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Construction of Christ Chapel continues without complication By | Kaylee McGhee CIty News Editor Construction of Christ Chapel continues to progress smoothly, with the walls now going up. After four years of extensive planning and fundraising, Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé said the chapel is on schedule to be completed by commencement 2019. With a few exceptions, the project has advanced smoothly. “Of course there have been delays and setbacks, but adjustments are constantly being made by the team to overcome those problems and stay on schedule,” Péwé said in an email. “Sometimes that requires creativity and working out of sequence. But there has been nothing that is a major issue.” The construction team, led by Weigand Construction and Mark Schollenberger, who oversaw renovations to the Roche Sports Complex in 2014, has thought through every obstacle that might arise, Péwé told The Collegian in a past interview. The team is working to move quickly and

efficiently but in the safest way possible. Architect Duncan Stroik, the mind behind the blueprints, said it is thrilling to watch his blueprints come to life. Stroik said his team sought to capture the essence of Hillsdale College and its mission. “Every project of ours has unique requirements, and at Hillsdale, there is a great love of the Anglo-American architectural tradition as well as a love of your campus,” Stroik said in an email. “We have sought to bring those two things together in order to design a chapel that we hope will look like it has always been there while being strikingly innovative.” The construction team recently finished connecting the chapel to campus heating and air conditioning by creating a utility tunnel. Stroik said this took careful planning and ingenuity, since the tunnel was constructed while allowing water, sewer, and other existing lines to bypass each other. “Things were discovered about Grewcock during construction — as they always are,” Stroik said in an email.

“Solutions were developed to solve the issues. Very creative, very exciting, and eventually, very hidden.” Péwé said no significant changes to Stroik’s original plans have been made. Once completed, Christ Chapel will have room for up to 1,400 people, providing space for convocations; orchestral, choir, and other musical performances; major lectures; and commencement. Stroik said he is most looking forward to the chapel’s circular portico with a brick dome — one of the first of its kind in 50 years — and the nave with 25-foot Doric limestone columns, which will support the balconies and roof. “In their simplicity and ruggedness, they give a gravitas to the house of God,” Stroik said. Péwé praised Stroik and his architectural team, saying his eye for detail has aided the project. “Duncan Stroik and his team are talented architects,” Péwé said. “They consistently take great care to get the details just right. The quality and the detail of his drawings

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and those of his team are exemplary.” President Larry Arnn said anticipation continues to build as construction pro-

gresses. Coupled with renderings, the chapel is becoming impressive to visitors and friends of the college as it takes shape, he said.

“So far, the construction is ugly,” Arnn said in an email. “But the first hints of excitement emerge.”

Mayoral candidates pledge different paths to paved roads By | Katherine Scheu

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Associate Editor A drive down Hillsdale’s most crumbling roads may no longer feel like a sudden, unsolicited stint on an old, wooden rollercoaster. Mayoral candidates current Mayor Scott Sessions and City Councilman Adam Stockford have pledged to fix Hillsdale’s disintegrating roads, but their solutions take different paths to even asphalt and patched potholes. Sessions said he will continue to search out grants and use tax dollars to fix Hillsdale’s infrastructure crisis with immediacy, but Stockford said economic development, supplemented by grants, will beget city funding for the project that costs $1 million per mile. Four-time City Councilman Bruce Sharp said his years in office have taught him the severity of the road problem, which developed when the upkeep budget was cut about 20 years ago and street maintenance stopped, according to Sessions. “The roads are the No. 1 issue in this town,” Sharp said. “We’ve ignored the streets for many years, and it’s going to take time and money to fix them.” Sessions and Stockford agreed with Sharp’s analysis. Under the mayor’s direction, the city has put aside more than $900,000 intended for the roads, which will be spent in the next fiscal year. This money compris-

es $300,000 saved from the which is the erosion of our previous year, $300,000 from industrial base.” the three-millage property tax Stockford said he likes to passed in June, and $300,000 explain his approach to the from a pilot program in which infrastructure problem using the city receives money in lieu an analogy of household of taxes, Sessions said. finances. “Since I’ve been on council and mayor, we’ve done three streets, three projects,” Sessions said. “We have put money toward that. But this is sustainable funding for streets.” Sessions credits City Manager David Mackie for the work he has Vine Street is one road in the city that need done to secure repairs. Brendan Clarey | Collegian Hillsdale grant “If your driveway is in termoney from the state. In addirible shape and you’re worktion to the grants he obtained ing a minimum wage job, you for the Dawn Theater, Rough Draft, and Stock’s Mill, Mack- can borrow money to fix it, you can steal, you can beg for ie has submitted Hillsdale for money, but the only respona $1.8 million grant through sible way you’re going to get Infrastructure Capacity Enthat fixed is to build your skill hancement. set to make your earning poTying grants and taxes together is Sessions’ overall phi- tential higher,” Stockford said. “If you’re working for $20 an losophy about roads — they hour, that driveway isn’t an require immediate action. amount that’s unsurpassable.” “We can’t wait any longer,” Stockford said he sees he said. “We can’t wait. We economic opportunity in food have to do something.” processing such as ColdwaStockford, however, is a ter’s new processing plant, little more comfortable being Clemens Food Group, which patient. “For years I’ve been saying, provided the city 600 jobs. He suggested that Hillsdale and I believe this to be true, that the roads are a secondary should try to attract similar issue,” Stockford said. “They’re businesses to come to town. He amended that, right now, a symptom of a bigger probthe city’s economy does not lem: economic stagnation,

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appeal to such enterprises. “They went there, because they wanted to be in Michigan where all the hog farming is, and that’s right here in Hillsdale County,” Stockford said. “I’m not sure if we could have gotten them to come to Hillsdale. I’m not sure if that was a possibility or not.” Stockford’s goal to invigorate the economy did contribute to his vote against the three-millage income tax, but he said his main concern was that there was an option to put the increase on the ballot and let the public vote on it. The council, however, passed the measure unilaterally. “I do think that the current administration has been very focused on trying to do something about these streets,” he said. “They are thinking out of the box, they are. But I don’t think a unilateral tax increase on the majority of the residents was a smart way to build trust.” Grants, Stockford said, would still play a part in his move to fix and maintain Hillsdale streets. He, like Sessions, also congratulated City Manager Mackie in the work he has done to secure state money for Hillsdale. But that doesn’t change Stockford’s conviction: “The only responsible way to not only fix the streets but also, in the long run, to maintain them is through aggressive economic development. The rest will fall into place.” Look for The Hillsdale Collegian

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Jillian Melchior ’09 to receive Outstanding Young Alumna award By | Breana Noble Editor-in-cheif Jillian Kay Melchior ’09 woke up early April 11 of her junior year at Hillsdale College in 2008. She ran down the stairs in her pajamas to grab the newspaper. This issue was different. “It was the most exciting thing,” Melchior said. “My name was in The Wall Street Journal.” The opportunity arose when Naomi Schaefer Riley, WSJ’s deputy taste page editor at the time, taught a class at Hillsdale for the Dow Journalism Program, and Melchior pitched her a story on Christians who believe in arranged marriage. Following graduation, Melchior did a summer fellowship with the paper in Hong Kong. She returned to the Journal in July full time as an editorial page writer. “In a way, it’s kind of a dream come true. I think it’s the best newspaper in the U.S.,” Melchior said. “I’m working with the best in the business, and it’s cool to have them across the desk from you.” On Friday, the Alumni Association is honoring Melchior with the Outstanding Young Alumna award at

its 66th annual banquet to celebrate her already-impressive career, according to Grigor Hasted, director of alumni relations. The award recognizes a graduate 10 years or less out of school who excels in his or her field and is likely to build upon that early success. “I’ve seen her in interviews on television, and I’ve been very impressed,” Hasted said. “I couldn’t get over her poise and her perspective and knowledge on current events.” Melchior comes to the Journal after working as an investigative reporter at the now defunct Heat Street. She now writes unsigned editorials and continues to report on organized labor, culture wars, and free-speech conflicts on college campuses. On Sept. 21, Melchior published a revealing article on Evergreen State College, after emails she obtained through Washington state’s Public Records Act showed the school was hiding racial hostilities on campus, a different story from what the school said in a statement following protests and a lawsuit. “She managed to use the act to dig a little deeper and find information that counted and keep their feet to the fire,” said James Taranto, editorial features editor for

By | Nic Rowan Collegian Reporter Exactly 1.61 percent of students enrolled at Hillsdale are named John, making it the top name on campus. Hannah is the second most common name; Matthew is the third. It should come as no surprise that John would be popular in Hillsdale. The name is everywhere, from Miller to Somerville to Wayne Gacy. Local police name unidentified dead people John. And it’s not just Hillsdale where John sits at the right hand. According to the computational knowledge engine Wolfram Alpha, there are about 3.56 million people named John alive in the country today, making it the third most popular name in the United States. Senior John Gage said the pervasive commonality of his name often allows humorous situations to arise. “People mistake me for the bathroom all the time,” he said. Hannah, in addition to being the second most popular name on campus, is on its way to becoming a national mainstay in the name game. It’s the 137th most popular name in the United States, with an expected 356,880 people alive

today bearing it, according to Wolfram Alpha. Junior Hannah Schaff said she likes how the name identifies her as Christian. “I have had a couple times where adults I meet when I’m working at the sports complex have commented on my nice Bible name, and I like that,” she said. “I like having a name with meaning, and I think it’s cool that people can identify my family as Christian because of my Portions are relative to the number of students with the 11 most name.” common first names. Katherine Scheu | Collegian With 1.28 Alpha, making it the 14th in our sophomore chemistry percent of the most popular in the country. class, which was funny for us, student body, Matthew is the Junior Matt Nolan said his but not so much for the teachthird most common name name’s commonality among er,” he said. “I think the thing for Hillsdale students. Also his peers doesn’t bother him. I run into the most is when I biblical name, it has been In fact, he enjoys it. meet another Matt, I always popular nationally since the nineteenth century. There are “I was friends with two have a one-liner like ‘awesome about 1.431 million people other guys named Matt in name dude!’ or something like in the United States with the high school, and we all dethat to say back.” name, according to Wolfram cided to sit next to each other

The Journal, who described Melchior as his protégé and a friend. “I think she has a great deal of enterprise and energy. She has particular talent with Freedom of Information Act requests. She’s taught me a few

school newspapers. The principal even let her skip class to hang out at the local news channel, which had her create broadcasts at the high school. At Hillsdale, she served as an editor for opinions and

Melchior participated in a Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship with The Phillips Foundation, and she traveled throughout Asia for a longterm, multi-country reporting itinerary. Afterward, she wrote

Jillian Melchior ’09 is the recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumna award. | Courtesy

things. She has a real knack at finding an interesting story.” Melchior already has had years of practice. She wrote for her junior high and high

beyond, a page that focused on investigative reporting. She also interned for The Detroit News. From 2011 to 2012,

for National Review magazine as an investigative reporter through fellowships with the Franklin Center, Women’s Independent Forum, and

the Steamboat Institute until February 2016. She also had the chance to report in China, Iraq, Ukraine, and Taiwan, which brought forth some of the pieces of which she is most proud. Having taken many classes on foreign politics, Melchior, who studied political science, said her classes have helped her to better understand the countries she has visited. Her liberal-arts education has given her a broad understanding on the important things, she said. Melchior said she hopes to do more foreign correspondence in the future. For now, though, she said she is focused on domestic news and is enjoying the challenge that comes with her new position and covering topics outside of her regular beats. Her mentors said they expect great things from her in the future. “She’s like Velcro; stories stick to her, and she is good at identifying what will make a good piece,” said Nolan Finley, The Detroit News’ editorial page editor who convinced Melchior to go into opinion writing. “I think she could become an influential person in public policy and the national conversation.”

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Silent auction supports storm relief

By | Elizabeth Bachmann Collegian Reporter The Student Activities Board is organizing a hurricane relief silent auction, adding an element of philanthropy to the spirit and fun of homecoming weekend. This two-day event will take place Thursday and Friday and will raise funds for hurricane relief in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The event will take place in the Grewcock Student Union and is open to Hillsdale Students and faculty as well as the greater Hillsdale community. Dean of Women Diane Philipp was inspired to initiate the project after hearing about the devastation in the wake of Hurricane Harvey in Texas. “I believe it is a good thing for Student Activities to host this event helping Americans in need,” Philipp said. “When we live so far away, it is easy to become disconnected from these difficult situations. The auction gives our campus an opportunity to work together for a very good cause.” Assistant Director of Student Activities Hank Prim said a big reason SAB planned the event during homecoming weekend was

they wanted to involve “all the different niches around town,” as well as alumni and special guests. “We want to make this a wide effort with all the different parties involved,” Prim said. Visitors will be able to vote on a variety of items, including gift cards and gift baskets from community businesses, and donations from the Hillsdale College community and faculty members. Some professors are donating dinner with their families, while others are auctioning off signed copies of their books. There will also be opportunities to win trips to the top of Central Hall, tours around campus, and parking passes. Those who are not interested in auction items can participate in a penny war, which will go on throughout the event, in addition to various spirit games where participants can win prizes for guessing which teams will win the homecoming spirit week competitions. SAB will announce item and game winners after the auction closes Friday night. It will then donate all of the funds from the auction directly to the American Red Cross, which will allocate the funds from there.

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Donations will be auctioned off at the silent auction Thursday and Friday. Elizabeth Bachmann | Collegian

“Red Cross told us just raising money is what they need most,” said Ashlyn Landherr, director of Student Activities. “They get all these things donated but it’s hard to get them to the right people. That is why they asked us to raise money primarily.” While this event was primarily organized by the the Student Activities Board, Prim and Landherr emphasize that it is a college-wide philanthropy initiative.

“We sometimes get stuck in the Hillsdale bubble, and it is hard for us to reach out and make connections across the country,” Prim said. “This is a cool opportunity to help out, especially in communities that our college students, faculty, and staff call home. It really is a team effort and a college-wide initiative, and we have been super lucky to get all the help from all the people we have.”

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By | Allison Schuster Collegian Reporter Student Federation chose Kaitlin Makuski as the new junior independent representative last week, after the former representative resigned. Student Fed has an attendance policy that allows four missed meetings. After junior independent Rep. Quinn Myers missed four meetings, the officers asked him whether or not he was able to continue with the federation. “I wanted to pick up a few more hours at my job, meaning I would miss out on even more Student Fed meetings,” Myers said. “They asked me if I wanted to continue with Student Fed, and I said no.” It is common for students to choose not to return to the federation for the next semester of their term. Freshman year is typically the most competitive election year as many students decide to try it out since there is no incumbency advantage, according to Senior and Vice President of Student Fed Maria Theisen. When positions open up in the middle of the year, Student Fed creates a caucus made up of all the independent representatives. About two weeks ago, the officers notified the independent representatives to begin thinking about the process. After advertising, they received a few applications. Makuski was notified and accepted the position Saturday, Sept. 24th. Each winter there’s an election for the new Student Fed members. Students are elected for the following two semesters until the next election. Therefore if elected as a freshman independent representative, one will remain the independent freshman representative throughout the first semester of their sophomore year until re-elected for the next year. The federation has two independent representatives from each grade other than the senior class, a representative from each greek house, a graduate school representative, and four officers, totaling 19 members. A representative must

Kaitlin Makuski is the new junior representative for the Student Federation. Kaitlin Makuski | Courtesy

care about campus life and be fully invested in the needs of the student body. The job involves making choices between which clubs get certain funds, so being objective in those situations is important, according to Sophomore Independent Representative Matthew Clark. “We’re here to serve the student body,” Clark said. “We really value individuals who are willing to take time out of their very busy lives to help lead.” Theisen said bias has never been an issue on Student Fed, and they intend to keep this tradition of impartiality alive. Aside from the three girls who are the representatives for the three sorority houses, Theisen was the only elected female on Student Fed until now. “I’m really excited for her to come on with us,” Theisen said. “Girls are often deterred freshman year from running because they don’t know if they’ll go greek, and guys already know if they’re greek or not. And once you’re elected freshman year, usually the same people run again and again so it just creates this trend that there are a lack of girls.” Makuski will be joining Student Fed at their next meeting on Thursday, Oct. 5th. “I’m excited to get to work and to hopefully provide a new perspective as the only independent female in the Student Federation,” Makuski said in an email.

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Debate wins sweepstakes By | Rowan Macwan Collegian Reporter Hillsdale’s debate team won first place overall sweepstakes at the first tournament of the Emma Carville, KKG season this weekend. Nine freshmen and two upperclassmen traveled to Western Kentucky University to compete in Lincoln-Douglas policy debate against competitors from Wiley College, Central Michigan University, and other colleges. Sophomore Henrey Deese broke into Doug Phillips, DSP octa-finals in the open division, freshman Erin Reichard broke to quarter-finals in the novice division, freshmen Carl Miller and T.J. Wilson broke into semi-finals, and Reichard won fifth best novice speaker. The topic for the National Forensics Association this year is about ways the government Emily Barnum can reduce police misconduct. The Hillsdale team argued the government should reform civil asset forfeiture to protect the property rights of Americans, according to Miller. Deese said opponents argued anything from making body-mounted cameras on police mandatory to having the federal government abolish all police. Matthew Doggett, the debate team’s coach, said he feels good about the team’s strong start. “Right now we are really inexperienced,” Doggett said. “In two weeks, we brought them in with no experience,

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DTD celebrating 150 years on campus By | Joe Pappalardo Collegian Reporter

The men of Delta Tau Delta fraternity will celebrate their 150th anniversary next month, marking a century and a half since the founding of the Kappa chapter of Delta Tau Delta on Hillsdale’s campus. The fraternity plans to celebrate on Oct. 14 with a day of festivities for alumni. International President Jim Garboden of Delta Tau Delta’s national organization will speak at a dinner that night. Alumni are also invited to attend the fraternity’s tailgate at homecoming this weekend. “It’s solidifying our historicity, and moreso embracing the values of brotherhood and realizing that it’s not just the

sophomore Josh Waechter are “doing the grunt work” on the anniversary festivities. Following an Oct. 14 football tailgate, the brothers will offer tours of campus to alumni, before bringing them to see the fraternity house. “A lot of the brothers didn’t know until last year, when the 150th rolled around, that Kappa chapter is the oldest fraternity on campus,” Biggs said. “We started digging through all the history in the basement because we have books and yearbooks and old composite pictures. You realize how far back the fraternity goes.” The house will become a museum of Delt history, with quotes, pictures, original rosters, and one of the original members’ Bibles. Following the house walkthrough, alum-

The current chapter of Delta Tau Delta. Delta Tau Delta | Courtesy

brothers you spend your four years of undergraduate with,” senior Josh Brooks, Delta Tau Delta president, said. “This brotherhood reaches back to 1867, and beyond that, nationally it reaches back to 1858.” Sophomore Social Chair Mitchell Biggs said he and

ni are invited to a cocktail party in the Searle Center and the dinner, at which Garboden will speak. President Larry Arnn’s presence is “tentative,” according to Biggs. According to junior Adam Cieply, an excutive officer within the fraternity, the members uncovered artifacts

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The Delta Tau Delta Kappa chapter from 1899. Collegian

of the fraternity in its basement. The upcoming event, he explained, is a way for the fraternity to “orient” themselves. Delta Tau Delta’s Kappa chapter was originally founded in secret at Hillsdale, according to the fraternity’s secretary and chaplain Chris Sturges, a junior. The original members were expelled for being part of a secret letter society, which was not allowed on campus in 1867. However, upon seeing who the brothers were when they showed up on campus wearing their badges the next day, the administration rethought its anti-Greek policy. The fraternity also brought Kappa Kappa Gamma, Hillsdale College’s first sorority, to campus in 1881. “When they looked to see who was there, it was all the leaders of the classes,” Sturges said. The Hillsdale charter of Delta Tau Delta is the 10th

chapter of more than 200 across America. It helped draft the bylaws and constitution of the national organization, according to Brooks. However, it was also the subject of controversy when the college removed it from campus in 2003. Since returning in 2009, the fraternity has made an effort to distance itself from trouble. “The fact that we have survived 150 years, that we have gone through a lot of stuff including being kicked off campus, it’s a testament to the values that we and the alumni hold,” Sturges said. Alumni who RSVP to the Oct. 14th celebration will get the opportunity to visit and view artifacts collected by the undergraduate fraternity members. “We want to remind ourselves of our chapter,” Cieply said. “We have a storied history and we need to focus on that.”

