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Despite the rainy, chilly
weather, homecoming weekend
2014 came to a successIul fnale
on Saturday aIter a Spirit Week
Iull oI student and alumni com-
petitions and events.
Simpson Residence won the
overall Spirit Week competition
Ior the Iourth year in a row, with
Chi Omega sorority taking sec-
ond place and NiedIeldt Resi-
dence winning third. Chi Omega
and NiedIeldt were also the frst
and second place champions oI
Saturday night`s Mock Rock
dance party, the last oI the Spirit
Week competitions. Earlier in
the day, seniors Spencer Bell
and Morgan Delp were crowned
homecoming king and queen at
the Iootball game against Grand
Valley State University. Bad
weather cancelled Friday night`s
freworks show at Hayden Park
and curtailed attendance at Sat-
urday evening`s new 'Tastes
oI Hillsdale event, but overall
the weekend`s many Iestivities
made Ior an excellent end to
homecoming 2014.
'Saturday was the best day,
Anthony Manno, director oI stu-
dent activities, said. 'The events
went so smoothly, and that`s just
a big thanks to all the student
groups and Greek houses. They
make the event. They have such
participation and great passion
Ior taking a picture, or Ior eat-
ing a bunch oI chicken wings.
That`s what makes it worth-
while.
Delp enjoyed celebrating her
crowning as homecoming queen
with her Iellow Kappa Kappa
Gamma sorority members.
'I know that there are so
many people that could have
also won this honor, especially
the other six |nominees|, she
said, considering her win. 'It`s
just an honor to be considered
among them.
According to Manno, more
student teams competed in Spirit
Week than ever beIore.
'Judging Irom the records oI
previous years, we had the most
teams participate this year, he
said.
Alumni activities were also
highly attended.
'I think it was very success-
Iul, Joyce Curby, coordinator
oI alumni events and activities,
said. 'Especially when you look
at what the weather was like.
She said not all alumni who
attend homecoming bother to
register, making the actual num-
ber oI alumni attendees diIfcult
to calculate. She noted, howev-
er, that many individual events
were Iull to capacity, with a Iew
boasting unprecedented num-
bers oI participants.
'We had more people at our
Iun run than we`ve ever had,
she said. 'We have a yearly
alumni shoot, and that was be-
yond capacity. There were spe-
cifc events happening all over
Crumbling roads cause concern as winter approaches
This is the hrst part of a two
part feature on roads. Pick up
next weeks Collegian to hnd
part 2 of this storv in which citv
governments current plans to h-
nance road funding and its plans
to hght the upcoming winter will
be explained.
Freeze and thaw is Iast ap-
proaching. But last winter`s road
damage hasn`t been fxed, and
the city is struggling to generate
enough revenue to keep up with
repairs.
A signifcant reduction in
state road Iunding has leIt the
city scrambling to fx deteriorat-
ing roads with massive potholes
like 'Lake Lovinger on Wol-
cott Street. As another winter
season comes, some city resi-
dents believe that the condition
oI the roads will only deteriorate
Iurther.
'I would see them getting
worse Irom winter, resident
Caroline Stuck said. 'The cracks
are just going to get wider.
Another point oI Irustration
Ior city residents is that roads
which receive Iunding Irom the
state are in much better shape
than the local roads, which the
city is Iully responsible Ior
maintaining.
'I know all these little side
streets aren`t a priority, resident
Robert Peddicord said about
Marion Street.
Although crumbling roads
have plagued Hillsdale Ior more
than a decade, city council has
yet to generate the revenue to
fx them. But at a recent Depart-
ment oI Public Services meet-
ing on Sept. 29, the council
discussed possible measures to
aggressively address the road-
Iunding issue with a mix oI new
ideas and repackaged old ones.
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Local roads in Hillsdale are
in the worst shape.
Many oI the streets that Hill-
sdale residents called the worst
- Westwood
Street, Highland
Avenue, Hillcrest
Drive, Howder
Street., Marion
Street, and Vine
Street - are lo-
cal roads that
Hillsdale is Iully
responsible Ior
maintaining.
Hillsdale has three categories
oI roads within its limits: state
highways that are Iully Iunded
by the state; trunkline roads that
receive state matching money;
and local roads that are totally
maintained by the city.
M-99, a state highway, is
well maintained.
State Street, a trunkline road
used by numerous people in the
surrounding community, was re-
cently fxed up to Wolcott Street
with plans to continue the road
repair up to city limits by 2015
or 2016.
Vine Street,
a local road
only halI a
mile Irom
campus, is
crumbling, and
both sides oI
the street have
been reduced
to rubble, leav-
ing only a bumpy strip oI con-
crete going down the center oI
the street.
'It is like pothole city, Stuck
said oI Vine Street.
Much oI Peddicord`s curb on
Marion Street has been eroded
and only halI oI his street is
paved, while the other halI is
covered in pothole patches. Ac-
cording to Peddicord, his street
is a 'joke with local bus driv-
ers.
'This is embarrassing, he
said.
The roads in Hillsdale are
also Irustrating to members oI
Hillsdale city government, and
generating revenue to fx more
roads is a daily struggle, said
Mary WolIram, Hillsdale`s eco-
nomic development coordinator.
Mayor Scott Sessions said at
this point the city is just going to
'pinch pennies and save up and
get state matching.
Councilman Patrick Flannery
is more optimistic.
'I`m Irustrated that more
work hasn`t been |done| on it.
I am hopeIul we`ll fnd more
money as we go through the
budget process, Flannery said.
According to Flannery, the
city is making 'strategic plans
to fx roads and not just trying to
manage a 'crisis.
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Mary WolIram called the
destruction oI the roads in Hill-
sdale a 'perIect storm - the re-
sult oI harsh weather conditions,
as well as rising road costs and
decreasing state revenue shar-
ing. According to her, the city
has known Ior over a decade
that work needs to be done on
the roads, but had no political
will until recently.
While there are many reasons
why the roads deteriorate, the
reason they oIten can`t be fxed
is simple.
'In truth they`re not doing
anything, but it`s because there`s
not any money, Mary WolIram
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Shoveling snow beIore dawn.
Delivering packages on campus.
Tracking down a spare mattress
Ior a student`s dorm room. Set-
ting up Ior commencement.
Mowing lawns. Cleaning locker
rooms.
For 18 years, Grover Camp-
bell has done the unseen, un-
ceremonious work that keeps
the college running and looking
beautiIul, including janitorial
work, groundskeeping, snow re-
moval, and delivery jobs. On
Monday he retired. Many say
they will miss the 'Iriendliest
man on campus. From trustees
to janitors to students, Campbell
seems to know everyone.
'He`s just got a niceness and
engagement about him that we`ll
miss very much, said Penny
Arnn, wiIe oI the college presi-
dent.
On his last day oI work Mon-
day, dozens oI college employ-
ees hugged and thanked Camp-
bell at his retirement party at
Fowler Maintenance Building.
Campbell stood by the cake
table with open arms and greeted
employees Irom every corner oI
the college.
'It`s overwhelming, said
Campbell, his voice cracking a
little as he looked around at all
the people. 'This here is what
it`s all about.
Campbell said it`s time to
retire and he`s ready Ior a new
phase oI cycling, relaxing, trav-
eling, and watching sports.
'Tomorrow I`m getting Di-
recTV put in! he said on Mon-
day, laughing. 'So I`ve got to
fgure out how to use the DVR
and get all my Iavorites shows.
When Campbell`s 5-month-
old grandson, Harrison Grover,
arrived at the retirement party,
his smile grew. The baby will be
at the center oI Campbell`s new
liIe. Campbell`s wiIe, Margaret
who goes by 'Peggy, also re-
cently retired.
Most college employees can`t
remember a winter on campus
without Campbell wearing his
signature black bomber hat, ut
near Christmas, he makes a no-
ticeable change.
'At Christmastime, he
switches it out Ior the red one,
Penny Arnn said. 'You know the
Iestive season arrives when Gro-
ver`s got his red hat on.
Last year in a hat, boots,
and coat, Campbell was oIten
on campus well beIore sunrise
to remove snow and ice in the
snowiest winter he can remem-
ber.
'It was the worst, he said.
'I`d start going to bed at seven
at night because there would be
fve or six days in a row when
we were coming in at 3 a.m..It
was wearing on all oI us.
His odd hours weren`t limited
to wintertime.
'When I come in I get
here early and he`s working,
and then we talk Notre Dame
Iootball, said Michael Murray,
executive director oI career ser-
vices. 'He has all oI the inside
scoop.
Campbell`s love oI Notre
Dame took oII when his daugh-
ter, Jessica, received her doc-
torate there. His love Ior sports
meant immediate connections to
coaches and student athletes.
'We love when the door is
knocked and it`s Grover and he
comes in a sits down, said Head
Basketball Coach JohnTharp.
'He`s just a great conversation-
alist, |tells| stories. He has a
huge heart and is always so posi-
tive. He`s just a guy that gives
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The studentry passed the
graduate student representative
amendment to the Student Fed
constitution on Tuesday.
President Arielle Mueller
said the vote passed 76-37. The
amendment allows Ior a repre-
sentative Irom the Van Andel
Graduate School on Student
Fed. Pending President Larry
Arnn`s approval, the amend-
ment will be enacted.
According to the Van An-
del Graduate School Policies,
'Graduate students will have a
representative on the College`s
Student Federation, and are
Iree to join and participate in
student club activity.
The graduate students al-
ready pay student Iees, accord-
ing to Ronald Pestritto, the dean
oI the graduate school.
'Graduate students are part
oI the student body and thus
need to be represented in stu-
dent government, Pestritto
said.
An anonymous person or
persons littered the campus bul-
letin boards with a vague mes-
sage: 'Vote No.
The culprit wishes to remain
anonymous Ior Iear oI retribu-
tion, but the message behind
the signs became more clear
when a revised message oI,
'Vote NO on the Student Fed
Amendment appeared.
The signs posted across
campus kept disappearing and
the person or persons posting
them replaced them upwards oI
fve times in a day.
Despite their eIIorts, the
amendment passed overwhelm-
ingly.
Pestritto was puzzled by the
pushback to the amendment.
'Graduate students are part
oI the student body and thus
need to be represented in stu-
dent government, Pestritto
said. 'I`m not sure what the
argument against that could be,
especially since they pay stu-
dent Iees like everybody else
and are thus entitled to repre-
sentation in the process that
determines how those Iees are
spent.
'In Iact, we thought this had
been taken care oI last year,
but evidently it Iell through the
cracks, Pestritto said.
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Daniel Hannan represents
South East England in the Eu-
ropean Parliament. He is also
a fournalist, author, and the
secretarv-general of the Alli-
ance of European Conservatives
and Reformists. He spoke at the
Kirbv Center Oct. 7 in Washing-
ton, D.C, and sat down with the
Collegian for an interview.
Tell us about your new
book.
It`s called 'Inventing Free-
dom: How the English Speak-
ing Peoples made the Modern
World, and it is a study oI An-
glosphere exceptionalism, or the
things that made Britain and the
wider Anglosphere, the U.S.,
Canada, Australia, New Zealand
and so on the exceptionally Iree
societies they are.
And what are those things?
Private property, sanctity oI
contract, religious pluralism, the
elevation oI the individual above
the collective and above all, the
rule oI law, constitutional liber-
ty. In other words, the idea that
the law is above the executive,
which is the exception not the
rule. Most oI humanity at most
times has lived under a kind oI
racket where a tiny number oI
people come into power and then
systematically loot the resources
oI the state.That`s the normal
thing, and I suppose what I was
trying to do was tell the story oI
the place where the circle was
broken. The frst time in 10,000
years oI agrarian mankind where
we evolved a mechanism to hold
our rulers to account. It began
in England and was taken to a
higher level here.
From the perspective of
across the Atlantic, what do
you see occurring politically in
America right now?
Well, I think theres been
one oI those periodic bursts oI
government activism that oIten
come aIter a crisis. The biggest
expansion oI the state in the U.S.
came with F.D.R., but it didn`t
come in a vacuum. It came as a
response to a genuine crisis, and
it came because people around
the Roosevelt administration
genuinely believed that they
were saving the country Irom
oligarchs. The fnancial crash
fve years ago created a similar
opening and when people say,
'Obama hates America, I think
that is totally missing the point
oI him. It`s a very bad thing in
politics to dismiss your oppo-
nent like that without under-
standing why he is popular. I
think, like Roosevelt, he thought
he was standing up Ior the little
guy in a system that had broken,
and I think he genuinely is, as
Roosevelt was, impatient with
any criticism because he is so
convinced oI his own moral rec-
titude and that is the much more
dangerous thing in politics. The
people who believe sincerely
that they are acting morally and
thereIore the opposition can be
dismissed.
What should be done about
ISIS and other similar enti-
ties?
I`m not a great intervenor.
I backed the frst war, the war
against Saddam, but I didn`t
back the second one. I didn`t
back bombing Assad, and al-
though I supported overthrow
oI the Taliban I didn`t support
the prolongation and extension
oI our mission there. I`m not a
natural intervenor but I think in
this case, the murder oI U.S. and
British citizens and the implied
threat to more changes every-
thing. I think you have a duty
as a government to protect your
people, and iI you don`t react in
a way that shows that there is a
cost to doing this, then you are
betraying your duty to the next
guy who might be in a similar
position somewhere else in the
world. So I think there needs
to be a corrective. I also think
that because this murderer, the
guy we see in the videos, speaks
English, you see how banal this
philosophy is. You listen to his
sort oI stupid, teenage, show-
ing oII way oI talking and
you think, this isn`t some al-
ternative philosophy. These are
narcissistic boys getting oII on
violence. So you shouldn`t treat
it so much as a geopolitical is-
sue as a policing one, as a crime
prevention issue. II someone is
behaving that way, they suIIer
the consequences. I think some-
times when you`re only watch-
ing it with subtitles you get the
impression that it is more exotic
and more consistent than it re-
ally is. When you hear someone
speaking English as his frst lan-
guage you realize how empty
this whole way oI living is. It`s
not a revival oI seventh-century
mysticism. It`s not a rejection
oI liberal values. It`s just the
same kind oI thuggery that led
previous generations to join the
Baader MeinhoI gangs or the
Red Brigades or whatever other
outlet Ior violence that teenage
kids get attracted to.
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II you visited Hillsdale`s
shooting range this summer,
you may have seen chemistry
students hopping around with
trash cans, trying to catch eject-
ed bullets beIore the hot metal
hit the ground.
Once a bullet touches the
ground, it`s easily contaminated
and senior chemistry major
Joe Banovetz can`t use any con-
taminated evidence in his senior
research project.
The Wisconsin native and
frearms enthusiast turned his
amateur interest Ior explosives
and Iorensics into a senior the-
sis and six-week summer re-
search project. He`s using what
scientists call 'spectral analy-
sis a method oI analyzing
matter based on its properties
to develop a technique that
can distinguish various brands
oI gunpowder and maybe even
contribute to detecting crime.
'The goal is to develop a
cheap and Iast method to be able
to identiIy the brand oI gun-
powder in question Ior Iorensic
purposes, Banovetz said. 'II
you could somehow match the
gunpowder sample to its manu-
Iacturer, then you could match a
shell casing Irom a crime scene
to a particular brand oI ammu-
nition that might be owned by
a suspect.
BeIore going to the shoot-
ing range, Banovetz analyzed
diIIerent brands oI gunpowder
in a lab, opening up unfred car-
tridges and jotting down obser-
vations about the powder. Then,
he brought a couple chemistry
Iriends to the shooting range
to collect samples oI fred gun-
powder.
'That involved going out to
the gun range, standing behind
Joe with a trash can, and catch-
ing bullet casings out oI the air,
senior chemistry major Yancey
Courtney, a student who helped
Banovetz collect samples, said.
'There`s been nothing like that
done here beIore he came
up with it by himselI. It shows
how much you can do with
chemistry. Generally people
think oI science majors as going
into medicine, but there`s actu-
ally a variety oI way you can get
involved with chemistry.
AIter returning to the lab
with a large sample oI fred
casings, Banovetz separated
the powder into diIIerent com-
ponents by using a technique
that produced a liquid residue.
Once he had the liquid residue
Irom the casings, Banovetz ran
it through two instruments that
gave him qualitative and quan-
titative data: what`s there, and
how much is it?
Banovetz said his research
proves there are signifcant
diIIerences between various
brands oI gunpowder, and in
theory his research could be
practically applied to Iorensics.
Even though he already has
enough data to write his thesis,
Banovetz plans to continue col-
lecting research samples so the
project can be published.
ProIessor oI Chemistry Mark
Nussbaum is Banovetz`s senior
thesis adviser.
'While it may be prelimi-
nary, it`s the type oI work that
should eventually be publish-
able and helpIul to others in
the feld, Nussbaum said in an
email. 'Joe has done an excel-
lent job in developing his own
research project and in carrying
it out.
Banovetz said he hopes to
continue pursuing his interest in
analytical chemistry as a student
at graduate school, and later as
a career chemist. He`s giving a
presentation oI his research at
a chemistry seminar at noon on
Oct. 14 in Strosacker 300.
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An infux oI mopeds are
crowding Hillsdale`s side-
walks. More students are choos-
ing them over cars, bicycles,
or scooters, and several have
been sighted parked outside the
Grewcock Student Union and
the Roche Sports Complex.
While the security oIfce
would not release the number oI
mopeds or the owners` names,
Director oI Campus Security
Bill Whorley confrmed there
was an increase.
'There are a Iew more mo-
peds on campus this semester
than last, but |they are| still a
minority transportation to bicy-
cles and automobiles, he said.
Whorley said that he had not
received news oI any crashes or
injuries involving mopeds. The
vehicles oIIer little protection to
operators, but so Iar no one has
been seriously hurt or had an ac-
cident worth noting.
The mopeds on campus typi-
cally bear a slight resemblance
to motorcycles Irom the Iront,
but have bodies oI scooters.
Headlights and two seats are
common Ieatures, allowing stu-
dents with similar schedules to
easily zip around campus. They
are small enough to be parked
at a building`s entrance and Iast
enough to provide a reasonable
alternative to non-motorized ve-
hicles.
Students use mopeds be-
cause they are convenient.
'I only drive it because I
don`t Ieel like walking and I
can ride double with my boy
Brian Newman, Ireshman Tom
Gabower said.
Gabower owns a red Beamer
III, which is valued at less than
$2,000 on Motorcycle.com. He
keeps it parked behind Simpson
Residence when he`s not at the
sports complex.
Senior James DeIontes man-
aged to bring a moped on cam-
pus aIter buying it cheap Irom a
disinterested owner.
'Besides |getting 85 miles
per gallon| and the sick nasty
red paint job, my 50 cc`s oI raw
horsepower can sit two people
comIortably but not legally,
according to the oIfcer |who|
pulled my girlIriend and I over
last week, DeIontes said. 'As
you can imagine, only hardened
criminals and hooligans dare
mount the Tatau 769, and you
bet they look good doing it.
The downside oI using a mo-
ped in Hillsdale is that riders
only get a short period oI access
during the school year beIore
winter comes. Given the alma-
nac predictions Ior this year,
mopeds may see little use de-
spite their growth in popularity.
