2.12.15 Hillsdale Collegian by The Hillsdale Collegian

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Vol. 138 Issue 16 - 12 February 2015

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‘Between Shades of Gray’

Accounting assistant retires after 19 years

Alumna writes New York Times best seller on Baltic genocide Tom Novelly Collegian Reporter

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Sarah Chavey Collegian Reporter From left to right: Business department workers, including Janie Posante, Carole Jacobus, Amy Glass, and Sandra Compton. Missing from the photo is Kathy Caldwell. (On Yu Lee/Collegian)

Emma Vinton Assistant Editor

Brad Lowrey brings a new element to the college’s social media and boasts several high-profile companies on his resume. (Photos Courtesy of Brad Lowrey)

Social media guru hired -

Ryskamp and Peters named Outstanding Senior Man and Woman Morgan Delp Editor-in-Chief

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(Courtesy of Sam Ryskamp)

INSIDE Humans of A Few Good Men

(Courtesy of Shelly Peters)

A Penny earned

E-Cigs come to Hillsdale

Battle of the Bands

Chargers’ winning streak hits five (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

Schlueters weigh in

(Elena Creed/Collegian)

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TAs, research assistants combine teaching and learning Sarah Albers Assistant Editor

The time and effort that Hillsdale science students put in together establishes an informal periences inform the way he approaches fresh-

duce younger students to new experiences and

“People make a lot of interesting decisions in

Strosacker collegiate community through the the general chemistry lab is incredibly reward-

SeniorS

Charging on with a Hillsdale HD channel -

Kelsey Drapkin Collegian Reporter

From A1 Ryskamp described Peters as “emulating Jesus is -

product to be re-run on the Char-

Pienta said he is looking into

Students may soon be able comfort of their own dorm or from any of the 697 cable connections Hillsdale pays for in their “bulk-

the other day and were talking about how much -

of the older tube TVs on campus that would need additional hard-

kamp remembers a prank where students stuffed

was the fear of decreased crowd

The expanding media department at Hillsdale College is in the midst of bidding and contract

Knitting club starts at Olds

Productions Specialist Scott PiThe Charger Channel is a way how much is happening at Hillsdale College while also keeping

broadcast to the entire Hillsdale he is concerned about due to lack is something that Pienta said he sees as a possibility for the future -

ing off campus like at the shootCenter for Constitutional Studies an opportunity for students to

Pienta said he is looking into our monitors if we were conformation that students would be

Ali Bauer (left), Jessica Hurley (center), and Rachael Kurtz knit together on Wednesday night. (Laura Williamson/Collegian)

ing to make it good enough to go

Laura Williamson Collegian Reporter

The department currently has the capability to create two channels that could be reached on

Another aspect of the Charger

made into an edited and produced

hear the sound of knitting nee-

that will allow the department to determine what makes the most

Associate Dean of Men Jeffery “Chief” Rogers is taking a break from the cadence runs this winter and is offering a new way for students to wake up and get

work wonders if you can keep up Rogers makes it a fun and personally rewarding time for all of the students and gets them

full insanity workout program to and break up the laziness of the

sica Hurley is another knitter of the club and has been knitting knit right before fall break and went on YouTube and learned

the opportunity to take a break from the studies and work on

and soul must be working togetha saltwater lake because after 30

in the Roche Sports Complex and cycling through the new Max 20

The essentials of the work-

Chief Rogers and sophomore Ian Gensler stretch during an Insanity workout. (Tom Novelly/Collegian)

teammates from the swim team how to knit at the same time

The knitting club will also

is the brainchild of senior Ra-

a lake of sweat right in front of 30-minute struggle between the

the club could get funded by the

Cain has been knitting since

Chief Rogers leads insane morning workouts Thomas Novelly Collegian Reporter

Freshman Mehgan Cain was

too old for coloring books and “There are a lot of knitters in

and then went on a swim meet and was knitting the whole time talked to thought it was a great

fore Student Federation to see if

come to the knitting club and

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Library purchases new printers and copiers Breana Noble Collegian Reporter

ments have become an increasing problem for students printing in Mossey Library. The college’s contract with Business Impressions Inc. for printers expired this year, and the library is in the process of making upgrades to the printing services it offers. Mossey is nixing personal laptop plug-n-play printers for wireless printing. “Plug-n-plays have their own issues,” Library Director Dan Knoch said. “They’re slow. They’re not as durable. We would have to buy new ones. Wi-Fi printing will revolutionize printing on campus.” Internal Technology Services and the library teamed to offer students the ability to add Mossey’s printers to their database of devices and print directly from their laptops or iOS, but not Android, devices, Pauken said. “The world has moved toward a bring-yourown-device infrastructure in the last few years, and it’s time we get on that train,” ITS Systems Administrator David Pauken said. The original software for connecting to the printers had some bugs. Working out the kinks to make the experience as simple as possible delayed the instructions, Pauken said. According to Knoch, the directions for connecting wirelessly are now on the MyHillsdale portal under the campus tab at the top of the screen called “AirPrint,” and will soon be displayed in the library. Additionally, new Xerox printers and copiers

are replacing old ones across campus. The library updated its current Xerox color copier and printer, but also replaced its copy-only cohort. These new Xerox copiers come with the abilcording to Public Service Librarian Brenna Wade, selves. Students should also note the color copiers now default to printing on both sides to save paper. The copiers were expected to arrive the week after students returned from Christmas break, but the second occurred last week. The two new kiosk are also on delay, scheduled to arrive at the end of the month. “Xerox is currently constrained on a limited number of products, but we have escalated our need to have the replacements as soon as they become available,” President of Business Impressions Inc. Jeff Bassett said. Student library employees said they are eager for the new printers as the current kiosk ones seem more “temperamental” than usual, according to sophomore Noah Diekemper. “They’re in need of replacement,” senior Elisabeth Wynia said. “Often the printer will not print from a certain tray because it thinks the trays are not adjusted to the size of the paper, but they are. There’s more jams because there’s more business to each tray. We’re facing issues with computers kicking printers off their network. At this point, printers.” Until the new printers arrive, students are asked to use LIBKIOSKX55 more because both trays on Students should delete any pending prints from

YAF and CRs to request $7,000 at Fed meeting Kate Patrick Assistant Editor

Hillsdale’s Young Americans for Freedom and College Republicans will ask Student Federation for a total of $7,000 to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., at the federation meeting today. Last year 75 Hillsdale College students attended and the requested amount was $1770 because the Michigan GOP and donors provided funding. This year 126 signed up with a waiting list of between 40-50 names. Because so many students want to attend CPAC, the cost of attending the conference has risen substantially. To attend the conference, students will pay $50 per person, which is the same amount as last year. College Republicans President senior Sam Holdeman said the cost of the buses is driving up the overall costs this year. “The Michigan GOP has always fully funded the bussing, but this year they didn’t. Buses are $5,500,” Holdeman said. “We talked about another way to get to D.C. with vans, but there’s all the liability issues.” Seniors Nathan Brand and Holdeman agreed the bussing is what makes the trip so expensive this year. Last year YAF and College Republicans only needed one bus to attend CPAC, but this year they need another bus. With less funding from the Michigan GOP, they are struggling to collect the necessary funds. Part of the problem is the sheer number of students attending. “The Michigan GOP will only cover up to a certain amount,” Brand said. “They will only cover so many spots [on

the busses].” Requesting funds from Student Fed is a last resort for YAF and College Republicans. Brand said YAF has been reaching out to donors and the college administration for help with funding the trip. “We’re constantly receiving checks. We’re tackling every option we’ve got,” Brand said. “We sent out a letter to parents of everyone going on the trip in case money doesn’t turn out.” Holdeman said Americans For Prosperity and the Hillsdale County Republicans have been “very generous” in providing support for the trip. Director of Student Activities Anthony cult position today because while the federation has a large discretionary budget, YAF and College Republicans are asking for a substantial amount. “I do think it’s a good opportunity for the 126 people who are going, but at the same time it is a huge amount they’re askManno said. “Student Fed money is to be used primarily for on-campus events.” Manno pointed out that CPAC is an off-campus event for a select group of people, requiring those students to miss two days of class. “I believe Student Fed money should be focused on capital improvements,” Manno said. “If we didn’t have rollover, we wouldn’t fund [the trip] fully.” At the same time, Manno said, YAF cult position and Student Fed does have plenty of rollover to spend. “I do support both sides,” he said.

Dana Trowbridge, junior, using one of the new copiers. their queue if a printer malfunctions, so unneeded ly, they should notify the reference desk employee or a librarian when a problem does occur, to allow them to deal with the issue and keep records of the problems. The Lane and Old Student Union computer labs have printers available too. Nevertheless, the staff is thankful for the durability of the printers, which have printed 2-3 mil-

(Breana Noble/Collegian)

lion pages each, according to Wade. “They’re the highest-used printers on campus,” Knoch said. “They’re extremely durable and fast. They basically provide the entire college with the ability to print their papers. This is one of the services we provide, and we’re happy to. We want it as good as it possibly can be.”

A Few Good Men expands, Carly Howell Collegian Reporter

each of their good men or women. Up to two times a week, A Few Good Men will release a short spotlight with a picture, brief quote, and information about where the student is volunteering and why. Junior Meg Prom, head of the communications department in A Few Good Men, and her fellow directors discussed different ways to engage the college community using social media. Then, the idea for “Humans of a Few Good Men” emerged. “We came up with the idea at an executive meeting a couple weeks ago in response to a centralization on our vision,” Prom said.

Sophomores Sarah Reinsel and Lillian Wright on an A Few Good the rest of the college campus into the Men Mission, raking leaves during the fall. (Courtesy of Meg Prom) volunteer work of A Few Good Men. Facebook page, where all students will could serve in CORD.” a human face to what we’re doing. It’s have access to it. A Few Good Men is also working to a way to see what we’re up to in a perAccording to Thackston, the page sonal way,” A Few Good Men Presi- currently has 350 likes, and A Few tion. Ben Holscher `14, founder of A dent Jacob Thackston said. Good Men is seeking to expand the Few Good Men, is responsible for the page even more — possibly now beginning of this process. students around campus, but will also through “Humans of a Few Good “As of now, we have all of the piecbe a way to connect members of A Few Men.” Eventually, spotlights may also es in place to become a 501c(3). We Good Men. be posted in a newsletter. have a functioning board of directors, a “Jacob had mentioned that our On top of this new addition, A Few set of by-laws, and Michigan corporamembers needed some sort of refocus Good Men is working on strengthen- tion status,” Thackston said. on the impact we have in the commu- ing their CORD — that is, Community Holscher has also partnered with a nity and how the tendency is to just Outreach Reaching the Defenseless. lawyer, who offered his services free volunteer and forget,” Prom said. “So They plan on doing this by revitalizing of charge. The plan is to have the lawI thought of doing a ‘Humans of New their Church Ambassadors’ program. yer organize the paperwork to turn in “We’re seeking people to be essen- to the IRS by the end of the month. Good Men for our existing members tially a direct link between A Few Good to see who they’re working with and Men and the churches,” Thackston gain a better sense of how we are all said. “By becoming further and further one team.” integrated into our church communiwill be posted on the A Few Good Men

who could use CORD and people who

The unknown works of the George Washington fellows Josh Paladino Collegian Freelancer

document volumes, according to junior Graham Deese, a fellow involved in the project. “We do a lot of transcription of those docuthen we’ll also be assigned side research projects,” Deese said. Hillsdale and the fellows are spreading the college’s message through social media as well. Kilgore said research on the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and great statesmen is being molded into easily understandable information that can be shared on social media. For this project the fellows are working through

