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Vol. 102, No. 14
The Grove City College Student Newspaper
Eight in a row
Swimming and diving teams cap off another successful campaign Joe Setyon Sports Editor The Grove City College men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams recently capped off another successful season which included highlights for both squads.
For the women, the highlight of the year was the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships at Grove City College Feb. 11-13. There, the women won their eighth consecutive title, an astonishing achievement. The men fared well too, finishing in third place behind just Westmin-
ster College and Washington & Jefferson College. With PACs in the books, members of both teams took part in the Kenyon College Fast Chance Invitational which occurred this past weekend on Feb. 20. The squad collected 793 team points, which allowed
them a comfortable cushion against Westminster and St. Vincent College, which tied for second place with 663 team points. Saturday was one of the most successful days of the tournament for the Wolverines. Grove City recorded two wins that day, one coming from senior Me-
Ashley Meesuk swims the breaststroke during the PAC Championships that took place at Grove City College on Feb. 11-13.
Trump on top after S.C., Nev. Brooke Dymski Contributing Writer
During the past week, all eyes were on the South Carolina primary and Nevada caucus as the top Republican presidential candidates battled it out in the two states. Donald Trump sealed the deal winning with 32.5 percent while Marco Rubio came in second with 22.5 percent and Ted Cruz arrived just behind him with 22.3 percent. Trump still came out on top, despite his accusations that President George W. Bush lied to the American people about the Iraq War and failed to prevent the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York City. Though Trump was booed by the crowd, it apparently made no difference. Trump also won big in Nevada Tuesday night, earning 45.9 percent of the vote and shattering suggestions that his support would reach a ceiling in the mid-30s. Trump won all 50 delegates in South Caroline, but took only 14 of Nevada’s, with seven going to Rubio, six to Cruz
and one each to Kasich and Carson. At this point in the race, Trump is very optimistic and still confident that he will be the GOP nominee and beat Hillary Clinton in November. So far, every Republican presidential candidate who has claimed victory in New Hampshire and South Carolina has also become the GOP nominee. However, both Cruz and Rubio remain confident in their campaign efforts and hope they can acquire more votes as the Republican field narrows. After a poor performance in New Hampshire, Rubio was able to pull a much needed second-place victory. Rubio also picked up the endorsement of Gov. Mitt Romney, arguably making him the GOP establishment’s favorite choice. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush helped narrow the GOP field when he suspended his campaign after coming in fourth in South Carolina, and the Rubio campaign is banking ELECTION 2
gan Bilko in the 1650-meter race. Megan Smith also swam extremely well on the final day of the tournament, winning the 200-meter breast stroke competition. The tournament also included a win from freshman MePACS 12
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GCC grad kickstarts HOWM Building homes for orphans, widows in Malawi
Grant Wishard Staff Writer Gret Glyer ’12 knows firsthand that the world is a fallen place, because for the past three years, he has lived with and worked for the ultrapoor people of the rural African country of Malawi. He can tell you about the daily suffering those remote villagers experience. And just as easily, he can describe the inexplicable joy of those same people who have nothing to hold to except God, and the fulfillment he has found in caring for their daily needs. After graduating from Grove City College in 2012, Glyer, an entrepreneurship major and two-year resident assistant with impressive internship experience, landed his first job. The company, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, would have looked good on a résumé, promised promotion and paid well. “But it wasn’t fun,” Glyer said, “it wasn’t fulfilling. If
I didn’t show up to work tomorrow, it would be inconsequential. They would hire someone else to be the cog in their machine.” Unlike most cogs, Glyer decided to switch continents. He credits an online talk by Scott Harrison, founder of Charity Water, as his inspiration. Within a month he had quit his job and boarded a plane to go teach in Malawi. “I never thought I would be a teacher and didn’t have a degree, but it’s difficult to get teachers out to third world countries. They don’t have super high standards, so I was a perfect fit,” he said modestly. In teaching, Glyer answered one of Malawi’s many needs, but in those first years he learned that he cared most about alleviating poverty. The high school kids he taught were relatively comfortable; most could find a hot shower and be sure of their next meal at home. But the vast majority of Malawians, over 80 percent, live in remote villages outside the
country’s few cities. In these places, tens of millions live under crushing poverty. “The truth is that there are three and a half billion people, half the world’s population, who are barely making it, who survive on two dollars a day,” Glyer explained. Glyer told of how he taught in the classroom knowing that just across the street lay a city slum which he could only describe as “Hell on Earth.” What does it mean to live on two dollars a day? Glyer explained that two dollars allows a person to eat enough for that day, but if anything goes wrong, that person’s life will end. In a place like Malawi, anything and everything can and will go wrong, putting lives in the most delicate balance. Glyer’s charity aims to convince us that if life is so fragile for millions of Malawian’s, then a seemingly insignificant action from us can rebalance the scales, savMALAWI 8
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Scalia dead at 79
Feb. 26, 2016
Pittsburgh lead levels higher than Flint’s
Death of justice sparks upheaval
Molly Wicker
Molly Morgan
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Contributing Writer In the midst of a primary election, the iconic conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has passed away. Justice Scalia graduated from Georgetown University and Harvard Law School, going on to become a distinguished lawyer in the 1960s. In the 70s, Scalia worked in public service, serving as President Richard Nixon’s general counsel and also as Assistant Attorney General. He was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan as Justice William Rehnquist’s successor after Rehnquist was elevated to the position of chief justice following the death of Chief Justice Warren Burger. Scalia died Saturday, Feb. 13 at a ranch in western Texas. He was 79 years old. Upon his death, Chief Justice John Roberts said, “He was an extraordinary individual and jurist, admired and treasured by his colleagues. His passing is a great loss to the court and the country he so loyally served.” Scalia was a very respectable man. He served as a Supreme Court justice for 29 years, standing as a true intellectual leader. He believed that justices should use a forthright approach when interpreting the Constitution. He was against the idea of an evolving Constitution or a “living document” and thought the laws should be read just as they were written. Scalia’s closest friend on the court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg held political views contrary to his own, yet the two still valued one another’s friendship. Scalia’s death has caused a controversy amongst political parties. Putting a Supreme Court justice on the bench is very important to each party and affects the course of history. Until the end of his second term in the Oval Office, President Obama retains the power to nominate a new justice, and his appointee must be confirmed by the Senate. With a Republican majority in the Senate, it is unlikely that Obama will get what he wants. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell controls what reaches the Senate floor. If McConnell disallows a vote on Obama’s nominee, then the Senate will not take a vote. If he does allow a vote to reach to floor, GOP senators will have the opportunity to filibuster. And even if the issue does come to a vote, it will be very difficult for a moderate or liberal nominee to gain confirmation from a Republican-packed Senate. At least 60 votes would be needed to confirm his pick. In the aftermath of Scalia’s death, the upcoming presidential election only increases in importance, since
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College thinkers on Scalia
Dr. John A. Sparks, retired dean of Arts & Letters and a fellow for The Center for Vision & Values: Justice Antonin Scalia’s death leaves the Supreme Court without one of its most courageous and colorful conservative legal minds. … His stances on the separation of powers, federalism, and judicially created “rights” were rooted in his opposition to the “flexibility” advocated by “living constitution” jurists. In the no-holdsbarred style of the ebullient but brilliant judge, Justice Scalia summed it up for a Federalist Society gathering: “[T]he argument of flexibility … goes something like this: The Constitution is over 200 years old and societies change. It has to change with society, like a living organism, or it will become brittle and break. But you would have to be an idiot to believe that. The Constitution is not a living organism, it is a legal document. It says something and doesn’t say other things.” Precisely so, your honor! Requiescat in pace. Dr. Caleb Verbois, assistant professor of political science: Scalia was an originalist but he was very careful to define what he meant by that. To understand the Constitution as an originalist did not mean reading it strictly, or narrowly, or as a Republican—it meant recognizing that the Constitution was written by 18th century men in a particular time, context, and with a particular meaning. … Scalia would have been among the first to recognize that originalism has its weaknesses. He once wrote an essay titled “Originalism: The Lesser Evil.” But he long maintained that it was, quite literally, the only possible way of reading the Constitution for two
important reasons. First, originalism requires careful historical and legal reasoning to determine what the terms and language of the Constitution meant when it was written. As Scalia loved to say, that sort of research is literally the only thing lawyers are particularly good at. The second reason Scalia said originalism was essential is because to read it any other way, as a living document or an aspirational text, is to expect lawyers to be something quite different than what they are—to expect them to be moral philosophers or policy makers. And really, Scalia asked with a twinkle in his eye, who would pick nine lawyers to be moral philosophers? Paul Kengor, professor of political science and executive director of The Center for Vision & Values: Understand that Antonin Scalia was not merely a great and brilliant justice. He was a solid Roman Catholic, whose faith properly and ideally infused his judicial principles. He had a complete and healthy understanding of the role of faith in public life and in America. … He was the leader of constitutional orthodoxy on the Supreme Court and its voice, which he expressed with eloquence, uniqueness, cheer, wit, flair and panache — con molto brio, as they say in his ethnic Italian. He was winsome and likable, a colorful character. … Even when Scalia lost crucial cases… his scathing but stirring dissents were victories for faith and reason — and for the ages. He fought fearlessly against the dictatorship of relativism. … A source close to Scalia compared the embattled jurist to the character “Frodo” in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. He was like the keeper of the ring, almost single-handedly retarding the forces of relativism fundamentally transforming a once-great country — a people who once knew the difference between good and evil. … Apparently, it finally wore down Antonin Scalia completely. Now, the battle is ours. And, sadly, we have lost one of our single best fighters.
the newly elected president would presumably have the chance to nominate a new justice. If Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Marco Rubio or Donald Trump are elected, each candidate would likely keep Scalia’s seat in conservative hands. The opposite goes if Hillary
Clinton or Bernie Sanders wins the election, since each would likely hand over Scalia’s seat to a liberal judge, drastically altering the makeup of the Court. The stakes are high and the outcome in November could greatly impact court rulings for decades to come.
