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Hillsdale Shotgun Team wins Division III Nationals By | Austin Gergens Collegian Reporter In its most important competition of the fall season, the Hillsdale College Shotgun Team delivered its best performance of the year. Over the Oct. 19 weekend, the Hillsdale College Shotgun Team claimed a Division III victory over 27 other schools during the fall Scholastic Clay Target Program Nationals tournament in Columbus, Ohio. Not only did the team take first by a large margin of 78 clays, they also ranked fifth in the High Overall category against teams of all divisions. More than 200 athletes participated in the tournament, which included the standard events: Trap, Skeet, and Sporting Clays. While the combined efforts of the team contributed to the win, there were also several significant individual achievements made during the three-day shoot. Freshman Woody Glazer, who led the team in trap, had the biggest individual accomplishment of the year to date. Glazer took first in the High Overall category for the Trap shooting competition. Glazer

shot 198 clays out of 200 clays, earning himself the title SCTP American Collegiate National Champion. “I didn’t think much of this competition other than I was competing for my friends and teammates,” Glazer said. “I tried to be my best for the team.” While he feels this is an important win for making a name for himself in the collegiate world, Glazer says he is also striving to be better in other disciplines so that he can be a better all-around shooter for the team. Freshman Ida Brown finished fourth overall in Ladies Trap with a score of 193 out of 200 clays. The team’s Mental Coach Bob Palmer has been working with the team to develop strategies of getting in the “zone,” which helped Brown during her skeet competition. Brown described how in between stations the comb on the top of her gun came loose. She managed to fix it and still finish the round with a score of 24. She attributed her calmness during the technical difficulties partially to Palmer’s strategies. Senior Lucas Pieraccini

was the fifth place HOA in the Skeet competition, with a score of 198 clays. Additionally, four shooters shot 100 straight during the competition. Brown and Glazer shot 100 straight in Trap, and Pieraccini and Tommy Rodgers shot 100 in Skeet. For Rodgers, this was especially significant because it was his first time doing so in a competition. After the rest of the team had finished their rounds, they gathered to watch Rodgers finish his. Head Coach Jordan Hintz said it was an unexpected occurrence, but that he and the team were very happy about it. “When I broke my 100th target, I just told myself that I knew I could do it and that I finally provided value to the team and to myself,” Rodgers said. “The support from the team was great.” Hintz said he was pleased with the team’s performance. “I think it has a lot of bearing on the rest of the season because I felt everything was working together,” Coach Hintz said. “My hope would be that this is the norm now.”

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Senior class to donate ten oak trees for quad By | Madeline Peltzer Assistant Editor In the midst of Parents Weekend festivities, seniors took an hour out of their evenings to celebrate the class of 2020. The first event of its kind, Christening the Quad invited seniors to gather in the Dow Hotel lobby on Friday night to mingle with friends, enjoy an array of hors d’oeuvres, listen to a live jazz band, and learn what their class gift

would be. “This is very unlike past senior class gift announcements and was something we thought would be fun and unique,” said Senior Class President Adam Buchmann. “We wanted to make it a social event for the class.” Fundraising Chair Lucy Meckler announced the gift: 10 large, live oak trees that will be planted on the quad between Christ Chapel and Central Hall before graduation in May. Meckler ex-

plained that the class officers decided on the gift after reviewing results from a survey they sent out to seniors over the summer. 60% said they wanted something meaningful, lasting, and that would give back to the student body. “We’re the only class who has seen the quad pre-, during, and post-Chapel construction, which is kind of impressive because no other class will ever see that

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Q&A: Michael Goodwin By | Lily McHale Collegian Reporter Michael Goodwin is the chief politcal columnist for the New York Post and a regular contributor to Fox News and Fox Business. Before joining the Post in 2009, he was the political columnist for the New York Daily News. Prior to that, he worked for the New York Times for 16 years. Goodwin is the Dow Journalism Program’s Fall 2019 Pulliam Fellow.

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Former Times writer discusses paper’s decline By | Ashley Kaitz Collegian Freelancer In Ernest Hemingway’s novel “The Sun Also Rises,” one character asks, “How did you go bankrupt?” The other replies, “Two ways: gradually, and then suddenly.” According to Michael Goodwin, the decline of one of the world’s most famous newspapers could be described the same way. Goodwin, chief political columnist at the New York Post, gave a lecture titled, “The Downfall of the New York Times” on Oct. 24. He shared his opinion about the decline of the once-trusted newspaper, using knowledge he gathered over the sixteen years he worked there. Goodwin was on campus for the last two weeks as the Follow @HDaleCollegian

Eugene C. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Journalism. He taught a one-credit course on opinion journalism. “The collapse of the Times that we speak of is not about dollars and cents,” Goodwin said. “It is about the collapse of the traditional journalistic standards of fairness and restraint.” Goodwin said that falling standards at the Times are largely responsible for the current state of American journalism because of the paper’s power and influence. “The collapse of the Times’ standards is a virus infecting journalism everywhere, and the public has noticed,” Goodwin said. “A poll last year found that 72% of Americans believe ‘tradi-

tional major news sources report news they know to be fake, false, or purposely misleading.’” Although many Americans do not trust major news sources, Goodwin said this wasn’t always the case. He revealed that the Times’ own style manual says “fairness and impartiality should be the hallmark of all news articles and news analysis that appear in the Times.” Adolph Ochs, who bought the Times in 1896 when it was a struggling newspaper, was committed to fostering “civil discourse” in journalism. “He wanted his paper to present the news ‘in language that is parlia-

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encouraging.

What have been your favorite pieces to write? I was just grateful to be writing in the beginning. I would write about anything. My first front page story in the NYT was about the weather. And I was heartbroken. Someone said to me, “It’s what people care about most. That’s why it’s on the front page!” And I learned a lesson from that. It’s not about me, it’s about the reader. I really enjoyed

Whatever mediums exist in the future, those skills will always be in demand and make you relevant and able to function. Experience breeds skill. It’s not a talent. I don’t think it’s God given. It’s something you learn.

Were you always interested in current events? I was very interested in current events. I always had an appreciation of government and the importance of it. And I have enjoyed writing about politics for a very long time. I actually admire politicians. First of all, Did you write for I think you cannot your high school or cover anything if you college newspaper? hate it. You can’t be That’s a great a sports writer if you question. I did hate sports. You can’t not. But, the most write about politics if important person in you hate politicians. my writing career I mean it’s not right, was my senior high it’s not fair to them, school English and it’s not fair to the teacher, a woman reader. You won’t do named Mrs. Novak. a good job at it. It’s She used to make good to write about us write every day the things you like, in class, and I fell in the things you care love with writing. about. If you don’t Years later, when I Michael Goodwin taught a class on opinions like the subject that got to be a reporter writing for two weeks. julia Mullins | Collegian disdain will come at the New York through and it will Times, she used to not make your write to me and correct my writing about sports. Not writing interesting to read. articles. She was absolutely the games, I don’t think I What will the reader get out brilliant about the English ever had a final score in of you sneering all the time? language. any of my stories, it was all But if you enjoy it, think about the business, about about what the reader will What did you learn the scandals. get out of that. from working in the Morgue of the New York Do you have any advice How has your experiTimes that helped you in for students who want to ence been teaching here at your writing career? break into the journalism Hillsdale this past week? Being around journalworld? I am really enjoying the ism, reading the paper, Do it. Go for it. Because students. I think they’re seeing what the reporters if you can master the skills sharp, on the ball, they care, were doing, talking to them, of writing, interviewing, they’re earnest, and they’re getting to know some of talking, and thinking on serious about their work. I them made me feel like I deadline, these are the hope people are having fun, was becoming part of this fundamental skills. Clear too! organization and that was thinking, clear writing.

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Four-star general gives lessons on leadership By | Abby Liebing Associate Editor Last week, students and faculty had the opportunity to learn about the qualities of leadership from Robert Neller, four-star general who served as the 37th Commandant of the Marine Corps. Neller spoke at a “Food for Thought” event. In his speech, titled, “Leading from the Front: Practical leadership lessons from 44 years of uniformed service to our nation,” Neller shared his thoughts and stories about leadership, emphasizing the essential qualities of a leader. After 44 years of serving the country in the marines, Neller has had vast experience as a leader but immediately told the audience that neither he nor anyone else could give

the necessary qualities and traits for leadership. “There is nothing that I am going to say today that is going to make you a great leader, because it all starts with who you are and the type of person you are,” Neller said. In order to be a good leader, a person has to have integrity, competence, discipline, honesty, humility, selflessness, intelligence, and respect, Neller explained. These are the qualities that make people want to follow a leader. And, Neller pointed out, there is a big difference between being a willing follower and being a forced follower. “If you become a leader, no one is going to follow you if you are arrogant, if you don’t tell the truth, if you’re not competent and don’t have a plan and if you don’t care

about other people or are disrespectful,” Neller said. Neller pointed out that leadership is not easy because a person has to make the choice to pursue these qualities. Leadership means sacrifice and self-denial because a good leader is never about himself, but about the team. “Being a leader always is going to involve self-denial because being a leader is not a position of privilege,” Neller said. “It is a position of responsibility.” Neller said he knows how hard leading is. He shared a story about when he was an officer commanding marines and had a rule that officers eat last so that they would serve the other men first. “Leaders eat last,” he said. Professor of History Tom Connor, who attended the

Andres Torres, ‘19, competed in Mr. Hillsdale in 2017. Courtesy | Kristin Freeman

lecture, said he appreciated that lesson. “That was a great way to communicate the importance of humility in a good leader, and the simple fact that the work of a leader is more about the tasks that need to be accomplished than about the leader,” Connor said in an email. Since sacrifice is such an essential part of being a good leader, Neller highlighted that humility is also an essential quality in a leader. A good leader cannot be passive or arrogant. “There is a line between being arrogant and being passive. It’s called competence,” Neller said. Neller told the audience to look to leaders in their own personal lives and think about their qualities.

By | Allison Schuster Features Editor This Friday evening, eight campus men will don costumes and entertain students with their humor and charm—all for the benefit of children’s literacy. The ‘Mr. Hillsdale Pageant,’ which be held Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. in Markel Auditorium, is sorority Pi Beta Phi’s largest philanthropic event of the year. Mr. Hillsdale has been an annual event known to the student body for as long as Pi Beta Phi Philanthropy Chair Kristin Freeman or her advisor, a 2010 graduate of the college, can remember. The event, Freeman said, is not only Pi Phi’s largest but their longest-standing. The reason for its perpetuity, Freeman said, is because of its campus-wide diversity of participants and audience members. Freeman reached out to sports teams, dorms, and Greek houses and invited them to nominate candidates to compete. This year, all the fraternities will be represented: David Downie will represent Delta Sigma Phi, Patrick Farrell will represent Sigma Chi, Ben Garfinkle will represent Delta Tau Delta, and Sam Swayze

will represent Alpha Tau Omega. Residence halls will compete for the first time this year as independents, with sophomore Brandt Siegfried to represent Simpson Dormitory and Philip Andrews to represent Galloway. Charlie Andrews is from the track team. All proceeds go to the Pi Beta Phi Foundation, which allocates the majority of funds to literacy initiatives. Last year, they raised a little over $1,800. In years past, Freeman said, ‘Mr. Hillsdale’ typically raised a little less than that. In terms of fundraising, Freeman said last year stood out --around 300 people attended. Freeman is projecting the same this year. Although most recent competitions have included a costume contest, Freeman said she is restoring some portions of the event to their former glory for a change of pace. Freeman said she was looking for something refreshing, especially since so many students come year after year. She likened the new style to a Miss America pageant as it includes a swimsuit portion. During the swimsuit portion, participants will share their favorite pickup line. The pageant will still include the formal wear competition

where participants answer a question as well as the talent competition. Freeman said the show is always fresh because contestants make the show their own depending on their individual talents and personalities. Siegfried said he became a contestant to support Pi Beta Phi’s philanthropy, “Read > Lead > Achieve.” He expects people will come out to see him and the other contestants entertain, none of the ways of which he was willing to reveal. “It’s a great way to bring people together for something fun,” he said. “Everyone needs something to laugh at, especially here.” Freeman is busy planning the event with the help of her sisters, including hosts junior Lauren Peterson and senior Alyssa Viola. Peterson said it was their humor that got the two of them their spots as emcees, which is fitting as she plans to use her role to poke fun at the contestants. “We’re friends with Kristin and she thought we would do a funny job,” Peterson said. Tickets are on sale through Friday, Nov. 1 for $4 in the Grewcock Union and will be on sale for $6 at the door.

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being a good man and a good citizen.” But Neller emphasized that he and every other good leader had to make a choice to pursue the virtuous life and qualities that make a leader. It would have been easy to choose to simply ignore those qualities and choose to live a less virtuous life. But then he wouldn’t have been a leader. “There’s no secret here,” Neller said. ”Be a man or woman of virtue, treat other people with respect, tell the truth always, learn your job. Try to become as competent as you can be. Be kind. Try to put yourself in the other person’s shoes. Don’t be arrogant.”

Mock Trial teams place at Penn State, Case Western By | Matt Fisher Collegian Reporter

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“It was never about them, it was always about the team,” he said. For Lt. Col. Michael Murray, Hillsdale’s legal counsel and administrative director of planned giving, Neller was one of the leaders in his life that he has always looked to. Murray, a former Marine, met Neller in Uganda when he was deployed. Neller’s son was playing football for Hillsdale at the time, and years later, Murray came to work for the college. Over the years, Murray has remained in contact with Neller. “You want to look at people you can aspire to, people who set the example. He has set the example and he has served our country very faithfully,” Murray said. “And he has just been a great example to me, from being a marine to

The Hillsdale Mock Trial enjoyed a standout weekend with two of their three mock trial teams placing in their respective tournaments. Team 1149 finished fourth at Penn State and Team 1150 finished third at Case Western. To top it off, the program scored several individual awards recognizing standout witness and attorney performances by Bryson Phillipe, Jenny Wiland, Andrew Shaffer, and Mason Aberle. The weekend follows an already exceptional year, with Team 1151 finishing 5-3 at the 7th Annual Red Cedar Classic at Michigan State University, earning an honorable mention. Team Captain Sophie Klomparens won an Outstanding Attorney award at the event. Hillsdale Mock Trial has quickly become a force in collegiate mock trial, facing off with other prominent universities including Yale, Miami (OH), and Cornell. Students will usually engage in four mock trials over the course of two days with both schools acting out a trial

as the prosecution and the defense. As senior Kiara Freeman described it, “The judge does not give us a “ruling” at the end, but he or she does give us comments on our performance. Most often we get, ‘The lawyers I see aren’t as good as you guys.’ We laugh.” This season marks the first year Hillsdale Mock Trial has fielded three teams, thanks in part to the influx of participants. “We had two full team’s worth of members return to compete again from last year,” said one of the team captains, Andrew Shaffer. “With so many people returning, we added another team to our program composed of entirely new members. While having so many new members compete together might seem odd from the outside, I believe it has allowed those members to experience a level of competition and team responsibility that they would not otherwise have experienced if they were on a team with returning members.” According to Shaffer, engagement from the freshman class has been a

key component of this year’s mock trial team. “With the addition of a new team, we were able to pick up more freshmen than normal and it has been awesome to see them commit themselves wholeheartedly to this case,” he said. Freeman also highlighted the club’s commitment to new students and expansion. “We did not want to turn down interested freshmen and or miss the opportunity to add individuals that would benefit our team,” she said. “Hillsdale College Mock Trial always has a considerable amount of interest from freshmen. This year was no exception.” Expectations are high this year for Hillsdale College Mock Trial. Every year since 2013, Hillsdale has sent at least one team to the Opening Round Championships of the American Mock Trial Association. Shaffer expressed optimism about the team’s chances. “If we have done this well in the beginning of the season, we have a lot to look forward to as the season progresses.”

The debate team at Penn State. Courtesy | Jadon Buzzard

Debate dominates at Penn State tourney By | Regan Meyer News Editor

At Penn State this past weekend, the Hillsdale College debate team crushed their competition with seven of the eight debaters who attended the tournament taking home trophies. Overall, the team placed first in debate sweepstakes and second in overall sweepstakes. Overall sweepstakes includes both speech and debate events. Hillsdale does not participate in speech. Junior and team manager Jadon Buzzard explained that the team’s performance at the tournament was especially impressive as they had not been performing well outside of the preliminary rounds so far this season. “Up until this tournament, we hadn’t done very well in out rounds,” Buzzard said. “That’s why this tournament is pretty important because we won every single out round that we had in this tourna-

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ment. We only lost one, total, and everybody who went to this tournament broke into out rounds.” Buzzard, along with sophomore Tavio Pela, swept the open division finals. Sophomore Frank Vitale and junior Erin Reichard swept the JV division finals. Junior Wiliam Chamberlain, a firstyear debater, advanced to the quarterfinal round in open division. Coach Matthew Doggett said Chamberlain wildly improved from his first tournament performance where he lost all six of his preliminary rounds. “I turned my performance around after my first tournament by practicing more, including the parliamentary debate style to improve my improvisational skills,” Chamberlain said in an email. “I also familiarized myself with the evidence I was going to use so as to be better prepared.” Chamberlain said he joined the debate team this year

because he was friends with many of the debaters and was curious about the “hype.” Overall, he said his experience has been fantastic. “All of the more experienced debaters are always willing to help you with your case or topics that you have trouble with,” he said. “Also, despite the argumentative nature of debate, everyone tries to keep up a fun and friendly atmosphere where even if you have just had a very heated debate round, you can just get up, shake hands, and have fun with them after.” Doggett said the team is comprised of a solid junior class who now have three years of debate experience. He explained that the team now runs on autopilot. “We’ve done very well,” Doggett said. “We’ve got the most people qualified for our national tournament than we’ve ever had and earlier than we’ve ever had.”

