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At Homecoming with Fox News’ Katherine Timpf In brief: By | Josh Paladino Collegian Reporter Katherine Timpf is a 2010 Hillsdale College alumna. She reports for National Review Online and is a Fox News contributor. She makes regular appearances on Fox News’ “The Greg Gutfeld Show.” Timpf came to campus Friday, Oct. 23 to perform stand-up comedy acts at two Homecoming events for alumni. How did Hillsdale shape your worldview and political beliefs? I’m definitely a libertarian, so I’m not as conservative on some things as Hillsdale is. But I love the idea that the government does not get to decide what this private institution gets to teach. There is so much indoctrination right now. I spent years reporting college news for Campus Reform, and the indoctrination at these schools is absolutely real. If the government controls the purse strings, then they can control the education. Also, the bravery of Hillsdale to do this is amazing. It has shown that a private solution for education is possible and works so well.
You said that you are not as conservative as most of Hillsdale. Does Hillsdale only tolerate one strain of views? There’s a lot more diversity of thought here than you would think. There are Republicans and conservatives but also libertarians. What is libertarianism to you? I define it as free markets and no “judgies.” It means limited government in all aspects. So get it out of economic policy, have a sensible foreign policy, and allow social decisions to be made by the individual. How did you get involved with Greg Gutfeld and the Fox News Channel? I made a video at a feminist conference that became popular. He saw me on a show doing an interview about it, so he asked me to be on “Red Eye”. My background in stand-up comedy helped me on “Red Eye.” We had a good banter going back and forth, so then when he got his new show he asked me to be on it. In light of Fox News being viewed as conservative, what is it like working for a station with which you disagree on
many policies? You just have to know what you believe and why you believe it. Being a libertarian, there is something about me for everyone to hate, but there
is also something about me for everyone to agree on. I think I’m in a very good position to have conversations with people because I can agree with them on some things if not others. What prepared you to be on television? Stand-up comedy and writing helped me a lot. I had to work hard, take risks, believe in myself, not give up, and there was a little bit of luck involved. And talent, I guess I must have a little bit of talent. What was your stand-up tour like? It was great. I mostly opened for people but I also headlined a few times. I got to meet people Hillsdale Alumna Katherine Timpf, a Fox News and figure out contributor, returned to campus for Homecom- what makes peoing. Katherine timpf | Courtesy ple laugh from Co-
lumbia, Missouri to New York City to Los Angeles. I can’t imagine having been on television without doing stand-up first. Stand-up is much scarier than television because on television, no one can tell you that you suck while you’re talking. How did your career begin? Right out of college I pursued my career. I moved seven times. I worked at The Washington Times and Campus Reform, and then I was a traffic reporter before I began to work at National Review and started to make appearances on Fox News. Which article is your favorite or most popular? It might have been the feminist video that got me on “Red Eye.” I was trying to make a video at a feminist conference, but they found out that I worked for a conservative publication, and so the women wouldn’t talk to me. But there have been so many articles I thought were going to do well that didn’t do so well.
