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Dunham ’07 joins House majority leader’s staff gree can be of value for those interested in politics.

“An English degree at HillsWill Dunham ’07 start- dale was bad for my GPA but ed his new position as policy good for my basic ability to director for Majority Leader write a sound sentence, paraRep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Cali- graph, and argument,” Dunfornia, Jan. 21 after serving as ham said. “Without that basic the Republican Study Com- foundation, I probably would not be as great of a writer. I will mittee’s executive director.

“What happened to him? be forever indebted to [Somerville] for that.”

How did he end up Karr said doing something Dunham’s Hillslike that?” Profesdale degree consor of English John tributed to his Somerville said. “I conservative credon’t remember him dentials and skillexpressing any inset. terest in the world of “One of the politics.” things that is hard An English major when hiring is to at Hillsdale College, Will Dunham ‘07 is Dunham joined the now policy director for know the training people have 27 percent of college Majority Leader Rep. graduates who enter Kevin McCarthy, R-Cal- had in college in the workforce in a ifornia, in Washington, terms of critical thinking and field other than in D.C. writing skills,” what they majored.

Karr said. “When Having taken Pres- External Affairs | we see Hillsdale ident Larry Arnn’s Courtesy College on the reStatesmanship course during his senior year, sume, we know they’ve got the Dunham felt himself pulled basic skills needed to come in to Washington, D.C., where and do the job well.”

Somerville said studying he is now eager to step into a position that focuses on policy literature can help in any walk of life and develop a better permatters.

“I love getting into the de- son.

“You’d hope that the study tails, talking to the experts in various areas, whether they’re of English — and this isn’t on committees or think tanks necessarily so — develops in or universities, and getting on the lead of the policy detail,” Dunham said. “Politics is one of the most important things we do together as human beings. It’s certainly not the only but one of the best ways to improve the lives of the people around us.”

Dunham’s boss Barrett Karr, deputy chief of staff for policy and floor operations, said Dunham’s conservative credentials were attractive for the position.

“Will is very respected on Capitol Hill for both his talent in the policy area but also for the individual a sense of emhis personality,” Karr said.

As the RSC, Dunham pathy, a capacity for thinking worked with brand manage- through sometimes difficult ment and member services, issues, capacity for clear combut his favorite part of the job munication. I say you’d hope,” — and what he lists as some of Somerville said. “Just because his greatest achievements — a person has a sophisticated has to do with policy: devel- appreciation for great music, oping a repeal-and-replace bill art, or literature doesn’t make for the Affordable Care Act, a that person a great person.”

In the case of Dunham, comprehensive budget, and — who Somerville describes promoting legislation to protect religious freedom so that as personable, having a good Washington, D.C. employers sense of humor, and always are not required to pay for em- wearing a smile — it seems to have done him good. ployees’ abortions.

“The last time I saw him a He said he could not do it without the ten-person team few years ago, he seemed unchanged,” Somerville said. “To he mostly hired.

“I think that’s what I’m enter the world of politics and most proud of, assembling a be able to retain those qualireally great team and being ties, — maybe it is easier than part of that team — setting up I think — but it is a good sign.”

Dunham attributed this to a team that cares a lot about restoring limited constitution- his degree and his faith.

“I love studying beautiful al representative government,” things, which I got to do as Dunham said.

In McCarthy’s office, there an English major at Hillsdale, is plenty to do with policy, and I think I have a strong Dunham says. He is partial- grounding in those things. ly responsible for setting the There is truth. Not everything 2016 House agenda and en- is relative, and politics is not suring regular order contin- simply a matter of who is the ues, moving bills through the most powerful,” Dunham said. committee process and onto “Those things have inoculated me against the cynicism that the floor.

“One of the things I’m real- unfortunately affects a lot of ly excited about is pursuing the people here.”

Through the capital’s cromajority leader’s goal of empowering every member to be ny capitalism and disilluan active legislator and bring- sionment, however, Dunham ing the ideas and passion that said he remains positive as he inspired them to run for Con- works in McCarthy’s office.

“He is dedicated to doing gress and turn that into policy and eventually sign it into law,” something meaningful with the House majority, and I am Dunham said.

Though reading and writ- excited and honored to help ing bills may not be the same him to do that,” Dunham said. as reviewing the great books, “We have a long way to go, but Dunham said an English de- I’m optimistic.”

Steve Masty gone but not forgotten

By |Breana Noble Assistant Editor

“Politics is one of the most

important things

we do together as human beings.”

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Senior Anna Kucharski, senior Sophia Coyne-Kosnak, and junior Corianna Baier travelled to Honolulu, Hawaii, to dance in the halftime show of the NFL Pro Bowl. Jill Hardway | Courtesy

Chi Omegas dance in 2016 NFL Pro Bowl halftime show By | Philip H. DeVoe Assistant Editor While Hillsdale students meandered back to classes amid snow and rain, three arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii, for a week of sun, palm trees, and the intense rehearsing required of dancers in the halftime show of the 2016 NFL Pro Bowl.

Junior Corianna Baier, senior Anna Kucharski, and senior Sophia Coyne-Kosnak, sisters in the Chi Omega sorority as well as experienced dancers, traveled to Hawaii Jan. 23 to Feb. 1 to perform alongside singer Rachel Platten, known for the hit song “Fight Song,” in the halftime show of the Pro Bowl, the NFL’s annual all-star game traditionally held in Hawaii.

“I’ve always done things that are in a dance group and haven’t had to coordinate with a large performer,” Baier said. “You don’t know what will happen in a bigger

performance like this, which makes it exciting.”

The girls were able to dance in the Pro Bowl through Jill Hardway, owner of the Hillsdale Gymnastic Dance and Cheer Center, who has taken groups of dancers to the game for the past three years Honolulu has hosted it.

“I’ve always taken young dancers, but this year the production company asked for three older girls who could lead the younger dancers in learning and performing the choreography,” Hardway said.

E2K, the production company in charge of arranging the halftime show at the Pro Bowl, needed women who were more experienced to help out during the rehearsals as well as dance in the show. Hardway, an alumna of Chi Omega, said she thought of Baier, Kucharski, and Coyne-Kosnak right away.

“I knew they were leaders in Chi Omega and within

their dance teams, so I knew they would be perfect for the position,” Hardway said.

“When there was a change in the choreography, the girls helped them understand. It was easy to get lost in the long rehearsal sessions, and they were very helpful.”

The 250 dancers who took part in the halftime show rehearsed the choreography three times in five-hour sessions. The final session on Saturday, the day before the game, was a dress rehearsal including a marching band, drill team, hula dancers, and the headline performer.

“It was extremely interesting to see just how much work goes into a three-minute performance,” Coyne-Kosnak said. “There were so many elements besides the dancers, and as a dancer, it was satisfying to see all the choreography come together into one piece where each group complimented the others.”

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After graduating from Hillsdale College in 1976, Steve Masty befriended Russell Kirk, attended the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, wrote speeches for President Ronald Reagan, and spent several years in Afghanistan before returning to England to work for the Adam Smith Institute. He died last year on Dec. 26, the feast of St. Stephen, just two weeks after turning 61.

Masty was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, on Dec. 12, 1954. He attended Seaholm High School in Birmingham, Michigan, where he was suspended for impersonating American Comedian W.C. Fields in a controversial skit.

At Hillsdale, Masty developed a reputation as musical, poetic, and brilliant, but his friends also found him jovial.

During his senior year, he helped create a campus game called “Snow-bomb” in which students dump a bucket of snow over their opponent’s head before the opponent launched a firecracker.

He also joined an entire class in adding a fictional source to the bibliography of their research papers. The professor John Willson noticed and responded by commenting, “One of my favorite scholarly books,” or, “I keep this on my nightstand.”

Harry Veryser, assistant to the president at the time, said Masty always noticed things differently. He one day called college President George Roche’s red, leather shoes “the ruby slippers.” In class, h e

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Writing a life

A moment with Paul Mariani

By | Amanda Tindall Features Editor How did you begin with biographies?

My first biography was on William Carlos Williams.

My mother’s family is from Paterson, New Jersey. I was working on my Ph.D., and

I went into a bookstore in Queens and I saw this book of poetry and it said “Patterson.” I thought: “Who in his right mind would write a poem about Paterson, NJ.” Because there’s the Passaic River there, which was sort of like Flint in a sense or lower Massachussetts, you know, an industrial city. My

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relatives—Aunts and uncles, great grandfather worked in the mills along the Passaic River. There was that connection with my mother’s family but I had studied to be in Victorian literature, but when I went to University of Massachusetts they needed someone in modern and I couldn’t believe my luck because that was exactly what I wanted to teach.

I found myself reading more and more Williams, and I said, “this guy is good.”

I just couldn’t get enough of him. But I said, “I’m not a biographer.” There were no courses in writing biography, at least then, so I thought I’d write a history of Paterson. How Williams came to write “Paterson.” I remember speaking with an editor at Oxford University Press who said, “I’m not interested in this book that you’re doing, but if you’re willing to write a biography of Williams, that’s something I’d really be interested in, and we could actually give you $1,000. Back then, salary was $10,000, starting out with a doctorate as an assistant professor.

Anyway, I was in love with the idea. Obviously, it wasn’t for the money. So I said okay.

I spent years researching and then writing it. I was lucky enough to meet the family:

two sons, daughters-in-law, the grandchildren. He grew up in the Rutherford area of New Jersey. To meet them, to interview them, I just fell in love with the subject.

What was it about Williams that you loved?

I’m from a working class background, the oldest of seven children. There was a guy who at the time that T.S. Eliot was writing “The Wasteland,” or Wallace Stevens was writing the poems for “Harmonium,” or Ezra Pound was writing the poems that would lead to the Cantos, you know, very complex stuff, here’s this poet who’s interested in the language of New Jersey. What did people sound like on the streets of New Jersey? Sort of like what Robert Frost was doing for New England. But being from New York or being from New Jersey, I mean, he got it. I wanted to be a poet myself, and that’s why I’ve done biographies only of poets. There weren’t many classes for this in the MFA, and the first way I got into them was through the manuscript: How the poet wrote this line or crossed out that line, etc. So I was learning two things: How to write a life, and how to write poetry.

So that’s where it began.

Besides the manu-

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comes to Bon Appétit By | Josh Paladino Collegian Reporter Lines for coffee now stretch from one side of the Bon Appétit kitchen to the other during peak times at lunch and dinner.

The increased demand for coffee comes from Bon Appétít’s switch at the beginning of the semester to Blue Hat Coffee, located in Coldwater, Michigan. Students said the cafeteria’s coffee is not just a source of energy — they look forward to it as a treat.

“It tastes a lot better,” sophomore Hannah Kwapisz said. “I can actually drink it instead of just gulping it down furiously before class to try to avoid the flavor that the old coffee had.”

Last winter, Phillip Jewell, the chief operating officer of Blue Hat Coffee, tried Bon Appétít’s cafeteria coffee, and said he thought the students would appreciate a more palatable drink.

Dave Apthorpe, Bon Appétít’s general manager, brought the idea of Blue Hat Coffee to a panel of students who review the cafeteria menu and provide suggestions.

All the students in the group liked the idea and suggested holding a contest to allow Hillsdale studens to pick their favorite coffee from Blue Hat, according to junior Paul Mittermeier, who serves on the panel.

Last semester during finals week, Bon Appétít served Blue Hat Coffee in the Grewcock Student Union and polled students to decide which they preferred.

The Guatemalan huehuetenango, also a favorite at the Blue Hat store, won the contest.

Apthorpe said he chose Blue Hat Coffee for the cafeteria because the students enjoyed it and it qualified for Bon Appétít’s Farm to Fork program which encourages the use of locally produced foods.

Artisan coffee doesn’t come cheap, though. The Guatemalan and Kenyan coffees cost $14 per pound retail at Blue Hat and according to Jewell, Bon Appétít uses approximately 80 pounds per week.

“It’s significantly more expensive, but there is value there for the students,” Apthorpe said.

To offset the expense, Bon Appétít stopped brewing decaf coffee because much was thrown out each day. AJ’s Café will continue to sell Zingerman’s Coffee, Apthorpe said.

Some students said the new coffee is stronger.

“Both of the new coffees, Kenyan and Guatemalan, are really great,” senior Ben Strickland said. “They’re actually brewed strong.”

Blue Hat will supply different coffees to Bon Appétít each month. The Guatemalan huehuetenango will stay as the house coffee but Blue Hat has a Rwandan peaberry coming in next month that will go to Hillsdale, Jewell said.

Jewell selects his own beans through a highly selective process called “cupping.”

“We normally test roast about 20 coffees for every three or four that we buy, so we’re pretty picky about what we select,” Jewell said.

In addition to the coffee’s popularity among students, Blue Hat Coffee’s connection to the abolition movement “was a good fit with Hillsdale,” Apthorpe said.

The original owner of the shop’s property used it to raise trotting horses for the Union during the Civil War. “Branch County provided more horses to the Union Army than any other county in the country during the Civil War, and a lot of those horses came from here, from this farm,” Jewell said.

The Union cavalry rode such horses, and they wore blue hats, which inspired the coffee shop’s name, Jewell said.

Today, Blue Hat Coffee is a popular place for many Hillsdale students.

“At exam time, if you come here on a Saturday or a Sunday, you’re going to see a lot of students,” Jewell said.

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Leonard ’83 sworn into Colorado state House By | JoAnna Kroeker Collegian Reporter Hillsdale College alumnus Tim Leonard ’83 was sworn into Colorado’s House of Representatives last week with a 76 percent majority vote following Republican incumbent John Keyser’s resignation to run for U.S. Senate.

Leonard, owner of Deepwater Point Company, has spent 30 years in commercial real estate, brokerage, and consulting. The sudden vacancy in the House three weeks ago gave Leonard an opportunity to run, which he had not done since his unsuccessful run for state senate six years ago. He will serve a two-year term while the representatives are in session for 120 days, from mid-January to mid-May. “We’re making a difference; we’re making enemies and defending the Consti-

Chi O from A1 women’s leadership qualities came into play in a big way on Saturday when the crew filming and watching the dress rehearsal decided to change the choreography, a change Hardway described as “not well-received.”

“There was something they didn’t like with Rachel, and the girls had to learn a new dance and teach the younger kids the new choreography. The girls had practiced the original dance for 10 hours and then had only one to learn the new part,” Hardway said. “The girls handled it well though; Sophia did a nice job with her group on that.”

Although the girls arrived together, they were split up into separate groups when rehearsal began: Kucharski and Baier with the ‘Blue’ group and Coyne-Kosnak with the ‘Orange.’ The groups referred both to the color of their uniforms and where they danced on the field.

The first day of rehearsals, the two main choreographers met with the women and discussed their expectations and how they could maximize the women’s talents.

“It’s really tough with the younger kids to wait between directions, which happens often in a major production like this one,” Hardway said.

“What you do in a studio is different from when you have 250 girls on a field. You

tution,” Leonard said. “Our biggest framework is a constitutional, limited government.”

He said he and his wife got involved in politics to “shift the focus of the debate” to free-market principles and pro-life and pro-family issues.

Leonard’s eldest daughter, Alexandra Leonard, is a sophomore at Hillsdale.

She said her father’s political career has always been family-focused.

“When he ran for state senate six years ago, my little brother was his campaign manager,” she said. “We’ve always been a family doing political stuff. It hasn’t been our focus, but we enjoy rallying around him as a family.

We would all go and campaign in parades. We’d throw out candy.”

When Leonard lost the state senate election, he decided to take a break from politics to be closer to his add in band members, hula girls, and other stuff, and it becomes difficult, but the girls were supportive of the younger kids and worked with them when they needed help.”

Kucharski and Baier agreed that the rehearsals were tough, especially considering the temperature.

Aloha Stadium, which primarily serves to host the Pro Bowl but also hosts high school championship games and concerts, is an open-air stadium, allowing the turf and everything on-field to become extremely hot.

“The first day we learned the choreography with all the dancers, then they put us in our placements, and we ran it the second day, then with everyone, including the singer, on the third,” Kucharski said.

“They were intense, fivehour long rehearsals, and it was hot.”

