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By | Breana Noble Assistant Editor Just 36 days before the Collegiate Scholars program planned to leave for Turkey, it changed the destination of its annual trip for rising seniors to Greece, after the U.S. Mission in Turkey on April 9 released an emergency message concerning the first two places on the itinerary.

“There are credible threats to tourist areas, in particular to public squares and docks in Istanbul and Antalya,” the message read.

Shortly thereafter, American media picked up the story, and this added to the cause for concern, Collegiate Scholars Director Richard Gamble said. April 9 was also the first day Americans deployed B-52 bombers to Qatar, its first time doing so in the Middle East in 25 years.

“The fact that the security message identified especially the waterfront, we spend a lot of time on the waterfront in Istanbul. Istanbul is one the most beautifully situated cities in the world, and Antalya is an amazing Mediterranean port,” Gamble said. “The fact that the warning had become so dire and so specific to our itinerary, it became just too difficult.”

The program used to go to Rome, and although Tuku Tours, the travel company that Collegiate Scholars used to book the Turkey trip, also does tours in Italy, the directors chose Greece because it was less expensive. Rescheduling the trip, however, caused the trip to shorten from 22 days to 13, due to changing from the Turkish lira to the European Euro.

Plane tickets were also more expensive, but students did not pay more than the $1,500 they already had shelled out.

“The college absorbed 100 percent of the extra costs,” Gamble said. “That was amazing. The college took decisive action and did everything necessary to make this work.”

This trip marks the first

time the Collegiate Scholar program, formerly known as the Honors Program, will not visit Turkey in the past 13 years.

It notified juniors in the program of the change April 11, and the change in destination allowed for three students who recently had pulled out of the trip over safety concerns to rejoin. That put the number of participants at 31, the largest the program has ever had.

Associate Professor of Classical Studies Eric Hutchinson, who will take over the Collegiate Scholars in the fall, said he and Gamble were monitoring the situation in Turkey for the past year due to several terrorist bombings.

“At the point the U.S. Mission released its alert, it didn’t seem prudent to take a group of students there,” Hutchinson said.

The U.S. State Department issued a travel warning for Turkey as early as Sept. 3, 2015, one day after it approved the departure of government family members living in the Adana, Turkey, U.S. Consulate, which is in the southeastern part of the country.

The program changed the itinerary first in October 2015 to avoid Ankara, Turkey’s capital, after a terrorist bombing killed more than 100 people.

Gamble said he contemplated changing the trip then, but after speaking with students, a majority of the students still wanted to go to Turkey. Collegiate Scholars have not visited southeast Turkey since 2014.

Since September, the State Department has issued four other travel warnings to Turkey, with special concerns concerning travel in the southeastern region. It also removed government personnel’s families from Izmir, also a location on the Collegiate Scholars’ trip itinerary and where Tuku Tours’ office is, and limited official travel to Turkey to “mission-critical” cases only on March 29.

“I know this looks so drastic,” Gamble said. “Looking at

Cause of water discoloration discovered By | Philip H. DeVoe Assistant Editor Discolored water occurring in Hillsdale College’s water systems the week of March 6 was due to non-harmful iron deposits, Board of Public Utilities Director Mike Barber said.

“When a water system is shocked by turbulence, the iron can be loosened and put back into suspension,” Barber said in an email. “Staining could occur if the water was used for washing clothing.”

The system was flushed to reduce the impact of the iron deposits and help return the

water to a normal color. Barber said the water was always within requirements set by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and that the water was not dangerous.

“Though there may be an unusual taste to the water due to the iron in suspension, there was never a danger to the population if consumed,” Barber said.

He added that running the tap will typically clear the water of discoloration and refresh the system, but that it took a long time to completely purge the water because of how much water was affected.

it now, the U.S. was preparing for the B-52 bombings by getting the families of U.S. military and diplomats out of sensitive regions. We were certainly aware of that and watching that. At no point did the U.S. say not to go there.”

The State Department did not issue any security messages at the time of the program’s 2015 Turkey trip.

Greece itself does not have a travel alert, but the State Department did issue one for the entirety of Europe on March 22, the day of the attacks in Brussels, Belgium.

“International travel always carries risks,” Gamble said.

“Students and families know this trip is voluntary. We work hard to keep the trip safe and instructive. Looking at everything that is happening, your options become simply to travel nowhere.”

Hutchinson said the pro-

gram picked Greece because it aligns well with the program’s purpose. Greece combines classical, New Testament, Byzantine, and modern elements.

“It accomplishes a lot of the things the trip is supposed to accomplish,” Hutchinson said.

“For Hillsdale students, since the Greeks do loom so large in a lot of what we do, it’s a really great alternative to what we were going to do.”

Although the students will miss out on Troy and the Hagia Sophia for now, places on the itinerary include Athens, ancient Mycenae, Corinth, and Delphi.

“I was disappointed because I’ve had friends go there the past couple of years who talk so highly of it,” former Collegiate Scholars Co-President junior Luke Zahari said. “At the same time, Greece is pretty cool, too. As a person studying classics, it’s very exciting to go

see these things firsthand that I’ve seen in textbooks.”

As a classics professor, who only has visited Athens and some of the Greek islands, Hutchinson said “all of it” excites him.

Gamble said he has never been to Greece and looks forward to visiting, but he has plans to head straight from Athens to Turkey for an Aegean cruise. He’ll return to Turkey in October for a conference, as well.

“That’s how confident I am in Turkey still,” Gamble said.

Gamble notified Tuku Tours the evening of April 10, it returned an itinerary the next morning. The program had the details reinvented by April 14.

“I would very much like to see us continue working with Tuku Tours, who has been so great to us,” Gamble said.

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County GOP Chair chosen as delegate Frobel will attend national convention in July By | Vivian Hughbanks News Editor Hillsdale County GOP Chairman Glenn Frobel will be a member of the Michigan delegation to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, this July.

Frobel, who supports Donald Trump, said it’s impossible to predict what will happen.

“I’ll just take it a day at a time, I guess,” Frobel said. “I’m going to be the only non-corrupt one there.”

Frobel was chosen to be one of Michigan’s 59 delegates at the state Republican convention on April 9, according to the Michigan Republican Party.

Hillsdale and Branch counties have an agreement that the counties will alternate in sending a representative to each convention every four years.

“It’s worked out for a long time between our counties like that because we’re smaller counties than the Eatons and the Jacksons and Lenawees and the Monroes and the Washtenaws of the world,” Frobel said.

Michigan’s delegation also includes Rep. Justin Amash, who supports Ted Cruz, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, who supports Ohio Gov. John Kasich, and Michigan GOP Chairman Ronna Romney McDaniel, who supports Donald Trump.

To win the Republican nomination outright, a candidate needs to win 1,237 delegates

— a majority of the total delegates from the 50 states.

In Tuesday’s New York primary, Donald Trump picked up 89 delegates while Ohio Gov. John Kasich gained 4 delegates. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, won no candidates Tuesday.

New York solidified Trump’s delegate lead.

To date, Trump controls 845 delegates, Cruz 559, and Kasich 148.

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Stock market tumbles, college cuts budget by 5.5% By | Macaela J. Bennett Editor-In-Chief Hillsdale College will cut its operating budget by 5.5 percent this upcoming year, due to a potential decrease in revenue resulting from the struggling stock market.

Student tuition, gifts, and the endowment, which relies heavily on the stock market, each constitute about a third of the college’s revenue.

Vice President of Finance Patrick Flannery said when any of these areas are negatively impacted, he reviews the budget cautiously.

When the stock market dropped in January, Flannery said he “pulled the trigger” and told every department to cut its budget by 5.5 percent for the next fiscal year.

From there, each department head chose how to cut costs in the best way for them.

“Everyone understands and wants to work as a team,” Flannery said.

Across the board, staff and faculty emphasized that they do not believe students will notice the budget cuts.

Director of Athletics Don Brubacher said that while it’s never fun making cuts to an already tight budget, he believes Hillsdale is better than most colleges about anticipating cuts in a way that makes the process much easier to manage.

“From my observations, Hillsdale is better managed than most,” Brubacher said.

“Others won’t start cutting until they are already in a huge deficit, and then they are in a bad place.”

Brubacher said that the cuts in the sports department will not impact student scholarships. Instead, he will look to save money on things like travel and technology.

Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé agreed that the cuts in the departments under his purview are unlikely to affect students.

“We don’t have a lot of areas where we have discretionary funds, so it will create a little pain for sure,” Péwé said.

“But I don’t think the students will notice the cuts because we won’t be operating facilities any differently.”

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Marketing announces website redesign By | Nathanael Meadowcroft subjects of the liberal arts here on the campus and to make Sports Editor that activity known to others,” Arnn said. “‘Sound learning’ is For the past 12 months, necessary to the perpetuation Hillsdale College’s website of ‘civil and religious liberty.’

Hillsdale.edu has been getting The website will give anyone a facelift. After a year of up- who wishes knowledge of what dates and changes, the market- that liberty is. It will provide a ing department said it plans way for anyone who wishes to for the site to launch by the participate in the work of gathend of April. ering that knowledge of keep“The biggest update is ev- ing it alive.” erything,” Director of Digital Hillsdale’s marketing deMarketing and Social Media partment is working with the Brad Lowrey said. “The site marketing and communicahas been completely repro- tions firm Lipman Hearne grammed from the ground up. throughout this process. BeEverything from the backend fore beginning work on the server architecture through updates, the marketing depages and design and content. partment, along with Lipman Everything has been over- Hearne, conducted a research hauled. So when we say that it project to understand for what is a new site, it is, down to the specific things visitors to Hillsones and zeroes, brand new.” dale’s website are looking.

It looks “nothing” like “A lot of students, prospecHillsdale’s current website and tive students, and prospective features about 700 pages of parents were asked about it, content, Lowrey said. and that has helped influence Just a part of several im- the way we have designed the portant updates, the new information architecture and homepage will feature “hero the navigation. Things will be areas” with which the mar- easier to find,” Web Content keting department can fill any Manager Kokko Tso said. “The type of content, from videos to site is certainly much more photos to infographics. alive, more vivid. The colors President Larry Arnn said are happy. Hillsdale is a happy the Internet is “crucial” to place, and I think our site does admissions and all forms of a much better job of highlightmarketing as well as to Hills- ing that and bringing Hillsdale dale’s relations with the peo- College to life in a digital forple it serves. For this reason, mat.”

Arnn hired Lowrey and Vice Several goals came from President of Marketing Matt that research project.

Schlientz over a year ago to “We’re looking to improve begin the process of updating the experience for all audiencHillsdale’s website. es across all devices. We’re try“The mission of the college ing to improve the efficiency of commits us to study the proper navigation and the structure of

the site,” Schlientz said. “We’re trying to provide a modern and engaging interface, a foundation for great content, trying to reduce site clutter, be more visual, bring more photography into the site, as well as videos and infographics. And the site needs to be responsive.”

To achieve this, the new Hillsdale.edu will be fully mobily responsive. Over 30 percent of the traffic on Hillsdale. edu comes from a mobile device, Lowrey said. The college has optimized the new site for display on any sized phone, tablet, and computer.

“If you’ve been on a non-mobile optimized website, it’s a lot of zooming and dragging and zooming and sliding, so having the ability to have that all optimized for mobile devices is fantastic,” Lowrey said.

Another major goal for the new website is that it will serve the needs of Hillsdale’s entire audience, not just current and prospective students.

“It’s not just serving prospective students and prospective parents, it’s serving our current students, faculty and staff, our alumni, our current donors, our millions of subscribers to Imprimis, over a million now who have taken an online course, and our other supporters and fans from around the country,” Schlientz said. “Over 100,000 people visit the site on a monthly basis, over a million visitors per year, so it’s a significant communications vehicle for the college.”

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Pedal power

Physics Club creates an electric-generating bicycle By | Joe Pappalardo Assistant Editor With a bike, a generator, and some light bulbs, Hillsdale College’s Physics Club is building a machine that converts manpower to electrical power.

Students will have the opportunity to use the device at a demonstration in the Grewcock Student Union in the fall.

Physics Club Moderator Ken Hayes said the project is part of the group’s series of lunchtime physics demonstrations.

“We have a regular old bike,” junior Michael Tripepi said. “It’s going to be mounted on a stand kind of like an exercise bike, but when you pedal, it’s going to be hooked up to a generator, which then allows us to power these lightbulbs.”

Most of the machine is built except for the wiring.

“The eventual idea is to get it hooked up to a computer, so you can actually see how much power you’re putting out,” Physics Club President junior Jake Ross said.

The organization is still building the stand for the lights, as well.

“The back wheel of the bike will be suspended by the stand, and there’s a little rotator wheel that touches the back wheel.

That rotary wheel is hooked up to the generator,” Tripepi said.

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“As you’re pedaling the bike, friction will cause the rotary wheel to turn, and that causes the generator to start spinning and producing electrical power.”

As the generator spins, magnets inside it will create an electrical current. This current is sent through equipment that converts it into electricity the lightbulbs can use.

Tripepi said this isn’t the first time someone has hooked a bike up to a generator, but this model is unique because the students are wiring multiple types of lightbulbs to the device. The group began working on the project in the fall of 2015.

“Part of the mission of the Physics Club is to perform physics demonstrations for the student body and generate interest in physics,” Tripepi said.

Hayes said he suggested the idea to the club. The goal of the project is to show the differences between the types of light bulbs.

“It’s not easy to develop a physical understanding of the difference between the energy required to light an incandescent light bulb versus the energy required to light the equivalent high-efficiency light bulb, just by looking at the electrical power parameters,” Hayes said in an email.

Hayes said the bike would

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Sports Editor The project will demonstrate the physical effort it takes to If not for a team of 15-20 power each light. students, the new Hillsdale Next semester, the club will College website would not bring the bike, generator, and have plans to launch by the lights to the union. Students end of April, Web Content will then have the opportuni- Manager Kokko Tso said. ty to see how their pedaling A team of students have power affects each type of light been working with the marbulb. keting department over the “What we want to show is last year in the process of upthe level of resistance that in- dating Hillsdale’s website. The candescent light bulbs have students have been working on that the LED lighting and everything from migrating inthe CFL lighting don’t have,” formation and coding to writTripepi said. “So you can see ing and laying out pages. which light bulbs are easier “We’re very lucky to have to power, which ones require the student team that we have,” more power to be brighter.”

Tso said. “Hillsdale College Ross said the project not students are the best and the only educates the student ob- brightest, but I really do think servers but also improves the the students that work for us engineering abilities of the are. They’re passionate; they’re physics students involved. serious; they’re diligent.

“Those are skills they can They’ve done an amazing job.” take to graduate school,” he Tso oversees the student said. “It’s always good to know writer team, which has been how to handle equipment and working hard writing student be able to talk to technicians spotlights, campus-life feaabout what you’re wanting to tures, and other content for the do.” new website.

On April 28, the Physics “If there’s a page on the Club is holding a public meet- website, there’s a very high ing at 8 p.m. in room 108 of chance that a student somethe Strosacker Science Center where along the lines had a to discuss its next project. role in creating that or editing

Harriet Tubman to replace Jackson on $20 bill

Trump, Clinton, win New York primaries

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced on Wednesday that abolitionist Harriet Tubman was chosen to appear on the redesign of the $20 bill, replacing President Andrew Jackson. Tubman will be the first women to appear on American currency in more than 100 years. Alexandar -Compiled by Vivian Hughbanks Hamilton will remain on the $10 bill.

GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump picked up 89 candidates in the New York GOP primary on Tuesday. Ohio Gov. John Kasich gained 4 candidates, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, won no candidates. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton beat Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in the democratic primaries 139-106.

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petitors, and we’re competing with the best in the country,” Schlientz said. “We needed a website infrastructure that serves as a hub for the many audiences that we serve.”

The new website will be easier to update, as well.

“We’ve really worked to make it a living, breathing kind of a thing, so if you came to the site six months from now or a year from now, there’s likely going to be things that are different,” Lowrey said. “We will have a lot more data than we did before, so we can see how people are using it, what features they’re clicking on, what things that they’re using the most, and we’re able to do testing.”

Several other important new features of the site include an improved majors and minors program browser, a new faculty browser, more alumni features, a social media hub, and a “completely overhauled” events calendar.

“As we get more embedded with the various departments and start talking with them on a very regular basis, this calendar will be a very robust reflection of everything that goes on here on campus,” Lowrey said.

Lowrey said it will take the “entire campus” to maintain the new site.

“One of my favorite parts about this entire process has been working with all of the different departments and faculty,” Lowrey said. “This is a campus-wide team effort in a lot of ways.”

State files charges over Flint crisis Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced that charges have been filed by the state against two state and one Flint city official in connection with the Flint water contamination crisis. “These charges are the only beginning and there will be more to come. That I can guarantee you,” Schuette said.

it,” Tso said.

Freshman Emma McCormick is a member of the student team and has worked on several projects for the new website. McCormick wrote a few pages for the major descriptions and did some technical work, transferring information from the current website and course catalog to the new Hillsdale.edu.

“Other writers were doing this too,” McCormick said.

McCormick said the descriptions of different majors have changed to target prospective students or current students deciding on a major.

She is also working on a piece featuring things to do in Hillsdale.

McCormick said the aesthetic appeal of the site has improved, and it will be a much more useful resource for students than the current site.

“The website is going to look amazing. The photos and flow of the new site is beautiful, streamlined, and easy to navigate, while emphasizing the mission of the college and the purpose of the liberal arts,” McCormick said. “It will improve campus life because it will become useful to us. There isn’t current or helpful information on the website right

now, for the most part. With the new site, everything will be up-to-date, and it can become a resource.”

Senior Ilana Goehner has been transferring content from the old site to the new site.

“That involves creating new pages, reformatting and reorganizing the text, and finding photos to enhance and illustrate the content,” Goehner said. “Recently, we’ve mostly been doing quality assurance, as many of the pages are nearing completion and just need a few updates for functionality and consistency.”

Goehner echoed McCormick’s praise for the new site.

“I like that the new website is so colorful and engaging,” Goehner said. “It’s definitely a more lively look for the college that will hopefully be appealing to prospective students.”

The marketing department expressed its gratitude for all of the students’ hard work.

“It would not be an overreach to say, without the student support, that we wouldn’t be in a position to launch right now,” Director of Digital Marketing and Social Media Brad Lowrey said.

