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College prepares capstone course Class of 2020 will be the first to fulfill senior year requirement

By | Nolan Ryan News Editor Hillsdale College will soon introduce a new Senior Capstone course to its core curriculum, with the Class of 2020 becoming the first to take it during its senior year. The course will be from one to three credits and last either one semester or a full year, according to Professor of History and Dean of Social Sciences Paul Moreno. “You often say the purpose of a liberal arts education is to spend four years thinking about what it means to be a human being,” Moreno said. “This course should be a culmination of that.” President Larry Arnn envisions a one-credit, seminar-style class taught by professors from all of the departments, who will relate the core principles to their specific discipline. Moreno said Arnn might also have a hand in teaching part of the course, perhaps on moral philosophy. Provost David Whalen and the academic deans — representing the social sciences, the humanities, and the natural sciences — will create a plan for the course and present it

to the faculty for feedback and approval. Since the core curriculum standards were planned in 2011, Hillsdale has gradually introduced and taught new core classes. The Senior Capstone class is the final addition. “I may give some number of lectures to the whole senior class,” Arnn said. “We would probably study Aristotle some. We might study the Bible some. I’ll think up themes for each of them that will tell us something we need to know about the core. My job would be to speak explicitly and solely to the unity of the core.” While faculty are still working out details, the central ideas for the course have remained constant since its inception. “You can’t put the roof on the building until you’ve got the building,” Arnn said. “The core is not a list of courses. Something has to give it definition as a core. The definition that it has is that it is the fundamental things a person needs to know to call himself educated. If you’re going to have that idea, then you need something to rehearse it and bring unity to it at the end.”

As an attempt to integrate the core in a single course, Moreno said, the class will also attempt to relate the core to a student’s major. The deans and the provost, Moreno said, have been working on a proposal for the capstone course. This proposal will go before the Education Policies Committee, consisting of the academic deans and other elected professors from the divisions. The EPC will then present a proposal to the general faculty assembly. This is the same process for the development of all core classes, according to Moreno. Once the official proposal has been introduced to the EPC, Associate Professor of Education and Dean of Faculty Daniel Coupland said approval for the final version of the course will take at least two months. Everything will be finished by May, when the faculty have their last meeting of the school year. “The Senior Capstone will address broad questions. What is education? What does it mean to be human?” Coupland said. “It is not just an effort to expand the core. There are reasons for adding this course. It will provide an

experience where it brings things back together.” Arnn said the core exists to show parts of a whole, and the Senior Capstone will give students a view of that whole. “Students have two kinds of experiences here,” Arnn said. “They take core courses, and they have a major and minor — or both of those, or more than that — and the major and the minor are things to focus on. But the core courses themselves, each one takes up some aspect of the whole. You get plenty of that; what about the whole?” In the 19th Century, and part of the 20th, all American universities had some kind of capstone course, according to Moreno. However, the goal of the Senior Capstone is not to emulate the liberal arts tradition of the past for its own sake, Coupland said. Instead, the deans have asked why schools used to do this. The approach to education which included a capstone course was supported by thinkers such as John Henry Newman, according to Arnn, and that this approach to education has informed the planning of the Senior Capstone.

Simpson Residence took first place in last week’s Homecoming competitions, followed by the Off-Campus Coalition in second and the New Dorm in third.

By | Alex Nester Assistant Editor Protests erupted Monday when Arizona’s superintendent of public instruction proposed a draft of science and history education standards modeled off of Hillsdale’s Barney Charter School Scope and Sequence standards to the Arizona Department of Education. Teachers, parents, and the Secular Coalition of Arizona rallied to protest the drafts, expressing concern that the standards would exclude evolution and climate change from the science curriculum, should they be approved. If approved, the standards would apply to kindergarten through 12th grade students in Arizona public schools. Diane Douglas, the superintendent who proposed the standards, said she does not believe the state’s department of education will pass the newly-drafted standards, but she said proposing them was “the right thing to do.” “I don’t have a lot of time left in office, and I’m at the point where I need to start telling tough truths and leave our kids in a good place,” Douglas said. Douglas said the protesters criticized “what they incorrectly believed I put into our science standards draft.” Though the Barney Charter Schools are not private religious schools, Douglas said protesters were also leary about the standards because

Hillsdale is a private Christian school. But evolution and climate change are included in the drafted standards, Douglas said. Though Douglas has subscribed to Hillsdale College’s Imprimis publication for more than a decade, she only became aware of the Barney Charter School Initiative when the faculty of Lake Havasu City District Schools in Arizona sent her a copy of the Barney Initiative’s Scope and Sequence science education standards. After reading over the standards, Douglas said she knew she wanted to use them as a basis for Arizona’s statewide standards for kindergarten through 12th grade public school curriculum. “I thought, ‘This is phenomenal, this is what children need to be learning,’” Douglas said. “Education standards shouldn’t be written in words that only teachers understand.” Last December, Douglas called Phil Kilgore, director of the Barney Charter Schools Initiative, and asked if she could use the Scope and Sequence standards as a basis for standards in the state of Arizona. Kilgore said he was happy to share it. “When I first started looking at the standards and speaking with Kilgore, I was surprised that evolution was in the curriculum;

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By | Carmel Kookogey Assistant Editor The new dorm coffee shop opened over the Homecoming weekend, serving up biscotti and its own house blend of espresso. After having to push off its opening date several times, Penny’s opened for business in the New Dorm on Friday, Sept. 21. The coffee shop was met with enthusiasm from several students who visited and drank coffee in the open lobby space. “We’re just really excited to try things out, and we’re taking a lot of suggestions,” said Emily Barnum ‘18, Penny’s manager. “We want to make sure people get exactly what they want.” One of the things Penny’s is trying out is their own house

blend of espresso. Barnum explained that at the beginning of each shift, employees will pull multiple shots to find the sweet spot between a coarser espresso taste, which happens when the water passes through the grounds quickly, and a more sour taste, when the water passes through for a longer time. “Every single time we open, our baristas check the espresso grinders, sample, and taste to make sure they hit the sweet spot,” Barnum said. “We have to do that every shift because environment and temperature changes the flavor, so we re-calibrate every time. It’s kind of fun, it’s like a science and an art.” Student Manager sophomore Caroline Hennekes said

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College Republican mixer emphasizes student involvement on campus By | Julia Mullins Collegian Reporter The Hillsdale College Republicans have announced that they will be hosting monthly mixers throughout the school year as a way to network with students, as well as community members. Around 250 people came to the first mixer held on Sept. 5. The mixer was an ice cream social on the quad, and all of

and have some ice cream.” Sophomore Aidan Wheeler, the acting president of CR, said the purpose of the mixers is to encourage everyone on campus, not just students interested in politics, to socialize with one another. “The beginning of the month mixers are completely unrelated to politics or fundraising,” Wheeler said. “They’re just our monthly get-together and a way to use

College Republicans hosted the first of their monthly mixers for campus networking on Sept. 5. Isabella Redjai | Collegian

the ice cream was donated by Mackinac Island Creamery. “It was a very good kick-off to the year,” Senior Ross Hatley, the former president of College Republicans, said. Hatley and Wheeler both expressed gratitude for the generosity of Mackinac Island Creamery. “Jon Beckwith, from The Mackinac Island Creamery, is a really outstanding guy,” Wheeler said. “He loves the CRs in our mission, so he was willing to just provide some ice cream because we thought it was a great idea just to get all of our membership together, even people who aren’t members, just to come out

our membership to do something good or hangout.” Hatley said the monthly mixers are a way to carry out the club’s mission statement on campus. “The mission is to create leaders among our peers at Hillsdale and connect them to the political arena in order to change, of course, America,” Hatley said. “These mixers are the first step to meeting folks and getting them involved. From there, we can create, connect, change; that is our formula.” Sophomore Dennis Fassett, who is the treasurer of Citizens for Self-Governance, said he thinks the mixers are great

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opportunities for different political clubs to share ideas. “I think it’s the next step for political clubs on campus to start to work together, to get more people involved, and express that clubs aren’t necessarily exclusive from one another,” Fassett said. “You can be part of multiple clubs if they’re still in line with your political views.” Sophomore Max Trokye, is not a member of CR, but he said he was able to branch out from his typical friend group and talk to people he had never met by attending the event. “I got the chance to talk to a few people, mostly freshmen, who I hadn’t met yet and ask them about what they’re interested in, about campus, and what they’ve been doing so far,” Troyke said, “It was a great opportunity for me to meet a lot of different people, as well as people that I hadn’t really connected with.” According to Hatley, students can expect CR to host more outreach and social events throughout the year. “We are a big organization with room for everybody,” Hatley said. “We exist to serve, and we’re always looking to bring more people in and do more things.” Wheeler said there will be another mixer within the first two weeks of October, though a date has not yet been decided. Fasset and Troyke each expressed interest in attending future CR events. “I’m excited to see what they do this year,” Troyke said. Hatley said he looks forward to using these mixers as a way to build relationships with incoming classes. “These are the folks that we are here to serve, and these are the folks that we exist to empower and create that next generation of statesmen,” he said.

Students explore Jewish heritage permanent dwelling places and used sukkahs as temporary homes during the time of the harvest. Jews today are commanded by the Torah to dwell in these temporary booths to remember the trials of early Jews. The SHALOM Club purchased a sukkah for the festival this year and set it up next to the Grewcock Student Union atop the senior sidewalk. Bamboo mats make up the roof of the sukkah and are supported with bamboo poles. The spaces between

“In Judaism, there is a high emphasis on pleasant feelings associated with religious things and taking care of neTwo Jewish campus groups cessities so you can optimize are hosting Sukkot, more how joyful you are,” Fincher commonly known as the Feast said. of the Tabernacles, from Sept. Over the course of this 23 to Sept. 30. week several groups have The SHALOM Club will come to the sukkah. Assistant lead the event, assisted by the Professor of Religion Don Hillsdale Chavarah, which is a Westblade and other profesfaith group. Sukkot is a major sors have held classes inside Jewish festival following Rosh of the sukkah. On Wednesday Hashanah, which marks the afternoon, there was a study beginning of Jewish New Year of Old Testament women. and Yom-Kippur, the Day of On Wednesday, the German Atonement. honorary read The holGerman-Jewish iday begins texts. On Friday on the 15th evening, the day of the Shalom club month of will be hosting a Tishri and Shabbat dinner occurs for to honor the seven days. Jewish Sabbath. During this “Anyone is time, Jewish invited to come people and partake in remember the celebration, their anand learn more cestors’ 40about it,” said year desert SHALOM Club wandering, President Avathe faith lon McKinney, a they placed Students and faculty set up the tent which will be used for junior. in God, and Sukkot, also known as the Feast of the Tabernacles. During Sukkot, the agricultural Avalon McKinney | Courtesy gentiles are insignificance of the mats allow for stargazing. vited to come alongside Jews the holiday. A large interior allows for in the sukkah and engage in “For us, this holiday is as groups to congregate inside. discussion. important as Christmas is for Rain was significant to the “Judaism emphasizes disChristians,” Visiting Assistant Israelites because it gave life cussion and learning through Professor of Classics Joshua to the crops and allowed for a a community,” Chavarah Fincher said. “This is our big fruitful harvest. Rabbis forbid President junior Sara Garfinholiday for the year. Jewish praying for rain until the last kle said. people make an effort to be two days of the holiday. Both SHALOM and Chahome every night to celebrate Hillsdale received a decent varah want students to feel it and invite lots of people amount of rainfall this week, welcome to join in Sukkot over.” which thwarted some of the celebrations and engage in Central to the holiday sukkah traditions. If there friendly discourse to learn is the construction and use is rain during Sukkot, Jews more about Judaism. of the sukkah, a temporary are forbidden to dwell in the three-walled booth and shelter. The Israelites did not have sukkah.

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Equip hosted church-planting missionaries from Ukraine on Sept. 20. From left: Missionaries Mark and Kim Huffman, Pastor Steve Briix of Pine Ridge Bible Church, and Student Leader Daniel Kunkel. Nolan Ryan | Collegian

Local pastors speak at new campus ministry By | Abraham Sullivan Collegian Reporter Equip Ministries has started a new Bible study featuring local pastors discussing various core principles of Christian belief. The program, held in Kendall 236A at 8 pm, meets on various Thursdays throughout the semester. Equip currently has several other programs already, and this new study was created to meet a different need the leaders perceived on campus. Pastor Steve Briix of Pine Ridge Bible Church, who helps lead Equip, said that they wanted to create a place where students could talk about difficult doctrinal differences without dissension. “We wanted to create a forum where difficult topics could be addressed and people would have a place to practice and model, ‘How do we talk about difficult theological questions and do so in love?’” he said. “That’s the theme of Equip, as well, that we want to provide unity in the body of Christ.” Sophomore Bryce Asberg, one of Equip’s student leaders,

said they have tried to use a unique format for the Thursday meetings. “Another unique element that’s not being met anywhere else on campus that we know of is that we have as much time devoted to discussion of the presentation as we give to pastors for the presentation,” Asberg said. Briix and Hillsdale College Chaplain Adam Rick spoke at the first two gatherings. Briix gave a presentation on the authority of Scripture, and Rick discussed the role of tradition in the Christian faith. The meeting on Sept. 20, however, was different. Mark Huffman, a former church planter in Ukraine, spoke on the importance of global missions. He currently serves as COO of Entrust, a ministry focused on developing leaders around the world. Students had the opportunity to eat dinner with him prior to the meeting to ask questions and hear stories about his ministry. During his presentation that night, he talked about how Christ works in the world. First, a crisis occurs, Huff-

man said. The disciples will doubt and despair, but Jesus gives the command to obey. Then, if the disciples do what Jesus says, there will be results. Huffman urged the students to think about how they could apply this to their personal lives. Equip has a much broader role than their Thursday night study, according to Briix. “Our role on the campus is we desire to equip students to walk close to the Lord and to know the gifts and abilities He has given them, so they can serve the Lord and have a foundation for a lifetime of serving in the church,” Briix said. Asberg is excited about how the new Thursday night study has been connecting people. “We’ve seen a lot of students come in the first few weeks from different grades and different parts of campus,” he said. “It provides an opportunity to get to know and interact with and be encouraged by people you might not have come in contact with otherwise.”

Debate team wins it all at first competition of the year

Hillsdale students take first place at Kentucky Western University

The Shalom Club and Hillsdale Chavarah are hosting the Feast of Tabernacles, a Jewish holiday, this week. Avalon McKinney | Courtesy

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By | Regan Meyer Web Content Editor The Hillsdale College Debate Team took first place in sweepstakes at their first tournament of the season. The team traveled to Western Kentucky University this past weekend. Twelve debaters competed in the WKU/Alumni Fall Tournament & Round Robin. The team debated teams from Western Kentucky University, University of Bowling Green, Central Michigan University, and other schools. “It was the first time that we really got to get together with the debate community,” junior Kathleen Hancock said. “It was a really good time to just have an introduction to the topic from other people’s

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that she was impressed by the quality of the coffee. “I’m not an avid coffee drinker, and can’t tell the difference between other types coffee, but this is very good coffee, and I can tell the difference. And that’s very refreshing to find on campus,” Hennekes said. Penny Arnn, for whom the coffee shop is named, visited Saturday and expressed her joy at the shop’s opening. “I saw it during construction, and visited on the Saturday of Homecoming just as Emily was closing. She gave me a cup of green tea and it was only later that I realized I had forgotten to pay for it,” Arnn said in an email. Often praised for her hospitality, Arnn said she was “delighted” to be the namesake of the newest study spot. “I was asked early in the process if I would be willing to have the name considered among the options to be

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point of view and see what we’re up against this season.” The team competed in Lincoln Douglas Debate, a 1 vs. 1 form. “It’s very policy-oriented,” freshman novice debater Benjamin Bies said. “You have a resolution. Our resolution right now is, ‘Should cyber coms substantially increase actions?’ The affirmative would propose a plan and promote it. The job of the negative is to attack it.” Three debaters advanced to out rounds, or the final tournament portion. Bies was one of the semi-finalists. “I’d heard some horror stories about people’s first tournament,” Bies said. After the tournament, however, Bies has no plans to drop debate.

“I’m ready to sell my soul to debate. I hate public speaking. I’m deathly afraid of it. For some reason, I kept walking out of my debate rounds thinking that it was very fun and I wanted to go do another one.” The first tournament is a good way to identify strengths and weaknesses. “The first tournament is always a little bit rough,” said junior Hannah Johnson, the team manager. “We’re hearing how other people approach the topic for the first time. We’re getting new debaters used to the format and figuring out logistics. Overall, it went really well as the first tournament.”

voted on,” Arnn said. “That was such a compliment. It’s pretty fun to see my name on a sticker on every cup lid!” Barnum explained that despite some difficulties in starting up the shop, student workers have remained positive. “There have been hitches the entire time, but we just roll with the punches, problem solve, be creative and it’s good,” Barnum said. Most importantly, however, Penny’s has expressed a desire to replicate the hospitality Penny Arnn is known for by building community, and Hennekes said the location and operating hours of Penny’s are a part of that goal. “On Sunday afternoons, or Saturday mornings on campus where sometimes there isn’t a place to go, or A.J.’s isn’t open, and you want to have a quiet study spot or a place to do devotions, we want to be that space,” Hennekes said. Arnn said she is proud of

the community Hillsdale has built already. “We support one another and we care for one another. If we can share all that with guests to campus we extend our community beyond Hillsdale.” She added that she hopes the coffee shop encourages students to take a moment to slow down. “We all lead busy and fast-moving lives,” Arnn said. “I hope the coffee shop will add another opportunity on campus for slowing down that busyness just a little bit and promote friendly conversations and companionship.” Michael Lucchese ’18, who visited opening day, said he was “very impressed” with Penny’s. “I think this is an excellent new institution on our campus,” Lucchese said. “Top-notch drinks served by top-notch girls. I’m sure that Penny’s is going to make its namesake very proud.”

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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai discusses liberal education, digital technology By | Stefan Kleinhenz Assistant Editor Classical liberal arts training will be valuable in the digital future, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said. On Sept. 20, the Hillsdale College Federalist Society hosted Pai, who spoke on the future of digital opportunity. “Your school’s unique commitment to a classical liberal arts education — to ‘understanding the good, the true, and the beautiful’ — isn’t just excellent preparation for life,” Pai said. “It’s preparation for working in the digital age.” The sentiment that technology is a positive factor for job creation is nothing new, Pai said. As artificial intelligence becomes more prevalent in the world, Pai argued that uniquely human qualities will only become more valuable. He said the FCC is focused on accelerating the process of technology, not slowing it down. “If you get into the field of technology, I hope you’ll take the tools you’ve been given here at Hillsdale and help extend the digital revolution to benefit all Americans,” Pai said. Pai laid out the groundwork for the actions that his commission took on Net Neutrality, which received a lot of backlash. Pai reminded listeners that when the commercial

internet came to be, Democratic President Bill Clinton and a Republican Congress made it national policy that the internet should not be regulated by federal or state government, in a historic bipartisan decision in 1996. “The internet is one of the greatest platforms we’ve seen for innovation and free expression,” Pai said. “And that’s because we embraced the power of the free market, not government, at that critical moment.” According to Pai, a partisan FCC majority abandoned the original approach in 2015, and put the government in charge of the internet. “We’ve restored the bipartisan, well-established rules that will both protect consumers and promote infrastructure investment,” Pai said. Pai joked that Twitter still works, as does the rest of the internet. “You are still able to hate-tweet your favorite FCC Chairman,” Pai said as the room replied with laughter. “He has a great sense of self-humor,” junior Grace Berner said.“I really appreciate that he was able to clarify net neutrality.” Pai said that the FCC serves as an example of “what can happen when government puts its faith in

markets and entrepreneurs instead of lawyers and politicians.”