Student Fed approves funds for two clubs By | Emma Cummins Collegian Reporter Student Federation approved two amendments, allocating funds to the Alexander Hamilton Society and Lighthouse clubs for future events at its Spet. 21 meeting. The Alexander Hamilton Society promotes discussion of principles of foreign policy around campus, holding weekly lunch discussions. The group requested $1,000 to fund future events and refreshments at their weekly foreign policy lunch discussions. The federation approved a loan of $750, provided the Alexander Hamilton Society return the money after its national organization reimburses the club. Of that money, $500 is meant for special events, while $250 is for weekly meetings.

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“I see a gap at Hillsdale as far as education and discussion about present-day global affairs goes, and I am very encouraged that the Student Federation is helping the Alexander Hamilton Society in our efforts to fill that gap,” said junior Pearce Pomerleau, president of Hillsdale’s chapter of Alexander Hamilton Society. “As our chapter of AHS grows, I am excited to see the fine minds of Hillsdale College examine the international issues of the day through the lens of the incredible educations they receive here.” Although the club does have a national, parent organization, its events were only reimbursed after the fact. This meant the club had to pay with funds out of its own pocket until they were reimbursed. Instead of paying directly from the club, the Alexander Hamilton Society asked for a loan to cover these

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showed them what debate was, and everybody did really well.” This tournament was the first time Miller had ever competed in debate. With two weeks of practice, he won five of his six rounds and made it to the semi-finals. Freshman Jadon Buzzard went 3-3 in the open division of the tournament, and freshman Caleb Lambrecht went 4-2 in the novice division without making it to the elimination rounds. The debate team also sent one member to the Michigan Intercollegiate Speech League workshop and novice tournament at Oakland Community College this past weekend. Freshman Patrick Mitchell won first place Impromptu speaker. It was Mitchell’s first time competing in the event. “I felt it really prepared me for the season ahead,” Mitchell said. Doggett said he feels excited for the team dynamic. “On the drive down, everybody was pretty quiet,” Doggett said. “I don’t know when it happened…but there were times on the ride back where I was like ‘You guys need to keep it down; you’re a little too loud.’” When asked what made this competition the most worthwhile, Miller did not miss a beat: “The team.”

events. The Federation also nominated and elected non-member Austin Mock to serve as Sergeant in Arms. According to the federation’s bylaws, duties include, “assisting the Secretary with paperwork, room organization, and general efficiency of meetings.” The club approved the allocation of $1,000 to Lighthouse, a club on campus dedicated to spreading awareness and removing the stigma of mental illness. The money will fund an event featuring Eric Hipple, former quarterback for the Detroit Lions, who attempted suicide in 1998. He will speak about “Tackling Mental Health” on campus Sept. 28. The federation approved this disbursement provided that any profits the club makes are either returned to the federation or donated to charities.

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“We’re thrilled about this, absolutely thrilled,” said senior Taylor Hannel, Lighthouse president. “This is going to be a great event, it will really draw a lot of people in. Getting this funding is really key.” The federation approved funds for Lighthouse, considering the great importance of mental illness awareness as well as the past success of previous events hosted by the club. “The Lighthouse event will be incredibly popular,” junior and financial committee member Adam Cieply said. “Last year Lighthouse did something with mental health and there were maybe 300 to 400 people who attended. This year, it’s going to be even more helpful because it has become an ever increasing and noticeable issue on campus.”

Tuesday was hottest day of the year Metro Detroit Weather reported Tuesday as the hottest day of 2017. The 93-degree high also broke the daily record of 91 degrees from 1998. The report predicts cooler weather for the rest of the week.

By | Brendan Clarey Senior Writer The career services office is missing one of its star players this semester. After visiting the emergency room last Christmas, Assistant Director of Career Services John Quint was diagnosed with testicular cancer by University of Michigan’s Urology Department. He had surgery to remove the tumor on Jan. 19, but three months later, the cancer returned, prompting Quint to start chemotherapy on Aug. 21. He is still receiving chemotherapy at the University of Michigan, with the 21 infusions spread over a nine-week period. “I’m doing really well, all things considered,” Quint told The Collegian via email. “So far, I haven’t suffered from the major side effects like dizziness, nausea, or lack of appetite. Ultimately, my major battle has been with fatigue. Some minor effects have been hair loss and the crazy effects it has on my taste buds.” Quint said the medication makes everything taste like “sucking on copper pennies,” a personal tragedy given his love of coffee. In the midst of everything, Quint keeps a positive attitude, rolling with the punches. “The hair loss is what it is,” Quint said. “I’m thinking I may keep the bald look and go all out for Halloween this year…maybe Mr. Clean, John McClean from ‘Die Hard,’ or

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Walter White.” Career services is feeling the effects of having Quint out of the office, although he does occasionally visit campus. “We miss him a lot,” Director of Career Services Joanna Wiseley said. “He’s done a great job keeping up with the paperwork, the strategic things that he’s been working on as far as employer development, but just knowing where he is every day in the hospital bed getting an IV, it’s really hard.” Wiseley said the students who work in career services, the student affairs mentors, have been great at picking up the slack. “It’s always hard to be down a staff member,” Assistant Director of Career Services Sophia Donohoe said. “But, obviously, John’s health comes before his work, that’s what’s most important to us as a staff, so we’re obviously more than willing to pick up the slack.” Moving forward, Quint said the best way for students to help is to keep him in their thoughts and prayers. “The messages and prayers of my family, friends, students, and colleagues at Hillsdale have made this whole thing bearable,” Quint said. “Though challenging and scary, this disease has been a clear signal of all the blessings of faith, family, and friendship the Lord has seen fit to give me so far in life.”

Republicans propose new tax plan Republican leaders proposed a new tax plan on Wednesday that would lower the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent and the top rate from 39.6 percent to 35 percent.

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California Values Act destroys citizenship, rule of law

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By | Ryan Murphy Special to The Collegian California lawmakers passed the California Values Act a week and a half ago. Reading the title of the bill, you may have been optimistic that California was actually promoting something moral. Allow me to dash your hopes. The bill, which waits on Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk, prevents the deportation of illegal immigrants and protects their criminal activity. Local law enforcement is prohibited from stopping illegal immigrants to ask about citizenship status. The bill blocks local enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration officials — Immigrations and Customs Enforcement — preventing the transmission of data regarding illegal immigrants suspected of criminal activity. It reads: “This bill would, among other things and subject to exceptions, prohibit state and local law enforcement agencies...from using money or personnel to investigate, interrogate, detain, detect, or arrest persons for immigration enforcement purposes.” California lawmakers are effectively tying local law enforcement’s hands behind their backs. Some lawmakers claim that crime from immigrants is a non-issue, but the facts say otherwise. According to a Government Accountability Office report, immigrants — both legal and illegal — make up 27 percent of inmates in federal prison. Even though non-citizens only account for 9 percent of the population, they commit crimes at three times the rate of the natural-born citizen. The crimes range from robbery to assault and murder. But the risk of increased crime is irrelevant to California lawmakers. Their main goal is to oppose President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration. Senator Kevin de León, president pro tempore of the California State Senate and author of the bill, has even confessed that half of his family is in the country illegally. He also openly stated that the bill is designed to prevent the President from enforcing federal laws and is the only way to

“stop the Trump deportation machine.” The California State Sheriff ’s Association criticized the legislature for choosing “political symbolism over public safety.” In support of the bill, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck said law enforcement must earn the confidence of illegal immigrants: “We do not want to lose trust, because we believe trust is the most important thing in policing.” Why is the confidence of those in the country illegally prioritized over that of legal citizens? As a Californian, I no longer feel protected knowing law enforcement could be forced to release criminals onto the streets. If law is not enforced, trust between law enforcement and the community is impossible. The rule of law has been desecrated. Not only are illegal immigrants allowed to roam free, but their criminal actions will be safeguarded. Sandra Hutchins, Orange County sheriff, pointed out the alarming consequences of the bill, saying the legislation “would prohibit me as a sheriff from notifying [ICE] of someone who’s in custody for a felony such as domestic violence, human trafficking or rape and the potential felon would be released to the street.” If Sandra attempted to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, the state could prosecute her for doing her duty to protect her community. In the short term, illegal immigrants turned criminals will be released onto the streets—free to wreak havoc on Californians without fear of detainment or deportation. In the long term, the erosion of the rule of law will threaten the very framework of our nation’s government. The rule of law allows citizens to freely exercise their rights—no man is given preferential treatment under the law and each person’s ability to exercise their God-given rights is safeguarded. Without the rule of law, tyranny will rule the day. Ryan Murphy is a junior studying politics.

which campus has competed this year grew from a smaller homecoming agenda that, in 2009, consisted only of golf cart-decorating competition followed by a parade of the festive vehicles. Today, students bank their volunteer hours, pose for a photo, chow down on wings, tape together a trophy, film and edit a video, create a bedsheet banner masterpiece, and, of course, put hours of practice into a dance routine that will, if history proves anything, lose to Simpson Residence. Some students do enjoy themselves in the craze of spirit week.

“I’ve gotten to get to know people better and create community,” Mauck Resident Assistant sophomore Adelaide Holmes said. “It’s fun to have a cause to fight for.” Spirit week can be a lot of fun, and if it bonds students together, then it’s probably worth it. But it can also be a lot of work — too much work for a competition that has nothing to do with alumni coming back to Hillsdale. “Homecoming is a lot of fun, and it’s a good way to bring the residents together in a particular dorm, or different dorms together. It’s really beneficial for resident life,” Benzing

Head Resident Assistant senior Macy Mount said. “But for the residents and particularly the RAs, it’s really hard work and a huge time commitment. And it sometimes puts more stress on RAs than I think is necessary.” Student Activities Board needs to scale back spirit week competitions by cutting at least half of this year’s events. Mock Rock itself demands so many hours that it should be complemented only by easy and quick events like the photo, the trophy, and maybe the banner. Homecoming week should not feel like hell week. It’s time to reign in the fun before it gets even more out of hand.

Campus sexual assault guidelines disregard morality By | Katherine Scheu Associate Editor Rules and punishments will not eradicate the college campus sexual assault pandemic. This crisis will end only when students’ education convinces them to lead moral lives. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos showed she does not understand this reality when she addressed the issue Friday at the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, imploring universities to heighten the standards of evidence they use in examining sexual crimes and administering punishment. “To be very clear, one sexual assault is one too many. It is horrible and lamentable, but the current failed system didn’t work for students, it didn’t work for institutions, it didn’t work for anyone,” the Detroit News reported her saying. “It didn’t work because unelected and unaccountable political appointees pushed the guidance through without any period for comment from those who walk side-by-side students every day. The time for inefficient and ineffective mandates is over.” De-

Vos’ interim guidelines will allow colleges to mold their policies around the “preponderance of the evidence” standard created by the Obama Administration or her own standard, which calls for “clear and convincing evidence.” But neither strategy confronts the most pressing part of the problem — the students themselves. Any threat of punishment and legal recourse will naturally discourage people from committing sexual misconduct, but as DeVos pointed out, that is not working — but it seems she doesn’t understand why. These crimes exist on campuses because students who sexually assault other students don’t care to lead moral lives and their schools do nothing to combat the problem out of which these serious symptoms grow. Most colleges give their incoming students a type of crash course, usually online, that schools them in Title IX and what types of sexual encounters comply with those standards. Harvard University, for example, has its Title IX Resource Guide, a website that details which signs can indicate welcomed or unwelcomed

activity, defines incapacitation, and more. The section explaining unwelcome conduct states that “whether conduct is unwelcome is determined based on the totality of the circumstances, including various objective and subjective factors,” before it lists seven points to know about unwelcome conduct. The section offers no explanation as to why students are obliged to behave one way and not the other. The only statement that breaches an end of proper sexual conduct explains that Harvard wants to maintain a healthy and safe environment for everyone involved with the university. That’s it. Rape and molestation should be avoided so students can learn and professors can teach. Harvard, which has some of the highest levels of sexual assault on its campus, does not even address those who commit, or who may commit, these crimes. The university fails to convince potential perpetrators to do what is right because they do not explain why appropriate behavior is appropriate, other than that it “helps maintaining a safe and healthy educational and work

environment.” Guidelines like these, lists of rules, slaps on the wrists, possible punishments, and legal consequences will never extinguish bad behavior. Only morality can do that. But to instill morality in students, schools must teach it before they hold students to it. If students learn about virtues like moderation and purity, they might view sex as an intimate act best shared between two consenting persons, even if they deny that sex belongs to marriage. If schools merely hinted at good reasons for appropriate sexual behavior like human dignity and basic kindergarten ethics, fewer victims would suffer from physical and psychological trauma from an act so heinous as rape. DeVos has prompted schools to reconsider their policies on sexual assault. While they revise standards of evidence, administrators need to find a way to teach their students why humans should treat other humans with respect in every interaction. Katherine Scheu is a senior studying French.

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Homecoming spirit week is too much. The Student Activities Board sweats throughout the year to provide campus-wide parties, open mic nights, and trips out of town. For that, we should all say thank you. But spirit week has dorm-dwelling and Greek students saying “have mercy” as they compete in, or totally ignore, the eight events squeezed into a single week. It hasn’t always been this way. Although an official record of spirit weeks past does not exist, Director of Student Activities Ashlyn Landherr said the events in

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Add John Adams to Hillsdale Liberty Walk By | John Gage Special to The Collegian John Adams deserves a statue on the Hillsdale Liberty Walk. The Walk already includes George Washington and Thomas Jefferson to commemorate the American founding. But the absence of Adams, who was critical to the success of these men and our country, leaves the Liberty Walk incomplete. Adams signed the Declaration of Independence and negotiated peace with the British in the Treaty of Paris. The end of his presidency marked the first successful transfer of power from one party to another under the new Constitution — ensuring the stability of a young republic. As the author of 11 books and numerous shorter works, he was one of the most prolific writers of the Founding Era. In addition to these accomplishments, Adams performed many indispensable yet underappreciated services to the country. He recruited Jefferson to help draft the Declaration of Independence. As part of the drafting com-

mittee, Adams helped temper some of Jefferson’s more radical tendencies, molding the Declaration into the timeless statement of truth we still recite to this day. Adams recommended George Washington as commander of the Continental Congress. As the Revolutionary War progressed, he raised loans from foreign countries. Pulitzer prize-winning historian, David McCullough, in 2005, gave a lecture on Hillsdale’s campus entitled “A Man Worth Knowing” in which he credits Adams for salvaging the Revolution, “[John Adams] got the Dutch to give us massive loans, which really saved our Revolution. We would probably have lost the war with England had it not been for Holland. He went to the Netherlands on his own, knowing nobody. He didn’t speak Dutch. He didn’t have authorization from Congress because he was out of touch with Congress. But he succeeded.” While Adams’ accomplishments as a statesman are more than enough to recommend him as an addition to

the Liberty Walk, his role in arguing for the importance of education and its link to politics make him especially relevant to Hillsdale. Adams defense of the liberal arts and citizenship are the same ideals the college seeks to cultivate in students and praise in statesman. Adams spent his whole life devoted to this cause. “I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.” he wrote to his wife Abigail in the midst of the Revolution. “My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry and porcelain.” Adams understood that the link between politics and education meant that for freedom to last, people must not only have political freedom, they must use that freedom to educate themselves in order to rise to self-government. In a letter he sent to the Third Division of the Militia of Mas-

sachusetts, Adams said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” This aligns with the words expressed in the preamble of the Hillsdale’s Articles of Association. Approved in 1855, the Articles state... “grateful to God for the inestimable blessings resulting from the prevalence of civil and religious liberty and intelligent piety in the land, and believing that the diffusion of sound learning is essential to the perpetuity of these blessings.” After passage of the Constitution, Adams used his influence to help raise funds for education so that the blessings of liberty could be protected and handed down to the next generation. It is time to gaze at the Liberty Walk and see a statue of a man who embodied these ideals — a man who studied politics and war so that we could study the liberal arts. John Gage is a senior majoring in American studies.

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A dorm isn’t just a place to sleep: What Simpson teaches us about community By | Michael Lucchese Columnist This year, I am one of only four seniors living in Simpson Residence. When some of my friends who live off campus ask me why I still live in the same dorm I lived in as a freshman, I usually tell the story of when I first knew I was meant to be a Simpsonite — my very first Homecoming week. I can even remember the exact moment I had the epiphany. All of the Homecoming teams from across campus were lining up for the parade before the football game. Most of the teams, from the Greek houses to Olds Residence, were already in their assigned positions, chanting their own spirit week chants. Needless to say, the men of Simpson weren’t quite as organized. Even though we were spread out across the lawn in front of Central Hall, we all heard it when then-Resident

Assistant Connor Gleason ‘15, shouted the first line of Simpson’s iconic chant: “Blood makes the grass grow!” A crazed horde of what sounded like hundreds screamed in reply: “Kill, kill, kill!” I still vividly recall the shocked, scandalized faces of sorority girls standing next to us. That memory of Homecoming Week sticks with me because that was the moment in which I realized that I was part of something I could be proud of, something striving toward excellence. I realized I belonged to a community. In the “Politics,” Aristotle said, “Though the city originates for the sake of staying alive, it exists for the sake of living well.” For Aristotle and his students, including all of us studying the Western heritage, that means communities are devoted to a common good — the virtuous life.

Simpson is a community where boys become men. We goof off, we take competitions too seriously, and we sometimes break the rules. But we also raise money for charity, help each other with homework, and participate in weekly Bible studies. I’ve learned more about what it means to be human in the halls of Simpson than anywhere else — all from friendships I’ve made over my three years in the dorm. When I was a freshman, the upperclassmen I lived with guided me through some of those tough moments we all experience our first year. Now, as an upperclassman living on a hall with more than a dozen freshmen, I have the same opportunity with a new generation. For Simpsonites, our dorm is the most Hillsdale part of Hillsdale. Walking down to football games together, competing in Homecoming, prank wars, late nights spent in deep

conversation — that’s what college is meant to be. For other students, the most Hillsdale part of Hillsdale could be a Greek house, an extracurricular club, a church group, or another dorm on campus. These groups at Hillsdale can teach us each about what it means live in community with others. Western civilization, as any number of angry-sounding conservative commentators will happily bemoan, has forgotten its purpose. In the shadow of this crisis even Hillsdale students, who represent the remnant of a more sincere age, often roll their eyes at high-minded ideas like virtue, goodness, truth, and beauty. The transcendent has become cliche, and we’ve been trained to blunt that harsh fact with a thick layer of irony. Liberal education aims at exploring the transcendent. By embracing our campus groups, we can recover a

sincere devotion to that principle. So, freshmen, humor your RA and go to your hall events. Find a Bible study and commit to it. Go find upperclassmen and listen to what they can teach you. Upperclassmen, you have a responsibility to the freshmen. Seek them out, be there for them, especially during these early months in a strange place far from home. Give them some of your hard-won-

wisdom, and maybe even learn a few lessons from them in turn. Everyone at Hillsdale is seeking the Good. I haven’t found a definition with the kind of rigor that would satisfy Dr. Arnn yet. But, during my years here, the closest I’ve gotten is Simpson. Michael Lucchese is a senior majoring in American studies.