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The GOP is working hard to
make Michigan the 'comeback
state, and Hillsdale`s College
Republicans said they are happy
to help.
'We`re hoping to do some
kind oI campaign event every
weekend until election day,
College Republicans President
Sam Holdeman said.
The College Republicans
have a long history oI contribut-
ing to statewide campaigns
even traveling out oI state when
needs arise. Results Irom the
last election year show that Hill-
sdale`s dedicated canvassers can
change the course oI elections.
'Two years ago we went
down to Ohio to campaign Ior
|Rep.| Jim Renacci (R-Ohio)
and the Romney-Ryan ticket,
Holdeman said. 'We made a big
diIIerence in that race. Renacci
won his race by 7,000 votes and
we made like 8,000 contacts. I
think we really can make a diI-
Ierence, as was proven by that.
We won a very tight, competi-
tive race Ior Renacci`s congres-
sional seat.
This year, the College Re-
publicans will campaign Ior
the GOP ticket, including Gov-
ernor Rick Snyder, incumbent
Republican Congressman Tim
Walberg, and Republican Senate
candidate Terri Lynn Land.
'We`ll be working with Rep-
resentative Walberg`s campaign
to get out and about to hit some
doors here in Hillsdale and go
up to Jackson maybe, Holde-
man said.
The Republicans will Iace
tough opposition in Michigan,
but Hillsdale`s College Republi-
cans hopes to turn out 50 volun-
teers each weekend to help bring
about a GOP victory. Holdeman
thinks that goal is attainable.
'Walberg`s race is also very
tight this year the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Com-
mittee has been putting like, 2
million in ad buys against Wal-
berg, he explained. 'Walberg`s
been knocked out oI oIfce be-
Iore, so he`s hoping to stay in
this time, and we`re defnitely
going to do everything we can
to help him out.
'The congressman has also
expressed interest about coming
here to Hillsdale either beIore
or aIter the election, not neces-
sarily to campaign, but to meet
some oI the students, Holde-
man said.
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Spring Pulliam Fellow
named: Kevin Williamson
Stodent Ied omciully
recognizes improv clob
National Review`s roving
correspondent Kevin D. Wil-
liamson will join the Hillsdale
community Ior nearly two
weeks next semester to teach a
one-credit course Ior the Dow
Journalism`s Pulliam Fellows
Program.
Williamson is the Iormer
director oI the journalism pro-
gram at the Institute Ior Humane
Studies at George Mason Uni-
versity. Last year, he published
the book 'The End is Near and
It`s Going to Be Awesome: How
Going Broke Will Leave Amer-
ica Richer, Happier, and More
Secure, in which he discusses
the debt crisis and how a grow-
ing government hurts the U.S.
Williamson will be in Hillsdale
starting March 16, the day stu-
dents return Irom spring break.
'He`s an outstanding report-
er and magazine editorialist and
journalist, Director oI the Dow
Journalism Program John J.
Miller said. 'He`s worked with
young people and taught jour-
nalism. His experience with that
will serve him well here.
The Pulliam Fellows Pro-
gram brings prominent journal-
ists to Hillsdale every semester.
This semester`s Pulliam Fellow,
Ioreign correspondent and ex-
pert on Russia David Satter, ar-
rived on Sunday. Other promi-
nent journalists who have come
to Hillsdale Ior the program
include political commentator
Mark Steyn, Tim Carney Irom
the Washington Examiner, and
Kimberley Strassel Irom The
Wall Street Journal.
'It`s an endowed program.
Students who want to go into
journalism, it`s good Ior them
to be around real journalists,
Vice President Ior External AI-
Iairs Douglas JeIIrey said. 'All
the Ieedback we`ve gotten Irom
journalism students has been
positive.
When choosing Pulliam Fel-
lows, Miller and JeIIrey each
suggest names. Williamson was
an obvious selection Ior both.
'I had recommended him a
couple oI years ago, JeIIrey
said. 'This year, John men-
tioned him to me as someone
he`d like to bring out here and
be a really good teacher because
he has a background in teaching
journalism. It was a no-brainer
that we agreed.
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Alumnus Blake Smith `07
spoke at Hillsdale last Thurs-
day on entrepreneurship and
his co-Iounding oI the online
men`s clothing company,
Cladwell.
Lecturer in Econom-
ics Lewis Butler, who knew
Smith Irom Hillsdale and
graduated with him, said he
invited Smith to give a lec-
ture to his economics students
to complement the class on
entrepreneurship that he is
teaching this Iall. Around 50
people attended.
'It`s Iun to read about that
stuII, but why not get some
people in the classroom, Butler
said.
Butler said Lewis also spoke
on the importance oI his liberal
arts education in his work. Smith
was already coming to Hillsdale
Ior homecoming, so it was con-
venient to give the talk as well.
Cladwell, which promises to
have men covered 'Irom black
tie to the Fourth oI July, pro-
vides a simple and eIIective
shopping experience that allows
men to save money and purchase
Iewer items oI clothing while
still looking classy. It utilizes
the shopper`s personal tastes to
create a personalized wardrobe,
recommending essential articles
oI clothing Irom partner brands.
When the shopper purchases an
article oI clothing that they rec-
ommend, Cladwell gets a com-
mission.
'Most malls are set up Ior
Ioragers, people that are looking
to browse and scavenge around.
That`s not what men want to do,
Smith said. 'What men want to
do is hunt, they want to come in
and very eIfciently fnd the ex-
act right thing, buy it, and leave.
We are trying to design an en-
tire shopping experience that we
would like to replace the mall
with, that is designed with the
hunter in mind rather than the
Iorager.
Chris Merchich `07 is the co-
Iounder oI Cladwell. His part-
nership with Smith began beIore
they decided to start the com-
pany two years ago. Merchich
and Smith were roommates and
revivers oI the musical Iraternity
Phi Mu Alpha while in college.
Smith, a Cincinnati native,
was a computational mathemat-
ics major. AIter working at a
hedge Iund Ior a Iew years and
then at Front Porch Entertain-
ment, he began to wonder what
his clothing was communicating
about him in the corporate world.
'I was in a spot where I was
working with a lot oI diIIerent
people Irom a lot oI diIIerent cul-
tures, areas oI the country, diIIer-
ent ages, Smith said. 'I started
to realize how important clothing
was.
Merchich, who holds a degree
in psychology, did social service
in Indiana and also worked at
Macy`s, where he moved Irom
retail to a brand specialist.
'I knew that Chris was into
clothing when we were in col-
lege, and also had developed
specialties and knew about a lot
oI diIIerent brands, Smith said.
In need oI advice, he emailed
Merchich, who sent him a clear
and personalized list oI essential
articles oI clothing, based on his
knowledge oI Smith`s style and
body shape. Smith purchased ev-
erything on the list.
'From Chris, there was some-
thing unique about it, Smith
said.
The two began to speculate
about a business that did that ex-
act thing: recommend sets and
articles oI clothing Ior men based
on their physical characteristics,
price range, and Iashion sense.
AIter communicating about
the idea Ior a year and a halI,
they decided to just go Ior it. In
2012, Merchich moved with his
nine-month pregnant wiIe to join
Smith in Cincinnati, where they
started Cladwell. Their website
has been live Ior a little over a
year.
The company has 70,000 us-
ers and has gone global, gener-
ating $750,000 in Iunding. They
hope to introduce new Ieatures
around Christmas and want to go
Iurther in partnering with other
brands.
'What has been extremely
challenging is doing something
that no one`s ever done beIore,
Merchich said. 'So it is up to us
to fgure out how to do it eIIec-
tively, so we can deliver the thing
we want to deliver.
'You have to make a million
makes in order to move Ior-
ward, Smith added.
The name Cladwell, or well-
clothed, has an old British sound
to it that men fnd more trust-
worthy in clothing brands. Their
symbol is a fg leaI, the frst piece
oI clothing ever in existence.
'It is the people with whom
I work, Merchich said. 'I get
to think about, read about, learn
about something that I`m really
interested in, which is Iashion.
Smith also said that the size
and spirit oI Hillsdale, as well
as the education, gave them
the resources necessary to start
Cladwell.
'Hillsdale Ior us, throwing
parties, pulling pranks, and start-
ing Phi Mu was our start up in
a lot oI ways, he said. 'We just
had to learn what motivated peo-
ple.
In what many agree is a
'positive step by all sororities,
Hillsdale College raised the
minimum GPA needed to rush
in sorority recruitment to take
eIIect in January 2015.
Previously, students needed
a GPA oI a 2.25 or above to
rush Ior sororities at Hillsdale,
but Dean oI Women Diane
Philipp approved an initiative
to raise the minimum require-
ment to a 2.5 on Sept. 10. As-
sociate Dean oI Women Re-
bekah Dell said the decision
was made to align with each oI
the sorority`s national chapters,
which recently increased GPA
standards.
'Over the past Iew years, all
three |sorority| chapters raised
their GPA standards. With a
2.25, young women could par-
ticipate in the recruitment pro-
cess, but weren`t eligible to be
picked up by a sorority, Dell
said. 'It was raised so young
women without an opportunity
to be picked up won`t rush.
It`s not Iair to give them Ialse
hope.
Although the increase is sig-
nifcant, Dell said Iew students
were inhibited Irom rushing by
the 2.25 requirement, and she
doesn`t expect many more to
be excluded by the new stan-
dard. Also, the higher GPA will
ensure students participating in
Hillsdale`s Greek system are
prepared to balance academics
with the time requirements oI a
sorority.
'Participating in a sorority
takes a lot oI time, and we don`t
want young womens` attention
taken away Irom academics iI
she needs to be spending more
time there, Dell said.
Although the requirement is
chosen by the college, each so-
rority`s Panhellenic delegates
were asked Ior their opinions
beIore Philipp approved the
proposition.
'They all thought it was a
good idea, Dell said. 'There
was no negative Ieedback.
Chi Omega delegate junior
Alexis Allen said the increase
is a positive step Ior the sorori-
ties individually and also aligns
with the Panhellenic Council`s
aims.
'One oI our goals on the
Panhellenic Council is to pro-
mote superior scholarship and
basic intellectual develop-
ment, Allen said. 'We Ielt that
an increase in the minimum
GPA requirement would serve
that interest well.
Pi Beta Phi delegate junior
Paige George added the col-
lege`s choice to increase the
requirement will aid sorority
members in achieving high ac-
ademic goals.
'We are lucky enough to be
on a campus which strives to-
wards similar ends |oI academ-
ic excellence|, and is willing
to help us Iurther our scholar-
ship goals, George said. 'The
Greek system exists as a means
to help one excel, and I believe
that the new GPA requirement
set in place by the college will
Iurther encourage women to
have a successIul academic
career at Hillsdale while simul-
taneously allowing each oI the
chapters to expand upon their
individual scholarship goals.
Kappa Kappa Gamma del-
egate junior Kelsey Lozier
agreed, saying it will positively
impact the recruiting process.
'The GPA requirement
will most defnitely aIIect re-
cruitment and hopeIully raise
awareness Ior Ireshmen who
are interested in Greek liIe,
Lozier said. 'The goal is Ior
Ireshmen to understand that
sorority liIe on campus is not
simply a Iun extracurricular,
but that we strive to better our-
selves, in part, by placing such
a high emphasis on academ-
ics.
Dell said the new require-
ment will ultimately beneft the
women hoping to rush.
'Scholarship is very impor-
tant to the Greek system and
we want to set women up to be
successIul, she said.
Student Federation voted
Thursday to recognize the Ad-
Liberty Improvisation Club as a
campus organization.
The club began inIormally
last Iall when junior Alex Bu-
chmann and sophomores Daniel
Drummond and Jacob Bull be-
gan meeting in Simpson Resi-
dence`s basement to put on im-
prov shows.
Since then, the club has
grown, and now consists oI
eight regular members who per-
Iorm together. The shows are
made up oI a series oI impro-
visation games played beIore a
live audience.
'II you`ve ever seen Whose
Line Is It Anyway?` it`s similar
to that, Buchmann said. 'Ev-
erything you see throughout the
night is a combination oI games
played, but all the games are
based oII a suggestion Irom the
audience, and the game is total-
ly made up on the spot on stage
by our perIormers.
The shows are not only en-
joyable Ior the perIormers, but
also Ior the audience.
'The show is Iree, but the
comedy is priceless, Buch-
mann said.
Those in the club have Iound
joy in participating.
'It`s defnitely a combina-
tion oI such a cool opportunity
and a neat activity, sophomore
club member Elise Clines said.
'The people there are just really
good people who are just trying
to do clean humor and give kids
an opportunity to participate as
well as enjoy comedy.
The club tries to include au-
dience participation because
that brings some oI the surprise
into improvisation.
'It was Iun because we`d
give people who wouldn`t nor-
mally get up in Iront oI people a
chance to do improv, and it was
actually really Iunny, Bull said.
'So those were highlights Ior
me, to see guys who wouldn`t
normally go up, or girls who
wouldn`t normally go up, and
kind oI Iorce them up stage, and
that was cool.
Students interested in joining
Ad-Liberty as regular perIorm-
ers should attend their Wednes-
day night practices and should
contact Buchmann Ior more in-
Iormation.
This semester they meet ev-
ery other week on Thursday
nights at 9 p.m. in Olds Resi-
dence`s lobby. Buchmann said
he hopes to have set shows in
the Iuture, perhaps in a larger
venue.
'We`re up and coming.
We`re excited Ior what the Iu-
ture holds, excited to explore
comedy and kind oI bring com-
edy to Hillsdale`s campus, in a
club, Buchmann said.
campus that had a lot oI peo-
ple.
According to Grigor Hasted,
director oI business and indus-
try, and constituent and alumni
relations, the weekend`s rain
and cold resulted in smaller-
than-average attendance in a
way last year`s sunny, 80-de-
gree day did not. Nevertheless,
he said he was pleased with the
numbers that did come, and
particularly emphasized the
high numbers at the tent party.
'We need a bigger tent next
year, he said in an email.
Manno Ioresees the tent
party continuing to be popu-
lar with alumni in the Iuture.
He anticipates alumni perhaps
even Iorming their own Mock
Rock teams and competing
alongside students.
In Iact, he and SAB have
many exciting visions Ior Hill-
sdale homecoming in the com-
ing years. For instance, the
popularity oI this year`s brand-
new Instagram video competi-
tion will probably ensure its
return next year.
'We want to use more
means oI social media, Manno
said. 'I could defnitely see the
photo competition going strict-
ly digital.
Manno also has personal
goals Ior homecoming im-
provements, including address-
ing the trouble the audience
had viewing Mock Rock this
year despite having the perIor-
mances projected onto the ceil-
ing oI the perIormance tent.
'I am defnitely going to do
everything I can to make it a
more viewer-Iriendly event,
Manno said.
In the end, both Curby and
Manno Ielt the only blight on
the successIul fnish oI Hills-
dale homecoming 2014 was the
unIortunate rain and cold. They
said they hope that too will be
improved upon in next year`s
Iestivities.
'II I can control the weather,
I`ll try to do that too. Manno
said with a smile.
The recent conIerence
hosted by Front Porch Repub-
lic`s title, 'Making a Home Fit
Ior Humans, describes what
our contemporary political dis-
course lacks. The conIerence,
held Sept. 27 at the University
oI Louisville by the online con-
servative publication, treated
ideas such as place, home, and
community, and provided 30
Hillsdale students, Iaculty, and
myselI with 11 insightIul talks.
It`s hard to understand
the attraction oI Front Porch
Republic, Iounded in 2009. At
frst glance, 'scale, place, selI-
government, sustainability, lim-
its, and variety all sounds like
impenetrable jargon, and some
oI the contributors to FPR can
seem reactionary. ConIerence
speakers denounced cities (all),
suburbs (a 'fasco), education
(especially 'higher), technol-
ogy (like websites?), etc. Yet
their essential localist Iocus is
too oIten ignored by the main-
stream leIt and right.
At the Enactus-Praxis
socialism debate on Sept. 19,
Socialist Party USA Vice Presi-
dent John Strinka`s position
was attractive to many students
I talked to not because social-
ism is a more compelling sys-
tem oI government, or because
they believe central planning
and redistribution is a panacea.
Rather, it was because, in one
student`s words, 'He |Strinka|
talked about human beings.
That 'humans are commodi-
ties to be bought and sold
was in eIIect the worldview
oI Buckeye Institute`s Rea
Hederman, regardless oI what
textbooks say. Responsible,
selI-regulating Iree markets
might unlock enhanced eco-
nomic prosperity Ior all, but
iI it detracts Irom other, Iuller
kinds oI prosperity that will
lead us closer to the Iull human
fourishing our society ought to
aim at, then our values are out
oI whack. An iPhone, dish-
washer, and money in the bank
may make you happy, but that
isn`t the eudaimonia Aristotle
talked about, and it Ialls Iar
short oI what it means to be
human.
FPR speakers can go too Iar
in ascribing bleakness to our
modern state, but their Iocus
on 'a Home Fit Ior Humans
reIreshes an argument oIten
conducted in numbers and
statistics. Terms like market
demand and GDP are only
abstractions about real people.
They can only help fnd the
optimal policies to sustain
economic growth (or at least
claim to try).
Since, as Associate ProIes-
sor oI Economics Charles
Steele reminded us last week,
'economics is a social sci-
ence, not an ideology, then we
should ask, as Helen Andrews
did in an essay Ior the jour-
nal First Things ('Bloodless
Moralism, Jan. 2014), 'What
is gained, and what is lost,
when political discussion must
be conducted in utilitarian and
social-scientifc terms?
Andrews wrote that break-
ing down poverty to compo-
nent symptoms like unemploy-
ment and net worth 'robs their
experience oI its coherence. It
takes a rich identity and shat-
ters it to pieces. Described in
the terms that politics permits
us to use today, as socioeco-
nomic disadvantage` (or worse,
lack oI privilege`), it sounds
like nothing more than a list oI
things to complain oI.
This is one oI the local-
ist project`s greatest insights:
Terms like 'place and 'health
are 'key terms with which
any IruitIul debate about our
corporate Iuture must contend.
They describe the wholeness oI
experience and community so
particular to each person they
deIy easy defnition or abstrac-
tion.
We`re lucky advocates oI
distributism and agrarianism
are not social-science econo-
mists (though obviously their
ideas have implications Ior
operating our economy). We
should never, in blindness to
true fourishing, subordinate
all other Iorms oI prosperity to
material getting and spending
and leave ourselves in what
Margaret Mead called 'a spiri-
tual and moral void, alienated
Irom community.
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Barack Obama had a choice
between liberalism and the
Democratic Party. He chose the
latter and it cost him dearly.
Liberalism, as an ideology,
insists that government can do
good and great things Ior the
people and the world, iI the peo-
ple running the government are
smart liberals. The Democratic
Party says the exact same thing.
But liberalism is an ideal, while
the Democratic Party is that
ideal`s representative here in the
real world, and in the real world
political parties disappoint.
Just to be clear and to
avoid a lot oI 'Oh, yeah? What
about Republicans?! responses
this is true oI the GOP, too.
