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Vol. 143 Issue 15 - January 23, 2020

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Judge Amy Barrett will address the class of 2020. External Affairs

College announces 2020 commencement speaker The Honorable Amy Coney Barrett will address the senior class at the 168th commencement ceremonies

By | Regan Meyer News Editor Judge Amy Coney Barrett will be the speaker for Hillsdale College’s 168th commencement ceremony, which will be held on May 9. Barrett, a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, earned her Bachelor of Arts in English literature from Rhodes College and her J.D. from Notre Dame University,

where she currently serves on the law school faculty. President Donald Trump appointed her to the court of appeals in November 2017. “We are excited that the Honorable Amy Coney Barrett has accepted our offer to address the class of 2020 during the college’s 168th spring commencement,” Provost Christopher VanOrman said in an email. “She spoke at Hillsdale

College’s Washington, D.C., campus in May 2019 and we are looking forward to her speech here onFacebook this campus.” Senior Class President Adam Buchman said that the senior class officers and college administrators are thankful that Barrett accepted the invitation to speak. “We wanted somebody that we felt had a knowledge of the Constitution and could defend the things

that Hillsdale stands for,” he said. “We believe that she is qualified to do that.” Professor of Philosophy Nathan Schlueter said he believes Barrett exemplifies the ideals of Hillsdale College. “She is truly a ‘woman for all seasons’: a devoted wife and mother of seven children — two of whom are adopted and one of whom has special needs — a law

professor, circuit court judge, and principled defender of the rule of law,” Schlueter said in an email. “How does she do it? For one thing, her deep Catholic faith. For another, her husband, Jesse, a remarkable man who is himself an assistant U.S. attorney.” Barrett has made headlines in recent years for her strong adherence to her Catholic faith. During her

confirmation hearing in 2017, senators challenged Barrett on how her faith affected her decision-making. “The dogma lives loudly within you, and that’s a concern,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. Schlueter said that Barrett’s convictions have served her well in her career.

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Mauck renovations are expected to be completed by March 2020. Austin Gergens | Collegian

Radio Free Hillsdale shows nominated for national awards By | Victoria Marshall Assistant Editor Hillsdale students are known for their ability to write, but unbeknownst to some is their penchant for charming listeners over the airwaves through the college’s radio station, Radio Free Hillsdale. Eight Hillsdale students were nominated as finalists in the national Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Awards in early December, and five will travel to New York in March to attend the awards. Radio Free Hillsdale was named as a finalist in six categories, including Best Speciality Music Show: The Spin Room, created by Matt Montgomery ‘19; Best Talk Program: Off Topic, created by Shad Strehle ‘19, Dylan Strehle ‘19, and senior Carson Waites; Most Innovative/ Creative Program: State

Facts, created by sophomore Jane O’Connor; Best Public Affairs Program: The Policy Corner, created by freshman Josh Barker; Best News Interview: Gov. Scott Walker at CPAC 2019, conducted by junior Stefan Kleinhenz; and finally, Best Sports Update, conducted by sophomore Rachel Kookogey. General manager of the radio station and Professor of Journalism Scot Bertram said that Hillsdale competes against top schools across the country. “If you look at these schools who get the final spots, they’re big names and big schools, and they’re also the schools that have the reputation for having very good broadcasting programs,” Bertram said. “For IBS, anyone in the top 10 percent of submissions at a specific category is named a finalist.”

Winners will be chosen among the finalists at the IBS award ceremony in March. Director of the Dow Journalism Program John Miller said the nominations are a great way for Hillsdale students to be recognized. “We have an excellent radio station with lots of talented students,” Miller said in an email. “It's great to see them win this recognition for their hard work.” Bertram said that all nominated students are worthy of recognition, and hopes for a repeat of last year’s success. “Last year Ben Dietderich won first place nationally for Best News Interview which was with John Bolton at CPAC 2018,” Bertram said. “We have a finalist this year, Stefan Kleinhenz, who

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Junior Stefan Kleinhenz interviews Gov. Scott Walker at CPAC last year. Kleinhenz’s interview was named a finalist for the IBS Awards. Twitter

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Barney Charter to move to old Mauck elementary school By | Austin Gergens Collegian Reporter With Christ Chapel construction coming to a close, various campus construction projects continue. After the Chapel dedication in October, construction crews finished the entire interior, with the exception of two pieces: the large organ and some additional sound equipment. According to Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé, there will be a chancel organ dedication on April 16. “The organ is a special and important thing,” Péwé said. “It’s a musical instrument, so we’ll have a concert in the evening and a convocation.” Over the past year, the college has been slowly renovating Mauck Elementary, especially the upper floor. Once renovations are complete in 2020, the Barney Charter team will move from their temporary location on the upper floor of the Dow Center to the elementary school. “The move puts them closer to the Academy which is good because they work closely with the Academy,”

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Péwé said. In addition to providing office space, the elementary school could potentially provide classroom space for filming Hillsdale Online Courses, as well as a venue for charter school teacher trainings in the summer. “It’ll be nice for us to be in a school,” Assistant Provost for K-12 Education Kathleen O’Toole said. “We’re all former teachers and former principals. It will feel like home.” The next large-scale construction project slated for the college is the renovation of Dow A & B. The growing number of CCA attendees and other public functions necessitates remodeling Dow’s facilities. While there is no official timeline at the moment, the college is raising funds for a renovation. Currently, curtains close off the entire secondfloor mezzanine. Under the new plans, the roof will be converted into an atrium-style roof, allowing natural light to come in. Furthermore, the upper floor will be transformed into archival storage for visitors and students to peruse Hillsdale’s many rare artifacts.

“We have museum-quality cases for archival material, rare books, and things we’ve been given,” Péwé said. “I think it would give a space for a visitor, or somebody staying in the hotel, where they can read or feel more connected to the college.” Unplanned renovations came for Hillsdale with the October rainstorms. Benzing Dorm flooded for the first time. The intense October rains streamed quickly down Barber Drive, filled the drainage containers near the Slayton Arboretum, and pooled along the backside of Benzing. Eventually, the rain water found its way into the building, filling the basement with several inches of water. Residents had the option to move out on Monday, Sept. 30, when it first flooded; however, those who did not move out encountered a second flooding on the Thursday of that week, according to Benzing House Director and senior Hadiah Ritchey. “Everyone had moved out a lot of stuff at the time of the second flood,” Ritchey said, “I’m sure it was miserable to

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Charles Davies was 85 when he died on Christmas morning. External Affairs

Davies, former business prof, remembered for friendship, faith By | Haley Strack Collegian Freelancer Beloved professor Charles Davies died in West Grove, PA, Christmas morning 2019. He was 85 years old. As a Stranahan Professor of Family Business, Davies started teaching at Hillsdale College in January 1990. He taught at Hillsdale for 21 years until he retired in 2011 when he was granted professor emeritus status. He was an ordained Methodist minister and served in the clergy from 1956-69. Davies was a well-known figure on campus, and to his former co-workers, Davies’ dedication to his faith was clear. He is remembered with love and deep respect by Professor of History Kenneth Calvert. When Calvert arrived at Hillsdale in 1996, Davies reached out to him with “encouragement and kind advice.” “I don’t recall ever seeing Charlie in a bad mood,” Calvert said. “His faith was evident as was his desire to see Hillsdale — both the college

and the town — prosper.” Davies’ loyalty and service to the Hillsdale community never went unnoticed. He formed life-long bonds with students, keeping in contact with many and even officiating the weddings of some. “Dr. Davies was my favorite professor. He was a perfect blend of experience, education, and ethical sincerity,” Jacob Mannan ’04 said. “He was a man of his word, which made him easy to trust as a teacher and mentor.” Along with the titles of professor, mentor, and coworker, Davies earned another title: friend. Though Davies expected a lot from his students, he gave encouragement and advice in return. Davies set the bar high for his students, pushed them to explore and discover their niche, and challenged them to live up to steep expectations. His classes weren’t “easy A’s,” noted Mannan, but through his personal experience, students found their passion. His students attribute many of their successes, professionally and personally,

to their former professor. Heather Drebenstedt ’00 noted that Davies was “one of her favorite professors” and that he was “influential in my career as a marketing professional.” Davies “had a way of bringing the real world into the classroom,” she said. “His lessons ring true to this day.” Along with his duties as a professor, mentor, and friend on the Hillsdale campus, Davies also served on the Board of Public Utilities in Hillsdale. His unique dedication to serving the community was greatly admired by those who encountered it. “Dr. Davies was Hillsdale, through and through,” Calvert said. A memorial service will be held to celebrate Davies’ life in April at the Perrysburg First United Methodist Church. In his honor, the family asks that memorials be directed to the Chancel Choir Music Fund at Perrysburg First United Methodist Church or to Alzheimer’s research.

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interviewed former Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker at CPAC 2019, so we do have a chance to potentially win back-to-back first place in that category which would be pretty neat.” Ultimately for Bertram, the awards are a way for students to be acknowledged for their efforts. “There’s two ways the students can really know that people are listening and paying attention,” Bertram said. “One is to get that feedback on campus and from the community, but the other way is to

say here’s our best stuff and how does it match up against students and shows at other schools? It's a good way for the students to get some feedback and acknowledgement of the hard work that they’re putting out for their programs, features, and shows.” Sophomore Jane O’Connor, creator of the nominated feature show, “State Facts”—where she quizzes students about their own home-states—couldn’t agree more. “It was really nice to have something I made earn recognition, and I'm glad

other people liked it,” she said. O’Connor said she was initially surprised when she heard “State Facts” was nominated. “I feel like when you’re creating anything you’re sort of like, ‘Wow, am I even enjoying this? Have I forgotten what made it enjoyable in the first place? Like are other people actually going to like it?’” O’Connor said. “So, it’s nice to think that at least one person listened to it and thought, ‘Oh, this isn’t half bad.’ And now I get to go to New York out of that.”

Library replaces printers By | Emily O’Gara Collegian Freelancer The new printers are up and running at Mossey Library. A total of five new printers, two color and three black and white, replaced the five-yearold models that had been in use last fall. With four-floor model Xerox AltaLink B8055 (black and white) and C8055 (color) printers located on the first floor and the fifth Xerox VersaLink B405 (black

and white) printer located on the third floor, many of the last-minute paper jams that students experienced will be relieved by these faster printers. Library Director Dr. Maurine McCourry stated that all of the printers allow students to print from emails, scans, or USBs. McCourry noted that the funds for the printers came from the Library’s General Operating Budget and come in well under $1000.

Librarian Brenna Wade noted that the printers were the “number one complaint” of the student body regarding the library and that the new printers would help alleviate some of that frustration. Wade stated that the new printers are a step-up from the previous model, noting that they have a screen that allows students to track the progress of their printing job and easily cancel the document if they send the wrong file. Another bonus

of the new Xerox AltaLink C8055 printers is the improved color printing. Wade, however, noted that clubs and organizations hoping to produce high-quality prints should continue using the copying center. Compared to last semester’s printing experience, Freshman Meera Baldwin was happy with how easy it was to connect wirelessly. “It also prints much faster,” stated Baldwin. “Even when

there were lots of people printing, mine was ready right when I walked over.” Senior Lucas O’Hannian stated that the first time he used the printers there were a couple of issues, which happens with any new technology, but by the second attempt everything worked well. While the new printers should cause much less confusion and paper waste than the previous models,

Wade wanted to remind those using the printers to avoid “solving” issues by themselves. She said that the librarians and student workers are all trained on dealing with the printers, and reduced student attempts to fix paper jams will hopefully keep the printers in new condition as long as possible.

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In Brief: KKG to release new alumnae newsletter By |Sutton Dunwoodie Collegian Reporter The Hillsdale chapter of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority will send out the first edition of their digital newsletter later this month in order to connect with their alumnae and campus. Junior Taylor Dickerson, Kappa Kappa Gamma president, said the newsletter will come out monthly and be named “Katch up with Kappa.” Dickerson said she plans to link the newsletter in the bi-weekly Student Activities Office email as well as send it out directly to their alumnae. Claire Froman, Kappa’s alumni relations chair, said that the newsletter will help keep alumnae more involved in the sorority. According to Froman, alumnae had expressed interest in finding a way to keep up to date with events and happenings in the house. “We have so many awesome alumnae and they love Kappa so much,” Froman said. “We want them to have some sort of connection and be able to return and feel like they still have a part in the house.” Chi Omega also has a quarterly alumni newsletter called the “Rho Gamma Recap.”

Connecting with alumnae has recently been a priority in Kappa Kappa Gamma. Dickerson created the position of alumni relations chair last year while she was treasurer and filled both roles before becoming president. While maintaining contact with alumnae is one purpose of the newsletter, Dickerson said she also wants to use the newsletter to connect with campus. “It’s a good way to get the campus involved in Kappa because I think that’s something we have struggled with. Opening our house to campus, that’s what we’re focusing on during my Presidency,” Dickerson said. Natalie Kent, public relations chair for Kappa Kappa Gamma, will be in charge of collecting pictures for the newsletter. Kent said that the newsletter will highlight the work the chapter does for the children’s literary nonprofit “Reading is Fundamental.” “A big part of why I joined Kappa was because of the philanthropy, and I think that’s a really great way that Hillsdale is involved in the community around us,” Kent said.

Student Fed swears in new representatives By | Carly Fisher Collegian Reporter The Student Federation held its first meeting of 2020 last Thursday, Jan. 16. The Federation swore in new representatives and elected a sergeant of arms to serve for the next academic year. Senior Sean Collins will serve as president, assisted by Secretary Katherine Ryerson, Treasurer Austin Mock, and Vice President David Strobach. Collins said his primary goal for this year is that the Student Federation will serve Hillsdale honorably. “I hope the Student Federation will continue to deserve its status as an august and venerable body worthy of the respect and admiration of the student body at-large,” Collins said. After being sworn in, representatives selected a sergeant of arms to serve the federation. Two candidates, freshmen Meera Baldwin

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“Like her mentor on the Supreme Court, Justice Antonin Scalia, Judge Barrett combines deep religious and moral conviction rooted with judicial restraint,” he said. “That is a very important lesson for our time, when there are great pressures to politicize the judiciary, on the one hand, and to exclude persons with deep moral and religious convictions from the court on the other.” Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn

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have woken up twice in one week from water.” The deans were able to find alternative housing options for the 14 women who had to abandon their dorm rooms. Despite the large amount of water in the dorm, the hard flooring was not

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and Patrick Rhodey, vied for the position. Rep. Ryerson spoke on behalf of Baldwin, attesting to her dedication to the Student Federation. Rep. Siegfried endorsed Rhodey, calling his character and work ethic “unmatched.” By a vote of 9-to-7, Baldwin won the election and will serve as the new sergeant of arms. Council members encouraged Rhodey to channel his passion for the federation into applying for one of the open councilmember positions. Students are encouraged to attend Student Federation meetings every other Thursday at 7 p.m. in the formal lounge. President Collins said he hopes students will “take part in the discourse by voicing their opinions and concerns during the public comment period.” Any clubs looking for funding can contact President Collins or Treasurer Austin Mock.

said he believes that Barrett will be an excellent commencement speaker. “I have not had the privilege of meeting Judge Barrett, who has been to our campus more than once. Many here know her. They report a woman of sharp mind and high conviction,” Arnn said in an email. “She is a leading jurist, and her opinions show depth of both knowledge and reflection. That her name has been mentioned for the Supreme Court of the United States makes one hopeful for the direction of the court.”

damaged, and construction crews only needed to recarpet the basement hallway and clean up the floors in the rooms. To ensure it does not happen again, the parking lot was reshaped to keep water from coming into the lot, and the drainage wells were expanded.

