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Hillsdale business owner charged with criminal sexual conduct By |Vivian Hughbanks News Editor David Fayez Gadelkarim, 54, owner of two businesses in Hillsdale, was arrested at Burger King on Feb. 18 on suspicion of unlawful imprisonment and fourth degree criminal sexual conduct. Gadelkarim, an Egyptian-American who owns both the Shell Gas Station and Hillsdale Smoke Shop on Carleton Road, allegedly lured an employee to a back room of the auto shop two doors down from the Shell Station, forced her to consume alcohol, and then sexually assaulted her, according to a report released by Hillsdale Watch, a community news group. After the unnamed victim finished her work shift at 11 p.m. on Feb. 16, Gadelkarim allegedly took her to a small room set up like a bedroom and offered her alcohol. When

she refused the attention and expressed her displeasure, Gadelkarim forced her to drink liquor and touched her hair and legs, according to the report. The victim asked to leave. “Stay the night here, and Senior Nick Brown and Junior Kate Patrick, along with other students, staff, and faculty, examine memenyou can leave in the morning,” tos exhibited to commemorate the life of “Saga” Stephen Casai ’74 at the memorial service in the Searle he responded, according to Center on Wednesday evening. Anders Kiledal | Collegian the report. After much protest from Gadelkarim, the employee was finally able to leave the premises. According to several womSearle Center to honor him pital, according to Vear, who en who shared their experi- By |Macaela J. Bennett and his contributions to the speculated this contributed to Editor-in-Chief ences with the Collegian, last community he embraced as much of Casai’s desire to keep week’s incident was not the his past private. One of Hillsdale College’s his family. first time Gadelkarim had quietest characters left a proSince Casai’s passing, his Casai graduated from Hillsmade unwanted advances on found impression on the lives longtime friend Bud Vear said dale College in 1974 as a “very young female employees. he touched during his 35 years it has been like a “treasure good student,” according to “I only worked for him for of working in its food service. hunt” going through his pos- Arnn, who said he looked up about a day and a half,” one Yet, “Saga” Stephen Casai ’74 sessions and puzzling together his student records and was former employee, who asked almost didn’t realize it. the life of a person so many impressed. Afterward, Casai not to be named, said of her “We were his ministry, and knew but no one really knew attended Bethany Lutheran time at the Shell Gas Station. College in Minnesota and we should be thankful that we During the hiring process, were members of his flock,” Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Gadelkarim asked her if she President Larry Arnn said of until 1980. had a See arrest A7 Casai at his memorial service Casai’s graduation ceremony pamphlet showed that he Wednesday. was the only member of his It was Casai’s loyalty and class to defer his appointment consistency that so many have at a parish, for unknown rearecalled fondly since his passsons, so he was never ordained. ing on Wednesday, Feb. 17. Instead, Casai returned to Just as Casai could always be Hillsdale and worked as an counted on to trek between usher for 11 years at the Dawn his home and work every day Theater and for the college, regardless of weather, because, checking students in at the as he joked, he was “too lazy dining hall for the rest of his to drive,” it seemed fitting much about. Casai grew up in a “small life. that memorial attendees must “After all that education, he trudge through a snowstorm town near Detroit,” but when to honor him. Although few he was 10 years old, he de- chose to come back here and knew Casai closely, students, veloped Crohn’s Disease and check students in for meals,” staff, and alumni filled the spent a lot of time in the hosSee Casai A2

‘Saga’ Steve: ‘You made a difference’

“It was such a simple task, but through that, he had an incredible impact.”

Rubio rallies in the Rapids

By | Vivian Hughbanks News Editor A former Hillsdale College student was among the six victims murdered in a shooting spree in Kalamazoo on Saturday night. Dorothy “Judy” Brown, 74, of Battle Creek attended the college from the fall of 1959 to the winter of 1962. Jason Dalton, 45, allegedly shot and killed Brown along with five other people in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He has been charged with six counts of murder, two counts of assault with intent to commit murder, and eight counts of felony firearm use. He was arraigned on Monday morning, without the possibility of bail. “When you were in a room, you knew that she noticed you,” Rev. Jim Ashby said of Brown. “If you were a stranger to her, she wanted to get to know you. She wasn’t very interested in talking about herself—she was much more interested in who you were.” Ashby attends Unity Christian Church in Battle Creek with Brown. As a freshman at Hillsdale in October 1959, Brown — then Dorothy Jean Knight — became a pledge of the Pi Beta

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Restuccia helps revive Republicans for Rubio

Former Hillsdale student a victim in Kalamazoo shootings

GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio spoke at a rally of more than 1600 in Grand Rapids Tuesday. Vivian Hughbanks | Collegian

By | Amanda Tindall Features Editor Approximately 1,600 people crowded into Lacks Enterprises in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Tuesday, Feb. 23 to rally for GOP presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida while voters in Nevada were caucusing. As candidates begin campaigning in Michigan for the state’s March 8 primary, a group of seven students from Hillsdale College, lead by Students for Rubio Michigan Chairman senior Dominic Restuccia, helped with the rally. Another 38 Students for Rubio from other Michigan colleges attended the event, as well. “I am looking for a candidate that represents conservative values, who will be able to win the next election, who exemplifies his faith and the ideas of the American dream,” sophomore Jonathan Moy said. “I think Marco Rubio has all these qualities.” Rubio shared his vision of the American dream and the Follow @HDaleCollegian

story of his family as immigrants from Cuba during his rally, noting how they lived paycheck-to-paycheck for many years. America needs to be a land where the current generation can achieve the same success that our parents did, he said. Students and adults came out to see Rubio. A younger attendee, an elementary-aged boy in American regalia with a patriotic bow-tie, threw in his support for Rubio, adding a small pitch for his own run for the presidency many years down the road. “I want Marco Rubio to be the next president because he’s very pro-life, and I think he’d be very good with gun laws and with ISIS and illegal immigration,” the young Luke Cunningham said. When asked what the “new American century” meant to him, Cunningham replied: “To start over with all the bad things President Barack Obama has done, and I think Rubio will do a good job with cleaning up the economy and things like that.” See Rubio A3

‘Political leaders I have known (and annoyed)’ A conversation with James Rogan By |Timmy Pearce Collegian Reporter James Rogan is a California Supreme Court judge. Previously, Rogan served in the House of Representatives, where his colleagues chose him to be a prosecutor in the U.S. Senate impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton. He spoke at Hillsdale College on “Stories of Political Leaders I Have Known (and Annoyed)” Thursday, Feb. 18. When did you know you wanted to pursue a career in politics and law? Probably around the fourth or fifth grade. I was a real history buff. I loved history. I loved reading about history. I loved reading about political history in government, politics, and biographies of politicians. I think at some point I figured out that politics was the place people went if they wanted to have their hand on the wheel of making history because the two intersect. It was so long ago that I can’t remember a

time that I did not want to be a lawyer and, at some point, have an opportunity to engage in the political process, but I can track it back to the fifth grade. What challenges did you face while pursuing your career? I think the hardest challenge I faced was just getting through school because I came from a very disruptive and dysfunctional family background. Nobody had gone to college. I was the oldest of four children, and all four of us were high school dropouts. I had a single mom who was on welfare and food stamps, and she was a convicted felon. Coming from a dysfunctional background like that, trying to keep one’s focus on all the things that are necessary to get your education, was probably the most difficult thing. Have you ever regretted your decision to pursue Clinton’s impeachment, even though it may have cost you y o u r

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Hillsdale Royalty Sauer, Wathen named Outstanding Senior Man and Woman

Seniors Matt Sauer and Marie Wathen were named Outstanding Senior Man and Woman this week. Sauer was previously honored as Homecoming King, while Wathen was crowned queen of the President’s Ball last Saturday. Anders Kiledal | Collegian Read the story on A3 Look for The Hillsdale Collegian

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In brief: Hillsdale ACS wins ‘Most Spirited’

By | Lillian Quinones Collegian Reporter Thirteen Hillsdale College chemistry and biology majors brought home the Most Spirited Award while rooting for their clubmates in Battle of the Chemistry Clubs Jan. 29 at Michigan State University. The daylong event, a competition testing the chemistry smarts of American Chemical Society student chapters, attracted roughly 200 undergraduates from surrounding Michigan colleges. Students answered questions on topics of analytical, organic, physical, and general chemistry. “It was an awesome experience for us because we were there to do well but also to have fun,” said senior Zoe Norr, president of Hillsdale’s ACS chapter. “Our team was cheering constantly even though no one else was cheering.” Norr credits the leadership of Hillsdale athletes for keeping the enthusiasm at a high level. “At one time, a lady asked us to be quiet because she couldn’t hear the instructions over our cheers,” Norr said. Football player freshman Jared Gohl attended Battle of the Chem Clubs for the first time this year and noticed, of the colleges in attendance, Hillsdale brought the most athletes. “We’re used to being really loud, and once the athletes heard that the Most Spirited Award used to be called the Grenade Award, we wanted it,” Gohl said. “It was totally in our league.” Softball player junior Cassie Asselta said the laboratory obstacle course was a particularly challenging contest. Students tried to beat the clock as they carried lab equipment across a floor scattered with boxes. “At the end of the contest, the program coordinator said to us, ‘Thank you guys for making this so fun!” Asselta said. Proud to represent their science department at the event, Hillsdale students “got their nerd on,” Asselta said.

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Casai from A1 Vear said. “That’s remarkable. It was such a simple task, but through that, he had an incredible impact.” During his time at Hillsdale, Casai became known for small things: his cheerful smile; begrudgingly signing students in for meals when they forgot their tickets; superior ping pong skills; attending and inviting others to Right to Life events; writing articles for local publications; and attending a majority of the college’s fine arts events. His presence on campus was surely humble, even meek, as Greg McLogan ’88 pointed out in his memorial remarks, but something about him moved the hearts of most everyone he met. Casai embodied “Christian traits and virtues that are seemingly in very rare commodity these days, and we can learn a lot from looking back at Steve’s life of loyalty and dedicated service,” McLogan said. As evidence of his dedication to the college, the Collegian staff wrote an editorial titled “A Sincere Proposal” in 2005 asking that the new cafeteria in the soon-to-be-built Grewcock Student Union be named the “Stephen Casai Dining Hall.” For weeks afterward, students, staff, and alumni wrote letters voicing support for the idea.

Arnn recounted this story at the memorial. He explained that the students didn’t get their way, but they did get to design and dedicate two plaques that hang inside the cafeteria in Casai’s honor. Casai always deflected any questions about his personal life and wasn’t known for having long conversations despite his friendliness. So it wasn’t with words that Casai impacted Hillsdale College so deeply but by his steadfast example of faithfulness — to his religion, job, and college family. After Casai was hospitalized last September, hundreds of alumni sent him well wishes included with their gratitude for how one of his small actions or smiles affected their college experience. In a letter Casai dictated to Heather Tritcha ’98, he said the hardest part of being ill and reflecting on his life was “to look back at my life and wonder what more I could have done...Did I do enough? I felt in my heart that I might leave this world without having made a difference. And then I started to hear from all of you.” Wrapped in a prayer blanket handsewn and signed by students, Casai spent his last months surrounded by cards, flowers, and visitors from his Hillsdale family. Although he was completely unresponsive during his last few weeks, students like senior Amanda Gehrke continued to visit Casai as

part of the GOAL program’s “Adopt-A-Grandparent.” “The last time I visited him, I read to him until he fell asleep, so I didn’t get to say goodbye exactly,” Gehrke said. “But it was perfect we didn’t speak because that was the way he was — to not speak but convey meaning in a deeper, spiritual way.” In March 1992, the Collegian published a feature on Casai, which ended with Casai answering what he planned to do with his future. “I don’t know how long I will stay at the cafeteria,” Casai was quoted saying in the article. “Right now, I have no plans to quit or move on. I take my life one day at a time, confident that my Lord Jesus Christ is with me, working all things for my good, as He guides me on the path that leads to eternal life in heaven.” Casai’s path crossed those of many students along the way, and through his small actions during that journey he made an impact that cannot be described but is keenly felt. “You did make a difference,” Vear said, concluding his memorial remarks. In addition to the plaques placed inside Knorr Dining Room, the college will permanently remember “Saga” Steve with a bird feeder placed near the flagpole at Knorr’s east end and a scholarship set up in his name that Casai established before his death.

Music Department Chairman James Holleman directs members of the Hillsdale College Choir and Chamber Choir in singing “Amazing Grace” at the memorial service for “Saga” Stephen Casai ’74 in the Searle Center on Wednesday evening. anders Kiledal | Collegian

Senior Klara Holscher, who worked alongside “Saga” Stephen Casai ’74 in the dining hall gives a reflection at the memorial service in the Searle Center on Tuesday evening. anders Kiledal | Collegian

Junior Patience Tyne and Junior Rebekah Molloy attend the memorial service for “Saga” Stephen Casai ’74 in the Searle Center on Tuesday Evening. anders Kiledal | Collegian

Charles “Bud” Vear, a longtime friend of “Saga” Stephen Casai ’74 gives a reflection on Casai’s life at the memorial service in the Searle Center on Wednesday evening. anders Kiledal | Collegian

Senior remembers internship with Sen. Bernie Sanders By | Kayla Stetzel Collegian Reporter Hillsdale College senior David Flemming, despite his conservative views, once interned for Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., while in high school. He was able to land the internship through a class he took in high school, which required its students to find an internship suitable to their interests. “Though the internship was for Sanders, I did it as a service for Vermont,” said Flemming, who has lived in Vermont all his life. After struggling to find a politics internship with Vermont’s congressman, his only option was to work for Sen. Sanders in his Senate Office. “I actually had a lot of discussions with people about whether or not I should accept the offer because he

Rogan from A1 congressional seat? No, I’ve been asked that so many times in the past 15 or so years, and the reason I’m still able to say no is because I knew that it was going to cost me my seat before I ever cast a vote to impeach Bill Clinton. I had just been re-elected with a bare 50.1 percent, and my constituents said, “If you vote to impeach Bill Clinton, we will

didn’t agree with me politically,” Flemming said Flemming’s high school classmate and friend Lucie Alden remembers the time well. “I was really glad to hear that he was interning for Senator Sanders,” Alden said. “It is a huge honor and accomplishment to work for one of the nation’s most senior senators. I may have been a little surprised as well, as I know David has some more classically liberal political and economic views. With Bernie, that could make things interesting.” He ultimately decided to take the offer, and interned for Sanders for about two months. “After school every Wednesday I would take the bus down to the office and I would be there for maybe three until 5 every week,” Flemming said. “There are about 25 people in his Burlington office which is about

20 miles away from where I live.” Interns for the Sanders office were responsible for completing a daily report of all relevant news stories from local Vermont newspapers in addition to database upkeep, outreach visits, and drafting responses to constituent questions. Though Flemming did not support Sanders on most issues, he found the work environment enjoyable. “They put a lot of trust in me, though they knew I was of the opposite political persuasion,” Flemming said. “One time, they gave me their entire mailing list as an excel document and I was supposed to delete duplicates. If I was more of an immoral person, I could have sabotaged his whole mailing list, but I was impressed, they actually put a lot of trust in me to do this, so I tried to do it well.” David’s supervisor Harper

Gay, who was Sander’s Statewide Outreach Representative at spoke well of Flemming. “I give him high marks for keeping his mind open while trying something new, when he may not have been entirely comfortable with it,” said Gay. “He took to his daily tasks with gusto and had the ability to focus in with appropriate levels of intensity.” Aside from occasionally seeing Senator Sanders around the office, Flemming and the other interns were able to attend a news conference led by the senator. “He was talking about some kind of renewable energy that he was wild about, and I just got to listen in,” Flemming said. While Flemming made clear the work environment was positive, he recalled two events which made him uncomfortable as a conservative. “At the very end of my time there, the office threw

a party for all of the interns,” he remembers. “For about 30 minutes the team spoke about the importance of democracy and talked about the U.S. Constitution in kind of flippant terms, and how many foreign countries have more democratic constitutions than we do, which didn’t seem true to me.” He also was asked later to campaign for the Bernie Sander’s re-election campaign, which Flemming politely declined to do. “If it had been a more conservative senator, with a similar workplace culture, I may have considering getting more internships or maybe a job after college,” Flemming said. “I loved working there.” This past summer Flemming decided to attend Sanders’ kick-off rally in Burlington, Vermont, just to see how the political environments had changed since he was working for Sanders.

