more convenient for everyone.”

Junior representative Andy Reuss explained why the ice rink was moved this year.

“I think it has to do with the Quad, with how it’s structured,” Reuss said. “It gets flooded very easily. A lot of times they have to redo all the grass. So do we want that to happen in the middle of the campus or a little bit further away?”

Not all the Student Fed members agreed about funding the warming hut. Junior representatives Andy Reuss and Garrett West said Student Fed shouldn’t be giving campus health and rec $600 every year to move a warming hut.

“I think we should fund the move there, but not the move back,” West said.

Reuss and West plan to collaborate with senior Cody Eldredge, director of campus health and rec, to write a letter to the college administration with the intent of creating a more permanent solution for the warming hut.

“I definitely see the utility of the ice skating rink. I think, in the future, Student Fed could definitely justify continuing to fund it, but at the same time, that’s a lot of money that we could spend elsewhere,” Reuss said.

Eldredge said he plans to write a letter to the administration to ask for an increased budget, so campus health and rec won’t have to come to Student Fed every year.

“Campus health and rec has a budget, so basically we’re just going to ask for an increase to cover this cost,” Eldredge said.

Emily Shelton Collegian Reporter

The college recently purchased four houses on West Street with hopes to provide more housing options for students near campus.

The college bought houses located at 240, 244, 246 West St., and also 16 W. College St. Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé said the administration has no plans for the houses immediately, but eventually they would like to provide more housing for college students.

“We have more students living off campus now than would be ideal because enrollment and retention are so good. More students are having to move off campus sooner than would be typical,” Péwé said. “When students want to be around here, we try to make sure we have the housing.”

Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Women Diane Philipp said the administration would like to provide more housing closer to campus.

“History shows us that most students do want to live as close to campus as possible,” Philipp said. “When a house comes up for sale in a good location in

The college purchased these houses at 240, 244, and 246 West St. An additional house was also purchased at 16 W. College St. (Laura Williamson/Collegian) close proximity to campus and is priced affordably, the college typically will look at it and may consider purchasing the property.”

Philipp said the administration has received positive feedback from students of off-campus houses owned by the college, and expects that if more houses were acquired, they would not have trouble filling them.

Péwé mentioned though that the college must consider city zoning laws as they look at properties. The Delta Tau Delta’s fraternity house, located on Fayette Street, was not zoned for student

housing, but Péwé said the city has been helpful and fair in negotiating zoning.

Zoning Administrator Alan Beeker explained that some city residents try to purchase houses close to the college to rent to students; however, a RM-1 district — the zone designated for multiple residential for single families — surrounds the C-1 district which includes necessary zoning for college facilities and housing.

Beeker said he is working with the college to help alleviate the limitations of the RM-1 district.

“One of the ways that it can happen with some of the prop-

erties that the college has purchased is to have them rezoned so they are C-1. Another way is to actually change some of the allowances within the RM-1 district so that within the RM-1 district, student housing would be allowed. That is actually being presented to the planning board decided – but nothing has been decided,” Beeker said.

Péwé said that purchasing the four houses will help them in their plans to make the West Street entrance to campus “at some point more grand for visitors, prospectives, and donors.

We want to improve the areas

Casey Harper Features Editor

people voted on who looked more alike: Clark and Nascar driver Carl Edwards or Professor of Political Economy Gary Wolfram and lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers Anthony Kiedis.

“It does look a lot like him actually,” Clark said.

More serious posts include articles from students like junior and Praxis President Savannah Tibbetts. “Over the summer I got the opportunity to Skype this man who runs a think tank in Europe and a French-speaking blog in Africa,” Tibbetts said. “He knew that I was interested in development econ.”

Tibbetts wrote a post for that man, Emmanuel Martin, about specialty coffee bean growers in Rwanda.

“It was cool to see how his ideas were similar to mine about the free market and the hope that it provides to people in poverty,” Tibbetts said.

Like Noray, Tibbetts sees the potential for the new website.

“I hope to discuss it with the new Praxis officers and see how we can get more of a connection between the two sites,” she said.

Clark also uses Facebook and Twitter for the department. He is optimistic but uncertain about the future of the new site.

“I don’t expect this to be something that goes viral,” Clark said. “Just an extra step to build that community for our econ students, however small it may be.”

The quote at the top of the site’s homepage shows the casual, community-oriented nature of the website.

“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our daily econ, but from the regard of the Hillsdale econ prof’s own self-interest,” the site reads.

You can visit the website at www.hillsdaleecon.com.

Winter of discontent embitters campus Econ department launches online hub Jack Butler Assistant Editor

Sophomore Marie Wathen had been on campus for 24 hours when she broke her leg.

“I was walking back from Benzing, turned onto the Olds walkway, and slipped,” Wathen said. “I knew it was broken immediately.”

Despite a spiral break to both her tibia and fibula, Wathen maintained the presence of mind to call her friend, sophomore Christina Lambert, who drove her to the Hillsdale Community Health Center, where she immediately entered the emergency room.

The break confined Wathen to a wheelchair when up the hill, although she can move through Olds on crutches. In addition to friends who wheel her around campus, campus security drives her up the hill, and warns other students of problem areas, according to Security Director Bill Whorley.

Wathen is not the only one waylaid by ice around campus.

Last year, sophomore Allyn Morrison broke her left ankle, requiring surgery to insert a metal plate. And just two days before Wathen’s spill, junior Luke Hickman fell twice on a run around campus: first, on the driveway of his off-campus home on Oak Street, from which he “might still have scars, or blood”; and again on Montgomery Street, near Oak Grove Cemetery.

Even so, the college maintenance staff tries to keep students safe from severe slippage, according to groundskeeper and equipment manager Rich Alvarez. When his fellow workers expect snow or ice, they wake up as early as 3 a.m. to deploy the college’s four plowed pick-up trucks (and others with salt bags), its sidewalk-salters, brushing stein-

Students walk to class amid piles of snow on the college campus. The extreme cold has prevented the use of more traditional methods of removing ice. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

ers, and toolcats to clear as much snow as possible.

“Every guy has a route to clear, and judges his start time depending on it,” Alvarez said.

“If he gets done early, he’s responsible for helping the other guys.”

Alvarez also said that extreme conditions can complicate the job.

“Since salt doesn’t work in certain temperatures, we use potassium chloride. But often, when it’s really cold, like last

week and this whole winter so far, nothing works,” he said. “I remember once, 11 to 12 years ago, we had a good ice storm in April. We’ll keep the snowplows on until we know we can’t expect snow anymore. We take a lot of pride in our work, and try to keep everyone safe.”

Hickman, for his part, is satisfied with the work of the maintenance crew, and directs his anger at others.

“I don’t blame the school. But I do get irritated at people who

don’t shovel their driveways,” he said. “Come on, lazy people.”

Wathen still feels pain, and remains on medication, but finds herself most surprised by how kind the school community has been to her.

“There are more people than I can count, more people than I can even mention. Hillsdale is really such a family,” she said. “So many people have stepped up to the plate and asked if they can help in any way.”

Rap videos, prestigious internship listings, and articles from students make up the new economics department’s website.

Assistant Professor of Economics Michael Clark created a department website to promote community and job opportunities to Hillsdale’s economics students, both current and former.

“I felt there was a demand, so we needed a supply,” Clark said.

Clark started the site in early December. Lecturer in Economics Lewis Butler helps Clark run the site.

“We’re being really nerdy about econ but having a little fun with it,” he said.

The title “Hillsdale Econ!” in all capital letters at the top of the page captures the feel and purpose of the site.

“My real goal is to help our current students and stay connected with former students,” Clark said.

Clark wants the community to build over time, so that in a few years there is a healthy network of economics graduates who can advise current students and help them find employment.

“I think it’s going to be nice to have a resource by which we can see what other Hillsdale econ students are doing,” said junior Kadeem Noray, economics major and vice president of Praxis, a campus political economy group.

“It could be helpful for younger econ majors to see different avenues econ majors could take.”

Clark plans to post a couple of times a week. The site only costs $10 a year.

“We just try to be a resource for our students,” he said.

Clark is not beyond having some fun with the website. He posted a look-alike contest where

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Cold delays WHIP work

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Sam Scorzo Washington Reporter

For Michigan students, an inch of snow is laughable, but here in Washington, D.C., it’s enough to shut down the city.

Jan. 21 was supposed to be the WHIP students first official day at their internships, but the federal government shut down, causing many businesses and organizations to also call off work or let everyone go home early.

“Our work decides to shut down whenever the federal government does, so I got to work from home,” said sophomore Natalie deMacedo, who interns for The American Spectator magzine. “It was fun to write about Downton Abbey in my pajamas.”

Those who did go to work found that the normally swamped sidewalks, Starbucks, and Metro systems were empty during the morning rush.

“There was hardly anyone going anywhere, it was really weird,” said junior Ashley Wright, who interns at The U.S. Department of State. “The city was strangely quiet.”

Sen. Rand Paul’s office, where junior Olivia Renfroe interns, was one of the few federal offices open.

Renfroe, along with the rest the senator’s staff, spent the snow day giving tours in the Capitol building.

“There were 150 students from a Catholic high school in Kentucky that were supposed to have a tour. We didn’t want to turn them away, and with the fed shut down, there was no one to give it except us,” Renfroe said.

“It was a lot of fun, and I found out that a couple of the people receive Imprimis. Some of them were more interested in Hillsdale than the tour.”

However, the snow was not the only thing out of the ordinary.

According to The Washington Post, D.C. had some of its coldest days this January. The coldest so far was Jan. 7. The day’s lowly 6 degrees Fahrenheit matched a record low set in 1996.

Juniors Korbin Kiblinger, and Casey McKee, sophomore Natalie deMacedo, and Junior Olivia Renfroe brave the cold in Washington, D.C. (Sam Scorzo/Collegian) “I’ve been here for three winters now and this is definitely the coldest,” said Craig Kreinbihl, assistant director of the Kirby Center. “And the problems we’ve been having with the Hillsdale House stem from how cold it’s been.”

The house, like many Capitol Hill townhouses, was built in the 1800s and is not made to withstand this January’s extreme weather conditions.

The week before WHIP students were scheduled to move in for the semester, a pipe burst. To repair the pipe, the water had to be shut off. Unfortunately, Career Services’ Networking in D.C. students were supposed to stay in the house.

“We wanted to let them stay at the house to show them what it would be like to study here,” Kreinbihl said. “With the water complications, we were able to offer them the use of the Kirby Center bathroom and shower. We have contingency plans for everything. That’s the unique thing about being part of the Hillsdale community: we find a way to make it work.”

After repairing the pipes, heat tape was used to protect them

from the cold, a preventative measure never needed before.

But the cold didn’t just wreak havoc on the pipes, it also caused damage to the boilers.

Six boilers are used to heat the apartments, but a few of them weren’t functioning properly.

They needed to be shut down during the days they were being repaired, which made the temperature in the house drop even lower.

After withstanding the cold a couple nights, space heaters were provided for the students until the boilers were completely fixed.

“Like all houses of its age, it will have problems, but it has a charm and character to it,” Kreinbihl said. “Having this house is a great asset to the college, and it really fosters community much more than an institutionalized dorm would.”

Despite the initial problems with their move-in, WHIP students are embracing their house’s character.

“I love the historical and quaint feeling of living in a 19th century home, creaky floors and all,” deMacedo said.

a shower, others went to friends’ homes to avoid sleeping in the putrid smell.

Rose and her roommate were proactive on Sunday night, removing all items from the floor in the event that the sewage in the bathroom would leak into their room. Although nothing in Rose’s room was damaged, she is still Febreezing her room to eliminate any residual stench.

“The water in my bathroom was two inches deep,” Rose said.

“There was some clear water, but there was also some brown stuff.

It smelled really bad.”

Niedfeldt House Director Mary Summa said that water running on the upper floors caused the flooding in the lower floor.

Initially, maintenance believed that it was a clogging problem that prompted the flooding, but the details are still unclear. So far, maintance believes that because the pipes were frozen, that

dismantled the sewage system.

Head RA of Simpson and senior Garrett Holt said that the problems in his building did not have to do with weather but more to do with old plumbing.

“Everything that gets passed down from third and second floor come out on first floor,” he said. “A room on my hall had a sink backed up this week. Their shower started bubbling brown sludge.”

Simpson will not host students during summer sessions in order to perform thorough plumbing overhauls.

“The dorms are really old and they haven’t been repaired for a long time,” Summa said. “They should be a priority because they’re the dorms. That’s where people will live for, sometimes, four years. I think this winter proves that we need to put some money into the dorms.”

to one-up each other and competition. They would tell puns and jokes and witticisms to one another. Leonardo excelled at that.

Besides being brilliant, he was also very funny and witty.

Do you think that da Vinci would see a place for a multifaceted renaissance knowledge in this world today?

I'm sure he'd say, "yes" resoundingly. He wasn't about specialization because he dove very, very deeply into things. The quote that I love from him is, "Study the art of science. Study the science of art." I think Leonardo was one of the first interdisciplinary thinkers, or he was the first one who took it to the extreme. Much of medieval education was very good at making those connections, but Leonardo took it to the next level, where he tried to find connections between and among

the disciplines. Yes, he would be very much in favor of a deep, but very broad, education.

What is your favorite quirk or idiosyncrasy of da Vinci?

He was a very snappy dresser.

He probably owed a lot of money to his tailor. He lived the good life. It took a lot of money to be Leonardo da Vinci. To compare him to Michelangelo, Michelangelo was grimy, dirty, he kept his dog skin boots on when he slept.

When he took off his boots after two months, his skin would come off with it. It was really disgusting. Leonardo was very elegant and he wore nice clothing, lived in beautiful surroundings, and had music playing all the time.

You’d much rather be a house guest with Leonardo than with Michelangelo.

ruined.”

Goehner feared SAGA would be closed for dinner, and said the school should compensate for such an inconvenience to students.

“I think that the school should buy Domino’s pizza for every

student for dinner this evening,” Goehner said.

“A pipe burst somewhere, so they’re not letting people in on the south side,” freshman William Persson said. “Also, it smells really bad.”

they have lost their identity and forgotten their purpose as a college. But with Hillsdale, it’s not so much about the appearance but the quality education.

“Hillsdale ensures that you have a good environment and that you’re surrounded by good people," he said. “There are so many other colleges that have lost it.”

But during the many updates

and improvements, Péwé said he wants to make sure Hillsdale will still keep its mission at the heart of the college.

“The dorms need to help us achieve what we need to achieve socially, but our main focus is on teaching and academics,” Péwé said. “It’s what makes Hillsdale stand out.”

