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How wage laws affect students’ on-campus jobs

By |Natalie C. McKee Senior Reporter Effective Jan. 1, 2016, the Michigan minimum wage raised from $8.15 per hour to $8.50 per hour, causing the college to change certain pay incentives for student workers. Before now, supervisors could increase students’ wages by 10 cents per semester as “longevity increases,” if they returned to a department, in order to reward loyalty and hard work. According to an email sent to supervisors b y

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nanc i a l Affairs Controller LeAnn Creger on Feb. 25, the college is suspending future increases “until the wage rate levels off.” The first wage increase started Sept. 1, 2014, and in-

creased the wage from $7.40 to $8.15. In January 2017, the wage will increase again to $8.90, and by January 2018, it will level off at $9.25 per hour. In other words, over a fouryear period between 2014 and 2018, the minimum wage will increase by $1.85 per hour. Creger said since the minimum wage started increasing, students have seen an increase of $1.10 in their wages. This wage hike negates the need for longevity increases, Creger said.

“Minimum wage increases are a little liberal — too liberal.”

“The college values student employment, and we don’t want to harm them in any shape or form,” Creger said. The good news for the 600 students employed by the college is that supervisors still may offer pay increases in other ways. For example, supervisors can increase student wages by 20 cents per hour for undesirable hours up to $9.40 per hour, 10 cents per hour for weekend hours up to $9.30 per hour, and 50-75 cents per hour for “supervisory” jobs — any job that requires greater

responsibility, leadership, decision-making, accountability, or acquired skills — up to $9.95 per hour, according to a document sent to supervisors in Creger’s email. Creger said supervisors do not have to give students those raises, but they can, if they want to reward an employee. Senior Meg Prom said she started working in security on the first day of her freshman year. She worked from 8:30 p.m. until midnight and also a midnight to 2:15 a.m. shift. She has worked other shifts since and now works dispatch. “I never got a raise, as far as I know,” Prom said in an email. “Often the permanent members take shifts through the night, but I don’t think that affects their pay. So no bonuses, no raises.” Bon Appétit Management Company, not the college, determines the pay for A.J.’s Café workers. Prom said A.J.’s did give raises. She worked there freshman and sophomore year, quit, and then rejoined senior year. “I think our hourly rate went up 10 or 20 cents every semester we stayed on,” Prom said. “Honestly, I’m less torn up about nixing the longevity raise than I am about A.J.’s not allowing employees to take tips. That was always our ‘bonus.’” Creger didn’t have data regarding how many students make close to minimum wage and how many make close to the $9.95 per hour maximum wage, but she said it was prob ably See wage A3

Flint the winner at Democratic debate By|Nicole Ault Collegian Reporter

Flint, Mich. — If sympathetic publicity counts, Flint, Michigan, may have been the real winner of the CNN-sponsored Democratic presidential debate Sunday, March 6. News networks focused national discussion on Flint in the days ahead of the debate. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton challenged Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to a debate in Flint after the news broke that high levels of lead had contaminated the city’s water. CNN invited members of the press via email to join them in distributing water bottles throughout the city from 8 a.m. to mid-afternoon on Saturday. “In response to the community’s need, CNN has partnered with Convoy of Hope,” said CNN Vice President of Communications Matt Dor-

nic in the email. “The network has committed to a five-week donation of 500,000 bottles of water that will be distributed at four locations throughout the city.” On the day of the debate, the Flint-focused atmosphere continued into the media center, located in the University of Michigan — Flint’s campus recreation center, separate from the debate hall. Local Flint businesses sold concessions around the perimeter of the large room, and posters in the bathroom stalls raised awareness of the crisis. Just outside the doors to the media center, protesters from the Fight for $15 beating drums and waving blue cardboard water drops also drew awareness to the water crisis. “We work, we sweat — write 15 on our checks!” protesters shouted. They also waved blown-up images of of Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s head, with devil

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Hillsdale scores tickets to GOP Detroit debate By | Macaela J. Bennett Editor-in-Chief Although tickets to last Thursday’s GOP presidential debate in Detroit, Michigan, were scarce, Hillsdale College students, staff, and faculty didn’t have a problem finding their way into the audience. Days before the debate was set to be held at the historic Fox Theatre, about 21,000 people had applied for tickets to the event, but the Republican National Committee announced only 50 would receive them — with the rest going to Michigan GOP officials and activists. Through several connections, however, more than 15 Hillsdale College representatives received tickets to the March 3 debate hosted by Fox News Channel. Seeing the candidates in person changed some of their opinions. “I’m pretty sure my wife became a Cruz voter that night,” said John Miller, director of the Dow Journalism Program. Miller scored his tickets from Emmaline Epperson ’14, a social media producer for the

Fox Business Channel, and attended the debate with his wife and son — who voted for his first time Tuesday in Michigan’s presidential primary. Experiencing behind-thescenes moments that TV audiences did not see made an impression on the Millers. “My wife liked seeing Cruz play ring-around-the-rosy with his daughter — I think that really charmed her,” he said. When lights dimmed for a commercial break after Ohio Gov. John Kasich rejected the opportunity to bash businessman Donald Trump, Miller noticed Trump point at Kasich and say, “Thank you.” “I’ve never seen Trump thank anyone,” Miller said. “I’m not sure what to make of it, but he did it there, and what does that mean?” Six students also attended, including two from the Collegian, with tickets acquired from Career Services. While coordinating an upcoming Republican Leadership Initiative training program on camp u s , See Detroit A3

Creating a personal brand on social media Advice from Ericka Andersen of National Review

By | Jordyn Pair Collegian Reporter Former Michigan Senator Don Riegle endorses Democratic presiEricka Andersen, a social dential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., ahead of CNN’s debate media and communications in Flint, Michigan on March 6. Nicole Ault | Collegian guru, is the digital director for National Review. A mother of horns and red eyes, particular- quential attention to Flint oc- one currently living just outside ly emphasizing the tension that curred during the broadcast of the Washington, D.C., area, she persists in the city. the debate itself. Flint residents also runs a popular lifestyle, Perhaps the most conse- m a d e running, and food blog. AnSee Flint A2 dersen spoke to journalism students Tuesday, March 1 about having a social media presence and creating a personal brand online. Why is social media By|Vivian Hughbanks that issues with accuracy and branding important? completeness raised by colNews Editor Social media branding is leges not included in the ScoreThe College Scorecard re- card should be addressed. important because it distinleased by the Department “There were some concerns guishes you from others in of Education last September about the Scorecard that had your field. It helps you gain a may need some improvement, been raised by various colleges reputation for your work. It’s Michigan Democratic Sen. and universities that I think we great for networking and creGary Peters said. certainly need to take a care- ating foundational relationThe Scorecard is a tool de- ful look at that,” Peters said ships for whatever it is you signed to help prospective stu- Sunday at CNN’s Democratic want to do in the future. dents across the nation com- presidential debate in Flint, How do you get more folpare colleges and universities Michigan. lowers, and how does that and determine which school is “I think it’s important,” Pe- change across different platthe best fit for them. Although ters said. “We’ve got to make forms? the education department sure that the Scorecard is an There are different stratadded 700 schools to the so- accurate reflection of what’s egies to get more followers, called “comprehensive” Score- actually happening at the col- depending on what platform card in January, Hillsdale Col- leges.” you’re talking about. The way lege, Grove City College, and Acting Education Secretary you get valuable followers is Patrick Henry College remain John B. King Jr. last week said to start engaging in the comabsent from the database. the Department of Education munity. You can’t look at social Peters said in an exclusive media as a chore or something interview with the Collegian See Scorecard A3 to check off your list. You have

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Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks with reporters in the media filing center at the DNC debate in Flint on March 6. Peters told the Collegian that the Department of Education’s College Scorecard should accurately reflect school activity. Nicole Ault | Collegian

Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Gov. John Kasich on stage at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan, for Fox News’ debate on March 3. Kasich came in third place in the Michigan republican primary on Tuesday. Brendan Miller | Collegian

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to start loving social media as something you really actually enjoy doing; you actually get to know people for who they are — it’s not just part of a business plan. How do you stay consistent across platforms without simply repackaging the same content for different outlets? Well, you do repackage the same content in different ways. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel for every separate thing, but there’s going to be different ways to promote on different mediums. What is the best way to compose a tweet to get maximum feedback? Don’t make it too long. You want to keep it so that it’s something that someone can read very quickly. Obviously, people are speeding through people, and the minute that it seems like it’s too complicated to read or understand, they’re just going to skip it. So something that is simple, something quick, and something with an image attached to it. You want to use a hashtag. Depending on what you’re tweeting about, make sure you’re using the appropriate hashtag. Sometimes it’s appropriate to say “retweet if you agree.” Giving someone a call to action is always a good practice See Social A2 Look for The Hillsdale Collegian

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In brief: Mechanical problem temporarily closes preschool By | Jordan Finney Collegian Reporter No children were in Mary Randall Preschool when smoke wafted from the mechanical room about midday last Monday, prompting the school to cancel afternoon classes. “There was a malfunction with the mechanics of the air-conditioning unit,” Director of Early Education at Mary Randall Preschool Sonja Bindus said. “There weren’t flames, but there was a lot of smoke, so we quickly evacuated the building.” No one was hurt during the incident, and it caused no damage to the building. Preschool staff have ordered two replacement parts for the air-conditioning unit that caused the incident. The school resumed normal hours Tuesday. At 12:30 p.m., teachers smelled something like a “burning tire,” Bindus said. They contacted 911 and evacuated the building. “We were getting things prepped, when we realized something was wrong,” Bindus said. “We were just eating lunch, and we smelled something funny and began investigating. There was quite a smell.” The Hillsdale Fire Department responded immediately. Firefighters cleared the building of smoke, ensured nothing else ignited in other parts of the building, and left around 1:30 p.m. “When the parents arrived to drop off the children, we just flagged them down and sent them home,” Bindus said. Senior Emily Wolfert, a student teacher at the preschool, was present at the time of the incident. “It was actually my lead week, so I was in charge of everything, and it was my first day, so that was a bit crazy,” Wolfert said. “But it all worked out pretty well.” Mary Randall Preschool typically has two sessions each day: A morning session begins at 8:45 a.m. and lasts until 11:30 a.m., and an afternoon session starts at 12:45 p.m. and ends around 3:30 p.m. The fire occurred in between the two. “The children weren’t here yet,” Bindus said. “We were thankful it all happened just before the children got here.”

Lt. Col. Allen West to speak Saturday

By | Josh Paladino Collegian Reporter

Lt. Col. Allen West will speak at Hillsdale College — “unfiltered,” Hillsdale Young Americans for Freedom President senior Frank Bruno said. West, a guest of YAF, will speak Saturday, March 12 at 1 p.m. on “For the Love of God and Country” in the Searle Center. “West did not plan to speak anywhere this semester for YAF, but he was so excited to come to Hillsdale that he made an exception,” Hillsdale YAF Trustee sophomore English Hinton said. West is a retired lieutenant colonel who served in Kuwait and Iraq. As a Republican, he represented Florida’s 22nd District in the House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013. Currently, West is a Fox News Channel contributor and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis. “West is a strong Christian, and he also knows a lot about national defense, so he will focus on that knowledge and experience in his speech,” Hinton said. Normally, YAF gives speakers general guidelines to follow for their speech, but it made no requirements for West. “He knows Hillsdale College, and he will have complete control over his speech,” Bruno said. So far, 150 non-students have RSVPed for his speech, according to Hinton.

Twelve percent of campus attends CPAC in Washington, D.C. By | Evan Carter and Josephine von Dohlen Web Editor and Collegian Freelancer National Harbor, MD. — “There are only three colleges that I would send my kids, only three in the country, possibly the world,” nationally syndicated conservative radio host, Glenn Beck said Friday in a video for freshman Elizabeth Laux during a broadcast commercial break at the Conservative Political Action Conference last week. “I’m not sure which one is No. 1 but probably Hillsdale.” Roughly 12 percent of the Hillsdale College student body joined thousands of conservatives from across the country at CPAC 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland March 3-5. According to the American Conservative Union — the entity which organizes CPAC — 55 percent of those attending the conference were either high school or college students. “The increase in student participation had a lot to do with this year being a presidential election year,” Hillsdale College Republicans Trustee senior Sam Holdeman said. “That said, I think it’s not just the speakers that attract students but the chance to meet and greet and the job opportunities.” Hillsdale had one of the largest groups from any single college or university, regardless of size. “I highly doubt any school has as many students as we have,” Hillsdale College Republicans President sophomore Brant Cohen said. Turning Point USA, a grassroots political organization for conservative millennials, brought a total of 300 students to the conference— though they have more than

Social from A1 because sometimes people are just waiting to do something. They won’t do it on their own, but if they see you ask for it, they will. How important are photos for posts? I try not to put up anything without a photo. Most of my tweets for National Review have a photo. Tweets with photos get way more engage-

Flint from A1 a substantial appearance — a few had been chosen to ask questions of the candidates, and the Flint City Wide Choir sang the national anthem before the debate began. CNN anchor Anderson Cooper prefaced the debate by emphasizing that Flint would be in focus. “Tonight, the Democratic candidates are here to answer questions about what they would do for Flint, as well as about other issues facing their country right now,” he said, according to the CNN transcript. Sanders and Clinton emphasized the Flint crisis from the beginning and called for Snyder’s resignation. “Over the last several weeks, I had the opportunity

Students who attended the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, last week gather for a photo. Elizabeth Laux | Courtesy

to a chicken holding a sign mocking Trump. “I was interviewed by several news outlets, including The Washington Post, NowThis, and American Action News,” Allen said in an email. In addition to attending the conference, junior Pietro Moran made time to tour Washington, D.C. “I guess it’s worth mentioning that this is my third time coming, so it got easier to budget time,” Moran said. “From the city, there’s so much to do in D.C., so I think coming from Hillsdale, you want to discover the food and the cuisine in the city. You want to experience the night live.” A number of recent Hillsdale graduates also helped out vendors at the conference and covered the event for the media. Kat Timpf ’10 with the Fox News Channel, Phil Wegmann ’15 with the Daily Signal, Betsy Woodruff ’12 with The Daily Beast, and Tyler O’Neil ’12 with P.J. Media were just a few of the Hillsdale graduates at this year’s conference. “I think the trip is very impactful for the student body with the opportunities that CPAC has for networking, meeting speakers, and politicians,” Holdeman said. “But it’s also our alumni connections and all the job opportunities.” In addition to the opportunity for connections, students learned how much the Hillsdale name meant to other CPAC attendees. “When they see your Hillsdale button or you tell them you’re from Hillsdale, people automatically know who you are, what you’re studying, and they respect that — that is something special,” Laux said.

1,000 chapters throughout the country. According to Turning Point, about 700 students applied, but the organization couldn’t book enough hotel rooms. “The College Republicans National Committee was very happy to see that Hillsdale had a huge showing at CPAC and was by far one of the biggest chapters in attendance,” CRNC Director Carolina Hurley said. “CPAC has a great way of bringing students from across the country together.” Cohen said Hillsdale College Republicans board members, especially Holdeman, have been planning the event since November 2015. In addition to coordinating the buses on which the students traveled to Washington, D.C., finding a hotel to accommodate students, and registering students for the conference, Cohen and Holdeman organized fundraisers to lower the cost of the trip to students.

Part of the effort to make the trip cheaper was the filming of a minute-long video centered around former President Ronald Reagan’s speech at CPAC in 1981. CRNC gave the Hillsdale College Republicans a discount on CPAC registration in return for shooting the video. According to ACU Communications Director Ian Walters, the ACU worked with the CRNC to provide discounts to several College Republicans chapters to make CPAC more accessible to college students. “Reagan asked one of our former chairmen to always make CPAC as accessible as possible to young people and students,” Walters said. “We always try to keep that promise.” Hillsdale students said they enjoyed CPAC for a number of different reasons. Sophomore John Gage said he was excited to see all of the speeches by presidential candidates.