“I decided that I would show up wearing my ‘Stand with Rand’ shirt, just to be that guy,” Flemming said. “It was fun seeing all of the Sanders supports as I was walking around.” One woman stopped him to take his picture next to a pro-Sanders sign, and Flemming agreed. Ultimately, while Flemming has no intention of returning to work for Sanders — last summer, he interned for the libertarian Independent Institute — he views the experience as positive. “I guess the experience shaped how I see the world in some ways,” Flemming said. “I think Bernie is to Vermont what apple pie is to America in some ways. There are some people who defiantly disagree with him, but even those people who do disagree with him respect him, I think. That is definitely a high honor for any politician to have that kind of universal respects.”

never vote for you again.” And what was even more amazing is the high number of those who were Republicans. It was a very pro-Clinton district. I mean, the voters in the district liked me, but they loved Bill Clinton. The night the House Judiciary Committee had to vote, Speaker Newt Gingrich pulled me out of committee and said he wanted to talk to me. They had also polled my district because we had a very close Re-

publican margin, and he was concerned about my re-election. He pulled me aside, and he said, “Have you seen the polling data in your district?” I told him I had, and he said, “Look, we’ve got the votes in committee to send out articles of impeachment. We don’t need your vote.” So he was basically in a protective, big-brotherly way telling me to vote no so that it would protect me back home. I appreciated his thought process because

the Republican majority was balance standing on princivery bare. A loss of the ma- ple and pragmatism? jority would’ve meant a loss of Well, hopefully, when one Henry Hyde being the chair- stands on principle, they do man of the Judiciary Commit- it in a district where the printee versus John Conyers being ciple fits the demographics of the chairman of the Judiciary the electorate. I mean, I was a Committee, so the stakes were conservative Republican repvery high. But I told him with resenting a very liberal, Hola big smile, at the end of this lywood district with a lot of back and forth, “You know, the Hollywood movie studios Mr. Speaker, if you wanted in the district, and the ones me to approach it from that that were outside of my disperspective, it probably wasn’t trict, many of their employees a good idea for you to put an fed from my district, so it was ex-judge and an ex-gang mur- a very pro-Clinton district. der prosecutor on the Judicia- I won my election with 50.1 ry Committee. I’ve got to call percent in 1996 when Bob this as I see it, but thank you Dole, who was the Republican for looking out for me.” nominee for president, lost my please contact Macaela Bennett at mbennett@hillsdale.edu. How should a politician county by, I think, 20 points.

Two years later, the Republican nominee for governor lost my county by 25 points. I won with 50.1 percent, and when I finally lost, it was by nine points, and President George W. Bush lost my county by 33 points, so it was tough sledding to begin with. People voted for me previously, I think, because they liked me; they respected me, but when I voted to impeach president Clinton, I knew what the reaction would be. That vote was going to make them mad; that was going to make them angry. And when voters are angry with you, it’s really tough to get them to go to the polls and pull the switch for you.

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Middle East advocacy club formed on campus By | Micah Meadowcroft Associate Editor Inspired by a recent 10day educational trip to Israel, Hillsdale students have founded a group to raise awareness about Israel and the Middle East on campus. “This is somewhere that students can come with their questions and discuss with other students in a way that doesn’t coddle, that doesn’t privilege one viewpoint over the other unless that viewpoint can make its case,” club president senior Colin Wilson said. “Our Hillsdale education gives us a very good toolkit from which to analyze these issues from both a political and ethical framework. And so I don’t think it’s necessary to censor anything.” The club’s founders are discussing chartership of their new organization with the deans. If it receives an official charter, it will attempt to provide a forum for education and discussion of American foreign policy in the Middle East as well as the region’s political, cultural, and religious dynamics. Wilson said while the the initiative for starting the club came from the Israel trip, the organization should not be thought of as an essentially pro-Israel or pro-Palestinian group but as acknowledging the complicated situation in the Middle East. Wilson, who participated in the Israel trip, was inspired by the Philos Project’s suggestion that students start clubs for the promotion of the ideas and issues they had encountered in their travels. “I’m not the most media

and General Counsel Robert Norton will serve as the organization’s faculty adviser. Norton participated in the Israel trip as a chaperone. He said via email he was impressed by L u c c h e s e’s and Wilson’s dedication and passion on the trip and is glad they are trying to promote the region’s significance on campus. “I am happy to assist them any way I can,” he A student-eye view of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel. A group of 80 students travelled to the Holy Land in January said. “Already with the Philos Project and Museum of the Bible. Anders Kiledal | Collegian they have shared ideas savvy person, but what I’m forth, but on specific foreign and contacts. with me that For Lucchese, the club also show promise to make this good at is organization and policy things, very, very, very writing long emails,” Wilson few people here know any- represents an opportunity to club a valuable addition to said. “So I figured, why not.” thing, and I think that this is recognize that understanding campus life, while providing Club secretary sophomore a really good way to get peo- these issues comes from dis- a link to a special place half a course and debate. Michael Lucchese, also an Is- ple talking about that.” world away.” Wilson said the organi“We can bring in speakers rael trip participant, said he Students interested in parfeels the club will fill an ab- zation will focus on discuss- from both sides, and not nec- ticipating can look forward ing the Middle East, holding essarily put them in conflict to a campus email announcsence on Hillsdale’s campus. “I’ve seen this problem a talks by visiting experts, and but discuss the complexities ing its complete charter, lot with Hillsdale students in promoting student writing and consider solutions that which will include more inparticular,” he said. “We know on issues. This will include are humane and take into ac- formation. Wilson said there domestic policy to a certain helping students pitch and count the differing factions will be a need to fill officer extent. We can explain phil- write opinion pieces for The in everything,” he said. positions, media coordinaHillsdale’s Institutional tion roles, graphic design poosophical ideas about the Collegian as well as for the nature of government and so Philos Project’s publications Advancement Vice President sitions, and others.

Students learn Hebrew in Bart’s upper room By | Natalie C. McKee Senior Reporter Associate Professor of English Patricia Bart has invited 15 students to study the Hebrew alphabet at her home in downtown Hillsdale on Sundays. At the beginning of the semester, Bart asked students she knew had gone on the winter break Israel trip with the Philos Project and others she thought would have interest in studying Hebrew to attend the informal study. Bart is on sabbatical this semester but was looking for students who could join in her ongoing study of Hebrew. Bart said she has just over a dozen students attending and with any more students it would be hard to have a back-and-forth discussion about and interaction with the language. Instead of inviting more students to join, she encouraged students to get together in small groups with someone from her informal class and, eventually, take Assistant Professor of Religion Don Westblade’s Introduction to Hebrew class. She said her informal study should act as a springboard, not a replacement, for

his formal course. Students learning the alphabet with her will arrive to Westblade’s class with a comfort level they might not otherwise. At this time, Bart said her class looks like home schooling first graders. Students are learning the Hebrew alphabet through songs, and Bart said she hopes by the end of the semester they will be sounding out words. “Because I’m a widow with no children, this is my chance to do home schooling,” Bart said. She said she hopes students won’t get frustrated with or be intimidated by Hebrew. Bart said it takes the average person all of kindergarten and most of first grade to learn to read and write English, so students shouldn’t be surprised that it takes a while to learn Hebrew. Westblade said he usually sends students who preregister for his class help with learning the alphabet, but “Pat’s home school” gives extra help. Westblade has taught his Hebrew course about six times over the years, typically around the time when students start asking for it. Right

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was in Iraq with in 2008 and 2009, under Obama, needed medical care,” Whittum said. “They’ve gone for eight years and still haven’t received medical care. No one has come up with a good reason as to why we can’t take our VA card and go to our local medical provider and seek medical care. The VA is just another encumbered government agency. Elvis isn’t dead; he’s just in the VA waiting for care.” Despite his frustration with current agencies, Whittum expressed a reserved sense of hope. “I think Rubio would be a fine president,” he said. “He’s not Ronald Reagan, but we only got one of him.”

Those old enough to vote had similar thoughts, including Kelly Potter, who wore an Uncle Sam hat as her two children hung on her. “I think it’s time for a change; we need a good presidential candidate to help us out,” Potter said. “I think immigration and health care — hopefully he can sort some of that out and help both sides.” Eaton County Commissioner and veteran Jeremy Whittum expressed some of his frustration with current government agencies after the rally. “Some of the people who I

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Zika case found in Michigan Officials confirmed the first case of Zika in Michigan in an Ingham County female, who recently returned from a trip to an undisclosed foreign country Wednesday. County health officials reassured Michigan residents of their commitment to following standards from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials.

now, the class is scheduled for 9 a.m. in the fall of 2017. “The biggest difference in studying Hebrew compared to Greek or Latin is there are almost no cognates,” Westblade said. “Students know ‘Shalom,’ and that’s about it.” Thus, Westblade said, students must use brute force to memorize words, and the grammar, albeit simple, is inflected differently from romance languages.

short.” Bart said she learned the Hebrew alphabet four times before it stuck. Senior Claire Lewis said she, too, has struggled to remember the foreign language. “I took it a couple grades ago and promptly forgot everything,” said Lewis, who took Westblade’s course and is also in Bart’s informal study. “This is my chance to

“Nobody wants to go find a translater for a love letter. You want to read it yourself, and the Bible is God’s love letter to us.” Additionally, students must learn to read “backwards,” or from right to left. Westblade said the point of his class is to teach enough vocabulary and grammar that after students leave the class, they can work through everything in the Old Testament. He said he first learned Hebrew in seminary and then again before graduate school. “I take it again every time I teach,” Westblade said. “I have a good memory; it’s just

get back into it and refresh it.” Lewis said the study with Bart is fantastic. “She’s been teaching us to learn,” Lewis said. “She’s giving students the tools we need to continue on our own and not be intimidated by the language.” Bart said she grew up in a neighborhood with a large Jewish population, so she had many Jewish friends who were learning Hebrew in Saturday school.

She first delved into the study of Hebrew while she was in graduate school and has continued her casual study ever since. She said she has studied Hebrew for, on average, five minutes every night for more than 20 years. Her brain is just as sensitive to learning languages today as it has ever been, but it is not like that for everyone, she said. Bart is proficient in German and Latin and can understand Italian and French very well. She said she loves languages. “I am a complete dork. I don’t care what people think,” Bart said. “I’m not afraid to sound stupid.” Lewis said she shares Bart’s enthusiasm for language and has taken a course or more in every language Hillsdale offers, except German. Like Bart and Westblade, Lewis feels attracted to studying Hebrew so that she can read the Bible in its original language. “Nobody wants to go find a translator for a love letter,” Westblade said. “You want to read it yourself, and the Bible is God’s love letter to us.”

Marco Rubio speaks at Lacks Enterprises in Grand Rapids on Tuesday. Vivian Hughbanks | Collegian

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Imprimis circulation surpasses 3 million

By | Andrew Egger Assistant Editor Hillsdale College’s monthly speech digest, Imprimis, now has a print circulation of over three million, the college announced earlier this month. The free publication has more subscribers than both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, which each reach just over 2 million readers in print. Vice President for External Affairs Douglas Jeffrey said Hillsdale’s recent outreach programs — such as the Kirby Center in Washington, D.C.; the online learning program; and the college’s charter school initiative — have bolstered public interest in the college and, by extension, Imprimis. “This accelerated increase reflects the expanded outreach efforts of the college,” Jeffrey said. Hillsdale founded Imprimis in 1972 to keep alumni and friends of the college informed and connected to the school. The digest hit one million subscribers 28 years later in 2000. “For almost 45 years now, our college has offered Imprimis free of charge as an extension of our educational efforts on behalf of liberty,” President Larry Arnn said. “These efforts are even more vital today than when Imprimis was launched in 1972.” Jeffrey said the success of Imprimis also owed much to the community fostered on Hillsdale’s campus. “We are grateful to the entire college community,” he said, “and we hope they share our pride in reaching this milestone.”

Sauer, Wathen win senior honors By | Amanda Tindall Features Editor Matt Sauer and Marie Wathen were announced as this year’s Outstanding Senior Man and Woman Tuesday, Feb. 23. At a class party last month, students nominated who they thought should be this year’s honorees. Both Sauer and Wathen expressed excitement and gratitude at receiving the awards. “I’m very honored, very humbled,” Sauer said. “Especially considering how wonderful the nominees were. I feel blessed to go to school where the meaning behind the knowledgement holds greater weight because of the student body, the character of the nominees, and of the school.” Sauer noted Wathen had a busy week, as she was also chosen as the President’s Ball Queen last weekend. “She’s been on a streak of an extraordinary endeavors,” Sauer said. “She’s brilliant, and she’s kind, and she seems to be so put together all the time, and she doesn’t lose her sense of personability. She’s a very impressive person.” Wathen said she, too, was overjoyed that Sauer received the award alongside her. “We’ve been friends from the beginning of freshman year, and it’s been incredible to see how he has grown into so many leadership roles on campus and just been a great friend and a great leader,” she said. Wathen added: “It was an incredible group of people that was nominated, and honestly, everyone is pretty outstanding. It was a real honor to be even among that group, and so it was surprising but exciting.”

Trump picks up congressional endorsements

Facebook releases new reactions

White House considers Republican for SCOTUS

Six dead in Kalamazoo shooting

Presidential candidate Donald Trump picked up his first congressional endorsements Wednesday in Reps. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., and Duncan Hunter, R-Cali. Collins said he backs Trump because of his belief in Trump’s ability to retrieve jobs ‘stolen by China.’ Hunter said he supports Trump because he will be a leader, not a ‘policy wonk.’

Facebook launched Wednesday five new responses users can apply to posts to accompany the ‘like’ button: Love, Haha, Wow, Sad, and Angry. Users, by hovering over the ‘like’ button, can select one of these options to express additional emotions on a post. The buttons are not yet available for use on replies to comments on statuses.

After a recommendation from Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., the White House said it began vetting Nevada Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval as a possible replacement for Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat, left vacant by his death Feb. 13. Sandoval’s office said the White House has not contacted Sandoval or any members of his staff.

This weekend, Jason Dalton allegedly shot and killed six people in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Dalton was working as a driver for Uber in the city, and was paid fares between shootings. Dalton switched cars before allegedly shooting the first victim.

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A PRIVATE VICTORY FOR PUBLIC FREEDOM The opinion of the Collegian editorial staff

So you’re about to graduate. What now? By | Robert Ramsey Special to the Collegian There’s a running joke at Hillsdale that says graduating seniors have three options: Teach, go to grad school, or do whatever else it is liberal arts majors do. I think the first two options are fantastic. But if you’re like me, you’re probably in the third camp. You want to do something, but you’re not quite sure how to get there. Or maybe you want to take a break before grad school. Regardless, you need to pay some bills. I was in your shoes a few years back, stressed and uninformed. But I’ve since picked up a few tricks for jobhunting success. 1. Connections are everything. No, really. You’re going to hear this a thousand times and not take it seriously because you’re in college and you think you don’t have many important connections. Listen, I don’t know a single person right now who has a job that they got by just applying for it. Fortunately, your “network” probably extends a bit further than you think. Family friends, relatives, upperclassmen, people you’ve interned with, they’re all there, and even if they don’t work in your desired field, chances are they know someone who does. Hillsdale’s faculty is remarkably well-connected beyond academia. And don’t feel bad about asking people to connect you. As you’ll soon find out, that’s how everyone in the real world operates anyway. 2. Don’t be afraid to take a job. There’s a mindset some fall into where it seems like every choice they make is the most important one of their lives. This is utter rot, especially in the first year out of school. Treat your first year or two as a buffer where you have time to figure things out while paying your bills. If you find you love your current job, great. If not, you’ll have plenty of time to readjust. I started at a think tank. Didn’t like it. Studied in the evenings. Became a software developer. Love it. 3. Your résumé and LinkedIn profile are formalities. They say, “I’m not a lifeless monster and I can spell.” That’s it. They won’t get you that job any more than wearing clothes to class gets you an A; they just allow you to get in the door, so don’t place your hopes and dreams in them. Fill them out well, clean them up, and get a decent picture. That’s it. Do use LinkedIn to access the alumni network. It’s about the only thing it’s good for. 4. Narrow down your choices. I didn’t care what job I got; I just wanted to find something that would make enough money to feed myself. When people would ask what I wanted to do, I’d just respond, “Oh, I don’t know. Monies?” That didn’t help them connect me with anyone. Decide what you want, or at least have a tight list. Take a look at what skills you have and who you can connect with. Go from there. 5. Don’t depend on Career Services. Career Services is great. They help you get your résumé cleaned up and your LinkedIn online. I highly recommend their practice interviews. After that, you’re on your own. While there is an alumni network, connecting to the people in it can be spotty at best. Take matters into your own hands, get on the LinkedIn Hillsdale network, and look through those alums yourself. 6. Don’t get discouraged. I think I applied to 83 jobs before I finally got one. You’re going to get ignored by a lot of people, many of whom seemed like they wanted to help. April and May will creep by and you won’t have anything lined up. You’re getting married in June and have no idea where to live. All of this is normal. Count on the fact that you’re a Hillsdale student: You know how to learn and work hard, which is more than most people do. Bonus tip: Make friends your top priority. You are going to find that the outside world sucks. Most people our age don’t seem to have read a book and spend all their nonexistent money on booze and Tinder dates. You’ll likely get depressed. I did. So find friends. Find a church. It’s where Hillsdale-like people tend to congregate. Seriously consider moving to a city based on whom you know there. Friends really are the most important thing you can have at this stage in life. Robert graduated from Hillsdale College in 2014.

easier for those with ill intent to hack citizens’ private data. Many say it has become a battle of privacy and security. Prominent conservatives are emphasizing the need for security. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) accused Apple of protecting “a dead terrorist’s privacy over the security of the American people.” Presidential hopeful Donald Trump called for a boycott until Apple “gave the security for that phone.” But Bruce Schneier, a fellow at Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, said this is a question of “security versus

security.” “Saying that all of these devices must be insecure so the FBI can have access would be a security disaster for us as a society,” Schneier told the Wall Street Journal. On Feb. 16, Apple CEO Tim Cook published a letter to his customers explaining Apple’s position. He calls the implications of the FBI’s demands “chilling.” “The government could extend this breach of privacy and demand that Apple build surveillance software to intercept your messages, access your health records or financial data, track your location,

or even access your phone’s microphone or camera without your knowledge,” Cook wrote. Conservatives insisting that Apple surrender the passcode are betraying their own principles: We affirm the right to protect one’s own property, and the right to privacy follows. Crises do not justify greater imposition on citizens’ basic rights and liberties. As Ben Franklin said, “Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.”