All three girls have been dancing since they were young — Kucharski since age five and Baier since age two — and participate in dance crews on campus. Kucharski and Coyne-Kosnak are members of Studio 55 School of Dance in downtown Hillsdale, and Kucharski and Baier are members of Tower Dancers.

Although they worked hard, the girls found time to have fun during their time in Hawaii.

“One morning, we hiked up the ‘Stairs of Doom,’ which offered a great view of

family.

“I had no intention of getting back into politics until all the kids were grown and didn’t need my utmost attention,” Leonard said.

His vocation is raising his children and being a husband, which has a greater impact on society than his profession as a businessman, he said.

Before he made the decision, he held a conference call with his children, including Alexandra Leonard, to find out whether they thought his running would be good for their entire family.

“We were supportive of him,” Alexandra Leonard said. “Obviously it wasn’t going to be a walk in the park; it’d put pressure on our family, but it’d be a good thing for the state of Colorado.”

Leonard said his education, particularly in his Austrian economics class, equipped him to enter the

political arena with a strong grasp of politics, even though he came to Hillsdale “kicking and screaming.”

His Hillsdale education motivated him to take a prominent role in the development of the only Hillsdale charter school in Colorado.

“He was particularly helpful in his instrumental role of overseeing the school’s facility project, ensuring the building was ready on time and under budget,” Director of the Barney Charter School Initiative Phil Kilgore said in an email. “That is no small feat, and it happened because of his leadership.”

Leonard’s Hillsdale education also inspired former Colorado state Sen. Ted Harvey, who served in the state senate for 13 years and met Leonard when he ran for governor under the American Constitution Party.

“Tim’s education from Hillsdale is going to serve him well in the legislature,”

Harvey said. “The philosophical grounding that he got will be very important in helping him articulate the conservative values, free-market, libertarian values that I think are much needed in the state legislature. I think he will be one of the best leaders in the legislature.”

Leonard’s wife and four youngest children accompanied him to his swearing in at Colorado’s capitol.

Alexandra Leonard was unable to attend the ceremony. She said her father’s new position will be a good learning experience, and her family will have to rally together even more now.

“I am super proud of him,” she said. “He’s a great dad, and I know he’ll be great in the House of Representatives, and I know I speak for my brothers and sisters when I say that.”

Hillsdale College alumnus Tim Leonard ’83 (left) in the Colorado House of Representatives. Leonard will serve a two-year term. Tim Leonard | Courtesy

the island,” Kucharski said. “I just wish we had known that they were called the ‘Stairs of Doom’ before we hiked them.”

They also drove to North Shore Beach, where Baier said they saw huge waves on the Pacific Ocean. Although the girls never heard a definite measurement of the height of the waves, Baier said the surfers appeared as dots against the massive walls of water.

The week-long trip was largely paid for by Hillsdale College and Chi Omega, according to Baier, who said an alumna donated a large chunk of the trip’s cost.

“It really was a unique experience,” Baier said.

Hardway said she will invite the three girls again if they are interested and E2K

has a need for them. She said she usually hears from the production company in November about who they need for the halftime show and has details finalized by December.

Although the NFL has held the Pro Bowl in Hawaii every year since 1979, with the exception of 2014 and 2009, officials have been considering a change, especially considering how difficult it is for fans to attend the game.

Hardway said she had the opportunity to speak with members of the Detroit Lions’ defensive line, who attended to support fellow Lion Ezekiel Ansah, on their shared flight to and from Honolulu about their opinion on the location of the Pro Bowl in future years.

“I asked them what they

thought, if the NFL would move the game or keep it in Hawaii. Some said that it would stay because a perk of going to the Pro Bowl is getting to take your family on a vacation to Hawaii, but some others believed it would change each year,” Hardway said.

Wherever the game is next year, the women and Hardway said they enjoyed their time in Hawaii, both for the weather and the opportunity of dancing during an NFL halftime show.

“It was a great experience, especially being involved in such a large production and being on national TV,” Kucharski said.

to the preferred provider and staff, their premiums organization service Hillsmay experience an increase, dale held under BCBS. More but their deductible and universal than the health out-of-pocket payments maintenance organization could decrease. Instead of plan — the second under out-of-pocket being $4,000 a BCBS, which can only be year for an individual, it will used for those in Michigan be $3,000 with a deductible — the POS plan services of $2,000. For a two-person college employees across the household or a family of United States. four, the out-of-pocket costs The Priority plan allows employees on campus to go to most of the local clinics around Hillsdale, Michigan, including Hillsdale Hospital and Cleveland Clinic. It also covers the hospital at the University of Michigan, which was added to the network within the past two years. Priority not covering treatment at the University of Michigan was a factor in the college leaving their service originally.

The POS plan also requires employees to have will decrease from $8,000 to a primary care physician $6,000 with a deductible of and go to places within the $4,000.

Private Health Care Systems “People that were in the network or they might have HMO plan, they had a really to pay a higher amount. This high out-of-pocket before,” especially concerns those in Péwé said. “This is actually metropolitan areas where better.” a larger market means less With the increased health pressure to join the Priority care expenses over the year web. overall, however, the college “Some of that is definitely is looking to promote wellan issue,” Péwé said. “We’re ness among its employees, always very concerned about Péwé said. that and working with our “We’re going to have to be broker and working with Pri- more aggressive with bringority Health to make sure we ing on a wellness program to reach out to those places to try to improve our spending, see if they want to be a part try to get it going in the othof the network so that people er direction,” Péwé said. don’t have to make a switch.”

In particular, this means please Macaela Bennett at mbennett@hillsdale.edu.

Ascontact for the college faculty identifying signs of serious

illnesses before they become chronic. The college would give employees who participate in the program a period of time to go to their doctor and have tests run to look at blood pressure, blood sugar, and other risk factors. Doing so could affect workers’ premiums.

“Paying attention to that with their physician, it could make a difference,” Péwé said. “We haven’t done that before, and we’re probably long overdue in doing that.”

College Nurse Carol Drews said healthier workers mean lower health care costs.

“Wellness employees have less absences,” Drews said.

“Insurance costs come down.

It’s just a win-win.”

Plenty of opportunities exist for workers on campus to stay active. Faculty and staff, like students, have access to the Roche Sports Complex and Biermann Center with their ID. Over the summer, employees can take a fullhour lunch if they use it to workout, Aide to the Athletic Director Anita Gordon said.

The goal of the wellness initiative is to further promote that healthy lifestyle.

“I’m looking forward to see what the wellness program will look like,” Drews said. “I think that’s what our health care lacks. If we could focus on immunizations, stress, healthy eating, I think we would spend less on health care.”

Hillsdale College makes health care a ‘Priority’ By |Breana Noble Assistant Editor As of Jan. 1, Priority Health once again provides health insurance for Hillsdale College faculty and staff after spending on claims increased by $1 million last year.

Following a two-year hiatus from Priority, Hillsdale left Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to consolidate two plans for in-state and out-ofstate employees. The move will avoid a nearly 28 percent increase in health care spending next year in preference to a 12 percent rise.

Hillsdale is working toward implementing a wellness initiative for its employees in order to keep them healthy and costs low, as well.

“Priority, they’re a 300-pound gorilla like Blue Cross Blue Shield in Michigan,” Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé said.

“They’ve been very competitive with rates.”

Last year had a larger-than-normal number of individuals with serious illnesses and unexpected surgeries — creating costs that surpassed employees’ out-of-pocket maximums.

“We had a bigger number of those,” Péwé said. “We were using up our fully in-

sured portion quite a bit.”

In combination with the rising number of expenditures, discovery of BCBS underwriting the college in its favor made for a perfect storm. While the two plans bundled would have cost almost 28 percent more for this year, in 2017 it could have experienced up to a 47 percent increase in expenses.

The plan for in-state employees would have increased by almost 60 percent.

“It would have been really unaffordable across the board to stay with Blue Cross Blue Shield,” Péwé said. “We saw the writing on the wall.”

Péwé said he did not know if the underwriting was a deal to gain the college’s business or a miscalculation in projection. BCBS did not comment.

Finding a less expensive alternative, the college opted to change its provider to Priority to pay approximately $430,000 per year more verses BCBS’s increase of $950,000.

Instead of having one health insurance plan for in-state employees and one for out-of-state workers, the college consolidated to serve both groups into the pointof-service plan.

The POS plan is similar

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Sororities pick up 56 during Spring recruitment In brief:

By | Laura Williamson Collegian Reporter

Chi Omega, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Pi Beta Phi have all picked up new pledge classes. Pi Phi boasts 20 new members, and Chi Omega and Kappa each have 18. The Hillsdale College chapters welcomed their new members home on Jan. 17.

“They’re great girls,” said junior Rosie Ellison, president of Pi Beta Phi. “I was impressed everyday of recruitment with everybody who came through the houses. It’s just so much fun to see how everybody really finds the house that fits them best, and that also means that every house got an awesome group of new members.”

Junior Anna Goodwin, president of Chi Omega, expressed excitement about Chi Omega newest batch of members, as well.

“I love them,” Goodwin said. “They’re a bunch of really great girls. I loved looking around on bid night and seeing how different every-

one was. Even on the night when they were all pledging in, wearing their super nice outfits, they were all just so different, and that makes me really happy.”

For Hillsdale sororities,

“Recruitment is about putting your best foot forward, but it’s not about putting on a fake face.”

January recruitment is formal. The rush process lasts three days, and the women receive their bids on the final day.

“The first day is open

houses,” said Rebekah Dell, assistant dean of women and panhellenic adviser. “That’s just a general overview of the chapters and what the chapters are about and what they would say are their defining characteristics.The second day is more of a sit-down dessert environment that encourages more discussion.”

The final day, according to Goodwin, is the most crucial day in the recruitment process.

“The third day is make or break it,” Goodwin said. “We dim the lights and make it very comfortable for them to be there, and we have an honest conversation. We don’t want any of the girls to be fooled by anything.

We want them to end up in the house they’re meant to be in, to end up in a house that they’re going to enjoy.

We want to make sure that they’re making the right decision. We want to be as open and honest and real with them as possible and have them be open and honest and real with us because it’s

important. Recruitment is about putting your best foot forward, but it’s not about putting on a fake face.”

While January recruitment is the primary time for pick-up, it’s not the only opportunity for women to receive a bid, though students are more likely to receive one in the spring.

“If you really want to go through, January is the time to do it,” Dell said. “Don’t count on a fall opportunity, but fall opportunities will exist.”

In the fall, the smallest two chapters have the opportunity to extend invitations to membership to eligible women.

“Every fall we will look at our new membership numbers, and the smallest two chapters will be able to invite women to join their chapter until they reach the number of members that the largest chapter has,” Dell said. “We will still have opportunities to join every fall, but the numbers will probably be less.”

Greek life has impacted the lives of many women on campus. Both Ellison and Goodwin cite their times in their respective houses as opportunities for growth and learning.

“Pi Phi has helped me grow a lot,” Ellison said.

“College, for everybody, is a time of tremendous growth and change. It has been for me, and Pi Phi has been the best place for me to do that because I have my sisters, and they’ve loved me through stuff, and they’ve helped me through stuff and supported me.”

Goodwin said her sorority taught her the importance of sisterhood.

“Coming into college, you really think you’re invincible,” Goodwin said. “Being a part of a sorority helped me realize how much I need people, and sisterhood has taught me how important community is and how to love others.”

Debate team places third in St. Louis tourney By | Katie Scheu Collegian Reporter Ten members of Hillsdale College’s debate team drove to St. Louis, Missouri, Jan. 30-31 to compete at Webster University in the Gorlok Gala, one of the largest non-national tournaments in the country.

Facing 41 other schools, Hillsdale took third place in the overall debate sweepstakes, a feat achieved by the success of each member.

The team competed in both one-on-one Lincoln-Douglas debates and parliamentary team debates. Competitors earn points based on their success in winning an argument in addition to their speaking abilities. Each team’s points are then totaled to determine which school wins

Mariani from A1 scripts of the poets, what other sources did you use to come to know the poets?

I looked at a lot of letters and it was fascinating because they hadn’t been pub-

Masty from A1 combined this unique outlook with his artistic abilities to produce masterpiece cartoons depicting the lectures.

Yet Masty shocked his professors with his impressive wit and intellect. When prompted to discuss what he learned in Willson’s reformation class on the final exam, Masty responded with a four-stanza poem called the “Reformation Rag.” “It was not only historically and theologically profound, but it was funny; it was outrageous,” Willson said. “The opening two lines on his Martin Luther section were, ‘Good ole Martin wasn’t just fartin’ around.’”

Willson still has the poem.

Among other privileges, Masty drove Russell Kirk home from Hillsdale each week — a two-and-a-halfhour trip. The long conversations influenced Masty deeply, Willson said.

Masty worked twice as an editor for the Collegian, joined Delta Sigma Phi, and won multiple writing awards at Hillsdale. After graduating, he worked towards a doctorate in literature at the University of St. Andrews.

Although he ultimately decided against academics as a career, his friendships remained intellectual.

“The details of our meetings are probably nugatory — that we drank Dubonnet at a local crêperie and that he visited my improvised basement

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the overarching sweepstakes award.

Simpson College in Iowa and Kansas City Kansas Community College outranked Hillsdale in debate sweepstakes.

“The two schools that beat us were significantly, significantly larger,” Team Manager senior Kevin Ambrose said.

“They beat us out of pure numbers. They had three times the number of people entered than we did.”

Ambrose estimated the first and second place schools had 40 entries in the competition.

Hillsdale members competed in only 13 events.

“We are by far the smallest school at every tournament,” Assistant Professor of Speech Matthew Dogget said.

In December, Hillsdale

took first place in sweepstakes at the Ohio State Holiday Frolic tournament, beating schools such as Central Michigan University, Lafayette College, Capital University, University of Kentucky, Tennessee State University, and Ohio State itself.

The team placed third in the sweepstakes at the Gorlok Gala as each member earned points individually.

Senior Erin Graham won the novice division of the Lincoln-Douglas debate in her first college competition.

Sophomore Kara Schmidt went to double-octas in the open Lincoln-Douglas round, competing against the tournament’s most experienced debaters. Sophomore Timothy Polelle and freshman Shadrach Strehle, debating to-

gether for the first time, won novice parliamentary debate.

Dogget credited the team’s success to their supreme effort and desire to achieve.

“They’re hard workers,” Dogget said. “I’m amazed at the sacrifices that these guys make to do well.”

The team meets weekly to do practice rounds, discuss argumentation strategies, and research topics. Dogget said, averaging the intense pre-tournament and quiet post-tournament weeks, members spend about 10 hours together preparing for competitions each week.

“It’s definitely a team effort,” Schmidt said. “We pool our research, so if one person succeeds, it’s definitely on the backs of everybody else.”

The team will compete in

two national tournaments coming up this spring. In April, they will compete in the National Forensic Tournament at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Over spring break, two or three members will travel to Lexington, Kentucky, to debate in the second national tournament.

Dogget said he is cautiously optimistic about the team’s success at the national level. In 2014, Hillsdale placed fourth in a national competition, so its goal is to win a spot among the top three this year.

“The team really does become a family,” Dogget said.

“You learn a lot about people in these situations, like who is really going to stand behind you. It’s not for everybody; that’s for sure. But anybody could do it.”

lished. So in a sense, it was like being an insider. Here I am, looking at letters to and from Williams and Ezra Pound or Marian Moore, a lot of poets whose names we don’t remember now, and then on top of that, there

were the actual poems — these weren’t finished ones.

They were crossed out, ex-ed out, etc. And I began to see, “Oh, that’s why he’s breaking it this way. That’s why he’s writing that line.” This is why he’s crossing this out. It

was very economistic. That was one of the big lessons.

In other words, let’s cut this out and get to the heart of it.

He caught the American idiom as it was actually being spoken on the streets of New Jersey. That’s what he wanted

to get. What was the music of American language? In that sense, he follows in the tradition of Walt Whitman, for example. And that fascinated me, because he sounded like my relatives.

study to view the first collected edition of Edmund Burke’s works and a large portrait of the Marchesa Casati,” Jamieson said.

Making the most of his witty way with words, Masty wrote speeches for Reagan, British Prime Minister

ty developed relationships with the African mujahedin and advised Reagan during this time. One journalist even said hyperbolically, “In a way, Steve Masty won the Cold War.” In his eulogy, Masty’s brother, Tom, said Steve was also theologically motivated.

