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Kalthoff receives Daugherty Award at spring convocation By | Nolan Ryan News Editor Professor and Chairman of History Mark Kalthoff received the Daugherty Award for Teaching Excellence for the fall semester of 2018 at convocation on Thursday. “Mark Kalthoff exemplifies the kind of steady, wise teaching that we prize at the college,” Dean of Faculty and Associate Professor of Education Daniel Coupland said in an email. “The hundreds of Hillsdale students who have sat in his classes over the years have been shaped by his deep understanding of his particular field and of liberal education in general.” Dean of Women Diane Philipp said the criteria for the Daugherty includes dedication to one’s profession and

craft, sensitivity to students’ learning, and a demand for excellence. Student GPAs from fall 2018 were announced at convocation as well. The allschool GPA was 3.320, while the average women’s GPA was 3.477, and the average men’s GPA was 3.262. For the Greek scholarship cups, Kappa Kappa Gamma had the highest sorority GPA at 3.483, while Sigma Chi won the fraternity prize with an average GPA of 3.273. Eleven seniors qualified for the top 10 of the Class of 2019, with two tying for 10th place: In alphabetical order, they were Nicole Ault, Catherine Bodnar, Marina Bostelman, Kathryn DuHadway, Ellen Friesen, Hope Jonker, Rebecca Kaiser, Daniel Maisonville, Samuel Roberts, Jessica Skoudis, and Gill West.

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Kalthoff, Young to take new positions as academic deans

Hillsdale College President Larry Arrn announced that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will be speaking at the dedication of Christ Chapel next semester. Chirstian Yiu | Collegian

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Professor and Chairman of History Mark Kalthoff will assume the dean of faculty position, and Chairman and Associate Professor of Chemistry Matthew Young will become the dean of natural sciences beginning in the 2019-2020 academic year. Kalthoff will take over

from current Dean of Faculty Daniel Coupland. This will be Kalthoff ’s third term in the position; he served two terms previously from 2005-2009, after Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn asked him to stay for a second term. As dean of faculty, Kalthoff will serve primarily as a middleman between the faculty and the administration.

“In the role in the past, I lost track how many times I was in the top floor of Moss Hall for meetings, either in the provost or the president’s office, because I was involved in conversations and learning about how the college works,” Kalthoff said. “As dean, it is your responsibility to represent the administration to the faculty and to represent the faculty to See Deans A3

Clarence Thomas to speak Graduating senior officers at Christ Chapel dedication By | Isabella Redjai Assistant Editor Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will be delivering a speech at the dedication of the campus’ new Christ Chapel at its opening ceremony in early October, President Larry P. Arnn announced this past Parents

Weekend. Arnn and faculty agreed that Thomas is an appropriate speaker for the dedication ceremony, due to his relationship with the college in recent years, coming as the 2016 commencement speaker where Arnn awarded Thomas an Honorary Degree, his service to the public, and his upstanding character.

“We are related in that he is widely admired here,” Arnn said in an email. “I personally think and have thought for a long time him the best public servant of our time.” Arnn said he invited Thomas to speak at the ceremony through a letter more than a month ago

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pass torch to Class of 2020 By | Madeline Peltzer Collegian Reporter

Adam Buchmann is the new senior class president after officers announced the voting results for the incoming class of 2020 officers, Monday night at the Junior

Legacy Dinner. The board also consists of Lukas Swenson as vice president, Reagan Cool as secretary, Lizzie Leathers as treasurer, Hadiah Ritchey as social chair, and Lucy Meckler as fundraising chair. “My initial reaction was

one of general excitement for the next year and the many endeavors the position entails,” Buchmann said. “I’m very excited to get the team together to make senior year a great one.”

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Senior Colleen Prince wins Fulbright scholarship By | Regan Meyer Web Content Editor When senior Colleen Prince first received the email telling her that she had won a Fulbright Scholarship, she didn’t think it was real. “I was literally dancing on stage and took a break to check my phone, which I shouldn’t do,” Prince said. “I saw the Fulbright email with congratulations, and I thought to myself, ‘This has to be an April Fool’s joke.’ I was so nervous.” Prince may have received her email of congratulations on April Fool’s Day, but there was nothing fake about it. She is a Fulbright Scholarship recipient through the English Teaching Assistant program and the sixth Hillsdale College student to win a Fulbright Scholarship in the last five years. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards graduating U.S. students, both undergraduate and graduate, with the opportunity to further their education in foreign countries either through individually designed research/ Follow @HDaleCollegian

study projects or through the English Teaching Assistant Program. The Fulbright provides grants in 144 different countries. Once Prince decided to apply, she had about three weeks to complete the extensive application that includes a grant purpose, personal statement, letters of recommendation, proof of foreign language abilities, and interviews with both the campus Fulbright board and the host country. Director of Career Services Ken Koopman spent what he estimated to be about 10 hours with Prince working on her application. “Sometimes when people are preparing for something like this, there’s so much work and so many things going on, they want to write the essay and give it one look for grammar,” Koopman said. “Colleen spent hours and hours doing this and doing it the right way. I looked at it. She had other people look at it. For any students that are interested in this kind of award in the future, that’s the dedication that it takes.” One of the most time-con-

Senior Colleen Prince received the Fulbright scholarship, and she will be training at a Ukranian dance school and working on dance therapy for PSTD. Colleen Prince | Courtesy

suming aspects of the application was the grant purpose. Prince’s grant purpose is

twofold. The first is to train at a Ukrainian dance school. The second is to work with

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a holistic health clinic that is seeking to implement a new kind of dance therapy that could be used to help soldiers suffering from PTSD. Prince will pursue her grant purpose while working as a teaching assistant to a professor at a Ukrainian university. Prince chose Ukraine because of her own Ukrainian heritage and her experiences within the culture. She has been dancing semi-professionally with a Ukrainian folk dance troupe since 2008. “It would be such an honor to be able to train at a Ukrainian dance school in Ukraine. That is just the culmination of everything I’ve wanted as an artist,” she said. “Being able to, at the same time, be an ambassador through teaching a language that is going to be so hopefully and necessary to these students there, for their success — that combines the skill sets and what I desire to do with my life, which is all I could really ask for.” Hillsdale’s Fulbright Program Adviser, Professor of German Fred Yaniga, said

he is proud of Prince and the hard work she put into applying for the program. “I’m happy that she did it,” Yaniga said. “She had a project that is near and dear to her heart, to her background. She’s going to come back a changed person with huge opportunities because, when her application for a job, internship, or postgraduate study position falls on someone’s desk, the first thing they see will be ‘Fulbright winner.’ And her application will flow to the top.” The program runs September 2019 through May 2020. Prince said she looks forward to her time in the country and wants to thank all those who helped her through the process. “It’s great to know that I now have a story that I can share with future undergrads,” Prince said. “It’s a story about how you should take every single opportunity you are presented with, because it could turn out really great and you have absolutely nothing to lose by trying.”

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Students spend Saturday serving the community First-ever Day of Service volunteer event draws more than 200 students and staff teams that I know didn’t get T-shirts. I’m guessing we had around 300 volunteers.” Jan Nageldinger, the shelter Hillsdale students took manager at the Branch Counpart in the college’s first ever ty Humane Society, said it community-wide Day of Serwas the “best day ever for the vice volunteer this weekend, animals.” helping with cleaning and “Some students painted other service work. kennels in On the quaranSaturday, tine area and April 6, walked dogs. hundreds The animals of students were actually spent tired after they their day left, and that throughnever happens out around here,” Hillsdale she said. “They County don’t get out volunteerunless a voluning their teer comes to time to take them for the Day of a walk. They Service. were so happy The event that day.” was put toHatley said gether by the Day of One group of students cleared foliage during the Day of Service. Hillsdale Service will Anna Katherine Daley | Courtesy College’s not become an GOAL annual event, Program and the Omicron Hatley said. as GOAL and ODK don’t Delta Kappa leadership honThe day even included the wish to take away from the orary. efforts of Hillsdale College other smaller projects teams “Roughly one of out five staff. Dean of Women Diane and clubs do throughout the Hillsdale College students Philipp, Associate Dean of school year. went out and met the needs of Women Rebekah Dell, and “You can begin to start Hillsdale County,” Ross HatDirector of Student Activities taking this thing for granted. I ley, president of ODK, said. Ashlyn Landherr painted the think this is obviously beyond “That is absolutely incredceiling at St. Paul’s Ability my scope at Hillsdale, but I ible. It was quite the event, Resource Center. think it will be undertaken and there were 20 different Lucile Townley, director of every other year,” Hatley said. partner organizations that the GOAL Program, said the “I hope it will continue, and identified their needs.” event exceeded her expectawith the enthusiasm we saw, The volunteers divided tions. I think it will continue, but into 20 teams to work with “The event was everything we don’t want volunteering at each organization. While one we were hoping for. Our goal Hillsdale to be based on large washed windows at the hoswas to have 20 service projscale volunteer events.” pice center, another cleaned ects, and we ended up with up the Baw Beese trail, and exactly 20 project and about yet another made blankets 200 volunteers,” she said. “We for Domestic Harmony, the had 280 T-shirts and they domestic violence shelter. were gone, but there were also Many other groups did a lot

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of cleaning around the community in places such as the humane societies, the fairgrounds, and Salvation Army. “Almost every Greek organization, many sports teams, campus clubs, and a wide array of the dorms came together to make this happen,”

Hillsdale students worked most of the day on Saturday, completing a number of volunteer projects around the city. Anna Katherine Daley | Courtesy

Juniors Hannah Stumpf, Frances Wiese, and Savannah Rothhaas create Easter wreaths with a GOAL program. Anna Katherine Daley | Courtesy

Andrew Klavan spoke at the Searle Center on Tuesday night regarding the immorality and depravity of culture, as well as how to proclaim truth in such a culture. Reagan Meyer | Collegian

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Color run to return, more colorful than ever By | Carmel Kookogey Culture Editor

With more color than ever, Student Activities Board’s annual Color Run will take place this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Hayden Park. Assistant Director of SAB Alexandra Whitford said this event has been a classic on campus since the fall of 2015. In October 2018, however, rough weather meant that the race had to be cancelled. “Last year we had some unfortunate rain — more than rain: it was very stormy beforehand,” SAB Event Coordinator and senior Kelsey Lantis said. “Our volunteers are kind enough to come out and spend their morning throwing paint, so we decided to make that call. But it looks like the weather is cooperating well for this Saturday, which I’m excited for.” The race, which attracts

anywhere from 100 to 250 students each year, is not a full 5K — just under three miles — but just a “fun run,” according to Lantis. Students who run the race will receive free T-shirts, and there will be snacks afterwards. Those not interested in running can still participate by signing up in teams of three or more to throw colored paint at the runners during the course of the race. “Kelsey Lantis is helping to coordinate that,” Whitford said, adding that students can reach out to Lantis to sign up. “You can pick your favorite color, and the bestdressed or most decked-out team will win $100 in gift cards to the restaurant of their choice.” Lantis said that after the student response to the Glow Run last spring, the SAB staff decided to add face paint to the mix this year. “This year, we’ve tried to make color more of an

emphasis with the design of the course. And then adding body paint — we had the Glow Run last spring, and people loved getting all dolled up with paint all over themselves, so we wanted to incorporate that into this too and make it a little more festive,” she said. SAB coordinated with Hayden Park Fitness Director Bill Lundberg to map out the race course, and students will be hit with the colored powder eight times throughout the course. “Overall, it’s really fun. We hope ‘run’ doesn’t intimidate people from coming out,” Lantis said. Students do not need to sign up to run in the Color Run. “Take the opportunity to get active in the sunshine with your friends,” Whitford said. “It’s nice to get some energy out as the spring arrives.”

College task force to discuss sexual assault prevention and student safety By | Nicole Ault Editor-in-Chief Hillsdale College faculty, local police, and about 10 Hillsdale College students will meet Friday to discuss student sexual assault and other safety concerns and brainstorm ways to make the campus safer. Calling it a “task force,” Dean of Women Diane Philipp said the meeting has been planned for months in light of conversations with

students regarding safety this year. Besides Philipp, Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé, Dean of Men Aaron Petersen, Assistant Dean of Men Jeff Rogers, Assistant Dean of Women Rebekah Dell, Director of Campus Security William Whorley, and Associate Director of Security Joe Kellam will attend the meeting to discuss safety issues with male and female students and three Hillsdale police officers, including the police chief and the un-

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der-sheriff. “We want to find out in what areas we do well and areas we can improve,” Philipp said. Topics of discussion may include alcohol abuse and sexual assault reporting procedures. After the meeting, Philipp said, the college plans to stay in contact with the student group, develop plans as necessary in response to suggestions, and hold similar focus groups in the future.

Andrew Klavan discusses cultural depravity, morality By | Reagan Meyer Web Content Editor “In a world gone mad, we cannot be silent,” the Daily Wire’s Andrew Klavan told a packed Searle Center on Tuesday evening. Students, professors, and donors alike filled the seats to hear Klavan give his talk as this semester’s Eugene C. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Journalism. While Klavan is perhaps best known in conservative circles as the host of the “Andrew Klavan Show,” a podcast for the Daily Wire, he is also the author of a variety of novels and screenplays. He focused his talk on American culture and the morality of that culture. Klavan covered topics ranging from racial injustice to abortion in his presentation, and argued for the existence of moral truth and good and evil. Klavan encouraged his listeners to speak up for truth, even when the consequences might be difficult. “If they outlaw truth, then outlaws we must become,” Klavan said. “We have to at

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least embrace the principle that truth is worth human sacrifice so we can embrace the lesser sacrifices.” Assistant Professor of Philosophy Blake McAllister said he attended the talk because he is familiar with Klavan as a conservative influence and was curious to hear what he had to say. “I haven’t listened extensively to his podcast or anything like that,” McAllister said. “But it’s nice to see that one of the more popular conservative podcasters actually is aware of the philosophical undermeanings of this particular worldview and can be articulate about them.” Sophomore Connor Daniels said he appreciated Klavan’s approach to and presentation of conservative principles. “He’s a very good presenter, and one of the things he does extraordinarily well is taking basic principles and explaining them in a way that’s clear, and in doing so, it’s persuasive,” Daniels said. “He takes what might be conservative and libertarian problems with post-modern or neo-political

discourse, and he explains those starting from basic truths about human nature.” McAllister said while Klavan covered many of the “gospel truths” of the conservative movement, he appreciated Klavan’s fresh approach in his presentation. “He’s identified what is really at the core of the culture wars today, which is these more foundational metaphysical disagreements about objective morality or the moral universe,” he said. “I think he’s right to go there. Without addressing those more fundamental metaphysical disagreements, you can’t make sense of a lot of what’s going on.” While some may see Klavan’s call to actions as melodramatic, McAllister said he was glad Klavan raised that point. “I think it should make students ask themselves ‘what am I willing to risk for what I believe to be true?’” he said. “And that’s a big question. I’m glad that he raised that so students can begin preparing for that.”

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Tim Carney speaks on new book ‘Alienated America’ By | Allison Schuster Assistant Editor Communities with strong civil institutions provide a safe and healthy environment in which to raise children, said Tim Carney, commentary editor at the Washington Examiner, at a talk last week. Carney, author of three books, spoke on Thursday, April 4 on his most recent book, “Alienated America.” He described the book as a story about the American Dream, faith, family, and a partial explanation as to why Donald Trump won the 2016 election. Carney made the argument, based off his own personal research, that in places where there are strong community organizations, there is a sense of purpose. And where both of those are strongest, the American Dream seems most alive to those who live there.

