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Vol. 142 Issue 23 - March 28, 2019

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Off-campus permissions unusually low this year, should return to normal next year By | Emma Cummins Assistant Editor Fewer rising juniors were given permission to live off campus in the 2019-20 academic year, due to a smaller freshman female class and the planned re-opening of Galloway men’s residence.

When deciding which students receive off campus permission, the deans consider a student’s high school graduation date — in order to account for students who have taken a gap year — then credits earned at Hillsdale, and the number of dorm beds they have to fill. Filling the beds depends on the

incoming class size and which upperclassmen choose to live on campus.

The deans operate on a staggered release system, giving a certain number of students off-campus permission in the first round. Once those students either accept or deny permission by a certain deadline, the deans release

Taryn Murphy takes first place in 19th annual Edward Everett speech contest By | Nicole Ault Editor-in-Chief Sophomore Taryn Murphy took first place at Hillsdale College’s 19th annual Edward Everett Prize in Oratory speech competition on Tuesday, winning $3,000 for her 10-minute speech on the topic of “Immigration and the Nation State: The Rights and Rules of Borders.”

“I was very honored, and I felt very grateful to have won, especially because the other speakers were so talented. I didn’t expect anything walking into the awards ceremony,” Murphy said.

The competition, hosted by the provost’s office and the department of rhetoric and public address, is named after Edward Everett, an American politician and orator who gave an hours-long keynote speech before Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and who donated his library to the college.

Sophomore Anna Katherine Daley and junior Nathan Grime took second and third place, respectively. Selected as

finalists from about a dozen semifinalist speakers earlier in the month, two other students -- senior Rachael Menosky and freshman Molly Buccola -- also competed on Tuesday.

All the speakers were given the same prompt.

Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn, philanthropist and entrepreneur Don Tocco, and Assistant Dean of Men Jeffrey Rogers judged the event. Criteria included logical flow, time management, memorization, persuasiveness, and recognition of audience, said Professor of Rhetoric and Public Address Kirstin Kiledal.

“The judges thought that they were particularly well organized this year and that they sounded more oratorical this year than other years,” Kiledal said. She added that Murphy’s speech was particularly persuasive.

“She was just fluid and had a charming presence that the judges all felt really made her speech engaging. But then it was true for all of the speakers — they really all had their personality in their speeches,” Kiledal said.

Murphy said she probably spent 15 to 20 hours crafting her speech and checked several books out of the library to research the topic.

“I had never articulated my own stance on immigration, and writing the speech helped me to do that,” she said. “Now I feel much better equipped to express the beliefs that I had before.”

Daley said she was delighted to take second place and knew she would regret it if she didn’t take the opportunity.

“At first I was concerned about writing a speech about immigration, because it’s not a topic I feel like I’m an expert on, but I ended up being able to write a speech that I was passionate about, and I truly enjoyed giving it,” she said in a message.

Murphy said she is grateful for the prize and learned a lot from the experience.

“I’m very grateful for the college putting the competition on, and the compensation was just an added bonus to that,” Murphy said. “The experience was worth it and the prize was an additional blessing.”

From left: freshman Molly Buccola, senior Rachael Menosky, junior Nathan Grime, sophomore Anna Katherine Daley, and sophomore Taryn Murphy. Ryan Kelly Murphy | Courtesy

another round of permissions.

This spring, the deans gave 45 men (32 rising seniors and 13 rising juniors), permission to live off campus next year, with eight students declining.

Last year, 171 men were given permission, with 151 accepting.

Dean of Men Aaron Petersen said an unusually

high number of rising sophomores were given off-campus permission last year, since Galloway men’s residence is under construction this school year and also because this year’s freshman male class was unusually large. Since many of these students were rising sophomores and do not need to re-apply for permis-

sion, the numbers appear smaller if looking only at the number of rising juniors given permission to live off campus this year.

“In next year’s junior class, there’s a fair amount off that just got off a year early, depending on how you frame it,” he said.

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Hillsdale College recently received the archives of the late Sir Martin Gilbert, official biographer of Winston Churchill. External Affairs

College receives Gilbert archives, Holocaust research material By | Victoria Marshall Collegian Freelancer

Hillsdale students and future generations will have access to eye-witness accounts to the Holocaust, thanks to the college’s recent acquisition of Sir Martin Gilbert’s archives.

Hillsdale College recently acquired the entire working library and archives of the late Gilbert, the official biographer of Sir Winston Churchill from 1968 to 2012, who died in 2015.

The collection features Martin’s research on the Holocaust, including notes on conversations with witnesses and survivors and documents from the national archives of

the United States and United Kingdom, according to a Hillsdale College press release.

The collection also includes published and unpublished diaries and memoirs of survivors, an annotated diary of the secretary of the Kovno ghetto, and research on the British Mandate for Palestine and the first 70 years of Israel’s establishment.

The college purchased Gilbert’s entire working library and archives in 2017, which included the Holocaust materials, according to Soren Geiger, director of research for the Churchill Project, but due to European Union regulations, the collection only just arrived to campus this past Christmas. Packed

in shipping containers in the Fowler Maintenance Building, the archive awaits to be transported, unwrapped, and cataloged. The acquisition of this collection is the result of the college’s Churchill Project, which seeks to promote Churchill scholarship.

Geiger said the college hopes to make as much of the collection available to the public where possible and appropriate. He also said the college plans to partner with institutions such as the Holocaust Memorial Center in Detroit on research and scholarship due to the significance of this collection.

Gilbert’s collection is significant because of the

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Dykstal ’13 one of 12 winners of international writing competition By | Danielle Lee Collegian Reporter Professor of History David Stewart studied the paper, nodded, then crossed out the student’s entire first paragraph.

The student, Andrew Dykstal ’13, considered himself a good writer, especially after successfully competing in essay speech writing, but he realized this was a delusion upon entering Hillsdale. Nevertheless, with his professors’ guidance, he learned to clear out empty language, force himself to get to the point, and develop an analytical style that valued evidence and close analysis.

Six years later, Dykstal is internationally recognized for his writing talent: He was recently named one of twelve

winners of L. Ron Hubbard’s 35th annual The Writers of the Future Contest. His short story will be released to the public after “L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Vol. 35, an annual anthology of the winning pieces, is published.

In its 35th year, the international competition rewards winners with a week-long professional workshop and awards ceremony on April 5 in Los Angeles, California. Distinguished authors, such as Tim Powers of “Stranger Tides” and Orson Scott Card of “Ender’s Game,” will teach this year’s workshop and show the basic mechanics of writing a story. The winner’s stories will be published in an anthology, the “L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 35,”

which has appeared on bestseller lists for the past four years.

“I’m looking forward to meeting these authors. I’ve read at least something from all of them,” Dykstal said.

“Basically I’m going to sit in a room with 11 talented authors and geek out terribly, while wringing out as much information as I can.”

President and publisher of Galaxy Press, the publisher and distributor of L. Ron Hubbard’s works, John Goodwin said most workshop participants’ stories end up selling afterward.

“This competition has the highest success rate of introducing novelists and artists into the professional side of science fiction and fantasy,” Goodwin said.

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Saying hello and goodbye: Community remembers Don Turner By | Carmel Kookogey Culture Editor Professor of Theology Jordan Wales described the memorial service for former philosophy professor Don Turner like only knowing one verse of a song, and “suddenly being in a canyon” which echoed other voices singing the whole song.

“I felt like I was saying

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‘Hello’ to him in a new way, even though we were all saying ‘Goodbye,’” Wales said.

On Saturday morning, March 23, Hillsdale College faculty, students, and members of Hillsdale Free Methodist Church congregation gathered to celebrate and remember the life of Professor Donald Turner. A former philosophy professor at the college, Turner died of cancer on Nov. 11, 2018, after

teaching at Hillsdale for 18 years. Hillsdale Free Methodist Church and Linda Turner, Turner’s mother, hosted the service and luncheon to share stories and memories of his life.

“It was very moving to me, because it was not just the community of Hillsdale professors and students who were there, but the wider community of the church, the choir of which he was a mem-

ber,” Wales said. “But he was absent, he who had always been at the center of every gathering.”

Rev. Keith Porter began the service by reading from Ecclesiastes 7 — “a philosophical book to celebrate the life of a philosopher,” he said.

Stephanie Acosta Inks, a former student of Turner’s, shared stories with the congregation about how as a professor, Turner’s encour-

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agement helped her through many difficulties during her four years of undergraduate school. Inks said he did this by making himself and his time uniquely accessible to his students.

“He would start every class — and I took six of them — by telling his students that they could call him at any time, even if it was at 3 a.m.

And they did,” she said.

Inks also shared his will-

ingness to provide an ear to his students continued beyond the classroom, and her friendship with him even supported her during her postpartum depression after the birth of her first child.

“I remember talking on the phone to him, and he said to me, ‘You must just want a warm meal and an uninterrupted shower.’ I

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need for charity, humility in classical educaton By | Emma Cummins Assistant Editor Assistant Professor of Education Jeffrey Lehman told students he planned to “begin with the end, put the beginning in the middle, and then end with the middle,” while explaining the virtues of a teacher on March 21 at an event hosted by the Hillsdale College Latin Teacher Program.

Lehman started the lecture by explaining the two aims of education: wisdom and charity. Seen as parallel ends, he said, one has to do with the intellect — wisdom — and one with spiritual formation — charity.

According to Lehman, wisdom in the classical tradition plays a great role in the philosophy of education.

“Classical education has a strong emphasis on order, the way one thing relates to another,” he said. “This impulse to order should be at the foundation but also at the ultimate end.”

This order is something to which students should be constantly directed, and not just at the university level, Lehman said.

In the biblical tradition, wisdom becomes something that concerns God, “You seek it out as a way of understanding God but also the world itself, discerning structure in creation,” Lehman said.

Lehman then went on to discuss the theological virtue of charity, which “is the paramount virtue that colors and directs all other virtues.”.

Both wisdom and charity are the ends of education,

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personal approach he took as a historian, Geiger said.

“Gilbert, as a historian, reacted against the popular method of researching and writing the history of the Holocaust, which was to focus primarily on the scale, scope, and statistics of the atrocity. This approach relied heavily on German records,” Geiger said in an email.

“Gilbert believed it was important to tell the story of the people who suffered, so he corresponded with and interviewed as many survivors as he could. The letters and interview transcripts, in addition to other items that together comprise the Gilbert Holocaust collection, are a valuable means both of understanding the Holocaust and also of preserving the memory and voices of those whose lives were shattered by it.”

Gilbert was the first historian to take this approach, according to junior Josiah Leinbach, a Churchill fellow who is currently cataloging the Gilbert archives.

“Prior to Sir Martin, most Holocaust research was done from the perspective of the German regime. So it was done using German

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thought to myself, ‘How could he know?’” Inks said.

Professor of Philosophy and Culture Peter Blum also spoke at the memorial service.

“It’s hard to talk about Don, and there is a reason for that,” Blum said. “Don never talked about Don. Don talked about you.”

Blum shared that Turner’s ability to connect with people of different values than himself was one of the qualities that made him so loved. He also said Turner, former head of the Star Trek club on campus, was the first to introduce Blum to multiple fantasy and science fiction books, a comment which sparked a laugh from

according to Lehman. With that in mind, he discussed the beginning of education: humility.

“I tend to make you talk, and I don’t talk as much. I try to elicit as much active participating in the student as possible,” Lehman said.

“This is rooted in a notion of humility: having a measure or true opinion of the way things really are.”

Lehman said humility is important in teaching a student. A teacher should not dump “tremendous amounts of information on students,” he said.

“For both Aquinas and Augustine, the idea of learning is something that happens in the soul of the student,” he said.

“When the teacher does what he or she does best, they’re aiding the natural process.”

After beginning with humility, the teacher must be sustained in charity, according to Lehman.

“Notice the kind of interplay between humility and charity,” he said. “If you begin with humility and you’re sustained by charity, then it’s going to fend off the opposite of humility, which would be pride.”

What comes in the middle are many virtues, some of which, Lehman said, are moderation, courage, kindness, and perseverance.

“These are the kind of things we can model for our students and hopefully encourage the students to hold them in their own souls as well,” he said.

In regards to moderation, Lehman explained the dangers that can come with excess.

“There’s a moderate way of pursuing these things,” he said. “As the body can be worked to exhaustion, so too can the mind be spent.

You don’t want those people around you to suffer because you lack moderation in the pursuit of your calling.”

Lehman made a point to mention the crucial nature of kindness in education.

“Kindness is one of the virtues that is largely lost in public discourse today.

I feel it part of my mission to reinforce it,” he said. “To treat another with kindness is fundamental.”

Shelby Bargenquast ’19, who plans on pursuing a career in education, said the event was a good reminder of the virtues necessary for a fulfilling career, especially in the first year of teaching.

“There are two very different sides of education that we get here,” Bargenquast said.

“There’s difficulties and there’s a lot of hard work. There’s this other side where it’s this great, fulfilling, and joyful career, and you have to merge the two and know it’s going to be hard work but rewarding.”

Junior Joe Toates, who was in charge of the event, said Lehman’s talk was a good mix of the two sides of education.

“It was a really great mixture of broader philosophy of education as well as practical discussions of teachings and various struggles and strategies,” he said. “Lehman has talked in class about a lot of those different virtues and how important it is to be willing to approach the class with humility — that you don’t know everything — and that’s OK.”

documents and reports and things. And it was very causal and impersonal,” Leinbach said. “Sir Martin made it personal by actually interviewing Holocaust survivors. He was the first to do this and it was a very controversial step at the time because it was seen as propaganda and thought to be poor historical scholarship. But Sir Martin argued that you could not tell the story of the Holocaust without interviewing those who actually went through it.”

Esther Gilbert, the widow of Sir Martin, said that many Holocaust survivors who talked to her husband had never told anyone of their experience before.

“Of particular significance in the Holocaust papers are the manuscripts, letters and correspondence of survivors and eyewitnesses, and the notes Sir Martin made during conversations with them,” Gilbert said. “Many of the survivors had difficulty recounting their traumatic experiences; many had told no one until they met or heard from Sir Martin. So that correspondence is very precious, and will be very important for further study.”

Gilbert said that many of these survivors are gone, which makes her husband’s

archive particularly meaningful as it preserves their memory.

“In their letters and correspondence with him, they wrote what they remembered, what came to mind. He may have asked specific questions to clarify a point, but in the main, the letters were an opportunity for survivors to write their stories in their own way, in their own voice, not by being interviewed or having to fill out a questionnaire,” she said. “Sadly, many of them are now gone so this particular part of the archive is especially meaningful.”

Larry Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, said it is an honor for the college to maintain the archive and preserve the memories of the survivors for future generations.

“Sir Martin Gilbert, who was also the official biographer of Sir Winston Churchill, spent decades locating original records and collecting eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust,” Arnn said in a press release statement.

“This historical evidence will serve as a vital resource for researchers and scholars, and we are honored to preserve this knowledge for future generations.”

the room.

Blum also shared a passage from C.S. Lewis’ “The Silver Chair,” when the character Puddlegum declares he will “stand by the play world,” even if it does not exist, because it is a much better world than the false one created by the evil queen. Blum said Turner had the same unwavering faith as Puddleglum.

The Town and Country Chorus, the community chorus group of which Turner was an avid member, sang at multiple parts of the service.

The church also played a mock commercial made by the church community a few years prior, in which the minds of Turner and other church board members are controlled by Porter.

“Thanks to Turner, sci-

ence fiction and fantasy infiltrated our board meetings,” Porter said, laughing.

Wales shared that after the service, he was inspired and spent the rest of his weekend considering how Don Turner might have handled various situations, while planning his 10-year-old son’s birthday party.

“How much fun it would have been to plan it, to discuss my ideas about this King Arthur birthday party with Don Turner,” Wales said.

Porter concluded by reading several passages of Scripture about having a lasting faith through times of difficulty.

“That’s the faith and confidence Don had, and I saw it in his life and the people that he touched,” Porter said.

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GOAL, leadership honorary look to unite campus, local community with Day of Service By | Madeline Peltzer Collegian Reporter Hillsdale College’s GOAL Program and Omicron Delta Kappa, the campus leadership honorary, are teaming up to hold the college’s first-ever Day of Service on April 6. The event is a campus-wide effort in which students from all sectors of campus are encouraged to come together to give back to the community through a variety of projects.

“This is the first time we’ve done a community event of this scale,” said Lucile Townley, GOAL volunteer services director and ODK member.

Last year, GOAL hosted a meal-packing event that sent almost 21,000 meals to Haiti. This time, however, the organization wanted its philanthropic project to have a more local focus.

“While that event was amazing, and I loved how it brought campus together, I felt a little weird about it

because we have so much need in our own community, and all that amazing effort went overseas,” Townley said. “The idea is to alternate between international and local projects.”

The project has been in the works since October when ODK member and GOAL program leader Rosemary Pynes was inspired by a similar service event at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where several of her friends attend. She said she hopes the Day of Service will provide an opportunity for students to give back to the town of Hillsdale and feel connected to it.

“It’s a community we can actually invest in,” Pynes said, “not just a place to live for four years.”

Townley said the object of Day of Service is twofold: meet physical needs through service projects, and build a relationship with the greater Hillsdale community. So far, 17 teams from nearly every

dorm, Greek house, and student group, have signed up to serve on campus. Projects range from cleaning up Baw Beese Trail to visiting with nursing home residents.

“This effort is huge,” said ODK President Ross Hatley. “Practically every organization on campus is in some way involved in the planning, recruitment, or execution of this event. It’s really incredible to see all of campus coming together to serve.”

Members of GOAL and ODK will be sitting at a table in the union all week, and Hatley hopes students will sign up with the team they most identify with — or get a group of friends together and create their own.

“This is a very broadbased endeavor, and there is room and a need for people to come out,” he said. “This isn’t just a normal volunteer event. This is something extraordinary.”

Debate takes third at Pi Kappa Delta tournament in New York last weekend By | Regan Meyer Web Content Editor Twenty members of the Hillsdale College Debate Team — along with Coach Matthew Doggett and eight former students who served as coaches — traveled to Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York for the Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament.

The team placed third overall in debate sweepstakes and finished in the top 20 percent of teams in combined speech and debate sweepstakes despite only competing in debate.

Pi Kappa Delta is a forensics honorary, which hosts a biennial tournament for its chapters to compete in a variety of different speech and debate events. That tournament draws from all over the country. This year’s tournament, which was PKD’s 51st biennial event, saw teams from 71 different schools in 27 states.