The best of ‘Saga’ Steve Casai

The late Steve Casai wrote letters and editorials for both the Hillsdale Collegian and the Hillsdale Daily News. Below are a few of the most memorable moments from his time here. ‘In defense of High School Musical 3’ Nov. 13, Collegian.

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“I heard you liked ‘High School Musical 3: Senior Year,’” said a Hillsdale College senior when she entered the Knorr Family Dining Room and gave me her ID to swipe. She found out that I enjoyed the movie from her classmate. “I heard the movie was cheesy,” she said. The word “cheesy” sent my blood pressure soaring. Why did I give “High School Musical 3” a thumbs up? First, I worked at the old Dawn Theater from 1981 to its closing in 1996. During that time, I saw several movies about high school students. They were often depicted as violent or on drugs or promiscuous. “High School Musical 3,” on the other hand, shows their good qualities. Besides giving “High School Musical 3” four stars, Movieguide.org, a Christian website that reviews motion pictures, said, “Unlike most other Hollywood movies about young people, the heroes do the right thing instead of following their heart.” Second, the film is rated G, a rating that is rarer than it should be. Who would have thought that Hollywood would make a movie about high school students that is both entertaining and wholesome? At commencement, I plan to congratulate the student who laughed at me for liking “High School Musical 3.” I will wish her the best of success and will tell her that she did a terrific job as editor in chief of the Collegian. I will also give her the DVD “High School Musical 3” for a graduation gift. After she watches it, I am sure that she will regret that she said to me, “I heard the movie was cheesy.”

‘President Kennedy inspired my generation’ Nov. 21, Collegian.

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Apple, Inc. refused to comply with a federal court order to develop software that would circumvent central security features on the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeking encrypted data from a single phone, but the software would make future iPhones vulnerable. This means a private company has upheld the rights of its customers by defying a branch of the institution that ought to be protecting those rights. Installing a “back door” in iPhones will only make it

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The students who attended my elementary school loved Sam, the school’s custodian, and he loved us. He was a pleasant person who frequently smiled. One Friday afternoon, however, Sam looked like something was bothering him. I was in the school library with my sixthgrade class. Sam walked over to my teacher, who stood next to the table where I sat. I heard Sam ask my teacher, “Did you hear what happened?” It has been said that most Americans heard about President John F. Kennedy’s assassination within two hours after it occurred. Sam might have been the first person in our school to learn about this tragic event. Kennedy’s sudden and violent death shocked the nation, especially the children. For many of us, the painful thought of his death lasted for several months. Because Kennedy’s funeral and Thanksgiving break came on the same week, we had the entire week off from school. My mother and I watched the funeral on television in our front room. For the first time in my life, I saw her break down and cry. When we returned to school, every safety patroller, including me, gathered around the flag pole to watch the captain raise the American flag to half-mast, which was the first time I saw the flag flying at that position. Although I was born before Kennedy became president, he was the first president I remember. I probably regarded him as a hero after I saw “PT 109,” a movie based on his experiences as a World War II patrol torpedo-boat captain. Our nation’s 35th president was young, energetic, and athletic. He warned that America’s youth were becoming flabby and lazy. He wanted us to get into top physical condition. My mother agreed with the president. At night, before I went to bed, she made sure I did push-ups and sit-ups. These exercises paid off. When my eighth-grade physical education class was tested for physical fitness, I did 45 pushups. Even today, before I go to work, I still do push-ups. Besides his presidency,

Kennedy served as congressman and U.S. senator. He devoted his life to serving his country. He urged Americans to do the same, whether in government, the armed forces, the Peace Corps, or volunteer work. In his 1961 inaugural address, Kennedy said, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” The desire to serve our nation still burns in the hearts of my generation, thanks to Kennedy’s inspiration.

‘A sincere proposal’ This weekly, written by Collegian editorial staff, appeared Oct 20, 2005. Stephen Casai, better known as “Saga Steve,” has been a permanent face at Hillsdale College for many years. A man of consistency, humor, and faith, Casai is a living symbol of all that Hillsdale holds dear. Casai’s friendly face and clever sense of humor greets us students every day, at every meal, as he scans our ID cards before we enter Curtiss Dining Hall. He knows many of us by name — and none of us can remember him ever missing a day of work, even when it’s obvious that he feels under the weather. Casai’s tireless work ethic, intellectual curiosity and community involvement are an inspiration. Most students do not know much about the man behind the face. In addition to being an avid reader, a fervent Christian, and a supporter of the pro-life movement, Casai frequently writes, contributing letters and articles to both magazines and newspapers. Casai was also active in helping the Hillsdale County Republicans in their 1980 campaign to elect President Ronald Reagan. In recognition of this great man, we propose that the new dining hall in the future Grewcock Student Union be named the “Stephen Casai Dining Hall.”

‘Hello, friends’ Casai dictated the following letter in November following his hospitalization. As many of you know, I have been having health issues that have placed me in the hospital for some time now. The illness came upon me quite suddenly and very unexpectedly. I found myself in a position that I was not prepared for, a position of needing help, not being able to do for myself, and relying on others. The hardest and most unexpected thing was to look back at my life and wonder what more I could have done… did I do enough? I felt in my heart that I might leave this world without having made a difference. And then I started to hear from all of you. Cards, calls, and gifts came, and visitors and friends stepped up to help. My nurse has been compiling my many cards and letters into an album. I never imagined such a flood of compassion. I have heard from so many people that the simple kindness of smiling while checking people in for meals meant so much to them. The words written in these cards touch me more than you could ever know. The homemade meals have nourished my heart as well as my body, especially through the kind smiles as they were brought in. (I’m still accepting meals.) I am wrapped every day with a quilt made by the students at The Suites and signed by caring friends. I have a helmet sitting here, signed by the Charger football team; very cool! Visitors come and sit with me to let me know that I am not alone. My heart is filled with gratitude. You all have reached out to me in an amazing show of kindness and support. I am so very thankful for my friends and especially to Gloria and Bud Vear for taking care of the things that I cannot. I am also glad to see that my Right to Life family is taking care of things and continuing the fight to save the unborn; never tire, friends, from doing good. I am eternally grateful for my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and ask you all to “Magnify the Lord with me; and let us exalt His name together.”

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What do we talk about when we talk about voting? By | Chris McCaffery Student Columnist What do we do when we vote for a President of the United States? It’s a fair question to ask ourselves when facing a looming apocalypse of political discourse on the national stage. I refer, of course, to what seems to be a possible result of this primary season: Trump vs. Sanders, winner-takes-office, 2016. There are many voters who would find either option unacceptable, a problem poignantly felt in many conservative circles. On Tuesday, Tim Carney of the Washington Examiner added his voice to the chorus of prominent conservatives who would not vote for Trump even if he receives the Republican party nomination: “Conscience forbids us to cross some lines,” he wrote. Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol and radio host Michael Medved agree, not to mention the multitude who wrote for National Review’s “Against Trump” issue in January. All this seems contrary to the venerable “Buckley Rule” often cited by conservative writers as a call for measured pragmatism: “the most viable conservative candidate” deserves conservative support. In our thought experiment, Donald Trump should fit this rule, because he is the only somewhat conservative candidate. Why the hesitation, then? Taken together, these writers’ statements suggest that there is something more important and positive about the votes we cast than simple pragmatism. Nothing is decided at this point, but the situation could provide us an opportunity to step back from partisan politics and ask why we think about voting in national elections the way we do. If we want to form a real judgment about a good and an evil vote, this potential

matchup seems to be the perfect way to isolate them and give our voting system a hypothetical trial-byfire. In past elections an imperfect candidate for the Republican ticket wasn’t enough to prevent dissatisfied conservatives from picking the obvious lesser of two evils between, say, Romney and Obama. Our hypothetical 2016 choice, however, doesn’t seem to admit the same pragmatism, perhaps because voting is not necessarily what we normally take it to be.

an important, real “result” to voting that goes beyond a win on election night, but isn’t easily reducible to the guilt we feel about punching our ticket for someone who doesn’t represent us. The first letter of Brutus, an 18th-century American anti-Federalist, provides some clarity. Brutus describes the potential in a situation like our hypothetical 2016 race to the bottom, when neither major candidate can truly provide this representation for the voter caught between a

“If Trump is not an acceptable conservative candidate, the only vote worth casting is one that actually represents us.” It’s not only that we value the vote because it allows us to change the outcome. Naturally, we hope to make waves collectively, but elections on this scale are determined by larger forces than individual either/or decisions at the polls on election day. Besides, we’d still want to vote for a candidate we feel represents us, even if it were overwhelmingly clear they would lose. Voting for a candidate we don’t like is either unacceptable or at least a “nose-holding” activity that can only go so far — many conservative voters considered Romney in 2012 or Bush in 2000 imperfect, but not in a way that kept them from voting, unlike a vote for Trump. For many people, there’s something immoral about voting for the Donald that goes beyond the practical result of President Trump. But if our support for a candidate is simply a private ethical problem, framed in negative terms like these, why do we also reject the possibility of not voting at all? There is

wall and a socialist hard place, like this: “if they do not know, or are not disposed to speak the sentiments of the people, the people do not govern, but the sovereignty is in a few.” The winner of a popular election might represent the governance of the people (even if they’ve let themselves “feel the Bern”). However, the voter unable to conscientiously support either major candidate is still left without representation. Carney explains that a nominee, even a losing one, can make representative arguments in the national public square. This is part of the reason we instinctively assign a moral weight to the vote we cast that goes beyond who will hold office on the other end of our choice. If voting were just the citizen’s mode of manipulating public office, any qualms about a candidate would be mere sentiment, and only the calculation of the best possible outcome would have any moral merit. But as the thought experiment shows, it

is still desirable to vote for a candidate who is sure to lose, the candidate who represents us, and it is unacceptable to vote for the embodiment of the exact inverse, a candidate who might even count on our vote to attain office, but embodies nothing of ourselves. Explaining why he doesn’t support Trump even as the most electable conservative, Medved wrote that “the survival of a credible conservative alternative in American political life” is more important than supporting a candidate who is electable and only nominally conservative. Medved refers to the role a candidate has in expressing our convictions in politics. The same rationale is behind Trump’s own support. Behind his appeal is a feeling of disenfranchisement from establishment politics that Trump’s populist rhetoric perfectly embodies. For these voters, supporting Trump is rebellion against the rational, ineffectual system of modern liberal institutionalism that has failed them, as a lengthy CNN investigative report in January demonstrated. If Trump is not an acceptable conservative candidate, the only vote worth casting is one that actually represents us. Whether we decide, as Alasdair MacIntyre did in 2004, that we ought not vote in “a system which presents only unacceptable alternatives,” or rather to vote for the fabled “reasonable third party,” we should not consider our vote “thrown away” or our duty as citizens unfulfilled, but rather recognize a vote more true to a significance that we don’t often take seriously enough. If we remember this, we might keep in mind, in all elections, the importance of choosing to vote well, and declining to vote evilly. Chris is a senior studying English.

Bernie offers Democrats integrity that Hillary doesn’t have By | Kirklan L. Ventrella Special to the Collegian The Democratic National Committee needs to dump Hillary Clinton and #feelthebern. Democrats must firmly reject the candidate who has not dedicated her career to the party’s progressive values. Bernie Sanders’ campaign reflects a desire for Democrats to leave the past behind and march towards the future. Sanders’ surge in popularity has come as a surprise to Democrats and Republicans alike, but it has surprised Clinton the most. The Vermont senator’s sudden rise to national prominence echoes Barack Obama’s unexpected rise and eventual defeat of Clinton in 2008 primary. However, as the New York Times calculates, this year’s primary race between Sanders and Clinton is much closer than 2008’s. While Clinton won Iowa by a coin toss, New Hampshire gave her a solid thrashing a week later. Sanders was able to maintain a relatively close margin in the Nevada primary, but if the 2008 primary results indicate anything about voters in the Palmetto State, it’s that Clinton won’t do well in South Carolina. But why couldn’t 2016 be Clinton’s year? Eight additional years in the public eye ought to have buttressed Clinton’s reputation and experience. Nevertheless, her campaign seems more harried than ever. Last fall, House Republicans hounded her on whether she broke federal law with the creation of a private email server, and last week, the Washington Times reported that the State Department deemed 15 percent of her last batch of emails too classified to be released. Because these scandals

continue to follow Clinton’s presidential run, Sanders provides Democrats with the opportunity to maintain their own party’s integrity and dignity. Throughout the 2016 election cycle, publications have called Clinton’s presidential credibility into question over her tenure as Secretary of State and her conflicting political statements. Last year, the Wall Street Journal reported that even though the Clinton Foundation “swore off donations from foreign governments when Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State,” the foundation still received “millions of dollars from foreigners with connections to their home governments.” In the same month, Politico reported that Clinton rescinded her support for the Iraq war, calling it a “mistake.” In June of 2015, PolitiFact gave Clinton “a full flop” when they reviewed her past 20 years of statements on same-sex marriage. Clinton’s tenure reveals an untrustworthy politician motivated by political expedience — and the polls continue to show it. People don’t trust her. For example, the Washington Post’s article “Hillary Clinton’s honesty problem just keeps getting worse,” documented how Clinton’s perceived trustworthiness has continued to poll below other presidential candidates. After the New Hampshire primary, Fox News reported that New Hampshire voters overwhelmingly perceived Sanders as more trustworthy than his opponent. “[They] are most likely to want a nominee who is honest and trustworthy . . . Sanders is favored among voters who pick each of these traits.” Last October in Foreign Affairs Review, Daisy Fleming examined how Clinton as the Secretary of

Bernie Sanders, candidate for the Democratic nomination, speaks at a campaign rally. Gage Skidmore | Wikimedia Commons

State defended her diplomacy and posed this question: Is Clinton a defender of human rights or a political opportunist? Fleming notes: “She has stressed her role as a ‘fighter’ and a ‘champion’ above all else, emphasizing her earlier activism above her work as a senator or as Secretary of State,” but “Her administration was responsible for relaxing the sanctions against Burma . . . this engagement has helped paved the way for further human rights abuses.” The Democratic Party suffers because of her public life. On the other hand, Sanders has a demonstrable record that avoids the political pitfalls that Clinton faces because of her record. PolitiFact reported last September that Sanders’ statement that he has supported samesex marriage for 30 years is true. He voted against the Clinton administration’s Defense of Marriage Act. He can successfully counter the accusation that his values are formed by political expedience. In September, the Huffington Post recalled that Sanders voted against the Iraq war, which may have

been Clinton’s poison pill in the 2008 election. Sanders’ campaign offers the Democratic Party more than a nifty hashtag. He offers voters political integrity, something which Clinton has shown herself to lack. The Democratic Party needs to recognize the political value of a Sanders presidency and be comfortable without a Clinton in the White House. Kirklan is a senior studying political economy.