Although the George Washington Fellows’ presence on campus is largely unknown, they are involved in research projects that promote Hillsdale’s ideas outside of campus. The Fellowship requires an extensive time commitment but is ac“The program is an encouragement in training themselves [the fellows] to seek out opportunities to serve,” George Washington Fellowship Program Manager Aaron Kilgore said. “The fellows are required to complete four to 10 hours per week of research on a Constitutional topic or statesmanship.” The fellows are currently working on three main projects: The Great Works project, the Churchill Biography, and social media campaigns. The purpose of the Great Works project is to bring literature, similar to that in the Great Books courses, to people outside of Hillsdale who are interested in engaging with Western works. “The target audience is people who want to read the sort of things we read at Hillsdale, but who aren’t fortunate enough to be at Hillsdale,” junior Walker Mulley, a George Washington Fellow and the copy editor for Great Works, said. “ Many people are interested in reading Western literature but don’t know where to begin. That’s what we’re trying to solve.” The database will hopefully go live within the next few months. “We’re going to compile a database that will be hosted on the college website that will have summaries of these books, explain the basic plot,

appeal to an audience outside of Hillsdale. “I go through the Constitution, American Heritage, and Western Heritage readers looking

All of the current George Washington Fellows who, in addition to receiving scholarships, complete research each week on a Constitutional topic or statesmanship. (Courtesy of Aaron Kilgore)

and, more importantly, explain the themes that the books explore,” Mulley said. The server is meant to be easily approachable and unintimidating. The fellows have the task of reading, summarizing, and thoughtfully organizing these books so the general public can understand Kilgore described the importance of these works to the United States. “In order to have an educated citizenry who are

able to participate in the political process and understand Constitutional principles, they also have to have a general knowledge of what Western civilization is and how Western civilization came to understand our principles, which the Constitution and our political theory of natural rights are based on,” he said. ington Fellows are working side-by-side to com-

Deese said. The information that the fellows pull from the texts are then put on social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, for media campaigns. Although being a fellow carries a heavy workload, they receive great perks. According to Kilgore, each fellow gets roughly a half tuition scholarship, an internship through the WHIP program, and opportunities to do research. They also have meetings with speakers who come to Hillsdale such as Václav Klaus, Charles C.W. Cooke, and David Satter. The George Washington Fellows have a large part in Hillsdale’s outreach and research. In the background of the college the fellows do extensive work to broaden the impact Hillsdale has outside of this community.

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Last week’s marriage debate showed model discourse ingly. Although the debate may have changed a few minds, that was not its point. Instead, in arranging the debate, the college sought the truth in how it teaches students to search. Rather than pretending to have the answer, the debate between Corvino and Girgis was an exercise in humble exploration. We need more of it. Too often, our comforting academic bubble can blind us to practical application of our learning. While lengthy discussion about the ideas of various philosophers or the meaning of “the good” can both edify

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Hillsdale College enjoyed a special opportunity last week to think through one of the most disputed subjects of our time: Gay marriage. Because the event, sponsored by The Lyceum, the Symposium, and Young Americans for Freedom, was a debate rather than a lecture, it challenged students’ beliefs and put their classroom instruction to practical use. In a packed room at the Dow Center, the college hosted John Corvino, Wayne State University Philosophy Professor, and Sherif Girgis, Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy at Princeton University and J.D. candidate at Yale University, to debate the meaning of include non-traditional unions such as gay marriage. Corvino, a supporter of gay marriage, challenged Girgis, who opposes it. The debate sparked conversation among the student body. Students opined in the cafeteria, in the Collegian, and on Yik Yak. Objections emerged about both speakers and their beliefs, and students discussed accord-

and enlighten, we must also remember to apply these lessons to the real situations we will face upon graduation. Most topics we debate in the “real world” will not involve whether Plato or Aristotle offers the best understanding of existence. Instead, they will concern gay marriage, feminism, abortion, the environment, foreign a place of preparation for mind, body, and spirit — and, one hopes, for interacting with others on issues like these respectfully. The debate between Corvino and Girgis helped to prepare students for just that. Rather than treating the question of non-traditional marriage as obviously answered, the debate allowed the speakers to communicate their beliefs to teach people how to defend theirs, helping students better know the topic, decide where they stand, or logically reinforce their viewpoints.

They succeeded. The debate encouraged participation and challenged students to put what they know to the test and to examine it critically and honestly. The exchange between freshman JoAnna Kroeker and junior Emma Vinton on the Opinions page tion with real issues. The discussion was so thoughtful that The Washington Post website quoted from and linked to both pieces earlier this week. Rarely in Hillsdale do we experience much push-back against our fundamental beliefs; seldom are we thrust beyond our comfort zone. Hillsdale including debates in forums like the CCAs, at least when the topic lends itself to the format, might challenge us more. There have been several opportunities for this. At the World War I CCA, for instance, a debate about whether the war A debate at the energy CCA about whether global warming threatens our future could have raised awareness. A debate on liberal media bias at the American Journalism CCA would have been relevant. By hosting more debates, Hillsdale can encourage us to be critical as we are taught every day to be. By supporting the discussion of other controversial topics in a civil environment, the college can inspire us to be the “truth seekers” it prides itself on producing. By inviting conversation about the disconnects students may feel on campus, we can broaden our worldviews by putting our knowledge to intelligent and well-argued use and continuing to interact with opposing thoughts and ideas in a respectful way. The only thing not up for debate at this point is whether we should have more of them: The answer is yes, and we can’t get started soon enough. Rachel Solomito is a sophomore studying English.

CURING OUR VACCINE DEBATE A recent outbreak of measles at Disneyland over the Christmas season has not only resulted in over 100 new cases of a disease thought long gone from the US, but also the renewal of the controversial vaccine debate. The outbreak has sparked a debate reaching new extremes, with some calling for those who opt out of vaccinating their children prisonment. What’s odd about this debate is not so much the extreme lengths to which arguers will place. The Centers for Disease Control reports that the majority of required vaccines for children 19-35 months, including MMR, DTP/DTaP, and Varicella, are above 90 percent in terms of coverage in 2013; and while other vaccines such as polio are only at about 55 percent, all of these

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rates are higher than previous years. Given the numbers, vaccinating one’s child is more common than ever. Further, a Pew Research Center poll from 2009 the public agrees vaccinations for children should be required, but also that 71 percent of both Republicans and Democrats agree, making vaccination one of the most agreed-upon issues across party lines. But despite this broad consensus, outbreaks continue to occur, meaning the vaccination debate keeps recurring as well. And while the message may be tired, its importance cannot be overstated. Vaccinations are safe, effective, and necessary to protect those who cannot be vaccinated. Obviously, the purpose of a vaccine is to protect an individual from contracting a certain disease. However, what’s equally obvious is vaccinations cannot be 100 percent effective, making it even more important that the community as a whole gets

vaccinated, and not just the individual. When the community gets vaccinated, each individual’s immunity from a particular disease becomes stronger because the members of her community are far less likely to transmit that disease. Further, there are some people who genuinely cannot be vaccinated. There are a number of vaccines that are unsuitable for infants or young children, there are those who are allergic to certain vaccines, and there are those with weakened immune systems due to cancer treatment or other hospital treatments who can’t safely be vaccinated. Every single one of these people is even more at risk when they come into contact with people who are not vaccinated, and when these people are their family members, who are around them all the time, the risk is even greater. This is especially true for airborne diseases such as measles, which are far more easily transmitted than others. It is even

more important for those who can get vaccinated to do so, because those incapable of getting vaccinated rely on them for protection. Vaccines have been proven time and time again to remove diseases from large populations successfully and even, as in the case of smallpox, eradicate them completely. They’ve also been able to do so without large numbers of people developing autism, cally inaccurate prediction of the side effects of vaccines. Unless you fall into the category of individuals physically incapable of getting vaccinated, there is no reason not to vaccinate. It’s an argument that people are tired of hearing and that others are tired of making, but until outbreaks like the one at Disneyland are no longer an issue, the vaccination conversation will remain. Jennifer Matthes is a GW Fellow studying politics.

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What Republicans can do about Obamacare Kenneth Manyari-Magro Special to the Collegian

The second enrollment period for Obamacare ends on Feb. 15. Are you covered? If you are holding out in the hope that Obamacare will be repealed by the newly-elected Republican Congress, I have bad news for you: It won’t. Obamacare, according to the raw data, has resulted in a net total of 8.5 million more Americans with insurance. Repealing Obamacare would take away the insurance of all those Americans and, therefore, be political suicide. Unfortunately, repeal would upset Americans just as much as when their employer insurance was eliminated. What the Republicans need is a plan to deal with Obamacare without unicorns. Before getting into the plan, it is important to look at a brief history of health insurance in America. America’s health insurance tives seem to grasp. Liberals pointed to numbers like 60 million uninsured Americans in 2000, but the real problem was in the system itself. The employer-based health insurance system was extremely there was no link between those paying for the insurance and the companies providing it. If you asked any American with health in-

surance who was paying for it, he would tell you that his employer was. However, any economist would tell you that the employee was paying for health insurance through the opportunity cost of a higher wage. So insurance companies were operating with little accountability to the consumer. What the ReThe mastermind behind the entire system publicans need is of health insurance was Hill- a plan to deal with sdale’s favorite president: Franklin Delano Roosevelt. So Obamacare without a simple repeal would actually unicorns. be a small step backwards. Fast forward to today and we realize that Obamacare’s marketplace (just tablishes a direct link between the consumer and the product. So Obama’s foreign policy may be worse than Jimmy Carter’s, but at least his economic policies are better than FDR’s (which is not much to brag about really). The problem is everything else, from its management and regulations to the billions of federal dollars and

How to think about marriage Nathan and Elizabeth Schlueter Special to the Collegian It was a delight to see such a large turnout for the recent debate on marriage. The whole event, including the coverage in the Collegian, was a model of civil discourse. We write to clarify four points about the conjugal view of marriage. First, as a comprehensive union of lover and beloved, marriage distinctively unites two persons in mind, will and body is not a metaphysical idea, it is a physical idea. This is basic biology: In coitus (and only in coitus) two persons (and only two persons), a male and a female (and only a male and female), unite to form a single, organic, reproductive unit, even if that unifying act does not result in children (as in most cases it does not, even with fertile couples). This embodied, uniquely comprehensive unity of persons is itself a basic good of spouses, even if procreation does not or cannot result from it. Sadly, not everyone today recognizes this kind of marital unity as a basic good, though every romantic desire at least indirectly points toward it. Romantic desire says “I want to be one with you.” The inherent and distinctive value of this total (including bodily) union in marriage has long been recognized. At common law, for example, infertility is not an impediment to marriage, but impotence is. The common law rightly presumes the potency of heterosexual couples. Legally, “Bob” (Corvino’s quadriplegic example) and “Jane” can get married, but should they want to separate, they have grounds for civil annulment. Second, this view of coitus as an essential feature of marriage is not exclusively a Biblical idea. Consider this: Until roughly 25 years ago, not a single culture, state, tribe, political order, or thinker in the history of the world thought marriage was anything but conjugal. They saw what we have such trouble seeing today: That true bodily marriage has been defended by non-Christians as diverse as Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Plutarch and Musonius Rufus. Clearly, the conjugal view of marriage is not merely Biblical theology dressed up as philosophy. Theological argu-

ments about marriage have their value, but the conjugal view is an insight of human reason and crucial to the common good. Third, the natural orientation of conjugal marriage towards childbearing provides a rational basis for legal marchildren who are not raised by their married, biological comes (academic, behavioral, social, etc.). (See Why Marriage Matters, 3rd ed.) The law upholds conjugal marriage every child the best shot at being reared by the man and woman from whom she came, in a loving bond. there is no rational basis for conjugal marriage against the deliberative majorities of 31 states, three consequences are likely to follow: First, none of the other norms of marriage (monogamy, exclusivity, permanence, etc.) can be rationally sustained. It will become bigotry to think that biological connection is the ideal, or that mothering and fathering are each irreplaceable. This is not a slippery-slope argument but a simple extension of the logic of the law. All it takes is one lawsuit by polyamorists, etc., to move ever consenting adults want it to be, effectively collapsing “marriage” as a meaningful category. Second, because there is no rational basis for the conjugal view of marriage, all persons, parents, civil and religious organizations, families, and other associations that teach the conjugal view of marriage will be stigmatized, like defenders of racial segregation, as bigots, and closed up as narrowly as the law will allow.

