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Prehistoric skull found in Hillsdale County By | Breana Noble Assistant Editor A 400-to-1,000-year-old skull, likely of a Native American man, was uncovered on the property of Hudson, Michigan, residents Nov. 19.

Matt Shaffer said he “didn’t think much of it” when excavators on his property asked him if he’d ever found bones on his land.

Shaffer said he found cattle remains three months ago, but workers uncovered something else while digging a pond in his backyard. At that point, he said he knew they hadn’t found cow bones.

“You found a skull, didn’t

you?” Shaffer asked them.

The excavators found the remains, including a skull, vertebrae, and what may be a hip bone, buried about a yard down on Shaffer’s property in Hillsdale County on Nov. 19.

Shaffer’s wife, JoAnne, said it was “mindblowing” that they found the skull only a few feet deep since the land used to be farmed.

“They must have turned that soil in that field, how many times?” JoAnne Shaffer said.

After finding the bones in his backyard, Matt Shaffer said he called the Hudson Police Department, who contacted the Hillsdale Coun-

ty sheriff after visiting the Shaffers’ property. They then communicated with Michigan State Police, who sent a trooper to the site.

Unsure if the find resulted from a homicide, MSP Jackson Post First Lieut. Kyle Bowman said police treated the site like a crime scene, taping off the area and contacting Michigan State University Forensic Anthropology Laboratory Director Todd Fenton to take a look.

“He was able to look at the skull and determine it was prehistoric in nature,” Bowman said.

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Hudson, Michigan resident Matt Shaffer stands beside the spot where Native American remains were found in a gravel pit in his backyard. Breana Noble | Collegan

Levin donates ‘Federalist Papers’ to Kirby

Hillsdale a Rare first edition to be displayed for two years Christian school?

By | Vivian Hughbanks News Editor One of only 500 first-edition copies of “The Federalist Papers” commissioned by Alexander Hamilton in 1787 is now on display at the Allan P. Kirby Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, D.C. Nationally-syndicated talk radio host Mark Levin presented the book at the Kirby Center on Nov. 16, and the center will display the book in the Lincoln Parlor for the next two years. “‘The Federalist Papers’ represent a great source of the political thought of America’s founders and the best explanation and defense of the Constitution as understood by the founders themselves,” said Matthew Spalding, associate vice president and dean of educational programs at the Kirby Center.

“The Federalist Papers” are a series of 85 essays written by Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison published in newspapers between 1787 and 1788 to persuade voters in New York to adopt the U.S. Constitution.

“I invite everyone — especially members of Congress and their staff members who are only blocks away — to visit the Kirby Center and see this rare book as a prelude to learning more about

American constitutionalism,” Spaulding said.

The exhibition of the rare book is open to the general public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays.

“Hillsdale College is a bright, shining beacon of hope for the salvation of America’s principles,” Levin said. “I can think of no better place than the Kirby Center to display this document for all to see. I’m thrilled to give this opportunity to the faculty, students, and visitors of the college’s D.C. campus.”

Recognized or not, college remains Christian By | Ramona Tausz Arts Editor

The first-edition copy of The Federalist Papers on display in the Lincoln Parlor of the Allen P. Kirby Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, D.C. Aaron Sandford | Courtesy

Vice President of the Kirby Center Matthew Spalding, Mark Levin, Julie Strauss, and Hillsdale President Larry Arnn with the first-edition copy of The Federalist Papers in the Lincoln Parlor of the Allan P. Kirby Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, D.C. Aaron Sandford | Courtesy

Bertram named WRFH station manager

College radio station will begin programing next semester By | Breana Noble Assistant Editor Scot Bertram, Hillsdale College’s recently hired general manager for its radio station, said he wasn’t looking for a new job when he stumbled upon the position.

Bertram works for WROK in Rockford, Illinois, as the station’s program director and morning co-host. While reading through The Corner, National Review’s “weblog,” Bertram spotted a post about the job position for WRFH — Radio Free Hillsdale — 101.7.

John Miller, director of the Dow Journalism Program and national correspondent for the magazine, posted the announcement.

“The combination of Hillsdale and radio was immediately appealing,” Bertram said. “It fit like a glove — my interests, passions, and skills.”

The college hopes to have Bertram in Hillsdale before the beginning of the spring semester, Miller said. Students likely will have the opportunity to Follow @HDaleCollegian

try their hand at broadcasting beginning later that same semester. Next fall, Bertram plans to teach a broadcasting course as a journalism elective.

“I’m looking forward to working with the students, people who want to take part, want to learn more,” Bertram said. “The ability to speak extemporaneously and think on your feet, it’s a skill applicable to many professions.”

Once in Michigan — his family of four will move from Illinois this winter — Bertram will start running the station after reviewing the automation system, mixing up the patriotic playlist with broadcasts from faculty interviews, events, and speakers.

“I’ve spoken with people, and the first thing to do is get rid of the patriotic music,” Bertram said. “I know people

Scot Bertram of WROK in Rockford, Illinois, will begin as station manager for the college’s Hillsdale radio station next semester.

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are getting sick of it.”

Bertram and the journalism program will also begin recruiting students who have mentioned having an interest in the radio station from doing talk radio to music disc jockeying.

“One of the things we’re going to try hard to do is create a very professional-type atmosphere,” Bertram said. “The content we put on the station is going to be worthy of being connected to Hillsdale College.”

Bertram has worked with WROK for eight years and his co-host, Riley O’Neil, for about a decade. He has produced and reported ESPN radio in Chicago, as well.

“He’s run a series of programs and knows all the parts of going into making a radio station great,” Miller said.

“The other really important quality he has is an admiration for Hillsdale College. He understands what the college is about and what are mission is, and he supports that; he’s

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Hillsdale College has always been a Christian institution — not merely a liberal arts college with mostly Christian professors and students — according to its articles of association.

In the past, misconceptions have occasionally arisen as to whether Hillsdale is officially a Christian institution or if it is merely a school that adheres to a Judeo-Christian standard in its academics. But although the school did break denominational ties with the Freewill Baptists at the turn of the 20th century, the college board of trustees never intended to break ties with Christianity altogether, Provost David Whalen said.

“Religious culture in particular shall be conserved by the College,” Article VI of the Articles of Association, found on the college website, states.

“And by the selection of instructors and other practicable expedients, it shall be a conspicuous aim to teach by precept and example the essentials of the Christian faith and religion.”

The college amended Article VI in 1907 to end affiliation with any specific Christian sect, in part because the college did not want to require its president and trustees to be Freewill Baptists, college historian Arlan Gilbert wrote in “The Permanent Things.”

But non-sectarian does not equal non-Christian.

“They went out of their way to reaffirm this is still a Christian institution; it is to remain a Christian institution,” Whalen said. “So much so that they went out of their way to revise the articles of association to essentially read, ‘This is a Christian college.’”

According to Whalen, any perplexity and confusion about Hillsdale’s Christianity usually stems from the fact that the college is not a denominational church school.

“We do not have a faith statement we make people sign,” he said. “Another one of the founding purposes of the college has to do with gratitude for civil and religious liberty, so it’d be odd if we required people to sign a religious statement.”

Despite the clarity of Hillsdale’s charter, confusion exists. According to Professor of English Michael Jordan, in both 2008 and 2011, he felt compelled to write letters to

the editor in the Collegian in response to student misunderstandings about the college’s Christian ties. On the second occasion, students’ resentment about the addition of the Religion 105 option to the core curriculum had prompted him and Associate Professor of Philosophy Nathan Schlueter to co-author a response.

In their letter, they emphasized that neither the college nor the course intended to proselytize but that the college was justified in adding theology to the core.

“The student goes so far as to say that Hillsdale College is not ‘a Christian school,’” Schlueter and Jordan’s letter reads. “We believe the remark reflects a misunderstanding of the college and its mission...A Christian college that does not teach theology is not realizing its identity or fulfilling its mission.”

Whalen also said that after the core was revised there were several complaints about religion being forced on students.

“Those complaints were dealt with very easily,” he said.

“There’s a difference between religion and the study of theology. Someone could be a complete atheist and still know who St. Augustine was and what St. Augustine thought about things.”

Nevertheless, misconceptions such as those addressed

by Schlueter and Jordan do crop up from time to time. According to Whalen, mistakes about the college’s identity do not stem from a conscious effort to downplay the college’s Christianity in advertisements or official publications.

“They went out of their way to reaffirm this is still a Christian institution.”

“The perception that it’s being downplayed is actively being corrected,” Whalen said.

“In our newer promotional materials, you’ll find that our Christianity and our faith is pointed out more directly.”

Sophomore Nathan Steinmeyer, a Messianic Jewish student with self-professed unorthodox Christian be-

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In brief: 2016 Student Federation reps elected By | JoAnna Kroeker Collegian Reporter Motivated by student-expressed frustrations with Student Federation, newly elected representatives and officers said they will focus on communicating the federation’s role in the upcoming year.

After current federation representatives nominated members for official positions, the student body elected the four officers, and non-Greek students voted for their nine independent representatives on Nov. 16-20.

Elected officers include junior Christian Wiese for president, junior Joe Spica for vice president, junior Christopher Pudenz for treasurer, and sophomore Jonathan Moy for secretary. Of the independent representatives, the only incumbent is sophomore Christie Mittlestaedt, working with an all-male group of four freshman, three sophomores, and one junior. They will take office in January 2016.

“During the course of the campaign, I noticed a vocal group that doesn’t hold a high opinion of the Student Federation. They think it’s irrelevant,” Freshman Representative Ross Hatley said. “My initial and ongoing goal as at-large representative is to prove to the student body that it can be a responsive, responsible institution.”

Criticisms provided common ground for the incoming representatives, who said they seek to improve Student Federation’s reputation and relevance.

“I’ve heard complaints that Student Fed is its own little world, that it doesn’t care about the students’ lives, and part of the reason I wanted to be on Student Fed is to prevent that from happening, to keep them grounded in reality,” Freshman Representative Thomas Ryskamp said.

Current Student Federation representatives said they see student criticisms of stinginess, bias, irrelevance, and distance as failures in communication.

“The reality is that Student Fed isn’t stingy — if you come to it with a proposal, you will not walk away empty-handed,” Pudenz said. “If representatives think that the proposal is one that benefits a reasonable proportion of student body, it will be approved.”

With the exception of off-campus improvements, Student Fed’s constitution limits it to spending student funds on proposals brought to it by clubs and honoraries.

Pudenz clarified the official and unofficial roles of representatives. He said their duties involve more than showing up to meetings and voting on proposals.

“A representative has the unofficial job of letting campus know that we want people to come with proposals,” Pudenz said. “We want to distribute student fees to campus and keeping ears to the ground about what capital improvements are out there.”

Hatley said the ultimate goal of Student Fed is to make Hillsdale College an even better place.

“I think that everyone is approaching it with a heart of service, and they want to do the very best thing,” Hatley said. “We’re all interested in finding the very best solution and path forward for the campus community; those who have doubts would have doubts in the institution rather than the people.”

Bertram from A1 National Review’s Thomas L. Rhodes Fellow for the Franklin Center Jillian Melchior ’09 attested to his credentials, having appeared on his show numerous times.

“He’s the kind of host you always want to go on-air with, not just because of his big, fun personality — it’s also his genius for creating good conversation around topics that matter,” Melchior said in an email.

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Hillsdale Health Center challenges college to bell-ringing competition By | Madeline Jepson Assistant Editor The spirit of giving will include a competitive spirit this year as Hillsdale College and the Hillsdale Community Health Center compete to see who can raise the most money for Salvation Army through bell-ringing.

The two institutions will each have a Saturday to ring bells outside of Kroger on W. Carleton Road with the college ringing on Dec. 12 and the Hillsdale Community Health Center ringing Dec. 19. The Salvation Army will count and total the money raised at the end of each day.

Brock Lutz, director of campus health services and member of the Salvation Army advisory board, began the challenge when he approached Jeremiah Hodshire ’99, the director of organizational development at HCHC, with the idea to compete in raising funds for Salvation Army.

“One thing that was successful last year in Hillsdale County was that certain organizations challenged other organizations,” Lutz said.

“For example, the police department challenged the fire

Christian from A1 liefs, said he was unaware as a prospective student that the college recognizes itself as a Christian institution.

“I personally would have appreciated it if they had a much clearer mission statement that stated this is a Christian institution,” he said.

“Instead, we’ve just got the ‘Judeo-Christian heritage,’ which is a little harder to understand. I had assumed that it was much more of the heritage that it taught and not so much the culture that it had. So I did have that ‘Oh wow’ moment.”

Non-Christian Brady Belew ’15 also said he didn’t understand the college’s religious stance during his time here.

“The school needs to either drop the religious base or change its marketing plan,” he said in an email. “The school I was sold was vastly different than the school I received.”

Whalen said using the more

department to see who could raise more money. That made me think, ‘Could we get involved with something in that capacity?’”

Lutz said the hospital seemed to be a good competition for the college, since they are the two largest employers in Hillsdale County.

According to Hodshire, the competition will represent an important effort to make a difference in the Hillsdale community.

“Both organizations represent the top employers within the county, and we feel it is critical to give back to the community which supports us,” he said in an email.

Although bell-ringing raises money for a serious cause, Lutz said he hopes to make the light-hearted competition with the hospital an annual occurrence.

“Whoever raises the most money will win the challenge,” he said. “I think there might be a trophy involved that may be passed back and forth.”

Both Lutz and Hodshire said slots for bell-ringing are filling up quickly, and nearly 40 people from the Hillsdale Community Health Center have signed up already.

Lutz also organized a bell-ringing competition between the sororities and fraternities at the kettle outside Mossey Library.

According to senior Emma Kendro, president of the Panhellenic Council, this year’s competition will help increase enthusiasm for the bell-ringing campaign.

“The Greek houses usually do bell-ringing every year, but Brock proposed the idea of making the bell-ringing into a competition in order to encourage more partic- Sophomore Genevive Chiara and senior Emma Kendro rang bells outside the Stuipation,” she said dent Union for the Salvation Army on Tuesday afternoon. Vivian Hughbanks | Collegian in an email. “All of the Greek houses were on ing, Lutz said students can commitment that every time board with the idea because participate by donating to the you walk into Bon Appétit that you’re going to drop philanthropy is an important bell-ringing campaign.

“I would encourage people a dollar in the bucket, the part of Greek life and someto donate,” he said. “It really money really is well-used. I thing we all value.”

In addition to volunteer- is a great cause. It stands for think it would really benefit good things. If you make a our community quite a bit.”

general phrase “Judeo-Christian heritage” likely stems from the college founders’ attempt to emphasize that the school accepts students regardless of religion.

“Whether people are Christian or not, if they’re people of good will and will work with us, then they’re welcome here,” Whalen said.

Non-Christian Evan Brune ‘15 said the welcoming attitude worked for him. Although he never adopted the Christian faith during his four years at the college, he also never resented Hillsdale’s Christian stance.

“I knew about Hillsdale’s Judeo-Christian focus,” Brune said. “That was one of the reasons why I came, despite not being a lifelong Christian. I wanted to gain a new perspective that I had never fully known before.”

But Kelsey Drapkin ’15, former president of Hillsdale’s Jewish society, Chavarah, said that during her time at the col-

lege, not everyone welcomed her Jewish faith. She mentioned numerous attempts to convert Jewish students on campus.

She said, however, the positive aspects of being a Jew at Hillsdale definitely outweighed the negative.

“I like to think when Jews attend Hillsdale, we’re there to put the ‘Judeo’ back in ‘Judeo-Christian,’” she said. “Curiosity of Christian students about their religious origins led to beautiful discussions both in and out of the classroom.”

According to Brune, Hillsdale’s religious leanings shouldn’t deter non-Christians from attending the college.

“There’s much more that Hillsdale has to offer beyond Christian teachings,” he said.

“At the same time, I think Hillsdale should encourage non-Christians to attend. Not in an effort at conversion, but because it’s important to learn how to interface with others

not of your faith.”

But according to Steinmeyer, Hillsdale’s strongest expressions of its Christianity, such as the soon-to-be-built chapel, may bar non-Christian students from attending.

“When I was looking at colleges, whenever I saw a college that marketed itself as a Christian college or a religious institution of any sort, I stopped looking,” he said. “I was looking for an education, not a sermon. I think the chapel will cause certain students who are looking at Hillsdale to stop.”

According to Dean of Men Aaron Petersen, being open about his faith isn’t an active part of his work on campus, despite the fact that he works at a Christian institution. He sees it as his role to welcome students of any religion or creed.

“For me, it can be a great advantage to bring faith and the spiritual life into many of the conversations that will happen in my office — when

it’s effective and helpful,” he said. “There are times when it’s just not prudent or effective to have faith and spirituality a part of the conversation, and that’s fine too.”

Even college Chaplain Peter Beckwith, specifically hired as an Anglican minister, doesn’t feel his official Christian role prevents him from serving students of any faith.