Ecuador shattered by devastating earthquake A massive earthquake hit Ecuador on Saturday, causing more than 500 deaths.

Hundreds are still missing, and authorities project more than 4,000 people have been injured. The World Food Programme and Oxfam have begun relief efforts, and the United Nations has announced preparations for a “major airlift.”

EU-Turkey migrant deal succeeds The European Commission announced Wednesday that numbers of migrants from Turkey has decreased sharply under a controversial agreement between Turkey and the E.U. The deal requires Turkey to take back all migrants, including Syrian refugees, who arrive in Greece in exchange for 6 billion Euros in E.U. aid over the next three years.

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Professors appear on national television By | Kaylee McGhee Collegian Reporter Broadcasted from Hillsdale College, Professor of History Burt Folsom answered questions from Fox News Channel anchor Neil Cavuto twice in April.

Folsom appeared on Fox Business Network’s “Cavuto: Coast to Coast” April 11 and Fox News Channel’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on April 15. In both interviews, he discussed topics related to the presidential primary from a historian’s perspective.

Folsom filmed the interviews in Hillsdale College’s studio in the Knorr Student Center, which has the capability to reach all of the major networks, including Fox, CNN, NBC, ABC, and more.

“Interview-wise we can do anything here,” Director of Technical and Media Services Ted Matko said. “Now we are just working on expanding our contacts.”

Folsom held the interviews in the same room where Hillsdale films its online course lectures. On its door, a sign reads, “Quiet!!! Live taping, do not enter or touch the door!!!”

The room contains a backdrop complete with the Hillsdale

College logo, a picture of President George Washington, and figurines of Plato and Socrates.

Sitting in front of the backdrop, Folsom wore an earpiece that allowed him to hear Cavuto’s questions.

Matko supervised the interview from the control room, where he was in continuous contact with Cavuto’s producer.

Folsom discussed the similarities between President Andrew Jackson and GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump and gave historical insights regarding the primary election.

Numerous shows, including the “Glenn Beck Program” and “Fox and Friends,” have invited Folsom for an appearance, his wife, Anita Folsom, said. Burt Folsom said he views each appearance as an opportunity to represent the college.

“It’s a chance to show that we have something very special going on here,” Folsom said.

Several other Hillsdale professors have appeared on various networks, including Professor of Politics Ronald Pestritto, Professor of Economics Ivan Pongracic, and Professor of History Brad Birzer.

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“At this point, it’s impossible to say,” Hutchinson said.

“It’s hard to know what the world is going to be like a year from today. There are so many things in flux in that region.”

Nonetheless, Gamble is speaking with a travel agency to do a history and culture of the Ottoman Empire tour with Hillsdale students in the future.

“I am determined to keep going back to Turkey,” Gamble said. “Not sure how soon, but we will go.”

Mike Lagassee, remembered By | Thomas Novelly Assistant Editor Mike Lagassee, husband of Hillsdale Academy Librarian Joan Lagassee, died at age 72 on April 10 at the Hillsdale Hospital as a result of complications from surgery.

Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Lagassee fell in love with the Hillsdale community when he achieved his dream of attending Hillsdale College, according to an obituary in The Hillsdale Daily News. A member of the class of 1965, Lagassee became active in campus life, especially the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and its philanthropic pursuits.

In addition to discovering a vibrant community, Lagassee also met his wife — Joan, a sister of Kappa Kappa Gamma — on campus at numerous Greek events. They married two years after graduation on Feb. 16, 1967. Joan Lagassee was with him through their 49 years of marriage and held his hand when he took his last breath.

Shortly after marriage, Mike joined the United States Army, which deployed him during the Korean War until 1969.

When he came back stateside, Mike and Joan Lagassee decid-

ed to make their home where they fell in love, back in Hillsdale.

Similar to his time as a Delt at Hillsdale College, Mike Lagassee became philanthropically involved in the city of Hillsdale. He served the community through the American Legion, Elks Lodge, Rotary International Club, and King’s Kupboard Food Pantry.

Lagasse acquired a love of education and knowledge during his time at Hillsdale College and sought to bring those passions to the community. He served on the Hillsdale Community School Board from 1981-1984 and was a frequent substitute teacher at local schools.

He is survived by his daughters Kate Lagassee Cyrus and Karen Lagassee Wright as well as his five grandchildren: Cameron, Cyrus, Elijah, Jaxon, and Joseph.

Visitation will take place on Sunday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Van Horn Funeral Home in Hillsdale. The First Presbyterian Church in Hillsdale will hold a memorial service on Monday at 11 a.m. The family suggested memorial contributions be directed to the King’s Kupboard Food Pantry or Hillsdale College.

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City and county police are investigating 15 fraudulent tax returns submitted in the names of Hillsdale College faculty and staff.

“It’s very unusual,” Detective Brad Martin said. “We’re surprised to have so many affected at one specific location.”

Martin and Hillsdale County Detective Lt. Lance Benzing are investigating the identity thefts, most of which were tax returns filed March 23. The police are attempting to get information from the Internal Revenue Service, but they have not obtained the information yet; it usually takes two to three weeks, Martin said.

“We have no idea how the information that was obtained was gleaned,” Martin said.

The source of the identity theft remains unknown, but the internationally recognized security consultant that Hillsdale College uses saw no evidence of a breach at the college, Aide to the Director of Human Resources Christine Emrick said in an email to faculty and staff April 13.

Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé said the college has done some internal investigations of those who have access to this personal information, as well.

“I would never rule out the possibility of some information getting leaked,” Péwé said.

“We work pretty hard on our infrastructure and information system security, but we have policies in place for privacy and pretty severe penalties for employees that may abuse that.”

Péwé said the breach could be due to security breaches at the IRS. Since 2014, hackers have accessed data from more than 700,000 U.S. taxpayers from the IRS, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.

One or two Hillsdale College employees had a problem filing their tax returns last year, Péwé said.

Martin said in the past three years, a few members in the community have had some problems with filing their tax returns, but the potential of having 15 complaints is unusual.

Péwé said Hillsdale College could be a target because it is the largest employer in Hillsdale County, and Martin said he has heard of other colleges that have had similar problems with tax returns.

In 2015, hackers did breach Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Hillsdale College’s

health care provider at the time, but the individuals who had their information stolen then did not overlap with those who had problem filing tax returns this year.

Those who had problems with their tax filing, such as Professor of Theatre George Angell, had to contact the IRS to file an identity theft affidavit and a paper tax return. Next year, they will receive a personal identification number to use in the future.

Angell submitted his tax return via TurboTax April 10.

When it failed to submit, he rechecked his form and found no errors. He contacted TurboTax, and a representative informed him 99 percent of errors occur from mis-entered numbers.

Angell said he later phoned the IRS, and after an hour on hold, a “very nice and help-

“We have no idea how the information that was obtained was gleaned.” ful” agent informed him that someone had already filed a joint tax return in his and his wife’s names on April 8. The submission included a fake W-2 tax form from Hillsdale College for him and his wife, who is not an employee of the school.

“I don’t know what they claimed we earned, but they certainly claimed a refund,” Angell said. “For my own part, I owed a little money. No refund for me.”

Whoever filed Angell’s tax return had his social security number and home and work addresses. He said he put out an extended fraud alert on his credit reports so that he will get a phone call to verify the transaction is his when anyone applies for credit in his name.

“The real worry is that these people could apply for any kind of loan, mortgage, credit card, car loan, or anything else in my name, since they have all my pertinent information,” Angell said. “This is the scary part.”

In other words, “they have the keys to the kingdom,” identity theft and scam expert Rob Douglas said. He also recommended the victims change the passwords to their accounts and look into doing a security freeze of their credit account

Physics students to visit telescope By | Joe Pappalardo Asisstant Editor Physics students will have the opportunity to climb a 485-foot-tall radio telescope in May, after spending the past year using computers to control it in Hillsdale. The group will accompany Assistant Professor of Physics Timothy Dolch on a trip to the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia.

Located four-and-a-half hours away from Washington, D.C., the GBO is host to an array of radio telescopes, a museum, and a visitor center.

While the general public can visit and go on tours, the students attending the conference this summer will be making observations from the control room of the Green Bank Telescope.

As a member of NANOGrav, the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves, Dolch can bring students into direct contact with the GBO. He said the NANOGrav workshop will run from May 23-27, and physics and math major junior Daniel Halmrast will participate. Physics and politics major senior Cody Jessup said he also may attend the trip.

The students recently went to

with the three major credit reporting agencies — Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion — so that no one can take credit out in their name without first unfreezing it.

Péwé said he was unaware of any students that had problems with filing tax returns.

One or two of those with fraudulent tax returns also had social security filed under their name, Péwé said.

“Sometimes they hold onto this information and use it several times,” Péwé said.

Three people also have had problems with their Health Savings Accounts at County National Bank. One did have money taken from the account while two noticed some “weird activity,” like a charge of one cent as though someone were planning to use the HSA debit card, Péwé said. This, he said, allowed the employees to cancel their card and get a new one before further damage could occur.

Although HSA debit cards are usable like any other debit card, medical frauds can affect the information doctors have on patients, too.

“It creates a false medical record for the true person,” Douglas said. “There could be something on there about allergies that’s incorrect or medications that’s incorrect.”

The HSA identity theft does not appear to relate to the fake tax returns, Péwé said, adding that not everyone who had a fraudulent tax filing has an HSA card. Not every person who had troubles with the HSA cards also had problems with submitting tax returns, as well.

“Because of the nature of the information you need for filing, I’m not sure the two things are connected, but you never know,” Péwé said.

Péwé said when instances like this occurs, administrators notify college employees via email.

“If you have information that would be helpful to other people, you want to notify other people,” Péwé said.

Péwé would not disclose the name of the security group that works for the college but said they do regular, random tests to ensure security.

Looking forward, Péwé encouraged people to check their credit and debit card accounts and credit reports regularly.

Martin agreed and added that if someone notices something, they should contact the business involved in any false transactions or credit card accounts, file a report with a credit reporting agency, and complete a police report.

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Collecting 5,785 water bottles in just five days seemed impossible, but the Hillsdale College Rotoract Club managed to do just that.

The club ran a water drive last week, collecting donations for Flint H2O, an organization dedicated to bringing relief to the city stricken by lead-poisoned water. Students delivered the contributions to Flint, Michigan, and volunteered at a distribution center Saturday.

The Rotoract Club asked for donations of both water bottles and other basic necessities, such as dry shampoo and cleansing wipes. They received 5,785 water bottles, 108 gallon jugs of water, 18 bottles of formula, 14 packages of cleansing wipes, and three containers of dry shampoo.

“It was a lot more successful than we could have imagined,” said Rotoract Secretary sophomore Beth Stalter, who organized the drive. “We weren’t sure if we started too late, but we ended up getting over 300 cases of water.”

The drive brought in so much more than anticipated, the club had to find extra transportation.

“We got so much water we didn’t know what to do with it,” said sophomore Kaitlin Makuski, a Rotoract member who went on the trip. “The night before, we were scrambling to get enough cars to transport it to Flint.”

A group of 14 people, including both Rotoract Club members and other volunteers, visited Flint Saturday to drop off the water and to aid in other ways. The group organized previously donated water at the drop-off point and cleaned a nearby lot for future use.

Transporting the water to the city is just the first step, though. Getting it into the hands of citizens is more difficult, Makuski said.

“A lot of people aren’t going to the distribution centers,” Makuski said. “You have to take it to their house or give it an organization that will do that for you.”

Although most members of the trip had to leave after cleaning the lot, four volunteers stayed behind to pass out water to the surrounding neighborhood.

“Some people will come out of their house and ask you for water. Some people are so thankful, they’ll cry,” Stalter said. “They’re very emotional because it is such a big deal for them, and they don’t have help.

They think there’s no hope, that they’ve been abandoned.”

Sophomore Summer Burkholder helped deliver the donations and pass out water. She also volunteered during the Hillsdale spring break mission trip, where students helped Flint H2O, as well.

“It’s really run down, with all the abandoned houses,” Burkholder said. “When you go door to door, you have to decide whether anybody lives there anymore. Sometimes it’s quite obvious because the front door is missing, and you can see all the way through to the back of the house. I haven’t been in quite so abandoned of a town before.”

The club, which began on campus this year, is happy with the yield of their first project, Stalter said.

“I’m so proud of everyone here,” Stalter said. “It makes such a difference. It’s really important because this issue is going to last for a long time.”

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a NANOGrav conference in California, where they gained experience studying the data from the radio telescopes.

“It’s another student workshop like the one we did in California, but this one is geared more towards doing observations as opposed to analyzing the data,” Dolch said.

This trip will put the students in the shadow of the device they’ve been controlling from the Strosacker Science Center’s basement for the past year. The radio telescope receives signals from neutron stars, and scientists look for changes in these signals to determine if a gravitational wave was present.

“You can use it in the rain, in the winter. Sometimes we have to stop because we have to dump snow out of the dish,” Dolch said. “It’s just a weird way of doing astronomy, if you’re used to optical astronomy.”

The Green Bank Telescope is nearly as tall as the mountains around it. Dolch said the giant dish sits in a valley with about 20 other telescopes. The radio telescope rests within the United States National Radio Quiet Zone, an area in West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland, where wireless communications and radio

waves are banned to minimize interference.

“When you’re down there and you’re looking at the telescope from the control room, it doesn’t hit you, even when you’re there, quite how big it is until you walk out there,” Dolch said.

Although Jessup said he isn’t confident he will attend the trip, Halmrast said he hoped to continue work with gravitational waves using radio telescopes next summer.

NANOGrav has focused its efforts on annual gravitational waves, but Halmrast said he plans to work with waves that have eight-hour-long periods. Halmrast said if he detects gravitational waves with higher frequencies and scientists make similar discoveries in the longer waves, then they will have a “proof of concept.”

“It’s actually pretty competitive trying to get telescope time,” he said.

Following his work with the Green Bank Telescope at the conference, Halmrast said he hopes to create a proposal to work with a team of astronomers in Australia. If the telescope specialists accept his proposal, he’ll spend the summer of 2017 studying gravitational waves abroad.

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way they view themselves.

“We don’t really take ourselves all that seriously,” he said. “We just want to go out there and play fun music for everyone. You can’t really pick up a serious name for something like this.”

Palmer, one of Sinclair and Wilson’s music teachers, offered to step in to fill the shoes of Wilson’s younger brother, who was unable to make the trip to Hillsdale for Centralhallapalooza.

“There is a shortage of bass players at this school, and my brother, who has played for us some, couldn’t get work off,” Wilson said.

“And when we told Dan this, he offered to play bass for us so that we could perform for people. He is really chill. He can pretty much practice with us once and have it down.”

When asked what he wanted the audience to know, Sinclair simply said, “Come early and stay late.”

Organ Donors performs at the Broad Street Underground. Matt Kendrick | Courtesy

Deaf Davy

& the Wine Boxes

Deaf Davy and the Wine Boxes will take the stage next — all 17 members of it.

“There is a group of people that are not part of the other two bands, but they’re really great musicians, so I just got all of them all together,” lead singer junior Mark Naida said. “It would just be nonsense to not have them play.”

With so many members on stage, the band will be able to play a wide variety of music.

“We are planning on playing a steady progression, starting with some soul music and transitioning into more rock and popular music,” Naida said.

Deaf Davy and the Wine Boxes — mostly made up of members of Phi Mu Alpha — is named after lead guitarist junior David Johnson, who is completely deaf in one ear, and 60 percent deaf in the other. Despite this, Johnson is one of the most talented guitarists on campus, Naida said.

Naida said with so many members, it is

Mark Naida solos with Deaf Davy and the Wine Boxes. Mark Naida | Courtesy

“We thought we would just throw it out there, and she would be like, ‘Oh, I don’t know,’” bassist senior Nick Shuster said. “Then she was stoked about it, and we were stoked that she was stoked about it.”

The band is keeping their setlist a secret but did tease that the audience can look forward to a performance with a similar feeling as their audition at CHP Showdown.

The band said it hopes that their performance will help remind people of the music with which they grew up.

“Most of it is going to be very nostalgic to people that grew up in our generation,” Mexicotte said. “Stuff that will take us back to middle school and the early 2000s.”

Although the band members will be coming from a track meet that day, they said they plan on having plenty of energy left for the show with their drummer, sophomore Colby Clark, setting the tone.

“We have been watching our rock ’n’ roll movies to become properly acquainted with the behavior expected of us,” Mexicotte said.

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Hillsdating panel a smashing success By | Andrew Egger Assistant Editor A cheerful crowd packed into the Heritage Room in Mossey Library on Monday to hear advice on dating, marriage, and love from four panelists sponsored by the Dow Residence.

The panel — which consisted of Director of Health and Wellness Brock Lutz, Associate Professor of English Patricia Bart, Assistant Dean of Men Jeffrey Rogers, and Verily Magazine contributor Kathryn Wales — offered various perspectives on the “hillsdating” phenomenon, what the problems with it are, and how Hillsdale ought to go about fighting it.

“The problem is that we see people get hurt by this,” Lutz said. “These conversations are important for all of you now because they set a certain course for how you’re going to look at marriage and how you’re going to perceive yourself inside of marriage, and I want to be a campus where we have good, healthy relationships.”

According to the Urban Dictionary definition, hillsdating is the term for “a relationship where a guy and a girl who like each other spend every waking moment together but refuse to admit or agree that they are dating.”

The panelists keyed in on

several different factors that contribute to Hillsdale’s hillsdating culture, with Wales discussing an overzealous fear of getting a relationship “wrong,” Lutz stressing the importance of open communication, and Rogers emphasizing the responsibility of men in initiating serious conversations about relationships.

“You have to figure out what kind of person is the right fit for you,” Wales said. “But you can’t know that unless you experience different kinds of friendship, different types of people, and these are the kinds of decisions that have to be made by dating — by having dates and getting to know other people.”

Bart argued that too much bluntness too early in a developing relationship can stunt its progress. She also emphasized the importance of young people working to develop a culture in which male-female relationships don’t always need to be all-or-nothing affairs.

“We’ve got some culture-building to do, and we are the very people who are capable of doing it,” Bart said. “If we can’t do it, who can?”

Students in attendance had largely positive things to say about the forum.

“I see a lot of destructive tendencies in dating habits here,” said senior Bailey Bergmann, the student who first suggested the panel. “A lot of

people are really afraid to be open and honest with each other about how they feel or how they feel the relationship should go.’”