A number of individuals placed at the top of their events. Sophomores Erin Reichard and Amelia Rasmusen took first in Worlds Debate — a form of British Parliamentary. Instead of the customary two pairs in parliamentary debate, Worlds has

four teams of two all competing against each other in one room. The PKD tournament was Reichard and Rasmusen’s first official experience with Worlds Debate.

“It’s fundamentally about engaging with the best form of your opponent’s argument rather than just playing some tactical game,” Reichard said.

“British Parliamentary debate is more of a discussion and more about the ideas themselves.”

The two finalists in the Junior Lincoln Douglas debate final were Hillsdale team members. Sophomore TJ Wilson and freshman Ben Bies were the last men standing in the junior division, and Bies won the national championship because of his rank going into the final round.

Bies said he “destroyed” his early competition and worked his way up in the seeding for the preliminary rounds of the tournament. He said his performance in early rounds boosted his confidence and prepared him for the final rounds of competition.

“I found out at this tournament that when I go into my rounds angry, I debate a lot better,” Bies said. “It can make me look like a little bit of a jerk in the round, but it helps

win rounds and gives you good energy.”

Johnson said the team did well overall and was happy with the performance.

“We had a great time and a lot of good team bonding,” Johnson said. “Frankly, when you’re stuck with people for six days, you get to know people really well. That makes it a lot easier to celebrate your teammates’ successes.”

A few weeks before the PKD tournament, Hillsdale sent two debaters to a California tournament to gain information about the differences between West Coast and East Coast debate. Johnson said the information helped the team a bit.

“We definitely found out that they do more of the Kritik style of debate,” she said. “Of course, which Kritik they’re going to run is not something we can really predict. It will definitely help us going forward with our next tournament.”

At the end of April, select members of the team will travel to the National Forensics Association Tournament.

The tournament focuses on Lincoln Douglas debate and will be held in Southern California.

Langworth speaks on Churchill’s Shakespeare fandom at CCA IV By | Madeleine Miller Collegian Reporter Winston Churchill knew much of Shakespeare’s work by heart, writer and historian Richard Langworth said at a lecture for Hillsdale’s fourth Center for Constructive Alternatives.

Langworth delighted audience members with anecdotes of Churchill’s Shakespeare fandom during a talk delivered March 25. Churchill, he said, was known to recite the lines along with actors when he attended plays, much to fellow audience members’ amusement, but still had a reverence for the themes of Shakespeare’s writings.

“He used Shakespeare to ornament his language and punctuate his thoughts,” Langworth said.

Students, parents, and friends of the college attended the lecture, which was held in the Searle Center.

Langworth’s lecture followed a screening earlier that day of Laurence Olivier’s “Henry V,” a film adaptation of Shakespeare’s play which

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Churchill admired. “Henry V” chronicles the life and reign of England’s King Henry V, who led the nation to victory in the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years’ War. A Senior Fellow with Hillsdale College’s Churchill Project, Langworth founded the International Churchill Society in 1968 and has written a dozen books about Churchill.

In his speech, Langworth expounded the importance of Henry V, Churchill’s familiarity with Shakespeare, Churchill’s friendship with Laurence Olivier, and the parallels between Henry V and Churchill’s story.

The historian observed that Henry V set a fine example of statesmanship, and Churchill was captivated by his leadership for good, as depicted in Olivier’s movie. Churchill admired Olivier’s work, and enjoyed a long friendship with the actor and director.

Churchill was inspired by Henry V’s political philosophy, according to Langworth.

Churchill saw Henry V as “entirely national,” Langworth

said, and he admired his prioritization of England’s unity.

Churchill once observed in a speech that Henry V “led the nation away from internal discord to foreign conquest.”

Just as Henry V’s success in the Hundred Years’ War earned him glory as a great warrior king, Churchill will forever be remembered for the prescience, courage, and indomitability with which he led England during World War II, according to Langsworth?

Joe and Diane Deiss said Olivier’s movie and Langworth’s talk taught them about statesmanship.

“Leadership lies heavily on people who care about a mission and the people in the mission,” Diane Deiss said.

Junior Avalon McKinney said attending this CCA has introduced her to a different side of Churchill.

“I thought it was interesting to see the connection between Churchill and the men he looked up to in British history,” she said. “I was shocked to see what a fan he was of scripting and the movies.”

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Career Services hires Malcheff ’04 as assistant director By | Julia Mullins Assistant Editor Hillsdale College’s Career Services hired Jessica Malcheff ’04 as the new assistant director on Feb. 4, 2019 after Sophia Donohoe left the position.

As assistant director, Malcheff said she will be leading the Career Curriculum team within the Student Mentor Affair team.

“The team goal is to connect with campus clubs, honoraries, organizations, Greek Life, and dorms to promote Career Service resources in order to actively engage students in finding value in their personal career development,” Malcheff said. “This team also works hard to include resources for students interested in graduate school.”

Director of Career Services Joanna Wiseley said Malcheff will be an asset to the team.

“She is very high energy,” Wisely said. “I’m glad she’s here.”

Wiseley added that Malcheff is invested in helping students.

“She’s just a kind,friendly,

of communicating that vision externally, so that we’re seeing more students, and we’re offering more resources for our students.”

Wiseley said Malcheff comes to Career Services with plenty of event planning and fundraising experience.

“She brings a lot of professionalism to the position,” Wiseley said. “She’s Jessica Malcheff ’04 returned to Hillsdale worked outside of as the new assistant director of Career Hillsdale College Services this semester. and just not in CaJessica Malcheff | Courtesy reer Services.”

Additionally, and easy to-get-to know person, which is important when Wiseley said she is excited for Malcheff to offer a fresh you’re doing one-on-one perspective within Career career coaching ” she said.

Services.

Malcheff said when she “It’s easy to get in the habit came for the interview and of doing things the same way,” met everyone in Career SerWiseley. “But she’s new, so vices, she was excited for the she’ll ask, ‘Well, have you ever opportunity to work with the thought about doing it this team. way?’”

“Ken Koopman, our Prior to this position, Malexecutive director, is such a cheff lived in Davenport, Iowa visionary,” Malcheff said. “He’s with her husband and two brought a solid vision to the office but also does a great job children for 12 years. While in Iowa, she worked as the an-

nual fund coordinator in the advancement office at Palmer College of Chiropractic.

“I loved working with the students and being a part of doing something that I thought was really valuable for that school in terms of raising funds for them to continue their efforts,” Malcheff said. “I fell in love with philanthropy and fundraising in that profession.”

Malcheff left this position and worked as the executive director of Vera French Community Mental Health Center where she learned how mental illnesses impact families in the community.

“I loved doing work for that organization in that community,” Malcheff said. “We enhanced awareness of mental illness and how we’re all part of solving that equation.”

After her husband received a job offer in Michigan, Malcheff said she and her family decided it was time for them to move, so they could be closer to both of their families.

“We had such great friends and a great church community in Iowa,” Malcheff said. “We both had jobs that we really loved. But the one thing we

didn’t have there was family.”

When a position opened up with Hillsdale’s Career Services, Malcheff said she was excited for the opportunity to work directly with students.

“The similarity to my former profession is relationship building with my students, and I love that,” Malcheff said.

“I loved the energy and vibe you get from working with students directly.”

Malcheff said she hopes to be a strong mentor for students.

“I’ve had 15 years of outside employment experience from Hillsdale,” Malcheff said.

“I hope to bring everything I’ve learned and share that to help students in those situations.”

Additionally, Malcheff said she hopes to create events to reach younger students earlier.

“I really want to focus on a series where there’s talks, panels, or alumni networking events that we offer to our freshmen,” Malcheff said.

“Then they can really see the value of coming into Career Services earlier and often.”

Malcheff graduated from Hillsdale with a major in speech. Rhetoric and Public

Address Department Chairwoman Kirstin Kiledal said Malcheff ’s background in speech prepared her for this position.

“She’s comfortable speaking to small and large groups of people,” Kiledal siad. “Her organization and energy will be very well met in Career Services.”

Kiledal said Malcheff was a joy to have as a student.

“She was curious, questioning, and very aware of her potential and her limitations,” Kiledal said. “She’s just warm, personable, and caring. Those are all things we recognize about our community at Hillsdale in students, faculty, and staff.”

Kiledal said she cheered when she found out Malcheff received the job in Career Services.

“Here we have another person who’s got ties to the college but also these very strong ties to the larger community,” Kiledal said. “Jessica doesn’t have to break into the community; she is part of the community.”

First Hillsdale undergrad to earn Ph.D. in Van Andel program presents on Coolidge By | Rachel Kookogey Collegian Freelancer Despite Calvin Coolidge’s reputation for opposing progressive policy, he was actually sympathetic to it, Thomas Tacoma argued at his public lecture last Thursday.

Tacoma is Hillsdale College’s first student to earn a Ph.D. in the Van Andel program, who also graduated from the college.

In his dissertation, which was the first in the graduate program to receive honors, Tacoma argued Coolidge was “far more moderate of a Republican than most studies recognize.”

Tacoma said Coolidge’s political thought “turned out to be more broad, and more progressive” than Tacoma had expected, especially since Coolidge’s political actions are known for opposing progressives.

Tacoma said the writers who shaped Coolidge’s image were either progressive historians who “depicted him as a villainous embodiment of laissez-faire,” Republican supporters who “celebrated him as ‘Mr. Small Government,’” or admirers who “represented him as the direct heir of Abraham Lincoln and the founding fathers. ” Tacoma’s dissertation challenges each of these views of Coolidge.

Tacoma claimed that “a more careful study of Coolidge’s political thought — one that relies more on his political ideas than what critics thought about him — reveals him both as a reformer with progressive sympathies, and a responsible statesman.”

Tacoma’s initial aim was to write about a figure or group of figures who represented

constitutionalism in the progressive era.

“To some degree, I did retain that goal,” Tacoma said.

“However, in my search for a suitable figure or group, I instead landed on Coolidge. My own focus shifted from constitutionalism narrowly conceived to Coolidge’s political thought broadly understood.”

Tacoma’s forty-minute presentation displayed the development of Coolidge’s political philosophy, or what he called “Coolidge’s philosophy of civilization.”

“Civilization for Coolidge meant order under the law of reason,” Tacoma said.

“Coolidge believed religion and education provided the moral and mental discipline that improved the individual members of society and guided the political community away from danger.”

Moreover, Tacoma remarked that the cornerstone of Coolidge’s political thought was his optimism about human nature.

“In the face of growing employment, poverty, and misery, Coolidge held onto his conviction that the people were sound morally and spiritually, and that there was good reason to hope for better things in the future,” Tacoma said According to Tacoma, Coolidge was thought of as a Republican progressive in his era.

“He had an interesting tension in his ideas about federalism,” Tacoma said. “He didn’t want the federal government to take on any new projects, but at the same time, he was open to the government having a bureau of education, or taking on problems of radio commission.”

Tacoma claimed that

Coolidge “was taught to think of human societies in terms of civilization and the ethics of service, but he provides a different lens to look at these problems. His philosophy of civilization helps us to make sense of his interpretation of the American founding, of constitutional government in his own day, of his economic thought, and his views on foreign policy.”

Ronald Pestritto, Tacoma’s adviser and professor of politics, said the dissertation was superb because Tacoma’s research was thorough and his evidence was sound.

“Tom was willing to go where the evidence took him regardless of his professor’s views and his own inclinations on these questions,” he said. “That is what makes this a model dissertation.”

Freshman Eliana Kernodle remarked that she had been interested in Coolidge for a while, but nothing she had studied had revealed Coolidge as Tacoma had in his dissertation.

“I thought this was very interesting because it offered a nuanced view of his politics that I had not caught in the biography on Coolidge I read,” Kernodle said. “I learned that there was a lot more to him than the staunch conservative that biographers often portray him to be.”

Adam Carrington, a member of the dissertation committee and assistant professor of politics, said Tacoma “had it well-planned out and did a very good job of executing it.”

“It is probably one of the best dissertations we will work on, and that is why it was the first to receive honors,” Carrington said.

Diane Philipp said. “That’s

omores on campus because students will be more likely to be involved in campus activity.

“We love students to stay on campus and stay involved on campus,” Philipp said.

“The only thing that we notice is once you go back to your off campus apartment you tend to not come back in the evenings.”

Petersen said keeping students on campus, especially underclassmen, is important to strengthening campus community.

“We like to keep students immersed in the campus community as much as we can during their four years,” he said in an email. “ A strong campus community is an important part of fulfilling the College’s mission.

The underclassmen benefit from the mentoring of upperclassmen not only in the classroom and dining halls, but in the residence halls.”

The only reason a student would receive off campus permission as a sophomore is if there were not enough

Off Campus from A1 just a weird anomaly that we

The percentage of student men living off campus has varied, depending upon class sizes and which students choose to stay off campus.

In the fall of 2016, it was 40 percent; in 2017, 31 percent; and in 2018, 40 percent.

Seventy-six women — 72 seniors and 4 juniors — were given permission to live off campus next year, compared to 125 last year. The number of women who actually ended up off-campus last year was 178; 21 sophomores, 48 juniors, and 102 seniors, since some were granted permission in late spring or summer.

Fewer women were given permission to live off campus for next year because the current freshman female class is smaller — around 160 — whereas it’s normally around 180 to 190.

“Twenty to 30 more would have pushed that next group off, but that’s not happening,” Dean of Women

had that big guy class and small girl class.”

Philipp said she based the number of off-campus permissions last year on what she thought would be a female class of the same size, which accounts for the discrepancy between this year and last.

Philipp went on to say that she had empty beds this year because of this discrepancy.

The new women’s dorm also played a factor last year, since it opened up Whitley Residence for the men.

“We built the new dorm because we had too many sophomore guys off campus, and there was a discrepancy between men and women getting off because we had more housing for women. It made more sense,” Philipp said. “The difference was around 50 beds. The guys last year had to be let off, which was around 50.”

Philipp said the deans like having freshmen and soph-

An anonymous donor gave new sailboats to the Hillsdale College Sailing Club. Facebook

Sailing club receives new boats, plans to improve team dynamics By | Madeleine Miller Collegian Reporter The Hillsdale College Sailing Club acquired three sailboats from the Notre Dame Sailing Team earlier this month, which will allow the club to expand and develop its techniques.

Purchased for the club by an anonymous donor, the LaserPerformance Club 420s came with sails, lines, and dollies. They will be housed at the Hillsdale Country Club to allow for easy access to Baw Beese Lake.

The club has been operating without a fleet since it began in spring 2017, which has put it at a significant disadvantage against the teams it competes with, as most practice on the water at least thrice weekly.

Although the club was formerly limited to strategizing and classroom learning, it will now be able to practice the fundamentals of boat handling before competing in regattas.

Sophomore Leahi Johsens, vice commodore of the sailing club, has been a member of the club since the fall of her beds on campus to house both the incoming freshmen class and upperclassmen who wish to remain on campus. Freshmen always remain on campus unless they commute.

Sophomore Grace Stokman received off campus permission last year but said she is having trouble finding a group of girls to live with in the off campus house, Graceland. Stokman said the staggered process of giving students permission to live off campus is difficult, especially this year.

“It’s really difficult to form a cohesive group in your house because your list of friends are given permission at staggered times,” she said.

“Landlords often demand leases to be signed at certain times. If your friends don’t get off campus, then you have to find random people to room with which isn’t ideal.”

Sophomore Gabe Kramer, who was seventh on the list to receive permission, did not receive off campus

freshman year. She said she is excited about the impact owning boats will have on the club.

“We had been going to regattas without any practice,” she said. “Having the boats will be really helpful to increase our skill level and do better in regattas, and to become better sailors in general.”

In addition to enabling the club to master boat handling, practicing on the water will allow team members to learn to work together before competing.

Fleet Captain and junior Mary Margaret Ryland has sailed competitively since high school and said familiarity with the team dynamic is essential to members working together effectively.

“The skipper-crew relationship has to be practiced,” she said.

In the past, club members often did not get the opportunity to sail together before regattas, but owning sailboats will allow them to strengthen crew relationships with regular practice.

Owning boats will also allow the club to expand and welcome members lacking previous sailing experience. permission until the second round; however, he will deny the acceptance since he and another sophomore, Henry Eising, had agreed to room together, whether that be on campus or off campus, and Eising was not given permission.

After being initially denied permission, Kramer said he was looking forward to living off campus.

“I was very excited to live with my friends,” he said. “I knew it wasn’t guaranteed but I thought, OK, last year everyone who applied to get off campus, got off campus, I have a good GPA, lots of credit hours. I was leading the pack.”

Kramer will instead live in Galloway with Eising next year.

According to Miranda Parker from Hillsdale Rental Management, local landlords are “finding it more challenging this year” to offer housing for students, and the “the significant reduction in students that have received off campus permission for

Without boats, the club was only open to experienced sailors, as it was unable to train new members.

“We’ve had a ton of people interested in the club, and now we can show them how to sail,” said Ryland.

Co-founder and former commodore Pearce Pomerleau, senior, looks forward to sharing the sportsmanship of sailing with any interested students.

“Sailing is a close sporting community; it’s about fostering sport and making sure everyone is included,” said Pomerleau. “Now we’re able to do that.”

Regatta Chairman Lauren Hearne, sophomore, said she feels purchasing the sailboats was a huge milestone for the sailing club.

“The sailing club was a group of people who liked to sail,” she said. “Now we’re a complete team.”

Ryland said she hopes owning boats will ensure the longevity of the sailing club, and looks forward to keeping up with the club as an alumna.

“Now we can build a team that will last,” she said.

next school year has certainly created an obstacle for landlords.”

Philipp said the numbers next year will return to normal. The predicted freshman class size for next year is 370, which was the target number for the admissions office, according to Associate Senior Director of Admissions Fred Schebor.

According to Philipp, it looks like the incoming freshmen class it will be almost evenly split between men and women.

“The changes should even out next year,” she said.

Petersen went on to say that as the academic semester rolls to an end, it is not unlikely that a few more students will be allowed off, since there may be small changes in the actual class size of the incoming freshmen and other factors.

“There’s always been some movement late spring, early summer,” he said.

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As the semester’s close creeps into being with spring’s budding trees and warm breeze, graduation looms over the heads of the graduating class. Whether they’re in the throes of thesis writing, frantically applying to jobs, or searching for housing, the seniors’ minds are off campus.

We need to bring them back.

It’s normal to be excited for what lies beyond the cap

The editors welcome Letters to the Editor but reserve the right to edit submissions for clarity, length, and style. Letters should be 450 words or less and include your name and number. Send submissions to the Opinions Editor at kmcghee@hilldale.edu before Saturday at 3 p.m.