Conservative ideology holds
that government should only do
those things that only govern-
ment can and should do, and that
list is very short. For instance,
government shouldn`t be in the
business oI playing Iavorites in
the economy. It shouldn`t 'pick
winners and losers. Rather, it
should be a Iair umpire and let
competition work its magic.
Alas, Republican politicians
routinely Iall short oI this ideal,
preIerring to be pro-business
rather than pro-market. That, in
so many words, is why the Ex-
port-Import Bank is immortal.
But this was supposed to be
liberalism`s moment. This was
supposed to be a new Progres-
sive Era. Obama came into oI-
fce vowing to be 'transIorma-
tive just like Ronald Reagan.
The diIIerence being that Rea-
gan ushered in an era oI skep-
ticism about government, and
Obama wanted to usher in an
era oI hope and idealism about
all the wonderIul things govern-
ment can do. In Obama`s mind
this put him at odds with Repub-
licans. And in a partisan sense it
obviously did.
But as a matter oI policy,
Obama`s real challenge came
Irom within. Government`s Iail-
ures in recent years cannot be
laid at the Ieet oI the Republi-
can Party but at the Ieet oI the
Democratic Party. II you were to
ask most serious liberal policy
wonks how they would make
government more eIIective, a
good number oI their answers
would involve doing things the
Democratic base oI the party
would never, ever allow.
Smart liberalism has no love
Ior bureaucratic ineIfciencies.
There`s nothing inherent to lib-
eralism that says public-sector
unions should have a strangle-
hold on the government payroll
the way they do. FDR loathed
the idea oI government workers
unionizing.
The biggest threat to job se-
curity at most Iederal agencies
is death. Incompetence, negli-
gence and redundancy are rarely
seen as cause Ior termination.
In 2010, the dismissal rate Ior
168,000 Iederal workers in the
Washington, D.C., area was .26
percent. That`s point-two-six,
not 26 percent or 2.6 percent.
Local governments are little
better. Short oI murder or pe-
dophilia, there`s almost nothing
a tenured public school teacher
can do that will get him or her
summarily fred. Read all the
Keynes, Niebuhr, Schlesinger,
Lippmann, Galbraith you can.
You`ll fnd nothing in there that
even hints this is the way things
ought to be.
II Obama wanted to restore
Iaith in government, he would
have pushed Ior mercilessly
fring bad government workers
and ending stupid government
programs. And while he paid a
little lip service to such things,
his priorities were all in the
other direction. That is because
he had to dance with the girl
that brung him. The Democratic
Party isn`t simply the party oI
government, it is the party Ior
government. That`s why his
stimulus package was top-heavy
with bailouts Ior Iederal pro-
grams, state governments and
public-sector workers. When
he fnally learned that there are
no such things as 'shovel ready
jobs, it should have prompted
him to ask, 'Why not? The
answer would have led him to
reIorms that undoubtedly would
have helped the American peo-
ple and the cause oI liberal-
ism! but hurt his own base in
the Democratic Party.
On Obama`s watch, we`ve
seen horriIying incompetence,
malIeasance or skullduggery at
the Department oI Veterans AI-
Iairs, Immigration and Customs
EnIorcement, the IRS, DOJ,
GSA and HHS. Republicans
didn`t create the fasco oI the
Obamacare rollout; the archi-
tects oI Obamacare did that all
by themselves. Just this week,
the wheels have come oII the
bus at the Secret Service. You
can denounce the anti-govern-
ment rhetoric oI Rand Paul, Ted
Cruz and the Koch brothers all
you like, but they didn`t cause
any oI these spectacular Iail-
ures. II the CDC screws up its
eIIorts to contain Ebola, it will
be a Iar more powerIul, lasting
and damaging indictment oI
government competence than
any foor speech by Mitch Mc-
Connell.
Obama set out to restore Iaith
in government and liberalism.
He ended up throwing them
both under the bus Ior the sake
oI his party.
Jonah Goldberg is a fellow
at the American Enterprise In-
stitute and editor-at-large of
National Review Online.
Eric Blair not a bad name.
It has a certain ring to it, yet
it`s not a name we recognize.
We are, however, Iamiliar with
Blair`s writing and the words
and phrases he made Iamous
such as 'cold war and 'Big
Brother. We simply know him
by another name: George Or-
well.
Even though over 60 years
have passed since Orwell`s
death in 1950, we still continue
to learn Irom him. Two weeks
ago, the Gadfy Group spon-
sored a lecture on campus by
Assistant ProIessor oI History
Sam Negus about Orwell and
how politics corrupts language.
The event was timely with No-
vember elections nearing and
political catch-phrases, such as
the so-called 'war on women,
fooding the airwaves. Orwell
would have immediately rec-
ognized phrases like the 'war
on women as political propa-
ganda.
Best known Ior his novels
'1984 and 'Animal Farm,
Orwell mastered the art oI writ-
ing, not only as a novelist, but
also as a journalist and essayist.
His writings demonstrate a pro-
Iound understanding oI politics
an understanding he gained,
no doubt, Irom his experience
as a colonial police oIfcer in
Burma, his time living in the
slums oI London, and his in-
volvement in the Spanish Civil
War fghting on behalI oI the
Republicans against Franco`s
Nationalists.
Through his incredible abil-
ity as a writer and his keen per-
ception oI politics, Orwell still
infuences us today. His essay
'Politics and the English Lan-
guage remains one oI the best
guides Ior clear writing and,
more important, a commentary
on politics and the use oI rheto-
ric. He understood the power oI
words to shape ideas and public
opinion. In his essay, Orwell ad-
monishes writers to use precise
diction avoiding euphemisms
and 'sheer cloudy vagueness.
In an election year, Orwell`s
advice holds a particular rel-
evance as he pointed out 'it is
broadly true that political writ-
ing is bad writing. Fundamen-
tally, it lacks clarity. Orwell
explained that 'a Iresh, vivid,
home-made turn oI speech is
rarely Iound, and the vagueness
oI phrases such as 'Iree peoples
oI the world or 'stand shoulder
to shoulder still plague our po-
litical rhetoric today. From the
barrage oI campaign ads over
the past Iew months, the truth
in Orwell`s assertion is not diI-
fcult to see.
We continually hear phrases
that Iew can defne. One such
phrase present in the news over
the past Iew years is the 'war
on women. It`s a phrase sur-
rounded by debate and contro-
versy, but what does it actually
mean? The three words strung
together tell us very little, and
iI you asked someone to defne
the 'war on women you would
receive a diIIerent answer each
time. Some would say it means
limiting women`s access to birth
control and abortion; while oth-
ers would say it means treating
women unIairly in the business
world. In the end, the 'war on
women is merely a political
slogan without a defnition.
Unclear political rhetoric not
only allows Ior generalizations,
but also, as Orwell warns, it is
'largely the deIense oI the in-
deIensible. Abstract phraseol-
ogy makes possible the naming
oI a thing without conjuring a
mental image. Writing in the
1940s, Orwell used the example
oI 'pacifcation which in real-
ity was the total destruction oI
deIenseless villages.
Today we hear political slo-
gans with the same abstract-
ness. It is an abstractness that
serves to make an idea or policy
sound more appealing. This is
the case regarding abortion.
Candidates who support abor-
tion oIten campaign as 'socially
tolerant or 'pro-women, care-
Iully using phrases like 'repro-
ductive rights and 'the right
to choose. They rarely use
the word abortion or discuss
its consequences because both
paint a disturbing mental image.
Just as the name Eric Blair
Iails to evoke the same reaction
as the name George Orwell,
the same holds true Ior euphe-
misms. Orwell was right. Words
shape politics, which is why
they must be chosen careIully.
Hillsdale College and
Grand Valley State Uni-
versity are both charter
members oI the GLIAC
and have competed against
each other since 1972. Until
2009, Hillsdale did not have
a Iootball or basketball
program capable oI beat-
ing GVSU. Through better
training, resources, and re-
cruiting, Hillsdale has made
the rivalry competitive. .
The coaching staIIs oI
Iootball and basketball
both agree that, in the
last 10 years, the athletics
department has improved
consistently. At the begin-
ning oI the decade in both
sports, Grand Valley was
the national champion while
Hillsdale struggled.
'We looked down the
feld and thought, wow,
these are men.` They used
to kill everyone, Otterbein
said. 'I tried not to look
down there during warm-
ups. .
While GVSU might have
more successes in athlet-
ics, the Hillsdale coaching
administration takes solace
in the Iact that their players
also receive an excellent
education.
'The story that we tell
is that we have the best
academics in Division II,
Tharp said. 'We provide
that better than anyone else
in the country.

Emmaline Epperson
Nov. 1, 2012
Last week, Grand Val-
ley State University`s athletic
website, GVSULakers.com,
published an infammatory pre-
view oI last Saturday`s game,
in which the Lakers beat Hills-
dale 42-21. ChargerBlue.com,
a Hillsdale Iootball Ian site, al-
ready corrected a glaring record
mistake, and many on Twitter
expressed the Hillsdale commu-
nity`s outrage about the article.
However, the main point oI
the article remains unaddressed.
It questioned why little ol` Hill-
sdale would ever schedule pow-
erhouse GVSU as its homecom-
ing game, when generations oI
alumni witness the outcome.
GVSU assumes, like a Divi-
sion I school, that homecoming
games are chosen strategically
to ensure an easy victory Ior the
host. But it Iails to realize that
many other Iactors decide Hills-
dale`s homecoming game.
'Especially in the GLIAC
you can`t look at any team and
know that`s a sure win, Hills-
dale Assistant Athletic Director
Ior Media Relations and Event
Management Brad Monastiere
said.
Football schedules Iorm
years in advance. OI the fve
or six home games in a sea-
son, homecoming and parents
weekend compete Ior October`s
prime weekends. According to
Director oI Alumni Relations
Grigor Hasted, suIfcient class
progress compels the Iaculty`s
preIerence Ior parents weekend
to take priority over homecom-
ing weekend.
GVSU Iorgets that there is
more to our school`s operation
than athletics. The West Michi-
gan players the article listed
chose Hillsdale Ior reasons be-
yond Iootball.
Hillsdale kicker and red-
shirt sophomore Steve Mette,
oI RockIord, Michigan, was
recruited by the Lakers, but ft
better at Hillsdale. Hillsdale
Junior oIIensive lineman Matt
VanOpstall, Irom nearby Jeni-
son, Michigan, is a GVSU dou-
ble legacy.
'I liked the size oI Hillsdale,
where it was located within two
hours oI my home, its academ-
ics, VanOpstall said. 'The con-
servative aspect was a big thing,
and defnitely got bigger once
I attended. I defnitely enjoy
my choice now since I`ve been
here.
In other words, there`s more
to homecoming, and liIe, than
Iootball.
At home this last summer, I
picked up my phone to answer
a Iriend`s call: 'Hey! I greeted
him as I pushed past a Iew peo-
ple to make my way to another
room. 'Hey! he replied. 'Are
you at a party?
A party...? I thought Ior a
second beIore laughing. Not
quite. It was, in Iact, just a typi-
cal, lively evening at the Copan
Commune an aIIectionate
name Ior our home.
Anyone on campus who
knows my sister, Kristen, and
me knows how diIfcult it is not
to bring our Iamily liIe into con-
versation. Granted, we don`t ac-
tually try very hard to avoid the
subject. Who wouldn`t get ex-
cited detailing the adventures oI
our artsy gypsy sister, Johanna,
who`s gallivanting through Eu-
rope; or Peter, who`s working
toward a mastter`s in some ob-
scure feld oI expertise so he can
work in the slums oI India; or
Mama Copan who, a Iew years
back, got her nose pierced spur-
oI-the-moment and is the wom-
an everyone ought to emulate?
And that`s only a Iew members
oI the household. And that`s
only the immediate Iamily.
As my Iather is a proIessor at
a local Christian liberal arts uni-
versity, Irom which two oI my
siblings graduated, naturally,
we`ve Iormed Iriendships with
a number oI students there. We
began taking in some oI these
kids whether newly gradu-
ated or still in school as well
as kids through other avenues.
The Commune began with one
guest and quickly grew to Iour
that frst summer oI 2012. This
promptly turned into students
asking to stay with us through-
out the school year, the chieI
conditions being that they enter
into the spirit oI community liIe
and that they are moving Ior-
ward in their lives.
On the subject oI my Iamily,
I recognize I am prone to sen-
timental gushing and, beIore
I know it, I sound like an elit-
ist who thinks my Iamily has
hit upon the only way to run a
household. While I know other
people have wonderIul Iamilies
and communities, I am simply
highlighting my experience in
our unique community ac-
knowledging the place oI God`s
grace at work in our lives. I see
more and more that 'it is grace,
nothing but grace, that we are
allowed to live in community
with Christian brethren ('LiIe
Together, Dietrich BonhoeI-
Ier).
By extension, what I`ve seen
unIold so tangibly is expressed
in Acts 4:32: 'And the congrega-
tion oI those who believed were
oI one heart and soul; and not
one oI them claimed that any-
thing belonging to him was his
own, but all things were com-
mon property to them the
'congregation or mini-church,
being the Copans plus these
others whom we`ve absorbed
into our number. This verse has
come alive in a number oI ways.
Consider Ior one, the rooming
situation: OIten I come home
Irom school and am unsure as to
whether I`ll be sleeping in my
own bed or whether it has gone
to a new guest. Why, dear Kris-
ten hasn`t slept in her own bed
in more than a year! And then
there`s the dinner table, which
becomes increasingly cramped,
but also increasingly merry:
People come and go, but most
summer and winter breaks, on
average we`re setting out 12 to
14 plates Ior a meal.
This verse becomes even
more tangible in what actually
happens at these mealtimes;
they involve prayer, singing,
and robust conversation con-
versation regarding theology,
literature, or any other curi-
osities. Such sobremesas Ioster
ready exchange and a zeal to en-
gage in intellectual and spiritual
pursuits together. We are inten-
tional about making our sched-
ules merge, but especially at
mealtimes. It is within this con-
text oI brushing shoulders that a
'liberal arts sort oI community
has emerged. Indeed, it is our
liIe together, the mingling oI
the mundane (washing dishes,
trips to the grocery store, etc.)
with our shared love and pursuit
oI higher things, that makes Ior
such conviviality.
When I come home Irom
Hillsdale, my greatest prior-
ity consists simply oI being in
the Commune`s company and
breaking bread with the people
to whom I am bound not
merely my Iamily, but those to
whom I am bound by a love
we`ve come to know in Christ.
In this community, we have wo-
ven 'a thousand strands, great
and small, that have linked us
together; we are ever-striving to
become, as Acts states, 'oI one
heart and soul. For 'aIter all,
there is but one source oI joy
('A Severe Mercy). Whether
it be jam sessions late into the
evening, dance parties in the
kitchen whilst doing dishes, or
conversation around the table,
we`ve Iound a deep-seated joy
rooted in the Father, who does
all things sweetly.
So yes, when my Iriend
asked me iI I was at a party, he
caught me oII guard just a little
bit. But it took only a second to
recover and respond, 'A party?
...Yeah, you could say that.
One year ago, TV personality
Melissa Bachman killed a male
lion in South AIrica then tweet-
ed, 'An incredible day hunting
in South AIrica! Stalked inside
60 yards on this beautiIul male
lion.what a hunt!
But aIter spending several
weeks this summer working be-
side nine lions in Mkhuze Na-
tional Park in South AIrica, I can
attest that lion hunting requires
no skill or courage. My team
and I would track them, pull oII
the road, then watch them Irom
distances oI less than 60 yards.
Most oI the lions
were not both-
ered by the pres-
ence oI the truck
or humans.
Expe r i e nc e
tells me that
Bachman would
have been led
by a proIessional
guide, a require-
ment to hunt such
game in South
AIrica legally. In
the comIort oI
the saIari vehicle,
the guide would
have pulled the
truck to within
60 yards oI the
lion`s position. This allowed
Bachman to take a controlled
and simple shot.
From Ioxes to snipes and
sharks to wolves, many species
have Iallen victim to the selfsh
desires oI trophy hunters like
Bachman. True hunters take the
liIe oI an animal Ior sustenance.
Today`s trophy hunters are well-
Ied men and women desperate
Ior the glory oI traveling to Iar-
away lands to destroy magnif-
cent creatures Ior the purpose
oI mounting stuIIed trophies
on their infated egos. Even
the mighty lion cannot deIend
against this growing interna-
tional 'sport.
Cowardice oIten joins his-
torical and environmental ig-
norance in the blissIul 'sport
oI lion hunting. College cheer-
leader Kendall Jones was re-
cently criticized Ior shooting
and killing a lion in South AI-
rica. Jones`s Facebook de-
Iense hid behind the coattails
oI the Rough Rider: 'Our 26th
President oI the United States,
Theodore Roosevelt, has been
labeled by many as the Father
oI Conservation. But he was a
hunter too, right? He killed the
same species that hunters now
chase today under a mound oI
anti-hunting pressure.
What Jones and many other
pro-big-game hunters Iail to
address are the diIIerences in
lion populations Irom the early
1900s to the present. According
to National Geographic, upward
oI 600,000 lions were present
during the early 1900s. Now,
there are Iewer than 30,000 leIt
in the wild. Chased Irom their
habitat by human expansion
and poaching, the population oI
lions is on a steady decline. Na-
tional Geographic writers and
other lion specialists have pre-
dicted that lions could disappear
Irom the wild by 2020.
Hunters be-
Iore the 1940s
hunted the big
cats when they
were plentiIul.
OIten times,
as in the case
oI Roosevelt,
trophy hunters
oI the past also
appropri at ed
and donated
large sums oI
public and pri-
vate money to
the preserva-
tion and con-
servation oI
land and ani-
mals.
Today, hunters extermi-
nate more and more oI Iewer
and Iewer lions. They pay the
$50,000 or more required to
complete a hunt, take their pelt,
and fee back to the comIorts
oI home. They claim that only
hunting the cats helps with their
conservation. II conservation
were actually the goal oI tro-
phy hunters, the entire $50,000
they spend to kill could go to
conservation oI the species oI
their choice without having to
reduce the population by one.
II these hunters cared about
conservation more than their
own pride, they would see the
importance oI not slaying these
creatures at this critical stage oI
environmental history.
Trophy hunting oI lions in
today`s world is a cowardly and
destructive activity, beneftting
nothing other than the ego oI
the hunter. II hunters were truly
concerned with the conservation
oI animals who are indisputably
endangered, why must they kill
what they purport to preserve
and protect?
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Whether it is watching 'The
Notebook as a high-school
Ireshman aIter a breakup, quot-
ing every line oI Disney`s 'Her-
cules while seeing it Ior the
47th time, or crying as (spoil-
er) William Wallace died in
'Braveheart these memo-
ries, and many more, are vivid
and precious to me. Because oI
this, watching movies is one oI
my very Iavorite things to do.
However, iI you ask my Iriends,
they will tell you that I almost
always say no when asked to
watch a movie with them. This
may be understood as unnec-
essary rigidity, but I think my
discriminating movie-watching
method has merit.
At one extreme, you fnd
those who reIuse to watch mov-
ies because they have better
things to do; they Ieel them-
selves to be above the average
Netfix-worshipper. Although
this seems a noble abstinence,
watching movies, in certain
cases, can be an inherently en-
riching activity.