Senior Timothy Troutner also said he found the panel compelling.

“Brock’s most insightful comment was tracing these issues back to our parents — many of them were raised in a disastrous dating culture, and they reacted by instilling in us a desire to get things right,” Troutner said. “I think he was right that this perfectionism is actually destroying our ability to get what we want.”

Troutner also said there were areas where the panel ought to have been more specific.

“Also, I was uncomfortable that there was so much focus on male leadership and female submission,” he said. “I think the expectation of depending solely on male initiative, rather than a joint development of romantic interest, is part of the culture that leads to hillsdating in the first place.”

On the whole, however, students and faculty found the forum to be a success worth building upon in the future.

“I think we can take away something,” Bart said. “Especially at a place like Hillsdale, we have the chance to build something, to rebuild something and make it new, make it good, and make it better.”

hard for the band to be too tightly rehearsed but believes that this can actually work in their favor.

“If anybody thinks this is a super-tightly rehearsed thing, it’s not,” he said. “I like to let everybody do their own thing because, at the end of the day, I believe good musicians will do good things as long you let them.”

Naida warned that the audience should not plan on staying quiet during the show.

“It’s going to get loud,” he said. “By the end of the set, I think things are going to be pretty cathartic.”

The audience can also look forward to hearing senior Joel Calvert on keys and senior Catherine Coffey on vocals, both members of Coffey and the Sugar Packets, who will be featured alongside the band.

Naida urged everyone to stay until the end because Deaf Davy and the Wine Boxes will finish on a sentimental note — by playing a tribute to their senior band members.

Undetermined

The final student band to take the stage is Undetermined, and the audience will once again be musically intoxicated.

Undetermined, which is made up of members of the track team, said it draws inspiration from rock and alternative-rock bands, such as Paramore, Wolfmother, Priestess, and The Killers.

“Honestly, we like to play anything that comes from actual instruments rather than from a computer,” guitarist senior Alex Mexicotte said.

Although they have only been playing together for a couple of months, the band members said they felt comfortable together, even before their performance at CHP Showdown.

“After all of the practices and all the work we put in before the show, we were just excited to get up on stage and actually be doing it for real, finally,” Mexicotte said.

Lead vocalist sophomore Chloe Ohlgren, the newest member of the band, joined the group after impressing the track team with her performance on the video game Rock Band.

Organ Donors

Make sure that you arrive to Centralhallapalooza on time this Saturday because you will not want to miss Organ Donors, who will kick the night off.

“We plan on having a really good time, and we want to bring a lot of energy, but we’re completely dependant on the crowd for that,” lead singer senior Colin Wilson said. “We are starting off CHP for everybody, and we want it to be great this year.”

Wilson, who will also be on keys, will be joined onstage by sophomore Dean Sinclair on drums, junior Conner Dwinell on guitar, and Lecturer in Music Daniel Palmer, who is filling in on bass.

Organ Donors said it plans on covering a number of popular bands — including The Killers, Walk the Moon, and The Black Keys — in an effort to establish a type of “dancy rock” atmosphere early in the night.

Sinclair said the band’s unique name, which was improvised on the spot, is reflective of the

Undetermined performs at the Broad Street Underground. Matt Kendrick | Courtesy

New yearbook class to be offered next fall By | Mallory Mills Collegian Freelancer Starting in the fall, students can earn one credit for working on Hillsdale College’s yearbook, the Winona. Student Federation will continue to fund the Winona in the same way as the school’s two other official publications, the Collegian and the Tower Light.

“The reason for the class is to provide more time and structure for the staff of the yearbook, so they are able to put it together,” Assistant Director of the Dow Journalism Program Maria Servold said.

“A lot of the time they are trying to squeeze it in among other things they’re doing.”

In past years, the yearbook has functioned as a club, and the college has offered neither a course nor any credit to those who participated in the publication’s creation.

“The reason we decided to talk about it as a class is to encourage more participation; it was to provide more opportunities to students who take ownership of the publication and use some class credit as incentive,” said instructor of graphic design Bryan Springer, who is co-teaching the yearbook class. “That was really the initial idea.”

Servold and Springer will be the class co-instructors, with Servold providing organization and journalistic insights and Springer answering graphic design questions. As the semester progresses, only Springer will be present in the class’ session as he instructs students on how to place pictures into the design programs, including Adobe InDesign.

“It would be a good idea to

start the year talking about… what the yearbook is for, the stories we tell with it, and the responsibility you have to the rest of the college by putting it together well,” Servold said.

The class will be student-driven in terms of creativity, but Springer will coach and guide students on what is

“We thought about making design more accessible to that publication, so they might be able to explore more creative solutions.” logistically possible.

“We thought about making design more accessible to that publication, so they might be able to explore more creative solutions and have ownership of it,” Springer said.

The class will meet once a week in Sage Center for the Arts. It is unlike the Collegian class, which provides course credit but does not meet for a formal class.

The current editor-in-chief of the Winona, senior Meg Prom, suggested the change because it would give students more time to create the yearbook, as they are already giving so much time to the club.

She said she believes this class, which will provide a stronger training in the graphic design element, will improve the Winona as a whole.

“I also come from a high school that has a separate yearbook class, and I know

that many schools often have a publications class to deal with those restrictions,” Prom said in an email. “I think my yearbook team has done very well with finding time so far, but it’s very obvious that it is more difficult to work outside of class than it would inside one.”

Prom said she hopes a wider variety of students will appear in the yearbook as more students enroll in the class.

“If there are yearbook students from Greek Life, intramurals, freshmen and seniors alike, then there is a higher chance that everyone will see their friends in the yearbook and more of our school could be represented,” Prom said.

It will become a place where students can learn about the requirements of composing a yearbook, as opposed to only attracting those who have experience working with one, Servold said. She said she hopes this will bring an inspiration to the students to overcome those challenges and join the yearbook team.

Although no Winona editor-in-chief has been chosen yet, Servold said she plans to choose the next editor from the students enrolled in the class and encourages anyone interested in the position to contact her directly. She also said anyone interested should enroll in the class, as there are still openings available.

“It’s there, and it’s open to everyone,” Servold said. “It’s important and something we want everyone to participate in.”

The Winona Yearbook class, ART 393-02, will meet Fridays from 9:30-10:30 a.m. in the graphics lab in the Sage Center for the Arts.

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The opinion of the Collegian editorial staff

2015-2016 was a great year for the Collegian. We expanded, adding an extra page of Sports and an extra page of City News. We saw increased readership in the town of Hillsdale. We gained national attention when we broke the news story of being left off the Department of Education’s College Scorecard. We were named best college weekly in the state by theMichigan Press Association.

In short, the Collegian had a great year, and that’s largely thanks to the support of you — our readers. Roughly 300 of you

responded to the Student Federation & Journalism Publications Survey released a few weeks ago. According to the results, 51 percent of students read the Collegian every week and 76 percent view the Collegian favorably overall. Many of you responded with particular comments, telling us what you loved: the Opinions section, the Sports page, Campus Chic. For those of us who work to put the paper together each week, this is a success.

But perhaps the most rewarding results of the survey were the many comments

that said you feel more connected to the Hillsdale College community as a result of the Collegian. One of the main reasons our newspaper exists is to foster campus community and bring our readers together in conversation. If our readers feel more connected to that community because of the Collegian, it means the paper is doing its job.

So thank you to those of you who replied and to all of you who continue to support the Collegian by picking it up and reading it each week.

But even as you support the Collegian, don’t forget about

our other official campus publications: The Tower Light and the Winona yearbook. (And the Hillsdale Forum, an unofficial publication.)

While they don’t reach the same numbers that the Collegian does, these publications similarly exist to serve our campus community and to bring students together. If you usually don’t pick up the Tower Light, or take the time to look through the Winona, why not make this semester the semester you give it a try?

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AJ’s is the best job on campus By | Sarah Chavey Collegian Reporter Even if I haven’t met you, I’ve probably taken your order at A.J.’s café. I’ve probably made you a coffee, tried to convince you to buy ice cream, or called out your food order — and hopefully pronounced your name correctly. If I’ve seemed inordinately happy while doing so, it’s because I’m working the best job on campus.

Coworkers bond over milkshake rushes and food service emergencies. It’s the kind of connection that inspired three coworkers to plan a spontaneous trip to Canada for spring break, that enables a fifth-year senior and a freshman to become close friends, and that cultivates interactions between students and Bon Appétit employees from the Hillsdale community.

Of course A.J.’s isn’t the resumé builder that other campus jobs are. And not only is there no time for homework, but employees are stuck at work until 12:30 in the morning, postponing their homework till even later. But A.J.’s offers a number of advantages.

Theodore Roosevelt on Bird Island. Roosevelt was one of the pioneers of American conservationism and parks.

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This Earth Day, conservatives should... conserve “The liberal arts stand on the principle that “The job itself may not the natural world necessarily leads man to the

Sarah is a junior studying music and journalism.

by Forester McClatchey

1.) Face recognition of almost everyone on campus.

I might not always know your name, but I do probably know if you drink coffee or tea, how much Charger Change you have left, and whether you’re a night owl or an early bird.

2.) Constant awareness of ice cream flavors.

One of the best comfort foods after a bad test is a hefty scoop of ice cream from A.J.’s — until you find out we just sold the last scoop of your favorite flavor. A.J.’s employees are always in the know. We also know what’s new in A.J.’s, what time we open and close, and the difference between a caramel macchiato and an espresso macchiato.

3.) Customer service, communication, and competence.

Regardless of career path, there is almost always a customer to please. A.J.’s employees learn the basics of customer service while serving patient Hillsdale students before diving into the less forgiving, faster-paced real world.

4.) Basic culinary education.

The kitchen menu isn’t huge, but between fried options, quesadillas, four sub sandwiches, breakfast sandwiches and three different salads, A.J.’s employees have at least a basic understanding of how to prepare a meal. There’s an added bonus of knowing proper labeling procedures and expiration periods.

5.) Connection to Bon Appétit.

While students downstairs may complain about the price per meal they pay or Bon Appétit’s new policy on taking food out of the cafeteria, A.J.’s employees hear the other side of the argument. For example, we know that our meal plan fees fund not only meals, but also the services of the entire Grewcock Student Union. And if the meal downstairs is ever less than perfect, A.J.’s employees are the last to complain, knowing the struggles that come with trying to quickly cook large quantities of food. Our interaction with people otherwise unconnected to the college broadens our perspective of the town and opens us to relationships outside the Hillsdale bubble.

The perks of A.J.’s are great — discounted coffee, meal exchanges, and the vibrant blue uniforms and hats — and the flexible hours and social setting don’t hurt.

But it’s the A.J.’s community that makes it the best job on campus. From laughing with coworkers at our first annual Christmas party to complaining about a long shift, A.J.’s employees bond through unique shared experiences. The job itself may not always be perfect, but the friendships A.J.’s creates are not far from it.

Throughout my childhood, my family went on yearly camping trips to the Rocky Mountains.

My parents both studied science in college and graduate school and often pulled my siblings and me to the side of the hiking trail to teach us the names of the wildflowers or to show the hoofprint left by a deer. As much as I wanted to pick the flowers to take back to camp, my dad held me back, telling me to leave everything as I’d found it.

“If everyone picks the flowers, there will be none left,” he would smile at me.

As a kid, I obeyed my dad because I trusted his common sense. Today, though, I see a tendency in the conservative movement to dismiss such ideas. “That’s the mantra of the left,” we shudder, perhaps with visions of scruffy Sierra Clubbers hand in hand with an orange Dr. Seuss character.

The environmental issue divides Americans, but it shouldn’t.

April 22 is Earth Day, and Republicans should think more and do more for the dignity of the environment. We are conservatives, but we forget that in order to conserve the

Uses of a Liberal Arts Education

always be perfect, but the friendships A.J.’s creates are not far from it.”

By | M.C. Meyer Special to the Collegian

truth about himself and his creator. ”

highest things, we have first to conserve the lowest (and earthiest) things.

At Hillsdale, in particular, we spend so much energy pursuing philosophy, politics, and quantum theories that we miss out on the physical world that gave rise to all these disciplines.

“There are more important things to worry about than recycling,” I’ve heard my peers say as they throw pop cans in the trash. While the government continues to grow and restrict private liberty, and abortion and euthanasia remain legal, who cares about dolphins and manatees and seahorses? Who cares about the piles of outgrown plastic toys and diapers in landfills that will never decompose?

The natural world is crucial to the western tradition. Plato taught that all nature is an image and incarnation of something higher. Aristotle wrote that we come to know everything through our senses. The liberal arts stand on the principle that the natural world necessarily leads man to the truth about himself and his creator.

The western tradition began — men surveying and measuring land, looking at the roundness of the sun, wondering at the stars.

These elements of the natural world are what first invited us to consider eternity, truth, and nature itself.

Let’s recall some of our conservative heroes. “Never, no, never, did Nature say one thing, and Wisdom say another,” wrote Edmund Burke in one of his letters. Republicans explain part of their lack of concern for environmental conservation with economic security and might even call this wisdom.

Burke’s statement invites us to consider things we easily dismiss. If nature is teaching us something, shouldn’t we try to listen? Shouldn’t we do what we can, even if that means sacrificing some economic gains, in order to preserve it?

Many other conservative leaders like Richard Weaver and Teddy Roosevelt echoed Burke’s perspective. As Calvin Coolidge taught a group of Boy Scouts, “There is strength in the hills, if only we will lift up our eyes. Nature is your great

restorer.”

These men were not dirty hippies. They were gentlemen and statesmen who grasped what a lot of us are missing (and what many liberals get right): We have a responsibility to conserve and care for the natural world.

My dad wasn’t spouting environmentalist propaganda when he told me not to pick the flowers. He was teaching me self-control and charity.

If we believe that truth, justice, virtue, and liberty are worth conserving, then we had better commit to conserving the environment that shows us those things are real. In celebration of Earth Day, collect your cans and bottles and recycle them or send a few dollars to the scientists who are protecting seahorses. Go for a walk outside and look around you. There’s lots to see.

M.C. is a senior studying English.

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From a Millennial: An open letter to those who raised us By | Sarah Albers Opinions Editor We’re lazy.

We’re unprofessional. We marry too late. We have sex too early, too much. We have too many tattoos and not enough ambition.

Previous generations enjoy denouncing Millennials in abstract, self-righteous terms.

The decent thing for our elders to do is to shake their heads slowly, sagely, and ask each other, “What went wrong?”

A lot did. But you, our parents and grandparents, left us to our own devices as children. Don’t start to meddle when we start to succeed.

Sure, you shuttled us to soccer matches and piano lessons at unprecedented rates. You paid our speeding tickets and led us by the hand through our college applications.

But you didn’t provide us a home. Thirty-one percent of Millennials reported growing up in a single-parent household, according to a 2010 Pew Research Center Survey. But 52 percent of

us indicated that being a good parent was one of the most important things in life. Parenting wasn’t lost on us, but we’re skeptical of its traditional forms.

Many Generation Y parents have been called the “divorce generation.” They clung to the norms of a stable household and paid through the nose to make us “accomplished” children, but failed to establish themselves as a reliable and firm guide as we struggled to grow up.

We turned to our peers for identity and purpose, crowdsourced our way into adulthood. We confronted a crisis of morality and identity without the cultural foundations of our parents and grandparents. The Millennial generation is treading water amid the wreckage of postmodern liberalism’s many delusional projects. We now have an unprecedented capacity to renew our culture, to innovate within the Western tradition. Imposing dead institutional patterns and hollow, dogmatic

“Millennials are treading water amid the wreckage of postmodern liberalism’s many delusional projects.” morality hinders us. Step aside.

We’re politically radical, ready to abandon the forms of government, education, and religion we have inherited.

We’re also better-educated and more tech-savvy than the generations preceding us. We spent our childhood shifting for ourselves where it meant the most. Smart became the new rock ‘n’ roll. Our parents couldn’t and didn’t help us.

Our peers did.

We’re narcissistic. But that means we’re confident enough to question a broken system. Millennials innovate when presented with a problem. We challenge the institutions that trained us. We’re entrepreneurial, preferring problem-solving to precedent. We dismiss what is decent for the sake of what is good, happily testing the boundaries of existing institutions and social protocols to see if they are still viable.

We’re skeptical, partially because we’re overeducated.

Indirection is the direction of our culture. Irony and pop culture create a space for solidarity and security. Intellectualism has supplanted piety as the mode by which we gain access to meaning and belief. Our everyday is filled with a hundred visions and revisions. Our everyman is expected to rely on himself, keep pace, change lines of argument as soon as they prove unprofitable or flawed.

Sarcasm, particularly when used to critique, can alienate, but it is also a way to examine tender truths and cherished realities without disturbing the universe.

We grew up playing in the rubble of a world our predecessors failed to defend.

If we seem lost, it’s because we haven’t had time yet to build a place worth finding.

If we seem unprofessional, it’s because we see past the facade of nice clothing and

good manners. If we seem depraved, it’s because we’ve lived with a counterfeit morality and are seeking something real.

Millennials are aching for answers, for substance, but they’ve been denied the means to formulate the questions by a bankrupted educational system and a culture that has been systematically impoverished by our parents and grandparents.

Hillsdale students are privileged to have an opportunity few of our peers do. We attend a school that values the Western tradition.

Our professors force us to engage with questions that have become outdated — or worse, taboo — in our culture. We are given the skills to ask and answer life’s most meaningful questions, to reflect deeply on fundamental human problems.

But for the rest of our generation, diplomas are little more than a receipt for deceit.

They graduate with enormous debt, poor job prospects, and precious little contact with anything relevant to living a good life.

Millennials will become revolutionaries if they continue to be denied contact with our western tradition.

But we have unprecedented capacity to innovate within its bounds, if granted access to its greatest thinkers. And so we must begin again.

Do we dare?

Yes — and at Hillsdale, we are.

To stodgy dogmatists and would-be defenders of the postmodern flotsam we’ve inherited: Get out of our way while we salvage what’s left of the nation you failed to preserve.

Sarah is a senior studying politics and journalism.

Stargazing might save you this finals week By | Madeline Fry Special to the Collegian Scattered as if by divine afterthought, the stars overwhelm the midnight sky.

One occasionally breaks its celestial perch, the mystery of the cosmos tumbling to earth.

