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Vol. 142 Issue 17 - February 7, 2019

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Chemistry’s VanOrman named as next provost By | Emma Cummins Assistant Editor The proud owner of a Harley Davidson motorcycle, dedicated chemistry professor for 27 years, and dean of the natural sciences for 13 years, Christopher VanOrman is now ready to take on a new position at Hillsdale College as provost. VanOrman will officially be instated as the chief academic officer of the college on June 1, taking over for Provost David Whalen, who has served in that role for the past eight years. The process of choosing Whalen’s replacement began with nominations from the faculty; academic deans were typically considered as likely choices, and VanOrman’s long and successful career as a dean recommended him to the position. “He is a leading teacher on our campus, a fine scholar who inspires all around him,” President Larry Arnn said in an email to The Collegian. “He is our longest-serving dean, and his service has been exemplary.” His record demonstrates a consistent ability to manage people well, especially in the science department, which has an intense level of activity

and diversity, ment. According to according to Arnn, VanOrman’s Whalen. experience as a “It requires dean of the sciencorganizational es, which is a “core ability, knowlarea in the liberal edge of human arts,” will assist in nature, and an new projects for the ability to win college. the trust and “Chris has keep the trust of worked skillfully a wide variety to build the college of people for a core into an integrity long, long time,” and will continue Whalen said. that,” Arnn said. “We “That’s hard. are working on an That’s rare. He extensive project in has all those the relation between qualities.” natural science and In order to faith.” prepare VaAccording to nOrman for VanOrman, his the position, attention to detail, Whalen will be analytical frameshowing VanOrwork, and ability to man the different Professor of Chemistry and Dean of Natural Sciences Christopher VanOrman is set to take connect with just about aspects of the job the position of provost on June 1. External Affairs anyone on campus will he’s very good at what he to go anywhere except as far for the rest of the assist him immensely does.” away as the English departsemester. VanOrman will to succeed in the position. Whalen will still retain a ment,” Arnn said. “We will essentially shadow Whalen “I’ve always gotten along position in the administration still have his counsel.” in all that he does: attending well with people,” VanOras the associate vice president As Whalen put it, he will board meetings and dean and man said. “It doesn’t matof curriculum, according to be “the official tower-lodged faculty meetings and observter to me whether you’re a contemplative monk for the ing the other odds and ends of Arnn. groundskeeper, maintenance This new position will college.” the job. person, housekeeper, whatinvolve giving advice and proVanOrman met with Arnn “They are going to be huge ever; we all have a job to do, viding insight to the adminis- and Whalen in November to shoes to fill,” VanOrman said and if they don’t do their job tration. interview for the position and then I can’t do mine. And vice of Whalen. “I was very sad to “David is a treasured was informed by Arnn last see him step down because versa.” friend, and he is not allowed Wednesday of his appoint-

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Senior Ben Dietderich’s interview with former Michigan gubernatorial candidate John James at CPAC 2018 won a first place award from the Michigan Assocation of Broadcasters. Scot Bertram | Courtesy.

College station receives awards from Michigan broadcasting group

By | Elizabeth Bianchi Collegian Freelancer The Michigan Association of Broadcasters recently awarded Hillsdale College’s radio station, Radio Free Hillsdale, seven total awards for its work in the past year, including three first-place awards. These awards are open to college stations across the state, including Michigan State University and Grand Valley State University. Despite submitting nominations to only five of the eight radio categories for MAB, Hillsdale College, with its seven recognitions, received more

awards than any other college in Michigan. Scot Bertram, general manager of Radio Free Hillsdale, is ecstatic about the station’s success. “This is just our second year eligible for the MAB awards, so it’s incredible to have this number of students honored,” he said. “Our students and programming are successful because our students want to be good. They want to produce quality shows. They want to get better. It’s satisfying to see others acknowledge that fact.” Three first-place awards were given to Radio Free Hillsdale in the “Current

VanOrman said that he will not continue teaching, at least for the first few years, as he settles into the new position as provost. This is a decision that VanOrman does not take lightly. “I love teaching. I love Hillsdale,” he said. “This will be my 27th year that I’ve taught. The realization that this general chemistry class will be the last course I teach for a couple of years hit me hard.” When he found out that he would become the next provost, VanOrman, while delighted, described a bittersweet feeling. “Later that evening, I was like, ‘oh my gosh, this is it; this is my last semester,’” he said. “That hurt a little bit because I love that.” However, VanOrman said he is ready to take on this new position as a mentor and advisor to the college faculty and staff. “My main goal is to lead the college to make it one of the best liberal arts schools in the country,” VanOrman said. “The deans and faculty that we have are amazing. It’s not like I have to do this all on my own. We work together.”

By | Allison Schuster Assistant Editor Hillsdale College’s Imprimis publication reached 4 million subscribers toward the end of 2018. Since entering circulation in 1972 with 1,000 subscribers, Imprimis’ growth was steady in its early years but has spiked more recently. The admissions and marketing departments both note clear effects in their own departments due to Imprimis’ increasing popularity. Director of Programs for External Affairs Matt Bell said there has been a change in the rate of subscribers Imprimis gained. “From 1972, when the speech digest was first published, to the year 2000, the number of subscribers

Events Program” for sophomore Stefan Kleinheinz’s “The Hillsdale Interview: Ajit Pai”, in “On-Air Personality or Team” for 2018 alumni Sarah Schutte and Chandler Lasch’s “Wait, What Happened?,” and in “Talk Show” for seniors Ben Dietderich and Jenna Suchyta’s show “American View.” The rest of the awards include two second- place honors and two honorable mentions, or third- place honors. Those who received the second- place awards were Dietderich in the “Current Events Program” category for The

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grew from a few thousand to roughly 930,000,” he said in an email. “From 2000 to today, over three million additional subscribers have been added, and the number of new subscriptions continues to grow apace.” Hillsdale College originally created Imprimis as a monthly journal from The Center for Constructive Alternatives to distribute CCA material to friends of the college. Today, however, Imprimis features any speech given in association with Hillsdale College, on or off campus. Some off-campus speeches from former issues include ones from the Allan P. Kirby Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies, the National Leadership Seminar, and a Hillsdale College cruise. Imprimis, translated from Latin to mean “in the first

place,” emphasizes reprinting speeches with limited editing. Articles typically run from 2,400 to 3,600 words and cover a range of topics discussed by speakers. Past speakers featured in Imprimis include Vice President Mike Pence, former President Ronald Reagan, former U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, business mogul Steve Forbes, businessman Jay Van Andel, actor Leonard Nimoy from “Star Trek,” and Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy’s. Although the style and content of speakers may change throughout the years, the college’s mission, as furthered in Imprimis, remains the same. “While many institu-

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Buy warm clothes: ‘This is Michigan’ Student’s sandals defy Arnn’s winter warning By | Joel Meng Collegian Reporter Around 5 p.m. on Jan. 30, hundreds of Hillsdale students’ phones began buzzing and ringing with the latest update from Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn. The update informed students the college would resume classes at 1 p.m. the following day and also sought after the identity of “the young man who was running across the campus in shorts and a T-shirt” when

the temperature was minus 8, minus 36 degrees with windchill. That young man was sophomore Robert Kintz, known to his friends as “Dob.” Kintz explained his actions as a sort of flex. “I’m from Minnesota. I’d been hearing a lot of people from the South complaining,” Kintz said. So I did it “just to prove my Minnesota-ness.” A potential biology major, Kintz said he researched the risks beforehand. “I looked at a chart to see

how long frostbite would take to set in,” Kintz said. “I was outside for barely over a minute.” Kintz said his pinky hurt for a while as he was in the union eating lunch, but after his run back to the dorm, he experienced no lasting pain. Kintz wore black gym shorts, a gray T-shirt from the 2015 Minnesota state cross country championship, and a pair of sandals, one held together by duct tape.

around $300, a total that the seniors could not raise on their own. However, the college and many townspeople donated in order to see the fountain come to actuality. In the Dec. 9, 1971 edition of the Collegian, one article mentioned that students had used a pipe system to get running water from Baw Beese Lake for the fountain. The water sprayed out of the mouth of a stone goose, which was held by a little stone boy. The old fountain was originally placed in front of Central Hall, a picturesque setting that was the shot for many Hillsdale College postcards in

the early 20th century. That fountain was moved to another location on the edge of campus two years later, however, largely due to complaints from students who were getting wet. There was a walkway on either side of the fountain, and depending which way the wind blew on a given day, students would be soaked by the water spraying from the fountain. Despite the epigram “No Effort Lost” inscribed at its base, the college ceased efforts to keep the fountain running

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First fountain made explosive exit in 1940 By | Rachel Kookogey Collegian Freelancer When the class of 2019 recently announced their senior gift of a fountain on the quad, one of the fundraising chairs, senior Andie Chandler, described the fountain as having a “rich history.” Hillsdale has, in fact, had multiple fountains on campus through the decades — including one that students blew up with dynamite in a prank gone wildly awry. The first fountain was donated by the class of 1886 as a senior gift. The news was announced in the May 1886 Follow @HDaleCollegian

The Class of 1886 poses in front of the fountain for which they raised funds. College Archives

edition of the Collegian’s predecessor, the Hillsdale Advance: “With commendable zeal and a bright seizing of the occasion, the departing class leaves a memorial on our campus that will be one of its chief ornaments, a thing of use and beauty—an ample fountain, to be located, probably, in the center of the front walk, halfway to College Hall from the street, in the open circle of evergreens that will stand guard over its splashing waters.” The total cost for the fountain in 1886 was

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By | Calli Townsend Assistant Editor Monica VanDerWeide ’95 started her new job as the director of marketing content just before winter break. Before taking this position, she was the director of publications for External Affairs, which dealt largely with print publications. VanDerWeide said she is looking forward to new projects as she takes on Hillsdale’s digital media. “It’s just exciting that I’ll be involved in some new projects and involved in different platforms like email newsletters and social media,” VanDerWeide said. “The neat thing about the digital realm is that you can get immediate feedback and have a back-andforth conversation, whereas with print projects you still get feedback, but it’s not always immediate.” VanDerWeide graduated from Hillsdale in 1995, where she studied English and German. She was also the yearbook editor for one year and a member of the Lambda lota Tau literature honorary. Three years after graduat-

ing, VanDerWeide returned to her alma mater to work as a staff writer for External Affairs. Soon after, in 2002, she became the director of publications until the end of 2018. As the new director of marketing content, VanDerWeide said her job is to help “implement the marketing department’s mission: to radiate the mission of the college to audiences across the country through multiple mediums and bring the college to life through strategic and creative content that inspires action.” “I’m a writer and editor, and my goal is to tell great stories about the college, our alumni, and students,” VanDerWeide said. “We do a lot with alumni, and some faculty, as well.” One of her first big projects is updating the course catalog. “I’m just getting started on that now, which involves going back and forth with department chairs and updating their sections,” she said. Gianna Marchese ’17, social media coordinator for Hillsdale’s marketing department, started working with VanDerWeide last summer to

digitize the Alumni Magazine archives. She said she is looking forward to working with VanDerWeide more in her new position. “Monica has an incredible way with words,” Marchese said in an email. “Copywriting is no easy task, and Monica masterfully works wonders with it. The work she publishes is bar none. But not only is she an absolute artist with her words, she also has an incredible passion for what she does.” VanDerWeide has two student writers who helped her during her time as the director of publications for External Affairs. Junior Kasia Ignatik was hired in spring 2018 and wrote for the college’s print publications such as the Hillsdale Magazine and others that are sent to alumni. Ignatik said she is looking forward to working with VanDerWeide for the Marketing Department. “It looks like we will have a lot more freedom to write what we like,” Ignatik said. “The thing with external publications is that we had set topics, and sometimes they didn’t make it in the publications or they’d cut them down to half the size. With the new changes, we will be able to tell our stories in their totality.” Ignatik will be writing pieces for an email newsletter that will focus on Hillsdale’s faculty and alumni. “It’s still a little bit up in the air as to what I’m going to be doing,” Ignatik said. “But the plan is to have a newsletter, like an e-newsletter that I’ll get to write for.” Marchese said VanDerWeide is good at passing along her knowledge and skills to her student writers. “She also teaches her student writers to do the same, which leads to a dedicated team cranking out amazing work,” Marchese said. The Marketing Department is looking forward to having VanDerWeide on its team, according to Marchese. “In marketing, we have a strong focus on storytelling,” she said. “With Monica’s incredible talent for copywriting, she will breathe new life into our words. Plus, we are very excited to have her on the team simply because she is a kind and wonderful After serving as the director of publications for External Affairs, Mon- person.” ica VanDerWeide took the position of director of marketing content. Monica VanDerWeide | Courtesy

Collegian alumna scores second for best writer By | Nicole Ault Editor-in-Chief Competing with other writers from weekly college newspapers across Michigan, Breana Noble ’18, last year’s Collegian editor-in-chief, took second place for Best Writer at the Michigan Press Association’s College Better Newspaper Contest last week. The 20172018 Collegian staff won nine other awards as well. “This is a wonderful recognition of our terrific journalism students,” said John Miller, director of Hillsdale’s Dow Journalism Program. “Most impressive may be the numbers and range: eight students won awards in seven categories. These awards are a testament to the long hours the Collegian staff devotes to this work as well as to the quality of what they produce each week.” The MPA accepted 765 entries from 17 Michigan college newspapers, orga-

nized in three divisions. The Collegian competed in the second division against other weekly papers. Michigan State University took first place for 2018 College Newspaper of the Year in that division. The Collegian grabbed awards in multiple categories. Just behind Noble, Mark Naida ’18 took honorable mention in the best writer category. In the features category, senior Julie Havlak took first place and honorable mention, and Jo Kroeker ’18 grabbed second place. Madeleine Jepsen ’18 placed third in the news story category, and Katie Scheu ’18 took third for an editorial she wrote. Madeline Fry ’18 took third place in a column category as well as honorable mention for a news photo. Hannah Niemeier ’18 received honorable mention for non-front page cover design for her Culture page.

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“There was strong competition in many of the writing categories this year, so I’m proud of the Collegian’s work,” said Maria Servold, assistant director of the Dow Journalism Program. Junior Nolan Ryan, the Collegian’s news editor, also received a Michigan Press Association Foundation scholarship, offered to students from Michigan who have reporting experience in the area and plan to pursue journalism. “We are very proud of Nolan and grateful for his hard work on the Collegian and at his internships,” Servold said. Noble said she is proud of the Collegian staff ’s work last year. “It’s been a great team effort, and I’m grateful for the editors for making it what it is: a product that students can enjoy reading every week,” she said.

Mossey Library now offers a free digital subscription to The New York Times. Matthew Fisher | Collegian

Mossey Library offers free New York Times digital subscription By | Matthew Fisher Collegian freelancer Hillsdale College students and faculty will now be able to access The New York Times digitally without paying for a subscription, thanks to recent changes at Mossey Library. Mossey Library is entering the digital world of news media as all students and faculty will have full online access to The New York Times. The New York Times Company has established a new program that offers digital access to educators and institutions for the purpose of expanding access for K-12 and postsecondary students. This change highlights a growing trend in the world of print as the growth in technology has led to enormous shifts in the distribution of news and media. Already, numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal offer student subscriptions at discount rates; however, this new school-wide subscription to The New York Times marks a notable change in how Mossey Library distributes its content. Technical Services Librarian LeAnne Rumler

said the rationale for acquiring digital access had to do with archive space. “Some publishers are moving away from print, offering only electronic content,” Rumler said. “For libraries, when space becomes an issue, replacing hundreds of stored print volumes with an online subscription makes sense.” John Miller, director of the Dow Journalism Program, said this new access will be beneficial for all. “Although it can drive me crazy, The New York Times remains one of America’s great newspapers — and we’re fortunate to enjoy this access to it,” he said. “I’m already reading it more than I was.” Already, numerous students have reached out to the library expressing interest and excitement at the free access to the Times; however, it is unknown just how many students have signed up for the digital version. Some students are skeptical as to how much of an impact the availability will have on interest and readership of The New York Times on campus. Freshman Jacob Ngobi said he reads The New York Times once every week or so.

“While I think it will make things easier for students who already read daily publications like The New York Times, I do not believe it will necessarily attract any new readers at Hillsdale,” Ngobi said. “If you are not already reading The New York Times, I do not see how it being digital would incentivize reading it more.” While the digitalization of The New York Times at Hillsdale marks the most significant publication at the library to go online, students may have to wait a while if they are hoping to see other major newspapers become available online. “We do not currently have a formalized plan for replacing the library’s print subscriptions with electronic access, but it is certainly a trend for publishers and libraries,” Rumler said. Students and faculty interested in accessing the New York Times can do so by registering an account listed under Hillsdale College at https://nytimesineducation. com/access-nyt/.

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Students to attend Lansing job fair By | Victoria Marshall Collegian Freelancer The opportunity to meet an employer, establish a connection, and interview for a job that very same day is not a typical experience. On Feb. 15, Job Pursuit, an annual job fair hosted by Michigan private universities in Lansing, Michigan, will give Hillsdale College students that chance. Over 50 companies will be present ranging from fields such as business, social services, and government. Students will have the opportunity to meet with employers in the morning, and then in the afternoon be formally interviewed for an actual position or internship. Some companies that will be represented include Enterprise Rent-ACar, Hantz Group, and Alro Steel Transportation. Lunch will be provided by Career Services, and students can sign up through Handshake

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Hillsdale Interview: John James, and Suchyta in the “Daily Newscast/News Feature” category for Econ 101. The third place awards were given to senior Ryan Kelly Murphy for her newscast and senior Cole McNeely and junior Martin Petersen for their sportscasting work. Suchyta commented on her own love for radio, as well as on WRFH’s recent triumphs. “I love radio because it allows me to tell a story or to teach a concept in [such] a personal way,” Suchyta explained. “The disproportion-

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or the Career Services offices. The deadline to sign up is Feb. 8. “The two types of people who would want to go to this are one, someone who’s looking for a job or internship, and two, someone who just wants real employer-networking and interview experience,” said Assistant Director of Career Services Rebecca Galvan. According to Galvan, Job Pursuit is unique since all employers are required to interview, and even if students aren’t asked back for an interview, mock interviews will be available. “You’ll have interview practice no matter what,” Galvan said. Sophomore marketing management major Dennis Fassett plans on attending the fair and is excited for the unique interviewing format. “I’m really looking forward to experiencing how the networking is going to

work in the morning and how to work the conversation from ‘Hi, my name is Dennis,’ to ‘OK, so we’ll be interviewing at 2pm today,’” Fasset said. On Feb. 11 and 12, Career Services will be offering two preparatory seminars to give students advice and more information regarding the fair. Galvan mentioned that students who want one-onone advice can also make appointments with Career Services “to walk through their game-plan individually.” Both Fassett and Galvan stressed how great of an opportunity Job Pursuit is for students looking for jobs or internships. “It’s all just going to be right there and you can interview that same day and either get part of the interview process out of the way or maybe get an offer,” Fasset said. “It’s all sitting there for you —you don’t have to go looking for it.”

ate number of awards we get at WRFH, so many for such a young program, speaks volumes of the hard work and dedication put forth by all of us.” Senior Shadrach Strehle, the station program director, said he feels extremely grateful that students who make up Radio Free Hillsdale are receiving recognition for all of their hard work. “WRFH has seen amazing growth in listenership and quantity of programming, and seeing that growth reflected in awards means the world to students when recording a show every week can often feel like a very thankless job,” Strehle said.