“I function like I did in the Navy, and in the Navy you provide for your own, but you also facilitate for others, and you care for everybody,” he said.

“Four years ago, the Jewish society Chavarah was formed, and I was pleased to assist them to do that. I don’t think it’s appropriate that I try to get other people to think like I do.”

Petersen agreed.

“Regardless of the religious creed of any student here, we want them to feel at home,” he said. “Truly at home.”

College supporter flies handmade gyrocopter around country By |Tom Novelly Assistant Editor President’s Club member and Hillsdale supporter Jerry Wilhelm has a biannual tradition of attending a Center for Constructive Alternatives seminar in the fall and graduation in the spring — bringing his one-ton, red gyrocopter to campus for both occasions.

“I think the thing that fascinates me the most about the gyrocopter is people’s reactions to it,” Wilhelm said.

“Sometimes I’ll be driving it around and find people ‘oohing’ and ‘ahhing’ or taking pictures of it. Little kids get a kick out of it. I’ll draw a pretty good crowd when it’s around.”

Wilhelm times his seasonal travel between his Florida and Michigan homes around Hillsdale’s fall CCA lecture and graduation, using Hillsdale as a pit stop. The former lawyer and recreational pilot hauls his gyrocopter, a unique class of aircraft which takes elements from a car, airplane, and helicopter, on a flatbed trailer and parks it in Hillsdale’s Fowler Maintenance Building.

Wilhelm has piloted as a hobby for more than 40 years, amassing more than “He’s going to fit in brilliantly at Hillsdale.”

In addition to Melchior, Bertram has interviewed Donald Trump, Bill Cosby, and “Shark Tank” stars Dave Barry and Kevin O’Leary, in addition to a number of well-known names in the conservative movement.

Gold Bold Media Group Founder and President Vince Benedetto, who donated the resources for Hillsdale’s radio station, said Bertram’s caliber is a “tribute” to Hillsdale’s rep-

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and Evelyn Weil Memorial Scholarship Fund in memory of her parents.”

A freshman recipient of the scholarship said Wilhelm’s dedication to Hillsdale has impacted her life substantially.

President’s Club member Jerry Wilhelm built a gyrocopter in 2011, and he now flies frequently in Traverse City, Michigan, and Florida. Jerry Wilhelm | Courtesy

“I got my gyrocopter license in Costa Rica and flew around the country in the course of nine days.”

750 hours flying gyrocopters and airplanes. When he sold his single-engine plane several years back, he was looking for other modes of flying that would pique his interest.

After a trip to Costa Rica, he discovered gyrocopters.

“One day I was outside, and I saw this weird thing flying over,” Wilhelm said.

“So I called my buddy who was associated with the airstrip and asked what it was.

He encouraged me to come check it out. Eventually I

got my gyrocopter license in Costa Rica, and flew around the coutry in the course of nine days.”

In 2011, Wilhelm bought his own gyrocopter kit and after a week of intense labor assembling hundreds of pieces, he completed his vehicle. Although he hasn’t had the opportunity to fly it in Hillsdale, he has flown it frequently around Traverse City, Michigan and Florida.

Wilhelm said he and his wife, Jennifer Weil, have ad-

vocated for Hillsdale College since the late 1970s. They eventually became President’s club members and today provide a scholarship each year for students.

“Many years ago, when I lived in California, a neighbor handed me a copy of Imprimis, and we fell in love with the mission of the college,” Wilhelm said. “We kept an eye on it, and 10 years ago became Presidents club members. My wife and I also started the Robert

“All I can say is that I am incredibly thankful for his hard work,” the recipient said. “I am incredibly thankful for his hard work and generosity in helping me have such a wonderful education. It was so comforting to feel such a personal interest and care in my life from these two wonderful people.”

utation.

“He has all the skill sets that are critical to getting the radio program off the ground for the college and doing something historic that they’re going to be working on,” Benedetto said.

Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn agreed: “He is a graduate of one of the best college-based radio programs in the nation. He exhibits a keen insight into how that worked and how ours can work at least as well and in a way that fits our mission. He is a remark-

able young man.”

Bertram graduated from North Central College in Naperville, Illinois in 2002, which the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System recognized as having the best radio station in the country. He said he enjoyed broadcast radio in college. He most vividly remembers covering the 9/11 attacks and working as a team with his peers.

“It was a real family, a real collegial atmosphere,” Bertram said. “It was a great way

to make connections and get involved in the college.”

Though Bertram has never taught broadcasting in a classroom setting, he has years of experience training interns and part-time workers. He said he enjoys sharing the passion he has for radio.

Though Bertram cannot always hear audience reactions live, he said working in radio is worth it.

“The people who listen to radio at any given time in the week is extremely high,” Ber-

tram said. “When people tell you they wake up every morning and you’re a part of their day and you’re entertaining people each day on the show, that’s rewarding.”

While Bertram said he will miss city life and living close to family in Illinois, he thinks coming to Hillsdale is an “unbelievable” opportunity.

“Building the program to become one of the most premier radio programs in the country, we can do it,” Bertram said. “That’s a feasible goal.”

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Good is the what, you ask?: Q&A with Yoda Master Yoda P. Arnn sits down with the Collision to talk By | Morcor Endor-croft Associate Editor Yoda P. Arnn is Grand Master of the High Council of the Hillsdale Jedi Order. The diminutive master of the Force of rhetoric and political philosophy is the order’s twelfth Grand Master. He apprenticed under the bellicose Master Jaffa the Hutt and defended virtue for a time off planet with Jedi Knight Martten Gyllburt, studying the legendary Force powers and statesmanship of Cherch-Hil. What can you tell us about the ancient art of statesmanship?

From sentient nature statesmanship arises. If just step back you do and how alien you are you think about, see you can what I’m saying,

because just like a tauntaun is everybody. Sleep he must, eat he must, drink he must, on his mind all the time is the things he needs. And if not attend to them he does, die. And the other hand on, unlike a tauntaun, something judges in us what we do. The just and the unjust question, the advantageous and the disadvantageous, as said the ancient Areas-stotle, always on our mind is. Required we are by nature to try good to do. Since to solve we must all these problems of necessity, to know we must a lot of details, and to weigh them up we must and measure them carefully. But if that’s all we do, just like a very clever tauntaun we are, whereas if also some notion of the good we have, and describe it we can, then our coping with necessity never is a pursuit of the good purely, but in-

formed always by that. And involves all prudential reasoning that – knowledge of the all around us, and knowledge of the good. Beware of fear we must. Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate.

Hate leads to suffering.

cient senate he wrote. Thousands of lessons recorded. So the trouble in studying him is too rich is the record. Years it took to find, to really get, to claim to know it. A long time it took. A student I remain.

Why did you study the legendary warrior CherchHil? Quite like him, nobody was. Did so much did Cherchj-Hil. Born in the Old Republic he was, became a knight he did, became a master of the Force. Think what happened in that age. Both Sith Wars, the thought bomb, the battle-droid, everything.

So all that he did, managed in the middle of all that to be.

Cherch-Hil left 50 holocrons.

Beautiful they are. All his own speeches before the an-

Padme elected to $10 bill By | Jade Padrig City News Editor The new face of the $10 bill should be Padme Amidala — former Queen of Naboo, advocate for the Refugee Relief Movement, Senator of the Galactic Republic. Her support of free markets, pursuit of peace, devotion to democracy, and overall contributions to the good of the Republic and the power of the Force should not go unnoticed any longer.

As Queen of Naboo at the tender age of 14, Amidala refused to allow the Trade Federation, which monopolizes trade in the Galactic Republic, to occupy her home planet of Naboo even when the Federation put the planet under seige. Because she was devoted to her planet’s right to operate freely in the market without the control of the Feder-

ation’s regulations, Amidala braved the regulators’ invasion and fought to keep her planet free when she escaped to the Republic Senate on the planet of Coruscant.

It is Amidala’s strong convictions and crusade to preserve democracy in the Republic that make her worthy of being on the $10 bill.

Not only did Amidala hold to her capitalist principles, she also prevented potential violence between her people and the Gungans by delivering a rousing speech and sealing a peace treaty with the Gungans. Her commanding

presence and passion forged an alliance with the Gungans so that she could free Naboo from the Trade Regulation.

As a Senator in the Galactic Republic, Amidala led opposition to the Military Creation Act, which the Senate ultimately approved, creating a clone army for Chancellor Palpatine’s disposal. Although Amidala was unaware of Palpatine’s motives for the army, she knew that creating an army to be controlled by one man was antithetical to freedom and democracy. It is Amidala’s strong convictions and crusade to preserve democracy in the Republic that make her worthy of being on the $10 bill.

Amidala’s accomplishments speak for themselves. Let’s not waste time on idle debate. Amidala deserves to be honored for her political and cultural achievements, and her place is on the $10 bill — support freedom and free markets and vote for Amidala.

Jabba brings enormous crowds

By | Natt-Anniall Endor-Croft all species alike like.”

Yoda, a mere 26 inches tall, Sports Editor spoke at one of the sessions, admiring Jabba the Hutt’s massive Last month’s Center for Ga- size.

“The quintessential leader, lactic Alternatives seminar on Jabba the Hutt attracted the Jabba is,” Yoda said. “Provides highest number of attendees in an example all aspiring leaders should follow, his rotundness CGA history.

More than 500 Jedi, most re- does. To eat his subordinates, he tired, and nearly 200 padawans threatens. His iron determinateattended the CGA. This success ness, this shows.”

Even Durga the Hutt came can be attributed largely to Master Yoda’s new book, “Jabba’s and spoke of his memories of Trial: Jabba the Hutt and the Jabba the Hutt, recalling Jabba’s personality and displaying his Salvation of Obesity.”

“Compared to others, one of hobbies which included showthe largest — like Jabba himself ing a slide of Jabba torturing a — this CGA was, and one of the prisoner, sparking complaints.

One Jedi even stood up apmost enthusiastic the response was,” Yoda said. “That we are palled, yelling, “I did not come helping to recover something here to watch brutality!”

Overall however, attendees lost and prepare for its revival in the future, Jedis, padawans, and enjoyed the seminar. Yoda said

it is hard to beat great figures in history and many of the best CGAs concern prominent and large figures from the past.

The High Council has expressed concern about whether CGAs can sustain the success of this one, but Yoda is certain that as long as CGAs continue to focus on important figures that attendees can admire and follow, CGAs will continue to be well supported.

“Like Jabba the Hutt, not many are,” Yoda said. “But like him and others we will aspire to be.”

Yoda hinted that Jar Jar Binks, who gave a controversial commencement speech a couple years ago, will be invited to the next CGA, and hopes that attendance of that conference will rival this one.

Parking causes great disturbance in the Force By | Sarah Alderaan Assistant Editor The planet Ess-Ay-Ai was recently atomized to make room for intergalactic parking, in accordance with Hillsdale development plans. The High Council also kicked off a new capital campaign to fund its new orbital battle station. It hopes to use the space also as housing for benefactors during their stay in the sector.

“We needed intergalactic parking, as well as a designated place for friends-of-the-Order,” Director of Order Public Relations Naat Bael said. “The need was significant enough to justify displacing the native peoples. It isn’t expected to disrupt the sector’s culture too much, anyway.”

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have blown up planets before, but this was the most densely populated target thus far. Locals protested that their planet has been around for a really long time and seemed pretty swell, as far as they were concerned. The home planet had sentimental value for others.

“Sure, it was a crappy planet,” inhabitant Biggur Darklighter said. “But to me, it was home. And to others, it was paradise. The Republic had no right to pave paradise and put up a parking lot. Not even for a prototype Star Destroyer.”

The High Council is engaged in ongoing negotiations with nearby planets, all of which will eventually be subsumed by Order construction.

One, the planet Kaallege Vaptist, has historically served as a Jedi gathering place.

An increase in Republican

traffic through that planet’s star system had caused spacecraft density to become a significant problem. Some travelers even entered cryosleep before waiting out the space jam. Those who could afford planetary shuttles, a relatively small number, chose to land in a nearby system and weave their way through on smaller spacecraft.

Safety became a serious issue when dogfights broke out among bored Alliance forces, four months prior to the planet’s demolition. Space traffic was so dense and stationary that pilots used the stagnant spacecraft to simulate live minefields.

Jedi Temple as exclusive By | Xris Mc-Gaffrey Columnist The imminent construction of a new Jedi temple on the northern border of the quad have students feeling anger.

“Of course there are many students at Hillsdale who are very active in the ways of the Force, and they want to deepen their connection to the mysterious energy which connects all living beings,” junior Alex Chapman said. “But the administrative council building an imposing new temple on campus seems more like a political gesture than what’s in the best interest of the diverse body of Force-sensitive students here at Hillsdale.”

The planned temple will serve as a place for Jedi meditation services and campus assemblies, with a hall designed to hold 1400 occupants. It will also give campus’ Reserve Jedi Training Corp students a place to learn the ways of the Force and the Jedi Order, construct their lightsabers, and train for battle. Designed in the classical architecture of the Galactic Republic, the chapel will close off the quad between the Dao Hotel and the Gruu-cauck Student Union.

Construction will likely begin during the 2016 spring semester.

Many students say they worry that the new Jedi training ground will signal Hillsdale supports the actions of Coruscant politicians and the corrupt Galactic senate.

“I’m most worried about the new temple creating a

problematic atmosphere of false unanimity of campus,” senior Paul Salmon said.

“The Jedi Order is tied to the construction of the standing Clone Army. Students who don’t want to support to more questionable activity of the Galactic Republic and want the freedom to explore other Force traditions could feel pressured.”

There is balance to the sides on campus. Other students welcome the temple as a reminder of the great traditions of the galaxy.

“For more than 25,000 years the Jedi Order has kept the balance in the Force and kept the peace in our galaxy,” sophomore Lew Gruyere said. “No matter what innovations Chancellor Palpatine has introduced to the Galactic Constitution since he took power, the long history of our republic needs to be protected, and the Jedi Order has always been an essential part of that.”

Some are ambivalent about the temple plans, but look forward to the announced Jedi Archive wing of Mos Eisley Library, where the school’s collection of ancient holocrons and Jedi records will be available for student and faculty research.

“Right now, Hillsdale’s archives of Jedi artifacts and documents dating back to the original temple academy on Ossus are all but inaccessible,” junior Drew Chicks said. “I take it as a challenge.

Ancient Jedi masters: what do they know? Do they know things? Let’s find out.”

Palpatine tells troops, let the machismo flow By | Commander Karter According to Palpatine’s second in command, Lord East, the Web Editor Galactic Republic’s intellectual In response to a string of de- class has gotten way out of hand, feats at the hands of the Confed- arguing that men in the republic eracy of Independent Systems act effete.

“The truly manly being in the Hoth system, Chancellor doesn’t buy doga-fruit to surPalpatine has mandated masculinity training for the entire prise his sweetheart and he certainly doesn’t use Alderaanean republican army.

This training will instill the etiquette,” East said.

East believes the defeats in troopers with primal aggresthe Hoth system can be directly sion, strength, spiritedness, and connected to a lack of masculincourage while also honing their ity among the soldiers. higher abstract thought. The “Yesterday I saw a clone just course also promised to physically beat sensitivity out of the crying over the charred remains of another trooper on the batsoldiers.

“Areas-stotle once said that tlefield. Weak,” he said. “We if an enemy can spit upon should be making the Confedyour manliness he can defeat eracy leaders cry.”

While the republican solyou with ease,” Palpatine said. diers were dutifully obeying or“That’s our problem. The droids ders and marching arm-in-arm, of the separatists are more manthe burly and assertive droids ly than us.” were pushing them back, even`

Obi-Wan Kenobi By | Padmé Amandala

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tually kicking the Republic off Hoth’s surface.

“They were so confident,” a shell-shocked clone said.

The masculinity training will be headed up Lord East’s aid-decamp, Admiral Grantine.

Grantine’s classes include Confidence 101, and Beta Squadron to Alpha Squadron.

“These aren’t pansy classes,” Grantine said. “Those who fail will be shamed for their lack of spirit.”

In addition to masculinity conditioning classes, the clones and their commanders will be subject to grueling physical exercise.

“We need our soldiers to act like men again if we want to have any chance at crushing this rebellion,” Grantine said.

“These are clones of Jango Fett not some Coruscant courtesan.”

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An ode to Ramen By | Vivian Hughbanks News Editor When I was 7, I dreamed of becoming the next Rachel Ray. Dutifully watching the Cooking Channel every time I visited my grandmother (who had cable television), I imagined myself one day in the distant future, skillfully combining ingredients and producing swoon-worthy flavors à la Gordon Ramsay.

Until then, I could make Ramen. At 7, my culinary abilities were primitive: I could boil water and stir things.

But to prepare the comforting instant noodles, that was all that I needed.

In the food world, instant noodles are often snobbishly decried as the un-food, indigestible — for college students only. Studies have claimed that the noodles and accompanying flavoring packets contain sodium, MSG, BPA and other chemicals harmful to consumers’ health. Critics have pointed out that the wax residue on the styrofoam cups may cause a danger to noodle eaters.