It is inspiring, observing the undulations of the little underpinnings of heaven.

But here you are in a classroom writing a paper, wasting away under cheap florescent bulbs.

Taking a moment to gaze at the night sky may not solve your academic or even personal woes, but it may make them seem as distant and as simple as the stars.

A 2015 study by the American Psychological Association confirmed what people have found to be true for centuries: a sense of awe can diminish your awareness of yourself and your problems.

Awe-inducing experiences like stargazing were found to inspire moral choices, generosity, and positive behavior towards others.

Because the tangible effects of such a transcendent

experience are notoriously difficult to quantify, little further research exists on the subject. But consider this: In the face of the infinite night sky, your circumstances are a single knot on an immeasurable timeline. Your GPA is a mere number in a cosmos that is not quantifiable.

Your essay is a blank slate in a world bursting with words.

You are just one person in a universe full of life. You are not insignificant, but perhaps your circumstances are. And the earth will keep on turning whether or not you let it.

Awe holds the power of the diminishing self. But why should we look to the stars?

Stargazing is not just good for producing awe, but also for the situation it creates: a time of quiet, an opportunity for prayer and meditation. If you are alone, stargazing inspires deep thoughts; if you’re with a friend, deep conversations.

A study published in the European Journal of Ecopsychology found that stargazing amplified positive emotions and a sense of connectedness to nature.

If you decide to watch the night sky, here are some

things to look for: a full moon on April 22, the Eta Aquarid meteor shower on the night of May 5, the new moon on May 6. Throughout spring, keep an eye out for Hercules and The Big Dipper.

Michigan residents have a unique opportunity: Headlands International Dark Sky Park. If you are looking to dedicate a whole evening to watching the stars, the park, which meets standards for minimal light pollution, is 4.5 hours away on Lake Michigan at the tip of the mitten.

Watch the stars, then finish your tasks with new energy and fall asleep overwhelmed by the grandeur of the universe. Then in the morning, the sun will rise in radiance, and so will you.

The profound beauty innate to the night sky inspires poetry like Sarah Williams’: “Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; / I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”

Madeline is a sophomore studying French and journalism.

Stargazing falls by the wayside when deadlines approach, but it's still worth your time.

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Letters to the Editor Dear Editor,

Jessie Fox proposed eliminating traditional competition between houses during Greek Week (“Greek Week makes Hillsdale Greeks weak,” April 14, 2016). She suggested “All Greek women could be mixed together, then separated into three teams composed of women from each house.” Not only is this contradictory, but it goes against Hillsdale’s motto and mission. Here at Hillsdale, we believe that equal opportunity does not mean equal results. Rather, strength rejoices in the challenge.

Competition breeds excellence. It is what drives students to excel. It is what improves our society. If we were to deny this to gain the benefits of eliminating competition in Greek Week, we would also have to eliminate Mock Rock, the Scholarship Cup, Derby Days, intramural athletics, and any other situation in which there is one so-

rority pitted against another.

The lure of being the best is enticing. It pushes students to study a little harder, to donate a little more. Everyone at Hillsdale College participates in competition, and it is inconsistent to support the dissolution of some competition and support the participation in others.

The Greek system was designed so that women could enter a sorority and find individuals with similar values.

Greek Week is a time to take pride in your sisterhood by fostering teamwork, communication skills, and unity.

You cannot take pride in the Greek system without first taking pride in your house.

To eliminate the competition aspect would be to eliminate Greek Week altogether.

Ending Greek Week would destroy the traditions held by past Hillsdale students as well as sisters from other chapters around the nation. It wasn’t invented by Hillsdale sororities; it is a staple of our na-

tion’s Greek life.

Competition does not negate the friendship and unity that is so present in the Hillsdale sorority system. It is untrue to say that Chi O, Kappa, and Pi Phi despise each other.

They clearly don’t. Hillsdale’s small size means friendships in other sororities are not only common but inevitable.

If sack races and jump rope destroy friendships, we have a bigger problem than Greek unity. If the urge to scream insulting things arises during Greek Week, it is a symptom of poor character, not competition. It is the attitude of the participants that determine whether the competition is friendly or not. We are at Hillsdale to grow. Learning how to be good winners and losers not only builds character, but also teaches valuable life lessons.

Alexandra Negrich, sophomore, and Kathleen Russo, freshman, are both members of Chi Omega.

Freshmen and their parents at 2015 freshman convocation.

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Require freshmen to read Strunk & White By | Hannah Leitner Special to the Collegian The first semester of freshman year at Hillsdale College is a wake-up call — particularly when students find themselves facing their first graded writing assignment. Deciphering the red scrawl covering the page, students find a letter grade barely visible at the top of the page: D. The college should require students to read Strunk and White’s “Elements of Style” before arriving on campus in the fall.

Hillsdale College boasts each incoming class to be smarter than the previous.

Despite their supposedly increasing intelligence, freshmen still struggle with the adjustment from high-school level writing to Hillsdale College-level writing.

Students come from different backgrounds. Some students hear Strunk and White’s rules from a young age. Teachers drill rules such as “Use the active voice” into students’ heads, but the origin or the reason behind the rule remains a mystery.

Other students are even more lost, never hearing of Strunk and White’s rules of writing during their primary Dear Editor, I would like to make two points concerning the letter to the editor written by my friend and colleague, Professor of Political Economy Gary Wolfram (April 14, 2016). Wolfram presents economic arguments for the MEDC grant program and local participation in it.

Unfortunately, his arguments are mistaken, and Tyler Groenendal’s earlier arguments (‘Hillsdale students ought to oppose local corporate welfare,’ April 7, 2016), are correct: The program is an example of unwarranted government intervention in the market and rent-seeking.

First, contrary to Wolfram’s claim, the benefits derived by the typical Hillsdale taxpayer from the grant in question are likely negligible. They grant benefits to only a very few: the grant recipient and the people associated with the project.

Had the funds instead been sent to, say, Kalamazoo, most

education years. By requiring entering students to read the text, they will gain a basic understanding of what comprises clear, concise writing.

Hillsdale already requires incoming freshmen to read Aristotle's “Nichomachean Ethics” and “Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington” by Richard Brookhiser. While both titles offer students valuable advice on how to live a good life, neither one lends itself to freshmen’s immediate need: not to completely bomb their Intro to Great Books class.

If Hillsdale introduces students to the widely acclaimed and accepted style rules within Strunk and White, students can adopt them and adapt their own writing to better their chance of achieving a passing grade on their first Jackson paper.

Additionally, the purchase and reading of Strunk and White will save teachers time and effort in the classroom.

Strunk and White’s classic little handbook is already the number-one selling college textbook in the nation. In 2011 Time magazine listed the “Elements of Style” as one of the 100 best and most influential books written in English since 1923.

In my college career, “The Elements of Style” was a required text for at least four

classes and a recommended text for an additional four.

Why should the college wait for students to need the information provided within Strunk and White’s pages before presenting the book to them?

As American writer Dorothy Parker once proclaimed, “If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the secondgreatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of ‘The Elements of Style.’ The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.”

When freshmen already know Strunk and White, teachers can focus more on their subjects and less on how to write well. And when they focus on how to write well, they’ll start to form a more advanced position.

Requiring incoming students to read Strunk and White’s “The Elements of Style” does not offer deep insight into life or a better understanding of the human condition. Instead it offers students a more practical application. It gives freshman students the tools necessary to grow their writing skills and the potential to decipher a scribbled-out C+ on their first graded paper.

of us would be no worse off.

Taxpayers aren’t “getting their money back.” And because now there is a powerful local constituency for the program, it will be harder to convince our local legislators to repeal it.

Second, it is hard to see how an unoccupied building constitutes a negative externality. I think it doesn’t, and there’s a lengthy literature in economics explaining why so called “idle capital” is not a problem. But regardless, contra Wolfram’s argument, presence of an externality does not constitute a “market failure” to be corrected by government intervention.

That argument, from A.C. Pigou, has been refuted by the work of economists including Ronald Coase, Harold Demsetz, James Buchanan, Milton Friedman, George Stigler, Ludwig von Mises, and Friedrich Hayek. Furthermore, even in the case of a negative externality that does constitute a market failure, there’s

no argument — even from Pigou — that the solution is to subsidize a business venture that is otherwise incapable of passing the market test on its own, as the recipient of the grant has described the project (“Former fur factory fitted for flats,” March 17, 2016).

Such a project seems to be an example of the malinvestment arising from government intervention that Mises and Hayek condemned.

Perhaps the argument is that since the taxpayers’ money is going to be spent, it might as well go to someone in Hillsdale instead of Kalamazoo or wherever. But if that’s the point, let’s simply say so and leave it at that, without making mistaken economic arguments.

Hannah is a senior studying marketing and journalism.

Charles N. Steele is an associate professor of economics and the Herman and Suzanne Chair in Economics.

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Checker Records records record turnout for Record Store Day

By | Andrew Egger Assistant Editor Coffee shop and music store Checker Records celebrated Record Store Day for the sixth straight year on Saturday, joining almost 1,500 stores across the nation in the annual celebration of independent music and independent business.

“We had a great turnout,” said John Spiteri, who coowns Checker Records with his wife Robin. “This is the biggest one we ever did, so it was really cool.”

Founded in 2007, Record Store Day is a nationwide event that takes place on the third Saturday in April to promote and preserve the unique culture of independent music stores.

The holiday’s nationwide popularity has been linked to America’s recent return to listening to vinyl records, sales of which reached their highest point since 1991 in 2014.

For the event, in which only independently-owned stores can participate, many artists release exclusive vinyl in small pressings of a few hundred or thousand copies.

“One really sought-after piece this year was a red vinyl, a live show of Simple Minds,” Spiteri said. “There was an Across the Universe on like a splatter-colored vinyl.”

These limited-edition records are then allocated to various stores across the country, where they go on sale at 8 a.m. Monday morning. No store is permitted to stock the

entire inventory of Record Store Day releases, which encourages customers to frequent multiple venues.

“You just see a huge turnout for a bunch of independently owned record stores,” said freshman Ryan Burns, who regularly participated in the event during his high-school years in Chicago. “I’d hit up like five in a day, generally going

— are you gonna try and have this, are you gonna try and have that,” Spiteri said.

The now-or-never nature of the releases is a powerful motivator for collectors.

“Once a piece goes through, it’s never put back into production,” Spiteri said, “so it makes the pieces highly collectible. So for a collector that’s what makes them so attractive, is that

“Record stores have gained a lot of traction recently...I think Record Store Day has probably helped bolster a lot of them.” and buying at each one.”

In a small town like Hillsdale, however, Checker Records is the only independent record store within miles. Small-town record stores are something of a rarity in Michigan: the closest Record Store Day participants are in Kalamazoo or Ann Arbor.

As a result, Checker Records received visitors from far outside Hillsdale.

“They come from all over,” Spiteri said. “People from Toledo, a lot of people from Coldwater came over. People from Jackson, Lansing.”

And sure enough, when Checker Records opened its doors at 7 a.m., vinyl collectors had already queued up outside.

“The serious collectors started calling a month ago

it’s something that you’re gonna have one shot at, and they’ll never go back into production, so you’re not going to see a million of them out there.”

At the same time, Spiteri said, Record Store Day aims to attract more than just diehard vinyl enthusiasts. At bottom, the event is designed to bring the culture of the independent record store to a broader audience.

“It brings in a little bit of everybody,” Spiteri said.

“People who are just curious about what Record Store Day is, people just out shopping wanting to see what it’s all about, and the serious collectors as well.”

Freshman Natalie Taylor agreed that it was the community of independent music that helps make

Record Store Day special.

“I just really like the concept of it,” Taylor said.

“At my favorite record store in Omaha, you always run into people you’ve seen at concerts on Record Store Day, and there’s this feeling of solidarity as everyone goes through all of the different deals together. It’s like going to Easter Mass at your home parish or something.”

Of course, no single event can entirely dictate the destinies of independent businesses like Checker Records. Even as Americans fall in love with vinyl again, many of them turn to the internet or big-box stores for their shopping.

“Any form of business that’s brick and mortar is a challenge now, of course,” Spiteri said.

Nevertheless, in the face of these daunting challenges, store owners and customers alike agree that Record Store Day’s national profile has helped keep the institution of the independent record store alive, as U.S. sales of new vinyl records have grown from less than 2 million to twelve million over its eight-year history. .

“These small businesses seemed just a few years ago to be super obsolete,” Burns said, “but record stores have gained a lot of traction recently, and I think Record Store Day has probably helped bolster a lot of them.”

Spiteri agreed: “That’s the basis of it all, just to drive people back into the independent record stores.

Kind of where it all began.”

THINGS TO DO IN HILLSDALE

Compiled by Nathanael Meadowcroft Meg Prom | Collegian

10 min.

Baw Beese Lake:

Home to Native Americans more than a hundred years ago, Baw Beese Lake is the perfect getaway spot from campus. Take a stroll around the 414-acre lake, or suntan on the sand. The lake also features multiple playgrounds and picnic tables, and is just a 10-minute drive from campus. There are also plenty of grassy areas to play lawn games or take in the view.

Baw Beese Trail:

8.2 miles

If you don’t have a car, you can walk along the Baw Beese Trail from Hillsdale to Baw Beese Lake. The 8.2-mile long trail connects Hillsdale and Jonesville to the lake, winding through woodlands and occasionally along the road and train tracks.

The easiest access to the trail from campus is by Oak Grove Cemetery on Montgomery Street.

4 min.

Mrs. Stock’s Park:

This beautiful park in the heart of downtown Hillsdale is the perfect place to study. Featuring an island pond with benches, a gazebo, a pavilion, and plenty of open green space, Mrs. Stock’s Park is a great place to relax during the end of the semester, and is just a four-minute drive from campus, or a 20-minute walk.

4 min.

Coney’s and Swirls:

Just a few blocks away from Mrs. Stock’s Park on Bacon Street in downtown Hillsdale, Coney’s and Swirls is your best bet in town to grab an ice cream cone or a milkshake to cool down on a hot day. Coney’s and Swirls also features outdoor seating and serves fair-type food in addition to dessert. It’s just a four-minute drive away, or a 17-minute walk.

Hospice bowl-a-thon will benefit music therapy program By | Kaylee McGhee Collegian Reporter The Hospice of Hillsdale will host its 22nd Annual BowA-Thon fundraising event on Saturday to raise money for its music therapy program. Part of the funds will be directed towards paying the Hospice’s music therapist, Erin Brewer.

Hospice of Hillsdale provides care for people and their families who are affected by terminal illnesses.

Kitty Aemisegger, director of Hospice of Hillsdale, said that they usually raise $4,000 to $5,000 through this event.

The event is separated into two bowling time allotments.

The first session, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., is hosted by the hospice; the National Honor Society from Hillsdale High School, hospice families, volunteers, and staff typically bowl their two games at that time. After a group lunch at 12 p.m., the Hillsdale College basketball team hosts the event from 1 – 3 p.m.

Aemisegger said that there are typically 8-10 teams that participate in the Bowl-A-

Thon, and each team typically pledges $200. The event also attracts several corporate sponsors who pay for the bowling and the pizza lunch.

Many local businesses also contribute to the fundraising event, some of which include The Udder Side, The Hunt Club, and Checker Records.

“The Hillsdale community is pretty involved in the event,” Aemisegger said, “but we would love to get the College more involved as well.”

Aemisegger said that they are designating the funds to the music therapy program because of the difference it has made in the Hospice patients’ lives.

“It’s a ministry,” Aemisegger said, “All the patients enjoy it immensely.”

Brewer meets with patients who were typically referred by a nurse or social worker, and works with them to develop five goals to work towards, whether they are physical, social, cognitive or emotional.

“I help provide insight and understanding to patients who desperately need it,” Brewer said, “They are always grateful for the visit.”

Delegates From A1

Delegates at the 2012 Republican Convention react to unexpected changes in procedure — Hillsdale delegate Glenn Frobel will attend the 2016 convention. Courtesy | Wikimedia Commons

At the convention in July, delegates will be bound to vote for their pledged candidate in the first round of voting. If, after the first round of voting no candidate has won 1,237 votes, delegates will be released to vote for whomever they choose.

“I have no idea what will happen,” Frobel said. “It’s politics — I don’t know who’s committed to who right now.

I may be the only person who’s voting for Trump after the first round. I just don’t know. It’s worse than Vegas.”

He plans to stick it out for Trump the whole way through.

“He won our county. He won the state,” Frobel said.

“He’s different. I kinda like that. The party’s been having fits trying to control him— that’s what they like to do is control things. They can’t control him.”

Political commentators also speculate that if no nominee is chosen after the first round of voting, a new candidate — someone other than Trump, Cruz, or Kasich — will be proposed by the party for the nominee.

“They keep talking about this phantom candidate,” Frobel said. “If they do that, I think it’d be my last time

around at the rodeo for the Republican people. It would be like — a suicide. One guy told me ‘there’s a lot of pressure on you guys on that floor.’ He said the money is flying all over the place. I’m thinking ‘that ain’t proper.’”

He added: “It all depends on the rules that they hammer out.”

Rules for the convention will be determined by the powerful Rules Committee— made up of two delegates from each state.

The two delegates who will represent Michigan on the Rules Committee are Judi Schwalbach, a Kasich supporter, and Matt Hall, who supports Trump.

Saul Anuzis, a leader in Cruz’s Michigan campaign, claimed that they were “double-crossed” by Kasich’s campaign at the state convention, after Kasich delegates switched sides and voted with Trump behind closed doors, CNN reported.

For Frobel, Trump’s strength won at the convention was a solid victory.

“We have a Trump majority — we pretty much have every committee locked up on the Trump side,” Frobel said.

City council votes to demolish ‘blight properties’ By | Nic Rowan Collegian Reporter The Hillsdale City Council voted to demolish the remains of the house at 48 Greenwood St. destroyed by fire at a public hearing April 18. The Greenwood house was one of three “blight properties” the council voted to demolish, the other two being 128 S. Manning St. and 240 E. South St. “I can’t see why you would tear something down that cost so much to build,” said Mary Smith, the owner of the house on the Greenwood property. “All I’m asking for is a little bit more time because it is getting cleaned up. I’ve been there a long

time. I just can’t let it go. I’d to have to leave Hillsdale after all these years because I can’t keep my basement or

Despite the city’s decision about the property’s safety, Smith still opposes the city’s claim that her property is a

Thomas said the city will not seize Smith’s land, but will only seize control of the property in order to expedite

done to her property.

