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Vol. 142 Issue 20 - February 28, 2019

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Charter application denied for Colorado Barney school By | Nolan Ryan News Editor A proposed classical charter school in Colorado, part of Hillsdale College’s Barney Charter School Initiative, has been denied a charter application by the Boulder Valley Board of Education, based on concerns regarding school governance and religious discrimination.

The Ascent Classical Academy Flatirons, according to its website, is “a proposed K-12 tuition-free charter public school,” and would be the next school to open as part of Ascent Classical Academies, a network of charter schools.

The ACA leadership first submitted an application in August 2018 to open Flatirons this coming fall, said Derec Schuler, CEO of ACA, and 650 families intended to enroll. But because the local school board denied the appli-

cation, according to Schuler, ACA appealed the Colorado State Board of Education, which then instructed the Boulder Valley school board to reconsider the application.

After reviewing the application per the state board’s instructions, the local school board denied the application again, Schuler said, rejecting ACA’s governance model for the school and suggesting the school could have problems with discrimination.

“The superintendent of the local school district initially recommended our school,” Schuler said. “We felt positive coming into the meeting where we were to be approved. But at that meeting, the superintendent reversed his recommendation. It was a surprise to all of our families.”

The charter was denied in a 3-3 vote; in addition, Board Member Val Flores recused herself. In a statement

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Humes is Men’s Track Athlete of the Meet at G-MAC championship By | Scott Lowery Collegian Freelancer The Hillsdale College Chargers came into the 2019 indoor season as a young, inexperienced team with a lot to prove. After continued improvement and a strong performance at the G-MAC Indoor Championships last weekend, however, the Chargers will bring experience and momentum into the upcoming outdoor season.

Hillsdale rode some strong individual performances to a third place finish at the conference championship meet. Tiffin University took first with 183 points, while the University of Findlay, the host of the meet, took second with 113 points. The Chargers finished the meet with 86 points.

“Some of those other teams have some pretty stellar guys.”

Junior Joseph Humes said. “I don’t think anyone thought we could go up against those teams that have competed at a national level. To finish third is exciting, I definitely feel like we performed up to our full potential.”

Humes has been an anchor for Hillsdale all year, and came through in the clutch last weekend. Humes entered the meet as the favorite to win both his events, the 3000

meter run and the mile run, and didn’t disappoint.

In the mile run, Humes started strong and held the pace for 16 laps around the narrow track in the University of Findlay’s Malcolm Athletic Center. As he came around the final curve, however, the race was far from decided.

Humes finished in a meet record 4:15.02, but five other runners finishing within three seconds of him. One of these close finishers was freshman Mark Miller, who took second with a time of 4:15.91.

“All I was thinking about was just keep cruising and focus on winning on the race.”

Humes said.

After his victory in the mile, Humes also competed against a loaded field in the 3000 meter run, a tall task as fatigue played a factor.

“It was tough running again right after the mile. My legs didn’t feel good.” Humes said. “Most of the good distance runners were running in the 3000 and I didn’t know if my legs had enough to keep up.”

In spite of the fatigue, Humes was able to stay in the lead pack through the course of the race. In another finish race down the stretch, Humes came out on top to win his second event of the meet.

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on Boulder Valley School District’s website, the board expressed concern that the school’s governance structure may not serve parents or let them have “sufficient influence.” The statement also said ACA leadership rejected Superintendent Rob Anderson’s “proposed condition for a parent-elected board to govern” the new charter school.

“The school is managed by Ascent Classical Academies and the board meetings would likely be held in Golden, 30 miles from the district and the taxpayers who support the school,” the statement said. “It would also be ‘self-replicating,’ meaning that the board will select replacements for members who have completed terms – a model that does not promote public accountability.”

Eric Coykendall, associate director of the Barney Charter School Initiative, said while

the charter denial is unfortunate, ACA and BCSI have to pay attention to the reasons the board gave for rejecting the application, particularly regarding school governance.

“Politics may have affected the decision in a negative way, but we also have to take seriously the reasons the district gave for its rejection.”

These political forces, according to Schuler, came in the form of the local chapter of the NAACP, the Boulder Valley Education Association, and a local LGBTQ rights group. In a Jan. 19 opinion for the Daily Camera, Kristine Johnson and Louisa Matthias, co-chairs of Boulder’s NAACP chapter, claimed ACA’s association with Hillsdale College, through BCSI, meant it was not a good fit for the community because Hillsdale is a “religiously-oriented school with right-wing associations,” and religious charter schools

should not receive public funding.

BVSD’s statement on the situation says ACA requested waivers from the school district’s non discrimination policies “without adequately explaining the need for the waiver or offering a satisfactory replacement.” The school board particularly noted a lack of “references to gender identity/expression or physical characteristics.”

Schuler maintained that the fears about discrimination from the new charter school are unfounded.

“We had requested a waiver from the district’s nondiscrimination policy, and we were very clear about our rationale — our policy on discrimination protects everyone’s rights,” he said. “It’s important we handle complaints ourselves, as a charter school.”

Coykendall said the

accusations against ACA and BCSI on the grounds of discrimination and pushing religious or political views are “absurd, because none of that is legal.” The fact that BCSI has 20 schools throughout the country, he said, refutes the accusations.

“Not only would we advise against it, but it almost doesn’t matter because you can’t do that,” he said. “If you were attempting to use a charter school to proselytize, you wouldn’t be able to get away with it for very long, and you especially wouldn’t be able to get away with it if you had 20 schools in nine states. It’s leveraging in sort of an absurd assumption to get people to believe there’s something substantial there.”

According to Coykendall, schools that provide serious education will have to teach

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The Hillsdale College Tower Players rehearse for their production of the musical ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood.’

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The Tower Players will perform ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood,’ a musical based on an unfinished Charles Dickens work, through this weekend.

College reorganizes administrative offices By | Nicole Ault Editor-in-chief In an effort to manage a rising influx of visitors and events, Hillsdale College is restructuring several administrative offices to better facilitate communication and operations between departments.

“We’re trying to build a structure that will support growth and keep things operating in a logical way,” said Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé, noting that administrators began

looking into restructuring about three years ago.

Admissions visitors have increased by almost 100 percent over the past five years and the college has seen a 3040 percent increase in applications, said Vice President for Business Development Doug Banbury. The college also hosts an increasing number of donors and events.

To accommodate the growth, the various components of the reorganization “align departments that have similar nature and function together,” Banbury said.

One of these changes

involves a merging of part of the marketing department with Institutional Advancement. Bill Gray, until now the director of marketing, is becoming Vice President of National Donor Outreach, moving with a team of three others -- Megan Bowser, Gina Gallutia, and Jessie Rurka -- whom he’s worked with in the marketing department.

Noting that the promotion is “well-deserved for Bill Gray,” Banbury said the college hopes to see a stronger collaboration between the type of fundraising Gray has done in marketing and

that of Institutional Advancement.

Gray said the duties of the new role include expanding the college’s list of active donors, inviting people to take online courses or subscribe to Imprimis, and collaborating with Institutional Advancement to make sure they communicate with donors effectively. His team is different than other Institutional Advancement teams, he said, because it markets to thousands of people at a time rather than one-on-one.

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Johansson named top freshman among women at G-MAC track championship By | Scott Lowery Collegian Freelancer

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Records sometimes seem to last forever, enduring so long they reach a near-mythical status; rarified air never to be breathed again. In Kajsa Johansson’s mind, however, 37 years was long enough.

Johansson flirted with the school record in the 60 meter dash -- set at 7.70 seconds

by Carol Pettit in 1982 -- all year, coming within three hundredths of a second on three different occasions. In the final heat of the G-MAC

Indoor Championships when it mattered most, Johansson blew the record away. She finished in 7.65 seconds and took first in the event.

“It’s really cool. All season I expected conference to be the time where my performance would peak for the season.” Johansson said. “In the moment, I wasn’t really focused on that though, I was focused on scoring points for the team.”

As a young team, the Chargers entered the G-MAC Indoor Championship looking to make a splash. After the

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events concluded Saturday in the University of Findlay’s Malcolm Athletic Center, Hillsdale found themselves in third with 99.5 points. The Chargers finished just behind Walsh University, who took second with 103 points, while Tiffin University made a statement in their first year in the G-MAC, finishing first with 188.5 points.

“Considering the size of our team this year and how young our team is, that was really impressive.” Johansson said. “There’s a lot of potential in the future for us.”

Johansson showcased some of that potential in both her events. After winning the 60m, Johansson also ran well in the 200 meter dash, finishing second with a time of 25.23 seconds, a personal best.

In light of Johansson’s performance in the 60m and the 200m, she was recognized as the Freshman of the Meet.

Johansson has demonstrated explosive athleticism and extraordinary potential in her first full indoor season, and is locked in on improving.

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Lecturer in Religion Robert Snyder spoke last week on the incontinuity between Christianity and classical tradition and virtues.

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Snyder emphasizes Christian doctrine over classical tradition By | Victoria Marshall Collegian Freelancer An overemphasis on the “great tradition” has led to provincial thinking among Hillsdale students and faculty, according to Robert Snyder, lecturer in religion.

On Wednesday, Feb. 20, student apologetics club Aletheia hosted Snyder to give a talk entitled “Campus Debates, Provincial Thinking, and the Advent of Christ” in the Formal Lounge.

Snyder began with the concept of provincial thinking, which he defined as “being locked into a certain time, a certain space, and not really having a part of a larger conversation.”

Snyder said this is a phenomenon that occurs at Hillsdale, likening campus culture to a playing field.

“There are certain kinds of debates, and there are people that you quote and you don’t quote, and there’s a certain playing field that you play on,” Snyder said. “Meanwhile, nobody ever questions the playing field, but you never picked the playing field, you just stepped onto it.”

Snyder said Hillsdale students try to get out of provincial thinking by subscribing to the great tradition.

“So maybe, if we get in contact with the great tradition, and the great conversation that has gone on for centuries, we can get beyond provincial thinking — outside of space and time,” Snyder said. “In a large part, I think that’s your campus. I think your campus tries to do that.”

But Snyder is not convinced that strategy works.

Rather, it has the opposite effect.

“You can bring in a ton of Greeks and quote them; you

can bring in a ton of church fathers and quote them because that’s part of the game.

It’s all being played that way.

But it begs a couple of questions,” Snyder said.

Snyder pointed out that he is not convinced that classical thought is in continuity with Christian thought. Classical virtues such as temperance, fortitude, and justice, Snyder said, are all virtues achievable by the development of mere human abilities--man does not need God to achieve them.

Christianity’s virtues are different.

“Christianity’s virtues are faith, hope, and love,” Snyder said. “They are rooted and grounded in not what you do but what God does.”

The second question which comes up, Snyder said, has to do with the realm of truth.

Citing Paul in 1 Corinthians, Snyder said God made sure, in His wisdom, that the world would not come to know God through its wisdom, or human reason.

Following this assertion, Snyder said ancient philosophers were not inspired by Jesus or the Holy Spirit, unlike what early church fathers point to.

“Jesus is not the underlying rationality behind all thinking people and ideas that come out of every thinking place,” Snyder said. “When you go to the way the Hebrews thought, Christianity is not the fulfillment of paganism; it is the fulfillment of the Old Testament. Hebrew culture was built on God speaking and God giving answers. Reason and rationality and wisdom start from there and goes out.

That’s very a different picture from classical thought.”

Thus, according to Snyder, as long as we lean on the great tradition created by fallible

human beings, we will still be in the throes of provincial thinking.

“I am suggesting that the whole playing field is still provincial. Even though it’s a big tradition -- even though it’s spread over centuries -- it’s still locked into space and time,” Snyder said. “It’s provincial because it’s trapped within the limitations of humans that can only see so much.”

The only solution to raise us out of provincial thinking, according to Snyder, is to get back to the authority of Scripture.

“The playing field which you have been handed takes out that authoritative quoting of outside Scripture,” Snyder said. “Unless the conversation gets pushed outside of its provincialism, back to the authority of Scripture, it’s still locked into time and space; it’s still finite.”

Students who attended Snyder’s talk responded well to his message and agreed with his conclusion.

Senior Christine Ausherman said she enjoyed Snyder’s lecture and was particularly struck by the concept of provincial thinking.

“I actually have never heard of provincial thinking before,” she said. “I was reminded that people we take as sources of truth are ultimately human.”

Senior Chloe Kookogey, president of Alethia, agreed with Snyder’s conclusion.

“I think he made an excellent point about the fact that there are better ways to achieve spiritual peace in terms of knowing what you believe and going back to Scripture and prayerfully approaching it and knowing that it is sufficient to answer our questions on salvation,” Kookogey said.

Students — and their visiting parents — can wake up and go to a pancake breakfast this Saturday, March 2, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Chi Omega house. Proceeds benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Tickets are on sale for $5 in the Grewcock Student Union during lunch hours this week or at the door via Venmo or cash. Gluten-free pancakes are available for

those with allergies.

“Our pancake breakfast is our biggest fundraiser of the year for Make-A-Wish,” said junior Crystal Schupbach, philanthropy chair for Chi Omega. “Community service is one of Chi Omega’s most important purposes, and I think all of us look forward to the time we spend together serving our communities.”

Junior Lucy Meckler said the event promotes community on campus by bringing together different student groups and even students’

families.

“I really like how it brings campus together,” Meckler said. “We have Sigma Chis helping cook in the kitchen.

Delta Sigma Phi is helping set up and tear down. The football team is one of our biggest supporters. And many students bring their whole families with them.”

Schupbach said everyone is welcome, and she hopes people from all over campus and their families will come to the fundraiser.

shares career interests or geographical background.

Paired parent volunteers and students are then connected via email a few days before the event.

Career Services held this event in the fall and, after receiving positive feedback, decided to host it again in the spring.

Career Services Assistant Director Rebecca Galvan said the mock interviews are a good opportunity for students to develop their skills by meeting someone with experience.

“We do mock interviews in the office,” Galvan said.

“But it’s nice to do it with someone who is not a familiar face. And these parents are out in the working world and have interviewed other people; they have experience so they can give them some insight in that way.”

Director of Career Services Joanna Wiseley said it is “all about the opportunity to talk to a professional.”

Wiseley also said that the event has been well-received by both parties in previous semesters. “The parents think it’s fun too, they get to meet students other than just their children’s friends,” she said.

Mock interviews with parents are an ‘opportunity to talk to a professional’ By | Rachel Kookogey Collegian Freelancer Students wanting to talk to adults working in their field of interest can do so this weekend at an event coordinated by Career Services.

As part of Parents’ Weekend, Career Services will be hosting mock interviews between students and other students’ parents this Friday, March 1st. The interviews will be held between 2:00 and 3:30 PM, with time for mingling afterwards.

Students had to RSVP on Handshake in advance, in order that they may be matched with a parent who

Students to have 48 hours to create a film for competition By | Julia Mullins Assistant Editor The Hillsdale College Film and Production Club will initiate a 48-hour film contest for 10 teams of four to compete against one another.

Once the club reveals the theme on March 1, teams will have 48 hours to put together a short film and send the final product to senior Jordyn Pair, president of the Film and Production Club.

Senior Lydia Reyes, vice president of the Film and Production Club, said this is the first time the club has done this type of contest, and the goal of the contest is to bring exposure to the club.

“People can work on some skills, partner with people

they didn’t know, or maybe just have fun as a group of friends,” Reyes said.

Junior Montie Montgomery, secretary of the Film and Production Club, said this contest gives Hillsdale College students a platform to be creative and develop their artistic abilities.

“It’s a celebration of that art, where people can come and actually enjoy a mini film festival on Hillsdale’s campus,” Montgomery said.

Junior Gabriel Listro is part of a team competing this weekend and said simplicity is the key for success.

“Otherwise, it’ll be just way too much, and it’ll fall flat,” Listro said.

Reyes said people can watch the films from this contest in the club’s film

festival on March 5 at 7 p.m. in Kendall 233.

According to senior Adam Cieply, treasurer of the Film and Production Club, the films will be judged during the festival by a panel of professors.

“The criteria on the judge form is originality, creativity, how well they stuck with the theme, how well they followed the rules of the festival topic, cinematography, lighting, and acting,” Cieply said.

Reyes said she hopes this contest will promote more themed contests in the future.

“This is just the beginning,” Reyes said. “This is the first event I think that we’ve put on that has really gotten a lot of attention.”

school at Hillsdale, it’s a closed community and there’s not a lot of visibility for the outside.

It helps me see that Hillsdale is not just a college, but it’s a community.”

Rothhaas said Young Life contact work has extended beyond the noon lunches at Davis Middle School. Growing alongside Tiffany since her seventh grade year, Rotthaas brings the now freshman to church.

“I bring her to College Baptist, she initiates it. She wants to go to church with me, and she asks me, ‘Are you going to be there? Can we go to church?’” Rothhaas said.

But Rothhaas said she’s humbled by the friendship.

“She told me that me and her sister and her mother are the only people that she talks to about personal things,”

Rothhaas said. “It humbles me, because learning about these kids’ lives is never anything that I’ve experienced.

These broken homes are completely out of my realm of knowledge. It’s humbling, and it’s really joyful, and they bring so much energy.”

For Dorman, Young Life has transformed her conception of the gospel. In a place like Hillsdale, where students frequently are “caught up in the complexities of theology,” Dorman said she has found new perspective of the good news.

I think there’s a very childlike love for Jesus that I see in all of the leaders,” Dorman said. “Being a part of Young Life has pressed the weightiness of the gospel and how the simple truths of it ought to sustain me through

all of those hardships. I now focus my mind on the pure simplicity of Jesus and his love for me.”

Though Young Life may come across as intimidating to many, Dorman encourages anyone to drop in for a session.

“I’m still intimidated by it, because it’s a very daunting thing to be responsible for sharing the most important truth to people who would otherwise have a lot of misconceptions about it,” Dorman said. “But I think that if you talk to anybody who’s been a part of it, it’s one most joyful experiences.”

Training will be hosted in the Library Fishbowl from 5:45-8:00 p.m. beginning Friday.

Young Life trains new leaders for evangelism with local students By | Sofia Krusmark Collegian Reporter

In order to spread the gospel through interpersonal relationships founded on trust, the Young Life GOAL program began their leader training program for new leaders on Feb. 22.

“We are looking for people who have a deep love for God and a desire to make his name known, especially to kids locally who come from broken families and broken homes and desperately need to be shown his love,” said freshman Shelby Dorman, Young Life leader. “Very few people would discount the fact that they need to be shown that love, but people who would seriously enjoy doing that.”

Each week will emphasize a

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new strategies and tactics to bear on the college’s overall direct response fundraising program, including optimization and continuous testing, automation for emails and letters, and data mining/ modeling to understand our donors and supporters better,” Gray said in an email.

Also related to marketing, the college’s online learning initiative is under the new leadership of Kyle Murnen,

different aspect of Young Life ministry. From learning the mission and history of Young Life to learning various relational strategies to effectively share the gospel, Savannah Rothhaas, junior and Young Life Goal Program leader, said the noncommittal training is an “invaluable experience.”

“Training contributes to your personal development as a Christian and introspection,” Rothhaas said. “I ask the question, ‘Where am I with my faith right now?’ and then seeing how I can share this with others.”

Young Life seeks to share Christ with middle and high school students in the Jonesville and Hillsdale area. From cheering on middle schoolers at their basketball games to crashing their daily lunches, Young Life leaders foster in-

tentional friendships with the kids in order to build trust.

Stephen Whitney, freshman and new Young Life leader, said the gospel is meant to be shared in relationship.

“I’ll go up to a table and say, ‘Hey I’m Stephen can I sit with you guys?’ I ask them about their favorite movie, or game. That’s where it all starts,” Whitney said. “If we just went into the school and tried to share the gospel, people really wouldn’t listen to us.

