4.23.15 Hillsdale Collegian by The Hillsdale Collegian

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Vol. 138 Issue 24 - 23 April 2015

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Justice-Templeton retires after 44 years Amanda Tindall News Editor

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Women’s basketball welcomes coach Jessie Fox Collegian Reporter

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Last week, the Hillsdale Athletic Department announced the hiring of Todd Mitmesser as the new women’s basketball head coach for the 2015-2016 season. Mitmesser gers this week. After 24 years of coaching three different collegiate programs across the country, Mitmesser has found himself coaching a half hour from his hometown: Coldwater, Michigan. Mitmesser said that because he grew up nearby, he knew of Hillsdale. When he saw the job opening, he began researching the details. “The more I looked into the job, the more I felt that it was a great opportunity because professionally as well,” he said. “I was really excited when I heard that Mr. Brubacher was bringing me out for an interview.” he was happy to see a variety of different skills in the team. “There’s a lot of talent here,” Mitmesser said. “We have players that can do a multitude of things offensively and I think that in eager to learn the style. The combination of those two things can really lead to success for the program.” Hillsdale’s players were equally excited to meet their new coach. Junior Ashlyn

Coach Mitmesser. When we interviewed him, he was very positive and excited about the opportunity to be at Hillsdale,” she said. “He seemed very passionate about making his players better, but also understood the schedules.” Mitmesser said he plans to concentrate on returning to the fundamentals before teaching his players to run a bunch of plays. “Coach Mitmesser will make us a more well-rounded team. I’m excited about improving our skills as individuals as well as the potential for our team to be great next year,” Landherr said. Mitmesser coached high school teams while studying history education at Berea College, a liberal arts school in Kentucky. “I just love the game. You put the ball in the basket a couple times and it keeps you coming back,” Mitmesser said. “I played basketball in high school, from a very young age actually, and I probably wasn’t talented enough to play at the collegiate level, so I started coaching.” man and junior varsity basketball, softball, and boys and girls track at the local high school. Mitmesser and his wife then moved to Nebraska where he taught and coached basketball at three different high schools. Mitmesser landed a varsity coaching job at Lincoln East High School and the Nebraska Coaches Association named him the “Coach of the Year” in 2004.

It was after his six successful seasons in Lincoln that Mitmesser gained the assistant coaching job at the University of Evansville with head coach Tricia Cullop. “I am very happy to have worked with somebody like Coach Cullop for seven years,” Mitmesser said. “I learned so much and we had some success at both of those schools.” In his three seasons at Evansville, Mitmesser helped the team win a conference championship in 2008. Mitmesser then coached for another four years with Cullop at the University of Toledo where his team won three division titles and the Women’s National Invitation Tournament championship in 2011. “It was really fun from a professional standpoint to be a part of that success,” Mitmesser said. “It was very rewarding to see the players achieve their goals. It was an experience that you just don’t get to go through very often.” Mitmesser said that seeing his players develop and succeed is his favorite part of coaching. Mitmesser then coached at Stony Brook University for two seasons. When the head coach, Beth O’Doyle, was offered the headcoaching job at Virginia Commonwealth University, Mitmesser decided to stay in Long Island, taking a year off to coach his children. Mitmesser and his wife Susan have two children: Marian, 9, and Edward, 7. He said that his family was excited to move to Michigan where they would be closer to his parents.

After almost 50 years spent at Hillsdale as both an undergraduate and a professor, Professor of French Ellen JusticeTempleton ’71 is retiring at the end of this year. Having graduated from Hillsdale in 1971 and completed graduate work at the University of Michigan before coming back to the college, JusticeTempleton said she has seen and experienced many changes since she has been at Hillsdale. “It’s been an amazing ride here,” she said. “It’s been a tremendous evolution of the campus. The physical plant is beautiful now, and there are beautiful campus buildings. The students have become even more enjoygot here. I always had good students, from the very beginning. The best students back then could hold their own right now, but the general changeover in the college is very apparent in that there are more of that kind of student.” Justice-Templeton said she didn’t know what career she Hillsdale, but her time studentteaching at Hillsdale High School and the education classes she took at Hillsdale led her to teaching. “I really enjoyed trying to connect with students and showing students things that opened up their mind a little bit,” she said. “I enjoyed the high school students. I thought I wanted the chance to teach more literature

and the great ideas.” The teaching of great literature and delving into great ideas is exactly what many of her students said endeared them to her. Sophomore Kathryn Wong has taken two classes with her, and said that she enjoyed them greatly. “I’ve only had her for classes that are literature classes,” Wong said. “In both of those classes, she does an excellent job of getting us to go beyond the plots. In a French class, it’d be really easy to just stick with the plot. She helps us bring together imagery and symbolism and getting to the deeper themes of the text, which is something I really appreciate.” For Professor of French and the next chair of the department Marie-Claire Morellec, JusticeTempleton has been both a great co-worker and a dear friend for the past 20 years, since Morellec started teaching at Hillsdale. “She was not only a wonderful colleague and a wonderful chair — very easy to work with — but also became a really close friend, so I think her retirement is sweet and sour,” she said. “Sweet because we’re happy that she’s going to be retiring and doing the things that she deserves to do, but sour in the sense that we are seeing her leave, and that’s going to be quite a transition. We’ve been relying on her in so many ways for so long — these are going to In preparation for her retirement and Morellec’s new posi-

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Proposal 1 faces ‘uphill battle’ Macaela Bennett City News Editor

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Gina Relays’ history Sam Scorzo Sports Editor

With the 49th annual Gina Relays starting today, Hillsdale College remembers one of its most decorated athletes. The meet commemorates Gina Van Laar Lanser, the 1988 class Valedictorian, President’s Ball Queen, Outstanding Senior Woman, and the college’s only crosscountry national champion. “Gina is a treasured person always in my heart and in the hearts of many at Hillsdale College,” said Dean of Women Diane Philipp, Lanser’s track coach during her time on campus. Eight years after graduating from Hillsdale, Lanser and her unborn daughter Megan Michelle died in a car accident.

After her death, Philipp and the Bill Lundberg decided the college needed to honor Lanser. Lundberg recalls asking the athletic director at the time, Jack McAvoy, what the team could do to honor Lanser. Philipp and Lundberg suggested naming Lanser’s best event, the 5K, in her name, but McAvoy declined and instead renamed the Hillsdale Relays meet in her honor. At the 1996 meet, Lanser’s parents and husband were named honorary referees and the Chargers organized it so a cross was throughout the meet. “The Gina Relays are such a great way for her beautiful legacy to live on at Hillsdale,” Lundberg

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On May 5, Michigan voters will choose whether or not to raise state taxes by $2 billion to structure. Although Proposal 1 would increase the amount of state money Hillsdale County receives for road work by 70 percent in 2018, many residents say the bill is too complicated for them to vote yes. “It’s a priority of mine to repair the roads, but I don’t believe this is the best way to do it,” Councilperson Patrick Flannery said. “We should expect better of our legislature. The major hangup for me is the number of things attached to it that are not connected to roads.” These extras include: an increased sales and use tax rate from 6 to 7 percent, a higher wholesale fuel tax, increased

“It’s not going into a black hole, and if it does pass, the county road commission and city would see quite a lot more revenue coming in,” Leutheuser said. Roughly one-third of the new revenue would go to non-trans-

portation projects, such as public schools. Hillsdale County Road Commission Manager Stan Clingerman estimates Hillsdale County would receive about $7 million per year — up from $1.4 million now — by 2018 under the proposed tax system. Another complaint about the bill is that it requires four changes to the Michigan Constitution and is “tie-barred” to eight legislative bills that will go into effect if passed. “This proposal probably raises more taxes than it needs to and gives less money to roads than it could,” Professor of Political Economy and former Michigan Deputy Treasurer Gary Wolfram said. “What is preferred is a proposal that doesn’t require a constitutional amendment and is a straight increase in the gas tax and vehicle registration.” While Leutheuser, who joined the state legislature after it passed Proposal 1, said he sympathizes

with frustrations about the bill, he recognizes improving Michigan roads is urgent. He added there is not a backup plan if the proposal fails. “There’s not something we can just pull out of our pockets the next day. I want people to be aware of that,” Leutheuser said. “But I am in the optimistic, honeymoon phase as a freshman that we would all roll our sleeves up and get right after it again.” Wolfram said he also believes the legislature will propose another road-funding option if this fails in May. “We have a different, more free market legislature now than what passed this bill,” Wolfram said. “I don’t believe it will be three years until another solution comes along.” Wolfram said he intends to research the bill more before deciding how he will vote, but he

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BPU issues health advisory after sewage spill Kate Patrick Assistant Editor

The Hillsdale Board of Public Utilities issued a “No Contact” Health Advisory after untreated sewage water backed up in a pipeline east of Logan Street and spilled out of a manhole into the wetland area between Logan and Superior streets and the drainage ditch next to the Baw Beese Trail. The BPU cleared the blockage causing the spill, but the advisory will be in place until April 27 for safety purposes, accord-

The Classics of Hillsdale Hillsdale classicists win national award. A2

Setting records Emily Oren and the Men’s 4x400 relay set school records over the weekend. A8

Shakespeare in the Arb presents ‘Cymbeline’ This year’s student production runs next weekend. B1

A Drive down country Lane Country music artists Chris Lane and Natalie Stovall open at CHP. B4

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vehicle registration fees, raised earned income tax credits, and more public school funding, according to a March 25 Mackinac Center policy policy brief. The brief added that the average Michigan household should expect a state tax increase of between $477 and $525 in 2016, but these numbers depend on a “household’s actual purchases of taxable goods.” Michigan Rep. Eric Leutheuser said he hears three main objections to Proposal 1: it is too complicated, too big, and that a tax increase is not needed at all. Leutheuser admits the bill is “more complicated and messier” than he would like, but a redeeming quality is that the money is al-

ing to BPU Director of Water and Wastewater Operations Nate Rusk. “After we got the blockage cleared, we discovered someone had shoved some sticks down through the holes in the manhole lid,” Rusk said. “So the sludge started coming out of the two holes in the lid, which got into the swamp and fed into the drainage ditch that goes under Logan Street and toward Willow Street.” The BPU placed sandbags in the wetland area between Logan and Superior streets to prevent the untreated water — known as “sludge” in the wastewater treat-

ment process — from spreading. The BPU also installed a pump near the spill to send sludge to the Hillsdale Wastewater Treatment Plant, Rusk said. “We’ll do that until we get most of it out of there, we did some today and we’ll do it tomorrow,” Rusk said. Because the Baw Beese Trail is right next to the spill, the BPU issued a health advisory to anyone using the trail. kids on the bike path, and we didn’t want anyone going off the path into the wetland,” Rusk said. The BPU is currently awaitHillsdale sewage plant to receive $7 million upgrade High ammonia levels in Hillsdale’s water prompt the BPU to make changes. A6

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ing further direction from the Michigan Department of Economic Quality, and it contacted the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency for suggestions for cleaning up the spill. Rusk said the BPU conducted samples from the St. Joe River — where the wastewater treatment plant releases treated out of the ordinary. “Everything was well within the limits, so that’s fantastic, it’s really good,” Rusk said.

Thank you, Dr. Somerville Senior Jack Butler professes his debt of gratitude to English Professor John Somerville. A5

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A.J.’s to stay open all summer, keep quesadillas full-time Carly Howell Collegian Reporter A.J.’s Café will now remain open during the entirety of Hillsdale summer sessions. The idea arose during a conversation between Bon Appétit’s General Manager David Apthorpe and Dean of Women Diane Philipp. They discussed their interest in catering to the students staying for summer classes. Apthorpe said he believes this change will be a way to improve Bon Appétit as a whole. He is excited about involving the Bon Appétit staff, who will be serving at A.J.’s during the summer sessions. The goal is to have the menu grow as the summer progresses in order to provide more choices for the students. “This is a good opportuSenior A.J.’s employee Gregg Coughlin serves a customnity for our chefs to play with er a quesadilla. (Carly Howell/Collegian) the space, experiment, and see

Hillsdale classicists win awards at national convention Natalie DeMacedo News Editor

classics students and Associate Professor of Classical Studies Joseph Garnjobst made it to Stockton University near Atlantic City, New Jersey, for the 87th annual convention of Eta Sigma Phi, the national classics honorary. Seniors Josh Benjamins and LaRae Ferguson, junior Sydney Sparks, and sophomores Rachelle Ferguson and Luke Martin attended the conference 18 possible awards they could win, the most of any school in attendance. Despite Hillsdale’s great success, Garnjobst stressed that it’s never “us vs. them.” “There aren’t winners and losers,” Garnjobst added. “This is really a celebration of great work by classicists. We are very supportive of each other and they are cheering us on.” He said, unlike many disciplines in which your peers can be “strangely malicious,” the classicist crowd may be one of the most supportive audiences you can get. He made certain to mention that Washington University in St. Louis took four awards and Kenyan College won Advanced Greek. Additionally, Grace Koch of St. Olaf University tied with Benjamins Latin competition. “That’s a streak at St. Olaf that goes back 35 years,” Garnjobst said. “They have won a prize every year since 1980.” He said he’s proud of how Hillsdale did because they can never expect to win.