Strive to learn from other academic disciplines By | Guenevere Hellickson questions beyond an inquiSpecial to the Collegian ry into the most efficient, Psychology poses an important question: Should it be considered a study of the sciences or humanities? The answer seems obvious: Human beings can neither be explained by wholly scientific or wholly subjective means, and therefore a study of human beings would be incomplete without both approaches.

There is a complexity to our nature that makes us challenging and unique, and to embrace one facet of humanity at the exclusion of another diminishes the beauty of what it is to participate in this life.

Hillsdale students should apply this principle to their academic studies: It is a weakness to value the contributions of one’s own discipline at the exclusion of others. Hillsdale students should take advantage of the opportunity to learn from academic studies other than their own major — only then will we be well-rounded.

In my three years at Hillsdale College, I have frequently encountered the “If you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail” phenomenon. As I’ve moved through various introduction courses in the core curriculum, it seems that the student of any discipline believes his teachings and worldview are the ones best equipped to explain policy solutions and questions about human nature. And when students begin to compare their areas of studies to other, the superiority complex progresses. I’ve fell into the same trap — it’s easy to conclude that one major is superior to the others in its ability to provide the correct answers. But one introduction course is not enough to adequately judge what any particular academic field has to offer.

As an economics major and a politics minor, I have often felt a tension between the two departments. At times, it seems that politics students look down on economics as a means to an end. Economists are too focused on passionless ends like efficiency and profit, they argue. On the other hand, economics students see politics and many other humanities majors as flimsy, malleable, and too subjective.

Economics students tend to think there shouldn’t be a discussion about most policy

free-market-promoting plan; but those who study politics see this view as rigid, with an inability to prudently recognize that a cookie cutter solution doesn’t always work.

But human beings are complex. While politics and economics often seem at odds with each other, both contribute an important insight into our nature and what is good for us. Like psychology, both parts are vital for the whole.

We are both rational and emotional, educated and rationally ignorant, self-interested and called to serve bigger causes. The data explained and theories posited by economics can and should provide great assistance to questions about policy, but an understanding of political necessity and practicality must play a factor in decision-making. Likewise, the ability to understand ripple effects in markets and the difficulty of anticipating the net consequences of policies can be informative for politics students who believe that one change can be made in isolation without having unintended repercussions.

These two fields, when taken together, allow for a more holistic and useful understanding of human beings and their choices . By allowing them to build on each other and wrestling with their seemingly conflicting conclusions, one will be able develop a more nuanced understanding of human nature in general, but also how to effectively work with it in particular circumstances.

There is a proper place for all disciplines and their considerations in a well-rounded understanding of human beings and our place within the world, but there needs to exist within each discipline, and chiefly within each individual, a recognition of the limitations of any isolated ideology to address the complex questions of humanity. Politics or economics alone will not solve our problems, and neither will psychology, philosophy, or any other field by itself. Not everything is a nail, so we need to stop thinking of ourselves as the right hammer.

“It is a weakness to value the contributions of one’s own discipline at the exclusion of others.”

Guenevere Hellickson is a George Washington Fellow and a junior studying Economics.

and gown or to make sure the last semester GPA is still high, but enjoying the final few months of college should also be a priority. Friends made in college are some of the most influential in a young adult’s life — for most, this is the last time they’ll all be in one place.

And while it’s tempting to hunker down in an off-campus house to finish homework and job applications, it’s equally important to go up the hill and

engage with underclassmen and other seniors.

Academics is at the core of a college career, but real growth takes place outside the classroom. Seniors’ undergraduate careers may be drawing to a close, but there is ample opportunity to build relationships while finishing strong.

With that said, it’s equally important to keep going to classes. With graduation less than two months away, seniors

tend to lose sight of academic priorities and put them on the back burner — but attending academics is a way to respect professors and make the most of the education we came to Hillsdale for.

Seniors, spend time up the hill. Engage with underclassmen. Pull your noses out of books and job applications and enjoy your time here. There’s not much of it left.

Office Hours Remembering Don Turner and his generosity of spirit and in the magnificent biogBy | Lorraine Murphy Associate Professor of raphy composed by his friend James Boswell. (The power English Last Saturday, I sat beside my husband in a pew at the Hillsdale Free Methodist Church listening to a series of eulogies for Professor of Philosophy Donald A. Turner, who passed away Nov. 21, 2018. Few of our current students will remember Turner, who retired in early 2015, but from a colleague’s perspective, Don’s retirement left a void that will never be filled.

Paradoxically, though, as I sat in that pew reflecting on the irreparable nature of our loss, I found myself thinking of another remarkable scholar, Samuel Johnson, who died Dec. 13, 1784. I never “knew” Johnson, but he lives in the pages of the literature I teach

of Johnson’s words to convey a sense of his character is suggested by the fact that Jane Austen, who never met him, referred to him as “[her] dear Dr. Johnson.”)

Thanks to Boswell, we know that, like Turner, Johnson was often the first to a party and the last to leave. We know that, like our colleague, Johnson was wakeful through the wee hours of the morning: reading, writing, or preferably talking with friends — reluctant to sacrifice the pleasures of consciousness to sleep. We know that, like Don, Johnson was capable of engaging the greatest minds of his age in friendly argument — Edmund Burke sat at his bedside in Johnson’s final illness — but was also gentle and approach-

able to children, a protector of the weak and wounded. Indeed, like friends of Johnson, friends of Turner encountered a generosity of spirit so great that you marveled to find his heart more capacious than his mind. But unlike Johnson, who could be drawn into debate to the point of “talking for victory,” I never knew Don to talk for anything but the joy of exchanging ideas and pursuing truth. Johnson’s diary and his close friends attest to the depth of his faith in Christ, just as the service for Don showed that his life was a continuous act of Christian witness.

When Johnson died, one of his friends remarked: “He has made a chasm, which not only nothing can fill up, but which nothing has a tendency to fill up. — Johnson is dead. — Let us go to the next

best: — there is nobody; — no man can be said to put you in mind of Johnson.” The same can be said of Donald Turner.

But I have no wish to correct Boswell’s friend by insisting, “Don Turner reminds me of Dr. Johnson!” No, as Professor of Philosophy and Culture Peter Blum remarked last Saturday, there was something in Don Turner’s character that put you in mind of Jesus, and that is really all that needs to be said.

The editors invite faculty members to contribute to Office Hours, a weekly column dedicated to promoting relationships between staff and students through the giving of advice and stories. Send submissions to the Opinions Editor at kmcghee@hillsdale.

Facing the aftermath of Mueller, Russia-Gate By | Garrison E. Grisedale John McCain (R-Ariz.). AlColumnist For two years, we have heard that Donald Trump is a Russian stooge, an agent of the Kremlin, a traitor who will be thrown in prison, and a treasonous and illegitimate president — all false, on every count.

On Sunday night, Attorney General William Barr sent a four-page letter to Congress summarizing the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller’s two-year investigation into the Trump campaign. “The special counsel’s investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 election,” Barr wrote.

Just like that, two years of nonstop Trump-Russia conspiracy theories peddled by the mainstream media fell flat.

“This was an illegal takedown that failed,” Trump told reporters. And he’s right.

To America’s ruling class, the 2016 election was illegitimate, but not because of corrupt processes or manipulated votes.

It was illegitimate because the wrong person won.

Consider the history of Trump-Russia hysteria: Starting in October 2015, a variety of anti-Trump actors, ranging from neoconservatives associated with the Washington Free Beacon to Democratic operatives with the Hillary Clinton campaign, commissioned research firm Fusion GPS to look into Trump’s personal and professional life. In June 2016, Fusion GPS hired British spy Christopher Steele to search for any connections between Trump and the Russians. Steele worked with Russian Intelligence agents to produced the infamous Steele dossier, a report full of potentially campaign-ending charges, most notably allegations of collusion between the Russian government and the Trump campaign.

This report was passed on to the press, which for the most part it declined to publish because the claims were so outlandish and unsupported by any evidence. But this wasn’t too flimsy for the late Sen.

ways a fan of regime change — only this time at home — McCain (along with others) gave the dossier to the FBI in hopes of sinking Trump once and for all.

President Obama’s FBI submitted this “salacious and unverified” evidence, in the words of former FBI Director James Comey, in an application for a FISA warrant to spy on Carter Page, a former foreign policy advisor for the Trump campaign.

Special counsel Robert Mueller submitted his report on the investigation into The charge, alleged collusion between Trump and Russia over the weekend. Wikimedia of course, was foreign government to steal and arrows gladly for you. I foreign collusion. Realize the election? And how should take them for our movement so the irony: a foreign collusion Republicans think of the rest of that we can have our country investigation sparked by a their countrymen when they back.” fake dossier, created by a Brit see a permanent, entrenched Trump appears to have surin conjunction with Russian deep state launching an effort to vived these slings and arrows intelligence agencies, then used expel the duly-elected president — for now. But rest assured, by the Obama administration from office? more are coming. Acrimony as a pretense to open an FBI America’s media and ruling and instability serve only to investigation into members of class concocted this hoax to delegitimize the president — the opposing party’s campaign. pick a new winner in the 2016 and that’s the goal. Unlike rogue After this fiasco and prolific election, because in their view, Twitter users, the false prophets criminal leaks, Trump fired of “Russiagate” won’t lose their Comey and the Mueller investi- the American people got it wrong.

Somehow, some way, platforms. No one will pay a gation began shortly thereafter Trump must be removed from price for being wrong. Those in May 2017. office.

The FBI harassed and wholly unserious people who For the last two years, impeded the Trump adminisfell for this hoax, a claim ludiAmericans have been forcetration over the last two years crous on its face, don’t have any fed a conspiracy theory more using every tool at their dispos- interest in accountability, nor widespread, more damaging, al: 19 lawyers, 40 FBI agents, do they care for any answers and more destabilizing to 2,800 subpoenas, 500 witnessas to why this was allowed to our democratic norms than es, 500 search warrants, 230 happen. anything any YouTube crackcommunications records, 50 As for getting our country pot has ever said. And all of phone taps, and 13 foreign gov- back, it’s clear to everyone now it intentional. This narrative ernment intelligence requests. that America’s ruling class will had real consequences for our Who, exactly, is the threat to deploy every weapon they have national unity. The investigaour democracy again? to hijack the 2016 election until tion bitterly divided our nation “I knew they would stop the very end. and plunged us into a cold at nothing to try to stop me,” civil war. How are Democrats Garrison Grisedale is a supposed to view the half of the Trump told his supporters George Washington Fellow and a country that elected a man who during the campaign. “Nevertheless, I take all of these slings conspired with a malevolent senior studying Politics.

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Don’t settle: Good journalists question the facts, investigate the claims By | Nicole Ault Editor-In-Chief Fake news is old news, but a more subversive type of reporting deserves greater reproach: straight-up lazy journalism.

In excuse for CNN’s misguided handling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, the network’s President Jeff Zucker this week defended lazy reporting: “We are not investigators. We are journalists, and our role is to report the facts as we know them, which is exactly what we did,” he told The New York Times.

If anything, “reporting facts as we know them” is careless. Lazy journalists trust their sources, follow popular narratives, and accept facts at face value without doubting themselves or their data.

Good reporters question even the facts.

CNN isn’t alone in lazy journalism (nor is it wholly lazy; it actually has a team

devoted to investigation, making Zucker’s comment more of a shame). Every journalist faces temptations to slack off, and many — of all political, or apolitical, stripes — give in. Deadlines approach too fast for fact-checking.

Sleep sounds better than a rewrite or another phone call. A story that fits the narrative sells better. Successful journalists, glamorized in this age of Twitter and television, easily grow overconfident.

And people eat it up.

Thus, we have not only an overhyped Mueller report, but also the recent one-sided coverage of Covington Catholic High School, the 2006 slinging of Duke lacrosse players’ reputations, and the 2014 Rolling Stone debacle at the University of Virginia. And

nalism takes flight because it undermines the hard-earned, thoughtful reporting that journalists (even mainstream media journalists!) produce.

The most celebrated moments

dezvous in a parking garage — that prompted government investigations and eventually led to Nixon’s resignation.

The Boston Globe’s uncovering of the extent of the Catholic Church’s clergy sex abuse likewise sparked wider investigation and legal justice.

Recently, the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News constructed a database of Southern Baptist Church leaders convicted of sexual assault.

Far from stealthy sleuthing adventures, most investigative reporting involves Sisyphean tasks at an office desk: culling through data, reading legalese-ridden reports, filing Freedom of Information Act forms to little avail. None of these are glamorous; none get posted online in an afternoon. But in

“Lazy journalists trust their sources, follow popular narratives, and accept facts at face value without doubting themselves or their data. Good reporters question even the facts.”

Don’t worry: Jobs aren’t going anywhere tes 1:15). We live in a world of By | Jenna Suchyta Special to the Collegian unimaginable wealth compared Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: “With all this new technology, we’re going to start running out of jobs…”

It’s a familiar talking point, but one that doesn’t hold up.

We simply cannot “run out” of jobs; There will always be something more to do.

“But people are being replaced in the workforce by robots — look at McDonald’s!” my friend countered during a discussion of the subject.

In the short term, yes, and that’s a serious hardship for many people. But if jobs just disappeared when robots took over an industry, we would see unemployment continually rising over time. By now, most of the country should be out of a job — where are all these unemployed people? Instead, we have unemployment below the natural rate.

We must keep in mind the essential purpose of a job: jobs are a way of rewarding humans who serve a need, satisfy a want, or solve a problem.

“But as robots become more productive, we won’t need humans to do those things,” my friend responded.

Not at all — we’ll find new things for humans to do. In California, a new phenomena called “People Walkers” has arisen. You pay someone for an hour to walk with you, talk to you, and let you vent to an uninvolved party. (I’m sure every introverted reader has just crawled inside his own skull based on that description, but that’s just one example of a burgeoning service economy.)

“But that’s not productive,” my friend countered.

Why not? Suppose some Los Angeles attorney who makes $250 an hour is stressed out and distracted by a problem with her sister, and she knows that if she could just talk it out with someone without worrying about it getting back to her sister, she would feel much better and be able to get back to work. Rather than spend the rest of the day with the problem hanging over her, she pays $10 to take a walk over lunch. She comes back refreshed and ready to work. That “unproductive” People Walker is, in fact, very productive because he helps other people be more productive.

“That’s really neat,” my friend said, “but we can’t all just be People Walkers.”

Unfortunately, that’s true.

But it does not mean we’re going to run out of jobs.

“But how do you know that?”

Because I’ve studied economics and, more importantly, read the Bible. The essential dilemma of economics is scarcity: there are never enough resources to satisfy all our desires. As it’s written in Ecclesiastes, “What is lacking cannot be counted” (Ecclesias-

even less egregious examples: hastily posted online articles tagged with corrective editor’s notes, and aggregated news stories that don’t contribute information but merely march

to our ancestors. But is that enough? There will always be new problems, new desires, new things to help us subdue this earth on which we live. I’m not just talking about materialistic lusts. Millions still starve across the globe, cancer and other wretched diseases cut lives short and sow anguish in our hearts—if the robots really do take over auto repair and manufacturing, maybe we can focus our time on confronting those issues instead.

No matter how advanced we become, it seems the peak of the mountain is always just out of reach. Indeed, despite every invention, “there is nothing new under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 1:9); we are constantly struggling to fulfill our needs.

This is an unfortunate consequence of the Curse: “Cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life...By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground” (Genesis 3:17-19). Toil — not just work, but hard labor — is an inevitable part of human life. In economics, we call it the “disutility of labor.” Overcoming scarcity would be like completing the Tower of Babel.

The people who built the Tower of Babel believed they could work their way up to God’s level, but they failed . In the Garden of Eden, God provided for us without toil and we chose to reject that providence. So now we work and slave to get what we need, and there will never come a day when we have all we want and need (until we get to heaven).

Through the free market, many of us are able to escape destitution, but it doesn’t come close to God’s abundance. To say that we would run out of jobs is to believe that we could match, even exceed, God’s abundance; to say that we would run out of jobs is to believe in a second Tower of Babel.

No work of man could ever reach heaven, it’s simply not possible. Likewise, no human machinations can compete with the providence of God. A world without scarcity is a world without poverty, without suffering, without hunger or want. But Jesus tells us plainly, “The poor you will always have with you” (Matthew 26:11).

Clearly, this is not something that we can simply solve by inventing some nifty new robot.

Let’s go back to the purpose of a job: to serve a need, satisfy a want, or solve a problem. If we as Christians know from Scripture that poverty and scarcity will always be with us, that means there will always be needs to serve, wants to satisfy, and problems to solve. I know that seems a bit of a dreary but hey, at least we’ll be employed.

Jenna Suchyta is a senior studying Economics.

along with the pack.

In my own reporting, I’ve come to rue the articles I submitted too soon, prone to misspelled names or other factual errors that could have been fixed with just a little more effort.

It’s a shame that lazy jour-

of journalism have involved true investigations — and sometimes, they’ve tipped off law enforcement, not the other way around.

Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s investigation of the Watergate scandal took months of digging — and ren-

journalism, as in most things, glory doesn’t come without hard work, care, and probably working around a government roadblock.

To bolster media credibility, thorough and thoughtful journalism — the questioning, reasoning, data-driven kind — deserves more encouragement from editors and appreciation from consumers (whose clicks do play a role in the health of the media).

Good journalism doesn’t have to be Hollywood-worthy: Even a basic news report should involve “investigative” aspects of fact checking and source verifying.

Lazy journalism doesn’t just risk the journalist’s reputation; it puts sources and subjects and consumers in harm’s way as well. Journalists can take pride in their role of truth-digging and storytelling only insofar as they work hard to do it right.

Nicole Ault is a senior studying Economics.

Hillsdale’s Theatre Department should choose more widely-known, popular musicals By | Allison Schuster Assistant Editor Nearly one-third of Hillsdale’s campus is involved in the music program, but only a small number of people participate in the theatre department’s musicals each year, whether as a dedicated cast member or supportive onlooker in the audience. The Theatre Department could encourage participation and attendance by choosing popular, relevant productions that are universally recognized.

Musicals only spring up at Hillsdale every two years, but the long-awaited shows could attract a larger audience if the productions were more popular. Many of the shows Hillsdale produces aren’t very well-known among its Hillsdale audience.

Sophomore Abbey Bohrer, who played the lead in Hillsdale’s most recent production, “Kiss Me Kate,” said that the show sold out a few of the nights because it was full of parents in town for parent’s weekend.

“I think more students would come if they knew the show,” Bohrer said. “I think if we did something that was super well known like ‘Beauty and the Beast’ or something it would be packed.”

