9.4.14 Hillsdale Collegian by The Hillsdale Collegian

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Vol. 138 Issue 1 - 4 Sept. 2014

Demolition begins in the Curtis Dining Hall, making way for the new Searle center.

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Simpson renovations, Searle construction underway Phil DeVoe Collegian Reporter

Hillsdale College kicked off more than $20 million worth of renovations this summer, improving residence halls and academic buildings and breaking ground on the much-anticipated Searle Center. In addition, freshmen and returning students arrived to campus-wide Wi-Fi, a modernized athletic facility, and new locations to study and socialize.

Construction on the Searle Center, the college’s largest project, began this summer and is still in progress. The administration estimates the total costs of the new center at more than $10 million and expects completion at the end of August 2015. The new center, located on the back of the Dow Leadership Hotel and Conference Center along West Street will feature a dining room with seating for over 70 people, improved bathrooms, and an expansive lobby complete with escalator and el-

evator. “This dining room will provide an opportunity to host larger events that we are not currently equipped to host and will be a great option to the student dining room for formal events,” Rich Péwé said. Péwé said he is excited to see groundbreaking for the center’s auditorium, which will start as soon as the $4.3 million dollars can be raised. The new auditorium will be double the size of the current one located in the Dow

Center’s Markel Auditorium.

renovations to Olds Residence’s lobby were completed, with the college replacing the carpet and furniture and removing some walls that opened space for the lobby residents. The old girls-only room comprising the left side of the lobby was renovated to a kitchen, complete with counters, tables, a booth for eating, and a dishwasher. “I’ve heard a lot of positive feedback from the freshmen and

Remembering Brittany Ames Morgan Delp Editor-in-Chief Radiating warmth. Always willing to serve others. Diligent. Intentional. Bright. This is how the friends and even acquaintances of Brittany Ames consistently describe her. The Hillsdale College community lost a devout Catholic, an accounting and politics student, and a loyal friend on the evening of Monday, Aug. 18. Would-be senior Ames, a Tecumseh, Michigan resident, was killed in a car accident in Monroe, Michigan. Police pronounced her dead near an intersection where, according to the police report, she ran a stop sign and collided with a tow truck. No one else was injured in the accident. “She was calm and gentle, but also witty,” said senior Ayla Meyer, Ames’s junior-year roommate in Whitley Residence. “She always had a kind word for everyone she met, but she could also be incredibly funny at times. Since she was born on leap day,

she would joke that when her have quite a support network mom would say, ‘Don’t act like there, and when you have someone who dies so young, and and a half years old!’” hasn’t moved away, there are lots “She was an absolute sweet- of friends and classmates still in heart,” said the area. Her Jennifer Shafamily was dle, her freshapparently man roompillars of the mate. “She church there,” was always said Linda focused on Moore, public God. It wasn’t service librarsomething we ian. talked about One of her all that often, Te c u m s e h and I can’t High School think of a classmates, tangible way Jennifer Hamto explain it, ilton, said she but you just feels blessed knew.” to have been (Photo Courtesy of Ames family) able to call A packed funeral mass Ames her took place on Saturday, Aug. 30 friend. at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church “Brittany was an amazing in Tecumseh, where Ames at- person,” Hamilton said. “I will tended church and worked for always remember her bright and many years. Many Hillsdale Col- caring personality, her need to lege friends, professors, and ad- always put others before herself, ministrators attended. and her beautiful smile that never “Brittany’s family seems to seemed to disappear from her

face.” On Thursday, Aug. 28, about 19 women of Whitley Residence gathered to hold their own memorial for their dear friend and hall mate. A tree was planted in her honor in front of the dorm. Different women shared memories and wore homemade purple vorite color. “It was very emotionally intense,” Meyer said. Then, on Monday, Sept. 1, the entire school body was invited to attend a memorial service in the Dow Leadership Center, rooms A and B. It was packed. Students and faculty crowded in to stand squished in the back. The chamber choir sang, friends read scripture, and Bishop Peter Beckwith presided. President Larry Arnn and Ames’s aunt spoke in testimony to Ames’s spirit. Elizabeth Phelan, Ames’s aunt, said that Ames loved watching and criticizing bad television, debating her father, going to church, and spending time

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I’m excited to see how they all use the space in the upcoming year,” Olds Head Resident Assistant Naomi Virnelson said. The renovations should provide students with new means to mingle with other students and build friendships. Simpson Residence received new air conditioning and heat-

new bathroom sets, and two new kitchens and lounges. Outdoor improvements include a patio and outside seating area coming at the end of the semester to in-

crease student socialization. “Renovations to Simpson will transform the dorm into a place that can better accommodate the kind of culture and activity that promotes the moral and intellectual virtues,” Péwé said. While the improvements to Simpson are a step up for the residence, some faulty equipment has caused the RAs trouble, they said. Not all of the construction was completed in August, with toilets and showers backing up,

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Hillsdale announces radio station Jack Butler Assistant Editor “GOOOOOD MORNING HILLSDALE!” Thanks to the college’s recent acquisition of a local radio signal, that’s one of many phrases — assuming Federal Communications Commission [Nd1] compliance — that could soon resound through the air around Hillsdale’s campus. The college learned of the opportunity through Vince Benedetto, a Pennsylvaniabased radio entrepreneur who ly enough, through radio. “On a Scranton-area station we bought in 2010, I would hear on-air people — Mark Levin and Hugh Hewitt — talk about the college, and I was impressed with what I heard,” Benedetto said. “Concurrently, I met people from the area and told them to take Hillsdale’s online courses.”

Eventually, Benedetto visited the Allan P. Kirby Center of Constitutional Studies and Citizenship, joined the President’s Club, and alerted the college of the opportunity to acquire a low-power FM signal that appeared as a result of the Local Community Radio Act of 2010. The act reduced the protections of local broadcasters’ signals like 95.5, freeing up adjacent frequencies like 97.7 or 95.9 for President Larry Arnn of the opportunity. He then helped the college prepare its FCC application through Bold Gold Media Group, his company. The FCC accepted it this past January. “It’s generally infrequent to just get to start a brand new radio station,” Benedetto said. “But now the college has the opportunity to starts its very own.”

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Woman found dead at Suites Bon Appétit debuts on campus Morgan Delp Editor-in-Chief A woman was found dead last week in her car in the Suites parking lot surrounded by a spill of gasoline. Jeanne Marie Bryan, age 50, of Adrian, Michigan, was found unresponsive by campus security and then the Hillsdale Police Department before being pronounced dead on the scene. “Someone said that a lady was dead in a car,” said sophomore Kyle Marsh, a resident of the Suites. Campus security had been called to the Suites around 11 p.m., where they discovered Bryan in the driver’s seat of a parked car. Chad Sparr and other campus security mem-

bers dispatched the Hillsdale Police Department, who arrived woman dead. According to the police statement, the discovery of a large to create a large perimeter and use extra caution, so as to avoid an explosion. Although the investigation is ings indicate no foul play was involved. Also, the police said there seems to be no connection between the victim and Hillsdale College. Bryan worked at the ProMedica Hospice center in Toledo, Ohio. The hospital system declined to give comment at this time. Previously, she owned and operated Bryan’s Busy Bees Daycare in Adrian for 14 years,

according to the obituary that ran on Aug. 27 in the Adrian Telegram. Bryan is survived by her husband, Bradley, a son, children. An initial autopsy was performed in Lucas County in Ohio. “Generally it takes four weeks following the gross autopsy for serology and toxicology results to come back, and those are passed to the county medical examiner,” said William Whorley, director of camout if there was anything in the system outside of normal bodily chemistries. “

Natalie deMacedo News Editor Bon Appétit, the replacement food provider for Saga, Inc., made its debut this week at Hillsdale. that the student body was craving,” Jeffrey Every, general manager of Bon Appétit said. Every worked for two years at Trine University in Angola, Indiana, but transferred to Hillsdale as the new food service general manager. His plans for the college include everything from fresh fruit stands to a farmer’s market and even an Iron Chef challenge. Bon Appétit is working to

radius to partner with to provide fresh lettuce, sweet corn, melons, soybeans, and apples. Every said Hillsdale’s rural location makes their “farm to fork” mentality much easier. He can ask a farmer to grow certain foods for the college and promise the demand for it. This not only helps the farming community, but also brings local, healthy food to campus. come as locally as the Midwest the ship and docks are no more than 500 miles from the school. from Lake Michigan,” Every said. “Boats travel no more than 100 miles out to sea per trip.” Although some students were disappointed to lose Sunday

brunch staples such as the wafresponse to Bon Appétit’s new food has been overwhelmingly positive. Dean of Women Diane Philipp said at least 20 students increased their meal plans because of the change. “It’s like the food gods have come to earth and are now incarnate in the kitchen,” Head Simpson Resident Assistant senior Matt O’Sullivan said. “I like the approach. It’s local and connects the college to the community.” Junior Forester McClatchey used the words “earth-shattering” and “paradigm-shifting” to describe the food. “I think it’s amazing,” sophomore Abigail Akin said. “I’m excited about how they are trying

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Hillsdale has a drone The Marketing Department bought a drone to take pictures and videos to promote the college. A3

New mural to grace downtown

Catherine Coffey is making music Junior Catherine Coffey recorded an album this summer, which is now in production. B1

Manno planning for SAB Anthony Manno `13 continues his work with student activites, planning fun student events. A2

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Quidditch club makes first Hillsdale appearance More than 150 muggles joined the new club at the Source. B3

has contracted muralist Wes Hardin to paint a mural of Hillsdale’s railroad era on Bacon Street. A6

(Photo courtesy of Catherine Coffey)

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Sports facilities revamped The new weight room, the JAM, opens to students Sept. 4. A7

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Manno mans student activites Mehgan Cain Collegian Freelancer Anthony Manno `13 is the new Director of Student Activities and the Grewcock Student Union and he said he has exciting things in store for this year. “I want students to really have a full college experience.” Manno said. “Here at Hillsdale we’re so academically focused, which is fantastic, however in order to have a complete college experience, a lot of that is social, and if we’re not getting that, then I’m not doing my job right.” Originally from Dearborn, Michigan, Manno came to Hillsdale to play basketball. After cial management and Spanish. Though he had planned on moving to Spain after graduation, the student activities director position opened up and shifted Manno’s future. “I was going to move to Spain and go to a Christian leadership academy over there, but God opens other doors it would be very foolish and unwise to not walk through some of them,” Manno said. Manno walked into a position focused on improving the lives of all Hillsdale students. “If we’re not making excit-

BRittany From A1 with her cousins and family. She enjoyed eating at the Outback Steakhouse and Wendy’s, taking walks with her mom in the neighborhood, and interning as an accountant at Tenneco, Inc. “Brittany was the kindest, sweetest person I have ever met,” Phelan said. “And Brittany loved U of M football. I think the only time she was ever upset was when they lost.”

ing enough events with Student Activities Board or interesting enough events with Campus Recreation or not offering good enough volunteer programs, then

the Welcome Party, so students could begin the new academic year with something other than studies and syllabi. “I think the Welcome Party

summer overseeing SAB planmechanics of his new position, his work had paid off. “I like to cook a lot, so I equate planning events a lot to cooking: if you make a meal from scratch, by the time you eat it, you’re going to appreciate what you just made,” Manno said. “For Welcome Party, I started doing some planning for that back in June and by the time it got to the end of August and we had come together as a team and all worked

Renovations From A1 Wi-Fi outages, and problems with cable TV for residents. RAs have stepped up through the changes, however, and continue to help residents both adapt to the renovations and deal with the problems. “The RAs have been fantastic,” Andrew Reuss, Simpson Residence head RA, said. “Matt O’Sullivan, the other head RA, and I have asked the residents to help work with us through the changes and they’ve been up to the task every time.” Kendall Hall’s attic, previously a storage room for ad-

two seminar rooms. These ofof new teachers, regarding the college administration’s goals of reducing the current 9:1 student-to-teacher ratio and improving the quality of classes. “The addition of the seminar rooms will help with the demand for smaller classrooms,” Péwé said. With new spaces in which to work, build relationships, and relax, Péwé said the renovations help achieve some of the goals of the college.

saw all the labor take shape, I appreciated the event that much more.” Sophomore Paul Mittermeier, who attended the Welcome Party both this year and last year said he enjoyed the music. “The music was the best part for me; I really did enjoy it in comparison to last year. I also thought the addition of the inmeier said. Manno said SAB and the Campus Recreation Board are focused on making this school year more enjoyable for all students.

