2.19.15 Hillsdale Collegian by The Hillsdale Collegian

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Vol. 138 Issue 17 - 19 February 2015

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Sam Scorzo Sports Editor Aaron Schepps `14, teaching an English class at Atlanta Classical Academy.

(Courtesy of Aaron Schepps)

The classical school connection Morgan Delp Editor-in-Chief

in this scene because he sac-

Aaron Schepps `14 experiyear of teaching when one of his seventh-graders responded with meaningful observations in his middle school literature class last Friday. Schepps, a teacher at the Barney Initiative’s newly founded Atlanta Classical Academy, has been struggling all year to connect with a student who deals with ity disorder, Autism, and Asperger’s syndrome. “He’s kicking and screaming coming to school, literally. It’s been a lot of that this year — trying to get him to do homework and participate,” Schepps said. “Twice he raised his hand and gave minute-long responses both times, saying ‘I think Tom Sawyer really does love Becky Smith

of thing. It was hard to not cry right there.” Schepps, who realized his call to teaching as a high school student, is a member of the 15 percent of last year’s graduating class to go into teaching, predominantly at classical and charter schools around the nation, according to the recently published Graduate Placement Report. Hillsdale has seen a dramatic increase in graduates becoming teachers in the past three years, despite the phasing out tween 2009-2013. program existed, only about 10 students every year graduated with that degree, Associate Professor of Education Daniel Coupland estimated. Today, many more will likely begin the process of joining Hillsdale’s alumni

Macaela Bennett City News Editor

is investigating the mental history of James A. Momenee, 47, who was shot and killed Feb. 12 before making any charges in relation to his death. Momenee’s father-in-law, Edward Michael, told a Jackson Citizen Patriot newspaper reporter that he killed Momenee in selfdefense, but no arrests have been made in connection with the shooting yet. A “complete understanding” of Momenee’s mental history and Michael’s self-de-

After a string of alcohol policy violations and pending recommitment from current members, Sigma Chi fraternity has been placed on social probation this semester, with limited social probation next semester, and the chance to petition the administration for social functions involving alcohol at the end of the year. Underage drinking by Sigma Chi members at the beginning of for the administration, prompting Dean of Men Aaron Petersen to take action. The violations of the policy, set forth in conjunction with Petersen last academic year, led Petersen to call the fraternity’s regional headquarters. International Grand Consul Mike Greenberg came to campus last week to mediate discussions between the fraternity and the administration. As a result, the fraternity cannot host any social events this semester, at the chapter house or at any off-campus locations,

the classical education department, and the Barney Charter School Initiative. An all-time high of 44 schools will be present from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today in the Grewcock Student Union, where any student is welcome to drop resumes with any of the various institutions. “The reputation of our school has been great,” Coupland said. “Also, schools have come year after year, and they’re recognizing that they’re trying to offer the same education at the K-12 level as we are here, so they’re realizing they have to get teachers who understand the liberal arts and a rigorous education. The popularity has been a result of schools hiring our graduates and them doing well, and then coming back to hire more, and telling other

fense claims are needed before moving forward, Hillsdale County Prosecuting Attorney Neal Brady told the Collegian. “Self-defense claims are another element you have to consider before making charges,” Brady said. “You don’t charge somebody of a crime you don’t know you can convict them of.” The Hillsdale County Sheriff’s department responded to a domestic dispute call made at 1:30 a.m. Feb. 12. Upon arriving at the location on Tripp Road in Ransom Township, police found Momenee dead. “The facts aren’t in dispute,” Brady said. “We are still conducting an investigation of the mental history of the deceased and the family history to have a good understanding

Sigma Chi faces social probation Morgan Delp Editor-in-Chief

teacher corps at the Classical School Job Fair, sponsored

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of what was going on in the minds of Edward and Angela most importantly. Like, what was their fear level at the time and whether certain actions were warranted.” Hillsdale County Sheriff Stan Burchardt told the Collegian his department has responded to calls from the couple before. “We’ve had to deal with them before,” Burchardt said. “One time, I remember we were called in on a stalking issue between them. They’re a married couple, but they were having problems.” According to Michigan criminal records, Michael has no criminal history, but Momenee was convicted of crimes in 1987, 1989, and 2013.

Despite the many obstacles get re-involved. We give them opportunities to not malign our the committee faces in booking reputation any further, while we a headline performer, Dow said go do what we believe our values year’s entertainment. “We study Billboard charts See Sigma Chi A2 and look for an entertainer with that bill,” Dow said. “He’s wellknown, he will appeal to all ages,

with. I have no doubt that Trace

Theology of the Body

Macaela Bennett City News Editor Continuing its theme of hosting top country singers, the Hillsdale County Fair announced Monday its 2015 grandstand entertainer will be four-time Grammy-nominated Trace Adkins. “Trace has such a range. He can tug at your heart strings and then cut loose,” said Scott Dow, Hillsdale County Fair manager. Adkins has three Billboard No. 1 hits including “(This Ain’t) No Thinkin’ Thing,” “You’re Gonna Miss This,” and “Ladies Love Country Boys.” Adkins will perform at 7:30 p.m on Wednesday, Sept. 30., a slightly different time and day than the fair’s headline entertainer usually performs, due to

with John Paul II’s theology in mind posted on blog. A3

Sajak and Hillsdale History How did Pat Sajak, host of Wheel of Fortune, get involved at Hillsdale? B4

Men’s basketball snaps skid Chargers beat Northern Michigan 61-49, now tied with Northwood

Fifty Shades of not OK Sarah Albers reviews “Fifty Shades of Grey” movie. B2 (Courtesy of External Affairs)

For more than 11 hours, six Coldwater Inn on Feb. 16. inn’s main building, but two secondary structures remain. There were no casualties. The

was able to travel undetected. We kept having to move down to the next unit to stop it there,” Sherman said. tually brought in excavators to collapse the roof of the singlestory building to help squelch A broken gas line behind the building also inhibited the

being investigated. lasted,” Coldwater Fire Department Chief Rich Sherman said. “A lot of things worked against us.” Monday’s sub-zero temperatures, the building’s unique metal roof, and a broken gas line contributed to a perfect storm of factors inhibAccording to the Coldwawas reported by a resident who smelled smoke at 3:50 a.m. on Feb. 16. The Coldwater Fire Department responded immediately. The location of the inn, a few miles outside of town on U.S. 12, made the situaweren’t any hydrants nearby, the department called for help ments for extra manpower to transport gallons of water by truckers to the location. The departments of Quincy, Bronson, Lakeland, Union City, and Colon responded and a portion of U.S. 12 was shut down to quicken the process. Sherman described the inn as a “complex structure” which included two, two-story units connected to one singleat the west end of the singlestory’s attic, above the inn’s area. The building’s construction

“We had to allow that to burn because it was natural gas. Then the gas company They had to dig up several aroff. It took a good two hours,” Sherman said. The weather also played a major role in the situation, according to Sherman. Monday night’s temperature ranged from 6 degrees to minus 9 degrees. ted to a hospital for hypothermia, and eventually released, and the departments experienced technical issues with equipment freezing and men slipping on the icy, metal roof. leave the scene until 3 p.m. The inn’s 67 guests and residents forced into the subzero weather with no shelter were transferred to the Coldwater Church of Nazarene and then Coldwater’s Coach Eby Youth and Family Center with assistance from the American Red Cross. “With the help of the community and tremendous support groups the residents have been supplied with clothing and all of the essentials that they lost,” Sherman said. “They’re hopeful to reoccupy those two-story potions after the electrical issues are solved.”

rapidly: Its roof, built of metal on top of multiple older roof

County fair to host Trace Adkins and he hasn’t played live much in this area.” In addition to his popularity as an entertainer, Dow said the the Fair Board Entertainment Committee is proud to host someone who’s displayed admirable character as a spokesman for the Wounded Warrior Program and Red Cross, and he participated in seven United Service Organization tours. Since the Monday announcement, committee chairman Rod Beach said he’s heard good feedback. “The rumblings are positive,” Beach said. “We get people who come to the fair every year just because they love it, and it’s the icing on the cake when we can get a good name entertainer to come in that gets people a reason to come out.” Country music fan junior Shannon O’Hearn said she is among those pleased with the committee’s choice and plans to buy tickets for Adkins’s show. “He is such a classic legend who everyone loves and can sing along with,” O’Hearn said. “Country tends to be easy-going, free-living, relatable songs that

although it may continue with recruitment, philanthropy, ritual meetings, and brotherhood activities. Next semester, it may host several dry social events and petition the administration for social activities involving alcohol at the end of the semester. Also, members may choose to opt out of active status and adopt a special alumni status. Sigma Chi President senior Gregg Coughlin, Petersen, and Greenberg all predicted most members will recommit, while a handful may choose to opt out to a special alumni status. Greencent may walk away. “We have a process that allows members that don’t necessarily align with our philosophy to go off and be themselves and do their own thing, and it’s called special alumni status. Maybe

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schools to hire Hillsdale graduates. In the past few years we haven’t had to advertise at all for it.” The graduates between the years of 2012-2014 have gone onto 104 different schools, institutions, and teaching initiatives, ranging in location from Korea to Detroit to Phoenix to Brooklyn. According to statistics from Career Services, the most Hillsdale students — 13 — teach at Benjamin Franklin Charter Schools. Graduates go into the teachsons. Many, like Schepps, feel a calling to teach — a decision made before the decision to attend Hillsdale. Schepps had been a Best Buddies program leader and tutor while at Hillsdale, and a summer employee

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will bring this entertaining and enjoyable experience to Hillsdale.” Tickets will go on sale at 8 a.m Tuesday, Feb. 24, and can be purchased from startickets.com, by calling 800-585-3737, or by visiting the Hillsdale County Tickets will cost $40 for the

(Courtesy of Trace Adkins Management)

ODK partners with city ODK will hold receptions connecting student leaders to community to boost city development. A6

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and $30 for grandstands. For more information, visit hillsdalecountyfair.org or call 517-437-3622.

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Notes from the Underwarm Clifford Humphrey gives a stream-of-consciousness narrative of his winter plight. A4

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The Roche Sports Complex locker room floors, which are now safer when slippery.