When I first came to Hillsdale, I had an interest in musical theatre. So it was much to my chagrin that my school opted out of producing a musical every year, never mind every semester. But, hey, it’s a small school. I looked forward to my sophomore year when I’d get a shot at receiving one of the all-too-rare spots in a real collegiate musical.

Then I read the email announcement that the spring production was “The Mystery of Edwin Drood.”

After doing some research on the musical, it sounded intriguing.

But I had never heard of the production before. I follow the theatre world closely; why should Hillsdale students, faculty, and locals who don’t, know and recognize “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”?

Hillsdale’s Theatre Department’s recent musical production was “The When asked what Mystery of Edwin Drood.” Courtesy | lilly Schmitz goes into choosing the muHillsdale students can’t answer These musicals are popular sical, Chairman and Professor obscure questions about the for a reason. They’re familiar of Theatre and Dance James relevance of modern musical because they’re good, and the Brandon listed three criteria. productions doesn’t mean they theatre department should “They need to be approprishouldn’t be able to weigh in take that into consideration ate for our audience,” he said. on Hillsdale’s productions — when choosing the next musi“They need to be within the of which they fill the audience. cal production. skill range of our performers.

A suitable musical is what I might not be as artisThey need to be appropriate people know, enjoy, and want tically inclined as a theatre for the educational needs of to come see: Isn’t that good? major who stars as the lead music, theatre, and dance.”

Although Angell noted in the musical and has been In a 1994 edition of The classically trained, but the Collegian, Associate Professor that practical costs such as a access to a limited number vast majority of campus isn’t of Theatre George W. Angell of performers, specifically a either. The Theatre Departcriticized those who didn’t aplimited number of dancers, are ment should be catering to preciate the musicals chosen a factor, he said they are less the Hillsdale student body, by claiming they don’t have important than the philosophnot just the students in the the authority to dictate what’s ical cost of choosing a show program. good. Angell listed a series of Hillsdale should encourage questions that determine what based off of what the audience is familiar with. students of all backgrounds to does make for a good musical, “The Mystery of Edwin grow by approaching the stage but most of them were unanDrood” has won five Tony as a cast member or enjoyswerable to anyone but serious Awards — an impressive feat ing the show as an audience theatre students. One of his member, and “The Mystery of questions was, “Name Andrew that justifies the quality of the show.

But that’s not all Edwin Drood” just doesn’t cut Lloyd Weber’s latest Broadway that matters.

“Hamilton” won it. Choosing universal, familmusical.” ” eleven Tony awards, and it’s iar productions would foster a Angell continued, “‘Did beloved by millions, including greater love for the theater on you get 5 out of 6 [quesmany of Hillsdale’s students.

Hillsdale’s campus — a noble tions]?’...Oh, I get it. When “Beauty and the Beast” won end worth pursuing. you say we should be doeight Tony awards, and siging musicals you mean the nificantly more students are handful of the most famous familiar with its famous “Be musicals that you, personally, Our Guest” than Drood’s “The Allison Schuster is a sophoremember.” more studying Politics.

Just because the majority of Garden Path to Hell.”

The Tower Light deserves funding, student appreciation By | Haley Hauprich Columnist As the end of the semester nears, the Student Federation begins reviewing budgets for student groups and discussing potential changes.

One budget the Federation often has concerns about is the Tower Light, Hillsdale’s Literary Magazine. Students may have heard, either directly from Federation meetings or more informally, about the size of the Tower Light’s budget and whether or not the publication ought to have a budget this large.

As its editor-in-chief, I want to justify this budget and hopefully assuage students’ concerns about the Tower Light.

The Tower Light’s annual budget is $10,750. This money is divided into compensation for its editors-in-chief (one per semester) and its designer, a small amount for workshops and our reading at the rest of the semester, and the rest goes to printing costs. I can understand why students may be concerned about how much money goes to the Tower Light and its

printing costs, but there are several reasons why this is the way it is.

First, the Tower Light actually prints a low amount of copies. The student handbook technically asks that there be a Tower Light copy available for every student, since part of students’ extra fees in tuition goes to publications. The Tower Light recognized, however, that not every student ends up reading the publication, so we have lowered our printing to 700 copies.

This accommodation has allowed us to lower our budget, but it marks around the bare minimum of what we can print. As anyone with experience in publishing can tell you, the more you print, the better a deal you can get. Additionally, printers will not print low volumes of product because it is not worth their effort financially.

If the Tower Light were to print less copies in an effort to reduce our budget, it would make more work for the printer and likely not save money at all in the long run.

Another element is the Tower Light’s relationship

with our printer. A Hillsdale alum and supporter of the publication, our printer already cuts the Tower Light a massive deal to meet us at our budget while still creating a high-quality product. To achieve the same product with any other printer would cost between $1,000 and $2,000 more. A recent visiting writer saw a copy of the Tower Light and was extremely impressed with its quality and design, remarking that it was done better than many professional literary publications. We would like to keep creating magazines of this quality at an already reduced price.

Despite these justifications, some students may still argue that the Tower Light does not need this budget because few students on campus read the publication. But this does not justify the shuttering of the Tower Light; rather, it suggests that student’s outlook on the publication should change, because it actually provides valuable and unique opportunities for Hillsdale students. First, it gives the editors and designer real experience in the world of ed-

iting and publishing, which is incredibly valuable for potential careers in the field.

Second, it allows students who send in submissions to receive valuable feedback and become better writers.

And most importantly, the Tower Light provides a platform for students to share their artistic work to the rest of campus.

Liberal education aims to cultivate within its students a love for what is true, good, and beautiful. While our classes teach us what is true, clubs and organizations on campus foster goodness through collegiality and leadership, and many of these are gladly supported by the Student Federation.

The Tower Light provides a unique opportunity for students to appreciate the third component, beauty, and to celebrate their fellow students’ talents and hard work. So the next time you see a copy of the Tower Light lying around the union or the library, pick it up. They’re beautiful.

Haley Hauprich is a senior studying English.

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Hiatt Dunlap, Isabelle Parell, Sam Knecht, Frank Steiner, and Andrew Fink each performed in acts at Hillsdale Idol “Unplugged” last Thursday. Courtesy| Austin Gergens

Hillsdale Idol ‘Unplugged’ features local artists, raising money for music camp By | Austin Gergens Collegian Reporter With a rendition of Adele’s “To Make You Feel My Love,” senior Isabelle Parell kicked off the third annual Hillsdale Idol “Unplugged” music competition March 21 at Johnny T’s Bistro.

Funds from the musical evening went toward the Hillsdale County School of the Arts Summer String Festival, a musical boot camp for children ranging from elementary to high school age that gives students the opportunity to gain instruction in string orchestral instruments from world renowned performers.

The evening included six musical acts, all performed by local artists, and judged by a panel — Meghan Barnes, Anne Schmitt, and Sheri Belson.

The judges named local lawyer Andrew Fink ’06 the first place winner, and he also named the audience favorite as well. Fink, who performed in previous years as a bassist, gave the audience a taste of his solo performance for the first time. He explained how “mu-

sic is contagious,” and praised when it was shared amongst friends and family.

Professor of Biology Frank Steiner and Lecturer of Art Sam Knecht took the stage with their acoustic guitars.

The two have been performing together for four years, singing at church, and performing regularly at Rough Draft.

“I really enjoy singing and I really enjoy singing with Sam,” Steiner said. “Our styles are very complementary to one another.”

Steiner and Knecht and took home second-place overall.

Other performances included an act by one-manband Russ Kendrick Martin, a Hillsdale resident, singing and playing the guitar and harmonica.

Senior Alexander Green joined his siblings, junior Timothy Green and freshman Susannah Green for a family trio act. They performed “Valerie” by Amy Winehouse, among other pop songs.

Senior Ryan Burns and Katherine Coffey ’16, performed as the “Muppet Watson and the Screech” band,

singing folk songs.

While it takes more than $10,000 to put on the Summer String Festival, David Peshlakai, an adjunct instructor of music who specializes in cello, has played with Erdelyi in the past and said Hillsdale Idol “Unplugged” provides a “solid amount” of the funds needed to host the camp. Local businesses also help sponsor the camp to cover the rest of the costs.

Each summer, the HCSA features a soloist who teaches, but also performs, at the conclusion of the camp. Last summer they brought Karin Lobery Code, who performed on a hardingfele — a Norwegian folk fiddle. This year, Csaba Erdelyi, a violinist, will be the featured soloist. He has held the principal viola with the Philharmonic Orchestra of London.

David Peshlakai, an adjunct instructor of music, specializes in cello has played with Erdelyi in the past and said he is grateful that Erdelyi will be coming to the String Festival this summer.

“I am really excited to have him come,” Peshlakai said.

By | Regan Meyer Web Content Editor The Hillsdale County Sheriff ’s office is implementing a variety of new technologies to update its systems and streamline its processes.

Since the first of the year, the Sheriff ’s office has made upgrades to their report-writing systems as well, as their Jail Management Solution (JMS).

It also plans to implement an electronic citation system in the near future.

The new JMS called JailTracker replaces the operating system that had been in place for about 30 years. The former system was a number based system that didn’t allow a person to point and click with a mouse on a computer.

“It was outdated,” Hillsdale County Sheriff Tim Parker said. “We could no longer submit crime data to the state of Michigan and that eventually goes to the FBI.” The Sheriff ’s office was able to also obtain a grant to

purchase new computers to run the system and implemented it this past February.

JailTracker allows the tracking and processing of offenders from booking to release. The information is available to the public online.

“The switch has streamlined many of our operations by providing electronic options that we previously would use paper forms for,” Jail Commander Lt. Jason Stiverson said in an email.

“My goal is to become paperless. JailTracker provides the ability for electronic signatures, document uploading, user friendly dashboards and scheduling options.”

On Jan. 1, the office also implemented a new report writing system. The Talon Incident Management System or TIMS allows officers to complete reports on the road.

“We cover 600 square miles,” Parker said. “Officers used to have to come in and file reports in the office. Now,

By | Ryan Goff Assistant Editor In a deal on March 4, the local startup malting company Independent Barley & Malt agreed on an exclusive source for its barley as it starts production of malted barley, which is the main ingredient in brewing craft beer.

The Andersons, a diversified company with specialties in transporting and growing commodities such as corn and barley among other things, has agreed to be the sole supplier of barley to IB&M’s new malting facility in Litchfield, Michigan, as IB&M begins to start malting grain. The move cements IB&M’s supply chain in an area where local barley is hard to come by.

“It’s been over forty years since the last large malt plant closed in Michigan. Michigan farmers basically stopped growing malting barley. Today, Michigan’s malt industry is virtually non-existent, forcing craft brewers to import

over $100 million per year from out-of-state or foreign suppliers,” IB&M board chair Hal Reid said in a statement.

Because of this, The Andersons will fill a crucial gap in the barley supply chain. The open-ended contract not only secures raw material for the firm, but helps establish barley cultivation nearby the plant in Litchfield and allows for the possibility of completely local craft beer in Michigan.

Craft beer contains 3.4 times the volume of malted barley than beers produced by major commercial brewers according to IB&M, and the emphasis on malted barley brings with it advantages to having more control over a crucial input for craft brewers.

“The Andersons has already begun working with farmers in Michigan to begin preparing a supply of Michigan-grown grain while they prepare to procure and store grain from out-of-state sources,” Director of Corporate Affairs for IB&M Mark Schau-

they can just sit down and type the report in the cars.”

TIMS provides a more streamlined process and can help with precision when officers are writing reports.

“It could also enhance accuracy from a memory standpoint,” Parker said.

The office plans to go live with another new system soon called e-Citation. Before e-Citation, officers issued traffic citations via handwritten tickets. In order for a ticket to processed by the District Court, the ticket had to be physically brought into the court. The court then had to interpret the handwriting and enter the information from the ticket into their computer system.

“The tickets began to look like pretty bad scratching,” Parker said. “This new system allows for a ticket to be printed on the scene and for an electronic version to be sent directly to the District Court.”

Source of craft beer in Hillsdale: Local supplier provides barley for new malting facility in Litchfield er said in an email.

Such agricultural development within the state is of particular interest to Hillsdale county officials. Litchfield City Manager Douglas Terry sees such diversification as a crucial component for sustained growth in the state and county.

“Michigan is an agricultural state with an abundance of rich soils,” he said. “We see the possibility of food processing as a great way to diversify the economy and strengthen employment growth in the area.”

Coupled with the revamp of barley production, IB&M’s repurposing of the old power plant in Litchfield provides numerous economic benefits to the county and state, according to Terry. As of now, an economic incentive package is in the works from the state and local governments, though the specific incentives are not yet specified, Terry said.

Hillsdale County Farmer’s Market prepares for upcoming season By | Madeline Peltzer Collegian Reporter As spring rolls in, the board for the Hillsdale County Farmers Market begins preparations for the season, making changes hoping to increase participation and attendance. This year will be the 11th anniversary of the market, which runs from mid-May through October in downtown Hillsdale.

The biggest adjustment is the hours the market will be open for business.

“The market used to be from 8 a.m. to noon but now it’ll run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.,” said Molly Covert, who has been a market vendor the past five years and whose husband serves as vice president of the organization.

“We’re hoping to have some food and coffee vendors there to catch some of the lunch crowd.”

Another change is the new emphasis the market is placing on building community. The market is harnessing social media and the internet like never before, working to create a kid-friendly atmosphere, and providing opportunities for college students to get involved. Ideas include make-and-take crafting workshops, partnering with the public library to hold book readings for children, and inviting student bands to perform live music.

“There’s a lot of energy this year,” said Liese Szarafinski, president of the Hillsdale County Farmers Market. “A lot of ideas have been thrown into the mix. We’re more open to things than we have been in the past and I’m really excited about it.”

Covert said the market is always open to suggestions and hopes to build a relationship with the college and its students.

“We want to include the 20-30-something crowd,” she

market we go to,” she said.

“We really love the people.

Getting to know the other vendors is great, but we especially love our customers.

It feels good to be able to provide something safe and fresh to the community. We pick our products Friday night and have them ready to sell Saturday morning.”

In addition to being a social outlet, Covert said the farmers market provides an important connection to the world around us.

“We’re trying to educate the general public about what products are available at what time for where we are in Michigan,” she said.

“We’re not a Walmart where we can have pumpkins in April and raspberries in October. That’s an important piece of basic knowledge and it’s being lost, especially as technology comes into our lives and people don’t understand growing seasons.”

Szarafinski encourages students, faculty, and townspeople alike to come check out the market this season.

“I think it’s really great to find locally-grown produce and lovingly-made items,” she said. “It’s a fun place to be.”

“I think it’s really great to find locally-grown produce and lovingly-made items,” Szarafinski said.

“It’s a fun place to be.” said. “The students are always so enthusiastic when they come out on market days and we love you guys. We miss you when you all leave for summer. We’d really appreciate whatever you all could do to help spread the word and add your input.”

Cindy and Kevin Magda have been selling produce and vegetables at the market since it opened. While not their main source of income, Magda said the market has been a great opportunity to see old friends and make news ones.

“This is the only farmers

Hillsdale County Farmer’s Market will open in mid-May with extended hours. Courtesy | Molly Covert

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Business Professionals of America Club students competed at the BPA State Championship in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Courtesy | Mindy Eggleston

Hillsdale’s Business Professionals of America club to compete at National Leadership Conference

By | Calli Townsend Assistant Editor A group of 18 Hillsdale High School and Davis Middle School students are headed to Anaheim, California for the annual Business Professionals of America National Leadership Competition which will take place May 1.

According to Hillsdale High School’s Business Professionals of America Club Adviser Mindy Eggleston, the competition will span over the course of five days, covering 60 different events and providing the students an opportunity to showcase the skills they’ve gained over the school year.

Five of the 18 students are high school students: sophomores Sarah Korn, who competed in Intermediate Word Processing, John Maier, who competed in Individual Economic Research Project, Grace Shreffler, who competed in Intermediate Word Processing, Gabriella Springer, who competed in Graphic Design Promotion, and senior Lara Neumann, who competed in Fundamental Account-

ing.

Jackson College on Jan. 11 for graphic design, video proGabriella Springer—or Ella, the BPA Regional Leadership duction, desktop publishing, as her father, Hillsdale ProCompetition. From there, 45 and broadcasting news. Some fessor of Art Bryan Springer, students qualified to compete of the events we performed calls her—took first place in at the state level. The State live at the competition, while the graphic design promotion Leadership Competition was others were prepared ahead event. on March 14-17 in Grand of time and presented that “It just warms my heart,” Rapids, Michigan at the Deweekend.

Bryan Springer said. “I’m so Vos Place Convention Center Eggleston working with the thrilled, but I don’t want to stifle her interests, but more often than not she’s up in her room doing lettering, illustration and drawing. I don’t want to force anything on her to discourage her.”

Ella Springer’s work outside the classroom it takes to win championships, according to Eggleston.

“I do have a lot of the elements imbedded into the courses that I teach, but it’s also lunch and after school,” Eggleston Gabriella Springer, who competed in the graphic design contest, placed said. “Especially the kids first in her category. Courtesy| Mindy Eggleston that want to win, they’re doing things at home and in the Amway Plaza. Students BPA club in 2008 and said she preparing.” who placed in the top three has seen tremendous increase Eggleston started the club in their event qualified for the in interest in the club. in 2008 and it has grown to NLC. “Now it’s the biggest club 75 middle and high school At the SLC, Hillsdale in the school,” she said. “More students. students showcased their than 10 percent of the school’s All 75 students traveled to talents in areas such as population is in my club.”

Prior to 2015, Michigan didn’t have a BPA for middle schoolers, it was strictly for high school students. With the addition of the middle school section of the BPA, Eggleston has been able to train her students for longer and it’s showing great results.

“Michigan started a middle school BPA when my daughter was in 7th grade.

Those kids are in 10th grade now,” she said. “Interestingly enough, two of the kids I’m taking as 10th graders were middle school state champions, and one middle schooler was a national champion.”

Eggleston said the experience at a younger age has motivated students.

“My middle school program is having an effect,” Eggleston said. “They’ve been on the stage, they know what it takes. We were on the stage more than we’ve ever been. I had whole teams on the stage.”

To be on the stage means placing in the top seven in the event, and at the high school state level, students are competing against four to five thousand other high school students. At the middle school level, the competition isn’t as

large, sometimes it’s four to five hundred students, according to Eggleston. But the success at the middle school level is inspiring students to place well while competing against ten times as many students.

