2.16.12 Hillsdale Collegian

Santorum coming to town See article below

Photo courtesy of Rick Santorum for President Facebook

Vol.  135,  Issue  16  -­  16  Feb.  2012

Michigan’s  oldest  college  newspaper

www.hillsdalecollegian.com

Students  plan  presidential  symposium Marieke van der Vaart Editor-in-Chief Republican  presidential  candidate  Rick  Santorum  will  speak  on  campus  Mon-­ day  night,  Hillsdale  College  administrators  and  represen-­ tatives  from  his  campaign  FRQÂżUPHG 6WXGHQWV KDYH DOVR invited  Newt  Gingrich,  Ron  Paul,  and  Mitt  Romney  to  speak  at  what  could  be  the  FROOHJHÂśV ÂżUVW SUHVLGHQWLDO FDQGLGDWH V\PSRVLXP $W SUHVV time,  their  campaigns  had  not  FRPPLWWHG WR WKH HYHQW Santorum  said  he  was  looking  forward  to  visiting  Hillsdale  to  participate  in  the  IRUXP “I  am  excited  to  share  my   YLVLRQ IRU D EULJKWHU $PHULFD and  the  life  experiences  that  have  helped  shape  those   posi-­ WLRQV ´ 6DQWRUXP VDLG

The  Hillsdale  College  Constitution  Symposium,  a  co-­ alition  of  students  representing  campus  groups,  is  sponsoring  the  event  which  will  take  place  DW WKH -HVVH 3KLOOLSV $UHQD College  President  Larry  $UQQ VDLG WKH DGPLQLVWUDWLRQ approved  of  students’  plans  to  EULQJ FDQGLGDWHV RQWR FDPSXV “We  have  agreed  that  this  is  a  good  thing  to  the  extent  that  it  does  not  disrupt  the  work  of  WKH FROOHJH ´ $UQQ ZURWH LQ D VWDWHPHQW Âł2I FRXUVH WKH FRO-­ lege  takes  no  position  on  who  VKRXOG EH HOHFWHG SUHVLGHQW ´ Senior  Elliot  Gaiser,  president  of  Students  in  Free  Enterprise  and  chair  of  the  Constitution  Symposium,  said  he  approached  Santorum’s  campaign  over  Christmas  Break  to  gauge  the  former  Pennsylvania  senator’s  interest  in  coming  to  campus  before Â

the  Michigan  presidential  pri-­ candidates  believe  about  the  PDU\ RQ )HE &RQVWLWXWLRQ DQG LQĂ€XHQFH WKH “Forums  such  as  this  are  a  presidential  race  to  focus  on  great  way  for  voters  to  learn  the  document  we  expect  our  where  next  president  the  can-­ to  protect  and  didates  defend,â€?  Gaiser  “I  am  excited  to  stand,â€?  VDLG share  my  vision  for  a  San-­ Before  last  brighter  America,  and  semester’s  Her-­ torum  the  life  experiences  VDLG man  Cain  event,  that  have  helped  shape  Hillsdale  had  Stu-­ dents  never  hosted  a  those  positions.â€?  from  the  presidential  can-­ Hillsdale  didate,  College  —  GOP  candidate  +LVWRULDQ $UODQ College  Republi-­ Rick  Santorum *LOEHUW VDLG cans,  the  $OWKRXJK Classical  both  Ronald  Liberal  Reagan  and  2UJD-­ Theodore  Roos-­ nization,  and  SIFE  are  col-­ evelt  visited  Hillsdale,  neither  laborating  to  put  on  the  event,  of  them  was  a  candidate  for  *DLVHU VDLG the  White  House  at  the  time,   â€?My  hope  is  this  will  *LOEHUW VDLG shine  a  bright  light  on  what  Sources  close  to  candidate Â

Ron  Paul’s  campaign  indicated  that  the  Texas  congressman  is  not  likely  to  attend  Monday’s  event,  due  to  scheduling  logis-­ WLFV $OPRVW VWXGHQWV DQG alumni  have  signed  an  on-­line  petition  asking  him  to  come  to  +LOOVGDOH The  campaigns  of  Gingrich  and  Romney  would  not  com-­ PHQW RQ WKHLU SODQV Gaiser  said  the  event  will  play  an  important  role  the  Michigan  primary,  which  in  WXUQ FRXOG VLJQLÂżFDQWO\ DIIHFW WKH SUHVLGHQWLDO UDFH “The  Michigan  primary  is  like  the  Gettysburg  of  the  FDPSDLJQ ´ *DLVHU VDLG Âł$ victory  here  could  be  deci-­ sive  for  Super  Tuesday  just  VHYHQ GD\V ODWHU $GGLWLRQDOO\ Michigan  could  be  in  play  for  WKH *23 WKLV HOHFWLRQ F\FOH VR the  strength  of  a  candidate’s  YLFWRU\ PDWWHUV ´

CONFIRMED Gingrich Paul Romney Santorum

Preparations  underway  for  new  track  and  tennis  building Phillip Morgan Senior Reporter                Spend  an  afternoon  at  the  Roche  Sports  Complex  and  it’s  clear  the  athletic  programs  are  in  desperate  need  of  more  VSDFH 7KH PHQÂśV EDVNHWEDOO team  occupies  the  hardwood  court,  the  football  team  runs  sprints  and  does  plyometrics  off  to  the  side,  and  runners  charge  around  the  track  dodging  shot  SXWWHUV 7KH EDVHEDOO ZRPHQÂśV basketball  and  volleyball  teams  —  as  well  as  non-­athletes  who  want  to  work  out  —  round  out  WKH FRPSHWLWLRQ IRU VSDFH “Every  time  we  come  around  the  track  we  have  to  yell,â€?  freshman  runner  John  Wierenga  VDLG Âł7KHUH KDYH EHHQ D FRXSOH times  where  people  just  got  SXPPHOHG ´ The  college  is  responding  to  the  high  demand  for  use  of  the  sports  complex  by  planning  to  build  a  75,000-­foot  track  and Â

WHQQLV EXLOGLQJ 7KH EXLOGLQJ ZKLFK ZLOO LQFOXGH D PHWHU track  and  four  tennis  courts  will  be  constructed  to  the  northwest  side  of  the  sports  complex,  next  WR WKH EDVHEDOO ÂżHOG For  men’s  head  track  and  ¿HOG FRDFK -HII )RULQR WKH building  will  alleviate  sev-­ eral  problems  and  create  more  opportunities  for  one-­on-­one  instruction,  recruiting,  and  fun-­ draising  with  events  like  high  VFKRRO WUDFN PHHWV Âł,WÂśOO EH JUHDW ´ )RULQR VDLG “It’ll  mean  that  we  can  practice  on  a  regular  basis  and  not  try  to  have  to  practice  with  other  SHRSOH VWDQGLQJ DURXQG ,WÂśOO also  increase  the  safety  of  the  SUDFWLFH ´ 9LFH 3UHVLGHQW IRU $GPLQ-­ istration  Rich  PĂŠwĂŠ  said  the  college  originally  estimated  that  WKH EXLOGLQJ ZRXOG FRVW PLOOLRQ 7KH HVWLPDWLRQ ZDV D ELW ORZ “I’d  love  to  keep  it  under  $6  million  but  it’s  probably  going Â

B4

ing  walls,  and  lay  plans  for  the  building  in  order  to  optimize  space,  space  that  every  coach  ZLOO ZHOFRPH

“It’ll  be  really  good  for  the  ZKROH SURJUDP ´ )RULQR VDLG

Trees are felled by the Roche Sport Complex in preparation for a future intramural building. (Schuyler Dugle/Collegian)

Morgan Sweeney and Caleb Whitmer Copy Editors

A5

Conservatives  from  across  the  nation  JDWKHUHG IRU WKH &RQVHUYDWLYH 3ROLWL-­ FDO $FWLRQ &RQIHUHQFH DW WKH :DUGPDQ 3DUN 0DUULRWW +RWHO LQ :DVKLQJWRQ ' & WKLV SDVW ZHHNHQG The  three-­day  conference,  which  was  RFFDVLRQDOO\ LQWHUUXSWHG E\ 2FFXS\ ' & SURWHVWHUV VDZ PRUH WKDQ SHRSOH ÂżOO the  hotel  to  hear  speeches  by  leading  con-­ servatives  including  presidential  candidates,  FRQJUHVVPHQ SXQGLWV DQG RWKHUV The  theme  of  the  conference  was  taken  from  author  and  constitutional  scholar  Mat-­ thew  Spalding’s  book  “We  Still  Hold  These  7UXWKV ´ 6SHDNHUV UHEXNHG WKH FXUUHQW DG-­ ministration’s  policies  and  called  for  a  return  WR &RQVWLWXWLRQDO SULQFLSOHV Hillsdale  College  sophomore  Melika  Wil-­

In  News...

More CPAC coverage

A5

In  Arts...

Weddings

A8 FACEBOOK.COM/ HILLSDALECOLLEGIAN

EXLOGLQJ PĂŠwĂŠ  feels  the  current  plan  will  better  serve  the  needs  of  a  ODUJHU VWXGHQW ERG\ “The  components  of  the  IM  building  are  in  this  plan,â€?  PĂŠwĂŠ  VDLG Renovations  to  the  sports  complex  include  the  removal  of  the  track,  the  addition  of  two  basketballs  courts  and  their  reorientation  to  face  east  and  ZHVW 7KH FROOHJH DOVR SODQV WR DGG DQ DGGLWLRQDO WR IHHW RI VSDFH ZLWK the  creation  of  a  second  story  mezzanine  on  the  north  side  of  EXLOGLQJ ZKLFK ZLOO LQFOXGH ÂżW-­ ness  equipment,  a  smoothie  bar,  additional  locker  rooms,  and  SRVVLEO\ D ORXQJH “It  has  the  effect  of  everyone  getting  what  they  need  from  a  physical  standpoint  without  compromising  their  time,â€?  3pZp VDLG In  the  meantime,  PĂŠwĂŠ  said  the  biggest  concern  is  to  bal-­ ance  the  site,  consider  retain-­

Constitution  reigns  at  CPAC Â

In  Spaces...

Campus Chic

to  be  more  than  that,â€?  PĂŠwĂŠ  VDLG That  money  all  has  to  be  in  the  bank  before  the  administra-­ WLRQ VHWV D GDWH WR EUHDN JURXQG Âł$ ORW RI VFKRROV JHW themselves  into  debt  to  build  IDFLOLWLHV ´ 3pZp VDLG Âł:HÂśYH been  trying  to  raise  it  and  get  it  LQ KDQG ´ The  college  has  already  purchased  steel  for  the  build-­ LQJ &RQVWUXFWLRQ VKRXOG WDNH roughly  nine  months  and  PĂŠwĂŠ  said  he  wants  to  see  things  PRYH IRUZDUG “If  we  wait  too  much  longer  the  price  will  go  up,â€?  PĂŠwĂŠ  VDLG The  college  began  conceptu-­ alizing  and  fundraising  for  the  SURMHFW IRXU \HDUV DJR ,Q WKDW time,  plans  have  shifted  from  the  creation  of  an  intramural  sports  building  to  a  tennis  and  WUDFN EXLOGLQJ 7KHUH DUH DOVR plans  for  renovations  to  the  sports  complex,  and  eventu-­ ally  the  construction  of  a  turf Â

See A3

TWITTER.COM/ HDALECOLLEGIAN

(Caleb

NEWS 16 Feb. 2012 A2

www.hillsdalecollegian.com

Fraternities pick up 15 Low turnout a result of changing traditions, other factors WR VWLÀH RU HOLPLQDWH WKH *UHHN system.

Fraternity members them-­ selves, however, do not think that There was no shaving cream impression of the administration or pickup truck motorcades this time. But it wasn’t Waterman Tea is accurate.

“It’s easy to make the situa-­ either.

Fraternity pickup this semester tion out to be a debate or power combined the spirit of clamorous struggle of some sort,” said motorcades in years past with the sophomore David Wilhelmsen, ATO’s public relations chairman. formality of recently established “It’s really important to realize ceremony. that the administration cares very “We tried to combine the much about the Greek system energy of old traditions with the and the Greek system very much solemnity of the new ones,” said senior and Interfraternity Council respects the administration.”

Members agree that many President Victor Tenbrink. different elements affect who This past Sunday, Feb. 12, rushes, from who attends the col-­ 15 men pledged fraternities in lege, to how the Greek system is a recently reworked ceremony SRUWUD\HG ZKHQ VWXGHQWV ¿UVW VHW designed to show the fun of foot on campus, to how fraterni-­ brotherhood and the seriousness ties recruit. of pledging.

“There are so many differ-­ Delta Tau Delta fraternity ent components that it’s hard to picked up four students. Sigma pinpoint one,” said Sigma Chi Chi fraternity picked up six — President Ethan Smith, a junior. not including four men who “I think it’s a combination were unable to activate last fall of things.

With all the fraternity for various reasons, and Alpha troubles last year and this year, 7DX 2PHJD IUDWHUQLW\ JRW ¿YH Delta Sigma Phi fraternity did not there have been a lot of things happening,” said DTD senior participate.

Josiah Hersey. “It’s not that the “There where 35 guys who entire system in trouble. Guys are rushed,” said Associate Dean just waiting.” of Men Jeff Rogers. “Out of the Students who pledged this four fraternities at Hillsdale, only semester participated in the rush three were allowed in the rush process, which started on Feb. 5 process.” with an interfraternity round table.

In comparison, 30 men The next day, men attended open pledged fraternities last spring. houses for each fraternity.

Sigma Chi picked up seven and “Guys have to go to each ATO six, while DSP did not participate. Delta Tau Delta, how-­ house during open houses to demonstrate that they’ve evalu-­ ever, picked up 17. ated each one equally,” Tenbrink Out of the three fraternities said. “This helps eliminate dirty that rushed, Delta Tau Delta rushing and false impressions of SLFNHG XS VLJQL¿FDQWO\ IHZHU VWX-­ particular fraternities.” dents this semester. Scott Rode, Since Delta Tau Delta cur-­ junior and fraternity president, rently does not have a house, the said the fraternity looks for qual-­ ity not quantity of men picked up. brothers hosted their open house in the Formal Lounge of the “We don’t have a goal num-­ Grewcock Student Union. ber,” Rode said. “We’re looking “The kind of guys that we’re for guys who’ll be leaders in the looking for are not disenfran-­ school. Overall, we picked up chised by the fact that we don’t four quality guys. We’re excited have a house, but attracted to the about what they can bring to the fact that we are spread across fraternity.”

He said that some years people campus,” Rode said.

Rogers said that fraternities are just not as interested in the can develop strong bonds but that Greek system as they are in other shouldn’t be based on a physical years.

Some students have theorized house. They should be bound by something greater. He encourages that the smaller rush numbers men to look beyond the walls of stem from a feeling on campus their houses. that the administration is trying Sally Nelson Web Editor

“I want you to uphold the prin-­ ciples of your fraternity across the hall, down the street, and around the world. I may not be around the world to watch you do it but you’ve given your word,” Rogers said. “That’s an old school idea.

Saying what you will do and doing what you will say. How novel.”

Once the men attended open houses, fraternities hosted invite-­only preference parties for students they were interested in picking up.

“After that point, fraterni-­ ties vote which of the rushees to extend bids to,” Tenrbink said.

Over the weekend, students turned in their bid cards, fraterni-­ ties made their choices, and the deans played matchmaker.

Pick-­up on Sunday started when students were brought from their dorms by fraternity mem-­ bers. The day concluded with a formal ceremony in Phillips Auditorium. “[An Interfraternity Council] decided to switch up the format a little,” Smith said. “Before the fall of 2010, we used to just do an informal pick up. Last year, in the fall, they made it more formal.”

The formal ceremony included speeches from Rogers, Tenbrink, the presidents of each fraternity, and John Lovinger, who is a local lawyer and Sigma Chi alumnus from the University of Arizona.

“The rush process this year is better,” Rode said. “The speeches and the ceremony were all great.”

Rogers said he wanted to use his speech to remind the men that they both chose their brothers and were chosen by them. That, he said, is a great luxury.

“I am expecting results, not excuses. The Greek system is a system that works when men come together and push toward their noble principals that make their particular fraternities shine,” Rogers said. “I admit what I said was sobering, but what did you expect? I wanted them to see the serious side of [fraternities], in the light of the current environment.”

The goal of fraternities is to pursue the truth as their missions statements say, Rogers said.

“You’re pledging yourself to be a man of noble character.

24/7,” he said. “In the classroom and out of the classroom.”

Top: Delta Tau Delta picked up four men last week. (Courtesy of Bottom: ATO picked up five men (Courtesy of Jacob Mueller)

Jonathan Laliberte)

Hillsdale Honor’s students pose near Troy, Turkey this summer. Four seniors dropped the program in the last months, bringing the tally of graduating honors students to 17, almost half of the original 30-member class. (Bonnie Cofer/Collegian)

Honors retention rate drops Changes planned to accomodate students Emily Johnston Senior Reporter

ships. The program does boast RWKHU EHQH¿WV WKRXJK ² DQ DQQXDO spring break trip, a trip to Turkey for juniors, community service Of all the seniors walking the projects, and weekly meetings. stage this May, 17 will be honors Gamble said he wants to com-­ students. That means almost half PXQLFDWH WKHVH EHQH¿WV PRUH of the honors students of the origi-­ effectively. nal class of ’12 will not complete Senior honors student Kirsten the program.

Block remained in the program The Hillsdale College Honors EHFDXVH RI WKHVH EHQH¿WV (YHQ Program admits 30 students each fall plus a four-­person waiting list, though she did not go to Turkey, %ORFN VDLG VKH VWD\HG WR ¿QLVK said Richard Gamble, associate what she had started freshman professor of history and head of year. the honors program.

“I loved being integrated into a Gamble said the college ex-­ pects some attrition because of the community of peers right away,” she said. rigorous standards of the program 7KH EHQH¿WV RI FRPPXQLW\ — honors students must maintain were not enough to keep senior a 3.4 GPA — and because of vari-­ David Gordon in the program. He ous personal reasons. dropped out his freshman year.

“There is going to be a certain ³, GRQ¶W WKLQN , HYHU UHDOO\ ¿W LQ type of attrition that maintains the standards of the program,” Gamble with other people in the program,” Gordon said. “I enjoy learning, but said. “The attrition rate usually I’m not particularly academic.” speeds up as seniors start having Gordon said he decided to to make hard life decisions. This PDMRU LQ ¿QDQFH ZKLOH PRVW RI WKH is certainly something we want to other honors students decided to improve on. My goal is to keep students in the program. We’d like major in the humanities.

“The program catered to a dif-­ to see all 30 complete the program ferent kind of student than I am,” each year.” he said.

To accomplish this goal, Another factor in Gordon’s Gamble said he is going to work decision was his grades from fall on building the right ethos and on semester. Gordon said he needed FRPPXQLFDWLQJ WKH EHQH¿WV PRUH to drop something for the spring effectively. semester, especially since he wanted to play rugby.

Attrition

This year’s small honors class The Senior Thesis size seems to be a recent trend. In The biggest challenge to gradu-­ 2009, the honors program gradu-­ ating students from the honors ated 15 students. It graduated 20 program seems to be the honors both in 2010 and 2011. thesis, Gamble said.

Senior Trevor Anderson of-­ Some seniors tend to drop out ¿FLDOO\ GURSSHG WKH SURJUDP WKLV of t he program at the beginning of past fall, even though he said he the spring semester. When they are started thinking about dropping it ZHHNV DZD\ IURP WKH ¿UVW RUDO after his freshman year. presentation, reality starts staring Anderson said he dropped be-­ cause of the calculus and advanced them in the face, Gamble said.

Senior Michael Blank dropped science requirements. the program this year because of “I was intimidated by the the thesis requirement. academic rigour,” he said. “Now “I was planning to complete I think that was a foolish thing to the program,” Blank said, “but the do.”

Anderson’s strongest incentive thesis was a big component. The to stay was the quality of people in honors program has been disorga-­ nized. I didn’t start working on my the program. thesis until senior year and even The program could be better, he said, by fostering its distinctive then there was no pressure.”

Blank said by the time he community more. The highlight decided on a topic, there was not of Anderson’s time in the pro-­ enough time to research, write, gram was the bonding experience and complete his normal academic provided by the freshman honors coursework. core classes.

To help overcome this obstacle, “We are considering some addi-­ Gamble said he plans on helping tions to the program that will help students start their thesis early. with retention,” Gamble said.

Gamble said he could not men-­ He would like to have students WLRQ VSHFL¿F DGGLWLRQV DQG FKDQJHV solidify their topic and committee but said decisions are weeks away. by the end of their junior year. This should help improve retention and He said he wants to make sure create a better overall experience. students are committed to the Honors students who need to program from the beginning and complete theses for their major said the annual fall retreat seems have a

h ard decision. To stay in to be successful in that regard. the program, they would need to In addition, he said he wants to write two theses. Gamble said he is communicate why the program willing to work with these students deserves retention. to create some overlap on a case The honors program is com-­ by case basis. pletely voluntary and does not But just how much overlap is include any additional scholar-­

allowed depends on each depart-­ ment’s requirements. Gamble works with each department to make sure the honors thesis does not interfere with departmental requirements.

In the past, some students have been able to simply expand their major thesis and do a second pre-­ sentation to complete their honors thesis;; however, some students have had to write two completely separate theses.

Block said writing the honors thesis was actually an incentive to stay in the program.

“I wanted to be able to write a thesis and it wasn’t required in my major [Greek],” she said. “I wanted a capstone project. I want-­ ed to tackle something I wanted to research and to be my own director of a project.”

Increasing Retention “Gamble is adding organiza-­ tion,” Blank said. “You’re not go-­ ing to see the mass drop outs you do this year in the future.”

Block said she advised against eliminating requirements from the the program to make it more attractive.

“If you got rid of the things that make students leave,” Block said, “you wouldn’t really have an honors program. It’s all part and parcel of the program.”

Instead of subtracting, Gamble seems to be restructuring.

This year, the weekly honors meetings, or forums, have fol-­ lowed up on the “As You Leave this Place” project from last year.

Last week, Professor of History Mark Kalthoff shared on one of his additions to the book project, Chesterton’s “Orthodoxy.” Earlier this year, Associate Professor of Art Barbara Bushey discussed one of her favorite books, Mat-­ thew Crawford’s “Shop Class as Soulcraft.”

“One of our goals is that profes-­ sors model the life of the mind,” Gamble said. “This is especially effective when they share about something outside of their area of expertise.” *DPEOH VDLG LW LV GLI¿FXOW overseeing over 100 students in a single program.

“Often why [students] leave is out of the hands of any direc-­ tor,” he said. “I try not to guilt trip them.”

For Gordon, the honors pro-­ JUDP VHUYHG LWV SXUSRVH KLV ¿UVW semester by helping him meet new people on campus.

“The program could appeal to more students by being more practical,” he said.

Gamble said more changes are coming but he took this year as a learning year, watching and observing so that he can base his actions next year on experience.

“I think [Gamble] is going to do great things for the program,” Anderson said.

NEWS

www.hillsdalecollegian.com

A3 Â Â 16 Â Feb. Â 2012

CPAC  2012  coverage Straw  poll  politics,  Hannan,  and  more

Q&A  with  Daniel  Hannan:  true  conservatism  and  Roger  Scruton Elliot Gaiser Opinions Editor

EDVLV RI $PHULFDQ H[FHSWLRQDO-­ ism.  Don’t  imagine  that  it’s  some  intrinsic,  inherited  optimism  in  the  people  or  some  genetic  qual-­ 'DQLHO +DQQDQ LV D %ULWLVK ity.  The  reason  that  this  country  SROLWLFLDQ MRXUQDOLVW DQG DXWKRU has  been  prosperous  and  success-­ +H LV D PHPEHU RI WKH (XURSHDQ ful  and  independent  is  because  the  3DUOLDPHQW UHSUHVHQWLQJ 6RXWK structures  that  were  designed  by  (DVW (QJODQG IRU WKH &RQVHUYD the  founders  were  conceived  with  WLYH 3DUW\ +H DOVR VHUYHV DV WKH 6HFUHWDU\ *HQHUDO RI WKH $OOLDQFH that  objective.  And  if  you  change  WKRVH VWUXFWXUHV DQG LI \RX H[-­ RI (XURSHDQ &RQVHUYDWLYHV DQG 5HIRUPLVWV 7KH &ROOHJLDQ FDXJKW pand  the  government,  and  you  go  XS ZLWK KLP DW &3$& WR WDON DERXW down  this  European  road  toward  PRUH UHJXODWLRQ DQG KLJKHU WD[ FRQVHUYDWLVP LQ WKH :HVW and  more  dependency,  you  see   how  very  quickly  Americans  will  What  gives  you  hope  and  start  behaving  like  Greeks,  and  what  is  discouraging  to  you  about  the  state  of  the  American  start  protesting  about  every  inher-­ ited  entitlement  that  they  think  political  system?

Well  the  system  itself  is  based  is  theirs  by  some  kind  of  divine  right.  It  can  happen  very  quickly.  around  the  constraint  of  govern-­ Don’t  imagine  that  there’s  some  ment  in  a  way  that  almost  no  law  of  nature  that  means  it  won’t  other  system  in  the  world  is.  happen  here.