After the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, several Grove City College scholars weighed in on the impact and legacy of the conservative jurist in columns distributed by the The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College and other outlets. Here are exerpts from those essays.
The lead poisoning crisis in Flint, Mich. has raised concern across the country about lead levels. More than a dozen cities, including Pittsburgh, are home to children with higher levels of lead exposure than those in Flint. Health officials continue to stress that these high levels of lead are caused by leadbased paints, not water. According to Vox.com, which first published this data for the public, reports show that at least 18 cities in Pennsylvania have higher levels of lead exposure than Flint. Furthermore, nearly 10 percent of the more than 140,000 children tested had levels of five or more micrograms per deciliter of lead in the blood. That level is the threshold used by the United States government to identify children with elevated blood-lead levels. Data published in 2014 by the Department of Health shows that more than eight percent of children tested in Pittsburgh had high lead levels. In Flint, data shows just over three percent of children had similarly high levels. Other cities on the list include Erie, State College, Harrisburg and Lancaster. Grove City was not included on the list. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, the primary source of childhood lead poisoning in Pennsylvania continues to
ELECTION on picking up former Bush supporters. At this stage, the race comes down to Trump, Cruz and Rubio. Dr. Ben Carson and Ohio Gov. John Kasich are still holding onto hope as they continue their somewhat unsuccessful campaigns. Kasich, who took fifth place in Nevada, did not campaign in Nevada. Instead, Kasich is focusing his attention on the Deep South, most likely getting a head start for the “Super Tuesday” primaries on March 1, in which 11 states, many in the Deep South, hold primaries or caucuses. All other GOP presidential candidates are still campaigning. Ben Carson campaigned in Nevada and finished in fourth place with
be exposure to deteriorating lead-based paints through both chips and dust rather than drinking water. “The Department of Health is very concerned about elevated lead levels in children wherever they may occur. Our community health nurses work closely with health care providers and families every day to provide education about lead exposure and facilitate home inspections if needed to identify the source of the exposure,” said Health Secretary Dr. Karen Murphy in an interview with KDKA Pittsburgh. According to the data, Allentown and Altoona have more than double the state exposure rate of 9.37 percent, and the 20 cities surveyed in total had a collective rate of 11.49 percent, also higher than the state rate. The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority is offering free lead-testing kits to concerned residents. Although lead was banned as an ingredient in paint in 1978, many older homes and buildings still contain layers of lead-based paint. According to David Namey, a spokesperson for the Housing and Community Environment Program, nearly half of the homes in Pittsburgh were built before 1950, at a time when lead-based paint was especially prevalent. In the 2010 Census data, Pennsylvania ranked third in the nation for having the most housing units identified as being built before 1950, and fourth in the nation for housing units identified as being built before 1978. 4.8 percent of the vote, falling far behind third-place finisher Cruz, who received 21.4 percent. On the other side of the aisle, Hillary Clinton won big in the Democratic Nevada caucus on Saturday night, beating Bernie Sanders in a 53-47 percent victory. Nevada’s victory was a big night for Clinton, who has been neck-and-neck with Sanders for weeks. So far, Clinton has been the Democratic frontrunner, though not by much, beating Sanders in Iowa but losing to him in New Hampshire. Heading into the Democratic South Carolina primary on Saturday, early polls show that Clinton is a favorite. The next Democratic debate will be held on March 6 and is scheduled to take place in Flint, Mich.
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Feb. 26, 2016
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Illusionist saves storks
Gabrielle Johnston Contributing Writer
Several groups on the Grove City College campus have pioneered the initiative to bring quality entertainment to the College, but what about entertainment supporting an especially worthy cause? Kayla Peterson, a senior communications studies major, has been planning a very important event for Grove City College since the beginning of the academic year. The fruit of her efforts will be a show featuring Tom Coverly, a Christian illusionist and comedian, which will take place Friday, March 4, at 7 p.m. in Crawford Auditorium. The on-campus groups Women of Faith and Life Advocates are helping plan and organize the event as well. All proceeds will go towards Save the Storks, a relatively new pro-life organization with a unique approach to preventing abortion. The Save the Storks organization was founded in 2011 by CEO Joe Baker and describes itself as a Christian, non-profit organization that partners with pregnancy resource centers in areas all over the country, seeking to empower women to choose life for their unborn babies. The organization is based in Colorado Springs, Colo., but is present in many locations, mostly on the east and west coasts, and is working on moving into the mid-U.S. Their ideology emphasizes reaching out to women rather than having expectant mothers come to them. They achieve this mobility through their revolutionary “Stork Buses,” which Peterson described as “Mercedes-Benz sprinter vans, refurbished like a doctor’s office to meet the needs of expectant mothers. They park outside of abortion clinics, and as expectant mothers approach the clinic, Save the Storks representatives invite these women onto the bus for a free education about their baby. Four out of five women step off the bus having changed their mind about having an abortion.” The key to their success is their kind and welcoming approach to the mothers. They keep their demeanor invitational, not aggressive, by simply standing outside of their buses and offering education and a free sonogram to the women. “Save the Storks is different because they don’t picket and treat the mother like she is a terrible person for visiting an abortion clinic in the first place.
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The organization approaches expectant mothers with a sense of love, compassion and action and makes sure that women understand that they have a choice and that abortion is not their only one. Save the Storks loves each mother no matter what they choose to do with their baby,” Peterson said. And it works – according to Peterson, “about 84 percent of post-abortive women said that they thought that abortion was their only option.” After seeing the images of their babies through ultrasound technology, they usually change their mind about abortion. STS encourages mothers to keep their babies, but also understand that some women do not want to or are unable to do so, and inform them about adoption and other options. They also have counseling services that serve the mothers both before they enter the clinic, and for emotional support if they do decide to go through with an abortion. Peterson first heard about Save the Storks over the summer at “CityFest,” a Jeremy Camp concert in her home state of New Jersey. The organization had a table at the concert, and the t-shirts they were selling caught Peterson’s eye. After approaching the table, she learned more about the organization. “I’ve always been pro-life, but never though too much about it until I talked with someone at the Save the Storks table. In the past, [the pro-life movement] has not been something that I felt that I had a dire need to support, but when I found out about how Save the Storks approached the issue, it hit me. The organization had a different approach that really intrigued me, and since they’re so new, I wanted to help them spread the message that they were portraying,” Peterson said.
After that, she felt that God was calling her to support the organization somehow, and emailed the Chair of the Department of Communications and Visual Arts Dr. Jennifer Mobley. By working with Dr. Mobley, Peterson was able to incorporate her desire to support Save the Storks into her Public Relations class last semester and make it a part of her independent research project this semester. The PR class had provided six organizations with free PR campaigns, and Peterson’s classmates seniors Emily Leavitt and Arianna Johnson joined her team and helped her work on this project throughout the semester. Peterson said that the PR class laid a lot of groundwork for the event and the two others are continuing to help her with the planning of the spring event. Paul Isaacs, the president of Save the Storks, will be on Grove City College’s campus for Peterson’s event from March 3-5. He will have a table in the Breen Student Union, selling the organization’s own brand of coffee, “Stork coffee,” to help raise funds for the buses, which cost around $100,000 each to outfit and maintain. He will also be collecting donations and providing more information about the organization. On Friday, March 4, along with the Tom Coverly event, a Stork Bus will be on campus for students to tour – to “see where the miracles happen,” as Isaacs put it. For more information about Save the Storks, please visit their website, savethestorks.com. For those considering attending the Illusionist event on March 4, tickets will be two dollars for presale in the Student Union and three dollars at the door.