Part of his research included stopping into bars and talking to people about the state of politics. Carney noted that he always avoided roadside bars in the middle of nowhere as they typically had people who, rather than commenting on who they’re voting for, said that politics altogether was “just BS.” Based off his research, Carney said Trump’s message — that the American Dream was dead — drew certain types of people out. It resonated with that group of people who, before Trump, thought all politicians were frauds. According to Carney, this is why Donald Trump struggled in areas like Holland, MI, where the community is very connected through different community organizations, namely churches. He said reformed churches specifically defines these Dutch communities. That message didn’t reso-

nate with connected religious communities, where the sense of purpose was high. The American Dream was alive and well in their eyes. According to Carney, wealthier people are disproportionately more likely to be involved in other community organizations such as sports teams, musical groups, and golf clubs, and it’s easy not to see the community value these groups provide. This community support creates a sort of safety net. As the nation secularizes, the elite have other outlets to turn to for this net. The lower and middle classes rely more on going to church as it sociologically makes people feel a sense of belonging. Without the sense of purpose that community allows, the struggles of the working class feel pointless. The necessity of a family or having an essential job are common among elite circles, but not

Will Witt talks about making friends, influencing enemies By | Isabella Redjai Assistant Editor

brought him out for Citizens for Self-Governance.” President of CSG and junior Emily Heubaum said Twenty-two-years old, she sent Witt the headline and former student at University talking points they wanted of Colorado Boulder, and him to speak to students self-proclaimed as having “the about, and he came up with best hair in the conservative the lecture himself. movement,” PragerU’s Will “A popular misconception Witt gave a lecture last Thursamong conservative youth at day on “how to win friends large colleges is that Hillsdale and influence enemies in an is just an echochamber,” Heuincreasingly liberal world” baum said. “Will said that he for campus club Citizens for found Hillsdale to not be that way and a misconception coming in, especially since he goes all over the country to speak to conservative youth at different colleges.” During his lecture, Witt encouraged students with several practical steps on how to exactly “beat the Left, but also make friends.” “We need to convince liberals that they are our friends,” he said. “Many people have conservative, or [classically] liberal, ideas without even knowing it. We all want the same outcome.” Witt’s final point during his lecture and what he deemed as the Prager U’s Will Witt spoke on how conservatives should practically enmost important was to gage liberals without making enemies. Isabella Redjai | Collegian encourage students to live out their values and Self-Governance. his videos, versus other “man- never compromise. Witt said he was both a on-the-street” interviews, is “Never sacrifice your values liberal and atheist prior and that he seeks to try to change for anything or anyone,” Witt during his time at college and the minds of those he intersaid. “I get a lot of hate for described the drastic shift his views. what I believe, but it’s a part of life took, which led him to a “Do not tell them what you the job.” job as a conservative influenc- think, because they already Students who were unsure er at PragerU. think they know what you of Witt’s conservative values “In college, I was dating think,” Witt said. “They have and stances walked away with a girl who turned out to be to change their minds themchanged opinions. a huge Hillary supporter,” selves. Don’t tell them what to “I wasn’t totally sure who Witt said, “We got into a huge think, but show them how to Will was before I went to the argument about refugees think.” lecture,” junior Matthew Clark coming to Sweden and raping Witt was brought to said. “I was expecting more of people, and she said it was a campus by the CSG club in a tirade against the Left, but conspiracy theory. I said it had order to encourage and show instead, he talked about ento be true, and she was crying, students how young conserva- gaging their minds to change and said to me, ‘You sound a tives can make a difference on them.” lot like a Trump supporter,’ their college campuses. And, members of the CSG and I thought, ‘Maybe I am.’” “When I was out in Los club were excited to have Witt It was these types of conAngeles for a Convention of as their guest on campus, feelversations and experiences States internship trip, one of ing it marked a huge accomin the classroom that pushed our days, we had a tour of plishment for the club. Witt to explore conservative PragerU Studios, and some“It makes me proud for a ideas and policy. one asked us, ‘Oh, Will Witt’s club like CSG to bring out a After attending CU Boulin the studio. Do you want to high-profile guest like him out der for two years and eventumeet him?,’ so we did,” memhere,” McPherson said. ally dropping out of college ber of CSG and junior Jack in order to make informative McPherson said. “We passed videos where he questioned along his contact information college students’ political to Emily Heubaum, and she

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and received a response from Thomas a few weeks later. From the invitation letter, Arnn said he expects that Thomas will speak about topics related to faith, freedom, and learning and may ask for suggestions not included in the invitation letter. “In inviting the Justice to speak at graduation a few years ago, in granting him an Honorary Degree, and in inviting him to speak at the chapel dedication as well, the college clearly shows just how highly it regards Justice Thomas,” Provost David Whalen said. “He is a credit to the country and its deepest

views for PragerU’s website, Witt became a loud voice for young people in the modern conservative movement. “I made a video for PragerU, while I was still in college, and I asked women about the wage gap,” Witt said. “I sent it to PragerU, they loved the video, and they posted it. I did it because I thought it would be informative, entertaining, and I saw myself doing things like this outside of school.” Witt said what is unique to

principles. It is fitting that one so faithful and moved by gratitude for his faith should speak at the dedication.” Although an official date for completion has not been set, the college administration and contractors have agreed finishing touches on the chapel should be completed by early October, although there is still a lot left to be done, according to the project’s architect Duncan Stroik. “We’re very excited about it,” Stroik said. “They have been working very hard and overtime. We have many suppliers around the country and around the world, and they are doing a great job

with great quality.” Stroik said his job includes designing the chapel and assisting the owner and contractor in foreseeing and reviewing the design of the chapel, but he does not have any control over the construction’s schedule. “The thing that is a challenge to balance is schedule and quality,” Stroik said. “It’s like writing a paper. You can rush, but it won’t be done well. We want to provide excellence within a deadline.” Stroik said this spring, the front portico will be constructed, along with the completed copper domes that will connect to the two towers. Sometime this spring

lower and middle class. During the Q & A following Carney’s lecture, junior Joel Meng asked a question regarding the changing community interactions with the increasing presence of internet communities. “To what degree has the internet displaced a lot of real communities or physical communities with more virtual communities, and to what extent do you think people can use the internet to actually establish communities that build up?” Meng said. In response, Carney told a story about the office for Reason Magazine attempting, but eventually failing, to eliminate a physical workplace. People being physically together makes you work better, so the best thing you can do is put people together, he said. Carney gave a personal anecdote about his daughter, Eve, to show the power of the community. When she started

going blue from a respiratory virus, Carney frantically took her to a special children’s hospital in Washington, DC. The doctors were able to get enough oxygen in her lungs and ordered her to stay on this special oxygen machine for a few days. While Eve was recovering in the following days, friends continually brought over food and gifts for the Carneys. “People would come bring me food in the hospital, bring my wife dark chocolate and I would say ‘Oh that was a guy from The Examiner,’ ‘oh that’s a guy from the American Enterprise Institute,’ ‘that was a couple from our parish,’ ‘that’s a guy from swim club,’ ‘oh that gift card? That came from an organization. I used to serve on their board of directors.’” In describing these people, Carney pointed out that the wording he used wasn’t just friend — it was always someone connected to him

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and it will be fun for everyone on campus to see how those come together. They are each so deserving, and I’m thrilled for them to start this journey.” John Quint, assistant director of Career Services, serves as the adviser for the senior class officers and said he’s looking forward to working with the new team. “I think they have a good group,” he said. “From my position, it’s always fun to be part of the panel because they come up with fresh ideas and get to cultivate the moments for their fellow class members that bring them all together to celebrate the fact that they’re graduating and have completed four years of this journey together.” As president, Buchmann said he hopes to create an atmosphere of inclusion. “A lot of times, senior events are placed at times

Current Senior Class President Ryan Kelly Murphy said the class officers play an important role in setting the tone of seniors’ final year at Hillsdale. Responsibilities include event planning, organizing elections for the class officers behind them, helping to select the commencement speaker, and orchestrating the senior class gift. Through this year’s election process, Murphy said she’s been encouraged by how many people have stepped forward to serve. “I give my warmest congratulations to the rising seniors and leaders of the class of 2020,” she said. “They’re truly a group of wonderful people of upstanding character. They each bring amazing and unique talents and qualities to the table

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the administration. So you are neither fish nor fowl, but a little bit of both.” Among the dean of faculty’s other responsibilities are leading faculty meetings and participating in sabbatical, summer leave, education policy, and nominating committees. He will also serve on Hillsdale’s hiring committee. “There are only three people that every candidate for a job at Hillsdale interviews with: president, provost, and dean of faculty,” Kalthoff said. “I will get to have some voice in shaping the faculty hiring.” As dean, Kalthoff said his main goal and measure of success will be to go primarily unnoticed. “What do you see when you look at a duck on a smooth pond?” Kalthoff asked. “It looks like it’s just relaxing. On the surface, everything is smooth, but under the surface, he is paddling furiously. Often administrative jobs, certainly the president, the provost, and the deans’ jobs here, are a little like that. There is lots of stuff to do, but it can be different issue every day.”

and summer, two arcades will also be added, which will connect to the Grewcock Student Union with covered entrances to the sides of the chapel, providing multiple ways of entry. “Reflected on the exterior, some elements speak to Central Hall, and some participate in the greater tradition of architecture,” Stroik said. “When designing the chapel, we looked at the great tradition of early American Christian churches on the East Coast, being derived from the great churches by Sir Christopher Wren and Gibbs in London, England.” As for the chapel’s interior, Stroik said the internal

After serving as chair of the chemistry department for three years, Young will also be stepping up the administrative ladder. He was nominated by the natural sciences division faculty and has accepted the position as dean of natural sciences. He will be taking over for Professor of Chemistry and Dean of Natural Sciences Christopher Van Orman, who filled the role for 13 years but is now replacing David Whalen as college provost. “The position is somewhat intimidating in the sense that Dr. Van Orman’s shoes are big shoes to fill,” Young said. “He’s been the dean for quite a while. I don’t take that lightly. He’s an excellent example for me to try and follow.” Despite his slight trepidation, Young said he is looking forward to taking on the position, especially because it will allow him to work with younger teachers and help them develop as faculty. One of his roles as dean will be to observe professors in the classroom and provide them with feedback and discussion. “What I like to see is people with genuine concern for the students and gen-

structure and plaster should be completed by the end of spring, while they will be working on the chapel’s marble floors and stained glass until its opening. This summer, they will be installing the chapel’s organ. “The chapel is a complicated building with lots of reference points, such as early American churches, English churches, and buildings in the nation’s capital, which tie Hillsdale to the nation’s capital,” he said. “The capital’s pedagogy today is the American Constitution and progress, and the chapel makes those connections. We wanted to connect the chapel to local things but even

by one of these institutions he belongs to. “It’s a safety net,” he said. “All of you have experience of either the giving or receiving end if you’re plugged into one of these things.” Senior Josiah Johnson helped organize a book club for “Alienated America” two weeks prior to Carney’s visit in preparation to discuss his book with him. Johnson said the book can be directly applicable to the lives of Hillsdale students. “It’s in a way advice for Hillsdale students,” he said. He explained that, whether you’re rich or poor, you can have power in these virtues and in the church that can help you thrive. Everyone has access to the church as a source of community and support regardless of their socio-economic status.

that don’t work for all seniors or aren’t events that everyone would enjoy,” he said. “I want to do events that are all-encompassing and will get everyone involved in their senior year.” Swenson echoed Buchmann’s vision. “For the rising seniors, we are here to represent the class of 2020,” he said in a message. “Feel free to approach me with questions or comments on how we can make the coming year as impactful as possible.” As she and her fellow officers prepare to pass the torch, Murphy offered a piece of advice. “Be creative, think outside the box, and always be willing to step up and do something even when it’s not asked of you,” she said. “But also just enjoy the experience. Have fun in the process, and everyone will have fun with you.”

uine enthusiasm for their subject,” Young said. “This is something that we see a lot. Most cases getting a chance to work with other faculty is an inspirational activity.” Young said one of the projects he is most excited about is the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of the science department. “We had the president of Biologos come speak last semester, an event that facilitated conversation between science and other disciplines,” Young said. “This is something that I’m excited to continue to explore.” Of his successor, Van Orman had only positive recommendations. “Dr. Young has a great understanding of the role of science within the liberal arts, and he is a tremendous teacher who truly cares about the education of the students. His students describe him as an energetic professor who is fair but challenging,” Van Orman said in email. “He pushes them to learn the beauty of chemistry and how it integrates into their daily lives. Under his leadership, I’m confident that the science division will flourish.”

further to tradition of sacred architecture and specifically civic architecture in the nation’s capital.” With this unique architectural connection, Thomas as the choice for the chapel’s opening is appropriate, since he is a public servant and upholder of justice in the nation’s capital, according to college administration. “Though he is not a clergyman, he nevertheless stands as an excellent embodiment of both high learning and the profound embrace of revelation,” Whalen said. “We are grateful he will join us that day.”

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Women’s gymnastics should accept all body types

patients with anorexia had the By | Grace Ferguson lowest BMIs overall, which is Special to the Collegian no surprise, but the gymnasts

The opinion of The Collegian editorial staff

Hundreds of Hillsdale students flooded the community on Saturday for the college’s “Day of Service.” This week, hundreds more will raise money for philanthropy during “Greek Week,” when sororities compete to raise funds. These events accomplish good things — but we shouldn’t let them check our charity boxes. Instead, these bursts of goodwill should kickstart habits of giving and

were closer on the spectrum to As a high school freshthe anorexic patients than they man, I was five-foot-six and were to the high school girls. weighed roughly 95 lbs. That’s I was lucky to be part of about 15 lbs underweight, a (rare) program that didn’t given my age and height. Even cater to the norm of pushing so, I was still regarded as too athletes to a point of eating tall to be a competitive gymdisorders and destroyed nast. Whether people admit it self-esteem. My coaches never or realize it, the judging and guilted me for being too tall or perception around women’s not light enough. I happened artistic gymnastics places to be underweight for most of enormous stress on a gymmy childhood because I was a nast’s height and weight — picky-eater, and I was a gymmany times at the cost of her nast who trained hard most physical and mental health. It days of the week. Naturally I shouldn’t be that way. burned a lot of calories and Women’s gymnastics has didn’t carry much fat. I’m not to become more accepting of saying I didn’t think about my different body types. What’s weight or try to keep it low, interesting and unique about but I also didn’t spiral out of this sport is that the judging control like many gymnasts can be very subjective. Unlike unfortunately do. It’s too easy sports such as track, where the for girls to fall into this trap runner who crosses the finish and that needs to change. line first is objectively the winSimilar to being on the ner, much of a gymnast’s score heavier side, being a tall is left up to the judge’s person- gymnast is considered a huge al preference. disadvanThis betage. For comes an issue when judges “As wonderful as the example, the average tend to prefer height of a very small, sport is, it needs to be the USA light girl’s Olympic quick, compact more forgiving when it Women’s tumbling over a Artistic taller or larger comes to the physical Gymnastics girl’s more team is 5 powerful tumfeet. Most builds of its athletes.” bling. Coaches girls more notice when than a coutheir smaller ple inches athletes are scoring higher over 5 feet wouldn’t step into a in subjective areas than their gym at all. It’s understandable bigger girls. that people think this way And, you know what? The because most of the girls who girls notice it too. And it hurts. are in collegiate and Olympic Gymnastics is a dazzling gymnastics are generally small. sport. It requires the athlete The perception, however, to be powerful and tenacious that only small, thin girls can while being delicate and grace- be gymnasts is wrong and it ful in the same moment. There can have noticeable negative are few things more breathimpacts on the physical and taking than a flawless routinemental health of gymnasts toes pointed, arms and legs who don’t fit that stereotype. moving together in one fluid It’s disheartening to recall motion, a perfectly stuck land- all the times someone has said ing. It’s a shame that so many to me “Aren’t you too tall to of these magnificent athletes be a gymnast?” or “I thought succumb to disordered eating gymnasts had to be really and guilt from the pressure put short and skinny.” Even today, on by coaches and judges to be four years after finishing my smaller and lighter. gymnastics career, if I menAs wonderful as the sport tion that I was a gymnast, I’m is, it needs to be more formet with a response along the giving when it comes to the lines of, “Oh that’s funny, you physical builds of its athletes. don’t really have the build of a In 1993, Trent Petrie, a gymnast.” psychology professor at Ohio No, I’m not too tall to be State University, published a a gymnast. No, gymnasts study in “The Human Kinetics don’t have to be short to be Journal,” which interviewed successful. And no, I don’t 215 collegiate gymnasts. The really have the build of your results were: only 22 percent stereotypical gymnast. But that of the gymnasts reported didn’t stop me from winning normal eating habits, and over three bronze medals for vault, 60 percent met the criteria for four gold medals for bars, and intermediate disordered eating first place on beam at State habits. Championships. I won a lot, A 2007 study by Harriet and my figure had nothing to Salbach of the Clinic of Child do with it. and Adolescent Psychiatry looked at the BMIs of 50 elite gymnasts, 56 regular high school girls, and 58 female Grace Ferguson is a freshanorexia nervosa patients. The man studying the liberal arts.

awareness that may be less noticeable but, in the long run, have more impact. Short-term aid can have problems if it doesn’t have a long-term perspective. Researchers have documented the problems with short-term mission trips that give quick-fix solutions and leave communities in the dust, or projects that focus on bandaging material needs while neglecting deeper relational problems.

So make Saturday’s volunteer project a habit. Join the GOAL program you helped for a day. Donate every month to the charity you support during Greek Week. Give your time, not just money. And invest in the Hillsdale community in other ways, by giving it your business and taking interest in its affairs. It has more to offer you than you have to offer it. The Day of Service and Greek-life philanthropy are

good things, but they don’t make Hillsdale students good students. It’s easy to do the right thing when everyone’s doing it together and when you can post a ‘selfie’ of it on Instagram. Let these events encourage you to join volunteer programs or meet needs you’ve witnessed habitually — in a humble, quiet fashion.

The PGA Championship should adopt the match play major tire week, magic By | Sutton Dunwoodie Special to the Collegian shots are the When the ceremonial starters hit the opening tee shots at the Masters this Thursday, they will kick off the first major to be played under the new rules of golf. Yes, golf — the sport first mentioned in writing 562 years ago in an act of the Scottish parliament — is still changing the rules. The 34 traditional rules of golf were overhauled and reduced to 24 rules by the United States Golf Association and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club to speed up play and make the game more accessible. These changes affect how golfers of every ability are penalized, how they take drops, and even how they putt. Despite all of these needed changes, the governing bodies of golf overlooked the one change that would make professional golf better than it has ever been: They didn’t change the PGA Championship into the match play major. Match play is an alternative to stroke play, which is the format every major championship is currently played under. In match play, golfers compete head-to-head instead of against the entire field. The player who has the lowest score on a hole wins; the player who wins the most holes wins the match. Of the two formats, match play is the more exciting, and everyone knows it. In stroke play, steady and safe golf is rewarded with Top 25’s and big checks. The emphasis is on avoiding big numbers on hard holes and taking advantage of the easy holes. In stroke play, the difference between a six and a five can mean the difference between winning and losing. In match play, the result of a six and a five is the same, a loss of a hole. This encourages players to be more aggressive and try spectacular shots they never would in a stroke play tournament. When the best players in the world are forced to play aggressively for an en-

result. The other advantage of match play is that it produces definite results throughout the entire tournament. There is an old adage about stroke play tournaments: You can lose the tournament on the first day, but you can’t win it. There is little to no incentive to watch the first three rounds because the players simply jockey for position on the final day. If fans are lucky, stroke play will produce an exciting duel for the win on the final day. With match play, every player Tiger Woods follows through on a tee shot. either wins or loses every day, golfers end up in the final. Yes, and this guarantees the fans there is a chance that Tiger exciting duels throughout the Woods, the golfer who drives week. There is incentive to interest more than any other, watch on the first day as well could lose in the first round. as the last day of a tournaThose are real risks associated ment, because the players with changing the tournament are constantly competing to to match play. survive and advance to the While there is a chance next round. two no-name golfers in the One concern about match match play final will kill play is that the tournament interest, it is entirely offset by will be less profitable if the the chance for a head-to-head well-known players are showdown between two greats knocked out early. The PGA with a major championship Championship was a match on the line. Imagine a finals play event, but changed to match between Rory McIlroy stroke play for precisely that and Tiger Woods, or a match reason. According to the between Jordan Spieth and Henderson Time-News, the Justin Thomas! The whole Professional Golfers Assogolf world would be unable to ciation of America changed take their eyes away from the from match play to the current television. format because the tournaChanging to match play ment lost $9,000 in 1957. That is guaranteed to drive fan $9,000 loss over sixty years interest because it’s something ago robbed golf fans of what different. Fans already get to could be the most exciting watch 48 weeks of stroke play tournaments, including three event of the season. stroke play majors. Fatigue This economic argument really sets in, and most golf is unfounded. Yes, there is fans will take the opportunity a chance that two no-name

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to watch anything different. The Barracuda Championship is a good example. The Barracuda has substantial fan interest despite having a field that never includes the top 50 players in the world. That’s because it is a stableford event, where golfers compete based off of points rather than their score. It’s different, and that’s why the fans like it. Perhaps the greatest argument for changing the format of the PGA Championship is how fans and players currently view it. According to Golf Digest, only two percent of PGA tour players would choose to win the PGA over the other majors and its TV ratings are consistently the lowest of the American majors. Changing the PGA Championship to match play is the shot in the arm the tournament needs. Sutton Dunwoodie is a junior studying Political Economy.