And  that  goes  right  back  to  the   Constitution.  The  Constitution  has  What  things  can  young  con-­ done  precisely  what  its  authors  in-­ tended  in  Philadelphia.  It’s  served  servatives  do  to  become  better  advocates  for  their  beliefs? to  keep  the  government  small  7KH ÂżUVW WKLQJ LV QRW WR ZRUU\ and  the  citizen  free.  But  that’s  the  about  what  your  audience  might Â

think.  First  of  all,  it  fails  in  its  own  terms,  because  you  come  across  as  less  than  straightfor-­ ward,  less  than  frank.  Secondly,  why  are  you  in  politics  if  not  to  try  and  change  minds?   I  think  that  a  widespread  critique  of  elected  representa-­ tives  in  your  country  and  in  mine  and  everywhere  else  is,  “They’re  hedging,  they’re  trim-­ ming,  they’re  not  saying  what  they  really  think,  they’re  dodging  the  question,  they’re  waiting  for  public  opinion  and  then  they’re  coming  in  behind  it.â€?  For  a  lot  of  people  that  is  a  valid  criti-­ cism  of  what  they  do.  I  think  it  VHUYHV WR GLPLQLVK WKH FRQÂżGHQFH people  feel  in  their  representative  institutions,  but  it  also  means  that  the  person  doing  it  is  going  to  be  much  less  happy  in  politics.  Speak  your  mind  —  it  doesn’t  matter  if  people  disagree.  If  they  disagree  but  they  know  that  you  mean  it,  they’ll  respect  you.  There’s  nothing  worse  than  hedging  and  being  cautious  and  not  opening  your  mouth  until Â

Romney  poll  win  questioned  KDG ÀRRGHG WKH 0DUULRWW :DUGPDQ Park  Hotel  with  stickers,  signs,  and  other  campaign  material.  On  Mitt  Romney  won  the  straw  Friday,  groups  of  Romney  fans  poll  at  the  Conservative  Political  showed  up,  but  stayed  together  in  Action  Convention  (CPAC)  last  tight  groups. week,  but  the  integrity  of  the  win  ³, QRWLFHG WKDW WKH ¿UVW GD\ has  been  questioned. there  were  a  whole  lot  of  San-­ Of  the   3,408  straw  poll  votes,  torum  posters,  a  lot  of  stickers  38  percent  went  to  Romney,  31  JRLQJ DURXQG DQG E\ WKH QH[W percent   to  Rick  Santorum  ,  and  15  day,  all  of  a  sudden  the  Romney  percent  to  Newt  Gingrich. stickers  started  showing  up,  and  Politico’s  Jonathan  Martin  after  his  rally,  his  paraphernalia  FRQ¿UPHG E\ D 5HSXEOLFDQ really  started  going  around,�  said  source  that  Romney’s  campaign  Audrey  Gray,  a  sophomore  at  purchased  tickets,  and  used  their  Hillsdale  College.

VWUDZ SROO WLFNHW WR Ă€RRG WKH “There  were  a  bunch  of  them  poll.  The  New  York  Times’  Jeff  in  clusters  holding  signs  [before  Zeleny  reported  that  the  Romney  Romeney’s  rally  on  Thursday]..  campaign  also  bused  students  in  to  It  was  out  of  the  blue,â€?  said  sopho-­ support  their  candidate. more  and  Collegian  Copy  Editor  On  Thursday,  Feb.  9,  there  Morgan  Sweeney.  “On  Friday,  were  virtually  no  Romney  fans  to  there  were  Santorum  supporters  be  seen,  said  the  Hillsdale  students  standing  across  from  Romney  who  attended  the  conference.  It  supporters,  and  it  seemed  to  get  was  the  Santorum  fans,  rather,  that  Sam Gilman Collegian Reporter

heated.�

Junior  Baillie  Jones  said  the  announcement  of  Romney’s  win  brought  grumbling  from  the  at-­ tendees. “There  seemed  to  be  a  gen-­ eral  resentment,â€?  said  Jones,  and  added,  “A  lot  of  people  seemed  to  be  disappointed.  It  seemed  like  not  a  lot  of  people  wanted  him  to  ZLQ ZKLFK ZDV FRQÂżUPHG E\ WKH [Politico]  article.â€?

On  CNN  last  Sunday,  San-­ torum  insinuated  Romney  had  rigged  the  straw  poll.  “I  don’t  try  to  rig  straw  polls,�  he  said.  “You  have  to  talk  to  the  Romney  campaign  and  how  many  tickets  they  bought.�

5RPQH\ KRZHYHU WROG )R[ News  Radio’s  Brian  Kilmeade  that  Santorum  had  “sour  grapes�  about  the  loss,  and  questioned  whether  Santorum  could  prove  that  the  straw  poll  was  rigged.

Q&A WITH PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY:  FEMINISM  AND  THE  IDEAL  WIFE Tyler O’Neil Collegian Freelancer 3K\OOLV 6FKODÀ\ LV D ODZ\HU V\QGLFDWHG FROXPQLVW DQG D OHDGHU LQ WKH SUR IDPLO\ FRQVHUYDWLYH PRYHPHQW 6KH ZDV QDPHG RQH RI WKH PRVW LPSRUWDQW ZRPHQ RI WKH WK FHQWXU\ E\ /DGLHVœ +RPH -RXUQDO 6KH LV DOVR WKH DXWKRU RU HGLWRU RI ERRNV LQFOXGLQJ ³7KH 3RZHU RI WKH 3RVLWLYH :RPDQ ´ ³)HPLQLVW )DQWDVLHV ´ DQG ³.LVV LQJHU RQ WKH &RXFK ´ 6KH VHUYHG RQ WKH &RPPLVVLRQ RI WKH %LFHQ WHQQLDO RI WKH 8 6 &RQVWLWXWLRQ XQGHU 3UHVLGHQW 5RQDOG 5HDJDQ What  do  you  think  about  Obama  and  the  Health  and  Hu-­ man  Services  mandate?

I  think  it’s  not  only  wrong,  it’s  dumb,  and  I  think  his  political  advisers  must  be  telling  him  that.  But  it  proves  that  the  feminists  are  in  control  of  the  Obama  admin-­ istration.  They  demanded  it,  and  they  won’t  let  him  retreat.  And  what  he  announced  yesterday  is  not  a  compromise.  He  calls  it  an  “accommodation,�  which  really  doesn’t  get  us  anywhere,  or  get  him  anywhere.  He  has  alienated  a  lot  of  people.  It’s  a  religious  liberty  issue.  But  it’s  also  an  issue  that  shows  if  you  let  government  control  health  care,  they’re  going  to  tell  you  what  you  get  and  what  you  don’t  get.

Years  ago,  you  fought  very  strongly  against  the  Equal  Rights  Amendment.  Why  did  you  oppose  that  and  how  are  today’s  feminists  connected  with  it?

Well  the  Equal  Rights  Amend-­ ment  is  a  big  subject,  and  it  had  DEVROXWHO\ QR EHQHÂżW IRU ZRPHQ so  it  was  a  fraud.  In  10  years  of  ¿JKWLQJ WKH\ ZHUH QHYHU DEOH WR VKRZ DQ\ EHQHÂżW WKDW LW ZRXOG give  women  whatsoever.  At  the  same  time,  it  was  a  big  takeaway  of  rights  women  then  had.  At  the  time  it  came  out  of  Congress  we  had  a  military  draft,  we  were  in  a  war,  and  I  had  sons  and  daughters  about  20  years  old.  They  thought  it  was  the  dumbest  thing  they  ever  heard  that  you  say  you’re  giving  women  a  new  Constitutional Â

DPHQGPHQW DQG WKH ¿UVW WKLQJ LV they  have  to  sign  up  for  the  draft  like  their  brothers.  If  the  Equal  Rights  Amendment  had  been  rati-­ ¿HG ZH ZRXOG KDYH KDG VDPH VH[ marriage  25  years  ago,  because  the  word  in  the  amendment  was  ³VH[ ´ LW ZDV QRW ³ZRPHQ ´ The  feminists,  as  Harvard  SURIHVVRU +DUYH\ 0DQV¿HOG KDV written,  are  anti-­men,  anti-­mas-­ culine,  anti-­morality,  and  anti-­ motherhood.  In  their  peculiar  view  of  society,  they  think  American  women  are  second-­class  citizens  because  they’re  oppressed  by  the  SDWULDUFK\ 2QH RI WKH H[DPSOHV of  oppression  is  that  mothers  are  H[SHFWHG WR ORRN DIWHU WKHLU EDELHV That  should  be  a  societal  respon-­ sibility.  That’s  why  they’re  for  JRYHUQPHQW ¿QDQFHG GD\FDUH Do  you  believe  that  children  should  be  raised  in  a  traditional,  Judeo-­Christian,  one-­man,  one-­woman  family,  dedicated  for  life?

That’s  certainly  the  best  plan,  that  children  will  be  raised  by  their  own  mother  and  father,  married  to  each  other.

What  was  behind   the  baby  boom,  the  marriage  boom,  and  the  decline  in  the  divorce  rate  that  happened  in  the  ’50s?  A  lot  of  us  attribute  that  to  the  FKDQJH LQ WKH LQFRPH WD[ ODZV That  was  not  due,  in  one  way  or  the  other,  to  the  New  Deal.  The  JRRG LQFRPH WD[ FKDQJH FDPH LQ 1948,  passed  by  the  Republican  Congress  over  Harry  Truman’s  YHWR ,W JDYH WKH MRLQW LQFRPH WD[ return,  which  treated  the  family  as  a  unit.  If  the  husband  was  the  prin-­ ciple  money-­earner  and  his  wife  was  a  full-­time  home-­maker,  they  FRXOG ¿OH D MRLQW LQFRPH WD[ UHWXUQ as  two  people  because  the  family  was  treated  as  a  unit.  That  was  a  JUHDW SUR IDPLO\ WD[ FKDQJH LQ WKH LQFRPH WD[ ODZ ,W PD\ RU PD\ QRW be  a  cause,  but  it  was  a  beginning  to  the  so-­called  baby  boom.

In  the  panel  at  CPAC,  you  PHQWLRQHG KRZ ¿VFDO DQG VRFLDO conservatism  cannot  be  sepa-­ rated.  Is  the  family  essential  to  a  well-­working  economy?

The  main  reason  for  that  is  that  you  have  to  ask,  “What  are  we  spending  the  money  on?  Why  do  ZH KDYH WKHVH GHÂżFLWV DQG ZK\ are  we  piling  up  the  debt?  What  are  they  spending  it  on?â€?  Well,  we’re  spending  nearly  a  trillion  dollars  a  year  on  the  problem  of  broken  marriage  —  of  marriage  absence.  It  used  to  be  that  the  husband  and  father  supported  his  family.  Well,  if  you’ve  got  21  percent  illegitimacy  in  this  coun-­ try  —  which  we  do  now  —  the  mothers  are  going  to  look  to  Big  Brother  government  to  support  them.  The  government  is  support-­ ing  the  children  —  the  illegitimate  children  —  and,  well,  it’s  terribly  costly.  You  simply  can’t  separate  WKH ÂżVFDO SUREOHP RI WKH PRQH\ that  our  country  is  putting  out  for  fatherless  children.  It  is  a  tremen-­ dous  issue.

If  you  had  one  piece  of  advice  for  young  conservatives,  what  would  it  be?

Well,  I  think,  work  marriage  into  your  life  plan.  Unfortunately,  in  the  women’s  studies  courses  and  all  the  courses  that  the  girls  take  in  college,  they’re  encouraged  to  plan  a  life  that  has  no  space  for  marriage  and  family.  Ten  years,  20  years  later,  they’re  sorry.  They  can’t  live  their  life  over.  And,  of  course,  the  guys  aren’t  planning  marriage  either.  But  marriage  is  a  wonderful  way  to  live.  Sure,  it’s  got  its  problems,  so  does  every-­ thing  else.

And  women  can  still  achieve  a  lot  in  the  political  and  working  world?

Yes,  of  course.  Of  course.  When  I  got  married,  all  I  wanted  was  a  dryer,  so  I  didn’t  have  to  hang  up  my  diapers.  And  now  everybody  has  washers  and  dryers  and  dishwashers  and  all  kinds  of  conveniences  —  which  makes  the  work  in  the  house  very  limited  compared  to  what  it  used  to  be,  even  20  to  30  years  ago.  But  be  careful  who  you  pick  for  a  wife.  Don’t  pick  a  feminist.  Feminists  are  the  source  of  most  problems  today.

everybody  else  has.  What  is  the  root  of  your  conservatism?

Conservatism  isn’t  really  a  ter-­ ribly  ideological  thing.  It’s  more  an  instinct  than  an  ideology  —  or  at  least  an  amalgam  of  instincts.  I  am  a  quite  unusual  conservative  in  that  I  tend  to  read  these  books  by  the  Hayeks  and  the  Rothbards  and  so  on.  My  wife  is  a  much  better  conservative  than  I  am,  because  she’s  an  un-­ideological  one,  and  for  her  conservatism  is  a  series  of  attitudes:  distrust  of  JRYHUQPHQW RIÂżFLDOV SDWULRWLVP XQĂ€DVK\ UHOLJLRXV IDLWK 3UHFLVHO\ because  she’s  not  political  she’s  therefore  a  proper  conservative.  I  remember  when  I  was  15  —  this  was  really  a  great  moment  in  my  political  development  —  there  is  a  conservative  philosopher  in  the  UK  called  Roger  Scruton,  very  brilliant  man,  incredibly  intelli-­ gent,  and  he  came  to  speak  to  the  philosophy  society  at  my  school.  And  I  asked  him,  “What’s  the  role  of  a  conservative  thinker?â€? Â

CPAC

And  he  replied,  “The  role  of  a  conservative  thinker  is  to  reassure  the  people  that  their  prejudices  DUH WUXH ´ :KDW D JUHDW GHÂżQLWLRQ right?  On  most  issues,  people  have  got  it  right  and  their  govern-­ ments  have  got  it  wrong.  People  were  against  the  bailout,  people  ZHUH DJDLQVW WKHVH WD[ ULVHV people  are  against  mass  immigra-­ tion,  and  people  are  against  giving  up  their  sovereignty.  It’s  a  clack  RI SROLWLFLDQV ZKR KDYH LQĂ€LFWHG these  things.  And  so  the  role  of  the  conservative  politician  is  to  make  sure  that  public  opinion  rules  the  polity,  and  that  the  elected  representatives  remember  that  they  are  representatives  and  not  rulers.  Wasn’t  it  Edmund  Burke  who  said,  “The  individual  is  foolish  but  the  species  is  wiseâ€??

Edmund  Burke  actually  put  it  UHDOO\ EHDXWLIXOO\ LQ KLV Âł5HĂ€HF-­ tions  on  the  French  Revolution.â€?  In  one  of  the  most  powerful  metaphors  in  all  of  political  phi-­ losophy,  where  he  said:  “Because Â

among  other  things.

His  proposed  solutions  were  an  attempt  to  deal  with  what  he  called  the  “greatest  challenge  of  From A1 [the]  campaign.� “We  have  virtually  no  discus-­ loughby  made  the  trip  to  CPAC sion  about  what  does  it  really  “There  was  such  an  empha-­ take  to  take  the  most  complicat-­ sis  on  social  issues,�  she  said,  ed  society  in  the  world,  the  larg-­ “which  really  surprised  me  est  economy  in  the  world,  and  because  it’s  not  something  that  move  it  back  to  being  the  most  has  been  in  the  forefront  this  successful,  most  prosperous,  saf-­ election  cycle.� est  and  [most  free]  country  in  the  A  straw  poll  sponsored  by  world,�  Gingrich  said.

The  Washington  Times  was  Although  the  candidates’  conducted  during  the  conven-­ speeches  differed,  each  wanted  tion.  The  results  were  announced  to  see  Obama  ousted. in  the  afternoon  of  Feb.  11.  Mitt  Romney  spoke  for  all  when  5RPQH\ FDPH LQ ÂżUVW ZLWK he  voiced  their  hope  that  “his-­ percent,  Rick  Santorum  second  tory  will  record  the  Obama  with  31  percent,  Newt  Gingrich  administration  as  the  last  gasp  third  with  15  percent,  and  Ron  of  liberalism’s  great  failure  and  Paul,  who  was  the  only  can-­ a  turning  point  for  the  conserva-­ didate  not  to  speak  at  CPAC,  tive  era  to  come.â€? received  12  percent  of  the  votes.

Although  Willoughby  The  three  candidates  who  at-­ enjoyed  watching  many  of  the  tended  CPAC  spoke  on  Friday. speeches,  she  said  that  CPAC  Rick  Santorum  focused  on  was  not  just  a  chance  to  see  social  issues  and  American  famous  conservatives  but  an  H[FHSWLRQDOLVP 7KH IRUPHU opportunity  to  network  with  congressman  from  Pennsylvania  Washington  organizations. said  that  while  social  conserva-­ More  than  100  booths  from  tism  is  often  considered  super-­ different  organizations  were  ÀXRXV WR ¿VFDO FRQVHUYDWLVP WKH featured  at  the  convention,  and  former  is  just  as  important  as  the  on  Saturday  a  room  was  re-­ latter.

VHUYHG VSHFLÂżFDOO\ IRU D MRE DQG “People...that  believe  in  that  internship  fair.  The  room  was  very  basic  network  of  family,  packed  with  students  looking  to  community,  and  self  —  that’s  connect  with  various  think  tanks,  what  makes  America  the  greatest  QHZVSDSHUV DQG QRQ SURÂżW country  in  the  world,â€?  Santorum  organizations. said.  “These  are  the  issues  that  “Networking  is  an  immeasur-­ hold  us  together,  and  these  are  DEOH EHQHÂżW RI JRLQJ WR &3$& ´ the  issues  we  cannot  back  down  Willoughby  said. on.â€?

Throughout  it  all,  members  Mitt  Romney  pointed  to  of  Occupy  D.C.  made  sporadic  his  record  as  governor  in  the  appearances.  A  small  group  of  Democratic  state  of  Massachus-­ protesters  blocked  a  TV  airing  setts  as  proof  that  he  is  ready  5RPQH\ÂśV VSHHFK WR DQ RYHUĂ€RZ to  lead  the  country.  Romney  crowd.  At  lunch  on  Friday,  a  ZDV VSHFLÂżF DERXW UHIRUP SODQV large  group  gathered  in  the  street  WKDW KH ZRXOG H[HFXWH ZKLOH LQ outside  the  hotel  and  erected  RIÂżFH ² LQFOXGLQJ D GHIHQVH RI traditional  marriage,  entitlement  reform,  and  protection  of  unborn  children.  “It’s  not  enough  to  show  how  [the  Obama  administration]  has  failed,â€?  Romney  said.  “We  need  to  show  how  we  can  lead.â€?

Gingrich  was  the  most  VSHFLÂżF DERXW ZKDW KH ZRXOG do  if  elected  and  recalled  how  the  media  often  called  Ronald  Reagan’s  goals  “unrealistic,â€?  though  they  were  ultimately  suc-­ cessful.  He  rattled  off  promises  IRU FDPSDLJQ ÂżQDQFH UHIRUP balancing  the  federal  budget,  ending  American  funding  of  abortion  overseas,  and  remov-­ LQJ %HQ %HUQDQNH IURP RIÂżFH

!

half  a  dozen  crickets  concealed  EHQHDWK WKH IHUQ PDNH WKH ¿HOG ring  with  their  importunate  chink  while  thousands  of  cattle  take  their  repose  in  the  shade  of  the  mighty  oak  and  chew  their  cud  in  silence,  pray  do  not  imagine  that  those  who  make  all  the  noise  are  WKH RQO\ LQKDELWDQWV RI WKH ¿HOG ´ Is  there  a  better  analysis  of  our  present  discontent  than  that?  We  wouldn’t  be  in  the  mess  we’re  in  if  public  opinion  four  years  ago  had  prevented  these  massive  WD[SD\HU UHVFXHV RI IDLOHG SULYDWH institutions.  That  was  something  that  all  the  political  parties,  all  the  media  elites  all  rushed  to  say  that  we  desperately  needed,  to  pump  in  this  public  money  into  the  banks.  Had  there  been  a  referen-­ dum  in  your  country  or  in  mine  or  anywhere  else  it  would  never  have  happened  and  we  wouldn’t  now  be  facing  the  debt  crisis  that  we  have.

1HZV (GLWRU 3DWULFN 7LPPLV FRQWULEXWHG WR WKLV UHSRUW

D IRRW WDOO LQÀDWDEOH ³IDW cat�  holding  a  consumer  by  the  throat.

Occupy’s  most  ostenta-­ tious  demonstration  came  Friday  evening.  More  than  100  protesters  gathered  outside  the  main  entrance  of  the  Marriott,  preventing  the  conference  goers  from  leaving  the  building.  “Hey,  hey,  ho,  ho,  CPAC  has  got  to  go,�  the  group  chanted.

Police  with  riot  shields  eventually  pushed  the  group  away  from  the  entrance  and  down  a  hill  before  the  occupiers  dispersed.

On  Saturday,  former  Alaska  Gov.  Sarah  Palin  wrapped  up  WKH FRQIHUHQFH ² WR DQ H[FLWHG and  packed  Marriott  ballroom  —  with  a  rousing  speech  calling  Republicans  to  “stand  united,â€?  no  matter  who  becomes  the  nominee. “Competition  [between  the  GOP  presidential  candidates]  strengthens  us,â€?  she  said.  “Com-­ petition  will  lead  us  to  victory  in  2012.â€?

Palin’s  speech  was  Hillsdale  sophomore  Brianna  Walden’s  favorite.  ³7KH H[FLWHPHQW ZDV SDOSD-­ ble,â€?  she  said.  “It  was  electric‌ WKH H[SHULHQFH RI D OLIHWLPH ´ Hillsdale  College  Republi-­ FDQV 3UHVLGHQW VRSKRPRUH 0D[ Kleber  said  he  felt  the  conserva-­ tive  base  was  “really  energizedâ€?  after  attending  the  conference. “In  spite  of  the  fact  that  there  are  vast  differences  between  the  candidates,  I  think  the  things  they  agree  on  tell  a  lot  about  where  the  conservative  base  is  this  year,â€?  he  said.  “[W]e  have  our  eyes  set  on  great  goals  and  the  right  things,  and  if  we  can  carry  that  into  November,  I  think  we’ll  have  a  great  year.â€?

(Caleb Whitmer/Collegian)

www.hillsdalecollegian.com

FOR FITNESS

On  Wednesday  nights  at  Hillsdale  College,  more  than  40  women  crowd  into  Curtis  Dining  Hall,  dancing  away  to  the  beat  of  Latin  music.

Zumba,  a  form  of  dance  ¿WQHVV LV SDUW RI 7KH +HDOWK DQG :HOOQHVV &OXEÂśV QHZ OLQHXS of  weeknight  exercise  classes.  7KH FOXE DGYHUWLVHV D \RJD class  on  Mondays,  an  Insanity  ZRUNRXW RQ 7XHVGD\V =XPED on  Wednesdays,  and  strength  WUDLQLQJ RQ 7KXUVGD\V (DFK workout  session  begins  at  7  S P DQG ODVWV DQ KRXU Zumba  is  led  by  freshman  (PPD /DQJVWRQ ZKR LV D FHUWLÂżHG =XPED LQVWUXFWRU DQG WKH GDQFH ÂżWQHVV LV DGYHUWLVHG by  the  Wellness  Club  as  “for  girls  only.â€?  Freshman  Julie  Finke  was  one  of  the  many  ZRPHQ ZKR FDPH IRU WKH ÂżUVW class. Âł,W ZDV GLIÂżFXOW WR GR VRPH RI WKH PRYHV ´ VKH VDLG Âł%XW , GLGQÂśW H[SHFW WR EH SHUIHFW WKH ÂżUVW WLPH DQG LW ZDV UHDOO\ really  fun.â€? — Abi Wood

Wireless  outage  fixed Emily Johnston Senior Reporter On  a  campus  where  most  students  rely  on  wireless  In-­ ternet  for  homework,  research,  scheduling,  and  entertainment,  a  wireless  outage  like  the  one  last  Friday,  Feb.  10,  wreaks  havoc.

Luckily,  the  short-­term  out-­ DJH LV QRZ FRPSOHWHO\ Âż[HG said  Patrick  Chartrand,  network  systems  manager  at  Information  Technology  Services. “[With]  bad  hardware  [it]  is Â

often  hard  to  diagnose  exactly  which  component  is  bad.  In  this  case  we  were  thinking  is  was  D FRQÂżJXUDWLRQ LVVXH ´ KH VDLG “In  the  end  we  discovered  it  ZDV D EDG ÂżEHU RSWLF PRGXOH The  faulty  hardware  has  been  replaced,  so  it  should  not  affect  DQ\RQH LQ WKH IXWXUH ´  The  outage  on  Friday  was  the  second  recent  manifestation  of  the  problem.

But  Chartrand  said  now  that  ,76 KDV ¿[HG WKH ¿EHU RSWLF

module,  he  does  not  expect  any  more  wireless  problems  in  the  near  future,  especially  not  of  this  nature. Âł7KH ÂżUVW WLPH ZH GLG QRW recognize  it  was  a  hardware  issue  and  we  simply  worked  DURXQG LW ´ &KDUWUDQG VDLG  But  Chartrand  cautioned  that  there  is  no  guarantee  when  working  with  wireless  technol-­ ogy. “Wireless  in  general  is  prob-­ OHPDWLF ´ KH VDLG

OLSON

PDA hater: valid?

