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President Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran Addresses Kalamazoo College Students

By Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran President

Dear Students: Welcome to the 2010-11 academic year. It is great to have the sophomores, juniors and seniors back on campus and we are delighted to welcome our first-year class of approximately 343 students who hail from 23 states and 19 countries. We also welcome 15 transfer students and 24 visiting international students. I hope this is a rewarding and challenging year for all of you.

Kalamazoo College is more diverse today than at any time in its history. The student body reflects economic, ethnic, gender, geographic, national, racial, and religious diversity. What an unparalleled

opportunity for learning this diversity affords!! It also requires that each of us develops an attitude of openness and respect for different perspectives. Let us embrace this openness in classrooms and in the residence halls. We have much to learn from one another. At Kalamazoo College we have the unique opportunity to model the type of inclusive, just and compassionate community we hope to see in the world.

Let’s get to work at it!!

Within the next few weeks I am sure you will have an opportunity to meet the many faculty and staff who have arrived at K. Among the many new faces on campus I am very pleased to welcome Dr. Jaime Grant,

Dean Westfall Welcomes Students Back to Campus

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By Sarah Westfall Dean of Students elcome to the 2010-2011 academic year! The start of the year has its own special energy and I have been enjoying every bit of it. I love seeing returning students and hearing about their summer activities, their SIP plans, and how it feels to have another year of K experience under their belts. It has been fun to meet our new students, too. Orientation Week was full of activities, some of which were new this year – Playfair in the gym and the Glowtastic Dance Party in Hicks, to name two – and some that every student on campus would recognize.

Interesting things lie ahead of us this year – we’ll be finalizing our new calendar to take effect next fall, we will enjoy having over 60 new international students on campus in addition to more than a dozen new transfer See WESTFALL, Page 3

FEATURES A look at a local Kalamazoo business

executive director of the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership (ACSJL).

Dr. Grant is eager to make connections with students, faculty and staff.

I encourage you to stop by the Center to meet her and the other ACSJL staff: Donna Lartigue and Andrew Tyner K’09.

How to Change the World Axed, Building Blocks Transferred

By Ian Flanagan Staff Writer The Anthropology/Sociology (ANSO) department made the decision over summer break to eliminate retired Kalamazoo College Professor Kim Cummings’ “How to Change the World” (HTCTW) class from the its course offering, confirmed Provost Michael McDonald and ANSO department Chair Kiran Cunningham. During the same time period, Cummings arranged to teach his “Building Blocks” class—which he taught out of his retirement at K for the past three years, but was removed from the curriculum for this school year—at Western Michigan University’s (WMU) College of Social Work this academic year, Cummings said.

Cummings said that he had taught both of those classes once a year at K (HTCTW Winter Quarter, Building Blocks Spring Quarter) as a condition of his early retirement agreement with the college, which he negotiated with former Provost Gregory Moller at the end of the 2006-07 academic year. When Moller raised the issue that he could not guarantee funds to pay Cummings the standard $3000 per-class salary of an adjunct professor, Cummings elected to teach HTCTW unpaid and to receive compensation for Building Blocks only through a grant that provided part of the operating budget for the class. Cummings said this agreement was to last five academic years.

FEATURES A word from Student Commission President, Alex Morgan pg. 5

At K we encourage you to become engaged on campus and in the c o m m u n i t y.

T h a t engagement also entails participation in the electoral process.

If you are new on campus and have not Photo/Kelsey Nuttall yet done so, I encourage you to register to vote if you are See PRESIDENT Page 5

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Cummings also said that the ANSO department had the authority to withdraw its support for the classes if it saw fit, but he said he was “so confident that [he] had the department’s support,” and he had not expected the end of his retired teaching at K after only three years.

Provost McDonald said that the college agreed to let Kim keep teaching courses at K if the ANSO department “needed and wanted those courses to be taught.”