According to Pai, the FCC requires transparency. Every internet service provider,

however big or small, has to disclose business practices to the FCC and the public. The FCC under Pai is “promoting better, faster, and cheaper internet access and competition,” he said. Pai also discussed what he believes to be the future of the digital world, including 5G as the next generation of wireless networks. 5G promises exponential growth in the internet and creates a world where everything is connected, Pai said. “The 5G future doesn’t have to happen,” Pai said. “5G will simply not come to be if the FCC doesn’t take action on spectrum and infrastructure.” As far as spectrum, the FCC is working to allow more licensed and unlicensed airwaves in the marketplace. Additionally, the FCC is cutting back regulations that often make it Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai spoke to Hillsdale impossible to to install College students on technology and the importance of a liberal arts infrastructure. Accordeducation. Stefan Kleinhenz | Collegian

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Citizens for Self Governance hosted the Politics and Policy Mixer for all of the political clubs on campus to build community. Emily Heubaum | Courtesy

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Political groups on campus came together for the Citizens of Self Governance Politics and Policy Mixer. The mixer, modeled after the Source with tables for each different group, was meant to help students meet the different groups on campus and learn how to become involved. “One reason was to make it easier for freshman and other students who want to get involved with politics to navigate all the different politics groups,” junior Emily Heubaum, CSG marketing chair, said. “It can be hard to tell the difference, what each one does day to day, and what they stand for.” College Republicans President Aidan Wheeler said the mixer allowed members to meet potential new members. “It was a great opportunity, past the Source, to have a table out there and just explain what we do,” Wheeler said. “I think it’s great to engage with the students as much as possible, gauge their interest in things, and let them know what we’re really about.” Heubaum said CSG also wanted to bring the political community together, provide a space for civil discourse, and show the massive amount of member overlap between groups. “We wanted to bring the groups together and promote goodwill and cooperation,” Heubaum said. “It was a big concern of ours because we are nonpartisan and we do

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however, I understand exactly where Hillsdale is coming from,” Douglas said. “I see in it the even-handedness that I would want to see in any standards that we have.” Kilgore supported teaching evolution in the Barney Charter schools, which are all chartered by state public school districts. “We don’t run away from

have a lot of membership overlap between groups. We wanted to show to us and to campus that there’s no infighting. We’re here to get involved together in a way that’s constructive.” Heubaum said another factor in putting on the mixer was that CSG is a new club. “We don’t want to step on anybody’s toes,” Heubaum said. “This was our goodwill offering to the other groups on campus. We just want to promote a positive environ-

said CSG was able to create a comfortable environment for all the groups. “The most common thing we hear at events like these is ‘I don’t agree with you, but I’m really glad you’re on campus,’” Hedrick said. “When you’re trying to get members, that’s not something that you necessarily want to hear. It’s always very reassuring to hear that even though we don’t think the same way, we’re appreciated.” Some groups found unique

The Politics and Policy Mixer helped students who are interested in politics learn about all of the policy-oriented groups on campus. Emily Heubaum | Courtesy

ment instead of something that is weirdly toxic.” College Democrats President junior Madeline Hedrick

ways to draw students to their tables. Hillsdale College for Life encouraged students to call their senators and urge

it, even though it is contentious, and some families who come here bristle at it,” Kilgore said. Matthew Young, Hillsdale College’s chemistry department chair and associate professor of chemistry, helped create the Barney Charter School’s science curriculum standards. “Evolution is not controversial,” Young said. He added that the dichotomy between evolution and

theistic worldviews is false, and educational standards like those at Hillsdale can help to combat it. In December 2016, Douglas helped to pass new math and English language arts standards for the state of Arizona. Afterwards, she began working on the science and social studies standards, neither of which had been examined for more than 14 years. Specifically, Douglas said

ing to Pai, on Oct. 1, a major wireless company will launch the first commercial 5G home service in four cities across the United States. Pai’s message resonated with the packed room of students. “I thought he was very enlightening and incredibly intelligent,” sophomore Braden VanDyke said. “He is a profound speaker — the type of person you hear and say: ‘I’m glad he’s the guy in that job.’” Pai added that as a nation, though we have the world’s best codes, we will stumble if we do not have an ethical code. “I didn’t expect him to be so funny. I never thought the word ‘meme’ would come out of his mouth,” freshman Anayia Veremis said. “Everything he said was very intelligent, and I really appreciated that he cared enough to do research on the college.” Pai left the audience of Hillsdale students with empowering words. “You are carrying on Hillsdale’s strong tradition of graduating strong leaders,” Pai said. “Leaders who are brave enough to chart a course for our future rooted in timeless principles of our past.”

the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh. “The pro-life movement is larger than politics but politics is a part of it,” sophomore Bryce Asberg, Hillsdale College for Life policy director said. “We were there to inform people about pro-life bills proposed in the Michigan legislator. We had at least 19 students call their senators, eight sign up for our email list that we hadn’t met at the Source, and lots of people that were already on our email list that we got to connect with again.” Asberg said the mixer was a good way to learn about the other policy groups on campus. “It was a really great event that a lot of students came out for,” Asberg said. “It was a great time to interface with the groups on campus that you might not come in contact with and to make sure that they know what you’re doing and you know what they’re doing, so you can work together when you can.”

she would like to emphasize the history of science and the scientific method in the new education standards. “I hope the state board of education will consider and read through the standards over the course of the next month,” Douglas said. “Ultimately, my recommendation will be the Hillsdale standards.”

Associate Professor of Biology Jeffrey Van Zant is looking to brighten up Slayton Arboretum. After Ranessa Cooper, former associate professor of biology, left Hillsdale to become the Department Chair of Biological Sciences at Western Illinois University, Van Zant approached the college and offered to step up as the new director of the Arboretum. “It requires a lot of maintenance to maintain the Arboretum. You’re juggling any number of balls. There are a lot of spokes going out from the Arb director,” Van Zant said. “But I have loved the Arb since I’ve been here. I take my kids there a lot, and I was just looking to do a little bit more.” Van Zant will manage everything from the Arboretum grounds to its accounts to its horticulturist. “Van Zant has always been a supporter of the Arb,” Laurie Rosenberg, Arboretum Program Coordinator, said. Rosenberg added that Van Zant brings his kids along to almost every Arb event, and it has become a running joke. “Whenever we take pictures of any events in the Arb, it’s always featuring his kids. They have always been the unofficial face of the arboretum,” she said. Cooper served as the Slate Arboretum Director for 16 years, and and in that time, one of her major accomplishments was to restore the waterfall. “Her big legacy was the waterfall. That was a huge project,” Rosenberg said. “It had fallen into a lot of disrepair before Cooper came, so it was a big push to regenerate and restore the waterfall.” Van Zant inherited a fiveyear plan for the Arboretum’s development from Cooper, which calls for the restoration of the Arboretum’s historical witch hazel, magnolia, and lilac collections, for which the Arboretum was once famous. “I am pleased that Jeff has taken over as Director of Slayton Arboretum,” Cooper said in an email. “He will work well with the Arb staff to promote the mission put forth by [the original Arboretum director] Bertram Barber.” While Van Zant has yet to plan any major projects, he is considering expanding the Christmas light show from the Children’s Garden to parts of the regular Arboretum. “I like Christmas lights, and I think the more, the merrier,” Van Zant said. “The waterfall is lit at night, but I think you could light things in the ponds there, in the stone house, and things like that.” Students who volunteered

in the Arboretum said expanding the light show might require more workers to pull it off. “It would take a long time. It already takes us most of November to put the lights up. But if we could get enough people to do it, I’m sure it would look cool,” senior Abraham Paternoster said. “It would just be a question of manpower.” The Arboretum’s stone cottage might also receive a facelift. After a pipe burst during the summer, the college made renovations to the cottage, and Van Zant is considering using the opportunity to polish the cottage’s appearance. “This would be a good chance to replace the windows and the tile, but do we have the money to do that?” Van Zant said. “We’d like it to look nice in there, so can we get some new furniture and make it [look] like a botany lab in the days when it was first built.” Van Zant is also considering opening the greenhouse in the Dow Science building

Associate Professor of Biology Jeffrey Van Zant is now the director of Slayton Arboretum. Calli Townsend | Collegian

as a study area. He plans to monitor the greenhouse conditions this winter to see whether adding tables and chairs would be practical. “Very few people go into the greenhouse, and I’d like to open it up more and make it more of a usable space. If you keep the environment where it is warm enough and not too humid, I think we can attract students in there,” Van Zant said. “It’d be a nice place during the winter — nice and green.” Junior Eleni Bestolarides said that the arb is in good hands. “I’ve known him since I was a freshman. It’s been really cool getting to know someone who is like a professor, dad figure,” Bestolarides said. “I’m optimistic. I think the Arb under him will continue to grow and change.”

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Confirm Kavanaugh: Democrats’ accusations are unfounded By | Garrison Grisedale Columnist The full force of the Democratic Party has been deployed in a last-minute smear campaign to prevent the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. First, there was Christine Blasey Ford. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) had been holding her ace in the hole since July: A letter from Ford that claims Kavanaugh attempted to sexually assault her 36 years ago at a high school party. And though she’d had it for months, Feinstein conveniently chose to release it last week, a few days before Kavanaugh’s confirmation. The problem? Ford can’t remember much more than that. She doesn’t remember the year, or her age, the location of the party, or how she got there. She told nobody at the time, and all four people she identified as being present at the party have denied being there (including her lifelong friend Leland Ingham Keyser, who both denies attending the party and knowing Kavanaugh altogether). Her various accounts even contradict themselves, identifying different numbers of people at the party. When asked to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Ford, a California resident, demanded in a letter to Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) permission to drive across the country rather than fly. She also required that in any hearing, Kavanaugh — the defendant — must testify first. If this sounds more like the plot of a Franz Kafka novel than a serious attempt to unearth the truth, that’s because it is. As for Ford herself, she is a college professor, an outspoken Democrat, and an anti-Trump marcher. Does this claim, made with absolutely no corroborating evidence on the eve of Kavanaugh’s confirmation, seem credible? Is this all it takes to stall the confirmation process of the nation’s highest court? Kavanaugh has “categorically and unequivocally” denied the accusations multiple times. His response has always been the same: “I have never sexually assaulted anyone — not in high school, not in college, not ever.” His friend Mark Judge, the other alleged participant, has also denied the allegation. But it doesn’t end there. Deborah Ramirez, after six days of “assessing her memories” and consulting with attorneys, came forward with a new accusation: She claims she was another victim of Kavanaugh’s aggressions at Yale Law School. Her story is also baseless — by her own admission, she wasn’t even sure it was Kavanaugh who did it. And, like Ford, she has no witnesses to corroborate her account. And lastly, Michael Avenat-

ti, lawyer for porn star Stormy Daniels and outspoken member of the “Resistance,” has released a “sworn declaration” from a client, Julie Swetnick, that claims Kavanaugh was part of a gang rape in the early 1980s. This claim is the most fantastical of them all. Swetnick graduated three years before Kavanaugh: Why did a college-aged woman attend 10 high school parties over a period of three years, especially if she knew there were gang rapes happening? Why didn’t she do anything about it? And why has nobody else made this claim? Each accusation grows more ridiculous than the last. To sober minds, this reeks of desperation. But in the eyes of the Democratic Party, this is more than enough evidence to delay the vote until after the midterm elections, when they hope to retake the Senate and permanently shelve Kavanaugh. Remember, this is not the Democratic Party’s first attempt to delay Kavanaugh’s confirmation. From the circus-show interruptions during Kavanaugh’s initial hearings to Cory Booker’s “Spartacus moment” gaffe, Democrats have shown increasing desperation to prevent Kavanaugh from reaching the Supreme Court. But why the hysteria? Democrats are terrified the Supreme Court will reject their understanding of the Constitution as a hopelessly outdated, infinitely malleable document stained by a history of racism, sexism, and bigotry. If Kavanaugh takes Justice Anthony Kennedy’s swing seat, Democrats’ central idea that the Constitution is a “living document” will be in jeopardy. And without this reasoning, the Supreme Court might no longer read “new rights” into the Constitution. Consider some of the biggest triumphs of the left today: Abortion, gay marriage, and racial preferences. The people approved none of these through elected representatives. Instead, courts imposed them. Because in the left’s formulation, these “rights” were really hidden in the Founders’ Constitution all along! Or is the Constitution outdated and irrelevant to the modern era? Which one is it? The justification itself doesn’t seem to matter, so long as the end result is the enacting of the liberal political agenda. The Democrats will resort to any absurdity to keep Kavanaugh off the court. The Republicans don’t seem to be backing down. Regardless of what happens at the testimony, the aftermath won’t be pretty.

Garrison Grisedale is a George Washington Fellow and a senior studying politics.

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The Hillsdale County Fair has been dubbed the “most popular fair on earth” with good reason. Home to the county’s cultural attractions and agricultural achievements, the fair has been a meaningful staple in the community for more than a century, and students should take advantage of it.

Its quirky exhibits — the hay competition, largest pumpkin, birthing tent, etc. — are an autumn tradition, and they showcase the livelihood of many Hillsdale residents. The farms of Hillsdale County support the town, and students should plug into the community by lending their support.

Parading livestock and crops around the fair might seem trivial to Hillsdale students — many of whom come to the college from various corners of the country — but to Hillsdale residents, the ribbons awarded them mean something. The fair is more than its weird exhibitions — it’s an

annual tradition rooted in the things that make Hillsdale great. It runs from Sept. 23-29, so make sure to stop by the fair this week and admire its oddities. And grab the fried cookie dough bites on your way out.

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Wonder Words: Resetting the human heart and mind By | Matthew Mehan Lecturer in English “Admiration, astonishment, amazement, surprise caused by something unusual or unexpected” is, more or less, the first dictionary definition for “wonder” in the English language. It’s taken from Samuel Johnson’s famous English Dictionary.Johnson also offers a quotation from Shakespeare, given by the confused Prince Hamlet, in which the stars of heaven are compared to “wonder-wounded hearers” listening to some beautiful speech. Shakespeare and Johnson both ask us to consider what it means to be “wonder-wounded.” How could “admiration, astonishment,” or “amazement” wound? Have you ever watched a long line of deep blue water, beneath a silent sunset, and seen the symphony of colors, heard the airy balm of leaves rushing softly in the wind, and thanked God for a magical moment so touching and beautiful that it might almost be said to cause you joyful pain? No? Ah. Well. Perhaps, maybe, you should get more, so that you too can be “wonder-wounded.” The stars and the sun, the heavenly bodies, are not the only source of wonder, and Johnson gives us an example from the lofty poet John Milton to prove it: “Lo, a wonder strange! / Of every beast, and bird, and insect small / came sevens, and pairs.” This passage from Paradise Lost describes the wonderful animals and the miracle of Noah’s Ark. Milton’s poetic voice beholds animals, through which he

sees the power of God, and he wonders. Johnson also offers in his definition of “wonder” a certain line from the Old Testament’s first Book of Kings. The passage describes the craftsmanship involved in making the great Temple of Jerusalem, describing with admiration that grand edifice and especially “a kind of network” of intricate carvings “and chain work wreathed together with wonderful art.” Not only can the stars of heaven or the ocean sunset cause us to wonder, not only the creatures of the earth that move about by the natural and supernatural direction of God, but the work of artists and craftsmen can be wonderful as well. Not only can God’s beautiful artistry strike us with wonder but also the beauty conceived by human mind and crafted by human hands. Now the Temple was, in part, designed to serve as a symbol of the natural world, as a symbol of the entire cosmos. That is, the “wonderful art” of the Temple was meant to imitate the wonderful art of Nature and Nature’s God. We call this wonderful whole of all things the cosmos. The word “cosmos” means beautifully well ordered. So the Temple was made to show the holy people, and all of us who learn from their example, that God’s house, his Temple, is, in a very real sense, the whole of the Natural world. From the furthest black hole to the nearest gopher hole, the whole of creation is a cosmos, a beautifully well ordered

cosmos. And by artfully representing it in the intricate design and decoration of the Temple, King Solomon and his artisans, in obedience to God, brought wonder into the hearts of those who came to worship and to visit. And that wonder, at man’s skill, at the natural world that man’s art represents, and at God who beautifully made and ordered it all into a whole cosmos — that wonder is, in a sense, a wonder all its own, one beautiful to behold. Isn’t Johnson wonderful? Little wonder I put this definition of his in my glossary for Mr. Mehan’s Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals, which attempts to foster a sense of wonder in its readers — young and old — along these Johnsonian, or really Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian lines. But why all this talk of wonder? Why mention the writers Shakespeare, Milton, and Johnson — and the Good Book as well? Why is wonder so important? And “why,” you might ask, “Dr. Mehan, did you write about mythical mammals rather than real rabbits and raccoons of the natural world? Perhaps I might simply offer the words of another great mind. Listen for a spell to Aristotle: “For it is owing to their wonder that men both now begin and at first began to philosophize; they wondered originally at the obvious difficulties, then advanced little by little and stated difficulties about the greater matters, about the phenomena of the moon and those of the sun,

and about the stars and about the genesis of the universe. And a man who is puzzled and wonders thinks himself ignorant, whence even the lover of myth is in a sense a lover of Wisdom, for a myth is composed of wonders.” Poetry, art, puzzle, riddle, mystery, and the strangeness of mythical representation — re-presentation of old truths remixed in new ways — this work is, I think, a kind of duty of every new generation toward the generation that follows. The first kind of ignorance is pride. We think we know, but really we do not. Wonder, that alliterative trio from Johnson of “admiration, astonishment, amazement” is an ideal way to reset the human heart and mind with a wonder-wound, so that mildly and quietly, in the inner recesses of our hearts, we might be led to say, without a word in vain, “My God, I do not know, I do not know the wonders and beauties of this world that you surely and beautifully have made. My God, I do not know myself and what a thing is man. My God, I do not know you. And deeply now I wish to know, love, and Wise.”

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Invite David McCullough to address Hillsdale at its 2019 commencement the work itself. In a day when By | Joshua Pradko Special to the Collegian complainers, fearmongers, and History unites every academic subject. “It helps to break down the dividers between the disciplines of science, medicine, philosophy, art, music,” says David McCullough, one of America’s greatest historians. “It’s all part of the human story and ought to be seen as such.” In this way, history does not merely unite academia, it offers substantive middle ground to an angry nation. McCullough, a Pittsburgh native, author of ten impressive history books, and the voice of Ken Burns’ The Civil War, is a walking museum and a true national treasure. He is perfectly suited to deliver a commencement address to the Class of 2019, and we ought to invite him to share his stories and wisdom with us, our friends, and our families. When McCullough tells stories, it’s clear he has a profound appreciation for the uniquely human and transcendent elements found within. Facts are important — his works glow with primary sources — but, alone, they are insufficient. “The mind itself isn’t enough,” he says in a speech recorded in Imprimis, “You have to have heart.” A heart for the truth is part of a broader theme of McCullough’s work. Optimism for the future and an appreciation for historical examples of integrity, character, and accomplishment permeate both his choice of subject matter and

the goblins of internet media decry daily the unprecedented state of national or global affairs, McCullough reminds us that “when bad news is riding high and despair in fashion, when loud mouths and corruption seem to own center stage, when some keep crying that the county is going to the dogs, remember it’s always been going to the dogs in the eyes of some, and that 90 percent, or more, of the people are good people, generous-hearted, law-abiding, good citizens… and believe, rightly, as you do, in the ideals upon which our way of life is founded.” McCullough’s work shows the attentive reader that our world is no worse off than it ever has been. Yet there is plenty of work to be done — no matter what confronts Hillsdale’s graduates, the examples of Washington, Adams, and others, brought to life by McCullough, can be a great asset. McCullough’s frequent inducements to gratitude are also valuable. Nothing in the past, neither the history of our parents nor of our ancestors, should be taken for granted, he says. This thankful mentality is an “antidote to the hubris of the present — the idea that everything we have and everything we do and everything we think is the ultimate, the best.” What’s past may be prologue, but we all only live in our own present and should avoid the arrogance of today, which takes advantage of hindsight and does not

David McCullough is an esteemed historian and prolific author. | Wikimedia

appreciate the latent power of the future. Hillsdale students could spend less time clucking disapprovingly at the actions of the slaveholders, communists, and socialists of yore and more time seeking to understand how these particular pasts came to be and how they have molded the present. McCullough is acquainted with Hillsdale: He delivered a fine speech on campus in 2005, and has twice been published in Imprimis. If Hillsdale invites him again, McCullough could use the college’s illustrious past, from Ransom Dunn to the Civil War’s 4th Michigan Infantry, and remind students and faculty of our heritage — a heritage

so valuable because of the principles it sustains to this day. McCullough would harness the many lessons of the past with which he is familiar to instruct graduates who will shape the future. And if he so chooses, he could conclude his address with the amusing and motivational words of Abigail Adams to her son, featured also in his Pulitzer-winning biography “John Adams”: “How unpardonable would it have been in you to have turned out a blockhead.”

Joshua Pradko is a senior studying American Studies.