Barstool contributes to an unhealthy culture on campus

Barstool punches down. A By | Joel Meng recent video with more than Special to the Collegian Barstool Hillsdale, a social media account affiliated with the national Barstool organization and dedicated to documenting comic Hillsdale happenings, has unfortunately oozed into student culture to the point that, when an unusual event happens, students think aloud, “I wonder if this will end up on Barstool.” This creates an unhealthy environment for the school and campus culture. Stop following Barstool Hillsdale. Some argue that Barstool helps discourage unwanted behavior, like PDA. But there’s an easier way to get someone’s attention than taking an anonymously recorded video of someone, sending it to someone who will post it on social media with a snarky caption, and hoping that the target of your video will be so embarrassed that they cease the unwanted behavior. Confronting individuals about awkward, maybe embarrassing behavior isn’t comfortable, especially if you don’t know them personally. But it’s OK to make new friends. And a private comment from a stranger about conduct that you think is inappropriate is far kinder than creep-shotting someone from across the room.

9,900 views depicts a Hillsdale student passed out on a bathroom floor, pants around his ankles. While the video does not show his face, many know who the student is. In the biblical story of the good Samaritan, a stranger lies injured on the road, while travelers pass by him. In Barstool’s world, people walking by take video of the injured man and give it a snarky caption for strangers to laugh at. And while intoxication is a matter of personal responsibility, unlike being assaulted on the road, memorializing someone’s hurt in an Instagram post goes against what Hillsdale stands for. A recent Barstool post showed an exam with a professor’s harsh comments and encouraged the student to drop out. Razi Lane, a 2018 alumnus and former class president, left a constructive comment on the post, encouraging the student to renew his efforts, rather than drop out. From Lane’s response, Barstool found material for another post. “Imagine waking up and deciding you’re going to be like this,” Barstool quipped on Twitter. But Lane demonstrated traits we should all strive to cultivate:

kindness and encouragement. Barstool is deceitful. A November 2018 post portrays a couple of students who look like they’re making out. They weren’t. But due to the unfortunate angle and snarky caption, many believed they were and mocked them for it when they weren’t even aware a picture had been taken. Barstool and the other snark accounts at Hillsdale make students feel like they’re always being watched. Let’s call it what it is: an invasion of privacy. Barstool takes the things that make Hillsdale unique and turns them into jokes. A Parents Weekend post mocked parental comments overheard on campus, like “You’re so lucky that you get to have such a great relationship with your professors,” and “The chapel is going to be so awesome when it’s finished.” We should be grateful to attend a school where we can have a great relationship with our professors and where class sizes are small enough that we can get to know them as friends. Barstool as a national organization is a company with poor ethics. The Daily Beast wrote an article documenting sexism and harassment at Barstool and the company responded by posting the personal details of the reporter online for its hundreds

of thousands of followers to harass. Barstool Hillsdale has higher standards than the national organization. “We’re working hand-inhand with the deans.” said Junior Jacob Sievers, who runs the Hillsdale Barstool account. “Anything the deans ask me to take down, I take down instantly.” Students can reach out to Sievers on their own if they feel uncomfortable about content shown of them. Sievers said he honors 95 percent of the wishes. Sure, Barstool has some good content about Hillsdale’s sports teams and funny events on campus. But it also posts false content that hurts students. Don’t support the negative aspects of Barstool as a national group. As a campus, we should ignore Barstool Hillsdale. Again, I understand that Barstool is a joke account. Many responses will say, “Don’t you get it? It’s just a joke.” I do get the joke. I’ve laughed at Barstool jokes. Some of them are funny. But it doesn’t add to the culture we wish to cultivate at Hillsdale and should be ignored as the childish endeavor that it is. Joel Meng is a junior studying American Studies.

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the injustice of segregation? If By | Adelaide Holmes Special to the Collegian I had lived back then, would I I fought back tears in American Heritage as I realized one of my biggest fears had come true: I had become the Christian I swore I’d never be. My head and heart throbbed as we read Martin Luther King Jr.’s “A Letter from a Birmingham City Jail Cell.” King’s plea haunted me. He had begged the church to fight for equal rights, and for so long, his cry remained mostly unanswered. His words struck my soul: “I have been disappointed with the Church...some have been outright opponents, refusing to understand the freedom movement and misrepresenting its leaders; all too many others have been more cautious than courageous and have remained silent behind the anesthetizing security of stained glass windows.” I was stunned by the reality of the situation. How could a Christian ignore

have helped fight injustice? I told myself I would have tried to make a difference. I would have fought to see my African American brothers and sisters treated as equal human beings, made in God’s image. But that day, I realized injustice happened in my hometown and I did little to stop it. Thousands of babies were brutally torn apart daily. I knew people who had experienced unplanned pregnancies. I knew where the Planned Parenthood was in my town, but I didn’t know where my local Pregnancy Resource Center was located. The opportunity to fight the injustice of abortion was right in front of me. Yet I was content to live my life unaffected by the reality that abortion was the mass murder of millions of unborn children. And there I was, in American Heritage, with the audacity to believe I would have

Embrace romanticism in relationships By | Emma Cummins Assistant Editor “Falling in love is scary.” The cliché is always there, and most people choose to glorify their singlehood to stave off loneliness. But this cliché represents something deeper. In an attempt to rationalize the sexual part of our lives, whether as a single person or a couple, we simultaneously glorify singlehood and forgo the romantic parts of our nature once we enter relationships. In pop culture it seems that relationships are only meant to achieve something for our own self-development, while singlehood is the “liberated” man’s path to self-creation. See Ariana Grande’s “thank u, next.” But this understanding ultimately represents an indifference or even stigmatization of falling in love, or embracing the eros in our nature. Falling in love, if one removes the postmodernist view, isn’t about giving up power, but developing a friendship which inspires wonder. Our culture has attached falling in love with sexual desire and gratification. But even the closest of friends feel a deep attraction and admiration for each other, which is not a sexual feeling, according to Psychology Today. You know what I mean: There are certain conversations or interactions that leaves one feeling struck. See Taylor Swift’s “Enchanted.” Something within us resounds or corresponds to that other person. Most often we make a dichotomy between falling in love with a romantic partner and the love we have for a friend. But both share the same initial sense of wonder, and both inspire admiration and lead us to follow that initial point of attraction for the rest of our lives, in the best of cases. Falling in love only differs with a romantic partner in the end, since this relationship leads to marriage, sex, and a greater responsibility in the form of children. Plato acknowledged the eros within our nature, and the philosopher’s eros for what is as being the highest form it can take. Wonder is what the philosopher begins with, and love and desire is how he ascends to “the Good.” This same principle should be applied to our approach in relationships, but our culture has either rejected this part of our nature by rigidly assigning it to one compartment of our lives, or fetishizing sexuality until it’s grotesque. Romanticism, if greatly simplified, means a greater emphasis on the beauty of our surroundings, and all the mystery of nature can teach us. It rejects a scientific arrogance in categorizing the complexities and mysteries of life, which can be applied to personal relationships, since picking apart every piece and examining it causes the thing itself to lose beauty. Choosing romanticism brings us some-

thing better. In order to prevent the accusations of “kinkiness,” many of us at Hillsdale have rejected romanticism wholesale (except for a few English majors). Falling in love is seen as being something one grows out of as one reaches maturity. Focusing on schoolwork, future career plans, and finding a life-long partner is now as romantic as creating a spreadsheet. Rather than forgo the romantic part of our nature, embrace it. In a crude imitation of Aristotle’s advice to aim for the excess or deficiency of the virtue in order to hit the target, we must choose to embrace the romantic, which does not mean an embrace of shallow sexual desire. I’ve never been bothered by women who fall in love with multiple men in their lifetime or vice versa. There’s something beautiful in the interaction between the sexes, and it should not be discouraged. The ease with which I can fall in love should, paradoxically, strengthen my ability to love in a committed relationship because I haven’t rejected that romantic part of myself. Embracing our romantic desire or admiration of someone does not preclude our ability to have stable, loving relationships. It can even strengthen it, because now the foundation touches our nature, not just the surface-level expectations we have. Choosing to put love on the backburner can often result in relationships that make sense practically, but lack emotional attachment. This isn’t to say that we don’t have personal connections with the people we date, but we still subject the relationship to the economic standard of utility and rational choice. We often ask ourselves: “Why spend time with someone of the other sex if you aren’t going to potentially marry them?” Rejecting romanticism in relationships doesn’t give us better relationships; it leaves couples as two people paradoxically living their own lives, together. Aristotle believed philosophy started with wonder. If applied to romantic relationships, that sense of wonder at another person should be there. Each person has within them the spark of something beautiful, but we miss this part if we plan our relationships the same way we plan our major. By choosing to focus instead on the beauty of other people, we more fully understand our own humanity. This general openness to falling in love with what we read in class and the people we meet in the form of friendship or romantic relationships leads us to form attachments that run deeper and connect us to the primordial nature of love. Emma Cummins is a George Washington Fellow and a sophomore studying Politics.

fought to end the injustice of King’s generation when I wasn’t even fighting the injustice of my own. I was the Christian with whom King pleaded. When I thought about it, abortion disturbed me, but I never decided to do anything about it. I wasn’t advocating for the rights of these little children who had no voice of their own with which to cry for help. I had a duty as a Christian to stand up against this evil, but I didn’t. Guilt plagued me as I counted down the minutes until I could leave class and go weep. I disgusted myself. What kind of hypocrite was I? That day changed my life. It was the first of many days I woke up grieving abortion and thinking of how to end it in America. I was an over committed sophomore in college who didn’t know how to pronounce “abortifacient.” But I was desperate to calm my conscience.

I emailed the president of Hillsdale College for Life and asked to be on the board. The board elections had already passed, but I had to ask. I’m still surprised she said yes. For years, I made excuses for myself, and many of my fellow Christians do as well. We subconsciously think: “I can’t save anyone,” “No one will listen to me,” “I don’t have time,” “I’ll care about that when I’m older,” “Politics isn’t my thing.” Many of these excuses lived quietly in my head, without ever announcing their existence. And as a result, many well-meaning Christians have stepped back from the arena, afraid to speak up, afraid of being personally attacked or being regarded as unworthy of an opinion. Sadly, I was one of them. I began to believe the lie that abortion was not my fight. Many of these lies have been fed to us by the pro-abortion movement. This culture tell us

that men can’t advocate against abortion because it’s not their body in question. They claim that people are not pro-life unless they participate in all kinds of humanitarian aid. They tell us that we can believe that abortion is murder as long as we don’t impose this belief on others. All of these are lies that say we have no place to fight to end abortion. I believed these lies for far too long. But if I sit back now, I am no different than the Christians who saw the prejudiced, hate-filled dehumanization of the Jim Crow era and did nothing. I am no different from those who saw the horror and annihilation of the Holocaust, yet were too afraid to fight injustice. I know about the injustice of abortion and I have a duty to do what I can to stop it. The time to act is now. For far too long, I have been, as King put it, “more cautious than courageous and have remained

silent behind the anesthetizing security of stained glass windows.” I’ve had enough of that. What will you do about the injustice of America? I’m not here to tell you what more you should be doing. But I am here to ask, if you are doing nothing about it, what should you be doing? Not everyone is called to do pro-life work for their career. But each and every one of us is called to stand up against injustice when we have the opportunity. We all have a duty, to God and to man, to speak up for those without a voice — those who are defenseless. We can no longer ignore that duty. The time to act is now.

Adelaide Holmes is a George Washington Fellow and a junior studying Politics.

Whitmer’s gas tax won’t fix Michigan’s roads By | Erik Halvorson Columnist

Gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer vowed to “fix the damn roads” during her 2018 campaign, and she promised to do so without raising taxes, calling a 20 cent gas tax increase “ridiculous” and “nonsense.” Five months later, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposed a 45 cents-per-gallon increase to the Michigan gas tax in the latest attempt to repair the state’s crumbling roads. This increase would place Michigan’s gas tax at 71.3 cents-per-gallon — the highest in the U.S. (a number that doesn’t even include the 18.4 cent-per-gallon federal gas tax) and is estimated to raise $2 billion annually for Michigan roads. The Michigan legislature should reject this hike in favor of better policy solutions. Whitmer’s latest proposal would increase the state gas tax 15 cents-per-gallon every six months until the 45 cent mark is reached. To offset this increase, Whitmer proposed doubling the earned income tax credit, but most voters aren’t convinced. This tax increase is more than just unpopular with constituents: It fails to address the real problems associated with Michigan roadways. While having four seasons is typically considered a luxury, the accompanying freeze-thaw cycle combined with local soil conditions is disastrous for Michigan roads. They take an additional pounding year round from trucks that weigh as much as 164,000 pounds, the highest limit in the nation according to the Detroit Free Press. Most residents understand the decay of the roads,

but University of Michigan economist Chris Douglas suggests the problem is not as bad as it seems. In a recent report published by the Mackinac Policy Center, Douglas stated that 75 percent of trunkline roads —those that begin with I, US, or M — are in either good or fair condition. These roads carry an estimated 53 percent of Michigan’s passenger traffic and 75 percent of truck traffic. The real problem, he suggests, lies in county and local roads, in which 34 and 46 percent are in poor condition respectively. As Douglas explains in his report, public roads present a public goods problem due to their non-excludable nature. In other words, you can’t stop non-paying people from using the roads. Douglas suggests that those who use the roads the most should pay the most. But wait a minute! Isn’t that exactly what Whitmer’s gas tax increase would do? It’s true: under a system of high gas taxes, those who drive the most pay the most. In Michigan, however, trucks inflict far more damage to roads than the average passenger vehicle and thus, an increase in the gas tax would place burden on the wrong group. According to the Michigan Department of Transportation, the average passenger vehicle currently does less than 1 cent of damage per mile driven, while paying 3 cents per mile driven in gas taxes and registration fees. The average truck, however, does anywhere from 20 to 60 cents of damage per mile driven while only paying 11 centsper-mile in fuel taxes and registration fees.

In his report, Douglas proposes a list of policy changes. While not all of them are excellent, they are much preferable to Whitmer’s plan. Three of these policies, in particular, would be much more effective at raising revenue and internalizing the costs of public roads than Whitmer’s proposed gas tax. Douglas’s first proposal is to use the sales taxes from fuel purchases to fund road construction. Currently, 72.8 percent of the revenue from Michigan’s 6 percent sales tax goes towards public education, according to the State of Michigan House Fiscal Agency. While such a proposal would redirect some funds away from education, public school districts have many other sources of funding that can be utilized. This policy is admittedly much easier said than done. Diverting funding from education is never politically popular, but large problems require sacrificial solutions. The second of Douglas’s proposals that state legislature should adopt the expansion of the weight classes for vehicle registration, particularly for trucks, and the lowering of the maximum weight allowed on Michigan roadways. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) justifies their current standard by saying a double tractor semi-truck does less road damage than two single tractor semi-trucks. Lowering the max weight would add an estimated 15,000 trucks to Michigan roadways according to MDOT. While there would surely be a tradeoff in terms of increased shipping costs, traffic, and road damage, the increase in revenue

from 15,000 more vehicle registrations a year, as well increase in revenue from fuel taxes, would more than justify the policy change. This method of raising revenue is more economically efficient as it targets the trucks that do the most damage to Michigan roads rather than the already heavily-burdened passenger car driver. Finally, Michigan should follow the lead of Oregon and pilot a Vehicle Miles Driven Program which is estimated to add $340 million in revenue over the next ten years according to the Oregon Department of Transportation. Such a program would use either GPS or odometer tracking to charge passenger vehicles and trucks alike for their use of Michigan roads. All three of these policy proposals are superior to Whitmer’s proposed gas tax increase. These proposals would successfully internalize many of the costs associated with maintaining public roads without overburdening the average driver that does little damage. Like any policy, these changes would involve trade-offs especially in the form of higher shipping costs that would be transferred, in part, to consumer goods. While this is not ideal, it is a superior alternative to the current state of affairs or the solution proposed by the governor’s office. Michigan roads will always be costly to maintain, but as the auto capital of the world, we must pursue creative solutions to keep the state moving forward. Erik Halvorson is a senior studying Economics.