By | Emma Cummins Assistant Editor Though many in the Hillsdale community love the events put on by the college, not many of them are oriented towards serving women from different parts of campus. Associate Dean of Women Rebekah Dell and Director of Student Programs Ashlyn Neveau 16’ have organized an event just for that purpose. “One of the goals of the event is to bring together our diverse community of women and have them share in a one day opportunity to cultivate community, inspire authenticity in one another, and seek to discover purpose in life,” Neveau said. The female student body will be gathering at the Searle Center on Feb. 1 “to inspire women around engaging ideas, authentic community, and to discover our purposes,” according to the monthly Curate newsletter. “A goal in doing this is to focus on the importance of female friendship and mentorship,” Dell said. “One of the biggest challenges

is how you connect with someone a half generation from you. And we don’t give a lot of our students many opportunities to do that.” The conference will consist of four breakout sessions. Each session will have speakers covering five topics: health and wellness, leadership, relationships, lifestyle, and adulting 101. There will also be a keynote speaker, Christa Sharp Molter, a Hillsdale grad with her own consulting company. “Her strengths fall along the lines of personal development,” Dell said. “She’s going to basically give wisdom on how to apply a lot of what was discussed throughout the day. And answer ‘how do you practically take all of these ideas and things discussed and learned and have it impact your life for growth?’” Breakfast, lunch, and Penny’s coffee are provided, and the entire lower floor of Searle will be filled with interactive booths ranging from tea making to letter writing. Each booth is meant to cultivate a goal for each of

the different topics discussed that day. The five topics of the breakout session will be oriented towards inspiring women to achieve their goals and take a look at the bigger picture, according to Dell. Dell said she chose the speakers for the breakout sessions because they were involved in the community, invested in it, and in some cases had gone to Hillsdale, thus giving them a common base of knowledge with which to connect to students. “We decided to stick with primarily local alums or faculty or staff wives. People close within the community,” she said. “We wanted to share with the student body the broad range of things they can do with their lives. We also wanted women who genuinely want to invest in women.” Junior Grace Stokman registered for the event because it presents a unique opportunity. “I feel a duty to go to the conference because if it is responding to a real need of women on campus, I want

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to hear what these women have to say,” Stokman said. “I want to see if I share the same questions of the women on campus and if I do not, why the questions or needs are present among others.” Asking questions in a group of women from different walks and stages of life is an intended purpose of the event, according to Dell. “Our desire is that you have a student athlete sitting next to someone who spends most of their time in the music department sitting next to someone who is in the sciences sitting next to a Greek,” Dell said. In bringing together a diverse group of people, Dell said the event will give each woman a better idea of herself and her goals. “I hope every individual will walk away saying what it means to be a woman is learning who I am, what I am designed for, what my goals are, and how I can best accomplish those,” Dell said. “It’s not about trying to create this cookie cutter idea; it’s about equipping you. Everyone has unique talents and gifts.”

Senior presents research at DC conference “There were similar In her research, By | Elizabeth Bachmann themes coming up in all Clifton did not find much Assistant Editor three classes. We read a paper scholarship about the When senior and applied by Newton in physics, and I mathematical ideas in mathematics major Emma ended up citing that in my Lucretius. Clifton registered for Physics Latin paper because Newton “It was exciting reading 101, Philosophy 101, and a was referencing Lucretius,” Lucretius and recognizing Latin philosophy class last Clifton said. “I hadn't really an idea from mathematics, year, she never thought she planned to take these classes like the idea that stability would find herself presenting because they fit but it was can arise out of a system a paper linking the three. A neat how they ended up that is seemingly chaotic. year later, however, Clifton intertwining.” I don’t think I have seen did just that and presented Clifton explained that this before in ancient her research in a paper, “Lucrescious’ Legacy in Mathematics: Past and Present Resonances,” before the Society for Classical Studies in D.C. Clifton was one of only four undergrad students presenting at the annual Society for Classical Studies conference that brings together thousands of classicists, philologists, archaeologists. Almost every classics graduate student from around the nation and at least one representative from each graduate school with a classics department attend the conference as well. Clifton’s presentation began as a Senior Emma Clifton presented research unifying physics, philosophy, and Latin. term paper Courtesy | Emma Clifton for her Latin philosophy class, but said she Lucretius’ relevance to philosophy,” Clifton said. was inspired by all the other modern science is a debated “It was also cool the more classes she was taking at the topic among academics, I looked into Newton and time. While reading Roman because his ideas weren’t Leibnitz the more I think that Philosopher Lucretius’ “rigorously scientific.” He Newton thought Luctetius “On the Nature of Things,” did not use mathematical understood the concept of Clifton began to notice some notation or demonstrate inertia. Newton was clearly resonances of mathematical his theories through thinking of Lucretius as a concepts, which, after much experimentation. Instead of philosopher and physicist.” research, led to her thesis: proving physical phenomena, Clifton’s advisor, Visiting that Lucretius may have he was interested in Assistant Professor of inspired both Newton and explaining what reality is like Classics Carl Young, helped Leibnitz in their discoveries so that he could philosophize her to revise her paper and of calculus, and that the about how to live. He did, encouraged her to submit it Roman philosopher was however, have some notedly to the Society for Classical perhaps a precursor to innovative and relevant ideas, Studies. modern mathematical for instance, that the universe “Emma’s paper was wellconcepts. was made up of atoms. researched and very clearly

written,” Young said. “And while this is not a completely original idea, Emma’s background in physics and mathematics combined with her knowledge of Latin allowed her to pick up on some aspects of Epicurean physics that do not often get noticed. Plus, she does a really good job of explaining rather difficult mathematical concepts.” Despite her professor's high praise, Clifton said that she “lost a lot of sleep” over the paper, and did not really think it was very good. She was surprised when her professor suggested she submit it to the Society for Classical Studies. Yet, out of the hundreds of panels at the conference, only one was comprised of undergraduate students. Clifton, along with three undergraduate students from other colleges, presented at this panel before an audience of graduate students who asked questions and gave constructive criticism, according to Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Patrick Owens. “Not rarely it ends up those are the best papers at the conference because they are so earnest,” Owens said. “When it is your first time there is energy and excitement, so undergrads have some of the best papers. It is a real feather in Emma’s cap.” Despite her success in classics, Clifton’s postgraduate dreams include, not noble antiquities, but modern marvels. She plans to master in data analytics with some computer science “thrown in” and has already applied to three graduate programs.

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Trump’s trade war with China left unfinished

New trade deal maintains tariffs on goods, affecting farmers across Midwest By | Matt Fisher On Jan. 15, President Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed a new trade deal that is being called a major “first step” towards reaching a final, permanent agreement. Called simply the “Economic and Trade Agreement Between the Government of the United States and the Government of The People’s Republic of China,” this deal has been heralded as an enormous victory for the Trump Administration and the United States. But this view could not be further from reality. While the agreement does take steps to repeal a few Chinese restrictions on agriculture products, China will maintain its 5% to 25% duties on $110 billion of U.S. imports. The deal does nothing to reduce tariffs on Chinese imports that have afflicted farmers in the Midwest. Further, the deal contains a provision which requires China to purchase an additional $200 billion in U.S. products and services by 2021. This provision exposes fundamental problems with the Trump Administration’s understanding of the Chinese economic threat to world markets and American consumers. The first problem with the Trump Administration’s policy is the trade deficit. President Trump enjoys touting the United States $419 billion trade deficit with China. The White House, however, lacks a basic understanding of what the trade deficit actually represents. The trade deficit is merely the value of goods and services purchased by the United States minus the goods we produce that have been purchased by other countries. It does not account for investment or all revenue items. Nor does the trade deficit offer any insight into what percentage the average American consumer spends of their income on foreign products. The trade deficit actually grows during times of enormous prosperity. When the economy is good, consumers have more money to spend on goods and services and high foreign interest rates spur investment in the U.S. During the economic boom of the 1990s, the deficit tripled as middle-income and working class families enjoyed the largest period of uninterrupted growth in generations. Employing only the trade deficit to measure our economy’s well-being is as asinine as using a yardstick to calculate the distance to the Moon. That is not to say that the Trump Administration has no reason to gripe about China. The Chinese government has been responsible

for currency manipulation and intellectual property theft, as well as; violating international law and threatening U.S. national security. Our economy will be severely handicapped going forward if Chinese hackers continue to steal corporate information and product designs from foreign trade partners. Trump should be commended for emphasizing these issues. But even where President Trump is right on our trade relations with China, he gravely miscalculates the correct solution. Rather than turn to global trade partners in the World Trade Organization or the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Trump Administration has repeatedly bashed and ridiculed both treaties as opposed to American interests. There is one massive and inconvenient hole in Trump’s argument, however: the World Trade Organization has largely sided with the United States when dealing with China. The United States has won a whopping 85% of its formal complaints against China at the WTO. President Trump was made aware of the United States dominance at the WTO during a meeting two years ago, according to journalist Bob Woodward’s best-selling book, “Fear.” Contrary to what protectionists in the Trump administration have told him, China already faced close to universal opposition for their trade practices. Taking on China’s economic malpractices never required an “America First” mentality or demanded we sour our relationships with strategic allies in Europe and Asia. Yet that has not stopped the Trump Administration from blocking the WTO from appointing new panelists on their board to review appeals and violating treaty rules concerning steel tariffs. As European Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan said, “The WTO is facing its deepest crisis since its creation.” If President Trump truly wishes to successfully confront China on their economic abuses, he must set aside the political talking points on the trade deficit and refocus his efforts elsewhere. Trump can win this trade war, but it will take a dramatically different approach. He must abandon his “America First” trade policy and instead use the international trade bodies to force China into changing their patterns of intellectual property theft and currency manipulation. A single “phase one” trade agreement is merely winning a battle, not the entire war. Matt Fisher is a senior studying politics.

The Weekly: NYT endorsement is a cop-out The opinion of The Collegian editorial staff

On Sunday night, the New York Times published a dual presidential endorsement for Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Elizabeth Warren, D.-Mass. This was the first time the newspaper decided to endorse two candidates. The Times is treating this election differently than those in previous years. Besides endorsing two candidates, the newspaper published the editorial board’s interview with each presidential candidate for the first time in history. In addition, the Times

created weeks of hype prior to releasing its endorsements, culminating in an hour-long episode of candidate interviews conducted during the process. While we appreciate this newfound transparency and believe the long-form interviews will be a valuable resource for voters, the process came off as shameless marketing. The Times noted that in the past, it tended to pick a candidate “with a more traditional approach to pushing the nation forward.” This cy-

cle, however, it cited growing concerns that “our democratic system is fundamentally broken” to justify endorsing a more “radical” candidate in Warren. It also connects these new realizations with the 2016 election of President Donald Trump. It’s nice to see the Times finally catching on, but Americans have long identified low political efficacy, increased partisanship, and the influence of money as important political issues. All of these realities existed prior to and independent of Trump and

will certainly extend beyond his time in office. The Times framed the election as providing three choices: a radical Democrat, a moderate Democrat, or Trump. Even after promoting and filming the endorsement like a TV show and citing political concerns, the Times still failed to decide, and in effect, just reiterated #NeverTrump. The editorial board can cop out by picking two candidates, but Americans cannot, and they are only more confused after the Times’ endorsement fiasco.

Ten books Hillsdale students should read before graduating By | Reagan Cool We are lucky as Hillsdale students to read so many great books with our classmates. We read the words that have guided and shaped Western civilization, from the Old Testament and Herodotus to Herman Melville and C.S. Lewis. There are many we ought to read, however, that we may miss during our time here, depending on the majors and electives we end up choosing. Some never get assigned at all. Here is a list of ten essential unassigned texts, in no particularly strict order, that every Hillsdale student ought to read before he graduates. And if you don’t get to all of them in the course of your four years, have no fear: these are all excellent titles to keep on your lifelong bookshelf, to see you through moves and seasons of life, loyally waiting to be picked up again to reveal new truths and new beauties. 1. “The Space Trilogy” by C.S. Lewis This trio of novels, disguised as science fiction, are woven with truths on technology, human nature, and man’s relationship with God. Lewis’s images are bewildering and his understanding of man’s weaknesses is acute. If you’re discouraged by the length of all three, read the last one: “That Hideous Strength” (you don’t need the first two to understand it). 2. “Love and Responsibility” by Karol Wojtyla Don’t shrug this one off for the author’s religion (which, for the record, is never sufficient excuse to dismiss a book.) Wojtyla — better known as Pope John Paul II — based his novel on a philosophy of the human

person, which is applied to an ethic for relationships. “Love and Responsibility,” through its explanation and defense of human dignity, is a sturdy lesson on how to treat the other, particularly in romantic relationships. 3. “On the Laws” by Cicero You might remember the excerpt of Cicero’s “On Duties” included in the Western Heritage reader. “On the Laws” (De Legibus) is a dialogue considering human nature and unity of the classes that ends in a suggested political order. Most interesting is the (pre-Christ) vision of Christian humanism in Cicero’s distinction of civil and natural law and the importance of building the former upon the latter. 4. “Waiting for God” by Simone Weil Simone Weil is a 20th century French philosopher and mystic. Her perspective on asceticism and political philosophy at times generated criticism, but “Waiting for God” is a consistent and profound collection of essays reflecting on the relationship of man and the transcendent.

5. “Abolition of Man” by C.S. Lewis I couldn’t help but include two Lewis titles on this list; really, I could make an entire list of Lewis essays and novels. “Abolition of Man,” if you’ve managed to escape it so far, deserves your attention. One of Lewis’s more popular titles, the novel is one of the shortest titles on this list and raises his concerns about the shifting priorities of education. If your strength is struggling to rejoice in the giant hassle of liberal education, maybe Lewis can restore your gratitude and wonder at

this rare place and what we’re up to here. 6. “Leisure: The Basis of Culture” by Josef Peiper If the mention of our motto reminded you about your list of homework due tomorrow, you might be interested to hear that the English word for “school” comes from the Greek “skole,” meaning leisure. Who knew Josef Pieper begins his novel with that revelation and spends the book explaining how Western culture is built on leisure, and why it’s important we hold onto that.

7. “Fragments” by Heraclitus OK, so you don’t have time to add another book to your schedule (How much time did you spend scrolling on your phone today? But I digress…) You should read Heraclitus’s “Fragments,” a collection of notes including some sharp observations on human experience. They range in length from one sentence to several, perfect to pick up and put down without losing your place. 8. “Eccentric Culture” by Remi Brague You might remember Remi Brague, a French philosopher, visiting campus last Spring to give a talk called “Our Own Others.” “Eccentric Culture” deals with many of the topics Brague addressed in his lecture: Western culture grew up in Europe, yet its roots are in Jerusalem and Athens. The secondarity this presents is a trait of Western culture contributing to the conversation on humanism and ethics. 9. “Essays in Anthropology” by Robert Spaemann I know what you’re thinking: that title suggests an unbearably dense read.