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Hillsdale College should construct an archive to promote conservative thought years because Hillsdale doesn’t By | Krystina Skurk Special to the Collegian have room for them. Hillsdale librarian Brenna Wade remembers being trained as In the office of Hillsdale a student worker to retrieve College library director Dan Kirk’s books. But in 2005, Knoch hangs a portrait of the college removed them to Russell Kirk. Painted shortly make room for the Grewcock after Kirk’s death in 1994 by Student Center and Kirk’s former art professor Sam books lost their home. Knecht, the portrait was Linda Moore, an archimeant to hang amidst Kirk’s vist for the college, said that archives and private library. since then, Kirk’s library has Today, however, Kirk’s books moved several times: From sit in an off campus storage the basement of Delp to the facility accumulating dust fourth floor of Lane, and most instead of contributing to new recently, it was moved to a scholarship. storage facility in Coldwater. Hillsdale College should In the Carr Library, formerconstruct an archive to house ly the college’s main library, the works of prominent think- Kirk’s books were treated ers. The college is regarded as like a special collection and a mainstay of conservatism, students could request the but it is missing the oppormaterial. But now, the library tunity to be a research center moves from basements to atfor the intellectual history of tics into storage facilities, and conservative thought. If Hills- students have lost all access. dale took the necessary steps “I’m very glad to have Rusto make the libraries and arsell Kirk’s books at Hillsdale chives of thinkers like Russell College,” Hillsdale College Kirk available, it could have a President Larry Arnn said in a great impact on academia. 2013 Collegian article. “We’re Hillsdale purchased Kirk’s going to build a place for private library shortly after them and we have a commitKirk’s death in 1994. No one ment to do it.” has had access to the books in Knoch said that although

Homecoming should bring out our best, not our worst

By | Ryan Kelly Murphy harbor bias is absurd and Special to the Collegian ill-founded. SAB works hard to select their judges with care, but Hillsdale’s 102nd Homewith 18 competing teams in coming wrapped up five the mix, not everyone is going days ago, but tension from to be happy. If we’re sore the week’s competition still losers, we steal the fun out of lingers. Homecoming, and friendly Events ranged from a competition devolves into banner contest, to trivia, to discouraging chaos. Mock Rock, and many teams If students believe there’s a dove into the fray and gave problem that must be adit their all. While friendships dressed, however, the most were forged and camaraderie constructive and effective was strengthened, not every approach is to directly engage student had a positive expewith SAB to voice questions rience. One particular group or concerns. Using social was vilified and criticized: the media as an outlet to express Student Activities Board. discontent about HomecomWhen competition became ing results is unproductive heated and students disagreed and disrespectful. with contest results, many Hillsdale teaches us to valtook to social media through- ue and participate in thoughtout the week to vent their ful discourse. Instead, we’ve frustrations. fallen into the trap of hiding “Did you hire blind judgbehind phones and computer es?” one student commented screens like the rest of our on an SAB Instagram post. generation, venting our frus“It scares me that the trations in the form of Tweets, judges don’t know what the Facebook posts, and Instawords ‘theme, creativity, and gram comments. What does quality’ mean. Prepared to be this achieve? SAB genuinely disappointed at Mock Rock, desires communication with everybody,” another said. Hillsdale’s students. After all, While it’s their stated mistempting to “If we’re sore sion is to “serve jump to cona voice to the clusions and losers, we steal asstudent commuassign blame nity of Hillsdale when competthe fun out of College.” But itive tensions cannot are high, we Homecoming, SAB fulfill their mishave to breathe, if we don’t and friendly sion take a step back, do our part and and look at the communicate competition situation with ourselves. Doing fresh eyes. Yes, will create a devolves into so your banner, better experience video, and Mock everyone. discouraging forLast Rock dance are year, your babies (and SAB hosted chaos.” worthy efforts, I 28 Fall events might add), but and 20 in the Spring. With investing more than 20 hours each occasion, SAB spent into each does not entitle your countless hours brainstormteam to 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place. ing, planning, setting up, While the artistic abilities and hosting. We can’t forget showcased this year were exthey are students just like ceptional, some banners and us, with exams, papers, and videos aligned with the theme extracurriculars to juggle. In more obviously than others. addition, all eyes are on them If we can gather anything as they organize campus-wide from the judges’ choices this events. These SAB employees year, subtlety is not the key to and student workers are our winning. friends and our peers. They Several students took to have shown themselves to be social media to complain a servant-hearted and more particular team had been than deserve our respect and “robbed.” Others argued judge gratitude. If you see a SAB bias was at play. As frustramember around campus, I’d tions flared, students shifted encourage you to thank them. the blame to SAB, who had They’ll feel encouraged, and selected the judges. so will you. Asking questions would Regardless of whether have revealed there was more we see #9peat next year, let’s to the story. Securing judges not repeat negative attitudes for each event was difficult toward judges and SAB. If due to busy schedules and the we focus on the purpose of it number of judges required. all — to enjoy old friendships “We emailed at least 12 people and forge new ones — Homebefore we filled the three coming 2019 will bring out Mock Rock judging spots,” the best of campus. an SAB student employee explained. Ryan Kelly Murphy is a Assuming the judges, George Washington Fellow and comprised of faculty and staff, a senior studying politics.

the project still hasn’t started, there are plans to build an extension onto the library that may serve as a place to display and store various special collections, including Russell Kirk’s library. Kirk was a founder of modern conservatism and one of the most important thinkers of the century. He is regarded as a Burkean traditionalist, one who holds permanent things dear and who relies on prescription for authority rather than on abstract truths. In 1953, he wrote his magnum opus, “The Conservative Mind,” a book that gave American conservatism an identity. Kirk, in fact, was the first to use the word “conservative” to identify the varying streams of anti-progressive thinkers. His book was so momentous that Time magazine dedicated their entire book review section to it. Access to Kirk’s library would give researchers the chance to learn who may have influenced his thinking. And who knows what hidden gems are written in the margins of his books. Soren Geiger, Director of

Research for the Official Biography of Winston Churchill, said Hillsdale has the opportunity to become a repository of conservative thought. And this only becomes more true as Hillsdale acquires material from other thinkers. Along with Kirk’s library, the college has purchased or received several other collected works, archives, and papers from important thinkers within the conservative movement, such as William F. Buckley Jr., the founder of National Review; Sir Martin Gilbert, the official Churchill biographer; and Harry Jaffa, prominent conservative and former student of Leo Strauss. The college possesses 1,800 folders containing Jaffa’s correspondence as well as 50 boxes of other miscellaneous material, said Aaron Kilgore, Hillsdale’s Archive Manager. The college also has 243 file boxes of material Gilbert used to write the biography of Churchill. An archive building would be expensive. “There needs to be climate-controlled space for the material as well as space for a reading room,”

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the rest of their peers. American Sociological Review reported that “students are 30 percent more likely to have a prescription filled for stimulant medication during the school year than they are during the summer.” But ADHD is a year-round disorder, so the number of prescriptions filled should be static. This suggests an alternative motive: Parents are seeking academic advantages for their children — and alleviating themselves of the burden of working with children on homework and test preparations. Moreover, the number of ADHD cases are not consistent across social classes. Michael Petrilli, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, an education think tank, said students from higher-income areas experience a different kind of academic pressure. “Affluent kids and their families are worried about the

Hillsdale College owns the library of Russell Kirk, a prominent conservative thinker. | Wikimedia

Geiger said. The college’s current plan would add 15,000 square feet to Mossey Library. But Knoch said the college would also need to hire a full-time archivist, as well as additional staff to act as liaisons between the archives and the reading rooms. Geiger said the college is aware that it ought to improve in this capacity. “When we say yes to receiving or deciding to purchase [an archive or library], we are ethically obligated to do something other than store it,” Geiger said. Knoch said the college is still waiting to fund the archive project: “The money

has not been forthcoming to add to the library.” In 2013, Vice President of Institutional Advancement John Cervini told the Collegian Hillsdale was waiting on a $3.5 million bequest to construct the archive center. It may be worth the wait, but as the college grows in reputation and continues to acquire the works of prominent thinkers, the need for this building becomes more urgent. Krystina Skurk is a graduate student at the Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship.

ADHD prescriptions do not guarantee academic success The number of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder diagnoses has increased by nearly 42 percent in the past eight years, according to Psychiatry Today. And yet, there is no apparent environmental or physical explanation for this spike. In high school, I assumed that having ADHD was as common as wearing braces. Since leaving my suburban bubble, however, I realize that not everybody reaches for Ritalin before going to class or cramming for an exam. It’s certainly possible that students are beginning to recognize a problem that already existed, but didn’t have a name. Technology could also be amplifying the issue. But in my experience, ADHD diagnoses are often the result of overzealous parents seeking to give their child a leg up on

SAT — they’re worried about getting into elite colleges,” Petrilli told USA Today. If children are performing poorly in school, it’s not uncommon for parents to seek out a medical justification. Grades are a reflection of hard work and and, sometimes, genetic intelligence. This is a hard pill for some parents to swallow, especially if a child’s grades are dropping. Students, under extreme pressure from their parents, might prefer to buy into this narrative as well. They’d rather claim they suffer from ADHD than take personal responsibility. But parents aren’t the only ones to blame. The rapid growth of ADHD prescriptions has spread as students notice that their friends on medications have an easier time studying and concentrating. I noticed this in my high school: Even those who didn’t struggle with classes felt

disadvantaged. This widespread use of medication creates an imbalanced playing field. Students who truly suffer from ADHD need additional time to take standardized tests, modified classroom settings, and specific medication just to get them near the same level of learning as other students. When these other students reap the same rewards, ADHD students wind up in the same place they began. Before jumping to a clinical diagnosis, parents and students alike should look elsewhere to improve scholarship. Why not start with improving study habits, note-taking, and time management? Oftentimes, small life changes can do more good than medical prescriptions.

Allison Schuster is a sophomore studying politics.

Elect Gretchen Whitmer: Michigan needs effective leadership By | Cal Abbo Assistant Editor “The test of a civilization is the way it cares for its most vulnerable.” These words, written by novelist Pearl Buck, provide the ultimate lense through which we should view politics. When evaluating candidates, the most important thing to look for is accountability. In some countries, politicians reflect the citizenry attitude; in the United States, however, our political system follows demands of the wealthy and politically engaged class. This aristocracy controls vast amounts of capital and have much to gain through influencing electoral politics, often at the expense of the most vulnerable. While no Michigan gubernatorial candidate completely reflects the public and their interests, Democratic candidate Gretchen Whitmer’s proposals offer more relief than Republican Bill Schuette’s. If Schuette and the Republicans successfully defend right-to-work legislation, which bans certain union contracts, the woking class will continue to become more vulnerable. Wages among blue-collar workers will continue to fall as union strength does. Unions have played a large part in American politics and the economy for over 100 years, and since their conception, establishment politicians have made an effort to undermine or destroy them. Right-to-work laws — adopted by 27 states, including Michigan — are just the latest attempt. But by now, it’s overwhelmingly clear that right-to-work results in lower pay across the board. Schuette has also failed to protect the minority rights of LGBT citizens. In July, after the Michigan Civil Rights Commission voted

to expand the interpretation of Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Schuette, as Michigan’s Attorney General, issued an opinion invalidating the ruling. Since then, LGBT activists and politicians alike have continued to ask the state legislature to amend the Elliott-Larsen Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity. Whitmer has endorsed and speaks frequently about this idea; Schuette, on the other hand, has been virtually silent. Unlike Schuette, Whitmer has defended the rights of immigrants, albeit, not as strongly as other gubernatorial candidates, like Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, who lost to Whitmer in the primary. When President Trump’s wildly controversial child separation policy took effect, El-Sayed called for the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and encouraged local law enforcement not to cooperate with federal agents. Whitmer isn’t nearly as hard-line. Her response to the controversy was: “I’m not going to let the Trump administration come in and militarize any of our police forces.” But even this is better than Schuette’s blatant defense of ICE. He commended the agency’s efforts to thwart violent immigrants, even though 98 percent of those stopped by Customs and Border Protection in the state of Michigan do not have criminal records, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. Regardless, Schuette has said: “As governor, I will enforce our immigration laws, ban sanctuary cities, and support the police and [ICE] officials who are putting their lives on the line each day to protect Michigan.” It’s important for Michi-

gan to elect a candidate who will stand up to the federal government on immigration. The state’s unique geography places the entire state in a “border zone.” This classification gives CBP extra-constitutional power to set up checkpoints and conduct operations without warrants. On Greyhound buses, a popular transportation company in Michigan, customers reported several incidents in which CBP agents either boarded a bus or waited at train stations to make arrests. ABC-13 reported that CBP agents boarded a bus in May and asked every passenger to prove their citizenship, without probable cause. Those who didn’t were immediately taken into custody. This is a fascistic policy the state of Michigan should not tolerate. This year, Michigan residents will vote on a marijuana legalization ballot initiative. Whitmer supports it; Schuette does not. Whitmer seems to understand that marijuana legalization isn’t really about giving people the freedom to smoke pot, but rather ending the prison pipeline for poor communities of color. By regulating marijuana, Michigan can keep the substance safe and out of the hands of youth while eliminating violent gang activity associated with the drug trade. As Attorney General, Schuette proved himself an ineffective leader. He oversaw the Flint water crisis and the prosecution of those who caused it, but his department was responsible for signing off on a “sham” administrative consent order that could have averted the disaster entirely. He only indicted Flint and state officials after tremendous public pressure and failed to hold current Republican Gov. Rick Snyder accountable for his role in the scandal. Whitmer would

be a competent leader and take action to help the city of Flint. She plans to speed up the replacement of Flint’s lead pipelines, which, as of now, won’t be completed until after 2020. Whitmer isn’t perfect by a longshot. Both her and Schuette failed to endorse single-payer healthcare and instead support expanding or maintaining Obamacare, respectively. (Both candidates received sizable donations from Blue Cross Blue Shield, Michigan’s biggest health insurer, which could have been a contributing reason). Whitmer also refused to sign a pledge against accepting donations from the fossil fuel industry. This is a topic Whitmer should take seriously: In Detroit, air pollution presents a particularly challenging problem for a city with an already struggling and unhealthy population. According to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, in 2013, asthma rates in Detroit are nearly 50 percent higher than throughout Michigan, and even greater in zip codes with petroleum refineries. Schuette, as Attorney General, went even further, backing some of the world’s biggest polluters, namely, writing an amicus curiae brief in August defending Exxon Mobil against the accusation that it knowingly lied to shareholders and consumers about the effects of its business. In politics, we take what we can get. Whitmer has her flaws, but Schuette has all of them and many more. Should Schuette get elected, the implications for our vulnerable citizens would be devastating.

Cal Abbo is a sophomore studying the liberal arts.

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‘The Most Popular Fair on Earth’ draws crowds for 168 years running By | Erin Koch Collegian Freelancer In Hillsdale, it’s the people, it’s tradition, it’s the fair. Flooded with community members, college students, and out-of-town visitors, the Hillsdale County Fairgrounds opened Sunday for the 168th county fair. Named “The Most Popular Fair on Earth,” the fair brings together generations of traditions for a week of animal shows, grandstand performances, and, of course, the rides and food. Considered as one of their own traditions, the Bowman family has been showing cattle for over 85 years. Andrea Bowman, head of the Hillsdale County Dairy Leaders, said her daughter, Ellie, is the fourth generation in her family to be showing cows at the fair. Ellie Bowman, who is now eight, has been showing cows since she was three years old. 4-H Club has been an integral part of the Bowman’s lives, so much so that the family lends their cows to be shown by other children involved with 4-H Club, so that they may have an opportunity to participate with an animal as well, Andrea Bowman said. Andrea Bowman said they are proud of this tradition, and the character which it instills in the kids. 4-H is an agriculturally focused organization that focuses on citizenship, healthy living, science, engineering, and technology programs. Harold Finegan, the superintendent of the poultry

and rabbit barn, has been a lifelong fairgoer. “This is the biggest bunch we’ve had in four years,” Finegan said, speaking about the 180 rabbits, 60 pigeons, and dozens of chickens occupying the barn. It’s mostly children who bring in the animals, Finegan said. “One child brought in 35 rabbits this year.” Finegan grew up in Hillsdale, and although he moved to Adrian, he still comes to volunteer at the fair every year. He even made each of the steel animal crates in the

For Keith Stickley, founder of the Great American Sideshow Company, tradition at the county fair comes from more than just the livestock. As one of the last two circus sideshows left in the nation, Stickley is working hard to preserve the carnival tradition that used to be popular at so many county fairs. “Hillsdale is big about keeping history and tradition alive,” Stickley said. The fair board subsidized admission for the “Palace of Illusions” show this year to encourage attendance and to give each fairgoer a chance to experience the wonder. The first Hillsdale County Fair was held in 1851, outside of the courthouse at the time. Fair Historian Cinda Walton dressed in the attire of a woman of the late 1800’s, said that few things have changed in the 168 years that the fair has been around. Electricity, for example, is a great asset to the grounds, and a necessary one at that. There are, however, the ever-returning problems of parking and navigating around the trees. “One thing that hasn’t changed, and we don’t want to change, is that it’s a fair, and not a carnival,” Walton said. “It’s a homecoming.” The fair will continue until Saturday. Tickets can be purchased at the gate: $5 for adults, $1 for children ages 10-14. Senior citizens can receive a $3 discount on Friday for Senior Citizens’ Day. - Josephine von Dohlen contributed to this report

Fiske French Fries, a famous fair favorite. Collegian | Ethan Greb

“One thing that hasn’t changed, that we don’t want to change, is that it’s a fair, and not a carnival,” Walton said. “It’s a homecoming.” barn himself. Janell Morse, assistant superintendent of the livestock birthing tent, said that she’s been going to the fair since she was “being pushed around in a stroller.” Her uncle, David Town, superintendent of the birthing tent, started the tent five years ago, she said. Morse is an OB-GYN assistant and she grew up on a farm, so helping both people and animals enter the world comes “naturally” she said. Morse said she enjoys seeing the kids learning from the animals in the barn and then relating it to humans. The pregnant cows are rotated out after giving birth each day, so that calves can be born in the fair throughout the week.

Keith Stickley, founder of the Great American Sideshow Company, in the show “Palace of Illusions.” Collegian | Josephine von Dohlen

A young calf, one of the many in the agricultural barns at the fair. Collegian | Josephine von Dohlen

City acquires new trucks with help of state grant By | Grace Houghton Collegian Reporter The arrival of fall means fairs and festivities, but also hails the coming of winter, with all its treacherous road conditions. This winter, the City of Hillsdale’s Department of Public Services is newly equipped to handle the winter onslaught with three new dump trucks purchased with the aid of a grant awarded by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. Mechanic and truck operator Doug Buildner admits that though he’s “getting tired of snow,” he’s “kind of looking forward to this year, because of the trucks.” Funding for the trucks was possible through the Clean Diesel Program, a partnership of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and state governments to replace inefficient heavy equipment through grants and rebates funded under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act. Through the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. EPA, Hillsdale received a matching grant, split 75/25 between the city and the Michigan Department of Environment Quality. Through the initiative of City Manager David Mackie and Finance Director Bonnie Tew, the city pulled funds from the City of Hillsdale’s Department of Public Services Revolving Equipment Maintenance Fund and the Capital Improvement Fund to gather $326,250 toward the purchase of the trucks, to which the grant added $108,750. There are many grant programs that help with either state or federal funding, Mackie said in an email. While all grant programs,

whether state or federal, “have hurdles to overcome,” Mackie said, grants are “great tools to help local communities acquire equipment that might not otherwise purchase.” Initially, the Hillsdale DPS applied for grants to put toward two new trucks, but after the grant for two new

yard of Hillsdale’s DPS. “I basically inherited an out of date fleet and I’m willing to bite, scratch, and claw any way I can to get our fleet up to snuff,” Hammel said. Hillsdale’s DPS uses this type of dump truck all summer long to haul topsoil and concrete, and even uses them

chassis chopped in two. Senior mechanic and driver Doug Buildner, now on his 19th year at the Department of Public Services, remembers taking his CDL license test with one of the old trucks. While the replaced trucks were always DOT legal, said Hammel, the seals and hy-

The new trucks produce less emissions which, in concert with the goal of the Michigan Clean Diesel Program, will have a positive impact on public health and air quality, Hammel said. This may even affect people down to those with allergies and asthma. The new trucks are more

The City of Hillsdale now has three new trucks, thanks to the Clean Diesel Program, which helped provide funding for the trucks. Collegian | Grace Houghton

trucks was approved, Director of Public Services Jake Hammel learned of additional funding in the program. After submitting extra paperwork, confirming with Hillsdale City Council, and trekking to D.C., Hammel got a grant to cover part of a third truck. Now, three bright blue trucks occupy the garage and

for grading, Hammel said. In the winter, the trucks are outfitted with plows and scraper blades and loaded with salt. The three new trucks replace two much older models, one from 1993 and another from 1996, both of which were destroyed, per the terms of the grant, with holes cut in the engine blocks and the

draulics were failing. “They had life left in them, but not a lot,” Hammel said. “We knew they had to be replaced in 3-10 years.” The 1993 and 1996 trucks lacked modern emission controls, making them perfect candidates for replacement under the terms of the Clean Diesel Act.

fuel-efficient, and, because of the stainless steel salt boxes and salt spreaders specified by Hammel on the truck order, will dramatically reduce maintenance costs. Stainless steel gets its rust-resistance and characteristic shine from chromium, the alloying material mixed with the steel, while mild steel is alloyed

with carbon and lacks the rust-resistance qualities of stainless steel. Hammel said the DPS spent $1,200 a year on rust repair to the mild steel boxes of the previous trucks after three years of use, and those repairs racked up from the 1990s until now. Compared with the previous trucks, made by International, the new Freightliners trucks operate similarly, with the only changes being improvements in cab visibility and both seat and control adjustability. Operators may spend between 14 and 16 hours a day in the trucks, and on extreme situations, even more. The new trucks are safer; the fuel tanks on the new trucks go underneath the doors of the cab, similar to their more recognizable relatives the 18-wheeler semis. The old trucks had fuel tanks behind the cab, which meant that in the winters, drivers had to clamber up trucks “caked with snow and ice,” Buildner said. Now, they can be refueled safely from ground level. Buildner says maintenance won’t be more complicated on the new trucks, despite the change from International to Cummings engines, but that he’ll have to relearn the muscle memory he’s perfected inside the cab with the previous trucks. “A few years ago I had someone from the Collegian ride with me for a couple hours, and when we got done he said, ‘How do you do that? Your eyes never left the road, you were always going back and forth between your mirrors, but your hands knew where to go’,” Buildner said. “Now, I’ve got to learn that all over again.”

