Hillsdale College’s theater

and speech department of-­

minor Feb. 2. The minor requires 22 credit hours of

courses.“I just got sent the require-­

Thelen has been dancing

-­dale and teaches dance in the

passion on his resume.

Thelen said. “It might open

Sophomore Katherine Holt

this after it’s too late to add

considering pursuing it.“Most girls are like me

Visiting Assistant Professor

-­ated. The vote took place last

program’s favor.

said. “I think it’s going to be a -­

Imberski said that dance

“I think it is of the utmost

“Music and theater have

It’s a performance art that has

More than 200 Hillsdale Col-­lege students and alumni signed

Sigma Phi’s house.

chapter. “We felt the need to spread

alumni and founder of the site

the college administration for

the Tau chapter’s house. “The decision to turn the

picked members of the alumni

said. -­

house at the end of this semester

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“We are removing the distrac-­tions and problems of the chap-­

The 36-­member strong frater-­

Alumni said the administra-­

the chapter’s improvement in the last decade.“The bottom line: the punish-­

Stomps said. “Not in the least

Seder called the decision “dis-­-­

ing to the chapter’s recent record

the administration’s criticisms

from a billing problem that start-­

an inconsistent administrative

Seder said. “And the dean has

Representatives from the

chapter’s members are cut.

Alpha Tau Omega experienced

Seder said the dean’s deci-­

house. At least treat us the same

Associate Professor of Biol-­

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The adminstration’s decision to take away Delta Sigma Phi house has been the cata-lyst for a web petition from alumni and supporters of the fraternity. (Collegian)

Roxanne TurnbullArts Editor

Dance minor

teach at a classical school are in

-­

-­ed an open house in Nashville.

schools in Phoenix.

open house suggested.

Valle teaches sixth grade English and high school po-­

in the Great Hearts Academies

Another Hillsdale gradu-­

during Hillsdale College’s Clas-­sical School job fair.

discovered Great Hearts Acad-­emies at the job fair.Valle said seven Hillsdale

graduates teach at Glendale Prep and that there are about 15 Hill-­

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-­mend Hillsdale grads to pursue a position at a Great Hearts

“We have begun to build a real -­

When Great Hearts opens a

through ninth grades and adds

Before a school can admit

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headmaster.Valle said all of the schools

-­

tries to place the emphasis on

questions as much as possible.“Hillsdale prepared me

Valle said she is excited Great Hearts is continuing to expand.“The advantage of the Great

at a classical school are obvi-­

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facilities the local public schools

New charter schools slated for Tenn.

Emily JohnstonSenior Reporter

DSP alumni launch petition

Faculty announces new dance minorSee article below

Economist, college professor,

and author Mark Skousen deliv-­

ered a lecture at Hillsdale college

on Jan. 31 titled “The Centrality

of the Invisible Hand” for the

CCA “Adam Smith, Free Markets,

and the Modern World.” Skousen

served as the president of the

Foundation for Economic Educa-­

tion (FEE) from 2001 to 2002 and

writes for Forbes, The Wall Street

Journal, and Liberty Magazine,

as well as many other print and

online publications. To honor

Skousen’s dedication to economics

and business, Grantham Univer-­

sity, an online institution dedi-­

cated to the education of service

members and veterans, named its

business school after him: “The

Mark Skousen School of Busi-­

ness.” Skousen is also the founder

and producer of Freedomfest, a

conference held annually in Las

Vegas and centered around cel-­

ebrating America’s freedom.

What are your thoughts on

“The Wealth of Nations”?

most translated economics book

used to describe the free market.

public in general. There are some controversies regarding the invis-­

-­

-­ment? There is this debate among economists and social thinkers.

What do you think Adam

Smith would say about today’s

economic scene?

Smith made an interest-­ing statement ... : “Little else is

highest degree of opulence from

-­

-­

agreement. These are some prob-­

at the dramatic rise in our standard of living.

What is the role of the Foun-­

dation for Economic Educa-­

tion, where you worked for two

years, in modern economics?

used to be. It used to be the free market think tank and all these

all of these organizations almost all of the founders of those orga-­

-­

-­tinues to put out good material.

-­

-­

the respect it deserves. What was your position at the

CIA?

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taught me a lot of the government.

private sector.

Do you still have the 1958

convertible?

NEWS9 Feb. 2012 A2

www.hillsdalecollegian.com

ceiling.The Hillsdale College adminis-­

tration thinks it’s time for a facelift.

to do something to that house for a long time because it is a beautiful

-­

the shutters need to be stripped and

needs to be overhauled so that it

The house also has interior is-­sues. There is mold and a trouble-­some toilet in one of the upstairs

Mark Skousen: FEE’s role in modern economics

Sarah Anne VoylesCollegian Reporter

Paul House facelift plannedassistants’ bathroom the tile

off.

-­istration had approached her about the renovations and she thinks there have been plans

the project got pushed back a summer.The Paul House is a hub of

night hangout and a gathering

place for club meetings.From the tall ceiling to a

there is a lot of character in the house.

lost its charter

then converted

“It is a great

on-­campus place for people to gather and there is a great

had jumped on her roommate’s forehead.

The mouse then scrambled -­

fore jumping at her and driving her into the bathroom.

said of the house. “But there are

SIMPSON RAS

Of Simpson’s 14 Resident As-­sistants this year, Trevor Anderson, Nate Jebb, Michael Peters, John Bonvillian, and Przemyslaw Grze-­siak are graduating.

“These are some of the most experienced RAs we had, and their loss represents a vacuum of corpo-­rate knowledge,” said Jeff Rogers, assistant dean of men.

Another experienced RA, junior Derek Fields, is looking to move off campus.

“I’m needed elsewhere right now and I can be much more uniquely effective by devoting my time to other things on this campus,” Fields said.

Fields said he endeavored to maintain dorm cohesion and

as an RA.“It’s been important for me to try

to build those friendships, mediate those disputes, and just foster a sense of hall pride and community,” he said.

He considers his efforts a mod-­est success.

“Honestly, I haven’t changed

south is, without question, the most tight-­knit, trustworthy, and open hall on Hillsdale’s campus.”

residents of Simpson will step up to maintain what Rogers called an usually strong “level of smooth-­ness” in Simpson.