Registration changes should make exception for transfer students Lauren Renslow ’17 said. “I By | Victoria Marshall Special to the Collegian went to a community college to Last week, the Hillsdale College administration announced that, starting with the incoming freshman class of 2023, it will only count credits earned at Hillsdale to determine a student’s registration date. All outside credits from other universities, or credits from Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate exams, will not count (although they will still be used to determine a student’s overall credit total). In essence, this means that a Hillsdale student’s course registration date, or the day that you register for classes, will be based on entry year. This change will disproportionately harm transfer students. As transfer students normally have a majority of their general education coursework completed, many are eager to start their upper-division classes. With this new change, transfer students will likely not be able to register for the upper level courses that they need, as they will have to wait to register with the class they entered with, which in most cases will be the freshman class. “As a transfer to Hillsdale, this would have hurt my ability to finish the upper-level classes for my major,” Hillsdale alumna and transfer student

cut down on costs, and to have those credits be looked over during my registration would have negatively impacted me. It could have even delayed my completion of my major.” Many transfer students chose to attend community college before coming to Hillsdale to save money. This change to registration could delay the plans of transfer students and cause them to be at college longer, therefore nullifying any financial savings they had before. “I only did four semesters at Hillsdale (for cost reasons — I was paying my way) and if I hadn’t started on upper-level classes immediately I wouldn’t have been able to graduate,” said Hillsdale alumna and transfer student Linda Edelblut ‘14. By preventing transfer students to register according to their credit load, the college is refusing to recognize credits earned from outside institutions, and thus delegitimizing the hard work of these students. In effect, transfer students become second-class citizens where their past two years of collegiate study are suddenly erased. They will not be able to register for the upper-division classes that they need to graduate, and will be back at the bottom of the food

chain with the freshmen. “Transfer students should not be seen as ‘second-rate.’ I was 21-years-old my first semester at Hillsdale, lumped with 18-year-olds,” Renslow said. “This change would have held me back from my peers at the junior level. I understand the plight of those complaining that underclassmen having more credits puts them at an advantage during registration, but they did earn those credits. Why fault them for their work?” Alternatively, the administration could solve existing problems with the current registration process by basing a student’s registration date on their high school graduation

year. Both transfer students and upperclassmen would win in this scenario. Whatever the administration decides to do, the work of transfer students must be legitimized. Transfer students with the same amount of credits as upperclassmen should be granted the same opportunity to take their major classes. Hillsdale College must recognize the plight of transfer students, and it can start by granting them an exception to the new change.

Victoria Marshall is a freshman studying Politics.

Letter: Hillsdale students are generous with their time, energy Dear Editor, I walk the Baw Beese Trail and Oak Grove Cemetery each day. On Sat., April 6, I passed two groups of Hillsdale College students picking up trash as part of the annual Day of Service. I know that other groups were engaged in community service that day also. I have been impressed with the spirit of outreach from

the college students, not only this past weekend but as an ongoing commitment. The gift of their time to their temporary home of Hillsdale is greatly appreciated.

JoAnne Miller is a retired teacher and Hillsdale resident.

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Hillsdale Health and Wellness Center gets new location By | Nicole Ault Editor-In-Chief The Hillsdale Health and Wellness Center moved from its Bacon Street office to the former Center for Family Health Hillsdale location at the Kroger Plaza this week. The center will maintain the same model of patient care it had before but with more space for patient care and in a more accessible location, said Jeremiah Hodshire, vice president of business and organizational development at Hillsdale Hospital. “Patient volumes continued to swell,” Hodshire said, noting that the center “outgrew” its former facility. “We have beautifully renovated exam rooms, state of the art technology, all the same services and more that we held on Bacon. Now it’s bigger, better, more convenient location for our community.” The center’s new building is about five times the size of the previous one, Hodshire said, with twelve patient exam

rooms instead of four. At the center are four nurse practitioners and medical director Kurt Roecker (who also oversees Litchfield and Reading

and has seen steady traffic, Hodshire said. Patients even come to the clinic from other counties, he added. The center’s walk-in clinic

“It helps us keep people out of the emergency room,” he said. “That’s not the right place for patients who are not truly sick with an emergency-type illness.” The Hillsdale Health and Wellness Center moved to the Hodshire said Kroger Plaza this week. Courtesy | Jeremiah Hodshire the center moved equipment on Friday and Monday, reopening Tuesday this week. Part of the transition involves integration of a new electronic medical records system called “EPIC.” The center’s staff will receive training on the system for the next two weeks. Kurt Roecker, the center’s medical director, said he is excited for the opportunities the new location provides. “It’s an excellent location, much improved from the previous clinic. Logistically it’s in an area to the locations). Molly Parker, a offers flexibility for patients, town, college — it’s a win-win primary care physician, is Hodshire said, noting that it’s across the board,” he said. “I moving her practice to the one of the only such clinics think we’ll continue to be a center as well. open seven days a week in the busy active clinic serving the Hillsdale Hospital purcounty. Its hours extend into needs of the community.” chased the center in July 2018 the early evening.

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City prepares for spring with cleaning and construction By | Emma Cummins Assistant Editor The City of Hillsdale will begin its spring construction within the next few weeks. The Hillsdale Department of Public Services has already begun some of its general spring cleaning duties, and will begin its new project reconstructing Hallett Street, from Reading Avenue to the west city limits, next month. According to City Foreman Jason Blake, the State of Michigan requires that the city rank all its roads using a paser scale from one to 10. Hallett Street ranks as a one, since the road has potholes and sand can be seen underneath the layer of asphalt. “Anything that’s on a scale from four and below needs a total reconstruct,” Blake said, which includes completely redoing the subbase of the road and updating the sidewalks. The city will hire out a contractor to pulverise the asphalt and then lay new asphalt. Director of Public Services Jacob Hammel said the city also prioritized this road for the spring since the road is considered as a “major collector.” This means the road is used for heavy traffic, and is a “pretty high traveled entrance and exit to the city,” he said. Since the road met this qualification, the city qualified for a grant of $100,000 from the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, which will offset the approximated $400,000 reconstruction cost. City Manager David Mackie said Hallet Road is important to those who use the road frequently. “We have Three Meadows Subdivision, Will Carleton Academy, and a medical building out there,” he said. “In addition, many county residents use the road to come into town for work. Most drivers that use Hallett have complained about the condition of the road for years.” The department anticipates finishing the road around the Fourth of July, Hammel said. The Department of Public Services will also focus on

finishing up their big street projects that were not completed last year. This includes Garden, Mead, and Vine Street and Rippon Avenue. “The crews have been out there working almost every day since the weather has started to improve,” Hammel said. In regards to repairing the roads after winter, Hammel said this spring is much like previous ones. “Like every spring, we initially have to battle the damage from winter and the frost coming out of the ground,” he said. According to Hammel, the department has already put cold patches on the worst of the roads; however, these can last from two hours to a couple of weeks. Once the asphalt plants open up mid-April, they will be able to replace them with hot patches, which can last up to several months or even years. “We try to hit the worst of the worst because cold patch doesn’t last. It has very little life,” he said. City Forester Gary Stachowicz is responsible for planting the new trees in the city for the spring. At this stage of the process, Stachowicz is lining up his tree planting program. “You probably noticed a bunch of orange stakes around the city. Those are where trees are going to get planted back,” he said. “I have about 35 to 40 trees that I’ll be planting.” Stachowicz predicts that all the trees will be planted by the end of April, many of which will be around Hillsdale College grounds. Some of the general spring duties include cleaning the parks, turning the city water back on, cleaning up winter damage and putting in cold patches on the roads, ensuring public bathrooms are functional, putting docks into place, and brush collection.

“Like every spring, we initially have to battle the damage from winter and the frost coming out of ground,” Hammel said.

Gallery 49 closed its location in Jonesville at the end of May. Courtesy | Facebook

Gallery 49 closes doors, co-op continues By | Stefan Kleinhenz Assistant Editor Art galleries around the nation are being forced to close their doors in epidemic numbers. After 11 years in Hillsdale County, Jonesville’s Gallery 49 closed on March 30. Rhonda Foster, president of Gallery 49 Artists’ Co-op, said a lack of funding and artists forced them to close their physical location. “We always had just barely enough to by,” Foster said, “But never enough to do anything extra.” The co-op recently became a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, but they didn’t have enough time to get a grant before funds ran out. Foster said that they are still working to get a grant, but the type of

“operational funding” grant they need is very difficult to come by because there are so few of them, and nothing will be available until 2020. In addition to struggling funds, Foster also noted that this was one of the worst Christmas seasons they’d experienced. “Galleries across the country, no matter the size of the city, are struggling,” Foster said. Foster said that although their doors are closing, they still plan on sticking together as a co-op of artists. Kristie Tellier, vice president of the Gallery 49 Artists’ Co-op, said they are considering the possibility of becoming eventbased, so instead of having a storefront, they would have art shows and events throughout the year. The co-op is made up of a large array of

artists, but Foster said that as sales went down, artists couldn’t afford to keep their work in the gallery anymore. “We were always kept together because everyone chipped in to help,” Foster said. “But the reality is that we never had enough money to advertise and bring people in.” The gallery said on their Facebook page that they are looking for local businesses and organizations to display their members’ art. “For us, it’s always been about the art and our community.” The gallery will have a closing sale on April 27 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., where the gallery will be selling their store displays. The money will help cover some of their expenses; although they have locked the doors, the gallery still has some bills to pay.

that character.” Diane Clow, a Jonesville resident, attended Taylor’s baby shower and said she was glad the historic building was repurposed for a venue site. “It’s nice not having another closed building downtown,” Clow said. “There’s not a lot of other spaces like it available.” In addition to the timeless structure, Meyer has vintage glassware from the Manhattan collection of the 1930s. She said she plans on purchasing more vintage glassware, including punch bowls. Taylor said she appreciated the history of the space and said the location of Venue 8 was ideal. “The fact that it’s right downtown made it easy to tell people where to go,” Taylor said. “It’s a central location for everyone. Venue 8 has space for 50 people, and Meyer said she provides guests with tables, chairs, and tablecloths. Taylor said the space was the perfect size for her baby shower.

“It wasn’t too large,” Taylor said. “It produced an intimate feeling because you could set up the tables and chair however you want, so you could make it cozier.” Currently, Meyer said she is searching for a caterer and has not decided upon one. People can rent the space out for half days and full days with prices varying depending on the day of the week. On Saturdays and Sundays, the space is currently only available for full day rentals. “It’s a place you should check out if you’re going to do an event,” Meyer said. “My goal is to book it out. I’d like to fill up.” After her baby shower, Taylor said she was very pleased with Venue 8 and Meyer was easy to work with. “I wholeheartedly recommend it to anybody,” Taylor said.

The co-op has also set up a gofundme page with a goal of raising $10,000. Foster said that she is appreciative of the support they have received from the community, but wished it had come before they closed. “I’m saddened that we got all of this attention after we closed, when we’ve struggled for so long,” Foster said. “I felt special knowing that we lasted for over 10 years because no one else has done what we have in this county.” The co-op said on Facebook that Gallery 49 is not the retail space, but a co-operative organization of artists who support each other and the arts within their community. “None of us feel like we failed, we kept it going, and we feel really good about that,” Tellier said. “We aren’t ready to put our art tools away.”

Venue 8 offers new, elegant event space downtown

By | Julia Mullins Assistant Editor Located between Maribeth’s and Jilly Beans in downtown Hillsdale, Venue 8 provides an ideal space for showers, business meetings, fundraisers, and other gatherings. Owner of Venue 8 Mindi Meyer said she has owned the building for 35 years. “I’m not in retail anymore,” Meyer said. “I thought it would be a good use of space.” Meyer said the building was originally Cook Bank and has marble floors dating back to 1884. She discovered the marble floors five years ago while doing some renovations. “The interior has an older charm,” Meyer said. Hillsdale resident Jill Taylor rented out the space for her baby shower and said Venue 8 offered a unique setting. “It’s not your typical banquet or event room because of the character of the building,” Taylor said. “The way Mindi remodeled it really played into

Venue 8, a new event space downtown, offers a place to host parties and meetings. Courtesy | Mindi Meyer

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Precision Metal Art brings business to Hillsdale By | Madeleine Miller Collegian Reporter Quality, speed of delivery, and customer service are key at Precision Metal Art, a decorative metal sign maker newly located in the Hillsdale Industrial Park. Owner Alan Russell founded the local company on a dream, and has sustained its exponential growth with foresight, pluck, and an affinity for risk taking. Russell said he had long harbored entrepreneurial aspirations. While visiting his parents-in-law in Florida a few years ago, he realized the pricelessness of financial freedom and lifestyle flexibility, and decided to act on his ambitions. Russell eased into entrepreneurship by taking on odd jobs after-hours, and in early 2016 began making decorative metal hangers with a friend, selling the pieces on Etsy. “We were just working on plain-Jane equipment in a pole barn,” he said. Soon, a wholesaler in Los Angeles discovered their work, and offered to buy their hangers in bulk. Hoping to sell 30 in a month, they agreed to the deal, and achieved their

target sales in only a few days. By 2017, Russell and his friend realized their project had grown into a full-time operation, and on July 5 opened Precision Metal Art in a 3,500-square-foot facility in Jonesville. The business makes pre-designed and custom metal signs and accessories for home use and decor, completing each stage of design and production in-house. In September 2017 Russell bought full ownership rights from his partner, and by October Precision Metal Art employed three workers, including Ashley Price, whom Russell recruited to oversee customer service and assist with marketing and accounting. “If you want good people, hire good people. Hire Ashley,” Russell said of Price. One year later, Precision Metal America boasted 28 employees, and moved into a 36,000-square-foot facility in the Hillsdale Manufacturing and Industrial Park in December 2018. The business has expanded production and diversified its offerings rapidly, and recently began selling internationally. “We’ve been driving the

bus and building it at the same time, and it’s kind of a challenge,” said Price. “We lean on action more than we do planning. It’s been amazing to see what you can get done on sheer gumption and will power.” Russell has embraced the challenges and risks of growing a small business boldly, and learned metalworking “at an exponential rate.” “I’ve developed the skill of not seeing barriers and seeing opportunities instead,” he said. “When it’s not a struggle, we’re getting complacent. We always have to push.” Russell and Price agree that the many “little rewards” along the way has made expansion exciting. Precision Metal Art recently added a laser cutter to its lineup of plasma cutters, allowing the business to amp up production, and just last week set up a powder coating oven. As it expands, the business aims to distinguish itself from similar producers with excellent customer service. “We’re building a brand on quality; one people can trust,” Price said. Precision Metal Art directs its resources toward bettering

the community, contributing regularly to local charities, including the Jonesville Athletic Boosters Association, the Department of Corrections, and Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness of Hillsdale County. It is also deliberate about sourcing materials from local businesses, such as Alro Steel and Jonesville Lumber. “It’s nice to be rooted in our home community,” said Price. “Hillsdale’s been good to us.” The business’s goodwill is an extension of its supportive employee culture. Elizabeth Hawkins primarily works as a laser operator at Precision Metal Art. Hired on New Year’s Day, she considers her job a holiday surprise, and said she appreciates the business’s family-friendly policies and upbeat environment. “It’s been a life-changer, like something from Heaven,” she said. “I love coming to work.” “It’s fun,” Russell said. “That’s the best part about it. There’s never a dull moment.”

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Young Life banquet to highlight sharing gospel with youth By | Josephine von Dohlen City News Editor In efforts to raise awareness for community outreach, Young Life of Hillsdale will host a fundraising banquet Saturday at the Dow Leadership Center. Young Life Director Andy van der Harst, who has been on staff with Young Life for the past three years, said that the event also serves as a thank you for current supporters. “But it is also more than just a fundraiser,” van der Harst said. “We invite people to become partners with us.” Young Life of Hillsdale exists to cultivate friendships between children and young adults, ultimately sharing the Gospel. “Young Life is fundamentally about Jesus Christ and the pursuit of God after people,” van der Harst said. “That is our motivation.” While Young Life of Hillsdale has been around since the 1990s, programming is still in its beginning stages, van der Harst said. With an increase in fundraising, additional activities such as clubs and bible studies will begin. Currently, Young Life student leaders attend lunches several times a week at Davis Middle School and play with the kids at recess. In addition, they have chaperoned dances and assisted with sports practices. These settings allow the student leaders to build relationships with the kids. Freshman Shelby Dorman, one of the Young Life student leaders, got involved with Young Life after connecting with the program at The Source, a campus and community organization fair at Hillsdale College. “I wanted to get involved with kids, and focus on the gospel message,” she said.

“I started going to different events and realized that it wasn’t just about reaching kids, but also about personal and spiritual development.” Dorman said she saw the opportunity as an additional way to keep herself accountable and that throughout the next few months she was able to grow to love sharing the simplicity of God’s love. “There’s a lot of brokenness in the Hillsdale community,” Dorman said. “And a lot of lack of knowledge about who God is. Many of these children haven’t experienced real love from God.” Freshman Grace Bennett, another Young Life student leader, said she found a lot of brokenness in the community as well, but that having relationships with children has been really powerful. “We have a saying that the children don’t care what you say until they see that you care,” Bennett said. “Showing that love to them is really important for the older — younger relationships.” Dorman said that Young Life is a great outlet for Hillsdale College students to get involved with kids in the local community. “It can help college students, and anyone who has a passion for children in the present community and have a heart for God’s love,” Dorman said. “Looking beyond the college community can be really powerful.” The opportunities for assisting with Young Life are endless, van der Harst said. “For those reaching out to help, there’s a lot of flexibility,” he said. “We really could use people for finances, administration, relationships, and events.” Those interested in supporting Young Life of Hillsdale can find more information at hillsdale.younglife.org.

Participants of Key Opportunity’s entreprenuer program make wooden pallet signs for sell. Courtesy | Georgia Mason

Key Opportunities to host volunteer training day By | Josephine von Dohlen City News Editor Looking to expand their volunteer base, Key Opportunities will host a volunteer training Tuesday, April 23 from noon to 2 p.m. at their Hillsdale Street center. Key Opportunities is an organization committed to providing programs and employment for those in the local community with developmental disabilities. “The day will give people an overview of Key Opportunities and our programming,” said Georgia Mason, program manager at Key Opportunities. “We will also talk about the very important aspects of safety, and working with people with developmental disabilities.” One current program helps participants create wooden pallet signs, which they then are able to sell. “It is so rewarding to see how some of folks who are perceived by others to have limitations, when given

creative outlets, can do great things,” Mason said. Other programs include summer outing trips, as well as employment opportunities, which allow for participants to earn an income at local businesses. “We work with students in school districts and with employers who match employees,” Mason said. “We own multiple businesses, and also work on job skills.” Key Opportunities’ mission is to “educate, empower, and employ,” according to its tagline, which allows them to play a valuable role in their participants’ lives. “Places don’t always hire folks with developmental disabilities, but we’re here for those who do want to,” Mason said. With no current volunteers, Mason said she is hoping to expand what Key Opportunities is able to offer with more help. “We are open and flexible,” Mason said. “We will make sure that the needs of the

agency are met, but also the needs of volunteers.” Brooke Lewis-Stiverson, employment coordinator for Key Opportunities, said that volunteers will be able to use their own personal talents to help the program’s participants. “It will be an opportunity to assist the community in a helpful way,” she said. Helping participants find employment has made her experience with Key Opportunities “extremely positive,” Lewis-Stiverson said. “I have found my work to be very fulfilling, just being able to watch and assist people meet their goals and assist their dreams.” Those interested in attending the volunteer session can RSVP to 517- 437- 4469 or email gmason@keyopportunities.org. “We need an extra set of hands,” Mason said. “We would be thrilled to have members of the community, and from the college. There is something for everyone.”