Madeleine Jepsen Collegian Reporter

The pool and the locker room areas at the Roche Sports Complex were closed last week from Wednesday to Saturday as part of a series of repairs to help decrease the hazard of injury rooms. Although swimmers have not sustained any major injuries from the hazard, many people have slipped and fallen. last summer, during which the locker room and shower areas were redone with entirely new According to Athletic Director Don Brubacher, this update was long overdue. “Tiles were starting to crack in the shower areas, and

when the grout around the tiles becomes loose, the water gets in and the tiles break out,” Brubacher said. “It becomes problematic very quickly, so the shower areas needed to be redone one way or another.” the swim areas was redone over the summer. Prior to renovations, this carpeted area became very worn down, and the frequent dampness caused the carpet to become a major harbor for bacteria. In place of the old tiles and carpeting, renovators installed two pour-in-place products for the locker rooms and shower areas. Brubacher said people voiced concerns about the slippery new after the pool reopened. The complaints prompted additional

Humane Society looks for donations Carly Howell Collegian Reporter

From Feb. 16-19, Hillsdale’s Humane Society will be accepting donations. Paramedic for Reading Emergency Teresa Bertke was motivated to direct this fundraiser while reading an article in the Hillsdale Daily News about a Humane Society food drive. At the time, she had a neighbor who was housing 33 dogs in need of homes. The man asked her to start helping him take care of them, so she called the Greater Hillsdale Humane Society for assistance. With their help, the dogs are currently all either in good homes or the security of the Hillsdale shelter. Bertke said she was very grateful for their help. “They did all of that for me,” Bertke said. “I thought it only right to repay them.” According to Bertke, the Greater Hillsdale Humane Society has limited funds. Any money or supplies that the Humane Society uses is either donated or obtained through adoption fees. Each fundraiser gathers only enough money and

supplies to last for the next few months. Bertke said these funds are hard to come by, especially in the winter. “January through March are the trouble months because it’s harder to hold fundraisers in the cold,” Bertke said. “The Hillsdale Humane Society is in great need of assistance now.” Currently, the shelter is holding 206 cats and 55 dogs. Bertke stressed the value of donations. “Not only do these donations help provide supplies, but they could help get some of those animals homes,” Bertke said. Anyone wishing to be a part of the fundraiser can drop off dog or puppy food, cat or kitten food, and scoopable cat litter to the Reading Emergency training building on 30 Monroe St. Other needed items include: HE laundry soap, dish soap, Expo whiteboard markers, white vinegar, glue sticks, and bleach. Items may be brought to the building anytime from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., or dropped off at Marcy

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This semester, a fossil owned by freshman Randi Block has been added to the Daniel M. Fisk Museum of Natural History in the Strosacker Science Center. Randi Block, a biology major, started a fossil collection at home. Because of Block’s fascination with rocks and minerals, her mom bought a fossil for her at an estate sale. “She’ll pick up anything that looks like a rock and bring it home,” Block said. Once she arrives home, Block’s mother asks her to identify the rocks. This semester, Block decided to bring a few fossils from her collection to school, including the one her mom found, since she is enrolled in a historical geology class with Professor of Biology Anthony Swinehart. When she showed him the fossil, Swinehart got quite excited, Block said. cover the exact formation. Block decided to donate the fossil to the museum.

(Joseph Adams/Collegian)

Additionally, carpet runners were laid out in key locations to help reduce the risk of slipping. This most recent update, the fourth attempt to correct the issue, was prompted by junior Sarah Rinaldi, a member of the college’s swim team. Concerned that the issue needed additional work, Rinaldi contacted Assistant Dean of Women Rebekah Dell. “I thought the locker room many of the swim girls were really concerned about it,” Rinaldi said in an email. “I knew that a few swimmers, students, and community members had fallen. So, I decided to stop in and say something to Ms. Dell.” Yaussy, who swims for fun, noted the ample safety measures that were taken to warn swim-

Katie Beemer Collegian Reporter

In a two-hour meeting, Student Federation decided whether to grant $7,000 to College Republicans and Young Americans for Freedom to take students to the Conservative Political Action Conference. was to grant $6,000 for the trip, $1,000 less than the $7,000 requested. One hundred and twentysix students from Hillsdale will be in attendance. In previous years, Student Fed has funded a small portion of the trip (usually somewhere under $2,000), but this year funding from the state fell through, prompting College Republicans and YAF to ask for over three times the amount previously asked for. According to Student Fed records, the $7,000 requested for one trip is more than the money that every club combined on campus asked for last semester. This amount makes up more than 10 percent of the discretionary budget for this year. The debate primarily centered on how much to give for CPAC. “We were a little hesitant about spending that amount for that kind of event. So, what we were looking for was a little bit more of a compromise, a little bit more of a give and take, to see

“Whoever gets that excited about a fossil deserves to be the rightful owner,” she said. In return, Swinehart gave Block a fossilized horse tooth from when horses were originally on the North American continent. Swinehart said the fossil that Block primitive, extinct plant called ‘Annularia Stellata.’ “This species lived approximately 330 million years ago in the geologic time period known as the Pennsylvanian Period,” Swinehart said. The fossil is likely from the Francis Creek Shale deposit of northern Illinois, which is “world famous for fossil-bearing nodules of exquisitely-preserved plants and soft-bodied animals, including Block’s donation will replace the “Annularia Stellata” currently on display at the museum. Swinehart also added that donations to the museum, like Block’s, are welcomed and “seem to be arriving monthly, sometimes weekly.” These donations, and the museum as a whole, serve as both a source of “edutainment” to the Hillsdale commu-

mers of the hazard. “They had signs saying that was slippery,” she said. “They too.” Despite the ongoing issues, Brubacher expressed his hope also realizes that additional work might still be necessary. “It’s been addressed, and addressed again, so this is just another round in the process,” Brubacher said. “We certainly hope [that this is the culminating effort], but we hoped that with the others as well. So, it’s just been a process, trying to make the renovations come out the way they need to be.”

a vested interest on the part of students who might be willing to put a little bit more in as well as a willingness to work from YAF and College Republicans, that there might have been a little bit more of a compromise,” Graduate Student Representative Zachary Reynolds said. One of the suggestions was that the price of the trip be raised by $10, giving the groups an additional $1,260 to work with. Other suggestions included dipping into College Republicans’ bank account to gain more funds. “I would have proposed that they raise the price of going to CPAC by a little bit, and as a result they could have raised more money to pay for the busses,” sophomore Delta Tau Delta Representative Paul Mittermeier said. “But to lower the price that much, and to have that many people sign up, and then to come expecting a bailout from Student Federation, expecting that we’re just going to give that much money. I believe that one of the representatives estimated that it was around 10 percent of the discretionary budget, which is a little unreasonable.” There were also arguments for funding the full amount. Some representatives suggested that because of the advantage offered by CPAC, the groups should receive $7,000. “I’m not going to say that we’re taking more students or

to be,” he said. Petersen said in addition to dents, the general attitude of the Sigma Chis toward alcohol needs to change. “Going dry is one thing, but I didn’t think it was enough to help them turn a corner,” Petersen said. “Obviously I didn’t want to dismiss them from their chapter house too soon, so I decided to call their national fraternity.” Coughlin said that many of the changes the administration would like to see are steps the fraternity leadership had planned over Christmas break. “I talked with the executive board, some older guys, and some younger guys over break on what we could do better, and what we could improve on, and we all wanted to do a better job of grades, and a better job with being extremely involved up the hill on campus. Our grades are not awful and our leadership isn’t, but it’s just not up to what we are capable of,” he said. While Coughlin said he does not completely agree with the claim that the chapter’s social presence has increased in recent years, Coughlin also recognized the risks a chapter assumes when they host campus parties. “Anytime we have opened our doors for all four years, we assume a lot of risk when anybody comes inside,” Coughlin said. “This year, we have done the best we’ve ever done to manage risk, but even when you have the best procedures, the best policies, you can’t control the amount of alcohol people have had before they enter.” Petersen said that his experiences with other fraternities

that we have more students involved than in any other activity because I don’t think that’s the case,” College Republicans President and Independent Representative Sam Holdeman said. “I believe there were a couple of dances, for example. I would however, suggest, in response to that that we are providing students with a wonderful opportunity for career advancement (the conference). We’re providing transportation to D.C. We also have two nights in D.C. which added on to the cost of transportation is extremely expensive. And there’s conference registration.” The debate went back and forth for a while before junior Representative Ryan Jelalian suggested funding $4,800 of the trip. The Federation accepted the motion and went to vote. However, before they voted, an amendment was added to change the amount to $6,000. for the CPAC trip was $6,000. “Obviously, I was hoping for the full proposal amount, but we are still in talks with some other donors, so I think it will work out,” Holdeman said. “We’ll make it work out. College Republicans still has some money of our own outside the CPAC budget that we will be digging into now to make sure it works. It will happen. CPAC is going on. We would have appreciated full

A2 19 Feb. 2015 prompted him to take action sooner rather than later. “I do know that alcohol has caused them problems this semester and for several years. I’m compelling them to go on a journey and take a serious look inward, and I wanted the national fraternity to help them,” Petersen said. Greenberg said he was very impressed with the Sigma Chis at Hillsdale. “If I could have Hillsdale’s chapter across the country, we would be at a different level, in a positive way. They are an outstanding group of young men. They just need some help and impetus to put them over the top. I think we’ll see incredible things coming from them,” he said. Greenberg pointed out that Sigma Chi’s problems are small compared to other chapters he oversees. But, he said he realizes what the standards are at Hillsdale College, and that areas of the chapter can be improved. Coughlin said the chapter has plans for multiple recruitment events beginning next week, a professor meet and greet with live music, and two philanthropic events. One will be the annual three-on-three basketball tournament, and the other is a new event, a “Fight Night,” where representatives from across campus will wrestle for charity on April 10 at the Roche Sports Complex. Greenberg praised not only the Sigma Chis, but also Hillsdale’s administration as well. “They are relevant, contemporary, and creative in their thinking to retrain and re-educate,” he said. “It was a breath of fresh air. Sometimes administrations can be so combative, but they were so supportive. They don’t want any student to fail there. They want the fraternities and sororities to thrive there.”

funding, but we are appreciative of everything Student Federation has given us, just to clarify here, but we’ll take what we can get and be very happy with it.” Some representatives thought still too much. “I disapproved of the funding,” Mittermeier said. “I thought that we should have knocked one or two thousand more off. I believe that $4,000 would have been the more acceptable ballpark, and I did support Representative Ryan Jelalian’s orginal proposal [$4,800]. I would have accepted that proposal, but I think that $6,000 is far too high, and that it is akin to just a slap on the wrist for the irresponsible way in which College Republicans and YAF handled their initial fundraising. So, I certainly outcome, and I thought that we could have done well to eliminate a few more thousand from that.” Overall, there was much dissension over the decision to spend this much money. “I thought it was a great discussion, and I was very impressed with the contributions that a variety of representatives made,” junior President Marie Wathen said. “There was a real diversity of opinions and questions, which was excellent.”

nity, as well as a helpful tool in studying for laboratory exams. Block’s donation was one of many this year, among which was the donation of Benjamin Durrington, a biology student who found fossil ammonites near his home in Texas. Ammonites are an extinct relative of squid and nautilus, dating back to the Cretaceous period approximately 65 million years ago. Ever since 1874, there is a tradition of both students and alumni, like Block and Durrington, in building the collection of the museum. quent neglect, Hillsdale was known to in all the West,’” Swinehart said. “With the help of students, we are building it back up to its rightful stature.” Block’s and Durrington’s donations, as well as many other fascinating are on display in a large room in the Strosacker Science Center where the museum collection is currently held. Annularia Stellata fossil given to the Daniel M. Fisk Museum of Natural History by freshman Randi Block. (Joseph Adams/Collegian)

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Bon Appétit bans tipping from A.J.’s and Jitters Andrew Egger Assistant Editor

Student employees at A.J.’s Café and Jitters Coffee Cart will no longer be accepting tips due to a previously unenforced Bon Appétit company policy. The policy change came in an employee email last week after an A.J.’s tip jar poll asking whether the drinking age should be lowered to 18 caught the eye of Bon Appétit Interim General Manager Christopher Gumm. “He asked if it was for voting or if it was for tips,” sophomore Christine Scanlan said, who was Senior Liz Whalen and junior Andy Davis at Jitters Coffee Cart.