“It’s wonderful to see how the program has grown over the years and the skill sets the students have developed,” Hillsdale High School Principal Amy Goldsmith said.

“Mrs. Eggleston donates so much time to it, countless hours after school and on the weekends.”

Nine Hillsdale High School students received the Statesman Torch Award at the SLC, as well. The Statesman Torch Award is given to students who participate in local activities that demonstrate the seven Torch categories: leadership; service; cooperation; knowledge; friendship; love, hope, and faith; and patriotism. Students record their activities online to receive points, and once a certain number of points are earned, they can submit a résumé to be reviewed, according to the Torch Awards handbook.

Volunteers at the Central Michigan Food Bank in Battle Creek prepare food thanks to campaigns such as Give Bushels. Courtesy | FACEBOOK

‘Give Bushels’ campaign making final push to receive donations By | Julia Mullins Assistant Editor Hillsdale County Farm Bureau’s annual “Give Bushels” campaign is in its final month of fundraising for the South Central Michigan Food Bank in Battle Creek.

Hillsdale County Administrative Manager Janelle Walworth said the Michigan Farm Bureau has a larger campaign, “Harvest for All,” and every county farm bureau does something different to raise money for the state’s campaign.

“The purpose is strictly to put dollars into the South Central Michigan Food Bank,” Walworth said. “Everything we bring in goes directly to the food bank.”

The campaign began in August and will end April 19. Although the bureau accepts donations year-round, Walworth said April 19 is the deadline for the bureau to benefit from the food bank’s match program, which provides an additional 10 percent match to funds donated.

Former Hillsdale County Farm Bureau Young Farmer Chair Ali Ferry said she began “Give Bushels” campaign in 2016.

“We went with that theme to tie it back to the products farmers produce everyday,” Ferry said.

Ferry said most products farmers sell are sold in bushels, like soybeans.

Even though Ferry is no longer the Young Farmer Chair, she said she’s happy to see that the campaign has continued annually.

“It’s something our community is always excited about,” Ferry said.

Former Hillsdale County Promotion and Education Chair Jan Sober said the campaign previously collected canned goods but now only collects monetary funds.

“It became obvious that monetary funds go a lot further than canned goods,” Sober said.

Sober added that most food pantries can maximize the amount of monetary funds they receive to feed families.

“The South Central Michigan Food Bank statistics say $1 will buy six meals,” Sober said.

Additionally, Sober said food banks can maximize their funds by purchasing food items in bulk from grocery stores.

“There are a lot of large grocery chains that will donate food to the bank if they have more than they need,” Sober said.

Walworth said the farm bureau does not work directly

with Hillsdale County’s 15 food pantries because all of the money goes directly to the South Central Michigan Food Bank.

“The food bank divvies out those dollars to put food into the pantries,” Walworth said.

So far, Walworth said the campaign has received $500 in donations. In previous years, the campaign has received $1,200 to $1,500 in donations.

In the final weeks before the April 19 deadline, Walworth said the bureau encourages people in the community to donate.

“Typically, it’s our members trying to put dollars together,” Walworth said. “But we always welcome any donations people want to give.”

Community members looking to donate can stop by the county office to make a cash or check donation.

Donations can also be sent in the mail.

Sober said she hopes people will support the campaign through the next couple of weeks.

“We always want to make sure that our families are helped and fed,” Sober said.

“We don’t always realize how close to the edge some of our neighbors are.”

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Wesleyan took the first game of the series 8-6.

Saturday, March 23 (Game 2): Kentucky Wesleyan 10, Hillsdale 6 The Chargers looked to rebound in the second game with senior pitcher Jonathan Lapshan on the mound. The Panthers jumped out to an early lead with three runs in the bottom of the first inning to take a 3-0 lead.

The bottom of Hillsdale's lineup answered with vengeance. In the top of the second, senior catcher Chris Ackerman drove in a run with a double to left, and then scored on a single by junior shortstop Jake Hoover.

In the top of the third, Ackerman came back up to the plate with the bases loaded and hit a home run to center field, scoring four and giving the Chargers a 6-3 lead. Ackerman finished game two with two hits and five RBIs. After this outburst, however, the bats fell silent and Hillsdale struggled defensively. Kentucky Wesleyan scored three in the fourth, one in the fifth, and three in the sixth to take a 10-6 lead. After the

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Saturday, March 23 (Game 1): Kentucky Wesleyan 8, Hillsdale 6 Junior pitcher Andrew Verbrugge got the start on the mound for the Chargers in game one. Verbrugge showed flashes of brilliance but struggled to find consistent control of strike zone, allowing five walks and five runs in 5 ⅔ innings.

Senior third baseman Colin Boerst started off the scoring in the top of the first, singling up the middle to score senior second baseman Kevin Monson. Boerst had three hits and a walk in game one. After the weekend series, Boerst holds a .387 batting average with 10 runs batted in.

Hillsdale and Kentucky Wesleyan traded runs throughout the game, heading into the ninth tied at five. In the top of the ninth, junior first baseman Jacob DePillo hit a solo home run to left-center field, giving the Chargers a 6-5 lead heading into the bottom of the ninth.

With sophomore pitcher David Toth on the mound, Hillsdale looked to hold on to a win in the first game of the series.

In the bottom of the ninth, however, things went awry.

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After a series win against the University of Findlay got the Chargers off to a strong start to the conference season, Hillsdale struggled in last weekend’s four-game road series against the Kentucky Wesleyan College Panthers.

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Chargers failed to score in the top of the seventh, the Panthers took a 2-0 lead in the series.

Sunday, March 24 (Game 1): Kentucky Wesleyan 6, Hillsdale 3 Sophomore pitcher Austin Mora got the start in game three as Hillsdale looked to get back on track. After a solid first inning, Mora gave up a run in the second and a grand slam in the third as Kentucky Wesleyan took a 5-0 lead into the fourth inning.

The Chargers struggled to produce at the top of the lineup, with the top four hitters hitting a combined 1-13 in game three. Hillsdale’s only offensive production came from the bottom of the lineup in the top of the fourth inning, when junior left fielder Jake Rhodes hit a three-run homer to right-center, cutting the Panthers lead to two.

Aside from this offensive explosion, the Chargers failed to string hits together. After Kentucky Wesleyan stretched the lead to three with a run in the bottom of the sixth, Hillsdale failed to score, falling in the third game 6-3.

Sunday, March 24 (Game 2): Hillsdale 4, Kentucky Wesleyan 3 (10 innings) After dropping the first three games of the series, the Chargers had one more opportunity to register a victory. Hillsdale turned to sophomore pitcher Sawyer Allen to start on the mound.

After the Panthers scored a run in each of the first three innings, Allen dialed up the intensity, keeping Hillsdale in the game by holding Kentucky Wesleyan scoreless in the next four innings.

Boerst had another solid game at the plate, hitting a solo homer in the top of the second and driving in another in the top of the fourth as the Panthers held a 3-2 lead.

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The Chargers had trouble breaking through until the top of the seventh inning when the bottom of the lineup came up big in the clutch once more. After sophomore outfielder Rob Zurawski doubled to left field, senior outfielder Christian Rodino drove him in on a triple to left field, tying the game at 3.

Allen came out after the seventh and Hillsdale turned to freshman reliever Caleb Biedenharn to keep the game tied. Biedenharn pitched masterfully, holding Kentucky Wesleyan scoreless in the eighth and ninth to force extra innings.

The Chargers didn’t waste any time in extra innings.

Hoover walked, stole second, and then scored on a throwing error by the catcher on a strikeout by freshman Matt Granzotto. Hillsdale managed to get runners on the corners, but could only tally one run in the inning.

In the bottom of the tenth, Biedenharn put the game away by holding the Panthers scoreless, giving the Chargers a 4-3 victory.

Tuesday, March 26: Saginaw Valley 14, Hillsdale 8 The Chargers played in their home opener against the Saginaw Valley State University Cardinals, a regional opponent. The bats finally showed signs of life for Hillsdale after two runs in the first and two runs in the second. The Chargers jumped out a 4-2 lead going into the third inning.

That optimism faded quickly, however, as the Cardinals scored nine runs in the third inning, one in the fourth, and one in the fifth to take a 13-4 lead they would never relinquish.

The Chargers were able to stop the bleeding and generate some offense in the following innings. Hoover finished the day 3-5 with two runs, while senior catcher Steven Ring went 3-4 with an RBI and a run. Toth and freshman pitcher Will Gifford both threw scoreless innings, but the deficit was too great as Saginaw Valley came away with a 14-8 victory.

Up Next Looking forward, the Chargers will travel to Ohio this weekend to play a four-game series against the Tiffin University Dragons. The Dragons are 3-7 in the G-MAC.

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Gilchrist said. “I’m very proud of everybody and how they handled themselves and were ready to play.”

Freshman Josh Davenport led the Chargers on the first day, shooting a career-low 69 that put him at second on the individual leaderboard.

He had two eagles and four birdies on the day. He also had three bogeys and a double-bogey on Monday, and shot twoover par on Tuesday to finish the tournament at an even-par 144 and earned him tied-seventh overall.

Sophomore Logan Anuszkiewicz finished two behind Davenport, with a two-over par 146 that placed him tied for 17th.

Gilchrist said the team’s goal was to win, and in the worst case finish in the top five, but they fell outside of that mark by three strokes to Ferris State University.

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Hillsdale places sixth at Findlay Spring Invitational By the end of the two-day tournament on Tuesday, the Hillsdale College Chargers found themselves 18-over-par and tied for sixth at the Findlay Invitational in Lexington, Kentucky.

Through heavy winds and cold weather, the Chargers endured severe elements that affected all teams and drove up scores. Without senior Liam Purslowe, who has been outstanding for the Chargers this season, the team was forced to step up to the challenges.

Purslowe could not play this week due to a back injury.

“Not having our senior captain in the line up was an issue, but the rest of the team played hard, stayed focused, and did a great job dealing with inclement weather at times,” head coach Nathan

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Chargers blank Senators in G-MAC opener By | Ryan Goff assistant editor On a quiet Friday afternoon in the Biermann Athletic Center, the Hillsdale College Chargers blanked Davis & Elkins College in their G-MAC home opener and continued with another shutout victory over St. Mary’s College in an exhibition, adding to a dominant weekend.

The Chargers won soundly on Friday, with five out of 11 sets decided by a score of 6-0 and the rest with at least a three-game margin. There was never a doubt.

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Senior third baseman Jessica Taylor also scored in the second inning on a wild pitch. In the bottom of the third inning, Taylor grounded out to the shortstop to score Marra.

The Panthers scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth on a steal of home, followed by a two-run home run. In the bottom of the fourth inning, junior shortstop Sam Catron grounded out the shortstop but senior left fielder Katie Kish scored.

By the start of the fifth inning, the Chargers were down by one, 5-4. The Panthers came up big in the top of the fifth inning with a three-run home run. Unable to score again, the Chargers suffered their first loss in conference play.

Weidinger faced 22 batters in 4 ⅓ innings, allowed six hits and gave up eight runs, only three of which were earned. Freshman pitcher Camryn Olson came in for relief in the middle of the fifth inning. She faced 12 batters in 2.2 innings and allowed just four hits.

Gross said the team will need to improve their defense early in games against tougher conference teams.

“We played really good defense all day,” Gross said.

“But little things that happened earlier in the game can be big when it turns out to be a close game.”

March 23 (Game 2): Ohio Dominican 7, Hillsdale 6 Despite picking up 15 hits in game two, the Chargers recorded their second loss of the day to the Panthers in a one-run game. Walters started in the circle for the Chargers and gave up a home run in the top of the first inning, giving the Panthers an early lead. The Panthers scored another run in the top of third on a double to right-center.

Hillsdale responded in the bottom of the third inning with a double from Catron to score Kish and Marra.

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“We were really consistent. I think that was probably the biggest thing,” Walbright said. “If you get inconsistent you can lose to anybody, so we made really few unforced errors and set up points very well.”

Cimpeanu displayed that in full during her Saturday match, where she hit winner after winner on the way to a solid win. She has shown herself to be a standout playWalters singled up the middle to score Catron, giving the Chargers their first lead of the day. Junior outfielder Victoria Addis doubled to right field to score Taylor, putting the Chargers ahead by two at the end of the third inning.

Walters gave up another home run in the top of the sixth inning. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Walters gave up a double, single, and two-run home run, allowing the Panthers to score four runs and take the lead.

Walters said the pitching staff knew Ohio Dominican was a good hitting team.

“We knew they struggled as a team with offspeed pitches and went in with a plan,” Walters said. “But then we didn’t execute as well as we needed to. In the future, I think we just need to work on the execution of pitches.”

Walters faced 36 batters in seven innings for the Chargers. She allowed 13 hits and gave up seven earned runs.

Dixon gave the Chargers a chance to come back in the bottom of the seventh inning with a single to left field, scoring Catron and Marra.

With two outs and bases loaded, junior catcher Syd San Juan struck out swinging to end the game. Marra said in future close games she hopes to see the team play every inning like it’s the seventh.

“If we can keep that same intensity throughout the entire game and work on cleaning up our defense a little bit, I’m confident that it’ll all come together,” Marra said. “We’ll start winning those close games.”

March 24 (Game 1): Hillsdale 18, Ohio Valley 2 (5 innings) After two losses at home the day before, the Chargers came out with aggressive approach on offense in their first game against the Ohio Valley.

In the bottom of the first inning, Marra doubled to left field scoring Kish, Taylor doubled to center field and scored Marra, Stoner reached first on a throwing error and Taylor scored. Addis doubled to left field, scoring Stoner.

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er at no. 1 this season. After a long three-set match loss that was settled by a tiebreak earlier this year against Illinois-Springfield, Cimpeanu grinded out the only win against Palm Beach Atlantic over break and has proven herself in her four singles and four doubles wins.

“Hannah has probably

been challenged the most at the one spot. She’s done a really nice job of adapting to the types of players she’s seen,” Walbright said. “It’s been nice to have her challenged as much as she has and see that she’s remained really consistent.”

Cimpeanu has noticed her own improvement through

runs. Catron doubled to left field, scoring Marra, and Stoner doubled to center field, scoring Walters and Catron. Dixon singled to center field, scoring Taylor.

The Fighting Scots scored one run in the top of the third inning. In the third inning, Walters hit a grand slam over the left field fence, scoring Catron, Marra, and Kish.

Walters said the grand slam felt good, and the team had been focused on making in-game adjustments at the plate.

“It was nice to learn from the first at bat and take a much better approach during the second one,” Walters said.

Also in the third inning, Stoner doubled to left field, scoring freshman third baseman Elaine Townley, and freshman outfielder Rene Bielawa doubled to left center, scoring Addis and Stoner.

In the same inning, freshman Kasidy Carson singled to right field to score Bielawa,

and Townley doubled to left field to score freshman outfielder Reagan Gensiejewski and sophomore first baseman Madison Rathbun.

Ohio Valley scored one unearned run on the top of the fifth inning. Weidinger faced 18 batters in four innings, allowing seven hits and one run. Olson faced six batters in one inning, allowed one hit and one unearned run.

March 24 (Game 2): Hillsdale 18, Ohio Valley 1 (5 innings) In their second game of the day, the Chargers continued to dominate with a powerful offensive performance. The Chargers scored seven runs in the bottom of the first inning, giving them an early lead.

Catron singled to center field to score Kish, and Taylor singled to right field, scoring Catron and Marra. Later in the bottom of the first, Stoner doubled to left center, scoring

the course of the season. She said her mental game has improved the most.

“I’ve become more patient and relaxed on the court and I’ve seen my game mature compared to when I first came,” Cimpeanu said. “But I could not do any of this without the hard work and support from my team and coach.”

That theme of consistency is important for the team, both in the easier matches early in the year and in more challenging ones at the end of spring. For weekends like these, Walbright knows the importance of staying Taylor and Walters, Johnson singled up the middle, scoring Stoner, and Bielawa singled to center field, scoring Johnson.

During the bottom of the second inning, Taylor singled through the right side to score Catron, Stoner doubled to left field to score Walters, Johnson grounded out to the second basemen but scored Taylor, and Bielawa grounded out to shortstop to score Taylor.

The Chargers scored another seven runs in the bottom of the third inning.

Junior outfielder Carlin MacDonald-Gannon scored on a wild pitch, Townley singled to left center scoring Cox, San Juan singled up the middle to score Renner, and Johnson singled to left field to score Rathbun.

In the same inning, senior outfielder Carly Gouge grounded out to the first baseman, but San Juan scored. MacDonald-Gannon doubled to left field scoring

focused on the court even if Hillsdale is heavily favored.

“You have to take those matches seriously, because if we don’t play well then it could get really tight,” Walbright said.

This week, the Chargers will be working on consistency in points, particularly in doubles play, ahead of a more challenging opponent.

“Saturday, we play Walsh, who is probably one of the schools in the conference that will be our hardest competition,” Walbright said.

“It’s going to be a really good match.”

Bielawa and Johnson. The Fighting Scots scored one run in the top of the fourth inning.

Walters got the start in the start in the circle for the Chargers. In three innings, she faced 11 batters, gave up one hit, and no runs. Olson faced nine batters in two innings, gave up three hits, and one run.

Up Next The Chargers will continue conference play in Kentucky and Tennessee this weekend.

Hillsdale travels to Trevecca Nazarene University for a doubleheader on Saturday at 2 and 4:30 p.m., and Kentucky Wesleyan College on Sunday for a doubleheader at noon and 2:30 p.m.

“The main thing to focus on is making sure our hitting stays consistent and our defense sharpens up,” Marra said. “If we can minimize mental mistakes and play our game, I’m confident that we'll be successful this weekend.”

Rene Bielawa slides into second base during the first inning of game two against Ohio Valley on Sunday. julia mullins | collegian

charger chatter: Dylan Lottinville

Dylan Lottinville is a senior from Bellevue, Washington. He is a utility player on the baseball team.

Q: Do you have any routines or superstitious habits when you come up to bat?

Q: What are similarities and differences between last year’s team and this year’s ballclub?

Q: What has been like adjusting to a different position this season as you are now moving to third base?

DL: I have changed it up over the last few seasons. Last year, I used to take a few steps out of the box and wait for the walk song. Then, right before I get in the batter’s box box, I take a look at the white G on my Rawlings.

DL: We are bringing back largely the same lineup. We are bringing back a lot of the guys from last year including Toppi, Munson, and Hoover.

We have a really similar group. We Andrew Veb our ace back. We’re all a lot better better than last season. We know we’re good, but we ultimately have to go out there and deliver.

