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Vol. 137, Issue 14 - 30 Jan. 2014
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Remembering Parke Hayes Hillsdale community mourns the loss of the voice of Hillsdale College basketball Caleb Whitmer Editor-in-Chief The Voice of Charger Basketball fell silent earlier this month. A lifetime Hillsdale resident, Hillsdale College graduate, longtime radio announcer for WCSR, and active agent in local politics, Parke Hayes, 67, passed away on Jan. 10. Hayes was, in the words of one WCSR colleague, “the consummate multitasker” – a man of many hats who moved fluidly between the college and the city. Born at Hillsdale Hospital on April 7, 1946, Hayes grew up in Hillsdale and attended Hillsdale Community Schools before moving up the hill for college. He pursued his interest in sports journalism early on. During his senior year of college, he simultaneously worked as The Collegian’s sports editor, WCSR news editor? broadcaster, and assistant sports publicity director for the college. Besides editing The Collegian’s sports section, he also wrote regularly for it, including a weekly column titled, “Short Hops.” Writing at the end of the relatively unsuccessful 1967 football season, Hayes wrote this: “Wanted: One quarterback who can throw accurately most of the time and has, or can secure a SPIRIT MACHINE. Material and rah-rah are two things you have to have to win football games and the Big Blue didn’t have them this year. It’s just that simple, leaving all the technical aspects aside.” Hayes graduated in 1967 with a political science degree and began working full time at WCSR – which he would do for the next 33 years. In the late ’60s, Hayes and current general manager of WCSR Mike Flynn shared an apartment together for several months, the two working different shifts at
the radio station “We were the original ‘Odd Couple,’” Flynn said. “He was Felix. He was the neat one.” Citing the long hours Hayes worked, Flynn praised his colleague’s work ethic.
the course of his career, including the 1980-’81 NAIA basketball finals, the1985 NAIA track and field championship, and the 1985 national football championship. In 1982, the college hired Hayes to be the public address
was “a no-brainer.” “He possessed so much of our history just within himself,” Monastiere said. “It’s sad that that’s gone, but he is so fondly remembered and thought of. He is a very, very integral part of history of the last 50 years of athletics here.” He was also an integral part of the city’s history. An abbreviated list of the public offices he held includes: charter member of the Hillsdale Exchange Club, a 40year board member of the Hillsdale Intermediate School District, several terms as city clerk, district 1 county commissioner, the Hillsdale Community Health Superintendent of Custodial Services Vicky Phetteplace Center advisory board, and many and Physical Plant Director Todd Clow clean up the leak in others. the student activities office. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian) “I think we would all be hardpressed to find someone who was involved in as many community activities as Parke,” said Hillsdale City Manager Linda Brown. Hayes bridged the divide between the city and college effortlessly. In the later part of his life, library when he heard the alarm Sally Nelson he received many civic and colgoing off. & Kate Patrick legiate honors including the Elks “I was trying to figure out Opinions Editor Distinguished Citizen Award, the where it was coming from and & Collegian Freelancer GLIAC Media Service Award, approached the doors,”Michael and the Tower Award from the A sprinkler line burst in the said. “As I got close, it started to college for leadership and service south entry to the Grewcock sound like a rainforest or a torto the college. Student Union on Wednesday at rential downpour.” When the Hillsdale ISD com- 3:05 p.m. What started as a few In A.J.’s Cafe, sophomore pleted construction of their ad- drops quickly turned into a flood Naomi Virnelson had just orministration building in 2007, of water that collapsed ceiling dered coffee when she heard the they named it after Hayes. tiles, flooded the entrance and alarm. “He was one of the few peo- seeped out from underneath the “See, I was just concerned ple who integrated himself in a door into the student activities because the alarm had gone off strong way in both the college office and the union itself. after I had paid for my coffee but and the city,” Monastiere said. “Come to find out, the sprin- before I had gotten it,” Virnelson More than 350 people gath- kler line had frozen and expand- said. ered at the First Presbyterian ed the pipe system and eventually At the south entrance to the Church of Hillsdale on Jan. 25 caused the line to burst,” Student Student Union, sophomores Ilana for Hayes’ funeral. Activities Director Amanda Big- Goehner, Albert Nakayama, and "Though he was weakened in ney said. “Thanks to the very Minte Christiansen stood hudbody, Parke Hayes was one of the speedy maintenance team, the dled together in the cold after exstrongest personalities I've ever problem was taken care of within iting the building. known,” Rev. Patti Beckman an hour and a half.” “Don’t go in there, you could said. "This room, filled to overMaintenance pumped water die!” Nakayama shouted to stuflowing, bears witness to that." out of the entryway and set up dents trying to enter the union. -Chris McCaffery contributed fans to dry the floor. “It’s not new to us. We’ve exto this report. Junior Dakota Michael was perienced this before,” Christianapproaching the union from the
Student union water pipe bursts
For more than 30 years, Park Hayes ’67 was the voice of Charger basketball at WCSR. He passed away Jan. 10. Pictured above is his Hillsdale College Hall of Fame plaque in the Roche Sports Complex. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian) “Parke was the consummate multitasker,” Flynn said. “He could do several things at once, do all of them well, and get them all done.” Hayes was also a sports fanatic – for Detroit teams but especially Charger basketball and football. He broadcast hundred of Hillsdale games and matches over
announcer at football games, a role he held until 2010. From the early ’80s on, Hayes also worked for the college on the hill proper as a lecturer in broadcasting. He also coordinated internships for students. Sports Information Director Brad Monastiere said Hayes’ induction into the Hillsdale College Sports Hall of Fame in 2003