Some say Ramen may even cause cancer and death.

It’s time to recognize Ramen as the unsung hero of instant food.

Japanese inventor Momofuku Ando created the world’s first instant noodles in 1958 in a shed behind his home.

Nicknamed “Mr. Noodles” by the New York Times in 2007, Ando created a product that has since blossomed into a multi-billion dollar industry. Today, suppliers deliver 91.6 billion servings of instant noodles around the world each year.

“The instant noodle spread eventually to every corner of the world,” renowned Ramen taster Hans Lienesch told me by email. “Today it can be used as a vehicle to transport local tastes to hungry palates: tom yum in Thailand, masala in India, even borscht in Poland.”

Mexicans savor their Ramen with shrimp, lime, and habanero. According to National Public Radio, Papua New Guineans use the noodles in several rituals, including one honoring the dead.

Since their creation, instant noodles have revolutionized the home easy-to-fix food industry. In 2014, China alone consumed more than 44 billion packets of Ramen, according to the World Instant Noodles Association. In 2005, Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi became the first man to eat Ramen in space.

According to Yuko Shozawa, Secretariat of the World Instant Noodles Association, the cheap cost of the noodles’ production also makes them a viable solution to world hunger.

“Instant noodles are the answer to food crisis,” Shozawa told me by email. “For one thing, wheat, which is the primary raw material of instant noodles, needs much less water and original calories compared with farm animal meat.”

After a typhoon struck the Philippines in 2013, the WINA donated 300,000 servings of instant noodles to victims. Because of its long shelf-life and versatility, Ramen is also a staple food for poor families from China to India to Brazil.

“In many developing countries, vitamins and protein are added so those who subsist primarily on instant noodles get a little more than just wheat flour,” Lienesch said. “In the years to come, [as] the global population continually increases, the instant noodle will be employed more and more to keep bellies full.”

Of course, noodles are not as healthy as other foods.

But there are a multitude of options for preparing Ramen in more nutritious ways than straight out of the package.

Pitch the sodium-laden sauce packet, and fix noodles with eggs, hard boiled or poached. Add kale, peas, radishes, or carrots for some color. Toss in chicken or ham.

In the past few years, the American “foodie” culture has had a fling with the instant noodle, bringing it temporarily into the spotlight. Ramen burgers popped up in specialty cuisine outlets. Ramen bars became popular, serving endless combinations of flavors.

“The instant noodle has been something that evokes emotional responses,” Lienesch said. “Some people think ‘Oh, I used to eat them when I was poor,’ while others will think, ‘this is something I enjoyed before I immigrated to the United States.’”

A bowl of Ramen is a beautiful thing. It’s high time we recognize the half-century of helpfulness that instant noodles have contributed to societies the world over.

Vivian is a senior studying politics and journalism.

The opinion of the Collegian editorial staff learning. What is a liberal education but a work of long, painful formation?

Liberal education is a dangerous thing; so, too, free speech. And the two are inextricably connected.

The university ought to be a space where the reasonable exchange of ideas is preserved as a means of developing its students, not a space where its students can be protected from ideas they dislike.

Dedication to free speech entitles students who feel marginalized to protest, yes, but not to intimidate or browbeat peers and administrators into submission. Freedom of speech rests upon one cru-

cial prerequisite: all parties’ ability to engage with one another rationally.

Regrettably, American college students opposed to “safe spaces” have proven to be relatively docile in the face of screeching social paranoia. Not until Princeton University students formed the Princeton Open Campus Coalition on Monday did these infant tyrants face any meaningful opposition on campus.

Sofia Gallo, a member of the POCC legislative committee, said the coalition’s very existence is regrettable.

“The sad thing is that we’re the first group to

speak up against the protests, at least within the campus,” Gallo said this week. “I also think it’s pretty sad that freedom of speech is something that needs to be defended now.

That should be a given within the university. But our existence shows that it’s not.”

Free speech is a deeply necessary precondition for human flourishing. A liberal education helps us articulate and defend the things most dear, most dangerous, and most delicate about human life. This education is impossible without freedom of speech and the exchange of ideas.

Friendship is one of the permanent things By | Kristin Malcolm Special to the Collegian Recently, I was challenged by a friend to defend my conviction that our friendship would last beyond college.

That she should seriously question my strongly-held conviction was almost unbelievable to me, which unbelief I’m sure I conveyed in my ensuing profusion of emotional and only quasilogical explanations. But my exasperated response was apparently insufficient for her, so in what follows I will try to support, more articulately, my belief that physical distance cannot dissolve friendship.

An argument should begin with a definition of terms, so I’ll begin with my working

definition of friendship: To be a friend is to share with someone a conception of the good and additionally to wish for them that good.

For understanding the first part of friendship — a common conception of what is good — C.S. Lewis’ image is helpful. Friends, he says, in contrast to lovers who face each other, face forward. This is because a friend is someone with whom we admire and seek something other than each other. Physical distance, then, is detrimental to lovers but not to friends. Lovers need to see each other; friends need only see the good and know that somewhere, some time, in some way, the friend is also seeing that good. When miles are piled between friends, the nature of friendship does not

substantially change. The telos was never “seeing you,” and neither is it now; the telos was always “seeing the good,” and so it remains.

The second part of friendship is desire for the friend’s sight and acquisition of the good. As a friend, I must care not only about the good itself but about the other person’s relation to it.

Friendship’s shared knowledge of and movement toward the good is not competitive. It is not the case, in my recognition of knowing and loving the same thing as someone, that my reason for including her is the increase in knowledge and the assistance in movement she provides for me. Although this personal increase and assistance may be effects of the friendship, they are not its essence. Friendship is

fundamentally and always other-focused.

Friendship requires charity — requires that I care for her knowledge of and her journey toward the good as much as, if not more than, I care for my own.

For as long as we love the same goods and wish them for each other, we will be friends.

Here physical space is weak.

Here time has no claim. Lack of communication, even, cannot become a strong enough assailant upon this permanent thing, friendship, reserved for permanent beings.

Kristin is a senior studying politics and philosophy.

Self-loathing in the age of Instagram By | Kayla Stetzel Collegian Reporter “Wait — don’t drink your coffee. Let me Instagram it first,” my 15-year-old friend said as we grabbed some caffeine in Chicago. She re-arranged the silverware slightly and moved my copy of Vogue in frame. She nearly stood on her chair to get a good shot of the table.

“Perfect. This will get a ton of likes. My last post got over 300,” she said. I wondered if I was allowed to touch my coffee.

Everyone desires to be perceived a certain way. Social psychologists call this phenomenon “self-presentation.”

Selfpresentation is behavior that attempts to convey information about oneself or one’s image to other people.

It motivates people to act in or appear a certain way when confronted with an external situation. But in the wake of social media, particularly Instagram, self-presentation has taken a new, altogether unhealthy form.

Instagram has become the mecca of self-presentation.

People take photos for approval, likes, and followers, not to share important life events or bring people

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Students are protesting on university campuses across the nation, shrieking about “safe spaces.” They claim a right to retreat into a place (be it physical, ideological, social) where they can escape from “microaggressions,” violations — intentional or not — of their self-esteem.

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“Instagram has become the mecca of self-presentation.” together.

Not only has Instagram destroyed the artistic integrity of photography (no one wants to see a low-quality photo of your dinner), but it’s part of an unhealthy cycle of perfectionism, narcissism, and body image issues. People try to manipulate their image or behavior to meet a certain internal standard they have for themselves — wanting be perceived as the star athlete, for example — or they try to meet societal or group expectations of how the ideal 20-something should look.

Instagram is a flood of engagement photos, party snaps, and fabulous vacation pictures. This heightened reality leaves some wondering why their lives aren’t as exciting as those around them. It causes some users to question whether they aren’t measuring up to their peers, giving way to a new realm of insecurities. People are now consumed with manipulating their image in order to belong or to feel selfvalidated. Editing features

have given rise to a new level of perfectionism.

Earlier this month, Instagram model Essena O’Neil — despite making millions of dollars off the site — quit Instagram because of its destructive nature.

“I’m quitting Instagram,” O’Neil wrote in a final post.

She said she deleted “over 2,000 photos here today that served no real purpose other than self-promotion.

Without realizing, I’ve spent the majority of my teenage life being addicted to social media, social approval, social status and my physical appearance.”

O’Neil edited the captions on many her photos to show what was really happening behind the scenes, saying it took more than 100 attempts “to make my stomach look good,” and that she “would have hardly eaten that day” when the photo was taken.

While some might say she is an exception and doesn’t reflect the self-obsessed and self-damaging culture Instagram creates, there is

overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

Studies have linked selfies with narcissism, psychopathy, low self-esteem, and selfobjectification. Particularly those with body dysmorphia and other eating disorders are facing the brunt of this Instagram backlash.

According to David Veale, Consultant Psychiatrist in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy at the London Priory Hospital: “Two out of three of all the patients who come to see me with Body Dysmorphic Disorder since the rise of camera phones have a compulsion to repeatedly take and post selfies on social media sites.”

Instagram is fake, and it’s hurting us. It’s causing us to compare, not connect; to selfpresent, not socialize; to seek perfection instead of reality.

Do yourself a favor and just drink your coffee. Don’t bend over backwards to get the perfect shot for Instagram.

Kayla is a junior studying marketing/management.

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Emoji as ‘Word of the Year’: By | Nathanael Meadowcroft Sports Editor What do you get if you cross a sports reporter with a potato? A common tater!

That has me like but the Oxford Dictionaries’ choice for the Word of the Year has me like .

Two weeks ago, , w h i c h is commonly called the “face with tears of joy” emoji, won Oxford Dictionaries 2015 Word of the Year. According to the Oxford Dictionaries website, was chosen because it is “the ‘word’ that best reflected the ethos, mood, and preoccupations of 2015.”

But emojis aren’t words, and Oxford Dictionaries — an institution whose sole purpose is to define words — should know that. By choosing an emoji as the Word of the Year, Oxford Dictionaries devalues language and overlooks several important events of 2015.

Oxford Dictionaries defines an “emoji” as “a small digital image or icon used to express an idea, emotion, etc., in electronic communication.”

Oxford Dictionaries defines “word” as “a single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing, used with others

(or sometimes alone) to form a sentence and typically shown with a space on either side when written or printed.”

Emojis fit almost none of these criteria.

Sure, is the most popular emoji in the world. But emojis are just icons that express an emotion or idea, as defined

by Oxford Dictionaries. For example, I might text one of my friends, “Hey, let’s get later.” He might respond, “Sorry man I’ve got no ” so I’d reply, “ .”

We had a successful conversation. I conveyed my desire for pizza and my despair when he said he was broke. But simply providing a means of communication doesn’t make something a word. Animals communicate without language, and humans communicate with body language.

Emojis, however, allow a person to convey meaning efficiently. I could have told my friend, “Dang it, I was hoping you would buy,” but using the emoji is easier.

But anything an emoji can do, words can do better.

Emojis have themes but can’t capture emotions or ideas as

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“Emojis are just icons that express an emotion or idea. They aren’t words.” completely as words can.

Words are unique because of all the connotations and allusions they bring, and these deeper-level meanings accomplish more than what an emoji conveys.

When people call someone a “Good Samaritan,” for example, they aren’t saying that that person is from Samaria and does the right thing. “Good Samaritan,” of course, refers to the parable in the Gospel of Luke about a Samaritan who was kind and self-sacrificial. Calling someone a “Good Samaritan” brings to mind that parable and likens that person to the Good Samaritan in the story.

This two-word allusion brings to mind a whole story that provides more meaning than a lengthy description.

Like an emoji, it conveys meaning in an efficient manner. But any allusion provides more meaning than a little yellow cartoon face.

Emojis are fun to use, but to rank one above actual words is insulting to the English

language.

Oxford Dictionaries said defeated eight other words for the title of 2015 Word of the Year, including “they,” “refugee,” and “on fleek.” Any of these words would have been a better choice than an emoji.

“They” points towards the gender equality discussion.

“Refugee” refers to the Syrian refugee crisis happening at this moment. And “on fleek” means attractive or stylish, and is like in that it is less serious and widely used.

Oxford Dictionaries said they picked as Word of the Year because it reflects the tone of the year.

But when I think of what happened in 2015, a funny and lighthearted mood doesn’t come to mind. I think of campus shootings, the terrorist attacks in Paris, and police brutality. Those events are nothing to about.

Nathanael is a junior studying mathematics and journalism.

US politics from across the pond By | Gwendolyn Hodge Special to the Collegian Brits seem to think there are only two candidates for the presidency. When my conversations at Oxford University turn to American politics, 9 times out of 10 I am asked: “Who are you voting for? Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders?”

The European conception of American politics is slightly laughable. While these two presidential candidates seem to incur the most media coverage, I can certainly say that neither will be receiving my vote — a response that shocks most people. Europeans are amazed that our elections are not held until Nov. 2016, yet campaign machinery has been in motion since early 2015. Some people thought our elections already took place and Obama won again because “there is no way that there could be this much media coverage for an event so far away.”

I am amazed how many people I meet abroad see Trump and Sanders as the only two options for American president. Trump is viewed as ridiculous, but probable; Sanders is hailed as a visionary. My primary

“Trump is the candidate they believe will win and make for ‘bloody good entertainment.’” tutor at Oxford described the conception of the political climate in the U.S. as “very conservative and far more right than any European would feel comfortable with.” Sanders promotes socialistic policies, more like ones found in Europe.

Trump epitomizes what Europeans think American government is like. They see our politicians as loud, gaudy, outrageous, and cocky. Trump fits that stereotype perfectly. No one really knows about any other Republican candidates, like Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, or Ben Carson.

Bernie Sanders adheres more to the European way of thinking with his big government ideas and nationalized systems. While discussing American politics with my secondary tutor over a pint, he described Sanders as a “breath of fresh air to the staunch environment of American politics.”

Sanders is the candidate many Europeans would like to become President of the United States. However, Trump is the candidate they believe will win and

will make for “bloody good entertainment.”

When I inform whoever I am speaking with that I am actually more fiscally conservative and tend to lean more towards the Republican party, they assume that I am voting for Trump — an assumption I quickly correct. However, they think that Trump could win our election for President and they would love to see it happen! It appears that since Trump gets the most coverage, he must be winning.

People seem to be offended that as a young, American female I would dare support a candidate such as Rand Paul or Marco Rubio (even though they have no idea who they are).

I quickly defend my views, pointing out how the GOP is not all “old, sexist, racist white men.” I’m certainly not ashamed to be an American; I am quite proud, and being in Europe has only affirmed my love for my own country.

But I do think that the American political system needs to be heavily reevaluated if we want to be

taken seriously. America is a major world power, but we don’t always act like one. Our mud-slinging political races and loud politicians do not give us a respectable image.

Two of the most extreme candidates from either side for president are the most well-known internationally.

No one focuses on the issues at hand, like America’s debt, but rather on the absurdist claims like the building of a wall between Mexico and the U.S. or free college tuition for all. Trying to convince Europeans that a young, fiscally conservative, American female exists and holds plausible views is way harder than I expected.

When I don’t want to discuss politics, I fake a British accent and talk about rugby.

Gwendolyn is a junior studying politics. She is currently at the University of Oxford studying Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.

Stop worrying about ‘Frankenfood’ By | Madeleine Jepsen Collegian Reporter If environmental activists decide nearly 20 years of research is not sufficient back a decision, perhaps it is a good thing they aren’t the ones making the decision.

After a long struggle upstream, the Food and Drug Administration approved genetically engineered salmon on Nov. 19 — the first GE animal to be declared safe for human consumption. Though some environmental groups have raised concerns about the potential environmental effects these fish will have, their unease with the FDA’s decision is ill-founded.

This decision is hardly an

across-the-board approval for GE organisms: the FDA has approved only two facilities that can raise transgenic salmon specifically, both owned by the same company, AquaBounty. The GE salmon grow to maturity in eight to 12 months, as opposed to the 30 months that ordinary salmon require to mature.

According to a review study published in “BioScience,” the GE salmon’s accelerated growth rate stems from the two genes taken from Chinook salmon and eel DNA. Although the FDA reported slightly different nutritional values of omegathree fatty acids, zinc, and folic acid in wild and GE salmon, the transgenic salmon meet the same

quality standards met by all other fish on the market.

Although critics fear that GE salmon eggs or small fish may escape through the water, which must be recycled for inland facilities, this poses no great environmental risk. The FDA has only approved two AquaBounty facilities to raise these salmon, both of which are located outside of the U.S. The inland tanks are much more secure than open-ocean tanks, and the FDA’s assessment reports indicate that all areas of the tank which could serve as potential escape routes are blocked by a series of filter screens and netting.

Additionally, these tanks are hardly different from those used in laboratory

environments, making AquaBounty’s production no less safe than any further research conducted on GE salmon. Furthermore, AquaBounty only produces sterile female salmon, so any eggs that somehow escape the filtration system would not pose a threat to wild salmon.