“This actually helps the property owner because it pays for the cleanup process,”

“This has been on our radar for quite a while. There are a lot of ‘blight properties’ in Hillsdale — we’re not picking on you, we’re just going through the list.” my garage.”

Smith’s house burned down in May 2012, leaving only a basement and unroofed garage-like structure. Since 2015, the city has been attempting to remove the remaining structures from the property, first giving a citation in April and then issuing a court order in June requesting the structures be demolished.

danger to the community.

“They say it’s been bothering the public like it’s a nuisance or something,”she said. “Most people didn’t even know there was a house back there because from the street you can’t even see it.

Especially in the summer — I have an acre of woods in front of it that covers it completely.”

City Assessor Kim

the debris removal process.

“We’re not trying to take her property. The only thing we’re asking to do is clean up the property and remove the structure which is there right now,” she said.

City Attorney Tom Thompson explained if Smith cedes control of her land to the city, Hillsdale will receive a grant from the state to clean up the damage

he said.

Councilman Bruce Sharp explained the motion to destroy the Greenwood house was part of the city’s larger effort to ensure public safety.

“This has been on our radar for quite a while. There are a lot of ‘blight properties’ in Hillsdale — we’re not picking on you, we’re just going through the list,” he

said.

Sharp added that other properties pose similar dangers to the public.

“The house on South Manning Street, it’s a safety issue, I’ve noticed there’s no fence around it and the basement is wide open,” he said. “I’m afraid some kid could fall in at night.”

Councilman Adam Stockford expressed sympathy for Smith’s situation, but believes she would fare better if she let the city intervene.

“I don’t want to vote to take an elderly woman’s property away from her if she wants to keep it but I don’t understand how you could have a clear path to getting this property cleaned up,” he said.

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Michigan named ‘high intensity drug trafficking area,’ Walberg addresses heroin epidemic Drug overdoses are the No. 1 cause of injuryrelated deaths in the state of Michigan.

Hillsdale County alone has seen four deaths due to heroin over the past year, and dozens of overdoses requiring medical attention, according to the Hillsdale Office of the Prosecuting Attorney.

Earlier this month, the Office of National Drug Control Policy added

“Heroin is everywhere around here. People are getting it and cutting it so they can have theirs and passing it on to make more money.

And they don’t care if they take somebody’s life if they give them something with Fentanyl cut in it. The more you do, the more you think you can handle.”

Michigan to its list of High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, according to Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich.

Walberg recently spoke at the Lenawee Addiction Summit at Sienna Heights

University, and is a member of the congressional Bipartisan Task Force to Combat the Heroin Epidemic.

“Combating the heroin and opioid epidemic will take all hands on deck by citizens, treatment providers, law enforcement, the medical community and elected officials at every level,” Walberg wrote in an op-ed published in the Hillsdale Daily News.

“Working together, we can offer hope and reverse the trends of addiction.”

There have been 17 heroin-related charges in Hillsdale County in the past year.

“I can say that heroin usage has risen significantly over the past two to three years,” Hillsdale Prosecuting Attorney Neal Brady told the Collegian. “It tends to come here from Jackson.”

Kelly VanBuskirk, Program Director at the Hope House rehabilitation facility in Jonesville, said she has noticed an increase in heroin-related client cases as well.

When she first started at Hope House, only about 25 percent of the cases handled by the organization were heroin related.

“It’s more like 50 percent now,” VanBuskirk said. “If you throw in opiates and prescription drug abuse as well, about 75 percent of the girls and guys in our treatment are opiaterelated.”

Heroin is an opioid drug which is synthesized from morphine. A heroin “high” is characterized by a surge of euphoria, followed by alternating wakefulness and drowsiness, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

According to Brady, most heroin-related deaths in the county are caused by heroin mixed with Fentanyl—a

In 3 years, 4,772 MI residents died

60% were men 40% were women

of an overdose between 2009-2012

Meg Prom | Collegian

By | Vivian Hughbanks News Editor

From MHHS Report (March) The US constitutes less than

44

5% of the world population,

but Americans consume 80% of the world’s supply of pain-killers

people die

in the United States every day from an overdose of prescription pain-killers, eight more than from cocaine and heroin combined.

michigan has seen a four-fold increase in accidental fatal drug poisonings since 1999

prescription narcotic often given to cancer patients.

Fentanyl is added to increase volume and potency.

“Heroin is everywhere around here,” one client said. “People are getting it and cutting it so they can have theirs and passing it on to make more money.

And they don’t care if they take somebody’s life if they give them something with Fentanyl cut in it. The more you do, the more you think you can handle.”

After finishing her rehabilitation at Hope House, the client plans to work with other recovering addicts to help them through the process.

“It is the hardest thing to have to detox from that — literally the hardest,” she said. “The way it makes you feel: you can’t sleep, you throw up. It’s so hard. Many nights these girls and staff have helped me not go out that door.”

Addictions often develop after patients are prescribed

opiate-based pain relievers for legitimate reasons in health care facilities. Since heroin is cheaper on the street than other opiatebased prescription pills such as oxycodone, addicts turn to the illegal drug.

“Addicts often start on prescription pills legitimately prescribed,” Brady said. “They get addicted and when cut off they go to the heroin.”

VanBuskirk’s clients had the same experience.

“Well over 75 percent of heroin use starts with prescription drugs,” VanBuskirk said.

“And most of the time, it’s very legitimate: they broke their ankle, they were given narcos, and some light went off in their head.”

“Their thought process is, ‘well, 1 and 2 works, and 3 and 4 is better, so I’m going to take 7 or 8,’” Van Buskirk added. “That’s just how their mind works. It’s not because they’re a bad person.”

The Michigan Prescription Drug and Opioid Abuse

Task Force, chaired by Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, has made recommendations for measures to be taken in the state to better inform patients about measures to be taken for pain management—a common start to opiate addictions.

“From there, we’re looking to better equip doctors to know the full history of a patient before a prescription is made,” Calley told the Collegian.

He added: “you would think that in this day and age, that if you came into an emergency room and you asked for oxycodone, that a doctor could look it up on the system and tell whether or not you got the prescription yesterday in the next town over—but you can’t.”

Such measures at the state level would help immensely with problems VanBuskirk encounters daily.

“I’ve had girls that literally had log books so they knew which doctor they could go to and when it was

time for the refill, and they had multiple doctors they would go to,” VanBuskirk said. “It all started out with something legitimate.”

A Narcan opiate antidote has saved many lives from overdose death, according to Brady, but unfortunately, the antidote has had some negative effects.

“The antidote has also emboldened the addict to go for that deadly high while decreasing the chance of death,” Brady wrote. “They actually carry the Narcan with them and tell their friends to revive them if they overdose.”

As county officials work daily to keep the area safe, state, and congressional efforts come together to solve the heroin epidemic in Michigan.

“There is not a single solution to this epidemic,” Walberg wrote. “We need a multi-pronged approach and a commitment from the community to stay engaged.”

Caped crusaders attend community events Justice League and friends assemble to make ‘an extraordinary difference’ By | Madeline Fry Collegian Reporter It may not be unusual for Hillsdale residents to see clusters of superheroes strolling through town, but Batman and Superman have been doing it for years. These caped crusaders may not be saving the city, but they try to bring the community together. Hillsdale resident 26-year-old Ryan Littley, also known as the Hillsdale Batman, has been dressing up as the Dark Knight for about two years.

It all began when Littley and his friend Savanah Tucker participated in a Labor Day parade as Batman and Batgirl. A few months later, Littley’s aunt asked him to appear as Batman and read to children at Branch District Library in Coldwater. He was grabbing a bite to eat afterward when a woman saw his bat truck and his batman shirt and asked if he appeared at birthday parties.

“I’m like, ‘Well, no, this

is kind of my first event, and I’ve never actually had anyone ask me to do a birthday party,’” Littley said.

“I’d love for you to do my grandson’s fourth birthday,” the woman said.

To which Littley responded, “Alright.”

About 20 birthday parties later, Littley now attends an average of three to four events per week, with weekends always booked, and has appeared at libraries, school events, hospitals, and fundraisers. Although the job can be physically demanding and sometimes he’d rather just sleep, he is always reminded why it’s worth it, Littley said.

Once, while he was working at Little Caesars, he was asked to deliver pizza as Batman to a girl with Lyme disease.

“She showed up a few minutes after I did, and when she hopped out of the car, she saw me and she just took off in a dead run.

She gave me the biggest hug ever. And as Batman, you

have to be tough, you know, not intimidating, just kind of a tougher character. But she almost made me cry. I was like, ‘Oh I can’t cry in costume. I can’t do that.’ So I held it together.”

Littley doesn’t charge for appearing at events, but he accepts donations for gas and gifts for children he visits. He appears as Batman

When local resident Ryan Littley began dressing up as Batman two years ago, he didn’t realize he’d eventually take part in an outreach of superheroes who attend various community events in Hillsdale.

Courtesy | Ryan Littley

they mean it in a negative way, but that’s just the way it comes across. But I use it to my advantage in proving to those people that what I do is hopefully making a difference. Basically, my motto is: I’m an ordinary guy trying to make an extraordinary difference,” Littley said.

Hillsdale College

Man, the Joker, Robin, and Supergirl.

Bree Bennett, who is in ninth grade, is Supergirl.

After inviting Littley to a birthday party for her niece about three months ago, Bennett decided to become a superhero herself.

“I was talking about joining it because I thought it was really cool for the

“...What I do is hopefully making a difference.

Basically, my motto is: I’m an ordinary guy trying to make an extraordinary difference.” in addition to his own job, but some people are not supportive when they hear how the 26-year-old spends his time.

“A lot of people are just like, ‘You think that you could be doing something better with your life. That’s kind of a stupid thing that you do.’ I don’t know if

sophomore Susena Finegan, who knows Littley through acting together at the Sauk Theatre, said “He really has a servant’s heart.”

A variety of other superheroes populate Hillsdale, including Spiderman, Superman and Wonder Woman (played by a married couple), Iron

kids and I know my autistic brother would really like it,” Bennett said.

Bennett said dealing with her older brother has made her love kids, and he loves what she does.

“He laughs at me. He’s nonverbal, so he can’t really tell me anything. But he has ways of saying things, and he

laughs at me when I put on my suit and tries to make fun of me. But he loves Batman.

He’s in love with it; he thinks it’s funny,” she said.

At 15 years old, Bennett is not the youngest in the group of superheroes. They range in age from teenagers to late twenties, she said.

Many of the superheroes attend events as a group and/ or separately.

A group of superheroes, including Littley, will appear at downtown Hillsdale’s Alternaprint Custom Screen Printing & Comic Book Shop’s “Free Comic Book Day” event on May 7.

Bennett said the best thing about being Supergirl is how excited people, even adults, are when they see the superheroes.

“My main thing that I pretty much like doing this for is the kids like my brother because I know they’re just going to keep this with them for a really long time.”

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GOLF PLACES 11TH AT GLIACS By | Christy Allen Collegian Freelancer The Hillsdale College golf team’s success stopped just short of Super Regionals as the Chargers struggled in the GLIAC Championship.

The Chargers finished tied for 11th with Wayne State in the 15-team tournament after a long weekend of golf in Nashport, Ohio. Tiffin University won the championship.

After the first day of play, sophomore co-captain Joe Torres led the tournament by three shots after shooting a 69.

Torres ultimately finished tied for 12th with a three-day score of 226.

Freshmen Liam Purslowe and Andy Grayson both tied for 43rd with tournament scores of 234.

Together, freshmen Peter Beneteau and Joel Pietila finished tied for 58th after finishing with a final score of 240.

With perfect conditions for play, it seems that something else disrupted the streak of success the Chargers were enjoying, and that something else may have been the pressure of high expectations.

“I think the pressure of trying to win to get to the postseason did put a little extra stress on the players,” head coach Nate Gilchrist said.

“They knew that we needed to

win in order to qualify for the postseason and we played well in the first round to put us in a great position.”

Unfortunately, the team slipped from that great position over the next two rounds.

Nevertheless, Torres’ 69 was the second sub-70 score for the Chargers since their return to the varsity level in 2014. He says his score could have easily been lower still after 3-putting from within 12 feet on two holes in a row. But an eagle on the 10th hole, thanks to a shot from the trees to within six feet of the hole, made up for some missed putts.

“Joe has been playing very well this spring and I knew he was close to putting together a tremendous event with perhaps a chance to win,” Gilchrist said. “Joe works very hard on his game and is a great player.

I think his second round score was mostly from being nervous with the lead.”

The three-day tournament was longer than those typically played by the Chargers.

Grayson, the Chargers’ lowman on Saturday, noted that the conditioning over winter helped prepare the team but the course was “a tough walk” and the team was “all worn down by the last day.”

Purslowe and Pietila may still have a chance to quali-

fy for the Super-Regionals as individuals, but the season is complete for the team.

Grayson predicts that the Chargers will improve going into next season.

“We will continue to contend and be better still. Everyone is making strides and know which parts of their game to work on over the summer,” Grayson said.

Torres finished as the Charger with the most sub-par holes throughout the season.

“I’m really proud of everyone on the team and all of the improvement, not just between this year and last, but even between the fall and spring seasons,” Torres said.

Thus the goal remains for next year: qualify for Super Regionals.

Over the summer, players will have a practice agenda to “turn weaknesses into strengths,” according to Gilchrist.

Both Grayson and Torres plan to compete in summer tournaments like the qualifier for the U.S. Amateur, which will be held in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, this year.

Gilchrist knows the wins are right around the corner.

“We have established a competitive, winning culture within the team that makes everyone better.”

Charger golfers walk the fairway during a practice round last semester. John Quint | Courtesy

Senior Todd Frickey (left) set a personal record in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.68 seconds at the Border Battle. Anders Kiledal | Collegian

Men’s track wins Border Battle By | Jessica Hurley Collegian Reporter

The Hillsdale College men’s track and field team was victorious in the Border Battle between Ohio and Michigan schools hosted at Muddy Waters Stadium this weekend. The Chargers finally enjoyed some warm weather which boosted their performances, as several athletes set both personal and school records to contribute to the team’s total 228 points.

In the 100-meter dash, junior Todd Frickey placed first, setting a personal record of 10.68 seconds.

Hillsdale claimed all six top spots in the 200-meter. Sophomore Lane White placed first with a personal record of 21.64 seconds. White’s training partner, sophomore Colby Clark, came in just behind him, also setting a personal record with a time of 21.87 seconds. Senior Alex Mexicotte took third in the event with a time of 22.21 seconds.

White and Clark also came close to PRs in the 400-meter. White took first running in 47.54 seconds with Clark tailing him with a 47.91 second-place finish.

The 4x100 relay team of Frickey, White, freshman Nathan Pando, and Mexicotte broke the school record this weekend. Though they were running alone, they ran an impressive time of 40.95 seconds.

“I think it’s a step in the right direction of where coach Towne was looking for us to be at the end of the year,” White said. “We’ve put in a lot of hard work so far and it’s starting to come together. Our mindset

this week was different — we focused more on the process than the final outcome and just trusted the training.”

The previous record for the relay was set a long time ago — long before head coach Andrew Towne started coaching at Hillsdale.

“I think we’re at a point where NCAAs is a very realistic thing for us. Men are ranked inside the top ten right now. That’s kind of a new expectation because we finally have enough depth — you can’t run a relay with just one or two people,” Towne said.

In the 800-meter, the Chargers took first, second, and third. Junior Caleb Gatchell placed first with a time of 1:55.59 and freshman Tanner Schwannecke was close behind in the second spot running it in 1:55.72. Junior Andrew Beaird — only a second behind at 1:56.70 — took third.

Gatchell also prevailed in the 1500-meter, running a 3:57.93. Sophomore Nathan Jones placed second with a 3:59.79.

“I feel really good about where I am fitness-wise. I closed the 1500 in 56 seconds for the last 400, and that’s the fastest I’ve ever closed a 15 so that was fun,” Gatchell said.

“I would really like to get an NCAA qualifying time. Once you make the meet then anything can happen. Ideally I’ll run a time that gets me into nationals in Georgia.”

Sophomore Santiago Quintana took first in the 5K and set a personal record with his time of 16:08.38.

Sophomore Evan Tandy placed first in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.44 seconds. He also set a personal record in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 57.17 seconds, while junior Ty Etchemendy won the race, finishing in 54.64 seconds.

Sophomore Jared Schipper broke his own school record in the pole vault by jumping 16 feet, 11 inches. Senior Matt Harris placed third vaulting 15 feet, 5.5 inches.

In his first 3000-meter steeplechase of the season, sophomore Sam Phillips placed first with a time of 9:49.08.

Senior Nathan Nobbs competed in his first javelin throw of the season and set a new personal record and placed first throwing 178 feet, 1 inch.

This meet was relatively small but extremely fruitful for the men’s team. Towne reemphasized that the team is continuously happy, but never satisfied with its performance.

“I thought the guys did a really good job all across the board. This weekend is always designed to feel comfortable about NCAAs so we can score points at GLIACs,” Towne said.

“I wanted to make sure that in the outdoor season that we’re increasingly individualized to make sure that everyone’s in the right spot and we’re not gonna wait around to the last second.”

This weekend, 18 women and 18 men will be travelling to Georgia for the Georgia Tech Invitational to compete, while others will be headed to Grand Valley for the Al Owens Invitational on Saturday.

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Baseball splits with Findlay to end busy week

By | Stevan Bennett Jr. Assistant Editor After a tough weekend hosting the first-place Ashland Eagles, the Hillsdale College baseball team traveled to Findlay last night, where they split a doubleheader with the Oilers.

Although the Chargers held an early lead in game one last night, they eventually took a tough 5-3 loss.

Hillsdale scored two in the top of the first inning thanks to RBIs from senior rightfielder Connor Bartlett and senior first baseman Chris McDonald.

Sophomore Alex Walts gave the Chargers an extra run in the top of the third with an RBI double.

Sophomore starter Phil Carey threw the first four innings without allowing a run.

In the fifth, however, the Oilers were able to string together two hits, an error, and a sacrifice fly for three runs, tying the game 3-3.