College plans Q&A: Ross King on Leonardo da Vinci Simpson update Hannah Leitner Collegian Reporter The nearly 50 years old Simpson Residence is currently home to 174 men, and with half a century of housing college students comes wear and tear. As a result, the college plans to update Simpson this summer. “For Simpson’s age, I think it’s a great dorm,” Simpson House Director Peggy Wilson said. “The housekeepers and maintenance do a great job.” But even good upkeep begins to lose its effect when the dorm hasn’t been significantly updated since its construction in 1966, Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé said. On Feb. 6, the Hillsdale College Board of Trustees will be meeting to discuss the funding for the renovations. “Some dorms are just getting to the point where we need to put some money into them,” Péwé said. Péwé said the renovations could cost the college an estimated $2.5 million. “We’ve got a lot of things going on, so we need to have good planning,” he said. “We’re putting it on the schedule now, so that if something happens we will be prepared.” For the renovations, the college plans to replace plumbing, sinks, floors, lighting, windows and kick out panels, roof panels, and heating and cooling units, as well as applying a fresh coat of
paint. Péwé said a large portion of the budget would also be going toward mechanical and electrical updates. The college also hopes to redo the lobby and study areas, add a public kitchen, and possibly add a porch, if the budget allows. “I’m really excited if they do what they say they are going to do,” Wilson said. Although freshman Chris Koenigsknecht said he wishes for bigger rooms and a better plumbing system, Simpson is less about the physical building than the atmosphere it possesses. “I like living here a lot,” Koenigsknecht said. “Everyone is real close, and it’s easy to make friends.” Wilson said she hopes that this renovation can make the dorm feel like a home away from home. “I hope they will just brighten it up, give them their own kitchen, and tear up the old carpet,” Wilson said. “All those things would make it feel more like your home than your dorm.” In addition to the renovation of Simpson, Hillsdale has made multiple additions and improvements to campus within the past year, including the building of the Margot V. Biermann Athletic Center, a gym renovation in the Roche Sports Complex, and many developments in Hayden Park and the Slayton Arboretum. “Hillsdale has done a lot of
Ross King received his Ph.D. from York University in Toronto in 1992, and now lectures on art and history throughout Europe and North America. He has written on Brunelleschi, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, and, in his most recent book, Leonardo da Vinci. His books have been nominated for a National Book Critics’ Circle Award, the Charles Taylor Prize, and the National Award for Arts Writing.He has won BookSense Non-Fiction Book of the Year in the United States for “Brunelleschi’s Dome,” as well as the Governor General’s Award in Canada for “The Judgement of Paris.” Born in Canada, King now lives near Oxford, England with his wife Melanie. Compiled by Amanda Tindall.
When did you become interested in history? When I was around 11 or 12, my mother took me to the public library. I would come away with my little stack of books. My favorite books when I was about 10 were usually about a boy and his dog, and the adventures they faced on the frontier. I gradually got interested in history during adolescence. I was interested in historical periods and the history of place I lived in, but I was also very interested in Leonardo da Vinci. I knew who he was when I was about 7 or 8 years old. I just sort of always had him in my imagination — partially because he was left-handed and a painter, and I was interested in painting. Are there any misconcepSee Renovations A3
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tions that people commonly have about da Vinci? There are lots of misconceptions about da Vinci. For a while, it never occurred to me that he
ing bronze doors in Piacenza, and he didn't get it. It almost boggles your mind to think that there's a hiring committee in Piacenza, and Leonardo's CV comes across
Renaissance CCA speaker Ross King spoke Sunday night on the topic of Leonardo da Vinci. (Carsten Stann/Collegian) could fail. He is often considered the person with the highest IQ in history, an all-concrete genius. I was fascinated to discover that in 1490, he tried to get a job cast-
their desk, and they say, "No, no. He's not the man for the job." The other thing that I discovered was that he was really well in his forties before he did the
work that we now know him for. Had he died in 1494 at the age of 42, which is when he started “The Last Supper,” he would really just be a footnote in history. partly because the paintings that survived that he did before that, the main one being the “Virgin of the Rocks,” which is in the Louvre, might have disappeared unless it had the fame of Leonardo attached to it. If Leonardo was just obscure, that painting may have not survived. And so, I guess it’s heartening in a way, going through all of my projects, the Brunelleschi one, Michaleangeo, Machiavelli, Leonardo, these people being undeniably brilliant, having huge achievements, and deservedly enormous repretations. In some way it’s heartening to think that they were human as well, and to know that they were plagued with selfdoubts. I mean Leonardo, it’s very poignant to consider of him at the end of his life, and saying that he had not done enough. What hope there is for the rest of us, if Leonardo didn’t make full use of his talents. Arguably, he didn’t because he was trying to do so much. He wasn’t good at just one think. He was good at 50 things, and couldn’t concentrate all of his effort on just one thing, whether it was painting, sculpting, or anatomy. I think there are lessons there for us. If Leonardo da Vinci can fail, so can we. And we can succeed, as he did, in a more modest way. I noticed that you edited a collection of da Vinci's fables,
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INSIDE Hillsdale in ‘The Bachelor’ Hillsdale alumna Amy Jokinen is kicked off early in the most recent season of the reality TV show. A2
Llama goes viral Terre the Llama becomes an internet sensation. B4
Record SAB trip attendance More than 100 people attended last weekend’s ski trip organized by Student Activities Board. A3
‘Perspectives in Photography’ Four accomplished photographers exhibit their work as a part of the Visiting Artist Series. B1
(Courtesy of Amy Jokinen)
Community to host benefit
The Historic Dawn Theater will host a benefit for a deceased community member on Feb. 1. A6
(Courtesy of Emily Goodling)
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Luke Glendening, brother of Charger football legend “Joe the Show” now plays with the Detroit Red Wings. A8 twitter.com/ hdalecollegian facebook.com/ hillsdalecollegian