Niedfeldt suffers sewage flood Bailey Pritchett Assistant Editor

It was a bubbling sound that woke junior Laura Rose from her evening nap. Girls down the hall were talking about pipes bursting, so in a half-awake stupor, Rose checked her bathroom to see if she needed to worry. Sure enough, sewage was bubbling from the pipes beneath her sink.

Earlier this week, Niedfeldt Residence was unable to use water due to a bursting sewage pipe.

Simpson Residence also had a sewage leak on the first floor, but the leak did not affect the entire building.

Because using water caused the sewage backup, Niedfeldt residents were instructed not to shower, use their sinks, or use their bathrooms until Hillsdale maintenance could fix the burst pipe. Some girls settled without

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jokes, and riddles. Can you tell me a little bit about those?

That's something that few people know about. We know him as an architect, a painter, a would-be sculptor, and an inventor. All these things have entered the public consciousness. One of the things that didn't is the fact that he wrote. Through that book, I wanted to give a portrait of him in the court of Milan. He was a very successful courtier. He was an entertainer. It was almost as if he was a jester. Milan had a very sophisticated court. That’s one of the reasons why he tried to learn Latin. When you have a group of very intelligent people exchanging ideas, and everyone’s trying

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“I heard it was also in Amanda Bigney’s office,” Nakayama said.

“I just hope the mail didn’t get

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things very student-centered in the past 10 years that have been good for the college as a whole,” Péwé said.

Péwé said that many time colleges now have to focus on how attractive their campus is because

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weekend.”

Ham agreed.

“I think they should get us off campus more often,” she said.

The Office of Health and RecVentrella thought the ski trip a reation, a subdivision of the stusuccess and looks forward to fudent activities office, organized ture activities. a ski trip Jan. 25 to Bittersweet “I had a great time,” he said, Ski Lodge. This was its second “and it does get me excited when ski trip. Last year, 45 students I hear about them putting on attended, but 100 large scale events that students particireach out to the entire pated in Saturcampus.” day’s trip.

Bigney said the StuAmanda Bigdent Activities Office ney, director of recognizes that students student activities, want to get off campus said that last year’s once in a while. trip only needed “We want to be able Hillsdale’s biggest to offer at least one bus and a few cars. off-campus activity per This year, the ofsemester,” she said. fice chartered two “We’re thinking about buses for the alldoing some sort of day ski trip. paintball activity in the “We started spring. Details haven’t thinking about been hashed out for this last spring,” that.”

Bigney said. “BeThe Student Activicause we got such Sophomores Christina Lambert, Anna Barhanovties Office, in addition a great response ich, Betsy Thistleton, and Elizabeth Green enjoy to more off-campus we’re hoping to do the slopes. (Courtesy of Christina Lambert) events, would like to more off campus organize more Student activities.”

“We do all the little stuff,” ID deals so that Hillsdale stuSenior KC Ham went snow- Bigney said. “We try to make it dents have more affordable acboarding last week for her sec- as easy and affordable and well tivities available in the surroundond time, and said she appreci- organized as possible.” ing area. ated Health and Rec’s efforts.

Sophomore Kirklan Ventrella Bigney said that her office “I thought it was great,” she enjoyed the break. wants students’ help coming up said, “$30 for a lift ticket, rental, “Skiing is an expensive hob- with ideas for future activities. transportation, and lunch was re- by,” he said, “so it was fantastic “We can only come up with so ally good.” to be able to go skiing, be on a much,” she said. “Hopefully we The Student Activities Office slope, even though it was only can do more in the next couple tries to keep an eye out for good 300 feet high. It was a blast to be years as interest grows and the prices, Bigney explained. For able to get out of Hillsdale for a budget grows.”

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the ski trip, Student Federation helped subsidize transportation.

The Campus Health and Rec office subsidized the rental and lift tickets. In order to keep things as simple as possible, and let students just enjoy the day, the office helped ensure that students’ filled out their paperwork as soon as possible before the actual trip.

Deadline for off-campus housing approaches Tomorrow marks the last day for students to apply for off-campus housing for the fall semester.

Students who wish to live off campus in the fall must apply in the dean’s office by tomorrow to be considered. Students who are participating in WHIP or another study abroad program and who wish to live off campus the following semester must also apply to be considered.

Students must provide student ID, name, Greek system affiliation, housing preference, and the signup date.

Dean of Women Diane Philipp said that after the deadline, the registrar’s office helps rank students according to the highest number of Hillsdale credits. This is because so many students were transferring in credits from other institutions that sophomores were bumping juniors off the list.

“This is okay with registration,” Philipp said, “but for housing, our goal is to let oldest students off first.”

Since members of the Greek system must live in their respective houses for at least one semester, they are encouraged to do this before they live off campus. Residence halls house students according to seniority first, and then current GPA within that class.

Philipp said that roughly 300 to 325 students get off-campus permission. This number is approximate because so many students sign up at the last minute. It also depends on the incoming class, the ratio of males to females, and the dorm space needed to house the males or females.

“Some like living off campus, some like it on campus,” Philipp said. “It is personal preference.”

Students will be notified on February 28 if they have earned permission to live off-campus. Some students who gain permission end up declining, so the next person on the list is notified. Philipp said that this number can change up to 30 people. Students are welcome to see where they fall on the list.

“Housing is like a jigsaw puzzle,” Philipp said. “Somehow it always works out, but it is a little complicated.”

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Why my grandmother hates my boyfriend When my grandmother heard he was from Nebraska, she called him a “damn Yankee.”

She is still bitter than I didn’t go to school south of the MasonDixon line. My decision to go to Mary Proffit Kimmel Hillsdale was a slap in the Student Columnist face to her. She couldn’t understand and asked, indignant, “Aren’t any of our schools good enough for you?” “Our” is the confederacy, of course, and everything is a question of honor and offense.

At my send-off party, my family was drinking mimosas, and my dad proposed a toast to Hillsdale. Mimi said, “It will be a cold day in Hell before I toast to Hillsdale.” The evil North was taking her baby girl away from her to be corrupted

by New Englanders and intellectuals.

Matters worsened when I started dating a Northerner. Carl visited me over Christmas break and attempted to break down my grandmother’s walls of hostility. He lost some points because he doesn’t stand up when a lady enters the room or wait till a lady sits to sit himself. But then he and my grandmother bonded over drinking Scotch on the rocks, which she does every evening while watching Bill O’Reily and Mike Huckabee.

But even with similar liquor preferences, Mimi was still skeptical. When she heard that Carl wants to go to graduate school and become a professor, she replied, “Why can’t he be something respectable like a doctor or a lawyer?” Questions we all ask.

My grandmother’s vision for my future may be colored by the fact that she was the perfect ’50s housewife. She had a nanny raise the kids, but she could make a mean pound cake with one arm behind her back. My grandfather was a doctor — how respectable — and famous for his mint juleps. They made a perfectly sociable couple for the upper middle class of the South.

Mimi is a woman of her time, but she believes that certain principles are timeless. For example, women should not drive trucks. Whenever I visit her, I sheepishly park my dad’s red Ford F-150 out of view of her window. Raised in Virginia, Mimi insists that she is “Southern” and not “country.” So I try to mask my Alabama twang with a thick, cultured drawl when we sit and gossip about cotillions and country clubs.

Mimi has tried to make me polished and genteel like herself, but sometimes this project of femininity, reserve, and modesty has failed. While I was home over break, she commented on my outfit, “That’s a lovely dress. I’m sorry they didn’t have it in your size,” indirectly scolding me for showing my knees.

Back home, my mother and grandmother have the same housemaid. This nice, older lady taught me how to make my bed and how to polish silver. I remember a summer day in my childhood when Miss Willie Mae told me, “You’re a woman now. You need to learn how to iron your pants.” So we started the rite of passage into womanhood in the laundry room, ironing my linen capris.

Mimi wishes for me this life of luxury, of maids and yacht clubs, of bridge games and dinner parties. It is understandable that Mimi would wish such a life of leisure for me, as the wife of a doctor or a lawyer. When I tried to explain to Carl this leisurely sort of life I had been prepared for by my upbringing, he seemed confused. He said, “You know can’t just throw and attend parties as an occupation, right?” Carl introduced me to the concept of working for a living. So I decided I will either be a teacher or a nurse, both of which my grandmother finds acceptable as traditional women’s careers.

From the Archives: CCAs and Beyoncé When music critic and this week’s CCA speaker Will Friedwald decided to start his Monday night lecture with a clip from Beyoncé Knowles’ “Fever,” he had no idea what he was getting himself into.

Two elderly CCA participants vocally challenged Friedwald during his evening address. Both men communicated their frustrations in the middle of the event.

Staff and administrators said they’ve never seen anything like it.

Knowles, silhouetted against a white backdrop danced to the

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The CCAs that should exist The opinion of The Collegian editorial staff

With the Rennaissance done, and a semester of enlightenment ahead of us, The Collegian offers campus 10 ideas –– rediscovered from antiquity –– for future CCA topics.

1.Why Obama is wrong It’s what we all, most of all the “Friends of the College,” really want. In all seriousness, Obama just had a terrible year with the NSA, IRS, Benghazi, and the healthcare rollout.

2. The history of Hillsdale College Accounts of Hillsdale College’s history hit familiar beats: founded in 1844 by Free-Will Baptists, high Civil War per-capita soldier contributions, rejecting federal funding after a bitter legal battle. But what fascinating — and surprising — historical anecdotes fill the massive gaps in this narrative? The college com-

thors Not only is it an excuse for Southern literature enthusiasts to indulge their affection for Cormac McCarthy and Marilynne Robinson, but Bob Dylan’s 2008 appearance in the Special Awards category would give us the opportunity to revisit Highway 61. And who wouldn’t want that?

7. Children’s literature As anyone who’s taken Professor of Education Daniel Coupland’s class can tell you, literature written for children is filled with material worthy of the scholarly halls of Hillsdale. Although, let’s be honest. It would basically be a ploy to get Anthony Esolen back.

8. Fantasy films.

We had a “Science Fiction Films of the 1950s” CCA in the spring of 2012. Why not complement it with a fantasy film CCA? The genre never enjoyed a specif-

ic decade of prominence, but has had hits in every decade of cinema that have shaped our culture and imaginations.

9. The new media In the lifetime of current Hillsdale students, newspapers have gone from profitable staples of every household to entities struggling to survive, cable news has invaded airports and doctors’ offices, and the Internet has changed how we consume news. With everyone trying to predict what comes next, we should make our own prognostications.

10. Marx We’re overdosing on free markets, people. Why not dispel the strawman approach to Marx and engage in a bit of friendly communist debate? Set aside the supply and demand graphs and pick up the “Manifesto” –– let’s not be close-minded, folks.

Do away with the log books, security topic turned into real concern on a recent bitterly-cold Saturday night. On this particular evening, I was at the bar, enjoying a drink with a few friends. After finishing the one drink I could afford, the conversation turned to going out to parties that night. My friends contemplated continuing their evenings at any number of privately held parties around Hillsdale’s campus. While I debated whether to join them, the cold weather had me contemplating cuddling with all my pillows and watching Netflix. How could I possibly be expected to go out in that kind of weather?

Perhaps Hillsdale security would be kind enough to come to my rescue at the end of the night.

We’ve been told since freshman year that Hillsdale College Security is more than willing to offer rides home to students, whether it be too cold or the students too drunk. It’s no wonder, too.

There’s not much else for them

to secure around campus; an old Overheard at Hillsdale post quoting the radioing of a mosquito bite comes to mind. I wondered, then, why I’d never used security as a last resort?

Oh, I remember, how can I trust security when I suspect the administration are joined at the hip? The security staff keeps logs of when they give rides to and you would have to be naïve to think that the administration has no interest in who calls in for a ride, if they’re drunk, and if they’re underage or not.

Perhaps it’s the skeptical Hillsdalian in me, but why would security need to keep logs, if for no other reason than to give the administration grounds for intervention, warranted or not? I suppose logs may be a check against any wrongdoings by those on staff and protection for the staff from false accusations, but I digress. The administration’s con-

Like so many rule makers, they’ve forgotten to take into account incentives.

Martha Ekdahl Student Columnist The administration’s relationship with security is unsettling.

Not in quite the same way as the Obama administration’s relationship with the NSA is unsettling, but close.

The source of my unease is the log book security keeps on who they give rides home on weekends and during the week. My formerly casual interest in this

cern is not unfounded, and I’ll be the first one to say they have our best interest at heart. But like so many rule makers, they’ve forgotten to take into account incentives.

Putting myself in their shoes, I’d think keeping logs might deter students from asking security for rides post-drinking for fear of repercussions ranging from a concerned conversation to disciplinary action. I would argue the incentive is toward drinking in spite of administrative consequences and turning to alternatives, such as getting behind the wheel or walking home in the cold, perhaps even alone. A note on the last one: chivalry may not be dead on Hillsdale’s campus, but it hibernates on most cold winter nights.

If the administration wants to promote responsibility and a trusting relationship between college and students, they would stay out of the logs and do away with them, if possible. Rethinking incentives would go a long way to protecting Hillsdale students in their leisure time, offering work experience to the security staff, and getting me away from Netflix to enjoy real social interaction.

HOLLYWOOD, PROPAGANDA, AND LIBERAL POLITICS

Jonah Goldberg Syndicated Columnist The legendary media tycoon William Randolph Hearst believed America needed a strongman and that Franklin D. Roosevelt would fit the bill. He ordered his newspapers to support FDR and the New Deal. At his direction, Hearst’s political allies rallied around Roosevelt at the Democratic convention, which some believe sealed the deal for Roosevelt’s nomination.

But all that wasn’t enough.

Hearst also believed the voters had to be made to see what could be gained from a president with a free hand. So he financed the film “Gabriel Over the White House,”

The Uses of a

blues song for several minutes in a leotard and high heels.

Liberal Arts A few seconds before the song ended, a man walked towards the Education stage and shouted at Friedwald, “I didn’t come here to watch pornography, you ass!”

The stunned Friedwald responded with an apology, but the attendee had already walked out.

At the end of the evening, another attendee spoke up, complaining of the focus on “Fever,” repeating that he had expected to by Forester hear a broader range of songs.

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munity would benefit from discovering.

3. Beyoncé See “From the Archives.”

4. The Roarin’ ’20s and Prohibition When the film adaptation of “The Great Gatsby” was released in May 2013, interest in the roaring ’20s and Prohibition skyrocketed. Because everyone seems to love dressing up as Daisy and Gatsby, a CCA offers the perfect opportunity to put on those flappers, feathers, and bow-ties.

