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Bloody cardboard, trash bags,
plastic wrap, and shredded duct
tape surrounded combatants in
Lake Winona on Saturday as
the fghters threw themselves
at each other in a brutal game
oI capture the fag. The painted
pirates Iought Ior 30 minutes
beIore Simpson retrieved Gallo-
way and NiedIeldt`s banner.
The naval battle, hosted by
Cravats and Bluestockings,
returned this year aIter being
cancelled in 2013 due to renova-
tions in the Slayton Arboretum.
Associate Dean oI Men JeIIery
Rogers explained that the new
area cleared out in Lake Wi-
nona, a small bay near Barber
Drive, made the event possible
this year.
Students came throughout
the week to clean up the lake in
preparation Ior the battle.
'We`ve been out here clear-
ing lily pads, Galloway senior
Colton Gilbert said.
The competition was a re-
enactment oI the Battle oI Tra-
Ialgar. Junior Josiah Lippincott
read a brieI history oI the event
while laying down the rules Ior
the students. TraIalgar was a na-
val engagement that pitted the
British against the French and
Spanish. The British won, but
lost their leader, Admiral Hora-
tio Nelson.
Hillsdale`s version oI the
struggle Ieatured slightly diIIer-
ent vessels and rules oI engage-
ment. Simpson took the role oI
the British, Galloway was Spain,
and NiedIeldt became France.
Students were only permitted
to use cardboard, duct tape, and
plastic to build watercraIt.To
capture the opponents` fags, a
participant had to be on a boat.
Sinking all oI the enemy`s ships
would also secure victory.
Galloway and NiedIeldt took
the water frst, aided by a small
battalion Irom the Suites.
'We will take the fght to
them, Galloway`s Head Resi-
dent Assistant senior Antoni
Germano, shouted.
The Spanish feet was com-
posed oI thick cardboard boxes
with tubes attached to the bot-
toms or sides as pontoons.
Wrapped in plastic wrap, these
appeared to be the most struc-
turally sound ships, when com-
pared to Simpson`s cardboard
'taco and trash-bag-covered
boxes.
The French Irom NiedIeldt,
wielding baguettes and French
toast, were the frst to reach
Simpson`s fag. Led by senior
Head RA Evan Gensler, they Iell
upon the Simpson deIense.
Senior Connor Gleason orga-
nized Simpson`s shore deIense,
bellowing, 'Blood makes the
grass grow, and receiving the
deaIening response, 'Kill, kill,
kill.
Led by senior Head RAs
Matt O`Sullivan and Andy Re-
uss, Simpson charged into the
water to Iace Galloway.
The Spanish tore through
Simpson`s ships quickly, punch-
ing holes in plastic wrap and
tearing cardboard and duct tape
apart. Opponents grappled with
each other in the waist-high wa-
ter, careIul not to trip on sub-
merged tree branches and shred-
ded lily pads. Falling beneath
the surIace could result in deIeat
and a mud-caked Iace.
Simpson fghters attempted
to steal Galloway boats to re-
cover Irom losses, concentrating
the fght in Iront oI the Spanish-
French fag. Throws, choke-
holds, Spartan kicks, and pond
scum Iacial rubs replaced their
homemade swords in the close-
quarters combat.
'You want to be hitting peo-
ple with things, Simpson senior
Wes Wright said.
He managed to get within
a Iew Ieet oI the other team`s
fag, but Ireshman Sam Phillips
foated through the chaos and re-
trieved it frst.
Raising their war trophies oI
masks and swords high, the men
oI Simpson roared in approval
as senior Casey McKee, dressed
as Poseidon, trumpeted their
victory on his conch shell.
Two men Irom Simpson re-
ceived minor injuries that sent
them to the emergency room, but
no one was seriously harmed.
Both sides came together aIter-
wards to clean up the lake and
remove the boat debris.
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Outdoor seating during meals
will be a reality Ior students
soon.
Student Federation approved
a purchase last week Ior patio
Iurniture to be placed outside oI
the Grewcock Student Union, al-
lowing students to eat outdoors
while the weather is clear.
'We at Student Federation
believed that outdoor seating
would improve the campus, and
that students would enjoy being
able to eat in the nice weather,
Arielle Mueller, president oI
Student Fed, said.
Student Fed spent nearly
$5,000 on chairs and tables Ior
the patio located directly outside
the dining room. While there
are currently tables and chairs
in the gated oII area, Mueller
explained that these tables and
chairs are Ialling apart and need
to be replaced. The new Iurni-
ture will allow students to begin
using the outdoor patio area.
'Campus improvement is im-
portant to us, so the money will
go towards quality Iurniture. The
current stuII is not up to par with
what we`d like, Mueller said.
Mueller said she is hope-
Iul that the outdoor seating will
be available beIore the winter
comes this year. Student Fed has
yet to order the Iurniture, but
plans to have it set up by No-
vember.
'Outdoor seating is always a
hit with students, and I`m excit-
ed to see it at Hillsdale, General
Manager oI Bon Appetit JeIIrey
Every said.
The new Iurniture is guaran-
teed Ior 10 years.
Although Hillsdale`s weather
could limit the usage oI this Iur-
niture, Mueller said that she isn`t
worried. She said students will
use the Iurniture while it`s avail-
able, and the students will enjoy
sitting outside even iI it`s only
Ior a Iew months oI the school
year.
'People love nice weather,
and being able to eat outside is
just another way Ior students
to enjoy the weather beIore it`s
gone, Student Fed Representa-
tive Tyler Warman said.
Every added that the weather
probably won`t be an issue. Be-
Iore coming to Hillsdale, Every
worked at Trine University in In-
diana and Trine`s outdoor seat-
ing was popular.
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Megan Fogt
Julie Finke
Arielle Mueller
Ashley Pieper
Katie Summa
Savanah Tibbits
Queen Nominees
Spencer Bell
Bert Hasler
Matteo Moran
Kadeem Noray
Andy Reuss
Sam Ryskamp
Rossteen Salehzadeh
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!omecoming "ourt
What do Lady Gaga`s 'Pok-
er Face, 'The Imperial March
Irom Star Wars, and Hillsdale
College`s fght song all have in
common? All can be Iound on
the pages strewn across the mu-
sic stands oI the Hillsdale Col-
lege Pep Band.
The pep band, 25 members
strong, is always in attendance
at home Iootball and basketball
games. They gained around
10 members and 10 oI the 25
students in the pep band are
Ireshmen, giving the band a
solid Ioundation Ior the com-
ing years. With the help oI new
members, increased support
Irom peers, and a $1492.32
contribution Irom the Student
Federation, the band is looking
to have its best year yet.
Back-to-back appearances in
the Student Activities Board`s
pep rally on Sept. 19 and the
frst home Iootball game the
next day gave the pep band its
frst chance to show the rest oI
campus what they`re all about
this year. Upbeat songs and a
strong sound characterized the
perIormances.
'I think it`s tying into the
student movement oI getting
more involved with sporting
events in general, sophomore
Student Director Hank Prim
said. 'We`re playing more than
we have in the past and we`ve
been received better than in the
past.
'We`re with the students,
so we Ieel their emotions; we
Ieel their excitement, and we
can make that even better,
Ireshman alto saxophone player
Brant Cohen added.
Thanks to a generous con-
tribution Irom Student Fed last
semester, the band was able to
purchase music stands to use at
perIormances. Instead oI the
clip-on Iolders that most march-
ing bands use Ior their music,
the pep band uses binders, so
the stands were a necessary in-
vestment.
'Student Federation is here
to help clubs carry out some
oI their goals. We Ielt the re-
quest was important Ior the pep
band to carry out their goal oI
enhancing our sporting events
through music, Student Fed
President Arielle Mueller said
regarding the music stand con-
tribution.
Walk by Howard Music Hall
on any given Friday aIternoon,
and the band will be practic-
ing its diverse selection oI
stand music Ior sporting events.
Practices and events are largely
student-run under the direction
oI Prim, with Lecturer in Music
Robert Henthorne acting as the
group`s adviser.
Cohen praised the student
leaders oI the band, noting that
they have been 'really welcom-
ing and inviting throughout his
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Homecoming highlights

'Go Big, Go Chargers, Go
to Homecoming is this year`s
homecoming theme, and the
week`s line-up oI events will in-
spire students and alumni to join
in the Iestivities surrounding the
day.
Highlights oI this weekend
include an alumni awards ban-
quet Friday night, a dinner Ies-
tival and tent party on Saturday
night, and the Instagram video
contest that replaced the cheer
contest during Spirit Week.
The alumni awards banquet
will recognize fve alumni. Grig-
or Hasted, director oI business
and industry and constituents/
alumni relations, said between
150-200 guests will attend, in-
cluding President Larry Arnn,
alumni, and students.
Tastes oI Hillsdale, a dinner
Iestival, will Iollow the Iootball
game on Saturday. Local res-
taurant Iood vendors, as well
as the college`s Iood service,
Bon Appetit will be in the Oak
and College street lots between
7-8:30 p.m. A $20 admission Iee
includes three $5 dinner coupon
options as well as admission to
the tent party.
The tent party, open to all
alumni Ior $5 and Iree Ior stu-
dents, will Ieature the cover
band Blue Water Kings. An-
thony Manno, director oI Stu-
dent Activities, said the band
will play two sets beginning at
7 p.m. beIore Mock Rock. The
student dance competition at 9
p.m. Blue Water Kings will also
play two sets aIter Mock Rock.
Associate Dean oI Women
Rebekah Dell will be one oI the
judges in Mock Rock; the oth-
ers are still to be announced.
The tent party will also Ieature
a 'Win a Charger Ior a Charger
raIfe, and tumbler cups avail-
able Ior purchase.
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Graduation is still almost
two semesters away Ior most
seniors, but the registrar`s oIfce
has already begun the process oI
helping students make sure they
have Iulflled all the require-
ments necessary to graduate in
the spring.
The registrar`s oIfce is en-
couraging seniors to schedule an
'audit a roughly 10-minute
process that allows the regis-
trar`s oIfce to tell seniors wheth-
er or not they have Iulflled their
graduation requirements.
According to Shelley Allen,
aide to the registrar, Iulflling
graduation requirements is not
usually an issue Ior seniors.
Still, the oIfce is emphasizing
that seniors have audits to make
sure nothing is overlooked.
Seniors can see all gradua-
tion requirements listed on pag-
es 20-22 oI the college`s course
catalogue. In addition, the regis-
trar`s oIfce will email out ma-
jor requirements to any students
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Tomorrow evening in the
Dow Leadership Center, fve
recipients will be honored at
the 63rd annual Alumni Awards
banquet, which takes place the
Friday oI homecoming week
each year.
According to Grigor Hasted,
director oI business and indus-
try and constituents/alumni
relations, the alumni are nomi-
nated Ior the honors.
Three awards will be pre-
sented: the Distinguished
Alumnus Award Ior outstand-
ing achievement in proIession,
the Tower Award Ior volun-
teerist spirit toward the college,
and the Graduate oI the Last
Decade (GOLD) Award, which
recognizes alumni who have
had signifcant proIessional
achievement within 10 years oI
graduation.
Murry Stegelmann `84
will receive the Distinguished
Alumnus Award Ior his Ioun-
dation oI Kilimanjaro Advisors
and Credit Fund.
Gregory WolIe `80 has
also earned the Distinguished
Alumnus Award Ior his work as
Iounder and editor oI IMAGE
quarterly.
The GOLD Awards will be
allocated to David Morrell `07,
Ior his work as an associate at
Jones Day law frm and prior
clerk to Supreme Court Justice
Clarence Thomas. Paul Ray
`08, will also receive the award
Ior his service as law clerk to
Honorable Samuel Alito.
Glorie Podgorski Stonisch-
Jimenez will receive the Tower
Award Ior her exemplary ser-
vice and loyalty to the college
and her work on the Hillsdale
College Board oI Women Com-
missioners.
Only Stonisch-Jimenez and
Stegelmann are able to attend
the banquet.
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Grover Campbell:
20 years of service
Grover Campbell, two de-
cades an employee at Hillsdale
College and Iour decades a resi-
dent oI the community, retires
Monday.
'It`ll be nice to not have to
get up early every morning, es-
pecially at 3 a.m. to plow snow
in the winter, Campbell said.
Campbell works Ior the
maintenance department, in re-
ceiving and delivery. He deliv-
ers supplies and mail to cam-
pus. BeIore delivery, Campbell
worked as a second shiIt custo-
dian Ior the college.
'I realized that working
nights was taking a toll on my
Iamily, so I moved up to the
grounds crew to spend more
time with them, said Camp-
bell.
Campbell`s third and fnal
job at the college is his current
one.
There will be a retirement
party Ior Campbell on Monday,
Irom 1-3 p.m., in the conIer-
ence room oI the Fowler Main-
tenance Building.
Campbell was born in Texas
and, aIter living in Wyoming,
transIerred to Hillsdale in 1979
with Marathon Petroleum Cor-
poration. He has been working
Ior 50 years, and says that he is
excited to begin receiving mon-
ey back Irom the fve decades oI
social security he`s built up.
With his new Iree time,
Campbell will continue to
watch the Detroit Lions and
Notre Dame Iootball, but will
especially be spending time
with his Iamily.
He is married with three
grown children, one oI whom
lives in Hillsdale and recently
gave Campbell a grandson.
'Not working will fnally
give me time to take care oI my
Iamily, and I`m excited to have
time to watch my grandson
grow up, Campbell said.
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transition to the new group.
With several new Iaces, the
group is optimistic about their
Iuture presence on campus.
The band has always been a
vital aspect oI Charger spirit on
campus, but the increased sup-
port and positive energy back-
ing the group is sure to make
this year one to remember.
As Prim remarked, 'The
band`s really excited; I`m excit-
ed; the student section`s excited.
We started out strong and we`ll
only get stronger.
Farmers and the curious alike
can go to both 'the Old Farmer`s
Almanac, oI 1792, and the
'Farmers` Almanac, ets. 1818
Ior prophecies oI weather. This
year, both predict a winter with
temperatures 'below or 'cold-
er-than normal.
'I`m still scared oI the cold,
Junior Allyn Morrison said.
'Any sane human being living
in Michigan should be scared oI
the cold.
The 'Farmers` Almanac,
according to a website post by
their pseudonymous Iorecaster
Caleb Weatherbee, indicates that
the Great Lakes region will pos-
sess some oI the 'most Irigid
temperatures in the country this
winter. The end oI January and
beginning oI February are ex-
pected to be the coldest stretch
oI time Ior the area.
'The Old Farmer`s Almanac
aIfrms and expands that predic-
tion to include the end oI De-
cember, and claims the whole oI
January will be particularly cold.
Neither publication is claiming
a repeat oI last winter`s 'polar
vortex phenomena, though rep-
resentatives oI both reportedly
told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
last week that overall this win-
ter would be 'as bad or worse
than last year`s. Meanwhile,
the National Weather Service is
predicting winter temperatures
around the Great Lakes at or
slightly above average Ior the
December-February period.
The almanac`s publication, in
particular the Associated Press`
coverage oI their predictions,
has sparked criticism oI their
methodology and Iorecasting
ability.
'The Old Farmer`s Almanac
claims to use what they describe
as a 'secret Iormula developed
by original old Iarmer Robert
B. Thomas and incorporates
sun spots, prevailing weather
patterns, and meteorology. The
notes to the Iormula are kept
locked in a black box in their oI-
fces in New Hampshire. Other
tools oI weather prognosis on
the 'Old Farmer`s website in-
clude predicting the weather
with a pig spleen, the 'ol` goose
bone method, and persimmon
seeds.
The 'Farmers` Almanac also
makes claims to a secret Iormu-
la, incorporating mathematics
and astronomy, developed by
its frst editor in 1818. In addi-
tion to sunspots, the 'Farmers`
Almanac incorporates lunar
phases and tidal activities in its
considerations, amongst other
unrevealed Iactors.
While 'The Old Farmer`s
Almanac boasts that it has an
80 percent accuracy rate, and its
competitor`s claims are similar,
critics oI the almanacs say that
their actual records are much
lower. A number oI meteorolo-
gists have said the almanac`s
accuracy is probably closer to
40 or 50 percent depending on
interpretation oI the predictions.
The Washington Post pointed
out in August that, while the al-
manacs predicted a brutal winter
last year, they were 'laughably
wrong in their Iorecasts Ior this
past summer. Rather than the op-
pressive, unusual humidity and
heat predicted, most oI the coun-
try experienced a mild summer.