After Hillsdale threatened in the top of the sixth — stranding a pair of runners — Findlay was able to take advantage in the bottom half of the inning with a twoout, two-run double to take a 5-3 lead which the Chargers couldn’t erase in the seventh.

In game two, the Chargers showed no shadow of what happened in game one as Hillsdale’s offense and pitching combined to end the week with a 14-6 win.

After the Chargers scored one run in the first and blanked in the second, they exploded for 12 runs over the next four innings and never looked back.

Junior starter Ethan Wiskur was excellent in his first start of the season, throwing 4 1/3 innings in which he allowed one unearned run on four hits.

Although nine Chargers notched hits — and five recorded RBIs — the most memorable hits came from senior center fielder Luke Ortel, who set both the Hillsdale single season and career hits records in the game.

“I am thankful that God has given me the opportunity and talents to play this awesome game,” Ortel said. “I am honored to be a part of Charger baseball history, but more importantly I’m thankful to contribute to the team in any way possible.”

The bullpen iced the victory, combining to throw 4 2/3 innings, including 2 2/3 perfect innings from sophomore Matt Young.

“After we lost the first one, the beautiful part about it was that we got to play another one right after it, and we were able to kind of redeem ourselves,” head coach Eric Theisen said.

Before the Wednesday split, Hillsdale dropped three-offour to Ashland over the weekend. The Chargers did not allow the losing weekend to dampen their confidence.

“Three of the four games

Senior centerfielder Luke Ortel set the Hillsdale single-season and career hits records last night at Findlay. David Bartlett | Courtesy

could have fallen our way this weekend,” senior leftfielder Tad Sobieszczanski said. “We wish we could have gotten at least two, but we are confident that if we see them again we will be ready.”

The series started out on a dramatic note when Ashland topped the Chargers 9-8 in the front-end of Saturday’s doubleheader.

Back-to-back solo home runs from Ortel and Sobieszczanski put the Chargers on the board early.

After a rough first two innings, sophomore starter Will Kruse took over, allowing six runs — four earned — on eight hits over six innings.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, the Chargers offense again showed their illustrious strength when Sobieszczanski, McDonald, and Wiskur hit back-to-back-to-back homeruns to give the Chargers a 7-6 lead.

The Eagles, however, refused to die, and retaliated with three runs in the top

WOMEN’S TRACK MEN’S TENNIS By | Evan Carter Web Editor CHRISTENS NEW The Hillsdale College women’s track and field team conto make forward strides OUTDOOR COURTS tinued at the Hillsdale Border Battle meet last weekend, with WITH CLOSE LOSSES track the 4x100 meter relay breaking the school record and many By | Amanda Tindall Features Editor

After dedicating them to Mary Jane Delp, the Hillsdale College men’s tennis team played on its new courts this past weekend.

“We had a great ceremony,” head coach Keith Turner said.

“Mr. Delp and Dr. Arnn had some nice speeches that got us fired up and ready to play, and it reminded them of why they’re at Hillsdale. It’s a very nice facility and we’re happy to have it. It was nice to have the weather we did as well.”

After losses against both Walsh and Tiffin over the weekend, the Chargers have been mathematically eliminated from qualifying for the GLIAC Tournament. Both matches had intense competition.

Falling 5-4 to Walsh on Saturday, No. 1 doubles partners freshman Justin Hyman and sophomore Dugan Delp took an 8-4 win. Jerry Hewitt and Zach Rabitoy also won 8-6 in No. 3 doubles.

“Saturday came down to me,” said sophomore Dugan Delp, who lost 4-6, 7-5, 6-4.

“I ended up losing in the third set.

We were neck and neck, he picked up his game and took out all his weapons. I got tight and played more conservatively.”

Turner said competition was close and the team had a chance in both matches.

“It was tight. Both weekend matches were really close,” he said. “We could have easily won both matches, but both

teams were a little bit better than us. It’s encouraging that we’re so good as such a young team.”

Sunday afternoon, the No. 1 doubles team took another win at 8-5, as did No. 2 doubles partners John Ciraci and Gianpiero Placidi with an 8-4 victory.

“This weekend we played pretty well all over in doubles and coming into the season I thought doubles was going to be our biggest weakness,” Turner said. “But we’re just not there singles wise. We’re honestly just one to two more players away from winning 2-3 more matches. We’ll be better in the future, but this is all was good learning experience, and it’s good to know that we’re this good this young.”

In singles, No. 1 Justin Hyman and No. 4 John Ciraci took home wins against Walsh, and Delp took the only win in singles against Tiffin.

“Our top two guys were the strongest,” Turner said. “They won three out of four matches over the weekend. To do that in the top two spots in GLIAC is impressive.”

The last match of the season is this weekend at Findlay.

“Findlay’s in the same situation we are,” Delp said.

“They’re not going to GLIACs. We’ve been traveling to the same matches, so they’ve been playing the same teams we have with very similar results. We’d love to end the season with a victory, especially at Findlay. It’d be great to finish strong to get good momentum into the offseason and to next fall.”

other athletes improving their seasonal marks.

Even after breaking the school record, head coach Andrew Towne believes the relay can go much faster. The relay team — freshman Tori Wichman, senior Corinne Zehner, and sophomores Fiona Shea and Ashlee Moran — has a lot of talent, but is also comprised of underclassmen with little experience working with one another, and as a result the relay members struggled making hand-offs.

“The 4x100 happens in a short amount of time and everyone has to do their job,” Towne said. “They broke the school record making a decent amount of mistakes, and I still think they can get considerably faster.”

Junior thrower Dana Newell is also getting close to surpassing her own school record in the hammer throw.

The women haven’t yet broken as many outdoor school records as they did during the indoor season, but Towne says that since the team has improved so much, it’s getting more difficult to set new records.

“Sometimes I think that we get to a place where we think, ‘Oh we’ve only broken a few school records,’ because we’re so used to continuing to move forward, but they’re not easy to break either,” Towne said.

While not breaking her own school record in the hammer throw, Newell was named the team’s athlete of the week for her solid performances in the hammer throw (182’3’’) and the shot put (39’10.5’’) against top GLIAC competition.

of the seventh inning, while Hillsdale was only able to muster one in their half, sealing the game for Ashland.

Hillsdale put the tough loss behind them, winning the second game of the day 9-6.

The game was scoreless for the first two innings before both teams collected one run in the third inning, with Ortel recording an RBI for the Chargers.

The freshmen got in on the long-ball action in the bottom of the fourth when catcher Steven Ring and third baseman Cam Maxwell both put one over the fence to give the Chargers a 4-1 lead.

Ashland scored two in the top of the fifth on a homer of its own, but Wiskur got one back for Hillsdale on an RBI single in the bottom half.

After the Eagles tied the game with two runs in the top of the seventh inning, Maxwell and senior shortstop Michael O’Sullivan struck back, both recording a two-RBI base hits.

The bullpen took over for senior starter Jacob Gardner — 6 2/3 IP, 5 ER, 10 H — with seniors Lucas Hamelink, Evan Chalker, and Mitchell Gatt combining for 2 1/3 innings, allowing only one earned run to clinch the Charger victory.

Sunday saw a large-home crowd for the Chargers, but the offense fell flat in game one, mustering only two hits in the 7-0 loss — only the second time Hillsdale has been shutout on the season.

Freshman starter Chris Stewart tossed a complete game seven innings, allowing seven runs — four earned — on 11 hits.

Hillsdale found their bats in Sunday’s second game, but dropped a 16-11 barnburner.

The game was a back and forth affair, with four lead changes in the first five innings.

The Chargers started strong, scoring four runs in the bottom of the first inning, with RBIs from McDonald, Wiskur, and Maxwell.

The final lead change of the game came in the top of fifth inning when the Eagles sent 11 batters to the plate for seven runs, giving Ashland a 13-9 lead.

“We were disappointed to not at least split that series,” Theisen said. “What we talked about after that series is that we’re going to get another shot at Ashland when it really counts come tournament time.”

The Chargers will host the Saginaw Valley Cardinals (810) for a crucial four-game set this weekend before Northwood (7-9) travels to Hillsdale for a doubleheader next Wednesday.

“It’s a big weekend coming up, but we’re excited about it,” Theisen said. “We’re excited to get back home, and it’s business as usual and we’re trying to keep improving so that we’re playing our best baseball come tournament time.”

BREAKS RECORDS

Junior Alex Whitford won the pole vault at the Border Battle with a height of 3.67 meters, just 0.14 meters off her personal best. Anders Kiledal | Collegian

Sophomore Rachael Tolsma placed right behind Newell in the hammer throw with an impressive mark of 177 feet, 4 inches. Both Newell and Tolsma have made provisional marks for the NCAA outdoor championship in the hammer throw.

After struggling in the pole vault at the Miami Hurricane Alumni Invitational two weekends ago, junior Alex Whitford bounced back, winning the pole vault with a height of 3.67 meters, only 0.14 meters off the personal best she set as a freshman in 2014.

Zehner had a busy meet, running in the record-breaking 4x100 relay, and placing second in both the 100-meter and 400-meter hurdles.

Zehner was happy with her performances in the 100-meter hurdles and 4x100 relay, but is waiting for another chance to run the 400 hurdles and “get back on her feet.”

“I ran the 100-hurdle prelims and the finals. The finals went better than the prelims; both were pretty decent times

for this time of the year, I would have liked to run a little faster though, honestly,” Zehner said. “That’s a race that I had a breakthrough in last year and so to not pick up exactly where I left off has been a little frustrating, but I’m working on finding my rhythm again.”

Towne also mentioned junior Allison Duber’s season-best time (56.31 seconds) and win in the 400-meter dash and freshman Wichman’s sub25 second 200-meter dash as other top sprinting performances from the meet.

“We have three girls who will run under 25 seconds before the year is over,” Towne said. “You have to be that level to be a national level 4x100 relay team.”

While some of the top distance and middle distance women had last weekend off, a number of athletes in those training groups also had notable performances at the meet.

Sophomore Andie Bodary placed second in the 1500-meter, with a personal best time of 4:44. Junior Meri Didier

came in second in the 5K, running the distance in 18:16.

Saturday’s meet also saw freshman Ally Eads and sophomore Amanda Reagle open up the season in the 3000-meter steeplechase. Eads won the race in 11:11 and Reagle came in second at 11:25.

Although Eads enjoyed winning her first steeplechase, she thinks she can run faster and hit the provisional mark of 11:05 when she runs the race again this weekend at the Georgia Tech Invitational in Atlanta.

“I definitely want to go sub11,” Eads said. “I definitely think that I can do that.”

For the third time this season, the women will be splitting their squad and to compete in two different meets over the weekend. Half of the team will travel down to Atlanta for the Georgia Tech Invitational this weekend, with other members of the team traveling to Allendale, Michigan, to run the Al Owens Invitational at Grand Valley State University.

to people about it. I can’t talk to sponsors. I know that there is a running group that’s interested. You can go to different professional running groups, but I’m trying to stay here. So, it just depends on what kind of experience you’re looking for, I think. You can get sponsorships from different kinds of shoe companies that send you gear, and you just run for them or they sometimes pay you to do it. Or you can go to a running group, which I don’t really want to do unless there’s a group out in Portland, Oregon. There are really good groups out there, so if one of them asked me, I’d say, ‘Oh, Ok.’ So, hopefully for me, what I am hoping to happen is that I get some sort of sponsorship that I can use

to stay here for the next few years and train with my same coach and after that see where I am: Is the running thing still working out? Should I move to a training group? Should I just call it quits? It’s really up in the air, because I don’t know what it looks like.

Has the nostalgia hit you hard yet?

Not yet. I mean, it kind of did at the awards banquet. We had a track senior awards banquet and I had to give a speech and I cried my way through it. So it has hit a little bit, but I’m not sure when it is going to set in. It’s going to be interesting.

CHARGER CHATTER: EMILY OREN Anders Kiledal | Collegian

Emily Oren is a senior from Holland, Michigan, majoring in economics. She is one of the most decorated athletes in Hillsdale history, having won seven national championships across indoor and outdoor track and field.

What are your plans for after you graduate? What’s next for you?

Running-wise, I have two meets coming up and then the championship season starts, and then after that I’ll have nationals over memorial day weekend and then the post-collegiate season. It seems like it’s wrapping up quickly but it seems like it’s just started because I’ve only run one race so far. And then I graduate and I have a job lined up as an admissions counselor.

summer, so I have to go one second faster than I did last year and six seconds faster than I did this season so far, and realistically I’m not looking to Rio this year. I’m looking to place well and get a good sponsorship out of it, hopefully, so that can fund my running for the next five years. And hopefully — it’s so far down the road, you don’t know — I’m hoping to keep progressing as a runner and have a shot at one of the top three spots at the Olympic Trials four years from now.

What’s the five-year plan?

I would love to keep running.

I’m going to stay here and train with Coach Joe, which is cool. I’m trying to qualify for the Olympic trials this

What does a professional running career look like?

I don’t really know, actually.

I’m still trying to figure that all out. It’s hard because as a collegiate athlete you can’t talk

What are you looking forward to about living in Hillsdale next year?

Well, my sister is still here, so I get to be with her. I’m excited to still be training with the team and with my coach, and I’m really excited for the opportunity to work for the school, because I love the school and I think the job is going to be really interesting and really fun.

-Compiled by Micah Meadowcroft

Charger John Quint | Courtesy

Golf finishes tied for 11th at GLIAC Championships Chargers struggle after strong start, sophomore Joe Torres ties for 12th overall.

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Baseball continues to fight through conference play The Chargers split with Findlay last night, but dropped three-of-four to first-place Ashland over the weekend. A11

Charger seniors Ainsley Ellison, Sarah Klopfer, Danielle Garceau, Sarah Grunert, and Julia Kosco line up with their loved ones on Senior Day before playing Wayne State Saturday. Anders Kiledal | Collegian

SOFTBALL CLINCHES GLIAC TOURNAMENT BERTH By | Madeleine Jepsen Assistant Editor

The Hillsdale College softball team played its final home games of the season this week, improving to 17-5 in the GLIAC. Amid a strong team performance, junior outfielder Bekah Kastning was named GLIAC Player of the Week with her 21-game hitting streak, and senior pitcher Sarah Klopfer earned an honorable mention for GLIAC Pitcher of the Week.

The Chargers have clinched a spot in the GLIAC Tournament and are now ranked fifth in the NCAA Midwest Regional rankings.

Hillsdale started the weekend on a strong note, sweeping Ferris State University 12-3 and 3-1. After scoring three runs in the top of the first, Hillsdale’s offense exploded with nine runs in the fourth inning.

“It was just one solid hit after another, and it didn’t end,” head coach Joe Abraham said.

“It was base hit, base hit, base hit, and next thing you know, it’s 12-3. It was like, ‘Okay, this is a good way to start a sixgame series.’”

Abraham won his 100th game at Hillsdale in the second game against Ferris. Abraham has reached this milestone the fastest of any coach in over two decades.

“The game-two win against them was huge, because they got it tied up, and we managed to pull one out,” he said.

“You’re on the road, you’re in

the lead, they tie it up, and you end up pulling it out anyways.

That’s hard to do.”

The Chargers extended their winning streak to nine games after sweeping Saginaw Valley State University 7-3 and 3-2. Seven players had hits in the first game, including sophomore first baseman Haley Lawrence’s two-run home run.

“Saginaw is always a big emotional day for us,” Abraham said. “They knocked us out of the conference tournament last year, and they’ve always been a nemesis for us.

Both games were a little backand-forth, and we got the big key hits in both games. It was just incredible. Saginaw has a really, really good hitting team, so for us to hold them down to five runs in 14 innings is incredible.”

Hillsdale split with Wayne State on Sunday, rebounding after a 6-2 loss with a 5-0 win against a team previously undefeated in the league.

“Our girls are making the plays that you need to make to win games,” Abraham said.

“The composure, the maturity — it’s all there, led by our five seniors, and it’s just hard to quantify that.”

Senior pitcher Sarah Klopfer pitched a three-hit shutout in the second game against Wayne State, complementing three consecutive doubles in the fourth inning by senior catcher Danielle Garceau, senior third baseman Julia Kosco, and freshman outfielder Katie Kish.

“Danielle and Julia are both

Freshman Katie Kish throws to first base. Anders Kiledal | Collegian

seniors, and that was really fun for their senior day,” Kastning said. “Those runs were what put us ahead and what really got us into that momentum.”

Senior pitcher Sarah Grunert hit a two-run home run and a grand slam in the final home game of her career.

Her six RBIs played a critical role in the team’s 10-6 win against Lake Erie College on Tuesday, as the Chargers split

the doubleheader after a 3-1 loss in game one.

“We kept taking leads and they kept coming back, and we performed offensively in that second game like we have been all season: clutch,” Abraham said. “That was hard — after getting the big win over Wayne State, I think we had a little bit of a natural let down after game one, which is hard to avoid.”

Sophomore Haley Lawrence connects with a pitch in Hillsdale’s 5-0 win over Wayne State on Saturday. Anders Kiledal | Collegian

The Chargers will face University of Findlay and Grand Valley State University this weekend in addition to a non-conference doubleheader against Lourdes before the GLIAC Tournament. Garceau said the wins this past weekend have driven home the coaches’ message to players since the beginning of the season.

“Since day one they’ve told us that we have so much on this team and everybody has a role in it, and we can go really far even with such a small team,” Garceau said. “After this weekend, it’s a really big mark that Hillsdale is here, and Hillsdale is here to kick some butt.”

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Choir concert to feature student compositions, conducting Chamber Choir and College Choir will perform Sunday at 3 p.m. at College Baptist

By | Madeline Fry Collegian Reporter This semester’s choir concert features a rare component: a student composer and a student conductor.

Along with the rest of Chamber Choir, sophomore Jonathan Edelblut will sing his original composition “as is the sea marvelous,” based on the e.e. cummings poem. Senior Faith Liu, a music and English double major, will conduct the Chamber Choir’s performance of “The Conversion of Saul.” The Hillsdale College Choir and Chamber Choir will perform their spring concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 24 at College Baptist Church.

“Jonny did such a good job:

and to think that someone my age could produce something so excellent,” sophomore Mark Naida, who has been in Chamber Choir for three semesters, said.

“And Faith just really knows what she’s doing.

She’s taken a lot of conducting with Holleman, but she also does a different thing and I think is able to bring out other things in us. It’s just a new perspective on what a conductor should be doing, which is really nice.”