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Vote Kid Rock to save the forgotten man Kid Rock is too immoral for U.S. Senate he created a non-profit that promotes voter registration at concerts. The Michigan Bureau of Elections notes that voter participation in gubernatorial elections has fallen from 50.7 percent to 41.6 percent over the past three cycles. Ritchie’s efforts will motivate the lagging electorate to convert their complaints into votes. After addressing voter participation, Ritchie focuses his platform on issues close to the heart of the common man. He started his music career from scratch and operates a clothing company on the side, so he understands the value of hard work and believes that if a man earns a dollar, he should keep it. “It seems the government wants to give everyone health insurance, but wants us all to pay,” Ritchie said at a recent concert in Detroit. “And I don’t believe you should save, sacrifice, do things by the book, and then have to take care of some deadbeat milking the system.” Ritchie’s desire to see Michigan flourish drives his campaign. He grew up just outside of Detroit on his parents’ farm in Romeo and discovered the city’s rap scene as a teenager. This inspired an intense loyalty to the state, and he now credits it for fostering his love of music. “There’s no place on earth, no city, with more style than Detroit city. Hands down, that’s a fact...you’ve got a blank canvas here,” Ritchie said in an interview on CNBC. This loyalty has not only prompted him to give over $1 million to local organizations like the Detroit Historical Museum and Wayne State University but also to get involved in politics long before he eyed the Senate seat. In 2012, he endorsed Mitt Romney for president but only after Romney made a private commit-

ment to Ritchie to take steps to improve Detroit. Ritchie’s dedication to Michigan’s success guards against any antics we might otherwise expect him to pull in office. While we could count on him to lift regulations and make politically incorrect comments, we wouldn’t need to worry about any extreme policies — espe-

By | Brendan Clarey Columnist It’s deplorable that Kid Rock is even able to entertain the idea of running for U.S. Senate in 2018. Michiganders should want better leaders than profane public figures with a knack for political sloganeering and self-promotion.

cially when we remember that we’re dealing with the man whose most popular song borrows riffs from Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama.” This election, we should be open to trying different things. While Ritchie’s persona is unconventional, his platform isn’t. Vote Kid Rock for Senate. Kacey Reeves is a senior studying economics and Spanish.

In an Atlantic magazine article, author David A. Graham makes the case for Kid Rock’s candidacy. Graham says it comes down to money and fame: “Parties like to recruit celebrity candidates because they bring to the table broad name recognition, access to wealthy donors, and often the ability to self-fund a campaign, at least in part. Rock has all three.” At least that’s the theory, thought the latest polls may not support Graham’s case. Kid Rock is

By | Jack Hall Special to The Collegian President Donald Trump announced on July 26 that the “United States government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the US military.” The policy could possibly involve the removal of all transgender individuals currently in the military. Opponents argue this would reduce the recruitable population and leave vital military positions vacant. While we don’t know the true count, a 2014 study by the University of California Los Angeles estimated there are 8,800 transgender individuals serving active duty with an additional 6,700 serving in the military reserves and National Guard. These 15,500 people amount to 0.7 percent of the military’s nearly 2.1 million personnel. Other studies report the percentage as even less. With this in mind, it is a poor argument to say that transgenders make up an irreplaceable part of the military. While transgender military personnel do not constitute a

significant portion of the military, the cost to allow them to remain would be disproportionately high. When Trump initially proposed the ban, he cited the reason as “tremendous medical costs.” Articles by The Atlantic, People, and Scientific American debated this, pointing to a 2016 study by the RAND Corporation suggesting that the medical costs associated with transgender soldiers would roughly equate to an average $5 million annually, a drop in the massive military budget. The study cited provides lower estimates than the UCLA and Williams Institute studies. Naturally that would make costs look low. Second, the articles only look at the costs of the initial gender transition surgery. Changing genders is a complex and expensive process. It includes counselling, hormonal supplements, and associated cosmetic surgery that is currently covered by the taxpayer. The study accounts for only active-duty soldiers and doesn’t include estimated costs for reserves and retired military families. Disregarding this, RAND’s

numbers still reveal a disturbing proportion. The study estimates $5 million per 79 transgender soldiers (the estimated annual military gender transitions) for a total estimated increase of .085 percent in military healthcare costs. The 79 transgender soldiers make up .006 percent of the active military. This means each transgender soldier undergoing reassignment costs roughly fourteen times more than a typical soldier. Perhaps the costs don’t equate to what some believe are “tremendous medical costs,” but transgender-related healthcare alone amount to a grossly disproportionate cost for a small demographic. But the economic arguement is not the only one to be made. The issue is not that military personnel are uncomfortable around transgender individuals, it is about allowing soldiers to do their jobs. Hillsdale’s veterans attest to the stress induced by military service. “The emotional stress and fatigue of training and combat is already extremely difficult on the most mentally fit man,” said sophomore Jacob Damec,

a former four-year member of the Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment. “The majority of [transgender people] already deal with emotional issues. They do not belong in a place where mental strength is absolutely critical.” The Williams Institute estimates 46 percent of trans men and 42 percent of trans women attempt suicide. Senior Christopher Jacobson, a former Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, said he worries that publicly allowing transgender military personnel will create conflict. “The main strength of our military is its ability to enforce uniformity and discipline and reduce individuality,” Jacobson said. “That’s why we wear uniforms and have grooming standards. Allowing new, non-traditional groups into military units means that the unit needs to make concessions for that new group. I got out right as ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ was getting repealed, and suddenly there was a list of words that we could no longer say and activities that we could no longer do because a gay marine might not like it. Not only did it put unnecessary strain on

Robert Ritchie, known by his stage name Kid Rock, plays at the 2007 United Service Organizations’ holiday show. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

By | Kacey Reeves Special to The Collegian “Ladies and gentleman, will you please recognize the next senator of the great state of Michigan: Kid ‘M---------ing’ Rock.” And just like that, Kid Rock swaggered up the stage to open the inaugural show at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena, ignoring throngs of protestors gathered outside. While his alleged bid for U.S. Senate has left the state divided, it doesn’t have to. Michigan deserves a senator who recognizes its spirit and matches its grit. And no one fits that description better than America’s self-proclaimed “badass,” Kid Rock. There’s no denying that Kid Rock, née Robert Ritchie, is a scoundrel. His extensive criminal record, sex tape, and obscene lyrics make that painfully clear. Despite this, Ritchie could accomplish something that previous congressmen have failed to do — bring relief to the forgotten middle class suffering under oppressive and expanding government. While their dissatisfaction rose to the surface in 2016 when Donald Trump became the first Republican candidate to win the state in 24 years, they still have a long way to go before overcoming these dilemmas. That’s where Ritchie comes in. A successful businessman cut from the same cloth as Donald Trump, Ritchie understands the pain of the middle class and has resolved to help the people of Michigan regain their state. But first, he has to get them to the polls. “The one thing I’ve seen over and over,” Ritchie writes on his “Kid Rock for Senate” website, “is that although people are unhappy with the government, too few are even registered to vote or do anything about it.” In an effort to change this,

down 20 points in the most recent poll against incumbent Debbie Stabenow. President Donald Trump won last year’s election because he promised to clean up the mess the politicians made. He was an anti-politician, full of bombastic outbursts and genuine spontaneity that allowed many of his supporters to gloss over his character flaws. Now the logic is that Kid Rock — a rare Trump-supporting celebrity — can use the same principles to run for Senate. And it might even work — especially if people forget what George Washington would said: “It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.” Basically, our leaders must be virtuous if we want to be free. That Kid Rock has a basic grasp on important issues like racism (it’s bad), gay marriage (it’s fine), transgenderism (not really fine), and religion (Jesus give us strength) is wholly undermined by his delivery, which shows a lack of character. For example, he addresses his “constituents” with equal parts profanity and levity. A rhymed mock-political speech given at a recent concert in Detroit demonstrates his anti-politician rhetoric: “Cause wouldn’t it be a sight to see, President Kid Rock in Washington, D.C. Standing on the desk in the Oval Office like a G...I’d look them straight in the eyes, the eyes of the nation live on TV, and I’d say to them, ‘You never met a m---------er quite like me!’” His treatment of the nation’s most powerful political office signals his flippancy and disregard for public service. His songs aren’t merely

vulgar. They promote indecent behavior. In “American Bad Ass,” Rock sings about consorting with prostitutes after the concert is over. Unfortunately, Rock fails to keep his immoral themes contained in his music: He and Creed frontman Scott Stapp made a sex tape back in 1999. Look it up, or better yet, don’t. Only in the age of Trump would a potential politician ever consider running with such an immoral past. Kid Rock’s supporters point out that the entertainer gives back to his community in Detroit. That’s good of him, but everyone should behave this way, not just those with money and celebrity. Praise Kid Rock for good citizenship, but don’t confuse that with good leadership. Kid Rock lacks the public moral character or ideals for public office. Nothing says that celebrities can’t be good leaders, but they have to be more than just celebrities. Take Hollywood-star-turned-president Ronald Reagan for example. He was principled and displayed good public character. He spent years thinking about policies before he ran for public office. He never made a sex tape and the only public swearing he did was at swearing-in ceremonies. Kid Rock may be a popular showman, but he’s not a good candidate for a Senate race in 2018 because he lacks character, virtue, and a serious understanding of public service. If Michigan Republicans want to win against Debbie Stabenow in 2018, they need a better candidate, an upright leader. It’s shameful that Americans want celebrity leaders more than they want good ones. Brendan Clarey is a senior studying English.

U.S. military is a fighting force, not a social experiment our unit, but it bred resentment... and created an ‘Us and Them’ mentality. It will be worse with transgender soldiers and marines because they will require more concessions.” Though the answer may be seen as controversial and insensitive, it is necessary. “The purpose of the military is to be a fighting force, not a place for social experimentation,” said sophomore Adam Buchmann, who has already undergone training for the Marine Corps. “It adds a whole layer of unnecessary

complexities that can become costly.” The military is meant to defend the United States and its freedoms. This cannot be done if the fighting force is weakened. It is unwise to allow an extremely costly demographic with a propensity towards mental and emotional disorders to serve in a fighting force that induces a stressful environment. Jack Hall is a freshman studying the liberal arts.

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Saucy Dog’s Barbeque under new ownership By | Sutton Dunwoodie Collegian Reporter Saucy Dog’s Barbeque is under new management after Michael Sweeney, once a busboy for the restaurant, purchased the business in July. Sweeney, a Jonesville native and son of Hillsdale College Professor of Accounting Michael Sweeney, bought Saucy Dog’s from Wayne Babcock, the owner of Olivia’s Chop House. “I’ve worked here for a long time, and I’ve known Wayne since I was a little kid,” the younger Sweeney said. “When he offered the restaurant to me late last year, it was an opportunity I couldn’t turn down. I just went for it. So I signed a bunch of scary, important papers and took out a bunch of loans. Now I own a restaurant.” Sweeney has worked at Saucy Dog’s since 2010, most recently serving as the barbeque joint’s manager. He said his experience in the culinary industry at both Saucy Dog’s Barbeque and Handmade Sandwiches and Beverages, which he helped start, will help him make the switch to owner. Babcock, his former employer, has also been helpful during the transition, Sweeney said. “I call Wayne every day,” Sweeney said. “He’s been a great mentor through the whole process. He is a business advisor of mine and we’re good friends.” Babcock started Saucy Dog’s 13 years ago and said he still takes a great interest in the success of the business. He lends support to the younger Sweeney on a daily basis from across the street at Olivia’s. Professor Sweeney called Babcock “a tremendous positive influence” on the life of his son. “I still go over there every day and say ‘hi’ to Mike and the employees,” Babcock said. “I try to give him what are hopefully helpful hints, business insight, and my suggestions. He’s done wonderful for the first two and a half months.”

Babcock said he knows Sweeney will preserve the “tradition” of Saucy Dog’s, but also said he hopes Sweeney uses his younger perspective to bring new ideas to the business. One aspect of the business Babcock noted had significantly improved under Sweeney was the digital marketing scheme. “I was not a fan of social media,” Babcock said. “I just never got into it. He’s really been enlarging the social media and the Facebook presence.” Sweeney said his father has also had a significant influence throughout this transition. Professor Sweeney has taught at Hillsdale College for 22 years and is a regular customer at Saucy Dog’s long before his son was the owner. He said he now enjoys not only the food, but the experience of watching his son run his own business. “He really knows how to handle people,” Professor Sweeney said. “I like to go and sit off to the side and watch him work the room. I love seeing him go from table to table and talk with everyone. He does it so well.” One change accompanying Saucy Dog’s new management is the addition of craft beer to the drink menu. Saucy Dog’s will begin rotating craft beers from around Michigan into their three taps soon. Only one of the taps is currently in use and it only provides Miller Lite, which will continue to be offered. While this is a new addition, Sweeney added that Saucy Dog’s is and will continue to be a “restaurant with a bar inside and not a bar with a restaurant attached.” While a shift in ownership inevitably will cause small changes within a restaurant, Sweeney said he is committed to delivering the same dining experience that he learned to deliver when he started working under Babcock seven years ago. “I’ve got a 20-year mortgage,” Sweeney said, laughing. “The business works. I’m not going to get crazy and change a bunch of things right off the bat.”

The roaster and containers of unroasted, green coffee beans at North Star. Mark Naida | Collegian

North Star Coffee Co. expands distribution By | Mark Naida Assistant Editor The smell of freshly roasted coffee beans blankets the air over Broad Street on Tuesday mornings. Beginning at 6 a.m., Michael Nichols pours over whiteboards chalked up with temperatures and roasting times, and then pours 25 pounds of green coffee beans into the large commercial roaster. Hours later, 20 pounds of dark, fragrant beans will emerge from the hopper, ready to brew a rich cup of coffee. This rich scent emanates from North Star Coffee Company, an artisanal coffee roastery, located at 92 N. Broad St., formerly the home of the Willowbrook Emporium, a store which sold flooring and antiques. Owner Kelly Robinson and roaster Michael Nichols have been roasting coffee in the location for nearly a year. Before moving into the space, Robinson had been brewing coffee in very small batches in his garage for two years. The company, which has expanded its distribution throughout southern Michigan, will be available at Rough Draft Thursday through Sunday. “Nobody else in the area produces coffee like us for miles. We know of only one roaster within 50 miles of Hillsdale,” Robinson said. “We are bringing something new to the area.” With more than a decade of home roasting experience under his belt, Robinson’s roasting had gotten to a “prosumer” level.

“I knew the next step was to get into commercial equipment. When I decided to move to Hillsdale and leave Apple, I decided that it was the time to make it into a full scale company and level up all the equipment,” he said. A former software engineer at Apple, Robinson first became acquainted with Hillsdale when he heard Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn speak. Shortly after the speech, Robinson visited Hillsdale and made his move from California to Michigan in July 2014. “I saw that there was something that I could do in Hillsdale that was creative and worthwhile and good,” he said. “I thought I would take a chapter of my life and live in this kind of way.” Robinson, a native of New Mexico, started drinking coffee late in high school. “I was always an agent of caffeine. It kept me awake to work long hours,” he said. “But I never had great coffee until my friend introduced me to it.” It was not just a nice store-bought brand his friend served him; the beans were home roasted. “I had to ask him ‘What is this?’” Robinson said. Expanding his business into a larger space meant that Robinson needed more help as the company grew. On a visit to his then-fiancee — now-wife Stevi Robinson — Nichols, then working in Ft. Worth, Texas as a barista, went to Holy Trinity Church and struck up a conversation after the service with Robinson. “We talked coffee after church for a while and when

I moved here he said he could use some help. It was fortuitous timing for both of us,” Nichols said. Robinson said he thinks of coffee like chefs consider fine European cuisine. “People don’t often use culinary terms to describe coffee, but that is not a bad association for it,” he said. “In specialty coffee, people focus on every part of the process: where it comes from, how it is grown, what is the varietal, what is the process for harvesting; people even drill in on the ethics of trading. Then they worry about how it is roasted and how it is brewed.” Robinson said he thinks that another accurate description for his technique of roasting specialty coffee is “craftsmanship.” “With the way coffee is sold in the grocery store, there are a lot of crimes that are committed. It is burnt and vacuum packed,” Robinson said. Although Nichols and Robinson do their best not to act like coffee snobs, they said that they can always taste the difference in quality. North Star Coffee works with coffee buyers and importers who travel around the world finding the best coffee beans and bring them to the U.S. in huge sea containers. “You can’t start with bad coffee beans and roast it to be good coffee,” Robinson said. “We buy the best coffee we can, but even with good beans you can ruin it.” To avoid ruining the primo beans, the two men keep detailed records of each roast and taste their coffee often. “It’s actually a really scientific process,” Nichols said. North Star Coffee Compa-

ny’s carefully crafted coffees can be found all over Hillsdale. Their coffee is served at the Coffee Cup Diner, the Dow Center, and at Holy Trinity Anglican Parish. The beans can be purchased for home use at Hillsdale Natural Grocery. Senior Brendan Clarey, a home coffee roaster, tasted the coffee at the Coffee Cup Diner and couldn’t tell if it was good. “It was better than most diner coffee, the beans were a nice peaberry, and they looked well-roasted. It was better than regular diner coffee but they were just brewed wrong,” Clarey said. Clarey said that he thinks it would be great to taste their coffee in a specialty coffee setting, brewed as a pour-over with a chemex, or with an espresso machine. “Any time you use a batch brewer, like a Bunn Coffee Brewer, you can have an over-extraction which lets unfavorable flavors out of the beans,” he said. The company’s success has not been limited to Hillsdale. Black Diesel Coffee in Ann Arbor and Roots Brew Shop in Grand Rapids carries the coffee as well. As they look toward expanding the business further, the Robinson and Nichols want to stay true to the spirit of coffee roasting. “The point of the coffee business is to make great coffee, Robinson said. “We want to continue to do that.” Rough Draft is featuring North Star Coffee Company’s Rwanda Washed Bourbon blend. It will also have retail bags available for purchase.