I’m failing somewhere,” Manno said. Both SAB and the Campus Recreation Board are working to embrace Manno’s ideas of balanced work and play. Hillsdale senior and director of SAB Mallory Sachen worked with Manno over the summer to organize

was fantastic. It’s funny because over the summer a lot of the SAB team wasn’t here [in Hillsdale] so there was really a lot of planning over the phone,” Sachen said. “So when we got to see it all come together so smoothly; it was great. We had a blast.” Manno, who spent most of the

college mourned a girl who, as Arnn assured the audience, will not ever be forgotten, so long as Hillsdale continues to stand and honor the greatness of the past. “Her eyes sparkled with intelligence,” Arnn said. “She was not calling attention to herself except for the good things she does, mostly for others. … She is a sign that we are meant for something more.” Moore, who organized a collection from library employees in Ames’s honor, said she will miss Ames’s hard work ethic and patience with students. Ames was known to treat even the silliest

questions with seriousness. “She had a quiet competence,” Moore said. “Also, I believe that she never missed a library olympics, a kind of a group competition thing we do every second semester. This year, she would have been one of the seniors planning the event.” Although you wouldn’t know it because she never acted selfpitying in the least, Ames lived with Turner Syndrome, a disease that affects women’s X chromosomes. Ames underwent many surgeries in her life. “Brittany Ames had suffered, physically. … In conversation

with [the authors whose books we read], she came to love their never ending generosity of spirit, a generosity that can take us away from suffering, sometimes by helping us to understand it better,” said Ames’s teacher, professor of politics Will Morrisey, in an email. Ames was never the loudest student in class, but her example of love needed no announcement. Judith Schellhammer, house director of Whitley, summed up Ames’s legacy well: “Her smile is what I remember the most, and her warmth.”

Student reclines in renovated Simpson Residence basement near fireplace. The basement also includes a new kitchen and the rooms have been updated. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

New VP of marketing begins branding Morgan Sweeney Collegian Reporter In May of 2014, Schlientz was brought on as the college’s new vice president of marketing. Matt Schlientz works from a laptop in a nearly empty ofHall. No one would guess from the look of things that Schlientz holds a position so important to the college that he is part of President Larry Arnn’s senior staff. ist appearance, Schlientz’ work reaches every building and person on campus, Chief Adminis-

Parking Update: Due to construction, this is a new map of available parking. Vertical Stripes: student parking. Horizontal Stripes: faculty and staff and after hours student parking. Diagonal stripes: residential parking. Parking is also available southbound on Hillsdale Street near the East Lawn, northbound on Manning Street between Fayette and Monroe streets, eastbound on Fayette Street between West and Oak streets, southbound on Union Street, and southbound on Oak Street. Two-hour parking is available on Barber Drive by the Slayton Arboretum’s Amphitheatre Entrance. -Compiled by Walker Mulley Explanation of new masthead: From this issue forward, all print and digital media by the Hillsdale Collegian will be published with a new masthead. While updating the Collegian’s web presence this summer, the staff decided that it would be best to create new branding that would not only work well with the print newspaper, but also with the Collegian’s digital media on the website, social media, and eventually YouTube. Junior art major Joel Calvert was then tasked with creating and designing the new branding, which included a logo and a masthead. The new masthead draws on the past masthead design by maintaining the same typography, while at the same time moving forward by replacing the hand drawn eagle with a vector, giving the entire

“[The online classes], for example, raise the way people look at the undergraduates and the graduate program,” Péwé said. “So when you get a degree, your degree means even more than it did 10 or 15 years ago. Marketing does that.” Chris Bachelder served as the vice president of marketing for several years, but he stepped down after his daughter, Kate Bachelder `13, graduated. Schlientz came to Hillsdale from the University of Michigan and replaced Bachelder. Those who hired him are grateful for his nearly four years’ experience as Michigan’s director of marketing, where he supervised about 40 people. “Even [Michigan’s] brand — that block M that you see everywhere — that transition at Michigan where they went from

all kinds of different logos to this one brand, that had an impact,” Péwé said. “Michigan had quite a bit of applications this year, while Harvard and others were down. So whatever he was doing was pretty good.” Before working at Michigan Schlientz owned and operated a igan, for 13 years. In 2001, when Arnn came to Hillsdale, the colto do some work on Imprimis and revising the logo and admissions materials. Schlientz was aware of the school before then and education. So, when Bachelder announced that he was ready to move on, Arnn called Schlientz. He hasn’t looked back since. “I wanted to make the leap of faith and come here and contribute to the mission of the college and everything that it represents,” Schlientz said. And he’s been hard at work to make the kind of contribution only marketing can, conducting a major brand study to get a sense of who’s thinking about Hillsdale, what they think of the college, and if those things align with Hillsdale’s true identity. Schlientz is partnering with other staff, like new Associate Vice President of Admissions Doug Banbury, to redo all the admissions materials from the ground up. External affairs’ web content manager, Kokko Tso `13, will be working with

an agency next year to redesign the college’s website. Schlientz also oversees the work of recent graduates Hannah Strickland `14, and Jacob Mueller `13, in an effort to boost the college’s presence on social media. “We’re also going to talk to prospective students, current students, focus groups, online surveys, and conduct one-on-one interviews,” Schlientz said, explaining the process of the brand study. Schlientz has already done a lot of observing since coming to campus and he has come to an even greater appreciation of the college than he had at the start. “I’m humbled by the service that people pour into this place and into the mission and the cause that Hillsdale College represents,” Schlientz said. “Our job in marketing is to live up to the sense of responsibility we feel coming here and to deliver on the history of the college, and hopefully, make the students, faculty, and staff proud of what they see.” Director of Marketing and External Affairs Bill Gray said he’s thrilled to have Schlientz at Hillsdale, considering how much marketing they will be doing in the years ahead. “Hillsdale does so much marketing, and it’s going to be doing more,” Gray said. “To have someone with that broad array of skills — it’s just great that he’s here.”

Princeton Review: Hillsdale 4th most religious school Breana Noble Collegian Freelancer In the Princeton Review’s 62nd annual college rankings lists, Hillsdale was named the 10th happiest college in the nation. The college ranked in the Best 379 Colleges and as a Best Midwestern College, as well as a Best Value College for private institutions. “Hillsdale students [have] this drive and this passion for doing what we’re doing, liberal arts or doing swing dance or theater or sports or whatever we do,” junior Megan Scott shared. “We do it 110

percent, and that, combined with the love we have for the things we’re pursuing in our education and the things we’re enjoying in our free time, it makes people really enjoyable to listen to.” Along with these honors, the college was fourth in the Most Religious Students category. Junior Sarah Onken said Hillsdale’s mission and the importance of religion in studying the western and American heritage curricula helps those who have not been exposed to faith to explore it and encourages those who have to gain a better understanding. “I like the fact that Hillsdale is

not associated with a certain sect of Christianity because you can also have students come that aren’t Christian or that aren’t thinking about religion at all,” senior Julie Finke shared. “You have opportunities to share your faith in different ways and have people meet you wherever they are. It’s better, I feel like, than going to a Christian school where you have to say this is my faith, and you have to go to chapel. When you’re a Christian here, you do whatever you want to do because you love God, and that’s what drives you.” Ranked eighth in the categories of Professors Get High Marks and

Most Accessible Professors, the Hillsdale faculty may be another reason why students are so happy. “I like that the professors really do care about the students in the way that they take time out of their day to mentor the students, to build relationships with them, and that’s something that’s really unusual,” junior Faith Liu said. After surveying 130,000 students on varying topics from how nancial aid they receive, the Princeton Review ranked the top 20 schools of their 379 best colleges in each of their lists. The 80 questions in the survey were broken

into four sections of inquiries that asked students about their school’s academics and administration, life at college, fellow classmates and about themselves. Hillsdale’s students also ranked second in Future Rotarians and Daughters of the American Revolution, 10th in Most Conservative Students and 11th in the category of Don’t Inhale, which demonstrates a lack of marijuana use compared to students at other institutions. However, the college was also 13th on the list for the worst cities for a college and 16th in LGBT unfriendliness. Nonetheless, Hillsdale students

still expressed their satisfaction with attending Hillsdale College. Sophomore Daniel Halmrast said that he enjoys the people at Hillsdale because they are comfortable with who they are. “Most of the conversations you hear are not conversations you’d hear at other places,” Liu added. “We have a Facebook page Overheard at Hillsdale because, and so does every college, but I like to think that ours is a little more unique than other people’s because we’ll have jokes about Aristotelian ethics or Catholic or protestant divisions.”

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LEUTHEUSER WINS PRIMARY Evan Carter Web Editor

Hillsdale alumnus and local business owner, Eric Leutheuser, won a crowded Republican primary last month against six other candidates. If he wins the general election in November, Leutheuser will serve as the state representative of Michigan’s 58th district, which encompasses all of Hillsdale and Branch counties. According to the Michigan secretary of state and electionmagic.com, Leutheuser received 2,373 votes, almost 50 percent of the Republican votes, in an Aug. 5 primary election, where only 16.7 percent of registered voters cast their ballots. Brad Benzing of Hillsdale received the secondhighest number of votes — 1,087. candidates won less than 500 votes. Leutheuser believes that he will win the general election on Nov. 5, but despite his comfort-

able margin of victory in the primary election, Leutheuser isn’t taking any votes for granted. “I am going to still keep campaigning.” Leutheuser said, “It’s important for the people who did not vote for me in the primary to see that I’m not taking their vote for granted. There are a lot of people in this district who had other campaign I’m showing them I’m working to earn their support.” Leutheuser’s opponent in the general election, Democrat Amy Thomas of Coldwater, could not be reached for comment. Even before the primary election, Leutheuser was very active campaigning, going to local government meetings and parades, knocking on doors, and holding phone banks. Leutheuser received help from his wife and daughter, as well as a number of volunteers, some of whom are staff at the college. don’t know everything that’s going on around us,” Leutheuser said, “I wanted to get involved

with those [things].” Leutheuser’s connections with Hillsdale played an important role in his campaign. Hillsdale alumnus John McNamara served as his campaign manager, and Leutheuser’s Hillsdale degree built bridges with voters who hadn’t heard of him before the election. “Quite a few people noticed that [I went to Hillsdale] and mentioned that that was a good thing,” Leutheuser said. But his connections to the campaign. “Eric is not just a Hillsdale College guy, but a Hillsdale County guy,” Thomas Conner, a friend of Leutheuser and a history and politics professor at Hillsdale, said. Leutheuser is a member of the Hillsdale Community Foundation, Economic Commission, Planning Commission, and Rotary Club. Leutheuser’s campaign was endorsed by the Hillsdale Chamber of Commerce and Michigan Farm Bureau’s AgriPac. If elected in November, Leutheuser said that his legislative

focuses will be reforming automobile insurance regulations and guarding against the Michigan state government’s overreach into local government. “Currently we have really excellent coverage, but it’s also very expensive. I’d like to see that reformed in some way,” Leutheuser said. Leutheuser also mentioned some other issues that he believes are important to the 58th district, including the protection of traditional values, the quality of education available to residents, and the economy. “When I was running, I was always campaigning on more than just the traditional values, as important as they are, are really not on the top of the mind for people really just struggling because our area is still mired in recession,” said Leutheuser. Leutheuser plans to serve the maximum three terms if the people re-elect him. (Photo courtesy of Eric Leutheuser)