Few social institutions have undergone as radical change as the family in recent years, and few social changes have been met with as much controversy. Many conservatives claim that there has been an immoral destruction of the “traditional” family in the last few decades. But the reality is that the social institution we call “the family” is not being “destroyed”; to the contrary, the dynamic changes of the market economy have allowed people to experience it in new ways. To speak of a destruction of “the traditional family” is extremely misleading. The family, throughout its long history, has undergone innumerable changes. In Biblical times, polygamy was far more common than today. King Solomon, for example, had more than 700 wives. Other preindustrial laws treated married women very differently. As the 18th-century legal theorist William Blackstone observed, after marriage the “legal existence of a woman is suspended, or at least incorporated or consolidated into that of the husband.” Few contemporary conservatives would defend a family in which women were completely subservient to men, nor would they argue for a return to the days of King Solomon. However, they treat recent changes in family structure — such as same-sex couples or divorce — as a repudiation of some ahistorical ideal of “traditional” family. Rather than thinking of the family in anachronistic terms, they should acknowledge that one of the only “traditional” features of the family is its potentiality for continual change. Social conservatives underappreciate that many of the recent developments in the family are a result of other social changes conservatives tend to embrace: Namely, dynamic economic change brought about by capitalism. Prior to industrialization, the fam-

that Obamacare set up. At the moment it attracts too much of what our own Professor of History Burt Folsom would call “political entrepreneurs.” Repeal may be a good word to placate conservathe notion that Republicans are the party of “no” without any real policy solutions. Republicans should take the chance to push health care in a free-market direction. Keep the name, “Affordable Care Act,” change the implementation, taxes, subsidies, and mandate. That way Republicans could keep the 8.5 million people insured, but still change Obamacare. The time for trying to declare Obamacare unconstitutional is over; that ship has sailed. Healthcare was a national issue because of FDR’s poor policy. Thanks to Obama, it is on the national stage, but the Republicans can take it from here. Kenneth Manyari-Magro is a senior studying political economy.

Why our marriage dialogue failed Andrew Egger Assistant Editor The phrase “political dialogue” is, in common American usage, criminally broad. To us, a political dialogue is simply any political conversation in which diverse viewpoints get time to state their case. True dialogue involves the consideration not of ideas only, but also of the persons who hold them. The distinction matters only rarely, but when it does, it is critical. An ideal illustration of this distinction came last week, when Hillsdale’s ever-bubbling gay marriage debate heated to a boil following two public discussions on the subject. The catalytic event took place last Tuesday, when Sherif Girgis and John Corvino, two oppositely-minded activists, held a public debate on marriage. Their charitable and thoughtful discussion provoked similar attitudes in their attentive audience. This was not lost on Jacob Lane, regional director of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, which co-sponsored the debate. Lane, as quoted in last week’s Collegian (“College groups host marriage debate”), praised the intellectual charity with which “intellectually competent and curious” Hillsdale

When opposing viewpoints fail to engage each other’s terms, the resulting conversation cannot hope to achieve true dialogue.

through public school curricula, etc., making it much more view of marriage. Children will be especially harmed by this regime change. The stakes in this debate are very high. It is urgent, therefore, that we do our best to understand well what the issues are before making such a precipitous change to the bedrock of our political and social order. Nathan Schlueter is Associate Professor of Philosophy; Elizabeth Schlueter, his wife, is a homemaker and homeschool educator.

Welcome changes to the family Zachary Woodman Special to the Collegian

individual mandate; and don’t get me started on the genius business model that only sells its product 3 months out of the year. The point is there are a few aspects of Obamacare that Congress can work with and others that they should squash. (Hello, mandate.) Congress should scale back the suffocating regulations of Health

ily primarily served basic economic needs. Under sedentary agriculture, labor was inherently tied to the household. Arranged marriages were common, and consensual marriages were focused on meeting material needs rather than love. Wives were often treated as mere child-producers who contributed economically through cottage industries. With severe infant mortality rates due to poor medicine and bad economics, children were treated with little sentiment as simple helpers on the farm.

To speak of a destruction of “the traditional family” is extremely misleading. However, with the coming of an industrial-capitalist age, labor was divorced from the household and moved into market-driven factory production, allowing for family matters to become less economicallybased. Marriage became increasingly about love and romance and a sentimental attitude toward children became commonplace. The change in attitude towards family matters may be observed in the literature of the time, such as the childhood love story of Heathcliff and Catherine in Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. As economist Steven Horwitz argues, the history of the family may be seen as changing its social function by moving up Maslow’s famous hierarchy of needs. Prior to industrialization, the family was simply a means of providing security and physiological needs through household economic production. As markets began to serve those needs more effectively, the family could begin to increasingly serve higher human needs of belonging, love, and self-actualization of family members. The results have liberated more

Because marriage is now seen as a ingly demand divorces and no longer think marriage should be limited to heterosexual couples. Many conservatives are skeptical of these developments. However, since these changes let women leave abusive relationships and gay couples escape a dangerous marginalized state where they are likely to suffer serious psychological damage, perhaps this skepticism is unwarranted. Two important lessons may be drawn from this discussion. First, as thinkers such as Hayek would argue, there is little one can do to control how the family spontaneously changes. Many conservatives pretend that using legal coercion to regulate divorce or discriminate against homosexuals can somehow revert us to a time when the “traditional family” was the norm. However, changes in law are more often framed by changes in society than vice versa, especially in modern democracies. Politicians cater to what the median voters, ideologically speaking, are asking for. If socio-economic changes are causing those voters to experience new needs, reactionary laws attempttutes a family will prove ineffective. The family, like so many other social institutions, is continually evolving in complex, unpredictable ways. Its evolution cannot be planned or directed on the whim of research councils and politicians. Second, social and economic liberty are inseparable. Conservatives want to embrace market capitalism while ignoring and condemning its dynamic effects on society and culture. If one is going to embrace free markets, it is inconsistent to reject how they impact other social institutions. Zachary Woodman is a sophomore studying economics.

Unfortunately, this healthy discussion would not last. Prompted by this debate, last week’s Collegian featured two opposing opinion articles (JoAnna Kroeker’s “Legalize gay marriage” and Emma Vinton’s “Gay marriage is wrong”); most reactions to them bore no semblance of intellectual charity. Facebook bristled with posts attacking with sneering disdain whichever piece the sneerer happened to dislike. It is deeply shocking when an ostensibly tight-knit social group suddenly and unexpectedly frays and decays into yammering factions bent on each other’s moral and intellectual denigration. It was even more shocking following the civility of the earlier discourse. What went wrong? What quality of the public debate allowed both participants and observers to approach the thorny issue of gay marriage with politeness and respect, and why was that missing from the Collegian? To answer this, we must return to the nature of dialogue. The Collegian “exchange” was simply not an exchange at all. Unlike Girgis and Corvino, Kroeker and Vinton failed to connect to each other, therefore making their respective cases in a vacuum against a faceless, nameless, and silent foe. This lack of meaningful dialogue exacted an obvious toll from both pieces.. Kroeker’s picture of uncomfortable conservatives clinging blindly to Bibles and heteronormativity, only a few inconsistencies away from believing that blance to Vinton’s argument. And although Vinton abstained from such ad hominem rhetoric, Vinton’s assertion that homosexuality’s societal acceptance When opposing viewpoints fail to engage each other’s terms, the resulting conversation cannot hope to achieve true dialogue. Each side simply becomes deafer and deafer to the opponent’s perspective, and more and more content to fall back on caricatures designed to rally those with whom one already agrees, using the language of bigotry to assure allies that opponents are axiomatically incapable of viewing the light. This gnaws away the very possibility of fruitful human discourse. This dire situation has but one escape route: True dialogue between persons. To grapple with opposing positions truly, we must treat our opponents with charity. And to treat them with charity, we must accept their humanity, accepting that their positions, like ours, spring not from the dank, disturbed

Andrew Egger is a sophomore studying history and journalism.

Dear Editor, In his article about last week’s debate on gay marriage (“College groups host marriage debate,” Feb.5) reporter Chris McCaffery writes, quoting Associate Professor of Philosophy Nathan Schlueter: “Though Hillsdale is a Christian school by its to honest discourse….[emphasis mine]” This wording, probably unintentionally, implies a universal condemnation of same-sex marriage within Christianity. Collegian readers of course know that Christian priests and pastors of more than one denomination are celebrating the marriages of same-sex couples. In Washington, D.C., for example (where I served a parish for six years), clergy and congregations from many traditions applauded the D.C. Supreme Court’s 2010 decision to approve same-sex marriage. These included: The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Society of Friends (Quakers), and the General Synod of the United Church of Christ Members of these and other Christians throughout the world believe it is possible to take seriously the Lordship of Jesus Christ and the authority of Scripture as God’s Word while also upholding the capacity for goodness in a same-sex union. Though Hillsdale College is not alone in its interpretation of the Christian tradition, sincere Christians can disagree about issues of sexuality. While it is surely Hillsdale’s right as a private college to take whatever stance it chooses on same-sex institution. This is why the College’s openness to civil, rational debate on this topic is so important. -The Rev. Andrea Martin (Episcopal) Hillsdale, MI

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Vaping in Hillsdale Natalie deMacedo News Editor

Tucked into the strip mall across the street from McDonalds lies Mr. Darcy’s Vapor Emporium, the new e-cigarette shop in Hillsdale. Barb Bollier, an Angola, Indiana resident, opened the store on Oct. 8, 2014. She owns another store in Angola called “Not Your Grandma’s Vapors.” She said she fell in love with Hillsdale while researching where to open her next store. “I used to live in Houston, so I know cool,” Bollier said. “This is cool.” that Hillsdale housed a liberal arts college, she thought of literature and naturally, Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice. Her employee, Nathan Harris, said the store sells basic pens as well as supplies to build mods, which are high-powered vaping tools. Although Mr. Darcy’s has been confused as an illicit drug store, Bollier said vaping isn’t associated with that culture. Most customers are looking to wean themselves off cigarettes. Harris said many people smoke as a habit — the same way they would chew tobacco or a toothpick. “This replaces it. It is better because there are fewer ingredients and you can use it in the house,” Harris said.

