Michigan’s oldest college newspaper Vol. 137, Issue 19 - 6 March 2014 www.hillsdalecollegian.com Frats, dean develop alcohol policies

Hannah Leitner standards of the chapter. Assistant Editor Petersen said that the main dif- ference between residence halls and fraternity houses is the frater- Hillsdale College’s Delta Sig- nities’ privilege to establish their ma Phi fraternity may get its house own rules within the boundaries of back this fall. If they do, the house the school and national fraternity will be dry. policies. “Now, we are just trying to “It really is an experiment in make sure that we are comply- self-government,” Petersen said. ing with the national and Hills- Through these students, the dale standards when it comes to dean, and local news reports, the the drinking policy,” DSP chapter national fraternity is able to keep president senior Joe Snyder said. tabs on the campus chapters. Pe- “Having a house will just make riodically, a representative will every aspect of the fraternity bet- come to check in on the fraternity. ter.” Petersen said that if a singular DSP is one of four fraternities issue of alcohol violation arises, on campus that abides by differ- the school and the local alumni ent regulations regarding alcohol board typically come up with the use. Each fraternity operates under (Caleb Whitmer/Collegian) punishment. However, if the issue its own individual alcohol policy, is reoccurring, the national frater- which depends on factors such as nity may step in. academic merit and national fra- “It is supposed to be left to the ternity policy. fraternities to self-govern,” Snyder DSP: Road to home Each policy, however, resides said, “but obviously, if there is a under the umbrella of the dean’s problem, then the college is sup- Evan Brune with them is to improve the heart satisfied one of our requirements “I’m moving forward with office campus-wide alcohol - pol News Editor of their chapter. We want them for accreditation,” Wendt said. them returning to the chapter posed to come in.” icy, as listed in the student hand- Consequences from the dean to continue being serious about “We got 20 guys down there in house, and I am presuming a book. fraternity, and making a strong contact with our national head- strong accreditation score,” Pe- can range anywhere from tem- Delta Sigma Phi fraternity lost In DSP’s case, dry houses are a porary renunciations of alcohol positive influence on this campus quarters, and before, we hadn’t tersen said. “There will be 10 nationwide policy for the fraterni- its house more than two years and in the community.” really had much contact with the to 15 guys that I’ll move into privileges to the loss of the house. ago due to a range of violations, ty, which was instituted in the past If the national fraternity chooses to In the past three years, DSP national fraternity.” the house. There are going to be several years. including possession of alcohol. has gone from an accreditation Wendt said the conference fo- some restrictions and expecta- act, consequences can include the Now, the men of DSP are on their Of the three current college fra- revocation of the chapter from the score of zero to a 72, accord- cused on recruitment tactics and tions, and we’re going to work ternity houses, only Sigma Chi has way to reclaiming their home. ing to junior Paul Wendt, future philanthropy ideas, as well as a together on those details.” campus. An agreement between Dean house-alcohol privileges, although After its rechartering in 2009 chapter president. number of team building exer- Snyder said his work with Pe- no liquor is allowed in their house. of Men Aaron Petersen and the “We have made a lot of im- cises. Petersen and Associate tersen was productive. and moving into a house in 2013, chapter states that an accredita- The other two fraternities, Alpha Delta Tau Delta fraternity is a dry provements over the last two Dean of Men Jeffery Rogers also “The focus was on getting the Tau Omega and Delta Tau Delta, tion score of 80 or higher will al- years,” Wendt said. attended the conference. house back and setting a good fraternity but Chapter President low the college to move forward once had wet houses but no longer junior Rossteen Salehzadeh said Fraternal accreditation is de- “Dean Pete kept the ship run- score,” he said. “After the meet- do for disciplinary reasons. with a plan to return the house to termined by a number of factors, ning and let the national frater- ing, all the officers sat down, and the fraternity is looking into peti- the fraternity. The accreditation Dean of Men Aaron Petersen tioning the dean in order to have including participation in philan- nity do their job,” Wendt said. we all made a plan, and, as long said the alcohol policy in fraterni- is done by the national fraternity. thropy projects, alumni events, Upon their return to cam- as we accomplish that, then we’ll alcohol at requested events. “We want to see a strong ac- ties depends on four factors: the “The actions from the past have and national conferences. pus, a conversation began about get the house back.” behavior of the members of the creditation score from them,” Part of those improvements how fraternity members could Snyder said aspects of that definitely help shaped our attitudes Petersen said. “We need to see fraternity, the college policy, the in the house now as to what we can included attending a conference return to their house. Petersen plan include service projects, fraternity’s national board, and the that they can sustain strong ef- of the national Delta Sigma Phi and Chapter President senior Joe philanthropy events, increased and can’t allow,” Salehzadeh said. fort and performance, which is local alumni association. Alpha Tau Omega Chapter fraternity in Indianapolis, Ind., in Snyder developed a plan that put recruitment, increased fraternity Within each house there are something we’ve talked a lot January. the men of DSP on track to return GPA average, and alumni en- President Dan Vandegriff said he about. What we’ve been after designated officers that are elected “The Indianapolis conference in the fall 2014 semester. See DSP A3 by the fraternity to maintain the See Alcohol A3 Off-campus permission rates Rebirth of Liberty & dropped for men The Freedom Freedom Founders’ Learning Campaign Morgan Delp tion to live off campus, the ad- Fund Quest Campaign Sports Editor ministration notifies the next stu- 1976-1980 dents in line that they are granted 1976-1980 1987-1996 2001-2012 permission. Because of this and Raised: $230 M In an effort to convert Nied- fluctuations in admitting the $32 M $202 M $635 M Goal: $470.2 M feldt Residence back to a male freshman class of 2018, the pro- dormitory for next school year, cess of notification could go on and due to the female-dominated until May. rising junior class, the adminis- Philipp said it has never been tration has allowed fewer men to a problem for seniors to live move off campus and increased off campus. Not all juniors and the girls’ allowance from last sophomores are always allowed year. to leave college housing, even if As of Feb. 28, 51 men and 106 they were granted permission the women were newly permitted to previous year, or one of their po- leave campus housing, joining Campaigning for capital tential housemates was granted the 109 men and 48 women who permission. However, for col- College has raised $1.1 billion in capital campaign fundraisers since 1976 will return to off-campus housing lege-owned houses, she said that this fall. This equals 314 Hills- returning residents may choose Alex Anderson avoid dependence on state and Title IX mandated that no vid that kept Goliath government dale students that are projected to underclassmen to move in with Web Editor federal aid, struck a chord with the person could be excluded from off its back,” Hiner wrote. live off-campus next year. them. national media, dignitaries, and participation, denied benefits, or In March 1976 a letter sent This number could change, “The key to housing is making thousands of individual donors. discriminated based on sex under by Martin Gerry, acting direc- depending on the number of ad- Hillsdale College has raised sure friends can stay with friends. $1.1 billion since it began its 40- Hillsdale’s Goliath: the any educational activity supported tor of the Office for Civil Rights, mitted freshmen in the fall. All residence halls are differ- threat of Title IX by federal assistance. informed Hillsdale College Presi- “The end variable is the admis- year fight against state and federal ent, but as long as we can keep regulations. Three completed cap- In October 1975, the Board of Despite the college’s historic dent George Roche III that stu- sions number,” Dean of Women friends together they seem to be Trustees published a resolution non-discriminatory mission, “to dents enrolled at Hillsdale College Diane Philipp said. “There are ital campaigns, led by Presidents happy,” Philipp said. George Roche III and Larry Arnn, which openly resisted The Higher furnish all persons who wish, irre- were participating in a number of usually slightly more women Niedfeldt Residence was con- Education Amendments of 1972, spective of nation, color, or sex, a government funded programs. than men, by our projections. have successfully endowed the verted from a men’s dorm to a security of Hillsdale’s academic an act signed into law by Presi- literary and scientific education,” Gerry concluded that such partici- We have to house the freshmen, women’s during the 2012-2013 dent Richard Nixon. The trustees’ Title IX threatened the college’s pation would require the college’s and 10 bodies make a difference. liberty. school year, when the number This past October, the college resolution stated that the new re- autonomy by attempting to regu- compliance with regulations out- Sometimes in May we ask if stu- of freshmen girls far outweighed strictive regulations imposed by late college athletics, admissions, lined in Title IX, should they keep dents want to live off-campus, launched its fourth campaign, The the number of freshmen boys. Rebirth of Liberty and Learning, the Department of Health, Educa- and activities. accepting funding. and it seems as if the office is The deans said they feel that tion and Welfare were an attempt Hundreds of media outlets “There is no question but that disorganized, but really, we ac- intended to raise $472 million men need another dorm option over the next 10 years. to impose Title IX of the Educa- including Time, The New York the regulation as it stands does cepted a few more freshmen, and on campus, in addition to Gal- tion Amendments of 1972 on col- Times, the New York Daily News, cover colleges such as Hillsdale,” we need to house them.” The first capital campaign, loway and Simpson Residences. “The Freedom Fund,” was leges and universities. and The L.A. Times covered Hill- Gerry wrote in the letter. Off-campus status is deter- Koon Residence, which houses The regulations reclassified sdale’s battle for academic auton- Contrary to Gerry’s opinion, mined by the number of Hillsdale launched by the Hillsdale College about half as many students as Board of Trustees in 1976. Sym- independent colleges and univer- omy, elevating the college’s na- Roche sought to challenge The College credits a student holds. Niedfeldt, will return to housing sities as “recipient institutions.” tional profile. Numerous articles Department of Health, Education, The deans’ office, in cooperation bolized by the Victory Bell, which women next year. now sits enshrined next to Central This classification meant that any compared the college’s faith and and Welfare’s accusation. Roche with the registrar’s office, ranks The late L.A. “Red” Niedfeldt independent institution with en- moral courage to the Biblical ac- argued that the college did not students in order of most credits Hall, the campaign successfully and his widow, Phyllis Nied- raised more than $32 million in rolled students who received gov- count of David and Goliath, such have to comply with the specified to least, in an effort to honor se- feldt, donated the funds to build ernment financial aid was obliged as one written by John Hiner of regulations because the direct re- niority. less than four years. The purpose of the campaign, which was to to comply with regulations of The Jackson Citizen Patriot. If students turn down the op- See Off-Campus A3 Title IX. “Hillsdale is known as the Da- See Campaigns A3 INSIDE