5. Napoleon Bonaparte He invaded Russia. He laid siege to everything under the sun, and it took exile on a desolate island to keep him from following in Alexander the Great’s footsteps. Also, it takes a lot for a 5’ 6” man to look imposing, but he managed it.

6. Pulitzer-Prize-winning au-

McClatchtey

starring Walter Huston. The film depicts an FDR look-alike president who, after a coma-inducing car accident, is transformed from a passive Warren Harding type into a hands-on dictator. The reborn commander in chief suspends the Constitution, violently wipes out corruption and revives the economy through a national socialist agenda. When Congress tries to impeach him, he dissolves Congress.

The Library of Congress summarizes the film nicely. “The good news: He reduces unemployment, lifts the country out of the Depression, battles gangsters and Congress and brings about world peace. The bad news: He’s Mussolini.”

Hearst wanted to make sure the script got it right, so he sent it to what today might be called a script doctor, namely Roosevelt.

FDR loved it, but he did have some changes, which Hearst eagerly accepted. A month into his first term, FDR sent Hearst a thank-you note. “I want to send you this line to tell you how pleased I am with the changes you made in ‘Gabriel Over the White House,’” Roosevelt wrote.

“I think it is an intensely interesting picture and should do much to help.”

I bring up this tale to note that Hollywood has never been opposed to propaganda. When Hollywood’s self-declared auteurs and artistes denounce propaganda as the enemy of art, almost invariably what they really mean is

“propaganda we don’t like.”

Consider the film “Lone Survivor,” which tells the true story of heroic Navy SEALs in Afghanistan. The film has been denounced by some critics; a “jingoistic, pornographic work of war propaganda,” in the words of one reviewer. Richard Corliss of Time chimed in: “That these events actually happened doesn’t necessarily make it plausible or powerful in a movie, or keep it from seeming like convenient propaganda.” Similar complaints (from non-conservatives, at least) about antiwar films made during the George W. Bush years are much harder to find.

Similarly, if Demi Moore proclaimed, “I pledge to be a servant to our president,” at the dawn of the Bush presidency, it would have created a career-ending firestorm.

When it was owned by GE -- a company with billions of dollars invested in subsidy-dependent alternative energy technologies -- NBC began its “Green Week,” seven days of sitcoms, sports shows and even news programs doing their part for the cause.

There was nary a word of protest from TV critics or supposedly independent writers and producers about the corruption of art. I wonder, if Fox announced a “pro-life week,” whether the same crowd would yawn as conspicuously.

In the book, “Primetime Propaganda,” author Ben Shapiro quotes many TV producers boasting about blacklisting con-

servative actors and shilling for liberal issues. As Shapiro notes, perhaps no figure was more upfront -- or successful -- at yoking art to political proselytizing than Norman Lear, the creator of “All in the Family,” “The Jeffersons” and other shows.

Which is fitting. Last fall, the California Endowment, which is spending millions to promote the Affordable Care Act, gave $500,000 to the Norman Lear Center at USC to work on ways to get Hollywood to do its part.

In February, the center will cosponsor with the Writer’s Guild of America an event in New York titled “The Affordable Care Act: Comedy, Drama & Reality,” about portraying Obamacare in TV and film. The Obama administration, naturally, will be sending an emissary to help.

It’s doubtful this will have any significant effect. The rollout has made its impression, and the changes wrought by Obamacare in the individual lives of millions of Americans won’t be erased by a very special episode of “The Big Bang Theory.” But it’s a useful reminder that Hollywood is always eager to lend its services -- for the right president.

Jonah Goldberg is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and editor-at-large of National Review Online. You can write to him in care of this newspaper or by e-mail at goldbergcolumn@ gmail.com, or via Twitter @JonahNRO.

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Christmas break is too long

In our early twenties, we have more energy than we will ever have again. We have chosen to spend four years pouring that energy into learning A few days after the new year so that we can go out into the world begins, Hillsdale students across the better prepared for an adult life - a country start to long for snowy grey life where most of us will never get a Michigan, with slush on the sidevacation longer than two weeks. walks, and friends huddled around And we prepare the heater in an offourselves for this life campus house. As our by watching Netflix hearts turn toward the A three-week vacation for a month. alma mater, we begin would be just long Christmas is a to realize something welcome respite from enough to spend time unexpected: Christmas all the stress, but by Break is too long. with family, rest from the third week, most “What?” you may us are ready to get the stress of hell week of ask. “Why would I back into the swing want to be in Hillsdale and finals week, and of things. So why not any longer?” return after . . . wait But be honest with gorge ourselves on for it . . . three weeks? yourself: By the third Christmas cookies.

Summer will week, most of us have come soon enough already started pack(sooner, if we shorten ing our bags, anticipatChristmas Break), ing a return to friends along with summer jobs, internships, and classes. classes, study abroad, and beaches.

It’s not that we don’t want to be But for the school year, we need to with our families, but here we have keep our minds sharp. We need a responsibilities, activities, and our reason to wake up in the morning, closest friends. We are building even if that reason is a looming paper four years of our lives around this deadline, and even if we’ve already academic institution, and Hillsdale been up since the previous morning. quickly starts to feel like our home.

A three-week vacation would be But falling smack-dab in the middle just long enough to spend time with of every school year, Christmas Break family, rest from the stress of hell - fattening, lazy, and a whole month week and finals week, and gorge long - seriously interrupts the flow. ourselves on Christmas cookies. But it Four weeks is just shy of the time would be short enough to reunite with necessary to pick up temporary emfriends a week earlier, avoid mental ployment or a gym membership. Yet it atrophy, and prepare ourselves for is just long enough to turn our minds a world where only the French take and midsections to mush. four-week vacations.

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Replace war on drugs with war of ideas S.W.A.T. raids and fines less effective than conversations and arguments Caleb Whitmer Editor-in-Chief Marijuana legalization frees up police resources that have for many years been wasted on a nearly impossible to enforce prohibition policy. That should be celebrated.

Actual use of the drug, however, should not be.

As other states consider following Colorado and Washington state’s decision to legalize pot, parents, educators and lawmakers should actively oppose marijuana use on the same — and entirely justifiable — grounds that they discourage excessive drinking, smoking, playing video games for too long, and eating three packs of Oreos in one sitting.

Smoking marijuana is unhealthy — far unhealthier than its advocates will admit. Smokers often claim — and I say this from my own experience — that smoking is no worse than alcohol in its negative effects on the body. Indeed, the president himself recently said so in an interview with “The New Yorker.”

While that sentiment may in a sense be true — a stoned-out-of-his-mind hippie strikes a far less threatening image than, say, a belligerent drunk — it marginalizes the very real and harder to quantify health risks that marijuana use poses: that is, its effect on the brain.

The American Medical Association associates smoking with increased

rates of anxiety, mood, and psychotic thought disorders. Additionally, smoking poses a particular threat to a young person’s IQ and general neurocognitive performance.

It’s a point of stoner dogma that, unlike hard drugs or cigarettes, marijuana isn’t addictive. While the physical and psychological effects of marijuana withdrawal are not on the same level as, say, heroin, that claim is still false.

For “Psychology Today,” Dr. Wesley Boyd writes that, “being addicted to something is more than simply being physically dependent on a drug and experiencing physiological effects if the drug is stopped suddenly. ‘Addiction’ refers to behaviors that are compulsive, partially out of control or worse, and often escalating in severity and intensity.”

Marijuana makes its user feel good, and just like anything else that makes a person feel good – smoking, sex, eating – it carries the risk for unhealthy dependence on feel-good chemicals.

But while cultural norms encourage moderation in alcohol and food consumption, how will norms adjust to a substance like marijuana, with which a man is either all high or all sober?

Like heroin, meth, and cocaine, marijuana is an all-or-nothing ordeal.

While not nearly as corrosive as those harder drugs, it encourages within the user a mentality that he must dramatically alter his brain chemistry in order to have a good time. It’s the difference between going into a night with the in-

tention of drinking socially or setting out to get absolutely, no-doubt-aboutit, stick-a-fork-in-him hammered.

That’s what makes comments like the ones the President made to “The New Yorker” so naïve. President Obama, who danced with Mary Jane in his youth, said that he doesn’t believe smoking marijuana is any more dangerous than drinking.

He added that “it’s not something [he] encourages” and is “a waste of time,” but the damage is done. Smokers everywhere have it straight from the president: smoking is no more dangerous than alcohol, whether that means a beer or two with dinner or a 30-rack with dessert.

Be that as it may, a stoner-filled society is by no means a foregone conclusion, and, on the whole, legalization is a good thing. The American Civil Liberties Union estimates annual enforcement of marijuana laws costs taxpayers about $3.6 billion. If the legalization fad spreads from Colorado and Washington to the other 48 states of the union, American law enforcement will be better for it.

Legalization strips away the chief of moral proselytizing cop outs — that is, “it’s illegal, so just don’t do it.” If they want to keep kids away from weed, all people anti-drug must replace S.W.A.T. raids and fines with honest conversation and arguments.

The war on drugs must become a war of ideas. Only then is will it be a war worth fighting.

‘The Bachelor’ gets love completely wrong Morgan Delp Sports Editor While college basketball fans devote hours to creating the perfect March Madness bracket, others in America create “Bachelor Brackets.”

These brackets, a feminine version of Fantasy Football, allow fans of ABC’s “The Bachelor” to predict and track winners of the reality show.

An enormous following has made the series one of the most successful reality television franchises. It is in its 12th year and 18th season, with offshoots in 13 other countries. The show revolves around an eligible bachelor, who is tasked with choosing his future wife — or at least girlfriend — through a series of elimination-style dates.

The show has even touched Hillsdale’s culture, as one of the current season’s contestants graduated in 2004 as a member of the theater department and Chi Omega sorority.

The show, which plays like a car wreck in that you almost can’t help but watch the sheer horror, shows what is wrong with the culture of love today.

While the show has avoided sexism — thanks to “The Bachelorette,” ABC’s sister program — it presents the epidemic to which so many in today’s society have fallen victim: everyone NEEDS to be in love. Having a significant other is the definition of happiness.

First of all, the show is downright phony. Contestants are forced by producers to act a certain way in order to create character archetypes and attract audiences. Many have attested to this after their time on the show. Creator Mark Fleiss even confessed this truth on a “20/20” special on March 5, 2010.

Even if contestants were not prodded to act obnoxious or reserved or head-over-heels in love with Mr. Bachelor, forcing the “falling in love” process could never happen naturally

on “group dates” — which actually mean one man and three women — or with the eyes of the world watching.

Most viewers of basic intelligence understand the Hollywood-esque quality of the fabricated series, but even still, that people condone this attempt at “love” is indicative of a society that has love all wrong.

Modern literature, pop music, and movies all revolve around the importance of “being with” another person.

Lyrics that croon, “Baby, I need you” and “My life would suck without you” imply that a life without a boyfriend or girlfriend is an empty life. This is simply not true.

In Rachel Bertsche’s novel, “MWF Seeking BFF,” she provides evidence from countless studies that affirm that it is not relationships with significant others that provide the most happiness and affirmation in a person’s life.

Study after study showed that meaningful friendships provided the test subjects with the most fulfillment.

Of course, loving another romantically is not a bad thing. But it is not the act of merely “finding” or “having” a boyfriend or girlfriend that is important, like society might have young people believe. Real relationships take work and commitment — more than accepting a rose requires.

Going on a show like “The Bachelor” proves that going to extreme measures to “find love” is acceptable.

It shows that kissing 25 girls a day will surely help you decide which one is “right” for you. After all, that must be why the only couple still together are last season’s winners (for a whopping one year), and why all the other relationships failed, many before their season had even aired, right?

Viewers must stop glorifying a movement that advocates desperation, fraud, and empty “love,” before “March Madness” takes on a meaning truly representative of its name.

Beyoncé is no feminist Sally Nelson Opinions Editor

Inexplicably, the queen has become a feminist icon.

Last year, “British Vogue” gave her cover space as a “modern-day feminist.” Just two weeks ago, the hip-hop singer wrote an essay called “Gender Equality is a Myth” for Maria Shriver’s latest installment of The Shriver Report, a women-focused media initiative.

But nothing about Beyoncé’s music promotes treating women well or respecting femininity apart from sexappeal. Rather, the artist also known as “Sasha Fierce” produces overly-sexual music that objectifies and belittles women, akin to the work of Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry.

Just this Sunday, the singer sang hit song “Drunk in Love,” writhing on stage in a lingerie-esque bodysuit. Her husband, notably fully-dressed, danced against her, strikingly reminiscent

of Miley Cyrus’ controversial VMA performance with Robin Thicke.

Worse still, “Drunk in Love” includes a shocking, borderline horrific, reference to Jay-Z treating his wife as if he were convicted rapist Mike Tyson. Immediately after, the rapper sings, “Eat the cake, Anna-Mae,” a line hinting at the time Ike Turner angrily smashed a piece of cake into Tina Turner’s face, as Forbes Magazine reported.

Even the ever-popular “Single Ladies” subverts the empoweredwoman image Beyoncé projects. In the song, she is in relationship entirely controlled by a man and dances “in da club” against some guy. The only way she can, as a woman, control her own life is dancing up on someone.

Inarguably, Beyoncé makes incredible music unlike any other female musician today.

No matter what she claims, the queen is no different from other pop stars in the way she represents what it means to be a woman.

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Much ado about something When you rewrite Shakespeare, it isn’t Shakespeare any more Tory Cooney Senior Reporter Shakespeare is not a wardrobe’s worth of ruffs and farthingales bundled together by antiquated content and lit by tallow candles. Good productions of his plays highlight this, helping modern audiences transcend the language and cultural barriers that can make his writing difficult to appreciate.

But how far is too far? The Abridgement? The Adaptation? The Re-write?

I’m not saying that I disapprove of people taking Shakespeare’s plots and characters and putting them into a modern setting with modern words, which appears to be our theatre department’s plan for “Much Ado About Nothing”. It’s a wonderful way to make his work accessible to people who, otherwise, wouldn’t touch one of his plays with a 39 and 1/2 foot pole.

But there are other ways to make Shakespeare accessible without losing his words.

The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is, in essence, an Art Deco temple to the Bard, complete with marble friezes, intricate tile work, and a beautiful theater, where William Shakespeare is honored how he ought to be: through the performance of his work.

The one production I managed to see there was The Taming of the Shrew. Even though it was my least favorite Shakespearean comedy at the

time, I felt compelled to take advantage of the opportunity regardless.

The director set the action in saloon somewhere Out West during the late 1800s, made the traditionally male Baptista a whisky-swilling, tough-asnails businesswoman, and completely changed my mind about the play.