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The”Weigh the Waste” project allowed students to see how much food they waste on a daily basis. julia Mullins | Collegian

Bon Appetit working to curb waste at meals By | Julia Mullins City News Editor Bon Appetit’s lunchtime project “Weigh the Waste” showed Hillsdale College students and guests just how much food they waste: 418 pounds over the course of five lunch periods, to be exact. That corresponds to 334 meals. Bon Appetit Marketing Coordinator William Persson said Bon Appetit runs this project across all of its accounts around the country in both the corporate and higher education settings. Persson added that the driving force behind the project was a recent study Bon Appetit

completed by partnering with the National Resource Defense Council. The project was titled, “Toward Cleaner Plates: a Study of Plate Waste and Food Service.” “This was a study that was scientifically-formed, so it’s a little more exact than what we’re doing here,” Persson said. “They’re getting data over a long period of time in both the educational and corporate settings to figure out what’s causing people to waste food from their plates, how much it is for each guest, and what are the best ways to reduce it.” The study looked at 20 accounts, both corporate and higher education, over a variety of meal periods and found

that college students waste 112 pounds of edible plant waste per student per school year. This number adds up to around 2.18 ounces of waste per meal per student. Senior Jessica Frenkel started the “Roots Project” this summer and was hired as the Special Projects Coordinator for Bon Appetit. Frenkel, who said she supports projects focused on sustainability, took her Roots Project and collaborated with Bon Appetit for Weigh the Waste. “The number that we’ve racked up is quite shocking, especially for a small campus,” Frenkel said. “It’s discouraging to see that is what we’re wasting, there’s no doubt that that’s

disappointing. But also, to be able to see that number and understand the scope of the issue is helpful to reinforce that awareness.” Junior Danielle Lee helped Bon Appetit with Weigh the Waste and said most students she talked to appreciated the project because it increased their awareness about food waste. “When you’re behind the table and looking down at this bin full of food, you see whole hot dogs, a hamburger that has one bite, or full patties, and you’re just like: ‘Wow, that could feed somebody else who actually needs food,’” Lee said. To combat this waste, Persson said Bon Appetit is

Professors discuss ethics of bioweapons on panel for AHS By | Elizabeth Bachmann Assistant Editor

the possibility of these new “biohacks” falling into the hands of someone who would use them as weapons. It’s not often that you find The other pressing bioa biology professor, chemlogical threat, Johnson said, istry professor, philosophy derives from genetic engiprofessor, and history profesneering. In the near future, sor all together in the same biologists could potentially room. But on Tuesday night, design superhumans, which faculty from each of those would function as biological departments came togethweapons on the battlefield. er to discuss the scientific, McAllister did not ignore historical, and philosophical the biological side of the implications of biological and issue, but specifically focused chemical weapons during an on the practice of using bioAlexander Hamilton Society chemical weapons to spread Faculty Panel. a fatal contagion to a civilian The panel featured Profespopulation such as to incasor of History Tom Conpacitate that entire society nor, Assistant Professor of and knock it out of the war. Philosophy Blake McAllister, He used the example of Associate Professor of Biologerm warfare in WWII, when gy Silas Johnson, and AssisJapanese air force tant Professor of dropped fleas infectChemistry Kelli ed with the bubonic Kazmier. plague on a Chinese Kazmier and city in 1940. The Johnson provided assumption behind the scientific basis this type of warfor the discussion. fare is that civilians Kazmier, a spewill die in war, and cialist in biochemdropping chemical istry highlighted dropping biological the difference weapons on a city between non-lenow will actually thal biochemical end the war, resultweapons, like tear ing in less overall gas, mustard gas, fatalities. and chlorine gas, McAllister and lethal gasses invoked the law of like sarin. double effect to rule She explained this practice morthat Fritz Haally impermissible. bor, the Jewish While it is true that German scientist who pioneered the Assistant Professor of Biology Silas Jonson speaks while Professor of History Tom Connor civilians will certainly die in war, normal use of bioweapons (far left) and Assistant Professor of Philosophy Blake McAllister look on. battle practices do in World War I, Courtesy | Alexander Hamilton society not explicitly operate with viewed them as the moral and within our sentiments and an ducting unofficial biological attunement to the evil of this experiments on themselves, the intent to kill civilians. merciful alternative to artilact?” he asked. animals, and friends from Civilian death is an unintendlery. While artillery proves However, McAllister their garages. ed consequence. However, lethal on the battlefield, poirecognized that not all bioThese biologists often opusing germ war on a civilian son gasses are only lethal 1% logical or chemical weapons erate outside of the accepted population crosses a moral of the time. are necessarily unacceptable, norms of biology and are at line: its principal objective is Connor added that Churbecause not all weapons elicit risk of releasing some sort of to kill non-combatant women chill shared a similar view the same degree of horror. biological contagion into the and children. of poison gas, and advocatKazmier brought up an population. This biological ed for its use in both WWI argument in opposition to democratization also opens and WWII. Hitler, however,

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in Hillsdale College history,” Meckler said. “We thought it was only fair to bring back some of the quad that we knew when we were freshmen, and part of what that means is trees.” Colleen McGinness, director of alumni engagement for the 1844 Society, and Erin Carroll, vice president of campus outreach and events for the organization, urged seniors to make a donation to the alumni association, either for the gift or toward the Ransom Dunn scholarship, which sponsors

refused to use it on principle, and so Churchill had no cause to implement gasses. McAllister addressed the ethical implications of using chemical weapons through the lens of a human emotion: horror. “Emotions are not raw feelings,” he said. “Rather, emotions are a way of perceiving reality, of seeing something as good or bad in a particular way.” Referencing philosopher Robert C. Roberts, McAllister suggested that the natural reaction to chemical weapons -- horror -- ought to inform our moral conception. “Could it be that this horror manifests a kind of deep wisdom embedded

students who could not otherwise afford to return to college. “The original reason I joined the 1844 Society was because I was like, ‘Wow, I would be very upset if I couldn’t attend Hillsdale. What can I do to help somebody else be here and have the experience I’ve had?’” Carroll said. “I think that’s the gist of giving back to your college: giving back to what you love so other people can love it too. It’s the building of community. It’s the reason why we’re all here.” Seniors then made their

McAllister’s position. Habor, the mastermind behind the first chemical weapons, argued that poison gas horrifies for the same reason that artillery horrified when it first entered the fray: because it is new and unaccustomed. As a biology professor, Johnson was more concerned with the biological than the chemical, and introduced bioethics questions into the fray. The most concerning biological weapons on today’s stormfront, he said, concern something called the biohacking movement, a trend towards democratization of biological experimentation. In other words, biologists and pseudo-biologists are con-

way to the front of the chapel where Buchmann proposed a toast “to our last year being a good one.” Senior Lauren Blunt attended the event and called the evening classy. “It provided a nice space to sit with my senior friends and hang out,” she said. “It was a good amount of time to get together and have fun with the people who you started out your college career with.” She added that she appreciates the choice of gift, especially because she remembers when the trees were cut down as chapel construction

commenced. “My friends first semester freshman year would hang out on the quad all the time, and there are a lot of fond memories attached to that,” she said. “The oak trees are something that will last for a really long time. It’s not just an object but something alive. It seems like a real gift that will further beauty in a way that’s very permanent.” Buchmann concurs. “It’s symbolic,” he said. “We’re planting roots that we’ll not see the full development of.”

looking to implement tasting spoons at some point in the future. Tasting spoons can reduce plate waste by up to half, according to a Bon Appetit study. “We have it ready,” Persson said. “The company didn’t develop collateral yet, but I went ahead and requested it in advance, so we got our own stuff designed because we wanted to do it earlier.” Frenkel said tasting spoons will help students develop a more informed decision about what they’d like to eat. “Feedback is welcomed in a really great way with Bon Appetit, but as a busy student, you need to eat whatever they’re serving,” Frenkel said. “And to be able to choose in

a more educated way, having tasted different things and decided what you want, I think there’s a lot of benefit to that.” Since starting the Roots Project, Frenkel said she has been most impressed by Bon Appetit’s commitment to sustainability. “They’re really active in pushing toward sustainable practices, ethical farming, and locally-sourced ingredients,” Frenkel said. “All of those things that you hear about as buzzwords, for Bon Appetit, they’re more than buzzwords. At least from what I’ve seen, it genuinely is what their goal is.”

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that surround the entire field of journalism. “It was really interesting to learn about the rise and fall of the Times, which is possibly the most influential newspaper in the country,” he said. “Maybe it doesn’t deserve to be.” Paul Moreno, professor of history, said he witnessed the decline of the Times firsthand. “I grew up in New York when the Times was a serious newspaper,” he said. “I saw its collapse day by day, and I still subscribe to the Times, but only for the crossword puzzle.” Moreno said he first noticed newspapers abandoning all pretenses to impartiality during the Vietnam War. “Vietnam and Watergate started the adversarial culture in American journalism and made newspapers think that they were a constitutional institution,” he said. “They thought that they were defending our ‘democracy,’ as they call it, and they had this sense of themselves as all-powerful arbiters.” According to Moreno, the New York Times represented a certain kind of journalism that is now gone. “The expectation that a newspaper would be objective and unbiased was part of a particular moment in American history,” he said. “The Times used to be the go-to place for domestic and foreign policy. I don’t get my news from them anymore.”

mentary in good society,’” Goodwin said. “Even advertisements had to meet his standards of taste.” Goodwin said that the Times became known as the “gray lady” because of its prim approach to language and refusal to engage in personal attacks. In fact, Goodwin said that the Times was the first newspaper to start separating news from opinion. “This separation was an ingrained part of the culture at the Times when I started there in the 1970s,” Goodwin said. “I knew I was not permitted to express my opinions on the subjects of my stories.” According to Goodwin, its current rejection of the separation of fact and opinion led directly to the Times’ loss of public trust. “Why the Times still employs an editorial page and an op-ed page escapes me,” Goodwin said. “Virtually every so-called news article has reflected a bias against Trump. These days, the paper’s front page is openly pushing for impeachment.” “There is a national crisis of confidence in all forms of media, and the Times no longer offers the solution,” Goodwin said. “It is a major part of the problem.” John Miller, director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College, said that Goodwin has a great understanding of the problems and controversies

Dirt path to Howard paved By | Gladys Oster Collegian Reporter After years of students trudging over the dirt path between Hillsdale St. and Howard Music Building, Hillsdale College has finally taken the hint and paved a sidewalk. Rich Péwé, Hillsdale’s Chief Administrative Officer, explained that the sidewalk has been on the construction agenda for quite a few years but was bumped up the list to ensure students a safe walk to Howard before the snow and ice cover it again. “We’ve grown concerned about slipping and falling,” Péwé said. “With the hard surface to brush and plow, it will be easier to keep the entry to Howard clean of snow and mud.” Péwé said he thinks that no other similar projects are in the works, although they will continue to look at well-travelled routes of students. Music and art students alike appreciated the new ad-

dition to their walk to class. Reagan Linde ’22, an art major, said she was shocked when she saw the construction begin. “I legitimately shed a tear when I saw it being paved,” Linde said. “I’m glad that the college is recognizing that it’s a well worn area and putting in a sidewalk makes it much easier for students who frequent Howard and Sage.” Zsanna Bodor ’21 plays the violin, sings in choir, and is majoring in music; she had walked the dirt path many times with her fellow musicians. “Over the past few years, my friends and I have trod that path to Howard hundreds of times, even in rain or snow, often getting quite muddy in the process,” Bodor said. “Some of my friends say they’ll miss the old path though, and I do agree with them in part. There is something sweet and nostalgic about walking along a beloved little path that your own two feet have helped to create.”

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When the Washington Post amended its obituary over the weekend from describing ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as the “Islamic State’s terrorist-in-chief” to “austere religious scholar at the helm of Islamic State,” Twitter was quick to clap back with satire. Users parodied the glaring bias with comparable blunders: “Adolf Hitler, passionate community planner and dynamic public speaker, dies at 56,” one wrote. “Mao Zedong, who saved 20-45 million of his own people

from having to suffer through the struggle of existence, dies at 82,” another tweeted. “Satan, unorthodox faith leader known for pushing back against famous wine-maker Jesus, dies at 14,” said another. And, “Genghis Khan, noted traveler, dies at 64.” Though the Washington Post quickly changed its headline — again — to describe al-Baghdadi as the “extremist leader of the Islamic state,” the damage was already done. The Post’s headline was only the most recent example

of public relations operations which scramble to amend the facts to atone for a political sin. In September, the New York Times came under fire for an essay written by two reporters who made an unsubstantiated claim of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Everyone makes mistakes, but this is different. Many mainstream media outlets repeatedly fail to report the facts and the truth and instead choose their words with

the goal of perpetuating the popular, politically-correct narrative. As journalists, we must get the facts and interpret them wisely. We’ve lost sight of truth when we’re describing the leader of a terrorist organization as an “austere religious scholar.” Though the headline could have been factually correct, it’s misleading. If we have to run a correction, our goal should be the truth. We’ve entered dangerous territory when we’re converting hard facts into fiction.

Truth remains in God’s word Impeachment Purpose of Reformation Day is to celebrate reliance on the truth of the Gospels proceedings could boost Trump’s 2020 re-election bid

By | Ryan Young The impeachment inquiry into President Trump is an attack on the office of the president and the constitutional fabric of our country. The Left is at it, again. After spending multiple years and millions of taxpayer dollars to investigate Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia, the Left was bruised and confused by the harsh reality that the whole collusion narrative was a farce. The American people heard pundits and commentators in the media call for Trump’s impeachment before he was even sworn into office. We heard them label Trump a Russian asset and make outlandish claims that all conservatives must be racist, all while sacrificing truth for political gain. Even after Robert Mueller released his report clearing Trump of the phony allegation, Democrats continued to call for Trump’s impeachment and disparage his administration. Regardless of the findings, the Dems continued their witch-hunt to bring down Trump, and it was only a matter of time before they found something new to be hysterical about. After the Russia collusion story momentarily ceased, the mainstream media shifted their outcry to a phone call made to the Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelinsky regarding the Biden family and their corrupt business dealings. On July 25, Trump spoke to Zelinsky. Trump was aware that the call was being recorded, transcribed, and that there were multiple high-ranking officials on the line, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. If Trump was trying to break the law or commit an impeachable offense, then one would have to believe that our president is either clueless or a complete idiot. Despite Trump’s remarkable transparency with his administration and the American people, the liberal media manufactured a whole new story in yet another attempt to impeach and destroy our president. Representative Adam Schiff, D-Calif., released a whistleblower report written by an unknown intelligence officer that claims Trump “is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 U.S. election.” Schiff went on MSNBC and publicly called for Trump’s impeachment, while promising that he had no prior knowledge of the report before it was released to the public. Moments later, a Schiff spokesman and other American officials revealed that Schiff had in fact known about the report and was giv-

en a detailed outline before its release. Further information revealed that the unknown whistleblower was a registered Democrat who had significant ties to a current, unnamed 2020 Democratic candidate. Despite Schiff’s lie and the clear bias of the whistleblower, the news media began to peddle and spin a new collusion narrative, while the American people astutely watched and waited for actual evidence of collusion. The media began to focus on Trump’s handling of military funding to Ukraine, claiming he purposely chose to delay the transfer of $400 million dollars in military assistance in order to coerce Zelinsky to participate in an investigation of the Biden family. While Trump has denied these allegations, the media remained ruthless in their attacks on Trump. Liberals believe that Trump is purposely trying to bring down Joe Biden because he is a top-tier Democratic candidate who will likely be Trump’s opponent in 2020. What they seem to be forgetting, however, is the fact that just because someone is running for president doesn’t mean they are above the law and free from investigation. Perhaps the most critical issue with this supposed impeachment inquiry is the fact that the Democrats are not allowing due process. Trump has not been given the most basic rights held under the Constitution to call witnesses or produce explanatory evidence beyond the unprecedented release of his phone call transcript. Further, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi refused to call for a formal vote in the House because she argues that the Constitution has no specific guidelines for impeachment and that the House holds sole power. Instead of trying to force Trump out of office through slander and misinformation, or manufacturing hoaxes and exaggerating stories, Democrats should propose their own solutions to the problems they have with Trump. Instead of trying to steal back the White House through exaggeration and slander, they should run a fair race by debating, campaigning, and actually trying to win. The majority of American people believe that Congress “should focus on fixing important problems facing America, rather than focusing on investigating Trump,” according to a recent Reuters report. The Left’s current strategy will result in the downfall of the Democratic party and Trump’s re-election. Ryan Young is a freshman studying rhetoric and public address.