Last winter was quite cold as
both almanacs predicted.
The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration`s
National Climatic Data Center
said that December oI last year
through this past February was
the tenth coldest winter in Mich-
igan records, and the third cold-
est winter Ior Detroit.
Grover Campbell, part oI
the Hillsdale Maintenance crew
that cleared snow everyday,
sometimes as early as 3 a.m.,
said 'last year was really really
tough; it was hard on all oI us.
And while they may not work
in Maintenance, students agree.
'Last year was tough, Phoe-
nix, Arizona native junior Al-
lyn Morrison said. 'I basically
looked like a giant mushroom
Ior Iour months. Marie Wathen
broke her leg! It was bad. It was
worse than my Ireshman year
when I broke my ankle.
With no defnitive long-term
weather Iorecast as winter ap-
proaches, we will have to wait.
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Alumni Awards Baquet
6 p.m. Social Hour
7 p.m. Dinner Served
Charger Football
Alumni
6:15 p.m. dinner with
team
8 p.m. cocktail recep-
tion
Pep rally with Bon Fire
and Fireworks
9 p.m.
All Alumni Party
9 p.m.- 12 a.m.
Cash Bar
Alumni Choir Reunion
and Rehearsal
9:30 a.m.
Wild Bill`s Homecoming
Fun Run
10 a.m. registration
Charger Golf Outing
10 a.m. registration
11 a.m. shotgun start
Varsity Tennis vs. Lake
Superior State University
11 a.m.
Baseball Alumni Game
and Picnic
11 a.m.
Checkpoint Charger
Registration Tent Open
11 a.m. - 4:30 p.m
Charger Tailgate
12 p.m. - 4:30
Football Alumni Flag
Football Game
1 p.m.
Homecoming Parade
3:30 p.m.
Charger Football vs.
Grand Valley State Uni-
vesity
4:30
Taste of Hillsdale Post-
Game Dinner Festival
7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Charger Tent Party
7 p.m. - 12 a.m.
Mock Rock
Dance Partv
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Students hear Wendell Berry
This past weekend, 30 Hill-
sdale students had the opportu-
nity to hear celebrated novel-
ist and activist Wendell Berry
speak at the Iourth annual Front
Porch Republic conIerence in
Louisville, Kentucky.
The conIerence is held every
year at various locations across
America to 'examine ways to
promote a more comprehensive
localist vision, according to
the Front Porch Republic web-
site.
'|Berry| doesn`t give that
many public appearances, said
senior David Roach, who at-
tended the conIerence. 'So it
was really interesting to hear
him speak.
'It was great to hear various
responses to our very Hillsda-
lean questions concerning the
problem oI modernity, junior
Aaron Schreck said.
The Front Porch Republic
is an organization that claims
its overall purpose is to raise
awareness oI the localist vi-
sion. Accordingly, Berry was
brought in on Saturday to read
some oI his essays and answer
questions about localism.
'This might be the only time
I`ll have the chance to read a
prolifc author and then see him
speak in person, junior Matt
Sauer said. 'The way |Berry|
ended his speech when he said
not to worry about understand-
ing everything, that it`s enough
to just live |with what we have|,
that really struck me.
Other speakers were also
present at the conIerence, and
among those who impacted the
students were Justin Litke and
Susannah Black.
'I had just read Dr. Gamble`s
In Search oI a City on a Hill,
so I knew exactly what his-
tory |Litke| was reIerencing in
his speech about American ex-
ceptionalism, and I really liked
that, Sauer said.
Junior Forester McClatchey
attended the conIerence be-
cause he 'wanted to hear what
an ancient man had to say about
sustainable Iarming and pre-
serving local culture enjoyed
the weekend`s diversity.
'Everyone was talking about
the loss oI the agrarian way oI
liIe and the destructive Iorce oI
society and Susannah, who was
Irom Queens, gave an alternate
view oI preserving culture, an
eloquent deIense oI how cit-
ies can be stimulating places in
their own way, he said.
When asked iI he would
recommend this conIerence to
anyone who could attend in the
Iuture, McClatchey said yes.
'Totes. It made me want to
be Iriends with donkeys that
Iarm my feld.

National Review Staff Writ-
er Charles Cooke is a gradu-
ate of the Universitv of Oxford,
where he studied modern his-
torv and politics. He writes on
the Second Amendment, Anglo-
American historv, free speech,
and American Exceptionalism.
He is the co-host of the podcast
'Mad Dogs and Englishmen.`
In addition to National Review,
his writing has appeared in Na-
tional Interest, the Washington
Times, and the New York Post.
He lives in Connecticut with his
wife.
You were born in England
and grew up in an anti-gun
culture. Now, you write in
support of the Second Amend-
ment. How did your viewpoint
change?
Well, I always joke that I`m
a recovering hoplophobe, and
I mean that quite literally. I ab-
sorbed, a bit by osmosis, the
English distaste Ior guns. The
English see the American at-
titude towards guns and the
American legal protection oI the
right to bear arms and American
gun culture as being, at best, a
Ioible, and at worst, a character
faw. I had no reason to ques-
tion that. And so when, in 1996,
a man named Thomas Hamil-
ton walked into Dunblane High
School in Scotland and killed
18 children and himselI, I had
no problem whatsoever with the
British government`s response,
which was to ban and gather up
all handguns. When Columbine
happened, I remember think-
ing, as did everyone in England,
that there was no other reason-
able solution than to summarily
ban all frearms. I`d never heard
anyone make a case that guns
should be legal or that it was a
positive and virtuous thing Ior
guns to be legal. So, I was pretty
standard anti-gun Brit.
But I started reading Ameri-
can history. I wrote a thesis on
the Second Amendment at Ox-
Iord, and I imagined I`d take a
Iairly standard line, which is
that the notion that the Second
Amendment protects individual
rights is preposterous. But it`s
not (laughs). It was extremely
irritating to fnd that out.
Was it all that research or
did something more convince
you?
I think it was three things.
Having done that research, I
looked more into the practical
side oI things. Can you take a
country with 400 million pri-
vately-owned frearms and, by
Iorce oI law, confscate them or
make sure they only end up in
the hands oI the good guy? You
just can`t do it. Especially with
the Second Amendment and a
culture built around frearms,
and to try to do so would prob-
ably start a civil war. So, when
you hear the anti-gun brigade
talk about Australia and talk
about Britain, they are compar-
ing countries that don`t even re-
motely have the same cultures.
In Britain, when they banned
frearms, there was a protest
Ior about an hour, attended by
2,000 or so people outside Par-
liament. That was the end oI it.
In America, you`d see death.
So, that practical side oI things
just doesn`t work. And the
third point, when my politics
changed, my conception oI how
the government and the citizen
related to one another changed.
I`m not sure there`s a better,
more eIIective, more instruc-
tive proxy Ior that relationship
than that the government is not
permitted to disarm those who
employ it. It really makes no
sense when you stop and think
about it. To say you`ve created
this government to serve us, and
now the representatives that we
employ are going to turn around
and disarm us to remove the
means by which they might, in a
crisis, be removed. That`s not a
gun point as it is so much a gen-
eral philosophical principle.
Maybe we shouldn`t fear
outright conscation, but
should we fear further restric-
tions on guns?
I think there are two big
threats at the moment. One is
the continuing attempt to crimi-
nalize frearms that look a cer-
tain way, these so-called assault
weapons. I have an AR-15. It
looks like a machine gun, but
it`s not. It`s no diIIerent than my
hunting rife. It`s just lighter. It`s
more customizable, and it`s eas-
ier Ior my wiIe to shoot because
oI that. That gun has, in some
states, been banned Ior those
reasons. There`s no material diI-
Ierence whatsoever. The second
threat is, I think, Irom these uni-
versal background checks. What
they`ve done, in Colorado in par-
ticular, is draw very broad laws
that leave the general population
in doubt as to what constitutes
a transIer. There`s a woman I
talked to in Colorado who was
in a car accident and had a con-
cealed weapon. She was taken
to the hospital. She was in over-
night and, by law, the police had
to store her frearm. And that`s
fne, there`s nothing wrong with
that law. You don`t want rogue
frearms wandering around the
hospital. But when the police
looked up the law, which was
badly and broadly written, they
discovered that they had, by tak-
ing it oII oI her, transIerred it,
and thereIore couldn`t give it
back to her. It took three months
Ior her to get it back. Now this is
a woman who was poor. There`s
no other way oI putting it. She
was a cleaner, and she worked in
a dangerous area. She reIused to
go into the area without a gun,
and so she didn`t work while
all oI this was straightened out.
That`s just unacceptable.
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The brewing industry is one
oI the Iastest-growing markets
in the state oI Michigan. Micro-
breweries are beginning to pop
up at an increased rate, but some
oI the state`s out-oI-date liquor
laws might be hampering these
companies` potential.
Michigan citizens and com-
panies are working to change
these laws to make it easier Ior
people to get into the brewing in-
dustry. Generation Opportunity
is a nonproft millennial advoca-
cy organization based in Wash-
ington, D.C., with a network oI
grass roots organizations in sev-
eral states. The Michigan branch
oI Generation Opportunity is
fghting these out-oI-date laws
to help the brewing industry in
the state.
'The regulations against the
brewing industry in Michigan
are unIair and make it hard to get
into the business, Generation
Opportunity`s Regional Press
Secretary Rebecca CoIIman
said.
Many oI the laws that are in
place are Irom the Prohibition
Era and are against the growth
oI anything to do with alcoholic
beverages. On Monday, Genera-
tion Opportunity held their 'Free
the Brewers event at Founders
Brewing Company in Grand
Rapids, Michigan. The goal oI
the event was to raise awareness
about these out-oI-date laws and
gain support Irom young people
in the state. Rep. Justin Amash
and Lt. Gov. Brian Calley spoke
at the event.
'We are out there trying to
bring in people to raise aware-
ness about these issues, Kevin
Gardner, Generation Opportu-
nity`s state director in Michigan,
said. 'We are going to lawmak-
ers to change things.
OI all oI the laws hampering
the brewing industry, three stand
out: the three cheers system, li-
censing requirements, and state
and Iederal taxes on beer.
'The three cheers system re-
quires brewers, distributors, and
retailers as separate entities,
Gardner said. 'II you want to
sell beer you need a middleman,
the system infates the cost oI
beer and hurts entrepreneurs try-
ing to get in the industry.
As Iar as licensing goes, the
government is very involved in
the process and makes it very
diIfcult Ior local brewers to get
the proper license to brew. There
are some harsh limits about how
many licenses are given out and
how many barrels a microbrew-
ery can brew in a year.
'It`s the government think-
ing that it knows what is best
Ior consumers when it`s actually
harming them, Gardner said.
The tax on beer harms brew-
ers as well. In Michigan, beer
is taxed at the state and Iederal
level. Currently the state tax is
20 cents per gallon, which is the
28th-highest tax in the country.
Higher taxes make brewing beer
more expensive and tough Ior
young brewers trying to start a
company. Right now some oI the
laws are turning brewers away.
'I have looked into brewing
as something to do aIter I gradu-
ate, senior P.J. Cooley said. 'II
the laws Ior licensing and sell-
ing beer were updated and made
more sense Ior the time we`re in,
it would defnitely make joining
the brewing industry more entic-
ing.
The main Iocus with this
campaign is to improve the con-
ditions Ior current and Iuture
generations in the brewing in-
dustry.
'We know we can get the
country back on track with en-
trepreneurs in our own states,
Gardner said. 'What works is
less government and more op-
portunity.
Generation Opportunity will
be at Hillsdale Irom 6-8 p.m. on
Tuesday at the Dow Leadership
Center as they continue their
tour oI Michigan campuses.
There will be Iree dinner and
drinks while they talk about their
mission and gain support.
'The seating at Trine was
only available Ior a Iew months,
but the students loved it, Every
said.
Student Fed is excited Ior the
new seating, especially because
oI the positive impact it will
have on the campus.
'It will be nice to eat outside
fnally, Warman said. 'The Iur-
niture is really nice, and it should
make the dining experience at
school much better.
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Last Friday, the White House
announced its 'It's On Us initia-
tive aimed at combating sexual
assaults on college campuses. I'm
all in Iavor oI combating sexual
assault, but the frst priority in
combating a problem is under-
standing it.
That's not the White House's
frst priority. Roughly six weeks
beIore Election Day, its chieI
concern is to translate an exciting
social media campaign into a get-
out-the-vote operation.
Accurate statistics are oI lim-
ited use in that regard because
rape and sexual assault have
been declining Ior decades. So
the Obama administration and
its allied activist groups trot out
the claim that there is a rape epi-
demic victimizing 1 in 5 women
on college campuses. This con-
veniently horriIying number is a
classic example oI being too ter-
rible to check. II it were true, it
would mean that rape would be
more prevalent on elite campuses
than in many oI the most impov-
erished and crime-ridden com-
munities.
It comes Irom tendentious De-
partment oI Justice surveys that
count 'attempted Iorced kissing
and other potentially caddish acts
that even the DOJ admits 'are not
criminal.
According to one Department
oI Justice survey, more than halI
the respondents said they didn't
report the assault because they
didn't think 'the incident was
serious enough to report. More
than a third said they weren't
clear on whether the incident
was a crime or even iI harm was
intended. But President Obama
uses these surveys to justiIy us-
ing the terms 'rape and 'sexual
assault interchangeably.
And yet those who question
the alleged rape epidemic are the
ones who don't take rape seri-
ously? I would think confating
a boorish attempt at an undesired
kiss with Iorcible rape is an ex-
ample oI not taking rape seri-
ously.
The 'It's On Us PR stunt is
not an exception; it is par Ior the
course. To listen to pretty much
anyone in the Democratic Party
these days, you'd think these are
dark days Ior women. But by any
objective measure, things have
been going great Ior women Ior a
long time, under Republicans and
Democrats alike.
Women earn 57 percent oI
bachelor's degrees, 63 percent oI
master's degrees and 53 percent
oI doctorates. They constitute the
majority oI the U.S. workIorce
and the majority oI managers.
Single women without kids earn
8 percent more than single men
without children in most cities.
Women make up almost halI oI
medical school applicants and
nearly 80 percent oI veterinary
school enrollees.
The recession a.k.a. the
'mancession hit men much
harder, and women recovered
Irom it much more quickly. When
you account Ior hours worked
and job choices, pay equity is
pretty much here already. Sure,
this is a snapshot, but Iew serious
people think it isn't a snapshot oI
a race in which women are surg-
ing ahead.
A broad coalition oI Ieminist
groups, Democratic Party activ-
ists and the journalists who carry
water Ior them reIuse to recog-
nize the progress women have
made unless it is in the context oI
how 'Iragile these victories are.
Going by the endless stream oI
Iundraising emails I get Irom the
Democratic Party, Emily's List
never mind New York Times
editorials and other usual sus-
pects, we're always one election
away Irom losing it all. II Harry
Reid isn't the majority leader next
year, it's back to wearing corsets
and churning butter Ior you.
Obviously, this isn't all about
elections. There's a vast Ieminist
industrial complex that is ad-
dicted to institutionalized panic.
On college campuses, Ieminist
and gender studies departments
depend almost entirely on a con-
stant drumbeat oI crisis-monger-
ing to keep their increasingly ir-
relevant courses alive. Abortion
rights groups now use 'women's
health and 'access to abortion
on demand as iI they are syn-
onymous terms. The lack oI a
subsidy Ior birth control pills is
tantamount to a Iederal Iorced
breeding program.
Sure, women still Iace chal-
lenges. But the system Ieminists
have constructed cannot long sur-
vive an outbreak oI confdence
in the permanence oI women's
progress. The last thing the gen-
erals need is Ior the troops to
fnd out that the 'war on women
ended a long time ago and the
women won.
Jonah Goldberg is a fellow at
the American Enterprise Institute
and editor-at-large of National
Review Online.
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Last Saturday, at 2 p.m., a
horde oI halI-naked men made
its way down to the shore oI
murky, plant-inIested, bacteria-
laden Lake Winona with a bunch
oI cardboard boxes. The horde
hailed Irom Simpson, Gallo-
way, and NiedIeldt, and they
sought to restore a Cravats and
Bluestockings-Iounded tradition
whose loss not all had mourned:
the Naval Battle.
Most oI its vessels do not last
long in the water, meaning the
'battle usually devolves into
a shallow-water brawl: Think
more rugby in a monsoon than
'Master and Commander.
Staged in past years in the
Arboretum pond, construction
in and around that body oI water
Iorced the custom into exile last
year. Some oI us were hoping
this disruption would end.
