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Vol. 142 Issue 16 - January 31, 2019

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The college canceled Wednesday classes and Thursday morning classes, the first closures since 2011. Left to right: junior Frances Wiese, sophomore Jonathan Bauman, junior Emma Peters. Christian Yiu | Collegian

College cancels classes for subzero temperatures By | Jordyn Pair Associate Editor Hillsdale College canceled Wednesday’s classes schoolwide due to weather, though campus offices remained open. At the time of print, the administration had also canceled Thursday classes until 1 p.m. Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn warned students to bundle up in an automated phone call made to students canceling Thursday morning classes. “The morning classes are canceled, except for the young

man who was running across the campus in shorts and a T-shirt, whose identity we are seeking,” Arnn said on the message. “He is to report to my office properly clothed.” This is the third time classes have been canceled since 1994.The last cancellations were in 2011, according to Public Service Librarian Linda Moore, once for snow and once for ice. Since the blizzard of 1978, the college has called off classes five times. The high in Hillsdale on Wednesday was minus 13 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

“This is the first cancellation that I know of purely because of temperatures,” said Provost David Whalen in an email to the Collegian. “The last cancellation was, I believe, due to ice and this occurred several years ago.” Cancellations were first discussed on Monday morning, Whalen said. The dining hall was open for meals, according to a campus-wide email from Arnn. “We imagine that students will still go outside — for example, to the dining hall to eat — and we caution them to bundle up and cover every

patch of skin on their bodies,” Arnn said. “If you do not have warm clothes, plan to purchase some. This is Michigan.” Whalen said the campus buildings will still be open, as well. “Except for classes, it will be business as usual,” he said. Brock Lutz, director of Health Services, said in a campus-wide email that the Health and Wellness Center would be open for regular operations until noon. Hillsdale college rarely cancels classes. Moore said she has seen reports that said 1978 was “the

first time in 40 years classes had been canceled.” “When the college was smaller, sometimes classes would be dismissed for a variety of reasons, one being the death of someone connected to the college, but that hasn’t happened in a very long time,” she said. Some sports teams also had practice, including the baseball team and swim team, according to their captains. Students’ reactions to the cancellations have been mixed. “My plans are to observe my less prudent peers devel-

op frostbite as they celebrate the cancellation of classes by galavanting around in the weather they were complaining about five seconds earlier,” said sophomore Asa Hoffman in a Twitter message. But others have different plans. “Plans for tomorrow include a box of wine, cleaning up the house, catching up on freelance design work, watching movies, and reading for English,” senior Zane Miller said in a Twitter message. “Call me boring.”

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Chargers win sixth straight, remain tied for first place By | Calli Townsend Assistant Editor Since the New Year, the Hillsdale College Chargers have won the last six of seven games, and joined Findlay in the No. 1 spot in the G-MAC rankings. Last weekend’s wins on the road against Kentucky Wesleyan University and Trevecca Nazarene University put the Chargers at 14-5 overall, 10-2 in the G-MAC. “We set really high expectations for ourselves this year,” junior guard Dylan Lowry said. “The year didn’t really start out as expected. We had some unexpected injuries. This isn’t like a surprise or anything, but we aren’t satisfied where we’re at right now.” The Chargers took an early command of the game against Kentucky Wesleyan, leading by 11 at the half. With just under 10 minutes to go in regulation, the Panthers crept within four points, 35-31. But after a 17-4 scoring run for the Chargers in the next six minutes, they sealed their victory. Despite the Panthers attempted comeback, Hillsdale prevailed, 57-47. Lowry led the Chargers in scoring with 14 points, and he had four rebounds. Senior forward Gordon Behr snagged seven rebounds while adding an assist and a steal. Hillsdale put up higher numbers in every statistical category against Kentucky Wesleyan, including turnovers, however, the Chargers

were more efficient as they scored 16 points off the Panthers’ 12 turnovers. “It’s always tough to play on the road, especially when it’s such a long trip,” senior guard Nate Neveau said. “I think we realized to beat any team we have to play well. We aren’t a team that can just show up and win. I was pretty happy with the overall mindset we had going into the game.” Against the Trevecca Nazarene Trojans, the Chargers played an aggressive first half, putting themselves up by 10 points in the first five minutes. By halftime they led 34-22. With six minutes to go, the Trojans only trailed by seven points. Lowry sank an three-pointer and on the next possession, he added another point at the free throw line to put the Chargers ahead by 10. In the last 30 seconds of the game, junior guard Connor Hill went 4-4 from the free throw line. The Chargers won 79-56. Head coach John Tharp credits both of last week’s wins to his team’s defense. “The week of, we talked about them being really disciplined with our game plan: paying attention to details and being as tough as we possibly can,” Tharp said. “With a long road trip, we thought those were the things that were incredibly important. From an X and O standpoint, we thought the only way those two teams would be able to beat us was if they made a lot

of threes. We did an excellent job of guarding around the arc.” Senior guard Harrison Niego and sophomore forward Davis Larson scored 20 and 13, respectively. Senior center Nick Czarnowski not only scored 11 points, but had seven rebounds, two assists, two blocks and one steal for a well-rounded performance. His 71 shot percentage was the highest of the season. Hillsdale will host its next two games. Tonight the Chargers will take on the Tiffin University Dragons (7-13, 3-9 G-MAC) at 7:30 p.m. Then on Saturday at 3 p.m. the Chargers play the Cedarville University Yellowjackets (128, 9-3 G-MAC). “I think we’re really starting to get to a point where we have all our pieces -- most of our pieces,” Neveau said. “We’re starting to learn how to play together and that gives us confidence because we know we’re getting better. But we know they’re a good team and we’ll have to play well to beat them.” Cedarville is ranked third in the conference standings. Hillsdale beat Cedarville on Nov. 29, but Cedarville beat Findlay who is currently tied for first with the Chargers. “We’re just trying our hardest to take it one game at a time right now, not looking past any one team,” Lowry said. “We’ve seen that anyone can beat anyone. We’re confident, but not overconfident.”

Michigan GOP pushes for auto insurance reform By | Julie Havlak Collegian Reporter Slashing Michigan’s auto insurance costs is the first priority for state Republican legislators this session. When Republicans introduced Senate Bill 1 on Jan. 15, they promised Follow @HDaleCollegian

“long-overdue reforms,” including crackdowns on medical fraud, changes to personal injury protection, and potential modifications to Michigan’s no-fault system, said Sen. Aric Nesbitt (R-Lawton), the bill’s primary sponsor and a 2001 Hillsdale grad.

“Michigan drivers are sick and tired of paying the highest auto insurance rates in the country,” Nesbitt said. “It’s time we modernized the system, reduced fraud and costs, and provided better options for consumers.” For the last five years,

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Former WCSR radio legend Tony Flynn spent six years broadcasting Green Bay Packer games. Erica Flynn | Courtesy

From Green Bay to Hillsdale Legacy of local radio legend Tony Flynn lives on By | Brooke Conrad Features Editor

“Iiiiiiiiittt’s Charger time!” The familiar voice of WCSR’s long-time broadcast icon Tony Flynn trumpeted over the airwaves. Before the start of every football game, Flynn was up in the college press box preparing for another fastpaced segment of play-by-play Hillsdale College Charger coverage. “He would be up in the press box, and he’d stand up before the national anthem, stretch his arms out and say, ‘Look out here at this beautiful day and how lucky we are

to watch these student athletes play football,’” former Hillsdale College Athletic Director Mike Kovalchik recalled. “Regardless of whether we won or lost, he always complimented both sides, and at the end of the game he would give an Irish blessing.” Flynn passed away on Jan. 21 at 92 years old, due to complications following a stroke at the home of his son and daughter-in-law Tony Jr. and Erica Flynn, about 20 miles from the city of Hillsdale. But Flynn’s legacy of dedicated community service lives on. People in Hillsdale County remember him not only for his many years on WCSR

radio but also for his participation in many volunteer service projects with Hillsdale Hospital, United Way, Kiwanis, and the Exchange Club. In 1999, as a tribute to his 38 years of Charger football game broadcasts, Hillsdale College inducted him into its Athletic Hall of Fame. Flynn’s broadcast career didn’t start in Hillsdale, however. His first radio job was an announcing position with WDBC, Escanaba, located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where he remained through high school.

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Pancakes on pause as Palace closes By | Nicole Ault Editor-in-chief The Palace Cafe is closing its doors indefinitely on Thursday at 2 p.m., according to business owner Leslie Meredith. A Monday-morning Facebook post announcing the closure sparked dismayed responses from the landmark diner’s patrons. Larry Houck, who owns the cafe’s equipment and its portion of the Howell Street building, said the business is closing and that an interested buyer is in the process of taking out a loan to purchase the building and equipment. If the loan goes through, the buyer may open a business much like the current cafe in the coming weeks.

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Meredith, who bought the business in 2011 after managing it for three years, said health problems and family hardships have made it difficult for her to keep running the restaurant. And while she’s kept prices the same for five years, wages and food costs have gone up, she said. “It’s time for me to pass it on to someone who really has the energy for it,” Meredith said. The Palace suffered a rocky year, losing staff and cutting out a weekend-night shift that was popular for college students last spring, Meredith said. The cafe currently has seven employees, she said. For Hillsdale residents, the cafe’s closure is the loss

of a landmark. According to the Hillsdale County Historical Society website, the building that houses The Palace was constructed in 1863. For a time, it was the Palace of Sweets — advertising homemade ice cream and candies in 1917 and “the best toasted sandwiches” in the 1930s — and then the Palace Cafe, with a brief interlude as The Whistle Stop during the early 2000s. Crystal Elliott, who’s lived in Hillsdale her whole life, said she used to ride her bicycle to meet her mother for lunch at the Palace as a kid some 45 years ago.

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Church, McAllister accepted into seminar focused on ‘science-engaged theology’ By | Emma Cummins Assistant Editor Both Assistant Professor of Philosophy Ian Church and Assistant Professor of Philosophy Blake McAllister have been accepted into a two week residential seminar program on “science-engaged theology” and will attend the seminar to further explore their own philosophical queries. Hoping to bring science, theology, and philosophy in closer dialogue with one another, the Fuller Theological Seminary will host a seminar this summer focusing on “The Created and Fallen Image of God.” The program aims to support “science-engaged theology, training theologians in psychological science to make new discoveries and

contribute to theological progress,” according to the Fuller website. Church applied to the program because it already fits in with his current research and a paper he is writing on divine hiddenness and non-resistant non-believers he said. Church said he hopes to answer why a person could be non-resistant to the idea of God, but still not believe, if God is perfectly loving. This question also relates to the problem of evil, since it seems that God can sometimes remain hidden in times of great pain or evil. “The question of whether or not there are people who are non-resistant in their non-belief is to some extent an empirical question,” Church said. “The psychological literature on the problem of divine hiddenness has been

acknowledged but it’s never been explored.” Church said psychology can provide insight into this problem of divine hiddenness since the field may provide insight into the possibility of a non-resistant non-believer. Church went on to suggest that one’s community may play a role in one’s ability to be non-resistant in non-belief. “Is it possible to be non-resistant in your non-belief if your broader social community is resistant in non-belief?” Church asked. “Some empirical literature seems to suggest that that is at least doubtful.” However challenging, this assumption has its problems. “That assumption is rarely called into question in philosophical literature because you look like a jerk,” he said. “I can talk to you about people who are as deeply familiar with all

the evidence as anyone could ever ask for but nevertheless they fail to believe and are atheists.” The seminar will be an opportunity to understand the psychological dimensions of divine hiddenness through the integration of these different fields. “The goal is to try to bring theology and the sciences in closer dialogue with one another and philosophy as well,” he said. McAllister’s question concerns the epistemology of religious conversion. McAllister said religious conversions primarily concern each person’s perspective. “You can have an atheist and you can have a theist that will look at the very same event, and one will see an irredeemable evil that no good God could possibly allow, and

Enactus launches podcast to feature local business owners By | Victoria Marshall Collegian Freelancer

we’re really missing at Hillsdale, and this is just one small step.” Every year, Enactus club members develop a project to address different problems in the community, and that’s how “Business Casual” was conceptualized. “Some of our first meetings we were just brainstorming different problems in the community that we could fix and that’s kind of where it started,” Secretary of Enactus sophomore Madison Vandegrift said. “There’s such a huge gap between the community and the students on campus. Some students have never actually gone into downtown Hillsdale, so we were just trying to find something that would reach everyone. And the idea of a podcast show just popped up and we were like, let’s just go with it.” As well as offering a platform for local businesses, club members hope the podcast will inform and educate students on the nuances of

running a small business. “We’re bringing entrepreneurs and innovators onto the show that may have some Hillsdale College entreprereally great advice for stuneurial club, Enactus, hopes dents,” Vandegrift said, also to bridge the gap between the mentioning that they plan to student body and the broader host college faculty members Hillsdale community with the and other Hillsdale students launch of their new podcast, with business expertise on the “Business Casual”. podcast. Hosts freshmen Jeremiah The club hopes to broadTiews and Victoria Nuñez will cast two interviews per interview local small busimonth. The first interviewee ness owners from Hillsdale will be Brett Boyd, owner of through the college’s radio Hometown Hotspot in Hillsstation, Radio Free Hillsdale. dale. Club members are also The goal of the podcast is to eyeing Pub & Grub on North form relationships with local Street. businesses in Hillsdale, to “Deep down what we’re inform and educate students, looking for is a story,” Nuñez and to get the word out for said. “A story we can learn these businesses. from and a story that can help “We’d love Hillsdale us after we graduate and try students to patronize more and start our own business.” businesses in Hillsdale,” Vice The club plans to launch President of Enactus junior the podcast on Feb. 6, and Abigail VandenBerg said. “I’m listeners can tune in through from a college town, and the Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, college is always involved with and Stitcher, or they can listen the town and the town with live through 101.7 FM Radio the college, and that’s such a Free Hillsdale. Students can great relationship that I think expect to get discounts from local businesses through a livestream version online. Discounts will not be offered through the radio air version due to FCC rules. “On the live stream, we’re going to try and offer student discounts for that particular business and just some business news,” Vandenberg said. “But mainly, we just want to hear a really cool story with a great person in the community to bring you closer to the Hillsdale Freshmen Victoria Nunez and Jeremiah Tiews are the hosts of “Business Casucommunity, but al,” Enactus’ new podcast focusing on local businesses . Victoria Marshall | also maybe inspire Collegian you a little bit.”

the other will see something that, while tragic, will be redeemed in the end,” he said. McAllister hopes psychology will aid in answering his question on the multiplicity of perspectives. “At a certain point, psychology needs to come in to help us understand the empirical data on what is triggering these perspective shifts,” he said. The seminar will also give both professors the opportunity to apply for more funding, which, according to Church and McAllister, may benefit some of the students at Hillsdale. Church mentioned the possibility of funding psychology students’ research or perhaps a reading group. “The initial hope is that I could use some of those research funds to fund student research here,” Church said.

“I’d be particularly interested in getting students to work on the intersections of philosophy, psychology, and theology.” Tom Burke, chairman and professor of philosophy and religion, wrote the recommendation letter for Church. According to Burke, a science-engaged theological approach is certainly something that could be brought to Hillsdale. “A college dedicated to traditional Western values needs to embrace both theology and science, and both science and theology need to be in constant dialogue, for such will benefit both on a number of levels, including that of practice,” he said in an email.

Michael Crawford spoke at the CCA on Tuesday about the negative effects of traffic laws and artificial intelligence technology. Joseph Harvey| Courtesy

Crawford: Traffic regulations, A.I. tech interfere with individual liberty By | Brian Freimuth Collegian freelancer An increasing presence of technology in the everyday lives of Americans could potentially contribute to the loss of “prudence, judgement, and sociality,” according to writer Matthew Crawford during a speech Tuesday for Hillsdale College’s Center for Constructive Alternatives. The first CCA of this semester addressed artificial intelligence. Crawford, a writer and research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia and a contributing editor to The New Atlantis, spoke to the potential consequences of new technology on how we function in society. His upcoming book, “Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road,” will address the impact our traffic laws have on individuals. Artificial intelligence and other technological developments, Crawford said, may hamper individual choice as society delegates more responsibility to robots. He said an emphasis on human agency, as opposed to more reliance on technology in policy, would help citizens live according to prudence, judgement, and sociality. “When I say ‘open road,’ I mean to invoke the space of human agency that is opened when people are left to their own devices,” he said. “What if we used our blessed eyeballs to determine whether to turn left at an intersection?”

Using everyday city traffic as an example, Crawford argued that, as technology eliminates the small tasks and decisions of everyday life, individuals will lose their initiative and personal liberty. An increasingly technological society, according to him, would be detrimental to the practice of prudence, which comes only from experience “and is cultivated only when we are free to err.” Crawford showed a brief video of a busy intersection in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which functioned well even without stoplights or designated lanes. The implementation of artificial intelligence in intersections like these, he said, was unnecessary, given how well individuals cooperate on their own. The cooperation of drivers in underdeveloped countries, Crawford said, is one example that proves that “self-government as a principle will help us confront the world of artificial intelligence.” “Disorder is bad,” Crawford said. “The project for rational control rests on a very thin conception of what reason consists of and too narrow a view of where it is located in society. The Addis Ababa intersection is the picture of rational control.” Crawford argued that by delegating more small decisions — like when to stop and go at a large intersection — to tech companies and municipal bureaucracies, citizens would lose their political liberty as well, becoming more like subjects than citizens. “From the perspective of a

central power, what is wanted is an idealized subject of a different sort, an asocial one, an atomized account of a human being,” Crawford said. The simple forms of cooperation and communication that one observes in the seemingly chaotic streets of Addis Ababa represent a system that balances the rational government with individual freedom, according to Crawford. Assistant Professor of Theology Jordan Wales said there may be better examples than the Addis Ababa intersection to support Crawford’s general argument, and he said Crawford’s observations may be more relevant in issues such as parenting, rather than municipal traffic. Senior Dylan Strehle said Crawford had some good points, but he said Crawford’s example of the Ethiopian intersection was not well-received. “Crawford was incredibly articulate and presented a compelling case,” Strehle said, adding that Crawford could have done better addressing students’ questions. Wales, who will be on the faculty roundtable Thursday night, said he will address his thoughts on how Crawford’s view of the lack of individual initiative could relate to parenting. “A system that enforces obedience without reflection is a system that raises children without initiative, thoughtfulness, or creativity,” he said. “In driving, we see this in the use of a GPS.”

Security services available with Alertus app, beacons By | Joel Meng Collegian Reporter In an emergency, every minute counts. To help students, Hillsdale College has contracted with a company called Alertus Technologies. “Compared to Blackboard Connect, Alertus works in half the time,” said Bill Whorley, director of campus security. Blackboard Connect took more than 20 minutes to notify all students, but Whorley said that Alertus, using multi-output technology, could alert all staff and students to a campus emergency in fewer than 10 minutes. “It allows us to communicate with all of our students on one platform,” Associate Dean of Men Jeffery “Chief ” Rogers said. “We hope that

every student would download it and use it.” About three quarters of Hillsdale staff and faculty currently use Alertus, according to Whorley. Whorley says students can connect to the Alertus system by downloading the Alertus recipient app, distinguished by its yellow color. The app, available for recent iPhone and Android phones, is free to download. Upon being opened, the app asks for an organization code — “hilcol” — before

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letting students complete the verification process with their student emails. Sophomore Caleb Lambrecht, a member of the security team, said the Alertus setup was straightforward. “I found the process really simple and easy,” he said. Alertus prompts users to allow notifications and location services. Location services help Alertus prioritize notifications so those nearest an emergency are notified first and also tells first responders where students are. Police,

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firefighters, and EMS can ping phones to know where people are if those people cannot answer their phones during an emergency. The school notification system is based on redundancy: In an emergency, students could be notified through the app, text, email, and in some places, through speakers. Alertus beacons, located in several places including the Searle Center, Frank “Muddy” Waters stadium, and Hayden Park, would notify campus guests, many of whom might not have the Alertus app. An Alertus beacon also displays instructions, telling people where to go during an emergency. The school is working with an audio consultant called AVTEK to link together

the speaker systems across campus, including the “bells” in Central Hall. In case of an emergency, everyone within hearing distance of a school speaker could be immediately notified. The current email and text system may not work for students in class, away from their technology. Alertus offers a way to automatically alert students to weather and campus emergencies. “There’s National Weather Service integration to automate alerts regarding tornadoes,” Whorley said. Alertus promises to bring clear communication to Hillsdale’s campus, ensuring that students and guests alike stay informed and aware during emergencies.