“I came to CPAC to watch all the different Republican presidential candidates defend their positions to conservatives,” Gage said. “I am disappointed that Donald Trump did not feel the need to defend himself to conservative voters and suspect that he will not show up to support us if elected president, just as he failed to show up to CPAC.” Trump has attended the past three CPACs but canceled his speech one day to prior to his scheduled speech at CPAC 2016. About 15 students including Director of Michigan State Millennials for Cruz freshman Abigail Allen, had the opportunity to meet GOP presidential candidate Texas Sen. Ted Cruz at a CRNC event. Allen spent the third day of the conference working with Millennials for Cruz, handing out fake diplomas from Trump University and taking media inquiries next

ment, just because they catch your eye. You have to pick out a good photo, a relevant photo, and you have to think about what’s going to capture someone’s attention. Having a photo is really important. Why is it important to engage with your audience? People want to know that you’re listening. People are going to respond to you much better when they know that you’re there, when they know that you care what they’re

saying, when they know that you’re taking them seriously. If you’re just tweeting away without awareness of who else is there, you’re not personable. What are some ways that you can engage in your community? Just responding. Responding to tweets, responding to comments, responding to questions. On a daily basis, make sure that you’re going through and answering any questions. I need to do a bet-

ter job of that on Instagram because I always forget about comments. Another way is to make sure you’re asking people questions, make sure you’re actually getting their feedback. Take a poll. Sometime you don’t even realize you’re missing something or that there’s a big demand for something unless you ask. Asking those questions and just paying attention to what your demographic is doing online. What are three tips for

someone trying to build their personal brand? Make sure you have your foundational social media profiles and they’re branded the same across all. Have a website, preferably something with your name in it. Make a list of people that are doing a good job of their own branding in the field that you’re wanting to be branded in and just study them and emulate some of the things that they’re doing.

to meet with a number of residents of Flint at a town meeting in Flint, and I have to tell you what I heard, and what I saw literally shattered me,” Sanders said in his opening statement, according to the transcript. Clinton began by saying she was “very grateful that my request that we hold this debate be held here so we can continue to shine a very bright spotlight on what has happened in this city.” Throughout the debate, the candidates used Flint as a springboard for discussing national issues, including unemployment and infrastructure problems. After the debate, discussion of Flint continued in the media center as Michigan politicians and DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., made an appearance

for press interviews. “I aspire for college students to care about things like crumbling infrastructure and the plight of the people of Flint because in order to make sure that we can create the jobs we need and make sure there’s reinvestments in cities like Flint, we have to make sure that we have infrastructure that can support and sustain the businesses that these cities want to attract,” Schultz said. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said she wants to keep national attention focused on Flint. “I think that being here in Flint is a showcase of a difference in philosophies between the two parties. It’s very, very clear,” Stabenow said. “What we see now is the full Republican philosophy on display — that you save a little bit of money, and you’re willing to

sacrifice the health and safety of citizens in order to be able to do that.” Others made similar points. “The fact that this debate was in Flint and a big part of the debate was about Flint gives the people that I represent, my hometown, a lot of reassurance that there’s help coming,” said Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich. “It really shows the difference between our party and the other party.” Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., noted how the Democratic debate spent much more time on the Flint crisis in comparison to the Republican Party’s debate on Thursday, three day before. “Here we are in Flint highlighting an issue that is so important to the people of Michigan,” Peters said. “And the discussion here wasn’t just

about Flint, it was also highlighting the need to make sure that people understand that the issues that are impacting Flint could impact other communities all across the country.” During the debate, Sanders questioned what would happen when the national media leave Michigan. “I think the fear — and the legitimate fear — of the people of Flint is that at a certain point the TV cameras and CNN will disappear,” he said. But Kildee said he thinks the debate will have lasting benefits. “To me, this was a debate that served us well as a nation, served us well as a party, and for the home, many of the people I represent in Flint, Michigan,” he said. “Hopefully, it’ll serve them well, too.”

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., responds during a press scrum in the spin room at CNN’s Democratic presidential primary debate in Flint, Michigan, on March 6. Nicole Ault | Collegian

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Congressman Dan Kildee, D-Mich., answers questions from reporters in the spin room at CNN’s Democratic presidential primary debate in Flint, Michigan, on March 6. Nicole Ault | Collegian

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Church wins Edward Everett Oratory Prize By | Madeline Fry Collegian Reporter Junior Jonathan Church took first place at the annual Edward Everett Oratory Competition Tuesday, March 8. Five finalists each delivered a ten-minute speech on the topic “Debate or Conversation? Liberty and Civility in Campus Discourse.” Freshman Ryan Murphy placed second, followed by freshman Joshua Hoover. The first, second, and third place winners received $3,000, $2,000, and $1,000, respectively. Freshman Katie Hillery and senior Josiah Lippencott also competed. Senior Rachael Hille was the alternate, a sixth place finalist who would have performed had another com-

petitor been unable. “This year was one of the best I’ve seen,” said College President Larry Arnn, who has judged the competition since it began 16 years ago. Arnn — along with educator, actress, and writer Jennifer Wiel and businessman and Republican Michigan State Rep. Eric Leutheuser — judged the essayists. According to Professor of Speech Kirstin Kiledal, the flow of Church’s logic stood out to the judges. Church, a finalist last year, opened his speech by reenacting the confrontation between an angry Yale student and professor Nicholas Christakis. Last fall, students verbally attacked the Yale professor after his wife suggested in an email

that students should be able to choose Halloween costumes without administrative guidance. Church argued emotion and appeals to force clouded the students’ argument. Using points from Alasdair MacIntyre’s “After Virtue,” Church explained that campus debate often degrades into protest because incompatible moral premises set up irreconcilable arguments. Murphy structured her speech around the acronym TALK: target, advancement, liberty, and keep. She discussed the target of education, the advancement of education through free speech, the current state of liberty and how it has eroded, and keeping liberty and civility in campus

discourse. “I go to college to prepare for the real world, not to be coddled,” she said. Kiledal said the judges liked the frame of her argument and the ease of her delivery. Hoover emphasized the importance of avoiding character attacks but being willing to disagree with one another. Hoover’s sincerity impressed the judges, Kiledal said. To illustrate the importance of expressing unpopular truths, Hoover drew evidence from Saudi Arabian dissident and activist Raif Badawi. “Today, we’re afraid. We’re afraid of words,” Hoover said. “That’s the truth.” Nearly 70 students, speech finalists from the Hillsdale Academy, and others attended

the competition. During her entire speech, Hillery’s microphone made no sound. Many attendees were wondering why no one tried to fix the malfunction, Kiledal said. Because you can’t replay a speech, it would have been disruptive to correct the problem once Hillery had begun speaking, Kiledal explained, adding that last year, a finalist wrenched his mic off after it continued to spike throughout his speech. Learning how to create control is part of the speaking process, she said. “Katie handled it brilliantly,” Kiledal said.

Renowned economist speaks on campus By | Jordan Finney Collegian Reporter More than 140 students and faculty crowded Dow A & B Tuesday to hear from world-famous economist Deirdre McCloskey speak on “How True Liberalism Enriched the World.” Free-market student organization Praxis invited McCloskey to spend all of Tuesday eating meals with students and faculty, teaching economics classes, and giving a main lecture open to the entire student body. McCloskey — an open socialist and Keynesian during her time as a Harvard student in the 1960s — is one of today’s premier free-market economists and personally studied under free-market economist Milton Friedman. “The mechanical parts of economics don’t explain how we got so rich,” McCloskey said. “The biggest idea that made us rich was liberalism. Advanced thinking was developing liberalism until 1848… They’re giving up the word ‘liberal’; I urge us to seize it back. Now I don’t think students at Hillsdale struggle to understand this but to be clear: If you’re going to be a good economist, you have to think seriously about ethics.” The child of a Harvard professor and opera singer, McCloskey is finishing the third book in an economic history trilogy concerned with

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Detroit from A1 RNC Director of Strategic Partnerships Mike Mears offered Hillsdale Career Services the tickets three days before the debate. Career Services Assistant Director John Quint then reached out to campus groups and gave the tickets to those who were able to respond quickly. Other students got tickets through their campaign involvement. Senior Dominic Restuccia, chairman of Michigan Students for Rubio, was put in charge of distributing tickets to young supporters who could make noise for Rubio in the debate hall. Restuccia said he gave the tickets to students on campuses around the Midwest based on their performances working for the campaign, which included three other Hillsdale students. Although the goal was to make sure the young supporters would foster a vocal presence for Rubio during the debate, Restuccia emphasized the

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Renowned economist Deirdre McCloskey speaks in Dow A & B on March 8.

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the bourgeois virtues, like dignity and liberty, and how they explain why the West became wealthy. “She’s a highly renowned and influential scholar that I’ve been aware of since I was a graduate student. Her articles were required reading for many of the classes I took,” Professor of Economics and Praxis adviser Ivan Pongracic said. “Probably the most important work she’s done is the trilogy she just finished and the third book that’s about to come out. I think this is recognized among many people

as being a very significant new contribution to economic history literature. She has a lot of innovative ideas and approaches.” McCloskey taught communication, economics, English, and history at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 2000 to 2015 and has written 17 books and about 400 scholarly articles. “She’s not somebody who will go just anywhere. It’s a real privilege to actually be able to get her here,” Pongracic said. “We owe it to the instigation of our president,

Eric Ragan, that this whole thing happened at all. Praxis tried unsuccessfully to get her to come a couple years ago so initially when Eric approached me, I said it was a long shot to even invite her.” On Tuesday, Ragan attended two economic classes for which McCloskey spoke as well as the evening lecture. “Dr. McCloskey is one of the most notable economists Praxis has ever had the privilege of welcoming to Hillsdale,” Ragan said. “She is without a doubt one of the most fascinating people with

“I think it’s a very important project that we need to continue to work on,” Peters said. The junior senator remarked that for millennials and students, he believes education costs are a key issue in the 2016 presidential race.

“I certainly appreciate Secretary Clinton talking about her plan to make sure there’s more money available,” Peters said. “She has been a big proponent of increased PELL funding but also making sure that students can graduate

debt-free from college.” Peters has endorsed Clinton in the Democratic primary race. His colleague, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., has yet to comment on the College Scorecard. “Before they spend a lot of

responsibility attendees have. “You have to maintain respect because you can affect other supporters in the debate and the candidates,” he said. “Like the Trump supporters interrupted other candidates a lot early on, and that affects the way candidates respond by either bolstering or distracting them, and all of them react differently. Kasich can get really thrown off when he’s booed, Trump grows more ardent, and Cruz and Rubio stay mostly the same.” Analyzing how the candidates interacted during their post-debate handshakes showed a lot about their relationships, too, Restuccia said. “It’s neat to see how their relationships seem to have changed over the campaign,” he said. “Cruz and Trump have gotten more hostile, but Cruz and Rubio seem like they are closer.” Miller said he found even more Hillsdale connections by wearing his Hillsdale baseball cap to act as a “beacon.” A number of Hillsdale graduates and their family members in-

troduced themselves when they noticed it. One of those was alumnus Charles Couger ’12, who now works as an associate producer for Fox News’ “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren.” Miller said TV is the best way to watch debates for their content, but he said meeting so many Hillsdale contacts and experiencing the energy of the debate made it into a “wonderful spectacle.” “There’s a sense of something important happening right before your eyes when you’re there,” he said.

Politicians endorse GOP presidential candidates

Ex-CEO of Hewlett-Packard and former 2016 GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina endorsed Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. Donald Trump picked up an endorsement from actor Jon Voight and Gov. John Kasich from Michigan Lt. Gov. Brian Calley. Gov. Susanna Martinez, R-N.M., -Compiled by Philip H. DeVoe endorsed Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.

whom I have ever spoken.” Although McCloskey specializes in economic history, the Boston native boasts six honorary doctorate degrees and writes on a range of topics from statistical theory to Jane Austen to Aristotle to transgender advocacy. “Deirdre McCloskey is simply a joy to meet and speak with,” Professor of Economics Christopher Martin said. “Her knowledge ranges from medieval agriculture to the evolution of the economics profession. In addition, her humane and generous spirit shines through and we were very fortunate to have her visit the college.” Before leaving campus, the 73-year-old economist — who recently decided to learn to play an accordion specially imported from Czechoslovakia — told students never to stop learning, ask questions constantly, and observe the world around them. She recommended finding one subject area to study deeply. “I try to imagine myself if I had done only economics. That wouldn’t have been good for me,” McCloskey said. “It’s very important to specialize once, to make a deep drilling down in one subject and I don’t care what it is. Drill deep, then you know what depth means. And then read widely. That’s the correct combination.”

money on tuition at a particular college or university, students should have an idea as to what their life prospects may be by going to that institution,” Peters said. “It’s all about being a better-informed consumer before you go.”

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz plays with his daughter during a commercial break at the presidential primary debate in Detroit on March 3. Brendan Miller | Collegian

Wage from A1 weighted more toward the bottom end of the pay scale. Senior Megan Scott said she has worked for the theater department’s costuming since her sophomore year. “The previous supervisors, who graduated in 2014, had gotten longevity increases,” Scott said, adding that she hasn’t received one because of the minimum wage hike. She said she can see the logic of withholding those raises while everyone is working out the new minimum wage requirements, but she said she hopes the college won’t get rid of them altogether. Creger said the college is only suspending longevity raises. Chief Exectuive Officer Rich Péwé criticized the wage hike. “The facts are that the minimum wage increases are a little liberal — too liberal,” Péwé said, adding that this unfunded mandate from the government will cost the college $75,000 from Jan. 1 to the end of the fiscal year, June 30. Creger also said supervisors must stay within their budgets, so they need to manage student wages wisely. Péwé said even though the government raises the minimum pay, departments need to keep their budgets where they are. “Do the math,” he said. “You have fewer people with higher pay.” Péwé said the college doesn’t want to reduce the number of student workers they hire, so supervisors must get creative in trimming their budgets in other ways, like cutting waste, consumables, and inefficiency. “It is what it is,” Péwé said. “As wages go up, to afford that position costs you more.” Senior Director of Admissions Zach Miller said the admissions department employs nearly 140 students, including about 90 student ambassadors, 50 student callers, and 10-15 office assistants. Because of that, the minimum wage increase will impact that department significantly. “We liked to incentivize good work and give that pay raise,” Miller said. He said the longevity increases “worked so well” because it told students they’ve done a good job. “It’s kind of a sad thing,” Miller said about the suspension of longevity increases. As admissions works on expanding its operation, it wants to hire more students. The wage increase, however, affects how many students it can employ, Miller said. Still, he added that admissions has been fortunate in that they haven’t had to cut student workers but actually has added a few. “We have to get creative in how we budget. We only have a certain amount of money,” Miller said. “We are going to have to really think through what this means for next year.” Another concern of the college is that the student’s minimum wage is getting closer to the starting wages for full-time employees, something called “compression.” “People at the lower end of the pay scale are great, and we care about them,” Péwé said. “We want them to be able to afford to live. We need to be sensitive to ensure compression is not a major issue.” Finally, Creger added that the biggest benefit to students is the invaluable experience they get from working across campus. Miller echoed her opinion, saying that admissions develops students professionally and offers them mentoring skills they can use in the future. That being said, Creger said longevity increases would be reinstated once the minimum wage stops increasing.

Michigan jobless rates lowest in 14 yeras

Primary voter turnout beats records in Michigan

Flint mayor suspends water bills for residents

Obama to skip Nancy Reagan funeral Friday

Michigan’s jobless rate dropped from 5.1 percent to 4.9 percent during January, translating to 33,000 jobs added and 27,000 citizens joining the state’s workforce. According to Bruce Weaver of the Michigan Department of Technology, this is the first time the Michigan jobless rate has dropped below 5 percent since 2001.

In Tuesday’s primary, 2.5 million Michigan residents voted, shattering the previous record, last set in 1972, of 1.58 million voters, according to the Detroit Free Press. Michigan also broke the state record for the highest percentage of voter turnout; 34 percent of the state’s eligible voting population voted, the highest since 1980.

Flint Mayor Karen Weaver suspended water billing for Flint residents for up to a month while the state decides how to apply $30 million set aside by Gov. Rick Snyder to help the city by providing credit to affected residents. The Detroit Free Press reported Flint residents pay some of the nation’s highest rates for water.

President Barack Obama will skip the funeral of first lady Nancy Reagan, who passed away Saturday, to attend South by Southwest, a music festival in Texas where he will be a keynote speaker. First lady Michelle Obama, also scheduled to speak at the festival, will attend the Friday, March 11 funeral in Simi Valley, California.