By sharing a relationship, you draw close to them. Then they want to trust you.”

Apart from building relationships with the kids, Whitney added that the contact work has “broadened his horizons.”

“Young Life gives you an exposure to the community,” Whitney said. “Going to

who recently complete graduate school at Hillsdale and was an assistant to College President Larry Arnn. The initiative had decentralized ownership across different departments previously, Banbury said.

Murnen said in an email that he is working on a longterm strategy, and his immediate plans include course production, improving user experiences, and marketing the courses to as many people as possible.

The college is also group-

ing business units and profit centers -- including the Dow Hotel and Conference Center, the bookstore, online retail merchandising, and the Rockwell Lake Lodge -- to report to Banbury.

These business enterprises all contribute to the the college’s bottom line, Péwé said.

“They’re a helpful tool for connecting parents and prospective students with the college, and they also can be a generator of revenue,” Péwé said. “Consolidating everything to the business

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initiatives area is going to tie it all together and allow better growth.”

Event-planning functions will report to Péwé in order to better coordinate with facilities, maintenance, AV, dining, and security operations. Communicating, planning, and executing together “will make for better practices in general,” Péwé said.

Other changes include shifting Information Technology Services reporting to Banbury, so that the department can be more aware

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of the software chosen for campus functions and other decisions, Péwé said. The financial aid department will report to Vice President for Finance and Treasurer Patrick Flannery to bring the college’s financial services together. And all parts of the college’s educational outreach, including Hillsdale Academy and the Barney Charter School Initiative, will report to the provost’s office.

Banbury said for now, the college is focused on re-

alignment and will evaluate hiring additional employees as it goes. The college plans to have this initial reorganization fully in place by the end of the fiscal year in the summer.

“Ultimately we’re trying to put in place an organizational structure that can support where the college is and where it wants to go,” Péwé said. “That’s probably an endless process.”

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‘A blanket around the earth’: Hayes gives lecture series on consequences of global warming By | Alexis Daniels Assistant Editor We will not have arctic ice within 10 years and might not have coral reefs due to global warming, according to Professor of Physics Ken Hayes.

In a three-part lecture series on climate change, Hayes, who has been studying global warming and climate change for 15 years, spoke to Hillsdale College students Feb. 4, Feb. 11, and Feb. 18 about the science behind climate change, the consequences of global warming, and what can be done to change it.

In his first lecture, Hayes began with a comparison of the average temperature of planets without atmosphere to planets with atmosphere.

For planets without atmosphere, there is an equation that predicts temperature based on how much radiation from the sun they receive. For planets with atmosphere, the equation is off because atmospheric gases increase surface temperature by redirecting emitted infrared radiation back towards the surface.

“Normally there’s a balance,” Hayes said, explaining that what keeps the earth’s

temperature constant is a balance between the sun’s radiation coming in and the earth’s radiation going out.

“But we have put a blanket around the earth, and we’ve made it harder for the radiation to exit the ground and get back into space.”

Though the greenhouse gases methane and carbon are only a fraction of the atmosphere, Hayes said, they interact, absorb, and reflect back the infrared radiation from the surface, keeping the earth warm.

“Our problem is that we’ve been adding CO2 to the atmosphere,” Hayes said.

In 1958, Charles Keeling, an American scientist, began precisely measuring CO2 in the atmosphere on the mountain Mauna Loa in Hawaii, and the CO2 was about 315 parts per million. Now it is 410 parts per million.

“We’ve changed the chemistry 46 percent compared to what it was before we started burning coal around 250 years ago,” Hayes said.

The second lecture focused on the impacts of climate change. Hayes explained that the average temperature of the Earth is very sensitive. At the most recent glaciation 20,000

years ago, the Earth’s average temperature was 1.4 percent lower than today, or minus 4 degrees Celsius, and a temperature increase of that four degrees would raise sea levels by 70 meters. Since 1880, the global temperature difference is 1.2 degrees Celsius, all due to CO2 emissions.

“Very few people understand just how much CO2 we’re putting in the atmosphere,” Hayes said. “The world total for 2016 was 36.1 gigatons. The U.S. per capita was 16.1 tons, which is 35,000 pounds per year. That’s almost a 100 pounds per day that we put into the atmosphere.”

In the town of Hillsdale alone, the CO2 emissions per household is 100,000 pounds per year.

The impacts of global warming include ocean warming, surface warming, melting ice, sea level rise, season length, ocean and atmospheric currents, precipitation changes, drought, fire, and the most drastic result – the sixth extinction.

“There have been five major extinctions of life on the planet of all sorts,” Hayes said, “and we happen to be in the sixth one right now, and we’re the cause of the sixth one.”

Already the arctic sea ice is melting so rapidly that it cannot be saved in the next five years, and coral reefs are at risk. In 2016, 70 percent of the Great Barrier Reef was bleached and damaged because of the high temperature of the ocean.

“We’re not going to slow down, we’re not going to stop,” Hayes said. “We are driving the planet towards that sixth extinction.”

Hayes’ third lecture focused on solutions to reducing emissions. Hayes said the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimated that humans would have to reduce emissions by about 10 percent per year until it reached zero between 2040 and 2055 to stabilize the temperature increase. Hayes pointed to climate scientist Peter Kalmus, who cut his CO2 emissions by 90 percent by biking, not flying, growing his own food, composting, buying fewer items, and going vegetarian. Kalmus’ largest emission was flying - a 19-ton CO2 equivalent in 2010.

“It’s important to find out what your emissions are,” Hayes said, adding that what each individual faces in terms of need varies from region to

region.

The problem, especially for industrialized countries, is how to reduce emissions and keep a wealthy lifestyle. Hayes said this can be done with non-CO2 emitting energy technology, such as wind, hydroelectric, and nuclear energy. Changing mode of transportation, like switching from gasoline cars to electric cars, is an example of such technology.

Individuals can act in many ways, including educating themselves, voting for politicians who understand climate change, discussing climate change, and reducing their own carbon footprint.

But in the end, Hayes said, the biggest obstacle to global warming is human nature.

“In principle, it’s pretty simple; in practice, it’s epic,” Hayes said. “The challenging aspect of global warming is getting people to act.”

Sophomore Caleb Ramette said in an email that he was skeptical of the claims on humans causing climate change but that Hayes “presented some convincing evidence indicating that we have at least contributed to global warming” in an unbiased and scientific manner.

“It was concerning to learn that the effects of climate change are delayed, so we might not see temperatures rise until several years after we have caused them,” Ramette said. “Most of the discussions on global warming are politically charged, which means that there are agendas that drive those who deny or support claims on humans’ contributions. It was nice to see actual facts presented to support Dr. Hayes’ claims rather than just hear a list of buzzwords.”

Sophomore Isaac Warchol said in an email that prior to the lecture, he knew that humans were driving climate change, but he didn’t know how quickly the problem was advancing.

“Climate change is an an important issue that does not need to be a strictly political one,” Warchol said. “I think each person needs to reexamine the issue from the standpoint of scientific data and apart from any previous political convictions, and let that information guide their views about their own personal behavior and public policy.”

Hillsdale debaters compete in Castaldo to Protestant students: Engage Catholic friends with ‘grace and truth’ Richard Weaver Tournament By | Regan Meyer Web Content Editor The Hillsdale College Debate Team competed on its home turf this past weekend.

Hillsdale hosted the Richard M. Weaver Tournament, the only debate tournament the college hosts.

Seven different schools, including John Carroll University and Penn State University, took part in the tournament, which was held in Lane Hall. Debaters had the opportunity to compete in two different debate forms: Lincoln Douglas and International Public Debate Association.

Sophomore Dan Grifferty took first in speaker points in IPDA, while junior Kathleen Hancock took second in speaker points and second in the IPDA tournament.

Freshman Frank Vitale and sophomore Katrina Torsoe advanced to the quarterfinals in the Open Division of Lincoln Douglas. Grifferty said he took first place in speaker points but last place in the actual tournament.

“There’s two different competitions that go on at a debate tournament,” he said. “You can win awards

for both of them. Obviously, winning the debate is more prestigious and more important. There’s which side the judge actually votes for.

A lot of that comes down to their judging paradigm. And then there’s speaking, which is who sounded the best and made their arguments more cogently and most precisely.”

IPDA is a form of parliamentary debate. Instead of debating in pairs, debaters compete as individuals.

Speech times are also shorter in IPDA than the standard form of parliamentary debate.

“The particular difficulty with IPDA is how concise you have to be with your words in order to make as many points,” Hancock said.

“You also have to be very persuasive in your language.

You can’t just make as many points as possible, like in Lincoln-Douglas, and expect to win. I use IPDA as a format to improve my speaking ability rather than improve my thinking ability.”

The tournament served as both a fundraiser for the debate team and as a chance for other debaters to qualify for the National Forensic Association tournament,

which will be held in Los Angeles in April. Sophomores Jadon Buzzard and T.J. Wilson, along with coach Matthew Doggett, will travel to Sacramento this weekend to do research on California debate.

“The West Coast debate, even within LD, tends to be different,” junior Hannah Johnson said. “They have different arguments that they particularly like, and we don’t often get a chance to debate them because they don’t come to the East Coast or Midwest. We’re sending people out, not only for competition, but also to do a little bit of research to see what kinds of arguments California teams are running. That way we’ll be better prepared for Nationals in April.”

Hancock said the two are more focused on research in Sacramento than their place in the tournament.

“It’s not about how they do this weekend,” Hancock said. “Even though they probably will do fairly well because of our track record with tournaments in general, they’re more concerned with obtaining information this weekend.”

Cut optic cable leaves Michigan Verizon cell users without coverage By | Jordyn Pair Associate Editor A cut fiber optic cable caused an outage in mid-Michigan on Wednesday, affecting large areas of Michigan, including Hillsdale.

Outages are concentrated in Lansing and East Lansing, according to an outage map from Verizon, although it is also affecting Jackson in high

numbers. Students in Hillsdale also reported issues.

Sophomore John Arnold said that although his phone service is out, he can still

use Snapchat and iMessage over the college’s WiFi. He originally noticed his service

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about religion to some extent.

“Sure, education is political — it’s impossible to get away from that on some level. But we are providing students with a good history education, particularly in the history of the West and the history of America and

was out after he heard other people talking about the outage.

“I heard two other people say their phone wasn’t working, so I Wikimedia checked,” Commons Arnold said.

There is no report yet if the outage has affected college operations.

A local Verizon store could not be reached for comment.

American government, but not one that’s partisan,” he said. “As far as religion, you can’t teach Western history and literature without teaching some religion. People like to trade on this ambiguity: ‘Well, you’re teaching about religion; therefore, you’re teaching religion.’ That’s not the case at all. Any serious school is teaching about religion. It’s just a matter of the

approach that’s taken.”

In a column published in the Daily Camera, President Larry Arnn also spoke to the criticisms regarding religion which were put forward in a Feb. 2 editorial from the Daily Camera’s editorial board.

“The editorial pointed out references to the Christian faith in the Hillsdale College mission statement. It omits the parallel references to

Former Roman Catholic speaks at College Baptist on ways to have conversations across faith traditions By | Brooke Conrad Features Editor

For Pastor Chris Castaldo — a former Roman Catholic — constructive engagement and sympathetic discourse across Reformation lines has been a longtime endeavor.

Castaldo, who hails from New Covenant Church in Naperville, Illinois, opened his Feb. 21 lecture at College Baptist Church by inquiring how many in the audience came from a Roman Catholic background. After a handful of the 40 or so attendees raised their hands, Castaldo asked how many attendees allow for the possibility that Catholics can be genuinely Christian, and how many recognize the institution of the Catholic Church as genuinely Christian.

Castaldo said in the past he has has received conflicting responses among Protestant audiences to these last two questions. He himself maintains that while some Catholics are genuine Christians and others are not — as is also the case, he said, among Protestants — the Catholic Church as an institution does indeed belong to the Christian tradition and possesses the resources to speak biblically, even if he may disagree with some of its doctrines.

Castaldo emphasized the importance of handling discussions between Protestants and Catholics with “grace and truth.” According to Castaldo, Protestants need to find a balance between maintaining firmness in their beliefs and expressing those beliefs in a gracious way.

“Protestants are either foaming-at-the-mouth pitbulls who go for the jugular with their dear Catholic friends with whom they disagree, or, on the other extreme, they can be so open-minded that their doctrinal brains fall out of their heads,” he said.

Castaldo explained that the chief distinction between the Roman Catholic faith and that of evangelical Protestants is the issue of authority: while Catholics see faith primarily ‘civil and religious liberty,’ a founding commitment of the College since 1844,” Arnn wrote. “We understand that under this principle, public education must be strictly secular. Public education exists rather for the student to learn the skills and knowledge necessary for free citizenship. This includes especially the right of religious freedom.”

through an institutional lens, Protestants see it through a Bible-centered lens.

Catholics and Protestants, for example, see the reality of denominational differences in different lights, Castaldo said. While Catholics criticize Protestants for what they see as a problematic lack of unity among their churches, Protestants do not view denominational dispersion as a concern, since they do not depend on institutional authority in the same way that Catholics do.

Castaldo emphasized that in every discussion, Protestants should aim to help the other person “take a tangible step closer to Jesus” and try to find where they share commonality in their Christian identity.

“Your approach to this person is to be a good friend, to love them, to put relational currency in the bank, so that when that person goes through suffering — and we all do — then they will turn to you and give you the privilege of walking beside them and sharing the good news,” he said.

Ben Cuthbert, pastor of College Baptist Church, said Castaldo’s lecture has been a year in the making. The church’s leaders, he said, wanted to learn how to “engage Catholics and Protestants in the Hillsdale community in charitable discussion while maintaining conviction.”

Cuthbert said in his 18 months at Hillsdale, he has seen a prevalence of conversions between traditions — “more than I’ve ever seen” — and felt it was a topic the church should address.

Sophomore Caroline Hennekes, who grew up Roman Catholic but is now Protestant, said Castaldo’s lecture was helpful, as she often engages in similar discussions about faith traditions with her Catholic family members.

“He had a good quote about how our conversations need to come from grace and truth and how you can’t have only one or the other. They work simultaneously, and I think that fuels conversation,” Schuler says ACA is considering different options moving forward in hopes of eventually opening ACA Flatirons.

“We’re considering additional options given that the State Board of Education did not address the legal issues behind our appeal. They had a responsibility to consider the legal aspects, which they didn’t do,” Schuler said. “The

she said. “I have almost a right to defend the truth and defend the word, but I do that in a language sprinkled with grace because that’s how God gives truth to us as well.”

College Chaplain Adam Rick, who also serves as rector at Holy Trinity Parish, noted that Hillsdale’s campus is “uniquely ecumenical.”

“There can be friction in areas where we disagree, but genuine friendships formed across the ecclesial divide also deepen the spirituality of all concerned by exposing them to the strengths of traditions other than their own,” he said in an email. “This can only deepen both our appreciation for the whole of Christ’s body on earth and also our prayers for the unity of the same.”

Senior and Catholic Sammy Roberts attended a similar discussion between Castaldo and Professor of History Matthew Gaetano earlier in the day. Roberts said while discussing historical figures in the justification controversy can be helpful, it also has its drawbacks.

“I walked away from the talk with a better academic understanding, but the historical approach didn’t really do anything to further dialogue between the living communities of the present,” Roberts said in an email. “That kind of discourse will be harder and more difficult than an intellectual correspondence, but its fruits may be more beneficial in the long run.”

Rick also noted that some attendees found the discussion to be “unhelpfully subtle.”

However, he says it’s important to pay attention to the details.

“For my part, I have grown deeply in my understanding of the Roman and Reformation traditions by learning of these doctrinal nuances,” he said.

“It’s helped me make sense of a lot of the surface differences we might be tempted to dismiss as unimportant.”

president of the state board of education also suggested that the school should work with the statewide charter office. We’re looking at all of our options, and we’re also considering applying again next year. We’re still committed to offering the best education.”

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Judge character, not the action A single action does not condemn a person for the rest of his life By | Gill West Special to the collegian I got into my first fight in third grade. It was short but decisive: I told Donny I likeliked Emily, knowing he did too. He tried to kick me, but I grabbed his foot and tossed him to the ground. My teacher split us up and exiled me to the wall - nose-to-brick - for the rest of recess. I’ll never forget what she said: “This isn’t like you, Gill.”

My teacher knew I wasn’t a fighter — I was just that nerd who read “The Hobbit” in homeroom.

My teacher’s comment showed that fighting was “out of character” for me.

People repeat this phrase so often it has almost become bankrupt, but this cliché reveals something true about people, namely, that habits form character. Those who fight become fighters; those who flee become cowards.

That’s why mothers force their children to blab “thank you” on all occasions. If they fake it long enough, they may just be polite.

This discussion about character and action suggests a model for judging a politician for past mistakes: Citizens should hold her accountable primarily for her character. She formed this character through decades of habitual action.

Not all her actions align with her character; some mistakes reflect nothing more than brief detours on the journey to who she is today. All make mistakes, but the best people recognize these as mistakes, repent, and get better. The politician ought to be judged by who she is, not by mistakes corrected long ago.

Her character expresses this.

Forgiveness itself depends on this distinction between character and action. Last year, I was losing an argument with a friend. It got bad. I attacked his character. It was one of those lines that gave rise to the awkward adjective, “cringeworthy,” a line that urges everyone to get out of earshot ASAP. I went to sleep without apologizing but knowing with certainty that I was in the wrong.

But he forgave me the next day, because our friendship depends not on single actions and anomalies but on our habits.

In other words, our friendship survived because of its foundation in our characters. Readers

can probably think of similar examples in their own lives.

Personal examples show that a person is irreducible to her particular actions, which makes forgiveness possible. We don’t apologize for being the way we are; we apologize for particular harmful actions. In seeking forgiveness, we express sorrow and recognize that mistakes do not align with who we are or who we want to be. We seek forgiveness so that these actions do not become part of our character, after which we will cease to feel remorse or seek forgiveness.

Yet the problem with my approach to judging politicians is that people cannot see a state of character; they can see only actions. These actions reveal character — an inward state — to us on the outside. In action, a man shows his moderation or lack thereof. Habitual actions illustrate character, but so do actions committed just once: one murder gives strong evidence of a corrupt character. This doesn’t mean that a murderer can’t find redemption, but he probably isn’t worthy of political trust anymore.

With this in mind, we should use all actions committed by a politician as a means for judging her character. Each and every mistake counts against the strength of her character; every correction of these mistakes counts in its favor. Some mistakes like rape or murder demonstrate corruption that deserves no position of power. But other mistakes shouldn’t result in condemnation. Maybe a politician once drank too much and threw a punch in college. That’s concerning, but it’s not damning unless a pattern emerges.

My third-grade teacher saw a pattern. She saw a kid who wasn’t a fighter; she saw a kid who just made a mistake.

Her correction was important because, without it, I might have become a fighter or a bully. I made a mistake, but I hope people won’t judge me only by that mistake made 13 years ago.

In the same way, we ought to judge a politician primarily for her character. Mistakes are essential to determining that character. But they should hardly have the last word.

“Habitual actions illustrate character, but so do actions committed just once.”

Gill West is a senior studying Philosophy and Mathematics.

The Weekly: Parent-professor conferences don’t prohibit self-governance The opinion of The Collegian editorial staff

On Saturday morning, your parents may find out just how self-governing you really are. Meeting with professors for the bi-annual Parents Weekend conferences, they’ll brag gently about you, perhaps share an embarrassing anecdote — and ask about your grades and work ethic and overall success.

Their window into your life doesn’t make you less self-governing or more of a child, a complaint students often toss around about

these conferences. Sure, it might lead to consequences, if you’ve already failed to govern yourself well in the first place. But for that very reason, these conferences ought to be a boon for your independence and adulthood, not a hindrance.