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And then I and he said he couldn’t pick me What was your first fight? Business Like Show Business, did a picture called “Happy An- up because he had to be with this We didn’t really fight about Anything Goes, and South Pa- niversary” with him. He was the singer [Harry Belafonte. Mitzi anything. We were like one per- cific — for which she received most fun — a man’s man and a initially thought he was Italian]. son. We were The Beans. It was a Golden Globe nomination. woman’s man. He was charming But he said he was going to send only silly things like him saying, She launched a wildly success- and amusing and fun and brilliant a friend of his, another agent. “Yummy, how many times do ful stage career in 1961 and was and I loved him. And then Ros- So I’m all done up because I have to tell you? I don’t want even billed over The Beatles on sano Brazzi. We understood each I really wanted to be hot. And lambchops.” the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964. other. when I opened the door, this guy What’s the secret to a suc- (They asked for her autograph) Who was the best to dance was standing there. And he was cessful marriage? Yesterday, Gaynor descended with? this tall, with light brown, Spen- Separate bathrooms. upon Hillsdale, giving a delight- Donald O’Connor was the cer-Tracy colored hair, the blu- And then, finally, what’s ful show that was more stand-up- best dancer. But he wasn’t as est eyes you’ve ever seen, long the best romantic comedy that comedy routine than CCA. She good a partner as Gene Kelly. lashes, sweet face, lovely mouth. you’ve seen recently? used nine accents, burst into “O, And both men were Virgos. Isn’t And he said “I’m here to pick up My favorite show, honestly, Canada!,” and agreed to a stu- that interesting? Mitzi Gaynor. My name is Jack is Modern Family. I love the dent’s marriage proposal before Now, you have an amazing Bean,” and I said, “Well, I’m people. I think Phil is an unsung dismissing his offer with a glib, love story of your own, with Mitzi Gaynor. Don’t you know hero. I think Claire is a little bit “You’re too old for me.” Com- Jack Bean. What was that like? me? I’m a movie star!” And he like me. She’s so controlling. piled by Tory Cooney. I’d broken up with Howard said, “I’m sorry, Miss Gaynor. I Cam and Mitchell are adorable. Hughes, and I had a friend who only see foreign films.” And I And that little girl, Lily, is going You’ve worked opposite a was an agent. He called me and loved it. to be a real force. She’s so tough. Actress Mitzi Gaynor, star of the musical “South Pacific” number of amazing men in said, “I want you to go to the And his car was a really old, spoke Wednesday on the making of the movie. (Carsten your romantic comedies. Who opening of this singer at The Co- dirty Plymouth. And in the back Stann/Collegian) was your favorite to work conut Grove,” and I said, “But seat was this duffel bag full of his Willoughby wins Live yellow jacket found in A.J.’s salad Walker Mulley Collegian Freelancer Employees reseal each bag Everett competition by rolling the top down and Abi Wood wrapping the entire bag in eral warrants. When a student bought Arts Editor a salad from A.J.’s Café on plastic wrap. “Privacy is pivotal to the Kirwan said the lettuce preservation of our country,” March 1, she found a live yellow jacket inside the con- used in the salad which con- Senior Melika Willoughby she said. tained the yellow jacket came won first place and $3,000 at the While she acknowledged the tainer. A.J.’s Retail Supervisor in a sealed bag but that the Edward Everett Prize in Oratory importance of national security, bag “did have small holes to competition on March 4. Second she described the NSA’s way of Lisa Beasley said the yellow jacket appearance “was a very allow for the product to give place went to sophomore Shaun obtaining information as “the off gas. These holes are too Lichti, and third place to fresh- digital equivalent of tailing a unfortunate incident that we regret has happened.” small for a wasp to crawl man Keyona Shabazz. Lichti suspect.” through, though.” and Shabazz received $2,000 “We cannot neglect to secure Kirwan said it was an odd occurrance. The lettuce was grown in and $1,000, respectively. the blessings of liberty to secure Yuma, Ariz., according to an The speech prompt, “Privacy the common defense,” she said. “Due to the time of year, we are a bit baffled as to how email Kirwan received from and Surveillance: The Costs to Lichti’s speech took a differ- the supplier. Our Free Republic,” encour- ent route. He claimed advanced it got into the salad,” Saga Inc. General Manager Kevin A.J.’s handles its other aged students to address the technology has caused a shift salad ingredients similarly, NSA’s recent attempts to obtain from circuit-based communica- Kirwan said in an email. The wasp may have come Ramsey said. Employees ful- unauthorized access to the in- tions to packet-based communi- ly prepare all the ingredients formation of American citizens. cations and a new ability to save with the lettuce, but the let- tuce arrives pre-washed in before they assemble the sal- The judges for the compe- and modify information. ad. The ingredients are stored tition were College President He argued that metadata sealed bags, he said. “We have reported the in- in covered and dated contain- Larry Arnn, analysis could have radically ers until assembly. Once ev- Director of the Dow Journal- impacted the events of 9/11. cident to our suppliers,” he said. erything is ready, employees ism Program John J. Miller, and While advocating prudent wearing gloves assemble the local management consultant “knowledge discovery sys- To make salads, A.J.’s employees wearing gloves ingredients and place the sal- Kerry Laycock. tems,” Lichti argued that these ads in the takeout containers. Juniors Ian Fury and Dylan systems have real-world benefit. take lettuce from bags sealed by the supplier and place it Then they are either placed in Hoover were finalists in the Alternately, Shabazz claimed the café’s display cooler or Feb. 14 semi-finals. Sophomore in her speech that America is in- directly into plastic take- out containers, according sold immediately. Emily Runge and junior Chris- creasing surveillance at the cost “A.J.’s is about good cus- topher Landers tied for the place of its citizens’ privacy. to A.J.’s employee senior Grace Ramsey. The lettuce is tomer service. We want you of alternate, but did not compete “It is the abuse of the Ameri- to eat your food. We don’t in the finals. can people at the hands of their marked “pre-washed, ready for use” by the supplier. want to rip you off your five Willoughby’s speech argued government,” she said. “The is- dollars for a salad,” Ramsey against the invasive actions sue lies not in that the eyes are “It’s just a straight transfer from the bag to the contain- said. “If your food’s inedible, of the NSA, tying the Found- watching, but that they are do- please bring it back. We’ll ing so without our permission.” er,” she said. ing Fathers’ claims against the work out a solution. We’d A yellow jacket was found in a student’s salad in A.J.’s Writs of Assistance to the cur- Because the bags are love to help you.” Cafe on March 1. (Courtesy of Heather Buell) rent injustice of the NSA’s gen- roughly pillow-sized, each is not used up all at once. Central Hall brings in College firearms range new switchboard operator adds new technology Evan Carter Ben Block same place. ity to perfect their skills within Collegian Freelancer Collegian Freelancer “It will cost about $250,000 every discipline of shotgun. to finish out the lower level. That In addition to the Olympic money has already been donat- bunker, the college also plans to The hundreds of people that At the Hillsdale College ed,” Péwé said. create a sporting clays course. come through Central Hall ev- Shooting Sports Center, stu- The AcuSport Lodge was “It’s like golf, but with shot- ery day will be greeted by a new dents armed with shotguns can constructed on about 100 acres guns,” Péwé said face at the switchboard reception now shoot in the basement of the of property that the college pur- In sporting clays, contestants desk. Acusport Lodge. But instead of chased in 2009. The range also use golf carts to travel to differ- On Feb. 10, Billie Jo Har- bullets, these shotguns fire lasers. currently features five stand, ent stations where target clays are wood became the college’s new The nearly completed AcuS- skeet, and trap shooting, along shot at a variety of trajectories switchboard operator. The for- port Lodge now features an ad- with a temporary pistol and rifle and distances. The sport is meant mer switchboard operator, Susan vanced firearms training program range. There are several other to simulate the engagement of Marsh, moved down a floor in called DryFire. With DryFire, facilities planned including an live, unpredictable game. So far, Central Hall to become the new students load “blank” shells into Olympic Bunker, a sporting clays the college has $175,000 of the aide to the registrar. their laser-equipped weapons, course, an archery range, and required $300,00 to “Every day brings a wide va- which are synced to complete the course. riety of phone inquiries as well as a stationary target “We don’t want visitors and familiar faces pass- and computer. to begin construc- ing through Central Hall,” Marsh “The system tion on anything said. “The switchboard recep- then displays your until we have the tionist is not only the voice of the shot placement as a money for that proj- college, but often the first person graphic on an over- ect,” Péwé said. someone comes into contact with head monitor after An archery range when visiting the college.” each shot,” Range- is also under con- No two calls are the same, and master Bart Spieth struction, which will according to Harwood, decipher- said. “The DryFire also double as an ing the needs of each caller and Billie Jo Harwood replaced Susan Marsh as the Central system is nice be- Hall switchboard operator. Harwood previously worked for airgun range. directing them to the correct de- cause shooters use “The construc- six months as a janitor. (Evan Carter/Collegian) partment is the most difficult part real guns, and com- tion of the archery of the job. is a major part of her job, Har- woman who upholds the col- petitive shooters can range will open “I can have five calls go to the wood has many roles as switch- lege’s values,” Johnson said. calibrate the system the door for a club registrar’s office and every story board receptionist. Before becoming the col- right to their custom team,” Péwé said. A that they tell me is different,” Sitting at her desk just inside lege’s switchboard receptionist, fit guns.” The college recently purchased laser equipment for donor has supplied Harwood said. the first floor doors of Central the Jonesville native worked for This instanta- the shooting sports center to facilitate indoor shot- nearly $100,000 In her short time on the job, Hall, Harwood interacts with the college as a custodian for six neous feedback al- gun practice. (Ben Block/Collegian) to complete the ar- Harwood has been asked a broad hundreds of people everyday: months. She mainly worked in lows shooters to im- chery field. range of questions, including one directing them throughout the Moss Hall and the Dow Science prove without the expenditure of a combination pistol and rifle A permanent pistol and rifle question about the weather in building, giving directions to oth- Building, cleaning and making ammunition. range. range, a 100-meter stretch of land Hillsdale. er places on campus or providing minor repairs. Currently, the DryFire system “The Olympic Bunker project walled in by concrete structures, Additionally, Harwood also maps of Hillsdale’s surrounding When the college sent out sits in a classroom in the AcuS- has priority as of now. We are is still pending funding. The cost has to deal with the varied moods area. an internal email announcing port Lodge’s basement. looking to finish it by this com- is about $1.l million. of callers. Whatever the phone Harwood enjoys seeing so the available switchboard posi- “The new AcuSport Lodge is ing fall,” Péwé said. To raise funds for the main- call is, Harwood emphasizes be- many people and recognizes a tion, Harwood expressed inter- complete on the upper level, and The project is being funded by tenance of the range, the col- ing cheerful and courteous. growing number of people on est and her resume was sent to there is more that will be finished a half-million-dollar gift the col- lege will charge range fees for “Keeping a smile on my face campus. Janet Marsh, executive director on the lower level at a later date,” lege received specifically for the students who use the facilities. and in my voice is important,” “Faces are becoming familiar. of human resources. Harwood Spieth said. Olympic Bunker Trap range. The Firearms classes will also have a Harwood said. “Even though Names — I’m still working on believes that her computer skills Chief Administrative Officer presence of an Olympic course range fee attached to the overall that might sound funny, you can that,” Harwood said. and the associates degree she Rich Péwé said the AcuSport would potentially attract more course cost. In addition to this, hear when the person on the other Senior Jennifer Johnson, one earned in 2008 helped her get the Lodge is roughly 13,000 square donors and competition shooters. the college may attempt to or- end may be a little grumpy that of Harwood’s student workers, job. feet and will eventually contain a “There are not many Olympic ganize leagues within the local day, so regardless, even if I just only had good things to say about “Additionally, attendance was complete classroom for instruc- Bunker Trap courses in the Mid- area. Shooters would be able to stubbed my toe because I walked her boss. a big concern, and I have good tion of large classes. The lodge west. We’d be one of the few,” form teams, pay their fees, and away and I ran back really fast, I “Ms. Harwood is a hidden attendance,” Harwood said. “I will also contain a gunsmith and Péwé said. then compete against each other have to get my smile back.” jewel, and Hillsdale is lucky to would imagine that would be my gunsafe, so the college can store The completion of the course throughout the year. While answering phone calls have found such a hardworking one thing that stuck out.” and work on the firearms at the would also give shooters the abil- www.hillsdalecollegian.com NEWS A3 6 March 2014 Actuarial Club formed Speech team competes at state Morgan Sweeney Daniel Slonim the first time, where she took ing and working,” he said. “She Assistant Editor Collegian Reporter sixth place, also winning top didn’t give up.” novice in the event. Freshman Erin Graham took By breaking into finals, Wun- sixth in poetry interpretation, Every Tuesday, a group of Hillsdale’s speech team saw derlich qualified to compete in also winning top novice. The Hillsdale students meets for an some surprising results at the the national tournament. Warner previous weekend, Graham had hour and a half in the afternoon Michigan Intercollegiate Speech said this was the last tourna- won first in poetry at another to go over probability problems League’s state championship this ment where she would have had tournament. with William Abram, assistant past weekend. a chance to qualify and was the Junior Ian Fury won third professor of mathematics, in The team failed to put final- hardest. place in extemporaneous. Wun- preparation for the first of five ists in several events in which “She had never been a finalist derlich also won top novice in actuarial exams. Hillsdale students have usually in prose until this weekend, and extemporaneous, and freshman Actuarial science topped succeeded. this is the most competitive tour- Keyona Shabazz won top novice 2013’s list of best jobs in a survey “Our really strong suits — nament yet,” he said. in impromptu. conducted by CareerCast.com. persuasion, after dinner speak- Wunderlich said prose inter- Because this tournament was The job, which involves risk as- ing, and impromptu — weren't pretation involves selecting a one of the most difficult so far, sessment and is prominent in the represented, and then traditional- piece of literature and presenting Warner said he was thrilled at the insurance and financial indus- ly what we’ve not been as strong it in a dramatic way. novices’ success, despite being tries, has ranked among the top Junior Arena Govier studies with Assistant Professor of in, we had a strong showing in,” “It’s not quite like acting it surprised that nobody made it to for the past several years, with a Mathematics William Abram. (Ben Strickland/Collegian) said Matthew Warner, the team’s out, but it’s similar,” she said. finals in persuasion, impromptu, median salary of about $87,000 coach and assistant director of Warner said Wunderlich has or after dinner speaking. and a relatively low-stress work and that means that students who ally key to practice your speed.” forensics and debate. made a continued effort over the “Did we do as well as we ex- environment. have the best shot are the students The testing environment was Junior Anna Wunderlich, a season to improve her piece until pected? Not really. Are we really For these reasons and simply that have sort of a head start and extremely sterile. Ostaszewski novice on the team, made it to it was good enough to qualify. happy with how we did? Yes,” he because they love math, junior that take probability early — hobbled into his first exam on finals in prose interpretation for “She kept working and work- said. Arena Govier and sophomore sophomore year or before.” crutches, having broken his foot Nathan Wilson are pursuing actu- Senior Ian Ostaszewski has weeks before. Monitors searched For years, Phyllis Niedfeldt lege experience. It was very clear arial science and heading up the taken the financial mathematics his crutches to make sure he would host the men for a dinner she cared strongly about us.” club under Abram’s direction. Ju- exam twice and has been study- was not smuggling test answers Off Campus and a brunch, and inspect the The deans encourage all stu- niors Sarah Schweizer and Evan ing independently. Because Os- in with him. All students using condition of the dorm upon visits. dents to see for themselves the Chalker and sophomores Sarah taszewski is an economics major calculators on the exam also had From A1 “She talked to us, gave us sto- list of ranked students, which is Kreuz and Daniel Slonim attend and has more experience with their calculators’ memory erased. ries about her life, encouraged available in the deans’ office. the club. finance than math theory, he To prepare to take the prob- Niedfelt in 1990. Dean of Men us, and talked about her husband “We have to fill beds on An early start in preparing is wanted to take the financial math ability exam, the students in Aaron Petersen said it is impor- and why they started the dorm,” campus,” Phillip said. “The col- preferable, according to Abram, exam first. the actuarial club will continue tant to them that Niedfeldt be a said three-year Niedfeldt resi- lege needs to be able to have but it’s not easy. Aspiring actuar- “Studying involves first -un working through problems with men’s dormitory. Both deans said dent Greg Barry ’12. “She came the means to keep the buildings ies must pass five exams, each of derstanding concepts — there are Abram on Tuesday afternoons. that Phyllis Niedfeldt was very through and inspected the dorm, running smoothly and maintain which requires on average about a lot of things about interest and As the semester’s end approach- understanding about the school’s which was interesting. It was them. I’m responsible for filling 300 hours of study. Most people stocks and bonds and financial es, the club will take some full- housing imbalance; however, the cool seeing the interest she took beds.” choose to take the exam on prob- markets,” Ostaszewski said, “and length practice exams. Those administration wants to honor the in us. She wanted us to be doing ability first, a test that has a lower then you have to memorize tons who want to take the test in May, couple’s original wishes. well and be having a good col- pass rate than the California bar and tons of equations. I’d say, to like Wilson, will also start devot- exam, one of the most difficult pass the exam, you probably have ing time outside of the club to said Sigma Chi fraternity is now In addition to educating mem- bar exams in the country. to memorize several hundred.” study. Alcohol allowed to have alcohol back bers, the fraternities also set down “Probability is not an elemen- Ostaszewski said he underes- “You need intensive blocks of within the house, despite some consequences for behavior that tary topic,” Abram said. “You timated the importance of time study time,” Abram said. problems earlier in the semester. breaks their policies. have to at least have taken cal- his first time around. Beyond the club, Abram is go- From A1 “My experience is that the For example, Salehzadeh said culus III or linear algebra before “You have about five min- ing to offer a one-credit course in leadership within the fraternities DTD has an established, three- you can even take probability, utes per question, which is pretty the fall on preparing for the actu- cannot account for all the details is willing and able to partner with step process of dealing with alco- quick,” Ostaszewski said. “It’s re- arial exams. of the actions that made ATO a dry my office to resolve problems,” hol mismanagement. At the first house a couple years ago, but he Petersen said. and second offense, a fraternity said the hard work of the current However, many times, the pre- member might receive community Health center buys sun lamps fraternity to regain its privileges is vention of and consequences for service, the revocation of certain Emma Vinton “It is serotonin in the brain in the day can interrupt the sleep notable. irresponsible drinking are handled privileges, and the completion of Collegian Reporter that we get after a good run, a cycle. The lamps can be bought “That was a different time, and within the fraternity by the elected the “Delts talk about alcohol” pro- piece of chocolate, or being in for less than $150 on sites like a different chapter than we have student leadership rather than the gram, a national program. love,” Drews said. Amazon, but should be pur- now,” Vandegriff said in an email. administration boards of the fra- The last offense results in the The Health and Wellness Cen- The center purchased one chased at 10,000 lux wattage, “What I can tell you is that, by ternity. loss of all membership privileges ter is taking new measures to lamp because a number of stu- the recommended therapeutic completing a list of goals given “We educate both actives and and, as a last resort, expulsion combat Michigan winter blues. dents seem to suffer from SAD dosage. Lamps under 10,000 lux to us by the dean, which included new members about the alcohol from the fraternity. The center recently purchased symptoms. Lutz has referred have been shown not to alleviate the winning our first True Merit policy. That way, there is no confu- “Our alcohol policy is some- a sun lamp as a therapy for the several students to the light ther- SAD symptoms as effectively. Award from ATO National Fra- sion,” Vandegriff said in an email. thing that we want to be upfront treatment of Seasonal Affective apy, and, if there is a positive re- Drews said there is no cost ternity in our chapter’s history last “In the event someone would about, because we do take it very Disorder, which affects students sponse, they may purchase more to use the lamps, and the health summer, we were able to gain the break the drinking policy, we have seriously,” Salehzadeh said. “We during the short, dark days center has wi-fi and privilege of throwing parties in our our own internal disciplinary sys- are just working with what we of the winter months. coffee for students annex.” tem to deal with it and would fully have been given.” Brock Lutz, director while they get their Dean of Men Aaron Petersen comply with the dean’s office.” of health services, said daily dose of vitamin Wendt said the fraternity has do better. From what I’ve seen, via email that the symp- D. Students can do plans to improve its campus pres- they’re going to have a stronger toms of SAD are basi- homework, use elec- ence. score than they’ve ever had.” cally the symptoms of de- tronics or use relax- DSP “Nobody wants this to happen Wendt said the fraternity plans pression — hopelessness, ation software while From A1 again,” he said. “We have a nega- to continue improving. fatigue, physiological in front of the lamps. tive connotation here at Hills- “We’re moving forward to try lethargy, sleeping a lot, There is a sheet in the gagement. dale, and we want to change that. to change that culture that’s been difficulty focusing — but health center where “We’re just trying to accom- We want to do more philanthropy haunting us,” he said. they manifest at certain students can sign up plish everything that we’ve set,” events. We want to expand our Snyder agreed. times of the year, usually to use the lamp after he said. recruitment to non-football play- “My class was the last class to fall or winter, and remit a brief orientation. According to Wendt, part of ers, and we definitely want to get live in the house,” Snyder said. in spring . Lutz said that al- the problem that resulted in the our accreditation score as high as “These young guys don’t know SAD is a type of de- though light therapy loss of the house was the existing we can get it.” what it was like to live there. I pression that results is the most common culture at the time. Petersen said the effort put know they’ve seen all the work from a change in envi- treatment for win- “There was an attitude in the forth by the men of DSP these we’ve done. We’ve set a good ronmental light, shorter ter depression, other house that was more relaxed,” he last two years has been earnest. foundation over these last two and darker days, and not measures can be tak- said. “Nobody was very respect- “It’s encouraging to me,” he years.” enough vitamin D. Many en to fight SAD. ful of the property. We felt en- said. “They genuinely want to SAD patients are women, “Talking to some- titled, and that’s really changed.” but it can also affect men. one about these Phil Crane, William F. Buckley Jr., The Freedom Fund (1976-1980), Research has shown that The Health and Wellness Center symptoms is impor- Russell Kirk, and Secretary of the Freedom Quest ’90 (1987-1996 ), light therapy is an effec- purchased Campaigns sun lamps to help students combat symptoms tant to make sure it Treasury William Simon. Many The Founders’ Campaign (2001- tive way to replenish vita- isn’t a more serious congressional representatives out- 2012), and Rebirth of Liberty and min D and alleviate suchof Seasonal Affective Disorder. (Ben Strickland/ From A1 Collegian) type of depression and spokenly supported the colleges Learning (2013-2018) symptoms, Lutz said. to learn to deal with cipient of funds was not the col- efforts. Colorado Congressman Based on numbers acquired “So, our thought is: if for the health center or even for life when it gets challenging (as lege but the students. Acknowl- James P. Johnson publicly rallied from the department of Institu- light therapy can alleviate some some of the dorms. it usually will),” Lutz said. edging that HEW would maintain for the college’s campaign to re- tional Advancement, The Col- of these symptoms, then let’s “There may be students who Lutz also said exercising daily a different opinion, Roche and the main independent. legian calculated that the four make it available,” Lutz said. suffer from SAD because the for 45 minutes and maintaining a Board of Trustees sought a new “I appreciate the dilemma you capital campaigns have raised and Nurse Carol Drews said that sun disappears a lot around here healthy diet are key components strategy. face,” Johnson said. “It is refresh- endowed more than $1 billion in vitamin D is essential for the sometimes and for whom light of combating SAD. “If the expansions of federal ing to find an institution whose buildings, faculty chairs, and fi- body. It can relieve stress, reset therapy would be an effective “Most people would benefit authority under Title IX are now dedication to independence is so nancial aid. Despite the college’s the sleep cycle if used early in treatment,” Lutz said. from vitamin D in the winter,” to use such individual funding as resolute that it is willing to forego current endowment, valued at the morning, and keep down cor- He recommends the person Drews said. “This is a way to a means of assaulting the inde- the tempting lure of federal assis- $386 million, additional funds are tisol levels, which contributes to sit in front of the lamp for 20 trick our bodies. This is the non- pendence of Hillsdale College as tance.” continually being fundraised. weight gain. She said vitamin D to 30 minutes every day, prefer- medicinal way to get rid of winter a whole, we reserve the right to re- In order for the college to “It has been a process and it releases the “feel good” chemical ably during the morning hours, blahs. It’s just good medicine.” evaluate the programs involved,” perpetuate its independence, it has taken time to get the endow- serotonin in the brain. because soaking up the rays later Roche wrote in a letter to HEW. needed to secure an endowment ment to that point,” Moeggenberg Recognizing the tough battle for student financial aid and other said. “In the year 2014 we are still Corrections ahead, the Board of Trustees re- projects. not at a point where we have en- evaluated the source of student Director of Financial Aid Rich dowed funds to fully fund what is Spotlight the writer inaccurately reported year is 1874. financial aid. In 1976, it launched Moeggenberg explained that necessary.” In the article,“The house that the year of a fire that destroyed a three-year campaign, the Free- in 1986, the college officially The never-ending campaign Reynolds built: 140 years later,” much of the college. The correct The Collegian regrets this error. dom Fund, which planned to raise stopped accepting federal gift as- The story of Hillsdale’s fight $29 million as an endowment to sistance. for independence is unique among replace the expected loss of gov- “It was at that time that we academic institutions. The in- ernment aid previously given to started replacing federal aid,” crease in private support is a tes- enrolled students. Moeggenberg said. “Instead, we tament to the compelling story of Endowing a future of inde- started funding the independence Hillsdale’s independence. Impri- pendence grant program for the first time.” mis, the college’s publication, has Roche understood that in order In 1986, Hillsdale officially in- increased its number of subscrip- to resist federal encroachments stituted several new programs to tions from 1,000 in 1972, to 2.7 and secure the college’s indepen- assist with student financial aid. million in 2014. dence, a sufficient amount of- fi Endowed scholarships, budgeted Over the past 40 years, the col- nancial and private support would scholarships, institutional loans, lege has continued to protect the need to be raised. Such a task independence grants, and loans college’s independence through would require a campaign strate- replaced other previous federally- numerous capital campaigns. gy that would endow the college’s funded options. Roche and the Board of Trustees future with secure financial inde- In 1985 the college dedicated believed that the fate of the col- pendence and the ability to weath- more than $2.5 million in academ- lege should not be affected by the er unexpected contingencies. ic financial awards to students. 30 strength of the government, but “We’re going to tell this story years later, the college annually the college’s value of liberty. loud and clear in the widest forum funds $22.5 million in student fi- “The benefits to Hillsdale Col- on the assumption that we are in nancial awards. lege will be far-reaching. In the the right, and that the more people According to a press release years ahead, many students and who know we are in the right, the from the Council for Aid to Edu- a great deal of funding will come better,” Roche said in a speech to cation, Hillsdale College ranked from those who have now been college parents in October 1975. ninth in academic institutions for introduced to the college,” Roche Before launching the Freedom the most money raised per student said. “Even more important, the Fund, the college sent 40,000 let- annually: $41,506. enhancement of our own academ- ters to sympathizers and support- This increase in available ic reputation which this provided ers in an attempt to tell its story. funds is a direct result of three will be a great help for the college Their story gained momentum, successful capital campaigns and and for all those who hold Hills- receiving national attention from a fourth currently in progress: dale College degrees.” dignitaries such as Congressman 6 March 2014 A4 www.hillsdalecollegian.com www.hillsdalecollegian.com OPINION Enjoy the trainwreck 33 E. 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Miller | Maria Servold Hillsdale provides a good edu- At the same time, Hillsdale students by explaining the col- cation, not a good GPA. By the does not aim to compete with re- lege’s grading policy through let- The editors welcome Letters to the Editor but reserve the right to time we graduate, we can joke gional schools, but rather seeks to ters of recommendation. Yet even edit submissions for clarity, length, and style. Letters should be 450 about Aristotle and roll our eyes meet the standards of top tier uni- with stellar test scores, many words or less and include your name and number. Send submissions at nerdy Latin humor. Our profes- versities. Ironically, their average applications are rejected before to [email protected] before Sunday at 6 p.m. sors have demanded much from GPAs are much higher. Last De- such letters are even opened, us, and we strive and struggle to cember, the Harvard Crimson, its automatically discarded because provide it. Virtue rejoices in the student newspaper, reported that, they did not meet the GPA thresh- Futile attempts at challenge. “the median grade old. As I speak to other seniors, Every ma- We can pretend that at Harvard Col- I catch a refrain: “I know I can doing everything jor has its hor- lege is an A-, and impress in an interview, but I ror stories. My the scale can be shifted the most frequent- don’t know if my grades are good My sophomore year woke friends in Clas- ly awarded mark enough to get one.” me up. Oddly, it had none of sics speak of and that institutions is an A.” The same This is the trouble with the the stigma associated with fervid exam and employers will article also noted college’s current approach to my riotous freshman year. review, know- that 62 percent of grades. We can pretend that the By all appearances, I was ing that if they recognize the value of grades at Yale fell scale can be shifted and that insti- thoroughly reformed. I had did not do well a Hillsdale education, into the A- range. tutions and employers will recog- a second chance to succeed. enough, they The university set nize the value of a Hillsdale edu- This was balm to my recently would get their but many will only look a goal of limiting cation, but many will only look at disenchanted soul, primarily tests back with the number of stu- the numbers. because, in performing badly Erin Mundahl completed drop at the numbers. dents graduating In short, the trouble with the my freshman year, I had failed Student Columnist cards stapled to with honors to 60 “Jackson C” is that once it goes to hold up a fairly substan- the front. I have percent. onto my transcript, the only name tial family legacy at Hillsdale my own share of stories of the What this means is that Hill- on it is mine. I was rejected today. Or rath- College. “Jackson C” and the “Somerville sdale grades more strictly than I can’t claim to know the an- er, my internship application was My father and mother both C,” both of which merely dem- top-tier Ivy League schools. Un- swer to this problem. If I were politely declined using the most attended this school. I don’t onstrate that you produced good fortunately, we don’t have the to discover that all of my profes- cordial of blandly complimen- remember a time when Cen- college-level work. name recognition to go with it. sors this term gave me A’s solely tary fluff. Neurological studies tral Hall didn’t shimmer out Taken in isolation, this is a Somewhere around 260 students because I wrote this column, I say that the brain processes rejec- at me on the letterhead of valid standard. But if Hillsdale have submitted applications to would be disappointed, because I tion with the same regions it uses one of innumerable college wishes to prepare students for graduate in May. Even if each would know that I hadn’t earned Ian Andrews to handle physical pain. Which I publications. It was an icon graduate education, its grading and every one of them intended them. Student Columnist guess means I feel a little like the of higher education in my policies can never be taken in to go to graduate school, medi- Still, the college should con- letter punched me in the face. home, though my parents isolation. cal school or law school, they are sider what its goals are. If it in- I look at the email with cha- never expected me to trace Several years ago, the Col- too few to allow the college to tends to help foster a renaissance grin and think I should have gone their footsteps. My father was a true renaissance man, winning legian published an article on become known for its academic of conservative thinking in high- somewhere else, maybe Harvard. the concerto competition, founding Intervarsity Christian Fel- Hillsdale’s grading policy. Cam- rigor. er education, it should not ham- I won’t claim that I could have lowship on Hillsdale’s campus, double majoring in econom- pus administration defended the Ironically this problem is only string its students with an archaic been accepted at Harvard. What ics and Christian studies, and, most notably, graduating with a policy by comparing Hillsdale’s exacerbated by the sort of grad- grading policy that prevents them I do know is that, by choosing to 4.0. He met my mother his freshman year. They began dating average GPA to those at other ing which drives intelligent stu- from exploring certain careers. come to Hillsdale rather than the towards the end of their second semester, and married 3 days Michigan colleges, including dents away from applying to top The decision is not mine to University of Minnesota, my ed- after graduation. Theirs was the perfect college experience, Grand Valley State University programs due to their GPAs. Hill- make though. I’ll stick to send- ucation benefited and my grades full of accomplishments and honors, in addition to legend- and Hope College. The compari- sdale students are forced to aim ing out applications, while quest- suffered. I doubt there are many ary friendships and a beautiful love story. I left freshman year son was intended to show that lower because they were held to ing after unicorns and the elusive students here who could speak deeply confused by the drastic difference between my college Hillsdale’s grades were not a sta- a higher standard. Jackson A. I’ll tell you which one differently. experience and theirs, and entered sophomore year ready to tistical anomaly. Many professors try to help I find first. pursue their college legacy as earnestly as I had renounced it the previous year. While during my freshman year the college held me to a MY BROTHER’S KEEPER: RACE DOES, AND SHOULD, MATTER higher standard than I could meet, sowing humility in my wild oats, it filled a different role my sophomore year. It offered me likely unconstitutional. Doling Roger Clegg, president of the Clegg says that the initiative to myself by laying so wide a range of study at my feet that I out benefits explicitly based on Center for Equal Opportunity, should be aimed at all at-risk was forced to choose what I truly wanted to learn. Unfortu- race is generally a no-no, accord- also thinks the program is un- males. Maybe that would be ide- nately for me, this required that I know myself well enough to ing to the Supreme Court constitutional because there is no al -- on paper. The hitch is that a focus my efforts, which I certainly did not. And I was scared. Even more frowned on: dis- “compelling” government inter- program that appeals to all young What if I missed college just because I was a moron? How was crimination against women. The est here: “It may be that a dispro- males may not be as effective as I to know I was working hard enough, or involved in the right program will categorically ex- portionate number of blacks and one that focuses on young blacks mixture of things to come away with a glowing experience to clude women and girls. In 1996, Latinos are at-risk, but many are in particular. Relatively benign tell my own children about? It was arrogance that led me to when the court (wrongly, in my not, and many whites, Asians and appeals to racial solidarity and assume I’d succeed on talent alone freshman year; it was fear opinion) ordered the historically others are. This is just another pride by definition don’t work on that drove me to do literally everything my sophomore year. single-sex Virginia Military In- kind of ‘profiling.’” groups of different races. Success, after all, had been defined for me already. My im- stitute to admit women, Justice Yes and no. Obviously there The point is even more ob- pressive father had set the bar. And now that I had realized Ruth Bader Ginsburg ruled that are at-risk youth of all races, but vious when you consider sex not only that I would have to work hard, but that I wanted the blanket sex-based discrimination the problems facing young black differences. A strong male role benefits that hard work could achieve, I retreated towards the requires an “exceedingly persua- men are so disproportionate, the model can tell boys to “act like a nearest exterior standard of right accomplishment. If I did it sive justification.” difference of degree becomes man” in ways women can’t. Sure, all, just like my father had, there was no way I could miss out For me, My Brother’s Keeper a difference in kind. Yet, I also a woman can say the words, but on his college experience. meets that bar. The statistics are think Clegg is obviously right she can’t be a man. For some I decided promptly to become a double English and Music gloomy and familiar: 1 out of 15 that this is another kind of pro- boys, particularly ones without major with a Philosophy minor, to join a worship team affili- black men is behind bars; 1 out filing. fathers at home (the majority of ated with the Intervarsity ministry, and take all of the profes- of 3 can expect to be incarcerated There’s an intriguing double at-risk youths), that’s still a huge sors that my parents had talked about when I was young. I at- at some point in his life. standard that tangles up the distinction. tacked the core classes in as short a time as I possibly could to Jonah Goldberg The simplistic talk about how right and the left. We’re told it That’s why I agree with those make up for the previous year’s failures. None of these things Syndicated Columnist this is all the result of white rac- is outrageous for government liberals who think Obama should contributed the sort of security I wanted. Instead, stressed out ism misses the scope and nature to assume that a young black have done more sooner for and stretched thin, I was unable to devote myself thoroughly of the problem. The vast major- male (in some contexts) is more young black men. It may be ir- to any of these many commitments. The pendulum had swung President Obama announced ity of interracial violent crime is likely to commit a crime; we’re rational in a legalistic sense, but backwards, from negligence into over-commitment, and I was last week a new race-based ini- black on white. But most violent also told that government should in human terms it is utterly obvi- miserable. Enter phase two of my education. tiative, My Brother’s Keeper. crime is actually intra-racial (i.e., target young black men for help ous that the first black president In the face of this overabundance of good things, I had to According to the White black on black or white on white). because they are more likely to of the United States — raised by find out who I, not my father, was. I began to discover what I House, the program will co- Still, blacks are far more likely to commit crimes. Most liberals a single mother no less — might liked to do, where I wanted to spend my time, and what, pre- ordinate government agencies die from homicide; half of mur- hate law enforcement profiling have special standing with at-risk cisely, Ian’s interests actually were. Though terrifying, devel- and private foundations to help der victims are black, which may but support — for want of a bet- black youth. oping my own vision for my personal growth also offered me young men and boys of color. partly explain why black men ter term — social justice profil- Real life happens outside the an unfamiliar comfort in affirming my individual identity. I “Of color” basically means in prison have a higher life ex- ing. For conservatives, it’s vice neat boundaries of rigid legal- began to discover what my parents had before me. I realized blacks and Latinos. In fact, it’s pectancy than black men out of versa (though Clegg opposes isms. It also happens upstream that the breadth and depth of available knowledge effectively pretty obvious the program is prison. And this leaves out all of both kinds of profiling, it’s worth of government. I’m very skepti- defined the parameters of my being by showing me its lim- aimed at young black men. the challenges — educational, noting). Yet the empirical argu- cal this program will do much to its. To know oneself in such a fashion relieves the pressure to This fact has invited some economic, etc. — facing black ments for positive and negative fix the deeper problems, but if it know everything. I left sophomore year content to offer myself conservative criticism. The men that don’t show up in crime profiling are the same: The plight causes Obama to focus on them, to a few disciplines, rather than laboring futilely to possess Weekly Standard’s Terry East- statistics. of young black men is different. it’s probably worth it. them all. land notes that the program is From the Archives: How to recognize a Red The Uses of a Ted Grace, a[t] a recent chapel his family — take second place to Liberal Arts meeting, told us what Commu- his party duty. Even his sex life is nism is; in this article we will tell synchronized with the obligations Education you the dangers of Communism of the cause... and how to recognize a Com- Are Communists a menace to munist when you see one — and America? Yes, there IS a Commu- don’t think that you won’t see nist menace in America... Communists in the small city of A Communist trick frequently Hillsdale... echoed by some liberals is to in- Because the whole Communist sist that “Fascism is the real dan- apparatus is geared to secrecy, it is ger, not Communism.” That’s like not always easy to determine just saying that tuberculosis is no dan- who is a Communist. The Ameri- ger, because cancer is... can Communist is not like other by Forester Americans; to the Communist everything — his country, his job, April 15, 1947 McClatchtey www.hillsdalecollegian.com A5 6 March 2014 Outstanding senior Beware the binge: Netflix kills moderation