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‘A great mentor’: Donohoe leaves college after five years

she returned to Michigan to cheerleader. Anything pracBy | Madeleine Miller marry her fiancé, whom she tical they needed assistance Collegian Reporter had met in Michigan prior to with, I was there to help, to be After five and a half years moving east. She took a job their cheerleader.” working for Hillsdale College, as assistant director of Career Junior Caylee McComb alumna and former Assistant Services, living in Lansing got to know Donohoe as a Director of Career Services with her husband and comSAM and worked with her to Sophia Donohoe ended her muting to Hillsdale. put on Career Services events career at the college to begin a Donohoe’s numerous for houses, dorms, clubs, and new chapter with her husband and varied responsibilities sports teams. She appreciated in Columbus, Ohio. at Career Services includDonohoe’s spunk and insight. Donohoe spent a total of ed tracking data, advising “She was a great mentor 10 years with the college, first students, planning events, and a really enjoyable person as a student and then as an and coordinating programs. to work with,” McComb said. employee. A member of the She ran the First Destination “She gave great advice but also Pi Beta Phi sorority and a Survey, recording what each had fun working and talking George Washington Fellow, graduate decided to do after with the SAMs. She kept it Donohoe kept busy as a stugraduation, and spent 15 to light and made work fun.” dent. She worked part-time in 20 hours each week meeting In December, Donohoe’s dining services, as well as in one-on-one with students husband, a race car engineer, admissions and the President’s to address their professional took a job in Columbus with Offices. She also interned for concerns. a BMW racing team, and former California State Donohoe resigned her Sen. Tom McClintock Career Services duties between her junior and mid-January to make senior years. the move to Ohio. Given her interest In addition to the in politics, Donohoe excitement of job and intended to work as a scenery changes, the congressional staffer Donohoes are expectafter college, but an ading their first child, a ministrative position in boy due on Valentine’s the George Washington Day. Fellow Program opened “It’s a great opporduring her last semester. tunity,” Donohoe said. “I loved Hillsdale “And Columbus is a College. It seemed like great place to raise a I couldn’t pass it up family.” when a job offer came Donohoe said through,” she said. she looks forward to Donohoe graduated exploring “The Arch in 2013 with majors in City” and welcompolitical economy and ing her baby into the history, and she began world, but she will working for the college miss the Hillsdale within a week of graduCollege community ating. She coordinated immensely. the George Washington “The students, Fellowship Program for staff, and faculty are one year before moving wonderful,” she said. to Washington, D.C. “In Career Services, I After more than five years working for to run the Washington had the opportunity to Hillsdale College, Sophia Donohoe ’13 and Hillsdale Internship Pro- her husband are moving to Columbus, Ohio. work with them all.” gram. And Hillsdale College Megan Bowser| Courtesy At the Kirby Center, she will miss Donohoe. worked closely with MatForward-thinking and thew Spalding, associate vice Donohoe was in charge of cheerful, she enriched WHIP president and dean of educacompiling the Career Services and Career Services, helping tional programs for the Allan events calendar and executing transform both into founts P. Kirby Jr. Center for Constiprograms such as the Senior of opportunity for students, tutional Studies and CitizenSeries and Living and Workaccording to.... ship, to expand WHIP and ing Program (now called the Ken Koopmans, executive make it more accessible to Explore Program). She also director of Career Services, students outside the politics revamped the Student Affairs noted that Donohoe was an major. Donohoe researched Mentor training process and invaluable asset to the college. classes and internships to add acted as a mentor for SAMs. “Sophia truly loves Hillsto the program’s offerings. She counseled students of all dale students. She has a huge “It was exciting during that grade levels and needs, from heart, always going out of her time,” she said. “The program freshmen trying to choose a way to ensure that students has really been transformed. major to seniors looking to are on the best path forward,” It has a lot more students secure a job. he said. “We’re already missnow.” “I really liked meeting ing her strong work ethic and Donohoe thoroughly with students. I was never great sense of humor.” enjoyed living in the capital sure what a student would and working at the Kirby want,” she said. “I always told Center, but two years later, students I would be their

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Michigan has had the highest prices for car insurance in the nation. In 2018, Michigan drivers dolled out an average $2,239 for auto insurance — 64 percent higher than the national average premium, according to a Insure.com study. “It affects our seniors, it affects kids getting into the workforce, and it affects the poor in ways that are unconscionable to me,” said Sen. Lana Theis, (R-Brighton), chair of the Senate Insurance and Banking Committee. “I had a senior call me, telling me that I made him choose between his food and medicine, or driving... He wanted me to fix it. I have been unable to do so, and it’s a huge burden.” Michigan’s no-fault system dates back to 1973, when legislators hoped to lower the costs and delays of lawsuits resulting from car accidents. Today, only 11 other states have no-fault auto insurance, and Michigan alone offers

unlimited personal injury protection. Its closest rival, New York, caps personal injury protection at $50,000 per person. Reforming auto insurance has been debated for decades: Legislators have introduced more than 450 bills about auto insurance since 2001, according to Michiganvotes. org. Sen. Bill 1 aims to break the stalemate. Nesbitt said he was open to “any and all ideas” to drive down costs, including “major reforms” to the no-fault system. He intends to give motorists the option to choose a cheaper, limited personal injury protection. “You drive down the costs by doing comprehensive reforms. Everything needs to be on the table,” Nesbitt said. “We need to give drivers the ability to choose the best personal injury coverage that best meets their needs and their budget.” Nearly half of Detroit’s budget for auto insurance feeds personal injury protection, according to a 2015

Pinnacle Actuarial Resources analysis. Michigan’s personal injury protection covers a sweeping range of care for injured accident victims, from hospital expenses to lost wages to funeral services. Some economists blame Michigan’s unlimited personal injury protection for rampant medical inflation, while Republican legislators call it a “blank check” for hospitals to exploit. “Everyone knows that when there is a blank check, at the other end, costs are going to go up dramatically,” Theis said. “We need to pull that blank check out of the system.” Medical providers sometimes charge auto insurers two or three times more than health insurers. Auto insurers coughed up $5,300 for a MRI in Detroit, while the identical procedure cost $1,000 at other hospitals or just $500 under Medicare, according to an 2017 investigation by the Detroit Free Press. “There is no pricing, so there is no transparency,” said Hillsdale College Professor of

An artist’s rendering of the memorial fountain which is set to be the Class of 2019’s senior gift to the college. Ryan Kelly Murphy | Courtesy

Senior officers announce Class of 2019 gift to college Memorial fountain to beautify chapel grounds By | Rachel Kookogey Collegian Freelancer The Hillsdale College Class of 2019 revealed Friday that their senior class gift to the college will be a memorial fountain on the quad. The fountain, designed by Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn’s daughter Alice Arnn ’11, will cost $20,000 and will be located between Christ Chapel and the front doors of the Grewcock Student Union. Senior Fundraising Chair Andie Chandler called the fountain a “very ambitious gift.” The $20,000 will cover the fountain itself, but the stairs will be part of a separate fundraiser. The goal is to have the fountain finished by 2019 homecoming, around the same time the chapel will be completed. Chandler and co-chair Nick DeCleene said they polled the senior class, and 61 percent wanted to contribute a gift that the college needs. Additionally, 30 percent of the class recognized a desire to beautify campus. Seniors Kayla Mykeloff and Kathryn DuHadway said they are excited about what the fountain will add to campus. “I think it’s going to bring together the chapel and all the Economics and Public Policy Gary Wolfram. “And that’s the basic problem: People respond to incentives. If you tell the hospital, ‘We’ll pay you $4,000 for the MRI,’ they are going to charge $4,000 for the MRI.” Nesbitt and Theis hope to slash these costs by introducing a no-fault fee schedule, which would set fixed prices for medical providers, and by allowing drivers to opt out of unlimited, lifetime personal injury protection and into a reduced-price, reduced-coverage plan. But the defenders of the no-fault system denounce trimming unlimited personal injury protection. Any overhauls of personal injury protection or the no-fault system will face the powerful Coalition Protecting Auto No-Fault, the lobbying arm of medical providers, plaintiff attorneys, and patients. “In the past, these proposals failed because eventually people realized what these proposals are all about — depriving people of care,” said CPAN spokesperson Steve

surrounding buildings. It will help tie everything together,” Mykeloff said. “It will elevate the quad a bit, but it won’t impede things,” DuHadway said. The senior class officers propose that the fountain will add functionality to campus in addition to beauty. They suggested that the steps leading up to the fountain could be used as a place for events, a study spot, or class lectures, much like the amphitheater behind Mossey Library. “We wanted it to be something that all of campus could use,” Senior Class President Ryan Kelly Murphy said. This is will not be the first time for the college to have a fountain on campus. The Hillsdale College Class of 1886 donated a fountain to the college on their graduation year, and there have been multiple fountains in different locations around campus since then. None of the fountains remain today, however. Public Services Librarian Linda Moore says that the college considered building a fountain on the quad in the 1980s, but that never came to be. “I think that back then the college found it too difficult to maintain,” she said. Chandler acknowledged that the gift is a lofty goal. She

said the largest senior gift in the past was less than half the price of the fountain, only around $8,000. But she presented this as an incentive, encouraging her fellow seniors that they could be known as “the class that doubles the fundraising total.” The fundraising chairs plan to combine their events with social occasions. They want those who donate to get something fun in return. They also plan to reach out to donors, alumni, and parents. Murphy emphasized that if every graduating senior donated about $60, the entire fund would be covered. “We know that we’re all college students, and the $20,000 price tag can be intimidating. But if we all chip in, make an effort, and reach out to family and friends, I think it will actually be a pretty achievable goal,” Murphy said. The class welcomes all donations, and they created a Venmo: @FountainFund. The senior officers said they look forward to returning to see the fountain, which Murphy said will be “a social hub, a heart of campus.” The fountain will be dedicated to the Class of 2019, as well as current and future alumni.

Sinas. “The idea that no-fault is this fundamentally flawed thing, that it is burdening our state, that it must be fundamentally changed, is not true.” Sinas said he would welcome reforms that would introduce a fee-schedule, attack fraud, and reduce litigation. Two out of every five lawsuits in Michigan courts are filed over auto accidents, according to Crain’s. In Hillsdale County, where residents ranked transportation as a top concern, the cost of auto insurance hurts those who struggle with generational poverty the most. The sky-high premiums likely push them into driving without insurance, said Community Action Agency Hillsdale County Manager Clint Brugger. “There are a lot of people for whom it is a burden to find money in their budget to pay their insurance,” said Rep. Eric Leutheuser, (R-Hillsdale), a 1982 Hillsdale grad. “I’ve had people tell me that if insurance rates go up any higher, they don’t

know what they’re going to do.” As of 2015, one in five drivers didn’t have car insurance in Michigan, slotting the Wolverine state in fourth place for uninsured drivers, according to an Insurance Research Council study. “Chances are, if you need to get to work and you don’t have the means to be able to make your car insurance payment, you’re going to drive without,” Brugger said. “You don’t want to lose your job, that would just put you further behind.” Republican legislators hope that by pushing reforms through Congress, they can lower the cost of living for Michiganders. “I know people who grew up in Hillsdale County, whose friends are here, but who are living over the border because auto insurance is cheaper. It’s unacceptable — I want those people to stay here,” Leutheuser said. “And if we can lower the costs of living, we can help them stay in Michigan.”

Debate wins sweepstakes, takes high individual honors By | Regan Meyer Web Content Editor The Hillsdale College debate team excelled in their first debate tournament of the spring semester. Traveling to Webster University in St. Louis, Hillsdale saw stiff competition from 42 other collegiate teams at the Gorlok Gala. The Gala is the largest tournament the team has competed in this season. The debate team performed well,

winning debate sweepstakes with a perfect score. Hillsdale debaters competed in all three forms of debate: parliamentary, Lincoln Douglas, and public forum. “Competition is extremely strong,” junior Hannah Johnson said. “It’s also a particularly difficult tournament because you’re just coming off Christmas break and haven’t had as much time to practice.” In parliamentary, five out of the six teams broke out of

the regular competition to compete in out rounds. Three Lincoln Douglas debaters broke to out rounds as well. Most team members competed in multiple events and had back-to-back rounds all day. One round typically lasts an hour. “For those that were in both events, the closest thing you got to a lunch break was coming and grabbing a snack and then running to your next round,” Lambrecht said.

“The first day is pretty intense if you’re in multiple formats. After that, it gets a little bit softer.” Gorlock was junior Joel Meng’s first tournament in a year. He participated in both public forum and parliamentary debate. Meng and Tom Southwell went 2-2 in their public forum rounds. In parliamentary, Meng and partner, junior Lucy Meckler, took second place. “Lucy is amazing,” Meng

said. “We hadn’t debated together for over a year. It’s really a testament to how good of a debater she is.” On the parliamentary side of things, sophomore Caleb Lambrecht said he saw some unusual debate tactics. Many teams ran critiques arguments that contest the validity of the debate subject. In one parliamentary round, Lambrecht and his partner had to prove whether or not Brexit was good for the UK.

Their opponents came in and argued that the debate should not even take place as Brexit and the UK are institutions founded in whiteness and to debate would be participated in white supremacy. “You run into some really wacky arguments in the critiques,” Lambrecht said. “There were a lot of those we ran into this weekend, more than I’ve ever seen at any other tournament. That made it pretty challenging.”

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The GND addresses important economic, cultural problems By | Cal Abbo Assistant Editor

Decarbonization, a federal jobs guarantee, large scale public investment, banking and election reform: What do these have in common? They’re all part of the Green New Deal. The GND plays off of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, which combined economic reforms like the Social Security Act with public works projects like the Civil Works Administration. It seeks to revive this type of administration while going even farther to address fundamental issues like climate change and poverty. One problem with the GND is its ambiguity; specific policy proposals change depending whether you ask Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. or Jill Stein, the Green Party’s 2016 presidential candidate. Either way, the GND’s principles coalesce around rapid action on climate change, large public spending, and reforms to the U.S.’s democracy itself. First and foremost, the GND addresses several facts about the world we live in: If our current carbon habits continue through 2100, large parts of major cities like New York, Mumbai, and Miami will be completely submerged. Many parts of the Middle East and North Africa may become uninhabitable in just a few decades. Accessible fresh water in the Middle East has already fallen by two-thirds in the last 40 years, which has contributed to the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis. The Green Party’s version of the GND plans to incentivize “green” business models with low-interest loans, redirect research funding from fossil fuels toward wind, solar, and geothermal, and dedicate 16 million jobs to transforming the energy infrastructure. Ocasio-Cortez wants to transition to 100 percent clean, renewable energy by 2030. This is ambitious, but many policy experts believe it’s possible to achieve 100 percent carbon-free (not renewable) energy by 2035. The GND also calls for serious election reforms. The first change amends the Constitution to clarify that corporations cannot give unlimited money to Political Action Committees. The proposal would also change how elections work by reducing the barriers to vote, which contribute to the U.S.’s horribly low voter turnout rate. Specifically, the GND would make Election Day a national holiday, offer same-day voter registration, replace winnertake-all races with ranked choice voting or run-off races, and restore voting rights to ex-convicts who have had them revoked. Two other important aspects of the GND include massive public investment,

similar to FDR’s programs in the 1930s, and a federal jobs guarantee. These proposals work in tandem, providing well-paying jobs (even the manual labor jobs would pay $15 per hour) to those who want them. The Green Party plans to convert all existing unemployment offices into locally-controlled employment offices, estimating 25 million created jobs. Communities can decide what improvements they want to focus on, like roads or schools. Ocasio-Cortez’s GND suggests exploring another anti-poverty measure: a universal basic income. A UBI would give a small salary to every American resident regardless of their job status or age. First, a UBI would serve as a method to roll all of the U.S.’s necessary welfare programs, like food stamps or the earned income tax credit, into one single payout, eliminating unnecessary spending on bureaucracy and means-testing. At first glance, the UBI proposal may seem outlandish and irresponsible, but major figures have endorsed it in the past. Martin Luther King, Jr. endorsed a UBI and former Republican President Richard Nixon considered it during his presidency. Famous libertarian economists like Milton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek suggested versions of a UBI as well. Even Thomas Paine, in a pamphlet titled “Agrarian Justice,” wrote that, since so many lived in poverty, everyone should receive a grant at the age of 21. UBI would not only lift 40 million Americans out of poverty, but it would necessitate a balance of power between workers and employers. If a UBI recipient no longer needs a wage to live, big businesses would need to shift its model to prioritize workers at the bottom rather than paying its executives grandiose salaries. Finally, Ocasio-Cortez suggests a 70 percent marginal tax rate on income over $10 million to help offset the deficit expansion associated with the GND. Once again, this policy appears at best irresponsible. However, the top marginal tax rate in the U.S. was previously 70 percent, and in parts of the ‘50s and ‘60s, during high GDP growth, the top tax rate was 90 percent. Ocasio-Cortez, Stein, and others who endorse the GND understand that the Earth is not destined to death by heat, nor will the U.S. cease to function without 20 percent of its children growing up in impoverished households. Each of these facts is a political choice that the country makes, and the GND goes a long way toward solving them.

Cal Abbo is a junior studying Politics and Pyschology.

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The Palace Cafe is closing today, and — as the outpouring on social media suggests — it’s sad news for the people of Hillsdale. There’s a potential deal in the works that would reopen the building — and we hope that whoever does end up with the property will keep the old-school cafe running just as

it has for a century. Along with old-fashioned prices, The Palace has offered timeless charm: For college students caught up in screen technology, the cafe has decades-old mirrors and murals and floor tiles that sweep students away to days of old. The Palace has seen many a

late-night meal, and we hope a new owner would bring that tradition back. Locals and students crowded around its diner booths, engaged in lively conversation. Its famous pancakes — often the size of a large frying pan — are just one of many things that make The Palace an emblem in Hillsdale

lore. This is a small town, and The Palace is one of several businesses that make it home. For years, it has allowed students to become a part of the community. We’d be remiss to take for granted its small-town quirks, and we hope to see them again soon.