But no. Yet again, armies oI
male students charged Irom their
respective dorms to engage in an
activity at once childish, stupid,
and dangerous. For the sake oI
some horseplay, they risked in-
jury, disease, and the invasion oI
mud and lily pads into parts oI
their bodies where mud and lily
pads likely have not yet touched.
Good Ior them.
For the puerility, Iatuity, and
peril inherent in such an exercise
also demonstrate in its partici-
pants physical robustness, cour-
age, and manliness.
On Hillsdale`s campus, one
could hardly fnd an oIfcial
event more disgusting than the
Naval Battle. Lake Winona may
beautiIully fank the IM felds
and the Iootball stadium, but the
contents oI its water are ques-
tionable, to say the least. But
when did such considerations
stop boys Irom having Iun? Roll-
ing around in the mud, scraping
knees, swimming in the creek
all are activities that both serve
as an eIIective respite Irom the
Hillsdale deIault mode oI ab-
stract contemplation, and should
have marked the childhood oI
every selI-respecting male.
To the extent that modern
society overprotects children
and limits the playing Ireedom
oI boys (and young males), we
stunt the adventurousness, the
courageousness, and the bold-
ness oI our youth. We produce
what C.S. Lewis called 'men
without chests, and we spread
throughout society virtues anti-
thetical to the thumos ('bristling
reaction oI an animal in Iace oI
a threat or a possible threat, ac-
cording to Harvey Mansfeld)
proper to every soul.
And especially to the male
soul. For, to put it bluntly, stu-
pidity is part oI the essence oI
manhood. Now, usually, we call
this virtue 'courage, but this is
mostly a diIIerence oI degree,
not oI kind. Without this virtue,
no human, and no man especial-
ly, could motivate himselI to do
things neither immediately nor
ever conducive to his own selI-
ish pleasure, to be bold Ior its
own sake, or to make sacrifces
Ior the good oI others when nec-
essary.
In an age when cultural
elites are rapidly coming to re-
gard diIIerences between sexes
as imaginary products oI a so-
ciety biased in Iavor oI men,
when more women populate
and graduate Irom most college
campuses than men, and when
employment felds traditionally
dominated by men (construc-
tion, manuIacturing, agriculture)
are Iading beIore globalization
and automation, it is reIreshing
to see a group oI young men
plunge into a disgusting lake,
fght with each other, and get a
little dirty and bloody. Theodore
Roosevelt may not have much
purchase on this campus, but his
description oI masculine virtue
rings true to the Naval Battle:
'It is not the critic who
counts; not the man who points
out how the strong man stum-
bles, or where the doer oI deeds
could have done them better. The
credit belongs to the man who is
actually in the arena, whose Iace
is marred by dust and sweat and
blood; who strives valiantly;
who errs, who comes short again
and again, because there is no eI-
Iort without error and shortcom-
ing; but who does actually strive
to do the deeds; who knows
great enthusiasms, the great de-
votions; who spends himselI in
a worthy cause; who at the best
knows in the end the triumph oI
high achievement, and who at
the worst, iI he Iails, at least Iails
while daring greatly, so that his
place shall never be with those
cold and timid souls who neither
know victory nor deIeat.
You`ll probably never see me
wrestling my Iellow males in
Lake Winona`s muddy waters
anytime soon; I like to think I
hone my masculine virtue in oth-
er activities. But maybe some-
time I should. AIter all, there`s
nothing wrong with a little mud.
As long as I don`t come out
oI it with a parasite.
Senior Jack Butler is assis-
tant opinions editor and presi-
dent of the Gadv Group.
No one knows how many laws there are in the United States.
We only know that the number is increasing. Congress passes
1,000-page laws. Each day, regulatory agencies issue rules with
the Iorce oI law. Just last week, the Federal Register listed 84 new
regulations.
In Federalist No. 62, Publius warned oI this: 'It will be oI little
avail to the people, that the laws are made by men oI their own
choice, iI the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read...
They cannot be guessed, either, Ior many laws criminalize be-
havior that would otherwise be acceptable. For example, in Michi-
gan, iI you are purchasing poultry Ior resale, you can be convicted
oI a misdemeanor and Iace 90 days in jail Ior Iailing to record the
license plate number oI the vehicle delivering the birds. No ethical
system teaches that poultry delivery license registration is a moral
imperative.
Lamentably, many oI these crimes are 'strict liability oIIenses,
meaning you can be Iound guilty even iI you didn`t know your
action was illegal.
Many more oI these crimes, such as the poultry regulation, are
ambiguous the text oI the laws doesn`t speciIy whether intent is
required, leaving it up to courts to decide.
State Rep. Mike Shirkey (R-Clark Lake) introduced a bill into
the Michigan House oI Representatives last month that would
clariIy this ambiguity. Any law enacted aIter Jan. 1, 2015 creat-
ing a criminal oIIense would be understood to require prosecutors
to show that the deIendant acted 'purposely, knowingly, or reck-
lessly.
This is a good start, but ambiguity isn`t the only problem. Strict
liability can be a problem even when written into the laws, because
crimes should require intent, especially iI they`re not clearly mor-
ally wrong.
Traditionally, criminal convictions require evidence oI both a
criminal act (actus reus) and a criminal mind (mens rea). TheIt
does not consist merely oI taking someone`s property, but oI inten-
tionally taking it knowing that it is not yours to take.
Yet in a quest Ior regulatory eIfciency, too oIten this has been
laid aside in Iavor oI strict liability.
Take the case oI Shaneen Allen, a single mother oI two who
started carrying a handgun aIter being robbed twice. She made the
mistake oI assuming that her Pennsylvania carry license would al-
low her to exercise her right to bear arms in New Jersey. She was
wrong. New Jersey doesn`t recognize Pennsylvania carry licenses,
so she Iaced a three-year mandatory minimum sentence and a con-
viction that would ruin her medical career. Under public pressure,
the prosecutor dropped the case last week, but the point remains:
Strict liability oIIenses can destroy the lives oI citizens guilty oI
nothing more than honest mistakes.
The regulators, be they congressmen or bureaucrats, will coun-
ter that strict liability is necessary to ensure maximum compliance.
The original strict liability regulations were designed to Iorce inno-
cent people to take extraordinary care in such matters as avoiding
selling adulterated milk. The point wasn`t to punish wrongdoing,
but instead to make people comply with the regulators` plans.
This objection is valid. Admittedly, iI people can be punished
Ior violating regulations they didn`t know existed, they`ll take
more care to educate themselves about regulations and society will
better conIorm to the regulators` wishes.
But fe on that. It`s more important to avoid destroying innocent
people`s lives than to maximize compliance.
Criminal law traditionally served to punish wrongdoing. There`s
nothing wrong with unwittingly violating the plans oI regulators,
elected or otherwise. It`s simply unjust to brand innocents as crimi-
nals Ior accidental noncompliance.
Strict liability also undermines the presumption oI innocence.
The deIendant ought to be held innocent until proven guilty in both
deed and intent.
As Justice Robert Jackson explained in Morissette v. United
States, a landmark Supreme Court case addressing criminal intent,
'The purpose and obvious eIIect oI doing away with the require-
ment oI a guilty intent is to ease the prosecution's path to convic-
tion.
A Iree and just society doesn`t ease the path to conviction Ior
people who violate unknowable rules.
The Michigan legislature should pass Shirkey`s bill and other
state legislatures should pass equivalent bills. The Iederal govern-
ment should pass such a bill, as well as one applying to the various
independent executive agencies to which they`ve delegated power.
Finally, lawmakers at all levels should reIrain Irom creating
strict liability oIIenses iI at all possible. The country may become
a bit harder to regulate, but it will be a Ireer place, and more just.
Junior Walker Mullev is a George Washington Fellow.
Last week, the Collegian
covered the proposed amend-
ment to the Student Federation
Constitution, which would se-
cure a seat Ior a member oI the
Van Andel Graduate School oI
Statesmanship.
The idea has been in play
since last year, and is shared
by the undergraduate students
as much it is by the graduate
students. The grad students in-
terviewed made the only two
arguments necessary to see that
implementing the amendment
needs no debate. Give the grad
students a seat.
'Taxation without represen-
tation was the rallying cry oI
the American Revolution, ap-
pears on every Washington,
D.C. license plate, and lies
at the heart oI the statesmen-
in-training`s desire to have a
seat at the Student Fed feet
oI tables. As the article men-
tioned last week, grad students
pay student Iees like the rest
oI campus. They should have
a voice in how those Iees are
spent. II you`re worried about
a coup by the didn`t-want-to-
stop-going-to-schoolers, stop
it. They want one seat. That`s
only a little more power than
Queen Elizabeth II. It`ll be the
most eIfcient seat on the Fed,
too: one proto-statesman repre-
senting a couple dozen more.
So, there`s your justice ar-
gument. The graduate students
just want all their rights oI Hill-
sdale citizenship. Plus, Hills-
dale is a college, a partnership.
Though these are late additions
to the partnership, it doesn`t
make them less a part oI it.
Christ`s parable oI the laborers,
in which the same denarius was
paid 'unto this last the late
arrivals to the feld as was
paid to the men who came with
the dawn, denies us a right to
reject the graduate students` de-
sire to join with us in the privi-
lege oI student government.
The Hillsdale student com-
munity is more than the events
and clubs that the Student
Federation fnances and Iacili-
tates. While the integration oI
the graduate students into this
community can only take time
and charity, taking this fnite
step toward Iurther Iriendship
between grad students and un-
dergrads is simple.
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Hillsdale College needs a little
more LuciIer.
LuciIer, the original 'radical, re-
ceives a shoutout in Saul Alinsky`s
'Rules Ior Radicals, which should
be required reading Ior every Hills-
dale College student.
Alinsky`s views and tactics go
against everything the college stands
Ior, and that is why his book, or ex-
cerpts Irom it, should be added to
the American Heritage Reader. The
Reader already contains speeches
Irom Woodrow Wilson and Franklin
D. Roosevelt which are included to
provide a contrary school oI thought.
It is time to arm students with some
insight into modern progressivism
and its tactics.
'Rules Ior Radicals provides
a look at the American leIt that
students will not get Irom study-
ing Wilson and Roosevelt, and that
they deIinitely won`t receive Irom
studying the Founders. Wilson and
Roosevelt oIIer a nice look at the
roots oI progressivism in America,
but say very little oI the tactics the
progressives use. And it is great and
all that Hillsdale students can quote
the Founders like robots, but no
good will come oI that when the leIt
smears them as close-minded, big-
oted, racist tea-baggers.
The importance oI reading Saul
Alinsky is twoIold. First, what better
way to truly know what you believe
than conIronting one oI the blunt-
est outlines oI the opposing view-
point? Second, when the leIt throws
a punch your way, it is best to know
where they are coming Irom so you
can react.
Hillsdale is comprised oI students
who come mostly Irom conserva-
tive Christian households, many oI
which have as much exposure to
progressive thinking as having once
driven behind a Prius. No one will
deny that the 'Hillsdale bubble ex-
ists and that, at this point, it`s a cli-
che. But bubbles pop, and students
need to be exposed to the real world
beIore it shakes them down Ior all
their marbles.
Saul Alinsky can quickly en-
lighten students to what they are
up against in the war oI ideas. The
book starts by outlining his ideology
oI change. Like the liberal elite he
inIluenced, Alinsky views the aver-
age citizen as nothing more than a
pawn to be manipulated in a game
oI chess. The public will succumb to
the pressures oI the culture. And as
an agent oI change, it is your role to
manipulate what the public believes.
He continues by giving examples
that liIe is a series oI conIlicts be-
tween the Haves and the Have-Nots,
and through organized revolution-
ary change, history progresses. This
is entirely contrary to the thinking
oI the College. Hillsdale`s Mission
statement explicitly says: 'The Col-
lege values the merit oI each unique
individual, rather than succumbing
to the dehumanizing, discriminatory
trend.
The real value oI reading Saul
Alinsky is to understand his tactics
Ior being an eIIective organizer and
agent oI change. These tactics can be
seen played out in American politics
every single day. They outline how
to obtain power and inIluence, how
to motivate people, how to ridicule
and polarize your enemy, and how
to bring about change. Progressive
leaders like Obama and Clinton
were inIluenced by much oI Alin-
sky`s thinking, and they have been
successIul in utilizing his tactics.
Two examples that quickly come
to mind are the dehumanization oI
Sarah Palin in 2008 and the vicious
attacks on Romney and his time with
Bain Capital. Alinsky`s Iinal rule, oI
the 12 outlined in the book, is 'Pick
the target, Ireeze it, personalize it,
and polarize it, and it has been eI-
Iectively deployed against conserva-
tive leaders. Hello, Koch brothers.
Just last week, the Washington
Free Beacon discovered a series oI
Iangirl-like letters Irom college-age
Hillary Clinton to Alinsky. This rela-
tionship went as Iar as Alinsky oIIer-
ing Hillary a job, which she turned
down to attend Yale Law School.
Even William F. Buckley, one oI
the Iounders oI the modern conser-
vatism, did not shy away Irom Alin-
sky. In Iact, he brought the commu-
nity organizer onto his show 'Firing
Line to discuss their diIIerences.
Hillsdale College does a tremen-
dous job preparing students Ior liv-
ing a liIe in pursuit oI the good, the
true, and the beautiIul, but none oI
that matters when the leIt uses Alin-
sky tactics to demonize you. Then,
Iar too oIten, conservatives get stuck
in the mud, and Iail to articulate
their message.
The solution is simple: Expose
Hillsdale students to the ways oI
Alinsky and to modern progres-
sive tactics by adding 'Rules Ior
Radicals to the American Heritage
Reader.
Senior Nate Brand is the founder
of Hillsdale Young Americans for
Freedom.
Their names are James Foley and
Stephen SotloII. They were two Amer-
ican citizens killed this year under
the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham
(ISIS) terrorist regime.
Freelance journalist James Foley
was beheaded in Syria by ISIS in re-
sponse to U.S. airstrikes and military
actions in August. This month, ISIS
militants murdered journalist Steven
SotloII aIter his year-long captivity.
Both Foley and SotloII are witness-
es to things worth dying Ior.
They were both journalists who
Ireely worked in the most danger-
ous parts oI the world. They realized
that journalism, rather than just being
a career, was a vital necessity to liIe.
They saw the evil oI the world and
decided to live amid it in order to re-
port the truths oI it. Foley, aIter his re-
lease Irom his frst captivity in Libya
in 2011, proceeded to Syria, where he
was murdered. The horrors oI kidnap-
ping, torture, and death were Iears that
could not restrain Foley Irom pursu-
ing the truth where it could be Iound,
and ensuring that Americans knew that
truth.
In the words oI Secretary oI State
John Kerry, Foley was a courageous
American who 'went to the darkest
oI places to shine the light oI truth...
who lived out the meaning oI the word
journalism.
They recognized that truth is some-
thing worth dying Ior.
More important than just being jour-
nalists, Foley and SotloII were Ameri-
can citizens. They are still American
citizens, and should be revered as true
patriots. Foley was the frst American
citizen to be killed by ISIS. And a
strike against an American is a strike
against the whole country itselI.
And most importantly, they were
devout men oI Iaith who upheld their
belieIs at all costs. They did not just
say that they believed, but they put
their Iaith into action at great personal
risk, even to the extent oI laying down
their lives.
During his captivity, Foley prayed
the rosary by counting oII the 100
Hail Marys on his knuckles. It was a
source oI comIort and hope Ior him.
Despite the separation Irom his Iriends
and Iamily, prayer was a connection to
those he knew were praying Ior him
also.
'II nothing else, prayer was the
glue that enabled my Ireedom, an inner
Ireedom frst and later the miracle oI
being released during a war in which
the regime had no real incentive to Iree
us, Foley said, aIter being released in
2011.
SotloII was a devout Jew who
Iasted and prayed during his imprison-
ment. The Washington Post reported
that he would Ieign sickness during
Yom Kippur in order to keep the Iast,
and would pray Iacing toward Jerusa-
lem by adjusting the angle at which his
Muslim captors prayed.
Foley and SotloII recognized that
Iaith is something worth dying Ior.
Americans can, should, and indeed
must learn Irom these exemplary men.
They are an endangered species in
America these days. Foley and Sotl-
oII were the truest patriots and IaithIul
seekers oI truth, selfess men caught in
a selfsh world.
Their names are Foley and SotloII,
and they must be remembered Ior their
love. It was love which prompted them
to do what they did. It was love Ior
journalism, Ior the seeking oI the truth,
which prompted them on their way.