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tion as chair, Dean of Faculty Mark Nussbaum said the department has hired two new professors for next year, in preparation for Professor of French Maria Rebbert’s retirement in a year. Nussbaum said he’s appreciated working with Justice-Templeton as well. “She is very level-headed,” Nussbaum said. “She is not easily rattled and is very clear-

“You can’t expect wins like that,” he said. “You always have hard competition and there are really talented classicists out there.” There were six competitions: Advanced and intermediate Greek, advanced and intermediate Latin, the Latin prose competition, and the Koine Greek competition. Senior Joshua Benjamins vanced Latin. Senior LaRae Ferguson earned second in Advanced Greek and third in Koine. Benjamins said the Latin prose is unlike the other competitions, where you translate Greek or Latin into English. This test requires students to translate an English passage into Latin. “The prose competition was Benjamins said. “We translated a speech by JFK about world peace.” LaRae Ferguson, who also took the test, agreed about the “It’s very strange. In Dr. Weaire’s class, he drills into us that Latin doesn’t have abstract them,” she said. Students had to take abstract ideas like “love” and “happiness” and determine how Caesar or Cicero would write about them in concrete terms. “It requires a much higher level of creativity,” Benjamins said. In addition to winning awards, two Hillsdale students, Benjamins and Rachelle Ferguson, presented two out of three papers at the conference. Benpaper on Telemachus’s matura-

headed. The area in which I’ve worked with her the most was in deciding the new core, and I’ve appreciated her levelheadedness and her rationality.” After her retirement, Justice-Templeton said she plans on relaxing and reading in Hillsdale, and eventually traveling through the United States and Europe with her husband. “It’s a wonderful thing to be ending up your career at this point,” she said. “I have such

Homer’s “Odyssey.” Rachelle Ferguson said her paper was on the “mysterious pastoral” in Virgil’s Ecologues. “I look at one image – shadows – and see it as a pastoral motif that represents what Virgil thinks of the whole genre,” she said. In addition to winning awards, students dealt with general business, such as giving reports on what each school’s chapters are doing and voting on colleges and universities who want to start a chapter next year, Garnjobst said. They also give out scholarships to study abroad in Italy, Rome, or Athens, as well as an archeology scholarship. They learned about a medieval handwriting app which allows students to tap on a word written in a medieval text and instantly transcribe it into English letters. There was even a session on Greek dancing. “This is the largest collection of undergrad classicists,” Garnjobst said. “No one really questions your major at Hillsdale because they understand Garnjobst said a college like the University of Michigan would need 3,300 classics students in order to have a proportional representation like at Hillsdale. At a school like that, students are constantly defending their Greek or Latin majors. “It’s nice to have the support at this conference and it’s a lot of fun to be around a group like that,” Garnjobst said. Benjamins said it was a fun weekend and worth the many hours of tedious driving. “It’s a great experience to get out of Michigan and meet people interested in these things,” LaRae Ferguson said.

wonderful students, and it’s a real pleasure to teach.” Morellec said her presence will be greatly missed. “There is a calmness and grace about her that hides an amazing strength,” Morellec said. “She’s highly-principled, very kind, and loyal. She’s always looking in the interest of students, the department, and the college. I’m going to miss my friend. And we will miss her in the department as well.”

what’s good for next year,” Apthorpe said. “This will be a learning experience, but people are excited about it.” A.J.’s will remain open for breakfast and lunch while students are on campus for classes. Apthorpe said that Bon Appétit will utilize the salad mobile upstairs in order to provide a salad bar as well. Philipp said she beopening A.J.’s for summer sessions. “This will be a good way to provide meals for students living in the dorms during summer sessions,” Philipp said. “Not every student lives off campus, and this will make it more convenient for those who do not.” She also stated the economic “A.J.’s remaining open will keep staff employed,” Philipp said. “Also, students hang out in the union anyway. Adding the food aspect will only promote more community.” Philipp pointed out that

A.J.’s will not only provide food for students, but also opportunities for summer staff. “Hey, even I’ll go over and get a salad,” Philipp said. A.J.’s will be open from Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., May 11 through June 19. Students participating in summer classes can add money to their Charger Change account via credit/debit card or cash before May 1 and receive a 15 percent discount. A.J.’s has also recently added a full-time option to their menu: quesadillas — served all day, every day. Freshman Cassidy Syftestad, A.J.’s employee, is happy about the addition. “I am excited about the change they made regarding quesadillas,” Syftestad said in an email. “The service time has been extended as a treat for weeks on campus. It is my favorite food to order at the café and now I can order it in the evenings when I am studying.”

Syftestad even thinks that this change could help A.J.’s business. “I would say it has potential to bring in more evening business,” Syftestad said in an email. “It has been a popular order so far. Quesadillas are cheap, quick, and great to eat.” Philipp said a survey regarding A.J.’s service will be released soon. This will allow students to give suggestions for even more improvement. “Bon Appétit is so accommodating,” Philipp said. “Students give suggestions often, and they are always willing to improve.” Philipp said she hopes that A.J.’s summer session service summer community. “We’re trying to help as many students as we can,” Philipp said. “Students are so inundated with emails that this information is easy to miss. We hope that through the Collegian, the word will get out.”

Future students must declare major before senior year Ramona Tausz Assistant Editor Hillsdale will now require students to declare their major no later than second semester junior year, beginning with incoming freshmen in Fall 2015. Hillsdale faculty approved this change at an April 2 faculty meeting along with two other educational policy alterations: a rule requiring a minimum 2.00 GPA for a minor and a rule requiring students to use the same catalog, rather than three different cataments for their core curriculum, major, and minor. These various changes will not affect current students. According to Dean of Faculty Mark Nussbaum, the rule requiring a major declaration before the end of junior year will hopefully allow departments to better assist students.

“Until a student declares a major, departments don’t necessarily know students are in that major,” Nussbaum said. terms of advising, to make sure they’re getting the right courses in.” He added that the rule requiring students to receive a 2.00 in their minor — at least a C- in each course — will prevent students from obtaining a minor without also obtaining some sort of basic “We don’t want to have students who are just getting all D’s, or an average of a D, to say ‘Yeah, when in reality it’s nominal at best,” he said. The third policy change will require that students’ major, minor, and core requirements all be completed according to the catalog in effect at the time of the students’ matriculation — in other words, the catalog which was in use when they started at Hillsdale. Current-

ly, according to Nussbaum, some students have to juggle three different years’ catalogs while trying the year they began at Hillsdale, one for the year they started their major, and one for the year they started their minor. “Rather than have different catalogs, we’d like to be able to have one catalog be the reference point for the core and major and minor,” Nussbaum said. He added, however, that alteration of requirements on an individual basis due to special situations — such as a required class in a catalog no longer being offered — is certainly possible. “If there are changes between the time they start and the time they declare their major or minor, it’s not unusual or out of the question that there could be a discussion with the department chairman or registrar about exceptions to this rule,” he said.

Community members to continue AFGM in summer

Madeleine Jepsen Collegian Reporter

Along with all the delicious pancakes and community fellowship, A Few Good Men will introduce their new summer initiative at their semesterly fundraiser A Few Good Pancakes tomorrow. This semester’s pancake dinner will start at Free Methodist Church at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow, with speakers to commence at 6 p.m. The organization, which has as many as 70 regular volunteers each week, constitutes one of the largest volunteer organizations in Hillsdale County, according to sophomore President Jacob Thackston. “We’re pouring well over 200 volunteer hours into the community each week, and all of that is college students,” Thackston said. “Over the summer, our entire workforce goes away. So what we’re doing this year is more or less raising out of the community a set of crews over the course of the summer to do projects that we just aren’t here to do.” This year, A Few Good Men

will work with Hillsdale residents in order to help offset the absence of college students in the summertime. At the pancake dinner, speeches by senior Tom King and Thackston will outline the particulars of the summer initiative and invite community members to join the effort. According to Thackston, leaders of A Few Good Men have been working since January to plan the new summer program. “We’ve only had two summers as an organization — we’re relatively young,” he said. “We’ve tried two different things, and it just didn’t work each time. So this year we decided we’re going to make this work no matter what.” A Few Good Men help with a variety of projects, ranging from lawn care to helping people move into a new house. In an effort to meet the various needs in the area, the organization hopes to raise 50 crews for summer projects. In order to make this plan a reality, members of A Few Good Men have reached out to community members, including local churches, businesses, and schools, with an invitation to the pancake dinner. Senior Rachel Zolinski, director of A Few Good Men’s Community Outreach

Reaching the Defenseless branch, has helped to coordinate efforts to communicate with local organizations. “We always had that vision of consistent discipleship and fellowship with the community, but we didn’t know what that would look like, and it originally just started with college students,” Zolinski said. “Within the last year and a half, we’ve tried to implement this idea where we try who are here year-round.” Junior Josiah Vega, chief oftutional advancement, noted the critical role the summer program will play in the organization’s goal of meeting community needs. “It’s really important for us to get this going because the goal of A Few Good Men isn’t simply to give college students this kind of out to get community service hours done,” Vega said. “The real focus of A Few Good Men is to revive the community, make it summer program is such a big deal: not only to knock out those the end goal of A Few Good Men and make the community self-

State Senator Mike Shirkey will be attending Instructor in Speech Todd Harcek’s Fundamentals of Speech Communication class to give a speech. Afterward, students will have the opportunity to evaluate and give critiques. The speech will be at 9 p.m. Friday in Dow Room F.

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We’ll miss you, seniors The opinion of The Collegian ediTorial sTaff

It’ll be really sad to see this class of seniors graduate in a little over two weeks. Most of us have friends in the senior class — whether on sports teams, in campus groups, or fraternities or sororities. A new freshman class will come in, and this year’s juniors will become the new seniors, but there are a number of things in this class which won’t easily be replaced. As freshmen, the class of 2015 was the smartest class to ever be admitted to Hillsdale, with an overall GPA of 3.75, and

average ACT and SAT scores of 29 and 1980. If he maintains it in his last week of classes, Matthew sdale student to achieve a 4.0 grade point average since 2009. A true tour-de-force at a college that prides itself on continually increasing its rigor and academic prestige. Moreover, while it is impressive if a single graduation class has one or two triple majors, the class of 2015 has four. In the -

just one major at Hillsdale. Further, the seniors of the class of 2015 haven’t only excelled in the classroom, but they’ve served as leaders on campus. Outstanding Senior Man and Woman Sam Ryskamp and Shelly Peters were two particular seniors the deans chose to highlight. These outstanding in numerous bible studies and GOAL programs on campus, including at the Renaissance School. And, the class of 2015 is

very athletic. Particularly, cross country and track runner Joshua Mirth has earned three AllAmerican honors in his time at Hillsdale so far, and basketball player Megan Fogt also earned All-American and GLIAC honors. This class of seniors has been inspiring, insightful, and talented, and they’ve made an indelible mark on the culture of Hillsdale. Best wishes out there, seniors. We’ll miss you.

Thank you, Dr. Somerville Jack Butler Opinions Editor One of the best things that happened to me in college was

GOODBYE, HILLSDALE

Aaron Kilgore Special to the Collegian

This fall, I will pursue a master’s degree at the University of Michigan. This will mark the end of my seventh year at Hillsdale — with four of those years spent as a student, and three years as an employee of the college. In what is likely

Professor of English John Somerville in a poorly-taken selfie with Opinions Editor Jack Butler. Jack Butler/Collegian.

two things upon which I think current students and future “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” I imagine this adage is equally true elsewhere, but it is particularly apparent on a college campus, where everything seems to happen at a breakneck pace because our frame of reference is a mere four years. In my own time at Hillsdale, I’ve seen old buildings torn down, and new ones raised up; some professors have retired, while the college has hired more; and (perhaps more sensationally) we’ve changed food providers and expanded the core curriculum. Yet, even as new faces and characters in the student body steadily take the place of the old, the underlying continuity of the Hillsdale experience gradually reveals itself in certain trends and patterns, of which I’ll share just one for the sake of illustration.

A student’s time on this campus may be brief and frantic in the broader scheme of life, but as many here have done before, you are now laying a foundation on which you will continue to build for years to come. It’s a familiar tale, but true enough for most. Freshmen arrive wide-eyed and full of both trepidation and ambition; sophomores settle into the comfort of knowing the ropes

tinges of alarm at the prospect of stepping into a bigger to be getting on with a life full of uncertainty and opportunity. In that tender transition between the teenaged years and adulthood, I think there’s a comfort in knowing that we walk a similar path together, and that others before us have done the same successfully (even if circumstances such as those above vary from person to person). With this in mind, I would posit that there are two things you must not take for granted at Hillsdale, because the passage of time will only prove more and more how precious they are: What you learn, and those with whom you learn it. First, we learn many meaningful and invaluable things at Hillsdale. It is, after all, why we come to this school, and why the college is so renowned for its academics and character. And it is certainly true that our students study the Higher Things and First Principles in the “Great Conversation,” as is often said (and worthily so). It should not be forgotten, however, that we also come to know here what it means to live in a community of like-minded fellows who pursue these things together — with all the joys and troubles which this entails. Second, we ought to recall that we are called to seek good companions in all that we do, for “iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another,” and “bad company ruins good morals.” Let me tell you, from seven years of personal experience: Hillsdale is full of good company. If C.S. Lewis was right in saying that friendship arises from a moment when we say, “What? You too? I thought I was the only one,” then we must cherish and nurture our relationships with those who walk the good path which God has provided for us. I’ve found this particularly true in a place where so much of our time is centered on the study of those things which so potently mold our thoughts and form our character. Given all this, I have one exhortation for Hillsdale students: Don’t lose your sense of wonder in learning or in friendship. Take a step back from routine now and again, and refresh your perspective. A student’s time on this campus may be brief and frantic in the broader scheme of life, but as many here have done before, you are now laying a foundation on which you will continue to build for years to come. Take the time to consider well and appreciate these moments and opportunities. Aaron Kilgore ‘12 has been working with the college since -