To face a monster

One year after testifying against Nassar, freshman Kara Johnson on speaking up and moving forward By | Kaylee McGhee Opinions Editor One year ago, 19-year-old Hillsdale freshman Kara Johnson stood before a monster. She remembers how fast her heart beat and how her hands shook as she held her prepared remarks. But climbing onto a podium in a small Lansing, Michigan courtroom, Johnson disregarded her fear, looked her monster in the eyes, and began to speak. Johnson was one of hundreds of young women and girls who stood before Larry Nassar — the former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor convicted of sexual abuse, sexual assault, and the possession of child pornography — during his seven-day sentencing last January. Their stories were heard across the nation as they confronted the man who had violated them without their consent, and, as in Johnson’s case, often without their knowledge. “Watching it on the news, that was the first time I was angry,” Johnson told me. “I was so mad that they were saying things like that about him. Little did I know that was exactly what was happening to me. I always thought I would know if that happened to me, but I was innocent, naive, and he was my doctor.” Nassar violated Johnson’s body, mind, and spirit repeatedly throughout her middle school years. She was a young athlete involved in cross-country and tennis, and she trusted the renowned doctor who was supposed to fix her. She ignored her discomfort and worry during her appointments in part because of the photos of Olympic athletes that decorated the walls of his office, and because “you’re supposed to trust your doctor.” But as the testimonies and evidence continued to emerge, Johnson said she knew she needed to do something. “It’s weird how the trauma

kept hitting,” she says. “It kept coming back, and suddenly I knew, ‘My God, he did this.’” Johnson and her family wrestled with whether to publicly testify against Nassar. The unwanted attention, stress, and toll it would take on their everyday lives was something Freshman Kara Johnson with her sister, Maddie, and her parents as she they expected, and testified against convicted serial abuser Larry Nassar. something they still seek Kara Johnson | Courtesy to overcome. But Johnson knew she needed to stand have spoken up, Larry could carry burdens — is another opin that courtroom and face her still be hurting young women.” tion that could form important monster. “I needed to take my Facing Nassar and sharing friendships, support that “uphill life back from him,” she says. her story has changed the way climb,” and most important, And walking toward that Johnson thinks of mental health show survivors that they’re not podium, clutching a sticky note and sexual assault — and she alone. with Philippians 4:13 written on said she hopes to change the “We need a place where we it, Johnson began to take back way others think about these can all come together and say, what Nassar stole. issues too. ‘You know what, I don’t need “I remember going up to the “There’s a stigma about men- to have my crap together right podium, facing the judge, and tal health and sexual abuse that now,’” Johnson says. seeing him — and everything needs to change,” she says. “It’s Hillsdale’s administration hit me. I knew what he did, who part of the reason why people should continue to encourage he was. And I thought, ‘Never are afraid to speak up. We need survivors to report assault and again,’” she says. to encourage them not to think abuse, as well. “Protect yourJohnson testified along with of themselves as victims, but as selves and protect others — her younger sister, Maddie, people who come back stronger, report,” Johnson said. and her father, Brad Johnson. who come back as warriors. “I didn’t realize until I was “It wasn’t as hard as I thought And that doesn’t mean you standing in front of my abuser it was going to be, facing him,” won’t be weak. There will be that it was going to be a hard Johnson told me. hard days, of course.” journey,” she says. “And I’m still And it did help, albeit not Working through those hard trying to figure it out. But we in a dramatically relieving way, days and those low moments should all be figuring this out Johnson said. There was no is something Johnson said the together. It doesn’t matter who sudden release of pent-up emocollege can help with. “It’s so you are, so many people can tion, no immediate relief for the important to understand that relate to these stories. And we burden of unwanted confusion this happens everywhere,” she don’t even realize how many people have gone through simishe had carried with her. “To be says. And she’s right: Offering lar things.” honest, I didn’t walk out of that students access to on-campus Again, she’s right. If you are courthouse feeling any differsupport groups would be a great struggling with anxiety, depresent,” Johnson says. “I was still place to start. Any number of sion, guilt, trauma, no matter confused. Maybe I still am.” Hillsdale students struggle with how big or how small: Don’t be After her testimony, the anxiety, depression, and trauma, afraid to speak up. Talk to peoreal “uphill climb” began, she and giving them a weekly place ple you care about. Ask for help. says. “I started struggling with to open up in a private, safe enThis school is filled with indianxiety — and no wonder! My vironment, guided by a trained viduals who want to help and body had been trying to tell me professional like Director of encourage. And perhaps keep something for years.” Health Services Brock Lutz, in mind that little verse Johnson There have been “lots of would prove invaluable. took with her to the podium: “I ups-and-downs through this One-on-one counseling, can do all things through Christ whole process,” she says, but she which the college regularly who strengthens me.” knows that now, one year later, provides through Lutz and othshe is a changed person — and ers, is necessary and good. But for the better. offering a group alternative — Kaylee McGhee is a senior “Speaking up is the most where students can share their studying Politics and Journalism. important thing I’ve ever done,” experiences and collectively Johnson says. “If we wouldn’t

Add Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn to the Liberty Walk By | Garrison Grisedale Columnist

“One word of truth shall outweigh the whole world,” said Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Indeed, the prolific author offered not just one word of truth, but many. With his work “The Gulag Archipelago,” Solzhenitsyn provided what diplomat George Kennan called “the most powerful single indictment of a political regime ever to be leveled in modern times.” For his contributions in exposing the evils of totalitarianism, Solzhenitsyn deserves a place on Hillsdale’s Liberty Walk. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was born in Russia in 1918. His father died before his birth, so he was raised by his widowed mother. She encouraged her son’s education in literature and science and brought him up in the Russian Orthodox Church. But at 14-years-old, Aleksandr left behind the teachings of Jesus Christ for those of Karl Marx. He became a committed scholar of Marxism and mathematics in college, and soon after joined the Red Army. Solzhenitsyn commanded an artillery unit during World War II and was twice decorated for his bravery. During his time in the army, Solzhenitsyn was arrested for criticizing Joseph Stalin in private letters to a friend. The true-believer Marxist was sentenced to eight years in a

labor camp and three years in exile. Here, he rediscovered religion and his writings began. In a Soviet journal in 1961, he published his first short novel “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich,” about a day in the life of a Soviet inmate. His work was thereafter censored, so he turned abroad to continue publishing. In 1970, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Solzhenitsyn declined his invitation to receive the award in Stockholm because he feared the Soviets would not allow him to return home. So, he submitted his Nobel address in written form. Here, Solzhenitsyn admitted: “I was convinced I should never see a single line of mine in print in my lifetime” — but still he wrote nonetheless. In this address, he reflected on Dostoevsky’s powerful line: Beauty will save the world. Falsehood, violence, ugliness — all will come crumbling down when confronted by truth, Solzhenitsyn argued. He urged his fellow writers to action: “I believe that we are able to help the world in its white-hot hour. Not by making the excuse of possessing no weapons, and not by giving ourselves over to a frivolous life – but by going to war!” And go to war he did. Three years later, in 1973, he published his masterpiece: “The Gulag Archipelago,” named for the Soviet network of labor camps that stretched like islands from the “Bering Strait almost to the Bosporus,” exposing the

atrocities of the Soviet regime to the world. Solzhenitsyn’s writings reminded the world that people are not purely material beings, soulless and godless, to be molded and perfected like clay. Instead, man is a spiritual creature, longing for truth and a destination higher than this world. “The Gulag Archipelago” is a powerful testimony to this simple truth: Man is meant to be free. After this three-volume work’s publication, Solzhenitsyn was arrested and exiled. He retreated to a barbed-wire enclosed home in a remote mountain village in Vermont until 1994. Solzhenitsyn confronted the monstrous ideologies of the East, but he found little comfort in his new home in the West. In 1978, Harvard University invited him to give its commencement address, and he delivered a speech that ended in controversy. Rather than praising the Western way of life, he offered a warning: “A decline in courage may be the most striking feature which an outside observer notices in the West in our days.” Solzhenitsyn warned America’s intellectual class of a liberty divorced from virtue, a softness induced by luxury. He criticized the “spiritual exhaustion,” “psychological weakness,” and “loss of willpower” that has come to characterize American society. Rights abound, but duties have vanished. What is good has been substituted for what is legal. Material luxuries have replaced spiritual fulfillment.

Misery abounds. Why the tyranny of the East? And why the misery of the West? Solzhenitsyn provided an answer in a 1983 speech: “Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has happened.” In this way, the problems facing the East and the West are not two but one. They mirror each other, both depriving man of the divine, both premised on the idea that man’s final destination is this world, and that, in Marx’s own formulation, “man is the highest being for man.” After expressing these sentiments at Harvard, Solzhenitsyn was ostracized from academia. “When I called out ‘Live not by lies!’ in the United States, I was told to go take a hike,” he reflected in 1978. “It turns out, democracy expects to be flattered.” So he returned to Russia in 1994, where he lived out the rest of his days and died in 2008 at the age of 89. His prescience was unmatched, his prose unequaled. He longed to preserve those same things that Hillsdale College seeks to preserve today: “That ancient trinity,” as he called it, “of Goodness, Truth, and Beauty.” For his courageous defense of unpopular truths, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was excluded from other campuses. For that very same reason, we should welcome him to ours. Garrison Grisedale is a senior studying Politics.

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To secure peace, prepare for war: The U.S. must counter Russia and China taken lightly. By | Brady Helwig Yet, despite the continued Special to the Collegian strategic importance of the Middle East, an increasingly President Donald Trump’s turbulent geopolitical landdecision to withdraw Amerscape means that the region is ican troops from Syria and no longer the primary focus Afghanistan has dominated area of U.S. strategy. foreign policy headlines in Instead, as the 2018 recent weeks. National Defense Strategy exDuring this same period, plains, “The central challenge however, many news outlets to U.S. prosperity and security have shown little interest in is the reemergence of longcovering America’s deterioterm, strategic competition” rating relations with Russia and China. Over the past four from so-called “revisionist powers” China and Russia. weeks, Chinese president Xi These nations, the document Jinping has threatened forcestates, are working “to shape ful reunification of Taiwan, a world consistent with their Beijing has floated the possibility of attacks on U.S. aircraft authoritarian model.” As such, they present a credible threat carriers in the South China to American interests and Sea, and Russia successfully security. tested a hypersonic missile China’s rise in particular that appears nearly impossible poses a major challenge for to defend against. the U.S. Through a combinaNow, Trump’s decision to tion of predatory economic withdraw troops is hardly insignificant. On the contrary, it practices and sweeping infrarepresents a major shift in U.S. structure projects abroad, Beijing has grown in power and foreign policy and holds seriinfluence by exploiting cracks ous implications for ongoing in the U.S.-led international U.S. efforts to counter Russia, order. “China’s goal, simply Iran, and the last remnants of put, is to replace the U.S. as ISIS. the world’s leading superAnd the sacrifices of the power,” explains Christopher brave men and women who have served our country in the Wray, Director of the FBI. To counter the threat ChiMiddle East since the Reagan na and Russia pose to Ameriadministration should not be

can interests and security, the Department of Defense must channel spending towards three main areas. First, it must continue to modernize an aging nuclear arsenal. Second, American scientists and engineers must continue development of advanced weapons systems. Finally, military leaders must prioritize refinement and implementation of artificial intelligence. American leaders must prioritize nuclear modernization. By maintaining a nuclear arsenal, the U.S. deters foreign aggression, ensuring that conventional or nuclear attack remains strategic suicide. Former Secretary of State Ash Carter has called nuclear deterrence “the bedrock of our security” and “the highest priority mission of the Department of Defense.” Nuclear deterrence consists of three individual components: land-based ICBM’s (intercontinental ballistic missiles), sea-based SLBM’s (submarine-based ballistic missiles), and strategic bombers. Together, these elements form what is known as the “nuclear triad.” However, each “leg” of the American nuclear triad has become dangerously dated.

For example, the Minuteman III system – the standard American ICBM – was introduced in 1970. The Ohio-class submarine, which forms the sea-based leg of the triad, was commissioned in 1981. And, despite being introduced in 1958, the B-52H Stratofortress makes up over 3/4 of the American nuclear-capable heavy bomber fleet. The U.S. has not even produced a single nuclear warhead since 1988. Fortunately, the Department of Defense plans to address each leg of the triad within the next decade. If the defense budget is flatlined or cut, however, any of these nuclear modernization programs could be pushed back even further. Compounding the problem of geopolitical instability, the rapid development of futuristic military technologies – coupled with advancements in artificial intelligence – has the potential to change how war is fought. Within the past few weeks alone, for example, China was observed testing a ship-mounted electromagnetic railgun, while Russia announced plans to deploy its Avangard hypersonic missile

in 2019. Russia’s Avangard system is particularly concerning, as it is both nuclear-capable and reportedly can travel at a speed of 15,000 mph. According to U.S. officials, each of these weapons is nearly impossible to defend against with current technology. To maintain the security of America and her citizens, the military must quickly develop ways to counter advanced weapon systems like these. Ensuring that the U.S. military remains the most technologically advanced fighting force in the world is critically important. The final step must be sustained U.S. investment in artificial intelligence (AI). In a 2017 study on the future of warfare, the Department of Defense called AI “the most disruptive technology of our time.” It has a host of potential combat and non-combat military applications, including advanced targeting systems, improved logistics, and realistic training programs. However, the U.S. faces tremendous competition in the AI race. In an effort to become the world leader in AI by 2030, China is spending billions more per year on AI

research, development, and application. For the first time since the end of the Cold War, America’s role as the premier global superpower is being challenged. Revisionist regimes China and Russia have shown an increasing willingness to challenge America’s role as the premier global superpower. In an effort to eliminate American military superiority, these nations are pouring significant resources into developing advanced military technologies. How can the U.S. counter these challenges? One thing is clear: The U.S. must prioritize military spending to maintain deterrence against potential adversaries. By modernizing the nuclear arsenal, developing advanced weapons systems, and winning the AI race, the U.S. can protect the safety of its citizens while preserving world stability. In a time of global turbulence and uncertainty, American leaders would be wise to follow one of the oldest principles of grand strategy: si vis pacem, para bellum. “If you want peace, prepare for war.” Brady Helwig is a junior studying Politics.

Use meal times to build friendships CPAC undermines “Friendships here conservatism are rooted in a By | Erik Halvorson Columnist

isn’t an evil, kitschy panel By | Isaac Kirshner Special to the Collegian speech titles like “Trumponomics,” “The New Trump Doctrine,” or “#TrumpedUp: The annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Unmasking the Deep State” reveal a shallowness to what Washington, D.C. is exactcould be a great event dedicatly the sort of thing George ed to teaching the principles Washington would frown of conservatism. upon, and so should we. I attended CPAC last year Each year, students at and one particularly grim Hillsdale College have an moment that comes to mind opportunity to travel and is when conservative radio attend the yearly perforpersonality Mark Levin revmance known as CPAC. It elled in the spirit of faction, offers itself up as a bastion of urging attendees to discredit conservatism, but conservaspecial counsel Robert Mueltives like myself arrive only ler’s ongoing investigation to find it rife with populism and nationalism — ideologies into alleged collusion between Russia and Trump’s 2016 camthe Founders, Washington included, strongly opposed. In paign. Democrats “are trying to take Trump out and it’s our his Farewell Address, George obligation to defend this man Washington warns the Amerand to defend his office and to ican people “to guard against defend the presidency...over the impostures of pretended our dead bodies,” Levin cried. patriotism” by resisting the His statement left no room spirit of party and faction. for the possibility of potenWashington argues that tial misconduct. There was this spirit of party causes disunion by further separating no tepid “Let’s wait and see.” Levin forsook prudence to the country into an “us” vs. “them” development, in which defend the leader of his party, as many Republicans have. we attempt to ruin our politThe last day of CPAC, ical opponents for factional conservative columnist gain. “The alternate domination Mona Charen was booed and heckled for suggesting it’s of one faction over another,” hypocritical for Republicans Washington writes, “sharpto support members of their ened by the spirit of revenge, own party who mistreat and natural to party dissention, sexually abuse women. Cha[...] is itself a frightful desporen cited the Republican Natism. But this leads at length tional Committee’s monetary to a more formal and permasupport of “credibly-accused nent despotism.” child molester” Roy Moore Washington goes on to in his Alabama Senate race: caution that the “disorders “You cannot claim that you and miseries, which result from faction, gradually incline stand for women and put up with that,” Charen said. the minds of men to seek Room for disagreement at security and repose in the absolute power of an individual.” CPAC has taken a downward Unfortunately, many of the turn as well. Speakers like Sen. coordinators, speakers, and at- Ben Sasse, R-Neb., or Sen. tendees of CPAC have already Marco Rubio, R-Fla., have been notably absent from the embraced this cult of the individual. Last year at CPAC, stage since Trump’s election, whether they were invited when asked how President and chose not to attend, or Donald Trump has impacted they were simply excluded the conservative movement, from consideration. With the White House counselor Kelexception of a few people, like lyanne Conway retorted, “By tomorrow, this will be TPAC.” conservative pundit Ben Shapiro, it seems as though there’s Although made in jest, Conno room on the CPAC stage way’s words expose the dim for anyone openly critical of future of American conserthe president. The coordinavatism if we choose to rally tors at the American Conserour banners behind one man and, quite literally, replace the vative Union have dedicated the entire event to the faction principle with a person. of Trump, not varied conserSince 2016, the litmus vative thought. test for speakers seems not to The toxic person-worship be based on any traditional at CPAC is a consequence of understanding of conservathis spirit of party that Washtism, but on whether they are ington warns us against. As properly affectionate towards citizens of this great country, the president. A quick glance at the round-up of speakers in we should believe Washington when he says, “It is the duty recent years shows that many of a wise people to discourage are chosen from Trump’s and restrain it.” current or former staff. Even those who have not worked directly for the president still Isaac Kirshner is a sophroutinely praise him in their omore studying American speeches. And though public Studies. admiration for the president

When my fraternity finally hired a new cook after a year, we were all, understandably, ecstatic. We were finally replacing the same old cafeteria food with new recipes, larger portions, and more flexible dining options. Life was good. But it wasn’t until after the start of the semester that we realized the deeper blessing accompanying our dinner plates. It’s true, the food is fantastic. But more importantly, dinnertime each weekday has become a place for friendship. Five days a week, 40 guys in the ATO house come together and simply decompress. Meals at the ATO house have forced the majority of us onto the same schedule, since we eat at least one meal a day at the

same time. This allows us to catch up, joke around, and ultimately just spend quality time together outside the context of class or weekly chapter meetings. Hillsdale College students are busy, and meals are often squeezed into whatever time is available to cram a couple calories into our mouths. While most of us have fond memories of mealtimes with our friends in Saga or local restaurants, these gatherings are always

the first to be rescheduled and forgotten when the semester heats up and schedules get crowded. Don’t let this happen. Class is important. Volunteering is important. Studying is important, but so is comradery with your peers. There’s something about sitting down at a table over a meal and simply talking. I’m not sure anyone knows exactly what creates this special phenomenon, but conversations around the dinner table

foundation incomparable to other communties.”

flow in a way rarely found in other settings. The relationships we cultivate in college are unlike any other we will have throughout our lives, especially at Hillsdale. Friendships here are rooted in a foundation incomparable to other communities. But they’re a flower that only grows if properly maintained. Friendships, especially of the deepest sort, require effort. Whether it be in Saga, your dorm, or your off-campus house — take the time to have meals with those you care about. You have no idea how big of a difference 30 minutes a day can make in developing relationships with those around us.

Erik Halvorson is a senior studying Economics.