Dear  Kate,

Abundance  of  R.A.  hopefuls Applications  three  times  the  open  slots

underclassmen  who  applied  for  Roxanne Turnbull a  chance  at  the  position.

Arts Editor “I  believe  these  men  wanted  to  step  up  and  become  RAs  so  Responsibility,  passion,  en-­ WKDW WKH\ FDQ EH SRVLWLYH LQĂ€X-­ WKXVLDVP VHOĂ€HVVQHVV FRPSDV-­ sion,  integrity,  magnanimity,  and  ences  and  leaders  for  the  present  and  future  residents  at  Simp-­ trust.

VRQ ´ %RQYLOOLDQ VDLG ³:LWK A  resident  assistant  at  Hills-­ such  quality  applicants,  Dean  dale  College  must  exhibit  all  of  Pete  and  Chief  Rodgers  are  go-­ these  qualities  and  set  a  worthy  ing  to  have  a  hard  time  deciding  example  for  those  students  un-­ who  will  be  the  next  RAs  in  der  their  care,  the  deans  said.

Simpson.  They  [the  Simpson  ap-­ 8S LQ WKH GHDQVœ RI¿FHV LQ plicants]  are  highly  involved  on  Central  Hall,  the  selection  pro-­ cess  for  RAs  has  recently  begun.  campus  and  are  quality  young  men  looking  to  make  a  differ-­ Fifty  men  and  73  women  ap-­ HQFH LQ GRUP OLIH ´ plied  for  positions  for  the  2012-­ With  so  many  applicants  and  13  academic  year.  There  are  12  D OLPLWHG DPRXQW RI VSRWV WR ¿OO VSRWV OHIW WR ¿OO IRU WKH PHQ DQG 23  spots  for  the  women.  Return-­ Dell  and  Jeff  Rogers,  associate  dean  of  men,  will  select  RAs  ing  RAs  have  already  been  based  on  a  few  key  factors. placed. ³7KHUH DUH VDFUL¿FHV WKDW Rebekah  Dell,  associate  dean  you  have  to  be  willing  to  make  of  women,  said  the  number  of  DV DQ 5$ ´ 'HOO VDLG ³%XW LW LV applicants  is  almost  exactly  the  rewarding  at  the  same  time.  You  same  as  last  year,  indicating  a  need  a  desire  to  help  your  fellow  steadily  high  interest  in  the  RA  VWXGHQWV JURZ DQG OHDUQ ´ positions.

Being  an  RA  in  Simpson  This  is  especially  true  in  for  the  past  three  years  was  an  Simpson  Residence.  Of  the  50  incredibly  rewarding  experience  applications  sent  in  from  Hills-­ dale  men,  25  of  those  came  from  for  Bonvillian. “It  has  allowed  me  to  grow  Simpson. as  a  leader,  and  I  have  met  Senior  John  Bonvillian,  one  and  become  friends  with  guys  RI WKH ÂżYH VHQLRU 5$V OHDYLQJ that  I  would  have  otherwise  after  this  semester,  is  proud  never  known  if  I  had  lived  off  of  the  enormous  number  of  FDPSXV ´ KH VDLG Âł, DP WUXO\

6HQLRUV &OLQW :HVWEURRN DQG $QQD 6DHZHUW ZHUH FURZQHG WKLV \HDUÂśV 3UHVLGHQWÂśV %DOO NLQJ DQG queen. Âł(YHQ IURP WKH EHJLQQLQJ RI WKH SURFHVV , GLGQÂśW H[SHFW P\ QDPH WR EH RQ WKH OLVW ´ :HVWEURRN VDLG Âł7R be  on  the  court  with  great  guys  and  then  to  be  chosen  was  a  huge  honor  EHFDXVH , UHVSHFWHG DOO RI WKHP ´ (DFK \HDU VHQLRUV DUH nominated  by  the  faculty  to  be  RQ 3UHVLGHQWÂśV %DOO &RXUW DQG WKHQ LQWHUYLHZHG E\ D SDQHO 7KH candidates  are  judged  on  “aca-­ GHPLF H[FHOOHQFH KRQRU FDPSXV LQYROYHPHQW DQG OHDGHUVKLS DELOLW\ ´ DQ DOO FDPSXV HPDLO IURP 6WXGHQW $FWLYLWLHV %RDUG VDLG %RWK :HVWEURRN DQG 6DHZHUW HQMR\HG WKH LQWHUYLHZ SURFHVV $IWHU WKH SDQHO DOO FDQGLGDWHV ZHUH LQYLWHG WR %URDGODZQ WR PL[ ZLWK faculty.

7KH SDLU KDG WKH RSSRUWXQLW\ WR GDQFH ZLWK 3UHVLGHQW /DUU\ $UQQ

KATE

Love,  a  civic  duty

(Marieke van der Vaart/Collegian)

PRESIDENT’S BALL

KATE’S TAKE

!

WOMEN ZUMBA

NEWS

   A4    16  Feb.  2012 Â

DQG KLV ZLIH 3HQQ\ $UQQ WR Âł7KH 0RRQOLJKW 6HUHQDGH ´ Âł, ZDV VR QHUYRXV :KR ZRXOGQÂśW EH"´ 6DHZHUW VDLG DERXW GDQFLQJ ZLWK $UQQ Âł+H ZDV VR VZHHW DQG IRUJLYLQJ RI P\ DELOLW\ WR QRW GDQFH HVSHFLDOO\ LQ KHHOV ´ “We  considered  it  a  huge  suc-­ FHVV ´ VDLG VHQLRU +DQQDK 7UHSSD SUHVLGHQW RI 6$% 6$% ZDV SOHDVHG ZLWK ODVW \HDUÂśV 3UHVLGHQWÂśV %DOO DQG GHFLGHG not  to  make  any  major  changes  to  WKH HYHQW 6$% DOVR PDQDJHG WR VWD\ FRPSOHWHO\ ZLWKLQ WKHLU EXGJHW 7UHSSD VDLG $IWHU JUDGXDWLRQ 6DHZHUW LV FRQ-­ sidering  teaching.  “I  am  not  exactly  sure  yet,  but  I  am  allowing  doors  to  RSHQ ZKHUH WKH\ ZLOO DQG ZDLWLQJ WR know  what  God  wants  me  to  do,â€?  she  said. :HVWEURRN LV SODQQLQJ WR HLWKHU JR WR ODZ VFKRRO RU WHDFK (QJOLVK LQ )UDQFH $OO KLV DSSOLFDWLRQV KDYH gone  out  and  he  is  waiting  to  hear  back  and  make  a  decision.    — Emmaline Epperson

grateful  that  I  was  given  the  op-­ SRUWXQLW\ WR EH DQ 5$ ´ Âł,ÂśP SOHDVHG ZLWK WKDW ´ Rogers  said.  “I  would  call  that  a  success.  I  would  be  concerned  if  , RQO\ JRW D IHZ DSSOLFDWLRQV ´ With  so  many  applicants  and  D OLPLWHG DPRXQW RI VSRWV WR ÂżOO Dell  and  Rogers  will  select  RAs  based  on  a  few  key  factors.  ³7KHUH DUH VDFULÂżFHV WKDW you  have  to  be  willing  to  make  DV DQ 5$ ´ 'HOO VDLG Âł%XW LW LV rewarding  at  the  same  time.  You  need  a  desire  to  help  your  fellow  VWXGHQWV JURZ DQG OHDUQ ´ Rogers  agreed  with  Dell  that  an  RA  is  more  of  a  mentoring  position  rather  than  a  walking  set  of  rules. “I’m  not  hiring  police.  I’m  hiring  guys  who  are  interesting  LQ FRPPXQLW\ ´ KH VDLG Âł:H need  guys  that  are  compassion-­ ate  and  want  to  build  a  relation-­ VKLS ´ Being  an  RA  comes  also  with  enormous  amounts  of  responsi-­ bility,  Rogers  said.  But  Rogers  believes  should  be  no  trouble  ¿QGLQJ ZRUWK\ FDQGLGDWHV “RAs  are  an  extension  of  P\VHOI DQG 'HDQ 3HWHUVHQ ´ Rogers  said.  “What  we’re  look-­ ing  for,  we  should  already  have.  It’s  the  honor  code.  It’s  what  [the  students]  should  be  doing  DQ\ZD\ ´

HILLSDALE SUBMITS LAUREATES

I  have  a  conundrum.  This  is  a  silent,  beautiful,  nuzzling  conundrum.  The  most  god-­like  of  couples  —  truly  dear  people  —  across  campus  have  resorted  to  expressions  of  their  tenderness  that  are,  distracting  at  best  and  disturbing  at  worst.  Kate,  do  I  hate  love?  Do  I  resent  the  way  these  darling  people  stare  into  each  other’s  eyes,  oblivious  of  the  world  around  them?  Am  I  a  bad  person  for  cursing  when  I  come  upon  them  in  front  of  doors  across  campus,  gently  murmuring  into  each  other’s  shoulders,  wrapped  in  a  muted  rapture?  Is  there  a  special  place  in  the  Inferno  for  people  who  resent  couples  for  sharing  one  bench  at  a  table  in  A.J.’s?   I  just  don’t  know  anymore.  Please  help.  —A  very  distracted  student

APPLICATIONS Last  week,  Hillsdale  Col-­ lege  science  majors  submitted  WKHLU DSSOLFDWLRQV WR WKH /$8-­ 5($7(6 SURJUDP IRU WKH VXP-­ PHU RI /$85($7(6 is  an  acronym  for  Labratory  IRU $GYDQFHG 8QGHUJUDGXDWH 5HVHDUFK (GXFDWLRQ $GDSWHG IRU 7DOHQWHG DQG ([WUDRUGLQDU\ 6WXGHQWV 'HDQ RI 1DWXUDO 6FLHQFHV Chris  Van  Orman  said  there  ZDV D KLJK QXPEHU RI DS-­ SOLFDQWV WKLV VHPHVWHU 7KH SURJUDP VXSSRUWV both  faculty  and  students  in  UHVHDUFK SURMHFWV IURP 0D\ WR -XQH (DFK VWXGHQW ZLQQHU UHFHLYHV D VWLSHQG DV ZHOO DV WKH SURIHVVRUV ZLWK ZKRP WKH students  will  be  working.

Van  Orman  said  there  was  an  added  requirement  to  the  DSSOLFDWLRQ WKLV \HDU ,Q RUGHU WR EH HOLJLEOH IRU WKH SURJUDP students  must  agree  to  write  D VHQLRU WKHVLV DQG SUHVHQW D SRVWHU DW WKH VSULQJ 3DUHQWVœ Weekend.

7KLUW\ IRXU VWXGHQWV DS-­ SOLHG DORQJ ZLWK IDFXOW\ members.  Van  Orman  said  decisions  will  be  made  soon  DQG DQQRXQFHG DW 3DUHQWVÂś Weekend  in  March. Â

Â

² 6KDQQRQ 2GHOO

Dear  Distracted,   Ah,  young  love.  It’s  a  beautiful  thing.  Why  come  to  Hillsdale  to  study  and  read  wonderful  books,  talk  to  professors  about  truth,  or  take  challenging  classes  when  you  could  just  fall  in  love,  block  door  ways,  and  spend  your  time  cuddling  on  a  couch  in  the  Union  or  playing  footsie  in  the  library?  That’s  what  these  areas  of  campus  were  made  for  anyway,  right?    I  do  have  to  disagree  with  you.  Who  are  you  to  interrupt  these  lovers  with  your  whines  about  trying  to  concentrate  on  Dante  or  Aristotle?  They,  after  all,  will  repopulate  the  earth,  (hopefully  with  very  conservative  children  who  believe  in  the  divine  connection  between  the  Declaration  of  Independence  and  the  Constitution).  Their  work  will  most  likely  save  our  good  nation.    So  let  me  ask  you  again,  who  are  you  to  demand  peace  and  quiet  to  read  such  useless  things  as  can  be  found  in  our  Western  Heritage  reader?  Good  gracious!  6WRS ZDVWLQJ \RXU WLPH DQG ¿QG \RXUVHOI \RXU RZQ nuzzling  partner  and  begin  the  ever-­so-­essential  work  of  falling  in  love,  wedding,  and  rearing  children  in  the  way  of  the  Founding  Fathers!  A  very  distracted  student  indeed,  attempting  to  spend  your  time  in  pursuit  of  higher  truth,  when  the  higher  truth  is  to  be  found  in  the  opposite  sex  sitting  right  next  to  you!    The  percentage  of  seniors  who  were  engaged  last  year  was  13  percent  (I  might  be  making  this  number  up,  unfortunately,  which  seriously  detracts  from  the  serious-­ ness  of  this  very  important  column)  but  I  argue  that  it  should  be  33  percent!  Or  300  percent!    Ladies  and  gentlemen,  where  on  this  green  earth  ZLOO \RX ¿QG DQRWKHU SRRO WHHPLQJ VR YLFLRXVO\ ZLWK so  many  men  and  women  who  agree  with  every  single  thought  in  your  own  head?  Only  at  the  Kirby  Center  in  D.C.,  I  dare  say,  and  only  a  select  few  of  you  will  have  the  enormous  privilege  to  go  there.  Make  use  of  your  four  years  here  wisely  and  pair  up.  In  conclusion,  the  more  nuzzling,  the  better!

CITY NEWS

www.hillsdalecollegian.com

   A5    16  Feb.  2012 Â

Local  man  sentenced  for  cooking  meth  near  middle  school  3DXNHQ /XW]œV ³ODE´ FDXJKW ¿UH and  he  rushed  the  plate  into  a  bathroom  tub  to  try  to  extinguish  A  man  was  sentenced  on  WKH ÀDPH +H ZDV XQVXFFHVVIXO Monday  for  his  involvement  in  DQG ÀHG WKH EXLOGLQJ November’s  methamphetamine  The  Hillsdale  Fire  Depart-­ lab  explosion  in  a  house  near  ment  was  dispatched  and  they  Davis  Middle  School.  This  is  one  SXW RXW WKH ¿UH ZLWKLQ DQ KRXU of  many  dangerous  and  expen-­ However,  the  building  sustained  sive  meth  crimes  committed  in  serious  damage.  Pauken  said  Hillsdale  County  in  the  last  year. the  house  would  most  likely  be  Jim  Lutz  Jr.  was  sentenced  to  bulldozed.

10  to  15  years  in  prison  by  the  “The  last  conversation  I  had  Hillsdale  County  Circuit  Court.  with  the  proprietor,  that  was  the  He  will  be  serving  two  sen-­ plan,â€?  he  said. tences  ––  possession  of  meth  as  1R RQH ZDV KXUW LQ WKH ÂżUH a  habitual  offender  and  operating  However,  other  tenants  in  the  and  maintaining  a  lab  involving  multi-­unit  home  were  left  home-­ meth,  according  to  a  probation  less  and  at  least  some  of  them  RIÂżFLDO were  put  up  by  the  Salvation  On  the  evening  of  Nov.  20,  Army.

Lutz  was  cooking  meth  on  a  Undersheriff  Bill  Whorley  hotplate  at  a  house  on  N.  West  said  meth  is  a  growing  problem  Street,  said  Deputy  Chief  Kevin  in  Hillsdale  County   Caleb Whitmer Copy Editor

In  the  past,  the  creation  of  meth  required  a  lab  apparatus  and  a  knowledge  of  chemistry.  In  recent  years,  recipes  have  been  VLPSOLÂżHG DQG PHWK SURGXFHUV need  as  little  as  a  two-­liter  bottle  and  common  chemicals  to  make  the  illicit  drug. “[Meth  producers]  need  so  much  less  to  cook,â€?  Pauken  said.  “They’ve  streamlined  it  so  well  they  could  do  it  out  of  the  back  of  a  car.â€?

Whorley  described  the  chemi-­ cals  involved  in  meth  production  as  “vile�  and  “volatile�  and  said  lab  explosions  are  a  danger  to  anyone  attempting  to  produce  meth.

Not  only  is  meth  production  a  danger  to  the  cookers,  but  it  is  expensive  to  those  in  charge  of  cleaning  up  the  chemicals. “The  average  cost  [of  meth Â

chemical  cleanup]  is  really  to  the  tax  payer,�  Whorley  said.  “It  comes  out  of  a  budget  we’ve  approved  to  pay  for  this.  It’s  kind  of  an  unexpected  expense.�

Last  April,  the  Hillsdale  County  Sheriff’s  Department  incurred  a  total  cost  of  $8,400  in  meth  lab  cleanup.  That  was  for  four  investigations. “We  have  an  obligation  to  the  entire  county,  our  jurisdiction,�  Whorley  said.  “We  haven’t  just  a  legal  obligation,  but  a  moral  obligation  to  deal  with  these  il-­ licit  drugs.�

Several  weeks  ago,  the  sher-­ iff’s  department  made  a  meth  arrest  after  obtaining  a  warrant  to  enter  an  apartment  at  Village  Green  Apartments.  They  were  accompanied  by  members  of  WKH ÂżUH GHSDUWPHQW LQFOXGLQJ Pauken,  in  case  there  was  an Â

explosion.

7KHUH ZDV QR ¿UH LQYROYHG in  this  arrest,  but  disposal  of  the  chemicals  still  cost  the  sheriff’s  department  about  $800.

Tenants  of  Village  Green  were  unaware  their  fellow  rent-­ ers  were  cooking  meth. “We  should  have  left  [the  cookers]  with  the  other  tenants,�  Pauken  said.  “They  were  about  to  lynch  them  outside.�

In  the  past,  Congress  allo-­ cated  federal  money  to  deal  with  illicit  drug  clean-­up.  But  due  to  budget  cuts  in  recent  years,  that  money  has  disappeared. “These  are  the  kind  of  things,  if  they  keep  up,�  Whorley  said,  “that  can  really  upset  your  apple  cart  on  a  budget  basis.�

Currently  the  city  works  with  Drug  and  Laboratory  Disposal  out  of  Plainwell,  Mich.,  for Â

chemical  clean-­up.

Whorley  said  the  state  will  soon  be  starting  a  drop-­off  system  for  dangerous  chemicals.  The  sheriff’s  department  will  put  the  chemicals  in  barrels  and  haul  them  to  sites  designated  by  the  state.  From  then  on,  the  chemi-­ cals  are  the  state’s  problem.

This  doesn’t,  however,  com-­ pletely  eliminate  the  cost.  The  local  department  must  still  pay  for  safety  gear  to  deal  with  the  hazardous  chemicals,  including  ÀDPH UHWDUGDQW VXLWV DQG UHVSLUD-­ tors.  They  must  also  pay  for  a  trailer  to  haul  the  barrels.

Until  the  new  system  is  put  in  place,  the  department  will  have  to  continue  paying  for  meth  clean-­up  out  of  its  general  budget.

'RPHVWLF +DUPRQ\œV FRQWUDFW UHQHZHG 6DORQ VKXWV GRZQ EODPHV JRYHUQPHQW had  put  aside  $5,500,  the  con-­ tract  was  still  for  $5,250.  The  vote  to  amend  that  amount  to  Hillsdale  City  Council  voted  $5,500  was  a  split  vote,  5-­4.

5-­0  to  give  Domestic  Harmony  Brown  said  she  was  against  $5,500  this  year,  an  increase  of  increasing  the  amount  to  $5,500. $250  from  last  year. “We  still  don’t  have  extra  Two  years  ago,  Domestic  money  to  give  away,â€?  she  said.  Harmony’s  contract  was  cut  “I  don’t  think  it  looks  good  to  from  $5,500  to  $5,250  to  accom-­ do  that.â€? modate  the  5  percent  budget  cuts  Brown  also  said  that  funding  across  the  state  of  Michigan. from  City  Council  only  makes  “When  the  state  of  Michigan  up  1  percent  of  Domestic  Har-­ came  down  with  all  their  cuts,  mony’s  budget,  so  $250  would  we  were  passing  that  down  to  not  impact  them  that  much.  And  everyone  on  our  end,â€?  said  Ward  Brown  said  the  money  could  be  2  Councilwoman  Ruth  Brown. put  to  good  use  elsewhere  in  the  Domestic  Harmony  is  the  community. only  charity  City  Council  But  Mason  said  that  small  contracts  with.  Brown  said  amount  still  could  help  them  they  have  had  to  turn  down  tremendously. other  charities  that  have  come  to  “The  City  Council  award  Council  to  ask  for  funding. represents  1  percent  of  our  an-­ “Domestic  Harmony  is  differ-­ nual  budget,  and  yet  without  that  ent  because  it  affects  the  police,â€?  contract,  we  would  have  a  bud-­ Brown  said.  “So  that’s  where  we  JHW GHÂżFLW ´ 0DVRQ VDLG Âł:H made  the  distinction.â€? have  a  very  lean  budget  with  With  the  5  percent  cut  no  no  fat  to  trim.  We’ve  trimmed  longer  in  place,  City  Council  put  everywhere  we  could  trim  in  the  aside  $5,500  for  the  charity  this  past  three  years  without  cutting  year. into  services  for  clients  and  still  “When  we  wrote  in  to  request  meeting  our  goal  to  increase  our  for  the  contract,  we  wrote  in  for  prevention  education  programs.â€? the  lesser  amount,  not  knowing  Mason  also  said  that  with  the  that  they  had  budgeted  $5,500,â€?  $20,000  hole  left  in  their  budget  said  Georgia  Mason,  executive  from  the  closing  of  Hillsdale’s  director  of  Domestic  Harmony.

United  Way,  any  extra  money  is  Even  though  City  Council  appreciated.

“That  was  a  really  painful  budgeting  issue  for  us,â€?  she  said.   ³7KDWÂśV D VLJQLÂżFDQW DPRXQW RI money  in  a  small  town  during  tough  times.â€? ,Q RUGHU WR ÂżOO WKDW EXGJHW gap,  Domestic  Harmony  has  increased  fundraising  efforts.  They  are  holding  a  pancake  and  sausage  breakfast  fundraiser  at  the  Elks  Club  on  Mar.  24  from  7  a.m.  to  noon.  They  will  also  hold  their  annual  Duck  Derby  fundraiser  in  May. Mason  also  said  the  commu-­ nity  has  stepped  up  to  help  out  the  charity. “The  community  is  certainly  very  supportive  and  generous  to  Domestic  Harmony,â€?  she  said.  “Everything  from  people  donat-­ ing  paper  towels  to  soup  —  it  all  saves  us  from  having  to  spend  money  on  those  items.â€?

Mason  said  the  fundrais-­ ers  and  community  support  are  really  what  help  sustain  the  charity. “We’re  optimistic  that  —  with  the  City  Council  contract  being  awarded,  and  with  the  wonderful  people  that  we  have  on  our  board  that  are  going  to  work  tirelessly  to  make  sure  that  ZH KDYH D JUHDW \HDU ÂżQDQFLDOO\ ² ZHÂśOO KDYH D JRRG ÂżQDQFLDO year,â€?  she  said

Ricketts  tried  to  turn  those  former  workers  in,  but  claimed  that  the  state  has  an  interest  in  ignoring  his  complaint  because  One  local  businessman  Michigan  gains  revenue  from  claims  that  big  government  additional  unemployment  broke  his  small  business.  Brian  claims.

Ricketts,  the  former  owner  of  2QH JRYHUQPHQW RIÂżFLDO Yor  Hair,  scribbled  those  words  on  the  front  of  his  building  after  allegedly  told  Ricketts  that  he  went  into  the  wrong  business.  his  business  closed  down. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  been  a  cash  business,  it  will  Ricketts,  45,  is  a  third-­ always  be  a  cash  business,â&#x20AC;?  the  generation  salon  owner.  He  RIÂżFLDO VDLG Âł<RXÂśUH D ELJ ER\ opened  Yor  Hair  in  1994  and  You  should  have  done  some-­ saw  continual  growth  for  more  than  a  decade.  In  2005,  his  salon  thing  else.â&#x20AC;?

Besides  the  costs  associated  posted  $549,000  in  revenues. with  high  labor  turnover,  Yor  But  according  to  Ricketts,  Hair  faced  higher  labor  costs  as  high  revenues  werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  enough  more  former  employees  started  to  offset  Yor  Hairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  exposure  to  the  governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  unemployment  FROOHFWLQJ EHQHÂżWV Unemployment  insurance  is  a  insurance  program. joint  state  and  federal  program.  He  claims  that  generous  XQHPSOR\PHQW EHQHÂżWV OXUHG KLV In  Michigan,  it  is  funded  by  a  variable  tax  rate  placed  on  the  employees  away  from  work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  get  them  to  come  ¿UVW RI HDFK HPSOR\HHÂśV earnings.  The  tax  rate  rises  as  in,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  had  people  that  the  number  of  former  employees  I  was  turning  away  that  came  to  my  business  forever  and  they  FROOHFWLQJ EHQHÂżWV LQFUHDVHV â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yor  Hair  had  to  close  down  refused  to  come  to  work.â&#x20AC;? because  the  Michigan  Employ-­ Over  the  last  few  years,  Yor  ment  Security  Commission  was  Hair  hemorrhaged  workers.  going  to  have  us  pay  12  per-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  had  44  workers,  then  18,  cent,â&#x20AC;?  said  Ricketts. then  3,â&#x20AC;?  said  Ricketts.