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jobs,” Coupland said. “It will be interesting to see who stays for 20, 30 years. I think we’ve had a pretty good record for preparing students

From A1 of Great Hearts, his high school alma mater. Many students pursue the classical education minor, which includes an apprenticeship. Others stumble upon teaching as a result of their experiences while at Hillsdale. Lauren Burt `13 said she fell in love with the children of Mary Proctor Randall Preschool once she started volunteering there, and began taking education classes as a complement to her history major. Burt worked at a public charter school in Colorado for one year before moving to an independent, private school in Louisville, Kentucky, the biggest challenge she has faced has been working with all the different personalities of the parents of her students. “People ask me all the time what majoring in history has to do with teaching little kids. It’s about loving people, their stories, and our country,” Burt said in an email. “The 6-year-old who put glue in his own hair today will be voting someday, and I want to help him know what it means to have good character and be a good citizen before then. Studying history at Hillsdale helped me look at the big picture and see what it means to be a good person in an increasingly crazy world.” Coupland explained that other students use vocation, or to earn money before attending graduate school or something similar. “That’s a wonderful thing, and especially for Hillsdale’s curious intellectuals, they come to view it as an opportunity to keep learning and doing what they loved at Hillsdale for their

Fourteen students spoke competitively about the power of the government executive during the weekend of Feb. 6. Out of the 25 students who applied, 18 submitted the required speech manuscript for this year’s annual Edward Everett Oratory Competition. The topic was “Of Presidents and Kings: Executive Privilege and the Balance of Power.” According to Professor of Speech Kirstin Kiledal, the director of the competition, speech topics are chosen by a committee of faculty and administration, who come up with the ideas and decide which prompt will be chosen for that year. “We start with a series of topics generated [by] numerous faculty members, as well as a running list of those topics that we decide to hold over from year to year,” she said in an email. The competitors were divided into several groups of

passion, and humility as three qualities essential for BASIS teachers. “What I think sets BASIS apart is we value the teachers that are going into the classroom,” she said. “We know our teachers, our schools, and we know what’s going to work in each school. We can zone in and get a great collaboration of teachers to get that spark in the eye of the students. They work you hard as a student because they know you can do it. It’s not about putting limitations on people, it’s about giving expectations and watching them surpass them.” Most schools will invite select students back to meet for interviews on Friday, but some, like BASIS, wait to conduct interviews until after the fair, when students can give a teaching demonstration in an actual classroom setting. Over 125 students attended the fair last year, Director of Career Services Joanna Wiseley said. When asked what’s important to know about teaching, Schepps said that a big challenge for him has been convincing his middle schoolers to buy into the mission of the liberal arts. Coupland explained that prospective teachers must eliminate the risk associated with hiring a non-education major by sharing joyful experiences you’ve had when working with kids.

their speech in front of the other competitors and the judges. Competitors were judged on multiple categories covering the content and structure of the speeches, as well as effective oration. Based on the judges’ markings, the top 10 students are selected to continue on to competitors are divided into group presenting before two judges. The judging panel consists of Hillsdale College faculty and others invited to participate. Based on the results, the competition. Kiledal reported that the competition has run smoothly so far, although the number of competitors is down from last year. She also expressed her anthe competition. “It is always most interesting to observe how things proceed in an email. “They are generally most telling with regards to the differing perspectives of the speakers and to their engagement with the topic.”

The competitors have responded to the prompt in a variety of ways. Senior Christopher Landers addressed the Founders’ conception of executive tyranny in regards to the policies of the current administration. Taking a different angle, senior Ian Fury compared the current abuses of prerogative power to those of the American Revolution. a month to hone their speechtion, scheduled for March 3 in round, the remaining competitors will give their speeches for a panel of three judges and the attendees. Sophomore Jonathan said he has appreciated the opportunity to hone his speaking skills, which he will be able to use as a member of the mock trial team. He also expressed enjoyment at seeing the different angles taken by his fellow competitors. “It’s wonderful to hear everyone’s speeches,” Church said.

Last year’s winners of the Everett Oratory Competition: Senior Shaun Lichti, sophomore Keyona Shabazz, and Melika Willoughby `14 with President Larry Arnn. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

aren’t too upset about it.” Some employees at Jitters, however, are slightly more peeved by the change. “We had a tips jar, and it was a great thing,” sophomore Jitters barista Rachel Solomito said. “We usually end up with a couple dollars by the end of the shift. Sometimes people are really generous, which is always appreciated. We were all kind of surprised.” The Jitters counter now features a jar labelled “Not Tips.”

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after graduating in December, but not as a teacher. Pierse, who will be in attendance today representing the BASIS.ed school system, works as a recruitment coordinator for the institution, from

Everett Oratory Competition advances Madeleine Jepsen Collegian Reporter

working at A.J.’s at the time. “I said it was for tips, and he threw it in the trash can and said, ‘Oh, it’s against Bon Appétit policy, sorry.’” A.J.’s manager Lisa Beasley said that forbidding tipping is a company-wide policy for Bon Appétit based on laws that regulate tipping. Scanlan said that the policy change has not been a big deal for employees at A.J.’s, where tipping was sparse to begin with. “I work at a coffee shop back home, and on a super good day there it’s like $20 in tips. On an average shift here, you get like a quarter, because most people use Charger Change, so they don’t have cash,” she said. “So people

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Laura Williamson Collegian Reporter

Some students of Associate Professor of Philosophy Nathan Schlueter’s class on Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body will have the opportunity to have one of their papers published on a blog. This past semester, Schlueter taught a class based on John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. The Theology of the Body presents man as an embodied subject understood through the image of Christ, created in the likeness of God. The culmination of this class was to produce a presentation and paper which analyzed some aspect of culture through the lens of the book. gave them was to choose some element of culture — that is, a book, a novel, a story, a movie, a song, a video, a poem —choose some element of culture and interpret it through the lens of Theology of the Body,” Schlueter said. “Show me if it can illuminate that work of art and if that work of art can illuminate the Theology of the Body.” This type of assignment is not uncommon for any students of the Theology of the Body, whether they are formally trained in a classroom or not. Kathryn Wales, wife of Assistant Professor of Theology Jordan Wales, has written this type of paper before. She had written a piece on the movie “Groundhog Day,” which she interpreted through the Theology of the Body. The piece

was posted on a site called New Advent where Schlueter found it. Schlueter used her piece as an example of what he wanted his students to do but was unaware that Wales had written it. “He used my article as a prompt, or example, of what he had in mind. When I found out, I wrote to him and said ‘Thank you for promoting my writing,’ but he didn’t know I had written it. He was like ‘What? We have to talk,’” Wales said. From there, Wales sat in on some of the presentations that Schlueter’s students gave. “The second time I sat in on Dr. Schlueter’s presentations, at one point he turned to me and said, ‘We need to take this show on the road,’” Wales said. That statement sparked the idea to publish some of the student papers on a blog. Wales had been approached by the editor of the Catholic channel on a site called Patheos. Wales had declined Patheos’ initial offer to transfer her original blog to their sphere. Wales approached the editor with the idea to publish the student Theology of the Body papers on Patheos. Patheos agreed and the Love Among the Ruins blog was born. Love Among the Ruins is solely dedicated to Theology of the Body. Junior Mattie Vander Bleek’s piece on “When Harry Met Sally” is the next scheduled piece to be published on Love Among the Ruins. She said the movie became more understandable when thinking about it the way John Paul was teaching. “The story is very much classic romantic comedy, boy meets girl, with this whole question —

can men and women be friends and how do they have a good, effective relationship?” Vander Bleek said. “John Paul II explains the different elements of problems in relationships and what makes them successful and what makes them fail. It was easier to characterize the motives for the characters in the movie… You see these characters ascribing to modern philosophies and coming up empty and if you start to look at it in the way that John Paul is describing, you see what they’re really after is something more satisfying and something that can be explained better through what love is theologically speaking.” Schlueter said he is excited for the opportunity that these students have to show their work outside of Hillsdale. “This is really a great opportunity for people outside of Hillsdale to see the [the pieces]. The quality of these pieces reand character of our students. It shows that this is not a bubble they’re getting here,” Schlueter said. To see the blog posts visit http://www.patheos.com/blogs/ loveamongtheruins/. If you know of anyone at Hillsdale or at another college who would like to produce pieces like this, or if you yourself have a submission, contact Kathryn Wales at brightly.kathryn@gmail.com.

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the opinion of the Collegian editorial staff Don’t tip. That’s the message we have all been receiving this past week, slowly. The Jitters jar has had an addendum added to its cheerful “Tips.” A melancholy little “Not.” It’s a longstanding but only recently vital or enforced Bon Appétit policy, we are told. There are tax intricacies too deep for us to fathom. The tips hardly amounted to anything anyway. changed? Why now? To the the third, we ask, have you ever

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I’m sticking it to them all! You can’t make me do anything ing — this guy must be one of those who refuses to wear a cap on account of his perfectly-messed-up, bedhead hair. That may be true too, but then again, my bedhead is authentic — it took me hours to get it this genuine, and no negative-degree day is going to take that away from me now. I almost hit a runner with my car the other day. The idiot was running in little shorts through the snowdrifts, and the ice was gathered thickly on my windshield. And he was nearly gathered thickly on my windshield. Yes, yes, we know, you’re from Minnesota and this is nothing like the winter up there. But pink legs don’t lie. I’m afraid of the icicles that cling to the bottom of my car. They look like giant teeth. What if they fall under my trying to drag my car into his snow-covered hell. I’ll never let him win. I will always knock those icicles off my bumper, hold them triumphantly high in the air, and then throw them into the nearest snowdrift with a smirk. The cold strengthens my resolve to never, ever fake a smile; I’m too authentic for that, too hibernal. Just to make sure, I keep a steady frown, and everyone else seems to copy me, as always. I was in love once, but never in winter. All things die in winter… except my resigned despondency and crippling self-doubt. Nothing exists in winter, again and I can’t feel my face and thus don’t even know what I’m saying. Why do these plows keep trying? Don’t they know it will just keep falling? They’re so corporate. Snow plows know nothing about the organic nature of snow. I laugh as it blows right back onto the sidewalk after those machines throw it in the air. All weekend my bedroom is a cell. My computer screen is the only window I look through that isn’t frosted over… yet. I dream, I drool, I lust for warmer days! I’d go for a walk in the afternoons if I didn’t believe with my whole heart that I would be taking my life in my hands. (I almost just wadded this paper up and threw it outside, thinking my angst might melt the snow on my driveway, but I didn’t; I saved this, for you, so you can know how veracious I am.) When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. I know exactly what he is talking about! But then what is to be done? Do I stay indoors all day while the sun is out there, somewhere, elsewhere? I’ll tell you exactly what is to be done, the only thing that can be done — put on another pair of socks and make a cup of tea, for this winter isn’t going anywhere soon.

From the Archives: With ice-caked tree branches crashing to the ground, knocking out power lines and littering roads and sidewalks, Hillsdale College canceled classes for the second time in living memory the college has closed twice in one semester. was evacuated around 10:45 p.m. [on Sunday, Feb. 20] after losing power and smelling what turned out to be a gas leak. The women took refuge in the Grewcock Student Union until they returned to the house later that night, though they still had no power when they returned. Mossey Library announced it would stay open all night so that students trapped up the hill wouldn’t have to walk back to their dorms under the falling branches. After some students went to their

dormitories to gather sleeping bags for the expected slumber party in the Heritage Room, library workers decided that they would close after all, urging students to stay in the Grewcock Student Union instead. Grewcock stayed open all night, with senior Derek Top monitoring until 6 a.m. Several dormitories went on lockdown, not allowing anyone to leave in the storm. Campus security gave men trapped in women’s residences rides back to their idence was among those on lockdown. … Junior Kirsten Block, a resident adviser in McIntyre, said the residents had no heat and very limited light.

ment of genuine gratitude in the particular, as a cultural instituthe person across the counter. Disturbingly, the changes brought by Bon Appétit to the lives of student workers seem to represent a denial of the humanity, or at the very least studentry, of those workers. First it was uniforms reducing individual expression. Then it was expanded work shifts, adding a new spectre to the nightmare of scheduling – adding obstacles to balancing studies and employ-

ment. Now it’s forbidden tips. Even if there is no plan to make being a student worker impossible, we can come to our classmates’ aid. We for one are very forgetful people, and sometimes we leave our change on the counter. We are maybe a get” our change with a wink and blame confused student workers who pocket these lost coins. And we invite you, the rest of coffee addicted campus, to join us in “not tipping.”