Jack Butler my sleep from an exhausting semester. like the only way to spend time with woman: Be humble Maybe I could have even spent it read- them. Even President Obama somehow me, Western civilization is always on Assistant Editor Mary Proffit Kimmel ing, which I so often lament I never have has enough free time to have warned the precipice of destruction. The ship is Special to the Collegian enough time to do. Thus, not long after fans of “House of Cards,” who would always sinking, and we always have to Last year, I spent most of my Christ- finishing “Fringe,” feelings of shame, watch the entire second season as quick- bail her out. The liberal arts serve this She delivered this speech Saturday. mas break alone and in the dark. sloth, and selfishness replaced my prior ly as they could not to reveal any spoil- practical purpose: to produce good citi- It took me until my senior year to re- My parents had given me the first satisfaction: I realized I had wasted my ers. Presumably, he wants to sit down zens who think about the common good alize that my mom was right. three seasons of “Fringe,” a reality-bend- break. The show I thought I was devour- and take it all in himself. above their personal interest. Our educa- I finally started sleeping eight hours, ing, time-traveling, parallel universe- ing had instead devoured me. Conse- It is possible to accept binge-watch- tion in truth, beauty, and goodness is far exercising, and eating my vegetables. hopping serial drama that explored the quently, I vowed never again to allow a ing as a tremendous sign of human prog- from useless; rather, it profits the world My mom had been right all along: Who outermost reaches of plausible science. TV show to consume my life. ress: never before have TV viewers had a great deal since we are sent out to share knew these seemingly marginal tasks I had heard about the show because its Unfortunately, in the time since, the so much time to watch what they want, what we have learned. Plato depicted would improve your studies and general creator, J.J. Abrams, also conceived when they want, and in the well-ordered soul as a well-ordered well-being? “Lost,” a similar show to which I their preferred quanti- state. We affirm that a well-ordered state The lesson I learned from my mom had been addicted. Its cancellation ties. But in an imper- is made up of well-ordered souls. is corollary to that which I learned from left a void in my TV life I hoped fect world, no trend ex- The liberal arts are in another sense the great books. The liberal arts are our “Fringe” could fill. And it did. Each ists without ill effects, useless and gratuitous. They teach the elders, and we should trust them as such. episode expanded the horizons of and this one has plenty. student to wonder in silence. There are They made it this far: we should prob- science-fiction. Different realities, The uninhibited stream moments of study that consist of pure ably listen to what they have to say. If brain surgeries, and alterations to of content encourages, delight with no mercenary advantage. Plato and Virgil and Herodotus have the past, for example, generated begs, and even demands Lear also speaks of this in Act Five when been around for this long, it is because nine distinct versions of just one of immoderation and im- he says to Cordelia, “so we’ll live / And their words are worthwhile. In this re- the show’s characters, all played by patience: essentially, pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and spect again our elders have something the same actor. slavery to the television laugh / At gilded butterflies… / And take to teach us. We should act under the I devoted the entire second half and to one’s immediate upon us the mystery of things, As if we supposition that the corpus of the West- of my Christmas break to following passions. Widespread were God’s spies.” That is what I have ern heritage is wiser than we are until and theorizing about the plot’s in- access, moreover, to the learned at Hillsdale: to take upon myself we have at least tried its authors. The credibly convoluted turns. Like any hit shows of the moment the mystery of things. We have been Iliad, in fact, shows us the pitfalls of addict, I structured my life around enforces a cruel cultural given, in the words of Edmund Burke, pride, “King Lear,” the perils of abdicat- my addiction: I woke up at 10 a.m.; conformity. Confess that the “unbought grace of life,” a special ing responsibility, and Dante’s works, watched until 3-4 p.m, saving two you haven’t watched the privilege which we did not merit. Dr. the deadliness of sin. Rather than mak- minutes an episode from skipping last season of “Break- Whalen will make you self-conscious (Jack Butler/Collegian) ing the same errors as the past, we can the credits, which could add up to an ing Bad,” despite hav- and nervous for still being in school at "stand on the shoulders of giants," gain- entire extra episode watched after two rest of the country has leapt headlong ing a Roku box beseeching use, and the the age of 22. He always asks his stu- ing from their wisdom and building on days; ran (on an empty stomach, because into the binge’s gaping maw. Thanks to conversation dispatches you like Walter dents, “Are you really okay? What sort their work. Reading Homer, Cicero, and I didn’t have time for more than one the streaming model pioneered by Netf- White would a rival meth dealer. of creature has to spend a quarter of its Augustine is like eating your vegetables: real meal); ate dinner; watched until 1-2 lix, people can binge-watch episode after But, most important, the binge sev- lifetime learning how to be itself?” The You may not think you like it at first, but a.m.; fell asleep in the basement, gain- episode of their favorite TV shows with- ers our ties to others. TV can be social, answer, of course, is a human. We take you will feel so healthy afterwards. ing an extra minute or two from conve- out interruption, powerfully vitiating but without the right frame of mind, it an immense amount of cultivation and Studying the liberal arts has both nience; woke up… self-control, moderation, and delayed remains ultimately defined by the show training to realize what it means to be practical and impractical rewards. We Thanks to my routine — an exam- gratification. And now, with “House of being watched, not those one watches human. I have learned so much from my believe that our studies here will make ple of what is now known as “binge- Cards,” Netflix allows viewers to - con it with. Binge-watching threatens our literature courses about what pertains to us better citizens, and that they will watching” — I consumed 99 episodes sume entire seasons of new content at moderation, our social selves, and our human flourishing. Hamlet teaches us make us better persons. The well-or- in time to watch the series finale with once. In my own family, one sister likes very society. So don’t ruin your Spring about hasty errors in judgment, Dante dered state requires well-ordered souls those who had been following it from “How I Met Your Mother,” while an- break as I ruined my Christmas break last about the speechless wonder of heaven, and well-ordered families. In Act One the beginning, giving me some strange other is partial to “Dexter”; meanwhile, year. Catch up with friends and family, and Augustine about the restlessness of of William Shakespeare’s “King Lear,” satisfaction. But it cost me. I could have my parents prefer “The Shield.” They all exercise, and read instead. A few more the human heart until it rests in God. The Lear gives his power and lands to his spent that dark time with my family, all spent much of our last Christmas break continuous sessions of “House of Cards” capacity to marvel at truth and beauty is daughters because he wants to “unbur- of whom were together for the first time indulging in their respective passions will send us all down into the basement, by far the greatest gift I have gleaned dened crawl toward death.” When he in months. I could have spent it taking for hours on end. I admit I occasionally shrouded in darkness and alone. from my time here. gives up his state, all hell breaks loose: running seriously or catching up on joined them, if only because it seemed We find division, rivalry, adultery, mur- I am so grateful for a student body of der, insanity, and war, all because Lear such ambition and vitality, a music de- abdicated his responsibility. We may partment of such richness and beauty, a Edward Everett winner: Privacy matters not be the king of England, but we have faculty of such kindness and brilliance, and an administration of such tireless a responsibility nonetheless: a respon- Melika Willoughby to personhood. It has to do with intimate in the “Summa Theologica” explains that sibility to learn self-control, to prac- dedication. My heart is full of gratitude things — the innards of your head and prudence, or practical wisdom, bridges tice humility, to exercise wisdom, and to this community and indebtedness to Special to the Collegian heart, the workings of your mind — and both spheres of intellectual and moral vir- to be courageous. These are all virtues its blessings. In the end, my advice to the boundary between those things and tue. He called prudence both a “wisdom you is simple: Exercise, sleep, eat your that Hillsdale teaches which its gradu- She delivered this speech Tuesday. the world outside.” From this understand- concerning human affairs,” and “right vegetables, and trust your elders, be they ates can carry into the world. We have On a February day in 1761, in a tiny ing, we can build a framework by which reason with respect to action.” Prudence Cicero or your mother. a great task before us: the recovery of Massachusetts courthouse, Boston law- to think about the nature of privacy. allows statesmen to soundly apply expe- Thank you. Western civilization. As Dr. Bart taught yer James Otis rose to fight an “insidi- For every person, there are certain rience and wisdom in light of particular ous and mischievous” wrong committed things about oneself that others should circumstances. by the British Crown. For five hours, not know, things you do not want to be The second is a procedural process. Outstanding senior he electrified listeners by demonstrating made public. In a Lockean state of nature, The Fourth Amendment protects against what he called the “illegality,” “iniquity,” people have absolute authority over their unreasonable search and seizures. With and “inhumanity” of the Crown’s action own private information. And under no probable cause and a specific description man: Value liberal arts against the American colonies. A young circumstances should that knowledge be of “the place to be searched, and the per- observer named John Adams later wrote made public, unless the individual should sons or things to be seized,” police and Viktor Rozsa how scientific discoveries were made that “American independence was then choose to disclose it. security officials can obtain a warrant. in the past and, consequently, how they Men, however, do not live in a state of The amendment, however, specifically Special to the Collegian and there born; the seeds of patriots and ought to be pursued in the future. It is heroes were then and there sown, …[it] nature. We are, as Aristotle says, politi- guards against generalized warrants. essential to study the humanities along was the first scene of the first act of -op cal animals. Man can only be truly hap- Let us now turn to the NSA. In June He delivered this speech Saturday. with science. For if we as scientists agree position to the arbitrary claims of Great py when living in friendship with other 2013, Edward Snowden, a former gov- The men of this senior class are some that there is any truth to be found in lit- Britain. Then and there the child indepen- virtuous citizens in a polis that seeks the ernment contractor, leaked classified of my closest friends — men who have erature, philosophy, or theology, it is then dence was born. In fifteen years, namely public good through deliberation and pru- documents stating that the NSA was inspired me, challenged me, and be- necessary to properly understand the in- in 1776, he grew up to manhood, and de- dence. When men come together to create tracking and storing the metadata for friended me. I am humbled and deeply terrelation of these truths with our own clared himself free.” a city, they desire a good government, one all Verizon users. Metadata includes the honored to represent such a group of re- field. Truth is clouded at best, and- dis The great wrongdoing of England that protects their natural rights—a thing times, locations, durations, of all calls. markable people. torted at worst, when it is compartmen- that caused this first rumbling of revolu- not secured in the state of nature. In order While it doesn’t include the content of Last summer I worked at a univer- talized and isolated. I think most univer- tion was neither a tax on tea nor a lack to create a government powerful enough calls or emails, according to Dr. Orin S. sity on the East Coast doing physics re- sities’ science programs do exactly this. of representation in parliament. Instead, it to protect the life, liberty, and property of Kerr, a law professor at George Washing- search. Several faculty that I met barely The science faculty and facilities here are was the Crown’s unfettered use of Writs its citizens, men must relinquish a certain ton University, metadata “can be very re- concealed their condescension when I excellent, and I am gratefully indebted to of Assistance. Known today as general- portion of their rights. This power, de- vealing…[it] allow[s] them to assemble a told them of my home institution, a small them. But what sets us apart as Hillsdale ized warrants, the writs allowed British rived justly from the consent of the gov- picture of what someone is up to. It’s the liberal arts school. “Liberal arts” in mod- science majors is this environment in officials to ransack the private property erned, enables the government to achieve digital equivalent of tailing a suspect.” ern higher education has become syn- which we study. of colonial merchant without having to its ends of securing the rights of its citi- And all this information was collected onymous with a feel-good, buffet-style We’ve all heard the well-worn cli- establish probable cause before a mag- zens. This arrangement between men and stored on millions of American citi- academic free-for-all, in which trying a ché about Hillsdale: “It’s the people.” istrate. Adams wrote that such general- is known as the social compact and it is zens without probable cause. The NSA little bit of everything makes students And yet it is around because it is true, ized warrants were “a base instrument of on this theory that the Founding Fathers obtained generalized warrants from se- supposedly well-educated. Disciplines affirmed repeatedly with each new class arbitrary power,” and “destructive to the fashioned the United States. cret FISA courts to conduct this inappro- are often taught in an air of moral and of freshmen. This place attracts some of liberties of his country.” In a free republic such as ours, gov- priate surveillance. academic relativism, in which any claims the kindest and most intelligent people Nearly 250 years later, 21st century ernment respect of privacy is not only Conducting surveillance to monitor of superiority, worth, and proper method that we will ever meet. Our campus is America is bearing witness to a strikingly guaranteed but also is pivotal to the pres- the electronic movements of foreign ter- are mocked. After four years at such a absurdly, disproportionately musical. similar debate. In the name of security, ervation of our liberties. The preamble to rorists is well within the purview of the place, students take pride in their sta- Some of my dearest memories have been the National Security Agency is obtaining our Constitution states that our republic NSA. Monitoring movements of Ameri- tus of being “well-rounded.” This is not made playing cello or singing in our vari- generalized warrants and compromising seeks to “establish Justice, insure domes- can citizens, with suspected links to ter- what Hillsdale does. Hillsdale does not ous ensembles. The friendships that we the privacy of American citizens without tic Tranquility, provide for the common rorist sleeper cells is also within the pur- round its students. It does just the oppo- make here are kindled in an intense at- having to establish probable cause. While defense, promote the general Welfare, view of the NSA, if probable cause has site. It gives them proper angles. It sharp- mosphere. We make them as we struggle technological advancements now provide and secure the Blessings of Liberty...” It been established and a specified warrant ens them. together in the academic project we set government tentacles a farther reach into is the dedication to these things makes obtained. The question is one of protec- Four years ago, I came here reluctant- out to do. People say that our four years the everyday lives of citizens, the princi- America great. The means by which tion through procedure. ly. Most of my friends had gone to engi- in college tend to be the most formative ples of liberty, privacy, and independence our government achieves its ends must Outside the National Archives in neering schools, and I had come close to in our lives. I rejoice in the fact that I remain unchanged. The maintenance of not negate the very things that make our Washington, D.C., a pillar of marble joining them. Yet I chose not to because have been able to spend those years in a free republic demands that the privacy country good. Our government cannot reads: “The price of liberty is eternal vigi- of a suspicion. Despite my nearly-com- this community. of citizens be respected. First, let us ex- simply neglect to secure the blessings of lance.” The NSA has, indeed, violated the plete ignorance of the Western tradition, Now as I myself have been doing to- amine the nature of privacy, then its role liberty. privacy of millions of Americans, but we something told me that it was, in fact, day, we at Hillsdale tend to speak very in a free society. Finally, we’ll consider Being part of a social compact, it is must fight against this injustice. We must worthwhile to study history, English, and loftily about our aims. We allude to our the NSA, its inappropriate surveillance of important to remember that men no lon- continue having discourses about this is- politics. This thought materialized be- college’s noble mission. We aim to wres- metadata, and what steps need to be taken ger have absolute authority over their sue in academia, in the public square, and cause of a speech that Dr. Whalen gave tle with questions of the human condi- to restore our Constitutional principles. privacy. The government, however, may at the kitchen table. We should support during my first campus visit. He argued tion. We set out to claim our historical Before considering the nature and only abridge the privacy of citizens as people like Sen. Rand Paul who is suing for the virtues of a classical liberal edu- and intellectual heritage. Many times, implications of privacy, we must first much as is necessary to secure the nation the NSA over its use of generalized war- cation. When we study literature, history, I’ve been discouraged at Hillsdale. I’ve adopt a common definition of the word. and if probable cause is first established. rants. Writing about that Boston Court- philosophy, and the sciences, our great sat back and realized that no, I could The Oxford English Dictionary defines To secure a free republic, we must, at room, so many years ago, John Adams strides in our learning often happen in not give an airtight defense of what the it as an “Absence or avoidance of pub- some level, use surveillance; yet, to pre- said “that Mr. Otis’s oration against writs singular moments. These are moments in “good” is. I am occasionally embarrass- licity or display,” “Confidential, not to serve a free republic, we cannot have an of assistance, breathed into this nation which we make connections. Moments ingly wrong about historical events. My be disclosed to others.” Privacy also excessive surveillance state. the breath of life.” May we, as we take in which we suddenly understand. Rare list of books to read grows ever longer, has a moral aspect. Peggy Noonan, for- There are two primary means to find- up this worthy mantle, breath into our na- moments in which we see beauty bare. and I make little progress. The more that mer presidential speechwriter for Ronald ing and maintaining the balance between tion a respect for privacy and liberty once They are full of wonder. In fact, Dr. I learn, the more I am aware of how little Reagan explains: “Privacy is connected privacy and security. The first is pruden- more. Whalen called the wonder of these mo- I really know. tial statesmanship. St. Thomas Aquinas, ments a species of fear. For as we catch A friend of mine who graduated re- Winter in Hillsdale can be reader — a reader that once steps. Those doors don’t work a glimpse of greater truths, we ourselves cently helped me to think about this dis- summed up with one word: worked! — and no sign indi- either, but you can try as they diminish in the face of their magnitude. couragement in the right perspective. He trudging. Other things happen cates that, after 10 p.m., the laugh at you. Into the snow you It is a humbling experience, yet I have said that studying at Hillsdale is not about Fix the — students study and relax and inviting-looking red light, wait- go, where pilgrims before you found few pursuits more gratifying. I am getting all the answers. Indeed, that is pa- eat and sleep — but trudging ing to receive a student ID, is have already carved a path to not romanticizing when I say that we as tently impossible. Rather, our time here pervades everything else. So as useful as the brick that sur- the front door. Hillsdale students take part in this — in is an introduction. We now know what why don’t the side doors of the rounds it. I can’t think of any good rea- our classes, in our readings, and in our kind of questions to even ask. The mo- Union Grewcock Student Union un- Any student unused to late son that these card readers don’t conversations. ments of wonder that Dr. Whalen spoke lock? nights up the hill (they exist) work. I assume it’s ignorance, Now, I myself am a science guy. I’ve of are not over. Properly tended to, they Every day at 10 p.m., the sees the light and knows the and I call upon those respon- majored in physics and math, and I in- will continue for the rest of our lives. doors of the union are locked, drill. An ID is offered, and re- sible to fix these doors! There’s tend to continue my studies in gradu- I’d like to part with a few lines from doors and the only way into the build- ceived with a beep. But the no great moral hazard and no ate school. I’m frequently asked why I the end of T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets. ing is through the front en- door remains locked. Try again, need to storm the president’s would come to a place like Hillsdale to They speak to me especially as I prepare trance. Anyone coming from it must have been a glitch. And office. This is a small thing, but study these subjects. After all, it might to leave Hillsdale and reflect on my time Chris McCaffery the library or east lawn is out of again, maybe you weren’t fast the small things make a differ- be great for history, English, and politics. here: “We shall not cease from explora- Assistant Editor luck. Those card readers don’t enough. Nothing. ence. But for physics? tion / And the end of all our exploring / work. This drama plays out con- We’re stressed, we’re tired, The role of science itself has evolved, Will be to arrive where we started / And It seems to me the height of stantly, and no recourse exists and we’re trudging. Make our and without studying history and phi- know the place for the first time.” cruelty. Each door has a card but to trudge — more — up the nights go a tiny bit smoother. losophy, it is almost impossible to know Thank you. www.hillsdalecollegian.com A6 6 March 2014 CITY NEWS Q&A: state rep candidates present platforms, appeal 58th district state representative candidates explain views and why they deserve the seat Selling streets: not a legal option Macaela Bennett Assistant Editor