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Chargers continue run of personal bests By | Calli Towsend assistant editor The Hillsdale College Chargers earned four new personal records and three season bests at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational in Cincinnati, Ohio, last weekend. As a team, Hillsdale took fifth among NCAA Division I schools like the University of Cincinnati and Miami of Ohio. The pole vaulters got things rolling for Hillsdale as senior Jared Schipper and freshman Ben Raffin dominated the top two spots. Schipper soared over 4.99 meters, while Raffin cleared 4.89. On the track, the Chargers earned many top-10 finishes. The 4-by-100 meter relay of seniors Nathan Pando and Levi Wyse, and freshmen John Baldwin and

BESTS, from a10 by far my best opener by seven seconds.” Two other Chargers had fifth-place finishes in the track. Sophomore Kajsa Johannson finished fifth in the 100 meter dash with

oliver nikoloff invitational | cincinnati, oh 110 meter hurdles time 4. John Baldwin 14.75 4 x 100 meter relay time 5. Schmidt/Pando/Baldwin/Wyse 42.30 pole vault height 1. Jared Schipper 4.99m 2. Ben Raffin 4.89m

Jacob Schmidt, won the second heat handily to earn fifth place overall with a time of 42.30 seconds. “It was super exciting, but I kind of wish we had another team to run with,” Baldwin said. The sprinters took to the start line a while later to run 100 more meters, but this time individually. Schmidt led the way in a tie for 11th, finishing in 11.10 seconds. Pando and Wyse followed behind in 11.25 and 11.31, respectively. In the 200 meter dash, it was Pando’s turn to lead the a 12.25-second performance. Sophomore Calli Townsend ran the 400 meter hurdles in 1:03.35 to finish fifth. This weekend, Hillsdale hosts the Hillsdale Invitational on Saturday. Field events begin at noon, with track events following at 2 p.m.

Alanna O'Leary warms up for the 400 meter dash on Saturday at the University of Cincinnati. calli townsend | courtesy

Chargers. He finished with a season-best time of 22.06 seconds to earn seventh place. Schmidt came in 10th with a personal-best time of 22.22 seconds. Wyse finished 17th in 22.66. Junior Ian Brown finished in 22.67 to take 18th with another personal best for the second week in a row. Hillsdale was well-represented in the 110 meter hurdles as Baldwin, Brown and sophomore Ryan Thomsen all competed in the first heat. Baldwin led the pack in fourth in 14.75. Brown continued to improve as he ran a

STREAK, from a10 more first baseman Emma Johnson, and Catron singled to centerfield to score Bielawa. With a tie game going into the bottom of the seventh inning, Catron picked up her fourth RBI of the game with a double to left field to score Kish and win the game. Sayles faced 18 batters in five innings and gave up just three hits. Sayles said she approached the game with confidence and focused on delivering strikes, trusting her defense. She used her drop ball and curveball to keep hitters off balance. “If you can get weak ground balls, your defense behind you can do the work and gets out,” Sayles said. Friday, April 5 (Game 2): Hillsdale 8, Malone 6 Sophomore pitcher Natalie Walters earned her eighth win of the season in the Chargers second game against the Pioneers. The Chargers gained another early lead, scoring one run in the bottom of the first inning with a single from Catron to score Marra. During the bottom of the second inning, Kish doubled to left center, scoring Johnson, and Marra singled to right field to score Kish. The Pioneers scored one run in the top of the third, but the Chargers would three more runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Catron hit a two-run home run, scoring herself and Marra. Sophomore catcher Madison Stoner hit a single up the middle to score senior third baseman Jessica Taylor. In the top of the

season-best of 15.00 to take sixth, and Thomsen finished seventh in 15.28. As Brown looks ahead to the rest of his season, he said he has two goals in mind. “Qualifying for nationals would be cool in the 110 hurdles, and then breaking 22.5 in the 200,” Brown said. He will have to achieve better than the NCAA Division II provisional time for the 110 meter hurdles, which is 14.53 seconds. Baldwin, who has already hit the provisional mark, is looking to cut his time down even more. “I’m moving in the right direction. It was still not where I want to be, but it was a lot better than last week,” Baldwin said. “It’s the odd idea of the hurdles that you can’t work too hard or you’ll not be able to run as quick as you can. If you push

too hard it’ll throw off your rhythm and spacing. So the idea is that you need to relax sometimes to go faster.” The 400 meter hurdlers also ran well as both junior David Downey and freshman Kevin Curby set new personal records. Downey took eighth place in 56.55, and Curby came in ninth in 56.68. His time eclipsed his old best by nearly two seconds. Curby, a senior by class status, decided to join the team this year, making him a freshman according to his NCAA eligibility, and he’s making the most of his first and final season. In the last four races, he has dropped his time by four seconds. He said he joined the team to

sixth inning, Marra doubled to right-center to score freshman infielder Morgan Cox, and Walters singled to center, scoring Marra. Walters gave up five runs––all of which were unearned–– in the top of the seventh inning but secured the victory. She faced 35 batters in seven innings and gave up six runs on nine hits. Gross said the Chargers will be working on having a better approach in the seventh inning when they have a big lead. “The pitching went away for just a short bit,” Gross said. “We’re definitely going to talk about just being consistent.”

freshman infielder Kasidy Carson. Olson pitched all five innings for the Chargers and picked up her first win of the season. She faced 20 batters and allowed just five hits. Olson said she focused on pitch execution throughout the game. “I was just focused on letting my defense work and not trying to strike everyone out,” Olson said.

Saturday, April 6 (Game 1): Hillsdale 9, Walsh 0 (5 innings) The Chargers’ offense came up big in their first win over the Walsh University Cavaliers. In the bottom of the second inning, Kish singled to center field, scoring Stoner and freshman outfielder Anna Dixon. Junior outfielder Victoria Addis came in to pinch hit for Wojcik during the bottom of the third inning and hit a double down the right field line to score Walters and Taylor. Gross said Addis had been hitting very well all week. “That pitcher was a very good matchup for her,” Gross said. “And it gave her a good opportunity, she came through huge.” Johnson scored later that inning on a wild pitch, and Kish hit another single up the middle, scoring Addis. During the bottom of the fourth inning, Taylor doubled to center field to score Carlin MacDonald Gannon, and Stoner singled center field scoring Taylor and

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challenge himself during his last semester. “It feels really good,” Curby said. “I wish I could train a little bit harder and have had a little bit longer so I could be in better shape by the end of the season, but for right now I’m very happy with how it’s going.” To round out the day, Downey, Curby, Baldwin, and Thomsen competed in the 4-by-400 meter relay. The team took seventh overall in 3:28.57. The Chargers will race on their home track this Saturday for the Hillsdale Invitational. Field events begin at noon, and running events start at 2 p.m.

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Saturday, April 6 (Game 2): Hillsdale 9, Walsh 7 After giving up four runs in the top of the seventh inning, the Chargers managed to pick up another conference victory in their second game with the Cavaliers. In the top of the first inning, the Cavaliers jumped on the board early with a two-run homerun. The Chargers answered in the bottom of the second inning with a single from Kish to score Walters followed by a double from Marra, scoring Kish and Johnson. Catron also singled to right center, allowing Marra to score. The Cavaliers scored again in the top of the fifth inning with a solo home run. During the bottom half of the fifth, Johnson doubled to left field to score MacDonald Gannon, and junior catcher Sydney San Juan singled to right field scoring Johnson and Gensiejewski. In the top of the sixth inning, Catron doubled to left field, scoring Marra, and Taylor doubled to right center to score Catron. The Cavaliers scored four in the top of the seventh on a two-run home run, RBI single, and Walters walked in a run. Walters started in the circle, but junior pitcher Dana Weiding-

er came in for relief during the middle of the fourth inning. Olson came in to pitch during the middle of the fifth inning, but Walters came back into the circle in the middle of the seventh inning to finish the game. After giving up significant runs in the seventh inning for the second day in a row, Gross said the team will be working on the little things to finish the game. “There wasn’t a total meltdown or anything like that, it just goes back consistency,” Gross said. “We had very good defense all weekend.” Up Next The Chargers will face Saginaw Valley State in a doubleheader at home on Friday, April 12 at 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. On Saturday, April 13, the Chargers will travel to TIffin University for two games at 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Hillsdale will extend its weekend on the road, taking on Alderson Broaddus University in a doubleheader on Monday, April 15 at 3:30 p.m and 5:30 p.m. The next day, the Charger will play two more games with Davis and Elkins University at 12:00 p.m and 2:30 p.m. Gross said he hopes the Chargers will keep playing with high energy. “We are running at a really fast pace,” Gross said. “And it’s not easy to keep up with that pace, and I want to see them to be able to continue that.” Both Catron and Olson said the team will be facing tough competition throughout the weekend. “We just want to keep the momentum going,” Olson said.

charger chatter: Andrew Verbrugge Andrew Verbrugge is a junior from Byron Center, Michigan. He is a starting pitcher on the baseball team.

Junior Andrew Verbrugge hillsdale college athletics

Q: When did you start playing baseball and what prompted you to start?

Q: What is one of your favorite memories from your time on the baseball team at Hillsdale?

AV: I started playing on a tee-ball team when I was five years old. I eventually moved into travel ball and then kept moving up with high school. I’ve always liked sports. I tried pretty much all of them that my parents wanted me to do. I played soccer in high school as well, but I always liked baseball, and I was better at it, so I kept going with it and it worked out well.

AV: In the fall we have what we call “MTFs” which are “Mental Toughness Fridays.” They are basically a tough physical challenge that we go through, like flipping tractor tires, or anything we have to do as a team that gets us in the right mindset to get us through the games when they come along in the Spring. Those are always very memorable.

Q: What are some things you like to do outside of baseball, either in your free time or in the offseason?

AV: My faith is very important to me. I always go to a bible study every Wednesday. Also in the fall I like to play volleyball in Hayden Park, and just hang out with my housemates and the rest of the team when we get the chance. My faith, family, and friends are most important to me.

Q: What do you like about being a pitcher?

Q: Who is your favorite MLB team?

AV: You are in control of the game at most points. You have the ball in your hand every moment of the game. The team relies on you to keep throwing strikes so it’s a big role to play, and it makes you a leader on the team even if you’re not vocally leading the team.

AV: I do watch a little baseball. My favorite team is probably the Detroit Tigers, because I’m from Michigan and I watched them when I was growing up. But other than that, I don’t watch a lot of sports.

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SOFTBALL

april 5 (game 1) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Malone 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 Hillsdale 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 6 11 1 hitters

Katie Kish: 2-3, 3B Jessica Taylor: 2-3

Sam Catron: 3-4, 2 2B, 4 RBI Renee Bielawa: 1-3, 2B, RBI

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Dana Weidinger 2.0 5 0 4 1 1 Julia Sayles (W, 1-2) 5.0 0 0 3 1 2 april 5 (game 2) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Malone 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 6 9 1 Hillsdale 1 2 0 0 3 2 x 8 13 2 hitters

Amanda Marra: 4-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI Sam Catron: 2-4, HR, 3 RBI pitchers

Jessica Taylor: 2-4, 2B Madison Stoner: 2-4, RBI

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Natalie Walters (W, 8-5) 7.0 6 1 9 4 1 april 6 (game 1) 1 2 3 4 5 R H E Walsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Hillsdale 0 2 4 3 x 9 13 1 hitters

Katie Kish: 3-3, 3 RBI Jessica Taylor: 2-3, 2 2B, RBI Madison Stoner: 2-3, 2 RBI

Amanda Marra: 2-3 Natalie Walters: 2-3 Victoria Addis: 1-1, 2B, 2 RBI

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Camryn Olson (W, 1-1) 5.0 0 0 5 0 0 april 6 (game 2) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Walsh 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 12 1 Hillsdale 0 4 0 0 3 2 x 9 13 0 hitters

Amanda Marra: 3-4, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI Katie Kish: 2-4, RBI Jessica Taylor: 3-3, 2B, RBI, BB Sam Catron: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI pitchers

Natalie Walters Dana Weidinger Camryn Olson (W, 2-1)

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april 6 (game 1) Hillsdale Lake Erie hitters

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4.0 2 2 5 4 0 1.0 1 1 2 1 1 2.0 4 4 5 4 3

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april 6 singles doubles score Saginaw Valley 0 0 0 50 Hillsdale 6 2 7 singles competition scores 1. Hannah Cimpeanu def. Maddie Miller 6-4, 6-3 2. Sarah Hackman def. Joanne Gao 6-7 (5), 6-1, (9) 3. Kamryn Matthews def. Taylor McLaughlin 7-6 (2), 6-3 4. Corinne Prost def. Nicole Johnson 6-4, 7-5 doubles competition score 1. Hackman/Cimpeanu def. Miller/Gao 6-4 2. Matthews/Bissett def. Johnson/McLaughlin 6-1 april 7 singles doubles score Kentucky Wesleyan 0 0 0 50 Hillsdale 4 3 5 singles competition scores 1. Hannah Cimpeanu def. Liz Clayton 6-0, 6-0 2. Sarah Hackman def. Liz Smith 6-0, 6-0 5. Corinne Prost def. Camron Blandford 6-1, 6-0 doubles competition score 1. Hackman/Cimpeanu def. Clayton/Smith 6-0 2. Matthews/Bissett def. Gossett/Sampson 6-0

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april 6 singles doubles score Hillsdale 5 3 6 Spring Arbor 1 0 1 singles competition scores 2. John Ciraci def. Alex Reinbold 7-6, 6-2 3. Michael Szabo def. Ryan MacLean 6-7, 6-2, 10-5 4. Gabe Katz def. Patrick Doerr 7-5, 7-5 5. Jerry Hewitt def. Sam Head 6-1, 6-0 6. Nico de Enrique Schmidt def. Connor Mogle 7-5, 6-4 doubles competition score 1. Hyman/Adams def. MacLean/Romano 8-5 2. Hackman/Szabo def. Doerr/Reinbold 8-5 3. Ciraci/Katz def. Bentley/Mogle 8-2 april 7 singles doubles score Kentucky Wesleyan 0 0 0 Hillsdale 6 3 7 singles competition scores 1. John Ciraci def. Evan Morton 6-0, 6-0 2. Brian Hackman def. John Sawyer 6-0, 6-0 3. Gabe Katz def. Adan Cano 6-1, 6-0 4. Jerry Hewitt def. Landon Hunter 6-0, 6-0 doubles competition score 1. Adams/Hyman def. Morton/Sawyer 6-1 2. Hackman/Szabo def. Hunter/Cano 6-0

Homer-happy Chargers win three of five during road trip By | S. Nathaniel Grime sports editor The Hillsdale College Chargers swatted nine home runs in five games over the course of a 3-2 road trip. The Chargers split a four-game series with the Lake Erie College Storm on Saturday and Sunday, and defeated the Saginaw Valley State Cardinals on Tuesday thanks to four home runs in that game alone. In their three wins, the Chargers outscored their opponents 36-19. In their two losses, the Chargers scored just two runs total. With four weeks remaining in the regular season, Hillsdale remains under .500 with a 12-19 record and in ninth place in the G-MAC standings with a 7-9 conference record. Saturday, April 6 (Game 1): Hillsdale 14, Lake Erie 1 Junior shortstop Jake Hoover led off the game and the four-game series against Lake Erie by being hit by a pitch, and it would be a foreshadowing of things to come. Hoover scored in the inning on a sacrifice fly by senior third baseman Colin Boerst, giving the Chargers a quick 1-0 lead. Hoover wreaked havoc on the basepaths all game long, reaching safely in five of his six plate appearances with two hits, two walks, and the first-inning hit-by-pitch. Hoover also stole a base. He scored five of the Chargers’ 14 runs. In the top of the fourth inning, Boerst extended Hillsdale’s lead with a tworun home run to right field, capping a three-run inning for the Chargers. Boerst finished the game 2 for 4 with three runs batted in and three runs scored. A leadoff home run to center field by junior right fielder Dante Toppi in the top of the fifth inning extended the Chargers’ lead to 6-1. The next inning, Hillsdale broke the game wide open. Two singles and a walk loaded the bases with no one out to begin the top of the sixth inning, and sophomore designated hitter James Krick promptly unloaded the bases with a grand slam to center field. The Chargers tacked on one more run in the inning to swell their lead to 11-1. Krick swatted an RBI double in the seventh inning, and finished the game 2 for 5 with five RBI. The Char-

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gers scored in seven of nine innings, and enjoyed their largest margin of victory this season. Senior pitcher Jonathan Lapshancollected his third win in the blowout, and went the distance for a complete game, pitching nine innings of one-run ball. He needed to throw just 85 pitches thanks to a pitch-to-contact approach that netted him just one strikeout. Saturday, April 6 (Game 2): Lake Erie 6, Hillsdale 1 (7 innings) Junior pitcher Andrew Verbrugge got the start on the mound for the Chargers in game two, and was touched for three runs in the bottom of the first inning and two runs in the second. Verbrugge hit two of the first three batters he faced out of the gate, and allowed a bases-clearing double in the first, giving the Storm an early 3-0 lead. In the second inning, Verbrugge allowed three hits and two more runs, extending the deficit to 5-0. Verbrugge was pulled after just two innings, and fell to 0-4 on the year. Sophomore pitcher Austin Mora and freshman pitcher Caleb Biedenharn pitched two innings each to finish the game, and allowed just one run and three hits combined. The Chargers plated their only run of the game in the sixth inning thanks to a fielder’s choice. The game ended after seven innings. Sunday, April 7 (Game 1): Lake Erie 3, Hillsdale 1 (7 innings) In the first game on Sunday, the Chargers’ bats were again dormant, and they collected just three hits in seven innings. Junior pitcher Chris Stewart was the toughluck loser for Hillsdale, as all three runs he allowed in five innings on the mound were unearned. In the bottom of the third inning, Lake Erie scored the game’s first run on an RBI double that plated a baserunner who had reached on a fielding error. In the bottom of the sixth, a pair of errors led to two more runs for the Storm.