Letter: The pro-life movement should not give up on the law Dear Editor, In last week’s Collegian, Ben Dietderich treated the pro-life movement to some advice that was neither asked for nor apt. He suggested several tactical means that might have been good ones except that, since they are already broadly and obviously in practice, they serve more to unfairly paint the movement as hard-hearted and clueless than move the conversation forward. Worse, his suggestions for the prolife’s goals would soul-suck the movement. His central suggestion for tactics seems to be this: “Don’t march to change the law. March to change hearts.” This is ill-judged on both counts. First: I don’t know why laws exist, or why we should even have a government, if it refuses to protect every human being’s right to life. There is no law more worth changing than one that ensures the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people each year. And as far as changing hearts: Why does Dietderich suppose, as he himself notes early on, that abortion has declined in recent history? (It’s not because of any change in the law). As someone who’s attended the past two marches, I have to wonder how familiar Dietderich is with the movement at all. The energy at the March for Life is aggressively uplifting. The theme of last year was “Love Saves Lives” and featured, among other things, people cheering and chanting “We love babies, yes we do; we love babies, how about you?” Those cheers were reprised at this year’s event along with hymn-singing, posters of cartoon pandas protesting “Save the baby humans,” and Ben “Facts don’t care about your feel-

ings” Shapiro sharing infant pictures of his children and inviting shared adoration. Dietderich’s ideas, in other words, are directed at a failing movement that does not exist, or at least is not the pro-life one. The closest he can come to worthwhile advice is the cliche of telling Christians, “Don’t judge those who make choices you disagree with,” and even that remark has two glaring issues. The first is the perception, so important to Dietderich, of the pro-life movement as “against women,” “ignorant,” and “judgmental.” It is true that when delivering a message it is necessary to tailor your medium, demeanor, and angle to the audience and the specific goal you hope to accomplish. This does not mean you must assume responsibility for how that message is perceived. And yet the entire audience for Dietderich’s lecture seems to be this caricature of a failed and judgy movement sketched by a slanted media. “It’s time to acknowledge the movement’s failures,” he said. The failures of negative perception, or of a lack of legislative victories? Negative perception is not a failure of the pro-life movement; it is an obstruction with which they are already dealing exactly as Dietderich suggests they should. Neither is the legal stasis an issue for which he offers any new ideas. His suggestion is that pro-lifers should aim for smaller, manageable victories before moving on to blanket protection. But it’s insulting to suggest that the pro-life movement’s dearth of legislative victories stems from failing to fight for the “inches” to be won. Texas passed legislation requiring abortionists to have “admitting privileges” to a nearby hospital in case of emer-

gencies — a measure struck down in 2016 by the Supreme Court, 5-3. The Ohio legislature passed a heartbeat bill protecting all unborn babies whose heartbeats could be detected — a measure vetoed by former Republican Gov. John Kasich. Iowa passed laws requiring a 72hour waiting period before any abortion was conducted — courts struck that down last year — and heartbeat legislation much like Ohio’s bill, which was struck down by courts just a week ago. As for self-proclaimed conservative Supreme Court justices Anthony Kennedy and Sandra Day O’Connor upholding Roe v. Wade by a 5-4 Supreme Court vote in 1992 — what can be done? The second issue with that “Judge not” chastisement is its jaw-dropping euphemism, “Choices you disagree with,” to mean infanticide. Indeed, Dietderich’s language about abortion and his discussion of the pro-life movement’s goals is where the waters really muddy. On the one hand, Dietderich says that the pro-life movement is correct and right: He says that “Conservatives’ principles do not need to change,” that it is “right to call” the disappearance of Down syndrome in some European countries “systematic genocide,” and that the American pro-life movement, “a beacon of hope,” that has “refused to budge, and commendably so.” But interwoven with these protestations are the following: “Pro-choice advocates are correct: As the pro-life movement stands today, its stated goals would restrict a woman’s reproductive rights,” and “Abandon changes to the law that would infuriate half the country — a tyrannical majority can come from both sides.” This is doublespeak

worthy of Stephen Douglas. No verbal shell game can justify calling the innocent killing of a human being a “right,” and if there is any imperative strategy it should be not to allow leftists to use such backwards language. Neither is there any sense in calling the outlawing of murder “tyrannical;” had a 51 percent majority of Congress outlawed slavery at the height of its popularity, would that have qualified it as “tyrannical”? This is not the least true given that the Roe v. Wade opinion is not only evil but a parody of judicial reasoning that has no place in our jurisprudence. Pro-lifers believe human beings have the right to life and that babies — biological humans at the most defenseless stage of growth — deserve protecting every bit as much as other humans. If a majority of people disagree with that core truth, the solution is not to shy away from an argument that “alienates half the country.” This is a movement, not an election. The solution to losing an argument you know to be true is to never give up. The pro-life movement should continue trying to change both the law and culture. Perhaps a controversial judicial ruling without popular backing is doomed to fail, as in the case of decisions that struck down early New Deal legislation before falling in line behind former President Franklin D. Roosevelt. But nothing could enervate the attempt to change hearts more than giving up attempts to change the unjust, unconstitutional law — surrendering the legal fight would telegraph to the world a lack of all conviction on our part that our cause was right and just. It is. Noah Diekemper is a 2017 Hillsdale alumnus.

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Hillsdale endures some of the most frigid temps in decades By | Josephine von Dohlen City News Editor As frigid winds blow in, Hillsdale and its surrounding areas bundle up to face temperatures reaching 40 degrees below zero, according to the National Weather Service. “This cold is pretty extreme,” Geoffrey Heidelberger, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said. “These are numbers we haven’t seen in a few decades.” In efforts to provide safety from the dangerous outdoors both Share the Warmth of Hillsdale County and the Salvation Army in Hillsdale opened its doors for extended hours. Penny Myers, executive director of Share the Warmth of Hillsdale County, said that the overnight-shelter extended their hours Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday to provide a warm space for people who may be going to different warming centers throughout the day. “We try to work in coalition with the Drop-In Center,” she said. Share the Warmth of Hillsdale County opened on Nov. 1, 2018 at the House of Refuge Church on E. Carleton Road. “It’s important because we haven’t had an overnight warming center in Hillsdale,” Myers said. “When you start something like this, you realize the need in the community.” Myers said there are many

homeless in the county that don’t even come to the center. “With weather like this, we are so grateful for the opportunity to offer this so that no one will freeze to death,” she said. Myers told The Collegian on Tuesday that already one of the center’s regular visitors has suffered with severe frostbite from being exposed to the cold. “It is so important to have something like this,” she said. “It is their choice to come, but at least we know we did everything we could to give them a warm place to stay.” Many in the community have been generous with

that they noticed an increase in people stopping by the center for meals from Tuesday to Wednesday this week. “The weather is crazy out there, and we just want to make sure that everyone is warm, everyone is safe, and that everyone has a warm meal in their belly,” Grey said. The Salvation Army also sought to have a place for people to come for fellowship and a chance to engage with other people, Grey said. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a declaration on Monday calling for a state of emergency this week. “Keeping Michiganders safe during this stretch of dangerously cold temperatures is our priority,” Whitmer said in a news statement. “Such widespread, extreme conditions have not occurred in Michigan for many years and it is imperative that we are proactive with record-low temperatures being predicted by the National Weather Service. Wind chills are predicted as low as 50 degrees below zero in many places, such as metro Detroit which is especially unaccustomed to these temps.” Whitmer also activated the State Emergency Operations Center to aid with the “response and recovery efforts by state agencies and local government.” The center is overseen by the Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division.

“This cold is pretty extreme,” Heidelberg said. “These are numbers we haven’t seen in a few decades.” their donations to Share the Warmth, but Myers said they are always in need of more volunteers willing to spend time in the center. The Salvation Army in Hillsdale opened a warming center this week, with hours from 8am to 8pm. Serving hot lunches and dinners, they worked in collaboration with the Share the Warmth of Hillsdale County to make sure that people had warm places to stay 24/7. Captain Cassy Grey at the Hillsdale Salvation Army said

Council approves poverty exemptions By | Julie Havlak Collegian Reporter Hillsdale City Council adopted state-mandated poverty exemption 2019 guidelines this month, allowing homeowners who meet federal poverty income guidelines to receive property tax relief. “Given the makeup of Hillsdale, it’s beneficial for the people who live here,” Ward 4 Councilman Ray Briner said. “It helps a variety of people stay in their homes, and in Hillsdale.” The city of Hillsdale’s poverty rate in 2016 was 30.5 percent, but that number doesn’t accurately reflect the real poverty in the city. Students often fall below the poverty line, as census data doesn’t account for any assistance they might receive from relatives. Further dragging the statististics down is the location of low-income housing developments in the city, according to Hillsdale Assessor Kim Thomas. Only one household claimed the poverty exemption in 2018. The City lost $21,744 in taxable value; or roughly $850 in tax revenue when split between the City, County, Intermediate School District, and Hillsdale Community Schools. Only a few households usu-

ally claim the exemption each year, and rarely do households repeatedly use the exemption, Thomas said. “Most of our low income people either rent homes here, or they are in the lower income housing,” Thomas said. “Usually they are not property owners, they don’t have property taxes to pay, so there is nothing for them to apply for.” During hard economic times, the number of applicants tends to jump. In the Great Recession, six people requested the exemption. “The exemption hasn’t been a big discussion item,” Ward 2 Councilman Will Morrisey said. “But it’s a significant thing for the residents to have this property exemption. If the exemption didn’t exist, I’d expect some more people to lose their property. There would be foreclosures, and market forces would kick in.” Usually residents request exemptions after getting sick or being widowed, especially if they weren’t the primary breadwinner of their families, Thomas said. “In my experience, it is usually cases where there was an unexpected illness, where people who had been working suddenly needed a temporary assistance so they could

keep up with their property,” Thomas said. “We’ve had cases where people had cancer, and while they were seeking treatment, they weren’t able to work. Or, their spouse has to take time off work to care for them, so their income drops.” The City Council also expanded the property tax exemptions for disabled veterans in 2013, and seven veterans used the exemption in 2018. “I’m sure that for the people who request the poverty exemptions, it’s extremely important,” Thomas said. “Even when you read the description of the exemption in the state law, it’s limited to people who are in desperate situations.” The Michigan State Tax Commission requires Hillsdale City to approve the guidelines each year, thereby setting the standards by which the city’s assessor and Board of Review weigh requests for property tax exemption. “In Hillsdale County, there is quite a bit of generational poverty,” said Clint Brugger, manager of the Hillsdale County Community Action Agency. “It’s quite difficult for people to navigate themselves outside of that, so those are extremely important because they help fund some issues that keep people from moving towards self-sufficiency.”

Hillsdale County and the surrounding areas got some of the coldest weather in decades, with windchill reaching 40 degrees below zero Wednesday . Collegian | Josephine von Dohlen

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It was also a hangout for school kids on lunch break, back before meals were confined to the cafeteria. “The Palace has never changed. If you walked in there in the late ’60s and early ’70s, it’s pretty much identical,” Elliott said. She added that she hopes the restaurant doesn’t change if new owners take over. “I’d hate to see new booths come in; I’d hate to see anything new come in. It would be heartbreaking to see that happen,” she said. “The booths are really uncomfortable but worth the sit.” Known for prices as low as its pancakes are large, the Palace has also been a staple for Hillsdale College students for years. It was a consistent favorite for The Collegian’s “Best of Hillsdale” surveys, winning “Best Brunch” in 2018, “Best Breakfast” in 2017, and “Best Diner” in 2016. In 1985, a Collegian article touted the same low prices and small-town vibe the cafe has today. “The food is good, the prices are unbeatable, and

you will be in possession of all the hot weekend gossip,” the article said, noting also that groups “fight for the prestige of sitting at the elevated window booth at the top of the restaurant.” Over the past few years, Meredith would often serve the Hillsdale College football team breakfast — bringing them in shifts to the tiny restaurant — on home-game days with a late kickoff, said Head Football Coach Keith Otterbein. “I think the football players really appreciate it,” Otterbein said. “It gets them up, gets them something to eat early.” Senior Carrie Olson said she once brought a group of high school girls she mentors to The Palace for dinner. When she went up to pay, one of the employees had paid for them. “It made the girls feel loved and really connected to the community -- made it just a really special time,” Olson said, adding that the diner feels like “an intersection of the community and the college.” The classic diner days may not be over. Both Houck and

Meredith said they think the current potential buyer might keep it much the same. Though she’s ready to move on, Meredith said she’s pleased with the time she’s had running the business. “I have done a lot of good for a lot of employees,” she said. “I love The Palace. I’ll miss the customers and helping people. That’s my true passion.” Derek Haddix, who’s cooked and served at The Palace for two years, said he’ll miss Meredith’s management. “I”m very sad, as far as not being able to work for Leslie anymore,” Haddix said. “She’s got absolutely the biggest heart and soul of anyone I’ve ever met in my life. She puts her personal issues to the side to help anyone in need at any point in time.” But if it reopens as a restaurant, he said he hopes to stick around. His favorite part? “The people.” “I would absolutely love to stay here. I have a customer base that’s absolutely amazing,” he said. “People come in and ask for me. That’s a good feeling, and all that work’s paid off.”

The iconic Palace Cafe will close Thursday indefinitely until new owners take over the restaurant. Collegian | Josephine von Dohlen

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Hillsdale Hospital progam helps local nursing students By | Elizabeth Bachmann Collegian Reporter Since 2001, Hillsdale Hospital has awarded over $3 million in tuition assistance to over 48 Hillsdale County high school students with aspirations of becoming registered nurses. Hillsdale County high school students interested in nursing school can apply to the hospital for tuition assistance. If accepted, the hospital will help with expenses of colleges in and outside of Hillsdale, with the obligation that students return to Hillsdale and work for the hospital for four years.Judy Gabriele, director of development at Hillsdale Hospital, explained that the program is designed not only to help aspiring nurses reach their goal, but also to increase the presence of registered nurses in the county. “We decided it would be best to start training and sending people to schools that wanted stay in the community,” Gabriele said. “Throughout interviews, we are interested in students who present themselves as having family here, and wanting to work here, live here, and be around family. We know those are the ones for us.” Gabriele said that in the early 2000s, the hospital was inundated with statistics suggesting that there would be a widespread scarcity of registered nurses in the greater Hillsdale area. Healthcare providers are still one of the top 25 most needed professional groups in the nation, according to the Brooke Ballee-Stone, supervisor of the Jackson Career Center. The

Center partners with Hilldale Hospital to spread awareness about their tuition program. “Kids always say they want to leave the city they grew up in. They want to spread their wings and go,” Ballee-Stone said. “One of the things it think this program really does, is it helps kids to see that it is really cool to give back to the community instead of going somewhere else to work.” Ballee-Stone said that a lot of students who come to the Career Center for its Certified Nursing Assistant program, hear about the tuition exchange through the Center, and immediately want to apply. “We work together. That’s what you see about Hillsdale, everyone seems to work together and pitch in together,” Ballee-Stone said. “But the hospital supplies the money, which is absolutely amazing.” When asked about success cases, both Gabriele and Ballee-Stone recalled the same student’s story. A Hillsdale high school graduate applied to the program last year, whose mother and both maternal and paternal grandmothers, worked as nurses in Hillsdale. Her dream was to work alongside them. Hillsdale Hospital accepted her to the program, and now she has the capability to realize that aspiration. “I thought that was so cool,” Ballee-Stone said. “The program does a whole lot of good especially for those kids who can’t afford to go, and to foster that community. Its bringing Hillsdale back, by giving back to the community.”

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Leutheuser joins committee impacting local community By | Julia Mullins Assistant Editor

sure we form the right policy before we vote on it and move it to the floor,” Iden said. Iden said Leutheuser will be working closely with various stakeholders and groups

members, who will be leading those conversations to make sure all those interests are worked out prior to the bill being voted on by the full house,” Iden said.

State Rep. Eric Leutheuser, who represents Hillsdale and Branch counties, now serves as a member of the newly formed House Ways and Means Committee. “We’ll be looking at everything from health policy to education,” Leutheuser said. “Things that do have an impact on our local community and across the state.” Ways and Means Committee Chair and State Rep. Brandt Iden said this is the first time the committee has ever been created in Michigan, and the purpose of it is to add a duel review process to policy legislation. “The work of the committee is going to focused on ensuring that every bill we pass to the floor is ready to go,” Iden said. “All the changes to bills that are required before they get to the floor are going to be done between the first committee and then our committee, and every other committee will report to our committee before the bill goes to the entire floor.” Both Leutheuser and Iden said the MI Rep. Eric Leutheuser joins the new House ways and means committee. committee will be Courtesy | Eric Leutheuser working closely with bill sponsors and chairs of who are impacted by bills Leutheuser said the comother committees. under review. mittee will meet three times “We have to have rela“Leutheuser will take on a week and deal with a wide tionships with them to make the role, as one of the seven variety of bills.

“It’s going to be terrifically interesting,” Leutheuser said. “It’ll be challenging when there’s a high volume of bills to review.” In previous terms, Leutheuser served on the Commerce and Trade, Tax Policy, and Financial Liability Reform committees. He said different members within the Ways and Means Committee will take the lead on different topics. “We try to use our previous experiences to make our own committee work as smoothly as possible,” Leutheuser said. Ways and Means Committee Clerk Eddie Sleeper clerked for the Tax Policy Committee while Leutheuser served on it. “He’s a very thoughtful and smart representative,” Sleeper said. Iden said he and Leutheuser have been good friends since beginning their time as representatives. “He and I started together,” Iden said. “I look forward to working with Rep. Leutheuser and my other colleagues to make sure that we can come up with the best possible legislation for the state of Michigan because that’s our job.”

Hillsdale Natural Grocery Store sells a variety of bulk goods. Collegian | Cal Abbo

Natural grocery co-op highlights community and quality service By | Cal Abbo Assistant Editor In the shadow of St. Anthony’s steeple, Hillsdale Natural Grocery occupies a space neatly hidden among several local storefronts. Walking inside, the prompt smell of spices overwhelms even the most experienced connoisseur. The spice room easily doubles the size of a college dorm. That’s what customers like the most, Michelle Nauta, the store manager, explained. “You would be hard pressed to find the selection of spices and herbs we have,” she said. Hillsdale Natural Grocery prides itself in spices, nuts, natural supplements, and a diverse selection of diet foods; this isn’t the most unique quality. The store operates as a community-owned cooperative, meaning it isn’t controlled by an individual, but collectively by its members. In 1971, according to Nauta, several families wanted healthier food products than what Hillsdale could offer. “They would actually get together, make their order, run up to Ann Arbor, get the food, bring it back to somebody’s house and split it up,” she said. “From there, it grew into opening up a storefront.”

One of the original members still comes in to help break down boxes, Nauta said. Hillsdale Natural Grocery is open to the public, but only paid members can participate in its ownership. For $12 per year, anyone can become a member, which grants access to special discounts as well as voting privileges at member meetings. “Last year, we had … about 300 members,” Nauta said, flipping through a bright yellow legal notepad she found under a stack of papers. At the annual meeting, six board representatives are elected while a president and vice president are elected biennially. Members also give feedback on product samples the store is considering. This unconventional business model orients the store toward the interest of its members rather than a profit motive. According to its website, “Profits are returned to the business in the form of improvements or increased member benefits.” Dianne Metevia, President of the store’s board, believes that member ownership is vital to the store’s success and identity. “We pretty much make decisions on what the store does,” she said. “If they have questions or anything, we

advise them.” While Nauta handles day to day operations, the board ensures that members have a voice in the overall direction of the store. Members also have the opportunity to volunteer at the store to earn a further discount. For three hours of work, which could mean taking inventory, cleaning, bagging, or other everyday tasks, members receive a 15 percent discount for the following 30 days. Metevia said she personally knows several people who take the opportunity to volunteer. “That’s part of the co-op,” she said. “If you go and help, you get a further discount.” Sometimes Metevia volunteers herself even though she already receives the discount for being on the board. The store’s uniquely natural products, in addition to its co-op model, drive its niche role in Hillsdale. According to Metevia, everything in the store is natural from the turmeric and brazil nuts, to the quail eggs and locally-produced honey. Unlike other grocery stores, customers can buy bulk items like spices, nuts, coffee, and even cheese in any amount they wish. “You only get what you

need and then you don’t waste space in your cupboard because you don’t have use for the whole container,” Joan Krauss, the assistant manager, said. “A lot of people don’t understand you don’t have to buy a whole pound. You can get a quarter of a teaspoon,” Krauss added. “Maybe that new recipe you wanted to try out, you don’t have to put out so much money for that spice.” Natural supplements line the wall behind the checkout counter, inducing squinty stares and endless questions from customers. These are a main feature of the store; many customers come asking about natural solutions to problems usually addressed by prescription drugs with annoying side effects. “To get a better selection of the supplements and spices, you’d have to go to Ann Arbor or Lansing,” Nauta said. Metevia added,“If you have a question about something you might need a natural remedy for, they can show you in a book and give you suggestions.” Hillsdale Natural Grocery boasts a wealth of information about natural living between all of the employees and the books laying around. Krauss said employees at the store often help customers shop for

common diets like gluten-free or keto as well as more specialized ones like a blood type diet. “If they come in with a list of things that they need for their diet, we try to accommodate what it is,” Krauss said. “Hopefully we have some of the things on the shelf. If not, we look in our order book and see if we can obtain it. We don’t have all of the answers but we can generally get in touch with somebody who can help the customer.” The store distinguishes itself from larger ones by focusing on serving its customers, no matter their needs. Customers can request special orders at no extra charge and often spend a lot of time talking to the clerks. Krauss said many new customers are surprised that the store is member owned. “I think that gets people more involved in giving us their input, because they feel like maybe they’ll actually be heard. Most people come in feeling free to talk to us about whatever’s on their mind. It’s not always just Hillsdale Natural Grocery. I almost feel like a bartender sometimes,” she said, laughing. Krauss’s job revolves around the service she’s able to give. “We take the time to talk to people,” she said.