Love Ior America was their crime.
Love Ior God and their Iaith supplied
the stronghold throughout the striIe,
and the endurance to fght the good
fght. Love provided the courage, and
love will provide the reward.
Junior Emma Jinton is a member of
the Dow Journalism Program studving
English.
Dear Editor,

In her piece on the recent debate
between Rea Hederman and John
Strinka, Kate Patrick badly mischar-
acterizes the Hillsdale College Eco-
nomics program, suggesting that it
'tends to be one-sided in its teach-
ing. I wish to correct this view. As
assessment oIfcer Ior the Economics
and Political Economy programs I`ve
looked at over 20 undergraduate eco-
nomics programs at strong liberal arts
colleges and major universities. Our
Hillsdale programs are very competi-
tive and are not 'one-sided or biased
in the way her piece suggests.
First, economics is a social sci-
ence, not an ideology. Ms. Patrick
seems unaware oI the distinction
(hence her mischaracterization oI Mr.
Strinka and later oI advocates oI Dis-
tributist or Agrarian policies as econ-
omists). As with other sciences, there
is a standard body oI generally ac-
cepted theory and method within the
discipline. This is what we teach at
Hillsdale, and our program does not
diIIer Irom economics programs else-
where in this respect. We work very
hard to ensure that our majors receive
an education in the discipline that is
comparable with what they would re-
ceive in economics programs at other
schools. It is Iairly easy to demon-
strate our success in this Ior ex-
ample, the percentage oI our students
going on to strong graduate programs
is remarkably high, and their suc-
cess rates in these programs are well
above average.
Second, the Hillsdale economics
program actually gives students a
greater exposure to socialist thought
than do the vast majority oI econom-
ics programs I`ve examined. My own
History oI Economic Thought cours-
es mandatory Ior majors cover
Marxism and other Iorms oI social-
ism in some depth, and give them a
very Iair treatment. We also oIIer on
occasion (e.g. next semester) Com-
parative Economic Systems. Social-
ist arguments Ior central economic
planning are also covered in the two
elective courses in Austrian econom-
ics. So contrary to Ms. Patrick`s as-
sertions, Economics at Hillsdale does
not put students into a 'bubble. Our
students generally have Iar more ex-
posure to serious socialist thought
than those in other schools I`ve taught
or examined. That examination oI so-
cialist economic ideas generally fnds
them to be fawed is not a matter oI
one-sidedness or ideology there
are very serious conceptual and prac-
tical problems with socialism. This
is why most economics programs I
know oI give no consideration at all
to socialist economic thought (unlike
Hillsdale, ironically).
The Hillsdale Economics program
has been quite successIul in building
a reputation Ior rigorous economics
and we are continually working to
improve it. It is important that it not
be misrepresented.

Sincerely,
Charles N. Steele, Ph.D.
Herman and Suzanne Dettwiler
Chair in Economics
Associate ProIessor
I`m an English major who is hardly
ever happier than when analyzing a
poem and who would never tire oI re-
reading parts oI 'Gilead. But rather
than taking as many English classes as
possible, I have taken classes in history,
politics, and philosophy. I`ve Iound it a
IruitIul approach among many possible
rewarding courses oI study, and would
encourage Iellow students with a broad
interest in the humanities and who have
only one major to do likewise.
To an underclassman considering an
English, history, politics, or philosophy
major, I would encourage you to fnd
your deepest love in the humanities. It
may be hard to choose, but don`t double-
major and don`t have any minors. This
method will allow you to have a clear Io-
cus, and help you maintain the necessary
balance in education between breadth
and depth.
But then, Irom that central major, you
can branch outward. Take the other class-
es in the humanities that interest you. And
certainly take classes in math, science,
or whatever else you fnd intriguing.
All knowledge is ultimately connected.
There are direct applications between the
insights oI 17th-century political thinkers
that you learn in Western Heritage II with
Assistant ProIessor oI History Matthew
Gaetano that can illuminate
your appreciation oI those
same thinkers in the Congress
class with Associate ProIes-
sor oI Politics Kevin Portteus.
Extra humanities classes
are enjoyable, make your
mind work in diIIerent ways,
and ultimately reinIorce the
central trunk oI your main
major. I think I`m a better
English major because I`ve
taken American Political
Thought and Medieval Phi-
losophy. From the outset oI
my studies here, I have been
able to think about exactly
what studying English means
in part by considering it alongside simi-
lar alternative disciplines. Biochemistry
could show you what English is not. But
by being more related, history, philoso-
phy, and politics have showed me what
is unique to my major as well as the
strengths all Iour disciplines share.
But even iI you are an upperclassman,
you can still Iollow this approach. Maybe
you`re a history major who hasn`t taken
a politics class beyond Constitution. For
your last semester here, you could take a
politics class on a person you`ve covered
in a history class, such as Locke. Maybe
you`re an English major who isn`t plan-
ning on taking a philosophy class. You
may be surprised how much Instructor oI
Philosophy Lee Cole`s teaching Aquinas
on human nature helps you to think more
deeply when Robinson talks about the
soul in 'Gilead.
Maybe you`ve decided what you
think about the intellectual disagree-
ments between the history and politics
departments, and you`d rather
take classes with what you con-
sider a more robust account oI
Lincoln. Being willing to take
classes in departments with a
diIIerent angle on the world but
examining the same sorts oI top-
ics that your Iavorite department
does is a way oI showing that
you are open to dialogue and
discussion. And what is liberal
education without the exchange
oI ideas? Hearing what Associ-
ate ProIessor oI History Richard
Gamble has to say about Lin-
coln may help you to refne your
own perspective. Maybe you`ve
taken Intro but are intimidated
by an upper-level philosophy course.
You might get it the second time around,
and much oI the diIfculty that comes
with philosophy is simply the diIfculty
oI pursuing wisdom and thinking rightly.
It`s a worthy challenge.
Regardless oI your specifc circum-
stance, you should still try to take all
Iour, not omitting the one that scares you
or you might disagree with the most. Yes,
you may have taken core classes in all oI
these disciplines. Though the introduc-
tory classes are a necessary beginning,
Iurther classes truly introduce you to the
discipline and the style oI writing proper
to it. Here`s an example: In Western and
American Heritage, you don`t have to
write a Iull-length paper. You could go
through Hillsdale as a humanities major
without writing a history research essay.
Going beyond is simply fnishing what
you started.
Yet what I have appreciated most
about these extra classes in all Iour disci-
plines is that they remind me that my dis-
cipline, beautiIul and insightIul as it is, is
not the best at fnding answers. And they
help my understanding oI man`s multi-
Iaceted nature be a little more complete
than it otherwise would be.
Junior Rebekah Basinger is a George
Washington Fellow.
The Washington Post reports that
as many as 70 percent oI married men
cheat on their wives, while the Bu-
reau oI Justice Statistics reports that
only 14 percent oI violent crimes are
committed by women. Men cheat, but
women don`t kill.
Gillian Flynn entangles the typical
with the atypical, the believable with
the unbelievable, in her 2012 crime
novel, 'Gone Girl. A movie rendition
oI the book debuts in theaters Friday.
'The truth is, women are not given
enough credit Ior how mean, and how
Ieral, they can be, Flynn told the Chi-
cago Tribune last week.
She`s right. Women aren`t used to
seeing themselves as purely evil char-
acters. Even iI we blast Carrie Un-
derwood`s 'BeIore He Cheats aIter
a bitter break-up, we will probably
settle Ior a carton oI Ben and Jerry`s
and exposing our unIaithIul partner on
Facebook and Yik Yak.
The book took only a month to
make it to number one on the the
New York Times best-seller list and it
stayed at frst place Ior eight weeks. It
has sold over six million copies.
This wild success has readers, crit-
ics, and publishers asking the same
question: 'What made this book so
popular? Simply put, it tackles an
ever present problem what to do
with a cheating man with a conven-
tion-destroying twist.
The book begins in the present with
husband Nick Dunne, a clueless Iool,
searching Ior his missing wiIe Amy.
Interspersed are Amy`s perIectly rom-
com journal entries Irom the past.
They meet, he`s charming, she Ialls in
love and then things start spiraling
downward. Go no Iurther, unless you
want to ruin the movie Ior yourselI:
spoilers ahead.
The Amy oI her journal is altogeth-
er likeable. She gives up her wealth,
urban liIe, and standard oI living Ior a
selI-absorbed, angry, put-oII husband.
She tries to be the 'cool girlIriend,
the southern wiIe, and the supportive
daughter-in-law every man desires.
But the Nick oI Amy`s diary and
the one who narrates halI the book
don`t match up. When he fnally con-
Iesses his proIessor-student aIIair, he
loses his charm. The rest oI the novel
spins Irom Nick`s dirty secret.
From here, 'Gone Girl could have
become a conventional tale oI the
wronged woman and her quest Ior jus-
tice the plot oI a typical LiIetime
channel movie. Yet Amy is the quint-
essential 'unreliable narrator. As
Flynn unveils Amy`s sordid past, we
learn that Nick may be a cheater, but
that his wiIe is a sociopath. This puts
Nick`s infdelity in a diIIerent light
a serious aIIront to marriage, no
doubt, but also somehow more under-
standable. Nick doesn`t like his wiIe,
but neither do we.
When we fnd out Amy has lied to
us, little is leIt Ior us to like about her.
In the last pages we see murderous
and manipulative Amy has enslaved
Nick, Iorcing him to raise her baby
and never turn her in to the police.
Flynn doesn`t let him escape.
Justice doesn`t rule.
Does Nick`s punishment actual-
ly ft the crime? Is cheating on your
wiIe worth a liIetime oI living in Iear
oI her? Perhaps iI Amy hadn`t mur-
dered her doting ex-lover Desi, you
could see her as insane, but not evil.
Her past actions, however, and selI-
absorbed nature negate any goodness
she previously had.
Flynn`s careIully-craIted c l e v e r -
ness keeps readers devouring pages.
By the time we make it to the end, we,
like Nick, can`t escape. Even iI seeing
Nick trapped by an evil wiIe makes us
sick, there is no way to put the book
down beIore we cringe at Amy`s last
word.
The book`s moral compass is ques-
tionable, but Flynn is remarkable.
With disturbing brilliance, she allows
women to live vicariously through
Amy. We get the sweet revenge on our
cheating ex-lover we never could have
plotted. But we never have to battle
through the ethics oI Amy`s decision.
We wonder iI we could be a criminal
mastermind like Amy, and then pass
'Gone Girl on to a Iriend telling
them it`s fendishly clever.
Flynn doesn`t let us moralize un-
til it`s too late. She created a thriller
without a clear protagonist or antago-
nist that manages to spin the story oI
an estranged marriage into a merciless
tale oI meticulous planning and devi-
ous plot twists, all while satiating the
vindictive, Ieral side oI womankind:
There should be no mercy Ior the
cheating man.
Junior Natalie deMacedo is news
editor studving English and fournal-
ism.
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The Hillsdale County Fair is
usually a place to ride the Ferris
wheel or indulge in Iried Iood,
but this year, visitors could also
meet a baby tiger.
Representatives Irom Pre-
mier Animal Attractions Inc.
a Iamily-owned, private
zoo oIIered Iair-goers the
opportunity to hold and be
photographed with Aurora, a
13-week-old Bengal tiger.
Senior Sheridan Markatos
anticipated meeting her Iavorite
animal all week and immedi-
ately Iell in love when the tiger
was placed in her lap.
'Her paws were so big! She
was wrapping them around my
arm as I was Ieeding her the
bottle, Markatos said. 'I just
wanted to take her home with
me.
'There was no way I was
missing that opportunity, soph-
omore Jessica Hurley said. 'It
was totally worth twenty dol-
lars.
A steady crowd oI specta-
tors crowded Premier Animal
Attractions`s tent the entire Iair
week, eager to catch a peek oI
Aurora climbing and running in
her cage between photos. When
Andrew Gehringer, her handler,
would approach the cage with a
bottle oI milk, she hungrily lept
into his arms so he could deliver
her to the participants waiting
on a nearby bench.
Although Aurora is young,
she already consumes three
pounds oI meat per day. In ma-
turity, she will weigh around
400 pounds and consume over
100 pounds per day.
Participants also had the op-
portunity to pose with a Fennec
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Bob Evans Farms committed
to expanding its Hillsdale plant
this summer and is working to
select a construction company,
according to Margaret Standing,
Iormer senior director oI corpo-
rate communications at Bob Ev-
ans Farms, Inc.
The $4 million investment in
the Hillsdale plant, one oI the
company`s packaged Iood pro-
duction Iacilities, is intended
to increase production volume,
improve quality assurance, Iund
renovations, and add 17 jobs ac-
cording to a Bob Evans Farms
press release.
'I`m extremely excited about
it, and it`s a great honor Ior
Hillsdale Ior Bob Evans to be
expanding its Iacility and creat-
ing much-needed job opportu-
nities, Hillsdale Mayor Scott
Sessions said. 'It`s a Iantastic
opportunity Ior Hillsdale.
The 17 new jobs will likely
add $600,000 to local payroll,
according to the press release.
The Iacility already employs
more than 100 people.
'I hope this is just the be-
ginning oI greater employment
growth and better economic
times Ior the city oI Hillsdale,
Sessions said. 'I`m just really
thankIul to Bob Evans Ior doing
this in Hillsdale.
'As we look to the Iuture,
investing in the communities
where Bob Evans has enjoyed
long and benefcial relationships
just makes sense, Bob Evans
Farms Chairman and CEO Steve
Davis said in the press release.
Bob Evans Farms, Inc. oper-
ates more than 500 Bob Evans
restaurants and, under its BEF
Foods segment, produces and
distributes reIrigerated side
dishes, pork sausage, and reIrig-
erated and Irozen convenience
Iood items under the Bob Evans
and Owens Inc. brand names.
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Gov. Rick Snyder appointed
Amy Zoll, director oI obstetrics
and women`s health at Hillsdale
Community Health Center and
Hillsdale alumna, to serve as
one oI the Iour new members on
the Michigan Board oI Nursing
Aug. 13.
Zoll and the other newly ap-
pointed members will meet with
the rest oI the board monthly
to discuss and revise what Zoll
describes as 'the big picture oI
Michigan nursing regulations
regarding hospital standards, ac-
creditations Ior nursing schools,
and disciplinary actions against
malpractice.
'These are great choices Ior
the board. I am confdent they
will eIIectively assist the board
in overseeing the practice oI
Michigan`s registered and prac-
tical nurses and nurse special-
ists, Gov. Rick Snyder said in a
press release.
Zoll will represent nurse mid-
wives, a group oI midlevel prac-
titioners expected to grow in size
as levels oI primary care provid-
ers decrease, until her term ends
in 2017.
'Obamacare has changed the
game so you`re going to see less
M.D.s coming out oI school. We
have a lot oI exciting things go-
ing through the legislature right
now with the midlevel and I
want to be a part oI that. I want
to have a voice and speak Ior my
c o l l e a g u e s
and hope-
Iully make
some good
change, Zoll
said.
Zoll frst
began nurs-
ing at HCHC
in 1993 aIter
she earned
her bach-
elor`s degree
in history
Irom Hills-
dale College
and her asso-
ciate`s degree
in nursing
Irom Jackson
Communi t y
College. Over
the next seven
years she served as staII nurse,
charge nurse, patient representa-
tive, and quality improvement
coordinator in the obstetrics de-
partment.
Zoll leIt to become a midwiIe
in 2000 at the urging oI Chuck
Bianchi, HCHC`s CEO. She
earned her nurse midwiIe cer-
tifcate Irom Frontier University
and practiced midwiIery until
she was asked to rejoin HCHC
as the director oI obstetrics in
2011.
A chairperson Irom the Mich-
igan chapter oI Certifed Nurse
Midwives reached out to Zoll
and invited
her to apply
Ior the board
earlier this
year.
'I was
having one
oI those mo-
ments where
I Ielt like, Is
this all there
is?` Then
this email
came and I
thought, Oh
my gosh,
what an op-
portunity to
be a part oI
this great
board and
what they`re
doing with
innovative changes,` Zoll said.
The governor`s oIfce frst
expressed surprise when they
reviewed Zoll`s application and
learned that she was Irom a
small town, but Zoll was thank-
Iul Ior the opportunity to repre-
sent Hillsdale.