By | S. Nathaniel Grime The Reformation wasn’t about Martin Luther. It wasn’t about Protestantism. It was about one thing only: the Gospel of Jesus Christ. From 1 Peter 1:25, “The Word of the Lord endures forever” was the driving force of the Reformation of the Church more than 500 years ago, which is commemorated each Oct. 31, also known as Reformation Day. Without a commitment to the preaching and teaching of Holy Scripture in all its truth and purity, there is no Reformation. If men would never err, the Reformation would never have been necessary. What Christians can learn today from the Reformation of the Church is that we should put our trust not in rulers, priests, or princes (Ps. 146:3), but solely in the everlasting Word of God and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This Word is ever-living and always active, coming to the Christian daily and abundantly in Holy Scripture. The one holy and apostolic Church — that is, the universal Church of all believers of this Gospel of Christ — delivers this salvific message of grace and salvation through

faith to the Christian. The reformers of the Church questioned the notion that men could earn satisfaction for their sin by the purchasing of indulgences and the attaining of righteousness by burdensome effort. This lifestyle inevitably drove many to despair — for, indeed, none can ever make satisfaction for their sin. The Reformation focused on the everlasting truth that the only act possible to make satisfaction for sin was done by Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary, where he hung with the weight of the sin of the whole world — past, present and future — so that man may be declared righteous. The sanctifying life of the Christian is carried out under the grace of justification by faith, apart from works of the law. Only because Christ has declared the Christian righteous can he then live righteously — all by the grace of God. The sacrificial act of Christ on the cross brings salvation and eternal life to the Christian who grasps this free gift with faith. At the same time, this declaratory act of Christ on the cross sets the Christian free (John 8:36) to live accord-

ing to the statues of God. The crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ changes the life of the Christian forever — for the remainder of his years on earth but also in the glorious eternity of heaven — where all believers in Christ, those declared and made righteous throughout all ages, will live in restored unity with God forever. But the Christian must be on guard. This free gift of Christ is constantly under attack by Satan, the age-old deceiver of men. The devil constantly prowls around the Church, always looking for opportunities to undermine her and distort her message of salvation to her people. The Christian’s response to these attacks must always be to flee to the Word of God and to his salvation Christ has accomplished on the cross. Only that has the power to free the conscience of the Christian and allow him to live in the grace that has been gained for him. The Church should never bind the conscience of its people to believe that somehow their purchases, efforts, or works gain satisfaction with God and refuge from the devil. Only Christ can shield the

Christian from Satan and the consequences of sin. Indeed, He has done it. On fleeing to Christ, found in the Word of God alone and received by grace through faith alone, Martin Luther said this: “So when the devil throws your sins in your face and declares that you deserve death and hell, tell him this: ‘I admit that I deserve death and hell, what of it?’ For I know One who suffered and made satisfaction on my behalf. His name is Jesus Christ, Son of God, and where He is there I shall be also.” When the devil declares the Christian guilty of damnation, the Christian should point to the work of Christ. That is the core of the Reformation of the Church, and the restoration of that truth. The Word of the Lord endures forever. That’s why the Church gravely needed the Reformation, and why she will always be sustained, strengthened, and saved by Christ. S. Nathaniel Grime is a senior studying rhetoric and public address and is the sports editor for The Collegian.

Removing troops puts Kurds at risk Trump’s order leaves Kurdish people vulnerable in the face of powerful enemy

By | Abby Liebing When President Donald Trump announced that he would be pulling American troops out of Syria, he was immediately met with bipartisan opposition. And on Oct. 29, the House of Representatives passed a bill 403-16 in favor of imposing sanctions on Turkey for its military actions in northern Syria. After eight years of civil war in Syria and fighting against the Islamic state, American forces and the Kurdish fighters, that the United States has supported, have accomplished wiping out most of the strongholds of the Islamic state. Trump, in extreme naivete, thinks this means that it’s time to pull out and leave the Kurds prey to an even more powerful enemy than the Islamic state: Turkey. Pulling American troops out of Syria would lead to multiple problems. If the Kurds are left alone, they may fall prey to Turkish aggression, northern Syria would be weakened, and the Islamic state might be tempted to resurrect itself, thus rewinding the clock of the past decade and relaunching the long crisis that the Middle East and Europe is still trying to emerge from. Trump tweeted last week, “We never agreed to protect the Kurds for the rest of their lives.” This may be true, but yanking support and protection away from them when Turkey is waiting to pounce, is an awful mistake that could result in some very serious political and humanitarian problems. Fortunately, there was strong bipartisan resistance to Trump’s sudden announcement to move troops out of Syria. There will be a reduced U.S. force remaining in Syria

to guard the Syrian oil fields so that any remaining pockets of the Islamic state cannot gain access to oil revenue. And then there was Trump’s oh-so-reassuring Tweet, in which he said, “if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!)” But the Kurds are still calling this decision abandonment and saying Trump has stabbed them in the back, as they have fought the Islamic state partially on the U.S.’s behalf since 2014. The Kurds are justifiably afraid to be left alone on the Syrian-Turkish border within Erdogan’s reach. And though Ankara and Moscow agreed on a ceasefire to allow Kurds to evacuate the area near the Syria-Turkey border, Kurdish fears were proved last week on Oct. 24, when Turkey and its local allies began directing ground assault and artillery shelling on several border towns which caused thousands of Kurdish civilians to flee. Turkish history alone is enough to justify serious concern about leaving the Kurds alone. Trump should take a look at history — and particularly Turkey’s longheld hatred for the Kurdish people — and its bad habit of genocide and holding to an ideology of ethnic purity. There are roughly 35 million Kurds scattered throughout the Middle East, making them one of the largest ethnic groups in the region. Unlike other large ethnic groups, like the Arabs, the Turks, and the Persians, the Kurds have no state of their own and are instead scattered throughout Syria, Iraq, Turkey, and Iran. But it is in and around Turkey that Kurds have been

in the most danger and this has been a persistent problem since the end of World War I. At the beginning of the 20th century, there was a growing mindset among Turks to create an indivisible nation by removing any non-Turkish elements of society. This led to the Armenian Genocide, from 1915 to 1917, when the Ottoman government systematically wiped out 1.5 million Armenians, most of whom were Ottoman citizens. And though the Turkish government still denies the Armenian genocide, on Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted 405-11 in favor of recognizing and commemorating the Armenian genocide. The Kurds were another significant non-Turkish population in Turkey. After Turkey gained its independence in 1923, its drive to create a purified Turkish state grew stronger. In 1930, the Turkish minister of justice said, “The Turk is the only lord, the only master of this country. Those who are not of pure Turkish origin will have only one right in Turkey: the right to be servants and slaves.” The Kurds were consistently persecuted throughout the 20th century. In the 1970s the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) rose up inside Turkey to fight for an independent Kurdish state. There has been continual violence and tension between the PKK, and Erdogan and the rest of the Turkish government considers the PKK a dangerous terrorist threat. Trump, supporting his sudden turn against the Kurds, said that the PKK is “worse at terror and more of a terrorist threat, in many ways” than the Islamic state. Now, with Trump’s rash announcement to pull troops

out from Syria, the Kurds in Syria near the Turkish border — particularly those of the YPG who have been fighting ISIS — are vulnerable. Erdogan will do just about anything to keep the Kurds weak so that they can never threaten him with the formation of a Kurdish state on his border. And Trump is trying to hand him the opportunity to do so and fuel Turkish hostilities against the Kurds. If Erdogan is not trying to eradicate the Kurds on his border, he is at least trying to forcibly get them farther away from the border so that he can have a 300-mile buffer zone. Trump trying to pull out U.S. troops would achieve Erdogan’s goal for him and would weaken the Kurds making them ripe for Turkish aggression and also giving ISIS the distinct possibility of a comeback. The decision to leave some troops to guard the Syrian oil fields is the very bare minimum that the United States should do to curb Turkey, keep the Kurds safe and stable, and deter the Islamic state from resurrection. Many, including Trump, argue that the U.S. needs to stop being the world police, and this is a good opportunity to stop. But we are already waist-deep in the Middle East, especially in Syria. The United States has been supporting and fighting alongside the Kurds for nearly half a decade, and with Turkey on the prowl and plenty of instability rampant in the region (i.e. ISIS coming back), this is not the time to leave the Kurds hanging out to dry. Abby Liebing is a senior studying history and is the associate editor of The Collegian. She is a columnist on Middle Eastern affairs.

Opinions Free-market capitalists, socialists unite against cronyism

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By | Christopher Martin and Trevor Vogel In a provocative piece, “Government-backed monopolies, an essential part of capitalism,” from Oct. 24, Cal Abbo responded to arguments from both of us about the source of problems in the healthcare industry. We blamed poor government policy; he ultimately blames profit-seeking and, and as a remedy, seems to advocate replacing capitalism. Widening in scope beyond the problems of one specific industry, the debate now addresses a question most fitting for our Hillsdale intellectual community to consider: given the nature of human beings, what is the most suitable economic system? Abbo takes us to task for implying that all government intervention is necessarily bad for consumers, even though he seems to accept that many existing government policies in the healthcare space are in fact harmful. While we concede that certain kinds of government intervention in principle benefit some consumers, we suspect that the same tangle of special interests Abbo fears in other contexts will succeed in distorting any such efforts. The benefits, if any, of new

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intervention will probably come with large costs to the rest of society. That said, we think this is only a sub-debate within a large disagreement. There is a larger question: in which direction shall we try to move society — towards a cleaner, more competitive capitalism, or away from economic freedom and towards some kind of alternative? Without necessarily challenging the advantages of a truly free market system, Abbo thinks that such a system inevitably devolves into crony capitalism. The core moral principle that “profit-seeking is not only acceptable, but even productive and good” is to blame, since it encourages firms to profit by any means necessary, including kneecapping competitors. We actually think Abbo has a largely correct moral position here. The human desire for selfish gain can indeed harm the common good. But this is a human, rather than a purely capitalist, desire. What we view as the desirable form of capitalism made a moral improvement by placing legal and ethical guardrails around selfish gain. To the extent that these guardrails hold, selfishness is channeled towards “honest profit”: away from predatory and towards mutually ben-

eficial, productive activities. Instead of pirates and kings, we get entrepreneurs who create light bulbs, cars, therapies, nutritious food, and a million other things for satisfied customers. What are the guardrails? The longer version of the Milton Friedman quote from earlier helps: “the social responsibility of business is to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits as long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in free and open competition without deception or fraud.” To these constraints we would add a few others, but the most important is that powerful people must not use political power, or be allowed by the rest of society to use political power to rewrite the rules of the game in ways contrary to the general good. Abbo would probably argue that capitalism constantly tends to jump these guardrails and careen towards crony capitalism. Again, we mostly agree. The desirable form of capitalism has never been fully implemented, and the guardrails are constantly under attack. No one can make a monetary profit by defending the system as a whole, but everyone can profit by carving out an exception

from the general rules for his or her own narrow benefit. Why not then abandon capitalism and look for some other system that banishes profit? The problem with such alternatives is not just the loss of profits but the loss of economic freedom. Honest profits, as we defined them, guide business to create goods and services worth more to consumers than the trouble of making them. However, some successful organizations exist for whom monetary profit plays no role or a lesser role — churches, charities, colleges, voluntary collectives such as the Israeli kibbutz, and consumer cooperatives come to mind as examples. As long as people are free to leave such organizations, and are free not to buy products from them, they are perfectly compatible with capitalism. The real problems come when organizations get captive customers, and sometimes captive workers. How bad things will become then depends on the wider economic and political system, but could range from “mere” sclerosis and inefficiency to the cruelty and criminal incompetence of the communist regimes of the twentieth century, or Venezuela today. Our real concern with

West’s ‘JESUS IS KING’ breaks down Christian music, rap industry barriers the gospel, to let people know education-themed trilogy of By | Victoria Marshall what Jesus has done for me,” albums, “College Dropout,” A spectre is haunting West said in a radio interview “Late Registration,” and American popular culture: with Big Boy following his “Graduation,” experimented the spectre of Kanye West. album’s release on Friday. with skits while showcasing All the powers of Holly“I’ve spread a lot of things. a soul-infused R&B. Then, wood and the politically-corThere was a time I was letting following his mother’s death, rect have entered into an you know what high fashion West changed tones. He unholy alliance to exorcise had done for me, I was letting saturated his next hip-hop this spectre, including the entertainment industry, Twitter, Mark Zuckerburg, the New York Times, the Democratic National Convention, and Taylor Swift. But they will not prevail over the Third Great Awakening that West instigated with the release of his new gospel-rap manifesto, “JESUS IS KING.” West has done what Christian artists across the world (Lecrae, anyone?) have failed to do. West has created a market within a market — a niche within a niche that no one knew they lacked, or needed, until now. He has decimated the Christian rap industry Kanye West performs at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. | Flickr you know what Hennessey album, “808s & Heartbreak” and created his own stanhad done for me, but now I’m with auto-tuned vocals, dard, leaving you the option letting you know what Jesus creating a new genre one can to take or leave it. (Hint: He has done for me, and in that only characterize as emo-rap doesn’t care what you do.) I’m no longer a slave, I’m a - and other artists followed This is classic West, and we son now, a son of God. I’m suit (Kid Cudi, Frank Ocean, can’t help but love him for it. free.” B.O.B, and The Weeknd, to Unlike Chance the RapWest is one of the most name a few). per’s 2016 pseudo-Christian influential artists of this Then, as a gift to humanalbum, “Coloring Book,” generation. From “College ity (and as a flex in light of West isn’t afraid to label his Dropout” to “Ye,” West’s the “imma let you finish” album a Christian work. evolving, experimental sound comments at the 2009 VMAs West is clear that he sees it as has paved the way for multiand subsequent public backa vessel for Christ. ple artists across rap and hip lash), West released his most “Now that I’m in service hop. groundbreaking work to date, to Christ, my job is to spread In West’s earlier years, his “My Beautiful Dark Twisted

Fantasy,” an album which combined the sounds and craft of his last four albums. But West wasn’t done. Three years later, he released a completely different album: “Yeezus.” A stripped down, raw, and industrial record, it defined the 2010s gold standard for rap. With this album, West proclaimed he was on par with God, taking the name of Yeezus for himself. But West still wasn’t done. With the release of his latest album, “JESUS IS KING,” West answers Yeezus. With “JESUS IS KING,” West takes off his self-appointed crown and lays it at the feet of Christ. “JESUS IS KING” is both the culmination and antithesis of Yeezus, and the culmination of West’s career itself. Will the rap and hip-hop industry follow West down the path he has carved out for himself? Will Christian rap follow him? Though we can’t say for sure, what we do know is that West has blown a hole in the music industry, blurring the lines between genres and clearly delegated lanes. And there’s no coming back. Victoria Marshall is a George Washington Fellow and a junior studying politics. She is an assistant news editor for The Collegian.

NFL must address referees’ calls, salaries

Low salaries and ever-changing rules could be to blame for officials’ bad calls By | Liam Bredberg Down by 3 points and with the potential to get into field goal range with just minutes left in the game, Drew Brees had a chance to turn the tide in an otherwise even game. The 2018 National Footbal Conference Championship Game ended in controversy after the referees missed blatant helmet-to-helmet and pass interference calls on a Los Angeles Rams defender. The Saints’ season was over, and the Rams advanced to the Super Bowl just be defeated by the Patriots. This unfortunate mishap spawned attention toward referee’s calls in NFL games that should have existed a long time ago. More importantly, the play led the NFL to change its rules on pass-interference. Prior to the 2019 season, pass-interference no-calls could not be challenged by coaches. A change to the rules now allows coaches to challenge missed calls. While the new rule has been used by coaches of many teams,

Detroit Lions Head Coach Matt Patricia has used it more sparingly. In an Oct. 14 game versus the Green Bay Packers, the Lions felt the wrath of a missed call near the end of the game that ended up being the deciding factor in a close Packers win. When asked why Patricia didn’t use the challenge, he referred to a similar situation he was in earlier in the season. Patricia commented that his decision came from two challenges earlier in the season on similar plays, both of which were turned down by officials. He felt that keeping the challenge flag in his pocket would save it for better use. But he was wrong. When Kenny Golladay, a receiver for the Lions, was asked about the pass interference no-calls, he said that the team can’t leave it up to the officials to make the right decision on the field. “They make bad calls all the time,” Golladay said. “We gotta go out there and pretty much just make the play.” Out of 81 defensive pass

interference calls so far this season, 21 have been challenged using the new rule. One of those challenges has passed. This lack of success on challenges has led coaches around the league to be more reluctant when throwing the challenge flag. There can be countless explanations for why officiating NFL games has become so out-of-hand. One of the commonly cited problems with NFL referees is that they are the lowest paid officials of all major league sports. According to Money.com, NFL referees make an average of $205,000. While that number seems respectable for a job that only takes six months of the year, it is much smaller than what the referees of other sports make. Referees in the NBA make an average of $350,000 a year, while MLB umpires make an average of around $300,000, and those in the NHL make an average of $250,000 a year. The NFL is the most viewed sport in America, and brings in far more revenue than any of its counterparts.

There is no reason for their referees to make so much less than other sports. Another issue that often arises in the NFL bad-call conversation is the constantly changing rule book. With continual changes to aspects of the game such as pass interference, roughing the passer, and excessive-celebration, refs and players arguably have a hard time keeping up with every minute detail that the suits of the league decide will make the game better. In a league that is increasingly defined by strict regulations, I find it hard to believe that viewers would rather see more flags on the field than less. One simple solution to the league’s woes was proposed by an angry Lions fan after their loss to the Packers: “Let the boys play.”

Liam Bredberg is a junior studying political economy and is an assistant sports editor for The Collegian.