“Steve was always driven by what he might have failed to do,” Tom Masty said. “He feared being elderly and having failed to live his life to its fullest or having failed to help those with fewer opportunities.”

With this fear in mind, Masty made it his goal to help developing countries find ways to take advantage of some of the best things about the modern world while not giving up their traditional culture. He helped bring electricity into several regions and “embraced those who were in need and those disenfranchised from the benefits of modern society,” Tom Masty said.

Yet, he also worked within the framework of their culture. He learned to love much of the Muslim world and discovered the Afghani people are lovers of poetry. His knowledge of their culture led him to publish a book in 2006 titled “The Muslim & Microphone: Miscommunications in the War on Terror,” which explains how to talk to young Muslims who may still be swayed in one direction or another.

One of his last positions was secretary to the minister

of agriculture in the Afghan- believed that faith was imistan government. He was portant when demonstrated challenged with diminishing through works of mercy and the growth of poppy — the compassion. plant used to make morphine “Steve proposed that we and heroin. Because it is easy know truth through our to grow, many families rely striving to comprehend on it as their sole source of God,” Tom Masty said. “This revenue. Masty absorbed works by getting a read on their culture so that he could the patterns of truth founded react in ways they would un- by observing numerous facderstand. tors such as sacred scripture, Through his many travels, reason, loci, the wisdom of Masty rarely had time to re- the magisterium, and traditurn to Michigan. tion itself. And in that man“Steve would come in and ner, he proposed that we use out of your life. He would ap- these avenues of truth to tripear and then he would dis- angulate that which is of real appear. The fellow was kind importance: God’s truth.” of mysterious in that way,” Ve r y s e r said. “But he never changed.

He was always adventurous, a man of my s t e r y, talented beyond words, a n d bright. He was the kind of guy you c o u l d n’ t help but like.”

Much m o r e than that, M a s ty was a Hillsdale College alumnus and Reagan speechwriter man ded- Steve Masty ’76 passed away last December. Pictured icated to is Masty as a senior at Hilllsdale College.

God who Winona | Courtesy

“Steve was always driven by what he might have failed to do. He feared being elderly and having failed to live his life to the fullest.”

Margaret Thatcher, President George H. W. Bush, and former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai. He also worked for Lee Edwards, a distinguished fellow in conservative thought.

“Lee once told me that Steve Masty turned out higher quality prose in a shorter period of time than anyone he’d ever worked with, which is unbelievable praise,” Willson said.

Masty traveled to 66 countries but most prominent was his time in Afghanistan, a time when the Soviet Union’s invasion was at its peak. Mas-

Moreno returning to Michigan campus, will become dean of social sciences By | Michael Lucchese Collegian Reporter Next fall semester, Professor of History Paul Moreno will return to Hillsdale College after several semesters teaching in Washington, D.C. at the Allan P. Kirby Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship.

Moreno will replace Professor of Education Jon Fennell as the Dean of Division III, the social sciences. Fennell has held the position since 2009 and is retiring at the end of the academic year.

“As an inveterate Red Sox fan, Dr. Moreno is eminently qualified to be dean,” Provost David Whalen said.

“Dr. Moreno is a man of great principle, character, learning, and devotion to the college, its students, and its faculty,” Whalen said. “It will be a delight to have him back at Hillsdale. His abilities and temperament suit him admirably for the duties of division dean.”

Moreno currently serving as the director of academic programs and teaches classes at the Kirby Center.

“I’ve been teaching the WHIP students, participating in other Kirby Center events and co-curricular activities, working as a liaison between the Kirby Center and the academic departments back on campus and working with our adjunct faculty here,” Moreno said.

When Moreno returns to campus, he will continue to teach courses in recent U.S. history and the history of American constitutionalism, in addition to the heritage sequence core requirements for freshmen and sophomores.

Students who took classes with Moreno in Washington, D.C. give him rave reviews.

Senior Emily DePangher took Constitutional History of the United States Since 1870 with Moreno during her WHIP semester.

“Dr. Moreno is an excellent combination of intelligence, wit, and enthusiasm,” DePangher said. “Beginning each class discussing current events or historical nuances always led to an instructive class time full of historical detail as well as broader perspectives.”

“He inspires love of history through his extensive knowledge and the concern he shows for each of his students,” she said.

In addition to teaching during his time in the nation’s capital, Moreno also completed work on his book, “The American State from the Civil War to New Deal,” published in 2013. Moreno has previously published books on affirmative action and the American labor movement.

Moreno received his bachelor’s degree in history from the State University of New York and his master’s degree and doctorate, both in history, from the University of Maryland.

In addition to teaching at the Kirby Center, Moreno has held visiting professorships at Princeton University and the Paris School of Law. Moreno said he is excited to return to campus and is looking forward to reconnecting with the Hillsdale community in Michigan.

“Apart from seeing more of my freshman daughter, Judy, I’m most looking forward to seeing old friends again,” Moreno said.

Iowa Caucus results

Candidates drop out day of Iowa Caucus

Candidates drop out after Iowa Caucus

First case of Zika virus reported in Dallas

80 nations to hold summit on Syrian refugees

Sen. Ted Cruz won the Iowa Caucus, held throughout the state on Feb. 1, with 27.6 percent of the vote, beating Donald Trump, who received 24.3 percent, and Sen. Marco Rubio, 23.1 percent. Ben Carson finished fourth, with 9.3 percent, Gov. Jeb Bush 2.8 % and Carly Fiorina 1.9 percent.

Democratic presidential candidate Gov. Martin O’Malley, received 0.6 percent of the votes, and Republican candidate Gov. Mike Huckabee, received 1.8 percent of Iowa votes, both dropped out of the presidential race after poor performances in the Iowa Caucus on Feb. 1.

Republican presidential candidates Sen. Rand Paul and Sen. Rick Santorum dropped out of the presidential race on Feb. 2 and Feb. 3, respectively, after poor performances in the caucus. Paul received 4.8 percent and Sen. Santorum just 1 percent.

The first case of the Zika virus in the US was seually transmitted to a Dallas resident, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Almost all patients infected with the virus received it through a bite from a mosquito carrying it.

80 delegations are set to appear at a conference in London called by the UN High Commission for Refugees.

Since the crisis began, there are at least 4,597,436 refugees scattered across Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey seeking refuge in Europe, the U.S., and Canada.

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We need more music majors By | Sarah Chavey Special to the Collegian In December, the number of junior music majors doubled.

There are now two of us.

More than 30 percent of students participate in music lessons or ensembles, but many of them never take a single music class. Even those who complete the minor never take many of the courses which would truly help them understand music.

While other classes have more music majors — the senior class boasts a startling five — the lack of interest is still alarming. Students who dip their toes into ensembles or take the few requirements for the minor are not fully embracing music, and the benefits of studying it are therefore diminished.

Rather than write a senior thesis or take comprehensive exams, students majoring in music perform an hour-long senior recital complete with appetizers and an audience of family and friends. Music majors also frequently have scholarships ranging from $1,000 to full tuition.

Almost everyone will say they love music, but music majors can speak with authority on why some notes sound good together, how that fact was discovered, and how they should be performed. Music minors do not take the second or third semesters of music theory classes and get only a small taste of the understanding that majors enjoy.

Students should find the music major appealing simply based on its requirements. Apart from one-credit introductory courses, ensembles, and private lessons, the major requires only three semesters of music theory, three semesters of history, and five credits of electives. While it is not easy, the complete major totals 40 credit hours and leaves plenty of time for a second major or minor.

The $85 additional fee per semester for private lessons is already a steal, but the music major and minor waive this fee — even when the credits exceed the 17-credit maximum. I have taken 25 credits in a single semester without paying an extra dime in tuition, and gotten little grade boosts for each private lesson. Others could theoretically take an unlimited amount of credits at the same tuition rate.

I am able to rationalize learning new instruments through my major. A potential side career teaching music is an appropriate justification to begin lessons in voice, jazz, guitar, violin, and hopefully cello and flute in the future.

According to Aristotle, music is one of four customary subjects of education. The other three are reading and writing, gymnastics, and drawing. Hillsdale’s core includes plenty within the realm of reading and writing, but the single fine arts requirement can be fulfilled by one course in music, art, or theater.

Aristotle wrote that music is suited for leisure as a pastime proper for free men. He says this is because it teaches how to respond properly to emotions. While Aristotle agreed with Plato’s suggestion that music might bring out evil emotions such as anger, Aristotle disagreed with Plato in stating that this was bad.

“Since it is the case that music is one of the things that give pleasure, and that virtue has to do with feeling delight and love and hatred rightly, there is obviously nothing that is more needful to learn and become habituated to than to judge correctly and to delight in virtuous ethoses and noble actions,” Aristotle said.

Rhythms and melodies may represent anger, mildness, courage, and temperance, Aristotle says, and these qualities correspond to the human ethos or character. Humans, then, know the correct representation of their emotions because of music.

Music is more than a low-paying job, as some students claim it is, and more than a pleasurable pastime. It’s a passage to the soul. Students at a college which aims to develop their souls should consider studying it.

“It is plain that music has the power of producing a certain effect on the ethos of the soul, and if it has the power to do this, it is clear that the young must be directed to music and must be educated in it,” Aristotle said.

I venture to say Aristotle would not approve of only two music majors in the junior class. Hillsdale’s music program has a lot to offer. Students need to take advantage of this vital aspect of the liberal arts.

Sarah is a junior studying music.

The lecture notes have been taken, the stage cleared, the banners pulled down, and the Dow Center emptied. Another Center for Constructive Alternatives seminar has come and gone at Hillsdale College.

With the exception of Monday’s fire alarm scare, this CCA looked much like those that of years past. As before, we gleaned the wisdom of speakers working in a variety of disciplines.

We enjoyed speeches from the likes of Joseph Epstein, who kicked off the week by asking why we should read biographies, and Paul Mariani, who delivered a stunning meditation on what we

learn from the lives of the poets.

But yet again, students didn’t get to hear enough from Hillsdale’s own experts.

Last year, the Collegian staff wrote an editorial arguing for Hillsdale to replace the faculty roundtable with a full speech from one of Hillsdale’s scholars. Despite boasting professors who have undeniable expertise in CCA topics, Hillsdale professors typically get a mere 10 minutes during the faculty roundtable in which to address students — a session most guests and other speakers often don’t attend.

Yet it’s at this faculty round-

table that some of the best wisdom of the CCAs — wisdom cut all too short — is distilled.

The first CCA wisely featured Churchill scholar President Larry Arnn for a full lecture, and CCA II enlisted Associate Professor of History Kenneth Calvert to speak on the history of money. For this seminar, why not dedicate a full hour to the wisdom of much-loved Professor of History Bradley Birzer, whose biography of Russell Kirk was recently reviewed by the New York Times?

The CCAs aim to educate our students and give guests a taste of Hillsdale College.

What better way to accomplish both these goals than by making sure one of our own well-qualified professors speaks at every CCA? It is, after all, our own faculty members who know best how to address the hearts and minds of Hillsdale students, and it is our own professors who will give the most accurate representation of Hillsdale to the college’s guests.

The fire alarm incident may have successfully shaken up the old CCA routine this year, but let’s shake it up differently in future. Let’s start giving our own professors the time and space they deserve at the CCA podium.

‘Yeezus,’ ‘WAVES,’ and American deification College Dropout” and “Late By | Nicholas Rowan Registration,” are relatable Special to the Collegian and human works. In the style of the Wu Tang Clan, he “WAVES,” Kanye West’s heavily employs soul samples upcoming album, set for a Feb. and places humorous skits 11 release, should worry you about his struggles with social more than the Presidential expectations between songs. election does about the future In his early career, Kanye of America. More than any distinguished himself from politician, Kanye understands other rappers by managing the spirit of the American to straddle the line between braggadocio and honesty. everyman.

But West’s most recent studio Kanye has done a lot of obnoxious things recently — album, “Yeezus,” veered sharply marrying Kim Kardashian, away from his previous work. declaring he will run for Like everything preceding it president, auditioning for (except “808s & Heartbreak”), American Idol — and yet these the album contains heavy outrageous antics sustain his racial overtones. But leave popularity. Much like Donald this element aside and all that Trump, who has captured the remains is a shameless selfpublic’s attention with claims deification. “Yeezus” employs that his billions qualify him to abrasively minimalistic beats be a political leader, West has and grimy lyrics. In arguably managed to stay in the limelight the most terrifying song on for 12 years because he claims the album, Kanye repeatedly his lyrical abilities qualify him proclaims, “I am a god,” as oppressive synth and unearthly to be a god.

It was not always this way. shrieks overtake the recording.

But, through this repulsive Kanye’s first two albums, “The image, West exposes a part of

American culture few care to admit exists. We love ourselves past the point of excess. We love to boast about our second or third car. We love to reference our material wealth: The newest iPhone, the Patagonia quarterzip. We love to shock our elders with gritty nihilism. And Kanye West, the man who declared: “I understand culture. I am the nucleus,” just so happens to be the perfect conduit for this generational narcissism.

In a way, “Yeezus” defines the millennial generation.

Combined with Kanye’s public stunts — which are almost inextricable from his musical work — the album effectively unleashes the latent longing in the American everyman to fully embrace self-indulgence.

Of course, this artificial reality can only persist for so long. Following his 2010 effort, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” Kanye put himself on a steady path toward his 2013 apotheosis. His fashion line, his newfound love of artists like Le Corbusier, his marriage

to Kim Kardashian — all aim at the deification of the man Kanye believes to be the world’s most gifted individual. But after the release of “Yeezus,” Kanye made it impossible to mature anymore, at least thematically. Being a god is well and good, but what’s next? Selfdestruction?

In a way, WAVES will act as a cultural beacon. Kanye is not the reason we act as we do; he is simply the selfproclaimed prophet of the 21st-century zeitgeist. His “G.O.O.D. Fridays” releases seem to indicate his new album will be just as self-absorbed and narcissistic as “Yeezus,” though this time with a twinge of exasperation at his status.

Ezra Pound once said that “artists are the antennae of the race.” If that’s true, we should be worried about what signals WAVES might pick up.

Nicholas is a freshman who has yet to declare a major.

The GOP could learn from Bernie Sanders By | David Schwartzman candidates have long-winded Special to the Collegian debates over issues of relatively little significance. Government intervention in the market Sen. Bernie Sanders displays continues to cripple the an excellent grasp of our nation’s economy, particularly with problems, despite his bad interest rates, where Federal policies. This is most notable Reserve price-setting has the in his discussion of corporate economy on the brink of another influence on politics and, recession. However, none of the consequently, on the economy. Republican candidates seem to Republicans would do well to have noticed. learn from his example.

Donald Trump never Sanders addresses the discusses the economic burden concerns of everyday of an overactive government.

Americans. Sometimes he’s He does, however, propose a even right. Sanders questions massive increase in government why the United States spends size and scope with his plan more money on the military to track down and deport 11 than the next seven countries million people. The economic combined. He critiques a crony effects of illegal immigration capitalist system. He does not are negligible at best, especially understand that this system compared to the impact of is an inevitable result of a regulations, which require welfare system that discourages small businesses to devote work and a burdensome large amounts of their minimal series of regulations that resources to compliance. codifies stagnation. There Trump also proposes we is nevertheless value in increase government regulation identifying the problems facing of the economy with a proposed the economy and talking about 45 percent tariff on Chinese them. Sanders understands that goods — forcing American change is needed to solve our consumers to pay significantly nation’s problems, even if he is higher prices — and with incorrect about what type of his plan to increase ethanol change is needed. subsidies, further distorting Meanwhile, the Republican prices. Trump ignores pertinent

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economic issues in favor of unimportant ones, partially because he cannot address them as someone whose own wealth came from crony capitalism.

Most other Republican presidential candidates are little better. Rubio proposes a $1 trillion military spending increase over the next 10 years with no plan to offset the cost, despite our nation’s $18 trillion debt. Increased spending does not make the government more effective; it just makes the government larger and more indebted. This is as true with military spending as it is with any welfare program. The laws of economics do not change based on whether a spending increase is politically favored

by Republicans.

