Call and go no more Hilsdale’s only taxi service, Call and Go Now, may go out of business next month, after the company’s insurance more than doubled in price. A6
Commemorating the Civil War Senior Hailey Morgan constructed an exhibit showcasing Hillsdale College’s role in the Civil War. B4
The art of Churchill The British statesman’s paintings are on display in the Daughtrey Art Gallery. B1 Hillsdale College is building Christ Chapel between the Grewockc Student Union and the Dow Leadership Center. The groundbreaking ceremony is set for April 6. Sheila Butler | Courtesy
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Chapel groundbreaking scheduled for April By | Breana Noble News Editor
After four years of planning and fundraising, Hillsdale College is finally ready to break ground on the construction of Christ Chapel on April 6 following spring convocation. “The groundbreaking will be a celebration of the original and connected purposes of our college — civil and religious freedom, high learning, and the Christian faith,” President Larry Arnn said in a campus-wide email announcing the ceremony. “Celebrating the groundbreaking at convocation is particularly fitting, as the building will supply a beautiful site for that ceremony.” The college recently reached $24 million in pledges and cash for the project, surpassing the $23.8 million it wanted prior to beginning construction on what is to become one of the most significant buildings on campus, Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé said. He said
he hopes the college will have the entire $28.6 million by this time next year. “We will continue to work to raise the remaining amount needed for the building and the operating endowment,” Péwé said in an email. The groundbreaking at the site of the future chapel between the Grewcock Student Union and the Dow Leadership Center will occur after the 11 a.m convocation at College Baptist Church, starting the two-year construction. With room for up to 1,400 people, the chapel will provide space for convocations; orchestral, choir, and other large music performances; major lectures; and commencement, if needed. “The chapel will leaven all the central purposes of the college,” Provost David Whalen said in an email. “It will be a place set aside for prayer and worship, it will bring the college together for learned reflection, it will be a home
ple’s donations have supported the effort, Jack and Jo Babbitt, who suggested the name Christ Chapel for the building, led the initiative, donating the original $12 million, after visiting campus and hearing of the college’s future plans to build a chapel. “It was interesting to me to think that as you look at the campus, you didn’t see the prominence of a place to worship where they could go and just have a quiet meditation time with the Lord,” Jo Babbitt said in a promotional video about the chapel project. “To me, the future is now.” Duncan Stroik, professor of architecture at Notre Dame University and 2016 Arthur Ross Award for architecture done in the classical tradition, designed the 27,000-squareEarly American churches — including King’s Chapel in Boston, St. foot chapel. He has received Paul’s Chapel in New York City, and Christ Church in Philadelphia awards for his designs of Our — inspired the design of Christ Chapel, architect Duncan Stroik Lady of the Most Holy Trinity said. Sheila Butler | Courtesy for music in both prayer and so much, and this is one of the Chapel in Santa Paula, Califorperformance, and it represents reasons the chapel should be so nia,and the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Lathe gratitude of a people who beautiful and so central.” are free. Few things bespeak Although thousands of peo- Crosse, Wisconsin.
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Brexit’s Nigel Farage to speak on Monday By | Philip H. DeVoe City News Editor
Senior Caleb Gatchell broke the school record in the men’s mile this weekend, with a time of 4:06.31, at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational. With this performance, Gatchell earned the 14th spot on the national list. See story A10 Evan Carter | Collegian
Stroik said he wanted the chapel to be a “cousin” to Central Hall, balancing its Italianate architecture with the colonial styles of early American churches that heavily influenced the designs for the inside of the building. One such inspiration was Christ Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the Founding Fathers worshipped during the Continental Congress. “We wanted to create an architectural constitution by looking back and finding those principles that are timeless and true,” Stroik said. Even the location harkens to the founding period, Stroik said. Although he and the college contemplated many different locations, they decided upon completing the fourth, far side of the Quad. When laying out the University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson built the most prominent building on campus, which held a library and classrooms, at the end of a Quad.