'I want them to know about
Hillsdale because we have made
the patient our Iocus and saIety
our Iocus, Zoll said. 'We do
things well and our statistics
are phenomenal. I believe that
this small town, rural commu-
nity hospital has a lot to say and
can help others, even the bigger
places, learn how to do things
well.
StaII at HCHC are excited
about what Zoll`s appointment
means Ior their hospital.
'It`s really an honor. We`ve
never had something like this be-
Iore. They couldn`t have picked
a better nurse, HCHC obstetric
nurse Gloria Groshko said.
Zoll is confdent that she will
easily transition into her new
role on the board while main-
taining her current responsibili-
ties at HCHC.
'I work with amazing nurses
who have been very supportive
oI this appointment and are will-
ing to do whatever they have to
do, because it`s about them too,
Zoll said. 'I`m not representing
Amy I`m representing nurs-
ing and the community.
Zoll is grateIul Ior the op-
portunities she`s been given at
HCHC that prepared her to serve
on the board.
'I knew very early what my
proIession would be, but I did
not know that it would take me
where it has, Zoll said. 'I Ieel
Iortunate to be a part oI HCHC.
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With less than fve weeks until
the November election, voters
are inundated with negative TV
ads, junk campaign emails, and
mailers that only get looked at
on their way to the recycling bin.
Hillsdale alumnus Hans Zeiger
is breaking through the clutter by
personally reaching out to voters
to secure his re-election bid.
Starting in 2010, when he
frst ran Ior the Washington State
House oI Representatives, Hans
Zeiger and his volunteers be-
gan hand-writing postcards to
constituents to make a personal
connection. In 2010, Zeiger and
his volunteers sent 18,000 post-
cards and in 2012 his campaign
sent 19,000 more. He anticipates
eclipsing those numbers Ior this
election.
'I hope to communicate what

kind oI legislator I am
|through writing personal
notes|, Zeiger said.
Along with a personal note
on every postcard, Zeiger in-
cludes his phone number so the
constituent is able to respond to
the message.
'I actually get a lot oI calls
thanking me Ior the postcard,
Zeiger said. 'With so many
mailers going out during elec-
tion time, people on the receiv-
ing end appreciate the personal
touch.
His constituents are not the
only ones who appreciate the
personal approach. His volun-
teers enjoy participating in the
unique campaign tactic.
'Volunteers like it just as
much as the people on the re-
ceiving end, Zeiger said.
Zeiger hosts postcard par-
ties where volunteers meet like-
minded peers, eat pizza and
soda, and write individualized
notes to constituents. According
to Zeiger, volunteers enjoy this
much more than phone banking
and other volunteer activities.
Volunteers can also write
postcards on their own time. One
committed volunteer, a retired
school teacher, loves writing
postcards. She 'literally writes
hundreds oI postcards, Zeiger
said.
With more people today get-
ting rid oI their landlines, candi-
dates are having to get creative
to reach their voters. Zeiger`s
postcard eIIorts may be the solu-
tion since everyone is required to
have an address to vote.
2014 Elections
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In the Midwest Regional tour-
nament, Hillsdale`s golI team
showed they can compete with
nationally ranked teams.
The tournament was hosted
at Chicago`s Harborside Interna-
tional golI courses.
The Chargers carded an over-
all score oI 625 with a season-
low tournament round oI 302 on
Monday.
AIter sitting in the middle oI
the pack at 17th place at the end
oI the frst day oI play, the team
fnished tied with Iellow GLIAC
school Ohio Dominican Ior 21st
place out oI 34 teams. Hillsdale
fnished ahead oI GLIAC teams
Northwood (23) and Lake Erie
College (32), as well.
Senior co-captain Matt Chal-
berg continued his streak as the
Chargers` tournament low scorer
with rounds oI 73 and 79 Ior a
total oI 152 which gave him a
36th place fnish in a feld oI 170.
Freshman players Ben Meola
and Joe Torres shot tournament
scores oI 159 and 168, respec-
tively.
Freshman Steve Sartore card-
ed a 78 on Tuesday, fnishing
only two shots back oI Chalberg
in the tourney.
'Steve has gotten a little better
every round and it is to his credit.
He has made some improvements
to his game and it`s paying oII,
head coach Mike Harner said.
Senior co-captain Brad
Mitzner shot both a collegiate
career low and a high on the two
days oI the tournament, scores oI
75 and 90 Ior a 165 total.
'The weather and swing gave
way, Mitzner laughed.
Coach Harner said this speaks
to the drastic change in condi-
tions Irom Monday to Tuesday.
'To his credit, |Brad`s| demeanor
didn`t change Irom one swing to
another, through the highs and
the lows. That`s something that`s
very important, Harner said.
The tournament served as a
good measure oI comparison Ior
the team, Harner said.
'We know we can shoot com-
petitive rounds. Malone is nation-
ally ranked and we fnished only
ten shots back, Chalberg said.
The team played two diIIerent
courses on days with completely
diIIerent conditions. In addition,
they were only able to play a
practice round on one oI the two
courses.
'The weather on Monday was
76 with hardly a puII oI wind and
the courses were there Ior the tak-
ing, Harner said.
'The Windy City lived up to
it`s reputation on Tuesday, Chal-
berg joked.
On Friday, fve members oI
the golI team will head to Ada,
Ohio Ior 36 continuous holes at
the Polar Bear Classic, the last
tournament beIore the GLIAC
ConIerence Championship in
Georgetown, Kentucky on Octo-
ber 10th.
To prepare Ior the champion-
ship, Harner has invited Cham-
pion`s Tour player Michael Allen
to work with the team next week.
'On Monday we`re going to
do some stone-cold sober evalu-
ation oI every player`s technique.
Michael is another set oI eyes
and one oI tremendous experi-
ence and knowledge. I think our
kids can learn a lot Irom him,
Harner said.
Tuesday, the team will play a
round at their home course, Bella
Vista, in Coldwater.
'We will move |Michael|
around the course to play a cou-
ple holes with diIIerent groups
and have him teach them about
course management. One oI the
unique things about college golI
is sometimes you don`t get to
practice a course beIore you have
to play the course. You have to be
able to read a course and get your
ball around. Being able to have
a game that travels is the sign oI
someone who understands how
to play the game oI golI. Michael
will help us with all that.
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The Audio-Visual Department
is now streaming free broadcasts
of volleyball, football, and bas-
ketball home games. Addition-
ally, they have added a slow mo-
tion aspect and a third camera.
Although the AV department
already streams live broadcasts
of campus lectures like CCAs
and has offered a paid stream-
ing service for sporting events,
this is the frst year that the sports
broadcasts are free and improved
quality. Brad Monastiere, sports
information director, said that
the college has committed to im-
proving its video equipment, and
this is one of the results.
Sam Brown, video content
editor, said the improved quality
is a result of the AV departments
fber project.
Theres a recently completed
fber optic project, which is a f-
ber optic cable that runs from dif-
ferent points on campus, includ-
ing the sports complex. It allows
us to bring all the video feeds
back to a control room in the stu-
dio, Brown said. The fber optic
cable allows the video feed to
stream to the internet much more
easily.
The current system is new. In
the past the slow motion replays
were all standard defnition, but
now its hi-def, and its actually
the same system that ESPN and
a lot of professional sports use,
which is also something that
not very many colleges have,
Brown said.
Parents of Charger athletes
will especially beneft from this
new service.
On our volleyball team alone,
we have players from Washing-
ton, California, and Virginia,
among other states. This service
allows them - free of charge - to
watch the games live, Monas-
tiere said in an email.
Kyra Rodi, a volleyball player
from California, is among those
players whose parents are most
excited about the change.
Both my parents and I are
really excited to have free, live-
broadcasting of our games. Its
great to be able to share with
family and friends how hard our
team works, even when they
cant be at our games in person,
Rodi said.
Brown said alumni are also
excited about this.
The frst broadcast occurred at
the volleyball game against Find-
lay on September 23rd. The frst
football broadcasts will occur at
the homecoming game against
Grand Valley on Saturday.
Brown said that students will be
able to watch the game from the
TVs in the union, as well as from
their computers.
It has the potential to draw
more people to a game if they
happen to see it online. If [stu-
dents] can see that a games go-
ing on right now and something
exciting is happening, they might
want to make the quick walk
down to the stadium, Brown
said. I think it will increase our
student bodys connection and
appreciation for our sports.
In addition to enhancing stu-
dent involvement in the athletic
department, this also provides
the opportunity to sell advertise-
ments. Brown said there will be
local and national ads.
The AV department will also
be able to make highlight videos
of the games.
Sophomore Nathanael Mead-
owcroft, student worker in the
AV department and technical
director for Chargers volleyball
games, is looking forward to us-
ing the new equipment.
With three cameras and slow
motion, it was a little more dif-
fcult, but it`s actually kind of
nice, Meadowcroft said about
his frst experience directing.
Hopefully well end up having
graphics too, so Ill have a score-
board and stats, and I can build
my way up to that,
Brown said that eventually
the program may also expand to
baseball or indoor track events.
All videos can be found on the
Hillsdale Chargers website.
It`s Thursday, and Ior cross-
country team members, that
means they woke up at 6:00 a.m.
and started practice at 6:30 a.m.
Like other sports teams, the
runners practices together 5-6
times a week while in season.
Cross-country runners are in sea-
son or training about 90 percent
oI the year, which makes Ior an
intense schedule, but one that
unifes the team.
'It`s just easiest to hangout
with Iellow runners. They just
get it. All my other Iriends are
just starting their homework at
10 when I am heading to bed,
senior Rachel Warner said.
Training Ior the Iall cross-
country season starts in June.
AIter cross-country ends in
December, the athletes have a
couple weeks oII beIore indoor
track. Following indoor, they
move right into the outdoor sea-
son. The last couple weeks in
May allow the runners to recover
in order to gear up again.
'It`s diIfcult sometimes be-
cause we never get a break. It
seems like I`m always running,
senior Kevin Frost said. 'It`s
tough, but I couldn`t imagine
Hillsdale without it.
The pressure placed on a
cross-country runner to perIorm
well is diIIerent Irom other team
sports. Cross-country is team-
oriented but at the same time,
success is determined solely by
individual perIormance.
Running is a whole-body
experience. II all the important
elements are not balanced, like
water, protein, sleep, vitamins,
and reduced stress, runners
won`t perIorm well and the team
will not succeed, head coach Joe
Lynn said.
'|Runners| need to fnd a bal-
ance Ior everything. Running,
academics, social, Iaith all need
to be in order, he said.
Sophomore Luke Daigneault
said that Lynn thinks they need to
be eating iron-rich Ioods that are
closest to their natural state.
'Some oI us Ieel guilty when
we eat three Oreo cookies, War-
ner said.
Junior Alex Eaton sums up
his diet: 'Mostly I eat healthy.
Whatever and whenever I want.
I mean, not to the point oI getting
Iat. It`s mostly about developing
a healthy liIestyle.
On top oI running a weekly
average oI 45 miles Ior the ladies
and 75 miles Ior the men, Coach-
es Towne and Lynn require their
athletes to spend time outside oI
practice cross training. The team
spends a Iew hours a week in the
pool, on the elliptical machines,
and stationary bikes.
'Coach Lynn is big into pool
workouts. However, we can`t
just look at our cross-training
workouts as a break Irom run-
ning. We still need to approach it
with the same work ethic as our
normal practices, senior John
Wierenga said.
The runners need constant
support Irom their team as they
participate in what seems like a
never-ending season.
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On her way into work, Alesia
Aumock listens to the song 'Ma-
niac Irom the movie 'Flash-
dance Irom her own mixtape
Ior motivation. Her day starts
with cycling at 8 a.m., then again
at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and
4 p.m., with Aerobic Dance at 5
p.m. and Mat Science at 6 p.m.
Aumock has been active in the
feld oI ftness Ior 30 years.
October 1st marked the 25th
anniversary oI the institution oI
the Hillsdale Fitness program,
piloted by Aumock.
Aumock`s ftness career be-
gan in 1984. Ever since she was
a little girl, Aumock enjoyed
taking dance lessons and liIe
guarding at Sandy Beach recre-
ation area during the summers.
She was a cheerleader at Hills-
dale High School and College,
and then was the college`s cheer
coach Ior three years. She also
taught ftness classes at loca-
tions in Jackson and Jonesville,
Michigan.
On Oct. 1st, 1989, she was
hired by the athletic director at
the time, Jack MacAvoy, to start
a ftness program geared towards
the community. A Iew months
later, she began Iormulating col-
lege ftness classes.
'Over the years, it`s just con-
tinuously doing something Iresh
and new, and you have a variety
oI choices, Aumock said. 'I
want to give ev-
erybody some-
thing new and
exciting. I dont
get injured, be-
cause I don`t do
the same thing
all the time.
Though she
teaches a variety
oI classes, Irom
cardio kickbox-
ing to deep-
water aerobics,
Aumock says
that her Iavorite
thing to teach is
a combination
oI everything
she knows how
to teach. She
is recertifed in
fve areas every
two years, so
she is always learning something
new. Over the years, she has also
worked with most oI the Hills-
dale College athletic teams.
'|The best part oI my job is|
making ftness enjoyable and
valuable to the people that are
participating, so they can reach
their goals, she said. 'And on
the side I like it when they sing
in class. It makes it really Iun.
Director oI Athletics at the
college, Don Brubacher, who
has worked with Aumock Ior the
past six years, said that she has
been committed to her work, es-
pecially towards the community
members.
'She is very interested in the
individuals she works with,
Brubacher said. 'She provides
an individualized approach to all
her work. She cares a lot about
her clients and students.
He also said that ftness, espe-
cially in the new physical well-
ness core classes, refects the
liberal arts well.
'It starts with brain Iunction
and goes to every
aspect oI liIe: intel-
lectual well being,
physical, mental,
emotional, Bru-
bacher said.
Aumock also
said that ftness is
an essential part oI
the liberal arts.
'In order to have
a ft mind, you need
a ft body, she said.
'It is the dimen-
sions oI wellness.
S o p h o m o r e
Rachelle Fergu-
son, who took Au-
mock Ior Physical
Wellness, said that
Aumock made the
class Iun.
'She has kind oI
a quirky personal-
ity, she said. 'In the lab espe-
cially she was super comIortable
and very Iriendly and warm.
Aumock, who has been pa-
tiently awaiting the opening oI
the new Dawn Potter Arena and
ftness center, has used the rac-
quetball courts Ior her classes Ior
the last three weeks. She hopes
that the new center will open
this week.ww
'It`s like a dream come true,
she said oI the new center. 'It`s
just Iabulous.
Aumock said that she has a
growth mindset, and optimistic
attitude which energizes her and
enables her to accomplish what-
ever is set beIore her, despite the
challenges. She has no plan to
retire Irom ftness anytime soon.
'II they think I can do it, I
can, she said. 'This type oI
work is in a very rewarding ca-
reer feld that can last a liIetime.
'And when I get on the bicy-
cle, it is automatic, I start smil-
ing, she continued. 'I like it, it
makes me happy. And the music,
and moving and dancing. I love
that. I guess you just really have
to think it`s Iun. I do.
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Jay Rose is a freshman football
player from Brecksville, Ohio
who has started at linebacker
in two consecutive games. Jay
is one of six current players to
not be redshirted in their frst
year. Jay hopes to major in
physics.
When did you start playing
football?
Ive always played football. I
probably started with fag foot-
ball when my dad was coaching
me. Since then it`s been a big
part of my life and my familys
life.
How does it feel to be the only
true freshman not redshirted
this year?
Its pretty cool. Its nice not
having to sit out a year and be-
ing able to just keep playing
football. I came in pretty low
and they were trying hard to
redshirt me, but with injuries
they couldn`t. That`s really how
I got the spot.
Is there a big difference in the
level of play in college football
compared to high school?
Yes, I would say the biggest
difference is the size and speed
of everyone. We played 350 lb
linemen last week and the big-
gest lineman I`ve played was
probably 250 lb in high school.
The game is a lot faster too.
What is your favorite thing
about being on the Charger
football team?
All the guys on the team are
really cool. They`re all really
friendly and nice and Ive had a
lot of good times with them so
far.
What is your favorite part of
the game of football?
I just like making big tackles.
That`s probably the best part-
just getting a good hit on some-
one.
What are your goals for this
season?
As a team, the GLIAC champi-
onship is what were all shoot-
ing for.
Describe your mindset when
you step onto the held on
game day?
I just try not to think about the
fact that I`m the youngest guy
out there, I try to focus on what
we`ve been working on in prac-
tice and tone everything else
out.
What has been your favorite
thing about Hillsdale?