Spaemann, considering the philosophical content of his essays, writes with a particularly fresh style. Try his third essay first: Human Dignity. 10. “Lord of the World” by RH. Benson What about a dystopian novel to close out the list? Monsignor R.H. Benson wrote the novel in 1907 out of his frustration with many contemporary utopian attempts (Atheism, Marxism, etc.) “Lord of the World,” one of the first novels dubbed “dystopian” rather than “utopian,” depicts the antichrist’s reign at the end of the world. It has been called prophetic by prominent theologians and multiple popes. I will conclude with an honorable mention: “The Day of the Jackal” by Frederic Forsyth. We read great books and hard books in our time at Hillsdale. They challenge us, teach us, and improve us, and we should continue to take up such growth following our graduation. While these challenges are good and necessary for us, John Miller, director of the Dow Journalism Program, is keen to point out that it’s also good to read fun books. The “Day of the Jackal” is his suggestion for a “fun read.” The story — a thriller, because he loves thrillers — describes an assassin targeting the president of France, and it’s captivating until the last page. Whatever the genre is for you, don’t be afraid to indulge, but remember the rich culture, history, and lessons hiding behind a bit of a challenge. Reagan Cool is a senior studying philosophy and religion. She is a columnist on faith and culture.

MLB didn’t punish Astros harshly enough Organization missed opportunity to ensure such egregious offenses do not happen again

By | S. Nathaniel Grime Major League Baseball recently concluded its investigation of the Houston Astros organization for its intricate sign-stealing scheme, which was uncovered following the 2019 postseason. The commissioner’s office suspended Astros’ General Manager Jeff Luhnow and Field Manager A.J. Hinch for the 2020 season, fined the organization $5 million, and stripped the team of its first and second-round draft picks in the 2020 and 2021 MLB Draft. Luhnow and Hinch have since been fired by Jim Crane, the Astros’ owner, but the punishment does not adequately account for the seriousness of the misconduct. Baseball hasn’t dealt with a scandal of this scope in its entire history. The MLB had one chance to make sure nothing close to this scandalized the sport again, and it failed. Over the course of at least the three previous seasons, the Astros used planted cameras to swipe signs from opposing teams’ catchers before the opposing pitcher deliv-

ered a pitch. Using everything from banging on trash cans in the clubhouse to electronic equipment, the signs were relayed to the Astros’ batter at the plate, who would then know what pitch was coming next. This is an enormous competitive advantage and one attained by an unprecedented breach of both written and unwritten MLB rules. New York Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman is just one of many players to voice his displeasure with the situation. Stroman quote-tweeted a video from a 2017 game he pitched against the Astros when he was a member of the Toronto Blue Jays. “S*** makes sense now. I remember wondering how these guys were laying off some of my nasty pitches. Relaying all my signs in live speed to the batter. Ruining the integrity of the game,” Stroman tweeted. Stroman allowed two runs and 11 hits in the game. Another pervasive scandal to plague baseball is the use of steroids and performance-enhancing drugs among players. Suspensions

have ranged from 80 games to full seasons. No player has been banned for life for using steroids. The difference between juicing up to add muscle and knowing exactly which pitch is incoming from an opposing pitcher is obvious. Steroids affect bodies, but they don’t tell the hitter whether an incoming pitch will sink, spin, dart, or dash on its way from the pitcher to the plate. Despite their involvement in and approval of the Astros’ sign-stealing system, not a single member of the team’s roster was suspended. MVP-caliber players like Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun have been handed hefty suspensions for taking steroids, but Astros superstars Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman get to enjoy their 2017 World Series ring and begin the 2020 season without repercussions. In addition to fining and suspending the Astros’ managers, the MLB should have levied fines and suspensions on all of the players involved in the sign-stealing scandal. It’s suspended players for less serious offenses, like per-

formance-enhancing drug use, and it even banned eight members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox from the sport for life for gambling on World Series games. The MLB hasn’t established adequate deterrence for future players who may find instant sign-stealing by way of technology enticing. In fact, by not suspending any Astros’ players, it hasn’t established any deterrence at all. Punishing the unfair competitive advantage the Astros gained from their scheme, fining the organization, and stripping the team of future draft picks was a good place to start. But by allowing all of the players involved to suit up and play for the upcoming season without restriction, the Astros can essentially move forward with business as usual in the 2020 season. S. Nathaniel Grime is a senior studying rhetoric and public address. He is the sports editor for The Collegian.

Opinions Buckingham Palace properly rejects #WWIII hype Harry and Meghan’s drama, hypocrisy shows public’s www.hillsdalecollegian.com

By | Regan Meyer Between dramatic publicized deaths, high-profile affairs, and the living disaster that is Prince Andrew, the English royal family has seen its fair share of scandal. None, however, have been as controversial or as highly publicized as Prince Harry’s courtship and marriage to Meghan Markle. Since their engagement in November 2017, the couple has been subjected to intense scrutiny from both American and British media outlets. On Jan. 8, without warning to their royal counterparts, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex took to Instagram to announce their wishes to step down from their roles as senior members of the royal family. Just 10 days later, Buckingham Palace released a statement explaining that “Harry and Meghan” will no longer use their HRH titles, Harry will lose his honorary military appointments, and the couple will pay back $3.1 million in taxpayer dollars used to refurbish their Windsor home. Stripping the couple of their royal titles and working roles grants their wishes of independence and freedom. It does not, however, allow them to continue working as part-time royals. Buckingham’s statement deprives the couple of their main goal: to have their cake and eat it too. And that’s a good thing. Markle has, for the most part, been celebrated for her reported role in the break with the family. She’s garnered praise for “taking control of her destiny” and “Yoko-onoing the royal family.” Prince Harry has also received praise for protecting his young family and their interests.

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This praise, however, is misplaced, and neither Markle nor Prince Harry deserve it. To whom much is given, much is expected.

dedicated to the position and run the press gamet should be rewarded accordingly. If Markle and Prince Harry don’t do the work, they should not be

Former Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle and Prince Harry renounced their titles earlier this month. | Wikimedia Commons

The English monarchy works quite simply. The royals receive taxpayer funds in exchange for performance of state duties. The decision to strip Markle and Prince Harry of their respective titles preserves the integrity of the monarchy. Royal life takes dedication and poise. Those who are

rewarded as if they had. Furthermore, the progressive liberals who celebrate Markle as a figurehead of modern feminism would do well to examine the royal couple’s blatant hypocrisy. Before joining the royal family, Markle was outspoken about her progressive liberal views. She supported Hillary

Clinton in the 2016 presidential race and called Clinton’s competition, Donald Trump, “misogynistic” and “divisive.” In marrying Prince Harry, Markle joined one of the most misogynist and divisive institutions in world history. The wealth and prestige of Britain was built through British colonialism and imperialism. A fair bit of Africa and Asia only gained independence from British rule in the last 80 years. Much of British wealth was built by enslaving whole populations, including India, Pakistan, and most of Africa. For someone who supports the party of slavery reparations and destroying the 1%, joining and beneffiting from an organization that was built on the backs of marginalized peoples is the definition of hypocrisy. At the end of the day, it is clear that the monarchy will only grow stronger with the departure of Markle and Prince Harry. In a high-pressure and highly-scrutinized environment, weak links break as seen by the scandals of Prince Andrew and, earlier in life, Prince Harry. If Markle and Prince Harry are not fully dedicated to being members of the royal family, they should not be working members in any capacity. The decision to remove Markle and Prince Harry from any working role within the monarchy will save it from a fair share of headaches down the road.

Regan Meyer is a junior studying rhetoric and public address. She is the news editor for The Collegian.

Hunter Biden’s notorious career, personal life return to spotlight The younger Biden’s role in Ukraine controversy is most recent example of fumblings By | Abby Liebing Throughout the dramatics of Trump’s presidency — and particularly now, in the midst of his impeachment trial — Hunter Biden has been drawn into the fray as reporters and others dredge up his involvement in several scandals. Shining a spotlight on Hunter Biden’s professional and personal life has shown that he is a deeply pathetic person who has made many terrible life choices. He has spent his life riding the coattails of the Biden name and making a career out of simply being Joe Biden’s son. Though there have been many suspicions about Hunter Biden’s work and connections in Ukraine, which have put him at the center of Trump’s Ukraine scandal, the younger Biden probably is not some evil mastermind. Though his father might be at fault for corruption, Hunter just seems to be a deadbeat that has gotten caught up in the maelstrom. Hunter Biden has been in the public eye for nearly his whole life, and it has done the 49-year-old no favors. He spent his life trading on the family name and climbing up the ladder simply because he is Joe Biden’s son. In the late 1990s, he began working for Maryland Bank National Association, which was well-known for being a significant donor to Joe Biden’s campaigns over the years. Despite many concerns that his role at MBNA was a conflict of interest, Hunter continued there for five years. After MBNA, once again using his connections and Biden name, Hunter got a position as a director in the Department of Commerce under the Clinton administration and remained there until 2001. Then, from 2001 to 2008, Hunter co-founded Oldaker, Biden, and Belair LLP, a federal lobbyist firm. Hunter showed for the first time in his career concern about conflicts of interest

when he stepped down from the lobbying firm after his father became Obama’s running mate. He told the New Yorker, “I wanted my father to have a clean slate.” After leaving Oldaker, Biden, and Belair LLP, Hunter started Seneca Global Advisors and Rosemont Seneca Partners, and apparently he began making connections in China and Russia through these firms. In 2014, Hunter signed on as a board member for Burisma Holdings, Ukraine’s largest gas-production company. It was a tense time in the region with disputes over Russia’s involvement in Ukraine and Ukraine’s energy dependence. Hunter Biden’s new position with Burisma Holdings raised questions and sparked a controversy over whether his involvement was a direct conflict of interest. As if Hunter’s work life was not pathetic enough, soon after gaining his position at Burisma, he made a giant trainwreck of his personal life. In 2015, Hunter’s brother Beau died from cancer. In the aftermath of his brother’s death, Hunter went on a bender, started using crack, and spent a lot of time with his brother’s widow, Hallie Biden. Apparently, he and Hallie were “sharing a very specific grief.” Apparently, they began sharing a lot

more — just nine months after Beau’s death, Hunter divorced his first wife, Kathleen Biden, and publicly acknowledged that he was dating Hallie Biden. The intrigue of Hunter’s personal life died down for a couple of years, until this past November when his name splashed across headlines yet again. As if dating his brother’s widow wasn’t enough, it was discovered that Hunter fathered a child with ex-stripper Lunden Alexis Roberts, supposedly while he was still in a relationship with Hallie Biden. To make things even more scandalous, Hunter and Hallie’s relationship ended in April 2019, and in May, Hunter married Melissa Cohen. Hunter has now accrued one ex-wife, one ex-girlfriend/sister-in-law, one stripper baby mama, and another new wife. Aside from his ridiculous personal life, Hunter’s professional life also began blowing up again when a New York Times article in May explained Joe and Hunter Biden’s connections in Ukraine and the possibility that Joe had successfully used his connections to get a Ukrainian prosecutor removed from office. Why would Joe Biden get a Ukrainian prosecutor removed from office? Rumors are that he was trying to pro-

“Regardless of the impeachment proceedings and scandals, the years of media coverage have certainly shown the public the scumminess inside the Biden family, which might not bode well for Joe Biden’s election campaign.”

tect Hunter from an investigation into Burisma since its founder was facing multiple investigations into allegations of money laundering and tax evasion. Apparently determined to damage 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, Trump asked Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to investigate both Joe and Hunter Biden. Thus began the TrumpUkraine scandal which has led to his impeachment and trial. While admitting that he probably got his position at Burisma Holdings because of his last name, Hunter has denied any wrongdoing. He did openly admit in an interview with ABC News that he likely got the job on the company’s board because his last name was Biden. But that’s not particularly new since Hunter has spent his whole life trading on the family name. In May, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko did investigate the Bidens and said he found no compelling evidence of wrongdoing against either Biden. Of course this all blew up in Trump’s face with impeachment. Now Hunter Biden might be called as a witness in the impeachment trial. Hunter, the freeloading barnacle of a Biden, though currently in the middle of the impeachment kerfuffle, will probably come out fine and continue to find a good paying position with his last name. Regardless of the impeachment proceedings and scandals, the years of media coverage have certainly shown the public the scumminess inside the Biden family, which might not bode well for Joe Biden’s election campaign. Abby Liebing is a senior studying history. She is the associate editor of The Collegian.

ignorance of selective service By | Carly Fisher Thousands of young people across the United States have taken to Twitter over the last two weeks to express their fear of being drafted into the U.S. military. Though their worries are unfounded, the Twitter frenzy raises questions about the future of military conscription in the United States and the ideal model for military service. These Twitter users and many young Americans’ anxiety over forced military service stems from a lack of understanding of the differences between Selective Service System and the draft. The panic began when threats of retaliation by Iran for the death of Qasem Soleimani on Jan. 3 incited panic over the possibility of war, with #WordWarIII trending on Twitter. Young people across the United States tweeted at the selective service’s Twitter, @SSS_gov, emoting their dread of forced military service to defend their country against Iran. Under the false impression that the FAFSA requirement for men to sign up for selective service to receive financial aid meant imminent conscription, Twitter user @mostlywashedup tweeted on Jan. 3, “I laughed at the world war 3 memes until I realized I’m registered for the draft because of the FAFSA” to which @MoisesR691 responded, “I didn’t even get money from FAFSA so I’m basically doing it for free.” These tweets reveal a lack of understanding of the function of the selective service as opposed to the draft. Although all members of the selective service could potentially be drafted, both the president and Congress would have to authorize the conscription — more commonly known as the draft — which has not happened since 1973. Selective Service System Director Don Benton outlined the current role of the selective service in an interview with C-SPAN. “We don’t have an active draft component,” Benton said. “We just register now. We are prepared… The selective service is for unforeseen emergencies.” According to its website, the Military Selective Service Act of 1948 created the Selective Service System to facilitate the “filling [of] wartime manpower needs smoothly and rapidly.” The immediate cause of the adoption of the selective service program, however, was the Cold War. The looming threat of war with the Soviet Union made it essential for the United States to have a system in place to secure manpower quickly and efficiently if necessary. Even after the Cold War, however, the merits of having potential servicemen on standby became quickly apparent, and the system was adopted indefinitely. Since it does not currently suffer a dearth of manpower, the United States military is an entirely volunteer force. The most common complaint made on Twitter in response to the situation was that the draft discriminated against male college students. In order for male college hopefuls to apply for financial assistance through FAFSA, they must register for selective service. College students shouldn’t start calling their deans to drop out just yet. Those who make this claim fail to realize that any male over the age of eighteen must register for the draft within the first thirty days after his eighteenth birthday. Any violators of this law may be prosecuted and be forced to pay a fine of up to $250,000 and/or spend five years in prison. Since there is no priority order for the selective service as draft selection is based on a random lottery number and

birth year, college students are no more likely to be selected for the draft than a civilian. College kids risk getting drafted either way. They might as well stay in school. The second point of contention in the Twitter frenzy was the exemption of women from the military draft. YouTube beauty guru James Charles is still under fire for tweeting pictures of himself dressed as a woman, captioned, “me when the government comes knocking on my door for the draft.” His tweet went viral immediately, as many called his post anti-woman and questioned why women were not part of the draft. Though not a new issue, the topic of whether women should be included in the draft has become a hot-button topic in recent years. In 1981, the Supreme Court ruled against including women in the draft in Rostker v. Goldberg on the grounds that women were not eligible to serve in combat positions and were therefore unnecessary for crisis wartime situations. Representing the majority opinion, Justice William Rehnquist wrote, “[t] he existence of the combat restrictions clearly indicates the basis for Congress’ decision to exempt women from registration. The purpose of registration was to prepare for a draft of combat troops. Since women are excluded from combat, Congress concluded that they would not be needed in the event of a draft, and therefore decided not to register them.” This ban was lifted in 2013, and women have been serving in these roles for the last seven years. With this barrier eliminated, Congress commissioned a blue-ribbon panel of experts in the field which has spent the last three years revisiting the idea of entering women into the selective service. This panel will present its report to Benton and subsequently Congress in March. There are a couple different models that a mixed-gender draft could take. The best form, however, would be to draft women into non-combat positions and create all-female platoons for women who choose to serve on the frontlines. By drafting women into non-combat situations, objections about women’s physical capabilities on the battlefield would be eliminated. Like any other large-scale organization, the military requires personnel to handle transportation, accounting, analytics, and many other support roles. Women who object to being placed in combat positions can still serve their country in crucial ways. Historically, all-female units have rendered remarkable results. The exploits of the all-female Russian Women’s Battalion of Death during World War I are a colorful and compelling example of this. Additionally, separate platoons for female and male soldiers would help solve the problem of sexual assault within the military. A 2018 joint report by the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps revealed that 1 in 8 women in the United States armed services experiences sexual assault. Ninety-six percent of the offenders are male. Separating genders would go a long way in preventing assault and promoting a stronger sisterhood and brotherhood among members of the armed forces. College students shouldn’t trade in their Oxfords in for combat boots yet. Though there may be some changes on the horizon regarding the selective service, it will likely not be a draft. Carly Fisher is a sophomore studying philosophy.