Hillsdale hires new general counsel Sarah Albers Assistant Editor Hillsdale has a new general counsel, former Vice President for Donor Relations at the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Robert Norton. As general counsel, Norton will be providing legal advice to President Larry Arnn as the need arises. He will also serve as a primary liaison for current and prospective Hillsdale donors, helping them plan their contributions to the college. “He was an opportunity to bring something that was the (Photo Courtesy of Robert Norton)

of experience, a lot of connections, and a great colleague,” Rich Péwé said. “When you can do that, it’s pretty rare.” Director of Marketing and External Affairs Bill Gray said that though there hadn’t been a formal hiring process, there was instead “a need and an interest.” The new hire comes at a time when the college is undergoing many expansions as a result of its recent Rebirth of Liberty and Learning Campaign. Normarketing and development departments, will be working most closely with President Arnn. “He’s going to do some

traveling. He’s going to put on seminars. He’s going to put on talks for people about trusts and estate planning,” Péwé said. “He’ll also provide counsel.” Norton, on the other hand, has a very simple notion of his role at Hillsdale College. “I’ve been a longtime fan of Hillsdale,” Norton said. “I ing my time at the University of Michigan Law School. The school was always in the back of my mind as a good school.” His daughter Kaitlyn is now a senior at Hillsdale, but Norton’s ties to the school are also professional. Since he worked with the Bradley Foundation

since 2009, in many ways he worked alongside Hillsdale College in the public sphere. The Bradley Foundation shares Hillsdale’s values, including its aim to educate on behalf of free markets, limited government, and the return to self-government. “The Bradley Foundation thinks very highly of Dr. Arnn,” Norton said. And Arnn thought highly of Norton. Norton’s work experience, including a position as Assistant General Counsel to Chrysler LLC and extensive work with litigation and

Norton was an ideal candidate. possible,” Norton said. “I hope to serve wherever I can be Norton’s assimilation into the Hillsdale community is off to an auspicious start. On his said Arnn took him into the cafeteria to eat with the students. When asked whether Arnn’s ritual inquiry into “the good” ever surfaced in conversation, Norton laughed. “Oh, yes.”

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Pongracic’s band to play Saturday Jace Lington Collegian Freelancer

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Bon Appétit From A1 to make it more modern and it’s a lot more healthy looking.” Every said the food will only get better. “By the time the freshmen are seniors, I want Hillsdale College to make the Princeton Review for best food,” Every added. He said he wants to put an end to mundane, repetitive foods and values feedback from students. “We take their comments seriously,” Every said. “If they took the time to voice their opinion, we will take the time to listen.” To accommodate students

with dietary needs, Bon Appétit has an index of students’ allergies and offers an “at your service” option, where chefs prepare food right in front of students in an allergen-free environment. Although Saga took their liquor-license with them, Every said Bon Appétit will acquire a new one. Bon Appétit doesn’t have a strict policy about removing only one piece of fruit from the Knorr Dining Hall the way Saga did, but students cannot take out whole pies or plates of food. However, Bon Appétit will not be the sole caterer on campus, Philipp said. Now student groups have the opportunity to seek catering from local restaurants for their on-campus club events. Students were initially con-

cerned that the switch from Saga to Bon Appétit would mean the end of Steve Casai, fondly known to them as “Saga Steve.” But Every re-hired Steve, along with 98 percent of the old staff and student workers. “Steve’s a great guy,” Every said. “We couldn’t imagine this place without him.” However, Every doesn’t think students should refer to the Knorr as “Saga.” Instead, he suggests calling it “Knorr”, “B.A.,” or “BAMCO,” which stands for “Bon Appetit Management Company”. “It’s called ‘The Bone’,” McClatchey said. Every said Bon Appétit will strive to make student life more enjoyable. “Being in college is an experience. Students shouldn’t have to worry about the food.”

The Madeira is giving a free concert on Sunday in the parking lot outside Checker Records , a cafe and video store, in downtown Hillsdale. This high-energy surf music band is known on campus because one of their accomplished guitar players is none other than Professor of Economics Ivan Pongracic. He is excited for students to come see the show at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 7. “People should come because, well, how often do they get to see one of their professors in full ‘Rock god’ mode?” Pongracic said, laughing. “We’ve been at this for a long time and we have toured all around the country and even Italy.” The Madeira just celebrated its tenth anniversary and Guitar Player Magazine featured the band in its March issue. Bill Zeiser is a graduate student and happens to be Pongracic’s next-door neighbor. “I had never listened to surf rock before except for the soundtrack to Pulp Fiction,” Zeiser said.

Hillsdale’s marketing department has taken a whole new angle on recording campus events this year by purchasing an aerial drone with video capabilities. If you have attended any school-run events in the last few weeks, you have probably noticed a small metal aircraft making its way above the crowds. This contraption, called a quadcopter and nicknamed “Curious George” by its operator, is a little over a foot wide, holds a small camera, and is kept airborne by four propellers. This new acquisition comes as a part of a larger attempt by the school to expand and develop marketing. “In the marketing department in general, we’ve been adding more staff, adding more capability,” Bill Gray, director of marketing and external affairs, said.

“The quadcopter is just one piece of equipment that we’ve purchased in the last six months so that Sam has the tools he needs to do his job.” Sam Brown `13, the department’s new video content ediquadcopter. He says that the point of purchasing the device was to have access to inexpensive aerial video. Sam operates the drone from the ground with a remote featuring some controls, a GPS-assist feature to help staa small screen which shows live footage from the camera. Using this controller, he is able to navigate the camera in all directions and at different altitudes, as long as it stays below 400 feet. At that height the FAA begins regulating unmanned aircraft. There was plenty of talk about the drone at the beginning-ofseen. Some students disliked being watched by the camera in the

sky, especially after seeing footage of themselves they were not aware had been taken. stant usage of the drone somewhat unsettling,” freshman Maria Theisen said. “If I were aware of it beforehand, I may be less wary of it during events.” “Last week, I was outside of Mac helping the freshman girls movie in,” sophomore Amelia Stieren said, “and I thought it was really creepy because it was Some, however, were more positive. “I think that the drones are a great effort by the college to embrace a new technology,” freshman Noah Weinrich said. “From what I’ve seen of the videos, it certainly seems to be a worthwhile investment.” “I was worried about the drones because I crashed the freshman dessert thing and was like, ‘Oh no! The drones are looking for upperclassmen who

tell stories without words. They just happen to be recognized as surf rock songs. If you become emotionally connected with a genre, every song within it tells a different story in an entirely unique voice. The one exception is polka. All polka songs are exactly the same.” Though surf music was born in the early `60s, Pongracic said the Beatles and other British bands eclipsed it in popularity. “Even though it’s very underground, there are surf bands all around the world, particularly in Europe and Latin America, but also Japan and Australia,” Pongracic said. Senior Kadeem Noray may have only heard The Madeira on Spotify and YouTube, but he is excited about the chance to see the band live. “Getting the opportunity to see a professor perform in a surf rock band is a once-, maybe twice-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Noray said.

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Pongracic rehearsing his guitar parts, he acquired a new appreciation for The Madeira and now enjoys seeing them play in concert. “It’s high-energy rock with an exotic sound. I like tiki bars and all things retro, but beyond that, Pongracic is a very talented player,” Zeiser said. John Spiteri, owner of Checker Records, said The Madeira has played at his coffee shop before. When Pongracic, a good customer, was looking for a venue to host The Madeira, Spiteri was happy to oblige. “The band is great live and a lot of fun and plus, the show is free,” Spiteri said, laughing. He added that the show provides a great opportunity for students to see a talented band perform and, if so inclined, suck up to a professor at the same time. The Madeira’s drummer, Dane Carter, is looking forward to being in Hillsdale again. “Drumming for a surf rock band is actually a lot like drumming for any other genre,” Carter said. “The Madeira try to create great songs that emotionally connect with people and

aren’t supposed to be here!’” Junior Devin Creed said. “And then ing it, and I realized that he was just taking videos of my beautiful face.” However students might feel about the quadcopter, they will almost certainly be seeing more of it in the future. Brown said, among other things, the department plans to use the camera at sporting events this year. They will be able to record sports such as volleyball, track, and cross country, and possibly provide live video during football and basketball games. Aerial video capability provides the marketing department with many new possibilities. Some of the footage taken by the quadcopter has already been made available on Hillsdale’s YouTube page. Students will have to wait and see what uses technology in the future.

From A1 The station — WRFH or “Radio Free Hillsdale” — has to start broadcasting by July 2015, but much of the programming by deadline will be automated, said Dow Journalism Program Director John Miller. The signal will also be local and not audible far beyond the campus. But both Benedetto and Miller still expect students to go ga-ga for the radio. “The college is going to be creating opportunities for students interested in broadcasting,” Benedetto said. “This is in every real sense a real radio station. It’s hard to learn radio in a classroom environment because Miller agreed. a high level of student involvement,” he said. “I want it to be for radio what the Collegian is for journalism.” Jeremy Steiner `95, a Hillsdale alumnus who has been with the Michael Medved Show from its inception, said he would have loved the opportunity to work in

radio while still in college. “At that level, it would have said. “Going from college radio to professional radio is just a around when I was there at Hillsdale.” Miller and Benedetto both maintain, moreover, that video has not killed the radio star, and that radio is neither a dying nor a fruitless medium. “Radio is a booming medium. Radio reaches 90 percent of the American population on a weekly basis, and not only on air,” Benedetto said. “Better technology has increased people’s engaging with radio, not decreased it.” Miller stressed a certain noteworthy precedent for success in radio leading to success elsewhere. “We have a statue of a radio guy on campus,” Miller said, referring to former President Ronald Reagan. “Let’s not forget what this can do for people.”

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YAF does what students should We should never put down or insult people honestly trying to do good; I hope this premise doesn’t need much argument. If this is the case, why has Young Americans for Freedom drawn such widespread scorn upon itself? Last semester, as anyone who was on campus (or Facebook) will remember, Hillsdale’s chapter of YAF kicked up a controversy over “meal plan reform.” The question of what YAF actually achieved with its rabble-rousing is best left to historians, but I have Chris McCaffery Student Columnist lingering concerns about how campus responded to this recent campaign and the abuse that YAF continues to suffer from many parts of campus. weeks reporting for the Collegian on YAF’s activities, and spent hours going back and forth between YAF leadership, Saga, Inc. workers and management, and the college administration. It shouldn’t matter what you think of YAF’s vocabulary or their tactics. Everyone I encountered while reporting was kind and eminently concerned with making this campus better. It shouldn’t matter if their Obamacare comparisons are too simplistic or populist for you, or if past interactions with the organization make you roll your eyes at whatever they happen to do. YAF saw something wrong with campus and decided to make it better. If we take what President Larry Arnn says seriously, we are all in a “partnership” in college, or if Josh Andrew ’14 had it right in his commencement address when he said we have all made the essential choice “To give ourselves to each other, to do this education together”, why did the term “YAFholes” ever cross my radar? In last semester’s Collegian, Jessi Pope ’14 argued that YAF had no business spending time trying to change campus, that instead of gathering students together to discuss what could make our “partnership” better, YAF ought to have had “a night on the town” to discuss “more worthy causes” — things like “Ukraine or Obamacare.” This sort of thinking strikes me as ridiculous. When we cast out as irrelevant, or even silly, honest concerns about the who we see, and how we spend our leisure — we disregard just how important they actually are. We cut out of our partnership the most basic things of our life. This can hardly be called “doing this education together,” unless we limit our “together” to the 12 to 18 hours we spend each week in the classroom. All this, to run after this or that great idea or economic nation or the world, to think up new tactics to spread some sacred “freedom” than it is to actually bother with what is most immediate to us. In the end, nothing truly came of YAF’s campaigning. They had no way of knowing that comprehensive reform was already well underway, and now we have the same required meal plans they wanted to cut, but with much better food. All that is beside the point, however. Last semester, for a few weeks, Hillsdale had a sustained conversation about how to make a huge aspect of campus better, and the conclusion of many people was that it was all a waste of time. Better to stand back and complain about YAF’s inelegance and unthoughtful approach, then laugh and poke fun when they fail, than to join them in honestly trying to make campus better. As for me, I’d prefer YAF sets their sights next on freedom from people too cool and causes too worthy to make our college better.