The people I`ve met so far. A
lot of the guys on the team are
getting pretty close and I feel
like we just have a lot of good
times messing around and being
around each other.
Whos your favorite football
player?
I`d say Joe Hayden, just be-
cause I`m a Browns fan and he
is probably their best player.
Whats your favorite football
memory?
My senior year we werent ex-
pected to do anything good and
we had one of the best seasons
in history. We made a playoff
run and it was a great time.
The team was all seniors pretty
much and it was real fun playing
with all those guys.
What do you consider your
greatest accomplishment?
Just that senior year: winning
our conference and winning the
frst home playoff game in a
long time.

What made you decide to
come to Hillsdale?
I heard it was the best academic
Division II school. The more I
visited the more I liked it. After
my offcial visit I made the deci-
sion to come here.
Why did you choose to major
in physics?
I would like to eventually go to
grad school for engineering and
eventually I want to be a me-
chanical engineer. I might ven-
ture into aerospace engineering
a little bit, but not for sure.
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II you just looked at the stats,
you`d think Hillsdale pounded
their way to a convincing win
against a playoII-caliber team in
Indianapolis.
The Chargers outgained the
Greyhounds by 116 yards, ran
27 more plays on oIIense, and
won the time oI possession battle
35:10 to the Greyhounds` 24:50.
But Indianapolis came out on top
in the one oIIensive category that
ultimately matters, holding oII
the Chargers Ior a 24-19 victory.
'We moved the ball with ease
Ior the most part, but then when
we`d get to the end oI the drive
we`d stall out, redshirt junior oI-
Iensive lineman Justice Karmie
said. 'Luckily we have a great
kicker. Steve |Mette| is a stud.
Mette knocked through Iour
feld goals on the day, giving the
Chargers their frst 12 points.
'The good news is we`ve got a
really good kicker and he makes
his feld goals, head coach Keith
Otterbein said. 'The bad news is
we settled Ior a bunch oI feld
goals. It comes down to that.
The Chargers didn`t fnd the
end zone until redshirt sopho-
more quarterback Mark LaPrai-
rie connected with redshirt ju-
nior wide receiver Alex Fogt Ior
a 4-yard touchdown with 8:41
remaining in the Iourth quarter,
making the score 24-19.
Hillsdale`s deIense Iollowed
up the score with a stop, giving
the ball back to the oIIense with
a chance to win the game on the
fnal drive.
The Chargers drove all the
way down to the Indianapolis
12-yard line, but were stopped
on Iourth-and-2, dropping their
overall record to 2-2.
'We just had to convert a little
bit better, LaPrairie said. 'II we
just had one oI those |feld goals|
go in the end zone the game goes
completely diIIerent.
'You change one oI those
drives Irom a feld goal to a
touchdown and we`re kicking a
feld goal Ior the win at the end
oI the game, Karmie added.
'But on the plus side it`s nice to
see that we are moving the ball
as well as we did against a really
good deIense.
LaPrairie fnished the game
249 yards through the air and a
touchdown to go along with 33
yards on the ground. Redshirt
sophomore tailback Bennett
Lewis missed the game with an
ankle injury, but is hopeIul to re-
turn on Saturday.
Tailbacks sophomore Jack
Wiseman and junior Wade Wood
flled in admirably in Lewis`s ab-
sence.
'Both are probably playing
the best Iootball they have in
their career here so Iar, coach
Otterbein said. '|They| had some
good yards aIter frst contact and
did a nice job with pass protec-
tion.
Wiseman fnished with 71
yards on 11 carries, and Wood
contributed 64 yards.
The Chargers will look to
bounce back on Saturday against
another tough opponent in Grand
Valley State University. The
team is looking Iorward to play-
ing in Iront oI the homecoming
crowd.
'The whole homecoming en-
vironment is going to be really
cool to play in, LaPrairie said.
'I`m really looking Iorward to
it.
Grand Valley is just 1-3 on the
season, but they are better than
their record shows, Otterbein
said. The Lakers were ranked No.
2 in the nation at the beginning oI
the season beIore dropping their
frst three games, but are coming
oII an impressive 66-28 victory
over Lake Erie on Saturday.
'They`re coming in and
they`re angry, Karmie said.
'They know they`re not a 1-3
team.
Grand Valley will pose a num-
ber oI challenges Ior Hillsdale.
'|They`re| really Iast, coach
Otterbein said. 'They are as good
as any program in the country.
The Chargers will look to take
advantage oI a raucous home
crowd on Saturday to grab an im-
pressive win and improve to 3-2
on the young season.
AIter playing fve home
games and garnering a 5-0 re-
cord, the Chargers leIt their un-
blemished record in the Upper
Peninsula.
Following an eight hour drive
to Northern Michigan Universi-
ty, the Chargers lost all three sets
to the Wildcats on Friday. The
Chargers drove an additional
two hours to Michigan Techno-
logical University on Saturday
where they Iell to the Huskies
3-1.
As oI Friday, NMU was not
only tied with Hillsdale Ior a
perIect season, but they were the
keepers oI a rather sterling re-
cord against the Chargers: In the
past 12 years, Hillsdale has man-
aged to deIeat them only once.
Despite the discrepancy in
past perIormances, however, the
Chargers Iought hard and put
up a challenge Ior the Wildcats.
NMU deIeated the Chargers by
only Iour points in the frst set.
In the second set, the Char-
gers came out strong but were
not able to overcome the well-
Iortifed team. The Chargers
Iorced the Wildcats to climb to
29 points to snag the win.
WolIert came in on the 12th
point and served the next six,
including three aces. During her
serving streak, she also made a
key save and a kill Irom the back
row, proving she`s a player that
thrives on chasing a comeback.
'I personally love pressure
situations, WolIert said. 'I just
told myselI it was go time and
we just had to at least go down
fghting.
Sophomore Erin Holsinger
led the oIIense with nine kills
and a .412 hitting percentage.
Freshman Jessie Kopmeyer also
made six kills and no hitting er-
rors in the third set. Freshman
libero Brittany Jandasek led the
team deIensively with 13 digs.
Hillsdale struggled Ior kills,
making 26 hitting errors by
night`s end.
'Hitting against |them| this
weekend was rough because oI
the hard deIense we Iaced, ju-
nior Haylee Booms said. 'We
tried to hit Irom diIIerent angles,
but we just couldn`t fnd the right
one. They penetrated the net re-
ally well.
When Hillsdale was able to
get its hits past NMU`s block-
ers -- hits that would have been
kills against previous opponents
-- NMU`s back row turned them
into precise passes that fowed
into a neatly run oIIense. The
Chargers Iound it diIfcult to do
the same.
'They had a strong oIIense
but we defnitely should have
been able to handle it, Jandasek
said. 'We just Iailed to execute
everything the way we normally
do and know we can.
The Chargers lost the third
set, 22-25.
In Saturday`s match against
Michigan Tech, the Chargers
won their frst set 25-18. But the
Huskies secured wins in both the
second and third sets.
Head coach Chris Gravel at-
tributes the Charger loss, at least
in part, to the Huskies` tenacious
middle, which made 12 block as-
sists compared to the Chargers`
Iour.
'|Their middle| did a great
job capitalizing on each oppor-
tunity and their setters read our
positioning very well and dis-
tributed their sets accordingly,
Gravel said.
Nevertheless, the Chargers
will learn Irom the weekend.
'I wish we would have fn-
ished a little stronger, WolI-
ert said oI the Chargers` game
against NMU. 'But it just shows
that we`re still not where we
want to be yet and we still have
a lot oI work to do iI we want to
reach our goals.
The Chargers will play at
Wayne State University and at
Saginaw Valley State University
this weekend.
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Next month, 'The Misan-
thrope by Moliere will debut on
the Tower Player`s stage.
The play, originally written
in 1666, tackles human Ioibles
and behaviors that director and
Theater Department Chairman
George Angell said are just as
worthy oI having Iun poked at
them today as they did when the
play frst showed. It will run No-
vember 19-22.
According to Angell, the play
Iorces the audience to conIront
the question oI whether or not
you should tell the truth all the
time no matter what, or rather,
you should lie all the time despite
the consequences. Unlike in a
typical melodrama where good
triumphs over evil, 'The Misan-
thrope leaves the audience wad-
ing in a pool oI grey.
The society in 'Misanthrope
is extremely superfcial, senior
Aaron Pomerantz, who will play
male lead Alceste, said. They
are Iocused on how others dress,
wear their hair, and how wealthy
they are.
'It`s kind oI like Mean Girls,
Angell added.
The play originally mocked
the manners and customs that
invaded French court during the
time period. Angell said he has
wanted to direct this play Ior a
long time, but has plans to bring
the work into the modern world.
'People expect something
nice, saIe, and traditional,
Pomerantz said. '|Our rendition|
isn`t dangerous, but it isn`t saIe.
Instead oI displaying 17th
century French court Iashions,
dramaturg senior JenniIer Shadle
is taking inspiration Irom 21st
century runway Iashions.
'The Iashion is crazy. I don`t
know what I am looking at,
Shadle said. 'Capri pants Ior men
called joggers? That`s so silly.
Angell and Pomerantz both
mentioned suits with shorts as a
bizarre new men`s Iashion they
may incorporate. Pomerantz said
'meggings -- or jeggings Ior
men -- may make an appearance,
but he`s hoping they don`t.
'I have to keep my gym regi-
men up, Pomerantz added. 'The
characters are so selI-involved
and ridiculous.
Shadle said the only problem
with a crazy set and costumes is
keeping the audience Iocused on
what is being said.
'It`ll be diIIerent, but I think
people will still pay attention,
Shadle said.
As a dramaturg, it is Shadle`s
job to fnd intricacies in the script
that could enlighten actors, set
design and costuming. For exam-
ple, Shadle said Moliere inserted
much oI his marriage relationship
with his wiIe into his main char-
acters oI Alceste and Celimene.
'This could be helpIul Ior the
actors to know to help enrich
their acting process, Shadle said.
All three are most excited
about their plans to incorporate
social media into the production.
Shadle said they are hoping to
make a Snapchat account, where
actors or audience members
could Snapchat each other during
the perIormance.
'Instead oI having someone
say to please turn oII your cell
phones, we would ask the audi-
ence to turn them on and up,
Angell said.
The kinks oI the technological
side haven`t been feshed out yet,
but Angell said they are modern-
izing every aspect oI the play.
II an actor in 1666 would have
read a poem or letter on paper, the
Tower Players will read them on
an iPad or their cell phones.
Cell phones or not, Angell
said the messages oI the play
transcend time. Shadle added
that while reading through the
script she thinks, 'Oh yes, I
know someone like that.
'The way people treated each
other back then is the exact same
way we treat each other now.
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Hillsdale students are chan-
neling their passion Ior dance by
teaching community lessons.
From ballet to swing dancing,
students are sharing the beauty
oI dance with peers, proIessors`
children, Hillsdale community
members and more. With the
help oI these college students, lit-
tle girls are learning to pirouette,
twirl, and leap, and students are
swinging, hopping, and bopping.
Senior Naomi Wells took over
a program started a Iew years ago
that teaches ballet to the children
oI Hillsdale College Iaculty. In-
structor oI Philosophy Lee Cole
hosts the class in his basement
Ior his two daughters and other
children oI Hillsdale Iaculty. At
the end oI the eight week class,
the fve to nine year-old students
perIorm a recital.
'My students get so excited to
show what they`ve been working
so hard on, Wells said. 'Seeing
them take pride in what they`ve
learned is rewarding.
Wells began dance when she
was eight. Since then, she has
taught dance at her home studio
as an assistant in high school,
perIorms with Hillsdale`s Tower
Dancers, and started teaching last
year.
'It`s therapeutic Ior me, a way
to escape the busyness oI liIe,
Wells said. 'It`s good Ior kids
to do it because it teaches them
grace and discipline.
Senior swing club president
Wes Wright teaches a beginner
Lindy Hop swing class during
the frst hour oI Friday swing
dance nights. Lindy Hop is a
popular partner dance that Iuses
a number oI dance styles to cre-
ate an opportunity Ior individual
fourishes and fair.
'My Ireshman year, I was
still learning, and I was terri-
ble, Wright said. 'I threw a girl
through an inside turn pass by,
and she hit the guy who would be
president oI swing club the next
two years right in the throat.
That summer,
Wright explained he
went home and took
another beginner les-
son. Putting his em-
phasis back on the
basic step over more
complicated moves
and spins helped him
to become a better
dancer.
Now, Wright en-
joys Lindy exchanges
that include lessons
with advanced danc-
ers, and he has been
teaching swing since
his sophomore year.
'It`s something I
fnd joy in, and I like
to share joy, Wright
said. 'Seeing |begin-
ners| get it and then
use it on the dance foor is a lot
oI Iun.
OII campus, students teach
Hillsdale community members
at Studio 55 downtown. Juniors
Valerie Oresko, Sophia Coyne-
Kosnak, and Anna Kucharski in-
struct classes in the studio.
Oresko started dance her
Ireshman year oI high school,
thinking it would be an easy sub-
stitute Ior physical education.
The class did not meet Oresko`s
expectations, as it included con-
ditioning and other 'CrossFit-
like exercises. However, Ores-
ko Iell in love with dance and
continued with the help oI her
teacher.
Since then, Oresko has taught
dance classes at camps and start-
ed working Ior Studio 55 last
year. She instructs ages three to
18 in tumbling, modern, pom,
and jazz.
Over Iall break, Oresko is
planning on enduring several
long days oI training, lectures,
and learning dance theory in or-
der to get certifed to teach Zum-
ba and Pilates as well.
Oresko`s Iaith is woven with
dance since Studio 55 is a Chris-
tian business, and she can even
open classes with a prayer.
'I can just pour into these
young, beautiIul children`s
minds, Oresko said. 'Some-
times |we| Iorget about the wis-
dom and joyIulness oI children.
They will tell me these little les-
sons, like iI I`m nice to so-and-
so, she`ll stop pulling my hair.`
I`m just kind oI like, Maybe iI
I`m nice to so-and-so, she`ll stop
giving me dirty looks in Bon Ap-
petit.` Like, wow! Thank you!
Oresko said teaching has be-
come an 'ultimate passion Ior
her.
'Whenever I am Ieeling down
or Irustrated or stressed out, I
walk into the studio, and immedi-
ately, there`s this chorus oI Ms.
Valerie!` I cannot pos-
sibly walk out oI that
studio without a smile
on my Iace, Oresko
said. 'I cannot imagine
liIe without it.
Oresko added that
the owner oI the studio
recently made a sug-
gestion she be the next
owner oI Studio 55 in
a couple years.
'I`m totally leav-
ing it up to God be-
cause that`s a big deal.
I`m very excited about
my Iuture, Oresko
said. 'I think I could
do it, and it would be
a really awesome op-
portunity to own a
studio straight out oI
college.
Coyne-Kosnak Iollowed her
mother`s Iootsteps and became a
proIessional teacher at the age oI
15, 12 years aIter starting dance.
She has taught a variety oI styles
in the past, but currently instructs
tap, hip hop and lyrical.
Kucharski started dance when
she was fve years old and be-
gan as an assistant instructor at
the age oI 13, eventually taking
more responsibility as she grew
older. Her older sister originally
taught at Studio 55, and Kuchar-
ski taught as an assistant with her
sister beIore taking over her own
ballet classes, teaching girls as
young as two and a halI to as old
as nine.
'I love working with children.
It`s Iun teaching them a step
and then fnally having it click,
Kucharski said. 'I`m kind oI a
role model. It`s cool to be able to
be in their lives through dance.
Currently, Studio 55 is ex-
panding and will be adding class-
es, including adult lessons, in the
near Iuture.
'I would encourage anyone
with dance experience to stop by
the studio iI they`re interested
because we`re always looking
to take on more people, Coyne-
Kosnak said. 'Anyone at Hills-
dale College who is missing the
studio liIe would love it.
October 2
Rob Roy
Broad Street Underground
9 p.m. 11:30 p.m.
One of Hillsdales own jazz combos, led by vocal-
is| Pani 8hillins|aa, erlcrns a| |he rs| weekly
Thirsty Thursdays with Chris McCourry at the
Underground.

October 3
Stonehenge I, II, and III: Paintings by Brian Curtis
opens
Daughtrey Gallery, Sage Center for the Arts
Artists Reception on Sunday, 10/5 at 2-4 p.m.