Abbo’s own proposal for customers to run firms is not his dislike of profit. We would fully support anyone’s right to form a consumer cooperative aiming to sell at cost, and in the medical context he cites. But it would be a catastrophe to force every existing firm to become a cooperative selling at cost. The fact that cooperatives are legal, yet produce only a small fraction of output, is a sign that profit-seeking is a more effective way of organizing most economic activity. The implication is that the government would have to constantly stop people from consensually reorganizing the economic system. And government, as the sole wielder of legitimate violence, is of all monopolies the most dangerous. Against these difficulties, we set up the capitalist alternative. Societies embracing even partially-free markets have grown and developed to become the wealthiest in all of history. In Western Europe and the United States, capitalist development transformed frequent hunger, disease, and ignorance from the norm into the exception. The quality and availability of food, medicine, housing, transportation, education, and nearly every-

thing else would astonish an American from 200 or even 100 years ago. And in Asia, even a partial embrace of market capitalism has rescued hundreds of millions of human beings from poverty in little over a generation, first in the Asian Tigers — Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea — and then in China and India. The system, of course, has its problems. In our country, Left and Right will probably never agree on the correct size and nature of the safety net, other kinds of public spending, or regulation in its infinite complexity. But we think that broad agreement is possible on the goal of making capitalism, rather than some alternative, as good as it can be — and that a large part of that project involves assailing crony capitalism whenever possible. Such a project has another benefit: it could strengthen amity and a sense of common purpose across party, geographic, and class lines. That seems to be a valuable benefit for America in 2019. Christopher Martin is an associate professor of economics at Hillsdale College. Trevor Vogel is a junior studying economics.

Letters to the Editor:

Studying politics essential part of liberal-arts education By | Adam Carrington

I read with interest the Oct. 24 Collegian article, “‘So Much More’: Students share why they left their politics major.” The perspective presented rested on the assumption that politics as studied at Hillsdale College falls outside a “true” liberal-arts education. I find this assumption deeply inaccurate, not to mention troubling. A liberal-arts education seeks to cultivate persons as both human beings and as citizens. Politics, as Aristotle explained, is fundamental to this endeavor. Politics investigates human nature, the definition of justice, as well as the manner, structure, and

purposes of community. Our department pursues these inquiries every semester. We do so by rigorously consulting a wide variety of thinkers, including Plato, Locke, Shakespeare, and Nietzsche, alongside Hamilton, Madison, Lincoln, and Woodrow Wilson. These classes certainly involve discussions and applications to our own time. But to do so merely recognizes the following: the liberal arts were made for life and for man, not life and man for the liberal arts. Adam Carrington is an assistant professor of politics at Hillsdale College.

Institutional Advancement thanks Hillsdale College community for Gala help By | Nancy Johnson Thank you for your Oct. 3 coverage of Institutional Advancement’s two-day gala, celebrating the 175th anniversary of Hillsdale College, the dedication of Christ Chapel, and the public launch of our capital campaign, the Four Pillars: 175 Years of Learning, Character, Faith, and Freedom. The campaign goals represent the College’s ambitious plans and priorities for the near future and beyond, and they directly affect you — our students, faculty, and staff. Institutional Advancement is already hard at work to raise: $260,200,000 for student scholarships; $121,650,000 for program endowments, including faculty chairs, online courses, master’s degree programs; $103,300,000 for capital projects, including athletic facilities, shooting sports facilities, an archive addition to the library; $201,700,000 for general operations, which support the daily operational needs of the College Thank you to the hundreds of students and the staff and faculty who worked so hard to make the gala a success. They worked at registration, served meals, gave tours, and presented at informational breakout sessions. They provided dramatic and musical performances. They hauled supplies back and forth across campus. Our chef and the staff of Bon Appetit, Anna and Blake, provided wonderfully delicious food for seven meals and four receptions. Over 800 guests came to our campus and they were amazed by your hospitality

and joyful service. I want to recognize Professor James Holleman for the terrific choral and orchestral selections, and to the Hillsdale College Choirs and the Symphony Orchestra for their excellent performances. Thank you Denise Willard, my co-worker on the Four Pillars Campaign, and to the College’s incredible Special Events team, Jackie Linebrink, Gina Bloom, Barbie Keiser, Ashley Sallows, and Fiona Shea, who made the event happen. Nearly 4,000 individuals made contributions to build Christ Chapel — it would not exist without them. Allowing hundreds of donors to be present for its dedication was a generous act of stewardship on the College’s part. We, in the college community, will have this precious place available to us every day, for prayer, worship, and sacred music performances. We are richly blessed. The Student Activities Board is planning a special Christmas celebration called Founding Fest on Dec. 7 that will be open to students, faculty, and staff, including faculty and staff children. We are honored to make a financial contribution to this event from the Four Pillars Campaign as our way of showing gratitude to this generous college community that made room for 850 visitors and made them all feel so welcome. Nancy Johnson is an associate vice president for Institutional Advancement at Hillsdale College.

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GM strike ends, employees catching up on back orders By | Cal Abbo Assistant Editor The General Motors Co. walkout came to a close on Oct. 25 after employees voted to accept a four-year labor agreement. The vote marks the end of a strike that lasted more than five weeks. Employees will also be returning to normal production schedules. “GM is proud to provide good-paying jobs to tens of thousands of employees in America and to grow our substantial investment in the U.S.,” Mary Barra, GM Chairman and CEO, said in a statement. “As one team, we can move forward and stay focused on our priorities of safety and building high-quality cars, trucks and crossovers for our customers.” The strike, which involved around 48,000 workers, delayed the manufacturing and delivery of replacement parts and new car deliveries around the country. Bank of America estimated that the strike cost GM $2 billion. Even Hillsdale’s businesses suffered during the strike. A few weeks ago, Ken Joswiak, the owner of Hills-

dale Buick GMC, told The Collegian that he noticed it was more difficult to get spare parts. Now, Joswiak said his business should begin receiving normal shipments sooner rather than later. According to Joswiak, GM still has extra parts in stock, but it couldn’t get the parts delivered everywhere they needed to go. For Joswiak’s dealership, deliveries were delayed, but parts were even harder to get. “The biggest issue has been parts for the service and body shop,” he said. “There have been some delays on deliveries, but many parts are just not available.” This proved particularly difficult in the body shop, where repairs can require many different parts if a car was in an accident. “If you’re just servicing a car, you typically only need one or two parts,” Joswiak said. “But in the body shop, you can need many parts, sometimes even 10.” Fred Glowe, the parts manager at Frank Beck Chevrolet, said he and his team also experienced difficulties trying to get parts, but have found other solutions to most

Frank Beck Chevrolet is one of several businesses near Hillsdale to be affected by the GM strike. Cal Abbo | Collegian

delays. “Luckily, with the jobs we’ve gotten, we’ve been able to come up with most of the parts to get them going,” Glowe said. “It just shut the whole system down. They had marginal workers trying to fill orders. White collar people tried to fill in for some of the deliveries.” Like Joswiak, Glowe said he didn’t know when everything would return to normal, but he thought it could take a few weeks for GM employees to catch up on backorders. “Once they go back to work, they’ll start filling orders from before the strike,” Glowe said. “If you were to order parts right now, it would take a long time for them to arrive.” Joswiak said he didn’t know exactly when GM would be up and running, but all of the back-ordered parts and delayed cars will arrive, eventually. He said it might take some time before GM is operating at full capacity once everyone gets back to work. “They’ve started to get back online in the next few days,” he said. “We’re just glad it’s over.”

Residents upset over proposed wind farm in Wheatland Township By | Kate Pipher Collegian Freelancer A proposed wind farm in Hillsdale County’s Wheatland Township has been met with the resistance of 120 angry residents. Members from the group “Informed Citizens of Wheatland Township” gathered outside Wheatland Township Hall during the Oct. 8 township board meeting to voice their disapproval for the wind farm initially proposed from Invenergy, an Illinois-based energy company. Chris Pollard, a resident of Wheatland Township, is leading the efforts to slow down construction of the wind farm. “The wind turbines are not as green as people think,” Pollard said. “They are made of carbon and leave a large carbon footprint, and they use a lot of oil in their generators. They also aren’t very efficient; they only work around 36% of the time.” Dave Stone, supervisor of Wheatland Township, said that by state law, power plants are required to produce a certain percentage of green energy. The percentages required continues to increase. WindFirst United Methodist Church is located at 45 N. Manning St. in Hillsdale. | Facebook

mill energy is an emerging alternative as coal plants continue to be shut down due to environmental reasons. Stone said that by putting wind farms in, they are “just trying to comply with the law.” This wind farm will span three townships in Hillsdale County and 25,000 acres. Invenergy, a privately-owned energy company, plans to install the 166-megawatt commercial wind farm in Adams, Moscow, and Wheatland townships. Invenergy is placing windmills in more than 33 townships throughout Michigan, according to Stone. After constructing the wind farms, Invenergy will sell the wind farm to Consumers Energy for $250 million, according to Stone. The wind farm won’t affect consumer energy rates until after the purchase. Consumer Energy’s mission statement is to have 90% of its energy come from clean energy sources, reduce emissions by 90%, and cease the use of coal by 2040. Many citizens in the townships say they have concerns that the windmills will hurt their quality of life. “People come up with

reasons such as they think they’re ugly or they don’t want them in their backyards,” Stone said. “There’s lots of anger from seeing things on YouTube and Facebook.” Pollard said that he has no problem with windmills as long as they stay within the confines of the owner’s property and don’t affect other people. But these wind turbines, Pollard said, will affect everyone in the area. Pollard said that windmills produce “sub-sound,” which “transfers through your home and can thicken your blood and cause other health concerns.” About 120 members of the Informed Citizens of Wheatland Township back Pollard, and they are protesting the process used to approve the wind farm. “We have found that our township has put zoning ordinances in and mishandled the vote to do it,” Pollard said. “We are fighting the township and the board to go back and do it legally. All of the boards have too many people on them that have contracts with the company. They did not recuse themselves, but voted it through.” Klaus Law PLLC is repre-

senting the citizens and filed a petition for administrative appeal. “If you look at the media minutes for the Wheatland Township commission and board, you’ll find several of the voting members have a conflict of interest, yet they voted in favor of a conditional use permit,” attorney Nicholas Klaus said. The group petitioned the Zoning Board of Appeals, which denied their appeal. Pollard said the group will file its complaint with the Hillsdale County Circuit Court. Pollard said the group is asking that the board put the issue up for a vote. “That’s all we’ve ever asked for,” he said. Additionally, Pollard said he believes the company Invenergy chose the three townships because they are poor communities. “They knew we were poor,” he said. “They went into the townships and flashed money around, and then all of a sudden, here we are.” The citizens who agree to have wind turbines placed on their property are financially compensated by Consumers Energy. Pollard said he is con-

cerned the townships will not see any of the money being invested in the wind turbines, and he is also worried about property values dropping. “Invenergy is paid in federal subsidies, which are millions of our tax dollars, and then they will sell the farm to Consumers Energy for $250 million and have approval to raise everybody’s energy rates 20% to pay for this,” Pollard said. “We’re paying for it a second time. The third time we will be paying for it is when they have to decommission the turbines within 15-20 years. It costs a million and a half to decommission one.” But Stone said Wheatland Township has commissioned extensive research studies, and experts from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources have found no reason not to construct the windmills in the area. “Everything people come up with against the windmills –– those matters have all been resolved,” Stone said. One of the issues citizens complain about is “shadow flicker,” which is the effect of the sun shining through the rotating blades of a turbine. It can be an annoyance to residences in close proximity

to the windmills. Stone said that there are only about 30 hours a year in which shadow flicker could potentially occur. “When there is a possibility for it, they turn the turbines off based on how the sun is hitting the wind turbine,” he said. Residents also fear the wind farm will damage the wildlife population. Pollard said he is concerned the turbines will affect the animal habits and will change the water table, which would, in turn, affect the open wells. Stone, however, said the Michigan Department of Natural Resources along with other organizations “have done extensive research on this issue and it’s just not true.” Without any legal setback, the construction of the wind farm is set to begin at the end of 2020. “We as a community do need green energy,” Pollard said. “But instead of just shoving this down our throats, we need to look at it and find an objective green energy.”

First United Methodist Church will host a free dinner for community

Donations will go toward Karan Jenkins Preschool By | Nolan Ryan Editor-in-Chief Hillsdale First United Methodist Church will host a free community dinner this weekend, and they will collect donations for the Karan Jenkins Preschool. On Nov. 2, from 5-7 p.m., local residents can attend the church’s free community dinner at 45 N. Manning St. According to the church’s website, the menu includes turkey, mashed potatoes, corn, rolls, and pie. Jan Tesch — who oversees the church’s food needs — said visitors can sit down to eat or get a takeout dinner. The church has been hosting free community dinners for several years, Tesch said, and it puts on four dinners a year, each of which gives donations to a local nonprofit. “It’s to show the love of God to everybody. We are open to everybody: our neighbors, the community,” Tesch said. “We know that nonprofits need donations to keep going.”

Tesch estimates about 200 people will show up at the November dinner, with 100 of those getting takeout dinners. As part of receiving donations from the attendees, nonprofits also send in people to help run the meals. Tesch said people come to help in a variety of ways, including serving drinks and clearing tables. This is a good opportunity for members of a nonprofit to have a hand in the event, she said. Karan Jenkins Preschool — which has been the recipient of the church’s November dinner in the past — will send board members, including parents, to volunteer at the dinner. According to Lead Teacher Tana Trombly, the board is comprised of parents, herself, her associate teacher, and a church liaison. “The parents are welcome to bring the kids and help out,” Trombly said. “I know that a lot of the individuals that come to enjoy the dinner also enjoy seeing the kids and watching them help out.” Trombly said she finds the

community dinner special because of the people who come out and their willingness to give money. It’s also a good way to support and take part in the community. “It’s very heartwarming to have people come to this wonderful meal, and anything that they feel they would like to donate, all those proceeds go to the school and help us greatly,” Trombly said. “We charge a small amount of tuition, but we’re not rolling in funds, so everything helps.” Trombly said the school board is looking at using the proceeds in a few different ways. They are considering putting them toward operational costs, field trips for the students, and licensing fees. The preschool has been housed in the First United Methodist Church building on and off since the school began in 1968. After the church’s most recent construction projects, Trombly said the teachers, parents, and children are happy to be back in the building.

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Sandy Beach, near the Baw Beese Trail, will enter its final phase of renovations in the spring of 2020. Calli Townsend | Collegian

Rotary Club plans to complete renovations to Sandy Beach near Baw Beese in spring By | Calli Townsend Assistant Editor

The Hillsdale Rotary Club will enter its fourth and final phase of renovations to Sandy Beach on Baw Beese Lake in the spring of 2020. This renovations will include relocating the current entrance to the park, updating the landscaping, and installing security cameras and new sidewalks. “We’re going to move the current entrance to the park away from the beach area in a more eastwardly direction,” Project Chairman Richard Moore said. “It will improve the safety for pedestrians and vehicles.” Hillsdale Parks and Recreation Director Michelle Loren said the change in the entrance will be a huge improvement to the park’s safety. “It’s all gravel right now, and there’s no designated parking. By creating an ingress and an egress it will be a lot more clear where to go,” Loren said. “There will also be

a grassy buffer along the backside of the fence. Right now that fence is the only thing between the parking lot and the water, so it’ll add some green space for more safety.” The Sandy Beach project began in 2009 after the completion of the Baw Beese Trail that leads to the beach. Moore said the Rotary Club wanted to do something to improve the Hillsdale community. “We were, as a club, going around to different towns and cities and talking to different people about different projects we could take on,” Moore said. “We thought about a pool or a skating rink, but then we thought about this natural resource we had at the end of the trail.” The club decided to make the most of what Hillsdale already had to offer and improve the beach at the Baw Beese Lake. “The building was in rough

shape and the beach wasn’t really a beach,” Moore said. “It was mostly just dirt, and that was back in 2009. We brought in 600 tons of new sand and refined the beach area with sidewalks.” Once the beach was improved, phase two began with

team and other sports teams came to help,” Moore said. “A lot of manpower was needed.” These park improvements have been a great resource for the Hillsdale community members, Hillsdale College, and the Hillsdale Parks and Recreation Department

volleyball team isn’t the only group of people to benefit from the much improved Sandy Beach. “It’s given the community a very nice place to go and enjoy their summer days. It’s clean, it’s orderly, there’s basketball, and volleyball now,” Loren said. “They’ve improved so much. With the Rotary Club stepping in, it’s just added another gem to the community.” Loren said the Rotary Club is still in it the fundraising stage before it can complete phase four. “It’s a huge expense to do this. It will depend largely when they can get the funds,” Loren said. “Moore has been such a large part in spearheading this whole project.” Donations can be sent to the Hillsdale County Community Foundation. “We’re hoping to finish up next year. It will be the 100th anniversary of our club, so we’re excited to mark that milestone by finishing up this project,” Moore said.

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Detroit Free Press. The ban, led by Whitmer, is administered by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Hillsdale High School Principal Amy Goldsmith said this recent change in Michigan law indicates the magnitude of the vaping issue as it affects youth across the nation. “The marketing of vapes, juuls, and other e-cigarettes have specifically targeted the teenage demographic,” Goldsmith said. “Most schools, including ours, have incorporated lessons into the health curriculum to educate about the dangers.” The Nov. 5 programming is specifically for school administrators, state experts, community partners, and law enforcement. This will help leaders become equipped to educate youth and families how to prevent and quit vaping, in addition to providing information regarding the health risks and institutional consequences, Goldsmith said. The seminar is among other steps the county is taking to limit youth vaping. Goldsmith said there is also a new program in Hillsdale County schools, called “Prime for Life,” that educates first time vaping offenders.