The decision to remove Building Blocks (shorthand for the ANSO224 “Neighborhood Organizing Practicum” course) from K’s curriculum after the end of the 2009-10 academic generated a “large campus See BUILDING BLOCKS Page 3

SPORTS Fall Season Kick-off Update pg. 8

on the quad | The Index, September 22, 2010

Small Campus, Big Questions

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Luis Basurto-Jimenez Year: Sophomore Hometown: Kalamazoo, Michigan Major: Biology with a concentration in Health Studies

Hello Readers!

Welcome to the 2010/2011 school year! We’re excited to be back on campus, and excited to be bringing you your student newspaper! We hope to hold the paper up to your standards, covering campus’ happenings as the year progresses (they do that.)

We aim to bring you campus news that is truly reflective of K’s growth and changes as they occur. This year, we also want to help to try and break our ever-present K bubble, with features from students studying broad and a column about the people and places within the city of Kalamazoo.

Most importantly, though, we want to present articles you want to read. We hope to learn from and with you as a community. We want great things to write about, Kalamazoo: Give us what you’ve got! Send us your ideas.

Stop by a meeting (Sundays at 7 p.m. in the Index Office Hicks 116) or layout (Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. in the Index Office). Write an OpEd. Shoot us an e-mail (index@kzoo. edu).What’s the low down, Kalamazoo?

Have a fantastic year!

Looking forward,

If you could have dinner with anyone – dead or alive – who would it be?

Papa bear Colbert! He is my idol.

What’s your favorite word and why?

‘Lugubrious’ because I always want to use it in name games but have never known the definition, so I don’t.

Cupcakes or brownies?

Cupcakes because they don’t have to be completely chocolate.

If you could design a class, what would it be on?

Lolcatz. I spend most of my time laughing at them, why not study them too?

Is it can be hugz tiem nao pleez?

What’s your most memorable K College experience?

Fighting off an angry pizza delivery guy after a friend did not tip him, first day of school.

-Mae Newnum K’11

Kelsey Nuttall and Mae Newnum

THE INDEX Executive Editors Mae Newnum Kelsey Nuttall

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Building Blocks Adopted by Western Michigan University, Service Learning Continued from page 1

conversation” during Spring Quarter of last year, said Provost McDonald.

Cummings said that he waited until late Spring Quarter to tell his students the news about Building Blocks because he believed the course could be housed as either a class within the HDSR major or as a practicum course within the Philosophy Department. The HDSR Board decided not to house the course, however. Professor Chris Latiolais expressed interest in coteaching the course with Cummings in the Philosophy Department as an ethics practicum class, which would not count towards the Philosophy major, but departmental resources limitations could not allow that possibility.

President of Kalamazoo College Student Commission Alexander Morgan K’11 recalled the mood on Monday of ninth week last Spring Quarter when Cummings announced the likely end of Building Blocks at K to his current and former students: “We were very upset. We strategized and were ready to mobilize” to try to earn a place for Building Blocks in the 2010-11 curriculum.

According to Morgan, the coalition of students created a ‘Save Building Blocks’ Facebook group; wrote a petition for students and community members to sign; attempted to arrange meetings with

the Provost McDonald, ANSO department Chair Cunningham, and President WilsonOyelaran (the president chose not to meet with students); contacted the college’s alumni to email their concerns to the provost; petitioned the Board of Trustees (who refrained from taking a stance in the controversy); and held a rally in Red Square. Alumna of both Building Blocks and HTCTW Rebecca Cummins-Lanter K’13 said the struggle was “exhausting and frustrating.”

Many students took part in the campaign motivated by the hope that, as Nicole Allman K’13 said, “if any class could save itself, it was Building Blocks” because students in that course had spent a quarter taking part in an intensive community organizing project. But after the administration upheld its decision to end Building Blocks at K, a student of Cummings’ class, who chose not to be named, said that he “was appalled by the school’s apparent lack of interest in what the student body wanted.”

Since then, Cummings has secured a position to teach Building Blocks as an upper-level course at WMU. He said that his class would be held in the “Summer One” block at WMU from May 9 to June 29, 2011. According to Provost McDonald, in theory K students could most likely

sign up for the class through the college’s inter-institutional registration policy with WMU. The schedule could pose a problem for K students, however, and it would be up to individual departments and majors whether they would accept the credit students earned.