Artists Lecture Sunday, 10/5 at 3 p.m. in the
Hames Room
Former Hillsdale College Art Department faculty
member (1979-81) and current director of the
Graduate Program in Studio Arts at the University
of Miami, Curtis exhibits a series of 40 Stonehenge
paintings that explore the mythic dimensions of
this iconic Neolithic monument.

October 4
The Guardians Quartet
1he 0csel Barn, 47b1 Bankers Pcaa
Doors open 5:30 p.m., concert begins 7 p.m.
$5 admission
A nationally touring gospel quartet formed in 1988
|y rea|s Pale 0hri ana Earcla Pa|rick.

October 4, 5
Auditions for A Charlie Brown Christmas
1he 8auk 1hea|er
10/5 at 5 p.m., 10/6 at 7 p.m.
A one-minute comedic monologue is required.
Director Kristin Hood will hold auditions. More in-
lcrna|icn a| www.|hesauk.cr.

October 8-11
Almost, Maine
Tower Players Production
8 p.m.
Harkel Auai|criun
Almost, Maine, written in 2006, comprises nine
short plays that explore love and loss in the re-
mote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. The play
has become the most produced play in North
Anerica, sulan|in Tillian 8hakeseare's
A Midsummer Nights Dream, and has been hailed
as the Our Town for the 21st Century.
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Director oI String Studies
Melissa Knecht will spend the
semester on sabbatical, Iocusing
her eIIorts on fnishing a book,
studying other proIessors in ac-
tion, and perIorming with proIes-
sional string ensembles.
Danae Witter and Emily Rol-
ka, both commuting Irom Ann
Arbor, will work together to take
on Knecht`s immense workload.
'|Knecht| typically teaches
16-18 private lessons a week,
Music Department Chair James
Holleman said. 'She takes on
a huge load, and works all day,
every day. Not only will she now
have the ability to do a research
project, but sabbatical also gives
her a chance to not be in this sort
oI intense, non-stop teaching
week. It`s a nice chance to go
and Iocus on something totally
diIIerent.
The biggest project Ior
Knecht`s semester is completing
'Developing your Music Memo-
ry Bank, a book she has been
working on since her last sabbati-
cal, more than seven years ago.
Knecht has gathered research
Irom studying perIormers in the
Chicago and Toledo symphonies.
She said she has already shown
the book to Shar Music in Ann
Arbor, Mich., which is the largest
string supply store in the country.
The two-part teaching manual
is Ior private string teachers oI
advanced students. The frst part
contains a test oI musical exper-
tise, which incorporates how ex-
perts process music mentally.
'It examines how some peo-
ple get better and others don`t,
Knecht said. 'A lot have had ex-
pensive lessons, and stop at a cer-
tain level. Maybe 95 percent oI
all students quit violin or never
get better aIter a certain age. The
way the 5 percent organize things
is the way any expert does, in
chunks. A musical scheme is like
any other language.
Knecht sets out to understand
this type oI music comprehen-
sion by comparing the language
oI music to the rules oI spoken
language.
'In music, the expert has to
remember hundreds oI things,
and the way they chunk` things
together allows them to remem-
ber many things at once, Knecht
said. 'Nobody ever applies mu-
sic theory to their instrument.
This does some oI that, applying
music theory to the actual instru-
ment, and what we call knowl-
edge oI the fngerboard. |Many|
know it is a defciency. It won`t
be every solution, but it`s a start.
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er interested students get to look
Iorward to a feld trip coming up.
For the students oI Hillsdale,
ArtPrize is an exciting time to ex-
perience an eclectic range oI art-
work in a lively setting. On Oct.
10, a number oI students will
head north to experience ArtPrize
and the art on display there.
Every Iall since 2009, the city
oI Grand Rapids transIorms its
three square miles oI its down-
town district into one massive
art Iair. Artists Irom 47 countries
around the world submit pieces
Irom all genresanything is Iair
game. Local venues like restau-
rants, coIIee shops and banks
host artists and their work while
visitors Irom Michigan and be-
yond are welcome to visit and
vote Ior their Iavorite piece on-
line or through the new ArtPrize
app.
The votes are tallied in real
time, and the winner can bring
home a pot oI $200,000the
largest sum oI money ever
awarded to an artist Irom com-
petition. A panel oI judges also
awards another $200,000 based
on their own objective crite-
ria. Theoretically, a single artist
could walk away Irom the event
with a $400,000 check.
According to the ArtPrize
website, the event brought over
$22 million in net revenue Ior the
local businesses in the downtown
Grand Rapids area in 2013. With
1,537 entries across 174 venues,
2014 looks to yield similar suc-
cess.
'It`s one way oI seeing art
marketing in the world, said
Barbara Bushey, associate pro-
Iessor oI art. 'I think sometimes
we get very elitist about art. I
think it really should be Ior ev-
eryone.
Because oI the open nature
and high media attention oI the
event, the Jackson Citizen Patriot
called the ArtPrize the 'Ameri-
can Idol Ior artcertainly a ft-
ting title due to the massive prize
pot and visitor participation. Last
year, visitors cast over 400,000
votes.
'Anything that develops this
much energy seems like a good
thing, Bushey concluded.
Photography instructor Doug
Coon submitted a series oI three
photographs taken in an ice cave
near Lake Superior, titled 'Fro-
zen Cheese. He was chosen
to show his work at West Coast
CoIIee during ArtPrize.
'It was just a kind-oI build it
and they will come mentality,
Coon said in reIerence to the
town relying on the high traIfc
oI visitors to turn a proft and to
garner media attention.
Coon attributed some oI the
success to the fuid nature oI the
set-up, where each venue holds
less than fIty pieces. The exhib-
its Ieel integrated into the town,
encouraging visitors to explore
Grand Rapids.
'I fnd it really interesting,
Coon remarked. 'It`s the scope
oI the work. It`s really all over
the place.
The art department is taking
a bus Iull oI eager art students to
downtown Grand Rapids on Oct.
10 to view the exhibit.
AIter seeing the winners oI
last year`s ArtPrize, junior Faith
Lamb decided that she needed
to take advantage oI this oppor-
tunity.
'This is a great opportunity to
enjoy a diverse selection oI me-
dia and style, she said.
For students interesting in at-
tending, there are still limited
spaces open on the busses. Stu-
dents oI all grade levels are in-
vited, and do not need to be in-
volved in the art department to
attend. The price is $10. All who
are interested should contact Dr.
Bushey. The bus leaves 8 a.m. on
Friday, Oct. 10, and will return
later that evening.
The summer movie season oI
box oIfce wars waged among
popcorn ficks and blockbuster
spectacles has ended, and critics
and moviegoers alike are gearing
up Ior the flms to change like
trees Irom green to gold. Awards
season brings flms built not as
cash cows, but as art to be sub-
mitted in contest Ior a statuette
named Oscar.
While the Academy Awards
always bring some surprises
in its particulars, proven track
records and politics make ac-
curately predicting best picture
nominees possible. Here are my
guesses. Last year there were
eight best picture nominees.
There can be up to ten, however,
so, to increase my odds, we`ll go
with that.
Already out, but I haven`t seen
it yet, the intriguing looking 'The
Disappearance oI Eleanor Rigby:
Them is probably too Iringe Ior
an Oscar nod, but is an ambitious
and interesting enough project to
warrant a brieI look here. Writer
and Director Ned Benson origi-
nally told this story in two pre-
vious flms subtitled 'Him and
'Her. Each the exploration oI
the destruction and attempted
reconstructionI don`t actually
know iI they succeed or not and
wouldn`t tell you iI I didoI a
couple`s relationship Irom each
oI their experiences. 'Them is
the reedited single Ieature flm,
incorporating both his, played by
James McAvoy, and her, played
by Jessica Chastain, perspec-
tives. The flm received a number
oI nominations at Cannes.
Oct. 10 brings the limited
American release oI 'Whip-
lash, about the cost oI success
in music. Miles Teller plays a
young man seeking greatness as
a jazz drummer, and J.K. Sim-
mons plays the teacher willing to
break him to get him there. The
flm appears psychologically taut
and won both the audience and
grand jury prizes Ior drama Ior
director Damien Chazelle at the
Sundance Film Festival.
Also out Oct. 10 is 'The
Judge, where Robert Downey
Jr. takes a break Irom superhero
flms and comedy to be a hotshot
lawyer and deIend his estranged
Iather and small town judge Rob-
ert Duval in court Ior vehicular
homicide charges. The cast has
depth even beyond that pairing
and the trailers show a flm intent
on unpacking Iather son relation-
ships and all the messy questions
oI respect, rebellion, and love
therein. 'Judge looks to be at
the very least an attempt at an
American acting master class.
Oct. 17, 'Birdman or (The
Unexpected Virtue oI Igno-
rance) fies into limited Ameri-
can release. In what I`m sure
was a very deliberate move to
have art imitate liIe, Michael
Keaton plays an actor, washed
up in character at least, who
played a popular superhero in his
prime, trying to get back in the
game with a Broadway produc-
tion. Mexican director Alejandro
Gonzalez Iarritu has been nomi-
nated Ior two Oscars beIore, and
'Birdman was nominated Ior a
Golden Lion at the Venice Film
Festival. In getting in the aging
and desperate actor`s head, the
flm Irankly looks insane, in the
best ways that flm and theatre
can.
'Fury also rolls into theaters
on Oct. 17, and I list it here be-
cause it`s about heroism in the
Iace oI Nazis and everyone,
popular audiences and Academy
members alike, like watching
WWII flms. Brad Pitt leads a
very recognizable cast oI actors
you see all the time but can never
remember their name as the ser-
geant in command oI a Sherman
tank tasked with holding back
a German advance. The movie
looks to be an attempt not only to
recapture the Ieel oI WWII flms
like 'Saving Private Ryan but
also to explore what war, even
'good wars like the fght against
Nazism, does to people through
the eyes oI a rookie tank gunner
played by Logan Lerman.
Christopher Nolan`s highly
anticipated latest project, 'In-
terstellar, telling a story oI Iu-
ture man`s search Ior survival
through the exploration oI other
galaxies, comes out Nov. 7. Mat-
thew McCaunaughey, Jessica
Chastain, and Anne Hathaway
are among the loaded cast. No-
lan`s last science-fction work,
2010`s 'Inception, garnered
Iour Oscars, and last year`s Al-
Ionso Cuaron project, 'Gravity,
won seven Academy Awards and
was nominated Ior Best Picture.
'Interstellar is almost certain to
be nominated Ior a host oI cate-
gories, and the Academy`s recent
Iriendliness to science fction
makes a Best Picture nod seem
very possible.
Coming out Nov. 14, 'Fox-
catcher stars a prosthetics cov-
ered Steve Carell in a serious
role as wrestling obsessed WASP
John du Pont. Channing Tatum
plays Mark Schultz, du Pont`s
last best hope Ior an American
Olympic wrestling gold medal.
Mark RuIIalo plays his brother
David. It`s based on a true story
that ended in a dead body and an
insanity plea and it looks suitably
moody to capture the Academy`s
attention. Plus, director Bennett
Miller has already won best di-
rector at Cannes Ior the flm, and
was nominated Ior a Palme d`Or.
In theaters Nov. 21, 'The
Imitation Game stars Benedict
Cumberbatch as English math-
ematician, logician, and early
computer scientist Alan Turing,
who helped crack the Nazi Ger-
man military`s Enigma code.
It has a host oI things ensuring
Academy members will be aware
oI it, including Cumberbatch`s
ever increasing popularity, the
Iact that it`s also a WWII flm,
and Turing`s homosexuality in
an England that still prosecuted
practicing homosexuals. More-
over, it already won the People`s
Choice Award at the prestigious
Toronto Film Festival.
With a limited release Dec.
19, 'Mr. Turner paints a portrait
oI the British nineteenth century
artist J.M.W. Turner`s denoue-
ment. Timothy Spall, whom the
average American knows only as
Wormtail Irom the 'Harry Potter
movies, won best actor at Cannes
Ior his portrayal oI the eccentric
painter. Trailers reveal a flm as
lush as the romantic landscapes
its title character painted, and
cinematographer Dick Pope won
Cannes` Vulcain Prize Ior his
work in it. Director Mike Leigh
was nominated Ior a Palme d`Or
and has been nominated Ior an
Oscar seven times to date.
Another WWII flm, coming
Christmas is 'Unbroken, Ange-
lina Jolie`s directorial debut. The
flm is based on the eponymous
biography oI Olympic runner
turned bomber pilot turned Japa-
nese POW Louis Zamperini by
Lauren Hillenbrand, the author
oI 'Seabiscuit. It Iocuses speciI-
ically on Zamperini`s WWII ex-
perience and his fght Ior survival
and sanity in response to sadism
and utter degradation. Even iI it
doesn`t get an Oscar nod, 'Un-
broken clearly wants to be an
event and the Coen brothers are
co-writers on the script.
There you have them: a Iew
flms to keep an eye on as the
movies roll into awards season
and projections oI nominees be-
gin to be on display at publica-
tions right and leIt.
When describing pop-icon
Lady Gaga, the words 'smooth
jazz and 'easy-listening do
not come to mind. However, the
young megastar has yet another
game-changing move up her
sequined sleeve. She and stan-
dards legend Tony Bennett just
released a collaborative album
titled 'Cheek to Cheek, which
samples a range oI jazz classics
Irom the Great American Song-
book.
The incongruous couple has
been making headlines since the
duo frst perIormed 'The Lady
is a Tramp together in 2011
on Bennett`s album 'Duets II,
which held the number one spot
on Billboard`s Jazz Chart in
2011, breaking digital download
records.
The pair developed a strong
Iriendship while working to-
gether, and Bennett, taking note
oI Gaga`s ability to sing jazz,
approached her with the idea
to make a collaborative album.
While it may seem odd that the
pop-anthem singer most known
Ior her arena-synth hits, like 'Bad
Romance and 'Poker Face has
suddenly taken an interest in
jazz, Gaga has been singing the
genre since age 13.
'Cheek to Cheek is de-
signed as a reIreshing homage
to the great jazz standards oI the
1930`s. With tracks including, 'It
Don`t Mean a Thing (II It Ain`t
Got that Swing), 'I Can`t Give
You Anything But Love, and
'Lush LiIe, Bennett and Gaga
are set to sing standards com-
posed by the best American jazz
perIormers, Irom Duke Ellington
to Billy Strayhorn.
While it starts out a bit light,
by track two, the album sinks its
teeth into the heart oI the genre;
each track continually delivers
and builds upon the last, with a
Iair mix oI duets and solos Irom
the each artist. Gaga shows quite
a breadth oI range and control
over her voice.
In the 'Nature Boy duet,
an ethereal song that even gave
Frank Sinatra`s some diIfculty
with his vocal range, Gaga`s
powerIul, yet smooth voice is
reminiscent oI young Barbra
Streisand. Bennett`s voice is
equally powerIul and impressive
given his age. The grainy warm
tone oI his voice makes a per-
Iect base Ior Gaga to harmonize
around.
Things take more oI a sultry,
sensual turn on 'I can`t Give
You Anything But Love, while
up-tempo tracks like 'It Don`t
Mean a Thing iI it Ain`t Got That
Swing are simply set to please
traditional jazz lovers.
The album is accompanied by
Bennett`s personal Iriends along
with a handIul oI Gaga`s old
Iriends, who seek to bring their
own fair to the album. Brian
Newman, Gaga`s closest Iriend
who still is just a local Lower
East Side rock-n-rollernow
heads the brass section oI the
band on trumpet.
Bennett has been overwhelm-
ingly supportive oI Gaga`s transi-
tion into jazz.
'She`s as good as Ella Fitzger-
ald or anybody you want to come
up with, he aIfrmed to Rolling
Stone. 'And that`s without her
dancing and her philosophies.
AIter the underwhelming suc-
cess oI her latest album ARTPOP,
Gaga has Irequently credited
Tony Bennett with saving her
liIe.
'Working with Tony on this
album was artistically liberating,
giving me a break Irom the pop
business, Gaga quipped. 'What-
ever authenticity you hear in my
vocals is because oI Tony. He re-
ally understands me, and I can be
myselI around him. He helped
me through a tough time.
Throughout this album`s
promotional tour, Bennett and
Gaga have been behaving like
an awkward, romantic couple. It
is strange to see Bennett, 88, and
Gaga, 60 years his junior, arm-
in-arm, cooing praises to one
another during interviews and
promotional shows, but it is the
music that draws them together.
Both artists seek to draw new au-
diences to the genre, both desire
to maintain this important musi-
cal legacy relevance Ior Iuture
generations.