From the Archives: Faculty recognizes federal holiday Hillsdale College students were greeted with a pleasant surprise upon their return this fall. There will be no classes on Labor Day. However, according to Provost Robert Blackstock, the change is for a trial period only. The faculty went against longstanding Hillsdale tradition and voted at last May’s meeting to take the day off. One concern of the faculty was that many students do not attend class

on Labor Day anyway. Although class may be required many students go home for an extra day with their family, Blackstock said. “This has been a topic of conversation among the faculty for decades,” said Dean of Faculty James Stephens. “Everyone wanted it,” agreed Blackstock. Justine Finn Thursday, Aug. 31, 2000

porch parties can hold off for a while. Some lines are longer during lunchtime. Maybe somebody has to grab a freshlycooked, higher-quality burger instead of the higher-quality Asian stir-fry in order to make it to class on time. Maybe students will have to skip the freshly-cut and cleaned fruit and quickly make a sandwich from the new sandwich bar. As a student body, we’ve faced worse. That’s not to say there

Andy Reuss Special-to-the-Collegian The graduating class of 2014 might not even have been there. One need only read the transcript or watch the video of Eric Metaxas’s speech at May’s commencement to realize there was only a single mention of the graduates seated before him. That mention came at the very beginning of the address. For the remainder of the 22-minute lecture titled “The Role of Faith in the Story of Freedom,” Metaxas offered a brief narrative of his own political upbringing, several plugs for his websites, books, and radio shows, and a reference to the festively-named “Golden Triangle of Freedom.” Now, it is not my sole intention to criticize the content of Metaxas’s speech. I admit that I struggle to recall any mention of a Golden Triangle of Freedom in the debates surrounding the Constitution, and explicitly disagree with the assertion only in an environment of freedom. Students and faculty alike Lincoln believed America to be chosen by God to represent Him and His purpose in history. But

this is not my point. are thought-provoking and enMy problem with Metaxas’s gaging. So why were so many commencement speech is sim- brows furrowed during his adple: It was not a commencement dress just a few months ago? speech at all. In short, his speech missed Missing were the pithy the point. A commencement quotes about living a good and address should be intended for beautiful life. No advice was those commencing the rest of given about family or friends, their lives. Prospective students tax returns or are hungry toasters. There for lectures was never even on economic a connection freedom and drawn between grand histhe content of torical narrathe speech, tives. Donors religious freewant to hear dom, and the about the war robed audience against Profor which it gressivism was supposand moral deedly intended. cay in AmeriThis is not the ca. This does formula for not diminish a good comthese serimencement adous, impordress. tant subjects. It should be But we must noted that this 2014 commencement speaker think of the speech was a audience: Eric Metaxas surprise for 300-some exany who knew cited, scared, of Metaxas and his work. His ecstatic, worried, liberally-edubiography on Bonhoeffer is fan- cated individuals. And all about tastic, and his more recent book to laugh with, cry with, and on great men of faith has been leave the best friends they have well-received. In fact, many of ever had. his other speeches and lectures So what do they need to hear (Courtesy of Eric Metaxas)

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Bon Appétit is investing heavily. That money wasn’t spent on donor parties, Imprimis marketing, or CCA guests. It went toward bettering the lives of students. Is it true that these changes resulted in some unpleasant scenarios? Of course. Like all change, there’s some discomfort in building and growing. It’s part of the process. So, yes, Sigma Alpha Iota lost its house on Union Street. The college gave them another one. And yes, the Simpson lounge isn’t

aren’t problems or that there won’t continue to be problems. Every new thing has its drawback. But it’s easy to criticize. It’s a little harder to step back and appreciate the expenditure and effort that went into making our lives a little bit better. So, let’s say ‘Thank you’ to Hillsdale College. Thank you for recognizing the aspects of campus life that needed improvement and working to better our collegiate experience. Thank you for giving us more to appreciate about our campus.

Metaxas’s commencement speech misses the point that Metaxas didn’t offer to them? For starters, the tired-butit will be okay. The last thing that young men and women want to hear as they begin the next chapter of their lives is that there is little hope before darkness overtakes all. The danger to religious liberty is important and should be mentioned — but it must be followed with why hope abides and how we can help it. After all, focusing on the shadows makes one blind to the light. The topic of Metaxas’s speech should be discussed in publications like Imprimis, the various marketing campaigns, or the Collegian. But not at commencement, to the exclusion of Hillsdale’s most recent graduates. Metaxas squandered the ideal chance to tell them why four years at an isolated, tiny liberal arts college will ultimately prove to be the best decision they have ever made, especially when faced with unemployment, adversity, and fear. Our college’s greatest asset will always be the men and women it helps nurture and shape. They should be the focus of a commencement address, because it is the commencement of their lives after Hillsdale we care about most.

NO MILITARY DOG LEFT BEHIND

Jonah Goldberg Syndicated Columnist We've all heard the expression: “A man's best friend is his equipment.” You haven't? Well you must not work for the Pentagon. There, military dogs are considered mere “equipment” and as such can be left behind when the troops come home. It's a bit more complicated than that. Military dogs are enlisted (drafted actually) to identify enemy locations, to seek out bombs and protect bases. It is dangerous, often traumatic work. The dogs are credited with saving countless U.S. and

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allied lives, which is why the Taliban actively targets our dogs of war. While on active service, each dog is given a higher rank than its handler. That is, right up until the moment these dogs are “retired.” Once they are too old, too shellshocked or simply not needed, the dogs are automatically declared equipment that can be left behind like a latrine tent. The military sometimes says they are “retired” and become “civilians,” but the result is the same because these civilians don't have a right to military transport home. Need convincing? “While there is a proper, ledog, we know they are living things, and we have great respect and admiration for them,” Gerry Proctor, a spokesman for Lackland Air Force Base (which trains military dogs), told CNN. “A handler would never speak of their dog as a piece of equipment. The dog is their partner. You can walk away from a damaged tank, but not your dog. Never.” If you ever talked to a military dog handler, or even if you simply had a dog, odds are you know the obvious truth of this. If you still need convincing, watch the 2013 Animal Planet documentary about U.S. war dogs in Afghanistan, Glory Hounds, to

see not merely how vital these animals are, but also how powerful the bond between the handler and his canine comrades is. “The relationship between you and your dog is the most important part of your partnership,” Lance Cpl. Kent Ferrell, whose German shepherd, Zora, is trained to both attack the eneable to trust you.” But that trust often goes unrewarded. It is one thing to ask these warriors to say goodbye to their dog when it is still on active duty and is assigned a new handler, which often happens. It is quite another to ask them to leave these dogs behind when the dogs are effectively abandoned overseas, left to languish in shelters — or worse. That's why handlers are sometimes forced to make four-legged comrades home on their own. Organizations such as the United States War Dog Association, the American Humane Association and K9s of the War on Terror do heroic work to reunite them when possible, at no taxpayer expense. One need only watch the videos of these reunions to see that the effort was worth it. Legislation pushed by Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., that

would require military dogs to be retired only upon return to the U.S. has been languishing in Congress for years. Politically, and morally, it's understandable that the top priority must be given to providing human veterans with adequate care, Veterans Affairs scandals plaguing the Obama administration. No politician wants to be accused of caring more about dogs than people. But that's largely a room on military transports is negligible, according to many. Private organizations can handle the rest. Even if it did come at some additional cost, so what? Going the military wouldn't go to such great lengths to retrieve the bodies of fallen soldiers or protect does. Why? Because everyone understands that such obligations are morally required and vital to morale. “There are those who consider our military working dogs to be pieces of gear,” Ferrell says in Glory Hounds. “I, for one, do not believe that at all. To try to remove your heart from the situation is really asking too much of a handler.” And not just the handlers.

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Quick Hits What do you Wish you kneW freshman year? “Take classes in different things. Don’t come in with a preconceived notion of what you’re going to do. Because who knows? Just be open to change.”

Logan Vernor, senior

“Never start a paper the night before. Also, don’t be the person to post about your papers on Facebook. One of your professors just might be your friend. Ask [senior] Wes Wright.”

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“I wish I had known at that point that it’s okay to just take 15 credits and be involved in three things, because you can more fully devote yourself.”

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Exploring Hillsdale: A guide to off-campus attractions Kat Torres Collegian Reporter

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Hillsdale begins new downtown mural project Ladies Beautification League contracts muralist Wes Hardin to depict Hillsdale’s railraod era on Bacon Street Bailey Pritchett Spotlight Editor

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FOOTBALL FOCUSING ON FINDLAY Nathanael Meadowcroft Assistant Editor off their season this Saturday at the University of Findlay, culminating several weeks of intense training and preparation for the upcoming season. The Chargers will have plenty of fresh faces in their starting lineups on Saturday, including new starting quarterback Mark LaPrairie who will lead the young Charger team in his second year of eligibility and third year with the team. “It’s always just a process and a matter of patience,” head coach Keith Otterbein said about preparing LaPrairie and the other new players for the season. “To get better as a football player you’ve got to take snaps, and so through spring practice and through early many snaps as we can for those guys.” LaPrairie is grateful for the couple of system. “The gradual ease into it really made it pretty easy,” LaPrairie said. “There wasn’t a whole lot of pressure.” In addition to giving the younger players as many snaps as possible, Coach Otterbein

has put an emphasis on recreating game situations in practice. “We’ve been working a lot this year on situational stuff instead of just drills,” starting center Justice Karmie said. “That’s something we’ve been focusing on this year because, with such a young team as a whole, it’s really helped to get guys into those situations in order to prepare, because so many of the guys on the team haven’t been in those situations yet.” Coach Otterbein said he is happy with his team’s preparation. “They show up, they like being around each other, they love the game of football, so we have,” he said. “Ultimately you’ve got to make plays on game day to win games, but up to that point it’s all preparation and learning and getting better and our guys have done a good job with that.” Coach Otterbein has also put a major emphasis on taking the season one game and one opponent at a time. “There really is a sequence of 11 oneweek challenges that we have with one goal and that is to beat those guys on that coming Saturday,” he remarked. While each 11 one-week process is as important as any of the others, the players and

opener and what it means for the team. under your belt,” Otterbein said. “If you ask me if we’re going to be a strong offense, strong defense, strong special teams, I’ve got some ideas but I don’t know. So by having a game then we’ll have some stuff we’ll have to work on.” Rather than viewing the opener as just a tick in the win or the loss column, the Chargers will treat it as another step in the season-long process. “This is not a destination thing. You don’t win a game and then you’ve arrived. You continue to go through the journey, so there will always be things throughout the rest of the year that we can work on,” Otterbein said. “There will be emotional peaks. We’ll

COACH FORINO RESIGNS Luke Daigneault Collegian Freelancer

After almost 12 years of coaching, Jeff Forino has resigned from his position as head coach of the men’s cross-country sdale. Forino gave notice shortly after two other cross-country assistants left the program. Andrew Towne, head of the women’s program, has assumed responsibilities as interim head coach for the

we’ll face some adversity. That’s the reality of college football.” Forino worked as an adminWhile the team takes the season one week istrative head for both teams, at a time, there’s no doubt as to where they want this process to take them. “We want to make the playoffs. We want the throwing and vertical jumps coach. When he was not coachto win the GLIAC,” Karmie said. ing, he was an instructor in the Sports Studies Department. Foto take a step in that direction at Findlay on rino left to be closer to his family. Saturday. “[I was presented with] a couple really good opportunities back on the East coast near family,” he said. Coach “Fo” as his student athletes knew him, took a position at Dartmouth College in and Thursday mornings. Their moderate run is then followed by a thorough workout of ing coach. Forino has a rich history there, having coached track lifting weights. Lynn also added practice at 6 a.m. on Sun- and football for about seven years day mornings. This intense regimen is meant to prepare working a one-year internship at the team both physically and mentally for Dartmouth as a strength coach. ously held by Carl Wallin—the Michigan State University. The women’s team is hoping to put in sol- man responsible for teaching Foid times to see if their summer training paid rino everything he knows about off, Royer said. According to Wierenga, the men’s team isn’t too worried about the upcoming meet was able to come back and basically do the job that he did when because they see it as a training run. “It’s not about being fast right now, it’s about building a good base. It’s a long sea- a person I really look up to.” son, we need to peak when it’s right,” Wicaptain Cassidy Kaufman said erenga said. The season goal for both teams is to qual- that the team feels the loss.