In addition to these precautions, the novelty of GE animals also helps ensure the safety of the fishery procedures.

As is the case with all new technological advances, GE salmon continue to fall under the scrutiny of environmental groups and regulatory agencies. This is as it should be — there is still much research to be done before transgenic organisms can be released into the wild. For now, we should rest easy with the FDA’s approval of GE salmon for human consumption and the body of research which supports their decision.

All progress requires some amount of risk, and the risk in the FDA’s decision poses a very minimal threat to the environment.

Madeleine is a sophomore studying chemistry and journalism.

Stop ‘busy bragging’ By | Thomas Novelly Student Columnist Finals time brings to light a social quirk many Hillsdale students seem to possess.

Throughout the academic year, and most obviously during finals, students identify and take pride in how busy they are.

Take a stroll through AJ’s at 11 p.m. and eerily similar conversations can be heard from booth to booth.

One student will begin conversation with a sigh, saying they had a paper, a presentation, and an exam all this week. The other student will respond they had two papers, a mock-trial event, and a Jackson rough draft to boot. It mirrors how old men exchange fish stories, with the fish getting bigger with each fisherman you encounter.

Hillsdale students should take pride in the rigorous academic institution they attend. Most students know the academic rigor rating of our school competes with and beats many Ivy League universities. Perhaps that’s the point: Why are students bragging and complaining about how busy they are when we all share the same hectic experience?

Students who find themselves playing verbal poker with their classmates about their hectic homework should realize they are a playing a game where every player basically has the same cards. A student who tries to up the ante by claiming they have another paper or several more hours of reading should realize it is all for nought.

A student’s braggadocious and prideful comments about their hectic schedule will almost always fall on deaf ears for two reasons.

First, each student has their own set of assignments, extracurriculars, and personal problems to deal with as well. They will

obviously be more concerned with these. Secondly, the pride in an overbooked schedule is unwarranted.

There are roughly 1,400 other students who share the same experience.

Strolling through the first floor of the library — the “talkative” floor — one hears terminology similar to that used by soldiers going through bootcamp. Students lean over their classmates’ computers saying how they are: “surviving,” “hanging in there,” or “just trying to make it until Christmas.”

For a school that was ranked the 16th college in the country for the happiest students, these comments of dread seem out of place. That is because the motivation behind these phrases is not impassioned venting, but rather projection of an image of the student as an exceptional workaholic amongst other workaholics.

Complaining is to be expected, but looking down on others or growing an ego based on another student’s schedule is unnecessary.

Student culture would benefit if this unwarranted, prideful behavior was replaced by sympathy.

Instead of attempting to one-up a classmate, acknowledging their stress and offering to help or celebrate with them will provide a mutual benefit for both parties.

Hillsdale College should take pride in the beautiful struggle that comes with academic rigor, but students should be ashamed of the social culture they’ve fostered in an attempt to stand out as the most stressed and busy members of of the most rigorous colleges in the country.

Tom is a junior studying politics.

Contemporary Christian music is a legitimate form of worship By | Rebekah Basinger Special to the Collegian Is most contemporary Christian music on the level of the song “How He Loves,” which explains that “Heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss”?

After nearly four years of experiencing vigorous discussions about various worship practices within Christianity, I’d say that many students would answer “yes.” Since we focus on tradition here, it makes sense that students sometimes single out Christian contemporary music for ridicule.

I am sympathetic to people who dislike CCM. Sometimes, it seems like churches pick songs for their services based on popularity rather than doctrinal import. Furthermore, the lyrics of CCM songs are often poorly written, and some worship bands play the music as if they were playing for a rock concert.

Still, CCM is an acceptable option for Christian worship practices, and all Christians should recognize that there is theologically rich music within this genre.

Consider the CCM song “We Will Dance.” A big part of worship is celebrating and magnifying God’s name. The song says, “Sing a song of celebration / Lift up a shout of praise.” Worship should also point to doctrine. The song discusses the Christian hope of the deepest possible communion with God: “Oh, we will look on His face.” It reminds us that this experience will be corporate: “We’ll join in the song of the Lamb.” Christians have the duty of waiting for this coming of Christ with expectation since “the time’s drawing near / When He will appear.”

I first heard this song when I was five. I had an emotional response to the song, of course — it made me look forward to the glories of heaven with

greater anticipation than I had ever experienced. But, even at that age, it also instructed me. I greatly enjoy studying theology and doctrine, and songs like this put me on that track.

Some Hillsdale students object not only to the lyrics of CCM but also to the instruments used to play it.

But while some of us might prefer a piano or organ, Scripture does encourage us to use whatever instruments are available (see Psalm 150). This extends to praising God in whatever styles are around.

I’m not saying that everyone should be singing CCM at their church services. Rather, in our discussions about worship, we should think of CCM as a legitimate way of worshipping God from which Christians of all traditions can learn.

We do need to discuss the flaws of some of the music within the genre.

In the early days of Vineyard, the songs were often simple. Songwriters frequently took the lyrics directly from Scripture.

These songs were beautiful expressions of God’s majesty and worth that helped the Christians singing them to think about who God is and delight in celebrating His goodness. Now, the songs are often expressions of personal emotions about God that do not reflect specific doctrines.

We should think about ways to make it better.

Nevertheless, Christians don’t need to reject this genre. Those who generally disapprove of CCM should thoughtfully evaluate the best examples of the genre, rather than focusing on the worst. CCM has its glories, and we should appreciate them also.

Rebekah is a studying English.

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Hillsdale Christmas parade to host ‘best float contest’ City parade will feature ‘Frozen’ and Santa Claus on Saturday By | Nathanael Meadowcroft

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After attracting about 1,000 people last year, the Light Up Hillsdale Christmas Parade will take place on Saturday at 6:15 p.m., featuring various floats, marching bands, fire trucks, princesses from the 2013 Disney film “Frozen,” and Santa Claus. A contest for best float is new to this year’s parade.

“Last year, we had about 30 entries in the parade, so

I anticipate having about the same,” parade organizer Mary Bertakis said. “All the entries in the parade have to have lights on them in some way. That’s the main thing about it.”

David Maki will serve as Grand Marshal and Andy Brown of WCSR will emcee the event.

The parade, which is sponsored by the Hillsdale Business Association, will be preceded by a Christmasthemed scavenger hunt from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in various businesses in downtown

Hillsdale.

Participants will search for a golden sleigh in each business. Successful participants will enter a raffle for prizes.

“Every business that participates has to donate a prize, and some of the prizes are $75 to $100 values,” Bertakis said. “They’re really good.”

Between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., families can get a free picture with Santa Claus at the Broad Street Market Downtown Underground.

Like last year, Hillsdale

Mayor Scott Sessions will suit up as Santa.

Omicron Delta Kappa, Hillsdale College’s leadership honorary, is encouraging Hillsdale students to participate in the parade.

“Our goal is to see more campus-town involvement and interaction, so we want to let groups know about the parade and how to participate,” Hillsdale College senior and ODK member Lucas Hamelink said. “We’ve been talking with the Greek systems,

and it sounds like there will be one combined float for all the houses. We are also encouraging organizations like GOAL programs or A Few Good Men to make or join a float since they already have a presence in the community.”

Hamelink also said there will likely be a college float where students can represent smaller campus groups. He also hopes Hillsdale sports teams walk the parade.

ODK also encourages students to participate in the Hillsdale County

Community Foundation food drive, which will end Saturday.

“We’ve distributed collection boxes to all the dorms and campus houses,” Hamelink said.

Regardless of whether students participate, Hamelink hopes students will attend the parade.

“We definitely want to encourage students to come to the parade, even if they aren’t going to be in it,” Hamelink said.

Time to say goodbye to Cake Thyme Cake bakery owner relocates business to Adrian, Michigan By |Ramona Tausz Arts Editor Cake Thyme, the bakery at 59 N. Broad Street that has been a staple of downtown Hillsdale since 2011, has closed its Hillsdale store.

Owner Marcia Cole moved with her family to Adrian, Michigan, and operates the business from her new home.

“I am selling the building, but I am still running Cake Thyme,” Cole said. “The perception is that I’m selling the business, selling it all, and quitting — which I’m not. I am still open by appointment and by order.”

Although sales have already suffered since closing the store front, Cole said she’s not too concerned. She said she plans to build the business back up in the future, when she’s less busy settling into a new home and working a teaching job.

“My orders have slowed down,” she said, “but it’s ok for right now. I’m a pretty busy gal, and sometime I’ll work that back up again.”

According to Cole, lack of a store front will lead to unfortunate losses.

“I had a big beautiful kitchen there,” she said. “My kitchen here is nice too — I’ve set up in the basement, and it’s a nice big space. But I think there’s a credibility that comes from having a store front. People stop in because there’s a store front, whereas I don’t have that walk-in accessibility now.”

Leaving Hillsdale will also mean loss of a loyal customer base after years of selling her product at the Hillsdale County Farmers Market, Cole said.

“The Farmers Market was great marketing, because you reached people even outside of

“The perception is that I’m selling the business, selling it all, and quitting — which I’m not. I am still open by appointment and by order.”

Hillsdale,” Cole said.

Though she hasn’t yet found a farmers market in Adrian, Cole plans to take her business to a local market as soon as time permits.

For Hillsdale College junior Margaret Handel, the store’s relocation is a blow. She has been a regular at the store since her parents bought her some Cake Thyme cupcakes freshman year.

“I started going down there every other week or so and just getting a cupcake and hanging out for awhile,” Handel said.

“It sold a fairly specialized product, but at the same time it was very unique in what it did. It just did that one thing well enough that I thought she could make it into a bigger business. It’ll be hard to find a place to go that has that same atmosphere in Hillsdale.”

The Cake Thyme bakery relocated from 59 N. Broad St. to the basement of the owner’s new home in Adrian, Michigan.

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Nation’s oldest working auctioneer lives in Hillsdale County 95-year-old Reading resident has been auctioneering for almost 80 years By | Lillian Quinones Collegian Reporter As the snow fell thick and steady at the Hillsdale Fairgrounds, a crowd of farmers huddled outside around a diminutive figure who commanded his audience with a wooden cane and voice that pierced the biting wind with rhythmic certainty.

“C’mon partner! Do I hear a $320, $325?” the elderly man said as the price of the round hay bale rose by the nodding heads of farmers until it was pronounced, “Sold.”

Martin “Barney” Barnhart of Hillsdale County has been an auctioneer for nearly eight decades. Born in 1920 on a farm in Reading, Michigan, the 95-year-old can still be found every Saturday morning at the Hillsdale Sale Barn selling hay and swine.

In the last year, Barnhart received recognition for a

lifetime of auctioneering and community service in Hillsdale. In 2014, he was elected to the Michigan Auctioneers Association Hall of Fame and also received its Lifetime Achievement Award.

auctioneer fascinated the young Barnhart, an aspiration which became a reality in high school. In 1939, when his senior class decided to make a film of each other’s future careers, Barnhart orchestrated one

auctions while earning a degree in agriculture from Michigan State University.

He later went to Redford Auctioneering School in Woodville, Ohio.

“You know Barney, it’s really amazing that you can

remembers when the Hillsdale Sale Barn was one of the largest feeder pig and swine auctions east of the Mississippi River.

“Everything has become commercialized.

There’s hardly any farmers today

“Set your goal that you’re going to become something and live each day with faith. Have faith, love, hope, honor, health, and friendship.”

On July 14, Barnhart traveled to Texas to be awarded a certificate for being the oldest working auctioneer in the nation.

Barnhart was first exposed to auctioneering as a small boy when he accompanied his father to Iowa for Belgian draft horse auctions.

There, the “golden, musical chant” of the

of his first auctions at the family farm — classmates hung on the outside of a corral while Barnhart stood in the ring holding a Belgian draft horse and called for bids.

Initially self-taught, Barnhart started his auctioneering career right out of high school in 1940 and freelanced

remember all that you do,” a friend of Barney, Ned Beaver said as they sat talking over lunch at the Fairgrounds restaurant following the Saturday morning auction.

The waitress added, “Hey Barney, are you 96 or 95?”

“Hey now, don’t make it any older!” Barney said.

With 75 years of experience, Barnhart

that have livestock anymore, I know of only two herds of cattle from U.S. Highway 12 to U.S. Highway 20,” Barnhart said.

Crisscrossing the country for sales from Ohio to the Dakotas, Florida to Texas, Barnhart’s largest auction was in Minnesota where he sold an entire logging town, complete with a bank and

jail.

“I like to get out before the sale starts and just mingle with the people. You know, how you and I are just talking, that way then I got them on my side and they got some faith in me. Know your crowd and treat ‘em with honesty,” Barnhart said.

The father of five and now a widower, Barnhart’s credo has been life according to his faith.

“Set your goal that you’re going to become something and live each day with faith.

Have faith, love, hope, honor, health, and friendship,” he said.

Barney said he will continue to auctioneer until he “takes the last bid.”

“Everybody asks me that question and I hope that’s what I’m doing,” Barney said. “I had one friend that was selling and then bingo, he was gone. If you don’t love what you’re doing, get out of it, because you’ll never make a success out of it.”

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Hillsdale alumnus helps Pai with Thai Mason Stuard ’14 pursues graduate degree while cooking at Coffee Cup Diner By | Natalie C. McKee Senior Writer Hillsdale alumnus Mason Stuard ’14 reclined in his A.J.’s Café chair sporting a new undercut hairstyle he proudly did himself. His trusty cane and sidekick, York, sits beside him.

After receiving a B.A. in history from Hillsdale College, Stuard returned in July of 2015 to complete his

online masters in Library Information Science from Kent State University and cook Thai cuisine at the Coffee Cup Diner, owned by his friend Pai Ringenberg.

When Stuard returned to Hillsdale, Ringenberg had undergone surgery for some tumors and had to shut down the diner for the season. After that, she opened again, but ended up with a knee injury that inhibits her

Hillsdale College alumnus Mason Stuard ‘14 is filling in for Pai Ringenberg at the Coffee Cup Diner at 73 N. Broad St. Mason Stuard | Courtesy

standing for long periods of time and sends her to physical therapy. Short-staffed, she put up a “Help Wanted” sign in the diner window which Stuard noticed.

“He helps me tremendously as a friend. We help each other. He needs money, I need somebody to help me,” Ringenberg said.

Stuard said he became aware of the diner through Professor of Music James Holleman as a sophomore.

The Thai food made him a regular.

“I have never been much for American diner food, so the Thai cuisine drew me in,” Stuard said.

The following year he struck up a friendship with Ringenberg.

“We have a relationship, like family. He calls me grandma,” Ringenberg said, adding that sometimes they get sushi in Jackson, and Stuard helps her cook fellowship dinners at their church, the Holy Trinity Anglican Parish.

“When I manage to make my way to church, I attend Holy Trinity with Pai,” Mason said.

Stuard has been cooking at the diner full-time for two months and said it fills his extra time when he’s not studying. Plus, Ringenberg feeds Stuard, which he said is nice since after hours of preparing food, the last thing he wants to do is go home and cook for himself.

Ringenberg said she doesn’t usually hire college students because of the diner’s hours — 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.

— which aren’t convenient for students.

That being said, Ringenberg said she was close to

students who graduated in 2014, including Whittaker and Meredith Dunn.

“I enjoy the college students,” Ringenberg said.

She said Stuard will help her through the holidays — she still has three more weeks of physical therapy and her recovery is going well.

“Pai and I are close friends,” Stuard said. “It’s nice to have that connection when working.”

Even though Stuard en-

warding part of his job at Coffee Cup is helping a friend.

“I saw that Pai needed help. It’s a beneficial mutual thing,” he said. “I make her day easier when I’m not causing her to yell at me.”

Stuard said it’s difficult to find a balance between a stable level of emotion and the fast turnover. Sometimes five to six tickets with two to three things on them bombard him and he needs to make 18-20 meals “right

“I mean no disrespect in saying this,” Stuard said.

Ringenberg came to the United States at age 16, graduated high school, did one or two semesters of college and decided it wasn’t for her, then got into food service. In 1999 she bought the Coffee Cup Diner.

“It’s hard sometimes dealing with the tough cookie.

As a theater person, I’m already overemotional and a bit melodramatic,” Stuard said, with a grin.

“I saw that Pai needed help. It’s a beneficial, mutual thing. I make her day easier when I’m not causing her to yell at me.” joys his work, the tight quarters coupled with the businesses of the diner can make work there stressful.

“The job is teaching me patience,” Stuard said. “But the work with my hands distracts me from the thoughts that plague me throughout the day.”

Additionally, he’s learning to cook Thai food, which he said is great.

This isn’t Stuard’s first time working in the food industry. At 16, he worked at a Red Lobster near home as a bus boy and worked at a local country club between his freshman and sophomore year of college, and his mother’s family owns a catering business.

Stuard said the most re-

now.”