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Last Thursday, faculty voted to finalize academic details concerning the transition from the honors program to the Collegiate Scholars program. That day, program director Eric Hutchinson sent an invitation to freshmen to apply. As the Collegiate Scholars program accepts applications for its inaugural class, it makes its most essential break from the defunct honors program. In doing so it enhances its ability to foster interdisciplinary culture on campus and reflect the liberal arts ethos of the college. While current members were selected prior to their matriculation, qualifying to apply based on high school

and standardized test performance, selection to the Collegiate Scholars reflects students’ collegiate work and contribution to the school community. Students must demonstrate the drive and ability to thrive in Hillsdale’s rigorous core curriculum by earning a 3.4 GPA for their initial semesters here. Professor recommendations ensure that applying students understand, or have begun to understand, the partnership that is collegial life. The college website says the program will “serve the college as a whole by offering a range of academic seminars open to all students, by highlighting the intrinsic worth of the core curriculum, and

by sustaining a common conversation among all students and faculty.” The old honors program did all these things, and its members have contributed much to campus academic and social life and continue to under their new title, but the Collegiate Scholars is equipped to better fulfill this charge by drawing together a community of students who already possess a life in the college prior and apart from the program. As the expanded core curriculum continues to strengthen the liberal arts education offered at Hillsdale, a program dedicated to facilitating interdisciplinary life, as seen in seminars offered

and the weekly “Conversation,” can only add to that strength. As bland a name as the Collegiate Scholars is, it represents something that all of campus can be grateful for, a group of students devoted to scholarly excellence and the strengthening of the collegiate bands that tie campus together. Each program member can act as a touchpoint for peers in their discipline connecting them to students across every area of study. However Collegiate Scholars earn their place, they earn a position of service for the common good of Hillsdale.

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Curt Schilling, sports, and character By | Stevan Bennett, Jr. Assistant Editor

Lab mice in Tartu University, Estonia. Some with Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy have regained muscular ability through gene therapy. Priit Tiganik | Wikimedia Commons

By | Ben Block Special to the Collegian

The world’s worst diseases and ailments may finally have cures. The life sciences recently discovered the ability to alter the human genome, the very entity that encodes our humanity, in order to eliminate disease, mutations, and potentially engineer the perfect human. Originally identified in the immune systems of singlecelled organisms, Clustered Regularly Interspaced Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) improve prokaryotes’ defense against phages and viruses by inserting strands of foreign DNA into its own genome. This allows for better, more effective responses against future attacks. However, CRISPR is no longer confined to single celled organisms. Scientists are now attempting to use CRISPR variants, created and revised in the lab, to edit the genomes of multicellular organisms in order to remove detrimental mutations. Recently, researchers used CRISPR technolology to repair a faulty gene in mice that causes Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy. By the end of the study, the mice had regained 80 percent of their muscular ability. The power of CRISPR is so great that Director of National Intelligence James Clapper placed its gene-editing method on his list of weapons of mass destruction. Clapper said “its deliberate or unintentional misuse might lead to far-

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CRISPR: More than a drawer in your refrigerator

Uses of a Liberal Arts Education

On the whole, this week’s CCA on “Sports and Character” was a tremendous success, and a majority of the speakers seemed to be well-chosen and informative. Former allstar pitcher Curt Schilling, however, gave a lecture titled “Sports and Character” on Sunday night. Given his history of impropriety and hasty apologies, the decision to have Schilling speak on this particular topic is puzzling, particularly in light of all those in our own athletic department, such as Bill Lundberg or Keith Otterbein, who have been commended for their strong character, and could have lectured on the topic with authority. Schilling, however, gave the lecture, and throughout it he offered classic bar-room banter; often making the audience laugh with his lowbrow language and slightly off-color stories. Schilling’s lecture, although certainly entertaining, was not centered on character. This is something that could have been foreseen. While Schilling was a player in the late 1990s and early 2000s he was often called out, by both teammates and the media, for being self-centered. ESPN reporter Pedro Gomez, a 23-year veteran of the industry, criticized Schilling heavily during the 2001 World Series, describing his as “the consummate table for one.” The antics continued in 2003 when Schilling took a bat to a camera used to evaluate umpire performance after an umpire told Schilling, “I can’t call that pitch a strike, the machine won’t let me.” Schilling was fined by the MLB and later apologized for his actions. Even in retirement, Schilling has continued his questionable behavior. In 2012, Schilling’s game development company 38 Studios declared bankruptcy, costing Schilling $50 million of his own money, which he clearly stated in his lecture. Failure in business, of course, is nothing to hold against a man’s character. In the deal, however, he lost most of a $75 million loan from the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation — a corporation financially backed by the government through tax payers. This fact was notably absent from the lecture. Perhaps the greatest nail in Schilling’s proverbial coffin came last August when Schilling was suspended from his job at ESPN for tweeting a meme that read, “It’s said only 5-10 percent of Muslims are extremists. In 1940, only 7 percent of Germans were Nazis. How’d that go?” The text was superimposed over a picture of Adolf Hitler and Schilling added, “The math is staggering when you get to true #’s.” Schilling quickly removed the tweet and issued an apology, but that does not change that the tweet was sent in the first place. Schilling’s one-game suspension was extended to cover the remainder of the 2015 season after Schilling attacked AwfulAnnouncing.com for the way that it handled coverage of the story. ESPN issued apologies for both the tweet and Schilling’s inappropriate email to AwfulAnnouncing.com. Even last week, when asked whether he believed Hillary Clinton should be in prison, he said that he believed she “should be buried under a jail.” This comment came after ESPN had requested that all employees stay away from public personal attacks in regards to the upcoming elections. While none of these things are are overly shameful on their own, all together they raise serious doubt of Schilling’s authority on the topic of “Sports and Character,” especially at a college that holds those associated with it to such a high standard. When I raised my concerns about Schilling’s selection after the lecture, the External Affairs office declined to comment. It should be noted that, in general, the CCA was highly successful. The speakers delivered a series of entertaining and insightful lectures, which seemed to be well received by the audience. The strength of the other speakers, however, only heightened my disappointment in the selection of Schilling for a lecture on character. In the sports world, there are many men and women of strong character that are champions of the values promoted by Hillsdale College. On this very campus we have numerous coaches who have been praised for the way that they conduct themselves, and for their ability to cultivate character in their players. Although they may not have the name recognition of Curt Schilling, it would have been better to hear about character from somebody with this kind of reputation, rather than from somebody with a history of questionable actions.

reaching... national security implications.” CRISPR could be used ethically as an instrument for curing disease. But the power of genomic editing could also tempt scientists and future parents to use it not only to cure but also to “improve” human beings. This raises the specter of humanity’s past attempts at eugenics. During the first half of the 20th century, a variety of methods were used to help create genetically superior humans, including the forced sterilization of more than 60,000 Americans through compulsory sterilization laws. Even more were sterilized without their knowledge. Nazi Germany’s concentration camps provide a yet more sobering reminder about previous attempts to “perfect” mankind. CRISPR offers a much more efficient path for those who believe human beings can be improved. Modern-day eugenicists parading under the moniker of “transhumanism” believe that improving humanity is not only an option, but a moral duty. In an interview with Vice magazine, transhumanist philosopher and writer Zoltan Istvan said CRISPR should be used to “modify the human being to be much stronger and functional than it is.” Such hopes may sound benign, but one wonders what might happen when our new race of super-people come

into being. What prevents forced sterilization, or worse, for those deemed genetically inferior? The second danger conjured by the potential of CRISPR is the threat of the unknown, of meddling with systems that we do not fully understand. CRISPR would be used to permanently alter individual’s genomes, the long-term effects of which are uncertain. Although the human genome has been mapped, scientists are far from understanding the complex functions of, and interactions between, our genes. Simply waddling into the situation and modifying human beings without complete understanding of the consequences might seem insane, but that very thing is happening as you read this article. The United Kingdom recently approved studies that will use CRISPR to edit genes in human embryos. Scientists have engineered variants of CRISPR technology to target specific locations on a genome, typically the location of a mutation. CRISPR variants then carry an endonuclease, Cas9, to the desired location and remove the mutated gene(s). Next, a CRISPR-based transport installs a repaired or enhanced set of genes in place of the mutation. Theoretically, with the mutation eliminated, the genome would be able to function flawlessly. CRISPR technology has moved from theory to reality. A paper published in December 2015 revealed that

researchers have reversed the negative effects of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in mature mice. While the mice never regained full function in the affected areas, their dystrophin production was mostly restored, allowing them to live relatively normal lives with minimal effect on their mobility. These successes paint a grand picture for the future of CRISPR, which could one day be used to eliminate genetic diseases such as DMD, Down Syndrome and cancer susceptibilities. However, nothing is free and everything is far from certain. Often, when new technologies like CRISPR are developed, man temporarily forgets that the universe is not under his control. Regardless of the dams built, antidotes made, poisons perfected and medicines manufactured, nature always finds a way to remind man that it is in control, and when it does, the results can be catastrophic. The dangers associated with CRISPR — unethical genetic alteration and reckless use of powers man does not understand — must be thoroughly explored before use of the technology is considered. Ben is a junior studying biology.

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Perspectives on masculinity: Our men speak up Micah Meadowcroft: When considering the masculine, don’t ignore the feminine By | Micah Meadowcroft If there really is a crisis of Associate Editor American men, it is not a crisis isolated from society’s When a man loudly defends conception either of women his manhood, regardless or of itself. We may talk about of what was said about his fulfilling the role society hands, “the lady doth protest has created for men, or men too much, methinks.” No man meeting the needs of their emasculates himself as quickly community, but let us be as the one who puts forward careful when discussing the masculine and the feminine his own masculinity. Separated from femininity, in isolated abstractions, as no masculinity has no meaningful question is removeable from its context. significance. In her lecture “Are Women If man, “homo,” may be actually divided into “vir,” Human?,” friend of C.S. male, and “femina,” female, Lewis and first-wave feminist if those two categories are Dorothy Sayers asked her to possess a relationship to audience to imagine a world reality that surpasses mere where a man is thought of “not sexual characteristics — the as a member of society, but repetitiveness or variety of merely (salva reverential) a chromosomes at play, the virile member of society.” That predominance of testosterone is, with a wink, to imagine or estrogen, or the consequent a world where magazines shape and function of pelvises and newspapers have “men’s and femoral sockets — then interest” sections and nurses discussions of masculinity and flight attendants are not must remain coupled to the the only commonly gendered feminine, and rooted in the “male-” occupations, a world human. To do otherwise is where men are explicitly to fall into the same traps of defined by their maleness. At identity politics as third-wave the time, Sayers intended this rhetorical device to illustrate feminism. the ridiculousness, and

resulting strange alienation, of isolating the feminine from the human. That is, if a woman is always a “lady doctor” or “female mechanic,” then she is always other than the norm, other than human, which in such a society is masculine by default. Today our culture is saturated by materials denoted by maleness, ranging from the damaging — like pornographic “men’s interest” magazines — to the benevolent, like the excellent “Art of Manliness” website. In some real, significant sense, American men feel alienated in and from their very maleness. But projects attempting to double down on what manhood is without acknowledging the cultural context in which they operate or tradition from which they come devolve into a phallocentric identity politics. Men’s Rights Activists, the pathetic self-pity monsters of the dirty corners of the internet, are indistinguishable in ideological method from third-wave feminists — though much more rapey.

Mark LaPrairie: Men, step up and lead By | Mark LaPrairie Special to the Collegian An Open Letter to the Men of Hillsdale: Men, recall with me a classroom scene we’ve all experienced. It’s an unpleasant scene, a rough time to be in the classroom, no doubt. It is characterized by a paralyzing stress. Simply being in the room sends adrenaline and cortisol pulsing through one’s body. An attentive ear can even detect quiet prayers pleading with God to pick this moment for the Rapture. Hopefully, you were lucky enough to take a bathroom break just before the professor’s mouth utters the dreaded question: “I need a volunteer!” Enervating situations like these constantly arise for college students. These moments cry out for action, for someone to raise their hand, say something, or, in this case, volunteer. Yet the stress and uncertainty scares most into silence and inaction. Alas, these unscripted situations still require a volunteer, a leader, or action. So who is take the unenviable plunge into uncertainty? The answer should be men. But why? The male’s call to actionoriented leadership is an inescapable mandate from God. In Genesis 2, God places Adam in the Garden to work and cultivate it, both actionoriented directives. But just one chapter later, Adam repudiated this command. He stood idly by, watching the Serpent tempt Eve, and later sought asylum amongst

“Men were not originally designed to be silent, hide, or defer responsibility.” the trees, running from God’s approaching footsteps. When questioned by God, he rejected responsibility by minimizing his role in a forbidden action: “The woman you put here with me — she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” Nothing has changed, guys. We still, like Adam, are disposed to silence, hiding, and deferring responsibility to others. But we were not originally designed to be silent, hide, or defer responsibility. God put Adam in the Garden to work it, leading in the naming of animals and cultivation of the Garden. So instead of following Adam’s passivity, we need to emulate Isaiah 6:8: “Here I am. Send me!” We have to understand part of our design is to lead boldly; running does not change our nature. God engineered us to lead and to fill leadership vacancies. Remember, Adam was given the responsibility to name the animals, despite a lack of any animal-naming qualifications. Do not worry about your competence or ability to step in without hiccups. That is beside the point. We will never be at peace sitting quietly in our classroom chair and waiting for another to volunteer. Being bold is uncomfortable, I’ll be the first to admit. But as Hillsdale men, we do not have the privilege of being afraid of

the uncomfortable. We go to a rigorous institution where we eat, sleep, and breathe the uncomfortable. Our core curriculum is uncomfortable; our workload is uncomfortable; expanding our intellectual horizon is uncomfortable. More importantly, growth itself is uncomfortable. But if being uncomfortable is a sign of growth, think about how much we are growing! Let us take the pulse of campus here and now. Our campus needs more male presence. We need to lift our eyes up from our Facebook and Instagram apps to scroll through the environment we currently occupy. It’s time to stop hiding behind a full schedule of classes to get involved in GOAL programs, SAB, InterVarsity, or other clubs. It’s time to stop dismissing responsibility because it’s “not my thing” or leadership because “I’m an introvert.” It’s time to date women and commit, not hook up or have a “thing.” Indeed, we males fight a strong current in life that washes us towards inaction and comfort. Just remember that if you are not actively fighting against the current, you’re drifting backwards toward passivity. Sincerely, A Brother in Passivity Mark is a senior studying economics and math.

Josiah Lippincott: Women objectify men as frequently as men objectify women By | Josiah Lippincott Special to the Collegian Michael Lucchese (“True beauty isn’t ‘sexy,’” Mar. 3) argued that the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition is “indecent.” His conclusion is right, but his analysis is incomplete. Like too many critics of American sexual dysfunction, Lucchese focuses on the vices of men. It is “high school boys” and “desperate, middleaged men” who “gawk” at women as “pieces of meat.” His one-sided criticism would seem to play into the common assumption that men’s sexual desires are more base and vulgar than women’s. This simply isn’t true. Yes, men objectify women’s beauty. But women do the same for men’s power, status, and wealth. Just look at the objects of female sexual fantasy. The heroes of romance novels are not kind, pudgy, middle-aged accountants who

provide a steady paycheck, but handsome, muscular, and sexually ravenous firefighters, vampires, cowboys, etc. The objectified protagonist of Fifty Shades of Grey (which sold 125 million copies) is a billionaire bad boy with a taste for violent sexual domination. Lucchese, however, frames women as innocent victims of a culture of male neanderthals who merely want to prey on their beauty. He assumes that our culture of pornography is what teaches women “to desire to have men lust after them,” as if women would not want to be lusted after. This is naive. The women who participate in making the Swimsuit Edition are not victims; they understand full well the advantages of their sexuality and the access it gives them to wealth, power, and status. Take Kate Upton for example, an average woman in all respects but her looks. She leveraged her body into a multi-million dollar modeling career and a relationship with one of the best-paid athletes in

America. Contrary to popular belief, women are no more monogamous than men. In fact they initiate 70 percent of divorces, despite research showing men and women commit adultery at roughly the same rate. Men and women are both prone to socially destructive vices. The problem is not that men and women treat one another as means to an end, but as means to bad ends. Civilization demands that sex aim at the creation of new life and the mutual support of spouses. Smut, for both men and women, undermines this order. It fosters envy and covetousness; promotes fantasies over actual, lifegiving sex and the rearing of children; and encourages fornication, which threatens the monogamous foundation of our civilization. Still, there is nothing wrong with men appreciating female beauty or women appreciating men’s strength and status, but like any desires these must be

Early feminists like Sayers demonstrated that society saw the male as the unmarked default category in social roles, that the female must always be marked, and thus other and marginalized. The first wave won women their civil rights and equal legal status. Second-wave feminism led to third-wave as it moved past exposing the unique challenges women face, to othering the female not just from men or simple humanity but from other females, birthing a self-consuming fractured ideology of identity. The contemporary male desire to reassert and define masculinity in reaction to felt marginalization reveals that society has succeeded in unsexing “homo” entirely. Rather than feminism and its responders creating a humankind that denotes not just masculine, but also feminine, both have been excised and alienated from simple humanity. Heterodox radical feminist and cultural critic Camille Paglia’s reflections on feminism and the sexes have

earned her notoriety for affirming men and women’s mutual codependence and wedded identities. In December 2013, she wrote in Time magazine that “when an educated culture routinely denigrates masculinity and manhood, then women will be perpetually stuck with boys, who have no incentive to mature or to honor their commitments. And without strong men as models to either embrace or (for dissident lesbians) to resist, women will never attain a centered and profound sense of themselves as women.” Paglia condemns this unisex war on and by the sexes to unsex humanity. It is gnostic in its rejection of biology and modern in its rejection of history. As she argues, traditional gender roles arose as a kind of division of labor born out of the biological realities of pregnancy, a division made almost superfluous by capitalism’s labor-saving devices. But Paglia believes that a failure to acknowledge the biological differences between men and

women, physiological and psychological, or a denial of the essentialness of filling societal roles traditionally assigned to one sex, like childcare and soldiery, threatens the stability of American civilization. When discussing masculinity, we must not make the same mistakes. Rather than speaking in male terms over and against femininity or simple humanity, we must look to history and the contexts in which gender roles arose. A clear understanding of the ways that social and material circumstances partnered with biological differentiation to determine those roles can lead to a cleareyed examination of how they are best distinguished today. Most of all, remember Genesis, and “homo” as both masculine and feminine. For, “Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created.” Micah is a senior studying history and journalism.