“I’m not worried at all,” Fields said. “This isn’t a job that takes a ton of training or experience. It takes a little bit of leadership skill, a willingness to work with the guys on your hall, and a bit of com-­mon sense. There are more than enough men on Hillsdale’s campus that far exceed these very basic minimum requirements.”

Rogers said that he has received 25 RA applications for Simpson so far, which he considers a testament to “the amount of guys who both want leadership and who want to lead.”

—Jack Butler

“One of the main issues here

-­-­

including lack of adherence to

organization of pledge educa-­

he said. “But these are issues

including the issue of alcohol in

chapter’s recent record in

last semester the house raised a

a local teen center through its annual Haunted House event.Petersen said he appreciated

concern.“We look to the alumni and

men of Tau chapter become an

to the mission and principles of the college and the national

The active members of the chapter declined to comment. Stomps said the petition and

not intended to send the admin-­istration a message.“While it might be nice to

present a list of hundreds upon

to the Hillsdale College adminis-­

he said.

deep-­cleaning and repainting the house.

membership and inspired them

hard to earn back their privi-­

said.Seder said the alumni have

also rallied around the chapter.-­

DSPFrom A1

(Chuck Grimmett/Collegian)

MARK SKOUSEN

(Bonnie Cofer/Collegian)

NEWS A3 9 Feb. 2012www.hillsdalecollegian.com

The Constitution can be a contentious topic at Hillsdale College. Students on campus

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Constitution as a sacred docu-­

Hillsdale propaganda.

both groups.

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founding documents to Adam Smith to the progressives in 123

The book is titled “The

the table of contents. The book

of the slave-­holding (and slave-­

Add block quotations from

and about half the Found-­

Constitution and Arnn’s vision for the future of the founding documents.Arnn grounds his argument

Ross couldn’t have done a better job of it.Arnn begins his argument

should be no evolution of human

In his discussion of the idea

Veldheer to prove people are

perhaps one of the more instinc-­

-­

as a result of actions rather than

resulted from a lack of under-­standing the true meanings of natural rights and the notion of

suggestion that “economic con-­

Buffett isn’t in this book.Arnn describes the Progres-­

sive movement and its rejection

of universal truth as the enemies of the Constitution. He states that America is “near a moment of

to make clear the terms of that

endeavored to embrace — and

have seemed the source of our

-­thing Public School Left Out Of

-­ate about teaching the principles

inclusion of the “Foundational

primer for Arnn’s online Consti-­

The title of Arnn’s book has a

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better understanding of the ideas behind our nation’s founding and the importance of maintain-­ing those ideas in their classical

in her meticulous hand.

from Thomas Mann’s novel “The

indeed.

described the academic pace the sophomore has set for herself as

paper on the use of ekphrasis in

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Since Hillsdale began encour-­aging the submission of papers

Hillsdale upperclassmen have

accepted as alternates.

kind of a pre-­professional thing

-­-­

more to have a paper accepted.

-­-­

ate professor of classical studies and Goodling’s academic adviser.

“If I could bottle and sell her

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Homeschooled on a farm in the Green Mountains of Vermont

-­

recalled. “Languages just take time and memorizing a thousand

Goodling has studied Latin since the second grade and began

-­

her studies in Latin but picked up classical Greek and German as

to 400-­level composition courses in three semesters.

-­

-­

“I just remember sobbing

“She can be introspective

said.

original language.“When someone like Em-­

Before beginning her stud-­

questions about musical aesthetic

of Richard Wagner and Thomas Mann.“This is senior or graduate-­

Goodling got a chance to pub-­lish some of those thoughts in a

-­

passion for music — particu-­

planned to add music as a second major.“But I realized I’m not quite

-­

— but also serves as a bed and

Green Mountains.-­

over the summer.

spinning and felting. While tak-­ing online classes in high school

during the car-­ride to Hillsdale. “I cannot sit still and do noth-­

In high school Goodling be-­

nests — including her ephemeral trademark hummingbird — on

to help fund her college educa-­tion.

As are the hundreds of customers from 16 different

percent positive feedback.One customer comment

intended for a friend. “She loves to take them to bed

“I just have so much passion

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to provide guidance and encour-­

more challenges than I could

Tory CooneyCopy Editor

Classics student racks up honors

KEY TO THE CONSTITUTION

Caleb WhitmerCopy Editor

CORRECTIONS

Last week, The Collegian published a Q&A with Mark Skousen under the name of P.J. O’Rourke. The correct combination can be read in this paper and on-­line.

Additionally, one of the photos accompanying the Delta Sigma Phi story featured alcohol bottles that had been moved by a Collegian photographer. While the bottles were found on the house’s property, the paper should not have moved them to frame a better photo.

Sophomore Emily Goodling has set a “blistering” pace for herself, earning national awards for her work in Greek and Latin studies. (Courtesy of Emily Goodling)

(Bonnie Cofer/Collegian)

NEWS A4 9 Feb. 2012 www.hillsdalecollegian.com

KATE’S TAKE

KATEOLSON

A question

for you

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What do I do?

Facebook Stud

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Matt Resch ‘97 shares his social media story

Matthew Resch ’97 is the

founder of Resch Strategies,

a public relations and social

The former history major and

political science minor spoke

at the 2012 Michigan Press

Association Annual Convention

on how newspapers can make

social media work for them.

The Collegian caught up with

he went from Hillsdale student

to successful social media guru.

term on the Hillsdale alumni

board.

Did you have a favorite

professor at Hillsdale at the

time?

Are you a Michigan native?

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Did you marry a Michigan-­

der?

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You went straight to work

did you do?

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time — needed a communica-­tions person in the communica-­

be his communications person

It must have changed

his picture and a short mes-­

difference — that’s common in politics and communications.

So you actually opened

mail?

it there.Since then you’ve worked

like something you really love,

and it’s certainly something

like it a lot. I’ve done it in

governor and I’ve done it in the

What are some differences

you noticed going from the

public to the private sector?

I just liked the freedom of it.

the fact I can still get involved

What companies have you

enjoyed working with?

called Campaign for Justice.

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interesting.

in non-­political communica-­

tions?

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more guarded about politics in

about covering those kinds of things. But I think it’s a nice

-­

-­ferent kinds of things.Did you think you would be

doing this 10 years ago?

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Washington. And I spent a good

to go back to Washington. A Hillsdale alum advised me if

it’s kind of like a mini-­Wash-­

to get a job in Lansing. And I’m still here.What has Hillsdale affected

for you?

