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CollegianThe October 17, 2008 Vol. 69 No. 8 Bestselling Twilight Classes face off in series reviewed The Grove City College Newspaper powder puff game Page 20 Page 31 Homecoming Event Schedule Evaluators Band set to rock Friday Events impressed 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. All reunion classes’ golf outing at the Grove City Country Club with College By Darin Miller 3 p.m. More inside... Men’s Soccer Game Collegian Editor-in-Chief Check out a summary of Last April, a team of seven 8:30 – 11:30 p.m. the Middle States Report on educators from peer colleges and page 11. Homecoming Dance universities of Grove City Breen-HAL Courtyard College came to campus to eval- Welton, assistant dean of institu- uate the College before its reac- tional assessment. When the eval- Saturday Events creditation. uation team came to the College, The team’s 23-page report was they reviewed not only this self- 8:30 a.m. recently given to the College for study but also personally looked Women’s Soccer Alumni its own review. This report will into all aspects of the College. Game on the Varsity Field be passed on to the Middle States The team commended the Commission on Higher College for its self-study and rec- 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Education for review to deter- ommended that MSCHE use the Registration in HAL Atrium mine whether the College should self-study’s recommendations continue educating students as it along with its own. The team also 9 a.m. has been since the last evaluation gave permission to openly share Women’s Lacrosse Alumni in 1998. This happens every 10 its report with the College. Game on IM Fields years. MSCHE has been respon- Moreover, the College’s self- sible for the College’s accredita- study “was brutally honest, can- 9 a.m. tion since 1922. did and even unnecessarily harsh Women’s Water Polo To prepare for the review, the in its self-assessment of Grove Alumni Game in the College underwent a two-year City,” the report stated. The team Competition Pool Josh Kitamura self-study evaluation, led by Drs. recommended that the College The Wolverine Marching Band will play throughout Tim Homan, chair of the chem- Homecoming Weekend. 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. istry department, and Gary See Evaluation, page 4 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. Education Department Book Fair in HAL 105 Carnegie Alumni Center getting makeover 10 a.m. Women’s Rugby Club By Darin Miller hired for the construction of the pened in that space. It was the um. The other notable change is Home Game on IM Fields Collegian Editor-in-Chief colonial Hall Apartments in 2006. music department … it has a the addition of the building on The building’s funding came great history and it has a lot of the north side, which will prima- 10:30 a.m. In January 2007, Grove City from the last Capital campaign connection with a lot of alums.” rily house the new main entrance Men’s Soccer Alumni Game College moved its alumni, com- from gift money donated by And with the new renovations, and mechanical equipment but on Varsity Field munications and development alumni. Prokovich said he believes the more importantly make the build- employees out of Carnegie Music Carnegie Music Hall was built building can remain relevant for ing accessible to individuals with 10:30 a.m. Hall, one of the oldest buildings in 1900. It is the oldest building another 100 years. special needs.” Men’s Water Polo Alumni on campus, to the Pew Fine Arts on campus that the College built. James Wendelschaefer, director Prokovich added that additional Game in the Competition Center’s art gallery. Construction “Everything had been down of physical plant at the College, parking will be available across Pool began soon after on what will be there,” said Jeff Prokovich ’89, said, “Major changes include a the street. a larger, fully renovated alumni vice president for advancement. large, open multi-purpose room “One of the challenges,” he 11 a.m. center. “It was a library, it was a gym, it on the main level for seminars said, “has been in order to be Homecoming Parade Tedco Construction was a men’s dorm – men lived in and alumni events and the reloca- sensitive to those living in Corporation from Pittsburgh, Pa. the basement at one point. It was tion of the alumni and develop- Colonial [Hall Apartments], we 11 a.m. is the general contractor for the our first chapel, first auditorium, ment offices to the upper level, Men’s Lacrosse Alumni project. The company was also first theater, a lot of ‘firsts’ hap- which was originally an auditori- See Alumni, page 6 Gme on the IM Field 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. Tents on the Quad Parade route set Doing things? 