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Pence pays surprise visit to Hillsdale Constitution Day Celebration By | Emma Cummins D.C. Correspondent

Vice President Mike Pence made a surprise visit to Hillsdale College’s Constitution Day celebration in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. Pence had positive words for Hillsdale, offering his and President Donald Trump’s support to the college and its efforts. “They’re training the future leaders of America,” he said of

the school. The vice president took to Twitter following the dinner to say he was honored to spend Constitution Day with friends of Hillsdale College. He also said that the college is “an institution that has been a beacon of liberty for 175 years.” Junior Dennis Fassett, who is currently in D.C. for the Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program and interning for Atlas Network, spoke with

the vice president and even took a photo with him. “It was a complete surprise to everyone when he walked in the room,” Fassett said. “Even the students working the event didn’t know he was coming. After a brief speech, he walked through the crowd for a bit and I got to meet him. I didn’t know I would be meeting the vice president at a Tuesday night Hillsdale event, but it was one of the most incredible experiences

I’ve had to date. It just goes to show that Hillsdale’s reach is far greater than just the sleepy Midwest town we call home.” Julia Huebner, a senior interning for Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, also witnessed Vice President Pence’s visit. She echoed Fassett’s impression. “He just dropped by to make an appearance and give an impromptu speech,” Huebner said. “It was amazing, we were starstruck for

hours. Even when I woke up this morning it was so surreal. That’s not something that would’ve happened for most other schools.” After Pence’s surprise visit, attendees gathered for dinner where they listened to remarks from Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn and Myron Magnet, editor at large for City Journal and author of “Clarence Thomas and the Lost Constitution.” Arnn’s remarks touched on

the importance of the Constitution, and learning as a way of educating the soul. “The form of the Constitution is a strict thing,” Arnn said. “It’s not that hard to understand, but it affects everything if you live under that. It makes you think differently about how you protect your own children or who has the right and authority to teach them. And that means

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College opens graduate school in DC

Hillsdale College students pose with VP Mike Pence. Dennis Fasset | Courtesy

By | Regan Meyer News Editor Washingtonians now have the option of pursuing a master’s degree from Hillsdale College. The college officially announced the opening of the Steve and Amy Van Andel Graduate School of Government in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 17. The graduate program can be completed within three years, according to a press release. The graduate school is geared toward

working professionals. Matthew Spalding, vice president of Washington operations and dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government, said no graduate program in D.C. offers quite what Hillsdale will. “Most graduate programs in D.C. are really designed to teach you how to accommodate to the status quo,” he said. “What’s different about our program is we want to teach them how to think about politics, so they can then actively participate in current politics.

That’s a very different thing. We’re not going to teach Health Care Policy 101. We’re going to teach about political thought, American politics, and statecraft.” The first formal class will begin courses in January 2020, but the school is offering lectures and courses for a select group this fall, according to the press release. Spalding said the new

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WSJ leaves Hillsdale out of college rankings By | Victoria Marshall Assistant Editor

‘Local Eatery’ to open in Palace’s former location By | Amelia Teska Collegian Freelancer The “Local Eatery,” which is located at the former location of the Palace Cafe, will open its doors for business toward the end of September. This past May, Jason Walters and his wife, Dena Walters, purchased the former Palace Cafe. Since then, they have been renovating the restaurant. The Walters said they felt inspired to purchase the space because of its history. “My grandparents used to own this,” Jason Walters said. “My grandpa built the booths that were in here, so there was some connection. My dad has been here the most and even worked here as a child. My aunt and uncle also owned it. My wife and I wanted to do something together and we are now third-generation owners.” Jason and Dena Walters will comanage the restaurant. The Local Eatery was initially scheduled to open

during the summer, but the Walters hit an obstacle they couldn’t have predicted. “It would have been done a lot sooner, but the day after we closed on this, we found out that my wife had a brain tumor,” Jason Walters said. “We ended up pushing pause and were taking care of that for two to three months.” The couple makes for an ideal team, combining Dena Walter’s bachelor’s degree in business and experience from working in the food industry with Jason Walter’s entrepreneurial spirit. They received a $10,000 grant to open the Local Eatery as part of Tax Increment Finance Authority’s goal to improve business development downtown. “The money from TIFA can be used for anything that cannot be moved,” Jason Walters said. “It has to be a permanent part of the restaurant. That includes the wall coverings, paint, light fixtures, these booths that will be pinned down, the breakfast bar, the bathroom,

and the flooring. All the stuff that you see that cannot be picked up and moved was eligible to be reimbursed by TIFA.” Hillsdale Zoning Administrator Alan Beeker said the Walters received an attraction grant, which is a three-year forgivable loan. “If they stay in business for three years, it is essentially a grant, it’s just forgiven,” Beeker said. “And if they go out of business in those three years, then they have to pay back a prorated rate.” The Local Eatery has the potential of becoming the new hot spot of the Hillsdale community. “My hopes and plans for this community are that the people are proud of this place because it is kind of a staple for the downtown and I want them to like it,” Jason Walters said. “I will make sure that we are sponsoring things, being a part of things, and participating in the local community.”

totaled about $41,000. That emergency fund, according to Student Federation President James Millius, would ideally only hold between $10,000 and $15,000 dollars at any given time. The surplus added about $31,000 of usable, discretionary funds to Student Fed’s budget for this school year, as $10,000 had to remain in the emergency fund. This is in addition to the $15,607 that was already budgeted for discretionary funds each semester, bringing the total amount of money available for dispensation

to clubs and student groups throughout the year to more than $62,000, twice the typical amount the federation can spend each school year. The money that constitutes Student Fed’s budget comes from student fees. “Functionally, we have about $31,000 that can be put toward discretionary funds over the next several semesters as we see fit,” Millius said at the beginning of the Federation’s Sept. 12 meeting. “A recommendation was made

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U.S. News and World Report released its list of the 100 Best National Liberal Arts Colleges on Sept. 9, and Hillsdale College ranked 64th, a 12-point jump from last year’s rankings. On Sept. 5, the Wall Street Journal released its national college rankings, and Hillsdale was again excluded from that list.

The Wall Street Journal does not consider Hillsdale College in its rankings because Hillsdale “does not participate in the federal student aid program,” the Journal’s Senior Director of Communications Steve Severinghaus told The Collegian last year. Because Hillsdale does not accept federal funds, Hillsdale College student data is not listed in the Department of Education’s “College Score-

card” website, a data tool that lets users compare schools and where WSJ draws its rankings. “Hillsdale has not been included in the WSJ rankings because they require data on financial aid, indebtedness, and graduate salaries which are drawn from the College Scorecard, which only ‘sees’

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College expands programs Student Fed discovers $40,000 in surplus funds on preventing sexual assault By | Virginia Aabram Collegian Reporter

Just three weeks into the school year, the Student Federation is now operating with an unexpected, large surplus of funds worth more than $40,000, in addition to its regular budget. Over the summer, administrators reviewing the Student Fed account discovered extra funds, the result of an emergency fund that was left untouched for several years. Each semester, the federation stored $5,000 in an emergency fund, which Follow @HDaleCollegian

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By | Nolan Ryan Editor-in-Chief

The student affairs office is providing Hillsdale College students with new programs on sexual assault and its prevention this school year. College administrators have added the content to their existing series of informational sessions for students. The expanded training comes after a group of students, staff, security personnel, and law enforcement members convened last semester to discuss student safety on and off campus, including sexual

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assault. The goal of these efforts, Dean of Women Diane Philipp said, is to provide additional education to students and to maintain a safe, healthy environment on campus. She emphasized that dealing with sexual misconduct and other inappropriate behaviors ultimately needs to be a partnership between students and staff, a partnership, she said, in which each person works together to strive for what is morally right and good. “We have to work together to solve problems,” Philipp

said. “Everyone wants students to be safe, healthy, and happy.” Over the summer, the deans also spoke with a number of students about “ways they could further educate students on safety and security in particular” and “review the sexual misconduct policy and reporting procedures,” according to Dean of Men Aaron Petersen. These programs also work in conjunction with the college’s new student booklet on proper conduct,

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Alexander Hamilton Society hosts conference on nuclear policy By | Matt Fisher Collegian Reporter In a conference comprised of lectures and hands-on experience, students were able to roleplay as world leaders using information they learned from a number of talks and discussions. The Alexander Hamilton Society of Hillsdale College hosted their conference on Nuclear Crisis: A Foreign Policy Crisis last Saturday, Sept. 14. Open to the student body, the day-long event delved into the complexities of diplomacy in a world with nuclear states. Hosted in the Dow Center, attendees were

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from A1 graduate school has been in the works for a number of years. “On the one hand, the idea for this graduate school, as Dr. Arnn has pointed out, arises from an idea of George Washington’s about having a graduate school that can teach and prepare those who will govern the nation,” Spaulding said. “In more specific terms, this has really been a vision Dr. Arnn has had for a long time.” According to the Hillsdale in D.C. website, students in the new program will be required to take a number of specific classes on topics such as classical political thought, the American founding, and modern American government.

offered the chance to deepen their knowledge of international affairs and step into the shoes of a world leader. Students began their day with a series of workshops that discussed and simulated the complexities of international diplomacy with the looming threat of nuclear war. The conference also offered a series of breakout sessions that delved into topics such as United States nuclear policy since the Cold War. “Basically, the idea is that we divide the students up into groups and then we have them argue about these topics in a structured way,” said Brady Helwig, vice president of the Alexander Hamilton

The website also says students will get an education in the first principles of politics. “Consistent with Hillsdale’s mission and established liberal arts curriculum, the graduate school offers a Master of Arts in Government focused on how to consider and practice those liberal arts that are required for truly just and excellent government,” the website says. While Adam Carrington, assistant professor of politics, said he sees it as a good and natural extension of Hillsdale’s presence in D.C. “This will be good for people already in D.C. who want to know how to think about politics,” Carrington said. “That’s a possible gap this program could fill.”

Society. “Through this they gain valuable experience.” Each breakout session involved students roleplaying as diplomats and practicing the politics of international affairs. The 2015 Iran deal, nuclear proliferation, and U.S. nuclear policy were among the topics students discussed. Capping off the conference was a debate over the controversial Iran nuclear deal between professors James Hanley of Adrian College and professor Matthew Kroenig of Georgetown. The two argued whether or not the Trump Administration was correct in withdrawing from the agreement, with Han-

Carrington said there’s a place for this kind of education in D.C.. “Practically, a lot of people need a master’s,” he said. “Why not make it an education that’s intrinsically good?” Spalding said the new program will do what Hillsdale does best: teaching students about important things and how to think about statesmanship. “It really kind of grows out of the idea that we should provide sound learning in order to preserve the blessings of civil and religious liberty,” he said. “I think it is a very natural thing and it logically follows that we should be teaching those ideas in Washington, D.C., in addition to what else we’re doing.”

Q&A: Claudia Rosett By | Alex Nester Opinions Editor

Claudia Rosett is a former staff writer for the Wall Street Journal. She was the editorial page editor of The Asian Wall Street Journal and covered the Tiananmen Square protest in 1989. Ms. Rosett spoke Sept. 17 on campus. Her speech, titled “Why Hong Kong’s Freedom Matters,” explained the current protests in Hong Kong which she reported on first hand this summer.

Why did you go to Yale?

Rosett will go back to Hong Kong in the coming weeks to further report on the protests. Alex Nester | Collegian

Both my parents grew up in the slums of Baltimore and they both ended up there. My father went there for graduate school and so did my mom. I guess I grew up thinking, since they went there, that was where I wanted to go. I was told in high school that Yale didn’t take women --or girls, as I thought I was at the time -- and as I was graduating from high school they started taking women. What’s the most interesting story you covered? That was Tiananmen. It was the most haunting and compelling. It was so big. What happened there was huge. It was the first time a communist state had really lost control of its own capital. And it wasn’t a small state, it was China, the world’s most populous country. It was heartbreaking. It was people asking for something that everybody deserves. They wanted freedom, they wanted a voice in

their own government and an end to the official lies. And they were shut down and shut up. What were your first steps into writing professionally? Some people sail through in this great golden glow. That wasn’t me. You just keep writing and you keep asking people for work. I wrote some things for student newspapers, I got an internship at the Wall Street Journal, and when that didn’t lead to a full-time job on staff, I just began writing wherever I could. I went in to Business Week and asked if they needed a stringer. It was just going in, asking if they needed something or if I could write something for them. And just keep writing, and you will get there. Then I had the luck with the WSJ to review Dr. Seuss’s Nuclear Deterrence Book, in Dr. Seuss rhyme, and they hired me. What are some key pieces of history or information that newer generations don’t know? World War II. We ended up with WWII because everybody just thought we could sit down and cut deals with ambitious predator totalitarians. We should not think that the world is now immune to that. One of the lessons of great poetry and history is that it comes around and around again. What went so wrong that this incredible conflict broke out and we let it happen? We need to be careful that we don’t end up there again, that we don’t end up with rising powers like China, or Russia, which is a mess internally but has serious weapons. With China, we should take to heart the lesson of Tiananmen. I wrote a piece in the Journal recently saying the circumstances are different, the people are different, the location is slightly different, but what’s happening in Hong Kong is the same showdown. It is this ruthless, Chinese Communist Party power that does not permit any competition

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or rivalry. We know what they did in Beijing years agothey are going to try to crush this in Hong Kong. I don’t know if they’ll do this with guns or if they’ll do it behind the scenes. Do you think China’s regime could ever fall? Sure. It’s a question of when. It won’t last forever. It’s a terrible system of government and it turns people into slaves. The reason they have all those security measures and the reason you can speak up in Hong Kong and march in the streets--and it’s not over yet--it’s a cliffhanger. You don’t know how this story turns out. Not yet. But the reason they have huge security every year on June 4 is so nobody can start a protest in Tiananmen Square in China. The government is afraid of what people will do. They know people aren’t happy. People like being able to say what they want. So could it happen someday, yeah. Is it going to happen the way it happened in Germany and Japan at the end of a terrible war? Or is there some process with the Soviet Union it collapsed? Or can it somehow evolve? The problem is relatively more benign dictatorships evolve away from communism but the controls are still enormous. With that kind of system, the history isn’t wonderful for peaceful evolution. What’s your advice for college students? Read real books, write with real pens. Before you do anything else, get to know the smell of paper and the feel of ink. Read widely. Read the eclectic, crazy stuff. Read books for fun. Read books to get you places you wouldn’t go. Read novels, thrillers, mystery. Read poetry, whether you like it or not. Look for the things you would really find interesting in these. Keep your powder dry. And don’t be afraid to ask stupid questions.

ley supporting the deal and Kroenig arguing the opposite. Dr. Hanley emphasized that the deal would require Iran to give up most of its stockpile of enriched uranium, making them severely short of weapons-grade uranium. He also highlighted the short amount of time the Obama Administration had to work with prior to the deal. “Iran was estimated at about two to three months away from ‘break out,’” Hanley said. “That is, if they decided ‘okay we’re ready to pursue nuclear weapons,’ they could do it very quickly.” Meanwhile, Kroenig highlighted the difference between operating a nuclear

reactor for peaceful purposes and making fuel for a reactor. Once fuel is made for a nuclear reactor, that fuel can be used for a nuclear bomb. “The vast majority of countries on earth with peaceful nuclear programs aren’t making their own fuel.” Kroenig said. “They’re getting it shipped in.” Kroenig pointed to the six United Nations Security Council resolutions calling for Iran to shut down its enrichment program and slammed the Obama Administration for permitting the Iranians to operate a limited enrichment program. “This right here made the Iran Deal a bad deal,” he said.

The debate wrapped up more than eight hours of meetings and discussions about the future of America’s foreign policy in regards to nuclear warfare. The Alexander Hamilton Society felt optimistic about the student experience during the conference. “The reaction of students has been overwhelmingly positive,” Helwig said. “They really liked the simulation. We had one student suggest we should do this every semester. We will definitely do something like this in the future in terms of putting on a diplomatic simulation of sorts.”

Teams compete in the trivia competition. Rachel Kookogey | Collegian

‘Whit Wat Way’ ahead of Simpson Dorm in homecoming competition By | Rachel Kookogey & Cal Abbo Assistant Editors “Peaches” creamed his opponents in the Student Activities Board’s wing eating competition, bringing his team, Whit Wat Way, to the top of the homecoming leaderboard with 275 points as of Wednesday night. Whit Wat Way, a coalition of dormitories Whitley, Waterman, and Galloway, took first place in both Tuesday and Wednesday’s homecoming competitions. Freshman Ethan Cobb, known to his friends as “Peaches,” and senior Molly Madigan plowed through their wings amidst loud cheers in A.J.’s Cafe Wednesday night, finishing over 20 seconds before the second-place winner, Sigma Chi fraternity. Chi Omega sorority followed in third place shortly after. Simpson failed to place in the wing competition, which they often win, and have yet to take first place in any of the homecoming activities, dominated largely by new teams and coalitions. The Bloc — a new coalition composed of the Suites, Benzing, and Mauck dormitories — surged ahead Monday after winning the banner competition. The new cross country team and Simpson dormitory followed in second and third

WSJ from A1 students who have taken federal aid,” Hillsdale’s Director of Institutional Research George Allen said in an email. “Further, even if Hillsdale could provide equivalent data on student finances and outcomes, the WSJ rankings include data on race and ethnicity of students and faculty, which Hillsdale does not collect and cannot provide.” In a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal in 2015, Professor of English and former Provost David Whalen wrote, “The Wall Street Journal, like the U.S. Education Department, the White House, and much of the federal bureaucracy, has apparently determined that higher education in this country occurs only within institutions operating under the government’s intrusive,

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place, respectively. The Suites House Director Christa Green said they formed The Bloc for two reasons: First, because it takes a lot of pressure off of RAs in terms of leadership, and second, because the Suites have not previously had a team. “Mauck, Benzing, and the Suites notoriously have less participation, so Mauck and Benzing first were together,” Green said. “In the Suites, we really wanted to give residents the opportunity to do it if they wanted to, but we didn’t want to create a Suites team because we thought that was too far of a jump from no homecoming team to a whole team.” On Tuesday night, the coalition Whit Wat Way beat Simpson on a tiebreaker question to achieve first place in the SAB trivia competition. Groups from each of the homecoming teams answered 50 questions across five categories: general knowledge, United States history, science, legendary athletes, and general birthday facts. At the end of the five rounds, the Off-Campus Coalition placed third, and Wit Wat Way and Simpson tied for first place. Wit Wat Way won the tiebreaker by guessing the closest date to the birthday of Rev. Ransom Dunn, Hillsdale College’s first president. Galloway Resident Assistant Ben Weide said Whit

micromanaging hand.” The Wall Street Journal ranked 801 U.S. colleges, assessing the schools in areas such as student outcomes and engagement, school resources, and environment. President of Hillsdale College Larry Arnn said if not for its exclusion, Hillsdale would excel in the WSJ rankings, “I expect we would do very well on the earnings measures, but our students are not in the database,” Arnn said in an email. “If it wished to be thorough, the Journal would include us and give us an average score on the earnings part, or enter ‘not available.’” Hillsdale College Provost Christopher VanOrman said that national college rankings never reflect the entirety of the school. “Being ranked highly in these reviews is always hum-

Wat Way selected their trivia team from the Whitley core team last year and added a few volunteers. Weide added that he’s happy with the coalition, which they have planned since last year. “The Galloway-Whitley coalition was planned last year with the whole exile from Galloway into Whitley thing,” Weide said. “Then Waterman wanted to be in on it, and we were more than happy to let them join us.” The wing eating competition on Wednesday night rounded out the first three days of homecoming competition. Whit Wat Way leads the pack with 275 points. Simpson and The Bloc are in second and third place with 200 and 175 points, respectively. ATO and the Koondawgs currently share last place with 50 points each. The festivities will culminate in a tent party, a tradition revived decades after it was abandoned, outside the Roche Sports Complex right after Mock Rock. The tent party gives students a great opportunity to interact with alumni, according to junior Claire Lupini, the small events team leader for SAB. The winners of Mock Rock and the entire homecoming competition will be announced at the tent party.

bling and certainly helps to recruit excellent faculty and students, but it is important to realize that these rankings do not fully describe the excellence of the college,” VanOrman said in an email. When asked about the metrics for rating colleges, Arnn said that these metrics never tell the whole story. “In this fully-managed society, the federal government funds a significant part of higher education nearly everywhere,” Arnn said in an email. “Then it tracks people through life by the Internal Revenue Service. Now it is putting those numbers together to measure how colleges prepare graduates for ‘success.’ Success is measured in earnings. But no one seriously thinks that earnings is the whole story or even the main story.”