Russell Kirk, author of ‘The Conservative Mind’ and past professor at Hillsdale College. Hillsdale College Professor of History and Kirk Chair Bradley J. Birzer is the author of Kirk biography, ‘Russell Kirk: American Conservative.’ Public Domain | Wikimedia Commons

Kirk should be on our Liberty Walk By | Mary Catherine Meyer Special to the Collegian On a visit to Russell Kirk’s “The Conservative Mind” country home, Piety Hill, that traces the conservative in Mecosta, Michigan last tradition from Edmund summer, I explored the Burke to George Santayana. grounds of his property — He thought conservatives the sprawling lawns under should be leaders, but know sycamore trees he planted their roles as members of a for each of his daughters, tradition and a community the wood-paneled library to which they owe their full of his favorite books, the gratitude and love. Kirk Italianate house decorated and his wife Annette were with swords, sacred images, known for their hospitality, and oriental carpets. entertaining writers, artists, Surrounded by these artifacts, hobos, and refugees. Hillsdale I felt I was getting to know Professor of Economics Ivan him and given insight into his Pongracic grew up at Piety greatest loves — for God and Hill after Kirk took in he and his family, for his country and his father, an academic, who Hillsdale College. had fled from Yugoslavia. Kirk died more than two Kirk fostered relationships decades ago, but he remains with thinkers like Richard a familiar name around Weaver, William F. Buckley Hillsdale. He is a sort of Jr., Flannery O’Connor, and grandfather to the college, T.S. Eliot — the conservative for he knew our conservative pilgrims of business, heroes personally and told politics, and academia. Kirk their stories. Through his shared his experience in writing, he communicated the the conservative movement nature of true conservatism, with Hillsdale, eventually that “the conservative is teaching one course each year concerned, first of all, with as Distinguished Visiting the regeneration of the spirit Professor of Humanities. He and character — with the no doubt took evening strolls perennial problem of the down Half Moon Road or inner order of the soul.” Even perhaps through the grassy after his death, he continues cemetery grounds, where to guide the way that we he would have found great think about the purpose of fodder for his famous ghost conservative character and stories. liberal education. After his death, his Though we laud Kirk’s wife helped establish the work, we have yet to honor Russell Amos Kirk Chair in him in the way we have American Studies at Hillsdale honored others. Let’s make and donated Kirk’s library him the next statue on the to the college, ensuring Liberty Walk. an ongoing relationship Kirk embodied the spirit between the college and of Hillsdale, integrating the the cultural renewal project principles of the Western at Piety Hill. Hillsdale’s tradition into a way of life — current Russell Kirk Chair, the life of the gentleman or, Professor of History Bradley to quote him, “the humane Birzer, recently published man.” Between earning his a biography on the life of master’s degree at Duke and Russell Kirk. his doctor of letters at the Russell Kirk proved a dear University of St. Andrews, friend to the college — a Kirk served in World War model of the imaginative II, lamenting the United conservative — the virtuous, States’ devastating decision intelligent, and free man, to bomb Hiroshima and conscious of tradition and Nagasaki. He loved to take eloquent in modernity. He long, quiet walks through is the last man on earth who the moors of Scotland and would hope for a statue of the sandy roads near Piety himself to be erected on Hill. He helped to found the Hillsdale’s campus, but the conservative journal Modern humblest men are often the Age, to which he contributed most deserving of honor. for much of his life, and later, was named a fellow at the Mary Catherine is a senior Heritage Foundation. Kirk studying English. is well known for his book

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor,

After reading JoAnna Kroeker’s news piece (Feb. 18, “Student Fed allocates $7,000 to fund 165 students for CPAC trip”), I wanted to express some common sentiments of the 12 Student Federation representatives who supported the proposal. As a member of both the Finance Committee and Student Federation, I believe the Conservative Political Action Conference trip is significant for Hillsdale. We bill ourselves as the flagship institution of conservative higher learning. Hillsdale

students have consistently attended CPAC for at least six years, bolstering our credentials as a conservative institution. The annual summit represents the intersection of headliners, thinkers, and speakers in the right wing and college-aged conservatives. Political training is open to all conference members, provided by the Leadership Institute, Americans for Prosperity, and other advocacy groups. A CPAC job fair showcases D.C. and state-level employers. Some liberal employers brave the conservative environment

to enlist the best budding collegiate politicos. The Hillsdale College Republicans, who organize the trip, presented the Finance Committee with a $7,000 funding request and an itemized budget. I will be joining the 12 percent of campus traveling to the conference this year, armed with notebook, resume, press pass, and camera. I am confident in my vote to make this opportunity possible for so many Hillsdale students. Ross Hatley, freshman

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College ACS and Davis Middle School team up for Science Extravaganza Hillsdale professors and students help generate enthusiasm for the natural world By | Breana Noble Assistant Editor Davis Middle School’s fourth annual Science Extravaganza on Feb. 11 came early this year, but the event still brought an explosion of energy from its more than 200 attendees. To make up for a slow February, the middle school’s administrators moved the Science Extravaganza a couple months earlier, avoiding conflict with events that occur during the busier springtime, seventh grade science teacher Buffi Gudakunst said. With the help of Hillsdale College’s American Chemical Society, Michindoh Conference Center, and the Hillsdale High School robotics “Team 5676,” Davis Middle School held a successful event. “We still had a lot of projects for the kids to display, and we had great attendance,” said Gudakunst, who organized the event. The Science Extravaganza allowed students to present the work from their classes to their parents and those in the community. Each student selected at least two pieces from the year to put on display, though some chose to showcase even more. “That gives the kids a sense

of pride. They want to do well on something because they think, ‘Oh, I can use this in Science Extravaganza,’” Gudakunst said. “It encourages them to do well on it.” Eighth grade twins Jennifer and Jessica attended the Science Extravaganza at their school. Jessica said she was proud to show the good grades she has earned throughout the year to her parents.

“I thought it was neat because the college students could go deeper into chemistry,” Jennifer said. The most popular attraction, according to Gudakunst, was the “exploding balloons” demonstration, a staple at the Science Extravaganza that reviews the scientific method and puts a flame to hydrogen-and-oxygen-filled balloons.

that nylon out of the Beaker.” ACS Co-Adviser Associate Professor of Chemistry Matthew Young did the “rainbow connection” demonstration, which the students watched in awe as six Beakers of clear liquid became colored and then turned back as Young changed the different acid-base indicators between the two pH extremes. “It sort of comes off as mag-

Young agreed, adding he was impressed by the students’ astuteness. “The students were really engaged, and I was impressed by how sharp they were,” Young said. “We got students yelling out the correct answer for the majority of the questions. They were really following a majority of the ideas.” Gudakunst said the energy the demonstrations brings to

“It sort of comes off as magic. It’s always fun to do demonstrations before kids, because while college students have their own enthusiasm, it usually doesn’t match the enthusiasm of middle schoolers.” Workers from Michindoh brought amphibians and reptiles for the students to look at, touch, and hold. The high school robotics team demonstrated their technological savvy as they controlled robots to drive about classrooms. ACS held several different demonstrations for the students and their families from explaining how a glow stick works to setting a dollar bill on fire and watching it not burn. Jennifer said the chemistry portion was her favorite station of the evening.

“The kids like the hydrogen balloons because they make a big boom,” Gudakunst said. “You can hear it through the entire building.” New to this year’s event was the “nylon rope trick.” The polymer demo creates nylon as the students pulled the substance by tongs from a Beaker. “You just keep unwinding and unwinding it until you pull out this big string of nylon,” ACS Adviser Associate Professor of Chemistry Christopher Hamilton said. “It can take up to 10 minutes to get all

Davis Middle School sixth grade teacher Kristin Silecchia shows students a snake during the Science Extravaganza held on Feb. 11. Buffi Gudakunst | Courtesy

ic,” Young said. “It’s always fun to do demonstrations before kids because while college students have their own enthusiasm, it usually doesn’t match the enthusiasm of middle schoolers.” That eagerness, especially in response to questions the students posed to the audience, is something ACS President senior Zoe Norr loved about putting on the shows. “They’ll just call out answers, and they’re not afraid of being wrong, which is a wonderful thing,” Norr said.

the students makes them excited about their education. “To me, it says, ‘Look where you can be. This could be you standing there doing these demonstrations in a few years,’” Gudakunst said. “It puts college and science, it makes it look more real or reachable for them.” Norr said that example is what she hopes ACS provides to these young students. “It’s good to have a role model, especially in college students because they look to older people to emulate any-

way, so if we can serve as that good role model, that’s what we want to do,” Norr said. Hamilton said the Science Extravaganza also allows ACS to work as more than a club about ideas but a branch for outreach, as well. “People don’t always think, ‘Oh, they’re the chemistry group. How do they give back?’” Hamilton said. “You’re helping with the education in our local community and also helping kids get excited about science.” Gudakunst noted it is more than a beneficial experience for the middle schoolers, too. “I think it’s a benefit for the students at the college to teach and demonstrate what they are learning and know,” Gudakunst said. “It’s reinforcing their learning, as well.” Ultimately, the Science Extravaganza allows for various parts of the Hillsdale community to gather for the benefit of the education of young people. “The other thing the outreach can do is make positive outreach between the college and local schools,” Young said. “We have a lot of talented students so to get them out in the community gives them the chance for them to enrich the lives of these kids.”

Students are shown how to conduct a science experiment involving exploding balloons at the Science Extravaganaza held on Feb. 11 at Davis Middle School. Buffi Gudakunst | Courtesy

Studio 55 maintains Christian mission

By | Brendan Clarey Collegian Freelancer

Out of all the brick buildings on Broad Street, Studio 55 offers something unique: dance and tumbling classes. The studio aims to offer the high quality dance in a friendly, supportive atmosphere. “We want this to be more like a safe haven for the kids,” office manager Erin Reinker said. “After school they can come and learn a skill that they’re proud of and just have a good, clean environment.” Studio 55 has almost doubled in size within the last six years. The size of the studio has also increased within the last year with the addition of a new studio next door. The four studios operate throughout the week to teach a variety of classes to kids three and up, and many styles of dance are offered from hip-hop to Scottish Highland dance. Laura Madden, the Scottish Highland dance teacher, won the national Canadian highland dance championship four times and the US championship in 2013. One of the tenets of Studio 55 is a grounding in Christian morality. “The morals behind it are Christian based,” said Reinker. “All of our costumes, all of our music, everything is very clean. The atmosphere in the classrooms — we keep that very clean.” The recitals are based on

biblical themes, and this year’s theme is “Be Brave” referencing Joshua 1:9. The mission of Studio 55 has attracted Hillsdale College students with dance experience to work there. “It’s the best place I’ve ever worked,” senior Sophia Coyne-Kosnak said. “It’s really rewarding because everybody is kind of on the same page about why they’re here, and it’s just a really positive environment to work in. I’m going to be very, very sad when I graduate.” When asked about his experiences, sophomore Kirk Williams said, “It doesn’t really feel like work. It’s something I get to do. It’s a lot of fun.” There are five Hillsdale students who work at Studio 55, and the studio is looking for more. “I would just encourage anyone who really loves to dance and has teaching experience to put themselves here,” Coyne-Kosnak said. The next recital is May 21 featuring the theme “Be Brave.” The classes will feature different aspects of bravery and how bravery changes over life. There is a Princess Night on March 11 which costs $25 for ages 3-10, and it is open to the community. Those attending should be dressed as princesses and ready for a night of crafts, games and dance. Dinner will be provided.

Sarah Casebeer poses with her ballet class. Sarah Casebeer | Courtesy

“The morals behind it are Christian based. All of our costumes, all of our music, everything is very clean. The atmosphere in the classrooms — we keep that very clean.” Sarah Casebeer teaches girls ballet at Studio 55 on 116 N. Broad St. The dance studio will be hosting a Princess Night on March 11, which is open to the community. Sarah Casebeer | Courtesy

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Broad Street’s ‘Girls Night Out’ packs Underground By | Philip H. DeVoe

Assistant Editor Last night at Broad Street Underground, nearly 150 women watched and squealed as the men of Girls Night Out, an all-male dance revue based out of Las Vegas, danced to flashing lights and bass-heavy music. “I’m single and I want to see… a lot of hot guys!” said Gena, one of the audience members. Girls Night Out, lead by dancing veteran of 15 years “Cowboy” Brian, consists of men who have performed at various venues on the Las Vegas strip, in groups such

as the Chippendales and Thunder Down Under. Audience members Katie, Josie, Gena, and Tammy all heard about the event through Broad Street’s Facebook page, where it advertises events at the Underground. According to Underground Entertainment Manager Ryan Hudson, tickets were sold out prior to the performance, but patrons were using the event’s Facebook page to purchase tickets from those missing the performance due to the snow. “We’re looking to do many kinds of entertainment, and

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David Fayez Gadelkarim, 54, owner of two businesses in Hillsdale, was arrested at Burger King on Feb. 18 on suspicion of unlawful imprisonment and 4th degree criminal sexual conduct. Facebook | Courtesy

boyfriend. “I didn’t like the way he talked to me,” she continued. “He was very disrespectful. I told him I wasn’t his wife and that he couldn’t talk to me like that.” After the employee quit, Gadelkarim’s wife called her several times on her personal cell phone, threatening to beat her. “He was very demanding to me when I didn’t do things right on my first day,” she said, adding that Gadelkarim called her “stupid.” “He also said that I was very beautiful and asked why I had a boyfriend,” she continued. “He told me that

we had a lot of requests from people to have this kind of show,” Hudson said. “They said they wanted an ‘all-male revue.’” Due to the unexpected success of the event, Broad Street has decided to do another similar show sometime in the future. According to the event’s Facebook page, they are currently in the process of scheduling another performance. “We had NO idea that this was going to be so popular… So if you missed out this time, don’t wait to buy tickets for the next show,” reads a post on the Facebook

page. Cowboy Brian, who leads the show, said he is excited to perform in Hillsdale, a city he has never visited before but has liked except for the snow. Brian, who greeted women before the show while wearing a black bowtie and cowboy hat, began exotic dancing at age 19 and has earned a nursing degree. “My friends told me to try out for some local stripping competitions, since they thought I would be good at it, and I won ‘em all,” Brian said. “After earning my degree I danced in Vegas and now I’m here.”

I should be single because men are bad news.” Another employee lasted three weeks in Gadelkarim’s employment, working at both the Shell Station and the Smoke Shop, before quitting. “He was really creepy to me,” the employee, who also asked not to be identified, told the Collegian. “He said he only wanted to work with women,” the employee said. “He’d never hire guys.” The employee explained that Gadelkarim often offered to buy her food from Olive Garden or pizza, asking her to come with

him to Olive Garden several times. “One time I just said, ‘I’m on a diet,’” she said. “And then he said, ‘that’s how you get a body like that.’” The employee explained that whenever he sat down near her, he would sit so close that their knees practically touched, and then stare at her. According to the Hillsdale Daily News, Gadelkarim posted 10 percent of his $60,000 bond. His arraignment is set for 8:45 a.m. on Feb 29. in Hillsdale County District Court.

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Hillsdale College alumna Judy Brown, ‘61, was shot by a lone gunman in Kalamazoo Feb. 20. Hillsdale College Library and Archives | Courtesy

Phi women’s fraternity. She was initiated the next spring. “In high school, you have a little homework and you do it, but in college you have a lot and you do enough to get by,” Brown commented to the Collegian during her first semester at Hillsdale. In April 1961, Brown travelled with four of her Pi Phi sisters to a small school for local children in the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee, which the national

fraternity helped establish in the 1910s. She also visited Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for a vacation. Brown transferred to Western Michigan University after completing her fall 1962 semester at Hillsdale. According to Hillsdale’s alumni magazines, she married Edwin Reynolds, and the pair had two sons, Jeffrey and Robert. Rev. Ann Ashby, Ashby’s wife and pastor of Unity Church is meeting with Brown’s family to prepare for her memorial service later this week. A long-time member of Unity Christian Church of Battle Creek, Brown served as treasurer on the board of trustees until her death. “Whatever needed to be done, she would ask how she could help,” Jim Ashby said. “She was a minister’s dream congregant. She was always willing to roll up her sleeves and get to work. There was a great willingness in that woman.” Brown went to dinner

Judy Brown, ‘61, was a member of the Pi Beta Phi women’s fraternity 1959-62. Hillsdale College Library and Archives | Courtesy

with three friends at Cracker Barrell in Kalamazoo on Saturday night, Feb. 20. Brown and her companions, Mary Jo Nye, 60, and Barbara Hawthorne, 68, both of Battle Creek, and 14-year-old Abigail Kopf were shot while sitting in Nye’s Chevrolet Cruze in the parking lot of the restaurant. Brown, Nye, and Hawthorne died on the scene. Kopf is still “fighting for her life” at Bronson Children’s Hospital, according to a statement from her parents released to the Battle Creek Enquirer. “We are currently reeling in the aftermath of the tragic

loss of life for six of the residents of our Battle Creek/ Kalamazoo communities; two of them were beloved friends and active members of our Unity family,” the Unity church posted on its Facebook wall. Detectives say Dalton has confessed he “took people’s lives,” according to national media sources. According to the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety, Dalton “was cooperative,” and his demeanor was “eventempered upon arrest.” Dalton will appear in court again on March 10 for a preliminary examination hearing. Meanwhile, the victims’ families mourn their loss. “She always gave a sense of high positive regard — you felt like you mattered when you were with Judy,” Ashby said. “You felt acknowledged, you felt embraced, you felt special.” Brown’s memorial service will be held this Friday in Grand Rapids.

Rock and punk bands coming to Broad Street 8 Foot Grimiss, Fathom City, and more coming to Underground March 4 By |Madeline Fry

Collegian Reporter Broad Street Downtown Market will host Michiganbased rock and punk bands 8 Foot Grimiss, Fathom City, Smart Alecs, and Stereo City on March 4 at 8 p.m. 8 Foot Grimiss, a local blues rock band headlining the event, just began recording its first album since returning from a oneyear hiatus. “Think of an 8 Foot Grimiss as the look that somebody makes when we play music,” lead vocalist Don Daniel said. “What we do is very feel-good rock ‘n’

roll.” Based out of Battle Creek, Michigan, the heavy

and 2014, the band returned and, according to Daniel, “never looked back.”