Honoring our local heroes Veterans recognized for their service at the Hillsdale County Fair By | Brooke Conrad Assistant Editor The Hillsdale County Veteran of the Year committee presented its 65th annual Veteran of the Year award to local veteran Russell McLogan, who received a Purple Heart award after being wounded in the Phillipines during World War II. The committee also honored local veteran Gerald Chase, who served a total of 23 years with the U.S. Air Force, as runner-up. The ceremony took place at the Nichols Bandshell on Monday and was concluded by the playing of taps and a minute of silence to honor veterans who died in combat. McLogan received the Purple Heart after being shot in the leg by a Japanese machine gun during combat in the Philippines. He spent 89 days in recovery afterward. “They called it a million-dollar wound,” his son, Greg McLogan, said. “The doctors said it went right in between the two bones of his lower leg, which is amazing; if it had hit either bone, he would have been disabled the rest of his life.” McLogan was drafted into the war in 1944, when he was

18 years old, and he served in the 6th infantry division in the Philippines. After receiving an honorable discharge from the U.S. military in 1946, he began his studies at the University of Detroit while working full-time for the Ford Motor Company. During high school, McLogan had attended a Henry Ford Trade School, where he often saw Henry Ford himself walking around during his visits to the school’s plants. “That was a long time ago,” Russell McLogan said. McLogan married in 1950 while he was still in school and graduated in 1953 with a degree in mechanical engineering. He continued working for the Ford Motor Company afterward, and later on, he worked for General Motors before moving to an aerospace company in California. In 1964, McLogan moved to Hillsdale to become the plant manager of Vaco Products, a manufacturing plant in Jonesville. He retired in 1989, and afterward devoted 10 years to writing a book, during which time he traveled to Washington D.C. to do research, in addition to taking writing classes at Jackson Community College. “He likes to say he manufactured this book, because he’s a mechanical engineer,”

Greg McLogan said. In his book, titled “Boy Soldier: Coming of Age During World War II,” McLogan reflects on the war in the Philippines, the dropping

Logan said. “As a family, we’re very proud of him for doing this, because a lot of veterans don’t want to share their experiences — they’re too painful and dark. For my dad, it was

Local veteran Russel McLogan was named Veteran of the Year at the Hillsdale County Fair. greg McLogan | Courtesy

of atomic bombs on Japan during World War II, and the occupation of Korea by American and Russian forces. “He has received a lot of praise from historians for sharing his story,” Greg Mc-

kind of a catharsis, a way to make sense of it all.” McLogan has also been published in the Emerald Coast Review, Catholic Digest, and Purple Heart Magazine. Greg McLogan said he did

not know that much about his father’s experiences in the military until he read his book. “My dad’s a more quiet man, and humble,” Greg McLogan said. “We call him a hero, but he doesn’t like that. He says heroes were the ones that died in the service.” McLogan has been a member of the Hillsdale Legion Post 53 for 49 years, serving most of those years as post chaplain and the honor guard. McLogan and his wife, Terry, have six children, including Greg, in addition to 10 grandchildren. “He has been in really bad health the past year, and honestly a couple times, we didn’t think he would be with us anymore,” Greg McLogan said. “We think it is God’s grace for him to be there yesterday to accept that award.” Runner-up Gerald Chase has received over 14 medals for his military service. Chase grew up in Tecumseh, and was preparing to join the U.S. Marine Corps at age 17, when a recruiter inspired him to join the U.S. Air Force. “It offered more on the technological side,” Chase said. “I had a little bit of a mechanical background...the opportunity to get on bigger equipment was interesting to me.” Starting in 1959, he served

in the U.S. Air Force for eight years as an active-duty helicopter mechanic and, in 1960, as crew chief for rescue operations. “That was a big feather in my cap to be offered the crew chief position at such a low rank,” he said. In 1967, Chase moved to Hillsdale and was employed at the Hillsdale Municipal Airport and later began working in the trucking industry out of Jackson. “They were concerned because I was a helicopter mechanic,” Chase said. “But I said, ‘Your wings are stationary, while mine rotate; other than that, there’s no difference.’” In 1987, Chase joined the Michigan Air National Guard, and he served as a noncommissioned officer in vehicle operations during Desert Storm and Kosovo. He eventually achieved the rank of technical sergeant. Chase retired in 2001 and has been a member of the Jonesville Legion Post for 12 years. He said he would still be in the service now if he could be. “It’s just the camaraderie,” he said. “Some of the things you go through, you’re like hooked at the hip with everybody.”

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The exterior of the old Stock & Son’s Mill. Julie Havlak | Collegian

Revitalizing Hillsdale, one business at a time Stock’s Mill owner looks to turn historic landmark into a tourist attraction By | Julie Havlak Collegian Reporter

(Top to bottom) David Wheeler stands by blueprints of his prospecitve expansion of the Mill; the upper floor of the Mill, which has yet to be renovated; David Wheeler stands by packaged Lucky Buck. Julie Havlak | Collegian

In the upper floors of F.W. Stock & Sons Mill, the air still smells faintly sweet. Bars of sunlight fall through broken windows and clouded glass, and insects buzz in the dust and the heat and the stillness. The floor is carpeted with paint flecks, decorated with pigeon feathers, and riddled with holes. Caution tape sections off swathes of water damage where the rotted wood is unsafe. Abandoned cleaning supplies rest by cobwebs, waiting for the next round of powerwashing. But in the lower floors, everything is different. David Wheeler, CEO of Mar-Vo Mineral, transformed the first few levels of the five-story building. He painted the floor a glossy blue, turned the kitchen into a display room, and filled the warehouse with Lucky Buck, a national product hunters use to increase the size of deer. He patched the ceiling, stripped the electric, and powerwashed the first few floors. “Part of this was an effort to revitalize the city. This mill was a focal point of the community,” Wheeler said. “It was a real black eye to the community to have the biggest employer in the region for almost 100 years sitting here empty and getting graffitied and having windows broken out.” The mill once dominated

the region, employing hundreds of workers and shipping its products throughout the United States. In the late 1800s, when Hillsdale thrived on business from the railroad, the mill was the largest family-owned plant east of the Mississippi River. Even as late as 2000, Stock’s Mill was worth $3.2 million to Pillsbury, a General Mills company that owned the mill before selling it a few years later. The next owners stripped the building of equipment and shut it down. The mill sat vacant for over a decade, getting vandalized until it became a collection of smashed windows, rotting wood, and graffiti. In 2010, it sold at an auction for a mere $30,000. Wheeler remembers the mill before its decline. When the mill still produced donut mix, Wheeler hauled waste products out of the mill and used it to feed his hogs. He came back to the mill when his mineral-mixing business outgrew its rural location. Mar-Vo Mineral produces Lucky Buck, and Wheeler needed more mixing bins to meet demand. The mill had the mixing bins, and Wheeler decided to purchase the mill and fix it up. The lower floors now look like they once did, but Wheeler is not finished. After repainting the silos, he will repair the building’s elevators and continue landscaping around the mill. But in the upper two floors, the decades

reassert their hold. Today, Wheeler works from an office furnished with hardwood from his father’s barn. His office belies the mill’s shabby reputation, and doubles as advertising for his next business venture. Ever since he took down his father’s barn three years ago, Wheeler has been eyeing the high-end furniture and hardwood flooring business. Hillsdale’s old barns might be impractical for modern farming equipment, but they are made with virgin timber — a very old, valuable wood. “There are a lot of barns that are falling down. Most of them are going to slowly rot into the ground,” Wheeler said. “But their wood makes a really unique wood for furniture and flooring, and there is almost none of it available anywhere in the world unless you take it out of old structures. So rather than just let them rot, I’m going to try to recycle them.” Wheeler is also recycling the mill’s spooky reputation. On October weekends, animals will haunt the mill. Wheeler has a whole room stuffed with taxidermied animals, including bears and wolves. Wheeler said he will also provide cider and donuts for the faint of heart. Wheeler also hinted at ominous plans for the silos. “We’re working feverishly at that right now,” Wheeler said. “The main part is going to be underneath the silos. There is a lot of wall that

leaves a lot of nooks and crannies to jump out of. I think we will have undoubtedly the best venue for a haunt.” The Haunted Mill is Wheeler’s current pet project — not that he doesn’t have other day-dreams for the mill. Some of his more fanciful pipe-dreams include what he calls a “zero-calorie meal” — a restaurant perched on top of the silos, where patrons could reward themselves for climbing up 80-feet of stairs with a beautiful vista and a hearty meal. More practically, Wheeler is talking with local groups to fund painting the United States’ largest mural on the far side of the silos. He hopes to turn what was once described as an “eyesore” into a tourist attraction. When remembering how Wheeler first walked into her office and asked to buy the mill, Director of Economic Development Mary Wolfram summed up her reaction as: “What? Someone could have found a use for that building? Thank you, God.” “I think David Wheeler will be great for the mill. He is such an ambition, endeavouring entrepreneurial guy. He’s the best gift we could have gotten for it,” Wolfram said. “He has a lot of intention to fix it up so it’ll look nicer. Ultimately he would love to turn it into a place where people visit, so it brings in visitors, almost like a tourist attraction. That would be amazing.”

have selected the Salvation Army to be a recipient of a $1,000 grant,” Stump said. “This will definitely help a lot.” Seventy-five people asked for tickets for the luncheon on Saturday, said Stump, who gave the tickets to clients of the Salvation Army’s community lunch program, food pantry, and fresh-food initiative. Attendees will receive the canned goods from the drive at the luncheon.

The grant came from the Elks National Foundation, which gave $1,500 to the Hillsdale Elks Lodge in honor of the foundation’s 150th anniversary, said Abbey Bauerly, secretary of the Hillsdale lodge. Several local businesses are helping with the canned-food drive, including Frank Beck Chevrolet, St. Peter’s Free Clinic, and Hillsdale Market House.

Market House, which expects to collect as much as two semi-trucks’ worth of food in its own annual canned-food drive on Saturday, will donate about $100 of that canned food to the Salvation Army, store manager Mike Phillips said. “It’s a nice way to be able to support the community,” Phillips said. David Beck, sales manager for Frank Beck Chevrolet, said

the car dealer has collected about 200 items so far. “The Salvation Army does so many great things for individuals and families within Hillsdale County, it’s great to partner with them,” Beck said in an email. “These services have a huge impact on the Hillsdale community. There are individuals and families in need, and we, as community supporters, need to assist in this process.”

Elks Lodge, businesses participate in food drive By | Nicole Ault Assistant Editor More than 100 Hillsdale County residents will gather at the Elks Lodge on Saturday to reap the benefits of a monthlong local effort to benefit the community. At a luncheon, the Hillsdale Elks Lodge will grant $1,000 to the Hillsdale Sal-

vation Army and distribute canned goods collected from a month-long food drive. Enough for 5,500 pounds of food, the donation will cover two months’ worth of expenses for the organization’s food pantry, said Kathy Stump, office manager of the Salvation Army. The pantry serves about 20 families a week, Stump said — more than 150 families in two months. “We’re thrilled that they

New candy store sweetens downtown Hillsdale By | Abby Liebing Collegian Reporter

Hillsdale’s first and only candy store had its grand opening on Saturday. Located at 4 S. Howell St., Small Town Sweet Boutique was crowded with people looking at the wide candy selection, enjoying the brightly colored displays. “They were lined out the door at 10 a.m.,” store owner Danielle Brock said.“They were trying to get in at 9:30 a.m. We were just back here working back here and all of a sudden we look and there’s like a line going down either side of the street.” The grey and bright blue

walls were lined with candy, chocolates, and a drink cooler that held sodas called “Spazz Juice,” that read “drink this and feel less sucky...for an energetic freakout that will bother everyone.” “Sweet Party” was spelled out with gummy worms, peeps, and candy buttons on a bright yellow wall in what will be the store’s party room. This room held table and chairs where guests enjoyed their cupcakes and candy while playing “Bean Boozled,” a game in which players spun a wheel to receive a flavored jellybean. Every color of jelly bean represented two different flavors — one good and one bad. Brown jelly beans could be chocolate flavored, or they

could taste like dog food. Blue jelly beans could taste like fruit or toothpaste. In front of the cash registers a long line of people waited to purchase their candy. The line was almost out the door, but people didn’t seem to mind the wait. “It’s been busy but everybody has been kind, everybody’s been patient.” Brock said. “They don’t mind the line.” As excited new customers continued to walk into the Sweet Boutique, the line got longer. It was busy, but children and adults alike continued to smile. “Everybody was like, ‘We’re going to be back next week.’” Brock said.

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their own before the end of the half, increasing their lead to 30-21 at the break. Junior safety Wyatt Batdorff said surrendering big plays hurt Hillsdale’s defense in the first half. “We would make three great plays and give up a big play, and that kills your momentum,” he said. “As soon as the defense started making a couple of plays and the offense started scoring is when we really thought we had a good chance to battle with [Indianapolis].” Batdorff led the Chargers with nine total tackles in the game, and leads the team with 36 total tackles this season. He credits the defensive unit as a whole for his success this year. “Everyone is doing their job,” he said. “Everyone is getting their assignments and I’m just there to make the plays I need to make.” On Hillsdale’s second play from scrimmage in the third quarter, Graham broke away from the Indianapolis defense for a 74-yard touchdown run. He’s reached the end zone in all four games this season, and has six touchdowns to begin the year.

“The end zone is right there, and you’ve got to get in,” Graham said of his knack for scoring touchdowns. “The other guys feel that way, too — they’re all hungry to get in the end zone. We just want to score whatever way we can.” The Chargers took a 3130 lead in the third quarter, thanks to a field goal from redshirt freshman kicker Joe Philipp. A 74-yard kickoff return by the Greyhounds set up a touchdown that handed the lead back to Indianapolis. In the fourth quarter, Stewart’s third rushing touchdown of the season tied the game at 38. The Chargers’ defense continued its season-long fourth-quarter dominance, allowing just three first downs in the final quarter. Hillsdale’s offense had more than one opportunity to take the lead late in the game, but two interceptions doomed the Chargers’ chances at completing what would have been a remarkable comeback. With less than seven minutes remaining, Stewart led Hillsdale into the Greyhounds’ red zone. On second down from the 13-yard line, he fired a pass that bounced off the hands of senior wide

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receiver Timmy Mills. The ball ricocheted to an Indianapolis defender, who returned the interception 93 yards for the game-deciding score. “That was a bad break,” head coach Keith Otterbein said. “We had been driving the ball, and knowing what I know now I would have been more conservative and run the ball. We probably could have got the clock down a bit more.” The defensive touchdown made it 45-38, and the Chargers’ last-ditch attempt at tying the game was foiled when the Greyhounds jumped a route to intercept Stewart for a third time in the game. Despite the disappointment of a second consecutive loss, the Chargers said they displayed their tenacity by coming back from a 23-point deficit to play down to the wire against a nationally ranked opponent. “It shows other teams that we’re not going away,” sophomore linebacker Dan Shanley said. “No matter what we get thrown at us, we’re not going to roll over. That’s just not what we do.” Shanley finished the game with six total tackles, one tackle for loss, and a pass

broken up. “They’re tough kids. Mentally and physically tough,” Otterbein said of his team. “We were knocked on our heels early, but you just play the next play. I’m really proud of them for that.” All four of Hillsdale’s games this season have been decided in the fourth quarter, and the margin in all four games has been one score. “We could easily be 0-4 or 4-0 right now,” Batdorff said. “It’s a good test so that we know how to compete in a fourth quarter.” The Chargers are back in action this weekend for Homecoming, when they open conference play against Kentucky Wesleyan College. “I love Homecoming,” Batdorff said. “I think it’s a great atmosphere to play in. The team as a whole is really excited to get the new conference started.” Shanley echoed the excitement for the weekend ahead. “We’ve kind of got a chip on our shoulder from the last two games,” he said. “Homecoming is a big game for us, so we’re playing with an added edge. It should be an exciting game.”

Juniors Chance Stewart (above) and Trey Brock (below) set Hillsdale single game records with 485 yards passing and 302 yards receiving, respectively. Todd Lancaster | Courtesy

BRIAN ANDERSON HONORED FOR 40 YEARS OF TEACHING By | Calli Townsend Collegian Freelancer

Senior Master Brian Anderson is 60 years old, and 40 of those years have been spent teaching taekwondo at Hillsdale College. During that time, Anderson has shown dedication not only to the art of taekwondo but also to his students. Anderson took up Judo in high school, prior to coming to Hillsdale as a student in 1975. “I was watching a lot of the martial arts movies the summer before I came to Hillsdale College, and when I got here, one of the seniors, Ronny Parker, a blue belt in taekwondo, told me about Tae Park class, which was for a credit. I said I’ll try it for a semester and see how that works. A semester and 42 years later,” Anderson said, laughing.

Only two years after beginning taekwondo, Anderson turned into a teacher of the the discipline, because the original teacher never showed up to class. His love for the art and his students is evident. Nearly every student who walks past Anderson says hello, and Anderson knows and greets each one of them in return. “He is very loyal. He loves what he does and you can see that in the way he teaches,” senior black belt Hans Noyes said. According to Anderson’s students, you don’t have to spend much time with him to be impacted by his teaching and passion. Junior Kristin Freeman has been attending his classes for three weeks and she said she has already noticed improvements in her daily life. “I feel very centered and

one-minded in the fact that I want to get stuff done and stay focused,” she said. Junior Madeline Gish is in her third year under Anderson’s teaching. “I know that a lot of my techniques have improved since I’ve gotten here. He has a lot of practical experience using his skills,” she said. “I love it. I couldn’t imagine myself doing any other sport.” Taekwondo is not just a physical art, and Anderson takes that very seriously. “When you become a master, you become a master of a lot of things. You’ve got to master the knowledge of people and understand how people are. You’ve got to help a person understand themselves, and how they can make themselves grow,” he said. Anderson said his favorite part of teaching is working with younger kids.

Senior Master Brian Anderson (center) meets with attendees of a reception held in his honor on Sept. 21. Calli Townsend | Collegian

“They are so easy to mold into a positive figure,” he said. “They enjoy life and have such an innocence about them. I really enjoy teaching a person what to do in a crisis situation.” Anderson not only said he enjoys teaching, but he showed it, too, excitedly demonstrating how to use a plastic bag, a phone and a pen as defensive resources. He doesn’t take his job lightly, nor does he take for granted the abilities he’s been given. “I like giving something back to the people. I was given a gift, so like to share,” he said.

“God didn’t intend for me to die without sharing, so I want to share this gift as much as I can.” Anderson offered a few pieces of advice to students. “Learn some type of self-defense, and learn how to verbally communicate your feelings. This helps de-escalate a situation. Just talking can get you out of a lot of stuff,” he said. “Don’t put yourself in a situation you can’t get out of. Your body will tell you things that you won’t hear because you just want to have fun. You need to listen to what that little guy is saying on your

shoulder. Understand you.” In addition to teaching taekwondo, Anderson is a football and track-and-field alumnus of Hillsdale College. He went on to play as a running back for the Kalamazoo Cougars, a semi-pro football team. He is also just a few hours short of his masters in art. He has taught personal defense and safety classes, trained at the department of corrections in Lansing, and trained EMTs. Anderson also plays in a blues band, right alongside Parker, the man who introduced him to taekwondo 42 years ago.

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By | Stevan Bennett Jr. Sports Editor If you’re walking beyond the fence of Simpson Field on Friday afternoon, you better watch your head. Hillsdale College baseball will host its first Homecoming Home Run Derby on Friday at 5 p.m., at Simpson Field, featuring long balls, a DJ, a SAB-sponsored tailgate, and more. “We have never really done a big Homecoming event,” head coach Eric Theisen said. “I thought, ‘You know, this could be a cool thing. Instead of just being our team, we could get some people out to watch.’ I was thinking, ‘this is going to be fun for me to watch. We’re going to put on a show.’” Eight Chargers will compete in the three-round, single-elimination event. Leading the way with the No. 1 seed is junior Donald Ring, who set a Hillsdale single-season record with 17 home runs last season. Redshirt freshman Rob Zurawski grabbed the No. 2

seed, followed by sophomore Jake Depillo, juniors Colin Boerst and Dylan Lottinville, sophomore Dante Toppi, and freshmen James Krick and Chris Iazzeta. “At the end of the day, when it’s all said and done, somebody is going to have some bragging rights until spring comes around and we start keeping track of real home runs again,” Lottinville said. The team will also use the event as a fundraiser, giving fans the option to pledge a fixed dollar amount, or a certain amount per home run hit by the Charger of their choosing. “There is no minimum or increments of anything,” Theisen said. “Just come out and watch some big flies, and listen to the music, and have a dog in the fight to root for. It should be a pretty fun atmosphere.” The Charger players have taken the promotion of the event to the next level, making everything from memes to sorority-style recruitment

videos to help raise pledges for their chosen teammate. From 4-4:30 p.m., fans can take some swings of their own with an open batting practice session on the field, where $5 can buy eight swings, and a home run earns the fan their money back. Once the derby begins, fans can snag their glove and head

to the outfield to catch some of the fly balls that don’t quite make the fence. For the team, the home run derby serves as a reprieve from an intense fall training schedule. “You have to remind yourself that life is enjoyable and fun,” Theisen said. “It’s nice to get out there and run

Charger swim opens first season in G-MAC with annual Blue/White Intrasquad Meet on Saturday By | Katherine Scheu Associate Editor With an unknown challenge ahead, the Hillsdale College swim seam will dive into its first G-MAC season, fueled by fresh competition. After nearly 80 percent of the team swam lifetime best times at the GLIAC championship in February, head coach Kurt Kirner said he expects success from his team, which is bolstered by experienced upperclassmen and supplemented by the best recruitment class Kirner said he’s seen in six years. “The G-MAC is going to give our athletes more opportunity, for a couple of reasons,” Kirner said. “One is that we’re going to compete in 24 places. Another is that the level of competition is more reasonable for the talent of our team.” While these two elements will change the team’s season, the transition into the G-MAC provides swimmers another chance to refine and

showcase their skills with a special championship meet that Kirner helped organize. “It will completely change the way we prepare for our championships,” Kirner said. “Virtually our whole team will have the opportunity to compete for points at the meet, yet our best athletes are really going to have to step up to make sure their times allow them to qualify.” Co-hosted by the G-MAC and Mount East conferences, 10 women’s teams and eight men’s teams will compete at the four-day, mid-February meet held in Canton, Ohio, at an olympic-sized pool. “We have a very unique design, having two conferences that are coming together to host a championship event,” Kirner said. “It really could be a model for championships in the future. It gives our athletes a great opportunity to improve their times and qualify for NCAA’s.” The level of competition at the championship meet becomes quite robust after combining the two conferences,

according to Kirner. To meet their challengers, he said, the swimmers will have to be aggressive in keeping their times competitive throughout the season. With a strong team of talented freshmen, sophomores, and motivated upperclassmen, the women are prepared to do just that. After the team graduated four of the team’s anchors last spring and added five new freshmen to nine sophomores, underclassmen swimmers now dominate the McAvoy Pool, outweighing the juniors and seniors by six on a 20-person team. According to team captain senior Peyton Bowen, the young roster shifted last year’s balance, but it has brought new energy to the squad. “Usually the younger swimmers don’t have the same familiarity with college swimming as opposed to high school swimming,” Bowen said. “But the really great thing about having a young team is that the underclassmen bring a new energy to the team.”