Wise adults seek wisdom from others. Self-governance and independence come about best through instruction and through rules that guide well. Who better to receive that from than your

parents, who desire your success more than almost anyone?

For parents, this is a special opportunity. Before Parents Weekend, they may only hear bits and pieces of our lives in scattered phone calls; this is their chance to meet the people we love and learn about what makes Hillsdale College so special. Students often refer to Hillsdale as “home;” let your parents see why.

These conferences are a unique opportunity at Hillsdale, which doesn’t face the stringent limitations on parent-professor interactions wrought by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act on federally-funded schools. So if your parents come this weekend, appreciate their opportunity to chat with professors. Most likely, both care for you and have meant a lot in your life.

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The importance of understanding the climate crisis as the earth’s temperature continues to rise By | Kenneth Hayes professor of physics We are in a moment of awakening about the climate crisis. As of today, there are 334 towns containing a total population of 33 million people that have passed a climate emergency declaration. Most of these declarations have been passed since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a stern report in October 2018 summarizing the difference in climate impacts between an increase in Earth’s average surface temperature of 1.5 Celsius versus 2.0 Celsius relative to the average surface temperature at the start of the Industrial Revolution. The warming trend over the past several decades is very clear: On our current trajectory Earth’s temperature will cross 1.5 C warming around 2040 and 2.0 C warming around 2060. The consequences to humans and other life on the planet of 2.0 C warming are severe.

The first three Mondays in February, I presented three

lectures on climate change.

The first lecture was on the physics that determines the average surface temperature of planets with and without atmospheres. The physics that determines the temperature of planets without atmospheres is very simple: a one-line formula correctly predicts the average temperature of planets and moons in the solar system that lack atmospheres. The atmospheric greenhouse effect increases the average surface temperature of planets that have greenhouse gases in their atmosphere. Currently, the greenhouse effect on Earth increases the average planet surface temperature by 33 C (60 F) from what it would be if there was no atmosphere, and this is why the oceans are not frozen. The second lecture presented some of the consequences of the global warming occurring on Earth due to our emissions of greenhouse gases produced primarily by the burning of fossil fuels.

Our emissions have increased the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by 46 percent since the start of

the industrial revolution. The third lecture discussed possible solutions.

The climate problem is very well understood. Currently there are a large set of solutions to the problem that could be implemented. The essential challenge is getting people to act. Tragically, there is a vast amount of disinformation in the media and on the Internet about the climate issue. The people who have the most to lose by a conversion of the world’s energy systems from fossil fuels to renewable energy understand that the most effective way of slowing this conversion is to spread doubt about the science and the consequences of global warming. One of the main goals of my three lectures was to provide enough knowledge of the physics — including a demonstration of the striking effectiveness of carbon dioxide to trap infrared radiation — so that anyone who followed the lectures would understand what is going on and would thus be insulated from the massive amount of disinformation on the climate

issue.

The most important things you can do to work towards a solution are to educate yourself and talk to others about the climate problem. Vote for politicians who understand the problem and who are committed to working towards a solution. Learn about your carbon footprint, and take action to reduce it. I have included in my lecture slides many links to web resources at various levels from the most introductory to recently published peer-reviewed scientific papers. These links are a good place to start expanding your understanding. If you wish to get access to the PowerPoint slides I presented in these lectures, please contact me.

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2019 Oscar nominations have surprisingly pro-life messages sacred and unknowable, which

By | Reagan Cool allows us to be fully present special to the collegian with each individual.” End-ofOn Sunday night, as actors and actresses denounced President Trump, Americans watched the most pro-life Oscars ceremony in the history of Hollywood. One after another, the nominees affirmed the pro-life values that many conservatives hold dear.

Consider the case of “If Beale Street Could Talk,” which produced an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Regina King. The film, based on the novel of the same title written in 1974, follows the romance of Tish and Fonny in Harlem. Tish carries an unexpected pregnancy to term as she and her family attempt to free her fiancé, Fonny, from a wrongful conviction. One of the most moving scenes in the movie takes place when Tish tells her family she is pregnant.

The family waits expectantly for Tish’s father to react, when he bursts out in laughter and exclaims, “I hope it’s a boy!”

The joyful reaction at unexpected life, even in challenging circumstances, embodies the character of the pro-life cause.

Dr. B.J. Miller’s words to a patient: “We’re here to continue to talk through this crazy thing called death,” are the first dialogue in the trailer of “End Game,” a Netflix documentary nominated for Short Subject.

The film’s intimate portrait of Zen house, a hospice project seeking to change the perspective of terminally ill patients, explores how we die and what is important in death.

The mission of the project is obvious on its straightforward, deliberately-designed website with large, bold text: “We believe that dying is both

life care is one of the medical field’s greatest ethical threats at the moment. In our society’s desperate chase for comfort and avoidance of suffering, we have actually forgotten the meaning encountered through

ble parents, but the mission does not stop when a baby is successfully born alive (unfortunately, an accomplishment today). The pro-life movement is a warrior fighting for the dignity of every vulnerable person. A flourishing culture of life honors the intrinsic worth of every human life - to

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the process of dying, grieving, and letting go. The doctors featured in “End Game” have made it their life’s work to restore meaning and beauty to the ends of our life.

The Left calls the prolife stance an oppression of women and the Right glosses over it as hating abortion.

Obviously, neither one of these shallow dismissals can accurately portray an entire movement. Some are keen enough to remember the escalating issue of euthanasia and end-of-life ethics, but the pro-life cause encompasses the entire timeline starting at a little dot called Birth and ending at another dot called Death. At its core, the pro-life cause is the defense of human dignity fueled by compassion, not any religious, scientific or political argument used to support one’s opinion. Its mission includes the protection of infants at risk of being aborted by unprepared and vulnera-

respect persons of all ages, all races, all abilities, and all privileges.

Best Picture went to “Green Book,” a film about Tony, an Italian-American man becoming the driver of Dr. Don Shirley, an African-American classical pianist in the segregated Deep South. In one of their first rides together, Tony garbles through a mouthful of fried chicken, “You people love the fried chicken!” To which Dr. Shirley responds, “You have a very narrow assessment of me, Tony.” Their unlikely friendship explores the necessity of personal relationship in reconciling the wounds of racism. Racism has carved deep scars into relationships in America. While policies can solve institutional injustices, the injury will only be healed through a personal encounter and reconciliation with their differences and assumptions.

“Lifeboat,” nominated for Short Subject Documenta-

ry, portrays the traumatic journey of refugees fleeing Libya because of the poverty, violence, trafficking plaguing the country. The preview holds an uncomfortably long shot of a small motorboat occupied by the wailing of one of its six cramped passengers, letting the ugliness of underprivileged life rear its face. “Minding the Gap” examines the cycle of poverty in America from the perspective of the teenagers forging community in a half-pipe.

The beauty of the family is emphasized in “Bao”’s portrayal of a turbulent mother-son relationship and “One Small Step”’s story of a Chinese-American girl, her dream to become an astronaut and her father’s unwavering support. Both films were nominated for Animated Short Film.

It is easy to despair in a society as divided as our own. Today’s culture of efficiency and comfort gravely threatens the dignity of life.

Earlier this week, every Democrat senator blocked the Born Alive Act, legislation requiring medical attention for babies born alive after failed abortion attempts. Just last month, a doctor in Ohio was fired for euthanizing 27 terminal patients against their will by administering fatal doses of painkillers. Offenses against life are no longer rare, but the Oscars gives hope in what can sometimes appear to be a losing battle. Life is still precious, and many still recognize its beauty. Most of this year’s film nominations capture the beauty of life, and they provide a perfect starting place to meet others, encounter our differences, and begin restoring this broken society.

Reagan Cool is a junior studying Philosophy and Religion.

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Perceptions of Trump in the United Kingdom are inaccurate

By | Joshua Waechter Special to the Collegian “No Trump! No KKK! No racist U.S.A.!” shouts the mob of students as they protest a speech by former White House adviser Steve Bannon. Blocked from storming into the lecture hall by a solid wall of police, the protesters’ chants soon become decidedly more pointed.

“Who protects the racists? Police protect the racists!” they scream.

Surprisingly, this all-too-familiar scene did not unfold at Berkeley, the University of Michigan, or any other undergraduate American institution, but rather, a world away at Oxford University. When I first arrived at Oxford last September, I couldn’t understand why British students would take time out of their tightly-packed academic schedules to yell uselessly about the ‘fascist’ regime three-thousand miles across the Atlantic.

But, to my surprise, I soon discovered British students have no shortage of opinions about American politics, particularly the Trump presidency. Equally surprising — and disappointing — was the vitriolic uniformity of these beliefs. Indeed, no matter where I encountered the name “Trump” I inevitably heard the same three statements, almost as if they were rehearsed. To practically every British student I encountered, Trump was equal parts childish, stupid, and bigoted.

The best example of this anti-Trump trio of opinions occurred during a formal dinner at Trinity College, where I was pleased to find myself sitting adjacent to a number of other American students.

With the midterms fast approaching, the

conversation quickly turned to politics. Our discussion was quite pleasant, and we tried to avoid partisanship as a gesture of courtesy to one another.

Yet, this did not stop one of the British students sitting next to me from turning to us and explaining how the 2016 election had lowered her opinion of Americans. She said she could not understand how so many people could vote for an emotionally immature, unintelligent, and racist man. To her — and a great many of her peers — the name “Trump” seemingly conjured up images of Alec Baldwin in a toupee and Tom Hanks with a MAGA hat on SNL. The bewildered outrage towards our new Trumpian reality extended beyond the mere airing of personal opinions.

Many professors delighted in casting aspersions on Trump during their lectures — usually going hand-in-hand with angry remarks about Brexit — and several student political organizations advertised events focusing on how to stop the neo-Nazi regime in America.

The anti-Trump obsession extended even to the pulpit of the Anglican church. In a nation where union of church and state is integral to its constitution, I was not surprised to find politics as a recurring sermon theme. But I was admittedly shocked when one chaplain centered her message around the idea that an antichrist occupies the Oval Office.

What is to be made of these stories?

To a certain extent, the Trump-mania gripping Oxford students and academics is entirely explainable. People often object to what they do not understand, and a reality-TV star-turned-politician runs

totally counter to British political traditions and cultural sensibilities. Trump is a distinctly American figure. His bravado, his crudeness, and his coarse rhetoric are enough to make any prime minister blush. Furthermore, even more so than in the United States, the British media and academia’s opinions of Trump are uniformly hostile, and it is clear from the students’ persistent refrain that Trump is equal parts evil and stupid demonstrates that many of them suffer from a lack of exposure to alternative points of view.

That doesn’t necessarily mean Trump’s unpopularity among those attending Oxford is a bellwether for the rest of the U.K., just as Trump’s unpopularity among those attending Harvard and Yale does not reflect the opinions of Americans generally. But before mocking their understanding of Trump as simplistic, caricatured, and out-of-touch with reality, it is worth noting that the aggressively anti-Trump views of Oxford students mirrors a general trend among American millennials and Gen Z. An AP-NORC poll from March of last year found that only 33 percent of those aged 15 to 34 approved of President Trump’s job performance. Even more striking, 24 percent said Trump is representative of the Republican Party, but only 9 percent said Trump reflects “my personal values.” The alienation of young voters from Trump — and the Republican Party he represents — should be concerning to conservatives looking ahead to 2020.

Joshua Waechter is a junior studying History and is a George Washington Fellow.

Venezuela: A country at the peak of history By | Juan Hernandez special to the collegian

elan people, and President of Colombia, Iván Duque, witnessed the disastrous and depressing scene and ordered the remaining trucks to return to the Colombian side.

the country. The hoax of a socialist paradise has been, at last, unmasked — but at a very high price. The fall of a once powerful nation represents the triumph of reason against the cultural Marxism, despite the left’s attempts to portray Venezuela as an example of equality and opportunity, first under Chávez’s dictatorship, and now under Maduro’s.

The people of Venezuela now have the opportunity to depose an awful dictator, all while proving to the idealist socialists that the fanatical Che Guevara-following teenagers around the world are nothing but a pantomime. But how can the Venezuelan people do this? A people on the brink of starvation and economic collapse, can they overthrow Maduro on their own? And if they do, how will the Venezuelans rebuild their country?

Maduro’s regime seems to become more oppressive with every action that threatens its stability. Until now it has remained a problem within the borders of the country with the help of the Cubans. Guaidó and the opposition must consolidate a real parallel government and overthrow Maduro — without foreign intervention. The Venezuelan people depend on it.

It’s no secret that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is one of the last bastions held by the socialist ideas that have spread throughout the world over the past “The ongoing humanifew centuries. But, how long can the genocidal dictator Nicolás Maduro tarian crisis in Venezuela maintain his rule over a country where famine led to a massive response has taken the life of hundreds of babies, and protesters march through from the international the streets of Caracas at least three times a week?

The ongoing humani- community, which gathered tarian crisis in Venezuela led to a massive response provisions and medicines from the international community, which to provide the people with gathered provisions and medicines to provide the people who remain in humanitarian aid.” the country with humanitarian aid. Last week, at the international border A dictator who can no between Colombia and longer blindly trust his miliVenezuela, trucks carrying tary power appears to be lost more than 600 tons of medin the labyrinth he created. icines, medical kits, basic Maduro inheriting a terrible utilities and even supplies economy and auctioning his for children, donated by oil reserves to the Russians, the U.S., Chile, and ColomChinese, and Turks, drove bia, attempted to cross into Venezuela. But as the trucks Venezuela’s economy into a bigger ditch. Cuban militias crossed the border, two of that control the streets of them were burned down by cities like Caracas, Maracathe Venezuelan dictatorial ibo, and Barquisimeto fill armed forces after Maduro his country. The Venezuelan claimed that this humanipeople have been in revolt Juan Herzandez is a jutarian aid was poisoned and against Maduro’s governnior studying Politics. would cause cancer. Presiment for two years now dent Juan Guaidó, interim and more than 10 percent mandatary of the Venezuof the population has fled

In the Feb. 21 edition of the Collegian, Mr. Garrison Grisedale used hyperbolic language to address the claim that the library is no longer a quiet place to study. His piece, however, came across as the venting of an exasperated student, rather than a thoughtful piece that put forth solutions.

It’s possible I don’t spend enough time studying in the library, but I have never heard screeching, yelling, or noises that are comparable to that of an “explosion.”

In my experience, boys don’t run around chasing each other like they would in a dorm. Common courtesy has not fallen so far. The vast majority of Hillsdale students refrain from letting out a screech for theatrical effect.

Besides, what’s so bad about the library as a place of community? It is warm, it is welcoming, and whoever you are, there is at least one person inside who you can see and chat with.

Hillsdale is a rigorous school. We all fight and struggle to balance all sorts of challenging academics and time-consuming extracurricular activities. Considering this pressure, I would find the library much less appealing if everyone were only intently working and

stressing over the next project they had to finish. People need to talk out issues and let out pent-up aggression.

Students would not want to study if librarians were constantly patrolling, sushing, and warning them to be quiet. But the librarians create a welcome atmosphere for all who walk through their doors. The openness of the library is a blessing or curse according to whomever you ask, but it would be a greater shame to limit students to quiet whispers and hushed conversations.

There is so much more to that building than just study rooms and shelves of books.

Mr. Grisedale said there are alternatives where people can go to be rowdy, but that can also apply to those trying to study.

There are several places around campus for people who really need to study without any sort of distraction from noise: classrooms, off-campus houses, dorm rooms. For those who don’t want to change buildings, the library has three levels, two of which are designated quiet areas for students. There is no need to burst your eardrums with Tchaikovsky music. And as one anonymous first floor regular said, “If you don’t want to listen to us talk, go to Hell. ” To study, of course.

“Students would not

want to study if librarians were constantly

patrolling, shushing,

and warning them to be quiet .”

Claire Calvert is a junior studying Art.

Letter: The U.S. should not be selling nuclear reactants to Saudi Arabia Dear Editor, In last week’s Collegian, Ms. Abby Liebing wrote about the Trump administration’s apparent attempts to secretly sell $80 billion of nuclear reactors to Saudi Arabia. It remains unclear whether the proposed deal was strictly financially motivated, or whether it was a subtle attempt to assist the Saudis in developing nuclear weapons. Ms. Liebing assumes the latter.

While she’s correct in bringing attention to a very serious foreign policy issue, her conclusion that America should assist Saudi Arabia in developing nuclear capabilities is shortsighted.

This is not to say that her goals are misplaced. Ms. Liebing rightly emphasizes that Iran is a destabilizing force in the Middle East and that the U.S. should do everything in its power to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. However, once matters of international security are at stake, one question should be asked of any possible solution: What are the potential consequences?

First, if the Trump administration assisted Saudi Arabia in creating a nuclear program, it would significantly undermine American credibility abroad.

By jump-starting a Saudi nuclear program, the U.S. would violate the landmark 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Article 1 of the NPT clearly states that no nation may assist in spreading nuclear technology, either through direct or indirect means. If America’s sale of nuclear reactors to Saudi Arabia did result in the country’s emergence as a nuclear state, the U.S. would violate the terms of this treaty.Ms. Liebing addresses the NPT, but she dismisses the historic role it has played in preserving the

international order. Considering that nuclear weapons provide the ultimate strategic deterrent, the fact that only three additional nuclear states — India, Pakistan, and North Korea — have emerged in the past 50 years after the treaty’s introduction is remarkable.

If the U.S. did deliberately violate the NPT by assisting Saudi Arabia in developing a nuclear program, it would deal a serious blow to its credibility. The U.S. has been at the forefront of the nonproliferation movement for decades. Intentionally violating the NPT would be rightly condemned as hypocritical.

Second, breaking the NPT would set a dangerous precedent, as other non-nuclear nations across the globe would be increasingly tempted to disregard it. This may open the Pandora’s box of global nuclear proliferation.

Again, nuclear weapons are sought after because they represent the ultimate deterrent. If the threat of international condemnation and backlash which accompanies developing a nuclear program is removed, non-nuclear states around the globe may decide that acquiring nuclear capabilities is in their interest. As a result, the likelihood that a nuclear weapon is actually used would increase significantly — a possibility that must be avoided at all costs.

Third, the conduct of the executive officials involved in planning the deal does not bode well for the state of the American political system.

As Ms. Liebing mentions, it’s highly unlikely that the Trump administration would have been able to pass a Saudi nuclear deal through a House committee. But she’s missing the point. Matters of this magnitude should be settled

on the floor of Congress by elected representatives, not by executive officials and private companies in secret meetings. This isn’t how American government is supposed to operate.

Republican government functions through consent.

As Publius explains in Federalist 22, “the fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of the consent of the people. The streams of national power ought to flow immediately from that pure original fountain of all legitimate authority.” At best, the Trump administration’s attempts stretch the principle of consent significantly. At worst, they flagrantly violate it.

The Constitution specifically grants the Legislative branch the power “to regulate Commerce with foreign nations” (Art. 1 §8).

The Saudi deal clearly falls under this category, regardless of its true intentions.

To preserve their role in American government, the American people should protest any and all attempts by the executive branch to appropriate powers explicitly delegated to the legislature.

A Saudi nuclear deal has the potential to erode America’s international credibility, encourage global nuclear proliferation, and subvert the foundations of republican government. It represents a gross overreach of executive power.

Americans should respond with nothing short of deafening public backlash to keep these plans from transpiring. By flooding the offices of their representatives with phone calls, they can make their voices heard and encourage legislators to check the executive branch.

Perhaps then this potential crisis will be averted.

Brady Helwig is a sophomore studying Politics.