By shifting the location and time period of Shakespeare’s plays, or even the sex of the characters, directors can emphasize different themes already present in the text and highlight subtle nuances that might escape a modern audience.

But most importantly, they can reveal the timelessness of Shakespeare’s words. Because, at the end of the day, that’s what makes Shakespeare Shakespeare. When that changes, it’s no longer actually Shakespeare. It can be “based on” or “inspired by,” but it’s not Shakespeare straight-up.

“Ten Things I Hate About You,” based on “The Taming of the Shrew” and starring Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger (RIP), is an excellent example — and also an excellent movie. While my high school friends wouldn’t watch the movie version of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” if I payed them (even though it features the brilliantly hilarious Stanley Tucci as Puck), they’d happily watch “Ten Things” every weekend for a month.

However, I would never claim “Ten Things” to be “Shakespeare.”

To be honest, if caffeinated and sleepdeprived enough, I would probably round on anyone who suggested oth-

erwise and start calling them “mammering clotpoles” or “muling, rampallian hedge-pigs.”

“Much Ado About Nothing” is my all-time favorite Shakespearean play.

Partly because it’s the one that made me fall in love with Shakespeare in the first place, but also because it’s laugh-out-loud funny, with the pattering banter of a black-and-white 1940s screwball comedy.

Joss Whedon’s recent modernization — not coincidentally filmed in black-and-white — took advantage of Shakespeare’s amazing script to create a fresh, funny, and completely contemporary rom-com.

Beyond the pronouns needed to make a few characters’ gender changes consistent, he only changed one word to do it, too. The wide lace collar known as “rebato” a few hundred years ago obviously failed to keep its place in fashion, so Whedon chose to replace it with the word “gown.”

Engaging, relevant productions of Shakespeare’s plays are completely possible. Clever, entertaining productions inspired by Shakespeare are also possible. They’re different, and shouldn’t be confused, but an audience can benefit from both.

Hillsdale theater can make “Much Ado About Nothing” more accessible by changing the setting. They can make it much more accessible by modernizing the language. But when you rewrite Shakespeare, it isn’t Shakespeare any more.

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Community to host benefit for family of Logeman Sally Nelson Opinions Editor The Historic Dawn Theater will host a benefit concert for recently deceased Hillsdale resident, Jake Lodgeman, this Saturday, Feb. 1.

Funds raised will be given to Logeman’s family and girlfriend, Tiffany Lambright.

“Jake was a really neat guy. Everybody loved him,” said Peg Williams, Logeman’s former coworker at the Dawn Theater.

Logeman worked as a bartender at various restaurants and venues in and around Hillsdale, most recently at Broad Street Downtown Market and Tavern.

“I’m sure that there are a lot of people hurting from Jake’s loss who probably weren’t great friends with him, but he made you feel like you were,” Logeman’s friend Jeff Rowe said. “He just had that easy way with people, whether you knew him for 10 minutes or 20 years.”

After Logeman was initially hospitalized because of a brain aneurysm, his friends Kristi Moore, Theresa Slovacek, and Jessica Sorrell decided to create a raffle in order to

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pay for his treatment.

“We want to show that we care, and that we’re trying to help in some way,” Moore said. “Nobody should need to go through this.”

The women contacted Williams looking for assistance finding sponsors for the raffle.

“I told them that I can go one step up by hosting a benefit. It’s something I know how to do,” Williams

said. “That phone call was at 7:30 p.m. and by 9 p.m. it was organized.”

Four bands will perform: Chris Temple; Scotty Butters; The Dance Floor Freaks; and Silver Tongued Devils.

“All of the bands performing are Jake’s favorite,” Williams said. “The Dance Floor Freaks are officially broken up, but they’re doing one fi-

nal performance for Jake.”

Rowe, drummer and one of three vocalists for Silver Tongued Devils, said that the band will play fun, party music to “keep everybody dancing,” like “Jake liked.”

“I followed him from place-toplace where he worked, and he followed me from place-to-place in my music,” Rowe said.

For the raffle, friends and local businesses donated more than 20 items, from a Pub and Grub sweatshirt and beanie to a hand-painted ceramic pot.

“We’re still taking donations if anyone would like to help,” Moore said. “Also, tickets will be for sale until the night of the benefit because we aren’t doing the drawing until a little later.”

Cavoni’s Pizza & Grinders will provide buffet-style dinner. Fifty percent of both the bar and raffle proceeds will be donated.

The Dawn Theater will open its doors at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1.

Tickets will cost $10 at the door, and raffle tickets are available at: Broad Street Downtown Market and Tavern, Cavoni’s Pizza & Grinders, and Here’s to You Pub & Grub.

Hillsdale Community Foundation distributes winter awards Vivian Hughbanks Collegian Reporter

On Jan. 3, 2014, the Hillsdale County Community Foundation announced the recipients of its biannual, winter grant awards.

Many local nonprofits competed in a rigorous application and selection process for a portion of the foundation’s $39,618 to use for projects that are required to benefit a large number of Hillsdale County residents.

“It’s helped us tremendously,” said Diane Smith, a member of the Litchfield War Memorial Planning and Oversight Committee.

After the war memorial’s planning committee spent the winter raising money, the HCCF awarded them another $5,000, bringing the total raised to $63,000. The memorial will commemorate every branch of the military, and construction will begin in the spring at the memorial’s site in Litchfield’s Riblet Park.

Another $10,000 was granted for a new emergency generator at the Hillsdale County Senior Services Center. Despite the generator’s high price of $200,000, Finance Director Vikki Reynolds-Boyd remains optimistic about reaching the

Center’s goal.

“We are really close to meeting our challenge grant,” Reynolds-Boyd said, “down to $11,000.”

Other nonprofits were awarded smaller monetary grants, but they are just as beneficial for meeting the groups’ needs.

For example, King’s Kupboard, a ministry run by the Hillsdale Trinity Lutheran Church, received $300 for its annual Christmas Room, where local children are invited to shop for gifts and stocking-stuffers during the holidays.

Also, the HCCF granted $2,000 to CamdenFrontier Schools for its 17th annual fourth-grade Northern Adventure Trip to northern Michigan.

Despite the large amount of money at stake, HCCF saw an abnormal decrease in the number of nonprofits vying for the grants this winter.

“We had fewer applications than usual,” Community Foundation Communications Officer Amber Yoder said. “The foundation hopes that when the time comes for spring grant awards, more applications will be presented.”

Further information regarding grant money can be found by calling or visiting the Foundation office on 2 S. Howell St.

City to hold special May election Macaela Bennett Assistant Editor

The Hillsdale City Council passed a resolution on Dec. 16 to hold a special election on May 6 to fill the vacancies in Wards 2 and 3.

The special election will fill the empty seats from Scott Sessions, who left Ward 3 when elected mayor in November, and Councilwoman Ruth Brown, who stepped down from Ward 2 in December.

Those running for Ward 3 include Bruce Sharp and Larry Walworth, but there are no candidates for Ward 2.

Sharp and Walworth will both appear on the ballot in May since they completed petitions with 25 signatures from those in their respective wards and were registered voters

by Jan. 21. While there was one petition for the vacancy in Ward 2, it did not meet these requirements.

Mayor Sessions hopes some will still consider running for Ward 2 by turning in a petition for write-in candidacy by April 25.

“It is very important that we fill the positions in both wards, or we will have to have another special election,” Sessions said.

If the Ward 2 seat is not filled after May 6, another special election will most likely be held in August.

Grant Award Chart Key A Hillsdale County Senior Services Center B Litchfield Veterans Memorial C Hospice of Hillsdale County D Community Action Agency E King’s Kupboard Food Pantry F Camden-Frontier Schools G Community Action Agency

Art professor, wife purchase State Street Market Alex Anderson Web Editor The new owners of Hillsdale’s State Street Market began renovating and expanding the existing store this last year. Hillsdale College Associate Professor of Art Anthony Frudakis and his wife, Vivian, recently purchased the market, located at 146 State St., with hopes of expanding it into a small neighborhood market complete with a fresh deli and catering service.

This past summer, the Frudakis’ moved back to Hillsdale after living in Ann Arbor for the past five years.

“We both had decided that we wanted to come back to Hillsdale. The commute from Ann Arbor was getting wearisome,” Anthony said.

They both saw their move as an opportunity to start a business venture focused on Vivian’s culinary expertise.

“We saw the little market on State Street and thought that it would be a wonderful venue for her to offer catering and box lunches, as well as doing something we have never done before,” Anthony said.

Vivian has spent the last five years catering in the Ann Arbor area, specifically for the University of Michigan. Since the age of 6, Vivian remembers cooking breakfasts for her mother.

“From then on, I always enjoyed cooking,” Vivian said. “I am excited to become involved with this community. I have met some amazing

people that are excited about what is to come.”

The Frudakis’ plan to renovate the market’s interior to make room for a service counter, complete with sandwiches, salads, soups, and desserts.

Homemade, daily boxed lunches will sit ready for customers on-the-go. The market will also feature Michigan-based micro brews, gourmet popcorn, and vegetables from local farmers.

“My goal is to find companies here in Michigan that sell unique items,” Vivian said. “After seeing my customers on a daily basis, I get to know what they buy and what they like, it is a great connection.”

The concept of a small, neighborhood market reminded both Anthony and Vivian of their childhood neighborhoods growing up in New York and New Jersey.

“Very nice people worked at those local markets. It was about the experience. Now this is our opportunity to give back to this neighborhood in Hillsdale. It is a blessing and a wonderful opportunity,” Anthony said.

The market is currently undergoing electrical and HVAC updates. Exterior and interior renovations will continue over the next few months, transforming the store into a neighborhood market complete with outdoor seating, fresh food, and everyday items.

“Vivian has been an incredible partner in supporting me and fulfilling my dreams. I certainly have always wanted to reciprocate this by helping her with something that she wanted to do,” Anthony said.

Hillsdale College Associate Professor of Art Anthony Frudakis and his wife bought State Street Market with hopes of renovating it into a small neighborhood market with a deli and catering service. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

Vanished Hillsdale: from retirement home plans to Hayden Park trails Chris McCaffery Assistant Editor

The hills and trails of Hillsdale College’s Hayden Park were not always intended for their current athletic use.

For many years, the college intended the property to be the site of Independence Grove, billed to friends of the school as “a retirement community that values intelligence, integrity, and independence.”

Although about 35 depositors expressed interest in living at the Hillsdale-run facility, college President Larry Arnn and the Hillsdale College Board of Trustees eventually decided to cancel the planned construction in 2008, commenting that the economic downturn made the plans inviable.

The plans for Independence Grove included a clubhouse with a fitness center, library, and multiple restaurants, as well as 165 independent cottages. The facility would offer elderly friends of the school the opportunity to retire in comfort while attending class and continuing the conversation of like-minded people the community would foster.

The initial building on the property was converted into the Hayden Park clubhouse, which opened in 2013. Students and community residents can now use the property and its extensive hiking, biking, and cross-country skiing trails.

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Women’s basketball knocks off Ashland Monica Brandt Collegian Reporter

The Hillsdale College women’s basketball team defeated defending Division II National Champion Ashland University 82-72 on Saturday.

The win was a team effort, sophomore Kelsey Cromer noted, with four players scoring double digits: juniors Megan Fogt and Kadie Lowery with 16, sophomore Ashlynn Landherr with 13, and sophomore Sarah Theut with 10.

“They had a sense of pride amongst each other,” assistant coach Jon Mock said. “The bench was active and had energy, and the timeouts and huddles were productive.”

Mock also said Saturday’s win against Ashland was a complete 180-degree turnaround from their loss on Thursday, Jan. 23, against Lake Erie College.

Between the two games, head men’s golf coach Mike Harner came into practice to motivate the team.

“You are what you do when it counts, and anything worthwhile always counts,” Harner said.

Mock explained that the team uses some sort of motivational quote or picture every game, and they used Harner’s quote as inspiration against Ashland.

Cromer said she was proud of how Hillsdale bounced back against Ashland after losing 62-54 to Lake Erie, the lowestranked team in the GLIAC. “We have a problem of playing down to our competition,” Cromer said.

The game was close, with the Chargers down by only two points – 52-50 – until the last two minutes of the game, but Lake Erie went 10 for 12 on free

turnovers, 24-12.

“We gave them the game in turnovers,” senior Angela Bisaro said. “We are the better team, and we could have won.”

Sophomores Kayla Geffert (left) and Sarah Theut attempt to block the shot of a Lake Erie shooter. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

throws in the final two minutes of the game.

“We didn’t play together, and we didn’t execute the simple things,” Mock said, “but we were still in the game and failed to realize that.”

Hillsdale doubled Lake Erie’s

While Hillsdale lost to Lake Erie, junior Megan Fogt won her third South Division Player of the Week award this season – the most of any player in the conference.

Fogt had 17 points, 21 rebounds, and seven blocks

against Lake Erie, and 16 points, 22 rebounds, four assists, and two blocks against Ashland.

After her first set of backto-back 20-rebound games, she now has five 20-rebound games this season, which is the most in the nation.

With 39 blocks so far this season, Fogt beat her previous record of 35 blocks, and is now in second place in school history behind Katie Cezat, who had 100 blocked shots in the 20082009 season.

While Fogt is having an impressive season, Hillsdale’s win against Ashland cannot be attributed to her alone. Cromer explained that against Ashland, the Chargers came together and turned their individual efforts into a team effort.

Mock said the goal for the rest of the season is to continue the team feeling, starting with their upcoming game at home on Thursday, Jan. 30 against Malone University. Then on Saturday, Feb. 1 the Chargers will face Walsh University and on Monday, Feb. 3, will face Findlay University.

Malone is now the top team in the South Division after Hillsdale knocked Ashland into second place. Hillsdale is tied for third with Findlay, making these important games for Hillsdale to get into the GLIAC tournament, as only the top four teams in each division qualify.

“We want to come back and start getting a bunch of wins in a row,” Cromer said. “We have to do better than all the other teams.”

Hillsdale alum heads ‘ESPN Insider’ Jordan Finney Collegian Reporter

Kiledal, Sprow’s former academic adviser.

“He was also very proud of his liberal arts education. A couple years after graduation he emailed me a sports article about ice hockey and in it he had actually made use of the term ‘logos.’”

Following graduation, Sprow landed a job with a Chicago law firm.

“I thought about going to law school, but I decided to give the journalism route a try

Sports stats are his speciality, Gonzaga his home team. Hillsdale College alumnus Chris Sprow ‘02 finds ample time to play with his new puppy, travel the country, and develop his latest hobby—cooking.