1:15 p.m. By Kelley Smith Wolverine Marching Band as Float awards and pre-game Collegian Senior Copy Editor well as the marching bands from show both Grove City and Ellwood Buy the book! All Grove City College sup- City high schools. Former Easy’ book on the ledge of the porters – students, alumni, fami- College presidents John Moore By Anne Marie Booth 2 p.m. porch.” Smith said “Blondille, a lies, friends and community and Charles MacKenzie will Collegian News Co-Editor Grove City College vs. little girl from the village, found members – are invited to enjoy serve as grand marshals. Thomas More game on The typical Grover loves books, my book and held it in her hands, the 2008 Homecoming Parade at The parade will start on the Thorn Field but not in the way Blondille does. her fingers grazing the glossy 11 a.m. tomorrow, beginning on drive between the Hall of Arts Senior Kelly Smith first met this cover of the book. She held the upper campus. and Letters and Hicks Residence budding bibliophile while on a pages to her face and felt them This year’s parade floats will Hall, will continue right onto Sunday Events missions trip in Cap Haitian, Haiti. against her skin. She took her fin- correlate with the theme, Campus Drive and then will exit “I was playing with some of the gers and ran them over the lines of “Tradition is Always in Style: west onto Pine Street towards 10:30 a.m. children within our compound, text and though the pages were Decades,” presented by College Olde Town Grove City. The pro- Homecoming morning and in my haste to join a game of nearly always upside down and sororities and fraternities. worship services soccer, I left my ‘Creole Made Sharing the route will be the See Parade, page 4 See Books, page 7 News The Collegian 2 October 17, 2008 ‘Not a cup, but a cow’ Students see work of Heifer International firsthand By Anna Brinkman brainstorming ideas for involve- Collegian Entertainment Editor ment while at college. Though the students expressed hopes of Four Grove City College stu- taking this beyond the typical dents traveled to Perryville, Ark. level of awareness-raising and over the weekend to attend fundraising, the nature of the Heifer University, a two-day organization precludes many program focused on ending opportunities for involvement world hunger through agricultur- beyond actual volunteering, al progress in developing coun- which naturally takes place off tries. The event took place at campus and usually outside the Heifer Ranch, one of five learn- context of academics. ing centers run by the global “I did not really know what to charity Heifer International. expect concerning this weekend; Heifer International is a non- I just knew that I wanted to find profit organization working with out a lot of information,” communities worldwide to end Armstrong said. “I am still try- hunger and poverty through sus- ing to figure out how I could tainable, environmentally sound best support Heifer’s program. development. Founded in 1944 Some ideas are sponsoring an at the close of World War II, it swrm.org animal or even spreading the Students toured the new eco-friendly headquarters of Heifer International in Little Rock, Ark. has assisted over seven million word in general on what this families by providing livestock especially impressed with this we learned that Heifer no longer College who accompanied his organization is about.” and other farming resources and display. raises livestock to send to other students to the program and “I received all that I expected training, reducing hunger with “Observing simulated living countries. Instead they buy the incorporates Heifer materials and more. We learned so much the slogan, “not a cup, but a conditions of the families in dif- livestock near the country where into his eco-theology course. about the program and got to cow.” ferent countries around the they are implementing a pro- Many non-Hendrix attendees network with a lot of great peo- Grove City students discov- world in the Global Village was gram to be more cost-efficient, found his co-management of the ple,” Covert said. “I’m hoping to ered this opportunity through an most enlightening,” Williams and to ensure the animals are program to result in much dis- find internships, intersessions announcement from the said. “The description of the suitable for the geographical cussion irrelevant to anyone out- and career opportunities with the College’s Office of International methods Heifer uses to improve area.” side Hendrix. But with regard to organization.” Education, as the result of corre- a family’s standard of living was As can be inferred from the the program as a whole, all four As part of their goal to devel- spondence with a Grove City interesting, and it was amazing name, heifers and other livestock Grove City students felt positive op self-sustaining communities, alumnus involved in the organi- to see how each animal could are a major component of Heifer about attending.