“Going from starting the station my sophomore year to potentially being the best station in Michigan is a huge leap to make in such a short time, and being program director during that leap is a huge honor.” The individual winners will be honored in Lansing on March 6 during the Great Lakes Media Show. Additionally, the Michigan Association of Broadcasters will announce the recipient of the 2019 MAB College Radio Station of the Year Award, which Bertram thinks Radio Free Hillsdale has “an excellent chance at winning.”

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Leadership honorary selects new members By | Victoria Marshall Collegian Freelancer Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honorary on campus, has chosen 10 rising seniors to make up its next board of members for the 2019-2020 school year. The new members will consist of juniors Henry Brink, Adam Buchmann, Luke Grzywacz, Christa LaVoie, Nathan Messiter, Esther Ritah Ogayo, Hadiah Ritchey, Emily Skwarek, Taylor Steyer, and Lukas Swenson. Given the caliber of the students who apply for the honorary, board members had a tough time choosing the five

men and five women who will replace the current circle, according to senior Ross Hatley, president of ODK. “We always get tons of applications and the quality of those applications across the board are always very high,” Hatley said. “So that gives us the privilege of choosing amazing people but also the difficulty of having to pick just ten of all the excellent leaders here on campus.” ODK is an honorary society composed solely of seniors who have distinguished themselves as leaders on campus. Its purpose is to recognize those who “have attained a

high standard of efficiency in collegiate activities, and to inspire others to strive for conspicuous attainments along similar lines,” according to its constitution. Applicants apply in the fall semester of their junior year and, if chosen, are inducted the following spring semester. This year’s circle consists of seniors Joshua Bailey, Andrew Berryhill, Thomas Ryskamp, Ross Hatley, Samuel Roberts, Shelby Bargenquast, Nour Ben Hmieida, Andie Chandler, Lucile Townley, and Rosemary Pynes. Senior and ODK board member Samuel Roberts said

that for the new members this semester, the honorary wanted to have the induction process at the beginning of the year to get them involved as soon as possible. “We intentionally wanted to make initiation as close to the beginning of the year as possible so these people can become an active part of ODK,” Roberts said. “They can become involved in the activities this semester, they can help us plan, and they can be learning for next year.” Hatley said ODK is primarily about mentorship and service — mentoring the rising leaders on campus and

serving the community and campus at large. “All of our projects are service-based, whether its looking to develop the next generation of leaders or reaching out to the community,” Hatley said. Hatley went on to mention that while there is an “element of honor” in joining the organization, most students join for its purpose — service. Last semester, ODK’s focus on mentorship took the form of organizing a leadership conference, and this semester, the honorary has big plans to collaborate with other student clubs and organizations.

For students interested in the honorary, Hatley’s advice is to get involved with an organization that you care about on campus and strive to make it better. “Even in my four years here, I’ve been shocked and very pleasantly surprised with the degree that student life at Hillsdale has increased in its activity and sophistication,” Hatley said. “Campus culture has developed considerably and that’s in no small part due to the uncommon dedication and passion of the dozens of students here on campus. ODK is here just to honor and empower that.”

Faculty panel discusses impact of marijuana legalization in Michigan By | Abby Liebing Assistant Editor

The Dow Hotel and Conference Center is opening a new market store at the end of February to replace the old welcome center in the hotel. Sutton Dunwoodie | Collegian

Market store to open in Dow Hotel this month By | Sutton Dunwoodie Collegian Reporter

and Manager of the Dow Center Aaron Tracey said many of his guests arrive at 5:00 p.m. Tracey said guests will be able to shop 24/7 in the new market store and charge items directly to their room. “It was a wonderful idea when they decided to open that up,” Bookstore Director Cindy Willing said. “It just seemed like a good fit because the Dow Center is open in the summertime and the evenings.” Willing said the new market store will feature

most of the bookstore’s most popular items, and will stock everything from key chains to books by Hillsdale professors. The Dow Hotel and They will also be selling GilConference Center will open bert’s chocolate and Charger a market store in its lobby trax coffee. by the end of February. The The new market store will market store is replacing the feature some items that make old welcome center and will staying at the Dow Center feature some of the same more convenient, accorditems found in the bookstore. ing to Kris Healy, manager The new store will allow of group sales for the Dow guests to purchase Hillsdale Center. Since breakfast is not souvenirs during hours when offered in the Dow Center, the bookstore is closed. the new market store will also The book store closes at offer some fresh food items, 4:30 p.m. during the week, Healy said. “Our hope is to have a few more items that might be just practical items so when our guests come on campus, as a College can provide service even in those small areas,” Healy said. The new market store is one of several substantial renovations to the Dow Center in the past few years. Last winter, the project of updating and modernizing all 36 guest rooms in the Dow Center was finished. The market store will replace the old welcome center, which didn’t see much traffic, Tracey said. The welcome center was dominated by a model of Hillsdale College, and Tracey said that model had not been updated since 2002. Tracey said he hopes that the new store will give guests something else to do during their stay. “We are just like any other hotel, and we are aspiring improve our services and amenities, and this is something we want to offer to The new market store in the Dow will have different operating hours guests, ” Tracey said. than the college bookstore so guests will have a better chance to shop. Sutton Dunwoodie | Collegian

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tions of higher learning have old and beautiful mission statements, Hillsdale College is unique in that it continues to hold fast to its founding mission,” Bell said. “Imprimis is a very effective tool for furthering the mission of the college.” Sending Imprimis to subscribers is a key part of the college’s work to restore and defend liberty nationwide

through education, according to Associate Vice President of National Donor Outreach Bill Gray. Imprimis is also one of the oldest and strongest ways to market for Hillsdale College. “By providing valuable insights and content to our 4 million plus subscribers, it helps so many people know about the college, as well as showing that Hillsdale is a unique place where ideas like these are discussed and

argued about,” Gray said. Since Imprimis’ debut in 1972, the college has evolved to use additional marketing channels such as national talk radio, mailings asking for referrals, ads in publications and other places, and digital marketing channels. Arlan K. Gilbert, Hillsdale College historian, said that Imprimis is increasingly important since Hillsdale’s mission is under attack. In a recent edition of Imprimis,

Faculty were split on the social ramifications of marijuana legalization in Michigan during a panel discussion this week. On Feb. 5, Hillsdale’s chapter of Citizens for Self-Governance hosted a discussion panel on the legalization of marijuana. As Professors Angelica Pytel, Roger Butters, Gary Wolfram, Paul Moreno, and General Counsel for Hillsdale College Bob Norton explained the legalization process, they concluded that there is still plenty of uncertainty surrounding the new legalization and, whether good or bad, there are going to be major societal ramifications from the legalization. “Those of you who know Tom Petty know that the proper name for marijuana is ‘Mary Jane,’” said Professor of Political Economy Gary Wolfram. Visiting Lecturer of Biology Pytel wanted to clearly explain what marijuana is. “We use the word marijuana too loosely,” she said. “Cannabis is not just mari-

2008; now it is also legalized for recreational use. Norton explained the specifics of the legalization in Michigan, pointing out that Michigan has the most lenient marijuana laws in the country, even more lenient than the laws in California. “The law now says you may have marijuana about your person. You can have 2.5 ounces on you or 10 ounces at your home, or 12 marijuana plants at your house, but you can’t sell it yet,” Norton said. Butters, associate professor of economics, addressed the effects that legalization of marijuana would have on taxes. He pointed out arguments in favor of legalization: A tax on marijuana would generate money, and legalization would fight black market trade of the drug. “Anytime you have something that people want really bad, there are people out there who are willing to provide it,” Butters said. “Along with those black markets, you get the crime and everything else that comes along with it.” Butters said there are, however, arguments on each side, and legalization is more

tion, and addiction changed behavior and led to more societal issues like traffic fatalities, domestic abuse, illness, and work productivity. He pointed to the legalization of morphine during the Civil War: People eventually became addicted to morphine although it was only a treatment. The addictive substances that are legal in the U.S. now are naturally leading to more addicts, Moreno said. There are an estimated 15 million alcoholics and 50 million nicotine addicts, but only about 1.5 million cocaine addicts in the U.S. now. Part of that is because cocaine is illegal, even though it is much more addictive, according to Moreno. “Legalization of any drug usually leads to an increase in the use of other legalized drugs,” Moreno said. Wolfram ended the panel discussion by saying there is still a lot of uncertainty on the subject of legalization. “Markets don’t like uncertainty and we have a great deal of uncertainty in this industry,” he said. The greatest uncertainty

Faculty discussed the effects of marijuana legalization on Michigan’s economy and society at an event hosted by Citizens for Self-Governance. From left: Professor of History Paul Moreno, Professor of Political Economy Gary Wolfram, Lecturer in Biology Angelica Pytel, Associate Professor of Economics Roger Butters, and General Counsel Bob Norton. Abby Liebing | Collegian

juana.” She reminded everyone that cannabis is a species of plant, not a drug, and many different organic products can be derived from cannabis. While those products include marijuana and cannabinoids, the hops in beer can also also be derived from cannabis. Pytel wanted to make it clear that cannabidiol, which comes from cannabis, can be used and abused. “Does consuming cannabis products cause harm? The answer is that anything can cause you harm,” she said. Once Pytel had clearly defined marijuana and its effects, Norton focused on the legal side of Michigan’s legalization of marijuana. He reminded the audience that medical marijuana was actually legalized in Michigan in he said in his speech that Imprimis itself is an effective way to make friends through sharing this mission. Director of External Relations for Athletic Institutional Advancement Jeff Lantis told The Collegian in 2003 that Imprimis has had an effect on student’s choices to attend Hillsdale. He reported that Imprimis was regularly listed on application forms as a link to the college, during his time as director of admissions.

of a societal issue than just a purely economic one. “The economics do not always tell you what you should do,” he said. “You could easily argue either way. On the one hand, you could argue that legalization is a route to less crime. And you could likewise argue that legalization is a way of permitting something into society that you may not want.” According to Professor of History and Dean of Social Sciences Moreno, our understanding of drug legalization falls short. “I think it’s a great failure of understanding history that we are venturing again into this question of drug legalization,” he said. Moreno argued that the history of legalized drugs shows that their legal status actually led to more addicAnd the number of students who mention Imprimis has only grown. In 2018, when freshman were asked through which mediums they heard of Hillsdale College, 66 percent of students cited Imprimis, according to Director of Field Recruitment Jenny Pridgeon. This continued growth is in part due to changes in marketing strategy. Whereas subscription growth depended on word-of-mouth when

arises from the disconnect between federal law and state legalization of the drug. Although states are legalizing the drug, the federal government still classifies it as a Schedule I drug. Most Schedule I drugs are narcotics like LSD, Heroin, and Ecstasy. This uncertainty is simply not helping the issue, according to Wolfram. While there may be economic benefits to legalization, the uncertainty at the state and federal level prevents any kind of surety. All the panelists agreed that no matter what the benefits and drawbacks of legalization are, there will be major societal impact and it is important to understand the nature of the drug and its physical, economic, and societal consequences.

Imprimis was first launched, there are many different platforms the marketing department uses today. “There are so many stories of students who learned about Hillsdale because of Imprimis, and Hillsdale’s many donors and friends can see the impact of their support every month when they receive their issue,” Gray said.

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The Western Heritage Reader is too long By | Garrison E. Grisedale Columnist The Western Heritage Reader is just too long. Don’t get me wrong: Western Heritage is a great class, a foundational one, and a necessity for any truly liberal education. Like many others, I find myself continuously drawing on the thinkers we covered in Western Heritage. But the Reader can be improved. Remember, a first-semester freshman at Hillsdale is trying to drink water from a fire hose. Hillsdale is rigorous, as we are reminded every year by the Princeton Review, and the Western Heritage Reader tries to pack too much information into too short a class. This leads to an unfortunate paradox: On one hand, the Heritage Reader crams in so much information that students forget much of the material. On the other hand, the course doesn’t offer enough depth into any of the thinkers to do them justice. “Strength rejoices in the challenge,” we like to say. And it’s true, to an extent. But this pithy little catchphrase forgets that intellectual strength — read “fortitude,” ye scholars of the Ancient world! — is something that develops over time. That’s one of the main themes of Aristotle’s “Nicomachean Ethics,” anyway: The active condition of virtuous character isn’t something that just exists on its own. It comes about by practice. This amorphous “strength” doesn’t just accompany incoming freshmen into their first day at the Dale and start “rejoicing” on its own in the quad. It has to be inculcated. It has to be developed. That’s what Aristotle was getting at in the Ethics: Knowledge isn’t easy, and it doesn’t just materialize out of nothing. But that reality is lost on the virtus tentamine gaudet crowd (what percentage of the Hillsdale student body actually speaks Latin, anyway?). And who can blame them? The Western Heritage Reader contains a whopping pageand-a-half of the Ethics. The Reader contains documents from nearly 70 different authors. For one semester, that’s just too many names, too many time periods, and too many ideas. As for historical context, that generally consists of an italicized paragraph or two — sometimes

less — directly preceding the text. For instance, St. Augustine, a Doctor of the Church, gets his life story stuffed into three whole lines. Good luck, dear freshmen, keeping Sallust and Suetonius straight, or Epicurus and Epictetus, when all you get is a couple paragraphs summarizing their lives. And Pericles’ Funeral Oration? Turns out that was actually written years later by an exiled Thucydides, and he might have just made it all up. Hope you didn’t skim over those two lines in italics, because that seems pretty important. This vastness of content also leads to an insufficient depth of material. Hillsdale students read a five-page excerpt from Cicero’s “On Duties” and strut around fancying themselves “Ciceronians.” But the excerpts don’t give a full understanding of the authors’ ideas. And with a title like “the Father of History,” Herodotus seems like he deserves more than three pages, but that’s all he gets. Plato’s “Republic,” too, is a hard book to condense because it’s such a largely ironic text. Nonetheless, these snippets have made their way into the Reader, and often leave the student with an incomplete understanding of their true meaning. The Western Heritage Reader can withstand a few cuts to some of the lesser players (maybe Widukind of Corvey?) and still offer a comprehensive account of the Western tradition’s development. Most classes don’t makes it through the nearly 800-page book anyway — it always ends up becoming a mad rush at the end of the semester. This isn’t shying away from any challenge, it’s building up the strength to face new ones. And it’s a prudent move to develop that strength in a more conducive way. In sum, the Western Heritage Reader needs more moderation. Or, to put it another way: Virtue is found in the mean, between the excess of too much content, and the deficiency of too little. That’s a major focus of Aristotle’s “Nicomachean Ethics” after all, even if my freshman year history class never covered it.

“The active condition of virtuous character isn’t something that just exists on its own. It comes about by practice.”

Garrison E. Grisedale is a senior studying Politics.

The media faces an unprecedented amount of scrutiny, due in large part to the rise of Donald Trump and his mantra “fake news” — and with good reason. Once-reliable news outlets have been tainted by partisan headlines, questionable sources, and a failure to report the facts as they stand. In its Super Bowl commercial on Sunday, the Washington

Post paraded its motto “Democracy dies in darkness.” And though the Post isn’t wrong — certainly knowledge is freedom — it doesn’t quite meet the standard it set. When allegations of sexual assault against Virginia’s Democratic Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax emerged, the Post revealed it had investigated the claims for months and refused to report

the story because it couldn’t corroborate the claims. But when similar accusations against conservative Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh emerged, the Post gladly published dozens of stories, despite the lack of evidence. And the Post isn’t alone. Sloppy journalism can be found across the board. If journalism is to survive,

it must maintain a higher standard — one of honesty and integrity. Agenda-driven reporting is painfully obvious to spot nowadays, and it only results in a further lack of trust. Journalism exists to serve a higher end: the truth. And if it can’t do that, it has no business preaching to the choir.

Trump’s State of the Union

Memorable moments and policy take-aways from the president’s second State of the Union address By | Erik Halvorson Columnist President Donald Trump delivered his second State of the Union Address to the 116th United States Congress on Tuesday after a week’s delay due to the partial government shutdown. Though it’s unlikely anyone remembers what was discussed during last year’s address, the SOTU has become a lightning rod for policy debate — for one news cycle, at least. Nevertheless, here are some important 2019 SOTU moments we’ll all soon forget: During his second run at this gratuitous event, Trump hit all of his usual notes. He touted the economic boom occurring under his administration, citing record low unemployment, high wages, and high workforce participation as results of recent GOP tax cuts and deregulation. He also praised the U.S.’s powerful military and growing middle class as symbols of his administration’s success over the past two years. One of the repeated themes of Trump’s address was his call for unity and bipartisanship among Democrats and Repub-

licans. He called on Congress to “govern not as two parties, but as one nation” and to usher in a “new era of cooperation” for the country. Perhaps the best moment of Trump’s speech was the reaction to his statement, “The state of our union is strong,” which received bipartisan applause. Both political parties joined together, multiple times, to chant “U-S-A,” sounding more like a high school student section than a room of stodgy politicians. To close, Trump optimistically stated the country’s best days are still ahead of it, as long as the U.S. is willing to still believe in American exceptionalism. But the President was not always positive. He condemned the Democrats for their “ridiculous partisan investigation,” referencing special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation into alleged collusion between Russia and Trump, and the left’s disgusting support of late-term abortion.. He called on Congress to help “build a culture that cherishes innocent life.” He touched on other policy issues as well, asking for bipartisan support on the more than 300 judicial nominees not yet confirmed by the Senate, the

passage of the new USMCA trade deal, school choice, and immigration reform. Trump’s second SOTU perfectly encapsulated President Trump addressed Congress on Tuesday for his second State of the Union. | Wikimedia his career as of Holocaust survivors, WW2 a politician. He veterans, cancer survivors, and proudly and eloquently proApollo astronauts was one of claimed, “America was founded the most moving and inspiring on liberty and independence aspects of the address. and not government coercion In reality, the expected, and control. We were born free unquestionable applause from and we will stay free...America Republicans, or the smug will never be a socialist coungrins and “principled” sitting try.” He pledged his support to (Rosa Park-esq, if you ask me) blue-collar Americans, promisof Democrats doesn’t change ing to use tariffs to protect their anything. The political game in jobs — which sounds a lot like Washington, D.C. will continue government coercion and conas always. Gridlock and partisan trol. He touted the staples of his fighting will continue, and the administration: a strong econ2020 election cycle will ramp up omy, strict border policy, bold as expected. But hey, at least our foreign policy, and increased “leaders” got to have their night support of the military. And in of pomp and circumstance. So, classic SOTU style, Trump, like here’s to another 51 weeks of his predecessors, proudly innot caring about the SOTU and troduced some of the most outstanding men and women of the hunkering back down into our ideological bunkers. U.S., peppered throughout the gallery of the Capitol building. Erik Halvorson is a senior This was more than just political expediency: The recognition studying Economics.