He added that especially at lunch time, many patrons only have a half hour for lunch and they expect to sit down and get their food within 10 or 15 minutes so they can eat and get back to work.

“I’m more aware of how to be organized and prepare for a rush,” Stuard said.

Stuard said Ringenberg has been a defining part of his life off campus.

“I wanted to go down the hill and meet the people the college coexists with,” Stuard said of his college-aged self.

“Pai is one of my closest local friends.”

That being said, Stuard admitted she’s “a tough cookie.”

Besides Stuard, the Coffee Cup staff consists of dishwasher Zach, waitress Kathy, and Pai’s oldest granddaughter Courtney. Having all five staff members in the diner at once is a snug fit, Stuard said.

“If you stand still, you get run over. I’m tall and unmovable, so I get run over,” Stuard said.

But for Stuard, cooking Thai food for Pai at the dinner is ultimately a rewarding experience, beyond “It’s a really good business,” Stuard said.

“The regular patrons get to know each other. It’s one of the joys of a small town.”

Reading Emergency Unit brings elderly ‘home for the holidays’ Employees volunteer on Christmas to drive nursing home residents home to loved ones By |Sarah Chavey Collegian Reporter Every Christmas, up to 10 nursing-home-bound residents make their way to a real home to celebrate the holiday in a relaxed, homey environment with those who love them, thanks to Reading Emergency Unit’s Home for the Holidays Program.

The program, which has been around for almost 15 years, offers this service on both Thanksgiving and Christmas for free to residents. Employees volunteer their time, assisting in particular residents who can’t travel in normal automobiles.

Laura Glei-dietz, has used this service to bring her husband’s grandfather Williard Milliman home two Thanksgivings in a row.

“His wife had passed away the September before, so it was the first holiday without the spouse, and that would have

been an extra hurt for the holidays,” Glei-dietz said. “It’s such an awesome service. For them to do it for no charge, and on a holiday when they could be somewhere else instead, is incredible.”

Three years ago, Milliman was able to stand and get in a

a holiday. We would have had to go do Thanksgiving there — it wouldn’t have happened,” Glei-dietz said.

Once the resident is dropped off, an employee provides his cell phone number and tells the resident to call when he is ready to go back,

Holidays a couple years ago.

“It’s more important to the individual who’s in the nursing home to be able to have the whole family there and sit down at a meal and enjoy the company. It should be enjoyable, and an important part of their life,” Allion said.

from Hillsdale. Although the service usually only allows residents to go to homes in Hillsdale, Allion’s wife had an aunt in Morenci, so he offered to drive the resident so he and his wife could visit with her aunt.

“My wife and I took food along for a meal and went

“It’s more important to the individual who’s in the nursing home to be able to have the whole family there and sit down at a meal and enjoy the company. It should be enjoyable and an important part of their life.” car, causing no problems for the holidays. However, now that Milliman is 93 years old and can no longer stand, transferring him is impossible in a regular vehicle, Glei-dietz said.

“Without this service, he wouldn’t have been able to get here. You just don’t want to ask people you don’t know to do something like that on

usually several hours later in the day. The employees get paid double to work on a holiday, but the hours are taken on a volunteer basis, and the unit has never had any trouble finding enough volunteers.

Employee Floyd Allion, who has been with the company since 1985, just started working during Home for the

Sometimes, the work hardly detracts from his own plans.

One of the clients he transports goes to the same house to celebrate Thanksgiving that Allion and his wife go to, so he simply picks the client up on the way and then stays for dinner as well.

Another client asked to go to Morenci, about 30 miles

help to narrow the timeline.

Police, however, found only bones at the site, not any clothing remains or personal items that typically indicate a crime, Bowman said.

Fenton’s lab found the remains came from a Native American man, though they are continuing to analyze the skull.

“I was shocked,” Matt Shaffer said. “I was thankful it wasn’t these younger kids who could’ve been missing since the ’70s.”

Two Native American tribes visited the Schaffers’ property Nov. 20 to perform “smudge” ceremonies to put the spirit to

rest, Matt Shaffer said.

Fenton said his lab receives about 75 forensic anthropology cases a year. “A certain number” are non-modern, he said.

Some are historic and don’t require forensic work because they are from families burying relatives on their property. In other cases, they are older and come from Native Americans.

“It’s pretty common, actually,” Fenton said.

Bowman said many Native Americans had lived in the area. Down S. Meridian Road off Nelson Road, another landowner found a partial skeleton in May 2010.

“The Native Americans in-

formed me that this area, especially my property, is probably an Indian burial site,” Matt Shaffer said.

Out of sensitivity for the Native American community, the Shaffers and police have not released photos of the remains.

When Fenton and his team of forensics anthropologists finish looking at the skeleton remains, the Shaffers said they hope to return them to the tribe from which it came.

“I would hate for it to be locked in a glass box,” JoAnne Shaffer said. “It should go where it belongs.”

down there, delivered the client, gave her my phone number, and said when she’s ready to go home let me know. We spent several hours with the aunt and had a nice lunch.

We killed two birds with one stone,” Allion said.

Jack Randall, REU Historian, was one of the founders.

“At the time, I was the direc-

tor, and it was just our opportunity to give back to the community and get some people home so they could spend the holidays with their families,” Randall said. “We really enjoy doing it, and it just amazes me the emotion that it brings out in some people the first time they call and find out that it’s available.”

The hardest aspect has been advertising the service. Randall and his team put out flyers and brochures at nursing homes as well as advertised via radio and newspaper.

“The first couple years we didn’t have much response, but now we usually keep our drivers pretty busy on Thanksgiving and Christmas,” Randall said.

Glei-dietz, Allion, Randall, and Ward are unaware of other emergency units that offer this service in southern Michigan.

Skull, From a1 Though the rules of his lab prohibit him from speaking on a particular case, Fenton said anthropologists examine bone structure and size to deduce sex, age at death, ancestry, and stature. He said in cases of finding “non-modern” individuals, looking at such morphology can obtain only a general estimate of how long ago the person lived.

“That’s a little tricky. In the absence of having to do carbon dating, we have to do large estimates,” Fenton said. “We can get a range from hundreds to thousands of the years.”

He said finding artifacts along with the remains may

Excavators digging a pond on Matt Shaffer’s property in Hudson, Michigan found a 400-to-1000-year-old human skull.

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Men’s Basketball FRIDAY, NOV. 27 Illinois Hillsdale Springfield

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StatS from Nov. 27 Ryan Badowski | 21 PTS, 7 REB, 2 STL Kyle Cooper | 15 PTS, 5 REB, 1 BLK Jason Pretzer | 13 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST Zach Miller | 11 PTS, 4 AST, 1 STL

GLIAC Standings North Division Conf. Overall 1. Ferris St. 0-0 6-0 Grand Valley St. 0-0 5-0 Hillsdale 0-0 3-0 Lake Superior St. 0-0 3-1 Northwood 0-0 3-2 Saginaw Valley 0-0 2-2 Michigan Tech 0-0 1-2 Northern Mich.

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StatS from Nov. 28 Kyle Cooper | 30 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST Stedman Lowry | 27 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST Jason Pretzer | 14 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST Nate Neveau | 12 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST

South Division 1. Ashland Lake Erie Malone Tiffin Findlay Ohio Dominican Walsh Wayne State

Conf.

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Overall 5-0 3-1 3-1 3-2 2-2 3-3 1-2 0-3

Saturday, Nov. 21 NCAA Championships At Joplin, Mo.

1st-Adams State-83 2nd-Grand Valley State-97 3rd-Hillsdale-140 4th-Chico State-212

8th-Emily Oren-20:17.4 20th-Hannah McIntyre-21:01.2 22nd-Kristina Galat-21:04.7 28th-Molly Oren-21:10.0 84th-Allysen Eads-22:05.7 184th-Kate Royer-23:03.9 191st-Andrea Bodary-23:12.7

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StatS from Nov. 27 Michele Boykin | 10 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST Kelsey Cromer | 10 PTS, 4 REB Brittany Gray | 9 PTS, 6 REB, 2 STL Allie Dittmer | 8 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST

GLIAC Standings North Division Conf. Overall 1. Grand Valley St. 0-0 4-1 Hillsdale 0-0 3-1 Northwood 0-0 4-2 Saginaw Valley 0-0 3-2 Michigan Tech 0-0 2-2 Lake Superior St. 0-0 1-3 Northern Mich.

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StatS from Nov. 28 Kelsey Cromer | 13 PTS, 6 REB Allie Dittmer | 10 PTS, 4 REB, 1 STL Kayla Geffert | 9 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST Becca Scherting | 7 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST

South Division 1. Ashland Wayne St. Ohio Dominican Findlay Walsh Lake Erie Malone Tiffin

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Women’s Cross-Country Results

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Results

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thurSday, dec. 3 Ncaa Tournament First Round Vs. Findlay 7:30 PM At Big Rapids, Mich.

friday, dec. 4-5 Oiler Opener At Findlay, Ohio 3:00 PM

Volleyball faces Findlay again tonight in NCAA Tournament By | Jessie Fox Assistant Editor There’s a pattern developing between the Hillsdale College volleyball team and the Findlay Oilers, and it’s the Chargers’ turn to win.

Findlay swept Hillsdale out of the GLIAC Conference Tournament on Nov. 21 with a three-set win in the semifinals.

This loss came after the Chargers split their regular-season series with the Oilers. Findlay found a 3-2 victory on their home court in September, but Hillsdale enjoyed their first dose of revenge in a 3-1 win in the Dawn Tibbetts Potter Arena on Nov. 3.

Findlay has already tallied two victories in this rivalry, and the Chargers are hoping to even the score tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Big Rapids, Michigan in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Senior middle hitter Emily Wolfert said that Saturday’s loss could help fuel her team going into

tonight’s match.

“I know I personally am playing for revenge,” Wolfert said. “The last game we played them we did not play like ourselves or put up the fight we know we are capable of. I think our mindset this time around is to just play for each other and use the confidence we’ve used all season to put up a real fight and just go after them.”

Head coach Chris Gravel echoed Wolfert, and said he’s “counting on” his team channeling their appetite for vengeance.

“It’s our turn to win,” Gravel said. “We know we have to play well. Whichever team handles their nerves better, gets into the zone, and plays the game they’ve been taught will be the team to come out on top.”

In the GLIAC semifinals, Findlay found their zone. The Oilers hit .339 on the match as a team, far surpassing the Chargers’ .077. Findlay shut out Hillsdale in three sets: 2514, 25-18, and 25-16.

Findlay went on to lose in three sets to No. 1 Ferris State in the finals on Sunday. Gravel said Findlay struggled to keep the same high level of play that it had employed against the Chargers on Saturday.

“Findlay had an emotional letdown after beating us so badly,” Gravel said. “They did the same thing against Ferris in the finals that we did against them in the semifinals. It was kind of like after our big Saginaw win, we may have possibly had an emotional letdown.”

The Chargers have been working hard in practice in order to be prepared for the upcoming fight.

“We’ve been doing drills that focus on basic techniques to make sure our fundamentals are still staying consistent, and were also simulating pressure situations where we have to overcome hurdles and perform in the heat of the moment,” Wolfert said. “I think that will be critical on Thursday, keeping our heads and

staying cool the whole game.

We’ve been able to do that a lot this season, and when we’ve played with that confidence and energy we’ve had great success.”

On Saturday, Wolfert and junior middle hitter Erin Holsinger were named FirstTeam All-GLIAC for the first time in their respective careers. Holsinger was also named GLIAC Blocker of the Year. Holsinger led the conference with 140 blocks this season.

“It’s humbling, but overall one individual can’t play this sport and I definitely didn’t get where I am on my own,” Holsinger said. “Volleyball is so complex, I couldn’t have gotten my blocks if my teammates weren’t there to set it or encourage me. They deserve the award not me.”

Wolfert expressed how proud she is of Holsinger’s success, and the joy it’s been to partner with her on game day.

“She worked so hard, and

I couldn’t be happier for her,” Wolfert said. “She’s even struggled with injuries toward the end of the year but you’d never know it when she steps on the court on game day. Being somewhat new to the middle position this year has been a learning experience for me and she’s helped me along the way which has been a huge help. We love pushing each other and challenging each other everyday at practice too and then love when we continue to push each other in games and succeed together.”

Senior setter Marissa Owen was named honorable mention All-GLIAC for the second year in a row.

The Chargers traveled to Big Rapids yesterday to practice and prepare for tonight’s match. The regional matches will be held at Ferris State University, but not in the Bulldogs’ usual home gym, which didn’t meet regulation size.

“It’s not taking place in their small gym but in their

big gym,” Gravel said. “We’ve played in tournaments there and had a lot of success in their big gym. So we’re happy that it’s there.”

If Hillsdale defeats Findlay on Thursday, the Chargers will match-up against the winner of the Ferris vs. Trevecca Nazarene game on Friday. After losing to Ferris in three sets during season play, Hillsdale would assume the underdog position against the Bulldogs.

Despite his team’s loss in the conference tournament, Gravel said he still feels optimistic and excited.

“This team has worked hard enough and they definitely deserve another chance. They could do some damage at the next level.”

Holsinger agreed.

“We have put in a lot of work since we got here in August, and I think that’s the main driving factor,” she said.

“We’re not ready to be done working hard.”

Women’s basketball splits weekend Chargers open conference play tonight, hosting Tiffin at 6 p.m.

By | Hannah Niemeier Collegian Reporter Though the Hillsdale College women’s basketball team started their season at full speed, this weekend’s games showed that the Chargers are still gearing up as their first conference games approach.

The Chargers (3-1) routed Oakland City 93-54 on Friday and suffered their first loss of the season to Mercyhurst 6961 on Saturday in the St. Joseph’s College Thanksgiving Classic in Rensselaer, Indiana.

“We played really well overall over the weekend in a lot of areas, but we faced some adversity, and I don’t think we reacted to that adversity as well as we need to do in the future,” head coach Todd Mitmesser said.

On Friday, the Chargers

continued a trend of frequent substitutions in order to keep up a fast-paced, aggressive offensive attack. The Chargers outran Oakland City from the start, building a 26-12 lead in the first quarter.

For the second time this season, every player on the roster scored, leading to 64 points from the bench. Mitmesser often substituted all five players at a time to keep the Chargers’ legs and shooting arms fresh.

“It’s working really well right now, because of the depth of our team. You just go in and push for two minutes,” said sophomore Allie Dittmer, who made 4-of-5 field goal attempts in nine minutes of playing time on Friday.

Even with 14 players sharing court time, the Chargers discovered on Saturday that their relentless attack takes a toll, as the Chargers struggled with shooting against Mercyhurst, scoring four points in the second quarter and making only 20 percent of their 3-point shots.

“Playing two games in two days at the pace we play is go-

ing to affect shooting some at this point in the season,” Mitmesser said. “It’s still an adjustment for their bodies to adapt to this pace. When we get to games, it’s a little more intense.”

Senior Kelsey Cromer said playing two games so close together was more of a mental than physical challenge.

“We have to get ready for competition in a short amount of time,” Cromer said. “We need to refocus and be ready to adjust when the games get closer.”

Mercyhurst’s zone defense also slowed down the Chargers, since they practice mostly against a man-on-man defense, Dittmer said.

“We couldn’t just go, go, go all the time against Mercyhurst,” Cromer said. “They figured out our press quickly, and we weren’t able to get as many fast breaks.”

Cromer suffered a concussion in the fourth quarter after scoring 13 points in 13 minutes of play, which also affected the team’s ability to score quickly, Mitmesser said.

Though Cromer will not

play in the Chargers’ first GLIAC conference game against Tiffin tonight, she said the whole team will continue to gain experience that will pay off when playing other GLIAC teams who don’t substitute as much.

“Everyone’s starting to understand their role,” Cromer said. “Now that we’ve played a couple games, you can see more how our roles are developing and complimenting each other.”

Mitmesser announced Tuesday that the team elected four team captains: junior Morgan Blair, senior Kayla Geffert, senior Ashlyn Landherr, and senior Sarah Theut.

Dittmer sees leadership developing even outside the team captains, especially with every player getting time on the court.

“Everybody’s a leader,” Dittmer said. “Everybody really steps up and has their role.”

The Chargers will open GLIAC conference play with two home games this week.

The Chargers host Tiffin at 6 p.m. tonight, and Ohio Dominican at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Junior guard Morgan Blair scored 8 points on 3-of-4 shooting in Hillsdale’s 93-54 win over Oakland City on Friday. The Chargers host Tiffin University tonight at 6 p.m. Anders Kiledal | Collegian

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Thinking about football’s violence On Parents Weekend, I sat down with my mother and father to watch a college football game between the University of Georgia and the University of Tennessee. I’ve cheered for UGA for most of my life with near-pathological intensity, and my posture towards this game was no different.

The 2015 season glittered with promise in the hands of running back Nick Chubb. On Georgia’s first offensive play, however, a spinning Chubb planted his left leg, which bent backward to an ornithological angle. After this, my care for the game flickered and went out.