Smith publishes new book on presidents’ faith Dalton Bowser Contributing Writer Chair of the history department Dr. Gary Smith published his recent book “Religion in the Oval Office: The Religious Lives of American Presidents” in March of last year. He discusses the faith of John Adams, James Madison, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William McKinley, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Richard Nixon, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. Smith responded to our Q&A. What lead you to write [this book]? “It’s actually a sequel to an earlier book that I wrote called ‘Faith and the Presidency.’ Each of the two volumes deals with eleven different presidents and the nature of their faith, its impact on public policy during their administrations, and their relationship with religious constituencies while they were presidents, and also just explicating the nature of their faith looking at their whole lives and how
Food Fair coming up
their faith developed and how it impacted them. So I wrote this second volume because there were a lot of very important presidents that I couldn’t fit into the first volume. I wrote both books essentially because very little had been done about the faith of the presidents, especially from a scholarly perspective.” What was the hardest part about the research? “Just the massive amount of material that’s available. When I first started the first book in 2001 there had been almost nothing done [on presidents’ faith]. Fifteen years later, there’s been a lot more that’s been done. On the other hand, you’ve got multitudes of primary sources to sort through and a lot of biographies of presidents to look at that might touch on things that are relevant.” Why this topic for you? “I’m an American Religious Historian, so I like to study aspects of American religion; and I guess I’ve always had a fascination with the presidents going back
to junior high. But I wanted to write books that would be more than just of interest to scholars – it would be of interest to a wider crosssection of people. This has really given me a chance to speak to a public conversation and I think it’s good for our department – it’s good for Grove City College.” What has been the feedback you’ve received from it? “Usually it takes over a year to get scholarly reviews. I’ve had one review in the ‘Journal of Church and State,’ which was so-so. I’ve had a number of very positive public kinds of things, like my book made two endof-the year best-read [lists]. The first volume got all kinds of very good critical reviews in the scholarly journals, and I’m hoping that when those eventually come around that I would get positive reviews there as well.” What did you find most surprising in your research? “I don’t know if I can distinguish between surpris-
ing and interesting, but one thing that stands out is just the complexity of human beings and their religious faith. So presidents are like the rest of us, they’re a mixed bag. Their faith had tremendous influence on them. And yet in some ways they were very inconsistent and unfaithful to their faith. I guess on one level, it’s surprising that there is such an incongruity between what they profess and what they do on some occasions, but on another level, it’s not because we’re all that way to some extent.” Do you have a main thesis to the book? “The major thesis is that faith matters, and the faith of the presidents hasn’t been taken seriously enough. I’m not trying to argue that faith is the only thing that matters in shaping policy or directing a president while he is in office. But, if people are deeply religious, as a lot of our presidents have been, then that matters significantly.”
The International Food Fair is this Wednesday, March 2 in the Great Room of the Breen Student Union from 6-9 p.m. According to the Alpha Mu Gamma (AMG) Language Honorary Vice President Maya Craig, the event is sponsored by the Student Government Association, the Modern Language Department and AMG to encourage staff and students to share their cultural backgrounds through traditional recipes. “Anyone can go,” Craig said, “It is one dollar for a snack, about five dollars for a meal. You buy food with tickets you purchase at the door, so it is variable, but generally inexpensive and great quality food.” For all you skinflints out there, it may help to know that the money is going to a good cause. “The event benefits Heifer International, a charity that provides sustainable food and farming resources to impoverished families worldwide,” Craig said. Heifer International’s long term mission is to “work with communities to end world hunger and poverty and to care for the Earth,” according to their website, heifer.org. Heifer International seeks to do this by empowering communities with resources and by promoting sustainable agriculture. The Fair has been held for at least five years, “but probably longer,” Craig said,. AMG likely started hosting the Fair for the fun of it, according to Craig. “I love learning more about international cultures, and food is a great way to understand and connect with them,” Craig said. “Alpha Mu Gamma members in general are very passionate about intercultural relations, and supporting charities that have an intercultural element.” The event involves students but also professors and faculty members. “I love seeing what different professors can make. Some of them bring traditional recipes that have been in their families for years and are still used, even if they don’t actively connect with that part of their heritage on a daily basis,” Craig said. Craig has been helped in putting on the event by fellow AMG members Ethan Pazsko and Zack Voell, along with AMG President Madeline Lussenhop and faculty advisor Dr. Amy Barber. “AMG also hosts the International Praise and Worship service,” Craig said, “We offer weekly free tutoring, we do the Amigos de Mexico donation fundraiser during spring semester finals and we participate in the study abroad fair.”
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WORLD-class journalist visits GCC
Josh Delk Staff Writer
Renowned journalist and reporter Edward Lee Pitts paid Grove City College a visit this past Tuesday. Pitts has authored hundreds of articles for WORLD Magazine, the widely-respected Christian political news outlet, where he currently serves as Washington Bureau Chief. When he is not writing stories himself, he is bringing up the next generation of journalists at Dordt University in Sioux Center, Iowa as a Professor of Journalism. Guest-lecturing in several communications classes on Tuesday, Pitts led classes in a discussion of ethical and effective journalism, and expanded his thoughts in an interview with The Collegian after class. Above all, Pitts stressed that as Christian writers in a largely secular media, we are
called to be story-tellers. The story-teller asks the right questions to the right people. From his experience, he has found that the best stories come from those closest to or most affected by the issue. Where most reporters would go to the “gatekeepers” of our culture or the “suite-level” executives, Pitts emphasizes the value of the everyday, “street-level” person. Christian reporters and journalists are called to give a voice to the voiceless, to tell the stories of the weak and disenfranchised and hold the powerful accountable. “A journalist who can tell people’s stories has the chance to shine a light on issues, and find the people behind the stories,” said Pitts. In 2004, Pitts was able to tell the stories of the men in a National Guard Regimental Combat unit in Iraq, where he was embedded for over seven months.
During his time with the unit, he accompanied the soldiers on humanitarian as well as combat missions. Whereas most reporters during the war would stay at the base camp in wait for sound-bites from the weary soldiers, Pitts showed his commitment to the men and their stories by accompanying them on even their most dangerous missions. Pitts remembered the soldiers’ initial hesitance to a reporter in their ranks, expecting to have a boom-mic in their faces all day. However, Pitts said, the men quickly accepted him as a member of their team when they saw his genuine commitment to be a part of their lives and to hear their stories, unlike the reporters back at camp. Where many writers and reporters might only see bombs and violence or the latest headline, here Pitts demonstrated the importance of real, intentional in-
Academics, spiritual growth and future employment are only a few of the distractions that prevent us from focusing on life’s greatest concern: dating. Beginning with this issue (call it a belated Valentine’s Day), The Collegian will be tackling this all-consuming mystery by dedicating a full column each week to the sensationally named but indispensable expert, Dr. Love. The anonymous Doctor invites you to anonymously email your questions to collegian@gcc. edu to receive sensible relationship advice delivered with compassion and wit. Whether dating is your first or last priority, allow the Doctor to help you navigate the unique pomp and ceremony of Grove City College’s dating ritual. No appointment needed. [Editor’s Note] The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of Dr. Love and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of The Collegian or its editors. Dr. Love is a dispensable expert.
teractions with people in reporting the news. After his time in Iraq and before joining WORLD, Pitts worked as the press secretary for U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.). Through all of his experience working on Capitol Hill, often speaking with elected officials and other politicians, Pitts emphasized the importance of journalists with an in-depth knowledge of their subject matter. Reporters need more than just interviewing skills or confidence in front of cameras. A sports reporter who does not know the game will not get very far. At Dordt University, Pitts has helped develop a journalism program that equips students with a concentration in a certain field, to give them the background information they need to succeed. However, Pitts’ endeavor to train a new generation of ethical and responsible jour-
nalists does not stop at the University. As the Associate Dean of the World Journalism Institute, Pitts helps lead a twoweek summer program that seeks to place Christians in America’s newsrooms. The course includes lessons in advanced techniques in communicating, writing, reporting and story-telling along from leaders in the field. The WJI program is currently open to applications and runs in the last two weeks of May before many students begin their summer internships, with free tuition. Journalists, Pitts believes, “have a front row seat to the circus of life, and write the rough draft of history.” The country needs journalists with a sense of mission and duty, and Lee Pitts is leading the charge.
The Suitist fundraiser During the week before spring break, seven stalwart Grovers donned suits and did not remove them for seven days, not even to shower. This onerous and oderous ordeal served as a fundraiser for Project Okello, a charity that provides access to clean water in African Villages.
Are you stuck in the friendzone?
Maria Dunsworth Contributing Writer
Many girls desire that ring by spring, but also deeply value their platonic friendships with member of the opposite sex. Likewise, guys love to hang out with girls just as friends, but are often surprised to discover that their female friend views them as something more. Meredith Gross, Resident Director of Harker Hall, and Bob White, Assistant Director of Campus Ministries, led a panel discussion on opposite-gender friendships last Tuesday as part of Focus Week. Gross spoke of her experiences as a single woman, while White focused on his
past friendships and how his friendships with women have changed since marriage. “It was a good talk, and it was good to hear about experiences with opposite-gender friendships from both a married and single perspective,” senior Jonathan Hoyt said. Gross told stories of how nearly all of her friendships had resulted in an awkward moment where one admitted to having feelings for the other. One of these painfully awkward scenarios ended with the guy saying, “Oh my gosh, I think you’re my best friend! Definitely my best female friend. And I totally love you” – (“Don’t ever say that!” Gross interjected) – “but I just don’t see you that way.”