Maroon 5’s Super Bowl performance fell short mance, having been a mainstay By | Regan Meyer Special to the Collegian on the pop stage since their

The Super Bowl halftime show has long held cultural significance in the U.S. The performances are some of the most iconic in history: from Katy Perry and her unenthusiastic left shark to Lady Gaga’s aerial antics, the halftime show has produced many memorable (and meme-able) moments. Super Bowl LIII, however, fell short of the precedent. Not even the insane amount of pyrotechnics could distract from the shaky vocals and underwhelming set list that was the 2019 Super Bowl LIII halftime show. Lead singer Adam Levine and the rest of Maroon 5, along with rappers Travis Scott and Big Boi, played it safe with perhaps the most boring halftime performance in recent history. Maroon 5 had every advantage going into their perfor-

inception. They’ve charted numerous hits, and even released a “Greatest Hits” album in 2015, though the band was only 13 years old at the time. The biggest thing Maroon 5 had going for it was low expectations. Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, however, as larger-than-life entertainers, were expected to put on a show with a certain level of drama and extravagance. Maroon 5, as a poprock band, is as vanilla as they get. Moreover, with no signature stage persona, the band had the chance to take their impressive repertoire of hits and turn one of the most coveted TV time-slots of the year into a spectacular showing. Instead, it was spectacularly uninteresting. Levine’s lack of stage presence was much more noticeable on the large stage, and despite the camera angles, no amount of screen time for his tattooed torso could save it.

The band attempted to have their cake and eat it too (“Sugar? Yes please.”) by making a vaguely political statement with the phrase “One Love” written in the sky with lights. But the statement was so noncommittal that Levine had to go to Instagram to explain the rationale behind it. Though the move was neither here nor there, attempting to play both sides of an issue, one couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief when the performance concluded without a passionate rally cry from social justice warriors. It is Super Bowl custom for a few lesser-known acts to join the headline performance. Maroon 5 interrupted their greatest hits medley with two different rappers, both of whose performances were overshadowed by their awkward placement in the set list, and by Levine’s awkward attempts to stay on beat with the rappers. Since Travis Scott and Big Boi were each only given about 30 seconds to perform,

their inclusion in the set list felt more like a half-hearted attempt at diversity than a supporting act. While the band was certainly complicit in the show’s mediocrity, the NFL is to blame for the majority of its issues. The NFL wanted to play it safe with this year’s performance, and they got their wish. Other performers may have been better entertainers, but they would have lit up Mercedes Benz stadium with overtly political performances. Maroon 5 was their best bet. Perhaps, for this year, it was a good bet. Instead of arguing about Colin Kaepernick and kneeling for the anthem, America is arguing about which of Levine’s tattoos is best and whether he should really be taking his shirt off at age 39. Regan Meyer is a sophomore studying Rhetoric and Public Address.

Athens’ Pericles belongs on the Liberty Walk ment declares that Hillsdale By | Gill West Special to the Collegian is a “trustee of the Western

Have you ever walked the Liberty Walk? I don’t mean nodding to Margaret Thatcher and Thomas Jefferson on the way to Lane Hall; I mean all at once, checking each statue’s inscription and asking why. I didn’t until my senior year. The only statue missing from my pilgrimage was Ronald Reagan, who has been trapped behind two-by-four fences, and dowels since my sophomore year. If you make the trek, the first thing you’ll notice is that the Liberty Walk is aptly named. Each statue represents someone who fought for the liberty of a people against oppression: George Washington for the colonists, Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass for the slaves, and Winston Churchill for the British. The second thing you might notice is that everyone is from America or Great Britain. This absence of other nationalities encourages us to think of the English-speaking peoples as unique in their concern for liberty, even though Hillsdale does not think about its heritage like that. The mission state-

philosophical and theological inheritance tracing to Athens and Jerusalem, a heritage finding its clearest expression in the American experiment of self-government.” We find in the chapel an expensive reminder of our debt to Jerusalem. Yet we have no such reminder of Athens, not even the library’s bust of Socrates — excluded from the Liberty Walk by Hillsdale’s 2017 press release calling Douglass the eighth statue on the walk. The Liberty Walk needs the Athenian Statesman Pericles. Pericles was one of the main political leaders in Athens in the fifth century B.C. He gave a speech in praise of those soldiers who had died first in battle. This was essentially the Gettysburg Address of ancient Athens — or, rather, the Gettysburg Address was the “Pericles’ Funeral Oration” of the U.S., since Lincoln modeled his speech after this one. Pericles speaks throughout this oration of his commitment to liberty, self-government, and democracy. For example, he says that happiness “depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous,” as these

soldiers were. They deserve honor because they protected the freedom cherished by Athens, where power belongs to the people, and where the law treats all equally. Pericles understands freedom and equality as essential to happiness. More important, however, Pericles fills the gap in the college’s mission as expressed by the statues. He reminds us that the safeguards of liberty were not created at the founding. They were first begun in Athens. The Liberty Walk needs someone to remind us of this. But why Pericles over other liberty-loving Athenians? Why not Aristotle — the man who loved his liberty so much he fled from Athens before it could be taken? Or why not Socrates, who showed his devotion to Athens by drinking the hemlock rather than fleeing? The simple answer is that they are philosophers. Philosophy is a great way to spend a life, but it is impossible to do philosophy without liberty, as both Socrates and Aristotle discovered when they were persecuted. Similarly, our work at Hillsdale is a gift that requires a stable political regime that protects our liberty. The Liberty Walk should remind

us of that fact. As a leading statesman of Athens, Pericles provided for the flourishing of Athenian ideals. His speech demonstrates his devotion to Athens and to the higher things for which liberty exists — happiness and self-government. In other words, Pericles shows himself to be a statesman who would protect a place like Hillsdale. For these reasons, we ought to add Pericles as the ninth statue on the Liberty Walk. Place him between Lane and Delp so that he may be a permanent reminder that what we do here is impossible without men like Pericles who have been protecting liberty for over two millennia. Let his inscription read: “I declare that our city is an education to Greece, and I declare that in my opinion each single one of our citizens, in all the manifold aspects of life, is able to show himself the rightful lord and owner of his own person, and do this, moreover, with exceptional grace and exceptional versatility.” Let it also be an education to Hillsdale. Gill West is a senior studying Philosophy and Mathematics.

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Taking Aramco public would be a mistake for the House of Saud By | Abby Liebing Assitant Editor When Ibn Saud, the first monarch of Saudi Arabia known as the “Desert King,” took over the country, t it looked like he had become the conqueror and ruler of a giant sandbox with a couple of holy sites. But in 1938, the world found out that Ibn Saud was sitting on the world’s largest source of petroleum. Now, the House of Saud controls the world’s most profitable company, the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, commonly known as Aramco. But no one is quite sure how much Aramco is worth. Why? Because it’s private. But if the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), has his way, by 2021 the whole world might know just how wealthy the Saudis are — Aramco might go public. The income and worth of Aramco has only been guessed, never confirmed. Last year Bloomberg estimated that Aramco’s net income

in just the first six months of 2017 was $33.8 billion. But Aramco’s response to this guess was, “This is inaccurate, Saudi Aramco does not comment on speculation regarding its financial performance and fiscal regime.” But it is a known and confirmed fact that Aramco is the largest energy producer with the largest oil reserves in the world. What makes Aramco even more interesting is that it’s the personal, private business of the Saudi government, or, the House of Saud. This is why Saudi princes have enough money to drive around with pet lions in the front seat of their Lamborghinis, as my brother experienced several years ago. (Yes, this actually happened). And this is why Saudi Arabia has been shaking up global politics since 1933. So when MBS started making plans in 2016 to take Aramco public there was serious tension and excitement. Unsurprisingly, Saudi Arabian technocrats and ministers have been pushing

back against MBS’s plans. The country’s powerful energy minister Khalid al-Falih protested the initial public offering (IPO), but MBS kept pushing to get the company listed as soon as possible. But al-Falih’s protests in 2016 did curb MBS slightly and he pushed the IPO back to 2021. MBS sees himself as a reformer and after decades of relying on a single market of oil, he is trying to diversify the Saudi economy. Taking public Aramco might do this. But change tends to unsettle an economy: The economic diversification led to the 2017 recession in Saudi Arabia, according to the Wall Street Journal. The new policies to increase non-oil revenue led decreased private-sector investment, consumer spending, and foreign direct investment hit a 14 year low. Taking Aramco public signals a massive power shift in Saudi Arabia, which is why many technocrats, like al-Falih, are fighting MBS. In past regimes, Aramco was

given plenty of independence and the company leaders held much of the power in the country. But now, politicians — MBS in particular — are back in power and don’t want the country relying on a single source of wealth. But taking Aramco public would not help Saudi Arabia or bring the reform MBS desires. Making Saudi Arabia more economically diverse, like the United Arab Emirates, is certainly necessary to attract even more wealth and long-term investment. But going public means giving Aramco up, and the consequences of such a move would be disastrous for the Saudi Arabian royal family. It makes no sense for them to make this move. MBS wants to sell a five percent stake in Aramco on local and foreign exchanges, according to Reuters. This would rake in a quick $100 billion and that would give Aramco a market capitalization of $2 trillion — the biggest market capitalization

ever achieved by a company. Exxonmobil and Royal Dutch Shell, the second and third most valuable energy companies, would suddenly be dwarfed and look like toys next to Aramco. (Exxonmobil’s market capitalization is a mere $327 billion and Shell’s is $285 billion). With an easy cashout of $100 billion — by far the biggest IPO in history — and a market capitalization of $2 trillion, it seems like common sense to take Aramco public. But if Aramco went public, the House of Saud would lose some of its power. The House of Saud’s total control of Aramco is what rocketed them into global power in the first place, gave them absolute power in their country, and made them leaders of the Islamic world. Aramco is their indestructible secret weapon and ultimate trump card. Loosening their hold on Aramco would be perceived as weakness by Saudi Arabia’s enemies and could call into question the regime’s legiti-

macy. The long-term economic effects of taking Aramco public are also questionable. Many investors simply think it’s too ambitious to invest in the company. Sure, Aramco’s cash flow is three times more than Exxonmobil and Shell, but it’s this very prospect that could drive investors away. Reuters reported, “Its desire for a market value six to seven times higher than those of Exxon or Shell might look too ambitious to many investors and analysts who have said the company could be worth more than $1 trillion.” The House of Saud’s self-preservation and stability is entirely dependent on Aramco. Taking the company public would be an unprecedented reform, but MBS risks his personal and his nation’s long-term self-sufficiency in doing so.

Abby Liebing is a junior studying History.

Democrats Don’t be afraid to ask for help failed to protect the basic right “Do not collapse under the belief to life abortion to be given the same By | Kathleen Russo Special to the Collegian medical care as any other infant in our country. This bill did nothing to The first book I read in infringe upon a women’s my middle school English so-called right to end the life class was “The Giver” by Lois of her unborn baby. It only Lowry. I can still picture my infringed upon the right of 6th grade classroom and my a woman and doctor to end teacher, sitting on her desk, the life of her born baby, patiently answering our something that our country disbelieving questions. We generally protects. Murray found “The Giver” disturbing and a little creepy. Our teacher claimed that infanticide is already illegal, and said Sasse’s wrote the definition for “eubill is a “gross misinterpretaphemism” on the board, and tion” and a “solution in search explained why, in the novel, of a problem.” But Sasse’s the word “release” was used instead of “kill” for the elderly bill is neither redundant nor unnecessary. Only 26 states and young. currently require medical care On Monday, Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., took the Senate for infants born alive during botched abortions, and as of floor and implored his fellow 2016, only six states required senators to vote unanimously physicians to report such for a bill that rightly labelled instances at all. infanticide as wrong. H.R. Babies born alive and left 4712, or “The Born Alive to die after an abortion have Infant Protection Act,” would been oddly excluded from have made it illegal to withsuch a basic protection as the hold care for a baby that has been born alive, heart beating right to life. It is hardly legal for a mother to wake up and and lungs breathing, during suddenly an abortion decide her procedure. 4th grader is When “The Born Alive Infant a nuisance Sen. Patty of Murray, Protection Act is only an worthy a legal injecD-Wash., so why stood up to attack on abortion rights if tion, are babies in halt voting an aboron the bill, you accept that abortion is tion room I wanted to so no different than leaving a suddenly dig out my different? 6th grade But baby to die on the operating English perhaps notebook the ardent table.” and explain opposition to her what to Sasse’s a bunch of bill neither 6th graders unreasonable nor outlandish. could understand: Killing a After all, if we are required to baby, no matter what you call save an unwanted baby born it, is wrong. alive, what’s going to stop us The BAIPA came at the from being required to save an tail-end of shocking comunwanted baby in the womb? ments from the Democratic The Born Alive Infant Protecgovernor of Virginia, who tion Act is only an attack on had a few days prior, defendabortion rights if you accept ed a bill up for debate in the that abortion is no different state legislature. Gov. Ralph than leaving a baby to die on Northam had no problem the operating table. explaining on live radio how But for now, our pro-aborthe bill allowed for a baby, if tion senators have declared born during an abortion, to that a mother’s right to choose be “kept comfortable” and life or death for her baby resuscitated only if “that’s extends past her pregnancy. what the mother and the Instead of correcting their family desired.” Even then, a dismal logic and facing the “discussion would ensue” as fact that abortion takes a huto whether the baby would man life, they have decided to be allowed to continue to march on, mowing down any live — even after birth. The limit on so-called abortion comments sparked outrage across the nation, spurring the “rights.” They are hoping to outrun the morality and logic introduction of H.R. 4712 by that will inevitably chase them Sasse, now co-sponsored by down. 42 other Republican senators. From here, it looks like The country has become opponents of Sasse’s bill are embroiled in a fierce debate marching towards a future over abortion. Yet, the Born with no limits on when a child Alive Infant Protection Act can be killed. If you don’t has absolutely nothing to do know what that looks like, I with restricting abortion. It suggest picking up a copy of does not place limits on anything regarding when, how, or “The Giver.” why an abortion may occur. Kathleen Russo is a senior The only thing it requires is studying American Studies. for a baby born alive after an

over brokenness and wounds By | Karissa McCarthy Special to the Collegian from years ago, or until I sat in Director of Health Services Brock Lutz’s office If I could go back and for the first tell my freshman year self time that one thing, I would say, “You I realized were not meant to do this I couldn’t alone.” I walked through my do it alone. first two years of college by The burmyself. I suppressed hard dens of this and difficult things in the world are deepest places of my heart too great. I and didn’t let anyone in. I crumbled dug deep wrenches between under the friends, family, and myself. weight of it Even when one of the most all. It was traumatic events of my life then that I happened sophomore year, learned to I ran away from people and say, “I am refused to let others carry struggling. my burdens even when they I need wanted to. I clung to the lie help.” that this whole college thing Right now asking for could be done through my help looks like this: Every own strength, intelligence, morning I drag myself out of and desire to persevere. It wasn’t until I was eating bed and pray on my knees. Asking for help means suckdinner with a dear friend ing up my pride and walking and found myself crying

into Brock’s office each week to seek wise counsel, ask and be asked hard questions, and allow someone to pray over me. It means going to my friends and allowing them to carry my burdens and receive love from them in new and familiar ways. I have found so much freedom and life as I learn to be honest with myself and seek help from God and the community he has given men. But I am not going to lie — it is a challenge everyday to combat my self-sufficient

that you can do this thing called life alone.”

tendencies and instead learn how to accept love. Thankfully, amidst this pain, I’ve come to understand what the psalmist wrote in Psalm 121: “I lift up my eyes to the mountains — where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” Help only comes from asking. Help cannot come from within — it forces us to look elsewhere. To my fellow students: Do not collapse under the belief that you can do this thing called life alone. Do not believe the lie that you don’t need anyone. Accept love from others and ask for help. You were not meant to do this alone; you were made for community. Karissa McCarthy is a junior studying History and French.

Everybody take a chill pill: Don’t obsess over germs By | Nicole Ault Editor-in-Chief The start of the spring semester showcases a funny kind of social dance: Friends zealously reunite after winter break but shy away from hugs and meals because — ope! — there’s a cold going around. The attitude is understandable, but living so gingerly is a waste of energy. Germaphobic habits may not help your health as much as you think — and they can take a toll on your friendships. Sanitization is a merit of the modern age, but it has its downsides. The U.S. polio epidemic in the early 1900s was in part precipitated by the increase in sanitary conditions and clean water: Exposed to fewer low-grade infections, people weren’t as often immunized to polio during childhood. Of course we’ll keep our clean water and public-health measures, which do far more good than harm, but there is evidence to suggest that sanitization keeps away bacteria our bodies need. The “hygiene hypothesis”

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posits just that: Living in very sterile environments limits our exposure to healthy bacteria that’s important for physical development. We carry about a kidney-sized amount of necessary bacteria, or microflora, in our bodies, much of which is good for us, says Assistant Professor of Biology Silas Johnson. Hygienic habits are important, but need to be balanced. In situations with a lot of people exposure, hand sanitizers are beneficial, says Professor of Biology Frank Steiner — but they need to be used “judiciously.” More fundamentally, though, obsessing over sanitation — like any obsession — detracts from living fully; it’s a false and fearful view of reality. Sometimes, it’s even self-centered. Staying home from church or school for fear your kids will catch a cold, or habitually holding back from hugging and hosting and volunteering because of a virus is a sorry preference for protection over people. Our attitude can become impersonal or even anti-person, as if humans are no more than

germ factories this time of year — and my health is of utmost importance. It’s a poignant demonstration of faith and charity when you give up your health from your control (as if it ever were within it) to engage people who put your health at risk. Jesus, after all, spent time with the lepers. Of course, everything requires balance, and it’s wise to follow certain health guidelines. We wouldn’t want to return to the days before water-purifying methods and understanding of sanitation. But sanitation should be a public concern more than a personal one. Be smart about your health insofar as you’re being considerate of others: Take care of your hygiene, get your shots, and leave the flu at home. Be aware of your own and others’ tolerance for sickness; for some, a common cold is worse than for others. But don’t let worries of germs or sickness rule your life during the winter months. Keep volunteering in the church nursery, babysit the runny-nosed toddler, and when you bring a meal to a

sick friend, don’t hover in the doorway. Human touch, studies show (and don’t we know), is important — for extending compassion and communicating and bonding. It even has health benefits. “We need balance,” Johnson says. “We need to acknowledge that there are pathogens that could make us sick, so practice good hygiene. But trying to pursue some completely sterile environment is unnecessary and unreasonable and in some ways a negative.” And on campus at Hillsdale, thanks to the maintenance staff, there’s not so much need to fret: Steiner’s biology students test the doorknobs every year, and they find “very little, if any, bacteria at all,” Steiner says. So pump the hand sanitizer if you feel so called, but don’t let its absence stop you from eating or shaking hands or living a full life. Worrying constantly about germs can be a sickness in itself. Nicole Ault is a senior studying Economics.