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Mike Shirkey discusses marijuana, national popular vote at coffee hour By | Nicole Ault Editor-In-Chief “Want to talk about marijuana?” Michigan Sen. Mike Shirkey, the Republican incumbent, asks the ten or so Hillsdale County constituents gathered near him for an open Q&A session at Jilly Beans coffee shop on Monday. Nodding, they do. Polls suggest the legalization ballot initiative might not pass, though it’s close, Shirkey says, knocking on the wooden bench next to him. He’s adamantly against legalization, and the topic consumed more time than any other at the coffee hour, where the Republican incumbent is campaigning for the 16th-district Michigan senate seat, which he’s held for the last four years. About a half an hour into the coffee hour, Shirkey had already touched on issues Hillsdale County residents brought up, including a bill regarding pharmacy benefit managers’ transparency and how they’re affecting smaller drug stores, and a tree-removal effort along roads in Adams Township. Personable and sharp — he greeted a few incomers by their first names, without their prompting — Shirkey listened and parried constituents’ questions with questions of his own, expressing a limited-government approach on most issues. “Do you want state government to get involved in the County Road Commission?” he asked the man who was concerned about losing his trees.

After hearing the constituent’s concern, he turned to his aid: “Okay, Molly, write these three points on these grants for tree removal. How do county road commissions themselves prioritize which [roads] are on the top of the list? Do they have to prove it’s a safety issue? If there’s value in the tree who receives the value?” He even grounded his not-so-libertarian stance on marijuana in terms of keeping government out of people’s lives. “We have socialistic expectations for healthcare and other public services drive by capitalistic incentives,” he said, noting that that is “by definition a conflict of conflicts.” Marijuana legalization is “increasing the probability of people who are needing help,” he said, adding that the government will end up stepping in. “It’s hard to put the genie back in the bottle.” Shirkey also brought up the national popular vote, a cause he calls “the Electoral College, Generation Two.” Shirkey co-sponsored a package of bills this month that would adjoin Michigan to an interstate compact that elects the president by national popular vote. “When our Founders created the electoral college, I don’t think they understood how brilliant it was,” Shirkey said. “The other thing they did that was just as or more brilliant was say the allocation of electoral votes within states is strictly a state’s decision.” Noting that the number of swing states is shrinking,

Shirkey said he foresees a problem “where you get to the point where there are so many predictably [red or blue states] the rest of us may as well not vote.” The solution may be for states to allocate their electoral votes according to the popular vote within their states, rather than winner-take-all. “I’m raising the question,” Shirkey said. Evan Mekas, 68, a retired commercial business manager, said he agrees with Shirkey on many issues, especially his skepticism of marijuana He said he wants to “look into” the national popular vote issue. “Maybe that would be a great way to go. I think he’s making a very interesting point,” he said. Jon Somerset, a 40-year-old from Somerset Center, said he appreciated the chance to meet with Shirkey one-onone. “Being able to talk and be open is amazing. It’s transparent,” he said. “I’m learning more about my state-level government. You know more about national problems. You don’t have Fox News talking about state-level topics.” Shirkey said the coffee hour was helpful to him as well. “You’re doing exactly what you should be doing,” he told a business owner he’d just exchanged questions with, “but you don’t need to wait for coffee hour to do it. Never assume your elected officials see what you see or hear what you hear or know what you know.”

By | Nicole Ault Editor-In-Chief A bumper-car operator at the Hillsdale County Fair was arrested by Hillsdale City Police and charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct this week. William Presley, a New Jersey native, allegedly befriended a 19-year-old woman while she was riding the bumper cars before leading her away from the fairgrounds to have sex with him. “She said he bought her a free-ride bracelet. I think that when he got off duty at some point later in the day she said he took her arm and convinced her to go across the street to an abandoned building,” said Hillsdale County Prosecutor Neal Brady. “She said that he had sex with her.” Brady said Presley denied

it at first but later admitted he had had sex with her in an interview with police. Presley was arraigned in the Hillsdale County District Court Tuesday and is being held on a $100,000 bond with 10 percent allowed in the Hillsdale County Jail, said City of Hillsdale Police Chief Scott Hephner. Criminal sexual misconduct in the third degree is a felony punishable by no more than 15 years of imprisonment, according to the Michigan Penal Code on the Michigan Legislature website. Brady said a probable-cause hearing would be held for Presley, likely next Wednesday. The next step would be a preliminary examination. Presley does have a criminal history of domestic violence and alcohol-relat-

ed crimes, though nothing involving sexual assault, Brady said. The issue is not a public-safety concern, said Hephner, noting that the event was “isolated.” “We don’t have a predator on the loose,” Hephner said. Hephner said crimes like this very rarely happen at the fair. Brady said he couldn’t recall a crime similar to this but added that there are usually one or two crimes per year committed by fair employees, though not usually felonies or sexual-misconduct related. “This might be the second [criminal sexual conduct] that was fair-related in 20 years,” he said. Tom Richards, president of the Hillsdale County Fair, declined a request for comment.

Bumper-car operator charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct

These new signs would bring back the infamous slogan, “It’s The People.” Courtesy | Ted Jansen

‘It’s The People’ signs could return to Hillsdale By | Brooke Conrad Features Editor After hearing Vice President of the United States Mike Pence reference “that timeless wisdom enshrined on that old sign on M-99” during his 2018 Hillsdale College commencement speech, city resident Ted Jansen said it was time to bring the “It’s The People” sign back to Hillsdale. “I said, ‘You know what, he just gave us a million dollars of PR’,” Jansen said. “People want that recognized — the goodness of the city.” Jansen has currently received about half of the $800 in donations he needs in order to put up a newer version of the old sign, which will be labeled, “Welcome to Hillsdale, It’s The People,” and will be located on the property of Frank Beck Chevrolet on West Carleton Road. A similar sign had stood along M-99 until the fall of 2016, when the Hillsdale City Council and Hillsdale College coordinated to replace the signs with “Welcome to Historic Hillsdale, Home of Hillsdale College” signs, funded by the college. The removal of the old brand stirred controversy among city residents, and many now say they are happy to see the “It’s The People” sign returning to Hillsdale. Jansen said shortly after starting his sign project he received five or six phone calls from city residents. “One of them told me, ‘Mr. Jansen, I’m 84 years old. I was going to get my hair done this weekend, but I’m going to give you $25 for my hair appointment to donate to the sign’,” Jansen said. “I said, ‘Ma’am, I’ve been collecting the funding, and if I run short, I’ll give you a call back. I really

appreciate the offer.” The caller, Jauretta Lamb Moore, told The Collegian that she was a member of the very first kindergarten class to attend Joseph Mauck Elementary School, which property is now owned by the college, and that eight of her high school graduating classmates of 1952 still live in the vicinity of Hillsdale. Her father, Willard Lamb, was an outdoor custodian for the college during the Great Depression era, and her cousin, Donald Lamb, was a member of Hillsdale’s Hall of Fame. Moore herself formerly advised a college service club, the Hillsdale Kiwanis. “I was born and raised in Hillsdale, and for sure, it’s the people,” she said. Another resident, 80 years old, called Jansen saying she is a former English teacher and that the new sign should read “Welcome to Hillsdale” instead of “Welcome Hillsdale,” like the old sign, since the latter version would be “grammatically incorrect.” Jansen complied, and also decided to make the new sign slightly larger — 5x8 feet instead of 4x8. The sign also has a more “modern” appearance, according to Jansen. The “It’s The People” slogan originally came out of a contest among elementary school children around 1990, according to county resident and Hillsdale Garden Club member Connie Brumbaugh. The Garden Club then raised $4,000 to create two signs with the slogan at the bottom, and provided landscaping around them. Jansen reached out to several businesses to find a location for the current sign, and eventually Frank Beck Chevrolet agreed to display

the sign on his property. Garin Ellis, general sales manager at Frank Beck Chevrolet, who coordinated the agreement, said they are hoping to have the sign up by the end of the year. “I talked to the Beck family, and they said ‘absolutely,’” Ellis said. City Council Member Bruce Sharp said Jansen spoke with the council a few times about funding for the sign, but the council turned him down. “If we did that people would come to us for everything,” Sharp said. “If he wants to get private donations, good, more power to him... I’m not comfortable paying tax dollars on a sign when we have all these other projects going on.” Sharp added that while a number of people initially caused a stir about the sign’s removal on social media, “most people don’t care about the sign anymore.” Jansen said he was not a part of the controversy surrounding the decision to replace the old sign in 2016. He says the college sign is “fabulous” and “really well done” and that he’s not trying to compete with the college’s sign. “People say it’s controversial,” Jansen said. “The only controversy was the way it was taken down. I love the college sign, it’s a beautiful sign. We’re just bringing back what we also enjoy having.” Jansen has contributed to several projects around the city in the past. “I rescue things that need to get rescued,” he said. “I just say, let’s do it. I don’t know what my next crusade is, but for now, it’s the people.”

Walberg meets with locals

The Breslin Center was filled with over 14,000 Catholics who came together for the diocese’s third assembly. Courtesy | Amy Miller

14,000 Lansing Catholics gather for assembly By | Josephine von Dohlen City News Editor Almost 14,000 Catholics met at the Breslin Center in Lansing on Saturday, listening to Bishop Earl Boyea’s reminder that they are “Made for Happiness” as the assembly’s theme suggested. Those who gathered made up 22 percent of the Lansing Diocese’s church-going population, according to a news statement from the diocese. The assembly goers had the opportunity for prayer, listening to speakers, ended the day with a Mass. St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Hillsdale sent over 200 parishioners and college students, who began the day with a 3.6 mile eucharistic procession beginning at St. Mary’s Cathedral in downtown Lansing and then passing by the Michigan State

Capitol before ending at the Breslin Student Activities Center. The assembly was the third to be hosted by diocese. Boyea said, as he opened the day’s conference, that the first assembly was in 2014, when 800 were in attendance: priests, deacons, and employees of the diocese. “This third assembly is really about, how we go out into the court of the gentiles, how do we go out into the culture in which we live,” he said. Several speakers from around the country joined to share the message of the day, which revolved around evangelization and the Great Commission, as included in the gospels. Father Mike Schmitz is a priest from the Diocese of Duluth, Minnesota where he works in youth and young adult ministry for the diocese

and as a university chaplain. Sophomore Bridget Breckler said his talk was one of the highlights of her experience. “He was talking about trusting in God in the midst of suffering, pain, and uncertainty,” she said. “As each of us grow into adults, we go through that, on our own, but in Christ.” She saw the day as an outpouring of graces. As Boyea sent those in attendance home, he declared a year of prayer for the Lansing Diocese. Senior Jimmy McGrath said the day was full of “awe-inspiring” and “visceral” moments, in particular the eucharistic procession. “What I took away from it was unity,” he said. “The past few months have been rough for the Church, but the day was full of tangible signs of hope for the future.”

cle dealer, and a local dairy “At our bank we are doing By | Stefan Kleinhenz farmer. so much better because of that Assistant Editor Walberg discussed recent tax cut and the savings are beEconomic success and frus- success in Washington that ing passed on to shareholders tration over media coverage will have lasting effects on the in form of dividends,” Connor were just two topics discussed State of Michigan. He mentold Walberg, “employees are Monday as Tim Walberg, U.S. tioned economic growth in doing better and the bank’s Representative for Michigan’s Michigan, record low unemearnings are doing better. That 7th District, met with constit- ployment rates, health care, concept that the tax cut will uents at the Hillsdale County trade, and finally the impact be paid for I think is valid.” Chamber of Commerce. of tax cuts and “Tax Cuts 2.0” Constituent Richard Moore “It’s good to be with you, which Walberg says will help said that some of his conit’s always good cerns are focused on to be in Hillssafety and defense, as dale,” Walberg well as assuring that said. “I sure tax dollars return to enjoyed having Michigan, specifically the opportunity in regards to infrato be with the structure in Hillschamber here.” dale. Moore said that The event Walberg’s message on was initiated by the economy resonatthe office of the ed with him, “but we congressman and need to get the word then coordinated out there, because the by Eric Potes, a general public doesn’t member of the get that news,” Moore Board for the said. Hillsdale CounWalberg expressed ty Chamber of his equal frustration Commerce. with news outlets like “We thought it Fox News and CNN. would be a great He called for a free way for people to and fair press. network and for “They are not us to hear about talking about what what’s going on,” Congressman Tim Walberg met with local constitureally impacts the Potes said. citizens and what has ents Monday to discuss their concerns. Collegian | Before taken place all across Stefan Kleinhenz arriving at the the board,” Walberg Chamber of Commerce office, small businesses. said. “I believe in a free press, Walberg visited with constitDuring Walberg’s converthat’s the beauty of America; uents at the Hillsdale County sation with constituents, Craig we could have difference of Fair. He also met with busiConnor, president of Hillsopinion, but we don’t have nesses all across his district, dale County National Bank, difference in facts.” including Cobra Motorcycles, described his dealings with a Hillsdale-based motorcythe tax cuts.

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to several conference and regional events, and even 11 NCAA championship meets, making it a great way for teams to prepare for the approaching championship season. Over 90 schools ranging from NCAA Division I to the community college level are registered to compete in the event. Last year the Chargers took second in the Division II section, falling only to Grand Valley. Not only is this course popular and well-attended, the landscape lends itself to great success for the runners.

Sophomore Maryssa Depies said she is looking forward to going back to Louisville this year. “Actually I just really like the course,” Depies said. “It makes a lot of difference when the ground is hard and the dirt is really packed down, so you have the potential to run really fast, so I would like to do that. It would be fun to go out and run a cross country [personal record].” Sophomore Christina Sawyer ran the 5k race in 18 minutes, 11.7 seconds on this course in 2017, and is going to do her best to achieve another personal record, she said. With a season opener of 18:28.0 back in August, her potential to do so is great. “I’m just excited because it’s

our first really big travel meet and it’s a good course with a lot of good competition,” she said. “I think the other Division II teams in our race are who we’re going after. Grand Valley will probably be there, so we just want to do well against the other teams in our division.” After dealing with a lower leg injury for week nows, freshman Sophia Maeda said she is hoping to get back on the course. Although she may just do a workout, she is still looking forward to traveling to Louisville with the team. “Traveling with the team will be a new experience, so I’m really excited,” she said. “They told me they just travel and go to bed, but I’m still excited.”

came back again.” Gravel said his team was able to quell attacks from the other side of the net. “They have an outside hitter that just jumps out of the gym and pounds the ball,” Gravel said. “We were able to make her a non-factor during the match. Our middles slowed their middles down enough to where their middles became predictable in what they were doing.” The Chargers travel to Cedarville University on Friday for a 7 p.m. match.

“They’re four hours out. Driving out the same day, that’s always a concern,” Gravel said. “We’re going to break down the film and see what worked for us and what didn’t. Cedarville has such a big block and sometimes it gets in our heads a little bit. We have to not worry about it.” The team will then travel back to Hillsdale on Saturday for a home match against Tiffin University. “We have to travel to our own home match, which has never happened in my career

as a volleyball coach,” Gravel said. “We’re driving halfway back to Findlay Friday night and then driving home Saturday morning for out home match against Tiffin.” Travel aside, the team is ready for a competitive weekend. Tiffin is also undefeated in conference play. “We have to be ready to come and play hard against Tiffin,” Mertz said. “They’re new to the conference, and we need to welcome them to the conference in the right way.”

Saturday, September 29 10:15 a.m. Greater Louisville Classic | louisville, ky By | Calli Townsend Assistant Editor The Greater Louisville Classic is “one of the most highly attended college and high school cross country events in the United States,” according to its website. On Saturday,, the women’s cross country team will be traveling to Kentucky to run in the highly anticipated meet, racing in its second 5k of the season. They will be racing in the gold division for the women at 10:15 a.m. The course has been home

VOLLEYBALL from a10 ing Davis & Elkins below 20 points in each set. “It was fun playing Davis & Elkins because the last time we played them was in our conference tournament,” Mertz said. “They were our first round last year. It was fun to be able to come out and play really well on our court. We hopefully set the tone for what the conference tournament would be like if they

MEN Saturday, September 29 10:45 a.m. Greater Louisville Classic | louisville, ky By | Sutton Dunwoodie Collegian Reporter After the first two races of the season, the Hillsdale Chargers moved from unranked to eighth in the Midwest Regional polls. The Chargers hope to continue their ascent this Saturday at the Greater Louisville Classic, racing in Blue Division at 10:45 a.m. Their success surprises even themselves, according to junior Eric Poth. “It’s kind of the opposite of last year. Last year we came into the season ranked first in conference and things didn’t go our way,” Poth said. “This year we didn’t know what would be going on and things are going our way.” One reason for the stronger-than-expected start to the season is the return of juniors Eric Poth and Joey Humes, both of whom missed last season due to injuries. Assistant coach R.P. White said both runners have already had an impact this season. “I think there is comfort in knowing Joey is going to be our low-stick. Our low-stick is our guy who is going to place really high at the races,” White said. “Eric is a guy who brings a blue-collar attitude. He’s going to grind and work hard. Having him be around and not trying to rehab a broken leg has been really beneficial to the team’s approach to practice.” Humes began the 2018 season with a G-MAC conference record in the 5k and first-place finish at the Drenth Invitational on Aug. 31, and showed no sign of slowing down at the Spartan Invitational on Sept. 14, when he finished 13th. Not only are Humes and Poth healthy this year, but sophomore runner Jack Shelley will return to the lineup after missing the Spartan Invitational due to injury. Sophomore Mark Miller said it is critical for a small cross country team to have every runner healthy. “Obviously we don’t have a whole lot of of depth; we only have 10 guys total and nine racing currently,” Miller said. “When you have everybody

healthy in training you can go harder and you don’t have to be as careful because you have more numbers to draw from.” The Greater Louisville Classic is a notoriously fast course, which will be a big change from the last competition at Forest Akers East Golf Course, which is consistently one of the slower races of the season. The team will also be racing against nearly 50 other schools. Three of the 10 Chargers hold their personal bests for an 8k on this course, and they have the opportunity to achieve more. The most significant feature of the Louisville track is a bottleneck that limits the runners ability to pass immediately after the start. White said the team had trained for this quirk and has a strategy to overcome it. “The course itself bottlenecks in the first 500 meters, so if you don’t get out and position yourself well, a lot of times you can dig yourself a pretty deep hole,” he said. “We are going to be pretty agressive up front, especially in the first half-mile. We are going to get in a good position and from there try to settle in to an appropriate race pace.” Miller also said that position off the start will be important because of the severe bottleneck. “If you are in the center of a bottleneck it can be overwhelming, especially because everyone is coming in to you. If you are on the outside it can be kind of scary and disappointing because you can rush ahead and get a spot or be stuck behind the field,” Miller said. “It is just chaotic I guess.” Despite the bottleneck, White said he expects times to be fast and that many of his runners may set personal records this Saturday. “Joey will be ready to PR. Mark will be ready to PR. Eli will be ready to PR. Jack will be ready to PR. Alex Oquist will be ready to PR. We should have a really good day,” White said. “The only thing that could make it a slower day is a bunch of rain in the days leading up to the race and I don’t think that will be the case.”