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Citizens for Self-Governance holds second politics and policy mixer By | Alex Nester Opinions Editor

Hillsdale’s policy groups and political organizations from both sides of the aisle gathered for Citizens for Self-Governance’s second annual Politics and Policy mixer last Thursday. CSG president, senior Emily Heubaum, created the event last year when she was the club’s marketing chair. As a new organization on campus, she saw the group’s need for better communication and collaboration between CSG and Hillsdale College’s other politically-oriented clubs. She also made the event open to non-club members, giving them an opportunity to check out the college’s political organizations and share free pizza and soda. “We wanted to promote an environment of civility and cooperation and partnership when it comes to bigger events. Since we were new, we thought it would be a good way to do that,” Heubam said. Heubaum said after last year’s event, CSG partnered with other clubs and organizations throughout the school year to put on events and bring speakers to campus. Eight organizations — College Republicans, College Democrats, The Federalist Society, Students for Life, the Alexander Hamilton Society, Young Americans for Freedom, Young Americans for Liberty, and Citizens for

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every fundamental thing is at stake right now. That’s exciting, although it’s also terrifying. We all have to do our part, and our part is to learn and to teach.” Magnet spoke about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ strict originalism when it comes to interpreting the Constitution. “I think he is our era’s most consequential jurist,” Magnet said. “He is a quiet army in himself doing tireless battle against the most corrosive forces in our

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which includes school policies. About two weeks after orientation meetings, freshmen men and women met separately with college staff members and outside professionals to review sexual misconduct policies and procedures, as well as emotional and physical health. The meetings addressed the content of the student booklet, which include the importance of partnership and the purposes of the college. Director of Health Services Brock Lutz addressed all of the freshmen men in Markel Auditorium. Meanwhile, the freshmen women met in smaller groups, and each group met with Dr. Nichole Ellis, a local pediatrician. These talks also addressed topics including the dangers of sexually transmitted disease, pornography, and alcohol abuse. Ellis said these meetings were good opportunities to be honest with the female students. While her talks touched on different issues regarding sexuality, her main focus was on wellbeing and

Self-Governance— had the opportunity to mix and meet with more than 100 students who attended the event. “A lot of the other clubs reached out to me to put it on again because they had such a good time, got more club members, and developed new relationships with other clubs,” Heubaum said. Heubaum said CSG made a point to invite College Democrats, because the group is often left out. “One of the most interesting things we see here is people coming to talk to College Dems,” Heubaum said. “People like to come in to talk to them and hear their perspective instead of shoving them off to the side and pretending like they don’t exist.” College Democrats Vice President, junior Katherine Wilkins, said the mixer provides her club with more visibility to other students on campus. “We really appreciated being invited,” Wilkins said. “Sometimes people pretend that we’re not an actual group. We are all for bipartisanship, so having this opportunity to hang out with each other and eat pizza is great.” When Hillsdale’s chapter of The Federalist Society began three years ago, it was only the second undergraduate chapter in the country. The Federalist Society is not a political group, as President

current legal culture.” Dun Scott, a supporter of the college, said he came to the dinner because he believes in the mission and the people of the school. “Larry Arnn has a Rolls Royce mind,” Scott said. “We love everything the college is doing,” Cathy Trauernicht, another supporter of the college, said she attended the dinner because the college is an inspiration to never give up. “You realize there are many people who share your passion for the country and the Constitution,”

healthy relationships. “To have a relationship with someone — especially a sexual relationship — should be something that is not flippant,” Ellis said. “We’re in a society where the importance of that is diminished.” When it comes to alcohol consumption and sexual misconduct, Ellis said students need to be watching out for each other. If someone drinks to excess, that person’s friends should help protect them from being taken advantage of. Ellis said students were receptive to the conversations. While the subject matter was difficult and sensitive, she said she enjoyed speaking with the students, and she tried to lighten the mood with a little humor in her presentations. Reagan Cool, a senior, was working on campus over the summer, and she met with the deans every so often to talk about ways to expand orientation programs for freshmen. She also spoke to groups of freshmen women on the importance of partnership with the administration. In talking with the deans, they all thought it would be best to have more

and junior Dan Grifferty clarified, but is instead about public policy. “We are not a political group, we are about public policy,” Grifferty said. “We’re about teaching people to interpret the Constitution in the way it was meant to be interpreted by the founders.” In addition to helping students get into law school, the group brings in speakers. He said The Federalist Society’s greater exposure across campus has helped the group to bring in notable speakers, like Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai. Freshman Maverick Delp said she came to check out the groups and eat pizza. “I heard about this event in the union on the way to lunch from a couple of students that were in these clubs,” she said. “I came to check out Young Americans for Freedom and Hillsdale College Students for Life.” Though the political affiliations of each group are different, Heubaum said the groups have a common goal: educating students in citizenship. “We are really happy this is happening again and that other clubs really wanted this to happen,” Heubaum said. “We all want to be responsible citizens that are involved in our own self-governance and that’s what we are all here to do.”

Trauernicht said. Huebner added that she enjoyed interacting with the guests. “It was a great opportunity to meet a lot of different people from a lot of different places who value the Constitution and the work Hillsdale does,” she said. “We were able to speak with a few donors who really admired Hillsdale and traveled from out of town to be there as well as some people who live in the city.” Recordings of the speeches are available on Hillsdale College’s Facebook page.

education for orientation “all the way around,” Cool said. “That included a more direct conversation on sexual assault,” she said. “The conversation was well-rounded.” Cool said Hillsdale’s emphasis on partnership among everyone involved is, in many ways, what makes it such a unique institution. “There’s this misconception that partnership is a scheme,” Cool said. “We’re learning how to be self-governed. When it’s evident to those who know better than us that we don’t know, they’re going to reorient us.” For the freshmen men, Lutz said he wanted his talks to focus on the positive aspects of relationships before looking at negative situations. While procedures for handling sexual misconduct have been in place for years, Lutz said, he believes it is important to sit down with students to talk about sexual decisions and the dangers of pornography. “We’re also seeing it as an opportunity to say, ‘Let’s talk about what we want to be right about your sexual relationships and healthy relation in general,’” Lutz said. “A lot of schools talk about

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by Dean of Women Diane Philipp, to — as a show of good faith to the college’s publications — consider reinstating some of the funding that we did not give them.” In its meeting last Thursday, the federation opposed that recommendation when it failed to pass a motion transferring $5,000 to the Tower Light budget. This motion would have repaired the publication’s downsized budget that the Federation approved last spring. When conducting the annual budget approval last spring, the federation’s publications committee raised concerns about the $11,000 allotted annually to the Tower Light, Hillsdale’s student-run literary journal. According to Maria Servold, faculty adviser to student publications, Tower Light’s budget has been the same for at least eight years and has often been challenged, but never changed, by previous Federation members Even though the reduced Tower Light budget was approved in April, Servold said the discovery of the large surplus changes the conversation about the federation’s funding this year. “The fact that they’ve uncovered an extra $31,000 and still refuse to give the Tower Light any of it shows that they are not driven by a desire to support student organizations — as is their mission — but by some sort of misguided ‘principle,’” she said. “Rather than using a surplus to help make a publication better, they’d rather cling to those pennies to make a point.” The federation publications committee conducted an informal poll last spring to get a sense of the Tower Light’s readership among students, and found that only 12% of those surveyed reported reading the journal, with a margin of error of 4%. Servold and Tower Light Editor-in-Chief Mary Kate Boyle dispute this figure, as they contend that the poll was unscientific and no one involved in the Tower Light was consulted

sexual assault; I think it’s also important that we say, ‘Look, we’re not going to buy into the lie of low expectations of student sexuality.’” In talking with freshmen men and male athletes, Lutz said he emphasizes that healthy relationships progress from friendship. “Meaningful relationships and meaningful intimacy is based on friendship, getting to know people, and physical attraction,” Lutz said. At Hillsdale, people talk a lot about what love is, Lutz said, and when it comes to sexual misconduct, one of the things he wants to get across to students is the idea that sexual assault is one of the worst ways to dishonor and disrespect another person. If sexual assault does happen, though, Lutz said the college included contact information in the student booklet so someone can get in touch with college or law enforcement authorities right away. “We wanted people to have a clear message of ‘let someone know as soon as possible,’” he said. “Let’s get you help as soon as we possibly can.”

in creating the poll. Based on this figure, the publications committee concluded that the printing cost of $6 to $7 a piece for the Tower Light was unnecessary, and that it should be printed in-house for less than half the cost. The new budget would contain allotments for a new website and stipends for the editorial board, but the Tower Light would have to increase outreach and its presence on campus. Based on this recommendation, the federation finance committee cut the Tower Light’s budget by $5,000. Servold and Boyle maintain that the printing cost is justified, as in-house printing cannot give the journal the look expected of academic literary publications. These kinds of journals usually have a glue binding and high-quality paper, while in-house printing could provide only a stapled binding and fewer options of paper stock. “Basically everyone at the college in a position of authority says we shouldn’t print that way because it won’t look professional, and it’s important for us to represent the college well,” Boyle said. Servold agreed. “Spending less money on a product does not automatically make it a better product,” she said. The motion to reinstate the Tower Light’s budget was an unorthodox situation, first in that it involved amending a budget that had been approved in the spring, and second in that it did not proceed through normal committee channels. Despite its irregularity, Millius assured the body that it was within the rules and that an exception was made in this case because of the approaching deadlines for the fall edition of the Tower Light. Representatives Matthew Montgomery and Braden VanDyke, chairman of the Publications Committee, spoke against the motion. “If we truly have an interest in the student body in mind, we should allocate these extra fees to clubs and organizations, rather than extend an olive branch to a group that feels it was

He also noted that the six counselors at the health center also want to help students who have experienced sexual assault in the past. “If anyone has ever had a sexual assault, whether on this campus or at home over a break, or when they were 10 years old, those are important things to talk about,” Lutz said. The deans also held a meeting for students in Greek life to review sexual misconduct and responsible alcohol use. Also, in the annual off-campus meeting on Sept. 4, lawyers, local law enforcement officials, and Lutz spoke further on safety and procedures for reporting sexual harassment and misconduct. Each of the college’s athletic teams also met this week to review sexual misconduct policies and reporting, as well as other topics pertinent to overall health. The deans employ the same procedures for dealing with misconduct as they have in the past, but their goal this year is to offer additional information to a greater number of students. Petersen said they worked with student leaders,

maligned by a right decision by the Publications Committee,” Montgomery said during the meeting. VanDyke outlined several reasons as to why he felt the motion should not pass, including that, to him, the differences in printing quality were “negligible and imperceptible to the naked eye and the average reader,” and that the Tower Light had not yet tried to operate under the new budget. “We crafted and passed the budget last semester on principle,” VanDyke said. “It is our job as representatives on the Student Federation to judge the best use of a dollar and to represent everyone’s dollars and interests.” There were no statements in support of the motion, and it was struck down in an 11-2 vote with VanDyke abstaining. According to Boyle and Servold, no one from the Tower Light was made aware that the vote was on the agenda, and therefore, they were not able to speak in support of the motion. “This is a really frustrating position to be in because I am here to make this a quality publication,” Boyle said. “I am trying to make it better than it has been before, while also having half my budget taken away.” Boyle has already made efforts to follow the federation’s instructions to increase campus engagement with the Tower Light, which has resulted in increased submissions. “Basically, we’ve held up our end of the bargain,” Boyle said. “We’ve done everything we can to improve our outreach and publicity, and when that measure came before Student Fed again, we didn’t know it was happening.” The Sept. 12 meeting concluded with a request by Chi Omega representative Katie Ryerson that each member be provided with a detailed account of federation finances, a motion that can only be made by the treasurer and is limited as to how much the representatives can see. It was the start of what will be an ongoing discussion about what can be done with the $31,000 surplus, which, as of yet, has not been touched.

including resident assistants, to determine how to deal with issues as they arise. Their goal for RAs was to encourage their residents to treat people with respect and friendship, Petersen said. In handling issues that come up, whether regarding sexual harassment or not, Petersen and Philipp said they see cooperation between themselves and students as key to navigating any situation. One case is one too many, Philipp said, and they always want to know the facts and help resolve problems. Petersen said the deans’ doors — as well as others’ — are always open for students who want to come and talk. He said they recognize that these are sensitive issues. The deans can’t and won’t go public about any incidents for the sake of privacy for those involved. While the college works to keep students safe, everyone has a role in promoting campus safety, the deans said. “We have to be good to each other,” Philipp said. “We have to look out for each other.”

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New deal could cede Afghanistan to Taliban

Trump must not legitimize group By | Abby Liebing

To American ears, the words “Taliban” and “terrorism” are often synonomous. So naturally, people were astounded to find out that the Trump administration began negotiating with Taliban almost a year ago, desperate to end the conflict in Afghanistan that has been going on since 2001. After planes crashed into the World Trade Center 18 years ago, the New Yorker’s Robin Wright said: “It would have been considered delusional to imagine an American President sitting down with the jihadis tied to the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil — and at historic Camp David, no less. But it almost happened over the weekend, and may still.” But after 18 years, 2,400 American servicemen have been killed, and 20,000 wounded in Afghanistan. And just in the past 10 years, more than 30,000 Afghan civilians have been killed in the conflict. And yet the Taliban has not been ousted, and in fact, controls almost half of the country now. The deal that was waiting for Trump’s approval before his announcement of an abrupt halt in negotiations, included a withdrawal of 5,000 U.S. troops and closure of five military bases in return for the Taliban’s promise to keep counterterrorism measures against the Islamic State and al-Qaida, reduce fighting in the Parwan and Kabul provinces, and agree to hold talks with the Kabul government. But brokering this type of deal with the Taliban would mean that the U.S. is ceding part of Afghanistan to the Taliban and recognizing it as a legitimate governing force in Afghanistan. After so many years and lives lost in the conflict in Afghanistan, of course, the U.S. wants to get out. “Let’s not lose sight of the fact that after eighteen years of trying,” Andrew Wilder, an Afghan expert told the New Yorker. “It’s clear that a military defeat of the Taliban by U.S. and Afghan security forces is not a realistic option.” But leaving counterterrorism measures in the hands of the Taliban isn’t exactly wise. It would just be leaving one harsh and incredibly cruel Islamic fundamentalist group to stave off two other harsh and incredibly cruel Islamic fundamentalist groups. And leaving the Afghans to themselves, in all their factions and tribes could trigger another era of insanity, like the 90s when the Taliban was born.

The Taliban was birthed in the 90s as one of the many factions fighting the Soviets during the Afghan-Soviet War of 1979-1989. Islamist, Afghan guerilla fighters, that eventually became known collectively to the West as the “mujahideen,” rose up against the Soviet army in Afghanistan and against the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. The U.S., along with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, supported the mujahideen in their struggle since, in American eyes, it was a struggle against Soviet Russia. The Taliban turned out to be one of the mujahideen groups that the U.S. supported. Without U.S. funding during the Soviet-Afghan war, the Taliban may never have had the chance to take control of large portions of Afghanistan, and commit genocide, impose stringent, militant Sharia law, ruin any semblence of Afghani infrastrucuture, and brutalize Afghans. As Professor Carole Hillebrand later said, “The West helped the Taliban to fight the Soviet takeover of Afghanistan.” But is the Taliban thankful now? No, they just want all U.S. and NATO troops out of the country as quickly as possible. So, last week when Trump announced that he was halting negotiations and dialogue with the Taliban, they were peeved and warned that this could “harm America more than anyone else.” It’s a bad idea to give legitimacy recognition and power to the Taliban, but it’s also a bad idea for the U.S. to stay in Afghanistan indefinitely. There is simply no good solution. If the U.S. stays in Afghanistan, more lives will be lost, and Afghanis will continue to struggle against a foreign power in their land — just like they struggled for centuries against the Persians, Alexander the Great, the Mongols, and eventually the British. It may be worthwhile for the U.S. to leave in light of this, but there is enormous risk in leaving the Taliban in Afghanistan. Many people fault Trump for trying to negotiate with the group. But many more are frustrated that our troops have been in the region for 18 years. There is no good solution, and Afghanistan will continue to cause problems as it has for a millennium. Abby Liebing is a senior studying history and is the associate editor of The Collegian.