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Why I’m not worried about graduating unemployed We’re all apprehensive about the future, but it’s time we stopped stressing about it A.J. Maruna Special to the Collegian I don’t know. And to tell the truth, I’ve never known. I’ve never known what I would do after college, and I still don’t know. As a kid who entered Hillsdale a detriment to the cumulative test scores and GPAs of my class, I was focused on surviving. And after four years of hard work, I just barely managed to do that. me to preschool, I will be free from academic obligation. I won’t have exams to study for, tests to take, English papers to fail. I won’t be distracted by any relationship with some pretty girl — a distraction I have yet to experience at all, in fact. I am free at last, free to travel, free to write and read — free to start a new adventure then scrap it for something better. And this newfound journey begins, believe it or not, by returning home along with a surprising portion of college graduates. Statistics show that half of college students return home and live with their family, most of whom work jobs that don’t require

The Uses of a Liberal Arts Education

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a bachelor’s degree. Nearly one-tenth are unemployed. So, I’m not alone, and neither nonexistent. And I’ve certainly tried. I’ve gotten so accustomed to companies declining my candidacy that I half expect to walk into an interview now and interrupt recruiters burning my resume. When people ask what I’m going to do after graduation — a question all seniors have heard countless times — I feel social pressure to conform, to receive my diploma and ship out for a 9-to-5 job in some Godwith conventionality, so when I say I can’t follow half of you into the imprisonment of some soul-deadening job, know that I’m isn’t there a part of you that’s always wanted to do something to defy the norm? seemingly against all rationality, I will be embarking on this very crusade. My plan? solutely hilarious choice, if you knew how unsuccessful I have been in the past. And yet, I am whole-heartedly convinced writing is the one hobby that brings

me the greatest joy, and I will, in some form or fashion, probably pursue it my whole life. This doesn’t mean that I won’t ever hold ordinary jobs or that I will remain unemployed as I write. But I’m not ready to sign my freedom away just yet, and there’s nothing wrong with that, so long as aimlessness and irresponsibility don’t reign. And I challenge you to do something of the same, in whatever capacity that may look like. It’s time to try all that I’ve been too busy or too afraid to experience, and that starts by devoting my time to writing and hopefully some adventuring as well. I have all this forof a right triangle and balance chemistry it’s like to ride the California surf or carve Colorado snow. So the world may balk at my decision, but I will pursue a life I’ve never lived — and I will be feverishly typing, typing a dream into existence, a new world into the universe, and a story into reality, all from the basement of my parent’s house. -

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Hillary Clinton: Bad for women, bad for America Sam Scorzo Sports Editor A 2016 Hillary Clinton presidency would be bad for women and bad for America. For all her manly pantsuits, Hillary Clinton has always embraced weak-woman stereotypes. In 1992, when Hillary publicly forgave one of Bill Clinton’s affairs, she became a bad role model for women. She didn’t have to stay with him. But doing so showed she believed she needed him to succeed, putting titanium over the glass ceiling. A true feminist would have dumped the lying cheat and built her own empire. Her feminist malpractice continues today. After women struggled for years for professional equality between the sexes, she makes women seem more emotionally and physically delicate than men. Migraines kept her from testifying before the Senate about Benghazi. An ailment keep her from her duties as Secretary of State. And in 2008, she teared up in New Hampshire about the Hillary”: An emotional woman. But a truly professional woman should never cry in public. Hillary Clinton as president would also be bad for America. After the Obama years, we don’t need more corruption. But cor-

ruption is the Clinton way. cording to her former adviser Jerry Zeifman, then the House Judiciary Committee’s chief counsel. As an Arkansas attorney, she was She was also at the heart of the 2012 Benghazi scandal. She deliberately misled when asked about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya that led to the brutal murder of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. Pressed about how the make?” If the pressure of being Secretary of State makes her blurt out statements like this, what will the pressure of the presidency bring out of her? According to a New York Times account of the upcoming book ernments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich,” government favoritism from the State Department to foreign nations that donated to the Clinton’s family foundation through pricey speaking fees was commonplace while Hillary was Secretary of State. Nor does Clinton understand economics, as her campaign remarks for Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Martha Coakley in

Sen. Rand Paul announced his presidential run, claiming that we need a In March, Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz announced his presidential run, win the presidency. The candidate that best embodies Republicans” is former Florida governor Jeb Bush. Bush has endured much conservative hate, as well as accusawing activists plan to thwart his primary chances, deeming him a RINO. cation and immigration. But neither is enough to write Bush off, as so many Tea Partiers have. They ought to give Jeb a chance. Bush did support Common Core to raise education standards for Florida students. Many conservatives misunderstand this as favoring the Common Core as implemented in states such as New York or Illinois. But Bush’s poCore caricature that many conservatives paint. To Bush, national standards cannot achieve education reform. He seeks a broader approach compatible with conservative ideas, such as market-based competition. He has consistently opposed the federalization of education, even reducing government education involvement as in Florida program. On immigration, Bush is much more open to reform than most conservatives. This practically makes him anathema to the Cruz-Paul voters, who mostly want increased border security and aggressive removal of current resident illegal immigrants. But Bush’s position does not totally contradict a desire for more controlled immigration. He supports better border security as a prelude to providing illegal immigrants a pathway to legal status.

Bush’s immigration position could even earn new Republican voters. Former President Ronald Reagan once Bush’s reformist attitude would challenge Hispanic stereotyping of Republicans as nativists, growing the conservative coalition and ensuring victory in 2016. On other conservative issues, Bush’s stances are clear. He is golden on Second Amendment issues. He once called our constitutionally-enhomeland security act” and promoted Florida. Bush’s bold pro-life stance would ensure conservative gains on life issues under his presidency. As Florida’s governor during the Terri Schiavo case, Bush attempted to protect the sanctity Republicans ought to respect his brave decision and demand similar conviction in whoever wins the nomination. Bush’s conservatism is apparent on economic issues, too. He openly supports the Balanced Budget Amendment, opposes a federal estate tax, cut billions in taxes and wasteful spending as Florida’s governor, and seeks to reduce regulations that prevent prosperity. His primary economic adfailed liberal economic policies, Bush would restore economic prosperity. choice. Maybe his last name scares you, or his immigration policy alienates you. But he is no progressive.

had a $200,000-minimum speaking fee back then, and Hillary reclass Americans would never have these offers.

Ultimately, Hillary’s presidential incompetence will further damage women. America would not elect another woman presianother Hillary, do we? Sam Scorzo is a senior studying English and journalism.

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proach the 2016 primaries with an candidate to beat Hillary next November. Maybe it will be Rand Paul or Ted

and that means taking Jeb seriously as a candidate. Michael Lucchese is a freshman studying American Studies.

OUR FOOD HAS IMPROVED On March 16, 2014, I wrote the second letter Bon Appétit would receive from a Hillsdale College student. “I am a Hillsdale College (Michigan) student now,” my letter read. “I am looking for an alternative to the current company that services the food at Hillsdale (Saga). I heard Bon Appétit replaced Wheaton if you would consider competing with them. We, the students want to work with

But was the change worth it? Like any Hillsdale student, I know that Bon

semesters of Saga, I got the impression that Saga could serve anything it wanted and I had to eat it. This had nothing to do with the Saga workers; it was the fault petit than I saw in four semesters at Saga. While I have not worked at Saga or Bon Appétit, my conversations with Saga and Bon Appétit management have transaction” it was in Saga. After 16 years at Hillsdale, Saga had simply grown plans. Since Bon Appétit management knows that the last food service was let go, it works harder to please students. Perhaps the only valid remaining argument against Bon Appétit is the transition away from self-serve food items, like stir fry. However, whenever I took the option more often, and I have yet to feel the same way I usually did at Saga. We

to dorm. When my freshman year ended, I stayed unpunished in Simpson until graduation. But my Olds friends

the rule itself unnecessary. students leave early. It may cost money to maintain dorm

of many freshmen. This policy unnecessarily hinders what gether. Some freshmen may not know any seniors closely,

consume information and wisdom from professors and then go on our way. We share life with our peers, with professors, and with staff. We are united toward a common end. that end and depart the community to start the rest of their lives. To deny freshmen this opportunity is to deny the value of Hillsdale as a self-contained community. But even if no freshmen and seniors were friends, our

freshmen cannot stay in any other college-owned housing after they have checked out of their own dorm. If the adtion include some of my favorite memories from that year. I had never seen, rested, and attended a student concert. clearly respects the students and works hard to provide an

unhappy. But in this matter, our administration disrespects the freshmen. The policy needs to change. Daniel Slonim is a junior studying philosophy and mathematics.

Hillsdale messed with my mind Samantha Strayer Special to the Collegian

Lane Halls, my feet falter, uncertain which way to go. It has been two years since I came to Hillsdale, and I still ture. It’s a simple decision, of course: Appropriately at these moments, I len’s arresting words to us new stuto mess with your minds.” Okay. I was at a bit confused but intrigued. It was the last thing I expected him to say. He meant, of course, that education with perils. There are no set paths, no

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had to sign and write the date as she left; the non-compliant

Approaching the circular brick

David Flemming is a junior studying economics.

But it’s no surprise that she would think of government as the main source of employment: She’s been a government employee for 20 years. As a result, Clinton is completely out of touch with the middle

Respect the freshmen

GIVE JEB A CHANCE Michael Lucchese Special to the Collegian

economics. That has been tried, that has failed. It has failed rather spectacularly.” But if corporations and businesses do not create

place. There are also no guarantees. It is entirely possible to leave college having taken no part in the adventure nor experienced anything transformative. Thankfully, that is not my story. -

ing as I confronted texts and ideas I had never heard of before or properly understood. Under the steady guidance of my faculty, I wrestled with, among others, the original Big Three, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle; Hegel, his progeny, the Progressives; and their offspring, the Administrative State. I also came to appreciate the intrepid spirit and sheer moxie of our Founding moment was when I read (of all things!) Lincoln’s concluding remarks

tive ideas with a fresh perspective requires an ongoing posture of humility. That, I think, is what C.S. Lewis

And the awe that I felt would not have been possible had I not trudged through the previous 20-odd pages of

and the people within it and those who

political speech-making. The last few paragraphs seemed to come out of nowhere, but that’s not true. They were to come out and be said. So here’s another open secret I learned: No matter how much I think I know about a particular idea, person, or time in history, there is always so much more to learn. To approach great texts, fascinating people, and provoca-

So I walked away that evening in September with the Provost’s words that was going to be knocked around, apparently. But I understand now what he meant that day. And that knowledge is etched within my being. Even though I may hesitate about which di-

the privilege of learning alongside fellow graduate students and many undergraduates as well. It is with mixed feelings that I approach graduation. move on, but I freely admit that my heart aches at the thought. It has been a wild ride, and I would not trade it for anything. Samantha Strayer is a second-year master’s student in the Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship.

Hillsdale police abuse Kate Patrick Special to the Collegian ing. Not for drug dealing. Not even for speeding. It was because our car broke down. The police who pulled us over represent a worrying trend. Cops may exhibit aggressive qualities and abuse citizens to protect themselves from potentially hostile situations, but this is no excuse to mistreat the innocent. A lack of common courtesy between police and the American people can turn potentially harmless encounters into dangerous, traumatic, or even fatal incidents. In this particular case, an ordinary night drive became a nightmare when Dakota’s car overheated. He pulled into a the car would quickly cool down. The car had been acting up all night and, to make it back to campus without the engine exploding, we’d pulled over several times. Multiple people had stopped to ask if we needed help. At this time, Michigan state troopers from the Jackson Post cruised down Hillsdale Street, pulled up behind our broken-down vehicle, turned on the blue lights, and beamed Two state troopers emerged: The male trooper approached the driver-side door and ordered Dakota to place his hands on the vehicle; the female trooper approached my side and demanded I exit the vehicle and present my ID. The female trooper asked me if I had anything illegal in the car, if I was hiding anything under my seat, and whether I had weapons. The answer to all three questions was a reThe male trooper asked Dakota if he had any drugs or weapons. Same answer.

The male trooper proceeded to search Dakota and the front of the car, even though he had no right to search without warrant. The two state troopers mistook us for suspect individuals ity instead of recognizing us as ordinary college students in need of assistance. After interrogating us about our business and running background checks on our IDs, the troopers retow truck to us. what appeared to be suspicious activity, they approached the situation assuming our guilt and then treated us with hostility, even though the American legal system dictates citizens are innocent until proven guilty. The police have become militarized: Cops must keep the peace, but now they hunt down criminals as if they’re American soldiers hunting ISIS in the Middle East. Police are so afraid of potentially hostile situations that they treat citizens unreasonably and often in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York. The police assume we are criminals until proven otherwise and we assume the police are going to treat us badly. The result is a vicious cycle of police brutality followed by citizens reacting violently out of fear and anger. I don’t have a problem with the state troopers for pulling us over, but I do have an issue with how the troopers handled the incident. Most Americans aren’t criminals. Police need to stop treating citizens as if they were. If cops and citizens made the effort to deal more courteously with one another, then there would be less violence and animosity. Until common ground is reached, the unrest will continue to fester, and the violence will continue to spiral out of control. Kate Patrick is a sophomore studying history and journalism. Senior Dakota Michael contributed to this article.