The vaping liquid is essentially condensed water, consisting of propylene glycol, vegetathose who still need nicotine, it can be added to the liquid. However, for smokers looking to stop using nicotine, Bollier said they can incrementally reduce the amount they put in the liquid over time. “I started at 10 in March and

Additionally, Bollier said vaping is cheaper than conventional smoking. A $6 bottle of vaping liquid lasts as long

as a carton, or 10 packs, of cigarettes. Harris added that although the start-up price is higher, vaping pays for itself in

several price ranges. Harris said people should be careful about where they buy their vaping liquid, however. ferent, dangerous chemicals to try and make them addictive. “This is not Chinese nicotine. We use pharmaceuticalgrade propylene glycol, RDA

“I know cool. This is cool. ” — Barb Bollier now I’m down to three,” Bollier said, adding that Harris went from 12 to zero. Sophomore James Andrew bought a cheaper vape pen about a year ago to wean himself off cigarettes and just recently purchased a better one. He hasn’t visited Mr. Darcy’s yet, but said it will be the next place he goes. “I use this almost exclusively. I’ve had a couple cigarettes, but this is a pretty effective substitute,” Andrew said. “My

Barb Bollier sits behind a tray filled with various vape liquid flavors including Dutch Apple Pie and Pickle. (Natalie deMacedo/Collegian)

Broad Street Downtown Market & Tavern

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Hillsdale’s Dial-A-Ride program received a $100 Social Isolation Grant from the Area Agency on Aging to provide transportation services to senior citizens in Hillsdale County. Dial-A-Ride offers transportation in and around the city of Hillsdale for a small fee. Seniors often use Dial-A-Ride for rides and other places where they otherwise could not travel alone. County Commissioner Ruth Brown, who represents Hillsdale County on the AAA board in Region 2, learned that the agency had extra money to give away and suggested that it go to Dial-A-Ride.

“Occasionally, we have older people in need of a ride here and there that don’t have enough money,” Dial-A-Ride dispatcher Judy Buzo said. She said the money will go to an account which Dial-A-Ride can draw from to help seniors who need rides but cannot pay. Buzo added that this amount of money will not help in a sigshe understands. “I’m trying to get them some more,” Brown said. “They need more than that.” The grant came just as DialA-Ride celebrated its 40th anniversary Tuesday.

people who bake. We make it as safe as possible,” Harris said. Bollier added that local ingredients aren’t as dangerous as the public believes. There is formaldehyde in tomatoes and propylene glycol in asthma inhalers and antimicrobials. Despite efforts to regulate it, vaping has become more mainstream, Harris said, citing the example of Zac Efron vaping in the recent movie, “Neighbors.” “It’s more the norm,” Harris said. “It’s ok to vape in a movie.” Recently, Bollier and Harris went to a Vape Fest in Grand Rapids, with more than 600 people. “You couldn’t see,” Bollier said describing the cloudy atmosphere of the festival. She encourages students to come down and check out the store and is considering hosting workshops about building mods, as well as vape meets on Fridays. She added that a few

local establishments, like El Cerrito restaurant, Cavoni’s Pizza and Grinders, and the bowling alley are vape-friendly. She said that last semester she sent two of her college-aged employees to campus to vape and see if anyone was interested, but was asked by one of the deans to leave. Neither dean recalls the event, but Dean of Men Jeffery Rogers said he has approached two students about vaping in the buildings. “One student was smoking an e-cigarette in Galalarm went off,” Rogers said. He said that although he doesn’t want students walking around smoking e-cigarettes, they are treated on campus like conventional cigarettes — you can use them out of doors.”

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a month. The pens and mods range from $20 to $70, depending on the quality, and Mr. Darcy’s

Problems with the county’s emergency alert system during last week’s severe weather prompted the County Department Heads to review alert policies at the Hillsdale County Commissioners’ meeting Tuesday. Chairman Mark Wiley expressed concerns about the county’s system of alerting residents to school and workplace closures during bad weather, such as last Monday. “Monday was a bit of a mess,” he said. “Radio stations were reading off school closings of all kinds. I think we need to update our policy.” He said that although all those registered with the program Code Red through the website alerts.hillsdale.us should get an update on closures during bad weather, he believes the county should create a call list to inform employees of closures. Information Technology Services Director David Holcomb agreed, adding that many in his department did not get a message through Code Red. Wiley, after saying that deposits can be required of citizens requesting Freedom Of Information Act reports, called for a clear, written policy regarding rules for FOIA deposits. “I think a policy about that should be written and put on

our website, so everyone’s fully understanding,” he said. “As a county, we need to have a written policy in place, so there are no discrepancies from one person to another.” a FOIA request are free but a person can be charged for copy materials, photos, and any labor over that two-hour period. During Holcomb’s report, the board discussed issues with the county’s computer systems. Holcomb said his department is working on moving the sheriff’s system so that those in the offrom home. He alerted the commissioners that he was updating contact information on the website. After the department heads’ reports, an open hearing was held, in which representatives from the Village of North Adams requested annexment of three properties in Hillsdale County to North Adams. The annexment, which is to be promoted for business and industrial development, was approved without dissent. At the end of the department heads’ meeting, Caswell told the department heads about budgetary problems. “We’re overspending this year,” he said. “There will have to be cuts next year. Keep that in mind going forward.”

Grounded in Grace opening draws coffee lovers Jordan Finney Collegian Reporter

More than 200 visitors visited the Grounded in Grace coffee house’s kick-off event at its new location, the First Presbyterian Church in Jonesville Saturday. Amazing Grace played in the background while 24 local vendors and crafters shared information and sold artisan goods, and community members chatted over fresh coffee, hot chocolate, crepes, and soup. “We have been swamped. We served more than 120 crepes — and that’s a lot for us,” volunteer Kathi Boyle said. “We have been non-stop turning out crepes, and we’re out of half our soup. It’s been a wonderful day — a huge success. I am so delighted.” Grounded in Grace coffee house has chocolate to visitors free of charge since

it opened in June 2013. Visitors can opt to donate money for their coffee and food, which is donated to local charities. Hillsdale resident Marla Bowen said she likes to visit the coffee house because it’s a quiet place to talk to a friend or grade papers. “I think it’s a really neat idea, and I think there’s just a fun group of people here,” Bowen said. “I prefer the environment here because it’s lighter. I don’t really go to other coffee shops, but I can justify donating a dollar to get a coffee or crepe sometimes.” Hillsdale College alumna Sumer Wells ‘06, attended Saturday’s event as a vendor selling Norwex cleaning products. She said she was impressed by the atmosphere and charitable donations the volunteers can make to local organizations. “It’s genius — a great idea,” Wells said. “I learned about their charity work, the food was delicious, and the people have been really nice. It’s been a great day with

a lot of fun conversations, and I’ve been way busier than anticipated.” The shop serves coffee 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays and Thursdays. Crepes and coffee are served 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays. Volunteers say they will consider expanding hours to include evenings and weekends depending on the community’s interest. “We weren’t exactly sure what was going to happen when we moved next door but it’s been wonderful,” Boyle said. “Our hours will extend as demand grows. It’s still just an outreach for our church. We just want to serve the community and are so overjoyed to see people here.”

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Chargers drop two home games Nathanael Meadowcroft Assistant Editor The Hillsdale College men’s basketball team entered last weekend looking for two big home wins but exited with two critical defeats. After falling to the Northwood Timberwolves 90-81 on Thursday night, the Chargers were routed by the 24th-ranked Lake Superior State Lakers 8266 on Saturday afternoon. “Our will is there but we have not executed the way we need to execute,” head coach John Tharp said. “I thought [Satur-

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day’s game] was one of the poorest games that we’ve played as a group and when I say that the responsibility ultimately falls on me.” The Lakers (19-4, 14-3 GLIAC) jumped out to a 14-3 lead 6:52 into the game. The Chargers responded with an 8-2 run to were unable to pull any closer throughout the rest of the contest. The Chargers kept within striking distance throughout 7-0 run to grab a commanding 15-point halftime lead.

Junior Lucas Grose goes up for a shot against the Grand Valley State University Lakers. (Photo Courtesy of External Affairs)

The Lakers pushed their lead to as much as 24 points in the second half to put the Chargers away. Hillsdale senior guard Michael Furlong sunk three 3-pointers in the closing minutes of the more respectable. “We didn’t have a lot of energy on the defensive end and our pace on the offensive end with our screens and cutting wasn’t as good as we needed it to be,” junior forward Kyle Cooper said. The Lakers double-teamed Cooper every time he received the ball in the post, forcing him shooting. “Sometimes it just feels like there is a lid on the rim,” Coonitely make it harder to get clean shots off.” The Chargers knew the Lakers would double team any player who had the ball in the post, but were unable to successfully counter Lake Superior State’s strategy. “We worked on getting out of double teams [in practice] we just didn’t execute our game plan as well as we could have,” Cooper said. The Chargers shot just 44 percent against the Lakers, while the Lakers made 55 percent of their “Our defense has just got to get better,” redshirt freshman guard Stedman Lowry said. “We’ve just got to get stops.” Hillsdale struggled on the defensive end on Thursday against Northwood as well, allowing the Timberwolves to shoot 54 peryond the arc. “There were too many errors

defensively,” Tharp said. “We need to play more consistent on The Chargers led on Thursday for much of the game before the Timberwolves went on a 21-6 run to take a 71-60 lead with 6:20 remaining in the contest. “We let one mistake turn into two turn into three and so on,” Cooper said. “It just felt like we didn’t have a lot of energy out there on the court.” Hillsdale’s loss to Northwood the Chargers are battling the in the GLIAC tournament. Hillsdale is tied with Northwood in the GLIAC North Divimake our season,” Lowry said. “We’ve got to get wins.” The Chargers play at Michigan Tech tonight. The Huskies burned the Chargers in their matchup last month with their hot shooting. “We’re going to do a better job of guarding their movement,” Cooper said. “We know how they run their stuff but it’s just a matter of us being able to react to it quickly enough. I think this second time through we’ll be more prepared for it.” Hillsdale will travel to Northern Michigan on Saturday. The last time the Chargers faced the Wildcats, Hillsdale escaped with a win on a buzzer-beating dunk. Northern Michigan is coming off an upset victory on Saturday over the then 17th-ranked Ferris State Bulldogs. “We’re going into this weekend with the mindset that we’re

BOX SCORES

Men’s Basketball Hillsdale: 81 Northwood (Mich.): 90

Women’s Basketball Hillsdale: 67 Northwood (Mich.): 60

Hillsdale: 66 Lake Superior St.: 82

Hillsdale: 60 Lake Superior St.: 57

Season Leaders Points Per Game: Kyle Cooper (20.1) Stedman Lowry (10.9) Rebounds Per Game: Cooper (10.3) Jason Pretzer (3.6) Assists Per Game: Zach Miller (7.1) Cooper (1.9) Field Goal Percentage: Nick Archer (53.3) Cooper (53.0) Pretzer (51.5)

Season Leaders Points Per Game: Megan Fogt (13.6) Kadie Lowery (9.4) Rebounds Per Game: Fogt (9.0) Allie Dittmer (5.7) Assists Per Game: Lowery (2.2) Morgan Blair (2.1) Field Goal Percentage: Fogt (55.1) Dittmer (51.9) Kayla Geffert (42.5)

Q&A with Kurt Mensching the soccer team, I’m insane with that team. But that’s about it. Anything else is a sport that’s happening and I don’t have any preferences.