Hillsdale City Attorney Lew Loren recently announced the city is not authorized to sell streets, thus limiting the potential solutions for road funding. “In my opinion, the city has the authority to vacate and close streets, but no authority to sell them or the land over which they traverse,” Loren said in a letter to City Manager Linda Brown. The Michigan Constitution allows for cities to regulate streets, so Hillsdale could close a street in order to avoid paying for its upkeep and repair, but it cannot sell it. “Within the authority granted by the constitution, statute, and charter is the authority to vacate streets,” Loren said in his opin- ion, “but the city’s authority to vacate streets and to otherwise ex- Brad Benzing Stephen Besson Tim Haberl ercise reasonable control over them does not extend to or include 1) Smaller government and local control. 1) Be an ear of the people and a voice of reason. 1) Job creation and retention and what can the right to sell them.” 2) It comes down to legislative experience. Restore the constitutional principles our founding be done for farmers and agriculture, fixing the Loren said cities are not legally able to sell streets because they I’m the only candidate who’s held elected fathers established. Limit the power of the govern- roads this year and here on out, and funding our are held in the public trust. office. I’ve served three terms as county com- ment over its own people. schools. “The essence of all that is that they don’t acquire any title in- missioner. I’ve done two-and-a-half decades 2) I am genuinely honest and put my faith in the 2) I’m a good representative of the people. I’m terest that they can convey by deed,” Loren said. of policy work in Lansing. And I’ve testified on people to have the wisdom to discern which candi- a small businessman who’s worked through the After the Hillsdale City Council compiled a list of 24 potential more than 27 bills in subcommittees of the date they believe will exhibit real leadership while ups and downs of the economy and worked with road-funding solutions, Brown asked for Loren and his partner, Michigan Legislature. protecting their God-given rights. Every individual in a lot of big business communications. I’ll listen to Kevin Shirk, to determine whether or not several of the options the legislature exerts some measure of influence, the needs and concerns of everyone, understand are legal. mine would be a force for good. All you have to do is and be accountable to the people. Using the Michigan Constitution, state statutes, and the city’s want to be a part of it. charter, Loren and Shirk are examining questionable items on the list, including selling streets, selling Hillsdale’s Board of Public Utilities, and Payments in Lieu of Taxes for nonprofits. As the attorneys continue to finish reviewing the questionable options, they will send Brown and the council their opinions, but other solutions are still being researched. One option may be state funding. State Sen. Bruce Caswell attended the council’s March 3 meet- ing to talk about several topics, including street funding. Last year, Caswell asked for one project proposal from each of the four county road commissions in his district and submitted them for funding consideration to the Michigan Department of Transportation. In December 2013, MDOT paid $115 million for transportation projects using the Roads and Risks Reserve Fund. MDOT funded 103 local and state projects. While Branch county received $1.5 million to replace a bridge, Hillsdale re- ceived none. Some of the $115 million hasn’t been spent yet, and Caswell said some it may be given to Hillsdale and other counties that didn’t receive funding. In Gov. Rick Snyder’s 2015 budget proposal, approximately $250 million more will be dedicated for road funding, but Cas- Eric Leutheuser Hal Nottingham Rochelle Ray well said that will only cover about 20 percent of Michigan’s $1.2 1) Common-sense solutions for things that 1) I see the state and the nation leaving 1) I believe that Hillsdale and Branch counties billion need. Republicans and Democrats can agree on, like conservative values, and I want to stand for what need to shore up employment opportunities here Brown admitted her frustration with the process. Even if Hill- reforming car insurance as no-fault laws in our I believe our district represents: the right to life, so that next time a recession hits, we’re not hit so sdale receives state money, it will most likely contain restrictions state have raised the price and even priced some from conception to natural death; the rights to hard. I also want to do more for education, busi- about how it can be spent. people out of range. bear arms, in the state and federal constitutions; ness, agriculture, and the Constitution. “Our small, urban background kicks us in the backside every 2) I have a breadth of work experience, com- and the definition of marriage. 2) I’m the most experienced with statewide time, because it puts a lot of restrictions on the money,” Brown munity service, and education that would allow me 2) I’m an average guy. I can relate with most legislation. I’m also interested in a wide variety said. to move into the workflow in Lansing, be in commit- constituents. I’ve been in the throes of trying to of issues and carry deep Christian morals and In addition, the city of Hillsdale was never asked to submit a tees, and be very effective right out of the gate, make ends meet every time I get a paycheck. I’ll ethics. project to be considered for this funding. While the county road putting forward the interests of the district and bring a common-sense approach to problems of commission’s project was considered, Brown said the city was working with other representatives to get things our state and nation. -Compiled by Jack Butler never asked. Even if the road commission’s project had been ac- done. cepted, it wouldn’t have helped the city. Humans of Hillsdale: Richard Wunsch Sarah Albers ty,” Wunsch said, “which has nev- a political meeting,” Wunsch said. Collegian Freelancer er totally come to me. But Hills- “Lately, we have been discussing dale was what I wanted — out on the common law grand jury move- a farm, out on land.” ment. We call ourselves the Hills- Time seems to stop in Volume The establishment of a book- dale Common Law Assembly.” One Books, located in downtown store is a natural outgrowth of Much of Wunsch’s current in- Hillsdale. It feels as though ev- Wunsch’s hopes to anchor the volvement is on behalf of the men erything were held suspended, as community, engage its inhabit- and women of Hillsdale. Whether Get Your though – just maybe – this book- ants, and foster connections. they are poor, homeless, or unjust- Car store were a world unto itself; as “I enjoy it,” Wunsch said. “And ly convicted of crime, they will though Lady History herself could I think it’s really important for a find a sympathetic mind at- Vol Ready for the Ride Home walk in and feel perfectly at home. town like Hillsdale – a town with ume One. Wunsch has long been Cross the threshold. The 8 to 9,000 people and a college – an outspoken advocate of public change is palpable, the environ- to have a bookstore. I think it’s interests, despite social or politi- ment suddenly calm. Perhaps it is “Your continued development as a human being is gov- erned by what you read, as well as by the people you talk to, the people you care for, the people who care for you.” the fancied, low hum of hundreds important for a social and political cal opposition. of voices; the murmured words of center to exist for people to come “My first political activity was authors, hanging on the air like together, to talk, do research.” against the Joe McCarthy hearings cigarette smoke; or perhaps it is But not all bookstores are cre- in 1953,” Wunsch said. “I wrote the dignified, peaceable decay of ated equal, and Wunsch has some- a letter to the editor. It was pub- thousands of pages. thing very particular in mind for lished, but my father was a Grosse Richard Wunsch, the owner of Volume One. Indeed, Volume One Pointe physician. He told me, Volume One, is seated comfort- Books is not the bookstore’s only ‘You’ve got the same last name as ably at a round, wooden table. His legal title. Its alternative moni- me, boy. You’d better be careful wavy, white hair is the only aspect ker – DBA in legal jargon – is the with this political stuff.’” that might belie a life spent rov- Book, Art, and Spiritual Center of The bookstore, in keeping with ing. It refuses to be held captive Hillsdale, or BASCH. Wunsch’s political philosophy, is within a knit cap. “The only other word I would ultimately intended to benefit the Wunsch has been in Hillsdale add is political,” Wunsch said, af- people who frequent it and the County for more than 30 years. He ter a moment’s consideration. town in which it is embedded. It graduated from a Grosse Pointe Politics has always been a sig- seeks to welcome all with open 5 E Carleton Rd high school in 1958 before begin- nificant factor in Wunsch’s life. arms and affect growth through ning college at Princeton Univer- Even in Hillsdale, he continues to the ties of community. sity, only to marry and transfer to seek reform. Volume One Books “Your continued development Hillsdale, MI 49242 Wayne State in Detroit. hosts a weekly political forum, as a human being is governed by “I got a degree in Near Eastern and Wunsch is active in the com- what you read,” Wunsch said, “as history,” he laughs, “which quali- mon law grand jury movement in well as by the people you talk to, fied me to drive a cab.” Hillsdale. the people you care for, the people Drive a cab he did, for 52 years. “Every Tuesday night, we have who care for you.” From Detroit, it was on to teach- ing in Chicago, until he left in the Call Us: 517-437-4479 spring of 1971 to do construction work in Ann Arbor. After Ann Ar- bor, Wunsch came to Hillsdale. He finally found home on a farm in Hillsdale County and spent 10 years there. “Civil rights stuff, anti-war stuff, then it was back to the land,” Wunsch said of his life spent in political activism. “But it was when I was on the farm that I finally understood some things about who I was and where I was going. I had a place. I settled in. Spending a decade anchored to one spot does something for you. When I planted trees, raised hogs, it was easier for me to understand the cycle of earth and of life.” Settling down in Hillsdale was as much a matter of geographical as emotional orientation. “Part of it is the calmness which comes to you with maturi- (Ben Strickland/Collegian) www.hillsdalecollegian.com A7 6 March 2014 SPORTS BOX SCORES Seniors cope with college retirement Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Morgan Delp a toll on my body, and since I’m up with swimming and a goal- ished her volleyball career in the Sports Editor not training for football I don’t oriented approach to exercising. fall, and will attend University of Hillsdale College: 47 Hillsdale College: 60 need to do those. There are a lot “I still love swimming and Michigan for dental school start- Findlay: 67 Wayne State: 75 more possibilities.” want to keep up with it even ing this summer. Lenhart already The last play has been called Senior Alison Johnson, along though I’m retired. I’ve gotten has a workout plan in place and Hillsdale College: 86 Hillsdale College: 66 and the last lap has been swum. with her twin sister, Hayley, fin- in the pool a few times since has already competed in an adult Findlay: 67 Findlay: 78 For this year’s senior Charger ished their senior swimming sea- GLIACs and it was nice to swim league volleyball tournament. athletes, the end of the season son at the GLIAC tournament on just for fun and relaxation in- “I’ll have a month plus (from Season Leaders: Season Leaders: means one thing: retirement. February 12-15. The Johnsons stead of training for competition when I graduate to the start of “It’s definitely different - be dental school), so I want to train Total Points: Total Points: ing done,” said senior volleyball for a half marathon, and continue Tim Dezelski (617) Megan Fogt (549) player Caitlin Kopmeyer. “It kin- that into school,” Lenhart said. Kyle Cooper (325) Madison Berry (192) da stinks.” “I’m joining a yoga and bar stu- For many, the realization that dio in Ann Arbor. Lauren Grover 3-Pointers: 3-Pointers: they will never play at the col- ’13 and Brogan Wells ’12 play in Anthony Manno (53) Kelsey Cromer (35) legiate level, and for many, ever a volleyball league in Ann Arbor, Brandon Pritzl (48) Kadie Lowery (33) again, is harsh. Still, most see so I’m going to join their team.” positive aspects in freedom of Mott and Copmeyer have both Offensive Rebounds: Offensive Rebounds: workouts and an abundance of stayed active in their teams’ off- Dezelski (75) Fogt (128) free time. season workouts this semester. Cooper (39) Angela Bisaro (56) Football is unique in that con- Mott has volunteered his time as tact football virtually doesn’t ex- a student-coach until he gradu- Defensive Rebounds: Defensive Rebounds: ist in recreational adult league ates, and Copmeyer will act as Dezelski (184) Fogt (307) forms. Senior wide receiver An- an assistant coach this fall as she Pritzl (111) Bisaro (89) drew Mott said that he is inter- completes her student teaching at ested in flag football, along with Williams Elementary School in Assists: Assists: pick-up basketball, swimming, Jonesville, Mich. Dezelski (107) Ashlyn Landherr (78) running, and tennis. He has en- Mott assists the football Pritzl (94) Bisaro (70) joyed the respite football’s end Senior Caitlin Kopmeyer serves last fall. (Collegian File Photo) coaches in afternoon and morn- has allowed his body, although ing conditioning, and will help Free Throws: Free Throws: that hasn’t meant a total halt in hardly have plans to slack on in- so it’s been a good transition out during spring ball practices as Dezelski (106) Fogt (132) working out. tensity of training. so far,” Alyson Johnson said. needed. The prospect of coaching Pritzl (80) Berry (65) “A lot of the heavy stuff is kind “My sister and I are planning “[Swimming]’s a good workout is especially exciting for Cop- of cut out of my workout plan. on training for the Chicago mara- for off days of running too. It will meyer, whose younger sister will Blocks: Blocks: I’m still recovering (from an in- thon to run with our older sister. be nice to have more flexibil- be a freshman player in the fall. Dezelski (40) Fogt (67) jury), and I needed time to heal, She’s wanted us to run with her ity and variation now in work- In the meantime, Kopmeyer’s Cooper (30) Bisaro (30) and the lighter load has helped for a while but this is the first ing out, but I’m going to try to goal is to shed the bulk and be- out a lot,” Mott said. “Power lifts time we’ll have the time to train always have some sort of goal, come “long and lean.” and playing don’t necessarily for such a long event,” Alison like the marathon, to keep me “I’m a fan of a good ellipti- help the healing process. Power Johnson said. motivated.” cal.” cleans and squatting really takes Alison Johnson will still keep Senior Sydney Lenhart fin- Baseball splits opening games