Much more common, though,
is the other extreme: those who
will watch any movie at almost
any time. Watching movies has
become an aimless and haphaz-
ard activity. We don`t choose
movies intentionally based on
their potential value, but instead
they become mere time-fllers
when one can`t decide what to
do. We food our minds with a
multitude oI purposeless mov-
ies, and in doing so we miss the
possible value in certain ones.
This attitude toward movies
dilutes the goodness oI movie-
watching, an activity that, like
many others, is worth doing, but
only worth doing well.
Watching a movie well? Yes;
although it sounds like a trivial
diversion, watching a movie is
a worthwhile endeavor, and it
requires selectivity, discern-
ment, purposeIulness. II we are
going to engage in this activity,
we should do so as well as can
be done.
When choosing a movie, se-
lection is required in the Iollow-
ing things: whether to watch,
what to watch, and with whom
to watch. Being lazy in these
choices diminishes the good-
ness oI those movies that really
are worth choosing. Being in-
tentional with these choices will
improve your experiences and
allow you to love the movies
that are worth your love.
The frst decision in the mov-
ie-watching process is choosing
whether to watch one. Although
it seems trivial, this choice is
perhaps the most important.
When people watch an over-
abundance oI movies, quantity
overpowers quality iI you
watch one movie per night, you
lose the ability to distinguish
between the good experiences
and the bad ones. Deciding to
watch a movie should be a de-
liberate choice, not an inactive
acquiescence to laziness or
boredom.
AIter choosing to watch a
movie, choose your movie pur-
poseIully. In saying this I am
not suggesting that some mov-
ies are always good and others
are always bad. Indeed, one oI
the beauties oI movie-watching
is the Iact that diIIerent movies
refect the abundance oI diIIer-
ences in people. You may have
a classic flm buII roommate
who wouldn`t move a muscle
during 'Lawrence oI Arabia
except during the intermis-
sion. And you may have another
Iriend who grew up on 'Space
Jam and loves every minute
oI it. There are chick ficks Ior
women, 'Fight Club Ior men,
and 'The Shawshank Redemp-
tion Ior absolutely everyone.
Each person should choose her
own movie preIerences, and
then make standards Ior valu-
able movie-watching time in
accordance with them.
Finally, be selective about
whom you watch movies with.
Sharing movie time with oth-
ers is a community activity that
brings you together in a way
oIten unnoticed. However, this
communal experience only hap-
pens iI the movie is actually
being watched. II you and your
Iriends want to talk instead oI
watch a movie perIect; do
so. Good conversation always
trumps movie-watching. But
conversation during the movie
detracts Irom the experience;
unless, oI course, it is appropri-
ate inter-flm comments or ban-
ter in which case it increases
the communal atmosphere.
Movies are like Iriends. Or
Iavorite hobbies. Or great Iood.
Or Iun adventures. They`re di-
verse, they`re sometimes shal-
low, they`re sometimes dumb,
but they`re sometimes wonder-
Iul. And it`s the wonderIulness
oI movies that should make us
keep watching them not the
mindlessness associated with
them. Movies are special: They
can thrill us, depress us, excite
us, inspire us, teach us. When
you watch the right movie at the
right time with the right people,
it becomes an occasion oI bond-
ing and learning and will be
a lasting memory. I know this
Irom experience, and I wish
more people would have this
delightIul experience. So the
bottom line is: Be purposeIul
when making choices involving
the giIt oI movie-watching.
Few things delight me more
than the agitation oI others. I
am happiest when those around
me are mildly indignant. This
may seem puerile, but it has
purpose: A bit oI a lather is
good among those who hope
to seriously engage each other
and their ideas.
Perhaps it was in this same
spirit that Nate Brand wrote
his article Ior last week`s Col-
legian ('Saul Alinsky: required
reading). In it, Brand makes
an argument Ior the incorpo-
ration oI Alinsky`s 'Rules Ior
Radicals into the American
Heritage Reader. The mere
Iact that Alinsky`s thinking is
antithetical to that oI Hillsdale
College is held up as one rea-
son Ior his incorporation into
the Reader.
He says: 'The Reader al-
ready contains speeches Irom
Woodrow Wilson and Frank-
lin D. Roosevelt, which are
included to provide a contrary
school oI thought. It is time to
arm students with some insight
into modern progressivism and
its tactics.
There are two problems
with this assertion. First, Wil-
son and Roosevelt are signif-
cant fgures Irom American
political history, regardless oI
their (or your) political persua-
sion. Yes, they provide insight
into progressive thought. But
they were not placed in the
Reader with the express intent
oI giving students an object Ior
their Two Minutes Hate or,
as Brand puts it, providing a
'contrary school oI thought.
Related to this is my sec-
ond contention: namely, that
Brand misinterprets the goals
that instructed the Iormation oI
the American Heritage Reader
in the frst place. The preIace
oI the Reader itselI states that
the readings included 'do not
convey inIormation merely,
but they are the sources that
historians interpret to make
sense oI our past. It goes on
to invite students to 'examine
these Iragments oI the Ameri-
can past as the primary means
oI understanding both the roots
oI American order and sources
Ior contemporary disorders.
American Heritage is in-
tended to introduce frst- and
second-year students to the pri-
mary thinkers oI American his-
tory, not to perIorm ideological
conditioning. The purpose oI
studying history (particularly
at the introductory level) is not
to wield knowledge like the
Hammer oI Thor, leveling it
upon the heads oI unsuspect-
ing and ill-inIormed political
adversaries, but rather to un-
derstand the history oI our na-
tion and ourselves more
completely.
Judgments and action can
and must come later, when our
means to determining judg-
ment and guiding action have
been more Iully developed. An
authentic conIrontation with
'contrary schools oI thought
can occur only aIter we are ac-
quainted with our own school
oI thought. Discourse cannot
occur without prior consider-
ation and careIul development
oI our own belieIs.
Additionally, treating the
study oI history as a rhetorical
tool impoverishes the thinkers
and traditions Irom whence
America came. To behave as iI
some oI these men are merely
'the opposition is to bankrupt
your liberal education.
Robert Penn Warren wrote
that 'the end oI man is knowl-
edge. Truth is not something
we can appropriate Ior our own
purposes. It is our purpose.
History does not stand to be
seized Ior the sake oI an ad-
vantageous narrative. It is our
narrative. Our education must
not be plundered Ior the sake
oI politics.
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We all know it`s coming.
We`ve Ielt it creep up behind
us, stealing our sunlight and
our warmth. It`s Iall in Michi-
gan, and soon winter will be
here. We all know how that
goes.
That`s why everyone on
campus really needs to get
down to Hayden Park soon.
Hayden Park is the hidden gem
oI Hillsdale, with rolling hills,
deep Iorests, green felds, and
miles oI trails to explore, as
well as a beach volleyball court
and a fre pit. The Student Ac-
tivities Board has made a push
to host events at Hayden Park,
including the IM games and the
(cancelled) Homecoming bon-
fre and freworks display. But
these measures, however well-
intentioned, are not enough to
get students down to this great
resource.
I`m Irom Colorado. I didn`t
think that I would be very im-
pressed by Michigan Iorests or
hills, since, in my mountaineer-
ing mind, it would all be a Iar
cry Irom the rugged and stun-
ning topography oI my home
state. But exploring Hayden
Park proved me wrong.
Students can easily lose
hours running or biking
through the narrow, winding
trails, and Ior those who wish
to simply enjoy the stunning
scenery, Hayden Park would
make Ior an excellent loca-
tion to go Ior a walk. Imagine
this: One moment, the trees
and thick Ioliage are pressing
in, and the next, the trail opens
into a tall-grassed meadow
Iramed by the turning leaves.
Maybe the branches on either
side oI you are meeting above
your head to Iorm a tunnel, and
you duck beneath dark, mossy
wood, with your Ieet lightly
crunching against dry leaves.
Or maybe you fnd the entire
park recently mowed, and the
grass is short enough to walk
through. Maybe your Iriends
arrange a game oI capture the
fag at night, or a game oI vol-
leyball aIter a cook-out.
The beauty oI Hayden Park
is that it is acres oI college-
owned land where students can
do almost any type oI outdoor
land-based activity Irom
Frisbee to fashlight-tag. It tru-
ly is a shame that such a mag-
nifcent venue is currently go-
ing unused by students at large.
There is no excuse to avoid the
park either Ior those who
don`t have equipment such as
a bike, or, in the winter, cross-
country skis, such items are
available to borrow.
Soon, the entire state will be
covered in a Iew Ieet oI snow.
Sure, snow can be Iun sled-
ding and snowball fghts have
their appeal but any Michi-
gan native on campus will say
that when the snow continues
to Iall through April, everyone
will be longing Ior the sun.
Take advantage oI Iall beIore
the leaves descend and disap-
pear beneath heaps oI Irozen
snow. Take advantage oI the
striking colors and open felds
oI Hayden Park as it is, right
now, in October.
There is a wealth oI Iun to
be had at Hayden Park. The
only stipulation and the rea-
son, I think, Ior the general reti-
cence to explore it is that the
outdoors demands our Iull at-
tention. It demands that we lay
down our books, study-guides,
and cell-phones that we stop
Yik-Yaking about caIeteria
Iood, stop hanging out in AJ`s,
stop planning our next dorm
raid (all hail Simpson), and in-
stead, get down to Hayden Park
Ior some spontaneous explora-
tion. Studying and socializing
have their place, but college is
the perIect time to realize that
Iun is what you make it in
other words, you don`t neces-
sarily need parties, alcohol,
or Netfix to enjoy yourselI.
Hayden Park is the ideal place
to make your own Iun.
Grab some Iriends, go
alone, get a bike, or go on Ioot
it doesn`t matter. Maybe
bring a camera and a sketch-
book, maybe bring glow-sticks
and a light-up Frisbee again,
it doesn`t matter. Just go and be
a dumb college kid. So the next
time I get lost running through
the maze oI bike trails on the
Iar side oI Mauck, I hope to
meet someone else doing ex-
actly the same thing.
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Livonia, MI - Mitt Rom-
ney brought Michigan`s Senate
race into the national eye at a
rally Ior Senate candidate Terri
Lynn Land (R-Mich.) here last
Thursday.
'This is a person who will
make a diIIerence in Washing-
ton, Romney said, 'because in
Washington, her voice will be
one oI those that takes us in a
very diIIerent direction than the
president has.
Romney criticized President
Obama Ior his policies with
Russia and arming Syrian reb-
els, which he said contributed
to the Iormation oI ISIS.
'At the beginning oI his
presidency back in 2008, he
went around the world and
apologized Ior America now
it`s time Ior him to apologize to
America, Romney said, evok-
ing a round oI applause.
'But help is on the way, he
added.
Land`s speech, alongside the
Republican superstar, was the
frst oI several rare public ap-
pearances the would-be senator
made this week.
Back in his home state,
Romney drew a crowd oI more
than 300 to build hype Ior Land,
who Iaces Rep. Gary Peters (D)
in Michigan`s U.S. Senate elec-
tion this November.
The rally was organized by
the Michigan Republican Party
and emceed by Michigan GOP
Chairman Bobby Schostack.
Romney emphasized that a
Republican Senate victory in
Michigan could mean the end
oI Majority Leader Harry Re-
id`s (D-Nev.) Senate rule, and
allow votes on signifcant legis-
lation such as the Keystone XL
pipeline.
Highlighting Land`s cam-
paign policy points, Romney
said Land`s Senate win could
contribute to repealing and re-
placing the AIIordable Care
Act.
'II Terri Lynn Land is elect-
ed you`re going to actually see
the promise you were given Iul-
flled: what I mean by that is iI
you like your health insurance
and you like your doctor, you
can keep them, Romney said,
causing more cheers.
Dubbed the 'invisible candi-
date Ior her reluctance to giv-
ing public speeches, Land`s
comments Thursday refect-
ed the sparseness oI content
typical oI past public ap-
pearances.
'Washington is broken and
it`s trying to break Michigan,
and we need a senator to put
Michigan frst, Land said.
Criticizing Peters` stances
on immigration, roads, and auto
industry outsourcing, Land Io-
cused her criticism oI Peters on
women`s issues.
'I`ll tell you what`s a war on
women not being able to keep
your doctor when you`re going
through a healthcare crisis,
Land said.
Land also chastised her op-
ponent Ior not supporting the
Equal Pay Ior Equal Work leg-
islation.
'I am not going to be lec-
tured by a man who talks about
women`s issues but only pays
the women in his oIfce 67
cents on the dollar, she said to
applause.
The rally also Ieatured At-
torney General Bill Schuette,
Secretary oI State Ruth John-
son, and the Republican can-
didates Ior Michigan congress
and state education boards.
For Land, the rally was the
frst oI several public appear-
ances this week.
On Friday, Michigan Public
Radio host Rick Pluta`s show,
'Michigan Calling, Ieatured
Land in an hour radio spot,
covering issues such as Ioreign
policy, spending, education,
roads, and medicare. While
Land commented extensively
on the Iailings oI democratic
policy, she Iailed to outline
her own plans Ior solving the
nation`s problem. Land oIten
repeated canned talking points
and sidestepped questions.
'I`m a mom I have two
kids, Land said approximately
seven times during the show.
Thus Iar, there is no sign that
Romney`s support or Land`s ra-
dio comments will make a diI-
Ierence Ior her campaign. As oI
press time, no polling data has
been gathered since Friday. A
recent Mitchell Research poll
reported Peters is leading Land
by a margin oI 13 percent.
Also, the Washington Post
reported the Land-Peters is the
nation`s closest race despite the
lack oI attention it`s been given.
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The Hillsdale Community
Health Center will host the Run
Ior Health 5K and 10K Saturday
and award a $100 cash prize to
anyone who breaks the course
record.
Registration opens at 7:30
a.m., and the race begins at 9:00
a.m. Irom the Health Center at
168 S Howell St.
The HCHC hosts the race in
order to promote wellness and
encourage Hillsdale residents to
be more active.
Last year, the HCHC wel-
comed approximately 250 run-
ners and walkers, and with Ia-
vorable weather in the Iorecast,
is expecting closer to 300 par-
ticipants Saturday.
Registration will open the
morning oI race day, and the $25
entry Iee covers a long-sleeved
event T-shirt and eligibility Ior
awards.
The HCHC has 12 award
groups based on age, which in-
clude a 15 to 18 group and a 19
to 25 group. The top three fnish-
ers in each group will receive
awards.
Along with the age group
fnisher awards, the HCHC will
award a $100 cash bonus to
those who set a course record.
The times to beat Ior Iemales are
22:03 Ior the 5K and 46:42 Ior
the 10K. The records Ior males
are 15:49 and 33:16.
The race will be chip-timed
by the Michigan Running Foun-
dation to guarantee accuracy in
results.
More than 20 Hillsdale stu-
dents will be volunteering at the
race to support the cause.
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On an administrative level,
Sara Lisznyai plans to develop
the eIfciency oI the district
courtroom Ior Hillsdale Coun-
ty.
'We are a community oI
have and have nots, she said.
'II they are hiring attorneys,
they can`t pay Ior reappear-
ances. The best thing Ior these
people is access to the court
so when they have a hearing,
things are happening.
Lisznyai said getting people
the answers they`re looking
Ior in a timely manner will be
a priority oI hers iI elected to
the county district judge seat in
November.
'It isn`t about the minimum
I need to do, she said. 'It`s
about what good can I bring.
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For Neal Brady, the Hillsdale
County Fair was an important
campaign ground.
'The neat thing about the Iair
is that the people come to you,
Brady said, 'and the people
that come up to you are usually
Iriendly and supporters.
In addition to hearing Irom
the voters, Brady also flled his
booth with literature written by
himselI and his supporters.
'There was an exchange oI
inIormation, Brady said, 'We
had our literature going out, but
also Ieedback coming in.
Brady`s next major event
will be held at Broad Street
Downtown Market and Tavern
Oct. 20.
'It will be an inIormal social
event, Brady said. 'It`s good
to get together with people that
you know and like, especially at
a setting like Broad Street Mar-
ket.
Brady will also be at the
Board oI Realtors Candidates
Forum Oct. 15 at the Hillsdale
College Dow Leadership and
ConIerence Center.
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The Gospel Barn will host
the Booth Brothers, a well-
known gospel music group,
Saturday. Due to the high de-
mand to see the southern gos-
pel trio, the Booth Brothers will
perIorm two concerts, one at 2
p.m. and another at 7 p.m.
Located just outside Hills-
dale`s city limits, the Gospel
Barn is Hillsdale`s Grand Ole
Opry Ior the gospel music scene.
Gospel groups Irom across the
country regularly perIorm in
the Iully outftted concert barn
every weekend Irom April to
November and draw approxi-
mately 400 gospel music Ians
each Saturday night. Usually,
only gospel groups perIorm,
but the Gospel Barn occasion-
ally hosts other acts, including
ventriloquist David Pendleton.
This Saturday, it expects nearly
600 people to fll up the Barn
Ior the Booth Brothers` show.
Scott Wiley, owner and mas-
ter oI ceremonies, runs the Barn
with his Iamily and Iriends and
said he looks Iorward to the
Booth Brothers` concert.
'They put on quite a pro-
gram, Wiley said. 'They`re
great Iriends oI ours.
The Booth Brothers have
Irequently visited the Barn
since 1995 and hold a concert
there every year. The Broth-
ers sing classic gospel music
as well as other material. The
group`s website, BoothBroth-
ers.com, cites its biggest infu-
ences range Irom 'the Eagles to
the Gatlin Brothers to legend-
ary gospel greats such as Bill
Gaither and Mosie Lister.
The Booth Brothers are com-
posed oI two brothers, Ronnie
Booth and Michael Booth, and
a third singer Jim Brady. The
trio has received many awards
including: Trio oI the Year,
Male Group oI the Year, Best
Live PerIormer oI the Year, and
Song oI the Year.
Although the Booth Broth-
er`s concert Saturday is sold
out, hopeIuls may wait outside
in the lobby Ior potential seats.
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The Hillsdale City Coun-
cil approved the Iormation oI
an Airport Advisory Commit-
tee Monday. Councilmembers
hope it will better the Hillsdale
Municipal Airport and improve
Hillsdale`s economy.
Councilperson Adam Stock-
Iord, who will assist Mayor
Scott Sessions in choosing the
candidates Ior the committee
board, said it`s been a long time
since the council created a com-
mittee and should use the op-
portunity to promote ne ways oI
prospering Hillsdale`s economy.
'The airport kind oI just sits
over there and hasn`t been used
as a tool Ior economic devel-
opment, StockIord said. 'So
many other communities try to
do that with their airports. My
vision is that |the committee|
will operate pretty much sover-
eign Irom city council, because
airport economic development
is very specifc, and nobody
on the council or city adminis-
tration really knows that much
about it.
StockIord said the committee
will have three goals: improve
the airport, generate more reve-
nue, and encourage more people
to use it. While the committee
will make recommendations to
the city council, the committee
is still '100 percent advisory,
StockIord said.
AIter approving the commit-
tee, the council also approved
an amendment to the purchase
oI a vehicle Ior the police de-
partment. The fnal price oI
the vehicle was approximately
$1,000 more than the original
price presented to the council
at its Sept. 15 meeting, due to
what acting City Manager Doug
Terry called 'a simple adminis-
trative oversight.