Alex Buchmann: Hillsdale’s ‘sweet’ men

Over the last two semesters, I’ve engaged a variety of groups on campus about the male community and the definition of manliness here at Hillsdale. My main question is: Why does our school exhibit a host of countercultural characteristics, while our general male population mirrors the effete masses of modern American universities? Yes, the men here are good and moral men, but as a common body our resounding Instagram caption would state: “Look at the sweet men of Hillsdale College!” We do not emulate the traditional masculinity which many of our Great Books portray, nor the confident qualities women seek in their future spouses. If I had to explicate this reality in an Englishdepartment-approved thesis, it would read as follows: Hillsdale male community, stifled by a pornographic culture and a pansified society, reflects the decline of traditional manliness across American college campuses. Every Hillsdale student, regardless of gender, grows up in this pornographic age, and our Hillsdale bubble cannot filter out a lifetime of erotic indoctrination. Individual men are particularly at fault as our choice in movies, television shows, and iPhone Private Windows cheapens our sexual expectations. A man has no need to risk rejection when everything arousing is immediately accessible and damningly exciting. Even those who purposefully continue to risk, find their perceptions of sex twisted with senseless perversions as pornography

worms its way through the grey matter of their brain. On this fault line, our men generally split into two groups: Those inhabiting the fringes of masculinity, and those participating in our craven hook-up scene. As this gap widens, the male community will lose the proper combination of restraint and risk-taking which is vital to the development of moderation, courage, and ultimately manliness. While the overwhelming majority of our men know the purpose and institution for sex, our pornographic culture, inherited and/or personally maintained, perverts our natural sex drive and hinders engagement in worthwhile dating relationships. Hillsdale’s men are among the most virtuous collegians in the country, but we are susceptible nonetheless; equally fallen, and equally tempted. Pornography contributes to our male community’s divide, but our own acceptance of the broader, pansified society threatens to lock the feckless and the foolhardy in their place. Society discourages men from overcoming challenges by propping up hollow idols of masculinity in entertainment. How many of our fathers and grandfathers share stories of how they physically fought and overcame bullies, or after a summer of hard work, repaired some car or motorcycle? Whether it’s television shows or mainstream music, modern entertainment floods our minds with false masculinity through effeminate or enslaved-to-lust characters who consequently steer hoards of young men toward a life of indolent pleasures. Further, American schools contribute to this wimpish society by disciplining young

boys against their nature. The paragon student in a kindergarten classroom is little girl who sits quietly and waits for the teacher’s instructions. Young boys squirm, they fight, they pick their noses — sometimes even each others’. This discipline soldiers on well into high school until men eventually effeminate themselves by retreating from the pain of correction and running toward the ease of indoctrination. How many Hillsdale men have been in a fight? How many of us have built something marvelous with our hands? While manliness is more than fighting and fixing cars, the principle remains that overcoming obstacles, especially physically demanding ones, forges the foundational elements of manliness. A lifelong compliance with this perfidious society produces a pansified, unmanly, yet sweet, male college student. The restoration of traditional manliness begins with intentionally practicing moderation and courage in our daily lives. Our pornographic hook-up culture will end when each of us learns to restrain our own bodies. The boys on the fringe of masculinity will grow up as they develop confidence by overcoming worthwhile challenges. The opportunities for courage at Hillsdale are not found in Odyssean deeds of bravery. Instead, courage here is small. It’s in defending friends, holding your ground in arguments, and not apologizing for every little thing you do. Courage and moderation are the pillars of confidence and the foundation of a culture of manliness.

oriented toward what is good. We need to be wary of taking the anti-porn argument too far, to the point that we treat a man desiring a woman sexually as an evil in itself. Because the reality is that true beauty is sexy. The things men find beautiful about women are grounded in the biological requirements for creating new life. Thin waists and wide hips signify childbearing potential and the presence of deposits of omega-3 fats useful for brain growth in breastfeeding newborns. Long, shiny hair radiates health. Developed breasts indicate sexual maturity. Nature has

hardwired men to desire these feminine features, ultimately to the benefit of their future children. A woman’s virtue doesn’t make her beautiful. It makes her good. There is a difference. Although virtue matters immensely in selecting a spouse, it doesn’t create the spark of physical desire necessary for romance. The point is not to free ourselves from our subrational desires but to guide them. But by ignoring the full truth about men and women’s sexual natures it makes it harder to attack destructive vices. We must confront the reality of human sexual

failings as a whole, not just in part. By doing so we will make lasting love and happiness more likely.

By | Alex Buchmann Special to the Collegian

Alex is a senior studying politics.

Josiah is a senior studying politics.

CORRECTION: The story, “Seventy percent of Hillsdale felons do not go to trial,” printed on A7 of the March 3 edition, was incorrectly titled. The new headline posted online, “Out of 801 trials, none went to jury,” correctly represents the data.

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May the ‘frost’ be with you Family from Reading continues snow sculpture tradition, builds massive Millennium Falcon By | Kayla Stetzel

Collegian Freelancer While many see heavy snowfall as a dreary start to the week, the Fuller family sees a creative opportunity. Last week, the Fullers built a massive replica of the Millennium Falcon to pay tribute to one of their favorite films, “Star Wars,” in the front yard of their home in Reading, Michigan. The Fullers have been building snow sculptures with pop culture themes since 2008, when they made a replica of Darth Vader in their yard. Now, the hobby has become one of the family’s regular winter past times. “My children are ten years apart in age, and they needed something to do together,” said Carolyn Fuller, the mother of the family, who acts as the overseer to the projects. “I figured that making a snow sculpture

was complicated enough for my older one, and simple enough for the younger to enjoy as well. We had so much fun after we finished the first sculpture, that we decided that we wanted to build another one when the opportunity came along.”

blue thrusters in the back,” Fuller said. “We mixed the coloring with water in a spray bottle and layered it until we got the shade we wanted. The gray was harder. Black food coloring turns green or purple if you dilute it too much, so we used India ink

we really can’t do anything. We ran into that when we made the Dawn Treader ship from ‘The Chronicles of Narnia,’” Fuller said. “That was the largest snow sculpture we’ve ever made,” said Tony, the eldest son. “Mom made the

car Lightning McQueen, from the Pixar film “Cars,” and in 2010 it was Optimus Prime from “Transformers,” complete with red and blue coloring. In 2011, they built the Dawn Treader ship from “The Chronicles of Narnia: the Voyage of the

“It represents freedom. Han Solo was human, and almost anyone can identify with something in his character. We wanted to pay tribute to him.” Creating the Millennium Falcon took two days to complete, and attention to detail was crucial. After the family was able to combine all the snow in their yard into a workable pile, the artistic process began. “To color the snow, we used food coloring for the

diluted in water for that.” The family starts thinking of what to build throughout the year, but the final sculpture is always a reference to a franchise they love. Weather plays a big role in how and what the Fullers decide to create. “If the snow won’t pack,

The Fuller family built a snow sculpture of the Millennium Falcon from “Star Wars” at their home in Reading, Michigan. Carolyn Fuller | Courtesy

Narnian flag that hung over the side of the ship, and we had help from the neighbors in building it. It’s based on a Viking ship, with a dragon head and dragon tail. It had a mast and a sail, and we could climb up in it.” In 2009, the family created a replica of racing

Dawn Treader.” Last year the family built a snow statue of Gandalf from “The Lord of the Rings,” which stood nine feet tall. The family’s favorite sculpture to date is the Millennium Falcon. Both Carolyn and Jim Fuller have been dedicated Star Wars

fans since they saw the first film when they were kids, and now they share their passion with their sons. The Millennium Falcon is eight feet wide and 12 feet long, and it’s angled to stand about six feet off of the ground. “It represents freedom,” Fuller said. “Han Solo was human, and almost anyone can identify with something in his character. We wanted to pay tribute to him.” The local response has been positive, and many locals frequent the Fuller residence to take photos of the snow sculpture. “While mom was spraying color on the thrusters, the local police officer stopped by and asked us how long it took to build it,” said Beau, the youngest son. While the family hasn’t determined what they will be building next season, Reading residents can expect it to be something fun and maybe “Star Wars” themed.

The completed Millennium Falcon built by the Fullers measured eight feet wide, 12 feet long, and angled six feet off the ground. Carolyn Fuller | Courtesy

Phone scammers plague Hillsdale County Scammers solicit money to support sheriff campaign, avoid arrest warrants

By | Philip H. DeVoe Assistant Editor Hillsdale County residents have been hit by a series of phone scams over the past several weeks, in which callers ask them to pay out sums of money to support a local sheriff campaign or to avoid penalties from the Hillsdale County court system or the IRS, according to the Hillsdale County Sheriff ’s Office. “We received calls from 10 to 12 residents in one hour last Friday either reporting the scam or asking if the call they received was from the sheriff ’s office,” said Detective Lieutenant Lance Benzing. So far, Benzing said, some of the callers claim to be from Lt. Tim Parker’s campaign for Hillsdale County sheriff, the IRS, or the Hillsdale County Sheriff ’s Office. Benzing, who is investigating the scam, said the sheriff ’s department has already served a phone company, XO Communications, with a subpoena to retrieve data that will hopefully reveal who has been making the calls. Most of the calls have been routed through a “warehouse” to an outside IP address, making it difficult to track. Benzing said he thinks the number is coming from the Detroit area, but the department will have

to wait until XO Communications returns the information from the subpoena. “We haven’t had anyone pay the money to the scammer so far and as far as we’ve heard,” Benzing said. “Typically, when the people start to question the scammer, he hurries up the call and hangs up quickly. People in the county have been

Parker, who is a lieutenant at the Hillsdale County Sheriff ’s Office, was tipped off to the scam by Denny Groves, an associate realty broker at Coldwell Banker Denny Groves & Associates. Groves, a friend of Parker, was called by a scammer claiming to represent Parker’s campaign. Groves said the scammer

was a scam…because if Tim needed something, he would come to me,” Groves said. Parker added that Michigan campaign finance laws prohibit donations of over $1,000, another red flag for anyone suspecting a caller asking for money. Benzing said most people who reported the second

followed up by calling the real phone numbers for the sheriff ’s department and the court, only to discover the scam. “One person who reported the scam said the scammer asked for money because her husband had not shown up for court, but her husband was deceased,” Benzing said. “We were tipped off by anoth-

“It was a devastating hit to my campaign, because I’m getting someone trying to use my campaign to get monetary gain on their behalf. It is very much a threat to the citizens.” good about questioning suspicious calls.” Benzing said that the scammers have done research about the county, since the hooks of Parker’s sheriff campaign and the Hillsdale County Sheriff ’s Office include names of members of the department. The first scammer claiming to be from Parker’s campaign has generally asked for a $3,000 contribution, according to Parker. “It was a devastating hit to my campaign, because I’m getting someone trying to use my campaign to get monetary gain on their behalf,” Parker said. “It is very much a threat to the citizens.”

initially left a message on his phone. When Groves called back, the scammer told him it was the last day to donate money and that if Groves gave $3,000, “they’d be tickled.” “I told them I would just call Tim, since I’m friends with them,” Groves said. “The caller said he was a deputy, but I didn’t recognize the name, and I know all of the people at the sheriff ’s office, so I knew something was up.” Groves contacted Parker the next morning, and said Parker said he didn’t know someone was soliciting money on behalf of his campaign. “Everything sounded fishy from the start…and I knew it

scammer said the caller asked for a remittance fee to avoid a warrant or an arrest. The scammer claimed to be from the Hillsdale County court system, asking for between $1,500 and $1,800 to stop a n arrest warrant for not showing up for court appearances such as jury duty. Benzing said neither the Hillsdale County Sheriff ’s Office or the county court system ask residents for money to avoid penalties. Both the sheriff ’s department and the court system mail notices about impending jury duty or potential fines and penalties. Benzing also said most people receiving these phone calls

er because the call claimed to be from a judge who no longer works at the court.” When Parker called the numbers associated with the scam, he said he hears something introducing the number as the sheriff ’s office, without specifying which county’s department. “Some of these calls are coming from the West Coast... so they could be using the same number to feedback to this one unspecified sheriff ’s department to scam people in other areas,” Parker said. Parker said no one should ever donate money solicited over the phone. More often than not, he said, there are il-

legitimate systems asking for money over the phone. “Once they have your information, they have a full shopping spree,” Parker said. Benzing speculated that, if apprehended, the scammer or scammers could face a fraud complaint for obtaining money under false pretences. Any sentencing would be based on how much information they could gather about the way the scam operated. “Some are messages, some are person-to-person,” Benzing said. “You would have to identify who was talking, for example, to charge a specific identity issue.” Parker posted a warning on his Facebook page “Tim Parker for Hillsdale County Sheriff ” after Groves reported the scam, and since then his post has reached 18,000 Facebook users, which pleases Parker since he wants people in the community to be aware of the scam and avoid having their money stolen. The known numbers associated with the scam are: (248) - 785 - 4109 (458) - 212 - 0109 (503) - 719 - 8678 The Hillsdale County Sheriff ’s Office encourages all residents to report potential phone scams.

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Sanders, Trump win double-digit victories in Hillsdale County Despite endorsement from local Michigan Democrats, Clinton loses the vote in Hillsdsale County By | Vivian Hughbanks

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Trump won 41 percent of the votes across the county. Trump also won victories in Mississippi and Hawaii, while Cruz won the Idaho Republican primary. Ohio Gov. John Kasich came in third place in Hillsdale, taking 18 percent of the vote. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio won only seven percent of the vote in Hillsdale County. Despite having suspended their presidential campaigns, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson won 192 votes, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush got 49 votes, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul got 22 votes, and retired Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum took 13 votes. Hillsdale County saw a high turnout, with 29.93 percent participating of the 33,256 registered voters across the county.

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In a shocking statewide victory in Tuesday’s Democratic presidential primary election Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, beat former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by 17 percent of the vote in Hillsdale County. Despite both Michigan Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters’ endorsing Clinton, Sanders has been campaigning hard in the Great Lakes state, and defeated Clinton by one percent of Michigan votes cast. Sanders’ Michigan victory came after a strong performance at CNN’s Democratic primary debate hosted at the University of Michigan — Flint last

Sunday, when he won the endorsement of former Michigan Sen. Don Riegle. “You’re worried about the possibility of Cruz or Trump being elected, the person today who the American people in public opinion polls say they would vote for versus these candidates and who can beat all of these candidates — there’s only one, and it’s this guy right here,” Riegle said at a press conference ahead of the debate in Flint on Sunday. While Sanders was victorious in Michigan, Clinton trounced the socialist senator taking 82.6 percent of the vote in Mississippi. Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump also scored a victory in Hillsdale County, beating rival Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, by a 13 percent margin.

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Resident, councilmember object to city’s contract with Domestic Harmony By | Thomas Novelly

Assistant Editor

One resident and a member of the Hillsdale City Council objected to the approval of a $5,000 contract with the local non-profit domestic violence shelter, Domestic Harmony, during a public meeting Monday. The city has partnered financially with Domestic Harmony for more than 10 years, but Councilman Patrick Flannery objected to the contract. Flannery voted against the measure, saying it isn’t the council’s role to support charities. Nonetheless, council approved the contract four to one. “I don’t believe the government should be giving to private charities,” Flannery said. “We can’t afford it, and we’ve been doing it for over a decade? I plan on voting ‘no’ on this. This isn’t our checkbook.”