White told a story of a friend who had eventually told him, much to his surprise and confusion, that she had feelings for him. Unfortunately for her, White just wanted to be friends and felt that he had to reject her. The next week, she wrote a scathing article for the school newspaper with the headline “Where have all the men gone?” He also told the sweet story of how he became friends with his future wife during RD training week and they soon started dating. Neither of them had dated anyone else beforehand. White and Gross agreed that opposite-gender friendships are good, but often lead to awkward situations. A rea-
son they gave based on their experiences is that the two friends get to know each other too deeply, the way a dating couple would. This leads to confused expectations and feelings in one or both people and the “where are we going” conversation. To avoid this, they encouraged listeners to reserve that level of emotional intimacy for dating and marriage. “The talk did seem to focus a bit too much on avoiding the potential awkwardness of opposite-gender friendships, as opposed to growing in them,” Hoyt said. Junior Bradley Smith said he was glad the speakers accepted opposite-gender friendships because they can be “helpful and healthy,” but
said he wished the talk had emphasized the importance of honesty and openness in any friendship. “It cannot be emphasized enough,” Smith said. The panelists believe that in deepest opposite-gender friendships, an awkward conversation will likely take place, but that the probable occurrence of an uncomfortable moment is not a reason to avoid such friendships. If you can have the awkward conversation early on, they argued, you may be better able to enjoy the benefits of true friendship from the safety and comfort of the “friendzone.”
Entertainment
Feb. 26, 2016
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Deadpool’s love story A super-ish man with a super-ish heart for getting what he wants
Joshua Fried
Staff Writer
“Deadpool” is not for children. Parents, repeat after me: “‘Deadpool’ is not for children.” Although “Deadpool” is not for children, it is absolutely incredible for adult comic book fans and action comedy fans alike. Deadpool is a comic book character with a tragic, painful past. He was molested as a child and identifies as pansexual, and he is diagnosed with cancer, which is able to regenerate like the rest of his cells as a result of the tests done on him that give him his super powers.
This was not the first time that the silver screen saw “The Merc with the Mouth,” as he is also known. Ryan Reynolds first played the character in 2009’s “X-men Origins: Wolverine.” This silent rendition of Deadpool was universally hated, and the 2016 version does not miss an opportunity to make fun of this earlier interpretation. Even though Deadpool has super powers, he is not a superhero, but he is not a supervillain either. He goes to great lengths in the film to make sure that the audience understands this. He is clearly an “anti-hero”. In reality, Deadpool is a
love story, short and simple. Deadpool got the girl, then he lost the girl and now he wants to get the girl back. Throughout his love story, Deadpool constantly makes comments to the audience and acknowledges that he is in a movie. He even goes so far to break the fourth wall while already engaged in a fourth wall breaking flashback: “that’s like sixteen walls!” This communication with the audience is true to the comic books, as Deadpool often refers to the fact that he is in a comic book. Depending on the audience, Deadpool is either the quirkiest loveable “super-
hero,” or the most offensive psychopath. Either way, he could be described as a psychopath as he pursues money or his personal interests in killing, maiming or intimidating anyone in his way. For the innocent audience, this is a film that should be avoided. “I expected to see at least two pairs of boobs; I saw at least six,” one student said. On top of some nudity, there are multiple sex scenes and plenty of foul language. All that aside, the movie is hysterical and heavily quotable, and it will leave the audience either keeled over laughing or writing strongly worded letters to the studio.
Doctor Bond? James who? Jake Sziraky
Entertainment Editor He is perhaps England’s most beloved character. He topples corrupt governments. He goes out on countless adventures to many strange and wonderful places. He seems to be constantly surrounded by beautiful women and they always seem to be head over heels for him. I am of course talking about James Bond… or is it Doctor Who? It seems these beloved Anglican adventurers have a lot in common. Perhaps they have too much in common. Maybe there is more similarities between the secret agent and time traveler. James Bond has just recently had his 24th film, “Spectre.” Upon meditating upon it and watching some classic Doctor Who episodes, one might begin to notice a few similarities between the two. In fact, it would almost appear as if James Bond
is secretly a Time Lord. The first major similarity between the two is their timeline. They both hit their respective screens in the early sixties and both recently hit their fiftieth anniversaries. Is it not convenient that they both came into existence at the same time? Next let us compare their adventures. Both of them enjoy going to strange and exotic places. James Bond has visited everywhere from Japan to Iceland. The Doctor has been everywhere from the beginning of time to the literal end of the universe. He famously can travel throughout all of space. James Bond is not an astronaut and does all of his adventuring on Earth. EXCEPT WHEN HE DID NOT! Bond braved the harsh coldness of space in 1979 with his classic adventure, “Moonraker.” It seems that both of these suave and charming Brits have had their fair share of space adventures.
Brushing past some other indicators such as above average strength and stamina, his unconquerable charm and his unarguable sense of style, let us focus on the most obvious similarity between the two: every few years, they each change their faces. It is obvious for anyone remotely familiar with the Doctor Who franchise that he has the ability to change his body and personality when he deems it necessary. This is so common that he has had 13 different incarnations within the last 50 some years. However, James Bond has had 6 different faces within the last 50-plus years and no one has ever seemed to question it. Until now. It seems that Doctor Bond may just be a thing. Is James Bond a Time Lord? I think I know, but I shall not say. I mean, it is James Bond after all. He has a license to kill!
The all-caps spelling of not only their name and album, but every track on the album as well is an immediate indicator of what they bring to the table. HEALTH has a sound that toes the line between EDM, hard rock and house music. It is almost like they have managed to immediately place you into a Redbull or GoPro commercial, and you are along for the ride. The songs on the album use fast beats, chaotic excerpts and ever-changing rhythms to maintain the listener’s attention. This only yields to the lead singer’s voice as the pace maintains; everything else seems to recede as his lyrics continue. After showing you what you are in for, their first true break within the album seems to come by the seventh track, titled, ironically enough, “LIFE.” However, the track is anything but lively. The band begins to focus on the aimlessness of life and seems to realize that they are not going anywhere. Their songs have transitions between one another in which the end of one song leads perfectly into the next, while keeping a distinct clarity between the two. The songs maintain distinction through the body, which demonstrates each song’s character. With such an experimental electric sound, it is hard to not see comparisons to that of Son Lux’s instrumentals and continuity, Passion Pit’s high pitched synths or even the layers of Washed Out. These distinctions allow for the album to not be a single-minded album of straight adrenaline; rather, it brings into the mix the true characteristics of an album. It is a story, changes its pace and most importantly, draws the listener in to understand their intensity and what HEALTH has to offer as a band. The album “DEATH MAGIC” by HEALTH is a ride, but it is one worth taking. To those who espouse the common criticism of all electric music sounding similar, “DEATH MAGIC” proves that the commonalities are there, but it can still be a continuous album that has its ups, downs and unique characteristics.
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Through the Lens
Winter at GCC
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PAC Championships
PHOTOS BY HANNAH SHOEMAKER
Joe Setyon
Sports Editor
Feb. 11-13 was a very busy couple of days at Grove City College. The College hosted the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships, as it does every year, in the James E. Longnecker Pool. As has become customary, both the men’s and women’s teams performed extremely well. The women won their eighth consecutive PAC title, running an extraordinary streak. The meet included individual wins from stud swimmers Megan Smith, Megan Bilko and Megan Crutcher. Bilko, though, was the star of the show, earning MVP honors and the Invitational’s High Point Award. Meanwhile, head coach Dave Fritz earned conference and Invitational Coach of the Year Honors. The men also swam well, finishing in third place. The highlight of the meet for the men came on Saturday night, when junior Jeremy Kim won the 200-meter butterfly event. With PACs in the background, both teams will wait and see if any players are picked to compete at the NCAA DIII Championships.
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Good old Leo Will DiCaprio finally get an Oscar? wgnamerica.com
Outsider from the inside BonAp worker has recurring role on TV drama Grayson Quay Managing Editor
One of the employees who serves your food in Hicks Café moonlights as a member of an insular Appalachian clan on WGN America’s new series, “Outsiders.” Bill Laing, a Bon Appétit employee, is originally from the Pittsburgh area, but launched an unexpected career as a voice actor when clientele at a bar at which he worked suggested he should be on the radio after hearing Laing calling waitresses over the bar’s public address system. Since then, Laing has crossed the country from New York to Los Angeles working as an actor, voice actor and technical crew member on projects ranging from blockbuster films to commercials and industrial videos for Fortune 500 companies. Laing returned to the Pittsburgh area six years ago to deal with family matters but was able to continue working in entertainment. “Pittsburgh’s jammin’,” Laing said, citing recent major film productions in the city such as “The Dark Knight Rises” (2012). Laing’s IMDb page lists acting roles in “The Mothman Prophecies” (2002), “Unstoppable” (2011) and “I Am Number Four” (2012), in which he played a role he described as “a demented farmer in a haunted hay ride.” “Outsiders,” which stars David Morse (“The Green Mile,” “The Hurt Locker”) is five episodes into a 13-episode first season. It tells the story of the Farrell clan, a rural Kentucky family that has enjoyed an isolated existence for over 200 years, as they resist a coal company that threatens to take their mountain from them.