'Administratively we saw an
error, and we went back to the
city council and it was correct-
ed, Terry said. 'We still ended
up buying locally.
From the purchase date, it
will take 120 days until the ve-
hicle is delivered to the police
department.
'I take sole responsibility
Ior this, I apologize, Terry said
during the meeting.
In other business, Councilp-
erson Patrick Flannery proposed
a procedural modifcation to the
city council so meetings will
run smoother. Flannery asked
to create a deadline by which
councilpersons must submit
amendments to meeting agen-
das.
Without a deadline, 'I`m
concerned that councilpersons
and the public don`t have proper
time to review amendments to
the agenda, Flannery said.
BeIore Monday`s meeting,
Ior example, Flannery said he
didn`t know about new addi-
tions to the agenda until 'late
|that| aIternoon.
The council sent the proposal
to the Operation and Gover-
nance Committee while Terry
looks into other cities` proce-
dures Ior reIerence.
'We should have the fexibil-
ity to put stuII on the agenda,
however, I have no problem
investigating what other cities
do, Terry said.
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He loves his country, believes
in public service, and stands
strong upon his Hillsdale educa-
tion: David Viviano, `94, will run
to retain his seat on the Michigan
Supreme Court next month.
'He is one oI those people
you meet and think to yourselI,
II only he could be the one to
run the world,` said ProIessor
oI Business Law Robert Black-
stock. Viviano, 42, earned his
place on the supreme court under
special circumstances when Gov.
Rick Snyder appointed him to
replace Justice Diane Hathaway
who resigned amidst a scandal
regarding bank Iraud in February
2013.
In November, Republican Vi-
viano will Iace oII against Demo-
crat Deborah Thomas and Liber-
tarian Kerry Morgan.
Viviano said his Hillsdale
education Iormed the Ioundation
upon which he`s built his judicial
career.
'Whenever I mention that I
attended Hillsdale College and
that many oI my Iamily members
have, I always receive applause,
Viviano said. 'I`m proud to be a
graduate and represent the col-
lege.
Specifcally, Viviano appreci-
ates Hillsdale`s classical educa-
tion in character and judicial in-
tegrity principles that he holds
to be highly important.
'I fnd myselI using what we
all learned at Hillsdale about the
Iounding principles set by our
Iounding Iathers, the separation
oI powers, and idea oI individual
liberty, Viviano said.
Joe Viviano, 96, calls his
brother a 'rule-oI-law-judge
and correlates that with the em-
phasis Hillsdale places on Iree-
dom.
'II a judge does anything
other than interpret the law as it`s
passed by legislature you have
rule-by-judges instead oI people
governing themselves, Joe said.
'And we all know Hillsdale is
strong on selI-government.
David Viviano agreed with his
brother`s assessment oI a judge`s
proper Iunction in government.
'Judges are to deIer to the
policy oI the legislature, David
said. 'Judges are not policy mak-
ers.
In addition to his education,
David`s Iamily plays a vital role
in helping him achieve his goals.
'I had great role models,
David said. 'My dad is a retired
judge and we grew up campaign-
ing Ior him.
His Iather, Antonio Viviano,
was a Macomb County probate
and circuit judge until 2010.
Now, David`s large Italian
Iamily Iocuses its eIIorts on his
campaigns. Previously, David
ran in multiple local elections,
winning a seat in 2006 to the
Macomb County Circuit Court,
where he served as chieI judge
Irom 2011 to 2013.
'We couldn`t do what we`ve
done iI our Iamily wasn`t Iully
invested, David said. 'It`s im-
portant to us, and they`ve been
willing to make sacrifces and
spend the time and eIIort neces-
sary.
'In local elections, everyone
would help, Joe added. 'My
mom would organize poll work-
ers, my sister, Kathy, would han-
dle his fnances, and all the cous-
ins would put up signs and knock
on doors.
Because this is David`s frst
statewide election, he hired a
Iull-time campaign manager
while Joe serves as an adviser
and Iundraiser instead. David ad-
mits he`s had to learn about state
politics and how to run in state-
wide elections.
'It takes a lot oI time and
money to get our message out to
the whole state, David said.
He`s bought radio and TV
time, sought support Irom out-
side groups, and used social me-
dia to deliver his message to a
broad spectrum oI voters.
David believes that he has
been well received by voters, but
said the outcome is uncertain un-
til election day.
AgriPac, Citizens Ior Tra-
ditional Values and Michigan
Chamber oI Commerce are just
a Iew oI the associations and or-
ganizations endorsing Viviano`s
campaign. Viviano has also been
endorsed by the Michigan Frater-
nal Order oI Police and, as oI last
week, Police OIfcers Associa-
tion oI Michigan.
said.
Still, she called Hillsdale
'very fscally responsible,
without debt and outstanding
bonds.
According to Hillsdale Fi-
nancial Director Bonnie Tew,
Hillsdale city property taxes
only pay Ior emergency ser-
vices.
Furthermore, a large
amount oI the property in
Hillsdale is not taxable. Prop-
erty owned by the college is
among those tax exempt prop-
erties, according to ProIessor
oI Economics Gary WolIram.
At the same time, Mary
WolIram said that a contractor
hired by the city estimated it
would cost $39 million to fx
Hillsdale`s roads.
Since all oI the city`s tax
Iunds go toward paying Ior
city emergency services, any
road repairs have to be paid
Ior with state money. The city
oI Hillsdale receives state
Iunding Ior roads through
three avenues: constitutional
revenue sharing; Act 51 'gas
tax money; and statutory
revenue sharing which is set
each year in the state budget.
Though constitutional rev-
enue sharing is guaranteed,
Act 51 money has been drop-
ping since 2004, and statutory
revenue sharing has signif-
cantly decreased in the last 10
years, Gary WolIram said.
He said that as state rev-
enue sharing decreased dur-
ing the last decade, Hillsdale
stayed out oI debt by not fx-
ing roads. Instead, it Iocused
on road maintenance.
In the meantime, while the
tough questions about road
Iunding are decided by Hill-
sdale city government, resi-
dents oI Hillsdale still have
to deal with crumbling local
roads.
'It`s a good town to live in,
I love to live here, but I hate
my road, Peddicord said.

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Robert Blackstock.
'You could just see how
something like this would hap-
pen to him, Blackstock said.
For 8-10 weeks out oI the
year, game days keep Lantis at
work all 12 hours oI the day. His
days start 6-7 hours beIore kick-
oII as he organizes the schedule
Ior 15 interns, Lantis` promotion
staII.
'It`s nice to have a group oI
talented college kids that you can
rely on, Lantis said.
Lantis does not deny that
perks come heavy handed in his
line oI work.
'I got to meet Erin Andrews,
he said. 'She`s defnitely one oI
my celebrity crushes. I also have
a lot oI player interaction since I
go to the training Iacility about
once a week. Demaryius Thom-
as, one oI my Iavorite players,
recognized me by name the other
day.
When Lantis isn`t orchestrat-
ing the details oI game day, he
manages numerous promotional
projects such as marketing player
appearances. Because oI his ac-
cess to Broncos` contact inIorma-
tion, the company Iorces Lantis
to keep a pass code on his phone.
When he can`t contact players by
phone, he visits them at practice.
'Usually it`s an easy sell when
you can oIIer someone $1000 to
sign autographs, he said.
One player remains distanced
Irom Lantis` line oI work: Peyton
Manning, the Broncos` quarter-
back.
'There`s top players, and
then there`s Peyton, Lantis
said. 'I don`t think they`d trust a
24-year-old new hire with Peyton
Manning.
Although his work includes
several late nights and early
mornings, he admits to delusion-
al bliss.
'I`m still in that honeymoon
stage, he said. 'I`m so excited to
come to the stadium and work Ior
the Denver Broncos.
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The Chargers` volleyball
games have grown longer and
less predictable as the season
progresses.
The frst fve matches oI the
season were 3-0 wins Ior the
Chargers, but last Saturday,
they sparred with Saginaw Val-
ley State University Ior fve sets
emerging on top, 3-2. They won
their match against Wayne State
University on Friday, but not
without a decisive Iourth set.
Saturday`s game against
SVSU was a knock-down-drag-
out match aIter the Cardinals
trounced the Chargers in the frst
set 25-12.
'The frst set was awIul. We
struggled to get into the double-
digits, senior Kat Vael said.
But the Chargers came back
invigorated in the second set and
picked up a win, 25-23.
For the third set, Hillsdale
Iought tenaciously and revealed
just how evenly the teams were
matched. The volley Ior their
eighth point lasted Ior as many
hits over the net.
Sophomore Erin Holsinger
sent the ball sailing to the Car-
dinals` back row with an ath-
letic jump-serve. The Cardinals`
attempted an attack but were
shut down by Charger blockers
senior Lindsay Kostrzewa and
junior Jordan Denmark. They re-
bounded with a pass over the net;
junior and setter Marissa Owen
tried a surprise tip, and so did the
Cardinals, but to no avail. Both
sides then attempted the standard
three-hit kill twice beIore Den-
mark fnished with a searing hit
to the undeIended back leIt cor-
ner oI the court.
The fnal points oI the game
went much more quickly, though
neither team had a clear advan-
tage. At the Chargers` 24th point,
it became a point-by-point match,
all the way to an astonishing 32-
30 win Ior the Cardinals.
'I think we did a great job
fghting back when we were
down, Owen said. 'However, I
think all oI us are disappointed
with how we perIormed. It was
defnitely not our best.
The Iourth and fIth sets were
like deja vu, the Chargers Iorc-
ing the Cardinals to scores oI 30-
28, and 16-14 Ior the win.
Junior Haylee Booms made
a career and team-high 16 kills,
and sophomore Erin Holsinger
matched her career-high with 15
kills. Owen also made a career
and team-high with 52 assists
and 17 digs. Freshman and libero
Brittany Jandasek tied Owen Ior
digs. Kostrzewa had one solo
block and Iour block assists.
'When both teams were at
their best, I Ielt like we were at
a slight advantage, coach Chris
Gravel said. 'SVSU stayed
pretty consistent throughout the
match, especially their libero.
They never allowed us to get a
big lead. Despite the loss, I was
happy with the overall fght we
demonstrated.
On Friday, the Chargers
cleanly deIeated the Wayne State
Warriors in their frst match 25-
14. But in the second match, the
tables turned nearly precisely
enough to secure the Warriors an
identical victory over the Char-
gers just two points oII at 25-
16.
Though the Chargers walked
away with a 3-1 win, Friday`s
reIs called 14 ball handling errors
by night`s end Ior the Chargers
and the Warriors. By compari-
son, only 31 ball handling errors
were called in the Chargers` 11
previous matches.
Despite the errors, power-
house oIIensive juniors Emily
WolIert and Denmark showed
their versatility WolIert with a
career-high 19 digs and a team-
second oI 9 kills, and Denmark
with a team-second oI 14 digs
and a team-high oI 10 kills.
The Chargers will work in
practice this week to repair the
cracks in their game and prepare
Ior what Owen calls 'a big week-
end.
'Practice will be hard this
week, Vael said.
The Chargers play two games
at home this weekend: Grand
Valley State University at 7 p.m.
on Friday and Ferris State Uni-
versity at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
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Michigan Tech: 7
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With an average GPA oI 3.47,
higher than Hillsdale College`s
overall average, the 2013-14
Charger soItball team earned
the National Fastpitch Coaches
Association Academic Team
Award. Despite Hillsdale`s aca-
demic rigor, the team`s GPA
ranked 14th highest amongst all
NCAA Division II teams.
'This award shows that being
average or mediocre isn`t good
enough, senior soItball player
Jessica Day said. 'As a team, we
strive to be the best and we won`t
settle Ior anything less than this.
Junior Ainsley Ellison added
the award shows how well the
team works together.
'Especially considering the
types oI classes we`re taking, we
know we`re a smart team, Elli-
son said. 'And we`re not just in
it Ior ourselves we`re excited
Ior everyone. It shows the team`s
strong work ethic and how we
keep each other accountable.
Director oI Athletics Don
Brubacher believes this acco-
lade proves Hillsdale College
athletics achieves its goal oI en-
suring student athletes maintain
the same standards oI academic
success as the rest oI the student
body.
Head women`s soItball coach
Joe Abraham agreed, saying the
soItball team members exempli-
Iy the type oI student Hillsdale
seeks to promote.
'We strongly believe all the
team epitomizes everything Hill-
sdale is about, Abraham said.
'The girls developed a culture
where they expect each other to
do well in the classroom. From
athletics to academics, our team
Iulflls the mission and purpose
oI the college.
Since Abraham took over
coaching the team three years
ago, its average GPA has in-
creased every semester. Players
and administrators recognize his
emphasis on academic success
largely infuenced that result.
'As Coach Joe has high ex-
pectations Ior us, we ultimately
do what we have to do in order
to achieve these expectations he
has set. He`s really big on how
our actions represent Hillsdale
College and what we stand Ior,
Day said. 'With this, I believe
it has really motivated us to give
our program the highest reputa-
tion not only on the feld, but in
the classroom as well.
JeII Lantis, director oI exter-
nal relations Ior athletics, noted
the team`s recognition speaks to
the high quality oI all Hillsdale
students.
'We`ve always been known
Ior our student athletes, and stu-
dents who can succeed in the
classroom and in any extracur-
ricular activity show the quality
oI character oI the student body,
Lantis said. 'It takes a balance
between commitment to talent
and commitment to academics to
do both.
To help his players reach this
balance, Abraham mandates they
turn in a report oI their grades,
upcoming tests and projects,
and tally oI missed classes with
explanations weekly. Using that
inIormation, the coaches Iorm
the team`s practice schedule to
ensure players have enough time
to devote to their studies, partic-
ularly during busy weeks around
mid-terms and fnals.
Also, when the team travels,
Abraham said the bus will make
a special trip to the classroom
buildings beIore leaving, so
players can stay in their classes
until the 'last possible minute.
Like all Charger teams, the
soItball team holds study tables,
which are mandatory Ior frst
semester Ireshmen and those
below a certain GPA. This year,
Ior the frst time, all sophomores,
juniors, and seniors grades are
high enough so that they`re not
required to attend. Yet, Abraham
said some still go to support the
younger members.
In order to earn academic
awards like this, Brubacher said
coaches must recruit careIully.
'Students have to be aca-
demically dedicated to make it at
Hillsdale, Brubacher said. 'The
academic rigor is so high that
coaches communicate as exces-
sively as possible the work here
will be just as high in the class-
room as on the court.
Abraham aIfrmed he ensures
potential recruits understand that
they`re attending Hillsdale Ior
more than just playing soItball.
'We make it abundantly clear
that these girls are in Ior a serious
academic challenge, Abraham
said. 'II they don`t want that,
they don`t want to come here and
it flters out anyone who`s not se-
rious.
Although the team and ad-
ministration is excited Ior the
recognition, many admit iI
the GPAs were adjusted to ac-
count Ior Hillsdale`s academic
rigor compared to that oI other
schools, the team would have
placed much higher.
'When adjusted, it probably
would have been a 3.8 or 3.9,
Lantis said.
'In reality, we were frst, and
it`s not even remotely close,
Abraham added.
'Our student athletes oIten
don`t receive the recognition
they should because oI Hills-
dale`s grading scale, but it makes
it worth so much more than most
when we do win like this, Bru-
bacher said.
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Hey, hey hockeytown!
AIter a short stint in the post-
season and a long oIIseason, the
Detroit Red Wings are fnally go-
ing to be back on the ice at the
Joe Louis Arena tonight at 7:30
p.m. against the Boston Bruins.
The Red Wings will seek ven-
geance in Iront oI their home
crowd. Last spring, Detroit made
its 23rd straight postseason run
only to be deIeated in the frst
round by the Bruins.
'Obviously we`re excited and
it`s nice that we get the frst crack
at the Bruins, especially since
they were the ones that kicked us
out oI the postseason last year,
Red Wings center Luke Glen-
dening said.
Luke is the older brother oI
Joe Glendening 13, Hillsdale`s
All-American running back who
started Ior the Chargers as a true
Ireshman in 2009 and became
the program`s all-time leading
rusher by 2012.
Glendening signed with the
Red Wings in July 2013. In his
rookie season the 25-year-old
scored one goal and had 6 as-
sists.
In terms oI personal goals,
Glendening said he wants to im-
prove Irom last year and keep
Iulflling his role on the team.
Detroit fnished the preseason
with a 4-4 mark, but the play-
ers are looking Iorward to f-
nally playing meaningIul hockey
again.
'Everyone wants to make it
to the postseason, but we`ve got
to take it day by day to make it
there, Luke Glendening said.
The Detroit Red Wings Iran-
chise is known Ior having one
oI the largest and craziest Ian
bases. In 2011, the 25 millionth
Ian walked into Joe Louis Arena.
This year, the Red Wings Ians
were ranked 6th on Bleacher Re-
port`s list oI the top ten Ian bases
in American sports.
Some Hillsdale students are
members oI the team`s die-hard
Ian base.
'I have been a Red Wings Ian
since the day I was born, junior
Mary Clare Smith said. 'One
oI my earliest memories is oI
watching a Red Wings game on
television with my Iamily. My
dad would yell at the TV and I al-
ways wondered iI he knew they
couldn`t hear him.
Smith said her Iavorite place
in downtown Detroit is 'the Joe.
'The game atmosphere is in-
describable and I defnitely rec-
ommend those who have never
been to an NHL hockey game
to attend one at the Joe, Smith
said.
To gear up Ior the NHL sea-
son opener junior Drew StaIIord
has worn a hockey jersey each
day this week, saving his Zetter-
berg jersey Ior today.
StaIIord, who has played
hockey since he was fve years
old, said his Iamily has a long
history oI supporting the Red
Wings. His grandIather worked
as the Joe Louis parking garage
manager Ior over 25 years, and
he and his two younger brothers
have attended games since they
were born.
'One oI my frst memories
was going to the 1997 Champi-
onship parade in Detroit, StaI-
Iord said.
StaIIord said he and his broth-
ers make it to at least one game
every year.
'Last year I went to the Win-
ter Classic outside at Ann Ar-
bor`s Big House. It wiped out my
bank account but it was worth
it, StaIIord said.
Something StaIIord has in
common with Luke Glendening:
Both grew up watching the Red
Wings in the 'Stevie Y. era.
'Yzerman was the man,
StaIIord said oI the recently re-
tired No. 19 who led the Red
Wings Ior 22 years.
'When I was a kid The Cap-
tain- Steve Yzerman- was the
best, Luke Glendening said.
Something about being a
Michigan native makes people
passionate Red Wings Ians.
'I think it`s because the De-
troit Red Wings are one oI the
NHL`s original six teams. Hav-
ing a part in such a tradition
makes being a Ian all the more
exciting and enjoyable, Smith
said.
Luke Glendening shared in
this tradition.
'Being Irom Grand Rapids,
the Red Wings were always
my Iavorite team growing up,
Glendening said. 'Playing with
guys that I looked up to Ior so
many years, it`s a dream come
true.