He  said  Yor  Hair  couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  By  leaving  Yor  Hair,  his  handle  those  costs  since  many  former  employees  were  able  to  competitors  avoided  taxes  FROOHFW XQHPSOR\PHQW EHQHÂżWV altogether.  Those  problems  were  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  can  offer  them  more,  but  aggravated  by  the  fact  that  many  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  easier  [to  collect  state  aid]  of  his  former  employees  were  and  it  seems  to  be  what  people  drawing  customers  away.  are  used  to,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  go  down  the  road  and  Ricketts  invested  resources  into  training  his  employees,  get-­ they  dilute  the  market,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.

Abi Wood it  over,  he  would  franchise  the  starts,  it  drops  off,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.

But  even  when  customers  did  ting  them  to  a  level  that  he  calls  Copy Editor Mancusoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  chain.  The  busi-­ So  how  does  a  small  business  â&#x20AC;&#x153;the  Yor  Hair  standard.â&#x20AC;?  He  show  up,  Yor  Hair  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  able  ness  did  very  well  in  Hillsdale,  manage  the  down  time  during  7KH ÂżUVW IHZ ZHHNV RI WKH claims  that  they  left  to  work  for  to  serve  them  due  to  its  lack  of  especially  during  the  summer  its  off-­season?  Macy  said  it  was  competitors  that  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  require  2011  fall  semester  at  Hillsdale  employees.  Ricketts  keeps  a  list  season,  and  LoPresto  said  he  important  to  make  sure  there  College  were  still  steamy  with  of  100  customers  that  he  had  them  to  pay  taxes. thought  it  would  do  well  in  cit-­ was  â&#x20AC;&#x153;money  in  the  potâ&#x20AC;?  to  carry  the  vestiges  of  summer,  but,  to  turn  away  in  a  three-­week  David  Paas,  professor  of  ies  like  Ann  Arbor  and  Detroit. the  business  through  the  slower  business  law,  said  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  common  unfortunately,  one  of  the  more  period. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  just  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  need  a  full-­time  times.  She  said  another  critical  WR ÂżQG SHRSOH HYDGLQJ WD[HV LQ popular  summer  haunts  in  Other  burdens  exist  for  small  job  anymore.  I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  want  the  aspect  of  successful  small-­town  cash-­based  industries  like  hair-­ Hillsdale  closed  down  just  as  businesses  in  the  community.  hassle,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  too  much  business  was  versatility  and  a  students  started  pouring  back  dressing.  The  former  employees  For  example,  barbers  are  re-­ work  for  somebody  my  age  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  I  unique  business  plan. onto  campus. quired  to  be  licensed  in  the  state  can  avoid  taxes  by  underreport-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Toasted  Mud  works  because  ing  earnings  or  starting  home  Mancusoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s,  an  ice  cream  and  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  even  know  what  I  was  of  Michigan. thinking.â&#x20AC;? thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  nothing  like  it.  I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  pizza  drive-­through  located  on  Gary  Wolfram,  professor  of  EXVLQHVVHV WKDW DUH GLIÂżFXOW WR If  LoPresto  can  sell  the  Man-­ have  three  of  these  down  the  Hillsdale  Street,  put  up  a  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;For  political  economy,  argued  that  track. cusoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  building  he  said  he  will  sidewalk,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  open  Saleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  sign  only  a  week  after  the  occupational  licensing  drives  up  By  working  under  the  table,  never  work  again.  His  business  seven  days  a  week,  and  also  fall  term  started.  The  pizza  shop  the  former  employees  remained  the  price  of  labor  because  â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  did  not  fail,  however.  In  fact,  open  in  the  evenings.  I  also  has  sat  vacant  ever  since,  but  barrier  to  entry.â&#x20AC;?  eligible  for  unemployment  the  body  shop  thrived  for  over  think  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  successful  because  we  EHQHÂżWV owner  Terry  LoPresto  said  he  Yor  Hair  faced  a  restricted  forty  years.  LoPresto  chocks  the  cater  to  every  single  age.â&#x20AC;? is  thinking  about  opening  the  supply  of  workers  because  it  Bruce  Ikawa,  professor  of  Terry  Tucker,  owner  of  place  back  up  in  April.  LoPresto  success  of  Mancusoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  and  the  could  only  hire  workers  who  had  accounting,  called  that  â&#x20AC;&#x153;a  clear  body  shop  up  to  old-­fashioned  Sweets  for  Life,  agreed  with  formerly  owned  a  local  body  state-­issued  licenses.  According  violation  of  unemployment.â&#x20AC;?

Macy  about  versatility.  She  said  shop  in  town,  which  he  also  sold  principles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  important  to  be  honest  WKH QRQ SURÂżW FDQG\ VWRUH ZDV ÂżYH PRQWKV DJR with  people  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  important  successful  because  it  presented  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  ice-­cream  place  was  SUHSDULQJ WKH UHJLRQ ZLWK LPPXQL]D-­ for  a  businessman  to  keep  his  a  unique  product  in  an  interest-­ ASES OF THE FLU supposed  to  be  a  fun  thing  for  WLRQV DFFRUGLQJO\ ing  way. me,â&#x20AC;?  LoPresto  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well,  it  got  word,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  5HFHQW UHSRUWV IURP WKH &HQWHUV INCREASE He  also  said  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  important  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;There  really  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  any  other  too  big.  It  was  hard  for  me  to  go  IRU 'LVHDVH &RQWURO VD\ WKHUH candy  store  in  Hillsdale  that  to  the  body  shop  and  work  eight  keep  in  mind  that  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;biggest  KDYH EHHQ QRYHO KXPDQ FDVHV &DVHV RI LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQ]D KDYH thing  in  Hillsdale  is  Hillsdale  does  the  candy  and  the  ice  hours  and  then  go  down  there  GLVFRYHUHG WKLV \HDU LQ WKH 8QLWHG LQFUHDVHG LQ 0LFKLJDQ UHSRUWHG WKH College,â&#x20AC;?  and  to  tailor  your  cream,â&#x20AC;?  she  said. and  work  from  5  oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock  to  11  0LFKLJDQ 'HSDUWPHQW RI &RPPXQLW\ 6WDWHV :KLOH D FDVH KDVQÂśW \HW business  plan  accordingly.

Sweets  for  Life  also  has  a  oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock.â&#x20AC;?  EHHQ UHSRUWHG LQ 0LFKLJDQ WKH &'& +HDOWK ODVW ZHHN Small-­business  owner  Jonna  resale  side  of  their  store  where  The  former  owner  is  in  his  KDV VXJJHVWHG WKDW DOO VWDWHV ÂłFRQ-­ -R $QQ :LOF]\QVNL 'LUHFWRU Macy,  however,  disagrees.  Macy  they  sell  old  books,  antiques,  late  sixties  now.  He  completed  GXFW VXUYHLOODQFH IRU VXVSHFW FDVHV´ RI 3UHYHQWLRQ 6HUYLFHV IRU WKH owns  Toasted  Mud,  a  pottery  and  china. two  tours  of  duty  in  Vietnam  WKURXJK DQ LQFUHDVH LQ LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQ]D +LOOVGDOH EUDQFK RI 6W -RVHSK &RP-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;People  [buy]  more  of  the  and  became  a  self-­made  million-­ shop  downtown,  and  she  said  PXQLW\ +HDOWK $JHQF\ VDLG WKDW ZLWK WHVWLQJ her  busiest  time  was  during  the  resale  stuff.  Because  of  the  aire  by  the  age  of  42.  'XH WR WKH LQFUHDVH LQ LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQ]D WKH LQFUHDVH LQ LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQ]D FDVHV WKH summer. economy  they  arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  buying  LoPresto  said  if  he  could  do  FDVHV WKLV ZLQWHU +HDOWK 6HUYLFHV EUDQFK LV ÂłJRLQJ ZLWK WKH WUHQG´ DQG â&#x20AC;&#x153;In  September,  when  school  new  as  much,â&#x20AC;?  Tucker  said.

Sarah Leitner Sports Editor

Charles Couger Collegian Freelancer

0DQFXVRÂśV FORVHG LQGHÂżQLWHO\

C

Police  Blotter The  following  is  a  list  of  calls  compiled  and  reported  by  the  Hillsdale  County  Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Department.

Hillsdale  City  Police Feb.  13 A  40-­year-­old  woman  and  a  43-­year-­old  man  were  arrested  on  the  70  block  of  Cherry  Tree  Lane  in  Hillsdale  on  suspicion  of  domestic  assault.  One  $1,000  bond  was  posted,  and  the  other  $1,000  bond  was  not  posted.

Feb.  8 A  23-­year-­old  woman  was  arrested  on  the  2100  block  of  Studebaker  Street  in  Decatur,  Ind.  on  a  felony  warrant  for  two  counts  of  safe  break-­

ing.  A  $600,000  bond  was  not  posted.

Michigan  State  Police Feb.  14 A  22-­year-­old  man  was  arrested  on  the  1500  block  of  Ridge  Road  in  Yp-­ silanti  on  a  felony  warrant  for  second-­degree  home  invasion.  A  $50,000  bond  was  not  posted.

Feb.  12 A  34-­year-­old  man  was  arrested  on  the  10100  block  of  Day  Road  in  Pittsford  on  a  felony  warrant  for  the  delivery  and  manufacture  of  narcot-­ ics  and  the  possession  of  marijuana.  A  $51,000  bond  was  not  posted.

Feb.  10 $ \HDU ROG PDQ ZDV DUUHVWHG RQ WKH EORFN RI (DVW /LWFK¿HOG Road  in  Jonesville  on  suspicion  of  aggravated  assault.  No  bond  was  allowed.

to  Wolfram,  licensing  in  hair-­ cutting  â&#x20AC;&#x153;is  particularly  stupid  because  if  you  get  a  bad  haircut,  you  just  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  go  back.â&#x20AC;?

Wolfram  also  pointed  out  that  XQHPSOR\PHQW EHQHÂżWV GLV-­ courage  the  unemployed  from  searching  for  work.  By  paying  people  to  be  unemployed,  the  government  is  reducing  â&#x20AC;&#x153;the  marginal  cost  of  being  unem-­ ployed,  and  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  going  to  get  more  unemployment.â&#x20AC;?

Wolfram  questioned  whether  Yor  Hairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  employees  quit  to  collect  unemployment,  but  he  did  argue  that  those  who  are  al-­ ready  collecting  unemployment  ZLOO WDNH ORQJHU WR ÂżQG D MRE Small  businesses  in  the  com-­ munity  also  have  to  deal  with  many  policies,  requirements,  and  regulations  that  untrained  businessmen  may  not  be  aware  of.  In  Paasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  words,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  good  bookkeeper  in  the  backroom  is  always  a  nice  thing  to  have.â&#x20AC;?           When  asked  whether  they  thought  that  big  government  broke  Yor  Hair,  both  Paas  and  Ikawa  expressed  skepticism. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  could  be  that  he  got  slapped  with  high  taxes,â&#x20AC;?  Paas  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;But  if  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  anything  I  know  about  the  taxman,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  that  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  willing  to  negotiate.  These  days  taxes  are  negotiable.â&#x20AC;?  The  chances  that  unemployment  insurance  taxes  shut  down  the  business  are  â&#x20AC;&#x153;less  than  50-­50.â&#x20AC;?  He  pointed  out  that  â&#x20AC;&#x153;it  sounds  like  a  lot  of  other  things  hap-­ pened.â&#x20AC;?

Ikawa  said  that  Rickettsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  sto-­ ry  â&#x20AC;&#x153;is  possible.â&#x20AC;?  But  he  pointed  out  that  the  governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  role  was  indirect,  and  even  without  unemployment  insurance,  Rick-­ ettsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  employees  would  have  left  to  start  sideline  companies.

With  the  closing  of  Yor  Hair,  Ricketts,  who  is  the  single  father  RI WZR FKLOGUHQ KDG WR ¿QG D new  source  of  income.

He  now  works  at  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Roy  Hair,â&#x20AC;?  which  is  located  at  130  N.  West  Street.

Having  failed  to  carry  on  his  familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  tradition  of  salon  own-­ ership,  Ricketts  said,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  know  what  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  supposed  to  do.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  lost.â&#x20AC;?

KDV EHHQ VHQGLQJ HPDLOV FRQFHUQ-­ LQJ Ă&#x20AC;X YDFFLQDWLRQV Âł,WÂśV UHDOO\ ZRUWK LW WR JHW D Ă&#x20AC;X VKRW ´ VDLG &DURO 'UHZV WKH QXUVH RQ WKH +LOOVGDOH +HDOWK 6HUYLFHV VWDII Âł,W VKRUWHQV VHYHULW\ DQG LQ WKLV FRPPXQLW\ OLYLQJ ZH KDYH KHUH LW UHGXFHV H[SRVXUH ´ 9DFFLQHV ZLOO EH DYDLODEOH XQWLO 0DUFK Âł:HÂśUH FRPLQJ XS RQ SHDN VR WKH VRRQHU WKH EHWWHU ´ 'UHZV VDLG %\ %DLOH\ 3ULWFKHWW

Hillsdale  County  Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Department Feb.  13 A  20-­year-­old  man  was  arrested  on  the  70  block  of  Logan  Street  in  Hillsdale  on  two  misdemeanor  warrants  for  two  counts  of  selling  and  furnishing  alcohol  to  a  minor,  allowing  the  consumption  of  drugs  and  alcohol  on  the  premises,  and  children  contributing  to  delinquency.  A  $2,000  bond  was  posted.

Feb.  9 A  24-­year-­old  man  was  arrested  on  the  7300  block  of  Cambria  Road  in  Hillsdale  on  a  misdemeanor  warrant  for  domestic  violence.  A  $1,000  bond  was  not  posted.

-Compiled by Sarah Leitner

OPINION 16 Â Feb. Â 2012 Â Â Â A6

33  E.  College  St. Newsroom:  (517)  607-­2897 Hillsdale,  MI  49242 Advertising:  (517)  607-­2684

Online:  www.hillsdalecollegian.com Editor  in  Chief:  Marieke  van  der  Vaart News  Editor:  Patrick  Timmis City  News  Editor:  Betsy  Woodruff Opinions  Editor:  T.  Elliot  Gaiser Sports  Editor:  Sarah  Leitner Features  Editor:  Shannon  Odell Arts  Editor:  Roxanne  Turnbull Design  Editor:  Bonnie  Cofer Design  Assistant:  Aaron  Mortier Web  Editor:  Sally  Nelson Ad  Manager:  Will  Wegert Circulation  Manager:  Emmaline  Epperson Copy  Editors:   Tory  Cooney  |  Morgan  Sweeney Caleb  Whitmer  |  Abigail  Wood Staff  Reporters:  Emily  Johnston Phillip  Morgan  |  Teddy  Sawyer  |  Sarah  Anne  Voyles Photographers:   Joe  Buth  |  Shannon  Odell Greg  Barry  |  Bonnie  Cofer  |  Schuyler  Dugle  |  Chuck  Grimmett  |  Joelle  Lucus Illustrators:  Dane  Skorup Faculty  Advisers:   John  J.  Miller  |  Maria  Servold

www.hillsdalecollegian.com

THE Â COLLEGIAN Â WEEKLY THE Â OPINION Â OF Â THE Â COLLEGIAN Â EDITORIAL Â STAFF

W

ith  an  unprecedented  reading  day  fast  ap-­ proaching,  we  at  The  Collegian  thought  you  might  be  wondering  what  what  you  could  possibly  do  with  an  extra  24  hours  in  your  weekend. /HVW \RX ¿QG \RXUVHOYHV paralyzed  with  the  possibilities,  we  have  compiled  our  top  10  sugges-­ tions  to  inspire  you.

6OHHS LQ 'RQœW OHW \RXU VOHHS debt  sink  your  intellectual  credit.  Rebuild  while  you  can.

2.  Catch  up  on  the  last  two  sea-­

sons  of  TV  shows  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  missed  this  year.  Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  nothing  like  a  six-­hour  marathon  of  Parks  and  Recreation  to  restore  the  soul.

'R DQ\WKLQJ EXW UHDG 4.  Make  all  the  crafts  on  your  Pinterest  board.  No  time  like  a  reading  day  to  turn  a  rake  into  a  coat-­rack,  melt  some  crayons  into  art,  or  build  mini-­terrariums. *R IRU D ZDON $ KRXU walk.

6.  Play  pranks  on  your  friends.  Fill  their  bathtubs  with  Jell-­O,  freeze  their  underwear,  MelCat Â

PROP  8:  THE  ROLE OF  JUDGES the  Constitutionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  text  for  its  proved  that  men,  including  actual  meaning.  The  Ninth  WKRVH LQ RIÂżFH FRXOG QRW EH Circuit  Court  of  Appeals  is  trusted  to  restrain  themselves  especially  guilty  of  this. and  their  passions,  they  put  here  is  a  story  that   Last  week,  the  Ninth  Cir-­ institutions  in  place  that  would  two  of  the  great-­ cuit  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  the  most  liberal  court  allow  ambition  to  counteract  HVW ÂżJXUHV LQ RXU LQ WKH ODQG ² UHDIÂżUPHG LWV ambition. law,  Justice  Holmes  and  Judge  longstanding  union  with  judi-­  They  set  up  independent  Learned  Hand,  had  lunch  cial  activism  when  it  upheld  branches  of  government  with  together  and  afterward,  as  the  decision  of  the  California  distinct  powers.  Each  branch  Holmes  began  to  drive  off  in  Supreme  Court  to  throw  out  then  would  check  the  powers  his  carriage,  Hand,  in  a  sudden  Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Proposition  8,  a  of  the  other  branches  in  order  onset  of  enthusiasm,  ran  after  citizen  initiative  amending  to  prevent  tyranny  in  any  of  KLP FU\LQJ Âľ'R MXVWLFH VLU GR WKH VWDWH FRQVWLWXWLRQ WR GHÂżQH its  many  forms.  The  courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  justice.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Holmes  stopped  the  marriage  as  a  union  â&#x20AC;&#x153;between  limited  role  was  to  have,  as  carriage  and  reproved  Hand:  one  man  and  one  woman.â&#x20AC;?  Alexander  Hamilton  described  ¾7KDW LV QRW P\ MRE ,W LV P\ For  the  activists  sitting  on  the  in  Federalist  78,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;neither  force  job  to  apply  the  Law.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?  So  court,  laws  prohibiting  same-­ nor  will,  but  merely  judg-­ goes  the  famous  anecdote  as  sex  marriage  do  not  conform  to  ment.â&#x20AC;?  They  were  to  decide  relayed  by  Judge  Robert  Bork  their  conceptions  of  justice  and  cases  and  render  an  impartial  in  his  book,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Tempt-­ are  therefore  unconstitutional. judgment  according  to  the  law.  ing  of  America.â&#x20AC;?  This  scene   The  court  found  the  con-­ Anything  beyond  that  was  aptly  speaks  to  one  of  the  stitutional  violation  in  the  fact  outside  their  proper  limited  greatest  tensions  in  American  that  California  changed  their  powers. jurisprudence  today  between  law  to  recognize  same-­sex   Once  judges  usurp  powers  two  sides  of  thought:  that  of  marriage  and  not  granted  activist  judges  â&#x20AC;&#x153;doing  justiceâ&#x20AC;?  then  tried  to  them,  DFFRUGLQJ WR WKHLU RZQ Ă&#x20AC;HHWLQJ to  change  it  they  throw  ³7KH UXOLQJ notions,  and  that  of  applying  back.  The  the  law  by  looking  to  the  text  HIIHFWXDOO\ WUDQVIRUPV this  sepa-­ circuitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  of  the  Constitution.

WKH &RQVWLWXWLRQ LQWR D ration  off  opinion  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  balance  and   Justice  Holmes  raises  a  ¾RQH ZD\ UDWFKHW ϫ risk  losing  to  no  oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  key  point  in  understanding  surprise  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  the  stable  the  scope  of  the  judiciary:  the  proclaimed  rule  of  proper  role  of  a  judge  is  not  Proposition  8  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;distinct  ODZ WR WKH ÂżFNOH UXOH RI PHQ simply  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;do  justice,â&#x20AC;?  but  constitutional  violationâ&#x20AC;?  of  the  Regardless  of  your  beliefs  to  do  justice  under  the  law.  regarding  Proposition  8,  to  op-­ Judges  are  bound  by  law.  They  oft-­cited  Fourteenth  Amend-­ PHQWÂśV 'XH 3URFHVV DQG (TXDO pose  it  is  to  oppose  American  are  bound  by  the  Constitution  Protection  Clauses,  though  no  self-­government. and  by  the  original  objective  such  protection  of  marriage   When  judges  assume  pow-­ public  meaning  of  its  text.  can  be  found  in  the  actual  text  ers  not  granted  to  them  and  Their  job  is  to  say  what  the  law  of  the  Constitution. attempt  to  ensure  â&#x20AC;&#x153;correctâ&#x20AC;?  LV QRW ZKDW LW RXJKW WR EH 'H-­  Their  reasoning,  if  one  can  political  outcomes  that  the  cisions  over  what  the  law  says  call  it  that,  is  that  the  people  of  Constitution  does  not  compel,  are  left  to  the  people  and  their  California  had  no  â&#x20AC;&#x153;legitimate  they  undermine  the  rule  of  law  representatives  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  through  the  reasonâ&#x20AC;?  to  enact  such  a  law,  and  the  self-­government  that  creation  of  new  laws. despite  going  through  all  of  our  laws  ensure.   But  many  in  todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  proper  procedures.  Trans-­ When  they  impart  their  own  judiciary  disregard  the  text  of  lation:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  the  elites  on  the  will  into  the  Constitution  in-­ the  Constitution  in  favor  of  in-­ stead  of  applying  the  law,  they  terjecting  their  personal  views  Ninth  Circuit  can  determine  better  than  the  people  what  effectively  render  the  peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  of  justice,  policy  preferences,  the  law  ought  to  be.  We  have  recourse  to  the  Constitution  â&#x20AC;&#x153;progress,â&#x20AC;?  or  â&#x20AC;&#x153;empathy.â&#x20AC;?  crafted  a  standard  of  justice,  void.

They  take  upon  themselves  du-­ although  it  has  no  grounding  in  :KHQ WKH\ ÂżQG SURWHFWLRQ ties  that  lie  solely  in  the  scope  the  Constitution,  and  you  are  for  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;rightâ&#x20AC;?  apart  from  the  text  of  the  people  and  the  legisla-­ required  to  meet  it.â&#x20AC;?  The  rul-­ of  the  highest  law  in  the  land,  tures.  This  is  judicial  activism. ing  effectually  transforms  the  they  assume  powers  that  are   Conservatives  and  liberals  Constitution  into  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;one-­way  not  safe  in  the  hands  of  fallen  alike  are  guilty  of  distorting  ratchetâ&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  once  cranked  in  a  human  beings.  The  activist  WKH &RQVWLWXWLRQ WR ÂżW WKHLU SHU-­ single  direction,  it  can  never  be  judges  on  the  Ninth  Circuit  sonal  preferances  and  concep-­ WXUQHG EDFN ² WKDW Ă&#x20AC;LHV LQ WKH have  made  a  mockery  of  our  tions  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;goodâ&#x20AC;?  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;justice.â&#x20AC;?  face  of  our  foundersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  vision. judiciary,  our  constitution,  and  Those  in  both  camps  have   The  founders  set  up  a  gov-­ our  civilizationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  fundamental  D Ă&#x20AC;DZHG WHQGHQF\ WR HTXDWH ernment  to  deal  with  the  limits  knowledge  about  the  nature  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;badâ&#x20AC;?  with  â&#x20AC;&#x153;unconstitutionalâ&#x20AC;?  of  human  nature  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  a  govern-­ man. and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;goodâ&#x20AC;?  with  â&#x20AC;&#x153;constitu-­ ment  based  on  the  rule  of  law.  tionalâ&#x20AC;?  without  looking  to  Because  reason  and  experience  Tiffany Bates Special to The Collegian

The  editors  welcome  Letters  to  the  Editor  but  reserve  the  right  to  edit  all  submissions  for  clarity,  length  and  style.  Letters  should  be  less  350  words  or  less  and  include  your  name  and  phone  number.  Please  send  submissions  to  collegian@hillsdale.edu  before  Sunday  at  6  p.m.