Don’t forget the true lessons of Ferguson

Notes from the underwarm I am a cold man…. I am a wintry man. I am a hypothermic man. My boots are caked in salt residue, but I won’t tell anyone. The salt can eat through the leather, and I won’t even care! Why should I? I never owed the boots anything. I don’t owe anything to anyone, especially when it’s this cold. Sometimes I worry that I’ll never see the sun again. But who, after all, needs the light? All it brings is cancer anyway. As if I cared about cancer. Sure, it would be warmer if I wore a hat, I know that.

paid for laundry? Quarters are magic and make all the pennies and dimes in the world worth the trouble – nickles remain inexcusable. But, you protest, the service professionals of Europe are not tipped. That’s true in a few countries, but more important, that’s not how it is here. In America, we communicate our appreciation for wait staff, baristas, and bartenders with tips. Regardless of whether the tips of the socially-conforming college student living month to month

Garrett West Student Columnist Ferguson has grown quieter since last summer, when the tensions surrounding Michael ful protests, then erupted in riots. The events are well known: son shot and killed Brown. The next day, the crowd at a candlelight vigil became violent, sparking a period of unrest that led to nearly $5 million in property damage and one man’s death. On Aug. 25, Brown’s father asked for a respite on the day of his son’s funeral: “All I want tomorrow is peace while we lay our son to rest. Please, that’s all I ask.” For a time, the city listened. Then on Nov. 24, after 25 days of deliberation, a grand jury chose not to press charges against Wilson. The riots contin-

ued, revitalized by the perceived injustice of the decision. But as snow fell three days later, the rioters dispersed from streets now coated in powder, and the violence, for the most part, stopped. The silence that has since fallen over Ferguson, Missouri has not been peaceful, but tense and sullen. In the midst of the crisis, most explanations of Ferguson sought to blame either Brown or Wilson. Some saw a racist white man who stalked and murdered a black man; others, a cop who did his job and shot a criminal. But the search for guilt focuses on the immediate actions, intentions, and events leading directly to the clash, and so it hinders true understanding. pens in a vacuum, grasping it depends upon the context in which two agents clash. Laws, norms, institutions, and other social pres-

The barriers are legion: Incarceration rates, poverty, failing schools, crime, drug use, teen pregnancy, and so on. We’ve heard the statistics. Each barrier exacerbates the others, and in aggregate they endanger life, restrict liberty, and thwart the pursuit of happiness. This culture surrounded and smothered Brown in helpless, hopeless alienation. The decisions he made — to rob a gas station and charge a cop — happened against the backdrop of this hopelessness, and against this backdrop the confrontation becomes tragic. Because tragedy should be averted when possible, Ferguson calls not simply for

States should begin with the obvious injustices. For example, they should repeal their lotteries — those insidious, regressive taxes that masquerade in the sheep’s clothing of “funding for education” — to the last. As it stands, the persistence of lotteries speaks to the immense disconnect between politics and principle for legislators across the ideological spectrum, from bleeding-heart liberals to voodoo trickle-downers. Rather than mouthing clichéd

inspires reform. Some of this has already begun. According to the Washington Post, 13 states have introduced laws that require body

it think and live. These pressures give us our language and accents, teach us how to dress, and tell us whether to dream of becoming a doctor or just graduating high school. People aren’t simple cogs in the grinding machinery of society, but they do grow, learn, and act within its context. And the context for many inner-city African-Americans, like Brown, makes attainment of the goods of American society

and the communities they serve. But these reforms, though good, fail to address the sys-

citizen’s full participation in the goods of society? Until then, the silence in Ferguson will remain a façade of peace masking the tension between the near-hopeless and the rest of society. A snowfall might force the calm of a stalemate, but it will not be true peace. In this sense, “no justice, no peace” is not a threat of further violence, but the expression of a truth: Without the resolutions of the systemic injustices that hinder full participation in the goods of society, any peace will be illusory, and even that will inevitably deteriorate.

These measures should improve

plague many inner-city communities. Citizens and legislators should confront and reformulate or eliminate the policies that contribute to the malaise: The systems, sentencing practices, family law, the lottery, the racial makeup of police forces, zoning, tax codes, and more.

for long-tolerated dysfunction, we should insist that leaders look honestly at issues and test them against the principled question:

Garrett West is a senior studying philosophy.

LET US NOT SUFFER OUR ADDICTIONS IN SILENCE Emma Langston Special to the Collegian Secrets: We all have them. They can consume your life and even threaten it. Mine nearly stole my life. And that’s when I decided they could no longer remain secret. When many of us think of addiction, we immediately picture substance abuse, such as alcohol or illegal drugs. But as I’ve come to realize, nearly anything can become an addiction when it interferes with our daily life, serving as a primary but maladaptive source of security, relief, or comfort. And nearly all of us have this in in our lives — a “go-to” that helps us deal with life’s hardships. These coping mechanisms are often shrouded in shame, and they quickly become secrets — skeletons in the closet that we either aren’t aware of or don’t want to acknowledge but can’t seem to surrender. We can become addicted to substances, behaviors, or even people, either by conscious choice or by unconscious attempts to “survive.” Addictions can come in the form of abusing alcohol, tobacco, prescription and illegal drugs; abusive behaviors such as over-exercise, sex, or work; restricting, bingeing, and purging food; and so much more. All forms of addiction temporarily keep us from feeling uncomfortable. They can distract us from negative emotions or situations with which we don’t want to deal. They ing sense of control, solace, relief, and even pleasure. I never realized that addictions functioned in this way until I struggled with my own form of addiction — an eating dis-

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order — and came to a point where I knew I needed help because my life was at stake, that eating disorders were all about the food or an obsession with being thin, just as I held the misconception that other addictions, such as alcoholism, were all about the pleasure of consuming the substance. But that’s not what it’s all about. Eating disorders are not about the food or the body. That is only the surface. Like all addictions, those behaviors and obsessions are symptoms of a deeper problem: Pain that needs healing.

Nearly anything can become an addiction when it interferes with our daily life. Addictions are like a check-engine light: They alert us to something that’s going on beneath the surface to which we must attend. Life is full of hardships; addiction maladaptively “helps” us cope with the unresolved hardships that become traumas. Many of us think of trauma as only severe physical or sexual abuse. However, trauma encompasses a variety of experiences: verbal and emotional abuse, pain from dysfunctional families, bullying, failure in high-pressure situations, and so much more. When the pain from these experiences becomes unbearable or embedded so deeply we fail even to recognize its existence, we often turn to addictive substances and behaviors to help us cope. Addictions cannot be solved by eliminat-

ing the behavior or removing the substance. These are necessary steps and part of the healing process, but they are not the goal. Healing the addiction’s cause — the internal wound — is the ultimate goal; giving up the behavior or substance naturally follows. Recovering from an eating disorder, I see myself and the world completely differently from how I did before I took a semester off for treatment. When I returned to Hillsdale, I saw this campus in a new light. I have realized I am not alone in my battles: I am one of many, many perfectionists, workaholics, and over-achievers here. I am one of countless who have worn a mask for so long that we believe it is our true identity. And now, after I’ve been hit hard with reality and have chosen to accept it, I am in recovery from not only an eating disorder, but also from perfectionism, depression, and other mental and physical battles. I say all this because I believe that addictions are more prevalent on this campus than most of us realize. And I believe it’s time we start talking about it, with courage and compassion. Secrets begin to lose their power when brought into the light. It is time we open up the conversation on this campus and begin to talk about what’s really going on — what’s behind the mask. This means bravely voicing our own battles, seeking help, and inviting others to join us. We all carry burdens — it’s part of the human condition — but that doesn’t mean we have to struggle in secret. Emma Langston is a George Washington Fellow studying politics and early childhood education.

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Student Fed wants you to spend its money Jacob Thackston Special to the Collegian The Student Federation serves a fairly small, though not pointless, role on campus. We are allocated a portion of your student fees and given the responsibility to give them back effectively: We exist for this reason — I say this as Treasurer. Compared to other student government bodies, we do hardly anything at all. I have a friend in student government in Grove City. They host events nearly every other weekend, and they were given a say in the picking of the college’s new president. We are not that. Student Fed is here primarily to serve one purpose: “[T]o allocate student fees for the purpose of improving campus life.” The narrowness of our mission in comparison to many college’s student governments allows us to focus our attention on dispensing fees as prudently and thoughtfully as possible. We fund the Collegian, the Winona, and the Tower Light. We support events as diverse as Centralhallapalooza, the Regency Ball, and the March for Life. We’ve given money to support readings of Winnie the Pooh, to help host Battle of the Bands, and to buy ski equipment. In the year and change that I have served on Student Fed, we have turned down or only partially funded very few requests, and those generally for valid reasons. We don’t spend your money requests. We have one job, and we try to do that well. And yet on the rare occasions that I hear about Student Fed beyond the meetings themselves, there seems to be this conception of Student Fed as being hesitant, at best, to spend student

per semester. Last semester we spent about $18,000. Of that $18,000, a little over $6,000 went towards clubs, and the rest was spent on campus improvement projects like lighting for the sand volleyball courts and outdoor furniture for the dining hall. We might not be able to enjoy these two right now, but they’re valuable things for when the weather allows. Likely at this point you, like me, are wondering why it seems that so little was spent on student organizations. The simple answer is that, as a student federation, we are limited by the fact that students have to come to us before we can give money to them. We can only fund the proposals which come before us. We have the power to initiate spending only on improvements to our campus, and we continue to seek out ways to do that effectively. In other words: Please, ask us for money — we want to give your money back to you for worthy causes, but we can only spend money on requests given to us. If a club or honorary you are involved in could use some money for something worthwhile, come ask us for it. If you have an idea that could make our campus better, come talk to us about it. We want to hear it.