Letter: CPAC is more than just a pep rally

Donald Trump disgusts me. I have no commitment to the GOP. But though it is imperfect, the Republican Party is the most viable mechanism for good. Year after year, with that mindset, I have attended the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). In last week’s Collegian, Mr. Isaac Kirshner painted the conference as a three-day pep rally, consisting of nothing but speeches and relentless “person-worship” of our president and his supporters. If that’s true, how could a moderate like myself stomach CPAC, and even less, enjoy it? The answer is simple: Skip the handful of speeches by Republican celebrities (Trump, Vice President Mike

Pence, and conservative pundit Ben Shapiro) and enjoy the conference without the “toxic person-worship” that Kirshner describes. Rather than chanting “lock her up” during every interlude and swarming Ben Shapiro for a signature, I spent my time at CPAC connecting with the American Conservation Coalition, a conservative environmentalist group, and talking for hours with former police officer Dick Heller, the man responsible for securing 2nd Amendment rights inside D.C. As a college student, the conference is very much a “choose your own adventure” experience. CPAC is home to the booths of more than 100 organizations, a grassroots bootcamp, a job fair,

free headshots and resume consultation for students, meet-and-greet happy hours at nearby restaurants, and a constant shuttle to and from Union Station that allows attendees to explore our nation’s capital. With so many opportunities at hand, many students only attend a handful of the speeches scheduled throughout the day. The tone of political discourse differs greatly from that at Hillsdale, but the annual trip is by no means a rejection of true conservatism, or an endorsement of the shallowness of 21st century politics. Furthermore, “person-worship” and “us vs. them” rhetoric are hardly unique to CPAC. For those who aspire to a career in government, the conference is an eye-opening experience

and, I would argue, a necessary exposure to politics outside of Hillsdale College. Giving 56 Hillsdale students access to the plethora of resources at CPAC not only benefits each individual, but also enables our members to shape the future of the conservative movement through engagement with other young Republicans — many of whom have never read the Founding Fathers, or studied the history of conservatism. Ideological purism that calls for isolation is debilitating to our movement and alienating to our allies. Only by engaging can we be a force for good in Washington, D.C., and CPAC is the perfect opportunity. Natalie Meckel is a senior studying Biochemistry.

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Attempted abduction in Jefferson Township sparks self-defense class

By | Josephine von Dohlen City News Editor While police are still searching for the suspect of an attempted abduction that occurred on Friday, citizens are gearing up to take initiative in promoting self-defense. Mayor Adam Stockford expressed in a Facebook post that a basic self-defense class in the city would be beneficial. “People everywhere should always be ready to defend themselves or others,” Stockford said in an email. “It’s just a matter of being prepared which is a fundamental responsibility of being an adult.” On Feb. 1 around 4 p.m., a 24-year-old female was walking home from Davis’s Economy Station and Dollar General in Jefferson Township, “when a truck stopped and a white male subject got out, grabbed her, and attempted to pull her into his vehicle,” according to a news statement from the sheriff ’s office. “She states that the male struck her in the face, telling her, ‘It will be easy and to get into the truck,’” the statement said. The woman fought the attacker and was able to retreat to her home. An image depicting the

woman’s description of the suspect was produced by the Michigan State Police Forensic Artist Division. At press time, the suspect was not found. The forensic artist’s rendering of the suspect has been shared on social media. “We put it out to social media with the sketch drawing, but we have no more details about the subject,” Sheriff Tim Parker said Tuesday. “We do have the vehicle identified as being involved in the incident.” The Hillsdale County Sheriff ’s Office’s Crime Scene Investigation Unit seized the Dodge truck shown in a video released by the sheriff ’s office and processed the reported suspect pickup truck. “The owner of the truck has been interviewed and is not believed to be a suspect at this time in the investigation,” a news statement said. “Multiple interviews have been conducted and the Sheriff ’s Office continues to be vigorously follow up on all leads on the case.” Parker said that all people should be aware of their surroundings and have a plan in such situations. “Be prepared to fight back if you were to be abducted,” Parker said.

Stockford said the self-defense class could involve learning how to leverage someone’s body weight, temporarily incapacitate someone, or exercise the second amendment right to bear arms. “It’s a most American virtue to defend your person and property,” he said. “Most people hope they never have to be in a situation where you have to but we recognize that we don’t have control over others’ actions and behavior.” A free, basic self-defense class for women and children will be held at 5 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Hillsdale Preparatory School Gym, 160 W. Mechanic St. The class will be hosted by trained, local individuals who will teach basic striking, wall-assault escape techniques, ground-assault escape techniques. “I’d love to see more options in this area for those purposes,” Stockford said. “There’s some great instructors in Hillsdale County and you don’t have to look hard to find them.” Right: The Michigan State Police Forensic Artist Division sketched this photo of the suspect based on the victim’s descriptions. Courtesy | Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department

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Council sends millage proposal to local voters Both city council and county commissioners will have millage proposals on the May 7 ballot By | Sutton Dunwoodie Collegian Reporter

‘Live-and-breathe energy’: the essential snow plow By | Nicole Ault Editor-In-Chief Jason Blake was driving his snow plow through a 13-inch snowstorm eight years ago when his blade hit a drain cover, bursting it so that it lifted his truck off the ground. “Picture a 30,000-lb truck going 6 feet up in the air,” said Blake, who is the foreman for the City of Hillsdale. Though he’s been plowing for more than 12 years, Blake is always on guard in his single-axle plow truck, carrying 14,000 pounds of salt-sand mixture. Plow drivers turn their heads into “swivels,” as Blake describes it, as soon as they’re out on the road — constantly checking gauges, traffic, and their blade level, making what might seem to be a rote, grid-guided task an instinctual, intricate rhythm. “Snow plowing is like a live-and-breathe energy really,” Blake said. “It’s constantly changing you.” When a storm like last week’s is in the forecast, plow drivers in the City of Hillsdale and Hillsdale County gear up

for long work weeks: The city drivers plowed for 32 hours more than usual last week, Blake said. City and county drivers worked about 12-hour shifts last week. The city public service department’s game plan is regimented, though the kick-off time is as unpredictable as the weather — and might come with a 3 a.m. wake-up call. In what Public Services Director Jake Hammel describes as a “three-pronged attack” — consisting of four bigger plow trucks, two one-ton trucks, and a two-person shoveling crew — the plow drivers chug through 48 miles of city road and 11 city parking lots, working systematically from emergency routes to major roads to local streets to cul-de-sacs. For the county road commission, the job is bigger: Foremen send out about 25 trucks, loaded with 11-12 tons of salt and sand, to plow 1,200 miles of road. Last week, plow drivers worked about 12 hours per day, said John Sanders, manager of the Hillsdale County Road Commission. The maximum they

can typically drive is 14 hours, Sanders said. Plow trucks carry saltand-sand mixes when temperatures are below 20 degrees, Blake said; above 20, they carry just salt. Though cheaper to buy, sand actually costs the city more in the long run, clogging up drains that later have to be cleaned out, he said. The city plowing operation works on a rotating call system for emergencies, Hammel said. When the police department calls, the “on call” person works down through seniority to pull drivers into help. Though the work is tough, he said his drivers understand that they took the job to be of service. “I’ve never had to mandatory anyone in,” he said. Once on the road, drivers have to give the job intense attention. “You’re here looking for railroad tracks, manholes — if they’re raised up, they could damage the truck, rip the blade up — and where you put your materials down,” Blake said. “We run into stuff

people left on the road, mailboxes, parked cars. At a stop sign or light, we have to raise our blade.” The blade stretches 12 feet out past the edge of the truck and can spin the whole truck around if it nicks a railroad track, Hammel said. Hills also pose problems: “A 30,000-lb truck doesn’t stop very well on an incline, especially if it’s icy,” Blake said, noting that the hill at the end of Mechanic Road by Route 99 “always bothers me, no matter what.” Cars parked on the side of the road make it hard to get in and out of parking spaces, Hammel said. Snow shoveled into the street also causes problems. Blake said he’s adjusted to the sleep schedule, but for all his years of plowing, he never quite knows what a day’s job will involve. “Even with as much experience as I have, I’m always learning something,” Blake said. “Each experience is different.”

Hillsdale City Council voted 5-2 Monday night to put a fire and public safety millage proposal on the May 7th ballot. The millage, which was proposed by Hillsdale’s public safety commission, will raise revenue of up to $127,521 annually for replacement equipment for the fire and police departments. Mayor Adam Stockford and Councilman Matthew Bell voted against putting the millage on the ballot, while Councilmembers Ray Briner, Bill Zeiser, Will Morrisey, Greg Stuchell, and Bruce Sharp voted to put the proposal on the ballot. “We do have to provide services and safety equipment for our people so they can do their job correctly,” Sharp said at the meeting. “This is a long-term plan and we have got to sell it to the voters, and we have got to give them the facts, and they have to decide.” A millage rate is the amount of dollars in property tax paid per $1,000 in taxable value. The council’s proposal on the ballot will be for an additional mill, or an additional dollar in taxes per $1,000 in taxable property. The Police and Fire Chief Scott Hephner said the amount of money needed for replacing equipment was just shy of 1.5 million dollars. “The only thing on this list is gear that is going to

expire that is going to affect the safety of our firefighters and the equipment that is on borrowed time that is limping along and that we have to have,” Hephner said. Stockford said that he would vote against putting the millage on the ballot due to promises he made to the voters regarding taxes. Stockford also said he would vote for the proposal if it were on the ballot in May. Bell provided the most vocal opposition to putting the millage on the ballot, and he said there will always be more projects that need funding. “The people elected us to do a job, not just to pass things back to them,” Bell said. Zeiser voted for putting the proposal on the ballot, but said that he believed the millage would not be passed by the voters. “I really believe because we have gone to the well a number of times as a county and as a city, and we really do need to be prepared if this fails,” Zeiser said. Last Tuesday, the Hillsdale County Board of Commissioners approved a proposal that would ask voters for a 3/4 of a mill for five years to finance 24/7 road patrols. That millage proposal will also appear on the May ballot.

Dawn Theater reconstruction bids come in over budget By | Julia Mullins Assistant Editor After receiving three construction bids over the City’s allotted budget, Hillsdale’s Tax Increment Finance Authority is reassessing project plans for rehabilitation on the Dawn Theater. TIFA received a $1.3 million grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation to complete the project, and TIFA had passed a resolution that stated it was willing to help with any overtures up to $1.5 million. The

lowest bid, however, was more than $600,000 over budget. According to TIFA’s consultant Mary Wolfram, First Contracting Inc. submitted the lowest bid of $1,917,435, Foulke Construction submitted a bid of $2,145,000, and Elzinga-Volkers submitted a bid of $2,321,194. “It’s not an odd thing for bids to come in high and for people to have to negotiate what’s gonna be in the project or what can be done later,” Wolfram said. “It’s a reality. Construction projects typical-

ly come in over budget.” Hillsdale’s zoning administrator Alan Beeker said

“We are changing the scope of the work to reduce the cost and then inviting the contrac-

“We need to see what things we could live without,” Wolfram said. MEDC has requested that TIFA approach the three contractors explaining that they are all over budget.

tors to look at the prices and see if they can meet the proposed budget,” Beeker said. Wolfram said TIFA will be

looking closely at the project specifications to see what it can eliminate from the original plan. “We need to see what things we could live without,” Wolfram said. “More than likely, it will be things we could perhaps do at some later stage, once we’ve raised the money to do them.” In addition to changing the scope of the project, Wolfram said it has become very clear that TIFA will have to do more fundraising to cover the cost of the project.

“We are now considering fundraising options, which may include a kind of GoFundMe Program for public spaces that MEDC actually provides up to a $50,000 match,” Wolfram said. Wolfram said she is still hopeful about negotiations with the contractors. “This is just how it’s playing out, it is what it is,” Wolfram said. “Real estate deals are hard.”

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Hillsdale Beauty College opens new campus By | Allison Schuster Assistant Editor

Hillsdale Beauty College opened an additional campus in Coldwater at 440 Marshall Street to extend programs. Courtesy | Zetave Young

CAPA to shed light on local human trafficking through banquet By | Josephine von Dohlen City News Editor Raising awareness about local human trafficking will be at the forefront of the Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness of Hillsdale County fourth annual children’s charity ball this Saturday at the Hillsdale College Searle Center. “Human trafficking is definitely a big topic right now in social media and the news,” CAPA Executive Director Christie Campbell said. “It is happening and we want to shed light on the topic for the community.” In the fourth year of the charity ball, CAPA continues to choose topics to further its awareness and prevention efforts. For the past three years, CAPA has raised $15,000 each year for programming efforts, Campbell said. These programs have ranged from purchasing safe-sleep sacks for infants to offering sex abuse prevention classes. “Our goal is to raise awareness and prevention efforts in Hillsdale County,” Campbell said. “We want to have the public ear on things that are happening on a daily basis.” Jeremy Norwood, assistant professor of sociology at Spring Arbor University, will address charity ball attendees

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regarding human trafficking at a local level. CAPA Board President and Ball Chair Megan Stiverson said Norwood will talk about what human trafficking is, and what it looks like in the local area. Stiverson said her role as a family court referee and juvenile court administrator in Hillsdale County has exposed her to local human trafficking. “What I’m seeing is a hot-button topic that has a new definition of what constitutes human trafficking,” she said. “I see juveniles come in to court and we’re finding that in many cases, they have been trafficked sexually.” Stiverson said that trafficking doesn’t always occur in the ways that people necessarily expect. Especially with the increase in technology, she said, trafficking can often take place in the means of inappropriate images or text messages sent. “There are still people who would say we don’t have human trafficking here,” she said. The evening will include a casino royale theme with raffle and silent auction. Interested parties may call CAPA at 517-437-3100 for more information.

“What I’m seeing is a hot-button topic that has a new definition of what constitutes human trafficking,” Stiverson said. “I see juveniles come in to court and we’re finding that in many cases they have been trafficked sexually.”

Hillsdale Beauty College recently added a second location at 440 Marshall Street in Coldwater, due to strong market demand and proven success at the original school in downtown Hillsdale. Opened in 1928 as “Riggs Beauty Culture,” the beauty college’s long history has seen six owners, all of whom chose to operate out of one school location. Current owners, Andy and Zetave Young, who took over in 2013, decided it was time to expand when The Salon Academy, a Coldwater beauty school, closed last year. Zetave Young said after The Salon Academy closed, the timing was perfect. “We didn’t want anyone to step in before we got the chance,” Zetave Young said. According to Andy Young, there’s a strong market for the beauty college. “There’s a big-time need over here for a second school,” he said. Junior instructor Kelsey Molinaro, who became involved with the beauty college after attending through the co-op program during her junior and senior years of high school, said they have students from all over. While there are a few from Hillsdale and Jonesville, they also attract students from farther south, including Hudson, Adrian, Jackson, and even Northern Ohio. “We do pull from all over – some are local, but some are a little further than you’d expect,” Molinaro said. Taking Hillsdale Beauty College’s success in downtown Hillsdale, Andy and Zetave

Young plan to completely clone the curriculum in Coldwater. Programs include the cosmetology program and instructor training, with skills ranging from hair cutting to formal styling to facials and makeup application. “We do colors and perms and we do manis, pedis, and nail enhancements, as well,” Molinaro said. “We do everything. And the services are offered at a discounted price, so it’s very good for the college student budget.” Andy Young said that the Hillsdale location uses a coop program with local high schools, and now that the beauty college has received contracts with the schools in Coldwater, the Youngs are hoping to achieve the same results. Although the school hasn’t officially opened yet, its first class is projected to begin on Feb. 11th, depending on if the financial aid that the college offers is able to continue. “Our students are starting on Monday,” Zetave Young said. “We’re just super excited to expand and see where it takes us.” The size of the new location is substantially larger, said Andy Young. The current location has around 35 to 40 students in Hillsdale, and they hope to teach even more with the bigger space in Coldwater. Zetave Young said that three instructors will serve both locations. She added that they’re currently licensed by the State of Michigan to teach 20 students per one instructor, so they will have to adjust numbers as enrollment numbers change in the future. After serving as the head instructor in Hillsdale,

Zetave Young is going to take the same position in Coldwater, where she currently lives. The other two instructors are new to the college. Molinaro, will continue her role at the Hillsdale location. But she will be taking on more of a leadership role with Zetave Young in Coldwater. “I’m not doing a whole lot more than before,” Molinaro said. “I’m handling a little more of the new students coming in. I’ll be running orientation. I’ll be handling if there are any disgruntled students or patrons that come in. Scheduling classes and getting people in the industry to come in and do demonstrations. And of course just making sure everything here is running smoothly and everyone’s playing by the rules.” This is on top of Molinaro’s job of teaching students the skills and basics necessary to come out on the senior floor and work for the public. The senior floor, Molinaro said, is basically a student salon. It’s where student who have between 350 and 11,500 hours can work. The salon is open to the public at a discounted rate. “I take students on day one at zero hours of training until they’re at 350 hours,” Molinaro said. “It usually takes three and a half to four months.” The program starts by teaching dry styling, then moves into wet styling, among other things. “We learn perms, color applications, foiling techniques, hair cuts, facials, pedicure,” she said. “We teach them of every single skill that they need for this industry.”