A Â 24/7 NEED Blake Faulkner Special to the Collegian

W

hen  I  was  a  freshman  roughly  three  and  a  half  years  ago,  I  lived  on  the  illustrious  VHFRQG Ă&#x20AC;RRU RI 6LPSVRQ WKH VRXWK VLGH *RG RQO\ NQRZV ZKR OLYHV WKHUH QRZ EXW DERXW VL[ RWKHUV DQG , FRPSRVHG WKH RQO\ SHRSOH RQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;RRU who  did  not  appreciate  booming  bass  music  at  four  a.m.,  sporadic  screaming,  shouting,  hooting,  squawk-­ ing,  drunken  wrestling  matches  tapping  at  my  cham-­ ber  door,  or  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  my  favorite  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  splotches  of  vomit  awaiting  me  on  my  doorstep.  As  a  weak-­stomached  IUHVKPDQ , ZDV WHUULÂżHG E\ P\ HQYLURQPHQW DQG sought  sanctuary  elsewhere  in  order  to,  oh,  I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  know:  study.  But  I  could  not  escape  the  mayhem  for  long,  no  matter  how  hard  I  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  or  Allstate  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  tried.  All  of  the  major  buildings  on  campus  closed  at  2  a.m.,  forcing  me  to  return  to  Simpson  and  dream,  if  I  managed  to  sleep,  of  a  day  when  I  could  stay  in  a  building  all  night  away  from  Mr.  Mayhemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  rude  and  intrusive  grasp.  That  grasp  has  driven  me  to  propose  that  Hillsdale  College  have  at  least  one  building  open  24/7  while  classes  are  in  session.  Besides  the  rampages  of  Master  and  Madame  Mayhem,  there  are  two  major  reasons  demand  the  opening  of  a  building  for  24  hours  and  7  days  a  week:  1)  it  promotes  educa-­ tion,  and  2)  its  cheap  and  easy.      First,  a  24/7  building  promotes  education.  Why?  We  are  a  collegeâ&#x20AC;Śneed  I  say  more?  Students  need  to  be  able  to  study.  Frankly,  it  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  kind  of  like  is  startling  that  I  supervising  a  bowl  even  have  to  write  RI ÂżVK DV ORQJ DV this  article  to  call  for  a  24/7  building.  WKH\ DUH QRW HDW-­ LQJ HDFK RWKHU LWÂśV Hillsdale  College  promotes  high  aca-­ SUHWW\ XQHYHQWIXOâ&#x20AC;? demic  standards  that  rival  Ivy  League  schools.  Students  who  take  this  seriously  should  not  be  prevented  from  VWXG\LQJ E\ EHLQJ FRQÂżQHG WR WKHLU GRUPV      Additionally,  there  is  the  gender  problem.  Men  and  women  have  no  way  to  study  with  one  another  SRVW D P DQG WKDW LV RIWHQ YHU\ LQFRQYHQLHQW 'LG , say  often?  I  meant  usually.  Students  should  not  have  WR JR WR 0F'RQDOGÂśV LQ RUGHU WR VWXG\ ZLWK VRPHRQH of  the  opposite  sex.  I  know  many,  many  guys  and  girls  who  want  to  study  together.  From  a  guyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  per-­ spective,  I  know  women  are  smarter.  I  want  to  study  with  them.  Hillsdale,  please  allow  me  to  do  so.      Second,  a  24/7  building  would  be  cheap  and  easy  to  maintain.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  kind  of  like  supervising  a  bowl  RI ÂżVK DV ORQJ DV WKH\ DUH QRW HDWLQJ HDFK RWKHU LWÂśV pretty  uneventful.  It  would  be  very  easy  to  supervise  students  at  these  hours  of  the  night.  I  work  on  the  security  team  and  I  kick  out  at  least  10  people  every  school  night,  and  that  number  only  increases  close  WR SURMHFW GXH GDWHV DQG GXULQJ PLGWHUPV RU ÂżQDOV People  want  to  study  during  these  times.  Even  if  there  is  not  a  huge  number  of  people  studying,  it  still  leaves  the  option  open  and  encourages  studying  whenever  it  is  necessary.      From  working  security,  I  also  know  a  little  about  building  supervision.  Basically,  the  only  time  we  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  paid  supervision  in  places  like  Lane,  .HQGHOO RU WKH 'RZ &HQWHU LV EHWZHHQ D P DQG a.m.  And  even  during  those  times,  we  have  custodi-­ ans  in  the  buildings.  So,  all  we  have  to  do  is  hire  a  VWXGHQW WR ZRUN D ÂżYH KRXU VKLIW IURP ZKLFK LV incredibly  easy  to  do.  Students  currently  work  in  the  security  building  24/7,  and  I  am  sure  others  would  be  willing  to  do  the  same  in  other  buildings  when  minimum  wage  is  involved.      Basically,  Hillsdale  should  have  a  24-­hour  building  because  it  further  allows  students  to  be  â&#x20AC;&#x153;du-­ tiful  in  study  and  service,â&#x20AC;?  as  the  Honor  Code  calls  for,  at  a  very  low  cost.  If  Hillsdale  would  do  this,  students  would  not  only  study  more,  but  also  rest  as-­ sured  that  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  in  good  hands  after  all.

inappropriate  books  on  their  library  card  accounts,  set  their  clocks  backwards.  Nothing  like  a  prank  to  endear  yourself  to  the  people  you  love.

7.  Explore  the  town.  Have  you  eaten  Thai  food  at  The  Coffee  Cup  recently?  Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  whole  culinary  world  outside  Saga,  Inc.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;maybe  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  time  you  discovered  it.

8.  Play  Solitaire  online.  Can  you  beat  the  most  recent  Facebook  record?

9.  Learn  the  latest  LMFAO  dance  moves  (i.e.  work  out).

â&#x20AC;&#x153;T

*R KHDU WKH SUHVLGHQWLDO FDQ-­ didates.  This  one  might  be  the  most  LPSRUWDQW 'RQœW PLVV WKLV RQFH LQ a-­lifetime  chance  to  hear  the  future  Republican  nominee.

Whatever  you  do  though,  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  delude  yourselves  into  thinking  that  you  can  catch  up  on  all  that  leftover  reading,  the  outstanding  projects,  and  overdue  coffee  dates.  It  simply  is  not  possible.

That  said,  have  fun  and  plan  ahead  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  get  the  most  of  your  extra  day!

Moral  unity, intelectual  diversity Kelsey Drapkin Special to the Collegian

S

ome  look  at  Hillsdale  and  see  a  campus  of  white,  Christian,  politically  conservative  students  getting  a  Republican  education  with  a  focus  on  the  classics.  However,  a  closer  look  tells  an  entirely  different  story.  Take  me  for  example.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  Jewish.  When  I  decided  to  come  to  Hillsdale,  religious  diversity  in  a  college  was  a  big  concern  for  me.  I  come  from  a  very  large  Jewish  community  and  was  worried  about  coming  to  a  school  that  is  predominantly  Christian.

Upon  arrival  at  Hillsdale,  I  found  something  completely  different  than  I  expected.  I  found  a  strong  religious  community  that,  although  it  does  not  entirely  agree  with  my  views,  allows  me  to  be  outwardly  religious  without  feeling  judged  for  my  beliefs.  It  is  the  common  ground  of  faith  and  belief  in  * G IRXQG RQ FDPSXV WKDW KDV DOORZHG WKLV In  my  time  here,  I  have  fostered  relationships  with  other  Jewish  students  on  campus.   We  have  successfully  created  a  club  for  Jewish  students.  Part  of  our  goal  with  this  club  is  to  encourage  relation-­ ships  with  the  Christian  community  on  campus.

The  fact  that  we  are  able  to  do  this  at  Hillsdale  speaks  to  the  acceptance  and  understanding  of  religious  diversity  on  campus.  Politically  speaking,  there  is  no  question  as  to  the  campusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  tendencies  to  the  Right.   That  said,  opinions  on  nearly  every  political  issue  vary  from  one  extreme  to  the  other,  with  everything  in  be-­ tween.

This  is  an  election  year,  so  there  have  been  ample  opportunities  for  political  discussion  and  debate.  I  have  attended  countless  screenings  of  the  Republican  presidential  debates  and  heard  large  groups  as  well  as  pairs  of  students  ranting  back  and  forth  about  their  different  takes  on  candidates  and  issues.  While  the  majority  of  the  student  body  may  have  similar  leanings,  we  are  in  no  way  in  unconditional  agreement  when  it  comes  to  politics.  Hillsdale  draws  from  49  states  and  7  foreign  FRXQWULHV :H ZHUH WKH ¿UVW FROOHJH WR DFFHSW PHQ and  women  without  regard  to  race.  And  we  went  to  the  Supreme  Court  to  defend  our  belief  that  skin  color  should  not  be  a  measure  of  diversity.

If  we  are  to  take  the  mission  of  the  school  seri-­ ously,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;pursuing  truth,  defending  liberty,â&#x20AC;?  we  must  take  the  Aristotelian  ideal  of  striving  toward  a  com-­ mon  good  seriously.  ,Q WKH IUHVKPDQ RULHQWDWLRQ VSHHFK 'U $UQQ JDYH WKLV \HDU KH VSRNH RI WKH Ă&#x20AC;DZ PDQ\ LQVWLWX-­ tions  communicate  when  they  state  that  the  purpose  of  a  university  is  diversity.  These  two  terms  are  absolute  contradictions,  literally.

To  reach  the  common  good  described  in  our  mission,  there  needs  to  be  a  sense  of  unity  in  mor-­ als  and  goals  across  campus.

Hillsdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  campus,  though  diverse  in  many  ZD\V LV XQLÂżHG LQ WKLV NH\ DVSHFW :H KDYH D VHQVH of  purpose  and  are  striving,  united,  toward  a  com-­ mon  good.  It  is  because  of  this  cohesive  effort  that  we  are  able  to  embrace  a  variety  of  educational,  religious,  and  social  communities. Â

O NE Â TIME Â AT Â CPAC Â . Â . Â .

Betsy Woodruff City News Editor

I Â

If  Andrew  Breitbart  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  famous  enough  already,  he  is  now.  In  an  ill-­timed  breakdown,  he  screamed  and  ranted  at  a  group  of  Occupy  Wall  Street  protesters  who  were  chanting  outside  of  CPAC  and  one  of  them  put  footage  of  his  charming  comments  on  Youtube,  where  the  video  has  gotten  more  than  250,000  hits. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You  are  freaks  and  animals!â&#x20AC;?  he  yelled  at  the  group.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stop  raping  the  SHRSOH \RX ÂżOWK\ IUHDNV ´ The  problem  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  just  Breitbart,  WKRXJK +LV PHOWGRZQ H[HPSOLÂżHV everything  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  wrong  with  CPAC.  This  conference  does  more  harm  than  good  to  the  conservative  move-­ ment.

CPAC  is  a  coming-­of-­age  ritual  for  conservatives  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  if  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  never  been,  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  kind  of  a  poseur.  I  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  count  the  number  of  times  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  at  a  conservative  happy  hour Â

and  all  the  other  20-­somethings  have  launched  into  their  favorite  stories  of  getting  black-­out  drunk  and  losing  their  hotel  keys,  wal-­ OHWV DQG GLJQLW\ RQ WKH ÂżUVW QLJKW RI the  conference.  If  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  a  College  Republican  and  you  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  one  of  these  stories,  you  should  prob-­ ably  make  one  up  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  nothing  but  a  catechumen  in  the  church  of  conservatism  until  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  made  a  terrible  mistake  at  CPAC. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  problem  with  the  conference:  It  mixes  the  worst  of  every  brand  of  conservatism  in  one  dogmatic,  inarticulate,  hungover  weekend.  Between  hardcore  liber-­ tariansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  gold-­obsessed  paranoia  and  immigration  alarmistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  xenophobia,  CPAC  brings  out  the  Right  Wingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  worst  and  weirdest.

One  gentleman  spent  most  of  the  weekend  wearing  a  bright  green  LQĂ&#x20AC;DWDEOH VXLW ODEHOHG Âł%LJ *RYHUQ-­ PHQW *DU\ ´ $QRWKHU LQ D WRS KDW and  three-­piece  suit,  carried  a  sign Â

that  read  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crony  Capitalism.â&#x20AC;?  There  were  the  predictable  Tea  Partiers  sporting  britches  and  faking  bad  British  accents,  as  well  as  a  lanky  mustachioed  Marlboro  Man  look-­ alike  in  a  T-­shirt  emblazoned  with  WKH VORJDQ Âł&236 6$< /(*$/,=( MARIJUANA  /  ASK  ME  WHY.â&#x20AC;?

And,  of  course,  there  were  the  booths.  Just  about  every  major  conservative  organization  in  the  country  gets  a  booth  at  CPAC.  Most  are  tasteful  and  understated,  but  then  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  one  in  the  back  corner  blast-­ ing  heavy  metal  music  and  plastered  with  signs  about  taking  down  the  Taliban.  Another  sold  T-­shirts  with  slogans  like  â&#x20AC;&#x153;7  Billion  People  /  21( *2' ´ ³¾0DGH ,Q $PHULFDÂś ,I you  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  like  that  label,  you  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  like  my  gun,â&#x20AC;?  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why  the  ?!@$#!  should  I  have  to  dial  1  for  English?â&#x20AC;?  And  the  Clare  Boothe  Luce  table  had  a  sign  sporting  photos  of  sexy,  pouty-­lipped  female  conservative  pundits  saying,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  am  a  Luce  ladyâ&#x20AC;? Â

and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  Empower.â&#x20AC;? %XW *23URXG DQ RUJDQL]DWLRQ of  gay  Republicans,  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  allowed  to  be  at  CPAC.  I  guess  its  members  might  have  said  something  offen-­ sive.     It  should  come  as  no  surprise  that  someone  who  spent  two  days  in  this  oasis  of  civil  discourse  would  march  outside  and  yell  that  a  large  group  of  people  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  never  met  before  were  rapists.

Conservatives  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  afford  this  kind  of  nonsense.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  one  thing  to  rally  the  base,  but  another  to  encour-­ age  its  radicalism,  and  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  often  what  CPAC  does.  If  Republicans  are  FRQÂżGHQW WKDW WKH\ NQRZ ZKDWÂśV EHVW for  the  country,  they  shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  to  resort  to  the  right-­wing  version  of  the  rhetoric  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  made  Occupy  fa-­ mous.  The  facts  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  need  theatrics,  and  if  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  telling  the  truth,  you  shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  to  yell  to  be  heard  over  the  riffraff  at  the  door  to  your  hotel.

SPORTS

www.hillsdalecollegian.com

A7 Â Â Â 16 Â Feb. Â 2012

SAAC  focuses  on  service,  academics Emily Johnston Senior Reporter

Tonight,  the  Student  Athlete  Advisory  Committee  will  end  their  Pink  Wave  breast  cancer  philanthropy  event  by  selling  T-­shirts  at  the  Hillsdale  College  menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  basketball  game.

SAAC  not  only  initiates  and  promotes  volunteer  activities  for  athletes,  but  also  plans  social  events  and  votes  on  NCAA  leg-­ islation,  SAAC  faculty  advisor  and  head  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  tennis  coach  Nicole  Dzubay  said.

In  addition  to  the  Pink  Wave  event,  SAAC  also  hosts  phi-­ lanthropy  events  to  donate  to  the  Make-­a-­Wish  foundation.  It  is  also  considering  expand-­ ing  to  help  Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Cupboard  and  the  Humane  Society,  said  senior  Clara  Leutheuser,  SAAC  president.

Leutheuser  said  SAAC  mem-­ bers  focus  on  service  and  being  the  best  athletes  possible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  want  to  make  Hillsdale  College  athletes  visible  outside  of  the  campus,â&#x20AC;?  said  junior  Scott  Lantis,  SAAC  vice-­president.

In  addition  to  Leutheuser  and  Lantis,  the  organization  has  two  secretaries  and  two  academic  coordinators  who  help  freshman  register  and  encourage  academic  discipline.  Three  to  four  athletes  per  sports  team  participate  in  SAAC. Lantis  joined  SAAC  his  freshman  year  after  his  coaches  recommended  him  for  the  posi-­ tion.  He  said  that  once  part  of  the  organization,  athletes  usually  stay  in  SAAC  until  they  gradu-­ ate.  Graduating  seniors  nomi-­

SWIMMING

! )URP $

team  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  know  who  will  be  invited  until  Feb.  29.  Three-­time  QDWLRQDO TXDOLÂżHU 2NRQNRZVNL is  Hillsdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  most  probable  TXDOLÂżHU Âł7KH Ă&#x20AC;\ ORRNV SUHWW\ promising,â&#x20AC;?  Okonkowski  said.   ³:H ZRQÂśW RIÂżFLDOO\ NQRZ XQWLO

QDWH D WHDP PHPEHU WR ÂżOO WKHLU position. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  goal  is  to  be  leaders,â&#x20AC;?  Leutheuser  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  honor  success  by  having  events  for  athletes  with  high  GPAs  and  by  hosting  the  athlete  formal  as  a  kind  of  celebration  at  the  end  of  the  spring.â&#x20AC;?

Dzubay  said  she  has  been  impressed  with  Leutheuserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  leadership  this  year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Leutheuser  is]  amazing,  and  sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  been  doing  a  lot  for  the  group,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.

Even  though  Leutheuser  and  Lantis  run  most  of  the  meetings,  Dzubay  does  play  an  integral  role  as  SAAC  advisor.  She  said  one  of  her  primary  roles  is  to  help  ex-­ plain  NCAA  legislation  to  SAAC  members.  She  also  helps  them  decide  how  to  vote  on  potential  legislation  changes  and  helps  manage  the  budget.

Dzubay  also  presents  ideas  from  her  time  as  a  SAAC  mem-­ ber  at  the  University  of  Dayton.  She  served  as  SAAC  president  as  an  undergraduate  there  for  two  years.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  always  felt  good  to  be  in  a  leadership  role,â&#x20AC;?  Dzubay  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now  as  an  advisor,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  good  to  see  students  taking  initiative.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  also  rewarding  seeing  each  student  get  excited  about  events  and  seeing  the  results  of  all  their  hard  work.â&#x20AC;?

Every  school  in  the  GLIAC  has  a  SAAC  chapter.  Hillsdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  SAAC  chapter  represents  the  interests  of  Hillsdale  College  athletics  by  voting  on  changes  in  the  conference  as  a  whole. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  are  the  voice  for  Hills-­ dale  Charger  athletics,â&#x20AC;?  Leu-­ theuser  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  take  pride Â

in  representing  the  rest  of  the  athletes.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  something  unique  to  SAAC.â&#x20AC;?

SAAC  members  meet  about  every  two  weeks.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  good  way  to  check  in  and  touch  base  with  every-­ one  since  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  all  on  different  schedules,â&#x20AC;?  Lantis  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Volun-­ teering  is  a  good  way  to  connect  and  have  fun  together.â&#x20AC;?

While  SAAC  members  are  in  charge  of  planning  volunteer  and  social  events,  teammates  are  encouraged  to  participate.  Non-­ athletes  can  even  be  invited  as  dates  to  the  spring  formal  dance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  all  about  comradery,â&#x20AC;?  Leutheuser  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  get  to  use  our  platform  as  student  athletes  to  do  something  more  important  than  just  athletics.  We  could  volunteer  independently,  but  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  great  to  use  our  platform.â&#x20AC;?

Lantis  said  when  SAAC  members  visited  Samuel  J.  Gier  Elementary  school,  it  was  encouraging  to  be  examples  to  children  who  obviously  looked  up  to  college  athletes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  was  a  great  reminder  that  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  more  to  being  a  student  athlete  than  practice  and  school,â&#x20AC;?  Leutheuser  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  helps  keep  us  focused  on  more  important  things.â&#x20AC;?

Dzubay  said  she  would  stay  on  as  advisor  next  year  to  pro-­ vide  some  stability  after  Leu-­ theuser  graduates.

Next  year,  Dzubay  said  she  hopes  to  get  SAAC  started  plan-­ ning  events  earlier  in  the  year.  She  even  said  they  may  add  another  event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  always  room  for  improvement,  but  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  doing  a  great  job,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.

the  end  of  February.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  nerve-­ racking  processâ&#x20AC;?

Kirner  was  quick  to  credit  Okonkowski.  ³6KH ÂżQGV D ZD\ WR JR IDVW This  year  she  dropped  her  time  LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;\ E\ VHFRQGV ´ Kirner  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  speaks  directly  to  her  work  ethic.â&#x20AC;?  Okonkowski  said  the  season,  though  not  yet  over  for  her,  was  a  very  successful  one  for  the  swimming  and  diving  program. Â

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  was  by  far  the  best  GLI-­ ACs  ever,â&#x20AC;?  Okonkowski  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  was  my  best  season,  not  just  in  terms  of  times  but  in  getting  to  know  my  teammates.â&#x20AC;?

The  Chargers  are  all  but  ¿QLVKHG ZLWK D ORQJ VHDVRQ EXW they  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  be  resting  long.  In  just  a  few  weeks  the  team  will  be  back  in  the  weight  room  training  for  next  season.

(Joe Buth/Collegian)

Pink  Wave  raises  breast  cancer  awareness Baily Pritchett Collegian Freelancer

events  to  raise  money  for  breast  cancer  research.

The  Hillsdale  Student  Athlete  Advisory  Committee  Pink  is  not  a  school  color,  has  taken  on  Pink  Wave  as  but  both  of  the  Hillsdale  Col-­ its  primary  charity  event  on  lege  basketball  teams  will  be  campus.  All  the  money  raised  sporting  rosy  colored  warm-­ will  be  for  the  Pink  Wave  and  ups  at  6  p.m.  tonight.  Kay  Yow  Cancer  Fund.  Shirts  Basketball  teams  through-­ for  fundraising  will  be  sold  out  the  GLIAC  will  be  wear-­ at  lunch  and  at  the  tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ing  pink  shirts  and  shoelaces  game  against  Ohio  Dominican  this  month  in  support  of  breast  University.  T-­shirts  are  sold  cancer  research.  Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  for  $8,  and  long  sleeve  shirts  coach  Claudette  Charney  said  are  $12.  Every  dollar  raised  that  she  and  her  team  gladly  for  shirts  will  be  sent  back  for  participate  in  the  cause.  breast  cancer  research. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  will  wear  the  T-­shirts  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  not  offering  a  and  pink  warm-­ups  before  the  different  source  of  entertain-­ game,  as  will  all  other  teams  ment,  the  cool  thing  is  that  in  the  GLIAC  conference,â&#x20AC;?  both  [basketball]  teams  are  Charney  said.   shifting  their  focus  from  In  2007,  the  Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  themselves  to  a  bigger  cause,â&#x20AC;?  Basketball  Coach  Associa-­ said  senior  Clara  Leutheuser,  tion  began  Pink  Zone,  which  SAAC  president.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  hop-­ has  since  changed  its  name  to  ing  to  raise  $1,000  or  more  Pink  Wave,  to  raise  awareness  this  year.â&#x20AC;? of  breast  cancer.  The  initiative  During  the  menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  half  has  raised  over  $3.3  million  time  game,  there  will  also  be  involving  more  than  4,700  a  3-­point  shooting  contest  to  participants  since  its  concep-­ raise  additional  money.  After  tion.  The  Pink  Wave  partners  paying  $1,  participants  are  with  the  Kay  Vow  Cancer  paid  back  $2  for  each  basket  Fund  during  the  doubleheader  they  make  until  the  reach Â

three  baskets.  Each  basket  PDGH DIWHU WKH ÂżUVW WKUHH FDQ earn  prizes  from  the  team  tables,  which  will  have  Hills-­ dale  shirts  and  hats.  Among  the  other  half-­time  contests,  there  will  be  a  50-­50  UDIĂ&#x20AC;H IRU WKH ÂżUVW ZLQQHU VH-­ lected.  Names  that  are  drawn  can  choose  prizes  from  the  team  tables. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  would  be  great  if  the  Chargers  and  the  cause  saw  a  lot  of  support,â&#x20AC;?  Leutheuser  said.  Yesterday,  members  of  the  SAAC  volunteered  at  Hills-­ daleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Kroger  grocery  store  by  bagging  groceries  and  hand-­ LQJ RXW Ă&#x20AC;\HUV WR LQYROYH WKH community  in  the  Pink  Wave  event  on  campus.  Leutheuser  and  SAAC  advisor  Nicole  Dzubay  both  agreed  that  ev-­ eryone  has  been  pitching  in  to  this  Pink  Wave  event  to  make  it  successful.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  our  teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  last  home  game  so  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  good  reason  to  come.â&#x20AC;?  Leutheuser  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Other  than  that,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  always  good  to  support  something  big  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  like  a  cause  to  eliminate  breast  cancer.â&#x20AC;?

3XWW WDNHV Ă&#x20AC;IWK UHFRUG LQ Ă&#x20AC;YH ZHHNV Sarah Anne Voyles Collegian Reporter

Senior Katie Lamb (top) sprints to the finish at the 2012 GLIAC Championships.

Freshman Ali Bauer (bottom) races the 200-yard breastroke in the consolation finals.

The team broke 11 school records during the meet. (Courtesy of Amanda Geelhoed)

Senior  Amanda  Putt  con-­ tined  her  school  record  break-­ LQJ VWUHDN QRZ DW ÂżYH UHFRUGV LQ ÂżYH ZHHNV DW *UDQG 9DOOH\ State  Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Big  Meet  on  Feb.  11.

Putt  automatically  quali-­ ÂżHG IRU WKH QDWLRQDO PHHW LQ WKH 5,000-­meter  run,  after  taking  second  at  GVSU  in  a  time  of  16:29.95.  She  is  the  only  person  in  the  country  to  automatically  qualify  in  the  800-­meter,  mile,  and  5,000-­meter  run,  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  head  coach  Andrew  Towne  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With  the  Big  Meet,  I  believe  people  come  to  this  meet  look-­ ing  to  run  their  best,â&#x20AC;?  Putt  said.

Putt  was  also  named  GLIAC  female  track  athlete  of  the  week.  This  is  the  fourth  week  in  a  row  that  a  member  of  the  Hillsdale  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  track  team  was  named  athlete  of  the  week.

However,  Putt  was  not  the  only  one  breaking  school  records  this  past  weekend  at  Grand  Valley.

Both  the  menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  and  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Distance  Medley  Relay  teams  SURYLVLRQDOO\ TXDOLÂżHG IRU nationals  and  broke  their  respec-­ tive  school  records.

The  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  DMR  team,  which  is  made  up  of  freshman  Amy  Kerst  and  seniors  Chelsea  Wackernagel,  Jennifer  Shaffer,  and  Putt,  ran  11:42.57  and  are  currently  ranked  second  in  the  country.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  ran  a  provisionally  qualifying  time,  so  they  are  not  guaranteed  a  spot  at  nationals, Â

but  with  their  current  ranking,  I  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  see  how  they  wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  go,â&#x20AC;?  assistant  coach  Amanda  Mirochna  said.