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women’s cross-country teams are laced up and ready to start their season. In preparation, the runners came together

At camp, the teams dedicated all of their energy towards running, catching up with friends, meeting the eight incoming freshmen, and getting to know their new head coach Joseph Lynn. According to the team, Coach Lynn’s methods vary from their previous coaches.

cross-country camp at Rockwell Lodge in Luther, Mich. “It’s good to be back and fun to be able to run with friends again,” senior John Wi-

at Missouri State University, a Division I school, and Grand Valley State University. ners stronger.

the same time, it’s not. All we have to do is eat, sleep and run.” This summer, the men’s team prepared for their season by running an average of 70 miles a week, while the women’s team ran about 45 miles a week. “Training over the summer gets tiring and boring, lots of miles by yourself. I listened to a lot of podcasts,” junior Kate Royer said.

and buy iron supplements,” Royer said. Coach Lynn said he wants to train his team to become better athletes overall, not just beting strength has made its mark on the runner’s schedules. In addition to their Monday through Friday afternoon practices, the team now begins running at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday

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ness center will serve as a spaWith the help of collapsible walls, the room can be split into three different areas, and all three

cilities now,” Brubacher said, making sure to point out the raised platform seating areas and the crow’s nest. area, the old dance studio is being converted into a Presidential suite

for people to play workout videos.

was just so consistent at bringing athletes to their fullest poten-

tial—not just as athletes but also leaving has left a hole, but we’ve realized that he’s had a lasting a legacy that’s going to last for a while.” Forino is leaving with fond memories of his time at ences of my whole life,” he said. “I fell in love with the school and the people there. It’s been very rewarding to me to be around lege—not only just the athletes but the students that I was able to sdale a lot. I’ll never forget the gram, Joe Lynn, has taken over the men’s and women’s crossstranger to the GLIAC, having Valley State University. In 2011 Lynn was hired as the head coach of the University of Missouri’s cross-country team where he stayed until he resigned in May of this year. “There’s no doubt,” Lynn said, “that the college puts its student-athletes in a position to be successful—through the facilities that we have and through the opportunities to compete at a to be here and continue the tradition set forth by coaches beforehand.” Lynn said that his goal is to help the team reach its full potential, and to continue recruiting “top-notch quality student-athletes” to the school. The team will compete in its on Sept. 12 at Michigan State University’s Spartan Invitational.

Volleyball: small squad, big goals Morgan Sweeney Senior Reporter With only 13 players on the

building an outdoor practice facil- Chargers volleyball team has ity which will include a 330 yard faced a preseason full of transidriving range, a putting and chip- tions. Last season’s sizeable team ping green, and sand traps. of 18 gave some cushion in the also in the works and will be com- line-up and at practice, but redshirt senior Lindsay Kostrzewa for the volleyball and basketball And a teaser for all current said she feels positive about the coaches, the arena also holds new Chargers: the destruction of the downsize. “Whereas last year, you might locker rooms for the men’s bas- old tennis courts will make room have more rest time during pracketball team, and the women’s for an indoor turf arena. volleyball and basketball teams. “While it will mainly be for tice, now you’re constantly inThe old locker rooms are now ac- softball and baseball during the volved in every drill,” middlecessible to students and the com- off-season, the possibilities are hitter Kostrzewa said. “It actually munity and one will be used for endless- lacrosse, ultimate fris- kind of makes us better players bee, soccer- I contend it will be because you’re more versatile and in better shape in general.” The court at the end of the Kostrzewa also said that the arena will host home basketball on campus in the winter. Students games and volleyball matches. will overrun it, which will be ab- team has developed an even solutely fantastic,” Brubacher stronger bond due to the challenges they have faced in prepardegrees around the court and can said. accommodate up to 2,200 spectaSo go check out the revamped ing for this season. “[We think of ourselves] as tors. left gaping in awe like Sam Wit- being a unit or a family,” she said. “We understand each other’s tier of Division II in terms of fa- wicky back in 2007. strengths and weaknesses, how JAM hours for non-athletes this semester: to motivate each other, and we Sunday: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. know we are all striving to reach Monday: 7 a.m.- 9 a.m., 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. the same goals.” Senior Kat Vael, who has Tuesday: 7 a.m.- 9 a.m., 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 7 p.m.- 10 p.m. battled back pain since her freshWednesday: 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 7- 10 p.m. man year, may not be able to play Thursday: 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 7 p.m.- 10 p.m. this season, but she said that her Friday: 7 p.m.- 9 a.m., 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 7 p.m.- 10 p.m. teammates have helped her resist Saturday: 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. space will hold a golf simulator, and the room to the right will be reserved as a cycling area, complete with a raised platform in the corner for instructors.

discouragement. “My team is a huge aspect of why it’s worth it, why pushing through the pain is worth it, because I look at the twelve other girls on my team, and I see how hard they’re working and how committed they are to our program,” Vael said. “It makes me want to be just as good for them

-- not even just for myself, but for them, to push them.” Student coach Caitlin Kopmeyer, ’14, said she has seen tremendous growth in the team, especially within the past few months. Kopmeyer has been asup her fourth season last fall as the Chargers’ outside left hitter.

“I think the team looks really good,” Kopmeyer said. “Since coming in from preseason, they have improved so much already. And from the tournament just two weekends ago to the tournament this past weekend was awesome, too,” Kopmeyer said. Kopmeyer also pointed out that, although the team is smaller this year and has just three seniors the future of the program since the younger classes will gain “With all of them looking as good as they are right now, I think that says a lot for the results of this season and the success they’ll have,” Kopmeyer said. Kopmeyer’s younger sister, freshman Jessie Kopmeyer, will take over her old position as outside left hitter. Gravel is optimistic about what lies in store for the Chargers this season but is reluctant to reveal too many secrets before the

Sophomore Kyra Rodi spikes the ball in a match last season. (Collegian File Photo)

regular season game against Lake Erie University on Friday, Sept. 12. The most important thing to practice in preparation is mental toughness, Gravel said. “Our number-one opponent has always been ourselves,” Gravel said. “If we can believe in ourselves, we can go a long way.”

Men’s tennis coach added to Charger family

Breana Noble Collegian Freelancer

is added based on the contribu-

was decided the time was right a few years ago to add women’s tennis and that now is the right time to add men’s tennis. The plans to build the Biermann Center, which provides indoor practice space for tennis, played into the decision to add women’s tennis. The impending construction of the new outdoor courts was

Turner has 36 years of tennis dale after two years of coaching at Albion College. Under Turner’s instruction, both the men’s and women’s tennis teams at Albion earned the highest overall grade point averages out of all tennis teams in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) in 2013. tance of the academics of his players, saying, “Things I’m

men’s tennis.” Although the team will not

off, [the players] have to be very good in the classroom. Academ-

college,” Director of Athletics -

men’s tennis team to campus.

charge of the resurrection of the program and is currently in the process of recruiting the eight to 12 players needed for the team. To scout players, Turner will travel to high school tennis tournaments throughout Michigan, and he will research on websites and databases to contact players nationally. The men’s tennis team was cancelled after the 2002 season due to few practice options during the winter months. “[The] college administration determines when a varsity sport

in a mass email to students that depending on the interest, he may consider scheduling practices this fall and spring with a couple of scrimmages later in the year. The coach also added that tryouts could start as early as in

they need to be driven to succeed on the tennis court and the classroom, [have] good attitudes [and be] respectful to everyone- coaches, players, opposing Turner feels fortunate to be brother Stacy graduated in 1992,

because he can focus on just the men’s team in contrast to Albion, where he coached both men’s and women’s tennis. “It’s a hard job to coach both

thin,” Turner said. Before coaching at Albion, Turner served as the head tennis coach at Limestone College in South Carolina, where he guided tournament appearances in 2009 of the Year honors at the 2010 Conference Carolina. Although winning is an important part of any sport, Turner admits that his favorite part of coaching is “seeing the development of the kids over the year, [and their] growth on the tennis court, in class, [and after they] graduate.” Turner fondly remembers his own years in playing tennis for Boston University and then

Western Michigan University, calling them “the four most enjoyable years of my life.” Freshman Dugan Delp, who has been playing tennis since before the age of seven, is interested in the new program.

to be part of a practically new members, I hope to play a big role in developing healthy team culture and team traditions,” Adamson said.

is reviving the men’s tennis program,” Delp said. “I think adding a men’s tennis team back to in many ways. Especially as we begin this team, players who are already on campus will get involved and try out. Additionally, having a men’s tennis team will attract new students and faces will enjoy attending men’s tennis matches and cheering for the team when we begin our matches.” Freshman Sam Adamson is also interested in participating on the tennis team.