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Putting Hillsdale on the map: City Council discusses funding for wayfinding signs project By | Ben Wilson Assistant Editor Residents from Hillsdale Economic Development Corporation hope to place wayfinding signs in the City of Hillsdale to direct visitors to highlights around town, and the City Council expressed support for the idea at its meeting on Jan. 20. These new signs would mirror the design of the blue and white “Welcome to Historic Hillsdale” signs that Hillsdale College paid to place at entrances to the city in 2016. The purpose of the wayfinding signs project is to bring

attention to businesses, parks, and schools along M-99. Dean Affholter, chairman of HEDC, is spearheading the project with fellow HEDC board member, Andrew Gelzer. “We’re taking the idea of the signs that the college supported,” Affholter said. “By the time you drive through the whole city, you’ll know where everything is.” Investing in wayfinding signs has been a topic of discussion in the council since 2006. Four studies showed the signs would be beneficial for businesses and the city as a whole.

“The intent is to win the appetite of the causal drivethrough people,” Affholter said. “We want them to know what Hillsdale is like and give them a flavor of our city.” If approved, the proposal will be implemented in three phases. The total cost of the project is estimated at $125,500. Councilman Matthew Bell raised a concern about the price of the signs. “The initial cost seems a little high,” Bell said. “We’re already scraping to fund a third firetruck, so let’s try to get some private funds.” City Manager David Mackie assured the council the city

Winter weather delays construction of Historical Society’s Poor House Museum By | Julia Mullins City News Editor Construction of the Hillsdale County Historical Society’s new museum at the Poor House grounds is on track to finish by this spring, according to member Kathy Fowler. The new museum, Kathy Fowler said, will be home to the historic 1931 Seagrave firetruck and other artifacts like buggies, sleighs, and farming equipment. “Finally having the museum built is exciting,” Kathy Fowler said. “It’s nice to be moving forward with the truck. The new building will also be nice because we can display many more artifacts than what we’ve displayed in the past.” Foulke Construction began working on the project at the end of last year. Since beginning construction, workers have poured the floor, added the porch, attached the roof, inserted windows, added doors, and put up metal siding. Matt Taylor, the project manager from Foulke Construction, said the winter weather has been the most challenging aspect of the building process. “It’s difficult for carpenters and others to work in cold conditions,” Taylor said in an email. “Your fingers don’t quite work as well in the cold.

Holding small screws either with exposed cold skin or added bulk from gloves is something that doesn’t immediately come to mind as a factor, but it becomes one when temperatures dip into the twenties or lower. Materials often don’t like the cold either. Some can become brittle or in the case of concrete, special provisions need to be taken.” Taylor added that one of the more unique aspects of the building is its frame, as it resembles the appearance of a traditional barn rather than a typical pole barn. “While its framing is not a replica of historical barns, I think its resemblance has pleased everyone,” Taylor said. “Pleasing clients is always among the most rewarding parts of the work.” Historical Society member Tony Fowler said the construction team will insert original bricks from Broad Street in the floor where the Seagrave will sit. “Several years ago when they dismantled the brick road on Broad Street, we had a lot of bricks from that project,” Tony Fowler said. “The old fire station used to be in City Hall. The bricks were from the road that went by City Hall. The firetruck will sit on those original bricks.” Tony Fowler added that it will be nice for the Historical Society to have a display area where artifacts can be

is looking for ways to pay for the initiative. “We’ve been looking for grants to assist on this, and I think that we’ve found one that will provide some resources toward this project,” Mackie said. “That’s something we’ll be looking at submitting later this spring.” Additionally, Affholter said he is planning to partner with local businesses, colleges, and Hillsdale Hospital for help in paying for advertisement of their services. “The college has been very good about helping,” Affholter said. “We can go to the business district and have 50 of them give a couple of

hundred bucks each.” The Hillsdale Business Association, Hillsdale Board of Public Utilities, and the Tax Increment Finance Authority all support the project. The signs will highlight Hillsdale College, Jackson College-LeTarte Center, Baw Beese Lake, the golf course, Hillsdale Hospital, and the business district. Councilman Bill Zeiser suggested upgrading the signage. “Has there been any consideration of incorporating the new Hillsdale logo into these signs?” Zeiser asked. “The lovely signs put up by the college were erected

before we did a logo and this might be a way to reckon that.” Affholter supported the idea. “We have to sell our town,” Affholter said. “The signs will put Hillsdale in their mind and when they come back, they’ll know exactly where things are.” The councilmembers thanked Affholter and Gelzer for taking the lead on the project and agreed to discuss the funding for the project in future meetings.

Foulke Construction continues to make progress on the Poor House Museum despite delays from winter weather. | Facebook

stored properly. The Historical Society cannot control the temperature in the old barn, where items are currently stored, leading to a moisture problem. Both Kathy and Tony Fowler agreed that the new museum will allow members to better preserve the artifacts. In addition to the museum on the Poor House grounds, Kathy Fowler added that the Historical Society is trying to decide what to do with its barn on Wolcott Street. “We’re getting an estimate of what it’s going to cost to fix, but we expect the number to be unattainable for us,” Kathy Fowler said. “The main part of the barn has some nice old-barn features and good woodwork. We’re hoping to find somebody to buy the barn and take it apart.” Kathy Fowler said many of the items being stored in the barn at Wolcott Street are going to be moved into the new museum on the Poor House grounds. As the society decides what to do with the barn on Wolcott Street, Kathy Fowler said the society is also working on developing a fundraising committee. “We’re always looking for new members and financial help to help with our projects so we can continue to grow our displays and keep the history of Hillsdale documented and alive,” she said.

Domino’s closes, other pizzerias gain more business By | Nolan Ryan Editor-In-Chief The local Domino’s Pizza closed last month after its owners retired, and other pizzerias are seeing an uptick in business. Ken Clawson managed operations at the Domino’s in Market House Plaza for 12 years, two years under the previous owner and 10 years as the official owner. “I’ve had a great bunch of employees,” Clawson said. “I look back over the 12 years, and the crew changes over every couple years, but every crew that we’ve ever had has been like family,” he said. In the last two weeks before closing the doors, the employees at Domino’s let customers know as they came into the store. Clawson also put an article in the Hillsdale Daily News, alerting residents. The other pizza places found out ahead of time. Since Domino’s closed, pizzerias in Hillsdale have seen a major increase in sales, along with a major need for staff. Cody Ester, a manager at Hungry Howie’s, said that January is usually their slowest month of the year, but they are doing significantly more business. Ester said that because they knew before the fact that Domino’s would be closing, Hungry Howie’s hired more employees. Cindy Johnson, a manager at Pizza Hut, said they have seen an increase in product sales across the board. “Domino’s people are looking for stuff that is almost the

same,” she said. “The week of their closing, we already were double-staffing.” Clawson said he decided it was time to retire upon finding out that there were going to be expensive technology upgrades if he’d kept Domino’s open. Clawson had signed a 10-year lease with Domino’s, which will be up in March. But at the end of last year, he learned that Windows 2007, the operating system for the computers at the store, would no longer be supported after Dec. 31, 2019. In short, he would have to replace the entire computer system. “I couldn’t see replacing all of our computer systems for two months,” he said. “That’s thousands and thousands of dollars.” But the other indicator that it was time to close shop was the fact that Clawson is now 68, which he says is “way over retirement age.” That, and the fact that he was working 50 hours a week. As he enters into retirement, Clawson said he and his wife, Cheryl, plan to travel more often together. The couple has lived in the Hillsdale area for more than 20 years now. Clawson, meanwhile, has been in food

service for 53 years. It all began, he said, with scooping

ice cream. Since retiring, he began driving for Meals on Wheels on Jan. 1. “I’ve always done food, gravitated to food, and I like

management,” Clawson said. “I’ve enjoyed the community

retirement for several weeks, Clawson said one thing he misses most is the staff and the ability to interact with people he considers to be friends. “On Saturday nights, we would schedule all the guys. We called it ‘guys’ night,’” he said, remembering one workplace tradition. “I just miss that camaraderie.” Not only did Clawson consider his employees as friends, but he said they were, and are, family. “They get to know each other,” Clawson said. “We didn’t have problems with people coming into work because they were coming into work with their friends.” Clawson said he often hired based on the recommendations of his employees. This gave an incentive for employees to make sure their friends stayed in line and worked hard. Ken and Cheryl Clawson, “It cuts down on the previous owners me having to say of Hillsdale Domino’s, things to people,” closed the pizzeria after Clawson said. “My 10 years of ownership. employees self-manCourtesy | Ken Clawson aged each other.” But while running a pizzeria comes with and getting to know people. its own excitement, it also has We had a lot of regular cusits share of challenges. tomers. They’d come in, and One challenge, Clawson we know their orders.” said, is trying to maintain the Now that he’s been in quality he wanted and taking

the time to instill that into his employees. For example, that looks like making sure they know how much of something to put on the pizza. Too much and the flavor is overwhelming; too little and customers will feel cheated. Clawson said this was difficult when trying to make pizzas quickly. Employees had to have the mentality of “hustle, hustle, hustle,” while also learning to multitask. While the fast-paced nature of the job made it more difficult, it’s one of the things Clawson said he will miss most about owning Domino’s. Running the store with a small staff was another challenge. “Working with a small staff of people was difficult,” Clawson said. “One person would call off for the night, and we’d be running bare bones. One person can be the difference between making that night or not making it.” When he couldn’t find someone to come in, Clawson and his general manager would end up working a lot of shifts. Clawson said his wife — who works in parent relations at Hillsdale College — came in to work at the store very frequently in their early years of operating it. “She worked every Friday and Saturday night for almost a year. Then she was working every Saturday night,” Clawson said. “We’re looking forward to travelling, and we’re remodelling the kitchen right now.”

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Grosvenor House Museum Board seeks funds for renovations By | Geneiveve O’Gara Collegian Freelancer

Jonesville’s Grosvenor House Museum Board is seeking funds to make renovations on the historic bulding. Courtesy | Ann Johnson

The board of Jonesville’s Grosvenor House Museum is seeking $200,000 to restore and renovate the historic house. The Grosvenor House was built in 1874 by Elijah E. Myers, the same architect who designed Michigan’s state capitol building. Over the years, however, the house has fallen into disrepair, board member Ann Johnson said. Johnson said the sandstone foundation blocks are crumbling, causing the brick to crack from the basement to the second floor. Creger Construction, out of Hudson, Michigan, submitted a bid of $102,000 to restore the chimney; remove and replace badly eroded brick from the walls; install sealer to exterior brick; remove 16 basement windows and install new affixed vinyl windows; and replace woodwork where necessary. Creger Construction will be providing all of the materials and labor necessary for the renovation, in addition to cleaning out the gutters and repair any damage done to the yard during the renovation. Johnson explained the museum board hopes to have extra money in the event of unexpected expenses and to prepare for the future. Johnson said the board does not know how long the renovation will take and

want to leave room for price inflation in the budget. The extra money will also pay for a seal for the bricks, which left unsealed will need repairs every 10 years. “We need to protect the maintenance now so we don’t need to fundraise $100,000 every 10 years,” Johnson said. The Grosvenor House was designated a Michigan State Historic Site and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. Kerry Cavanaugh, president of the Grosvenor House Museum, said the board believes preserving Jonesville history is the most important goal of the renovation. The museum also has the long-term goal of repairing and opening the carriage house for visitors. Cavanaugh said that the museum board had received $2,125 in donations as of Jan. 17. This money includes individual donations as well as money received from Jonesville’s 100 Women Who Care organization. The museum board hopes to hold fundraisers throughout 2020. Johnson said the museum board is thinking of fundraising ideas, including a living history event at Jonesville’s Riverfest on May 16. “One of our issues is that we are a small board with only a few volunteers, and we have big ideas and needs and a limited few to carry them out,” Cavanaugh said.

The Jonesville Eagles have approached the museum board about holding a fundraiser for the house, according to Cavanaugh. According to board member Ann Johnson, the house was originally built for $37,500, but it would cost $5 to $6 million to duplicate Myers’ work today. There are eight marble fireplaces and intricate woodwork in the Italianate style. The Grosvenor House Museum was originally the home of Ebenezer Grosvenor and his wife Sally Ann. Grosvenor served the Michigan State Senate for one term as the lieutenant governor of Michigan and two terms as the state treasurer of Michigan. Paul Hosmer, a museum board member and Hillsdale College physics professor, said he believes the house is a special heritage point for Jonesville. “It is a beautiful Italianate mansion, worthy of preserving in its own right,” Hosmer said. “But also locally, it represents significant aspects of Jonesville’s history. The Grosvenor House is an important part of the record and the ‘poem’ of Jonesville and those who live here, as belonging to this place, have a kind of relationship and duty to it.” Johnson agreed that preserving the house is significant for future generations. “If we lose the house, we lose that history,” she said.