In response to Flannery, Councilman Bruce Sharp said that the $5,000 contract represents less than onetenth of one percent of the city’s total budget, and he motioned to approve the contract immediately. “It’s a great service that is provided for our community,” Sharp said. “There’s no question that people need a shelter to go to. Where else are they going to go to? I make a motion that we give the $5,000 to Domestic Harmony.” Julia Denig, executive director of Domestic Harmony, appeared before the council to update councilmembers on the shelter’s progress. In addition to supporting 58 adults and 50 children with safe shelter in the past year, Denig also said it has provided 1,020 nights in the shelter to individuals free of charge. “We are the only option in the city of Hillsdale,” Denig

said. “When the police need a place to bring a victim, they bring them to Domestic Harmony. All of our services are free to victims.” Denig said that while the $5,000 contract only makes up for approximately

365 days a year.” Councilman Timothy Dixon said it isn’t uncommon for cities to partner with local shelters and revealed that he is a member of Domestic Harmony’s Board of Directors.

“I don’t believe the government should be giving to private charities.We can’t afford it, and we’ve been doing it for over a decade? I plan on voting ‘no’ on this. This isn’t our checkbook.” 2 percent of Domestic Harmony’s expenses, every penny counts. “We are a small staff of 10,” Denig said. “We rely heavily on community volunteers. Right now, Hillsdale College students are our biggest set of volunteers. This is the only way we can stay open

“Recently, the state legislature clarified what organizations they allow townships to work with,” Dixon said. “They added domestic violence to the statute. I have to admit, I’ve been on their board for three years, and I’ve seen the good they do from the other side.”

Many Hillsdale locals, including resident Penny Swan, said they were happy to see the city continuing its support of Domestic Harmony and saw the contract as a financial benefit for the city instead of a cost. “I want to thank you for supporting Domestic Harmony,” Swan said. “I would think that the cost in calls to the police and the time it would take them to help people in those situations would, without a doubt, outweigh the costs of supporting the shelter.” However, Hillsdale resident Kelly Robinson said during public comment that he disagreed with the council’s decision, primarily that Councilman Dixon voted to financially support an organization of which he is a board member. Robinson offered to give Domestic Harmony $5,000 in conjunction with his new business, North Star

Coffee Company, but only if Domestic Harmony chose to deny the city’s contract. “I think they made a mistake and Flannery is correct,” Robinson said. “You shouldn’t be giving money to private charities. I’m offering a third option. I’ve asked the ladies of Domestic Harmony to disengage with the city on their contract, and I’ll provide a personal gift instead.” Denig declined the gift and said they believe in the city’s support and will continue to foster their partnership. Councilman Adam Stockford said the city’s relationship with Domestic Harmony is a necessary one and he hopes it will continue for many years. “If spending $5,000 a year saves one life or gives one scared child one comfortable and safe night of sleep,” Stockford said, “then I think it’s worth every cent we give them.”

Punk bands rock the Broad Street stage Local Michigan punk and rock bands bring crowds to the Underground By | Scott McClallen

the band. Alex connected with Collegian Freelancer the rest of his members The crowd cheered when through Facebook and began Fathom City invited a member practicing for local shows and of Smart Alecs on stage to competitions around Jackson. dance to its last song, resulting “We have had our ups and in the entire band jumping downs as a band. One of our onto the stage and singing greatest achievements by far along with the crowd. was winning second place in Four punk/rock bands the Homedown Throwdown performed at the Broad Street hosted in Lansing, Michigan, Underground the night of in 2015,” said Di Biosso. March 4, including the Smart The Smart Alecs coined Alecs, Fathom City, Stereo their name through the Song, and 8 Foot Grimiss, all members’ shared traits of of which traveled from all over sarcasm and rebelliousness. Michigan to set a precedent “It was originally a for the Underground as a nickname given by my dad, concert venue in addition to but it fit our genre of the a college bar. Broad Street has ’90s to early 2000s, so we events planned every weekend went with it,” said Di Bosso. through the spring to further The Smart Alecs promote their reach of performance through Bandcamp, Facebook, artists and draw regular Tumbler, and Twitter. crowds. The Smart Alecs were Opening band Smart followed by Fathom City, a Alecs, a pop/punk band from band started out of Detroit in Jackson, Michigan, started 2014 and founded by bassist in 2015 at Michigan State Steve Lupinski. University. “We are unique because we “I always wanted to play don’t trap ourselves in a single in a band, but could not find genre, but are collective so that enough members due to lack we can play whatever we want,” of commitment and a fear said lead vocalist William May. of balancing work, college Fathom City began as classes, and dedicating enough “Fathom,” but decided since time to practice,” said Alex the members were all from Di Biosso, the lead vocalist, different cities, they wanted to songwriter, and composer of encompass the sound of the

band’s hometown of Detroit, and changed the name to Fathom City. “If I could describe our sound in one phrase, it would be funk-based turned the block,” May said. 8 Foot Grimiss was the last band to play Friday night. The members started the band in 2010 out of Battle Creek, Michigan “with the idea to play music they would genuinely enjoy listening to,” said lead vocalist Don Daniel. The band collectively composes its music while Daniel primarily writes lyrics. “8 Foot Grimiss attempts to structure its sound after personal preferences rather than over any certain pattern of music, and even though we identify as heavy blues rock, our music selection offers incredible diversity with the ability to change genres and tones mid-show,” Daniel said. One of the band’s high points was playing support for Saving Abel in 2015. 8 Foot Grimiss offers updates of its music and shows on Facebook, ReverbNation, and Twitter. Broad Street will continue to host bands, performers, and other events open to the general public age 18 and up every weekend throughout the spring and summer.

The Smart Alecs — which include Alex Di Bosso, Nate Foster, Jeremy Gallup, and Derek Wilton — performed at the Broad Street Underground on March 4 as part of Broad Street’s new initiatve to host more bands and performers. Scott McClallen | Collegian

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John U. Bacon on sports and journalism

John U. Bacon is a sports journalist who has written several books, most recently “Endzone: The Rise, Fall, and Return of Michigan Football.” He has been published in publications such as Time, ESPN Magazine, and The New York Times. Bacon received both his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Michigan and remains a loyal Wolverines fan. When did you start writing and how did you settle on sports writing? Between my sophomore and junior year of high school I got the bug after taking a class, and when I was assigned 50 pages I wrote 150 because I couldn’t stop. I have always loved sports, and since I am from Ann Arbor that is just what you do. I didn’t learn to marry those two things until I was about 25, and I was a history major, not journalism, but my ability to combine deep research and sports gave me a real advantage. Why are we so attached to college sports? Well in the NFL it is a business, and in college it is a

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without running, but she is optimistic for the summer. Both also recognize the competition. Eccleston said there are two women in the U.S. who are at high levels and should make it through trials. “There is one more spot that is pretty much wide open,” she said. “I would say there are about ten people who have a pretty good shot, and I consider myself one of those ten.” Jones said that he is aware of one British runner whom he believes will qualify. “If I run what I think I can run, I should either be second or third on the British side,” Jones said. Towne also said that the number of Hillsdale athlete-alumni attempting Olympic Trials is unusual and impressive, especially for the size of the college. “It is a testament to the kind of kids that we have, the culture that they’ve been in, and

religion. This means we grow much more attached to college. As I said in my talk, the teams never move and everybody in college wants to be exactly where they are, and that develops a relationship to the fans that just can’t be matched in the NFL.

Do you believe that sports journalism holds an important place in the world of journalism? Why or why not? I get why people make jokes about sports journalism, but to me sports is a prism to view conflicts over values. Most of my stories and my books don’t even take place on the field, but rather in board rooms and meeting rooms. It is the politics of all of it that I find very fascinating. It shows what we are and what we are not willing to sacrifice for sports. Furthermore, character is revealed in sports in a way that it is not in other things. I interviewed Michael Jordan once, and he said, “I get that guys that cure cancer are more important, but I am more fun to watch.” That is pretty hard to ignore.

How do you handle it when you get the chance to interview somebody like Michael Jordan? A big thing for sports writers is that you can’t get caught up in worshiping these people. After the interview you might go, “Oh my gosh, oh my gosh oh my gosh,” but you can’t do that while talking to them or else you will lose them.

Do you think that football is in trouble because of the concussion problem? There is no question that football is in trouble, and I actually just wrote a piece about this over at Yahoo. I think the problem now is not about actual safety, because they have made the game a lot safer by teaching kids to properly tackle and so on. The bigger problem is that parents will not let their kids play football. It doesn’t matter if the sport is safe or not if there are not new players coming in. So yes, I do think the sport is in trouble, and they need to work to change that. You talk a lot in your book about the idea of being a “Michigan Man,” what does

John U. Bacon speaks on Tuesday as a part of CCA IV: Sports and Character. Brendan Miller | Collegian

that mean? A “Michigan Man” puts values before victory, but wins most of the time anyway. What are your predictions for the upcoming Michigan football season? I know Michigan fans are very excited, and they see that the sky’s the limit, but whenever you play Michigan State and Ohio State on the road it is

going to be tough. People think that they are going to win 11 games and make the playoffs, but frankly I think 10 is more likely with a new quarterback. Maybe they will be all that, but I think we can almost guarantee that the Michigan State and Ohio State games will come down to the last minute. At that point you just have to pick them.

What are you working on now? I am finishing a story with John Saunders from ESPN called “Playing Hurt.” It’s about his life story, fighting all kinds of demons, including depression, so it’s a change of pace for me. -Compiled by Stevan Bennett Jr.

the way that they have developed,” he said. “Even in a big school it would be unlikely to have this many kids continuing to be at that level.” Jones, whose family lives in England, said that he has not seen his family in five years, and he looks forward to seeing them and traveling. “There is nothing more I want to do than see the world,” he said. “One thing about track is that it is a great opportunity to meet new people and to travel different places.” Eccleston said that after her improvement in the last few months, she is hopeful for the outdoor season and the new step in her career. “The running world is sometimes hard for people to understand,” she said, “but everyone understands the Olympics and the Olympic Trials.”

Amanda Eccleston majored in Biology at Hillsdale, and she is now a Maurice Jones holds the Hillsdale record in the 400-meter dash and professional runner for Brooks Running. Amanda Eccleston | Courtesy the 400-meter hurdles. Maurice Jones | Courtesy

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Senior football player competes in regional combine in hopes of making the NFL By | Lillian Quinones Collegian Reporter Hillsdale College senior defensive tackle Roger Stewart chased his NFL dream at Winter Park, the Minnesota Vikings’ indoor facility on Saturday. After months of rigorous training, Stewart was given less than five hours to impress NFL scouts at a regional combine in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. A day-long event, regional combines provide college football players who are eligible for the 2016 Draft, but not participating in the National Scouting Combine, with an opportunity to demonstrate their athleticism in timed drills, in hopes of getting recruited to an NFL summer training camp. Stewart and his personal trainer Simon Cholometas were pleased with his results at the defensive tackle position. “It’s a very small percentage of players who are invited to a summer camp from Division II, but a few of Roger’s numbers put him into an elite category and positioned him for a chance,” Cholometas said. Stewart started playing

junior varsity football as a freshman on his high school football team in White Pigeon, Michigan. Just one year later as a sophomore, he was moved to varsity and was already getting calls from college football scouts. After visiting Hillsdale College and meeting with head football coach Keith Otterbein in his senior year, Otterbein told Stewart to give him a call after thinking about Hillsdale’s offer on the car ride home. Stewart called Otterbein back in less than five minutes, choosing to play for Hillsdale over offers from every college in the area, including D-I Michigan State University. Hillsdale’s reputation for strong academics was a deciding factor for Stewart, who is majoring in biology with a minor in business administration. “I’m proud to say Roger is a member of our football team. He has integrity, character, and has done a great job balancing football, academics, and his personal life, which are all important aspects for being a successful student at Hillsdale College,” Otterbein said.

Stewart’s NFL aspirations began in his junior year of high school and knew that if he had the talent, playing football at a D-II school wouldn’t affect his chances. “My family thinks of Roger as a second brother, but on the field he turns into a different person mentally,” senior wide receiver Noah Hiser said. Hiser redshirted with Stewart and in their freshman year would wake up Stewart for a 5:30 a.m. workout and make their pre-workout toast. Coming off of minor injuries in the 2014-15 season, Stewart began an intense three-phase training schedule for the NFL following Thanksgiving break. Sacrificing alcohol and fast food, Stewart and Cholometas closely monitored his daily activity. “By the time I got to the regional combine, I wanted to know that I put 100 percent in and positioned myself for the best chance possible,” Stewart said. The hard work paid off at the regional combine in Minnesota on Saturday. “I performed very well for my size and feel pretty confi-

dent that I’ll have my opportunity for a shot at the NFL,” Stewart said. Stewart credits Cholometas’s emphasis on sports psychology as critical component for his success and helped him shave off four-hundredths of a second in his second sprint time at the combine. “At a certain point, those three extra bench-presses of 225 pounds becomes the mental grind, and how you talk to yourself while exercising makes a big impact,” Stewart said. Next Tuesday, Stewart will have another chance to impress scouts at Grand Valley State University’s pro-day. Not as comprehensive in drills or high-profile as regional combines, the pro-day at Grand Valley drew Stewart because a high-profile GVSU player in his position particularly interests scouts. Until the regional conference ends, Stewart says now his NFL hopes are “a waiting game.” Roger Stewart pauses for a photo before competing at the NFL regional combine in Minnesota on Saturday. Stewart liked that he got No. 170 because he played with No. 70 his entire career. Roger Stewart | Courtesy

SAB takes students MEN’S BASKETBALL FALLS IN GLIAC TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL to tournament game By | Nathanael Meadowcroft

Sports Editor

The Hillsdale College men’s basketball team’s season came to a disappointing end on Saturday night in the GLIAC Tournament semifinals in Ashland, Ohio. The eighthseed Walsh Cavaliers scorched the Chargers, shooting 63 percent from the field en route to a 98-69 victory. Hillsdale, on the other hand, shot just 38 percent from the floor and 27 percent from 3-point territory, prompting Chargers head coach John Tharp to call the game “probably one of our worst games of the year.” “Walsh got incredibly confident, and it felt like anything and everything that they threw up was going to go in,” Tharp said. “It was one of those things where it got downhill on us pretty quick and the avalanche started.” Three players scored 24 or more points for the Cavaliers, while only two players reached double figures for the Chargers. In the final game of their collegiate careers, senior forward Kyle Cooper scored 21 points and grabbed six rebounds, and senior point guard Zach Miller added 11 points. Walsh opened up a modest lead in the first 10 minutes of the game and began to pull away in the latter part of the first half. The Chargers trailed by double digits from the 5:27 mark of the opening half through the end of the game. “We were a little too soft defensively to start the game and it allowed them to find a rhythm early,” said Cooper, who was named to the GLIAC Men’s Basketball All-Tournament Team. “Once they find that rhythm, then it’s almost like it doesn’t matter what you’re doing from that point forward.” After winning by their largest margin of the season in the opening round of the GLIAC Tournament on March 1 at Lake Superior State, the Chargers suffered their largest margin of defeat of the year against Walsh.

“I don’t really know what happened to be honest. Everything good that happened against Lake State seemed to be the exact opposite on Saturday,” Miller said. “That’s sports, sometimes the ball doesn’t fall you way. It just seemed like every loose ball, everything was just out of our reach.” With the loss, the Chargers finish the 2015-16 season with an 18-10 overall record, tied for their highest win total in four years. “We’re disappointed with how the season ended. We

thought we were the hottest team in the GLIAC,” Tharp said. “It was a little bit of an emotional roller coaster, we did some good things, went through a bad time, picked ourselves up and battled and fought, so I think we’re all kind of still mad about how it ended.” Cooper called his final season “a heck of ride.” “I got to have a fun season with a bunch of my best friends, and we won more games than we lost,” Cooper said. “We had a couple rough

stretches, but I felt like we always played as hard as we could, we just didn’t execute as well as we needed to.” Miller said he didn’t have “any regrets” from his final season. “I wasn’t ready for it to be over, but I think looking back, it was a good year and a great ride with these guys,” Miller said. “You couldn’t ask for a better group of guys — one through 18 — to be around.” Now that his collegiate career has concluded, Cooper has started the process of deciding where he wants to play professionally overseas in the fall and what agent he should sign with. Cooper said he will take this week off to rest, catch up on school work, and receive advice from former teammates who have signed with agents and are playing professional basketball in Europe. He also met with Tharp on Tuesday to get his input on possible agents. “That’s a different world and a crazy world,” Tharp said. “He’s going to have a lot of different opportunities and so we’re just trying to figure out a guy that we think is a good person and is going to guide him the right way.” Cooper said he’d like to end up in Spain, but ultimately the location doesn’t matter. “Anywhere that I can play some professional basketball would be fun for me,” he said. “I know Germany, Spain, Bulgaria, anywhere I can get my hands on a basketball and get a jersey on.” While Cooper figures out his future, Tharp is in the process of turning his attention to next season. Off-season workouts will begin after spring break, but Tharp is evaluating his current team and recruiting for future teams. “The first thing you do is you always self-evaluate,” Tharp said. “You evaluate yourself as a coach and your staff and then your players and figure out what we need to do to keep improving.”