The Hillsdale College swim team will host its annual Blue/White Intrasquad Meet on Saturday. Zoe Hopkins | Courtesy

Freshmen Katherine Heeres, Emma Rao, Rose Smiddy, Mary Vita, and Hannah Wilkens make up a recruitment class that Kirner said surpasses every group of incoming freshmen since 2011. “I’m confident that this season is going to be a good experience, because the girls on the team are all very encouraging, enthusiastic, and positive,” Smiddy said. “With such amazing and talented swimmers, I’m really looking forward to competing as a charger this season.” “The pace in the pool is faster. We go deeper, talent-wise, in our lineup,” Kirner said. But it’s not just the new athletes that have sharpened the team’s competition. Junior Anika Ellingson has returned to the team after representing Hillsdale at the NCAA national competition in March. Junior Suzanne Detar is only the second person ever at Hillsdale to touch the wall after a 50 freestyle in under 24 seconds, an excellent time, according to Kirner. Kirner said he expects sophomore Danielle Lebleu, junior Grace Houghton, sophomore Catherine Voisin to excel in their secondary events after he watched them accomplish some breakthrough swims last year. “All of them are really great swimmers,” Kirner said. “I’m looking for a lot more out of each of them this year in some of their secondary events.” The women’s swim team will have its annual Blue/ White Intrasquad Meet on Saturday. They will also welcome alumnae to compete against each other, a new facet of a meet they hold every year.

around and compete in a fun atmosphere… That’s part of learning that competition is fun.” The derby comes on the heels of a Charger trip to Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, where Hillsdale faced the Division I Illinois State Redbirds in an exhibition game. The teams played 14 innings of baseball, bringing a final score of 11-4 Illinois State, although the score stood at 4-3 ISU after seven innings. “It was awesome to see some D-I competition, and also to finally see a different team,” senior captain Ryan O’Hearn said. “Because they were Division-I competition, we saw a lot of different pitchers bringing different stuff to the table… and we did well against them, which was really encouraging.” Both O’Hearn and Theisen mentioned the importance of facing this level of opponent, since it is the level of play the Chargers know they need to meet to compete for a national title. “It was good for our guys

to see that, ‘You know, these guys are pretty good, but we can hang with them,’” Theisen said. “It was also good to see that the little mistakes make a much bigger difference when you play a team like that.” For Theisen, the trip down to ISU is a homecoming of its own, since he spent his college-playing career as a Redbird. “I’m a proud Redbird alum, and proud of where I was,” he said. “I’m proud of where the program has come and the improvements they’ve been able to make. Part of that goes hand-in-hand with my wanting our Charger baseball alumni to be proud of what they see when they come back to campus.” After the derby comes to a close on Friday, the Chargers will once again turn their sights to preparation for the upcoming season, hosting Albion College for an exhibition on Oct. 7, before heading to Kalamazoo College for an exhibition on Oct. 8.

Annual ‘Wild Bill’ 5K returns Saturday

Participants at the 2016 “Wild Bill” Fun Run gather at the starting line. Bill Lundberg | Courtesy

By | Abby Liebing Collegian Reporter The annual “Wild Bill” Run Fun with coach Bill Lundberg is Saturday at 8 a.m. The run is a 5K, which starts and ends in Hayden Park. The route will weave around campus, going around the old quad, down Galloway Drive, and back to Hayden Park. “The 5K is a fun run that we open up to the community, and it’s a free event,” Lundberg said. “It’s a run that brings together alums, current students, staff, and friends of coach ‘Wild Bill’ Lundberg.” Registration will begin at 7:00 a.m., Saturday and the first 100 registrants will receive free T-shirts. There will be some door prizes raffled off during the post-race activities in addition to free food and refreshments. “The first place finisher for men and women will also receive a gift from the Hillsdale College bookstore,” Lundberg said. The 5K, started 15 years ago by Lundberg’s athletes, used to be a part of the Hillsdale College GINA Relays on Saturday, which was the last day of the meet.

“We moved it to Homecoming weekend four years ago in 2014 and it has become a popular run on campus as we welcome back our Charger alums, encourage our current students with their health and fitness, and invite our community and their families to see Hayden Park and experience our great college campus,” Lundberg said. Lundberg has worked at Hillsdale since 1985. When he first arrived, he was the head coach of the cross country and track teams. Now, he is an assistant professor of sport studies, Hayden Park fitness and recreation director, and one of the most beloved coaches on campus. Senior Isaac Dell described Lundberg as “exuberantly energetic.” Dell has participated in the “Wild Bill” run the past two years and said his favorite part is simply “Wild Bill”. “His energy makes you excited to get up early on a Saturday morning,” Dell said. If you head out to Hayden Park this Saturday morning, you’ll almost certainly hear Lundberg’s signature motto: “Fire up, and Go Chargers!”

Charger Chatter: Casey Schukow but they were mostly D-III schools. After my last game my senior year, Hillsdale contacted me and one of the coaches called me up. I met him, took a trip to visit the school, they offered me a little bit of money. I said, “You know what, this is definitely the place for me.” I kinda fell in love with it right when I came to campus. What do you enjoy about being at Hillsdale? Casey Schukow is a senior from Saline, Michigan. He is a defensive tackle on the football team and is studying biochemestry. How did you settle on Hillsdale? So, I wanted to play football in college and I had a couple of schools recruit me,

I feel like I’m a true student-athlete. I feel like if I would’ve gone to a big university I would just be a number, or if I were to play football at a bigger place and just walk on, I think I’d just get lost into the mix. Here I really feel like I’m able to be my own person, learn more about myself, and have the opportunity to develop phenomenal relation-

ships with both guys on the team, in the dorm when I was an RA, the student body, and the professors I’ve been able to work with in the chemistry and biology departments. What are you studying?

I’m a biochem major and I might minor in biology if they let me. I want to go into medicine. I’ve applied to medical school this summer for classes beginning next summer. I have a few interviews right now, a few more schools I have to hear from. Yeah, I’m excited for it. A little anxious, but excited. Why’d you choose biochemistry? I just figured it was the best of both worlds. I always liked chemistry in high school, I liked a little bit of biology.

I was interested in learning about the human body and its metabolic pathways, including the different reactions between biological molecules and how they contribute to how we break down fat and carbs. Stuff like that.

Have you had any influential teachers or moments? I’ve got a few. I’d definitely say, across the board, chemistry faculty and biology faculty have just been phenomenal. Dr. Baron, Dr. Hamilton, Dr. Meyet, Dr. Steiner, I could name honestly all of them. They’re just two quality departments, and it’s just been cool to develop a great professor-student relationship and get to know them really well. I think I’m a much better student and a much smarter individual. It’s always nice when you know the professors

are working their butts off for you, too. Can you tell us anything about Coach Otter that people might not expect?

The dude is horrible with technology. He’s not good with the computer. If he does something cool like bring up a PowerPoint or switch over a slide, he always brags about it. Like, come on man. He’s not that good with technology. The Zac Brown Band, with the song “Toes,” I think that’s still his ringtone. That part is pretty cool. Do you guys have any special rituals for the football team? Honestly, it’s another week. You want to go 1-0 every week. Our mind is set on our opponents every Saturday.

After we play the game, we watch the film, then put our focus on Kentucky Wesleyan. Whether it’s Homecoming, a title game, it’s just another week of preparation. We’ve gotta continue to embrace the process and just work our butts off. If your parents are reading, what would you want to tell them? Honestly, I love them. Couldn’t do it without them. I’ve been a pain in the butt sometimes, but it’s only because I love them. Honestly, without their support, I wouldn’t be here and wouldn’t be in the position I’m in now and will be in for the rest of my life.

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The Chargers took games from Kentucky Wesleyan and Trevecca Nazarene this weekend. Matthew Kendrick | Collegian

VOLLEYBALL GOES 2-0 ON SOUTHERN TRIP By | Michael Lucchese senior writer

While traveling to the southern reaches of the G-MAC, Hillsdale College volleyball swept two matches last weekend. The Chargers improved their overall record to 10-3, and their conference record now sits at 3-2. The southern campaign began with a 3-0 victory over Kentucky Wesleyan College in Owensboro. Hillsdale’s defense limited Kentucky Wesleyan’s hitting percentage to .092, due in large part to sophomore libero Taylor Wiese’s 14 digs. Junior outside hitter Kara Vyletel led the Chargers’ offense with 15 kills and 12 digs through the match, finishing with a .406 hitting percentage. “The teams we faced gave

us great opportunities to work on some new things,” Vyletel said. “Although we swept, we’re still looking to focus in on our matches and stay concentrated on the task at hand throughout the entirety of our play.” Junior rightside hitter Paige VanderWall also performed well against the Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers, tallying 12 kills and 7 digs for a .478 hitting percentage. On Monday, VanderWall was named G-MAC West Division Player of the Week — the first time she’s been awarded this honor during her college career. VanderWall is ranked number five for hitting percentage in the G-MAC, with a .318. She is also ranked ninth in the conference for number of kills, averaging about three

kills per set. On the team, VanderWall also leads the team’s defense, consistently setting career highs for digs through sets this season. “It’s definitely a team honor, because we got the sweep both times this weekend,” VanderWall said. “We clicked well to get the job done. A lot of people did a lot of great things.” Head coach Chris Gravel described VanderWall’s award as “well-deserved” and praised the way the team improved to get on its three-match winning streak. The Chargers kept up their winning streak on the second leg of their trip in a 3-0 sweep against the Trevecca Nazarene Trojans in Nashville, Tennessee. “We really improved our serving and passing in those

matches,” Gravel said. Overall, the Chargers lead the G-MAC for average service aces per set — 1.9 — and for highest hitting percentage — .258. In the match against the Trojans, Vyletel aced three serves and scored nine kills. Wiese scored two service aces and helped the back line with 12 digs. VanderWall hit .556 against the Trojans, scoring 11 kills — the fifth straight match in which she scored double-digit kills. “I think we all individually did little tasks better,” VanderWall said. “We made a point of having constant communication which created more court synergy.” Vyletel said that the team is still focusing on improving to keep up the new momentum it’s finding in conference play. “Even though our ener-

125 years of Charger Football Looking Back:1892 Chargers top Notre Dame University By | Nic Rowan Assistant Editor Hillsdale College may not be a nationally known football powerhouse, but there was a time when the Chargers could — and did — defeat The University of Notre Dame. It happened on Thanksgiving Day in 1892, when the Fighting Irish challenged the Chargers to an exhibition match. Already a football giant, Notre Dame expected to trounce Hillsdale; the Chargers were just a club team in its second year of existence. They didn’t even have a coach. To make matters worse, Hillsdale already had a spotty record on the field. They had lost their first-ever game against Albion College the year before, 36-4, starting a football rivalry that would exist between the two schools until 1960, when Hillsdale withdrew from Albion’s league. But the Chargers would not suffer this sort of loss when they played the Irish.

Hillsdale defeated Notre Dame, 14-12. As a show of congratulations for the victory, Notre Dame paid for the Chargers’ hotel rooms, bought all the players a big dinner, and gave them all cigars “to be smoked on the train ride home.” These were the days when smoking was allowed — and apparently even encouraged — indoors. The Chargers went on to play the Irish again on Thanksgiving in 1893 and 1894, but would never repeat their first victory. According to The Hillsdale Herald, the Chargers lost 22-12 in 1893 and 14-0 in 1894. In a 1950 interview with the Collegian, one of the players on the 1892 team, Jesse P. Robinson ‘96, said he remembered the games as a friendly — if only short-lived — rivalry. “We didn’t mind too much,” he said about the 1893 and 1894 losses. “We played them three years in a row and they were real hosts.”

A photo of the 1898 State of Michigan champion Hillsdale Chargers hangs in the halls of the Grewcock Student Union. Stevan Bennett Jr. | Collegian

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gy was high throughout the matches, there were times we were not as mentally strong as we should have been, so that will be something we work on in practice this week,” Vyletel said. Over Homecoming weekend, the Chargers will play three home matches in the Dawn Tibbetts Potter Arena. “Three games in one weekend is unusual for conference play,” VanderWall said. “We’ll need to focus on every ball and respect every opponent. We’ve been working a ton on the fundamental skills this week so we’re hoping to play some crisp volleyball this weekend.” Vyletel expressed anticipation for the Chargers’ return home after the team’s longest road trip of the season. “I hope everyone comes

with a lot of energy ready to see some big plays from both sides of the court,” Vyletel said. “I’m excited to see all our hard work shown in play this weekend.” On Friday evening, Hillsdale plays the Ohio Valley University Fighting Scots, who have a 2-4 G-MAC record. On Saturday at noon, the Chargers face Davis & Elkins, currently 2-3 in conference play. Finally, Sunday afternoon, the team will play Alderson-Broaddus University, which is winless in the G-MAC. “We are excited to play three teams we’ve never played before,” Gravel said. “We plan to be ready.”

DESPITE RECORD DAY, FOOTBALL FALLS TO NO. 14 INDIANAPOLIS By | Nathan Grime Assistant Editor In a record-setting classic last Saturday, the Hillsdale Chargers lost 45-38 to the No. 14 University of Indianapolis Greyhounds on the road, dropping to 2-2 this season. The Greyhounds remain undefeated and improved to No. 10 in the NCAA’s Division II football rankings after the victory. Indianapolis also narrowed the difference in the all-time series against Hillsdale to one game. The Chargers are now 16-15 in headto-head matchups against the Greyhounds. Junior quarterback Chance Stewart completed 31 of 47 passes for 485 yards, surpassing the school’s previous single-game record of 426 passing yards set by Mark Nicolet in 2007 and matched by Mark LaPrairie in 2014. “Any time you’re able to set a record on a football team with such great tradition like Hillsdale, it’s always an honor,” Stewart said. “Lots of amazing efforts went into that game and just huge performances by everyone on the offensive side to help get all those yards.” 302 of those yards found the hands of junior wide receiver Trey Brock, on 12 receptions. That output also eclipsed a Chargers’ single-game record, previously held by John Haley, who racked up 268 receiving yards in a game in 2014. Through the first three games of the season, Brock had one touchdown and 220 receiving yards. Those are by no means shabby numbers for a wide receiver, but the 2016 All-American knew he was capable of more. “It meant a lot for me, because I struggled a bit in the first three games,” Brock said of his two-touchdown, 302-yard performance against Indianapolis. “It gave me a

lot of confidence and set the bar high for me going into the second half of the season.” Brock’s historic performance also earned him the G-MAC’s offensive Player of the Week award. Collectively, Hillsdale piled up 650 total yards of offense, another single-game record in the team’s 125-year history. The 2014 team previously held the record for total offense in a game, accumulating 611 yards on Sept. 13 of that year. “That’s what we’re capable of,” sophomore running back David Graham said of the offense’s high-octane attack. “Even more so, we still made some mistakes while doing that well offensively. We can be really good on both sides of the ball.” The Greyhounds bolted out of the gates, scoring on their first five possessions of the game to build a 23-0 lead midway through the second quarter. A 60-yard heave from Stewart to Brock got Hillsdale on the board in the second quarter. On the Greyhounds’ ensuing possession, senior defensive lineman Matt Hall forced and recovered a fumble at Indy’s 23-yard line. The takeaway set up Graham’s first of two touchdown rushes to bring the score to 23-14. The Chargers’ defense forced its first three-and-out of the game, and the offense needed only one play to score a touchdown on its third consecutive possession. Stewart again found Brock, this time for an 82-yard strike. “Our offense seemed to take more shots [down the field] in the second quarter,” Brock said. “Chance did a great job trusting his receivers to make plays.” The 82-yard reception was the longest of Brock’s collegiate career. The Greyhounds scored a touchdown on a deep pass of

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Famous fiction writer Joy Williams visits campus and the fair By | Hannah Niemeier Senior Writer “The fair!” These were the first words I heard from novelist and short story writer Joy Williams as John Somerville, professor of English and director of the Visiting Writers Program, introduced her at Monday night’s reading for her visit Sept. 25 and 26. Joy’s list of accolades is long — she was nominated for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and won the O. Henry Prize twice. Her list of intriguing interests is longer. She writes often about snakes and her two German shepherds, Aslan and Noche. Her stories have been described as “modern fables and skewed vignettes [that] make the implausible

plausible.” Her travel guide of the Florida Keys (Why does a famous fictionist write a travel guide to the Florida Keys?) is, according to Vogue, a “map of a vanishing world.” And after her visit to Hillsdale, Joy has a minefield of new material for inspiration: Tuesday, in addition to workshopping with young writers and giving the customary Visiting Writer’s lecture, America’s best living writer of short stories and I took a trip to the Hillsdale County Fair. It was all Joy’s idea. Granted, she was half joking as she took the podium and repeated: “John, you neglected to tell me about the fair!” But as Joy read from “Ninety-Nine Stories of God,” her most recent story collection — in which the Lord

adopts a tortoise, hangs out with wolves, refuses to eat the salmon at a wedding he crashes, blesses the dreams of Tolstoy, and curses those of Kafka — I began to see that the county fair may be just Williams’ style. With her writing often noted for highlighting the surreal within the real, imagine what she could do with the “most popular fair on earth.” She stopped in the middle of “Noche,” about a dog bred in an insane asylum: “You can laugh.” The audience sat back and let the strange, perplexing, and darkly funny vignettes wash over them. They laughed with Joy and gave each other sly glances: Can she really get away with this? Yes, she can. And the stories stick, too: the absurdity

grabs and grows in the mind. What is she really saying there, or anywhere? (Why are we laughing at “Pretty Much the Same, Then” — about heaven and hell?) “She wrote that a story must have a still surface with lots going on underneath,” said senior Allison Deckert, who has studied Joy’s work in Somerville’s class. “I get that sense with her stories. At face value, they’re peaceful and basic narratives, but when you think about them, things stand out that are jarring and unexpected.” A student asked Joy if she considered herself a humor writer. She said no, or she didn’t know. She didn’t know when she was being funny. (She was being funny when she wrote an entire short story

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‘The Woman Who Smashed Codes’