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Local priest to speak at Right to Life dinner Amanda Tindall News Editor Though Hillsdale’s Right to Life “Celebration of Life” dinner often hosts speakers from all over Michigan, this year’s speaker is local: Father David Reamsnyder from St. Anthony’s Catholic Church will be sharing his and his wife’s personal experience at the 37th annual dinRight to Life of Hillsdale President Bud Vear chose Reamsnyder because he and his wife were told by doctors to abort one of their children. “They’re against abortion, so they’ll be talking about the interactions they had with the doctors and how they changed doctors,” Vear said. “Now they have a beautiful and healthy child.” Although Reamsnyder was unavailable for comment, some of his parishioners have heard

his story at church. “I’ve heard Father David’s story before in mass, and I’ve seen little Cora,” junior parishioner Mattie Vander Bleek said. “They have a beautiful story that upholds life.” Besides the speech, Vear said the banquet will include two aspects unique to this year’s good scholarship recipient. “Libengood was, for many years, not only on our board, but also the treasurer of the local group,” Vear said. “She lives in Maryland now, but we decided we’d like to award a scholarship to a student in college or going to college. We got a late start but we do have a very worthy recipient. I’ve also written a brief history about the Right to Life of movement, and that will be available to anyone who wants to get one at the banquet.” The dinner raises about

$5,000 to $7,500, which is then given to the pro-life advertisement campaign of Right to Life of Michigan. “I’m always shocked by the amount people give,” Vear said. “We have some very big contributors through the organization. We planned the event at the recommendation of Steve Casai. He recommended we have it on the Tuesday just before exams because the study day is on Wednesday, and he thought that would be an excellent time to have it.” President of Students for Life junior Nicole Chaney will be at-

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gives it a 40 percent chance of passing since many dislike its complexity. sion,” Wolfram said. “There are better propositions that could be put together but are there better propositions that and with this new legislature, I don’t think we know. If you think you’ll get a better deal, vote no, but you don’t know if you will — that is the uncertainty.” Clingerman agreed with Wolfram that the proposal faces harsh odds. “In my professional opinion, it’s an uphill battle,” Clingerman said.

other students. “They are donating free tickets to any college students who want to go,” Cheney said. “We have about 17 students going right now. It’s a great opportunity to have conversations with pro-life people from around the state and hear the speakers.”

Potholes on corner of Marion and Oak streets in Hillsdale. (Macaela Bennett/Collegian)

High ammonia levels in Hillsdale water prompt sewage plant upgrades Kate Patrick Assistant Editor

Due to high levels of ammonia in Hillsdale’s water for the past two years, the city of Hillsdale will spend approxi-

around for a long time, but there has been some new technology introduced as well as new regulation,” Terry said. Currently, the plant uses ties out of the water. Part of the plant’s improvement plan will

deteriorating equipment and equipment at the Hillsdale Wastewater Treatment Plant. construction costs are not yet determined, there is no date for beginning the plant’s improvements. “We will be borrowing money from the state of Michigan Revolving Fund; it will be a revenue bond,” acting City Manager Doug Terry said. “We will borrow through a revenue bond and pay it back through water and sewer fees.” Some of the plant’s infrathe technology was last updat“Sewage treatment has been

tering,” Terry said. BPU Director Rick Rose said the high ammonia levels have been a problem for the past two years, and if the it could get a court order from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, which would force it to confront the issue. “We started getting high test results for ammonia about two years ago, and a year ago this last November we had a meeting in Jackson to talk about it,” Rose said. “We agreed we really needed to get something

done. Some of the plant is in really bad shape.” Because the BPU reports to the DEQ monthly, the DEQ knows Hillsdale is working to remedy the situation. Even though the ammonia levels are still high, they are not hazardous. “As long as they’re aware of it and know we’re working problem,” Rose said. Other improvements include installing a generator, replacing three rectangular primary ers with one round secondary anaerobic digester, said operator Mike Simons. In Hillsdale wastewater treatment, untreated water undergoes treatment in the pri-

with chlorine, and released into the St. Joe River. The materiare referred to as “sludge,” the byproduct of wastewater treatment. Anaerobic digesters — which treat sludge and prepare it for other uses, such as farm fertilizer — emit methane gas, but the refurbished digester at the Hillsdale plant will recapture methane and use it as an energy source to provide some heating and electricity at the plant, Simons said. “We are very excited to be given an opportunity to upgrade our wastewater treatment facility,” Terry said. “The renovations planned for our existing facility will help ensure environmental compliance for many years.”

Council changes public burnings ordinance Kate Patrick Assistant Editor Due to repeated complaints from Hillsdale residents about public burnings, the Hillsdale City Council restricted the right to hold public burnings — which — from 4 p.m. to 12 a.m. every day. The Public Safety Committee is now reviewing the amendment to the city code after council’s discussion at the Monday meeting. “Originally, you had to come into the station to get a permit, and we issued about 700 permits a year. After you picked up an initial permit, you just had to call,” Hillsdale Fire Chief Kevin Pauken said. “Midnight is the cutoff point. We get occasional in the morning.” Councilperson Adam Stockford disagreed with the resolufor public burnings, saying it restricted basic freedoms. “I don’t want to see our citizens not be able to barbeque on a Saturday at noon,” Stockford said. “I also have a problem with the midnight cutoff. Why can’t we just leave it to the discretion

solids, oils, and grease from the water) and treatment in the move biological matter) before

City Attorney Lewis Loren said the city needed to “establish a standard” so citizens wouldn’t burn at inappropriate times of day, but at the request of Councilperson Mary Beth Bail, the council sent the amendment back to the committee for further review. In other business, the counorders, which permanently prohibit parking from South Howell Street to East Hallett Street and from East Hallett Street to South West Street and South Howell Street. Hillsdale Police Chief Scott Hephner said two people contacted him about having

Water is oxidized at the Hillsdale Wastewater Treatment Plant. (Kate Patrick/Collegian)

Hillsdale Wastewater Treatment Plant operator Mike Simons. (Kate Patrick/Collegian)

driveways because parking on the street obstructed their vision. “I went and observed and there is a legitimate parking hazard,” Hephner said.

The council approved both council also approved an amendment to the airport engineering contract to begin taxiway construction at the Hillsdale Municipal Airport. Acting City Manager Doug Terry said the amendment adds surveying and staking to the contract, which are both necessary to begin construction. “The contract has been reviewed by legal counsel. What we are seeking is council approval of this contract — we work until after council approves this,” Terry said. “Time is critical to have the stream of money set in place for reimbursement.” After approving the amendment to the contract, the council approved the grant contract between the city of Hillsdale, the Michigan Department of Transportation, and the Federal Aviation Administration. The grant contract allows the city to receive $1.35 million from the FAA and $75,000 from MDOT for the airport taxiway construction. The city of Hillsdale will Terry also requested the council hold a special meeting to for the Hillsdale city manager position. “I am making a request for a special city council meeting to interview at least two of the prospective candidates and allow the public to sit in and ask questions,” Terry said. “As many council members as possible should be present. This person will be working for you.” After discussion, the council decided to meet at noon on Saturday, May 2, to review at least two of the city manager candidates. All council members are expected to attend, and the public is invited to attend and ask questions of the candidates, which will be facilitated by Terry.

Hillsdale men died in history’s deadliest maritime disaster Evan Brune Senior Reporter The reverberating boom and the quiet darkness of the early morning hours on April 27, dreds of former Union prisoners of war into the cool waters of the Mississippi River, where they desperately grabbed onto each other and drowned in groups. It was the deadliest maritime disaster in history. The sinking of the SS Sultana 150 years ago resulted in the loss of 1,800 men, many of whom spent years suffering in Southern POW camps. Many of the men were from the 18th Michigan Volunteer Infantry, which mustered into service in Of the 1,800 dead, at least 27 were from Hillsdale County. “The Sultana disaster is

and maritime history, but it’s also important to understand the limits of technology and government,” Visiting Assistant Professor of History Miles Smith said. “It’s not surprising, because the government botches things up. Look at Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. This is another example of that.” College historian Arlan Gilbert had an additional take on the tragedy. “The Sultana disaster tells us something about human nature,” Gilbert said. “All of these men were former prisoners who had suffered through the worst prisons of the war. Then, in a couple of weeks, they’re freed and killed in this disaster. It’s ironic.” The Sultana, constructed in powered riverboat intended for cotton trade in the Deep South. At the end of the war, the Union army needed to move men and

materiel up the river, and because the U.S. Navy had too few ships to accomplish the task, civilian-owned riverboats like the Sultana were contracted for the job. The Union offered riverboat captains a bounty to transport discharged Union troops north at a rate of $5 per enlisted man to the Bureau of Economic Research, the average wage for an $1.50 per day. Sultana’s captain, James Cass Mason, met with Lt. Col. Reuben Hatch, a quartermaster in Vicksburg who was charged with arranging transportation for recently released Union POWs. Hatch made a deal with Mason: if Mason agreed to take 1,400 soldiers, Hatch would take a kickback and Mason would pocket the rest of the money, which amounted to at least $7,000. Mason accepted. Two things went wrong,

however. When Sultana approached Vicksburg, one of the ship’s four boilers sprung a leak. Mason, not about to lose out on the most lucrative deal of his career, ordered his mechanic to make a hasty repair. The second mistake came when the Sultana began to take on passengers. An apparent clerical error led to the loading of every Union parolee in Vicksburg onto the ship, totaling more than 2,100 men, far exceeding the Sultana’s legal capacity Rather than off-load troops, Mason ordered his crew to place heavy wooden beams under the decks of the ship, which groaned and sagged with the weight of thousands of troops and 120 tons of sugar. “The owners of these boats were just trying to line their pockets,” Gilbert said. “Not only did he have all these people and cargo, he had horses, pigs, etc.”

The Sultana began her illfated trip north on April 24, sissippi River current, strengthordered his crew to build pressure in the boilers beyond safe limits in an attempt to increase speed. In the early morning hours of April 27, the Mississippi River rapids bobbed the boat from side to side. The water in Sultana’s four boilers, which were interconnected by a series of pipes, sloshed from one side of the ship to the other. Finally, the ever-increasing heat of the metal boiler casings met one of the rushing torrents of water created by the rocking of the ship, causing a massive increase in pressure. The weakened boilers exploded, ripping the ship apart and throwing crowds of prisoners into the Mississippi, where they drowned en masse.

“The Civil War, at the end, was entirely chaotic on a macro-social scale, and this is a consequence of that chaos,” Smith said. It is unknown exactly how many men died in the sinking, since the ship was overloaded. toll at 1,800. The Sultana explosion killed 300 more than the Titanic tragedy and 200 more than the torpedoing of the USS Lusitania, making it the deadliest maritime disaster in human history. “These men just wanted to go home,” Gilbert said. “They had boiler problems earlier, and the ship wasn’t well-maintained, but they wanted to be home. Probably, that hurry-up mentality at the end of the war contributed to this disaster.”

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Tennis team closes spring season Hannah Leitner Design Editor

four-year player since the program was revived in 2011. With a long list of accomplishments both on and off the court, Peirce said Morgan’s role as leader and role model for the team is one-of-a-kind, and she will be missed. “It’s going to be hard to see Morgan leave, but she’s taught us well,” Peirce said. “The three rising seniors--me, Sydney [Delp], and Rachel [Blaauw]--just hope

The Hillsdale College women’s tennis team wrapped up their spring season after falling 5-4 to Davenport and 6-3 to Aquinas this past weekend. The two losses brought the Chargers’ spring record to 2-3. Friday brought stiff competition on the singles front. Junior Sydney Delp earned a 7-6, 6-1 win at No. 2 singles. At No. 5 singles, junior Jada Bissett battled back from a 6-1 loss in the In doubles, both Sydney and Morgan Delp at No. 1 doubles and junior Lindsay Peirce and sophomore Dana Grace Buck at No. 2 doubles won their matches 8-4. “It was very competitive,” head coach Nikki Walbright said. “The girls all had good spirits, and it was good to have a hard challenge. It was just unfortunate Saturday’s

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the team, despite strong performances from several players. Out of the three wins attributed to Hillsdale, two can be attributed to Buck’s strong perfor-

Junior Sydney Delp celebrates after a match last fall season. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian) mances, bringing home wins in both singles and doubles. At No. 4 singles, she won 6-0, 7-5, contributing the only singles win of the match. Then at No. 2 doubles, she again teamed up with Peirce to pull out an 8-3 victory. longed to the Delp sisters at No.

their competitors 9-7 in a toughly fought match. “We were down 7-4. It was one that we could have easily just let go or given up,” Sydney said. “But I think we both, even though we never said it to each other, wanted to end on a winning note.”

even though it won’t be close at all.” Now the team looks forward to training hard during the summer months in preparation for the fall season, in which the team will welcome four incoming freshman athletes. “We want to come back in the fall ready to go right away,” Peirce said. “We don’t want our preseason to be a warm-up or a

This past weekend, the Hillsdale College golf team placed ninth out of 15 teams at the GLIAC Spring Invitational in Nashport, Ohio, their last tournament of the semester. As a team, the Chargers shot a total of 621, only

match together, the duo defeated

“It was a great tournament, and I was very proud of everyone, especially considering our last GLIAC tournament results. There was a lot of improvement all around,” said senior captain Matt Chalberg. Chalberg is referring to the GLIAC Golf Championship in Georgetown, Kentucky, on the weekend of October 10th, where the team placed 14th out of 15 schools. Since this is the team’s berg was happy to see the team they could be competitive within the GLIAC. “I’m especially proud of Joe Torres, who tied for the sixth best

Steve Sartore, freshman team member, tied for 22nd, but second on the Hillsdale team, with a score of 153. Sartore joined Torres, Chalberg, Brad Mitzner, and fellow freshman Logan Kauffcomposite score used for determining place. was shot by a graduating senior, meaning the team has good chances if they continue to shoot this well next year. Chalberg added that it’s good to have so many of the team’s top golfers returning, because they can continue to develop the talent they already have. “It’ll be sad to see Brad graduate,” said Chalberg, a senior himself, but returning to play with the team next year. “I’ve enjoyed playing with him this past year, and he’ll be missed.” Sartore, with four years of eligibility still ahead of him, is excited for where the team will be next year. “It’s nice to see us place well for the last tournament, and I can’t wait for next year. I’m happy with how we performed this past weekend,” Sartore said.