“Imagine beer-drinking, blue-collar rock ‘n’ roll. The sound is brighter. It’s very danceable.” blues rock band has been performing since 2010. After taking a hiatus between 2013

At the concert, 8 Foot Grimiss will be giving away free MP3 downloads from

its first album to generate interest in an upcoming EP, which the band began recording two weeks ago. Daniel describes 8 Foot Grimiss’ style as having a throwback feel. Imagine “beer-drinking, blue-collar rock ‘n’ roll,” he said. “The sound is brighter. It’s very danceable.” Doors open on Friday at 8 p.m., and admission is available to everyone 18 and older for $5. “We’re just really happy to be coming down to Hillsdale,” Daniel said, “and sharing our sound with new people.”

Brian said he had danced in many Las Vegas stripping revues, such as the Chippendales. Girls Night Out reflects the class of the Chippendales, according to Hudson. “They’re one of the higher-class shows on the Strip,” said Hudson. According to its website, the group stays fully clothed, a disappointment for some of the event’s Facebook followers, who said, on a post informing them that the men do not completely strip, “I can see guys in jeans for nothing.” Hudson said he was most excited to see the bar sales,

which he hoped would increase due not only to the event but also the “Strip Tease Shot,” specially created for patrons of the event. The shot consists of whipped cream vodka, vanilla, and bubblegum vodka. “They were coming out and doing dances with us and taking pictures, it was a lot of fun,” audience member Jennifer said. Her friend Amy said she hopes to attend a Hillsdale event like this again in the future. “We’re going to buy VIP passes next time,” she said.

HHS student honored by Rotary Club By | Sarah Chavey

Collegian Reporter Hillsdale High School Senior Josef Philipp, son of Al and Diane Philipp, received recognition as Rotary Club Student of the Month in December 2015. Philipp was one of six members who attended the first meeting and now serves as treasurer. He balances his remaining free time between several sports and other volunteer activities. “I’d like to be known for making an impact somehow on someone’s life…a positive impact where I helped them with whatever they needed. I’d like it to be the kind of thing they remember and carry over to college, or wherever else they go,” Philipp said. He and other five members founded the club as a way to “give back to the community.” Week after week, the number of members grew from the original six members to more than twenty. Their current projects include a food pantry and supplies pantry (i.e. toothpaste, deodorant, etc.) at Hillsdale High School. Philipp was nominated by his social studies teacher, Dean Potter. He and the other Rotary Students of the Month will be considered for one of two scholarships at the end of the year. One of the core beliefs of Rotary Club is “service above self.” According to past president of Rotary Club Richard Moore, Philipp exemplifies this principle. “We try to live that motto every day, and Joe definitely lives it. As people get older they typically give back more of their time, but when you’re a 17 or 18-year-old, not as many people have that mindset. Joe certainly does. I think service above self is one of those things he will live his life by,” Moore said. Rotary Club is one of many volunteer activities Philipp participates in. Throughout the year, his membership in National Honor Society requires him to get 75 hours of community service. Last year, he helped rebuild a park by the school by cleaning it, painting the picnic tables, getting new basketball rims, and more. “For NHS, we think of big projects that we can work on over the course of several days where we can give back. I organized a food pantry last year that we did over at Hillsdale Market House,” Philipp said. He also participates in the Freshman Mentor Program and Future Core, an organization in which he

Hillsdale High School Senior Josef Philipp was named Rotary Club Student of the Month in December 2015. He will attend Hillsdale College in the fall.

helps other students prepare for college. From helping with FAFSA to simply boosting confidence, Philipp has helped increase the number of students applying to college in the past few years. Philipp also captains the basketball, golf, and soccer teams, and will join the Hillsdale College football team as kicker next fall. His athletic achievements have enabled him to win another award, the Michigan High School Athletic Association Student Scholar Athlete Award. “I was a little surprised when I got it. I knew that a lot of the hard work I’d done throughout my high school career had paid off right there. I was really excited,” Philipp said. Despite his athletic achievements, Moore said Philipp carries himself humbly. “He’s kind of like an allAmerican kid. He’s very unassuming…you wouldn’t think he’s probably one of the best kickers here in Michigan, who’s had some D1 opportunities. He’s very unselfish and focuses on making his teammates better. He’s just a positive student that people definitely look up to,” Moore said. He added with a chuckle, “He isn’t just your average Joe.” Philipp plans to study biochemistry at Hillsdale and attend chiropractic school. Though he’s loved his high school sports and friends, he’s ready for the next phase of his life. “Hillsdale College will be a different part of my life. There are new academics, I’ll be learning from some of the greatest professors around, meeting new teammates and new classmates, and interacting with my coaches and teachers. And it’ll be cool to go back to high school ten years from now and see the relationship I built with the school, the different coaches, and the teachers,” Philipp said.

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Women’s Basketball

Men’s Basketball THURSDAY, FEB. 18 Hillsdale

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88 70 StatS from feb. 18 Stedman Lowry Kyle Cooper Nate Neveau Jason Pretzer Nick Archer

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29 PTS, 8 REB 19 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST 14 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST 10 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST 7 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST

GLIAC Standings North Division Conf. Overall 1. Saginaw Valley 18-3 22-5 2. Ferris St. 13-8 19-8 Lake Superior St. 13-8 18-9 4. Hillsdale 12-9 16-9 5. Grand Valley St. 11-10 17-10 Northwood 11-10 15-12 7. Michigan Tech 9-12 10-15 8. Northern Mich. 5-16 7-18

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StatS from feb. 20 Kyle Cooper Nate Neveau Ryan Badowski Zach Miller Jason Pretzer

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

26 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST 12 PTS, 3 AST, 3 STL 10 PTS, 3 REB 9 PTS, 9 AST, 1 REB 7 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST

Conf. Overall 17-4 23-4 16-5 19-7 11-10 13-12 7-14 11-17 7-14 10-17 7-14 10-17 7-14 7-17 4-17 7-19

THURSDAY, FEB. 18 Hillsdale

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16 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST 14 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST 14 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST 11 PTS 7 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST

GLIAC Standings North Division Conf. Overall 1. Saginaw Valley 16-5 19-7 Michigan Tech 16-5 18-7 3. Grand Valley St. 14-7 19-8 4. Northwood 12-9 16-11 Northern Mich. 12-9 13-14 6. Hillsdale 7-14 10-15 7. Ferris St. 5-16 5-22 8. Lake Superior St. 4-17 5-22

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

21 PTS, 4 REB, 2 BLK 11 PTS, 2 AST, 1 STL 9 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST 8 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST 6 PTS, 2 AST, 1 REB

Conf. Overall 20-1 26-1 15-6 20-7 15-6 18-8 10-11 15-12 6-15 11-16 6-15 9-17 5-16 8-19 5-16 7-19

Men’s Tennis

Track and Field Upcoming Feb. 27 GLIAC Indoor Championships At Tiffin, Ohio 10:00 AM

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Men’s track prepares for upcoming GLIAC Championship meet By | Evan Carter Web Editor In the midst of a relatively low-pressure final meet before this weekend’s GLIAC Championships, transfer-sophomore Daniel Čapek won the weight throw with a distance over a meter farther than he has ever thrown before. Čapek earned the men’s track team Athlete of the Week award for his efforts, but knows he will need to keep improving if he wants to do well at this weekend’s GLIAC Championships. He is currently ranked No. 12 in a loaded weight-throw field. “The GLIAC is the country’s strongest conference in track and field, so to be in the top 10 in the GLIAC means you’re basically in the top 10 in the country,” Čapek said. “I’m looking to make finals because that means making NCAAs.”

Čapek’s throw was also a provisional mark, qualifying him for the NCAA Division II National Indoor Championships in March, but he said he will need to improve his national ranking at the GLIAC meet in order to make it into the national meet. Because last Saturday’s meet was only a week before the GLIAC Championships, not all of the athletes competed in their regular events, and some didn’t compete at all. Those competing at the GLIAC Championships tried to improve their seed time, while athletes not racing at the GLIAC Championships tried to run a fast time in what would be their final indoor meet. Junior Luke Daigneault led the group of five distance runners competing in the meet’s 3K. Daigneault ran a personal best 8:55.82 — 10 seconds faster than his 3K two weeks

earlier. He would have liked to race at the GLIAC Championships, but said he still believed there were positives he could take away from the race. “My race this past weekend was really the culmination of the past three weeks of good training,” Daigneault said. “Everybody in the development group is doing work now that is going to affect them long after the indoor season.” Head track coach Andrew Towne also highlighted a solid race by the 4x400 relay team, junior Ty Etchemendy’s season best in the triple jump, and sophomore Evan Tandy’s lifetime best in the 60-meter hurdles as highlights from the meet. “That’s one thing that I think has been really good about the men this year is that we don’t have many guys who are sitting back. Everybody

GolF takeS Sixth at FirSt SprinG tournament

By | Christy Allen Collegian Freelancer The boys are back in town after five days of golf in South Carolina. Five members of the Hillsdale College golf team traveled south on Tuesday to compete in the Newberry College Invitational. The tournament was held on the famed Ocean Course on Kiawah Island in South Carolina. Amid perfect weather, the Chargers tied for sixth out of thirteen teams in their first event of the spring season. Freshman Liam Purslowe led the team with scores of 71 and 74, tied for second in the tournament. Sophomore Joe Torres shaved nine shots off his first-day score for a second round 72 and tied for 30th. Freshman Joel Pietila shot a second-round 73 to finish tied for 40th. Sophomore Logan Kauffman and Freshman Peter Beneteau shot tournament scores of 161 and 162, respectively. The Chargers’ performance is especially impressive in light of the context of competition. As an out-of-conference tournament, Hillsdale played against teams that were able to practice outdoors throughout the winter months — a luxury

Hillsdale players did not enjoy. Further, The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island is known as one of the most difficult golf courses in the country; it was home to the Ryder Cup in 1991 and the PGA Championship in 2012. Pietila emphasized that for the first tournament of the season, with players shaking off the winter rust, there was “probably not a more difficult course we could have played.” “There was not a single shot you could relax on,” Pietila said. “With one bad swing you found yourself a position that is difficult to get out of.” Pietila believes that playing the challenging course helped players focus on which areas they need to improve. “On a less difficult course that’s more difficult to learn,” he said. Torres said the transition into spring is difficult, as players’ short games suffer during the offseason. The golf simulator is “definitely helpful for technique and form,” he said, but it does not help prepare for course management the way that playing outside does. Nevertheless, Torres says highlights of the tournament include two birdies he made

on the par-4 third hole. By comparison, on the same hole during the PGA Championship in 2012, Rory McIlroy, the world’s No. 3 ranked player, drove his ball into a tree. Purslowe believes the physical conditioning with strength and conditioning coach Pat Gifford helped prevent fatigue during the 54-hole tournament. Head coach Nathan Gilchrist, however, attributes Liam’s strong showing to his patience. “Liam doesn’t waver from his game plan. He just sticks to what he knows how to do. He trusts himself and has a positive outlook. That is what is most important if you’re going to be successful in golf,” Gilchrist said. The entire Charger golf team will head to Houston, Texas, March 3-5 for intense practice and play before heading into the heart of the season, finally scratching the itch to play outside again. The Chargers will then play in Georgetown, Kentucky March 18-19. “I’m looking forward to a great spring season after a long winter,” Gilchrist said. “The guys are looking forward to reaping the fruits of their la-

is trying to move forward,” Towne said. This Saturday and Sunday, the top athletes on the men’s indoor track team will compete at the GLIAC Indoor Conference Championships in Tiffin, Ohio. The Chargers have an athlete ranked high enough to score in every event except for the long jump and the throwing events. Sophomore pole vaulter Jared Schipper and the DMR relay go into the meet ranked No. 1; the 4x400 relay is ranked less than 0.1 of a second behind the University of Findlay’s No. 1 ranked team. Sophomore Lane White is ranked No. 3 in both the 200 and 400-meter dashes, while in the mile junior Caleb Gatchell and sophomore Tony Wondaal are ranked Nos. 3 and 4 respectively. The men placed fifth at last year’s GLIAC Championships, and Towne said that the team

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due to darkness, giving the Lions a premature 13-10 victory. For Hillsdale, the game was marked by both extremely high and low points. The highest of which came in the top of the second when freshman catcher Steven Ring sent his first ever collegiate pitch over the fence for a grand slam, giving the Chargers a 4-1 lead. “Honestly, I can’t even remember what it felt like. It was just incredible. I didn’t even realize what I did until I got back on campus and everyone started asking me about it,” Ring said. “I don’t think I have ever ran around the bases that fast or with such a big smile.” After allowing one run in the bottom half of the second, the Chargers scored four in the fourth, but the Lions exploded with seven runs in the bottom half of the inning, knocking out sophomore starter Will Kruse, who threw 3 1/3 innings, allowing nine runs — three earned — on eight hits. The Chargers scored three more times over the next two innings, but didn’t have enough daylight to complete the comeback. “We certainly would’ve liked to have had the rest of our at-bats, and I think we could’ve come back,” said Theisen. “But we put ourselves in that situation to begin with.”

has more quality people in a larger number events then they have in the past. “Everybody is going to have things that go their way that they didn’t expect, and every-

body’s going to have things not go their way that they didn’t expect,” he said. “But how quickly do you bounce back, how quickly does the next person go, ‘Okay, I’ll fix that’?”

Sophomore Evan Tandy ran the 60-meter hurdles in a lifetime best 8.49 seconds on Saturday. Anders Kiledal | Collegian

The rubber match of the series proved to be the most electric game of the weekend, with Theisen calling it the most exciting game he had ever been a part of. Paine jumped on Hillsdale pitching early and exploited some Charger mistakes to get out to a 7-0 lead through three innings. In the top of the fourth, however, Hillsdale started along the comeback trail, scoring four runs thanks to an RBI from Wiskur, two from senior outfielder Tad Sobieszczanski, and one from senior catcher Joe Gentile. The Lions scored their last run in the bottom of the fifth, before the Charger bullpen shut them down for good, with senior captain Mitchell Gatt recording a hold — throwing his second perfecting inning of the weekend — Wiskur grabbing the win, and senior Chris McDonald securing his second save of the weekend. “Mitchell Gatt had an incredible weekend. Guys that bridge the gap between the starters and closers are so underrated, and he did exactly what he is supposed to do,” Theisen said. After an unearned run and an RBI from freshman infielder Colin Boerst gave the Chargers two more runs in the seventh, Sobieszczanski tied the game in the eighth with a

sacrifice fly. With one out in the bottom of the eighth, senior rightfielder Connor Bartlett made the defensive play of the weekend, firing a bullet to Ring from deep right field to gun down the tagging go-ahead run at the plate, ending the inning. “It was the best throw I have ever seen in person,” Theisen said. “When he hit the ball I thought, ‘There goes the goahead run’. I wasn’t sure Conner would even throw it. He did, and then Ring made a great play at the plate.” Ortel made the most of the tie ballgame, homering in the top of the ninth to give the Chargers a lead they would never give back, and securing the series victory. “Before the home run I made a bad play in the field in the half inning before, and it almost cost us the game,” Ortell said. “But the home run completed the storybook ending to that game.” Hillsdale will head to Louisville, Kentucky next weekend to play two games against both Alderson-Broaddus and Bellarmine. “It is important to get off to a fast start and be comfortable in game situations right off the bat,” said Bartlett, who went 6-for-11 on the weekend. “It’s also just as important to keep that high level of play going throughout our long season.”

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Former professional announcer calls Hillsdale basketball webcasts By | Sarah Chavey Collegian Reporter “We won. 88-70.” Apart from a brief introduction, it was the first thing Pat Krueger said on the phone Thursday night after the Hillsdale College men’s basketball team defeated Ferris State. Though his first and official title is Senior Institutional Advancement Associate, Krueger is the playby-play announcer for online broadcasts of Hillsdale College basketball games. Although now he does it voluntarily, Krueger used to do sports broadcasting for a living. “I played baseball in college, and if you’re a baseball player your dream is to make it to the World Series. I did get there— to cover the 1985 World Series. I’ve been there for champagne celebrations in the locker rooms, for NFL, NBA, college basketball, professional basketball, professional golf, and NASCAR. I’ve covered a lot of things in my lifetime,” Krueger said. From John Wooden and Mike “Coach K” Krzyzewski to Al McGuire, Kruger has interacted with some of the winningest coaches of all time as well as some of the “characters” of the sport. He was once told a story in which a hungry McGuire wandered into a river barge claiming he needed to inspect the kitchen. He de-

manded breakfast before the inspection, but left after the meal without inspecting the boat, enjoying a free breakfast. During Krueger’s time working as an announcer for the Cleveland Cavaliers, he spotted Austin Carr practicing free throws alone in a gym one day. Averaging 38 points per game at the time, Carr was second in the nation in scoring only to “Pistol” Pete Maravich. Krueger decided to rebound for Carr, who began to converse with him. “He made 105 in a row, and then he missed. Then he made another 100 in a row, then missed again. Then 108 or 109 in a row and then missed again. He talked to me the whole time he was doing this, and he made some 313 and only missed 3 the entire time,” Krueger said. Carr made it look easier, but Krueger said viewers forget how much time these athletes put into their sport. Krueger said he’d been told you have to do something for 10,000 hours in order to truly excel in it. Considering a 40hour work week totals only 2,000 hours a year, developing expertise takes a long time. “I’ve always admired athletes because they have to learn how to organize their time. You get knocked down, and it teaches you how to get back up, and Hillsdale believes in

that. Athletics are an extension of the classroom. I love being a part of athletics and appreciate the hard work,” Krueger said. He began working at Hillsdale in July 2010, the summer after his daughter graduated from Hillsdale. One day, he was asked to test the microphone in preparation for an event Dr. Larry Arnn would be speaking at. He got up there and began talking and afterward was told by Hillsdale College Director of Technical and Media Services Ted Matko that he’d done pretty well. Krueger offered to help with play-by-play announcing if ever needed, and Matko took him up on the offer. Krueger still lives in South Bend, Indiana, near his alma mater Notre Dame. He is able to do most of his Institutional Advancement and play-byplay preparation work from home, but commutes to Hillsdale when meetings, basketball games, and other obligations summon him. His son Thomas Krueger is in his senior year at Hillsdale. “I remember one instance a few years back where we weren’t broadcasting the game, but he still made the trip from his home in Indiana to come up. I saw him at the table, with a recording device, ‘calling’ the game just the same,” Senior Administrative Affairs Operations Manager Tim Wells said.