He is also the senior editor for ESPN Insider.

“Chris is a rockstar over at ESPN—the perfect fit for the largest sports media giant on the planet. He is thoughtful, writes well, and also has unbelievable access to big names, but always does his work with respect and integrity,” said Hillsdale College alumnus Aaron Veldheer ‘01. The two became friends after Sprow broadcasted Veldheer’s Charger basketball games, and they continue to bounce sports-related ideas off of each other to this day.

These days, Sprow spends quite a bit of his time bouncing sports ideas off of his colleagues.

ESPN Insider self-proclaims its superiority in providing expert sports analysis and predictions to its readers.

As the senior editor, Sprow oversees its entire digital content, works on the NFL draft with Mel Kiper, Jr., ranks Chris Sprow ‘02 (left) poses with ESPN NFL prospects, and writes his own football analyst Mel Kiper, Jr (right). (Photo expert opinions.

Courtesy of Chris Sprow) In other words, “I eat, drink, and sleep sports,” Sprow said. “There’s a lot of instead. I thought, ‘You’ll regret it if you things I get a kick out of from working in don’t at least give it a shot.’ It was somesports. If you can turn your hobby into your thing I had always aspired to do when I was job, then you gain other hobbies.” little,” Sprow said.

While he was a speech major at HillsHe went on to write for outlets like Chidale College, Sprow enjoyed playing soccago Sports Weekly and the Seattle Times, cer, taking “a gazillion” economics classes before getting his Chicago sports stories for fun, and --of course-- editing the sports published in the New York Times. section of the Collegian.

“I was out covering a basketball tourna“Chris was always really engaged in ment in Chicago and I saw a reporter from the application of his major, moving from the New York Times there. I remember theory to actual performance,” said Kirstin reading a lede he wrote and thinking he

missed some things. So I realized, “Hey, I can do that too,’” Sprow said.

Sprow began networking with different people in the sports world and looking for opportunities to pitch his ideas.

“Going to sports events to meet people and trying to expand my reach were both really important. I was motivated to see how far I could go,” Sprow says.

Many would argue that he’s gone all the way to the top. Sprow spends his days working with NFL players, teams, owners, and executives. He crunches the numbers for stats, leads a team of top sports reporters, and directs how and when content goes digital.

“There’s no such thing as a magazine story that stops on the printed page. It goes online and goes mobile. We have long conversations about how things should look like on our phone, or iPad,” Sprow said, “Who can read this in Spanish? Swedish? Chinese? You have to think about everything.”

Sprow also writes about 35-40 sports articles every week and immediately touches base with his writers when anything big happens during a game.

“I didn’t major in journalism. I always felt like it was something you need to do by doing it. It’s not a theory-driven practice. It’s honestly a little like speech. You can sit and watch all of the great orators, but until you get up and do it you have to take the concepts and put it into practice,” Sprow said.

Sprow has certainly found his niche in the sports world, but it may not be entirely due to his memory for numbers and writing savvy.

“Chris’ ability to make connections, network, and build relationships makes him successful in any industry,” Veldheer said. “So much of it is what you know, but Chris balances that really well with who he knows. He has a lot of respect in the industry that would carry over to anything else he decides to do.”

TRACK EARNS PROVISIONAL MARKS AT IU Teddy Sawyer Assistant Editor Both the men’s and women’s indoor track teams found success in their meet at Indiana University Jan. 24 in Bloomington, Ind. Both teams performed well, especially due to outstanding individual accomplishments.

For the women’s team, sophomore Emily Oren and junior Shena Albaugh took seventh and eighth in the 800 meter, and Oren also received sixth in the mile, while sophomores Kristina Galat and Kathryn Royer place eighth and ninth in the mile run. The 4x800 relay team, composed of junior Amy Kerst, Royer, Galat, and freshman Molly Oren, finished 10th.

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the 5,000-meter run.

“We were up-and-down… we had some really good performances, and, we had some not-so-good performances,” said head women’s coach Andrew Towne. “But, in terms of the good performances, I was really happy with Emily Oren and Alex Whitford. They both recorded NCAA provisional qualifying marks.”

The team is young, Towne said, but the team is making a lot of progress.

“This meet seemed to be the place where a lot of things came together from our previous competitions,” Whitford said.

“We are a young team with a lot to learn, so every meet we learn how to be a better team.”

Towne said that the team receiving NCAA provisional marks is exciting all in itself, specifically for Oren -- who was also named the GLIAC track

athlete of the week -- and Whitford, but he thinks that the team is capable of doing even better as the season progresses.

The men’s team performed at an excellent level, with junior Joshua Mirth finishing third in the 5000 meter, junior Damian Matthews taking seventh in the 200 meter, sophomore Nicholas Shuster placing third for the high jump, and freshman Caleb Gatchell finishing ninth in the 800 meter.

The relay teams and senior men also displayed a strong performance. The 4x400 relay, composed of seniors Elliot Murphy, Jared Van Dyke, Maurice Jones, and freshman Ty Etchemendy, finished fifth with a personal best for their team. In the 4x800 relay, Gatchell, senior Matt Van Egmond, junior Luke Hickman, and freshman Andrew Beaird placed ninth.

Senior John Banovetz

finished fourth in the shot put and ninth in the weight throw, placing right after senior Brett Daily, who took eighth in weight and beat his personal best.

Senior Matt Raffin took fifth in the 60-meter hurdles, breaking his personal best as well as the school record, and Jones placed tenth in the 200-meter dash.

“The team did really well,” head men’s coach Jeff Forino said. “In the middle of the season the students are all somewhat tired, so we have to back off a little on training, so for this meet at a big school like IU, they got pumped and their adrenaline kicked in and took over and they did really well.”

The next meet for both teams will be the Grand Valley State University Winter Classic in Allendale, Mich. on Feb. 1.

BOX SCORES

Men’s Basketball

Women’s Basketball

Hillsdale College:85 Ashland: 74

Hillsdale College: 82 Ashland: 72

Hillsdale College: 66 Lake Erie: 48

Hillsdale College: 54 Lake Erie: 62

Season Leaders:

Season Leaders:

Total Points: Tim Dezelski (383) Kyle Cooper (164) Brandon Pritzl (161)

Total Points: Megan Fogt (294) Madison Berry (116) Angela Bisaro (104)

3-Pointers: Anthony Manno (31) Dezelski (26) Pritzl (23)

3-Pointers: Kelsey Cromer (17) Kadie Lowery (13) Marissa DeMott (12)

Offensive Rebounds: Dezelski (46) Cooper (21) Tony Nelson (16)

Offensive Rebounds: Fogt (76) Bisaro (29) Sarah Theut (17)

Defensive Rebounds: Dezelski (113) Pritzl (65) Cooper (53)

Defensive Rebounds: Fogt (179) Bisaro (43) Theut (40)

Assists: Dezelski (62) Pritzl (58) Zach Miller (23)

Assists: Ashlyn Landherr (41) Bisaro (40) Fogt (30)

Free Throws: Dezelski (71) Pritzl (58) Cooper (28)

Free Throws: Fogt (78) Landherr (41) Berry (40)

Blocks: Dezelski (24) Cooper (12) Nelson (6)

Blocks: Fogt (39) Bisaro (20)

Chargers storm past Ohio teams

Nathanael Meadowcroft Collegian Freelancer

In basketball, there’s no such thing as an easy stretch of games. But for the Chargers, it couldn’t get much tougher than what they’ll face in the next five days.

After comfortably beating Lake Erie College and Ashland University this past week, the Hillsdale College men’s basketball team now faces a tough stretch of three games in five nights, beginning tonight in the Jesse Phillips Arena.

“We did a great job defensively,” assistant coach Brian McCauley said about the Chargers’ 66-48 win over Lake Erie last Thursday. “We picked up our tenacity.”

The Chargers started the game with a 9-0 run and never looked back. Saying the Chargers played good defense is an understatement, considering they held Lake Erie to a paltry 48 points.

“They came into the game as one of the highest-scoring teams in the GLIAC,” senior Tim Dezelski added. “We decided we were going to buckle down on defense, and everybody did their job.”

Good defense leads to good offense, which was key for the Chargers.

“We were playing good defense, and we were holding them to one shot possessions,” sophomore Kyle Cooper said.

“When you can get the rebound and hold the other team to one shot possessions that allows you to get out in transition, get some easy layups and get momentum.”

The Chargers followed up their victory over Lake Erie with a quality win over Ashland on Saturday, 85-74. The game was tied at 32 with 47 seconds left in

the first half before the Chargers went on a 13-0 run through the 18 minute mark of the second half to get ahead of Ashland for good.

“A 13-0 run,” Cooper said, “means they weren’t scoring any points, so when you’re playing defense, all of a sudden that offense comes easier, but more than that it discourages the other team a little bit. We thrive on that. We thrive on our defense.”

Looking ahead, the Chargers play their first game of three tonight against Malone. After playing Malone, the Chargers will go on the road to play Walsh and Findlay, the two teams in second and first in the South Division of the GLIAC. Hillsdale is only a game behind both Walsh and Findlay, and getting those two road wins could go a long way towards determining where the Chargers will finish in the GLIAC standings.

“One game at a time,” McCauley said when asked about whether first place was on anyone’s mind. “All three of those teams are really good.”

“It’s going to be a physical game against all of those teams,” Cooper added. “If we can get rested up, play strong defense again, and body them up and challenge them on everything, I think it’ll be a good competitive weekend for us.”

“Going on the road in the GLIAC anywhere is hard, let alone those three teams,” Dezelski said. “We’ve been playing pretty well this last month and a half so we’re just trying to lock in and be ready to go.”

The Chargers will certainly have to play their best if they hope to exit this week with multiple wins. These next three games will go a long way towards determining the Chargers’ plaoff prospects.

Sophomore Kyle Cooper puts up a layup against the Lake Erie Storm last Thursday. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

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Eagle swimmers edge Chargers Doug Williams Collegian Freelancer On Friday, Jan. 24, the Hillsdale women’s swim team fell by a mere 3.5 points to the Eagles of Ashland University, 132-129.5. The senior night and last regular season meet was extremely close the whole time, and was determined by the final event.

As is typical for the Chargers, they received a strong showing from their distance swimmers. Sophomore Zoe Hopkins led the way in the 1000 free, with an impressive 10:49.66. Fellow sophomore Hannah Leitner and junior Jordan Rucinski rounded out the top three with times of 11:10.23 and 11:21.9, respectively.

Hopkins was back at it again in the 500 free, cruising home for the win in 5:15.33.

Freshman Kylie Powrie and sophomore Jennifer Wheeler finished off the 1-2-3 sweep by finishing in 5:20.76, and 5:24.61, respectively.

Other notable performances were

recorded by freshman Emily Shallman (second in the 200 free in 1:58.9 and first in the 50 fly in 27.55), junior Cayley Cruickshank (first in the 50 breast in 31.58), Wheeler (first in the 200 fly in 2:11.29), junior Rachel Kurtz (first in the 50 free in 24.62 and second in the 100 free in 55.07), and finally from sophomore Sarah Rinaldi (first in the 100 IM in 1:01.68, and third in the 200 back in 2:15.37).

For Leitner, it was good and bad realizing that the final regular season meet had ended.

“It was sort of a relief, but also a wakeup call too. The end of the season is stressful, and we’ll have to focus more at practice. This week we’ll see our yardage start to come down a little bit, and then we’ll really start tapering, which is the best part of the season,” she said.

Freshman Whitley Sowell was happy with the meet.

“I swam pretty well overall, and I’m excited to see the results of everyone’s hard work at the end of the season,” Sowell said.

Coach Kirner was happy with the Char-

gers, despite the loss. Kirner was happy with Hopkins in particular.

“She’s the one who sets the standard for everyone else,” Kirner said.

Kirner was also pleased with Shallman and Cruickshank, who won the 50 fly and 50 breast (two rarely-swam events).

“Emily and Cayley swam against people who may be better at the 100 or 200 but they came through and won anyway, using their chance at the odd event,” Kirner said.

“We are very excited, and primed to go fast [at GLIACs]. Nothing is going to be given to us, but the possibility is there for us to succeed. The events will be spread out more, because it’s a full four-day event this time. Also, now that Indy and Lewis are out of the conference, there will be more opportunities for our girls to swim.”

After this tough loss on senior night, the Chargers will swim next at the four-day GLIAC championships, taking place in Cleveland, Ohio Feb. 12-15.

Top: Senior Molly Birrer swims freestyle in Hillsdale’s meet against Ashland on Senior Night. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

Middle: Sophomore Mikalah Smith counts laps for her teammate and roommate, sophomore Hannah Leitner, during the 1000-yard freestyle race. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

Right: Freshman Kylie Powrie prepares to dive into the water last Friday. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

GREAT GLENDENINGS: JOE THE SHOW & HIS BIG BRO Shane Armstrong Collegian Freelancer

Hillsdale College football legend Joe “The Show” Glendening was one of the best running backs in the country from 2009 to 2012. Hillsdale’s all-time leader in rushing yards and touchdowns is not the only standout athlete in the Glendening family.

Joe’s older brother, Luke Glendening, was a standout center on the University of Michigan hockey team and now finds himself suiting up for the Detroit Red Wings.

Growing up in Grand Rapids, Mich., the Glendening brothers found entertainment in competing against each other.

“We always had healthy competitions with each other,” Luke said. “He beat me a lot when we were kids.”

That competitiveness, along with a solid foundation from their parents, laid the foundation for both brothers to be successful in their athletic careers. Although, raising two great athletes was not the focus of their upbringing.

“It is kind of funny, [our parents] did not push us into athletics. They made sure we were well-rounded,” Luke said.

The brothers were involved in their church and choir as well as sports. Even though they were not pushed into athletics, both brothers found great success on the field. At East Grand Rapids High School, they were both state champions in football. Luke was also the top scorer on the school’s hockey team.

“They are very gifted athletes.

What sets them apart is that they used their God-given abilities to their best,” said Peter Stuursma, the football coach at East Grand Rapids. “They work so hard. They were an absolute joy to coach, and it was so hard for them to say nice things about themselves because they are so humble.”

Joe decided to play football for the Chargers after his great high school career. During his time here at Hillsdale, Glendening set school records for rushing yards in a season (1,604), rushing attempts in a season (325), rushing touchdowns (27), career rushing yards (4,772) and total touchdowns (62).

He was an All-American in 2010, 2011, and 2012, and was a staple of the Charger offense.

“I enjoyed watching his career.

I was his biggest fan and came to visit him at Hillsdale,” Luke said.