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fees. Part of this conception comes from the fact that we have upwards of $60,000 in our discretionary account right now, and I get that. But let me put that in perspective: Each semester we are given about $50,000 in student fees. Of that $50,000 roughly $35,000 is set apart for the Collegian, Winona, Tower Light, the senior class, and a few other expenses like the school planners given out at the beginning of the year. That leaves us with roughly $15,000 in discretionary funds

Add a creative writing course James Jordan Special to the Collegian Hillsdale’s English department, overseeing one of the school’s most popular majors, provides numerous outlets for creativity — for some students, this is a welcome break from the critical emphasis in most of English department course offerings. These resources include visiting writer seminars, a Creative Writing club, occasional creative writing courses, and of course the willingness of many faculty to guide and instruct students in extracurricular writing projects. The journalism program offers Advanced Writing, developing writing skills in areas other than literary criticism. Nonetheless, in an academic environment in which creative writing major programs are becoming more and more common at four-year colleges, the absence of a creative writing class in Hillsdale’s regular course offerings seems strange, especially in light of the fact that all students are required to take two classes on analyzing literature. I can’t be the only student to wonder why we spend so much time reading and discussing canonical literature, but infrequently scratch the surface of the creative process which gave us these classic works. I am not suggesting that creative writing should be a part of the core, or even required for English majors. The blowback from purists in the humanities — and from those science majors who already resent having to endure a crucible of writing-heavy core classes — would be prohibitive. And I don’t doubt that creative writing isn’t for everyone, though that admission brings to mind questions like “is biology for everyone?” or “is politics for everyone?” But I digress. So far, a number of Hillsdale students have taken initiative and written their own novels, notably Chandler Ryd, Mark Keller, and Lincoln Reed, to name a few and unintentionally snub many others. Of all the arts, creative writing is arguably the least reliant on systematic instruction — in contrast to music or visual arts, in which instruction is almost always crucial to developing skills. An extreme proponent of this view is Kay Boyle, who despite having taught creative writing for 16 years, claimed that “all creative-writing programs ought to be abolished by In the Feb.12 Collegian, the Reverend Andrea Martin noted that not all Christian denominations are opposed to same-sex marriage. That is true, and not all are opposed to abortion either. As it turns out, the denominations mentioned in her letter welcome same-sex marriage and are permissive or supportive of a woman’s right to deliberately take the life of her child (to abortion on demand). In his book “Godly Seed: American Evangelicals Confront Birth Control, 1873-1973” (Transaction 2012), historian Allan Carlson points out that over time, Christianity in the West gradually replaced a hedonistic and antinomian pagan sexual ethic with a Slave concubinage, divorce, adultery, homosexuality, infanticide, abortion — all of these commonly practiced behaviors were rejected by an emerging Christian purpose of marriage is procreation.” This was not a Catholic view. The Protestant Church “Fathers” Luther and Calvin taught the same sexual ethic. Indeed, all of the churches did until the 1930s when the Anglican Church began permitting married couples to practice contraception under

law.” But Hillsdale’s English department does not eschew instruction in this area, as evidenced by occasional creative writing course offerings. On the question of including a creative writing class in the regular English Department course offerings, Professor of English and Department Chair Michael Jordan (full disclosure: My father) said that there is no serious getary concerns. As most English professors teach three classes, a creative writing class each semester would take up one-third of one professor’s teaching load, which is a small cost in exchange for the opportunity it would provide to aspiring authors. If Hillsdale College wants to be more than a safe house for sheltered conservatives in the culture war, it will need to participate in culture, rather than just reinforcing and preserving traditional views in the elect who are lucky enough to study here. As Percy Shelley wrote in 1821, “Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the same sway. While I’m anything but on board with Hillsdale’s ideological bent, to those of you who are: You will music, theatre, and poetry than you will convince with well-constructed arguments informed by the higher things. In a society as culturally and politically polarized as ours, winning the battle of ideas requires subtlety — for instance, masking your message in arts and literature rather than preaching it to those whose minds are already made up. But instead of engaging and shaping culture in their own way, conservatives have acquired a reputation of doing nothing but harping on conservative issues and grudgingly paying taxes. Even those who have no interest in creative writing would do well to consider seriously whether learning in greater and greater depth why their parents’ values are correct does anything for the cause of those values outside their own mind. If your ideas are to have consequences, you must do more than vocalize and defend them. And creating art — even amateurishly — may have more consequences than the most skillful dissection of it. James Jordan is a junior studying economics. Church used to regard as a seamless garment (marriage between men and women, sexual intimacy, and children) has been ripped apart by the sexual revolution. This revolution promotes a host of sexual behaviors that disregard historic sexes, marriage, and the family — not to mention the responsibility that should go with sexual intimacy. I mention all of this simply to make clear that until recently the Church (or the churches, if you will) opposed homosexuality. A marriage between persons of the same sex was not opposed because it was inconceivable. As Nathan and Elizabeth Schlueter observed in the same issue of the Collegian, “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.” Some churches tion of marriage (and a Christian commitment to life). Have they thrown away something essential? Respectfully submitted, Michael M. Jordan Chair and Professor of English

you. We’re your peers. We’re your friends. If you have questions or concerns about the way that we’re spending your money, come to us and talk about it. We, just like you, care deeply to spend, so help us spend it. We have taken an oath to represent the student body at large, and we are part of that student body: Help us to serve you better. Jacob Thackston is a George Washington Fellow studying philosophy and politics. He is Treasurer of the Student Federation.

Exempt athletes from Physical Wellness It doesn’t make sense to teach student-athletes what they already do Kat Torres Collegian Reporter As an active member of the Hillsdale College Track and Field team, I think I speak for all athletes who attend Hillsdale College when I say that Physical Wellness Dynamics is an unnecessary and potentially harmful course requirement for varsity sport members. Upon my arrival at Hillsdale last that I was required to be in a class that entails students to swim, bike, and run. This is not because we athletes aren’t capable of doing these activities or that we are just too lazy to do so, but rather, that the purpose of these exercises is for precisely that, exercise, which I do believe we get our fair share of and more on a daily basis. Having two-and-a-half hour 37 weeks out of the year is exceeding the goal of Physical Wellness Dynamics. I do believe that it can be a varsity sport on campus to partake in some form of exercise at least two times a week as this course requires, but athletes must complete

this in addition to their own sport’s demanding workouts. We aren’t learning anything by being there. Those opposed to my proposal may argue that more exercise is never a bad thing, but as someone in track, I disagree. Our coaches depending on the time of year in relation to our season.

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In the fall, we prepare for the indoor track season. Then during indoor season, we train our bodies to be prepared for our meet schedule, which is usually one meet each weekend. Immediately following the indoor season, we transition into outdoor, which has just as demanding of a schedule as indoor season. Other sports teams are training in the off-season to prepare for the season, and training hard once in

as well. There is no complete down time. If we exercise more, this can only tire us for our practices later that day, or even set us back in our training because we could be overworked. Physical Wellness robbed Jack Butler, a varsity cross country athlete, of his indoor GLIAC opportunity. While in the swimming unit of the course, Jack aggravated his hamstring — an essential muscle group necessary to run. As a result, Jack had to watch from the sidelines. No student-athlete should ever be even remotely at risk for potential harm in his actual athletic pursuits from a redundant class teaching him things he already has to know by virtue of being an athlete. Competing at a Division II caliber requires an athlete to be disciplined, committed, and diligent. We understand and perform sports at one of the highest levels in the country, which is why physical wellness dynamics is an unnecessary class that is potentially detrimental to our bodies and can greatly impact our performance. Kat Torres is a sophomore studying speech and journalism. She is

Our campus needs less smoke Cigarette smoking detracts from life at the college Nathan Brand Special to the Collegian When morning classes let out at Hillsdale College, a surge of students crosses the quad to head for lunch. As the majority of this exodus walks in front of the library on the way to the Grewcock Student Union, too often the smell of cigarette smoke suffocates an uninvolved passerby. Regularly, loitercigarettes before their next classes guard the doorways of the library, Kendall and Lane and the student union. As bystanders passing by try to get from one building to another they have no choice but to be at the mercy of the smoker. Because of this unhealthy nuisance, the college should institute a smoke-free policy on campus or at least push the problem away from doors and main walkways. Smoking is a personal choice, and the college is in no position to take away the freedom to smoke from any student of age, but the college does have a duty to protect students who wish not to partake in the habit. Today, the connection between smoking and lung cancer is as widely accepted as the law of gravity. Our generation knows smoking is bad. Anti-tobacco ads are plastered all over schools and television warning millennials of its dangers. Along with the harm of smoking, more and more studies point to the effects of secondhand smoke and the damage it has on one’s health. would be delighted to hear that all Hillsdale students have given up smoking, it is not realistic, nor should the college actively seek such an end. Yet the college does have a practical and reasonable responsibility to protect students who are affected by the choices of others. The Honor Code calls on students to be “respectful of the rights of others.” One of those rights being the

ability to breathe freely while on campus. Unless smokers want to “self-deport” themselves away from busy campus throughways to more isolated locations, a ban is necessary. The majority of Hillsdale College students are nonsmokers and do not like smoke. Even Princeton Review ranked Hillsdale College at 11th in its “Don’t Inhale” rankings. The rankings are based on the popularity of marijuana on a college campus, but it helps show the general distaste students have for smoke. It’s like quiet hours in the dorms. Quiet hours try to make sure students do not bother their fellow classmates at certain times. These hours are not strictly enforced, but Hillsdale students are generally courteous towards those trying to sleep or study. Alternatively, designated smoking areas could resolve the problem. Prohibit smoking on campus everywhere except for explicitly marked areas designed to keep smokers away from non-smokers. These areas should be out of nose range by locating them Laura Williamson/Collegian away from main sidewalks on campus. Hillsdale would not be alone with a smoke-free campus policy. As of Jan. 1, 2015, 1,514 campuses across the United States have enacted smoke-free policies, according to Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights. In the 21st century, with so much knowledge on the harming effects of smoking and secondhand smoke, non-smoking students should not be subject to the will of smokers. It is bad enough already that students have to walk building to building in freezing temperatures during this time of the year, but to have the beginning and ends of their trips capped off with the smell of tobacco smoke is unnecessary and an unhealthy annoyance. Out of respect for the common good of campus and the health of the students, the Hillsdale College administration should adopt a smoke-free policy for campus. Nathan Brand is a senior studying economics.

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Rose pleads guilty to drunk driving

Dial-A-Ride celebrates 40 years Hillsdale appreciates transportation service since 1975

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Track team shatters school records Micah Meadowcroft Arts Editor “Across the board this was probably one of the best weekends our program has had, period,” said Andrew Towne, head Last weekend, Hillsdale participated in two meets. Two coaches accompanied 17 students to the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational for an opportunity to practice on a banked track. The NCAA Division II championships will be held on a banked track this year. The rest of the travel squad competed at Grand Valley State University’s Big Meet. Hillsdale athletes made 16 provisional marks, two automatic marks, and set four school records. “I told the kids yesterday— every week we have athletes of the week that the staff and I pick, and it’s getting harder and harder because we have more and more options,” Towne said of the team’s improvement. Junior Emily Oren set a new personal record in the mile with a time of 4:45.21, beating her old record by six seconds. Breaking that old PR was a goal of Oren’s going into the meet. Her new and third in NCAA Division II. It was both a provisional mark and an automatic mark, meaning she has a guaranteed spot for the NCAA championships. “It was a really great weekend overall,” Oren said via email, stuck in Boston because of the weather. “I was really excited about it.” Towne explained that while Oren’s mile was the fastest un-

converted time in school history, it falls just shy of a school record because of the variation in indoor track sizes. Oren’s time was set on a 200 banked track, while the school record, while technically Oren posted another set of

ran really well and we were able to compete with some good D-I teams and ended up placing third overall in the meet which was higher than I think I had expected,” Oren said. “It was also really exciting because afterwards we were really happy with our time

Freshman pole vaulter Jared Schipper broke a 22-yearold school record at the Grand Valley State University Big Meet. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian) Division II provisional and automatic marks as part of the women’s distance medley relay. She, sophomore Allison Duber, senior Amy Kerst, and junior Kristina Galat posted a time of 11:34.65, which breaks the school record by about 5 seconds and places in Division II. “All of the girls on the relay

but we all knew we can run so much faster than that.” Galat echoed Oren in an email. “Although we were really successful in it, the fun part is that I know we can run a lot faster,” she said. Galat posted a provisional mark in the 3K as well with a time of 9:37.27.

it all year, so I was hoping to post a faster time,” Galat said. “But I was still happy with it.” The women’s 4x400 overcame its tentativeness of a week ago to run an aggressive race, posting a provisionally qualifying 3:48.17 and setting a new school record. The relay team as a whole was GLIAC’s Athlete of the Week. On the men’s side, freshman pole vaulter Jared Schipper broke a 22-year-old school record in the pole vault and is now ranked sixth in the nation. Senior Joshua Mirth ran the 3K with a time of 8.14.01. Like Oren, that is the fastest raw time posted in Hillsdale track history, but with conversions does not actually break the school record. Towne said that while the time is should get him into nationals. This weekend the Chargers run at home. “We’re sitting in a nice spot,” Towne said. “We want to use this weekend to tune up and be fully ready to go for GLIACs in two weeks.” Oren is ready to go. “I am really excited for GLIACs,” she said. “ I think we have a lot of girls that can score big points for the team which is really exciting. And I can’t wait to run the DMR again since we have won that the past two years I would like to keep that streak going.” “I think the team is in a really good spot right now, and I’m looking forward to see how it all plays out.”