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The two runs in the sixth were crucial for Lake Erie, as the Chargers finally got on the board in the top of the seventh. Senior center fielder Christian Rodino swatted a one-out, solo home run to center field to cut the deficit to 3-1, but that was all the offense Hillsdale could muster. Sunday, April 7 (Game 2): Hillsdale 14, Lake Erie 11 If two games of a doubleheader could be exact opposites from each other, game two was everything that game one was not. The two teams combined for just four runs and eight hits in the first game of the day, but in the series finale, they combined for 25 runs and 25 hits. Lake Erie again got out to a lead, scoring two runs in the bottom of the first, and three in the third and fourth innings. Entering the top of the sixth, the Chargers faced an 8-3 deficit and were just four innings away from dropping three of four in the series after winning the first game. But the Chargers, so reliant on the long ball throughout the week, played some small ball to get back into the game. Five singles and three walks plated six runs, and Hillsdale led 9-8. The Storm quickly tied the game at nine in the bottom of the sixth with a solo home run. In the top of the eighth, however, Hillsdale’s bats struck again. Hoover’s tworun triple capped a five-run inning for the Chargers. Lake Erie scored two more runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, but sophomore FRIDAY, APRIL 12

pitcher David Toth slammed the door, recording the final two outs for his first save of the season. All nine of Hillsdale’s hitters in the starting lineup recorded at least one hit in the win, and eight of the nine drove a run in. Sophomore left fielder Rob Zurawski hit a home run in the win.

The Chargers finished the five-game road trip by again bringing out the bats against Saginaw Valley. Hillsdale jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first, and in the third inning, back-toback home runs by senior designated hitter Steven Ring and Boerst extended the Chargers’ lead to 4-1. The next inning, Krick hit a two-run home run to right field, capping a three-run inning, to give Hillsdale a 7-2 lead. Krick finished the game 3 for 5 with three RBI. The Cardinals tacked on single runs in the bottom of the fourth and sixth innings, and the Chargers led 7-4 entering the top of the ninth inning. Ring led off the ninth with a solo home run to right field, his second long ball of the game. Ring finished 3 for 5 with two runs batted in. The Cardinals scored twice in the bottom of the ninth, but Toth held on to finish the Chargers’ 8-6 win. Toth pitched the final five innings out of Hillsdale’s bullpen, allowing three runs while striking out six. Up Next The Chargers return home this weekend for their first homestand in nearly a month. The Ohio Valley University Fighting Scots will visit Hillsdale for doubleheaders on Friday and Saturday. The Fighting Scots (6-24, 6-10 G-MAC) are directly behind the Chargers in the conference standings. First pitch is at 1 and 3:30 p.m. both days. On Tuesday, the Chargers travel to Grand Valley State University for a game at 3 p.m. Hillsdale beat Grand Valley at home on April 3.

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Chargers finish seventh at Greyhound Invitational By | Ryan Goff assistant editor By the end of the third round on Tuesday, the Hillsdale College Chargers had climbed eight spots on the leaderboard from where they began at the beginning of the day Monday, but still finished seventh at the Greyhound Invitational at Purgatory Golf Club in Noblesville, Indiana. Freshman Josh Davenport led the team, shooting threeunder-par, and tied for third individually. Behind him was senior Liam Purslowe, who shot two-over in the tournament. The Chargers finished the event with a combined 20-over-par. As a team, Hillsdale got behind on the board early, shooting a combined score of 305, 23 strokes behind first-round leader Ferris State University. Ferris State captures first place in the three-day tournament, 17 strokes ahead of second-place University of Indianapolis. Every Charger found ways

to improve after the tough first day, which Purslowe attributed to the difference in greens compared to last week in Tennessee. “The pins were set in tough places on much more sloped greens,” Purslowe said. “After figuring out where to miss and where not to I think we all played much better after round one.” Junior Ryan Zetwick shot eight-over in the tournament, and junior George Roberts shot 16-over. Sophomore Logan Anuszkiewicz rounded out Hillsdale’s scorecard with a 21-over performance. Purslowe said the difference in green speeds and pin placements was the only significant factor that prevented them from having the same success as the week before when the Chargers won the Music City Invitational in Nashville, Tennessee. “Our ball striking was just as good as the week prior, if not better - we just need to be better on the greens by adjusting quicker,” Purslowe said. “That’s what the best

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No. 50 Chargers continue to roll By | Ryan Goff assistant editor

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Chargers extend season-high winning streak to seven games By | Julia Mullins assistant editor

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After earning four more conference wins, the Hillsdale College Chargers improved their record to 15-16 with a seven-game winning streak. The Chargers recorded 50 hits over the weekend and the top their order had impressive performances. Head coach Kyle Gross said he’s excited to see the offense continue to be nonstop. “Every inning I go down there to third base, and it doesn’t matter where we start in the lineup, we’re going to go six or seven batters an inning because two or three of them will get a hit,” Gross said. Senior outfielder Katie Kish went 8 for 14 and had five RBI on the weekend. Senior second baseman Amanda Marra went 9 for 13 and earned five RBI throughout the weekend. Junior shortstop Sam Catron went 7 for 13, picking up nine RBI on the weekend. Catron said she focused on one pitch at a time. “I wasn’t really looking for a double or home run,” Catron said. “I was just focused on hitting the ball and getting solid contact to produce for the team.” The Chargers’ pitching staff also had an impressive showing with freshmen pitchers Julia Sayles and Camryn Olson each earning their first wins of the season. Gross said he was most impressed with Sayles’ consistency in the circle. “She has performed well at practices all year,” Gross said. “It was awesome to see her put that together in a game and be dominant.” After a shutout from Olson, Gross said she’s taking the steps to become a starting pitcher. “As a freshman, you come in and there’s a lot of things to learn,” Gross said. “She’s already a seasoned pitcher halfway through the season.”

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five innings and leading the Chargers in their win over the University of Malone Pioneers. The Chargers took

an early lead, scoring one run in the bottom of the first inning with a single from Catron to score Kish. During the top of the second inning, the Pioneers fought back, scoring five unearned runs off of junior pitcher Dana Wedinger. Sayles came in for relief at the top of the third inning. Catron gave the Chargers another run in the bottom of the third inning with a double, scoring sophomore outfielder Sarah Wojcik. The Chargers scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to tie the game. Freshman outfielder Renee Bielawa doubled to right center, scoring freshman outfielder Reagan Gensiejewski. Senior second baseman hit a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring sopho-

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In their first outdoor matches at home, the Hillsdale College Chargers kept up their indoor-season pace with two shutouts against Saginaw Valley State University and Kentucky Wesleyan College over the weekend. With these wins, the Chargers advance to 11-2 on the season and 4-0 in G-MAC play. Their dominant performance earned them 50th in the IPA national rankings. While the conference match against Kentucky Wesleyan included a 6-0 set in nearly every match, Saturday’s match against SVSU was much more of a contest. Against SVSU, both Kam Matthews and freshman Sarah Hackman faced tiebreakers in their first sets. On the no. 3 court, Matthews won the first-set tiebreak 7-2 after being down in the set 1-4 and went on to win the second set 6-3. On the no. 2 court, Hackman lost the first-set tiebreak 5-7 but got out in front of her opponent during the second set, winning 6-1 and forcing a third set tiebreaker which was more even. Hackman’s third turned out to be close, as she managed to avoid two match points and eventually got the two-game margin in the 20th point to win the match 6-7 (5), 6-1, (9). The Chargers faced pressure on the no. 4 court

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Kentucky Wesleyan 0 50 H illsdale 5 as well against SVSU. Senior Corinne Prost found herself down 1-4 in both sets, but each time was able to gain traction and come back and win the match 6-4, 7-5. “My opponent had steady groundstrokes and didn’t miss unless I forced an error out of her,” Prost said. “Each time, I had to refocus and adjust to her adjustments so I could figure out how to challenge her consistency.” With a few comeback sets and tiebreaker wins, the Chargers displayed a strong drive in coach Nikki Walbright’s view. “I’m continuously impressed by my team and their ‘never giving up’ mentalities,” Walbright said. “Every girl that played this weekend showed up to win.” Against a team she knew would be a good challenge, Walbright said the Chargers’ play reassured her of her team’s ability to rise to challenges on the court. “The performance was great, it showed me that it doesn’t matter who we play everyone is going to show up and do their job,” Walbright said. “It’s a great reputation to have as a team.”

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Chargers set personal bests against Division I competition By | S. Nathaniel Grime sports editor

The Hillsdale College Chargers traveled to the University of Cincinnati over the weekend for the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational. As a team, Hillsdale finished 10th overall among 16 NCAA Division I and II schools, including Cincinnati, Ball State University, and Xavier University. In the field, two freshmen set personal bests for Hillsdale. Nikita Maines’ 39.68-meter throw in the hammer throw was the best of her collegiate career, and Michaela Burkhauser’s 44.21-meter throw in the discus was also a career-best. Freshman Alanna O’Leary enjoyed a successful day in the sprints, as she recorded two new personal bests in the 200 and 400 meter dashes. Her time of 58.64 seconds in the 400 earned her 14th place overall, and in the 200 she bested her previous personal record by half a second SATURDAY, APRIL 13

in 25.71. “That was the first time I’ve done both the open four and the open two, so to come out with consistently better times that what I ran in indoor really boosted my confidence,” O’Leary said. “It gave me a little bit more excitement for future meets, and also future years.” That last time junior Abbie Porter competed in the 800 meter run was at the NCAA Division II Indoor National meet in early March. On Saturday, she came out with a strong start to her outdoor season as she finished fifth in 2:11.01. “It felt really good because the first 400 was as fast as I’d ever gone through as far an 800 goes, so I was like 62 high, and then I was able to hold that through 600,” Porter said. “The last 200 I kinda ran out of juice, which stinks, but also it was my third fastest time ever, and

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‘A show of transformation’

Shakespeare in the Arb takes Tower Dancers’ annual show combined the visual with the intellectual on ‘Measure for Measure’

By | Sofia Krusmark Collegian Reporter As the crowd simmered down and the lights faded out, the long-awaited Tower Dancers slowly tiptoed onto the stage. The music invited the audience into the moment. The opening notes of Strauss’ “Vienna” played, and the dancers began to move. The annual Tower Dancers’ concert last weekend showcased the student dancers’ creativity, grace, and mastery of the art. With the dancers auditioning for various auditions in early September, assistant professor of dance Holly Hobbs said dancers rehearsed one and a half to six hours a week, depending on how many dances they participated in. “The commitment of the choreographers to create dances of high artistic merit, the hard work by the 23 dancers, and the outstanding technical designers and crew all contributed to the success of the performances,” Hobbs said. Four students choreographed five pieces for the show. Senior Colleen Prince choreographed two. “It was one of the greatest shows I’ve ever been a part of, and I’ve been a part of a lot,” Prince said. “Each dance had its own journey, its own process, and I think each choreographer had something really amazing to bring to the table.” The show began with “Spring Waltz,” a more light-hearted ballet piece composed of 14 dancers. Following this number, the recital turned to more somber themes. One dance in particu-

lar, “As the Leaves Fall,” stood out to audience member and freshman Vika Nunez. “It was incredible show of transformation,” Nunez said. “I really enjoyed how the colors, the costumes, as well as the filtered light design on the stage helped make the dance stand out. The music was so beautiful and the expressions on each of the dancers’ faces as they poured themselves into their dance really moved me.” Though the Tower Dancers gave an informal showing of the performance in early December, freshman Tower Dancer Sophia Berryhill noted the difference which the addition of both costumes and lighting make to the show. From the bold red capes in “Bolero” to the dappled yellow lighting in “As the Leaves Fall,” Berryhill said the costumes and lighting embraced the specific ideas behind each dance. “Each choreographer had something in mind when they were making the piece, and I think the lighting adds to that and brings the piece alive through the mind of the choreographer,” Berryhill said. “It can change the dynamic of the piece, whether you use cool colors, warm colors, or spotlights. Anything you do with lighting really brings the piece together.” Each dance was distinguished by its own character. With several students choreographing the show, there was not one ongoing theme. According to Hobbs, the dances each possessed an individual artistic statement. For Hobbs, the liberal arts foundation greatly contributed to the

choreographers’ creativity. “Dances communicate their artistic intent through abstraction,” Hobbs said. “This requires critical thinking, synthesis, personal expression, and creative problem-solving. All of these criteria are closely aligned with characteristics found in a liberal arts education. This makes our students uniquely prepared to combine their knowledge about other areas of study with dance.” A member of the Tower Dancers for all four years of college, senior Colleen Prince performed her solo, “Security,” a dance she personally choreographed. Incorporating dance moves to mimic patdowns, handcuff positions, or placing her arms above her head, Prince was inspired by the Transportation Security Administration’s airport security trauma that resulted from the addition of Provision scanners after 9/11. According to Prince, many people undergo “humiliating or invasive pat-downs” and are hesitant to walk through the potentially insecure ProVision scanners, which digitally strip the indi-

vidual of clothing, to check for weapons. “From there, the dance grew into a commentary of how we live in a place that is very secure compared to the rest of the world, but we live in constant anxiety and fear of insecurity,” Prince said. “I’m asking the question, ‘how far is society willing to go in dehumanizing people under the pretense of keeping us secure?”’ As the show came to a close, the dancers filed the stage for the closing number, “Bolero.” Senior Katherine DuHadway and junior Stephen Rupp performed a dramatic duet to the steady rhythm, as the music rose to full crescendo for the finale. To DuHadway, the show was “a great success.” “It’s the highlight of my semester to show the hard work that we put in. It’s not a big thing that people know about until the performance. It was really rewarding to show, in a tangible way, all the different dancers and all the time and effort that they all put it,” DuHadway said.

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By | Alexis Daniels Assistant Editor Shakespeare in the Arb promises to be different this year with one of Shakespeare’s weirdest and darkest plays, according to junior and director Andrew Kennedy. The annual performance will be held at 2 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday. The play is being held in the Mauck Solarium instead of the Slayton Arboretum, due to weather concerns. Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” is the story of a woman about to become a nun, who plots to trap the temporary leader of Vienna in a marriage with a different woman to avoid prostituting herself to him, and to save her brother. “It’s probably one of the few chances people will have to see it, because it’s very dark and weird,” Kennedy said. “It’s not at all what people expect from Shakespeare if you’ve read Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet.” Kennedy said he had read “Measure for Measure” years ago and hated it, but for some reason, it stuck with him all last year. Once he took on “the mantle of directing,” he decided he would do the play and figure out why it made such an impression on him. “I’m glad I did because I’ve discovered a lot about it that I would not have taken the time to otherwise,” Kennedy said. “It has a lot of depth especially – there’s a wealth of scriptural allusions and exploration of the nature of religious and political

authority: what each can do, what they can’t do. It’s a good play.” Sophomore Kirby Thigpen is playing Mariana, a woman betrothed to Vienna’s temporary leader Lord Angelo. She said despite rushed rehearsals and scheduling conflicts, the production is going well. “I hope that everyone who sees it walks away both having enjoyed it and having interacted with some unique themes and ideas,” Thigpen said in an email. Kennedy said the actors bring the play to life. “Bringing that process to the stage brings them to life in a way that reading never can,” Kennedy said, “and you see the humanity of the characters, in both their weirdness and their darkness but in their brightness too. That’s the thing that the actors bring to the table that you don’t really get reading it for a class.” He said nothing done for Shakespeare in the Arb is as complex or obscure as the coming performance, and he said he hopes viewers will be “confused and a little uncomfortable.” “There’s something about this play in its grittiness and weirdness that I think touches on something that everybody experiences but doesn’t like to think about too much,” he said. “This sort of insatiable desire for power and control or passion, lust, things like that, tend to simmer below the surface. But in this play, they are on full display, and I think that’s an important thing to experience in art.”