Hillsdale County prepares for census, urges all to participate By | Emma Cummins Assistant Editor As the U.S. Census Bureau prepares for the 2020 census, Hillsdale County is gearing up to reach the entire community. The national census, which occurs every 10 years, determines the number of congressional seats apportioned and how state and federal dollars are distributed, among other things. Because the census occurs infrequently, undercounting one person has lasting effects on funding and representation for the community. “The fact that the census is done on a decennial timeline makes it something that people put out of mind, and for many, it has no personal meaning in regards to its importance,” Hillsdale County Manager of the Community Action Agency Clint Brugger said in an email. “The participation rate in the 2010 census in Hillsdale County was estimated at 81%. Out of 100 people, 19 failed to enumerate. This may not seem that

impactful until you begin to consider the implications.” The effects of an inaccurate enumeration are a distortion in representation and loss of funding in crucial programs for the community for a 10 — year period, according to Brugger. “Beyond our fair representation in government, there are more than $15 billion that get distributed to Michigan communities based on census data. These funds cover important programs such as Medicaid/Medicare, education, roads/infrastructure, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, Head Start, childcare, and more,” Brugger said. Brugger is spearheading the effort to reach out to the community and raise awareness about the seriousness of participation to get an accurate count. “It is estimated that for every one person in Hillsdale not counted, it equates to a

loss of funding per person of $1,800,” Brugger said. “We are stuck with the 2020 count for a decade. Simple math will tell you that each person, over the course of a decade, is more along the lines of $18,000. Now consider those 19 people that chose not to participate in 2010 and multiply that by $18,000 and you begin to realize the impact. We all pay taxes. The 2020 census is a way to ensure that your share of those funds come back to the community in which you reside.” To reach county residents, the Community Action Agency and the Hillsdale County Community Foundation are working together on the Complete Count Committee. “This is a cross sector group of organizations working together to spread the message and work together to have the most accurate count of the population in Hillsdale County,” Brugger said. Director of the Hillsdale County Community Foundation Sharon Bisher is working with Brugger to implement the marketing element of this

process. “We’ve created some basic awareness pieces, and that will continue to go out to the various groups, organizations, and media until March 15. The census opens around mid-March, and from there on it’s going to be boots on the ground,” Bisher said. There are several challenges to getting a total population count, according to Bisher and Brugger. The U.S. Census Bureau has moved to an “internet-first model of participation,” Brugger said. “People can respond online, by mail or by phone. It will take a concerted effort to make sure that people understand the process and if things go wrong, how important it is to try again,” Brugger said. The move to an online platform will make it more difficult for certain residents in the county to respond by internet. “The challenge for Hillsdale County is we have certain sectors of our community who don’t have access to the internet in those remote

areas,” Bisher said. Bisher added that there are many residents in the county who simply do not have access to the internet. In order to remedy this problem, census days will be held where computers and hotspots can be brought to libraries and schools. “Our community cannot afford to lose those dollars, so it is our attempt to reach as many people as possible with that message and encourage their participation,” Bisher said. Brugger also noted the problems any county would face in getting an accurate population count. “There are groups of the population that are typically undercounted. Those are young children, people of color, immigrants, undocumented people, homeless, people experiencing poverty and those typically served by non-profits,” Brugger said. “Hillsdale County has the second largest population of Amish in the State of Michigan. There is concern that they too will be difficult to

count come April.” At this point in the process, the city of Jonesville has worked directly with the U.S. Census Bureau to confirm property addresses and city boundaries, since the city was considered a “village” in the last census, according to City Manager Jeff Gray. In this count, Jonesville will be considered a city. Gray reaffirmed the importance of the census, despite common misunderstandings among residents about its impact. “The count is important whether you’re a town, city, village or county,” Gray said. Beyond the impact of the census, the actual process should be a community-building activity, according to Bisher. “We’re really hoping to bring together the community and understand the importance of caring for each other and looking out for each other’s future,” Bisher said.

Hillsdale Civil Air Patrol cadets train to perform the color guard By | Rachel Kookogey Assistant Editor Cadet 2nd Lt. Olivia Tritchka-Stuchell and the Civil Air Patrol Hillsdale Composite Squadron are training to perform a color guard at community events. “There are quite a shocking shortage of people who can present colors,” Olivia’s mother and Deputy Commander of the Hillsdale Composite Squadron Heather Tritchka-Stuchell said. “The closest Civil Air Patrol group is about two hours away, and the Jonesville American Legion said they’re the only ones they know of around here that have a team, and sometimes they don’t have enough members.” Because of the shortage, Heather Tritchka-Stuchell said she is hoping to have two or three cadet teams to perform color guard duties. She anticipates the teams will be in high demand once they are trained. The Civil Air Patrol is a Total Force partner and Auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force that operates emergency services, aerospace education, and a cadet program. The cadet program is for students between the ages of 12 and 21 to learn about leadership, aerospace, fitness, and character. CAP has the same ranking system as the U.S. Air Force, and

cadets can move through the ranks by attending a hands-on program called Encampment and completing benchmark tests. When Olivia Tritchka-Stuchell joined a CAP squadron in Jackson, Michigan, at the age of 13, she noticed that several cadets had to drive a far distance to participate in the program. Because of this, she and her mother worked with Hillsdale City Manager David Mackie and Airport Director Ginger Moore to start a Hillsdale squadron at the Hillsdale Airport on Nov. 2, 2018. “I facilitated the meetings and invited people, really hoping that someone would step forward and make it their thing, but nobody did, so I had to make it my thing to get it going,” Heather Tritchka-Stuchell said. “I don’t have any military background but I figured I could learn this to get it going for Olivia.” Heather Tritchka-Stuchell runs the local program with the help of Maj. Debra Sandstrom, who comes from Battle Creek, Michigan, to make sure that the program is run correctly. Currently at 21 members, with a few more in the process of joining, the Hillsdale squadron has now outgrown

the airport and is moving to hold weekly meetings on the campus of Hillsdale College. Starting on Feb. 3, the meetings with take place on Mondays at 6 p.m. in the Old Snack Bar. The squadron has also had help from Hillsdale College Associate Dean of Men Jeffrey Rogers, who has facilitated the squadron’s move to the college campus and is working to create a Hillsdale College GOAL program to connect students with the squadron. One Hillsdale College student already involved with the program, junior and Cadet Col. Victoria Schmidt, said she was happy for the ability to continue her CAP training at college and to teach it to others. “It’s a very young squadron, but they are very motivated. It’s a very nice opportunity to pass on the knowledge I had from my CAP training in Colorado,” Schmidt said. As cadet commander of the squadron, Olivia Tritchka-Stuchell set goals for the group, one of which was to establish a color guard. In order to prepare for establishing a color guard in her squadron, Olivia Tritchka-Stuchell attended CAP’s Honor Guard Academy in Fort Knox, Kentucky for one week over

Christmas break. “I went to Kentucky because we had nobody in the squadron who knew how to do color guard,” Olivia Tritchka-Stuchell said. “I did the basic course which taught everything from how to even start a color guard; a lot of facing and marching movements; work with practice rifles; and posting the colors.” The Hillsdale squadron has received funding from the Jonesville American Legion and other local businesses such as the Hillsdale Hospital, Stillwell Ford, and the Rotary Club, so that they can buy the proper materials for a color guard. “I think it’s exciting that this young, growing squadron we have is already building a color guard,” said squadron member and Jonesville High School freshman Carter Lucas. “I think it will bring in a lot of kids my age and inspire them to make an impact.” “The color guard teaches the cadets to really work as a team and it teaches them a lot of history and traditions of the military,” Carter’s father Scott Lucas added. “The color guard is a highly sought after position in the military so it’s a very big honor for them to do the same thing in their community.”

Olivia Tritchka-Stuchell with her sister Chloe after attending the Honor Guard Academy in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Courtesy | Heather Tritchka-Stuchell

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Track teams seek to improve after Youngstown Invite Women's Track & Field By | Kate Pipher Collegian Freelancer The Charger’s women’s track and field team trekked to Youngston University for the third meet of the indoor season. The Chargers came up against tough competition and some conference opponents they will see again down the road. “The meet was okay,” head coach Andrew Towne. “It was our first big meet in terms of seeing good performances and competing against bigger schools. Some of that we handled well, some we didn’t.” In the field, the team continued to experience success led by sophomore Nikita Maines. In the shot put, Maines threw 13.86 meters which placed her sixth. Her teammate Michaela Burkhauseer ended 11th with a throw of 12.83 meters. In the weight throw, Maines placed ninth with a throw of 15.85 meters. Burkhauser ended 17th tossing 15.06 meters. Coach Towne said Maines did a good job and awarded her the team’s female athlete of the week award. Maines said, “My performance last week just showed that I am not even close to knowing how far I’ll throw later in the season.” Freshman Emily Gerdin competed in triple and long jump. She jumped 10.37 meters in the triple and placed 14th and finished 27th in the triple jump with a leap of 4.99 meters. On the track, the Chargers put forth a good effort and brought some people to the top of their events. In the 200 meter dash, junior Kajsa Johansson lead the team and

CHAMPS, from A10 aging 14.9 assists per game, and 6.25 steals per game against conference opponents. Hill said the team will continue to rely on its defense and smooth-flowing offense through the remainder of the season. “Our defense has been pretty cohesive,” he said. “If someone’s been beat, the next guy’s there, our defensivel has always been what we hang our hats on. And now we’ve got four bigs who can really score and can help our offense flow a lot better.” As the team approach-

ended runner-up with a time of 24.99. She was followed by freshman Jillian Roney who ended 21st running the race in 26.35 seconds. Junior Carmen Botha also competed in the event and ran it in 27.51 seconds. In the 400 meter dash, Alanna O’Leary ended 11th running 59.11. She was followed by Judith Allison who ran in 1:00.17 to end in 18th. Calli Townsend led the Chargers in the 800 meter run with a seventh place finish and a time of 2:17.34. Freshman Dakota Stamm followed her ending 16th with a time of 2:20.83. The Chargers put together a strong showing in the 3000 meter run. Sophomore Sophie Maeda led the pack coming in second place overall with a time of 10:04.09. Christina Sawyer ended with a time of 10:14.40 to take seventh place. Senior Arena Lewis and freshman Gwyne Riley ran for 12th and 13th place, respectively. Sophomore Claire McNally placed 17th (10:31.58). To end the day’s competition, the Chargers 4x400 meter relay placed fourth with a time of 3:58.54. The team was made of Stamm, O’Leary, Botha, and Allison. Botha said, “I was so proud of the girls that ran with me in the 4x400. We gave our all after a long day of events. It’s satisfying being a part of a team that fights to do their best at every meet.” Towne said the team needs to make “championship decisions” if they want to see more success farther along in the season.

es this week’s road games against Walsh College and Malone University, Lowry calls it an “exciting challenge.” “We’re coming off a good week and for us, we’re excited to get some revenge as they ended our season last year,” he said. Last year, Hillsdale lost to Walsh in the G-MAC Tournament semi-final game, 65-59. The Cavaliers lead the conference with a 16-2 record, but due to their strength of schedule so far this season, they find themselves ranked fourth in the G-MAC. “Last year once we lost we were kinda like, ‘Now what?’ but with this team if we get

Men's Track & Field By | Kate Pipher Collegian Freelancer The Youngstown University Invitational on Jan. 17 was a good chance for the Hillsdale College men’s track team to measure up against tough conference competition. Despite head coach Andrew Towne calling it an “okay” meet, the Chargers still have a new school record to boast. Sophomore John Baldwin broke Hillsdale’s collegiate record in the 60 meter hurdles. He set the new record with a time of 8.21 seconds, placing fourth in the competition. “It was nice to get the record, that was an added bonus,” Baldwin said. “I’ve been hovering around it for awhile. It was a good meet and I just want to keep improving.” His eyes are set towards him and the rest of team improving and competing well at conference. Senior Ian Brown broke his own personal record in the 60 meter hurdles as well, finishing with a time of 8.35 seconds to take sixth. In the field, sophomore Ben Raffin performed well in pole vault ending with a vault of 4.87 meters and a second place finish. After feeling off rhythm warming up and struggling with pole selection, he said he started to feel good taking vaults up. “I finally found a pole I was comfortable on that threw me up and gave me better pop,” Raffin said. He then attempted a personal best at 4.97 meters but did not achieve it. “It just didn’t happen that day, but I found a rhythm that meet and it’s a good step down early or lose a game we don’t dwell on that as much,” Hill said. “We know what we have to do every night and we try to produce that. It’s not so much like a rollercoaster like last year. We just

in the right direction.” In the triple jump, freshman Joshua Nichols jumped 12.76 meters and finished 15th. Baldwin also finished fourth in the high jump with a jump of 1.85 meters. On the track, sophomore Jacob Schmidt ran the 200 meter dash in 22.65 seconds which earned him 15th. He was followed by senior teammate Ian Brown who got a personal best in the race with a time of 23.05 seconds. Freshman Benu Meintjes ran the 400 meter dash in 50.05 seconds to place ninth. Another underclassmen, freshman Ian Calvert ended 24th in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:02.31. In the mile run, junior Mark Miller ran for third place completing the race in 4:17.61. Junior teammate Jack Shelley finished 12th running 4:25.44. To finish the day of competition, the men’s 4x400 meter relay finished eighth with a time of 3:27.22. The team was made of Meintjes, Schmidt, Calvert, and Baldwin. Towne said he is looking ahead to the next few meets as chances to improve. “We’ve got to start taking steps forward which requires more- more effort and more championship decisions. I’m not really interested in “just okay” meets.” The Chargers are hosting the Conference Crossover in Biermann Athletic Center Friday, Jan. 24. Teams from the GLVC, GLIAC, and G-MAC will be in attendance. Events begin at 4pm. The events begin at 4pm.

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always play hard.” On Jan. 25, the Chargers will travel to Malone University for a 3 o’clock tipoff. The Pioneers have a 5-3 conference record and rank seventh. 7-1 7-1 7-1 6-3 6-3 5-3 5-5 4-5 3-6 1-8 1-8 1-9

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charger chatter: Tavon Brown Q: What are your goals (both personal and team) for the season? TB: For the team, I think we all want to win the G-MAC. So that's our main goal so far. I think we have a good chance of doing that right now. Personal goals, I haven't set too many. I just want to go out there and do whatever I can to help the team. Q: What's it been like stepping into a new role on the team?

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TB: I felt like I've been able to help the team for the past couple of years. So I'm just ready to have high expectations for myself. I was ready to step in and do whatever I could do to help the team win. Q: Why did you choose Hillsdale?

january 16 1 2 3 4 FINAL Kentucky Wesleyan (17-1, 8-1) 18 15 20 16 69 Hillsdale (5-12, 2-6) 16 7 10 27 60

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Sydney Mills Grace Touchette Sydney Anderson Jaycie Burger Lauren Daffenberg Anna LoMonaco Julia Wacker Kennedy Pratt Maverick Delp Amaka Chikwe Macy Berglund

7/11 2/4 2/2 18 11 0 3/6 2/4 2/2 10 5 3 3/6 2/3 0/0 8 3 3 2/9 0/4 3/4 7 6 2 3/13 1/8 0/0 7 3 1 1/4 0/0 4/6 6 7 2 1/3 0/1 0/0 2 3 1 0/2 0/1 2/2 2 2 1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0/1 0/1 0/0 0 0 0

january 18 1 2 3 4 FINAL Trevecca Nazarene (6-12, 3-6) 10 15 16 24 65 Hillsdale (5-13, 2-7) 7 10 20 17 54

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Jaycie Burger Julia Wacker Sydney Mills Grace Touchette Sydney Anderson Lauren Daffenberg Anna LoMonaco Maverick Delp Kennedy Pratt Macy Berglund

4/10 3/4 3/4 14 6 1 5/7 2/4 0/1 12 4 3 4/9 0/2 4/5 12 11 2 3/11 2/4 0/0 8 6 1 2/9 0/5 0/0 4 4 2 1/6 0/3 0/0 2 5 1 1/4 0/0 0/0 2 3 2 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 1 1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0/2 0/1 0/0 0 1 0

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january 16 1 2 FINAL Kentucky Wesleyan (6-10, 5-4) 21 39 60 Hillsdale (10-6, 6-1) 33 39 72

Dylan Lowry Patrick Cartier Austen Yarian Tavon Brown Davis Larson Connor Hill Trenton Richardson Cole Nau Mike Travlos

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5/11 1/4 5/6 16 4 5 7/13 2/3 0/0 16 3 2 4/7 4/5 0/0 12 4 0 4/6 2/3 1/1 11 6 0 4/8 1/4 0/0 9 3 3 3/5 0/1 0/0 6 1 4 0/2 0/0 2/2 2 1 1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 1 1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 1 0

january 18 1 2 FINAL Trevecca Nazarene (1-18, 1-9) 26 30 56 Hillsdale (11-6, 7-1) 37 38 75

Davis Larson Patrick Cartier Connor Hill Dylan Lowry Austen Yarian Tavon Brown Cole Nau Mike Travlos Trenton Richardson Kyle Goessler Jack Gohlke Peter Kalthoff Jacob Ngobi Noah Kalthoff

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6/8 4/5 2/2 18 1 3 7/10 0/2 2/2 16 4 1 5/8 2/2 0/0 12 1 4 4/9 1/4 2/2 11 3 1 3/9 0/4 3/4 9 5 2 2/2 0/0 2/2 6 7 0 1/3 1/3 0/0 3 0 2 0/1 0/1 0/0 0 1 0 0/2 0/0 0/0 0 3 2 0/1 0/1 0/0 0 0 0 0/1 0/1 0/0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0

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TB: I love the campus. When I came to visit, I fell in love with it. The first thing I fell in love with was the campus. And I love Coach Tharp as a person so that's the first thing that really drew me in. He's just a great guy off the court before you even get to know him on the court. I also love the team as well. Those were the main things for me. And I knew it was a high academic school so that was a plus. Q: When did you start playing basketball? TB: When I was around eight years old I learned to play basketball.