Pat Krueger calls the Hillsdale College men’s basketball team’s game against Grand Valley on Saturday. Krueger used to be an announcer for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Nathanael Meadowcroft | Collegian

“Play-by-play is so difficult because you have to be engaging the audience at all times. You have to be constantly talking, whether it’s about the game or during a lull. You have to know your facts — the history of each team, their current record, background on players lives — and you have to bring that research to life during the formal play,” Student Activities Director Anthony Manno said. Manno has worked with Krueger doing color commentary and also played on the

court while Krueger commentated. “He’s a natural. He could go on for days. About the game, the weather,” Manno said. “It didn’t matter if it was close or a blow-out, you were always engaged.” During his time as a player, Manno said parents would come up to tell him how impressive his team was, and he would simply respond, “I’m not very good, but Pat is.” Krueger has received a plethora of advice from more

experienced broadcasters which he puts into practice, raising his caliber as an announcer. Manno said he has perfected the balance between showing team spirit and announcing without bias. “He’s very gracious. You can tell that although he’s been doing broadcasting for a long time, he remains very honored to do it. He looks at it as a privilege. And people have no idea how hard it is to do,” Manno said.

SOFTBALL STARTS SEASON STRONG MEN’S TENNIS BEATS LAWRENCE

By | Madeleine Jepsen Assistant Editor One weekend into their season, and the Hillsdale College softball team has already broken a school record. On Sunday, the Chargers tallied 23 runs over Mercy College, the most runs scored in a game in program history. The Chargers went 3-1 in Florence, South Carolina, last weekend — finishing on top in their first tournament of the season. The team won its opener against Fairmont State 11-5, then lost to Francis Marion University 5-1 on Saturday. On Sunday, the Chargers defeated Mercy College 23-3 in five innings, and defeated Fairmont again 9-4. In the opening game against Fairmont State, a strong performance by the entire lineup led to victory. Contributing players included junior first baseman Cassie Asselta’s grand slam and multi-hit games for sophomore catcher Kelsey Gockman, freshman second baseman Amanda Marra, and freshman outfielder Carly Gouge. “Anytime Kelsey was up to bat, we were just waiting to see how far it would go,” Asselta said. Senior Danielle Garceau said that the Chargers played off one another’s successes, with the close-knit team chemistry helping lead to victory. “Our strongest point is building off of one another,” Garceau said. “We picked each other up, we encourage each other when someone made a

great play, and we just blended together as a team really quickly.” Freshman outfielder Katie Kish said that both pitchers endured throughout the weekend, pushing through challenges to throw well in all four games. Senior pitcher Sarah Klopfer had a strong weekend on the mound, with no walks and three strikeouts in seven consecutive innings of the first game. Head coach Joe Abraham said that the loss against Francis Marion resulted from both the opponent’s good pitching and the team’s lack of timely hitting. Over the course of the game, the Chargers left ten runners on base. “We were fighting a good pitcher,” he said. “We also failed to capitalize on scoring opportunities.” Francis Marion lost their game against Mercy College 1-0, while Hillsdale defeated Mercy 23-3. The Chargers scored 23 runs in the five innings played against Mercy College, ending the tournament on a strong note. Overall, Abraham said he was pleased with the team’s performance, considering that the batters had not faced live pitching in a game situations since October. Abraham also noted that the other teams in the tournament had been practicing outdoors, something the Chargers have been unable to do so far this season. “It was so nice to play on a field,” Garceau said. “I can honestly say we all missed the

dirt and grass.” Abraham said both he and volunteer assistant coach Jim Zoltowski were very pleased with the tournament results. “As Coach Z said after the last game, we couldn’t be any more proud of our team,” Abraham said. “We’ve been practicing on a gym floor for a month, and we went out and endured 18 hours of travel, got up, played two games, and did it again on Saturday.” Next week, the team will face strong competition in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Henderson said that in addition to the challenge of facing tough teams, the Chargers will have to readjust to indoor practice. “Once you’ve played outside in the South, it’s difficult to practice again on a small gym floor,” he said. Garceau said that she hopes the team will carry the momentum into the next tournament. “Opening weekend is usually either come out with a bang or it can be a slow start, and we started like we were already in the middle of the season,” she said. “All the freshmen really stepped up to the expectations, the upperclassmen kept the expectation high and pushed everyone. It was a full team effort, every game.”

By | Jessie Fox Assistant Editor Thanks to solid singles play throughout the lineup, the Hillsdale College men’s tennis team topped previously unbeaten Lawrence Tech 5-4 on Saturday, elevating their record to 2-1. Head coach Keith Turner said he wasn’t surprised when the team emerged from doubles play with two losses and just one win, but he wasn’t discouraged either. “Lawrence had a strong doubles team. We were playing on these faster courts that we weren’t used to, and they had a bunch of big hitters,” Turner said. “I wasn’t surprised when we lost two of three doubles matches, but I knew that we could be a better singles team than them. Everyone one through six played well, especially at the top of the lineup.” Freshman Justin Hyman, sophomore Dugan Delp, and freshman Gianperio Placidi swept their opponents in straight sets at No. 1, 2, and 3 singles, respectively. Turner said the top three men played “unbelievably well,” but also noted a strong performance at No. 5 singles by freshman Zach Rabitoy. “He knew the pressure situation that he was under and that he needed to win that match,” Turner said. “He came out and played great and that was very encouraging.” Rabitoy said the match was challenging, but the victory left him hopeful for the future. “With my opponent being someone who my coach had

attempted to recruit in the past, there was pressure on me to play better,” Rabitoy said. “But I was able to stick through it mentally. After not only my win but the team win as well, I felt like we had just run up against a tough team and shown that we can compete at a high level even though we are not as experienced as other teams.” Delp said Rabitoy has stood out as an asset to the team. “Zach Rabitoy, our No. 5 guy, has done really well so far this season,” Delp said. “He’s already improved so much from last semester, and his victory Saturday was huge. The kid he played was really tough, but he was able to grind it out.” Delp and Hyman teamed up for an 8-4 win at No. 1 doubles. The duo has tallied just one loss so far, which Turner said has since proven beneficial to their play. “We played a really tough team in our first match of the season, Lewis, and they were No. 6 in the nation,” Turner said. “So they were able to see right away what the top doubles teams in college are like. That was a good learning experience for them and showed how they needed to play. The last few matches they’ve played fantastic — especially this past weekend against Lawrence Tech.” Delp explained why he and Hyman are working well together. “Justin is great to play doubles with because he plays so ‘big,’” Delp said. “It’s really easy to set him up when he’s at the net because he is very ag-

gressive. Likewise, his groundstrokes are so solid that I am able to be more confident and aggressive when I am at the net.” Additionally, Turner said Delp’s strong backhand compliments Hyman’s strong forehand. Tomorrow, the men will host Spring Arbor University at 4:30 p.m. in the Margot V. Biermann Athletic Center. Turner said he expects the match will be winnable for his team, even though Spring Arbor has traditionally been a strong team. The Chargers will continue to match up against non-conference teams until GLIAC matches begin in late March. Hyman said playing these teams has proven to be good preparation. “Playing these out-of-conference teams is preparing us for the GLIAC season because it’s showing us where we are compared these other teams and how we compete against them,” Hyman said. Turner said the schedule has unfolded according to plan. “We played a really strong team right off the bat, I wanted us to see what it was like to play the tough teams. Then ease back a little bit and have an easy win against Daemen. Then an even-leveled team in Lawrence Tech and we were able to pull that one out,” Turner said. “The fact that we’ve won two of our first three matches after not having a team for fourteen years, I think everyone has been excited about that.”

Women’s basketball snaps losing streak with win over Ferris State By | Hannah Niemeier Collegian Reporter The Hillsdale College women’s basketball team tasted a long-awaited victory this week after a string of close losses over the latter half of the season. After a win over Ferris State Thursday and a close loss to Grand Valley State Saturday, the Chargers hope for a strong finish against Saginaw Valley tonight in their final game of the season. “The last two games against Ferris State and Grand Valley were very similar to our last few games in that we played some very good basketball for much of the game,” head coach Todd Mitmesser said. “There were stretches in the second half when we didn’t play as well in terms of what we were trying to do offensively and defensively, but we had many areas where we showed improvement.” Fired up after a last-second loss to Northern Michigan last week, the Chargers played an explosive first half in their 7463 victory over Ferris State. The Chargers led 46-21 going into halftime, capitalizing on strong performances from freshman Allie Dewire and sophomore Allie Dittmer to

earn their first win since their first matchup with Ferris State at the end of January. “We knew we could win this one if we pulled together, and we played solid ball,” freshman Brittany Gray said. “We shut down the post on defense and got the ball to our posts on offense.” Dewire’s four assists, nine rebounds, and 14 points contributed to a total of 27 fastbreak points as the Charger offense moved at its usual furious rate. The Chargers also scored 40 points in the paint, feeding off 16 points from Dittmer. “Allie Dittmer is a natural down in the post, and that’s where she’s comfortable,” Mitmesser said. “But a lot of guards aren’t good defending the post, so we post up our guards. But Allie Dewire is also a good post player, even though she’s one of the shortest players on the team. Morgan Blair is another one, and Makenna Ott is the third. We’ve had a lot of success in the post in the last couple weeks.” Senior Sarah Theut, who contributed seven points and seven rebounds, said consistent scoring from the team’s younger players helps the

whole team. “Allie Dittmer and Makenna Ott have stepped up and they’re hitting a lot of shots,” Theut said. “That’s huge because we haven’t had a lot of people putting up big numbers, and now that we are, it’s helping us as a team. Because then if the defense focuses on them, we have other people who can score. It’s tough to guard us in that aspect, because it’s not just one player who can score.” The Chargers celebrated their six seniors before their final home game Saturday against the Grand Valley State Lakers. Though the Lakers pulled ahead in the second half of the fourth quarter to defeat the Chargers 71-65, the Chargers played an even game, showing improvement on defense, Mitmesser said. “We’re doing a really good job at reading defenses and making appropriate passes and drives based on what the defense is and who the defender is,” he said. The Chargers fought back after falling behind 7-0 in a defensive battle in the first quarter, trailing by only one point at the half. Ott led the offensive charge again with 21 points,

including 5-for-6 shooting from the 3-point line. Though the Chargers couldn’t pull off a comeback after Ott put the Chargers up by one point late in the fourth quarter, Theut said her team has grown since the last time they played Grand Valley. “We pushed through and gave Grand Valley a game,” Theut said. “I don’t think they thought they were going to have a game with us.”

Gray said her teammates are already looking ahead to next season’s matchup against Grand Valley. “With the experience we have, next year we’ll give them a better game,” Gray said. The Chargers travel to University Center for a rematch against Saginaw Valley in their final game of the season 6 p.m. Thursday. In their final game, Theut said the Chargers hope to

complete what they started earlier this season. “The Saginaw Valley game was the first time when we started to work together,” Theut said. “We were up in the first half, and then we couldn’t shut down one of the posts. But that was when everything really started coming together. So we want to get a win. We want to end on a good note.”

The Hillsdale College women’s basketball team huddles up after a timeout during its game against Grand Valley on Saturday afternoon. Anders Kiledal | Collegian

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MEN’S BASKETBALL CLINCHES GLIAC TOURNAMENT BERTH By|Nathanael Meadowcroft and Zach Miller and our other guys got it to me early so Sports Editor I was able to hit some shots After seeing its tournament in the first half and give us a hopes crushed on the final nice lead. Our offense was just day of the season last year, the clicking,” Lowry said. “EveryHillsdale College men’s bas- one contributed and did a litketball team secured its spot tle of everything so they just in the postseason on Saturday couldn’t guard us.” Tharp said having a player with a game to spare. The Chargers routed the set the tone the way Lowry did Ferris State Bulldogs on the on the road was “huge.” “Our confidence built as road 88-70 on Feb. 18 before defeating the Grand Valley every second went by, and he Lakers 77-70 on Senior Day put on a show that first half,” on Saturday afternoon to Tharp said. “Give a lot of credclinch a GLIAC Tournament it to Stedman for making the spot in front of Hillsdale’s larg- shots, and give a lot of credit to est home crowd in four years. our guys for finding him.” Tharp said his team’s ability Hillsdale has now qualified for the tournament in eight of to keep Ferris State off the ofJohn Tharp’s nine seasons as fensive glass was a major key. The Bulldogs lead the GLIAC head coach. Just two weeks ago, the with an average of 41.3 reChargers were in the midst of bounds per game, including a stretch of six losses in seven 13.3 offensive rebounds per games, struggling to get go- game, but the Chargers won ing on the road and failing to the rebounding battle 39-31 close out tight games. Those overall and 9-8 on the ofproblems were nowhere to be fensive glass, holding Ferris found over the weekend, as the State to just 10 second chance Chargers have won four games points. “We went on the road in a row to improve to 16-9 overall and 12-9 in the GLIAC. against a great team, a team At Ferris State, the Chargers that was dominating their opjumped out to a 47-30 half- ponents on the offensive glass, time lead, their biggest in con- and we kept them off the glass,” ference play this season. The Tharp said. “It was a great win Chargers held the Bulldogs to for us.” Lowry finished with a 33 percent field goal shooting in the first half, while shooting game-high 29 points, and se53 percent themselves, due in nior forward Kyle Cooper relarge part to sophomore guard corded another double-double Stedman Lowry’s scorching with 19 points and 10 rebounds. first-half performance. The Chargers’ victory over Lowry scored 24 points before the break on 8-of-12 Ferris State set up a Senior Day shooting from the field and showdown with the Lakers, 7-of-10 shooting from 3-point who were tied with Hillsdale in the standings at the time. territory. “I made a couple shots early With a tournament spot on the

line, 1,077 fans witnessed what Cooper called — in his final regular-season home game — “one of the best days” he’s had in his four years at Hillsdale. “The gym was so loud, the student section was awesome, the whole fan base was incredible,” said Cooper, who was named GLIAC North Division of Player of the Week on Monday for a school-record fifth time this season. “Against a hated opponent in Grand Valley, for us to battle like we did down the stretch — and guys hitting big shots, making big plays, steals, rebounds, whatever it be — it was an emotional day for us and it was just an awesome day all around.” After a slow first few minutes, the Chargers opened up a 28-13 lead with 8:47 left in the first half. Grand Valley drew within four points at halftime, 32-28. The Chargers and the Lakers exchanged short runs in the second half, until the Lakers used a 12-2 run to take a 65-59 lead with 3:57 remaining in the game. “It felt like we were just hanging on until finally they took the lead,” said Cooper, who finished with 26 points and 11 rebounds. “And then there was a moment we called timeout, and after coaches broke the huddle, the players huddled on the court and we said, ‘There can’t be any doubt in our minds that we’re going to win this game. You’ve just got to believe that we’re going to make the plays necessary.’” The Chargers responded to Grand Valley’s 12-2 run with a decisive 17-0 run over the final three minutes to take a 7665 lead with 21 seconds left.