Harris returns: ‘I Kissed Dating Goodbye’ survival stories By | Anna Timmis Collegian Reporter Writer and one-time Pastor Joshua Harris is once more trying to reach American Evangelicals through media. But this time, his message departs from his conservative teaching on sexuality and dating. Harris has made a documentary titled “I Survived I Kissed Dating Goodbye,” in reference to his book on dating “I Kissed Dating Goodbye.” In the film, produced and directed by fellow graduate student Jessica Van Der Wyngaard, Harris reevaluates his beliefs. Twenty years ago, a 21-year-old Harris became a leading voice in the Evangelical purity movement, a movement in the 1990s and early 2000s that emphasized sexual purity in response to the excesses of the Sexual Revolution and the 1980s. Southern baptists founded True Love Waits, a group that promotes abstinence till marriage, which it emphasized through strict rules about male-female interactions, and other denominations soon took up the cause. More than a million young people signed a True Love Waits pledge to remain sexually pure both physically and emotionally. Interacting with people of the opposite sex in a Christian manner became a key topic

for teenagers. The term “courtship” was used to define a more Christian version of dating, a process Harris himself helped popularize with “I Kissed Dating Goodbye,” published in 1997. The book recounts how as a teenager, Harris reevaluated his casual dating habits and decided to wait until he was ready for marriage to date or “court.” The book became wildly popular: I frequently saw it in the hands of peers throughout middle school and into high school. The sequel, “Boy Meets Girl: Say Hello to Courtship,” explains the courtship model for readers who are ready to pursue a relationship. This means only pursuing a relationship if you would also consider marriage with that person, asking parents and other mentors to oversee the relationship, and other conditions meant to keep the relationship intentional and God-honoring. Harris’ model soon became the norm in many Christian circles. Decades later, Harris and his readers alike are critiquing the culture in which they grew up, and reevaluating its principles — principles that became, in some cases, a very legalistic set of rules. People found that even though they followed the prescribed guidelines for courtship, they were not saved from pain: mar-

riages fell apart, relationships failed, and feelings of sexual desire caused shame. Prompted by the criticism of many on social media, several of whom blame Harris for difficult past experiences, and his own changed views, Harris discontinued the publication of “I Kissed Dating Goodbye.” But he hasn’t stopped there. In the film, Harris speaks with people from all over the world who thought his teaching had harmed them, as well as Christian writers and speakers who discussed the way Christian culture has dealt with sexuality and dating. At its core, the film is an apology from Harris for having given unwise advice to countless young Christians. Harris states that he wants to take responsibility in part for having advanced ideas that were taken to such extremes, even if the flaws in the culture are not his fault. The documentary also serves as a platform for conversation between Harris and many different voices: He

interviewed multiple speakers and writers and engaged with their diverse opinions, often just listening to what they had to say, even if their opinions differed with his. One man offered insight into what went wrong with the purity movement: “I love rules,” he said. We take general principles and make them into rules when we can, and then legalism takes hold. Author Dale Kuehne stated that the Evangelical culture over-glorified the institution of marriage, making it the ultimate goal: If you don’t get married, you miss the best experience in life. Harris said he learned from Kuehne that Christians were more influenced by the sexual revolution than they knew: “We had bought into the idea that sex was essential for fulfillment and happiness.” The “chastity movement” message is as sex-oriented as the culture it pushed back against, said Christine J. Gardner, author and professor at Wheaton College. Dannah Gresh, a Christian writer for women, criticized the use of the word “purity,”

“We had bought into the idea that sex was essential for fulfillment and happiness.”

which has become synonymous with virginity to many Christians. Harris himself stated that the trouble with this definition is that purity becomes contingent exclusively on sexual abstinence, making those who may not be sexually pure permanently damaged. Harris also interviewed Lisa Bonos, an editor of the Washington Post’s page on relationships, to include insight into the secular dating culture as well. She assured him that even a low-expectation online dating culture can be emotionally taxing, and it’s hard to heal from a disappointed relationship. A possible takeaway: swinging to the opposite extreme won’t solve everything. Reflecting on the conversations he had engaged in, Harris said: “my book harmed people, my book helped people.” Some people wanted him to deny everything in his book — even Biblical elements he still holds to be true — but Harris only says that there’s no clear answer to dating. The extreme teaching on romance that swept through churches as a symptom of purity culture was not Harris’ fault. Though his desire to take ownership for his words is good, the problem is deeper. Parents and pastors who treated his words as authority are also responsible for promoting a 21-year-old’s teaching on

dating and marriage. The film, while well-meaning, might also have maintained elements of what made him regret his book in the first place. The publicity of his apology matched the publicity of his teaching, and that seems appropriate. But Harris might come to regret the narrative arc of the film, in which his introspective musings on his own journey seem to subvert the humility he shows in other parts of the film. Near the end, Harris says that mistake when writing the book was “looking for an easy, simple answer.” “I think that its premise is flawed,” he said, encouraging people to think for themselves and engage with ideas that differ from their own. The end of the film may be its strongest moment, and harkens back to Harris’s conversation with Dale Kuehne: Marriage is not the most important thing, and is just a part of the journey. A feast is laid on a long table before a church altar, and the camera fades on a community of people eating together, while in a voiceover Harris reminds of scripture’s promise of unity with Christ at his table: “There are no ghosts at the feast, no lingering regrets. Only a community of fully alive, fully human, fully redeemed men and women...”

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Harry James Orchestra plays jazz ‘at a higher level’ By | Alexis Daniels Assistant Editor As the audience laughed softly at the story just told onstage by conductor Fred Radke, Radke turned from the microphone to the Harry James Orchestra and counted off, “One, two, a one, two, three,” and the sounds of trumpet, trombone, and saxophone filled the Searle Center. Off to the side of the stage, couples and students rocked and spun in various American swing dances to the tunes of Harry James’ classic big band and jazz. The Harry James Orchestra performed at the Hillsdale College Searle Center this past Saturday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Among the selections they played were “Ciribiribin,” “You Made Me Love You,” and “I Don’t Want to Walk Without You” by Harry James as well as “Take the A Train” by Billy Strayhorn. “Last year was a little more reserved,” sophomore Kathleen Hess said. “This year, it

was a little different. It was a friendlier environment because we all knew why we were there. It was a better experience because now thanks to the big band-little band student musicians, I’ve had one year to sort of train my ear for jazz and now to better understand and appreciate when a real big band comes in.” Harry James was a trumpet player who led a big band in the first half of the 1940s, recording hits with Frank Sinatra and Benny Goodman and launching the careers of other younger singers afterwards. He was so well-known for his trumpet-playing that in the 1940 Metronome poll, he was voted “best hot trumpeter” and “best all-around trumpeter.” Now, Radke carries on his legacy as a conductor and trumpeter in the Harry James Orchestra. “They’re the best big band I’ve ever heard,” senior Gill West said. “Fred Radke on the trumpet is so good. If you hang out around jazz a lot, you get a sense of what

International Club hosts alumna to talk about experiences in the Holy Land By | Regan Meyer Web Content Editor Hillsdale college alumna Olivia Llewelyn spoke on her travels in the Holy Land at an event hosted by the International Club last Thursday. The talk, titled “The Holy Land: an Immersive Cultural Perspective,” focused on Llewelyn’s immersion in the Palestinian community in Israel. Llewelyn, who graduated in December 2018, took a three month mission trip with Experience Mission starting in January 2019. She arrived back in the United States barely a week before giving her talk. Senior Nour Ben Hmeida, former International Club President, said the International Club hoped by attending the event, students were able to hear a different perspective on Israeli-Palestinian relations than is normally presented on campus. “We thought it was a good opportunity to share her experience with everybody,” Ben Hmeida said. “There’s not a lot of talk on this topic. We thought it would change it up a bit.” Llewelyn applied in early 2018 for the Experience Mission Immersion Program. She said she wanted to serve in some way and saw a mission trip as the best way to do that. The Holy Land trip worked best with her schedule. “I had no expectation for what I was going to experience. It just let God dictate my experience and let him handle everything,” she said. Llewelyn lived with two different families, one a Palestinian Christian family in Beit Sahour and the other a Palestinian Muslim family

in the Aida Refugee Camp. She said she was surprised by how hospitable the people were. “Our host families made sure we were well fed, comfortable. We were so well taken care of,” she said. “People in the streets genuinely want to know who you are and what you’re doing there.” Llewelyn recounted her experience volunteering with various humanitarian organizations including a Tent of Nations, a self-sustainable Palestinian-Christian owned farm outside of Bethlehem and Mount Carmel Ministry, a mission that helps women who have been involved in the sex-trade and men recovering from addiction. Llewelyn’s work connected her with both Palestinians and Israelis. She said she came back from the trip even more confused about the Holy Land’s political situation. “I’m not angry, just more sad. I’m also sad that I can’t do anything as a foreigner,” she said. “I can just be there and learn to be sympathetic. My heart hurts a lot for the people who are suffering. It’s complicated from both sides. Experience Mission does a good job of introducing you to both perspectives.” Junior Sara Garfinkle, president of the Hillsdale Chavurah, attended the talk to hear about other people’s perspectives. “After hearing Liv’s talk, I was sad that she had experienced a very narrow part of the Holy Land,” Garfinkle said. “I found her presentation quite biased. I wish that the organization she went with allowed her to experience more cultures and more of what the Holy Land has to offer.”

Student bands will compete to perform at Centrahallapalooza Friday night. | Facebook

normal, good musicians, good trumpet players can do, and Fred Radke just plays at such a higher level than all the other people that I’m used to hearing.” The concert at the Searle Center brought in friends of the college, guests in the town of Hillsdale, professors, and students. In the first hour, two student jazz combos – Rob Roy and Primary Colors – performed classic jazz songs before the orchestra came on. West has been drumming since he was nine years old and began drumming for Rob Roy this past year. He said the group pulled together really well. “It was a lot of fun,” West said. “It’s really cool to hear the other players do their solos and stuff, see what they come up with and try to play off that. I thought we sounded really tight and hit all our endings really well.” The college served finger foods such as cranberry bruschetta and cheese and crackers, and a mini bar was also

set up outside of the concert area. Guests were able to eat and talk amongst themselves as the band played. Hess said the set-up brought back an atmosphere of big band performances decades ago. “I love the environment they set it up in,” Hess said. “The audience can interact with the band as they’re playing, and I think that’s a nice replication of how a big band would have been in the 1930s and 40s…it’s not in this quiet concert hall. It’s as friendly as live entertainment should be.” To the side, there was a space for dance during the concert. Students, professors, guests, and couples alike were able to dance swing as the bands played. Hess, who favors classical music, said although she has never been an avid jazz listener, she thought the music and the concert were well-done. “Jazz is a little harder to listen to because there’s not a consistent melody, it’s hard to predict where it’s going, and I think some modern jazz is

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especially tough to listen to if you don’t know what you’re doing,” Hess said. She added that the Harry James Orchestra helped her have a better appreciation for the style. “This was the best way for me to start to understand and appreciate what was going on

because I could see them up there, and they were working hard or breathless or reacting to the music or showing off, and though now I’m still not an avid jazz listener, I like to see it when it is done in a concert like this,” she said.

Seniors Makenzie Self, Zane Miller, and Emilia Heider hosted an art exhibit last weekend. Courtesy | Zane Miller

Senior art exhibit highlights ordinary beauty By | Danielle Lee Collegian Reporter Seniors Zane Miller, Makenzie Self, and Emilia Heider presented their week-long senior capstone art exhibit, titled “Fool’s Gold,” on April 1 and held a reception on Friday, April 5 in the Fine Arts Building. Each senior presented the best of his artwork from the last four years at Hillsdale College. The artists chose the title “Fool’s Gold” as a pun referencing its opening day of April 1, and played it up with a black, white, and gold color scheme. “The exhibit is a requirement for the art major core, but it’s a really exciting opportunity to bring together everything that you’ve done within the last four to five years,” Miller said. Miller focused mainly on graphic design, while Self concentrated on oil painting, and Heider’s emphasis was photography. Per the recommendation of a friend, Miller displayed his best works from each class he took, campus organizations, and his job as the college’s lead student designer. “I had the opportunity to have a lot of work to choose from, so I decided to choose the stuff that was the most artistic and took a lot of creativity to put together,” Miller

said. Miller said his interest in clean lines and balance inspired him to pursue graphic design, photography, and drawing to better understand concepts that visually stimulate. As the student graphic designer for the Tower Light and the Forum publications, Miller displayed his cover designs and piece called “Woman in White,” an assignment emphasizing light and shadows, which are all his most memorable pieces. “Woman in White” is a charcoal on paper drawing with a smoky appearance that distinctly outlines a woman’s face while the rest fades into a dark background. “Creating a whole book or magazine and having it be cohesive takes a lot of pre-planning, and designing something that’s 48 pages required me to really think through how I’d utilize each page the best way that I can,” Miller said. Self enjoys creating the different interactions between light and dark with oil painting. From these simple connections, Self said she finds beauty in what’s commonly mundane, and she said she has found fulfillment does not always derive from everything exciting and new. Self said her skills in oil

painting have gradually improved throughout the four years, but they’re still developing. “You just gradually get better, and it just kind of builds on top of each other,” Self said. “There’s still a lot to learn, but I’ve also learned so much, and this show is a visual way to describe this.” Self said her final edition of her oil painting, “Nike of Samothrace,” holds great significance to her, since it represents one of the first times she felt confident in her abilities as an art major. The sculpture she copied was made of white marble, but Self used a lot of burnt umber in her painting to highlight the fabric’s depth and the sculptor’s mastery. “It gave me the most confidence as an artist in a way, that it was worth majoring in art, that I wasn’t wasting my time,” Self said. “Creating art for me is a helpful act for others because it’s glorifying to God, and that piece is one where people could just look at and enjoy, rather than me trying to be good at something.” Though this whole exhibit presented the best artwork from their four years in college, Self said this is a vulnerable moment for her since only her professors have

seen her displayed pieces before the exhibit. Yet watching others enjoy her artwork and answering their questions helped relieve her from this stress, allowing her to enjoy their appreciation. “It’s like ripping off the bandaid,” Self said. For Heider, her natural talent and love of photography is derived from her dad’s hobby of the art. Growing up, her dad always snapped photos of their family during vacations or natural sceneries that he found beautiful, Heider said. “It comes natural to me, and I don’t really have to try as much, usually I just stumble upon something I find beautiful in nature,” Heider said. “I was given my father’s eye for beauty.” Heider said she enjoys photographing roses, fog, frost, anything with intricate details in nature, as it was seen in her displays. She displayed a macro photo of a leaf ’s veins covered in different light and shadows, and another one of a spiderweb. “I love the details of patterns on things and the way sunlight come through them, and in every one of my pieces there’s strong backlighting,” Heider said. “It’s a lot about the way the sun interacts with the world around me that I want to try and capture.”

CHP Showdown, ‘a night to rock out’

By | Allison Schuster Assistant Editor With photoshoots and vast social media attention, the Student Activities Board is building anticipation for the long-awaited campus holiday Centralhallapalooza, kicking off the season with CHP Showdown. The student band competition will determine which band will perform at CHP, and takes place April 12 from 8-12 p.m. The winning bands get the chance to perform again at CHP, opening up for the headline group. Each band is allowed to play a 20 minute set. Although SAB member and senior Kendra Lantis said that they were able to fit in all those who expressed interest in performing, they limit the

number of entries to eight, so SAB encourages bands to sign up immediately to guarantee a spot. “It’s rare though that we have to turn bands away,” Lantis said. Of last year’s three winning bands — Trophy Wives, Penny and the Mandimes, and The Village Idiots — the latter two are back to compete. Senior Ethan Greb, band member of Village Idiots, said CHP Showdown has always been his favorite SAB event. Greb said the audience and band members are able to interact well, something he thinks all the band members would agree is the best part of the night. “Being able to play some groovy tunes for the crowd and seeing them react is what gives all the band members

more energy and causes us to play better,” Greb said. The event itself is unique in that students vote at the event to choose their favorite team of musicians. All the bands have different styles of music depending on the genre of music they choose to play, but it’s up to the students to decide what they most enjoy. This process was created to give students a choice in who they would prefer to see at CHP, to ensure students have the best experience. “We factor in our own personal music tastes, what type of event we are playing for, and also what we know the audience likes to hear,” Greb said. “Most of all, the type of music we play is what we enjoy playing and that is always the most important part for us. But the genre of music we

typically gravitate toward is a type of ‘grunge’ or ‘angst’ while throwing some popular tunes in the mix.” SAB members began working out the specific details and logistics a little over three weeks ago, but planning for the event began even further in advance than that. The event began in 2015 under the name “Band Hero,” but changed to the current name as of 2016. This year is officially the third annual CHP Showdown. Both events are in the pursuit of giving students freedom to decide their favorite bands through a night of entertainment. “It’s an event tailored to giving student bands a night to rock out and compete,” Lantis said.