MALAWI ing and improving countless lives. He believes this is best done through storytelling about real people with urgent needs through his YouTube series, “Village Fridays,” and his blog, “Math in Malawi.” Glyer tackles what some might consider small problems. Recently, Village Fridays introduced us to Louisa, a little girl with a big cut on her forehead. Thirty dollars would have been an insurmountable cost to her family, but the money given by donors allowed the purchase of antibiotics and cleaning supplies to save Louisa from infection and the loss of her eyesight. Right now, he is building a school for girls. Just as compelling is Glyer’s charity HOWM (pronounced ‘home’), Homes for Orphans and Widows in Malawi. The mission speaks for itself: “We believe that the most vulnerable people in the world are the orphans and widows living in Africa. We also believe that we can and should help them. Join
“I think it’s a great show regardless of my participation in it,” Laing said. Laing describes the show as, “A lot of action … a bit of violence … a lot of family solidarity … and so far, a lot of unanswered questions.” Laing himself appears in six of the 13 episodes as a character called “Cousin #1” on IMDb, but known among the cast and crew as “Cousin Egger.” Laing describes Morse as a “great fella … calm and very deliberate” who prompted him when he forgot his lines and even remarked that the two of them “really could be cousins” as they are on the show. The show has been renewed for a second season, Laing said, and although he has not received a call to reprise his role yet, he is confident that he will, since his character is “pretty well established in the show,” he said. Season two begins filming in March. Filming takes place in Monroeville at a Jewish Community Center camp that Laing described as “200 acres
of absolute wilderness,” saying that viewers can expect to be “absolutely transported into the hills of Kentucky.” Laing auditioned in Pittsburgh early last year, and filming took place between April and October. Despite his recurring role, Laing expressed no desire to leave his job at Bon Appétit, calling it “a great day job.” “They’re behind me one hundred percent,” Laing said, adding that he has worked in food service sporadically for 30 years, both on and off film sets. Laing also said that the Grove City College student body “is just absolutely wonderful,” calling the College community “our own little family.” “Outsiders” airs Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. on WGN America (channel 434 on Armstrong Cable). Previously aired episodes can be found on WGN’s website. Mr. Laing can be found in Hicks Café.
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us.” HOWM is irresistibly simple and an undeniable example of true charity, generous help that cares for the lowest, most helpless people in the world by caring for their basic, everyday needs. For $800, the price of an iPad, Glyer observed, HOWM is able to build a single room house with a concrete floor and steel roof, both of which are considered luxuries in Malawi. Whether or not you can donate the full amount, Glyer’s approach is eminently practical. Clicking “donate” gives you a range of options. For $10 you can donate bricks, and for $25 you can donate the door. In return, HOWM sends each donor a picture of the house you helped to build and a short story about the orphan or widow you save. There was once a time when Glyer, like most of us, had never seen third world poverty first-hand. Referring to his private education, and his opportunity to attend Grove City College, Glyer said, “My realization was, ‘I have been given so much,
and I need to give back.’” “I can tell you about families where eight out of the nine kids die because of AIDS and malaria. I can tell you any number, hundreds, of horrific stories, and they are all very real. The world is a super, super tragic place, filled with unbelievably, incredibly horrible suffering and torture which goes on in so many places in the world. It would be impossible to state how sad a place the world really is.” Considering what Glyer has witnessed, his approach to us is gentle. He understands that people are asked for money almost constantly, and full-well the difficulty of grasping real poverty from a place like Grove City. But, he said, he believes our Christian duty is simple: “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained from the world,” coming directly from James 1:27. Malawi’s need is urgent, as great as our obligation to give generously.
Jake Sziraky
Entertainment Editor For the true 90s kids, “Leo,” as he is affectionately known, rose to fame with his part in the film “Titanic.” For the more modern-day consumer, his role in “Inception” endeared audiences to this brilliant actor. However, perhaps what has brought DiCaprio the most notoriety is his total lack of an Oscar. For those of you who have not been on the internet for the last few years, he has never won one. This is a travesty to most because DiCaprio is regarded by many to be one of the best actors of our time. What makes this year’s Academy Awards any different? The word on the street is that DiCaprio’s latest film “The Revenant” may finally win him that coveted Oscar. For those of you who have not seen it, it is regarded by many to be his best work to date. For further reading on “The Revenant,” see Grant Wishard’s review in last week’s issue. Even though his latest cinematic triumph may be the one that gets that golden knick-knack for his mantelpiece, it certainly is not his only film that has any merit. His first few films need not be mentioned; these include such treasures as “Critters 3” and “Don’s Plum.” However, these stinkers should not be a black mark on his illustrious film record. One of his earliest works and considered by many to be his true acting pinnacle is “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” In this film he portrays a mentally handicapped younger brother to Johnny Depp. His portrayal was so convincing that many people on its debut did not even recognize DiCaprio. His next piece of cinematic gold was his portrayal of Jack in James Cameron’s “Titanic.” I will not spend much time discussing this film because most people are famil-
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tion,” which is a sci-fi thriller about a man who will infiltrate dreams illegally to save his family. If you have not seen this film then you really have no business reading the entertainment section. Inception was the beginning of a renaissance for DiCaprio
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culture’s eye. He went on to star in “Shutter Island, “The Great Gatsby” and “The Wolf of Wall Street,” all of which were popular favorites among critics and audiences alike. He has also starred in a plethora of good but lesser
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ing “Catch Me If You Can,” “The Basketball Diaries” and “Blood Diamond.” It is true that Leo does not currently have an Oscar, but that could change Sunday night at this year’s Academy Awards.
Students stage spring plays Grove City College Grove City College’s Theatre Program will present two plays, “The Diviners” and “The Women of Lockerbie,” from March 2-5 in Ketler Auditorium of the J. Howard Pew Fine Arts Center on campus. “The Diviners” by Jim Leonard Jr. tells the story of a disturbed teenage boy who is afraid of water but has a gift for finding underground aquifers and his friendship with a faithless preacher in the fictional town of Zion, Ind. during the Great Depression. It is in turns humorous, beautiful and tragic while speaking to many present-day concerns with gentle wisdom. “The Diviners” will be staged at 8:30 p.m. March 2 and 4 and 5:30 p.m. March 3 and 5. “The Women of Lockerbie” by Deborah Breevort tells the story of Bill and Madeline, parents who came to Lockerbie, Scotland, to look for the remains of their son, who perished on Pan Am Flight 103. The play follows the survivors of the crash and how they coped with the tragedy. “The Women of Lockerbie” will be staged at 5:30 p.m. March 2 and 4 and 8:30 p.m. March 3 and 5. Doors open 30 minutes before each performance. Admission is free, but attendees will need a ticket. For tickets, call 724-458-3331, or visit www.gcc.edu/tickets. Seats will be held for advance ticket holders until 15 minutes before show time. Seats for non-ticket holders will be available from 15 minutes before the curtain, as space allows.
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Study abroad offers much Rio Arias Contributing Writer College may be many things – stressful, exciting, full of all-nighters – but it is also where many young people develop their identities while being exposed to more diverse ideas and cultures than they ever have been before. It is for this reason that many seek to not only ask questions about what is around them, but actually spend a portion of their life doing something totally different than they have ever done before. Studying abroad is recognized as one of those iconic “full college experiences,” and most adults look back on their college years and realize that there will never be another time where they were free to just pack up and live somewhere else. But no matter how young and free society paints our college years to be, the truth is that we all carry responsibilities with us no matter where we go. So is it worth leaving behind all of the sports teams, classes, extracurriculars and beloved family and friends to be immersed in a different life for
a few months? First, it is important to evaluate the destination before deciding whether you want to call it home. Different cultures will have different rules and expectations. In Germany, the drinking age is 16. In Mexico, almost everyone is Catholic and more conservative. Other places such as the Middle East may look down on women, or expect them to keep their shoulders and knees covered at all times. While the United States is proud of its long and extensive immigration history, most nations do not identify with foreigners as much as we do here. Yet the farther one is willing to go and learn, the bigger the adjustment will be in areas including access to public transportation, attitudes towards education, involvement in politics and many others. This is still excluding basic lifestyle factors such as food, language, slang terms and even what time families eat dinner. Another factor of complication is that while Grove City College offers many different places to study abroad or even intern, many of the international colleges where classes are taken only offer a
small number of courses that will transfer. There are also other requirements to studying abroad such as being a certain age (usually between 1821 for the minimum), as well as international laws like those of the European Union that make it harder for students to seek out their own schools to study at internationally. These programs usually cost thousands of dollars for plane tickets and international course fees, totaling a cost even higher than the standard tuition many students struggle to pay, and therefore restricting those who do travel abroad to a more select group than those originally interested. Most students are intimidated by the idea of having to learn a different language, which would be necessary to study in most countries that are open to students studying abroad. Others might struggle with feelings of nationalism, simply regarding the nation under observation as less significant in comparison to the United States. No matter which way you portray the experience, studying abroad forces students to become aware of how different they are in
comparison to the rest of the world. For the first time in their lives, they join a minority of observers in a majority culture and witness what it is like to be unaware of how to adjust to a commonly known lifestyle. Their world expands far beyond anything that they have previously known, and for the first time they understand how important the idea of diversity is in our culture. Never at one point in time have so many different people been aware of each other at the same time, and lived in a world so thoroughly interconnected. The world we live in teaches us to learn from each other, to recognize our differences and to be proud of those differences. The Office of Multicultural Affairs at Grove City College does an amazing job of pairing students up with a destination that suits them the best while allowing an expansive amount of learning to take place. Almost every Grover who has studied abroad looks back on it as one of their fondest experiences, and the things learned will be carried with them for the rest of their lives.