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL DROPS TWO IN THE U.P. Jessie Fox Collegian Reporter The Hillsdale women’s basketball team returned to the Mitten with two losses after a cold weekend in the Upper Peninsula. The Chargers fell to the 11th-ranked Michigan Technological University Huskies 88-57 on Thursday, and lost to the Northern Michigan University Wildcats 79-51 on Saturday. This is the Chargers’ second los-

ing weekend of the season. The month when NMU and Michigan Tech beat the Chargers at home. The Chargers have slipped to a 15-8 overall record, and 11-8 in the GLIAC. While the team sion, they’re expecting a lower seed going into the conference tournament. “Going into the weekend we in the GLIAC standings,” senior

Kadie Lowery said. “But with these two losses we are probably looking at the one of the bottom seeds out of the eight.” The Chargers made the 10hour drive to the tip of the U.P. to Houghton, Michigan, on Wednesday and expected to return home from Marquette on Saturday after playing the Wildcats. The weekend was complicated by a snowstorm, and the women were stuck in the U.P. until Sunday. “There was a huge snowstorm Saturday night that closed most of the main highways causing us to have to stay an extra day,” junior Kayla Geffert said. “Needless to say it was a pretty exhausting trip, but we are really happy to be back.” When the Chargers played the Huskies and the Wildcats last month, the losses were within ten points. This weekend was much different. we just did not play our best basketball,” head coach Claudette Charney said. On Thursday night, the Huskies froze the Chargers with a Chargers committed 13 of their 20 turnovers before halftime, which the Huskies converted into 19 points. “Against Tech, we let the game get away from us in the very beginning,” junior Kelsey Cromer said. Thursday’s game

Senior Brooke Borowski pushes past a defender in a game against the Lake Superior State University Lakers. (Photo Courtesy of External Affairs)

the court since late January. Lowery managed to rack up 17 points for her team, but the

Chargers’ 38.5 shooting percentage did not stand up to the Huskies’ 53.5 percent. Charney said she doesn’t know if Thursday’s outcome carried over to Saturday, but that afternoon the Wildcats pulled a similar game out from under the Chargers. The Chargers were unusually outrebounded by NMU, and The Wildcats led 31-19 going into halftime, then outscored the Chargers 19-3 from the freethrow line in the last 20 minutes. Lowery led her team again with 12 points. Tonight the Chargers host Ferris State University at 6 p.m. and then travel to Grand Valley State University to play the Lakers on Saturday at 2 p.m. The Chargers beat both of these teams in a winning weekend last month. “These teams are not going to roll over and die,” Cromer said. “They are going to give it all they have since it is towards the end of the season, and we will have to play hard and execute for 40 minutes in order to win.” Charney said the team is primarily focusing on the game against Ferris, because the Bulldogs are barely holding onto their chance to make the tournament. “If we want to achieve our goals, which I hope are still fresh in our minds, then we have the ability to really do some things this year by winning these games this weekend,” Charney said. “It’s the biggest week of the year.”

CHARGER BASEBALL CLUB TEAM APPROVED Shane Armstrong Senior Reporter

Although several inches of snow on the ground might argue otherwise, baseball season is right around the corner. Some baseball fans here at Hillsdale College are particularly excited nally approved by the athletic department last week, giving students a chance to continue playing the game. “I love baseball. Next to my family and God there is nothing more important to me than baseball,” founder of the club freshman Stevan Bennett said. Bennett, along with 21 other male students are in the process of forming the club. Baseball will become the tenth club sport offered here at the college. The team will play at either Hillsdale High School, Jonesville High School, or Jackson High School for their home games and will

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practice at the Field of Dreams in Hillsdale. “I think we will have a lot of fun together. Baseball is a popular sport, it’s America’s pastime and we have a lot of interest from guys on campus,” junior Dominic Restuccia said. The club members are now from Student Fed and they have been in contact with administration about becoming a member of the National Club Baseball Association’s Division II league. The NCBA is split up into districts and has schools from all over the country with club baseball teams competing. The Association holds its Division II World Series at Jaycee Ballpark in Pittsburg, Kansas, May 15-19. According to Director of Recreational Sports Brad Kocher, Bennett is doing an excellent job pursuing practice sites and potential equipment for the club. “Clubs must go through an

application process, they must prove that the intent of the sports club is to compete with other college club teams, put together roster and then meet with me to go over expectations, guidelines and club bylaws. At that time I then take all information to Mr. Brubacher, the Athletic Director,

decision on the club” said Director of Recreational Sports Brad Kocher. The establishment of a club team would provide an opportunity to keep playing baseball for those who still love the sport. “I would love to keep playing. Baseball builds character and I know there is a lot of other guys that would love to play baseball competitively,” Bennett said. Other schools in Michigan that have club baseball include Eastern Michigan University, Northern Michigan University, Michigan Tech, Grand Valley

State University, and Saginaw Valley State University. These would be the teams that Hillsdale would compete with in their district. The recent success of the club soccer teams on campus will be inspiration for fast success for the club baseball team. Bennett and his teammates are hopeful to start practicing this semester. If they are able to get into the NCBA they could potennext spring. Practices will serve to work on skills and gauge interest and talent. For anyone that is interesting in joining, contact Bennett to ask for details, join the club, or show your support. The club is for male students only and is not restricted to just those who have baseball experience.

BOX SCORES

Men’s Basketball Hillsdale: 62 Michigan Tech: 72

Women’s Basketball Hillsdale: 57 Michigan Tech: 88

Hillsdale: 61 Northern Mich.: 49

Hillsdale: 51 Northern Mich..: 79

Season Leaders Points Per Game: Kyle Cooper (20.0) Stedman Lowry (10.5) Rebounds Per Game: Cooper (10.3) Jason Pretzer (3.5) Assists Per Game: Zach Miller (7.0) Cooper (1.8) Field Goal Percentage: Rhett Smith (60.7) Nick Archer (53.8) Cooper (52.9)

Season Leaders Points Per Game: Megan Fogt (13.0) Kadie Lowery (9.8) Rebounds Per Game: Fogt (8.7) Allie Dittmer (5.7) Assists Per Game: Morgan Blair (2.2) Ashlyn Landherr (2.1) Field Goal Percentage: Fogt (54.2) Dittmer (49.1) Lowery (42.5)

GLIAC North Standings Lake Superior State 16-3 Saginaw Valley 16-3 Michigan Tech 14-5 Ferris State 14-5 Northwood 9-10 Hillsdale 9-10 Grand Valley 7-12 Northern Michigan 7-12

GLIAC North Standings Michigan Tech 18-1 Grand Valley 13-6 Northern Michigan 13-6 Northwood 12-7 Hillsdale 11-8 Ferris State 8-11 Lake Superior State 3-16 Saginaw Valley 2-17

TWO CHARGERS EARN ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT Sarah Chavey Collegian Reporter One district, three conferences, dozens of teams, hundreds of players. Yet Hillsdale students Senior Megan Fogt and Junior Kyle Cooper both earned the Academic All-District Award based on their impressive GPAs and outstanding athletic ability. women in the district can win the academic award, Sports Information Director Bradley Monastiere

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nominated Fogt and Cooper for the Capital one CoSIDA Academic All-District Award; because both were selected, they are now eligible for All-American Academic Awards. “I am particularly pleased that two of our athletes were recognized in this fashion. Hillsdale College students have the deck stacked against them when it comes to academic awards like this. Rarely is the academic rigor of Hillsdale taken into consideration by voters for awards like this. [Kyle and Megan] richly deserve this recognition for all their hard work and achievement, both on and off the court,” Monastiere said in an email. The award requires a GPA of 3.3, and award winners tend to be remarkable in their respective sport as well. Though all Division II athletes in the District Four are eligible, three of the women winners are from the GLIAC, and all participate in the GLIAC. Fogt currently carries a 3.9 GPA and has already been awarded GLIAC North Division Player of the Week twice this year. She is majoring in exercise science and plans to attend Ohio State University to become an occupational therapist in the fall. “I worked really hard because I wanted to get into grad school,” Fogt said. She had no idea that she had been nominated for the award until she won it. “I found out through twitter. I think Brad Monastiere tweeted something and that’s how I found out. I don’t even think my coaches knew,” Fogt said. Cooper is the GLIAC’s second-leading scorer and top rebounder and holds one of the highest overall GPAs for any student athlete on campus, according to the GLIAC website. He’s John Tharp to earn a position on

the Academic All-District Team. “[Cooper’s] the poster child of what our basketball program stands for and what college athletics should be about,” Tharp said. “For me, my brother, and my and foremost thing. My family has really been the pushing force,” Cooper said. His dad in particular pushed him to academic success by taking him to dinner when he returned with a good report card, or encouraging him to aim for a 97 percent when he came back with a 94 percent. Both Fogt and Cooper believe their academic success stems from prioritizing and habit. “All throughout high school, I was not that athletic. I did not ever see myself playing college, I didn’t even dream that that was possible, so basically I just focused academically. Coming here, having such a time commitment, was different because I didn’t have as much time as before, but I think it’s just engrained in my brain since I’ve been doing it so long—focusing so long,” Fogt said. She has no grades by “pushing through it” and taking detailed notes. Likewise, Cooper’s good grades result from routine and genuine interest. He plans his schedule to have no classes in the afternoon, and Tharp claims that he has a “tremendous amount of curiosity.” “We tell him he has to keep it simple around the coaching staff, though. He can’t get too complicated, or use more than two-syllable words,” Tharp said.

Fogt and Cooper respect each other’s success and acknowledge their hard work. “Maybe I’m a nerd, but I just see [Kyle] as more of a nerd than me. I see him in AJ’s all the time, he’s always studying, always putting in the work,” Fogt said. “It’s not like Meg’s been on my team, but Meg’s been a good friend, and she’s a hard worker in the classroom. It makes it easier to dedicate yourself to working harder when you see so many others around you do the same,” Cooper said.

