Mae to Perform a Look Back to See the Future by Emily Smicker and Fame

CollegianThe February 13, 2009 Vol. 69 No. 14 Love and Marriage Learning to love Buhl Page 4 The Grove City College Newspaper Page 11 Mae to perform A look back to see the future By Emily Smicker and fame. Their official website, Contributing Writer www.whatismae.com, is dedicated to the band’s desire to reach out The alternative rock band Mae and make a difference for commu- will be performing with opening nities and people in need. In 2009 bands Recession and Awaken, they are working with Habitat for North Wind at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 20 Humanity to help finance building in Crawford Auditorium. a house for Virginian Rhonda This well-known group was first Floyd and her family. Mae is rais- created in 2001 when, according to ing money in a very unique way. www.last.fm, Jacob Marshall and Upon entering their website one Dave Elkins sat down in Marshall’s will find that every month there living room and wrote what was to will be a new Mae song available be Mae’s first song, “Embers and to listen to for free or download. Envelopes.” When you download the song you That was just the spark that ignit- must make a minimum donation of ed this remarkable trio’s successful $1. They make the promise that all musical career together. Band profits will go to the current members include vocalist/guitarist humanitarian project they are serv- Elkins, drummer Marshall and gui- ing. The band has already raised tarist Zach Gehring. Thus far they $8,577.87 since Jan. 1, 2009. have released three full-length This month the song “The House albums as well as a re-release of that Fire Built” is featured on the their second album, “The website. Everglow,” and have spent time Freshman Rachel Lopez is excit- touring, even in 2005 on the well ed about the band’s show. Andy Drabic known Vans Warped Tour. “It’s going to be exciting because Professor of Political Science Dr. Paul Kengor and Reagan lecturer Herb Meyer discuss the histo- Currently Mae is working hard to ry and future of the CIA. For the full story, see page 5. make a difference with their music See Mae, page 7 Dance ends on a cool note Spring Court By Darin Miller beat reverberated through the that the party was over. Soon the Collegian Editor-in-Chief room, another noise pierced the announcement came: students air – a harsh buzzing from the could collect their belongings, begins plans Between 8:30 to 11 p.m. on Ketler fire alarm system. but the Extravaganza was done Feb. 6, around 1,200 students What followed was a slow, for the night. By Anna Wood guages and traveling the world, enjoyed free food and beverages labored evacuation of the Ketler Amidst the confusing din of Contributing Writer she also loves creating artsy- in the recreational room-turned Rec area and the dormitory as Tri-Rhos calling out coat-check crafty things, running, singing dance hall Ketler Rec. students shuffled out of the numbers, revelers waiting in lines The snow is beginning to melt, and making music. An avid read- But by 11, as the fog machines sweaty heat and into the crisp to reclaim their garments and and the promise of the spring er, Lee’s favorite book is “The began spewing fake smoke over night air. occasional Campus Safety offi- hangs in the air. We can dream of Hiding Place.” the heads of the crowd of As they stood around, waiting cers looking on, the facts of the tantalizing breezes, sweet earthy “Stargazing freshman year; dancers, and a blaring techno to dance again, the reality set in evening began to surface. smells and melodious birds. Thursday night ‘jogs’ with the The Tri-Rhos’ plan was to hold Spring, with all its good things ‘Sweet Suite;’ living parallel a “techno rave,” which included will come again, and with it lives with junior Katie Klepacki; strobe lights, glow sticks and fog comes Grove City’s Parents’ driving back from New York machines. Weekend. Beginning May 1, City; and most recently, my curl- “The decorations subcommittee many activities will take place in ing adventure in Pittsburgh,” Lee rented a large fog machine, and order to demonstrate to the par- said all describe her favorite the Rhos were in possession of a ents their children’s talents in events of her college career. second fog machine,” junior taking part of their college expe- Lee hopes to work in social Tyler Mills, senior chair of the rience. justice, specifically in Africa or Extravaganza, said. This year a new event has been Europe in the coming years. The Rhos rented a type of fog added. A dinner will be served