Lindsey Mertz sets up Veronica O’Connor for an attempt on Friday against Alderson Broaddus. Liam Bredberg | Collegian

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Turner said. “We came inside since it started raining, and had to get used to it again since we hadn’t played in there for a while.”

In spite of the transition, Adams felt that competing at home helped provide a positive outcome of the match. “Having a home game probably benefited us because we are more comfortable, better rested, and more familiar with what the courts are like,” Adams said. “Al-

John Ciraci prepares to return a serve on Sept. 18 against Indiana Tech. Ryan Goff | Collegian

though, I don’t think having an away match would make us perform that differently. It’s more of a preference to stay at home for convenience.” Encouraged by the recent victory, the men’s tennis team will be moving forward to participate in the ITA Regionals at Davenport University.

“It’s going to be an extremely difficult tournament,” Turner said. “We’re playing one of the toughest regions in the nation. Winning even a few will be a big deal, since we’ll be playing the best players in the country. It should be a good experience for everybody.”

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Chargers drop Division I doubleheader By | Julia Mullins Collegian Reporter The Hillsdale Chargers began their fall season on Sunday and dropped two games against Division I Bowling Green State University. In game one, the Chargers held the Falcons two runs in a 2-1 loss. The second game got away, as the Chargers fell 12-1. Despite the losses, head coach Kyle Gross said he was glad he got to see the team play in real games. “I was impressed with the team at first,” Gross said. “Our pitching was the best it’s been this fall.” Junior pitcher Dana Weidinger started the first game and gave up a single home run in the bottom of the fourth inning. Sophomore pitcher Natalie Walters came in for relief during the bottom of the fifth, allowing two hits and one run. Senior outfielder Katie Kish led off the first game with a single, recording one of just three hits for the Chargers during the game. Senior second baseman Amanda Marra hit a single, and senior infielder Jessica Taylor hit a double, both during the top of the fourth inning. “As a team, we hope to improve offensively in each of

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our individual at-bats,” Kish said. Gross said the team will be working on hitting throughout practice leading up to their games in Columbus, Ohio, on Sept. 29. “I hope we’re gonna be a little more aggressive,” Gross said. “We were a little apprehensive this weekend, there were definitely some nerves, so that’s an area coming from this first weekend with Bowling Green and going into next weekend where I hope to see our biggest improvement.” In game two, the Chargers recorded just two hits, one by sophomore outfielder Natalie Stepanenko and the

other by junior catcher Syd San Juan. They scored just one run during the bottom of the second inning. Gross said the biggest difference between game one and game two was the execution of pitches. “Through the first three innings of the second game, we were still executing pitches, and then it got a little tough from there,” Gross said. “Credit to Bowling Green hitters, they hit good pitches in the second game.” Overcoming the challenges of game two, Gross said he was excited about the success of implementing new defensive plays during both games.

54 points against the Storm last season, didn’t even get on the board until late in the first quarter on Saturday, when junior running back David Graham ran for a 15-yard touchdown with five seconds left in the quarter. After the touchdown,

sophomore kicker Joe Philipp executed an onside kick, giving the ball back to Hillsdale’s offense. The Chargers took just two plays to add another touchdown, a five-yard rush by Graham. Graham’s two rushing touchdowns gave him five for

Chance Stewart winds up for a pass down the field on Saturday. Liam Bredberg | Collegian

The Chargers committed just two errors over the weekend. “It was great seeing their reaction when the new plays worked, specifically pitchers being our cut to home plate, because it’s been new to them in practice,” Gross said. “When a team can get excited about just getting a cut, that’s pretty good.” Gross also said he was impressed by the catchers’ performances over the weekend. “Our catchers combined to throw out two of three base stealers and their work behind the plate was to the standard of what I will expect from them this season,” Gross said. Freshman pitcher Camryn Olson made her collegiate pitching debut during the second game, coming in for relief of redshirt freshman pitcher Julia Sayles. “I was nervous, obviously,” Olson said, “but having a supportive and talented team behind me made me feel better about that.” Sophomore infielder Madison Rathbun said she felt confident about the team’s performance over the weekend. “For at least 10 of the 14 innings we played, we were right there, and the first game could have just as easily been ours,” Rathbun said. “We have the season, tied for most in the conference. He carried the ball 12 times for 52 yards total against Lake Erie. Junior running back Christian Shepler also made an impact out of the backfield, carrying the ball five times for 52 yards, including a season-long 42-yard rush on the Chargers’ first scoring drive. “We’re always looking for room to improve, but I think the rotation is doing really well,” Graham said of the team’s depth at running back. “It’s always a good thing to see more guys being able to contribute.” Despite the margin of victory, Lake Erie remained competitive through the first half. The Storm moved the ball effectively on multiple drives and dominated the time of possession in the first two quarters. “I thought we started out a little lackadaisical. We didn’t really start the game as well as we wanted to,” Stewart said. “I didn’t think the offense came out as sharp as we wanted to. But at the end of the day, scoring 41 points, we’ve gotta be happy with it.” Eventually, Hillsdale’s playmakers proved to be too much for the Storm. Late in the second quarter, with Lake Erie in the red zone, junior defensive back Drake Temple intercepted a pass and returned it 70 yards to set up a field goal for Hillsdale before halftime. In the second half, sophomore defensive linemen Zach VanValkenburg and Schuyler Snell’s pass rush forced Storm quarterback Javarian Smith to get rid of the ball quicker with less time to find open receivers.

a lot to learn yet, and there were many situations this weekend which were new and educational for us.” Junior infielder Erin Gordon said she thought the team played well for their first fall games, especially in adjusting to having eight new freshmen and a new head coach. “I was very proud of the freshmen for embracing the opportunities they had, and it was cool to see upperclassmen

getting back into the swing of things,” Gordon said. The Chargers will play three games in Columbus at Ohio State University and said they are hoping to carry their positive energy into next weekend. “Getting to know each other on the field is big,” Rathbun said, “so I’m just excited to get back in that jersey and compete next weekend.”

Jessica Taylor takes batting practice. Julia Mullins | Collegian

Drake Temple runs down the sideline after a second quarter interception on Saturday. Liam Bredberg | Collegian

Through four games, Hillsdale’s defense leads the G-MAC in fewest points allowed per game, at 16.2. It limited the Storm to just 32 yards from scrimmage in a dominant second half. “In the second half, we just tightened down, defense got off the field on third down a little bit, and we punched it in,” head coach Keith Otterbein said. “I felt like we had a good tempo going throughout the game.” Hillsdale’s final touchdown of the game came on sophomore backup quarterback Ty Cox’s 10 yard scramble in the fourth quarter. Lake Erie’s defensive strategy allowed Hillsdale to execute the read-option scheme successfully throughout the game, according to Stewart. That execution led to a balanced offensive attack: 239 yards through the air and 189 on the ground.

“Guys are excited right now. A lot of things are going good for this football team,” Stewart said. “We just gotta keep going, keep working hard, and a lot of things are falling in place for us right now, so keep staying focused, keep taking it day by day, week by week, and positive things are going to happen for us.” The Chargers travel to Malone University in Canton, Ohio, on Saturday. Kickoff is at 2 p.m. Hillsdale defeated the Pioneers last season, 45-7. “I think our guys have a little bit of confidence going right now. They feel good about themselves,” Otterbein said. “It won’t be hard to make them practice. They’ll show up ready to practice hard and prepare and be ready to go, and that’s all you can expect. Then you’ve got to go make plays on Saturday.”

charger chatter: Hannah Cimpeanu

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Hannah Cimpeanu is a sophomore from troy, michigan. She is studying marketing management and spanish at Hillsdale, and is on the women’s tennis team.

Q: You were named the G-MAC women’s tennis Freshman of the Year last season. What was that like?

Q: How do you balance the academic rigor at Hillsdale with the athletic intensity?

Q: Are there any professional tennis players you admire?

Q: What first got you in to the sport?

Q: What do you do when you’re not playing tennis or doing school?

HC: It was an honor. It was good to know that my hard work was showing, not just for myself but for my team, because by getting this award I was representing Hillsdale as well; my whole team. So that was very nice.

HC: My life is waking up, going to classes, coming back, studying, going to practice, coming back, studying, and going to sleep. It’s just dedication. You just have to know what your priorities are for that day. Also you have to know how to relax, to enjoy yourself, be there with your team, be there with the people of Hillsdale, and really get to experience the Hillsdale life.

HC: Roger Federer I guess is a classic response. He’s just a legend of tennis. Everybody recognizes that. And I just really admire his character on the court. It’s very admirable because no matter if he’s winning or losing, he doesn’t show it. I try to be like that — not to show emotion on the court, and to respect my teammates, my opponents, and the game.

HC: My competitiveness with my younger brother. I used to take lessons for fun with friends, but then when I saw my brother pursuing it and seeing that people were showing him attention, I was like, ‘Oh maybe I should try that.’ So my brother and I got in it together, and we pushed each other to do the best we could.

HC: I like art. I like to draw or paint or sculpt if I have the resources of course. I like to read. I like to give myself an opportunity to experience everything Hillsdale has to offer. So if I have the time, I go out with someone who knows more about Hillsdale and I try to go and experience that so I can’t say that I didn’t experience Hillsdale in school. compiled by Brooke Conrad

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Trey Brock leaps for a catch in the first half against Lake Erie. Brock became Hillsdale’s all-time leader in receiving yards on Saturday. Liam Bredberg | Collegian

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Brock breaks record in Homecoming blowout By | S. Nathaniel Grime Sports Editor

The Hillsdale College Chargers extended their Homecoming winning streak to four in a decisive 41-7 victory over the Lake Erie College Storm. The Chargers improve to 3-1 and 2-0 in the G-MAC, while the current senior class remains undefeated in Homecoming games. In the victory, senior wide receiver Trey Brock’s six receptions for 127 yards moved him into first place in school history all-time for receiving yards, passing current Buffalo Bills wide receiver Andre

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Holmes `11. Brock now has 3,169 career receiving yards with seven games remaining this season. “It means a lot to me. It shows me that some of my hard work is paying off somewhat,” Brock said. “I credit my coaches for putting me in situations to make plays and I credit [Senior quarterback]

Chance [Stewart] and the rest of the offense for doing that as well.” Brock’s breakout performance comes after a frustrating start to the season. An abdominal injury limited him in the season’s first two games, and he caught just six passes in the first three games combined.

Brock also caught his first touchdown of the year in the fourth quarter with an impressive grab at the goal line. “He’s one of those kinds of players you just don’t see all the time, and to be able to be here with him for four years and be his quarterback, it’s special,” Stewart said. “I’m really excited for him, and I know he’s got way bigger goals than that, so his expectations are so high that he’s going to keep going and we’re going to keep motoring.” Stewart continued his strong start to the season,

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In front of a Homecoming crowd, the Hillsdale Chargers won their 21st consecutive G-MAC match, with victories against the Alderson Broaddus University Battlers and Davis & Elkins College Senators The team advances to 10-3 overall and remains undefeated in the conference. “We went into the weekend a little beat up,” head coach Chris Gravel said. “We’re dealing with some injuries. Friday and Saturday, we were able to win by committee. A lot of people got playing time and everybody did their job. Things really went according to plan.” The squad first took on the Alderson Broaddus Friday night. Sophomore setter Lindsey Mertz said the Chargers started out slow but were able to kick it into gear after the first set. “First set we came out a little bit flat and we had a closer first set with them,” Mertz said. “We really picked up our energy and were able to take

control of that match. A lot of people came in and brought good energy onto the court.” Freshman Karoline Shelton said the team just wanted to take care of business against the Battlers. “We all played really well and played really well together,” Shelton said. “That was a big part because we’ve really been focusing on that. We’ve been practicing really hard, so I think we just wanted to get in and get things done.” Gravel said his team did a good job of staying focused, something they’ve struggled with this season. “We like to refer to it as ‘Make sure you respect your opponent whether they’re playing great or they’re having a hard time,’” Gravel said. “The teams that have had a hard time — that’s where we’ve lost respect. When Alderson Broaddus had a hard time, we still respected them.” The Chargers then took on the Davis & Elkins Saturday afternoon. Hillsdale swept the Senators in three sets, keep-

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Karoline Shelton prepares for a kill on Friday against Alderson Broaddus. Liam Bredberg | Collegian

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Chargers prepare for ITA Championships By | Isabella Redjai Assistant Editor In their first home match in nearly a year, the Hillsdale Chargers beat Indiana Tech University 5-2 on Sept. 18 amid significant rule changes and weather delays. The G-MAC recently replaced NCAA Division II rules with the streamlined Division I rules. The new implementations have proven frustrating, especially the scoring format where wins in doubles matches are equivalent to one point versus the DII version of three. “We had to change our rules last minute,” head coach Keith Turner said. “I don’t agree that the rules will lessen injuries. The matches are much shorter. There’s no ad. scoring. There aren’t lets on serve. Doubles are now worth

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one point, not three, which really hurts us, because doubles are our strength. Doubles are also now set up to six, instead of eight games. There’s a lot we’ve had to get used to.” Although unfamiliar to many of the players, sophomore Nico de Enrique Schmidt said that he felt more comfortable with the rules, because he played Division I for a semester at Southern Utah University. “When I was playing Division I, I was already used to those rules. The matches are a lot faster because of the way

points work, and if a ball hits the net and it goes through, we still play on it,” Enrique said. “It took some time for me to get back to the old rules, but it’s a big part of this season.” In No. 1 doubles, senior Justin Hyman and junior Charlie Adams earned a 6-3 victory. Adams also earned his first victory in No. 1 singles winning 6-3 and 6-1. Hyman in No. 4 singles lost the first set 4-6 then rebounded 6-3, 6-4 to win. “I am excited to play doubles with Justin this season,”

Adams said. “I think our playing styles complement each other which is what made us a great team last year. It felt good to come out strong early.” Additionally, senior John Ciraci and freshman Brian Hackman won No. 3 doubles earning a 6-3 victory. Ciraci went on to win 6-3, 6-2 in No. 3 singles. No. 3 doubles, featuring senior Michael Szabo and sophomore Gabe Katz, easily won 6-1. In singles, Katz won in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 at No. 4 singles. Near the tail-end of the match, due to unexpected weather conditions, the teams were moved into the Biermann Athletic Center. “It was good timing for us to play this match overall,”

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'Unbroken: Path to Redemption' oversimplifies conversion and healing By | Grace Houghton Collegian Freelancer When floating in a raft on the sea, half-dead, and hallucinating, Louis Zamperini gazed up at the stars and whispered to God: “If you save me, I will serve you forever.” As told by Laura Hillenbrand in Zamperini’s biography and in Angelina Jolie’s feature-film adaptation, “Unbroken,” Zamperini, an olympic athlete and American soldier during WWII was rescued only to spend torturous years in a Japanese prison camp. Jolie’s film ends when Zamperini reaches home, and “Unbroken: Path to Redemption” picks up where the first movie left off, following Zamperini in his return, recovery, and new life in the United States. While portraying Louis Zamperini’s conversion to Christianity out of the throes of post traumatic stress disorder and alcoholism, “Unbroken: Path to Redemption” fails to understand the real drama of forgiveness, and instead

paints a black-and-white salvation narrative so sharp that it lacks dimension, giving us the “what” of Zamperini’s story without the critical “how.” While Hillenbrand’s book “Unbroken” undergirds both the first movie and this “Path to Redemption” follow-up, the movies share only a producer. Samuel Hunt plays Louis Zamperini and uses the uncanny resemblance to full effect. He stars alongside Merritt Patterson as Cynthia Zamperini and Bobby Campo as Pete, the elder Zamperini brother. Starting with Louis’ joyful welcome by his family and recruitment to sell war bonds, “Unbroken: Path to Redemption” follows Louis through the heights of romance and the depths of alcoholism and PTSD until he finally ends up at a Billy Graham crusade and reiterates his promise on the raft to God. Zamperini’s conversion at the Billy Graham crusade was a rare Saul-on-the-road-toDamascus conversion experience: dramatic and definite. After two-and-a-half years of nights torn by trauma and torturous flashbacks, Zamperini

slept through the night. But the actors get so caught up in playing familiar roles and forget to act like real humans, which shows in inconsistencies of character. They cheapen a true story that is solid gold, making it feel like cheap thrift store gilt. In one of the lowest ebbs of Louis’ life shown in the movie, he drinks himself into a bad business deal, loses his remaining self-control, and slaps his wife when she won’t give him the checkbook to fund said shady deal with their remaining $3,000. His wife finds a pocket-sized .38 under their bed. Pete, Louis’s older brother, tracks down Louis drunk in a bar, warning him to stay away from Cynthia and their young child. He appears ready to physically block Louis from returning home until Zamperini insults his brother’s “nice clean” service in the Navy and his brother leaves with only a verbal warning to Zamperini. I would go a whole lot farther than a verbal warning if a known alcoholic had already lost his temper with his wife and had a gun back at the

house. The reliable “big brother” figure, who carefully took the keys from the ignition of the old car in which he found Louis nostalgically drinking, makes a dramatic statement (“don’t go back there!”) without actually reinforcing it. The dynamics of the failing marriage — this is supposed to be one of the most tragic consequences of Louis’ abandonment of God — aren’t convincing. Cynthia threatens to leave after the violent episode, but instead of packing her bags, announces that she wants a divorce … and doesn’t leave. The best explanation we get comes when she tells a groggy Louis she loves him and won’t leave him, after she returns from a Billy Graham crusade. The pieces fall back into place after Louis’s conversion, he only has to pour his whiskey down the kitchen sink and hug his wife and child. There was apparently no broken trust, no withdrawal symptoms, no responsibility to rebuild a relationship with a wife to whom he repeatedly lied. Love may continue when trust is broken, but wouldn’t

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Sophomore Kylar Kuzio uses music to connect with other girls about the struggles of growing up By | Joseph Hoppe Collegian Freelancer Sophomore Kylar Kuzio has recently wrapped up recording a collection of her songs. She burned them onto CDs, and said she hopes to put them on a digital platform soon. Though Kuzio majors in biology and hopes to join the medical or forensic field music stays a part of her life. She currently does shows and gigs around the Midwest, usually at bars or restaurants. Kuzio’s musical journey began as a child in grade school. She started singing with students who were performing on instruments and needed a vocal accompaniment. She enjoyed it so much she decided to learn the guitar herself. Kuzio’s dad had a guitar he never used. He told his children whoever learned how to play it first could have it. Kuzio’s older brother — her senior by many years — was the only real competition, and already singing gigs regularly. But with motivation and persistence, she put in the effort, learned to play, and won the instrument. That was only the beginning. She also learned to play the violin. “It was a very difficult and unrewarding,: she said “and I eventually got discouraged. I almost wanted to give up.” But she didn’t, and now she is an accomplished violinist. Kuzio wrote her first song in 7th grade during music week at her school. Although she said the song is mediocre in hindsight, she treasures it as her first piece and one that resonates with that stage of life, as the song was about her social struggles with girls her age.

Sophomore Kylar Kuzio performs at gigs around the Midwest.

“Life sucks when you’re in middle school,” Kuzio said. Since then, she has returned to the school to perform the song, considering it an opportunity to connect with girls in the age group. While Kuzio’s artistic talent includes visuals arts, music runs in the family. “I was inspired by my siblings,” she said. “They had been doing shows since the time I was little.” In addition, Ed Sheeran has been one of the biggest influences on her work. Though she would certainly enjoy it if music were to become a profession for her, she said she recognizes that the musical world is competitive and

overflowing with other people trying to do the same thing. “Though I wouldn’t turn down opportunities if they came my way, I keep realistic expectations,” she said. “I don’t plan on giving up on music, though. I enjoy it too much for that.” Both friends and family admire Kuzio’s personality, in addition to her musical talent. “She’s very bubbly and personable, and you see the same things in friendship with her,” said freshman Annette Nguyen, a close friend and classmate. “Her musicality shows through her personality.” Kuzio’s father, Paul, praised as well. “I like that Kylar is humble

and reserved,” he said. “She doesn’t think she’s all that.” However, her father said he does not believe her humility comes at the cost of her musical talent. “She could play for four hours from memory up on stage, and you’d never hear the same song twice,” he said. “She’s shy in person, but once she gets on stage, she comes to life.” Kuzio said she strives to improve at songwriting and plans on performing after a break from music. “Last school term, I stopped doing shows almost completely,” she said. “This year I’m getting back into it, and I’m glad of it.”

continual deceit, alcoholism, failure to provide (which admittedly isn’t his fault entirely), loss of control around her and the child fracture the relationship they had? They married after three weeks of knowing each other, and the reason she sticks it out with him is simply because she’s a Christian — at least that’s the reason the audience is given. A movie that seems to understand so well the dramatic effect of divine forgiveness doesn’t give any details on how exactly one man, or one woman forgives another man. Forgiveness requires renouncing the valid claim to justice. It means absorbing every blow, every sneer without seeing a retaliatory roundhouse laid on the torturer’s jaw — without the abuser offering any apology, even without any acknowledgement. The film did not successfully convey this transformation in Zamperini. It’s probably a good thing that the Zamperini of “Unbroken: Path to Redemption” didn’t ever see the Bird, the guard who abused him in the prison camp, in person. He probably

would have shot him, Billy Graham conversion and all. As portrayed in this film, Zamperini’s conversion doesn’t seem to give him meaning, or an increased ability to interact with reality and the very real scars he must have — the only one we see is one his ankle. Gnarly. He’s got to be torn up, literally. To judge only from this film, eternal salvation gives you the benefits of good counseling and good meds. Along this path to redemption, a man saved by the grace of God is turned into a hand-shaking celebrity of fake forgiveness. “Unbroken: Path to Redemption” fails to capture either the original story or the re-telling, sacrificing the individual character of each for a generic sketch that captures only cliches. Zamperini’s story is true, but the subtitle of “Unbroken: A Path to Redemption” — “a true story” — feels less like a declaration and more like an apology.