Luke played at the University of Michigan from 2008 to 2012.

In 2012, he signed with the Grand Rapids Griffins of the AHL, where he played 51 regular season games, compiling eight goals and 18 assists.

“He has been up and down with the Griffins, so when he is with them I am able to watch him play more often,” said Joe, who currently resides in Grand Rapids.

In 2013, the Detroit Red Wings signed Luke to a one-year contract. On Oct. 12, he made his NHL debut against the Philadelphia Flyers. It was a dream come true for a guy who grew up rooting for the Wings.

“Me and Joe were both huge Wings fans. I had a jersey and everything,” Luke said. “I had just got off the ice from a Griffins practice when they told me I was going to Detroit. Joe was the first person I called.”

When Luke made his debut in Detroit, Joe and his parents were able to make it to Joe Louis Arena to watch him live his dream.

“I was nervous, which is embarrassing, but growing up a Red Wings fan and seeing my brother on the biggest stage was awesome,” Joe said.

“It was surreal. To get the chance to play where I grew up going to games and to have my family there was special,” Luke said.

Since his debut, Luke has played 27 games with Detroit while racking up three assists.

He has yet to score his first NHL goal but that could change quickly with the amount of ice time he is seeing.

“It still has not set in that I am in the NHL. I am trying to learn as I go. Playing in the Winter Classic was a great experience and was really that moment that I realized that I am in the NHL and felt like it was real,” Luke said.

As Luke’s NHL career progresses, his biggest fan will never change. The fact that he plays his home games in Michigan makes it that much better for Joe and the entire Glendening family.

Charger Chatter: angela bisaro global marketing with a company that I have had an internship with throughout the school year and over the past summer.

I unofficially have a job offer with them, so I am probably staying in the area. That would be nice because I could come back and watch games.

What are your plans after graduation?

I am hoping to take on a job in

What do you think your biggest strength is as a team?

I would really love to. We have been talking with some of the volleyball seniors about doing intramural basketball. Also, some of my senior teammates are talking about joining a league in the summer and continuing to play. It’s been a part of my life for so long that I hope to keep it going.

Our biggest strength is how well we mesh as a team. I think it is very hard to have a successful season or to have fun with it when you are playing with people you don’t like, or people that you don’t work well with. We all have that competitive nature, but we also really care for each other. It helps us to be competitive within ourselves, because we want each other to be better and we want each other to succeed.

What is your goal as a team for this season?

Do you have any pregame rituals?

Obviously to make it to the tournament. That is our biggest goal. And just to recognize the potential we have to be so great. We truly could beat anyone. (Last) Thursday didn’t go as well as we would have liked, but I have so much confidence

We have our rituals like chants and stuff like that in our locker room. We just prepare really well for games. Make sure you understand who your opponent is and their tendencies. Just knowing that you are prepared to face them and play your

Do you plan to keep basketball in your life?

Senior captain Angela Bisaro is a forward for the Hillsdale College women’s basketball team.

From Brighton, Mich., Bisaro is an international business major with a concentration in French, and enjoys being on the basketball team more than anything else.

in this team. They are such a great group of girls, and are so hard working, and have so much talent. We really have the capacity to do great things.

game against them.

and to have that duty.

What do you do in your limited free time?

What is your toughest competition from here on out?

I have great housemates. They are my best friends. It is nice being around them so much.

Hillsdale surrounds you with pretty awesome people. So I just like taking advantage of that with movie nights and all that good stuff.

It depends on when we get to the tournament and who we face. Truthfully, we really can stick with anyone. It is going to be about us not shooting ourselves in the foot and just playing our game and really believing that we can beat anyone, because it is definitely doable. It’s funny how our conference is doing, because with the different losses there is not one team that reigns supreme.

How do you keep morale up with so many injuries?

It is not fun watching a lot of your teammates get injured, and it’s not easy on the team either.

Obviously you want everyone involved and to be playing.

But it is good to remind people that we are so privileged to be here, and to keep that perspective and use that as motivation to help those who can play take advantage of the times they have on the court. The girls we have are so great. It is really easy to pump them up.

Everyone is usually in such a good mood and smiley and happy to be together. It is a privilege to be in that position

Do you have any advice for incoming freshmen?

I would say from my experi-

ence don’t be afraid to just play your game regardless of your grade. It’s a different game from high school, but just own that opportunity and take full advantage of it. Have fun with it. It goes by so fast, and everyone told me that. But now that it’s senior year, it’s hard to convey that message until you are in that situation. Just enjoy every second of it: the bus rides, the practices, and every little bit of it.

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Arresting beauty: Daughtrey exhibits ‘Perspectives on Photography’

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sacred act” instead of something merely to consume. He credits the Hudson River School, a 19th-Century American art movement, as the inspiration for his aesthetic vision.

“They saw nature in an ideal state,” James said during a presentation. “And I’m trying to

capture a sense of timelessness so people will look deeper. What you photograph instantly starts to decay,” he continued, pointing to his work. “These scenes are gone. What remains is the photograph.”

Wedding photographer Fatchett said his work attempts

to capture those brief, beautiful moments for married couples.

“It’s something that, in 20 years when they look back on it, will mean something more to them,” Fatchett said.

Photojournalist Lon Horwedel said that digital photography has dramatically changed the

way photographers shoot and viewers consume media.

“It kills the moment. There isn’t as much visual impact as there used to be in the film days,” he said. “There’s noth-

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Review: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, ‘Wig Out at Jagbags’

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Stephen Malkmus may not be a household name, but he’s arguably one of the most important songwriters of the past 25 years. In a previous life he served as frontman for Pavement, a band whose wry lyrics and economical riffing are often cited as precursors to modern indie rock. In the 15 years since Pavement broke up, they’ve become a touchstone of alternative music. Artists ranging from The National to Animal Collective have namechecked them as an influence. Were that not enough, Pavement’s place in rock history was solidified when they received a shout-out from The Onion: “Pitchfork gives history of recorded music a 6.8, says it comes off as derivative of Pavement.”

Unfortunately, Pavement’s reputation has cast a long shadow over Stephen Malkmus’ subsequent output. Though his

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work with the Jicks hasn’t gone without praise, often times that praise has boiled down to “Stephen Malkmus’ best album since Pavement broke up.” The ridiculously-titled “Wig Out at Jagbags” is the Jicks’ sixth full-length release, and with

it Stephen Malkmus has officially recorded more albums with the Jicks than he did with Pavement. That milestone just might mean that it’s time to stop judging the middle-aged singer based on how much he sounds like his younger self. Malkmus himself adopts this attitude on “Wig Out.” He sounds comfortable and self-assured, aware of

the past but fully invested in the present.

Stephen Malkmus’ lyrics have always been esoteric, and the lyrics on “Wig Out at Jagbags” are no exception. They range from absurd (“Space cat villain / try to stop killin’ me with kindness”) to nonsensical (“I wouldn’t jerry-rig or candycoat your Latin kisses”). When Malkmus does make a coherent statement, though, his wit is as sharp as ever. Highlights include “Independence Street,” a Dylanstyle ballad about a scorned lover: “I don’t have the stomach for your brandy / I can hardly sip your tea.” In “Chartjunk” Malkmus chronicles a feud between NBA point guard Brandon Jennings and his former coach Scott Skiles, adding a song to the extremely obscure category that is “indie rock songs about sports.”

“Rumble at the Rainbo” is Malkmus at his most sardonic, mocking headstrong musicians who are afraid of change (“Returnin’

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When Andy Dufresne, acted

by Tim Robbins, plays an angelically beautiful opera aria over the prison PA system in “The Shawshank Redemption,” the camera pans across hundreds of convicts in the prison yard standing enraptured by the music.

Photographer Mark James says that is what he wants to do with his photography.

“I want beauty to stop people,” James said. “Beauty has the power to arrest.”

Like James, the other three photographers exhibiting in Hillsdale’s current Visiting Artist Series, “Perspectives on Photography,” have unique visions for what they want to accomplish through their work.

Though the dozens of photos in the gallery show differing styles and mediums, Casey Fatchett ‘97, Roxanne Fogel Kaufman, Lon Horwedel and James all attempt to capture something timeless in their work.

James is the only photographer in the show to shoot with pinhole cameras, creating large, monochromatic landscapes with dreamy light and ethereal softness.

“They’re very timeless and nostalgic,” he said.

To achieve this effect, James uses a lensless pinhole camera. Light from a scene passes

through a small hole — f/256 for the photographically minded — on one side of the box and projects an inverted image onto the film on the other side.

Though he currently uses wood cameras, his first camera was made out of a cardboard, envelope box.

“It’s weathered a few too many storms,” James said.

James uses film sensitive to the blue spectrum of light to achieve the antiquated tonality of his images.

“That’s the nature of the film itself,” Photographer and Lecturer of Art Doug Coon said.

Though a professional photographer for 40 years, James started using pinhole cameras 19 years ago after a friend gave him the cardboard box camera.

Since then, he has made more than 500 pinhole images. .

“I let it sit for almost a year before putting film in it,” he said.” When I did, I knew I had finally found my expression for landscape.”

To James, modern photography has been overwhelmed by the post-modern instinct to shock. He does not oppose post-modernism entirely, but he believes it has desensitized viewers to both the beauty and the suffering in the world.

“If you shock people too much, they become indifferent,” he said.

Thus, James wants to slow down the way people look at photos and teach people “to see photography as a reverent and

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‘Much Ado’ cast announced, practice underway

Peterson, the dramaturg for last semester’s “Mirror of the Invisible World,” (a scene from which is pictured above) entered her work from that show in the ACTF competition. (Courtesy George Angell) Midwest, hundreds of students, director from making it to the professors, and professionals festival. As her position as draCaleb Whitmer in the theater business attended maturge was most similar to that Editor-in-Chief the festival. Hillsdale’s theatre of director, Peterson slipped into department sent 15 students to directing duties for the group in Seniors Anne Peterson and compete in competitions, attend addition to her other work.

Katherine Denton won awards shows and workshops, and net“Her team won while befor dramaturgy and directing, re- work in the theater world. ing one principle member short spectively, at the Kennedy CenPeterson won, along with a –– so I thought that was pretty ter American College Theatre team, for her work in the “De- cool,” Angell said.

Festival, which Saginaw Valley sign Storm” competition, in The team worked on their State University hosted Jan. 7 to which teams of student festival plan over the course of the fes11. attendees design shows around tival and presented it before a “Both awards are fairly sub- an assigned script. For Peter- board of judicators on Jan. 11. stantial,” Professor of Theatre son’s group, that was Peter “The selection commitGeorge Angell said, “that is to Shaffer’s “The Royal Hunt of tee was pretty impressed with say they’re rare. It’s not too of- the Sun.” Anne’s work and in fact stopped ten they come from schools as She was to act as the team’s small as Hillsdale.” dramaturge –– until inclement See Theatre B2 Mostly coming from the weather prevented the team’s

There is much anew in ‘Much Ado.’ Theatre Department Technical Director David Griffiths has chosen to take Shakespeare’s comedic play “Much Ado About Nothing” in a new direction. He cut Shakespeare’s original text, transposed the play into the 1940s, and changed the traditionally male Don John into “Countess Joanna.”

“Part of the reason we changed the gender of some of the roles was practical,” Griffiths said. “We always have more women audition.

But I thought it would be interesting to make Don John a woman – especially since we were updating the play to the 20th century.”

Sophomore Catherine Coffey is the woman responsible for bringing Countess Joanna, Don John’s female counterpart, to life.

“A female Don John opens the character to a lot of new interpretation,” Coffey said. “It gives her new motives, if you are willing to use them. Jealousy of Hero’s relationship, for example. The position of a woman in public office during the 1940’s is also a new element.”

Character alterations aside, with the simple change of time and scene come attendant implications. Some of the humor in “Much Ado” loses potency before modern audiences and seem odd spoken by 1940s Americans.

“A large chunk of what was funny to Shakespeare’s audience was wordplay,” Griffiths said. “He had a commonality with his audience, a shared

culture. We no longer have that common cultural background.

Shakespeare frequently starts a joke, makes a joke, and riffs off of that, but we can’t see all of that anymore.”

While Shakespeare’s culture and language may have been vastly different from those of the 1940s and today, the themes within the play are timeless. The play can –– and does –– transcend the conventions of the time in which it was written.

“Shakespeare wrote for his time and for his people,” Coffey said, “but ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ also touches upon the themes of power and inter-gender conflict. Shakespeare was meant to be played with. Keeping his work absolutely pure would not be in keeping with Shakespeare’s in-

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IT’S ONLY AS AWKWARD AS YOU MAKE IT For the first week or so of the semester, everyone wants to know how your break went. And this being Hillsdale, people aren’t usually satisfied with a bland answer. They want to know where you were, what you did.

When people asked me this year, I told them I came back to campus a week early to take a figure-drawing class. People are usually concerned when they learn that, in addition to a guest instructor, we had a professional model.

–– Clothed, right?

–– Well, no.

–– Oh. Awkward.

When it comes to nude art, opinions vary rather widely, especially in a place like Hillsdale. Some shy away from it. Some embrace it. Still others allow that there are practical benefits for artists, but still see the whole thing as, well, awkward at best.

But is it, really?

First thing you learn as an artist: the human form is tricky. Really tricky. If you draft something incorrectly, everyone knows.

Even if they can’t articulate why it looks wrong, they know it’s wrong. To do our job well as artists, to be true to what we see, we have to know what the body is up to; how it works; what it looks like.

Of course, that raises the question of modesty, a question we at Hillsdale are pretty fond of. In this very paper, some time back, we’ve had heated discussions about whether leggings are acceptable as trouser substitutes. And if one considers that immodest, nude models . . . well.

At heart, modesty in dress is clothing oneself in a way that does not bring attention to features that are inappropriate in context. But at the same time, modesty’s particulars depend upon your culture and your purpose.

A woman in Mexico keeps her legs covered. In India, she shows her midriff. In America, most of us are okay with swimsuits at the beach but certainly not in the classroom. Within the right context, different manners of dress are appropriate, either because of the way clothing has evolved there because of the understandings in different situations of what is licentious and what is not. In the culture of the artist’s studio, a new understanding of modesty applies: the model is not there for any questionable reason. She is there as the subject of a composition. In order to have such an understanding, of course, a professional atmosphere is necessary, with all possible respect toward the model.

I use the word ‘professional’ intentionally. Though I do think there is a place for nude models, at a school as small as this one, for practical reasons, I’m certainly not in favor of students here taking nude modeling jobs. Also, a professional model has been trained to be as tasteful as possible in the way she poses and moves, further maintaining an appropriate atmosphere. The respect goes two ways.