Detroit Ians will see the
potential Ior their postseason
dreams to come true starting to-
night.
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Once again, the weather
proved to be the Hillsdale Char-
ger golI team`s biggest opponent.
Last Friday, fve members oI
the golI team traveled to Ada,
Ohio Ior the Polar Bear Clas-
sic at Colonial GolIers Club. In
ten hours oI continuous golI, the
team played 18 holes back to
back, fnishing in eighth place
out oI the eight teams.
The Chargers carded a total
tournament score oI 719, cutting
19 strokes between rounds.
Freshmen Logan KauII-
man and John Burke tied Ior
34th place in a feld oI 46. They
scored identical rounds oI 87-87
Ior a 174 total. Junior Patrick Na-
lepa and Freshmen John DuIIy
had rounds oI 185 and 186, re-
spectively.
For this non-conIerence tour-
nament, there was no option to
play a practice round.
'It was tough |playing the frst
round blind|, but the majority oI
the course was right in Iront oI
you. There were only a Iew holes
that it would have been very ben-
efcial to have played beIore,
Nalepa said.
The biggest challenge oI the
day, however was playing in the
conditions that seem to Iollow
the team wherever they go: wind
and rain, all day. At one point in
the round, the players halted play
without the oIfcial horn blow-
ing, bound by a common senti-
ment that the diagonal rain was
too much.
'|We| had to stop playing Ior
a halI hour because the greens
were fooded. When we started
playing again we had to take
relieI on some oI the greens,
Burke said.
Coach Nathan Gilchrist said
that 'battling the elements is a
part oI the game.
Gilchrist said a highlight oI
the tournament was when Nalepa
made a 45 Ioot putt that broke
three times up a hill even though
the entire feld was taxed by the
wind and rain.
Nalepa played the 8th hole
twice, with a total oI only two
putts playing the hole one un-
der Ior the day.
Burke had the advantage
oI growing up near the course,
having played a Iew junior tour-
naments there in high school,
though never Irom the back tees.
To illustrate the eIIect oI the
rain on play, Burke described a
470-yard par Iour in which he hit
a driver and three wood just to
get to the green.
'It was into the wind and you
weren`t getting a lot oI roll be-
cause the Iairways were so soIt.
It was diIIerent Ior a par Iour,
Burke said.
Nalepa recounted a light mo-
ment in the day on the 18th hole
a par 5 with a Iairway that went
downhill to the right and an el-
evated green. FiIteen yards oII
the leIt side oI the Iairway was a
cornfeld. When his ball missed
leIt, it hit an ear oI corn and
bounced back into play.
'Playing 36 holes was tiring,
but they defnitely give learning
experiences. Playing 36 holes
you make a lot oI mistakes so
you can defnitely learn Irom
that, Burke said.
Gilchrist emphasized that the
team 'has come a long way since
the frst week together, though
the scores are not entirely re-
fective oI that all the time. He
added that the 'biggest periods oI
growth will be in the oIIseason.
'Our players are as capable
as any other team we`ve played.
I`m really proud oI how they
have handled the inaugural Iall,
Gilchrist said.
The team will leave Thursday
Ior the ConIerence Champion-
ship in Kentucky the fnal tour-
nament oI the Iall season. The
team and individual champions
will receive automatic bids to
the super regional in the spring,
which is the qualifer Ior Nation-
als. The 54-hole tournament be-
gins Friday.
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As a young Denver Broncos
Ian, Scott Lantis never dreamed
that one day his phone would list
his Iavorite team on speed dial.
This past summer, Lantis `13
began his job as the promotions
and special events coordinator
Ior the Denver Broncos.
During the game, Lantis sits
on the sideline with the team
donning two headsets: one to
communicate with his interns,
the other to contact the network
broadcasting the game that day.
Lantis handles every element oI
the stadium experience Irom the
coin toss to the halI time show to
the blown up tunnel.
'Anything you can think oI
that goes on during a game day
is part oI my responsibility,
he said. 'Anytime you watch
a Broncos game and it goes to
commercial, that`s when I`m
working.
Growing up in Michigan, a
scanty supply oI Broncos mer-
chandise Iorced young Lantis
and his Iather to cut pictures
Irom the newspaper and Sports
Illustrated to paste onto poster-
board Ior Lantis` room.
'AIter Scott got the job, we
Iound a picture oI him next to
a Bronco locker when he was
Iour, Lantis` sister, Heather,
said. 'It`s neat to see his dreams
come Iull circle.
'I have Iond memories in
my living room with my Iather
watching the Broncos on Sun-
days, he said. 'I am so humbled
and thankIul to do what I love Ior
a great organization. That`s the
short oI it.
AIter graduating Irom Hill-
sdale, Lantis few out to Colo-
rado Ior a diIIerent job opportu-
nity beIore he stumbled across an
opening Ior a sponsorship intern-
ship Ior Colorado`s NFL team.
OI more than 1,000 applicants,
Lantis was one oI the fve that
received the internship.
Securing the internship was
infuenced by a Hillsdale alum-
nus Tom Heckert `91, who cur-
rently works as the director oI
pro personnel Ior the Broncos.
Lantis landed a frst inter-
view and aIter going through the
screening process landed the in-
ternship.
'That was a pretty big deal,
Lantis said. 'I`ve been a crazy
Denver Broncos Ian. It`s a Lantis
obsession.
Lantis`s dream job paid $8 an
hour and lodged his Ioot in the
door oI the multi-million dol-
lar Iranchise. Two months later,
Lantis applied Ior the opening
oI promotions and special events
coordinator. By the end oI Au-
gust, Lantis was a Iull time staII
member.
Lantis played two varsity
sports in college: baseball and
Iootball. He graduated with a
marketing degree that included
courses in business ethics and
leadership under the instruction
oI ProIessor oI Business Law
The Hillsdale men`s cross-
country team made the biggest
jump in the nation in rankings
this week thanks to a stellar per-
Iormance in Louisville over the
weekend.
The US Track & Field and
Cross-Country Coaches Associ-
ation had Hillsdale ranked 24th,
but aIter sweeping the competi-
tion at the Greater Louisville
Cross-Country Classic meet they
moved up to 13th.
Eight men oI the Chargers`
varsity squad won the Louisville
meet and the eight women com-
peting earned 10th place. The
rest oI the team members ran this
weekend at Notre Dame`s course
in Indiana where the women
placed 25th and the men came
in 20th.
'We had a great day across
the board, sophomore Joe New-
comb said.
'Both meets were helpIul in
gauging the men and women`s
ftness levels, said head coach
Joe Lynn.
About 120-130 schools Irom
various divisions were repre-
sented at the Louisville meet.
The meet was split into two
heats based oII oI regional and
national rankings. The women
competed in the gold race, the
men in blue.
'It was exactly where we
needed to be. It was good con-
fdence building in order to exe-
cute a good race plan, Lynn said
on the men`s perIormance. 'For
the ladies, the gold race is where
we wanted to be. We were in a
little over our heads but it was a
good level oI competition and
experience.
Competing against 356 run-
ners Irom over 40 schools, the
men`s team took frst place, aver-
aging a time oI 25:10. The team
put up a weekly rank oI 3rd in
the region.
Senior Joshua Mirth took sec-
ond place overall. He fnished
the 8K with a time oI 24:36. Ju-
nior Luke Hickman trailed close
behind Mirth fnishing Iourth
with a time oI 24:54. Their al-
most back-to-back placing was a
huge Iactor in the team`s overall
score.
'The competition was pretty
good. Similar to what we will
see in terms oI the conIerence
meet. The weather was great,
the course fat, we couldn`t have
asked Ior anything better, Mirth
said.
The women`s team raced in
the gold heat against 300 ladies
Irom 30 diIIerent teams. Their
10th place fnish was a Ieat con-
sidering the heat contained the
highest ranked runners. Junior
Kristina Galat was Hillsdale`s
top runner. She fnished with a
personal best 5K time oI 17:35.
Despite their place, the team
appreciated running in a more
competitive race.
'We beat a bunch oI D-I
teams, which is exciting, Galat
remarked.
Along with Galat, Oren and
junior Kate Royer also put up
personal best times in the 5K.
Both teams hope to see the
Louisville course again in De-
cember where the National meet
will be held.
The team agreed it was help-
Iul to see the course and antici-
pate what it will be like iI they
qualiIy Ior the Nationals.
'It was a good mental boost
to see us do well. I think every-
one has a positive outlook aIter
the results this weekend, Mirth
said. 'We ran well this past
weekend, let`s come back and do
it again in December.
At the Notre Dame Invita-
tional, both teams put up prom-
ising times despite their lower
fnal placings.
'The Notre Dame kids did
a good job, regardless oI the
course and weather. They ran
well, that`s the point oI cross
country, Lynn said.
Even aIter this weekend`s
success, no one is guaranteed a
spot on the varsity team Ior the
remainder oI the season, Lynn
said.
Freshmen Amanda Bodery
and Samuel Phillips put up solid
times this week. Seniors Chelsea
Kilgore and Matthew Perkins
also stepped up, showing their
ability to contribute to the team.
'Kilgore`s race will prob
ably earn her a spot on the var-
sity team, sophomore Molly
Oren predicted. 'That just shows
there is a lot oI depth oI the team
across the board.
With just nine weeks oI their
season leIt, the team will not be
taking a break.
'We are excited about the re-
sults Irom last weekend, but by
no means are we satisfed, Lynn
said.
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HOMECOMING CURSE CONTINUES
Hillsdale`s homecoming curse
continued on Saturday as Grand
Valley State University rattled
oII 42 straight points over the
span oI three quarters, deIeating
the Chargers 42-21.
'We`ve just got to play bet-
ter, head coach Keith Otter-
bein said. 'We didn`t play good
enough to beat a good Iootball
team.
Hillsdale has now lost Iour
straight homecoming games, in-
cluding an eerily similar result
in 2012 when Grand Valley beat
Hillsdale 42-23.
The Chargers started the game
about as well as possible, when
senior deIensive back Daniel
Pittman picked oII Grand Val-
ley quarterback Heath Parling on
the second play Irom scrimmage.
A Iew plays later, tailback Jack
Wiseman broke loose Ior a 56-
yard touchdown run, putting the
Chargers up early 7-0.
Grand Valley immediately re-
sponded.
The Lakers methodically
drove their way down the feld,
converting a couple key third
downs. The drive was capped
oII when Grand Valley tailback
Chris Robinson scampered in
Irom 25 yards out.
'|Grand Valley is| a really
good team, oIIensive lineman
Justice Karmie said. 'They came
back and scored just as easily as
we scored the frst time. I think
some oI the guys were taken
aback by that a little bit.
The game continued to go
in Iavor oI the Lakers, as they
scored 14 points in each oI the
frst three quarters, putting them
up 42-7 late in the third quarter
beIore Hillsdale bounced back
to score a couple oI touchdowns,
making the fnal score more re-
spectable.
'|We need to be| very precise
oIIensively, quarterback Mark
LaPrairie said. '|We| can`t have
room Ior three and outs, things
like that. We just need to become
even sharper.
The Chargers converted just
36 percent oI their third downs,
while the Lakers converted 62
percent.
'We had too many third and
long situations |on oIIense|,
coach Otterbein said. 'We`ve got
to do better on both sides, there`s
no doubt.
'It`s a mentality, LaPrairie
added. '|We| just have to attack
it and know that we need the frst
down.
On the deIensive side oI the
ball, the Chargers were prepared
to stop Grand Valley`s big plays,
but the Lakers made adjustments
and started throwing underneath
passes, allowing them to method-
ically move their way up the feld
and give themselves manageable
third down situations.
'They were hitting nine, ten
yard hitches or curls and stuII like
that because we were so worried
about them hitting the deep ball
over the top, Karmie said. 'We
could have been a little bit more
aggressive but at the same time
it`s tough because you don`t want
to give up those big plays.
Both Hillsdale and Grand
Valley are now 2-3 on the sea-
son and 2-2 in GLIAC play. The
Chargers` schedule gets even
tougher this weekend, as they
travel to Iace the GLIAC deIend-
ing champions Ohio Dominican
on Saturday.
'|They`re| big, athletic, and
strong, coach Otterbein said.
'They play sound Iundamental
Iootball.
Ohio Dominican, currently
ranked an impressive No. 8 in
the nation, are undeIeated this
season and coming oII a 48-14
rout at Lake Erie.
The contest will tell a lot about
Hillsdale`s mental toughness.
'We`ll bounce back, Karmie
said. 'Our coaches are going to
get us ready this week and I think
we`ve got a good shot to go down
there and shock them.
Kicking oII the homecoming
weekend, Hillsdale College`s
tennis team won their Saturday
match against Lake Superior
State University.
AIter a well deserved oII
weekend, the Chargers came
back strong, took control oI the
matches, and pulled an 8-1 win
over the Lakers.
Hillsdale won three doubles
matches, and took home victories
in number 2-6 singles.
'We came out that day as the
stronger team, head coach Nikki
Walbright said. 'The girls were
confdent and ready to play. It
was a Iun match to watch.
Walbright said that while the
girls enjoyed having the home-
coming crowd, they maintained
their Iocus on their games and
played well.
'It was defnitely nice to have
a lot oI Ians there, but the girls
are always ready to play their
best so I think it would have been
the same result regardless, Wal-
bright said.
Overall, the team said they
were pleased with Saturday`s
p e r I o r -
mance.
' I
think just
the win in
gener al ,
everyone
p l a y e d
r e a l l y
well and
came out
with their
best ten-
nis, Wal-
b r i g h t
said.
O n
S u n d a y
the team
ret urned
to the
Margot V.
Biermann
At hl et i c
C e n t e r
to Iace
M i c h i -
gan Tech University.
AIter a Iew tiebreaking match-
es, the Chargers Iell to the Hus-
kies 7-2. One oI the key matches
oI the day was a three-setter in
which junior Sydney Delp Iell
aIter a hard-Iought third set.
'They`re a good team but the
score does not refect how close
each match was, Delp said.
Walbright said she was
pleased with the team`s eIIort on
the court despite the disappoint-
ing loss.
'|Coach Walbright| thought
that we played hard and that we
played well, but she was disap-
pointed that we lost, junior Ra-
chel Blaauw said.
As the women`s season is
coming to an end the team is
Iocusing more on their goal oI
qualiIying Ior GLIACS.
This coming weekend they
will host Northwood University
and Saginaw Valley State Uni-
versity. Sunday`s match against
Saginaw Valley will be critical to
the team`s qualifcation.
'I think our goal has always
been clear and we are looking to-
wards it. Walbright said.
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ProIessor oI Theatre James
Brandon returns to the stage on
Oct. 16 in the Iamous radio part
oI ProIessor Pierson in Orson
Welles` 1938 radio broadcast oI
'The War oI the Worlds.
Adapted Irom H. G. Wells`
novel, the original recording oI
'The War oI the Worlds was a
57-minute radio broadcast oI a
Martian invasion that panicked
American listeners who did not
catch actor Orson Welles` open-
ing remarks that the Iollowing
broadcast was fctitious. That
Halloween night, chaos ensued:
traIfc jams in cities, miscarriag-
es, and people dashing to their
cellars.
In the radio broadcast, Pro-
Iessor Pierson is the astronomer
who accompanies a news crew to
the site oI the Martian landing to
observe the aliens. In Jonesville`s
Sauk Theater production, Bran-
don will play the part, which was
frst held
by Welles
himselI in
the original
broadcast.
For Bran-
don, playing
a radio per-
sonality is a
Iavorite part.
'I love
how a per-
son can tell
a story just
with their
voice to in-
trigue and
m o t i v a t e
people, he
said. 'Orson -- he really knew
how to use his voice. It`s so ar-
rogant and so wonderIul at the
same time.
Brandon explained that the
story has intrigued him since he
frst watched
the 1953
movie on
a weekend
a I t e r n o o n
when he
was 10 or 11
years old.
'By that
time I was
already into
r e a d i n g
about World
War II and
most oI the
w e a p o n s
used in the
movie were
World War
II weapons. Instead oI the typical
alien movie, I was Iascinated that
people were using the technology
oI their day to fght a tremendous
power.
Though Brandon likes to
'shake oII the rust every fve
to six years and act, it was only
through the urging oI theatre
graduate Kyra Moss 14 that he
auditioned Ior the role. Meeting
at the theatre department picnic
in August, Moss told Brandon
that she was auditioning Ior a
part in 'War oI the Worlds and
that he must also.
Moss is thrilled with what
Brandon brings to the show.
Along with a booming baritone
voice, she noted the 'charged
emotional tone he brings to the
stage.
Brandon also wowed the
show`s director Mary Jean Dul-
mage at his audition and landed
the part Irom among 17 other
men.
'He was the easiest to cast,
Dulmage said, oI her choice to
cast Brandon. 'The biggest rea-
son is that his voice quality is just
outstanding. By this point I had
listened to the radio play at least
25 times. I shut my eyes when he
was speaking and it transported
me directly back to the radio
show. I just got chills.
Dulmage adds a twist to 'War
oI the Worlds by directing the
show in two parts. Part one will
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Broken hearts in paper bags
and love in big red sacks. Amidst
snowy-white evergreens and un-
der a starry sky the Tower Play-
ers began their production oI
'Almost Maine yesterday.
They continue perIorming
through Saturday night at 8 p.m.
in the Sage Center Ior the Arts`
Markel Auditorium. John Cari-
ani`s contemporary 'real roman-
tic comedy meets nine sets oI
lovers Ialling in and out oI love
in Almost, Maine. It frst de-
buted at the Portland Stage Com-
pany in 2002 and since then has
become one oI the most widely
perIormed productions oI the last
decade, according to the play`s
website.
Director and lighting designer
Michael Bayer said each couple
appears in 11-minute vignettes
and discovers something about
how they Ieel about each other.
It`s Friday night at the tip top
oI Maine in unorganized territo-
ry. The frst couple comes to the
stage, bundled in winter apparel
and sitting on opposite sides oI
a wooden benchboy looking
clueless and girl about to explode
with her inner gleeIul emotions.
'It`s pure and simple, Bayer
said. 'It makes you Ieel all the
diIIerent aspects oI what love is.
Bayer said not all the scenes
are happy which is okay
because it`s okay to have rough
patches. For example, junior
Matt Sauer plays Lendall, a man
who has been dating the same
woman Ior 11 years but keeps
dragging his Ieet when it comes
to marrying her.
'They are ships in the night,
missing out on each other`s
lives, Sauer said. 'There`s a
wall oI complacency where they
scrounge around in sweatpants
watching T.V. No dances. No
dinners.
But not all the scenes deal
with seasoned lovers. Bayer said
some are just meeting, while oth-
ers are realizing the potential Ior
something more.
'There are all those complex
Ieelings, but the play is remark-
ably simple. It`s not cheesy,
Bayer said. 'It`s simply real
things happening to real people.
For Ireshman Jonathan Edel-
but, his character Dave strug-
gles with the all-too-Iamiliar
pain oI loving someone and
Ieeling invisible to them.
'We`ve all been there where
we like someone and we don`t
think they know we exist, Edel-
but said.
Dave comes onstage aIter
snowmobiling with Rhonda a
longtime Iriend who sees Dave
more as a 'bro than a romantic
interest. Edelbut said Dave isn`t
much oI a macho guy, but more
oI wimp.