In new book, an English alumna becomes the ‘mother of cryptology’ That experience introduced the Friedmans to cryptology, underdeveloped in America when World War I broke out. Fabyan had them learn to crack codes for the U.S. military, reading the limited materials available and creating their own Elizebeth Smith Friedman graduated in 1915. Winona yearbook decoding in the country stemmed from methods. her liberal-arts education. Her By the war’s end, they were code-breaking career, in fact, some of the most experienced began with Shakespeare. cryptanalysts in the United After college, Elizebeth States and were teaching Smith did not know what she others this scientific way of wanted to do, but she was unlocking secret messages. looking for adventure. She The Friedmans eventually sought work in Chicago but moved to Washington, D.C., was unsuccessful until visiting where they continued their the city’s Newberry Library work in codebreaking for to view an original First Folio the military. When Elizebeth of William Shakespeare on Friedman became pregnant, display. There, a librarian con- however, she left work to raise nected her with George Fabher daughter and then her son yan, the eccentric millionaire and write a book on codeinvested in scientific projects breaking for beginners and that sought to change history children. The government, and perfect the human race. however, came knocking. At Fabyan’s Riverbank LabBecause of Friedman’s rare oratories, Smith found work skillset, the Treasury Departattempting to prove that Enment’s Coast Guard sought glish philosopher Francis Baher help decoding messagcon had written Shakespeare’s es from rum smugglers, works and hidden proof in gangsters, and kingpins of the text, using a code called organized crime. She started a cipher. There, Smith met working from home, breaking her future husband, and they 12,000 codes per year. The bonded over their disbelief in cryptanalyst-in-chief eventhe Bacon theory, which they tually put together a team of would debunk together in a seven people to smash those book at the end of their lives. encrypted messages — an early NSA. L TOWN Come World War II, the L Nothing Sweeter A pressures of her job continued Than A Small Town to build, but Friedman and her team dominated. She was 4 South Howell St. the first in the United States Hillsdale, MI 49242 to break the German Enigma 2017 Est. code (as in “The Imitation Phone: 517-610-5403 U BO Q I Game,” the movie starring UT Benedict Cumberbatch at the H ILLSDALE, M I Like us on Facebook code-breaker Alan Turing), and she even broke a second smalltownsweetboutique@gmail.com variation of the machine,

By | Breana Noble Editor-in-Chief When World War I broke out, there was no federal intelligence community, no CIA, FBI, or NSA. There was Elizebeth Smith Friedman. The 1915 Hillsdale alumna remains one of history’s alltime best code breakers, influential in the development of America’s intelligence-gathering bodies. Her expertise brought officials from the FBI, U.S. Navy, and Treasury Department knocking at her door, and she became a champion of world wars. But she was forgotten until recently, according to Jason Fagone, an American journalist and author of “The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America’s Enemies,” which came out Tuesday. “Her whole career,” Fagone told The Collegian, “she was called in to fix things.” Friedman was an English major who became the “mother of cryptology,” unlocking the codes of World War I enemies, rum-runners during Prohibition, and Nazi spies. Fagone describes Friedman’s incredible life, often overshadowed by her husband, William Friedman, who helped break the secret messages of Japan’s Purple code machine — including one that predicted a major attack on the United States before Pearl Harbor. Although Fagone briefly mentions Friedman’s experience at Hillsdale — she transferred here in 1913 from Wooster College in Ohio when her mother fell ill — Friedman’s journey to become one of the top cryptanalysts

leading the Allies to victory in World War II’s invisible war of spies and secret messages. In total, Friedman cracked 4,000 codes that helped take down the fascist spy network in South America, which contributed to the “greatest spy roundup” in U.S. history, said J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI director who often took credit for the work Friedman and her team did in secret. Despite little formal training in mathematics, Friedman fell into cryptology with a love for using the critical thinking she developed in college to pursue further work in the science. “Codebreaking is about seeing patterns,” Fagone said. “I think Elizebeth had some experience in finding patterns in lines of poetry in her literature background she got at Hillsdale. That served her well in codebreaking.” “Knowledge is power,” a phrase adapted from Bacon, was the motto of the Friedmans. Their ability to unlock knowledge was the key to saving lives, preventing coups, and winning wars. It’s also the reason why Elizebeth Friedman’s story is only gaining recognition now. Although she indexed her husband’s records and donated much of her own work and letters for the Marshall Library in Virginia, her secretive work during World War II was only made public between 1988 and 2000. “I thought there would be a biography on her, and there wasn’t,” said Fagone, who began research in January 2016. “I started reading her letters, and — oh my gosh — I was hooked. It seemed like an important American story that hadn’t been told.” In “The Woman Who Smashed Codes,” Fagone finally brings justice to Friedman’s story. Compelling and humorous, the book provides a clear picture of the witty and tenacious Hillsdale graduate and the impact she had in the early development of America’s intelligence-gathering state.

Joy Williams visited campus this week. Joy Williams | Courtesy

A fair food pilgrimage By | Nic Rowan Assistant Editor

When I took Physical Wellness Dynamics the first semester of freshman year, the “food journal” section had the misfortune of coinciding with the Hillsdale County Fair. For a class of freshmen tasked with recording everything that went into our bodies, this was depressing. The fair offered us elephant ears, funnel cakes, fried Milky Ways — everything the slideshows in class warned us against ingesting. Our professor, Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach Matt Hilkens, knew this and told us to disregard the curriculum’s warnings against junk food, at least for this occasion. “Go to the fair. Eat an elephant ear,” he said. “These are things you should be doing.” A lot of people do. In addition to its animals, monster trucks, and cheap trick

rides, the Hillsdale County Fair boasts 44 venues where fair-goers can purchase a variety of fried delights. These booths have fried oreos, fried cheesecake, fried mushrooms, fried cookie dough, fried butter — and so on. Ad nauseum, for some. While buying a basket of fried cheesecake this week, I asked the man behind the counter if he sold a lot of it. “No, that stuff is disgusting,” he said. “Oh, well, what do you sell a lot of?” “Fried cookie dough,” he said. “I don’t even try to count how many baskets I sell every day.” The kid behind me in line was getting anxious. He turned to his brother. “Hey, can we walk down to the animals?” he said. “This whole place smells like cigs.” He’s right. On a hot day, the fair smells like a section

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CULTURE CORNER How Hillsdalians keep up with the culture

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Why do we need logic and creativity? David Murphy, associate professor of mathematics: “Karl Weierstrass, an important 19th century mathematician, is quoted as having said, ‘No mathematician can be a complete mathematician unless he is also something of a poet.’ Mathematics is built and rests upon both logic and imagination.”

Lorraine Murphy, associate professor of English: “I like to use left-brain thinking in right-brain contexts (and vice versa). For example, literary works are full of coded material. Reading well requires discernment and precision. We have to de-code irony and metaphor. We have to detect patterns and notice when they’re broken.”

What does literature say about the two?

D. Murphy: “One of my favorite math books is ‘Mathematics and the Imagination.’ While imagination often scouts ahead to consider possibilities and logic slowly follows along, in the end it is logic and mathematics that go well beyond imagination, such as with the discovery of non-Euclidean geometry.”

L. Murphy: “I recently read a fascinating article about the yet-tobe-decoded ‘Voynich Manuscript.’ I venture to hope that a language-math double major from Hillsdale College will one day either crack the code or prove that the manuscript is a hoax!”

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Performing ‘The River’

Grammy-winning Native American musician and string quartet combine classical and tribal music By | Nathan Grime Assistant Editor Nearly 200 listeners packed Markel Auditorium on Saturday for an evening that highlighted traditional Native American culture through both classical and tribal music. Robert Mirabal, an acclaimed Native American musician, performed with the trailblazing string quartet ETHEL as part of the Hillsdale College Professional Artist Series. The group presented its album “The River.” Mirabal is a three-time Grammy Award winner, a two-time Native American Artist of the Year, and a threetime Native American Songwriter of the Year. ETHEL has premiered more than 150 new works while traveling across the country. Mirabal told the audience sincerity is the key to connecting with the music and, as a result, the audience. “The music is such a tiny part of what is really actually there,” Mirabal said. “Doing it for so many years, I know what particular parts to choose that are relevant to the time, the generation, and to the audience. It’s about creating community, and that’s what’s lacking now.” Mirabal played a variety of instruments, including an assortment of his homemade traditional flutes. In between pieces, Mirabal explained the meaning behind the texts and tunes that made up the set. The lyrics came from his traditional native culture, and some were stories that make up the generational oral tradition that is so important to his

Pueblo tribe in New Mexico. Mirabal often incorporated hand signs into his songs to convey the customs of his culture. He moved around while singing and playing and interacted with the audience at times. During the final song, Mirabal walked through the aisles as he sang. “He went around and shook everyone’s hands. I thought that was neat,” said JoAnn Arendt, house director at Galloway Residence. “That was kind of the highlight of the whole thing.” ETHEL, the quartet, consisted of three violins and a cello. Collaborating and touring with Mirabal broadened the group’s musical boundaries, according to founding member and cellist Dorothy Lawson. “That was our first step outside — looking at other ways of building concert music that might sound more contemporary, relevant, exciting, and entertaining,” she said. It came from “an urge to be more whole and humane and embrace more, bring more of our lives together, bring more people together.” Lawson said the group used a foundation in classical training to branch out musically and culturally. “When we began just before the millennium, the classical music world had kind of strangled itself because it had such firm boundaries around everything that was okay in a concert hall and the audience was just fed up with it,” she said. Lawson said making music is an ideal way to cross cultures, communities, and customs.

The day of the concert, Mirabal and ETHEL held a masterclass geared toward Hillsdale music students. Professor and Music Department Chairman James Holleman described the session as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience a different culture through music. “The masterclass was amazing,” Holleman said. “[Mirabal] came out and opened himself and his world up to the students. It was fascinating. I wish every student on campus had been there. It was an insight we just don’t get.” ETHEL and Mirabal invited some of the students who were at the class to play along with them for their last piece of the set that evening. Freshman Gabriel Meyer, who plays the cello, said after the quartet heard some strings students working on improvisational music during the masterclass, they invited the students to join them on stage for the performance. “I was kinda freaked out. I almost didn’t do it,” Meyer said. “But then I heard one song at the concert and thought, ‘Shoot, this is too awesome, I have to be a part of this!’ It was amazing to make such beautiful music for such talented people.” For other students in the audience, the experience was just as unique and rewarding. “Some of the sounds produced by the instruments were strange to hear at first but contributed to the music in beautiful ways,” freshman Ben Jagoda said. “It is interesting to me that cultures all over the world have a similar, basic understanding of music.”

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about a young woman drinking gin with a giant snake and its elderly owners: “Even my hair feels drunk.” “We all enjoyed that she shared her stories of her daily life: it’s strange and odd and like a fairytale when you see it from a certain perspective, but we don’t always look at it that way,” Deckert said after her lunch with Joy on Monday. “Her presence brings a lens with which to view your life.” I wanted Joy to see the fair, to show it to me through her eyes: the carnival rides, the stuffed prizes and fried Oreos, the swine and the sheep and the goats. In her fiction about God in the pharmacy and literary scholars in the local prisons, she was showing me the way I’ve learned to look at southern Michigan: quietly strange, funny and melancholy at the same time, delightful and always worthy of another glance and scratch of the head. So when Somerville said Joy had room in her schedule the next afternoon after her writing workshops, I agreed with all the fervor of a young missionary. “Make sure she really wants this,” he said. She was still intrigued: “The most popular fair on earth — according to whom?” She said she was testing the journalist on her research. I failed; this was the exact question I’ve been asking for years. A friend and I picked her up from the Dow Center at four. It was hot and dusty,

so Joy’s uniform (minus the leather jacket) treated her well: in her worn black cowboy boots and her signature sunglasses, she marched through puddles under the grandstand like a Hillsdale native, squinting up at me in the heat and asking if Hillsdale had a demolition derby. She attended one once, in Nantucket. She loved it. It inspired “Driveshaft,” which starts like this: “The Lord had always wanted to participate in a demolition derby.” The story doesn’t end well. I am not sure Joy enjoyed the full fair experience, though she did observe it: She ate no fried food, and she sympathized from afar with a solitary scream issuing from the Fireball “amusement” ride. She talked about tortoise shell patterns outside the petting zoo. In the expo tent, we discovered that if worse comes to worst, an unfortunate writer can become a Scentsy consultant for $49. Joy was fascinated by a sign that discouraged talking with the 4H students, who “worked very hard on their projects.” Of course they did, but what sort of altercation made this necessary? The livestock barns, though, presented a problem. We petted calves and goats and made friends with sheep struggling to breathe beneath their wool. It was cute and rural, but I sensed clouds gathering. She wandered away, peeking into stalls by herself. “There’s such a disconnect here,” she said. “Like when you were talking about that cow’s beautiful eyelashes, and

then…” When reading a sign about the nutritional value of rabbit meat, she laughed and said maybe the signs were to keep ladies like her from running up to kids and asking what they were doing: selling these animals for dinner. It was one of those jokes — like in “Ninety-Nine Stories of God” — that says almost too much. Joy, a vegetarian, is on the side of the livestock: In “Ninety-Nine,” there’s a story about a pig saving a man’s life. Joy gave mixed messages about the fair: at one point after her lecture Tuesday night, she said it wasn’t “weird enough,” and at another it was “really something,” but it was never “fun” or “amusing.” For Joy, though, “fun” may not have the final word. “Ninety-Nine” seems to say that there’s something worth noticing in unsettling experiences, as well. They might be the whole point, according to her essay, “Why I Write,” which she read Tuesday evening. “A great story wakes us up to the world,” she read. And later, “the story is not a simple one. It is synchronistic and strange and unhappy. And it must be told beautifully. Even the horrible parts — especially the horrible parts.” In my favorite story in “Ninety-Nine,” the Lord buys a pet tortoise. He’s nervous about this whole adoption business. Talking about tortoises at the most popular fair on earth: I hope she got something out of it. For me, Hillsdale is different now that I’ve seen it through Joy Williams’s eyes.

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new tracks on the EP that the studio, there was a bit of that By | Mark Naida awe,” he said. “But then we band has been working on Assistant Editor started to complain about for over a year. The latter was August Hotel headlined being stuck in the studio, but Cieply’s favorite song on the student music festival Womb- album. then we would walk out and stock before its songs had be really grateful for it.” “‘Crystallized’ is really been released, but junior Sinclair said that he finds it catchy. I think it tells a conAdam Cieply still knew all the ventional story, the usual high funny going from small shows lyrics and sang them until his in Chicago with small crowds school love story, but they throat hurt. to a friendly, excited Hillsdale reminisce on the story from Senior Dean Sinclair is crowd. a college viewpoint,” Cieply the drummer of the Chica“If we don’t play ‘Valentine’ said. “They wonder what go-based pop group, which here, people will start screammemories they will be able to released its first EP last week. ing at us,” he said. keep. They realize that they August Hotel has played at That song, which came out will try to keep it forever, but Hillsdale five times: the No in October 2014, was the first they can’t. ” Date Dance (sponsored by song to get people talking Guitarist Ryan Lammers, A Few Good Men), Battle of about August Hotel, though who produced the EP, said the Bands, Welcome Party in Sinclair insists that if it was he felt pressure to record the 2015, Broad anything, the acclaim was music properly in a studio at Street Market in 2016, and Northwestern University after small. Wombstock in 2017. “One night, shortly after the band tried and failed to Cieply has seen them four the song came out, Olds was record in a basement in 2015. times and said that having a party and ‘Afhe “went crazy” each rica’ by Toto was playtime. “We are not philosophers on this ing. [Senior] Amalia The band released thought I was its EP, “Charms,” on record, but we give you something to Hansen leaving so she changed Sept. 22 on all major the song to ‘Valentine.’ tap your foot along to.” music buying and Some people knew the sharing websites. The song but most people EP (extended play) “It’s kind of surreal honest- did not. People started boohas two songs, “12AM” and ing. [Seniors] Mehgan Cain ly,” Lammers said. “We have “Michigan Again,” which and Callie Ring tried to get been sitting on these songs the band released as singles people hyped. I don’t know for a long time. It is strange earlier this year. These songs if the song ran to the end,” to have it out where everyone came about after the band’s Sinclair said. who is not us can listen to it.” reorganization over the past The EP marks a new stage couple of years when Craig This was not the first time in the band’s development. Schwartz began playing keySinclair and Lammers found “Even though we have board for the band and when themselves in a studio togethplayed together since high bassist Cale Singleton handed er. A band they formed in school, we need to rebrand. over the mic to lead singer Joe middle school named “PoseThose tracks had a different Padilla. idon” won the chance to re“We never sat down and cord a full album featuring the singer and a different keyboard player,” Sinclair said. asked what the EP was about. “The Implosion of the Plan.” The band decided to take We just sat down and wrote The music video of the song “Valentine” and “What About pop songs. If it works out to still haunts the back alleys of Now?” off of streaming sites where we can tell a story, that’s YouTube. great,” said Sinclair. “We are Though Lammers said that for a fresh start. August Hotel does not not philosophers on this rethey felt like “hot shots” going know what to expect with the cord, but if you have a broken into the studio to record with release of “Charms.” heart, we give you something Poseidon, the experience was “Right now,” Lammers said, to tap your foot along to and different this time around. “we are just trying to get it in be a little upset with.” “Having the freedom that as many ears as possible.” “Can I Be in Love with we did and the access to the You” and “Crystallized” are

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of the Jersey shore boardwalk sloshed its way into a field in central Pennsylvania. The savory smells of processed meats and fried dough waft their way into the animal stalls, and weave themselves into the cow manure and horse hair. The added puffs of cigarette smoke blanketing the whole affair unify these opposed odors into something not entirely pleasant, but certainly fitting. Like rain in Savannah. Inconsistent smells aren’t the only clash the fair entertains. When I was walking the grounds with senior Hannah

Niemeier and author Joy Williams on Tuesday, both noticed that depending on the signage at the various booths, you can buy either CARAMEL CORN or CARMEL CORN. Perhaps the first refers

to the sticky sweet treat, and the second informs the buyer that the popcorn was made by sisters of the Carmelite order. Or maybe Hillsdale County Fair vendors don’t have to pass a spelling test.

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Botanist shares his simulated journey to Mars By | Jacquelyn Eubanks Collegian Reporter

A botanist, a geneticist, a physicist, and a Green Beret walk into a 636-square foot simulation space capsule. It may sound like the beginning of a joke, but it really happened to Tim Evans, an associate professor of biology and director of the herbarium at Grand Valley State University. Tuesday night, Evans spoke at Hillsdale about his experience in National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Human Exploration Research Analog, HERA. He spent 45 days in the spring at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, living in an isolated, controlled building meant to simulate a mission to Mars. “This is like a space camp on steroids,” Evans said. “The purpose is to get people to Mars and back safely.” To do that, NASA tests individuals with an “astronaut phenotype” on Earth in a simulated space exploration environment in order to study the effects of sleep deprivation

and develop countermeasures against it. Evans applied to NASA’s astronaut candidate program twice in the 1990s but was rejected both times. After raising a family, he decided to give NASA one last try nearly two decades later and applied to HERA. “I didn’t think I would get a phone call,” he said. “There were certain technical skills they were looking for.” After a few more phone calls, questionings, health screenings, and lots of blood draws and psych evaluations, one thing led to another and Evans was accepted to the program. He spent his time on the mission losing sleep, eating healthy foods, and getting minimal exercise. “They wanted us under a microscope,” he said. Its purpose was to develop countermeasures to potential issues future astronauts would face on a trip to Mars and back. Everything was monitored, recorded, and measured. They took surveys as many as 30

to 40 times per day. The crew even had to take samples of their urine and fecal matter, which were then compared to those of astronauts in the International Space Station. The HERA crew members were limited on the number of calories they could consume

sleep deprivation bled into the team’s social dynamics. By the end of the trial, Evans said the crew was “still smiling, but some of those smiles were a little forced.” The whole mission lasted 45 days. Those days were planned out intricately, and

“This is like a space camp on steroids. The purpose is to get people to Mars and back safely.” in a day and the number of hours they were allowed to sleep. Evans said there were no naps or caffeine allowed, and participants got only five hours of sleep per night. “It’s not sustainable,” Evans said. “Sleep is huge. Traits are amplified with sleep deprivation.” For example, someone who is already sarcastic will become even more sarcastic, he said. Evans said the effects of

each crew member had their own schedule to follow, Evans said. Some of the crew’s activities included looking for damage on the ISS, landing a small plane at a docking station on Mars, and taking a flight to an asteroid, all through the lenses of virtual reality goggles. Evans recounted a time when he was in a simulated flight and his objective was to take a measurement and test a sample of an asteroid. Some-

thing went wrong with his controller, similar to a video game controller, and he found himself hurtling into simulated outer space. “It was disorienting,” he said. “It was amazing.” Evans also recalled the food eaten during the mission. The crew ate the same food as the ISS astronauts. They were only allowed to consume the minimum calories they needed to survive based on their minimal metabolic rate. This, however, left Evans constantly hungry, and the food wasn’t always tasty. “We got tired of cream spinach,” Evans said. “Cream spinach really gets old after a while.” On the last day of the mission, he said he decided to disregard mission control’s planned meal and ate Turkish fish stew, his favorite food during the mission. To escape boredom, the mission participants played card games, watched movies, and had Hawaiian-shirt Fridays. Evans even took up origami.