Nigel Farage, the former leader of the U.K. Independence Party and the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union, will speak on the growing international populist movement Monday at Hillsdale College. “Mr. Farage is a great champion of independence and has fought the centralized bureaucratic state for a long time,” Matt Bell, director of programs for external affairs, said in an email. “In that sense, he defends the same liberty, albeit in a different geographic location, that Hillsdale seeks to defend.” During his first visit to Hillsdale, Farage will deliver a talk titled “The Significance of Brexit and the Trump Victory” at 8 p.m. in the Searle Center for the college’s Churchill Conference, which is centered around the exhibition of the Churchill paintings and mem-
orabilia in the Daughtrey Gallery. Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn said he is personally interested in the connection between former Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the European Union. “Churchill helped to found the EU. Because of that, he was used extensively by the Remain campaign,” Arnn said in an email. “In several things I read, they did not make plain that Churchill did not propose that Britain enter the EU, or the Common Market, nor did he imagine it having the scope it achieved.” Assistant Professor of Politics John Grant agreed, saying Churchill would not have opposed relationships with other countries but would disagree with the role and size of the EU today. “The EU is hostile to Europe,” Grant said. “Brussels [the headquarters of the EU], like Washington, D.C., is not
there to serve the people it represents.” Some have linked the populist revolutions central to President Donald Trump’s victory and Britain’s decision to leave the EU, especially because of Trump and Farage’s close relationship. Nigel Farage, who led the movement for the D u r i n g United Kingdom to leave the European Union, is the 2016 speaking at Hillsdale College on Monday. Gage Skidmore | Flickr U.S. presidential race and since Trump’s spoke in support of Farage beelection, Farage has voiced coming the British ambassador support for Trump, saying he to the U.S., after his election. would have voted for Trump, “I think he’s a great guy, has if he were a U.S. citizen. After very interesting thoughts, and Trump’s victory, Farage was the seems like a man of action, and first British politician to visit that’s what we need,” said freshTrump in his eponymous New man George Roberts, who is York City tower, and Trump f r o m See Farage A2
Society holding 1,844-minute fundraiser By | Thomas Novelly Editor-in-Chief Hillsdale’s 1844 Society is challenging students to raise thousands of dollars for scholarships in just 30 hours starting Thursday and Friday, with its first-ever campus fundraising campaign. “This campaign is not about the college asking Hillsdale students for their money to be put into a general fund,” 1844 Society President senior Mariah Hardy said. “This is about reminding ourselves of what we love about Hillsdale and pondering how we can give back to our peers to ensure that the next generation of Hillsdale students can graduate.” By asking students to doFollow @HDaleCollegian
nate in amounts of $2, $5, $10, and $18.44, members said they hope to raise enough to finance four Ransom Dunn scholarships. Four seniors this year benefit from these need-based scholarships. Bonnie Hough ’84 and her husband, David, have pledged $100,000 to the campaign, and members of the 1844 Society said they want to match the amount. Starting with a social media campaign and online giving at noon on Thursday, 50 students will post pictures and statuses with #payitforward and #1844ever to raise awareness for the 1,844-minute event, in addition to pledging money themselves. Then, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, members of the 1844 Society will collect
online and cash donations in are the Class of 2017 officers. the Grewcock Student Union. Senior Class President Jacob Among the 50 student ad- Thackston said he is eager to help his peers. “That is what’s so great about the Ransom Dunn scholarship,” Thackston said. “It’s a way to help other students stay here and benefit from this great education.” Director of the 1844 Society Colleen McGinness said there isn’t a set goal for the fundraiser but that she is hoping to at least match the $5,000 raised for the Ransom Dunn scholarship last year. “We have a participation goal of 13 percent,” McGinness said. “It sounds small, but only 13 percent of students gave last vocates who will post on social year over the entire academic media and pledging money year. If 13 percent of students
“Most students can give something, even if it’s $5 and they sacrifice a latte that week.”
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give in one 30-hour period, that will be a great success.” Givecampus.com, a crowdfunding website, will allow students to see the fundraising happen in real time. As an incentive, student advocates who donate money and encourage their peers to do likewise will have the chance to win prizes, including a $100 bookstore gift card, $100 Amazon gift card, and an iPad Mini. Members of the 1844 Society said they know it’s not easy for college kids to give money, but McGinness said she’s hopeful with the social media outreach and the incentive of prizes that students will find a reason to participate. “College kids’ pockets are not deep,” McGinness said.
“But, most students can give something, even if it’s $5 and they sacrifice a latte that week. We are wildly blessed by thousands of people around the country who are giving to afford this kind of an education for every student here at Hillsdale.” For Thackston, it’s more than just being thankful for a Hillsdale education, he said; it’s also about creating lifelong stewards of the college. “One of our big duties as senior class officers is to engage the seniors not just now but also give as alumni,” Thackston said. “The students who will be most engaged after graduation are the ones that give.”
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