-­ated it at the time. The thing I

college. Seeing some of the -­

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content or the English or the

— and in a lot of cases more so

helped me out.How do you think the

campus has changed since

you graduated under former

president George Roche?

I’ve told people that the one thing I regret is that I haven’t been able to be at Hillsdale

The tone on the campus feels

the chance to go to school there

MattResch

From paper envelopes to twitter:

Marieke van der Vaart and Sarah Leitner,

Editor-in Chief and Sports Editor

WELLNESS WORKOUTS TAKE PFF

On Friday, the Health and Wellness Club of Hillsdale Col-­lege unveiled the new Health and Wellness portal. The site, which can be accessed by selecting the “Committees” link on the student homepage, offers a myriad of options for students looking to improve their well-­being.

“There are discussion forums for training, and Carol [the nurse at Ambler Health Center]will be putting up information about the

topics,” said Brock Lutz, Director of Health Services.

Besides discussion forums where students can communicate about healthy living and training

— there are links to different websites that offer information, ranging from body mass index calculators to the development of a workout routine.

The portal also offers informa-­tion on dates and times of work-­out events, such as boot camp, pilates, and zumba.

The site will be updated on a weekly basis with new videos, discussions, and articles appear-­ing every Friday afternoon.

— Abi Wood

APEE BRIEFSophomores Abby Loxton and Brett Wierenga’s papers were judged

good enough for presentation at a national conference. Too bad they’re not old enough to go.Economists from all over the country and world attend the three day

Association of Private Enterprise Education conference from April 1-­3 to present papers on a variety of topics.

Associate Professor of Economics Charles Steele selected the best essays from students in his class, History of Economic Thought I.

The papers were then read by an independent panel of judges who selected Loxton and Wierenga’s papers.

Unfortunately, however, the department found out that, according to APEE rules, students have to 21 years old to attend.

“All hotels in Las Vegas are casinos and require all minors to be

accompanied. APEE decided to say no to undergraduates under 21,” Pongracic said.

Since Loxton and Wierenga are both underage, the runner-­ups were chosen to go instead.

Seniors Rebecca Schoon and Nathan Lichtman will attend in their stead.

Students attending will compete for the best research paper. Winners will receive a cash prize.

Hillsdale College has sent students to the conference every year for the past several years.

“We’ve done well in the past and heard comments that we were quite impressive,” said Professor of Economics Ivan Pongracic. “I expect it again this time.”

-­Sally Nelson

Hillsdale high school students face a decision when they gradu-­ate: stay in Hillsdale or leave. Some local leaders think too many are choosing the latter. As a result, Hillsdale County

is being drained of its young

offer to the community, said Susan Smith, executive direc-­tor of the Hillsdale Economic Development Partnership. Smith said the stream of youth leaving Hillsdale is largely due to lack of awareness of what Hillsdale has

to offer them.To counter this, the EDP

is publishing a booklet titled “Made in Hillsdale,” which will be available online within the next three months.“We want to bridge the

knowledge disconnect between the student population and the world of work,” Smith said. “We would like them to know what their opportunities are locally.”The booklet will include

references to various companies in Hillsdale County that offer job opportunities, with pages allotted to members of the agri-­culture community. Smith hopes

it will act as a sort of billboard for local companies to advertise themselves.“I’d also like to have a

“People in the community don’t know where to go in the city if they need assistance.”Ward 1 Councilman Brian

Watkins said there is little incentive for youth to stay in Hillsdale.“There’s not a lot of oppor-­

tunity for someone coming out of high school,” he said. “If you are looking to do pretty much of anything other than service industry jobs, there are not a lot

of options here.”The EDP also plans to use

“Made in Hillsdale” to encour-­age investment in the county.All this effort is an attempt

to halt the exodus of youth from Hillsdale county. The county pays, on average, $7000 per child per year of their primary education, Smith said. “The community has invested

a lot of money in each child, and for them to leave, well, that’s a big chunk of money that walks out of the county,” Smith said. The booklet will be distrib-­

uted among junior high and high school students, aimed primarily

at sixth and seventh graders.“We are looking at the

younger population because they haven’t made their plan for high school yet,” Smith said. “Many times if you don’t know what is available you just go with what-­ever. You don’t focus on picking your curriculum in high school because you don’t know what you are interested in.”Hillsdale College sophomore

Ethan Gehrke, who has lived in Hillsdale for more than four years, said that he could not see himself having a career in Hillsdale unless he was working for the college.

“Hillsdale has a dual nature,” he said. “First there is Hillsdale

Mayberry, its own thing –– but the second the college students leave for break it’s an entirely different place. It’s dead, there are not a lot of jobs, and not a lot of things to do.” Despite the lack of excite-­

ment, Gehrke said Hillsdale is a good place to come back to. “This is the kind of place for

the content,” he said. “You’d better really love the relaxing lifestyle or you are going to go crazy.”

A question of $7,000 has cre-­ated a tense situation for three counties and drawn Hillsdale College students into the drama. One commissioner said the

the Branch-­Hillsdale-­St. Joseph Community Health Agency.The three counties agreed in

1997 to pool money to fund their Community Health Agency, which provides a variety of services, including restaurant inspections, hearing and sight screenings for school children, and immunizations. Each county is supposed to pay the same amount of money, based on its population, said Hillsdale com-­missioner Brad Densmore. The problem started when

Branch County chose not to pay the designated per-­capita amount

for the people in its Coldwater prison, said Al Ringenberg, one of Hillsdale’s representatives on the Board of Health.The county is facing econom-­

ic challenges, and excluding the prison population saves it more than $7,000, Ringenberg said. He added that they defend the decision by arguing that the state of Michigan should pay for the costs created by the prisoners.He said he disagrees with

their rationale.“I think that they should be

paying,” he said. “That’s my opinion. Or that we should revis-­it the agreement that was created in ‘97 and maybe make some changes to it. And that’s fair.”Ringenberg said that since

Hillsdale includes college stu-­dents in its per-­capita calcula-­tion, Branch County should include the prisoners.“I don’t see really a differ-­

ence between college students and the prisoners,” he said. “We count you in our census if you were there on April 1.”Densmore said that Branch

from high census numbers, and should take the advantages and disadvantages of its population.

the relationships of board mem-­bers and could even jeopardize the future of the board.“Philosophical differences

you can always iron out with a little bit of negotiation and patience,” he said, “but when you start getting personal issues,

resolve those.”-­

solution.“It’s not going to be resolved

very quickly, but it’ll get re-­solved,” he said.