Basketball Caleb Whitmer for a collective .348 average. {From A8 Editor-in-Chief They were able to keep pace Left: Senior Brandon Prit- nal game of his illustrious Hillsdale with hits in the second game – zl shoots a basket during they hit five compared to Davis career, scored 10 points and grabbed Wednesday night’s contest eight rebounds while sophomore Hillsdale College baseball & Elkins’ six – but failed to turn against the University split their first two games of the them into runs. Kyle Cooper and fellow senior Bran- of Findlay Oilers. Pritzl, don Pritzl also contributed 10 points season last weekend, nabbing It was close for most of the along with senior Tim rookie head coach Eric Theisen game. Ortel singled in the first, apiece. Dezelski and sophomore The Chargers also committed 14 his first win. driving in junior Vinny Delicata. Kyle Cooper, scored 10 The Chargers (1-1) defeated Davis & Elkins scored one run turnovers to Findlay’s seven, leading points each. The Chargers to 17 Findlay points. Davis & Elkins College, 3-2, in in each of the next two innings. finished the season 18-9. the season opener before drop- The score sat at 2-1 until the The loss drops Hillsdale to 0-7 (Photo Courtesy of Jim Drews) all-time against Findlay in postsea- ping the double-header’s second sixth. Davis & Elkins opened up son play, the last two of which had game, 6-1. The Chargers’ two the game with a pair of double been in the GLIAC championship Sunday games were cancelled RBI’s. Hillsdale put two run- game. The Chargers finish the -sea on account of a winter storm. ners on base in the seventh, but son with an 18-9 overall record, in The first game was close Delicata grounded into a double which eight of their nine losses came Below: Members of the throughout. play, ending the game. on the road. men’s Charger basketball Sophomore Tad Sobieszc- While they were able to ad- “We did a great job protecting our team celebrate on the zanski put the Chargers on the just their batting to the first court,” McCauley said. bench during the Char- scoreboard first. He launched a game’s pitcher, Theisen said The Chargers went 12-1 at home gers’ victory aginst Findlay triple in the bottom of the sec- Hillsdale failed to identify Davis for the season, a fantastic mark. last Thursday, Feb. 27. The ond inning. Sophomore Luke & Elkins’ pitching strategy until The Chargers will lose six se- Chargers beat the Oilers Ortel scored the run. late in the second game. niors going into next season, but at home, but went on to Junior Sean Bennett then hit “We need to figure pitchers won’t be lowering their expecta- lose to the second-ranked a sacrifice grounder to Davis & out the second time through the tions. Hillsdale has made the GLIAC GLIAC team in Ohio on Elkins’ shortstop, allowing So- order, not the third,” Theisen said. tournament in all seven years that Wednesday, March 5. (Ben bieszczanski to cross home. Junior Shane Armstrong (1- head coach John Tharp has led the Strickland/Collegian) Davis & Elkins responded Chargers, and will look to keep that with two runs of their own in the 0) got the first game’s win. Se- streak alive next season. third inning: one off a wild pitch nior Matthew Reck (0-1) got the and the other off an RBI single. second game’s loss. The score tied, 2-2, freshman Theisen praised the team’s Jake Lee batted in what would batting, base-running, and de- be the game’s winning run in the fense. The bullpen will be look- fifth inning. ing to improve their strike per- The Chargers were in posi- centages in the coming weeks. tion for more runs but Davis & Additionally, the team commit- Elkins forced a double play to ted four errors in the second end the inning. Double plays game, which Theisen attributed abounded in Saturday’s first to rushed play and said was ad- game: Each team completed dressed at practice. three. The team will head south on Davis & Elkins threatened to Friday for a slew of games over steal the game in the seventh in- spring break. They’ll play 12 to- ning. But with one out and run- tal between March 8 and March ners on first and second, closer 15. junior Dan Pochmara struck out Theisen said the heavy load Davis & Elkins’ final two batters of games will open up play-time back-to-back. opportunities across the roster. Although they only scored three runs, the Chargers swung well in their win. They hit eight Charger Chatter: corinne zehner I like that it is individual but sports. They have said after a how one time I literally ran like ways up against good people. you’re also doing it for some- What has been your favorite bad race, “Just shake it off, you a one-legged race because my When you have a bad race it thing bigger than that, like your part about the college experi- know you’ve got the next one. foot was hurting so bad and I will show, because there’s going team. A lot of people think that ence so far? You need to focus.” I like how was hobbling around the track. to be some girl next to you that’s it is strictly on your own and they have let me choose what I I didn’t get to do much hurdling just as good. In high school you that’s all that matters, but in I like all of the friendships that want to do. And also, last year indoors last year, so I feel like could kind of get away with a the grand scheme of things, my I have made here so far. When- the seniors on the team were this year I was almost a fresh- first place; you weren’t- run team is more important to me ever I’m at home, I just want to huge influences because I was man because everything was ning against all the same level than myself and how I perform. be back here immediately. I’m injured for almost all of my in- still so new to me. as your own. But once you got I want to perform well for my like driving home and I just door freshman season, and then to the state level, it was the best team and my coach, not just for want to turn around and come I came back for outdoor and I How does running in college of the best, and that’s how every bragging rights for myself. back because I have made such ended up running on the 4x4 compare to running in high college meet is: It’s the best of great friends here on and off the relay with three seniors and we school? the best. track team, and all of them are broke the school record then. Does the idea of having to just so supportive of school and So that was huge. College meets feel like every apply to medical school ever especially track. They come to meet is a state meet in high -Compiled by Hannah Leitner; stress you out? all my track meets and are al- How did your injury affect school. Like a high school state Photo by Anders Kiledal ways standing there with signs; your training? meet is equivalent to every col- To be honest I’ve just been kind I kind of feel like a celebrity. lege meet. That’s how it feels Sophomore Corinne Zehner, a of pushing to the side because They’ll buy me candy and stuff I had a stress fracture in my in terms of the intensity and the biochemistry major, is in her track has been going really when I’m having a bad day. So foot and I had to wear a boot competition level. You are al- second year on the track team. well. Track makes me really I’ve just made some great rela- for about a month. I had to In much of her freshman year, happy and school has been re- tionships since I’ve been here. train on a bike, which was not Zehner sat out due to a fracture ally stressful. It’s kind of like fun at all because I felt like I Saturday is College Night! in her foot; however, now she is sneaking up on me though, so Is there a specific person in wasn’t getting the same work- 60 oz. Margarita Pitchers back and setting school records I’m trying to start preparing for your past who has really con- outs. You can’t even compare in the 600-meter hurdles and that: Trying to keep my grades tributed to your success as an the two. I actually tried running On the Rocks $12.50 the 4x400 relay. up, shadowing, volunteering, athlete? on it when I could. My coach Frozen $12.99 and all that. I have to do most of would try to stick me in meets that during the summer though I would say that my parents because we didn’t have a fourth El Cerrito What’s your favorite part because of track. I feel like have been a huge part of that. runner for the relays and stuff. 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(Anders Kiledal/Collegian) Charger Sports Track and field to send 13 HILLSDALE FALLS TO FINDLAY IN GLIAC TOURNEY athletes to nationals Nathanael Meadowcroft ter the Chargers’ thrilling victory. Collegian Freelancer The Chargers had plenty of momentum going into their rematch with Findlay in the first round of the GLIAC tournament, but weren’t able to get go- The regular season could not have finished any ing early. better for the Hillsdale College men’s basketball Findlay sprinted out to a quick 6-0 lead in less team. Unfortunately, than three minutes and grew their lead to a margin the postseason did not of 19 points with 3:53 go nearly as well. remaining in the first Before falling to the half. The Chargers re- 23rd-ranked Oilers of sponded with a quick University of Findlay 8-0 run to cut the deficit last night in the quar- to 31-20, but the Oil- terfinal round of the ers scored the last four GLIAC tournament 47- points of the half to stop 67, the Chargers routed any momentum the the Oilers by 19 points Chargers were build- in an 86-67 victory on ing. Feb. 27, turning a one- Hillsdale hurt them- point game at the half selves with poor first into a one-sided blow- half shooting, making Junior Joshua Mirth wins the 5000-meter race at GLIACs. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian) out at the buzzer. just six of their 21 at- “It was our last home tempts from the field. Teddy Sawyer ute surge and pass that launched team, composed of freshman Ty The Chargers also Assistant Editor her to qualifying for nationals. Etchemendy, seniors Matthew game,” senior Tim Dezelski said. “I’m just missed all five of their Similarly, junior Amy Kerst took Raffin, Jared Van Dyke, and 3-point attempts before 1st in the 800-meter run, setting a Jones, placed 5th, and will con- really proud of all these guys, all these seniors.” intermission. The results from this week- new Margot V. Biermann Center tinue on to the national champi- Half time did not record and qualifying her for na- onships. Dezelski, in his final end’s GLIAC conference home game in front of Char- offer any respite for meet are in, and 13 Hillsdale tionals. Freshman Allison Duber Etchemendy also placed 3rd the Chargers. Findlay won 2nd place in the 400-meter in the triple jump, and senior ger nation, put in yet athletes have qualified for the another great all-around started the second half NCAA Division II Indoor Na- dash in an extremely close top- John Banovetz took 5th in the on a 7-0 run to balloon three finish. shot put with a personal record- performance with 23 tional Championships on March points, nine rebounds, their lead to 42-20, and 14-15. The men’s team will send For the second year in a row, breaking toss. He will also be go- Hillsdale wasn’t able the women’s 4x400 took the con- ing to the championships. and five assists. Fellow seven, and the women’s squad senior Brandon Pritzl to cut the lead down to six. The women’s team is cur- ference championship. Duber, In addition to those mentioned less than 16 the rest of along with freshman Danielle above, women’s team members scored a career-high rently ranked 13th among the na- 27 points in the final Senior Tim Dezelski drives by a Findlay de- the way. tion’s Division II teams. Gagne and sophomores Emily freshmen Alex Whitford, Jessica fender in Wednesday night’s loss to the Oilers. The Chargers made Guy and Corinne Zehner, also set Hurley, and sophomores Kate home game of his ca- Continuing its success from reer, leading to his first (Photo Courtesy of Jim Drews) a season-low 15 field the last several meets, especially a new Biermann record. Royer and Kristina Galat, and se- goals, leading to their “I think this year was definite- nior Elliot Murphy on the men’s career GLIAC player of in the distance and relay events, the week honor. lowest scoring output, the women’s track team took 4th ly more successful. We scored team, will represent Hillsdale and were outrebounded 40-30. Dezelski, in the fi-