Other candidates address the economy in the same irresponsible way. Republicans are nearly unanimous in supporting increased military spending. On the occasions that they decry levels of domestic spending, candidates do not offer specific budget cuts, and few make curbing government regulation and spending a top priority for their campaigns. The Democrats are having a healthier political

dialogue than the Republicans.

Sanders discusses the reality of stagnating wages and increased income inequality. Meanwhile, in the last Republican debate, the only mention of the economy was a question to Cruz about ethanol. No Republican even considers income inequality to be a serious issue.

All this is certainly not to say that voting for Sanders is the right answer; it isn’t. Every solution that Sanders offers to the nation’s economic woes would profoundly damage the American economy.

Nevertheless, Sanders brings real value to this presidential election by loudly asking questions that need to be asked.

Far too many Republicans have been unwilling to address the economic problems facing the nation today. Bernie may not have the right answers, but at least he is asking the right questions. That is more than the Republican candidates can say for themselves.

David is a sophomore studying economics.

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To be pro-liberty is to be pro-life What is charity?

The principle of non-aggression invites a libertarian pro-life ethic, so why aren’t more libertarians defending infant life?

unborn child inside a woman By | Joshua Paladino Special to the Collegian cannot be considered a harm to a woman’s health, except in extreme circumstances. Since On Jan. 21, a socially left- the fetus does not present leaning senator introduced a an immediate threat of force bill to the Senate that would to the safety of a pregnant outlaw abortion. It was woman, then an abortion, in libertarian Rand Paul (R-KY), most cases, cannot be in selfwho dropped out of the GOP defense. If libertarians desire primaries Wednesday. to consistently adhere to their Approximately 58 million principles, then abortion unborn children have died cannot be allowed based on since 1973, when the Supreme the argument of self-defense.

Court decision Roe v. Wade Others argue that although deprived them of their status it is not an act of self-defense, as persons. Rand’s “Life the non-aggression principle at Conception Act” seeks does not apply because the to define the unborn as fetus is not fully human, and “persons” and give them the it is part of the woman’s body. full protection of the 14th The fetus is not “viable.”

Amendment.

But what is viability? The Many are surprised by a ability to independently libertarian advocating pro-life sustain life outside of the policy, but they misunderstand womb? In that case, most the libertarian perspective toddlers, most children, most on abortion — as do many young adults, in fact, most libertarians themselves. If human beings are not viable. libertarians correctly applied We do not have the necessary their principles, they would knowledge or skills to ensure be some of the most ardent our well-being without the defenders of life. help of other humans. We rely Libertarianism starts with on the assistance of others, a single idea: That the only just as an unborn child relies legitimate use of force is in on its mother to nourish and self-defense. This is called protect it. On the other hand, the non-aggression principle. if it is fully part of the woman’s The role of man in society, body, then it should have no the purpose of government, ability to survive without the and all political policies are mother at any point, which derived from this concept. clearly is not true.

Pregnancy is a natural Child-rearing reduces biological process, so the the choices of parents. But

a reduction of available opportunities does not permit an act of violence against the unborn child. Parenting requires time, money, and emotional and physical exhaustion. However, this is a voluntary commitment. In simple terms, sex is consent to sacrifice one’s choices for one’s children.

If someone consents to the possibility of parenthood through sex, then the results of any of their actions must be considered voluntary. The non-aggression principle says that all voluntary actions, and by extension the consequences of all voluntary actions are by nature non-aggressive and thus not subject to retaliatory violence.

In the case of rape, consent is never given to the reproductive act and so women are involuntarily entering into the sacrifice of motherhood.

Though defensive violence is allowed against all coercive force, there is no right to indiscriminate violence. The question that arises is against whom retaliatory violence may be used.

Aggression only allows the victim to defend themselves against the actions of the aggressor. All results of the aggressor’s actions cannot be confused as the aggressor himself.

For example, if one man pushes another man into a third party bystander, does the third party have the right to violently defend himself against the man that hit him or the man that did the pushing?

Of course he may only use violence against the man that did the pushing, since the man that was pushed did not voluntarily hurt the bystander.

In the same way, the example of rape does not give the mother the right to an abortion in “self-defense” because the fetus did not harm the woman, only the sexual offender did. Why should an act of violence against a woman result in an act of violence against an unborn child?

Libertarians need to reevaluate their policies based on their principles.

Libertarianism should promote an across the board pro-life ethic. Their principles cannot oppose the death penalty and foreign intervention while they simultaneously remain silent and allow the slaughter of millions of fetuses.

Libertarians should follow the lead of Senator Paul and support consistently pro-life policies, starting with the abolition of abortion.

Joshua is a studying politics.

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By | Chris McCaffery Student Columnist

Christ claimed that the poor will always be with us, an uncontroversial prediction in the Roman world. As Jeremy Beer details in “The Philanthropic Revolution: An Alternative History of American Charity,” for the ancient world poverty was a simple fact of life.

Philanthropy was performed by the rich as part of public ceremony, in order to accrue a personal or familial reputation for largesse, wealth, and civic virtue.

Christians convicted to perform works of charity were thus a revolutionary force.

Charitable acts were affirmations of basic theological claims which remained constant until the 19th century, which marked a profound shift in common understandings of free giving.

In his own words, Beer’s is “an episodic, illustrative, and extremely brief account” of the denigration of charity and its replacement by philanthropy, which seeks to remake the world through planning and a utopian vision.

Classically, Christians have taken their lead from Christ regarding continued existence of the poor among us. In 2015, the United Nations lists as a Millennium Development Goal the elimination of poverty. What happened?

Beer provides a lucid account of this transition in three stages, and criticizes contemporary philanthropic foundations and “the notion that poor relief must be judged first and foremost by its consequences,” a dramatic

conceptual shift after centuries of the association of voluntary giving and biblical charity.

By the mid-1800s, wealthy critics of charity such as Andrew Carnegie and John Rockefeller sided with the ambitions of philanthropy and dreamed of eliminating social ills through the technological exercise of their wealth. Contemporary philanthropists continue this war on the inefficiencies of charity.

Beer argues that for all the achievements this shift has made possible, there are negative consequences which lie beneath the systemic, utopian method.

Ignored by large foundations are the manifold personal goods which classical Christian charity underwrote.

The focus of old-fashioned charity was not the increase of any worldly estate, but “storing up treasure in heaven” through acts of love toward neighbor.

Voluntary giving which ignores this reality becomes hostile to the Christian society that private charity worked to foster.

Not willing to downplay the successes of this new mode of philanthropy in its sphere, Beer calls for the classical understanding to be reintegrated into voluntary giving, coining the cumbersome but useful term “philanthrolocalism.”

Beer’s book is an excellent primer on the history of a narrow topic, and provides clear-written, well-thought insights into discussions of charity, as virtue and as instrument for social change.

Chris is a senior studying English.

Thank God, it’s Fish Friday By | Emma Vinton Assistant Editor

Rand Paul, former GOP primary candidate, speaks at the 2013 Liberty Political Action Committee in Virginia. Gage Skidmore | Wikimedia Commons

Let’s compromise on parking By | Natalie C. McKee Senior Reporter Director of Security Bill Whorley sent an email to students on Oct. 7, 2015, announcing that the construction of the new lot on the corner of N. West and College Street was complete, but the lot was only for faculty and staff.

He reassured campus, saying, “The really good news is that it appears that the even bigger lot, currently under construction on the south west corner of N. West St. and Galloway Dr. (north of Simpson Residence Hall) should be completed

by November 1, 2015. This lot WILL be designated as a Registered Vehicles (Students) and Visitors lot, 24/7.”

The completion of the lot was delayed, but once it opened, Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé told the Collegian the lot would only be open to visitors, faculty, and staff.

Student rage ensued.

I propose a compromise.

The new large lot on the corner of Galloway Drive and N. West Street should be open to students 24/7, as Whorley promised us back in October. However, during the college’s busiest weekends — CCAs, Parents Weekend, Orientation, and Commencement — the lots

should change to “guests only.”

Whorley should email students (as he did last week) and remind them guests come first for those weekends.

Security could then ticket students who ignore common courtesy.

Those eight emails — one per event — could reduce student anxiety over parking and allow us to entertain guests simultaneously.

Security currently patrols those two lots for rogue student vehicles, so this compromise might even reduce security’s workload.

The construction of the new parking lots on N. West Street took away parking from students, and the administration went back on their word regarding the newest lot.

The rationale behind the change makes sense. The college built the huge new Searle Center, which requires adequate parking for the 700 or more guests it can seat for dinner. And inviting those guests to campus is of utmost importance — many of them are donors who allow us to have the education and facilities we enjoy.

However, Hillsdale College is still a college. And colleges need students in order to exist. Students who have cars on campus want to be able to drive them up the hill — particularly when it’s five degrees out and even a cold

car allows some protection from the elements.

Part of the reason more students are driving to campus is because the college tore down many of the closest off-campus homes to make way for newer and better construction. The effort is worthwhile, but until the college builds additional housing, it leaves many students living further and further from classroom buildings. Like faculty and staff members who live down the hill and drive to work, students desire that same convenience.

Instead of adding parking, recent construction has reduced the number of spots available to students. Worst of all, the new lots created for faculty and staff spend most of their time nearly-empty since, for the most part, guests aren’t around during school hours.

Yet students get ticketed for parking there even when no one else needs the lot.

This compromise would allow everyone adequate parking without creating more work for anyone.

I hope the administration will consider this compromise as a fair and balanced way to handle a complicated issue.

Natalie is a senior studying English.

When Cincinnati McDonald’s franchise owner Lou Groen noticed in 1962 that business in the Roman Catholic area slumped on Fridays, especially during Lent, his solution was to introduce the Filet-O-Fish.

The sandwich saved his restaurant and has been a friend to Catholics and nonCatholics ever since.

The College’s dining service has served fish on Fridays this semester. It should keep it up during Lent and offer more meatless protein options throughout the year.

Former food service Saga Incorporated offered fish consistently for both lunch and dinner on Fridays during Lent and throughout the year.

It was Fish Friday, as consistent as Taco Tuesday.

Approximately a quarter of the student body is Catholic, and these students — as well as Catholic professors and staff — need a meatless option.

Although the Roman Catholic Church permits eating meat on Friday outside of Lent, it will be hard to swallow as Lent begins.

The tradition of abstaining from meat on Fridays has early Christian roots. Because Jesus died on a Friday, Christians hold the day as one of abstinence and sacrifice. The flesh of mammals and fowl was considered more nourishing than fish, so abstinence from meat weakened the body as a sacrifice.

Up until the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s, most Catholics abstained from meat on all Fridays throughout the

“Unless Bon Appétit wants to serve alligator or muskrat, the company should keep fish consistently on the menu.” year, and failure to abstain was considered a grave sin.

The council decided that it was no longer a sin, but American Catholics were asked to continue abstinence freely or make another sacrifice. The price of fish plummeted in the U.S., because Catholics stopped abstaining on Fridays and stopped buying fish.

But in 2011, the bishops of England and Wales reintroduced obligatory abstinence on Fridays all year, and in 2012, Bishop Earl Boyea of the Diocese of Lansing, Michigan, in which lies the city of Hillsdale, encouraged Catholics to renew freely the tradition of year-round abstinence as a way of personal purification.

“I myself am trying to change my own habits in this regard,” Boyea said. “Let’s each reflect on how best to make Friday a day of penance.”

The point is, some Catholics, including some within this diocese and at the College, strive to fast from meat not just during Lent, but all year.

Bon Appétit should keep up Fish Fridays to meet the religious need of a sizeable minority. The prices of chicken and tilapia, as well as the protein content of each, are comparable.

But if the company does not want to serve fish, it has other

options.

New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond responded when a member of his diocese asked if it was acceptable to eat alligator on Fridays of Lent: “Yes, the alligator is considered in the fish family and I agree with you, God has created a magnificent creature that is important to the state of Louisiana and it is considered seafood.”

The flesh of reptiles, as well as fish, shellfish, and amphibians, is permitted.

In Southern Michigan, particularly in the Detroit and Lansing dioceses, there is an informal dispensation granted for eating muskrat.

This comes from a tradition in the early 1800s when Michigan’s missionary priest Fr. Gabriel Richard allowed the French-Canadian trappers to eat the aquatic mammal on Lenten Fridays.

One Lansing bishop, who did not like the dish, said that, “anyone who could eat muskrat was doing penance worthy of the greatest saints.”

Nevertheless, unless Bon Appétit wants to serve alligator or muskrat, the company should follow the example of McDonald’s and keep fish consistently on the menu.

Emma is a senior studying English.

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor,

The debate in last week’s Hillsdale Collegian’s Arts section over the artistic merits of “Star Wars Episode VII” has compelled me to return to the pages I once edited to take a side.

And the side I take is not that of sophomore Mark Naida, but that of senior Chris McCaffery.

To deride the plot as having “merely piggybacked” on the original films; to describe the casting as “adequate overall”; to deem

it merely “an action flick” — all of these and other critiques Naida levels reflect a failure to appreciate the myriad merits of “The Force Awakens.” He would do well to read McCaffery’s review, as it proceeds from a deeper understanding of the delicate balance between the familiar and the novel that the film struck.

As he notes, “The Force Awakens” “weds the timeless narrative at the heart of ‘Star Wars’ with new situations and themes. It emphasizes the new, tragic element in the

life of each of its aging characters lacking happy endings while bringing in new players whose stories are still full of hope.”

“The Force Awakens” accomplished the difficult job of restarting the franchise to move its story forward, while setting up a potentially highly unique and interesting directions for future films.

One could hardly ask for more from the first Star Wars sequel in 32 years.

Jack Butler ’15

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Rick Snyder signs Flint funding bill Relief bill will provide $28 million to alleviate water crisis as Washington hearings commence By | Vivian Hughbanks News Editor As the U.S. House Oversight Committee commenced with hearings on the Flint crisis Wednesday morning in Washington, D.C., Gov. Rick Snyder announced that his upcoming budget proposal will include a $30 million request for water bill repayments for residents of Flint.

Snyder also signed a $28-million appropriation bill to send relief to Flint at the Michigan Press Association Legislative Luncheon in Grand Rapids Jan. 29. He emphasized that while he hopes that the Flint water crisis will be resolved within three months, science — not policy — will determine when the water is safe to drink again.

“We would all hope sooner, rather than later,” Snyder said to the room full of legislators and press, “but it’s not based on time, it’s based on science, facts and caution.”

According to the Governor’s office, the relief bill designates funds from the state’s 2015-16 budget to supply free bottled water and faucet filters for residents of Flint; place nurses in schools to monitor student health; replace water fixtures in schools, day cares,

nursing homes, and hospitals; and treat any children who have high lead levels in the blood using diagnostic testing and nursing care, among other goals.

“I agree with Flint residents, they should not have to pay for

“Let’s not let the rest of the country that has so many goals and objectives define us.” water they cannot drink,” Snyder said in a statement regarding his new budget proposal Wednesday. “My budget recommendation will include the request for the state to make payments to the city’s water system for residential bills going back to April 2014.”

President Barack Obama declared Flint in a state of

emergency last month after high levels of lead were found in resident’s blood and tap water. State and federal authorities agencies have both accused each other of negligence in connection with the crisis.

“This is a failing at every level,” said U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), opening the hearings in Washington.

“The public has a right to be outraged. Outrage doesn’t even begin to cover it.”

U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) along with Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.), proposed legislation in Congress last week to appropriate $400 million in federal funding to resolve the crisis in Flint, along with $200 million to assist existing health issues of children and adults that have been exposed to lead.

“The water crisis in Flint is an immense failure on the part of the State of Michigan to protect the health and safety of the city’s residents,” said U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) in a recent press release. “While the state must accept full responsibility, the federal government can leverage investments the state needs to make.”

Snyder has also called for commissions to further investigate infrastructure problems

Gov. Rick Snyder speaks at the Michigan Press Association Legislative Luncheon at the Grand Rapids Amway Grand Hotel on Jan. 29. Evan Carter | Collegian

in Michigan.

“Let’s use Flint as an opportunity to address the problem of infrastructure in our state,”

Snyder said Friday. “There was a failure at the local, state, and federal level… Let’s not let the rest of the country that has so

many goals and objectives define us.”