Cummings said WMU was “delighted to have the course” in its School of Social Work and that “WMU’s readiness confirms [his] believes in Building Blocks as a worthwhile program.” He also said that there would likely be an attempt to recruit volunteers at K for the next few years. After a few years, however, there would no longer be any K students who had taken Building Blocks on campus, which could impede volunteer recruiting at the college.

According to Cummings, HTCTW was “not initially an object of controversy” at the time of the ‘Save Building Blocks’ movement. Cummings expressed the belief that he had been given authorization to teach HTCTW in the Winter Quarters of the 2010-11 and 2011-12 academic years.

ANSO department Chair Cunningham and Provost McDonald contradicted Cummings, stating that neither the ANSO department nor the Provost’s Office had given any active approval for HTCTW to continue at K after the end of the

last academic year. The Provost called Cummings’ relationship with the college a “year by year” agreement and said that Cummings may have mistaken a lack of discussion about HTCTW for active approval by his office.

The administration decided to remove HTCTW from the curriculum in early summer 2010, when the ANSO department and the Provost’s Office met to discuss the matter and decided that they no longer needed Cummings “to teach any of his previous courses” said the provost.

ANSO department Chair Cunningham said the department was moving forward and it “made sense to go ahead and make the break.” She said that the department finally had its allocated five tenure-track professors for the first time in several years, including a “new constellation” of three faculty members hired within the last three years. She pointed to several servicelearning courses to be taught in the ANSO department this year—including “Class, Status, and Power” taught by recent hire Maksim Kokushkin—and several more which would be taught within the next few years.

Cummings said that each servicelearning course is unique and that the end of his classes at K marked an ultimate loss for students.

WESTFALL: Dean of Students Looks Forward at Another Academic Year at Kalamazoo College Continued from page 1

students, and we’ll begin to see the benefits of our new student activities fee. We’ll also begin our decennial process of assessing the work of the College as part of our reaccreditation process. As always, I’m eagerly anticipating the many cultural events and performances to come, as well as watching our Hornet athletes in action. We continue to build the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, and I look forward to many interesting projects emanating from there. I anticipate that many other things will develop to make the year interesting, too, in both joyful and challenging ways.

I am mindful that a new year can be approached in many ways, whether it’s an academic year, a

new calendar year, or a new year of life (Happy Birthday!). If we’re honest, we never really know what’s coming, so in the face of that inherent uncertainty what do we do? I just finished watching the most recent season of Top Chef, so a gastronomic simile comes to mind. The coming year might be like a meal with many courses, some of which are familiar and some of which are not. I know who some of the “cooks” will be (my family, friends, colleagues, my own habits and preferences), but not others (unexpected circumstances, new issues, people I do not yet know). I know that I’ll love some of the food, and will discover things that don’t suit my tastes.

The uncertainty of life, and

of a meal in a new place, can lead to some anxiety about what will happen. Will this be a good year for me academically? Will I have a healthy and meaningful social and personal life? Will I find some decent vegetarian food?

Can I find a dessert that includes chocolate? It (the uncertainty) also creates an element of surprise –happy accidents that lead you to people and opportunities that, in retrospect, you could not have imagined your life without. Challenges that help you become a better person, coincidences that cause you to marvel at the universe, desserts that include double portions of dark chocolate.

I feel both the anxieties and appreciation for the surprises of

the coming year. I care a great deal about students being safe and healthy, and this is the single biggest anxiety I have. I have very little control over decisions students make that impact their well being, and absolutely no control over the physical and psychological challenges some of them will face. Even so, this is an abiding concern I have every day that students are on campus.

Simultaneously, I love the fact that I will get to know some familiar faces much better this year, I will get to know new faces this year, and that I will spend a lot of time laughing and smiling about and with students. While living with the anxiety, I trust in the potential for happy surprises, and in the promise of the new

year.