(Photo Courtesy of Kurt Mensching)

Kurt Mensching has blogged we’re going to get ourselves in about the Detroit Tigers since 2006, starting with his own the playoffs,” Cooper said. blog, the Mack Avenue Tigers, then joining SB Nation’s Bless You Boys blog in 2009. He is now the senior editor of SB Naevery night of the week. tion’s news desk. He also writes “Hopefully this app will make a weekly column on the Tigers things a little more convenient for the Detroit News. Menschfor people if we have to make ing spoke in Dow Journalism switches or if teams have to can- Director John Miller’s sportscel,” Foeman said. writing class on Feb. 5. Beside the high number of games, there is wide student participation in IM basketball. Last year, there were 25 teams with ences with baseball? Why did you choose baseball over bas“This year, we have 16 volleyball teams, and we usually double that for basketball,” FoeWell you can see how tall I man said. The IM basketball season most of it. begins Feb. 23. If the test goes I picked up watching basesmoothly for Rec*It, it will be ball in the late 80s, early 90s. I used across all IM sports for was young, it was after the Tieasier team communication and gers were good. It was kind of scheduling. like during their downfall, but I just enjoyed watching baseball. So it was just something me and the neighbor kids did. I lived up north at that point, the town of Manton. It was kind of a farm town, a hick town, where everyone has front yards that go on for acres, and some of us just

IM SPORTS: THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT Kelsey Drapkin Senior Reporter

Scheduling for intramural sports just got a lot simpler. Starting with intramural basketball as a test run, IM sports will be using a smartphone application called “Rec*It.” The application’s website describes it as the “source for everything intramural sports and games and practices, results and stats, ways to communicate with your team, and real-time updates from team captains or administrators regarding any changes. “We are very excited to be introducing it [Rec*It] this semester for Intramural sports,” Brad Kocher, director of recreational

Track From A8 I was ready to go.” There was a false start and a delay at the start of the heat, and while the time was a personal record after it was converted for can beat it. He is sixth in Divithe GLIAC. Junior Corrine Zehner posted three provisional marks, in the 400, 60 hurdles, and 4x400 relay, provement. “I haven’t really shown what I can do in either the 60 hurdles or the open 4,” she said. “The meet, it wasn’t bad, we didn’t run slow, but we didn’t run our best. The level that we’re showing at practice we did not show at the meet, for sure.”

sports and athletic facilities, said. Alexis Waugh, director of IM marketing, said she is excited about the coming of the application. “It will be a very easy way for all of our faculty, students, participants, and fans to use to view when, where, what, why, how their games are,” Waugh said. “You will also be able to do things like view records of all teams and participants.” cation Hillsdale IM sports have used. IMLeagues was used about two years ago in an attempt to make scheduling easier for teams. “It didn’t go too well,” Kevin Foeman, assistant director of recreational sports, said. “We didn’t

like it. There were a lot of popups.” Rec*It is part of IMLeagues, so the school was already registered. Rec*It offers an easier, more user-friendly format. Foeman emphasized the importance of teams being able to each other through their phones outside of an email platform. “We thought about a way to do text messaging for scheduling because last year we had a lot of Foeman said he settled on Rec*It after researching similar options. The test run for the application with IM basketball will push its capabilities. Foeman said they are hoping to have games

“Sometimes the girls, our relay, will tend to overthink a little bit,” Zehner said. “That’s something I think we’re going to work on this weekend a lot is just being crazy, going out and just running as hard as we can.” This weekend, 10 women and seven men will travel to Boston to compete while the rest of the team is at Grand Valley. Towne said the Boston trip is in preparation for the NCAA championships, which will be on a banked track. Zehner is looking forward to the banked track practice. “I actually really like them,” she said. “They’re fun. They’re really different, for sure. You don’t have to lean as much, you Clark is also looking forward to it, and Oren hopes to PR in the mile this weekend.

we did, we went out and played baseball every chance we got. I played Little League, played high school ball, just that kind of thing. I started blogging about baseball because I didn’t think there was any good Tiger’s blogs. I said, I want to write about baseball because I can’t read what I want to read, so I’ll just have to write it myself. Have you always been a Tigers fan? Freshman Colby Clark was named GLIAC Track Athlete of the Week after taking first in the 400 at the Chargers’ home meet on Feb. 6. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

Hillsdale Soccer Club hosts futsal tourney Laura Williamson Collegian Reporter Before you take your sweetheart out on a date on Valentine’s Day, support the Hillsdale Soccer Club at their eighth annual futsal tournament. The event serves as a fundraiser for the town’s soccer club and is an opportunity for players to have a competitive experience in the winter. “Technically it’s a fundraiser, but I see it as an opportunity to play,” said Amy Fast, the director of the Hillsdale Soccer Club. “It’s important for players to get touches on a ball during the winter.” This tournament is not your average soccer tournament. It’s technically a “futsal” tournament. Futsal is the only form of indoor soccer that FIFA recognizes. Futsal is a 3v3 game instead of the traditional soccer game which is 11v11. There’s no goal-

keeper and the ball is slightly smaller with a low bounce and a higher density, which is better for indoor play. During the course of the day, each team will play at least three games. There is a potential for more play, but that depends on the bracket. There will be four games going on at the same time inside the Biermann Center. The tournament consists of multiple youth divisions, along with a high school, college and an adult division with multiple teams in each division. The high school division is the largest, which is usually not the case, according to Fast. “It’s going to be really competitive. The best players in the area will be there,” Fast said. The college division will be sdale’s men’s and women’s club soccer teams. In addition to playing, the men’s team will provide referees and concession workers

for the tournament. “It presented an opportunity for the club soccer teams to get involved so while [Hillsdale Soccer Club] is sponsoring the event, we’re running concessions as a fundraiser for us and selling T-shirts. We’ll have someone onsite running the machine to make the T-shirts. It should be pretty fun,” said senior president of the men’s soccer club, Michael Koziara. “There’s a good relationship between the teams,” Fast said. “It’s a bigger operation this year. We need more help.” This is mostly due to the location of this year’s tournament. tournament will be held on campus,” Fast said. “It’s in Biermann and it’s a pretty big deal.” The tournament had outgrown its old location, Hillsdale High School. The size of the Biermann Center will allow more games to be played at the same time.

Hillsdale’s men’s and women’s soccer clubs each have three teams registered to play. “We’re trying to develop a stronger soccer community in Hillsdale,” senior Larissa Yashko said. “We have a pretty solid relationship with the Hillsdale soccer club. They support us and we support them.” The tournament serves not just to foster a soccer community in Hillsdale but the surrounding areas as well. Teams are registered from Jackson, Coldwater, and Tecumseh. Hillsdale’s tournament is one held in the state this winter. Fast said she is excited to be able to use the Biermann Center this year and hopes to be able to continue to use it for the tournament in the future. gest and in the premier facility,” Fast said.

I was always a Tigers fan. I’ll tell yah, I’ll root for like four teams total. I’ll root for the Tigers, I’ll root for the Pistons, I’ll root for Michigan State, you know football lately since our basketball team stinks, but our football team is awesome, and the U.S. men’s national soccer team. I will live and die with

Swim From A8 zeroing in on the details that can save them precious points. “Coach has been telling us to focus on the little things, such as turns and starts. He’s also really emphasizing swimming fast in the morning so nals,” sophomore up-and-comer Emily Shallman said. “As far as preparation goes, Coach has been helping us with perfecting our strokes and turns

Justin Verlander has to show he can bounce back, I think Justin’s going to bounce back, I think it’s entirely health related. He’s as competitive as they come, so Justin’s going to, as long as he has a healthy offseason. They have to get a better season out of Nick Castellanos, both offensively and defensively. I’m really excited to see what Cespedes does. I think he’s going to be really exciting for fans. This is the kind of player you want to pay to watch. And then you got the catching situation. That’s going to be an interesting question. For Avila, the injuries from the past couple of years have added up and can he go the whole season? Is he going to get knocked out again? with during the Tiger’s offseason? What do you write about? ure something to write about every week, but it’s not easy. Sunday nights when I write my column, it’s a dreadful time of the year because in November you’ve got stuff to write about. In December you’ve got the winter meetings and you’ve got stuff to write about, and then it falls off a cliff. You beat the story lines to death, you got nothing left to say and you gotta keep saying something— preferably something new. It’s just really, really hard. Me personally, as a fan, I just watch the Pistons. I don’t like how hard it is to write a column in the offseason, on the other hand, I don’t mind a little break from baseball. Do you see yourself doing this for the rest of your career? I’m a writer, but I’m not necessarily a sports writer. I’m a writer who likes to write about people. I think at some point I’ll write more about people and it might not have anything to do with sports. Right now though, you take the career that is successful in front of you and you just run with it as long as it goes. Just as a writer, I feel like I’m going to go in another direction eventually. -Compiled by Evan Carter

with the help of the underwater video camera. Also, he’s just really excited for this meet and some fast swimming— that attitude is infectious.” In preparation for the event, the team has prepared their bodies and their minds for the peak of the season. “It is pretty elementary, we are tapered and rested and there is no doubt we will be at ly racers,” Kirner said. “They know how to prepare themselves and swim fast when it counts.”