No arrest warrants issued yet for drug-related Litchfield fire By | Vivian Hughbanks News Editor

Litchfield firemen address a drug-related fire in Litchfield Jan. 29. Corey Murray | Courtesy

Local and state police responded to an explosion on Friday evening at the Riverside Apartments just north of Litchfield, 12 miles north of Hillsdale.

“I was upstairs in my apartment feeding my twomonth-old,” Litchfield resident Ashley Perks wrote in a Facebook message to the Collegian.

Perks lives in an apartment above the crime scene and called the police after hearing an explosion.

“I was scared not knowing what had really happened until I opened the door to

chemical-smelling smoke,” Perks said.

Jake Estil, 19, of Litchfield and Jason Devaughn, 19, of Litchfield left the scene and were admitted to Allegiance Health in Jackson, Michigan.

Litchfield Police and Fire departments arrived on the scene in Litchfield around 8:30 p.m. and investigated the apartment bathroom, which appeared to be the scene of drug-related activity, according to police officers at the scene, as reported by the Hillsdale Daily News.

Michigan State Police officers also investigated the crime scene and determined the occupants had been extracting THC oils from marijuana, which involves

cooking down flammable, alcohol-saturated cannabis leaves.

Penalties for possession of marijuana in the state of Michigan can involve up to one year of jail time.

Both Estil and Devaughn have since been released from Allegiance Health.

According to the Hillsdale County Prosecutor’s office, as of Wednesday evening, no report has been submitted requesting charges for Estil or Devaughn.

Perks said she has had uncomfortable run-ins with the neighbors in the past, and has smelled what she believed to be marijuana fumes in an apartment hallway.

HHS students educate city council on water safety In wake of Flint water crisis, Hillsdale BPU assures residents of safe drinking water By | Thomas Novelly Assistant Editor Eight Hillsdale High School students presented how Hillsdale’s water filtration system removes contaminants to the Hillsdale City Council and advocated for smart resource consumption at the council meeting Monday.

The students, members of Hillsdale High School’s Envirothon team, brought two models complete with running water to educate the public on how the city makes groundwater safe for residents to drink.

“Like many communities, Hillsdale uses groundwater as a main source of drinking water and protecting this groundwater is not only important from a legislative level, but also at a personal level in our own homes,” Hillsdale High School student Sam McArthur said.

“The first step in protecting our groundwater and drinking water is knowing how it all works.”

Students filled the models with colored dyes to simulate potential contaminants and then used a smaller version of

the city’s hydrologic pump to make the water clear again. The models were funded through a grant by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality for the city’s Wellhead Protection Program which, in

“The Flint crisis is a prime example of how a greater understanding of the hydrologic process and distribution may have averted this crisis.” addition to educating the public, focuses on safeguarding the city’s water supply.

Three days prior to the students presentation to the city council, Gov. Rick Snyder signed a relief bill for the residents of Flint, Michigan,

months after toxic levels of lead were found in Flint’s water supply.

Hillsdale High School science teacher Chip Patterson said this public presentation was not only a benefit for the students to develop confidence in public speaking, but also a way to educate public officials and hopefully influence their choices.

“Governmental officials, policy makers and the like should be especially scientifically astute, as their decisions can have profound effects on the greater whole of society,” Patterson said. “The Flint crisis is a prime example of how a greater understanding of the hydrologic process and distribution may have averted this crisis.”

Councilman Bruce Sharp complimented Patterson and his students on their presentation and said that their demonstration was an asset to the community.

“The timing of this, especially because of what is going on in Flint, is very helpful,” Sharp said. “It is a good visual thing to understand. This is a great way to assure the people and understand something

Hillsdale High School student Kameron Johnson participates in a water filtration presentation at the Hillsdale City Council meeting Monday. Andy Barrand | Courtesy

important in a way they normally couldn’t.”

Hillsdale City Manager David Mackie asked for Board of Public Utilities Director Mike Barber to speak to the public about Hillsdale’s drinking water and assure them of its qual-

ity during the council’s closing remarks “With the disaster in Flint, I just wanted to read a short statement from the utility to reassure the public,” Barber said. “The Hillsdale BPU’s water meets all state and federal

standards for both appearance and safety. We are dedicated to providing safe drinking water for our residents.”

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Broad Street brings on students to brainstorm new events Five Hillsdale College students to be chosen for new event-planning team By | Corinne Prost Collegian Freelancer Broad Street Downtown Market and Tavern will be adding a student planning team to plan and host events for Thursday nights in the Underground. The team will be composed of at least five Hillsdale College students who will collaborate to create a wide variety of events for students of all ages. Events will be held on Thursday nights; an ideal choice for Broad Street because of its availability, but Friday and Saturday night events are also likely.

In the past, opportunities for Hillsdale students to get involved with local businesses were limited, Career Services assistant director John Quint said.

Within the past year, a desire for student involvement arose in Broad Street, which Quint noticed. Broad Street’s Underground brimmed with possibilities; it included an accessible bar, spacious open floor, and stage.

“The management staff of Broad Street is just there for support,” Quint said. “They want college students to have a sense of ownership in the Underground.”

This means Broad Street is offering students the chance to experience and practice marketing, promoting, planning, and hosting

events. The committee of students will also have the discretion as to whether or not they will host 21-andover events, as well as discretion in choosing how

“The management staff of Broad Street is just there for support.

They want college students to have a sense of ownership in the Underground.” to market and the dates they set for each event, according to Broad Street management.

Limited guidance from the management was a decision made in part by Broad Street entertainment manager, Ryan Hudson.

Prior to joining Broad Street in September, Hudson worked for the Dawn Theatre, a popular spot that has hosted past student events such as Hillsdale Greek Life’s annual Mock

Broad Street Downtown Market and Tavern is hiring an event-planning committee composed of five Hillsdale College students as part of an effort to attract more students to downtown events. Anders Kiledal | Collegian

Rock. From his experience at the theatre, Hudson saw that student vision was necessary if Broad Street was to become better connected with the college.

“We need people in tune with what the students want, and who knows better than students themselves?”

Hudson said. “The main idea is we want to get students more involved.”

Broad Street has already made itself available for student employment, but the addition of a student planning team will broaden the involvement of local businesses with the college.

One applicant, junior Michael Beley, is optimistic about the budding committee. As a finance major and social chair for Sigma Chi, he already has

ideas about the events Broad Street could host.

“We could do something for March Madness, the Kentucky Derby… and possibly a dance for Valentine’s Day,” Beley said.

Beley also said he’d want to host an event for 21-andover crowd in the form of a beer pong tournament.

Beley, along with the other applicants and the

management of Broad Street, look forward to engaging the rest of the college with the community. Final applicants were chosen Feb. 1 — names have yet to be released.

Broad Street hopes to have its first official student-run event by Feb. 18, but further planning will determine the exact date.

Baby bottles bless Alpha Omega Care Center St. Anthony’s Parish hosts annual pro-life fundraiser By | Josephine von Dohlen al fundraiser at St. Anthony’s accumulates between $3,500 Collegian Freelancer and $3,800 in donations for St. Anthony’s Catholic the Care Center.

St. Anthony’s is not the only Church began collecting doparish to help with the baby nations on Jan. 24 for Alpha Omega Care Center through a bottle fundraiser. Parishioner baby bottle drive. Parishioners Marge Scott, who has been can pick up empty baby bottles running the Baby Bottle Fundat the doors for the next few raiser at St. Anthony’s with her weeks and fill the bottles with husband John for the past 10 checks, cash, and spare change years, said that 30-35 churchdonations for the Care Center es in the Hillsdale area hold and bring them back to the this fundraiser throughout the church for pick up. This annu- year. The biggest congregation participating, however, is St.

Anthony’s.

Marge Scott explained that the Baby Bottle Drive is one of the biggest fundraisers for Alpha Omega, as the center takes no federal funding and offers all services for free. However, the baby bottles only bring in about one-third of the center’s revenue. The center receives the rest of its funds from general donations and center membership.

Alpha Omega Care Center serves the Hillsdale community by helping “men and women

in a situation where they find themselves with an unexpected pregnancy” said executive director Shawn Noblit.

The center provides pregnancy tests as well as mentoring services, giving parents in need the life skills and parenting skills imperative for welcoming a child into the world. By attending mentoring sessions, parents can then earn “baby bucks” that are spent at the “Blessing Store” where they can take home cribs, strollers, baby clothes, baby food, and

other home essentials.

Alpha Omega Care center runs almost entirely on volunteer work. A group of Hillsdale College students runs a club called, “The Reall Team,” which meets at the center with middle and high school students to give sex education classes about the importance of abstinence and the benefits of saving oneself for marriage.

Sophomore Margaret Odell said she has a “deep passion for women who need to be cared for and nurtured in difficult

situations.” She said her experiences at Alpha Omega led her to find that the center and it’s volunteers genuinely care about the women and their rights and needs.

St. Anthony’s will collect the full baby bottles until they majority of the bottles are received and the funds will then be taken to Alpha Omega Care Center.

City of Jonesville opens nominations for Citizen of the Year Residents prepare for ninth annual Citizen of the Year award By | Emma Vinton

Assistant Editor

The city of Jonesville has opened nominations for the ninth annual 2016 Citizen of the Year award. The awards — given to one adult and one youth — honor citizens who exhibit notable citizenship and outstanding service in the Jonesville community.

Jonesville City Manager Jeff Gray said that nominees are evaluated based on criteria like community involvement, impact of activities on community, leadership, volunteerism, contributions of time, materials, property, or ideas, and reputations.

“We are just looking for those people who go above and beyond, who maybe don’t get recognition for that,” Gray said. “There

are a lot of people who work behind the scenes to do important things that keep this town moving forward, and we want to recognize those efforts and contributions.”

The nomination form, found on the city website,

council. Gray said it is important to recognize the younger Jonesville citizens as well.

“It’s very important to us to recognize not only the adults, but also the youth in our schools that are contributing and being good

and Wayne Babcock, owner of Olivia’s Chop House and Saucy Dog’s Barbeque.

Ron Hayes, council member and chair of the Citizenship Committee, started the award nine years ago and has been a part of the award process since its

felt that one of the best ways to motivate people is to commend them for things they do well,” Hayes said. “It seemed to me that by giving awards to people — some kind of recognition — you are setting up what these people have done and how

“We are just looking for those people who go above and beyond, who maybe don’t get recognition for that. There are a lot of people who work behind the scenes to do important things that keep this town moving forward, and we want to recognize those efforts and contributions.” is open to the public.

The citizenship award committee, established by the City Council, will review the applications sent by the public and make a recommendation to the

role models of citizenship for others to follow,” he said.

Past recipients have included Ron Boyle, who is involved in theater for youth, Jim Marks, who was a Village and city council member,

inception. He said that the thought occurred to him to honor citizens based on volunteerism, and he proposed the idea to the city council.

“Over the years I have

important it is. We hope it sets an example for others.”

Hayes said the number of nominations received each year varies greatly.

Nominations and awards can also be posthumus, because

of the outstanding service of citizens both living and deceased.

“Because of the history of our city, we probably will never run out of nominations,” he said.

“There are plenty of people living and not living who should be honored.”

Recipients will receive both a trophy and a plaque in City Hall. Nominations can be turned in to the City Hall until March 1, and awardees will be honored at a reception in April.

“We’ve had people who invest a lot of time and effort and never seem to give up,” Hayes said. “They just keep wanting to serve. We treat service as one of the highest qualities of humans.”

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Women’s Basketball

Men’s Basketball THURSDAY, JAN. 28 Hillsdale

Ferris St.

69 79 SATURDAY, JAN. 30 Grand Hillsdale Valley

76 63

upcoming

MONDAY, FEB. 1

Thursday, Feb. 4 at northwood 8:00 pm saTurday, Feb 6 at Lake Superior St. 3:00 pm

StatS from feb. 1 Kyle Cooper Ryan Badowski Jason Pretzer Nate Neveau Zach Miller

GLIAC Standings North Division Conf. Overall 1. Saginaw Valley 13-2 17-4 2. Ferris St. 11-4 17-4 3. Lake Superior St. 10-5 15-6 4. Grand Valley St. 8-7 14-7 Hillsdale 8-7 12-7 6. Northwood 7-8 11-10 Michigan Tech 7-8 8-11 8. Northern Mich.

4-11 6-13

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Hillsdale

Saginaw Valley

69 72

26 PTS, 15 REB, 3 AST 11 PTS, 4 REB, 1 STL 11 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST 9 PTS, 3 AST, 1 REB 2 PTS, 5 AST, 1 STL

South Division 1. Findlay 2. Ashland 3. Walsh 4. Tiffin 5. Lake Erie Ohio Dominican 7. Wayne St. 8. Malone

THURSDAY, JAN. 28 Hillsdale

Ferris St.

88 75 SATURDAY, JAN. 30 Grand Hillsdale Valley

42 63

Conf.

12-3 11-4 8-7 6-9 5-10 5-10 4-11 1-14

Overall 15-5 17-4 10-9 10-12 8-13 8-13 4-14 4-16

upcoming

MONDAY, FEB. 1

Thursday, Feb. 4 at northwood 6:00 pm saTurday, Feb 6 at Lake Superior St. 1:00 pm

StatS from feb. 1 Makenna Ott Allie Dittmer Kelsey Cromer Allie Dewire Madison Berry

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GLIAC Standings North Division Conf. Overall 1. Grand Valley St. 11-4 16-5 Saginaw Valley 11-4 14-6 Michigan Tech 11-4 13-6 4. Northwood 8-7 12-9 Northern Mich.

8-7 9-12 6. Hillsdale 6-9 9-10 7. Ferris St. 4-11 4-17 8. Lake Superior St. 3-12 4-17

Hillsdale

Saginaw Valley

74 76

17 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST 11 PTS, 5 REB, 2 STL 9 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB 7 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB 7 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB

South Division 1. Ashland 2. Ohio Dominican 3. Walsh 4. Findlay 5. Wayne St. 6. Lake Erie 7. Tiffin 8. Malone

Conf.

15-0 11-4 10-5 8-7 5-10 4-11 3-12 2-13

Overall 21-0 16-5 13-7 13-8 10-11 7-14 5-15 5-15

Swimming

Track and Field Upcoming

Upcoming

feb. 5-6 Hillsdale Wide Track Classic 4:00 PM

GLIAC Championships

Saturday, feb. 20

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At Oakland Universty Rochester, MI

Men’s Tennis

Women’s Tennis

Upcoming

Upcoming

Saturday, feb. 6 at Lewis Plainfield, IL 4:00 PM

Sunday, feb. 28 at Western Mich.

4:00 PM

Women’s basketball talks teamwork through tough week Stevan Bennett Jr.:

John Scott: From goon to glory If you spent Sunday night doing all the homework that you neglected over the weekend, then you missed what could have been the most astounding feat in hockey since a group of rag-tag college kids knocked off the Soviet superpower.

John Scott, a self-labeled ‘goon,’ who has only scored five goals in his 285-game career, was awarded MVP of the NHL All-Star Game after he netted two goals in the evening, including an equalizer in the the Pacific Division’s semi-final game against the Central division. He eventually captained his team to a 1-0 victory over the Atlantic AllStars in the championship of the All-Star tournament.

If you don’t follow hockey then you have probably never even heard of John Scott.

If you do follow hockey then you would not expect to see the 6-foot-8 behemoth skating with the best of the best. A small group of Phoenix Coyotes fans, however, wanted to see the lovable big man do just that.

Scott’s fans launched an internet campaign just over a month ago to see the enforcer named captain of the Pacific Division squad. Scott quickly jumped ahead in the fan vote and it appeared he could actually win a spot in the All-Star tournament. The league, however, did not want to see this happen, saying that the AllStar game was no place for a goon.

League officials reached out to Scott and urged him to convince his fans to send their votes elsewhere. Scott agreed and asked that his supporters vote for his teammates instead of him. The fans were not deterred and by the time voting closed Scott had received more votes than any other player.

Even after the selection, league officials approached Scott and and asked him to decline the honor “for the good

of the league.” One official even asked him if he “really thought his daughters would be proud” of being voted into the tournament. This direct disrespect was ill-received by Scott and he told them that he planned on playing in the game hosted by his Coyotes.