'He has a good heart I think.
He`s relatable, Edelbut said.
Sauer, a seasoned Tower Play-
er, said he was excited that this
was his frst play at Hillsdale in
which he doesn`t have to wear
tights or a wig.
'I`ve been a general twice and
a French aristocrat once, and now
I have crashed to become a ple-
bian, Sauer said. 'It is so natural
Ieeling. It`s real liIe so it`s not too
much oI a physical stress.
Edeblut, on the other hand,
jumped into the theater his frst
semester oI Ireshman year. Al-
though he did musicals in a com-
munity theater in high school,
this is his frst time working with
a college cast.
'There is a Iantastic cast who
are incredibly talented. I`m really
blessed, Edelbut said. 'And the
play itselI is so clever, with clev-
er dialogue and story-telling that
Ieels like a real moment in time.
Bayer said certain elements oI
the show might shock Hillsdale
students, but he wants everyone
to come with an open mind about
love.
'Don`t be aIraid to love,
Bayer said. 'Open your mind and
leave with the door slightly ajar.
October 9
The McQu5
The Broad Street Underground
9 p.m.
This new band plays everything from Miles Davis
and Duke Ellington to Led Zepplin and The Moody
Blues. Hillsdales own Chris McCourry, Spencer
Ameral 15 on piano, Sam Nead on drums, Sandra
Anderson on bass with vocalist Gianna Marchese.
No cover. No age restrictions.

October 8-11
Almost, Maine
Markel Auditorium
8 p.m. With matinee 10/11 at 2 p.m.
Almost, Maine comprises nine short plays that ex-
plore love and loss in the remote, mythical town of
Alncs|, Haine. 1he lay has |rcken |cx clce re
cords and garnered critical acclaim in productions
around the world, having already been translated
into more than a dozen languages. The play has
become the most produced play in North America.

October 11
The Booth Brothers
The Gospel Barn
2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
$14 - call 517.437.4050 for ticket availability
With their harmony-drenched vocals and warm,
easy voices, the Booth Brothers have been sharing
their faith and their music full time since 1998.
1hese nen e| |heir nusical in1uences lrcn a
wide range of performers-from the Eagles to the
Gatlin Brothers to legendary gospel greats such as
Bill Gaither and Mosie Lister.
October 16
The War of the Worlds
The Sauk Theatre,
240 E. Chicago St. Jonesville, MI
$5 at the door for performance preview on 10/16
On the foggy evening of October 30, 1938, America
went to war with Mars! Adapted for radio by How-
ard Koch and starring Orson Wells and his Mercu-
ry Theater on the Air. The Sauk will make that
original broadcast come to life on stage in this
truly unique production. For further ticketing
information and alternate performance times, visit
www.thesauk.org or call 517-849-9100.
October 16
Awesome Autumn 2014
Downtown Hillsdale
5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Hillsdale Business Association brings you the an-
nual Awesome Autumn event, which includes store
specials, free snacks, and local history postings.
All Week
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Many moviegoers have come
to recognize director David
Fincher Ior his unpredictable sto-
rylines in movies such as 'Sev-
en, 'Fight Club, and 'Zodiac.
Fincher is at it again in an ad-
aptation oI Gillian Flynn`s best-
selling novel 'Gone Girl, which
topped the box oIfce last week-
end with earnings oI $38 million.
While 'Gone Girl has the Ieel
oI a Fincher moviean ominous
musical score, startlingly violent
scenes, and did-he-just-do-that
plot twistsaudiences will leave
disappointed iI they expect to see
the dramatic shots and detailed
sets that have characterized his
previous flms.
Rather, 'Gone Girl uses the
insincerity oI its major characters
to show the Ialse Iaces we wear
in relationships and illuminate
the stupid melodrama oI modern
media. Perhaps, unintentionally,
the flm even supports traditional
marriage.
Ben AIfeck plays Nick
Dunne, bar-owner and selI-pro-
claimed salt-oI-the-earth Mis-
souri boy. His laborious render-
ing oI the character and overall
discomIort make it look like Nick
is putting on an act throughout
the movie, which parallels Fly-
nn`s original construction oI the
character in the book. (Disclaim-
er: I did read the book, but not oI
my own volition).
Minutes into the movie,
Nick`s wiIe Amy (Rosamund
Pike)New York socialite and
inspiration Ior the fctional chil-
dren`s book character 'Amaz-
ing Amyhas vanished. Only
bloodstains remain, plus a set oI
clues Amy leIt Ior Nick to lead
him to his
IiIth-anniver-
sary present,
all oI which
make Nick
look like the
prime suspect.
As The
New Yorker
put it, the mu-
sical score
sounds like
'the wah-
wah pedal oI Satan in several
quintessential Fincher moments
in which the violence involving
Amy is shockingly graphic and
makes you squirm in your seat.
The ensuing investigation led
by detective Rhonda Boney (Kim
Dickens) points to Nick as the
killer. Popular opinion mounts
against Nick, a Scott Peterson
look-alike who comes across as
a lug-headed and unapologetic
killer.
Yet the simplest answer is
not always the correct one, and
Fincher, Iollowing the pattern in
the book, tells part oI the story
through Amy`s diary. By going
back in time and providing a
dual narration oI events, Fincher
deliberately misleads viewers as
they watch Nick and Amy`s mar-
riage slowly devolve.
While Amy comes across as
cunning and manipulative, Pike`s
portrayal oI
the character
is cold and
callous to the
point where
she comes
across as pho-
ny and Iake.
Similar to AI-
feck, how-
ever, her poor
acting encap-
sulates and
lends credibilityintentionally
or notto the character as it par-
allels Amy Elliot`s relationship
with Nick: we get the Ieeling that
Amy`s never quite her real selI in
Iront oI Nick, which causes mari-
tal troubles.
To avoid prison and delay the
trial, Nick hires Tanner Bolt (Ty-
ler Perry), a lawyer in the mode
oI Johnny Cochran, to help him
piece together a plausible story oI
what happened to Amy. A weird
subplot involves Desi Collings
(Neil Patrick Harris), an old
high-school fame oI Amy`s, and
develops almost as an aside and
Ieels like a distraction Irom the
rest oI the narrative.
The success oI the movie,
aside Irom its plot twists and em-
phasis on the Iemme Iatale, hing-
es largely on the Iact that Fincher
causes the average viewer to
scorn sensationalist media. The
audience quickly learns to hate
and Ieel superior to local dimwit
Noelle Hawthorne (Casey Wil-
son), as she represents the major-
ity oI people who blindly listen
to Ellen Abbott (Missy Pyle), a
Nancy Grace-like TV personality
in the movie.
Despite the Ieeling at the be-
ginning oI the movie that Amy
and Nick are trapped in a loveless
marriage, they reIuse to divorce
and would seemingly kill one
another beIore giving up on their
marriage. As a result, the movie
posits a bizarre and seemingly
unintentional deIense oI tradi-
tional marriage and a very literal
interpretation oI staying together
'till death do us part.
As dark as that sounds, it`s a
message that makes this a date-
night movie worth seeing Ior the
serious couple.
Jack White has always been
eccentric. AIter all, this is the
man who pulled the Biblical stunt
oI trying to pass oII his (now ex-)
wiIe and Iellow band member as
his sister Ior several years. White
has always Iought to maintain his
unique artistic voice. His new
album 'Lazaretto channels that
independence and defance oI
control into a wide-open, looser,
sound. The result oIIers nuggets
oI insight into the modern condi-
tion.
His previous album, 'Blun-
derbuss, was a driving, aggres-
sive aIIair. At each moment the
music drove the listener Iorward,
and the notes bore the weight oI
some unspoken purpose. It was
an artistic expression oI individu-
ality against the pressures oI the
world he cannot escape. The al-
bum begins this struggle with the
Iury oI relentless heavier songs.
White adds Iurther instrumental
and stylistic complexity as the
album winds down.
The album does lose some oI
the harsher edges, gently easing
oII the pedal and prefguring the
lowered intensity oI White`s next
album. A line Irom the penulti-
mate and quieter song 'On and
On and On provides an opportu-
nity to consider White`s relation-
ship with the world: 'The people
around me won`t let me/ Become
what I need to, they want me the
same. In many ways 'On and
On and On prefgures 'Laza-
retto.
White considers the constancy
oI the cycle oI nature compared
with the constant need Ior choice
in a world oI social control: 'The
stones in the sky never worry/
They don`t have to hurry, they
move in their own way/ But I
have to choose what to do/ How
to act, what to think, how to talk,
what to say. This turn to intro-
spection is matched by the re-
laxed instrumentation, continu-
ing the albums decrescendo.
The looser tone and musical
variety oI 'Lazaretto is the logi-
cal Iulfllment oI this trajectory
within 'Blunderbuss. Instead oI
delivering a hard-hitting, Iocused
Iollow-up, White chose to Iurther
expand his already eclectic style
with 39 minutes oI shiIting coun-
try, rock, and blues.
White has slowed down the
tempo a bit and is willing to
just play, carrying the listener
along Irom song to song instead
oI pushing them Iorward with
a driving beat. It appears that
White has learned his lesson
Irom 'the stones in the sky, now
'content to move in |his| own
way. White has by no means
lost his edge, but even the most
hard-driving songs are content to
take their time. White loosens the
reins and the musical result is Iree
oI the seriousness and restraint
imposed by the determination oI
'Blunderbuss. With the musical
Ireedom comes the opportunity
to explore deeper themes.
White`s song 'Temporary
Ground ponders the unknow-
able element to human liIe
against the homely background
oI the string music one might
hear at a country dance. White
draws a parallel between the
uncertainty oI natural liIe on a
foating lilypad with the modern
condition. 'All the creatures have
it hard now/ Nothing but god is
leIt to know/ And while he leIt us
all here hanging. Only against
the mature background oI 'Laza-
retto can White take stock oI his
true situation, and it is perilous.
The contrast between the tradi-
tional music and the postmodern
sentiments is jarring.
The song 'Entitlement in-
cludes the clearest cultural cri-
tique oI the album, again against
the background oI one oI White`s
slower songs. Piano and guitar
play a slow country tune while
White demonstrates his disil-
lusionment with a society that
'takes like Caesar and nobody
cares. Caught in an older men-
tality, White laments that 'I can`t
bring myselI to take without pen-
ance/ Or atonements or sweat
Irom my brow. Precisely in a
time when so many Iocus on des-
ert, White remarks that 'we don`t
deserve a single damn thing.
Having looked to the 'stones
oI the sky and the lilies (oI the
pond, not the feld), White real-
izes each man`s place within the
created order. In his mind, the
rest oI society may be willing
to conIorm and Ieel entitled, but
Jack White will continue to sat-
isIy his own standards.
White`s mature vision is by no
means rosy. Yet White is content
to be himselI, to switch back and
Iorth Irom intensity to contem-
plation. From the looser sound
emerges not only a whirlwind oI
eclectic music but an expanded
selI-awareness that is at the heart
oI 'Lazaretto.
Stunning sunrises and sky-
scapes break over the mysteri-
ous rocks oI Stonehenge in Brian
Curtis` exhibit, currently on dis-
play in the Daughtry Gallery oI
the Sage Center Ior the Arts.
Curtis, a Iormer proIessor at
Hillsdale Irom 1980 to 1983, re-
turned homecoming weekend to
unveil his oil-paintings oI Stone-
henge. Although he only worked
at Hillsdale Ior three years, Cur-
tis` impact was Ielt by campus
publications and students both
past and present.
ProIessor oI Art Sam Knecht
invited Curtis to show his art in
Sage. Curtis, uncertain oI what
art to display, drew a series oI
skyscapes Ieaturing Stonehenge.
'I wanted to paint landscapes
and skies, and I love the stones,
Curtis said.
He used his Iavorite medium,
oil paints, to create the realistic
scenery.
'Strangely enough, unlike
contemporary art, paintings
doesn`t mean anything, Curtis
said. 'They`re just meant to be
looked at. II it doesn`t talk to you
then one oI us has missed the
boat.
Instead oI Iorcing a meaning
upon visitors, Curtis attached
small descriptions oI various
Neolithic myths.
'He takes inspiration Irom
very interesting places, said ju-
nior Forester McClatchey, an art
student who Iocuses on oil paint-
ing and pen and ink illustrations.
The ability oI a young painter
to look at a predecessors` work
frsthand and converse with the
artist is an invaluable asset.
'He paints a sky oII oI what
he Ieels Irom the myth, Mc-
Clatchey said. 'The idea oI paint-
ing Irom a sensation rather than a
concept is a valuable one.
Alumni Peter Williams 83
attended his Iormer instructor`s
exhibit. Williams Iollowed the
example oI his proIessors, Sam
Knecht and Brian Curtis and has
taught at Kellogg Community
College in Battle Creek, Michi-
gan Ior 23 years. Williams spent
his frst year at an art school be-
Iore he transIerred back to his
hometown oI Hillsdale.
'|Curtis| really broadened my
scope oI the world he was a
big impact on me, Williams
said.
The power oI Curtis` artistic
ability has not aIIected only the
students, but campus publica-
tions. During his time at Hills-
dale, Curtis redesigned the mast-
head oI The Collegian. While
the masthead has since been
re-altered, the college`s logo,
past yearbook covers and Tower
Player`s posters were all created
by Curtis and his students. For
all the impact his art had, Cur-
tis didn`t plan on being an artist
originally.
Curtis hails Irom the northeast
and grew up in a suburb on Long
Island.
'I lived near the great cul-
tural center oI the world New
York and I hardly ever ac-
cessed it, Curtis said.
As is all too common in a
society Iocused on applicable`
and valuable` skills, Curtis said
that artistic endeavors were 'not
supported by my environment.
Despite his lack oI participation
in the nearby culture and the ab-
sence oI artistic support as a kid,
a desire to create lurked inside oI
Curtis.
'I had an aptitude Ior it and
everyone sort oI smiled, but it
wasn`t the kind oI thing you
thought to go into as a career,
Curtis said with a grin.
Curtis attended Boston Col-
lege and graduated with a degree
in sociology.
'I worked with delinquents
at a residential treatment center
right out oI college, Curtis said.
AIter he worked Ior Iour years
with troubled kids, Curtis wished
a career change.
'It just wasn`t as satisIying as
I had hoped, so I returned to a lo-
cal state art school, Curtis said.
'I had a summer job working Ior
a sign painter in Wareham, Mas-
sachusetts. It was the frst time
I met a man who made a living
with his hands and he loved what
he did. And I thought, I`ve got to
fnd something like that.
AIter seven years oI school-
ing, Curtis graduated Irom the
University oI Houston with a
graduate degree in painting.
'Upon graduation I got a job
at a little school in the center oI
Michigan called Hillsdale, Cur-
tis said.
It was his frst teaching job.
Curtis worked directly alongside
ProIessor Sam Knecht and taught
multiple art classes, including
drawing and painting.
'Arts were not tremendously
supported while I was here |Hill-
sdale|, Curtis said. 'What the
college has done with the art,
music and theatre departments
I am just astounded by how won-
derIul it is.
Finding someone who doesn`t
listen to music is about as hard
as fnding someone who doesn`t
breathe. Music is everywhere.
Practically everyone enjoys it.
Music is popular because it`s
powerIul. It can cheer up the soul,
it can make the heart sad. It can
be beautiIul, but sometimes it`s
not.
Now I`m not here to argue
Ior a certain genre oI music. OI
course, I have my own preIerenc-
es, but that`s not the point. I want
you to be aware. I want you to
make conscious decisions about
what music you choose to enjoy.
Music has the power to shape
the soul. Song lyrics don`t just go
through one ear and out the other.
Unless one thinks them through
and either accepts or rejects their
message, they will sit in the mind
and can even alter the way one
views reality.
In the eighth book oI 'Poli-
tics, Aristotle writes, 'As music
is one oI those things which are
pleasant, and as virtue itselI con-
sists in rightly enjoying, loving,
and hating, it is evident that we
ought not to learn or accustom
ourselves to anything so much
as to judge right and rejoice in
honourable manners and noble
actions. But anger and mildness,
courage and modesty, and their
contraries, as well as all other
dispositions oI the mind, are most
naturally imitated by music and
poetry; which is plain by experi-
ence, Ior when we hear these our
very soul is altered.
Even millennia beIore the
technology we have today that
allows Ior mass-production oI
music and new genres oI music,
Aristotle recognized that music
packs potential dangers. Because
oI this, one ought to be instructed
in music and inIormed what it
means Ior music to be good.
It is important to note that
Aristotle isn`t just talking about
songs here. In Iact he`s mainly
reIerring to instrumental music,
and the eIIect that a harmony can
have on a person.
'The same holds true with
respect to rhythm: some fx the
disposition, others occasion a
change in it: some act more vio-
lently, others more liberally, Ar-
istotle writes later. 'From what
has been said it is evident what
an infuence music has over the
disposition oI the mind, and how
variously it can Iascinate it: and iI
it can do this, most certainly it is
what youth ought to be instructed
in.
The American Journal oI Oc-
cupational Therapy released
a study in May oI last year in
which they examined the eIIects
that classical music had on stroke
patients.
They ran attention tests with
the participants with either si-
lence, noise, or classical music
in the background. They Iound
that the participants who listened
to classical music had a more
improved visual attention than
those who took the test in silence
or with generic noise in the back-
ground.
I am not using this test to en-
dorse classical music, rather, it
is a good example oI the positive
eIIects music in general can have
on a person.
While such a study demon-
strates the power that musical
harmonies have, the lyrics them-
selves can be even more infuen-
tial on the human mind.
Just think oI how easy it is to
get a song stuck in your head. Es-
pecially iI you listen to music all
the time, it probably happens on
a daily basis. So iI the songs you
listen to regularly do not promote
good things, then your mind will
be flled with things that do not
help sharpen your mind or mo-
tivate you to better yourselI as a
person.
Two obvious questions Iollow
these arguments. What is good
music? What makes song lyrics
good or bad? While a column in
a college newspaper is not nearly
enough space to address these
topics, it is important to know
that one`s answers to these ques-
tions do have an infuence on
their own mind.
Ultimately, a person is Iully
responsible Ior his own actions.
But music can have a surprising
infuence on one`s choices. So be
careIul what you Ieed your ears.
Music can do wondrous things
Ior the soul. But it can also do
terrible things. So choose wisely.
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sophomore studving mathematics
and minoring in fournalism. He
is the assistant editor of the Col-
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actors will remain on stage the
whole time reading Irom their
scripts.
Intrigued by how a Martian in-
vasion in 2014 Hillsdale County
would be communicated via to-
day`s social media oI Facebook,
Twitter, and Youtube, Dulmage
wrote part two as an 'updated
version. The cast oI part two is
flming on green screens and the
Youtube videos and instant Twit-
ter Ieed will be shown to the audi-
ence on a large screen.
Excited Ior rehearsals to start,
Brandon tried out his Iavorite
Pierson line:
'As I set these notes on paper I
am obsessed by the thoughts that
I may be the last man on earth.
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and seemingly uninten-
tional deIense oI traditional
marriage.