Hillsdale City Council met in their regularly scheduled meeting on Feb. 6. By the end of the meeting, council had given a tax break to a local automotive plant, re-­allocated money to the city’s on-­demand bussing service, and re-­contracted with a domestic violence shelter.T.I. Automotive, located at

200 Arch St., recently request-­ed for an Industrial Facilities Tax exemption to help offset some of the cost of recent im-­provements to their plant.T.I. produces fuel lines and

brake lines for Chrysler. In ad-­dition, the Hillsdale factory is the single source of push rods in Chrysler and General Motor vehicles.Over the past few years,

T.I. has added 29 employees from Hillsdale County, an increase of about 55 percent. Because of this, Paula Miller, Hillsdale plant manager, requested the council approve the tax exemption of about $6,000 over 12 years.After the economic down-­

turn of 2008, in which, Miller said, the automotive industry was especially hard hit, T.I. had sent much of its business

to Mexico. Since then, the Hillsdale plant has steadily been growing.“It’s a great story for Hill-­

sdale County,” Miller said. “We’re moving jobs back to the United States.”Questions were raised by

councilman after City Manag-­er Linda Brown revealed T.I. was currently engaged in liti-­gation with the IRS over the assessment of their property.Miller had failed to tell

council about the litigation, but professed ignorance of the litigation herself.“I didn’t know [about the

suit] and when I find out I will give you a call,” Miller said.Despite initial concerns,

City Attorney Lew Loren told council the litigation would in no way come back to hurt the city and such assessment disputes are quite common, especially considering how volatile the real estate market has been of late.In the end council approved

the tax exemption, 9-­0.Other news in City Council

this week:-­Council approved the

mayor’s signature on allotting $55,000 for the city’s Dial-­A-­Ride service, the normal amount given for the on-­de-­

mand bussing program. Fares, which although subsidized by the city, have risen in recent years to about $3 for adults and $1.50 for seniors and chil-­dren. Council commissioned the public services committee to look at Dial-­A-­Ride to see if the services can be in some way altered to lower the cost for riders. In the fiscal year, 28,091 calls have been made to the city bussing service.-­Council approved a

contract worth $5,500 with Domestic Harmony, a local domestic violence shelter. Councilwoman Ruth Brown and councilman Scott Ses-­sions originally proposed an amendment to contract $5,250 with the shelter despite $5,500 having already been planned in the yearly budget specifi-­cally for Domestic Harmony. Councilmen Brian Watkins and Casey Sullivan proposed to amend the resolution and raise the contract to $5,500. Council first voted on the amendment and it passed, 5-­4. They then voted on the contract itself and that passed as well, 9-­0.-­Council created the Com-­

munications Committee in hopes of creating a communi-­cations policy for the city.

For 10 local hunters, deer hunting season is different this year.The City of Hillsdale has

recruited these hunters in its third annual deer cull, an effort to cut down on the local deer population. The hunters have the whole month of February to shoot deer in designated areas on the outskirts of town. The meat –– thousands of pounds of venison –– will then be donated to local food pantries, said Chris Gutowski, Hillsdale’s director of

public safety.Citizens have been com-­

plaining about Hillsdale’s deer problem for years, especially because of property damage and the danger of car accidents.For the second consecutive

year, the city received a grant for up to $5000 from the Hillsdale County Community Foundation to process the deer.The cull provided 3300

pounds of venison to local food banks last year.“The venison has been a huge

blessing,” said Amanda Shroats, director of the food pantry at

Hillsdale Assembly of God. “It’s been harder to feed everyone coming in because food prices are going up so it takes more do-­nations to feed the same amount of people. In addition, we’re seeing more and more families coming in so there’s less avail-­able for them.”Councilman Brian Watkins

said Hillsdale’s deer culling is exceptionally cheap and ef-­

“To me, the Hillsdale stan-­dard of deer culling is one that many communities could emu-­late with great result,” he said.

Homegrown naturopathic doctor Beth Flowers-­Mapes is available for health advice and questions once a month at the Hillsdale Natural Grocery on Broad Street.This month, her hours are

from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Feb. 11th.“People ask me anything

from the common cold to what to do for cancer,” she said.Pauline Salyer, the store’s

manager, said few students take advantage of Mapes’ free expertise.“I think it’s just mostly from

this area,” Salyer said. “I don’t notice too many college stu-­dents coming to talk to her.”

Mapes is not completely unknown on campus, however.“A couple times last year

students were sick and called her,” Salyer said. “And she walked them through it.”Mapes works at the Coldwa-­

ter Chiropractic and Wellness Center.“They really subscribe to

trying to do everything natu-­rally,” Mapes’ friend Kathleen Ruddy, director of associates and special projects for the col-­lege’s institutional advancement department, said of the Coldwa-­ter center.Mapes said she encourages

people with more serious health problems to schedule a sit-­down appointment, but she is com-­pletely willing to do what she

can on the spot.“I always give somebody a

couple suggestions,” she said.

CITY NEWS A5 9 Feb. 2012 www.hillsdalecollegian.com

The following is a list of calls compiled and reported by the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department.

Hillsdale City Police

Feb. 7A 66-­year-­old man was arrested on the 2900 block of S. Bird Lake Road in Osseo on suspicion of Assault and Battery. A $1,000 bond was posted.A 42-­year-­old man was arrested on suspicion of parole detainer on the 2400 block of E. Bear Lake Road in Hillsdale. No bond was allowed.Feb. 6A 48-­year-­old man was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct on N. Broad Street in Hillsdale. A $500 bond was posted.Feb. 3A 43-­year-­old woman was arrested on suspicion of license documents and plates forgery and driving with a suspended license on the 1800 block of E. Michigan Avenue in Albion. No bond was allowed.

Michigan State Police

Feb. 7A 37-­year-­old man was arrested on suspicion of driving with suspended license on the 400 block of Evans Street in Jonesville. A $2,000 bond was posted.Feb. 5A 22-­year-­old man was arrested on a fugitive warrant out of Portage County, Ohio. No bond was allowed.Feb. 1A 21-­year-­old man was arrested in the 4100 block of S. Pleasant Drive

in Hillsdale on suspicion of assault. A $1,000 bond was posted.