Also, as another caveat, no blanket statement can be made about viewing artwork containing nudes. As an artist, I can appreciate a fellow artist’s handling of such a complicated form, but there are certainly others who may have trouble seeing the art in such terms. No shame in that. It comes down to individual conscience.

In my own experience, though, when I’m in front of my easel and drawing my model, I’m thinking about how the angle of her arm relates to the rest of the figure. I’m making sure her head is proportional. I’m creating a composition. I’m not thinking about her state of dress; that matters less.

At day’s end, it’s really only as awkward as you make it. msmith4@hillsdale.edu

tentions. The best way to revere Shakespeare is to love him. Putting his work away in a glass case just isn’t doing it justice.”

Though preservation of Shakespeare’s language is crucial to preserving the meaning of the play, Coffey sees his work as dynamic. It engages its audience anew each time. Experimentation, at its best, emphasizes and examines motifs already present in his writing.

Even this moderately experimental approach was initially met with trepidation from some members of the cast. Junior Victoria Zajac, cast as Beatrice, performed in many productions

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the whole competition to comment on how great her dramaturgical work was, which is not something I’ve ever heard them do before,” Angell said.

The festival also awarded Denton for her work directing a 10-minute play, which was written for the festival by a Ball State University student, Molly Wagner.

Six 10-minute productions competed against each other for the competition. Angell said the chance to direct a play in the competition was an honor in its own right, let alone that Denton won.

of Shakespeare before she came to Hillsdale.

“I started out doing Shakespeare,” Zajac said. “It was all that I did until I got to high school. At first I was nervous [about the changes], because I’m such a purist. But they add such a thick layer of meaning that I’m getting more comfortable with them.”

Senior Peter Kistler, cast as Benedick, also expressed loyalty to the Bard’s original phrasing.

“It wouldn’t be Shakespeare if you changed the language,” Kistler said. “Even Baz Luhrmann doesn’t do that!”

However, Kistler brought attention to the tension between maintaining the integrity of the text and effectively commu-

nicating the themes within the play to contemporary audience members.

“I don’t want to deliver jokes nobody gets,” Kistler said. “There are elements that just aren’t applicable to modern audiences.”

For many of the cast members, the key to bringing Shakespeare to a modern audience is simply making a personal connection. The rest will follow.

“If you know what you’re saying –– if you’re comfortable with what you’re saying –– you shouldn’t need to change the language,” Zajac said. “Read it over and over. Read it slowly.”

The script, titled “Bytes,” related a conversation between a young couple discussing S&M –– but Denton said its not exactly how it sounds.

“It’s the tamest show about S&M that you will ever see. It’s really funny, really cute,” she said. “They’re on the internet looking up cat videos having this weird conversation.”

The cast and crew met on the first day of the competition and had six hours total of practice time to prepare for their Saturday showing.

The script itself won a finalist award at the regional festival and Wagner will take it to KCACTF nationals.

Hillsdale students also competed in the Irene Ryan acting

competition. Students must be nominated based upon their performance in school productions to compete, and six Hillsdale students participated among the 400 other contestants.

Although no Hillsdale student won an acting award this year, Peterson said, in general, the theatre program did well for itself.

“There are always some really big schools that bring a ton of people and have a ton of resources. They are very easy to lose to,” Peterson said. “We’re such a tiny, little school; we have tiny program, but we always do really well considering our size.”

Saturday, Feb. 1, students, faculty, and public alike will have the opportunity to enjoy an evening of professional musical arrangement.

At 8 p.m., a classical and jazz brass quintet known as Boston Brass will perform in Markel Auditorium in the Sage Center for the Arts.

Twenty-seven years ago, Boston Brass began the career that has since launched them to top performance platforms such as “The CBS Early Show,” National Public Radio's “Performance Today,” and “The Great American Brass Band Festival.”

The group’s success comes to a great extent from their ability to merge classical and jazz styles developing a captivating sound, and the members of the group are as diverse as their musical offerings. Boston Brass boasts artists who hail from Venezuela, Costa Rica, Las Vegas, Miami, and of course, Boston.

In addition to their performance, Boston Brass will also teach a masterclass for the Hillsdale College brass quin-

tet on the same Saturday at 11 a.m. The Hillsdale quintet is composed of freshman Conor Woodfin and sophomore Andrew Zeiler on trumpet, freshmen Michael Zabik on French horn, Hank Prim on baritone, and Braden Kelley on tuba.

“They’re just getting start-

ed,” Teacher of Music and Director of Jazz Ensembles Chris McCourry said. “They’re playing mostly Renaissance-style music, late Baroque, which is what they should be working on right now.”

Director of the Music Department James Holleman invited Boston Brass to campus in hopes of boosting interest in brass quintets.

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ing that happens in this world that isn’t documented. That’s the first time in the world this has ever happened.”

Horwedel started working as a photojournalist 29 years ago, before the invention of the digital camera “changed everything.”

“My mom was really into the art scene when I was a little kid,” Horwedel said. “Art was there even when I poo-pooed it. It was always an underlying current.”

By the time he graduated from high school, Horwedel realized he couldn't become a professional golfer and turned much more seriously toward photography.

“Would I have done everything differently if I could have known it all was going to blow up? Probably not,” he said. “Photojournalism is pretty cool.”

Horwedel has photographed five living presidents, two Rose Bowls, two Orange Bowls, and the Alamo Bowl.

“If you had to pay to sit at the dugout at the Tigers game, it would cost a lot of money. I get paid to do it,” he said. “Going up in the Goodyear Blimp is one of the coolest things I’ve ever done.”

“Perspectives on Photography” runs through Feb. 14 in the Daughtrey Gallery in the Sage Center for the Arts. Roxanne Fogel Kaufman was unavailable for comment. See the next issue for more on Fatchett’s work as a professional wedding photographer in New York City. snelson1@hillsdale.edu

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Concerto competition winners announced FIRST WIND SINCE 2010 EARNS A SPOT IN THE CONCERT

Teddy Sawyer Assistant Editor Featuring two strings, one voice, one woodwind, and a piano, this year's concert cycle promises a well-rounded set of Concerto Competition winning musicians as has not been seen in several years.

The jury selected five of the auditioned musicians, including seniors David Lehe on cello, performing the Antonin Dvorak Cello concerto, and Jacob Martin on Oboe performing Bohuslav Martinů's Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra, juniors LaRae Ferguson on violin performing Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, and Soprano Claire Ziegler performing “Kommt Ein Schlanker Bursch Gegangen,” from the opera “Der

Freischutz” by Carl Maria von Weber, and sophomore Taylor Flowers performing Edward McDowell's Piano Concerto No. II in D minor.

The orchestra has shown a great deal of excitement for both the variety of instruments and the prestigious level of the selected pieces for the upcoming concert. For example, a wind instrument has not been selected as winner since the 2010-11 year, when a trumpet soloist was featured.

“I'm excited for all of them,” Ziegler said. “I love the variety of instruments among the winning performers: strings, woodwinds, voice, and piano.

There’s something for everyone.”

The first concert, March 6, features Martin, Ferguson, and Ziegler. It will be a flashy show, with prominent showpieces for both the oboe and

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McCourry said that student interest also supported the plan, especially the brass ensembles who will get to see professionals first-hand.

“That was Jim’s idea to get this thing going. Sort of a ‘let’s see what we can do to get them excited.’ Giving them a goal

and instructor alike, according to McCourry.

“Everybody’s been saying how great the trumpet ensemble’s sounding, but when we started that group, it was terrible,” he said. “Even the guys who started the group were like, ‘when is this going to sound like anything?’ And four years later, after they’ve been working and working on it, they just sound great. It’s the quintet’s first year, and Conor’s a freshman, so they’re just getting started.”

In light of the rocky start the quintet has had, McCourry spoke optimistically about the long-term goals of the young quintet.

“They struggled, but I think that inviting Boston Brass is a great idea because the students are pretty excited about it,” McCourry said. “When I was in (Press photo courtesy of Boston Brass) school, my greatest joy was playing with like ‘you’re going to play in my quintet. We’re hoping to get front of professionals’ has re- that going with the students so ally made them work and given that they can enjoy and expethem focus.” rience that. Like anything, we McCourry said he is also just want to see them get better excited for the opportunity pre- and stronger. We’re just trying sented to the students in the to build and keep it growing.” quintet, who he says have had a rough start but are pushing To get more information forward. The improvement in about the event and reserve the developing groups has also tickets, contact the box office at been encouraging for student 517-607-2848.

violin and a playful, taunting aria in German.

“I've never played in front of the orchestra before, though I have played extensive solos within it, but I've never done anything where I am so in the limelight before,” Martin said.

“It's really frightening, but there hasn't been a wind since my freshman year, and I don't even know the last time there was a woodwind –– not since I've been here –– so I'm excited.”

Playing a piece by a lesserknown, modern composer, Martin said he is excited to perform one of the oboe's “few particularly flashy repertoire” and to hear and support in the orchestra the other pieces.

“You really can't go wrong with any of the solos being played because they're all by great major composers who write fantastic music,” he said.

“I am especially excited for David's because I have heard he is fantastic and he is playing what is known as the most difficult cello concerto.”

A concerto competition winner for the second year in a row, Ferguson said she looks forward to performing an entirely different type of piece this year that is classical, and a concert cylce which features a strong cross-section of the orchestra.

“I'm really looking forward to performing with the orchestra [as a soloist] again, as it is such a huge privilege,” Ferguson said. “I'm especially excited to have a woodwind this year, as they have been somewhat underrepresented lately, and this concert cycle gives a much rounder representation of our music department.” tsawyer1@hillsdale.edu

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to our roots / no new material / just cowboy boots”). It’s a subject that’s familiar to the singer, as some critics have accused him of being unable or unwilling to grow as an artist. But when Malkmus ends “Rumble,” an otherwise straightforward rock song, with a tonguein-cheek reggae breakdown, it’s clear that the only opinion he’s concerned with is his own.

Musically, the Jicks cover a lot of ground over the course of “Wig Out”’s 12 songs. There’s the fuzzy psychedelia of “Planetary Motion” and “Cinnamon & Lesbians,” and then there’s the refined, Motown-style “doo-doo’s” of “Houston Hades.” Sludgy tracks “Shibboleth” and “Scattergories” both clock in at less than three minutes but act as effective transitions between longer songs.

The album’s centerpiece is “J Smoov,” where the subtle touch of a horn section helps Malkmus actually pull off an unlikely Al Green impression.

Album closer “Surreal Teenagers” indulges a bit too much in guitar-noodling, but makes up for it halfway through the track, where the band kicks into a rollicking groove immediately reminiscent of The Who’s immortal live set at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival.

While “Wig Out” sees Stephen Malkmus successful venturing into some unfamiliar musical territory, it doesn’t exactly break new ground for music in general. Because of

this, the album occasionally sounds a bit outdated, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. After all, Malkmus’ biggest audience is probably not unlike the singer himself: old-school Gen X-ers who now have kids and mortgages. This might lead younger fans to dismiss “Wig Out” as inoffensive dad-rock, but there’s something here for them, too. Modern indie rock has grown apprehensive — preppy Columbia grads who used to sing about punctuation now ruminate on life and death — but the Jicks are, more than anything else, having fun.

This carefree attitude is most apparent on album standout “Lariat,” a wonderful snippet of summery jangle-pop. In “Lariat,” Malkmus reminisces about the drunken escapades of his college years. The song is capped off with a rallying cry of “we grew up listening to the music of the best decade ever!”

Though Malkmus makes it clear that he’s singing about the “A-D-D’s” (80s), it’s not the specific decade that’s important here. What’s important is the song’s unabashed youthfulness, a quality that makes the Jicks sound more fresh and exciting than ever here in the 2010s. iostaszewski@hillsdale.edu

Cute critters capture campus Morgan Delp Sports Editor Senior Kristi Gordon approached the Grewcock Student Union parking lot on Sept. 26., musing over the food options Saga Inc. would provide that night, while parking her white convertible Sebring. Suddenly, something scurried over to her parked car. It was a puppy.

Gordon found Scooter the Omega Dog, as she later named him, full of bugs and looking weak and sickly. After going through significant trouble to secure Scooter’s health and safety, Gordon, a pre-law student-athlete, found herself the owner of a puppy.

At Hillsdale College, academics and extracurricular activities allow little opportunity for personal time, let alone the care of a canine. College rules prevent pets from living in campus dorms. But three off-campus students have taken the charge of owning dogs, and while each obtained their furry friend in a different way and have had different experiences, all three have grown to love the pals who have at times caused them stress and hard work.

Upon the discovery of the American-Pit-Bull-TerrierDalmatian-Boxer-mix, Gordon was primarily concerned with nursing Scooter back to health and returning him to his rightful owner. Gordon discovered that the dog had been in an abusive situation, so after help from the police, Gordon was named the rightful owner. She got Scooter all of his shots and helped him gain weight to reach a healthy size.

“I didn’t want a dog,” Gordon said. “It’s pretty impractical at Hillsdale. I play softball and I was trying to get in to law school at the time. When I took him to the Humane Society and got him checked out and given his shots, and they said if I left him there he would have been put down, so I had no choice but to keep him. He’s a great dog too. So adorable.”

While Gordon’s dog was a complete surprise, junior Devyn Moore said she always subconsciously knew she wanted a dog in college. Moore has two dogs at home, so when the opportunity to buy Jay Gatsby came along, she and her best friend, senior Kelly Beyer, jumped on it. He was born on Aug. 5 and they got

him at ten weeks old.

“We were on Craigslist and we found an ad where the puppy needed to be rehomed, and they sent me pictures and we wanted to meet up with him. We did and we fell in love,” Moore said.

Moore was told that Jay is a Chihuahua-Pomeranian-ShiTzu-mix, but suspects there’s some German Shepherd in him, because he’s grown to be about three times the size of the other breeds. He is currently 21 pounds and growing.

Jay is “a diva,” according to his owner, which may be why he prefers human interaction to playing with dogs most of the time. Because of a friendship between Moore and junior Butch Herzog, Jay has met Ladybug Herzog, or Lady, Herzog’s dog, a few times.

Herzog acquired his beloved Husky-Border-Collie-mix last February, when a friend of his was moving away from the area and needed to give away a litter of puppies. Herzog accepted the pup without ever seeing her before or ever having any experience raising a dog.

“I’ve never had a dog before growing up, but I’ve always liked dogs and been kind of curious to know what it’s like to have one,” Herzog said. “We joked about it, but we didn’t expect to have one here; none of us thought we would.”