Sarah Shreffler, secretary, Emily Kimball, treasurer, and Breanna Bildner, president, are all seniors involved with The Study Cup. Collegian | Sofia Krusmark

The Study Cup: business professionals start young

By | Sofia Krusmark Collegian Reporter Seven years ago, a simple idea-pitch at a football game ignited the beginning of a thriving student-run coffee shop which now has 70 student baristas and provides a place for students to gain practical experience and fundraise for their programs. The shop originally began as an opportunity for Hillsdale High School’s Business Professionals of America chapter to earn money for events and competitions. Emma Woods, parent of Hillsdale High School students and a Hillsdale High School ’88 graduate, initially presented the idea to Mindy Eggleston, the BPA faculty adviser. “I had this idea because students had to pay for their competitions,” Woods said. “I thought starting a business for the school meant that the students could actually work and spend money for themselves on this trip. It was kind of a win-win, and we just took off running with it.” The idea took off in 2012 and Eggleston said everything quickly fell into place. “We wrote a business plan with the kids back in 2012 and it cost us about $21,000 to build it and get the equip-

ment,” Eggleston said. “We wrote some grants and we also were able to take out a loan. We quickly paid it back and everything since 2013 has been profit for the kids. We now invest the money solely in the program.” Up until then, the local chapter of Business Professionals of America only had 22 members. Now, the club has grown to over 70 members in the high school chapter and 21 students in the middle school chapter. Eggleston said the chapter aims to build essential interpersonal and professional skills for their future careers. “I like them to have good communication skills, confidence, customer service, and I like them to be able to count change back and accept different forms of payment,” Eggleston said. “This opportunity definitely makes the kids employable and they also have barista skills. They can make anything.” A “showcase” of Hillsdale High School, Eggleston said the Study Cup is an essential stop when showing new students and parents the school. The shop is open every day before and after school. Serving the “good stuff,” the shop orders their coffee from Checker Records and pur-

chases their snacks from Sam’s Club. Typically, eight to ten people run the shifts, as each member of BPA is required to work at the Study Cup. Emily Kimball, senior and current treasurer of BPA, said the kitchen craze has improved their communication with one another. “There’s someone who runs the cash register, washing dishes, making cold drinks, warm drinks, and cleaning off the tables,” Kimball said. “Communication is really important in an environment like this. If I need a Gatorade, and I don’t tell the person behind that to get the Gatorade, then the customer isn’t going to get the Gatorade.” High School Senior Breanna Bildner, president of the BPA, said Study Cup has completely changed her “freshman-year self.” “Most of all, I’ve learned leadership,” Bildner said. “Freshman year, I was really shy, and I wasn’t a big leader. Now I’m a senior, and this year I ended up being president of BPA. I’ve learned how to connect with all the members and make sure that everyone’s heard with all their questions, concerns, and ideas.” But the students aren’t

limited to the mere 40-minute shifts in the morning or afternoon. When the shop opened, Eggleston initiated an independent study where various students learned and worked as the Study Cup manager. “First off, I knew I couldn’t do it on my own,” Eggleston said. “And second off, I really wanted it to be a true, student-run business. They do payroll, ordering, I have them come up with marketing materials, or they might have to do some certain cleaning that they can’t do during a shift.” Aside from the shop being everything she hoped it would be, Woods said the shop gives direction to various students. “The vast amount of jobs that are available is kind of overwhelming to kids,” Woods said. “The more skills that these kids are exposed to, the more they can figure out what they want to do in life, or if they like entrepreneurship. Two of my three kids so far have majored in the similar skills that they were exposed to at BPA.” Most importantly, Eggleston praises the “dependability, punctuality, kindness, and cooperation” of the students. “I’m just really proud of it,” Eggleston said. “The kids impress me everyday.”

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By | Ryan Goff assistant editor On Sunday, the Hillsdale College Chargers secured a shutout 7-0 victory against Davenport University in a strong start to the season. The early conference favorite Chargers won each individual match in straight sets and both doubles matches. Davenport did not field players for no. 6 singles or no. 3 doubles. Stepping into the no. 1 singles spot after playing at no. 2 last season, sophomore Hannah Cimpeanu won her match 6-1, 6-1 and joined freshman Sarah Hackman to take no. 1 doubles 6-3. From the start, Hackman has made her presence felt on the team, winning no. 2 singles 6-2, 6-1. “I felt prepared for it pretty well,” Hackman said. “However, just making sure that we continue to start off doubles matches strong will definitely be key.” Senior Halle Hyman came back from her shoulder injury strong, winning 6-2, 6-0 at no. 4 singles. “She had a really great match coming back. So it was definitely — for her first match in almost a year — a

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dominant performance,” head coach Nikki Walbright said. Junior Katie Bell won her no. 3 singles match 6-2, 6-2, and joined senior Corinne Prost at no. 2 doubles, winning 6-4. “[Bell’s] strong groundstrokes and my volleys, as well as my serve with her poaches pair well together,” Prost said. “Both our game styles and personalities complement each other. We understand how the other ticks, which allows us to communicate better between points and off the court.” In no. 5 singles, junior Kamryn Matthews had the one of the two bagel sets of the day, winning her match 6-0, 6-3. All the way through the lineup, the Chargers managed to stay on top of their opponents throughout the match. The theme of the match according to Walbright was the team’s dominance from no. 1 doubles to no. 5 singles. “We have a really solid team, where you could probably put anybody anywhere,” Walbright said. “It’s a great problem to have.” The Chargers host Ferris State University on Sunday at 3:30 p.m.

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By | S. Nathaniel Grime sports editor The Hillsdale College Chargers traveled more than three hours to Lexington, Ohio, on Saturday, to kick off their season against Ashland University. The Chargers left with a 4-3 victory against the Eagles, after winning three of six singles matches and two of three doubles matches. New NCAA Division II scoring rules dictate that points are rewarded for each team’s singles victory, and one point is awarded for the three doubles matches, meaning whichever team wins at least two of the three earns the point. Junior Charlie Adams won no. 1 singles, 6-4, 6-4, senior Justin Hyman won no. 3 singles, 6-1, 6-4, and sophomore Gabe Katz won no. 6 singles, 6-1, 6-2. Adams and Hyman teamed up for a 6-4 victory in no. 1

doubles, while junior Julien Clouette and freshman Brian Hackman won no. 3 doubles by the same score. On Sunday, the Chargers completed a perfect weekend by defeating Davenport University at home, 4-3. Again, each team won three singles matches, but Hillsdale won two of three doubles matches. Adams again won no. 1 singles, 6-1, 6-3, while Clouette scored his first singles victory of the season in no. 5 singles, 6-3, 6-2. Katz won no. 6 singles, 6-4, 6-0. The same two doubles teams carried the weight for the Chargers, with Adams and Hyman winning 7-5 at no. 1 doubles, and Clouette and Hackman winning at no. 3, 6-3. The Chargers remain at home this weekend, hosting Purdue Northwest University on Saturday at noon and Ferris State University on Sunday at 11 a.m.

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Strong showing lands second place at Wide Track Classic By | Scott Lowery collegian freelancer With the G-MAC Indoor Championships just three weeks away, the Hillsdale College Chargers seem to be finding their stride after a strong performance in last week’s Wide Track Classic. The Chargers competed well at home over the weekend against a field that included representatives from three of the nation’s top 10 teams. Third-ranked Tiffin University took first at the meet with 172 points, while Hillsdale took second with 85. Sophomore Ryan Thomsen led the charge by finishing first in the heptathlon, one of the sport’s most difficult tests of overall athleticism. Thomsen won the 1000 meter run and took second in both the

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high jump and shot put on his way to victory. His score of 4927 points comfortably passed the Division II provisional mark and placed him in prime position to qualify for the national meet. The Chargers also saw a career day in the heptathlon from freshman John Baldwin. Baldwin won the 60 meter dash and 60 meter hurdles en route to a second place finish with 4743 points, a score high enough to achieve a provisional mark. On the track, Hillsdale had a strong showing in the shorter sprint events. Junior Ian Brown took third in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.69 seconds. In the 60 meter

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dash, freshman Jacob Schmidt qualified for the finals in a deep and competitive field of 65 runners, finishing fourth with a time of 6.99 seconds. Schmidt also stepped up in the 200 meter dash, where he finished fifth out of a field of 64 competitors with a time of 22.68 seconds. In the 800 meter run, sophomore Jack Shelley surged from the middle of the pack on the last lap to take third, finishing a half second off the lead with a time of 1:57.66. His teammate, freshman Mark Miller, finished fourth with a time of 1:57.72. Shelley joined sophomore Adam Wade, junior Joseph Humes, and senior Levi Wyse

in the distance medley relay. The Chargers finished the relay in 10:15.63, just two seconds off the provisional mark. Hillsdale also continued its recent dominance in the 3000 meter run. This time, it was sophomore Morgan Morrison who took the top spot, finishing with a time of 9:11.87. In the pole vault, freshman Ben Raffin set yet another personal best by clearing a height of 4.87 meters. With this jump, Raffin finished second at the meet and achieved a provisional mark just four meets into his collegiate career. The Chargers are heading back to Allendale, Michigan this weekend for the GVSU Big Meet. Events begin Friday in Grand Valley State University’s Kelly Family Sports Center at 10 a.m.

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Maines re-breaks Hillsdale record at Wide Track Classic By | Scott Lowery collegian freelancer

After a string of successful meets, the Hillsdale College Chargers seemed to take a step back at last weekend’s Wide Track Classic. As the events concluded in the Biermann Athletic Center, the Chargers found themselves in ninth place with 51.5 team points. Further up the standings, conference rival Tiffin University finished third with 84 points, and national powerhouse Grand Valley State University finished fourth with 81 points. Just two weeks after breaking a 27-year-old school record, freshman thrower Nikita Maines proved her per-

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formance wasn’t a fluke. Her throw of 14.09 meters at the Wide Track Classic broke her previous record of 14.05 meters, and shows her continued improvement in the event. For Maines, however, this record is just the beginning. “I believe I can keep breaking records and keep making them higher,” Maines said. “I’m pushing myself to be my best.” On the track, with sophomore sprinters Zalonya Eby and Kajsa Johansson out due to injury, Hillsdale struggled to find success in the sprint events. Faced with a deep

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field of nationally competitive sprinters, the Chargers failed to place in the top ten. One of the bright spots for Hillsdale was the performance of the relay teams. In the distance medley relay, senior Ally Eads ran the fastest time in the anchor mile leg to take first place. Joining Eads were sophomores Maryssa Depies, Calli Townsend, and Abbie Porter. These four finished the relay in 12 minutes and 9.56 seconds, a time fast enough to achieve a Division II provisional mark in the event, placing the team in position to qualify for the national meet.

The Chargers also put forward a strong showing in the 4x400 meter relay. Townsend and Porter teamed up with freshmen Melanie Boehm and Alanna O’Leary to take second in four minutes flat. In the mile, Eads finished in third with a time of 5:03.63, just two seconds off the provisional mark. As the Chargers look forward to the rest of the indoor season, just two meets remain before the G-MAC Indoor Championships. Hillsdale will travel to Allendale, Michigan, tomorrow for the GVSU Big Meet in hopes of getting back on track before returning home the following weekend for the Hillsdale Tune Up. Events begin at 10 a.m.

Scoreboard

MEN'S BASKETBALL january 31 Tiffin Hillsdale

Nick Czarnowski Davis Larson Dylan Lowry Connor Hill february 2 Cedarville Hillsdale Davis Larson Harrison Niego Connor Hill Austen Yarian

1 38 36 pts fgm-a 17 8-12 14 4-9 13 5-8 11 4-5 1 35 38 pts fgm-a 18 7-11 17 7-14 12 5-9 10 3-7

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL january 31 Tiffin Hillsdale

Allie Dewire Makenna Ott Brittany Gray Lauren Daffenberg february 2 Cedarville Hillsdale Allie Dewire Brittany Gray Makenna Ott Jaycie Burger

1 15 31 pts 33 16 11 11 1 10 21 pts 24 16 11 9

2 22 22 fgm-a 9-11 7-14 4-8 4-9 2 19 12 fgm-a 7-11 6-14 4-13 3-8

2 38 45 3pm-a 0-0 1-1 1-3 0-0 2 31 41 3pm-a 3-4 3-7 2-4 2-2

final 76 81 reb ast 2 2 6 3 1 0 1 3 final 66 79 reb ast 6 2 3 1 1 2 4 6

3 14 16 3pm-a 0-0 2-5 1-3 3-8 3 19 12 3pm-a 0-0 1-8 1-4 2-6

4 21 21 reb 12 5 7 1 4 18 27 reb 1 7 9 3

final 72 90 ast 4 2 0 0 final 66 72 ast 4 2 1 3

MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD february 1-2 wide track classic (20 teams) 1. Tiffin 2. Hillsdale 3. Baldwin Wallace t4. Siena Heights t4. Academy of Art 6. Grand Valley State 7. Trine 8. Spring Arbor 9. Northwood 10. Bellarmine heptathlon 1. Ryan Thomsen 2. John Baldwin pole vault 2. Ben Raffin 60 meter hurdles 3. Ian Brown 3000 meter run 1. Morgan Morrison distance medley 3. Shelley/Wyse/Wade/Humes 800 meter run 3. Jack Shelley 4x400 meter relay 1. Schmidt/Wade/Wyse/Curtis

score 172 85 78 67 67 59.66 56.50 56 53 45 points 4927 4743 height 4.87m time 8.69 time 9:11.87 time 10:15.63 time 1:57.67 time 3:26.19

WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD february 1-2 wide track classic (18 teams) 1. Academy of Art 2. Baldwin Wallace 3. Tiffin 4. Grand Valley State 5. Spring Arbor 6. Bellarmine 7. Siena Heights 8. Western Michigan 9. Hillsdale 10. Tiffin distance medley 1. Depies/Townsend/Porter/Eads shot put 3. Nikita Maines 1 mile run 3. Ally Eads 4x400 meter relay 2. Boehm/Porter/Townsend/O'Leary

score 96 85 84 81 75 73 68 53.50 51.50 51 time 12:09.57 distance 14.09m time 5:03.63 time 4:00.41

MEN'S TENNIS

singles doubles score february 2 3 2 4 Hillsdale 3 1 3 Ashland singles competition scores 1. Charlie Adams def. Priyank Soni 6-4, 6-4 3. Justin Hyman def. Tche Kun Teng 6-1, 6-4 6. Gabe Katz def. Nathan Sims 6-1, 6-2 doubles competition scores 1. Adams/Hyman def. Soni/Grzeslo 6-4 3. Clouette/Hackman def. Sims/Tche 6-4 singles doubles score february 3 3 1 3 Davenport 3 2 4 Hillsdale singles competition scores 1. Charlie Adams def. Remy Johansen 6-1, 6-3 5. Julien Clouette def. Michael Digby 6-3, 6-2 6. Gabe Katz def. Matt Leatherman 6-4, 6-0 doubles competition scores 1. Adams/Hyman def. Johansen/Digby 7-5 3. Clouette/Hackman def. van Antwerpen/Leatherman 6-3

WOMEN'S TENNIS

singles doubles score february 3 0 0 0 Davenport 6 3 7 Hillsdale singles competition scores 1. Hannah Cimpeanu def. Adeline Nelson 6-1, 6-1 2. Sarah Hackman def. Hannah Murphy 6-2, 6-1 3. Katie Bell def. Bruna Ralheta 6-2, 6-4 4. Halle Hyman def. Vladislava Shumilova 6-2, 6-0 5. Kamryn Matthews def. Sophie Gossett 6-0, 6-3 doubles competition scores 1. Hackman/Cimpeanu def. Murphy/Nelson 6-3 2. Bell/Prost def. Gossett/Ralheta 6-4

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Chargers to start regular season in Florida By | Julia Mullins assistant editor The Hillsdale College Chargers will travel more than one thousand miles from Michigan to kick off their regular season tomorrow at the prestigious National Fastpitch Coaches Association Leadoff Classic in Clearwater, Florida. The Chargers’ season opener is against Lenoir-Rhyne University at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, followed by a noon game against West Chester University. On Saturday, Hillsdale takes on the University of Indianapolis at 10:00 a.m. and the University of North Georgia at 2:30 p.m. The weekend will wrap up with a 9:00 a.m. clash against Eckerd College on Sunday. Though all five of Hillsdale’s games come against non-conference opponents, the quality of competition the Chargers will be up against is high. North Georgia is ranked third in NCAA Division II,

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Hillsdale (0-0) vs. Eckerd (1-3) while West Chester is ranked eighth, and Lenoir-Rhyne is ranked 19th. While Hillsdale is unranked, it was selected to finish fourth in the G-MAC this season after winning the G-MAC tournament and qualifying for the national tournament in 2018. After days of sub-zero temperatures in Michigan, junior catcher Syd San Juan said the team will need to work on preparing mentally. “It’s really easy when it’s cold outside to get into the

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offseason mentality,” San Juan said. “In reality, we’ll be in Florida soon, and we need to get focused and game-ready.” Despite the cold, senior infielder Jessica Taylor said the team’s hitting improved significantly throughout the winter. “It’s very cool that head coach Kyle [Gross} puts us in a lot of under-the-gun hitting, even compared to last year, we hit a lot more in the fall and winter seasons than we really ever have,” Taylor said.

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Cedarville,” Dewire said. “We keep talking about all the things that go into getting a big win, and we finally strung enough of those things together to do it.” Dewire scored 24 points in a 72-66 win, making seven of 11 shots from the floor and 10 of 12 free throws. “She doesn’t do anything half-speed,” Fritsche said. “She guards hard, she plays downhill, she goes to the glass hard, and she’s typically stronger than the person she’s playing against, which always helps.” The Chargers again benefitted from a hot start, outscoring Cedarville 21-10 in the first quarter. Once the Yellow Jackets switched from a man-to-man scheme to a zone defense, Hillsdale’s scoring success slowed down a bit. “We didn’t anticipate them playing that much zone,” Fritsche said. “They played zone and gave us threes and we missed them. Once we got comfortable scoring against their zone in the second half, it wasn’t bad.” The Chargers’ defense played well the entire afternoon, but the Yellow Jackets held a 48-45 lead entering the fourth quarter. That’s when Hillsdale’s offense came back alive, and the Chargers outscored Cedarville 27-18 in the final quarter to seal the victory. “We guarded really well the whole day,” Fritsche said. “I hope they’re understanding how good they can be defensively when they’re that focused.” Gray scored 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds, while Ott scored 11 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Gray is now 11th in the G-MAC in points per game

“I think our offense is gonna be fantastic just right outta the gun. I’ve never seen that in the past four years.” Taylor also said she’s excited about playing alongside the team’s freshmen. “The freshmen have definitely grown in knowing our team dynamic and how they fit into that dynamic and how they’re gonna be leaders,” Taylor said. “It’s cool to see them find their niche on the team.” In addition to finding their comfort zone, Taylor said she thinks the freshmen will make a big impact on the team’s offense. “They’re gonna jump into college pitching and be 20 times better than I was as a freshman because we never hit so much in the fall and winter as we have this season,” Taylor said. “I think it’s good for them to start off their college career that way.” In addition to a powerful offense, Gross said the team has a strong pitching staff.