The opportunity to meet Robert Hardy at last fall’s Winston Churchill CCA delighted many students. Next week, a second chance will arise for those that missed out the first time, as he will return to campus to deliver a lecture and teach a master class. The lecture will be held at 8 p.m. next Wednesday in Markel Audi-

Choir will perform several pieces, including an arrangement of “Amazing Grace,” be-

The Chamber Choir performs a capella, but the College Choir will be accompanied by a reduced orchestra: senior Mikayla Brown on harp, Assistant Professor of Music Derek Stauff on organ, and Teacher of Music Stacey Jones on percussion.

Teacher of Music Debbi Wyse, who accompanies the choir in rehearsals and has not missed a concert for 35 years, cannot be present this year be-

“One of my favorite things about Hillsdale’s music department is the excitement that everybody has about music and the real, true passion that everybody has for music regardless of their level of skill or competency.”

Actor Robert Hardy to return to Hillsdale By | Stevan Bennett Assistant Editor

Music Department Chair James Holleman said he can’t remember ever including a

torium, and the master class at 7 p.m. next Thursday in the Quilhot Black Box at the Sage Center for the Arts.

The English actor, perhaps best known for his role as Cornelius Fudge in the “Harry Potter” films, has appeared in 137 films and had an illustrious career in live theater.

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Actor Robert Hardy, shown here speaking at the Winston Churchill CCA last fall, returns to campus next week to deliver a public lecture and a master class in acting.

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student composition in a major performance, and he has only featured one or two student conductors during his time at the college.

The 26-member Chamber

fore the 112-member College Choir performs. Among other pieces, the College Choir will perform Leonard Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms,” sung in Hebrew.

cause of a family commitment.

“I am so disappointed to miss this concert,” Wyse said in an email, “because I have sung Bernstein’s ‘Chichester Psalms’ several times and I have always wanted our College Choir to perform that work.”

The song selections do not follow a theme, Holleman said, but are chosen individually for quality and variety.

One of the Chamber Choir’s pieces, Eric Whitacre’s “Alleluia,” was requested by some seniors.

“They’ve been bugging me for semesters to do this piece,” Holleman said.

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Paul Mariani’s Wallace Stevens biography in review Hillsdale favorite Mariani takes on his subject’s voice and personality in ‘The Whole Harmonium’ By | Hannah Niemeier Collegian Reporter Literary critics don’t agree on much about Wallace Stevens, but the poet’s latest biography proves at least this much: Stevens’ spirit animal was an elephant.

The image, crafted by critic Randall Jerrell, is appropriate for Stevens. The big, blond,

and perceptive interpretation of Stevens’ poetry, biographer Paul Mariani attempts to enter the mind of this evasive poet in “The Whole Harmonium,” published April 5.

Mariani fails gloriously. But in the end, his shortcomings show that biographers and poets can only catch a glimpse of that cagiest of animals: the true work of art. Ultimately, this gap between reality and

“‘The Whole Harmonium’ is the story of a man with a large spirit and a larger imagination who lived in the shadow of the inexpressible.” bumbling poet and businessman’s quiet life and obscure poetry have remained enigmatic even as his reputation continues to grow. Readers don’t know what to make of an insurance salesman who composed some of the 20th century’s most challenging poetry in his head on the way to the office.

With meticulous research

poetry emerges as the driving theme of Stevens’ work.

Mariani’s reputation as a poet and biographer of poets qualifies him to take on one of the literary giants of the 20th century. The Boston College English professor has written the lives of Gerard Manley Hopkins, Robert Lowell, Hart Crane, and Stevens’ friend and rival William Carlos Williams, as well as seven poetry collec-

Paul Mariani’s biography of poet Wallace Stevens, “The Whole Harmonium,” was released earlier this month.

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tions of his own.

Mariani’s style of biography is more poetic than didactic,

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Sophomore releases debut novel Nathan Steinmeyer’s book now available for Kindle By | Josh Paladino Collegian reporter

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Five years ago, as a freshman in high school, sophomore Nathan Steinmeyer jotted down a few notes for what has now become his first novel.

As he sat in his Bible study group, his small groups mentor, Aaron Gallardo Jr., mentioned the Nephilem. They are creatures commonly characterized as giants, or, as Steinmeyer described them, “half man and half angel.”

A few years later, during his senior year, Steinmeyer said he rediscovered those notes and began to develop his storyline and characters.

That obscure mention of the Nephilem in Genesis 6:4 turned into Steinmeyer’s book, “The Dark Days of the Nephilem.” It is the first installment in Steinmeyer’s “Wind Bringer Series.”

Although the Nephilem originated in the Bible, Steinmeyer said his book is not overtly religious. Nevertheless, there are still some Christian themes.

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Senior Art Exhibit No. 3: artwork of seniors Phoebe Kalthoff, Ben Strickland, Heather Buell, and Forester McClatchey Daughtrey Gallery Sage Center for the Arts

April 22

Phi Mu Alpha Coffee House 7-11 p.m. Friday A.J.’s Cafe Grewcock Student Union

April 24

Hillsdale College Choir and Chamber Choir Spring Concert 3 p.m. Sunday College Baptist Church

Wind Quintet to perform Beethoven, Maslanka Sunday

By | Emily Blatter more aggressive, contempoCollegian Freelancer rary works.

“Maslanka is new to all of The faculty woodwind us,” Duda-Pant said. “All of us quintet will perform their have been playing in chambiannual concert at 7 p.m. ber groups for years, but this on Sunday, April 24 in Mc- is the first time any of us has Namara Rehearsal Hall. Tick- played this piece.”

Duda-Pant said the Maslanets are not required.

The quintet is composed ka piece, written by a popular entirely of college faculty, living composer, is the instruincluding Lecturers in Mu- mentalists’ favorite on the sic Jaimie Wagner on flute, program.

“We all wanted to do Kaycee Thomas on oboe, Andrew Sprung on clarinet, Maslanka,” Duda-Pant said.

Alan Taplin on French horn, “We’ve been talking about it and Cynthia Duda-Pant on for over a year, and we decided that that would be the anbassoon.

The program will include chor.”

The instrumentalists said the classical Quintet Op. 71

by Beethoven, as well as con- they really enjoy their time temporary pieces — like Da- together working on repervid Maslanka’s Quintet for toire for the concert.

“They’re so much fun to Winds No. 3 and Ingolf Dahl’s Allegro Arioso for Five Wind play with,” Duda-Pant said of her fellow ensemble memInstruments.

All except the Beethoven bers. “This was a chance for piece are nonstandard works, us all to be here on the same providing an interesting va- day and work together, and riety for the audience. Un- it’s helped our studios come like the quintet’s fall concert, together. It’s been really good which featured melodic works for everybody for us to be such as Barber’s “Summer here at the same time.”

This is the third year that Music,” this program features

began in 2014 with a performance that featured a Francis Poulenc composition, and has performed once per semester ever since.

The quintet hopes to expand its following in the future, with tentative plans to start giving children’s performances. Although the concerts are well-attended by community members, student attendance tends to be low, Duda-Pant said.

“We get more community support than student support,” she said. “We’d love for that to change.”

Duda added that the faculty recital this Sunday gives students who don’t play wind instruments a great opportunity to experience a new kind of music from an excellent professional ensemble.

A faculty woodwind quintet will perform in McNamara on Sunday. Andrew Sprung | Courtesy

a faculty woodwind quintet

has been formed. The group

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Actor Robert Hardy visits Hillsdale

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Public lecture 8 p.m. Wednesday

consequently impacted my writing,” Steinmeyer said.

“The Dark Days of the Nephilem” is set in a fantasized world in which there are two countries: one is governed by Nephilem and the other by humans. In Steinmeyer’s novel, instead of the angelic heroes depicted in the Bible, the Nephilem are the villains.

The Nephilem have enslaved a group of humans who incite a rebellion. “The Dark Days of

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Choir, from B1 iors in both college and chamber choir will be presented with a rose at the concert.

The concert, which is open to the public and does not require tickets, should be a fairly full house, according to Holleman.

Edelblut, who will be transferring to Berklee College of Music this fall, said Hillsdale students express a real enthusiasm for music.

“One of my favorite things about Hillsdale’s music department is the excitement that everybody has about music, about the idea of performing music,” he said. “And the real, true passion that every-

The Hillsdale College Chamber Choir and College Choir will perform at College Baptist on Sunday.

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body has for music regardless of their level of skill or competency.”

hardy, from B1 it’s like to come here and speak on what it’s like to be an actor in the professional world, then it has to be him,” Professor of Theatre George Angell said.

Hardy, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, is also a respected historian. According to Angell, Hardy’s Wednesday night lecture will reveal how he blended his career as a historian and an actor.

“We don’t even have a title for his talk yet, but we are delighted to have him here,” Angell said. “It is a resource of a very high order for our stu-

Mariani, from B1 and personality through his art and letters. Thus, the reader’s first encounter with Stevens, a poet known for his obsession with the imagination, is a reflective one: “The Whole Harmonium” opens with Stevens’ return to his hometown of Reading, Pennsylvania.

By all appearances, the young professional has traveled an easy path to success. Raised in a Pennsylvania Protestant household and educated at Harvard in the early 1900s, his parents have successfully discouraged him from his foolish dream of writing poetry for a living. By 1913, he has acquired a loyal wife, a mild drinking problem, and a steady job at an insurance company. Life is going according to plan.

But this prosaic reality fails to measure up to the dream inside the poet’s mind. Stevens is dissatisfied, and his poetry shows it. Early in his career, Stevens created his own universe out of colorful images and obscure language in poems like “The Emperor of Ice Cream,” “The Comedian as the Letter C,” and “Le Monocle de Mon Uncle,” struggling to reconcile his lackluster daily life with his fertile imagination.

Mariani gains a window into this hidden world by relying heavily on Stevens’ own words. In fact, Mariani’s fondness for partial quotes makes

dents to be able to meet somebody who has had a very successful career in a very difficult business.”

Hardy’s acting workshop will focus on speeches from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.”

“I am looking forward to this as much as anybody,” Angell said. “Anybody with that much experience has something to teach everybody.”

Angell said he assumes most attendees will have an interest in theater, but both events are open to the public. He urges all to attend.

“It is always worthwhile to hear about how other people make their way through difficult circumstances — and certainly his connection between history, film, and acting speaks for itself,” Angell said.

some passages look like he took a pair of scissors to Stevens’ journal and glued together “A Whole Harmonium” using quotations alone. Though this sometimes bogs down the narrative, Mariani’s careful citations and explications of Stevens’ poetry are invaluable in drawing connections between Stevens’ life and art.

And though Mariani may indulge himself in rhetorical flourishes like “death by bullet or bayonet or bombardment,” readers who appreciate Stevens’ grandiose language can allow the biographer-poet the occasional Stevens-inspired embellishment.

If Mariani’s commentary revitalizes Stevens’ poetry, the poet himself comes to life in his (sometimes fiery) friendships with literary figures, including William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, Marcel Duchamp, Henry Church, Hart Crane, and Robert Frost.

It is perhaps not surprising that the cold, brash, often tactless businessman shone primarily through the written word, but friends and critics alike found the intensity of his defenses of poetry remarkable.

Stevens seemed to be writing a passionate apologia for poetry through his correspondence, waging a war for art amid — and arising from — the mundane experiences of life.

For editor Walter Arensberg, Stevens was “that rogue elephant in por-

son and Cy Robertson who completed the final editing.

Cy Robertson said he loved the immersiveness of Steinmeyer’s novel.

“I felt like I was in the battle,” Cy said. “After a while, you get lost in it.”

Sandy Robertson also had high praise for Steinmeyer’s writing.

“He is not mainstream,” she said. “He is not a run-of-themill author. He has a purpose, a many-layered purpose to his writing. If he really wants to, he can take this series a long

Steinmeyer said he plans to write four books in this series, each following a continuous plot.

In the future, Steinmeyer said he hopes to find a bigger publishing company that can help with his writing more thoroughly and spread the word about his books.

Fistbump Media LLC published “The Dark Days of the Nephilem.” It was released on Amazon on April 7th at a price of $7.99. Steinmeyer said it should be released in hardcover within the next few weeks

“What I like about Nate’s writing is that the details he builds around the characters — their environment, their thoughts, their experiences — make them who they are.” the Nephilem” begins during the end of that rebellion. Only a few slaves survived the rebellion, and Steinmeyer’s book follows those escaped slaves.

One of the escaped slaves is Benyamin, who is depicted on the front cover of the book.

Senior Meg Prom designed the cover art of Steinmeyer’s novel. She said they decided to put Benyamin on the cover with a dark forest in the background that reflected the book’s title.

Steinmeyer received help from his mother who first edited his book, and then from family friends Sandy Robert-

celain,” the practical businessman who transformed and immortalized himself through his words.

Yet despite the transformation that both Stevens and Mariani seek in poetry and biography, the man behind the profound poetry remains obscure, as even Stevens’ closest friends attested.

“Wallace Stevens is beyond fathoming,” his friend and fellow poet Marianne Moore said. “As if he had a morbid secret he would rather perish than disclose.”

Yet in response to such complaints about his poetry, Stevens provided a simple answer: read more closely.

In “An Ordinary Evening in New Haven,” the well-known poem composed on his walks to work, Stevens sketches the relationship between life and poetry: “In the end, in the whole psychology, the self, The town, the weather, in a casual litter, Together, said words of the world are the life of the world.”

For Stevens, trying to understand the poet behind the work is beside the point. This apologist of the imagination created his own world out of his words, describing his view of life in works like “Notes toward a Supreme Fiction,” “The Noble Rider and the Sound of Words,” and “Harmonium,” his first and most popular poetry collection.

way.”

Sandy said she was especially impressed with his in-depth character development.

“The characters are wellbuilt, but what I like about Nate’s writing is that the details he builds around the characters — their environment, their thoughts, their experiences — make them who they are,” Sandy said.

Steinmeyer has already decided to take this series to the next level. He said he has written 100 pages of the second installment in “The Wind Bringer Series.”

for about $15.

The Robertsons said they are excited for his next book and see a future for Steinmeyer in literature.

“My writing style has been improving, and constantly evolving, so I look forward to the future with my books and to see if I can, someday, make a career out of this,” Steinmeyer said.

Poet and biographer of poets Paul Mariani spoke at Hillsdale earlier this semester. Rachael Reynolds | Collegian

“New Haven” is both love song and elegy, reconciling Stevens with a world that both frustrated and inspired him. Much of his later work, for all its philosophic flourishes, is grounded in a nostalgic love for his home in Hartford, Connecticut, his job, and his family before his death in 1955.

Until the end, the ineffable always loomed large for Stevens. “The Whole Harmonium” is the story of a man with a great spirit and a greater imagination who lived in the shadow

of the inexpressible.

If Mariani was attempting to capture the spirit of Stevens for his readers, “The Whole Harmonium” falls short. But if this incompleteness points the reader to Stevens’ poetry, the glimpse Mariani gives his readers will be enough.

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Brewing beer: Cultivating friendship and virtue By | JoAnna Kroeker Collegian Reporter Beer — whether a hoppy straw-colored India Pale Ale or a barrel-aged, almost-black stout that feels like a liquefied loaf of bread — is more than just a drink. For the plethora of professors and growing number of students on campus who brew, beer brings people together, encourages crazy experiments, and cultivates virtue as both brewers and drinkers.

With its spectra of varieties, flavors, and colors, the craft and drink have attracted an equally wide spectra of professors from diverse disciplines such as history, German, biology, chemistry, and theatre. These professors, interested in beer for its scientific, cultural, and historical significance — as well as its tastiness — share their knowledge and beer in a growing homebrew club named Hopsdale Home Brew, which professor of chemistry Chris Hamilton started. Hamilton also began a beer class that encourages amateur beer brewing among students.

Associate Professor of German Fred Yaniga said Hopsdale has been a good way to get to know colleagues in a nonacademic capacity.

“As academics, we learn, read, and talk a lot, but we don’t make anything concrete,” he said. “I’ve always experienced this yearning to do things with my hands that has a result, a finished project which is tangible. The making of beer actually gives one the satisfaction of having a completed, finished product, which isn’t just tangible, but also palatable in some instances.”

He also attests to the superior taste of homebrew to a beautiful combination of hard work, experimentation, and love.

“No beer tastes as good as the beer you make yourself,” he said. “No question about that.”

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Courtney Meyet agreed. “Once you brew your own beer, it ruins you a little bit,” she said.

Attracted to homebrew by a friend’s amazing orange wheat beer, she and her husband now brew beer and mead on their farm. Together, they experiment with flavor by adding fermentation cycles, changing yeast types, aging the beer, and even fermenting with whole cherries. In fact, she said their first batch of mead was an experiment itself, using leftover honey after harvesting it from their bees.

According to Associate Professor of Biology Jeffrey VanZant, experimenta-

Did you know: In Wurzburg, Germany, during the Saint Killian’s Summerfest, people celebrate the sainthood of Saint Killian with a beer festival. The festival brings together religious and beer pilgrims. To inaugurate the festival, the priest and the mayor tap the first kegs of the festival together. tion in homebrewing drives the tastes of the craft beer culture — as well as driving up the homebrewer’s anticipation.

VanZant, currently aging a stout for eight months, compared brewing to lab work, but work in which he won’t know or taste the result for a while.

While the anticipation a long-term experiment adds may be stressful, according to Yaniga, the waiting process builds the virtue of patience. Making beer requires four to six weeks of planning ahead, brewing, bottling, and waiting. Yaniga, who called himself impatient, said he has learned how to en-

FROM GEYER B4 goes — is that not liberating, in a horrible way? It’s all there.”

While learning another language can be challenging and time consuming, Geyer encourages students in their studies.

“When we make you read literature very

joy the anticipation of the final product.

Brewing also cultivates the virtues of organization, prudence, and generosity, he said. The brewing process goes smoothly only if brewers sterilize all the equipment; otherwise, unwanted micro-organisms alter the flavor and ruin everything. Prudence, Yaniga said, is not just in consumption (although most people in college can attest to that), but also in deciding which kinds of beer to brew based on the season and the temperature. Generosity comes through because brewing is a group effort and a social event for the faculty.

“We share our knowledge, we share our product,” Yaniga said. “That helps me to explore that virtue of generosity with my time and with this beer that I’ve spent a lot of time making and can enjoy sharing with others.”