Three Hillsdale College athletes have been awarded the GLIAC Commissioner’s award in recognition of their success both athletically and academically. Senior Megan Fogt and juniors Emily Oren and Kyle Cooper are among 12 GLIAC athletes recognized for their successful performances during the winter 2014-15 season. One of the most prestigious awards in the GLIAC, the Commissioner’s Award has been handed out since the 2007-08 athletic seasons. These awards are handed out at the end of each of the three seasons. The award goes to student-athletes who carry an overall grade point aver-

Freshman Steven Sartore tees off at a tourney during the fall season. (Photo Courtesy of Hillsdale College)

age of at least 3.5, are of junior or senior standing, and are top contributors to their respective teams. “It is cool to be recognized for working hard in the classroom and on the court, and for the league to recognize that is a special award. I am pretty proud of it,” Cooper said. ory that three Hillsdale students have received the GLIAC Commissioner’s Award in the same season. Megan, Emily, and Kyle all are exemplary representatives of the award, with their exceptional athletic and academic achievement,” Hillsdale Athletic Director Don Brubacher said. “We recognize that the rigors of a Hillsdale College education make it particularly challenging

for our students to compete for scholar athlete awards, which makes us exceedingly proud of the accomplishments of these students.” Only six male athletes and six female athletes are recognized for this award each season, meaning a quarter of the 12 recipients are Hillsdale College students. “I think it’s really awesome and is a testament to how hardworking all of the athletes are,” Oren said. “It is not easy going to school and being an athlete, so it is nice that people can recognize that we can work hard in both aspects.” nior All-American Megan Fogt has received the Commissioner’s Award. Fogt is a back-to-back

jumped 11.06 meters in the triple jump, and freshman Hannah Watts ran the 800 meter in 2:20. The Charger men also had a number of memorable performances at the meet. Senior Cassidy Kaufman jumped 13.27 meters in the triple jump — a personal best mark for him by a foot and a half. Sophomore Caleb Gatchell was one of three Chargers to break 2 minutes in the 800 me-

and Sam Phillips ran the steeplechase. In a reversal from last week, Wondaal bested Phillips, running the event in 9:40 and coming in second place. Miller is impressed with how his athletes are handling the long season and end of the semester academics. “Even with the academic rigor in their lives, they’re not complacent,” Miller said. “There’s really good focus within the team right now.” Today, Friday, and Saturday, the Chargers will be hosting the 49th annual Gina Relays. The three-day meet is widely regarded for its middle-distance and distances races and attracts some of the best athletes in the nation. Former Charger middledistance runner, Matt Perkins, described the atmosphere at Gina Relays as “special.” On April 29, 30 and May 1,

recipient and currently holds the highest overall GPA of any Charger student-athlete. “Academics have been my number one priority since coming to Hillsdale and it’s nice to see hard work pay off,” Fogt said. “I am just so appreciative of all of the people that have helped me to get to this place in my academic and athletic careers.” “I think it speaks so highly of not only the school itself but the excellence that is promoted and demanded by the not only the professors, administration, and coaching staff but by the students themselves,” Fogt added. “Hillsdale prepares its students so well for the future and I think having three Commissioner’s Award winners is a testament to that.”

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second in the race. “I think if I would have been upfront I would have won the race, I was going faster than [the winner] was the last 200, I just wasn’t in a good place tactically,” Gatchell said. Junior Nick Shuster jumped 1.91 meters in the high jump. For the second week in a row, freshmen Tony Wondaal

Season Leaders Batting Average Luke Ortel (.345) Vinny Delicata (.344) Runs Batted In Chris McDonald (29) Connor Bartlett (23) Earned Run Average Shane Armstrong (3.60) P.j. Cooley (3.68)

Softball Hillsdale at Ashland L, 9-0 L, 5-1 Hillsdale vs. Walsh L, 6-4 W, 5-0 Hillsdale vs. Malone W, 6-3 W, 12-3 Hillsdale at Lake Erie L, 4-1 W, 6-2

Shane Armstrong:

L to R: Seniors Mitchell Gatt, Dan Pochmara, and Shane Armstrong. (Photo Courtesy of Shane Armstrong)

More than any other sport, baseball is a game played by guys with superstitious belief. You never mess with a good streak. If you think that you are winning because you don’t shave or change your socks, then you are. The latest superstition to hit the game: facial hair. The beard fad in baseball un-

during the Giants World Series run in 2010. Fans all across baseball were mesmerized by

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a good position for the postseason.” Freshman Jared Schipper placed seventh in the meet, jumping a height of 4.96 meters. Senior Alex Mexicotte ran a 22.15 second 200 meter at the meet, but his event coach, Nate Miller, believes he can break the 22 second mark. “He and I are both looking for a better performance in the weeks to come,” Miller said. Those on the team’s “travel squad,” who didn’t travel to either the Mt. Sac Relays or LSU, went to the Al Owens Invitational at Grand Valley State University. In addition to Molly Oren’s provisional qualifying steeplechase time, junior Francesca Krohn ran two personal best times, including running under 60 seconds in the 400 meter dash; sophomore Maddie Estell

Baseball Hillsdale at Saginaw Valley L, 3-0 L, 6-1 W, 5-4 W, 12-0

San Francisco Giants closer Brian Wilson let his facial hair

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weekend. So we’re really excited to have out four freshmen. They will be great talent and just an extension of our personality and just what our team stands for as a whole.”

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the Chargers will be hosting the GLIAC conference track meet. The weekend after that, Hillsmeet for any athletes trying to qualify for the national meet. May 21, 22, and 23 the NCAA D-II national meet will be held at Grand Valley State men and seven women individuals as well as the men’s and women’s 4x400 meter relay tional meet. As the end of the season approaches, Towne expects some athletes to step up in the next few weeks. “I think we have some kids that are positioned well at the conference level and national level,” Towne said.

where #fearthebeard became a trending topic on Twitter. But the superstition goes both ways. The New York Yankees are the winningest team in Major League Baseball history and they do not allow their players to grow any facial hair. In 2013, the Boston Red Sox rode their team full of burly faces to a World Series Championship. Major League players that grow facial hair obviously get the most attention because they play on television everyday and the world is watching, but facial hair is something that has affected every level of baseballeven here at Hillsdale College. Some of the Hillsdale baseball guys who can grow facial hair on the team are taking full advantage during the season. Three guys in particular, senior right-handed pitcher Dan Pochmara, redshirt junior righthanded pitcher Mitchell Gatt, and myself, have gone razorless since the month of December. There are a number of reasons for baseball players to grow facial hair. Some do it

Baseball and beards

because they are lazy, others grow it for tradition and charity during no-shave November. But whatever the reason, facial hair is something that can create a bond among friends and teammates. Additionally, the characteristics of a beard can give insight into the type of person that is growing it. Much like people, beards have their own personality. All three beards on the pitching staff have been growing since the beginning of the semester. The facial hair growing on the face of Dan Pochmara is named El Presidente. El Presidente has its own brand of kept beard with a fun side. The name of my beard is The Amish Stallion. The name comes from my inability to grow a good mustache. is worn by Mitchell Gatt and is known as the Set-up Man. The name comes from Gatt’s ability to masterfully navigate his way through the eighth inning of a baseball game and because his tiful mane of hair on his head. Some uneducated people might call this look “homeless” or “caveman-like” but they could not be further from the truth. Beards are a great way to express yourself and can carry tradition. It makes sense that the sport of baseball is full of men with lengthy facial hair. Next time you watch a game on television or come and watch your eye out for some beards and see what they are trying to tell you.

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said. “It’s so great to hear from other coaches and runners, ‘I’ll see you at the Gina’s,’ or, ‘Are you going to the Gina’s?’ It just shows the honor and respect that we all have for her.” Lanser’s legacy is not only honored during this spring weekend when dozens of schools across all three NCAA divisions congregate on the Hillsdale track to compete, but also anytime anyone walks the halls of the college’s sports complex where Lanser’s picture has its place in the series of All-American Chargers posters, and her Hall of Fame plaque hangs on the brick walls. During her four years at Hillsdale, Lanser racked up seven All-American titles and four AllAcademic honors. She also set a new school record for the 5K and in 1987, she became the college’s only National cross-country champion. “She was a phenomenal runner— truly one of the best athletes Hillsdale has ever known in a long history of outstanding competitors,” Philipp said. “She was a coach’s dream, she could run anything from the 800 to the 10,000.” Philipp described how Lan-

ser maintained incredible control when running: “She was on a mission, and it was beautiful to witness.” Throughout her collegiate career Lanser maintained a 4.0 GPA. “She was truly a liberal-arts girl,” Philipp said. Phillips added that Lanser is remembered amongst friends and teammates for her strength, beauty, and humility. race, which was most often in one of the top positions, she would always turn around and reach towards her teammates coming in behind her. Her humble and gentle words inspired and comforted. She always gave praise to her teammates and glory to God,” Philipp said. “She was and continues to be a role model for all of us.” Lundberg also saw this humility. “She was one of the best of the best of our students,” he said, “but you’d never know how much success she achieved — you’d have to pry it out of her.” The Gina Relays begin today at 3 p.m. and continue through Saturday afternoon.

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Charger Sports Softball fighting for GLIAC tourney spot Morgan Delp Editor-in-Chief

Pitching leads Chargers to Sunday sweep Stevan Bennett Collegian Freelancer Great pitching lifted the Chargers to two wins over the Saginaw Valley State Cardinals on Sunday, after dropping the Saturday. The story on Saturday was a base en route to a 3-0 loss in the series opener, and then left second half of the doubleheader, which Hillsdale lost 6-1. tion,” head coach Eric Theisen said. “We were really just a -

Despite the two losses, Hillsdale starting pitching was effective on Sunday.

helped us to save the bullpen for Sunday.” The lone Charger run of the by junior Luke Ortel in the ninth When the Chargers arrived on Sunday for the second set of ning Hillsdale doubled their run ing one run on a groundout by junior Connor Bartlett and adding another on a double by junior Chris McDonald. The Chargers added another run in the second inning on a double by Ortel. threw 4 1-3 innings, allowing four earned runs on seven Cardinal hits. 1 1-3 innings, allowing only two

hits. Senior Melissa Felkey at bat in a home game against Tiffin University. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

lowed by throwing 7 1-3 innings

runs, only two earned, on 12 hits. “Both of our starting pitchers gave us a chance to win,” Theisen said. “They fought

against Ferris State and Grand Valley State Universities. Hillsdale sits perilously in eighth place with a 12-10 conference record after splitting lege on Tuesday. The Chargers need to win three of this week-

fer all contributed two hits each uted eight RBIs total. “We hit really well,” Grunert said of the win. Chargers battled back to win the second 6-2.

a good chance at continuing their season. or a little over it,” head coach ing Walsh and Findlay splitting with Ashland added up to a disaster for us yesterday: We

it.” Hillsdale split with Walsh University on Saturday before wins Sunday. The Chargers lost to Walsh 4-6 before blanking sdale won 6-3 and 12-3 thanks

the top of the league, you have said. Looking ahead to this weekend, Hillsdale will face Ferris State, ranked two spots behind Hillsdale with a GLIAC record of 8-11. Saturday brings a ers, ranked fourth in the league at 13-8. gled this year. But the league

“I love the idea of being

The Chargers entered the seventh inning trailing by a run, and quickly recorded two outs. A string of two-out hits by Bartlett, McDonald, and sophoCharger runs, giving Hillsdale a one run lead heading into the

win.” only allowing one Cardinal hit, giving the Chargers a 5-4 victory. to be another shootout, with the Chargers scoring in the top of

who threw seven shutout innings against the Chargers on Saturday. even begin to see how those two

Junior Jacob Gardner had different plans, however, as he

cus on the wins.

lineup, throwing eight scoreless

to win the award two weeks in a

and striking out seven. and do your best to throw up zeros,” Gardner said. “I was able to go out there and do that thanks

Gardner said. The Chargers will play the Grand Valley State Lakers in a

this point,” Theisen said. “We the day, allowing no baserunners sweep of the doubleheader.

we have to go out and treat it is business as usual until the end.”