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The current Filling Station location will be moving upstairs for a bigger space and the opportunity for indoor seating. Collegian | Isabella Redjai

Filling Station fills up on changes and expansion By | Isabella Redjai Assistant Editor Often coined as a “hidden gem” of downtown Hillsdale, the Hillsdale Filling Station Deli has filled the community with subs, salads, and Italian delicatessen classics in the basement of Block L on Broad and McCollum Streets for almost 18 years, but with plans of new expansion, has decided to carry its business upstairs.

With the difficulty of maintaining an upstairs tenant in the Filling Station’s building, Owner of 29 years Cindy Bieszk decided it was an ideal time to make a change for business purposes.

“When I lost the tenant last December, the commercial space became available,” Bieszk said. “With the space, it expands me that much more for inside seating, visibility, and it makes business that much bigger and better.”

The Block L building has always been an ideal small business location, with the Hillsdale Standard in a Jan. 5, 1869 edition boasting, “The street is wide, cleanly, and

pleasant; the sidewalk new and wide; the stores high, elegant, and attractive; the cellars dry, light, and healthy; and the merchants active, competent, and agreeable - and prepared to offer such sharp competition as will insure to them a large share of public patronage.”

Bieszk said that the change was necessary for business.

Especially since during the cold months, customers are not able to eat in the only available seating, which is outside.

“The Filling Station has always been popular in the summer, because you can enjoy it with their outdoor seating,” local and senior Kendra Lantis said. “But when fall hits, it definitely causes people like me to forget about it.”

Bieszk said that not many renovations will be made to the building, apart from the general location of the Filling Station and where people may enter. Until the expansion is completed, the Filling Station will still be using its door downstairs, but after renovations, customers will use the

main floor entrance.

“The only changes happening with expansion are that customers will use the front door instead of the back door, and indoor seating on the main floor,” Bieszk said. “The deli has always been in the basement, but we’re moving everything to the main floor, although the prep area and storage will remain in the basement. Take-out and dinein will be available on the main floor.”

Demolition begins next week, but Bieszk says that the business will remain open, with the exception of March 18 and 19 due to electrician and plumber visits.

“It is simply safer food-wise and body-wise for us to shut down for those days,” Bieszk said, “but other than that, we will have all of our normal hours during the changes.”

Students currently living above the business don’t believe the renovations will pose any issues for their living environment, and hope to continue to enjoy the business as it remains open during the changes.

“I don’t think it will affect us at all, I think it’s strictly the shop, and other than some more noise than usual, we won’t be impacted,” tenant and junior Ryan Zetwick said.

“We try to go to the Filling Station as much as we can. It’s obviously great food, and the employees are all fantastic, so it makes it a great, quick lunch stop.”

Bieszk says that she is hoping the changes will be completed by May 1, which will not only be the grand opening for the summer season, but it will also be the Filling Station’s 18th birthday.

Students and locals alike are excited to see the changes and accommodations the deli will make, since it represents a unique and hidden part of Hillsdale’s town culture.

“I’m so excited for their expansion,” Lantis said. “I know Hillsdale doesn’t have a lot of places to go eat, especially with friends and family, so by adding a sit-down option to the Filling Station will be appreciated by locals and students.”

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School safety grants give local schools funds for increased security By | Julia Mullins Assistant Editor Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey is encouraging schools in Hillsdale, Jackson, and Branch counties to apply for the Competitive School Safety Grant Program.

According to a statement from policy analysts provided

by Shirkey’s office, the CSSGP is a program within the Michigan State Police that has been around since 2015. The program has awarded funds in the fiscal years of 2015, 2017, 2018 and will again in 2019.

Superintendent of Jonesville Community Schools Chellie Broesamle said Jonesville Community Schools received funds from the grant in 2018 and has also applied for the grant again this year.

With the funds Jonesville Community Schools received last year, Broesamle said all of the schools within the district are implementing the “The Boot: Door Barricade and School Safety System.”

Under this system, each door has a metal plate in front of the door which can withstand thousands of pounds of pressure so intruders cannot kick doors down.

“This will fortify the doors, and it’s also Bluetooth-connected to the police and fire departments and EMS,” Broesamle said. “It automatically contacts them and tells where anything has taken place.

They can use it to determine if gunshots were fired and what type of gun was used.”

In addition to these features, Broesamle said the system alerts all teachers to lock down their doors.

Broesmale also said each entry-door will have ballistic shields.

“They’re silver, and they’ll say ‘Jonesville Schools’ on them,” Broesamle said.

“They’ll also keep bullets from being able to get through and break the glass.”

Jonesville Community Schools has installed film on many of its doorways.

“We can see out, but people can’t see in,” Broesamle said.

In December 2018, the

Michigan Legislature invested $25 million into the CSSGP to help improve the safety and security of school buildings through the purchase of technology and equipment and through school building safety assessments.

“As recent events have increased the focus on the security of school facilities, the demand has significantly increased,” policy analysts said. “We have funded the program on a level that has a more significant statewide impact.”

Policy analysts said the grants are funded through one-time appropriations from the general fund. and grant applications are reviewed by a committee.

“The committee includes representatives from the Michigan State Police, Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police, Michigan Sheriffs’ Association, Michigan Department of Education, Michigan Association of Non-Public Schools, school security personnel and the Executive Office of the Governor,” policy analysts said.

Both public and private schools are eligible to receive funds from the grant. School districts and regional education agencies can also receive grants.

The application period for the second round of school safety grants is open until March 1. Grants will be awarded no later than April 1, 2019. Schools who receive grants will have until June 1, 2020 to complete their projects.

“Over the years, schools who receive an award generally have one year to seek reimbursement for their eligible projects,” policy analysts said.

In October 2018, the Michigan State Police awarded grants from the program to 188 schools, school districts, and regional education agencies throughout the state.

“Overall, we’re in a very safe community,” Broesamle said. “We’re excited about the opportunity and glad the police department is helping to find ways to help keep us safe.”

“As recent events have increased the focus on the security of school facilities, the demand has significantly increased,” policy analysts said.

Hillsdale Academy students ranked third on CLT10 By | S. Nathaniel Grime Sports Editor Tenth graders at Hillsdale Academy ranked third nationally in scoring on the CLT10, the official preparatory exam for the Classical Learning Test. The CLT is a standardized test geared toward the curriculum taught in classical schools.

David Diener, headmaster of Hillsdale Academy, is also on the board of academic advisors for the CLT. He said although the Academy’s goal is never to simply produce high test scores, he and the instructors at the school are proud of their students’ performance on the CLT10.

“The purpose of Hillsdale Academy is not to make students smart; it’s to help them be good,” Diener said. “But we’re incredibly proud of our 10th graders’ accomplishment on the CLT10 and the national recognition that Hillsdale Academy has received due to our students’ performance.”

The CLT10 is comparable to the PSAT that many high school students take in preparation for the SAT. The CLT was founded in 2015 as an alternative to mainstream standardized tests, such as the

SAT and ACT. The Classical Learning Test’s official website states that “The CLT is the most accurate and rigorous measure of reasoning, education, and academic formation.”

“The basic idea is the test matches the kinds of things that our students learn,” Diener said. “The premise is that testing drives curriculum . As the college board has continued to align itself with the common core, what happens is schools have to adjust what they teach to prepare students for those tests.”

Instead of using classroom time for preparing for a test that has its own standards and content, the CLT’s goal is to reflect what students in classical schools are learning in the classroom. As a result, Diener said the 10th graders

at the Academy who had the third-highest scores on the CLT10 spent little to no time in the classroom preparing for the exam.

“We don’t spend time

ucation in the classical liberal arts that our students receive.”

Kiera Weldon, a 10th grader at the Academy, said the CLT10 took less than two hours to complete and was

Students at Hillsdale Academy were ranked 3rd nationally on the CLT10. Collegian Archives

preparing our students for standardized tests,” Diener said. “The goal of classical education is to cultivate human beings who are equipped to live wise and virtuous lives.

High test scores are not our goal; high test scores are a byproduct of the excellent ed-

taken on computers.

“This is only the second year we’ve taken it at the school,” Weldon said. “We found out a week before we would need to get our computers and create an account.

But we didn’t know much about it.”

Despite the non-focus on preparing for the exam itself, Weldon said she felt well-prepared for the material covered on the test because of the things she’s been learning in the classroom at the Academy.

“It really played a big part, especially in the grammar and reading analysis parts,” Weldon said. “We start pretty young with grammar and it becomes pretty ingrained in our writing. The reading and analysis is something we practice daily and regularly, so that came pretty naturally for us.”

Diener said the reading passages on the CLT aren’t the same ones that show up on the SAT. Whereas the SAT includes contemporary and ideological texts that aren’t part of the curriculum at classical schools, the CLT incorporates foundational texts that include philosophy, theology, and ethics.

“These are core texts in our tradition that deal with various aspects of our human condition,” Diener said.

“What it means to be a human being, what it means to live in community, what’s right and what’s wrong, and what it means to live well. Those

questions are not showing up on SAT passages.”

While the CLT is just four years old, Diener said the list of colleges that are accepting the scores as part of their admissions processes is growing.

Hillsdale College is one of 135 colleges and universities listed on the CLT’s website that have adopted the test as an accepted admissions exam.

“The goal is that students in classical schools have a test that allows them to demonstrate the academic skills and knowledge that they’ve gained,” Diener said. “CLT is very aggressively trying to demonstrate to colleges the impact this test can have for them.”

In addition to the content-rich alternative the CLT provides to the SAT and ACT, another advantage of the test is its scoring system, which correlates to the SAT and ACT, but better differentiates the upper end of scores, according to Diener.

The CLT is not limited to students in classical schools, and homeschooled students as well as students in private and public schools can take the test online. Scores are returned to students the same day they take the exam.

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Saving the bees in Hillsdale county: workshop educates beekeepers By | Jake Umholtz Collegian Freelancer The cries across the internet to save the bees have not fallen on deaf ears in Hillsdale county as local beekeepers are serious about preserving the trade and preventing honey bee decline in the area.

A local Hudson-based Beekeeping association, Hidden Lake Beekeepers, partnered with the Michigan Agricultural Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP) to bring a honeybee workshop to Hillsdale county in order to better educate local and aspiring beekeepers on the entomology of honeybees, the function of the hive, diseases, and the basics of local and commercial beekeeping.

Walter Pett, assistant professor of entomology at Michigan State University, who has over 30 years of beekeeping experience spoke about the varieties of bees and their unique functions, the dangers to bees, and the steps to prevent colony loss.

“What I love about bees is once you open up a hive you see thousands of little tiny eyes staring right back at you.

It’s amazing,” Pett said.

Jamie Walters, 2017 Ohio State beekeeper of the year and Northwest Ohio Beekeeper Association vice president, who is also an Ohio State University pollinator specialist addressed the group and spoke about the process of becoming a great beekeeper by assessing one’s resources, goals, and how to acquire the knowledge.

“Go to the colleges for information,” Walters said.

“Read books and talk to experts about events. If you know where to look you’ll find events everywhere.”

The event was held at the Perennial Park community center on Feb. 23 with 21 beekeepers in attendance. Rollin Lauber, the founder of the Hidden Lake Beekeepers club, said that last year’s event hosted by Lost Nations Beekeepers Association had over 63 in attendance.

“We had minimal advertising this year, people can’t go to something if they don’t know about it,” Lauber said.

“But next year, that won’t happen again. I’d expect much more people.”

According to Lauber, the Hidden Lake Beekeepers club is just six months old.

“The club was founded for the purpose of teaching the art of beekeeping,” he said.

“The club specifies that we go back to the basics of beekeeping.”

Lauber partnered with the MAEAP in order to grow the program.

He said he wanted “to help draw attention and focus to the local pollinator program and basically increase the local habitat of the honey bee.”

According to Pett and other similar, extensive research, bee populations are in decline not just in the midwest but globally.

“I myself like many other beekeepers, lost a lot of bees this winter,” said Pett.

This comes as a great alarm, as according to Pett, “one-third of our diet is dependent on insect pollination and bees are the primary pollinator. They are critical in

providing pollination services.”

This is especially hitting hardest among rural communities and farmers, much like Hillsdale county, as the decline is not only affecting crop yields and farmers markets but also wildlife, as like us, they are dependent on the honey bee for creating food sources according to Pett and Lauber.

Jan Lawson, an attendant of the event and a beekeeper from Battle Creek Michigan with over 53 years of beekeeping experience said the decline in bees could pose real problems.

“Without bees, our food supply is in very serious trouble,” Lawson said.

Some good news amidst the decline of the honey bee is that, according to Pett, colony collapse disorder hasn’t been very prevalent in Michigan and much of North America in recent years.

This is good news as no one had a definitive answer for what was causing “the majority of bees to just leave the colony, resulting in the colony to just dwindle down and completely disappear,” Pett said.

Yet, there are many steps that must be taken to prevent the loss of the species as the speakers provided suggestions.

The first step is through education.

“People shouldn’t be afraid of bees. Unless you squoosh them, they aren’t going to do anything to you,” Pett said.

“People have a common misconception that anything that stings you is a bee, but it’s not.

Various agencies and organizations from the community gathered for Project Connect in Hillsdale.

COLLEGIAN | Julia Mullins

Project Connect provides community members with care and services

By | Julia Mullins Assistant Editor Project Connect brought together 27 local agencies and 208 community members at Hillsdale Free Methodist Church on Feb. 21.

Project Connect is a project of the Hillsdale County Continuum of Care that connects individuals and families with the care and services they need.

Clint Brugger, who serves as the chair of Hillsdale County Housing Continuum of Care and the county manager at the Community Action Agency said all of the agencies come together to serve the community.

“The thing that sparks me the most is the attention our community is giving to providing for those in need,” Brugger said.

Kerri Parker and Todd Barrus of the Hillsdale County Department of Health and Human Services said Project Connect is a great way to get all of the agencies and all of the resources for the community in one area.

“It’s that one-stop shop for people to come out and see all the agencies,” Barrus said. “I can tell you from a provider’s standpoint, it’s really good for us to be able to network with other agencies.”

Barrus said the Hillsdale County DHHS helps with the general assistance, which includes food assistance, Medicaid, emergency relief, cash assistance, daycare, home repair, auto repairs, and other resources.

“We are kind of the center point for most agencies,” Barrus said. “When somebody contacts Community Action Agency or Salvation Army, usually they’re always sent to

us first. And then depending on what we can do dictates what those other agencies can do.”

Project Connect allows local agencies to learn more about the services provided by other agencies.

“Events like this allow us to meet with some of them and maybe set up a time down the road that we can sit down and really get a better understanding of what each other does,” Barrus said.

He added that having a better understanding of other agencies allows the Hillsdale County DHHS to provide better assistance for their clients.

“Everything’s in the best interest of our clients,” Barrus said. “If we can’t help, we know where to send them, that’s the most important thing.”

Barrus also added that the Hillsdale County DHHS has undergone many changes over the last few years that has reduced face-to-face interactions with clients, but Project Connect gives his agency the opportunity to make connections with community members.

“It’s important for community members to see that we are people,” Barrus said. “We are human beings, and we’re here to help other human beings the best that we can.”

Rev. Jessica Hahn of Trinity Lutheran Church also said Project Connect provides a good platform for engaging with current clients and also meeting new clients.

“I see a lot of people that are coming through that I know, and I make connections with the clients that come through,” Hahn said. “We’re also able to provide information about our food pantry to make sure that we’re serving

as many people as we can.”

Hahn said Trinity Lutheran Church’s has a ministry, King’s Kupboard Food Pantry, which is open three days a week all year long.

“We don’t have any kind of restrictions on who can come,” Hahn said. “They can come as often as they need.”

Each year, Trinity Lutheran Church provides community members at Project Connect with laundry soap. She said the Church receives donations to purchase the laundry soap.

This year, they also gave out toilet paper and paper towels, which had been donated by the Hillsdale Senior Center.

Director of Veterans Affairs Renae Shircliff was at People Connect to represent the Hillsdale County Veteran Affairs Office. She said the Hillsdale County Office serves upwards of 5,000 veterans and widows of veterans annually.

“We file for health benefits, we file compensation, and we provide during short-term financial crises for propane, car repairs, stuff like that,” Shircliff said.

The Hillsdale County Veteran Affairs also assists veterans with housing.

“We provide housing for homeless veterans and veterans on the verge of being homeless,” Shircliff said. “If they’re behind on their rent, we can we help with that too.”

Pittsford seniors Ashley Taylor and Abby Pidd, who were both volunteering at the event, said Project Connect helps bring more awareness to the issue of homelessness.

“It’s about making sure everyone gets what they need and everyone gets taken care of in our community,” Pidd said.

Walter Pett, assistant professor of entomology at Michigan State University, spoke about care for bees at the Hillsdale County honeybee workshop. Collegian | Jake Umholtz

You most likely got stung by a yellow jacket or a hornet, not a honeybee.”

Pett also pointed out how bees can communicate with humans through something called the “waggle dance.”

“Bees are incredibly intelligent. They are one of the only few species who have the capacity outside of humans to communicate symbolically,” Pett said. “The Waggle Dance is how bees tell each other where a source of pollen is located. It accounts for the movement of the sun over time.”

This allows bees to adapt to being transported to other hemispheres, like Australia.

Supporting honeybees survival will also help prevent the loss of the species, according

to Pett.

“I want beekeepers to be beekeepers,” Pett said.

Walters also said that a great way to support beekeeping is getting involved locally.

“Support your own bee clubs. Become active and support your local communities,” Walters said.

According to Lawson, clubs are a great way to extend knowledge and care of bees.

“The best way to become a beekeeper is to join a club, because the clubs are going to support you, and give you a mentor,” Lawson said.

“There is so much knowledge, learning about bees is not just enough, you have to learn how to manage bees. That’s the part where a mentor can really help you.”

Getting the younger generations involved is also a current challenge of local beekeeping organizations.

“The average age of a beekeeper is around 60,” Lawson said. “We need young beekeepers desperately, otherwise, the profession of beekeeping is in trouble.”

With around 21 beekeeping clubs in Michigan, Lawson said there are numerous opportunities to get involved.

“We want you to become the next generation of mentors. We need more beekeepers,” said Walters.

The local clubs in the Hillsdale area are Hidden Lake Beekeepers Club and the Lost Nations Beekeepers Association.

By | Joel Meng Collegian Reporter When Hillsdale Municipal Assistant Manager Scott Curry goes to refuel jets, he fills the fuel truck and drives to the plain on the taxiway.

Because the airport’s fuel farm is presently outdated, jet planes can’t fill directly from the tank. The fuel truck serves as a go-between, bringing fuel to the plane and providing another filter for the fuel.

The airport is renovating its fuel farms, a project which it should complete by the end of the year, as part of its initiative to expand and update the current airport facilities.

Hillsdale Municipal Airport continues its steady course of modernization.

Years ago, workers extended the runway by 1,000 feet to bring the runway to 5,000 by 1,000 feet — large enough for a Gulfstream airplane.

“We put 1,000 extra feet on the runway because of the demand for larger jets to come in,” Curry said.

Last October, workers completed an expanded apron, where passengers can more easily board the plane. Future airport plans could include building new hangars on the apron or even a new terminal.

“Projects such as the new terminal and tee hangers could hopefully be funded by

private individuals,” Airport Manager Ginger Moore said.

“Often, the people who own the jet will build them. We have the land lease. They’ll show us their plans, and we move forward from there.”

Its latest improvement, the fuel farm, is funded by state dollars.

“The Michigan Department of Transportation gives us $150,000 in entitlement money a year,” Moore said.

“That money comes from taxes on aviation fuel, so it’s not like it would be going to roads. The city pays only five percent.”

Before the airport can move forward on certain improvements, such as a taxi-way extension, it must upgrade the fuel farm.

“The taxiway extension would go right through the fuel farm,” Curry said.

The current fuel farm also needs improvement in its own right.