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When the New York Times released an article this weekend detailing another allegation against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, they forgot to mention one key fact: the alleged victim could not recall whether the event even happened. The piece documented a third allegation, made by Deborah Ramirez, of Kavanaugh committing sexual misconduct during his college years. The New York Times later added an editor’s note to the bottom of the story, which

was titled “Brett Kavanaugh Fit In With the Privileged Kids. She Did Not.” “An earlier version of this article, which was adapted from a forthcoming book, did not include one element of the book’s account regarding an assertion by a Yale classmate,” the editor’s note said. “The book reports that the female student declined to be interviewed and friends say she does not recall the incident.” It was so bad that even CNN pointed out the “high-profile blunders,”

which they say began in 2016 following James Bennett’s appointment as editor of the New York Times’ opinion section. Though the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College teaches students ethical journalism, we fail at times, too. We misspell names. We give incorrect titles. We might get a number wrong here or there. And when we make these mistakes, we apologize and, if necessary, run a correction to the article. To the best of our abilities, we

convey to the readers both the correct information, as well as our sincere apologies for misinforming them. But the New York Times didn’t make a mistake. The outlet intentionally uses its platform to intentionally misinform the public, to delegitimize a Supreme Court justice with unsubstantiated allegations, and to rewrite history with a sour, leftist twist. The job of media is to tell the truth. And the New York Times intentionally did not tell the truth.

Invite Nikki Haley to give 2020 commencement address If Nikki Haley has had one thing since the moment she left her position as the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., it’s been pressure to seek the highest, most prestigious office in the United States — the Hillsdale College Class of 2020 Commencement Speaker. Recent commencement speakers have been impressive: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Vice President Mike Pence, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, Robert Neller. And 164 other great men. But don’t pick the former South Carolina governor because she’s a woman — or because she had the grit to pull the U.S. out of the U.N. Human Rights Council when it made a mockery of its purpose by allowing human-rights abusers like Congo, Iran, and Venezuela to join the council. With no prior foreign-policy experience, Haley made her two-year performance at the U.N. more memorable than many ambassadors who served twice as long. She

kicked butt (North Korea’s, to be precise, when it continued to test nuclear missiles) and took names (of U.N. member states who voted against the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel). She broke with modern foreign policy convention to act in the interest of her fellow citizens. Pick Haley because she’s an American, in every sense of the word. As a liberal-arts college, Hillsdale strives to produce students who work hard and exceed in a variety of disciplines. Haley, born Nimrata Randhawa, lives out that mission. At age 12, Haley worked as a bookkeeper in her mother’s clothing shop. She graduated from Clemson University in South Carolina with a bachelor’s degree in accounting, and worked for a waste management corporation for a few years before returning to her mother’s clothing shop and building it into a multimillion-dollar company. Though born to Sikh immigrants from India, Haley became a Christian later in life, and serves on the board of her local church in South

Carolina. Together with her husband Michael, Haley has two children — a daughter, Rena, and a son, Nalin. Haley, a true stateswoman, has engaged in every level of the community. Before representing the United States at the U.N., Haley served several years in the South Carolina state legislature, engaging in her political community, too. In 2010, she was elected governor of South Carolina. When selected to give the GOP’s response to then-President Barack Obama’s 2016 State of the Union address, Haley, then only 44, had sage advice for her fellow Republicans. “Some people think that you have to be the loudest voice in the room to make a difference,” Haley said. “That is just not true. Often, the best thing we can do is turn down the volume. When the sound is quieter, you can actually hear what someone else is saying. And that can make a world of difference.” This is advice many graduating seniors also need to hear, upon entering a loud world.

Hillsdale students begin their education hearing President Larry Arnn describe how hard it’s going to be, and so they put their boots on. After wrestling with the core class requirements for four years, after working in the library for an unhealthy number of hours each week, after studying Plato and wondering if they can actually escape the cave, Hillsdale’s seniors don’t need to hear about how hard life is — they already know. They need to be reminded why we live it. In a recent testimonial for National Review, Haley wrote that “only by loving [America] and understanding it — and by the grace of God — will it survive.” Love of country; understanding the principles that uphold it; the necessity of the sovereign grace of God: This is the message that graduating seniors need to hear. This is the message Haley embodies.

By | Mary Kate Boyle Without immediate action, the Tower Light as we know it will become a thing of the past. For nearly 65 years, the Tower Light has served as a beacon for creative writing and visual art on campus. What began as a supplement to The Collegian in 1955, the Tower Light became a standalone publication the next year. Since then, it has continued to grow and improve in quality, becoming the professional, beautiful publication that students recognize on campus today. Last spring, the Student Federation voted to cut the Tower Light’s budget in half. It argued that not enough students read the publication to justify its budget of $5,500 per semester, $4,500 of which goes directly to printing costs. Against the advice of the publication’s advisor, Maria Servold, a faculty member who has managed student publications for eight years, members of Student Fed decided to cut the budget, challenging the Tower Light to print more cheaply, and, at the same time, increase outreach and student interest. As editor-in-chief this semester, I have been told by the federation my responsibility is to make the publication more appealing to students — with half the budget. As it stands, the Tower Light will be printed on folded, stapled cardstock, rather than the glue binding and high-quality paper that literary magazines at top-tier universities use, and that we have used for years, with advice from the college’s external affairs department. We, at the Tower Light, have done our utmost to improve outreach since our budget was cut in May, in line with what Student Fed requested of us. We began an Instagram account this summer to reach

out to incoming students and support and improve student those who might miss our publications. announcements over email. While it’s important that We’ve begun once more to Student Fed funds campus hang posters around campus improvements, like new with submission information, benches and a new pool table, and we’ll be bringing back it is also responsible to upthe tradition of an open writ- hold that part of its constituers workshop in October. tion that stipulates it fund the We’re continuing with Tower Light. It has the money greater emphasis our tradiand the ability to restore the tion of meeting with writers Tower Light to a publication to help them grow. As we that represents the excellence have for the past decade, we of Hillsdale College, and yet discuss works anonymously it refuses to do so. in meetings so that every Student Federation Presiwriter who submits is regard- dent and senior James Milius ed equally. We’ve returned said he wants the Tower Light to our principles and asked to succeed. how we can become more “While the Federation and approachable and accessible I have not always seen eye-toto students while fulfilling eye on how to go about fundour purpose, and we’ve taken ing these publications, I know action accordingly. We’ve that we all have the same seen promising results, with goal,” he said. “I will continue a rise in working to “Hillsdale claims to find solutions submissions help the offer an education equal to and new Tower Light contrib- to or better than any other produce an utors. excellent On this college in the country. Our edition Thurssemester, and day, studunt publications ought will work to Septemhelp secure to show it.” ber 12, its place on some Hillsdale’s memcampus for bers of Student Fed chalthe future.” lenged the decision to cut Several members of funding. After finding an Student Fed have asked if a inflated emergency fund glue binding is worth it. They containing a previously wonder whether it makes unknown about $41,000 in a difference how the Tower it over the summer — only Light is held together. They $10,000 of which are neceshave indicated that the words sary, by the federation’s own inside would be the same. rules, to keep — it now has As important as these an extra $31,000 to allocate points may be, they ignore beyond its regular budget of the statement implicit in $100,000 for the 2019-2020 a high-quality printing: school year, Director of when we print a high-qualiStudent Activities Alexandra ty Tower Light, we produce Whitford said. something that could stand The finance committee alongside publications of moved to give the Tower top-tier universities. Light $5,000, but the pubHillsdale claims to offer an lications committee stood education equal to or better against it. It’s the responsibil- than any other college in the ity of the finance committee country. Our student publicato dispense funds wisely tions ought to show it. for the benefit of students, When we print a and the responsibility of the high-quality product, we publications committee to show that we prioritize the

arts and respect student creativity. We agree that we are here to pursue truth, and that environment encourages us to contemplate goodness — perhaps most explicitly when President Larry Arnn asks, “What is the good?” But our studies here will be incomplete if we turn away from beauty. The Tower Light is beautiful. It contains graceful words and images. But if we are unwilling to frame these words and images in equally elegant materials, does it look like we really believe in them? Assistant Professor of English Benedict Whalen said he often uses the Tower Light as an example of how the arts flourish at Hillsdale. When he speaks to prospective students concerned by one-sided stereotypes of the school, he brings out old copies of our literary journal to show them that we can and do come together to create works of great beauty, as well as studying them. “Tower Light is an excellent, beautiful publication,” he said. “It is valuable as a forum for our students to share their devotion to the finer things.” The Tower Light is worth preserving. Your creative voice is worth sharing with the world, and sharing in a way that is rich and meaningful. I encourage you to stand up to Student Fed and challenge it to fulfill its responsibility with higher principles in mind. I encourage you to submit pieces to the Tower Light, embracing the joy and vulnerability of art. Most of all, I encourage you to seek beauty alongside your pursuit of truth and goodness, and where you find it, to give the lovely things their due.

By | Carmel Kookogey

Carmel Kookogey is a George Washington Fellow and a junior studying politics. She is The Collegian’s culture editor.

Tower Light deserves adequate funding

Mary Kate Boyle is a senior studying English and French and is the editor-in-chief of the Tower Light.

Opinions Bush administration’s response to 9/11 left lasting impact www.hillsdalecollegian.com

By | Brady Helwig

In the wake of President Donald J. Trump’s decision to cancel a planned summit with Taliban leaders at Camp David, Americans continue to debate whether U.S. troops should withdraw from Afghanistan — and whether former President George W. Bush should have sent them there in the first place. Opponents of “endless wars” in the Middle East commonly cite the region’s continued instability, failed attempts at building functional states in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the massive cost of these conflicts in blood and treasure — over 7,000 deaths and some $5.9 trillion spent — as evidence that these wars were a strategic mistake. But prior to 9/11, terrorism was not the focus of Bush’s foreign policy platform. Instead, the administration, emphasizing the importance of “great power politics,” initially advocated a grand strat-

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egy focused on preserving the global balance of power. In a major piece in “Foreign Affairs Magazine,” Condoleezza Rice, Bush’s national security advisor and later secretary of state, presented the realist understanding behind the administration’s approach to foreign policy. The realist approach to foreign policy treats power and national self-interest as the key forces in international politics. This leads realists to pay special attention to the most powerful nations, or “great powers.” Rice highlighted two such states — China and Russia — as great powers that America could not afford to ignore. Rice also labels North Korea and Iran as “rogue regimes” which threaten global security by pursuing nuclear weapons and supporting terrorism. Secretary Rice’s article remains noteworthy today because, nearly two decades later, these four nations

remain the primary threats to American interests and global stability. Each of these nations presents a more serious threat today than they did in 2000. Perhaps the primary foreign policy concern for Bush’s team was the U.S.-China relationship. Throughout his campaign, then-candidate Bush repeatedly criticized Bill Clinton’s treatment of China as a strategic partner. Instead, Bush argued, China should be seen as a strategic competitor. After his victory in the general election, President Bush angered Chinese officials by declaring America would defend Taiwan in the case of a Chinese attack. Bush followed up his statement by approving a landmark, $4 billion arms sale to Taipei in April 2001. In labeling Beijing a strategic competitor and taking steps to counter the regime, the Bush administration’s China policy was well ahead of its time. Today’s bipartisan view of China as a strategic

competitor only materialized during the first two years of the current administration. Yet, on Sept. 11, 2001, the nation was confronted by a new, unanticipated threat. At 8:46 a.m., five al-Qaida hijackers flew American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing all passengers on board. At 9:03 a.m., United Airlines Flight 175 smashed into the South Tower. At 9:28 a.m., terrorists flew a third plane, American Airlines Flight 77, into the Pentagon. At 10:03 a.m., United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in a Pennsylvania field after passengers attempted to regain control of the plane. By 10:28 a.m., both towers of the World Trade Center had collapsed. For the friends and families of victims, for Americans who watched with horror as the events unfolded, and for the nation that grieved in the aftermath, the Sept. 11 attacks

Flavored e-cigarette ban protects Gen-Z

Youngest generation impacted the most by appealing pod flavors By | Allison Schuster

probable cases of pulmonary illness related to vaping, six of which have resulted in death. People may be smoking cigarettes less, but that isn’t necessarily a good thing. If a new generation of teenagers ends up addicted to nicotine from e-cigarettes — and suffer its detrimental health effects — then quitting cigarettes isn’t helpful. Teenagers grew up with the D.A.R.E program, countless federal department of agriculture commercials discouraging smoking, and generations

Unlike cigarette smokers, young e-cigarette smokers don’t have the wealth of knowledge and medical history to discourage their new habit. They are becoming the next generation to suffer. Because there were no known diseases or other harmful effects of vaping, many thought it was safe. And the effects are hitting Gen-Z the hardest. It’s true that some communities can’t afford top-notch anti-drug programs and not all parents tried their hardest to prevent their children’s

patches, that don’t cause a nationwide e-cigarette epidemic. When Maxwell Berger took And several states agree. the first hit of a Juul e-cigaMichigan and New York have rette at the age of 18, he didn’t both banned the sale of flaknow it would lead to a vaping vored e-cigarettes, neither of addiction, resulting in permawhich ever thought it threatnent left-side paralysis, speech ening enough to ban the sale impairment, and a 50% loss of of regular cigarettes. vision in both eyes less than According to New York four years later. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Juul Berger suffered from a targets teenagers with flavors massive hemorrhagic stroke like “Bubble Gum,” “Cotin 2018 and spent more than ton Candy,” and “Captain 100 days in the hospital where Crunch.” Vaping that isn’t as he underwent three brain clearly aimed at teenagers, surgeries. Now, he’s suing Juul, such as methanol-flavored the most popular vaping pods, weren’t included in company. either ban. On Sept. 11, President The company, howTrump wisely took action ever, claims that since against the public-health its inception in 2015 its crisis of vaping, prommission has been to get ising to ban the sale of cigarette smokers off flavored e-cigarettes. This their nicotine addiction. federal action will prevent Rather than produce the rise of a new genan entire generation of eration of smokers and smokers, relying on vast diseases. amounts of government Critics have said the spending to combat ban will do more harm the medical repercusthan good, while expresssions, and damaging the ing support for those who ability and intellect of depend on e-cigarettes to this teenage generation, help curb their addiction. the Trump administraIn an article titled “A tion is making the right Vaping Ban Will Send decision in preventing Smokers Back to The the generation from Pack,” Wall Street Journal Flavored e-cigarette juice and pods appeal to younger generations. | Pexels growing. commentators Liam Sigaud of parents and grandparents cigarette use. But these people Instead of getting cigarette and Steve Pociask wrote, as living proof of the medical have likely seen the real-life smokers hooked on a differ“there are signs that e-cigadangers of picking up a cigaeffects of smoking in their ent form of smoking while rettes on net have saved lives rette. I’m 19 years old, and I own area, potentially in a breeding a new generation of by offering a safer alternative still remember the song I had very personal way, as cigarette smokers, the Trump administo smoking.” to sing after signing my pledge smoking is more common in tration is working to keep the The Wall Street Journal arto abstain from smoking lower-income areas. next generation from suffering ticle touts that cigarette smok- cigarettes. Cigarette smokers of the Berger’s fate. ing has significantly decreased For teenagers today who 21st century don’t have the since e-cigarettes came on the pick up a cigarette, that is excuse of misinformation. market. But there is little value their decision, and they have They’ve known for years — in decreased cigarette smokno one else to blame for any before they began smoking — Allison Schuster is a junior ing when e-cigarette use has subsequent medical damage. that they shouldn’t smoke, and studying politics and The soared. The government and the methere are plenty of alternative Collegian’s features editor. Health officials are invesdia did their part informing ways to quit, including various tigating 380 confirmed and them of the risks. therapy, medications, and skin

In defense of partnership: Deans work with us Faculty, deans invite students to work together through college journey By | Reagan Cool By the end of freshman orientation you’ve learned to roll your eyes at “the Good,” even though you still don’t know what you’ll say when Dr. Arnn corners you. On the first day of journalism class, students swear to avoid the good, the true, and the beautiful, and all of its friends in their articles. And when it’s not dismissed as cliché, partnership is often viewed as propaganda, a nifty trick to indoctrinate naïve students. This may come as a surprise, but partnership became a cliche on this campus because it’s true and fundamental to the operation of the college. It’s not just “the people” that leave an impression on visitors and prospective students. There are many wonderful individuals on this campus, but there are on every campus. What sets Hillsdale apart is who we are together. Many friends have protested the invitation to partner with the administration, arguing that their vulnerability is a trap to trick us into confessing our wrongdoings for the sake of punishment. On the contrary, the college’s

deans don’t seek to punish us, nor do they enjoy it. In fact, punishment (in an ideal world) isn’t even part of their job description. Punishment, like the college’s list of seventeen rules, is only necessary when things go wrong. The liberal-arts education is our path to self-government. We are not self-governing when we arrive here, nor will we be when we leave, but we will be much closer than when we began. Natural law, written on the heart of every man, gives individuals the freedom to discern between right and wrong. This ability, when matured under careful formation, frees us. Unfortunately, the path to self-government is winding and we are clumsy learners. We are prone to wander and quickly lose the path when confronted by emo-

tions, challenged beliefs, and exhaustion. We stumble over conflicting priorities and desires. Sometimes, we forget how to discern, and we pursue things that are dangerous to us or to others. In these times, it’s the duty of our faculty, administration, and peers to reorient us. If we desire greatness, we must take care of one another. Stepping in to interrupt your friend’s spiraling scenario on a Friday night is not intrusive. Confiding in the deans is a gift, and so is their wisdom and experience. Take care of yourself, and each other. Have fun. Be safe. You see, partnership is not Jonestown Kool-Aid. It’s not propaganda, and it’s most certainly not a trap. Partnership is rejoicing in your friend’s success, and it is encouraging a friend in need to seek counseling. Partnership is texting Dean Philipp photos of your engagement.

“In these times, it’s the duty of our faculty, administration, and peers to reorient us. If we desire greatness, we must take care of one another.”