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2. Kajsa Johansson 21. Jillian Roney 38. Carmen Botha

24.99 26.35 27.51

12. Alanna O'Leary 18. Judith Allison

59.11 60.17

7. Calli Townsend 16. Dakota Stamm

2:17.34 2:20.83

2. Sophia Maeda 7. Christina Sawyer 12. Arena Lewis 13. Gwynne Riley 17. Claire McNally 25. Meg Scheske

10:04.09 10:14.40 10:22.06 10:22.38 10:31.58 10:46.20

4. Allison/Botha/O'Leary/Stamm

3:58.54

27. Emily Gerdin

4.99m

14. Emily Gerdin

10.37m

6. Nikita Maines 11. Michaela Burkhauser 29. Katie Weldy

13.86m 12.83m 10.76m

9. Nikita Maines 17. Michaela Burkhauser 30. Katie Weldy

15.85m 15.06m 13.79m

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14. Jacob Schmidt 25. Ian Brown 32. Benu Meintjes

22.65 23.05 23.23

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50.05

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24. Ian Calvert

2:02.31

3. Mark Miller 12. Jack Shelley

4:17.61 4:25.44

4. John Baldwin 6. Ian Brown

8.21 8.35

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8. Meintjes/Calvert/Schmidt/Baldwin

3:27.22

5. John Baldwin

1.85m

2. Ben Raffin 14. Ryan Thomsen

4.87m 4.27m

15. Joshua Nichols

12.76m

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Close-contest woes continue for Hillsdale By | S. Nathaniel Grime sports editor The Hillsdale College Chargers continued their run of tight games but came up short again in losses to Kentucky Wesleyan College and Trevecca Nazarene University on Thursday and Saturday, respectively. The Chargers fall to 2-7 in the G-MAC and 5-13 overall with nine games remaining on the regular season schedule. On Thursday, the Chargers hosted the second-place Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers (17-1, 8-1) and nearly pulled off a shocking upset. The Panthers led the Chargers at the end of the first quarter, 18-16, and at halftime, 3323. By the end of the third quarter, Kentucky Wesleyan led 53-33. Then the fourth quarter came. Hillsdale scored more points in the fourth quarter than it did in the entire first half, and outscored the Panthers in the final quarter 27-16. But it wasn’t enough for the Chargers to overcome the lead the Panthers had built in the second and third quarters, and Kentucky Wesleyan won 69-60. Freshman forward Sydney Mills was a big reason for Hillsdale’s effort. She came off the bench and ended

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Hillsdale (5-13, 2-7) at Malone (12-5, 6-1) up with 32 minutes on the floor, scoring a team-leading 18 points. She also had 11 rebounds in her second double-double of the season. Half of her points came in the fourth quarter. Sophomore guard Grace Touchette scored 10 points in the loss, and also had five rebounds and three assists. Senior guard Sydney Anderson scored eight points, and guards junior Jaycie Burger and sophomore Lauren Daffenberg each scored seven points. Sophomore forward Anna LoMonaco came off the bench for 17 minutes and scored six points with seven rebounds. On Saturday, the Chargers hosted the Trevecca Nazarene Trojans and couldn’t overcome a slow offensive start and lost, 65-54. Hills-

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dale scored just seven points in the first quarter and 10 points in the second quarter and trailed at halftime, 25-17. The Chargers picked it up in the third quarter, scoring more points (20) in the

quarter than they did in the first half. But the Trojans got it going on offense, too, and Hillsdale never led in the second half despite cutting the deficit to two points midway through the fourth quarter. Burger led the Chargers with 14 points in the loss, followed by senior center Julia Wacker, who scored 12. Mills had another double-double, scoring 12 points with 11 rebounds. She again came off the bench, and played 25 minutes. The Chargers have a rare Thursday off tonight before traveling to Canton, Ohio, to play the Malone University Pioneers on Saturday at 1 p.m.

1. 19 WALSH 2. KENTUCKY WESLEYAN t3. MALONE t3. FINDLAY 5. CEDARVILLE 6. LAKE ERIE 7. OHIO DOMINICAN 8. TREVECCA NAZARENE 9. ALDERSON BROADDUS 10. URSULINE t11. TIFFIN t11. HILLSDALE 13. OHIO VALLEY

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FIELD GOAL

36.6% (26/71) 27.8% (10/36)

26.9% (7/26)

FREE THROW

46.7% (7/15)

81.3% (13/16)

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FIELD GOAL

35.9% (23/64)

34.5% (20/58)

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15.4% (4/26)

30.4% (7/23)

FREE THROW

71.4% (15/21)

70.0% (7/10)

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FIELD GOAL

47.2% (25/53)

51.9% (27/52)

THREE POINT

41.2% (7/17)

50.0% (10/20)

FREE THROW

75.0% (3/4)

88.9% (8/9)

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Chargers remain tied for first in G-MAC standings By | Calli Townsend assistant editor

The Hillsdale College Chargers stayed home last week for a successful series against Kentucky Wesleyan College and Trevecca Nazarene University. They beat their opponents a combined 147-116. With these two conference wins, Hillsdale remains at the top of the G-MAC rankings, tied with Findlay for first. Four Chargers scored in double digits during Thursday’s 72-60 victory against Kentucky Wesleyan, including freshman forward Tavon Brown who came off the bench to put up 11 points and snag six rebounds. Freshman forward Pat Cartier and senior guard Dylan Lowry each added 16 points, and junior forward Austen Yarian added 12. The Chargers only had a one-point lead with nine

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minutes to go in the first half, but after a layup by junior forward Davis Larson sparked a 20-9 scoring run, Hillsdale led 33-21 at the buzzer. That halftime lead is what gave Hillsdale the win, as both teams scored 39 points in the second half.

“Offensively we just keep playing together and we try to score by committee,” junior guard Connor Hill said. “Whoever has it going on that day, that’s who we go to. Like on Thursday, our bigs had eight threes, so we went to our bigs.”

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Yarian was one of the guys to see much of his success at the three-point line, as shot 4-5 from beyond the arc on Thursday to score all 12 of his points. Against Trevecca Nazarene, the Chargers trumped the Trojans 75-56 four more double-digit performances. Leading the offense was Larson with 18 points. Cartier added in 16 more with four rebounds. Hill brought great energy to both ends of the court as he started the first half with a three-pointer and on the next possession, he got a steal which he converted for a layup. By then 10-minute mark he racked up 10 points, outscoring the Trojans himself as they only had nine. The Trojans started to come back toward the end of the first half, cutting a 19-point deficit to nine. Hillsdale responded, however, with a 7-0 run to start the second half. The Chargers went on to finish the game 75-56. The Chargers maintained a healthy assist-to-turnover ratio last week, which are two stats the team credits for its success as they strive to get everyone on the court involved while staying disciplined with the ball. They passed the ball around for 16 assists against Kentucky Wesleyan and 15 against Trevecca, while keeping their turnovers to a combined 16. Lowry, who had six of the team’s assists against Kentucky Wesleyan, credits the coaching staff for setting him and his team up for success. “We try to get the ball inside whether it’s from close feeds to the bigs or guards attacking the rims,” he said. “We’re at our best when we have multiple guys in double figures. We’re always trying to get as many guys as possible involved, and our coaches do a good job of getting us simple looks for good assists.” The Chargers are aver-

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FIELD GOAL

45.8% (22/48

51.9% (28/54)

THREE POINT

41.2% (7/17)

34.8% (8/23)

FREE THROW

83.3% (5/6)

91.7% (11/12)

REBOUNDS

ASSISTS

TURNOVERS

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Krusmark spent Christmas break traveling the coast of Chile. Sofia Krusmark | Collegian

In defense of running late How Chile taught me to not be on time By | Sofia Krusmark Assistant Editor I’m exceptionally good at being late. Chile was my home for seven days over Christmas break, and I realized my South American family is a lot more like me than I thought, for which I’ll always be thankful. Flexibility is every Chilean’s best friend. Time goes by, and sometimes they show up late — or miss something entirely — but they have a deep understanding that it’s the people that really matter, rather than if they meet them on time. When we arrived in Chile, we found out our bags were lost after 16 hours of travelling. In his poor broken Spanish, my dad attempted to get the situation figured out. All the while, my uncle and cousin were waiting outside Santiago’s international airport. They waited for us for two hours. “No problem!” they said on the phone. When we walked out, we were greeted with big hugs and kisses, and my bags vanished, along with any animosity or annoyance that may have developed while they waited for us. That was only the start.

It was my cousin’s wedding week. While most brides are off in their own world — getting their nails done, stressing about which friend they don’t want at their wedding, wondering if they picked the right destination for their

ing clams topped with parmesan at a restaurant in Horcon, a coastal city along the Pacific Ocean in Chile. The restaurant was busy and obviously so were the waitresses, but as I looked out the window I saw our server walking an older

“Flexibility cultivates compassion. It’s the choice to look at reality, take it as it is, and make a conscious decision to live fully in the midst of it all.” honeymoon — Andrea chose to love our family intentionally. Wedding decisions were no longer a priority. We were. We sent a quick text to her and her fiance asking, “Do you want to go out to pizza tonight?” The pizza restaurant didn’t end up hosting us that night — she did. She ordered the pizzas and welcomed us to the home she and her husband would be moving into upon their marriage. It was only three days until her wedding. The next day, I was enjoy-

woman to her car, their arms linking them together. Her customers were waiting, but I guess doing the right thing was more important than her tips. It was then that I realized one of the greatest misconceptions of our culture today: little structure must mean you have little respect. Of course, timeliness and daily responsibilities are often necessary in life. Respect is lost when these go out the window. But meaningful moments are lost when timeliness trumps precious memories being made.

Our reality is not meant to be governed by a ticking clock ushering in structured events. It can’t be. The Chilean culture accepts reality as it is: a changing, utterly messy thing that’s filled with beautiful people to share it with. And so, they live that way. Sometimes it means sitting in the airport for two hours without complaint and acting like your relative’s late arrival was the best part of your day. Or other times, its hosting a dinner party when you’re wedding’s three days away. It could even mean letting go of a few extra tips, just so you could help an old woman to her car. Such is life, and so it goes — but so the Chileans go, too. Flexibility cultivates compassion. It is the choice to look at reality, take it as it is, and make a conscious decision to live fully in the midst of it all. Our relationships are built on trust, yes. But they are grown by our grace and understanding. The week closed with the wedding. The bride was late, but the groom stood waiting, not worried about the delay. I don’t think he realized she was running behind. When she walked down the aisle, no one in the pews were upset they had to sit a little longer in the 90 degree heat.

Wedding reception in Santiago, Chile and the dream wedding venue of ‘The Bachelor’ winner. Sofia Krusmark | Collegian

I regret watching ‘The Bachelor’ so you don’t have to By | Haley Strack Collegian Freelancer If you thought ‘The Bachelor’ couldn’t get any more degrading, you’re in for a surprise. Let’s catch each other up. The episode starts out with a wholesome one-onone date between Victoria P. and Peter. I get good vibes from Victoria P., and so does Peter. She seems down to earth and genuine, a rare occurrence in ‘The Bachelor’ world. Can’t wait until we see her true colors. Demi, a previous contestant on ‘The Bachelor,’ plans Peter’s group date this week. She comes to the house with outfits for the girls going on the date — and she does not disappoint. The girls receive various pajama sets — mumus, normal PJ’s, and even straight up lingerie. The group heads to the venue to find the activity for the day — and I kid you not — it’s a competitive pillow fight. Competitive. Pillow. Fight. Now listen; I don’t subscribe to the ‘down with the patriarchy!’ feminist mantra of third wave conformists, but this set us back about 100 years, ladies. Thank God for Tammy, the “tasmanian devil,” who was on the varsity wrestling team in high school, and really brought the action. Sydney, a very respectable girl, who Peter “trusts,” has her suspicions about Alayah, a girl I honestly didn’t expect to be relevant, but apparently she’s been busy. Alayah’s the perfect mix of fake, champagne, and promiscuity — and the girls

are catching on. Sydney voices her concerns to Peter on the group date and it pays off. She gets the date rose and Alayah is fuming. If I were Sydney, I would sleep with a stiletto (just in case Alayah comes looking for her). It seems that pageant princess, Alayah, is here for the wrong reasons (shocker), and Peter is worried about “falling for someone and then realizing they’re not who they said they were.” Nonetheless, Alayah turns on the charm and Peter’s doubts vanish. That is, until the rose ceremony. We find out that Victoria P. and Alayah knew each other before the season started, and Alayah asked Victoria P. not to “tell producers they knew each other.” Alayah isn’t really here for Peter (collective gasp), but she “is very open to opportunities after ‘The Bachelor,’” Alayah said. I, like Peter, am quaking. In a very intense rose ceremony, Peter sends not three, but four girls home. Though he grapples with his decision (in reasons unbeknownst to me), he lets Jasmine, Alexa, Sarah, and Alayah (finally) go. Lucky for you “Alayah stans,” it’s not over. In the preview for next week’s episode, there’s a short, but shocking clip of her making a dramatic return. For now, Alayah is gone. But don’t cry in your pillow just yet. Stay thirsty my friends. I sense something big brewing.

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New York theatre company to visit Hillsdale Company to modernize Orwell’s ‘1984’ and Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’ By | Elizabeth Bachmann Assistant Editor New York based Aquila Theatre Company will bring its talent to Hillsdale College students, providing them an opportunity to see modernized stage versions of George Orwell’s “1984” and Homer’s “Odyssey.” The productions will take place Jan. 28 and Jan. 29 in the Markel Auditorium. Aquila Theatre’s mission is to bring good, accessible, and affordable theater to as many as possible, according to Desiree Sanchez, director of both productions. In line with that mission, the Aquila theatre troupe tours more than 50 towns and cities in the U.S. and internationally during the course of one year. The company also often

modernizes the classic stories they present, and both “1984” and the “Odyssey” will be set in present time. “I think that what is really

make it come alive.” Sanchez stressed that “1984” is very relevant and explores Orwell’s predictions in terms of current political

“Theater is inherently a collaborative process, so theater practitioners should always be adapting and chnaging their art... ” exciting is that when you put a classic work on stage and you go through the process of having actors believably portray every moment in the script,” Sanchez said. “I guess with ‘The Odyssey,’ I have read it many times and every time I read it I get something completely new out of it, and that sort of quadruples when you put it on stage and in the mouth of an actor who has to

and technological developments. Their production of “The Odyssey” focuses on the idea of returning home in light of the U.S.’s current state of constant war. Sanchez said that she is also excited to use the first version of “The Odyssey” translated into English by a woman, Emily Wilson. “It’s also got a very different perspective when you think

about which words are chosen to translate an ancient text,” Sanchez said. Kirby Thigpen, a junior and theatre major, said she will definitely be attending the performances. “Theatre is inherently a collaborative process, so theater practitioners should always be adapting and changing their art in response to not only the world around them and their personal experiences, but also in response to the movements and changes in theatre as both an industry and an art,” Thigpen said. “It’s for this last reason that seeing diverse outside performance groups is so beneficial to, not only the larger Hillsdale audience, but to those of us who practice theater as a profession, art, and passion.”