“Our fuel farm is so outdated,” Curry said. “The new fuel farm will be up to industry standards.”

The new fuel farm, which should be completed this year, also makes it easier for customers to fuel their planes.

“The new fuel farm is aboveground,” Airport Mechanic Monico Lopez said. “Pilots can move the aircraft to the

tanks and pump their own fuel after paying via credit card. It’s much easier for pilots which would draw more traffic to the airport.”

And the improvements seem to be drawing more traffic to the airport.

“Since I got here two years ago, the airport has really grown,” Curry said. “There’s only one spot available in the hangars.”

The airport has seen more corporate clients.

“The airport is moving toward corporate aircraft and corporations using their aircraft to travel around,” Moore said. “In the past, people could own a single engine airplane and use it for fun. But that’s going by the wayside.”

“Most hobbyists now are older gentlemen,” Curry said.

“In the 1970s, it used to be like having a car. Fuel wasn’t outrageous, insurance was reasonable, and parts were easy to find. But times have changed.”

Hillsdale Municipal Airport’s renovations in the future should help it adjust, Curry said.

“It’s a long, drawn-out process,” Curry said. “The renovations today were started 10 years ago. It moves really slow. The fuel farm is just the beginning of things.”

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SAB will hold ‘Insider’s Guide to Hillsdale’ By | Allison Schuster Assistant Editor The Student Activities Board will be hosting Insider’s Guide to Hillsdale, an event connecting students with local businesses, this Friday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Originally proposed by sophomore and SAB member Claire Lupini, Insider’s Guide to Hillsdale is a way for students to get to know the downtown area while having fun with friends. SAB will have a booth setup in front of the Hillsdale County Courthouse for students to meet at the start, and from there they will get a clue sheet to bring to businesses and score bingo spots for each spot they reach.

The game involves seventeen businesses, each with an activity card already prepared.

When students arrive at each business, they will complete their activity in order to achieve that bingo spot. Students can collect a small bingo prize after completing four activities.

“They’re simple, like pick out your favorite book at the used bookstore downtown or

take a picture of a really cute pet at the pet shop downtown, different stuff like that,” Lupini said.

And there are giveaways at certain businesses.

“Like the coffee shops will have a dollar off coffee if you show your student ID, and Smith’s Flowers will have a free flower, same with Blossom Shop,” Lupini said. “And then Toasted Mud you can start work on your own tile if you show your student ID, and then you get to take that home.”

And if they fill out the entire bingo sheet, students will be entered to win a goody basket.

Lupini proposed the event before Christmas break, inspired by her own hometown where they host an event called “Tourist for a Day” in which residents get free entry to museums and tours.

“I thought this would be a really good thing to bring to Hillsdale because we actually have a lot of really cool places in town,” she said. “This is a really good way to get people downtown and involved in the community.”

Staff Advisor Alexandra Whitford said that parents are welcome to joins students since it’s parents weekend.

“That was definitely an attracting quality [in selecting the date] to get parents in on knowing the college camps because they don’t really get the chance much to see downtown,” she said.

According to Lupini, work for the event really began the first full week of february, since new ideas always require significantly more work than annual events. The spring time is a good time to do outdoor events, such as the Detroit trip and the ski trip, since people are ready to get outside after the winter.

Because it’s a new event, SAB doesn’t know how large it will be, although Lupini said that On a scale of SAB events, it’s considered of the bigger events, comparable to Taste of Manning, and the entire SAB staff will be working the event.

“It could be fifty people.

It could be a few hundred,” Whitford said. “But we’re prepared for them all.”

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Together is better: roommates, teammates, and now, coaches By | Alexis Daniels assistant editor Former roommates and Hillsdale graduates in 2015, assistant coaches Maurice “Mo” Jones and Justin Fawley have returned this year as members of the men’s and women’s track and field coaching staff. Junior Kathryn Bassette, who has worked with both coaches, said she loves the dynamic they bring to the team and their close relationship.

“What makes me most happy about having them on staff is that they are best friends,” Bassette said. “They have a ton of fun together and that creates an environment for me to relax and have fun too.”

Jones was a three-time All-American while at Hillsdale, and a national champion in 400-meter hurdles in 2015.

Fawley was an NCAA qualifier in the decathlon in 2014.

Being a student athlete has been a normal thing for Jones all his life. Ever since he could remember, he had played sports while balancing academics. This year is his 15th in track and field .

“Obviously it changed a little bit with the rigors of Hillsdale,” Jones said. “But it was just the same thing: get my studies in and show up to training and get the job done.”

Jones said he has many good memories from both running track and coaching the team. The good times, he said, are about the people, not specifically the sport.

“It’s not a particular race, it’s not a particular time someone ran extremely well,” Jones said. “I like the moments when you’ve been explaining something and you’ve tried several different ways of explaining it and attacking the problem and then finally it clicks and you can just see them do it…I think that’s what every coach looks for.”

When Jones was offered a position as an assistant coach, he wasted little time leaving his training group in Arizona to return to Hillsdale College.

“It was an opportunity to not only train with a coach that I’d had a lot of success with, but to also be back around the place I love and the team I love,” Jones said.

As a coach, he said he has goals for the team like winning and sending athletes to nationals, but he also looks for their development in their sport and attitude.

“Really what I’m looking for is that improvement from each athlete to be the best that they can that year, that race,” Jones said.

Outside of coaching, Jones is still in to outdoor and active

WOMEN'S TRACK, from a1 side of the team, I just want to focus on improvement.” Johansson said. “I just want to get faster.”

In the 5000 meter run, sophomore Christina Sawyer finished at the head of the pack. Her time of 17:48.74 placed her in first and earned her the title of conference champion.

MEN'S TRACK, from a1 Humes finished in 8:31.65, just three tenths of a second faster than the second-place finisher.

“It was a grind.” Humes said. “A lot of the other guys were keying off of me, trying to tire me out. To be that guy that everyone is focused on

2015 gradutes Justin Fawley and Maurice "Mo" Jones return as assistant coaches

Top: Justin Fawley runs during the 2015 GLIAC Championships.

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hobbies, which he said changes from year to year. Lately he’s been in to shooting sports and hunting, but he also enjoys fishing and reading.

In the past, he’s also tried to

“I just see a lot of kids trying to be the best they can for themselves and for their teammates, which is really what it was when I was here,” Jones said. “Feels like how I

“It was an opportunity to not only train with a coach that I’d had a lot of success with, but to also be back around the place I love and the team I love.” learn different languages and playing guitar.

“I would stick with the outdoorsman stuff right now,” Jones said.

Jones said while watching the athletes this year, he doesn’t think much has changed.

“Definitely the core seems to have gotten bigger, from what I’ve heard,” Jones said with a laugh, adding that the academic requirements for being on the team have “skyrocketed.” “The team’s gotten a lot smarter, but it hasn’t diminished our talent at all, which is what we’re looking for.”

He said there are a few differences year to year, but the students are very much the same.

left it.”

Fawley, who graduated from Hillsdale with Jones, also said the college hasn’t changed much, aside from campus renovations, but the “caliber of

He had always enjoyed being a student athlete, he said.

“It’s probably one of the best experiences,” Fawley said, adding that it was all about prioritizing and balancing class and training. “Being a student athlete here was a really great experience…just met a lot of my best friends here through athletics and through the school and helped me get a job here.”

Fawley said he had a lot of good memories from being a student athlete, one of his favorites being a semester when he and Jones roomed together and grilled out on the weekends on their front lawn.

“We met a lot of really cool people doing that because, you know, those people were walking home from classes,

“If we can teach sort of moral lessons through athletics and if we can create a robust, resilient person through athletics, that’s one of the biggest things.”

he wanted to push athletes to do their best in not only sports but in becoming an adult with the right focus.

“If we can teach sort of moral lessons through athletics and if we can create a robust, resilient person through athletics, I think that’s one of the biggest things,” Fawley said. “I would probably say that that’s my biggest goal is helping people navigate the transitionary period in their

athlete” has improved. Fawley had grown up as a student athlete; his focus was mainly on soccer and track, though he had played most sports by the time he went to college.

and we’d be like, ‘Hey do you wanna eat?’ and they’d just come over and eat with us,” Fawley said.

His goals for coaching stay “pretty constant,” he said, and

Sophomore Abbie Porter also competed well in the 800 meter run, finishing just seven hundredths of a second behind the leader to take second in a time of 2:16.64. Porter is one of the two Chargers to qualify for the national meet. Her season best time of 2:11.23 is the 14th best in the nation.

Hillsdale’s other qualifier for nationals is senior Allysen Eads. In her qualified event, the mile run, Eads finished in 4:57.77 to take second place

in the G-MAC. Her fastest time this year, just over four minutes and 52 seconds, ranks as the 12th quickest time in the country this season. Eads is also qualified in the 3000 meter run.

In the field, freshman thrower Nikita Maines continued to perform at a high level for Hillsdale. Maines broke her own school record for the third time this year, throwing 14.29 meters to take third. Midway through her freshman campaign,

Maines already has the six best throws in school history, but she’s confident she hasn’t reached her ceiling yet.

“I believe I can keep throwing well and keep setting that record higher,” Maines said.

As the indoor regular season comes to a close, Eads and Porter will look forward to the Division II Indoor National Championships in Pittsburg, Kansas on March 8 and 9. For the rest of the team, the beginning of

the outdoor season is right around the corner, bringing new opportunities for success.

“The outdoor season’s a lot of fun,” Johansson said.

“Everyone’s excited to just get outside and get working.”

The outdoor season will begin on March 15 when the Chargers will travel to the University of Miami for the Miami Hurricane Invitational.

and still come out on top is really cool.

These two victories earned the Chargers almost a quarter of their team points. After the meet, Humes was recognized as the men’s Track Athlete of the Meet, the second consecutive year he’s won that award at the G-MAC Indoor Championships.

“It was a little surprising to win again,” Humes said.

“There’s a lot of talent at that

meet, a lot of guys that are nationally qualified, so it’s definitely cool to win.”

Hillsdale also had a great showing in the heptathlon, an event that demands a high level of performance in all different disciplines. Sophomore Ryan Thomsen shined in the field events, taking first with 4802 points, a new meet record. Freshman John Baldwin also competed well, winning three of the indi-

vidual events and finishing second with 4656 points.

While the Chargers had several athletes meet the provisional qualifying times, none of them ranked high enough to make the field for the national meet. Hillsdale will have three weeks to refocus on the beginning of the outdoor track and field season.

A new season brings new opportunities, and head

coach Andrew Towne sees each new season as a chance to improve on the last.

“We’ve really stressed that there isn’t another 2019 track and field team. This is their team,” Towne said. “There’s a real focus on becoming our best.”

The outdoor season will begin on March 15 when the Chargers travel to the University of Miami for the Miami Hurricaine Invite.

life.”

Bassette said Jones and Fawley have a belief in the athletics program that will take it to the next level, and she hopes that “other track athletes will take advantage of their knowledge.”

“They’re just two guys really passionate about coaching, really in love with Hillsdale track and field, and really happy that they can do what they love together,” Bassette said.

SHOUTOUT, from a10 of 6-1 and 6-3.

The early lead gave senior Jerry Hewitt the opportunity to play No. 5 singles. He easily won two sets with scores of 6-1 and 6-2.

The Chargers look forward to game this Friday and Sunday against University of Illinois Springfield and Wayne State University, respectively. Friday’s game begins at noon, and Sunday’s begins at 3 p.m.

Illinois-Springfield is 4-2 this season, and Wayne State is 5-1. The Chargers are 2-1 on the road this season.

“We’re looking forward to that,” Hackman said. “Wayne State’s a big challenge. We know we can do it but we really just have to bring our A-game.”

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february 22-23: points g-mac indoor championships (12 teams) 183 1. Tiffin 119 2. Findlay 86 3. Hillsdale 82 4. Malone 72 5. Cedarville heptathlon points 1. Ryan Thomsen 4802 2. John Baldwin 4656 1 mile run time 1. Joey Humes 4:15.02 2. Mark Miller 4:15.91 3000 meter run time 1. Joey Humes 8:31.65 4x400 meter relay time 2. Wyse/Wade/Pando/Schmidt 3:21.51 pole valut height 2. Ben Raffin 4.93m high jump height 3. Ryan Thomsen 1.94m

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february 22-23: points g-mac indoor championships (11 teams) 188.50 1. Tiffin 103 2. Walsh 99.50 3. Hillsdale 68 4. Malone 65.60 5. Cedarville 5000 meter run time 1. Christina Sawyer 17:48.74 60 meter dash time 1. Kajsa Johansson 7.65 200 meter dash time 2. Kajsa Johansson 25.23 1 mile run time 2. Ally Eads 4:57.77 800 meter run time 2. Abbie Porter 2:16.64 3000 meter run time 2. Maryssa Depies 10:06.79 3. Arena Lewis 10:08.39 4x400 meter relay time 3. Boehm/Porter/O'Leary/Townsend 4:00.57 high jump height t3. Alexie Day 1.63m shot put distance 3. Nikita Maines 14.23m

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february 23 singles doubles score Michigan Tech 0 0 0 Hillsdale 6 3 7 singles competition scores 1. Charlie Adams def. Mario Neto 6-1, 6-1 2. Justin Hyman def. Nico Caviglia 6-2, 6-1 3. John Ciraci def. Ignacio Carbajosa 6-3, 6-1 4. Michael Szabo def. Siddhesh Mahadeshwar 6-1, 6-3 doubles competition score 1. Adams/Hyman def. Neto/Mahadeshwar 6-4 2. Ciraci/Hackman def. Caviglia/Carbajosa 7-6 (7-4)

Chargers remain at home for pair of games this weekend By | Ryan Goff assistant editor During Parent’s Weekend at Hillsdale College, the Chargers will have two home matches on Friday and Sunday, respectively. They seek to remain undefeated after a hot 3-0 start to the season in February.

The Chargers will play the University of Illinois-Springfield Prairie Stars on Friday, and the Purdue University Northwest Pride on Sunday.

It will be their first two-match weekend of the season, and the rest of the season will feature two-match weekends until the G-MAC Championship.

SPLIT, from a10 “He’s long and athletic. We tried to force him into certain situations that we thought we’d have the advantage in, but he was able to make plays, so credit to him,” Niego said.

The Chargers trailed 22-12 with nine and a half minutes to go, and the score remained that until the Panthers made a jump shot with just under five minutes left in the first half. By halftime it was 32-21, and they had shot 34.5 percent from the field, and just 11 percent from beyond the arc, which is well below their average of 35 percent.

Six and a half minutes remained on the clock when Ohio Dominican’s Ben Casanova earned the only technical foul of the game.

Lowry went to the line to earned two more points, but

SWEEP, from a10 game away. After getting his second hit of the day, Hoover stole second, then scored on a throwing error by the catcher as he was stealing third. This production on the basepaths is crucial for the Chargers offensively.

“It’s great to watch him,” Theisen said. “There are times and reasons that he’s running.

It’s putting pressure on the defense, it’s setting the tone and forcing the defense has to make plays. As long as the risk is worth the reward, it’s great to see him be aggressive on the basepaths.”

Immediately afterward, Ring homered to right center, giving Hillsdale an 8-3 lead and firm control of the game going into the bottom of the sixth inning.

Maryville, however, had no intentions of giving up.

After Verbrugge allowed a run in the bottom of the sixth, junior Kolton Rominski came in from the bullpen to relieve him. After giving up a run in the bottom of the seventh, Rominski pitched well through the eighth with some additional support from a Granzotto home run.

In the ninth, things got dicey. Rominski entered with a four run lead, but after allowing two home runs, loading the bases, and walking in two more runs, the Saints tied the game at 9. Sophomore pitcher David Toth entered the game and shut down Maryville’s rally, sending the game to extra innings.

“That’s why we went to him,” Theisen said. “He’s our high-leverage guy, and there’s very few situations that are going to be higher leverage than that one. Once we got him on the mound we were pretty confident.”

After neither team scored in the tenth frame, senior infielder Kevin Monson racked up his third hit of the day to drive in a run and give the Chargers a 10-9 lead. After allowing two walks, Toth retired the Saints to give Hillsdale its first win of the season.

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“We really need to start working on our endurance in match play to make sure we have success with the hard matches ahead,” head coach Nikki Walbright said. “This weekend will be a good challenge and an excellent start to the second half of our season.”

The Chargers have worked hard to improve at doubles this week in practice, according to Walbright. The team has been weakest in doubles to this point in the season, dropping two of three games

last weekend against Lewis University, and one of three against Ferris University the week prior with a close 7-5 match.

After acing her opponent 6-0, 6-0 and joining sophomore Kamryn Matthews to win their doubles match 6-2 last week at Lewis, senior Madeline Bissett won the G-MAC Player of the Week award. She is the second Hillsdale player to receive the award this season after sophomore Hannah Cimpeanu

the Chargers still trailed by 14, 58-44.

“It was just some dude talking trash on the bench,” Lowry said. “They had just hit a three and someone on their bench yelled something and the ref heard it and [called a technical foul].”

Sophomore center Austen Yarian led the Chargers overall with 15 points, eight rebounds, and three steals.

Lowry added 15 points as well, and Czarnowski had 11.

The Chargers remain in third place in conference rankings, with Findlay still in the no. 1 spot and Walsh in second.

Two games remain in the regular season, both of which are at home. The Chargers will take on the Trevecca Nazarene University Trojans tonight at 7:30 p.m. The Trojans are currently 4-14 in the G-MAC and 4-19 overall.

“We just want to be playing our best basketball all

around, which starts on the defensive end,” Lowry said.

“We did a really good job on these teams last time we played them.”

On Saturday, Hillsdale will host the Kentucky Wesleyan College Panthers, who are 7-11 in the G-MAC and 9-15 overall. Tip-off is at 3 p.m.

“The debate that you always have is how much do you practice, how much time off, how hard do you practice, all of these factors come into play,” Tharp said.

The Chargers’ final home game of the regular season will be a special one as they celebrate their eight seniors.

“But everybody needs to be two feet in, fully committed to these eight seniors and make sure we send them out the right way,” Tharp said.

“This is an exciting time to be playing. There’s a lot on the line and you have to be really excited about the opportunity.”

to struggle for that first W,” Theisen said. “Nothing brings a team closer than a game where you have to fight it out, scratch and claw a little bit.

That kind of battle and that kind of pressure was exactly what we needed.

Maryville seemed poised to make a comeback after putting three across the board in the eighth inning, narrowing Hillsdale’s lead to 9-8. Junior pitcher Chris Stewart was able to steady the ship however, and the Chargers entered the ninth with a one-run lead.

Stewart got a little help from the offense in the top of the ninth, as James Krick hit a solo shot to extend the lead to 10-8. Stewart set the Saints down in order in the bottom of the ninth to secure the second game for Hillsdale, and ensure a series win.

Sunday, February 24 (Game 2): Hillsdale 10, Maryville 8 After registering their first win of the season, Hillsdale struggled to find their stride in the beginning of the second matchup in the series. Toth was the expected starter in game two, but after his relief appearance the night before the Chargers turned to freshman Cody Kanclerz.

In his first collegiate start, Kanclerz showed potential, but also struggled with his command at times. Kanclerz allowed two runs in the first and one in the second, putting Hillsdale in an early 3-0 hole.

The Chargers answered in the top of the third, when Ring knocked in two with an RBI single. A Jacob DePillo home run in the top of the fourth knotted the score at 3.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, Maryville struck back.

Kanclerz allowed a leadoff home run to the Saints catcher. One more run would cross the plate in the inning as Maryville regained a two-run lead.

In the bottom of the fifth, Hillsdale turned to sophomore southpaw Sawyer Allen.

After struggling in the series against Wayne State, Allen seemed to settle in nicely, dominating the Saints order through the heart of the game.