“We learn from them as much as they learn from us, too.” Nauta’s role, which she described as a “Jack of all trades,” barely feels like a job to her. “I love the people that come in here. I love the different things that we carry. It’s kinda sorta not like work,” she said. “There’s a lot of work involved, believe me, but it doesn’t feel exactly like work.” Though the store has stayed busy since its opening, it has experienced some hardship, especially when bigger grocers move into Hillsdale. “We took a hit when Walmart came in. We took another hit when Kroger revamped,” Nauta said. She added that she expects the same thing to happen when the new Meijer opens. However, Nauta is confident the store will stay in business due to its strong membership and quality of service. “Nowadays, it’s all about convenience. People are in a rush,” she said. “But we have a very loyal following of people in the area and that’s what’s keeping our doors open.”

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Freshman class joins championship roster as spring season begins By | Ryan Goff assistant editor The Hillsdale College Chargers will kick off their spring season on Sunday, hosting Davenport University. Following a dominant 20172018 season that ended with a G-MAC championship, Hillsdale will look to follow up that success with more in their second year in the conference. Davenport’s fall record was 1-8, and although Hillsdale didn’t have any formal meets in the fall, the team kept up its game by playing in two tournaments, the ITA Regionals at Grand Valley State University and the Northwest Ohio Invitational in Lima, Ohio. “[The tournaments] gave us a lot of stuff to work on in the offseason and take into the spring season. I was really happy with the quality of the matches,” coach Nikki Walbright said. Walbright also said the two freshmen on the team, Sarah Hackman and Sophia Spinazze, have changed the team dynamic in ways she didn’t imagine, since no one left the

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team after last season. For her part, Spinazze said she’s looking forward to finding a place to fit into the team. “I want to keep working hard, find what the team needs, and fill that role,” Spinazze said. “Really just learning from the other girls what college tennis is like.” The Chargers worked on getting comfortable in doubles play during the fall, something that showed in the doubles matches when senior Corinne Prost and junior Katie Bell took the ‘A’ consolation draw at September’s ITA Regionals and freshman Sarah Hackman and Cimpeanu went 3-0 in doubles play at the NWO Invitational. “Corinne and Katie Bell have been excellent,” Walbright said. “They’re a really strong team, so I see them having a really strong start of the season together.” Spinazze, who went 2-1 in singles and picked up a win with Julia Formentin at the

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NWO Invitational, learned from tournament play that she needs to work on taking charge of points. “I worked most on stepping in when I see the opportunity and taking control of the point. I’m more of a defensive player, which is good,” Spinazze said. “But at the same time I’m working on having both sides to my game instead of just the one.” The Chargers want to go into Sunday’s competition with a flexible mindset, according to Prost. “Our team generally goes into each match with the basics: being open to an adjustable game plan, and finding a point of consistency to return to if the match begins to get away from us,” Prost said. “Positivity and giving consistent encouragement to each other is always a given.” Walbright’s goal as coach follows the flexible nature of the sport, she said. “It’s a team sport, but it’s

very individual,” Walbright said. “Having a good awareness of what each player is working on, and knowing their personalities so I can coach them well, and then also helping provide them an environment that makes them all successful.” Senior Halle Hyman, last year’s G-MAC Player of the Year, will return to competition after eight months away from the sport due to a shoulder injury. She will finish her college career in a position to defend the conference dominance she and the Chargers enjoyed in 2018. “It’s a tough situation to be in, but I’ve been surprised by how seamlessly she’s been able to come back and practice,” Walbright said. “Her footwork is great, and her shots are great. She’s a fighter and has the experience of being able to win tight matches.” The Chargers will play a handful of non-conference opponents before their conference schedule begins March 29. Sunday’s game begins at 1 p.m.

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MEN'S BASKETBALL january 24 Hillsdale Kentucky Wesleyan Dylan Lowry Davis Larson Nate Neveau Austen Yarian january 26 Hillsdale Trevecca Nazarene Harrison Niego Davis Larson Nick Czarnowski Nate Neveau

1 26 15 pts fgm-a 14 5-6 10 4-6 9 3-3 9 3-9 1 34 22 pts fgm-a 20 6-11 13 3-5 11 5-7 10 1-5

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL january 24 Hillsdale Kentucky Wesleyan Jaycie Burger Allie Dewire Brittany Gray Makenna Ott january 26 Hillsdale Trevecca Nazarene Brittany Gray Lauren Daffenberg Allie Dewire

1 13 19 pts 13 13 12 11 1 10 21 pts 19 16 13

2 18 15 fgm-a 5-10 4-12 4-9 5-8 2 15 14 fgm-a 9-21 4-13 3-7

2 31 32 3pm-a 2-3 0-0 1-1 0-1 2 45 34 3pm-a 5-9 0-0 0-0 0-2

final 57 47 reb ast 4 1 5 1 2 2 6 0 final 79 56 reb ast 1 0 7 2 7 2 6 4

3 23 22 3pm-a 3-6 0-0 4-8 1-2 3 16 8 3pm-a 1-10 4-12 0-0

4 16 15 reb 4 5 0 9 4 21 26 reb 13 6 6

MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD january 25: gvsu open (12 teams) 1. Grand Valley State 2. Bethel (IN) 3. Hillsdale 4. Valparaiso 5. St. Francis (IL) 6. Taylor 7. Madonna 8. Lewis 9. Davenport 1 mile run 3. Mark Miller 3000 meter run 1. Joey Humes 4 x 400 meter relay 3. Schmidt/Wade/Wyse/Baldwin pole vault 3. Ben Raffin

score 149 127.5 46 42.5 37 32 30 29 20 time 4:15.46 time 8:18.68 time 3:22.37 distance 4.72m

january 25: gvsu open (18 teams) 1. Grand Valley State 2. Toledo 3. Lewis 4. Hillsdale 5. Madonna 6. Davenport 7. Taylor 8. St. Francis (IL) 9. Trine 10. Valparaiso 200 meter dash 3. Kajsa Johansson 800 meter run 2. Abbie Porter 3000 meter run 2. Arena Lewis 3. Ally Eads high jump 2. Alexie Day 4 x 400 meter relay 2. Boehm/Porter/Townsend/Mango

score 132 120.5 100 60 26 23 22 19 17 15 time 25.23 time 2:14.86 time 10:05.54 10:12.45 distance 1.63m time 4:01.97

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SWIMMING John Ciraci prepares to return a serve during a game against Indiana Tech in September. ryan goff | collegian

Men's Tennis

Chargers to begin spring season out of conference By | Isabella Redjai assistant editor The Hillsdale College Chargers will travel to Lexington, Ohio to take on Ashland University in their first game of the spring season on Saturday at Lakewood Racquet Club at 2 p.m. The Chargers return home on Sunday to host Davenport University in the Biermann Athletic Center. The game will start once the women's game is over. The Chargers won G-MAC regular season championship and the G-MAC tournament championship in 2018. They enter the season as clear favorites to repeat as conference champions in 2019, according to a recent G-MAC coaches’ poll. Hillsdale received five of seven first-place votes. The University of Findlay and Tiffin University also received first-place votes. Junior Freddy Heegan, who joined the team last semester, said he’s enjoying the experience thus far and looking for-

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G-MAC POLL 1. HILLSDALE 2. FINDLAY 3. TIFFIN 4. WALSH 5. DAVIS & ELKINS 6. CEDARVILLE 7. KENTUCKY WESLEYAN

ward to the upcoming season “Before I started playing in September, I hadn’t picked up a racket for two years,” Heegan said. “Since joining, I’ve become closer to the guys on the team and improved a lot. [Head coach Keith] Turner is really good at motivating us, and making me feel welcome on the team. I’m excited to be a part of it.” Heegan said during the offseason the team not only pre-

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pared well but feels confident about the upcoming season. “We’ve put a lot of time into in the offseason and the past few weeks,” Heegan said. “We have good chemistry and feel pretty optimistic about the season, especially coming off of a really good season, last season. We’ve made a few adjustments, but have a really good outlook. I think we’ll be ready to hold our own in the G-MAC.”

Heegan said Ashland and Davenport aren’t necessarily intimidating competition for Hillsdale, as long as the team sticks to what it knows will pave the way for success. “Every match – it doesn’t matter who we’re playing we’re going to prepare the same, and not deviate from the process,” Heegan said. “We’re going to approach it like we would any other match. As the first match, it’s really going to set the tone for the season.” The Chargers won their only official game in the fall against Indiana Tech University on Sept. 18, while Ashland and Davenport enter the weekend with no official games on their record from the fall. The Chargers didn’t play Ashland or Davenport last season. Hillsdale’s conference schedule begins March 22. Last season, the Chargers went 14-6 during the regular season and a perfect 8-0 against conference opponents.

january 25 1. Hillsdale 2. Olivet january 25 1. Hillsdale 2. Tiffin 200 yard medley relay 1. Vita/Boyle/Walker/Rao 1000 yard freestyle 1. Anika Ellingson 200 yard freestyle 1. Grace Houghton 50 yard freestyle 1. Emma Rao 200 yard individual medley 1. Katherine Heeres 200 yard butterfly 1. Anna Clark 100 yard freestyle 1. Catherine Voisin 200 yard backstroke 1. Allie Matti 500 yard freestyle 1. Madeline Breay 200 yard breaststroke 1. Catherine Voisin 200 yard freestyle relay 1. Heeres/Vita/Wilkens/Rao january 26 1. Hillsdale 2. Ohio Northern january 26 1. Case Western 2. Hillsdale 100 yard breaststroke 1. Anika Ellingson 200 yard butterfly 1. Catherine Voisin 200 yard breaststroke 1. Anika Ellingson 500 yard freestyle 1. Danielle Lebleu

score 147 57 score 152 36 time 1:57.76 time 11:44.71 time 2:04.21 time 26.37 time 2:18.38 time 2:13.24 time 55.71 time 2:17.56 time 5:30.42 time 2:41.89 time 1:45.49 score 171 106 score 204 90 time 1:07.24 time 2:12.66 time 2:29.03 time 5:25.06

final 70 71 ast 1 5 1 3 final 62 69 ast 0 1 3

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Rough road trip spoiled by slow starts, tough finishes By | S. Nathaniel Grime sports editor The Hillsdale College Chargers dropped two games by a combined eight points during a tough road trip last week. On Jan. 24, the Chargers (8-11, 6-7 G-MAC) led by as many as six points midway through the fourth quarter against the Kentucky Wesleyan College Panthers (15-3, 11-1), but eventually lost, 71-70. The win was the Panthers’ 10th in a row. “I think it teaches us we’re capable but that there’s very little margin for error, so we have to continue to improve,” head coach Matt Fritsche said. On Saturday, a slow start hampered the Chargers in a 69-62 loss to the Trevecca Nazarene University Trojans (7-11, 6-6). Hillsdale has now lost four straight, its longest losing streak of the season since beginning the year 0-4. The two losses also dropped the Chargers into the bottom half of the G-MAC standings with nine conference games left on the regular season schedule. “It’s frustrating because we know that a lot of teams are already gaining momentum in the conference and we seem to be losing that momentum that we need at the end of the season,” freshman guard Lauren Daffenberg said. On Thursday, the Chargers shot at a better rate than the Panthers, but turned the ball over 15 times while Kentucky Wesleyan gave the ball away only nine times. The Panthers used the 15 takeaways to create 20 points, whereas Hillsdale scored just 10 points off of turnovers. Hillsdale doesn’t turn the ball over at a greater rate compared to the rest of the G-MAC, but the Chargers have forced the fewest turnovers among the 14 teams in the conference. That directly impacts Hillsdale’s turnover margin, which is nearly negative-four per game, the second-worst rate in the conference. Fritsche said while his team’s defensive style favors forcing opponents to take contested shots rather than getting steals, he would like to see his offense take care of the ball better. “We put a ton of emphasis on turnovers on offense,” Fritsche said. “We don’t really get into how many turnovers we force, but we do need to lessen our turnovers offensively.” Sophomore guard Jaycie Burger scored a season-high 13 points and made three of six three-pointers. Senior guard Allie Dewire also

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Lauren Daffenberg made four threes and scored 16 points in Saturday's loss. s. nathaniel grime | collegian

scored 13 points and provided five assists. Senior forward Brittany Gray scored 12 points, all coming from her four three-pointers. Gray is the team’s leading three-point shooter this season, both in shots made (55) and in shooting percentage (34.8 percent). Senior forward Makenna Ott again led the team in minutes on the floor, and scored 11 points while grabbing nine rebounds. Ott has collected at least six rebounds in 14 of her last 15 games. On Saturday, Trevecca Nazarene outscored Hillsdale 21-10 in the first quarter, and the Chargers didn’t come back to take the lead at any point during the remainder of the game.

“We obviously don’t want [to start slow], but I also know that in some games we’ve come out really good and didn’t finish as strong,” Fritsche said. “But most importantly, we still have yet to put together four really good quarters. That’s something that still concerns me.” Hillsdale shot just 31.8 percent from the floor, and is shooting below 40 percent as a team on the season. Gray led the team with 19 points, making nine of 21 shots, but just one of 10 threes. Gray said she watched the film of the game afterward, and concluded that she and her teammates took quality shots, but that they simply weren’t falling like they usually do. “I thought most of the

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On January 18, Maines set the Hillsdale women's track and field record in the shot put with a throw of 14.05 meters. The previous record was 13.82 meters, set in 1992.

shots we took were pretty normal,” Gray said. “But we’ve gotta have better movement. The ball kind of got stuck in people’s hands, myself included. Once we’re a team that passes and trusts each other a lot more, that’s when you see the real potential that we have.” Daffenberg scored 16 points, which all came from either threes or free throws. It was her eighth game this season in which she came off the bench to reach double-digits in points. She said when the team can get the ball inside on offense, it opens up opportunities for three-point shooters like herself to get open outside the arc for an opportunity. “Getting it in has opened up so much stuff,” Daffenberg said. “We do get a lot off of our motion offense, but getting it into the middle just helps us get those extra baskets that we need.” Dewire scored 13 points, and has scored more than 10 points in 12 of the 15 games she’s played in this year. She leads Hillsdale with 13.1 points per game, and is the team’s best free throw shooter, making 80 percent of her shots this year. Three of the Chargers’ previous four losses have come on the road, where Hillsdale is just 2-5 this season. The Chargers will be at home, where they are 5-5 this season, for three consecutive games beginning tonight. “We’re showing up every game planning on winning our next one and planning on playing the way we know we can,” Fritsche said. Tonight, the Tiffin University Dragons (7-12, 4-9) visit Hillsdale for a 5:30 p.m. tip-off. The Chargers defeated the Dragons in Tiffin, Ohio in December, 74-65. On Saturday, the first-place Cedarville University Yellow Jackets (16-3, 12-1) are in town for a 1 p.m. clash. The Chargers lost to the Yellow Jackets in Cedarville, Ohio in November, 76-60. The Yellow Jackets finished first in the regular season conference standings last season, but were ousted by the fifth-seeded Chargers in the G-MAC tournament. While Hillsdale still has time to put together a run and climb back up the conference standings, the current trend hasn’t been what the team expected at this point in the season. “We know we’re close, but we all want to be there right now and not in two weeks,” Fritsche said. “This team wants to win, and they want to win right now.”

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SUPER BOWL LIII Sunday, February 3 | 6:30 p.m. Mercedes Benz Stadium | Atlanta, Georgia

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New England Patriots 13-5, afc champions

Los Angeles Rams 15-3, nfc champions

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STAFF FAVORITE: PATRIOTS SWIM, from a10 against Case Western and Ohio Northern. Ellingson said the physical and mental demand of the meet threw the team off and they weren’t able to swim to their potential. Since training had been especially rigorous in recent weeks, Ellingson said it was a test of the mental stamina of the team. “I think something the team can focus on for the next few weeks is understanding that our body was at its most tired training-wise this week,” Ellingson said. “But it primed us for taper.” Despite the loss against Case Western, Kirner said the team learned a lot from defeating Ohio Northern and from their individual race wins.

“We learned that we need a resilient nature to fight through fatigue and adversity,” Kirner said. “We still have work to do with a few of our athletes and their ability to swim whatever is necessary for our team’s cause.” With G-MACs coming up, junior Catherine Voisin said the coaches are focused on perfecting all aspects of each swimmer’s races. Swimming fast in practices and looking at the little details will carry into their meet performances at G-MACs. “I think we’re in great shape after our hard work last semester,” Voisin said. “Right now, we’re starting to taper for our muscles to recover and to be strong enough for the G-MACs in two weeks.” The G-MAC Championships begin on Feb. 13 in Canton, Ohio, and will last four days.

Nikita Maines is a freshman from Centralia, Illinois. She is a thrower on the women's track and field team.

Q: How do you feel about Hillsdale so far?

Q: What were you looking for in colleges?

Q: What do you want to do after college?

Q: At what point did you decide shot put was your event?

Q: How has Hillsdale challenged you?

NM: Hillsdale is definitely hard, maybe a little harder than I thought it would be. But I appreciate that. I appreciate being pushed to a different level. The people are really nice. The team is like my little small family away from home. I like it so far.

NM: Since my town was small, I was always hoping to get a broader spectrum of the world, because I've never been somewhere so big. I wanted to see and become a different person than I would be if I had just stayed in a small town. I was looking for colleges that had really good academics, a good track program and community, where the people are really friendly.

NM: I'm leaning towards a forensics track, somewhere in criminal justice, but I'm really going broader spectrum. I'm gonna get into the FBI. That's a bold dream, but that's what I really want to do. I watch a bunch of CSI Special Victims Unit. I think I could be really good in that field because I want to help people. It also interests me to know how those things work and what happens in those situations.

NM: I started shot put in seventh grade, so I think from there the passion for it grew. But I don't think it really clicked until about sophomore year. I made it to indoor state for high school, and I won. I beat my older cousin, and then I think that solidified it. I was like, “I'm going to be great at this. And I'm going to make sure I work hard enough to be great.”

NM: It’s definitely challenged how I perceive things. I've always thought that I was insignificant, but here at Hillsdale, people have definitely showed me that I matter, and I'm a Christian. Also just physically, track is so hard. The first week of conditioning, I was like puking the whole time. It was not fun, but it was definitely worth it.