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One God further Colin Combs Perspectives Editor G.K. Chesterton once commented that blasphemy depends upon belief, since without serious belief in a thing, one cannot blaspheme it. Many of the “new atheists” have found a similar line of reasoning and consider themselves far too clever for the discovery. The idea of the “One God Further” objection is that we are all truly atheists at heart, at least to some respect. Except for a few eccentric neo-pagans, no one worships Zeus or Odin today. No one devotes themselves to Hades, Osiris, Cthulhu or the Flying Spaghetti Monster. We are all accustomed to rejecting a whole host of deities. Then, argues the atheist, why not take this rejection “one God
further” and doubt yours? While Chesterton’s point is a real insight into the nature of a particular kind of sin, the kind of pseudo-theology being practiced by atheists is simply embarrassing. Suppose someone were to declare their disbelief in Euclidean geometry. “If you understand why you reject all the particular triangles you see as having less than perfectly straight edges,” he might say, “you will understand that I simply go one triangle further in rejecting the perfectly straight edges of Euclidean geometry.” The reason this is a weak argument is because a Euclidean triangle is not merely one triangle among others, but rather is triangularity itself. Similarly, God has not traditionally been thought of as simply one being among others, but rather is being itself.
Other beings, even imagined superhuman beings like Loki or Ra, only exist as far as they derive their being from pure being. Humans have no doubt believed in many silly things over the years. We have imagined strange and bizarre creatures, things that are part man, part lion, part bird, and have called them “gods.” That some people have had ridiculous beliefs about gods does not imply that all beliefs about God are equally ridiculous. If someone were to criticize evolutionary theory on the ground that “we all dismiss the idea that a monkey can give birth to a human, I just take it one step further,” anyone at all familiar with biology would understand that this only betrays the ignorance of that person by not taking evolution seriously. Likewise, the atheist betrays himself when he tries
to conflate Zeus and the God of classical theism. The God presented by Plato, Aristotle, Averroes, Aquinas, Descartes and countless others is on a different level of academic rigor than the superstitions of someone untrained in theology. Avid movie watchers might remember a small exchange from the first “Avengers” movie between Black Widow and Captain America: “These guys come from legend, they’re basically gods.” “There’s only one God, ma’am, and I’m pretty sure he doesn’t dress like that.” Would-be atheists would be wise in learning the differences between a man in a costume with superpowers and the ultimate Being. For more on this, I highly recommend the work of Dr. Edward Feser, who has done a tremendous job critiquing these lowballs on a regular basis.
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This week’s award goes to writer Rio Arias for her dedication and hard work on the Collegian. The Collegian Green Eyeshade Award honors student contributors who have demonstrated consistency and excellence in their work.
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Do Muslims worship God? Tucker Sigourney Contributing Writer Larycia Hawkins, an associate professor at Wheaton College, recently sparked a controversy when she claimed that Muslims and Christians worship the same God. I plan now to ignore the event itself and use that introductory sentence only as justification for the following thoroughly unapologetic opinion-spouting. The question I would like to address is, “Do Muslims generally refer in their worship to the Christian God?” My answer is «yes,» and I hope to convince you that you should be far less ready to disagree with me than I would assume many of you are. The question is one of reference, and not of similarity of description. Imagine you and I are browsing the collection at the Birmingham Pen Museum: if I say to you, “I rather like that black one,” and you reply, “Yes, so do I, but I think it’s dark blue,” it does not follow from the fact that we disagree about some property of the pen that we are not referring to the same pen. Similarly, one must not say that Muslims and Christians fail to refer to the same God only in virtue of the fact that Muslims do not acknowledge a Trinity. Neither did Abraham, after all. On the other hand, note that the mere fact that Im-
manuel and Allah do share significant properties does not prove the opposite point: if we move on to the next display at the museum and I ask whether you like the red pen, thinking of a ballpoint, you might say «yes» as you admire a red fountain pen. But there are presumably not two Gods, so if we assume, as students at a Christian college are inclined to do, that Christians do get it right, then the question becomes one of whether Muslims, in general, worship anything at all in the real world. Here is the best litmus test I can offer in such a short article: if a Muslim were to come to know something about Yahweh – say, that He was incarnate in the person of Jesus Christ – would she believe she had learned something about Allah, or would she imagine that she had come to know a wholly different God? It does not matter how drastically this new revelation changes her view of God, or even what effect it has on her life: what matters is whether she says to herself, “How different than who I’d imagined is this God whom I have been serving!” There is always the possibility of confusion here, just as it is possible that I might, perhaps in a daze, speak of a green pen without really knowing which one I mean. How much more when we speak of God. In fact, it seems to me that nobody could successfully re-
fer to God at all without having experienced him. No image, by itself, can hope to do him even the slightest justice – I take this to be some of the reason behind the second of the Ten Commandments. But there is another side to that coin, and it is the central point of my argument: any who successfully refer to God do so because they have met him. Knowing God, as opposed to knowing things about God, changes the whole game. All our propositional knowledge and all our images of God are of comparatively little importance. I have had my own smashed to pieces perhaps a dozen times, and I do not imagine that the God who smashed my earlier icons is not the same God who smashed the later ones. Now we can ask whether Muslims, in general, have any experience of God, and whether it is the object of that experience which they worship, since it is possible for a Muslim, as for anyone else, to have known some hint of God and yet worship something else. Here, I am inclined to answer in the affirmative: it seems likely, in fact, that most people have some experience of God, however small. What else could St. Paul have meant in Romans 1:20, which reads “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen,
One must not say that Muslims and Christians fail to refer to the same God only in virtue of the fact that Muslims do not acknowledge a Trinity. Neither did Abraham, after all. being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse”? Further, it does seem to me that eternal power and divine nature, the sorts of things which St. Paul seems to claim are revealed in our most basic experiences of God, are indeed the sorts of characteristics which Muslims, on the whole, tend to attribute to Allah. I am led to conclude that, for them as for us, whatever images they have made of him (even if they are quite inaccurate), it is the subject of that natural revelation to whom they pray and bow. Though I have been careful with my language, it is worth mentioning explicitly that this is not an argument about the two religions, Christianity and Islam. Rather, it is about the person of God and the modes in which it is possible to know him. One might argue that Christianity is a far better way of knowing God, or claim that evangelism is still rightly encouraged for numerous reasons, or have questions about the salvation of practicing Muslims, but none of these issues have direct bearing on the present argument.
I should also mention that my argument does not force me into the position that people who have any faith at all are usually worshipping the Christian God. I maintain the reservation that if one has experienced God in some way, one may then pursue the God who was revealed in that experience, or else fail to do so. If you would like my personal thoughts on the matter, it seems to me that a majority of Hindus, Buddhists and Mormons, among others, likely fit into the «fail to do so» category. Finally, I would say that the last step in my reasoning is a claim about the psychology of the typical Muslim; it rests entirely on intuitions regarding individuals I do not personally know, and so is especially prone to correction. Since my answer relies on it, I realize that my “yes” could become a “no” in light of merely statistical evidence. Nonetheless, I hope that the preceding points, even if they have not been convincing, have at least been illuminating of the issues behind the question.