In the sixth, the bats at the bottom of the lineup strung together some key hits, and Hoover drove in two with a double to left, tying the score at 5. The Chargers put two more across in the seventh and two more across in the eighth to take a commanding 9-5 lead.

“It was great to see some guys from the bottom of the lineup and from off the bench start to produce,” Theisen said. “It’s not an easy lineup to navigate. No other team has that possibility for damage through the lineup, sometimes it just takes them a little bit to get settled in.”

Sunday, February 24 (Game 3): Hillsdale 14, Maryville 4 The Chargers started the third and final game in the series with a bang, putting four runs on the board in the top of the first inning. Ring doubled in a run to give Hillsdale the lead. Later in the inning, junior Jake Rhodes hit a threerun home run to right center, stretching the lead to four.

Freshman Caleb Biedenharn got the start on the mound for the Chargers. His first collegiate start was less than ideal, however, as he allowed four runs in just twothirds of an inning pitched.

With two outs in the bottom of the first, Theisen turned to senior Jonathan Lapshan, who got HIllsdale out of the inning with the game tied at four.

After the first inning, every aspect of the game belonged to the Chargers. In the top of the second, Ring hit his second home run of the series, scoring Granzotto and Monson to give Hillsdale a 7-4 lead.

After the second, the Chargers’ bat fell silent, but Lapshan dominated on the mound. On the day, he pitched 8.1 scoreless innings, striking out six. Maryville was never able to mount any form of rally as Lapshan closed out a commanding performance out of the bullpen.

“He definitely figures into some higher-leverage situations, he certainly is one of those guys,” Theisen said. “It was great to see him stretch out so far and be so dominant.”

In the top of the seventh, Hillsdale piled on the runs.

received the honor two weeks ago.

“It’s been great for the girls to be recognized for their efforts,” Walbright said.

But Matthews and Cimpeanu aren’t the only players who’ve enjoyed big wins this season. Freshman Sarah Hackman is undefeated in singles play on the no. 2 court, and her matches have often been tough fights. On the no.

3 court, junior Katie Bell also is undefeated with a couple long matches behind her.

“The whole team is really playing well so I hope everybody is able to contribute this weekend,” Walbright said. “It will be solid competition so it will be fun to see who rises up for a great weekend.”

ROLL, from a10 rounds will be hosted by the highest-seeded team remaining.

Tonight, Hillsdale will try to finish the month of February a perfect 7-0 when it hosts Trevecca Nazarene University. Tipoff is at 5:30 p.m. The two teams’ first meeting of the season on Jan. 26 was the last time the Chargers suffered a loss, when they fell 69-62 in Nashville, Tennessee.

On Saturday, the Chargers host Kentucky Wesleyan College for Senior Day and their regular season finale. The Panthers defeated Hillsdale 71-70 on Jan. 24 in Owensboro.

Kentucky Wesleyan holds a one-game lead over Cedarville University and Walsh University for first place in the conference.

After Toppi led off the inning with a single, Krick hit his second home run of the series to drive him home. The bottom of the order kept the rally going, getting on base and moving around the basepaths.

The third game of the series saw the Chargers steal five bases, which created numerous opportunities.

“We saw an opportunity and took advantage of it,” Theisen said.

Hoover and Ring both added to their RBI totals in the seventh, stretching the score to 12-4 in favor of Hillsdale.

The Chargers put two more across the plate to stretch the lead to 14-4, and Lapshan retired the rest of the Saints in the bottom of the ninth to earn Hillsdale its third victory on the season and a series sweep.

Summary Not only did the series against Maryville get the Chargers back in the win column, it also demonstrated noticeable improvement in all aspects of the game. Defense, a big concern for Theisen coming in to the season, didn’t seem to be an issue.

The biggest story through the first two weekends of the season is Ring’s performance at the plate. Ring entered the year as one of the most prolific hitters in Hillsdale history, but this year has seen his output skyrocket. Through five games, Ring has three home runs, 15 RBIs and has a .600 batting average in 20 at bats. Ring’s performance earned him G-MAC Offensive Player of the Week.

“He has stayed locked in for full at-bats than I’ve ever seen him so far,” Theisen said.

“He’s stayed in some very difficult at-bats and fought off some tough pitches to put some quality swings on the ball and give himself a chance to do some damage on the ball. It’s been really fun to watch him.”

The Chargers will be back in action this weekend with a huge four-game series against Bellarmine, one of the best teams in the region.

Games will take place Saturday and Sunday, with doubleheaders both days starting at noon and 2:30 p.m.

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After a disappointing beginning to their title defense, the Hillsdale College Chargers traveled to St. Louis, Missouri looking to get back in the win column. After sweeping the Maryville University Saints in a three-game series, the Chargers are now 3-2 in non-conference play heading into next weekend’s matchup with Bellarmine University.

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run with two outs in the first inning, the Chargers seemed to get going offensively. After the bottom of the order loaded the bases in the top of the second, junior shortstop Jake Hoover walked in a run to make the score 2-0.

With senior third baseman Colin Boerst out due to injury, freshman Matt Granzotto got the start at the hot corner.

Second-half roll continues with pair of road victories By | S. Nathaniel Grime sports editor

The Hillsdale College Chargers extended their season-best winning streak to seven games and clinched a berth in the upcoming G-MAC tournament with a pair of wins on the road last week. Hillsdale’s last four wins have all come on the road, and were its final road games of the regular season.

On Thursday, the Chargers defeated winless Ohio Valley University, 74-57. The Fighting Scots never led, and despite shooting just 31.9 percent from the floor, the Chargers had the game in hand from beginning to end.

“It’s kind of exciting to know we can win by that much and still not shoot great,” senior forward Makenna Ott said. “Our offensive game is still not at its best. It’s exciting to know we haven’t reached our full potential yet.

Senior forward Brittany Gray surpassed 1,000 career points in her career with a team-leading 18 points in the win.

“It was pretty cool. I could hear the bench cheering and everything,” Gray said. “But honestly, the best part about it all is that my team cheers for me just as hard for any shot that I make. They’ve given me the shooting confidence that I have and the success in my career I’ve had.”

Gray joins Ott and senior guard Allie Dewire as the third Charger to accomplish that milestone this season.

“Watching Allie, Makenna, and Brittany all achieve it this year has been pretty special,” Fritsche said. “I don’t think anybody’s experience is ever perfect, but I hope those three have had a really good one. They mean a lot to us in a lot of facets, but more than anything, those are just three really good kids.”

The Chargers collected a single-game program-high 64 rebounds, doubling Ohio Valley’s 32. Junior guard Jaycie Burger led the way with 10 rebounds, and nine players collected at least four rebounds. Hillsdale leads the conference in total rebounds and rebounds per game this

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+5.0 season. The Chargers also rank in the top 25 nationally in total rebounds, rebounds per game, and rebounding margin, among all NCAA Division II schools.

Ott followed Gray with 16 points, and freshman guard Grace Touchette added 10 points off the bench. Freshman forward Anna LoMonaco scored a career-high nine points, coming off the bench.

Hillsdale’s bench scored 34 of

-3.5 its 74 total points .

“When someone makes a good play or we get a stop as a team, we’re a lot more excited for each other. We feed off of that energy,” Touchette said. “I think cheering on the bench and on the floor, it gives you a lot more energy.”

On Saturday, the Chargers defeated Ohio Dominican University, 76-51. The margin of victory was Hillsdale’s third-largest this season.

“We had almost a flawless defensive game,” Gray said.

“Anything they tried, we saw it a mile ahead.”

Five players scored in double digits for Hillsdale, led

by Ott, who scored 15 points, and Burger, who scored 12.

Gray, Dewire, and freshman guard Lauren Daffenberg each scored 11 points.

Dewire added a team-leading 14 rebounds, six of which came from the offensive glass, for her fifth double-double of the season. The 14 rebounds were a single-game career high for Dewire. The Chargers again enjoyed a healthy rebounding margin overall, grabbing 56 boards to the Panthers’ 34, including 19 offensive rebounds to the Panthers’ five.

“We got first-shot rebounds and even when things weren’t going well for us offensively, we generated offensive rebounds,” Fritsche said. “We were able to transition into reversals and get started into our offense at a good pace.”

The Chargers got off to a hot start, outscoring the Panthers 20-6 in the first quarter.

Ohio Dominican never led in the game, and Hillsdale’s lead grew up to 33 points near the end of the fourth quarter. The Chargers scored 30 of their 76 points in the third quarter alone.

Hillsdale hasn’t trailed an opponent for 97 consecutive minutes, spanning three games. The last time the Chargers weren’t ahead or tied in a game was early in the third quarter on Feb. 16 against Lake Erie College.

“When we play and practice like we have been, there’s no telling what we can do,” Fritsche said. “We have good teams in our league, but I wouldn’t want to play us right now.”

The eight teams in the G-MAC tournament are already decided, but the seeding from top to bottom is subject to change, depending on how the final three days of the regular season unfold. The top four teams in the conference will host first-round tournament games next week, and the semifinal and final rounds

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Granzotto kept the rally going after beating out the throw to drive in a run. Catcher Steven Ring hit a sacrifice fly to center to score another run as Hillsdale took a 4-0 lead.

After a tough start to the season, junior Andrew Verbrugge started game one on the mound for the Chargers. Verbrugge showed much better command throughout the game, only allowing eight hits and two earned runs in five and two-thirds innings pitched.

“He’s been pretty consistent for us on the mound,” THe-

isen said. “He’s a reliable guy, and we’re confident he’ll keep improving and making an impact.”

After Maryville scored two runs to narrow Hillsdale’s lead to 2, Hoover continued a great start to 2019, hitting a deep home run to the opposite field, to expand the lead back to 3. The Saints and the Chargers traded runs in the 4th and the 5th to make the score 6-3.

In the 6th, the top of Hillsdale’s lineup tried to put the

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Chargers split regular season's final road trip By | Calli Townsend assistant editor

The Hillsdale College Chargers split a pair of road games last week. They earned their largest victory of the season, 79-48, on Thursday against Ohio Valley University. Saturday’s game had the opposite result, as the Chargers faced their largest defeat against Ohio Dominican University, 68-55.

As the Chargers took on the Ohio Valley Fighting Scots, they established their dominance early in the game, leading 42-24 at the half.

Hillsdale shot 50 percent from the floor while holding Ohio Valley to 31 percent and forcing five turnovers.

Hillsdale was led by its seniors on Thursday night as Harrison Niego, Nick Czarnowski, Nate Neveau, and Gordon Behr combined for 50 of the team’s 79 points.

“It’s the culmination of a lot of hard work,” Niego said. “It’s rewarding to know that you put in the time and energy for the past four years.”

Behr, who hasn’t scored in double digits since Dec. 1, came off the bench to shoot a perfect 7-7 from the floor, totaling 14 points, three rebounds, and three assists.

“He came off the bench on Thursday and really played a tremendous game,” head coach John Tharp said.

“Played at really nice pace, wasn’t overly fast, and did a nice job in the middle of the zone. When he had opportunities to score, he just scored.

It was awesome, we’ve missed that.”

Neveau, who has battled various injuries the past couple of months, had a strong performance as he added 11 points, four assists, and three rebounds.

Niego and Czarnowski continued as steady assets to Hillsdale’s lineup. Niego added nine points, three blocks, and two assists, while Czarnowski had his first double-double of the season, with 16 points and 11 rebounds.

The Chargers had 20 assists and only six turnovers against the Fighting Scots. Going into Thursday’s game, Tharp said his team is at its best when the number of assists is high and turnovers are low. And that’s just what happened.

On Saturday, however, the Chargers failed to find their rhythm against the Ohio Dominican Panthers (16-10, 12-7 G-MAC).

With only six assists and seven turnovers, the Chargers fell 68-55, which was their greatest defeat of the season.

Ohio Dominican is the only G-MAC team to have two wins over Hillsdale.

“ODU is obviously a good team,” Tharp said. “They played us differently than Thursday’s opponent. They were very soft on our bigs and really on top of our guards, preventing them to come off screens and those kinds of things.”

Ohio Dominican’s Hasan Varence, a 6’8” junior forward, managed 21 points and 21 rebounds against the Chargers. According to Lowry, he could “jump out of the gym.”

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Chargers solid in shutout of Huskies By | Cal Abbo assistant editor

The Hillsdale College Chargers routed the Michigan Tech Huskies in a 7-0 shutout on Saturday, improving to 7-1 on the season and 5-0 at home.

“It was nice that we only had one match this weekend, healthwise,” freshman Brian Hackman said, pointing to multiple team injuries.

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Hillsdale (7-1) at Wayne State (5-1) “When you have four difficult matches in two weeks, it can be tough.”

During the singles portion,

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the Chargers decided five of six matches in only two sets.

Only the No. 6 match, featuring freshman Freddie Heegan,

extended to three sets. Heegan, who usually doesn’t play singles matches, eventually clinched the chargers shutout with an 11-9 set.

At the No. 1 spot, junior Charlie Adams dominated his match, winning both sets 6-1.

Senior Justin Hyman followed suit at No. 2, winning his sets 6-2 and 6-1.

The Chargers’ win comes after a 1-1 weekend where they dropped their first match of the season against the Uni-

versity of Southern Indiana.

“Considering our loss, we were very careful to bring the intensity from the beginning,” Hackman said. “We focused on not letting our lead slip away.”

Hackman and senior John Ciraci won the No. 2 doubles match to clinch the doubles point. Although they wouldn’t need it, Hackman said it was something the team has worked on after the loss against Southern Indiana.

“One of our biggest focuses in practice has been getting the doubles point. It’s doubles doubles doubles,” he said.

“We’re learning from the Southern Indiana match.”

Junior Michael Szabo returned last weekend after an injury had kept him out of the Southern Indiana and Bellarmine University matches.

He won No. 4 singles with sets

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Sophomore Sofia Krusmark recently visited her ancestors’ home in Chile. Collegian | Sofia Krusmark

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My big, fat Chilean family How the warm climate of Chile fosters community By | Sofia Krusmark Collegian Reporter As the credits of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” rolled onto our vintage box TV screen, I heard my dad murmur a subtle comment under his breath.

“This film could not be more relatable. That guy? I totally get everything he has to go through.”

He’s not wrong.

The warmth of the Chilean people is overwhelming. You roll down your car windows and ask the car next door for a yummy “casuela recipe.”

Sometimes you can’t tell who’s talking to you — your vision is an absolute blur because they’re standing so close. You bump into someone at the store, and instead of an angry glare, they laugh and say goodbye with a kiss.

But there’s something to be learned from this.

There isn’t space in Chile to be self-reliant. Surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and blockaded by the Andes Mountains, Chile is detached from the all other South American countries. From the beginning, relationships were intrinsically woven into their survival as a people: communication was crucial. And so began an unending culture celebrating the beauty of co-dependence.

Upon arriving to the U.S., my mom realized that the only commonality Chile had with Arizona was the weather: both were intolerably hot. But she could work with it. You see, heat impacts a culture in a magical way: it brings people together. In the most literal sense, people don’t typically layer up when it’s hot outside.

Our wardrobe lauds our freedom as we go about the day, almost dancing in the sun. In fact, it seems as though the lack of physical layers also breaks down emotional facades that we might be hiding behind.

I’ll explain.

Last Christmas, I went back to Chile, after 3 1/2 years.

With 24 hours of travelling under my belt, the drooped bags under my eyes and the globs of oil streaming from my hair roots screamed my excitement.

And then came the next 10 days of parties—many, many parties.

We passed empanadas down the six-seat dining table which was cramming 14 of us, and we weren’t complaining about it. We showed up at a friend of a friend of my grandma’s and laid on their couches, munching on appetizers as if we were regulars.

And there was an evening that I won’t forget.

It had been a hot day, the kind of hot where even an experienced Arizonan like me complains. The natural solution: a trek over to my cousin Yayo’s house for a pool party.

It was there that I realized that there is nothing more beautiful than dripping in sweat with the people you love the most. Under that sun, we rolled in the grass as “Josefin,” the baby bulldog, attacked us with dog kisses. We tossed our flip flops to the side and canon-balled into the glorious fresh water. We laughed for hours in the living room as a slow summer breeze seeped through the open glass door.

And when the sun went down, we blew bubbles under the clear night sky and smiled as we shared our lives’ joys.

Our casual shorts and worn-out shirts, the ambience of openness, and of course the scorching heat wove us together in rich fellowship. Not only did the weather provide us with literal warmth, but that warmth itself proved to be a provider — a provider of familial warmth.

Whenever I visit my Tio Pablo and Tia Andrea’s house for the first time, I wait quietly at the top of their wooden steps for my cousins to come home. Each time I’ve waited, I sit expectantly—almost anticipating someone new.

Years ago, Andreita appeared at the top of the stairs with her sketchbook in hand, her hair disheveled, sporting her dainty plaid school uniform skirt. Then Pablito stumbled atop the stairs with stains of sweat dripping down his face and his soccer cleats clunking over the familiar wooden floor: soccer practice had just finished.

This time, I sit on the aged blue couch. I wonder about

all the memories imprinted on the couch, and the many I’ve missed. And then I faintly hear the keys jingle from outside, and a gentle shove of the door. They’re home.

This time, Pablito trudges up the stairs in a brand new suit, a worn briefcase in hand, his body aching from a long day at work. Andrea appears behind him, dressed headto-toe in hot pink scrubs, her hair now disheveled from a long day of examining teeth.

Then came the loud and boisterous greeting, and the time spell had broken. Pablito clutched me tight while Andreita gasped at my younger sister, wide-eyed and smiling at the growth that stood before her. Their warmth was timeless.

“Love, is the foundation for warmth,” my mom once told me. “It’s as if love is a natural resource in our country. It’s so natural.”

Hillsdale is a frigid place.

Each morning we lie in bed for five minutes longer than we should as we look outside the window and wonder how it managed to snow 10 inches within our “lengthy” five hours of sleep. We complain as we trudge up the hill and shuffle our feet, desperately trying not to slip on the ice.

We cloak ourselves with layers upon layers of scarves, puffy hats, and big coats to shield us from the penetrating weather.

Warmth rips apart the barriers of inferiority, inadequacy, or even the reality that yes, you may be a stranger. It casts aside our awkwardness and uncomfortable attitudes that have disconnected us from rich experiences. Our relationships do not become stagnant by the hours we spent apart from our loved one: instead, we forget the time past and cherish the present.

Hillsdale’s weather isn’t going to change. Year after year, we will return to the same cold winter we thought we had finally finished only a few months ago. But maybe the warmth of community can transcend that — like a piece of Chile in Michigan — and our “hey”s can become warm hugs that celebrate our deep love for the people around us.

Learning the science of the perfect cup of coffee

By | Julia Mullins Assistant Editor It’s another Monday, and I can barely keep my eyes open.

My head starts to nod up and down as I fight sleep in my 9 a.m. American Heritage class.

I reach over my giant American Heritage Reader and grab the cure for my weary eyes: coffee.

A couple of weeks ago, I attended a coffee tasting and brewing class taught by Christopher Glasow, a roaster and trainer for Zingerman’s Coffee Company. Within the first five minutes of the class, I was convinced coffee is more than a caffeine source, more than pushing a button on a

machine. It is both an art and a science.

The flavor we taste when drinking a cup of coffee is only 20 percent taste, according to Glasow: 80 percent is aroma. Because of this, brewmasters become quite skilled at distinguishing a good coffee largely based on its smell.

Acidity “plays a vital role in making coffee pop inside the palate,” Glasow said. When acids hit the palate, each produces a different sensation, triggering either the sour, bitter, or sweet receptors.

The way coffee feels when it hits the mouth, whether its taste is heavy or light, is referred to as its “body.” A coffee’s “finish,” or after-taste,

is what remains on the palate after swallowing, and can be either short or lingering.