“It’s given the community a very nice place to go and enjoy their summer days. It’s clean, it’s orderly, there’s basketball, and volleyball now,” Loren said. “They’ve improved so much. With the rotary club stepping in, it’s just another gem to the community.” the renovation of the existing concession stand building, which required a complete remodel. With phase three, the community came together to install new playground equipment and build the basketball and volleyball courts. “It was a community-wide project in 2015. Even the Hillsdale College football

alike. Hillsdale’s head volleyball coach Chris Gravel often brings his team there to practice on the sand volleyball courts and the Student Activities Board hosts events there. Junior middle hitter Allyssa Van Wienen said the workouts the volleyball team does at Sandy Beach are some of the hardest of the season. They

The Liberty Princess Company will be attending Hillsdale County’s Halloween Party. Courtesy | Gianna Marchese

Tonight: Community hosts free Halloween party for families City-wide trick or treating will take place on Thursday, Oct. 31 from 6 to 8 p.m. By | Rachel Kookogey Assistant Editor The forecast for Halloween is cold, but the people of Hillsdale County and surrounding areas can trick or treat indoors at the 41st annual Hillsdale County Halloween Party in the Hillsdale High School Cafeteria on Oct. 31. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the evening’s activities will begin with a costume competition at 7 p.m. Admission for the event is free, and costume contestants will have the chance to win various gift certificates for the best costume. Event organizer Ted Jansen said he split the costume

begin by doing a team indian run through the sand. Then they move onto even more conditioning. “After that we do something called the ‘tough girl run’ where we line up on the far edge of the buoys out of the water, then we sprint into the water to the far buoy where only a few of us can touch,” Van Wienen said. “It is so refreshing to get out of the gym and be able to go and train on a different surface and in a different atmosphere.” She said they also do some other footwork and conditioning drills in the sand and it ends up being about an hour long practice. “It’s also a great bonding time for the team because even though it’s not the most fun to go through it’s one of those things where you can look back and laugh at for sure. We love Baw Beese.” The Hillsdale College

competition into “about 17 different age brackets with three judges each” to ensure better results. “If I get college kids to come in costume, then I would open up a category for them too,” Jansen added. As far as judging selection goes, anyone can be a judge by just showing up at the event. In addition to the costume competition, there will be a performance from visiting magician Count Spooky and a visit from the princesses of the Liberty Princess Company. Founder and Director of the Liberty Princess Company Gianna Marchese said the company is made up of over 30 volunteers from the college

who spend their weekends and some weekdays going to various community events, like the Halloween party, “teaching kids what it means to be a princess.” Jansen said the Liberty Princesses have come to the event for the last three years and party attendees always enjoy the princesses — especially little girls who are dressed just like them. “Last year there was a young girl dressed as Princess Elsa from Frozen who was so excited to see the grown-up Elsa that she wanted to stay with the Liberty Princess the whole evening,” Jansen said. Throughout the evening, guests can also enjoy refresh-

ments provided by several local businesses. The St. Anthony’s Knights of Columbus will grill several hundred hot dogs for attendees and will hand out apple cider and donuts provided by Meckley’s Flavor Fruit Farm. On the way out, kids will receive candy in normal trickor-treating fashion. The Halloween party is a family-friendly event that Jansen said “has become a generational thing.” “The neatest thing is that we have grandparents who came as kids and now come with their grandchildren,” Jansen said.

Administrators from local schools will attend seminar on vaping in Jackson Vaping is growing into a nationwide epidemic for youth, and Hillsdale County is no exception. To prevent the trend from continuing in Hillsdale schools, Jackson Intermediate School District is hosting “Vaping Solution Room,” a training seminar for teachers and administrators on Nov. 5 from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Jackson IDS is one of 56 Michigan intermediate school districts and was established in 1962 to provide “student-centered, data-driven solutions and expanded educational opportunities for students and teachers,” according to their website. Former Jonesville Middle School Principal Eric Swihart is attending the training about vaping in Michigan schools. The focus, he said, will be to “equip school administrators with the knowledge and resources to effectively respond to youth vaping.” A little over a month ago, vape and tobacco retailers began enforcing the state-wide ban on flavored e-cigarettes. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said the ban is in response to a “public health emergency among kids using vape products,” according to the

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Chargers sweep Bethel, Indiana Wesleyan in tri-meet By | Rachel Kookogey assistant editor The Chargers swept their Oct. 26 tri-meet, beating Indiana Wesleyan University 189-69 and Bethel College 183.50-70.50. The Chargers scored in the top three in every event and swept 1-2 finishes in several events. Head Coach Kurt Kirner

said the depth of swimmer talent contributed to their win. “No matter the competition, each meet gives us the opportunity to improve,” Kirner said. “This meet we had a lot of inter-team races that supplied the competition.” The Chargers also got to swim some longer events they don’t usually swim, like

the 1650, in which freshman Madison Pyhel placed first (18:13.12) and freshman Sarah Clark took second (18:43.13). Kirner said nobody in the conference had swum the 1650 yet, but both girls had good times, and Pyhel established “what could be the top time in the conference.” Pyhel said she hadn’t swum the 1650 during her

career, so she was very happy to get the points. “I don’t tend to go above the 500, but my mile was not bad so I think distance events will become my main area of focus,” Pyhel said. The Chargers also had a strong showing in the shorter races. Senior Bailey Bickerstaff, who just returned to training full-time this week after being diagnosed with

Whitford runs Chicago Alumna runs marathon to raise awareness about substance abuse after father’s death By | Alexis Daniels Web Content editor Director of Student Activities Alexandra Whitford `18 never thought she would go from being an All-American in pole vaulter to running the Chicago marathon within two years, but after four hours and 25 minutes, she stood at the finish line in awe of her journey. Whitford, who had never done endurance running in her life, ran the Chicago marathon on Oct. 13 after months of training to raise money for Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation in honor of her father and his struggle with substance abuse. The prospect of running a marathon came at the right time because like many athletes after graduation, Whitford was searching for a new goal. “It started with just trying out different fun training plans with my friends, doing yoga classes and other stuff like that,” Whitford said. “It just wasn’t quite fulfilling me the way I wanted to when it came to my fitness goals.” In November, Whitford set her sights on the Chicago marathon and gathered a group of women to train with her. She said it was a slow process, but she worked her way up to being able to run the whole course without walking or stopping. “By September, I could run 16 miles alone on the dirt roads in Hillsdale, which I never knew that I could do,” Whitford said, “Spending that three hours alone, having to kind of force yourself to do the work, knowing that it will pay off in the end, changes a person.” Director of Student Programs Ashlyn Neveau `16 traveled to Chicago to

support Whitford. She said leading up the race, it was interesting to watch Whitford’s mindset change the more she trained. “I see her every day, so it was kind of a constant conversation of how training’s going. It was really interesting to watch her, like the journey that she took in her mindset with the marathon,” Neveau said. “As her training progressed, she got a lot stronger, she loved running a lot more, and she became very passionate about it.” Neveau said a marathon is “not in the cards” for her personally, but being there for Whitford was a good way to be part of the process. “It was just a really cool undertaking that meant a lot to her, and I saw how much it changed for her over the training, it kind of felt like it was a special thing to be a part of,” Neveau said. “It definitely was really inspiring. It made me think about it for sure.” Assistant Director of Career Services Rebecca Galvan `13 also wanted a goal, so she joined Whitford in her training. “It was fun to have a group with a goal, even though we weren’t all running it,” she said. “We just wanted to support her. It was fun to cheer for her from here.” Galvan said being a supporter doesn’t require you to literally run with the person, but it’s helpful to run even a little. “My philosophy is anyone can run,” Galvan said. “It just takes time and people’s support around you, so then being able to support someone in that way was even better than running my own marathon because you

can see the things that they achieve. I like that better than any success I had on my own.” Whitford’s father passed away in March 2017 after a relapse the year before, and the toll the substances had taken on his body was too much. Whitford said her father was a wonderful man, but he struggled for years with alcoholism and drugs and was in and out of rehabilitation centers. “He struggled to stay focused on his job and his family and was in and out of rehab and in and out of brushes with the law sometimes,” Whitford said. “It was a very challenging part of my childhood, and when he was present, there was a lot of anger towards him, though he was an amazing guy outside of that. Very loving person and very selfless when it came to helping other people but just struggled with this thing a lot, and it definitely took over his whole life.” After his death, Whitford said she struggled with her hurt for his actions in the past as well as her newfound grief. In the months that followed, she reached out to both those who struggled with substance abuse as well as those who have loved ones who do. She found that healing would being with understanding the issue when she started exploring Hazelden. “Hazelden Betty Ford was a really cool, unexpected way to start the healing process,” Whitford said. “It’s definitely opened up my heart to this particular cause. I’m very passionate about learning more about why this was an issue and how we can start to defend against it.” Whitford said she had

been skeptical of rehabilitation centers, but when she researched Hazelden, which put its resources into counseling, research, and education, her perspective changed. “I hadn’t had positive experiences with rehab clinics,” Whitford said. “I thought they didn’t work, I didn’t feel a lot of warm fuzzy feeling towards it, but this one had a little more meat behind it. It became a dedication to my dad, something to represent him and carry on his legacy but also give back to people and families who were struggling with the same life situation.” Though Whitford started training for the Chicago marathon to move towards a goal, she said she was surprised by how much she grew to love the journey and the simple joys of running. She is already looking for another marathon to train for, such as the Berlin Marathon. “Definitely riding the runner’s high at the moment,” Whitford said. “I feel fulfilled but judging by the fact that I’m trying to run more races, I have caught the bug and I’m excited to see where it will go after this.” Looking back on her months of training, Whitford said the most fulfilling part of it all wasn’t the finish line, but what she gained along her journey. “Something I didn’t expect is, I thought the fulfillment would come from finishing the actual race, but I think the real fulfillment came from the discipline of that long of training and that hard of training,” Whitford said. “It was as emotionally developing as it was physically developing.”

mono last month, finished second in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:03.26. Bickerstaff said she’s not been able to return to distance races yet, but was happy with her performance in the shorter events. “I was really happy with how things went, and our coach said I looked healthy in the water,” Bickerstaff said. “My times were a little

bit slower, but I’ll take being healthy over being a little bit faster.” The Chargers also dominated the relays, taking first with a time of 1:51.45 in the 200 medley, and first and second in the 400 freestyle with times of 3:46.60 and 3:48.12 respectively.

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Ohio Dominican (2-21, 2-6 g-mac) 1 16 H illsdale (17-3, 6-0 g-mac) 3 | nashville, tn 7:00 P.M. Trevecca Nazarene (13-13, 4-3) vs. 13 Hillsdale (17-3, 6-0) FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1

| owensboro, ky 2:00 P.M. Kentucky Wesleyan (12-9, 5-2) vs. 13 Hillsdale (17-3, 6-0) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2

G-MAC STANDINGS SCHOOL

G-MAC

t1. 13 HILLSDALE

OVERALL

6-0 17-3 6-0 13-6 6-1 12-11 5-2 12-8 5-2 12-9 4-3 13-13 3-3 6-16 3-4 9-16 2-4 7-17 2-6 2-21 1-6 7-11 1-6 2-18 0-7 8-17

t1. WALSH

3. TIFFIN t4. CEDARVILLE t4. KENTUCKY WESLEYAN 6. TREVECCA NAZARENE 7. FINDLAY 8. LAKE ERIE 9. MALONE 10. OHIO DOMINICAN t11. OHIO VALLEY t11. URSULINE 13. ALDERSON BROADDUS

NCAA DIVISION II RANKINGS SCHOOL

1. CAL STATE SAN BERNADINO 2. NEBRASKA-KEARNEY 3. MINNESOTA DULUTH 4. WASHBURN 5. WESTERN WASHINGTON 6. CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL 7. NORTHERN STATE 8. LEWIS 9. CENTRAL MISSOURI 10. REGIS 11. ST. CLOUD STATE 12. WAYNE STATE (NEB.) 13. HILLSDALE 14. NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE 15. SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE 16. WINONA STATE 17. WHEELING 18. ANGELO STATE 19. ROCKHURST 20. FERRIS STATE 21. MICHIGAN TECH 22. UPPER IOWA 23. TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE 24. CAL STATE LOS ANGELES 25. MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS

RECORD

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New-look Chargers ready to go By | Calli Townsend assistant editor The Hillsdale College Chargers return three of their starting five from last year’s team with the help of a deep bench for the 2019-20 season. All-Conference players junior Davis Larson and senior Dylan Lowry consistently led the team last year, combining to average 25.5 points per game. Junior forward Austen Yarian returns as well, often leading the team in rebounds with an average of 6.4 per game last year. This trio teamed up with freshmen Patrick Cartier and Jack Gohlke, both of whom redshirted last season, to score 51 of the team’s 63 points in an exhibition game against the University of Toledo on Oct. 19. Hillsdale lost the game, 79-63. Cartier led the team in rebounds and points, with eight and 16, respectively. “Those guys are going to be important to us,” head coach John Tharp said. “It’s a little interesting trying mix

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Oakland City vs. Hillsdale kind of the returning guys like Davis and Dylan, with the new guys.” Larson said Cartier and Gohlke are adjusting pretty well since they were able to practice with the team last year. “We saw last year that they’re quick learners,” Larson said. “When we started practicing before Toledo we saw they they just kind of caught on pretty quick and it was almost like we’ve been playing with them for more than a year.” The Chargers only mustered 18 points in the first half against Toledo, trailing 41-18. After settling into an offense, they outscored the

Rockets 45-38 in the second half. “I thought we showed a lot of potential, especially in the second half and our offense started flowing,” sophomore Peter Kaltoff said. “It was revealing in the first half with what we need to work on. It’s an exhibition game and it just gives us a gauge for how our season’s going to go.” “We scrimmaged four days after the official start of the season, and the first half of the game looked like we had only been practicing for four days,” Tharp said. “But the second half we kind of relaxed and got in the flow of the game and played

much better.” Junior Connor Hill stepped into a bigger role last year, scoring a career-high 14 points. His aggressive energy plays a key role for the Chargers. He had three steals, four assists, and 12 points in his best, well-rounded game against Findlay last year. After graduating eight seniors from last year’s roster, this year’s upperclassmen will be stepping in to fill those spots. “I think we had those eight guys who were a staple of the team and looked upon as leaders on and off the court, and I think that’s my biggest role right now,” Larson said. “I’m gonna play my game and do whatever I can to win, but when it comes to the leadership role, I just want to embrace that and look out for the young guys.” The final four in last year’s men’s basketball G-MAC Tournament return to the top four in the preseason polls. Walsh University is predicted to repeat as conference champion, with Findlay, Cedarville, and

Hillsdale following. “I don’t put a ton of thought into that. We, the staff, fully understand how good the league’s gonna be,” Tharp said. “Cedarville has almost everybody back from last year’s team, Findlay’s gonna be uber talented, and Walsh has everybody back.” The Chargers begin regular-season play Nov. 8 at home against Southern Indiana University at 12:30. “They’re coming into our house and we’re going to take the fight to them. We’re not going to let them determine how the beginning of

our season goes,” Kalthoff said.” Hillsdale will face several top-ranked regional opponents early on, such as Southern Indiana and Lewis University who made it to the National Tournament last year. “You want to boost your resume. You need to have signature wins outside the conference and that are in the region,” Larson said. “If we beat a few top teams from the GLVC and GLIAC, you know that’s going to boost our resume and I’m excited for that.”

G-MAC PRESEASON COACHES POLL SCHOOL

1. WALSH 2. FINDLAY 3. CEDARVILLE 4. HILLSDALE 5. OHIO DOMINICAN 6. LAKE ERIE 7. KENTUCKY WESLEYAN 8. ALDERSON BROADDUS 9. MALONE 10. TIFFIN 11. TREVECCA NAZARENE 12. OHIO VALLEY

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october 19 (exhibition) 1 2 FINAL Hillsdale 18 45 63 Toledo 41 38 79

Patrick Cartier Jack Gohlke Dylan Lowry Davis Larson Austen Yarian Mike Travlos Cole Nau Peter Kalthoff Trenton Richardson Noah Kalthoff

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CHAMPS, from A10 to get points.” Sophomore Sophia Maeda is as strong as ever as she shaved four minutes off of her time from last year’s conference meet. She finished ninth to earn a spot on the All-Conference Second team with a time of 21:18.3. Saturday was freshman Gwynne Riley’s second time ever running a 6k and she shocked everyone with a 12th-place finish in 21:30.7, improving by nearly three minutes. Her best 6k time from earlier this season was 24:23.5. “People who weren’t normally up top filled in some spots and did amazing,” Lewis said.”That’s why our team is amazing because we have people who step up when other people are having bad days.” White said the way the team stepped up during the race really made the difference in order to get the win. “That’s exactly what we needed to finish that day off,” White said. “Some people had off days and it might not reflect that from a time standpoint, but we needed those people to come in and step up at the right time and they did it at the right time. With Gwynne, the sky’s the limit for her and for the other girls who had those big breakthroughs.” Junior Christina Sawyer and sophomore Claire McNally put together a great pair of races as well, holding off three Cedarville runners to help secure Hillsdale’s victory. Sawyer

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took 17th in 21:53.3 while McNally followed right behind in 18th in 21:53.9. Seniors Kate Vanderstelt and Addison Rauch have both had their best seasons yet, a trend that continued on Saturday as they both ran their best 6k times to finish 21st and 25th, respectively. Vanderstelt finished in 22:01.5 and Rauch in 22:10.6. This was Rauch’s best time since 2016, and Vanderstelt’s first time ever breaking into the 22-minute range. “We were really just focused on each other and doing everything we could to sacrifice what we could for each other,” Vanderstelt said. “I think that was very apparent out there which is cool.” Freshman Meg Scheske followed right behind Rauch, taking 26th in 22:10.8, while sophomore Amber Mango took 45th in 22:57.4. Both of these times were personal bests for the seasons. Head coach for the Hillsdale track and field and cross country programs Andrew Towne earned the Great Midwest Coach of the Year as a result of Saturday’s victory. The Chargers are ranked second in the Midwest Region behind Grand Valley State University. Walsh moved up to third after Saturday’s race. Hiillsdale will continue to train this week and prepare for the regional meet on Nov. 9 in Evansville, Indiana. “We just want to keep doing the same thing we’ve been doing all season. I think we’re making really good steps forward but we’re not changing anything.”