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Swimming

Clark sets pool record, Ellingson wins G-MAC Player of the Week as regular season concludes By | Danielle Lee collegian reporter

The Hillsdale College Chargers defeated Olivet College and fell to Tiffin University in a tri-meet on Friday. Freshman Anna Clark dominated the meet and broke Olivet’s pool record in the 200 butterfly, finishing in 2 minutes and 13.24 seconds. Clark said she has been swimming with the stroke and distance group, giving her more more

opportunities to practice the butterfly. “I’ve been able to practice pacing my 200 fly more often, which has given me more confidence and experience to execute my race plan,” Clark said. “I didn’t put that much pressure on myself to break the record. I just wanted to swim the race how I plan to at the G-MACs.” Assistant coach Zoe Tracey said Clark is one of the hardest workers on the team

and that the achievement is a result of Clark’s hard work and tenacity. “She always gives her best effort, even on the toughest of practices,” Tracey said. “I’ve never heard her complain about anything. She takes on any challenge with a smile.” Senior Anika Ellingson was also recognized for a second time this season as G-MAC Player of the Week. Sophomore Katherine Heeres finished first in the

200 individual medley in 2:18.38, three seconds ahead of sophomore Mary Vita, who took second. Heeres said she attributes her success to her consistent IM training and her enjoyment of the race. “The general strategy that I abide by is to simply focus on optimizing my best strokes — [butterfly, backstroke, and freestyle] — while minimizing my weak stroke, which is [breaststroke],” Heeres said. Head coach Kurt Kirner

said he’s training the swimmers to connect the type of training they do every day with the specifics necessary to succeed in their races. “They need to take calculated risks, even though their minds would rather stay in the safe zone,” Kirner said of his team’s strategies. “The only way for them to get better is to swim at the very extremes of their capabilities.” At their final meet of the regular season on Saturday,

the Chargers defeated Ohio Northern University, but lost to Case Western University. Kirner said he held three goals for the swimmers at Saturday’s tri-meet. First, he wanted his swimmers to compete in the events they needed times in. Second, he wanted to beat Ohio Northern. Third, he wanted to match up good races for his best swimmers

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Alex Oquist (left) and Jack Shelley (right) run in the one mile run at the Conference Crossover on January 18. At the GVSU Open on Friday, Oquist finished ninth in the 3000 meter run and Shelley finished eighth in the one mile run. scott lowery | collegian

POINTS PER GAME

Continued improvement leads to strong showing at GVSU Open

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Men's Track and Field

By | Scott Lowery collegian freelancer As junior Joey Humes rounded the final corner with the closest competitor half a lap behind, all that stood between him and a victory in the 3000 meter run was 50 meters of wide open track. Emphatically crossing the finish line, Humes put an exclamation point on a young, developing team’s statement performance. The Hillsdale College Chargers entered last Friday’s GVSU Open looking to rebound after a disappointing performance at the Conference Crossover the week before. The Chargers found their answer with numerous impressive individual performances, finishing third out of the 12 schools represented, with 46 points. Host Grand Valley State University took

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Hillsdale Wide Track Classic the top spot with 146 points, while Bethel College took second with 127.5 points. Humes finished first in the 3000 with a personal best time of 8 minutes and 18.68 seconds. He finished 15 seconds ahead of the next closest competitor, and beat the Division II provisional mark by more than five seconds, putting him in prime position to qualify in the event for the national meet. Junior Alex Oquist also raced well, finishing eighth in 8:40.83, a personal best by almost 14 seconds. This is just an example of the improvement throughout the roster the coaching staff has stressed. “We’ve really emphasized the individual within the

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team,” head coach Andrew Towne said. “If the individual is at their best, then the team is at its best.” Freshman John Baldwin ran the second fastest time in the preliminary heat of the 60 meter hurdles en route to a fourth place finish, running the final heat in 8.44 seconds. Junior Ian Brown also represented Hillsdale in the finals, finishing eighth in 8.69 seconds. In the 200 meter dash, freshman Jacob Schmidt finished fourth out of 63 competitors with a time of 22.39 seconds, racing to a personal best that stands a mere six tenths of a second off the Division II provisional mark. Freshman Mark Miller

took third in the one mile run with a time of 4:15.46, finishing just three seconds behind the leader in a competitive field, and comfortably setting a personal best. In the 4x400 meter relay, sophomore Adam Wade and senior Levi Wyse joined Baldwin and Schmidt to finish third in 3:22.37. The Chargers also got a strong individual effort in the pole vault, as freshman Ben Raffin tied his personal best with a jump of 4.72 meters, just a centimeter off the provisional mark. Hillsdale returns home to the Biermann Athletic Center this weekend for the Hillsdale Wide Track Classic. The Classic is the second of three home meets for the Chargers this season. Events begin Friday at 12 p.m. and continue on Saturday morning.

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Women's Track and Field

Among nation's best, Chargers finish fourth By | Scott Lowery collegian freelancer

As the Hillsdale College Chargers entered a buzzing Kelly Family Sports Center at last Friday’s GVSU Open, they faced a tough test from some of the nation’s best teams. Throughout the meet, however, the Chargers showed they were up to the challenge. Hillsdale placed fourth out of 18 teams, finishing only behind host Grand Valley State University and Lewis University — two Division II teams ranked in the top six of

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Hillsdale Wide Track Classic last week’s U.S Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association rankings — and the University of Toledo, a Division I team. Sophomore Kajsa Johansson sparked a solid performance on the track, finishing third in a competitive 200 meter dash. Johansson set a personal best with a time of 25.23 seconds, and finished only three tenths of a second behind the Division II

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provisional time. Meeting this time would give Johansson a chance to qualify for the national meet. “[Johansson] had a shorter freshman year because of injury, but she’s shown some great stuff on the track this year,” head coach Andrew Towne said. “She’s someone who will definitely continue to make an impact.” The Chargers put their best foot forward in the 3000

meter run, finishing as the top four collegiate runners and dominating the field of 45 competitors. Junior Arena Lewis separated herself from the pack throughout the race, and turned in a time of 10 minutes and 5 seconds. Senior Ally Eads finished behind her in 10:12. Freshman Sophia Maeda and sophomore Christina Sawyer finished as the third and fourth collegiate runners in the event with times of 10:14 and 10:16, respectively. In the 800 meter run, sophomore Abbie Porter had

a strong race to place second in a field of 37 runners. Her time of 2:14.86 was a season best, and is only six tenths of a second short of a provisional time. Sophomore Calli Townsend also set a personal best, finishing seventh with a time of 2:15.92. In the 4x400 meter relay, freshmen Melanie Boehm and Amber Mango joined Porter and Townsend to take second with a time of 4:01.97. In the field, freshman Alexie Day turned in another strong performance, finishing second in the high jump with

a jump of 1.63 meters, just four centimeters short of a provisional mark. In the throwing events, freshman Nikita Maines, fresh off breaking a school record the week before, finished fourth in the shot put with a throw of 13.66 meters. Looking to build off of last week’s success, the Chargers are back in action at home this weekend for the Hillsdale Wide Track Classic in Hillsdale’s Biermann Athletic Center. Events begin Friday at 12 p.m. and continue on Saturday morning.

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Hillsdale students attend yearly SAB ski trip at Bittersweet Resort. Collegian | Danielle Lee

Culture

More than smoothies:

Healthies offers three-course shake experience

By | Rachel Kookogey Collegian Freelancer Healthies of Hillsdale is not a juice bar. It’s not a Smoothie King. It’s not a place to get green drinks or smoothie bowls. It’s a place to get meal-replacement protein shakes. Dale Steward, one of the owners, said, “We don’t do other things. All the shakes are protein-based. That’s what we do.” And they do it well. There’s a certain process customers follow when going to Healthies. First, they take a free shot of aloe water — flavor options include mango, mandarin, and cranberry — which is supposed to aid digestion. Next, customers can select between several varieties of tea, hot or cold, to drink while waiting for a smoothie, or to take with them. Customers can opt to only get the 20-ounce shake, and no tea, for $1 less than the normal price. Customers finish the transaction when employees hand out the shakes with a smile, and send the customer to the register, where the cost for the whole experience is only $6.50. In addition to smoothies, Healthies serves drinks called “tea bombs,” which contain some caffeine for an energy boost. They also serve a protein coffee, a filling drink made from a coffee and protein drink mix. Healthies is a great place to go with friends, the process of going through the three steps and picking from among their 100 shake flavors is fun. Employees make it clear that if you have something particular in mind, they can prob-

ably make that for you, too, with their extensive ingredient options. The presence of protein powder can be distracting, since there is protein in every shake. The fruit flavor in the Mango Tango shake was mostly overpowered by an artificial vanilla flavor. (This could have been due to a lack of appropriate blending time.) The Strawberry Cheesecake and Strawberry Shortcake flavors, however, are the perfect middle ground between tasting like a smoothie and tast- Freshman Emily De Long poses with her ing like a milkshake. hot tea and cold protein shake at Healthies. They are fruity and Courtesty | Rachel Kookogey step inside you might forget fresh: a good blend of flavors, the cold weather on the other and not too sweet. side of the door. Likewise, the Apple Pie Some students even said shake tastes like a real apple pie, in smoothie form. The ap- they may use it as a new study ple pie spices and the optional location. “I thought that it had a very addition of oatmeal complinice atmosphere and would be mented the apple flavor: a a place I would like to study,” match made in heaven. freshman Emily De Long Made with the Herbalstated. ife protein line, the protein “You get some coffee shop shakes fill you up but don’t vibes from it,” Freshman weigh you down, and would Sophia Berryhill said. “It was be great for an athlete or any one else who wants a new way a very comfortable environment.” to fuel up after a workout. And for those who do not Healthies is a nice meal replacement option for students want a cold shake on a cold day, Healthies even offers who may be tired of going to some warm shake flavors, the cafeteria or getting fast such as coffee or hot chocofood. It stands out among late. the coffee and lunch shops in The employees are friendthe area as a healthier, more ly and personable. “I want interesting alternative. Located on 77 N. Broad St., people to be happy when they come in,” Steward said. the shop is conveniently loThis coming weekend, Feb. cated near campus. It is warm 1-3, Healthies will extend its and comfortable: when you weekend hours from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for their grand opening, at which they will have deals, raffles, and giveaways.

Students go ‘gung-ho’ at Bittersweet ski resort By | Danielle Lee Collegian Reporter Bittersweet Resort. Despite its name, the only bitter aspect was the 3-degree wind chill. I’ve never skied before; however, this first-time experience was sweeter than expected. I had no prior skiing knowledge. Any time the sport came up in conversation, only Olympic replays and memories of almost touching snow popped into my head. Yet, seeing the ad for Student Activities Board’s ski trip sparked enough interest in me to venture out for one day, Jan. 25, and try this foreign pursuit. As a native of Southern California, my chances of playing a winter sport have always been very low. The only time I got close to skiing was when I took a trip to Big Bear in San Bernardino, California, with my family when I was 7 years old. The traffic was too congested on the way there, however, so we turned around and ate Chinese food instead. According to skiinghistory. org, skiing consists of sliding down a snow-covered hill or mountain with fixed-heel bindings on each foot. Invented before the wheel, this prehistoric activity originates in northern Russia, and alpine skiing originated simply as a better way to travel across frozen platforms. It later evolved for military usage in the 1760s A.D., when Norwegian armies would simultaneously ski

and shoot their enemies. The activity became more civilian-oriented during the 1880s in Norway and some parts of Europe. Alpine skiing soon gained mass appeal, in the process making the Swiss Alps into the famous skiing spot it is today. People ski for transportation, for recreational activity, or for competitive sporting — but personally, I did it as a challenge. Shooting down enemies was not on my agenda, but learning the basics was, in addition to filling the void of 7-year-old Danielle Lee. Pizza is your best friend. This was the first lesson sophomore Emma Noverr, an experienced skier of 18 years, taught me in the basics of skiing. This semi-technical term is used to describe the snow plow position, and its purpose serves to control speed and balance. Maintaining both of these is essential. Once they’re achieved, the rest of the movement is all about “feeling it,” according to Noverr. I thought I could never move past the bunny hill. Toddlers successfully executed pizza and moved on to the next hill, while I struggled to apply the technique. I needed to have some enthusiasm or zealous energy to learn this sport. But I also needed guidance and advice from experienced skiers, like Noverr, to refine and improve my skills. A lot of athletes approach skiing with a “gung-ho” attitude. Americans define “gung-

ho” as “enthusiastic” or “overzealous.” But this expression — adopted from Mandarin — holds a very different meaning traditionally. In Mandarin, the term is spelled “gong-he” and means “work together.” These two distinct cultures hold separate connotations for the same phrase, yet, both meanings can apply to skiing. Zealous to beat the bunny hill, and working together with the help of instructors, I moved from Baby’s Breath to Sweet Pea, and later Apple Blossom. (The steeper the hill, the bigger the plant the hill was named after.) Yet, my goal was to ski Creeping Myrtle. This hill is not particularly steep, but what attracted me to it was its complexity. Everytime the ski lift cruised above Myrtle, I watched skiers caress its smooth, bleached curvature. I wanted to ski this hill — and I did. I felt the compelling nature of skiing in every turn, gliding down the plane. The rush of adrenaline dissipated, my velocity felt constant, and I eventually took notice of the surrounding nature. The scenery was simple: Snow-frosted landscape; pine trees; a serene atmosphere. I couldn’t attain this appreciation anywhere else. A skier at the resort said you either go all out, or you don’t do it at all. The greatest rewards come from what’s least expected: Approach skiing “gung-ho.”

LA Theater Works brings ‘Steel Magnolias’ to campus By | Elizabeth Bachmann Collegian Reporter Journeying all the way from the land of film, theater, and all things drama, six diverse women from LA Theater Works will bring to life a production of Robert Harling’s “Steel Magnolias” in Markel Auditorium Tuesday, Feb. 5. A play set primarily in a beauty shop, “Steel Magnolias” explores how the eccentricities and securities of friendship lend meaning to both the comedies and tragedies of life. The plot sprawls across the lives of six colorful women in

Louisiana, as they experience together weddings, babies, and love, and as they combat illness and deflating updos. The plot focuses particularly on M’Lynn and her daughter Shelby, as they battle Shelby’s diabetes together and ultimately refuse to accept the limitations that the disease places on her life. LA Theater Works is unique in that it does radio drama, both staged and recorded, and “Steel Magnolias” will not be put on in typical play fashion. The actresses will be standing around microphones for the majority of the play, acting through voice,

expression and body language. Through these recordings, LA Theater Works have made it their mission to deliver worldclass theater to a uniquely widespread set of listeners. Actress Inger Tudor, who plays M’Lynn, said that she finds this type of acting uniquely challenging and engaging. “The way its staged, we are at microphones and we face straight out to audience. So you have to imagine the reactions that you’re getting from other actors,” Tudor said. “You can hear it from their

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Great Cookbooks: Fannie in the kitchen By | Carmel Kookogey Culture Editor

Every family has a handful of recipes that are more than staples: They’re family legend. Gramma’s banana bread, with a vinegar-milk mixture in place of buttermilk. Steve’s chicken chili. George Washington’s pea soup. The recipes are a weird conglomeration of your parents’ favorites: For me, that’s the stew my dad’s mom always made, a casserole recipe on an old, yellowed magazine page with food spattered inside and outside the plastic slip housing it, and Fannie Farmer’s foolproof griddlecakes. A used copy of Farmer’s cookbook, originally published in 1896, now runs for a mere $1.99 on Barnes and Noble, and unlike Julia Child and Irma Rombauer, is not much discussed by more modern cooks. But Farmer was borderline revolutionary in her time. She recorded measurements with scientific precision, and was one of the first cooks to write an instructive recipe book at a time when most housewives

either hired a cook or attended extensive cooking school in order to make a good biscuit. Farmer changed that. At the front of the cookbook shelf in our kitchen, its title blurred by the layers of tape holding together the spine and a mosaic of greasy fingerprint stains, is a short, fat brown book whose spine falls into two even halves when you pick it up: The Fannie Farmer cookbook. On one side is a page that says “Quick Breads” and on the other is the classic griddlecake recipe — the only pancake recipe I’ve ever used. Farmer’s personal story was memorialized in Deborah Hopkinson’s 2001 children’s book, “Fannie in the Kitchen,” a personal favorite of mine as a child. The book tells the story of how Farmer, originally hired as a live-in nanny at the Shaw household in Boston, Massachusetts in 1887, ended up helping daughter Marcia Shaw learn to cook through a series of simple rules and precise measurements, while Mrs. Shaw cared for her new baby. Eventually, Farmer’s skill in the kitchen became renowned

among other Boston housewives, to the point where she earned a teaching job at the Boston Cooking School where she attended classes, despite never having finished high school. Before Farmer left the Shaws, Marcia Shaw convinced Farmer to write down her tips, which would eventually become the beloved cookbook that is still in print today, more than 100 years later. (Maybe “Fannie” isn’t in your everyday lexicon, but I bet your mom knows her name.) Though the children’s book simplifies the real story — Farmer suffered a stroke in high school that left her partially paralyzed and kept her from finishing her formal education — Farmer’s story is still a real miracle of history. Farmer continued to educate herself and others, and even opened her own Miss Farmer’s School of Cookery in 1902. Unlike other cooking schools which instructed hired cooks or teachers, Farmer taught mostly housewives. “It is my wish that [the book] may not only be looked upon a as a compilation of tried and tested recipes, but

that it may awaken an interest through its condensed scientific knowledge which will lead to deeper thought, and broader study of what to eat,” Farmer wrote. Fannie Farmer’s cookbook taught me that the perfect time to flip a pancake is when it’s puffed and full of bubbles. You’ve got to be patient: You can’t flip it before, and you can’t flip it after. In the sixth grade, I would demonstrate this knowledge in a presentation I titled “How to Make Pancakes,” in which I showcased my Farmer-learned griddlecake expertise to a room of bemused parents and hungry students. Farmer’s cookbook is more than just good pancake recipes and the three ways to test the freshness of eggs: In many ways, it’s a real embodiment of the American dream. A young woman, with multiple setbacks — physical, social, intellectual — who not only managed to make a living doing what she loved, but also revolutionized food preparation by making it accessible. And she taught other women the skills they would need to do the same, to be self-suffi-

The Fannie Farmer Cookbook, published in 1896. Collegian | Carmel Kookogey

cient. You don’t have to wait to be formally educated to learn to cook, and even become

good at it. You just have to be patient. Fannie Farmer taught me that, too.

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Music and millennials: An album ‘we’ can all relate to

By | Isabella Redjai Assistant Editor You’re sitting on your bed, looking out the window, reminiscing about the good times you had with your high school heartbreaker. And you’re probably listening to gnash’s debut album, “we.” Coming out from the heart of Los Angeles, gnash, otherwise known as Garrett Nash, not only flexes his rapper-singer-songwriter identity in his first full album, which released Jan. 11, 2019, but also develops an acoustic tone and a rock‘n’roll capability that may surprise his fans. Filled with a touch of teenage angst and an overload of millennialism, gnash represents both the relaxed and nearly complacent nature of our emotion-driven generation. The lyrics, “Don’t get stressed, don’t get dressed” has a particular resonance with our generation, who gnash encourages to stay in their pajamas and not leave the house. Resembling artists like

Twenty One Pilots with his borderline painfully real lyrics, yet not overwhelming his audience with rap music throughout the entire album, gnash showcases his word-spitting abilities in “nobody’s home,” as he says “You and I were king and queen of quiet nights in,/We’d order food and watch a movie” and talks about the generational issue of spending a night, not only at home, but all alone with himself and his phone. DJ-ing since the age of 13 and developing music in his garage, gnash has released three EPs and a number of singles prior to this album, including his most popular song “i hate u, i love u,” featured on “we,” though it was originally released in 2016. In the song “be,” he echoes the style of Plain White T’s “Hey There, Delilah” with an introduction of soft strums of the guitar and his sentimental tone of voice. But gnash has the unique artistic ability to take his audience from a mood equivalent to that of

resting on the shores of a beach, to a high-energy and teenage garage-rock-bandesque vibe, as experienced in “t-shirt.” Gnash doesn’t allow his audience to experience such angst immediately: First, he introduces the song with a climactic building of acoustics that quickly shift to the sound of an electric guitar, and soft head-banging shouts. Gnash creates a bouncing melody perfect for drives by the coast, native to gnash’s Southern California origins, in his “imagine if,” reflecting on future plans and past loves as he echoes “Aye-oh, aye-oh!” Addressing another longing of the millennial generation, gnash contemplates “Imagine what the world be like/If everybody stayed in love/If everybody stayed offline,” not only addressing the overuse of social media in romantic relationships and staying connected online, but also referencing the regret of human inability to rewind time like that of a movie.