DL: It’s honestly nothing new for me. Sophomore year, I’d play right field in the first half of doubleheaders and then first base in the second half. It makes things feel like less of a grind. It helps break things up and keep things fresh, even if I do have to pack three gloves for road trips.

Q: What has your experience been playing for the Chargers and what are your expectations for this season?

DL: This is the most prepared we’ve been to go into a season. We are all really excited.

Speaking for me personally, this is the hardest I’ve ever worked before a baseball season. We’ve been working for ten months, we’re ready to hit the diamond.

Q: What has been an area of improvement that you focused on this offseason?

DL: Finding good pitches.

I’ve been spending a lot of time just working on getting pitchers to throw to me where I want in the zone.

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Chargers enter national rankings Previously no. 45, Hillsdale ranked no. 49 in Intercollegiate Tennis Association poll By | Cal Abbo assistant editor

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took an aggressive approach at the plate.

“I try to avoid getting behind in the count as much as possible,” Marra said. “Hitting is contagious, so the fact that my team was on fire motivated me to step up my game as well.”

Marra added she was most

happy to see our bats come alive after Florida.”

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The Hillsdale College Chargers began conference play on Saturday with two losses against the Ohio Dominican University Panthers but bounced back on Sunday with two blowout wins over the Ohio Valley University Fighting Scots.

Head Coach Kyle Gross said he was most impressed with the team’s turnaround from Saturday to Sunday.

“We kind of turned a corner in our hitting,” Gross said.

“Sunday was what we’ve been looking for all season. And we know we’re not going to score 18 runs a game, but our approach and fire at the plate was what we’ve been looking for.”

Senior second baseman Amanda Marra went 9 for 13 in the four games and said she

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impressed with the team’s hitting both days.

“Even though we didn’t win the first two games against Ohio Dominican, we still scored a lot of runs against their good pitchers and proved that we can hang with the best teams in the conference,” Marra said. “I was

powered the Chargers with two home runs and 10 hits.

In the top of the first inning, sophomore center fielder Natalie Stepanenko dropped a fly ball and allowed the Panthers’ leadoff batter to reach first base.

Junior pitcher Dana Weidinger walked the second batter, and Ohio Dominican’s third batter singled to center field to score two unearned runs. The Chargers responded in the bottom of the second inning with a single to center

The Chargers swept their first conference game against Davis & Elkins College on Friday at home, extending their win streak to two games. Hillsdale ranked no.

49 in Wednesday’s NCAA Division II ITA poll.

The win against Davis & Elkins was the Chargers’ first home match after coming off of four on the road. After winning the early doubles point in a close match, the Chargers won four straight singles points, securing a 5-0 lead. The game was stopped once Hillsdale clinched the win.

At no. 1 singles, junior Charlie Adams defeated his opponent 6-4, 7-5. From then on, seniors John Ciraci and Justin Hyman along with junior Michael Szabo had no problem finishing out the match.

Hyman only conceded one point, winning no. 2 doubles 6-0, 6-1. Ciraci and Szabo beat their opponents at no. 2 and no. 3 singles 6-0, 6-3 and 6-3, 6-1, respectively. Szabo improved his winning streak to four matches.

“We just wanted to be aggressive from the start. We wanted to come out firing,” Szabo said. “We took their energy away when we beat them in doubles.”

Freshman Brian Hackman and sophomore Gabe Katz’s matches at no. 5 and no. 6 singles went unfinished.

After Friday’s win, Hillsdale was ranked No. 9 in the Midwest region and No. 45 nationally.

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because we got nationally ranked,” Hackman said.

Szabo added that a national ranking has always been a goal for the team.

“With this ranking, we’re looking at the tournament at the end of the year,” he said. The NCAA men’s tennis tournament features 16 teams in a bracket-style elimination.

The Chargers will face Grand Valley State University Thursday, March 28 and Walsh College Sunday, March 31. The Chargers’ match against Walsh will represent the second in Hillsdale’s conference.

Though the Chargers have struggled against Grand Valley in the past, Szabo said the team is focused on keeping its mentality the same with every match. “Playing there is a little tougher and we want to jump on them early,” he added.

In March 2018, the Chargers lost their match to Grand Valley 6-3.

Hackman said he also thought the early game matters the most. “It’s really important, playing a team like Grand Valley, to get the momentum by winning the doubles point,” he said. “That’s something we worked on a lot this week.”

The Chargers will travel for the next three matches until returning home on April 7 to play Kentucky Wesleyan College in another conference match.

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Chargers begin outdoor season at Vanderbilt By | Calli Townsend assistant editor

The Hillsdale College Chargers traveled to Nashville, Tennessee, for the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational on Friday and Saturday. The twoday outdoor meet provided the Chargers with opportunities to see great competition, set personal bests, and earn provisional marks.

On Friday, senior Jared Schipper sported his Hillsdale uniform after competing unattached during the indoor season. He started his senior campaign strong with a second-place finish and well-surpassed provisional mark of 5.05 meters in the pole vault.

Teammate and freshman Ben Raffin was right behind in third place with a provisional mark of his own, clearing 4.90 meters.

“It’s great to have Schipper back,” Towne said. “I was really happy with how he and Raffin did.”

In the other field events, sophomore Ryan Thomsen nearly tied his personal best of 1.96 meters in the high jump.

On Saturday he jumped 1.95 meters to take sixth place.

Thomsen also ran the 110 meter hurdles finishing in 15.59 seconds to take 18th.

Freshman John Baldwin and junior Ian Brown competed in the 110 meter hurdles as well. Baldwin took third place in 14.72 and Brown placed 14th in 15.29.

“Not as good as my opener, but still a solid race and it showed me what I needed to work on,” Baldwin said.

Brown teamed up with seniors Levi Wyse and Nathan Pando, and freshman Jacob Schmidt, for the 4-by-100 meter relay. After not practicing their handoffs outdoors and adjusting to new exchange zones, they passed the baton around smoothly for a time of 42.02 seconds, which is already faster than they ran the race last season.

“Although we had conservative takeoff marks and minimal practice with handoffs, we executed well and were able to take advantage of the warm weather and throw down a great opening time,” Wyse

said. “I was really proud of how the guys executed.”

Pando and Schmidt ran the 200 meter dash as well. Pando started off his outdoor season faster than ever with a time of 22.29, and Schmidt ran 22.86.

Sophomore Adam Wade ran his first collegiate 200 finishing in 22.79.

Hillsdale’s 4-by-400 meter relay of Wyse, Wade, Schmidt, and Baldwin rounded out the weekend, finishing ninth overall in 3:21.27.

“I thought both relays ran well,” Towne said. “And I think Pando and Wade did a nice job last weekend.”

This weekend, the Chargers will be traveling to Louisville, Kentucky for the Bellarmine Invitational.

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Last weekend, the Hillsdale College Chargers traveled to Nashville, Tennessee, to take on some of the nation’s top collegiate talent at the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational.

As a young, promising team fresh off a strong indoor season, Hillsdale enters the outdoor season as the favorites to win the G-MAC. The Chargers rank first in the G-MAC preseason coaches poll, with Walsh University taking second and Tiffin University taking third.

Leading the charge for Hillsdale in the 400 meter hurdles was sophomore Calli Townsend. In a deep and competitive field, Townsend finished in 1 minute and 3.32 seconds, finishing second in

her heat and seventh in the meet.

“I definitely felt stronger, and I felt smoother going over the hurdles,” Townsend said.

“I did some different training for indoor with more mileage, and I think that helped.”

In light of her performance against Division I runners from schools like the Universities of Michigan and Kentucky, Townsend was named the G-MAC women’s track Athlete of the Week.

Townsend is the first in the conference to win the award during the outdoor season.

“It gives me a lot of confidence and excitement going forward, just to see what the rest of the season will bring,” Townsend said.

After being named the women’s track Athlete of the Meet at the G-MAC Indoor

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Championships last month, Kajsa Johansson started her outdoor season with a personal best in the 200 meter dash.

Johansson finished in 24.69, winning her heat and taking 15th in a field of 80.

Johansson also ran well in the 100 meter dash, finishing in 12.15, just six-hundredths of a second off her outdoor personal best.

Junior Abbie Porter also turned in a strong performance in the 400 meter dash.

Her time of 56.89 was good enough to win her heat by over three seconds and finish eighth at the meet. After a strong indoor season in which Porter qualified for nationals in the 800-meter dash, she seems poised to continue to perform at a high level.

In the field, freshman Michaela Burkhauser competed well in the discus, throwing 42.39 meters to finish ninth at the meet. Not only is this a personal record for Burkhauser, it also stands as the furthest throw in the G-MAC this season.

“We had some really great opening races this weekend and our throwers are doing really well too,” Townsend said. “It’s exciting. We’ve got a lot more pieces this year.”

The Chargers will be back in action this weekend at the Bellarmine Invitational in Louisville, Kentucky. Events begin on Friday and carry through into Saturday.

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By | Regan Meyer & Carmel Kookogey Web Content Editor & Culture Editor Armed with voices that can all carry lead vocals and years of musical study, Nashville band Sunset East is sweeping the alternative rock scene with its unique sound and even more unique situation.

“We’re going against the grain,” bassist Harrison Doyle said. “The sun setting in the East doesn’t happen, just like a Nashville-based alternative rock band.”

Claiming the Eagles and Dave Matthews Band as inspirations, Sunset East started as a house band in a bar in Nashville. Doyle and drummer Kyle Robert have been with the band since its began in 2017. Lead singer Ellen Hogan ’16 joined the band after it lost its previous lead singer.

According to Robert, Ellen “decimated” auditions for the band’s new lead vocalist and joined Sunset East in 2017.

Before joining the band, Hogan, who grew up in Southfield, Michigan, said she moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in hopes of pursuing music. She started with only a publishing internship that fell through within her first few weeks in Nashville, however, and one friend, a Hillsdale connection who she was living with.

“We were in a band on

campus called the Biting Goats,” Hogan explained. “Cecilia was from Nashville and her best friend from growing up, Nina, was in the music industry. Cecilia and I were pretty good friends, she said I should talk to Nina, and Nina and I became great friends, and roomed together. That connection wouldn’t have happened without Cecelia.

She was the only person I knew in Nashville. I went in blind. After the first two months, my internship fell through because they couldn’t afford to pay me. That was a little traumatic because that was the reason I had moved here.”

Not long after, Hogan found out about Sunset East, though she said she didn’t think she was going to even get an audition.

“I had been trying to find more outlets to perform, or fill in, so I recorded some demos and started just sending them out to people who were looking,” she said. “Pretty soon after, I had that audition for Sunset East. They were harmony-driven, rock, — I thought it was too good to be true.”

While at Hillsdale, Hogan majored in classical voice and minored in business. She said her time at the college prepared her well for a musical career.

“I learned a lot vocally from being a voice major,” she

said. “Before performances, I help the guys with warmups and harmonies and things like that. The whole liberal arts education helped me to know what to do with management and booking and things like that.”

Hogan said the business skills were more useful than many would assume.

“One thing people really don’t think about with a band is that we’re really a business.

Were an LLC in the state Tennessee,” she said, laughing.

“It’s really helped to know about business in that respect.

This job really required me to have a rounded set of skills.

We have a manager now, but starting out, we had to do everything ourselves — our own booking, our own PR, everything. All of those things have to come together in building a company, and then you add the performing aspect.”

The band has been touring around the eastern United States since 2017 at bars and breweries and more recently, festivals.

“After the tour in September 2017, we got comfortable with each other, and they asked me to join the band, and so I officially joined in October,” Hogan said. “After that we hit the ground running. We started booking as much as we could — all over. We’ve gone as far West as Louisiana and Arkansa, as far North and South as Massa-

chusetts and the Florida Keys.”

In February of 2019 the band released its first self-titled EP. Comprised of five original tracks, the album showcases the band’s many talents. In addition to strong vocals and expert guitar-wielding, the band members’ talent for songwriting is apparent. Sunset East’s lyrics address life’s ups and downs with a refreshing authenticity.

“I’ll Get Along,” the first track on the album, discusses missing a former flame. To convey the levels of love and longing, the band alludes to rock legends of yore: “I need you like Cobain needs his fix/ Like the Stones, they need Mick.”

Robert said he wrote the song when he first started the band.

“Our old singer wanted to have ‘I love rock and roll’ in there somewhere. Our old guitarist wanted ‘like an addict needs his fix’. I had already written the line ‘like Johnson needs his soul,’” Robert said. “I was at a warehouse, and I heard ‘Old Time Rock and Roll’ playing. I asked someone who wrote this song and he looked at me with a look and said, ‘That’s Bob Seger.’ I just had this moment of ‘Oh!’ and that’s where the rock ’n’ roll deal came from.”

Though Robert usually provides the preliminary lyrics for songs — or “poems,”

‘Losers’: Sports docu-series tells the stories of the athletes who failed By | Grace Houghton Collegian Reporter Netflix’s new docu-series “Losers,” released in March 2019, offers a different take on success and seeks to combat a culture obsessed with winning by telling the stories of famous – and less famous — athletes who failed, and the lessons they learned by that failure.

“Losers” develops this premise across a surprising variety of sports, from basketball and boxing to curling and dog sled racing. The show checks all the relevant role-model boxes, interviewing athletes across genders and class lines, from professional and amateur status, local and international. With this diverse group of athletes, they’re able to describe a remarkable variety of failures, and the circumstances that came out of each one.

The opening episode, “The Miscast Champion,” features former boxer and current actor Michael Bentt from

Queens, New York. Pushed, and even beaten into boxing by his abusive father, Bentt racked up impressive titles as an amateur, taking four New York City Golden Gloves titles and five national champion titles. Bentt took the next step: he went professional, and was promptly knocked out in the first round of his first pro fight.

After taking some time off, Bentt stepped back in the pro ring and stacked up an 11-2 record when, in a fight defending his World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion title, he suffered a permanent brain injury that ended his career.

Such a traumatic, irreversible injury often crushes not only an athlete’s career, but his spirit. Bentt’s first reaction?

Relief, he says.

“I was always in conflict with why I fought in the first place,” Bentt recalls.

At the breaking edge of competition, it’s obvious who wants to be there and who

doesn’t. There’s a reason that kids who cower under the gaze of their parents in the stands in high school usually don’t compete in college, where the stands are empty except for students.

For Bentt, the injury meant he was finally free from a sport that had never been his passion. He didn’t want to box: he was only negatively motivated by fear of his father.

He began to pursue a career in acting.

But for French ice skater Surya Bonaly, going pro was the answer to the consistent discouragement of racially biased judges. Her internal motivation couldn’t have been stronger — nothing less than absolute commitment would have fueled her through months of refining her technique,when gold still stayed a tantalizing finger’s breadth away every year. Her bold technical skills included an arsenal of backflips, an illegal move in the amateur categories like the Olympics.

Bonaly, the only figure skater to ever land a backflip on one leg, and fighting an ACL injury at her third Olympic appearance in the ninth year of her competitive career, landed the backflip, took the point deduction, and left the amateur ice for good.

“Losers” shows that Bonaly never lost or repressed her passion for the sport, even though she started competing at 15 years old and continued for nine years, but stuck with it until she found the environment where she could pursue it freely: touring as a performing skater in with Champions on Ice for nine more years.

Sometimes success doesn’t mean winning — sometimes, it means not losing. Episode two, “The Jaws of Defeat,” offers a refreshing step off the national and global sports stage to an English football club. The spotlight isn’t always on, but the pressure is.

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Hillsdale College Chamber choir to perform at fundraiser event By | Danielle Lee Collegian Reporter Hillsdale College’s Chamber Choir will perform a concert Thursday night at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Jackson City.

They are singing as part of a fundraiser for Tuesday Group Musicale, an organization that raises money for music scholarships for high school students in Jackson.

James Holleman, professor of music and chairman of the department department, said the Jackson Chapter of Tuesday Group Musicale asked him a year ago if he would put together the concert.

“It’s a good fundraiser, and it’s for a worthy cause,” Holleman said. “It’s also a chance to hear our top audition choir at a nice venue. It’s got nice acoustic for us to sing in.”

The music department’s biannual choir concerts usu-

ally feature both the Chamber Choir and the College Choir, but Chamber Choir alone will perform this concert. There will be no intermission, and all the music will be a capella.

Gabe Kramer, a sophomore and member of Chamber Choir, said the music is more difficult than what they usually sing.

“Many of these pieces are staples within choral tradition, and they have serious history with college choirs, but others

are more modern,” Kramer said. “This is an opportunity to see pretty passionate singers in their wheelhouse.”

Kramer will also perform a solo in “Brazilian Psalm,” a song involving pulsating beats and a fast tempo.

“It’s rhythmically challenging and throws me back to the Central American beats of my jazz band days,” Kramer said. “It’s supposed to be an exciting piece, so I hope it impassions the audience.”

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as he calls them — all three members are necessary to the band’s songwriting process.

Once Robert has a workable poem, Doyle comes up with some form of chord structure, and Hogan writes a melody.

“We’re really slow writers,” Doyle said. “Once we get the bare bones of a song, we cut into it. Are the harmonies two-part or three-part? How can we change this up? The material can take weeks. One song took us months.”

Sunset East now has eight fully-written songs and a few more that the members are

currently working on. The band plans to continue touring and hopes to sign with a record label.

As the band begins to blossom, Robert said the Hillsdale community has been very supportive.

“The support from Hillsdale and Michigan in general has been astounding. Thank you to every fan, but especially from Hillsdale,” he said.

Sunset East will be playing at the Hockeytown Cafe in Detroit on April 4 and Patrick J’s in Berkely, Michigan on April 5.

By | Luke Barbrick Collegian Freelancer On Mar. 29, “Unplanned” a powerful movie based on the true, heart-wrenching story of Abby Johnson, an ambitious young woman who becomes the youngest abortion clinic director in the history of Planned Parenthood will be released in theaters.

I had the privilege to view an early showing of the Pure Flix film while at the 2019 CPAC. The movie shows how Johnson began her career with a fervent desire to provide young mothers with abortions as a potential alternative to unwanted births. Despite the protests of her pro-life husband and parents, she serves Planned Parenthood faithfully for several years.

Johnson’s life and career irrevocably change when she is asked to participate in a live abortion, due to a last minute staff shortage.

The process shocks Johnson and shatters her faith in her work for Planned Parenthood and the pro-choice cause.

Almost immediately following this incident, Johnson quits her position as director of the clinic and offers her support to the pro-life effort by talking with other young women outside the fences of her old abortion clinic, persuading them to choose life over death for their child.