Joey Humes runs during the 2019 G-MAC Championship on Saturday. Humes finished first in the men's 8k race and was named G-MAC men's cross country Athlete of the Week for his performance. courtesy | ursuline college athletics

Men's Cross Country

Humes finishes first at G-MAC Championship By | Calli Townsend assistant editor The Hillsdale College Chargers were the underdogs going into Saturday’s G-MAC Championship race, but they proved the rankings wrong as they finished second as a team, with senior Joey Humes as the individual champion. This 8k race took place in Pepper Pike, Ohio, at Laurel School-Butler Campus. The Chargers came together with intense effort and nine personal best times to give Hillsdale 46 points, finishing two spots ahead of the predicted rankings. Walsh University took first with 35 points and Malone University came in third with 64. “They’re a special crew of guys,” assistant coach R.P. White said. “We really talk about living the lifestyle of a national champion team, not saying that we’re going to be the national champs this year, but just really starting to reframe how we approach our workouts and everything that encompasses being an elite athlete. They’ve done a really good job of that.” Seeking redemption after last year’s conference meet, Humes started the race strong and kept his lead through its entirety to seal the victory with a time of 24:05.1. The next closest runner finished in 24:18.0. “It was nice to see him grab the crown because last year I think it was kind of a

fluke of a year for him, but for him to go out his senior year and do that, I was proud of him,” White said. Juniors Mark Miller and Morgan Morrison put together an excellent pair of races, pushing each other to finish fifth and sixth, respectively. The two earned All-Conference First-Team honors and two new personal records. Miller finished in 24:49.5 and Morrison followed right behind in 24:49.9. “Morgan was basically the guy of the day,” White said. “He just stepped up from somebody who had never been in a position to be all conference person to be First-Team All-Conference.” Morrison said was surprised by his time and top10 finish. “In some ways I was really surprised by the time, but looking back, it didn’t really come out of nowhere. I hadn’t raced in like four weeks leading up to that and I was coming off a really good race as Notre Dame and I was training really, really consistently,” Junior Jack Shelley was unable to finish the race after battling sickness leading up to the conference meet. He had finished 24th at last year’s G-MAC Championship. “It kind of hurt not having Jack Shelley out there. I think it would have been closer had we had Jack out there, but that comes with the territory of having a

2019 G-MAC CHAMPIONSHIP SCHOOL POINTS

1. WALSH 35 2. HILLSDALE 46 3. MALONE 64 4. CEDARVILLE 91 5. TIFFIN 180 6. TREVECCA NAZARENE 183 7. KENTUCKY WESLEYAN 204 8. OHIO VALLEY 233 9. FINDLAY 270 10. OHIO DOMINICAN 289 11. ALDERSON BROADDUS 323

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1. JOEY HUMES 5. MARK MILLER 6. MORGAN MORRISON 11. ADAM WIER 23. MARK SPRAGUE 38. ALEX OQUIST 46. ISAAC WAFFLE 52. CHARLES HOLBROOK 71. SEAN HOEFT

smaller team,” White said. Morrison said that after Shelley had dropped out of the race he felt the need to step up for his team. “During the race it was a really flat course and I could see the people in front of me. I saw there were three Walsh kids in front of me and I knew if we wanted any chance to win or place, I had to pass them,” Morrison said. “The whole race I just really focused on moving up the whole time because I knew that’s what it would take for the team to do well.” Sophomore Adam Wier

Humes' 8k time at the G-MAC Championship on Saturday broke the conference record, which he previously held. Hume's G-MAC Athlete of the Week award was his third recognition this season. courtesy | ursuline college athletics

TIME (8K)

24:05.1 24:49.5 24:49.9 25:02.1 25:39.4 26:15.7 26:25.0 26:38.9 27:14.1

finished in 25:02.1 to take 11th, which is a big improvement from last year’s 48th-place finish. He earned a spot on the All-Conference Second Team. Despite the pressure of championship season, freshman Mark Sprague ran his best time ever by more than a minute and a half. He crossed the line in 25:39.4 to take 23rd overall. After running in his first conference championship cross country race last season and placing 79th, senior Alex Oquist jumped up to 38th place on Saturday with a PR of 26:15.7. He was followed by freshman Issac Waffle whose time of 26:25.0 earned him 46th place. Senior Charles Holbrook is taking advantage of his improved health after two years of complications. He wasn’t even able to run in last year’s conference meet, but this year he finished with a big PR of 26:38.9, taking 52nd place overall. Freshman Sean Hoeft has consistently gotten better with each race, and Saturday was no different. He rounded out the pack of Chargers, finishing in 71st place with a PR of 27:14.1. After Saturday’s race the previously unranked Chargers moved up to eighth in the Midwest Regional rankings. They’ll compete in Evansville, Indiana, on Nov. 9 for a chance to qualify for the NCAA Division II national meet. “Coming in second might have been the best thing for us going into regionals,” Morrison said. “We didn’t quite taste that victory and we’re still really hungry for it. We’ve been training all year for that 10k and so going into that we are really confident that we could place really well.”

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G-MAC Champs By | Calli Townsend assistant editor

The Hillsdale College Chargers pose together with trophies and a banner after capturing the 2019 G-MAC Championship. courtesy | ursuline college athletics

2019 G-MAC CHAMPIONSHIP

2019 G-MAC CHAMPIONSHIP SCHOOL POINTS

1. HILLSDALE 2. WALSH 3. CEDARVILLE 4. MALONE 5. FINDLAY 6. KENTUCKY WESLEYAN 7. TREVECCA NAZARENE 8. TIFFIN 9. OHIO DOMINICAN 10. URSULINE 11. ALDERSON BROADDUS 12. OHIO VALLEY

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2. ARENA LEWIS 3. MARYSSA DEPIES 9. SOPHIA MAEDA 12. GWYNNE RILEY 17. CHRISTINA SAWYER 18. CLAIRE MCNALLY 21. KATE VANDERSTELT 25. ADDISON RAUCH 26. MEG SCHESKE 45. AMBER MANGO

20:55.3 20:55.7 21:18.3 21:30.7 21:53.3 21:53.9 22:01.5 22:10.6 22:10.8 22:57.4

The Hillsdale College Chargers won the G-MAC Cross Country Championship meet, beating last year’s champion Walsh University, by a mere three points, in Pepper Pike, Ohio, on Saturday. With only a three point difference between first and second, each Charger’s place played a crucial role in the victory, and many of them stepped up in huge ways, earning even bigger personal records. The Chargers went into Saturday’s 6k race ranked 10th in the nation and were the chosen favorites, but Walsh wasn’t far behind in the regional rankings and had the confidence of last year’s victory as an advantage. But the Chargers proved why they were ranked No. 10. While Hillsdale had 43 points and Walsh had 46, Cedarville University took third with 74. “The victory definitely

was sweet, especially with not having the trophy go home with us last year, so to go and reclaim that was special,” assistant coach R.P. White said. “But I think even more so just the way that they approached the race, they just went out and were dominant from the get go.” Senior Arena Lewis and junior Maryssa Depies led the way for the Chargers, taking second and third, respectively. They each earned personal records and a spot on the All-Conference First Team. Lewis and Depies worked together throughout the race, finishing the same way in 20:55.3 and 20:55.7. “We knew there were going to be lots of good teams so you can’t discount anybody because there’s always somebody who sneaks in there,” Lewis said. “We were just trying to go out there and do what we could for each other, and do what we could individually as a team

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Football

Chargers overcome wet conditions, slow start to top Kentucky Wesleyan By | S. Nathaniel Grime sports editor The Hillsdale College Chargers battled through cold and rainy conditions on Saturday at Frank “Muddy” Waters Stadium to top the Kentucky Wesleyan College Panthers, 41-14. The win improves the Chargers to 3-1 in the G-MAC and 5-3 overall with three games remaining in the regular season. After its first two drives of the game ended in turnovers, one returned for a touchdown by the Panthers, Hillsdale’s offense pounded the ball on the ground in the second quarter, led by senior running back David Graham. On the second play of the second quarter, Graham rushed for a seven-yard touchdown on a 4th-and-1 attempt to get the Chargers on the board. He rushed for two more touchdowns in the quarter, from one yard and 16 yards out, to give Hillsdale a 21-7 edge by halftime. “One of the good things about this football team has been its resilience, that if we have prepared properly, once bad stuff happens, we’ve been able to respond in a positive fashion,” head coach Keith Otterbein said. “If you’re not locked into the game plan and don’t feel confident about the calls, it can spiral out of control. This team has shown a commitment to the game plan in the games we’ve played well. In the games we didn’t

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Hillsdale (5-3, 3-1) at Alderson Broaddus (0-7, 0-4) respond well, the opposite happened and it snowballed.” Graham added an eightyard touchdown rush in the third quarter for his fourth touchdown of the game, a single-game season-high. Graham carried the ball 21 times for 97 yards in total. He has found the end zone in six consecutive games, and has scored 12 total touchdowns during that span, 11 on the ground. “For teams to be successful, their seniors and their senior leaders play their best football. We’ve had that out of this group,” Otterbein said. “Dave is solid, and over time he’s had the game slow down for him. He kind of knows instantly whether he’s at the right tempo or made the right cut or did the right things. Dave’s toughness and tenacity and consistency has been very important this year.” The Chargers rushed for 207 yards on the ground total, compared to just 122 through the air. Otterbein said that although “Muddy” Waters Stadium’s turf field means improved footing in slippery conditions compared to a grass surface, a slippery football still creates

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issues handling the football and moving it through the air in large chunks of yardage. By the second quarter, however, Hillsdale had found its groove. “We were fortunate this was a football team we were able to run against,” Otterbein said of the Chargers’ run-heavy attack in the wet weather. “If we weren’t able to establish the run quite like we did, then it becomes more challenging having to throw the ball more.” Hillsdale enjoyed a lopsided advantage in field position for most of the game. The Panthers’ average start to a drive after receiving a kickoff was their own 16-yard line, whereas the Chargers’ average starting field position after receiving a punt was their own 46-yard line. Redshirt freshman running back Jake Umholtz carried the ball three times for 46 yards and a fourth-quarter touchdown, the first of his career. On that scoring drive, Umholtz provided all the yardage necessary for the Chargers, and broke off a career-long 41 yard carry to set Hillsdale up for the score. Redshirt freshman quarterback Luke Keller completed nine of 25 classes for 111 yards and two interceptions. Through his first eight games this season, Keller has thrown 11 touchdowns to nine interceptions. He’s also fumbled the ball eight times this season, and lost five of them. Junior wide receiver K.J. Maloney led the receiving

corps with five receptions for 52 yards. Junior tight end Martin Petersen caught two passes for 48 yards, and Keller connected with three other targets once apiece. Defensively, the Chargers held the Panthers to just 258 total yards of offense. They also forced two fumbles, recovered one of them, and racked up a season-high four sacks. Senior linebacker Dan Shanley led the unit with three sacks, and made four tackles for loss total. He finished with seven total tackles, second only to senior linebacker Nate Jones, who had eight. Sophomore defensive lineman Kyle Parran, who missed the first four games of the season due to injury, recorded his first sack of the season. Parran emerged last year as a pass-rushing threat, when he notched six and a half sacks in 13 games. The Chargers travel to Philippi, West Virginia this weekend to take on the Alderson Broaddus University Battlers on Saturday at 4 p.m. The Chargers first traveled to Alderson Broaddus in 2017, where they defeated the Battlers 37-31. Last season in Hillsdale, the Chargers beat Alderson Broaddus, 45-24. “From an athletic standpoint, they’re a team with a lot of speed, and they can be very explosive,” Otterbein said. “They’re a team that, on tape, plays well at home. They play with a lot of emotion; they get hyped up.” The Battlers are 0-7 this season and 0-4 in the G-MAC. Saturday’s game will be the Chargers’ last this season against a team with a losing record, as they play top-conference teams Tiffin University and Ohio Dominican University the final two games of the regular season.

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Colleen Prince, ’18, teaches students Ukrainian dance. | Facebook

Alumna teaches folk dance in Ukraine By | Carmel Kookogey Culture Editor

Colleen Prince was 11 years old when she attended her first Ukrainian dance camp at a diaspora community in Lehighton, Pennsylvania. Today, she’s teaching and learning folk dance in Ukraine with her Fulbright scholarship. Prince, who graduated from Hillsdale in May 2019, moved to Ostroh in west Ukraine in September to teach English language at the national university there. In addition to assisting as many as four linguistics classes a day, Prince is pursuing her passion for Ukrainian folk dance — by taking an hour-long bus each week to the nearest big city to join an ensemble. “The last bus back departs at 8 p.m., and sometimes it doesn’t depart at all,” Prince said. “Out of safety, I just stay at a hostel in the town, and then the next morning I get up early, hop on a 6 a.m. bus and get back in time to teach a 9 a.m. class.”

Prince studied Ukrainian folk dance for 11 years before moving to Ostroh, mostly by dancing at camps and festivals at home in Pennsylvania during the summer. Joining these dance communities at home in Pennsylvania was a natural fit for Prince, who grew up near two diaspora. Prince’s great-grandparents were Russian-Ukrainian, and her grandmother grew up in France, a refugee from the Russian revolution. “It’s been a struggle because there’s a difference between the diaspora community’s relationship with folk dance and the everyday Ukranians’ relationship with folk dance,” Prince explained. “Folk dance is actually not as popular here as you’d think, especially in the smaller cities.” Though her Fulbright sponsors her to teach English linguistics, Prince said she chose to apply for Ukraine because of her long love of their folk dances. “I realized that I originally came here with a bit of a self-centered perspective,

Prince with her linguistics students in Ostroh, Ukraine. | Facebook

wanting to improve myself as a folk dancer,” Prince said. “I didn’t realize I came here as a cultural Ukrainian diaspora ambassador from the United States. Ethnic art in the country itself is very different than in diaspora communities — which makes a lot of sense, because Pennsylvania wasn’t starved out by the Russians. I realized I actually need to

them in anyway that I can. The dream is, of course, to dance in one myself.” As a philosophy and Spanish double major, with minors in dance and French, Prince didn’t have a lot of time to spare for folk dance while at Hillsdale. “In the summer it’s really easy. You’re able to practice with your ensembles; you’re

“In many ways, it can be used as a political statement,” Prince said. sacrifice and contribute and work hard at learning from the amazing artists who are here.” No two days in Ukraine look the same for Prince, but one thing that is consistent in her life in Ukraine: Lots of buses. “My life is like a big bus,” she said, laughing. “Ukranian buses are wild. They are a beast. I watched the new Meryl Steep movie, ‘The Laundromat,’ and they’re showing these buses in Panama like, ‘Oh, look how terrible they are,’ and I thought, ‘Um, that literally looks like my commute.’” Prince said she’s taking every opportunity she can to dance — including moving to Kyiv for the month of January to study with an ensemble there. Though she described folk dance as “dormant,” Prince said it’s not dying and she hopes to dedicate her efforts to keep it alive. “There are some really incredibly advanced dance ensembles here in Ukraine,” she said. “I want to make their names known and support

going on tour a lot and everything,” Prince said. “And then at Hillsdale it was a huge challenge, because folk dance isn’t hot here. It was difficult to find time to train myself and to teach others.” Instead, she poured her efforts into learning modern dance with Jillian Hopper, lecturer in modern dance at Hillsdale, and continuing her ballet training with Assistant Professor of Dance Holly Hobbs. Hopper said when she met Prince, Prince already had an extensive dance background. “She had already gone to Jacob’s Pillow — one of the largest dance festivals in the world, in Massachusetts, with this very long history,” Hopper said. “The festival happens every summer, and she had been asked to perform there, and she didn’t really know what it was because she hadn’t done modern dance. To me that was very impressive because it’s very prestigious; not everyone gets invited that way.” Hopper and Hobbs both

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‘JESUS IS KING’ isn’t about Kanye, rap The rapper’s latest album is about learning to live as a Christian

By | Regan Meyer News Editor If you asked the typical American to name the artist whose recent album includes a gospel choir, a Kenny G saxophone solo, and lyrics about Chick-fil-a, their first guess probably wouldn’t be Kanye West. But in a turn of rather bizarre, albeit sincere, events, the king of hip-hop is now bowing down to the King of the Universe. Yeezus is unapologetically praising Jesus. West released his newest album, aptly titled “Jesus is King,” on Oct. 25, a month after his original release date. The 11-track album is West’s latest since “Ye,” released in June 2018. “Jesus is King” is his ninth studio album in 15 years, and it’s a marked transition from his earlier discography. The album sees West rejecting his bad-boy persona of the last 15 years and discussing his conversion to Christianity. While West has alluded to Christianity in his music for years, “Jesus is King” seeks to worship Christ and explores Kanye’s struggle to reconcile his life with his newfound faith. Twenty-seven minutes of gospel-infused hip-hop, “Jesus is King” delivers West’s promise of a strictly Christian

record. It is not, however, a typical contemporary Christian album. The earmark of most contemporary Christian artists is vaguely spiritual lyrics that often ring hollow. The musical style is often meant to evoke a passionate emotional response from the listener. Replace “God” or “Jesus” with the name of any Tom, Dick, or Harry and you find yourself with a poorly-written love song. A lot of contemporary Christian music isn’t about God, it’s about the listener and the artist. “Jesus is King” isn’t about the listener and unlike past Kanye albums, it isn’t about Kanye. It’s about God. For die-hard hip-hop fans, “Jesus is King” is far from perfect. Criticisms leveled at West include the scope of his lyrics being too narrow and his rap being too weak. But perhaps that’s the point. If Kanye West made just another larger-than-life Ye-focused album about his conversion, would we believe it? Could we believe it? The stripped-down lyrics, the gospel choir, the Biblically-drawn lyrics and Kanye’s bare rap sequences all point to a humbled man who realizes this isn’t about him. For evidence, look at the first track of the album, “Every Hour.” It’s the only track on

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the album that doesn’t feature vocals from West. Instead, his Sunday Service Choir sings of worshipping God every hour, every minute, every millisecond. “Sing ‘til the power of the Lord comes down” repeats over and over in the chorus. That is Kanye’s mission with “Jesus is King,” with the Sunday Services, with all of it. He’s going to sing until the power of the Lord comes

down. If West’s goal is to change the world, maybe he should have produced an album that’s longer than 30 minutes. Like any good sermon or worship service, however, it’s not about the length but about the truth of its content. Kanye produces sincere lyrics with quality music and delivers on his promise of a truly Christian message.