Simpson 3FN’s latest video is just ‘My Type’ By | Nic Rowan Collegian Freelancer Students living on Simpson Residence’s third floor north hallway uploaded to YouTube a lip-sync video set to Saint Motel’s summer hit “My Type” on Oct. 3 in an effort to foster dorm community. In one continuous shot, the cameraman moves from room to room to reveal men mouthing the song’s words while others performed various antics in the background. “Nontraditional events like this one build good hall community. The guys just took this one and ran with it,” Simpson 3FN Resident Assistant junior Hank Prim said. “It really worked out great.” Last spring, the men of 3FN recorded a similar lipsync video set to Lou Bega’s “Mambo No. 5.” “The whole project was a community effort, which is why I wanted to do a second one,” the film’s cinematographer, sophomore Chandler Ryd, said. “Over the summer, I just kept an ear out for different songs that I thought would have some good visual cues that I could use to interpret the song into a lip-sync
video. ‘My Type’ just happened to be the one.” Because of the success of last year’s video, Ryd and the film’s choreographer, sophomore Thomas Ganss, said they wanted to do something similar this year to facilitate dorm community with the new freshmen in the hall. “I had a lot of fun — I’d definitely agree that the event brought the hall together,” freshman James Burke said. Efforts like 3FN’s video demonstrate the capabilities of amateur filmmaking at Hillsdale. “The great thing about projects like these is we’re working with so many people over so little time, so a director can’t really micromanage, and it leaves a lot of room for the actors to interpret the material on their own,” Ryd said. “Everything you see on screen, if it doesn’t look planned, then it’s an improvisation on the performer’s part.” The college itself recently has opened up more avenues for students interested in filmmaking. “We have a mass communications minor that’s opening
up in the speech department, nior Josh Hamilton, received “The great thing about which includes a class in film a shout out from the Hillsdale making a film on campus studies,” Ryd said. “There are a College Instagram page for is that there are a lot of lot of opportunities to make a the “killer video.” like-minded people, a lot of film at Hillsdale.” Ryd said it is instances artistic people, who are willBetween Oct. 18-24, the like this, as well as the college ing to make a film for free,” school encouraged a mass of environment as a whole, that he said. “Pretty much anyone amateur filmmaking with the open incredible possibilities who wants to make a film college’s Spirit Week Instafor amateur filmmaking. conceivably could do it.” gram video contest. Students within their respective Spirit Week groups banded together, each trying to make the best video. Simpson’s video won the contest. It featured students placing bets on an imminent drag race between two residents dressed as Superman and Batman. The film’s Simpson 3FN RA Hank Prim stars in the hall’s Saint Motel’s summer hit “My Type” in its creator, julatest video, uploaded on Oct. 3. Hank Prim | Courtsey
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touched — I know that I’ve had an impact. How did your being the object of a widely-publicized Department of Justice investigation impact your career? I was the walking embodiment of the First Amendment for a while. It was something that had different kinds of effects, and some of which were
contradictory of each other. Because you’re now famous and seen as maintaining yourself in a certain way and not disclosing who your sources are, and maintaining a certain seriousness of affair that some others tried to make light of, other sources will come out of the woodwork and confide in you. So it helped me as a
brought something new to the table to advance those historical narratives. In the limited world of Nixon scholarship, and the scholarship of the Cold War, the anti-war movement, Watergate, and race relations — all these things that John Mitchell’s life
reporter in some aspects. By the other side of the token, there were some who, having seen me be involved in a certain situation that carried some legal ramifications, probably didn’t want to have anything to do with me thereafter. So all you can do is do your best and continue doing good work.
I’ve broken a lot of stories since then that show I wasn’t cowed by the government and that I’m still holding powerful people accountable and adding to the record of our times.
Theologian speaks on immorality of contraception By | Emma Vinton Assistant Editor Men, women, and babies attended a lecture by Concordia Theological Seminary’s Professor Gifford Grobien on Monday, Oct. 26. The topic of the lecture was “Culture of Contraception: Scriptural and Natural Law considerations.” The Catholic Society, the Lutheran Society, and Students for Life sponsored the talk. Grobien spoke on how the Bible and natural law reject the modern idea and use of contraceptives, quoting the books of Genesis and Song of Songs. He also explained the changes in contraception
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over time and the progressing views of marriage. He promoted the unitive and procreative ends of marriage. “Marriage becomes oriented around simply the delight aspect,” he said. “It degenerates to a relationship of pleasure.” Associate Professor of German Fred Yaniga, who serves as the stand-in adviser for Students for Life, said through the work of the societies, as well as the help of Kelly Cole, wife of Assistant Professor of Philosophy Lee Cole, Hillsdale College could extend an invitation to Grobien to speak. Last semester, Students for Life hosted Dr. Christopher Stroud, who spoke on the
medical perspective of using contraception. Yaniga said he was glad the groups united to address a taboo topic. “It’s an issue which is both controversial and magnetic in many ways,” he said. “It draws our attention to what is truly human, and it is essential to our identification as human beings.” Professor of English Michael Jordan, faculty adviser of the Students for Life on sabbatical this semester, attended the lecture and Stroud’s in the spring. “I was very pleased that it was talked about openly. It needs to be,” Jordan said. “One thing I would have liked
to have heard was that natural family planning differs from hormonal and barrier forms of contraception in that it does not use artificial means to prevent pregnancy. It follows nature.” “You learn the answers by being married, you learn to love in marriage by being married,” Grobien added. “We all learn as churches by helping parents and children.” Some students, already familiar with scriptural and natural law arguments, found other points more compelling. “I wish he would have talked more about the culture of contraception,” senior Josiah Lippincott said. “What are the effects of contraception on
the family? Can a society of contraception restore a proper understanding of marriage? What can be done about it? He didn’t provide answers to that.” Though Grobien only touched briefly on types of contraception because of time restrictions, the round of questions could have gone on all night. Yaniga said though Hillsdale students disagree on the issue, they are open to learning, approaching, and engaging the topic from an intellectual standpoint. “I wouldn’t expect anything else,” Yaniga said.