Jonesville Police Department

Feb. 4A 51-­year-­old man was arrested on suspicion of driving with a suspend-­ed license on the 1200 block of Collard Road in Jonesville. A $2,000 bond was posted.Feb. 3A 33-­year-­old man was arrested on suspicion of driving with a sus-­pended license on the 200 block of Water Street in Jonesville. A $2,000 bond was posted.A 46-­year-­old man was arrested on suspicion of violating child support on the 9600 block of Hanover Road in Hanover. A $1,055 bond was not posted.Feb. 1

-­cient fund checks on the 19500 T Drive South in Tekonsha. A $5,000 bond was not posted.

Feb. 7A 22-­year-­old man was arrested on suspicion of driving with a sus-­pended license. A $2,000 bond was posted.

Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department

Feb. 7A 28-­year-­old woman was arrested in the 200 block of W. Cherry Street in Reading on suspicion of driving with a suspended license. A $2,000 bond was posted.A 38-­year-­old man was arrested at Garden Grove in Hillsdale for sus-­picion of conspiracy to commit retail fraud. A $500 bond was posted.

A 24-­year-­old woman was arrested in the 100 block of Wesley Street in Reading for driving with a restricted license. A $2,000 bond was posted.A 37-­year-­old woman was arrested on the 1500 block of Holcomb Road in Hillsdale for domestic violence. A $1,000 bond was posted.Feb. 3A 56-­year-­old man was arrested in Hillsdale on suspicion of driving with a suspended license. A $2,000 bond was posted.A 21-­year-­old was arrested on suspicion of breaking and entering at the 8000 block of Steamburg Road in Hillsdale. A $200,000 bond was not posted.A 48-­year-­old man was arrested for perjury-­court proceedings at the 100 block of West Street in Hudson. A $100,000 bond was not posted.Feb. 1A 20-­year-­old woman was arrested in the 400 block of N. Main Steet in Reading on suspicion of domestic assault. A $1,000 bond was posted.

-Compiled by Marieke van der Vaart

Police Blotter

(Courtesy of Cornerstone Chiropractic)

City begins annual month-­long

deer culling

Naturopathic doctor helps Hillsdale

Casey Harper

Collegian Freelancer

Patrick Timmis

News Editor

Council approves tax exemption,contract with domestic violence shelter

Abi Wood

Copy Editor

Betsy Woodruff

City News Editor

Caleb Whitmer

Copy Editor

3-minute interviewFlowers-­Mapes gives free health advice to

Hillsdalians at the Natural Grocery every month.

She works at the Coldwater Chiropractic and

Wellness Center.

Do a lot of people come in for health ad-­

vice?

Quite a few. They tell people when I’m going to be there and people come in and ask me. If it’s too complicated, I tell people to make an appointment, but most of the time I give them a couple things to try.

How did you get involved in natural medi-­

cine?

I had a health issue myself that I had exhaust-­ed all my natural resources [for] when I was 18 years old, and somebody referred me to a naturo-­pathic doctor — who I actually worked for [for] 17 years — and she had me straightened around in six months. So I decided to go to school for natural medicine and started working for her.

natural medicine over mainstream practices?

Natural medicine actually balances your body out and heals your problems on a slow basis.

With traditional medicine, all the drugs are either inhibitors or blockers –– they tend to mask the problem, where herbs actually heal it. Herbs have been around for thousands of years. Half of all drugs are taken off the market in 10 years because they are deemed unsafe.

Have you seen a lot of people turning to

natural medicine locally?

When I was working for Dolores Spence, 75 percent of our clientele was from out of town, and only 25 percent were from Hillsdale. [But] when I started working for Dolores in ’92, most of the people that we saw were on their last hope. They had exhausted all their medical resources and then turned to natural health. So by the time we got people they were in pretty bad shape. Where now things have totally turned. About

using natural health as a preventative.

Do you see people treating really serious

diseases naturally?

I have helped people get rid of tumors the size of softballs without any drugs. [But] people have to be very dedicated. They have to completely change their diet, and they are taking [herbal] pills every two or three hours. They have to pretty much go on a raw food diet. It is not for the faint of heart.

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Presidential candidate Rick San-­torum and his wife Karen held

entirety of his two-­hour life.Then they took him home, introduced him to their other children, and held a funeral the following day.Santorum is the most conservative

-­tial nominee. As such, he has faced savage attacks from the Left, most

month, Fox News commentator Alan Colmes joined the assault, calling the

When Colmes later apologized, Santorum forgave him. Nevertheless,

The Santorums’ care for their dead child left an impression on their other children and reinforced Rick Santo-­rum’s pro-­life stance. It is one thing to defend the life of a fetus in principle,

child the respect he deserves.

18, a serious genetic disorder.

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For the past three years, she has

Bella pulled through 36 hours of pneumonia two weeks ago. Rick

to visit her. He continued to trail Mitt

chances.

and his devotion to Bella join a long

voting record as 100 percent pro-­life for every one of the 12 years he was in the Senate.

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of a pro-­family stance, including the

Among his own family, Santorum

Pietro Santorum, who worked in coal

mines until the age of 72 and left fascist Italy for America’s free-­market

for his family’s freedom and prosper-­ity.Santorum aims to reward such

regulation. He has repeatedly said that

By taking from the working rich and giving to the poor, the federal gov-­ernment removes any incentive for entrepreneurs to invent new methods of creating wealth.This free-­market dynamism made

America the prosperous nation that at-­tracted Pietro to leave Italy. Santorum

more than mere words.The 1996 welfare-­to-­work effort

rates. It transformed welfare from an entitlement — writing checks to the needy — to a temporary assistance program. The new program included

given and time limits for the assis-­tance.Santorum’s enthusiasm for entitle-­

ment reform also led him to support Medicare Part D. While Ron Paul

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the privatization of Medicare.The program created health sav-­

ings accounts, furthered a private-­sec-­tor proposal for Medicare prescription drugs, and encouraged competition among insurers. Because further steps in this direction did not follow, the

Nevertheless, Santorum’s campaign pushes for Medicare reform along the same lines.