The question of how to respond to the intrinsic violence of football is nothing new. Every few years, online skirmishes break out in response to a high-profile injury or death.

Some journalists demand stricter safety regulations, and some even call for the boycott of American Football as a sport. Eyes probably ought to roll at certain sensationalist rhetoricians who call football a “bloodsport,” but there is something unmistakably gladiatorial about the game. We love this element of violence in football. I love it. Little can compare to the guttural outrush of collective breath that follows a big hit — the savage satisfaction of it. But at some point we must admit that football preys on our thalamic thirst for youthful violence, tribalism, and digestible narratives of conflict and redemption.

Further, it’s worth examining how this tribalism bleeds into our rhetoric in discussions of football’s violence and how, as the news of each young broken spine emerges, rhetorical battle lines form that parallel the tense pre-snap lines at the line of scrimmage.

On one side, think pieces emerge which condemn football as brutish, even immoral. On the other, writers react with the blind rage requisite when someone has dared attack a near-sacred institution of American society.

Thus the battle lines form.

It’s the pacifist vs. the traditionalist, the mother vs. the coach, the bathetic vs. the callous, the anti-football vs. the pro-football. Rather than witnessing something that amounts to humane engagement with the important questions these injuries raise, we as readers watch as shrill pundits knuckle into the journalistic mud.

I’m still a fan. I will watch.

Perhaps the sport’s popularity will dwindle in proportion to the damage it inflicts on young bodies, perhaps it won’t.

This year my college football hopes have been dashed, but soon I won’t remember the 2015 season. I’ll remember the way Nick Chubb sank back into his shoulder pads with his eyelids half-closed, passing out from pain as trainers lifted him onto a cart; the way the game went on with its brutal logic and Chubb, limp, looked very much like the child he is.

Members of the Hillsdale College men’s and women’s indoor track teams pose for a photo before a workout. Allison Duber | Courtesy

‘Expectations high’ for indoor track season By | Jessica Hurley Collegian Reporter

After strong finishes by the Hillsdale men and women’s cross-country teams just a few weeks ago, the Chargers’ indoor track season kicks off on Dec. 4 with the annual Oiler Opener in Findlay, Ohio.

Last year, Hillsdale was well represented at the NCAA Division II national meets— especially during the indoor season. The Chargers boasted 10 All-Americans with four national champions. On the men’s team, sophomore Jared Schipper placed in the pole vault and sophomore Lane White in the open 400 meter.

The women sent two relay teams: the distance medley relay and the 4x400 meter relay. The DMR — consisting of current seniors Emily Oren, Corinne Zehner, Kate Royer, and graduated Amy Kerst — won the national title. The 4x400 — run by Zehner, sophomore Fiona Shea, junior Allison Duber, and senior Emily Guy — placed fifth, claiming a

spot on the All-American podium.

Individually for the women, Oren was crowned national champion in the 3000 meter, and Galat placed in the 3000 and 5000 meter.

The women’s team only graduated Amy Kerst from this lineup. Accomplishing high honors with a young squad shows the Hillsdale College Indoor Track and Field team is ready to do big things this season. According to the USTCCCA, the women already rank third in Division II coming out of preseason.

Head coach Andrew Towne is enthusiastic about the upcoming indoor season. The women already stand in a good spot and the men have improved, he said.

“This is the most talented that we’ve been—but also the most focused,” Towne said.

This combination is certainly dangerous to the competition. Appropriately, the team’s motto for the year is “relentless.” The team was successful last year but are even

Swim places second at UChicago By | Kat Torres Collegian Reporter With the middle of the season upon them, the Hillsdale College swim team had a positive showing at the University of Chicago on Nov. 20.

The Chargers finished in second place, behind the University of Chicago, with a total of 632.5 points. Colorado College, Illinois Tech, and Lincoln College followed in third, fourth, and fifth place. Strong performances from freshmen and returners alike contributed to the solid finish.

“Overall performances were what I expected for the rest we gave them. I felt the mid-distance and distance swimmers were really good drops,” head coach Kurt Kirner said. “The sprinters not as much since we didn’t drop yardage over significant time.”

Senior Sarah Rinaldi has swam faster and faster times throughout the season, breaking her own personal record in the 200 Individual Medley with a time of 2:06.48. Rinaldi’s performance was a huge victory for the Chargers, racking up 20 points.

“This year the team has been working hard, and I think that the hard work has simply paid off,” Rinaldi said.

“Many of the other girls turned in solid times at Chicago and it showed there as well. Also, it’s my senior year; I really wanted to do well. I know that I’ve been capable of some of those

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swims for a while, it was just a matter of timing.”

Rinaldi was also the champion of the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:20.84, breaking the school record by a large margin. The Chargers went 1-2-3 in that event, with junior Emily Balog finishing in second, and freshman Anika Ellingson in third.

Ellingson dominated the competition with a time of 1:04.58, setting a new school record. Rinaldi finished second to Ellingson in the 100yard breaststroke.

Senior captain Zoe Hopkins outlasted the competition in the 1650-yard freestyle, winning a tight race with a time of 17:24.85. After the long event, she turned around to swim the 500-yard freestyle, earning fourth place. Hopkins also contributed to the

third-place-finishing 800-yard freestyle relay alongside senior Jennifer Wheeler, junior Emily Shallman, and freshman Suzanne DeTar. “There were some lifetime best times and lots of season best times. It’s a really good motivation boost to see your teammates do well and to also see your hard work finally pay off,” Hopkins said. “It’s a good meet to help us see where we are at because we only do a short rest so we’re still not fully recovered, so seeing our times from just a few days of recovery helps get us excited for the end of the season when we do a full taper and our times get even faster. It’s also good to get our bodies ready for GLIACs which is four full days of prelims and finals, compared to Chicago which is two and a half days. It helps give us an

idea of the schedule and how our bodies feel with so much competing.”

The Chargers also went 2-34 in the 100-yard backstroke.

Senior Nafoa Noll led the way with a time of 1:01.17. She was followed by freshmen Suzanne DeTar and Tiffany Farris, earning the Chargers 48 points in the 100 backstroke alone.

The team has a break coming up, which will allow the Chargers to rest their bodies and prepare for next semester’s half of the season.

“Our focus will be to stay in prime condition over exams and break until we get our uninterrupted training focus back after Christmas when we will resume our conditioning in Florida on Dec. 29,” Kirner said.

How did it feel scoring that final touchdown in the last game of the season?

It was super exciting. That game was the perfect way to cap the season and send the seniors out, winning in overtime. It was probably the most fun game I’ve ever played in.

I think halfway through the season everyone started to get comfortable with their roles.

Really, I don’t know if it was one exact thing, but everything just kind of clicked and we started playing really well.

How did you first get into football?

We couldn’t play until fourth grade where I’m from, but I was interested for as long as I can remember, ever since I was really young. I don’t really know how it happened. My mom’s a pretty big football fan.

But it’s just kind of the first thing I fell in love with and nothing really changed as I grew older.

more confident and prepared going into this season with high expectations.

Towne said the freshman class, though small, is extremely talented and has embraced the culture of the program. Between those returning at a high level and the able newcomers, it has been an intense fall for every athlete in every event.

“The biggest difference this preseason is we’ve created a culture of competition—a symptom of the culture that was in place all along and now we have enough talent to where that can play out,” Towne said. “The team understands what it needs to do to progress.”

Every track athlete can confirm an overall increase in intensity and focus is evident this year.

“I think this indoor season is going to be the best we’ve had so far because we are only getting better as the program evolves, and right now we are working really hard in practice. Everyone is giving it their

all,” junior legacy captain Ty Etchemendy said.

Zenher, women’s team captain, echoed similar sentiments.

“We are each other’s best competition,” Zehner said.

“I see everyone competing at practice and it being my last year I try to make the most of each day.”

With such intensity in practice, Towne predicts that meets become easier and more comfortable.

The throwers have also experienced an increase in energy.

“I’m excited to see what the throwers will do this year,” junior captain Dana Newell said.

“I have been able to see the progress all the throwers have made just in practice, and I can see how hard everyone is working everyday. It looks like it will be a really good year.”

The Chargers are focused, prepared, and ready to put their hard work into action.

“We have set our expectations higher going into this year,” Zehner said.

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score, which none of them have until some time during their junior years.”

That’s one thing that each coach mentioned: the difficulty in finding quality players with quality test scores.

“With the high academic standards here, our pools to recruit from are smaller and more scattered,” baseball head coach Eric Theisen said.

“Within those pools though are athletes that are looking for a place like Hillsdale. There aren’t very many options for both high quality athletics and academics, especially in Division II.” Due to the high test scores required for players, coaches have expanded their recruitment search.

“Since our ACT score is so high and they want it higher, we have to recruit nationwide,” Abraham said. “You can’t find enough quality players with a high enough ACT in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. So for me to see these players, we have to travel nationwide.”

With the extensive ground the coaches have to cover, recruiting never stops.

“Recruiting is literally 365 days a year,” Abraham said.

“For example, on Thanksgiving or Christmas day, of course we’re not going to be watching people or talking on the phone to people but they’ll be emailed. It’s literally every single day of the year we’re re-

Charger teams sign new talent

Volleyball, baseball, and softball have all signed players for the class of 2019.

The volleyball program signed five players during the early signing period and expects a few more. Baseball has signed five so far and will sign a few more in April during the late signing period. Softball has also signed 10 players for next year.

All of the coaches have been thinking about the next recruiting class for years. They have been watching potential players since the ninth or tenth grade, and some since even before that. Volleyball head coach Chris Gravel has watched possible candidates for the team since before their high school careers even began.

“We’ve identified players as early as the eighth grade,” Gravel said.

Softball head coach Joe Abraham usually identifies players at the beginning of their high school careers.

“In college softball at the Division II level, we start looking at girls in their ninth and tenth grade years,” Abraham said. “We end up getting them committed to us during their junior year. That’s especially difficult to do here at Hillsdale because we can’t make an offer without an ACT or an SAT

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Joe Reverman, a tailback on the Hillsdale College football team, was named GLIAC Freshman of the Year on Nov. 17, becoming the first Hillsdale football player to ever win the award. Joe was also named Second Team All-GLIAC after finishing the season with 1,083 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns. Joe is planning to major in financial management.

What are your thoughts on the season as a whole? Did it meet your expectations?

Obviously it didn’t exactly start where we wanted it to at 1-6. But we finished really strong, winning our last four.

I think that was a really good way to send the seniors out, and build some momentum for next year.

What do you think contributed to the team’s upswing at the end of the season?

Well, I think we had a lot of young players playing at the beginning of the season, so

What about your own performance on the team? Did you surprise yourself?

I didn’t expect to get that much playing time so early. But, of course, people got injured, so I was called upon. And I’m definitely happy with how it turned out.

What was it like being voted MVP by your team at the end of the season?

Definitely pretty humbling, especially with all the other great players we have on the team.

But it means a lot for my teammates to vote me that, and hopefully this will motivate me to keep working harder.

How did you end up playing at Hillsdale?

I had a few other offers from other schools in the GLIAC and some other schools, but I came here and it just felt different than all the other schools.

The academics were really important, and I liked the coaches and the whole football program. It just felt like the perfect fit.

What has your experience been being a part of this particular team? What do you love about Hillsdale football?

I like the brotherhood of everybody. Obviously it’s fun when you win games, but besides that it’s just meeting so many great people.

What are your expectations for next season?

Well, like I said, we won our last four games, so hopefully we can have a really good offseason. We have a new strength coach, Pat Gifford, so hopefully that helps us all get a lot better and build off of the success that we finished the season with.

How has being on the football team affected your college experience?

I definitely have a lot less time to do stuff, but I think it’s introduced me to a lot more peo-

ple. I mean, a hundred friends that I probably wouldn’t have known if I didn’t play football, so it’s definitely worth it.

Any idea what you plan to do after college?

No, I’m pretty clueless right now to be honest. I just picked out my major.

What are some of your interests outside of the football team?

All of sports, really. But besides sports, my faith is really important to me, and just having a good relationship with family and friends.

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WOMEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY TAKES THIRD By | Evan Carter Web Editor

The Hillsdale College women’s cross-country team placed third with four All-Americans at the NCAA Division II National Championship in Joplin, Missouri, on Nov. 21.

After finishing as runner-up at the national meet last season and being ranked as high as first in the nation this season, many members of the team were disappointed with their finish immediately following the race. Although, they soon got over it.

“After we realized that no one felt good during the race and no one ran very well, we were like, ‘We were still third and we didn’t feel good, that is crazy,’” senior captain Emily Oren said. “I just think it speaks volumes to how far this program has come.”

Head distance coach Joe Lynn was proud of how the Chargers fought during the race despite not feeling their best.

“It wasn’t necessarily the result we were looking for, as individuals or from the whole

team, but at the same time I thought we showed a lot of character being able to run and place as well as we did despite how we felt.”

Lynn also mentioned that sophomore Hannah McIntyre and freshman Ally Eads stepped up when their team needed them most. McIntyre finished second on the team with a personal best time of 21:01 en route to 20th place and All-American status.

“Last year getting second kind of felt like a fluke, just because I remember coach Joe shouting in the middle of the race that we were second and I thought he was kidding. But this year it was cool to be in that position where we were in it to win it,” senior Kristina Galat said.

The race went out fast from the gun and didn’t slow up.

This surprised Oren who came in looking to potentially win the individual title, but didn’t quite have it in her to keep up with the blistering pace set on the day.

“I was ready for it to start that fast, but what I wasn’t ready for was how it didn’t slow down,” Oren said.

While Oren was only a second off her regional time, the winner, U-Mary’s Alexis Zeis, ran an impressive 20:03 6K. Oren placed eighth.

Senior legacy captain Kate Royer said it didn’t really hit her that she was done with collegiate cross-country until about 10 minutes after she had finished the race.

“It was kind of surreal,” Royer said. “You finish a race and you’re like, ‘Oh I’m done,’ then I’m like, ‘Oh, I’m done with my cross-country career.’”

Galat said the thing she will miss most about cross-country is being on a team.

“This year especially was such a good year to end because the whole team was just so awesome,” Galat said.

Lynn knows how important the team’s three seniors — Galat, Oren, and Royer — have been to the program.

“Obviously those three girls have been the cornerstone and the spearhead of the program to the level we’re at now,” he said. “I’m proud to have had the opportunity to coach them the last couple of years.”

While he is happy with how the women’s cross-country

season went, Lynn is already looking forward to how the team can use their momentum in the indoor track season.

“I think we can use that to build off of for our indoor track season and into next year when we graduate a lot of leadership and a lot of talent from the program. At the same time, I think the younger girls now have seen how it’s done,” Lynn said. “A lot of positives moving out of it, both into this upcoming track season and moving forward for those athletes who will be back next year.”

Oren is looking forward to indoor track season where she is reigning national champion in the 3K and 5K races.

“I did hate losing in cross-country,” she said. “I think indoor season is going to be fun because now we’re bringing the sprinters and everybody in and they’re all really, really talented.”

Tomorrow Oren will be competing at the GVSU Holiday Open in the 3K in hopes of running under 9:33 and automatically qualifying for the indoor national meet.

Senior Kristina Galat placed 22nd in the 6K with a time of 21:04.7, earning All-American status.

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Men’s basketball pushes season-opening win streak to three games Chargers play home opener tonight at 8 p.m. against Tiffin By |Nathanael Meadowcroft

Sports Editor

The Hillsdale College men’s basketball team continued its strong start to the year last weekend, taking down the Illinois Springfield Prairie Stars 78-69 on Friday night and shooting past the St. Joseph’s College Pumas 95-79 on Saturday night to improve to 3-0 on the young season.

The Chargers took advantage of their improved depth to defeat the Prairie Stars on Friday night. Senior forward Kyle Cooper, who leads the Chargers in scoring and rebounding, got into foul trouble early and played fewer minutes than usual. Sophomore guard Stedman Lowry uncharacteristically struggled, finishing 0-for-7 from the field. The duo combined for just 17 points, but several other Chargers stepped up.

“That was a game that last year we would have lost,” head coach John Tharp said. “That victory was a team win. We had so many different guys that contributed.”

Sophomore guard Ryan Badowski, who transferred to Hillsdale from Longwood

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College over the summer, led Hillsdale in scoring and rebounding with 21 points on 6-of-11 shooting and seven boards. Senior center Jason Pretzer scored 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting, and redshirt freshman guard Nate Neveau scored 12 points on 3-of-3 shooting from 3-point range.

“That’s the biggest improve-

ment for our team this year, the increased depth we have,” Cooper said. “To have so many different weapons and being able to spread out the scoring load takes pressure off each individual guy.”

The Chargers trailed 44-40 with 16:02 remaining in the contest before rattling off a 20-9 run to take the lead for

good.

After having quiet nights on Friday, Cooper and Lowry shined on Saturday night in Hillsdale’s 95-79 win over the Pumas.