Partnership is Dean Peterson sitting at your grandmother’s bedside with your family the night before her death. It is pouring out your heart to your advisor after a moral wake-up. It is holding your sorority sisters accountable to their goals. Partnership is walking alongside one another, no more in our victories than in our failures. As Dr. Arnn frequently reminds us, college means partnership. These anecdotes from my years at Hillsdale are not the average college experience. Hillsdale is quite possibly the only school in the world that so emphasizes the importance of preserving college. And it shows. There’s a reason we each ended up here. Let us not take the gift for granted. Dig in. Take advantage of these relationships and this community. Firmly rooted in this rich soil, how greatly we can flourish. College means partnership, and Hillsdale does partnership well. Reagan Cool is a senior studying theology and a columnist on faith and religion.

were an unspeakable tragedy. 9/11 will rightly be remembered as one of the darkest days in our nation’s history. But the attacks were also a tragedy in a strategic sense. After 9/11, eliminating terror understandably became the first priority of U.S. foreign policy. For the first time since the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, an enemy had carried out a major attack on U.S. soil. Americans, justifiably furious, demanded a response. The administration was forced to respond. President Bush vowed America would secure its homeland by invading Iraq — an attempt to eradicate terrorism at its source. Political necessity is a cruel master. The 9/11 attacks forced the administration to jettison a realistic grand strategy — one that was both prescient and promising — in favor of global war against an enemy with no respect for international norms like the

rules of engagement or laws of war. Due to a heavy reliance on democracy promotion and nation-building, this strategy would prove both idealistic and unattainable. Americans will never know how the younger Bush administration’s foreign policy would have played out if 9/11 never took place. But, given the Trump administration’s reversion to the realist focus on great power competition, it remains a compelling question. If Bush’s team had not been forced by 9/11 to divert attention and resources from dealings with China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, today’s geopolitical landscape might look far more favorable for the United States. Brady Helwig is a junior studying politics and is the vice president of the Alexander Hamilton Society.

Mental health plays role in gun control debate Universal background checks can’t catch all troubled teens By | Ashley Kaitz With 19 mass shootings in the U.S. in 2019 alone, the debate surrounding gun control is becoming less of a dialogue and more of an all-out war. Pressure is mounting on President Trump to take action in the wake of shootings in Odessa, Dayton and El Paso last month. According to Politico, Trump has plans to enact the death penalty for mass shooters, to release teenagers’ records for background checking once they reach 18 years old, and to require the FBI to alert authorities when a gun buyer fails to pass their background check. Politico also points out, however, that the National Instant Criminal Background Check System is woefully incomplete because many critical mental health and drug abuse records are never sent in. Clearly, universal background checks – the goal of most Democratic presidential candidates – won’t be able to successfully weed out potential shooters if their records never reach the database. Mental health plays a critical role in America’s mass shooting epidemic. Ultimately, universal background checks could be a great way to decrease criminals’ ability to access firearms. But laws cannot always prevent evil people from doing evil things. Take Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old who attacked students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in February 2018. NPR reported that Cruz’s mother called police to their house over a dozen times since he was 10 years old. A family friend was aware that Cruz had threatened his mother and brother with a gun before. And, the FBI was alerted to Cruz’s behavior twice in the months leading up to the shooting: once in September 2017, and once in January 2018. It’s short-sighted to blame guns in a case rife with so much bureaucratic incompetence. However, some Democratic candidates seem to think that more bureaucracy is the key to solving gun violence. Fox News reported that Beto O’Rourke advocated for a mandatory gun buyback program at the New Hampshire Democratic Party Convention on September 7. The assumption that fewer guns equals less violence, however, is just that – an assumption. The Daily Wire cited a study from the Center for Disease Control that found a 56 percent increase in gun ownership and a 50 percent decline in gun violence between 1993 and 2003. The CDC also found that de-

fensive gun uses numbered 500,000 to over 3 million in 2013, while gun homicides numbered 11,208 in the same year. It’s clear that law-abiding citizens are using their legally acquired firearms to defend themselves, and their families far more than criminals are using guns to attack other people, but that’s not what attracts publicity. Although it might sound easier and safer to get rid of guns, the truth is that you can’t put a Band-Aid on a bullet hole. Forcing law-abiding citizens to sell their guns to the government isn’t just unconstitutional – it’s pointless. The real issues, the issues no one wants to talk about, are complicated, deep-rooted, and definitely not politically correct. We need a coherent stance on mental health. An article in the Wall Street Journal cites a report by the U.S. Secret Service, released in July, that analyzed 27 attacks and found that 67 percent of the suspects “displayed symptoms of mental illness or emotional disturbance”. With the widespread destigmatization of mental illness that has taken place in recent years, however, the warning signs are not taken as seriously as they should be. Dr. Torrey, founder of the Treatment Advocacy Center and author of the WSJ article, made a disturbing point. “There are now some one million people with serious mental illness living among the general population who, 60 years ago, would have been treated in state mental hospitals.” No one supports wrongful institutionalization, but we may have gone too far in the other direction. In fact, Dr. Torrey states that 40-50 percent of the one million aren’t receiving any treatment. Circling back to the Democrats’ and Trump’s plan for beefed-up background checks, it’s clear that they can be effective only if mental health issues are reported and taken seriously. Between gun buybacks and universal background checks, the latter is the more reasonable option. But it is important to remind ourselves, amid the calls for gun control, that complete security is impossible. We will never be able to account for every gun, much less every troubled high school student. And in a world full of uncertainty, I sleep better knowing that my dad’s rifle is ready to be used in an emergency. Ashley Kaitz is a sophomore studying philosophy and religion.

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Celebrating Hillsdale 150 years later By | Regan Meyer News Editor Hillsdale County residents learned about the lives of former Hillsdalians during walk-throughs of historical downtown. The Hillsdale County Historical Society hosted walks to celebrate the 150 year anniversary of Hillsdale’s founding 1869. The walk touched on a variety of elements of Hillsdale’s early history including various structural fires and Hillsdale’s very own opera house. The Hillsdale County Historical Society’s JoAnne Miller led the historical walks on three separate occasions. The idea for the walk came from a historical society board meeting. Miller and fellow board members wanted to do something to celebrate the sesquicentennial. The walks began with a brief, introductory powerpoint presentation at the Mitchell Research Center. During the powerpoint, Miller explained that Hillsdale’s

history really started with the Erie Canal. “I feel that it’s really important to start with the Erie Canal. Because, we need to know how this got settled. If anybody’s thinking, they’re thinking ‘Appalachian Mountains? How did we get here?’ You don’t get wagons over even low mountains like that,” Miller said. After her presentation, Miller guided the group through downtown and spoke of different historical events as the crew dove deeper into the city’s past. She told of how Hillsdale became the county seat, various other historical interest stories, and of how Broad Street got its name. Broad Street is 99 feet wide instead of the typical 66 feet. One story that caught the attention of the attendees was that of the old jail. Lora Glei-Dietz has lived in Hillsdale her whole life. She said she remembered the old jail, and, in her mind’s eye, it was pink. Glei-Dietz said she went on the walk to spend

time with friends and to hear Miller speak. “JoAnne is fantastic at history. It’s just fun,” she said. Valerie White, who has worked in Hillsdale since 1996, said she also came on the walk because she knew how good Miller was at retelling Hillsdale’s history. “I thought it would be kind of cool to hear what she has to say about different buildings and stuff like that,” White said. White worked in the prosecutor’s office at the Hillsdale County Courthouse. “I’d always check out the old buildings and hear stories from old attorney’s and stuff about the court building, old jail, and stuff like that,” White said. When putting together the talk, Miller didn’t focus on any one theme or time period in Hillsdale’s history. She said she just wanted to reach some people with the town’s story. “If one person showed up, it was worthwhile,” Miller said. The Mitchell Research Center. Julia Mullins | Collegian

Gas tax curbed, all eyes on state budget By | Ben Wilson Collegian Reporter

Marathon gas station on West Carleton Road. Julia Mullins | Collegian

Michigan drivers won’t see an increase in gas prices at the pump just yet as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposed 45-cent tax increase has been stalled. The controversial tax hike made national headlines as it would give Michigan the highest gas taxes in the nation. Hillsdale College economics professor Charles Steele warns against this tax and its implications for Michiganders. “The tax would have some pretty negative consequences,” Steele said. “It tends to be pretty regressive, so it hits poorer people harder than anyone else.” The effects hit especially hard in areas like Hillsdale that are close to other states. “There will be economic dislocations along the borders,” Steele said. “People in any of the border states will have a tax of about 30 cents a gallon, whereas ours will be over 70 cents.” The proposal was intro-

duced as a part of Whitmer’s suggested state budget. The deadline for this year’s budget approval is Oct. 1. If the legislature fails to come up with an approved budget, the state could face a government shutdown. With this looming deadline in sight, Whitmer announced she will relent on the highly-contested gas tax for the sake of the overall budget. “We have all agreed to continue conversations about road funding in a meaningful way and table all associated issues for the time being,” Whitmer said in a joint statement with GOP members Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey and House Speaker Lee Chatfield. “Right now, our number one priority is getting a budget passed. We look forward to rolling up our sleeves and negotiating on behalf of the people of Michigan.” With the gas tax sidelined, negotiating and voting on the budget is the main focus for the Michigan legislature in the next two weeks. Shirkey is a major voice against the tax hike and is

County Fair: ‘The world stops for a week’

By | Julia Mullins City News Editor This year’s Hillsdale County Fair will have a concert for the first time in three years and also feature a new competition: KOI Drag Racing. From Sept. 22 - 28, Fair Manager Lori Hull said she anticipates 75,000 - 100,000 people will make their way through more than 200 vendors at the 169th annual county fair. “On Sunday, the first day of the fair, we are having KOI drag racing, which is something new,” Hull said. “And that’s just general public, anybody interested in bringing their vehicle in, anything from ATVs up to semis can drag race. That’s the competition on Sunday.” Hull said the only other change in the schedule will be

a concert by the band, Hotel California A Salute to the Eagles, on Saturday. “We’re very excited to have music on the fairgrounds again,” Hull said. The fairgrounds also feature a new barn for draft horses and mules. Hull said the old barn was torn down and has been replaced with a new 175 feet by 60 feet building. “It was a tough decision for the board because any historic building or older building sticks in the hearts of a lot of people,” Hull said. “But for us, the amount of money it would’ve taken to repair it, we still would have had an old building that had been repaired. With this we have a brand new building, it’s freestanding, there’s no poles in there to work around, so it makes it a much more usable

building.” Donut Hut manager and fair board member Walt Zinzer said he’s looking forward to another busy week at this year’s fair. “We run close to 45,000 doughnuts in that one week,” Zinzer said. “I have 55 bags of vanilla, 17 pumpkin, and 14 apple. They’re all 50 pound bags. And I bet there’s 40 pails of frosting, and they’re 24 pound pails.” Zinzer has ran the Donut Hut since 2010 and relies on volunteers to keep up with all of the orders. Proceeds earned from the Donut Hut’s sales go toward renovations for buildings on the fairgrounds. The theme for this year’s fair is: “Planting Seeds for Our Future.” Hull said the theme ties into the fair’s education building. Vendors in the education building are

judged on their ability to tie their booth into the theme. In addition to the education building, Hull said one of the most popular attractions is the live birth tent, where attendees have the opportunity to see eggs hatch and sheep or cattle being born. Hull said she first got involved with the fair through 4-H and was a member of the board before becoming the manager. For Hull, fair week has always been a reunion for the community. “The world stops for a week in September here in Hillsdale, and it’s an opportunity where you’re guaranteed to see people you very likely haven’t seen since last year’s fair,” Hull said. “That whole reunion-feel is special. It’s pretty important to the county, and I love being a part of it. I’m proud to be a part of it.”

advocating for road repairs in the new budget. “Our budget will include $500 million more for roads, without raising taxes,” Shirkey said in a press release on September 6. “We are building upon the promise we made to taxpayers to find money within our existing budget to fund one of our major priorities: roads.” Rep. Eric Leutheuser of Hillsdale is working to find a budget both sides will support. “We had a number of proposals that we presented to the governor behind closed doors this summer,” Leutheuser said. “Some of them were quite significant and showed good faith and would have gone a long way to making the roads a greater priority going forward.” Whitmer has failed to show interest in any of these proposals from Republican lawmakers. Leutheuser said he is committed to solving the road issues beyond the 2020 fiscal year budget. “Not only are we going to show in this budget a real significant investment in the

roads, but we are willing to have a conversation after this process is done for a longterm solution,” Leutheuser said. “A long-term solution accounts for the fact that fuel consumption may decline, one that looks at a ballot proposal that dedicates sales tax revenue to roads, maybe one that has some tax relief in the form of lower registration fees” Republican lawmakers in Michigan are currently working on a budget that can improve roads and appeal to the governor and her party. Leutheuser wants his constituents and the people of Michigan to know that the lawmakers are looking for the best option. “The state has had a lot of fiscal discipline with former Governor Snyder,” Leutheuser said. “We’re going to be very careful to make sure we have a fiscally sound budget going forward. We want to keep Michigan on the path of paying down debt and preparing for the future so over time the state becomes a more attractive place to live and raise a family.”

The Hillsdale County Fair opens Sunday, Sept. 22. Julia Mullins | Collegian

City Council approves ‘consent agreement’ to demolish structure on Westwood Street By | Julia Mullins City News Editor The Hillsdale City Council voted 7-0 to approve an order of public nuisance and demolition of 65 and 65 1/2 Westwood St. in a public hearing on Sept. 16. Last month, the council passed a resolution declaring the structure a public nuisance and gave owner Marvin Salyer 30 days to take care of the issue or demolish it, according to Hillsdale City Zoning Administrator Alan Beeker. Since Salyer did not take any action, the council held a public hearing during the regular city council meeting to publicly inform Salyer of

the next step, which is the city demolishing the property. “It should have been demolished about a year ago, when there was a fire on the second floor,” Beeker said. After the fire, Salyer was given six months to correct the damage from the fire, restore the house to a single-family home, and sell the property. He found out the property was not insured when the fire occurred and cited that as the reason he could not fix the house. Hillsdale City Attorney Tom Thompson said the demolition process has been put off due to issues with the code-enforcement process. “The city has fairly limited remedies,” Thompson said.

When a property receives a citation for code violations, the city can give the owner a limited number of days to bring the property up to code. If the owner refuses to fix his property, Thompson said the district court judge can hold a hearing to declare the property is in violation of the code and order the owner to demolish the property at his own expense. When the owner refuses to demolish the property with his own funds, the city assumes the financial responsibility of demolishing the property. “The city has to spend the money not knowing if they’ll ever get it back,” Thompson said. One way of bypassing the

court order to demolish the property is to hold a public hearing, which is what the city chose to do in this case. Salyer said contractors are very busy at this time, and told the council he didn’t think he’d be able to have the structure demolished in the next few weeks. Councilman Bruce Sharp said the property is four houses down from where he lives. “It’s been a dump for a long time,” Sharp said. “It has squatters going in and out of it.” The public hearing also gave Salyer a chance to address the city council. In addition to the 65 and 65 1/2 properties, Salyer said he owns eight or nine other

houses in Hillsdale. “I understand it’s a nuisance, and I’m sorry,” Salyer said. “I was working on trying to save it, but let’s just put it in the dumpster.” Beeker said he spoke to three contractors, but only one unnamed contractor gave him a “ballpark figure” of $45,000 to demolish the structure. “That seems pretty expensive,” Hillsdale City Manager David Mackie said. The city only has $30,000 in its budget for all code-enforcement projects, according to Beeker. “That includes snow removal, mowings, demolition,” Beeker said. “This would destroy your budget, plus.” The council voted to give

Salyer 60 days to demolish the property. Moving forward, Thompson will draft a consent agreement between the city and Salyer to demolish the property. “Basically it’s a type of contract that says he’s going to demolish it by Nov. 16, and if he doesn’t then he grants the city permission to demolish it,” Thompson said. Hillsdale Mayor Adam Stockford said he doesn’t want to spend the city’s money to demolish this property. “If Mr. Salyer is offering to tear it down himself, I’d rather give him a couple extra weeks and not have to spend the resident’s money,” Stockford said.

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55 Below brings new underground bar, patio to downtown Hillsdale By | Allison Schuster Features Editor College students over the age of 21 can teak a break from the monotony of a studious Thursday evening with “college nights” at the new downtown bar, 55 Below. Although the temperature may be cool, bartender Derek ‘Spit-fire’ Haddix heats things up when the crowd gets too rowdy. Haddix gained his nickname from an attention-grabbing act he does at the bar. When too many people are at the bar, making his job chaotic, he takes a shot of alcohol, puts some on his hand, and lights the alcohol-covered area of his hand on fire, resulting in a large burst of flames. “It buys me about three and a half minutes, which is enough time to do a round of drinks,” he said. Located only one mile off campus, 55 Below brings renewed energy to the Hillsdale nightlife. Last May, 55 Below opened its doors where the bar “The Underground” formerly existed. Since that time, the bar has catered toward students and residents with commonly-themed nights. 55 Below is underneath 55 Broad Street, which is the patio bar outside of the liquor store Broad Street Market. The building is all one entity. The market is open during the day, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. most days, but the bars are only open from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. Thursday through Sunday. Haddix bartends at the lower level bar, working alongside manager Elena Ledesma and patio bartender Amber Campbell. “It’s a team effort,” Haddix said, “which is what makes it fun.” The Underground went out of business a few years ago. Ledesma said 55 Below is

trying to deviate from the reputation of The Underground since the two are so different. The Underground was only a below-ground bar, whereas 55 Below is part of a larger entity. Owner Ben Baldwin bought the building two years ago and opened 55 Below during graduation week for the class of 2019. Since then, the bar has developed and expanded what they offer, including a cornhole league on Thursday nights. Ledesma said they are also constantly expanding what they offer. There’s a pool table and typically live entertainment in either section of the bar, but Ledesma plans to add more. She said they are potentially creating a Wii bowling league to be played on the large screen in the lower bar. They are also in the early stages of crafting a menu for their patio bar. Since its opening, the bar has been available as a space for people to eat, drink, and be merry, even if they don’t offer food there. People are allowed to order food to the restaurant, Ledesma said, and they often do. “The guys from Hungry Howie’s come here all the time, so he knows exactly where he’s going,” she said. Certain nights of the week they have specials, including last week’s “Friday the 13th” party. All events are posted to their Facebook page. Ledesma, who is also a graphic designer, designs all of their advertisements. She also designs for Here’s to You Pub & Grub and the Hillsdale Brewing Company, all of which she said are very different places. “They’re great atmospheres, but it’s all different from us,” she said. “We have the biggest dance floor, it’s always cool

By | Ashley Kaitz Collegian Freelancer On Sept. 12, the Hillsdale Garden Club celebrated its 90th anniversary in Markel Auditorium. Tables loaded with delicious treats and a commemorative cake stood in the lobby, and ladies in pink sweaters milled around with cups of lemonade, laughing and chatting away. Peggy Lopresto, president of the club, and member Louise Worms said that the celebration was a refreshing change from the difficult work of gardening. “These ladies like to party,” Worms chuckled. “We like a reason to dress up and get out of our rubber gloves and jeans,” Lopresto added. They may like to party, but the 60 active members of the Garden Club definitely aren’t afraid of getting their hands dirty. “We do a lot,” Worms said. “All the petunia baskets that are hanging on the light posts downtown, we plant those, and the city hangs them and waters them for us.” This season will be a busy one for the club, which puts on a Green Sale after Thanksgiving each year to sell handmade wreaths to the community. In fact, Lopresto said they started preparing for the sale last week. The focus of the night was a highly-anticipated speech from Jan Bills, founder of her landscape company Two Women and a Hoe and author of “Late Bloomer: How to Garden with Comfort, Ease, and Simplicity in the Second Half of Life.” “Bills brings so much humor to gardening and she really brings out its light side,” Lopresto said.