The following week Scott was traded to the Montreal Canadiens, members of the Atlantic Division, and then promptly demoted to their minor-league AHL affiliates in St. John’s. This provoked outcry and even claims of collusion. Amidst these allegations the league announced that despite his status as an AHL player Scott would be allowed to play in the game.

All of this wheeling and dealing prompted Scott to release a heartfelt essay outlining exactly why he had decided to play in the game. He thanked fans for their support and chastised the league for their interference. After all, the NHL All-Star Game is for the fans, and the fans wanted John Scott. He explained that he understood he wasn’t an elite skater or goal-scorer, but that he felt he owed it to the fans to give them his all, even if that meant looking foolish on a national stage.

On Sunday night John Scott did not look foolish. He not only skated with the best the NHL has to offer, he beat them. He was a member of the 1980 U.S. hockey team and his opponents were the Soviets.

It was a storybook ending to a script that would’ve been hard to believe two months ago. As John Scott was carried off on the shoulders of his Pacific Division teammates, I couldn’t help but let a smile cross my face.

Thank you, Mr. Scott, for standing for what you believed to be right, for making the NHL All-Star Game fun, and for making hockey fans all over the world believe in miracles once again.

By | Hannah Niemeier Collegian Reporter It was a tale of two strategies for a busy Hillsdale College women’s basketball team this week, as the Chargers won against Ferris State but fell to Grand Valley State on Saturday and to Saginaw Valley State in a last-minute loss Monday. The Chargers struggled to score at times as they refined their lineup, and they occasionally returned to their five-in, five-out substituting rotation. But multiple players also put up their strongest individual numbers of the season, showing potential for the season’s final stretch.

Thanks to quick transitions on offense, the Chargers gained the lead for good from the first minute of the third quarter in an 88-75 win over Ferris State on Thursday.

This consistency could be attributed to new continuity on offense: for the first time this season, the Chargers scaled back their substituting strategy, only switching out all five players once in the first quarter.

“Ferris State only played six, so they were exhausted in the second half,” Cromer said.

“Coach Mitmesser is going away from five in, five out. He uses it sparingly. When we find a good mix and we do well, he’s not going to change it.”

Cromer led the Hillsdale charge, scoring a career-high 23 points. According to Cromer, team play made the difference.

“The first half, we had so many assists,” Cromer said.

“Half of my points came from driving and dishing. I had two 3-pointers back to back when Madison Berry drove twice and kicked out it to me for a wide-open 3-pointer, so I didn’t even have to work for my stuff.”

After a solid shooting night on Saturday, the Chargers tied their season low in scoring in a 63-42 loss to Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. The team made only 2-of-27 attempted 3-point shots, and finished with a 28-percent field goal average.

Sophomore Allie Dittmer was a bright spot for the Chargers, earning her second double-double of the week with 10

points and 10 rebounds.

After Saturday’s rough results, the Chargers returned to Hillsdale ready to make a statement against Saginaw Valley State University on Monday night.

Though they led the Cardinals — ranked second in the GLIAC North Division — by as many as 16 points in the third quarter, the Chargers fell 76-74 after failing to score on two last-minute possessions. Overall, the team shot 58 percent from the field, but a 6-point fourth quarter held the Chargers back from pulling off an upset.

“It was a tough loss, but we really came out in the first half, and we played well and had great team chemistry,” Dittmer said. “The flow of the game was with us until the fourth quarter. We were pretty upset because Saginaw is No. 2 in the league and we hung with them all game.”

Head coach Todd Mitmess-

er declined to comment after the game.

The Chargers seemed like a bit of a hybrid against Saginaw Valley, again substituting five players every two minutes in the first half. But in the third quarter, the Chargers generally stuck to single substitutions.

“That works well because if you’re having a good game and you’re shooting well, you get to play longer,” Dittmer said.

Teamwork also balanced with noteworthy individual performances Monday, as Dittmer was again a force on the inside with 11 points, many of which came off assists from freshman Allie Dewire.

“We put a focus on posting up everybody,” Dittmer said.

“It’s nice because if we’re off on the 3-pointer, we need points in the paint.”

Freshman Makenna Ott was the high scorer with 17 points.

“All of us playing as a team helps us playing one-on-one,

individually,” Ott said. “If we’re moving the ball one-onone and we’re in a position to score, we do better as a team.”

Ott said the team looks forward to a rematch against the Cardinals in their last regular season game on Feb. 25.

“The GLIAC is a crazy conference because anybody can beat anybody on any day,” Ott said. “That’s what’s so fun about it. It’s just fun to watch, and fun to play, especially when it comes down to the end of the season.”

The women’s basketball team plays two away games this week, taking on Northwood University at 6 p.m. on Thursday and Lake Superior State at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

“This week, we just need to embrace how good we are and what we did on Monday,” Cromer said. “We have all the pieces. Now we just need to put it all together and play a full 40 minutes.”

Senior guard Madison Berry drives to the hoop in Hillsdale’s 76-74 loss to Saginaw Valley on Monday.

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Denver will win the Super Bowl The biggest spectacle of American sports is upon us, and the entire result hinges on one player: Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller.

Quite simply, the game will be decided by Carolina’s offense and the Broncos’ defense. Peyton Manning is a shadow of his former self, but he’s wily enough to put points on the board, especially in the forgiving California climate.

Denver’s defensive unit was the best in the NFL this year, but if anyone can break down Von Miller and company, it’s Panthers quarterback Cam Newton.

Newton is a one-man wrecking ball. He can throw, run, and dance with devastating effectiveness. His 6’5” frame looms over opponents both physically and mentally.

He’s relatively impervious to the pressure of big moments.

It’s cliché, but the Broncos can’t stop Newton, though they may contain him.

That is where Miller enters the scene. He and Newton are inextricably linked. Newton was the first pick in the 2011 NFL Draft. Miller was the second pick. Miller is two inches shorter, but he is .02 seconds faster. When Newton peels off to run, Miller will be there waiting for him. When Newton drop backs to pass, Miller will be right in his face. And while the Carolina quarterback may be impervious to the mental pressure of big moments, he is vulnerable to the type of physical pressure Miller will apply all night long.

Newton’s quarterback rating drops significantly when facing pressure. The average NFL QB rating drops 27 points under pressure, whereas Newton’s drops by 53. Carolina’s sole loss this season was to an Atlanta Falcons defense

that pressured Newton far more than the Panthers’ offensive line would have liked. Newton was only able to complete three passes over 10 yards that day.

They will certainly face an assault from the Broncos’ defensive line and linebackers, who hit Tom Brady 17 times in the AFC championship game. Brady had been hit only once in the previous game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Thousands of people will descend on Santa Clara, California, to witness what they hope will be a magical night on the magical coast. I have no vested interest in either team involved and the Carolina Panthers are a darn good football team. They have won 17 games this year and have lost just one. But those 17 wins w i l l prove meaningless when they fall on Sunday night in the Silicon Valley.

It will be close, at first. As the game wears on, however, one name will grow in stature. More and more we will see a certain No. 58 in the middle of every pile. Look for him on big third downs, and on seemingly inconsequential first downs. Newton may dominate the pre-game coverage, and Manning may dominate the post-game, but Denver’s victory will be due mainly to one player who happens to have an impeccable taste in whiskey — Von Miller.

Carolina will win the Super Bowl

CAROLINA PANTHERS VS. DENVER BRONCOS

For a good chunk of the 2015 football season, the Carolina Panthers were the dark horses of the NFL. At first, they were overshadowed by the other undefeated teams. They were good, sure, but were they Green Bay good? Were they New England good? Not likely.

Even after those other teams sputtered and cooled off and the Panthers finished the regular season with a ridiculous 15-1 record, many remained skeptical of their ability to make it all the way.

Were they going to topple the red-hot Seahawks? How about the explosive Cardinals? Surely not.

Then the Panthers routed the Seahawks, jumping to a 31-point lead by halftime even Russell Wilson couldn’t overcome. And then they embarrassed the Cardinals a week later, 49-15. And, suddenly, the Panthers are getting the respect they deserve.

That’s appropriate, because the Panthers are going to handily beat the Denver Broncos this weekend in Super Bowl 50.

Simply put, there’s not a team in recent memory that has looked as dominant coming into a title bout as these Panthers. The Patriots, the Packers, the Seahawks: none of them ever looked this unstoppable at this stage in the season.

Cam Newton is playing the best football of his life, carrying his entire offense both physically and emotionally like no one else in the league.

Carolina’s suffocating, overwhelming defense led by Luke Kuechly and Josh Norman routinely makes great quarterbacks, from Aaron Rodgers to Carson Palmer, look like parodies of their usual selves.

Of course, the Panthers are

not without their flaws. When top wideout Kelvin Benjamin tore his ACL in the preseason, the Panthers were left woefully short-staffed at wide receiver, a problem they have struggled with all season long. While the Panthers have been able to compensate for this weakness through Newton’s scrambling ability and the transcendent play of tight end Greg Olsen, it still presents an opportunity a crafty Broncos team may be able to exploit.

At the same time, the Broncos, though undeniably a flawed team, have strengths that match up well against the Panthers: a destructive defense of their own that threatens to harass Newton in the pocket all game long, taking away his ability to make plays with his legs and forcing them to beat their elite secondary through the air.

And, of course, the Panthers will be going head-tohead with one of the all-time greats: Peyton Manning, the General, the Sheriff, who at 39 years old is still the sharpest quarterback in football, able to read and exploit weaknesses in a defense on a level no one can match.

At the end of the day, however, none of that will matter.

The Panthers are too hungry: hungry to prove their doubters wrong once and for all, hungry to shed their upstart status and establish themselves as the NFL’s newest dynasty.

Super Bowl Sunday will witness a changing of the guard. The game will likely be the final game of Manning’s illustrious career. It’s appropriate that he’ll face off against Newton and his Panthers. In the sunset of the Brady vs.

Manning era, a Panthers win this Sunday will establish Cam Newton as the quarterback to beat in the NFL of tomorrow.

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“My prediction is that the Panthers will win. I am rooting for the Broncos, but I think the Panthers have a much more dynamic offense than the Broncos do. The Broncos’ defense might be slightly better, but the Panthers have a very good defense as well and they have the probable MVP Cam Newton.”

“Hope Denver wins — big Peyton Manning fan.”

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“The Broncos will win the Super Bowl and Peyton Manning will retire after winning his second trophy. Denver’s defense will be able to contain Cam Newton and Peyton will do just enough to win the game. Go Broncos!”

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“I think Carolina wins. Peyton Manning is a shell of his former self and Denver will have a lot of trouble scoring points against Carolina’s defense.”

“My pick for Super Bowl 50 is the Carolina Panthers. Why? Because people from North Carolina signed the Declaration of Independence.

Did anyone from Colorado sign? I didn’t think so. So I’m pulling for the Panthers because I love America.

Why do I think they’ll win? Because Peyton Manning lost a ping-pong game to an 8 year old on that Nationwide commercial. And of course there is the small detail that Charlotte is my hometown and I’ve lived and died with the ‘Cardiac Cats’ since I was 13. #KeepPounding”

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“Denver 24, Carolina 20.

Denver’s great defense is going to be stingy. Cam Newton has not played in a Super Bowl and will be unnerved by the experience. Thus, Denver wins by four.

Having said that, Cam and I are Auburn University alumni, so I will be rooting for the Panthers.”

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Hillsdale alumnus Scott Lantis goes to Super Bowl with Broncos By | Nick Conger Collegian Freelancer

Scott Lantis ‘13 is living his childhood dream by working for the NFL’s Denver Broncos.

As Coordinator of Special Events and Promotion, Lantis works directly with media for events like player appearances and any other promotion that involves the Broncos organization. Lantis also keeps in constant communication with popular local stations including the Denver Post and Channel 9 News.

Following his graduation, Lantis was one of five out of more than a thousand applicants that received an internship with the Denver Broncos. He said that securing the internship was influenced by a Hillsdale alumnus Tom Heckert ’91, who works as the director of professional personnel for the Broncos. After two months of working on the internship, Lantis applied and landed his current position in the marketing department.

“It was very, very fortunate

and I am blessed and thankful that it all worked out this way

by God’s grace,” Lantis said.

He credits his education at Hillsdale College as a crucial part of his success. A marketing/management major, Lantis said that both the business curriculum and the core at Hillsdale prepared him for the business and corporate world.

“When I think of the Great Books, studying the Constitution or American Heritage, I think a lot of those things shaped some of the intangibles that I hold on to,” Lantis said.

Lantis also said that because of the core curriculum and rigor of Hillsdale, he possesses the ability to effectively communicate with everyone in the professional world. He said that he firmly believes that his Hillsdale education has been key to his success.

Lantis mentioned Professor of Business Law Robert Blackstock’s classes as a great influence.

“The class, Readings in Power, Leadership, and Responsibility, had a profound

impact on my development as a young business professional,” Lantis said.

Lantis said he was an avid fan of football and baseball from an early age. One of his childhood heroes was John Elway, the Hall of Fame Broncos quarterback. His love of sports led him to Hillsdale where he played both baseball and football.

Lantis’ siblings, Kendra and Kelsey Lantis, expressed their excitement for their brother.

The two, currently freshmen at Hillsdale College, commented on how amazing his position is. They also said they remember Scott’s success as a Charger, especially on the baseball diamond.

Both Kendra and Kelsey attended last week’s AFC Championship Game. Because of Scott’s position with the Broncos, they went onto the field during warm-ups and were close to several elite NFL players.

“The whole experience was pretty unreal,” Kendra said.

Super Bowl 50, which fea-

Scott Lantis ‘13 stands on Sports Authority Field on Jan. 24 after the Denver Broncos defeated the New England Patriots to advance to the Super Bowl. Scott Lantis | Courtesy

tures the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos, will take place this Sunday night.

Lantis will be present and he

said that he has heard from the “football side of affairs” that the Broncos are well prepared to face the Panthers. Lantis

said that he thinks the Broncos will be able to pick up the final win of the NFL season.

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“Every year we take a picture with all of the campers and all of our guys around the ‘H’ waving. Every year when we send the check we send the photo with it. Clark says that when he sees the Hillsdale College it makes his day.” - Hillsdale College football head coach Keith Otterbein Hillsdale College Athletic Department | Courtesy

Hillsdale College football wins Grant Teaff award ate it.”

Grant Teaff, executive director of the American Football Coaches Association for over 20 years, presented the award. Otterbein said he was honored to shake Teaff ’s hand, as Teaff plans to retire this year.

Since 2004, the AFCA has been affiliated with the Jason Foundation. In 2005, Adam Emery, former Hillsdale College football player, took his own life — which motivated Otterbein to get involved with the Jason Foundation.

“It was a really frustrating time, and you don’t know what to do. It doesn’t make sense,” Otterbein said. “Suicide is the No. 2 reason why kids in the teenage group lose their lives.

It’s a major thing. Just the helplessness of that situation made us want to do something.”

The Hillsdale College football program has been donating funds to the Jason Foundation ever since. For the past nine years, proceeds from the team’s annual youth camp have gone to this cause. Every spring, the football team coaches 100-200 elementary-age kids in a one-day football camp.

“Our guys love the camp. I don’t know if the little kids or

the big kids have more fun,” Otterbein said. “What we’re trying to teach our players through that experience is how important their role as a college football player is. Everything they do and everything they

dous amount of toughness and character, and it was a great road win.”

The Chargers held the Lakers to just 33-percent field goal shooting 22-percent shooting from 3-point range. Grand Valley fought back from a double-digit deficit to take a 43-39 lead early in the second half, but the Chargers rattled off a By|Nathanael Meadowcroft 13-0 run to retake control of Sports Editor the game.

“As long as we keep battling The Hillsdale College men’s basketball team finished an ex- on the boards and we play that hausting three-game weekend kind of team defense, then we 1-2, dropping to 12-7 overall can be a hard team to score on,” senior forward Kyle Cooand 8-7 in the GLIAC. After suffering their first per said.

Five Chargers scored in home defeat of the season in double figures in the win, ina 79-69 loss to the Ferris State cluding junior forward Nick Bulldogs on Jan. 28, the Chargers shut down the Grand Val- Archer, who scored 10 points ley State Lakers in Allendale off the bench.