The failures of the drug war Joshua Sikora Contributing Writer
The government loves to take away the people’s right to choose. Drugs are no different in this matter. Of course drugs are awful and no one should use them, but that does not give the government the right to ban them. There is no justification for the government to control the lives of people. People have the right to use their bodies as they see fit, to not have their actions dictated by the government. However, the American people seem to be perfectly content with the government controlling what they may do with their lives when it comes to drugs. The Drug War has led to the mass incarceration of American citizens. Out of all the oppressive countries of the world (North Korea, China, Cuba, etc.) the one with the highest incarceration rate is the United States. Of all U.S. prisoners, 25 percent had a drug-related charge as their most serious crime. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, almost 50 percent of all new prisoners in December of last year were imprisoned for drug-related crimes. The near majority of new prisoners are there for using substances the government does not approve of; their lives are ruined because of government decree. Looking at the Drug War and drug laws from a purely economic standpoint, it
is nothing but a monopoly grant to drug cartels and gangs. With the sale of drugs being illegal, only those who are willing to break the law will make money. This results in more money going to these groups and giving them more power, since they are the only sellers. Any sensible person should oppose anything that empowers murderous cartels and gangs. Since the war was declared in 1971, the United States has spent $1.5 trillion on the Drug War. Over the duration of the war, the addiction rate has fluctuated up and down, with the current rate essentially the same as it was at the start of the war, in spite of the ever-increasing actions. The massive cost cannot be worth the lack of effectiveness. The 45-year war has failed to reduce the usage of drugs. In the past, Americans have been outraged at successful decade-long wars, yet currently praise the half-century failure. The costs of the Drug War have been enormous, and its results are an utter failure. Not only has the government oppressed people, empowered cartels and lost the war, but they are also actively harming citizens to fight the war. The worst of the methods is a no-knock raid. A noknock raid is where members of a police force will kick down the door of someone they suspect of having drugs. Because of normal human
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response, many times people who have no drugs will shoot the officers, not knowing who they are, simply trying to defend themselves and their family. The problem with these events is that the people who tried to defend themselves often end up facing charges. People should not be subject to murder or attempted murder charges if they believed they were acting in self-defense. No-knock raids are not just a dangerous practice, but destructive as well. There have been numerous cases where police have raided the wrong
house, killed innocent people and harmed children and dogs. During the raids, police have taken actions that led to the deaths of innocent people who had nothing to do with drugs. Dozens of times the police have raided the wrong house, where people not only did not have drugs, but were not the target of the warrant. Countless family dogs have been killed by police after jumping to the defense of their family against unknown intruders. One case of a noknock raid gone wrong was when police threw a flash grenade into the crib of a
sleeping baby, causing burns, disfiguration and coma. The no-knock raid, which is used to prevent the flushing of drugs, is a horrific byproduct of the Drug War. The federal government’s drug policies need to come to an end. They are oppressive, counter-productive and harmful. The Drug War should be immediately ended to stop empowering the cartels and harming citizens. Drugs may be unhealthy, but the choice of how healthy we want to be belongs to each citizen, to decide how to use our bodies as we see fit. The drug war has failed to harm
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Getting started Water polo team starts season with spring trip
Favre, Dungy highlight character of Pro Football HOF Thomas Kutz
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The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced its 2016 induction class list several weeks ago. The class features several high-profile inductees, including first ballot inductees Brett Favre and Tony Dungy. Owner Edward DeBartolo Jr., wide receiver Marvin Harrison, linebacker Kevin Greene, quarterback Ken Stabler and offensive linemen Dick Stanfel and Orlando Pace were also among inductees. This year’s induction class earned praise from commentators. Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy became the first AfricanAmerican head coach to win a Super Bowl when he led the Colts to a victory in Super Bowl XLI in the 2006 season. Dungy led the Colts to double-digit wins in each of his seasons with the Colts, including 12 or more in all but one season. His resume also includes turning around the Buccaneers franchise with four trips to the playoffs in six years and a 1999 division championship that snapped a drought of 18 years. Dungy also led the Colts to the playoffs in every season with Indianapolis, including five additional division titles. Dungy earned 148 career victories as a head coach, including a .668 winning percentage in the regular season. Dungy’s reputation of integrity and class preceded him, and he earned his Hall of Fame membership as a result. Packers legend Brett Favre also earned a first ballot induction into the Hall of Fame. Favre set every major passing record in the NFL, holding many until this year, and his record of nearly 300 consecutive starts is said to be one of the most untouchable in sports behind Cal Ripken Jr.’s 2131 consecutive games played for the Baltimore Orioles.
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The NFL recently inducted its Hall of Fame Class of 2016, which included standouts like Brett Favre. Favre is the definition of a shoe-in Hall-of-Famer, throwing for more than 3,000 passing yards in 18 of 20 seasons and throwing for 4,000 yards six times. He also threw more than 500 touchdowns for the Packers in 16 seasons in the frozen tundra, and he retired as the NFL’s all-time leading passer with more completions, attempts and touchdowns than any other player before him. Favre also established playoff records for yards, completions, attempts and consecutive games with a touchdown pass. He was selected to 11 Pro Bowls and was the MVP in three consecutive years. Favre also won Super Bowl XXXI with the Packers, started in five NFC championship games and is a member of the NFL’s AllDecade Team of the 1990s. What sets Favre apart, though, is how he played the game the way it was always meant to be played. No one has had more fun playing football than Brett Favre. Favre’s childlike enthusiasm and lighthearted nature was infectious, and his passion for the game and his teammates was unwavering. One of the classiest to play the game, Favre touched millions across the country for 20 seasons and left many sad to see him retire. Favre’s work off the field also makes him a clear first ballot inductee, as he continues
to work with the youth in his hometown to promote the game and its values. Indeed, in an era where the majority of press is bad for NFL players, Favre continues to fight for the game’s future and to restore to it the values of so many greats that came before him. Favre’s number was retired by the Packers this season in a moving ceremony on Thanksgiving Day at Lambeau Field. Even fellow Hall of Fame Packer Bart Starr, who is in declining health, made the trek to congratulate Favre on joining an elite group. First-class men allaround. Linebacker Kevin Greene, who has also had a successful coaching career, was elected as well. Greene stepped away from coaching in the NFL to spend more time with his family after the 2013 season. Greene still coaches at a local high school and hopes to return to the NFL when his kids are in college. Another stand-up man. Marvin Harrison played 13 seasons and ranks among the top 10 wide receivers in most categories. Harrison is a Philadelphia, Pa. native and was thought of in high regard as part of a classy Colts team that included Dungy, Peyton Manning and Reggie Wayne. This year’s class highlights what it means to be an athlete built first on character rather than ability.
It may be chilly here this week in Grove City, but for the women’s water polo team it is a different story. The team spent this year’s spring break in Los Angeles and the surrounding area in California. Coach Alyssa Hunt and the team left Wednesday, Feb. 17, early in the morning and returned on Sunday, Feb. 21. Coach Hunt chose to take the team to California for an important reason other than the weather and beauty. While there, the teams they played were part of the only other conference that is NCAA Division III in the nation. There is one Division III conference for women’s water polo on the East Coast, in which Grove City College participates, and one on the West Coast. Coach Hunt feels that the trip “will set the bar high for coming back and playing other conference teams in our area because the level and skill set in California is superior to teams in this area.” Since the water polo team traveled great lengths and worked hard to make this trip advantageous, they had and continue to have high expectations. Hunt believes this will be a great start to the season. “It will be a challenge from the get-go because California teams are known for their aggressiveness and talent,” Hunt said. Senior Captain Ashley Henderson is excited that they are able to play these games early in the season. “Other seasons we haven’t had the luxury of playing tournaments before conference games and never had the freedom to work out the flaws before the conference games start,” Henderson said. The goal of the trip was training and preparation. They had a packed schedule with four games and training
on the same days, with either a practice in the morning and a game in the afternoon or vice versa. The team played against California Lutheran University, the University of La Verne, Azusa Pacific University and losing all three games. The team’s biggest obstacle to overcome on the trip, and in the upcoming season, is having a young team. Coach Hunt hopes to see “upperclassmen stepping up and freshmen adapting and being able to find their role on the team.” From a younger perspective on the team, sophomore Maggie Blume related that she had never played against California teams and is hoped to gain a lot from the experience. “I think it will be very challenging; we’re not expecting to dominate, but definitely learn a lot about how to play water polo at a better level,” Blume said. The ultimate goal for the trip was to kick off the season in a positive way, allowing the team experience playing teams at a higher level so they can compete to the best of their ability in conference games. The Wolverines had their first game of the season Thursday with a 24-3 loss against La Verne. Senior Ashley Parks, junior Abby Jank and Blume each scored for Grove City. As goalies, junior Mary Frank and freshman Sonni Kiefer combined to stop three shots. On Friday the women had two games finishing at a 14-3 setback against NAIA foe Azusa Pacific and 16-2 against California Lutheran. Parks scored twice against Azusa Pacific while Blume scored once. In goal, Frank stopped six shots for Grove City. For their night game against California Lutheran, Parks scored both of Grove City’s goals and Blume had an assist. Frank recorded three saves while Kiefer had one save and two steals.