Head Tennis Coach Keith Turner (Breana Noble/Collegian)

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SPORTS FACILITIES: REVAMPED AND RENAMED Sam Scorzo Sports Editor Like Bumblee in “Transformers,” Hillsdale’s weight room is a whole new animal. Except instead of a grungy 1977 Chevrolet Camaro turning into a sleek, new model, the old gym turned into a pristine state of the art weight room. “It was pretty shocking,” senior Matt Eltringham said. In addition to the remodeled downstairs weight room, the Jesse Philips Arena was revamped and renamed the Dawn practice facility broke ground in Hayden Park, and locker rooms throughout the George C. Roche Sports Complex. The weight room is now termed the JAM in honor of the alumni who gifted the remodel to the college: Jared ’10, Aaron ’01, and Morgan Veldheer ’12. “There’s a sort of fraternity of athletes at Hillsdale and we need to look out for each other,” Aaron Veldheer said. “It was

also a way of saying thank you the 2009 Hillsdale football team, most successful volleyball seafor the great education and men- Jared suited up for the Oakland sons, which included winning use the JAM. tors that Hillsdale provided us.” Raiders for four seasons. This three consecutive GLIAC con“We’re really thankful,” El- spring he signed as a free agent ference tournaments. tringham said. “It’s been a big ing with a large “H” in the cen- with the Arizona Cardinals. “They were both great lead- force of momentum for our ter of the room, freshly painted Jared’s older brother Aaron was ers on their team, their paths team. Going into a new weight walls, exposed black ceilings, starting point guard for the Hill- kind of paralleled in a lot of room with nice new speakersand 25 customized weight sta- sdale basketball team for three ways,” Aaron said of his brother there’s a lot of positive energy.” tions. The student-athletes’ years, and Jared’s wife Morgan and sister-in-law. Football strength training mantra’s “Arete” (Greek for the helped lead some of Hillsdale’s Arriving for camp on Aug. pursuit of virtue the change and excellence) and has boosted “E.P.E.P.” (Every player, every play) team workare spelled out in outs. white lettering on “We can blue medal at the top of each station. guys in there “A weight room and I can is important to all coach the sports, so we knew same lift at it would do a lot the same of good for a great time rather number of teams,” than running Aaron Veldheer from spot to said. “All three of spot,” Shrefus love the weight room- a couple of The new pictures of Jared equipment in the weight room allows playhave gone viral- so ers to do a Redshirt sophomores Austin Koneval and Joe Duff work out in the JAM during footmajority of After captaining ball camp. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian) their workout

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Hillsdale College has taken golf to a new level this year, advancing from the statue variety to varsity. Thanks to an endowment by Dawn Tibbetts Potter, the college recruited six freshmen, two juniors and two seniors to re-establish the team on campus. The Division II team will compete in the GLIAC among 15 others in the conference, playing both the fall and spring seasons. Potential seems to be the overall name of Hillsdale’s golf game. emy,” head coach Mike Harner said when asked about expectations for the season. However, with the expertise of assistant coach Nate Gilchrist and an early season plan to adjust to tournament play, the team hopes to qualify for the conference championship in October. To prepare for the upcoming season, players were instructed by the coaching staff to play as many amateur tournaments as possible during the summer. The 10 players arrived on campus a week and a half before classes began for preseason camp, Rockwell Lodge in Luther, Michigan. The retreat doubled as a kick-off for the sea-

Harner led the team in yoga and strength training. In addition to establishing team and individual goals at the Rockwell Lodge, the 10 members participated in team-bonding exercises, such as an attempt to eat 200 boneless chicken wings together at Buffalo Wild Wings. As with other NCAA sports, there are rules receive coach instruction. However, senior cocaptains Matt Chalberg and Brad Mitzner have stepped in to lead team practices. Though their home course is Bella Vista Golf Course in Coldwater, Michigan, the team will use the two new practice facilities on campus that are expected to open by Oct. 1. the GLIAC, as well as earning a team and individual win at one of their 10 tournaments. Collegiate golf is a unique team situation, as players compete individually as well. Freshman Steven Sartore emphasized the benyou’re rooting for yourself and you’re rooting for your teammates, it just seems you play better. You get good karma going your way, as I call it good one is rooting for each other, and that’s something that’s hard to replace.”

without leaving the stations because each contains a squat rack, platform, and bench. product, football head coach Keith Otterbein said the JAM is not 100 percent completed. “Some fatheads and a really cool sign along the front wall would really be the icing on the cake,” Otterbein said. “The fatheads will really make the room pop.” The JAM was built with the varsity athletes in mind. However, it will open to students and the community starting Sept. 4. Construction on the main stadium in the Dawn Tibbetts Potter Arena is planned to be leyball match on Sept. 12. The expected completion date for the rest of the project is Oct. 1, Athletic Director Don Brubacher said. The new additions include a large rock climbing wall that rises at the base of the Fitness Center. The wall will be able to accommodate nine climbers at a

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Tennis team is ‘fearless’ this fall Hannah Leitner Design Editor Much of Hillsdale’s women tennis team will seem astonishingly familiar this fall. Composed of seven athletes, the team neither gained incoming freshmen nor graduated any seniors, meaning all members have had previous experience on the team. “We have the same team this year so that’s not different, but the thing that is different is that everyone has the experience of playing a full year, which in college tennis means everything,” head coach Nikki Walbright said. “The more experience you have in match play the better it is.” AC conference last season, the team looks forward to improving their placing this year. The team hopes familiarity with college tennis matches as well as team dynamics will give them a competitive edge over the other teams. Walbright said because everyone has had experience, they were able to jump straight into preseason training. “We were able to start and go straight from where we left off last year,” Walbright said. “There were no new things to learn. Everyone knew exactly what was expected of them.” Senior team captain Morgan Delp said that

she can see the improvement her team has made in the last year. “A lot of our girls really improved their strength on the court, especially our sophomores,” Delp said. “They’ve got a year under their belt and they’ve come back a lot stronger now that they know how to lift, and our juniors are stepping into leadership roles as well. I’m proud of them all.” Changes with this year’s schedule will bring its own uniqueness to this season. Previously, weekend matches tended to last tennis on each of those days. However with the new schedule, the tournaments tend to be shortened to two days. The team’s new schedule demanded a new training plan for the summer and pre-season. “Our coach gives us a very rigorous and intense training schedule, and I think we did a good job of sticking with it,” Delp said. With the original team and a renewed spirit, ment this coming weekend, Sept. 5-7. “Our motto is ‘fearless’ this year,” Delp said. “Because everyone has played all the matches before, there shouldn’t be any fear or anxiety. It’s just going out there and doing what we know how to do.”

Ohio at the Kyle Ryman Shootout.

Charger Chatter: Mark LaPrairie to learn the ins and outs of the offense, and that’s brought me to where I am now. I am pretty young compared to other players in the league though, so it’s a balance.

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Redshirt sophomore Mark LaPrairie gives us the scoop on how he’s feeling about stepping up to the starting quarterback position this fall. How do you feel about starting as quarterback? Well, I don’t feel a whole lot of pressure; I feel like I eased into it. My true freshman year I didn’t have a lot of responsibility, so I had time to get used to college life. The next year I got

How have you prepared for the upcoming season? This off-season I really hit the weights and ran a lot. I gained a lot of weight, and I also threw with a past quarterback at Hillsdale, who was very helpful. You’re a double major in Economics and Math. How do you balance your academics with football? There’s really not a whole lot of free time, but I took a couple summer classes and came into college with some credits, which made it a little bit easier. Basically it comes down to not wasting time, going to see professors, and getting as much help as I can. What do you like to do outside

of athletics? Well, I lead Bible study for the football team. Football really tires me out, so I tend to be more of a homebody. But I like to hang out with my friends, be chill, and watch movies. What’s the best football advice you’ve been given? A sports psychologist talked to our football team last fall during camp who basically said that the athlete needs to slow the game down and prepare mentally in advance. As a quarterback I have to be level-headed, so this really helped me focus on visualizing what’s going on at the

Who is your favorite football player? I like aspects of a lot of different players. I really like Tim Tebow, mainly for his passion and how vocal he is with his faith. I also like Aaron Rodgers because he throws so effortlessly, and Drew Brees for his leadership.

If you could play for any professional team, which would it be?

Do you have any pre-game rituals? I haven’t really come up with one for college yet, but back in high school, our linebacker coach would always eat a Tootsie pop in the color of the opposing team before a game, and he would give me the wrapper to stick in my sock. Nowadays I just focus on keeping calm and socializing with my teammates before the game.

Dallas Cowboys. They have a sweet stadium, and they are very iconic. Also my parents used to live in Dallas, so I’m pretty familiar with Dallas football.

What does your celebration dance look like? Coach Otter would probably kill me if I did a celebration dance... but if I could, I’d do a

gin with, I’ll probably just go to the bench. What is something about Coach Otter that people outside the team don’t know about? gallons of coffee a day. He carries around a big canister full of it. On a more serious note, he really loves us as players. He’s always looking out for our wellbeing. I really respect him because he keeps his word and is really honest with the team. ing football? I started playing football in 7th grade as a running back. Since I was so tall (5’10”), they switched me to tight end, then played that position ever since. What’s your favorite part about the quarterback position?

Mainly I enjoy the leadership and being in the spotlight. I like the responsibility, with all the control and pressure it brings. I like being able to change plays, and the challenge of maneuvering in and out of certain situaWhat are the team’s biggest strengths this year? Our strength - which may be nitely our youth, especially on the offensive side of the ball. We have two freshman starters on the line as well; Jake Bull and Dan Drummond really stand out to me as strong contributors. People will underestimate our team since we lost a lot of starters last year, but we aren’t really rebuilding, we are reloading. -Compiled by Alex Whitford

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Wolfe returns with Image Magazine and a folk band Celebrating 25 years, Image Magazine headlining this fall’s visiting writers fest Vivian Hughbanks Assistant Editor “Fires where all our sparks could scatter, midnight stars could drop their ladders, I’m not sure any of it matters, but all of it was music,” a crooning voice emerges over a thick folk guitar base. The folk band Over the Rhine will perform at Hillsdale during the English department’s Visiting Writers seminar on Oct. 20. This unprecedented two-day event will be held in the Dow Leadership Center on Oct. 20 and 21, and will center on the relationship between faith and the arts. In addition to the musical performance, alumnus Gregory Wolfe ’80, founder and editor-in-chief of Image magazine will speak, along with pulitzer-nominated poet Andrew Hudgins, and his wife, novelist Erin McGraw. In previous years, Visiting Writers program guests have come individually for two days, holding readings of their work, then giving a lecture. This semester, the several visits will coincide in a special seminar to mark the 25th anniversary of Image magazine.

Image, one of America’s leading literary quarterlies, is a forum for the best writing and to discover religious through art and literature. The magazine shares a special connection with the Visiting Writers program: many previous featured guests of the program have served on the Editorial Advisory Board of the magazine. Hudgins is a member of the board, along with poet Paul Mariani, featured last year, novelist and essayist Doris Betts, poet and essayist Thomas Lynch, and novelist Ron Hansen. Wolfe, who graduated from Hillsdale in 1980 with degrees in history and English, has since earned a master’s degree in English from the Univer-

Christian humanist Desiderius Erasmus. 2000. He is currently researching “What he has done is remarkfor a book about the renaissance able. We want to honor him,” Visiting Writers Program Director John Somerville said. “So this being the 25th anniversary of Image, it seemed like the perfect year to do it.” Wolfe is a prevalent voice in the literary world advocating for the renewal of interest in the relationship between art and religion. Hansen has described Wolfe as “one of the most incisive and persuasive voices of our generation.” Wolfe told the Collegian that he plans to speak on the relationship between conservative thought and the arts. “I think it will be autobiographical,” Wolfe said. “I know Gregory Wolfe ’80 will return to campus this semester as part of a special the topic because event for the English department’s Visiting Writers Series. (Photo Courtesy of it goes back to my and more than 200 essays and articles, founded and served 25 years as editor of Image, and has

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Hillsdale education.” During his time as a student at Hillsdale, Wolfe founded the Hillsdale Review: An American Miscellany, a quarterly journal of cultural and literary criticism that garnered several thousand subscribers during his editorship. founding the journal was helpful when he began the process of founding Image. When he graduated, Wolfe had plans to start another publication during his career, but wasn’t certain that it would be successful. “I don’t know that I was sure that such a thing would happen,” Wolfe said, of Image’s founding. “I certainly hoped that it would.” Despite the strong ties of his time at Hillsdale to the success of his career, Wolfe has not returned to Hillsdale since graduation in 1980, and he’s looking forward to being back in the area for a few days. “I look forward to seeing if Central Hall is still standing,” Wolfe chuckled. Over The Rhine is an Ohiobased folk band, founded in 1989. The band’s husband-andwife pair songwriting team,