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Charger Sports

(Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

WOMEN PUSH WINNING STREAK TO FIVE Swim team takes Jessie Fox Collegian Reporter The Hillsdale College women’s basketball team was challenged to protect their home court this weekend against Northwood

bined effort of multiple players. Senior Kadie Lowery, Madison Berry, Dittmer and Blair all put shots in for the Chargers to secure a nine-point lead. The Chargers battled for the -

Lakers. “We did a really good job handling the emotional day,” assistant coach Jon Mauck said. deep down how they feel about

the Chargers came out reenerond half. the Chargers turned up their deLakers score a single point. With 2:17 left on the clock, the Charwhen Blair grabbed a backcourt

came to the Dawn Tibbetts Potter Arena with one thing in mind:

Blair led the Chargers with 13 points. The Chargers lengthened their lead when Berry sunk two free

Unfortunately for the Timracked up its second season win

Dittmer and senior Megan Fogt both played memorable 57 on Saturday afternoon. Saturday’s win was the Char-

double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds, and Fogt set another school record when she blocked her 139th shot. Fogt now stands

all and 11-6 in the GLIAC. This weekend, the Chargers will play with hopes of setting their lonIn Thursday’s matchup, the time with a 30-27 lead. In the early stages of the second half, sophomore guard Morgan Blair embarked on a solo 9-0 run to put Hillsdale in a dominant position. “Morgan Blair has really been stepping up for the team, she’s offense and defense,” said freshman Allie Dittmer. back to a 50-50 tie with 8:00 left on the clock. The Chargers went on their second 9-0 run of the game, this time it was a com-

blocked shots in a single career. “The record is pretty neat, mostly because Katie Cezat was so dominant in so many areas in her time here. It’s an honor to Fogt said. “Much more importantly, the record I’m concerned with is our team’s record. I’m so Junior Madison Berry drives to the hoop in a game against Lake Superior State University. (Photo Courtesy of External Affairs)

The unfortunate passing of head coach Claudette Charney’s mother, Lisa Charney, who passed away early Saturday morning, left the entire Charger on that afternoon against the

gether down the end.” The Lakers led the game for to close the gap. They entered halftime with a 38-30 lead, but

season.” Tonight, the Chargers will play at Michigan Technological

on GLIAC championships

Kat Torres Collegian Reporter The Charger swim team is currently in fourth place out of 11 teams going into the second day of the four-day GLIAC championships at the Jenison Aquatics Center. On Wednesday, the Hillsdale College swimmers got off to a strong start. Senior Rachael Kurtz placed second in the 50 Freestyle, with a time of 23.46, hitting the NCAA national qualifying B cut which is 24.12. Junior Zoe Hopkins also hit the 1000 Freestyle B standard (10:32.14) swimming a time of 10:30.9. Junior Sarah Rinaldi also added points for the Chargers in the 200 IM hitting the standard as well (2:07.98), swimming a 2:07.47, but just barely missing To close the night, the 200 meter relay team of sophomore Emily Balog, senior Cayley Cruickshank, Rinaldi, and Kurtz 1:50.74. Out of the six conference dual

meets this season, Hillsdale College has pulled out a 4-2 record. Going into the conference championship, the team is ranked “We will be right in the midof 11 teams,” head coach Kurt Kirner said. “The more substanrecords and NCAA qualifying

this meet. I think the team is swims and our depth could alhigher than the year before, “ senior captain Ali Bauer said. Earlier this season, the Chargers made history by breaking the 10-win barrier, which was an exciting prelude to the conference championship. Unforsquad to add points to their score requires the swimmers to make their races count, which means

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ranked Huskies. “It’s just another step in our maturing process, we’re in the ity, and in a good spot physically compared to a lot of teams,” said Coach Mauck. “We’re ready.”

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The Charger indoor track and to as its championship season at home this past weekend with the Hillsdale Wide Track Classic in the Margot V. Biermann Center. Head coach Andrew Towne said the meet was a solid start. “It doesn’t mean that at the the full next month, but it means we need to keep making preparations looking towards the end of the month, and I thought we did that,” he said. The women’s team posted

“Justin Folley had a really solid heptathlon both days,” Towne said. Folley, a senior, posted a proall with a score of 4892. twice last weekend. Once as a part of the women’s Distance time of 12:02.74. “We’re twelfth on the list for nationals, which is exciting, but I think we can go a lot faster,” she said.

“The women’s DMR was ok,” Towne said. “They got on the board, but they’ll be a lot faster this weekend.”

qualifying time in the 800 of 2:13.47. “I PR’d in that and posted the top time for the GLIAC, sixth in the nation, so that was exciting.” Looking forward to the rest of the season, Oren said she doesn’t know what all she’ll be running. her range extends from the 800 to the 5K. She has high hopes and expec“As far as nationals go I would at least like to get an All-Ameri-

not a national championship title in at least one; that’d be really nice,” she said. “Conference, I’d really like the DMR to win again, years.” Freshman Colby Clark was named GLIAC Men’s Track Athin the 400 with a time of 48.98 mark, and a time that set a new meet record. “I was really excited to run it,” Clark said. “It had been a couple of weeks since I had had a race so

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Junior Sarah Rinaldi swims the backstroke at the John “Jack” McAvoy Natatorium. She swam the 200 IM in 2:07.47 at the GLIAC Championships on Wednesday. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

Charger Chatter: Stedman lowry Just the whole Hillsdale idea — thought that was awesome. On the basketball side of it, I really liked Coach Tharp and the other coaches. I just thought it would turns out it is. I like the fact that there’s not many students, and

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Stedman Lowry, starting shooting guard for the Hillsdale College men’s basketball team, made his collegiate debut against the University of Michigan last semester. Originally from Liberty Township, Ohio, the redshirt freshman plans to major in accounting. It probably comes from my dad — it’s his middle name. My dad really got me into basketball — he played college basketball. I started playing probably in sec-

faces. Classes are hard, it’s been an adjustment, but I like my classes and really like it here.

chosen Ohio State. But, It really actually came down to Hillsdale, Northern Kentucky, and a school in Florida called Rawlins, and I just liked Hillsdale more than any of them.

It was awesome playing in that huge school. It was crazy, but we just came out like we had

nothing to lose, and I wasn’t

Actually, when I started the

the game.

were in the game most of the able experience. I didn’t know that we could compete with Di-

the ball I airballed a layup. So I was like, ‘Oh gosh, this is not going to be good.’ They didn’t

Our whole team, we all get

because I didn’t play last year, so they had no idea who I was, but I just came out and hit some shots early. It was awesome being able to get hot that early in

plays pretty well together. We’re

one else is new or in new roles.

It’s taking some adjustment, but I think we all play pretty well together and most of them are gonna be back next year too. We’ll continue to keep getting with all these guys. -Compiled by Ramona Tausz

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A rose on any other day would still be a rose Valentine’s Day and the art of the florist Amanda Tindall News Editor Approximately 196 million roses are grown every year for the express purpose of being used in Valentine’s Day bouquets. the busiest day of the year. “Valentine’s Day is my one big day,” Smith’s Flowers owner Jane Stewart said. “Mother’s day is pretty big, but that’s spread out through the week.” Kathy Newell, owner of the Blossom Shop, has been in the ell said she orders 1000-1300 roses for Valentine’s Day, and, even with that, they will run out. When a customer comes into eration is price. Beyond that, however, Stewart said there are plenty of choices — from differ-

Creating a bouquet isn’t simply a matter of throwing a bunch takes careful consideration of color, texture, prices, and the purpose of the bouquet. “Sometimes people will bring in a pillow or a piece of fabric that they want to match, and we can even do that,” Newell said. “We use different sizes of textures, different textures, no more than three different colors, or it gets distracting to the eyes, and several different types of greens.” For Newell, the most important piece of advice she said she could give to

to buy online. “If they know what they want, then they just tell us what they

want,” Newell said. “If people go online and order something, and three or four people want the

same thing, then you don’t end up with something unique. So we do suggest designers choices.” Newell said you can also get a better deal in person bethat are on sale. “When you order online from sitting in a cubicle, you lose a lot of money because it goes through three or four steps to get to us. It’s the younger generation that likes to just go online, but they’re not realizing how much they’ve lost,” Newell said. Even if the online company says they’re ordering

Flowers sit ready for arrangement and Valentine’s day.

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the greenery or the vase.

Newell said they can drop the box anywhere, even if you’re not could be dead by the time you get them. For Valentine’s day in particular, tulips are popular in addition to roses. Stewart said they also have lilies, daisies, and orchids, as well as many other types of “Besides roses, a lot of people will order carnations because they last longer,” Stewart said. Senior Alex Graham said the two people for whom he buys girlfriend, junior Jacqueline Frenkel. “Before going shopping, you must do some reconnaissance -

the order can be

healthy ones of that lot. If there

couple of cities away.

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Student bands face off at Dawn All out musical war at Dawn Theater tomorrow in Phi Mu Alpha’s Battle of the Bands Anders Hagstrom Collegian Freelancer Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia’s annual Battle of the Bands will take place from 7 p.m. to midnight tomorrow at the Historic Dawn Theatre in Hillsdale. The event will feature seven student bands vying for the top spot, with an

opening performance by touring band August Hotel and an encore set by student supergroup Full Paisley Jacket. tle of the Bands will take place off-campus, a decision which Phi Mu Alpha hopes will create a more memorable experience for performers and audience members. Battle of the Bands is a chance

for student bands to compete, be heard, and give an audience a great time. “It’s an opportunity for students to show off their talent, and to prove who’s got the most swag in the music department,” said of Full Paisley Jacket. According to sophomore Luke Zahari, one of the Phi Mu Alpha members organizing the

event, the student bands will be: Athwart, led by junior Walker Mulley; Coffey and the Sugar Packets, led by junior Catherine Coffey; Daw!, led by senior Aaron Pomerantz; Holy Moses, led by senior Mike Ragan; Nasty Earl, led by sophomore Andrew Egger; The Pink Jalapeño Poppers, led by senior Ian Fury; and The St. Joe Trio, led by sophomore Frank Bruno. A number of these bands have established pages on social media as well, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Each band brings something unique to the table, choosing their own style of music. The St. Joe Trio describes their music as a mixture of “blues, rock, garage rock, alternative, and basically

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Holy Moses practices. The band includes senior Mike Ragan, Ian Andrews ’14, freshman Aaron Andrews, and senior Tim Allen. (Phil Devoe/Collegian)

Things

To do and see This week

January 31 – March 1 Professional Artist Series: Paintings by Mark Mehaffey Daughtrey Gallery, Sage Center for the Arts February 12-15, 19-22 “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” The Sauk Theatre 240 East Chicago Street, Jonesville, MI 49250 February 12-14, 19-21 at 8 p.m.; February 15 and 22 at 3 p.m. This 1996 musically satirical celebration of the mating game stars Trinity Bird, Savannah Doster, Emily DeBoard, and Tony Myers. Tickets for tonight’s preview performance will cost $5; subsequent performances will be $12. February 13 Phi Mu Alpha’s Battle of the Bands The Historic Dawn Theatre 110 North Broad Street

7 p.m. – midnight Seven student bands will compete for a panel of faculty judges at the Dawn Theatre for charity. Food and beverages will be available for purchase, and complimentary popcorn will be served. Guest band August Hotel will perform an opening set at 7 p.m., and Full Paisley Jacket will play an encore set at 11:30 p.m. A cash bar will also be available. Tickets will be $3 in advance and $5 at the door. February 14 No Date Dance Biermann Center Mezzanine 8 p.m. – midnight The No Date Dance, sponsored by A Few Good Men, will feature performances by the Hillsdale College Big Band, August Hotel, and Patches of Paisley. Tickets will be $5, either in advance or at the door.

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yard: the Detroit Institute of Arts When you consider the great art museums and galleries of the world, you may think of the Louvre in Paris, the British Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, or possibly the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. I’m willing to guess that you don’t think about the art museum only 100 miles east of Hillsdale, which houses van Gogh’s “Portrait of Postman Roulin,” Rodin’s statue of “the Thinker,” and Picasso’s “Fruit, Carafe, and Glass” If I were to pose the same I probably would have left out the DIA as well. Growing up in a suburb north of Detroit, I largely took the DIA for granted. Frankall. the DIA during my senior year of high school when my Spanish class visited the museum to survey its Mexican and Spanish art. I knew almost nothing about that either, so I had no expectations when my class arrived at the museum. display of African statues, and unbeknownst to me at the time, is perhaps the best example of Mexican art in the United States. A spacious room, Rivera Court houses 27 frescos painted by Diego Rivera, with the large frescos on the north and south walls of the court serving as focal points. Once open to the sky, the room is now covered by a glass ceiling, allowing for superlative lighting during the middle of the day. With frescos on all four sides of the room, the experience is totally immersive, drawing you into the congruous but distinct frescos. Rivera’s work is expansive, yet every inch is detailed and imbued with meaning and motifs. Because the project was so great, the frescos, which were meant to celebrate Detroit’s industrial might, wouldn’t have been completed if not for a very large donation from Henry Ford’s son, Edsel. Since the money to complete the project was coming from the Ford family, Rivera had to depict the Ford River Rouge Plant, the setting of his piece, in a good light. In many ways, Rivera complied with these instructions. He even depicted Henry Ford as a teacher leading a class on engineering.