The  menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  DMR  team  was  senior  Jeff  Wysong,  sophomore  Jarod  VanDyke,  senior  Jerry  Perkins,  and  freshman  Matthew  Perkins.  Together  the  team  beat  the  school  record  and  joined  the  women  as  provisionally  quali-­ ÂżHUV â&#x20AC;&#x153;For  the  most  part,  we  felt  like  we  left  part  of  it  on  the  track,  but  we  were  hoping  to  have  a  better  qualifying  time  for  nationals,â&#x20AC;?  Jerry  Perkins  said  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Breaking  the  school  record  was  a  great  boost  to  go  out  and  get  it.â&#x20AC;?

0DWWKHZ 3HUNLQV ÂżQLVKHG 17th  in  the  mile  at  4:13.46.  He  was  followed  closely  by  :\VRQJÂśV WK SODFH ÂżQLVK LQ 4:13.64.  But  while  Matthew  Perkins  earned  the  provisional  cut,  Wysong  fell  short  by  a  tenth  of  a  second.  Senior  Skylar  Dooley  took  ¿UVW SODFH LQ WKH PHQÂśV PH-­ ter  dash  at  22.10  seconds  and  sophomore  Maurice  Jones  fol-­ lowed  in  second  place  by  only  .12.   Jones  also  provisionally  TXDOLÂżHG LQ WKH PHQÂśV PHWHU dash  at  48.38  seconds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  was  our  best  weekend  yet,  posting  many  [personal  records],  a  couple  of  provisional  marks,  and  a  school  record,â&#x20AC;?  menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  head  track  coach  Jeff Â

Forino  said.

Shaffer  provisionally  quali-­ ÂżHG LQ WKH ZRPHQÂśV PHWHU run  at  2:12.95.  She  was  also  in  the  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  4x400-­meter  relay  with  juniors  Kayla  Caldwell  and  Erin  Benjamin,  as  well  as  Wackernagel,  that  took  second  place  at  3:55.04.  Junior  Kathy  Dirksen  threw  18.01  meters  to  come  in  fourth  in  the  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  weight  throw,  DQG VHQLRU &DW 1DVV ÂżQLVKHG eighth  by  throwing  17.11  me-­ ters.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kathy  and  Cat,  I  think,  are  H[SHFWLQJ WR WKURZ DERXW ÂżYH feet  farther,  and  I  expect  it  to  happen,â&#x20AC;?  Forino  said.

Both  Dirksen  and  Nass  pro-­ YLVLRQDOO\ TXDOLÂżHG IRU WKH QD-­ tional  meet,  but  will  most  likely  need  to  automatically  qualify  in  order  to  go  to  nationals  with  the  tough  competition  this  year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  reason  why  the  auto  mark  is  necessary  this  year  is  because  the  weight  throw  for  the  women  is  really  strong,â&#x20AC;?  said  Towne,  who  noted  that  many  women  throwers  have  already  TXDOLÂżHG IRU QDWLRQDOV This  coming  weekend  the  team  will  be  headed  back  to  Grand  Valley  for  the  GVSU  tune-­up  meet.  However,  in  preparation  for  GLIACs  in  two  weeks,  both  Towne  and  Miroch-­ na  said  that  some  of  the  distance  runners  will  have  this  week  off.

16 Â Feb. Â 2012

Sports

6ZLP WHDP WDNHV VL[WK KDV EHVW VHDVRQ \HW

Senior Michaela Wolfe swims the mile in the final session of the GLIAC Championship meet on Saturday. The Hillsdale Chargers placed sixth in the conference. (Courtesy of Amanda Geelhoed)

The  Hillsdale  College  swim  team  matched  last  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  sixth  SODFH ¿QLVK DW WKH */,$& &KDPSLRQVKLS )HE LQ -HQLVRQ 0LFK 7KH WHDP RXWSHU IRUPHG WKH WHDP KRZHYHU ZLWK DOPRVW HYHU\ UHWXUQLQJ ZRPDQ VZLPPLQJ IDVWHU WKDQ ODVW \HDU DQG PRUH DWKOHWHV HDUQ LQJ % FXWV IRU WKH QDWLRQDO PHHW ³0RVW RI RXU DWKOHWHV KDG OLIHWLPH EHVWV ´ KHDG FRDFK .XUW .LUQHU VDLG $PRQJ WKRVH OLIHWLPH EHVW WLPHV ZHUH QHZ VFKRROV UHFRUGV 7KH ZRPHQ DOVR HDUQHG % FXWV ² SURYLVLRQDO TXDOLI\ LQJ WLPHV IRU QDWLRQDOV ² LQ HYHQWV 7KH WHDP ¿QLVKHG VL[WK ZLWK SRLQWV SRLQWV EHKLQG $VKODQG 8QLYHUVLW\ D WHDP WKH\ GHIHDWHG HDUOLHU WKLV VHDVRQ ³,W ZDV GLVDSSRLQWLQJ LQ WKDW ZH GLGQ¶W JHW WR PRYH XS D SODFH ´ VRSKRPRUH %HFFD 5HPPHV VDLG ³%XW HYHU\RQH VZDP VR ZHOO , UHDOO\ FRXOGQ¶W DVN IRU DQ\ EHWWHU ´ The  highlights  of  the  meet  LQFOXGHG IUHVKPHQ -RUGDQ 5XFLQVNL DQG 5DFKHO .XUW]¶V UHFRUG EUHDNLQJ SHUIRUPDQFHV

5XFLQVNL VHW WKH VFKRRO UHFRUG LQ WKH DQG \DUG IUHHVW\OH ZKLOH .XUW] GLG OLNHZLVH LQ WKH DQG \DUG IUHHVW\OH ³, ZDV MXVW H[FLWHG IRU P\ ¿UVW */,$& FKDPSLRQVKLS ¶ 5XFLQVNL VDLG ³, ZDV UHDOO\ H[FLWHG ZKHQ , GLG EUHDN WKH UHFRUG ,W ZDV XQH[SHFWHG , GLGQ¶W VHW WKDW DV D JRDO ² LW ZDV NLQG RI D ERQXV RQ WRS RI D EHVW WLPH ´ 2WKHU UHFRUG EUHDNLQJ VZLPV LQFOXGHG 5HPPHV LQ WKH \DUG EDFNVWURNH VHQLRU /LQGD 2NRQNRZVNL LQ WKH \DUG EXWWHUÃ&#x20AC;\ DQG WKH \DUG LQGL YLGXDO PHGOH\ DQG IRXU RI WKH ¿YH UHOD\V WHDP WKH \DUG \DUG DQG \DUG IUHHVW\OH UHOD\V DV ZHOO DV WKH \DUG PHGOH\ UHOD\ ³0H DQG $OLFLD >/HGXF@ KDYH EHHQ ZRUNLQJ RQ P\ VWDUW ´ 5HPPHV VDLG ³, KDGQ¶W JRW D EHVW WLPH LQ D ZKLOH VR , ZDV UHDOO\ KDSS\ ZLWK KRZ LW WXUQHG RXW ´ :KLOH PDQ\ RI WKH WHDP¶V % FXWV PRVW OLNHO\ ZRQ¶W TXDOLI\ IRU WKH QDWLRQDO PHHW DW 0DQ V¿HOG 1DWDWRULXP LQ 'DOODV 7H[DV WKH HOLJLEOH VZLPPHUV ZLOO FRQWLQXH SUDFWLFLQJ 7KH

6HH $

!

Phil Morgan Senior Reporter

:RPHQ YLH IRU VSRW LQ */,$& WRXUQDPHQW Morgan Delp Collegian Freelancer

RQ WKH ERDUGV RQ ERWK VLGHV RI WKH EDOO 7LI¿Q RXW UHERXQGHG +LOOVGDOH ³7KH ELJJHVW IDFWRU ZDV $IWHU VWDUWLQJ WKH JDPH WXUQRYHUV <HV ZH FRXOG KDYH VWURQJ WKH +LOOVGDOH &ROOHJH UHERXQGHG WKH EDOO EHWWHU EXW ZRPHQ¶V EDVNHWEDOO WHDP ORVW WR WKH SRLQWV WKH\ VFRUHG > @ RII WKH 7LI¿Q 8QLYHUVLW\ 'UDJRQV E\ RI RXU WXUQRYHUV ZHUH WKH GLIIHU D VFRUH RI RQ 6DWXUGD\ HQFH LQ WKH JDPH ´ KHDG FRDFK 7KH &KDUJHUV JDLQHG WKH OHDG &ODXGHWWH &KDUQH\ VDLG ³(YHQ HDUO\ RQ DQG KHOG LW XQWLO DERXW WKRXJK ZH VWDUWHG RXW SOD\LQJ ¿YH PLQXWHV OHIW LQ WKH ¿UVW KDOI ZHOO ZH JRW IUD]]OHG DQG FDXJKW $W WKDW SRLQW 7LI¿Q JDLQHG PR XS LQ WKH W\SHV RI FDOOV EHLQJ PHQWXP DV +LOOVGDOH IHOO EDFN PDGH RXW WKHUH DQG GLGQ¶W UHJDLQ RQ WKHLU KHHOV RXU FRPSRVXUH LQ WKH VHFRQG ³:H VWDUWHG WXUQLQJ WKH EDOO KDOI ´ RYHU DQG WKH\ FDSLWDOL]HG RII RI -RQHV VFRUHG ZKLOH IUHVK LW 7KH\ ZHUH WXUQLQJ WKH EDOO PDQ $EEH\ /RYDW VWHSSHG XS WR RYHU WRR EXW ZH ZHUHQ¶W VFRU DGG LQJ RII RI WKHLU PLVWDNHV ´ MXQLRU /DVW 7KXUVGD\ VHQLRU &KHO /HD -RQHV VDLG ³,W ZDV VORSS\ VHD +DUULVRQ OHG WKH &KDUJHUV ERWK ZD\V EXW WKH\ ¿QLVKHG DQG LQ D GRPLQDQW SHUIRUPDQFH ZH GLGQ¶W ´ RYHU 2KLR 'RPLQLFDQ 8QLYHU 7KH &KDUJHUV IRXJKW WKHLU VLW\ +DUULVRQ VFRUHG D ZD\ EDFN WR ZLWKLQ ¿YH SRLQWV FDUHHU KLJK SRLQWV LQFOXGLQJ RI WKH 'UDJRQV ZLWK OHIW LQ VL[ SRLQWHUV DQG D SHUFHQW WKH JDPH EXW FRXOG QRW TXLWH HIIRUW IURP WKH IUHH WKURZ OLQH FRQYHUW RIIHQVLYHO\ DQG JRW EHDW ³2KLR 'RPLQLFDQ SOD\HG D

ORW RI ]RQH RQ XV VR ZH ZHUH SUHWW\ RSHQ IURP WKH SRLQW OLQH ´ +DUULVRQ VDLG ³7KH\ ZHUH FROODSVLQJ RQ RXU SRVWV VR WKH\ ZRXOG NLFN LW RXW WR ZKRHYHU ZDV RQ ¿UH , KDYHQ¶W EHHQ KDY LQJ WKH JUHDWHVW RXWVLGH VKRRWLQJ JDPH VR , ZDV GXH WR VWHS XS %XW HYHU\RQH SOD\HG ZHOO ´ 7KH &KDUJHUV HVWDEOLVKHG D ¿UP OHDG DERXW LQWR WKH JDPH ZLWK D OD\XS IURP VHQLRU FDSWDLQ .DWLH %LOGQHU DQG FRQWLQXHG WR EXLOG IURP WKHUH (OHYHQ &KDUJHUV UHFHLYHG SOD\ LQJ WLPH LQ WKH JDPH +LOOVGDOH OHG E\ DW KDOIWLPH $ IHZ NH\ SRLQW HUV LQ WKH VHFRQG KDOI ² PDQ\ E\ +DUULVRQ ² EOHZ WKH JDPH ZLGH RSHQ WR VHFXUH D &KDUJHU YLFWRU\ 2KLR 'RPLQLFDQ FORVHG WKH JDS WR ZLWK OHIW LQ WKH JDPH EXW FRXOG QRW VWRS WKH &KDUJHUV 6SOLWWLQJ WKHVH WZR URDG JDPHV SXW WKH &KDUJHUV DW IRXUWK LQ WKH */,$& 6RXWK 'LYLVLRQ

ZLWK D FRQIHUHQFH UHFRUG RI 7KH 1RUWK 'LYLVLRQ LV OHVV FRP SHWLWLYH VR WKH DW ODUJH VSRWV ZLOO PRVW OLNHO\ EH WDNHQ IURP WKH 6RXWK 'LYLVLRQ $W WKLV SRLQW LQ WKH VHDVRQ WKH &KDUJHUV DUH ORRNLQJ SURPLVLQJ IRU D EHUWK LQ WKH WRXUQDPHQW ³:H VWLOO KDYH WR ZLQ WZR JDPHV WKLV ZHHN WR DVVXUH XV D EHUWK LW PDNHV QR GLIIHU HQFH ZKDW RXU UHFRUG LV QRZ ´ &KDUQH\ VDLG ³:H FDQ¶W UHO\ RQ DQ\RQH HOVH WR ORVH RU ZLQ ZH KDYH WR ZLQ PRUH WKDQ WKH HLJKW JDPHV ZH KDYH VR IDU :H VWLOO KDYH WR WDNH LW RQH JDPH DW D WLPH ´ 7KH &KDUJHUV VWLOO KDYH LP SRUWDQW JDPHV DKHDG RI WKHP DV WKH\ HQWHU WKH ¿QDO WZR ZHHNV RI UHJXODU VHDVRQ SOD\ WRQLJKW ZLWK D KRPH UHPDWFK ZLWK 2KLR 'R PLQLFDQ WKHQ DQ DZD\ FRQWHVW DW 6DJLQDZ 9DOOH\ 6WDWH 8QLYHUVLW\ RQ 6DWXUGD\ ZKLFK DUH ERWK NH\ 6RXWK 'LYLVLRQ JDPHV

0HQ·V EDVNHWEDOO Ã&#x20AC;JKWV IRU WRS */,$& VHHG David Gordon Collegian Freelancer

The  Hillsdale  Chargersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  PHQ¶V EDVNHWEDOO VTXDG VSOLW D SDLU RI URDG JDPHV ODVW ZHHN ZLQQLQJ 7KXUVGD\¶V WULS WR &ROXPEXV 2KLR DJDLQVW 2KLR 'RPLQLFDQ 8QLYHUVLW\ EXW IDOOLQJ WR 7LI¿Q 8QLYHUVLW\ RQ 6DWXUGD\ QLJKW $JDLQVW WKH 2KLR 'RPLQLFDQ 3DQWKHUV ZKR UHPDLQ ZLQOHVV LQ FRQIHUHQFH SOD\ RQ WKH \HDU +LOOVGDOH¶V H[SHULHQFHG WHDP UHIXVHG WR XQGHUHVWLPDWH WKHLU RSSRQHQWV DQG ZRQ HDVLO\

7KH &KDUJHUV¶ GHIHQVH GRPLQDWHG WKH 3DQWKHUV KROG LQJ WKHP WR SHUFHQW VKRRW LQJ DQG IRUFLQJ WXUQRYHUV $OWKRXJK +LOOVGDOH GLG WXUQ WKH EDOO RYHU WLPHV WKHLU RSSR QHQWV ZHUH XQDEOH WR FDSLWDOL]H RQ WKH PLVWDNHV 6RSKRPRUH VKRRWLQJ JXDUG 'DULXV :DUH HQMR\HG D EUHDN RXW SHUIRUPDQFH ZLWK SRLQWV LQ RQO\ PLQXWHV RI SOD\LQJ WLPH KLJKOLJKWHG E\ WZR ¿UVW

KDOI VODP GXQNV 7KH &KDUJHUV ZHUH DEOH WR WDNH DGYDQWDJH RI WKH 3DQWKHUV¶ SRRU WUDQVL WLRQ JDPH DQG VFRUH VRPH HDV\ EDVNHWV +LOOVGDOH ZDV OHG E\ VHQLRU IRUZDUG %UDG *XLQDQH¶V GRXEOH GRXEOH RI SRLQWV DQG UHERXQGV ³2XU UHERXQGLQJ ZDV JUHDW ZKLFK OHG WR D ORW RI IDVW EUHDN SRLQWV ´ :DUH VDLG 6DWXUGD\¶V JDPH DJDLQVW 7LI¿Q ZDV SHUKDSV WKH PRVW GLI¿FXOW ORVV RI WKH \HDU IRU +LOOVGDOH 7KH &KDUJHUV DQG 'UDJRQV ZHQW EORZ IRU EORZ IRU PRVW RI WKH JDPH HQWHULQJ KDOIWLPH WLHG DW $OWKRXJK 7LI¿Q ZDV DEOH WR WDNH D VHYHQ SRLQW OHDG LQ WKH VHFRQG KDOI +LOOVGDOH PDQDJHG WR FKLS DZD\ DW WKH PDUJLQ DQG DFWXDOO\ WDNH WKH OHDG ZLWK D SRLQWHU IURP *XLQDQH ZLWK WR JR %XW D VHTXHQFH RI WZR 7LI¿Q RIIHQVLYH UHERXQGV OHG WR D JDPH W\LQJ ORQJ EDOO ZLWK VHFRQGV WR SOD\ DQG DQ XQIRU WXQDWH WXUQRYHU OHG WR 7LI¿Q JHWWLQJ WKH ODVW VKRW 7KH EX]]HU EHDWLQJ SRLQWHU KDQGHG +LOOVGDOH WKHLU WKLUG

*/,$& ORVV RI WKH \HDU DQG IRXUWK ORVV RYHUDOO $ EULJKW spot  for  the  Chargers  was  VRSKRPRUH IRUZDUG 7LP 'H]HO VNL¶V VWHOODU SHUIRUPDQFH ZLWK UHERXQGV DQG SRLQWV RQ RYHU SHUFHQW VKRRWLQJ IURP WKH ¿HOG ³:H¶UH MXVW WU\LQJ WR PRYH RQ IURP WKH ORVV :H VWLOO FRQ WURO RXU RZQ GHVWLQ\ DQG LI ZH ZLQ RXW ZH¶OO KDYH WKH QXP EHU RQH VHHG IRU WKH */,$& WRXUQDPHQW ZKLFK LV KXJH ´ 'H]HOVNL VDLG ³7R PDNH WKH 1&$$ WRXUQDPHQW ZH QHHG WR PDNH LW WR WKH FKDPSLRQVKLS JDPH ZH¶UH ORRNLQJ IRU VRPH UHGHPSWLRQ IURP RXU ¿UVW URXQG ORVV ODVW \HDU ´ 7KH &KDUJHUV HQWHUHG ODVW ZHHN UDQNHG UG LQ WKH QDWLRQ )DOOLQJ RXW RI WKH WRS OHDYHV +LOOVGDOH ZLWK VRPH JURXQG WR PDNH XS ³:H¶UH VWLOO LQ D JRRG SRVL WLRQ IRU WKH SRVWVHDVRQ DV ORQJ DV ZH KDQGOH RXU EXVLQHVV ´ :DUH VDLG The  Chargers  play  their  ¿QDO UHJXODU VHDVRQ KRPH JDPH WRQLJKW DJDLQVW 2KLR 'RPLQL

FDQ LQ D UHPDWFK RI ODVW ZHHN¶V FRQWHVW )RU PDQ\ +LOOVGDOH EDV NHWEDOO IDQV DQG HVSHFLDOO\ WKH SOD\HUV DQG WKHLU IDPLOLHV WKLV 6HQLRU 1LJKW ¿QDOH ZLOO EH PHPRUDEOH HVSHFLDOO\ DV &RDFK 7KDUS¶V ¿UVW UHFUXLWLQJ FODVV JUDGXDWHV ³,W¶V GH¿QLWHO\ D ELWWHUVZHHW PRPHQW ´ *XLQDQH VDLG ³, FDQ¶W EHOLHYH KRZ IDVW WKHVH IRXU \HDUV KDYH JRQH E\ EXW , FRXOGQ¶W KDYH DVNHG IRU D EHWWHU SODFH WR IXUWKHU P\ EDVNHWEDOO FDUHHU , KDYH KDG VR PXFK IXQ ZLWK P\ FRDFKHV DQG WHDP PDWHV 7KH VXSSRUW ,¶YH EHHQ JLYHQ WKURXJK IDPLO\ IULHQGV DQG WKLV FDPSXV KDYH EHHQ RXWVWDQGLQJ ´ 6L[ VHQLRUV ZLOO EH KRQ RUHG WRQLJKW LQFOXGLQJ WKUHH RI WKH VWDUWLQJ ¿YH *XLQDQH SRLQW JXDUG 7\OHU *HUEHU DQG IRUZDUG %UHQW (DWRQ %XW WKH IHVWLYLWLHV ZRQ¶W GLVWUDFW WKH &KDUJHUV ZKR ZLOO ORRN WR EHDW WKH 3DQWKHUV \HW DJDLQ DQG SOD\ DQRWKHU KRPH JDPH ² WKLV WLPH LQ WKH */,$& &KDPSLRQ VKLSV

NATE ! ENGLISH

Q&$

(Collegian Stock Photo)

1DWH (QJOLVK LV D ¿IWK \HDU VHQLRU KXQJU\ IRU DQ $OO $PHULFDQ WLWOH $ QDWLYH RI +LOOVGDOH 0LFK KH FDPH WR +LOOVGDOH &ROOHJH IRU IRRWEDOO EXW ZLOO OHDYH DV D WKURZHU IRU WUDFN DQG ¿HOG +H VDW GRZQ ZLWK 7KH &ROOHJLDQ WR WDON DERXW KLV FROOHJH DWKOHWLF FDUHHU WKXV IDU You  have  done  two  big  sports  since  coming  here  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  football  and  ¿HOG :KDW GR \RX GR QRZ DQG ZK\ GLG WR PDNH WKH WUDQVLWLRQ" , SOD\HG IRRWEDOO \HDUV DQG WUDFN IRU ,¶YH EHHQ WKURZ LQJ VLQFH VL[WK JUDGH DQG IRRWEDOO VLQFH VHYHQWK /RQJ ORQJ ORQJ WLPH ,¶YH EHHQ GRLQJ LW IRU TXLWH D ZKLOH 1RZ , GR ¿HOG , JUDE D SRXQG EDOO DQG PDNH LW JR IDU , WKURZ LW DV IDU DV , FDQ 7KHUH¶V VRPHWKLQJ 1HDQGHUWKDO DERXW LW ,W¶V MXVW WKURZ WKH GDPQ WKLQJ SUHWW\ PXFK , ZDV LQ IRRWEDOO IRU IRXU \HDUV , JRW KXUW WRR PXFK GXULQJ IRRWEDOO , WROG WKH FRDFKHV IRU KHDOWK UHDVRQV ,¶P QRW JRLQJ WR FRPH EDFN IRU P\ ¿IWK \HDU , GLG WUDFN WKDW \HDU EHFDXVH , WROG &RDFK )RULQR , ZRXOG ,W HQGHG XS JRLQJ D ORW EHWWHU WKDQ , DQWLFLSDWHG DQG KH DVNHG PH WR VWD\ IRU D ¿IWK \HDU , DFFHSWHG DQG KHUH , DP WUDLQLQJ WKURXJK WKH ZKROH \HDU WU\LQJ WR JHW $OO $PHULFDQ :KDW GR \RX WKLQN DUH \RXU FKDQFHV DW ZLQQLQJ DQG ZKDW DUH \RX GRLQJ WR WUDLQ IRU WKDW" ,¶P QLQWK ULJKW QRZ LQ WKH FRXQWU\ DQG WKH WRS HLJKW JHW $OO $PHULFDQ ,W¶V DQ\ERG\ ZKR FDQ GR DQ\WKLQJ RQ DQ\ JLYHQ GD\ 7KH QDWLRQDO PHHW ZLOO EH FRPLQJ XS VRRQ LQ 0DUFK LQ 0DQNDWR >0LQQ @ 6R JHW RXW WKHUH DQG KDYH D ELJ WKURZ DQG VHH ZKDW KDSSHQV -XVW VHH LI ZH FDQ GR LW , KDYH D ORW RI VWUHQJWK WUDLQLQJ , GR D ORW RI WKURZLQJ , WKURZ DOPRVW HYHU\ VLQJOH GD\ 0RVWO\ SO\RPHWULF ZRUN VRPH DJLOLW\ EXW PRVWO\ VWUHQJWK WUDLQLQJ DQG HYHQW VSHFL¿F WUDLQLQJ :KDW KDV EHHQ \RXU EHVW PRPHQW DWKOHWLFDOO\" 7UDFN DQG IRRWEDOO DUH VR GLIIHUHQW IURP HDFK RWKHU 7KH ¿UVW WLPH ZH EHDW *UDQG 9DOOH\ >6WDWH 8QLYHUVLW\@ DW +RPHFRPLQJ D FRXSOH \HDUV DJR ZDV SUHWW\ VSHFLDO , GLGQ¶W UHDOO\ SOD\ WKDW PXFK LQ WKDW JDPH ,W ZDV SUHWW\ FRRO WR EH SDUW RI WKDW )RU WUDFN JRLQJ WR WKH FRQIHUHQFH PHHW ODVW \HDU DQG WKURZ LQJ D IRRW DQG D KDOI IDUWKHU WKDQ , HYHU KDG LQ WKH VKRS RQ P\ YHU\ ¿UVW WKURZ ± D KXQGUHG SHRSOH DUH VWDQGLQJ WKHUH ± DQG MXVW OHWWLQJ JR RI WKH PRVW JXWWXUDO VFUHDP \RX FDQ <HDK WKDW ZRXOG SUREDEO\ EH LW *HWWLQJ DV SULPLWLYH DQG SULPDO DV \RX FDQ , UHDOO\ HQMR\HG WKDW PRPHQW IHHW LQFKHV ,W ZDV P\ EHVW HYHU XS WR WKDW SRLQW 7R JHW WKDW RQ WKH YHU\ ¿UVW WKURZ DW FRQIHU HQFH DQG SXW VRPH SUHVVXUH RQ WKH ¿HOG ZDV SUHWW\ FRRO :K\ GLG \RX FRPH WR +LOOVGDOH &ROOHJH" 7KH\ RIIHUHG PH D VFKRODUVKLS , JUHZ XS LQ +LOOVGDOH ,Q KLJK VFKRRO , WROG P\VHOI +LOOVGDOH LV WKH ODVW SODFH , ZDQW WR JR GXH WR SROLWLFV %XW WKH IRRWEDOO FRDFKHV FDPH DIWHU PH DQG , VLJQHG SUHWW\ HDUO\ RQ , GRQ¶W UHJUHW LW , ZDQWHG WR EH DQ HQJLQHHU +LOO VGDOH GRHVQ¶W KDYH DQ HQJLQHHULQJ SURJUDP , EHOLHYH \RX DOZD\V HQG XS ZKHUH \RX¶UH VXSSRVHG WR JR ² &RPSLOHG E\ 7 (OOLRW *DLVHU

Arts

B1 Â Â Â 16 Â Feb. Â 2012

www.hillsdalecollegian.com

Say â&#x20AC;&#x153;I doâ&#x20AC;?