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Brittany Gray shoots over a defender during the first half of Thursday's win against Tiffin. s. nathaniel grime | collegian

with 13, while Ott is 14th with 12.5. After averaging 28.5 points per game in the last two wins, Dewire is fourth in the conference with 14.8 points per game. The win against Cedarville is Hillsdale’s first this season against a team ahead of them in the G-MAC standings. “Those kinds of wins make you believe there’s no reason you can’t compete with any other team in the league,” Dewire said. “It’s nothing to get a big head over, but those are solid wins that we can lean on to believe in ourselves; that we can be the team with more points at the end of the game.” The Chargers will have more opportunities to knock off higher-ranked teams

Carmen Botha is a sophomore from Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa. She is a sprinter and hurlder the women's track and field team.

Sophomore sprinter and hurdler Carmen Botha. hillsdale chargers | courtesy

than themselves, beginning on Saturday when they host the University of Findlay. Hillsdale lost to Findlay on the road just three weeks ago, 69-64, on Jan. 19. Fritsche said the team’s two wins last week were a result of a process of hard work and dedication to improvement from his players, but finally seeing the final score in their favor will add even more to their confidence. “The confidence they have right now should be derived from the work, the time, and the repetition they’ve put in the last two weeks, and the focus they’ve had,” Fritsche said. “They’re seeing a return on their investment right now.” Saturday’s tip-off against Findlay is at 1 p.m.

With only one minute left and the Dragons trailing by five, they were left with no choice but to foul. The Chargers, who shot 73 percent from the free throw line, went 4-4 from the charity stripe to close out the game for an 81-75 victory. Statistically, these two teams appeared to be evenly matched. Both shot 49 percent from the field, had 10 turnovers, and scored 24 points off the bench. Tiffin scored 17 points off Hillsdale turnovers, while the Chargers only managed nine, but the Chargers outshot the Dragons from the threepoint line by 15 percent and more than doubled Tiffin’s number of assists. Sophomore forward Davis Larson said Tiffin had a tough press throughout the whole game which cost the Chargers several turnovers and rushed shots. Senior center Nick Czarnowski led the Chargers

“This year will be more of a staff versus a single ace pitcher,” Gross said. “It’ll be more of a staff because they’ve all progressed and developed since the fall.” Junior pitcher Dana Weidinger said she feels more relaxed and confident going into this season because of Gross’ approach to pitching. “Since coach Kyle has came on, it’s been very different from what our past coaches have said about pitching,” Weidinger said. “Coach Kyle is more interactive with how to set up hitters, and he’s charting and clocking us more often than coaches have in the past.” Weidinger also said the pitching staff has come together and feels like a family. “The staff is gonna be a lot better than it ever has been,” Weidinger said. “We really work well together, and we’re gonna win a lot of games.” The pitching staff will consist of returning sophomore

Natalie Walters and freshmen Camryn Olson and Julia Sayles. Sayles had surgery shoulder last year, but said she is looking forward to finally pitching this season. “I’m just excited to get onto the field with our new team of girls this year,” Sayles said. “I think it’ll be a lot fun to work with all the new girls and also see all the returners playing again.” Gross said one of the challenges he will face going into the season will be finding the right balance between the combination of players out on the field. Although the Chargers have a tough schedule to begin their season, Gross said he isn’t going to focus too much on ranked opponents. “We have to play our game, and that’s gonna be our mantra,” Gross said. “We have to focus on what we do well and continue to try to do that well, rather than focus on how good our opponents are.”

in scoring with 17 points. Yarian snagged an impressive 11 rebounds and had five assists. The Chargers came back on Saturday to play a disciplined game against Cedarville University for a 79-66 victory. Hillsdale only had five turnovers while forcing 16 from the Yellow Jackets. With seven minutes to go in the first half, Cedarville made a three-pointer, prompting Hillsdale to call a timeout. The Chargers took the court determined and regained the lead by halftime, 38-35. The 19-9 scoring run began with a layup by senior guard Harrison Niego. A minute and a half later, Hillsdale had back-to-back three pointers. Four different players scored during the run. The Chargers continued to pull away for the remainder of the game. With three minutes to go, they held a comfortable 15-point lead. As a testament to the team depth cooperation, Hill and Yarian came off the bench to give their team valuable minutes. Hill added

12 points, earned three steals, and made two assists, and Yarian had 10 points, six assists and four rebounds. “Honestly it was all because of [senior guard] Nate Neveau,” Hill said of his motivation during the game. “Nate wasn’t able to play in that game because of an injury. He just kept saying that he knew I had his back and just play and be myself. Nate had a lot of confidence in me and I just wanted to do my part in getting a win so we can all get ready for this upcoming Saturday and the rest of the games to come.” Larson led the Chargers in scoring with 18, and Niego added 17. Lowry added eight points and had seven assists. “It’s been an incredible collective effort,” Tharp said. “We’re not a superstar-latent team. There’s a bunch of guys that have done it together.” Hillsdale hosts G-MAC rival and ninth ranked University of Findlay (16-5, 12-2 G-MAC) on Saturday at 3 p.m. The two teams are currently tied at 12-2 in conference play. The game will likely determine who hosts the G-MAC tournament in March. “We’ve just got to focus on the simplest details,” Tharp said. “We’re not moving particularly well on defense, not getting to the gaps. We need to focus on playing team defense and transition defense. In February or March you can’t take deep breaths or think that you’ve arrived. You have to be alert and ready to go.” A strong defense will be key to stopping the Oilers on Saturday, according to Larson. “The biggest thing Findlay does is dribble drives to open gaps,” he said. “At the end of the day, we know teams are going to make shots, our goal is to make each next shot tougher.”

Harrison Niego looks to pass around a defender during the second half of Hillsdale's win against Cedarville on Saturday. s. nathaniel grime | collegian

Q: How did you find Hillsdale?

Q: What are you looking forward to most this season?

Q: How was the adjustment coming from South Africa to Michigan?

Q: What’s something you miss most about home?

CB: Basically I just found Hillsdale through a recruiting process and then I really liked the school from what I could see on the website. I didn’t come for a visit or anything. And I thought, “Well this looks like a really cute school and looks like it would suit me.” So I just decided to come here and I really like my decision.

CB: Definitely the outdoor season, doing 400 meter hurdles, and then the 100 meter hurdles because that’s a lot of fun. And I love doing the 4x400 meter relay because that’s with a team and all the pressure is not on you specifically; it's more spread across the whole team. It’s kind of more fun because in the beginning you are all stressed together and anxious together.

CB: First of all the weather is way different. This is my second real winter ever. Before coming to Hillsdale I had never seen snow before. It snows a lot here and it's really cold. Last week when we had negatives, people were warning me to not stay outside too long or you’ll get frostbite. That would never happen back home. And then the talking is different. You guys use a lot of different phrases than we do to describe things.

CB: Probably all the animals. We have a ton of animals and I grew up on a farm, so we have a lot of dogs and farm animals. We also have a game farm which is a farm of wild animals. So I’m used to being able to see more wild animals and have more pets. That’s one of the things I probably miss the most about home. And I miss the weather and obviously I miss my family a lot.

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Dewire in the driver's seat as Chargers steer back into win column By | S. Nathaniel Grime sports editor

The Hillsdale College Chargers turned their fourgame losing streak around in a big way with a pair of wins against Tiffin University and Cedarville University on Thursday and Saturday. In the two victories, senior guard Allie Dewire scored a combined 57 points, earning her the G-MAC Player of the Week award. On Thursday, the Chargers defeated Tiffin, 90-72, to halt a four-game losing streak. Dewire scored a career-high 33 points, making nine of 11 shots from the floor and 15 of 18 free throws. She also grabbed 12 rebounds, tying a personal season-high. The performance was her third double-double of the season. “We had really good ball and player movement, so that made it easy for me to attack a lane after my team had already helped break down the defense,” Dewire said. “I also tried to maintain a more aggressive mentality while letting the game come to me.” Dewire got to the free throw line over and over again thanks to her willingness to drive into traffic and draw contact on her shots.

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“She was assertive and played downhill really well,” head coach Matt Fritsche said. “There wasn’t any kind of lateral play in her.” The Chargers, plagued by slow starts during the recent stretch of losses, jumped out to a 31-15 lead by the end of the first quarter. As a team, Hillsdale shot 62.1 percent from the floor and made seven of nine threes in the first half. “I thought we got really quality looks because they moved themselves and the ball so well,” Fritsche said. Tiffin’s only lead of the night was 3-2, and it vanished just 52 seconds into the game. From there, the Chargers took the lead, built on it, and didn’t look back. Hillsdale led by more than 10 points

during the final 32 minutes of regulation. Senior forward Makenna Ott added 16 points, and senior forward Brittany Gray and freshman guard Lauren Daffenberg each scored 11 in the win. On Saturday, Cedarville visited Dawn Tibbetts Potter Arena for the first time this season. The Yellow Jackets began the day five games ahead of Hillsdale in the G-MAC conference standings as one of the conference’s best teams. They left Hillsdale just four games ahead of the Chargers, thanks in large part to more of the same from Dewire. “We all decided that we could be a better team than

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Allie Dewire drives into the lane during the first half on Thursday against Tiffin. Dewire scored 33 points in the win and was named G-MAC Player of the Week. s. nathaniel grime | collegian

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68.6% Connor Hill shoots a jump shot during Hillsdale's win over Cedarville on Saturday. s. nathaniel grime | collegian

Men's Basketball

Chargers' roll reaches eight By | Calli Townsend assistant editor The Hillsdale College Chargers defended their home court on Thursday and Saturday with victories against Tiffin University and Cedarville University. They now boast an eight-game winning streak with six games left in the regular season. Against Tiffin on Thursday, the Chargers started strong but relinquished an early 11-point lead and began the second half trailing by two, 38-36. Hillsdale battled back from there with the help of a hyped-up crowd. “We kinda came out and jumped them, but I thought we took a breath defensively,” head coach John Tharp said. “We’re a team that needs to rely on each other on the defensive end of the floor. There were such large gaps created and we weren’t there to help.” With 13 minutes to go,

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senior forward Gordon Behr swatted the ball from the Dragons and junior guard Dylan Lowry snagged the rebound. The Chargers pushed the ball up the court and as the shot clock wound down, Behr launched a shot from beyond the arc to close the Chargers’ four-point deficit to one. Tiffin now led 55-54 and Hillsdale wasn’t backing down. On the Dragons’ next possession, the Chargers created

another turnover. This time, it was sophomore forward Austen Yarian with a steal. He made risky pass to Lowry, who caught the ball in stride with defenders trailing him, to make the layup. The Chargers regained their control, 56-55. Sophomore guard Connor Hill continued the momentum with great intensity, leading to back-to-back jumpers. “His great strength is that he’s really stubborn,” Tharp said of Hill. “He’s going to

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do everything he can to help us win. There are times he’s almost trying too much. He grew up small and has had to learn to create space. I thought he had his best week of basketball.” Hill said he just played his own game the way he’s always played and things seemed to go his way. “A lot of guys have stepped up this year and it was just my turn,” Hill said. “All of our success so far has been because we’re all bought in and ready whenever anyone’s asked to play.” Hillsdale held on to its lead until, with five minutes remaining, Tiffin crept back with a jump shot to take a 6968 lead. The Chargers answered with a 9-0 run in the next four minutes. Lowry sparked the scoring with a three-pointer.

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Nate Neveau defends in full-court press during the first quarter against Cedarville on Saturday. s. nathaniel grime | collegian

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‘Parliament’ records off-campus jams with professional equipment By | Emma Cummins Assistant Editor It’s 3:30 in the morning and sophomore Tyler Seacrest is running on full adrenaline. Layering the different elements of the song, the drums, the bass and rhythm guitar, and the vocals, all recorded last night, Seacrest finally comes out with the final product: a cover of “Little Black Submarines” by the Black Keys. Blasting it the next morning, he wakes up his seven housemates, but instead of the normal indignant responses at being woken up so early, the band “Gulf ” listens in excitement to the fruits of their hard work. “Everybody came out and was like, ‘oh my gosh,’” Seacrest said. “It was so much fun. It’s that kind of excitement, knowing this is an opportunity to record that doesn’t come around often.” This kind of “recording high” is thanks to the equipment that the members of the off-campus house called “Parliament” have been slowly accumulating over the last semester, which includes multiple keyboards, drums, two soundboards, and two pianos. After junior Montie Montgomery broke one of the pedals of his pianos when moving in, the studio became known as “Broken Pedals Studio.”

One crucial piece of equipment was missing, though: A MOTU LP32, which records the different instruments and sounds and individually inputs them into a computer, giving the sound the kind of clearness heard in professionally-recorded songs. This particular piece cost $500, and the members of Parliament were finding it very difficult to scrape up the money on their college budgets. However, donor Don Tocco provided them the funds. Seacrest had previously worked with Tocco, editing some of his speeches at the college, and after inviting Seacrest to breakfast, Tocco offered to cover the cost. “Over the course of breakfast he asked what I did for fun and I said: ‘Well I’m starting this recording studio, but we just ran into a roadblock and we’re all kind of broke at this point,’” Seacrest said. Tocco offered to cover that cost. With that piece, the small, humble studio at Parliament went from a room of instruments and musicians to a professional recording studio, capable of recording anything from rock to R&B or hip-hop. Sophomore Asa Hoffman and Seacrest both hoped to create a place for the musicians on campus to record without the high costs and stress of recording with a

“highfalutin producer,” as Hoffman put it. “The studio is open to record for campus bands,” Seacrest said. “The goal is to make it affordable for college students. It won’t be the high end cost of a professional recording studio around the area. The goal is to make it

producers and musicians is really special,” Hoffman said. “One of most enjoyable things I’ve done is working with artists and helping them find a direction for their song, especially if it’s an original song. That can be cool to see the journey a song goes through, from when you listen to it to

Senior Spencer Bollinger, sophomore Joseph Harvey and Junior Montie Montgomery practice at recording studio in an off-campus house. Courtesy | Brian Freimuth

so that students can actually record.” Hoffman says the studio has “all of the upsides of a professional studio without the downsides.” Working with a producer in a studio can often limit the creative license of the artist, since the finished product of a song typically diverges from the artist’s vision. “That dialogue between

when it comes out.” Junior Brian Freimuth is part of both “Gulf ” and “The Panes,” two bands which have recorded at the studio. According to Freimuth, being able to record in a studio which allows for more individual license and time to create can vastly change the experience. “Because we’re still on the

“The goal is that once all of us graduate, the studio doesn’t die,” Seacrest said. We’re still working on putting that together. The goal would be that the upperclassmen in the club would be able to work with the lowerclassmen in the club so that there’s a cycle.” Montgomery, who also lives at Parliament, has been creating music in the last few years and after signing to a label this summer, is planning on producing an album with his band “Gulf.” Now that he has the opportunity to record with better equipment, producing music will be much easier, Montgomery said. “Now I can also just sit down and mic up my computer, and sit down for three to four hours, plunk around with pieces,” Montgomery said. “It’s easier. It allows for more artistic direction, it allows for better clarity. Before, there was a really low-fi sheen.” According to Freimuth, the recording studio has opened up new possibilities for him and other artists. “I wish we had more opportunities to play and have gigs,” Freimuth said. “Sometimes the floor breaks and you can’t, but that’s fine. Now that we have the recording studio, there’s less of a pressure to play gigs. You can also get a kick out of recording, and showing people.”

Anonymous compliments return on campus-wide Instagram

Hillsdale College students submit anonymous compliments to one another. Screenshot | Julia Mullins

Does it spark joy? Marie Kondo tidies up By | Jordyn Pair Associate Editor Does it spark joy? It’s a misleadingly simple question. When you hold something you own, do you feel a little bubble of happiness? A flutter in your heart? If yes, keep it. If not, get rid of it. That’s Marie Kondo’s philosophy, which she explores in her new Netflix series “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo”. Marie Kondo is the author of “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” host of the Marie Kondo YouTube channel, and the creator of the KonMari method. The method promotes a process of total life decluttering, including cleaning out by category rather than by room, as many other declutter experts recommend. But what is essential to the KonMari method is the instruction to dispose of anything that doesn’t “spark joy.” The eight-episode first season follows Kondo as she acts as a consultant for several families, helping them declutter their lives using the KonMari method. Along the way, Kondo gives decluttering tips to both the family and to the viewer directly. Kondo splits items into five categories: clothing, books, papers, komono (miscellaneous, including kitchen and garage), and sentimental items. The Netflix series shows how she works with families to deal mostly with clothing, komono, and senti-

learning curve, we can move stuff around and try new things,” Freimuth said. “When we recorded with “The Panes,” we found that jamming all at once worked well, even though all the noises from the instruments flooded into the microphones. For recording with Montie, we could layer sounds.” That level of freedom in the creative process inevitably creates a kind of adrenaline. “You hit that learning curve, as you climb that you think, ‘dang that is so cool,’” Freimuth said. Although no music has been officially published yet, an original song has been produced by “The Panes,” of which Hoffman is the lead singer, and a few songs have been recorded. According to Seacrest, the studio is expecting to host a country western band, and a singer-songwriter doing an acoustic remix of an electric song. “We are willing to work with people whatever style they prefer, whatever direction they want to go,” Hoffman said. Both Hoffman and Seacrest hope to start a recording club on campus so that learning about the technology and eventually using it will not be a privilege for only those who currently live in Parliament.

mental items. She begins each consultation by greeting the home, thanking it for the shelter it gives. It’s an action seemingly inspired by Eastern philosophy — and often surprises the family. She then walks through the home to assess the damage.

we often think of when we imagine “clutter.” While the families may have brought these objects in their homes out of a “need,” many of them sit untouched in closets or drawers. Each family has called in Kondo for different reasons. The first episode works

Marie Kondo shares her decluttering philosophy in new Netflix series, “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo.” Courtesy | Wikimedia commons

Many families seem to struggle with copious amounts of clothing or extra kitchen equipment, rather than the knick-knacks or meaninglessly full shelves

with the Friend family, who are trying to simplify their materialistic and consumeristic lifestyles. Other call in Kondo to deal with moving problems, or post-retirement

pileup. But Kondo’s philosophy always stays the same: Does an item spark joy? Nothing that brings someone joy can be considered clutter. If it makes you happy, then it’s necessary. Kondo walks families through the process of not only filtering through their possessions to keep only the necessities, but how to properly store the surviving items. Clothing gets folded to be “filed” in drawers. Toys and tools are stored in clear bins. Pictures and memorabilia are arranged in a display. Kondo does all these things cheerfully, with patience and lightness. She bounces around, touching items to “wake,” them and giggling over babies in the homes. And while the show is technically reality television, Kondo’s brightness and care makes it feel genuine. She clearly enjoys what she does and takes pride in her business and helping others. Tidying Up with Marie Kondo is essentially an easy-viewing, beginner’s guide to decluttering based on the KonMari method and hosted by the creator herself. Kondo shows not only the family her method, but explicitly shows the audience specific tricks they can use. It tricks them into thinking it’s really that simple, sparks motivation to throw away the closet, and launches the viewer down a path to finding joy by cleaning out their life.