By | Anna Timmis Culture Editor As mornings grow colder and the days shorter, students don sweaters and enjoy afternoons at the Hillsdale County Fair. Boots are now in season, and trips to local orchards and pumpkin patches are a highlighted weekend event. Soon, the leaves will turn to vibrant reds, yellows, and oranges, lighting the landscape on fire. Autumn is Michigan’s glory, and a favorite season for natives. But as we enter a time of fall festivity in Hillsdale, students from around the nation and the world leave behind beloved seasonal traditions from their own homes. While Michiganders love their football, the South takes football season to a new level. From Montgomery, Alabama, junior Mollie Dill said football season is an important tradition. People celebrate with tailgates, where everyone has an assigned space. Some opt to have huge house parties to watch football on TV. “It’s really something distinct to the South,” Dill said. People in Dill’s hometown dress up for games — the opposite of here, since they don’t dress up for classes, she said. For some, the distinct seasons’ changes are an adjustment. Senior Kelly Sullivan is from Orange County, and warm weather all year round has its perks, including fresh food. Sullivan said she misses all the street tacos. “Just going there every day

even in the winter because you can actually walk on the streets and there isn’t snow,” she said, “so that’s wonderful.” Across the Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea, the Island of Mallorca has most of its traditions in the summer. According to Mallorca native and sophomore Nico De Enrique, running with the bulls and tomato festivals happen while school’s still out. Even shared traditions are different. Enrique said that Christmas in Mallorca is a relatively quiet event. “It’s a much smaller deal,” he said, adding that in his mother’s home country of Germany, they wait till Christmas Eve to even put up a Christmas tree. Even though Dill said she was a little sad to miss out on Alabama’s fall traditions, discovering Michigan’s seasonal treasures has helped her experience fall in a new way. She went to an apple orchard with her sorority sisters, something she hadn’t experienced in Alabama. “It was so fun to try fresh cider,” she said. “We have pumpkin patches in Alabama, and that’s not really the same thing.” Even the long winters haven’t lost their magic for Dill. She said when her friends told her she would need a snow brush for her car, she didn’t believe them until it snowed. “Seeing snow is the coolest thing ever,” she said. “Every time I see it.”

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A Glossy Finish: The magic of marketing By | Isabella Redjai Assistant Editor A package delivered to me, from me. What better pickme-up throughout the week than that? I held the brown cardboard box awaiting my arrival at my Hillsdale Street address after a day of classes and homesickness. After a day of wishing I could maybe just go shopping with my mother, or could feel good about my skin (an uncommon occurrence in the life of a young person), or even get some artistic inspiration. I brought the brown box up to Room 304, rested my remaining belongings on the floor, and could not help but rip it open. Although deceiving to the eye, I opened the box surprised to find a blissful and cheery millennial pink greet me. From the moment I opened my box, I felt teleported to the ‘scapes of modern Manhattan, feeling as if, though I am far from metropolitan bliss, the store had come to me. To my doorstep. Within my pink box, I found a little note, also contained within a powder pink envelope, welcoming me to the Glossier experience, reading, “Hi, Finally we meet! It’s really nice here. – Us” I had just made a new friend. The remainder of my package included complimentary Glossier stickers channeling images of “Glossier” written in every typography reminiscent of the 1970s, cartoon stars, and even little smiley faces. Even then, I had not yet reached my final destination on this product journey.

I opened a little, bubblewrap pouch. No, it was not actual bubble-wrap, it was a product, even Ziploclike with hot pink bubble wrap within, holding my purchased cosmetics. Inside this modern invention of airmail packaging, I found a “Zit Stick” and “Stretch Concealer.” Now, you may think I digress and am prone to get captured in the packaging of the product alone, and in some ways, you may be right. Still, I was taken by the power of modern marketing and its effect on me. The detail in packaging, personalizing the experience for every online order, and seeing mundane aspects of a shipped product become an exciting aesthetic makeover in and of itself, was impressive to me as a customer. I felt as if I had received incredible customer service, without even meeting a representative. First impressions must really matter, because how I felt about my product before I had even opened the packaging itself was one of intrigue, and inspiring in terms of creativity. Presentation and uniformity matter in a generation of sight-seekers and where external aesthetic remains a strong motivator to not only try a product but remain a loyal customer. Young people seek to feel special and unique in their purchases. Funnily enough, these trends and products appear to be consumed by many other users just the same, and these customers believe they too are special.

This appears to be the common theme among Instagram feeds. But now, I digress. This generation appears to double as a generation of

why Glossier’s “Zit Stick,” not only in its packaging of a bright pink and red, plastic, rip-right-open, minimalist design, but in its ingredients and purpose, created an

The site included images of individuals who tested the Zit Stick, proving its legitimacy, and most importantly, for all millennials, sharing its freedoms: “hypoallergenic, dermatologist tested, vegan, gluten free, soy free, dairy free, cruelty free.” As for the Glossier “Stretch Concealer,” millennials are ooh-ing and ah-ing from across the nation, as this makeup essential not only provides quality assurance to cover dark circles and blend naturally into one’s skin tone, but contains the ingredients of beeswax and microcrystalline wax, avocado and jojoba oil, and cocoa butter. wUser Goldilocks from Los Angeles rated the concealer five stars, and titled “The hype is reeeeal!”, saying “It feels super lightweight and my favorite thing by far from this product is how natural it looks and feels...Great product! Definitely worth your penny!” Glossier Incorporation started in 2014 by CEO Emily Weiss. With her focus on making women feel confident about their skin and dispelling beauty myths, success was inevitable for Glossier, with Weiss making Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list in 2015 and Glossier being recognized as “one of Fast Company's ‘Most Innovative Companies’ of 2017,” according to Weiss’s LinkedIn page. Perhaps a decade or so ago, it would have concerned modern customers to cover their skin in food ingredients and oils, but today, the rave of natural ingredients, elite delicacies like the avocado or cocoa butter, and the universal term “healthy”

Glossier uses aesthetics for marketing purposes. Isabella Redjai | Collegian

quality, particularly in the composition of products. Okay, perhaps it’s too presumptuous to say millennials seek after only the “image” of products. But in actuality, millennials pursue both external and internal features of a product. Where “vegan,” “glutenfree,” “all-natural,” “animalcruelty free,” and “no GMOs” appear to be new “Sale” sign of 2018, millennials cannot help but purchase items that not only appear pleasing, but feel and are made in a satisfactory manner. A common struggle among young people is, and has been for generations, acne. Nearly everyone desires clear and happy skin, and that’s

uproar when it arrived on the company’s website Sept. 6. Not only were social media feeds flowing with images, and the website itself provided a special feature where customers when viewing the product could erase a red shade on the screen to see the clear image of the “Zit Stick” behind, but it contains clinically approved ingredients. These ingredients include Benzoyl Peroxide and Capryloyl Salicylic Acid, and the site sets out to show how each ingredient contributes to solve the issue of acne; but most notably, these medications are mixed with that of all-natural tea tree oil, putting all-natural-gurus on the edge of their seat.

have captured the eyes of millennials but most importantly captured the attention of the masters of marketing. Glossier succeeds at the three components that make any millennial-geared business successful: detail, aestheticism, and natural solutions. By focusing on the most obvious elements of any existing product, Glossier stands above that of other modern corporations, evident in the track record of Weiss and her business. The first impression of the customer is met the moment she opens her package and sees the bright color and unique designs. As she digs through her package, she discovers little trinkets, never promised only gifted, that make her feel as though she has received more than she bargained for. She then opens the product she actually purchased, and finds it to not only soothes her exterior and gives her the feeling that she knows the product, its ingredients and each of its purposes personally, but that she actually feels good about herself. From its start and small selection on its website promising to give quality and shine, to its glossy finish on the customer herself, Glossier knows the method of the market. Glossier knows how to find the simple things, the necessities, and transform it into an experience. An experience that takes Lower East Side Manhattan, where the Glossier Incorporation HQ lies, to the corners of college dorms and small towns.

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An international student reflects on his first weeks at Hillsdale By | Juan Vargas Special to the Collegian

.Professor of theatre and dance James Brandon is directing 'Life is a Dream.' | Facebook.

'Life is a Dream' premieres next week By | Molly Kate Andrews Collegian Freelancer

Next week swords will flash and guns will fire in Markel auditorium when the Tower Players perform Pedro Calderón’s tragicomedy “Life is a Dream.” Shows will run Oct. 3 to 6 at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 2:00 p.m. Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s 20th century Spanish play recalls the ethos of classical Greek tragedies as it explores the tension between fate and the human will. The protagonist Prince Segismundo of Poland exists under a prophecy of destruction proclaimed at his birth. Cloistered away in a tower by his fearful father, King Basilio, Segismundo learns nothing of his identity and fate until his release,

when he is reinstated due to his father’s change of heart. The ensuing drama challenges Segismundo’s conception of reality and ultimately brings him to a new understanding of the good life. “It’s a commentary on life,” Director James Brandon, professor of theatre and dance, said. “Perception is something that Calderón plays with. How we see things, where we see them from, and how we react when new information is presented to us, those are a lot of what the play is about.” Senior Lane Gaudet, a theatre major, will play Prince Segismundo. He said the character has been a challenge to portray since his development takes such drastic turns throughout the piece. “The Segismundo at the

end is a completely different Segismundo from act one,” Gaudet said. Segismundo’s progression from the sheltered prisoner of Act 1 to the enlightened prince of Act Three is a violent journey, accentuated by duels and battle scenes. To work with the cast on the action sequence, the department brought in Kaitlyn Grace, a 2012 alumna and professional fight choreographer. Brandon said Grace has worked with the department once before, three years ago when the Tower Players put on “Twelfth Night.” “It’s great to have her back,” Brandon said. “She’s got a great energy, and the students are learning quite a bit from her.” “Life is a Dream” will kick

off the theatre season with a larger show of a cast of 18 students, creating the opportunity for freshmen to work with veteran theatre members. “It’s been a really exciting experience,” Brandon said. “The students are really working hard and growing into their roles. They are making discoveries every night still, and that’s always the sign of a rich, deep dramatic text.” Brandon said that with educational productions like this one, he looks for a vibrant, living piece of theatre to direct, keeping the students in discovery-mode right up until the performance date. “I think we will have a good final product,” Brandon said, “but the process has been awesome, and that’s my goal.”

It has already been a month of classes at Hillsdale College. For some of the students, it was either the beginning of their college life or their second year. For the oldest, it was the beginning of their last year at this amazing school. I wish that I could say I fit into any of these categories, but for me, it was the beginning of a journey that started when I received my acceptance letter in Bogotá, Colombia on May 11. I had never visited Hillsdale before. All knew about it was what I found on the college website, and ever since that day I thought about what it would really be like to be here. After a long visa process and waiting for the day of my departure, I arrived at this beautiful campus in cold-weathered Michigan. I first went to Simpson Dormitory and met most of the people who would later become my closest friends and peers at school. As I walked to my room I saw an old Homecoming poster that said, “It’s the people.” I had no idea what it meant, but it would not be long before I figured it out. As an international student there are many things that I perceived differently: the language, the food and some cultural aspects. Replacing the big, capital city of Colombia for this small and cozy campus in the countryside of the United States was a tough decision but I knew that things that are worthy are also uneasy. Many times, it is difficult for students to leave their homes and live away from their families, friends and the people they really care about. Students who have their families in Ohio, Illinois or even Northern Michigan feel that way. Now think about the students who have their families in Europe, Africa or, like me, South America. It can be difficult at times if you focus on the distance, but Hillsdale does

not let you think about it for too long. The people here are kind, polite, and always willing to help you if you need a hand. I would be lying if I said that I have not felt a little bit of homesickness, but people here eventually become your “college family” and make you feel as if you were home. I could not be happier with my friends, my dorm, my RAs, and all the people who have showed me that you should not fear coming here and leaving your family for some time, because you will be the new member of a very big family. I believe I can speak for all the international students when I say that Hillsdale is nothing but a marvelous and welcoming community of the very greatest students from all over the United States. Hillsdale, beside being an excellent school for academic development, also focuses on the formation of citizens and leaders that get a broad education with the core curriculum classes, something that I had not seen as well developed as it is here. But it is not just classes and reading. It is things like getting to your room after a long day of lectures and meeting friends in the hall. It’s walking to class and seeing how everyone kindly says “Hi,” and waves at you. It is the people that make this college a completely different and unique place, a place I am happy to be. All in all, challenges are always present in our lives, and it is how we face them that defines us. “Virtus tentamine gaudet” should also be the international students’ motto, for it takes courage to be here by yourself. But, even if you think of it as a challenge, everyone here will be making sure that you never feel like it is one. After this first month, I can say that this has been an amazing, happy, and enriching experience. I am looking forward to seeing what will come next, for this is just the beginning of the story.

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‘Adam After Darwin’ talk explores evolution through theology, biology

Students and faculty gathered in the formal lounge of Grewcock Student Union to hear from Rev. Dr. Nicanor Austriaco. JULIA MULLINS | COLLEGIAN

the Catholic intellectual tradition and has campus chapters By | Julia Mullins throughout the United States, COLLEGIAN FREELANCER where they sponsor lectures, conferences, and retreats. In the middle of a busy Samuel Roberts, the stuhomecoming week, students dent liaison for the Thomistic and faculty gathered in the Institute, provided students formal lounge on Sept. 19 to with a survey last semester to hear Father Nicanor Austriasee which topics interested co, Ph.D. professor of biology students on campus. and theology at Providence “We sent out a survey, and College, discuss the harmothere was an overwhelming nious relationship between majority who were interested theology and biology in Daron the talk on creation and winian evolution. evolution of the soul,” Roberts Austriaco is a member of said. “The specific speaker the Thomistic Institute. The who was on the list for that Institute’s campus outreach was Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, director Rev. Gregory Pine who is world-renowned.” said the Thomistic Institute Sophomore Patrick Mitchis based out of Washington ell said he was impressed by D.C. There they have a school, Austriaco’s joy and enthusithe Pontifical Faculty of the asm for theology and biology. Immaculate Conception. The “In such a divisive debate institute promotes research in about evolution and Christi-

anity, I loved hearing about why evolution can be considered beautiful,” Mitchell said. “It really made me see the beauty of God through the process of evolution, which I absolutely loved.” Angelica Pytel, a visiting lecturer of biology, said she appreciated Austriaco’s balanced approach to science and the liberal arts. “His approach to science was extremely sound, and his integration of his science with his philosophy and theology was perfect for us here at a liberal arts institution,” Pytel said. “It just highlights the necessity of almost all of the liberal arts incorporated together to get a complete, or holistic, view of what is really going on in this world.” Austriaco said biologists must draw the distinction

between Homo sapiens as a biological species from human beings as a natural kind. “This is a philosophical move,” Austriaco said. “The reason is because biologists have philosophical presuppositions.” The difference between Homo sapiens as a biological species and human beings as a natural kind is based on the capacity for rationality. “Hominins evolved into archaic humans about 200,000 or 100,000 years ago in Africa at a single moment in time,” Austriaco said. “Eighty-five thousand years ago, a mutation arises, and this makes this matter apt to receive a rational soul, so God infuses the rational soul in that person and then that person, his descendants would migrate out of Africa to populate the globe.” According to Austriaco, there was a change in one individual’s brain that allowed them to develop the capacity to abstract language from their thoughts. Austriaco said this combination of abstraction and language is known as merge. “I’m going to say that you can define Adam after Darwin, and I’m going to say that there is a single, historical, original human being, and

this person is the universal ancestor for all of us,” Austriaco said. Professor of Philosophy James Stephens said he admired Austriaco’s ability to incorporate knowledge from many different disciplines into his reconciliation of evolution with divine action. “He could take philosophy, Chomsky’s recent linguistics, theology, biblical hermeneutics, Darwinian Evolutionary Theory, population genetics — he could take all those things and bring them together so that they complement one another in pursuit of a single goal,” Stephens said. “That single goal is to understand something about us as human beings. That seems to me to exhibit: that’s what the liberal arts are supposed to do.” Stephens and Pytel teach Philosophy of Mind together and were able to discuss how Austriaco’s seminar applied to their studies in class the next day. Assistant Professor of English Benedict Whalen said he appreciated the fact that Austriaco supported a liberal arts education and emphasized the importance of different departments engaging in conversation. Whalen added that he is proud to be a part of the scholarly community at

Hillsdale where students and faculty alike can have fruitful conversations. “I was just really proud of Hillsdale, that in a stuffy, hot room, in the middle of homecoming week, all of these students and faculty turned out,” Whalen said. “It’s a real sign we’re committed to higher learning and to finding the truth of things.” Pytel also said she was impressed by the student’s reaction to Austriaco’s seminar. “The students standing up and giving him a standing ovation was to me, maybe my favorite part, honestly,” Pytel said. “It’s one thing for me to be impressed, or to be stimulated intellectually and philosophically by an invited speaker, but for students to be so fired up and enthusiastic about this message and be positive about science having a place within the conversation is very reassuring to me that students really do care, and really want to see how they fit together.” Roberts said the Catholic Society will be hosting more speakers from the Thomistic Institute throughout the year, and he hopes to continue building a strong partnership between the Catholic Society and Thomistic Institute.