Cooper scored 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, his second game with 30 or more points and 10 or more rebounds this season. Lowry, af-

ter missing all seven of his field goal attempts on Friday night, shot 10-of-14 from the field on Saturday behind a 6-of-9 performance from beyond the arc.

“I wanted to be aggressive but I didn’t want to force anything, and I just wanted to play in the flow of our offense,” Lowry said. “I hit some shots early and guys did a good job of getting me open and getting good shots.”

Neveau took advantage of increased minutes after starting point guard senior Zach Miller got into foul trouble.

Neveau finished with 12 points and dishing out six assists.

“A lot of guys contributed good minutes,” Lowry said.

“Nate Neveau came off the bench and played amazing.”

The Chargers have averaged 88.3 points per outing this season, and have shot at least 48 percent from the floor in each contest. Tharp said he is “pleased” with his team’s start to the season.

“We’re getting more easy baskets in transition which has helped us, and we’re playing a little faster. We’re more dynamic off the dribble, which is allowing some easy kickouts and dump downs,” Tharp said.

“Overall we have more threats on the floor. I think people are focused on Kyle Cooper and he gets people open because of his presence and he’s played incredibly well. But as great as Kyle is playing, we’re a more well-rounded team.”

Cooper credits the Chargers’ fast start to their “inside game.”

“We’ve got a lot of guys who can score around the basket, and so that inside-out game has really been benefitting us,” Cooper said. “We get inside touches early on, score a couple easy ones around the basket, and then the defense is forced to shrink in. Once we’re in a rhythm the game opens up from outside and we start hitting our outside jump shots.

We’re getting ourselves into a good flow in the game early on and it’s leading to high offensive efficiency.”

The Chargers will open their conference schedule tonight in their first home game of the season. Hillsdale will host the Tiffin University Dragons at 8 p.m. in Dawn Tibbetts Potter Arena.

“Tiffin is a long, athletic, talented group that can really score the basketball,” Tharp said. “We’re focusing right now on what we need to do to get better. Obviously we’ll game plan this week but we really just try to talk about playing our style of play and not giving anything away, and not beating ourselves.”

The last time the Chargers faced the Dragons, Tiffin won 79-63.

“They did beat us last time we played them, so it’s a little personal this year,” Lowry said.

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Sophomore Jonathan Henreckson, freshman David Woods, and senior Tomas Valle perform a scene from “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” which runs Dec. 2-4 in McNamara Rehearsal Hall.

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Artists among us: Taylor Flowers Senior pianist, violinist, and singer has ‘a dual passion for teaching and collaboration’ By | Kaylee McGhee

Collegian Reporter Most people view aspiring professional musicians as poor and starving artists, but senior Taylor Flowers is confident that a career as a professional musician is becoming increasingly viable for him.

Flowers is one of the music department’s most valuable assets.

Although he considers himself first and foremost a pianist, Flowers is also a talented violinist and singer.

When Flowers came to Hillsdale as a freshman, he didn’t know if he wanted to go into music. He began as a financial management major, and knew early on that he wanted to diversify his professional opportunities. However, the more involved Flowers became with the music department, the more convinced he became that he wanted to dedicate his life to music.

“Taylor has grown in so many ways since he arrived as a freshman,” Director of Keyboard Studies Brad Blackham said. “It was obvious when he auditioned here that he had the talent to succeed, but

it also became evident once he got here that he was willing to put in the practice time to improve.”

From an early age, Flowers was pushed to excel in his pursuit of music. His mom enrolled him and his other siblings in a children’s music academy, where he learned technical skills and other basics.

From there, he moved on to private lessons. There were times in his childhood that Flowers wanted to quit, but his parents continued to push him.

“My mom knew I wasn’t at a discerning age to make that call,” Flowers said. “Now, obviously, I am very happy that she didn’t let me give it up.”

Flowers continued to improve as he began to hone his musical craft.

“I started playing things that I liked and moved on from there,” he said. “It has been a continuous process of making it my own.”

Flowers said he plans on pursuing music at the graduate level, his current top two choices for graduate schools being the Cleveland Institute of Music and University of Colorado Boulder. He then hopes to receive a doctorate in arts and

Senior Taylor Flowers collaborates with junior Stevan Lukich. Flowers plans to pursue a career in collaborative music after gradution. Kaylee McGhee | Collegian

teach in a studio at a university.

“I have a dual passion for teach-

ing and collaboration,” Flowers said.

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‘Macbeth’ in the arboretum Directors Liu and Negri plan to ‘shake things up’ for next semester’s Shakespeare in the Arb production Liu would also said she would By | Nathanael Meadowcroft like to use torches — if they are alSports Editor lowed in the arboretum.

Liu and Negri said they also hope Seniors Faith Liu and Daniel Ne- to take advantage of the space the gri are looking to shake things up arboretum provides.

“Most people just have the play in this year’s Shakespeare in the up on the rise and then maybe use Arb production.

Liu and Negri will direct Shake- the tower in the arb, but we’d like speare’s “Macbeth” for Shakespeare to be using more of the space availin the Arb’s 13th year. From the able to us,” Negri said.

Liu and Negri will hold auditions play they selected to how they will take advantage of the arboretum, from 6 to 9 p.m. on Dec. 12 and the duo is planning to make some from 7 to 9 p.m. on Dec. 13 in the changes to how Shakespeare in the Hames room in the Sage Center for the Arts. Liu said they won’t start Arb is usually run.

“We haven’t done a serious trag- blocking the play until after spring edy in a while and I think it’s about break to allow actors in the Tower time,” Liu said. “There is tragic po- Players’ “Mother Courage” to also perform in “Macbeth.” tential in the arb.”

“We’re not asking anyone to preShakespeare in the Arb always runs in the Slayton Arboretum pare a monologue unless they want during one of the final weekends to,” Liu said. “We’ll probably have of the spring semester. In the past, everybody read a couple parts at productions have run in the mid- the very least.”

Liu said she hopes having audidle of the day, but Liu said they are considering moving the play to lat- tions in the Hames room sets the tone for potential cast members. er in the afternoon.

“It gives it a little bit more of a “We could utilize sundown,” Liu said. “We might even be able to serious feel, and we want people to get some lights up and have some know that what we’re doing is sefun lighting. With ‘Macbeth’ every- rious,” Liu said. “We want to make thing just gets darker, so I think it sure we set a tone that this is going would be fun to utilize the sunset.” to be — it won’t be a very long time

Seniors Faith Liu and Daniel Negri are directing the Shakespeare in the Arb production of “Macbeth” next semester. Nathanael Meadowcroft | Collegian

commitment — but it’s a time commitment and we expect you to be there.”

Liu and Negri plan on casting more than just three people as the witches.

“Part of our overarching concept is that we want to talk about the pervasive nature of evil and how it penetrates every level of society and how it can spread to just about

anywhere,” Liu said. “To that end, our witches will not be the same three people every scene. They’re going to represent different parts of society, different parts of culture.”

Liu said she asked Assistant Professor of English Dwight Lindley, Assistant Professor of History Matthew Gaetano, and Assistant Professor of Philosophy Lee Cole if they wanted to be the witches for

one of the scenes. She received a positive answer from all of them.

“It’s really fun to bring in professors because they have experience,” Liu said. “We’ll definitely prioritize students, but if a professor can, and if a professor has time, and a professor is really good, we’ll cast him as well.”

Liu said they have also asked Professor of Philosophy James Stephens if he wants to play the role of King Duncan.

Liu and Negri said they have been looking to direct “Macbeth” since their freshman year, so they took advantage when the opportunity arose.

“We knew that we wanted to do some fashion of a production of the play,” Negri said. “We gave up on it by the end of sophomore year, and then for some reason we both got involved with Shakespeare in the Arb last spring. They were looking for a new set of directors and we’d only heard rumors of people but nobody we knew was stepping up, so we thought, ‘Well maybe there’s a chance of this happening after all.’”

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Claire Ziegler ’15 pursues career as commercial voice-over actor always training her voice and modifying it for her clients.

“You’re always in a role,” Ziegler said. “Much of the skill of voice-over is figuring out what message you’re trying to convey.

What your perspective and role is, that is how you say things that are on the page.”

Ziegler said she hopes to continue voice-over work, and wants to continue promoting herself all over the country.

“My goal is to have as many as four or five agents in all parts o f the

By | Thomas Novelly

Assistant Editor

When alumna Claire Ziegler ’15 graduated from Hillsdale with a degree in music, she had no idea she would eventually be auditioning and working as a voice-over actor for national businesses.

For the past year, Ziegler has been working as a commercial voice-over actor, promoting herself nationally in a career she says she just stumbled into.

“I found the career of my dreams, but oddly enough it is not one within my major,” Ziegler said. “I woke up one morning, thinking, ‘I like to read and read aloud,’ and over the years I had friends tell me I had a great reading voice. So I figured, I love singing, reading, and speaking. What kind of career could I make this into? That’s when I discovered voice-over work.”

Ziegler had no idea how to begin a career in this kind of work, but after Claire Ziegler ’15 is pursuing a career as a commercial spending hours on the Internet was voice-over actor. This is her logo. lucky to find a top training center right Claire Ziegler | Courtesy by her home.

“It’s a tricky industry to break into,” Ziegler said. “The toughest part is getting specific what my limits are and change aspects of it to meet training, since it’s so different from how you speak the role I’m auditioning for.”

According to Ziegler, this came in handy recentnormally in conversation. Fortunately, I found a rely when auditioning for a realty company. She was ally good company called Sound Advice Voice Over able to adapt her voice to make the commercial have Training. The facility was in Chicago, right by where a stronger message.

I live.”

“When I started working with the script, I finally After Ziegler connected with Sound Advice, she realized it was kind of boring,” Ziegler said. “I wasn’t began auditioning for radio commercials with McDonald’s Corp., Payless ShoeSource, and Tostitos in adding variety to different things on the list, so I thought I might make it sound stressful or exciting. I addition to starring in dozens of others.

A normal week for Ziegler consists of about seven was able to break down the script in front of me to tell an interesting story. By thinking about what the client to 10 auditions, each one more unique than the last.

“Commercial is a great place for new voicework ac- wants I can make my voice go higher or lower, and tors to start, primarily because there are so many jobs add emotion and inflection to sell the message.”

Senior Josiah Lippincott met with Ziegler earlier available,” Ziegler said. “It’s very varied and broad, this year to discuss voice-over acting, and said her which is great fun. It’s a great opportunity to stretch voice was memorable and unique. yourself as an actor.”

“Claire has a terrific voice and a great presence,” According to Ziegler, many new voice-over actors Lippincott said. “She has a distinct sound and great don’t know how to physically train their voices — a diction, but she can also convey emotion well. She is problem she, however, didn’t have. a rare talent and has a great personality. Speaking in “I’m very lucky to have a background as a classically public is not an easy thing to do, but she nails it.” trained singer,” Ziegler said. “Many new voice actors The challenges of voice-over appeal to Ziegler. She have never been faced with taking care of their voices. said she likes that she doesn’t ever stop acting. She is I’ve gotten to know my voice very well, and can tell Melissa Knecht said she believes Flowers has a good chance of making it in the highly competitive musical world.

“Taylor is very unusual because he’s gifted but also very enterprising,” she said. “He has the heart and passion that continually pushes him to succeed.”

Flowers’ aggressive spirit has served him well in accomplishing his goals.

“Going into that festival, Taylor was already thinking about continuing his pianistic studies in collaborative piano at the graduate level,” Blackham said. “When he came back, you could see the fire in his eyes that he had made the right choice and was ready to really go for it.”

According to Flowers, his faith has also played a large role in his musical career thus far. He said his desire to bring glory to God through his music drives him.

“My desire is to inspire and touch others wherever they are in their walks of life,” he said. “I want my music to be beautiful and thought-provoking in a way that speaks of eternity.”

Beyond the music department, Flowers is involved with SOMA, the InterVarsity Arts Ministry, and Crossroads

Flowers, from B1 Flowers wants to specialize in collaborative music for multiple reasons. According to him, collaborating fosters a greater appreciation of the details in ensembles and in individual preparation.

“Collaborative music is like having a partner in athletic training,” Flowers said. “It pushes you to achieve your best output. There’s also a healthy competition in it that I enjoy.”

Blackham, who has been Flowers’ piano teacher throughout his college career, also specialized in collaborative music.

“It’s always exciting for me as a teacher to see the same type of passion for music in my students that I have,” he said. “It has been especially exciting recently to see Taylor’s musical studies evolve from solo playing to include collaborating with other musicians. This past summer, Taylor was selected to participate in a very prestigious music festival, the Kent Blossom Summer Festival, where he collaborated with some of the best students across the country and was coached and taught by world-class professional musicians.”

Director of String Studies

Farm. Flowers is also working on an honors thesis on the religious symbolism in the music of Olivier Messiaen, one of his favorite composers.

Flowers won the Concerto Competition at Hillsdale twice, and has played as a soloist with the orchestra on two separate occasions.

“It was like playing with two audiences — with the orchestra being one of them,” Flowers said. “As the soloist, I was in a symbiotic relationship with the orchestra, which is what collaborative music is all about.”

Music has required sacrifice. Flowers has already sacrificed many things, including the Honors Program Turkey trip, in order to become a better musician. Nevertheless, he said it is completely worth it.

“If you don’t sacrifice for your vocation you will always be dissatisfied,” he said.

Although Flowers is aware of the “poor and starving artist” stereotype, he is not allowing that to hinder his pursuit of a musical career. He strongly believes vocation isn’t justified by compensation.

“My message to Hillsdale students is don’t be afraid to follow your passions,” Flowers said. “What you pursue should be about finding fulfillment from what you do.”

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count r y,” Ziegler said. “That could lead to plenty of voice-over opportunities.

The narration of documentaries and explainer videos really appeals to me, as well as books on tape. Even though they don’t pay well for the amount of work you do, I would love to do one as a labor of love.”

Ziegler said she is super happy, but that she wouldn’t currently have this much success or pleasure if it wasn’t for what she learned at Hillsdale.

“I am blissfully happy,” Ziegler said. “Hillsdale played a huge role in preparing me as an educated, intelligent adult for this career. I would not have all the blessings that I had if I hadn’t learned what Socrates meant by the examined life. If I didn’t have the teaching in critical thought that Hillsdale gave me, I wouldn’t have any of this.”

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Juried Student Art Exhibit to open Dec. 8 By | Jordan Finney

Collegian Reporter Students will soon have an opportunity to view their peers’ artwork in the Fall Juried Student Art Exhibit, which opens with an awards ceremony at 4 p.m. on Dec. 8 in Daughtrey Gallery in the Sage Center for the Arts.

The art department expects students to submit about 100 pieces of artwork for judging.

“Any student on campus should come and view the artwork,” gallery manager and art instructor Bryan Springer said. “There are many talented young people entering some really beautiful work. From a liberal arts perspective, it’s important to understand fine art and really appreciate what our students are producing.”

Senior art major Elizabeth Davis, who also works as the student manager of Daughtrey Gallery, said she plans to submit two pastel paintings to the competition.

“I think it’s good for our community

to get out and support any art-related thing,” she said. “It exposes you to a lot of different ideas and cultures. It’s a good experience — even if you don’t like the artwork — because it expands your own ideas and can sometimes be surprising. People have a whole different side to themselves that we never see.”

Featured artwork includes the best submissions from this semester’s art courses. Categories include drawing, graphic design, painting, pastels, photography, and sculpture. Prize money will be awarded to first, second, and third places from each respective category.

Students currently enrolled in art courses will have an opportunity to vote by ballot for their favorite pieces.

Members of the art faculty will also give awards to the artwork based on merit.

The gallery will be open from Dec. 8 through the end of the semester.

In Review: ‘Mockingjay Part 2’ Final ‘Hunger Games’ installment fails to offer ‘a problem to contemplate’ By | Katie Scheu

Collegian Reporter “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2” has all the components of a great movie: thrilling action scenes, spectacular special effects, and even an emotive score. Nevertheless, it provides a different conclusion to the series than the one readers received in the book.

A few days after the movie hit theaters, author Suzanne Collins published a letter on Scholastic Books’ website titled “A Thank You to the Hunger Games Film Team.”

“For me, ‘The Hunger Games Trilogy’ is part of a larger goal to introduce the ideas of just war theory to young audiences,” Collins wrote. “But how much wider and more varied an audience came with the films, and the credit for that goes to all of you who contributed so much to this project.”

Collins certainly accomplished this in her books. Throughout

“Mockingjay,” readers witness Katniss Everdeen simultaneously struggling to win two battles: one against the Capitol, and one against her fellow rebels.

This conflict is underscored in the novel when Gale Hawthorne, Everdeen’s best friend from District 12, presents a plan to the rebel forces that would sacrifice many unarmed civilian lives. Everdeen’s reaction helps to define her disapproval of this kind of warfare.

Collins writes: “His intent, his full intent, becomes clear. Gale has no interest in preserving the lives of those in the Nut. No interest in caging the prey for later use. This is one of his death traps.”