Third video surfaces of S.C. officer violence
Iraq to America: We don’t need your ground forces
Paul Ryan nominated Speaker of the House
Congress reaches tentative budget deal
A third video surfaced showing the altercation between Senior Deputy Ben Fields and a student at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina. Fields allegedly slammed a seated teenage girl, and he has been suspended without pay.
Iraqi government officials said they do not want or need American forces in Iraq. Spokesman Sa’ad al-Hadithi said, “We have enough soldiers on the ground.” Instead, al-Hadithi requested help in arming and training forces.
The House nominated Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) as Speaker of the House on Wednesday, Oct. 28. He won the vote 200 to 43. The House is expected to approve the nomination on Thursday, making him the youngest speaker since the Civil War.
On Wednesday, Oct. 28, the House voted 266-167 for a two-year budget deal. The bi-partisan agreement would increase spending by $80 billion over that timespan.
Sigma Chi shatters campus fundraising record By | John Gage Collegian Freelancer
Sigma Chi’s Derby Days, the annual fundraising competition between sororities, nearly doubled the school fundraising record. The fraternity raised $9,300 for Operation Homefront after combining two formerly separate fundraisers, the Fritze Farm 5K and Derby Days. It surpassed the $5,600 record set earlier this month by Alpha Tau Omega. “That’s pretty much the highest we’ve ever reached,” Sigma Chi senior John Bell said. The fundraising began with a 5K run that raised $3,000 in donations and ended with the sororities contributing another $6,000 throughout the rest of the week-long Derby Days. Bell, who led the organizing of the event, said past and present members of the fraternity were thrilled to hear about the new record. “We had a alumni meeting on Saturday for Homecoming and told them how much we raised and they were super excited,” Bell said. The alumnus who organized the fraternity’s first Derby Days attended the meeting and said he was impressed by how much the fundraiser had grown over the years. “They only raised $150 dollars, and we came and raised 10 grand,” Bell said. While fundraiser lasted a week, preparations for the event started well in advance. “This goes months and months in the works,” Bell said. “There is a lot of people in each sorority that worked really hard to get people amped and get people excited about the event.” Kappa Kappa Gamma sophomore Kacey Reeves said she thought the fundraiser supported a good cause. “It was a lot of fun to be able to help the Sigma Chi’s break the fundraising record,” Reeves said. “I know that all three sororities were excited to raise funds for such a great organization.” The money will go to Operation Homefront, which helps support military veterans and their families. “The guys in the house really care about veterans. They care about our armed services,” Bell said. “We realize that it is their sacrifice that we can come to an awesome school like this, that we can be in a fraternity and have great times together.” Sigma Chi chose to give to Operation Homefront because it would support their community. “Almost 90 percent goes back into Michigan,” President of Sigma Chi senior Daniel Bellet said. The fraternity emphasized the success of the fundraiser was a group effort. “We are really thankful for the sororities,” Bellet said. “They worked so hard to raise money for this, and it wouldn’t be possible without them.”
Zombie Run Saturday
By | Breana Noble Assistant Editor Run for your life. The Intramural Program’s annual Zombie Run will begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31, at Hayden Park. Racers will run a 3-kilometer route as students dressed as zombies chase them. A group of four makes one zombie team. The program will offer a free T-shirt and hot chocolate to all participants. To register as an individual runner or a zombie team of four, email senior Elizabeth Thistleton at ethistleton@ hillsdale.edu.
Uber delivers kittens in Detroit Thursday, Oct. 29, Uber will deliver kittens to homes and offices across Detroit for a fee of $30. The kittens come from local shelters and will stay for a 15-minute snuggle session. A shelter chaperone will accompany each animal.