Senior forward Kyle Cooper finished his final game as a Charger with 21 points and six rebounds. Cooper plans to play professional basketball in Europe starting in the fall. Anders Kiledal | Collegian

By | Kayla Stetzel Collegian Reporter The Student Activities Board chartered a bus to take students to the Hillsdale College men’s basketball team’s GLIAC tournament game on Saturday in Ashland, Ohio. Twenty-one students travelled three hours by bus to cheer on the Chargers, who lost to the Walsh Cavaliers 98-69. “When an athletic team makes it to that level, whatever the sport may be, I believe it is the responsibility of the school to provide a service for the students who are interested in showing support,” SAB director Anthony Manno said. “That’s what we tried to do Saturday, and it’s something we are always going to try to do. The other schools, other than the home team, that night had no student support. I was very proud we had that amount of students there.” Forty-one students had originally signed up to go to the game, but many did not turn out. “I think we were hurt a bit by CPAC. Actually, 10 or 15 people left CPAC early to

come out to the game, and we met them there, which was cool,” Manno said. Students who made it to the game said they enjoyed the experience. “We gave it our all, from the face paint to the vuvuzelas. I think we helped the boys out as much as we could,” senior Ben Strickland said. “No one was watching the game in its final moments. We were cheering our faces off when Coop, Pretzer, and the other seniors were subbed out for the last time. I was glad I was there to witness such a huge moment in their careers.” The players were grateful for their encouragement. “We certainly had the greatest fan section among visiting teams, and I would argue that our section was far rowdier and more spirited than the home team’s. It felt great to have their support,” junior forward Nick Archer said. “ Of course, the result was not what we wanted, but I believe our season was successful.” SAB plans to continue chartering buses for big sporting events in years to come.

Students cheer on the men’s basketball team in Ashland, Ohio, on Saturday. The Chargers lost 98-69. Anthony Manno | Courtesy

Charger Chatter: Gianpiero Placidi

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Gianpiero Placidi is a freshman on the tennis team from Bournemouth, England. How did you decide to attend Hillsdale? Has living in the

United States been a difficult cultural transition? Right, so I’m from Bournemouth—that’s around the middle of the south coast, about two hours from London. I was looking to come to America and got contacted by the Hillsdale tennis coach, came out for a visit, and thought it would be a good one to give a go. Aside from Hillsdale, I visited Chicago for a few nights so I haven’t really seen much of the U.S. I am going to do some traveling after this semester—go around to the big cities, see the main attractions, visit the national places of interest. There are no major differences between the U.S. and home, just lots

of minor ones—culture, food, people. It all feels quite new here; it’s obviously very newly populated compared to Europe. Culturally, sports are central here. It’s huge. It’s almost like it’s a religion, everybody’s so into it. Also the size of America is massive and basically everyone drives, even at college, which was surprising. Does the men’s tennis team have a primary goal it hopes to achieve by the end of the season? I think the main goal is to make it to the conference finals at the end of April, and that’s a reasonable target. We have a decent standing right

now. We are 3-1, and have won our last three matches. The next match is on Friday at St. Louis and we are ready to play tougher teams in the conference.

What advice can you give to someone who has never played tennis before but would like to pick up a racket for the first time? You just have to give it a go. You don’t know if you’ll be good at it or like it not until you pick up a racket and try. I must say, tennis is a very difficult sport. It’s not the most accessible sport. But, I think it’s still worth it to pick up a racket, and go try playing it for the first time. What

do you have to lose? Also, I would like to encourage people to find out whenever we are having a match in the future. Most people have not necessarily watched too much live tennis and maybe after coming to a match they’d want to play themselves. Do you plan on continuing your tennis career here at Hillsdale College or moving home to England? Actually, this is my last semester. I will only attend Hillsdale for one year, because I am going back to England to study chemistry at Imperial College London. I have enjoyed a great experience in America

with my time at Hillsdale, but I am excited to go back to England because I love chemistry and this is a fantastic university and an amazing opportunity for me. I’ve got at least four years there to get my Master’s degree. Then I’ll see where my career takes me—you can do so much with chemistry. Right, and Imperial College London has a very strong sports program, so of course I will be on the national tennis team. -Compiled by Jordan Finney

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BEST START EVER

Baseball off to record-breaking 9-2 start after weekend sweep

By | Stevan Bennett Jr. Assistant Editor

The Hillsdale College baseball team is off to a 9-2 start — the best in program history — after the Chargers swept doubleheaders from both the Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers and the Urbana University Blue Knights over the weekend, which stretched its current winning streak to seven games. The winning streak has moved the Chargers into the No. 5 ranking in the Midwest according to D-II Baseball News. Ashland is the only GLIAC team ranked above Hillsdale. The offense continued to click in Owensboro, Kentucky, where the Chargers scored at least 12 runs in three out of four games, resulting in GLIAC North Division Hitter of the Week honors for senior centerfielder Luke Ortel, a co-captain on the team. This is the second straight week in which a Charger has won the award. Ortel went 10-for-17 on the weekend and recorded seven RBIs on his way to a 1.117

slugging percentage. “It is always nice to be recognized, as both a player and a team,” Ortel said. “It has been good for us to get off to a hot start, and I think, with the hitters we have on this team, we will have somebody in contention for this award every week.” While head coach Eric Theisen was pleased by the offensive output, he emphasized the performance of his pitching staff. “We continued to swing it well, but our pitching really stepped it up this weekend,” he said. “I’ve talked a lot about how our pitching will come around and work up to full strength, and now we are seeing it really get closer.” The first game of Saturday’s doubleheader against Kentucky Wesleyan saw the Chargers allow two runs in the bottom of the first inning after blanking in their half of the frame. Hillsdale responded quickly in the top of the second, scoring three runs on RBIs from sophomore second baseman Alex Walts, senior shortstop Michael O’Sullivan,

and senior third baseman Chris McDonald. The next five innings saw a series of back-and-forth swings, and by the end of seven innings of regulation the score was tied 7-7 after four lead changes. The Chargers bullpen was fantastic in the effort, throwing four combined innings, allowing no runs on only one hit. Hillsdale blew the game wide open in the first extra inning, scoring five runs thanks to hits from five separate players, and walks from two more. Junior Joe Chasen allowed only one walk in the bottom half of the inning, sealing the 12-7 victory for the Chargers. The back end of Saturday’s doubleheader looked much different than the high-scoring affair that was the front end. The Chargers struck first in the top of the second inning, taking advantage of some Panther miscues to plate one run, with freshman catcher Steven Ring recording an RBI. Kentucky Wesleyan was able to match this run in the bottom half of the inning.

Hillsdale scored three more times over the next three innings, thanks to one RBI from McDonald in the third, and two from senior rightfielder Connor Bartlett in the fifth. This was enough run support for sophomore starter Will Kruse, who threw six innings, allowing two earned runs on five hits while striking out six. “I was pleased with my outing, and I just wanted to keep the team in it. It was really a great team win,” Kruse said. “I knew as long as I kept throwing strikes and getting people out, then our offense would put us into a position to win and that is exactly what they did.” McDonald recorded his fifth save of the season with a perfect seventh inning, giving the Chargers the 4-2 triumph — their lowest scoring game of the season. “It’s good to go out there and win a low-scoring game,” said Theisen. “It shows what this team is really capable of. It isn’t just a bunch of bats.” On Sunday, the Chargers faced the Urbana University

Blue Knights, and quickly returned to their high-scoring ways. After falling behind 3-0 in the first inning, the Chargers exploded for 12 runs over the next six innings, with hits coming from eight separate Chargers, while nine recorded RBIs. Although Hillsdale held a six-run lead going into the bottom of of the seventh and final inning, the Blue Knights refused to go quietly, scoring three runs before the Chargers recorded an out. McDonald, however, took over the rubber and shut down the Urbana rally, recording a save with three straight outs. The save is McDonald’s sixth of the season, and leaves him only one save off of the all-time single season school record. “He has been our go-to guy in the late innings this year,” Theisen said. “He has done what we need him to do, and it has been great to see his success.” After three hard-fought wins, the team dismantled Urbana in the final game of the weekend, notching a 13-2 vic-

tory in six innings. “We just keep getting contributions from everywhere on the team,” Theisen said. “Everyone is playing their role and doing their part. It’s awesome.” Freshman starter Jonathan Lapshan was tremendous in the game, striking out five over 4 1/3 innings, allowing only two earned runs on six hits. Senior Evan Chalker finished the job, throwing 1 2/3 perfect innings to close out the weekend. Kruse said that the early success hasn’t put any extra pressure on the team, but that he also sees some danger in such a hot start. “Having the best start in school history won’t win us games in the future,” he said. “We have to keep on playing hard and focusing on each and every game and not take anything for granted.” The team will head to St. Charles, Missouri, this weekend for a four-game set against Maryville University. “We have to keep sweating the little things this weekend,” Theisen said. “You can’t take success for granted.”

HILLSDALE ALUMNI TRAIN FOR UPCOMING OLYMPIC TRIALS By | Emma Vinton Assistant Editor

Two Hillsdale College alumni are training to qualify for the 2016 Olympics this August in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Amanda Eccleston (formerly Putt) ’12 and Maurice Jones ’15 both ran track and field while at Hillsdale and hold standing school records for many events. They will try out for the 1500-meter run and the 400-meter hurdles, respectively. Eccleston, a distance runner, holds Hillsdale records in the mile, 800 meter, 3K, and 5K races. She will attempt to qualify for the 1500-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Trials, held July 1-10 in Eugene, Oregon. After graduating from Hillsdale with a biology major, Eccleston went on to compete at the University of Michigan for one year, and has been running consistently since then. She now is a professional runner for Brooks Running. “It is not necessarily anything that different this year,” Eccleston said of her training. “It has been a gradual progression over the last several years, being able to train a little bit more and a little bit harder every year.” She said that she is able to dedicate four-to-five hours per day to training.

Maurice Jones ‘15 hopes to qualify for the Olympics in the 400-meter hurdles for Team England. Maurice Jones | Courtesy

Jones, who holds school records in the 400-meter dash as well as the 400-meter hurdles, is a dual citizen of America and England. He said that he will try out for the 400-meter hurdles with the British team. “The 400 hurdles have exploded in the last few years,” he said. “It was a fairly unpopular race for a long time. A lot of open runners who couldn’t make the team moved to 400 hurdles and found success there. It has become saturated in the U.S. with a lot of good

runners. As this is my first year, I thought my best chances would be for the British team.” “It’s a little bit easier to advance through their system,” Hillsdale track and field head coach Andrew Towne said. “It’ll be easier for him to get into the semifinals and finals, but the top three is still very hard.” After graduation in May, Jones moved to Phoenix to train full time with a company called Altis. If he qualifies, he

Amanda Eccleston ‘12, pictured front left, hopes to qualify for the Olympics in the 1500 meter for Team USA.

will go to the Olympic Trials in Birmingham, England, on June 24-26. Both athletes have been waiting for the outdoor track season to begin in order to hit “Olympic time,” which is the time that is needed for each event to qualify for the trials. This is what Jones called the “try-out for the trials.” Eccleston said that she needs to hit 4:07, and she has run 4:09 so far. “I have six or seven races between now and then, so I’ll

have a chance to go after that,” she said. “It should be very doable based on how I’ve done so far this indoor season.” If she qualifies, she will have to run three races in four days, and place in the top three of the final race. Jones said he would like to hit the US Olympic time for the 400 hurdles, which is 49.4 seconds, but under 50 seconds would be positive. Both athletes said that injuries have been the largest challenge of their careers.

“I have a fairly unique body type that over the years has caused me to have poor form,” Jones said. “Trying to fix it now has generated a lot of problems.” Nevertheless, he said that his training has helped him return to the basics, build endurance, and advance to specialized techniques for his event. Eccleston said that certain injuries, like stress fractures, lead to six-to-eight weeks

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Visiting Writer discusses his writing influences, Kentucky childhood, and the music of poetry

Maurice Manning: poet and professor of English at Transylvania University to visit campus March 14-15 This semester, the Visiting Writers Program will bring poet and English professor Maurice Manning to campus March 14-15. Manning is the author of multiple collections of poetry, including “Lawrence Booth’s Book of Visions,” “Bucolics,” “The Common Man,” and “The Gone and the Going Away.” Manning has taught at DePauw University and Indiana University, and he is now a professor of English at Transylvania University and on faculty in the MFA program at Warren Wilson College and the Sewanee Writing Conference. On Monday, he will deliver a public reading of his work at 8 p.m. in Dow Rooms A&B, and on Tuesday he will deliver a lecture entitled “Here Lies Andrew Baker: An Epitome on Figures of Speech.”

my all-time favorite poets because of his association of the natural world with the spiritual world. I agree with that observation, so it’s natural for me to be drawn to a writer like Hopkins. One of the things that has jumped out in my reading of your poetry is how conversational your poems are. They all seem to have a very distinct voice and someone to whom they’re being addressed. Is that something that’s intentional? What role does this conversational element have when you’re writing your poetry?

How has Robert Penn Warren influenced your writing? With Robert Penn Warren, it’s a different situation for me because he was from Kentucky. With two exceptions, many of his poems are implicitly set in Kentucky. A poem that I am particularly drawn to, “Tell Me a Story,” is at the end of his “Audubon: A Vision.” That whole thing is set in Kentucky and imagines John James Audubon roaming around Kentucky during the frontier days, finding amazing birds to paint. Warren is interesting to me because I just feel a kinship to him as a fellow Kentuckian and as someone who also writes about Kentucky as a subject and a source of literary contemplation. I recognize Kentucky as a wonderfully ambiguous place. It’s a little bit Southern and a little bit not Southern. It’s a little bit in-between — in-between geographically, in-between culturally, in-between historically. I tend to think of it as a small lens through which to examine the whole country.

Poet Maurice Manning, this semester’s visiting writer, will give a public reading of his work on March 14 and a public lecture on March 15 in Dow Rooms A&B. Steve Cody | Courtesy

Who else has been a major influence on your writing?