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Former professor introduces Great Books program at University of Nebraska By | Alexis Daniels Assistant Editor Director of the Newman Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture and former Hillsdale College professor John Freeh is introducing the Great Books program to inspire the “pursuit of wisdom” at their center on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s campus. The Newman Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture, according to its website, is an educational program in the tradition of John Henry Newman, aimed at promoting liberal education and study of the humanities. Its partnership with the Newman Center – which originated in 1906 and provides Catholic sacraments, ministries, and programs for UNL students – is allowing the campus to bring a meaningful pursuit of wisdom in the humanities to its students through a program focused on the great books. “The idea is that, increasingly, the great books are neglected, not studied,” Freeh said. “The wisdom contained in the great books is increasingly lost on undergraduates. This was a chance to introduce a great books program through the means of the Catholic Newman Center.” One of its two courses offered in the 2019 fall semester is titled “Introduction to the Great Books I: Seekers, Sojourners, and Pilgrims,” and it focuses on answering questions about the meaning of existence, drawing from many authors that formed western heritage such as Homer, Dante, Augustine, and Shakespeare. Freeh, who taught at Hillsdale College from 2004 to 2010, said the program is like Hillsdale in its value of tradition and the great books, and it differs only in that the courses are taught from a Catholic perspective. “The emphasis on the cultivation on the student, their own person, their intellect,

Registration from B4 At that point, McArthur said, the registrar’s office synthesizes the submissions into a cohesive schedule. McArthur occasionally weighs in on course offerings, but the majority of the time, he said, his office is just looking for bottlenecks in the schedule. “Most professors have done this long enough that they don’t put courses students need at the same times,” he said. But the work doesn’t stop with course submissions. McArthur said some of the most complicated work happens closer to registration: The process of setting up the computer system that allows

Ludwig from B4

“NASA basically says, ‘Here’s 48 hours, here’s all of our data, here are some prompts on things we think will be valuable. Make it work,” Ludwig said. “All you have to do is make a proof of concept or use their data to show that there is this thing you can do with the resources you have.” During the hackathon, Ludwig and his friends proved you could create a program that would warn people about health risks resulting from atmospheric conditions. They called the program Scintilla, and it combined atmospheric data from a satellite with a program that provided real-time access to consumer sentiment about air quality in different areas. Their project won the “Best Use of Data” award out of 1,287 submitted projects. They also won the “Best Use of a Physical Component” award which earned the team a 4-month paid research and design residency at the Supplyframe design lab in Pasadena, California to further develop the program. At age 29, Ludwig decided

their emotion, their whole humanity you might say - I think Hillsdale is very good at that,” Freeh said, adding that the Center is also trying to recreate Hillsdale’s “great importance on the relationship between professor and student.” UNL requires its students to take at least four units of English classes. Since the program is “relatively new,” students hear about it through the experience of others who have taken it, Freeh said. The Institute is currently in its third year at UNL, and it has involved as many as thirty students in a semester. “It’s interesting that many of our students’ , their backgrounds are not in the humanities but in the sciences,” Freeh said. “So initially there’s a bit of a fear factor when you’re talking about texts by Dante or Shakespeare … because most of our students are from non-humanities backgrounds.” “I think young people here are interested in seeking after the truth and seeking after answers to the great questions of life,” Freeh said. Senior Bailey Topenir, a practicing Catholic, is pursuing a biochemistry and microbiology major and a minor in Spanish. She heard from two friends about the intellectual and spiritual focus of the courses and said she wanted to take classes that were centered around her faith. The decision to register, she said, was a “no-brainer.” “I think the greatest benefit I received is the developed intellect to seek truth,” Topenir said in an email. “The hunger for truth helped me establish a bigger, better understanding of the human condition; I never thought I could learn such beautiful things that are also applicable to my science degrees.” She said she sees the program becoming more popu-

lar in the future once people discover all that the Newman Institute of Catholic Thought and Culture offers. “I seriously feel like the Newman Institute has helped me be a more understanding and kind person,” Topenir said, “and this spiritual and intellectual growth will be something I will carry with me as I prepare for my future career in medicine.” Andrew Minarick, who graduated in Dec. 2018 and is Roman Catholic, majored in engineering and said he wanted to add something different to his calculus and statistics schedule. “The greatest benefit I gained from these courses was an appreciation for the great works of literature,” Minarick said in an email. “Dr. Freeh has a unique gift in helping students dissect challenging materials while pushing them to gain authentic understanding and extract real insights. Growing in that ability allowed me to draw upon the wealth of wisdom passed down through literature over the centuries.” Minarick added that the program is currently offered to college students, and it more recently has offered night classes to graduated adults, but he said he believes that making it accessible to a variety of people would be beneficial. On college campuses though, he said, it is especially important to have courses such as the ones the Institute offers. “If anyone looks at the current climate on many college campuses, there is no doubt that reason, wisdom, and eternal truths are being aggressively ushered off campus,” Minarick said. “I think a large majority of students, like myself, want those things to be fully present in our education, and I think that organizations like the Newman Institute will only gain popularity as students get a taste of what a true education should look like.”

students to register, he said, is “fairly complicated.” On the morning of registration, McArthur comes into the office early in the morning. He has an Excel spreadsheet with a long checklist of everything he needs to have ready for registration mornings, and he goes through to make sure the process is ready to run as smoothly as possible. “If anything is wrong with WebAdvisor, I call ITS to see if they can fix it before registration opens up,” he said, adding that WebAdvisor was down this past weekend and had to be fixed in time for freshmen registration. “I’m here the whole day; I’m here to answer questions.” Thinking back over the

years of registrations he’s managed, McArthur remembered a crisis of errors. “We had a kerfuffle once, when the wrong dates were sent out,” he said. “Some students caught it, but some didn’t, so I guess they felt like some of the students were at an advantage.” He smiled, saying the situation “took a bit of cleaning up.” Usually, though, there aren’t too many student problems the day of, he said, “because students have talked to their peers, and they know the process.”

he wanted to go to college to get a stronger background in formal math to pursue his passion for machine-learning and data science. “When I’m programming a web application, I have to think out everything and how it works,” Ludwig said. “But that’s not at all how machine learning and neural networks work. There’s an art to putting together layers and you hope it works and converges.” He chose to come to Hillsdale despite the fact that Hillsdale does not offer a major in computer science. He is now a sophomore and is double majoring in applied mathematics and economics. “I have enough skills and experience with programming that going to an actual computer science program would hurt me,” Ludwig said. “I’d spend 4 years learning about things that are 5 years old, and those are things I already know.” Ludwig said his time in the army prepared him to take on heavy workloads, and it’s something he enjoys doing. This semester he is taking 21 academic credits at Hillsdale for the sake of the challenge. “I was redlining myself be-

cause I wanted to see how far I can push it. I’ve never been in an academically rigorous environment when I’m really taking it seriously,” Ludwig said. “Now I know, and I won’t be doing that again.” Ludwig is a member of the Shooting Sports team and is the president of the Veterans Honor Society of Hillsdale College. Ludwig said he is committed to improving the reputation of the veterans on campus and integrating them more into student life. In an effort to involve themselves more in student life, the Veterans Honor Society created and worked the Warrior Dash, an obstacle course that students run in teams. “Konrad really went all out for this,” said Joe Thistleton, a member of campus recreation who worked the event. “He worked way harder than he really had to.” “Konrad is hard working, really well spoken, and a true warrior at heart,” said Lionel Armstrong, one of Ludwig’s friends in the Veterans Honors Society. “That’s a really good combination in a leader and I think that’s why he became president.”

Lamplighters from last year and this year, as well as three sophomore women (front row) who were recognized by the honorary for highest GPA at the spring honors assembly. Chloe Kookogey | Courtesy

Lamplighters honorary initiates 70th class

By | Joel Meng Collegian Reporter The Lamplighters women’s honorary is entering its 70th year on Hillsdale’s campus, with the selection of eight new members from the junior class. This year’s class includes Sarah Becker, Victoria Addis, Adelaide Holmes, Mollie Beth Dill, Michelle Reid, Emily Skwarek, Avery Lacey, and Natalie Bodnar. The new members are chosen by the previous class of Lamplighters members based on their leadership, scholarship, character, and service. “The girls have often provided service to the Board of Women Commissioners, volunteering at fundraising events, including the annual Garage Sale,” Professor of Rhetoric and Public Address Kirstin Kiledal said, faculty adviser to the group along with Professor of Chemistry Lee Baron. Members are broadly involved across campus, serving as RA’s, playing sports, leading campus organizations, and participating in Greek life. The group fosters community among many who might not otherwise meet. “Some of us have known each other throughout our college career. Some have not,” outgoing president and senior Chloe Kookogey said. “It’s nice to have that opportunity to be pulled out of your own major, your own department,

your own friend group, and really get to know other women who are doing excellent things for the college.” Sarah Becker leads the GOAL Community Health Program, serves as the vice president of information for the Pre-Professional Society, plays violin in the Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra, participates in the Collegiate Scholars Program, and volunteers in Hillsdale Hospital’s emergency room. She said she was inspired by others who participated in the honorary before she did. “I vividly remember looking up to women like Hannah Andrews and Alexis Garcia, who were both Lamplighters when I was a freshman,” Becker said in an email. “I wanted to exemplify what I admired in them: intentionality, dedication, and an incredible gift for encouragement.” Victoria Addis agreed. “As a freshman, I remember Kyra Rodi, who so effortlessly lived out the values, and how I admired her for it,” Addis said in an email. “Our actions don’t just affect our lives, they affect everyone around us.” Kiledal said one of the group’s favorite traditions is the silver charm bracelets that each member wears. They contain an engraved medallion for the current member and 11 previous wearers, and when a charm is removed, the current wearer writes a letter to its owner telling her about

her experiences at Hillsdale. “My bracelet, in particular, bears the name of the three most recent GOAL Program Directors: Lucille Townley, Allison Deckert, and Alexis Garcia,” Becker said. “I’ve had the privilege of knowing and working with each of them in some capacity during my time at Hillsdale.” The bracelets inspire women to pursue excellence. “It’s amazing being able to look at the bracelets and recognize names of women that I had looked up to when I first came to Hillsdale,” Addis said. “It’s like a yearbook of women that are my ‘aspire to be.’” Others look forward to the day when they receive their charm back. “I think the bracelets will be something to cherish for years to come,” Michelle Reid said in an email. “Since they’re returned 10 years after you graduate, it will be really neat to see where life has taken myself and the other women. For now, the newly-inducted members will communicate with each other to elect their officers, and they said they look forward to the coming year. “I see Lamplighters as a sweet fellowship between some of the women I admire most on campus,” Reid said. “Because of this, I hope to grow in friendship with them, be challenged by them, and to learn from them. It’s powerful to watch other women love this campus in different ways.”

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to like.” Gilbert’s teaching wasn’t restricted to campus grounds. Kalthoff said Gilbert tutored students who needed extra help outside of class and office hours at his house, ensuring that they understood the material. “I think Arlan Gibert saw

that a college professor has to succeed by living up to a certain standard, but also has to hold the hand of and mentor students so that they flourish and succeed,” Kalthoff said. “I think that Gilbert was patient in that way with students and wanted them to do well.”

style showed Stewart that it was okay to not be so serious while lecturing. “He was still serious about the material and what he was doing, without being serious the whole time,” Stewart said. “He made it okay for me to be weird, but he didn’t make me weird.” Gilbert not only helped the college through teaching, but he also donated money for the history seminar room in the fourth floor of Delp Hall. This is just one of many ways in which Gilbert has shown great generosity to the college over the years, Professor and Chairman of History Mark Kalthoff said. “He’s been a strong supporter of the college, always popular with the students,” Kalthoff said. “He’s been exceptionally kind and cheerful and he was known as that for a department member. For all of his successes, he’s always been very humble, so he’s very easy for people

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B4 April 11, 2019 Students formed long lines winding through the Knorr Center for semester registration. | Mossey Library ARchives

Before Hillsdale went digital Old-school registration featured long lines, limited access, and lots of paperwork By | Nolan Ryan News Editor Huddled under a blanket, sipping on a cup of coffee, the student sits down just before the light of dawn breaks on registration morning. The student stares at the cold light of his laptop screen and silently prays he will get into all the desired courses despite inevitable problems with technology. This may be the experience of the modern Hillsdale student, but things were not always like this. Before registration went digital, a student would have to get dressed and walk up the hill to register for classes in person. Since Douglas McArthur, the current registrar, took over in early 2006, the process has changed a lot. At that time,

students filled out cards and brought them to the registrar. This process — known then as “pre-registration” — is equivalent to what students call “registration” now. This, McArthur said, was when students signed up for courses they would take the following semester, and it was organized by last name. When a class filled up, students waiting in the line would have to adjust their schedules on paper as needed. “Students would line up outside the office, and we would have three to four people at a computer work station,” McArthur said. “If a class was filled before they got there, students would have to try for another one.” “There was a rotation, so someone with a last name starting with ‘Z’ wouldn’t get

left to the end every time,” he said. The process actually referred to as “registration” happened in the Knorr Student Center on the Monday and Tuesday before classes started, which is why, to this day, classes always start on a Wednesday, according to Public Service Librarian Linda Moore. This “registration” period, McArthur said, functioned as a sort of validation process in which students would check in with the administrative departments to take care of fines, financial aid, and housing plans, among other housekeeping things, and also had the option of adding or dropping classes. “That event required everyone to queue up and go through long lines in the Knorr Center,” McArthur said.

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Student recounts career as veteran, author, and NASA hackathon winner By | Sutton Dunwoodie Collegian Reporter Several years ago, sophomore Konrad Ludwig was a skinny kid from California with a self-described “discipline problem” who wasn’t sure if he was going to make it through high school. Since then, he has served in the U.S. military, authored a book, and become a NASA-recognized computer programmer. Back in 2005, American

troops were fighting in two wars in the Middle East and the army’s recruitment and retention was at an all-time low. The army needed men, and Ludwig wanted to do something “big.” He enlisted at age 17. In 2010, Ludwig was medically discharged as a sergeant with a traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. He had traveled across the world, faced death, and was home before most people graduate from college.

Konrad Ludwig published a book about his military experiences in the Middle East. | Facebook

“I’m not saying what we did was perfect. It was war,” Ludwig wrote in his autobiographical book, “Stryker: The Siege of Sadr City.” “But at least now I can point to a place in the world where something I was a part of made a difference for the better.” Right after his discharge, Ludwig began writing his account of the war with a focus on his unit’s efforts in Sadr city. In the epilogue, Ludwig confesses that he began the book partly as a way to communicate to his family what happened to him during the war. He used the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to finance editing and publishing of the account, and raised over $37,000 in pre-orders of the book. The book is available on Amazon in paperback and kindle form. The income from the book gave Ludwig the freedom to renew one of his interests from high school: computer programming. He eventually acquired the skills of a fullstack web developer, which means he had the ability to code for both the user interface and the servers behind the scenes of a website. “Programming is just a whole other side of my brain. Thinking through a problem in pure logic, mapping everything out, it’s just — it’s therapeutic,” Ludwig said. Ludwig and a team of his friends from high school who were also skilled in computers began preparing for the 2016 NASA Space Apps competition. Space Apps is a worldwide, 48-hour hackathon where teams put together innovative programs and technology based on NASA’s data.

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“When I was a student in the ’80s, that was the process. It involved course registration, and there were representatives from every academic department. Again, if a class filled, they would have to make changes down the line.” Moore remembers the long, winding lines of students waiting to take care of administrative tasks so they could begin the semester. Going down the line, every department would set up at a table, she said, and students first had to stop by the business office’s table to clear any outstanding payments. This way was more work for students than it is now, she said, and when a problem came up, the student would have to physically go somewhere rather than just email the right person. “It took all day, standing in line at each department’s table. It was that way for maybe 50 years,” she said. “We used to do it at the Stockfield House. The college used any big, open space for registration.” As a student, Sonja Bindus ’92, head of the early childhood education program, said registration was hectic, partly because everything was on paper at the time. “You would have your card, and you would check in with financial aid and check your balance,” she said. “We started by the Dow Center and went down the stairs into the basement. We would have to go to

each department’s table, so we were constantly running.” Despite the madness that was registration, Bindus remembered it as a time to be with friends. “It was a big social time, with everybody gathering together. We made the most of it,” she said. “Everybody was in the pain of registration together.” The old, physical registration process, Moore said, required students to take action to register, fostering the sense they were taking part in something big. “In some ways, the old process was a rite of passage. It gave students something to complain about when things went wrong,” she said. “But after you were done, you felt like you had actually accomplished something.” Moore said students going through what they felt was quite an ordeal, in a way, facilitated campus community. “It was a bonding experience for students, but they might have wanted to bond in another way,” she said with a laugh. When registration first went online in 2009, according to McArthur, the entire process was shifted digitally all at once. There was no large line, he recalls, but he said some students still came in, a bit apprehensive about the new technology for registration. “A fair number were

nervous and thought that if they registered in person, it was sure they could get into classes. That lingered for a few semesters,” he said. For faculty advisers, moving to WebAdvisor has been a nice shift, making their lives easier, as well as students’. Moore said it is much easier now to keep track of what courses a student has to take for the core or for their major. But when the school first began using WebAdvisor, Bindus said there were a few snags. Faculty members at the time were the only ones able to see class information. “Even when WebAdvisor first started, it was kind of like ‘The Hunger Games,’” Bindus said. “Students couldn’t see class information, how many people were in a class. If an opening came up, I would give them an add card and say, ‘Run to Central Hall!’” At the present, if you go behind the scenes in the registrar’s office, there is still a load of prep work to make course registration possible. “With the advent of more online tools, we do more advising now,” he said. “The actual work required starts months before.” Early in February, the registrar’s office puts out a call to departments for course submissions, usually receiving them by the first Friday of March.

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Arlan Gilbert taught at Hillsdale College for 38 years. Arlan Gilbert | Courtesy

Historian and novelist Arlan Gilbert reflects on 38-year Hillsdale career By | Danielle Lee Collegian Reporter While considering the job offer for College President several years ago, Larry Arnn came across a historical novel about Hillsdale College — and it was partly what inspired him to take the job. The novel was written by a former history professor named Arlan Gilbert, who taught at the college from 1960 to 1998. Arlan Gilbert taught a record number of students, worked as the chairman of the history department for seven years, and wrote four non-fiction historical novels about Ransom Dunn and the college’s history as a school and during the civil war. “I always wanted to teach in a good small college and Hillsdale met those requirements,” Arlan said. “There was an emphasis on the facts of history and moral character built into the students and the background, and if you do well in both of those you can make it a really good story where you’re talking about the growth of a very good private college.” His passion for the subject expanded past campus walls into his personal life where he took his family of four on

summer road trips that covered all the states, except Hawaii and Alaska, visiting every civil war battleground like the rural Antebellum South or the renowned Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania. “Every summer we would travel all over the United States and see all the battlefields,” Gilbert’s daughter Angie Berry said. “He was very passionate. We even had a dog named Gun Powder.” Gilbert wrote his first novel “Historic Hillsdale College: Pioneer in Higher Education, 1844-1990” first-handedly, which helped its story come alive as if he was there. He was able to get into this himself due to his training from graduate school, but Joe McNamara, who is also named after McNamara concert hall by a trustee, helped him throughout, Gilbert said. “The minute I started having an interest in the college’s history, he supported me and we were able to run off four books,” Gilbert said. “He was a tremendously great editor, it really helped having someone organize my ideas and read my work over and over again.” Before retiring, Gilbert said he remembered the incredible growth of the history department. The high standards set by the history department

attracted a great number of students and Gilbert said he enjoyed working with those wanting to learn more. “Not to brag, but if you’re pretty good, some of the better students are going to enroll, and you have to make it interesting to the point that they are gaining something first-hand. In that way, they will appreciate what the college has been and is now,” Gilbert said. Gilbert taught a number of courses including American Heritage, Sectionalism in the Civil War, American Economic History, and U.S Constitutional History. Professor of History David Stewart said many students admired Gilbert’s friendly and approachable personality, adding that they took Gilbert’s classes simply because he was the one teaching them. “Another word a professor used to describe him is ‘pastoral.’ He wants to talk to you and know how you’re doing, who you are, and where you’re from,” Stewart said. “It wasn’t just a business transaction in office hours. He engaged with students like they were people.” At the very least, Gilbert’s casual and laid-back teaching

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