Ideally, coffee should be brewed at a temperature between 195 and 205 degrees Fahrenheit; temperatures above this threshold could burn the coffee, and temperatures below do not sufficiently extract the coffee flavor from the bean. Glasow added that even the quality of water can change the flavor of coffee: minerals help coffee bind to water, and so the ideal water for coffee should be mineral-rich and have a pH level of 7.

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Great Cookbooks: Hepburn’s ‘liberation in a candy bar’ By | Carmel Kookogey Culture Editor Audrey Hepburn was known for many things. In 1953, the Dutch legend-tobe made her first memorable movie appearance as an undercover heiress, racing across the cobblestone streets of Rome on a motorcycle with a journalist (Gregory Peck) in “Roman Holiday”. In 1961, she made fashion history in her role as Holly Golightly, the solemn escort in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” And Hepburn was known for her spaghetti al pomodoro.

Many are surprised to discover that Hepburn was a dedicated cook. It wasn’t until I read a biography on her in 2014 that I discovered her food philosophy was equally inspiring, if not more so, than her film career (and I acquired her cookbook posthaste). “Audrey at Home,” the New York Times bestselling cookbook compiled by Hepburn’s son Luca Dotti, shares the classic recipes her family loved and the stories and photos that accompany them, wrapped in a cover of floral orange and green.

Her cookbook embodies the same classic elegance that her Hollywood style was known for, and Hepburn’s recipes are staunchly traditional: not traditionally American, not even entirely traditionally Dutch, but always traditionally Hepburn.

Tucked between a chocolate cake recipe, gnocci alla Romana, and Turkish-style sea bass, is a recipe for “hutspot,” a Dutch word used to describe a puree of potatoes, carrots, and onions. The recipe dates back to the 1574 Spanish siege of Leiden, and is eaten every year to celebrate Dutch liberation, a symbol of Holland’s ability to withstand

invasion. Hepburn often shared this dish later in life with her friend and longtime companion Dutch actor Robert Wolders, and during her own time of waiting for liberation: the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, during her childhood. It was more than food: it was home.

Hepburn’s classic chocolate cake recipe — called “Liberation in a Candy Bar” — is a nod to that post WWII European liberation, when a Canadian soldier gave Hepburn seven chocolate bars, the most food she’d seen in months. It’s accompanied by a photo of Hepburn, a sticky note stuck over it, captioned: “Me, 1946, having stuffed for the first time after the war.”

Hepburn’s early life was heavily tinged with sadness, a flavor that would linger into her adulthood, but her relationship with food was always one of joy. Even when her personal life was fraught with stress, and she was known to worry about the size of her ears, the shape of her nose, or the dark circles under her eyes caused by anemia, food was one of the few things Hepburn enjoyed with abandon. She was known to eat generous helpings of pasta, and somehow never gained a pound.

“Let’s face it,” Hepburn said. “A nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people. It does for me.”

Chocolate meant liberation. Gstaad’s pesto, made from basil plants grown on your kitchen windowsill, meant summertime in the Swiss Alps. Veal roast with mushroom sauce meant small village markets, shopping for even more fresh greens, though Hepburn’s own garden boasted many, and chanterelles — or “trompettes de la mort,” as she sometimes called them — mushrooms. Food

had significance, it was not just something that a person ate mindlessly. Perhaps having been without it for so long increased its significance for Hepburn, or perhaps she just liked to savor it.

Despite having access to some of the best food around the world, the war-time child in Hepburn never completely left. Hepburn grew her own tomatoes, plucking them when they were green and putting them on the kitchen windowsill to redden, but one of her favorite “junk” indulgences was penne with ketchup straight from the bottle — a real insult to most traditional chefs, but a real treat during WWII. “All my life, what I wanted to earn money for was to have a house of my own. I dreamed of having a house in the country with a garden and fruit trees,” she said.

Hepburn’s philosophy was to live life well. Sometimes that meant using the finest herbs available, and sometimes it meant penne tasted best to her with ketchup, and she scorned neither. She was not interested in things because they cost money, but because they had a richer value to her: whether in their history, her tradition, or, quite simply, for nostalgia’s sake, like her recipes.

“It’s going to sound like a thumping bore,” she told Larry King on “Larry King Live” in 1991, “but my idea of heaven is Robert and my two sons at home — I hate separations — and the dogs, a good movie, a wonderful meal …

I am really blissful when that happens.”

She was known as a film legacy, but equally important were the legacies Hepburn preserved and perfected in her kitchen — one penne alla vodka at a time.

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On campus this weekend: “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” by Rupert Holmes.Wednesday, Feb. 27-Saturday March 2, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, March 3 at 2 p.m. in Markel Auditiorium.

Ticket reservations required.

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Alumnus Nick Nestorak performs sacred works of opera with pianist Debbi Wyse. Collegian | Brooke Conrad

Alumnus combines classical opera with contemporary hymn By | Brooke Conrad Features Editor “Sing God a simple song Lauda, Laude” The warm, meandering melody from Leonard Bernstein’s “Mass” spills from the singer’s lips, filling the church sanctuary from wall to wall.

“Make it up as you go along Lauda, Laude” For Nick Nestorak ’11, “A Simple Song” was only the beginning of an intimately worshipful, yet also dauntingly technical program of sacred music at Hillsdale First United Methodist Church this past Sunday. Nestorak collaborated on the performance with college piano instructor Debbi Wyse and selected a large range of religious repertoire, from world-renowned classical works of Bach, Mozart, and Schubert, to more familiar sacred hymns like “How Great Thou Art” and a contemporary piece by Christian artist Michael W. Smith, “Shine on Us.” Nestorak has focused on vocal development ever since his first lessons with vocal instructor Missy Osmond during his freshman year at Hillsdale. After attaining his master of music in voice from University of Michigan, he now performs in various sing-

ing gigs across the country, in opera houses from Toledo, Ohio to Austin, Texas.

For Nestorak, performance involves both singing and acting. From his days at Hillsdale High School in which he performed a leading role in the comic opera “Pirates of Penzance” to his more recent leading role in “The Magic Flute” at the Toledo Opera, he often plays comic tenor buffo, or “character tenor,” roles that allow him to offset the role of the lead performer.

Though character tenors often bear the brunt of collegial jest due to the nature of their comic role in the opera, Nestorak says he enjoys having the opportunity to shift between many different roles.

“It’s about putting yourself in another character’s situation and thinking, ‘How would I react to that?’ and to also bring the audience to feel what my character feels,” he said.

Osmond said she recognized Nestorak’s exceptional vocal talent near the beginning of his freshman year at Hillsdale. Prior to Sunday, she hadn’t heard Nestorak perform since his graduate school days.

“It took my breath away. I was in tears most of the time,” she said. “I was just feeling so

blessed to have had four years to work with this man and help launch him to where he is now.”

Osmond added she would love to see Nestorak move into more romantic lead roles.

Though romantic roles usually require a taller performer, Osmond said Nestorak’s command of the stage and vocal talent are enough to propel him to the next level.

Though an actor by trade, Nestorak says he sometimes has to refrain from too much dramatic interpretation during particularly moving or intimately worshipful songs, or else he risks losing his composure, as he did while rehearsing “Shine on Us” before Sunday’s concert.

“If I’d put too much into it, I would have had a hard time getting through it,” he said. “I would have looked around the room and would have been crying.”

Nestorak remembers one particularly emotional moment he experienced while playing the role of George in the opera “Our Town” by Ned Rorem. George gets married in one scene, but in the scene immediately following, he must carry his deceased wife to the same marriage table, which has now become a funeral altar.

“It brought me back to my grandmother’s funeral in which I was a pallbearer,” Nestorak said. “During the rehearsal I had to let myself have it so I wouldn’t totally lose it during the performance. I can’t sing through crying.”

Hillsdale resident Georgia Bentley, who has attended Nestorak’s performances since high school, including a performance at the Toledo Opera House, said she appreciates the clarity of intention in his singing.

“He’s good at becoming whatever he’s singing, and he seems to understand whatever the composer is feeling,” she said.

Perhaps one of the most moving moments in the Sunday performance was the dramatic staging of “O Thou, in Whose Presence,” in which Nestorak turned away from the audience for an entire verse, facing the altar. His projection remained clear and vivid, and all eyes turned to the golden cross standing behind the altar.

“It’s really nice to connect with the text when it’s something you absolutely believe in,” Nestorak said, “and when you have a loftier goal of pleasing God and also touching people in the audience.”

Review: ‘Salvation on Sand Mountain’

By | Julie Havlak Collegian Reporter “Salvation on Sand Mountain” reads like a Flannery O’Connor story come to life.

In her stories, men steal girls’ false legs and literally eat the pages of the Bible. In Dennis Covington’s book, snake handlers call down the Holy Ghost, cast out demons, and risk their lives each time they reach into the serpent boxes.

When Covington goes up into the Appalachian Mountains, he finds himself in the midst of spiritual warfare, with a congregation that takes up serpents and drinks poison to prove their faith. Churchgoers sling vipers around their necks and walk barefoot on the backs of rattlesnakes as if on a tightrope. Some get bit a hundred times; some die of the venom.

Covington enters their world as a journalist when he covers the trial of a

snake-handling preacher accused of trying to murder his wife with rattlesnakes.

It’s a dark beginning for a spiritual journey, but Covington leads his readers on his own pilgrimage to rediscover his roots and to unravel the mystery of the snake handling services.

A worse writer might have treated the handlers as a joke or an exotic specimen, but Covington treats them as human beings, with compassion. He befriends the church members, attends their services, and eventually takes up snakes himself.

For Covington, the snake handlers aren’t simply a backwoods oddity that can be dismissed. They reveal something about the vitality of the South, and represent the reaction of a religious people against a “hostile and spiritually dead culture.”

At first, Covington’s role as a journalist creates a distance

between himself and his subject.. His personality is hard to define. What personal feelings and motives he does share, he tends to dissect conscientiously, as though with a scalpel.

But as he begins to lose himself in the snake handler’s services, Covington’s personality begins to emerge, and he becomes a character in the story himself. The boundary between journalist and subject crumbles, and the book transforms into something electric, alive with mystery and terror.

“It’s hard for me to talk about myself. As a journalist, I’ve always tried to keep out of the story,” he admits in the novel. Later, he adds, “I am excessively calculating, especially when I appear not to be, in order to avoid being shamed...but what happened in Jojo wasn’t calculated. I had experienced something genuine, and I was awed.”

In the moment Covington first takes up a serpent, a mas-

sive yellow-bellied rattlesnake that is “thick and melancholy,” he understands why the handlers handle, even though they risk dying.

“I, too, was fading into the white. I was losing myself by degrees, like the incredible shrinking man,” Covington writes. “I knew then why handlers took up serpents. There is power in the act of disappearing; there is victory in the loss of self. It must be close to our conception of paradise.”

Covington even preached in a snake-handling church himself once, but he parted ways with the handlers shortly afterwards, declaring that he had a vocation and a family to live for. Three of the handlers he knew are now dead of snakebites.

“Feeling after God is a dangerous business,” Covington writes. “And Christianity without passion, danger, and mystery may not really be Christianity at all.”

Hillcats ‘transform’ James Taylor By | Isabella Redjai Assistant Editor The aroma of musty vinyl floated over the voices and instruments of Hillsdale College Faculty Jazz band the Hillcats this past Saturday, as the musicians and community remembered the music of singer-songwriter James Taylor.

The classic sound of Taylor’s music was performed by the Hillcats with the accompaniment of vocals by Hank Horton on Feb. 22.

“Jazz can handle anything, even James Taylor music,” music director and trumpet player Christopher McCourry told the audience.

Bursting at the seams five minutes after the performance’s start, only standing room was available, although some members pulled forward decorative chairs and loveseats from the back of the room, desperate for the tunes

of Taylor.

“This will be the last concert the Hillcats will be playing in this room,” McCourry said. “We’ll be in Phillips Auditorium with 700 seats, so no one will have to stand.

We’re ready to move on.”

Playing Taylor’s most wellknown pieces, from “Fire and Rain,” to “Mexico,” to “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You),” the audience bopped their heads along with the familiar tunes.

“When you do this kind of music, it lends itself to saxophone,” McCourry said.

“Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight,” shortly followed, with the audience completely silent as trombone player Rob Killips played a solo.

After playing for several minutes, the audience boomed with applause that echoed throughout McNamara.

“I really appreciated the chance to perform alongside

such talented musicians,” background vocalist and sophomore John Szczotka said. “I don’t remember the last time I’ve been so musically intimidated by people I’m sharing a stage with.”

Horton attributed the performance of “Sweet Baby James” to his grandson, and McCourry pointed out afterwards, “Those tears, I see them.”

Reminiscing, McCourry recounted a memory of his own to the audience of The Drifters’ “Up On the Roof ” which he associates with his early childhood.

“I remember listening to this tune since it was one of the three records I remember finding in my grandmother’s basement as a kid,” McCourry said. “I remember listening to it over and over.”

Senior Shadrach Strehle introduced the Hillcats at the beginning of the evening, and later joined the musicians on

stage, playing the bass for the song “Steamroller.”

“I have a ton of respect for the musicians in the Hillcats, and I do everything I can to make it to every one of their shows,” Strehle said. “The jazz department has given me an amazing opportunity to play in multiple ensembles despite not being a music major or minor, and having that opportunity has brought me an incredible amount of joy.”

Even the audience members appreciated the opportunity to enjoy the music of James Taylor at Hillsdale.

“I was so impressed by the way the ensemble transformed the iconic sound of James Taylor, while still maintaining the essential elements,” audience member Kate Ford said. “It was a dynamic and engaging experience. I’m grateful that Hillsdale offers opportunities for events like this.”

By | Rachel Kookogey Collegian Freelancer After last week’s college cooking hacks class, sophomores Jack Hall, Jonathan Burton, and Juan Hernandez are thinking about starting their own cooking show, perhaps on Instagram.

“It’s a lot of fun to cook with others, it’s a fun process to have, I want to make it more routine,” said Hall.

Last week the Student Activities Board debuted a new event called “College Cooking Hacks,” as a way for students to learn how to cook with inexpensive ingredients and enjoy a feast with friends in the process. At the event on Feb. 19, eight teams of three each stood behind a table set up with the tools and ingredients needed to prepare several Mexican dishes.

The SAB team said they came up with the idea from the cooking event that SAB used to put on called “Charger Chopped,” in which participants competed to prove their skills in the kitchen.

Senior Jared Gohl explained how he and SAB teammate senior Makenzie Self enjoyed that event their freshman year and wanted to revamp the concept.

“Makenzie and I both like cooking a lot, and we know a lot of people who say they’d love to learn to cook but don’t have the opportunity,” Gohl said. “So we figured this would be a way to give people that opportunity to learn some basic skills.”

The event attracted students of all skill levels, from those who came with no cooking knowledge, to those

who came to show off their cooking experience. Junior Emma Clifton said she was glad to have the occasion to develop her skills.

“I don’t cook much, so I’m looking forward to learn a little bit more and have fun with friends while doing it,” Clifton said.

Gohl began by teaching the teams how to pit, cut, and peel an avocado in preparation for making guacamole.

The students laughed as they learned to properly cut onions, tomatoes, and cilantro.

They worked hard to smash the slightly unripe avocado into a smooth dip.

After enjoying the fruits of their labor with tortilla chips, the teams get back to work, learning how to make chicken tacos. Self taught students to saute onions before adding the chicken to cilantro, lime, and enchilada sauce. Some students added their own twists to the recipes: sophomore Juan Hernandez opted for tomatoes instead of enchilada sauce with the chicken.

For the dessert, Gohl taught the teams to make a Mexican chocolate pudding that was seasoned with cloves and cinnamon.

Hernandez, who came with previous cooking experience, said it was a good opportunity to improve on working as a team. ”I learned that I can work with others while cooking,” Hernandez said.

Junior Danae Sollie said she enjoyed the challenge and the results of the labor.

“I learned that cooking is basically a science,” Sollie said.

“And that science is delicious.”

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recommends slightly agitating the water and coffee mixture by stirring. The resulting coffee brewed was bitter and strong. It had a long finish and a heavy body, packing a powerful punch to the palate.

AeroPress Glasow compared the AeroPress to a “coffee syringe.” The small, compact plastic device uses pressure to force hot water through coffee grinds, like a manual espresso machine, great for coffee on the go. However, each use only produces eight ounces of coffee.

Brewing with the AeroPress is unique in that the entire process is inverted. The top chamber of the AeroPress is filled with coffee and water while the plunge is actually the base of the brewer. After two minutes of steeping, the AeroPress is flipped, so that the plunge can push the water and coffee mixture through the filter and into a cup. This method produced a very strong cup of coffee with a complex flavor and a short finish.

Syphon The oldest design for coffee brewing, dating back to 1830s in Germany, the syphon uses a vacuum technology, based on the law of gravity and heat to brew coffee. A butane flame heats a lower vessel of water and the steam produced goes through a glass tube into a higher vessel, mixing with the coffee grounds. The coffee-water mixture then filters back through the tube to the bottom vessel, ready to serve.

The coffee from the syphon was nutty and sour, possibly due to the higher temperature at which it was brewed.

It had the lightest body of all the brewing methods and was very smooth.

Takeaway We live in society that demands everything we do to be simple and fast. Unfortunately, simple and fast doesn’t always make for the best brewed cup of coffee.

To brewers like Glasow, coffee is more than caffeine: it’s an art, meant to be enjoyed and tailorable to please any palate.

Next time you have a cup of coffee, let the caffeine become an afterthought. Try to identify some of those flavor components jumping around on your palate. When your eyes start to close, open your other senses and enjoy the divine liquid.

coffee, we tasted one type of coffee, Zingerman’s Ethiopia Harrar roast, brewed six different ways. Each brewing method produced a slightly different cup of coffee.

V60 pour-over With its glass vessel and grooved filter-holder, this brewer uses a paper filter and very fine grounds to produce a “delicate and complex” flavor. When brewing with the V60, Glasow demonstrated how to “bloom” the coffee, to ensure all of the gases from the coffee escape. The bloom is simply a quick bubbling up of carbon dioxide from the coffee grounds, achieved by a gentle stir after the initial pour, before adding the rest of the hot water. Glasow said this process gives a “more consistent and even extraction.”

The final product was smooth, sweet, and nutty. It had a light body and a long finish.

Chemex A cousin to the V60, the Chemex also has a glass vessel and filter, but has a single groove on the side of the filter for the water to flow through.

Stirring the coffee and water gently as it filters through the groove loosens up the thick line of coffee along the filter paper and allows the coffee to fully absorb the water for the best flavor. The coffee had a nuttier and more bitter flavor, much stronger than the V60, with a longer finish and heavier body.

Immersion brewer Glasow referred to this brewer as “a cross between a pour over and a French press.”

Its plastic filter and glass vessel was designed to produce a stronger pour-over coffee by increasing the amount of time the water and coffee grounds are in contact — Glasow recommended steeping for one minute — before a lever is pushed to release the the coffee into the vessel. Because the water and coffee are in constant contact with each other, the immersion brewer produces a very balanced cup of coffee, with a heavy body and short finish.

French press A coarse grind and the longest brewing time made for a very smooth cup of coffee from the French press. Typically, coffee brews for three to five minutes in a French press, depending on the desired flavor. Prior to steeping, Glasow

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Linda Moore describes visits to Auschwitz, Pearl Harbor As a history major and something she recognized as By | Alexis Daniels an anthropology minor in an uncomfortable place for Assistant Editor college, Moore said she liked Americans to go, but she said For campus librarian Linto travel according to her like Auschwitz, Hiroshima is da Moore, books are central interest. It varies, but many necessary to visit to recognize to her every day job — and to times, a book might inspire a that all actions have conseher foreign travels. trip, she explained. quences on real people.