Q&A with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Ajit Pai is the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. He was appointed to the commission by President Obama in 2012 and designated Chairman in 2017 by President Trump. Pai is the first Indian American to hold the office. In 1994 he graduated from Harvard with a B.A. in social studies, and in 1997 Pai graduated with a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. Before Pai was appointed to the FCC, he worked with the Department of Justice, the U.S. Senate, the FCC’s Office of General Counsel, and Verizon Communications. On Sept. 20, Pai spoke about “The Future of Digital Opportunity” at Hillsdale College. As Chairman of the FCC, what are some of the things you’re currently working on, and overall, what do you hope to accomplish? There is a lot of stuff on our plate, but our top priority by far is closing what I call the “digital divide”: the gap between those Americans that have access to the internet and those who don’t. I come from a small town in rural Kansas that all too often has found itself on the wrong side of that divide. Here at the FCC in Washington, we are trying to make sure that we do everything we can to get people on the grid, so to speak, to empower them to take charge of their own futures. In the 21st century that means having a digital connection that allows you to educate your kids or start a business. What motivates you in your work? To me, it’s the ability to have a fundamental role in improving how people communicate. I know it sounds cheesy, but everytime I go to work I cross the memorial bridge, and I see the Washington Monument and the Capitol. I get this chill that makes me feel so privileged to be in a position where I have a chance to help improve the lives of millions of Americans — granted communication policy is just a small slice of what the federal government does, but it is an increasingly important one, especially in some of these rural communities, like the one I grew up in. It’s such an honor to be able to work on these issues, and I’ve really enjoyed it quite a bit. In layman terms, can you briefly explain Net Neutrality: The history behind it, the recent actions your Commision took, and its overall effects? I start from a basic premise—I favor free and open internet. The internet is the greatest free market and innovation in history. It has allowed people to express themselves in ways that were unthinkable just a generation ago, and we are seeing better faster services all the time. Part of the reason is that President Clinton and a Republican congress in 1996 made a historic decision. They had a choice to make: “do we want to regulate this new technology, the internet, like a slow moving utility, do we want it to be as fast as your local DMV, do we want it to be as innovative as your water company, or do we want it to develop quickly and enable people to communicate in ways that were unprecedented only a few years ago?” They went with the latter approach and they adopted light touch, market based regulations. In fact it’s right there in the Communications Act, Section 230 — they wanted the internet to be: “unfettered by federal and state regulation.” That choice had tremendous positive consequences for the American people. One-and-a-half trillion dollars were invested in networks between 1996 and 2015, companies like Facebook and Amazon, Netflix, and Google went from scrappy start-ups to global giants. Consumers were able to benefit from these technologies in unprecedented ways. From our perspective, that free market experience we had for almost 20 years is the one that is best proven to benefit consumers. Going forward, we’ve repealed heavy-hand regulations from the previous administration. That is exactly the kind of regulatory approach we are going to have and we are going to see the results for consumers in the years to come — better, faster, cheaper internet access, and even more advanced services. What do you hope your legacy to be? Hopefully that we close the digital divide, that we gave the ability to communicate to millions of Americans who haven’t known it before, and we’re starting to see some of those results; I was visiting the Jemez and Zia pueblos, small Indian reservation in rural New Mexico, and to be able to speak to an 8th grader who, because of FCC policy, for the first time has reliable internet access at her school. It is so rewarding to know that our decisions aren’t just made on cold pieces of paper that sit in an office building in Washington. They have a real impact in the real world, and people can be better off if the agency is focused on their needs. I think that’s part of the legacy I would be proudest of, if we are able to match that across the country. Compiled by Stefan Kleinhenz

Students who participated in the plant therapy session on Sept. 20 were able to make their own herb gardens. CRYSTAL SCHUPBACH | COLLEGIAN

College horticulturist offers plant therapy sessions to tackle stress By | Carmel Kookogey ASSISTANT EDITOR In the greenhouse behind Hayden Park fields last Thursday, a handful of students took an hour out of the afternoon to plant herbs and refocus. The sessions, which will occur once a month for the remainder of the semester, stem from a combined effort on the part of Hillsdale College Horticulturist Angie Girdham and Director of Health Services Brock Lutz to offer students a chance to step away from their studies and take part in the therapeutic activity of gardening, according to Girdham. Lutz explained that the idea to have plant therapy sessions has been in the works for a while, though this is the first semester it has been actualized. “A couple of years ago Angie got certified as a horticulture therapist, and had a couple ideas,” Lutz said. “She is the absolute driving force behind this and deserves all the credit.” Though Thursday’s session was the first of its kind, Girdham’s use of planting as a sort of coping mechanism is not a new technique. Lutz explained that in the past he has sent students to Girdham who suffer with seasonal depression. “She works with them by using visualizations, and that’s been really helpful,”

Lutz said. “As you’re planting, you’re thinking of things you want to put into your life, and as you prune, you think about what you want to take out. It pairs well with what we do here at Hillsdale — encouraging people to think about the soul.” Though she has only officially practiced horticulture therapy in the past few years, Girdham said she has observed the calming effects of working with plants for years. “I think I’ve witnessed it my entire career, and seeing how it affected the students I worked with really made me a believer. So when I had the opportunity to expand this to more of the student body, I was really excited about making that happen,” Girdham said. Girdham explained that plant therapy is a technique used for addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder, and for promoting memory retention in the elderly. Since it is a relatively wide-ranging term, and the group is not in a clinical setting with measurable goals, it will be used more conceptually, according to Girdham. Thursday’s group planted herbs which represented the students’ goals for the semester, each plant representing an idea. Lutz described this as “symbolic.” “Angie talked about the different symbols that all the different plants have,

like thyme representing courage, and mint representing friendship,” Lutz said. “To me, it’s like how we wear crosses: it’s another reminder of things we want to be cognizant of. And it’s a great coping mechanism to get out of your head and plant things, to have a little garden.” Junior Danae Sollie said that despite being unsure about how the session would go, it was “nice to just plant some herbs.” “We planted herbs in little flower pots. I just thought it was a very restful time, and a chance to do something other than study: a good rest, a good break...I was kind of having a stressful day, so it was nice for that day,” Sollie said. Girdham explained that even in rural Michigan, students can forget how much they need nature. “We tend to get what’s called nature-deficit disorder, or plant blindness, where we take a lot of what is around us for granted,” Girdham said. “It’s really important that all of us slow down and live in that moment and enjoy life, and not take it for granted.” The three remaining sessions will be held Oct. 25, Nov. 19, and Dec. 10, and are on a sign-up basis. Interested students can email agirdham@hillsdale.edu.

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International students share cultures in intervarsity group By | Alexis Daniels Assistant Editor On the patio of the New Dorm last week, the intervarsity of international students gathered around a hearty bonfire, roasting s’mores and chatting about their week. “I met amazing people and got to talk about Colombia, my college experience and even played some Colombian music,” Juan Vargas Hernandez, a second-semester sophomore and transfer student from Colombia, said. “After that, a friend and I decided to have a Hispanic night, which we are working on.” Former Kenyan student Monicah Wanjiru ‘18 started the ministry group in 2015 after meeting an international student who felt very alone and wanted to leave Hillsdale - a place where it seemed that no one understood her and that was more religious than she was used to. “It was the most religious environment she’d been in,” Wanjiru said, “and the most lonely she’d ever felt...I thought, for the first person to welcome her to America to be a Christian and to love on her, that for a non-Christian opens so many doors.” The intervarsity is growing more popular and well-known as sophomores Sofia Krusmark and Emille Martelli strive to foster global relationships on campus and explore new events for campus this year. “I want to be able to cater events to their interest,” Krusmark said. “I want all of them to feel comfortable. I want them to come because they want to hang out with each other and be part of a community that welcomes them and accepts them.” Intervarsity staffer Griffith Brown ’17 said the group partnered with Countryside Bible Church and presented the students with care packages filled with the basics — towels, blankets, toiletries, and contact information. They are hoping to schedule more events like the bonfire as well as give them options for Thanksgiving, fall, and Christmas breaks. “On the radar right now

are fall break and Thanksgiving break, which can be tough for international students because they don’t have anywhere to go,” Brown said. “So we’re coordinating with some local churches and with Countryside to get them a place to be.” Although the intervarsity cultivates a Christian outlook and mission, Martelli said the primary focus is developing authentic friendships. “The goal is for the international students to connect with each other and to connect with Christians on campus,” Martelli said. “This ministry is focused on welcoming the internationals, helping them integrate into campus culture, and…more specifically, we want our ministry to be very relationally focused…and we want it to be a place where they can explore their beliefs.” Krusmark agreed, saying that though they want to connect the students with Christians on campus, they believe that getting them settled and integrated into Hillsdale is the main goal. “It’s just honestly building relationships with them… and having intentional relationships,” Krusmark said. “And also just making them feel homier at Hillsdale… Students here who are from America get really homesick. And imagine being in a place that’s not even remotely like your culture.” Intervarsity approached Krusmark and Martelli about leadership opportunities for the international students’ group, and both found that they had personal connections with the group. Krusmark’s mother is from Chile so she grew up in a multicultural environment where she ate Hispanic food and had people come unexpectedly to her house at late hours. “It was a whole culture that was in my life,” Krusmark said. “This friendliness and this joy and love that are so different in some ways from our American culture, so meeting with students from Kenya or Colombia who actually get this warmth and this culture, I can relate with them.” Martelli discovered her

passion for international relations over the summer when she went to Jordan to teach English to Syrian refugees with the English Language Institute of China, a program dedicated to sending Christians to Asia to teach English as a second language. Through the ELIC program, her teaching team met the locals, refugees, and other teams. “I loved the mix of cultures and ethnic backgrounds and I loved forming relationships with people of so many different backgrounds,” Martelli said. “I connected really well with the people in Jordan even though I didn’t speak their language and I came back from that trip with a heart for internationals and felt like God is leading me to invest in these relationships.” The international students appreciated the goal of the ministry group as well. Kenyan freshman Rachael Kiti said she joined the intervarsity because it was nondenominational and would assist her faith. “You cannot say it’s Anglican way, you cannot say it’s Catholic way. It’s just a free way...it welcomes everyone,” Kiti said. “The long-term goal is maintaining my growth in the Christian faith...and at the moment, I expect anything good that praises God.” Vargas Hernandez said he loves sharing his Colombian culture and learning about others’ cultures as well. “My favorite thing is to see that so many people are very interested in getting to know us, talking to us, and learning things from our countries,” Vargas Hernandez said. “The people at Hillsdale are all very open to get to know us and that is simply amazing.” Both Krusmark and Martelli hope to show the international students how much they love and care for them. For Krusmark, it is important to display the same kind of love Christ displays. “Jesus has that kind of love where he runs down the driveway and he picks us up and welcomes us,” Krusmark said. “And I want to be that.”

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Pulp Michigan: Shooting an elephant

By | Nic Rowan Columnist It was a carnival of carnage. When the 12-year-old Indian elephant Little Rajje rebelled against her trainer, Bill Pratt, at the circus in downtown Lansing on Sept. 26, 1963, the city went wild. Little Rajje was a big, but welltrained beast — clocking in at 3,000 pounds and with 10 years of accident-free experience in the both the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circuses under her belt — until onlookers started antagonizing her during an evening performance. Terrified and annoyed, Little Rajje stomped her foot and broke her chain. Despite Pratt’s coaxing pleas, she ran off and bumbled into a local department store, where she wandered around among the menswear, sporting goods, and gifts sections for half an hour, knocking into merchandise and causing thousands of dollars in damage. Police and circus employees finally calmed her down, but a loud burglar alarm (set off by a shoplifter taking advantage of the chaos) sent her into another panic. Little Rajje bolted out through the store’s back entrance and into a residential neighborhood. As she rampaged through backyards and down streets

— smashing porches, flipping cars, and trampling a 67-year-old man — Little Rajje attracted the worst sort of attention: high school boys. These boys were watching a varsity football game, but when they saw an elephant rumbling behind the stands, they decided to capture the beast. About 500 strong, they screamed at Little Rajje and rushed toward her, lobbing football equipment and trash in her direction. Other Lansing residents joined in the chase, until a crowd of nearly 4,000 marauders formed a mob behind the now furious elephant. All the while, police and Pratt trailed the crowd, begging them to stop. But there was no stopping now. The crowd had become a hunter, and Little Rajje was its prey. After 15 minutes, the authorities caught up with the madding crowd. Eight shots from police rifles turned her to a mud-stained heap in the middle of the road — still wearing her sequins and embroidered dancing harness. As the mob of 4,000 formed an open-mouthed ring around the dead elephant, someone in the crowd reportedly shouted, “Murderers! Murderers!” Police attempted to keep restless bystanders back, but to no avail. A man stepped out from the gawking faces and unloaded

a full clip of .22 caliber bullets into the corpse. Pratt leaned against a nearby car and buried his head in his hands, weeping. “Damn these people,” he shouted. “They wouldn’t leave her alone.” The incident made national news with a photo spread in Life Magazine featuring the weeping Pratt — earning Lansing infamy in the elephant-loving community. Looking back on the affair in 2011, one of the high school ringleaders, John Fouts, told the Lansing State Journal that he and his friends started the hunt for the same reasons a dog chases a car: mindless impulse. “Only after the elephant was killed did I realize what we had done,” Fouts said. “Five hundred kids chasing anything through city streets will always lead to nothing good.” But that was 55 years ago this week. We generally don’t have elephants at the fair anymore. Or freakshows. Or snakecharmers, gypsies, and crystal balls. Nothing wicked this way comes, except the constant crowd, always on the mindless hunt for pleasure — until its sport lies muddied and dead in the street.

History of the lost chapter of Alpha Xi Delta By | Allison Schuster Assistant Editor Many Hillsdale students and faculty assume Alpha Xi Delta sorority has been gone for decades. It only went defunct 14 years ago, however, and its departure played a role in shaping today’s informal recruitment process to what it is today. AXD was created in 1982 and departed in 2004 following many years of extreme growth and campus involvement. It wasn’t until a sudden controversy that caused a third of their house to quit, that they had to consider ending their chapter. Two years after their departure, as another one of the sororities on campus began to shrink, Hillsdale’s Panhellenic Council created a new recruitment process to prevent the decline of another house. The Zeta Sigma chapter of AXD, which was active at Hillsdale from 1983 to 2004, is one of 86 inactive chapters of AXD. There are currently 134 active AXD chapters, six of which are in Michigan. AXD, first proposed to join Hillsdale in 1977, was the first sorority addition to campus since Chi Omega in 1924. In the 15 years leading up to its founding on campus, 10 groups had unsuccessfully attempted to start a new sorority at Hillsdale, The Collegian reported in September of 1982. The process of bringing AXD to campus began in the spring of 1982, when former student Pat Dzialowski ‘83 noticed the increasing number of independent girls who were interested in joining a house but were unable to due to the previously-established sororities’ membership rules. Dzialowski attracted three others girls who saw the same

need, and they began their joint effort to form an official sorority, originally dubbing themselves the Athelias. The Athelias held regular meetings and finally chose Alpha Xi Delta as their official sorority. The Athelias worked closely with former Dean of Women Carol Ann Barker in speaking with the national sorority. The college played a direct role in organizing the chapter at first, but AXD grew increasingly independent once in contact with the AXD national headquarters. After a year of working to bring the sorority to campus, the Athelias officially pledged AXD. The Collegian reported in 1983 that the sorority had grown extremely fast through each stage of development necessary to become active members of AXD. During its first year on campus, AXD picked up 23 pledges, which is seven more girls than the sorority with the largest spring 2018 pledge class. In 1985, it grew so large that its current home was no longer fit to house the sorority, and the chapter found a new home at 306 N. West St., which housed 11 members. Today, the three sorority houses hold anywhere from 22 to 37 girls. During AXD’s relatively brief time on campus, it celebrated many achievements, including success in competition with other Greek houses, most of which had higher membership and a longer history on their side. AXD won the Homecoming Mock Rock dance competition in 1997, as well as Sigma Chi Derby Daze in 1995. “Although they are the smallest house on campus, the women of Alpha Xi Delta work as hard as the others to raise money for charity,” the Collegian reported in 1986. The Collegian often recognized AXD for their extensive

volunteer efforts, reporting in 2000 that “The philanthropic spirit literally consumed this house last year when they won the Greek Week fundraiser with the greatest number of construction paper links bought in their name to fund the charity of their choice.” The sorority’s praised pursuits were not only social and charitable but academic

wife of Professor of Art Bryan Springer. After a few years of declining membership, a third of the sorority suddenly left in May 2002, when AXD member Amber Briggs’ ‘02 exhibited behavior many in the sorority found unacceptable. “She likes to have fun,” The Collegian noted. “Parties, frat boys and off color humor were

In their last year, members split the chapter’s 28 offices between all 14 members. “Our chapter of 15 accomplished what other houses did with 70 members,” Kaye said in a 2003 letter to The Collegian. During this time, the chapter received a national award for sound management practices for their last four

A group of Hillsdale’s 2018 international students outside Mossey Library. Juan Dargas Hernandez | Courtesy.

as well. AXD commonly took home the scholarship cup, holding it for three consecutive semesters in 1986 through 1987. During its last semester at Hillsdale, AXD won the scholarship cup with an overall GPA of 3.435, while the all-school average was 3.132. Despite its apparent success as a chapter, AXD eventually began to struggle with membership. “We had thriving membership for many years, but I think we picked up sort of a problem pledge class my senior year which changed the house culture,” said Jaminda Springer ‘95, who joined AXD the fall semester of her sophomore year and is now the

things that defined her, and endeared many.” According to The Collegian in 2002, the debate over Briggs’ actions climaxed during an executive committee meeting on April 24. “Words flew and tears flowed,” The Collegian reported. The AXD Executive Committee decided to suspend Briggs after she refused to sign a contract putting her on probation and requiring her to go to anger management classes. Five other members deactivated shortly after, refusing to sign a contract requiring them to pay for a spot in the house for a year, citing the sorority’s treatment of Briggs as motivation to leave.

years, in addition to receiving a perfect score in financial management and receiving national honors for scholarship the last three years. In October of 2003, The Collegian reported that AXD decided to close the Zeta Sigma chapter, effective May 2004. They had 14 girls at the time. The choice came after their chapter’s national council gave them the option of quadrupaling their size within three pledge classes, or ending their chapter at the end of the semester or year. The seniors in the sorority thought it unfair to hand such a difficult task off to new members, Courtney Kaye, who was the chapter’s pres-

ident at the time, told The Collegian. Springer said she believes the membership challenges were due to the lack of an established culture on campus. “Our oldest alumni were only 10 years out of college, and they were busy starting families and having kids,” Springer said. “Other houses have the kind of proper advising that will notice house issues right away and help fix them.” Former Dean of Women CarolAnn Barker told The Collegian in October 2003 that the decision came quickly, and that she was never at all contacted before the decision was made by AXD. “‘We’ve never lost a sorority,’ Barker told The Collegian, adding that the administration never considered the possibility of the chapter closing. Only two years after AXD left campus did Hillsdale decide to switch to a new recruiting process. After seeing a growing disparity in numbers between the three houses, Dell said they needed to take precautionary measures with a new recruiting system to prevent what happened to AXD to happen to another sorority. “We weren’t doing what was in line with NPC [National Panhellenic Council],” said Associate Dean of Women Rebekah Dell, who also serves as Panhellenic Advisor for Women’s Greek Life. Kappa Kappa Gamma member Dana Falvo, a senior at the time, told The Collegian in 2004 that AXD’s departure was a “loss for the Greek community.” “It says something for the college to have strong national organizations,” she said.

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Charles Steele competes in ultra marathons. Charles Steele | Courtesy

By | Regan Meyer Study Break Editor Running a distance longer than 26.2 miles may seem impossible to the average person. For Charles Steele, however, it’s his idea of fun. Steele, an associate professor of economics and the Herman A. and Suzanne S. Dettwiler chair in economics, is an ultrarunner. He competes in ultra marathons, races longer than the 26.2 miles of a standard marathon.Steele

has been running since high school, and he first caught the bug when he competed in a 10-miler in Great Falls, Montana. “They had a team competition,” Steele said. “One of my brothers, a couple of other guys, and I formed a team. These other guys were all track runners and I beat all of them. I suddenly realized I could run distance and do it pretty competitively. So I started racing.” Steele became interested in triathlons and began running

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local races. He soon decided to begin training for a marathon. “The marathon I was training for was a small town thing that was canceled,” Steele said. “I happened to read that a marathon coach from Germany, Manfred Steffny, wrote that if you are trained so you can do a marathon comfortably, then you are ready to do a race up to 100k.” Steele had heard about a 50-mile race, the Le Grizz Ultramarathon. “I thought, well, I’ll try 50 miles,” Steele said. “I’d never run a marathon. So I ran the 50-miler and I finished it. That was my first ultramarathon which was before a marathon.” Le Grizz, located just outside of Glacier National Park, winds 50 miles in the Montana mountains gaining approximately 2,600 ft. in elevation. Steele first ran and finished Le Grizz in 1983. After an 11-year absence from the race, he came back to run it again in 1994. “It’s such a cool event,” Steele said. “The guy who founded this race, Pat Caffrey, used to have his whole philosophy of the race online. It was that some people think the salvation of man is the wilderness, while some people think civilization is. He says you actually need both. So, in Le Grizz, you will start in the wilderness and you will run to civilization, in fear, knowing that there are things out here that are bigger than you are