As the DIA expert explained to my class, however, the frescos are much more than a simple celebration of the industry at Ford’s River Rouge Plant. Rivera was a Marxist, and he wove themes of worker oppression throughout his work. His Marxist overtones are arguably most apparent in one of the panels on the west wall, which features a pair of work gloves with red stars printed on them. Though seen as an overt nod to communism by many after its 1933 unveiling, this image is still not as obvious as Rivera’s depiction of Lenin in a project Rivera began for the Rockefeller Center’s Great Hall in New York City. Rivera was never allowed efellers had all of his previous work on the mural destroyed. Many protesters in Detroit to have Rivera’s frescos in the DIA destroyed as well. The Detroit News called the frescos “vulgar” and “un-american.” Thankfully, the DIA did not allow the frescos to be destroyed. As I became more and more aware of Rivera’s communist motifs throughout the frescos, my experiences of the pieces was enhanced. Rivera didn’t waste a single panel; each one is packed with symbolism. My favorite piece of symbolism is a steam turbine on the west wall that Rivera shaped into the likeness of an ear. Scholars believe that Rivera did this to show the extreme lengths to which factory management went to spy on workers. I’ve been to the MET in New York City and the Louvre in Paris. I’ve seen the Mona Lisa. It’s small, and because of the crowd surrounding it, I didn’t get a great look. I’ve now visited Rivera Court twice. On the second visit, the room was virtually empty, giving me all the time I could want to take in the expansive and immersive piece of art. So next time you’re in Detroit, consider checking out the DIA. Walk into Rivera Court and engage all of the facets of liberal arts Hillsdale has given you. Rivera will be ready.

majoring in politics and minoring in journalism through the Dow Journalism program. He is the web editor for the Collegian.

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at 11:30 p.m. Full Paisley Jacket

will then play an encore set before the victors are announced. Three judges from the Hillsdale College faculty will select the winning band. The judges will be classics department chair Joseph Garnjobst, music department chair James Holleman, and assistant professor of English Dutton Kearney – three professors with a passion and an ear for good music. Admission will cost $3 in advance or $5 at the door; pizza and pop will be available for purchase throughout the evening. Complimentary popcorn will also be served.

Florists From B1 are none, you must move on to another type. It’s not that romantic, really.” ers,” Frenkel added. Graham said it was also nice ready blooming. “A good feature of the lilies I purchased was that I got some buds in bloom and others

Mark Mehaffey, a watercolor painter, participated in Hillsdale College’s Professional Artists Series this month. After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors at Michigan State University, Mehaffey taught art in the Lansing Public School System for nearly thirty years. He has won numerous awards for his paintings, including the Silver Medal of Honor at the 146th Annual International American Watercolor Society Exhibition and the Skyledge Award from the Transparent Watercolor Society of America. get serious about art? A: When I was ten years old. ences when I was in the fourth grade. I went to a friend’s house and his father was an artist, and his watercolor paintings were laying out, his sketchbooks, and I guess I just sort of knew right then and there that that’s what I

not yet in bloom,” Graham said. “So there were some blossoms and some buds, which is special because then they bloom. Some fade out and the others bloom, ers for longer.” As for what Graham thinks of “There’s some stinking rose genocide going on here.”

wanted to do. So the same fourth grade teacher let me paint with a set of watercolors all day, and I Q: Do you have any advice for aspiring artists? A: I absolutely do. Work your ass off. Seriously. There’s a lot of people that are very, very talented that end up never doing very well because they don’t work hard enough, and there’s a lot of other people out there that probably aren’t the most talented in the world, but they’re highly motivated and they work really, really hard, and those are the people you hear about. So if you really want to get ahead, just like anything else, you need to really work hard.

kept up with both activities. So one must have balance in one’s life, it can’t always be work. My studio is in my house, and I go to work every day, usually between 7:30 and 8:00 a.m., and most days work a six to twelve hour day. Sometimes I’ll take the weekends off, sometimes I won’t, but you can’t work all the time. So, you have to have balance, you have to have some other part. Fishing is one of the ways I have that other part. I like to play a little golf, but that can be a little frustrating if you don’t play often.

Q: Do you have a favorite piece of work that you’ve made? A: So, the painting that I look forward to the most is the next one, do you know what I mean? As soon as I get an idea for a painting, and I do that painting, I do the best job I can do with that painting, but then I let it go. And I look forward to the next painting; the next painting is the most important painting, not the previous one, not the one I did last year,

painting when I was ten, but I’ve

that may or may not have won

Q: What else do you do other than art? Do you have any other interests or hobbies? A: At the moment, I am drivtwo or three days. So, I’ve ac-

all kinds of big awards, because that’s all in the past. It is the future that I look forward to, the next painting. That’s what keeps me in the studio every day. Q: So, it’s more about the process? A: Yeah, absolutely, almost entirely about the process. It’s not that I totally disregard the end product, the painting, I try to do the best with every single painting that I do, but it’s like golf — if you worry about shooting power all the time, you’re gonna not have as much fun. So I play zen golf: see the ball, hit the ball, that’s a whole lot more fun than worrying about shooting power all the time. Same thing with painting for me. I enjoy the process, and don’t worry about the end result so much. Otherwise that’s not a good thing.

Artworks still giving students opportunity to perform Bailey Pritchett Spotlight Editor In an effort to encourage arts in the community, Artworks, the Art Council of Hillsdale County, invited music students from sixth through twelfth grade to compete in its 9th Annual Music Performance Competition on Sunday. To spread the word, Artworks councilwoman Renee Nestorak ’10 sent letters to every teacher and private music instructor in entered the competition. categories: vocal, strings, other instrumental, keyboard, and ensemble. Each category had cash place performers. Don Heckenlively, president of Artworks, said that events like the performance competition motivate young musicians to stick with their instruments. “Arts are part of civilization,”

nual concert had been called a scholarship competition. Awards This music helps nurture young- for the top three performers were er performers as they develop as given in the form of scholarship musicians. The youngsters are money for books, private music almost having a miniature mas- lessons, or money toward instruter class based on the feedback ment supplies. Although the adfrom the justment aljudges.” lowed more Unexspending “Arts are part of civiliza- f r e e d o m p e c t e d l y, this year’s with cash competiprizes, tion saw a music helps nurture younger N e s t o r a k large drop performers as they develop as said that the in submis- musicians. The youngsters are title change sions from almost having a miniature master from scholp r e v i o u s class based on the feedback from a r s h i p years. In the judges.” competithe past, tion to permore than ormance —Don Heckenlively fcompetition 40 students had may have entered the intimidated competiyoung mution. sicians. Nestorak said she guesses the “For the past couple of years drop in entries may have been due entries have dwindled,” Nestorto the competition’s title change. ak said. “Some of the sections For the past eight years, the an- weren’t even applied to. Chang-

ing the name could have scared out why there was a drop in entries.” For the past 20 years, the Arts Council for Hillsdale County has engaged in community arts programs from theatre to music to visual arts. Statewide programs like the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs have extended funds to local groups like Artworks to promote comAlthough Heckenlively studied science as a graduate at the University of Denver, music has always been a part of his life. For the past 50 years, his music career has ranged from playing the organ at church to singing in choir. “Arts and cultural organizations contribute to the economic mentality of Hillsdale county,” Heckenlively said. “The arts are what makes us civilized.”

“I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” at Sauk Theatre

Evan Carter is a sophomore

Bands all things fun.” Walker Mulley and the rest of Athwart had this to say regarding what to expect from their performance: “Have you ever heard a punk band sing Friedrich Hayek before? Have you ever read punk lyrics with footnotes before? Have you ever heard a punk band rail against FDR before?” Presumably, you’ll be able to answer mative after their performance. After the opening performance at 7 p.m. from August Hotel, each of the seven student bands will duke it out in 30-minute sets

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and having kids and ends with older age couples: what life is like as senior citizens in love.” Doster said that these wideranging topics will give everyone in the audience something to relate to. “You can relate to it if you’re single, you can relate to it if you’re married or divorced,” she

Jonesville’s Sauk Theatre will night at 8 p.m. with the opening performance of the seasonally appropriate off-Broadway musical “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.” The production will stage evening shows Thursday through Saturday this week and next, with 3 p.m. matinee performances this Sunday and Feb. 22. The 1996 musical comedy features an episodic format, with four actors portraying 52 distinct roles during the two-hour performance. “We’ve been sort of describing it as a theatrical episode of Saturday Night Live,” Sauk executive director Trinity Bird said. “I play everything from an Italian pizza guy to a seventy-year-old man, and everything in between.” Bird, who is directing The cast of the Sauk’s “I Love You, “I Love You, You’re Per- (Photo Courtesy of Trinity Bird) fect, Now Change” for the third time, will star alongside said. Satire is this production’s three other Sauk veterans: Emily DeBoard, Savannah Doster, and bread and butter, and while Tony Myers. Kristi Gautsche, the some of the themes are a little play’s musical director, will ac- shopworn – over-talkative guys, couples striving to meet unrealcompany on the piano. “I Love You, You’re Perfect, istic stereotypes, a macho man’s Now Change” offers an anecdot- unsuccessful attempts to remain al survey of romance in America, relying on well-known tropes to they are largely redeemed by the trace a timeline through unrelat- play’s clever lyrics and snappy tunes. ed scenes. Chemistry between actors is “Act I is about dating, and then at the end of the act there’s critical, especially considering a wedding,” Bird said. “Act II the small cast and the play’s fostarts with the honeymoon period cus on intimate relationships.

Fortunately, Bird, Doster, Myers, and DeBoard have had many opportunities to develop this chemistry in previous productions. In 2012, all four had roles in “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” In fact, Bird’s professional relationship with Myers and DeBoard runs all the way back to

“Every one of those characters has a different costume,” Bird said. “There are some points where there are essentially ten to the setting and costumes.” Beyond the logistics of costumes, Myers and Doster said that portraying such a wide variety of characters can be an enormous mental workout for an actor. “It’s hard enough to get into character once before a show,” Doster said. In this production, “every scene you’ve got to go out of one character and back into a different one,

It’s the best part, and the scariest part.” The minimalistic cast also presents musical challenges. With only four singers, pitchy notes have nowhere to hide. “If you don’t know a note, it’s going to be blatantly obvious,” Myers said. “Someone who’s musically coherent in the audience is going to know.” Despite these chalYou’re Perfect, Now Change.” lenges, the cast of “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now the latter two’s days at Bronson Change” is excited to begin the Jr./Sr. High School, where they production. participated in extracurricular “What’s great about the play plays directed by Bird. is that it’s really funny, and it’s “I directed the musical in sometimes over the top, but it’s Bronson for six years,” Bird said. real; it’s human,” Bird said. “I technically ran the musical Tickets for tonight’s perfortheatre department.” mance are $5 and will be availEven with good chemistry, able at the Sauk. Tickets will cost a play like “I Love You, You’re $12 for the remainder of the proPerfect, Now Change” pres- duction. For example, with 52 characters crammed into a two-hour production, costume changes are tight.