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demonstrates his strong stance against

Santorum provides a powerful contrast to our current president, who

the reckless killing of fetuses — with-­out knowing whether they are human or not — and restricted free markets, prolonging a devastating recession.Rick Santorum’s love and respect

dedication to the hard work of his grandfather, Pietro, demonstrate his

hard work of pursuing of happiness.

Ahave emphatically ex-­pressed our distaste for

commentators confusing Hillsdale College’s conservative ideals with

Today, however, as nearly 20 Hillsdale students trek to Washing-­ton D.C. for the annual Conserva-­tive Political Action Conference, we want to consider instead, what is our relationship as college students to the political realm, and

We are reminded of something a journalist-­hero of ours, William F. Buckley Jr., said in the found-­

National Review. He said he in-­

athwart history, yelling Stop, at a time when no one is inclined to do so, or to have much patience with

We think Hillsdale students may have a similar role in the modern conservative movement. We hope that Hillsdale students

-­tion’s defunding and then refund-­ing of Planned Parenthood, ready

pandering of even worthy research institutions. And then, we hope, Hillsdale

something more, to criticize not

its underlying causes: the cast-­

ing of a morally divisive issue in unilateral terms where one side is portrayed as inherently enlight-­ened and the other as ignorant and outdated.

campaigns and encourage them to settle into ideas, to think deeply and well and articulate concepts

In some ways, we are called as Hillsdale College students to serve the political realm in non-­partisan

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know the good and not merely the

So as Hillsdale students head off to CPAC, we wish you a good weekend. Represent our school

swallow the party line. Build up

ground level instead of judging them from afar. Be effective com-­municators and networkers. And

you feel so moved from time to time.Buckley would not expect

anything less of you, and neither would we.

When I arrived on campus this semester, I immediately sensed that something was missing. Hillsdale felt hollower some-­

how, more homogenous, less varied. It was like

Korea — everyone on campus wasn’t wearing ster-­

Something had changed. Something was miss-­ing. It was a like a warm ray of sunshine had ceased to shine through the window of a dark, damp,

crack of a concrete wasteland. I longed for the variety and color of Hillsdale’s

argyle socks. I longed for…-­

son.

class. And it wasn’t just his candy-­cane speckled corduroys;; it was also his distinctive character. Now some of you freshmen are asking your-­

you, who are likely spending your time at college

too much time with people of the opposite gender,

For instance, while other students of this col-­lege mindlessly declared industrial capitalism and the American founding the coming of Holy Zion,

monarchy from student mockers. While other stu-­

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from the Common Prayer Book in his deep sooth-­

cocktail. While other students decided to spend their Friday night unimaginatively drinking un-­counted shots of cheap Louisiana vodka (hilarious-­

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Another story: Once, when some student was

friend. As the student sitting in the front seat of

student pedal away his loneliness.-­

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Anyway, here’s my point: Hillsdale College -­

ism — the force that replaces creativity and indi-­viduality with gray, sterile uniformity. But look at

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even our students. We are losing our variety, our aristocratic elements, our conservatism;; we have

So for the sake of our college’s future, I plead with the administration: conserve the variety;;

present trend toward dull monotony. Our campus needs more gentility on this campus, more color,

Besides, we miss him.

In Memoriam:

LOVE AND POLITICSTyler O’Neil

Special to the Collegian

Michael Blank

Special to the Collegianenerally, I am not one

-­nies might have donated at one point or another to some cause I disagree with. I eat Heinz Ketchup, shop at Nordstrom, and, sometimes, I even go to Taco Bell. I do avoid drinking

more to do with my dedication to Coca-­Cola than anything else.But I draw the line at

straight up donating my money to charities that even meni-­ally support an organization I actively oppose. Financial support for any organization

Parenthood is more than I can stomach.If you followed the Student

you might recall many popular

charities seem to support Planned Parenthood. If you do

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Microsoft, Forever 21, Kitch-­enAid, Hunter Boot, Bank of America, and Major League

All these companies donate time, talent or treasure to The

-­tion. This foundation has

to Planned Parenthood. Its con-­

Parenthood clinics do not even

Komen Foundation pulled its support of Planned Parent-­hood. The foundation claims that its original decision was

a way to provide more women

with access to mammograms. Unfortunately, this decision

upheaval and resulted in many people frantically donating to Planned Parenthood. The deci-­

leading to the resignation of the organization’s Vice Presi-­dent, Karen Handel, who said

I am disappointed in the Su-­

cancer, and I have always hoped for the opportunity to donate money to an otherwise good organization without supporting Planned Parenthood and its ideology. They gave me

caved to pressure and took that hope from me and millions of other pro-­life Americans.

Ito speed on Delta Sigma Phi’s current situation. As it now stands, the men of DSP will lose their

There are those on campus who support the deci-­sion to take away the Delt Sig house and would even applaud the revocation of the fraternity’s charter.

a counter-­culture, as a component of a lifestyle that

contempt for college rules. These are opinions that I -­

I think of unity. A house encourages community and helps foster relationships. It provides a meeting

memories shared.

save the DSP house. You can sign a petition on

article, there are already 83 signatures and counting.

for the fraternity and are currently doing all they can, whether that means making sure the house stays

to come.

Grace Kessler

Special to The Collegian

Richard Thompson

Special to the Collegian

NO HOPE FROM SUSAN

DSP IS NO ANIMAL HOUSE

(Dane Skorup/Collegian)

Five seconds left and Tom Brady drops back to pass.Giants defensive end Jason

Pierre-­Paul forces him to the left and Brady frantically sets his feet, throws back his head, and heaves the ball all of 65 yards into the end zone.Everyone at the Kappa Bowl

Super Bowl party jumps up as he releases. The Patriot fans scream and a Giants fan yells “No! No! No! No!”The ball spirals toward four

pairs of hands – but only one pair belongs to a Patriot player. The ball is swatted down and falls in front of Patriot tight end Rob Gronkowski, who is left grasping at air.That’s it. The Super Bowl is

over and a mix of groans and

Kappa Kappa Gamma house. The Hillsdale College stu-­

dents turn towards each other and start talking about the obscene amount of homework they have yet to do, spots in the library they will do the profane amount of homework in and, for those not going to the library, movies they will watch while doing their revolting amount of homework. No one is listening to hear

Al Michaels lament how close Gronkowski had come to being a hero.Sorry, Al. The Kappa Bowl began at 6

p.m. Three tables were set up in the dining room, loaded with food and ready party.“Our wings are always gone

in 15 minutes,” said sophomore Katie Frates, events coordinator chairman for Kappa. “We almost ran out of food last year so this year we ordered in excess.”Despite that excess, within

45 minutes junior Emma Curtis announced the food on the tables was all that was left. Not only the wings were gone, but also most of the subs and vegetable platters as well. There were a lot of people at

the Kappa Bowl.

formed into their appropriate

cliques. The track athletes sat in the back left, the Sigma Chis in front of the track athletes, the ex and current Niedfeldters to the left of the Sigma Chis, etc. Kap-­pas, of course, were everywhere. After the national anthem,

sophomore Rachel Hofer jumped up from her seat and pointed at four girls sitting next to her, one after the other.“Patriots? Patriots? Patriots?