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Coffey brews an album Amanda Tindall News Editor Since before she started writing out her ABCs or learning how to spell, junior Catherine Coffey has known and loved music. “I remember being really little and sitting on top of the washing machine and making up little songs to go with the rhythm of the washing machine,” Coffey said. It’s just always been something I’ve done, something I’ve loved. Not even consciously, it’s just a part of who I am.” Now Coffey is in production of her own album in collaboration with Make Believe Studios in Omaha, Neb. “My parents superstitiously believe that [my involvement in music] was because they were married on the feast of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music,” Coffey said. “All of my siblings sing and play music too.” Coffey said when she was

sincere too. There’s something about it that’s just honest; it’s like a giraffe. Giraffes are just quirky and so entirely themselves.” Ukulele, she said, will always have a special meaning for her because it’s how she got started. As 17-year-old Coffey walked into a coffee shop with a newly purchased ukulele under her arm, a man named Derek Dibbern stood behind her in line. “He saw my ukulele and asked if I could play it,” Coffey said, “I told him I had just learned one song, but I played it for him. And one thing led to another and we ended up having this little jam session on the patio of this coffee shop. By the end of our conversation, he asked if I wanted to open for his gig.” From then on, Coffey and Dibbern met every month, and

she opened for his musical act fey said that Dibbern has a very progressive sound. “He just has this openness and curiosity about music that I always want to have,” she said. “And he was so encouraging towards me. Everything I came to him with, he was able to critique me, but also really encouraged my song writing.” Coffey said Dibbern was the role model closest to her, or who most. “My role models — Jeff them. He’s one of the rare beasts of rock and roll. He’s just magical. Regina Spektor kind of gave me sort of a goal for any kind of art that I did. That’s in that she whenever she does something,

whenever she opens her mouth and sings something, her audiyou’re talking about.’ It’s so weird and she does it in such a unique way, and yet we’re still able to relate with her.” Coffey’s song-writing combined with her ability to perform the music she writes is uncommon, her producer at Make Believe Studios, Rick Carson, said. “Catherine’s songs are really original; You can tell she really cares about them,” Carson said. “They’re very storytelling songs. And you don’t get that a lot nowadays. People aren’t buying into substance any more, and if they are, it has to be really good substance. And I think that can happen with her music. There are not too many projects that get me

her mother taught her piano, which she learned for nearly 11 years. Having played violin, recorder, ukulele, piano and guitar, Coffey said guitar is her favorite instrument out of “I love everything you can do with a guitar,” Coffey said. “I’m also becoming increasingly enamored with the accordion. It’s such a brilliant instrument. It’s such a great sound. Junior Catherine Coffey recorded an album this summer and is moving forward with pursuing a It’s so boisterous career in professional music. (Photo Courtesy of Catherine Coffey) and fun. It’s so

The album does not currently have a release date. For now, Carson said, Coffey has given them a structure, and they’re just adding instrumentals. He compared the process of producing an album to testing if noodles are fully cooked. “You throw the noodles up against the wall and see if they stick,” Carson said. “With the instrumentals, we’re just throwing nine different noodles up against the wall, and seeing what sticks.” One of Coffey’s housemates, junior Sarah Albers, has lived

with Coffey for two years, listening to her play, write, and really get to know the music she plays. tricable, Albers said. “It’s a way way she sort of teases out problems. It’s both a method of selfSo even when she’s covering another song, the music has sigpreting or processing.”

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Things to do and see this week Enduring Vision: Selections from Perception Gallery’s opening reception Sunday, Sept. 7, 2-4 p.m. — Daughtrey Gallery

Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem play Saturday, Sept. 6, at 8 p.m. — Markel Auditorium

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Summer Smith Collegian Freelancer

Meadowcroft

Welcome to the Arts page; let’s talk this year This is the arts page. You should read it this year. Not because I’m its editor or the writing here in this column, week to week, will wow you and you’ll wonder at its wit and whimsy— though that would be nice. Read the arts section because you’re at Hillsdale, in a community of amazingly creative people doing amazingly creative things everyday. professor or an old dictionary will tell you, is the application of skill, of knowledge. To describe something as art, classically, implies a rational mind has applied itself to the design and crafting growing out of the Greek word transliterated as “techne,” whose numerous derivatives require no aid in recalling. But the idea of it, that creative and skilful basketterm use of the word art, catches almost all we do here at Hillsdale. Pursue truth, defend liberty, get a liberal arts education. Obviously, however, art as it is used today, while cherishing its roots in techne—trying playing a violin without practicing and without making the neighbor’s cat wonder if its cousin is dying—describes aesthetic endeavors, exploring beauty, whether for its own sake or in conjunction with other human activity. These cosmos they are circling spheres of music, of theatre, of dance, of arts—sculpture, painting, drawing, photography, myriad medium, message, and method. Cast out poetry and creative prose from the English major’s sill and he wanders homeless and hardly brethren. That is what this section is about. The creative skills and endeavors of your roommates,

The art department’s plans for this semester include a new Digital Illustration course, a tion, and visiting artist and student exhibits. Digital Illustration, a new course this semester, was designed so that students who enjoyed studio art, like drawing and painting, could combine this interest with computer graphics. The class is designed to be appealing to both beginning students and those with some level of skill, so that anyone can take it. The course was started this semester by Professor Bryan Springer who has been teaching

the pretty girl up the street, your neighbour down the hall, the guy who sits next to you in class, your friend who’s always practicing but not at practice, will be showcased, explored, explained, considered, critiqued, and admired from these pages. Read this because they are your friends and because you do or dabble in one of these things and want people to recognize and appreciate what you care about. That’s the page, and this is the column. From here, let us foster a conversation on campus about what we are doing when we perform, when we create, when we practice and dedicate ourselves to expressing not just ourselves, but the human condition, in a tradition of provocations and celebrations. Next week, Junior Forester McClatchey will be writing about rap, not just as a student of the genre, but as a rapper. It is an opportunity for us to talk about rap as music and as poetry, with the rules of expression that apply to both. This is Hillsdale College’s newspaper, but Hillsdale College is, after all, named after Hillsdale, Michigan. So, while economic contractions and the college’s growing national prestige make Hillsdale a college town more than Hillsdale College the town’s college, this is a page for Hillsdale County too. You are our neighbors. We want to know how you celebrate beauty, communicate truth, create good things. To that end, from campus or county, I want to hear from you. Send me an email at mmeadowcroft@hillsdale.edu and tell me about the novel your sister wrote, the mural your church completed, the little play that could, and I

Hillsdale’s Professional Artist Series begins with a bang this month in the music department, with three professional concerts over the next four weeks. Gospel quartet Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem will play this Saturday, Sept. 6, at 8 p.m. in Markel Auditorium. On Sunday, Sept. 21, renowned pianist Andreas Klein will perform in Markel at 3 p.m., and guitarist David Youngman, a Hillsdale native, will play on Friday, Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in McNamara Rehearsal Hall. Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem play a unique brand of historically American music, labeled by Vancouver’s Rogue Folk Review as “an intoxicating blend of roots music styles, with deep traditional roots.” Music department chair James Holleman describes the group as

conversation about art. That’s these pages, and let’s start today.

without the preaching.” Andreas Klein, a German-

computer graphics in the art department for six years. Springer said that he wanted to give students the opportunity to make pictures using the computer. He hopes to teach this course again next year. ArtPrize is a massive art competition in Grand Rapids where artists set up their work all along buildings. Prizes are awarded based on popular vote. In addition to new classes, the department is also planning to sponsor a bus trip to ArtPrize on a Friday between Sept. 24 and Oct. 12. The trip is tentatively scheduled for Oct. 3. Departmental Photographer Doug Coon plans to showcase some of his photography. The art departing the details of the trip. This month, a selection of

The pros are back in town Music department kicking the semester off with guest performances Andrew Egger Collegian Freelancer

born pianist, will both play a concert and teach a piano master class. “As a pianist, I’m excited for Andreas to come,” junior music major Taylor Flowers said. “He’s an excellent and very wellknown concert pianist.” The New York Times has described Klein as “a fascinating artist with all the indispensable qualities: temperament, taste, touch, tone, the four Ts of pianism.” David Youngman is an instruplays a wide variety of musical styles, drawing on jazz, classiences. He is also known for his hymn arrangements. In addition to performing, he teaches guitar at Spring Arbor University. Senior Chris Pandolfo, who plays guitar with student band Coffey and the Sugar Packets, was enthusiastic about a virtuoso guitarist coming to Hillsdale. “I don’t know much about Youngman, but I am very excited to see him,” Pandolfo said. “It will be a good motivation to

Theatre and Dance charge on with renovations Natalie deMacedo News Editor A remodeled performance studio, black box renovations and a new dance honorary mark an exciting year of new beginnings for Hillsdale’s dance and theatre departments. In addition, Director of Dance Holly Hobbs is implementing a new method of ballet instruction, the Tower Players are focusing on contemporary performances and nearly 50 students auditioned Hobbs expressed her pleasure with the dance department’s new performance studio, which includes wall-to-wall sprung

all united under one roof,” Hobbs added. Hobbs also explained that the department joined the National Honor Society for Dance Arts, a national dance honorary which will requires artistic merit, leadership and academic achievement to bring dance students together. “It will focus on the more social aspects of participating in dance,” Hobbs said. In order to produce better, ers, Hobbs attended a training seminar this summer for American Ballet Theatre. She said this method of learning and teaching ballet will fundamentally change the way she teaches, but for the better. “It has a rigorous syllabus and

ing both faculty and student choreographed works in modern and ballet genre. Auditions will be held on Sept. 13 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the performance studio and are open to all levels of dance expertise. Additionally, she said students in her Choreography and Improvisation II course will perform group-choreographed dance in

of movement,” Hobbs said. The Tower Dancers will perform on March 27 to 29, display-

Maine,” will show Oct. 8 to 11. The play is a series of short vignettes of different couples at dif-

fresh coat of paint. Before, dance easily “fall to their death” if they weren’t cautious. Now the entire

pieces from the Perception Gallery in Grand Rapids is featured in the Daughtrey Gallery. During homecoming season, Brian Curtis will be displaying his paintings in the Gallery. Curtis used to be a professor here at Hillsdale in the early 1980s and later went on to become Head of Graduate Painting Studies at the University of Miami in Florida. His works explore the beauty of Stonehenge in a series of paintings both large and small. These will be up for anyone to view from Oct. 3 to Nov. 9. At the end of the semester, two Senior Art Exhibits will be displayed for art majors graduating early. Seniors Margaret Smith and Katherine Helmick will show their Senior Art Exhibits from Nov. 17 to Nov. 24. “They’re really all about fundamentals and being able to see

December. The performance is open to the student body. In the theatre department, the Tower Players will perform four shows – three plays and one musical – over the course of the year. Theatre Department Chair George Angell said the plays are all contemporary and the oldest one, “Misanthrope,” will have a contemporary slant.

ferent stages of love, theatre publicity manager and senior Aaron Pomerantz said. “They are discovering something about how they feel about each other,” Director Michel Bayer added. “It’s pure and simple.” Although the show only requires four actors, two men and two women, it can include as many as 19. Bayer said almost 50 students auditioned, resulting in callbacks. Because of the tremendous showing, Bayer said, the cast is 19 students. The other shows will include “The Misanthrope” in November, musical “The Drowsy Chaperone” in February, and “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” in April.

practice.” This year’s Professional Artist Series is heavily weighted towards the beginning of the year. After the three concerts in September, the next concert —the prestigious men’s vocal ensemble Cantus— is not until January. Holleman said that this is by design. “We like to offer the students a chance to get to these concerts before they get crazy busy as the semester goes on,” Holleman said. “It’s also nice to get these shared experiences as an audience under our belt early. It’s a good way to jump-start the music program for the year.” Although all Professional Artist Series concerts are free, it is recommended to reserve tickets ahead of time. “We try to seat everyone who shows up, but these shows often sell out, and reserving tickets will guarantee you a spot,” Holleman said. Tickets can be reserved by

liberal arts mission of Hillsdale so well,” Helmick said, of the work she plans to exhibit. Helmick’s artwork will be mostly photography with some pieces from other areas, while Smith has pieces from all different areas including digital illustration, pen and ink, textiles, sculpture and drawing. “This has been really a wonderful place to be able to grow and learn how to better use artistic talents,” Smith said. Art department chair Barbara Bushey encourages non-art majors to come and take classes to see if they have an interest in the area. “Everybody is of course welcome and we like to see lots of people down here that maybe we haven’t seen before,” Bushey said.

iMage festival From B1 guitarist Linford Detweiler and vocalist Karin Bergquist, will join Wolfe for a panel on faith and the arts on Oct. 21. The band’s critically acclaimed latest album, “Meet Me At The Edge of The World,” was inspired by the couple’s farmhouse in rural ences of Highland County, the region near Cincinnati where the band was founded. “These songs all grew loosely out of the soil we live on,” Detweiler explains on the band’s website. “We had always dreamed of having a piece of unpaved earth which would serve as our home base, just like many other American artists or writers that are immediately associated with call our place Nowhere Farm: nowhere, or now here, depending on how you look at it.”