By | Danielle Lee Collegian Reporter Can the impact of compliments be just as strong online as they are in person? The Student Activities Board believes so. In an effort to promote a more positive campus, SAB’s social media team resurrected the “Hillsdale College Compliments” Facebook page of 2013, this time bringing it to Instagram. The Hillsdale College Complements Instagram account posts brief, personal compliments, sent in by students. Lauren Schlientz, a senior on SAB’s social media team, said the page is an easy way to compliment someone and to bring about positivity. Stunned by the amount of compliments initially received, Schlientz said students were quickly on board with the idea. “You have the opportunity to make someone’s day, which I think is really cool,” Schlientz said. The account raises awareness of others’ admirable qualities, encouraging students to focus less on themselves and more on their peers, Schlientz said. The team filters out certain compliments, such as those that are purposefully teasing or provocative. “There are compliments where you can tell they’re trying to get a rise out of people,” Schlientz said. “It’s just common sense, you can tell if it’s genuine.” After seeing an anonymous compliment to her, junior Frances Weise said it made her happy, and she told her friends to check the page out. Alexandra Whitford, assistant director of SAB, said that during her undergraduate years at Hillsdale College, students ran a Facebook group with a similar purpose, and posted quite frequently. The compliments gradually came to a stop in 2017.

“It was about an underlying social media positivity,” Whitford said. “It was just there and you’d see your friends on it occasionally.” Rising as an undeniable force, social media can yield both positive and negative effects. It can help people find communities, yet it also fosters harm by allowing more freedom to cyberbully through online anonymity. A few years ago, students on campus used a group messaging app called Yik Yak to place their peers in a negative light by posting hurtful comments, Whitford said. Yik Yak launched in 2013 and ended in 2017, and was a space for local gossip within a 5 mile radius of account holders, termed “Yaks.” Users were unnamed, and this online invisibility led to a great deal of widespread cyberbullying. “Even though [Yik Yak] doesn’t exist anymore, social media still brings people down,” Whitford said. “Hillsdale College Compliments isn’t trying to counteract anything, but rather add a different voice to the negativity social media often speaks.” Weise appreciated the anonymous platform the new page provides for students sending in compliments. “It’s nice to have that anonymous platform where you can feel comfortable sharing, knowing no one will know it’s you,” said Weise. Schlientz said she hopes the page doesn’t stop people from complimenting each other in person. “Since social media has taken over, a lot of people don’t know how to communicate with each other anymore,” Schlientz said. “Although it’s through social media, I’m hoping that this page will be a way for people to step back from thinking of themselves, and see things in other people that they might not have noticed before.”

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The moral imagination in the modern age: Birzer publishes ‘timepiece’ lecture notes 10 years later By | Anna Timmis Collegian Reporter “Perhaps the best tool man possesses is his moral imagination. With it, man can rekindle old truths in new

forms,” Birzer wrote in 2003. Professor of History Bradley J. Birzer, in a recently self-published ebook, “Seeking Christendom: An Augustinian Defense of Western Civilization,” discusses how

Professor of History Bradley J. Birzer recently self-published an ebook. Courtesy | Bradley Birzer

Augustinians of the 20th century — most prominently Russell Kirk and Christopher Dawson — responded to the Modern age during which they lived. In 2003, Birzer wrote the book in just five days, and continued editing it until 2008. He tucked it away for 10 years, before deciding to self-publish it on Amazon in January 2019. Because of its age, Birzer called the book a “timepiece.” The book is a collection of lectures Birzer anticipated teaching, as he himself worked through the ideas. Birzer synthesizes the Augustinian scholars’ view of their world, and the book fulfills a twofold purpose: to teach the reader about these men from a historical standpoint, and to pass on their advice to modern Christians who face a hostile and broken world as creative individuals. The book discusses a foray of issues through a humanist lense, from what makes an ideology (including capitalism) take root, to culture and myth. The world may seem to be falling apart, but Birzer does not encourage a fear-driven pessimism in his lectures. The first chapter, titled “St. Augustine and the Twentieth Century,” compares the 410 A.D. sacking of Rome, and the subsequent panic, with the modern decline of Christi-

International club to host Mediterranean feast By | Jacob Umholtz Collegian Freelancer The International Club is hosting a Mediterranean Feast on Thursday, Feb. 7 in Dow A and B at 6 p.m. The feast will cost $7 at the door. President of the club, Nicolas De Enrique Schmidt, a sophomore from Spain said, “Students should expect to have a really good time, it will be worth it.” A full Mediterranean dinner featuring Arabic teas, spanakopita (a savory spinach pie stuffed with feta cheese and egg), hummus, pita bread, Greek salads, pastitsio (a Greek pasta dish stuffed with meat and a white sauce), and baklava will be prepared and served by the club. A professional belly dancer will be performing during the feast, as well as teaching participants. Professor of Spanish Car-

men Wyatt-Hayes, an adviser to the International Club since 1995, said in her 29 years at the college, there has never been a performance of this kind, to her knowledge. “I’m excited that we’ll be treated to something so outof-the-ordinary,” Wyatt-Hayes said. International Club vice president Julien Clouette, a junior from Montreal, Canada, said that the purpose of the belly dancer is to “get more people involved and really have a culturally immersive experience.” The goal of the International Club is to encourage campus-wide dialogue about relevant international issues and “help international students get along with American students and expose cultures from around the world to all of the students,” Clouette said. “We want to help expose

students to how the world is, and change rationalities and perceptions,” de Enrique Schmidt said. “The club was established shortly after World War II by Dr. Windsor Hall Roberts, with the goal of promoting international understanding,” Wyatt-Hayes said. The club regularly hosts international meals, including an authentic Kenyan dinner last semester, as well as showing internationally-produced films and hosting lectures and philanthropic events. “We are planning on doing more meals with culturally-relevant entertainment. We have a few ideas for next semester,” de Enrique Schmidt said, smiling. Students interested in joining the club can contact de Enrique Schmidt for more information.

College musicians bring chemistry, eccentric instruments to Rough Draft By | Sutton Dunwoodie Collegian Reporter Live music combined with the familiar smell of coffee transforms atmospheres and brings people together. Around 20 people gathered in the back of Hillsdale’s Rough Draft Friday night, to hear the sounds of local musicians Luke Woltanski and Dalton Sala. Woltanski and Sala, both of whom are students at the college, played from 8 to 10 p.m. last weekend. Both have played at Rough Draft before as part of the coffee shop’s push to have live music every Friday night. Woltanski played the keyboard, guitar, and sang while Sala accompanied on acoustic guitar. The audience appreciated the music, and applauded at the end of every jam. Rachel Solomito ’17, the general manager of Rough Draft, said Woltanski is one of the more regular acts at the coffee shop. “Having music is really pleasant, it adds a vibrant atmosphere. I think having live music here really fills up the space,” Jessica Chen, a student who attended the concert said. Woltanski said people often describe his style of music as a mix of folk and jazz, with some blues influences, and that he strives to play music that is different. In addition to playing a number of common instruments, Woltanski also plays a Native American flute

and Solomito said he has played the spoons in Rough Draft before. “We didn’t know what to expect because we never know what people are going to play or sing,” Solomito said. “Luke is awesome. He brings some really unique sounds here.” Woltanski and Sala have been playing music together ever since they met in Gallo-

play a solo set to promote his new album. “While Luke brings charisma, folk-flavored progressions, and very narrative lyrics to the table, I contribute a somewhat quieter persona with more eclectic and technically-driven melodies,” Sala said. “It’s a strange combination in some ways, but that’s really what makes playing

Luke Woltanski plays keyboard at Rough Draft. Collegian | Sutton Dunwoodie

way two years ago, Sala said. The two composed an original song, “The Ballad of Sugar and Jr.,” which was published in the Detroit-based Big City Rhythm and Blues Magazine. Woltanski said he will soon be releasing an album called “The Sketch of a Man,” which has several songs that feature Sala on guitar. After about an hour of playing on Friday, Sala took a break and let Woltanski

together so fun.” Sala said Rough Draft was their favorite venue to play in town because they get to play in front of their friends and peers. Woltanski was able to come up with another fringe benefit of playing in a coffeehouse. “You get free coffee for playing, what more could you possibly ask for?” Woltanksi said.

anity. The modern scholars adapted Augustine’s beliefs when grappling with a world just as violently breached and attacked as Rome on that violent day that shook the faith of Christian world at the time. C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, T.S. Eliot, and Dawson, as well as Kirk, Flannery O’Connor, Willa Cather, Thomas Merton, and others in the United States, fall under Lewis’ term “Old Western Men”: Everyone who thinks in a traditional sense, outdated for the 1950s. Birzer said these Western Men succeeded because they emphasized the moral imagination, a term which was coined by Edmund Burke, to describe the human ability to look at the world and see the divine. Through metaphor and representation, people can develop the ability to see truth, thereby recognizing evil for what it is in everyday life. A belief in Natural Law meant that truth was constant and couldn’t change with the times. While these scholars held to an orthodox belief in Christianity, through which they viewed the world, they did not identify as one group. Birzer said they had many personality differences, and would sometimes criticize one another harshly. “The humanist ideal transcends left and right,” Birzer said, in terms of these 20th century thinkers’ political

ideology. “I was trying to figure out where I could have purpose without being a political partisan.” But in addition to trying to overcome political partisanship, they agreed that art, literature, and culture, were higher subjects than politics and law, Birzer said. Their divergence from one another itself exemplifies the validity of their beliefs: Men have equal dignity as God’s image bearers, yet each individual has unique qualities. With this understanding of unchanging truth, these 20th century scholars refused to adopt new ideologies in response to the contemporary horrors of Soviet dictatorship or the Holocaust, among others. Instead, they sought to “return to tradition, and, specifically, to return to religion, virtue, and morality as the basis of culture,” Birzer wrote. At the time he wrote it, Birzer was studying Christian Humanism broadly with two mentors and friends, and preparing to teach a history course on the subject. Prior to this, Birzer had written a biography of J.R.R. Tolkien. As he studied 20th century Augustinians, he was preparing to write another biography, this one about Dawson, whom he called the “quintessential Christian Humanist.” Birzer knew that in order to appropriately portray

Dawson, he would have to do an intensive study. Even though he said he sees the book as the process of his younger self learning, rather than being on par with something he has written more recently, the issues explored and discussed remain relevant for Christians today. The concept of the Economy of Grace, that a person is born with unique gifts in a specific moment of history to fulfill God’s purpose for him or her, is the foundation for the book. While Birzer does not paint modernity in a positive light, highlighting the secularization and mass destruction of the 20th century, he provides a hopeful mindset for the future. God put these men in the world when he did because, “a group of men of this intellectual and moral caliber and traditionalist mindset could never have arisen in any recent century prior to the 20th.” Birzer emphasizes God’s sovereignty, and reminds the reader not to panic in apparently dark times. With an introduction which draws comparisons between modernity and the fall of Rome, we’re reminded that evil has always been a part of the world. While Birzer himself calls the book “chaotic,” it holds gems of history and hope in a modern age.

Radio drama ‘better than live play’ By | Abby Liebing Assistant Editor “I find it amusing. Men are supposed to be made out of steel or something,“ is the iconic line from Robert Harling’s well loved play “Steel Magnolias,” that had the whole audience laughing and crying on Feb. 5, when L.A. Theatre Works gave an unforgettable radio-style performance of the play at Hillsdale College. Many know “Steel Magnolias” because the play was made into a movie in 1989, starring Sally Fields, Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton, and Shirley MacLaine. The movie became a classic, making audiences laugh and cry at the peculiar beauties and sorrows of life. Though LATW’s performance was utterly different from the movie as a live radio-style performance, it captured the vibrant humor and poignant story that “Steel Magnolias” is famous for. And most of all, the type of performance LATW gave showed how powerful good and simplistic storytelling can be. The cast was comprised of six women, each standing in front of a mic facing the audience the whole time, delivering their lines. It was simple, and there was little movement or visual stimulation. But these women didn’t need visual stimulation: Their mere voices and speaking were captivating as they told

their story. There was never a moment of boredom, even though they were literally just standing and talking to the audience. As the audience laughed at the sassy jokes, and sat perfectly silent at the solemn climax, the power of the actresses and Harling’s storytelling was proved. It was comforting to see that, in a culture that relies so heavily on visuals and screens for entertainment, old-fashioned, good storytelling still has the immense power to grip audiences. To any devotee of the 1989 “Steel Magnolias” movie, LATW’s performance may not have the same power that the screen does. And it’s true that no one can ever capture the snarkiness of Ousier Boudreaux and lines like, “Don’t try to get on my good side! I no longer have one,” the way that Shirley MacLaine did. And Sally Fields’ gut wrenching performance, when she is crying and asking why her daughter would die before her, is untouchable. James Brandon, chairman and professor of theatre and dance, said that he loved the performance and thought that “Steel Magnolias” translates very well into a radio play. And though the radio-style did not have the visuals of the movie or play, Brandon said he felt like he could have closed his eyes and got the full rendering of the story just

by listening. In fact, he said that he now finds the live play boring by comparison. “I inherently like this style of radio-style,” he said. “This is much better than the live play.” Brandon knows that “Steel Magnolias” is a cult classic and many people love the movie. But he thinks the actresses were stellar and the pace of the storytelling was remarkable. “Each actress approached their role appropriately,” Brandon said. As a play overall, Brandon said he loves how unique “Steel Magnolias” is. It is one of the few plays that has six female protagonists and it is rare that a stage play can translate so well into a radio play. In many ways the 1989 movie is always going to be the most powerful performance of Harling’s play. But LATW’s actresses had to employ a completely different style of acting which may be even more difficult than what Sally Fields did on screen. They didn’t have the option to act through motions, or even interact with one another, since they stood in a line, never looking at or addressing each other. They had just their voices, facial expressions, and small hand motions to tell a poignant story about life, death, and friendship.

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Left to Right: Anthony LaMacchia, Thomas Rodgers, and Brandon Korhonen. Austin Gergens | Collegian

Shotgun team freshmen recount shooting careers By | Austin Gergens Collegian Reporter “I got my first gun, a Remin“I got my first gun, a Remington 20 gauge pump-action shotgun, for Christmas when I was 8 years old,” freshman Tommy Rodgers said. “My dad gave it to me, and wanted me to give it to my kids one day.” Rodgers began shooting for the Hillsdale shotgun team immediately in the fall. With a spitfire personality and confidence, his specialty lies in trap shooting. While he’s shot sporting clays with his dad off and on throughout the years, it would be nearly a decade after that milestone Christmas that he would shoot competitively. A tennis player by trade, he put down his racket and pursued a spot on the Grosse Ile high school trap team. Similar to Rodgers, freshman Anthony LaMacchia began shooting around the age of 9 and continued recreationally with his dad until his second year of high school. Upon realizing he could compete individually through the National Sporting Clays Association, he signed up and began taking lessons at the Cardinal shooting center near his home in Ohio. But these lessons weren’t enough for him. Freshman Brandon Korhonen called him a “student of the game” and LaMacchia sought professional lessons from elite shooting competitors the summer between high school and Hillsdale. “Anthony knows the sport of shotgun better than half the people on our team,” Kor-

honen added. A newer student of shotgun himself, Korhonen first picked up a shotgun during his freshman year of high school. “The first practice came and they put an over-under in my hand and said ‘shoot that bird,” Korhonen said. “I must have been decent because I hit the first 20 they threw.” His persistence during the off-season earned him his first real job at the Multi Lakes Conservation Association. As a trapper, he assisted club patrons by pulling clays, fixing and cleaning machines, and honing his abilities as a competitive shooter. His training however, would not prepare him for his most daunting meet. The minus 10 degree weather delayed the sporting clay machines, forcing the team to endure a five hour round. A normal round lasts between an hour to an hour and a half. Despite the weather, the team bonded over the experience. “Afterwards we got to drink hot chocolate and eat pizza,” Korhonen said, “One of the best things about being on a team is being able to complain about the hard times and for a long time.” In the presence of his team, Tommy experienced his favorite moment of high school shooting. “On the last day of competitions, I shot 25 straight, then 24 out of 50,” Rodgers said. “When you shoot your first 25 straight in trap or skeet, your team takes the hat you’re wearing,” LaMacchia said. “The team wraps a clay in it and throws it in the air. Everyone has two shots and shoots

the hat out of it.” Rodgers admitted that only the bill of his Disney World hat remained. Both LaMacchia and Korhonen reflected that they still had their hat remnants from the first time they hit the 25 straight milestone. LaMacchia said his fondest shooting memory was spent with his father. On the field of the Cardinal shooting center, the two faced off during a round of sporting clays. “Everything about it was just right. I was having a good day, just having fun,” LaMacchia said. “The entire round I was right on his tail, and it eventually came out that I beat him by three or four birds.” “It was the first time I beat my dad at a round of sporting clays,” LaMacchia said. Each having unique backgrounds, the shotgun team members had begun to envision what the future would hold for them. LaMacchia is aiming for the NSCA national championship after Hillsdale, as the next level in place where his shooting career began. Korhonen recognizes the challenge ahead, but hopes to one day hold a spot on the U.S. Olympic shotgun team. Rodgers endeavors to eventually invest in a nice gun collection and enjoy the sport recreationally. All three agreed that no matter what path they take professionally, they plan to teach their children about guns and continue the great tradition of shooting.