After a series of alternative mixtures of rock band instruments and acoustics, gnash surprises his listeners with his most popular song of the album “i hate u, i love u,” featuring artist Olivia Brien, released in 2016. A tug-of-war of emotions, the song explores whether gnash and Brien’s characters actually love or hate each other as it builds to an emotional climax in the infamous love-hate relationship. Brien’s voice and the piano chords strike the heart of the listener, as building claps and tension characterize gnash’s introduction into the song. Stripped down and presenting the transparency of the internal battle that is love, gnash and Brien complement each other’s voices while building a narrative for the seemingly superficial generation that the album is meant for, but it recognizes the deeper emotional issues that also characterize our generation. A rollercoaster of emotions, gnash builds an album with “we” that not only show-

how he captures the world that I see as well, he’s not overly focused on sounding old.” Senior English major Kasia Ignatik also said she appreciates Wilson’s modern content but traditional techniques. “He sounds modern, but he still recognizes the importance of technique, language, and tradition,” Ignatik said. “It’s important to reach the audience but also preserve the integrity of poetry.” Balsbaugh said one of his favorite poems from “The Stranger World” is “The View on Waking,” which describes contents suspended in the space between a window screen and the window glass. “It’s a beautiful poem, it helps you see the world differently,” Balsbaugh said. “I don’t think I’ll ever look at window screen the same.” During his live reading, Wilson compared great poetry to reality in its complexity. “It’s something for which no pattern can be easily discerned,” Wilson said. “You’re just overwhelmed by it, you tend to wonder at it and awe at it.” Balsbaugh said Wilson’s poems recognize that everything in the world has

meaning. “You can tell he’s writing to the world,” Balsbaugh said.

how it was done,” Wilson said. “Of course, magic requires a great deal of technique, and

Artist gnash released his first full-length album on January 11, 2019. Collegian | Isabella Redjai

cases his rapping abilities and nature, but that shifts from soft, sentimental acoustic melodies to that of aggressive, nearly rebellious, garage punk. He sprinkles his album with rhythms that sound upbeat, while also providing raw lyrics and addresses authentic struggles experienced by our

current generation. Speaking the language of millennials and providing a variety of moods with which to resonate, gnash’s “we” serves as a universally accessible album to all millenials who choose to listen.

‘Training your ear’: Ryan Wilson shares poetic practices By | Julia Mullins Assistant Editor When poet Ryan Wilson, current editor of “Literary Matters,” visited Hillsdale College, students and faculty had the opportunity to hear a live reading of his poetry and attend a poetry workshop. During his live reading, Wilson read poems he had translated, newly-written poems, and poems from his book “The Stranger World,” which won the 2017 Donald Justice Poetry Prize. “The book moves through great spiritual darkness toward a glimpse of hope and life at the end,” Wilson said. “It is a kind of ‘katabasis’ or descent into the underworld and the return, narratively modeled on the ‘Inferno’ of Dante.” Junior English major Dietrich Balsbaugh, who attended the poetry workshop, said that there is a notion that modern poetry isn’t good, and some poets try to sound great by writing about old things. “When I read Wilson’s poems, I can tell that he lives in the same world I’m living in, he sees the same things,” Balsbaugh said. “I really love

Ryan Wilson reads his poetry to Hillsdale College students and faculty. Collegian | Julia Mullins

Wilson also compared the skill and craft behind great poetry to watching a magic trick. “When you watch a magic trick, you don’t want to know

sleight-of-hand, and everything else. If you want to learn how to do it, you have to learn those techniques. But before anything, drink in the pleasure of it, enjoy the mystery

and the wonder, that’s so much what poetry is for.” Wilson said for any content to make it into his poems, it has to interact meaningly with the form. “If the form is not engaging with the content, it’s not really doing a lot poetically,” Wilson said. Echoing T.S. Elliot, Wilson added that he believes there is no such thing as free verse. “There is verse that has an irregular meter, but it’s not free,” Wilson said. “It’s not that I have a flag to wave about formal verse, it’s that the practitioners themselves value it.” Wilson said he has learned how to create different meters, and meters that break the regular pattern expressively and meaningfully, by translating and memorizing great poems. “You don’t want to repeat slavishly what people before you have done,” Wilson said. “You want to take the tools you inherit and take them to a new place, modify them in your own way.” Poetry is meant to be spoken, Wilson said. Accordingly, he described saying a lot of things aloud when he writes, because he writes his own Artist John Rhett’s art is on display at the Fine Arts Building from January 25 until February 21. Courtesy | Brian Freimuth

John Rhett captures the glory of Midwest roads By | Brian Freimuth Collegian Freelancer Through oil and watercolor, John Rhett captures the beauty of the ordinary on canvas. The subjects of his paintings are often rural Midwestern landscapes, the kind Americans too often take for granted. On Friday, Jan. 25, Hillsdale students had the opportunity to attend a reception for Rhett’s ongoing art exhibit and discuss anything from artistic technique to the role of painting in society today. Rhett is a contemporary painter and chair of the art department at Houghton College. Hillsdale’s art department hosted Rhett to expose students to the work and reflections of a contemporary artist. The selection of paintings exhibited, Rhett told students, were a small fraction of a

drawer full of less-successful attempts to encapsulate natural beauty: “You do a stack of ‘em, and they’re in the drawer, and you know, they’re terrible”. Art major Heidi Yacoubian chimed in, laughing. “That’s like 90 percent of artists’ work,” she said. Rhett’s scenes of roads, forests, and open fields, subjected to the different times of day and seasons of the year, highlight nature’s cyclical beauty. Even for a professional painter, “clumsy handling” and “overworking” a piece can cause a simple watercolor of a Midwestern road to fail, Rhett told students. Rhett discussed how the medium of painting fits into modern society. “You ask anybody, they can’t name a contemporary painter, but they can name a famous movie director,” he

said. Thus, Rhett observes that the “language” of painting does not play as essential of a role in intellectual and aesthetic conversation as it did in the past. Though the medium of painting is less prominent today, Rhett’s work demonstrates how paintings can intrigue an artist’s audience. Many students discussed how familiar Rhett’s simple outdoors scenes seemed to them, and Rhett’s work is characterized by the accessibility of his subjects. But these commonplace scenes often connect the viewer by using nostalgic memories and familiar lines of poetry. The title of one of Rhett’s oil-on-canvas pieces, “Lovely, Dark, and Deep” alludes to Robert Frost’s poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” Other interesting titles include: “The Bridge, Hume”

and “The Approach.” Professor of art Julio Suarez said that for art students in particular, exhibitions like these offer contemporary examples of what students ought to aim for in their own artwork, so they can develop some of the skills used by visiting artists. If possible, Bushey and Suarez stated, it’s ideal for the art department to exhibit artwork that demonstrates the techniques students are currently learning. When asked how he connects poetry and abstract ideas to his work, Rhett said there is not a specific pattern to his literary allusions. “Things bubble up, your mind is like a salad,” he said. “Things just come and go. I don’t think linearly, I just jump from thought to thought.” Many of Rhett’s paint-

ings feature roads, which he attributed to his frequent road travel. “When you’re on the road everything becomes sort of ‘fly-by country.’ For us Americans, roads are so ubiquitous,” Rhett said. Rhett said he finds nature creates her own beauty and variety that surpasses, in many cases, human attempts to manufacture excitement and intrigue. “Enlightenment comes during ordinary moments. The day to day things: You come to prefer them,” he said. Professor of art Barbara Bushey pointed out that Rhett’s roads are no different from some of the roads around Hillsdale. “Sometimes, especially in Hillsdale, we think, ‘Oh, here we are in the middle of the cornfield,’ but there is beauty there too,” Bushey said.

poems to be spoken as well. “A lot of times when you start writing, your poems are just like a ball rolling down a hill, but you want it to zig and zag, the way that the voice zigs and zags in conversation,” he said. “Hearing things and exploring syntax and the way syntax can be maneuvered to sound like speech, to sound like meditation, to sound like an authentic emotional moment, to sound playful, and all these things, requires training your ear.” In order to train his ear, Wilson said he reads poets he admires aloud, and then memorizes their poems. “If you’re interested in writing poetry, I would say you should have at least 10,000 lines by heart,” Wilson said. “It gives you a feel for poetry that sounds like somebody speaking.” Wilson said understanding technique is important, but the technique doesn’t at all approach the effect of a great poem: The poem is greater than the sum of all its parts. “Revel in that wonder and that awe,” Wilson said. “That it is an important feeling to have.” ‘

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voice, but you have to imagine what their facial expression is. You have to stay so focused and really listen harder than you have to do in any other type of performing. The second your mind wanders, it become obvious on your face.” Tudor explained why this role was particularly fulfilling for her. “What I really like about M’Lynn, is that she is a career woman, who has got a daughter who all of her life has diabetes. So as a mom she has always been protective,” Tudor said. “But at the same time her daughter wants to do all these different things, and live her life, and of course she wants her to do that. So I like the challenge of playing that type of role.” Hillsdale College Chairman of Theater and Dance James Brandon, as always, said that he is excited for both the Hillsdale community in general, and theater students specifically, to see this production. “There is not a lot of professional theater happening in Hillsdale County. It is important for our audience to see work that’s not locally grown, to see work from the outside world,” Brandon said. “I think it’s most important for our students, especially the ones studying the field to see and get to meet and work with professionals.”

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Former Hillsdale athlete recounts 50 years of life after death By | Calli Townsend Assistant Editor The 1969 Hillsdale College Chargers were in the thick of their football season. It was October. Playoffs would soon be approaching and with Frank “Muddy” Waters as the head coach, expectations were high. But it was in October junior defensive Michael Mills thought he’d never again see his coach, his teammates, or anyone else for that matter. On Oct. 7, 1969, Mills suffered a traumatic brain injury during a game and was pronounced dead on the field against Northern Michigan University. He was rushed to St. Luke’s Hospital in Marquette, Michigan, where doctors attempted to rescue him. While his body was present, Mills’ spirit was not. He spent 22 hours in Heaven, where Jesus told him his journey wasn’t finished. “He told me it was not my time to stay and that I would be fully restored when I returned,” Mills wrote in his book, ‘Amazing Love, Extraordinary Gifts.’ From there, the miracles unfolded. “I saw my body from above in an intensive care bed, with my parents and Coach Muddy Waters in the next room,” he wrote. “The most amazing and one of the clearest memories I have to this day is that there was an Angel sitting on the end of my bed, at my feet.” As Mills returned to his physical body, he discovered he was paralyzed from the neck down, and he lacked all of his senses, except for hearing and speaking. He could neither see nor feel anything, but he could hear, and soon, he heard words of comfort and concern from his parents and coach. “I boldly professed to them

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that I was going to walk out of the hospital in 38 days! That is what the Lord had told me!” Mills wrote. It took four days for the proper staff and equipment to be assembled for the ensuing operations Mills would endure. On Oct. 11, brain surgery finally began. Despite some complications, the operation was successful and Mills recovered well. “It is here in the late afternoon of the day after surgery, less than 24 hours from surgery, that I was able to sit up with complete restoration of my entire body, of my earthly senses, and my sight,” Mills wrote. “My smile of joy was permanently affixed and growing on my face by the Lord Jesus Christ forever!” Mills was on track to walk out of the hospital in 38 days. “Every morning when I wake up — and I mean every morning for the last 50 years — I have put my feet on the floor and thanked the Lord for the day in front of me and asked him what I’m doing for him today,” Mills said. God has used Mills in different ways since his new life began. Whether he was working in athletics or politics, Mills keeps two things at the center of everything: his faith and the principles he learned during his time as a Charger. He returned to Hillsdale in the fall of 1970, but this time not as a student-athlete. To replace the time he would have spent on the football field, Coach “Muddy” Waters appointed him to be the college’s first full-time sports information director. He also served as sports editor of The Collegian, majored in business and economics, and afterward worked in college athletics for 30 years. After working at The Collegian, Mills worked for

the Hillsdale Daily News as the sports editor, but not for long. By 1974, Waters was being recruited to found the athletic program at Saginaw Valley State University and he wanted Mills to help him. Of course, Mills said yes to the job. “Muddy was the winningest football coach in the U.S. out of all divisions,” Mills said. “All of us that played for him became like his sons.” From there Mills trans-

with the college football team to all of their away games, just like Flynn did for the Packers. “They showed a real commitment to the community and to the college, even back at a time when a lot of stations wouldn’t do those things,” he said. “They would go on the road to games in the Upper Peninsula and made sure those games were broadcasted.” Nichols added that having

tune in, they don’t hear the score. So give them the score a lot.’” Mike also said Tony’s play-by-play sportscasting made him adept at creating word-pictures. “You don’t get instant replay on radio. You’ve got to do it in real time,” Mike said. “On TV you can see what’s happening, but in radio you’ve got to paint the picture and tell people what happens as it happens so they can tell

of basketball, football, and sometimes hockey.” Mills not only learned business and economics at Hillsdale, but his job as the sports information director taught him to communicate. Hillsdale’s current sports information director Brad Monastiere said the ability to communicate is the most important thing his job has taught him. “[My job] has evolved so much, just in the time I’ve

Michael Mills giving an acceptance speech at the 2018 Charger Hall of Fame Ceremony on behalf of the 1969 football team. facebook.

ferred to Colorado State University to be the assistant athletic director and teach a journalism class. Mills said one of his jobs was to figure out how to supplement funding for women’s sports after Title IX required colleges and universities to financially support men’s and women’s sports equally. “I applied my Hillsdale entrepreneurial skills and earned revenue for the NCAA,” Mills said. “In 1976-77 we were giving scholarships to girls who couldn’t chew gum and dribble a basketball at the same time. I had to figure out how to generate revenue off

been here since 2005. The biggest key that this job teaches you is the ability to communicate,” he said. “ If you’re a good communicator, you’re successful in this job, and it can translate to many other lines of work as well.” For Mills, his ability to communicate led to many more opportunities. He was a producer and director of radio broadcasts statewide and was able to increase revenue for the NCAA by $250,000. It was also at Colorado State where Mills ran the NCAA Final Four tournament in 1979 when basketball legends Magic Johnson and

appreciated Flynn’s sense of humor. On one occasion when Eckhardt was driving After a brief enrollment at with McAvoy and Flynn Marquette University, a short back from a game at Michistint in the U.S. Air Force, gan Tech, McAvoy, who was and a return to WDBC, Flynn driving, got the three of them got his big broadcast break pulled over for speeding. in 1951 at WJPG, Green Bay, “Tony Flynn said, ‘I’ll take Wisconsin, where he spent care of this. I’m a Yooper; I six years broadcasting Green can handle this.’” But when Bay Packer games on the state the state trooper approached network, in addition to news the car, telling them they and commercial announcing. knew why they were stopped, “He was the voice for the Flynn threw McAvoy under Packers in the mid-50s to the bus. “Hell, yes, he late 50s before football knows why!” Flynn became popular on exclaimed. “He’s been television,” Flynn’s son, speeding for 50 miles! Tony Jr., said. I told him and told In 1957, he began him to slow down.” telecasting for the Eckhardt laughed. American Broadcasting “The trooper didn’t Networking in Milwauthink that was quite so kee, conducting 5-minfunny, but we certainly ute news and sportsdid.” casts 17 times a week. Flynn was known Afterward he joined not only for his sense WISN Radio and of humor, but also for Television in Milwauseveral community kee where he served as service projects. He sports director, conco-chaired the “Yes ducting daily news and We Can” Campaign, a sports broadcasts on $1 million fundraising radio and television. project for the HillsThen, in 1961, dale Hospital that led Tony’s brother, Fahey, to the creation of a new bought Hillsdale’s local critical care unit. The radio station, WBSE hospital’s prior critical — now WCSR on West care unit was very Flynn pictured with Henry “Hammerin’ Hank” Aaron who played for the MilwauStreet. outdated, according to “Fahey wanted buy kee and Atlanta Braves. erica flynn | courtesy Judy Gabriele, director a radio station, and this been a communications what’s going on. ” of community outreach at one was for sale,” Flynn’s son major without any outlet for Flynn broadcasted more Hillsdale Hospital. Mike said. “Fahey said to my than sports; he also kept “He was a real go-getter,” dad, ‘The only way I’ll buy the newscasting at the college, he considers himself lucky to members of Hillsdale County she said. “He was out in the station is if you run it.’” With have had the opportunity to updated on all the latest news community all the time. Evthe past face of his broadcast work with Flynn at WCSR. and events. Many in Hillseryone knew who he was. He career in Wisconsin, Flynn “He took a chance on me dale recalled tuning into the was just an amazing man.” and his wife, Marian, felt like when I was 18 years old, ” station every morning and When asked why he gave Hillsdale would be the perNichols said. “I left Hillsdale hearing Flynn’s voice on the up his national broadcastfect place to slow down and being able take a job at a radio. ing gig to come to Hillsdale, for Flynn to be able to spend radio station in Indiana doing “My mother owned a Mike Flynn said it was bemore time at home. After a mornings, then I moved to beauty salon on West Street, cause of his genuine care for few years in Hillsdale, Flynn Fort Wayne and worked in and she had the radio station the community. eventually bought the station Indianapolis. None of that running in the business there “He loved this area,” Mike from his brother. would have been possible if all day,” Chi Omega House said. “I think he liked the fact When he first got to not for him.” Director Jodi Martin said. “It that it was a small, close-knit Hillsdale, the radio station Flynn’s oldest son Mike was a way to keep up on local community. It was about didn’t produce play-by-play also got involved in the news and local events.” more than just business here; broadcasts. Flynn was able family radio business from Flynn took seriously not it was about making it a betto bring his national newsonly the games but also his ter place.” casting prowess to the station an early age, listening to his father’s game coverage in pre-game breakfasts, which Beyond his community and transform the broadcast Milwaukee. he shared with his broadcast service, Mike emphasized style of local college and high “I was able to go with him color commentator Jim Eckthat Flynn regularly attended school athletic events. when I was just a youngster, hardt and former Hillsdale church and was an excellent “It’s not everyone who has and it peaked my interest, ” College Athletic Director Jack father. those skills and then brings he said. “When I got to high McAvoy. “Ninety-two years is a those skills to a little radio school, he put me to work. ” “We had a Charger breakpretty long life,” he said. “I station,” said Rob Nichols, Mike worked with his fast every saturday,” Eckhardt don’t think he wanted to do who worked at the station father for 50 years until Tony said. “It consisted of a waffle, it over again; I think he liked during his enrollment at retired from WCSR in 1999, two eggs over easy, Amerithe way he did it the first Hillsdale College before gradand Mike has run the station can fries, a double order of time.” uating in 1984. “It’s unique ever since. He gained a lot sausage patties, and whole A visitation will be held for a place like Hillsdale to from observing his father in wheat toast. Jack always had a at Van Horn-Eagle Funeral have someone broadcast like the sportscasting trade. glass of milk, Tony and I did Home from 4 to 8 p.m. on that, and to bring his experi“He always told me, ‘You coffee. Then we had to have a Feb. 6, followed by a funeral ence and his style to a town have to give the score a lot. piece of pumpkin pie to wash mass at St. Anthony’s at 11 like Hillsdale.” People tune in and out a lot, it all down.” a.m. the following day. Flynn and his broadcast and sometimes when they Eckhardt said he also partners would also travel

Larry Bird faced each other in the finals. “The NCAA recruits 30 [sports information directors] and media guys to run various aspects because there’s a ton of media to host,” Mills said. “I was in charge of the upper press box. There were about 800 people covering the event. That particular event was the largest audience in NCAA in sports in general for a television audience.” After his time at Colorado State, Mills returned to Lansing to work as the Executive Vice President of the Michigan Chamber Foundation. Here he worked with Hillsdale’s chairman and professor of economics, Charles Van Eaton. Together they wrote a book about privatization in Michigan: “Revitalizing the American City: A Market Perspective for Detroit.” “Dr. Van Eaton was also an ordained minister from whom I gained a great deal of wisdom,” Mills said. “This entire journey has been based on the Hillsdale principles of Christ like values and self governance.” Like Muddy, Van Eaton encouraged Mills to be a man of good faith and character. After his deadly experience on the football field, Mills says Hillsdale is one of the only places he could imagine allowing him to share his story. “I even had pastors tell me it was like a martian story and they told me not to tell many people,” Mills said. “But my boldness is God’s, not mine.” He said God provided a way for Mills to use his experience in October 1969 for a greater purpose. Former MLB pitcher for the Dodgers Carl Erskine worked with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes organization and invited Mills to speak to a group of injured athletes and their parents.