“Nick Archer has been great 76-63 on Saturday afternoon. for us. It’s the Nick Archer that But Hillsdale was unable to we had all fall until he hurt his grab another win on Monday knee at Toledo,” Tharp said. night, coming up just short “We’re really seeing him now against the GLIAC-leading play the way that he really No. 21 Saginaw Valley Cardiwas playing all fall and at the nals 72-69.

The Chargers’ win at Grand beginning of practice, so he’s Valley on Saturday snapped been huge for us.”

After their best defensive their 3-game losing streak. performance of the season on Head coach John Tharp atSaturday, the Chargers strugtributed the win to the Chargled to stop Saginaw Valley in gers’ “best defensive effort as a the first half on Monday night. group” of the season.

The Cardinals shot 70 per“We really played well on both ends of the floor,” Tharp cent from the 3-point line and said. “We showed a tremen- 61 percent from the field in the opening period to jump out

to a 43-35 halftime advantage.

Saginaw Valley led by as many as 10 in the second half before the Chargers fought back to take a brief lead, but the Cardinals recovered and held off Hillsdale down the stretch.

“We weren’t good enough in the first half on defense, and it came back to bite us,” said Cooper, who led the Chargers with 26 points and 15 rebounds and is the only player in the GLIAC averaging a double-double per game. “We can’t give up 43 points in the first half and expect to win many games.”

Hillsdale utilized a 15-4 run to take a 55-54 lead before the Cardinals responded. Redshirt freshman point guard Nate Neveau played a key role off the bench in the comeback, attacking the basket and getting to the free-throw line.

“We were able to try to get downhill and get to the line, and I thought we were able to have some success doing that,” Neveau said. “When teams key in on Cooper so much it opens up things for some of the rest of us.”

Neveau finished the game with nine points off the bench.

Seven of those nine points came from the free-throw line.

“Nate Neveau is a great competitor and really helps us because he can beat guys off the dribble and get to the rim,

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After nine years of supporting the Jason Foundation in its mission to spread awareness of youth suicide, the Hillsdale College football program’s efforts were recognized at the National Football Coaches Association convention on Jan. 10-13. Chargers head coach Keith Otterbein accepted the Grant Teaff “Breaking the Silence” Award, an accolade given annually to honor a coach who has acted as an ambassador in spreading awareness of youth suicide.

More than 6,000 coaches packed inside the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas, to hear from Northwestern’s head football coach, Pat Fitzgerald, when Otterbein was called to the stage to accept the award.

“It was really cool because there were guys catching me at the convention, guys texting me, emailing me to congratulate the program. It was very humbling to be up there,” Otterbein said. “They asked me, ‘Do you want to give a speech?’ and I said, ‘Heck no!’ They’re not sitting out there ready to listen to me. We just appreci-

“What we’re trying to teach our players through that experience is how important their role as a college football player is.” say, those little kids put them on a pedestal. I think it’s important for them to recognize that. Secondly, the opportunity that we have, as fortunate as we are and as blessed that we are to be at Hillsdale College playing college football, there are less fortunate out there.

There’s always an opportunity to help through our own time, like we do with the camp, or by financially supporting someone, like we do by supporting the Jason Foundation.”

Brad Monastiere, assistant athletic director of media relations and event management, said the camp is beneficial to both the kids and to Hillsdale’s athletes.

“The kids benefit from playing with the big college football players, and our guys get a lot from them, too,” Monastiere said. “It’s something that Coach Otter truly believes in and does his best to instill in the players. When the players have the occasion, like the camp, they can exercise that passion, and they do it very sincerely.”

Junior offensive lineman Daniel Drummond said the camp allows Hillsdale football players to instill important values into the minds of the campers.

“As long-time athletes ourselves, we know how important sports can be in molding the character of young people,” Drummond said. “Even if the short duration of the camp limits our ability to impress these valuable lessons upon

our campers, we hope to spark an enthusiasm towards athletics in each kid who attends, and we hope that this spark continues to grow throughout their lives.”

Otterbein said that he knows Clark Flatt, president of the Jason Foundation, appreciates each donation, regardless of amount.

“Clark says that when he sees Hillsdale College it makes his day,” Otterbein said. “It doesn’t have to be a million bucks that we’re sending them, but it’s something and everything counts. The message is that every little bit helps and it’s never too small of an effort to make a difference.”

In a press release, Flatt echoed these sentiments.

“The Jason Foundation is grateful to have coaches such as Keith Otterbein in communities across the nation,” Flatt said. “He exemplifies everything that we look for in our AFCA Coach Ambassadors.

Our coaches have a tremendous opportunity to touch thousands of young lives and Coach Otterbein has done that.”

After receiving this award, Otterbein said he hopes to inspire other programs to work

with the Jason Foundation.

“In college athletics you’re always asking for money,” Otterbein said. “You’re out there saying, ‘We’ve got to redo the stadium, we’ve got to redo the weight room.’ This is an example that giving back when given the opportunity is a really good thing. Hopefully some other programs will find some avenue to support them.”

Monastiere said that this award reflects the Hillsdale coaching staff ’s big-picture ideas.

“It’s such a point of emphasis for the coaching staff that they preach to their players, ‘We’re about more than football,’” Monastiere said. “Otter and the staff believe that character, tradition, and service are not just words — and you have to put actions behind them.”

Though the trophy is proudly displayed in the Roche Sports Complex, Otterbein said it’s not about the recognition.

“It’s like tooting your own horn and I’m not big into that,” Otterbein said. “You don’t do it for that. You do it, and you take your bows, but you do it for the cause.”

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and is a very good defender,” Tharp said. “We’re better off when we are attacking.”

The Chargers gave themselves an opportunity to win down the stretch, but like on Jan. 28 against Ferris State, they were unable to pull it out.

“The majority of the issues that we’re having is our overall defense. Our offense has been good enough to win basketball games, but as I told them after the game, we’ve got to keep our heads up and keep battling and try to keep putting ourselves in position to win games and to

get better,” Tharp said. “I feel for the kids right now, because I think we’re trying but we’re just not being as good as we need to be.”

Continuing their stretch of five games in 10 days, the Chargers will face the Northwood Timberwolves on the road tonight at 8 p.m. before heading to the Upper Peninsula to take on the Lake Superior State Lakers on Saturday at 3 p.m.

Tharp gave his players the day off on Tuesday before getting back to work yesterday.

“We gave them the day off because we think that the mental and physical rest is needed,” Tharp said. “With this type of nine days that we’ve had, you’ve got to correct as much as you possibly can but your focus has to be on yourself and what’s the job at hand.”

“Every game in the GLIAC is a battle, so we’ll just get mentally prepared and when we get out there, we’ll do what we can do and hopefully we can come out with two wins this weekend,” Neveau said.

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Hillsdale dancers make leaps and bounds National Honor Society for Dance Arts and American Ballet Theatre affiliation boost dance program status By | Breana Noble Assistant Editor The National Honor Society for Dance Arts, formally established on Hillsdale College’s campus in November, is making movement.

Formation of the honorary marks the expansion and increased professionalism of the dance program on campus. The honor society will provide even more opportunities for those on campus to experience the art of dance.

Sophomore Rachel Watson has danced since she was 5 years old, but when arriving at college, she had no intention of formally pursuing the hobby she loves “For a liberal arts school, it’s very unusual to have this good of resources,” Watson said. “It’s a lot higher caliber than what I expected from a school that only has a minor.”

After learning about all the opportunities in Hillsdale’s dance program, Watson spun into it, joining Tower Dancers, participating in classes, choreographing her own piece for the March 2016 concert, and serving as the new dance honorary’s vice president.

A product of the National Dance Education Organization, the honorary aims to recognize the accomplishments of dancers by rewarding points for involvement with dance-related activities, including participating in performances, taking classes, writing dance-related essays, doing philanthropic recitals for schools and nursing homes, and even lobbying Congress to

promote funding of the arts.

“It promotes the arts, and I think that dance can be a neglected art here at Hillsdale,” the dance honorary’s president, senior Priscilla Larson, said. “We put so much time and effort into everything we do, so it’s nice to have something that recognizes that effort and achievement.”

Points are awarded in three categories: artistic merit, leadership, and academic achievement.

Not only are the individual students being recognized for their work, but the establishment of the honorary also provides a boost in status for the dance program at Hillsdale.

“Because its a nationally-recognized institution, people know what it is. People respect that,” Watson said.

Last semester, the honorary introduced itself to campus by performing an abridged version of “The Nutcracker.”

“Because it’s so well known, all the dancers have either done the piece they did, or they’ve seen it like a thousand times,” Watson said. “I thought it would be a really easy way to start building up this honorary by not taking a lot of time. I think it’s just a classic. Even people who don’t appreciate dance can still appreciate the story behind it.”

Getting to that point wasn’t easy, however. Dancers started forming the organization in the fall of 2014 but encountered obstacles, since the honorary is geared toward larger See Dance, B2.

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Daughtrey Gallery hosts works of George Mauersberger

By | Anna Timmis

Collegian Reporter “George Mauersberger: Works on Paper” is currently featured in Daughtrey Gallery in the Sage Center for the Arts. This exhibit showcases the compositions of George Mauersberger, art department chair at Cleveland State University.

“The work is precise, funny, and trompe l’oeil, a popular style in 19th-century America,” Associate Professor of Art Barbara Bushey

said. “It means ‘fool the eye.’”

First in the exhibition is a large pencil drawing of a lumpy garbage bag, a work that introduces a theme of humorous depictions of everyday objects and scenes.

“The compositions are very different, very intriguing,” senior art major Elizabeth Davis said. “He is very accurate at representing what he sees. His technique and skill are extremely strong.”

The exhibit includes works

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Collegian Reporter

George Mauersberger’s works are on display in Daughtrey Gallery until Feb. 14. George Mauersberger | Courtesy

George Mauersberger’s works are on display in Daughtrey Gallery until Feb. 14. George Mauersberger | Courtesy

Concerto competition winners to perform in March, May

in charcoal, pastel, scratch board, watercolors, and pen and ink, showcasing Mauersberger’s years of experience.

Mauersberger graduated from the foundations program at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and then went on to earn a BFA in drawing from Carnegie-Mellon University and an MFA from Ohio University.

He has won awards in multiple exhibitions, including the top award for works on paper at the Cleveland Mu-

seum’s May Show in 1986. In 2006, he co-curated and participated in an exhibition, “On the Wall,” at Cleveland State University Art Gallery, featuring seven artists working directly on the wall. He currently serves as art department chair at Cleveland State University.

The exhibit will be available for viewing until Feb. 14.

After winning Hillsdale’s annual Concerto/Aria Competition on Sunday, four students have the rare chance to perform in concert with the college orchestra later this semester. Junior Stevan Lukich and senior Faith Liu will perform during the May orchestra concert, and sophomore Gregory Farison and junior Rachelle Ferguson will perform in March.

Lukich, who also won last year, said performing with the orchestra was a great experience.

“Playing with an orchestra really brings a piece to life,” he said. “The very best pianist in the world can do a fantastic job, but ultimately their part is just a reduction of the orchestra part. It adds a lot for the audience and as a performer too.”

For more than 15 years, the competition has attracted about 20 contestants each January, four or five of whom are chosen to perform in one of the orchestra’s two spring concerts.

Instruments auditioned this year included piano, viola, clarinet, flute, harp, and tuba. Music Department Chair James Holleman said this might be the first time a tuba player has entered the competition. Lukich and Ferguson are violinists, Liu a vocalist, and Farison a cellist. Violinists, vocalists, and pianists are typical winners due to their large repertoire, according to Holleman. He added that every year, at least one of the winners is a student of Director of String Studies Melissa Knecht.

According to participants, the competition this year was tough.

“Our conductor was commenting that this was probably one of the hardest ones,” Farison said. “The overall skill level of everyone competing was perhaps higher than it has ever been. The judges were pretty impressed.”

To participate in the competition, students must first receive the support of their studio teacher and have their pieces approved by Holleman. Freshmen are not allowed to audition because their pieces must have been learned at the college.

Next, contestants begin practicing by the beginning of the fall semester, if not earlier. Farison already has a cello concerto in mind for next year, he said.

Liu had been practicing Rossini’s “Una Voce Poco Fa” for well over a year since she was unable to audition last January.

“I caught the flu the week before, and I had no voice,” Liu said. “I liked that piece well enough that I said, ‘I want to do it again, and I want to do it right.’”

Participants also must be enrolled in music lessons during the semester of preparation and the semester of the audition, and must participate in an ensemble with their instrument.

And of course, students must practice for hours.

“I put in between 2-3 hours a day for several weeks getting

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Wyse and Gautsche: A pair of pianists for all seasons By | Anders Hagstrom

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Teacher of Piano Debbi Wyse and her close friend Kristi Gautsche have performed piano duos

together at Hillsdale College every year since 1987. And at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday in McNamara Rehearsal Hall, they will perform again with a program entitled “A

Song for all Seasons.”

“It is truly a rare opportunity to hear two 9-foot grands playing together in the same room,” said Wyse, who performs and teaches

piano at Hillsdale. “It’s a pleasure for me to hear, even as a performer.”

Wyse said Gautsche, who is a member of the Hillsdale Arts Chorale and plays piano during services at College Baptist Church, is a phenomenal pianist and musician.

In selecting the pieces for this year’s program, Gautsche and Wyse attempted to capture the mood of each season, beginning with summer.

Although the duo chose household names like Claude Debussy and Peter Tchaikovsky to represent summer and winter, Gautsche and Wyse also included pieces from lesser-known artists. For instance, Darius Milhaud’s “Valse” will be one of the pieces representing autumn.

Wyse’s husband, Ned Wyse, will also take part in the performance with poetry recitations. Ned Wyse has memorized two-and-a-half hours of Robert Frost’s poems alone.

This weekend, however, he will limit himself to only two poems, one being Fyodor Tyutchev’s “Tears.”

7:30 p.m. Thursday Conrad Recital Hall Howard Music Building Feb.  &  “A Song For All Seasons”: Debbi Wyse and Kristi Gautsche Duo Piano Recital 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday Markel Auditorium Sage Center for the Arts Reservations Required Feb. - The Sauk Theatre presents: “M.A.S.H.” 8 p.m. Feb. 11-13 & 18-20 3 p.m. Feb. 14 & 21 Phillips Auditorium Searle Center Tickets at www.thesauk.org Jan. -Feb.  “George Mauersberger: Works on Paper”

Teacher of Piano Debbi Wyse and friend Kristi Gautsche rehearse in Markel Auditorium. They perform this Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Anders Hagstrom | Collegian

concerto, from B1 ready for it,” said Lukich, who performed Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor.

For the day of the competition, Holleman invites three conductors from the Michigan area to judge. Bringing in a new set of judges provides impartiality and networks the college, he said. This year’s judges were Clayton Parr, the director of choral activities at Albion College; Arie Lipsky, the music director and conductor of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra; and Mark Douglass, the director of bands at Spring Arbor Uni-

versity.

Other schools host similar competitions, some of which Holleman has judged. Some larger schools have multiple levels of auditions, while smaller schools can have as few as six contestants. Regarding Hillsdale’s competition, Holleman said he is thrilled by the quality of the students.

“It’s our music department, which is very diverse,” he said.

Students audition simply to perform with the orchestra, though some have also found it to be a networking oppor-

Dance, from B1

dance programs with majors.

“Making it fit here at Hillsdale has been a challenge, which is why it took a long time to get started,” Larson said. “We needed to figure out if we had to make some changes to fulfill the requirements.”

While at one point the dancers were looking to create a brand new honorary because the requisites for NHSDA “freaked” them out, Watson said, the national organization worked with Hillsdale to fit its smaller size.

Likewise, growing the dance program’s credibility in its curriculum proved challenging. Over the past two summers, Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Holly Hobbs received training in the American Ballet Theatre’s curriculum. The ABT, however, designed its course material for ages 3-18.

“I’ve had to modify the program in some ways, but in other ways, you approach the technique the same,” Hobbs said. “The progression of things is still the same.”

The curriculum focuses on developing one aspect of technique at a time, from intensity to duration to frequency.

“The end result is increased technical ability, and we are definitely seeing results in a short time period,” Hobbs said. “I feel like dancers are progressing more efficiently than before.”