The heavy side of gardening involves “hard work and shovels,” as Worms and Lopresto laughingly added. Laughter was in ready supply throughout the evening, thanks to Bill’s hilarious and informative presentation. She quizzed the audience on the difference between “lush” and “overgrown,” revealed her go-to supplier for cardboard — the Costco toilet paper aisle — and provided the “Five Deadly Sins of the Garden,” which is a short list of invasive weeds that will destroy any flower bed. “If you see these plants, run,” she joked. Bills seemed well-acquainted with the struggles of gardening.

down here, and it’s just a great area for people to spread out and dance.” Customer service is important at 55 Below, Ledesma added. It’s important to her that everyone serving and being served has a good time, so if a bartender isn’t in a good mood, she will send them home. Ledesma, who worked as a bartender for many years, said she stops serving people alcohol when they become too intoxicated and does her best to ensure people who have been drinking do not attempt to drive. Almost every Friday and Saturday night there is entertainment either on the patio or basement, but never both so the artist can receive full attention. Acoustic singers perform on the patio, matching the more relaxed, casual vibe, Ledesma said, and DJs or bands take over the basement, adding to the “fun, exciting vibe.” Junior Clayton DeJong said he enjoys going to 55 Below for its music, which is unmatched among other Hillsdale bars. He plans to attend Thursday college nights. “At other places, there is no music if you’re not paying the jukebox,” he said. 55 Below also hosts private events, including Pi Beta Phi sorority’s 2019 spring formal. In this case, anyone over the age of 18 is allowed in the venue. Ledesma said it is easier to manage groups than an entire crowd comprised of random people. For any college students seeking Thursday night fun complete with cornhole, dancing, and drinking, 55 Below is open for business.

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of Mrs. Stock’s Park –– the garden that started it all –– by Sally Fallon. Together, they displayed the extent of the impact that the Garden Club has on the Hillsdale community. Mayor Adam Stockford expressed his gratitude to the Garden Club in a brief speech comparing the Club members’ active role in the community to the self-reliance and can-do attitude that Tocqueville observed in Americans over 200 years ago. “Where would this community be without the Hillsdale Garden Club,” he asked. Michigan State Rep. Eric Leutheuser of Hillsdale offered his congratulations as well. “This milestone is truly a celebration of the many years that the Hillsdale Garden Club beautified the community by enriching the lives of those who live here,” Leutheuser said. “All its members know the admiration we have for their work and carry with them our warmest wishes for the future.” To round off the night, members of the Hillsdale County Board of Realtors presented the Garden Club with a check for $1,500 to go towards the purchase of benches and picnic tables for Mrs. Stock’s Park. “It’ll give them a chance to sit and relax when they’re doing all that weeding,” a representative from the Board of Realtors said. All in all, it was an evening to remember for the members of the Hillsdale Garden Club. As they drifted back into the lobby, laughing with their friends and nibbling on cake, these ladies looked ready to take on the season, from Christmas wreaths to obnoxious weeds.

The bar area and pool table at 55 Below. Allison Schuster | Collegian

Winter cornhole league at 55 Below to begin Oct. 3

By | Reagan Gensiejewski Collegian Resporter People are driving from Indiana, Ohio, and all over Michigan to downtown Hillsdale for one thing: cornhole. 55 Below will be hosting a cornhole league this fall. The league will take place every Thursday night at 7 p.m. starting on Oct. 3. Registration is open until Sept. 30 and is $50 per person. The league is set up to enter in teams of two. The inspiration for a cornhole league started with Hillsdale native Steven Herzberg. Originally, he started out making 200 to 300 custom cornhole boards a year. But as that business became too much to handle, he decided to take his passion for cornhole in a different direction. A few months ago, Herzberg started a Facebook page, “Pure Cornhole,” and held tournaments throughout the summer at Vanity Ice Cream. “It just blew up,” Herzberg said. “We went from having three people at our first tournament to having 20 to 30 people showing up.” It got so popular that Hezberg hosted a cornhole tournament on Baw Beese Lake for the Fourth of July, complete with sponsors from

the town supporting the event. Cornhole has also been on the rise nationally in recent years, even appearing on ESPN. The new popularity and Herzberg’s success caught the attention of Ben Baldwin and Elena Ledesma, the owner and manager of 55 below, respectively. They reached out to Herzberg to set up a league. “We are trying to get Thursdays up and running,” Ledesma said. “We are bringing the cornhole in to add some variety. People want to do stuff in the winter and we have a big enough space here that they can come in, drink some beers, play some cornhole, and not be out in the weather.” The night will be filled with drink specials, Thursday night football, music, and lots of competition. Every week there will be different ways to earn cash prizes. At the end of the tournament, the champion is expected to receive between $600 and $800. Ridge Morris, a resident of Hillsdale, played in some of Herzberg’s tournaments this summer and looks forward to participating again. Once a high-school athlete, Morris enjoys the competitive environment the league offers. Hillsdale College senior

Jake Rhodes is excited to see a cornhole league forming in Hillsdale. “It is incorporating a little bit of college students mixing with people from the town,” Rhodes said. “Another way to have fun.” But it doesn’t just stop with cornhole. 55 Below is now hosting a college night every Thursday starting around 10 p.m., with more drink specials and a DJ. In the future, the bar is looking to start a Wii bowling league and possibly even a Just Dance competition. 55 Below is adding new, never seen before, attractions to Hillsdale which Josh Stella, Hillsdale College senior, thinks is beneficial to all college students. “It definitely helps to give more diversity for Hillsdale College students,” Stella said, “It is a way to get more people to go out and explore the town.” A cornhole league is definitely unique, and that is exactly the goal. “We are just trying to add variety to this town,” Ledesma said. “There is not a lot going on. We are giving everybody something to do.”

“This milestone is truly a celebration of the many years that Hillsdale Garden Club beautified the community by enriching the lives of those who live here,” Leutheuser said. “So, gardeners, wouldn’t you agree that if you woke up in the morning, and something didn’t hurt, you’d think you were dead,” she asked. The chuckles from the audience revealed that it was all too true. In addition to her handy lists and relatable humor, Bills’ talk was full of tips, tricks, bug-spray recipes, and examples of what not to do in the garden. One piece of advice that she returned to again and again was her mantra “right plant, right place.” “This is critical if we want to sustain the garden and the gardener,” she said, supplying photos of overgrown hedges obscuring living-room windows to prove her point. Besides Bills, the night’s program included a talk on Garden Club history by Worms, an overview of the Green Sale by Connie Brumbaugh, and a history

Hillsdale Garden Club maintains Mrs. Stock’s Park, located outside of downton Hillsdle. Julia Mullins | Collegian

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The Local Eatery will be opening with a limited menu, including three specialties and common diner staples. In the future, the menu will continue to offer typical items served at a diner but will also incorporate some specialty items, including chicken and waffles, baked oatmeal, rum custard French toast, and grilled cheese hot dogs. Jason Walters said customers can expect a great overall experience at the Local Eatery. “We have updated a lot of the supplies and quality of the food,” Jason Walters said. As of right now, the restaurant will not be continuing the late nights made famous by the former Palace Cafe, but Jason Walters said they may consider implementing them at a later date, because of their popularity.

Hillsdale College Professor of Mathematics Kevin Gerstle said he’s excited for the grand opening. “I’m curious to see what the new owners are planning on doing with the business and definitely plan on checking it out,” Gerstle said. The Walters said they believe the nature of the restaurant will attract college students. “The Local Eatery will be a modern-looking place with an energetic, friendly staff and good food at reasonable prices,” Jason Walters said. Additional attractive features will include a breakfast table facing the windows, high-top booths for additional privacy to study, and fresh ground coffee. Once they release the full menu, there will be some different shakes, purees, and blended items available to order. With the grand opening

approaching, the interior has undergone a complete makeover, offering bright light and a crisp, clean, and modernized vibe. “My wife is a major part of this,” said Jason Walters. “All the colors and decor and layout were all her vision. Dena Walters really designed and came up with all of the concepts, I just built it.” The updated restaurant will still feature some of the historic pieces the Palace Cafe was known for, and its famous mural is being repurposed into a collage. “We are changing a lot but want to reincorporate history back into the restaurant,’’ Jason Walters said. “I think we really modernized the place as far as colors and decor, but we kept some of the traditional checkered floor and bar stools that we are fixing up.”

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Alumni meet to mark start of Fall season By | Rachel Kookogey assistant editor

Charles Holbrook runs during the Tiffelberg Invitational in Tiffin, Ohio, on Saturday. calli townsend | colleigan

Men's Cross Country

Chargers finish third at Tiffelberg Invitational By | Calli Townsend assistant editor The Hillsdale College Chargers enjoyed another weekend of cooler temperatures and sunshine to put together a strong series of races at the Tiffelberg Invitational at the Hedges Boyer Park in Tiffin, Ohio, on Saturday. They finished third as a team with 70 points, while Heidelberg University took first with 27 points and Tiffin University came in second with 35. Freshman Isaac Waffle battled hard to the finish to lead the way for the Chargers. As he came around the last turn with about 100 meters to go, he chased down a runner from Heidelberg. The two elbowed their way down the straight away and Waffle beat him to take sixth overall in 27 minutes and 12.8 seconds in his first ever 8000-meter race. “I was just on the hunt. I didn’t want to lose to him, I don’t like losing close races,” he said. “I knew it was up to me and a tree wasn’t going to get in the way of it. The race

TIFFELBERG INVITATIONAL TEAM RESULTS

saturday , september 14

SCORE

1. HEIDELBERG 2. TIFFIN 3. HILLSDALE 4. BOWLING GREEN TRACK CLUB

TOTAL TIME

27 2:13:49 35 2:16:09 70 2:20:19 106 2:24:38

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1:00 P.M.

Lansing CC Invitational was a lot better than I was expecting. I just ran with the other guys for most of it to keep from going out to fast, then just bring it in the last half.” After missing all of the 2018 cross country season and only racing a few times between the indoor and outdoor track seasons, sophomore James McClure finished 10th overall on Saturday. He said his time of 27:34.6 isn’t quite where he’d like it to be, but he’s pleased with the way his season has begun. “I was pretty happy with how the race went. I missed all of cross country last year

due to injury so for that to be my first cross country meet in two years was pretty great,” McClure said. “I still have a lot of work to do, but that was a great starting point for the season and I’m looking forward to the rest of the year.” Finishing 13th overall in his first collegiate race in a familiar course close to

home, freshman Sean Hoeft crossed the finish line in 27:49.4. He said he had run on the Hedges Boyer Park course several times in high school. Junior Charles Holbrook finished in 28:09.1 to take 18th. Freshman Dylan Palmer rounded out the pack of Chargers taking 29th place. He finished in 29:33.1. The Chargers will take the next two weeks off to train and rest up for their races in early October. The team will be splitting up to run in Lansing, Michigan at the Lansing Community College Invitational and the Joe Paine Invitational in South Bend, Indiana. Both of these meets will be on Saturday, Oct. 4. By splitting the team up, runners are able to compete at different meets while still getting ample rest.

TIFFELBERG INVITATIONAL HILLSDALE RESULTS

6. ISAAC WAFFLE 10. JAMES MCCLURE 13. SEAN HOEFT 18. CHARLES HOLBROOK 29. DYLAN PALMER

SCORE

6 10 13 18 23

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TIME (8K)

27:12.8 27:34.6 27:49.4 28:09.1 29:33.1

Alumni will get the chance to compete with the current Hillsdale College Chargers in their old pool in the Blue-White Alumni Scrimmage on Saturday at 11 a.m. This is only the second year that the team has opened the intersquad meet to alumni, allowing them to compete against each other in 50-meter events between team events. Senior Taylor Steyer said that when they invited alumni to compete last year, it brought a “whole new element” to the event. “It’s a way to see not just your four years here, but also further back,” Steyer said. Head coach Kurt Kirner said he enjoys the homecoming scrimmage. “It’s a fun opportunity for those recently graduated to see old teammates and for current swimmers to meet some of those who previously swam in the program,” he said. The Chargers will split into two teams, blue and white, and race each other just as they would race outside teams. Each team member has to swim every event and will be scored by their total times. “It’s fun in the sense that

FIRST, from a10 They are cutting back on the amount of meets they run this year to allow more time for rest and recovery, but the Chargers are making the most of each race. Their team has won the first two meets of the season after the latest victory at the Tiffelberg Invitational on Saturday. They ran at the Hedges Boyer Park in Tiffin, Ohio, where they finished with a near-perfect score of 22 points, while Heidelberg University came in second with 66 points, and Tiffin University was third with 76 points. Leading the pack for much of the race was senior Arena Lewis, who crossed the line first in 22 minutes and 51.5 seconds. Lewis stayed behind the lead runner for the first couple of miles, but then powered up a hill to pass her and from there the race was hers. Junior Christina Sawyer came in next for Hillsdale. She ran the majority of the race as a pace setter for her teammates, then finished strong on her own. Sawyer came in fifth overall in 23:53.1. Freshman Gwynne Riley made her debut in Charger blue alongside her junior teammate, Lauren Peterson. The pair finished ninth and 10th, finishing in 24:23.5 and 24:29.2, respectively. “I was really nervous going into it, but I was glad to have my teammates to pace with and work with them and towards the end it was nice to have them for encouragement,” Riley said. “I feel a lot better about it now with one done. I really had no clue what my time was going to be so it was a good learn-

you don’t just get to swim your strokes, you have to swim other strokes,” Steyer said. “I don’t think there’s as much pressure as there is when I'm only swimming my best event.” The event is also a way to asses the team in the competition environment before they begin the season. “We want the team to really embrace the challenge of swimming every event,” assistant coach Zoe Tracey said. “We aren’t too concerned with their times at this point. The main goal is to create a meet environment and get the girls into a racing mindset.” Junior Kathrine Heeres reiterated that idea, saying the inter-team competition is a good way to gauge where she is at the start of the season. “It’s really helpful to not go into our first meet without having raced,” Heeres said. Heeres added that the alumni involvement makes the meet feel more like a real competition than a practice day. “It’s more fun than a normal practice. Homecoming week is so exciting anyway, and it plays into that,” Heeres said. “We’re a part of homecoming week.”

ing experience.” With a new personal best time, sophomore Amber Mango kicked off her season with a 13th-place finish in 24:39.6, which beats her previous record by 30 seconds. “I’m really proud of how the whole team approached the race with confidence and a plan. We started the race a bit conservative and then really started competing the second half,” Mango said. “I’m excited to see what this season will hold. We have some impressive talent, lots of depth, and most importantly, a cohesive unit that makes running for this team feel like a partnership.” To finish up the race, junior Megan Poole and freshman Natalie Martinson crossed the line nearly in sync to take 15th and 16th overall. Poole, who was recovering from sickness, finished in 24:59.2 and Martinson came in at 25:00.7. With Championship season quickly approaching, the team is feeling confident and is ready to compete. “Ninth in the nation is a littler underrated in my opinion,” Mango said with a laugh. Last season Walsh beat the Chargers at the conference meet, but then beat the Cavaliers at the regional meet. Walsh beat Hillsdale at Nationals, so now it’s the Chargers turn to take the lead. The Chargers will take a break for the next couple of weeks as they prepare for their next pair of meets in early October. They will split up for the Lansing Community College Invitational in Lansing, Michigan, and the Joe Paine Invitational in South Bend, Indiana.