Underground you can fnd jazz, rock, and more
Broad Street Downtown Mar-
ket in Hillsdale broadened its ho-
rizons to get more business Irom
students when it recently opened
its Downtown Underground in
its newly fnished basement.
As customers are showing
up to indulge in Iood and drink
specials in a new atmosphere, the
bar has started having live mu-
sic perIormances to entertain its
customers. Genres oI music that
have been played include classic
rock, country, jazz, swing, and
blues.
'We have limits on what type
oI music to play. We like it to be
a nice setting and comIortable
Ior everyone, Broad Street Co-
owner Robert Socha said.
Musical perIormances happen
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Last Thursday the Hillsdale Col-
lege jazz band perIormed Ior the
frst time at the Underground.
The perIormance was so success-
Iul that they have agreed to come
back and play every Thursday Ior
the remainder oI the school year.
'There are two bands that
play. One at 9 p.m. and the other
starts at 10:30 p.m., Director oI
Jazz Chris McCourry said.
The bands are made up oI
about 40 students. The one that
plays at 10:30, the McQ5 in-
volves McCourry along with
students. All oI the music perIor-
mances this year have been Iree
Ior customers so Iar. A country
group, Dale Vaughn, comes Oct.
25 and will cost $5 a ticket.
'We have to charge Ior them
because they are pretty Iamous,
Socha said. 'Our other owner
Nick Ritter and I started talking
about fnishing out our basement
last year. Our desire was to make
it a destination Ior an entertain-
ment venue. We knew we wanted
a bar and entertainment.
To go along with live music,
Broad Street oIIers Wednesday
night karaoke and trivia Ior cus-
tomers, alongside daily Iood and
drink specials.
'It`s cool to see an existing
place like Broad Street reach
out into the community and give
people a new place to hang out
and have Iun, Senior Sean Ben-
nett said.
With a market, a bar, restau-
rant, and entertainment it is turn-
ing out to be a one stop type oI
establishment.
'It is cool when you walk in
and you see students, proIessors,
and people Irom the hospital and
community all hanging out and
having Iun together, Socha said.
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Butters illustrates prots
by making mufns
Josh Hamilton loves to tell
stories.
But instead oI writing them
down on paper, he tells his story
through a camera lens. His next
project: Simpson Residence in
the Iorm oI a documentary.
'Filmmakers love to tell good
stories and Simpson is just one oI
those stories, Hamilton said.
The establishment oI single
sex dorms has seen decline
throughout the United States, a
unique Iactor oI why Hamilton
wanted to capture Simpson.
'All the dorms throughout
America are moving to coed,
he said. 'I don`t know a single
person other than Hillsdale peo-
ple who live in a one sex dorm.
I`ve identifed Ior a long time
that there are things that happen
in a non-coed dorm that can not
happen anywhere else and that`s
special.
The Simpson camaraderie
does not just include those who
live in it currently.
'It`s a dynasty and we need to
record this history, said senior
Spencer Bell, who has lived in the
dorm Ior his entire college career.
Head Resident Assistant Andy
Reuss, agrees.
'I think it will help solidiIy
the legacy that was started long
beIore I or the other seniors were
here, Reuss said.
The special quality oI Simp-
son`s dorm dynamic is the initial
message that Hamilton said he
wanted to convey.
'The deeper message is the re-
lationships and the kind oI things
that happen between individu-
als, Hamilton said. 'We`re a Ier-
vent band oI brothers.
Instead oI Iocusing on the col-
lege as a whole and purely Iocus-
ing on Simpson, Hamilton takes
inspiration Ior his conveying his
message Irom the way flmmak-
ers have been communicating Ior
years.
'All the great flmmakers
throughout time have always had
a way oI taking a very specifc,
very mundane thing and then ex-
pound on that and give it a whole
lot oI depth. So in other words,
the bigger your message is, the
smaller the subject should be,
Hamilton said.
Hamilton said that his 'Aha!
moment Ior making the documen-
tary took place in his suite mate`s
room while playing X-box.
'It just sort oI dawned on me
that it would be a hilarious sit-
com, he said. 'II I could just
make a TV show and it was just
a couple a couple guys doing the
crazy stuII they do in a dorm that
would be great. That developed in
my mind and I was just like why
don`t I actually capture what hap-
pens.
Hamilton plans to start the
documentary flming with home-
coming.
'The frst big event Ior every
school is homecoming and that
is where this starts oII. Then I`m
just going to carry it all through
the year, Hamilton said.
Hamilton hopes to have Face-
book and Twitter accounts up
and running Ior the flm soon. He
wants a strong social media cam-
paign to get the word out.
'The other thing is that we
will be doing is an IndieGoGo
campaign and that will be start-
ing Friday. So iI people want to
see the flm, iI they want to help
it, a donation oI $1 helps so much
because it helps us get the equip-
ment and some oI the stuII that
we need to make it really good,
said Hamilton.
Hamilton wants to get stabiliz-
ers and potentially another lens
to aid in the creation oI his docu-
mentary.
Reuss is excited Ior what the
documentary could mean Ior the
Iuture oI Simpson.
'It will showcase some oI
the highlights, the aspects oI the
dorm that make it more than sim-
ply brick and mortar, Ruess said.
'My only question is why haven`t
we done it beIore?
This Iall, Roger Butters joined
the Iaculty oI Hillsdale College
as a visiting associate proIessor
in the department oI economics.
Butters frst became inter-
ested in economics during his
undergraduate studies at Brigham
Young University aIter his mis-
sion work in Brazil. According
to Butters, the economics class
seemed most applicable to his ex-
periences while working with the
poor oI Brazil.
'When I came back Irom Bra-
zil and continued my undergradu-
ate education, this was a prob-
lem that weighed heavily on my
mind: why do I enjoy so much
wealth, and other people don`t?
Butters said. 'It was sitting in an
economics classroom that I Iound
the answer to that question.
Butters worked briefy as a
stockbroker Ior Fidelity Invest-
ments, but discovered that his
true passion was teaching. This
led him to obtain his Ph. D. at the
University oI CaliIornia, Davis.
Butters later became an assistant
proIessor at the University oI Ne-
braska-Lincoln, where he served
as the president oI the Nebraska
Council on Economic Education
Ior the last nine years. As presi-
dent oI this council, he coordi-
nated programming Ior teachers
and students statewide in grades
K-12, in addition to developing
online competitions in economics
and Iundraising eIIorts.
'I spent a lot more time teach-
ing adults and being out in the
community doing economic edu-
cation, Butters said. 'It was a lot
oI Iun, but I enjoyed the class-
room much more.
Butters frst came into con-
tact with Hillsdale College while
teaching with ProIessor oI Ecno-
moics Gary WolIram as a part oI
the Economics Ior Leaders pro-
gram, a week-long seminar Ior
high school students to help them
develop both their leadership
skills and their understanding oI
economics. During this time, he
became interested in teaching at
the college, and applied Ior the
teaching position when it became
available.
With the growing number oI
students interested in the feld
oI economics, the department at
Hillsdale welcomes his arrival.
'I don`t know Dr. Butters as
well as I would like yet but he
strikes me as an innovative and
energetic person, said Assistant
ProIessor oI Economics Chris-
topher Martin. 'Because oI his
teaching experience, he has built
up a lot oI eIIective techniques to
escape Irom the chalk and talk`
trap when teaching economics.
WolIram also agrees that pre-
senting the topics in an engag-
ing manner will help to stir up
interest in economics, especially
Ior the principles oI economics
classes taught by Butters.
'Having someone who can
make the topics interesting and
exciting is a real asset to the de-
partment, WolIram said.
Butters proves his eIIective-
ness at engaging students in lec-
ture by demonstrating the con-
cepts they learn about. One such
demonstration oI competition and
price level involved a skit about
making muIfns during class.
In addition to the courses he
teaches, Butters is creating teach-
ing soItware Ior economics class-
es through McGraw-Hill. The
soItware, which contains approx-
imately 220 short videos on the
core concepts oI economics, can
be used to present the material in
a more concrete, understandable
way. He has been working on the
project Ior three years, and ex-
pects to complete the frst version
by this spring.
Butters hopes to share his en-
thusiasm Ior the feld oI econom-
ics with his students, and also to
impart the importance oI acting
on the principles learned in class.
'II I could have my students
walk out oI my class observing
the world, instead oI seeing it, I
think that that would be a huge
triumph. Butters said. 'That`s
what economics really gives you
the tools to do, to observe what`s
going on. When you do that, the
world opens up, and makes it pos-
sible Ior you to change it.
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energy.
Campbell is giIted in his
ability to relate and talk to ev-
erybody, Penny Arnn said. His
combination oI competence and
kindness is 'hard to fnd, said
Anita Folsom oI external aIIairs.
'He knows everybody, he
knows everybody`s story, the
Iamily, the kids, we know his
Iamily, said Kim Ellsworth oI
external aIIairs. ' We can always
count on him. He anticipates
what we need. He`s just there.
Campbell is a big Charger
Ian, wearing Charger gear ath-
letic departments gave him, and
loves watching student athletes
play.
'He`s an exceptional guy who
just brings up everyone around
him. It`s nice to see him around
campus and it`s weird to think I
won`t see him around anymore,
said senior Butch Herzog, a Ioot-
ball team captain. 'I see him at
all the Iootball games. He`s just a
pretty close Iriend.
Campbell said all the atten-
tion surrounding his retirement
is undeserved.
'I`m just a small cog in a big
wheel, Campbell said.
Eighteen years on campus, he
has seen a lot oI change. He saw
the Kresge building torn down
and the Grewcock Student Union
and Suites dorm constructed. He
was here when college president
George Roche III leIt and when
Dr. Larry Arnn arrived.
'He is a fne man, intelligent,
and interesting apart Irom being
a skilled and eIIective worker,
Dr. Larry Arnn said. 'Grover is
Iull oI love Ior the right things
and energy to serve them.
As a young man, Campbell
lived in Cody, Wyoming where
he worked Ior Marathon Oil Cor-
poration. While there he met his
wiIe.
They had three children and
moved to Michigan in 1979 to
be closer to Peggy`s Iamily. He
was laid oII when Marathon
downsized. His wiIe`s teaching
job kept them afoat. Friends
told him to apply to Hillsdale Ior
work.
He began in 1996 as a sec-
ond shiIt custodian at the Roche
Sports Complex. The nocturnal
schedule didn`t give him much
time with his children, so he was
relieved to be reassigned to the
Grounds crew. His Iocus shiIted
to deliveries in 2008. As the col-
lege got busier, so did Campbell.
'It just seems like there`s
more and more work to do,
Campbell said. 'That`s a good
thing, iI it wasn`t Ior you stu-
dents, I wouldn`t be here.
Campbell says starting this
week he gets to be nearer to his
grandson.
'Instead oI going home to see
him every day at lunch, I get to
see him all day long, Campbell
said.
Campbell will still work part-
time Ior the college, driving peo-
ple to and Irom the airport. Mar-
ty Morrison Irom Food Services
will replace Campbell`s delivery
position.
Ior low pay. At KFI AM 640,
TimpI few above Los Angeles,
CaliIornia, at 4 a.m. every morn-
ing to give traIfc reports. Next
in her daily schedule, she would
drive to her internship at another
radio station, which she leIt at 4
p.m. to work her job that paid the
billsthe closing shiIt at a diner.
'I would get home at like 2
a.m., take a nap, and do it all over
again fve days a week, TimpI
said. 'I went Iour months without
a day oII it was insane.
Amidst her packed work
schedule Irom pursuing journal-
istic aspirations, TimpI`s comedy
career also began growing while
she lived in Los Angeles.
'I moved to LA and didn`t
have any Iriends and when my
boyIriend and I broke up, I Ior
real had no Iriends, so I went to
open mics and complained about
my breakup and how lonely I was
and people laughed, TimpI said.
'I noticed it was therapeutic to
make people laugh by my being
honest and talking about things
I`m upset about. I can`t imagine
liIe without stand up comedy
now.
Once she was laid oII Irom her
traIfc reporting job due to listen-
ers trending toward using the In-
ternet instead, TimpI rented a car
and drove up CaliIornia`s coast
doing demos at radio stations.
'We love your interesting
voice,` they used to call it, TimpI
said, 'but nothing worked out.
Regardless, she kept searching
Ior her next journalism job.
'I think oI liIe like stand up
comedy, TimpI said. 'Certain
things help whether you have a
good or bad set, like the people in
the crowd or the venue, but when
it comes down to it, iI you bomb,
it`s on you.
Soon aIter, the Washington
Times oIIered her a job aggre-
gating and writing content Ior
its new website. Fortunately, the
oIfce also housed a radio station
and TimpI took advantage oI the
opportunity.
'I bugged the radio people
every day asking iI I could have
two or three minutes on the air.
They didn`t have anyone cover-
ing breaking news, so I asked iI
I could do it, and I fnally got a
daily segment, she said.
Next, TimpI accepted a job
writing and making news vid-
eos Ior Campus ReIorm, a D.C.-
based online, conservative news
outlet, and continued honing her
broadcast skills by conducting
man-on-the-street interviews Ior
work and perIorming comedy at
night.
'Comedy makes TV less
scary, TimpI said. 'With stand
up, it`s just you and the jokes
you`ve written about yourselI. II
people aren`t laughing, it`s totally
on you and you gotta stand there
Ior 45 minutes with everyone hat-
ing you it`s brutal.
As a result, TimpI attributes
much oI her success on TV with
her stand-up comedy background.
'You get really comIortable
with public speaking because
there are always distractions at
shows, a heckler or loud bachelor
party, and you have to respond in
a quick way. It helps me with be-
ing on TV shows and having to
think on my Ieet, she said.
AIter appearing on several TV
and radio segments, TimpI re-
ceived her frst request Irom Fox
and Friends in September 2013
to talk about Ieminism. She soon
became a regular on the curvy
couch and Fox`s other talk shows
including: Red Eye, America
Live with Megyn Kelly, and On
the Record with Greta Van Sus-
teren.
The same spunky qualities that
make her popular on these shows
also existed in her college career,
according to Birzer.
'I remember her having a rath-
er spritely or pixie-ish look about
her, Birzer said. 'She possessed
that wonderIul twinkle in her eye
the twinkle that radiates a con-
fdence, sense oI humor, intelli-
gence, and mischievousness. You
only have to watch her on Fox to
see that very same look.
In pursuit oI her childhood
dream, TimpI then moved to New
York City was hired to report Ior
National Review in July 2014.
Further exempliIying her suc-
cess, TimpI was named to Red
Alert Politics` '30 Under 30 list
oI infuential conservative voices
under the age oI 30 this summer.
'For the frst couple months
aIter I graduated, I lived in a din-
gy apartment and I slept on a yoga
mat every night working toward
what I`m doing now, TimpI said.
'That`s really powerIul. I never
lost sight oI what I wanted to do
and my Iavorite part is seeing it
all pay oII.
With her 'Irightening intelli-
gence and determination, Birzer
said he has high hopes Ior her to
continue impacting audiences.
'Without a doubt, I am incred-
ibly proud oI her, Birzer said.
'She`s our current age`s H.L.
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Tom Novellv dined
at six local
establishements
that serve burgers
of various kinds.
Although he
traveled up to 30
miles awav, his top
three were right
here in Hillsdale.
This 1/3 lb. burger is topped with a
pret:el bun. The pattv was perfectlv
cooked and fuicv, the cheese is
superblv melted, the lettuce tomato
and pickle give it a crisp and subtle
crutch, while the pret:el bun wraps
it all up with a saltv kick.
This large, well seasoned pattv
stuffed with cheddar cheese,
covered with homemade bbq sauce
and topped with lettuce, tomato
and fresh bacon is a must-have for
when vou have friends or familv in
town.
Presenting itself as a simple 1/2
lb. burger with lettuce, cheese,
onion, tomato, and pickle, it blows
the customers taste buds with an
incrediblv well seasoned and well
cooked fuicv pattv.
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Many enjoy her sarcastic
Facebook rants about broken po-
litical promises hashtagged 'tbt,
snarky tweets at Michelle Obama
about eating Iatty Iood, and ab-
normally low-pitched 'smoker
woman voice. One admirer even
creates collages oI her Ieet.
National Review reporter, co-
median, and Hillsdale alumna
Katherine TimpI `10 frst used
humor to deal with a break up,
but now, it`s a trademark oI her
journalistic style that has made
her a Red Eye regular and 'mini
celebrity.
'Free markets and no judg-
iesthat`s my political philoso-
phy, TimpI said. 'I Ieel like I`m
able to explain things in a diIIer-
ent way, especially in the con-
servative movement, because so
many oI the voices even the
young ones sound like they`re
50 and cautious. It needs some
spice. The message oI Ireedom
should be cool, and that`s what I
want to do.
Hillsdale College ProIessor oI
History Brad Birzer, who taught
TimpI her Ireshman year and
now Iollows her career closely,
attested to her ability to accom-
plish this goal.
'Kat is genius. Certainly, she`s
the leading wit oI her generation,
Birzer said, 'but I also think she`s
one oI those unique Iolks Ameri-
ca produces only every once in a
while.
Contributing to this assess-
ment is TimpI`s quick wit, hu-
mor-cloaked pessimism, and
selI-deprecation mixed with con-
fdence.
'She`s able to be IorceIul
without being over the top, con-
fdent without looking arrogant,
and she has this detached irony
that allows her to be successIul,
said her Iormer academic advi-
sor and debate coach ProIessor oI
Theatre James Brandon.
'I`m good at conveying mes-
sages in a diIIerent way, because
I`m a weirdo, TimpI said. 'Hu-
mor and sarcasm are very eIIec-
tive mechanisms especially at
letting people realize how stupid
they are on their own.
This brashness helps TimpI
develop her own political ideol-
ogy and eIIectively communicate
herselI, according to her Iormer
classmate and Assistant Director
oI the Dow Journalism Program
Maria Servold.
TimpI`s desire to infuence
people through journalism about
the virtues oI limited government
and Iree markets began in her ear-
ly childhood and has continued to
motivate her since.
'As long as I can remember,
I would hear stuII on the radio
about the government and ask my
dad about certain laws and why
the government wasn`t being
held accountable, TimpI said. 'It
blew my mind when I fgured out
I could combine wanting to act
and write with my love Ior Iree-
dom.
When she was nine, TimpI
made up her mind she would one
day move to New York City and
pursue that dream.
'All my decisions would be
based on trying to get there,
TimpI said.
Servold and Brandon both no-
ticed this determination driving
her in college.
'From the frst time I met her,
she always had a good sense oI
where she wanted to be and how
to get there, Brandon said. 'At
the end oI the day, Kat knew what
she wanted to do and she did it.
AIter graduating magna cum
laude Irom Hillsdale College as
an English major, TimpI moved
to CaliIornia Ior a Fox News in-
ternship until a state law mandat-
ed interns could not work without
pay. This Iurther solidifed her
dislike Ior intrusive government
regulations.
'I saw endless potential, but
these laws hold people back. Es-
pecially shown when I had to fnd
a new internship, I was like, this
law only made it harder Ior me to
achieve my dreams, bro, TimpI
said.
AIterward, she enrolled at a
community college in order to le-
gally intern at a radio station Ior
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