Alumni Jon and Lindsey Church in second year of mock trial coaching

ing.” in the spring, teams usually go By | Abraham Sullivan When Jon began to conto other invitational tournaCollegian Freelancer sider colleges, Hillsdale was ments at colleges which will Despite working full-time not on his list until his pastor give them additional practice. jobs as classical school teachconvinced him to think about Part of the Churches’ role is ers and living hours away it. getting invitations to these from campus, Hillsdale mock “Every Sunday he would tournaments. trial coaches Jon and Lindsey talk to me and tell me how his “We usually go to four Church drive to campus from grandkids had gone to Hills[tournaments] in the fall, and Detroit about twice a week to dale and he knew I’d just love then three in the spring if we lead the mock trial program. it,” Jon said. “He was insistent, make it to nationals,” Lindsey Both Jon and Lindsey and sold the school really said. attended Hillsdale, graduatwell, so I ended up visiting Hillsdale’s team has never ing in 2017. Both minored in and it became my first-choice made it to nationals, but the classical education and served school.” Churches are hopeful, they as GOAL leaders — Lindsey Lindsey grew up attending said. They also note that the leading the charter school a private Christian school. students have a lot of big tutoring program, and Jon Her father was the first to inwins against huge schools. leading the public school spire her interest in Hillsdale, The team competes against tutoring program. They both and she was fully convinced colleges such as Indiana Unicurrently teach at a classical she should attend after her versity, University of Chicaschool — Lindsey teaching college visit. go, Cornell University, and math and logic, and Jon Some of Jon and Lindsey’s Pennsylvania State University, teaching Latin and rhetoric, favorite memories as students as well as others each year. among other classes. They came from their role in the “We have tons of rounds contend that their mock trial mock trial team. against some of the best experience has shaped them “My favorite memories are schools in the country, includin their careers as teachers. ing big research “If you’re going universities and to teach well, then Ivy Leagues,” you’re going to Jon said. “It’s be questioning one of my favorwell,” Lindsey ite things about said. “Things don’t the program always go the way because it gives you planned them Hillsdale stuto. You have to be dents a chance able to react to how to compete the students are against the best actually underin the country.” standing someOther thing and change administrative your approach to work they have fit your audience. to do includes Mock trial planning travel was one of Jon’s and putting major high school together lesson activities. He plans. They also grew up in Cedar spend a lot of Rapids, Iowa, and time outside of was homeschooled that working through junior with students high, and then did on their legal some classes at a arguments. public high school Jon says the while continuing mock trial team partial homeschool- Jon and Lindsey Church are coaching Mock Trial. | Courtesy is an “incredibly ing. After graduating close” commufrom high school, Jon took probably traveling with the nity. two years off school to work mock trial team,” said Jon, “It’s a program we bebefore attending college. who was the team manager lieve in,” Jon expanded. “We “I worked quite a few during his time as a student. absolutely love the team. The jobs, usually three at a time,” “It was a big part of what people within the team somehe said. “Usually it involved I did. Getting to know the times call it the ‘mock trial starting the day working from team, getting close with a family.’” 7:30 until 2 or 3 at a European group of people as we traveled The students appreciate car dealership. Then I’d go across the country and faced them, as well. serve [as a waiter at a restauoff against some pretty big “Jon and Lindsey are great rant], then I’d go clean when I schools.” people,” sophomore Connor was done waiting tables.” Hillsdale was also where Daniels said. “They’re both During the school year, he Jon and Lindsey met each alumni of the college and had the chance to replace his other. They had several mutu- were very good when they restaurant job with coaching al friends freshman year and competed on the mock trial the mock trial team he had were also in the same Introteam, so they really know been a part of in high school. duction to Political Economy how mock trial works, but “I captained the team course with Professor of also how it works for Hillsthrough high school, and Economics Gary Wolfram. dale College students. They’re then they ended up offering After graduation they familiar with the kinds of me a job coaching after I joined Neil Brady, Hillsschedules we keep and really graduated,” he said. “It was a dale’s county prosecutor, as understand the perspective we small program, it wasn’t wellmock trial coaches. While have in coming to mock trial known, we were not ranked the American Mock Trial as a competitive event …. To well. We ended up moving up Association (AMTA), which come down here once or twice and winning state championgoverns all college mock trial a week — that’s impressive. It ship by my final year coachteams, has three tournaments means a lot to us.”

and might think you’re food.” After returning to the event in 1994, Steele became a constant fixture at the race. “He always had fun,” Le Grizz founder Pat Caffrey said. “I remember he’d always finish with a smile on his face. He still does, which is hard to do in this race. He’s just a real positive person.” Caffrey ran Le Grizz from its inception in 1982 until 2014 when the Polebridge Mercantile, near the North Fork of the Flathead River, purchased the event. “It’s out in the wild,” Caffrey said. “It doesn’t start or end in any towns. There’s grizzly bears on the loose. There’s a chance you’ll encounter one. That’s why we call it Le Grizz.” Runners who finish Le Grizz 10 times receive the 10 Bears award, a clock and grizzly bear statue mounted on a slab of Montana juniper or cedar wood. Steele earned his 10 Bears Den award in 2010 at the age of 55 and has finished Le Grizz a total of 16 times. He’ll go for his 17th finish this October. Steele hopes to earn his Chief 10 Bears award in the next few years, the recognition an individual earns after finishing Le Grizz 20 times. Steele has also run, by his estimation, 29 other ultramarathons. “The longest one I’ve done is Rocky Raccoon, which is a 100-miler in Texas,” Steele said. “I’ve done some other ones in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming. In Michigan, I’ve done a couple trail runs here.

There’s one over in Pinckney, MI. It’s a 50k right at the end of April. I just did Woodstock, another 50k.” Steele ran Woodstock, also located in Pinckney, just a few weekends ago. He was joined by Hillsdale senior Emma McCormick. “I had heard mention of ultrarunning,” McCormick said. “I didn’t get formally introduced to it until I met Dr. Steele. His running and all he’s done, that’s kind of what got me more interested in ultrarunning.” McCormick did the 50-miler at Woodstock. “I thought I knew what ultrarunning was,” McCormick said. “I did a 50k and thought ‘eh, that was pretty long’. But then I did the 50-miler, and it’s like a whole different sport. It is kind of crazy.” McCormick says running a race of that length requires a certain mentality. “If you’re fit and you can work up to it, you can do it,” McCormick said. “But to tell yourself you can do it is a lot harder. You have to want to do it. And then you just tell yourself you can do it. Sometimes it’s just make it to the next aid station.” Professor of Political Economics Gary Wolfram, has run about 100 marathons in his lifetime but has never competed in anything longer than a marathon. “Marathoning at least you’re going to run fast,” Wolfram said. “When you start running 50 miles or 100

miles, you’re not going to run 100 miles at a 5 minute pace. I think it becomes more of ‘hey I want to finish’ as opposed to ‘I have a certain time that I want to run.’” Wolfram never considered running an ultramarathon as he ran marathons hoping to qualify for the olympic trials. “Once I started training for that, I was going to be at the front of the race,” Wolfram said. “If I’m going to Detroit to run the Detroit marathon, I’m going to try to win. There’s no chance I’m going to a 50-miler and trying to win it. The opportunity cost of running a 50-miler was just too high.” For Steele, however, it’s the opposite. “I think I’ve run five marathons,” Steele said. “They’re too short.” Steele credits ultramarathons with how he approaches life. “It’s that endurance mentality and the understanding that when you’re trying to accomplish something it may take a very, very long time,” Steele said. “ Anytime I take a step it is so small that it’s insignificant. It’s nothing against 100 miles. Yet, you keep doing one more one more and eventually you’ve run 100 miles. Always push forward and make progress.”

Students teach English in Jordan Sophomore Jolene Estruth and Emille Martelli taught English to Syrian refugees. Jolene Estruth | Courtesy

By | Josephine von Dohlen City News Editor When sophomores Jolene Estruth and Emille Martelli began teaching English to Syrian refugee children this past summer at a school in Jordan, most of the children, ages 5-7, knew three words in English: hi, bathroom, and teacher. Throughout the next three weeks, both Estruth and Martelli connected with the students, sharing whatever English lessons they could and forming strong bonds with the children. They taught the children the alphabet, about colors, foods, different careers and vocations, as well as emotions. By the end of their stay, the children could say sentences beginning with, “My name is” and, “I am sad, happy, etc.” On the last day of the program, one 6-year-old child, Mohammed, held on to Estruth, and with eyes full of tears, refused to let go. “For him to show that much gratitude and affection to me just changed my heart,” Estruth said. Estruth and Martelli learned about the opportunity to travel to Jordan as English teachers at Hillsdale’s College Baptist Church last year, when a representative from the English Language Institute/ China came to share about the organization’s opportunities around the world. ELIC exists to bring teachers to Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa in both short-term and long-term programs, according to the website of the 37-year-old organization. “We believe that in the countries where we work, there is a specific need for well-trained, professional English teachers,” said Kailey Loper, a candidate advisor for ELIC, in an email. “These English teachers pursue excellence in the classroom as a central part of their calling. On a platform of educational credibility and classroom quality, we can establish a lasting structure where deep relationships can be built.” ELIC’s programming expanded from Asia into the Middle East during the Syrian

refugee crisis that was increasing due to Syria’s civil war and ISIS. Programming in Jordan began in 2015. “As we met leaders and families throughout these wartorn regions, we recognized that there were students not being educated because they had to flee their homes,” Loper said. “Many organizations have contributed their services in the form of medicine, food, housing, and clothing. Our expertise is in education and we knew we needed to use our experience and knowledge to contribute to the rebuilding of lives in that part of the world.” Martelli said that she “closed the door” at first when she heard the organization wanted English teachers. Estruth already had plans to spend her next summer in Washington, D.C., but said “that all changed when ELIC came into the picture.” The two both prayed about the opportunity, applied for the program, and then began fundraising for their trip. Before their arrival in Jordan, one primary concern for the both of them was their safety in the Middle East. They received extensive training, Estruth said. At the end of June, Estruth and Martelli began their trip to Jordan, completing training in Chicago first before flying to the Middle East. Upon arriving in Jordan, Estruth said they were greeted with kindness. “The local Jordanians are so welcoming,” she said. “They live such a lifestyle of hospitality.” Despite their warm welcome to the town of Mufraq, Jordan, tensions between other groups of people already there were not invisible. “Most tensions are between the local Jordanians and the Syrian refugees that just arrived,” Estruth said. “It’s always hard being a refugee.” The trip also dissolved some of the stereotypical assumptions about Muslims that Estruth had seen in the United States. “Being there and living with these people, you realize how untrue and unfair those assumptions are,” Estruth said. On the first day of school, the school’s principal, a big,

tall man named Agab, lined the children up according to height and divided them into different classes — the smallest children going into the youngest grades and the tallest children going into the older grades. Both Estruth and Martelli were teaching some of the school’s youngest grades. Estruth said sometimes the children would come to school in the morning, extremely thirsty because they hadn’t had anything to drink since the day before. Going to school provided the Syrian refugee children with water and at least one meal. Other times, children wouldn’t show up for a few days, and then would come back out of nowhere with bruises all over their bodies, Estruth said. Going to school provided the children with some stability and comfort. “Agab was the scariest looking guy, ever,” Martelli said. “But when a child was upset, we would bring them to his office and he would pick them up and bring them candy and toys. He was making them feel better and comforting them. He would ask them, ‘Are you good? I’m glad you’re here. We love you at this school. Go back to class and learn a lot.’” In addition to teaching, the two were able to make a few home visits, to visit the families of the children they were teaching in school. Martelli recalled a day where she was able to go into the home of a Muslim refugee family. “When we got to the door, the mother and father had huge grins on their faces, they were so happy to see us,” she said. The father shared the family’s story of how they fled from Syria to Jordan, how he had to give up ownership of his own company and break off ties with a medical professional who had specialized in his daughter’s tumor. “He ended the story by sharing his desire for his children to grow up to be respectful adults, and one day have financial security again, and to find peace in their culture after all the trauma they have faced,” Martelli said. Martelli’s experience in Jordan encouraged her to get involved with International Student Ministry on campus. “Internationals are fascinating,” she said. “They bring fresh perspective on life. They open up our lives to a new way of living, to God.”

B6 September 27, 2018 The Hanush family stopped at HIllsdale College on their walk across America. Brooke Conrad } Collegian

Prayer warriors on a trek across America stop at Hillsdale By | Brooke Conrad Features Editor Two thousand miles into their nearly 6,000-mile prayer walk across America, Lyn and Darrol Hanush took a slight detour up Baw Beese trail on Tuesday, snapping a selfie in front of the eagle statue at the Hillsdale College campus entrance and adding an entry to their daily blog. “I get Imprimis and read it and love it,” Lyn Hanush, 76, said. “I love what college stands for, I love that they’re teaching about America and the Constitution and what really is America. When I realized my route was kind of close to Hillsdale, I said, ‘That’s where Hillsdale College is, I bet,’ and I knew I had to come to Hillsdale College.” The Hanushes began their “GPS walk” on July 4, 2017, starting in Maine, and working their way toward southern California, after which they’ll cross back east and end in Mississippi. After trekking northwest through Ohio for several days, they crossed into Michigan and will have their motor home parked at Gateway Compound until Thursday. This is Lyn’s fifth and final cross-country journey, in which she’s attempting to hit

all the remaining states that she hadn’t reached during the other four trips. Lyn and her son Darrol walk about 4 hours a day, 5 days a week, averaging about 10 miles each day. Lyn’s husband, Dave Hanush, drives them back at the end of each day to their motor home, which they move periodically from campground to campground, and then drives them back in the morning to where they left off the previous day. They estimate the trip will take them a total of six years and cost an excess of $94,000. Executive Assistant to the Director of Parent Relations Cheryl Clawson said she ran into Lyn in Moss Hall when the Hanush family visited the campus Tuesday. “I met her in the hallway at Moss Hall looking like she was lost,” she said. “I asked if I could help her and she said she was walking across America and praying for our country. She wanted to let an administrator know. I struck up a conversation with her, and later she came by my office to give me a book she had written, and I met her husband and son. Before they left, I asked if I could pray with them about their mission, which we did.” Clawson said running into Lyn and her son was a “won-

derful chance experience,” as she is currently caring for a foster child. “It was providential, I’d say. Her son was adopted and was personally encouraging to me as we talked about my foster granddaughter and our hopes for adoption into our family,” she said. The Hanushes pray for every community they pass through, and wave to and pray for every driver who passes them on the road. “Hillsdale College has gotten a lot of prayer because I really love this college so much,” Lyn said. Lyn says the journey started as a “pipe dream” since she was 11 years old of cycling across the United States. After her mother had a stroke, she started taking long walks, pushing her mother in a wheelchair. One summer she decided to walk all the way up the state of California. “I realized this is something I can do, and I love it,” she said. After her first two cross-country walks, focused on raising money for various causes, she was already preparing for a third walk when September 11, 2001 came. “When that happened [Dave] and I looked at each other and we instantly real-

ized it would have to be a walk of prayer for our nation,” she said. “And every walk since then has been walk for the nation.” In 2008, an election year, Lyn did an East Coast walk during which she prayed for the election. “I make it a point not to put out there who I’m for. I try keep it nonpolitical when I’m walking and when I’m meeting people. But I’m praying so that people will pray and make wise choices.” One of the highlights of the trip so far came in January, when the Hanushes paid a visit to Willie’s Duck Diner in West Monroe, Louisiana, owned by “Duck Dynasty” star Willie Robertson. Although they didn’t get to meet the Robertsons, the Hanushes said they saw the family on Sunday when they visited White’s church. The real climax of the visit, though, was when Darrol was able to reconnect with a few of his birth relatives, whom he hadn’t seen in 15 years. He had no contact information, but he remembered his two aunts worked at the Walmart in the area, so he asked the supervisor about them. “I told her they’re from Winsborough, Louisiana. She says ‘Really? My dad is

from Winsborough.’ She says ‘Just a second.’ She gets on the phone… so within 45 minutes, I was reunited with them. And then I got to see the rest of them the next day.” Lyn reviews scripture verses she has memorized while she walks and has chosen a new verse to focus on every year since 1988. This year’s is Isaiah 41: “I am the Lord your God. Do not fear; I will help you.” “It’s that time out there walking alone and communing with God where a lot of times he points out things in my life that need to change. Sometimes he points out things I need to see need to rejoice in. On one of the walks I worked through anger issues... God has helped me overcome that so beautifully.” This is Darrol’s first trip, and he says he never would have done this before, but has seen God develop his spiritual gifts. I’m a very outgoing person, but to go up and ask people ‘Can I pray for you?’- I never used to do that. I think if all of us were more like that we would make more of a difference.” During Lyn’s other trips, Dave, a retired certified public accountant, used to visit her periodically, but this time he

decided to come along as the group’s driver. He experienced a stroke shortly before the trip and is unable to make the long distances. He’s a retired certified public accountant, specializing in minister and missionary taxes. “Everybody’s retirement dream is to travel,” he said. Many people have stopped along the road to talk to the Hanushes. Some ask if they need directions, another passed them in the rain and threw ponchos out the window while returning in the other direction. Lyn said one group of TV journalists slammed on the brakes after passing them on the road and asked for an interview. The Hanushes always offer to pray for stopping passersby, and occasionally someone will even join the Hanushes for part of their journey. Lyn said Jamestown, New York was one of her favorite stops along this route, where they met a couple who took them out to lunch. “He came the next day and walked with us so he could know what it was really like and know how to pray. That was just really special that he would do that.”

New manager personalizes Campus Chic: The Menchingers service at Bon Appétit By | Cal Abbo Assistant Editor Shane Powers, Bon Appétit’s new account support manager, takes students’ food concerns personally. Powers often walks around the dining hall during mealtimes, asking students about their experience and if he can do anything to make it better. “That’s actually a personal thing of mine,” Powers said. “I take great pride in the food that we serve. If I serve you the food, but don’t come out and actually talk to you, the food could be bad if I don’t get feedback.” Powers, in his fifth year with Bon Appétit, came to campus to make sure Hillsdale’s food service is meeting the company’s new guidelines. Powers has also aided Bon Appétit in presenting students with new vegetarian, gluten-free, and non-dairy options. He has opened several Bon Appétit locations around the country, but his primary work is based at Albion College, a small liberal arts college about 40 minutes north of Hillsdale. “We have certain standards and expectations to achieve,” Powers said. “We use a program to make sure everything is uniform and consistent at all our locations.” Expectations range anywhere from the number of proteins and toppings at the salad bar to ensuring a certain amount of dairy-free options at each meal. To start, Bon Appétit introduced the new Market area as vegan and dairy-free. The “Market” now features many different types of beans, vegetables, and grains that weren’t offered before. “We’re filling a need for

certain vegan and vegetarian students as well as those with dietary restrictions,” Powers said. “A part of the student population wanted that service, and we’ve gotten a lot of great feedback from students that have that need.” Sophomore Caleb Ramette is one of the students whose dietary needs Bon Appétit has met. Ramette said that starting this year, Powers has helped streamline his communication with Bon Appétit.

Powers also helps freshman Elizabeth Hughes with her dietary restrictions. A week before coming to Hillsdale, Hughes found out she was allergic to dairy and eggs. “Shane has said ‘hi’ to me everyday and made sure I have everything I need,” she said. “He’s offered to cook me special foods in case I can’t have anything that the cafeteria offers.” Hughes explained that even foods like vegetables and meat often have butter or dairy in the sauces. “Sometimes they’ll take some vegetables or meat out for me specifically. He’s given me access to special sections in the cafeteria for people with dietary needs,” she said. “I really enjoy also knowing Shane Powers helps accomodate student needs. him. It makes Shane Powers | Courtesy me feel taken “When I met him for the care of. I’m not just another first time, he immediately inface.” troduced me to the new chefs Powers said the best part of and we talked about how we his job was leaving the kitchen could work together,” he said. to talk with the students. Every meal, he meets with “I’d actually like to spend a chef to figure out which more time in the dining room specific foods are okay for him talking to students and staff to eat. “I met Shane for the about how everything is than first time and he immediately anything else,” he said. “That’s agreed to help me in any way how I meet the students and possible,” Ramette said. “I see get to know them.” him almost every day in the Since Powers has been at dining hall and he always asks Albion, he came up with ideas if he can do anything to imto make their finals week less prove the dining experience.” stressful.

“During midterms, I drive around in a golf cart from 8 p.m. to midnight and give out coffee and hot chocolate.” Powers said he’s been working on a couple of projects at Hillsdale, too. He hinted at a trivia night: “like getting Charger cash for answering questions at a meal service.” Over the past few weeks, Powers said he’s gotten to know some groups of students pretty well, particularly the women’s volleyball team. “By being out there with them I get to know the team,” Powers said. “Their coach just put them on this restricted meal plan a couple weeks ago. I didn’t know that, so I baked them three dozen chocolate chip cookies and brought it out to the table. But the day before the game they’re not allowed to have any extra sweets.” Powers spends about an hour during each meal talking to students about their experience. The rest of the time he helps out around the kitchen, making sure everything goes smoothly. “My job is to make sure that every aspect is running right. I make sure the dish room is running good, the staff is doing good, make sure the food is nice in presentation, make sure we’re not running out of things.” Powers said that everything he does from expanding food variety to baking cookies for the volleyball team is for the students. “I like interacting with the students a lot. Ultimately, they’re the ones that are paying me, and I’m there to make sure they’re happy. That’s my job.”

Matt Menchinger ‘06, former Hillsdale football team player, and Amanda Menching ‘07, former women’s swim team member pose with their three children, Scarlett, Maverick, and Madden.

How does it feel to be back? Matt: Feels great! Amanda: Very momentous… what’s the word I’m looking for…. Nostalgic. How have things changed at Hillsdale? M: the facilities are much improved. A: There are flushing toilets now.

Matt, how has the football team changed? M: It’s better than when I played. When I was a freshmen, it was actually Otterbein’s first year. What do you think of style at Hillsdale? M: It’s pretty much the same. A: Yeah, like a Hillsdale sweatshirt & jeans.