Here is wishing each of you the best year at K that you can imagine. I hope it is full of things that challenge your heart and mind, full of wonderful old and new friendships, and gives you ample opportunity to think about who you are becoming and what you wish to do with your time. Enjoy the parts of the year that are easily predictable, and have patience with those things that are unknown. Be open to the happy surprises that come with uncertainty, and have faith in your ability to find your way through the challenges, too. I stumble onto great cooks, delicious vegetarian food, and good chocolate desserts more often than not. I hope that you will too.

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At Home in the World: Broad Experiences: India with Britta

By Britta Seifert Staff Writer

I managed to make it one month in India before stepping in cow poop I considered that to be pretty good, considering that the streets are filled with hundreds of cows, ambling through traffic, rooting through garbage and leaving their wastes behind them.

Cows are just one of the many factors that make walking down the streets of Varanasi, India a sometimes frustrating but endlessly fascinating experience. Rickshaw drivers harass me for business, children call out “Hallo!” and groups of young men laugh at me and make comments to each other. Men gather to talk and drink tea at chai stalls. Women in bright saris carry bundles on their heads. While riding in a rickshaw a few weeks ago, during an important day of Ramadan, I was stopped in traffic for several minutes because the

street was filled with hundreds of white-clad, praying Muslim men. Sometimes I have to jump out of the path of stampeding water buffalo. There’s always the weight of the humidity, the smell of street food, and the mingling exhaust fumes of auto rickshaws, motorcycles and cars that I can feel in my lungs and my pores.

When I told my Indian friends that I was going to live in Varanasi, I got the kind of reaction many Americans might give if someone announced they were going to live in Gary, Indiana. They tried to be polite about it, but it was obvious they weren’t too enthusiastic.

They described it as “very backwards,” a difficult city to live in - and, after two months here, I don’t deny it. The electricity goes out regularly, sometimes for up to twenty hours a day. Traffic is chaos - a product of narrow streets, overpopulation, modern vehicles and unenforced (or perhaps nonexistent) traffic laws. It’s crowded. It’s dirty. It smells bad.

It’s India.

In the moments when I feel the most frustrated or overwhelmed, I remind myself of just that: it’s India.

And for this crazy little snippet of my life, I live here. I live in a city where Hindu pilgrims bathe in the Ganga River after traveling hundreds of miles on foot and saving money their whole lives. I live in a city where families of monkeys swoop down from the rooftops to

“So what if it’s hot, or if I always feel vaguely sick, or if I have to live half a year without feta cheese?”

rob banana stands. I live in a city where Muslim women, without showing an inch of skin, swerve through the streets on motorcycles. So what if it’s hot, or if I always feel vaguely sick, or if I have to live half a year without

Photos/Britta Seifert

feta cheese? No five months of my life will ever be like this.

It’s hard to believe, but before Fall Quarter even begins at K, I will be halfway done with study abroad.

I’ve seen the Taj Mahal, made Indian friends, eaten more dal than I care to recall, watched the sun set and rise over the Ganga River and learned some Hindi. It hasn’t been easy - and that probably won’t change - but I wouldn’t want it any other way.

Student Commission President Alex Morgan Discusses the Coming Year

By Alexander Morgan Student Commission President

Here we are again. Another summer has ended, another first-year class has joined us, another junior class has embarked on an incredible journey, and another senior class prepares for one final year on our fair Arcadian hill. As far as tradition is concerned, it is my role to address you at the beginning of each quarter of the school year, and I am excited and humbled to have the opportunity to do so.

To our first-year students, I ask that you get involved on campus. Whether it is joining a student organization, learning about a Guild, volunteering through the Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Center for Service-Learning, or running for a position on our Student Commission, there are so many ways for you to find your niche here at K. One of the unique characteristics of our campus is that we

rely so heavily on the involvement of first-years and sophomores to run our student organizations.

By the end of your sophomore year, you will have spent more consecutive quarters on campus than anyone else. View this as an advantage, as it means you have the power to shape student opinion more than anyone else.