In Review: ‘Lawrence Booth’s Book of Visions’

Writers have inspired me for different reasons. For instance, the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins from Victorian-era England is one of

One indirect way of answering your question is to say that when I’m writing, I talk it out as I compose it. So it’s important for me to believe that a line of a poem is something worth hearing, as distinct from something worth reading. Does that make sense? So when I’m writing a poem, I’m walking around the room saying the line out loud to hear how it sounds. If it doesn’t sound right then I change the line and fiddle with it until it sounds right. When I was a very little boy, I was fortunate to have a whole bunch of really old relatives around. They were great talkers and great storytellers and my interest in the idea of a story came from hearing people tell family stories out loud. I think I just have this kind of ingrained impulse to treat language as something that we listen to. There are all kinds of subtle features that you can put into the line of a poem that are purely auditory features. They don’t necessarily have anything to do with the meaning. They’re just little auditory effects that are a part of the English language. I like approaching and writing the line knowing that I’m going to be using See Manning, B2

In Review: Manning’s ‘The Common Man’

Maurice Manning’s first poetry collection is a ‘comet of a ‘Metaphysical and Kentuckian worlds collide’ in this 2010 coming-of-age tale’ collection By | Hannah Niemeier Collegian Reporter First, let’s introduce the characters. There’s Red Dog, the loyal companion, and Black Damon, the trusty friend. There’s Mad Daddy, “with the shotgun full of history, / The horse and the flame, and the domino shoes.” And then there’s Lawrence Booth, self-styled hero, lover of nature, brilliant, boisterous, starry-eyed dreamer, and “bull’s-eye boy.” The setting is a 37-acre plot in rural Kentucky: young Booth’s home and the Great Field of his dreams. The playwright and poet is Maurice Manning in his first collection of poetry, “Lawrence Booth’s Book of Visions,” a comet of a coming-of-age tale that won the Yale Younger Poets Award in 2001. This book of visions didn’t come in a flash of lightning for Manning, who spent 10 years on the project while completing his master’s

degree in English at the University of Alabama. But in its slow refinement by fire, the work reached mythic proportions. Manning incorporates his rural setting, realistic characters, and a compelling narrative into a fiery tale of growing up in a South that is not what it once was. Enter Lawrence Booth, a poor Kentucky farm boy from a family struggling with poverty and substance abuse, for whom life in the South is still a grand, romantic tale of heroes, beautiful women, breathtaking landscapes, and big dreams. Young Booth loves his “blood brother” Black Damon fiercely, but he may love Red Dog more. He likes to hear his father’s old war stories, but he doesn’t like when Mad Daddy drinks and hits his dog. He loves playing outside, and he can’t stand math or technology or TV. Booth’s voice is that of a modern prophet: his visions are brilliant and inspired, and he’s See Lawrence Booth, B2

By | Chris McCaffery Columnist Maurice Manning’s poetry in his 2010 collection “The Common Man” is an invitation to converse with the unique voices of his rustic Kentucky home. Manning uses each poem as an opportunity to narrate a single tale. But beyond merely relating events, his narrators sing of themselves, their concrete personalities and manners, and their relationships to their neighbors, the natural world, and the Divine. Reading these poems can feel like a face-to-face encounter with a fully-realized persona that tugs on your ear or wafts across a fire. The collection’s combination of conspiratorial, illicit, or legendarily scandalous activities with philosophizing creates a marvelous friction. For instance, the first poem begins with a swig of moonshine that provokes reflection on family, place, and storytelling. In poems like “That Durned Ole Via Negativa,” metaphysical and Kentuckian worlds collide as an audibly uneducated, ungrammatical

speaker meditates on the transience of a painful world: “You can’t say naw / without the trickle of a smile. / . . . / Down in / that gloomy sadness always is / a hope. . . . My, / but we’re in a lonesome country now. / I wonder if we ever leave it? / We could say yeah, but wouldn’t we / be wiser if we stuck it out / with naw.” The voices’ unpracticed air lends them a real quality. The narrators hesitate, reconsider, digress, and distract themselves, all the while revealing the significance each moment they relate has represented in their own stories. As Manning’s opening poem concludes, “This was the first time I heard the story / I was born to tell. The first time I knew / That I was in the story too.” The idioms, myths, and settings of Manning’s native countryside furnish each poem with a purposeful definition that makes the tales accessible See The Common Man, B2

Hillsdale dancers take the stage in annual concert Stand-alone pieces in weekend Tower Dancers concert display unique ‘choreographic DNA’

By | Katie Scheu Collegian Reporter As the Tower Dancers twist and twirl across the stage this weekend, they will present the work of six different choreographers, embodying six unique approaches to ballet and modern dance in their only professional-caliber concert of the year.

“Each choreographer has their own particular style, their own choreographic DNA,” Hobbs said. After months of practice, the Tower Dancers will perform at 8 p.m. this Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. this Sunday in Markel Auditorium at the Sage Center for the Arts. The concert will showcase seven pieces separately choreographed by one guest choreogra-

The Hillsdale Tower Dancers rehearse for their yearly concert series to be held March 1113. Anders Kiledal | Collegian

pher, two faculty members, and three students. According to Holly Hobbs, director of the Tower Dancers, each work stands alone — the absence of a central theme in the concert creates an opportunity for each choreographer to express their creative differences. “Instead of looking for the familiar, we welcome the unexpected,” Hobbs said. “I encour-

age the audience to allow images to resonate rather than search for meaning.” Sophomore dancer Rachel Watson said the many switches between choreographers and styles pose a challenge to the dancers. “ I n rehears- See Tower Dancers, B2 als you

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have to get used to the quirks of each choreographer: how they run rehearsal, how they move, small things like that,” she said. Despite these challenges, the array of choreographers helps the dancers

to grow by diversifying their training, according to Hobbs. Five dancers had the opportunity to work with guest choreographer Samantha Shelton, an affiliate professor of dance at Grand Valley State

Junior Dani Morey practices during rehearsal for the Tower Dancers’ yearly concert series to be held March 11-13. Anders Kiledal | Collegian

University who works with American Ballet Theatre. “It was a such a gift for our students to work with her,” Hobbs said. The dance department has brought in guest choreographers in the past. Shelton worked with members of the Tower Dancers during the first weekend in November, teaching them an entire dance on Saturday, and polishing the performance on Sunday. Shelton’s piece explores classical and contemporary ballet, and is set to music meant to highlight different aspects of both styles. “I am interested in using the technique and training of classical ballet as a springboard for new movement and new ways of tweaking the classical base of movement,” Shelton said. “I enjoyed working with the Hillsdale Tower Dancers because they are trained in ballet but were open to exploration. It was also very rewarding to be at Hillsdale and see how the American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum was being implemented.” Senior dancer Heather Linder said she enjoyed watching the dance during rehearsals. “It is intense,” she said. “It had my heart pounding at some points in combination with the music and the performance aspects that the dancers put on top of the movements.” Hobbs choreographed two pieces, a ballet work and a modern dance, both of which incorporate abstraction. Jessica Post, dance instructor at the college, choreographed one work.

Lawrence Booth, from B1 unafraid to set the world on fire with his dreams for a better future. Yet Manning allows readers to see the young prophet as an idealist whose dreams are sometimes too grand for this world. The poet’s master stroke lies in this self-conscious earnestness, mixing rapturous odes to nature with brutally honest depictions of Booth’s poverty-stricken, violent family life. Thus, the reader’s knowing smile is not without compassion when Booth rails against modern culture’s disrespect for nature: “Oh, you, and your cantankerous visions of peace.” Manning is often compared to writer and poet Robert Penn Warren — both for his Southern settings and narrative-driven poetry. And though Manning and his narrator are no strangers to poetic flights of fancy in wordplays like “featherweightiness” and a rock called “unforgettenite,” it’s the power of Booth’s story that drives the poetry. Form makes a frame for the collection’s content, as well. A mathematical proof of misery sketches Booth’s family troubles as a schoolboy, rapturous odes to nature

reveal Booth’s love for his rural home, and the “wanted” section of a newspaper advertises his quest for love. With his down-to-earth characters and familiar settings, Manning aims to revive a “populist poetry” that is “accessible to more people.” Though he employs a wide variety of poetic forms, cloaked literary references, and an impressive array of voices, Manning remains intensely focused on his “bull’s-eye boy,” driving readers relentlessly toward a fiery climax — “I love you like a furnace, boy!” — that pits Booth against his father in a fiery confrontation. In “Lawrence Booth’s Book of Visions,” Manning writes the life of a small-town Southern boy as a drama of mythic proportions. And whether Booth’s drama is ultimately comic or tragic, it’s certainly cathartic to read. Through the character of Lawrence Booth, Manning’s readers squint at the bright flame of collision between dream and reality and come away cleansed — if singed and a bit tender — from the experience.

The Common Man, from B1 and immediate, giving access to the personal and communal history of Manning’s Kentucky childhood. These are poems best read out loud, and slowly, in a group. Solitary reading can make the narratives feel repetitive and forgettable, however evocative on their own. Many of Manning’s poems are about the natural world and about God, betraying the poet’s confessed inspiration from Gerard Manley Hopkins. Poems such as “Prayer to God my God in a Time of Desolation” are addressed through the narrator’s complicated relationship with a remote God, who bears questions and accusations drawn from the struggle of the prayer-giver to understand himself as he was created. Others are honest and comic tales of country life retold by their more bookish, but sympathetic, hearer, whose literary titles might sometimes contrast with his subject matter — for

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language as a kind of musical instrument, if that makes sense. I feel like there is an unintentional poetry spoken all around us all the time. Around here, in the local vernacular, people will say a sentence in casual conversation. I’ll hear it and I’ll think, “Good Lord, that’s a line of iambic pentameter.” And that’s just amazing to me. Unless you know to listen for it, you just don’t hear it. There is a natural rhythm to the language that I grew up hearing and once I got a little more studious about poetry, I could figure out that much of the way people talk has a poetic music in it. Many of the poems consider the natural world. The speakers in the poems seem to be closer to the natural world than to other people. It’s something they feel self-conscious about. Where does that come from?

That is a really interesting observation. I would not say that I had that in mind when I was working on those pieces, but it makes a lot of sense. I personally feel much more sane and, in a way, loved in the natural world than I do in certain dimensions of the human world. Some of that goes way back to when I was a kid. I just wandered in the woods all the time, and I’m aware that that part of my childhood was just magical. It was a serious saving grace from some pretty unpleasant things that were going on in our household. My parents had a very uproarious marriage, and so being in the household wasn’t a lot of fun at times. I was able to just go outside and wander in the woods and follow creeks and things like that, often alone or with a single friend. It really taught me that there is a place in this world that is composed of peace and composed of calm and quiet and beauty — all of those things that we like about poetry. There’s a lot of hesitation that comes across through the speakers. There are many times when the speaker will say something, stop, and then say it again. What’s behind that? In that particular book, I was conscious that I wanted the poems to be overtly narrative. I wanted there to be a story told in each poem. The kind of hesitation that you’re talking about — stopping the story from going forward, that sort of thing — that might be a way to indicate that when any of us is telling a story, we can sometimes get carried away with it.

“Jessica’s piece is gorgeous and I’m always amazed at the things she gets her dancers to do,” Linder said. “Jessica just has a gift and a talent for how to find and use the breath in your core.” The concert also features the work of Linder, Watson, and Priscilla Larson, who created their works in the Choreography II class, a part of their dance minors. “We learn the tools to create dances in that first semester in the fall,” Hobbs said. “Then they create the dance and they can refine their ideas, develop their ideas, and consider the full production of that in a full setting.” In this full production mode, choreographers can consider music, costuming, and lighting — all components of a professional-level concert. Immense time and effort is required to execute all elements of a concert at this level, according to Hobbs. Thus, the Tower Dancers begin rehearsals in September for their March concert. “It’s really an opportunity for campus to come and see our student dancers at their best,” Hobbs said. The chance to see the Tower Dancers in a full performance comes once a year, and according to Watson, there is no other talent like them at the college. “It’s the only time you can see something like this on campus,” Watson said. “We work all year to make this look beautiful and effortless, and you can’t find this anywhere else.”

We can sometimes amaze ourselves. In telling the story, we can discover a feature of the story that we hadn’t thought about previously, and we stop ourselves, and we think “Wow, here I am. I’ve wandered into this labyrinth telling this story that I thought was familiar to me and there’s something right here in the middle of it that I didn’t know was here before.” I love that about sitting down and writing a poem in general: you can get lost if you don’t try to write a poem with the end result in mind. It’s not a calculated decision, it’s like taking a walk. That’s how I like to write a poem. It’s very liberating. I usually don’t sit down with an agenda for a poem. I want to take a couple of steps and see where it goes from there. Sometimes, when you’re taking a walk, you can find yourself rather pleasantly lost, out of your familiar context and you can go beyond where you’ve already been. That’s just important to me in terms of my experience in writing poems. I want it to be a completely liberating experience. Do you have moments during that free experience, that walk, in which the writing can become frustrating and you have to go up a steep hill along the way?

example, “The Old Clodhopper’s Aubade” or “Ars Poetica Shaggy and Brown.” More of Manning’s personality is revealed in meditations on animals, which take special significance for anxious narrators more at home among farmstock than with their broken or fragile relations with neighbors and family. The unpretentious verse of “The Common Man” is no excuse for Manning to avoid reflection on perennial poetic subjects, and the accessibility of his rhythmic couplets means this collection is easy to recommend to lovers of poetry.

Yes, absolutely. As I often tell my students, learning how to write a poem is, in many ways, a lifetime task. Even if you’ve been doing it for 15-20 years, there will always be times when you realize, “There’s something else I have to learn, something in general, some technical features.” For each person who is aspiring to be a poet, you have to learn something about your own process too, all the time. You have to be aware, especially as a young person starting out, that you have to give yourself some slack. You have to realize, “How I’m doing this now, at 20 years, is going to change. When I’m 40 years old, I’m not going to be doing it this way. I’ll encounter new methods, new practices, new skills that I’ll learn to fold into my process.” That’s how you grow in poetry, for sure, and probably many other things. Just because you feel really excited about a poem that you wrote when you were 20, you’ll feel really excited about a poem you wrote when you were 30, and you’ll put the two side-by-side, and it won’t even seem like the same writer. Writing is a very organic process, but, just to continue the gardening metaphor, you can’t just throw seeds out on the ground and expect them to grow into something that you’ll eat for the next six months. You have to tend it. Even though there is an organic quality, you have to be consciously taking care of things and all the features, and you get better at it.

Arts News Feb. 20-March 18 “Glimpses”: Paintings by Sam Knecht Daughtrey Gallery Sage Center for the Arts

March 10 Jazz Studio Recital, featuring student combos Blue Moss, Genuine Draft, and Rob Roy 7 p.m. Thursday McNamara Rehearsal Hall Howard Music Building

March 11-13 Tower Dancers Concert 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday 2 p.m. Sunday Markel Auditorium Sage Center for the Arts

March 14-15 Visiting Writer Maurice Manning gives a public reading of his work 8 p.m. Monday Dow Rooms A&B “Here Lies Andrew Baker: An Epitome on Figures of Speech” 8 p.m. Tuesday Dow Rooms A&B

March 14 Mossey Library’s Raiders of the Stacks book club discusses Saint-Exupery’s “The Little Prince” 7 p.m. Monday Heritage Room Mossey Library

The title of your talk on Tuesday is “Here Lies Andrew Baker: An Epitome on Figures of Speech.” Tell me a little bit about the Andrew Baker in the title — how did you encounter him? I had a great-great-grandfather’s grave in southwestern Kentucky. Several years ago my mother and I and a cousin were tracking down old family cemeteries in the woods and we found his grave. Whoever carved the epitaph on the grave spelled “h-e-r-e” incorrectly. My interest in it for the purposes of the lecture is the use of figurative language, which we talk a lot about in poetry. ~ Compiled by Amanda Tindall and Chris McCaffery

HOUSES FOR RENT The following houses are for rent for the 2016-2017 school year: 85 East Fayette Street – This is a very spacious, 5-bedroom, 1 ½ bath, full furnished, and recently renovated Victorian that is one and a half blocks from campus. It has a large eat in kitchen with a garbage disposal and dishwasher, separate dining room, living room, parlor, large front porch, and deck off the back. Also, it is centrally air-conditioned and is equipped with a washer and dryer. The rent is $410 per student per month based on one student per bedroom. 173 West Street – This is a 3-bedroom, 1 bath Victorian, that is only two blocks from campus. It has recently been updated, is fully furnished, has a separate dining room and living room, and is equipped with a washer and dryer. The lease is $395 per person per month based on one student per bedroom. A 4th student may be added at a reduced rate if desired. If you are interested please call Berry LeCompte at (847) 381-25114 (home); (847) 381-2549 (office); (847) 809-4843 (cell); (847) 809-4829 (cell); or email at cblecompte@aol.com

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Former professor enjoys music of birds and the math of music By | Sarah Chavey Collgian Reporter Before his first years of formal education, Jack Reinoehl counted the pages of department store catalogs, displaying his natural curiosity for math and numbers. Around the same time, he was given a book on birds and developed a fascination with them. In fourth grade, he began playing trombone. An Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Hillsdale College, Reinoehl continues to travel around the world as a “birder,” identifying birds by their sounds and counting them. And though he no longer plays trombone, he attends school orchestra concerts almost religiously, familiar with nearly every song. “He is one of the most likeable men you’ll ever meet,” Associate Professor of Mathematics David Murphy said. “He’s always happy, smiling, and ready with a joke. If you went in and chatted with him in his office or passed by, music was always playing. It contributed to and reinforced his happy personality. He was immersed in it.” But music didn’t click with Reinoehl immediately. When, at the direction of his mother, he began piano in kindergarten, he didn’t take to it. But a few years later, he was able to take trombone lessons from a professor at Michigan State University. By taking lessons from a professional at a young age, Reinoehl developed a passion and skill for the instrument. He began earnestly listening to classical music during college and joined the symphony during his graduate studies of abstract math at the University of California Berkeley, playing

trombone there for nearly seven years. “We did lots of professional repertoire,” Reinoehl said. “It was a totally unforgettable, valuable experience. We did stuff that most people would never get the chance to do.” As a result he can identify not only the music the Hillsdale College orchestra plays, but can

“There is an undeniable connection between music and math. It is somewhat mysterious, but there’s a lot of abstract elements in music.You’ve got a much fuller life if you’re doing both of them.” also hear any blunders in the performance. “It nasty to say, but it’s not that hard,” he said. “Especially in 19th-century music, all of the chords are quite consonant, so one single wrong note turns a chord that’s very easy to listen to into something that really stands out. It’s fair to say I’m hyper sensitive to being out of tune.” Despite not receiving formal training in music theory or history, he taught himself to easily identify symphonies and operas throughout history. He understands patterns, chords, and harmonies of the various genres and particularly appreciates finding exotic or emotional aspects in the music. Assistant Professor of Mathematics David Gaebler said Reinoehl was always willing to “talk shop” about music, explaining the intricate details of the second movement of some symphony. “There is an undeniable connection between music and math, “Reinoehl said. “It is some-

what mysterious, but there’s a lot of abstract elements in music. You can express yourself personally in music, which you can’t really do in mathematics, so it’s a good compliment. You’ve got a much fuller life if you’re doing both of them,” Reinoehl said. Associate Professor of Mathematics Samuel Webster noted that Reinoehl’s passion for mathematics is equaled by his love for birds. Reinoehl once took him on a birding trip and showed him a grove of cedar trees, home to several long-eared owls. “Other times, we’d drive around the country in springtime, and he’d roll down the window and just by hearing bird sounds he could tell you what they were,” Webster said. One year, Reinoehl attended an end-of-theyear picnic at the home of one of the math professors. After five minutes, Reinoehl had already discovered five different types of warblers on the property. “I have three little ones, and it’s fun watching him interact with them,” Gaebler said. “He’ll do different bird calls and flap his wings. The kids just love it — he’s one of their favorite people.” Reinoehl has traveled through the states as well as to South America, Africa, and East Asia as a part of his birding responsibilities, which include both counting birds and tabulating information. “It ties in with an interest in music because that really is the best way to find birds: to hear their songs,” Reinoehl said. “Nothing was more exciting than to hear a song I didn’t recognize and chase down what was singing it, and hope it was a new bird. I can remember back in my neighborhood there was a Baltimore Oriole that had a song like a TV theme song.”