Junior marketing management machine known as a “hazer.” for the parents on Saturday night, major Leslie Hardeman, who Gary Hollowood, vice president May 2. The Coronation, the cen- enjoys playing the piano, craft of Hollowood Music and Sound ter activity for the weekend, will projects, and buying necklaces, where the hazer was rented from, also take place on May 2. Voting was voted junior queen. said that a hazer differs from a for Spring Court has already From San Antonio, Tx., fog machine because it uses a taken place. Hardeman is involved in variety different juice and doesn’t blow Every year a court of men and of activities such as being a smoke around like a smoke women, elected by the campus, freshman RA, a participant in IM machine. is presented to the parents. sports, AMA, GCCMA, a Instead, the smoke stays denser Grove City’s 2009 spring Professor’s assistant “and coach- longer and remains closer to the queen is senior sociology major ing the best D-league team ever: ground. Rachel Lee from Ashburn, Va. THE PROXYZ!” Hollowood said he’s heard of Currently the Senior Chair of “The multiple mud-sliding smoke machines setting off Ushering for Parent’s Weekend, adventures I’ve had” are smoke detectors, “but hazers we Lee also keeps busy by being Hardeman’s best college memo- don’t hear as much about that involved in New Life, chapel ries, she said. happening. I think it would take a dance and SCTNow. “As long as I’m where God whole lot to do it.” Not only does Lee enjoy geog- wants me, I could see myself liv- Jon Frey Senior Lucas Darway dances with the crowd at the Extravaganza. See Alarm, page 5 raphy, learning different lan- See Court, page 6 News The Collegian 2 February 13, 2009 FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE Salut! Student takes a bite out of France Dear Students: In an effort to ers, Pierre-Antoine and Thomas, somethings, and a young, own country’s politics as well. and what I need to be. And maintain a connection with sit and debate how your percep- Canadian couple that just had a Needless to say, on mange there are many lessons that I’m Grove City College’s students tion of a food’s color affects the baby. Most of the kids that bien en France. only beginning to learn as the spread throughout the world, way it tastes. The mom, Cecile, come for the nightly Bible stud- Experiencing French family deeper layers of my identity each week the Collegian will takes Pierre-Antoine’s side. But ies are French. But others origi- life, seeing myself beyond my show themselves by their con- print a letter from students two minutes later, they’re talk- nate from China, Brazil, nationality and watching a trast with the differences around studying abroad. ing about some aspect of Lebanon, and literally a dozen French Christian look at the me. Salut, Grove City! Grenoble’s civil code, and other countries. Although, when world through the lens of the Thankfully, there are plenty another discussion begins. everyone is speaking French Scriptures are more than I could of meals to be had during my It's been five months since I Other nights Cecile shows me and enjoying crepes, you kinda have asked for when I decided last three months across the enjoyed my first chunk of deli- and my American roommate start to forget the difference in to spend a year in France. pond and still more cheeses to cious Roquefort. pictures of their winter house in nationality. These experiences have been try. Bon Appetite! I have to say, I am a little dis- the Alps. And sometimes it’s After each Sunday service at more than lessons learned out- appointed with myself that I just all us four guys eating in the Église Reformée Baptiste, if side the classroom, as they have Salut, have only tried about 15 differ- the kitchen talking about what- the five single guys in the helped me see who I really am Junior Justin Olson ent kinds of cheese. ever. church aren’t invited to some- Escargot was last month dur- Each night is different, but one’s house for lunch, Clement ing Christmas, and I have not without fail, my window into invites me over to his apart- Blood drive slated gone a day without a slice of their world gets a little bigger ment. Grove City College will host a Central Blood Bank blood drive baguette sitting next to my din- with each bite I take. Now that He’s a second year political from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday in the Intramural Room of the ner plate. I can actually understand what science major at the University Physical Learning Center on campus.

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