“That kept me busy for a couple afternoons,” he said. He also got to use botany knowledge while on board when he grew petunias and sustained them for an entire lifecycle. When the mission finally came to an end, Evans said he had learned a lot from his experience. Something especially striking was the “mind-numbing” quality of the simulated trip home from Mars — that’s going to be hard for real missions, he said. Freshman Sara Gasey, who attended the talk, said Evans’s presentation was fascinating. “I’d be interested in looking into it more,” she said. “It’s the best lead-up we’re going to get to actual space missions.” Assistant Professor of Biology Silas Johnson said the talk piqued his interest in space camp. “I think it’s fantastic,” Johnson said. “I’m sort of jealous. I always wanted to go to space camp. I exceed the height requirement for this, though — my dreams have been dashed.”

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Five Hillsdale College members of the American Chemical Society attended a science talk Sept. 19 in Detroit, Michigan. Christine Ausherman | Courtesy

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Whimsical scenarios, real science ACS hears from Oakland science professor and author By | Emma Cummins Collegian Freelancer What would happen if the Earth stopped spinning or lost all its water at once? David Consiglio, an Oakland Community College professor and high school science teacher, may have the answer. Consiglio gave a talk about these and other questions addressed in his book “Spoiler Alert: Everyone Dies: The Lighter Side of Global Annihilation” Sept. 19 in Detroit, Michigan. Five members of Hillsdale College’s chapter of the American Chemical Society attended the talk, which was sponsored by the national ACS. Consiglio’s book revolves around addressing imaginary scenarios based on real principles of physics and chemistry. For example, one question Consiglio answered was whether the Earth’s population had enough combined strength to pull the moon

toward the Earth using an unbreakable rope. Consiglio first began answering these hypothetical questions on a blogging website called Quora. After answering a few questions online, Consiglio made connections across the world with people who either agreed or disagreed with his answers to quixotic questions, which explain whimsical scenarios using real scientific principles. “They’re all very interesting,” said senior Christine Ausherman, secretary of Hillsdale’s ACS chapter. “They’re all strange and weird, but he takes the time to describe the physics and to a certain extent, the chemistry behind these phenomena.” Hillsdale ACS president senior Andrea Lee said she felt the event would be a great way to meet other ACS members. “We’ve never interacted with other ACS chapters in the state,” Lee said. “As one

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of the goals for this year, I wanted to try and get more involved with other chapters.” The talk was one of a series of chemistry-related events the national ACS sponsors each month. “When I heard about this, I was really excited because I feel like a lot of the scientific field is based on community, hearing what other people are doing, meeting other students, and interacting with people,” freshman Gabrielle Grayson, who attended the talk, said. “It sounded really fun and interesting.” Ausherman said the event was a good opportunity to meet other ACS members, although Consiglio’s talk contained less chemistry-specific topics. “Next month’s talk is very much a chemistry research topic involving carbohydrates and cancer research,” Ausherman said. “So I’m looking forward to that talk if we do end up going again.”

Tattoo ink compounds can become embedded in the lymph nodes and get stuck there after traveling from the skin, according to a scientific report published in Nature. Although circumstantial evidence has indicated tattoo pigments may be able to travel within the body, this project presents some of the first concrete evidence for this phenomenon. The researchers studied skin and lymph tissues from deceased individuals with tattoos and found compounds from the ink present in the lymph tissue.

By | Philip J. Berntson Collegian Reporter “If there is intelligent life out there, how does that change how we see ourselves?” Assistant Professor of Physics Timothy Dolch asked during the first Lyceum lunch of the year, held Sept. 19 in the nook of the Knorr Dining Hall. Students gathered to discuss the “positive fad or probable fact” of extraterrestrial life with Dolch and Associate Professor of Physics Paul Hosmer. Over the course of an hour, discussion ranged from the scientific and factual to the philosophical and speculative. Dolch discussed National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Cassini spacecraft and its observation of Saturn’s moon Titan, which likely harbors an underground ocean of liquid water. “If there is a warm ocean there, you have to ask whether there is biological life there,” Dolch said. “We’re actually making decisions of financial consequence based on whether there is life in our solar system.” Dolch also discussed the the implications of extraterrestrial life. “If there was intelligent life out there, does it reduce our humanity? Does it reduce our dignity?” Dolch asked. Later, Dolch answered students’ questions about the possibility of extraterrestrial life in the universe. Students

Researchers use Crispr to explore gene function

For the first time, researchers in the United Kingdom have disabled a gene in human embryos to learn about the gene’s function. Their work, published in Nature, used the molecular tool Crispr-Cas9 to disable a gene — a process only carried out in model organisms such as mice or fruit flies until now. The researchers studied a gene involved in embryonic development, and said the work is a large step for the field of developmental biology.

asked a variety of questions, such as why any intelligent extraterrestrial beings, if they exist, have not yet made contact with humans despite the size and scope of the known universe. “This is called the Fermi paradox,” Dolch said. “If there is intelligent life out there, if they come to the point of being able to traverse across the galaxy in a short amount of time, if they’re anything like

“We have discovered thousands of planets outside our solar systems. If you do the mathematics, there may be 10 billion earthlike planets in our galaxy.” us, they will try to colonize.” Dolch further clarified the Fermi paradox and why no colonization has occurred. He said in the context of a universe billions of years old, it may take a long time to come in contact with any extraterrestrials. “In a galaxy, everyone is hidden for a long period of time and then in a very short period of time are revealed to

Gravitational waves detected with high accuracy

Using a combination of three separate detectors, astronomers have detected and pinpointed the source of a set of gravitational waves, or ripples in the fabric of spacetime, from a collision between two black holes. The observed collision occurred in a galaxy approximately 1.8 billion light years from the Milky Way, and was the first observation to use three detectors. The new observation capacity marks a large improvement in the accuracy of detecting the source of gravitational waves.

each other,” Dolch said. Dolch said this means that if humans make contact with extraterrestrial life, it could be thousands or millions of years in the future. Dolch left it up to the students to decide whether coming into contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life could ever happen or if it is beyond the realm of possibility. He said there is certainly the possibility of life, even if it is only small microbes under the surface of a distant moon. “We have discovered thousands of planets outside our solar systems,” Dolch said. “If you do the mathematics, there may be 10 billion earthlike planets in our galaxy.” Sophomore Gregory Bonvissuto said the most fascinating aspect of the talk was “the fact that finding extraterrestrial life is in fact possible and even probable in the future.” The Lyceum will continue its series in October featuring a lunch discussion with Associate Professor of History Matthew Gaetano, who will speak on the intersection of multiculturalism and classical education. “I think the chance to discuss interesting questions over lunch with a professor embodies what we’re really here at Hillsdale to do,” junior Ellen Friesen said. “Nobody came to that lunch because it would help their GPA or enhance their resume. They came because they care about asking the hard questions and seeking answers.”

New HIV treatment found effective for nearly all strains

Scientists have developed a new type of antibody that can potentially treat or prevent HIV infections. Their work, published in Science, describes an antibody that targets HIV at three different weak points on the virus. Its multiple targets reduce the chance of the virus evolving to develop resistance to the antibody. The rapidly changing surface proteins of HIV have made it a challenge to treat, but the researchers reported the antibody’s success for 99 percent of all strains in preliminary animal trials.

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Wright brothers, Hillsdale fair legend fails to take flight By | Breana Noble Editor-in-Chief Monster trucks, country concerts, and horse races: Over the 167 years of its history, the Hillsdale County Fair has seen all sorts of attractions. Old newspaper clips even report that Wilbur and Orville Wright, the brothers who became the first to fly an airplane in 1903, performed a demonstration at the Hillsdale County Fair more than a century ago, according to Cinda Walton, the fair’s historian. That, however, may only be a legend, Wright-brothers experts told The Collegian. “It’s not true,” said Stephen Wright, the great-grandnephew of the brothers. “They never flew there in Hillsdale County.” Edward Roach, the historian at the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio, agreed: “There’s lots of these rumors or legends that get out. Everyone wants to lay claim to them.” Newspaper articles offer several different accounts of the alleged show, Walton said. Some say both brothers, others just one of the two, took off from, flew around, and landed in the inner oval of the track on the fairgrounds in an early version of their flying machine. Reports included four possible years for the visit: 1904, 1905, 1910, and 1915. Most commonly cited are

1904 and 1905, but Roach said the brothers were not in the business of doing such demonstrations at the time, less than a year or two after their four successful flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The brothers were still tinkering with their invention at that point, flying only at Huffman Prairie near Dayton, said Tom Crouch, the senior curator of aeronautics at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Muse-

was the one flown at the county fair. That flying machine, however, crashed after its fourth successful flight at Kitty Hawk and did not fly again. Although 1910 is the most likely year that a Wright-brothers plane would have flown in Hillsdale, there is no record of the visit in the Wright Co.’s accounting ledger, according to Roach. During 1910 and 1911, the Wright Co. did have an

A photo from the Mitchell Research Center depicts a Wright plane, likely a Model A built between 1907-1909. Mitchell Research Center | Courtesy

um in Washington, D.C. The technology was not yet ready for aerial performances. “And they were being very secretive about their work — they wanted to patent what they’d done, and they didn’t want others stealing their idea before it was patented,” Roach said. Other accounts of the Hillsdale performance even allege the original plane that took off in North Carolina

exhibition team that traveled across the world, including to fairs, to show the miracle of flight and dabble in tricks such as circles and corkscrews — in planes without seatbelts or oxygen masks. “If you start going up to a certain height, the amount of oxygen decreases, and you would black out,” Roach said. “Without a seatbelt, your life span is not going to be too long, and many lost control

and did crash. It was a very dangerous occupation to be in at that time.” Several pilots did die, and the brothers shut down the exhibitions for safety reasons about a year after they began. “Glenn Curtiss’ company was doing exhibitions, too,” Stephen Wright said. “The pilots were becoming more and more like daredevils, so Wilbur and Orville turned it off. It was all about safety for them.” Although the ledger does not mention a performance in Hillsdale, the exhibition team flew a total of six times in Michigan in Battle Creek, Detroit, Grand Rapids, and Saginaw. By 1915, the aviation world had taken off, and the Wrights were no longer leaders in their field. Wilbur Wright died in 1912 at the age of 45 from typhoid fever. Orville Wright, meanwhile, was busy in court protecting their patents from competitor Glenn Curtiss. He, however, had sustained an injury to a nerve in the back of his leg after an accident in 1908 during a demonstration for the U.S. Army. As a result, Orville Wright did not do much more flying after that, and his final takeoff was in 1918, Roach said. The Mitchell Research Center has two photos with captions referencing the brothers’ supposed visit. Crouch said one of the photos shows a plane with ailerons, which helped control the plane. The Wright brothers’

planes did not have ailerons, but Curtiss’ did. According to the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport, New York, there is no record of the company performing a demonstration in Hillsdale County. However, Art Smith of Fort Wayne, Indiana, built his own plane based on the Curtiss design and reportedly flew over the city of Hillsdale at least twice. He gained national attention when he and his girlfriend had an aerial elopement and the couple crashed into a field

near Oak Grove Cemetery. They were sent to a local hotel for treatment and married. The other photo from the research center does depict a Wright plane, likely a Model A built from 1907-1909, Crouch said. Its caption, however, makes it unclear if the photo is from the alleged visit to Hillsdale and dates the exhibition to 1904 or 1905. “I guarantee that they didn’t fly anywhere but Kitty Hawk or Huffman Prairie before the summer of 1908,” Crouch said.

Although labeled as the Wright brothers’ plane, it has ailerons, which likely identifies it as a flying machine from their cmpetitor, Glenn Curtiss. Mitchell Research Center | Courtesy

Before starting classes this fall, freshman Caroline Hennekes retired from dancing in the corps of The Sarasota Ballet. Caroline Hennekes | Courtesy

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Freshman Caroline Hennekes is a retired professional ballerina turned student By | Alexis Nester Collegian Reporter

Freshman Caroline Hennekes might never have ended up at Hillsdale College if it weren’t for an injury that threw her career plans off track and forced her to overcome unexpected challenges. After a childhood of gymnastics and dancing and two years as a professional dancer with The Sarasota Ballet, Hennekes over-extended her hip, tearing the cartilage in her hip socket and putting her dancing career on pause. Eventually, this series of events led to her joining the class of 2021 at Hillsdale College. From the time she was 3 years old, gymnastics practice, dance rehearsals, and pointed toes consumed Hennekes’ life. At the age of 12, the Cincinnati native joined the Northern Cincinnati Youth Ballet. Exhausted by the pressure of the industry — the long hours and desire for perfection — Hennekes quit. Then, with her mother’s guidance, she decided to give ballet another shot. She quickly gained recognition for winning the Youth America Grand Prix in Indianapolis at age 15. “I was surprised,” said Elizabeth Hennekes, Caroline’s mother. “That’s what really catapulted her.” Three years later, Hennekes graduated early from high school and was recruited to dance professionally for the corps de ballet, the core group of dancers, in The Sarasota Ballet. As a member of the corps, Caroline danced within

a group which set a backdrop for the soloists or principal dancer in a performance. With her bubbly personality and warm smile, Hennekes bonded with two other dancers from the ballet, Lexie Ehmann and Sarah Monkman. “Caroline has beautiful artistry. Her movement quality is elegant and soft, which is enchanting to watch,” said Monkman, who lived with Caroline in Sarasota. “When watching certain people dance, I think some people just have this way of moving that looks so natural, so a part of them... You’re not just watching someone perform a sequence of choreographed steps, but that you’re watching a part of someone’s personality.” Javier Dubrocq, professional ballet dancer and instructor in Sarasota, remembered witnessing Caroline’s natural talent in Sarasota. “She is very flexible and has a natural quality in her movements,” Dubrocq said. “She had a prima ballerina inside of her. We just had to go and get her out.” Despite her talent, Hennekes faced difficulties jumping into the professional world at such a young age. “The first couple of seasons were really rocky because I was the baby,” Hennekes said, noting that she had to wash her own laundry, clean, cook, and drive herself to long rehearsals. “I had a lot of growing up to do: I went from being in high school to being an adult and having to take

care of everything.” Hennekes said her experience with the ballet was “a God thing,” a time when she grew in her faith. “I actually changed churches and really became a believer,” she said. “From there, it was baby steps, God just freeing me and letting me enjoy what I was doing and live in freedom in it. I give it back to him and use my creativity to worship him.” At the age of 19, two years after joining the ballet, Hennekes’ extreme flexibility led her to tear the cartilage in her hip socket, halting her dancing career. The injury resulted in surgery, six months of recovery, and an early retirement from ballet. Ehmann remembered Hennekes’ steadfastness and friendship in this troublesome time. “Caroline handled her injury with maturity and acceptance,” Ehmann said. “She had a positive outlook because she trusted the plan God had for her life. She continued to encourage me and her friends in the midst of her own struggles.” Hennekes said she relied on faith and prayer in order to determine her next steps. “I felt the Lord calling me to something else,” she said. “I wanted to go back to school.” As she began to look at colleges, Hennekes paid particular attention to colleges’ mission statements. After weighing her options, Hennekes decided on Hillsdale. “I know the academic standing that Hillsdale has,”

she said. “I knew that if I was paying to go somewhere, I wanted it to be challenging.” Hennekes is studying art and graphic design, skills she uses to make posters for her church at home. “My life to this point has not gone one iota of what I thought it would look like,” Hennekes said. “Every turn I’ve had this idea of what my plan is going to be and what my life is going to be, and it just never goes that way.” Hennekes’ friends said her ability to overcome obstacles impacted them. “Over the years, Caroline has become an inspiration to me,” Monkman said. “She is a testimony to how God can make us new. I’m lucky enough to have been one of Caroline’s closest friends during the period of time when my dear sister walked into a new lease of life. All the credit goes to Jesus.” Through both her struggles and her successes, Hennekes learned “not to roll with the punches, but grow with them.” “Whatever happens,” Hennekes said, “God is still in control. He is good, and he is sovereign, too. God put me under pressure in order to refine me and make me grow.” Ehmann said Hennekes questioned and was angry with her circumstances, but knew deep down these trials were strengthening her. “She had a steadiness through the whole process,” Ehmann said, “a hope that couldn’t be shaken.”

By | Sean Hyaduck Collegian Freelancer Before he came to Hillsdale College, Rhetoric and Public Address Professor Ethan Stoneman taught class wearing a beret, and his students called him “Sir.” Now, he opts for slacks and lets students lead class discussions. Stoneman joined Hillsdale this semester after leaving his post at the Virginia Military Institute, where he taught English, rhetoric, and humanistic studies. Stoneman completed his undergraduate studies at University of Pittsburgh in 2006, earned his master’s in communication at University of Colorado, Boulder in 2009, and returned to Pittsburgh to complete his doctorate, finishing in 2014. While an assistant professor at the Virginia Military Institute, where he bore the rank of Major in the Virginia Militia, Stoneman faced the challenge of teaching students with two full-time jobs: military training and academics. Stoneman said the workload heightened students’ stress levels considerably over those of civilian college students, which influenced his approach to teaching. Because of students’ mental exhaustion, Stoneman said, he had to teach in a lecture-style format. “It was an honor and a privilege to have helped contribute, if only in some small way, to VMI’s mission of forming the citizen-soldier,” Stoneman said. Stoneman said he was drawn to Hillsdale because its environment and ideals stood out among other liberal-arts colleges. “The idea of being able to teach at a place that took the liberal-arts legacy seriously, and was committed to preserving it, sounded like a wonderful opportunity,” Stoneman said. “Having colleagues that I respected and could talk to, that collegial atmosphere, is also something that is no longer the norm.” Kirsten Kiledal, chairman of Hillsdale’s logic and rhetoric department, described how the quality of her conversations with Stoneman helped her and the hiring committee to choose him to fill an open

position. “There was a difference with Dr. Stoneman from the others from the beginning, in that he and his work engaged the faculty who were part of the [hiring] committee from across the whole campus,” Kiledal said. “When we met together afterward, the talk was still about what he was studying and the way he had presented it to his students.” In his studies, Stoneman said, he unites rhetoric and political theory. “If I want to write about things, I want to actually have something to say,” Stoneman said, regarding his decision to study philosophy. With this motivation, Stoneman developed his political theory, inspired by the pragmatism of Niccolo Machiavelli as well as the principles of Plato’s “Republic,” particularly its focus on education, poetry, and the requirements for creating and maintaining the good society. “My focus is on how we maintain subjective adherence to the political community, and then [determine] what are the symbolic threats to it,” Stoneman said. He explained that his philosophy is concerned with the preservation of ideals and shared values, rather than solely theorizing about the ideals themselves. His style has already impacted students, such as sophomore Jackie Eubanks, who’s working with him to create an interdisciplinary major called multimedia communications. “[His class] has inspired me to pursue communications as a major,” said Eubanks, who is enrolled in his mass communications course. She said the major will be a way for her to master all forms of media, to become fluent in them in the real world. When he’s not inspiring students in the classroom, Stoneman enjoys his new home in Allen, Michigan, situated on a sandy dirt road, off another sandy dirt road. Together, he, his wife, and their two children explore the area, canopied with trees and next to a lake, while two Newfoundland dogs, Odin and Dos, play in the shade and the water.