'Cheek To Cheek has al-
ready placed in the top ten most
downloaded albums on iTunes.
Both promotional singles, 'Any-
thing Goes and 'I Can`t Give
you Anything But Love also
topped international jazz charts.
The pair plans to tour this album
together sometime in 2015.
On Oct. 24, PBS will air a
pre-taped perIormance oI the en-
tire 'Cheek to Cheek setlist. Do
not expect to see any outlandish
dress Irom Gaga. She has chosen
to dawn a more classic, glamor-
ous look out oI respect Ior the
genre.
One thing is clear, Gaga`s
voice is not an act. This collabo-
ration, while it seems odd, cer-
tainly comes Irom a pure place.
The sincerity, dedication, and
passion can be heard throughout
the album, and it frmly anchors,
'Cheek to Cheek Irom start to
fnish.
Here`s a novel oI memory,
one where the end Ieels like the
beginning. Marilynne Robinson
retells the creation story through
'Lila, lovingly Iollowing the
principle character through a hard
road oI suIIering and joy, the rad-
ical shiIt to marriage, and a taste
oI the pleasure oI rest. Robinson
weaves scripture Irom Ezekiel
and Job through the narration and
ultimately Lila`s thought process
in this third person limited story.
Lila`s experience Iorms and be-
comes more articulate in light oI
Doll and John`s kindness, just as
the world came into shape and
fourished as God made distinc-
tions among it and called the
parts by name. This particular ex-
ploration oI creation Irames the
reader`s understanding oI Doll
and John`s kindness, rendering it
uniquely meaningIul and myste-
rious.
Lila clings frst to Doll, then
Reverend Ames. The woman
gives her liIe shape, with giIts oI
Iood and kindness, interrupting
the weltering oI the people in the
cabin who neglect Lila. Want-
ing peace and not knowing even
the name Ior it, the people there
fght themselves quiet, and Lila
cries herselI to sleep. Doll gives
her a rag baby, and Lila treasures
it, whispering to it and holding
it close to her. She leaves it on
accident when they leave, when
Doll steals Lila away Irom the
violence and neglect to give her
the potential to continue living..
Doll fnds temporary haven
with a kind woman, who Ieeds
them and allows them to weather
the storm till Lila is not so sick.
The whole time Doll treasures
Lila, holds her close, whispers to
her and Ieeds her. AIter that Doll
takes Lila among those that scur-
ry among the earth, among Do-
ane and his people, about whom
he declares 'we ain`t tramps, we
ain`t Gypsies, we ain`t wild In-
dians, (47). Doll says they are
just Iolks. The band Iollow him
because he takes care oI them,
earns their trust and the trust oI
those Irom whom he fnds work.
With the Great Crash seating
the early part oI the novel in the
1920s the group Ialls apart.
All the while Lila sleeps close to
Doll, under the shawl Irom the
frst nice woman, and Doll whis-
pers 'Live.
AIter Doll, and aIter the dark-
ness oI St. Louis, Lila lands in
Gilead, and desperate as she is,
fnally walks in the church doors,
straight into the sight oI Rever-
end John Ames. The widower, a
silvery preacher who takes oII his
hat in the rain to greet women,
courts her like a shy boy. Once
married, he teaches her when she
brings questions Irom reading
and thinking. The puzzling po-
etry oI Ezekiel and Job resonate
with Lila, but she calls attention
to the absurdity in the parts John
assumes he knows, to what we as-
sume we know. Robinson amaz-
ingly sheds her highly educated
and well-Ied liIestyle, and dives
into the perspective oI a woman
who carries around a claw oI a
kniIe in her garter and eats spuds
Irom the ashes.
This sort oI Adam, whom
Robinson provides Ior Lila, gives
her names Ior her experience,
such as Welter and Existence.
These help her make sense oI
the world around her, and her
place in it. Robinson`s project, it
seems, is Lila sorting through her
memories and the reconciling the
shame oI them. While shuIfing
back and Iorth between past and
present advances the narrative
Ior the frst halI, the latter por-
tions lags as Robinson gets lost in
Lila`s memories. There is merit to
the suspended build-up produced,
but the mental roaming nearly
stagnates some sections.
As she starts to learn oI eter-
nity, grappling with the probable
damnation oI many people she
knew, she begins to fnd calm
amongst the pain, though she
may run oII at any point, steal a
child as was her Iantasy, and go
back to just being Iolks, the liIe
she knew.
At one point when she won-
ders about leaving, she stops and
thinks, 'That old man loves me. I
got to fgure out what to do about
it (221). She loves him in her
own way, trying to fgure mar-
riage out. Lila has no model oI
marriage to imitate, except Irom
the movies. Doane and Marcelle
had something special, some-
thing intimate like the inside joke
Doll and Lila shared. Though
previously married, John is no
better oII. Being a widower leIt
John with the notion that WiIe is
a prayer, Child is a prayer.
He sneaks prayers, just as he
sneaks in baptizing her in Iront oI
the congregation along with the
child she holds. With the three
touches oI water Robinson opens
a mystery not even the river wa-
ter could wash, 'a birth and a
death and a marriage.a whole
liIe (222).
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and Giroux. $26.00.
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Knecht is currently planning
Ior feldwork to make sure her
theory works in action. She plans
to get reviews beIore the book
is published, and has lined up
teachers in Ann Arbor to study
this semester.
Later this Iall, University oI
Michigan`s ProIessor oI Vio-
lin Stephen Shipps will allow
Knecht, who earned her doctor-
ate Irom Michigan, to observe
his classes in action.
'He is one oI the most Iamous
violin teachers in the world,
Knecht said.
Shipps teaches students age
11 to 25, when he is not traveling
and perIorming as a solo violin-
ist.
'We talk specifcally about
how to deal with diIIerent age
groups, and what types oI music
pieces and exercises are appro-
priate. It`s important that even
really good teachers don`t injure
their students with too much en-
thusiasm, just like in sports. It`s
all about healthy practicing,
Shipps said.
Shipps` godIather, the late
Louis C. PitchIord, Jr., was a his-
tory proIessor at Hillsdale Col-
lege Irom 1971 to 1982. Shipps
said that because oI this, and
because he has been visiting the
school Ior perIormances and
guest classes Ior over 30 years,
he loves and thinks very highly
oI Hillsdale.
In addition to observing in Ann
Arbor and working on her book,
Knecht has a Iew 'side projects
going on. She is the director oI
the Michigan Solo Competition,
and she serves as the Education
Consultant Ior the Toledo Youth
Symphony. She also plans to de-
liver two lectures. One will be at
the Michigan Music ConIerence
in Grand Rapids, and the other is
Ior the American String Teach-
ers Association in Salt Lake City,
Utah in the spring.
'My personal practice is go-
ing to be important this semester.
I try to keep up with that, but now
I will really have the opportunity
to increase my repertoire, includ-
ing increasing my 20th century
repertoire in violin and viola. I
will also have more time to play
with the Ann Arbor symphony,
Knecht said. 'The more time
I have to dedicate to that will
hopeIully make me better proIes-
sor at Hillsdale College.
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Christopher Martin: from think tank to classroom
Demand had begun to exceed
supply.
Last year, economics classes
were approaching 28 students per
proIessor, a ratio Iar above the
Hillsdale average oI 15.
To rectiIy this, according to
ProIessor oI Political Economy
Gary WolIram, the economics de-
partment began a wide search Ior
qualifed proIessors to fll the de-
partment, a multiIaceted process
oI winnowing down an initial
group oI about 100 potential can-
didates by examining resumes,
letters oI recommendation, inter-
est in undergraduate teaching,
and their ft with the college.
At this time, Christopher Mar-
tin said he was teaching econom-
ics at the University oI Science
and Arts oI Oklahoma. A previ-
ous job as education director at
the Institute Ior Humane Studies
had inspired him to return to aca-
demia aIter earning a history de-
gree at Yale and a master`s degree
in European studies at OxIord.
'It reminded me how much
I loved college, thought, and
ideas, Martin said.
To this end, Martin said he en-
rolled in George Mason Univer-
sity while still working in D.C. to
earn his doctorate in economics,
where Assistant ProIessor oI Eco-
nomics Michael Clark also stud-
ied. Though they did not overlap,
they shared thesis adviser Dan
Klein, and Clark got to know
Martin through their education
connection.
'I knew oI Chris` charac-
ter, and I thought very highly oI
him, Clark said. 'We studied
through the same program, we at-
tended the same conIerences, and
did mutual research.
So when Martin learned oI the
job opening in Hillsdale`s eco-
nomics department, he applied
even though he had a teaching
position in Oklahoma. He learned
about Hillsdale through his previ-
ous career.
'Hillsdale is special, Mar-
tin said. 'At IHS, some oI my
best students and employees had
come Irom here.
Martin made it through the
application process, even guest-
teaching Clark`s Principles oI
Macroeconomics class. Accord-
ing to Clark, Martin`s use oI an
economics experiment demon-
strating the problems oI fscal
policy earned positive Ieedback
Irom students in the class. But
the similarity oI Martin`s impres-
sive resume to Clark`s actually
worked against him a little bit in
the hiring decision.
'On paper, he`s unreal, he`s
great, Clark said. 'He`s essen-
tially me, but better.
Still, the department ended up
oIIering Martin a position as as-
sistant proIessor oI economics,
which he gladly accepted.
'So Iar, it`s been a great deci-
sion, Martin said. 'The students
here are the best I`ve ever taught.
This semester, Martin is teach-
ing classes on Labor Economics
and Principles oI Macroeconom-
ics, both oI which accord nicely
with his areas oI interest in eco-
nomic history, constitutional
political economy, Smithian po-
litical economy, and labor eco-
nomics. Despite moving away
Irom academic studies oI history,
he maintains an interest in the
subject.
'I got into economics partly
Irom an analysis oI the history
job market, and partly because
economics provides a very ratio-
nal way oI analyzing the world,
Martin said.
Now that he`s on campus,
Martin is trying to get as involved
in campus liIe as his wiIe and
young toddler will allow. Al-
ready, he moderated the Praxis-
Enactus Socialist Debate. He said
it 'turned out to be a lot oI Iun.
Beyond economics, Martin
enjoys hiking, running, board
games, and a certain book series
likely to endear him to campus.
'I know it`s cliche, but I`m go-
ing to have to say the Lord oI the
Rings` are my Iavorite books,
Martin said.
The rest oI the economics
department said they are happy
Martin has arrived.
'Now we`ve got a stable
group oI Iaculty, and they`re all
skilled and committed teaching,
WolIram said. 'They all under-
stand and are comIortable with
the mission oI the college.
Lecturer in Economics Lewis
Butler agreed.
'He`s super-nice, his door is
always open, and he really likes
liberty. I think he`ll be a good ft
here, Butler said. 'He must be
valuable iI he already has an oI-
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business.
'I`ve learned a lot about wine,
she said. 'All oI Cody`s Iriends
work in the Valley and work in the
wine industry and it`s Iun to visit
him.
Family holidays tend to reign in
Ewers` unique skill set.
'Christmas is really Iun because
beIore we open giIts, we get in the
hottub, and drink champagne that
Cody brings, she said.
The wine label`s debut in the
Hillsdale College community
launched on Constitution Day at the
Allan P. Kirby Center Ior Consti-
tutional Studies and Citizenship in
Washington D.C.
Upon request, Ewers` label
comes with a copy oI the Constitu-
tion at a small extra cost.
Craig Kreinbihl, the director
oI operations at the Kirby Center,
picked up on his Iellow alumnus`
eIIorts and knew the project would
embellish Hillsdale College events
in Washington, D.C.
'We got to get both good wine
and a good message, Kreinbihl
said. 'It made sense at the Consti-
tution Day event. I think there`s a
natural message about the Constitu-
tion and that`s our work here but
our work isn`t serving wine.
Since his start in 2010 at 50
cases oI wine, Ewers` 425 case sup-
ply sells in CaliIornia, Washington
D.C., and on the road to Ohio and
Michigan markets.
Although the company has re-
ceived the bulk oI Ewers` care, the
purpose behind the label allows him
to recall the reason Ior his move out
West Irom Cincinnati, Ohio.
'I get tons oI great Ieedback
Irom liberal union workers and right
wing tea partiers about the label`s
apolitical message about the educa-
tion oI selI-government, he said.
'That what I love about it. It`s not
a Republican banner, it`s the banner
oI truth. At least, that`s what I sell
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Red and yellow plaid caddyshack style golf pants
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Sperry's and khakis with a polo shirt
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MARK NAIDA, FRESHMAN
For a Ewers Iamily Christ-
mas, Cody always brings the
wine.
Cody Ewers `10 graduated
Irom Hillsdale College with a
Bachelor oI Arts in history and
German, a keen business in-
stinct, and an enduring apprecia-
tion Ior wine.
Although wine was not the
Iocus oI his summers throughout
college, it managed to make an
appearance. During a summer
internship at the Traverse City
Record-Eagle, Ewers worked at
a wine bar in northern Michigan
aIter a day oI work at the local
newspaper. He also spent a sum-
mer in Germany where he had
his frst wine tasting.
'Because the lady was speak-
ing German mostly, I had no pre-
conceived notions oI what the
wine was supposed to taste like,
he said. 'At that point in time I
was brewing beer in my closet.
Wine wasn`t even on my radar.
About a year aIter graduation,
Ewers reconnected with his old
college roommate Alex Wignall
`10. Over the course oI several
phone conversations, the two de-
cided to contribute to the Iuture
oI America by starting a wine
label. Wignall devised the label`s
name, Preamble, and Ewers con-
tributed the label`s extra touch.
'Being a Hillsdale student
and a son oI Mary Ewers, I
thought it would be a great idea
to put the Constitution on the
bottle, he said. 'Alex, being a
true American, loved the idea.
Six months later Ewers
moved out West to Napa Val-
ley, CaliIornia to reconnect with
his business partner and start the
Preamble Wine Company.
When the Iriends were not
engaged in their day job, they
poured their time into selling 50
cases oI their fagship label, Pre-
amble, a CaliIornia Red.
'The wine was made by
somebody else so we could Ieel
out the market, Ewers said.
'Neither one oI us had a Iormal
education.
In addition to learning on the
job, Ewers took a Iew classes
at the local community college
which helped the pair develop a
stronger business plan and sense
oI the wine industry. About a
year into their partnership, Wig-
nall assumed diIIerent career op-
portunities leaving Ewers with
sole ownership oI the company.
Ewers has worked several
day jobs in the Valley Irom bus-
sing tables at a wine bar to sell-
ing vineyard irrigation systems
to selling oak barrels to various
wineries across CaliIornia, the
job he holds now.
'Napa is a small Valley and
somehow my name was passed
around, he said. 'I interviewed
to keep my resume sharp and it
ended up being a ft.
Ewers` current employer, Se-
guin Moreau, sells oak barrels,
an essential tool in the aging pro-
cess oI wine.
'It`s basically like I`m an ad-
visor to a painter, Ewers said.
'I`ll recommend a splash oI col-
or to fnish the painting.
Although Ewers plans to
eventually make his label a Iull
time job, winemakers in the Val-
ley have counseled him to keep
his day job.
'Without a day job I would be
nowhere. I`d be the same dumb
kid as when I got here, he said.
'Working has been important Ior
my personal growth and busi-
ness growth. '
Ewers` experience at the viti-
culture supply company contrib-
uted to his business education in
the wine industry, a Iacet he did
not expect to develop.
'Selling irrigation systems
taught me the brass tax oI how to
put together a vineyard, he said.
'That knowledge has proven
incredibly useIul to me as I go
out to look Ior grape contracts
because my business depends
on fnding grape growers. You
can`t make good wine out oI bad
grapes. That experience began
my real time education in the
feld.
Mary Ewers, Cody`s mother
and director oI parent relations
and the president`s club at Hill-
sdale College, has enjoyed the
Exper|ence the cha||enge of ro|||ng h|||s w|th
surround|ng autumna| fo||age. Runners who
comp|ete the ent|re 10 m||e out and back shou|d
note that ha|f Hoon road sh|fts s||ght|y to the east
after North Adams.
C|ve your knees a rest w|th the grassy ro|||ng
h|||s and wooded d|rt tra||s that compr|se hayden
Park's cross country course. |f you're |ucky, you'||
catch hayden Park F|tness|Recreat|on 0|rector
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are a|so we|come on the we||-|abe|ed d|rt paths of
hayden Park's HT that w|nd through the woods
|n and around hayden Park.
'I thought it would
be a great idea to
put the Constitution
on the bottle.
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