TIFFELBERG INVITATIONAL HILLSDALE RESULTS

Sean Hoeft, left, and Isaac Waffle, right, run during the Tiffelberg Invitational in Tiffin, Ohio, on Saturday. calli townsend | colleigan

1. ARENA LEWIS 5. CHRISTINA SAWYER 9. GWYNNE RILEY 10. LAUREN PETERSON 13. AMBER MANGO 15. MEGAN POOLE 16. NATALIE MARTINSON

SCORE

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TIME (6K)

1 22:51.5 2 23:53.1 5 24:23.5 6 24:29.2 8 24:39.6 (10) 24:59.2 (11) 25:00.7

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FOOTBALL

Volleyball

september 14 Hillsdale 15 Indianapolis

7 7 0 7 21 0 20 21 7 48

Luke Keller Joey Bentley Christian Shepler

15-29 201 2 0 36 1-1 47 0 0 47 1-1 4 0 0 4

1 2 3 4 FINAL

passing

c-a yds td int long

rushing

att yds avg td long

David Graham Joey Bentley Luke Keller Christian Shepler

11 38 3.5 0 12 1 8 8.0 0 8 6 5 0.8 1 12 2 1 0.5 0 1

receiving

rec yds avg td long

K.J. Maloney Alex Giampietro Ben Gendics Michael Herzog Martin Petersen Zach Steinbrunner Luke Keller Joey Bentley Christian Shepler

7 172 24.6 1 47 1 25 25.0 0 25 1 21 21.0 1 21 2 14 7.0 0 9 2 14 7.0 0 12 1 5 5.0 0 5 1 4 4.0 0 4 1 2 2.0 0 2 1 -5 -5.0 0 0

defense

tkl tfl sack ff/fr int

Nate Jones Jason McDonough Dan Shanley Zach Herzog Matt Harding Wain Clarke Drake Temple

8 0 0 0/0 0 8 0 0 0/0 0 7 0.5 0 0/0 0 6 0 0 0/0 0 4 0 0 0/0 0 4 1 0 0/0 0 4 0 0 0/0 0

VOLLEYBALL september 12 Ashland 19 Hillsdale

1 2 3 SCORE

19 21 22 0 25 25 25 3

kill ast dig bs/ba pts

Allyssa Van Wienen Karoline Shelton Emily Lachmann Hannah Gates Maddie Clark Maggie DePorre

14 1 3 0/1 16.5 11 0 3 1/1 12.5 11 0 3 0/0 11.0 7 0 0 0/2 8.0 6 0 6 0/0 6.0 2 0 0 0/0 2.0

september 13 Northwood 19 Hillsdale

1 2 3 4 SCORE

18 10 25 12 1 25 25 23 25 3

kill ast dig bs/ba pts

Allyssa Van Wienen Emily Lachmann Hannah Gates Karoline Shelton Audrey Riley Maggie DePorre

16 1 1 7/4 26.0 12 0 9 1/1 13.5 11 0 0 1/1 12.5 6 0 7 0/2 7.0 2 1 5 0/0 5.0 3 0 2 0/1 3.5

september 14 Clarion 19 Hillsdale

1 2 3 4 SCORE

19 25 19 15 1 25 14 25 25 3

kill ast dig bs/ba pts

Allyssa Van Wienen Karoline Shelton Hannah Gates Emily Lachmann Maggie DePorre Lindsey Mertz

september 14 16 Palm Beach Atl. 19 Hillsdale

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15 0 2 0/2 19.0 13 2 11 0/2 14.0 7 0 0 2/6 12.0 9 0 11 0/0 9.0 4 2 5 0/4 6.0 3 41 15 0/1 3.5

1 2 3 4 5 SCORE

23 25 16 25 7 2 25 23 25 23 15 3

Allyssa Van Wienen Karoline Shelton Hannah Gates Emily Lachmann Maggie DePorre Lindsey Mertz

kill ast dig bs/ba pts

19 0 2 1/1 21.5 19 1 16 0/1 20.5 11 0 0 3/6 17.0 15 0 3 0/2 16.0 3 0 4 0/2 4.0 0 59 10 0/2 3.0

Golf

G-MAC FALL PREVIEW

TEAM RESULTS

1. FINDLAY 2. TREVECCA NAZARENE 3. OHIO DOMINICAN 4. KENTUCKY WESLEYAN t5. OHIO VALLEY t5. MALONE 7. TIFFIN 8. HILLSDALE 9. WALSH 10. CEDARVILLE

monday - tuesday , september 16-17

ROUND 1

11. RYAN ZETWICK t20. JOSH DAVENPORT t38. GERRY JONES JR. t38. LUKE GIRODAT t50. JACK SULLIVAN

TOTAL

283 276 559 288 285 573 296 288 584 288 301 589 301 292 593 302 291 593 302 294 596 303 304 607 308 300 608 308 305 613

G-MAC FALL PREVIEW HILLSDALE RESULTS

ROUND 2

monday - tuesday , september 16-17

ROUND 1

ROUND 2

74 74 77 78 89

71 74 80 79 83

MONDAY-TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23-24

TOTAL

145 148 157 157 172

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Doc Spragg Fall Invitational

Chargers go 4-0 on three-day homestand By | Liam Bredberg assistant editor The Hillsdale College Chargers went undefeated in a weekend tournament of four games last Friday and Saturday. Led by standout execution on offense and a reliable defense, the Chargers won a combined 12 sets in their four matches losing only four. The impressive finish in the tournament led the Chargers to be bumped five spots higher in the national rankings landing them at number 14. The Chargers faced great challenges against a nationally ranked team and multiple local rivals, losing two players to injury in early games. “We lost a starting outside hitter on Thursday night and a middle and right side hitter on Friday,” head coach Chris Gravel said. “The toughest opponent we faced this weekend was ourselves but the team was able to battle through adversity once again.” Junior middle hitter Allyssa Van Wienen headed an outstanding offensive performance that pushed the Chargers past equally explosive offenses. She received the G-MAC Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week award for the second week in a row for her efforts. She is the only G-MAC player that has received the award thus far this season. “I believe there is always room for improvement.” Van Wienen said. “I have never played a perfect game, and I never will. Each day I go into practice or games with the mindset that this is my opportunity to get better, and I do what I can to take advantage of that. Awards for me are awards for my team because any success I have as an individual is a result of the success my teammates

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Ashland (4-1) 19 H illsdale (4-1) FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

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Northwood (0-5) 19 H illsdale (5-1) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

1 3

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Clarion (5-3) 19 H illsdale (6-1) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

1 3

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Palm Beach Atlantic (5-3) 19 H illsdale (7-1) 16

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Hillsdale (7-1) vs. Illinois-Springfield (5-3)

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

| tiffin, oh 14 H illsdale (7-1) vs . S eton H all (3-8)

9:00 A.M.

| tiffin, oh 14 H illsdale (7-1) vs . I ndianapolis (6-1)

2:00 P.M.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

also have while playing.” Van Wienen finished the tournament with a .456 hitting percentage, and averaged 4 kills and one block per set. She had a career high 11 total blocks in the team’s match against Northwood, a number that ties the second place all-time record for most in a match by any G-MAC player. Senior libero Taylor Wiese kept pace with Van Wienen on the other side of the court, earning herself G-MAC Defensive Player of the Week honors. Wiese averaged 5.4 digs across the four matches, adding an impressive 30 digs in her match against Palm Beach Atlantic. Her performance earned her

TAYLOR WIESE

a spot in the AVCA 30-dig Club for the third time in her career. The Chargers opened the tournament with a powerful match against regional rivals, Ashland University, with a score of 3-0 on Friday night. The Chargers had not beat the Eagles since 2015 going into the season. “The win over Ashland feels great,” Gravel said. “Anytime we can beat Ashland is a good time.” The Chargers beat Northwood 3-1 on Friday night, topping the Timberwolves in almost every statistical category. The Chargers led in hitting percentage, block, and aces, and tied the Timberwolves in digs, each

team putting up 61. Van Wienen recorded 16 kills with 0 errors on 23 attempts. She finished the match with a .696 hitting percentage. Taylor wiese had 17 digs in the game, leading a Charger defense that held the timberwolves under 20 points in three of the four sets, and under 15 in two. The team added an impressive 3-1 win over Clarion to open play on Saturday. The Chargers fell to Clarion in their first set 14-25. Hillsdale bounced back to win three in a row, taking the match. Hillsdale led Clarion in hitting percentage, blocks, and digs. The Chargers held the Golden Eagles--a team known for its powerful hitting--to a .000 hitting percentage in the fourth and final set of the match. Sophomore Karoline Shelton had a career high 13 kills in the match. The Chargers closed the tournament with the 3-2 win over the 16th ranked Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish. Van Wienen and sophomore Karoline Shelton led the Chargers offense with 19 kills each. Shelton broke her own personal record for kills set in the previous match of the day. Senior Emily Lachmann added her own personal record of 15 kills to the offensive attack. Van Wienen had a staggering .459 hitting percentage in the match. As favorites to win the conference for the third year in a row, the Chargers head into conference play more powerful and as a bigger threat than previous seasons. “We had a good team last year,” Gravel said. “We have a good team this year, however, this year we are a little more versatile and our mental game has improved.” The Chargers will begin conference play next Friday against Alderson Broaddus University.

87 digs

G-MAC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

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charger chatter: Hannah Gates Hannah Gates is a senior from New Baltimore, Michigan. She is a middle hitter on the volleyball team.

Q: What’s your favorite thing about playing on the volleyball team?

Q: What’s the craziest workout Coach Gravel makes you do?

Q: What do you like about playing for Coach Gravel?

HG: My favorite part is probably the trips we do. When we go to Tennessee, it’s more than just playing volleyball. Last year, we went to the Country Music Hall of Fame and got to walk through downtown Nashville a little bit. My freshman year, we went to the Upper Peninsula for a long weekend.

HG: The craziest one is probably the snow workouts. We’ll get up at 5:30, put on all our snow gear, and jog out to the hill by the old tennis courts. We’re running up and down the hill. Sometimes we’ll do relays and go sledding.

HG: He and Steph are just like mom and dad away from home. I really enjoy the family aspect. He will get on us when he needs to, but he’s also there for us when we need him.

Q: Do you have any pregame rituals that you do?

HG: My favorite thing to do before games to keep my spirit light is when we’re listening to the warmup CD, I’m singing and dancing. I’m focused, but I’m also not too serious.

Q: What are you looking forward to most for the season?

HG: I’m just excited for everything that senior year brings. I’m excited to see how this new team performs. I think we have a really promising season ahead of us.

---compiled by Regan Meyer

Charger A10 September 19, 2019

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BACK-TO-BACK

G-MAC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

ALLYSSA VAN WIENEN

122 kills .400 hit % 33 blocks 27 digs

Megan Poole, left, and Natalie Martinson, right, run during the Tiffelberg Invitational in Tiffin, Ohio, on Saturday. The Chargers finished first among five schools at the meet. calli townsend | colleigan

Women's Cross Country

Chargers finish first at Tiffelberg Invitational; now ranked ninth in DII By | Calli Townsend assistant editor The Hillsdale College Chargers broke into the top 10 in the national rankings on Wednesday. Previously ranked No. 11, they’re now sitting in ninth place, four spots ahead of conference rival, Walsh University.

see FIRST, page A8

TIFFELBERG INVITATIONAL TEAM RESULTS

1. HILLSDALE 2. HEIDELBERG 3. TIFFIN 4. URSULINE 5. LOURDES

saturday , september 14

SCORE

TOTAL TIME

22 2:00:17 66 2:12:08 76 2:12:49 96 2:16:48 109 2:27:41

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4

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Joe Paine Invitational

1:00 P.M.

Allyssa Van Wienen serves during a game last season. Van Wienen has been named G-MAC Offensive Player of the Week both of the first two weeks of the season. s. nathaniel grime | colleigan

Lansing CC Invitational

Football

Chargers let Greyhounds slip away in second half By | S. Nathaniel Grime sports editor The Hillsdale College Chargers couldn’t keep pace with the No. 15 University of Indianapolis Greyhounds on Saturday, losing 48-21 to drop Hillsdale to 0-2 to begin the season. The 0-2 start to the season is the Chargers’ first since the 2013 year. The Chargers got on the board first in the opening quarter on a 72-yard scoring drive, punctuated by redshirt freshman quarterback Luke Keller’s two completions to junior wide receiver K.J. Maloney for 57 yards. The second connection on the drive was a 27-yard touchdown reception for Maloney, his first score of the season. The early 7-0 lead was Hillsdale’s only advantage in the game. Indianapolis responded with 20 unanswered points on four consecutive drives, before the Chargers cut the deficit to 20-14 by halftime. With 18 seconds left in the second quarter, Keller connected with redshirt freshman wide receiver Ben Gendics for a 21-yard touchdown. That was the last time the Chargers added to the scoreboard for more than 30 minutes of game time, as the Greyhounds scored the first 28 points of the second half before Keller rushed for a one-yard touchdown in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter to bring the final score to 48-21. “The message is gonna be hit the reset button.

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Hillsdale (0-2, 0-0 G-MAC) 15 I ndianapolis (2-0, 0-0 GLVC)

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HILLSDALE COLLEGE HOMECOMING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 | hillsdale, mi 4:00 P.M. Lake Erie (0-2, 0-0) vs. Hillsdale (0-2, 0-0)

The overall expectations of winning a championship are still there,” head coach Keith Otterbein said. “We happened to lose to both of these teams last year too. We need to invest each practice, each rep, mentally, physically, emotionally, to make the kind of improvements that we’re capable of making.” Keller finished the game completing 15 of 29 passes for 201 yards and two touchdowns. After throwing two interceptions and losing a fumble in his first career collegiate start in week one, Keller didn’t turn the ball over to the Greyhounds in week two. Maloney, who exited on the first play of Hillsdale’s week one loss to Michigan Tech because of an injury, caught seven passes for 172 yards and a touchdown against Indianapolis. Keller connected with eight different targets in the air overall. “I think he’s got a good game day demeanor,” Otterbein said. “ I’m sure as he continues to gain experience he’ll see it slow down for him. He’s not playing like a guy that hasn’t had many college snaps.”

After netting negative-nine yards in the rushing game in week one, the Chargers improved in week two, but gained only 52 yards on 20 attempts. Senior running back David Graham carried the ball 11 times for 38 yards. “From week one to week two, we did a better job of making the game manageable for a new quarterback, but we’ve gotta establish the run better,” Otterbein said. “Biggest thing we’ve gotta do on offense is establish a solid run game and do a better job on third down.” Hillsdale converted only four of 12 third down opportunities after going 2-for-11 on third down last week. Indianapolis converted nearly 50% of its third down chances, and the disparity in third-down conversion rate contributed to a lopsided difference in time of possession. Indianapolis possessed the ball for more then 37 minutes, compared to the Chargers’ 23. Through two weeks, Hillsdale’s defense has been on the field for nearly two-thirds of its first two games. That disparity

played into the Greyhounds’ offense, which racked up 574 total yards of offense — 369 on the ground — as it pulled away in the second half. “I thought we did a really good job [defensively] in the first half, but having spent as much time on the field as we did, we kind of wore down,” Otterbein said. “You’ve gotta get off the field on third down.” The Chargers return home on Saturday for the first of two consecutive home games against G-MAC opponents before continuing its season against two more non-conference opponents. The Lake Erie College Storm visit Frank “Muddy” Waters Stadium first for a 4 p.m. kickoff on Saturday as the college celebrates Homecoming. The Chargers defeated the Storm last season, 41-7. “It all comes down to being the best football team we can be. We need to be better,” Otterbein said. “Our own improvement and how much we invest in practicing hard and committing to the game plan and developing our techniques, our fundamentals. When it comes to game time, there’s gotta be more consistency in execution of those fundamental skills.” Hillsdale closes out the month on Sept. 28 at home against Walsh University. The Chargers then open October with two more non-conference games before playing their final five games of the regular season against G-MAC teams.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

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Hillsdale Chargers

FIRST DOWNS

TOTAL YARDS OF OFFENSE

304

574

NET YARDS PASSING

252

205

NET YARDS RUSHING

369

THIRD DOWN EFFICEINCY

33% (4 of 12)

45% (5 of 11)

FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY

0% (0 of 2)

0% (0 of 0)

PENTALTIES/YARDS

4/37

6/66

FUMBLES/NUMBER LOST

3/2

0/0

INTERCEPTIONS

SACKS/YARDS

1/9

2/10

TIME OF POSSESSION

22:45

37:15

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Visiting dance company ‘life-changing’ Performance wrestles with terminal disease, required military service

By | Julia Mullins City News Editor Giordano Dance Chicago company dancer Adam Houston said his experience with Giordano has been life-changing. “You could be a dancer involved with it, you could be a board member involved with it, you could be a dance enthusiast coming to our shows, and it’s truly a life-changing experience once you feel that energy and that soulfulness of the company, it’s really a beautiful thing,” he said. Students, professors, and members of the community gathered in Markel Auditorium for this life-changing experience on Sept. 14, at a performance from Giordano Dance Chicago hosted by the dance department. GDC has two companies, both led by artistic director Nan Giordano. “We’ve got a great show,” Giordano said. “I’m impressed by how the small community embraces dance.” The main company, which consists of 10 members, performed six works and left the audience feeling awestruck. Houston has been with the organization for seven years and said he loves performing with Giordano because of its diverse repertoire. “We start with ‘EXit4,’ which is a very intense piece, a little more angsty,” Houston said. “And then it goes into ‘Commonthread,’ which is very joyful, about unity and connection. And then it goes into ‘Sabroso,’ which is just fun, and it’s snappy.”

“EXit4,” choreographed by an Israeli-born artistic director, seeks to convey the tension felt by Israeli citizens who are all required to serve for four years in the Israeli Defense Forces as young adults. Throughout “EXit4,” the dancers expressed defiance, pain, and enthusiasm. Harsh, red stage lighting highlighted their passion as they danced, shouted, and clapped.

the 1940s complete with disco balls hanging above the stage. “This is the first time the company has done ‘Sabroso’ in four years,” Houston said. “It’s what Nan likes to refer to as ‘on the shelf,’ where we put pieces away for a little bit then bring them back.” Giordano Dance opened the second half with its first-ever performance of the emotional work, “Flicker.”

Giordano Dance Chicago performs “SOUL” at Hillsdale on Saturday. Courtesy | Todd Rosenberg

Holly Hobbs, a visiting assistant professor of dance and the director of the Tower Dancers, said Giordano’s style of dance is dynamic. “There’s a wide range of musical styles, a very expressive use of the body; it’s very physical,” Hobbs said. After an intense opening work, the company moved into “Commonthread,” which offered the audience a sense of joyfulness and warmth. The green lighting and whimsical costumes expressed revitalization and youthfulness as the dancers leaped and spun across the stage. The company closed the first half with “Sabroso,” a ballroom dance reminiscent of

Senior Tower dancer Jenna Wiita sat in on a masterclass with Nan Giordano prior to the company’s performance. She explained that “Flicker” was choreographed by Marinda Davis, who has eight autoimmune diseases. “She’s not necessarily going to live much longer,” Wiita said. “And the dance is about finding light in dark places. It was so beautiful.” The stage was dimly lit at the beginning and end of the work with small bulbs hanging from the ceiling, emphasizing Davis’ theme. The company wore white and demonstrated its physical strength through remarkable lifts with soloist Jacob Frazier.

Throughout the work, Frazier took the audience on a journey of self-reflection. His movements and facial expressions showed joy, fear, pain, anger, and hope. Giordano Dance ended the night with a lively performance of “SOUL.” With their snapping, clapping, and sparkling dress, the dancers moved across the stage and into the audience to get everyone in the auditorium on their feet. The company rehearses from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday every week and performs various shows on the weekends. But Houston said he enjoys it, because he loves to perform. “Today’s world is so consumed by negativity, there’s a lot of conflict out there,” Houston said. “And when you come to our shows, you get submerged into a world that’s not like anything else in this world. What I love giving to the audience and them walking away with is a sense of feeling. It could be sadness, happiness, joyfulness, it could be a feeling they might not have felt in a very long time, and it brings an emotion out in them.” Wiita said she was most impressed by the company’s intentionality with their movements. “Every little thing they do is so choreographed,” Wiita said. “They feel so human on stage, and I’m trying to pinpoint how they do it. Part of it is that they acknowledge one another in a very human way. They’re looking at one another as they dance.”