By “we,” Butch was referring to him and his five roommates, four of whom are on the football team with Herzog. Herzog said that all his roommates have received Lady well, and that she in turn remembers and likes all of them. They have successfully taught her how to sit, shake, lie down, play dead, stay, and jump.

“It really helps that I have a fenced-in backyard because when I’m at class or at practice I can leave her there and she can run around,” Herzog said.

“It’s not as difficult as I thought it would be. Maybe I overprepared, but she’s definitely a low-maintenance dog. Also with having five different guys at the house, if I’m not there, chances are one of them will be.”

Gordon, who will take Scooter to Ohio Northern law school with her next year, agreed that having a support system has made it possible for her to maintain a healthy lifestyle for Scooter.

“All of Chi Omega accepted him,” Gordon said. “Different people would watch him on dif-

ferent days. Everyone received him quickly, which was nice for him. We took him to the front lawn (of Chi Omega) and different sisters would come out and play with him.”

Moore has had a similar experience with Jay, as members of Kappa Kappa Gamma have taken a liking to the “key dog.”

Jay’s other favorite friends are the UPS delivery woman, who always brings Jay treats, and the mail carrier.

All three students’ parents, however, were originally skeptical of the prospect of their child owning a dog while attending Hillsdale.

Herzog’s mom wouldn’t let Lady in her house at first, but after a quick turn around, Herzog claims she “likes Lady more than she likes me.” Moore’s mom was mad about the purchase of Jay, but now refers to herself as Jay’s “grandma,” and cuddles with him constantly.

Gordon’s dad fell for Scooter so wholeheartedly that he convinced Gordon to keep Scooter with him during Gordon’s busy softball season.

Although Jay has brought much happiness to Moore and her housemates, she cautions those that are considering balancing academics with a new puppy who “doesn’t always understand personal space.”

“He eats articles of clothing like socks. He’s knocked over my laundry basket before to get to the socks,” Moore said. “Financially, it was shocking how much it takes to take care of him. It’s time consuming and it definitely tried my patience, but I think it was worth it. Especially now that he’s potty trained, he’s a lot less work.”

Lady has also had her fair share of mischief, Herzog said.

“We’ve had a couple of accidents in the house. A couple times she will get in the trash, especially when she gets bored.

She tries to get attention or get noticed, like a lady,” he said.

The happiness and sense of purpose Lady has provided Herzog more than makes up for the hassle, Herzog said.

“She is always happy and if I’m having a bad day or someone else is stressed, she can always make you feel a little better,” Herzog said. “She keeps me motivated, allows me to have that responsibility. She keeps me on track, like I have to take care of my dog.”

Junior Butch Herzog (top) sits with his Husky-Border-Collie mix, Lady. (Sally Nelson/Collegian) Senior Kristi Gordon’s puppy, Scooter (bottom) often visits the Chi Omega house.

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Keith Porter, pastor of the Free Methodist Church in Hillsdale, plays the bass on the congregation’s worship team. (Laura Williamson/Collegian)

Porter preaches three days after stroke Taylor Knopf City News Editor Some say that Pastor Keith Porter of Hillsdale Free Methodist Church has the energy of Disney’s Tigger. Jean Porter, his wife, said the two words she uses to describe her husband are energetic and motivated.

“I couldn’t be more happy with what I do. I absolutely love my job,” Keith said. “I can’t believe I get paid to do this. I believe this is what God made me for.”

So it was no surprise when on Sunday, Jan. 12, Keith found the energy to preach a full sermon after suffering a stroke just three days earlier.

Jean said they were driving to visit her mother in Indiana, when Keith began to slur his words. They pulled over and spent that night in the hospital.

“He has an idea for a book he wants to write,” Jean said.

“So when we were in the emergency room, and he couldn’t talk, I said, ‘Well, maybe God’s got you writing books now instead of preaching.’ And he said, ‘For a hobby, not for a living. I want to talk!’”

Keith’s speech returned the following day. The doctor said the best therapy is to think thoughts and express them, and encouraged Keith’s desire to preach that Sunday morning.

This illustrates the drive and passion behind this man.

Keith grew up in Blissfield, Mich., and attended Huntington University in Indiana. It was there that he met Jean and his love for music evolved.

Keith was part of a college music group that performed at Christian events throughout the eastern U.S. After 200 gigs a year for three years, the group spent a significant amount of money of music supplies and decided to open a music store in order to buy items at wholesale price.

After college graduation, Keith and Jean took over the store full time for 11 years.

Keith is a bass guitarist, and still plays during worship services. He has a deep love for the power of music, and said he appreciates anything done well.

Some of his favorites were the Beatles, Chicago, Boston, Van Halen, and Earth, Wind & Fire.

llama From B4 and their “alarm cry,” a high-pitched chittering sound, warns of other, more significant, threats to the flock.

Last summer, Alaska the llama warned Kim of a nearby threat that turned out to be a large black bear lurking in a nearby patch of woods.

“The llama had seen the bear, made her alarm call, and then kept pacing back and forth in front of the sheep to keep them pushed against the gate,” she said. “When the sheep hear that call they come running to her.”

Kim tells people that she got sheep as part of her midlife crises.

“Some people have affairs, other people buy sports cars, I got sheep,” she said.

The sheep also help keep Grandview’s acres of pasture from growing over. But at the time, Kim mostly just wanted to raise sheep, Emily said.

With the sheep came the

“Music should say something, not just be a series of notes put together. The best guitarist I knew came into my store and was missing his right hand and his index and third finger on the left hand. He didn’t just play notes, when he played you had to stop,” Keith said choking up.

“He could grab your heart.

He knew how to bring his hardships through his music. To me, that’s what makes a musician, when they can communicate more than just notes. And hopefully, I communicate more than just words.”

While Keith’s passion for music didn’t fade, he said he became disenchanted with his store and felt that God was calling him to something else.

During that time, his church was in need of a youth pastor and Keith took the position. That was when Keith and Jean met one of their greatest life influences, Reverend Ron Ghetz, who encouraged them to ask questions and dig into the scriptures.

“More than anything, as we evolved with church, we learned that the Bible was living and powerful, and it’s alive for everybody,” Jean said.

“That’s the biggest transition we had—that you look to the scriptures, old and new testaments, not just for history, but for how to live your life. I think that’s what Reverend Ghetz taught us more than anything.”

A few years later, Keith felt he needed more theological training. So in 1991, he and Jean moved with their three children to Orlando, Fla. There Keith attended Reformed Theological Seminary, where he earned his master’s and doctorate degrees.

“The schooling there was invaluable. It’s the best choice I ever made,” Keith said. “It helped me to understand the scriptures in a way that I never dreamed possible. It helped me to put together a message in a way that I felt was God honoring and helpful for people.

The sacrifices we made to pick up our roots and move down to Florida were worth every penny.”

However, Keith and Jean were not southerners and jumped at the opportunity to move back to the Midwest when Keith was offered the

lead pastor position at a Congregational church in Addison, Mich. He was senior pastor there for 11 years until a strange series of events led him to Hillsdale Free Methodist Church in June 2005.

There were approximately 160 regular attendees and only a few college students when he arrived. Last year, an average of 315 people—including about 100 college students— worshipped at Hillsdale Free Methodist each week.

“This has been just a Godsend for me. The people here are unbelievably gracious,” Keith said. “It’s been a wonderfully healing experience for my wife and I. The contact with the college has been really stimulating for me.”

Keith is able to put 20-25 hours a week into his sermons, and—with the help of his wife—create extensive, wellresearched outlines for church attendees.

“I think a lot my values and a lot of my hunger to look at the scriptures in a more academic way appeals to Hillsdale College students,” Keith said.

However, Keith said he could not do any of this without his wife and secretary, Jean.

“My wife has been my righthand man all along the way,” he said. “She’s been the perfect definition of a help-mate in every step of the way.”

Samantha Gilman ’13, who lived with the Porters for three years while attending Hillsdale College, said the Porter’s marriage and church ministry changed her life.

“They restored my hope in marriage, and I came to see love in a different way,” Gilman said. “He treats her with such kindness, and they are very supportive of each other.”

Gilman said the Porters offered her free room, board, and meals so that she could afford her college tuition. They even allowed her to borrow their car whenever she needed it.

“They loved me like a daughter. I consider them kind of like my mom and dad,” Gilman said. “They changed the way I see generosity, kindness, and mercy. They gave me a new picture of who God is.”

Keith will co-officiate Gilman’s wedding to junior Marshall Gobba this August in her hometown in Oregon.

llamas, as well as spinning, dyeing, knitting, felting, weaving, and the wide, wide world of agritourism.

“It’s huge movement, particularly in Vermont, where tourism is such a big deal anyways,” Emily said.

Agritourism is basically any activity that brings visitors onto a working farm and generates income for the farmer in some way beyond the sale of produce.

For Grandview, that means a fiber arts studio, lessons, camps, retreats, school tours, a B&B, and homestays.

“Farm stays are probably the most rewarding,” Emily said. “It’s this intensely personal experience with people from all walks of life.”

Grandview hosts individuals, couples, and families from across the United States and across the world.

They’ve hosted a senator and a composer looking for inspiration, as well as a Pixar animator and his family who wanted to make a felted map of the United States.

“Most people are coming because they want to make a

connection between the land and part of their personal life,” said Kim. “And they’re usually really, really excited to be here. I love sharing our farm with other people.”

The Goodlings have seen 5-year-olds realize that chickens come from eggs, 17-yearolds learn that peas grow in pods, and a New York City business woman discover that neighborhood regulations permit her to raise her own chickens.

Kim helped her find some chicks to take home, and talked her through the basics of how to raise chickens. Six months later, she got an email from the woman, who was now providing fresh eggs to her neighborhood.

“So many people have never lived on the land, and even though they love these ideas of being self-sustainable, of buying local, they don’t have a tangible connection to what that actually means,” Emily said. “It’s humbling, and really amazing, to show people that connection.”

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Bow tie business breaks into Colombus fashion market Will Gage Collegian Freelancer

Beechwood Avenue is bringing a new splash of fashion to Hillsdale’s campus. The men’s neckwear line, based out of a quiet Columbus, Ohio suburb, started as the result of a joke, but now the business is anything but.

Junior Nick Brown runs the business with his friend Kyle Vermillion, who had successfully started three businesses in the past. Neither entrepreneur had dealt with the production of clothing before starting Beechwood Avenue together.

The idea behind the company was conceived unintentionally. Brown and Vermillion jokingly suggested one day that they start their own clothing line—after all, it would be ‘cool’ to wear

one’s own brand, wouldn’t it?

Brown wasn’t enthusiastic about the idea, but he wanted the personal challenge of doing something he had never studied or had any experience.

So that’s exactly what he did. what was suggested in jest turned into something serious.

“Starting a business takes a great idea at the beginning,” Brown said. “That’s not easy to find.

After that it took a lot of work. We made a lot of mistakes until we found something that worked.”

Although the company’s beginnings was rooted in a joke, Brown is all business when it comes to the vision for his work. As Beechwood’s marketing director, he wants to infuse his clothing with a conservative undertone.

The company seeks to harken back to the founding of the Unites States with their “inaugural” line of bowties. Beechwood plans to expand their operations. Brown did not disclose any de-

tails.

Although Beechwood is currently focusing on neckwear, Brown says that he doesn’t always plan on making just bow ties: “It is going to be clothing—bowties are the first step,” he said.

The company has also begun the process of showcasing their bow ties in the retail arena.

Three stores in the Columbus area are negotiating with Brown for an opportunity to sell Beechwood Avenue products.

Brown says that he is willing to listen to those who are looking for a certain product, and that he and his team at Beechwood Avenue believe in commitment to consumers.

“If you like a certain style, we’d love to hear your opinion on what you would like to see in the Beechwood Avenue lineup” he states.

Brown said they talked to people in the industry to get advice on starting their business.

As part of Beechwood’s marketing scheme, sophomore and photographer Shaun Lichti, owner of Shaun Lichti Photography, has done model shoots in collaboration with the company, and says he was approached by Beechwood Avenue to help create a brand image.

“My work with Beechwood has to do with what the feel of the brand is,” Lichti said.

Sophomore Eric Walker, who has modeled for the company, worked with Brown and Lichti to create a unique, yet traditional brand image.

Lichti picked out some local sights around the Hillsdale area and they went from there.

Although open to suggestions on what styles to market to the public, Brown still draws a hard line in defending the core nature of his mission.

He envisions Beechwood as a “look back into America’s past,” where business is done with a handshake.

Terre the llama goes viral Tory Cooney Senior Reporter

The video of Terre the llama went viral more than a year after it was uploaded to YouTube. Within two weeks, it garnered thousands of hits, was set to music, and converted into GIFs. They were an internet sensation.

“It was crazy,” senior Emily Goodling said.

“It was just our llama, doing his llama thing.

My mom put it up on YouTube so we could use it on our farm’s website, and then a year later we started getting all of these messages.”

At first the Goodlings thought it was a hoax: dozens of people asking to buy the video or the rights to market it. But when Kim Goodling, Emily’s mother, logged into YouTube Statistics, she realized that the video was racking up hundreds of hits a day, across the world.

“So I put my 16-year-old son, Luke, on it,” she said.

Luke cut a deal with a company that promotes YouTube videos that have already gone

viral. The Goodlings retained ownership of the video itself, sold the right to promote it for $250, and will divide, with the production company, any future proceeds that result from advertizing.

But, excepting an outburst of views in Japan, the “herding llama” craze has tapered down. The only difference it’s made on Grandview Farm -- where the Goodlings have lived and worked for the past nine years -- is that Kim carries her camera around more often.

The Goodlings keep chickens and pigs, grow vegetables, and make maple syrup (Emily insists that’s “just a Vermont thing,” though). But Grandview Farm, in Washington, Vt., primarily centers around the raising of animals for fiber. The Goodlings keep Romney sheep, angora rabbits, and llamas to this end.

However, the llamas-- including Terre, who passed away last winter--also function as guards for the sheep, Emily said. Their size is usually enough to scare away neighbor dogs

The Goodling family llama, Terre, has been an online hit ever since Kim Goodling posted a video on YouTube. (Courtesy of Emily Goodling)

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CAMPUSCHIC What inspires your style?

Money, old sport.

Describe your fashion.

Brooks Brothers or bust.

What is your go-to clothing item?

My gold cable knit sweater.

What is your staple piece?

A classic black bow tie.

Where do you like to shop?

Someone does that for me.

What is your fashion motto?

Dress to impress, always.

Compiled by Morgan Delp

Photos by Sally Nelson