“I prayed with them to have confidence and that God does what God does and without faith, they’re not going to get through it,” Mills said. “I gave 85 speeches a year all over the state.” According to Mills, Hillsdale College and Charger football gave Mills his start, his story, and his smile. It is because of this special place and those special people Mills has enjoyed this life journey. “We went to class together, we ate together, and everything else,” quarterback Mike Harding `70 said in a video interview. “To this day we all stay in touch with each other.” Mills called his time as a Charger “the most rewarding experience.” “They’re like brothers, and Muddy was like dad,” he said. This special team was inducted into the Hillsdale College Sports Hall of Fame in 2018. “Muddy would tell friends the 1969 team might have been the deepest of all his teams,” Monastiere said. “It would be the first Hillsdale team to qualify for the NAIA playoffs in nine years. It would allow just 9.5 points per game. It would outscore its opponents by an average of 25 points per game in its eight wins.” Mills is now currently working as a chaplain at the Huron House in Port Huron, Michigan. “We take in guys that are coming out of jail and work on transforming them to get them off their habits of drugs or alcohol,” he said. “I just sell them Jesus to fill the hole they used to fill with alcohol.” Each day is a new chance for Michael Mills to live the life he thought he’d never have again, and he is living it with full faith and a great purpose.

Miller from B4

wrong with you guys? Who cares about that?’ I can’t explain the love, but it’s still there.” Growing up in the 50’s and 60’s, his father worked for Ford Motor Company. Miller recalls being excited about how the ’59 Fairlane would look. “All of us boys had model cars and doted on that. There was nothing else to do; there was no internet; TV had three channels, and it was black and white and nine inches. What else are you going to do? You go out to the garage, you dream about cars.” At that time, Miller got a job as a church organist to fund his love of fixing and renovating cars. Music never left his life, and he currently serves as the organist for Redeemer Lutheran Church in Jackson. In addition, he directs a men’s choir on the side. What Miller loves about his job and hobbies especially is the problem solving. “The irony is that when I have break time at home, I’m miserable because there’s not a problem around me,” he said. “It sounds crazy, but the issues are what I enjoy — when something breaks or when there’s a crunch because the lab is needed tomorrow.” With his job, Miller applies this love of finding solutions to everything from helping students discover their career path or even grading lab reports. “There’s a one-page data sheet they need to fill out. They’ll physically do the lab, and I know they’re scared — they don’t want to be there actually,” he said. “It’s when I grade the paper that I really get the thrill because many of them understand; they’ll elaborate on what they’ve said. I’ll write on the bottom, ‘You should major in chemistry,’ rather than whatever you’re doing.” Baron says Miller is successful at what he does because he knows how to monitor students less and less until they are confident and independent in what they’re doing. That, she says, is the mark of a good educator. “Ted is an example of a servant leader,” she said. “He’s a solid example of what I consider a good human being. He’s able to impart that to others; it’s amazing. It doesn’t take very long to figure that out.”

Professor of Chemistry Lee Baron says Miller does an excellent job of keeping the department’s labs running smoothly. A key thing about him, she says, is that he makes sure every aspect of lab preparation and maintenance is done properly. Gish and Baron both agree that “joyful” is an excellent description of Miller’s personality and the way he interacts with students and colleagues. Gish says Miller is “one of the most virtuous and genuine people” she has been able to work for professionally. His kind and honest character, she says, is a result of living out his faith professionally and socially. The word ‘jolly’ in the dictionary has a picture of Mr. T’s face under it. He is the definition of cheerfulness,” Gish said. “If you ever hear someone whistling a really happy tune in the labs, you know that Mr. T is approaching. That’s his advent, his theme.” Baron says Miller’s joyful and kind attitude affects everything he does for the better. “The things I respect and enjoy about Ted are that he loves the Lord, he loves his wife, and he loves Hillsdale College,” Baron said. “If you put those things together, the joy he brings to what he does is infectious. It spreads to those around him. Who he is impacts how he does what he does, and the result is a benefit for all.” But Miller’s joy isn’t only applied to his work for the college. He brings his passion and enthusiasm to his hobbies. Since growing up in Detroit, he has spent time buying and renovating old cars. Over the years, he has restored four Mercedes vehicles, and he posts videos of his cars — along with other zany content — on his YouTube channel, “killarneyguy.” In one of his videos, he drives a British 1954 MG with an inflatable Ronald Reagan as his passenger. He has sold cars to buyers in California, Florida, and even Belgium, a result, he said, of offers he couldn’t refuse. “Of all the Miller kin, only half have what I call ‘the defective Miller gene,’ which is the love of cars that make no sense,” he said. “Half of the males don’t have that gene, and at a wedding or something, they’ll say, ‘What’s

B4 January 31, 2019

ATO serves up quality time after hiring cook Wayne Babcock By | Allison Schuster Assistant Editor The distinctly masculine and unmistakably college-like aroma of pulled pork and mac ‘n’ cheese fills the air as a group of 40 brothers hustle in and out of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity dining room, settling in for a few moments of fraternal bonding time before succumbing to the conflicting responsibilities of college life. As of this semester, the fraternity’s new cook, Wayne Babcock, is the one who makes it all possible. “It might not seem like a big deal, but the quality time spent in the house by the chapter increases substantially when there’s just food there,” said senior and ATO member Marcus Koperski regarding the new ATO meal plan. After a year of eating meals at the back circle table behind the fireplace in Bon Appétit, ATO once again has an inhouse meal plan due to the addition of their new cook. “Everyone was thrilled,” Koperski said. “We had been waiting a little while to pick up a cook, but the wait was definitely worth it.” Babcock, founder and former owner of three Jonesville restaurants, Olivia’s Chop House, Saucy Dog’s Barbeque, and Chicago Water Grill, has decided to leave the restaurant business and take up the task of cooking dinner for a group

of 18 to 22-year-olds. Babcock said he is able to utilize some of the necessary skills from his restaurant experience with his new position, particularly menu planning and budgeting. Dean of Men Aaron Peterson was shocked when Babcock, with his experience, reached out with interest of working with ATO. Babcock had the option of retiring or opening more restaurants in the area, but was immediately interested in working for the college after his mother, Barbara Babcock, mentioned the position. “I have a young family, and this works,” Babcock said. “I come here around noon and I’m home by 5:30 or 6:00 monday through Friday.” Babcock’s two kids, Ethan, 6, and Olivia, 8 — the inspiration behind Olivia’s Chop House — are a big reason why he took the position, in addition to the proximity. After growing up in Hillsdale and graduating from Hillsdale High School, Babcock currently resides in Jonesville, making it a short ride to work. The hiring process eventually included junior and ATO President Reagan Wardie around the time of final exams last semester. Wardie said it had been a long time in the works, having gone without a cook since the last one left at the end of fall semester of 2017. “We had gotten a couple

leads since then but they fell they are.” through,” Wardie said. “Then Based off his weekly budDean Pete reached out at the get, provided by the dean’s end of last semester and had office, Babcock first gets all hired him like the necessary two seconds food for the before I met meals, emphawith him actusizing good ally.” quality foods, The current and then buys meal plan snacks with consists of whatever is leftfour options, over. Although the same he leaves work number that Friday with Bon Appétit what may seem offers, and at like a stocked the same price. cabinet, he All the plans said he always include dinner returns Monday at the ATO to a completely house each empty kitchen. week night, When it but they vary comes to Babin the amount Wayne Babcock fills role as new cock’s perforof meals they cook for ATO. Wayne Babcock | mance, memoffer outside of Courtesy bers of ATO the house. The didn’t hesitate to 11 block meal plan is equivsing his praises. alent to five meals a week in “He is very organized and Bon Appetit, the 150 block is extremely good at his job,” 10 meals, and the 19 a week or Wardie said. 200 block plans offer 15 addiWardie described their extional meals. All members of pectations of cleaning up after ATO are required to be on the Babcock did the cooking, but meal plan. said that Babcock chooses to Aside from the actual clean all his own dishes, going meals, the members have beyond their expectations. leftovers and snacks kept in “He even has an appetizer the house, which Babcock sometimes,” Wardie added. buys for them mostly based Babcock’s typical work day off what he thinks they would starts at 1pm and ends when like. he serves dinner at 5:30. ATO “One guy said ‘give us carbs members float in and out due and protein and we will be to different work or commithappy,’” Babcock said. “And ments during that time.

‘Grunge to glory’: ‘Mr. T’ keeps chemistry labs running smoothly

to Midland,” he said. “I warn his credit, he called me and By | Nolan Ryan you, time goes by fast. I had said, ‘There’s nothing right News Editor a 30-year career in research now, but you’re just a weird at Dow.” enough guy that we have this One might not readily In regards to his more combined role of teaching connect playing the organ than 20 patents with Dow, and lab support. Your Dow and renovating old cars with Miller says having a patent background could be perfect a scientist, but there hapis like having children: You for that.’” pens to be an individual in can’t pick a favorite because That phone call eventually Hillsdale College’s science they all mean so much to turned into a job offer, and department who fits this you. Some of these patents Miller came to Hillsdale in description. Ted Miller can are measurement technology 2005. His “combined role” often be found in the labs and instrumentation. is a mixture of teaching, lab of the Strosacker Science “The hard part is convinc- management, and overseeing Center, sometimes whistling ing an external company that student employee in the lab. a tune. Ted Miller’s gizmo has value Miller is in charge of every Miller — affectionately and people are going to want lab component of the CHM called “Mr. T” by faculty to buy it in large numbers, 101 course. and students — has served but I was fortunate enough He has about 70 students as the director of Hillsdale to do that,” he said. “Six of each semester for the labs, College’s science labs for which he says can be almost 15 years, and colorful and give a his responsibilities physical component include organization which allows stuand cleaning, as dents to gain insights well as preparation into molecules. and facilitation for Miller says the lab sessions. Miller duties he and his stuspent about three dent assistants must decades with the perform aren’t always Dow Chemical glamorous. Company, where “It’s from grunge he has more than to glory,” he said. 20 patents. He also “We have to do keeps up a YouTube low-level cleaning channel, “killarof test tubes, but the neyguy,” which has glory end of it is in over 100,000 views actually designing and a wide range of labs and having face content. time with students in His love for scithe lab. That’s the fun ence, he says, began side.” during his school Gish is currently days in Detroit. a teaching assistant, “I grew up poor but for her first three in Detroit, in a bad years at Hillsdale, she neighborhood,” worked with Miller he said. “But my as a lab assistant. parents invested in “He’s definitely a my education; they model. More than wanted me to go to that, he’s a mentor,” private schools. I did she said. “When I well in there and got first started as a lab top grades.” assistant, I didn’t Miller went on to study physics at the Ted Miller, HIllsdale College’s director of science really know what was University of Detroit, labs, spends time with students in labs. Ted Miller happening. I just got sent to his office. He and he received his | Courtesy took me under his Master’s in biophysics my inventions came to be wing and explained everyfrom Michigan State Universold commercially. They’re thing. He has a manner that sity. Eventually, he went into not new materials or plastics; is very easy and pulls people a PhD program, but after instead, they’re devices that in.” he and his wife, Cathie, had Gish says Miller is in tune their first son, he interviewed measure or do something electronic.” with the lives and schedules for a position with the Dow In 2004, Miller saw retireof a Hillsdale student. He “deChemical Company in Midment from Dow approachmands a degree of excellence” land, Michigan. ing, but he always loved the from students’ work, but he’s Miller had his wisdom academic environment, and always willing to work with teeth removed before the inhe taught physics in the evestudents, especially if they terview, so he wasn’t himself nings, so he wrote to Frank have a rough day or week. going in. When the interSteiner, professor of biology “Even if you fall short viewer told him they were and Grewcock Chair of the of expectations, he never only looking for chemists natural sciences. makes you feel as though you and chemical engineers, not “The letter said, ‘I’m this failed,” she said. “He’s always biophysicists, Miller was weird guy at Dow Chemical, working with you to become upset because he had a solid better than you were.” background in chemistry. But but I have a lot of patents, and I have teaching experiall turned out well for him. See Miller B3 ence. I admire Hillsdale. Is “To my shock, I got a there something for me?’ To letter from Dow to come up

“He definitely seems like he understands the day-to-day hustle and bustle around here and he just wants to make sure food is something we don’t really worry that much about — instead something to look forward to,” Koperski said. Babcock said as soon as some of the guys get home from class they begin to look around for snacks and, depending on what’s available, he tries his best to make what they want. But it can be a challenge. “Boy can they eat!” Babcock said. “Sheesh. You think you’re cooking for 40, but you’re really cooking for 60. I anticipate cooking for 60 adults, which is really just 40 of these guys.” Two members, seniors Marcus Koperski and Jacob Broussard, work on the kitchen crew, cleaning up the area and washing only the dishes they used to eat. But the process isn’t complete yet. “The time commitment for two guys is between one and two hours a night,” Koperski said. “That can vary though because some meals take a lot of time to cleanup after, others not so much, sometimes one of the guys who was supposed to help clean has something come up and it’s all up to one person.” Wardie said that, for right now, Koperski and Broussard are the only two on kitchen crew, but he hopes that will be

changing soon. In terms of the menu, Babcock has his recipes that he used for his restaurants. “Basically the guys said ‘whatever you want to make, we’re happy with,’” he said. “I crafted the entire menus [for Saucy Dog’s Barbeque and Olivia’s] myself, built them, owned them, operated them.” The members of ATO seem to be fully satisfied with Babcock’s creations. “The best meals are the original recipes the cook makes,” Koperski said. “He started both Saucy Dogs BBQ and Olivia’s so he knows what he’s about. I won’t lie, the pulled pork and mac ‘n’ cheese was a hit.” Babcock said his spaghetti dinner particularly impressed. “40 pounds of spaghetti last night. There’s not a scrap left,” he said. “A pound a piece, plus breadsticks.” In looking forward, Babcock said he would like to see all four fraternity’s on meal plans. In talking with Dean Pete, he said there’s a possibility for a future joint meal plan, although nothing is currently in the works. “I have ambitions to be more involved in HC going forward,” Babcock said. For now, he’s still developing the ATO menu as time progresses. “They gave me the budget and said to just keep the guys happy,” Babcock said. “That’ll be easy.” Alumnus Brendan Noble published his first novel, The Fractured Prism. Brendan Noble | Courtesy

Alumnus Brendan Noble selfpublishes dystopian-themed novel

By | Carmel Kookogey Culture Editor Brendan Noble ’18 has always been down for a challenge. As a first semester freshman in an intermediate-level economics class — a class which Assistant Professor of Economics Michael Clark said “many juniors who take it fear” — Noble walked away with one of the best grades in the class. “When I warned him to potentially reconsider taking the class he just accepted the challenge as an intellectual adventure,” Clark said. His latest adventure, since graduating in May, is to self-publish a young adult dystopian novel, set in a socialist, futuristic America. Noble, who graduated last May with a major in economics and a minor in German, was known to spend a lot of his spare time studying and discussing politics. After working on several campaigns in the past years, including Justin Amash for Congress in 2018, Noble currently works as a data consultant for Amash. He decided to write the book in his spare time last November, and has not looked back. When asked if his experience in American politics helped in the writing of the dystopian novel, Noble laughed. “I knew you were going to ask that question,” he said. “I’ve worked in politics for at least 10 years now. You can talk to anybody who knew me at Hillsdale, politics is my hobby … But the main driving point is the relationship between the two main characters: The political system is more of the background for that.” “The Fractured Prism” is a story about a young man in a futuristic America, 99 years after a fictional third American civil war, in northern Mississippi. The man works with operators who try to overthrow the government, and winds up becoming allies with a former princess. “In northern Mississippi, you have socialists who are revolting against the monarchists,” Noble said, explaining

the book’s complex political system which he designed to be unique from any other system he has studied. “There’s a prison system which splits people into color-classes based on their loyalty and their usefulness.” Though fiction-writing seems unlikely for an economics major, Noble said he had had the ideas for this story for a while. “I’d always wanted to write a book,” he added. “So I decided, I have the time, I’m out in Grand Rapids working on the campaign, and I thought, why not just write it? Then my fiancee Andrea told me about this thing called National Novel Writing Month.” National Novel Writing Month, an online competition also known as “NaNoWriMo,” has gained a lot of recognition with up-and-coming writers since its beginning in 1999, and boasted 394,507 participants from 646 different regions in 2017. The challenge: Write a 50,000-word novel in the month of November, or just under 2,000 words every day. Noble wrote the first full draft of “The Fractured Prism” in November of 2018 for NaNoWriMo. After the challenge ended, he immediately transitioned to editing, and within three months, with the addition of some massive changes and with a final manuscript of some 77,000 words, will be releasing the book through Amazon self-publishing on Feb. 15, as both a softcover and an ebook. “I don’t have a ton of money to put into the book; lots of people hire editors, but almost all the editing has been done by me,” Noble said. “I’ve probably read the book 50 to 75 times at this point.” This willingness to try anything is consistent with how Noble’s professors described him. “Brendan’s never been afraid to admit what he does not know and then seek answers to those gaps on his own,” Clark said. “Even more impressive, he’s always been willing to stay humble and retain some gaps.” Those who knew him from Hillsdale said they had no idea Noble was writing a

book, but most were not surprised. Noble always pursued a wide variety of hobbies outside of his major, and outside of political jobs, including doing lighting and production design for the theatre department, and becoming a member of the theatre honorary, Alpha Si Omega. Michael Beyer, Lighting Designer and Production Manager for Theatre Department, who employed Noble for three of his years on campus, said he did not hear about the book until a couple of weeks ago. “It is something that I’m sure he would do, though,” Beyer said. “He liked to talk about smart things, and I’m sure he had plenty of conspiracy theories up in his little brain that he wanted to put on paper, so it doesn’t surprise me at all, in that sense, but I had no clue he was doing it. I guess he’s modest and humble about it. He probably thinks it’s no big deal.” In addition to his own work on the book, Noble’s fiancee Andrea Wallace ’18, as well as several of his family members, have lent their eyes and opinions to the various drafts. Noble said he also uses a lot of online resources as he learns how to navigate the process of self-publishing, and to weigh his options. “What’s actually been extremely helpful is a group I found on Reddit,” he said. “They share instructions on how to self-publish, or the pros and cons of self-publishing versus traditional publishing.” He added that after reading many articles on both the traditional publishing process and the self-publishing process, he quickly decided he didn’t want to go the traditional route, “because it’s putting your work in someone else’s hands, and that’s just not who I am,” he said. “Self-publishing is all you, which is challenging, but now everything that comes into this book, I can say, ‘I did that.’” Going back and revising has been difficult, but the reward was finally holding a proof copy for the first time. “I thought, ‘Holy crap, I wrote this,’” he said.