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‘Bone Fires’: Visiting poet’s ‘Unholy Sonnets’ By | Alexa Robbins Collegian Freelancer Poet Mark Jarman will be visiting campus next week to deliver a lecture and read from his poems. At 4 p.m. on Friday, Professor of English Dutton Kearney will do a reading of a few poems from “Bone Fires,” a collection of poems written over the last thirty years by Jarman, an American modernist poet. Jarman will be giving a talk on campus on Sept. 24 at 8 p.m. in Dow A and B. Jarman is known for his role as one of the main leaders of the New Formalist

movement of poetry, which started in the ’70s and ’80s. This movement was based upon the belief that poetry should not be a wholly abstract entity, but should have the elements of a story. Jarman was born in Kentucky and grew up in church under the guidance of his father, who served in various churches. His family eventually moved to California, where he would attend the University of California at Santa Cruz and earn his bachelors’ in English literature. Jarman went on to teach creative writing at Indiana State and Murry State

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‘At Home with Jennifer Lutz’: Alumna blog takes off By | Carmel Kookogey Culture Editor In a brightly-lit living room in a house near Baw Beese Lake, four children are running around. Their mother Jennifer Lutz, wife of Hillsdale’s Director of Health Services Brock Lutz, sits calmly in her upholstered chair with her apron on. “If I’m standing in my home, it’s at the kitchen sink,” she says. “That’s it.” Just a year ago, Lutz started a now-burgeoning lifestyle blog on home decor and hospitality, called “Jennifer Lutz at Home.” But before she blogged, she was just a mom and a marketing guru — and a Hillsdale grad. “It was a cart-beforethe-horse sort of situation,” Lutz explained. “I was an ambassador for a Christmas tree company, and I started following bloggers because of that. They trained me to be an ambassador.” Lutz, who graduated from Hillsdale College in 1998, has been working in marketing ever since she was a student. After graduating and marrying fellow Hillsdale graduate Brock Lutz, she began staging and photographing Christmas trees in her home, producing photographs which several major publications bought and used to sell products. When she had her first son in 2006, and he was quickly followed by three other children, Lutz decided to take a break. But in 2011, Brock and

Jennifer Lutz moved back to Hillsdale, and Tree Classics, another Christmas tree brand, reached out to Jennifer Lutz to be its brand ambassador. Lutz said yes, and still produces content for the Tree Classics blog today. “They would send me products, and I would stage products and write my own human, real-life views on them. So from that, I learned how to navigate the blog world. By the time I started my own blog, I was not entry-level,” she added, laughing.

husband took a job at College Baptist Church, where Lutz and Cuthbert met and became friends. When Lutz started her blog, she hired Cuthbert on to help photograph her work. “It’s been really fun,” Cuthbert said. “Obviously we’re good friends, we both have a lot of the same interests in hospitality, decor, food. We’re also both pretty busy moms trying to do a little bit of this on the side. But we make it work at odd times, odd places.”

“For me, ‘home’ is about creating a place where my family wants to be.” Blogging for Tree Classics pulled her into the blogging world, Lutz said, because she began to read other blogs. “I was learning,” Lutz said. “I’m watching people who were DIY-ing their homes, and my skills were vastly improving. I’ve always liked design and had a bit of an eye for it, but I really got much better and I’m still improving by seeing what other people are doing, and learning from other people.” About two years ago, photographer Rachel Cuthbert moved to Hillsdale when her

What resulted is a blog about home. From interior design tips and renovation projects to conversations about hospitality and generosity, Lutz’s front page says it all: Home is a place “where friends become family.” And she’s made both in the process: Lutz said she believes there’s a definite blogging community online, but shared that some of her in-person friends in the Hillsdale community read the blog too. But “the cream rises to the top,” she said, particularly the bloggers who treat their web-

sites like a business. Though she’s still taking things one step at a time, putting her kids and her family first, Lutz said she strives for excellence. Cuthbert said this looks like something different every time they get together. “Probably my favorite project — well, it’s Jenn, so it’s always fun — but my favorites are when she does these holiday hospitality posts,” Cuthbert said. “She did one for Saint Patrick’s Day and one for Easter, where she makes a meal. That’s double fun, because we get to shoot and then we get to eat.” Lutz’s oldest son Sam, 13, called this his favorite part too. “That’s the nice part,” Sam said. “It’s kind of annoying when we have to wait for like three hours and all the scones get stale, but that’s the nice part of it, all the stuff we get to eat.” Though his mom’s blog has changed some things in the Lutz household — Sam said he now prefers fake Christmas trees, and is “creeped out” when he sees pictures of himself on his mom’s blog — he said it mostly feels “pretty normal.” “Obviously when she has a photoshoot, like two hours beforehand she makes us clean everything,” Sam said. “But it’s not like we totally flip over the living room. We don’t have to do a ton of extra stuff for a photoshoot. It’s pretty clean in general.” Getting ready for a blog

One year ago, Jennifer Lutz started blogging about interior design, hospitality. Carmel Kookogey | Collegian

shoot isn’t complete without Lutz’s “special sauce,” her mother. Gramma helps a lot with the behind-the-scenes stuff, Sam explained. “It’s true,” Lutz agreed. “She’s my finisher. I’ve found it’s really helpful to have a handful of people — my mom, Mary Katherine — just to help make things look good before Rachel comes in to photograph. And I definitely

employ my kids for that, too. But often I feed them, so it works out.” Especially germane to Lutz’s interests, as a former wedding planner, is entertaining, as well as creating memories and passing on traditions. “I have four children, I work part time, but I work out of my home,” Lutz said. “So for me, home is about creating a place See Lutz B2

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Russian festival fundraising for school By | Allison Schuster & Callie Shinkle Features Editor & Collegian Reporter Amid Russian doll sales, internationally-renowned song-and-dance performances, authentic Russian blini pancakes, and a showing of the Borzoi dog breed, Michigan locals immersed themselves in Eastern European culture at the sixth annual Russian Festival in Ann Arbor on Saturday. A group of parishioners from St. Vladimir Russian Orthodox Church, Ann Arbor’s local Eastern Orthodox Church, hosted the festival as a fundraising event on Sept. 14. For the past six years, the Eastern Orthodox Church, which denomination makes up approximately 43% of Russian population, has fundraised for a Christian academy in Ann Arbor they hope to eventually build. Some people attended in period costume, with women wearing floor-length dresses in bright colors. Men paired their basic pants and boots with tunics, vests, and hats, layered with intricate designs. Dancers wore the most ostentatious outfits, intensively

embroidered. According to LoveToKnow.com, the best Russian artists of the 19th and 20th centuries brought new attention to fashion by creating stage costumes and everyday women’s clothing. In January of 1903, the exhibition “Contemporary Art” opened in the First International Exhibition of Historical and Contemporary Dress and its Accessories in Saint Petersburg, Russia. This brought fashion to the forefront of Russian pop culture and inspired its lasting impact today. Nina Tritenichenko, owner of Bayanina Slavic Shop, sold her hand-crafted clothes and other Eastern European-native souvenirs at the festival. Many of her embroidered dresses are considered “casual attire,” which she said was the common style in Ukraine in the late 19th century. Tritencichenko, who is from Ukraine, said the country had a strong influence on Russian culture as many people immigrated from there to Russia. “Not everything was made in Russia,” she said, describing the kinds of dresses women wear in old Russian photographs and paintings. “But it looks Slavic, so it would have

been worn in Russia.” Another embroidery vendor Natasha Domsic said her cross-stitched pillows were her biggest sale. A David’s Bridal seamstress by day, Domsic said that she makes cross-stitched pillows at night while her husband watches TV. She said she especially enjoys designing the color schemes for the cross-stitch designs. “I see so much white fabric at work so when I embroider I just want to see color,” Domsic said. Domsic said she spends about three months on each pillow, and her work paid off because she sold out in the first half hour of the festival. Ludmila Picnugena also sold art — in the form of Russian dolls, traditionally called Matryoshkas. The Matryoshka originated in the 1890s in a monastery outside of Moscow. Sergey Malyutin, a Russian painter, produced the doll for his daughter, who was later killed in a car crash. It has since come to be a major symbol of Russian culture. Picnugena’s business, “Anastasia’s Russian Treasures,” is named after Picnugena’s daughter, and sells dolls from more than sixty artists from

The Eagles perform live during their Long Road out of Eden tour in 2008. Wikimedia Commons

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The Eagles’ capture the mood of Western USA By | Carmel Kookogey Culture Editor If you know one song by The Eagles, it’s probably “Take It Easy.” The moody 1970s California rock band enjoyed enormous career success with that song from the getgo, success that continues into our own age. Despite a change of band members and a generation and a half of newer musicians on the market, no one can compete with The Eagles. Strangely, however, no one knows their name. I tell a friend I love The Eagles, and she hasn’t heard of them. She uses the now-colloquial phrase “life in the fast lane” and knows how to “take it easy,” but both references to Eagles hits are merely good songs to her, isolated from their creators. Another friend — a California-native, no less — knows the song “Hotel California,” but has never really listened to it; when I tell her the story of my sister appropriating the song’s tune but replacing the key phrase with “Hotel Del Coronado,” she doesn’t get the joke. When I mentioned my love of The Eagles to a colleague at work, he thought I meant the football team. The Eagles are a phrase in the Gen-Z lexicon for which we have lost the etymology. While we struggle to identify the name, however, their music has left a lasting impression — an obsession, even — that developed into the genre of “chill.” It draws in equal measures on disco-era keyboard riffs and Americana folk. They captured the entire mood of the

West in a sound. America has never been the same. At the end of the summer, I was reading a Rolling Stones tribute magazine, a compilation of all the articles the magazine wrote about The Eagles over the years. Without fail, each article paused to appreciate the pure musical excellence of each track. “Take It Easy” may have been their original motto, but only a meticulous attention to detail and perfectionism — an obsession that almost destroyed the band on multiple occasions — created one heck of a feelgood sound in the process. “My oh my, you sure know how to arrange things,” Don Henley, half of Eagles lead songwriting duo, croons in “Lyin’ Eyes,” a song about a girl who is cheating on her lover with a man on the other side of town. And it’s true: The Eagles had a knack for arranging music that tapped into two different realms of nostalgia, both important to the flavor of American music. Nostalgia for the ’60s era of music that had just ended (“One of These Nights” could almost be a Bee Gees bop) paired well, it turns out, with nostalgia for American folklore that was the heart and soul of Western U.S.A. (see “Lyin’ Eyes,” “Peaceful, Easy Feeling”). The signature smooth sound of older Eagles songs moved into a heavier rock influence as the ’70s turned into the ’80s, but the folk influence remained, grounding the more heady electric guitar of songs like “Life In the Fast Lane” by harping back to the founding documents of American music.

The Eagles mastered lyrics, too. Rock is notorious for being the music of rebellion — perhaps the reason it took so well in the U.S. — but “Hotel California” is a surprisingly moralistic song for a band whose members had a history of affairs and even some drug abuse. Henley and Glenn Frey, the duo that remained the Eagles’ constant source of songwriting success, detail not simply the destructive nature of a life of excess with an almost Montesquieuian tone, but also its psychological trap: “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.” The Eagles don’t just decry the problems of America’s materialism; they also examine the Western easybreezy vibe which defines so much of their music, and its potentially harmful effects. “So I called to the captain/Please bring me my wine/He said, ‘We haven’t had that spirit here since 1969.’” They play on the word “spirit” and the lack of it in modern American culture. Where Springsteen was the spirited, high-schooldrop-out of rock ‘n’ roll, The Eagles brought a more mature rebellion — and with it, a slightly darker tone. Their acute awareness of the times in which they were living made them a collective prophet of the trajectory of American culture. More importantly, however, they produced some of the best feel-good tracks in the repository of rock ‘n’ roll. If rock defines culture, it’s an Eagles’ America I want to live in.

Moscow. Vendors also sold traditional Russian food such as Borscht, a Russian-style beet soup; Pirozhki, a puff pastry with either a sweet or savory filling; cucumber and cabbage salads; Pelmeni meat dumplings; Blinis, or Russian pancakes; and chicken and pork shish kabobs. Festival attendees ate food as they watched musical performances in a tented area next to the “бар,”or bar. Each performance began with an upbeat set of dances by members of a New York-based Russian dance ensemble, Barynya. These acts included a lively rendition of a traditional Jewish wedding dance as well as an ominous but playful Ukranian bottle dance, where the entertainers danced with glass bottles balanced on their heads. In between dance sets, audience members enjoyed the ostentatious performance of the Russian guitar, the Balalaika, as well as songs from famed St. Petersburg quartet, The Konevets. Performers also included six-year-old dancers and sword-wielding men. Around the festival, parishioners had also posted photos

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The annual Russian festival in Ann Arbor raises money toward a new Christian academy. Allison Schuster | Collegian

and biographies of Russian heroes both modern and historical, such as hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and chemist Dimitri Mendeleev. They also put up descriptions of Catholic saints such as St. Patrick and St. John Chrysostom. Every year, the fundraiser provides attendees the oppor-

tunity to enjoy some Russian culture and contribute to the creation of a new Christian academy for any interested local children. To continue working toward this cause, the seventh annual fundraiser promises more cultural exposure and another chance to raise funds for this school.

“95% of pieces picked for large orchestras are composed by men,” she said. “We wanted to do our part to get those female names out there.” Sprung said the performance would expose the audience to some hidden gems of the music world. The program will feature pieces by Valeria Coleman, Jennifer Higdon, Maria Cambini, Jenni Brandon, and Hedwige Chrétien, all female composers who lived within the past 200 years. “We’re making a point of acknowledging the accomplishments of women,” Duda said. “Female composers are notoriously underrepresented everywhere, and they just aren’t being played as often as they should be.” According to Sprung and Duda, finding these composers took quite a bit of research. “What happens is that

you study a piece written for a solo work for your instrument,”Sprung said. “And if you like it, then you dive in and find other things that way.” Duda agreed, and said that the quintet often discovers its music because one of its members finds a composer when playing solo pieces for his or her own instrument. Ultimately, Sprung said he hopes the performance will inspire the audience to explore new music and to discover new favorites. “We all have our comfort zones, and we all have our favorite music that we love to listen to. But if that’s all you listen to, then you’re certainly bound to miss something that you otherwise would have enjoyed. It’s worth exploring to see what else is out there,” he said.

Faculty to perform all-female quintet By | Ashley Kaitz Collegian Freelancer This year, the Hillsdale College faculty woodwind quintet is trying something new. Their fall concert, which will be held at the Conrad Recital Hall on Sept. 22, will feature music written by female composers. The woodwind quintet is composed of five adjunct instructors of music and includes Jaimie Wagner, playing the flute; Liz Spector Callahan, playing the oboe; Andrew Sprung, playing the clarinet; Cynthia Duda, playing the bassoon; and Alan Taplin, playing the horn. Highlighting the work of a certain group because of the gender of its members isn’t something that often happens at Hillsdale. Duda explained the quintet’s rationale for the program.

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University, and then English at Vanderbilt, where he is still today. Jarman co-authored a literary magazine wherein he explained that poetry should be written, in the words of Kearney, “in a three-pronged approach, where content, rhythm, and form are all used together.” The strong presence of religion in his early life lead to the spiritual themes in many of Jarman’s poems. Many seem to describe moments in his life in which he introspectively tries to explain his thoughts on faith. The title “Bone Fires” suggests poems dealing with the natural world, and many of Jarman’s poems use elements of nature to portray his meaning: the crashing waves, the wingbeat of a bird, yellow wasps hiding behind a veil. Although emotions in Jarman’s poetry may be hard

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where my family wants to be, but that is welcoming to other people. A place where I can entertain and love people and serve.” The blog’s audience is mostly married women with kids, but Lutz added that through the work her husband does for the college at the Health and Wellness Center, and their joint mission in the local community, college students are naturally a part of the equation too. A few 20-something women read Jennifer Lutz at Home, she said, as a way to look to women who are older than them for advice. The blog is more than mere home renovations and recipes, however, though Lutz does have a wealth of

to detect because of this style of writing, the reader can feel moments of turmoil or joy. Kearney explained why the book is broken into two segments, “Unholy Sonnets” and “The Gift.” “The ‘Unholy Sonnets’ portion of ‘Bone Fires’ tells a story about Jarman’s faith through each poem in that section, while ‘The Gift’ is a whole story in itself, showing the reader the contrast between Jarman’s poetry,” Kearney said. “The Word ‘Answer’” begins with a sequence of violent actions, some of which are easier to picture than others: “Atomic skin through dreamy wine/...They spread four fingers like a lizard’s hand,” Jarman writes. Jarman then transitions into a description of a man getting out of the bath and thinking he may hear someone out the door, something trying to get him, and wondering whether he should go and open the door for it.

After much deliberation, the speaker enters a tumultuous conversation inside his mind about the God he knows and the God he may want. Some of the poems are direct portraits of his childhood, like “The Gift.” The poem follows a little boy at school, being kidnapped by his father without knowing he is being kidnapped. Here, Jarman reflects on a very precise moment in his life and allows us to relive it with him. This dichotomy of themes serves a specific purpose, Kearney explained. “Jarman uses a variety of poetic elements to engage the reader in his journey with faith and to show viewers how poetry can be used in so many different ways to emotionally engage readers, without undermining the purpose of poetry with purely abstract elements,” Kearney said.

those. It’s also about Christian hospitality. “My faith is important to me,” Lutz said. “It’s a central part of my life. It’s why I take what I write about so seriously, because I think home-building is so important. I like enjoying and creating beauty in our everyday world, but that is not the end to which I’m doing these things.” Lutz says she wants to write with “eternal things in perspective” and with an authentic voice. “If I was only design, or something just external, it wouldn’t be me,” Lutz said. “And then I don’t think people would like it. So I figure I’m probably not for everybody. Some people will appreciate it, and some

people won’t.” Though her blog has connected her with several new interior design clients, Lutz says she’s not ready to monetize the website — not yet. For now, she seeks to inspire other home-builders, without focusing too tightly on herself, or the home decor elements themselves. “What I’m not wanting this to be is, ‘Oh, look how amazing my life is. I’m so great,’” Lutz said. “You know, putting myself on a pedicel and making other people feel cruddy about who they are. That’s been a balance I’m really trying to work hard at. I don’t want other people to feel bad about their stuff because of things I’m talking about. It’s fun to inspire, but there’s a fine line.”