By | Sofia Krusmark Assistant Editor

Reality check: we live in a world filled with setbacks and difficult people. But Bob Goff, author of New York Times Best Seller “Love Does,” asks a different question: “What hap-

pens when we give away love like we’re made of it?” Goff explores love— and what it means to actually become love. He’ll be honest with you and he’ll ask you to be too.

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Christ Chapel concert brings history to life By | Ashley Kaitz Assistant Editor Anyone who thinks they’ve heard Bach should think again. On Jan. 17, The Handel and Haydn Society’s ‘Historically Inspired Performance’ in Christ Chapel brought the great musical works of the Baroque era vividly to life. Using only antiques or reproductions of Baroque instruments, the small group of musicians drew out the original beauty and personality of each piece. Founded in Boston in 1815, the Handel and Haydn Society has performed more consecutive seasons than any other arts organization in the United States. In 1986, under artistic director Christopher Hogwood, they began their tradition of ‘Historically Inspired Performance,’ choosing to perform Baroque and Classical works with instruments that the composers would have had at the time. Their performance at Christ Chapel featured work from Baroque composers such as Bach, Vivaldi, Gasparini, and Handel. Staying true to the time period, the musicians used woodwinds actually made of wood, a trumpet without valves, cellos, violins, and violas with gut strings instead of steel strings, and a harpsichord. The most surprising instrument used

was a bass lute, which looked like a pear-shaped guitar with an extremely long neck. Some of the musicians, such as Principal cellist Guy Fishman, performed on antique instruments from the 1700s. However, Fishman emphasized that it would be impossible to exactly replicate a Baroque performance. “Everything we do is a compromise,” he said. “Our musical reality did not exist back then.” Fishman added that diverging ideas of beauty also complicate how modern performers approach Baroque music. “Our idea of beauty is even and perfect,” Fishman said. “But art is about small imperfections that let you know a human being made this. And composers knew that.” Sophomore Vika Nunez, a violinist in the Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra, said that listening to the Society’s violinists during the performance gave her a better understanding of Baroque music. “Growing up, I’ve always listened to Baroque music, and I’ve always appreciated it, but I haven’t played it that much,” she said. “And so it was very interesting to watch the first and second violinists give life to that music.” According to Nunez, the violinists’ interaction with each other and the orchestra

throughout the performance fascinated her. “They put a sort of attitude into their playing,” she said. “They played off each other, or the flute and violin would go back and forth, and I’ve never seen that before. It was really cool to see how they handed off the melody and gave it back.” This seemingly effortless technique is something that each musician had to learn. Jesse Levine, trumpet, said that he grew up playing a modern trumpet but learned to play its Baroque counterpart after being asked to perform in Purcell’s ‘The Fairy Queen.’ “I was just sitting at home one day and I got a call from somebody saying that a theatre company in town was doing ‘The Fairy Queen’ on period instruments,” Levine said. “I said, ‘I don’t play the Baroque trumpet,’ and she said ‘there are 50 performances.’ And I said, ‘Well, I guess I do play the Baroque trumpet then.’” Although Levine learned to play Baroque trumpet later in life, he has always loved the music of the era — especially Bach. “Generally, playing Bach is a really emotional experience for me,” he said. “I actually get teary-eyed sometimes, because I’m confronted with such an incredible genius.” According to Fishman,

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Bass lute player from the Handel and Haydn Society performs in Christ Chapel . Ashley Kaitz | Collegian

some of that magic can be lost when the music is played by modern orchestras, especially when the unique character of an instrument becomes less important than having a standardized sound. “On a wooden flute, some keys sound better than others, or are louder than others,” he said. “The development of what we call ‘modern instruments’ followed a desire by players to have more stability and power in every key, and as orchestras got bigger and bigger, they needed to have the same sound and a more powerful sound.” Fishman said that the key to performing the music as it ought to be performed is to treat it like speech, emphasizing important notes more than lesser ones rather than playing them all monotonously. “Very little music is meant to be played evenly,” he said. “Like words, not every note gets the same equality of emphasis, or else you sound like a robot. Treat it like speech and make shapes at all times.” Ultimately, what draws these musicians together is their love for the music. “Listen to the final chorus of Bach’s ‘St. Matthew Passion.’ It’s a very emotional experience,” Levine said. “Just playing Baroque music is very special for me.”

‘1917’ portrays triumph of humanity over horrors in World War I By | Abby Liebing associate Editor It was known as the “Great War,” the conflict that changed the landscape of the modern world, destroyed Europe, and killed nearly an entire generation. Yet, despite its historic importance, World War 1 has been largely overlooked and underrated, especially in cinema. While World War 2 has had more than 1300 films made about it, World War 1 has a measly 130 films. But with the Dec. 4 release of “1917” director Sam Mendes has brilliantly brought World War 1 and its nightmarish trench warfare back to the screen. With a simple plot about two British lance corporals who are given the daunting task to cross the front lines and stop a battalion of 1600 men from walking into a German ambush, the movie shines not just as a story of human courage and resilience, but also as a tribute to World War 1 and a reminder of its horrors. Lance Corporals Tom Blake and Will Schofield, played by Dean-Charles Chapman and George MacK-

ay respectively, are given a simple, but nearly impossible mission by General Erinmore, played by Colin Firth. Since telephone wires were cut, Blake and Schofield are ordered to hand deliver orders to Colonel MacKenzie, played by Benedict Cumberbathc, calling off the Second Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment’s planned attack against the Germans. Though the Germans appeared to have retreated, reconnaissance showed that it was a tactical withdraw to prepare an ambush and overwhelm the British with artillery. “If you fail,” Erinmore said to Blake and Schofield, “it will be a massacre.” Added to this daunting task is the fact that Blake’s older brother, played by Richard Madden, is in the Devonshire Regiment. The two men have one day to cross the front lines, go through no man’s land, through the abandoned German trenches where Schofield almost dies after a tripwire explosion, and get to the Devons in time. Halfway through the mission, Blake is killed and as Schofield

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comforts the dying Blake, he promises him that he will complete the mission and save his brother. Schofield then alone continues the daunting journey, finding the Devonshire Regiment just as the first wave of men are running into the attack that he carried orders to halt. He reaches MacKenzie

the end, but it also immersed the audience into the story. The camera followed Blake and Schofield on their mission, almost like a third, silent character that was constantly watching with no breaks. And with the audience being the ones to look through the camera, viewers were fully engaged in the story, as if they

“I thrust his rifle away and I ran my bayonet through his chest. I nearly vomited.” just in time to stop the attack before the second wave of men ran to be massacred. Though the plot was fairly simple, director Sam Mendes shot the film to look like one long scene, from beginning to end. Not only did this technique make a beautifully coherent and unbroken narrative as the beginning led to

were the ones walking behind, beside, and in front of Blake and Schofield. When they ran through the trenches or swam down the river, the audience was right behind them looking at their backs. Along with the creative use of the camera there was also graphic detail that accurately portrayed the butchery of the

war. Living in the shadow of World War 2, the horrors of the First World War are often forgotten. Though WW2 had more casualties, the slaughter of World War 1 is unparalleled. The transition from traditional, Napoleanic warfare, to modern, technology driven warfare made World War 1 unusually brutal. While there were machine guns and shells mowing men down, men were still bayonetting each other to death, fighting in muddy trenches. In an article from “The Telegraph,” one German World War 1 veteran recalled the time he bayoneted a French soldier. “I thrust his rifle away and I ran my bayonet through his chest,” the soldier said. “I nearly vomited.” Mendes accurately captured this often forgotten barbarism of World War 1 warfare that many of its veterans recounted. With stomach churning depictions of rotting dead men and horses, bloated bodies floating in muddy holes, and bodies buried in the muck of the trenches, Mendes depicted the savagery

of the war that shaped a generation and changed warfare and the modern world. Along with creating an accurate visual depiction of the war, Mendes also did an excellent job of focusing on the action. With the whole movie shot to look like one scene the whole story was in the present. Being in real-time, there was little backstory to the characters, or telling of their inner thoughts and personalities. Mendes powerfully showed Blake and Schofield’s characters through their present, ongoing action, thus making the story, not just about two individuals, but making it an actual story of wartime and humans in action. Though it is filled with tragedy and the hellishness of war, 1917 is nonetheless a beautiful story of war, human resilience and determination, and a sobering reminder and tribute to World War 1. With an unbroken narrative and filming that immerses the viewer in both the courage and raw carnage of the war, 1917 is truly breathtaking.

‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ invites us to love and listen to others By | Nolan Ryan Editor-In-Chief You would be hard-pressed to find a facet of life today that is not, in some way, affected by our constant access to the digital world and social media. In large part, this has led to a tribalistic approach not just to politics and religion but even to things as subjective as tastes in movies. We seem to have lost the key to understanding those around us. “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” seeks an antidote to these rifts — to help us find a way of learning how to empathize with and understand one another through listening and patience. Mass obsession with children’s television host Fred Rogers (better known everywhere as “Mister Rogers”) has swept through the nation in the last couple of years, especially with the release of the 2018 documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” The latest movie to enter into this cultural re-discovery of Rogers is Marielle Heller’s “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” starring Tom Hanks as the beloved man himself.

The film follows Esquire magazine writer Lloyd Vogel (Matthew Rhys) — a stand-in for real-life journalist Tom Junod — as he is assigned to interview and write about Rogers. Vogel, however, is not particular excited. After all, he is known to write scathing and invasive profiles on his subjects, and Rogers is discouraged from speaking with Vogel. But he does, and Vogel is gradually and profoundly affected by witnessing the generosity, patience, and unconditional love of Rogers. Hanks’ performance is brilliant in depicting these characteristics of Rogers, down to his most memorable mannerisms and slow speech. The story does well to focus its attention not primarily on Rogers’ own life but on the influence he has in helping Vogel let go of past hurts and wrongs done by his father. In this way, we can put ourselves in Vogel’s place, considering how we might emulate Rogers way of interacting with others. The film achieves this not only by showing Rogers’ kindness but also by being honest that he was, like all of us, a person prone to anger and im-

patience. Vogel wonders how difficult it must be for Rogers’ wife, Joanne (Maryann Plunkett), to live with a saint. She pushes against this notion. “If you think of him as a saint, his way of being is unattainable,” she says. Indeed, one of the best aspects of “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” is that it shows how Rogers needed to work every day at his approach to life. He swims daily, listens quietly to others, reads the Bible, and prays each night for people by name. This might seem unattainable to the modern viewer, but the whole point of the film is that it isn’t. So even Rogers had to cope with strong feelings, such as anger, in healthy ways: “You can play all the lowest keys on a piano at the same time,” he says to Vogel. Rogers’ message that we can and should cope with anger is especially relevant today, as it seems we’re always mad at someone about something. In one of his songs, Rogers sings, “What do you do with the mad that you feel,/When you feel so mad you could bite?/...What do you do? Do

you punch a bag?/Do you pound some clay or some dough?” Whether we’re six or 96, we all must continually learn how to properly deal with inclinations to hurt ourselves or others. What this movie accomplishes, then, is to help us take the things we learned from Rogers as children and apply them to the dark and divisive issues of adult life. The film also teaches us that this world would be a lot better off if we decided to listen to others before we speak. And, more than listening, to truly love others. Vogel notes that Rogers loves “broken people” like himself, to which Rogers responds, “I don’t think you are broken.” He starts from a belief that people are not beyond the need for love. Maybe our daily discourse, even political discourse, would improve if we, like Mister Rogers, realize that the people we encounter are their own individuals with their own experiences — and that they deserve listening and love as much as we do.

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programs, which the freedom dividend is intended to replace. For Jesse, who used to identify as a libertarian, it wasn’t an easy transition to the Yang gang. He voted for Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party’s presidential candidate, in 2016. “The two-party system bugs the hell out of me,” Jesse said. “I’ve always been looking for the outsider candidate who’s outside the norm.” In spring 2019, Yang’s candidacy began gaining traction, and Jesse began reading about UBI and Yang’s other proposals. “I wrote him off at first,” he said. Slowly but surely, Jesse began watching Yang’s campaign rallies on Youtube. “Every question I had, he had an answer for. He would answer every question someone had at a rally,” Jesse said. Jesse left Hillsdale after the fall 2018 semester and returned to Colorado Springs to work in construction and concrete. He joined nearly 60% of Americans who report “living paycheck to paycheck.” His experience at those jobs, paying for a “cruddy little apartment” he could barely afford without air conditioning, informed his new political perspective. Many people don’t understand what that’s like, according to Jesse. He pointed to the opioid crisis, rising rates of depression and suicide, and America’s declining life expectancy as important issues often left untouched by normal politicians, but not Yang. “Before, being libertarian, you emphasize the economy and the free market. You think that takes care of everything,” he said. “On paper, it works great … but you don’t realize that those are real people, real lives, real human lives that are affected by this stuff … Yang talks about how something as simple as an unexpected medical bill or an unexpected car problem can ruin someone’s life so quickly.” While in Colorado, Jesse said he had a few friends

struggling with drug addiction themselves. “Suddenly, there’s this guy talking about real life stuff that I actually see around me, like the opioid crisis,” he said. “He’s talking about real life depression, anxiety, the opioid crisis, the rise in suicide rates, and how that stuff just isn’t okay.” Yang’s campaign revolves around what he calls “human-centered capitalism.” According to Yang, automation in recent decades has decimated job opportunities and the American way of life. Kramer said he believes there won’t be any truck drivers left, one of the country’s most common jobs, in just 20 years. Kramer is an ardent supporter of Yang. Along with Jesse, his Twitter name features the blue hat emoji, the final step for new Yang gang internet warriors. The emoji represents Yang’s famous MATH hat, which Kramer often wears around campus. “He’s done the math,” Kramer will say, before selling you on the freedom dividend. Kramer also identified as a libertarian during his freshman and sophomore years. However, while in Boston over the summer, Kramer’s high school friend began texting him about Yang. Initially, Kramer thought Yang was “crazy,” but listened to several podcasts and began reading more about his policies. In the same fashion as Jesse, all of Kramer’s questions were answered. Kramer started following Yang’s subreddit and many of his supporters on Twitter. The kindness and optimism of the online community were crucial for Kramer’s changing political perspective. “Yang says we should advocate human-centered capitalism,” Kramer said. “Another huge thing for me was not defining the nation’s success through GDP. Life is more than how much stuff we’re making … How long are people living? Are they happy? Do they like their jobs?” Yang came up with the “American scorecard” to measure the country’s success, which includes all of these different aspects of life.