For brewing duo and beer seminar classmates senior Meg Prom and junior Dani Adams, brewing allows them to share memories and beer from their kitchen-patio brewery, Sketch Shed Brewing.

Last Sunday, Prom and Adams, along with Adams’ family and friends, sat on the porch, drinking beer, chatting, and stirring a boiling pot of wort (unfermented beer: A mixture of sweet, malty liquid and water and, in this case, hops) for an amber ale from a kit.

According to Adams, a biochemistry major, beer brewing is an involved process, but in short spurts. Turning brewing into a social event allows the brewers to enjoy the stretches of waiting. Their friends have watched — and helped — them make porters, Belgian blondes (from scratch), and Irish stouts, while sipping finished home brews.

The class, and all the beer-sharing that comes with it, has helped spark appreciation of craft beer on campus, something which professors hope will continue, aided by their tips, tricks, and words of wisdom: According to Hamilton, beer-drink-

early on, the fact that you sometimes feel that you have to look up every other word is frustrating,” he said. “But then, later on, I feel that the pain becomes joy: when you can say something in another language, it adds to your life, just like a good novel gives you an escape into another life.”

Sisterhood in song: Alumna directs music for national Chi Omega Convention By | Madeleine Jepsen Assistant Editor “Chi Omega yours forever, loyal will we be / to your symphony and colors, our fraternity!”

The members of Chi Omega celebrate their sisterhood through the songs shared within the women’s fraternity. This summer, personnel adviser and the fraternity’s new national director of music, Gail Mowry ’04, senior Ellen Hogan, and eight other choir members will lead 1,500 delegates in singing this song and many others at Chi Omega’s National Convention.

Every other year, the national governing council elects an alumna to organize music for the convention and assemble a choir to lead the delegates in song. This year, they chose Mowry as director of music, and she began selecting songs and members for the choir. Among them is Hogan, an active member of the sorority.

“I had to look through resumes and talk to people, do auditions. I narrowed it down to nine people who do of all of the music,” Mowry said. “We provide all of the entertainment for convention, and we also are charged with teaching either old songs or new songs to the entire delegation. People at the convention are supposed to learn the Chi Omega songs and take them back to their chapters.”

In addition to the songs learned and sung at all 179 Chi Omega chapters, each house has its own unique songs, both handed down from graduated classes and composed by active members.

“If you go down to a chapter in Florida, the songs they sing are going to be different than the ones we sing in Hillsdale,” Mowry said.

“But there are the few like ‘Shades’ and ‘Chi Omega Yours Forever’ that we sing at convention every time because everyone knows them.”

At convention, Mowry and the choir will perform a variety of songs, some shared publicly and some specific to Chi Omega’s ritual, kept secret between sorority sisters.

“In our ritual, which is the secrets that each sorority has, there are specific songs that we sing,” junior Anna Goodwin, president of Hillsdale’s Rho Gamma chapter, said. “Those songs reflect what we stand for and what we strive to be. The song mistress is basically in charge of making sure we learn the songs, and sometimes she sings individually as well, depending on the event.”

In gathering a repertoire for the convention,

Mowry has talked to alumnae throughout the nation in selecting other songs.

“I have done a lot of communicating with different members,” she said. “It’s cool because I’ve been able to talk to every member of the governing council of Chi Omega and talk to different people who know the ropes.”

Delegates attending convention then have the opportunity to learn these new songs and bring them back to teach to the individual chapters.

“When we go to convention we write or present new songs, or we find something like, ‘Oh, this one’s back from 1949, let’s sing this one,’ and people may say, ‘Oh, that one’s really cool, let’s take that one home,” Mowry said.

Songs range from lighthearted and fun to serious and formal, with a melody for all occasions: recruitment, ritual, initiation, and every day.

“Some of them are serious,” Mowry said. “I think Chi Omega is a fraternity of people that have these common bonds, and we have our purposes that we believe in and we’re very firm in those, but we also like to have fun. So there are songs that are just fun.

While elegant, the songs are also uniting among sisters — none are so complex that they prevent everyone from joining in and singing along.

“There are a lot of fun, simple melodies,” Hogan said. “Pretty, but simple enough so everyone can sing them.”

Hogan and Mowry both share a love of music and Chi Omega. As Rho Gamma’s former song mistress, Hogan taught the songs to chapter members. As an undergraduate, Mowry majored in music and was also president of Sigma Alpha Iota women’s music fraternity.

Just as songs remain a consistent part of the Greek system, Mowry said being the director of music has been a part of her continued participation in Chi Omega. Mowry has remained active in Chi Omega, serving as a gobetween national leadership and Hillsdale’s Rho Gamma chapter.

“When you join a sorority or a fraternity, it’s for a lifetime, not just for those four years,” Mowry said. “I feel like this is an example of how I continue to be a part of the Greek system, even though I’m no longer a collegiate member.”

ers owe it to their palates to try different styles. To get the most out of the sheer variety, make the simple switch from bottle to cup: it will enhance the beer experience by unleashing aromas and eliminating backwash.

Pro-Tip: Adams said most people who don’t like IPAs have had ones that are old — the hoppy aroma is gone and the bitterness hops add is all that’s left.

In terms of choosing the right variety based on the occasion, Meyet and VanZant recommended hoppy India Pale Ales for summer porch sitting, stouts and porters for cold winters and warm fires, and, Meyet added, bourbon barrel aged stouts after a long days work.

Students should sample this wide variety carefully, however, especially if they plan on driving, Professor of Theatre George Angell, said. A homebrewer of 25 years who also crafts his own mead, Angell recommended paying attention to the alcohol by volume percentage, since craft beers have such a wide range, from four to 18 percent, which is higher than most wines.

Yaniga, who has experienced the German attitude toward alcohol, and beer in particular, hoped for a similar kind of appreciation among young Americans.

“Beer deserves a dignified approach,” he said. “Beer should be enjoyed — it should be enjoyed prudently. It shouldn’t be enjoyed behind closed doors. It should be an open social act. it should be inviting, and it should be done in a controlled fashion.”

Books to Buy “Tasting Beer, An Insider’s Guide to the World’s Greatest Drink,” by Randy Mosher “Brooklyn Brew Shop’s Beer Making Book,” by Erica Shea and Stephen Valand Beers to Try Bell’s Brewery, Two Hearted Ale — American IPA Founder’s KBS — Kentucky Breakfast Stout New Belgium, Side Trip — Belgian Pale Ale Nebraska Brewing Company, Melange A Trois — A reserve series Belgian Strong Ale aged in French Oak Chardonnay barrels

The poetics, tradition, and appeal of rap for Hillsdale By | Nic Rowan Collegian reporter At first glance, it would seem unlikely that rap, a genre typically associated with racial and urban struggle, would find a significant following at a conservative college like Hillsdale. Nevertheless, students and faculty alike have professed a liking for the genre.

“You find a lot of freshness in rap music that’s not present in other genres,” Assistant Professor of English Dutton Kearney said.

“There’s something about the medium that just encourages innovation. That’s what draws me in, at least. I want to hear something I haven’t heard before.”

Kearney said he believes rap has become popular in places like the Hillsdale community because the genre appeals to something deeper within the listener than just the crave for a catchy chorus.

“Rap is smart,” Kearney said. “You can only have so many pick-up-truck-drinkbeer songs. Or even ‘Bad Blood’ or ‘Shake It Off.’ They’re fun for a couple of listens, and then they get tired,” he said. “Rap’s appeal is that it is doing something deeper than other forms of music. And we already read a lot of deep things here.”

In addition, Kearney believes rap allows musicians to build on the work of past masters in way other genres do not permit.

“For example, making nods to James Brown or George Clinton, and then incorporating their music into an album in 2016 is a way of having a conversation with the past that incorporates the contributions of the past, but then moves the genre forward,” Kearney said. “You don’t really see that happening in many other genres.”

Kearney clarified, however, that not all rap channels a significant amount of depth.

“I’m not really a fan of rap that says, ‘I’ve got a bigger car,’ or ‘I’ve got more gold,’” he said.

Senior Forester McClatchey, an aspiring rapper, explained how he first was attracted to the genre.

“In the beginning, I mostly rapped because of perceived communal value,” he said. “It’s probably the easiest way to make music: no instruments, no singing talent necessary. I suspect it also accesses what is fundamental in music: rhythm, narrative, experimenting with how words feel on your tongue.”

McClatchey said he began rapping freestyle with his friends, and the hobby became creative.

“It was not a decision, more like an organic outgrowth of juvenile trash-talking and a desire to participate in a creative community,” he said. “It was my way of joining the band from an alternate angle of approach.”

McClatchey agreed with Kearney’s assertion that reading deep things disposes a person to better appreciate the lyricism

in serious rap albums. He noted Kendrick Lamar’s 2012 album “Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City” as an example.

“By studying old Augustan poets, for example, we’re pre-adapting our minds to appreciate what Kendrick is up to on ‘Good Kid,’” he said. “There are certain conventions (metrical, alliterative, rhyming, etc.) for crafting a sixteen-bar verse which Kendrick understands and consciously manipulates. Serious rappers work quite selfconsciously in their tradition, and Hillsdale students can appreciate that.”

He also speculated deceased poets would appreciate the lyricism present in many of today’s rap albums.

“If Gerard Manley Hopkins were around today, I suspect he’d be impressed by the prosody of certain rappers,” he said. “Hopkins’ aggressive sense of meter has certainly influenced the way I rap. If Hopkins possessed any innate sense of rhythm, he could have spit mad, mad bars.”

Senior Chris McCaffery observed the poetic nature inherent to serious rap albums gives the genre a greater cultural meaning.

“When you look at popular music, rap is clearly more culturally significant because there’s a sort of realism to it, there’s a sort of natural humanity in the sort of composition that rap represents, as opposed to a Rihanna song or a Taylor Swift single,” he said.

He also noted that rap is so popular because it is simultaneously catchy and thoughtful.

“Popular rap can be well produced and corporately labelled, but it still has this note of someone composing something. You’re never going to get the depth of thought you’d find in a Kanye West album in a Taylor Swift album. There’s an equality of popularity, but in the case of rap music that doesn’t keep it from being thoughtful.”

McCaffery also noted that rap is more directly tied to actual human experiences and communities than other genres.

“Rap was always the product of a community before it was a commercial music form, insofar as it is something that has its roots in something that was done poetically by a group of people and not to simply produce a musical commodity,” he said.

Because of its roots in a community’s experience, McCaffery said that rap is an art form that can speak to a particular people’s experience in a universal way while still offering a broader comment on the human condition.

“One of art’s functions is that sort of mass communication,” he said. “In the same way that you don’t have to be Southern to read William Faulkner, or Christian to read Dante, and you don’t have to be an illiterate Greek man to read Homer, at the height of its artistic outlook, rap transcends the things that it is about and conveys something true about the human experience.”

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A group of students and professors from Hillsdale and Lebanon Valley College at the Marienberg Fortress in Würzburg, Germany, where Professor of German Eberhard Geyer has taken many students. LeRae Ferguson | Courtesy

Geyer brings Germany to Hillsdale

Professor of German Eberhard Geyer with Associate Professor of German and French Rick Chamberlin from Lebanon Valley College at Marx-Engels statue in Berlin.

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By | Vivian Hughbanks News Editor A group of sweaty students traipse down a cobblestone road through the the city center of Würzburg, Germany.

“Should we show them the bridge?” Professor of German Eberhard Geyer asks a colleague, and guides the group to take a turn right.

Moments later, they’re walking across the

Alte Mainbrücke — a 500-year-old landmark of the town. A statue of Saint Killian — the town’s patron saint — glows in the sunset, as hundreds of tourists, university students, and Germans enjoy a glass of wine and each others’ company.

It’s July 2016, and Geyer’s begins his 34th summer teaching the German department’s program in Wurzburg, and the students are properly amazed. This summer’s program will be his 35th anniversary leading the program — after finishing his 35th year as a professor at Hillsdale.

“I never had any teacher-training,” Geyer said. “My university handed me the diploma and said ‘go teach.’ A successful teacher is somebody who can communicate a body of knowledge, and when I do it well, I enjoy it.”

If he’s proud of one thing he’s done in his thirty-five years at Hillsdale, Geyer said it’s establishing the college program in Würzburg.

“I came in ’85, in ’86 the program was up and running, and it runs still,” Geyer said.

Students spend a month in the small town in the German state of Bavaria, with daily immersion classes in which they learn new vocabulary, study great works of German literature, and learn German culture and history.

“It’s a small university town with a long

history, beautiful architecture, a mediterranean flare, and good wine,” Geyer — who was himself once a student at Würzburg University — said.

During the program, students also visit Munich, Berlin, and Rothenburg ob der Tauber.

“The Würzburg program has really been a great asset,” Geyer said. “Many people declared a major, or became more interested in the language because of it.”

The program was one of Geyer’s goals when he decided to come to Hillsdale.

Since his arrival on campus, he’s also established an exchange program with Saarland University.

Interest in the German program has grown immensely: enrollments in German courses have tripled since his early years.

Twenty-three students are registered for the 400-level literature class Geyer will teach next semester.

“That’s a lot,” he said. “A 400-level literature class nationwide, you would have five to 10 people max. And often they teach it in English. When I started, I had six students in the literature classes. As I said, I would give credit to the colleagues I have right now, who are tireless and good teachers.”

Many of his students attribute their love of German to Geyer’s teaching style.

“I enjoyed how Dr. Geyer didn’t teach

grammar and literature separately,” said Sarah Larson, a former student of Geyer’s, who’s now pursuing her Ph.D. in German Literature at the Ohio State University.

“He would combine them seamlessly as we would read a text, and I only realized later how much about the language I had learned through reading different texts.”

His love of the great works he teaches is transparent, and his enthusiasm is infectious, students say.

“He comes into class and starts talking — he’s so energetic,” senior Christian Stoffel said. “He’ll be talking and talking, and then stop and say, ‘oh, hello guys!’ He has so much energy.”

Geyer’s favorite German works are Thomas Mann’s “Death in Venice,” E.T.A. Hoffman’s “Sandman,” and Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis.”

“I’m fascinated by the fact that this is a very simple story,” Geyer said of Kafka’s work. “It’s a horribly good story about human relationships, about love, power, control — even the prison that love can be.”

“What does it mean to be a vermin in your family?” he added. “Could it be an illness that burdens your family? The horribly fascinating thought that when somebody has suffered and been ill in a family and finally

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‘Underground Dating Ring’ combats Hillsdating By | Natalie C. McKee Senior Reporter Tomorrow night, various Hillsdale students from all over campus will go to Brooklyn, an off-campus house, for blind dates with other Hillsdalians chosen for them by junior Haley Talkington and senior Carly Hubbard.

The two women started this blind dating service, which they call “Date Party,” and which others have dubbed Hillsdale’s “Underground Dating Ring” after Hubbard vented to Talkington about her frustration will Hillsdating on campus.

Urban Dictionary defines “Hillsdating” as: “Dating, Hillsdale College style. Which means basically not at all… A relationship where a guy and a girl who like each other spend every waking moment together but refuse to admit or agree that they are dating.”

“We wanted to end Hillsdating and

the unhealthy culture that we’ve developed,” Talkington said.

Hubbard explained that hook up culture abstracts the body from the soul, but something about Hillsdating that abstracts the soul from the body.

“It’s like being different than friends is somehow wrong,” Hubbard said.

So after some discussion, Hubbard and Talkington decided that blind dates could help solve the problem.

“The idea is you go on a date with the knowledge that you are just going, no strings attached,” Talkington said. “And the next week you go with a new person and the group rotates. We have 40 people on the email list.”

The general structure of the Date Party starts with arriving at Brooklyn around 5:30p.m. Guests then mingle all together, Hubbard and Talkington hand out numbers, and everyone has to search for their date whose number matches their own.

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From there, they will go on whatever activity Hubbard and Talkington planned, which have included dinners, bowling, and a scavenger hunt. The night ends back at Brooklyn with more mingling.

So far, the group has attracted people from all over campus: Greeks, Honors Program members, science majors, athletes and “the hipster crew,” as well as freshmen through seniors Senior Micah Meadowcroft has gone on three blind dates, and he said that even though he is happy being single and not looking for a relationship right now, he had a lot of fun.

“There is no pressure,” Meadowcroft said. “Everyone knows going in exactly what’s going on. I think everyone has really enjoyed it.”

He added that people who stop going on the dates either do so because they get into a relationship or they want to get intentional. Those who stay do so because they like the

casualness.

“It’s a good opportunity to realize it’s not a big deal; just a date is not a big deal,” Meadowcroft said. “It’s kind of sad that it takes a blind dating club to be able to put in practice at Hillsdale truly no-stringsattached casual dates.”

Senior Amanda Tindall also went on three blind dates, one of which was supposed to be with the person who is now her boyfriend, but he was unable to make it to the party.

She also said she had a great time on her dates.

“Honestly it was a lot of fun,” Tindall said. “I had good conversations, and everyone I went with was interesting. At the end of it I wasn’t like ‘I want to date this person seriously,’ but thought, ‘Wow, you are a cool human being’.”

Talkington said they’ve had many people come who have never been on a date before.

“You can’t leave college without ever going on a date,” she said.

Hubbard agreed, adding that a date is nothing.

“That’s 90 minutes of your time.

That’s a nap, or Netflix,” Hubbard said “You need to relax. Go on a stinking date.”

Hubbard said girls get worried about things like “what if he doesn’t want six kids – I want six kids” and that shouldn’t matter on a first date.

Neither woman has a long-term plan for the group because Hubbard is graduating and Talkington is going abroad in the fall.

“The whole point is to run ourselves out of business,” Talkington said.

The woman said their mottos for Date Party are, “You just got to get those reps in” and “Punching Hillsdating in the face, one date at a time.”

“We deserve a better option than Tinder, and a better option than Hillsdating,” Hubbard said. “Spend an hour and half having a conversation with a beautiful soul.”

Lydia Hall and Natalie Taylor By | Amanda Tindall

Describe your style.

The dream of the ’90s lives in us.

Who are your fashion icons?

Each other What inspires your look?

We are inspired by the desire to be on campus chic and feelings of apathy towards everything else.

Describe your style in three words.

Better than yours.

What is your favorite clothing item?

Our track jackets and turtlenecks.

Where do you shop?

Exclusively at Salvation Army and Jon Kern’s closet.

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