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A ‘Formal Dress For Dinner’ saga By | Callie Shinkle Columnist Forget groufits, crocs, and socks and sandals: For Hillsdale students in 1955, “all freshman men who eat at East Hall must wear a white shirt and tie for the evening meal.” According to “Formal Dress For Dinner,” an article published in The Collegian on March 10, 1955, “The main reason for the ties is that the Saga Food Service requires that their customers be attired with white shirts and ties for the evening meal. At all other schools where Saga is employed this procedure is in practice.” While white shirts and ties definitively enhanced the Saga dining experience, there was a greater purpose in creating this dress code. The Collegian stated, “The big reason that shirts and ties are a must for evening wear is because Hillsdale has a chance to get a new quarter of a million dollar dining hall. The people that are going to support the new hall are judging the dining room by the people who eat in it, and if everybody looks sharp, they just might think that we’re worth it!” I guess the phrase “don’t judge a book by its cover” hadn’t quite gained its popularity yet. The Collegian report-

ed, “The new rule for dress proved very unpopular with the students. A petition was drawn up and signed by all the freshmen men. It was then taken to the dean and a compromise was made. The new agreement is, that shirts and ties will be worn on Monday, Friday and Sunday only. At all other evening meals, only a jacket and a closed shirt are required.”

“All freshman men who eat at East Hall must wear a white shirt and tie for the evening meal.”

By 1970, the student’s unhappy feelings regarding the dress code had changed very little, and on Feb. 26, 1970, The Collegian reported that “The Feb. 18 meeting of the Hillsdale College Federation saw some lively discussion of the dress code between students and President J. Donald Phillips.” The article continued, “The opinion was expressed

that students had come to Hillsdale because of its size and personal attention, not because those enrolled were neatly dressed.” I, for one, can attest that the dress of students did not draw me to Hillsdale. If anything, it was something I had to grapple with for hours before making my decision: Could I handle seeing teenagers running around in shorts and Hawaiian shirts in minus 55-degree weather? I’m still waiting to see if I will survive witnessing this epidemic. According to The Collegian, “President Phillips listened with patience to the students. He explained that ‘a private college must depend on the giving of other people to exist.’ Because of this, the appearance of every Hillsdale College student is important when a potential benefactor visits the campus.” The suspension of the dress code in 1970 had some immediate, unseen, and unfortunate effects. In a Letter to the Editor published on May 14, 1970, a student questioned a fashion faux pas, asking, “Is there anything wrong with sitting in front of Central Hall with a sheet on your head? I thought the dress code here had been abolished.” Maybe the dress code wasn’t such a bad idea after all.

around the time of the first World War. On April 18th, 1918, a reporter for the Collegian complained that the fountain had not been running since the fall of 1916. The reporter sought change in whichever way possible, stating,“If the fountain needs repairs, then let it be repaired. If funds for such work are scarce because of war times then there are many students that would willingly devote a few hours of labor to put it into running order.” It was not until another year passed when the fountain was restored. In May of 1919, a janitor by the last name of Van Patten decided to clean out, refill, and repaint the fountain. The fountain contained rich, comical stories while it lasted. For example, upperclassmen would throw freshmen in the fountain as a means of hazing. Another time, a boy was fully immersed in the fountain on accident — he fell into the basin at the dedication of the Alpha Kappa Phi Civil War monument. The fountain remained standing on campus until April of 1940, when unknown vandals destroyed it with a stick of dynamite. On the front page of the April 23, 1940 edition of The Collegian, an announcement read: “Startled students leaped from their beds Sunday night, April 14, at 12:30 a.m. when they heard a deafening explosion. Upon inspection, they discovered that it wasn’t someone bombing the city, but an explosion in the fountain located in front of the Civil War Memorial on campus.” A fuse was found in the damage, but the culprits were never caught. Even two years afterwards, in the May 5, 1942 edition of The Collegian, a reporter said that “nobody yet brought the conspirators to their knees, because their motive [was] uncertain.” “People always gave me the impression, when they talked about it, that they figured they knew who did it, but nobody was ever arrested,” Mossey Library employee Linda Moore said. But that was not Hillsdale’s only campus fountain. In 1992, the senior class proposed to build another fountain. The class achieved this goal but only with great financial help from the Student Federation. As seen in The Collegian articles from that time, several students resented the decision to allocate student fees for the fountain, especially because the class of 1992 was only planning to cover about $1,000 of the proposed $8,000 cost. Nevertheless, after a lot of time, funds, and labor, the new fountain was built. It was also repaired multiple times within the first year following damage from student pranks. After three pranks, the college refused to pay the several hundred dollars-worth

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of repairs for the fountain and it soon fell to disuse. In 1993, Collegian staff writer David Joy described the fountain as a “serious blemish to our campus.” A few years ago marked the most recent episode in the campus fountain saga. According to Moore, it was discovered that a city resident had picked up a few pieces of the first fountain years after the dynamite incident, and someone later returned them to the college. But due to the projected

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Hillsdale’s first campus fountain, pictured on postcards. College ARchives

After receiving the campus-wide email, Kintz emailed Arnn’s secretary Madison Moore ’18 to arrange a meeting. “He owned up to it like a man of honor,” Arnn said. “I told him it was stupid, which he disputed.” Arnn said Kintz presented research on how long he could safely be outside and timed his run to ensure he would not suffer from exposure. “When I came to the meeting, I wore the heaviest jacket I own,” Kintz remarked. Kintz said he highlighted his research and his experience with Minnesota winters to show his action wasn’t as stupid as it initially seemed. Dean of Men Aaron Petersen weighed in on the situation. “I appreciate his wit and humorous clothing styles, but probably it was a little foolish,” Petersen said. “It also could have given less experienced students a false confidence about the conditions, which could have been

dangerous.” Petersen encouraged students to be cautious in dangerous weather. “Students need to continue taking responsibility for their safety in cold conditions,” Petersen said. “This includes learning about Michigan’s climate and taking care and looking after each other.” Kintz has an eclectic fashion history. “A knee injury my first semester meant I wore one shoe and one sandal for a while,” Kintz said. I’m always wearing sunglasses, and I’m also somewhat known for wearing a dress to the Garden Party.” But should another vortex strike Hillsdale, Kintz will “probably not” repeat his performance. “I couldn’t just repeat the stunt. I would have to up it the next time, which would become increasingly dangerous for me,” Kintz said. “As I told Dr. Arnn, I’m dumb, but not dangerously dumb.”

“I looked at a chart to see how long frostbite would take to set in,” Kintz said. “I was outside for barely over a minute.”

Kintz’s polar vortex dash attire. Robert Kintz | Robert Kintz | Courtesty

costs, the college could not restore the piece, and it remains somewhere within the Fowler Maintenance building. Despite their unfortunate endings, the fountains were supposedly delightful while they lasted. In the April 18, 1918 edition of the Collegian, a reporter said the front campus was “a beautiful picture with the fountain running in the foreground, backed by the magnificent soldier’s monument with the rose bushes at its base and [a] splendid flag waving above it.”

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Historic Bible found in Delts’ basement

A historic bible that members of Delta Tau Delta found in their house basement. Joshua Waechter | Courtesy

The restored version. Julia Mullins | Collegian

uelson to be examined. “She looks at it to see if the cover is coming off, if the sewing is kind of coming apart, if there’s red rot in the leather,” Moore said. “Then we leave the item with her, and she sends a proposal.” Moore said the proposals often include several options with different costs. After agreeing on a proposal, Samuelson keeps the material until she’s done working on it. The total cost of the Bible’s restoration was $530. Waechter said he knew the restoration was going to be expensive and wasn’t sure if the members of Delta Tau Delta could raise enough money to cover all of the restoration costs. In response to this concern, Franklin reached out to Senior Director of Institutional Advancement Calvin Stockdale to inquire about finding donors for the Bible’s restoration. “I just thought: ‘There’s got to be donors that would pay for this and that would be interested in supporting the Delts and supporting the college,’” Franklin said. Stockdale contacted Peter Beckwith, who is the former Hillsdale College chaplain and Delta Tau Delta chapter adviser. Additionally, Beckwith was a member of Delta Tau Delta while he was a student at Hillsdale. After reaching out to several donors, Beckwith found three men willing to make donations: Richard Danforth, David Potts, and Ronald Reynolds who Beckwith said have been active on campus with the chapter. Up until the time of the Bi-

When two Delta Tau Delta fraternity members went searching for antique objects to display during a presentation celebrating the chapter’s 150th anniversary in October 2017, they didn’t expect to find the chapter’s original Bible. Juniors Joshua Waechter and Vincent Miozzi found the Bible in a plastic container brought up from the basement of the Kappa chapter house. “I don’t think anybody had any idea this Bible was down there,” Waechter said. Hillsdale’s kappa chapter of Delta Tau Delta lost its charter in 2003 and didn’t have a charter at Hillsdale again until 2008. Waechter said a lot of paraphernalia had been taken from the Delt house after the chapter left campus. “It kinda got scattered in the four winds, and it’s been a process trying to pick it up,” Waechter said. “I don’t know who saved the Bible and where it had gone, so I think at that point, it just kinda had gotten moved around and ended up in the basement of our house.” Despite being stored in a basement for over 10 years, Waechter said the Bible, published in 1946, was in relatively decent shape. “The pages were a little yellow, a little spotted in some areas,” Waechter said. “The exterior definitely wasn’t in the greatest shape.” After displaying the historic Bible for the 150th anniversary celebration, Waechter

considered restoring it. During the same time period, assistant professor of English Kelly Scott Franklin was giving a talk on rebinding books. Waechter approached Franklin about restoring the Bible after attending the talk. Franklin said he had learned to bookbind during graduate school. “My mom always said I needed a hobby other than reading,” Franklin said. “When I found out you could have a hobby that still involved making books, I was really excited about that.” Franklin said he uses his hobby to rebind journals and make them more beautiful. “I’m sorta like Tolkien’s elves,” Franklin said. “I think the things we use should be beautiful.” Franklin considers bookbinding an artisan skill. “It’s a craft, but it’s also an art form,” Franklin said. Although he was interested in helping the Delts, Franklin said he didn’t feel qualified to take on the task of restoring the Bible. “I’m an amateur bookbinder,” Franklin said. “The work that was done on the Bible was a lot more elaborate.” Franklin referred Waechter to Hillsdale College public services librarian Linda Moore, hoping she would know somebody who could restore the Bible. Moore told Waechter she knew of a bookbinder in Ann Arbor, Dianna Samuelson, who would be able to restore the Bible. In the spring of 2018, Moore took the Bible to Sam-

By | Cal Abbo Assistant Editor Rachel Solomito ‘17 began working at Rough Draft in the summer of 2017. Last month, she became the general manager, seeking to advance its motto of “Coffee, cocktails, and community.” Instead of leaving Hillsdale after graduation, she received a message from Carly Hubbard ‘16 offering a job at a new café called Rough Draft. As the school year began, she gained more hours and experience as a barista, quickly becoming one of Rough Draft’s most trusted employees. Hubbard opened Rough Draft with help from her family and managed the enterprise until Solomito took over in January. Hubbard attributed Solomito’s success to her resourcefulness, reliability, and curiosity. “She’s someone who shows up, does a great job, and asks questions. She’s curious and always ready to grow and improve,” she said. “She has helped me learn how to be a good leader. Really, she’s just the whole package.” On her first day as a freshman, Solomito met William Persson ‘17, who now works as Bon Appétit’s marketing coordinator. “We both were shy freshmen and we wanted to talk to each other,” Persson said. “The only way I was able to initiate contact with her was by saying, ‘Oh, I like your phone case.’ Then she needed help with Blackboard, so we started talking. She told

me later that she had only need politics, either. I’ve got pretended not to know how coffee.” it works so that we could talk Though Solomito said she more.” loves business, it means much Born in Indianapolis, Solmore to her than making omito learned about Hillsdale money. through family friends. “In English, we studied “I really landed here by achow important relationships cident. My entire story is just and community are,” she said. a bunch of happy accidents,” “For me, small business is she said. exploring that relationship As an English major, Solowith people, informing those mito saw herself as a creative relationships, serving people, type. and While at learning Hillsdale, who she wrote they for The are.” ColleSince gian and they planned met in on add“Baby ing the chem,” jourPersson nalism and Solminor omito until she have rediscovmained ered a close passion friends. for Persson business. freAfter quently graduvisits ation, Rough Solomito Draft conand sidered Rachel Solomito filled the position of gensaid he moving eral manager at Rough Draft last month. Cal believes to Grand Abbo | Collegian Solomito Rapids is a great to work at a political consultfit for the position because of ing firm she had previously her creativity and meticulous interned with. attention to detail. “It’s not Wall Street,” “It’s the combination of Solomito said, studying the her being detail-oriented and concrete floors and exposed creative,” he said. “She’s very pipes lining the ceiling of the plan-oriented, regimented in former tool factory. “I don’t her life. She makes lists for

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ble’s discovery, Beckwith said the chapter has been using a small Bible instead of a lectern size for its formal meetings and initiations. “That Bible has a permanent place in those ceremonies, so it’s really neat to get that Bible back,” Beckwith said. For Beckwith, the Bible has a special meaning. “That was the Bible I put my hand on, as did my [biological] brother,” Beckwith said. Waechter said he feels fortunate to have found such an important piece of the kappa chapter’s history. “As someone who is a history major, it means a lot to me to have something in an organization I care so much about, to have that history there,” Waechter siad. “For Greek fraternal organizations, I mean really any organization, history is what ties people together.” Delta Tau Delta president-elect Luke Grzywacz said Christianity is a very important aspect of the chapter. “We have part of Micah 6:8 in our mission statement: ‘Do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly,’” Grzywacz said. “Part of the Delt Creed says ‘the strength of fraternity is the everlasting arms,’ which is another allusion to the Bible. Not only is it great for us to have this old Bible as a part of chapter history, but it also ties into our bigger message for both the college and the fraternity in regards to Christianity.” Grzywacz said he is also excited to have the Bible for the initiation process of new chapter members. “It’s going to be amazing for future young guys, when they get brought in, to have that original piece of Kappa Chapter history staring them in the face,” Grzywacz said. Echoing Grzywacz, Waechter said he feels the Bible is a powerful piece of tangible history for the chapter. “I think it’s going to help usher in a new phase of the fraternity as we’re growing together as men, bound by this common sense of purpose and mission,” Waechter said.

‘Coffee, cocktails, and community’: Solomito takes over Rough Draft

everything.” Hubbard said she wants Rough Draft to serve as a training ground for Hillsdale graduates who want experience running a business without the financial risk or hefty time commitment. She’s interviewing for work in San Francisco and decided to put Solomito in charge. “Carly left really big shoes to fill. She is the face of Rough Draft and did such a good job of creating the place as it is today,” Solomito said. “I could never be Carly, but I definitely want to try and put my own spin on it, make it my own.” Since she took over, Solomito rearranged Rough Draft’s entire front room. According to Hubbard, Solomito is working on menu updates and new latte flavors as well as more ways to engage the community. “From the very beginning, we wanted this to be a place that bridges the gap between the collegiate atmosphere and the town itself. This building was part of the town long before we were ever here,” Solomito said. “Carly was someone who lived in town. She was from Hillsdale and she also was a student. She saw the need for a place that could host both. “I still feel like a kid, so I don’t know what I’m doing running a business,” she said. “I was a little nervous everyone would be sad that Carly is leaving, but people have been really kind. I’m extremely grateful that Carly gave me this opportunity.”

Juniors Frances Wiese and Emma Peters brave last week’s sub-zero temperatures. Christian Yiu | Collegian

Jogging, frostbite, and Thatcherball Students, faculty outside last week in sub-zero temperatures By | Alexis Daniels Assistant Editor Associate Professor of Economics Charles Steele went for a six and a half mile run last Wednesday in minus 13 degree weather, saying it “wasn’t even close to the coldest weather I’ve run in and I didn’t find it particularly challenging.” Despite warnings from the college administration about last week’s cold weather, several students and faculty members, including Steele, were not deterred from outdoor recreation and exercise. Steele said he’s training for a 100-mile run in September. Normally he runs only five miles on Wednesdays, but the cancellation last Wednesday allowed him to run longer. The temperature was not a problem at all, he said. “To me, these were not very difficult conditions,” Steele said in an email. “I have done several 20 mile runs in temperatures around minus 20 degrees … I’ve developed various techniques and strategies for running in subzero, and it’s possible to do this comfortably.” Calling the idea of windchill “hokum pushed by the media for drama’s sake,” Steele said he was surprised at how fearful people were over subzero temperatures. “I think too many people allow themselves to be whipped into fear over weather. The news media needs drama to sell, and so tries portraying everything as an existential threat,” Steele said. “Pfft. Some of my most beautiful experiences of the natural world have been in subzero temperatures.” Steele said his coldest run was in minus 29 degrees Fahrenheit, and he actually prefers running in the cold. “Extreme cold brings extreme beauty, and I’d miss it if I stayed home whimpering,” Steele said. “So I embrace it.” Several cross-country athletes trained last week as well. Senior Allysen Eads described last week as “crazy,” saying they wore multiple layers — two layers of leggings, three sweatshirts, and two pairs of gloves.

“We braved the cold and our eyelids froze shut and my teammates and I would periodically exhale on each others’ eyes to unfreeze them,” Eads said. “At the end, our eyelashes were frosty and our eyebrows looked gray.” At least one student experienced the dangerous effects of the cold. Freshman Soren Moody went to the hospital last Tuesday morning after getting frostbite on his feet. Moody said he and some other students had been playing “Thatcherball” Monday night, in which points are based on the amount of clothing a player is not wearing. “I just decided, ‘Hey, it would be a good idea to take off my boots and go barefoot,’” Moody said. “I’m faster, I’m more agile, great all around.” Moody said he didn’t feel anything, and what made him go inside was not his frozen feet but the sight of his hands getting frostbite and turning different colors. He noticed the state of his feet only when he was trying to warm them by the fire in Grewcock Student Union. By morning, his feet were still in pain, so he asked his roommate, freshman JonLuke Howard, to drive him to the hospital. Howard said once he got a call from Moody, he immediately got his car out of the snow and drove Moody to the emergency room. “I was happy to help him,” Howard said in an email. “I mean, what are friends for if not to look out for each other?” After waiting 30 minutes, a nurse came in for a quick look. “The nurse proceeded to explain that frostbite and burns are categorized in much the same way, three levels of danger. Soren was lucky enough to only have the first level, called, ‘frostnip,’” Howard said. Moody said he would not do it over again if he could. “I was lucky, stupid, and frostbitten,” Moody said. “I think the other team won. So it wasn’t even worth it.”

“Extreme cold brings extreme beauty, and I’d miss it if I stayed home whimpering. So I embrace it.”