a lot more points as a team and College at nationals. “I’m proud that we finished this way,” assistant place and the men’s team took coach Brian McCauley said of the victory. 6th in the GLIAC conference a lot more people ended up on The teams also noted the im- { the podium, that is, places one pact of the home meet and the It was an emotional contest, capped when senior meet. Anthony Manno knelt down to kiss center court af- See Basketball, A7 “The meet this week went re- through three,” senior Chelsea supporting crowd for the teams’ ally well,” junior Heather Lantis Kilgore said. “A few years ago successes. said. “We placed 4th, which is we had maybe one person on the “It’s so amazing having such a much better than we did last year, podium. This year we have mul- huge, supporting crowd,” Kilgore and the GLIAC is known across tiple people winning the races.” said. “Every time I came around Chargers end improved season the country to be really competi- For the men’s team, junior a corner there was a roar of sup- tive, so it was great that we did so Joshua Mirth took his second port, and every time I began to well against other really competi- GLIAC championship this year lag I could hear people around tive schools.” in the 5000-meter run, and placed who were depending on me and I with quarterfinal loss For the women’s team, sopho- 5th in the 3000-meter shortly af- would speed right back up.” Despite the last two losses, the Chargers im- more Emily Oren took 1st place in terward. Senior Maurice Jones Monica Brandt proved tremendously from last year, when they did the mile run, clocking an NCAA took 6th in the 200-meter dash, Collegian Reporter not even qualify for the tournament. provisional time with a last-min- and the 4x400 meter relay “We have done so much better since last year,” The Hillsdale College women’s basketball team Cromer said. ended its season on Wednesday, March 5 to Wayne She explained that the team’s roster was essen- State University. tially the same as last season’s. Having only lost one Wayne State, the number one seed in the GLIAC senior, the improvement was easy to see. Softball warms up for season Theut said with injuries, different players on the tournament, defeated the Chargers 75-60. The game was close in the beginning, with Hill- team had the opportunity to play more than they sdale ahead 16-15 with 11 minutes left in the first might have. Chargers to head south to showcase speed half, but then Wayne State gained momentum and “I’m really proud of our team for sticking scored 28 points to the Chargers’ 10 in the last 10 through a long season,” Cromer said. minutes of the half, to take the lead 43-26. Monica Brandt a day inside, and it doesn’t equal Day said she has seen great Wayne State continued its strong lead, ahead by Collegian Reporter playing games outside,” Abra- improvement in junior Jenny 28 points at one point, and the Chargers were only ham said. Bals and sophomore Juila Kosco. able to narrow the lead to 15 points by the end of Junior Jessica Day said the “Everyone wants to win,” Day the game. team is as ready as it can be under said. “I always see people putting The Hillsdale College softball “We’re the underdogs,” sophomore Sarah Theut the circumstances. in extra work (in the gym).” team will travel to Florida over said of Hillsdale’s eighth place ranking in the tour- “It will be rough getting on Abraham said the team’s spring break to compete in the nament. the grass the first time,” Day said, lineup is somewhat set, but they Rebel Spring Games. Junior Megan Fogt ended her season with 25 “but we are going to do very well will figure it out for sure once in This will be the team’s first points and 14 rebounds in the game. I think.” Florida. games of the season, and their Fogt, with six Player of the Week awards this Abraham said the team has Sophomore Ainsley Ellison first chance to be on a field. With season, is a contender for GLIAC Player of the Year. been working to improve defen- will return as the team’s leadoff the ice and snow this winter, the She had even better numbers in Hillsdale’s last sively. The team made too many hitter. Freshman shortstop Bekah field has not been cleared for the home game of the season against Findlay Univer- errors last season, he said, but Kastning and sophomore Sarah team to practice on it. sity, with 29 points and 21 rebounds. She made her expects to do much better this Grunert will be also be at the top “The weather is a total disas- last 14 shots in a row, a new school record, and only season. of the lineup. ter,” head coach Joe Abraham missed her first shot, shooting 14-15 for the night. The team is young this season, Gordon will be the team’s des- said. “We will have played at Despite Fogt’s performance, Hillsdale lost the with only one senior, Kristi Gor- ignated player. least 10 games without having game 78-66. don. Assistant coach Amber Young been outside to practice.” The Chargers struggled with 24 turnovers, which Gordon said they lost some joined the softball program this He said in this tournament sophomore Kelsey Cromer said contributed to the good senior hitters with Taylor year. Day said the addition of a they will play mostly teams from loss. Schulty and Miriam McKay, pitching coach has helped the the north who have had the same Cromer explained that every game will have but also brought in some good returning pitchers to gain more weather, but some have already turnovers where the other team gets to bring the ball freshmen. experience. taken a couple trips south before in from out-of-bounds, but Hillsdale was giving the “We’ve gotten a lot closer, and Young joins Abraham and as- this tournament, which will put ball away to Findlay. that’s really going to help us on sistant coach Erin Porter, who Hillsdale at a disadvantage. “Here’s the ball; go score a layup,” Cromer said. the field,” Gordon said. are in their third and fourth years “We could practice 24 hours Theut said Hillsdale lacked energy. She said with the team, respectively. Findlay freshman Karli Bonar was able to hit five Day said the team is the fast- 3-pointers, but Hillsdale could only respond with est it has been as a whole, and 2-point shots. the outfield is the fastest in the “We allowed Findlay to do what they wanted,” GLIAC. head coach Claudette Charney said, “and they dic- “Porter and I like to be aggres- tated the flow of the game.” sive on the bases,” Abraham said. Hillsdale was able to come back from a 41-32 “We have added speed to the deficit at halftime to be down 53-52 with 8:28 left team, which we intend to use.” in the game, but Charney said Findlay was able to Junior Megan Fogt attempts to nudge out regain the momentum and keep their lead. a Malone defender during a game earlier this season. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian) www.hillsdalecollegian.com B1 6 March. 2014

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Symphony orchestra undertakes Brahms Monica Brandt take in the grandness of it, Holleman said. Collegian Reporter "The musicians will be mentally, physically, and emotionally drained at the end," Holleman The Hillsdale College symphony orchestra will said. "It's a large undertaking." perform Thursday, March 6 at 8 p.m in Markel Au- The orchestra this year is larger than ever, Hol- ditorium in the Sage Center for the Arts. leman said, allowing him to choose a work as large Due to complications scheduling around spring as the Brahms' symphony. break and parent's weekend, the orchestra will only Senior Ellen Georges, who plays the French perform one Thursday night concert instead of two horn, said that being in the back of the orchestra weekend concerts as in years past. made it challenging to stay engaged, but Holleman "It's always fun to see what happens slightly dif- had the sections face each other in some rehearsals ferently when there are two performances," junior to help them blend. Claire Ziegler said, "but it's fun to know there's "It was kind of weird, but it helped our listen- only one performance, one shot to give it our best." ing," Georges said. Ziegler is a winner of the 2014 student concerto/ The concert will also feature two of the other aria competition and will be singing soprano as so- concerto competition winners, with senior LaRae loist for "Kommt ein Schlanker Bursch Gegangen" Ferguson on the violin for a Mozart concerto and from the opera "Der Freischutz" by Carl Maria von senior Jacob Martin on the oboe for a concerto by Weber. Bohuslav Martinů. "It requires a lot of facial expression and ges- "It's been a long time –– if ever –– that a wood- tures to tell the story along with breath support and wind won the competition," Holleman said. "It's vocal agility," Ziegler said. "It is very challenging, unique that he was chosen." but if it is done well, it is meant to look effortless." The concert is sold out, but Holleman said if In addition to the aria by von Weber, the orches- students do not have tickets, they should still show tra will also be performing "Symphony No. 2 in D up and be patient. Major" by Johannes Brahms. "There's no guarantees, but we tend to seat ev- "This is along the vein of the great books in the eryone,” he said. English department," Professor of Music and Or- Ziegler said she has heard parts of the orches- chestra Director James Holleman said. "It is one of tra's other pieces, but not the whole concert. the great works." "I am really looking forward to hearing the The symphony has four movements, the first whole thing," Ziegler said. "Professor Holleman Upper left: Professor of Music James Holleman directs the college orchestra. Upper being the longest. Those in the audience should has chosen challenging music that is pushing them. right: senior Deb Howe plays violin. Lower left: senior Victor Rozsa plays cello at re- They get better every time I hear them."​ hearsal. Lower right: junior Anna Schumacher plays flute. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian) THROUGH A FOREIGN LENS: SLAVIC CULTURE IN CINEMA Sarah Albers will encounter the foreign cultures as they present your own culture. post-Soviet Russia, there are now two kinds of Collegian Freelancer themselves in the authentic language and style of “If you look at every film, at every poem, at film. There are those who make film for the inter- the films. every song as an element of that culture, you get national art house circuit: their language is inter- “I hope they come with an open mind,” Bran- a new perspective,” Naumann said. “You have a national. There is another kind that makes popular Professor of Theatre James Brandon and Visit- don said. “I hope they greater access to the other movies for Russian audiences. Those movies are ing Assistant Professor of German Stephen Nau- give it some time. culture if you get inside of more polished; they look more like Hollywood.” mann partnered this semester to present a series of Watch a movie that's “You have a greater access to it in some way. Understand In addition to the development of more distinc- four Russian and Polish films. not catering to your the other culture if you get in- the country through its tive cinema aesthetics, national culture has had an “We both enjoy film,” Naumann said. “Dr. every whim! We have own language and you can opportunity to express itself through film. Brandon knows Russian film. I know Polish film.” the sense that film side of it in some way.” see something more about “A lot of really important topics [in Polish film] The professors' respective interests in Russian watching is easy––we its experience, about your go back to World War II,” Naumann said. “What and Polish film dovetail neatly. Both countries are just sit there and eat — Professor of German own experience.” we lose track of is that these nations behind the Slavic nations, and both are largely underrepre- popcorn. There are Stephen Naumann In the past 20 years, Iron Curtain had their own dramas. From the West- sented on the Hillsdale campus. Thus the Slavic rewards to engaging Russian and Polish films ern perspective, all of the pressure was being ap- Film Series was born. with a difficult film.” have been allowed free- plied from the outside. At the same time, there was “We wanted to give students and others an op- There are challeng- doms that they were not a lot of pressure from the inside.” portunity to experience the films,” Naumann said, es to appreciating a foreign film, such as overcom- granted while under Soviet influence. As a conse- Two of the films, one Russian and one Polish, “and to see Polish culture and politics through the ing the language barrier. But these are balanced by quence, film culture has evolved. already showed. The remaining two will be after Polish lens.” insights into the culture that produced the film as “Russian films are able to say things that they Spring Break. For more information, contact either Both professors hope that Hillsdale students well as those gained by a different perspective on haven't been able to before,” Brandon said. “In Brandon or Naumann.