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Theisen said that although way to the win. By | Stevan Bennett Jr. not every player necessarily Hillsdale’s bullpen was able Assistant Editor had the best game of their ca- to fend off the Lions’ furious At 6 a.m. on Monday morn- reer, many players contribut- comeback attempt, allowing ing, the Hillsdale College base- ed something at just the right just three earned runs in three ball team finally returned to time, allowing for the high of- innings of work, sealing the 7-5 victory in the three-hour campus, giving the players just fensive output. The Lions, however, refused affair. enough time to grab a nap, Game two of Saturday’s take a shower, and then head to go down quietly, scoring in the fourth off of senior Hills- doubleheader proved to be an to their first class of the day. The overnight trip was dale starter Jacob Gardner, absolute barnburner, before the tail end of a three-game who pitched four innings being called two innings early opening weekend against the and gave up two runs — both Paine College Lions in Au- earned — on five hits on his See Baseball, A8 gusta, Georgia. The Chargers went 2-1 on the trip, winning the bookend games 7-5 and 9-8 while dropping the middle game 13-10. Head coach Eric Theisen, who stayed in his office upon return to prepare for the week ahead, explained the atmosphere surrounding the series. “All three games this weekend came with a lot of emotion and a lot of passion,” he said. “That’s a team that plays the game of baseball with a lot of passion, and it allows us to do so as well. It was the kind of baseball you are lucky to be a part of. There isn’t a drug on earth that can make you feel like that.” In a series full of fireworks and momentum swings, the “emotion and passion” from both sides was certainly warranted. The first fireworks came in the top of the first inning of the first game when, after a triple by senior outfielder Luker Ortell and a walk by senior shortstop Michael O’Sullivan, junior first baseman Ethan Wiskur homered to give the Chargers an early 3-0 lead. By the end of the third inning the Chargers led 7-1 thanks to two RBIs from O’Sullivan and one from junior designated hitter Eric Shankin, along with a pletho- Senior captain Mitchell Gatt threw two perfect innings during ra of hits from the rest of the Hillsdale’s four-game series at Paine College. team. David Bartlett | Courtesy

Cooper made two 3-pointers during the run, redshirt freshman point guard Nate Neveau made six free throws including the go-ahead basket, and senior point guard Zach Miller iced the game with a 3-pointer with 39 seconds left. “The real key was we finally got stops that we needed and rebounded the ball when we had to, so it started on that end,” Tharp said. “Our ball screen defense hurt us at times and we made a subtle adjustment with that and we kept them out of the paint down the stretch.” In addition to his team’s improved defense and Cooper’s and Miller’s “big” 3-pointers, Tharp said the crowd played an important role in Hillsdale’s comeback. “It was as loud as I’ve ever heard this place. I thought a big part of the 17-0 run was the momentum that the crowd gave us,” Tharp said. “We became the aggressors and Grand Valley got a little tentative that last 3:54 and again the crowd brought us so much energy and took us home down the stretch.” The Chargers will wrap up their regular season tonight at 8 p.m. on the road against the league-leading 16th-ranked Saginaw Valley Cardinals (225, 18-3 in the GLIAC). While the Chargers have already clinched a tournament spot, they are approaching this game like a playoff game with a potential home tournament game on the line. If the Chargers knock off the Cardinals tonight and Ferris State and Lake Superior State both lose, then the Chargers

Senior forward Kyle Cooper rises up for a shot against Grand Valley on Saturday. Cooper was named GLIAC North Division Player of the Week on Monday for the second week in a row and for a Hillsdalerecord fifth time this season. Anders Kiledal | Collegian

would move into the fourth seed and host Ferris State on Tuesday night at Dawn Tibbetts Potter Arena. Otherwise, the Chargers would open the tournament on the road. “There’s actually still a lot to be played for. Granted, we need things to fall into place,”

Cooper said. “We’ve taken the approach the last couple weeks that it’s win or go home for us in a lot of aspects, so we’re going to prepare like we always do, and we’re going to come out ready to play an intense basketball game.”

Women’s track stays No. 1 By | Jessica Hurley Collegian Reporter Despite a quiet weekend hosting the Hillsdale Tune-Up meet in the Margot V. Biermann Center, the women of the Hillsdale College track and field team defended their No. 1 ranking in NCAA Division II on Saturday. The meet was merely the calm before the storm: this weekend the Chargers will compete in the GLIAC Championships. In the 800 meter, sophomore Hannah Watts took second place. She ran a time of 2:14.95 hitting her second provisional mark of the season in this event with her fastest performance. Senior captain Corinne Zehner won the 60-meter hurdles with another provisional performance of 8.77 seconds. The 4x400 meter relay team — comprised of Zehner, juniors Allison Duber and Sarah Benson, and sophomore Fiona Shea — came in second to Shorter University this week. They ran a converted time of 3:48.18. The relay team hoped the competition would push them a little harder this weekend. “We assumed they would be a fast team but we made the mistake of pacing instead of just trying to beat them. If we had been aware of the times we were running I think the results would have been different,” Duber said. “We haven’t been living up to our potential. But we will get it done at GLIACs because we’re good under pressure.” Junior Alex Whitford won the pole vault with a vault of 11 feet, 6.5 inches. Whitford has already hit a provisional mark for her event but hopes to improve on it in the future. After having knee surgery over winter break, Whitford knows she can do better. “I came in really confident because I had a good fall with training and with the surgery in January I faced a setback. With pole vault the last things

in are the first things out. It’s been a tough process. That height wasn’t what I want but I feel like it’s reaching a point where it’s going to come together in the next few weeks. I’m trusting coach,” Whitford said. In the triple jump, sophomore Chloe Ohlgren snatched third with another provisional mark of 11.58 meters. Junior Dana Newell keeps inching toward the record in the weight throw. This weekend, she threw 18.25 meters which earned her first place. Sophomore Rachael Tolsma was again not far behind, placing second with a throw of 17.59 meters. Again, both throws were worthy of provi-

sional marks. Head coach Andrew Towne estimates that at least eight but possibly as many as 15 of his female athletes will go to the national championship meet. Still, excellent performances at GLIACs are vital. “I thought for the most part we did well. There were a few things that would have been nice to get done that we didn’t get done prior to GLIAC Championships. But in most of those situations there is no reason they can’t do it at GLIACs,” Towne said. “I think we’re in a really good spot.” The Chargers will travel to Tiffin University this Saturday and Sunday to compete in the GLIAC championship meet.

Senior captain Corinne Zehner won the 60-meter hurdles over the weekend with a time of 8.77 seconds. Anders Kiledal | Collegian

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‘War be damned:’ Tower Players produce ‘Mother Courage and her Children’ Fleeting moments of human tenderness punctuate jarring wartime scenes By | Ramona Tausz Arts Editor A woman drenched in blood staggers into view, screaming about her blown-off arm. A soldier assaults a young girl, permanently scarring her face with a dark red gash. Bodies lie strewn across the stage as a fife and drum chorus plays cheerily in the background. Jarring war scenes and bloody deaths confront the audience of the Tower Players’ production of Bertolt Brecht’s “Mother Courage and her Children,” which opened last night in Markel Auditorium. The production, directed by Professor of Theatre James Brandon, successfully combines classic Brechtian alienation techniques with unique aesthetic elements that help the audience relate the play to their own lives. The story, set during the 30 Years’ War, follows the wartime wanderings of peasant Anna Fierling, or “Mother Courage,” as she, her three children, and an assortment of companions drag a cart across Poland, Germany, and Bavaria, peddling stolen goods and food to the soldiers, singing for their supper, and switching their allegiances between Catholics and Lutherans to suit whatever company they find themselves in.

“The most challenging aspect of her character is that she is all of us,” said senior Catherine Coffey, who stars as Mother Courage. “She’s lovable at times but then you see her doing these horrendous things, and it’s so hard to admit that I couldn’t do anything different in her position. It’s difficult to treat her as a human being and not as a caricature.” In the spirit of Brechtian epische theater, the set design is minimal, featuring little more than a projection screen, some sparse furniture, and scaffolding. The sound operators sit in plain view on stage, a choice that helps keep the audience from ever forgetting the artificiality of the play. “The sort of open set, the revealing of the operators and stuff, that’s very Brechtian,” Brandon said. “Calling attention to the fact that you’re sitting in the theater.” The barren design also forces the audience to notice the one thing onstage that doesn’t change: Mother Courage’s cart. For the audience, the cart eventually becomes a permanent fixture of the play. As the characters develop an almost emotional attachment to it, so does the audience. As a result, when the cart is almost destroyed during the play, or rolled offstage in the final scene, the audience experiences a jolt of loss.

O t h e r features similarly jolt the audience, forcing its members to realize the relevance of the play to their own lives. The stage floor is a montage of presidential campaign posters and declarations of war from America’s history, and in-between each scene, a screen plays a clip from the recent presidential race: Chris Christie calling for a no-fly zone in Syria or Donald Trump complaining about ISIS. “We’re tying it into the 2016 election,” Brandon said. “Brecht wanted you to take the play and think about the world you’re living in right now. So for him, the play was World War II.” Brecht used the images of the 30 Years’ War, a holocaust for Germany in its day, to comment in 1945 on the Holocaust of World War II. Likewise, the audience today is encouraged to consider the holocausts that might come in our own time — as ISIS wages war in Syria and Iraq and our politicians remain at war with one another over what to do about it. Yet, amid the dire warnings of war and the often inhuman actions of the characters, the cast of “Mother Courage” succeeds in peppering the

perf o r mance with tender moments o f humanity that achieve fleeting audience sympathy. Sophomore Mark Naida as Eilif touchingly embraces his mother after a two-year separation; senior Faith Liu as Mother Courage’s mute daughter Kattrin shyly admires her feet in a pair of red boots; and Coffey as Mother Courage herself vehemently refuses to abandon her daughter for the sake of a business venture — all moments of true connection and compassion in the midst of the war that inspire real emotional reactions from the audience, fleeting though those moments may be. “This particular play is about the aspects of Mother Courage that we all share,” Coffey said. “And so I decided to focus on those and watch people — focus on the way people treat earthly possessions versus other people. I watched mothers and children, just to sort of see how they interact. It was much more character research than dramaturgical research.” The show runs through Sunday in Markel Auditorium, with performances every night at 8 p.m. and a matinee on Sunday at 2 p.m.

Freshman Austin Benson, junior Simon Wenz, junior Dani Morey, senior Faith Liu, and senior Catherine Coffey perform in the Tower Players’ production of “Mother Courage and her Children,” which runs Feb. 24-28 in Markel Auditorium. Anders Kiiledal | Collegian

Casts announced for student one-act plays Morey and Creed to direct ‘Antigone’ and ‘The Man of Destiny,’ set to run April 7-9 By | Emma Vinton Assistant Editor

A thought-provoking juxtaposition of tragedy and humor awaits those who attend the student-directed one act plays later this semester. The performances, currently in the beginning stages of production and set to hit the Quilhot Black Box Theatre April 7, are the final projects for the students in Professor of Theatre George Angell’s yearlong, 400-level theatre class. Junior Dani Morey is directing Jean Anouilh’s “Antigone,” with sophomore Elena Creed overseeing George Bernard Shaw’s “The Man of Destiny.” Angell said both “Antigone” and “The Man of Destiny” have a common theme: the use and abuse of personal, absolute power. “One is a comedy and one is a tragedy, so you get to look at that idea through both lenses,” he said. In the class, students have focused on directorial script analysis, history of directing, and personal and philosophical considerations of directing. Angell said he challenged Morey and Creed, the only two students in the class, to pick more adventuresome and considerable plays. “I told them they could pick far more substantial shows, with more actors and bigger roles,” he said. “Because there are only two, we are going to put a lot more technical details behind it, and spend more money on sets and costumes.” Angell said students will also design the costumes and sets, making these performances full-on student productions. “They are going to be facing all sorts of problems, but that’s not something I can grade them on,” Angell said. Morey is directing “Antigone,” French play-

wright Anouilh’s rewrite of Sophocles’ original Greek tragedy. Morey said that though this version is largely similar to the original, she hopes the play will leave the audience siding with both Antigone and Creon. According to Morey, Anouilh wrote the play with a greater focus on character than on set design and stage direction, so she plans to keep the set minimalist and monochrome. She said she is looking forward to helping her own actors delve into dialogue and develop the character roles in the play. “The characters are more fleshed out, and I am a very character-driven sort of person,” she said. “I’m more comfortable acting, but I am hoping to enjoy the directing process.” Freshman Chandler Lasch will play Antigone, with sophomore Nikolai Dignoti as Creon, junior Eileen Thoma as Ismene, junior Mark Naida as Haemon, freshman Rebecca Carlson as Chorus, Anthony Peterson and Jessica MacFarlane as guards, and Maria Kearney as the page. Morey said she is excited for the audience to experience the odd duo of strong wills and wits that the plays will provide. “I don’t think we could have planned a better doubleheader,” Morey said. Creed, a sophomore English and theatre major, is directing “The Man of Destiny,” which she described as a “novella for the theJunior Dani Morey and sophomore Elena Creed, directors of this year’s annual student-proater.” “Shaw is fantastic,” she said. “The humor duced one-act plays, have announced their casts. Dani Morey and Elena Creed | Courtesy that he uses is really intelligent, and it’s just a and Dylan Strehle respectively. fun to listen to and watch,” Creed said. hysterical play.” Young said this is his first major role in colThe plays will run April 7-9 in the Quilhot The crux of the play is a battle of wits between lege, and he is excited yet nervous for the chalBlack Box Theatre at the Sage Center for the the young general Napoleon Bonaparte, played lenge of a four-person show. Arts. by sophomore James Young, and a lady, played “It will be interesting to work with people by senior Megan Scott, who stole his dispatchwho aren’t professors directing, and people of es. Other characters include a lieutenant and an different experience levels,” he said. innkeeper, played by freshmen Austin Benson “All of their interactions are well-written and

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Mu Alpha concert to feature 100-person collaboration Performance to highlight original arrangement from ‘The Prince of Egypt’

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By | Madeleine Jepsen Assistant Editor An unprecedented collaboration of nearly 100 musicians will perform an original arrangement of music from “The Prince of Egypt” composed by sophomore Jonathan Edelblut, the songmaster for Mu Alpha. The medley features soloists from Mu Alpha men’s music fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Sigma Alpha Iota women’s music fraternity, and the Hillsdale Camerata, and will be performed at 8 p.m. on March 12 in the McNamara Rehearsal Hall of Howard Music Hall. According to Edelblut, Mu Alpha’s songmasters have wanted to perform music from “The Prince of Egypt” for a long time, but logistics prevented them from doing so. “The idea of doing music from ‘The Prince of Egypt’ has been a dream of songmasters past,” he said. “People have been wanting to do something like this for a long time, but the answer was always, ‘this is too hard, we can’t do this, it’s impractical.’ I would agree with them, but I sort of started this by saying, ‘no, I think we can do this.’” Edelblut then made the possibility into a reality, arranging the entire composition himself, which took 20 hours. He also worked with leaders of the other music organizations to coordinate rehearsals, which began at the beginning of the semester. The composition combines the songs “Deliver Us,” “The Burning Bush,” and “The 10 Plagues” from the 1998 DreamWorks film, “The

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Prince of Egypt.” The six-and-a-half minute composition features vocal soloists senior Hannah Carroll, senior Matt Sauer, sophomore Jonathan Henreckson, and several instrumental soloists. According to Edelblut, the medley will be the centerpiece of the concert. “Other members are doing certain acts related to that, but the highlight of the concert will be the large-scale collaboration,” he said.

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Composition student accepted to prestigious music program Sophomore Jonathan Edelblut considers studying at Berklee College of Music By | Sarah Chavey Collegian Reporter Berklee College of Music has only a 35 percent acceptance rate, but Hillsdale sophomore Jonathan Edelblut is one of those elite accepted few. The sophomore music major is tentatively planning to transfer to Berklee to focus his studies on composition and music production. His ultimate dream is to write film scores for movies. “Sometimes composing can be mind-numbingly difficult, kind of like writing,” he said. “You’re trying to make something creative, and nothing is happening, and you wonder why nothing is working. But then there’s those moments where you understand what you’re doing. It feels like the world is going in slow motion and you just keep going at it. It’s those moments when you’re so interested in what you’re doing and involved in the creative process; it’s those moments that make me love composing. I’ve been blessed to have lots of those moments.” Edelblut’s original plan was to finish his Hillsdale education and then attend graduate school. But after speaking with former Hills-

dale student Jeffrey Gaiser, who transferred to Berklee, he began to consider the idea of beginning studies at Berklee as well, focusing his attention on their incredible facilities, networking, and connections. He said he was blown away during his tour of the campus to see a professional full-size film-scoring studio, a facility rare even at a grad school. Berklee also has 448 student ensembles and 316 practice rooms. “I am absolutely delighted that he is attending Berklee,” Associate Professor of Music Matthew Fuerst said in an email. “I think it is the perfect place for him to continue to grow as a composer while making connections in the film and commercial industry that will help him as he prepares to embark on his professional career.” While he said he feels fairly sure Berklee would be the right decision, he said he would deeply regret having to say goodbye to Hillsdale. “I love Hillsdale and I’m going to miss it and every person here,” Edelblut said. “It’s still going to have an impact on me years in the future. Jeffrey told me there’s something irreplaceable about Hillsdale that you won’t find anywhere else.” As a music major at Hillsdale, he sings in

chamber choir and serves as songmaster for Mu Alpha men’s music fraternity. Recently, he arranged a piece from the film “The Prince of Egypt” for Mu Alpha, Sigma Alpha Iota women’s music fraternity, the Hillsdale Camerata, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia to perform for the Mu Alpha concert. He has also taken lessons from Fuerst for two years. “I think what the faculty saw in Jonathan is a very talented young composer who has learned how to compose with a variety of musical techniques with great skill,” Fuerst said. “It is something we have worked on in our lessons over the last two years, and his hard work has really paid off with his development as a composer.” Edelblut occasionally composes music for short films, advertisements, and donor videos. Some of his work has been for senior music major Faith Liu, who’s known him since middle school. “Every time we saw each other, there would always be a lot of music, a lot of singing,” Liu said. “He and I would spend a lot of free time singing music together. If there was a guitar, we would use it. If there was a piano, we would use it.” Once, the two of them agreed on a chord

progression and improvised on a grand piano for about 10 minutes. Afterward, people approached them to ask for the title of the song and were shocked to discover the two of them had made it up. Another time, Edelblut composed a requiem for a fallen soldier, intended for a soprano and orchestra. He asked Liu to assist him by singing it. “I remember recording it and just thinking it sounded so awful, but it turned out pretty okay,” Liu said. “I was really excited to be singing an original piece of music that he had just written. It’s really exciting to see a new work like that and to be one of the first to bring that to life.” Edelblut occasionally composes short pieces as birthday gifts and sometimes earns money for the compositions he does for short films. But he said he derives his inspiration from the satisfaction of watching his music performed. “It’s when you hear it for the first time in a concert setting; never mind rehearsals, never mind all that, when you hear it being performed and you know that it’s yours — it’s like you brought something alive into this world,” Edelblut said.