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Kramer was disappointed in the media’s treatment of Yang, which frequently disregarded him, left him out of polls, and made embarrassing mistakes on live TV. In response, Kramer ramped up his support, started wearing Yang’s merchandise around campus, and sought out conversations about him. Over winter break, Kramer collected signatures for Yang to get him on the Indiana primary ballot. On Christmas Eve, Kramer spent eight cold hours outside a coffee shop in Fort Wayne telling people about Yang, the freedom dividend, and the looming automation crisis. Kramer explained that his Christianity is a crucial part of his support for Yang. “Caring for the poor is a very clear message in the Gospels,” Kramer said. “I think Yang has a surefire way to make sure no poor people get ignored.” Paul Esposito, a junior who donated $20 to Yang last semester, shares a similar perspective. Like Jesse and Kramer, Esposito became a libertarian “once I stopped listening to Fox News.” Now, at Hillsdale, he said he’s no longer a libertarian, but a “weird moderate.” Esposito also became a Christian during his freshman year. Before, as an atheist, he had an “abstract awareness” of the plight of the poor, but only felt a moral obligation once he became Christian. This shaped his views on economics, and he now calls himself a distributist. Esposito cited Isaiah 1:17, which says, “Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.” Last summer, Esposito helped manage mission trips to Green Bay, Wisconsin, Rushville, Indiana, and Knoxville, Tennessee. He spent time in three very poor areas and interacted with impoverished Americans all summer. “Seeing that up close and literally having the job of identifying what is wrong with their lives, coming to understand them, and being able to help them made me

emotionally tied to their lives,” he said. “Seeing things like that here in America, up close and personal, was very heavy for me,” Esposito added. “A lot of people like to talk about stats and trends, but nobody ever really talks to the people themselves.” However, as of right now, Esposito would only reluctantly vote for Yang, if at all, because of his stance on abortion. “I believe abortion is wrong and it’s murder,” he said. “That’s a very hard-set position for me.” Kramer and Jesse agreed with Esposito. Yang supports abortion, and Jesse identifies inconsistencies in Yang’s policy because of that. “How much you value human life is really important to politics,” Jesse said. “Yang’s campaign is something that values human life. He says it blatantly: humanity first. But to me, that doesn’t correspond with his views on abortion.” Kramer agreed, and does not support abortion, but places the issue within his larger political calculus. “For me, abortion is part of an equation,” he said. “The freedom dividend in and of itself is a very pro-life policy.” Kramer mentioned that one of the most common reasons women get abortions is because they believe they cannot afford a baby. According to the Guttmacher Institute, 73% of women who got abortions cited financial troubles as a primary motivating factor. “Give mothers more money and they’re less likely to have an abortion,” Kramer said. Considered in full, Yang’s other policies make voting for him worth it, according to Kramer and Jesse. “A lot of his policies speak for themselves,” Jesse said. “I recommend everyone go and watch some of his videos, campaign rallies, and listen to what he has to say. It’s one of those campaigns where listening to him means it actually makes more sense.”

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Core Curriculum: Help or hindrance to future success? By | Ashley Kaitz Assistant Editor The core curriculum is one of the most distinctive features of Hillsdale College. Comprised of a whopping 55 credits, the core is double the size of a typical major. The amount and type of classes included are a source of debate on campus for students, but conversations surrounding the core actually started about 15 years ago. Chairman of History Mark Kalthoff said the core as we know it today was first conceived in 2006, when a group of faculty, deans, and department chairs formed the President’s Core Curriculum Task Force at the direction of President Larry Arnn. Together, they decided on improvements and revisions that were implemented starting in 2010 and concluded just this year. “The idea to revamp and expand the core emerged from numerous conversations between Dr. Arnn, faculty, and staff in the early years of his presidency,” Kalthoff said. According to Kalthoff, the idea for a revamped core came when Arnn looked closely at the core and asked this question: “What do we at Hillsdale College believe is so important that anyone who would leave here with a degree must have been introduced to and be somewhat conversant in the subject matter?” Establishing a set of subjects that everyone needs to know is just one of many things that makes Hillsdale unique, Kalthoff said, because many colleges and universities are unsure about this question. “They’re unwilling to say that there’s anything that everyone needs to know,” he said. “Almost every college admissions counselor says, ‘Don’t worry, we don’t have any requirements. You can study whatever you want.’” Kalthoff added that although the faculty voted to approve the new core, there was a lot of compromise involved throughout the process. “The core curriculum does not look exactly like the curriculum any single faculty member would have drawn up if he or she were asked to draw it up,” he said. Senior Phil Bernston, a history major, said his class was the first to take physics as part of the core. “Should we even have these classes? All of us just got through high school science, which is the exact same thing that we do in college,” he said. Although the core was implemented gradually over a 10-year period, Bernston’s class experienced rapid changes such as the addition of new classes like Classical Logic and Rhetoric. Current seniors were also the first class required to take both Western Philosophical Tradition and Western Theological Tradition, instead of choosing one or the other. “They expanded the core

by too much too fast, and it kind of blindsided people, especially my class who was coming in and didn’t know,” Bernston said. “People who want to do a double major are basically forced to take summer session classes.” One common complaint among students is that the size of the core prevents them from specializing in more than one area. According to Kalthoff, however, the core is more important than any particular major in the long run. “Not too long ago, in 2019, my phone rang and JP Morgan Chase was calling, saying that they were looking for people in the humanities,” Kalthoff said. “They said, ‘We can teach them the finance they might need to know, but we need people who can think, who can learn, who can communicate and who have a good work ethic and we know that people with a liberal-arts background can do it. We don’t care what they majored in.’” Students can feel stressed about not having enough time to major in different areas because of cultural messages that tell them the liberal arts aren’t a practical option, according to Professor of History Thomas Conner. “I think these pressures come from the fact that so many institutions of higher learning don’t have the same approach that we do,” Conner said. “I’ve heard some students in our own programs say that come graduation, if they’re still uncertain as to what they want to do, they find themselves envying the accounting majors who have jobs lined up months before commencement. There are a lot of cultural pressures that run counter to the whole approach we have here, and that’s something you have to contend with.” Although the size of the core might seem inconvenient to some, Kalthoff emphasized that it was designed to make sure students learn certain essential lessons that are key to a successful life. “What are the sources of personal order and political order? What is the right relationship between man and his maker?” Kalthoff said. “Those are big questions. If you get the answers right, you’ve got a chance to flourish as a human being. If you get the answers wrong, chaos, disorder, and misery result.” Senior Reagan Cool, a philosophy and religion major, said core classes like chemistry actually helped her to understand the relationship between nature and God. “We will all encounter frustrations with the core or various details of our education here,” she said. “This education, more than anything or anyone else in my life so far, has taught me to admit that I am young, I am often wrong, and there is much I do not know.”

Junior Gabe Kramer wears his Andrew Yang shirt and MATH hat around campus. Cal Abbo | Collegian

TKE keg roll raised $1,500 for St. Jude

TKEs join hands for the final leg of their keg roll. Collegian Archives

By | Callie Shinkle Columnist Greek houses in Hillsdale are known for their philanthropy events. Kappa Kappa Gamma hosts Cupcake Wars, Chi Omega hosts a pancake breakfast and Sigma Chi holds Derby Days. During the 1980s, fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon blended its fundraising with another aspect of fraternity life: kegs. On Nov. 6, 1980, Collegian staff writer Michael Lord wrote, “The TKE ‘Keg Roll’ for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital ended this past Saturday, November 1st, with what can be labeled a veritable success.” He continued, “The 20 hour marathon was estimated

to have traversed a total of 125 miles around the Hillsdale campus area. The keg was kept rolling the entire time by TKE members, including guest celebrity Randy Champion who ran a late night leg of the marathon.” Basically, the fraternity rolled a keg in a loop around Hillsdale’s campus. An Oct. 15, 1981 article in The Collegian described this process. The article read, “The keg rolled from 10:00 p.m. on Friday, all through the night, until 2:00 p.m. on Saturday when it rolled on to the homecoming football field. The keg rolled about 100 miles. Starting from the TKE house it rolled south on West St. to the ‘Greenhouse’ where it turned

east to Hillsdale St.” This tactic proved to be surprisingly successful. On Oct. 15, 1981 The Collegian reported, “This fall’s effort by the TKE Iota Nu Chapter raised approximately $1,500.” Earlier that month on Oct. 8, 1981, Liz Viviano reported “They were also presented with the ODK Award for their keg roll.” The event was an all-house ordeal. On Oct. 15, 1981 The Collegian quoted TKE President Steve Lord: “Everybody in the fraternity did something to help out. Whether it was actually pulling the keg, raising donations, organizing, or advertising each member helped out. Members were

encouraged with free ‘keg roll’ T-shirts for those who raised a large sum of money and for those who ran the keg in the dreadful early morning hours.” As the event grew more and more successful, the TKEs began talks of expanding it. Lord said, “There was also serious talk among TKE members of stretching the 125 mile marathon into a one-way effort to downtown Detroit.” Unfortunately, there are no further reports on this and we can only assume that these plans were never realized. As the new semester begins, there is always room for more philanthropy events. Which fraternity is brave enough to bring the keg roll back?

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Senior Mary Kate Drews, pictured left, photographed the Detroit Lions vs. the Chicago Bears on thanksgiving. Courtesy | Mary Kate Drews

Small town student takes on the big leagues

By | Hannah Cote Collegian Reporter Over the last ten years, numerous Hillsdale College students have gone on to continue their football careers in the NFL. One standout student recently joined the NFL ... but not to play football. Junior Mary Kate Drews, a sports photographer at Hillsdale College, officially photographed her first NFL game in November of 2018 and has continued shooting various games and events for them ever since. Although Drews has had a camera in her hands since freshman year of high school, she never imagined it would take her this far. “My dad bought a camera one day because my siblings and I all played sports,” Drews said. “He bought it to follow us around through our JV and varsity sports. He was always encouraging me to try it too.”

Once she graduated from high school, Drews attended Belmont University and worked with their men’s basketball team. She later transferred to Hillsdale and photographed nearly every sport, specifically putting her skills to work for every team’s media day except, ironically, for football. “I wanted to do a summer internship outside of Hillsdale,” Drews said. “I was born and raised here and it can be a little boring, as you can imagine. I wanted to get out, so I ended up cold calling every sports team in the Midwest.” Rather than searching for a job, Drews was on the hunt for an interview that would create connections for work experiences after the summer. “I got in touch with the Chicago Bears photographer that had just been hired,” Drews said. “He was a young guy and really willing to help me. He walked me through

his steps of getting a photojournalism degree and working with the Kansas City Chiefs for his internship before moving to Chicago.” Less than two months after Drews’s phone call with the Bears’ photographer, she was contacted and asked to help shoot the Lions v. Bears Thanksgiving football game. “November rolls around and I get a phone call from him. He said, ‘Hey, you live near Detroit, right?’ and I was like ‘Yeah of course!’ even though I was actually two hours out,” Drews said. He asked if I was available and without checking my calendar I was like, ‘Oh absolutely, I’ll be there.’” Drews was a secondary shooter for the Thanksgiving game as well as a photo runner, which consisted of running cards back and forth to the media room, selecting photos to download, and sending them off to Chica-

By | Cal Abbo Features Editor As a presidential candidate, Andrew Yang does it his own way. “I have done the math,” Yang said about the universal basic income, his flagship proposal, at the second Democratic debate. “It’s not left, it’s not right, it’s forward.” Among his distinctive features, this is the most important. Yang claims to be building a coalition of progressives,

former Trump voters, libertarians, and Americans across the political spectrum. Already, several Hillsdale students support him. Juniors Gabe Kramer and Mitchell Jesse can go on for hours about America’s problems — poverty, the opioid crisis, a broken welfare system, automation, etc. — and how Yang’s policies can solve them. Yang’s campaign coalesced around the UBI, an age-old policy that draws support

across the spectrum from founding father Thomas Paine to economists like Friedrich Hayek to civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. Specifically, Yang wants to give every American over 18 years old $1,000 per month, a policy called the freedom dividend according to his website. To offset the deficit, Yang will implement a value-added tax and eliminate federal welfare

go. After Drews’s first real experience on the professional sidelines, she got invited to multiple galas, conventions, and training seasons throughout the rest of the school year and into summer. “It was a great experience,” Drews said. “I didn’t really think anything would come of it, but I told him I was really interested in working in this field, and went about it in my head as professionally as I possibly could without being too excited.” While advancing her career outside of the college, Drews also works on and off the field with Hillsdale, revealing the genuine relationship that the athletic faculty works to cultivate between coach and player. “The coaches here definitely invest in their athletes in a way that not a whole lot of people are willing to,” Drews said. Assistant football coach

Nick Galvan offered some insight into Drews’s work with the team. “Mary Kate has made a huge impact on the football program and athletic department,” Galvan said, “not only with her ability to capture great moments with her photography, but also her ability to create cutting edge material for social media. From early on we told Mary Kate that we were going to let her be creative and come up with content and ideas.” Galvan stressed the department’s gratitude for Drews’s work as well as their hopes that she stays with them throughout her college career. “Throughout the season we were able to put a lot of trust in her with everything that she did,” Galvan said. “We are going to have some big shoes to fill when she is gone.” Amidst Drews’s busy life between the NFL and collegiate sports, she has been able

to find a joy in photography that she didn’t expect when she first started out. “I genuinely enjoy sports photography for the reason that it’s capturing moments that are kind of difficult to capture,” Drews said. “I think there’s some pride that comes with being able to capture the photos, but also seeing the reactions of people when they see the photos.” Although Drews works non-stop to take photos and provide content for different platforms and departments, she said the hard work is all worth it in the end. “When I send my photos to NFL players, they get so excited and really cherish those moments because they are putting their whole lives into it, and they get to relive all of that passion in a picture.”

Christian values, policies Dear Dale, I have a very bad Netflix addiction. Right now, I’m watching “New Girl,” after finishing “Friends” before they persuade libertarian took it off. I’m almost done with “New Girl” since I watch four episodes a day. But after that, I know that I’m students to join Yang gang about going to binge “Fuller House” because I haven’t seen the latest season. What should I do? I have no self-control, and

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I got all Cs and one D in finals last semester. -Addicted Allie

Allie, We’ve all been there. You tell yourself you’re going to stop watching and, suddenly, the next episode is already streaming. It’s not an accident — sites like Netflix are actually engineered to be addictive. A recent survey found that 61% of users frequently watch two to six episodes in one sitting. Psychologists suggest binge watching continuously produces dopamine, a chemical associated with pleasure in the brain. It’s the same neural pathway that causes drug addictions — meaning your body could be experiencing a druglike high from binging television. Moreover, our brain is wired to become

attached to the plot, invested in characters, and blur reality with what we are watching. So, there’s the science behind your problem, but how do you go about fixing the problem in your life? You could try going cold turkey and canceling your subscriptions to any streaming sites. If that’s too drastic, have your parents or friends change the passwords so you can’t get into the account until your grades improve. Shows can become boring in the middle of the episode but leave off on a cliffhanger. Try watching half an episode and then pausing to do work, or reward yourself with an episode after a certain amount of study-

ing. And, even if you have to finish out these seasons, don’t start watching a new show. It’s much easier to avoid beginning a show than it is to stop once you’ve started. Finally, ask yourself if there is a deeper root to your problem. Watching excessive TV can be a way to escape your surroundings. Is there a different problem in your life that you are struggling with? Try using some of your TV time to get more involved on campus: — take an elective, join a club, or meet new people in your residence. Good luck — and as they say in “Friends,” if you need more advice, I’ll be there for you!

-Dale To submit questions to Dear Dale, contact The Collegian on social media or email cabbo@hillsdale.edu