(Sally  Nelson/Collegian)

Design by Katherine Yelken, Photos by Andy Yelken

WEDDING  TRENDS By  Tory  Cooney

SPRING

SUMMER

Blush and pale gold dresses spotted the runways this year and are expected to MRLQ ZKLWH DQG FUHDP DV EULGDO VWDSOHV Since tea-length dresses are also gaining popularity, 1950â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prom dresses could HDVLO\ EH VHHQ ZDONLQJ WKH DLVOH

* Flowerless bouquets take center stage when crafted from antique broaches or SDSHU Ă RZHUV OHDYLQJ EULGHV with an ageless alternative WKH\ PLJKW QRW ZDQW WR WRVV

Galoshes and umbrellas are a fun accessory enabling brides to hold outdoor photo-shoots as planned, even if April showers FUDVK WKH ZHGGLQJ

*

DIY  video  invites  cut  down  on  paper  that  will  eventually  hit  the  trash  and  provide  couples  with  a  chance  to  show  off  their  FUHDWLYLW\ DQG DUWLVWLF Ă&#x20AC;DLU

AUTUMN Rustic

Comfort  food,  such  as  mashed  potatoes,  mac  nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  cheese,  and  meatloaf  high-­ light  the  family-­get-­togeth-­ er  aspect  of  weddings.

* Carnations  are  another  cheap  and  seasonable  answer  to  one  of  the  unexpectedly  large  wed-­ GLQJ FRVWV Ă&#x20AC;RZHUV

(Tory Cooney/Collegian)

Illusion  necklines  are  a  great  way  to  in-­ corporate  the  immensely  popular  lace  into  a  gown  without  risking  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;doilyâ&#x20AC;?  effect  while  remaining  modest  and  fashionable. DIY  centerpieces  using  autumn  leaves,  river  rock,  Candid  shots  or  even  lace  and  are  great  for  burlap  tucked  into  capturing  Mason  jars  give  a  memories  with-­ cheap  alternative  out  spending  to  costly  cascades  hours  primping  of  blossoms. and  posing.

One-­shouldered  dresses  lend  D PRGHUQ Ă&#x20AC;DLU WR EULGDO JRZQV providing  an  alternative  to  the  traditional  strapless  princess  gown.  Laura  George  Designs,  Photo  by  Shima  Studios

Cupcakes  will  continue  to  maintain  their  popularity,  cut-­ ting  costs  and  reducing  waste.

*

Rustic  weddings  give  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;homeyâ&#x20AC;?  and  casual  Ă&#x20AC;DLU WR ZHGGLQJV LQFRUSRUDWLQJ ORWV RI SHU-­ sonal  details  and  warm  elements.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Greenâ&#x20AC;?  weddings  bring  an  environmental  awareness  to  the  festivities,  often  utilizing  ORFDO SURGXFH DQG Ă&#x20AC;RZHUV DV ZHOO DV WDNLQJ advantage  of  outdoors  areas.

(Roxanne Turnbull/Collegian)

Cookies bring a sweet touch, especially when made from old family recipes and paired with milk, served in champagne or shot glases!

(Shannon Odell/Collegian)

DIY headpieces save a good deal of money, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decorating a comb or headband with Ă RZHUV DQG VHHG SHDUOV RU PDNing your own veil with a plastic FRPE DQG D \DUQ RI FKLIIRQ

* Peonies  and  dahlias  re-­ DOO\ Ă&#x20AC;HVK RXW ERXTXHWV DQG centerpieces,  providing  lush,  textural  displays.

WINTER Elegant

* Popsicles  are  a  fun  way  to  incorporate  local  fruits  and  juices  into  the  wedding,  especially  when  â&#x20AC;&#x153;maturedâ&#x20AC;?  with  additions  such  as  vodka  or  Baileyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Irish  cream.

Babyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  breath,  with  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ethereal  appearance  and  lace-­like  texture  is  a  great  way  to  create  volume  without  allot  of  cost.

Elegant  and  formal  weddings  are  gaining  ground  this  year  in  the  wake  of  the  royal  wedding.

Candy  tables  are  a  great  way  for  guests  to  mix  and  match  their  own  gifts  and  satiate  a  post-­cake  sweet-­tooth.

(Roxanne Turnbull/Collegian)

Tarts  and  pies  are  not  going  to  re-­ place  wedding  cakes  for  good  any  time  soon,  but  dozens  of  brides  are  turning  to  this  tasty  alternative.

Panoramic  photos  incorporate  the  wedding  as  well  as  the  party,  showcasing  the  special  venue  selected  for  the  special  day.

Green

Vintage

Vintage weddings began to gain popularity a couple years ago but are taking center stage in a big way this year, taking inspiration from the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;50s DQG Âś V DV ZHOO DV Ă HD PDUNHW Ă&#x20AC;QGV

Personalization  is  the  main  trend  for  2012  weddings,  inspiring  couples  across  the  country  to  embrace  an  as-­ VRUWPHQW RI IXQ DQG TXLUN\ HOHPHQWV WR UHĂ&#x20AC;HFW WKHLU WDVWHV and  personalities.  But  some  trends  still  seem  to  stand  out,  strutting  the  runways,  walking  the  aisles,  and  mak-­ ing  waves  in  the  bridal  industry.

(Shannon Odell/Collegian)

(Shannon Odell/Collegian)

Long  sleeves  are  back,  thanks  to  Kate  Middletonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  spec-­ tacular  dress  by  Sarah  Burton  for  Alexander  McQueen.

DIY  chandeliers  made  from  ribbon  and  waxed  paper  add  elegance  and  diffuse  the  harsh  lighting  to  be  found  in  some  (Shannon Odell/Collegian) venues.

Formal  portraiture  nods  to  the  royal  wedding,  providing  a  sense  (Courtesy of Beth Buwalda) RI UH¿QHPHQW ZHOFRPHG E\ WUDGL-­ tional  brides.

Lace  not  only  dons  dressed  and  decora-­ tions  but  cakes  as  well!  Marzipan  and  delicately  piped  butter-­cream  can  be  used  to  create  this  romantic  effect. * *  stock  photo

Planning  a  whirlwind  wedding

(Elena Salvatore/Collegian)

Kelsey Drapkin Collegian Freelancer As  March  17  fast  ap-­ proaches,  Liz  Kirk,  â&#x20AC;&#x2122;10,  and  senior  Blake  Faulkner  are  put-­ WLQJ ÂżQLVKLQJ WRXFKHV RQ WKHLU wedding  plans.  The  couple  has  been  together  for  more  than  two  and  a  half  years,  over  a  year  of  which  they  have  been  engaged  and  planning  their  wedding.

Between  both  of  their  busy  lives,  planning  a  wedding  has  been  a  balancing  act.  Kirk,  who  majored  in  history  and  elemen-­ tary  education  with  a  minor  in  English,  is  a  full  time  substitute  teacher  in  the  Hillsdale  area  while  Blake  is  double-­majoring  in  Christian  Studies  and  Speech. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When  he  proposed,  the Â

whirlwind  began,â&#x20AC;?  Kirk  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  has  been  a  lot  of  work  for  him  to  be  doing  school  and  plan-­ ning  at  the  same  time.  And  even  though  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  working  full  time,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  lot,  but  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  easier.â&#x20AC;?

Spring  break  worked  out  to  be  the  best  time  for  Kirk  and  Faulkner  to  tie  the  knot,  a  time  when  family  can  take  time  off  work  and  friends  will  be  on  break.

The  couple  agreed  that  being  engaged  a  longer  time  eased  much  of  the  stress  of  the  plan-­ ning  process.  Kirk  had  experi-­ ence  with  friends  trying  to  plan  a  wedding  in  six  months  and  did  not  want  to  have  that  experience  planning  her  wedding. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  was  hard,  because  initially  we  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  know  what  we  wanted.  I  know  a  lot  of  women  stereotypically  have  the Â

wedding  planned  before  they  are  engaged.  They  have  the  Cinderella  fairytale  planned,  and  that  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  me.  I  was  not  the  person  that  had  everything  ¿JXUHG RXW DQG KDG WKH VFUDS-­ book  just  waiting  for  someone  to  propose,â&#x20AC;?  Kirk  said.

The  couple  took  care  to  work  out  the  larger  issues  in  the  plan-­ ning  process  before  diving  into  the  details  including  location,  caterers,  and  decorations.  They  had  to  make  reservations  for  the  location  the  wanted  a  year  in  advance.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  lesson  we  learned  is  that  if  you  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  the  big  el-­ ements  like  catering,  the  recep-­ tion  hall,  the  DJâ&#x20AC;Śif  you  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  that  before  Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Day  of  the  next  year,  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  not  going  to  have  it,â&#x20AC;?  Kirk  said.

Kirkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  search  for  the  per-­

fect  dress  was  one  of  the  many  details  to  be  worked  out.  Kirk  would  Skype  and  call  her  mother,  who  lived  in  Califor-­ nia,  after  every  appointment  to  discuss  the  dresses.  Eventually,  Kirk  found  â&#x20AC;&#x153;the  one.â&#x20AC;?   She  recalls  sending  her  mother  a  photo  and  calling  her  right  away.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;She  started  to  cry  on  the  phone,  and  I  knew  from  her  reaction  and  the  looks  on  my  bridesmaidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  faces,  that  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  found  a  winner,â&#x20AC;?  Kirk  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But  if  there  was  one  most  GLIÂżFXOW SDUW RI WKH SODQQLQJ LW was  the  invites,  oddly  enough.  Liz  wanted  to  design  them.   More  hours  went  into  this  than  any  other  part,â&#x20AC;?  Faulkner  said.

Designing  invitations  early  will  force  all  other  aspects  to  be  taken  care  of  because  the  catering,  venue,  registries,  and  schedule  all  have  to  be  in  order  by  the  time  the  invites  are  sent,  he  said.

All  these  preparations  can  EH GLIÂżFXOW WR QDYLJDWH EXW WKH couple  manages  to  stay  relaxed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every  time  it  gets  stressful,  we  could  just  take  a  deep  breath  and  say,  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  OK,  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  going  to  Florida.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  kind  of  been  our  rock,â&#x20AC;?  said  Kirk.

Kirk  and  Faulkner  have  planned  a  two  week  honeymoon  in  Florida. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  gives  you  a  goal  to  strive  for  and  a  light  at  the  end  of  the  dark  tunnel,  which  is  engage-­ ment,â&#x20AC;?  Faulkner  said.

After  Faulkner  graduates,  the  couple  will  move  to  Cincin-­ nati,  Ohio,  where  he  will  attend  Cincinnati  Christian  University  pursuing  a  Master  of  Arts  in  Theology. Â

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  ready  to  be  mar-­ ried.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  be  happier  and  less  stressed,â&#x20AC;?  Kirk  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Engagement  sucks,â&#x20AC;?  Faulkner  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  only  way  you  can  mediate  it  is  if  you  spend  a  lot  of  time  together.   Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  not  really  dating,  but  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  not  married,  either. Â

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even  if  everything  we  want  to  happen  fails,  we  will  be  mar-­ ried  at  the  end  of  the  day,  and  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  really  all  that  matters,â&#x20AC;?  Faulkner  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who  could  ask  for  anything  more?â&#x20AC;?  Kirk  added.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sure  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  be  upset  if  the  cake  falls  over,  or  the  wrong  food  shows  up,  but Â

(Elena Salvatore/Collegian)

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  just  in  limbo.  If  it  was  a  matter  of  our  relationship,  we  would  have  gotten  married  the  night  I  proposed.â&#x20AC;?

Neither  Kirk  nor  Faulkner  are  nervous  about  getting  mar-­ ried  partly  due  to  planning  far  in  advance.

hey,  at  least  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  have  a  good  story  to  tell.  I  get  to  stand  in  front  of  our  friends  and  family  and  pledge  to  God  that  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  stay  by  his  side  for  the  rest  of  my  life.  I  couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  get  any  luckier,  so  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  not  nervous  one  bit.â&#x20AC;?        kdrapkin@hillsdale.edu

ARTS

16 Â Feb. Â 2012 Â Â Â B2

!

IN FOCUS

EVAN BRUNE

On  marriage: A  male  perspective

I  may  be  going  against  the  usual  trend  here  at  Hillsdale,  but  the  whole  idea  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;ring  by  springâ&#x20AC;?  is  the  scariest  thing  I  have  ever  heard.  In  fact,  the  mere  mention  of  it  sets  my  teenage  anti-­com-­ mitment  alarm  screaming,  which  usually  manifests  itself  exter-­ nally  with  a  nervous  chuckle  and  a  drawn-­out,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yeahhhâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;bout  thatâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;?

What  I  have  garnered  from  my  extensive  experience  with  all  things  marital  (two  hours  spent  awkwardly  standing  around  at  a  friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  reception)  is  that  the  wedding  is  all  about  the  girl.  Men  are  missing  out  on  some  awesome  opportunities  by  letting  women  plan  out  their  Disney-­based  fantasies.  Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  think  about  it:  if  a  guy  were  put  in  charge  of  his  own  wedding,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  probably  end  up  with  a  crowd  in  football  jerseys  standing  in  front  of  a  beer  fountain  screaming,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;GIT  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;R  DUUUN!â&#x20AC;?  while  the  rings  are  brought  in  by  a  Special  Forces  team  as  the  fuel-­air  explosions  rock  the  founda-­ tions  of  the  church,  barely  drowning  out  the  sound  of  the  heavy  metal  band  in  front  of  the  Jesus  statue.  If  you  do  not  feel  the  urge  WR KLJK ÂżYH VRPHRQH DIWHU WKDW LPDJH \RX DUH QRW D UHDO PDQ A  wedding  also  gives  you  a  chance  to  spend  money  like  the  president!  Seriously,  just  blow  everything  you  have  and  more.  Car?  Sold.  Apartment?  Gone!  Her  parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  retirement  savings?  HAH!  Just  dump  that  sucker  right  into  the  wedding  coffer!  You  only  get  one  chance  to  celebrate  the  disappearance  of  your  independence  and  freedom,  so  why  not  go  out  with  a  bang?  No,  seriously.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  thinking  cannons.  Please?  If  you  do,  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  go.  Think  about  the  bonds  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  forge  with  each  other  as  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  living  out  of  a  box  on  Main  Street.  I  can  already  see  the  divorce  rates  plum-­ meting.

I  havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  even  gotten  to  the  best  part  of  all  of  this  yet.  Re-­ member  the  whole  â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Til  death  do  us  partâ&#x20AC;?  thing?  Yeah,  buddy,  you  can  do  whatever  you  want  now!  You  are  not  trying  to  impress  anyone  anymore.  You  could  eat  Doritos  and  chocolate  covered  bacon  for  every  meal!  What  could  she  possibly  do?  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  tell  you  what:  absolutely  nothing.  Your  very  souls  have  been  entwined  by  God.  There  is  no  way  she  is  getting  out  of  that  knot.

Marriage  will  be  the  greatest  party  of  your  life.  You  can  do  whatever  you  want  with  nobody  to  tell  you  otherwise,  and  who  hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  wanted  to  blow  all  the  cash  they  have  on  something  that  only  lasts  for  eight  hours?  It  is  going  to  be  theâ&#x20AC;ŚOh,  wait,  she  wants  kids?  Well,  you  are  screwed.        Â

                             ebrune@hillsdale.edu

www.hillsdalecollegian.com

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Safe Houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: An unfortunate letdown Patrick Timmis News Editor The  trailer  for  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Safe  Houseâ&#x20AC;?  was  awe-­ some.  When  Denzel  Washington  told  a  young  CIA  agent  that  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  am  already  in  your  head,â&#x20AC;?  it  became  a  must-­see  movie.  Who  wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  want   to  see  him  manipulate  and  charm  his  way  through  two  hours  of  an  inter-­ national  espionage  thriller?

So  much  potential.  So  little  accomplished.

The  basic  plot  is  familiar.  Rogue  agent  Tobin  Frost  (Washington)  is  in  Cape  Town,  South  Africa,  trying  to  sell  a  secret  that  im-­ SOLFDWHV FRUUXSW KLJK OHYHO &,$ RI¿FLDOV With  the  ubiquitous  Eastern  European  thugs  closing  in,  Frost  takes  refuge  in  the  American  consulate  and  turns  himself  over  to  the  CIA.  But  whoever  wanted  to  kill  Frost  in  WKH ¿UVW SODFH LVQœW JLYLQJ XS $ EORRG\ JXQ-­ ¿JKW ODWHU WKH RQO\ DJHQW VWLOO DOLYH LV URRNLH

Matt  Weston,  played  with  lots  of  vulnerabil-­ ity  by  Ryan  Reynolds.

At  this  point,  the  movie  essentially  be-­ comes  Weston  chasing  Frost  through  Cape  Townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  streets,  slums  and  soccer  stadiums.  Along  the  way,  he  learns  some  shocking  secrets  about  the  CIA,  unless  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  seen  the  Jason  Bourne  movies,  in  which  case  you  know  whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  coming.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  impossible  not  to  compare  this  movie  to  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bourneâ&#x20AC;?  trilogy:  unfavorably,  as  it  turns  out.  Reynolds  simply  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  carry  a  movie  like  this.  He  is  too  nice  and  sympa-­ thetic,  and  too  short  on  Matt  Damonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  lock-­ jawed  determination.

Washington,  meanwhile,  shows  why  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  multiple-­Oscar-­winning  star.  The  best  parts  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Safe  Houseâ&#x20AC;?  come  when  Frost,  dripping  with  seductive  sangfroid,  plays  psychological  games  of  cat-­and-­mouse  with  his  would-­be  captors.  Reynolds  is  also  at  his  best  when  in-­ teracting  with  Washington,  struggling  to  keep Â

his  values  and  his  sanity  in  the  face  of  Frostâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  dominating  presence.

Unfortunately,  these  scenes  make  up  far  too  little  of  the  movie.  Director  Daniel  Espinosa  has  all  the  pieces  for  a  phenomenal  thriller,  but  most  of  the  screen  time  is  spent  on  running,  punching,  and  erratic  machine-­ JXQ ÂżULQJ :HVWRQ DQG )URVW UHPDLQ XQGHYHO-­ oped,  and  forget  about  any  secondary  charac-­ ters.  Westonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  girlfriend  Ana  (French  actress  Nora  Arnezeder),  for  instance,  is  really  only  there  to  look  good  in  advertisements. :DVKLQJWRQ LV GHYLOLVKO\ IXQ IRU DERXW ÂżYH minutes,  and  female  moviegoers  probably  ¿QG 5H\QROGV HDV\ RQ WKH H\HV GHVSLWH KLV FKDUDFWHUÂśV VKRUWFRPLQJV %XW \RX FDQ ÂżQG something  better  to  do  with  your  evening.  Have  you  seen  the  trailer  for  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Act  of  Valor?â&#x20AC;?  Now  that  looks  sweet.           ptimmis@hillsdale.edu

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The  Vowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;:  A  heart-­warming  surprise Natalie Mitchell Collegian Freelancer

When  a  car  accident  takes  Paigeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  short-­ term  memory,  erasing  memories  of  their  relationship  and  marriage,  Leo  works  to  earn  her  back  and  make  her  fall  in  love  again.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  admit  it:  I  have  a  low  tolerance  for  The  story  takes  us  on  an  emotional  roller  cheesy  romance  movies.  Yet  there  I  was,  sit-­ FRDVWHU DV /HR UHĂ&#x20AC;HFWV RQ WKHLU UHODWLRQVKLS ting  in  the  theater  on  the  opening  weekend  of  DQG 3DLJH DWWHPSWV WR ÂżW EDFN LQWR D ZRUOG the  Vow,  surprised  by  an  endearing  and  sigh-­ ZLWK ÂżYH \HDUV PLVVLQJ 7KH JKRVWV RI ROG inducing  movie  that  did  not  have  the  typical  boyfriends,  high  school  friends,  and  family  QDXVHDWLQJ SUHGLFWDELOLW\ 7KH FKLFN Ă&#x20AC;LFN feuds  threaten  to  replace  Leo,  and  he  steps  up  featuring  the  washboard  abs  of  Channing  Ta-­ to  the  challenge  by  showing  his  dedication  to  tum  and  the  cutesy  star  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Notebookâ&#x20AC;?,  her.  Part  of  Paigeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  journey  of  re-­assimilation  Rachel  McAdams,  turned  out  to  be  different  includes  a  search  for  true  identity.

WKDQ \RXU DYHUDJH 9DOHQWLQHÂśV 'D\ ÂżOP The  struggles  of  trying  to  make  her  Early  on  we  see  the  love  and  marriage  remember,  of  putting  the  pieces  together  between  Leo  (played  by  Tatum)  and  Paige  again,  are  heart-­wrenching.  With  each  new  (McAdams).  Their  relational  quirks  are  high-­ endeavor  to  win  her  back,  hope  dangles  lighted,  all  with  Tatumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  charming  narrative  precipitously  in  anticipation  of  that  moment  of  special  moments  together.  These  moments,  that  she  might  recall  their  life  together.  Leo  KH VD\V GHÂżQH XV ² KRZ ZHÂśYH FRPH WR EH works  so  diligently  at  winning  her  back  that  who  we  are.  the  viewer  wants  to  remember  for  her,  just  to Â

end  his  agony.   The  impressionable  part  of  this  movie  was  the  human  element  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  the  arguments  ZHUHQÂśW SHWW\ WKH FRQĂ&#x20AC;LFW DQG HPRWLRQ ZHUH believable,  and  the  tears  felt  real.  Leoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ro-­ mancing  of  Paige  goes  to  a  whole  new  level  of  commitment,  perseverance,  devotion,  and  yes,  love.

Men,  beware.  If  you  take  your  girlfriend  to  go  see  this  movie,  be  prepared  to  be  chal-­ lenged.  Tatumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  husband  role  has  enough  reality  to  strike  a  chord  with  everyone,  his  anger  and  frustration  mixed  with  attentive-­ ness  and  commitment,  making  it  sigh-­worthy  for  the  fairer  sex  and  raising  the  bar  for  those  who  wish  to  emulate  him.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  perfect  re-­ lease  in  time  Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Day  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  a  representa-­ tion  of  real  life,  real  heartache,  and  real  love.         nmitchell@hillsdale.edu

From  Central  Hall  to  apple  orchards:  Hillsdale  couples  share  their  stories

(Courtesey of Kyle Forti)

Teddy Sawyer Collegiain Reporter

Senior  Kyle  Forti DQG KLV ÂżDQFHH Hope  Nowak  are  what  you  could  call  high  school  sweethearts.  When  he  moved  to  Michigan  to  go  to  college  and  she  stayed  in  California,  they  made  it  work  by  developing  their  own  way  of  staying  close  despite  more  than  2,000  miles  separating  them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  always  sent  each  other  our  itinerary  before  we  visited,â&#x20AC;?  Forti  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;So  I  photoshopped  my  itinerary  and  surprised  her  at  the  hotel  she  was  staying  at  with  her  fam-­ ily  at  4  a.m.  and  said,  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;come  with  me.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;  I  started  driving  and  asked  her  where  she  wanted  to  goâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;? ³² , VDLG &DUPHO WKH PRVW URPDQWLF SODFH RQ HDUWK ²´ ³² :KHUH , ZDV GULYLQJ DOUHDG\ ´ After  driving  most  of  the  night,  they  arrived  at  about  10  D P DQG ZDONHG WRJHWKHU RQ WKH EHDFK ² WKH EHDFK ZKHUH he  would  propose  that  very  morning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  was  the  same  beach  [where]  my  grandparents  got  married,  we  were  engaged,  and  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  getting  married,â&#x20AC;?  Nowak  said.