Patriots? We’ve got a whole line of Patriots over here!” she shouted.

of them, the two couches directly in front of the TV were appar-­ently reserved for those at the party to watch football. Behind them were the socialites and non-­Giant, non-­Patriot fans. “So where are you from?”“What did you think of the

CCA?”“Oh my God! Gladiators!”“Hell yeah!” Halftime and Madonna was

by, yes, a legion of gladia-­tors. Draped in a gold robe, the Material Girl began her set that included appearances by Cirque du Soleil, LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, M.I.A., Cee Lo Green, and more drum lines. “Whoa! So cool!”

laughter and gasps at each Cirque du Soleil acrobat and when Madonna began to sing “Like a Prayer,” all the girls sang along. The halftime show ended and

the camera zoomed out to reveal a message scrawled across the

“That’s not even relevant right now!” shouted senior Maggie Ball to more laughter.“Only in Hillsdale...”New England pulled ahead

17-­9 early in the third quarter and while more people were watch-­ing the game now, the laughing chatter continued from halftime.“I literally haven’t seen a

second of the game,” said sopho-­more Emily Flynn. She and junior Elizabeth

Viviano were standing over what was left of the food — only one vegetable platter now. The girls laughed and said they had a good

time.“You need all parts of the

party, right?” Flynn asked later. “We’re the food people.” The party had dwindled

down to about 30, mostly girls. A couple cuddled on the couch previously held down by the devoted fans. To the right of the couple, two girls were playing patty-­cake. Behind the two girls was a freshman guy hitting on a sophomore girl.Giants quarterback Eli Man-­

ning began to put together what would prove to be the game-­winning drive when Ball jumped up from her seat.“Three minutes left and I

don’t care who wins!” she yells. Sorry, Eli. Sophomore Abby Schultz

wore a Packers sweatshirt for the Super Bowl party. “I’ve loved [the Kappa Bowl].

I love football so much even though the Packers aren’t in it,” said Schultz. “I love watching football with my girls.”Ball is also a Packers fan.“For me, when [the Packers]

went to the Super Bowl last year, it was an event,” she says. “I needed to watch it and I didn’t care who was there. So yeah, for me it was more a social event this year.”Manning handed the ball off

to Ahmad Bradshaw and the run-­ning back ran six yards to put the Giants up 21-­17 with 57 seconds left.Brady threw, Gronkowski fell,

the Giants conquered.

minutes.The TV is still replaying that

last catch-­that-­almost-­was. The image will undoubtedly taunt thousands of Patriots fans and elate thousands of Giants fans until next September. The 30-­odd Kappas in the

room don’t seem to mind much.

their ridiculous amounts of homework with another few min-­utes of laughing.Al Michaels is still breaking

down that last play, but still no one is listening.Sorry, Al.

teaming Chelsea and converging heavily on her whenever she drove,” Brannick said. “So, at our time out, we talked about me getting open on the opposite block, so she could dish the ball to me to score.”“The wonderful passes from

Chelsea and Kadie Lowery — who had four assists — allowed me to do so well.”According to Charney, the

win over Northwood was big because a lot of other league contenders lost crucial games on Saturday. There will most likely be three or four teams from the middle of the South Division vy-­ing for two spots in the playoffs.Because of this tight race,

every one of the next games is critical for the Chargers.“We have to take it one game

at a time, starting with Ohio Do-­minican on Thursday,” Charney said.

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Welcome to the Kappa Bowl

Chargers provisionally qualify for nationalsSenior Amanda Putt now

holds the top time in Division II in two different events — in addition to the school record she broke.Putt broke the school record

for the 800-­meter run after run-­

II Challenge held in Geneva, Ohio. “She was so amazing, and

that was not even her main event,” senior Chelsea Wacker-­nagel said. Senior Jen Shaffer came in

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national meet and Shaffer hit the provisional mark. “It looks pretty hopeful for

nationals with how many have already provisionally quali-­

Overall, the men’s team

“They were a little more re-­laxed and a little more aggres-­sive which gave great results,” assistant coach R.P. White said. “All across the board they did great and they are beginning to

work.”Junior Kathy Dirksen and

senior Cat Nass took third and fourth, respectively, in the women’s weight throw with NCAA qualifying marks. Junior Kayla Caldwell and

-­ond in the pole vault. Caldwell also took third in the 200-­meter dash at 25.37 seconds.“You could tell that a lot

of the girls were off and that it was not going to be a high jumping day, but it would come down to being the most mentally tough,” Wackernagel said. “Also, that even if you

feel a little bit off you have to remember what you have to execute in your jump.”Junior Adrianna Yancho

cleared the high jump at 1.63 meters to take the third-­place

overall.The men’s team also had

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the weight throw sophomores John Banovetz and Brett Dailey took second and third place.Freshman Matt Perkins and

seniors Jerry Perkins and Jeff

the men’s 800-­meter run. Also, Wysong had a seventh place

Sophomore sprinter Maurice Jones took seventh place also in the men’s 200-­meter run.Earlier in the week, the team

encountered a setback when

freshman Elly Bryon suffered an injury that will not allow her to run for the next few weeks. Shaffer joined the women’s

while she is out. “Jen came over to work with

the 4x400 A-­team, and it was great to have a distance runner over with the sprinters,” Wack-­ernagel said.The team did not let an in-­

jury discourage them, and they were able to shave four seconds

“It is impressive that we can have things break down with a relay team and still be able to keep the high level energy and perform well,” Nass said.The team will be traveling

to Grand Valley State Univer-­sity for the next few weeks to compete at a familiar track.“The team is working every

week to make excellence a habit,” Wackernagel said.