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college is the perfect time to It’s the day where start returning kids’ sweet the favor. Stop dreams come by Kroger, Waltrue, and you can greens, or raid help that happen. the care-package You may wish you your mom sent could go trick-or- you and leave a treating again, or few pieces for the you may be glad kids of Hillsdale to not go back. county. Either way, By | Sofia Krusmark Assistant Editor

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World-class pianist to perform Beethoven By | Sofia Krusmark Assistant Editor To be a concert pianist, university professor, author, researcher, studio teacher, and keynote speaker all at once is not an easy feat. But William Westney has checked all of those off his bucket list. “He’s performed all over the world,” said James Holleman, chairman of the music department. “He gets rave reviews from serious critiques. He’s in the top tier of known and traveling and performing pianists. He’s been everywhere and done everything, basically.” As a part of the college’s performing artist series, Westney will perform a compilation of works by Grieg, Chopin, Beethoven, and Gershwin. The recital will take place in Markel Auditorium on Oct. 31 at 8 p.m. No one is left out when Westney is on stage. A longtime friend of Westney, Melissa Osmond, professor of voice, said Westney draws the audience into a unified experience. “I’ve just sat there going, ‘This is just so beautiful.’ He just brings you into what he’s doing,” Osmond said. “I remember when he came to play for the Jackson Symphony, and he played an encore, I think it was Brahms. I was just in tears. It was so

beautiful and so moving.” Osmond said Westney makes the music sound like “many different colors.” “He can really make it sing, in a way that a lot of pianists can’t, in my opinion,” she said. Holleman added that these pieces are old friends to Westney. “You get to a point where you perform certain repertoire, and certain composers, and as you get older with more experience, you just keep having a renewed repertoire and with the style of the composer,” Holleman said. “This isn’t the first time he’s performed these pieces, or the first time he’s put this program together. There will be a very deep understanding of the repertoire that he presents.” Musicians only have one job, Osmond said: to make the audience—and each individual person feel. “Music was a part of our being before speech,” she said. “The musical part of our brain developed before our speech developed. It’s supposed to be innate in everyone. I mean, not everyone is going to be a musician, but they have music in them and they can be affected by it.” Admission to the recital is free, but ticket reservations are required. Contact boxoffice@hillsdale.edu or call 517-607-2848.

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‘School liturgy’: Academy students recite poetry daily By | Nolan Ryan Editor-in-Chief When teachers assign poetry memorization for students at Hillsdale Academy, they say the practice is essential for a student’s learning process and ability to converse about weighty things. As Academy Headmaster David Diener puts it, Augustine couldn’t have written “The Confessions” if he had to look up all of his Scripture references on Wikipedia.

The students of the Academy recite poetry each day at the school’s opening ceremonies in the morning, one for K-7th grade and one for high schoolers. After saying the Lord’s Prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, students recite poetry from memorization. The recitations also include Scripture passages — especially from the Psalms — and famous speeches, according to Diener. “One of the core educational beliefs throughout the clas-

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sical tradition is that imitation precedes creation,” Diener said. “If we want students to be good poets, we need to expose them to great poetry and have them imitate that first. To be great artists, they need to study great art.” The same is true, he said, for training great writers and mathematicians, for example. By teaching students to memorize passages from great works of art, students learn to engage with the works themselves and their historic conversations. As a staple of classical education, recitations have always been part of the Academy’s curriculum and opening ceremonies, according to Ellen Condict, upper school literature instructor and adjunct professor of English and education. “There’s this element of school liturgy to it that has become this weird part of what we do and who we are,” she said. “It’s useful for what I do in the classroom. These poems are certainly etched into the brain in a way nothing else will be.” Condict pointed out that adults will more likely recall poems or monologues they memorized in school than specific lessons. When it comes to working on poetry memorization with her students, Condict and her high students go over them in class, working on just a couple of lines each day. Rather than having students memorize on their own, the Academy’s approach is more effective for

Big Band, Little Big Band open Friday By | Victoria Marshall Assistant Editor This Friday at 8 p.m., Hillsdale students will have the opportunity to experience Plaster Auditorium’s inaugural performance — jazz. The Hillsdale College John E.N. & Dede Howard Department of Music will present “Big Band and Little Big Band,” a jazz concert featuring Mike Williams, the lead trumpet for the Count Basie Orchestra, one of the most well-known big bands of all time. “This concert will consist of the Hillsdale Little Big Band and Big Band performing jazz pieces ranging from the great American songbook to popular music from the 1970s and 1980s performed in a jazz

style,” said Adjunct Instructor of Music Jonathon Gewirtz in an email. “The Little Big Band will open the performance with a short set and the Big Band will follow featuring the trumpet playing of Mike Williams.” According to Director of Jazz Ensembles Chris McCourry, it is an honor that Wiliams is performing with the ensemble. “Mike Williams was the lead trumpet for the Basie Band for 31 years,” McCourry said in an email. “He is a phenomenal high note specialist. Truly a one of a kind artist.” The concert will feature the music of Count Basie and Maynard Ferguson. Audience members can look forward to hearing such classics as “MacArthur Park,” “Going to

Fly Now,” “My Funny Valentine,” “Shiny Stockings,” and “Tenor Madness.” Senior Carson Waites, a member of the ensemble, is most excited to perform Ferguson’s “The Spirit of St. Frederick,” especially alongside Williams. “It’s going to be a great show and it’s an amazing chance to not only play with Mike but also to be the first jazz performance ever in such a great new venue,” Waites said. “This is my third year in big band and it’s the best group I’ve seen. We have a lot of amazing players and anyone who comes should expect one of the best student jazz shows on this campus in a long time.”

this sentiment, as Juniors Caroline Hennekes and Heidi Yacoubian will teach basic stitches and provide materials to anyone who wishes to try their hand at the craft. This is the first event hosted by ART in an ongoing effort to incorporate more of campus into Hillsdale’s artistic community. “We wanted something that would draw people in and see art for what it is, which is a creative endeavor that opens your eyes to the world,” Hennekes said. “Embroidery is fun to do, and its practical. You can treasure what you make, and it’s very relaxing because it makes you focus on one thing that is beautiful and will last for a long time. It’s also fun to do as a community.” ART president Joshua Pautz said the event is in response to a demand for

more casual artistic events like SAB’s Bob Ross and Bubbly. “We saw a lot of interest in textile crafts, and embroidery is a very accessible way to get into that,” Pautz said. Yacoubian was inspired to start embroidering by the print “Lake Worth” by Thomas McKnight. “I found the print hanging on my sister’s wall and thought it would be fun to copy it in embroidery,” Yacoubian said. Both Pautz and Hennekes have done embroidery since childhood, learning from their mothers. “My mom taught me when I was really young,” Hennekes said. “She has an Etsy store where she sews pillows and does embroidery, so I’ve always been around sewing. In high school I started doing it for fun.”

to folk dance because it captures the human spirit in a different way than other dance genres. It was founded in the streets of Ukraine by ordinary people and used throughout history as a political statement or a way for Ukrainian people to reconnect with their heritage. “Folk dance is connected to a specific culture and a specific historical background and a specific people. In many ways it can be used as a political statement, sometimes it can be used as a cultural statement, things like that,” Prince said. “Folk dance

during the Soviet Union served sometimes as propaganda. It’s very raw and very human in that sense. You can feel that — you can feel that adrenaline rush when you do it.” Most of the songs are patriotic, or even war songs, which “tug at something inside the human heart,” she said. “Part of the country I’m currently living in is a war zone,” she said. “Sometimes folk dance isn’t the number one priority there. But I think it should be, actually.”

Alpha Rho Tao to teach embroidery By | Virginia Aabram Collegian Reporter

The art honorary Alpha Rho Tau will be hosting an embroidery night on Tuesday, Nov. 5 in the student union TV room. If there’s one trait that a spunky heroine in a fantasy or historical novel possesses, it’s that she probably hates doing needlework when she’d rather be secretly practicing swordsmanship. But embroidery enthusiast senior Sarah Garfinkle said she finds this ancient art form the perfect outlet for stress and even aggression. “It’s a great way to get out your aggression in a way that’s beautiful and productive, plus a really easy gift for your mom,” Garfinkle said. “For me it’s fun way to experiment with being artistic, and you get to stab something a lot.” Garfinkle is not alone in

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agreed Prince grew a lot as a dancer at Hillsdale, expanding her lexicon of movement. “One of the best memories I’ll carry with me was the dance she put together for the American College Dance Association,” Hopper said. “She choreographed and got to perform this solo piece that was totally outside of her Ukrainian dance background. It was totally postmodern and theatrical and it was beautiful. I’ll always have this image of her on that stage in that costume under those lights and owning that stage.” Prince said she’s drawn

students to keep a poem in their minds even long after they’ve graduated, which is ultimately the goal for this practice, Condict said. Memorized poems also help illuminate whatever students might be studying in Condict’s literature course. Freshman Gretchen Birzer, who attended the Academy, enjoyed memorizing works from Gerard Manley Hopkins and Shakespeare, along with Handel’s “Messiah.” “We would be reading something in literature class, and then Ms. Condict would use one of the lines from the poems to clarify what was happening,” Birzer said. “It added new meaning, or it clarified what the poems meant.” Condict is currently teaching Augustine’s “Confessions” to her students, and as they study the nature of being, she said there was a point where she cued her class to begin reciting Hopkins’ “As Kingfishers Catch Fire,” a poem which had a lot to do with their class discussions. Junior Johannes Olson said he didn’t love the recitations in high school, but looking back, he has come to appreciate their value. The recitations push students to work hard, he said, at learning to speak in front of a crowd. “It forces you to get out. Presenting and getting up in front of people is not a natural thing,” Olson said. “I think it’s important for poetry to be spoken in a group. It’s not meant to be read in a corner

quietly.” Now, at college, Olson has been heavily involved with the theatre department and has performed in several Tower Players productions. Having a background in poetry recitation, he said, has helped a lot when memorizing chunks of text was necessary. Besides this, Condict said, keeping poems in our minds allows the ideas encapsulated in the works to stick with us. Sophomore Nolan Sullivan, who graduated from the Academy, still remembers

through much worse things, but these things are going to help me grow,” Sullivan said. Beyond life experience, Diener said recitations can also be excellent training in public speaking and rhetoric. This is especially true in a time where students aren’t fully prepared to enter college, he said. “They aren’t comfortable speaking face to face in front of large groups of people,” Diener said. “From 5th century B.C. Athens down the centuries, being able to speak

“If we want students to be good poets, we need to expose them to great poetry and have them imitate that first,” Diener said. parts of John Donne’s “Meditation XVII,’ which he learned in high school. Sullivan points to what Donne says about suffering: “Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.” Because he had memorized these lines of Donne’s meditation on suffering, he found ways to apply them to life. He even had this chance before he graduated. In his senior year, he broke his foot and wasn’t able to play soccer. “It shattered me. People go

well has been both of practical benefit and a demonstration of a well-educated person.” Also, in a very tech-driven world, Diener believes that giving students access to great works, “unmediated by technology,” is a powerful tool. “One’s ability to bring words of Scripture, or of poetry, or of wisdom to bear in a conversation is dependant on one’s having committed those words to memory,” Diener said.

Tourists phones block the view of “The David.” Courtesy | Russell Richardson

Against incessant photos

By | Russell Richardson Collegian Freelancer

My view of Michelangelo’s statue of David was blocked by a tourist taking a picture with an iPad. While traveling through Europe this summer, I saw many beautiful things—La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, the Vatican in Rome, the Duomo in Florence, and the Acropolis in Greece. Millions of people visit these places each year with their flashing cameras and smartphones. But selfies, selfie-sticks, and filters consume tourism and daily life alike. We live in Instagram culture. Every moment is a photo op, and as a result, we’ve lost our capacity to appreciate beauty. The desire to capture something beautiful fits with the part of human nature that longs for higher, divine things. When moved by something, we pay homage to it with a camera. Snapping a picture is how we affirm lovely or interesting things. We can upload and share photos with friends, spreading the appreciation. While the desire to grasp beauty is natural, if we only take a picture of a beautiful scene and then move to the next sight, we miss so much. Three years ago I swapped my iPhone for a dumbphone and logged off all social media. One motive was that I wanted to stop taking pictures and experience

photographic moments in the present. Since I stopped taking pictures with a smartphone, I’ve found great joy in capturing moments with my senses. It requires pausing and focusing for longer than the time it takes to snap a picture, however. A scene from the movie “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” demonstrates this idea. When the photographer played by Sean Penn finds an elusive snow leopard on a mountain, he refuses to take a picture of it even though he has been searching for this animal extensively. “If I like a moment…I don’t like to have the distraction of the camera,” he says, “I just want to stay in it.” We will take away more from a beautiful scene if we give it our full attention. Cameras prevent this sensory absorption. The thrill and wonder of finding a snow leopard are replaced by the pressure of trying to take the perfect picture of it. As I stood in the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence watching tourists take pictures of David, I was reminded of a line from C.S. Lewis’ “The Abolition of Man.” “You can’t go on ‘seeing through’ things forever. The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it. To ‘see through’ all things is the same as not to see,” he says. While Lewis wasn’t

talking about smartphone cameras in 1943, his words apply to Instagram culture today. The problem with incessant photography is that we can miss the beautiful thing in front of the camera. We look through a lens and see things primarily as social media content. We don’t pause and give the respect that beauty deserves. In Instagram culture, an ancient fresco becomes the background for a black and white duckface and the spires of a cathedral assume the frame for a yoga pose. While Michelangelo’s David was tainted by camera shutters, the site of Michelangelo’s other masterpiece was a completely different experience. Cameras are forbidden in the Sistine Chapel and that changes everything. The room was stiff — crammed full of people with their necks craning upwards, soaking in the dynamic scenes, chiseled bodies, and vibrant colors displayed above. And they stayed there. Partly because they knew that once they left, they couldn’t refresh their memory with pictures. Pictures are not worth a thousand words if they cause us to miss the scene behind the screen. Instagram culture insults true beauty. We should put away the distracting camera and genuinely look at things with our eyes, not through a lens.