Though her hatred of the Capitol and President Snow is more than justifiable, Everdeen is also hyper-aware of the humanity of each citizen caught between either side of the war. With this at the forefront of her mind, she constantly creates tension by advocating for just warfare.

But this message, so integral to the concluding novel, is absent in the last film.

The screenplay stays true to most of the plot from the latter half of the final novel. Much of the film’s dialogue is even lifted straight from Collins’ pages. And yet, the audience experiences a different resolution in theaters.

Despite this close relationship between book and film, the movie fails to capture much of what made the third book different from its counterparts. “Mockingjay” shows Everdeen beginning to put her experiences in the Hunger Games arena in context with the real world — a world engulfed in war and suffering. Much of the novel narrates her internal struggle as she comes to terms with who she has lost, who she has killed, and who she is as a result of her trauma.

In the book, chapters thickened with action move the overarching theme of just war theory forward.

In contrast, the movie audiences miss a lot of this internal turmoil that consumes Everdeen. Instead, the film mainly parades the audience through the basic plot, dragging out action scenes.

In the film’s epilogue, Everdeen delivers a speech verbatim from the last lines in Collins’ book.

Though the words are the same, the epilogue leaves the audience with an image of Everdeen and Peeta Mellark that differs greatly from that of the original. As Everdeen coos Collins’ final words to her newborn baby, she looks across the meadow at Mellark as he plays with their other child.

This ending is bereft of the depression Everdeen and Mellark experience after leaving the Capitol. There is no mention of the fact that Mellark still struggles with vivid flashbacks from his time in the torture chambers of the Capitol, and merely hints that nightmares continue to interrupt Everdeen’s sleep.

After three films of intense sorrow and suffering, it’s nice for the audience to leave the theater with the knowledge that the few characters who have managed to survive the ugliness of war have finally encountered some peace.

But that ending doesn’t send the message Collins wanted to communicate in “The Hunger Games.”

War theory is a complicated topic that Collins approaches delicately. The Capitol is a corrupt place that needed a revolution, but rebels killed innocent, unarmed people to achieve their goal. With the tension between the means and ends of warfare, Collins’ question is approached with balance, and walks the line of pondering and preaching with grace. The movie, however, fails to give the audience a problem to contemplate — we just get a happy ending.

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By | Kate Patrick City News Editor Joyce Webb has seven children, 29 grandchildren, and 61 great-grandchildren, but they don’t visit often. So Hillsdale College senior Codi Jo Broten adopted Webb as her “grandma” as part of the Adopt-a-Grandparent GOAL program. Broten drives to the Hillsdale County Medical Care Facility and Rehabilitation Center every Monday to play Bingo with Webb.

“It seems my children don’t have much time to come out and see me, but Codi comes out every Monday,” Webb said. “She enjoys coming out here and she fits right in with my family. I enjoy her.”

As Broten and Webb have grown close,

Webb has made it a priority to make sure Broten — who is from Washington state — always has a place to stay for holidays.

“I made sure she was going to have a place for Thanksgiving, I was going to take her out with my family,” Webb said. “If you’re not that far away from home, you don’t know what she’s going through. If she doesn’t have a place for Christmas, I’ll take her home for Christmas. I just enjoy children.”

For Broten, visiting Webb is a highlight of the week because she feels that Webb benefits from her company and looks forward to her visits, and Webb always gives her a hug and a kiss when Broten needs to return to campus.

“I just lost my last great grandma in September, and I love the stories grandparents can tell you, so that’s why I decided to adopt a grandparent,” Broten said. “I think Joyce is

super great. I think Joyce enjoys my company a lot more because she remembers who I am and looks forward to when I’m coming.”

Hanging out with Broten is like having another child, Webb said. When Broten was sick for two weeks, Webb worried about her.

“I didn’t know about it and I was worried,” Webb said, “but now i have her phone number so I can call her.”

Webb, who described her life as “peopleoriented,” was a foster mother for three years and took in newborns while raising her own four sons and three daughters, so bonding with Broten is second nature.

“I was in a ten-room house, so we had room for anyone that needed a home,” Webb said. “My kids had friends and if someone didn’t have a place to go I’d be getting an extra kid for the night. It’s a nice feeling, there was always room for one more. In the

morning I always had to go out and check in the beds, that’s who you cooked for.”

Many of the elderly residents at the care facility are lonely, Webb said, and more college students should make an effort to visit them even if they’re not part of the Adopt-aGrandparent program, because the residents love the company.

“A lot of people out here have family but they forget them,” Webb said.

Even though Broten is graduating in May, she wants to stay in touch with Webb and hopes more students will visit her and the other residents.

“I think it would be cute to write her letters,” Broten said. “She’s so cute. You can’t force your kids to come see you, and if you do, you want it to be genuine.”

Hillsdale County Fair boasts impressive singer record By | Stacey Egger Collegian Reporter A square-jawed man in a cowboy hat glowers down from a line of portraits that circles the perimeter of the Hillsdale County Fair office.

The picture, “Johnny Cash— 1986,” is nestled in the row following “Ricky Skaggs — 1985” and “June Carter and Sisters — 1986”.

The Hillsdale County Fair has hosted some impressive acts over the years.

“We had some of the biggest stars in country music,” Hillsdale County Fair Manager Scott Dow said.

“It’s amazing when you think that performers like Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, were in their prime when they came, we’re talking 40 years ago.”

Dow said that the entertainment industry has changed over the years, and it has made it difficult for small fairs to compete for big acts. But the Hillsdale County Fair has had repeated

successes, recently bringing in acts like Florida Georgia Line and Trace Adkins.

“We learn every year,” Dow said. “Music’s changing, the artists are changing.

Fairs have to change with the entertainment.”

The Fair concerts carry on a great tradition of quality entertainment for both residents and students.

Junior Victoria Fassett has gone to the performances for the past two years, and she said she highly values the experience.

“Going to the concert has become an annual tradition,” she said. “The names haven’t been as big as Florida Georgia Line in the past few years, but Hillsdale does a great job of bringing in classic country performers.

I have always loved country music, and it’s not something that I never expected when I came to Hillsdale — who knew I would be so close to the most popular fair on earth? I hope Hillsdale continues the tradition.”

1958: The Chordettes and Glen Miller 1963: Minnie Pearl 1973: Roy Rogers & Dale Evans 1974: Pat Boone and Family 1975: Dolly Parton 1976: Jim Nabors 1978: Kenny Rogers 1981: Bobby Vinton 1983&’84: Tennessee Ernie Ford 1985: Reba McEntire, Ricky Skaggs, and Loretta Lynn 1986: Johnny Cash, featuring June Carter and The Carter Family 1987: Waylon Jennings 1990: Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn 1992: Johnny Cash with the Carter Family 1994: Faith Hill & Jesse Hunter 2000: Three Dog Night 2001: Creedence Clearwater Revival 2013: Florida Georgia Line 2015: Trace Adkins A wall at the Hillsdale County Fairground boasts all the singers that have performed at “The Greatest Fair on Earth.” Stacey Egger | Collegian

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ing in sync with one another, as one musician signals to the group that he’s ending his solo, the next instrument picks up where he left off.

“It forces us to be more engaged with the music and the song because you are really listening to the soloist and paying attention to what they’re doing,” Stieren said.

This past semester was Woodhouse’s first in a jazz combo, but she said she has already grown to love playing with the combo and “trading fours.”

“One person plays four or eight bars and then the next person takes it,” Woodhouse said. “And you can imitate aspects of the other musician’s solo and add new things to it. Sometimes I get lost in my solo, but I know they have my back.”

The musicians have to work together to accentuate the sound of each individual

instrument in the midst of the rest of the combo.

“The longer you play together, the more you understand how others express themselves musically,” Savas said.

For all of their practice, Genuine Draft has only performed twice this semester, but Stieren doesn’t mind because for her, playing jazz is enjoyable in itself.

“It’s great to perform, but within the combos, even if we’re not performing, the time that we spend playing music together is valuable and is a worthwhile endeavour and experience in itself,” Stieren said. “Because in it, we’re learning and growing as musicians.”

helping little ones to understand this fact that we are storytellers, and that we are all involved in a story,” Kern said.

“It helps them find themselves and sit themselves into their own story, to think sequentially. It sparks their imaginations.”

These concepts, and the six convictions listed on their website, manifest themselves in physical form within the books themselves, as art.

“Our personal dispositions, as well as what we desire for the press, is not to be kitschy in its educational purposes,” Howard said. “Rather, to be very subtle and discreet. Mostly because we find that our own children select books that are lovely, beautiful to behold, rightly proportioned, a nice size, and not wonky. So when we watch them, we think, ‘that’s the way that we choose books too,’ so why don’t we make it beautiful and full of good content.”

This content, they said they believe, should be subtle, nuanced, and delightful to behold, but it should also teach.

“It’s not moral teaching like the book of virtues,” Howard said. “Rather, we want work that instructs by participating in it.”

Describing her newfound attentiveness to the content and production of children’s books since the birth of her son, William, Kern said she now wants to know what the author’s goal is.

“Now I read much more closely because I want to know what they’re getting at,” Kern said. “What are they telling my

Betsy Howard and Laura Kern founded the Wandeling Press, a publishing house through which they’re publishing their first book, “Woolies for Winter.” Here, each with her child, they hold “Wandeling” buttons. Sarah Gerber | Courtesy

child about the world, himself, the created order? Sometimes the illustrator is so desperate to hold the attention of the child that he’s resorted to these very garish tactics, like he’s aware that he’s competing with iPads and iPhones.”

Kern said they want to present a piece of work that presents simple beauty and teaches subtlety.

“They’re just purely simple, sweet, and lovely and that’s what we want with the illustrations as well,” she said.

“They will be light and visually arresting, but in a way that demands participation from the viewer.”

Part of the delight for all the people involved with Wandeling, they said, is the experience of working with friends and other great minds with similar visions.

“I think the main thing is that this is about creating

something beautiful with friends,” Gerber said. “To put something out there in the world. The opportunity to create something is such a great thing. The process of creating is so natural to being human.”

This vision for creation has been conveniently and pleasingly similar for Hoard and Kern, which has allowed for such a unified vision of a publishing house. This vision comes in part from their shared education at Hillsdale.

“I think the classical liberal arts obviously informed the way we approach many things — this commitment to beauty, this commitment to truth — not in an overt way, but in a nuanced way,” Howard said.

“But we don’t gain it in a way that makes us hoarders, rather, particularly as we transition into this maternal role, we have a great desire to steward what we have received and to

give it to our children, and to give it to them in forms that they can make sense of. I have a negative desire to sit down and to read the Nicomachean Ethics to my child. We invite them to participate with we’ve learned in accordance with their frame.”

The common approach to learning, beauty, and the world itself provided a path for the two to a shared goal and mutual encouragement.

“We are approaching the same goal from very compatible perspectives,” Kern said. “She has goals from the literary side, and I share those goals from a visual perspective. It’s been so much fun to work together and to encourage each other. We share so much as mothers, as believers, and as Hillsdale grads.”

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Wandeling Press: Alumnae wander into publishing By |Amanda Tindall Features Editor

For some graduates, the concept of working together with the dear friends made at Hillsdale seems unfeasible.

For Hillsdale alumnae Betsy Howard ’10 and Laura Kern ’12, however, their common ideas developed into a shared vision to found a publishing house for children’s books, entitled Wandeling Press.

Howard and Kern knew each other from afar as Hillsdale students, as they were several years apart.

This past year, Howard reached out to Kern about illustrating a children’s book Howard had authored.

Kern has an Etsy shop where she sells watercolor paintings.

“She sent me a number of stories and poems she had written, and asked me which ones sparked my imagination,” Kern said. “I passed that onto a children’s librarian friend of mine to see which storyline had the most potential.”

Midsummer 2015, the two began talking about the possibility of producing a book — that idea expanded into publishing.

“The original idea started as, ‘Let’s produce a book.’

The more we thought about publishing, the more we thought, ‘Well, if we’re going to produce a book — we’re Hillsdale grads, we don’t do anything half-way — why don’t we have a formal space to have the book,” Howard said.

The two then began sharing their ideas with other Hillsdale graduates.

“We learned that there were a number of other women both who were really artistically gifted as well as linguistically gifted, who have this desire to serve children in this way,” Howard said. “Right now, Wandeling Press will hopefully be the parent of this book, and then many others. But there are not formally, there’s just this one book in production.”

The publishing house then, will be a sort of collaboration for women who might not have a lot of time to publish a book alone, but who have ideas for books and illustration. The press would have both collaboration and encouragement.

Their first book centers around a particular season — winter. The story, “Woolies for the Winter,” tells of a hedgehog and a bunny and their adventures in getting

ready to play in the snow.

Kern noted that future books might include stories for the other seasons. Their love for, and awareness of children’s literature stems from their roles as both children and mothers.

“Both of our moms were incredible women and teachers who read voraciously to us when we were little girls,” Kern said. “What they were doing, as they were introducing to us world of literature, was so much more than just reading stories. They were forging our understanding of narrative at a very early age.”

For both mothers, this love and wonder of literature imported to them from their own mothers has become an infectious joy and delight as they share the same love with their children.

“As a mom myself, I’ve loved reading to my son, who is 14 months old, and it’s just a joy to see him engage with stories,” Kern said. “So many of the books I see in bookstores and libraries, I tend to avoid. The good far outweigh the bad, but there are several in which you can tell that the author is peddling a moral that I wouldn’t necessarily agree with.”

In September, the two contacted Sarah Gerber ’10 for her website design consulting and production of their Kickstarter video. Through a Kickstarter campaign, the team is gathering the funds for this endeavor. This video brought together many Hillsdale graduates and aimed at capturing the nature of Wandeling and “Woolies for the Winter.”

“I really wanted to capture Laura and Betsy and hearing their voice, so people can hear who they are and what they’re about,” Gerber said. “You see a little glimpse into their lives, and the part that is most connected to their project, which is their kids. I focused on that dynamic and relationship because that’s the basis of this story and their project.”

Howard and Kern described their vision as a publishing house that produces books for children that are pure and simple, sweet and good.

“Why we love to read good children’s literature and why we shudder at the bad is because they should be

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A portion of the design from Laura Kern and Betsy Howard’s website, designed by Howard and Sarah Gerber. Sarah Gerber | Courtesy

Genuine Draft and the beauty of genuine jazz By | Evan Carter Web Editor When performing jazz, musicians never quite know where the music will take them until they’re in the middle of it.

The flutist nears the end of the song and decides she’s explored every aspect of the solo she wanted to that night. She begins to play quieter as she finishes out the bar, signaling the next soloist to begin.

Jazz can be difficult to play and musicians must have a strong grasp of the music and the order in which the different instruments play. But what is the most challenging part of jazz also happens to be what gives it spontaneous flavor — instrumental solos.

“That’s where the freedom of jazz comes in because you don’t always know,” junior bassist Amelia Stieren said. “You might decide you wanted to solo longer, or shorter, but you don’t know until you’re already doing it.”

Stieren is the leader of the

Genuine Draft jazz combo, one of three combos in the Music Department’s jazz program. Before spring semester last year, Stieren had never played bass in a jazz combo. Head of the Jazz Program Chris McCourry calls her “fearless.”

Also in the combo is sophomore Stephen Savas on drums, freshman Quinn Reichard on piano in the “rhythm section,” sophomore Heather Woodhouse on flute, junior Eric Wert on alto saxophone, and senior Emma Takach on vocals.

The group meets twice a week to practice, once with just the combo, and the other with McCourry.

“He gives us a lot of tips and sometimes says, ‘hey, you should do this,’ but also we can choose our songs,” Stieren said. “There’s a good balance with that.”

McCourry sometimes has the combo play one section of a jazz song again and again for an hour in order for the group to get a specific aspect of the song just right.

“When it comes down to it, they’re practicing performing in class,” McCourry said. “The students have to learn how to recover. What do you do when the bass player get’s off on the changes? How do you cue everyone to get back on without the audience knowing you made a mistake?”

According to McCourry, as the combo practices every week, he can hear the music bring out the players’ personalities.

“Some people put up a front of being very quiet and maybe that’s their defense,” McCourry said.

“But when they have to play, and it has got to come from within, it’s really something.”

Stieren is thankful that the musicians can push their artistic limits in the combos.

“What’s great about the Hillsdale jazz department is that it’s a safe place to put yourself out there,” she said.

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The Genuine Draft Jazz Combo is one of the three jazz combos in the Music Department.

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Mattie Vander Bleek By | Zoe Harness

How would you define your style in three words?

Librarian/young professional.

Where do you shop In my housemates’ (and even my Mom’s) closets.

Who is your fashion icon?

Cruella de Vil. What is your favorite item of clothing?

My miraculous medal ring.

What is on your fashion wish list?

A black turtleneck.

What do you consider to be fashion?

Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines fashion as: the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time.” I would agree with that.

Zoe Harness | Collegian

Zoe Harness | Collegian