EMILY OREN, MEN’S 4X400 SET SCHOOL RECORDS Evan Carter Web Editor

Despite falling, Galat found a way to place third in her race in 16:30 — only one second off

This past weekend, the Chargers split not two, but three ways, traveling to the Mt. Sac Relays in California, the Louisiana State

assistant track coach Joe Lynn

The athletes that traveled to end. Towne highlighted junior Sarah Benson as two “solid” Zehner was .01 seconds off her

as the Al Owens Invitational in Grand Rapids. Highlights of the weekend

hurdles and Benson had a good Senior Heather Lantis threw

school record (16:17), a school ter relay (3:10.79), and a national -

Only seven distance and to the Mt. Sac Relays, but they -

ed off the Northwestern State

for anybody to beat anybody,” ball, not football or basketball, -

two, where Hillsdale racked up seven runs. “The pitcher was putting the ball right there, so it was easy to tee off on. We play well in good

7 2-3 innings on Wednesday against Findlay, allowing only one earned run. Many on the Hillsdale squad believed that these two starts warranted a GLIAC Player of the Week award, but the award instead went to Saginaw Valley

record. Also on the record set-

2:12 and head track coach Andrew Towne called it, “one of the

and Colby Clark. runs along the inside of the track; at one point in the race, she was

Junior Corinne Zehner ran the 100-meter hurdles in 14.02 at the Hillsdale Invite, earning her first place and the GLIAC Athlete of the Week. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

for us,” Chase said. “We broke a school record, and it put us in

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Charger Chatter: morgan delp When did you start playing tennis? I started playing when I was tennis so she had us in tennis lesup at. We loved it and played it ever since. It was kind of the one thing we always did, even when we were playing other tennis. My parents were really supportive of it, but never really Morgan Delp is a history major and journalism minor who will be graduating this spring and teaching social studies and journalism at her alma mater, Toledo Central Catholic, in the fall. She will also be the assistant coach for the school’s women’s tennis team. Delp earned second-team All-GLIAC honors all four years of her collegiate career.

coach. This past weekend we houses, and her parents were so kind and hospitable. I think

cousins — so a lot of people. What are you going to miss most about being on the tennis team? sport at the college level, but

take bigger responsibilities. You

Do you plan to keep playing tennis?

we stuck with it. Who all in your family plays tennis? -

balance tennis, Collegian, being in a sorority, and all the things that you do for the past four years?

ing aspect of tennis. There are a tive play for adults, leagues and looking forward to playing for How have you managed to

that the support and encouragea lot. My coach realizes that

play doubles together. We did it all through high school and really fun doubles partner too and energetic, and I love playing with her. We also know what to say to each other, to help each other.

and people at the Collegian real-

What is your biggest takeaway from being on the tennis team? I guess it kind of goes along with

ing all the things that you do, it

how well a coach can balance

What has it been like having your sister (junior Sydney Delp) on the team? because we get to play doubles together. There have been few

If you could do anything differently in your tennis experience at Hillsdale, what would that be? -

also caring about her athletes ic lives, which has been really cool to see how Coach Nikki is supportive each of us players.

safe, consistent player. I was

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Action, romance, and humor: ‘Cymbeline’ has it all Shakespeare in the Arb presents ‘Cymbeline’ next weekend Breana Noble Collegian Reporter Secret marriages, contemplating suicide, and crossdressing are the stuff of many of William Shakespeare’s plays. They are all found in Shakespeare in the Arb’s production of “Cymbeline.” Running Friday, May 2 and Saturday, May 3 at 1 p.m., the three hour show will be performed outdoors unless inclement weather moves it to Mauck’s Solarium. Student players take the audience back in time to the 17th century and the open air Globe Theatre with the convenience of production in the Slayton Arboretum. The play is di-

rected by seniors Maran McLeod and Julie Finke. “Open-air Shakespeare is classic,” McLeod said. “It really creates a communal experience where the actors and the audience are experiencing it all together, as opposed to here is the audience sitting in these seats and here is the stage. I think it helps bring the audience into the world that Shakespeare is describing.” Produced as early as 1611, “Cymbeline” is a tragic comedy, also known as a romance, according to Provost David Whalen. The play’s protagonist is Imogen, daughter of the King of Britain, Cymbeline. Imogen marries a man named Posthumus against her father’s wishes, causing him to be sent into exile. While away,

Posthumus becomes paranoid his wife will betray him, and between trickery, lies, and suitors, the play tells of the journey the two lovers take to be reunited. “Many readers consider it one of his more mystifying plays with a large, epic, sweeping plot that contains wildly improbable events and juxtapositions of character,” Whalen said. “It’s easy to enjoy it in light of light and probthe idea of the grandest and most luminous of Shakespeare’s themes: forgiveness, reconciliation, reunion, loss, suffering, resignation. It’s entertaining, but at a deeper level, there are some profound human meanings being contemplated.” McLeod and Finke chose

Sophomore Shelby Ripley and junior James O’Rourke cross swords in Shakespeare in the Arb’s “Cymbeline.” (Breana Noble/Collegian)

“Cymbeline” for Shakespeare in breaks the run of comedies from the past several years, but also provides a positive tone during edy because we spend so much time doing the play, and a Hillsdale semester can be stressful with all the academics you’re involved in,” Finke said. “Doing something that is funny or lighthearted, particularly during students. We didn’t want to do something that would be dark and depressing, but something that would be fun, but also have some of the deeper elements.” The play incorporates many of the aspects and themes from

Shakespeare’s other works into its plot as well. “You’ll have a woman dressing up as a man, a woman taking a potion that makes her appear dead like ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ you have some ‘King Lear’ moments, an evil queen, a beheading, a full battle scene,” Finke said. “‘Cymbeline’ is just everything.” Sophomore Dani Morey, who plays leading lady Imogen, says “Cymbeline” is her favorite Shakespeare play and one of the reasons she chose to attend Hillsdale College. “I saw a production of it and decided that I had to come here, so when I saw they were doing it, I was elated and had to try out,” Morey said. “It’s like Shakespeare’s greatest hits. It takes all

the plot points of Shakespeare’s normal play and condenses them all together, and the female lead is a very strong, compelling character. It’s been a treat to explore her.” While Shakespeare in the Arb has practically no budget, according to McLeod, the informal production provides the opportunity for all students to enjoy the well-known writer. “What I love about Shakespeare in the Arb is that it really is a forum where everyone can enjoy Shakespeare,” McLeod said. “It’s not where you have to be an English major studying Shakespeare, and you don’t have to be a theatre major studying

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Directors Maran McLeod and Julie Finke lead the cast of Shakespeare in the Arb’s production of “Cymbeline.” (Breana Noble/Collegian)

‘Stages of Life’ in art Winners of $1,000 prize to be announced Tuesday Morgan Delp Editor-in-Chief “It gives such divine materials to men, and accepts such leavings from them at last.” This ending line of Walt Whitman’s “This Compost” was the inspiration for sophomore Cecily Parell’s entry in this year’s thematic art competition. Parell’s work, a wet-clay sculpture of a cow skull, represents death, which she called “the great provider of life.” “Without death you don’t have the elements to go back into the soil to be renewed and made into something else,” Parell said. This year’s theme is “Stages of Life,” and the three winners of the 17 submissions will be announced at the opening of the student art show on Tuesday at 4 p.m. There will be a prize of $1,000 awarded to the best drawing and painting piece, $1,000 for the best sculpture, and $1,000 for the best digital-medium piece, as judged by the entirety of the art faculty. Associate Professor of Art

Barbara Bushey said this year’s entries were some of the strongest she’s seen. “All media are represented,” she said. “I think that divvying up the prize money was a good thing, because somebody who worked in sculpture might think ‘it’s too hard for me to get to the point where it’s done,’ and someone in photography might think ‘I can do a whole lot but I might not be considered because oil paintings take more time.’ We thought dividing by media might encourage more people to participate, and we were right.” The contest began in 2007, and topics over the years have included Shakespeare, mythology, biblical love, the American founding, portraits, hands, and energy. “The art faculty had all sorts of ideas for how we would have approached energy, but it didn’t work so well,” Bushey said. Junior Forester McClatchey submitted a 30” by 36” oil paintwards the surf. “The theme was ‘Stages of Life’ and for some reason that was an inescapable image. When

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baby sea turtles hatch it’s a terrifying experience for them — less than four percent survive,” he said. “I didn’t want it to be stricthas a bleaker tone than some of the other submissions. From the perspective of the birds diving down to get them, they are allowing their chicks to survive.” McClatchey’s piece took him a month of nightly work to complete, and Parell’s piece broke three times during the process. “I have a collection of skulls. My dad’s a veterinarian and my original interest here was biology. I’ve been doing skulls for a while. It helps me to learn the anatomical features,” she said. “It’s fun to sculpt skulls because they are so fragile. It’s a challenge. Mine broke three times. With wet clay you have to work really quickly and if one part is too thick or too thin, or if you don’t put a break in there, like I didn’t in the eye socket, it will pop off.” One caveat to the contest was that students were not permitted to seek any advice or approval from an art department professor. McClatchey saw this as both a “There were certain mistakes that I made that I couldn’t see till some risky moves that I probably wouldn’t have been permitted to do by professors.”

Things

To do and see This week

April 20-24 Senior Art Exhibit #4: Halcyon Days Daughtrey Gallery Sage Center for the Arts Seniors Erin Dellinger, Kinsey Devenport, Olivia McAlexander, and Michelle McAvoy will present a senior exhibit of their best work from their time at Hillsdale College. Erin Dellinger’s work will range from pen, ink, and watercolor illustrations to sculpture and charcoal drawings of pieces will focus mainly on photography and will highlight a few of her watercolor and oil paintings. Similarly, Olivia McAlexander will display photography and illustration style pieces. Michelle McAvoy will feature graphic design work ranging from posters to branding projects, and she will display a collection of photography. April 24-25 Hillsdale College Big Band Sage Center for the Arts Markel Auditorium 8 p.m. The Hillsdale College Big Band presents its spring concert with guest artist Christopher Vadala on saxophone. Ticket reservations required.

April 25 Vintage in concert at the Underground Broad Street Downtown Underground 55 N Broad St. 8 p.m. This classic rock, pop, country, motown, and blues band brings their smooth harmonies to the Underground Saturday night. April 26 Hillsdale College Choirs Spring Concert College Baptist Church 3 p.m. The Hillsdale College Choir and Chamber Choir present their semesterly concert on Sunday at College Baptist Church. The choirs will be accompanied by the Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra and will feature Karl Jenkins’ “The Armed Man: Mass For Peace.” No ticket reservations required. Hillsdale College Choirs Spring Concert Sunday, April 26 | 3 pm College Baptist Church April 28-May 9 Awards Ceremony & Opening April 28 at 4 p.m. Daughtrey Gallery Sage Center for the Arts This professionally juried exhibit features all levels of student works from spring semester studio courses.

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Orchestra bringing year to conclusion (Photo courtesy of Micah Meadowcroft)

IN FOCUS

Micah Meadowcroft

The end of the semster: Don’t

let papers stop you from writing Slow down. Enjoy reading the newspaper. Sure, it’s hell week and you’ve got a helluva can sleep—or ingest whatever cocktail of stimulants and supplements and fumes you’ve replaced that with before studying

journal, or a personal poem, or a love note, or that sonnet you want to get published, or that story that might just grow up to be novel. There’s more than the vignette

you very much, or a spray painted four letter concrete cave painting, or a few pages for your favorite and remember life is bigger than seminar. It is all of this, and it is this. Go check out this week’s also the term paper. cartoon. Breathe. It can even be the term paIn all the research and late per you didn’t put the preparanights, eyes bleary and bloodshot, tory work in for. That makes it harder to be comfortable, harder Carpal Tunnel, you have likely to care about quality when you’re ceased to think of this as writ- focused on the clock face, but it ing. This is survival and you are can, and must, be done. Have fun writing your essays. Care about how you say what of time and professor promised you say. Don’t just write because death of grade. The grey number you have to. Make the decision in the corner of the Microsoft to take your assignment as an opWord display portunity, not a is the enemy. It burden. You’re refuses to grow supposed to and laughs about I’m not here to say you write at your tears. should have started sooner, how economic You never conditions in smoked before done your homework, read late 19th centhis week, but more, taken better notes. You tury France now you hope can tell yourself that. Term contributed to cigarettes and papers may very well have the rise of comwriters go to- to be this not-divine and not- munist political gether in more particularly-funny Dantean movements in ways than lung descent that ends with you southeast Asia? cancer. You’re First, that’s acsceptical that curled in the corner of the tually probably H e m i n g w a y library basement, hoping the a super interestwas thinking books aren’t actually talking ing topic and about a term and that’s just the caffeine maybe I need paper when he and the sleep deprivation and to go Wikipegave his fa- everything will be ok soon. dia binge now. mous alcoholic But writing doesn’t. Second, just authorial adbecause you’re vice, but you’re bored doesn’t willing to try it. mean your proBesides, you fessor has to be, won’t even have time to edit, so so make those sentences varied you don’t even have to sober up and interesting and that argument before the weekend. tighter than a pair of your high It doesn’t have to be this way. school jeans. Third, entertain Hell week might. I’m not here to yourself. say you should have started soonEngross yourself in not just er, done your homework, read the topic, but the words and more, taken better notes. You can phrases and rhythms and structell yourself that. Term papers ture of your paper. Even if your may very well have to be this argument wouldn’t convince a not-divine and not-particularly- three year-old, don’t let your funny Dantean descent that ends sentences go to waste. Ignore with you curled in the corner of the fact that your professor has the library basement, hoping the to read your paper for their job, books aren’t actually talking and and make your prose compelling that’s just the caffeine and the enough to keep them interested sleep deprivation and everything in, if not what you say, how you will be OK soon. But writing say it. Bonus points if you write doesn’t. not just with verve, but with In all the pain of this week, wit—whimsy too. of the one after that, don’t forget that writing can be fun. I’m not just talking about trolling on facebook, or texting the girl you haven’t quite got around to growing the gonads to ask out to lunch, or those Shakespearean fridge magnets. It’s not just a

Micah Meadowcroft is a junior from Vancouver, Washington majoring in history and minoring in journalism through the Dow Journalism Program. This is his last issue as the Arts editor for the Collegian.

ShakeSpeare From B1 theatre formally. Julie is a biochem major, and I’m a history major, and yet, everyone can enjoy Shakespeare, and it’s something everyone should study, have fun with, and read aloud. It’s been a pleasure getting the chance to work with it.” While these directors may not be pursuing theatre in the future, they are no strangers to the world of Shakespeare. Both have participated in Shakespeare in the Arb three of their four years at Hillsdale. McLeod has a background in dance and acting as well as friends with connections to the Royal Shakespeare Company, which inspired this year’s monologue training. “Instead of reading these monologues as just a monologue, we’ve been able to apply different workshop techniques,” Finke said. Additionally, Finke attended Shakespeare summer camp for nath, who plays Philario. “Working with Julie on this is a lot of fun,” Kunath said. “She’s a good director, very accommodating. Before, we were working together as actors, so now it’s director-actor relationship, so it’s slightly different.” McLeod and Finke said they have enjoyed working with all

the actors and using their talents, knowledge, and resources to create the best production it can be. Junior Daniel Negri has experience in theater combat and became a valuable asset to the show in choreographing battle scenes and leading the warriors. “I had done Macbeth in high tain for that, so I knew a little bit about choreography,” Negri said. Each pair of actors develops their own routine with directorial advice from movement learned Negri said. theatrical combat gives you an opportunity to slip in a bunch of From battles with action to romance and a trio providing live music, Shakespeare in the Arb’s “Cymbeline” has it all. “That’s one of the things that’s beautiful about Shakespeare in the Arb,” Finke said. “It’s so much the Hillsdale and liberal arts experience. You don’t do it to have a purpose from it; it’s not just a means to an end; it’s an end in and of itself. We enjoy it because it is what it is, and that’s a beautiful thing.”