To our sophomores, juniors, and seniors, I ask that you engage the first-year class and take them under your wing. As student organization leaders, I ask that you be welcoming toward them.

As peers, I ask that you advise them when they require that institutional knowledge that comes with age. You know what it is like to come to K and instantly feel overwhelmed by everything that needs to be accomplished. Make it your job to lessen the stress level on campus.

As for Student Commission, our main objective this year will be fighting for continued transparency with regard to campus policy.

First and foremost, we will be looking at the proposed Angell Field project that the Board of Trustees will review this October. To go forward with the project as planned would be a financial disaster, and would result in more cuts to our operating budget. Regardless of how we make up that shortfall—whether it is a tuition increase or further cuts to departments—I find the results highly objectionable.

Additionally, we will be looking at our ongoing commitment to sustainability. This means ensuring that any new building projects meet LEED standards, and looking at ways we can lessen our carbon footprint through the use of

solar panels and other measures.

As always, we will continue working closely with the Office of Student Development to ensure social policies and their respective punishments are fairly implemented and executed. We will also continue our work to make student organization budgeting as smooth as possible.

Expect and demand your Student Commission to be proactive this year. If you have any concerns, please let us know and we will work to find you a resolution. This job is never easy, but it is my promise to you that I will be a fighter for your best interests. I hope you’ll join me in that fight.

In leadership, Alex Morgan President, Student Commission

FEATURES | The Index, September 22 , 2010

Breaking the Bubble:

No Holes In Sweetwater’s Donut Sales

By Elaine Ezekiel Staff Writer Part mom-and-pop pastry shop, part 24-hour diner, and part nationally acclaimed gourmet sensation; Sweetwater’s Donuts Mill’s sales defy the sickly Michigan economy. Offering 24/7 access to fresh doughnuts at low cost has proved lucrative for the local business.

Since the Garner Family opened the Stadium Drive location in 1983, they set up additional shops on Sprinkle Road and in Battle Creek.

Lingering old timers, busy families and giddy college students converge on Sweetwater’s for one (or twelve) of the Mill’s pastries.

Stadium Drive store manager Josh Miller has worked for Sweetwater’s since 1997 when he started as a baker while attending Western Michigan University.

Miller said that the staff creates the celebrated doughnut flavors.

“For example,” he said, “Carmel Apple we got from one of our old managers who went to a fair, and he thought that that would be a good combination for a doughnut.” Snickers, New York Cheesecake, Boston Crème, Apple Crumb, and Bear Claw are just a few of their 55 doughnut varieties.

Sweetwater’s Donut Mill is no stranger to the demands of K College patrons. “They come in get all different kinds,” Miller said, “Reese’s doughnuts are especially popular with the girls.”

For the purists, like counter worker Ruth Oldford, Sweetwater’s also offers a classic glazed doughnut with a cup of hot coffee.

Keeping their doors open all day, everyday challenges the Mill to offer a constant supply of warm doughnuts.

Miller calls the baking method a long process. “There are only two or three hours a day that we’re not actually making them,” he said. One shift of bakers comes in at two in the afternoon and stays until midnight, and the other shift takes over at three in the morning and bakes until noon.

For their hard work and sacrificed sleeping schedule, S w eetw ater ’s bakers have garnered the bakery national attention.

A m e r i c a Online and MSN City Guide listed Sweetwater ’s doughnuts among the dozen best in America.

Saveur Magazine also ranked the Mill’s sweets as one of the 100 best food finds in the nation. To sweeten the deal, individual doughnuts are 84 cents each, a half-dozen is $4.39 and a dozen doughnuts only costs $7.09.

Doughnuts aren’t the healthiest snack option, but U.S. News and World Report suggests that in tough economic times, vices are recession-proof. Miller confirmed the doughnut shop’s success, despite the country’s financial troubles.

“We’ve actually turned more than a 9% sales increase since the economic downturn,” he said, “It really hasn’t slowed us down at all.”