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coffey From B1 Albers described her songlearning process as getting to know the music as most people would a person. “She just has incredible talent,” Albers said. “But what distinguishes any artist, but distinctly her, is her depth of feeling. She has powerful insight, incredible intelligence, and that is paired with the capacity to love and to feel that I haven’t encountered in many other people. I think that is what sets her apart as a musician and artist.” “Music, what I love about music is that it’s, music is a reaction,” Coffey said. “I think that’s what I love about it. It’s some-

thing that’s so entirely our own. I mean, if you’ve done music long enough, it becomes your automatic reaction. If you’re happy about something, or music starts playing in your head, or your sad about something and you hear a million songs that go with it. Music is a way to articulate ourselves in a very vulnerable way.”

for dancing with a foam core covered with a rubber surface called marley. Likewise, the black box that once had hard, splintering wood covered with maple squares and a new sound system for both dance and theatre performances. Hobbs said these renovations allow for all dance classes – including highland and ballroom – to meet in the Sage Center for the Arts, instead of at the Roche Sports Complex.

Nearly 50 students auditioned for “Almost, Maine,” which the Tower Players will perform with a cast of 19 Oct. 8-11. (Elena Creed/Collegian)

Sophomores Dani Morey and David Whitson audition for “Almost, Maine.” (Elena Creed/Collegian)

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Barney Initiative opens eighth charter school Emma Vinton Assistant Editor The Barney Charter School Initiative has increased two-fold after opening four new charter schools this summer. Since 2009, the initiative has spread liberal arts education throughout the country. This initiative seeks to institute a classical curriculum in schools that wish to associate with the college in the renewal of education throughout America. Phillip Kilgore, the director of the initiative, said that the college works with communities, parents, educators, and local school districts ward trend of progressive education. “It is really driven by a response to people who are like minded and who share our educational philosophy,” Kilgore said. Eight new charter schools have opened their doors since 2012. This past August four new schools opened, located in Georgia, Florida, Nevada, and Texas. The growth prowith the hope of having 50 charter schools open by 2022. Kilgore said that because the word is out, he receives weekly enquiries about the initiative, even from states that do not have charter school laws. These charter schools, which are publically funded yet inlearning and rigour of the liberal arts education that is taught at the college. These schools have tremendous curricular freedom, Kilgore said, because they are allowed to depart from the state’s dictates for regular public schools. “Hillsdale provides the curricular design,” he said. “Our role is to be the architect of the academic procant piece in that.” Hillsdale hosted a teacher train-

ing session in June, which 100 teachers from four charter schools attended, and over 30 faculty members from the college delivered sessions. Kilgore emphasized the importance of content; teachers have to be knowledgeable in order to fully teach a liberal arts education. “I had Dr. Grant teaching about Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, because there’s a government class. I had Dr. Smith talking about “Henry V” because that book is taught in the eighth grade. I had Dr. Birzer talking about American

where from 2006-2014. Emily Flynn, ’14 currently teaches at the Atlanta Classical Academy (ACA) in Georgia. With a degree in history and a minor in art history,

27 students. Flynn heard about the ACA at the Classical Schools Job Fair that the college hosts every February. “It has been exciting and challenging to be a part of this, especially as a new teacher,” Flynn said. “I have the opportunity to help form a school, and thus its students, in an environment which promotes virtue and academic rigor. It feels very teach that,” Kilgore Hillsdale-ian.” said. “That’s some Flynn added that top-grade teacher “Public schools Dr. Terrence Moore, training.” previous professor of need to be Kilgore also history at Hillsdale, added that every restored to what is the principal at the American should be ACA and is very inconcerned with edu- they once were.” volved in the initiacation because of its — Phillip Kilgore, tive. She said that she connection with the is encouraged by the Barney Initiative support she has rehealth of the republic. ceived from both the director “Education is community at ACA something that and members and factouches every family. There is no ulty back at Hillsdale. one who doesn’t have a dog in the Flynn echoes Kilgore’s aspirations for the initiative and for the Kilgore said that, besides the fact renewal of education throughout the that students throughout America country. The Barney Charter School are educated, he hopes that the ini- Initiative is vital not only as a means tiative will have a leavening effect in for the learning of the liberal arts, public education. but also as an education for leading “We are showing that education a virtuous life. in the public school domain can be “If we only emphasize academdone in the right manner, and we ics, we are forgetting that we are want parents and policy makers to developing human beings, not just see that,” he said. “Public schooling brains,” Flynn said. “Developing needs to be restored to what it once character is an essential component was, and these schools serve as the of ACA and other Barney charter example that it can be done.” schools, and it is this emphasis on The eight schools, which have virtue that will allow the students of a total of 4,000 students enrolled, these schools to excel academically are also a haven for Hillsdale Col- and morally in our world, for they lege alumni. According to Assistant will be able to interpret and seek out Director Rebecca Fleming, there are the good, the true, and the beautia total of 30 alumni working at the ful.” schools, who have graduated any-

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1 Founders Academy of Las Vegas: Las Vegas, NV 2 Estancia Valley Classical Academy: Moriarty, NM 3 Founders Classical Academy: Lewisville, TX 4 Founders Classical Academy: Leander, TX 5 Northwest Arkansas Classical Academy: Bentonville, AR 6 Savannah Classical Academy: Savannah, GA 7 Atlanta Classical Academy: Atlanta, GA 8 Mason Classical Academy: Naples, FL

District court judge presides over mock trial team Madeleine Jepsen Freelancer Judge Brent Weigle of the Michigan 3A Judicial District Court will coach the 2014-15 Hillsdale College mock trial team. Weigle will replace former coach Keith Miller, the assistant director of career services. Weigle, who showed an interest in law since the age of 12, managed to incorporate his passion for his work into coaching a mock trial team. “I liked debating, and the give and take of debate,” Weigle said. “I also had a strong desire to help people.” These skills have served Weigle well throughout his career, which began in 1986 after he graduated from Thomas J. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich. For four years he served as an assistant prosecutor for Branch County, Mich., and later entered private practice as both a civil and criminal defense lawyer. He served as a magistrate

he was responsible for conducting courts for minor offenses as well as holding preliminary hearings for more serious offenses. In 2009, Weigle was sworn in as a district judge for Michigan’s 3A Judicial District Court in Branch County. He is one of two judges who presides over the court, which handles apranging from seat belt tickets to preliminary hearings for murder charges. He will be up for re-election this November. Weigle said that he is excited to integrate his experience as a lawyer and a judge into his coaching position for the mock trial team, since the proceedings are similar to the workings of an actual court. “It helps that I tried jury trials as a lawyer for both sides,” Weigle said. Weigle added that his judicial experience also gives him an additional perspective on the legal process. “Being neutral, I’m sort of above the source and can see things from a neutral perspective and get the bigger picture,” he

said. Students agree that Weigle’s ample experience in the courtroom will help the team improve. “His experience as a prosecutor will help us present to a jury,” said sophomore Jon Church, one of the team captains. “He will help get us to the next level in terms of courtroom presentation.” In addition to his courtroom experience, Weigle coached the mock trial team for Coldwater High School for more than 15 years. Under his leadership, the team won the state championship. The transition from high school competition to the college level will demand some adjustment, primarily in managing the larger number of students participating on the college team. On the high school team, he coached anywhere from four to ten students, whereas the college team has more than 25 students. “I look forward to the process, the hours spent together, and the friendships we’ll form,” he said. Weigle’s eldest son and Hillsdale alumni, Jon, will act as his assistant coach who participated in his own high school mock trial

team. His team won a state title in high school and went undefeated for a year. sistant coaching,” he said. “I really like the enthusiasm these students have shown. They are very talented, and I think we’ll have a great year.” Weigle’s enthusiasm and dedication to coaching matches the team’s excitement. “We are very excited about having Judge Weigle as the new coach,” said Philip Hammersley, senior and captain. “He has the perspective of what lawyers are looking for while judging, which will help us in competition.” Last week, Weigle had his tive team members. He met the students and shared his coaching philosophy. He will serve as an advisor to the student teams, but ultimately, the case is in the students’ hands. “I will try and put them in a position to be successful and see how things go,” Weigle said. In his address to the team, he added: “Work as hard as you want to work. It’s your case.”

Assistant coaches Jon Weigle ’14 and graduate student Nicholas Sauma oversee the mock trial team’s second practice. (Bailey Pritchett/Collegian)

equestrian From B4 display skills, such as walking, trotting, and cantering, and award ribbons based on their performance. Improvement requires commitment. At least every other week, Marchese and the other members of team swap their desk seats for saddles and head to practice at the Premier Equestrian Center in Hudson, Mich. Here, the team’s coach of two years, Danielle Cole, owns and maintains the team horses. Marchese and Williams agree that the half-hour drive out to the peaceful barn and idyllic countryside provides a welcome way to relax in the midst of hectic campus life. Both girls do English horseback riding, but Hillsdale’s Equestrian Team also includes a branch for Western riding. While competing on the English team involves trotting, cantering, and eventually jumping, the Western team requires reining, barrel racing, and roping. “Western riding is a little

more laidback than English,” said senior Daniel Kish, western team president. “I would recommend it to someone who wants to feel secure and relaxed but be able to compete in a wide array of fun disciplines.” Just as both branches of the team steadily work together to make their dream a reality, Marchese continues at her canter a little longer before calling it a day. As she and Williams brush down the horses, they explain why participation on the team perfectly complements their Hillsdale education. According to Williams, students earning the right to govern themselves can learn from the way riders strive to earn a horse’s respect. For her and the other equestrians, riding is a means of living out the belief that strength rejoices in the challenge. Williams smiles as she recites her favorite Winston Churchill quote: “‘There’s something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.’

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New club says BYOB: bring your own broom More than 150 students signed up for quidditch club at the Source. Abigail Bilger Freelancer

(Left to right) Sophomore Danielle Ciarelli, Senior Daniel Kish, Senior Glynis Williams, Sophomore Gianna Marchese, and Junior Emily Nelson align together after a practice over the weekend. (Hailey Morgan/Collegian)

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See Equestrian B3 (Above) Senior Glynis Williams, the team’s development delagate, competes in both English style riding competitions. (Below) Senior Daniel Kish captains the Western style branch of the team. (Hailey Morgan/ Collegian)

Sophomore Gianna Marchese, the club president, practices riding with Deautsch. (Hailey Morgan/Collegian)

NATHAN BRAND, SENIOR Describe your fashion sense. The Nordstrom men’s department What is your most embarrassing item of clothing? A muumuu I purchased at the Women’s Comissioners Sale What is your biggest fashion pet peeve? The color orange What is your favorite item of clothing? Despicable Me boxers Who inspires your wardrobe? Michelle Obama

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