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September 19, 2019

Historic Hysteria: Homecoming highs

Phi Delta Theta fraternity members make their annual trip to the Hillsdale County Fair on Jan. 1, 1964. Yearbook Archives

Phi Delta Theta’s Greek influence lasts centuries By | Christian Peck-Dimit Collegian Freelancer Imagine living in a world before phones, before the internet, before even radio existed. It is in this world that fraternities and their predecessors, literary societies, thrived. From 1882 to 1898, a fraternity named Phi Delta Theta became the first faculty-approved Greek society on Hillsdale’s campus. Despite its short-lived time at the college, this house had a surprisingly large impact on the Greek life to come and on campus life as a whole. Simply by existing, it catapulted fraternities into the center of student life, because, despite the fact that multiple fraternities were formed before Phi Delta Theta, in those days Greek organizations were not permitted on Hillsdale’s campus. “They had to operate sub rosa,” said Linda Moore, the public services librarian at Mossey library, “kind of off campus; hidden because the faculty was concerned about secret societies, and people not being loyal to the institution, but rather to their secret society.” Even before the faculty allowed them on campus, Phi Delta Theta played a major role in forming Hillsdale’s first unofficial sorority. “When Phi Delta Theta was still active at Hillsdale in the year 1887,” the 1951 edition of the Winona Yearbook printed, “its members instigated the founding of Michigan Alpha Chapter of Pi Beta Phi, known then as I. C. Sorosis.”

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After getting the structure down, Ryd said, filling it in with jokes and establishing tone became the next task. In order to make the videos authentic, Ryd included real anecdotes to maintain the integrity of the different Hillsdale resources featured. He interviewed Dean of Men Aaron Petersen, who told him a story of when he saw a group of students hanging out on the Galloway Residence patio and brought them burgers. That line made it into the video “The Dean Team,” which Ryd said gave a flavor of the deans that they appreciated. Nuñez was new to the project but said Ryd was patient and understanding, even when filming 20 takes of the same clip. “Chandler is the most patient director ever,” she said. “And the entire crew was really joyful and just had fun with what they were doing.” Although she didn’t have an on-camera starring role, O’Connor did make it into the videos a couple of times. When Nuñez wasn’t around and they needed to film her hand reaching into a shot, O’Connor acted as her hand double. “She loves saying she had a hand in it,” Ryd said with a laugh. Ryd wrote the script for the health services video on his own, which then became the model for the other four

They too had to operate in secrecy though, posing as a literary society. “The meetings were held in the girls’ rooms,” the Winona Yearbook printed, “and were only literary enough to conform to regulations.” Before the faculty finally gave in and allowed fraternities at the college, it was these literary societies that ruled campus. “Those literary societies weren’t merely social,” Moore said. “They were helping people to prepare for typical careers at that time” Without the many opportunities that students have on campus now, members would rely on these literary societies for much of their entertainment and academic support, which generated a great deal of devotion for one’s society. “They were more devoted to the literary societies than necessarily the college,” Moore said. This same kind of dedication was found in the up-and-coming fraternity houses as they arrived on campus, which led to a fracture in literary societies as the college knew them. “The Greek system, fraternities, and sororities,” Moore said, “led to their ultimate downfall.” With the literary societies losing their support, the more socially oriented Greek houses took control. The fraternities and sororities were revolutionary in their time; they fielded football and baseball teams, hosted parties, and fostered a brotherhood or sisterhood videos. Listro then stepped in to brainstorm ideas for other videos that Ryd revised during the spring. O’Connor joined the project over the summer after already working with the marketing department for months. Although Listro, Ryd, and O’Connor all took the lead on certain scripts, the process for each was collaborative. Listro and O’Connor did well, Ryd said, especially since they’re both funny. It was also helpful that they were both recently freshmen, so they could relate to the characters on a personal level. During the brainstorming process, it helped to have the balance between writers. “I tend to go a little bit more absurd and zany with the videos, and Chandler’s like ‘alright we can’t do exactly that,’ but eventually we were able to figure it out,” Listro said. When filming began, Listro and O’Connor were busy moving lights and adjusting the set. Ryd edited the dean team video, O’Connor took the reins on the health services and academic resources video, and Listro completed the Student Activities Board and Career Services videos. During the editing process, Ryd described the dynamic between him and his assistants as a director-editor relationship, with him providing them notes and feedback on their work that they would use

that the literary societies couldn’t develop in its members. “There’s a smaller group, and there’s a smaller goal, and people feel a kind of loyalty to that,” Moore said. “There was the same devotion, and a kind of competition between the organizations.” Just as it did by founding Pi Beta Phi, Phi Delta Theta impacted campus in its early days of Hillsdale Greek life. Even more than 65 years after the national fraternity revoked its charter for the Hillsdale chapter, its traditions were still firmly rooted on campus. “The brothers of Delta Tau Delta take time from their academic activity to go for a spin in their old, but colorful, fire engine,” the Winona Yearbook printed in 1964. “Just as the men of Phi Delta Theta did, many years ago, as they traveled to the Hillsdale County Fair.” Even though it only stood on campus for 15 short years, the impact that Phi Delta Theta had on campus Greek life was immense, and it’s clear that The Collegian’s response to Hillsdale’s charter being revoked on the grounds of ‘low standing’ still holds true today: “We can, therefore, state with a conviction derived from observation and experience that its courses have never been stronger, its entrance and graduation requirements never more rigid, its faculty of instruction never more efficient, and its facilities and equipment for college work have never been better or more complete.” to make revisions. Each video requires two to three weeks of editing after five days of total filming. Ryd is passionate about marketing and specifically about this series, Listro said, and that’s what made the videos so successful and unique. Listro and O’Connor helped Nuñez in her scenes as well. So when Listro was acting, his experience on the writing side helped him to understand the objective of each scene. Nuñez, a digital content intern for the marketing department, said her favorite filming experience was with the academic services video because of how funny and relatable it is. “I am too often the student who doesn’t get things done,” she said. Freshmen watched the videos during their orientation week, making Listro and Nuñez something of celebrities on campus. Following the video showing at an orientation dinner, one freshman student recognized Listro from the video and connected with him, learning they’re both from the same area. If not for the video, Listro said, the two wouldn’t have had that instant connection. The videoes are on the college’s main youtube account.

By | Callie Shinkle Columnist Homecoming: a time to reconnect with alumni, win a football game, tailgate, and not study Western Heritage. Homecoming was founded in 1914 by then senior Albert DeLapp, who The Collegian proclaimed the “father of homecoming” Oct. 7, 1941, which may be the best title ever held by anyone at Hillsdale College. Today’s festivities include banner-making competitions, wing-eating contests, a bonfire, a Homecoming king and queen contest, and the infamous Mock Rock dance competition. But the early days of Hillsdale Homecoming consisted of much more, including a Children’s Pet and Doll Parade. Dogs and dolls parading down E. College Street? I had to learn more. In 1934, “a half dozen small boys entered the pet and doll parade displaying a various lot of snakes as their pets,” according to the Nov. 6, 1934 issue of The Collegian. It would be alarming to head out to the parade expecting to see little kids and puppies and then to have half a dozen snakes come at you, which may be the reason the Children’s Pet and Doll parade

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Through CrossRoads, Miller leads a group of middle school boys, called a carousel, that meets every Sunday. As a carousel leader, Miller is very intentional about forming deep relationships with his students, sharing the Gospel, and being an example of Christ. Leading a carousel is just one way to serve at CrossRoads. The program is in need of long-term mentors,

has gone extinct from current homecoming festivities. It may also be because our homecoming “parade” is less than a block long, and adding dolls to the lineup would max out the area’s fire safety limit. Another early homecoming tradition was an annual homecoming play. That is one way to add drama to the homecoming festivities. On Nov. 7, 1933, The Collegian reported “‘The FarAway Princess,’ the homecoming play, was one of the most finished productions Hillsdale students have seen in some time.” When the Homecoming play is more “finished” than the actual dramatic performances put on by the theatre department, Hillsdale College drama may have a problem. The credibility of the statement that the homecoming play was the “most finished” comes into question when one looks two weeks back in The Collegian archives to Oct. 24, 1933, when the newspaper announced the cast and first rehearsal. When the cast admittedly only practices for two weeks and it is still such a highly regarded production, the Hillsdale theatre department

definitely had problems. The Collegian reported, “Jean Larrabee and George Culver were most interesting as the princess and the poet. Jean was wistful and sweet in her white lace gown, and made a lovely picture as she sat looking out the window.” I guess being a “lovely picture” did add to her overall skills as an actress. In 1934, “Heirs-at-Law” was the homecoming play. On Nov. 6, 1934, The Collegian printed, “The play was an amusing light comedy of the marital difficulties of young Richard Doane, complicated by a will, mother-in-law, and a servant girl who had the knack of saying the wrong thing at the most inopportune time.” Nothing quite says college homecoming like that. While we don’t have a dramatic performance in today’s homecoming scene, the performances put on during the wing-eating contest and Mock Rock more than make up for it. With traditions like these, Hillsdale homecoming used to be quite the experience. It’s time we bring back some of these celebrations to Hillsdale’s favorite holiday.

young adults for administrative work, and hands to help clean up the farm. Every Sunday at 6 p.m., CrossRoads holds a program night where around 300 young adults and students gather to sing and play games. Transportation is provided and all are welcome. Miller said he believes that once kids come to a program night, they will always come back. CrossRoads provides a variety of opportunities to serve the community, which

is helpful for students looking to gain service hours. “You don’t have to be super talented. You don’t have to have any sort of ministry background to come to CrossRoads,” Miller said. “If you have never led a Bible study before, if you have never served in ministry before, that is okay. As long as you meet two requirements, CrossRoads is for you. You have to love Jesus and you have to love kids. That’s it.”

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Junior Claire Froman and senior Kamryn Matthews in the spin room of the George H. Roche Sports Complex before Matthews leads a class. Allison Schuster | Collegian

Exercise: A ‘way to escape’ from stress for students By | Allison Schuster Features Editor Balancing time between arduous study sessions at the library, scrambling to meet office hours, and extreme class schedules is difficult, so some students find it helpful to add time at the Roche Sports Complex into the mix. Students often look for ways to manage intense academic and social stress. At Hillsdale, many students exercise for the physical and mental health benefits. According to the Mayo Clinic, exercise in any form can relieve stress, and provide plenty of other health benefits. Junior Claire Froman finds her study stride while running. When experiencing difficulty concentrating on homework problems in the evening, Froman typically steps away from her work to go for a short jog outside, and then returns with a clear mind. “Running is my way to

escape from my problems in the world,” she said. Her shorter evening runs usually range from two to three miles. She runs five to six miles in the afternoon because she feels safer in the daylight and has more time for exercise. According to Froman, running is methodical and reminds her to put one foot in front of the other and focus on breathing, which she uses as a tool to help soothe her anxiety. Running is her go-to exercise activity, Froman said, but she enjoys switching it up and trying other group workouts or high-intensity interval training when in a more adventurous mood. “Running is what I know that I love,” she said, “but sometimes when I’m in a different mood I get more out of different exercises and exercising with other people.” She listens to music while running, the genre fluctuating along with her daily running goals. Sometimes Froman

listens to upbeat music to brighten her mood or more calm music to relax. Her pace changes throughout the course of a run as well, so her playlist may change multiple times throughout. Froman has also attended Senior Kamryn Matthews’ spin classes held at the sports complex in the past, and she said she enjoys the way her mind and body feel after each class. Individual students find different results with certain exercises depending on personal preference. Junior Jessie Collins, for example, turns to yoga as her stress reliever. Sophomore and swimmer Becca Briskey enjoys swimming laps as a way to destress after a long day of classes. Matthews enjoys all forms of exercise. As a student-athlete, she works out around three hours each day including tennis practice and her own personal exercise routine. This routine is anything but routine, however, as she does everything from high-intensity interval training to lifting

to cardio. The mental health benefits she gains from time in the gym are part of what inspire Matthews to work out, she said, agreeing with Froman that it is an escape from her other problems. It is difficult being a student and spending so much time sitting down studying, she said, so dedicating time each day to physical movement recenters Matthews. “It’s really nice to go from studying and classes and just do something that gets your mind off of everything else,” she said. “It’s my little chance to get away.” The mental boost she receives is in part due to the awareness of her body’s physical improvement. “Every time I workout, I think of it as making myself better,” Matthews said. Knowing you’re advancing your health and fitness goals is mood-boosting even if you don’t see physical changes right away, she said. “It’s mental and physical in

that you know you’re doing something good for your body,” she said. It is especially helpful for students since it can create a positive mindset toward academics. Instead of just focusing on grades, she has personally learned to focus on how studying and learning help her grow and improve. Assistant Athletic Trainer Dan Hudson said he recommends students get at least 30 minutes of physical activity per day. He emphasized this doesn’t mean an intense 30-minute lifting session in the gym, but it can mean several short periods of physical activity throughout the day, such as 10 minutes of walking three times. Exercise boasts many benefits, Hudson said, including relieving stress, reducing anxiety, releasing hormones associated with happiness, and boosting mood. For students in particular, he said, it is important to exercise for the mental benefits. When he was in college,

he studied for final exams while on a spin bike, which he said helps with cognitive brain function and improves memory. The majority of the Hillsdale student body is healthy and concerned with regular exercise, according to Hudson. He admits that working mostly with athletes skews his perspective, but he also teaches physical health and wellness and sees students regularly working out; he thinks students here tend to take care of themselves. In terms of what exercise most effectively relieves stress, Hudson said it completely depends on personal preference. Just as Froman prefers running long distances outdoors and Collins opts for a relaxing yoga class, everyone releases stress differently. “My general advice is to always get some form of exercise,” he said. “It’s so important to get your body moving.”

‘Conquering Freshman Year’ marketing video series employs comedic approach By | Allison Schuster Features Editor

wide flu epidemic, or c.) go to the health center.” The idea for the video began in the spring when Senior Director of Admissions Zach Miller ’11 came to Ryd with the goal of informing incoming freshmen. From there, Ryd said he approached the creative process by asking how the videos could best solve a problem. The issue, he said, was that freshmen didn’t feel prepared coming to Hillsdale. When it’s crunch time, Nuñez said, it’s easy for freshmen to forget all the

just giving them the information, but by connecting them with a face and a comfortable and fun feel.” To educate freshmen on Listro and Nuñez starred how to deal with legitimate in the films, and Listro and college challenges, Marketing O’Connor helped Ryd edit Department Video Producer the videos. Chandler Ryd ’18, with the Ryd said he was inspired help of junior Gabriel Listro, by Sandwich Video among sophomore Jane O’Connor, other comedic videos, and and sophomore Victoria influences from directors Nuñez, created a “Conquerlike Wes Anderson. That’s ing Freshman Year” video how he landed on the style series. for the Career Services The typical model for video, which follows certain the five videos in the series, cinematographic rules such aimed at educating freshmen as movement only in one dion the campus resources at rection at a time, their disposal, and no diagonal places a freshman movement. in a common Throughout challenging scethe process, the nario and illusfour became trates what to do. friends, Nuñez The video topics said. Ryd hosted included health them at his services, the dean house to watch team, Career Sermovies, particuvices, the Student larly Wes AnderActivities Board, son films, from and academic which they drew services. Each inspiration. video follows Other creative the same model: choices include Listing a typical Listro’s idea of freshman year exaggerating problem, providing three options Victoria Nuñez and Gabriel Listro on the set of the orien- colors. Early on, Ryd said, they deof how to proceed, tation guide video. Courtesy | Gabriel Listro cided each video and then showing resources they have available would have its own color to the best option by taking to them. This series would’ve create a distinctive style. advantage of the college’s helped visualize what to Ryd knew the video was resources. expect her freshman year, created for freshmen, so “Tragedy strikes. One she said. telling it through the permorning, you roll out of bed The goal wasn’t only to spective of a freshman unwith a mild fever. You’re not dergoing a problem would be sure, but you might be mildly inform students about the resources but also to do so in most relatable. From there, hallucinating,” Ryd said in a way they would remember. the basic structure of the the department’s health serThis is where Ryd realized video was born: This is you, vices video. this tragedy strikes, and you He continued in the video: his goal of adding humor to have these options. It became “You have a few options. You the videos. “For me, it was important second nature, Ryd said, and can a.) slam a shot of Nyquil that they were funny and he now continually catches and hide in your room, b.) himself talking like that. go to class and start a school- fun,” he said. “We wanted to do it with a narrative and not See Video B3

CrossRoads program night includes games, snacks and lots of music. Courtesy | Carl Miller

New GOAL program assists rural America By | Reagan Gensiejewsi Collegian Reporter When Hillsdale resident Max Mason walked into CrossRoads Farm as a 12-year-old, he said he was met with love and Christ for the first time. He remembers the moment vividly. “I had on red skinny jeans, a green plaid shirt, a blue scarf with an orange cardigan,” Max Mason, now 21 years old, said with a small chuckle. “People would make fun of me at school a lot, but I walked into CrossRoads and I was received with love for the first time and I had no idea why, so I kept coming back.” Just 20 minutes from Hillsdale in Reading, Michigan lies CrossRoads Farm, an organization that works with churches to bring the Gospel of Christ to middle school and high school kids from the surrounding counties. Hillsdale students can volunteer with CrossRoads through Hillsdale’s GOAL program. Their observations of substance abuse in rural America inspired Dawn Routledge and

her husband, Doug Routledge, to found CrossRoads Farm 20 years ago. “I always wanted to be a travelling missionary … What if God wanted to do something new in rural America?” Dawn Routledge said. “And so CrossRoads Farm was born in 1999.” CrossRoads has a goal to provide middle school and high school students the opportunity to hear the Gospel of Christ and respond to it. Through young adult volunteers, CrossRoads engages with teenagers weekly with different outreach opportunities. CrossRoads begins by engaging with a church, equipping them with volunteers, biblical teaching, and training. They provide social, educational, spiritual, and relational support to those in these churches. Max Mason is a resident of Hillsdale and has been a CrossRoads student for nearly nine years. For Mason, CrossRoads was an introduction to Christ and provided a strong, loving environment. “Kids first come to Cross-

Roads because they hear it is something to do. But they come back because people love them there,” Mason said. “It is the love of Christ. That is why kids come to CrossRoads.” Most teenagers who come to CrossRoads come from a difficult home life. One of the biggest benefits of CrossRoads to the students is the simplest: food. The program provides snacks and meals to students when they come to the barn, which, more often than not, is something they cannot count on at home. When junior Carl Miller, the CrossRoads GOAL leader, arrived on campus, he said his faith was strong and he felt convicted to serve. That’s when he found CrossRoads. “Because I have been saved, I am called to something more than just sitting around waiting for my ticket to heaven,” Miller explained. “Because I have been saved by grace, I am called to serve God and to glorify Him.”

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