Looking back, Miller is proud of how Sweetwater’s Donut Mill has grown.

To best serve everyone from church gatherings to college students with some late-night munchies, the Stadium Drive location pumps out 9,600 pastries a day.

“We have a very unique and friendly atmosphere,” he said, “and we’re able to cater to every kind of client.”

Photo/Elaine Ezekiel

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PRESIDENT: It’s a New Year Continued from page 1

eligible. The deadline is October 4. (Information and forms are available in the College Post Office in Hicks Center.)

Do not be fooled. This may be a mid-term election, but the outcome is extremely important. A new governor will be elected in Michigan. The shape of the US Senate and the composition of House of Representatives will be determined.

Register and vote on November 2.

As the year begins, I encourage you to take advantage of all K has to offer. Go to a game, enjoy the Hicks Center, find a special spot in Upjohn Library Commons, join a Guild, see a play, get involved in service learning, take a faculty member to lunch, and embrace the academic challenges with enthusiasm.

I would also ask you to both sustain and protect our campus environment. Both the upper and lower quads are beautiful campus spaces. The Facilities Management grounds crew and student staff work diligently to maintain the quads. Please do your part. Protect their beauty by using the walkways.

Welcome back. Best wishes for a wonderful year.

Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran President

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Stay Up Late with the Zoo After Dark Saturday Nights The Hicks Student Center will be a Buzz every Saturday night with a variety of activities for K Students. This week, don’t miss Cirque du Karnival featuring performances by Cirque du K, carnival games with fun prizes, free food including funnel cake sticks, cirque workshops (learn to juggle), crafts and more.

The Zoo After Dark will run every Saturday night and will always include free food and video games. Check out the “Chill Zone” in the Banquet Hall for crafts and other snacks as well as fun interactive games. Special performances and events will be held several times a quarter and will feature activities

The New Office of Student Involvement contains all of the following sections: Hicks Student Center, Campus Events, Student Commission, Student Activities Committee, Leadership Programming, and Student Organizations. The title change, according to Kate Leishman, Assistant Director of Student Activities, was meant to reflect the broad scope of programs the department encompasses.

like laser tag (1/22/11), dueling pianos live show (1/8/11), live band karaoke (3/12/11), and ThinkFast! (10/9/10), an interactive game show featuring a $200 top prize. We will also have a Freestyle Video Dance Competition (4/2/11) to kick off spring quarter. Start practicing your moves now!

Zoo After Dark events will begin at 9 pm every Saturday night and end at 12 am. Events are free with K College Student ID and are open to all students.

This series is sponsored by The Office of Student Involvement. For a full schedule, visit our website at www.kzoo.edu/ studentinvolvement.

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New Series Helps K Students Unwind The Office of Student Involvement is excited to premier a new series this fall.

Wind Down Wednesdays will take place on Wednesday nights from 6-8 pm in the Richardson Room in Hicks. Events will feature a combination of live music performances, crafts, and stress relieving activities. There will also be a limited edition travel coffee mug that can be won at events over the next few weeks that will get you free drip coffee and soft drinks during the program.

This week, enjoy a Kreative Korner event that will help you decorate your new digs with “Rock Your Room” crafts. Next week, we will be offering free chair massages and live music by Selin Oner. The following week, check out the music of Valerie Custer, an up and coming singer/

songwriter who is currently on a college and university tour around the country.

Upcoming events will include performances by Maggie McClure and Shannon Curtis who have both recently had music featured on MTV’s “The Hills” and Andrew Belle who is garnering nationwide airplay including Chicago’s WXRT and Los Angeles’ KCRW. We will also feature K musicians, astrology and tarot card readings, henna tattoos and more.

Visit the Office of Student Involvement website (www.kzoo.edu/studentinvolvement) for events schedules and more information on this new series.

All Student Involvment information, infographics and advertisements provided by Kate Leishman,, Assistant Director of Student Activities

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Fall Sports Seasons Begin with Varied Success

By Mae Newnum Executive Editor Throughout the month of September, while many of K’s students were preparing to return to campus and trying to enjoy the last few moments of summer, K’s fall athletes were working and competing hard.