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Hillsdale’s The history, legacy of Central Hall architecture: By | Isabella Redjai Collegian Reporter

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Q&A:

Duncan Stroik By | Michael Lucchese Collegian Reporter

Duncan Stroik, the designer behind Christ Chapel, visited campus Sept. 21. The Collegian sat down with the architect for a conversation on the chapel, on architecture, and on his inspiration. Stroik, a second-generation architect, translated his childhood of visiting historic and modern buildings into a career in architecture, which he studied at the University of Virginia and Yale. What do you enjoy designing, generally? One of my favorite things is to design buildings for students. To work on a college campus is so exciting for me, because American campuses are unique in the world. You could say it’s a dream come true to work on a college campus so close to where I live. What specific buildings do you like to do? To do a chapel, which is my favorite building because it’s sacred. What do you appreciate about Hillsdale? The people and the students and the faculty and the administration — they’re so amazing to work with and learn from. I like learning from people who are smarter than me, which is why I love Hillsdale. What did the University of Virginia expose you to in terms of style and inspiration? My best teacher was Thomas Jefferson. The more I studied that guy and his buildings, the more inspired I was. I left UVA thinking that he was the best architect there ever was. UVA is a beautiful campus, which Jefferson called an “academical village.” It was really inspiring architecture. You said Jefferson described Italian architect Andrea Palladio as an “architecture Bible.” What did you learn about these great architects? These guys had a bibliography. They weren’t inventing stuff out of thin air, they weren’t building things that would vanish, they were doing something timeless. That’s hard to do, but you can succeed by studying the great masters. What is classical about classical architecture? That’s a $600,000 question. On the one hand, we think of classical relating to antiquity and tradition as the “democracy of the dead.” Classicism applies standards of excellence and timelessness. The great thing about classicism in art is that it is a living conversation.

It allows us to incorporate who we are into something excellent. We’re going to end up doing things differently than Jefferson did at UVA. What is the purpose of architecture? There is a basic need humans have called shelter. We have a second need called community. One way to understand architecture is in meeting these needs. This creates the possibility for not just shelter, but something higher. Buildings or shelter fulfill basic needs, but architecture fulfills aesthetic and spiritual needs. Architecture should ennoble people. In this case, we’re trying to raise people up in their vocations as students and faculty. We want to make people’s time at the College even more good, even more true, and even more beautiful. Do you have a favorite building? I really love the lawn at UVA where he turned the Pantheon into a library and temples into faculty apartments. It’s the closest thing we have in America to a Roman Forum. What are the unifying principles of Hillsdale College’s architecture, and how does the chapel adhere to them? The building we focus on is Central Hall — Italianate or French Second Empire. It’s a building of its time that’s very American. We want to make the back quadrangle even more beautiful — something like a cross between a Southern European piazza and a New England town green. It’s an ‘outdoor room’ created by multiple buildings. We were very interested in reflecting Hillsdale’s mission in the building — promoting the best in the American experiment. A lot of the design was inspired by Washington, D.C., for that reason. I don’t want one tower facing another, I wanted to respect Central Hall and Hillsdale’s tradition. So, we decided on two smaller towers. From what other examples does the chapel draw inspiration? It’s less Puritan than the New England meetinghouse, but it’s still very American. It’s a place of study and inspiration. The entrance to the chapel is inspired by the Jefferson Memorial and other “circular temples.” What do you hope students take away from this project? This was a challenge unlike anything I’ve ever done. I hope it’s inspiring for students.

Central Hall, the oldest and most iconic building at the heart of campus, is just an administrative building today, but its architectural design reveals it was once a hub for much more. Dedicated in 1853, nine years after Hillsdale’s founding, Central Hall was originally built as a center for the college’s primary functions. It housed classrooms, dormitories, a dining hall, and a chapel for church services. Although Central Hall was completed in 1855, two-thirds of the building were ravaged by the “Great Fire of 1874,” started when a furnace spark caught onto a rug. The building was reconstructed in 1875. “There was a big debate at that time of whether or not the college should rebuild what it had lost and have one big building again, or if it should build separate buildings, so in case the fire ever happened again you wouldn’t have that,” said Linda Moore, head librarian at Mossey Library. “What they decided to do was to go ahead and build the separate buildings.” The reconstructed Central Hall cost $27,157.98 and was dedicated on July 4, 1875. Popular Detroit-area architect Henry T. Brush designed Central Hall in a trendy,

19th-century, Italian Renaissance-inspired aesthetic. Graced with Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian columns, Central Hall reflects the Greco-Roman tradition that forms the basis of Hillsdale’s liberal-arts education. Richard Péwé, the chief administrative officer of Hillsdale College, said the architecture of Central Hall is symbolic of the college’s heritage and illustrates what

hour, keeping tradition and rejecting conformity to the standard hourly chime. Originally, someone had to ring the bell every 15 minutes, but the bell-tower chimes are now electronic. In 1956, the bell’s steel reinforcements began to sink within the belltower of Central Hall. “At one point, the college was talking about taking down the belltower,” Moore

Central Hall after the Great Fire of 1874. Collegian

the place stands for: faith and democracy. “A building like this points up to the direction of the ‘higher things,” Péwé said. Péwé said the architecture’s use of crosses reflects Article XI of the college’s founding document: “Religious culture in particular shall be conserved by the College, and by the selection of instructors and other practicable expedients, it shall be a conspicuous aim to teach by precept and example the essentials of the Christian faith and religion.” In the bell tower, one of the most recognizable features of Central Hall, the bell chimes every quarter of an

said. “The students did not like that idea, so they ran a campaign and raised some money. What the college did instead was remove the bell from the bell tower and make it structurally sound again.” Below the bell tower hide the remains of an ornate art-deco ceiling. The 25-foottall ceiling originally opened above the third floor, where chapel services were conducted, but in recent history, the installation of a fourth-floor storage unit closed it off. “All the buildings throughout Hillsdale’s campus are inspired by Central Hall,” said Jeffrey Rogers, associate dean of men.

friend of Berg’s who attended the lecture, said she appreciated the way Berg related biblical knowledge and truth back to real, tangible places and objects. “It was one of those situations where you get to watch someone talk about something that they love very much,” Lagerquist said, “and there is something so natural and enjoyable about that which makes Karl Berg spent his summer digging for artifacts in Tel Shimron, near the you want to care about it as well.” ancient city of Jericho in Israel. Karl Berg | Collegian Interested in biblical up in this museum, and one By | Philip J. Berntson history and apologetics from a day, in 10 or 20 years, come by very young age, Berg had long Collegian Reporter and say, ‘Hey, I pulled that out dreamed of doing an archeWhile some students spent of the ground,” Berg said. ological dig. When he was During his lecture, Berg their summer working and 11, Berg published a website showed listeners the different relaxing by the pool with called “fightfinishkeep.org,” to types of rocks and dirt they friends, Karl Berg dug up which he contributed apolodealt with, how they would history under the hot Israeli getics articles about the Bible, sun and experienced a culture stake out a dig, and how they history, and Christianity. After would identify certain objects. a publishing debacle, Berg very different from his own. He demonstrated the process Berg, a senior from Bow decided to self-publish the of the dig, from digging with Mar, Colorado, lived in Israel website, and in his senior year a pickaxe, to sifting the dirt, to of high school it took off the during June and July. He polishing off the artifacts. visited holy sites and dug for ground. Berg said he ran into a artifacts in Tel Shimron, a site “The goal of the website plethora of problems at the related historically to the anis to peel back the layers dig, including inexperienced cient city of Jericho. Back on between us and the first cenvolunteers and overly-enercampus, Berg gave a lecture tury and help us experience getic archeologists. on Sept. 21 detailing his dig, Christianity more by getting “It gets stressful working showing pictures of sites he into the word of God and with a lot of volunteers,” Berg visited, and giving a general bolstering it with archeology,” history of the region to which said. “Some seem to take to it Berg said. “It’s an apologetics faster, and you have different he traveled. website that explores reasons personality types. You have Berg’s dig in Tel Shimron to believe, and why I truly some people that are really offered him a fresh insight believe that Christianity is the careful and detail oriented, into the movement and contruth.” sometimes they don’t do it quests of the Israelites in the Berg’s dig involved careful very quickly when you’d like ancient world. Although Berg extraction of artifacts from to go faster. But then there are Tel Shimron, a region of cannot disclose many of the artifacts he found — since the people who just take a pickaxe Northern Israel known for and start picking at stuff with- its association with Joshua’s dig has not been published out any direction. And so it’s a conquest, Berg explained, yet — he said he was excited tug of war between these two about the prospect of some of that has come into recent personality types.” his finds ending up in musecontroversy due to claims that Berg said the dig went well ums. the current model for how and he was able to locate and “It was kind of cool thinkthe chronology works in this uncover numerous artifacts. ing, ‘You know, some of the time period and for where the Senior Elsa Lagerquist, a stuff we find here might end Israelites entered does not fit

Berg digs through biblical past in Israel

From the use of brick to the Italian influences, Central Hall presents a clearly central presence of prominence and uniformity throughout the campus. Péwé said the new Christ Chapel is meant to complement, not compete with, Central Hall. The construction of Christ Chapel puts Central Hall’s regular renovations — previous examples include the ’70s-era installation of the elevator and regular decade exterior painting — on hold. Once the chapel is completed, Moore, Rogers, and Péwé confirmed, construction will return to future repairs for Central Hall. Redesigning the back of Central Hall has been tentatively set for the near future, and Péwé said the plans for such changes are available. The redesigned Central Hall will feature a back entrance and set of windows mirroring its front façade, evoking “transparency,” Péwé said. It’s a new design for an old building, pointing to the unity of the college as it lets sunlight pour in from both sides. For more of Central Hall’s history, see Vivian Lyon Moore’s “First Hundred Years of Hillsdale College” at Mossey Library, or explore the Hillsdale Archive resources available online.

the biblical account. Despite the historical narrative, Berg believes that the truth of the Bible still holds up. “As a Christian, I feel like I owe the Bible a little more,” Berg said, “more than just to accept the standard chronological narrative at the outset. The two are irreconcilable, but I think our standard chronology is wrong for the region.” Berg’s girlfriend, senior Kylie Diehl, said though Berg was in a sometimes dangerous and different culture, she was not worried, always trusting that he was under the Lord’s care. While not an archeologist herself, Diehl said it’s exciting to see Berg pursue something he is passionate about and good at. It also enriches their conversations: “His knowledge of historical context contributes to fruitful conversations about scripture, which is a favorite topic for both of us,” she said. Berg plans to continue pursuing archeology and gaining a historical understanding of the Bible. “I think I’m a little skeptical,” Berg said. “There’s no such thing as a free lunch, and Christianity sounds like a pretty good deal if we look at it objectively. Almost too good to be true. I’m interested in biblical archeology because it’s arguably the most tangible of sciences. It’s history and it’s science, and it brings these two together in this study that you can see and feel with your hands, you can dig in it and really investigate for yourself whether something is what you’ve been told.” To Diehl, it sounds like Berg’s findings belong in a museum. “It’s basically like dating Indiana Jones.”

SEPT. 28, 2017

How Hillsdale’s fair earned its tagline

The Hillsdale County Fair became “The Most Popular Fair on Earth.” Kaylee McGhee | Collegian

By | Breana Noble Editor-In-Chief Wherever popularity goes, parking problems follow. L. W. Meeks recounted in a local newspaper in 1950 his first visit to the Hillsdale County Fair in 1897. After a seven-mile wagon ride, almost all of the hitching space for the horses were full. Afterall, he was at “The Most Popular Fair on Earth.” Although the Hillsdale County Fair slogan is a point of pride for many county residents, each will probably provide a different reason behind the nickname, said Cinda Walton, the fair’s historian. The nickname actually comes from a post-Civil War attendance boom and the railroad. Rosemary Easler, a volun-

teer for the Mitchell Research Center, said although she did not know how the slogan came to be, in the fair’s earlier days, people would flood the fairgrounds, coming by train and horse and buggies. In particular, the fair’s annual “Hillsdale County homecoming” would attract the community and guests from all over for the day, as families set up picnics and enjoyed the festivities. “Everybody in the area knew about it,” Easler said. “It was the biggest event of the year.” Hillsdale’s county fair, the 11th oldest in Michigan, was traditionally one of the last of the season, as well, drawing farmers at the end of the harvest, said Bonnie McCosh, also a volunteer at the research center. Perhaps it got the name be-

cause people enjoy Hillsdale’s fair more than any other, as Wayne Nichols, the former secretary for the agricultural society, in 1974 suggested to the Chronicle, the magazine of the Historical Society of Michigan. Other people suggested that given Hillsdale’s small population, fair attendees make up a major percentage of the county’s population. Attendance in 2016 actually surpassed the county population of 46,000, numbering about 70,000 guests. The nickname dates to the late 1860s, appearing after several slow years at the fair. For the first time in the fair’s 10 years, attendance declined in 1860, when the Hillsdale County Agricultural Society purchased permanent fairgrounds in the city of Hillsdale. Previously, the

fair had alternated between Hillsdale and Jonesville. Bitter for missing out, many Jonesville residents decided not to attend the fair, and attendance slumped. Over the next several years, even fewer people attended the fair, as many men enlisted in the military during the Civil War. In 1864, fair receipts totaled $900, which scarcely paid the expenses, according to an old newspaper clip. The fair had its best year yet in 1865, the year the war ended. It took in $1,550 from tickets and made a profit of $350, which helped to build a race track and fence the grounds. A year later, fair receipts totaled $3,300, $900 more than expenses. Surplus funds went to construct buildings that served meals to overnight visitors and offered more attractions,

boosting attendance even more. At this time, the tagline was coined. The oldest written evidence of the slogan is on posters in train stations that advertised roundtrip tickets to the “most popular fair on earth” in Hillsdale County, according to Mark Williams, the fair’s manager. “There were thousands of people who came by train to the fair,” Walton said. “That title caught on.” During its peak, 22 trains full of passengers arrived in Hillsdale each day, according to “The History of the Hillsdale County Fair: 1850-2000 One Hundred Fifty Year of the Fair.” They came from as far as Elkhart and Fort Wayne in Indiana, Lansing and Ypsilanti in Michigan, and Toledo in Ohio. The fair’s popularity con-

tinued to rise, and its slogan earned a sense of permanence when painted on the grandstand in the 1930s. Although the Hillsdale County Fair’s attendance may not rival that of San Diego County, the largest fair in 2016 with 1.6 million visitors, it remains the “most popular fair on earth” in the hearts of Hillsdale County residents. “I was a farm kid, so it was pretty rare you got to go anywhere,” Easler said. “It’s always been, personally, the highlight of the year.”

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June’s Place brings out the good in other people By | Crystal Schupbach Assistant Editor When a woman realized that maternity tops cost just 25 cents at June’s Place thrift store, she started to cry. Moments like these stand out to Louise Rutledge, a “forever resident” of Reading, Michigan, who volunteers at the non-profit, community-driven thrift store. In four short years, June’s Place at 125 S. Main Street in Reading has raised $70,000 for the community and beyond. The Women of Reading United Methodist Church founded the store in honor of the life of a church member, June Radebaugh. Every Monday, the women’s group gathers to sort donations for the racks of the storefront. About 20 volunteers staff the store, which is open every Friday and Saturday, said Phyllis Newell, the chairwoman of June’s Place and the treasurer for the women’s group. Newell has attended United Methodist since she was very young and directed the choir there for 50 years.

“It’s a mission product for the community,” Newell said. “We also give to people who have severe illness and can not work. The money covers things like funeral expenses too.” The profit the store raises goes to organizations and schools in Reading. This includes a program at the schools called the backpack program, which provides a backpack every Friday full of food for students who might not have much to eat at home over the weekend. Newell also said June’s Place gives to the Shriners organizations. In addition, the store grants a $500 scholarship each year to one young man and one young woman at Reading High School. Newell said being open on Fridays and Saturdays is easy, whereas the time spent on Mondays ensures that articles of clothing have working zippers, no missing buttons, and are ‘spit-and-polish clean.’ “I love working Fridays because you get to know the people who come in,” Newell said. “We have a reputation,

so we get people from all over. It’s clean and it smells good — we don’t put out stuff that smells like a cat or a smoker, and it makes a difference.” It’s not just women from

“People get to have things that they might not have otherwise. ” the Reading United Methodist Church running June’s Place. People from the town and surrounding communities volunteer as well. Newell said the women’s group was inspired to start June’s Place after they visited a church in Union City, Michigan that had a resale store. “It took us months to know whether we could do this too or not. We were worried whether or not we’d have enough donations or enough people to keep it running — we have both,” Newell said.

What do you love about homecoming?

Sue Denning, who has lived in Reading for the past five years and has volunteered at June’s Place since it opened, emphasized that the prices for good-quality items can stay low because volunteers run the shop. “People get to have things that they might not have otherwise. An Amish dad bought his daughter rollerblades; she was thrilled with them,” Denning said. “I love seeing the excitement of the children.” One day, Rutledge said, a couple came in and wanted to purchase a nativity scene, but did not have the money. Upon overhearing their problem, a gentleman in the store anonymously purchased the set for them. “Sometimes the good we have here brings out the good in other people,” Rutledge added. Such good deeds point back to someone who was an important part of Reading’s community. “June Radebaugh was very active in the United Methodist Women and church, and she

Phyllis Newell (left) and Louise Rutledge (right) ring up a Reading resident buying affordable canning jars for her son’s school project. Crystal Schupbach | Collegian

passed away six months before we opened,” Newell said. “She was such a mission-minded person, so we named the store after her.” June’s Place is not just for the people of Reading United Methodist, Newell said — many people from all different faiths in the town come to help and shop.

Chic

The camaraderie between past students to current students. It’s a cool time, especially never meeting the people. It’s cool to see people at the school who may not be interested in football, but just love the school. I haven’t met anyone who came here just because they got accepted.

If you played on the Charger football team, what position would you play?

What’s your relationship with Coach Otter?

I have a 9-foot statue of Coach Otter in the main entryway of my home. It’s like the picture of George Washington crossing the Delaware River. He’s standing there, looking out at all he can conquer.

Wearing an Otter’s army T-shirt, and then ripping it in half after we score. I want to work with someone in the sound booth to get a song, and then choreograph a routine. Otherwise, running down the bleachers and high-fiving people, and trying not to run anyone over because you can’t see in the costume.

What makes you love Charger sports? The fact that we are the best. We aren’t only trying to play the sport, but we are playing with the energy of what

How do you learn to be Charlie?

Charlie the Charger. Scott McClellan | Collegian

By | Scott McClellan

I would play corner. I love intercepting the ball, I don’t even want to catch it for offense, I just want to steal it. You would never get the ball back.

What has been your best hype tactic?

I looked up online how to be a professional mascot and learned in about 20 minutes. Then I asked if I could take the costume for three days before the football game to see what I could do without losing my head.

“To just know that there is a community of people, that by buying things less expensively here, those people are able to spend money on food and utilities,” Denning said. “When you’re living a good life, you don’t always know what other people are going through.”

Hillsdale stands for.

Charlie the Charger. Scott McClellan | Collegian