Tom Novelly Collegian Reporter The Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra is making prepMay 7th in Markel Auditorium, featuring solos by senior Hannah Taylor and sophomore Stevan Lukich and an accompaniment of well-known and hidden classical treasures. Conductor and Music Department Chair James Holleman, has created a set list consisting of classical favorites such as Franz Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody,” and Édouard Lalo’s “Le roi d’Y’s Overture,” as well as pieces that will be new to most listeners, such as Ottorino Respighi’s “Fountains of Rome.” The set list has provided the orchestra and soloists with a pleasant chal-

lenge, and they have risen to the occasion in their bi-weekly practices. “The orchestra members have really taken initiative in coming prepared to rehearsal and then remaining focused for the duration of the rehearsals so that we plained. “This concert features several really vibrant, yet classic pieces that present intricate parts for each orchestral section. As each section realizes the importance of their part during rehearsals, when all those elaborate parts come together, the individual players and sections improve— and of course, the orchestral experience as a whole improves.” The brass section in particular will be utilized more in this orchestra performance, primarily in Respighi’s “Fountain of Rome.” “The piece begins and ends with strings and woodwinds,

but in the middle there is a fullfor the low brass section, which will really showcase our talent,” said freshman Jacob Hann, who plays bass trombone. “This piece pieces I’ve played in the past, but that’s what makes it fun.” Both of the soloists look forward to playing their pieces and are excited for the challenge their pieces have provided in practice. For Lukich, performing his piece has been a goal since he began playing the violin. ‘Scottish Fantasy’ by Max Bruch was at a summer music camp back in 8th grade,” Lukich said, “Every since then, I’ve always really loved the piece and wanted portunity to study this piece last semester and to compete with it as well.”

Taylor, who will be playing Eugene Goossens’ “Oboe Concerto, Op. 45,” is prepared but uneasy. “I’ve been playing oboe in the orchestra since freshman year, so for 3 years now,” Taylor the thought of performing in front of a large crowd. However, I am absolutely grateful and thrilled to have this opportunity to perform with such a talented group of musicians.” proud send-off for senior members of the orchestra, as well as an exciting conclusion to a hectic to be able to share this work with solo is poetic. It goes out with a bang and ends on a happy note, so it’s a great way to start the summer!”

The restrained Passion of ‘Kindred’ Sara Chojnacki Special to the Collegian According to Michael Angelakos, the man behind indietronica giant Passion Pit, “no one wants you to be successful in this world.” If you know anything about Angelakos’ private life, which was rendered public by 2012’s successful “Gossamer” and a tell-all interview with Pitchfork Magazine, then this cynical comment won’t surprise you. Angelakos suffers from bipolar disorder, and the mornPitchfork decided to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge so he could “go out on a high note.” But in light of Passion Pit’s newly released album, “Kindred,” it’s harder to believe that Angelakos still really means it. track of “Kindred,” is a celebration dedicated to Angelakos’ wife, Kristy Mucci, for helping him through the darkness of his mental illness. “Gossamer” revealed a guilt-ridden and directionless Angelakos buried beneath cheery pop melodies.

“Kindred,” in a mere 38 minutes, covers the three years he spent trading guilt for gratitude. Angelakos has said that the honesty of “Gossamer” helped him confront his demons, but in “Whole Life Story,” he exposes the other side of the coin, apologizing for the spotlight he put on his wife when he shed light on his own issues. Ultimately, he urges her to accept the limelight: “We’ve got nothing to hide / Just give it some more time.” Sonically, “Kindred” is calmer and less frenzied than previous Passion Pit albums. All of the hand claps, snaps, galactic electronic starbursts, and bright tones are readily available for the band’s veterans to enjoy, but these are markedly subdued. “Dancing on the Graves” is the biggest departure from Passion Pit’s previous canon of jingly dance jams. It sounds like an intro that lasts the length of a song, which may disappoint some fans who listen for all the bells and whistles of an electronic parade. It’s the closest thing to “acoustic” that you could ask of a Passion Pit track, with Angelakos’ vocals taking center stage, accompanied by a softened synth and light keyboard. Across

the entire album, Angelakos’ voice does more of the heavy lifting to give us the ear candy that Passion Pit’s electric light show usually provides. This is especially true of “Looks Like Rain,” a melancholy prayer that features a trilling falsetto rather than a clamour of synth. The instrumental interludes sound like a Passion Pit song played in reverse, reminding us of earlier albums but staying consistent with the theme of progress. The lyrics describe Angelakos’ wish that the clouds of his mental instability would disperse forever. There’s a kind of acceptance that, even not always be as bright as the song would suggest. The theme of salvation appears again in “My Brother Taught Me How to Swim,” which presents us with a “washed away all my sins.” Here he struggles with the concept of

track on the album; thematically it resolves the nine previous songs, but its heavy-handed treatment of Angelakos’ voice is unlike anything else on the record. In it, he resolves to continue making music, but causes us to question the direction in which Passion Pit’s next work will go. “Kindred” is an album which rewards us on each repeated listen, and, like its title suggests, develops a warm familiarity and intimacy. Although the album takes a more somber approach to Passion Pit’s classically euphoric and airy sound, morsels like “Until We Can’t (Let’s Go)” and “Five Foot Ten (I)” deliver the shimmering dance tracks that we want from Passion Pit. “Kindred” has much of the sweetness of past albums, but with less danger of giving its listener a sugar rush. Sara Chojnacki is a senior studying English and French from East Troy, Wisconsin.

love saved has him, but afraid to “give away the love” he has tried for so long to accept. The severely auto-tuned “Ten Feet Tall (II)” is the most suspect

Choir sings for peace Sunday Shane Armstrong Senior Reporter The Hillsdale College Concert Choir and Chamber Choir will perform their spring concert at College Baptist Church at 3 p.m. Sunday. It will be the choir’s second concert of the year, which will display the talents of singers with all different levels of experience. The concert’s centerpiece will be Karl Jenkins’ “The Armed Man: Mass For Peace,” which will be performed with the Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra. Senior choir members will be honored with an introduction and will receive a rose. The seniors

opening stanza before being joined by the rest of the choir. The Concert Choir is made up of over 100 students while the Chamber Choir is composed of 29 members. “It is cool when we have over 100 members in the choir, because there are a lot of professors and other students that are in class with members and come show their support,” said James Holleman, chair of the music department. The concert will be open to the public and free for everyone in the community. Because there will be only one performance, reservations are not required. The concert will be a good opportunity to see what choir students have been working on during the semester. “For me, choir is a great place

to let all of the stresses of your just focus on music,” freshman Madeline Conover said. “I love getting to perform challenging pieces with wonderful people.” In total the concert will consist of seven pieces, and will be something that faculty, students, and community members can all enjoy together. “My favorite part about choir is being able to be part of something that makes something so beautiful. Choir has provided me with an outlet to be creative and it is a good way to free your mind,” freshman Elizabeth Turner said. For the seniors in the concert it will be the last chance to share their musical talent with the student body and the community as a whole. For the freshmen, sophomores, and juniors it will be an

opportunity to show everyone the hard work that has been put in by the group during the year and leave for the summer with a job well done. “Being in the choir has been a great experience. Its a good time plan on being a member in the future,” Conover said. The walls of College Baptist Church will reverberate with the best voices Hillsdale College has to offer Sunday.

Big Band bringing it this weekend Jo Kroeker Collegian Freelancer

Hillsdale’s Big Band will perform their spring concert this Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. Teacher of Music Chris McCourry, the band director, is bringing in guest saxophonist Chris Vadala, who currently is the Director of Jazz Studies and a saxophone professor at the University of Maryland. The concert will feature pieces from last semester, this semester, and even some that McCourry was not initially sure the band could handle. “This is the best the band has been in the four years I’ve been playing with it,” senior double bassist Joseph Banovetz said. Many of the jazz concerts feature guest artists, and this one is no exception. Vadala performed with the internationally recog-

nized Chuck Mangione Quartet and has recorded or played with jazz greats like Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, and Ray Charles. “I like to bring in guys who are the students can see what the real deal is like,” McCourry said. McCourry explained his excitement for Vadala’s acceptance to solo with the big band. “I played to death with his CDs. I dreamed about doing solos with Chris Vadala. Now it’s going to happen,” McCourry said. “He was like a rockstar to us.” McCourry is not the only musician thrilled to play with Vadala. “I am very excited to play with him. He’s kind of a big deal,” said sophomore trumpet player Luke Zahari. “I can say without a doubt that he is a saxophone juggernaut. I can tell that he’s going to wow the audience,” Banovetz said.

Vadala will solo on the last band will play: “Take The ‘A’ Train,” “A Night in Tunisia,” “Quintessence,” “Children Of Sanchez,” and “Down By the Riverside.” The concert will mix classics standards like “Take the ‘A’ Train” and “Corner Pocket” with contemporary standards like “Blues and the Abstract Truth” and “Down by the Riverside.” “They like playing the hard stuff,” McCourry said. “We’re doing a couple of Oliver Nelson charts. They go ‘this is so cool, this is so cool.’ Once they start to learn the contemporary language, they get really excited.” “I’m looking forward to ‘Blues and the Abstract Truth’ by Oliver Nelson and ‘Corner Pocket’ a la Count Basie,” said Zahari, who will solo in “Corner Pocket.” “The old folks will enjoy ‘The Best is Yet to Come’ and ‘Stompin’ at the Savoy,’” Mc-

Courry said. Banovetz is looking forward to “Stompin’ at the Savoy” as well. “I’m playing a bass feature; it’s basically just a chance for me to show off,” Banovetz said. The eclectic set will highlight big band jazz through the 20th century, and introduce the audience to a wide variety of sounds and styles. Because of this, there will be something for everyone to enjoy. “As long as there’s a strong reaction, love or hate, I’m good,” said McCourry. With the big band’s enthusiasm high, and the presence of renowned saxophonist Vadala, this year’s spring concert promises a night of great tunes and great energy.

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The future plans in the works, such as the chapel, dorm renovations, and new outdoor tennis courts, are only a portion of the administration’s plans for the future of Hillsdale’s campus. The master plan, which includes all the projects the college hopes to eventually accomplish, includes renovations from the Knorr Student Center to near the Sports Complex. While these projects remain only ideas still, having not been fully architecturally mapped and designed and require funds not currently in possession, Chief Administrative transform campus. “It provides an idea of what might ultimately happen and it gives us something that can be dale College is a lifelong commitment. Students and alumni are always to be of service to the college, and the college is always there to help them and be

a service to them. These buildings are a part of that. What we build affects the functioning and excellence of the campus, and it’s also crucial to the functioning and excellence of its outreach programs.” The school plans to give Knorr a $5-million renovation. “We’ll have a colonnade or something like a colonnade that would blend it in with the outIn addition to the building’s aesthetics, the outside space of place will provide use of the outdoor area for all four seasons, tios will be extended to create space behind Knorr and before the quad. “There is the intention of beautifying the exterior and also rendering that area into giving it porch-like elements that create comfortable and appealing spaces that allow students to sit, David Whalen said. “The students do a good job of squeezing

high-tech classrooms providing the capabilities for students to participate in events or classes taking place at the Kirby Center in Washington, D.C., classrooms and seminar rooms for marketing presentations and graduate classes, and room for the new radio station and program that launches in July. Additionally, the college hopes to increase its $4.5 million from 340 ft. to 800 ft. Central Hall is scheduled to be renovated with a backside addition so as to be accessible from all sides. “This proposed project brings everything together – Searle din-

Conceptual design for the entryway of the Knorr Student Center. (Courtesy of Richard Pewe)

as much use of the outdoors as they can. It might be nice to have extended semi-covered porch arBoth the inside and outside of Knorr will be renovated. presentable, but it’s still in a place that’s not on the reading,”

The space will hopefully allow for networking and closer communication between students and college visitors. “We’ll be more visible,” Executive Director of Career Services Michael Murray said. “The opportunity to interact with stu-

dents will increase just because they see you. There’s going to Searle Center. It’ll help create a space for all the people that come to campus that they have a space to do business, and the students there, so natural relationships can form.”

expansion, Knorr, Dow – into said. “That’s the goal: they had a planned, everything looks like it was placed in the right spot. There’s a harmony. We try to make our architecture beautiful that represents what we were and are.”