Former Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Jack Reinoehl in front of his computer. On his iTunes, he has 9.4 days worth of mostly classical music.

Though he no longer works as a math professor, Reinoehl returns to Hillsdale occasionally to read and work in his temporary office, attend orchestra concerts, and visit with the faculty and students. “He’s always struck me as being kind, softspand thoughtful,” Associate Professor of Math Ryan Hutchinson said. “Those are three words that come into mind when I think about him.”

ATO hungry no more: Fraternity welcomes new cook By |Stevan Bennett Jr. Assistant Editor When students walk into the Knorr Family Dining Hall for dinner, they will no longer find the men of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity seated at their usual circular table behind the fireplace. The fraternity has hired Eveline Hecklinger, a resident of Camden, as the new ATO house cook. Hecklinger has quickly become much more than just a cook to the men of the fraternity. “Eveline has become like a mom to all of us,” sophomore and ATO Kitchen Manager Logan Kauffman said. “When she is in the kitchen cooking, she makes a point to ask us how we’re doing and help us with any problems we have going on in our life. She has become our go-to for that stuff.” This endearment goes both ways. “I love all of the boys,” Hecklinger said. “Every single one of them. There honestly isn’t even one that I think, ‘I could do without that one.’” Hecklinger was born in Germany and moved to the United States in 2008 with her husband Rick, an American whom she met online. “I actually only started a chat with him because I thought his username was odd, and I wanted to make fun of him for it,” she said. Evaline and SweetPain08 have now been happily married for 17 years. Hecklinger prides herself on cooking

nourishing meals to her husband and four children, something she taught herself. “The women in my family are great cooks, but my mother didn’t like to have people in the kitchen,” she said. “And I knew that I wanted to eat well, so I started reading books, and I just taught myself how to cook.” Almost all of the ingredients Hecklinger uses to cook with at home — from vegetables to meats — are grown or raised by her family and friends. Although she can’t hold to these same strict standards when cooking at ATO, she still makes an effort to ensure that the men get proper nutrition. “They don’t see that I’m doing it, but I am,” she said. “I want to be sure that they get everything in their diet that they need, and I try to keep everything as local and organic as possible. And when they won’t eat their vegetables, I just trick them by putting a little bit of bacon in there.” The men of ATO may not realize the nutritional richness of Hecklinger’s cooking, but they certainly realize the quality of her cooking. “Her cooking is out of this world, and nobody here will say anything different,” Kauffman said. “I don’t have the most diverse food tastes, but I have never once disliked an Eveline meal. Nobody has.” Hecklinger says that she makes a concerted effort to make sure that the men get the chance to experience other cultures through their food. “When I came to America I was amazed

at how segregated it was from everything else,” she said. “I think it is so important to know at least something about other cultures, and I think the experience of food is a great way to do that.” There is much more, however, to Hecklinger than her cooking. In fact, while in Germany, she earned her master’s degree in logistics, and worked as a special transports technician. “It was a good job, but I got sick of being in an office,” She said. “I much prefer cooking.” She has also run an animal rescue out of Jonesville for 12 years, a job, she says, all started on accident, after she took in one stray dog. “One day I heard a guy threatening to kill his dog, and I said, ‘Don’t do that, I’ll take it!’ After that, it started to go around Reading that the crazy German chick would take in animals,” Hecklinger said. “I decided to make it official, and it just kept going from there.” Just like her cooking, Hecklinger’s ability to train animals is completely self-taught. “I had these dogs coming in, and they were not good dogs, but I couldn’t afford to pay someone else to train them,” she said. “I decided that if I wanted to do this I had to learn to do it all myself.” Besides the chickens, goats, and pigs that Hecklinger raises for her cooking, she also has eight dogs, 15 cats, and two snakes as pets. Hecklinger’s friend, Dawn Hoard, explained that this love of animals is reflec-

tive of her personality. “She is a very kind and caring person,” Hoard said. “She loves to take care of those in need, whether that’s animals or people, and she is very straightforward about it.” Hecklinger often makes and donates cakes to less-fortunate children on their birthdays. She says that her commitment to kindness finds its roots in her rough upbringing. “I was raised by two horribly abusive alcoholics that never helped anybody,” she said. “I was determined to not be that, and so I have always done my best to help anyone that I can, and I like to think that I am passing that on to the boys as well.” ATO President, junior Matt Katz, explained how this is shown in her interactions with the fraternity. “She is fun-loving, but she is also just very loving,” he said. “She doesn’t just run out the door after she cooks. She sits down and talks to us, and helps us with any problems we have. That is exactly the type of person that she is.” Katz said that the fraternity couldn’t be more satisfied with the hire, and they look forward to having Hecklinger around for some time. Hecklinger said she is more than open to that. “I love what I am doing here,” she said. “I love the cooking, I love the boys, I love the time with them. I hope that I get to do this for many more years.”

Hillsdale donors fund education from afar By | Jessie Fox Assistant Editor Hillsdale College raises money similarly to every other university in the nation, but with one significant difference: While most other universities rely on alumni donors, the majority of Hillsdale College’s donors have never set foot on campus. Executive Director of Institutional Advancement Nancy Johnson said this is because the donors are ideologically aligned with Hillsdale. They want to stand for what the college supports. “We only have about 13,000 alumni that we have addresses for — there just aren’t that many,” Johnson said. “But beginning in ‘70s with the first issues of Imprimis, Hillsdale started building a database of people who were interested in these important ideas, and it gave us a base of support.” These donors have made Hillsdale’s latest capital campaign — “The Rebirth of Liberty and Learning” — possible. The six-year campaign aims to raise $498 million before June 30, 2018 for fund both capital projects and endowments. Hillsdale’s donors contribute in a variety of ways: large gifts, small gifts, annual donations, or a bequest. Johnson acknowledges that the campaign could not reach its financial goal without donations of all types. “Usually when you plan for a campaign you know that you’ll have a handful of donors who give a great deal,” she said. “They give major gifts. But there are thousands of donors who are going to give gifts less than $1,000. You need them all, you can’t do it all with just one or the other.” Donors can always give input regarding

where their money goes, and Johnson said the college is committed to honoring those wishes. Sometimes, aligning the donor’s desires and the college’s goals can be a balancing act, Johnson said. “It’s very common that donors have specific ideas about where they want to give their money,” Johnson said. “But I would say that nine times out of ten it matches up with something that we’re doing. The donors see the whole gamut of things Hillsdale is doing and they can always land on something with which they agree.” Some gifts from this campaign have already resulted in advancements on campus. The Margot V. Biermann Center, the Searle Center, and the Chapel project are capital projects in the current campaign. Additionally, the campaign raises money for endowed scholarships and endowed faculty seats. One hundred and fifty million dollars will go towards endowed scholarships. This campaign, which started in 2012, began with a “silent phase” and then hosted a kick-off gala in the fall of 2013. Johnson said that most campaigns begin with this “silent phase” which allows the administration to plan out and analyze the campaign’s goals. “Usually by the time you launch it, you have a handful of leadership gifts in hand,” Johnson said. “You go to the people you know who are ready to make a gift, and they help to get the ball rolling. Then you use the momentum to get the word out that Hillsdale is in a capital campaign.” Director of the President’s Club and Parents Relations Mary Ewers said that there are multiple reasons why people donate to Hillsdale. As a parent to three Hillsdale alumi and a President’s Club member, Ewers explained her “pay it for-

ward” mentality. The cost of a Hillsdale education is more than $66,000, but according to Ewers, even a fullpaying student pays less than $35,000. Less than 9 percent of Hillsdale students are full payers. “That’s why I joined the President’s Club,” Ewers said. “With my President’s Club giving I will never cover what was paid by all of these generous people who came before me and my kids.” The President’s Club is the college’s giving society in which members pledge to give specified annual donations for a span of ten years. Within the club, there are levels ranging from traditional to diamond membership. Ewer said the President’s Club sees 60 to 70 parents join per year, and currently has more than 5,500 total members. Imprimis, which reaches more than 5 million people, attracts plenty of donors, Ewer said. “Those people like us because we don’t take any federal money,” Ewers said. “It’s absolutely integral to everything that we do that we don’t take federal and state money.” Johnson agreed that donors see Hillsdale as a solid icon for conservative ideals, and choose to donate to the college when the political atmosphere seems overwhelming. “In a campaign year it’s challenging that people’s philanthropic dollars are spread thin,” she said. “But people see Hillsdale as solid and steady. They trust Hillsdale.” Johnson said that the college tries to be good stewards to its generous donors in two ways: In responsibly spending the money, and in reporting back to the donor on how the money was spent. But even before taking those steps, Johnson said expressing gratitude always comes first.

The college hosts events that bring the donors to campus. Then the college makes an effort to introduce the donors to students. “All we ever hear is how impressed people are with the quality of the students at Hillsdale, and it gives them hope for the future,” Johnson said. Ewers said that although President’s Club members receive benefits like exclusive dinners and front row seating at commencement, the ultimate privilege is partnering with the college. “They get the honor and the privilege to be able to help fund what we would consider the country’s future leaders, great statesmen and women,” Ewers said. “People want to give to something that has a lasting and upright legacy. I think Hillsdale College is that.” Student Activities Board and the Financial Aid Office partner up each fall to host the Day of Thanks event where students can write thankyou letters to their personal scholarship donors. Director of Student Activities Anthony Manno said the event serves multiple purposes. “It’s a way to educate students on the College’s financial history and donor generosity while also providing a tangible way for campus to express their gratitude,” Manno said. “The Day of Thanks will remain an important part of our culture because it serves as a reminder to everyone that we all have a many people for whom to be thankful.” Ewers said she often tells parents to encourage their children to be grateful. “Can you imagine if a student walked up to a potential donor, who was just on campus seeing if what we’re doing, and shook their hand and thanked them?” Ewers said. “If they weren’t a donor, they would be soon.”

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An everyman’s guide to Student Federation By | JoAnna Kroeker Collgian Reporter

Student Federation is the organization that recognizes new clubs and funds various campus activities. For those not immediately involved in the federation, starting a club or being a treasurer in a pre-existing club can be a bit confusing. Here is the student’s guide to working with Student Fed.

Elections: How to run for Student Federation

How do I campaign effectively?

Am I eligible to run? Who will be voting for me?

Make posters and put them out a couple of weeks in advance so students see them. Talk to friends about why you’re running. Have three reasons to give for why they should vote for you Make a Faceboook page

Greek: your fraternity or sorority chooses one representative independently of the voting process for the rest of campus. Talk to the officials for your house and the current representative about running. Independent: Run as a class or a general representative. Late fall, Student Fed hosts a ballot, in which independent students vote.

How to start a new club:

When will I be able to run?

Because Student Fed representatives hold their positions for the calendar year, you should begin your campaigning process in the late fall, before voting.

What makes a good representative?

Good representatives are talking to people on campus and finding out what’s important to them. Be on comittees, have a good work ethic, and show up on time. According to Student Fed President Christian Wiese, good representatives are almost always on committees, which are important to helping Student Fed make educated decisions.

How to request funding:

The wide variety of campus clubs and the high-achieving tenor of students encourage membership in one or many clubs. Every student represents a set of interests, and starting a new club connects students with similar interests, sparks conversation, creates friendships, and, admittedly, builds resumes. An official club is recognized by both Student Federation and Dean of Women Diane Philipp.

Clubs for lectures, socials, and concerts enrich daily campus life. Certain clubs are responsible for campus improvement projects. Many of these clubs turn to Student Fed to receive funding for these exciting but costly events and projects. If your club needs money to run an event or campus improvement project, here are some helpful tips and tricks.

• Fill out the forms in Dean’s or Student Activities Office • Email the Treasurer, Christopher Pudenz at • Appoint your officers and faculty advisor, sign the cpudenz@hillsdale.edu for the forms. forms • Next, think about these questions as you fill out • Write bylaws the forms: • Meet with Dean Philipp and follow her feedback. Give Can we use other fundraising options to fund a her your completed by-law portion of this event or project? • Dean Philipp signs forms and contacts Student Fed If yes, find the option that works best for you and • President of Student Fed will schedule your club’s pre- budget your projected returns into your proposal. sentation into the next meeting. If no, be able to explain why. Student Fed will rec• Meet with members of the Club Oversight Committee ommend this course of action in the future. of Student Fed. • Does your club have enough money in its ac• Be able to answer questions about your club’s func- count to fund a portion? If not, Include this fact tion, whether it will throw events, and how it will benefit campus. • Go to the meeting prepared with a small speech about your club. • Be able to answer representatives’ questions: “Why does your club fit into the mission statement of the college?” “Will you ask for funds in the future?” Key point: Dress in business attire. • Student Fed will decide to approve your club or not.

in your presentation and discuss ways to cheapen costs. If yes, ask: Is this money tied up in other events or items the club needs? Include this information in your presentation or include your club’s current account standings in the proposal. Finance committee may recommend partial funding to encourage good fundraising habits for spending your club’s funds wisely. Think outside the box in planning your event or executing your project. Can you partner with another club? Can you ask alumni, parents, or other affili-

Is there one thing I should know about Student Fed before running? “The main ignorance is that people think they’re going to cut costs,” Wiese said. “The student fees are already there, it’s about being wise in spending them.”

ated groups to contribute? • While filling out the forms, answer these questions: • Give as much detail in your proposal as possible. It makes things more effective, and Student Fed will ask fewer questions. • Once you’ve finished the forms, attend Monday’s finance committee meeting. These are held bimonthly, the same week Student Fed meets. • Self-check prior to Monday: Can I answer their questions? • Explain the history of the club and whether it has dues. Is the event annual? Have you sought alternative funding sources? Can you demonstrate you’ve cut costs as much as possible? How many students will this grant benefit? • Listen to the committee’s advice: “Finance committee usually makes a few suggestions to the presenters to help them hone their presentation for Thursday’s full meeting,” treasurer Christopher Pudenz said. “We want presentations to be successful even if at the end of the day the proposals aren’t approved.” • Present your proposal at the Thursday meeting, again, be prepared to answer similar questions. • During this meeting, the committee will present its recommendation on which they decided Monday. It may be full or partial funding, depending on the thoroughness of your presentation, the need the money fills, and the number of students projected to benefit.

Macy Mount By | Katie Scheu

What would you consider as your fashion staples? I actually have five different pairs of glasses that I love choosing for different outfits.

How would you describe your style? Classy boho with an emphasis on vintage. What is your favorite item of clothing? My Rocky Balboa t-shirt. It’s really soft!

Has your style evolved? I wear a lot of prints now. I used to be scared of them, but now I just go crazy.

Who is your style inspiration? Hillary Clinton. Just kidding, I’ve never worn a pantsuit in my life. Katie Scheu | Collegian

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