The Tutors : Students’ rock in the midst of writer’s block Madison Kearney

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What essay-writing blunder do you find yourself fixing most often in your own papers, and how do you tackle said blunder? Honestly, I struggle a lot with clarity, so I will read and rewrite every sentence until the paper is due. What piece of writing advice do you find yourself giving most often when tutoring? A strong introduction is crucial! As you introduce your argument, there should be a natural flow of thought. Each sentence harkens back to its predecessor while simultaneously moving the idea forward. You want it to be this graceful unfolding.

What piece of writing advice do you find yourself giving most often when tutoring? My freshman year when I visited the Writing Center, Katie Sørensen recommended that I copy and paste all my topic sentences into a different document so that I could see the structure of my argument. It was tremendously helpful for my paper and I bring it up in many tutorials.

Best class taken thus far at Hillsdale? Artes Liberales with Dr. Whalen and Dr. Kalthoff really taught me how to approach education. I realized what it means to learn for its own sake, and that learning is something we get to do, not have to do.

Best class taken thus far at Hillsdale? That’s a hard one, especially since I’m taking some amazing classes this semester. Great Books I with Dr. Jackson was probably the most formative class that I’ve taken so far.

Favorite movie? The new “Cinderella”! I love the theme of “Have courage and be kind.”

Favorite movie? Another hard one. I love “The Lord of the Rings” movies, and if I had to pick one, I’d probably say “The Two Towers.”

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What essay-writing blunder do you find yourself fixing most often in your own papers, and how do you tackle said blunder? I tend to struggle with organization, especially after working on a paper for a while; often it becomes a blur. I’ve tried different things — at least once, I actually cut my paper into pieces and laid it on the floor to work on it. It helped.

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Remembering Steve Casai “The thing that sticks with me most about Steve is that he remembered my name more than 20 years after graduation. He was always there with a smile during all the ups and downs of Hillsdale College life. He will be remembered fondly.” — Leo Bingley ’87 When I was a junior at Hillsdale and dating fellow student Aaron, while he was deployed to Fallujah, Iraq. We tried keeping our letters and rare phone calls upbeat, and I tried focusing fully on school, but I never figured out how to forget that someone I loved was on the other side of the world and getting shot at on a regular basis. One lunch, I handed my meal card to Steve at the cafeteria entrance, and when he mentioned that he was praying for Aaron (as he did at least once a week), he handed me an article he had read about the emotional toll war takes on loved ones back home. While I don’t remember that article being particularly noteworthy, Steve’s kind gesture certainly was. His small act of compassion was grace to me in those dark days. The truest expression of hospitality is to acknowledge another person and welcome them without pretense, which is exactly what Steve offered me that day, and I remember his kindness whenever I think about that part of my Hillsdale experience. Now Aaron and I are grateful to be married with a growing family, and we celebrate Steve’s legacy of faithful kindness and hospitality, which was an unexpectedly integral part of our time at Hillsdale College. —Abby (Portice) and Aaron Hummel, ‘08 “After a year and a half of swiping me into meals, Steve paused one evening before handing me my I.D. He looked me in the eye and congratulated me on a theatre performance the week before. I was taken aback. The routine of exchanging merely polite but largely impersonal greetings was broken, never to return. Within a week, Steve knew my name and my entry into the dining hall became a regular source of joy. He was always curious to know about the next concert or play, always promising to attend everything. And with very few exceptions, he did. Right before a big test, the opening night of a play, or the weekend of a choir concert, Steve would always ask me how I was holding up and listen patiently to my anxieties. After I finished he would always smile wide, tell me I’d be fine, and pipe, “I certainly wish you the best of success!” Steve gave every ounce of his energy to this school, and to the generations of students who passed through his door every day. For a man who performed an often thankless job, all I have is gratitude and admiration. Thank you, Steve.” — Senior Matt Sauer Saga Steve had a smile that would light up the world. He always had a smile and a kind word for everyone. One year, I wrote him a Christmas Card thanking him for his kindness, and he sent back to me the most beautiful card I had ever received, thanking me for MY card! I remember it to this day, all these years later! He touched my life with his kindness. He will be missed. — Megan (Forrester) Kuczynski ’90 I was shocked and deeply saddened to hear of my friend, Stephen Casai’s passing. Steve was one of the most dedicated, loyal, selfless, joyful, humble, service-oriented and caring people I have ever met. He served others with excellence and earned the respect from a multitude of people. When we would walk into the cafeteria, we knew that Steve would say, “Hello, Thank you. Enjoy your meal.” We would often forget our meal tickets, and were amazed at how he had memorized our numbers and names. He didn’t own a car and could often been seen walking all over town. Steve had a tireless work ethic: He would wake up at 4:30am each day with prayer, exercise and Bible study. He was witty and loved to joke around with those who he knew best. In an interview, Steve said he considered his job there as “a blessing from the Lord,” and never once a burden. Steve knew that “true friendship is true service,” and what it meant to serve well– always with a smile on his face. The little things Steve did in his lifetime mean so much to those of us who knew him now. Genuine humility is beautiful and attractive, and he exemplified it, as we should more often too. I had the honor of visiting with him several times during his illness, often bringing cards, flowers that others had asked me to bring along. On my most recent visit, he was in a wheelchair and I helped him to the the cafeteria for our last conversation. Steve’s life and legacy are a true blessing, and he was a godly man of great faith and a beautiful soul who went to his eternal home knowing that he was an inspiration to so many. I now rest in the blessed assurance that he is with our Lord and Savior now, and hope that he greets many of us again in Heaven someday. He fought the good fight, kept the faith, and finished the race. He was indeed beloved. Now that he is no longer with us, there will always be a void there for all of us who had the honor of knowing him. Rest in peace Steve, and thank you for sharing with all of us the Love of Christ. — Greg McLogan

Hillsdale College bus driver Jodi Martin stands in front of the bus in which she takes Charger teams to away events. Lillian Quinones | Collegian

Driving athletes with Charger pride By | Lillian Quinones Collegian Reporter The conversation began and ended with an arm-pumping “Charger Ladies rock!” Hillsdale College coaches and athletes know Jodi Martin as an enthusiastic, genuine woman whose Charger pride overflows from the driver’s seat of the Hillsdale buses as she transports teams to away games. “Jodi stepped up when our other driver had to stop midway through our season,” Women’s Volleyball Team head coach Scott Gravel said. “Wherever she’s called, she goes, that’s what all our drivers do here. Jodi wears her heart on her sleeve and has done a good job for us.” Martin started driving for women athletic teams in October 2015 and is a bus driver for Hillsdale Academy teams. Immensely proud of the athletes, she cheers in the stands with pompoms and occasionally sports a blue and white Charger horse tattoo on her cheek. “Jodi was in the stands for GLIAC finals every night. I could recognize her You ladies rock! cheer from the stands as I walked around the pool to my swim heat,” sophomore Theresa Smith said. Also a swimmer, senior Sarah Rinaldi remembers “One day she wore her crazy pants, saying, ‘These are my good luck ones, you go girls!’” Growing up in a house formerly across from the Searle Center, Martin described the college campus as her childhood playground. Instead of playing sports as a young girl, Martin owned a horse named Shadow and worked at The Palace Café to earn Shadow’s board at a nearby stable. After graduating from Hillsdale High School in 1972, Martin worked in food service in the Hillsdale area until she started a ten-year career driving semitrucks across the nation in 1977. With Hillsdale as her home base, Martin transitioned to a college employee in 2011 and worked as a security officer until 2012. Following employment at the Indian Trails charter bus service located in Owosso, Michigan, Martin started driving for Hillsdale Academy and College in Fall 2015. “All the things that I went through, my training with Indian Trails and Hillsdale Academy, they all prepared me to drive

Hillsdale College athletes,” Martin said. Coming off a 1108-mile trip to Florence, South Carolina and back with the softball team, Martin loved gushing about her “ladies” when we spoke. “I never thought at 61 years old that I would have the opportunity to meet so many young ladies that I adore and respect,” Martin said. “These girls have a work ethic that is impeccable.” Because she was taught at Indian Trails that customer service is the bus driver’s priority, Martin makes sure her girls are dropped off and picked up at the door and that they know where she’ll cheer in the stands. “Even as a truck-driving woman, I was trained that the most important thing I can do on the highway is to always be a lady and always ask a lot of questions. That has helped me get a lot of help from men,” Martin said, laughing. Residing in Hillsdale for her entire life, Martin has witnessed the college’s campus grow up around her. “I’ve become a wholehearted supporter of the relationship between the college and community,” Martin said.

When her parent’s home was torn down last summer to put in a parking lot across from the Searle Center, the college moved a large rock that held important family memories.The rock was so large that in the process of moving it to the cemetery where Martin’s parents and oldest brother are buried, the forklift was broken. As she watched the house demolition, Martin salvaged a six-foot tall crossshaped piece of wood. “Finding that cross was a God-moment, because now I am working out of an office located in the same place where the house I grew up used to stand,” Martin said. Martin is honored to be included among the college’s bus drivers and tells the girls she’s their road-trip helicopter mom. “With my Charger ladies I’m happy, and I’m home,” Martin said.

College bus driver, Jodi Martin, stands with the cross and Rock that she salvaged from her parent’s home when it was demolished. In the place where she grew up, she now works in the Searle Center. Lillian Quinones | Courtesy

I was probably the last one into breakfast every day spring of freshman year. One day, I arrived to find the doors shut, and I stood in front of them angry at myself for not waking up earlier. Steve, even though his shift had ended, saw me, opened the door, and swiped me in. “Have a good day,” he said. It already was. — Sophomore Brendan Clarey Steve was and always will be a staple member of our family here and his absence is consistently felt. Steve was a constant in my time at Hillsdale, and I am not alone. He draws class upon class of students together as a shared memory, a faithful support, and a kind daily presence. Once when I gave tours to families of prospective students and parents over one summer, a parent spotted Saga Steve sitting in the Union from a distance and exclaimed, “Is that Saga Steve?” and rushed over to say hello. She was an alumna and had graduated many years ago. Recognizable for his fidelity, kindness, and smile, among other things, Saga Steve remains a unifying part of the time of so many at Hillsdale. He is and will be deeply missed. — Anna Saewert ‘12

“We asked Steve to be in our photo because we knew that his face was one that everyone knew and loved! He was a great sport about it too. During the photo shoot he suggested several different poses and was happy to wear the sunglasses we brought for him. After the photo went up on Facebook, I’d give him daily reports on how many likes we had received. Each time, he’d just smile and say, ‘I’m happy I could help.’” -Senior Salem Baer

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Senior Savanna Wierenga wins prize for small business plan, ‘Ecoliners’ liner. “It’s basically a trash bag for your trash bags,” Wierenga said. A resident of Grand Rapids, Wierenga said cleaning out the outdoor trash bins during For the first time since 2013, a Hillsdale College faculty panel recognized a student’s work Michigan’s hot and sticky summers was a with the Twardzik Family Business Develop- smelly job. ment Plan Award. Senior Savanna Wierenga “It was just a gross project, and I didn’t like received the honor for the business develop- doing it,” Wierenga said. ment plan she created for the Small Business That chore, however, lead her to develop EcoLiners and receive the business award. Seminar. “Savanna put a great deal of thought into her In implementing the five topics covered in idea, which was evident in the quality of her the small business seminar — marketing, final plan,” Associate Professor of Marketing management, finance, legal, and human resources — Wierenga spoke to suppliers, disSusan King said in an email. Following the five-day, ten-hour course tak- tributors, and other experts in creating her en immediately after the fall of 2015 finals, plan. Wierenga completed her plan for EcoLiners “She secured pricing from suppliers and LLC. And now from the encouragement of talked to key groups to determine market her professors, Wierenga is looking to patent demand and probable sales channels for the her creation and go into business based off product,” King said. “In addition, she prepared detailed market and financial projecher model with her father, John. “I was surprised I won because the panel of tions yielding a comprehensive understandpeople who graded it are really tough, but my ing of her proposed business from concept to hard work paid off,” Wierenga said. “I was fruition.” shocked, but I wasn’t flabbergasted. I knew I Wierenga contributed more than 40 hours of work to the project, which made her stand put a lot of time into my project.” EcoLiners are drum liners designed to pro- out to the judges, especially considering tect homeowner’s outdoor trash bins from much of her communication with business becoming messy. Designed for replacement professionals occurred during a 10-day trip every week, EcoLiners are made of biode- to India over break, where there’s an 11-hour gradable material that will not contribute to time difference. the growing size of America’s landfills, Wi- “Her heart was in it,” John Wierenga said. “On the 14-hour flight next to me, she may erenga said. “It reduces infestation, reduces the cleaning have slept four hours. I kept hearing her on the inside; it reduces the smell, and it re- banging on her computer.” duces debris falling out due to the wind or to Savanna Wierenga first brought up the idea garbage man improperly disposing the trash,” of working with her dad, who, as the presiWierenga said. “I figured the ‘eco’ would cater dent of Pilgrim’s Capital Advisors, has experito all the green millennials. It’s just a big buzz ence in business. “I really think there’s a market for it,” John word really.” Wierenga said. “Coming at it from a parent Senior Savanna Wierenga is the first student in three years to win the Twardzik Family Business Development The bags are one foot longer than the trashand now business partner, I was just really Plan Award. She won with her Ecoliners LLC plan. Hillsdale College | Courtesy cans to fold around the lip of the bins. Ecoimpressed with Savanna’s enthusiasm about Liners can hold the full trash bags, and to the five days of the class, and, when she came Savanna Wierenga chose Austin, Texas, able bags for lawn trimmings. None, however, empty the outdoor bins, all a person needs to do is pull the drawstring and take out the home after, her intensity and her heart it was as her target market. At $66,000 per year, are the size for outdoor depositories and ingenuine. She asked a lot of questions.” household profit margins are larger than the clude a drawstring. ` national average, and the business-friendly Once Wierenga earns the patent, it will last environment makes opening a company for 10 years. During that time, she said she there less risky, she said. hopes to start the small business. “Your business really has to tank there for Until then, Wierenga is busy completing her them to take away your house, your dog, senior thesis, preparing for graduation — and your car,” Wierenga said. passing Science 101. Additionally, Austin places environmen- As for the business seminar, Wierenga said talism as one of its highest priorities. For it was the most fruitful class she has taken at example, the city bans plastic and paper Hillsdale. By | Jordan Finney grocery bags unless made of recycled mate- “You learn a lot of practical things for the rial. business world that you’d never take into “They’re very green, and they’re working consideration before,” Wierenga said. “I give on a zero waste policy by 2019,” Wierenga props to everyone who starts their own busisaid. “They will eat this idea up.” ness and is successful.” The only business class Wierenga took prior to the seminar was Principles of Marketing. She studies Speech and English, though after graduation, she will work for Amazon’s human resources department. Patent lawyers estimated it will take 20 to 30 hours of legal work for Wierenga to get her invention patented. Wierenga said there are a few products like hers in circulation, such as biodegrad-

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What are your style staples? Lots and lots of neutral colors, and once in a while some minimal gold jewelry.

Who is your fashion icon? Audrey Hepburn, Françoise Hardy, Megan Draper. Where do you like to shop for clothing? Madewell and Anthropologie, the best!

Jordan Finney | Collegian

Do you have a favorite item of clothing? I have a Star Wars sleep shirt that’s pretty kickin’. What makes an outfit a “fashion statement”? Any outfit worn with a smile is the absolute best fashion statement there is!

Jordan Finney | Collegian