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A Penny for perfection

Making it up

Every Thursday night, 80 people Breana Noble Collegian Reporter When Penny Proctor discovered she would graduate from Hillsdale College with a perfect GPA, campus erupted. Until 1977, only men had graduated with a 4.0 GPA, a barrier Proctor broke as a double major. Proctor heard the news from several faculty members as a student and was “shocked.” While not certain of the reason it took so long for a female student to make the achieve-

Until 1977, only men had graduated with a 4.0. ment, Proctor thought her generation was on the “cusp” of change. “I think part of it has to do with, for a long time, women were not necessarily coming into college with an intense academic focus, particularly in the ’60s and ’70s,” Proctor said. “It didn’t matter what the grades were as long as they got the degree.” After graduating Hillsdale, Proctor studied law at the University of Michigan where her graduating class included 23 women while the year prior had only eight. Proctor attributes much of her accomplishment to her father who always pushed his four daughters to think outside traditional roles. “If I said I was interested in being a nurse he would say,

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‘Why don’t you think about being a doctor?’” Proctor said. After hearing the Illinois state attorney speak at her high school, however, she realized her goal. “He came on law day and made a great presentation,” Proctor said. “I said, ‘That’s what I want to do. I want to be to help people and help our country.’” After graduating law school, wanting to work in labor and employment law, she got a job fended hospitals on labor issues and, after a year, found a partner who focused on the medical with whom Proctor worked. hospital in health care law. “I found the breadth of the issues to be intellectually stimulating,” Proctor said on her transition. “It was something different every day. I wanted to feel I made a positive contribution, and sometimes in law Making it there was not easy. While double majoring in English and Communication Arts,

an interdisciplinary study akin to marketing, Proctor remained enthusiastically involved on campus, especially in the theater program. Also active in Greek life, Proctor valued the consistent community in her busy schedule. “Pi Beta Phi really spurred me on,” Proctor said. “As each semester went by, and I still had that 4.0, there’s a lot of pressure with that. My sisters were wonderful in helping me keep focused, keeping me positive, and helping me to diffuse that pressure when it got to be too bad.” Proctor, as a student, normally up at 5 a.m. to study so her evenings would be free for other activities, averaging about “I guess that’s how I relax. If I’m sitting with nothing to do, I’m bored, and I hate being bored,” Proctor told The Collegian her senior year in the March 10, 1977 issue. Proctor’s sorority sisters remember her for her genuine character and talent. “Penny was everywhere,” Coordinator of Alumni Events and Programs Nanette Laser

said. “Very accomplished in everything she did. I always admired her. She was so available, smart, talented, and good to everyone.” Director of Career Services Joanna Wiseley, also a Pi Phi with Proctor, recounted times when Proctor would sing and play piano as sorority song leader and perform in Tower Players productions. “Even though she was earning a four point, she always had time for her sisters,” Wiseley said. “Now she gives back to Hillsdale by donating her time to Pi Beta Phi.” After retiring in 2011, Proctor helped plan the 125th anniversary of the Michigan Alpha Chapter of Pi Phi in 2012, even making a keynote speech on its history. Since Proctor graduated, much at Hillsdale has changed. This includes that some time in the ’80s, the college altered its grading scale so that an A- is worth 3.7 in one’s GPA, according to registrar Douglas McArthur, which means Proctor, on today’s system, would not have been a 4.0. “It’s not completely apples to apples,” McArthur said. “Today, a four point means no A-‘s.” Nonetheless, Proctor’s achievement demonstrates overpowering the odds and what a Hillsdale education can do. “I personally did not experience this, but some professors may have been harder on women than on men,” Proctor said. “There was change in the view of women, and this was not just at Hillsdale. At the time I was graduating, women began coming to college with ambition for other things.”

Michael Lucchese Collegian Freelancer Ad Liberty’s humble beginnings in the Simpson basement has since evolved into a worthy alternative to Thirsty Thursday. Hillsdale students founded the club in the fall of 2013. “We started the club because there weren’t really many comedy-oriented groups on campus,” said junior Alex Buchmann, the club’s leader. Regular attendee Luke Robson said that the club grew in popularity during the early days because “Alex constantly harassed us to come to improv.” Originally, the club held its shows in the basement of Simpson, and about 20 people attended. Improv club’s self-described biggest fan, Hannah Flemming, said the club started out with more games that required volunteers from the audience, and the cast constantly rotated. “It was kind of disorganized,” she said. Due to construction in Simpson this year, the club decided to move to the Olds lobby, where there were more seats for guests and more space for actors. With some summer studying of the improv hit television show, “Who’s Line is it Anyway?” Buchmann brought inspiration and organization back to the improv Club. Since the move to Olds, Ad Liberty saw exponential growth, with most shows attracting audiences greater

than 80. Along with Flemming, consistent audience members Claudia Sladick and Mehgan Cain frequently refer to improv as the “highlight of their week.” Popular games include

“Alex constantly harrassed us to come to improv.” “Who’s Line?”, inspired by the television show, “New Choice,” where actors have to come up with new lines on the spot at the direction of a leader, and “Interrogation,” where two cast members interrogate a third, who is trying committed. Elise Clines, another regular cast member, said that although she thought she would not be very good at Improv when she started, she soon gained experience and rapport with her fellow cast members. One of the actors, Jake Bull, who has participated since the beginning, stated built up his people skills and others. “The organization has actually made it a lot more fun for both the audience and the actors,” cast member Eric Walker said. “Although I can still guarantee the actors up on stage are having more fun than the audience.”

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Hillsdale alumna Ruta Sepetys ’90 writes on Baltic genocide in her novel “Between Shades of Gray.” (Photo

From A1 Thousands of Lithuanians were slaughtered, placed into concentration camps and forced into exile in Siberia. There were more than 196,000 Lithuanian Jews murdered and history hardly remembered. After talking to many

“Between those shades of gray is where the truth lies.” survivors, Sepetys realized she needed to write their story. She began writing in 2005 and helped give a voice to many who have never spoke of this tragedy. Many of the survivors she interviewed wished to remain anonymous, but their personal stories and details were embodied in her characters. “The research changed my life,” Sepetys said. “Imagine being able to interview someone who has had to bear the unbearable. They taught me that suffering can be a spiritual teacher. They thought the world had forgotten them, and though many were not ready for the pain, emotion, and fear they

(Photo Courtesy of Ruta Sepetys)

Courtesy of Ruta Sepetys)

would encounter while discussing their history, they told their narrative because they were inspired that the world would She understood that some readers view history as boring, so creating characters that brought these themes to life was crucial in communicating Baltic history. it is my job to create an appetite for further information, to ask a question without necessarily providing an answer. Good literature should create that curiosity,” Sepetys said. It was in her research that Sepetys realized that she had stumbled upon something truly special and had also found the perfect title. “I thought I understood this was good,” Sepetys said. “Then

I realized that things weren’t categorized in extremes, things were not just black and white, but there were shades of gray. Between those shades of gray is where the truth lies.” “Between Shades of Gray” was published in 2011 and earned numerous accolades. In addition to winning countless national and international awards, it was recognized as a New York Times bestseller and it has been translated into 27 languages. The Los Angeles Times called it, “Heart-wrenching... A story of hardship as well as human triumph, Between Shades of Gray is an eye-opening reimagination of a very real tragedy written with grace and heart.” “Global readership truly tells you what your book is,” Sepetys said. “In America it is a story of courage, in France it is

a message about identity, and in Spain it is a theme of patriotism. It contains a message for everyone.” In March of 2013 Sepetys explained her message to global leaders on a political stage. young adult literature to ever speak in front of European parliament. She discussed the history of totalitarianism in the Baltic, and the importance of generations. For many of the leaders in that room, it was their genocide, and after her speech fellow global leaders were able to relate to Lithuanian in a much deeper sense. Later that June, Sepetys was awarded Lithuania’s Cross of the Knight of the Order. The honor was bestowed by the president of Lithuania for her contributions to education and culture in conjunction with her global efforts. Throughout the notoriety and praise, Sepetys stays incredibly humble and deeply passionate about her role as an author. She has also just recently written another book titled “Out Of The Easy” a story of a young girl in New Orleans during the 1950s. “I wrote the book, but history wrote the story,” Sepetys said. “History holds secrets, and I get to tell them.”

American high school seniors at Colby High School in Detroit. The seniors laughed when they saw that their teacher was a white man. Since September 2014, Andrew has taught English Language Arts and African American literature. Andrew is member of Teach for America corps (TFA), a program that takes bright college graduates and places them in urban inner city schools for two years. While teaching, core members attend classes to earn their For Andrew the experience that his future lies in education. have encountered is learning to teach kids to be successful students, but also adapting to their community and showing them how much their community is already supporting them and celebrates education,” Andrew said. Approaching students in a humbled posture has helped Andrew earn his students trust. One day in his African American Literature class, Andrew scratched his lesson plan for the day and asked the seniors to teach him how to dance. In the morning before classes begin, Andrew will have a number of students in his classroom watching ESPN highlights with him. Andrew remembers a question that Professor of English Justin Jackson asked which has helped earn the trust of his own students. “He asked me: ‘How’s your family doing?’ He didn’t know anything about me, but that question struck me so profoundly,” Andrew said.

Hired by TFA in January, senior Arielle Mueller plans to teach high school Spanish in Washington D.C. A history major and Spanish minor, Mueller transferred to Hillsdale after a year at the University of Minnesota. As a freshman, Mueller tutored Mung and Muslim students in reading. “My students could count on me arriving at 3:30 every day. They would run out to my car calling for Miss Mermaid as they rushed to give me a hug. Getting to know them for who they are made my time worthwhile. And I love that they called me Miss Mermaid,” Mueller said. Mueller applied to TFA because she wanted experience. “When I was tutoring in the inner city, I learned to love those students. While I know it will be a challenge, it’s an opportunity I’m excited about pursuing,” Mueller said. “I want to be just like Dr. WyattHayes when I grow up. She cares so much about everyone, demands a lot, and has a passion for what teaches.” Mueller’s teaching role model, Professor of Spanish Carmen Wyatt-Hayes also had Andrew in her classroom. “Arielle cares deeply about people and she’s very bright. I have a sense that she will succeed in whatever she does,” Wyatt-Hayes said. Wyatt-Hayes remembers when Andrew would come his Spanish grades, but by the end of the course, had fallen in love with the language. “Josh is an excellent student and can do anything,” she said. All three agree that success in teaching begins and ends with loving students. “Teaching is one of the hardest things that anyone could ever do,” Andrew said. “Approach every student you meet with the mindset that you are showing them what they already know. When they start to realize that, then the whole experience is nothing but rewarding.”