In a talk last Wednesday “I wanted to see what I She also described how with a colorful PowerPoint had read about,” Moore said. exciting travel can be, showpresentation of travel pho“I’ve read about it, but I’d like ing the students and faculty tos, Moore recounted the to see it for myself.” videos and photos of a tribe highlights of her adventures Travel, said Moore, can be in Indonesia, elephants, lions, to various locations, which uncomfortable, not only from hippos, and orangutans. She include all 50 states, Aussitting on a plane for a long added that you learned all chwitz, the equator, and time but also because of what sorts of things that were difAntarctica. Last summer, she emotions can be provoked. ferent from what Americans visited Indonesia, Japan, and The Auschwitz camp, for do, namely something she Botswana. example, was difficult. called “left and right confuDespite having a father “I don’t think anyone sion.” who was “rooted to the land” wants to go to Auschwitz,” “For Americans, the most and a mother who didn’t like Moore said. “I think peounusual thing is people to travel, Moore fell in love ple should go to Auschwitz driving on what we consider with travel thanks to a teach- … you had the stacks and to be the wrong side of the er she had had in high school mountains of shoes, you had road, and it causes no end named Pauleen. the human hair, the luggage of amusement to bus drivers Pauleen, she said, was a of people who thought they when Americans insist on widow and a lisitting on the brarian who had right-hand side been recently of the bus when introduced the door’s on the to camping at left,” she said. the time. She Out of all invited students the trips she to travel during had taken, she the summers, narrowed her including to favorites to Disneyland. five: Antarctica, After her senior where she sailed year, Pauleen with humpback asked Moore if whales, China, she wanted to where she had Librarian Linda Moore delivers a presentation about her continue travel- travels abroad. Alexis Daniels | Collegian interesting intering with her and actions with the a group of other students. were going someplace and locals, St. Petersburg, where “As the years went by, oth- didn’t realize that this was the she saw the caskets of the er kids went in and then kind end of the line. So it’s a very Romanov family, Egypt, and of dropped off, but Pauleen tough place to go emotionany wildlife tour. and I traveled together for ally.”

Sophomore Adriana Malthe next 40 odd years,” Moore She said the head of the janian said she loved the way said, explaining that they museum at Auschwitz was Moore connects books with stopped when Pauleen turned Polish and had been himself her travels.

87 five years ago. “We’ve a prisoner at the camp. He “As someone who loves to had a lot of wonderful trips had been arrested for dissem- read and travel, I found Ms. together.” inating anti-Nazi literature, Moore’s stories very exciting,” Before telling students and he had been one of the Maljanian said in an email. “I about her travels, Moore first to enter and one of the really appreciate the attention talked about what makes a last to leave the camp. He she gives to the connections great tour. also testified at the Nuremshe makes with books and “For me, a mosquito net is berg trials and witnessed the the places she visits, as that is a great, great start to a trip,” hanging of the commandant something I hope to do soon she said. “It tells me I am not of Auschwitz. in my travels!” in Michigan. I’m out having a Another emotionally Sophomore Jaime Boeregreat time.” tough stop was Pearl Harbor, ma said she thinks it is valuGreat guides, which she where she stopped at the site able to learn about formative said she is willing to pay a of the U.S.S. Arizona. She experiences in other people’s premium for, and great comsaid she was shocked at how lives. panionship, were essential much was still above water, “I was really fascinated by to a great experience, as well and was also at first indignant the vast spectrum of travel as — in her opinion — cute to see Japanese tourists. experiences Mrs. Moore has or not-so-cute animals, pretty “I can remember being had the privilege of underbirds, interesting architecture kind of resentful … how can taking,” Boerema said in an and cultures, and natural you show up years later?” she email. “The many cultures beauty, such as the waterfalls said. “Then I go to Japan and and climates she has seen are in Iceland or the structured go to Hiroshima.” truly amazing.” gardens in Japan.

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Historic Hysteria: The Kitty Returns By | Callie Shinkle Columnist

Last week we covered a gossip column of Collegians past titled “The Kitty.” The column ran from March 1939 until October 1945 and reported campus rumors from the viewpoint of a literal cat, meows and all.

However, the column caused quite the controversy on Hillsdale’s campus, and it wasn’t just because people were confused by The Collegian hiring a feline to join the staff.

Discussions regarding “The Kitty’s” removal from Hillsdale’s paper began in 1944 when readers began to object to the vicious nature of the column’s gossip. However, others defended it, unwilling to sacrifice the campus’ boiling tea.

In a letter to the editor published on April 4, 1944, student Jewel Waltman wrote, “There have been a number of criticisms of the Kitty of late and I would like to defend it.

It is, after all, the only bit of spice in the Collegian.” She continued, “Many remarks in the Kitty have been cruel and uncalled for but many students have learned a lesson or taken the advice of the Kitty and benefited by it. It is one way of communicating to certain people their faults and their weaknesses and should be taken with good humor and sportsmanship.” The same

could be said about bullying, but let’s keep sipping the tea.

She did have one criticism about the Kitty: “My main objection to the Kitty is the use of it as a revenge weapon between fraternity groups on campus.”

To quote “The Kitty” published on Jan. 23, 1945: “And to you Kappas, your commando pledges are bad enough without looking like the mad messes they were last week.”

Yes, it does seem as though revenge between fraternity groups would be a good place to draw the line.

M.E. wrote a letter to the editor on Jan. 20, 1945, saying, “‘The Kitty’ has become one of the strongest traditions on this campus. It has also become one of the most childish, ridiculous, and (we hope) untrue reflections of the attitudes and sentiments predominant on Hillsdale’s supposedly amicable campus.”

He continued, “What could be more amusing than telling someone that they are thoroughly disliked by all?

What could possibly be more clever than a generalization incorporating a whole organization into a description full of adjectives we ordinarily use to describe the Nazis?” That escalated quickly.

N.C. wrote his opinion on the matter on March 20, 1945. He said, “The Kitty is no longer dirty but this was done at the expense of making the paper dull and uninteresting to some people.”

He then took an interesting approach and blamed the readers for this dullness, saying, “You students have decided that you want a newspaper rather than a scandal sheet.

Now you must assume the responsibility of supporting such a paper.” N.C. explained himself, saying, “A newspaper cannot live without news.

Hillsdale is a small place and very little of news value happens here. The Collegian staff needs your wholehearted cooperation. It is your fault if the paper is not good reading.”

The controversy ended on Oct. 16, 1945 when the Collegian announced the end of the column.

“After being denounced by students, faculty, alumni, and finally by the Associated collegiate Press in their annual critique of the Collegian, the Kitty realized that she had no place in society and committed suicide.” The article continued, “She delighted in hurting people’s feelings and breaking up friendships. Her only friends were those who were equally hateful in personality. They alone objected to her act of suicide.”

While some rejoiced at the news, others were devastated.

On Oct. 23, 1945, Decker Francis wrote in to the Collegian: “The discontinuance of the Kitty is the discontinuance of the Collegian.”

Luckily for all of us, we were able to survive without a cat writer.

Senior Sammy Roberts served as a fellow with Passages Israel. Sammy Roberts | Courtesy

Roberts to direct Catholic initiatives for Passages Israel By | Elizabeth Bachmann Collegian Reporter Before the opportunity arose to apply for the Philos Project’s Passages Israel trip, senior Sammy Roberts had never thought much about going to the Holy Land.

“I’m Catholic,” he said, “I should go to Rome!”

He was taking a class at the time with Professor of History Paul Rahe, who encouraged him to apply.

After taking the trip sophomore year, he later served as a fellow with the program, and most recently was accepted to the position of Director of Catholic Initiatives.

“First catching sight of the places that you have read about your whole life,” Roberts said, “you know, when you first see the sea of Galilee as you’re coming out of the Nazarene Hills, when you first see the old city of Jerusalem, and the Dome of the Rock, and you see all the old buildings, the clotheslines hanging between buildings, and you can kind of smell the spice in the air in the streets — when you come upon that for the first time, you realize, ‘I’m in this completely crazy different world, I’m in the place where God lived on Earth.”’

Roberts’ job is to revamp aspects of the trip to fit a Catholic angle. He will add opportunities for daily mass, recount the history of holy sites from a Catholic perspective, and add additional locations essential to the Catholic faith. Roberts is also responsible for building relationships with Catholic schools and universities for future pilgrimages.

“I will also get to go to Israel three times a year,” Roberts said. “Getting to see the Holy City, which some Christians

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She’s double majoring in music and German.

The freedom to play music while also investigating other fields is precisely the goal, according to James Holleman, chairman of Hillsdale’s music department.

“Music is part of who these students are,” Holleman explained. “It’s part of the balance they have to have.

They stick with it through high school because it’s important to them, and at Hillsdale, it still gets to be important to them.”

That hasn’t always been the case. When Holleman arrived at Hillsdale 22 years ago, the music program fit the small-liberal-arts-school stereotype neatly. Holleman had noticed that things went awry when models that worked for music departments at big state schools were slapped onto small colleges. He was determined to avoid that mistake.

“I needed to create a program that fit Hillsdale and the liberal arts,” Holleman said.

As he undertook the project of reshaping the college’s music department, Holleman found himself looking back to his time with the Jackson Youth Orchestra.

“I had all these kids who thought they were disappointing me when they said they loved music but wanted to pursue other interests, like science and English,” Holleman remembers. “I thought, ‘Can we be the school for those students?’”

From this came the idea of opening the music program to all musicians on campus

go their whole lives without being able to see, is really special. It is a blessing beyond words.”

Associate Professor of English Patricia Bart, who has worked closely alongside Roberts during his time at Hillsdale, said she feels that Roberts has an intellect and personality poised for success in his work with Passages.

“Passages is very much about Christians understanding people in Israel and treating them with a deep respect, while still continuing to treat their own views with respect,” Bart said. “Sammy is a natural at that.”

To date, Roberts has journeyed to the Holy City three times, first as a student, after which he was invited back to take a training course and return as a fellow. As a fellow, he led discussions and acted as a tour guide for the group.

Even as a frequent visitor, Jerusalem did not lose its allure or meaning. He said that the pilgrimages contributed to a spiritual awakening he began to experience his freshman year at Hillsdale.

“It is so easy for our faith to become an abstraction in the modern age, especially in the age of the internet. It is very easy to become detached from reality,” Roberts said. “So, going and seeing these people and seeing this way of life and seeing the historical places is life changing. Because Christianity and Judaism are incredible, in that they make claims that this happened under Pontius Pilate in this place, and that Jesus was crucified, this is where it happened. To be able to go there and think about this as a real thing is very transformative.”

Professor of History Kenneth Calvert attested to Roberts’ transformation over the past three years.

“Sammy is full of energy, a really kind and faithful guy, but I have seen definite growth in him terms of his focus and what he is called to do,” Calvert said. “Passages has been a huge part of Sammy’s own intellectual and spiritual growth. He was no longer plodding forward scatter shot, he was understanding what he should do with his life.”

Passages awoke Roberts to a component of Catholicism that he feels he, and the wider Catholic community, has forgotten about. Passages keeps all of their trips focused on the idea of pilgrimage. Roberts explained that pilgrims used to be a crucial institution to Catholicism, and most Catholics made at least one pilgrimage to the Holy Land during their life in order to “move beyond yourself to what God wants you to do.”

Catholics stopped making this journey when Israel was in a true state of turmoil. But Roberts said that, if nothing else, his work with Passages has shown him that Israel is “not just Hamas, rockets, and IDF soldiers all over the place.”

“Now that it is really safe over there, Christians have the opportunity to make this an institution in western Christianity again,” Roberts said. “There are people who still live there, who have lived there since the beginning of Christianity, who still speak the aramaic that Jesus spoke.

There are Muslims there too.

It’s a shared place, and as much bad stuff as happens, as many imperfections as there are, in most of the country, people make it work. There are problems, but it is a fascinating place. This is where God touched Earth, and so the place matters.”

regardless of major — and of dealing with the scheduling mess it made.

“We have to understand the academic pressure students are under, not only the pressure the college puts on them but also the pressure students put on themselves by participating,” Holleman said.

It’s a tradeoff, but it works.

In 2017, Hillsdale was chosen as one of only two orchestras to perform at the College Orchestra Directors Association (CODA) national conference in Washington, D.C. The organization was so impressed with the quality of Hillsdale’s performance that they changed the way they select orchestras for the conference to always include one orchestra from a smaller program and one from a larger program.

Bodor said she thinks the democratization of Hillsdale’s music program is a big part of its success.

“Here, we do music because we love it,” she observed. “I think sometimes at a big conservatory there’s a danger of losing the joy because it’s so ultra-competitive. I think that atmosphere would have stifled me. Music gives me so much delight and it’s so special to be part of an environment like this.

Some of the richest and most beautiful friendships I’ve formed are with people I’ve met through music.”

Hillsdale may be small, but there’s no shortage of musical opportunities: concerto contests, opera workshops, orchestra, master classes, chamber music, national competitions, accompanying, even playing gigs at Broad-

lawn.

“I’ve had all the opportunities I’ve ever wanted,” Brown said. “Oftentimes at bigger schools there’s a hundred people doing the same thing as you and there’s a lot more competition for a lot fewer spots.”

Musser said Hillsdale’s rather unconventional approach to music reflects its commitment to cultivating self-government. Hillsdale provides all the tools and resources needed for success, but it’s up to the students to take ownership of their pursuits. Because of that, Musser said his musical abilities have grown more in the last two years of college than all of high school.

“Hillsdale doesn’t ‘produce’ anything,” he pointed out. “Other universities will make you something, but at Hillsdale, you make yourself.

You become what you’re going to become because you’re in charge of your education.

Hillsdale is just a support and reference for you and your educational journey. When you approach it like that, it changes everything.”

As I look back to my high school days, I realize that my piano instructor was, to an extent, correct. Hillsdale isn’t a conservatory. But it’s not trying to be one. Hillsdale is a place where musicians can continue their music studies at a high level while pursuing other interests and other majors. And there’s nothing wrong with that.

As Tova Foreman, a senior classics major and the winner of this year’s violin concerto competition, put it: “At Hillsdale, I’m a violinist, but that’s not the only thing I get to be.”

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Study says polar vortex killed off stink bugs, students say otherwise “The Womb is stink bug free,” Kelly said. “Which is pretty ironic because this place is old as heck and it A Virginia Tech research wasn’t kept up for years beexperiment suggests that last fore Reagan and I moved in.” month’s polar vortex may Senior Eliza Lewis, also an have killed up to 95 percent off-campus resident, has had of the stink bug population no such luck. in Southern Michigan — but “I have not seen a rapHillsdale residents haven’t id decline since the polar noted much in the way of vortex. In fact, I’ve seen an change. increase and I think they Hillsdalians are no are taking shelter in my strangers to the pesky stink fan light bowl,” Lewis said. bug. And while they are very “They are living out of my familiar with scanning the room, I swear. The bowl window sills for any of the where the light is in my fan intruders, what they might has maybe 10 dead ones not know is that stink because they fly in and bugs weren’t always can’t escape. I hope they a problem in Michigo extinct. They are an gan — only recently invasive species, and I were they accidentally hate them more than introduced to the envianything.” ronment.

While extinction The brown mardoesn’t appear to be a morated stink bug, possibility in the near or “Halyomorpha future, rest assured there halys,” isn’t a species are other measures that native to Michigan. can be taken to help This invasive species A study found the recent polar vortex may remove these pesky was brought to North have killed 95 percent of stink bugs in creatures.

America from Asia by Southern Michigan. | Wikimedia Commons Those hoping to once accident in the late ’90s more study peacefully in and was first found in that lives in close associatheir homes — or dorms — Michigan in 2010. tion with and relies upon without threat of bombardStink bugs are excellent humans. Since stink bugs are ment by these pests can make at finding shelter. That’s why synanthropic, they are able what is called a light trap. they can be found in almost to survive even the coldest of Take an aluminum pan every house, dorm, and winters because of the access and fill it with an inch of apartment during the winter they have to artificially heatwater and add a bit of liquid time. ed environments, like houses. dish detergent to it. Use a And that’s also why this Hillsdale’s off-campus resi- lamp to shine a light into the study is a bit misleading. dents report mixed experipan; the bugs, attracted to the While 95 percent of the ences with stink bugs in the light, will fall in and drown. stink bugs that were unable aftermath of the polar vortex; It looks like the residents to find shelter may have some have noted a decrease of Hillsdale will have to put been killed off, the majority while others claim nothing up with stink bugs for a of them would have already has changed. while yet — so ready your found adequate winter Junior Fiona Kelly reports extermination method of shelter by the time the polar that her off-campus house choice, whether it be a light vortex struck. These stink has not had much of an issue trap, a flyswatter, or a slightbugs will leave their hiding with stink bugs this year bely-more-courageous friend or places once warmer weather fore or after the polar vortex. roommate.

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beckons them forth; so the residents of Hillsdale need not fret — they’ll be back to swatting these pests away as per what has become custom soon enough.

Professor of Biology David Houghton, Hillsdale College’s resident entomologist, weighed in on the matter.

“It will take several cold winters in a row to eradicate the outdoor populations of stink bugs. Plus, being synanthropic makes them extremely tolerant of cold weather,” Houghton said.

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More than music: Why conservatory-quality musicians choose Hillsdale By | Madeline Peltzer Collegian Reporter There was a period of time during my high school years that I contemplated pursuing a music major with an emphasis in piano performance.

When I told my piano instructor that I was applying to Hillsdale College, however, he quickly informed me that no professor worth his salt would teach at an unknown liberal arts school not even listed among the top music schools in America. I’d be wasting my time.

And typically, he’d be right.

The music departments at tiny liberal arts schools often are a joke, more or less.

But almost as soon as I set foot on campus, I realized Hillsdale was different. With 25 percent of non-music majors involved in music on campus, Hillsdale abounds with talented musicians, many of whom could have gone to top music schools but chose not to. I discovered that these students are at Hillsdale not because they weren’t good enough to get into conservatories but rather because they wanted to grow as humans, not just as musicians.

Such is the case for Sam Musser, a junior double ma-

joring in music and religion.

Musser gave up a spot at Lee University’s music conservatory, ranked in the top 30 percent nationally, to study at Hillsdale because he wanted more to his education than just the piano.

“When I chose Hillsdale, my parents wanted me to double major, not because they were afraid I wouldn’t get a job with only a music major but because I have so many interests to pursue,” Musser explained. “In a way, just going to a conservatory would have been so narrow it would’ve felt like a waste, whereas going to a place focused on producing well-rounded individuals allows you to exercise and grow in all areas.”

Senior Joshua Brown is a biochemistry major, but as a high school student, he seriously considered pursuing music professionally. He said he had the opportunity to attend the University of Notre Dame’s conservatory and a full-ride scholarship to Butler University’s school of music.

As much as he enjoyed the violin, however, Brown realized he wanted something more in life — to settle down and have a family, for

instance. He’s getting married this summer, right after graduation and right before he starts medical school at the University of Indiana.

“Hillsdale gave me the chance to pursue the sciences and music while still getting to explore some other areas,” he said. “It’s not that I got less at Hillsdale but that I chose to have more.”

Zsanna Bodor, a sophomore, has a similar story.

Bodor was admitted to several schools known for their music programs. She received an excellent music scholarship from the University of Illinois, consistently ranked among the top 10 schools of music

by U.S. College Rankings, but turned it down.

“I would’ve been tied to completing a Bachelors of Music in violin performance,” Bodor recalled. “That’s the only way I could’ve maintained my scholarship. I love violin, but it felt scary to go into that kind of situation — limiting, really.”

Hillsdale, on the other hand, offered a much more well-rounded education, which Bodor said has been perfect for her.

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