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Hillsdale flooded Martin Field to make winter fun

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Following the now infamous Benzing flood, I decided to look into Hillsdale’s extensive history with aquatic disasters. Imagine my surprise when I unexpectedly discovered that in the early days of Hillsdale College, the students and faculty intentionally flooded the college facilities. On Jan. 22, 1925, the Collegian published the headline, “Attempt Being Made to Flood Grid Field: a traditional scheme to convert Martin Field into a Skating Rink.” Now this is a flood I can get behind. Up until this point I did not know it was an option to exchange our football team for an ice dance team. The article reads, “For four days and four nights the long, snake-like hose, poured its mighty stream of old Baw Beese on the field where battles have been won and lost.” It continued, “An unconquerable spirit of optimism still bid us hope to witness the coeds cutting circles over a perfect icy glare, or a hockey game in full swing.” I feel like I just read a poem instead of a newspaper article. Apparently this flooding of the field was a bit of a tradition for Hillsdale. On Dec. 21, 1916, The Collegian reported, “The Student Council has petitioned the Prudential Committee, that the students

be allowed to flood Martin Field for a skating rink. Many other schools all over the country are doing this, and we cannot see why Hillsdale should not follow suit.” Surprising logic from Hillsdale. If every other school accepts government funding, I guess now we should too. “Many students have expressed desire that some form of outdoor sport could be started, that would provide for the much needed exercise during the winter months,” the article continued. Three years later, on Jan. 16, 1919, The Collegian published, “As in former years the Student Council is taking up the matter of flooding the athletic field on the back campus to provide a skating pond.” The article continued, “In former years the students have enjoyed skating on the pond on the campus and it is felt that one should be provided again this year. As it is, students must go to Baw Beese Lake, or other bodies of water at some distance from the campus, thus losing considerable time in going and returning.” Correct me if I am wrong but Baw Beese is a two-minute drive from this campus. I have been told that this was published in 1919 and it’s possible that cars were not as common on campus. Perhaps my source has a point. Continue on with the flooding, you have my blessing. The article concluded

with a hope and a prayer: “With the pond at our back door more students will avail themselves of the opportunity to indulge in this very healthful and invigorating form of exercise. Then let’s all pray for the continuance of the cold weather.” I can’t say that I have ever said that prayer while in Hillsdale. Talk about flooding the football field dates back to the 1800s. In a column entitled “Hall and Campus” published Dec. 31, 1896, The Collegian wrote, “After no little effort on the part of the boys who have remained about the hill during vacation the athletic field has been flooded and placed in proper shape for all lovers of the beautiful and healthful sport of skating. A rink of the nature of this one cannot but have many decided advantages over a pond or lake.” The article continued, “Its absolute safety commends it to all; the assurance that the ice will be kept in proper shape, the fact of the rink being conducted with no hope for private gain, and many other noteworthy and laudable factors all conspire to make this rink popular and worthy of support.” I’m not sure we should just assume a skating rink constructed by 18-year-old boys is definitively safe. But safety is a minimal concern when it comes to fun, so I say let’s bring this forgotten Hillsdale tradition back to campus. My name will be first on the signups for ice dancing tryouts.

Katherine and Ryan, ’08, Harvey married in 2014 and began working together in 2015. Courtesy | katherine Harvey

Avery Helms in the process of making another TikTok video in a Hillsdale classroom. Reagan Gensiejewski | Collegian

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Eventually, Helms stopped using TikTok to film the videos and switched to a more complex stop-motion app. Each video takes anywhere from two to eight hours to film. As a double major in math and economics, Helms already has his work cut out for him. So why spend hours on these videos? The answer for Helms is simple. “I do it because it is fun. I ran Mock Rock earlier in the semester. I put a lot of time into the Whit Wat Way Mock Rock. After that was all done, I realized I just really enjoyed spending a lot of time creating instead of just doing homework,” Helms said. “So I was looking for a creative outlet. This is a creative outlet that I can get direct feedback.” Helms aims to one day be verified on the TikTok app. “Most people set pretty reasonable goals like, ‘Oh, I want to hit 50k suscribers.’ Something that is within their range of what they are currently doing, but that sounds boring. I wanted to push for something unreasonable,” Helms explained. “Getting verified would mean I would need around one million subscribers and cumulatively around

10,000 likes on my videos. I am nowhere close to that.” Regardless of whether Helms achieves his goal of being verified, he has become a topic of conversation on campus. Many students have seen Helms walking slowly through the dining hall, wondering what he was doing. Additionally, Barstool Dale has featured some of his videos on its Instagram account. Helms is like a celebrity on campus, and senior Martin Petersen was lucky enough to witness one of Helms’ videos in the making. “Last week I was just walking to go get a glass of milk and I saw him standing there. I was like, ‘No way,’ and I saw his foot slowly move off of the ground,” Petersen said. “I was like, ‘This is a production right now, this is going to be his next TikTok video.’” This isn’t the first time Hillsdale students have noticed Helms for his dancing ability. He said many recognized him as “the kid that dances in the union,” or even the kid who used to dance at night in the quad. He doesn’t care what people think, he said, and maybe that is the secret to his creative success. “It is fun to get the publicity and also weird to have peo-

ple who I don’t know knowing me. It is Hillsdale so you kind of know everyone and recognize everyone but they don’t usually walk up to you and talk to you about knowing you,” Helms said. “I decided pretty early on here that I wasn’t going to care because it is too much work. I basically decided it wasn’t worth it. I’d rather treat Hillsdale like it was some big city where whatever you do doesn’t really matter and just have more freedom that way.” Some students are even on the lookout for Helms around campus. The production of his TikTok videos always draws a crowd. “It is like we have a celebrity on campus. Everytime I see him shooting a TikTok I get so excited,” sophomore Elaine Townley said. “I have always wanted to be in one.” Although Helms is having fun doing what he loves without caring what others think, he said he would be happy to bring anyone in on the fun. “If anyone wants to be in the videos, just reach out,” he said. “Just be forewarned that they are not fast. It is a good four hour time commitment. If anyone is actually interested in doing that, I will not say no.”

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The couple plans to launch a nutrient-dense, sugar-free powdered coffee creamer in December that contains prebiotics — nutrients that help feed the good bacteria that inhabit the human digestive system — and an instant chicken bone broth beverage mix in January. Currently, their best seller is the instant beef bone broth beverage mix, which launched in June. One challenge for the company, Ryan said, is abiding by USDA and FDA regulations. While the FDA has strict guidelines for chicken products, Ryan said the USDA guidelines on product labeling were particularly “daunting” at first. But Katherine said the government agencies know growing companies frequently violate regulations, knowingly or unknowingly.

“You have to be comfortable with the fact that you’re going to break a law,” Katherine said. “You’re not going to do everything right perfectly the whole time. You’re going

“You’re not going to do everything right perfectly the whole time. You’re going to mess up. But the thing that sets a successful business apart from one that will last is being willing to do that.” to mess up. But the thing that sets a successful business apart from one that will last is being willing to do that. You

have to be resilient.” But Katherine said being one’s own boss isn’t always easy — especially while raising a young son. “A lot of people like to glamorize the entrepreneurial lifestyle. You’re in total control of your time, that’s true, but every entrepreneur wants their business to thrive, and that involves making the best choices for your business,” Katherine said. Katherine said she and her husband set specific boundaries on work place and time: they run their company out of 500-square foot office in San Diego, and they have a set work time from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., to work with their son’s daycare program. They only work into the evenings if company emergencies arise. “We aren’t heart surgeons,” Katherine said. “We’re just making food.”

Thinking of childhood often yields memories of playing in the park or hanging out with friends on the playground. For Women’s Soccer Coach Juan Vargas, a junior, nearly all his free time from youth until the present has been filled with playing soccer. “It’s a cultural thing. You are born and raised playing soccer,” Vargas said. “One of the first toys that you are given in Colombia is a soccer ball.” When he wasn’t playing soccer with his friends during recess, they were seeking out games on the weekends. If they couldn’t play themselves, they devoted many hours to watching the Colombian National Team play either in the local stadiums or on TV. “When the national team plays it’s just like, almost a national holiday,” Vargas said. “Everyone is wearing the jersey and you find a place to go watch the game with your family and your friends.” A victory for the national team meant a grand celebration for the people of Colombia. Sometimes these parties would spill into the streets making it impossible to drive, according to Vargas. In the third grade, Vargas joined his first team and was selected to play goalkeeper and defender. From that time on, he would always play the position of goalkeeper.

His prowess as a goalkeeper served him well during his time on club soccer teams throughout the rest of his early education and eventually earned him a spot on the varsity team for his last three years of high school. Besides learning defensive tactics, he would spend time observing his friends who played other positions. “During my time in soccer clubs I would watch my friends who were midfielders and strikers,” Vargas said. “I would watch how they would position themselves and how they would try to trick the goalkeeper.” These keen observations would play an important role in how he trained his future teams, especially the Hillsdale club team. Coaching has been a part of Vargas’ soccer life, almost since the beginning. What began as an informal role for his younger brother and his friends eventually led to him assisting the coach during his sophomore year of high school. Over the past summer the Women’s Club Soccer Captain, Mikayla Dove, contacted him, and he accepted the coaching role. “He had some really good ideas and he seemed super stoked about coaching,” Dove said. She said that when he first met the team he came out with a plan and was prepared. Dove recognized that his efforts have made a difference.

“He puts us to work, and, as much as we complain, I think it’s really good for us,” Dove said. “It teaches us the kind of endurance that we need to play soccer.” As a coach, Vargas emphasizes physical conditioning among other skills that are fundamental to playing good soccer. For Vargas, training the team to be good in numerous positions makes the team more well-rounded and makes better players. “I trained my strikers to play from a goalkeeper’s perspective,” Vargas said. “This helps them trick a lot of goalkeepers when shooting.” “We all respect him as a coach because he has some good input,” freshman Lydia Barrows said. “He’s pretty open to suggestions from the team so he listens to our opinions which is nice.” This fall season was his first season coaching a college team, and the team not only won its first game in nine years, but also won two more games this season. “This season was the result of the hard work and discipline of the girls this semester,” Vargas said. “This is their win, their victory, and they proved to me they wanted to get better. Everyone improved on an individual level as much as the team got better.” The team will go on to compete in the first round of playoffs against Mott Community College.

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Senior Mary Kate Drews and her adopted athletes, senior Javon Barr (left) and senior Alex Anschutz, for the fall 2018 season. Courtesy | Mary Kate Drews

Adopt a Charger program fosters school spirit By | Christian Peck-Dimit Collegian reporter The sun files up the sky, warming the late fall day. The stadium shakes as both teams line up for the opening kick-off. The student section is packed with screaming students in white Otter’s army shirts. For some in the crowd, though, this isn’t just a football game; it’s a chance to support the Charger that they have “adopted.” The Adopt a Charger Program is designed so that students may adopt a student-athlete to support throughout their season.

Mary Kate Drews, a senior working in the athletic department, helps organize the program. “People on campus get to ‘adopt’ a Charger, so they

“I’ve heard plenty of stories about people who become great friends by picking a random athlete to adopt.”

get a shirt with a new design every year and their Charger’s last name and number on the back,” Drews said. “It’s a way for students to get to know athletes or vice versa, and get people to come to their games.” The program, t-shirt and all, costs only $6, and proves to be nothing but rewarding for both the adopter and Charger. Grace Ferguson, a sophomore working in the athletic department, described her past year of adopting Chargers from both the football and men’s basketball team. “It’s a lot of fun to watch them play, especially if you’re

How one student gained TikTok fame through media algorithms By | Reagan Gensiejewski Collegian Reporter Six large pieces of black cardstock taped to the wall, eight rolls of masking tape scattered around the room, a speaker blasted a clip from Eminem’s “Rap God.” Avery Helms propped his phone up on a tripod, pressed record, and hopped in front. This was the scene at 6:30 p.m. in Kendall 236a. Seven hours later, Helms would be done with

another one of his famous TikToks. Now with 14k followers and 533k likes on his TikTok account, @chairs_n_stuff, senior Avery Helms has grown in fame on TikTok and around campus. Using stop motion, Helms films TikToks in the Grewcock Student Union, the Knorr Dining Room and various campus hotspots. It all started about a month ago when Helms watched Tik-

already friends with them,” Ferguson said. “I know lots of people tend to adopt people they know, but you can absolutely pick someone random. I’ve heard plenty of stories about people who become great friends by picking a random athlete to adopt.” Gwen Buchhop, community relations coordinator for the athletics department, explained one such instance. “I was assigned number 34, Jed Thompson. He was my Charger the whole time he was on the team, and I just went to his wedding two weeks ago,” Buchhop said. “It sounds silly and kind of trite, but it’s a good way to meet a

A: I love Janelle Monae. Everything she does is directed either at a certain type of message or a certain type of boundary that she’s trying to push. I think her fashion is a perfect extension of her personality, which is something I always try to achieve. Q: What’s your advice for someone trying to develop their own style? A: I like to tell people that the bare necessities of your wardrobe really help set the tone for how you want to dress. For example, a lot of my close friends know that I have a personal vendetta against khakis. I’ve come

John Arnold stands in one of his signature outfits in front of his apartment. Genevieve O’Gara | Collegian

the Adopt A Charger Program has become an amazing experience for hundreds of students every year, and has made itself a staple of every sports season. Ferguson describes the fun she had during her first year in the program, as well as the potential for other students to make lasting memories. “The program is a unique opportunity for students to love on their fellow students and encourage and appreciate them,” she said. Students can now register to adopt an athlete for the winter in either basketball or track.

Professor of Economics Roger Butters sits next to a computer he built seven months ago. Collegian | Genevieve O’Gara

Tok compilations on YouTube. He found the videos interesting, he said, and decided to make one of his own. He started with a lyric video on a chalkboard, and it was an instant hit, receiving 96k likes and continues to be Helms’ most popular video. Gradually, he posted more and more, filming his content all around campus.

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Campus Chic: John Arnold By | Ashley Kaitz Collegian Reporter Q: How would you describe your style? A: Effortless but respectable. My style tends to be on the casual side, so it looks like I don’t try, but I put a significant amount of energy into it. I like finding different textures and contrasting patterns with block colors. I have this really fun pair of bright red plaid pants that I wear with a black hoodie and a green jacket. It’s one of my favorite looks. Q: Do you have any style icons?

new friend. I would not have gone to Jed’s wedding if I hadn’t adopted him.” The program has grown to become quite large in recent years, with about 60 Chargers being adopted for each of the fall, winter, and spring seasons. This boost in involvement has come in large part from athletic department promotions as well as ads in the Student Activities Board newsletter “We’re going to launch the announcement in the newsletter soon to adopt basketball players as well as indoor track athletes,” Buchhop said. Through the dedication of Drews, Buchhop, and others,

to believe that any pair of khakis can be replaced with a different pair of pants in any outfit. I would challenge someone to realize that you can up your game in little ways that make a big difference. Q: So what counts as a “bare necessity?” A: A good jacket in Michigan is a necessity. I’m constantly looking for bigger and bigger jackets with each new winter. Q: What did you wear during the polar vortex last year? A: I put on two pairs of sweatpants and slept until 1 p.m. I was not seen that day in public. I refused to go outside. Q: Is there anything in your closet that you would never wear in public? A: I have a pair of pale blue sweatpants that have a big pocket in the front. They’re the most comfortable pair of sweatpants I own. I can put everything in them and do laundry or whatever. I got them from Zara. Q: Do the clothes make the man? A: It’s the other way around. If someone is wearing a Moschino 4XL t-shirt with a teddy bear on the front and a Versace belt and Givenchy leggings, that’s not a good look. That person is trying too hard to make people think that they can afford whatever they want. That’s not style. You have to make sure that you’re wearing the clothes and the clothes aren’t wearing you.

Ryan and Katherine, ’08, Harvey sell their Bare Bones Broth in Whole Foods and Costco. Courtesy | Katherine Harvey

Alumna Katherine Harvey expands Bare Bones Broth health company By | Alex Nester opinions Editor Katherine Harvey, ’08, said the last thing she ever wanted to do was own a business. But now, she said she can’t imagine doing anything else. Husband and wife duo Ryan and Katherine Harvey ’08 own Bare Bones Broth, a company that makes and sells healthful broths and stocks. What started as Ryan’s side project at work became a national business that manufactures and sells chicken and beef-based broth products as well as drink mixes. “Bone broth is the original multivitamin, what people were using and making to get the most out of the little food they had,” Katherine said. “You get bones and simmer them and you extract all the nutrients of life out of them.” Katherine graduated from Hillsdale in 2008 with a degree in English. After graduating, she moved back to her home state of Alabama to write at the Talladega Daily Home and later the Gadsden Times. She moved to Honolulu in 2010 to write for the Honolulu Civil Beat, a newspaper started by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. A year later, Katherine met Ryan remotely and then in person at a friend’s wedding in San Diego, where he lived after spending five years in the United States Navy. After completing a ninemonth culinary school pro-

gram and working in restaurants, Ryan said he grew tired of the unhealthy foods and wanted to change course. He then worked for an online meal delivery business that prepared meals from locally-grown ingredients in southern California. Ryan began using the company’s kitchen in the evening for a “scrappy” side project — tinkering with a recipe for bone broth. “I love the process of it. It’s the base of all cooking,” Ryan said. “It’s the first thing you make in culinary school, and they teach you the process first so you can then go on to make soup, sauces, and braises.” Katherine moved to San Diego in 2012 and began writing for the Union Tribune. She and Ryan married in 2014. In the same year, Ryan upgraded his side project to a business, Bare Bones Broth. That year, Katherine said, drinking bone broth became a national health phenomenon. A paleo, nutrient-dense food, bone broth was sold in some cities like cups of coffee. Bare Bones Broth was, at the time, one of the only companies selling the product nationally online. Katherine joined Bare Bones Broth full time in 2015. As the couple began to deal with more USDA and FDA regulations, costs of starting their business began to rise. Katherine’s brother suggested the couple move to Oregon,

where renting a building would cost much less than in southern California. There, Katherine and Ryan rented a cheap building — a former sushi restaurant — and renovated it into a factory. The couple cooked in the kitchen area, installing large vats for the broths and stocks, and used the former dining room area for packaging and shipping their product. In two years, the business went from selling a few shipments of product each week to contracting out the work to manufacturers across the country, which allowed the couple to move back to San Diego in 2017. “We grew and grew those two years,” Katherine said. In that same year, they published “The Bare Bones Broth Cookbook” with Harper Collins. After five years of sending in applications and samples to Whole Foods, Bare Bones Broth began selling their organic chicken and grass-fed beef broths in stores this May. “It’s easy to forget in dayto-day work, but Whole Foods was our big goal for years and years,” Katherine said. In June, the company began selling their powdered beef broth drink mixes launched at Costco, where the company has already sold 150% more product than the incumbent broth drink mix it replaced.

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