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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. February 25 – March 1 “The Drowsy Chaperone” Markel Auditorium Feb. 25-28 at 8 p.m.; March 1 at 2 p.m. A parody of the Cole Porter style of American musical comedy in the 1920s. A middle-aged, asocial musical theatre fan plays the record of his favorite “The Drowsy Chaperone.” As he plays the record, the show comes to life onstage around him, as he wryly comments on the music, story, and actors. This show won the 2006 Tony Awards for Best Book and (Compiled by Andrew Egger)

Best Score. It has had major productions in Toronto, Los Angeles, New York, London, and Japan, as well as two North American tours. Ticket reservations required. February 20 Open Mic Night The Historic Dawn Theatre 8 p.m. The Dawn opens their stage to talented individuals: instrumentalists, full bands, dancing stand-up comedy, magic, and poetry all welcome. January 31 – March 1 Professional Artist Series: Paintings by Mark Mehaffey Daughtrey Gallery, Sage Center for the Arts

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On bad poetry and why you should write it In recent weeks, the columns on this page have encouraged Hillsdale students to broaden their artistic horizons in multifarious ways. From digesting paintings in nearby museums to picking up scrapbooking, our arts columnists have assured their readers that there is an artistic niche for people of every skillset. This is true and valuable advice, but it’s not what I’m going to talk about. Maybe you could be a gifted sculptor; maybe your or face painting or ventriloquism. But regardless of your particular artistic strengths, I have one piece of additional advice for you: You — yes, you — should write poetry. etic efforts, for those of us who happen not to be savants or prodithrough serious discipline and eventually begin to write poems that can stand proudly as respectable commentaries on the human condition. That would be great (and I would be jealous), but that’s not what I’m talking about either. I want rather to extol the creI consider myself something of an authority on the writing of terrible, terrible poetry: I have produced piles of it. No matter how modest the form I tackle or how excited I get about an idea, product), far from standing tall as an independent work of art, inan overcooked noodle. But while I cannot in good conscience endorse the products of my work, I have nothing but good things to say about the process. You’re reading my column, so you could probably guess that prose writing takes up a substantial portion of my life. Between my work for the Collegian – often upwards of 1000 words a week – and the reams of academic writing I produce as a history major, I often feel like a faucet, shooting words and ideas out onto the page as quickly as they spring into my brain. (The analogy isn’t perfect:

professional faucets don’t wage a perpetual war against the distractions of social media. But you get the idea.) Writing poetry requires an utterly dissimilar process. Conemporary poet Rita Dove calls poetry “language at its most distilled Shelley, poetry was “a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.” tions in the space of a few short stanzas is an unbelievably difand strain over every word, every piece of grammar, every image and turn of phrase. He wrestles with the dizzying cadences and English language, stretching his knowledge to its very limits. If the resulting poem is subpar, the experience can be extremely frustrating. however, soon become evident in other forms of writing. Though I often despair of ever producing a poem worthy even of being read by others’ eyes, the rigor of poetry has undeniably tightened my prose. Hours spent sweating over the perfect way to solder clauses together pay off in academic writing when it is necessary to communicate complicated concepts in an intelligible way. The sensitivity to the nuances of English vocabulary that poetry provides gives pep and vibrancy to every style of authorship. And who knows? Maybe if you come to poetry to give your physics papers a little zip, you’ll suddenly realize you actually have the knack. Maybe you’ll acquire a taste for tweed and blaze a bold name for yourself through Review. But even if your poetry sputters and sags as much as mine, acquiring the discipline is an undertaking you won’t regret. Andrew Egger is a sophomore from St. Louis. A history major, he is minoring in journalism through the Dow Journalism Program and is the Collegian’s assistant arts editor.

A successful Battle Andrew Kern Collegian Freelancer

Bands, which took place at the Historic Dawn Theatre last Friday, was the most successful Battle in recent memory, junior Shannon said. After judges comments and popular voting, Holy Moses walked away victorious. “From what I’ve heard, everything else pales in comparison,” Shannon said. “This is the most successful event that our seniors on.” The Battle is usually performed in the fall, but due to scheduling issues it was pushed into the spring. About a hundred of time in the student union. In previous years the battle took place in McNamara Rehearsal Hall in the Howard Music Building. The change, Shannon said, was certainly for the better. “There’s just no comparison in the level of how much more of a

concert venue the Dawn Theater is,” Shannon said. “They have a proper stage, they have lights, they have sound, they have a they have concessions. It was the real deal at the Dawn.” Sophomore Andrew Egger noted that the change in venue also boosted turnout for the event. “There were a lot more people from the city of Hillsdale because it was downtown,” Egger said. eight hundred and eleven dollars. “It’s basically our only fundraiser event,” Egger said. “So it was really nice that we could bring in a substantial amount of money.” According to Shannon, Dave Semmler of the Dawn Theatre viewed the event as such a success that he wants to bring back the winning bands to put on a second show later in the year. “We got a lot of people from the community,” Hann said. “More than I think would’ve come to McNamara. That’s part vancement of music in America.”

Ramona Tausz Assistant Editor The school of literary criticism known as New Historicism rightly perceives the importance of historical context in illuminating texts, but can downplay the individual artistry of the author, English Benedict Whalen said Friday at a lecture in the Formal Lounge of the Grewcock Student Union. Whalen’s talk was organized by the literature honorary Lambda Iota Tau and was one of a series of lectures on literary theohave included a talk on Mimetic of English Justin Jackson and a talk on New Criticism by AssisKearney. Whalen said that New Historicism’s approach to a text begins with examining historical context rather than seeking to understand the text as an autonomous entity. The movement was largely inspired by philosophical historian Michel Foucault’s work in the 1960s and became particularly dominant between the late 1970s and 1990s.

plex system of power.” Unlike other historians, however, new historicists don’t just ask what happened, but how it has been interpreted and how that interpretation relates to the interpreters. According to new historicists, authors are always either exercising or subverting those organizational structures of knowledge. Whalen ended his lecture by noting that New Historicism has both pros and cons. The positives include producing “a more rigorous attention to historical detail [among literary scholars], and that is potentially and literature shouldn’t be these separated disciplines, but they should be in conversation with each other.” He nevertheless noted that he personally is not a New Historicist, and believes its adherents, broadly, don’t give enough credence to the idea of artistic genius. “Historical context is important, but it is shaped through the writer, and does not simply determine what the writer writes,” he concluded. dent for Social Affairs senior

in order to expand their presence on campus and meet a need among English students for instruction in literary theory. “I always feel that justice has been done to a topic when you can seriously entertain an idea while still understanding what its limits are,” she said in an email. “After Dr. Whalen’s lecture, I can say that I have a new appreciation for good New Historicist criticism and can see where it’s important and relevant even if I don’t completely buy into it.” Lorraine Eadie, who attended, said she was especially grateful for Whalen’s comments on New Historicism’s strengths and weaknesses. “I valued his presentation as a chance to step back from the close reading of primary texts ory,” she said. “Whether we’re aware of it or not, theoretical presuppositions always inform what we do when we take up a literary work.” LIT’s next lecture in the series will be on Structuralism, and will be given by Kearney at 3 p.m. tomorrow in the Formal Lounge.

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Fifty Shades of not OK Sarah Albers Assistant Editor Ah, young love. “Fifty Shades of Grey” was released Feb. 13, just in time for loving couples to buy tickets and wallow in shared discomfort. Thankfully, the movie’s racy content is utterly unsupported by anything but a lavish production budget. The script is often self-serious to the point of comedy. The plot lumbers along like some rare Hollywood species of erotic water buffalo, prodded by unconvincing characters and implausible scenarios. Both protagonist and antagonist, Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey, are isolated from family and friends. Neither have any substantial history or ties to place (other than a brief and unbelievable attempt to give Grey a troubled past). They are stock characters, devoid of nuance: Grey is an intense, attractive billionaire playboy giving a speech at Washington State University; Steele, the fumbling and naive Washington State literature stu-

dent who interviews him. She is intimidated. He is fascinated. Grey proceeds to lavish her with gifts, toy with her emotions, and track her movements with the competence of the NSA. He also initiates her into the world of sadism, known broadly as bondage, dominance, sadism, and masochism, or BDSM. Grey introduces Steele to his “playroom” (not made, mind you, by Little Tikes) by slapping her gently on the palm and asking her if it hurt. When she says no, he tells her that pain and her anticipation of the pain is all in her mind: There is nothing they cannot do, nothing they should not do, except what is judged physically undesirable. Grey and Steele conditionally address each other as bodies, not as persons. This is “play.” When in “play,” both are supposed to be engaging on a physical level only. The meaning of the sex has been negotiated and ty is predicated upon proactive, relationship. Both parties agree to acknowledge the precise limitations of their engagement, both

physical and emotional. This is “consent.” trayal becomes problematic: BDSM as a practice relies on clear psychological and emotional boundaries. But a major element of the plot is that Grey and relationship. It is precisely this ambiguity that keeps Steele open to Grey’s emotional manipulation, to being abused even by her own consent. Steele fails to make the distinction between “play” and reality, and rightly so. The demarcation between your person and your body, between a role and reality, cannot be drawn as absolutely as it appears to have been drawn in Grey. In BDSM, there is a relationship of trust between the parties engaged before anything is undertaken. Sexuality is never merely a game: It is one person addressing another person in their entirety, in their total sigimportant determining factors in a BDSM relationship, perhaps even primary, but not the only -

ies second. “Fifty Shades of Grey” ignores this. It contrives to depict Grey as absolutely physical: he is an appetite, not a person. His morality is that of pleasure and pain, consent and non-consent. Grey, desperate to be sure of his access to Steele, tells her, “I want you.” He does not mean a desire for her as such, but a desire for the pleasure she offers. Steele’s involvement with Grey is entirely consensual, but it is her inability to reduce herself to appetite, to think and communicate only in terms of pleasure fails precisely because she remight have been plausible were the characters given more depth, but Grey and Steele are made out to be little more than complementary parodies of sexuality. Handled more competently, “Fifty Shades of Grey” could have been a tragic spectacle. As visually sumptuous and intellectually bankrupt representation of modern sexuality, a byproduct of popular culture in turns amusing and saddening.

Oh, “Spongebob,” why? Poor yellow guy all dried out Jack Butler Opinions Editor I remember exactly what I did on May 1, 1999: I watched “Help Wanted,” the premiere episode of “Spongebob Squarepants,” in which Spongebob (Tom Kenny), an anthropomorphic yellow sponge, becomes a fry cook at the Krusty Krab restaurant. The zany antics and crazy slapstick hooked me immediately; I’ve been a fan ever since. As I’ve aged, I’ve come to enjoy the subtler, more sophisticated humor of earlier episodes inserted for older viewers. “Help Wanted,” for example, features the 1930 Al Sherman/Al Lewis song “Living in the Sunlight, Loving in the Moonlight” as covered by eccentric musician Tiny Tim in 1968. Such jokes attracted an atypically older audience; 40 percent of season two viewers were ages 18 to 44. In the 16 years since, Spongebob has become a cultural phenomenon, with 9 seasons, 188 episodes, already one movie (in 2004) and many fans. Yet these days, my fanhood often mystia shallow, sophomoric destroyer of brain cells. This is true — of the show today. Series creator

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“Foucault suggested that history is primarily formed by movements of power, and that primarily power consists of unconscious structures for organizing or categorizing knowledge,” Whalen said. This phenomenon was termed “power-knowledge” by Foucault. “He said in each era there are these different structures for ordering knowledge that give rise to power,” Whalen said. According to Whalen, New Historicists perceive power not primarily as something possessed but rather as something exercised through using, speaking, or writing about knowledge. This, he said, explains how Foucault’s philosophy relates to literature. “If power is in these structures, power in its most essential form would take place in forms of writing and conversation,” he said. New Historicists, then, use literature to try to perceive an era’s exercise of the structures of power from which “it can’t escape.” Rather than beginning by examining the text, new historicists begin with some piece of information from a historical archive, perhaps completely unrelated to the piece of literature, and try to plug it into “a larger, com-

Stephen Hillenburg wanted the three seasons, fearing it would jump the shark if continued. But Nickelodeon wanted more, whose show responsibilities had been second only to Hillenburg, take over. Despite this continuity, Hillenburg’s departure removed the show’s smarter humor, leaving behind only the childish immaturity of every episode since empty for the older. I hoped “Sponge Out of Water” would transcend this. The premise had promise: A “real world” pirate (Antonio Banderas) discovers a book that controls Spongebob’s animated world, with which he steals the secret formula of the Krabby ture dish. This plunges Spongebob’s world into chaos and forces collaboration with the villainous usual formula-stealing suspect. Some clever gags result, mostly from fourth-wall breaking (“All secondary characters come with me,” a secondary character remarks when primaries take over). Welcome early show ref(Bill Fagerbakke) shouts “FIN-