Her betrayal of Planned Parenthood earns Johnson the reputation of a traitor among her former colleagues and friends. While Planned Parenthood seeks vengeance on Johnson through a series of lawsuits, she must also come to grips with the shocking fact that she aided in the

killing of more than 20,000 unborn children.

The film is truly revolutionary in that it reveals abortion for what it truly is, often through graphic detail. In so doing, the film attacks one of the most common arguments of pro-choice advocates, primarily that an abortion causes no pain to the mother or the baby. While participating in the abortion, Johnson witnesses the child in the ultrasound attempting to avoid the suction device and lethal tools of the abortion doctor, which she perceives as the child acting in self-defense. The child appears to be in great physical pain.

Moreover, the film drives home the horrible feelings of regret and remorse which an abortion often causes for the mother. As someone who had two abortions prior to her career with Planned Parenthood, Johnson testifies to her own regret which worsens after her departure from the clinic.

Perhaps most important, Johnson’s story suggests that no crime, no matter how horrific in nature, is beyond divine forgiveness, though she struggles to come to terms with this. Eventually, Johnson comes to understand that she must move forward with her life, and find peace despite her past: forgiveness and reconciliation are in the present.

In revealing the great traumas that an abortion causes for the mother and child, this film permanently shaped my own outlook on one of the most divisive issues confronting America today. “Unplanned” is a must see for everyone, regardless of political leanings.

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Senior Shiloh Carozza debuts play about press censorship

By | Abby Liebing Assistant Editor Senior Shiloh Carozza had never written a two act play before. She had written novels and stories, but “Between the Lines” was her first full play.

After months of working and writing, Carozza’s new play, which explores the theme of censorship of the press set against the historical backdrop of the English Civil Wars in the mid-1600s, was showcased in a staged reading on March 22.

In 1643, England was split between Parliament and the monarchy, divided between Royalists (Cavaliers) and Parliamentarians (Roundheads).

It was in this era that Carozza created the story of Inspector Nicholas Hackle (Dylan Strehle) and Louisa Greaves (Sarah Nolting). Louisa is a Cavalier and Hackle is an avid Roundhead who used to be a Cavalier. Using her knowledge of his secret and evidence that could jeopardize Hackle’s life

and position as a Roundhead Inspector for the Parliament, Louisa blackmails him into marrying her. She promises that if he keeps her safe, she will keep his secret safe.

This marriage is a strange sham, but both have the protection they need from each other, and pursue their separate goals. Hackle fights

“The most fulfilling project I have ever gotten to do.” against the Royalist uprisings and tries to sniff out his nemesis, the infamous “Constantine,” a writer whose inflammatory pamphlets lead Royalists to protest in the streets.

The play builds to its climax after Hackle arrests

printer Samuel Hemsworth, who had been printing some of the pamphlets for the mysterious Constantine. Going behind her husband’s back, Louisa takes a particular interest in the poor printer and saves him. Both Louisa and Hemsworth are Cavaliers, and a romance blossoms. Though she is still in her sham marriage to Hackle, she becomes pregnant with Hemsworth’s child.

But before Hackle learns about the pregnancy, Hemsworth and Louisa are caught in the midst of a riot, in which Hemsworth is killed and Louisa is hurt and loses the child.

Hackle, further confused about the strange woman that he was blackmailed into marrying when he finds out about the illegitimate child, is called away to suppress more uprisings but suffers a gout attack while he is away. With the Cavaliers all but knocking down his door, Hackle’s doctor and Louisa save him.

Hackle survives, but the doctor — and presumably Louisa — do not survive the angry mobs.

As Hackle ponders Louisa and Constantine and finds a correlation. When she was ill, Constantine had stopped writing. Her handwriting is the same as Constantine’s. He suddenly realizes that Louisa was the fiery Constantine, the author of the inflammatory pamphlets, using his protection to try to preserve freedom of speech through her words.

Without naming her, he explains to his superiors that the troublesome Constantine is finally dead. But Louisa re-enters in the last scene.

She is not dead, but parts from Hackle and frees him by telling him where to find the evidence she had against him.

It is this type of unresolved ending that Carozza said she is drawn to.

“When I write, I usually like to write about things that haunt me and don’t leave me with a sense of closure,” Carozza said.

The idea of having a story about two people in a relationship that neither of them wanted to be in, but each had to be in for his own respective reasons, was an idea that had

been bouncing around Carozza’s head since her senior year of high school. She liked the way the idea haunted her and she knew that was the type of story she could really care about.

Carozza wrote the play for George Angell’s, Professor Emeritus of Theatre and Dance, Playwriting class which requires students to write a full length play, 1.5-2 hours, or around 105-125 pages.

“George told us, ‘Whatever you write about it’s going to be a two act show, so it has to be something you care about,’” Carozza said.

She realized she wanted to write the story that had been with her for several years.

“Shiloh put untold hours of

many times over,” Angell said.

Carozza’s passion for writing and the story she created was evident in the fact that she was not technically required to have a staged reading since she is a rhetoric and public address major and not a theatre major. She went beyond the assignment requirements for the playwriting class and worked hard, but enjoyed it.

“This is probably the most fulfilling project I have ever gotten to do my entire life,” Carozza said after the reading was finished.

But even with the reading done, she still plans to keep working on her script after she graduates.

“Long term, I want to go into screenwriting and or

work in the project. She and Judy and I met twice per week for 2-hour sessions, discussing, troubleshooting and devil’s-advocating the work as it was created and rewritten

playwriting,” Carozza said.

She said she would like to keep revising the script with the audience feedback, and perhaps eventually have a private stage production of it.

By | S. Nathaniel Grime Sports Editor French historian and philosopher Remi Brague will be on campus Monday, April 1 to speak on the study of classical languages. The lecture begins at 8 p.m. at Dow Conference Center rooms A & B. Brague is professor emeritus at Sorbonne, otherwise known as the University of Paris, and the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany. The title of Brague’s upcoming lecture is “Our Own Others,” and it will focus on why studying classical languages and cultures is important.

Associate Professor of English Dwight Lindley describes Brague as an “intellectual historian” who is an expert on the intellectual culture surrounding Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.

Lindley has read many of Brague’s books, and said Brague reached out to him after learning that Lindley had authored his Wikipedia page.

“I’ve essentially been a fan of his for a while,” Lindley said. “I’ve heard him speak a few times, and we’ve known each other and exchanged emails on and off. This year, it’s finally worked out to bring

him here.”

Lindley has taught Collegiate Scholars seminars on Brague, and said Brague has expressed interest in coming to Hillsdale to speak.

“It’s a great privilege to bring him here,” Lindley said.

“He’s interested in Hillsdale: he knew about it already before I got in touch with him and has been wanting to visit.”

Brague’s writings and studies have centered around the Western tradition and how it has progressed from the ancient world to modernity, according to Lindley.

Senior Sammy Roberts, one of the students who took Lindley’s seminar, said Brague’s focus is not only on what important to the West, but why it is important.

“At Hillsdale, we make a big deal about reading the Great Books and learning about the Western Heritage, but we sometimes don’t reflect on why these books are great or why this heritage is worth talking about,” Roberts said. “I think Brague’s scholarly endeavor — one that seeks to explain why civilizations return continually to their intellectual past and set out in search of extra-cultural interlocutors — will help us to articulate our justifications

a little bit better.”

Roberts said he appreciates Brague’s ability to involve a variety of disciplines in approaching scholarly questions.

“You’ll see him cite philosophy, historical chronicles, modern philology, and popular novels in one swift stroke,” Roberts said. “His ability to integrate all these different forms of knowledge together grants him insights denied to less open-minded academics.”

While Brague’s influence and notoriety are well-established in Europe, Lindley said his popularity in America has been increasing. Brague’s book, “Eccentric Culture” is perhaps his most famous work in English, wherein he discusses the way Christianity, Judaism, and Islam view and relate to the past.

“In his opinion, what has made the West great is the specifically Christian way of relating to the past as opposed to the Jewish and Muslim ways to relating to the past,” Lindley said. “He thinks the greatness of Christianity is that it’s been able to appreciate the past on its own terms — that each culture from the past has something to give as itself.”

ship in 1999. Athletes constantly hear than they are in control, that it’s all up to them, that given the right analysis and statistics and video tapes, failure can be identified, controlled, and prevented. This, however, is a myth.

Failures due to uncontrollable circumstances has a different sort of sting than traumatic injuries, losing streaks, or heavy-handed authorities.

“Either you can find a rational explanation or, if you don’t find any, you just have to cope with it. And now, which part of yourself is going to come out? Who are you really?” Van de Velde said.

But while “Losers” has champion material, the presentation is unsatisfying.

The episodes are remarkably concentrated, packing a whole career — and the most heartbreaking and soul-crushing moments of that career — into an average of 30 minutes.

While this density could be an advantage, the price paid for such efficiency is emotional exhaustion on the part of the viewer. We know what punchin-your-gut sports television looks like, thanks to “Million Dollar Baby” and “The Blind Side.” Thirty minutes is simply not enough time to make the audience feel what these athletes felt, to feel the agony and frustration of these failures with them.

The show also would have

done better to consider its audience potential: with the absurdly young ages that many American kids are put into athletics, it’s a message they need to hear, too. But while later episodes are much cleaner than the first, which is laden with curse words, most soccer moms won’t flick on a TV-MA show for the kids in the living room while they’re cooking dinner.

The series is also punctuated with cartoons. As an athlete, I know first hand how much failure, even at the mid-level, collegiate, non-pro, non-championship level feels like. I was completely mystified why the director would substitute cartoons for real, live footage — until I discovered producer Mickey Duzyj is an animator, and these cartoons are his “personal stamp.”

Personally, I was not a fan.

Failure, as the show sets out to embrace, isn’t always cute. The cartoons cushion the impact.

At the end of the day, “Losers” tells much-needed stories about failure — how athletes both survived failure, and learned from it. Watch “Losers” over your lunch break, but if you want to feel what it means to fail, without having to relive your worst memories, wait until after dinner, and watch “Million Dollar Baby.” And keep an eye out for Michael Bentt living his acting dreams.

“It’s this type of unresolved ending that Carozza is drawn to.”

French historian Remi Brague to share why studying classical languages is still important

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football club rules, the lowest ranked team of each season in each division is bumped down a category. If a team is in the lowest division and finishes last, it is dissolved. Such is the situation for FC Torquay, the undeniable underdogs in the match that will decide their fate. A comedy of errors, including a police dog’s misguided attack of a player instead of an unruly crowd member, results not in a win – but in a tie, which keeps the Torquay club together by the skin of its teeth.

“Losers” examines many kinds of failure, and breaks down a lot of the false dichotomies and doctrines that athletes can stew in: pro is better than amateur. If you don’t succeed in your sport, you’re not trying hard enough.

You can always control your circumstances. Every decorated athlete has fulfilled his hopes and dreams.

The most helpful lesson the show teaches, though, is simply that failure is survivable.

You may miss the last hole on the last day of the most prestigious golf event in the world, to absolutely freak mishaps, and life goes on — as in the case of Jean Van de Velde.

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Today, the couple runs ProEdge as a ministry. The show begins and ends with a prayer and a testimony, and maintains spiritual vivacity throughout with christian rock, interrupted only occasionally by Nelly’s “Here Comes the Boom” when a particularly feisty bull makes an appearance.

“The reason why I love what we are doing here is the ministry itself,” Carie said.

“I love getting to hear testimonies, and those absolutely help with the hard times that we have when there are bulls breaking fences and bones getting broken. Just hearing God’s testimony being shared, that gets me excited about the event.”

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“She’s one of the first people I text to bounce off about my art stuff just because I know her advice will be unbiased, and I appreciate that,” Reynolds said. “She’s still helping me even though I don’t go to Hillsdale anymore.”

Around three months ago, Bushey told Reynolds she was going to make a quilt based off of Reynolds’ photo of White Sands National Monument in New Mexico.

“I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, Barbara Bushey is making a quilt from my photo.’ I guess that made me sound like a four-year-old girl, but she had looked at something I had made and was like, ‘Oh, I can get inspiration from that.’”

As a professor at Hillsdale, Bushey teaches three upper level art history classes, two basic art survey classes, and one basic design class.

Bushey said she enjoys teaching the upper level classes because the class sizes are generally smaller and lead to interesting discussions, but she loves teaching the survey classes.

“It’s all the people who kind of come in, like, ‘Alright, alright, it’s a core requirement,’” Bushey said.

“And then by the end of the semester, they’re like, ‘well, this was really interesting.’

And that’s always good.”

Sophomore Abby Leali, who is looking to add an art minor, said she took a Renaissance to Modern Art History class with Bushey and is currently in the Baroque Art History class.

Leali said Bushey’s classes are refreshing because Bushey cares very much about art, but she cares more about her students.

“She’s the reason I love the Baroque Period as much as I do,” Leali said. “I took the Baroque class because I loved Renaissance so much. It’s a really good way to just kind of get away from the strict and really hard classes for a little while, but then also

laced fingers as the cowboys prepare to embark on a battle with their leviathans.

Just a few weeks ago, one of their regular riders got baptized.

And at least once a week the Proctors receive some kind of testimony about one of their riders or supporters coming to God with the help of the ProEdge faith community.

“That is part of the goal behind the rodeo,” Carie said. “To sow into the guys’ lives and try to guide them to getting away from cultural Christianity. We wanted them to understand there is a much deeper meaning to what Christ is about.”

One ProEdge regular, Neal Borntrager, second in the season standings, hails from Middlebury, Indiana. He picked up bull riding much like many of his compatriots.

He witnessed bull riding for the first time at a county fair, and from then on, he couldn’t stay away from it, saying he loves the unique atmosphere Earl and Carie cultivate.

“I love this rodeo, its outstanding,” Borntrager said.

“There are other rodeos I could go to, but I always pick this one over the others.” still learn quite a bit of the different periods.”

Sophomore and art major Heidi Yacoubian said Bushey’s art history lectures are always memorable.

“She has a very quirky sense of humor that really lightens the mood,” Yacoubian said.

Yacoubian said Bushey has helped her to understand her own art better by offering many different perspectives when studying artists from the past.

“She helps you see the development of art and kind of makes sense of what you do as an artist and the purpose for creating it,” Yacoubian said.

During her freshman year, Yacoubian took Bushey’s basic design class. Her favorite memories with Bushey come from this class.

“There’s a quilt in Professor Bushey’s exhibit, and it has all the pictures of her in funky outfits,” Yacoubian siad. “She took those while I was in the design class. Maybe every day or every week, Rachael Reynolds would go out in the hallway and take a picture of her outfit. Now it’s fun because I get to see the quilts, and I remember her outfits.”

In addition to memorable classes, Yacoubian said she admires Bushey for how well she leads the art department at Hillsdale College.

“She contributes a lot, and I know she’s helped me a lot as a student,” Yacoubian said.

“She really wants to do a lot for the school and that shows in her work.”

Leali, Yacoubian, and Reynolds all said Bushey is one of the most talented people they have ever met.

“She’s amazing at what she does, but extremely humble,” Yacoubian said. “I think what makes her an excellent professor.”

Reynolds said she could not have found a more hard-working mentor.

“The things that she does with these quilts, it’s incredible,” Reynolds said. “I could gush about Barbara Bushey all day.”

seemed like good preparation for that endeavor. But his focus shifted more toward English as he realized he knew more happier academics than lawyers. After graduation, he earned a master’s in English at the University of Virginia, taught high school English for a year, and now works as a government contractor in Washington, D.C. “The combination worked well, Alumnus Andrew Dykstal was because both are named one of 12 winners in an inconcerned with ternational writing contest. Galaxy narratives, human Press | Courtesy action, and the study of abstract ideas in confrom A1 crete circumstances,” Dykstal Dykstal received a bachsaid. “The English departelor of arts in English and ment as a whole helped me political science and credits appreciate what writing can Hillsdale’s English departdo— putting together these ment for his appreciation of great experiments, letting the subject. Since he planned them run, and seeing what on attending law school after happens.” graduation, Dykstal said While studying at Hillsmajoring in political science dale, Dykstal was the team

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Meet James Gensterblum ’11: Local sports editor who knows every high school mascot in the state

“There were 50 people in a room,” Gensterblum said. “It was like, I have maybe two years of sitting here before getting much of anything.”

With this realization, Gensterblum transferred to Hillsdale College as a sophomore and earned a degree in history.

Already a year behind in his core classes, Gensterblum wrote a few articles for The Collegian and later took paid stringing jobs for the Daily News.

As a history major, Gensterblum took many classes with Professor of History Dave Stewart. Stewart said he appreciated Gensterblum’s earnest interest in classes, and his enthusiasm for going beyond the routine.

“Most students simply accept whatever a department offers,” Gensterblum said.

“James, however, had me create a one-credit course for him on nineteenth-century Japanese history.”

Stewart said his favorite memory with Gensterblum was when they were enthusiastically discussing the Japanese Meiji Restoration in his office, and Professor of History Mark Kalthoff had to come in and tell them to quiet down.

Professor of History Thomas Conner said he taught Gensterblum in a Russian history class.

“He made a very strong A in the class,” Conner said.

“He was a very bright kid and very eager.”

Conner said he was not surprised to hear Gensterblum is a journalist.

“He obviously had excellent writing ability, or he never would have been able to make A’s in my classes or anybody else’s classes in the history department.”

After graduating from Hillsdale in Dec. 2011, Gen-

sterblum headed to Grand Rapids to work for MLive.

During his time at MLive, Gensterblum said he learned interviewing skills and working on deadline. More importantly, he networked with more than 25 other aspiring sports writers.

“That’s actually how I got out of that job,” Gensterblum said.

Folsom was then working as sports editor for the Gaylord Herald Times. After sending out hundreds of resumes, Gensterblum said he had not been offered a single interview. So Folsom told his boss to take a look at Gensterblum’s resume.

“I was slamming my fists on the desk and told him, ‘James is the best high school sportswriter in the state, it’s not even close. You will not be disappointed,’” Folsom said. “James went up there and crushed the interview.”

With Folsom’s help, Gensterblum received a job offer at the Petoskey News-Review, the sister publication to the Gaylord Herald Times, and left MLive in September 2014. There, he became a sportswriter and was part of a two-man crew.

While working at Petoskey, Gensterblum said he had the opportunity to write one of his most inspiring sports story about a soccer player who received a heart transplant.

“Eight months later, he was back on the soccer field,” Gensterblum said. “Because that’s how much he loved the game.”

Folsom said Gensterblum was a staple in Petoskey.

“No one would write as well as him,” Folsom said. “He could go anywhere and tell you about the bigger picture and why the event he went to was so important and what it meant in the grand scheme of things.”