The  week  following  graduation,  the  two  will  be  married  in  Carmel.  After  being  engaged  for  almost  a  year  and  a  half  and  spending  months  apart  because  of  distance  and  VFKRRO WKH\ ZLOO ÂżQDOO\ EH WRJHWKHU â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  guess  you  could  say  we  knew  what  we  wanted,  even  if  we  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  know  at  the  time,â&#x20AC;?  Forti  said.       (Joelle Lucas/Collegian)

(Courtesey of Casey Holmes)

Senior  Casey  Holmes  DQG ÂżDQFH Jon  Gregg  ,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;11,  reached  new  heights  the  night  Gregg  popped  the  ques-­ tion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  always  told  him  I  would  only  go  up  [to  the  top  of  Central  Hall]  if  he  got  signed  permission  from  the  president  to  go  up,â&#x20AC;?  Holmes  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;And  he  did!  Dr.  Arnn  gave  him  permission,  and  I  knew  he  was  going  to  propose.â&#x20AC;?

After  arriving  in  Hillsdale  several  hours  before  she  expected  him  to,  Gregg  got  some  friends  to  bring  her  LQ IURQW RI &HQWUDO +DOO ZKHUH KH ZDV ZDLWLQJ ² ZLWK signed  permission  to  ascend  Central  Hall  together. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And  then  he  proposed  on  top  of  Central  Hall  at  about  3:45  in  the  morning,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  was  really  important  to  me  that  he  took  the  initiative  and  picked  the  ring  and  decided  when  to  propose,  and  he  did.â&#x20AC;?

Having  been  engaged  for  only  a  little  over  a  week,  Holmes  said  the  daze  hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  quite  worn  off  and  wed-­ ding  planning  will  commence  sometime  in  the  near  future.

In  proposing  to  senior  Natalie  Kerner,  Carl  Avery  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;11  mixed  the  perfect  amount  of  romantic  spontaneity  with  planning  ahead  to  sweep  her  off  her  feet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over  Fall  Break  I  went  to  visit  him  in  Virginia  where  he  is  going  to  law  school,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;On  Friday  he  was  going  to  take  me  to  the  beach  after  his  classes,  and  then  he  called  me  in  the  morning  saying  he  had  overslept  and  just  wanted  to  skip  his  classes  and  take  me  to  the  beach  he  picked  out.â&#x20AC;?

Keeping  her  convinced  it  was  a  happy  accident,  Avery  had  time  to  prepare  the  whole  morning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He  surprised  me  with  a  picnic  and  made  a  bunch  of  really  good  food  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  I  think  I  started  suspecting  around  then  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  and  then  he  proposed  on  the  beach.â&#x20AC;?

While  their  plans  arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  complete  yet,  the  couple  will  be  married  on  July  29  of  this  year  and  are  continuing  to  plan  while  apart.

(Courtesey of Natalie Kerner)

For  seniors  Nikki  Yancho DQG ÂżDQFH Logan  Shoup,  loca-­ tion  was  crucial  for  both  the  engagement  and  the  wedding  plans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  been  planning  on  asking  her  for  a  while,â&#x20AC;?  Shoup  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;She  loves  apple  orchards,  and  I  found  a  couple  right  around  here.  I  was  going  to  take  her  to  pick  apples  and  then  get  around  to  asking  her  there,  but  it  turned  out  there  were  no  pick-­your-­own  apple  orchards.â&#x20AC;?

After  driving  around  to  a  couple  different  orchards  for  a  few  hours,  I  looked  up  more  orchards  on  my  phone,  she  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By  then  I  began  to  suspect  something,â&#x20AC;?  Yancho  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  ended  up  at  this  orchard  after  driving  several  hours  from  Hillsdale,  and  we  were  the  only  ones  in  the  whole  orchard.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  found  one  on  my  phone  and  [when  we  arrived]  he  got  me  jumping  for  high  up  apples  and  then  when  I  turned  around  he  proposed!â&#x20AC;?  Yancho  said.

The  couple  has  rented  out  the  Hillsdale  College  Arbore-­ tum  and  McNamara  Hall  for  June  22,  2013. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  found  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  kind  of  our  place,â&#x20AC;?  he  said. Âł,W PDNHV VHQVH Âą LWÂśV D SODFH WKDW ÂżWV XV ´ VKH VDLG

(Courtesy of Amanda Rubino)

At  times  it  is  best  to  wait  for  that  perfect  moment,  and  in  others  it  is  your  actions  which  make  the  perfect  moment.  In  the  case  of  Junior  Amanda  Rubino  and  Chuck  Grimmet,  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;12  the  moment  was  made  by  the  inability  to  wait. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  was  over  Christmas  break,  he  had  the  ring  for  two  days  and  had  breakfast  with  my  dad  to  ask  permission.  He  was  going  to  wait  till  Spring  Break,  but  he  couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  wait,â&#x20AC;?  Rubino  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  went  out  with  his  family  for  dinner,  and  he  just  couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  wait.  He  called  me  at  12  a.m.  and  woke  me  up  and  asked  me  to  meet  him  at  the  front  door  with  my  coat.  He  normally  plans  everything  ahead  to  keep  things  in  order  and  work  perfectly,  but  he  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  like  that  with  me,â&#x20AC;?  she  said. Âł:H ZHQW RQ D ZDON DQG KH WRRN PH WR ZKHUH KH ÂżUVW NLVVHG PH DQG SUR-­ posed,â&#x20AC;?  she  said,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;and  I  thought  it  was  perfect.â&#x20AC;?

Rubino  and  Grimmet  are  planning  their  wedding  for  June  22,  2013,  after  she  has  completed  her  degree.

SPACES

   B3   16  Feb.  2012 Â

www.hillsdalecollegian.com

â&#x20AC;&#x153;

In  Their  Eyesâ&#x20AC;?

Director  of  Mary  Randall  Preschool  Stacy  Vondra  loves  Hillsdale  as  both  a  school  and  a  community

Sharon Barrett Collegian Freelancer

Â

After  her  graduation  from  Hillsdale  College,  Stacy  (Bryan)  Vondra  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;95  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  move  across  the  country  like  most  graduates.  She  simply  moved  next  door.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hillsdale  College  is  more  than  an  alma  mater,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  is  part  of  my  life.  I  think  once  you  have  the  Hillsdale  College  experience,  nothing  matches  it.â&#x20AC;?

Vondra  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;95  is  in  her  seventh  year  as  director  of  the  Mary  Randall  Preschool  on  Hillsdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  campus.  Tucked  among  the  trees  next  to  Mauck  Residence,  the  small,  domed  building  is  easy  to  miss.  But  for  Vondra,  it  is  where  she  makes  a  difference  in  childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  lives,  as  well  as  a  nexus  of  relationships  between  stu-­ dents,  faculty,  and  the  wider  Hillsdale  community.

Vondra  graduated  from  Hillsdale  in  May  1995,  and  was  hired  as  head  teacher  at  the  preschool  just  three  months  after  graduation.  During  her  time  as  a  student,  she  completed  her  student  teaching  and  received  the  Outstanding  Student  Teacher  award.  She  volunteered  at  the  preschool  while  pursuing  a  triple  minor  in  english,  Spanish,  and  early  child-­ hood  education.  Vondra  now  teaches  two  education  courses  and  supervises  between  30  and Â

40  student  volunteers  each  semester.

Vondra  was  inspired  to  choose  Hillsdale  by  her  high  school  Spanish  professor,  who  was  an  alumnus.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  was  very  well  prepared  for  graduate  work  because  of  [Hillsdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s]  rigor,â&#x20AC;?  she  said. $V D IUHVKPDQ KRZHYHU ÂżYH KRXUV from  her  home  in  Boyne  City,  Mich.,  Vondra  said  she  was  able  to  make  the  transition  to  college  life  in  part  because  of  Hillsdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  unique  strength:  faculty  who  build  supportive  relationships  with  students.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dr.  Kathy  Connor  [then  director  of  the  preschool]  took  me  under  her  wing.  She  was  my  mentor,â&#x20AC;?  Vondra  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  still  talk  with  her  several  times  a  week.â&#x20AC;?

In  addition  to  Connor,  Vondra  said  many  of  the  professors  who  had  a  memorable  impact  on  her  still  teach  at  Hillsdale:  for  instance,  Professors  of  Spanish  Sandra  Puvogel,  Carmen  Wyatt-­Hayes,  and  Kevin  Teegarden.  Vondra  was  active  on  campus  as  a  member  of  Student  Federation  and  Kappa  Kappa  Gamma  sorority,  and  still  keeps  in  touch  with  many  of  her  soror-­ ity  sisters.

Vondraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  face  glows  with  happiness  as  she  describes  her  job  at  the  pre-­ school,  especially  the  joy  of  watching  student  volunteers  interact  with  the  children.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Working  in  this  building  is  the  greatest  place  on  campus,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  have  an  opportunity  to  work  with  a Â

wide  age  range  and  affect  education  at  many  levels.â&#x20AC;?

About  a  third  of  the  children  en-­ rolled  at  the  preschool  are  children  or  grandchildren  of  Hillsdale  faculty  and  administration.  The  rest  belong  to  fami-­ lies  from  the  surrounding  community.

The  preschool  curriculum  covers  nine  learning  areas  including  cognition,  language,  and  character  development.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;People  call  it  liberal  arts  for  the  preschool  child,â&#x20AC;?  Vondra  said.

For  instance,  Professor  of  Chemistry  Chris  Van  Orman  recently  came  down  to  make  â&#x20AC;&#x153;slimeâ&#x20AC;?  with  the  children.  $IWHU D ÂżHOG WULS LQ ZKLFK WKH FKLOGUHQ learned  about  fossils,  a  preschooler  who  found  a  sparkly  rock  insisted,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  want  to  send  this  specimen  to  Dr.  Swinehart!â&#x20AC;?

So  Vondra  made  sure  he  was  able  to  do  so.

Vondra  said  she  enjoys  impacting  college  students  as  well  as  preschool-­ ers.  Today,  she  said,  students  who  she  taught  in  the  preschool  are  now  her  college  advisees.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  come  to  me  for  their  class  schedule,  and  for  advice  and  counsel,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  still  seeking  guid-­ ance  at  a  different  life  stage.  Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  real  treasure.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  unique  and  yet  so  rewarding.â&#x20AC;?

Vondra  received  her  masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  degree  in  child  development  from  Michigan  State  University.  She  has  always  had  a  special  interest  in  how  children  with  language  disorders  learn,  so  she  is  cur-­

rently  pursuing  a  second  masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  degree  in  speech  language  pathol-­ ogy.

Vondra  sees  the  preschool  as  an  opportunity  for  students  of  any  major  to  gain  experience  with  children.  For  instance,  she  said,  students  majoring  in  business  may  want  to  open  a  childcare  center  in  a  corporate  setting.  Students  majoring  in  speech  or  psychology  may  be  preparing  for  competitive  graduate  programs  in  speech  pa-­ WKRORJ\ RU RWKHU ¿HOGV ZKHUH WKH\ plan  to  work  with  children.

For  Vondra,  working  with  chil-­ dren  is  not  only  an  aspect  of  the  many  ways  a  person  can  serve  others,  but  it  may  open  the  door  to  a  life  call-­ ing.  When  seeking  student  volunteers  for  the  preschool,  Vondra  said,  she  encourages  them  with  her  own  story,  saying:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  could  be  you!â&#x20AC;?

Vondra  sees  relationships  as  the  life-­ blood  of  Hillsdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  educational  experi-­ ence,  something  that  has  not  changed  since  she  matriculated.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Facilities  are  updated,â&#x20AC;?  she  said,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;but  the  heart  of  the  campus  is  still  constant  and  essential.â&#x20AC;?  The  same  supportive  network  she  found  as  an  undergraduate  she  now  enjoys  as  a  member  of  the  faculty  and  of  the  community.

Vondraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  husband  works  as  super-­ intendent  of  Hillsdale  Community  Schools,  and  she  volunteers  in  the  school  system  as  frequently  as  she  can. Â

P r a c t i c a l  a r t i s t r y Tory Cooney Copy Editor

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  love  to  do  that  again.â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  dunno,  we  think  about  all  of  these  high  and  lofty  things  here  and  people  just  forget  the  importance  of  a  practical  skill.â&#x20AC;?

Through  Shelly,  the  Russian-­Jewish  woman  who  taught  her  to  knit,  Clark  met  a  motley  group  of  women  who  dubbed  themselves  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Monday  Knights  of  the  Knitting  Orderâ&#x20AC;?  and  would  meet  once  a  week  to  meet  and  talk. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  were  wonderful  women.  Wonderful.  But  under  other  circumstances,  we  would  never  have  met,  much  less  spent  time  together,â&#x20AC;?  Clark  said.

There  was  a  young  Asian  woman  with  a  child  affected  by  Downs  Syndrome  who  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  speak  much  English,  a  quirky  psychologist,  two  enthusiastically  liberal  Russian-­ Jewish  immigrants,  and  the  quiet  and  conservative  Mi-­ chelle,  Clark  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Knitting  was  this  great  equalizer.  You  just  talk,â&#x20AC;?  Clark  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Talking  and  knitting.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  beautiful.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;My  fellow  knitters  are  also  very  happy  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  joined  the  dark  sideâ&#x20AC;Ś.the  knitting  side,â&#x20AC;?  said  Yerke.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  am  too.â&#x20AC;?

She  was  a  force  of  nature,  built  like  a  tank  and  utterly  ageless.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;That  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  what  you  want,â&#x20AC;?  she  informed  Assistant  Professor  of  Music  Rene  Clark,  then  a  recent  transplant  to  New  York  City  in  search  of  a  ball  of  yarn  for  a  repair  project.  Before  the  younger  woman  could  respond,  a  set  of  needles  were  stuck  into  her  hands. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And  the  next  thing  I  knew,  I  was  knitting,â&#x20AC;?  Clark  said,  who  has  since  become  an  avid  and  impressive  knitter,  recreating  a  Victorian  lace  shawl  from  the  original  pattern.   The  shawl  took  more  than  600  hours  to  make. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  traditional  craft  and  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  all  in  favor,â&#x20AC;?  said  Professor  of  English  John  Somerville,  who  permitts  students  to  knit  during  his  classes,  though  few  students  have  taken  him  up  on  the  offer  in  recent  years. Âł+LOOVGDOH LV GHÂżQLWHO\ DQ DGYRFDWH RI WUDGLWLRQ DQG KDQGLFUDIWV like  knitting  and  spinning,  are  all  part  of  that,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  click-­ ing  of  knitting  needles  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  any  more  distracting  than  typing  of  a  laptop,  so  I  see  no  problem  with  it.â&#x20AC;? vcooney@hillsdale.edu Many  students  across  campus  engage  in  various  traditional  textile  arts,  ranging  from  sophomore  Rachel  Yerke,  who  just  began  knitting  in  October,  to  senior  Becky  Schoon,  who  began  crocheting  at  the  age  of  six.

The  reasons  why  these  various  students  began  to  knit  vary,  though  most  cite  mothers  or  friends  willing  to  teach  them.  Their  reasons  for  continuing  to  knit,  however,  are  largely  the  same:  a  love  of  the  craft,  and  knittingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  relaxing  quality  that  earned  it  the  title  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;the  new  yogaâ&#x20AC;?  in  a  New  Jersey  newspaper. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  knit  things  to  be  hung  on  a  wall,â&#x20AC;?  Clark  said.   Instead,  she  knits  items  for  friends  and  family  as  well  as  herself,  also  sending  an  annual  box  full  of  childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  and  babyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  items  to  the  Indian  reservation  where  she  spent  a  good  deal  of  her  childhood.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;There  is  just  something  really  fundamental  about  making  some-­ WKLQJ WR NHHS D EDE\ ZDUP ´ VDLG MXQLRU$OH[DQGUD $OOHQ ZKRVH ÂżUVW major  knitting  project  was  a  baby  blanket  for  her  goddaughter.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  really  satisfying  to  make  something  that  someone  wears.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  one  of  my  favorite  things,â&#x20AC;?  she  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  crafting  something,â&#x20AC;?  Yerke  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;You  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  just  go  out  and  buy  it.â&#x20AC;?

The  ability  to  directly  impact  someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  personal  comfort  along  with  creating  something  beautiful  is  one  of  the  most  unique  aspects  of  knitting,  Allen  said.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  very  human,  a  product  of  skill  and  work,  and  a  type  of  everyday  beauty  that  is  very  important,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.

Last  year,  a  group  of  Hillsdale  students  formed  a  club  named  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sticks  and  Strings,â&#x20AC;?  to  work  on  their  own  projects  in  a  group  as  a  break  from  their  academic  endeavors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  would  meet  to  talk  about  our  days  and  weeks,  knit  for  a  couple  hours,  and  then  go  do  homework,â&#x20AC;?  said  Schoon,  a  previous  member.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;You  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  think  about  other  things  too  deeply  or  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  mess  up,  so  you  have  no  other  options  but  to  relax.â&#x20AC;? $IWHU DOO RI WKH FOXEÂśV RIÂżFHUV JUDGXDWHG ODVW \HDU WKH FOXE GLGQÂśW KROG HOHFWLRQV WR REWDLQ QHZ RIÂżFHUV WR FRPSOHWH WKH DQQXDO DSSOLFD-­ WLRQ IRU RIÂżFLDO FOXE VWDWXV VDLG $OOHQ DOVR D SUHYLRXV PHPEHU

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  always  been  community-­ minded,â&#x20AC;?  she  said,  whether  that  means  working  as  a  reading  tutor  or  teaching  Sunday  school  in  her  parish.  For  college  students,  Vondra  said,  the  city  of  Hillsdale  may  not  have  much  appeal  because  students  tend  to  look  within  their  college  networks  for  their  sense  of  belonging  and  to  see  volunteerism  as  â&#x20AC;&#x153;reaching  outâ&#x20AC;?  into  a  community  outside  them.  But,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;When  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  ready  to  raise  a  family,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  what  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  looking  for.â&#x20AC;?

Vondra  considers  Hillsdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;both  the  College  and  the  communityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;her  home.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  more  than  volunteering,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  sense  of  belonging,  beyond  the  college.â&#x20AC;?  sbarrett@hillsdale.edu

www.hillsdalecollegian.com

SPACES

B4 Â Â 16 Â Feb. Â 2012

INHERITING A DREAM

With  experiences  ranging  from  deliveries  to  dressage,  senior  Ashlee  LeCompte  is  ready  to  inherit  her  familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  horse  farm Sarah Anne Voyles Collegian Reporter

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  taught  me  a  lot  of  responsi-­ bility.  It  is  like  having  a  dog,  but  a  very  high  maintenance  dog,â&#x20AC;?  LeCompte  said.

Senior  Ashlee  LeCompte  has  a  LeCompte  grew  up  riding  in  dream-­come-­true  on  her  horizon.  VKRZV DQG LW ZDV DW KHU ¿UVW VKRZ The  farm  girl  from  Oakwood,  Ill.  WKDW VKH IRXQG KHU YHU\ ¿UVW KRUVH will  inherit  the  family  farm  after  KHU EHORYHG 7UL[LH completing  graduate  school  at  ³0\ ¿UVW SRQ\ ZDV UHDOO\ DZIXO Michigan  State  University.

She  would  throw  me  off  whenever  LeCompte  is  going  to  gradu-­ she  could,â&#x20AC;?  LeCompte  said. ate  school  for  an  Animal  Science  /H&RPSWH ZDV DW KHU ÂżUVW VKRZ degree,  specializing  in  equine.  She  when  her  horse  dumped  her  off  and  her  mother  made  an  agreement  right  in  the  middle  of  the  arena.   Her  that  LeCompte  could  receive  the  IDPLO\ IDUP XSRQ ÂżQLVKLQJ JUDGXDWH mom,  upset  with  the  horse,  went  right  into  the  arena  to  teach  the  school. horse  a  lesson.  The  horse  dumped  â&#x20AC;&#x153;She  loves  going  home  to  ride  and  is  good  friends  with  the  trainers,  her  right  off,  too,  LeCompte  said.

That  is  when  the  horse  was  so  it  never  crossed  her  mind  that  sold.  LeCompteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  mother  found  the  she  would  not  go  back  to  either  her  RZQHU RI WKH ÂżUVW SODFH KRUVH DQG family  farm  or  start  her  own,â&#x20AC;?  said  DVNHG WR EX\ KHU 7KDW ZDV 7UL[LH senior  Sally  Klarr.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;She  wanted  me  riding  a  good  In  1991,  The  LeCompte  family  horse,â&#x20AC;?  LeCompte  moved  to  their  said. family  farm  in  It  was  during  order  to  make  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  want  to  live  there  her  sophomore  year  room  for  their  that  LeCompte  took  growing  family.   until  I  die.  I  want  to  horse-­riding  as  a  There  were  only  raise  my  children  about  10  stalls  there  so  that  they  can  physical  education  course  so  that  she  DQG ÂżYH RU VL[ have  the  same  experi-­ could  continue  to  boarders.   train  and  be  ready  The  farm  was  ences  I  did.â&#x20AC;?  named  Oak-­ â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Senior  Ashlee  for  summer  shows.  However,  with  the  wood  Farms  for  LeCompte demands  of  school,  her  grandfather  LeCompte  was  not  who  grew  up  in  DEOH WR YLVLW 7UL[LH Oakwood,  Ill. enough.  It  became  LeCompte  ¿UVW GHOLYHUHG D IRDO LQ HLJKWK JUDGH necessary  for  the  horse  to  go  back  to  Oakwood  Farms. when  their  mare,  Annie,  gave  birth  Growing  up  on  Oakwood  Farms  to  a  foal  named  Bella.  ³6R ZH DUH GRZQ E\ WKH ÂżHOG DQG KDV JLYHQ /H&RPSWH DPSOH H[SHUL-­ HQFH WR UXQ WKH SODFH 7KDW H[SHUL-­ all  of  a  sudden  this  mare  drops  a  ence  has  also  aided  LeCompte  in  foal,â&#x20AC;?  LeCompte  said.   her  entrance  into  grad  school.  She  About  two  years  later,  Bella  got  said  it  was  great  to  enter  MSU  with  her  face  stuck  in  a  hayrack.  The  WKH H[WUD SUDFWLFH RI GHOLYHULQJ accident  ripped  three  nerves  from  the  horseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  face,  and  the  family  was  horses  at  home.  Now  LeCompte  plans  to  go  certain  the  young  horse  would  never  home  before  heading  off  to  MSU  to  EH ÂżW WR ULGH DJDLQ 7KDW ZDV ZKHQ receive  her  masters.  This  summer,  they  decided  to  breed  Bella,  who  LeCompte  will  be  an  apprentice  to  was  a  beautiful  black  horse.  Now  the  Oakwood  Farm  manager,  Mer-­ they  have  a  third  generation  foal  at  edith  Burgess. the  farm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ashlee  will  be  doing  everything  /H&RPSWH UHFHLYHG KHU ÂżUVW that  I  do  and  then  some;Íž  it  is  tough  horse  after  she  joined  a  pony  club.  being  an  intern,â&#x20AC;?  Burgess  said.

Her  mom  had  a  few  conditions,  Oakwood  Farms  is  very  family-­ however.  She  would  have  to  wake  oriented. up  at  5  a.m.  in  the  morning  before  7KH EDUQ KDV VLQFH H[SDQGHG school  to  go  feed  and  turn  out  the  DIWHU D ¿UH EDFN LQ WKH HDUO\ œV horse.

It  now  has  60  stalls  with  45  horses  currently  living  there.   There  is  also  a  full-­service  operating  room,  where  LeCompte  hopes  to  bring  a  full-­time  veterinarian  in  the  future.  Burgess  said  that  running  a  boarding  barn  is  like  working  retail  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  you  have  to  make  sure  that  cus-­ tomers  are  happy.   Once  the  summer  is  over,  LeCompte  will  head  off  to  MSU  with  her  two  horses  so  that  she  can  continue  to  train.   Even  so,  she  will  come  home  to  her  farm  each  sum-­ mer  and  work  there. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  want  to  live  there  until  I  die,â&#x20AC;?  LeCompte  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  want  to  raise  my  children  there  so  that  they  can  have  WKH VDPH H[SHULHQFHV , GLG ´

Senior Ashlee LeCompte has spent her whole life around horses. From delivering her first foal at age 8 to participating in horse shows for her entire life, horses are LeCompteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. After graduating from graduate school, her dreams will become reality as she goes on to inherit her familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s horse farm. (Courtesy of Ashlee LeCompte)

svoyles@hillsdale.edu

CAMPUS Â CHIC MacKenzie McGrath Freshman English Major Colorado Springs, Colorado

Style: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mountain Romanticâ&#x20AC;?

Fashion Icons: â&#x20AC;&#x153;My grand-

mother. She was just classy and elegant in everything she did. She had beauty on the outside and the inside regardless of what she wore. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my goal.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The way you dress can have a big impact on your attitude. I feel sorry for people who wear sweats everyday. I feel like they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t living up to their full potential.â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Compiled  by  Rachel  Hofer;Íž  photographs  by  Mel  Caton

Favorite Designers: Fossil,

Ralph Lauren, Eddie Bauer, Landsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; End

Fashion and Literature:

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Literature transports you to another place, and I think clothing does too.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fashion in and of itself is trivial. But the effects it can have on a person are important.

Confidence is very important.â&#x20AC;?