LAND!” after a blow to the head (Season two’s “Frankendoodle”); a catastrophic incident elicits an off-screen “My leg!” (multiple episodes). Unfortunately, most references descend below fanservice to self-cannibalization, repeating what the show had already done better. A “real” pirate interacting with the animated Spongebob’s brain? Season one’s one’s “SB-129.” Spongebob and

mimic the current comic book craze — both without effective parody. All this shows that the poor yellow guy is almost washed up. It’s disappointing for longtime fans who expect better. But, more importantly, it shortchanges younger fans who don’t know the show can be any better. year-old experiencing “Spongemovie. He may laugh now, but if he continues watching the

virtue? Season one’s “F.U.N.” Spongebob and friends becoming superheroes? Season three’s “Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V.” Not a single moment, moreover, stands out like so much of the early show’s comedy. Just think of some lone evocative words or phrases from the best “Spongebob”: “CHOCOLATE!”; “I am ugly and I am proud!”; “HINGA DINGA DURGEN!” — and so many more. “Spongebob” not only cannibalizes itself, but also feigns relevance by adopting current trends without satirizing them. Banderas’ pirate is a Jack Sparrow knock-off; the superheroes Spongebob and friends become

gradually more unsatisfying. He will likely soon stop watching altogether, and won’t bequeath “Spongebob” to his children, dooming it to a cultural oblivion unworthy of its early promise. But hope lingers. Last Decem-

jumps, although unpopular, allows for extra content on the more attractive color printed pages too. The tools learned with stuted Sandford in his career with graphic design and media. “I can use software quickly, I can identify problems readily,

While the designers of these various publications have different ends, their goals of creating a simple, attractive work remain the same. “The idea of designing is to bring emphasis to the content,

Stephen Hillenburg will return. There’s no guarantee that the show will return to form. But on behalf of all “Spongebob” fans, I urge its creative team either to attempt a renewal, or to leave this overused sponge in the sink. “Spongebob” deserves either renewed life or honorable death. If instead it drags on in mediocrity, then even my 16-year fanhood could dry out. And I doubt I’ll be alone.

From B1 in part because of the Tower Light’s good table of contents and order of pieces selected by the editor. “You have more audiences, content that’s hard to place into parallel categories, and more clude,” Sandford said of the yearbook. “Encouraging people to browse the book is another challenge when people tend to be mostly interested in the pages di-

rectly relevant to themselves and their friends.” the year, Sandford used Overhead quotes, a timeline, and a chronological section so the audience could know what next to expect. Junior Hannah Leitner, the Collegian’s design editor, got her start in design working on her high school’s yearbook. She described yearbook as a “scrap-

book” and said that the Collegian follows stricter guidelines, focusing more on the stories than pictures. Most important stories are near the top while less pressing articles are found toward the bottom. and there can’t be any white space,” Leitner said. “It’s a challenge because of the balance of it and keeping it clean. You can’t

have too much text or too many photos.” Hesitant to share the ways edpages, Leitner mentioned using pull-out quotes and increasing the size of photos to changing headline fonts and their sizes when white space remains. If there’s too much content, then the editor has to cut down the story. Increasing the number of columns helps. Having page

of solutions that I can bank on,” Sandford said.

said. “A beginner mistake is you overdesign things. It’s all about easy on the eyes. You’ll know very complex designers with very simple imagery.”

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Munn runs, gets none Former academic dean of Hillsdale College ran for president in the ’60s on the Prohibition ticket Chris McCaffery Collegian Reporter

did not faze Munn’s ultimate

“Why will a man strive for an impossible goal?” asked the Collegian in 1967. The article referred to the then-Associate Academic Dean of the college, Earle Harold Munn, who had just accepted the Prohibition Party’s nomination for President of the United States. Despite its near 100 year history, the party did not command even one percent of the national vote in the late 1960s. When Munn ran for the same party three years before, in 1964 (against Lyndon B. Johnson and Barry Goldwater), he received 23,266 votes — just .03 percent of the total. According to Munn, “It’s a matter of standing for principles and what one believes in.” The once-prominent Prohibition Party, perhaps ironically, became very unpopular after the passage of the 18th Amendment, and did not gain popularity when the law was repealed. Changing election laws in later decades meant that the party appeared on the ballot in only 11 states by 1964. The impeding, clear defeat

cause, or hope for his future success. “I would rather lose in a cause that will ultimately win, than win in a cause that will ultimately lose,” Munn told the Collegian.

“He campaigned from a soap box in Times Square.” Before the 1968 run against major party candidates Richard Nixon and Herbert Humphrey, Munn ran for several local City of Hillsdale. He ran for governor of Michigan in 1952 and 1954, both times unsuccessfully, before chosen as vice presidential nominee on the Prohibition ticket headed by Rutherford Decker in 1960. Munn could not even expect his own students’ support: according to Arlen Gilbert, Hillsdale College Historian, only 1.46 percent of students polled after the 1968 election voted for Munn; 58.98 percent supported Nixon. Related, perhaps,

were efforts by the administration of College President J. Donald Phillips to control campus drinking and shed the school’s reputation for being a “country club”. According to the statement of his son, E. Harold Munn Jr., upon his death, Munn was dedicated to non-compromise political positions. “In 1932, the pressure was applied to ‘scratch the ticket’ and vote for Herbert Hoover to ‘save Prohibition,’” his son said. “Contrary to the advice of Dr. Holtwick, dad succumbed to the ‘logic’ and voted Republican only to see his vote ‘lost’ and Prohibition go down the drain under the Roosevelt ‘New Deal.’ He vowed then and there never to again compromise principle for expediency and he never did!” Munn was born in 1903 in Bay Village, Dover Bay, Ohio. He attended Greenville College and later earned a masters degree University of Michigan in 1928. His career in education began at Central Academy and College, McPherson, Kansas, from 1927 to 1937. After teaching government, science, and public speaking for 10 years, he returned to his Alma Mater

and was registrar and professor of psychology and education at Greenville. In 1939 he came to Hillsdale College as associate professor of education and instructor in American heritage. He eventually became associate, then full academic dean of the school. He was also involved in the radio business in Michigan. In politics, the dedicated prohibitionist was chairman of the Michigan Prohibition Committee for six years, and of the national committee from 1955 to 1971, along with his frequent of which were successful. He candidate to run for president more than two times, and during his three national campaigns he traveled the country doing speeches and appearing on TV and radio to further his party’s agenda. “He campaigned from a soap box in Times Square, New York, and the papers there lauded his logic and persistence,” his son said. “One commented that it was too bad that there to see him elected.”

A 1964 campaign ad for Munn’s presidential race.

logo From B3 man. Marketing is just another task that has to be accomplished with a plethora of other things.” Katie Gordon ’14 took King’s advertising class last spring. She now works with Flight Path Creative, a full-service commuMichigan. She worked with the Hillsdale County Chamber of Commerce and provided suggestions for redesigning their website, logo, and brochures. “Basically an entire rebrand for their organization,” Gordon said. “I had a great experience learning about what their organization stands for, and really bringing their mission statement to life through their brand which is a lot of what marketing and advertising is about.” Senior Rachel Fernelius is currently enrolled in the graphics class. She will work with the Hillsdale County Fair Grounds to revamp their website, social media, and possibly create a logo for the fair. Because the fair caters to many different audience, Fernelius hopes to discover what advertising works for which audi-

ences, and how to utilize that information. She hopes to take a nontraditional approach by focusing on the big entertainment that the fair brings in. King said the challenge is how to maximize results on a limited budget, especially beprojects at the end of the semester to the clients, who are always pleased. Though the businesses do not always directly or immediately use student suggestions, they may use it later on in different ways. It is costly to redesign and reproduce a logo after all. But the businesses win, because they walk away with a solid marketing strategy that they did not have before. The real-world experience that the students gain is also invaluable, and they have work to contribute to their portfolios. Such professional experience with teams and businesses helps students to land jobs. students,” King said. “Yes businesses get something out of it, but the students I almost think get something more.”

Sajak From B3 paper over the readings. “A time or two he mentioned it was a lot of writing, and I fear I did not pay much attention. Then towards the end I added up what week for 15 weeks, a long master thesis. And of course this was just for an ordinary course,” Arnn added. Arnn said he apologized to Sajak for the extreme workload, yet Sajak won’t let Arnn forget how much work he did.

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From B3 town,” he said. Although modern technology allows access to all the greatest masterpieces in the world, Frudakis suggests that there is a that is made in an individual’s community. “People can look at these

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“The papers, which I still have, are excellent,” Arnn added. He said he thinks Sajak’s favorite class was English with Professor of English Stephen Smith. Sajak said his trips to Hillsdale are a very pleasant change in his normal routine. “Of course, I don’t have to ments on time, so it’s probably a bit easier for me to relax,” Sajak quipped. During his regular visits to the school, he meets with students who received his scholarship money. Melika Wiloughby ’14 a Trustee dinner at Broadlawn.

paintings and photographs and enjoy the beauty that might be captured in a local landscape, scenes from the fair, local wildlife,” Frudakis said, “Through the artist’s eyes, you’re looking at these things that you might have been looking at for decades and seeing them suddenly differently. You may recognize a person in a portrait painting. Or you may say, oh, I recognize that place!

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“He was incredibly amused by the fact that I was taking harp classes,” Wiloughby said. She said she told him all the typical liberal arts classes she was taking - from Aristotle to Lincoln - and added she was taking harp. “He was appreciative of the fact that students approach the liberal arts in their class schedules like that,” Wiloughby added. While telling him a quick story about something that had frustrated her, she used the term “miffed”. “He looked at me and said, ‘No one under the age of 75 uses the term miffed’,” Wiloughby said, laughing. Before Sajak became a game

So we draw a closer connection with the work of art through our shared experience with that place or with that person.” Looking toward the future, ArtWorks plans to continue seizing opportunities. One thing he would like to see is (similar to Frudakis’ original vision) a cultural center within the city of Hillsdale itself, where art of all

show host, he worked at a radio station in Chicago, and served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam as a DJ for Armed Forces Radio. Afterwards, he was a DJ in Kentucky, and a weatherman in Nashville and Los Angeles according to his TV Guide biography. Harkening back to the old days of journalism, Sajak said the 24hour news cycle and social media have increased shoddy reporting. “My time in journalism helped me learn to observe and try to understand the people around me,” he said. “Even in an area as farremoved from journalism as a game show, that experience has proved valuable.”

He also hopes more college students getting involved with ArtWorks, whether in such venues as the photo club or the Gallery, or as observers. Heckenlively believes that art is “a part of being civilized.” Communities rely on art for their strength, beauty, and shared experience. It is this presence and community that ArtWorks seeks to foster in Hillsdale County.

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The Art Council of Hillsdale County sponsors a gallery in Reading, Michigan

Stacey Egger Collegian Freelancer A variety of art, from elaborate painted landscapes to quaint

Gallery 49 artist Linda Shiffler molds a pottery piece in the Reading studio.

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space and pay a very low commis- is open to art and artists of all va-

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Wheel of Fortuen host Pat Sajak speaks at the Rebirth of Liberty and Learning gala last fall.

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CLAIRE HUGHES, FRESHMAN Describe your fashion sense. Classic, fairly simple, and a little bit preppy. What is your most embarrassing item of clothing? My leather sandals from Rhodes. What is your biggest fashion pet peeve? I can’t stand mixing navy and black. What is your favorite item of clothing? Pretty much anything I purchased in middle school. Who inspires your wardrobe? J. Crew and Sarah Vickers. Photos by Hailey Morgan

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