KNECHT’S WORK ON DISPLAY AT DAUGHTREY ALUMNA’S PLAY FEATURED AT NEW YORK FESTIVAL Ramona Tausz Collegian Reporter Hillsdale alumna Elizabeth Gray ‘12 After two months of rehearsals, the play originally wrote her one act play as part of had a five-night run at the competition from a final assignment for a playwriting class at Jan. 21 to 25 at the Manhattan Repertory Hillsdale. When she saw the advertisement Theater in Times Square. for a one act competition, she remembered “It’s technically a playwright competi- the play she had written and decided to edit tion, so judging is on the play and how well it and enter it in the competition. the play does in the actual performance,” In January, she had the opportunity to di- Sadler said. rect and perform her play for the Manhattan “It was an audience-based vote, so the Repertory Theatre’s Winter One Act Play audience would rank your play from one to (Ben Strickland/Collegian) Competition. five, one being the worst and five being the The Professional Artist Se- He uses both watercolor and “I never really considered myself a writ- best,” she continued, “and at the end of the ries’ newest exhibit, “From the oil. er,” Gray said, “so when I saw the advertise- week everyone’s scores were added up, and Studio and Beyond,” features Knecht said the break from ment for the one act, I just decided, ‘I really the top three went on to the semi-finals.” Hillsdale Professor of Art Sam classes he had while on sabbati- want to win,’ kind of as a dare to myself.” Although “The Kazoo” did not advance Knecht’s recent paintings of cal last semester gave him time Gray submitted the play to the competi- to the semi-finals, the actors felt the play was landscapes and more. to travel, paint, and, near the tion in October. In late November, she found well-received by the audience. His landscapes portray end of the semester, assemble out her play had been accepted for the con- “We got a really good response,” Sadler places like Monhegan Island, the exhibit. test and began looking for actors in New said. “The last scene was really intense. You in Maine, and the Leelanaw The exhibit opened in York City, where she lives. She ended up could hear a pin drop. There was some snif- Region of the Northern Lower the Sage Center for the Arts casting Kirsty Sadler ‘11, a Hillsdale gradu- fling as well.” Peninsula, located just west of Daughtrey Gallery March 2 and ate also living in New York, and Mark Keller “All the feedback we got was very posi- Traverse City, Mich., and the will continue through April 5. ‘13, a Hillsdale graduate who moved to New tive,” Gray said. “We had people we didn’t Tacquamenon Falls, also lo- York for two months to rehearse. even know come up to us and talk to us cated in Michigan. At Monhe- Look for more on Knecht’s The play, “The Kazoo,” is set in an Ohio about it.” gan, he painted alongside last exhibit in the March 20 issue of cornfield and has three characters: friends Gray said she would definitely consider semester’s visiting artist, Judith The Collegian. and neighbors who grow up living next to entering the competition again and that she Carducci. -Abigail Wood the cornfield. The plot revolves around this enjoyed the experience of performing at the cornfield and a terrible accident that occurs Manhattan Repertory Theatre. there, threatening to destroy the characters’ “I now have a relationship with the main friendship. producer there, the owner of the theater,” Let us help “The story is about how they learn to Gray said. “It was a great venue for the you enjoy your grow, face the tragedy, forgive each other, show. It was right in Times Square, so it was spring break and find forgiveness,” Gray said. right in the heart of the Theatre District, and The group rehearsed four days a week for there was a lot of energy.” with a free two hours each day through December and Overall, Gray said she was pleased with trip inspection January. the results. “Elizabeth works at a yoga studio,” Sadler “We felt very put together and well- before you go! said. “She was able to get the studio to lend rehearsed. I was extremely happy with it,” Free wipers her time and space, so she didn’t have to pay. Gray said. “I thought the actors put a lot of That was amazing because a lot of times it’s effort in, and it turned out to be a fantastic with Valvoline a problem getting free rehearsal space.” production.” Glory To God high mileage oil 196 W. Carleton - 517-439-1323 change! 6 March. 2014 B2 www.hillsdalecollegian.com ARTS

Review: “Son of God” Casey Harper wimpy, moralistic, and kind of creepy –– Spotlight Editor the last guy you would pick for a game of kickball. But “Son of God” actually endears his character to you, the way a In the Bible, Jewish religious leaders movie should. Jesus is quiet and sincere in Roman-occupied Israel scoffed at Je- with a knowing smile that draws you in. sus, a miracle man from Galilee, saying, When the nails are driven into his hands, “Can anything good come from Galilee?” he’s not just a religious leader, he’s the Christians who said the same of Holly- character you’ve come to know. wood may now have an unexpected an- Novelist Cormac McCarthy once swer. said “Where all is known, no narra- AUDITIONS TeddyFOR Sawyer ‘WOYZECK’ Mark Burnett, tive is possible.” Assistant Editor reality TV entrepre- “Son of God” has neur behind “Survi- struggled to cre- vor,” “The Voice,” ate a compelling Senior and student director Katherine Denton “After I wrote a literal translation, she had an idea “Shark Tank,” and narrative when held auditions this week for the world premiere of for words and phrases, and we talked about how to “The Apprentice,” everyone in the a new edition of the play “Woyzeck,” written by adapt it so it had the sense of the original German teamed up with Western world al- Georg Büchner in the 1830s. She is casting a new too. She didn’t want to butcher it into submission his wife, Roma ready knows how version of the German play, selecting roles for the but to make sure it flows in the English and is true Downey, to cre- the story ends. apparently schizophrenic Woyzeck, his wife, doc- to the German.” ate the highly-rated The film’s por- tor, commanding officer and others with the help of After committing to the project, Denton worked mini-series “The Bi- trayal of the mes- students and Hillsdale faculty. on developing her German so she could more ful- ble” on the History siah’s years of Not only will the translation and presentation be ly understand the original text. She also worked channel. The parts ministry feels a bit a world premiere, but much of the music, set, and closely with her dramaturg, junior Aaron Pomer- of the series dealing like “Jesus’ Great- choreography is largely original to the show. The antz, who is researching the context and composing with Jesus’ life were ests Hits” than a play is set in a carnival, the only consistent scene much of the music for the performance. compiled –– with a cohesive narra- across the manuscripts of the play. In addition to assistance musically and linguisti- few added scenes –– tive. First we’re The original play was incomplete upon the cally, Denton reached out to senior Angela Pearsall to create the movie healing paralytics. death of the author and exists in multiple confus- to help her develop the movement of the play. It “Son of God.” Oh! Now we’re ing, fragmentary forms that various directors and will deviate from realism with a very limited set, Aside from “Son walking on water! playwrights have reorganized and interpreted in requiring actors to fill the void with their own mo- of God,” other mov- Ooooh, Another many different ways. Denton chose to create an tions. ies are taking after iconic miracle. original translation of the play for her senior proj- In many regards, the play is a precursor to much their own biblical Now we’re feed- ect rather than bending to the creative vision of an- of modern theater. It focuses on the unreal, predict- inspiration. Russell ing the 5,000. other editor. ing later developments in psychology and under- Crowe is set to star However, the “I picked the show last spring, and I’ve been standing the brain, and it verges on spectacle, ac- in “Noah,” along second half of the working on it since May,” Denton said. “I’ve read cording to Pomerantz. He said the play basically with big names like movie takes on a several translations, but a lot of them are really edi- diagnoses schizophrenia before it is even recog- Emma Watson and Jennifer Connelly, at more cohesive narrative. From the Last torial, focusing on the translator’s view. So I read nized and diagnosed officially, so the play is unlike the end of this month. Also, “Exodus,” Supper on, the pacing becomes smooth- and read and read and I looked at what I liked and most of its time. It address the question of what it starring Aaron Paul, Christian Bale, and er and conversations more natural. It is disliked, then I went to George [Angell, professor means to be human and how humans deserve to be Sigourney Weaver, is set for release in easier to connect with characters when of theatre] and to talk to him about it, and he said, treated. December. Especially since it is mostly a Burnett leaves behind the film’s episodic ‘Well, it looks like you need to do a translation.’” “It’s kind of a big deal because it is a world rerun of the television series, the fact that quality and takes the time to carefully un- After that, Denton approached fellow senior premiere of a play, and I and Renée [Surprenant, “Son of God” could garner $26.5 million fold the more important moments of Je- Anna Potrafke, who is from Germany, and asked Hillsdale theatre department’s new theater tech- over the weekend –– distributor 20th cen- sus’ death and resurrection. her if she could work with her on the translation. nician] and others have read the play in transla- tury Fox only predicted $12-15 million Creating a lucrative movie compiled Since then, they produced in collaboration a literal tion before, and this is the first that has ever made — bodes well for the mainstream appeal mostly out of a television show repack- translation of the play. They polished this transla- sense,” Pomerantz said. “It departs from realism, of Bible-based movies. aging while breathing life into the silver- tion with outside assistance from Assistant Profes- which is Hillsdale’s focus; it really dovetails from Aside from the financial success, the screen conception of Jesus was certainly sor of German Fred Yaniga. that. I’m really excited because it is going to be like film succeeded in presenting the character a success. Needless to say, their cup run- “She [Denton] wanted to do her own adaption nothing else we’ve seen lately. This is a big deal, of Jesus in an approachable light, avoid- neth over. of the order and meaning of the play, so we ap- as Hillsdale, this tiny college, is doing something ing a common trope portraying him as a proached how to do it on our own,” Potrafke said. truly unique.”

IN FOCUS RICHARD AUSTIN TO PERFORM HOPKINS

Bailey Poetry performer Richard Austin will return to lend his voice to Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poetry March 19 at 7 p.m in Phillips Auditorium. Pritchett The English Department is hosting this encore performance in conjunction with the literary honorary Lambda Iota { Tau. Lorraine Eadie, assistant professor of English, was unable to attend his first performance last spring but says she is excited to have a second chance. “I think people are drawn to his [Hopkins’] poetry for a few reasons,” Eadie said. “It’s very devotional, so he’s pretty open about his faith, about his love of God, and also about wrestling with God –– about dark valleys or times ‘HOUSE OF CARDS’: when he feels distant from God. His poetry is also very dense, tactile, and earthy. He uses a lot of homely images, and even though he’s talking about his faith, there’s this sense of this tangible experience.” Michael Jordan, professor of English, was so impressed by Austin’s work after listening to his poetry reading at CATERING TO THE PUBLIC Hillsdale Academy last year that he bought the CD made available after the performance. With over 27 million subscribers in matic Bartlet locks himself in a room “I found it stunning –– it was so remarkable,” Jordan said. “He had such mastery. Hopkin’s verse is not normal the United States alone and an impres- with the Chinese president and –– de- verse. It’s got a tremendous amount of alliteration and also what’s called ‘sprung rhythm.’ So it would be this explosion sive algorithm that determines user be- spite being hobbled by an attack of mul- of consonants that was delivered in a very confident way.” havior, Netflix created a show that was tiple sclerosis –– personally secures an destined for success before the first unprecedented summit for nuclear talks -Meg Prom season was even released. Although the with North Korea.” Although “The West mathematical inspiration behind “House Wing” does not embrace a realistic plot of Cards” ensured the shows success, it line, Sorkin creates a White House staff has also changed the craft of television that viewers would approve to lead their writing. country. A piece in The New York Times The “House of Cards” president is found that the Netflix algorithm detected pathetic and manipulatable. There is no three components that led to the creation press secretary to charm an audience of the online series. David Fincher, the with spunky press conferences. “House director of “House of Cards,” was also of Cards” is far from the loveable, func- the director of “The Social Network,” tioning White House that Sorkin creates. a film well-reviewed according to the Frank Underwood and his wife Claire algorithm. Kevin Spacey and the Brit- are clever, relentless, and cold. Claire, ish version of “House of Cards” also re- the CEO of a non-profit, blackmails vealed remarkable interest among view- pregnant employees by withholding ers. Netflix had everything it needed to medical insurance. create a successful television show: a Frank, the majority whip in the director, lead actor, and concept with House, primes a vulnerable represen- proven popular appeal. tative for the Pennsylvania governor’s “House of Cards” coasted its way to seat, only to destroy the representative’s Apartments for Rent the award for 2013 Best Television Se- livelihood. Fincher’s show has a rub- ries at the Golden Globes. The show is ber neck effect. It is nearly impossible smart and entertaining. The addiction to avoid watching the brilliant schemes of the show stems from the characters’ Frank and Claire craft from episode to Available: 08/01/2014 for 2014/15 obsession with power that guides their episode. every move. The cold, calculating na- The largest difference between Sor- ture of the show’s characters reflects kin’s “The West Wing” and Fincher’s the same scientific background of the “House of Cards” does not come down show’s creation. to plot, characters, or dialogue. It rests The algorithm that provided the on the muse of each show. There is a $1185.00 per month ($395.00 apartment over the summer idea for “House of Cards” removes the reason that Aaron Sorkin wins awards warmth found in less calculating shows and Beau Willimon, the screenwriter per person—3 max.) starting June 1 for no charge) like Aaron Sorkin’s “The West Wing.” for “House of Cards” remains unknown. Sorkin created the true best political dra- Willimon simply Americanized a show 10 month lease—Aug thru May All appliances included—washer, ma on television. His characters and rich that was already successful, according dryer, dishwasher, refrigerator, dialogue on “The West Wing” remain to an algorithm. Aaron Sorkin created a All utilities & Wi-Fi included unmatched. new concept that succeeded because of stove A fearless president with strong ties his creativity and talent. 3 bedrooms to his alma mater, a cheeky press secre- Netflix found a loophole in creating (you can store your stuff at the Newly remodeled, loft style tary with roots in show business, and a good television. If anything, the indus- loyal chief of staff who calls the presi- try will only serve audiences more ef- dent his best friend are a few of the most fectively. The mechanics of writing a loved personalities on television. quality show is simply going to change, 3 Apartments located at 34 N. Howell St. (above David’s Dolce Vita,) 36 A N. In his critical analysis of President most likely for the better. But the tele- Howell St., (above Roger Locey Jeweler) & 36 B N. Howell St. (above Palace Bartlet, Yair Rosenburg criticized the vision industry can’t help but wonder if fictional powers of the president’s- per flawless projections of what will make Café) across from the County Courthouse , downtown Hillsdale sonality in a famous scene from the good television will stunt the artistry of show’s sixth season where the “charis- screenwriting. Contact David or Debra Kamen: 517-287-5578 www.hillsdalecollegian.com B3 6 March 2014 Spotlight Sunnycrest remains ATO ‘home base’

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In November of 1943, there were only 30 male students at Hills- dale College. The rest had been called to arms eight months before. World War II had taken its toll. “Although none of the nationals on campus have had any of their ‘brother’ chapters close up for the duration [of the war] many Greek letter organizations throughout the country have locked their doors until Hitler and Hirohito are put out of the way,” The Collegian re- ported. On Nov. 11, concerned citizens of Hillsdale county travelled to Sunnycrest, the white house on the corner of Hillsdale and Fayette streets, hoping to gain a better understanding of the world situation. Hillsdale’s Counsel on International Relations was formed inside the white mansion that afternoon to educate society toward securing a just and lasting peace at the war’s end. In 1944, College President Jospeh Mauck bought the house from former College President John Windsor. Windsor built the house him- self more than 40 years prior. After Mauck’s purchase, he dubbed the house “Sunnycrest.” The Mauck family owned the home for the next 47 years. Mauck served as president of the college until 1922. Willfred Otto Mauck, the college president from 1933 to 1942, lived at Sunnycrest until Broadlawn was completed late in 1933. De- spite the gloom of the Great Depression, the Maucks entertained at Sunnycrest for many college functions, including annual senior class breakfasts. “College songs were sung, including the senior song,” The Colle- gian reported in 1922. “Members then drew each other’s place cards, on which they wrote a prophecy. The prophecies were placed in a jar which will be opened at some future reunion of the class.” In September 1939, defective wiring caused a fire that damaged the house’s garage, automobiles, and 75 percent of the house and its furnishings. Before Hillsdale College men were drafted in March of 1943, fra- ternities on campus were already planning post-war reconstruction. “Big plans for a new house are only awaiting the lifting of war- time restrictions, and will probably be carried out shortly after the war ends,” The Collegian reported in February of that year. “The national ato gallery fraternity will revoke no charters due to a draft-caused man shortage.” (Top) Griffith house (Left Sure enough, when the Mauck family left Sunnycrest in 1950, Al- to right) sketch of cur- pha Tau Omega alumni bought Sunnycrest for use of the chapter on rent ATO house, Herron campus. During August of that year, the house was furnished to ac- Residence, current ATO commodate thirty men. house. (photos courtesy “It was ready for occupancy by the chapter actives when the col- of Linda Moore) lege opened this fall, thanks to the fact that no major alterations were required to convert the building to fraternity use,” The Collegian re- ported in 1950. “Thanks also to the hard work put into the project by over the years. terior and exterior paint. An annex was also built for fraternity social a group of ATO alumni wives who did the thousand and one things By Homecoming in 2000, ATO alumni Paul Schlatter ’72 and Kim functions. The house’s facelift cost approximately $400,000. necessary to make the house a home.” Beck ’75 saw how badly the house had deteriorated and decided to “When I was treasurer in ’88, the ATO House received some mon- Prior to Sunnycrest, ATO actives lived in the Griffith house at the take action. The ATO Alumni Board met in January of 2001, and de- ey from the Roger Phillip Ryans estate,” Gwilt said. “One check was corner of Union Street and East Fayette Street after purchasing the cided to completely restore the house. for about $60 thousand. Another was for over $100 thousand. So we house in 1915. After leaving the Griffith house, ATO actives lived in “When I was a student in the mid-70s,” said the late David Har- had the money sitting in the account.” Herron Hall, which was later demolished to make way for Koon Resi- mon ’75 in 2001, “the ATO house had a real home-like feel. It’s not With the restoration came new rules for the ATO actives, including dence. President Ransom Dunn, a founder of the college, originally that way anymore. The board knew we needed to restore it at least to strict enforcement of the fraternity’s no drinking policy in the house. lived in Herron Hall. the level of 25 years ago.” Actives saw the new rules as reasonable to help maintain the house The fall pledge class of 1966 presented the chapter with a large A week after graduation in 2001, a group of ATO alumni arrived at and its standards. maltese cross, bearing the design of the badge of ATO. The cross was Sunnycrest for a summer of renovation. “It needed to have a complete overhaul,” Gwilt said. “It was one of placed on the front of the house where it remained until 2011 after it “We had 30 or 40 alumni there, getting it down to the bare bones,” the things we needed to improve recruitment interest and our image was removed for maintenance. Current actives hope to return it soon. Tony Gwilt ’90 said. “We came in on a Friday night and worked all on campus.” “We still have it,” said sophomore Ryan Ahrens, who currently day Saturday.” Today, 15 ATO actives live in Sunnycrest. lives in the house. “It’s just worn down and needs to be sanded and The restoration featured rebuilt balconies, a new roof, new hard- “It’s home base for everyone,” Ahrens said. repainted. Our hope is to redo it soon and get it back up there.” wood floors, new mattresses, porch rails, wallpapering, carpeting, re- After hosting countless fraternity events, Sunnycrest suffered wear construction of staircase railing, new furniture, landscaping, fresh in-