In addition to the Gaylord Herald Times, Folsom freelanced for the Detroit Free Press. After the Central Michigan University Football Team beat Oklahoma State University, the Detroit Free Press asked Folsom to catch the team at the airport and write as many stories as he could. Folsom asked Gensterblum to help him with the stories.

“James and I were pulling players left and right to interview them,” Folsom said. “We ended up going to McDonald’s to put out all these stories. James got his first byline in the Detroit Free Press.”

After three years in Petoskey, Gensterblum received an offer to become sports editor for the Monticello Herald Journal in Monticello,

Nathan Schlueter, professor of philosophy and religion.

In Dykstal’s words, utopian fiction — a close cousin of dystopian fiction — explores the consequences of ideas, whereas science fiction delves into “what if ” scenarios, making the two genres very similar. Writing science fiction also allows him to “weird people out more,” which is something he enjoys doing once in a while.

“I tend to treat science fiction as a successor to the gothic. It plays a lot of with the ideas of transgression,” Dykstal said. “It deals with the world having been changed to a point where there has to be some renegotiation and how the characters reach an equilibrium situation again where they can live in.”

In addition to Dykstal, many other students who took Utopian Fiction said it was one of the most informative courses they’ve taken, Schlueter said.

“I’ve seen this course bear fruit for students in all kinds of different ways and I’m glad to see how this class bore fruit

on Andrew’s development,” Schlueter said.

Dykstal wrote a few stories already and one of them, “Clockwork,” is already published and can be read on DailyScienceFiction.com.

This flash fiction story, a short fiction story, is about a woman who inexplicably coughs up watch parts.

“It began with a mental image of suffering a coughing fit over a sink and finding a single, tiny gear,” Dykstal said.

“It took about an hour to write and several more to polish.”

The Writers of the Future Contest has helped many aspiring writers advance further in their writing careers, and about half of them continue on professionally, Goodwin said.

When it comes to writing stories, Dykstal said his ideas come from everywhere. They start from building up a situation around a mental image or with a character experiencing personal or professional failure.

“That’s one of my favorites, and a fairly common trope: building a story around

Alumnus James Gensterblum currently serves as sports editor for the Hillsdale Daily News. James Gensterblum | Courtesy

By | Julia Mullins Assistant Editor Before becoming sports editor at the Hillsdale Daily News, James Gensterblum ’11 began his career taking calls from Michigan highschool football coaches to gather information for MLive’s weekly roundup in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

“It’s not glamorous,” Gensterblum said. “I’m not going to pretend that it was anything more than an entry-level job.”

Gensterblum said he couldn’t imagine spending the rest of his career doing this type of “grunt work” for sports desks and their papers.

Throughout his career, Gensterblum worked at several newspapers and waited for the opportunity to work for the Hillsdale Daily News.

Brandon Folsom, who began his career in sports writing at MLive with Gensterblum and is currently sports editor at the Gaylord Herald Times, remembers the first time he met Gensterblum.

“James was very boisterous about Brady Hoke and Michigan Football,” Folsom said. “He was just a really loud and opinionated guy, but he knew what he was talking about.”

During his time at MLive, Folsom said he realized early on that Gensterblum was different from his other coworkers.

“He’s so smart, and he knows every high school mascot in the state,” Folsom said. “If you would quiz him, he would know. That’s how into high school sports he is.”

Prior to MLive, Gensterblum attended Hillsdale Academy and began “stringing,” or freelancing, for the Hillsdale Daily News his senior year. The first game he covered was a football game for North Adams-Jerome High School.

“I had never done an interview before, and that must have been a horrible experience for the coach because I was just stumbling all over myself,” Gensterblum said.

“But I came back, and I wrote a story.”

Despite a shaky start, Gensterblum continued to cover sports for the Daily News before heading to the University of Michigan in manager on the speech team and debated at national tournaments. He received two national titles in debate and several speech awards. After he graduated, he helped coach for a while both the college’s speech and debate teams.

“It’s one of those things you can only do and sustain for several years if it’s something you love,” Dykstal said. “And where else can you trap people in a room and have them talk about abstract philosophy?”

Dykstal added that his liberal arts education at Hillsdale made him ponder the type of questions that are good for developing story conflicts.

“The story that won the contest is closely tied to questions that come up in basic political conversation,” Dykstal said. “How can a power set up to work good in the world be prevented from working ill? What happens at the moment of extremity when a society’s models and expectations have all seemingly come to ruin?”

A memorable course Dykstal took was a Utopian Fiction course taught by

the fall of 2007.

After attending a meeting for the university’s newspaper, The Michigan Daily, Gensterblum said he felt discouraged because of the size of the school and the journalism program.

“In a sporting event, you get all this range of emotions: joy, rage, fear, and bravery... It’s really a kind of beautiful microcosm for life in general.”

Indiana.

Folsom said there was a void that couldn’t be filled once Gensterblum left Petoskey.

“So many people miss him and the work he did and the stories he told,” Folsom said. “It’s insane how much production they lost when he left.”

While in Indiana, Gensterblum said it was difficult to bring the history of teams into his stories.

“I didn’t know any of the local history,” Gensterblum said. “I spent a couple of weeks in deep dive, just going through past state champions, what the high schools I covered had done.”

A year later, Gensterblum jumped again, becoming sports editor of the Hillsdale Daily News, a place where he knew the history.

“This job opened up and I’ve always wanted to be closer to home. Family is very important to me.”

According to Gensterblum, he always had the notion he would return to the place where he got his start because he knows the community.

Folsom said people feel Gensterblum’s presence in the community wherever he goes.

“He’s telling stories that would have never been told or never been figured out because he’s so good at developing relationships with people,” Folsom said. “I learned from him about how to take a subject seriously.”

Today, Gensterblum said there isn’t a single sport in Michigan High School Sports that he hasn’t covered.

From skiing to water polo to basketball, Gensterblum has done it all. His favorite sports event he covered was the 2018 Division 8 State Championship at Ford Field.

Gensterblum said this was Reading High School’s breakthrough season.

“It was two teams that had never been to the state finals before,” Gensterblum said.

“This Division 8 game had more people than I think all the other games besides Division 1 and 2, and it sounded like Sunday.”

Throughout his time as a sportswriter, Gensterblum said he’s covered many stories about athletes and perseverance.

“I remember writing a story about this kid with Down syndrome who was on the JV basketball team, and they brought him in and he just hit multiple threes,” Gensterblum said. “I interviewed him, and he was talking about how his grandpa was sick. He didn’t know what he was sick with, but he just knew that he was sick and wanted to do something for him.”

Gensterblum said he enjoys covering sports because the values in sports bring out the best in human nature.

“In a sporting event, you get all this range of emotions: joy, rage, fear, and bravery,” Gensterblum said. “You get to see there’s beauty and there’s excellence. It’s really a kind of beautiful microcosm for life in general.” somebody whose life has fallen apart and whose present dire straits force commitment to some risky proposition,” Dykstal said.

For those interested in writing, reading is very important, Dykstal said. The more time spent reading, the more efficient writing itself will be.

“Read anything and everything you can find outside and inside of your preferred genres,” Dykstal said. “Life experience is valuable, and while both are necessary, they’re not sufficient. You also have to understand the mechanics of a story, what makes stories compelling and interesting to readers.”

Dykstal plans on continuing his writing career after the workshop and hopefully he’ll have a new novel within the next couple of years.

“I would love to make a living as a novelist, but it’s something that very few people do,” Dykstal said. “I will continue writing, but you have to be very good and very lucky; that’s the dream.”

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The art department’s ‘mad scientist’

Bushey inspires department majors and core class students with artistic enthusiasm for 18 years By | Julia Mullins Assistant Editor When she was getting ready to go to the University of Michigan, Chairwoman of Art Barbara Bushey had a tough decision to make.

“I was trying to decide between art and physics,” Bushey said. “And as I told my father, ‘I can always paint on weekends, but I can’t have a cyclotron in my basement.’ I went into physics.”

Like many college students, Bushey ended up changing her major. And instead of physics, she earned a degree in psychology.

All her life, Bushey said she was making something.

It’s no surprise, then, that she went on to art school at Eastern Michigan University a semester after graduating from UM. Bushey earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in both graphic design and textiles there, before moving onto Wayne State University for her Master of Fine Arts in textiles.

During her time at graduate school, Bushey experienced “the sort of mad scientist” aspect of art, realizing that she could dye her own fabrics.

“I was working on this piece that had this kind of sandy-colored fabric, and then I needed more,” Bushey said. “I was able to dye more and get it to match exactly.

And so I marched into my adviser’s office and said, ‘Look what I did, I want my degree now,’ and they go, ‘Yeah, now go back to work.’”

Rachael Reynolds ’18, who took every art class Bushey offers, said Bushey never compromises with any of her projects.

“She spends hours on these things,” Reynolds said. “I would never spend that much time on something unless I was certain it would turn out amazing, and she makes sure that it does.”

After finishing her graduate studies, Bushey decided to pursue a career in teaching, something she’s been doing her whole life, as the oldest of five children.

She had begun teaching part time at many schools in southeastern Michigan as an “itinerant scholar,” but said she was looking for a change in pace. At the same time, Hillsdale College needed a full-time art professor for one year, and Bushey decided to apply for the position.

“They liked me, and I liked it here,” Bushey said. “They just kept putting me on the schedule. Finally, they decided they should keep me.”

Bushey said it was nice to finally have a place to call home.

“This place is so lovely because we have so much support from the administration, we have such good students – people who want to learn – we have dedicated faculty,” Bushey said. “My colleagues are all committed teachers and kind and generous human beings, and just the whole atmosphere of searching for the truth together is a real wonder.”

Reynolds experienced this

wonder the first time she took a class with Bushey. Originally an exercise science major playing softball, Reynolds experienced an injury and had to stop playing. She said she needed to find a new creative outlet.

“When I first sat down with her to talk with her about potentially adding an art major, we got along really well,” Reynolds said. “She’s kinda goofy, but she’s also very straightforward, and I very much liked that.”

Hillsdale’s art department made it possible for Reynolds to stay a fifth year and pick up an art major. Reynolds said she considers having somebody like Bushey in her life one of the biggest blessings coming out of Hillsdale’s art program.

“My last semester, she was on sabbatical, and so I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, no. She can’t be on sabbatical my final semester,’” Reynolds said. “I didn’t see her as frequently, but she still carved out time to make sure that she was there for me through the grad school process, through the job search process, and even now, she’s randomly mailed me clothes that she thought I would like.”

During her time as a student, Reynolds said she went to Bushey for advice all of the time, even if it had nothing to do with school.

“That was huge for me in college,” Reynolds said. “She cared about me as a human.”

When making big life decisions, Reynolds still goes to See Bushey B3

Professor of Art Barbara Bushey created a “Key” quilt (pictured above), displaying the outfits that inspired a series of nine separate quilts. Brooke Conrad | Collegian

Chandler Ryd currently serves as video producer for the Hillsdale College marketing department. Sarah Borger | Courtesy

Behind the camera

A glimpse into Hillsdale video production By | Matt Fisher Collegian Reporter If you tuned in to the Super Bowl, you may have noticed Hillsdale College’s commercial standing out amid a circus of Doritos, Bud Light, and Dodge commercials. Hillsdale offered the public a glimpse of the school’s refusal of federal funding and mission-focused education through its commercial. Behind it all was the Hillsdale College Marketing Department.

Although he was not primarily in charge of the Super Bowl advertisements, Video Producer Chandler Ryd ’18 oversees all writing, production, and filming of promotional videos for Hillsdale College marketing.

“In the marketing department, we’re telling stories,” Sarah Borger, digital content coordinator for the marketing department, said. “You can write those stories through a variety of ways. One of the strongest ways to tell narratives from around campus is through video. Chandler captivates the audience by telling stories that are compelling and draw in the viewer.”

While he took on the responsibilities of leading the department less than a year ago, Ryd is already leaving his mark. A quick look at his calendar reveals a slew of projects, such as filming online lectures, handling media promotions for both the college and Hillsdale Academy, completing a project covering the senior class gift, another major television spot for early 2020, and shooting footage from the Hillsdale Academy for three separate projects.

“For me, the life cycle of a project is about three months from shooting the video until it’s done. Sometimes it can be faster, but it can be tricky when there are five projects to work on,” Ryd admitted, chuckling.

But Ryd did not anticipate becoming a filmmaker when he first attended Hillsdale College.

“I did it because in high school I intended to be an English teacher after I graduated,” Ryd said. “I always loved creative writing. However, that turned into a love of film-making right before college. Right about sophomore year, I began to realize this was something I wanted to do.”

Ryd began working for Hillsdale’s marketing department as a blog writer during his freshman year. However, as a sophomore, he quickly transitioned into the role of video production assistant to Sam Brown, the former head of video production. From managing files, to logging metadata, to editing videos, Ryd worked three years until his graduation from Hillsdale in 2018. Shortly thereafter, Brown accepted a job in the White House and offered his old job to Ryd. Deciding to stay at Hillsdale College to work as the head of video production was not an easy choice as many opportunities had emerged in Los Angeles for Ryd. “It was a choice between ‘Do I want to be here in Hillsdale with more creative control, or do I want to go to a place like LA and potentially work on bigger projects, meet more people, but have a very small role?’ And probably not a creative role until several years into it.”

Ryd ended up accepting the position of video producer for the college, initially on an interim basis, and eventually, due to his stellar work, his role became permanent.

The creative process varies with each of his videos.

“The general process is to come up with an idea, plan it out, create a script or moodboard,” Ryd said. “You plan it, you shoot it, and you edit with continuous rewriting.”

Depending on the budget and demands of the particular project, video production generally takes three to six months, with the first month dedicated to coming up with the concept and writing the

script, and the last month focused on putting together a cast, preparing the studio, and scheduling the shoots.

Filming usually takes three to five days, followed by weeks to months of post-production editing.

Nate Neveau, senior and member of the Hillsdale College basketball team, spoke to his experience in front of the camera for the marketing department.

“I had never been a part of a video production prior to working with the video production team,” Neveau said.

“Sensing my slight discomfort, they eased my nerves and made the experience enjoyable and productive. During my time with the team, their blend of professionalism and personality impressed me.”

Given an ever-diversifying mediasphere with new outlets for content popping up daily, Ryd and the marketing department must adapt their creative styles to the habits of the American consumer, including social media platforms.

“You have to make the video work on platforms like Facebook where they will see the first portion of a video without the sound but still want to share the video after hearing it,” Ryd said.

Despite the complexities of the information age and new media outlets, Ryd says he’s excited for the possibilities in the future of video advertising for Hillsdale.

“It’s a personal, creative journey,” Ryd said. “I’ve become a lot better at brainstorming ideas and coming at a project differently than I have before.”

Despite differences in each production process, Ryd explains that the central message does not change from video to video.

“A big part of marketing is recognizing that all the same reasons I love the college, the mission and the classes, are why people outside the college love the college.”

Couple brings community impact with rodeo ministry By | Elizabeth Bachmann Collegian Reporter On a gray Saturday afternoon in February, the Proctors’ home was just messy enough to be perfectly comfortable. It was warm, the windows fogging up against the chill winter air. Carie Proctor, wearing a baseball cap and sweatshirt, from under which peeked a large, bedazzled belt buckle, moved deftly about the small kitchen, chopping, sprinkling, stirring, and occasionally tasting what looked like a meat lover’s paradise.

The Proctors’ 11-year-old son, Strand, sat on the couch, indifferently watching Saturday morning cartoons while fiddling with a craft.

Earl Proctor came in from the cold, careful to take off his shoes at the door. His gray sweatshirt, workingman’s jeans, and heavy wool gloves indicated a brief sojourn from weekend yard work, perhaps shoveling snow. Taking off

his gloves, he leaned on the countertop and watched his wife sail from stove to spice cabinet, and back again.

The scene savored of a typical working class family, engrossed in household chores, happy to be in each other’s company.

Except the Proctors aren’t typical.

Carie was not only cooking for her husband and son, but also for the 25 hungry cowboys who would descend upon their property within the next five hours. Earl was not coming in to warm up from shoveling, he was coming in to rest after wrangling 30 bulls into their respective pens. And most important, Strand was not merely crafting, but was, in fact, a self-proclaimed “survivalist” whittling a spear to do battle with an enemy snapping turtle that had overtaken his creek.

The Proctors live above the ProEdge Arena Rodeo in Osseo, Michigan, which hous-

es 30 bulls. A peek through their kitchen windows reveals a bullring in startling proximity to their front step, and a glance up reveals, not the light of the sun, but fierce fluorescents illuminating the deserted battleground below.

Every Saturday night the pack of cowboys buck, rock and counterbalance in an attempt to stay atop their bull for the eight full seconds required to qualify.

However, ProEdge Arena’s weekly shows feature not just a physical battle but also a spiritual one. In between the eight second rides, and sometimes during, announcers praise the Lord Jesus, thank him for his protection, and glorify his name. The Proctors’ rodeo is, in fact, a ministry.

Both Carie and Earl grew up on small farms within 15 minutes of each other, but it was a rodeo in Harrison that first brought them together.

Earl was a bull rider, and Carie a barrel racer.

Their romance started the from the moment a 12-yearold Earl saw 15-year-old Carie.

“I liked her from day one,” said Earl, “But she looked at me as a little brother.”

Carie confirmed the sentiment, but eventually gave in when Earl, at fifteen, could no longer hide his feelings, and bravely confessed his enduring love for this rodeo princess.

She agreed to give him a chance.

“Obviously, I was a mature 12-year-old,” Earl said with a laugh.

The Proctors’ initial vision for the arena was a “giant party.” Earl and Carie planned to contact local alcohol vendors, and create a boozy beer-festmeets-bulls environment for his riders and customers.

Around this same time, the Carie got pregnant with their son, Strand, and decided that they wanted to raise him to be Christian, as both were raised

culturally Christian. light with others.

“I went to vacation bible “I remember telling Carie school because they had really good snacks,” Carie said.

See Rodeo B3 But now that the stakes had been raised, and they were responsible for more than their own souls, they intended to genuinely pursue Christianity.

“We just knew there was a little something more to life than what we had been conquering over the last few years,” Carie said. “So, we decided to find a church.”

By happenstance, an old high school friend reached out at that same time, inviting them to an outdoor service that, as Carie put it, “set [their] souls on fire.”

The Proctors after- Strand, Carie, and Earl Proctor in their ward felt it was their home, which is situated above a rodeo duty to share their arena. Elizabeth Bachmann | Collegian