Player Spotlight: Andrew Beckman Beck Mamba: Meet the men’s basketball golden boy
Stephen Tam Contributing Writer While leadership and high performance play is usually relegated to and expected from the veteran members of a sports program, occasionally young players manage to rise through the ranks quickly. An example of such a player can be found in Grove City College’s very own sophomore Andrew Beckman, commonly referred to as “Beck Mamba” by his close friends and teammates. He has been an integral part of the men’s basketball success this season, as both a dependable power forward and an exemplary leader. Beckman has been a defensive stopper all season. The style of defense the Wolverines play requires all players on the court to be able to defend all five positions, point-guard through center. Despite being six feet and six inches tall, Andrew has risen to the occasion and excelled at defending smaller, faster players. Coach Lamie praises Beckman’s ability to stay in front of some of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference’s fastest players. Along with his foot speed, Beckman is an adept shot-blocker. He
leads the team in blocks with 38, putting him in third for the all-time single-season blocks record. Eight more blocks will tie Beckman for first with former player Pat Roberts ’02, who achieved the record 14 years ago. Not only is Beckman a strong defender, but he is also a consistent offensive threat. Of the players averaging more than 11 minutes per game, Beckman leads in field goal percentage at 52.3 percent. The main sources of his scoring are layups around the rim, mid-range jump shots and free-throws. Beckman is also a capable passer. He is second on the team for number of assists with 65. Beckman thus far has produced impressive statistics, but remains humble. “I never expected to contend for a school record, lead the team in free throw attempts or rebounds. I just wanted to do my part and do what I could to help the team succeed.” Leadership off the court has also been a strong suit of Beckman’s. The men’s basketball team utilizes an alternative player leadership system, as opposed to the traditional captainship framework. Coach Lamie instituted a “leadership group,” where four players were elected by the team
to serve as members. The leadership group is composed of three seniors and one lonely sophomore, Beckman. Serving as a member in the leadership group has been an honor Beckman has taken head on. “At first, being chosen to be a part of the leadership group came as sort of a shock, but I quickly realized the opportunity at hand and was excited,” Beckman said. Beckman’s teammate and fellow leadership group member Isaiah Reeves commented on Beckman’s success. “Beck Mamba is a great leader. I have been impressed with how vocal he has been; that’s a hard thing to do as a young gun,” Reeves said. Some of the responsibilities Beckman has had as a leadership group member include leading team devotionals, sharing his testimony and sending out motivational emails. When asked where he gets his leadership abilities from, Beckman answered, “The captains of last year’s team set an example for me, and the seniors on this year’s team really take the driver’s seat when it comes to leadership. I enjoy playing a support role to them, as I am still learning.” Although Beckman had little to
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Sophomore Andrew Beckman averages 9.7 ppg. and was recently named Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for the PAC. say about his future basketball career because of how focused he is on finishing the current season on a strong note, he did have this to say: “I am excited to continue to serve my teammates and see how God will use the team I am apart of to impact the community.”
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The Grove City College women’s seniors pose with their families on Senior Day.
On the way up Wolverines cap off impressive regular season
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PACS gan Crutcher. The star of the tournament, however, was Bilko. She won three events overall, helping her earn conference MVP honors as well as the Invitational’s High Point Award. Moreover, head coach of the women’s team Dave Fritz was honored with the conference and Invitational Coach of the Year Awards. Meanwhile, the men’s team came in third, collecting 536 team points in the tournament, just 14 behind second-place Washington & Jefferson. On the last day of the meet, junior Jeremy Kim earned some admira-
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Sports Editor The Grove City College women’s basketball team (14-14, 10-7 PAC) has finally found consistency, and at just the right time. Earlier in the year, the women had a hard time bringing their all at every game. As a result, they suffered through seven-game and three-game losing streaks. Those are in the distant past, however, as the women won six out of their final seven contests to sail into the Presidents’ Athletic Tournament. Most recently, the women were victorious in their final two home games of the year against Bethany College and Thiel College on Feb. 17 and 20, respectively. First, on Wednesday, Feb. 20, the Wolverines matched up against a struggling Bethany team, which at the time was only 8-15 for the season. After several early lead changes, Grove City took an 18-16 lead into the second quarter, then led 32-27 at halftime. However, Bethany would not go away during the second half. With just over a minute and a half left, Grove City was up by three points, but consecutive baskets from the Bison gave Bethany the lead. Then, with just under 15 seconds to go, Katelyn Miller knocked down a clutch jumper for the Wolverines. On the other side of the court, Lexie Arkwright came through with a block, and after a failed buzzer-beater heave, Grove City emerged victorious. Kathryn Erbelding led the way in this game with 19 points and eight rebounds. However, she was not the only one who came to play. Arkwright came very close to recording a triple double, accumulating 14 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists.
Score Check Men’s/Women’s Swimming and Diving Both the men and women had great finishes at the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships. The women finished first and won their eighth straight title. Senior Megan Bilko was the overall MVP, thanks to three individual wins, and she qualified for the NCAA DIII Championships. The men came in third, with Jeremy Kim winning the 200-meter butterfly event.
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Kathryn Erbelding was on fire Saturday, collecting 17 points and 16 rebounds in the last regular season home game of her career. Meanwhile, Grove City outrebounded Bethany 48-38. Next, the Wolverines closed out the regular season on Saturday, Feb. 20, with a match against PAC rival Thiel. Grove City had very little trouble in this game, as they jumped out to an 11-0 lead, and later had a 25-9 advantage. It was an excellent defensive effort for the Wolverines, as Thiel converted just 16 of its 52 field goals, good enough for a rate of just over 30 percent. In her last regular season game, Erbelding was amazing for the Wolverines. She scored 17 points and collected 16 rebounds. Meanwhile, three other Wolverines scored double-digit points: Arkwright had 14, junior
Jackie Stewart had 12 and freshman Laura Buchanan added on 11. With the win, Grove City (14-14) clinched its best regular season record since 2010-2011, when it went 1413. Meanwhile, it had its best record within the PAC (107) since 2004-2005. Credit should certainly be given to Head Coach Chelle Fuss, who in just her second year on the job, has transformed the Wolverines into a team to be feared in the PAC. Moreover, the contributions of Erbelding should not be forgotten. The senior, who has the most steals in franchise history, averaged a team-leading 15.4 ppg this year, in addition to 9.0 rpg.
tion for his impressive win in the 200-meter butterfly, which he finished in just one minute and 54.38 seconds. Meanwhile, Grove City also took third place in the 400-meter free relay, which included Jordan Dehli, Andrew Kisak, Brett Gwynn and Josiah Vehrs. Following the PAC Tournament, swimmers from both teams competed in the Kenyon Fast Chance Invitational. For the men, Vehrs swam in two events. In the 100-meter freestyle he finished in 48.39 seconds, while in the 100-meter breast stroke, he broke a personal best, finishing in 59.90 seconds. For the women, Megan Bilko swam in the 400-me-
ter individual medley and finished in a personal record four minutes and 27.78 seconds. As a result of her excellent results this year, Bilko is being considered to swim in the 2016 NCAA DIII Swimming and Diving Championships in the 400 IM. Four other women also travelled to Kenyon, including Megan Smith and Megan Crutcher, who competed in the 400 IM and 100-meter breast stroke events, respectively. Molly Grant and Amanda Hutzelmann also swam in the meet. Finally, senior Carolyn Eckendorf, a diver, has been selected to compete in the NCAA DIII Region IV Diving Championships.
Men’s basketball: Grove City College 72, Chatham University 54 Grove City actually trailed in this game at halftime, but used a second-half surge to take the lead and then run away with it. Andrew Beckman had 22 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and three blocks, while Joe Vermilya had eight points and 10 boards. Women’s Basketball: Grove City College 56, Chatham University 55 The two teams struggled to find an edge, but Grove City came through in the final seconds. With just five ticks on the clock, Lexie Arkwright made a jumper that put the Wolverines ahead, then blocked Chatham’s last attempt. Kathryn Erbelding had 21 points and 11 boards, while Arkwright added 13 points.
Feb. 12 Men’s/Women’s Indoor Track and Field The men’s team finished in fifth place among 15 teams in this meet, with Nick Betz and Daniel Christiansen each recording individual victories. Meanwhile, the women finished ninth out of 15 teams, thanks to a second-place finish in the 800-meter relay race.
Feb. 13 Men’s basketball: Grove City College 65, St. Vincent College 63 The two teams were tied with .6 seconds left to play, when Stephen Tam lobbed an inbound passed to Andrew Beckman, who tipped it in as time expired. For the game, Beckman and Tam each had 11 points, while Joe Vermilya paced his team with 19. Women’s basketball: St. Vincent College 55, Grove City College 41 Grove City dropped a tough game to a PAC rival,
going to 9-7 in the PAC. Kathryn Erbelding had 12 points and 10 rebounds, while Arkwright added 10 points.
Feb. 17 Men’s basketball: Grove City College 61, Bethany College 59 Grove City held on for a last-minute win, as Bethany failed to score at the buzzer. For the game, Joe Vermilya had 16 points and three assists. Meanwhile, Andre Beckman had 11 points and Cory Huff added ten. Women’s Basketball: Grove City College 59, Bethany College 58 The women’s team also was able to hold on in the last seconds of this one. Katelyn Miller gave her team the lead with less than 15 seconds to go, and Lexie Arkwright blocked a last-second heave. Kathryn Erbelding scored 19 points, while Arkwright had 14 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists.
Feb. 18-19 Water Polo Spring Trip Grove City opened the season losing three straight games: 3-24 to University of La Verne, 3-14 to Azusa Pacific Univeristy, and 2-16 to California Lutheran University.
Feb. 20 Women’s basketball: Grove City College 63, Thiel College 53 Grove City rolled to an easy win over its PAC rival in its last regular season home game of the year. Kathryn Erbelding had 17 points and 16 rebounds, while Laura Buchanan, Lexie Arkwright and Jackie Stewart also finished with more than 10 points apiece. Men’s basketball: Grove City College 85, Thiel College 67 Grove City won easily over PAC rival Thiel on Saturday. Andrew Beckman led the way with 18 points, while Joe Vermilya had 16, Stephen Tam had 10 and seven assists and Brandon Grider collected 13.