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tunity, connecting to graduate schools or having professors at other schools offer to teach them.

“It’s kind of expected of you at this level,” said Liu, who is a double music and English major.

But the best part of the experience, Lukich said, is storytelling.

“Tenderness, sweetness, any of those kinds of emotions, I experience them more profoundly through music,” he said. “I hope the good part is other people experience that.”

Dancers in the program come from a wide variety of dance backgrounds.

“I was hoping to unify the program, to clarify, to center our ideas,” Hobbs said.

The dancers said they see improvement with ABT, too.

“It gets rid of the floof,” Larson said. “It makes you a stronger dancer.”

As America’s ballet company and a creation of the State Department, the American Ballet Theatre curriculum elevates the status of Hillsdale’s dance program, Hobbs said. The network also spreads word about the college’s resources.

“They are the most premier dance company in the United States,” Hobbs said. “I want to provide the best training, and they have a wonderful training company.”

With the implementation of the curriculum, Hobbs said she thought it made sense to bring an ABT trainer as a guest choreographer. Last semester, Samantha Shelton, who led one of Hobbs’ training seminars for the curriculum, taught a dance to some in the program for the Tower Dancers’ shows in March.

“That’s what a professional company does. You have a guest choreographer, and you spend one or two days learning it, and months later you perform it,” Watson said.

“Like with the dance honorary, it teaches you how real dancers do their job.”

With these new aspects of the dance pro-

Dance students participate in Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Holly Hobbs’ ballet class. Dancers at Hillsdale established a branch of the National Honor Society for Dance Arts on campus last November. Anders Kiledal | Collegian

Junior Stevan Lukich was one of four winners in Hillsdale’s Concerto Competition this year.

Stevan Lukich | Courtesy

Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Holly Hobbs leads a ballet class. Dancers at Hillsdale recently established a branch of the National Honor Society for Dance Arts on campus.

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gram, the goal is to provide more performances for the artists to participate in and the audience to experience.

“We want to find more opportunities to perform, maybe do some improv and find a way to take dance outside of Sage and literally put it in the Grewcock Student Union or on the Quad or in the amphitheater and get it out there so people can see it,” Watson said.

In particular, the growing program will

showcase plenty of classical ballet. An idea for the honorary’s spring performance includes dances from various ballets, such as “Swan Lake” or “Cinderella.”

“I think the more people see dance, the more it benefits them, the more it benefits the whole community here,” Watson said.

“Find a way to experience a little bit of it because I think it’s going to play a bigger role in the next few years at Hillsdale.”

Sophomore Sarah Casebeer participates in Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Holly Hobbs’ ballet class. Dancers at Hillsdale established a branch of the National Honor Society for Dance Arts on campus last November. Anders Kiledal | Collegian

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FROM BLOCK B4 poaching is where terrorists in Africa get a big chunk of their money. I think Al-Shabab, an Al Qaeda group, and the Somalian pirates get more than 40 percent of their money from the ivory trade.”

In summer 2015, Block switched his primary work from conservation to photojournalism. He is now the chief editor at newly-launched RangerDiaries.com, a subsidiary of National Geographic that features a myriad of wilderness photos and articles and boasts 60,000 to 70,000 followers on various social media platforms. Block works for the founder of the site, James Kydd, a National Geographic staff photographer and blogger.

“To write about anything you have to have some history or knowledge or background I that area to really understand it. Biology is always changing and we are always learning new things. Only somebody who studies in that area can continue to write about it well. This won’t necessarily make someone a scientist, but they could be a very good science writer,” VanZant said.

Block plans to extend his summer conservation interests and journalism experience in Africa to his school work at Hillsdale College by working on a research project focused on the cheetah in consultation with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and Cheetah Conservation Botswana. His work will likely also extend to communication with the University of Botswana and the University of Pretoria.

“Our planning is still preliminary, but we are hoping to compare the wild cheetah to that of the captive cheetah to get a handle on nutritional problems with the captive cheetah. Many cheetah in zoos are getting sick with gastrointestinal diseases and we think it might have something to do with the microbiome,” Block’s research mentor, Professor of Biology Daniel York said.

Block said the project will be one of the first “comprehensive studies” on the subject, which he plans to accomplish by analyzing the differences in bacteria between captive and wild cheetahs. His research goal is to make a reasonable recommendation on how to improve the lifespan of the captive cheetah.

Block said his biology background already contributes to his wildlife and science articles. His primary goal is to be offered a full-time position as a staff photographer and writer for National Geographic following graduation.

“What I want to do is just get an assignment and go there,” Block said. “The guy I work for now was in Nepal a month ago tracking snow leopards. Now I think he’s in Patagonia in South America tracking a different kind of leopard. It’s kind of a nomadic type of job. It’s the life I want.”

Block also edits a wildlife website, the Instagram for which is @rangerdiaries.

A local man shared his food with the injured and old seals in the bay Hout Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. Ben Block | Courtesy

The back of a pickup headed out to rendezvous with an anti-poaching patrol in the Drakensburg Mountains in Northern Zululand. The armed men guard the woman, an ecologist and record keeper who noted how many snares and poachers were found, taken down, and arrested and then mapped the data to plan ways to better combat poaching in the park. This region had the highest rate of poaching in Africa, bringing in both rifle and snare poachers . Ben Block | Courtesy

Hillsdale boasts one of few undergraduate cadaver labs By | Katie Scheu Collegian Reporter Senior Holly Frankfurt traced her scribbled drawing of an aortic aneurysm with her index finger, pointing out the different parts of an unexpected obstruction she found in a cadaver last fall. In a soft, patient voice, she explained what she had seen in simple terms: “The aorta comes down from the heart, but there was a bulge around it. So we opened up the bulge, and the actual part where the blood could flow through was really, really skinny.

It was calcified and hard, almost like bone, so there wasn’t much space for the blood.”

Frankfurt, a pre-medical biology major, recalled that the aneurysm came as a surprise to her and her fellow Human Gross Anatomy students. Carefully following the instructions in the dissection atlas, Frankfurt and her team had cut into their cadaver, expecting to find an aorta similar to the depiction in their book. Instead, they came upon the strange bulge.

This aneurysm, along with startling bleeds, withered muscles, and excess fatty tissue, make Hillsdale’s cadavers some of the biology department’s best teachers. Though students plan their dissections according to textbook diagrams and plastic models, their

scalpels cut through the irregularities and surprises of human flesh.

The lessons learned here are inherently unique, due to the nature of the human body. The fact that undergraduate students have the opportunity to learn these lessons is equally uncommon: the Moss Laboratory Wing boasts one of the few cadaver labs in the country that is accessible to undergraduate students.

“Very few undergraduate schools have a cadaver lab, and the few that do have a cadaver lab, they typically keep the cadaver for four or five years or longer,” Professor of Biology Dan York said. “There’s a limited amount of learning that can be done on a cadaver that has been around for quite some time. What’s unusual about us is that we get fresh cadavers each year from University of Michigan’s medical school, from the Department of Anatomical Donations.”

Once home to courses preparing students for vocational pursuits in the medical field, the cadaver lab has gone through an immense transformation. York modified the old anatomy courses to fit Hillsdale’s “academic-driven” style, and registration numbers began to climb. As the labs attracted pre-physical therapy, pre-medical, exercise science, sports studies, and honors students, York added a second cadaver.

“The college said, okay, there’s a need — students are finding quite a bit of value in this course, so they let me get a second cadaver,” York said. “That allowed me to open up the class to more students.”

The department added a third cadaver to the lab last fall.

York starts his academic year teaching Human Gross Anatomy, but students begin their time in the cadaver lab with Anatomy and Physiology. In the fall semester, those taking HGA dissect the entire cadaver, and entrylevel students examine the prosected pieces in the spring to learn basic anatomy.

The opportunity to work with cadavers during undergraduate anatomy and physiology courses give Hillsdale students an edge on their applications and in future classrooms.

Senior Michael Gatt explained that even students from large state schools had never had access to a cadaver lab.

“Ironically, the very first class I will be taking in medical school is anatomy and we will be using cadavers, so I will be that much more prepared, and will have that much more respect for the cadavers after having gone through it already,” Gatt said.

Respect for the human life the cadavers once held was a lesson well-learned inside the lab. Frankfurt explained in a sober tone that a fine line existed between recognizing the hu-

manity of the body they dissected and dwelling on the death they examined. The somber knowledge that she worked with a body that was once living was nearly overwhelming.

“It was in the back of our minds all semester,” Frankfurt said. “We didn’t actually think about it that much, but we all realized that we were affected by it. By the end of the semester we were ready to be done. We realized that we were doing this because we want to be physicians. We want to help people live, we want to help people who are alive,.”

York explained that the best way to show respect to the deceased was to learn from them. He referenced the text engraved on a plaque hanging in the Department of Anatomical Donations at the University of Michigan to drive his point home: “When a family entrusts us with one of their most sacred possessions, you have an obligation to keep faith with them by conducting yourself professionally, respectfully and ethically as though they were ever present. The families and the people themselves who donate their bodies to the University of Michigan have given this charitable, irreplaceable gift to you in confidence that you will gain understanding and knowledge of the human body. So embrace this gift with excitement and be eager to use the gift which you will have forever... the gift of knowledge.”

Banach teaches years of financial knowledge in ten weeks By | Joshua Lee Collegian Reporter Joe Banach, Hillsdale College’s instructor of Personal Finance and Investing, first heard about Hillsdale College through a Wall Street Journal article advertising Imprimis in 1977.

At the time, Banach was in the middle of his career as an electrical engineer in California’s aerospace industry. Over the years, he continued to read Imprimis and a few books he got from the Hillsdale press — this continued until about 1991. Banach was then invited to an outreach benefit presentation to learn more about the college.

“I went and listened and by the end started to wonder if this place is for real,” Banach said. “I am on the West Coast so all my knowledge about the college came through my experience with it out there. I thought it sounded pretty good so I decided to check it out.”

The CCA of January 1992 was the beginning of what is now a twenty-four-year relationship he has with Hillsdale College. Impressed with what he saw, Banach started funding a scholarship to benefit Hillsdale

students that showed initiative in their education. He continued to visit Hillsdale college over the decades and stayed in close contact with members of the faculty he met such as Professor of Political Economy Gary Wolfram, Professor of Biology Francis Steiner, and others.

“I was encouraged to come back to Hillsdale to do more things,” Banach said. “My response was always, ‘Well I am good at finance, is that something you are looking for?’”

Banach’s expertise in finance came through an MBA in finance he earned while still working as an engineer. Throughout the years he realized the information needed to be successful in personal finance and investing was changing. To keep himself up to date, he taught himself to pass the Chartered Financial Analyst exams. With that background, when his engineering career came to a close in 2005, he became a registered investment advisor for seven years before deciding to retire.

“I realized that I am better at the analysis part than the marketing, and I have enough investments that I did not need to work anymore,” Banach said. “This was around the

time I started talking to Dr. Arnn and others about these things and decided to start coming to Hillsdale.”

The College has arranged for him to come to Hillsdale for ten weeks out of every semester to offer a class in personal finance and investing. Though the class was initially for faculty and staff, it quickly developed into a one-credit course to give students a grasp on important financial principles.

Junior and political economy major Charles Penola said he enjoyed taking the class last semester.

“I took it because I had just switched from finance to political economy in the fall and thought it sounded like an interesting class,” Penola said. “I didn’t have time for a full three-credit course, so I enjoyed taking it because it gave me a taste of finance and investing.”

Banach says the goal is to teach a practical course about things people usually learn on their own within twenty or thirty years of managing their personal finances and investments. “Learning the basics now with time on your side is a great advantage,” Banach said.

Over the past couple years, since first offering the class, Banach has striven to keep

the class applicable to young students who are just starting off in their finances. He said he wants to stay focused on the basics and small things people can do to keep their household finances and investments in good order.

Senior and biochemistry major Joe Duff also took the class last semester.

“I found Professor Banach to be the most valuable part of this class because he presented the information in such a way that someone with no previous background could easily comprehend,” Duff said.

The class appears to becoming more popular.

“Last semester I had a class of seven,” Banach said. “But this semester we have thirtysix students registered.”

Banach said he is excited to teach at Hillsdale College and hopes the knowledge he has acquired over the years can be put to good use by students.

“I am not a professional professor,” Banach said. “I am just a guy teaching practical things that I have learned over the years.”

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Junior Ben Block works with wildlife in Africa Junior Ben Block’s photo of a cheetah named Misty, which he and others tracked and worked with in Mkhuzze National Park. Because of her familiarity with the team, Block shot this only 30 meters away from her after she made this kill.

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By | Jordan Finney Collegian Reporter At 4:30 a.m. each morning in the South African winter, junior biology major Ben Block left his Cape Town apartment carrying a backpack with basic work supplies: Water, a waterproof layer of clothing, a radio telemetry set, and a multitool to cut snares off trapped animals.

For three to four months during his past two summer vacations, Block worked at game reserves on conservation and photojournalism projects in the “Rainbow Nation,” nicknamed for its multicultural diversity in the wake of the postapartheid years.

Through his first encounter with the new continent — navigating through airport customs and ground transportation to his home base in Cape Town — Block quickly realized how even mere linguistic variety poses barriers to Westerners who are new to working in the area.

“Not Swahili, but Zulu and Xhosa are what you want to learn. There’s so many languages in South Africa,” he said. “I know some of each — the basics of both. They’re pretty complicated. It’s a place where you have to live for a couple years to get the hang of it, which wouldn’t be so bad.”

Block said he would be open to moving to Africa or anywhere else in the world, so long as he can continue combining his passions for photojournalism, travel, and the outdoors.

Hillsdale College used to offer an Africa work-study option for science students interested in research, but the program was discontinued before Block could enroll. Undeterred, he explored options online until he found an alternate way to gain experience: Wildlife conservation.

“Even though the program wasn’t there, I didn’t care,” he said. “I wanted to go so I just tried to pave my own path. As a biology major, at first I told myself I had to go pre-med and make money. But I love photography, writing, and being outdoors so I decided to make something out of what I love and do something I really enjoy instead.”

For most of summer 2014, Block worked with the Wildlife Act, a predominantly volunteer organization. He spent his days tracking animals in various national parks and game reserves, including Mkhuze, Imfolozi, iSimangaliso, and Kruger respectively. He also worked with Sanccob, a group interested in preserving endangered penguins.

“The big draw about going to Africa is the exotic animals and the fact that it’s an exotic place. Africa has a long history of attracting the big hunter,”Associate Professor of Biology Jeffrey VanZant. “From my conversations with Ben, I think his main research interest from his travels was the African wild dogs.”

Using a radio telemetry set to scan for signals, Block located the general position of the wild dog so his conservation team could triangulate its location. Out in the field, he often set up tents or slept in an old truck for the night so he could `

have an early start the next day to track the animal. After finally getting a visual sighting, Block darted the animal and removed any snares to help save its life.

“There’s only like 2,000 of them left in the wild and they’re so cool,” he said. “When you hear people say animals don’t have emotions or feelings, that’s just not true. If you work with them for a long time, you realize they very much do.”

In addition to wild dogs, Block worked with white and black rhino, African elephants, cheetah, leopard, lion, and vultures — apparently farmers poison vultures because they’re pests

and poachers poison them for the feathers.

On several occasions, Block traveled with the South African anti-poaching patrol, accompanying rangers fully kitted with assault rifles and searching for any signs of illegal activity.

“There were some ambushes, a few run-ins, but nothing major,” Block said. “In southern regions, poaching is more toned down. But up in the Congo? It’s an all out war. Ivory

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A shot of fishing boats in Hout Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. In the back is the end of the 12 Apostles Mountain range, which terminates about 15 miles further south, at the point where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet Ben Block | Courtesy

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By | Emma Vinton

How would you describe your style?

trendsetter fashionista Benzing girls.

Classic with a trendy edge.

What is your favorite piece of clothing?

What are your fashion staples?

My elephant PJ pants.

Has your style evolved?

Brown leather boots, jeans, basic sweaters or jackets, and SCARVES, lots of SCARVES.

Of course. Let’s hope I am not still wearing my 1970’s bellbottoms…

For real, for real.

Who or what inspires your style?

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