snow Heroes of { From B4 Hillsdale clear sidewalks bordering city properties and sections of the bike Hundreds of Hillsdale College students left in 1861 to fight in the American Civil War. Many came home wounded. Some never came path within city limits, said City Forester Gary Stachowicz, who home at all. This series chronicles the experiences of several of drives the tractor. Sometimes one-ton dump trucks plow sections of those students who left their families and their college to fight for a the bike path as well. greater cause. Special thanks to Linda Moore, Arlan Gilbert, and Stachowicz said the tractor, a “pretty good little machine,” has Kraig McNutt for their knowledge and assistance. four-wheel drive and a heated cabin. He uses a brush, snowblower, or plow attachment, depending on the amount of snow. Evan Brune He said it’s not a terribly tough job, but it requires concentration. News Editor “I haven’t had any major mishaps so I must have done something right, but you definitely have to be on your game.” With trucks and a tractor, the DPS crews work to keep Hillsdale A thick cloud of smoke hung over his head as he lay in front of running, despite the winter weather. the Confederate trenches. The concussive thud of musket fire hit his “I do enjoy it, but it is trying and stressful at times,” Payne said. face. Asher LaFleur looked down at his shattered leg and watched “Especially the way winter’s going.” as the blood drained from his wound. “Luce! Luce, I am bleeding to death! I am bleeding to death!” he But he agreed with Engle about something that brightens it. Engle cried, barely heard above the roar of cannons and muskets. had said his favorite part of the job comes when people express their Out of the smoke ran a boy in blue. As the figure came closer, appreciation for DPS’ work. he recognized the face of his old college friend, Moses Luce. Luce “It’s nice—it’s really gratifying to have a thumbs up,” Payne said. stooped down, glancing at his comrade’s shattered leg. “LaFleur, I have come for you!” he shouted. LaFleur begged his friend to save himself. “I shall not leave you!” Luce replied. “Crawl upon my back, and (Courtesy of Mossey Library) I will carry you!” Musket balls zipped past their heads as Luce lifted his wounded Asher Lafluer (left) with an unidentified man. friend up. Amid the fire, he ran back across the Union line, stop- ping at a small house behind the battle. There, the two college boys Despite this severe wound, LaFleur eventually recovered and stopped. rejoined his unit at the beginning of August. He continued to fight The war ended for LaFleur on that cloudy May day at Spotsyl- until his wound at Spotsylvania. vania. He had served his country throughout 16 separate engage- After Luce’s rescue, LaFleur was taken to a field hospital, where ments, been left to die on the field at Gettysburg, and now, a Con- he underwent an emergency amputation. He was later transferred debate federate cannon had taken his leg. to St. Mary’s Hospital in Washington, D.C. By the time he arrived, At the outbreak of the Civil War, Asher LaFleur was a 20-year- gangrene had set in on his wound, and he was forced to undergo a { From B4 old Hillsdale College student. Two months after the Confederate second procedure. guns opened up on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Caro- “The operation was very severe. The hardest that I have passed control. That’s what makes it great, but that’s also what makes it lina, he, along with many of his college brothers, joined the ranks through yet,” Asher wrote to his future wife. “It took them eight frustrating,” Doggett said. of the 4th Michigan Volunteer Infantry. hours, and I was under chloroform only about two hours. The rest I could understand what he was saying. Despite all the work in- By the beginning of July, LaFleur had fought through nine sepa- of the time, I suffered pain that no mortal tongue can describe. I felt volved, and despite the inevitable frustrations, it’s worth it. If you rate battles. His toughest test yet came on the second day at Get- like saying, ‘What is there in this world for us to live for?’” disagree, we can debate it sometime. tysburg. Despite this eight-hour procedure, LaFleur had to endure a third The men of the 4th Michigan were asked to clear a field in front amputation before the wound fully healed. Despite the loss of his of Little Round Top. This field would become infamously known leg, LaFleur desperately wanted to contribute to the war effort, and as The Wheatfield. wrote to his wife about his wife on April 12, 1865. One soldier, Pvt. James Houghton, described his experience in “I wrote to the President Himself for an order to go to the front. his journal. Should he send it, I must go,” he wrote. “Soon, the order came,” he wrote. “In less than two minutes, The president never received the letter. He was assassinated at our Regiment was passing out across the wheatfield directly in Ford’s Theater three days later by John Wilkes Booth. front of the rebels. It was here that the crash came. A storm of lead “The Soldier’s Father is dead,” LaFleur wrote to his wife a week swept through our ranks like hail. Many of our noble boys fell to later. “The Father of freedom is slain in the Capitol of a free nation. the ground, never to rise to their feet again.” My God, is this possible? Honest Abraham is no more. Would to In the charge, LaFleur was shot through the stomach while his God it had been otherwise, but, alas, he has gone. Let the martyred commanding officer, Colonel Harrison Jeffords, became the high- hero sleep. He has done a noble work.” est-ranking officer to be killed by a bayonet in the Civil War. All After the war, LaFleur returned to Hillsdale, where he served told, 165 men from the 4th Michigan fell at The Wheatfield. as mayor. He presided over the dedication of the Alpha Kappa Phi LaFleur was dragged from the field by Confederate soldiers, monument 30 years after the end of the war. The monument now where he lay for several weeks. He was eventually taken to a Union stands between the classroom buildings of Lane and Kendall. hospital in Harrisburg, Penn., where he was cared for by a nurse It was my fortune to go out with and stand by some of these very named Ann Valentine. boys in that conflict,” he said. “I saw them in camp, on the march, “There was this one poor fellow by the name of Asher B. LaFleur and on the dread field of battle. I saw them fight, I saw them die, who was wounded through the bowels, and the nourishment that he and I want to say here now, with all these memories rushing in upon took to sustain life passed out at the wound,” she recollected over 25 me, that a nobler, braver, truer band of patriots never fought for years later. their country than these very college boys of ours.” www.hillsdalecollegian.com B4 6 March 2014 Spotlight City of Hillsdale works to keep roads clear Walker Mulley he said. The lead driver plows the middle while his Collegian Reporter partner follows, clearing the snow along the curb. For instance, if there are four inches of snow on the road, the rear driver ends up pushing an eight- The snowplow, rattling and humming, bumps inch pile heaped up by his partner. along the otherwise quiet street. Though the cabin Bildner, plowing snow along the curb of a local rocks like a dashboard hula girl, the driver, unfazed, street, stops at an intersection. Seeing the coast is confidently steers in and out of the cars parked by clear, he hits the accelerator. No movement. With- the curb. out momentum, even Bildner’s towering single- The driver, mechanic Doug Bildner, plows the axle dump truck cannot push the pile he’s accumu- snow for the Hillsdale Department of Public Ser- lated. vices. He backs up, builds momentum, and normalcy “I’ve got a real good crew,” said Roger Payne, resumes. The plow again masters the snow, which DPS working foreman, who also drives a plow. flies smoothly off to the right, a thick surf reflected “They’re very dedicated and they’re ready to go. in the truck’s tall sideview mirrors. It’s very long hours.” Bildner and the other drivers must manage their The DPS handles winter road maintenance for salt as well as the snow. They occasionally stop to the city of Hillsdale. Its eight-person road crew tilt the truck beds, sliding the salt toward the tail- plows and salts the streets, including the portion of gate spreaders. The salt comes out underneath the M-99 within city limits, known as the trunk line. tailgate. There it falls onto a rotating plate which Although the department tries to keep most of scatters it behind the truck. the work to the regular hours of 7am-3:30pm, the This is but one of the many considerations driv- snow often does not cooperate. The crew must ers face. Another consideration: they must watch work overtime, even at night in the event that a ma- for pedestrians, especially children playing in jor storm hits. snowbanks. “We’ve done a lot of 12 hour days,” Payne said. The trucks are huge, with two exterior steps up Plow driver Frank Engle has two children. Doug Bildner, a city of Hillsdale mechanic, plows snow in a single-axle dump truck fit- to the cabin door. You grab one handle to mount the “The nice thing with coming in early is the ted with a plow during his regular day shift. (Walker Mulley/Collegian) steps and then another to get into the cabin itself. kids are asleep so it doesn’t bother them,” he said. During warmer months the fleet is used for other “You’re tired when you get up early, but you can children. But even that’s not a great inconvenience. The department uses a complex system of priori- tasks, such as sidewalk maintenance and brush re- take a nap.When you get home, of course,” he clari- Payne said he and his crew keep extra equip- tization and route planning to do the job efficiently. moval. fied, jokingly. ment, such as heavy clothes and shovels, in their “Four trucks running abreast plow the trunkline,” In addition to the road fleet, DPS uses a tractor to

He said midday storms requiring the crew to cabins. Payne said. “the staggered plows cover half the road stay late are more troublesome because he needs “You gotta pretty much be prepared for anything so it only takes one pass out and one pass back.” { to make alternate after-school arrangements for his and everything,” he said. DPS drivers handle the rest of hte roads in pairs, See SNOW, B3 Naumann extends stay A WEEKEND IN DEBATE Daniel Slonim Ramona Tausz College in New Ulm, Minn., but decided in his Collegian Reporter round. I walked into the room with all the other Collegian Reporter senior year to study German. He spent 2005-2012 debaters, and we were given the resolution: “The securing a master’s and doctorate in German Stud- United States Economy is a big boat with a small ies from Michigan State. For the last of those three If you can beat the same opponent in three dif- Due to a favorable response from Hillsdale Col- leak.” years, he lived in Europe and traveled between Ber- ferent debates, you will own that person’s soul. Or In 15 minutes, each pair would go off to a dif- lege’s German students and faculty, Visiting Assis- lin and Poznan, a small Polish town, while working such is the story that circulates among college de- tant Professor of German Stephen Naumann’s one- ferent room to argue about the same resolution. For on his dissertation. baters. now, our whole team talked together about strate- year appointment was extended to a three-year stay Sophomore Magdalena Olson has taken Nau- I was informed of this fact after I decided to at Hillsdale. gies we could adopt. I looked up definitions of key mann for upper sign up for a debate tournament at Bowling Green words like “leak” just in case. We beat a novice “He totally fits level German State University and compete with the rest of Hill- in,” senior Kodiak team from Notre Dame University. classes. sdale’s team. Fortunately, I would have a more ex- Once we made it to the semifinal round, Deese Dschida, president “I really like perienced partner to help me protect my soul. of the Delta Phi and I found ourselves facing a Grove City team we Naumann be- I was off to a decently good start, as I already had already beaten. Alpha German cause he’s very knew the basic rules from friends who debated in Honorary said. We were told the resolution, then fifteen minutes familiar with high school and from my brother Jonathan, who later, we walked into the room where we would “You can find him the actual places was on the team for two years. at every single have our final debate. Forty minutes later, we left and has studied The Hillsdale College debate team competes in the room, allowing the judges to deliberate. After German event.” a lot in Berlin,” two forms of debate. The first is Lincoln-Douglas, Naumann was dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings with the whole team, she said. “It’s or LD, in which members compete as individuals. we arrive in time to hear the results announced at originally hired kind of like This year they are debating education reform. The to fill a temporary the award ceremony. Deese and I had lost the final he’s just taken second kind of debate is called Parliamentary, or round, winning second overall. Not bad for a first teaching position us along on his Parli, in which you have a partner. There is a sepa- while Eberhard day debating. But sadly, the team that beat us was trips there. I feel rate resolution for each debate available 15 min- also from Grove City. Geyer, chairman very familiar utes before the round starts. and professor of We then got to hear the results from the foren- with Berlin and Though Hillsdale’s debaters usually focus on sics tournament. Freshman Erin Graham won first German, was on like I know it al- LD, this tournament was primarily Parli, so I was sabbatical last se- place in Poetry Interpretation. Junior Ian Fury won Stephen Naumann, assistant professor of German most as well as paired up with freshman Graham Deese. Debate first in Impromptu and third in Extemporaneous. mester. Geyer and instructs an upper level German course. (Carsten he - he’s shared Coach Matthew Doggett and I agreed that I should Fred Yaniga, as- Junior Brandon Butz took second in Impromptu Stann/Collegian) that with us, his try a practice round before going to the tournament and Longform Impromptu, and won third in After sistant professor of passion.” cold. Deese and I would debate against Doggett German, recom- Dinner Speaking. Freshman Chris Landers won Naumann is active not only in Delta Phi Alpha and sophomore Kevin Ambrose. fourth in Persuasion, and Junior Andrew Mont- mended the prolonging of Naumann’s stay at Hill- and the German Program, but also on campus. He The subject was school vouchers. I was amazed sdale. gomery won fourth in Extemporaneous. has organized events such as all-campus showing at everyone’s ability to come up with so many ar- Members agreed that you cannot be successful Naumann hopes to stay on at Hillsdale after his of the film “Luther” and a book discussion group guments so quickly, and, what seemed even harder, three-year contract is up. in debate and heavily involved in other activities for students of all disciplines on Miriam Winter’s to keep track of them all. on campus. Between the tournaments and research “This is the place where I want to be able to teach “Trains.” After the round, everyone assured me that nov- and continue to serve and have a career, working there just isn’t time to do much more. “I think part of being on the faculty of a liber- ice Parli at BGSU would be easier. Just one warn- What makes it worth it? Doggett said when with the students and fellow faculty,” he said. al-arts college is joining students of other faculty ing: don’t lose to Grove City College, Doggett told According to Yaniga, Naumann works tirelessly things go badly, when poor resolutions are chosen, and asking questions across disciplines,” Naumann me. Though Grove City and Hillsdale have a lot when judges don’t take notes or don’t understand and pays close attention to students. Yaniga said the said. “I think that’s a tribute to what we do here and in common as colleges, their debate teams are like word that best describes Naumann is “grossherzig,” the rules, the challenge is part of the fun. There is who we are.” Ohio State’s and Michigan’s football teams. an immense satisfaction in having enough debate or “generous.” He believed his hiring as the third German pro- At 6 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22, I climbed into “He comes in early in the morning and he’s often expertise to articulate why a resolution is poorly fessor in the program reveals the growing success. the van with the speech team to ride to the tour- written. here until late in the evening,” Yaniga said. “He’s “I think that’s a wonderful statement that the nament. I watched Matthew Warner, coach of the incredibly generous with his office hours, and his “There’s a lot that you can prepare for and then

program’s doing very well, and has done very well speech team, joking around with the guys in the there’s a lot in this activity that’s totally out of office hours are very busy. He’s an incredibly warm for quite a while,” he said. “It’s being rewarded front of the van while those in the back reviewed and open and willing colleague.” with the chance to have three faculty members to the speeches they would give in just a few hours. { Naumann originally completed his undergradu- offer more things to students, and we’re all excited, Shortly after 8 a.m., it is time for my first debate See DEBATE, B3 ate degree in pre-seminary studies at Martin Luther we’re thrilled about moving forward together.” CAMPUSCHIC ELLY GUENSCHE, FRESHMAN

Who or what inspires your style? Rachel Heider, William Persson, and the Joco.

Describe your fashion sense in five words or less. More money, more problems.

What is your favorite item of clothing? I have a pair of socks with the German flag on them, #german.

What is your most embarrassing item of clothing? Don’t tell anyone, but I still own a pair of sweatpants with “Aeropostale” plastered down the side.

What is your biggest fashion pet peeve? When people don’t observe Minty Mondays or Black Fridays.​

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