The men and women’s soccer, volleyball, football, men and women’s golf, and cross country seasons all began early September.

The men’s soccer team (2-2) had their first game on Sept. 3, 2010 against University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a score of 2-0. Case Western Reserve University at Ohio Northern then defeated the Hornets the next week with a score of 1-0. The Hornets defeated Hanover College with a score of 2-1 in the last few moments of the game on Sept. 11. On Saturday, the Hornets were home at K and defeated Calumet College with a score of 3-2 in overtime.

The women’s soccer team (3-4-1) began their season with shutouts against Elmhurst College and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology on Sept. 4 and 5 respectively. Megan Martinez K’13 was named MIAA Defensive Player of the Week because of her performance in the first two games. On Wednesday, Sept. 8, women’s soccer tied at 0-0 against Augustana in

Illinois. In the following two games, Sept. 10 at Ohio Northern and Sept. 11 at Otterbein, the Hornets were shutout. They were back at home for their next match, a home victory against Davenport University.

On Saturday, the women’s soccer team was shutout at the University of Chicago. They were defeated again at Carroll University in Wisconsin on Sunday.

The volleyball team (7-5, 3-2 MIAA) opened their season with wins over BaldwinWallace and Franklin in the opening round of the Green Horney Invitational, held at K, on Sept. 3. They finished the tournament with two loses the next day (Anderson and Olivet). Colleen Leonard K’12 was named to the All-Tournament Team because of her performance. In their MIAA opener, the Hornets were defeated by Alma College in three close sets on Sept. 7. On Sept.

10, the Hornets defeated Adrian College at K in three sets. The team then defeated Trine University in five sets on Sept. 11.

In their next match at Hope on Sept. 14, Kalamazoo lost in three matches. The Hornets defeated North Park University on Sept. 17 in 4 sets. The next day, the Hornets lost 3-1 against Wheaton College and beat Illinois Wesleyan University in five sets at the Wheaton Tournament. On

Tuesday, Sept. 21, Kalamazoo beat Saint Mary’s College in 4 sets.

The football team (0-3) had its season opener at K on Sept. 4. The team lost 30-28 to Bluffton University The next week, still at home, the team lost 27-10 to Manchester College. The Hornets were defeated by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology with a score of 41-17 last Saturday.

The men’s golf team has competed at 4 MIAA Jamboree. The first, on Sept. 9, was held at Bedford Valley and the team came in seventh out of eight schools. The Hornets then came in last at the second

Photo courtesy of Ellen Hallgren

jamboree held on Sept. 15 at Albion. The men’s golf team finished in eighth again at the MIAA Jamboree held at Trine University on Sept. 18. On Sept. 21, the team came in eighth at the jamboree held at Milham Park in Kalamazoo.

The women’s golf team has finished in ninth place in the two MIAA Jamborees held so far. The first was held on Sept. 11 at Alma and the second was on Sept. 14 at Calvin.

On Sept. 11, both men and women’s cross country teams came in eighth at the GLCA Championships at Ohio Wesleyan.

Sports Schedule September 22-28

September 22

Men’s Soccer vs. Olivet 4:00 p.m.

September 24

Volleyball at Albion 6:30 p.m.

September 24-25

Women’s Golf at Olivet Invitational September 24-27

Men’s Tennis hosts USTA/ITA Central Championships September 25

Volleyball vs. Olivet 11:00 a.m.

Cross Country at MIAA Jamboree 11:00

a.m.

Men’s Golf at Adrian 1:00 p.m.

Women’s Soccer at Kenyon 2:30 p.m.

Men’s Soccer at Alma 2:30 p.m.

Football at Benedictine, Ill. 7:30 p.m.

September 27

Men’s Golf at Hope 1:00 p.m.

September 28

Men’s Soccer vs. Calvin 4:00 p.m.

Photo Courtesy of Alex Noble

Photo Courtesy of Linda McCarthy