WHIP gives tours Vivian Hughbanks Collegian Reporter WASHINGTON ---- Walking down a subterranean corafternoon, Senator Tom Cot-

away in the basement’s endless brick walls. That’s just his temporary ofiel Sunne told me. The 114th Congress is still in the process

Natalie Stovall and the Drive and Chris Lane will headline for Centralhallapalooza this Saturday. (Photos Courtesy of Natalie Stovall and Chris Lane)

many freshman members are in

A Drive down country Lane Sarah Chavey Collegian Reporter All his life he was an athlete. Even in college, Chris Lane was a baseball player. It wasn’t until knee surgeries hindered him from professional play that Lane decided to learn guitar. In the next few years, he transformed from an athlete who’d never sung in front of a crowd to a professional country singer. “I went from playing baseball in a stadium to playing music in a stadium,” Lane said. “It’s not something I ever dreamed about doing as a child.” with brotherly competition rather than music and guitars. “We always had competitions…who could score the most touchdowns, or who could hit the most homeruns. There was always something we were competing over, either sports or girls,” Lane said. Lane said some have claimed that he always strives to be the center of attention, but he believes that’s simply a result of the competition. He and his identical twin brother now perform together, often confusing the audience by their looks. Chris sings and his brother plays the drums. “We still give each other a hard time. If I mess up the vocals, he gives me a hard time. If he messes up the drums, I give him a hard time,” Lane said. Lane’s interest in country performing was originally piqued by country star Keith Urban. “The only reason I wanted to learn how to play guitar was because I’m a huge Keith Urban fan. I covered a lot of his songs

Small majorS From B4 ness. To Blum, this wide variety proves sociology’s value. “Students ask me, ‘what am I gonna do with a sociology major?’ and my answer is ‘anything you want,’” he said. “That’s what we’re supposed to be doing as a liberal arts college.” The department of philosophy and religion, whose constituent majors count small

inspired me the most to want to play and sing, and I’m very thankful for that” Lane said. Lane and his brother formed a band with some more experi-

“There’s nothing like having people sing the lyrics of your song back to you. It’s such a good feeling.” enced performers. Despite the novelty of the band, they began attracting crowds. “Once people started coming out to shows, I just decided to try to write my own music. I had to songs were pretty average, but I guess people liked them and I’m grateful for that. I just put out a record of all self-done stuff—no promotion—and it became popular that way,” Lane said. One of his favorite memories Nashville, Tennessee playing on the same stage as many of his favorite artists. However, he said an even greater thrill was his decision to pursuing music. “Music is my greatest achievement because it kind of came out

songs to cover is called “Let Me Love You.” “I love singing that and people love to sing along. I love the connection that you can make with the crowd, and the way a song can make you feel. Being on stage is my favorite part of the whole process,” Lane said. “I’m looking forward to playing for a college crowd. College students always seem to be the most wild, they seem to have the most fun.” With energetic blonde hair, a personable southern accent, and a natural charisma, Natalie Stovall was born to perform on stage. Ever since she was four and her grandmother saw an advertisement in the newspaper for violin lessons, the stage has enticed her. “I was kind of a ham and the was always my least favorite, and if I was giving my mom a hard time about it, she would take me to the park. She knew if I could draw a crowd, I could play all day,” Stovall said. was as a child performer in the Opryland Kid’s Club. In college, she formed a band and toured Nashville during the summers. After graduating from Berkley College of Music with a major in vocal performance, Stovall and her drummer reformed the band and expanded their performances. They often perform for the

be doing sports for a really long time, and I didn’t overcome that fact until college,” Lane said. Now, he loves performing more than he would ever have imagined. One of his favorite

for the navy troops there, marking a highlight. Even more remarkable was her experience with George W. Bush. “I was invited to sing for the president at the White House, and

separately (in 2014: six for philosophy, six for philosophy and religion, and 3 for religion; in 2015: 5 religion, 2 philosophy and religion, and 7 for philosophy) but are under the same department, has experiences similar to other small majors. “Like physics and sociology, few students come to Hillsdale -

jors get hooked from the Intro-

Grewcock Chair Tom Burke said. “In fact, hardly anybody does. So few kids have any real philosophy class before they come here.” Most eventual ma-

Also like physics and sociology, philosophy and religion department majors are well-equipped for post-graduate life. This year, three philosophy graduates have been accepted into philosophy post-graduate programs (with one accepted to programs in philosophy and theology). Other students with the major go on to do “all sorts of things: business, teaching, graduate school, law school, ministry, mission work — quite a variety,” Burke said. “In a sense, it’s like any other

female to be invited to the correspondence dinner,” Stovall said. Looking back, Stovall said that her greatest achievement was pursuing her musical dreams. “It’s not an easy road, and there have been a lot of set-backs. But I still believe I was born to do this and I know this is what I was meant to do. I’m not going to give up on that,” Stovall said. Senior Alex Fogt watched her “I think my favorite part about seeing her perform was during ing a pair of beads in the front row and came over to where I was. She leaned down close, took a picture with me, grabbed my beads, and wore them for her entire show. That is the moment I became a huge fan of her as one of the newest talents in country music,” Fogt said in an email. Some of her favorite songs include the crowd pleasers “Devil Went Down to Georgia” and “Baby Come On With It,” as well as a new song called “We Are.” “There’s nothing like having people sing the lyrics of your song back to you. It’s such a good feeling,” Stovall said. She hopes to linger after the show to meet students. “Since Natalie is still up and coming as an artist, she is super personable with all of her fans. She is also extremely talented these days among artist Her motwhich are obvious in each of the shows I have seen her perform,” Fogt said.

major. You can do anything you want with it. It’s not training for a job, it’s a liberal arts degree. “What the major is is not necessarily indicative of what they’ll do in their career.” Despite their relative size on campus, these and other minor majors have impacted both campus and the lives of their holders in major ways. Above all, they prove yearly that there’s more to academic life at Hillsdale than majoring in English or economics. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

courage and chivalry, as best I understand them, to a 10-yeartors from the visitor’s center, we stopped in the old Supreme Court chamber where the highest court in the land met until 1860, when it was moved upstairs to the original chamber for the Senate. “My favorite spot was the Old Senate Chamber because so many of the great compromises happened there,” reSwanson ’14, who interned in during the spring of 2013. “It harkens back to a time where Senators actually listened on

Sunne is an intern in the ofthe Washington Hillsdale Inconstituent tours of the Capitol regularly, sometimes more than one in a day. On this unusually warm Thursday, we took the stairs building where members of congress are often interviewed on camera. Several camera crews set up, as the coffered rotunda dome glowed in the spring light. interns on the hill this semester. Senior Bri Hearn works in the Senate Committee on Health, sions, and sophomore Emily CA). “I usually give one to two tours per week depending on the season so I have lots of chances to try out different facts and gauge constituents’ Hill is far from rare, but they aren’t often receiving a tour. Earlier in the semester, Barbara Grassley, Sen. Grassley’s wife, scheduled a tour through of her coworkers, and tagged along for Sunne’s tour. “She knows a lot of pieces of capitol history,” Sunne said. “And she also got us through security and into the Members’ Gallery to watch the Senate.” We hopped on the miniature subway that connects the buildings and the Capitol and cleared security before entering the Capitol Visitor’s Center. A tour of the nation’s Capitol is an essential element of any visit to Washington, D.C. For interns on the hill, providing the tours is a memorable siah Kollmeyer ‘14 particularly enjoyed hosting his own family for a tour when they visited Washington among the many other tours he led while internMI). “I was giving a family a tour, and we stopped for a fairly long conversation by the plaque listing the passengers of Flight 93 siah Kollmeyer ’14. “I wound up explaining the meanings of

any area on our tour of the Capitol is the Brumidi Corridors in the Senate wing. Built in the 1850s, the vaulted hallways are covered in murals depicting symbols of America’s heritage, designed by Italian painter Constantino Brumidi. “It’s off the beaten path, so the hallways aren’t as crowded and its just as beautiful and stately as any other part of the Capitol,” Sunne explained. “It’s also used more by Congress than the other areas of the tour.” The building is packed with paintings, murals, and friezes The National Statuary hall is home to just some of the Capitol’s statue collection, which includes two historymakers from each of the 50 states. “One of my favorite parts of the tour is the painting by John Trumbull in the Capitol’s main “The painting depicts Washington handing over the resignation of his commission to the Maryland state legislature, representing civil rather than milinecessary to start a republic.” Our tour visited the chamresentatives before returning to Before taking a group for a tour, interns study the history of Congress and architecture of the Capitol in order to lead the tour and answer any questions. “It took me a little over a week to learn the basics about the statues, architecture, and rooms of the Capitol,” Dediscussing obscure Supreme Court cases or bringing in a fun factoid about a major American adding onto the material I use for my Capitol tours.” Swanson uses this experience regularly as part of his job as Executive Director of the “My time on the hill taught me to value the quality of your interaction with someone,” Swanson said. “If you treat a constituent with respect, they will almost always listen to what you have to say. That kind of respect wasn’t always prevalent in DC.”

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Q&A with alumna Caroline Potter, the paleo queen

Caroline Potter ’12, née Cheatum, is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner living in Hawaii. Her upcoming cookbook “AllAmerican Paleo Table,” where she presents healthy, grain- gluten- and sugar-free twists on classic American dishes, is available for pre-order on Amazon. How did your time at Hillsdale lead to your nutrition and culinary work? While in my junior year of college, I was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease, Type 1 diabetes. After college, I decided to pursue a career in nutrition so that I could better understand my disease, but at the same time help others towards a healthier lifestyle. I always knew I wanted to own my own business eventually in life but didn’t know that moment would come to me at the age of 23. When I married my

husband, who currently serves in the United States Navy shortly, after graduation I realized that I would be moving a lot and wanted to create a business that was much work anywhere I have access to a kitchen and my computWhat was the process of putting a cookbook together like? More work than you can ever even imagine. Basically the past three months have been like taktime in my life. Once you get past the initial stages of developing a book proposal, getting signed on by a publisher and creating a great idea, you have to test recipes and re-test and re-test. I was usually on my feet for about 16 plus hours a day, and lets just say there are lots of dishes! Because this is a paleo-friendly cookbook

and all recipes are grain, gluten dients are much different than your average ingredients and it a recipe. I also wanted a broad range of recipes so that people with all health issues and allergies can still enjoy each recipe. There is also the photography part, which is super fun for me, but also a lot of work. What inspired this cookbook? I started the idea of a cookbook writing down random thoughts when my husband was deployed almost two years ago. I realized that all my favorite foods were associated with memories—memories of weekends making breakfast together, backyard summer barbecues, or Christmas morning cinnamon rolls. I wanted to create a cookbook that for those of use who eat grain, gluten and

these memories we hold dear and the foods associated with them. The cookbook really is more than just recipes, its about coming together around the table, enjoying life and good food. It will bring back childhood memories and the comfort foods you love back to your table simply made a whole lot healthier. What are you working on now? I am still in the editing process of my cookbook so very busy with that, but looking to get back into using my nutritional training and doing more personalized consulting. I also have a few secret projects in the works and notebooks full of ideas as usual. There is so much I want to do in life, I wish I had more time in the day and didn’t need any sleep. Q&A compiled by Micah Meadowcrotf, Arts Editor

Alumna Caroline Potter’s ’12 new cook book “All- American Paleo Table” is available for pre-order on Amazon. (Photo Courtesy of Caroline Potter)

Pursuing truth in the smaller academic corners of campus Jack Butler Opinions Editor When the class of 2015 graduates on May 9, the assembled spectators will hear certain majors spoken aloud dozens of times. Last year, 35 students majored in English, 33 majored in economics, 29 in history, and 22 in marketing management, according to the 2014 Graduate Placement Report. But every once in a while, those who pursue truth in the smallest majors offered on campus will sneak in between piles of economics and English majors. Since 2010, this has meant majors such as computational math (four total graduates), Greek (eight), philosophy and religion (six), religion (13), and physics (15). And in that time, only one person has graduated with a European Studies degree. In addition to physics, philosophy and religion, and religion, sport psychology and sociology are also in a relative minority on campus. So what is life like this for students in these minor majors? Why did they choose their their future hold? Despite studying in areas somewhat neglected here, these students are largely content with their majors. Perhaps the smallest major on campus is also one of the newest: sport psychology, which graduated one student last year and will graduate another this year. According to Sports Studies Professor and Head Women’s Swim Coach Kurt Kirner, sport psychology mostly consists of psychology classes taken up the hill, the sports studies core, and just one sport psychology course to unify the major. “It’s a brand new major. It’s also a hybrid major,” Kirner said. Yet other mainstays of campus have remained consistently small, such as physics. “There’ll never be many people at Hillsdale majoring in physics,” said senior physics major Amy Kerst.

Kerst, whose major graduated four students last year and will graduate three this year, is aware of the size of the major in her academic life. -

“You basically know everybody in the major and you also know the professors very well.” ly because you basically know everybody in the major, and you also know the professors very well.” Despite, or perhaps because of, this, physics majors often succeed: All of last year’s graduates were accepted into and had to choose from multiple physics-, engineering- and science-based PhD programs at elite universities. Kerst attributed this to the major’s career focus. “Professors here are good at encouraging students to get summer internships at other universities because we don’t have the labs or resources that grad schools want,” she said. “That looks good on paper.” The sociology major, which will graduate three students this year (a bit low; 4-6 is more typical), is also not on the radar of most incoming Hillsdalians. “A lot of people come here with other priorities,” Professor of Philosophy and Culture Peter Blum said. “We don’t have people coming here to major in sociology.” Senior sociology and religion double major Hannah Wiekart agreed. “I don’t know anybody who’s come to Hillsdale for a sociology major.” The faculty size — only Blum and two part-time lecturers teach sociology courses — also limits offerings, as does pre-existing prejudices against sociology that

hold it somehow practically defective, or politically defective. “There’s the prejudice that sociology is overwhelmingly politically left-leaning,” Blum said. “But that hasn’t always been the case.” Wiekart has noticed similar campus attitudes. “Sometimes you do get comments. People talk down on it as a major,” she said. “At Hillsdale, you have the main majors, and the little ones get neglected.”

Below are the numbers of students who have graduated since 2010 with some of Hillsdale’s smallest available majors.

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some who take the core class, and some as non-majors attracted by class titles and subjects.” The last of these was the case her religion major early, entered into sociology with classes that intrigued her. Now, she’s glad she added the major. “It challenges the way we think about everyday interactions,” she said. “You’re not just understanding human nature philosophically, but trying to understand it practically.” Like for physics, those associated with sociology accept pros and cons to the small major size. “It’s both an advantage and a disadvantage,” Blum said. “Students don’t have quite as many people to discuss with, but it’s advantage not to have as many to deal with.” Wiekart echoed Blum’s assessment. “You do you really get to know the professors,” she said. Like physics, sociology still manages to prepare students well for life after Hillsdale, though with less of a direct career focus. Sociology majors have gone onto grad school, social work, cluding enforcement: one major works at a police department in Washington, D.C. tracking serial killers), law school, and busi-

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