Caleb WhitmerCopy Editor

(Sally Nelson/Collegian)

we catch him watching them when we come back to the bus.”On his trips, people fre-­

quently approach Knauss rec-­ognizing the Hillsdale College name on the side of the bus. “Wherever I go, somebody

knows Hillsdale College,” he said. “People come up to me and say ‘I graduated from Hills-­dale’ or ‘I get the Imprimis.’ It’s surprising to see how many people know this little college.” Knauss has lived in Reading,

Mich., with his wife, a native Michigander, for the past 30 years. He has three married children and six grandchildren. Before being employed by

the college, Knauss worked in law enforcement as a deputy sheriff and as a prison guard

the Michigan Department of Correction. He retired from law enforce-­

ment in December of 2000 and saw an advertisement in the newspaper for a position

in security at Hillsdale in May 2001. Knauss worked part-­time writing parking tickets until 2004, when Hillsdale bought its

and previous experience driving school buses, Knauss took on the role of Hillsdale College’s bus driver. Knauss’ farthest trip was to

Florida several years ago when he drove the men’s basketball team for their tournament games between Christmas and New Year’s. He hopes to continue driving

the Hillsdale College Chargers to their future games, and all the while supporting them. “I will drive for a few more

years,” Knauss said. “It all depends on my age and health. I’m getting up there.” As for the Hillsdale Char-­

gers, they appreciate their bus driver. “I think he is really funny,”

Ward said. “He’s my favorite bus driver.”

BILL

From A8

WOMEN’S BBALL

From A8

Sarah Anne VoylesCollegian Reporter SWIM TEAM TWO

FOR TWO IN RECORD

BREAKING CAMPAIGN

The Hillsdale Charger Swim-­mers are off to hot start in their quest to rewrite the team’s record board. The women smashed two school records in only two swim

-­ming yesterday, February 8th, at the GLIAC Meet in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Five individuals competed in the 1000-­yard freestyle, senior Michaela Wolfe, junior Emily Peltier, sophomore Molly Birrer, and freshmen Rachel Hoffer and Jordan Rucinski. Ruciniski broke Nikki Dyer’s two-­year old record in the event, and captured 11th place. Though Wolfe was only other swimmer to break into the top 16, every swimmer recorded either a

season or career best. The 200-­yard medley team,

consisting of seniors Alicia Leduc and Linda Okonkowski, junior Sports Editor Sarah Leitner, and sophomore Katie Smith, also set a new team record and took 6th place. Northern Michigan Universi-­

by just 0:00.26. Freshman Gretchen Geist took

11th in the 3-­meter dive. The team will be competing

Thursday and Friday morning in preliminary races with hopes of top

“We’re looking really good and feeling really positive about the meet,” Leitner said.

—Phil Morgan

On Sunday, Feb. 5, so-­rorities, fraternities, off-­campus houses and dorms hosted Super Bowl parties to watch the Gi-­ants beat the Patriots 21-­17. “[The Super Bowl] is so

ingrained in you, you can’t miss it. It’s almost like a religion,” said senior Maggie Ball. “It’s a traditional thing for America.”Junior Tommy Lundberg

said that he was “kind of” root-­ing for the Patriots because of his Michigan loyalties. Tom Brady played as quarterback for Michigan in the early 2000s. “I’m also a huge Packer fan

so I kind of lost interest after they were out,” Lundberg said. He and his Sigma Chi fraterni-­ties brothers spent the afternoon playing football on the empty lot next to the Paul House be-­fore watching the game. “I plan on rooting for the

team who wins,” said sopho-­more Rachel Hofer and Kappa bowl attendee. “But actually,

I’m just rooting for Kappa.” Many students only attend

Super Bowl parties for the social aspect. Large events like the Kappa Bowl bring together many social groups, from track athletes to ex-­Niedfeldters to football players. “I wish it was more a game

for people to watch but it totally is a social event,” said sophomore Abby Shultz. “It was more like, ‘Oh hey, you’re here! let’s talk.’”“I just like seeing the

people,” said sophomore Emily Flynn. Kappa’s Current Events

Chair — sophomore Katie

the dining with three-­inch subs from Oakley Riverside Deli;; cheese cubes, vegetables and dip from Market House;; and chicken wings from Domino’s. Despite her and the sorority’s best effort to accommodate their guests, food and seating ran out quickly. “We almost never have

enough chairs to accommodate everyone,” Frates said.

On the other side of cam-­pus, Pi Beta Phi also hosted a campus-­wide open house while Chi Omega hosted a sisterhood event. For some students, Super

Bowl Sunday is no different

with church, Saga, Inc. brunch, homework or ball room dance club. “I just happened to be here,”

sophomore Nick Allen said of the Galloway party while he ate chips and drank pop from the event, of course. Others, though, actively

work against Super Bowl cel-­ebrations. A half-­dozen students gathered in the Old Student Union to play scrabble for their “Not-­a-­Super-­Bowl-­Party” on Sunday evening. “I don’t like [the Super

Bowl]. I think it’s pointless,” said freshman Addison Stumpf, ringleader of the event. “[The Giants and the Pa-­

triots] both deserve to lose,” freshman James Inwood said

Sally NelsonWeb Editor

Super Bowl Sunday: Hillsdale style

Ohio Dominican is winless in the GLIAC and has only a 3-­18 record, so tonight’s game is a must win against the Panthers.

basketball this year, with only four wins in the conference, and Hillsdale has already beat the Dragons back on Jan. 7, 78-­69.With only three weeks left

in the regular season, every win will push the Chargers a little closer to the coveted NCAA bid. “We’re concentrating on

hosting the GLIAC, winning it, and through that locking up the NCAA berth” Washburn said. “Tonight is going to be a refocus-­ing effort. Every team in this league is talented, so we need to play the way we’re capable of and take care of business.” Tonight the Chargers will

seek to return to their winning ways. “We’ve prided ourselves on our defense and playing as team, and that’s what we need to get back to,” senior forward Brad Guinane said.

MEN’S BBALL

From A8

After three wins at home, the Charger men’s basketball team saw their win streak come to an end on the road against the Northwood Timberwolves. The 18th-­ranked Chargers fell 73-­59 on Saturday, Feb. 4, their second GLIAC loss of the year.The contest stayed even

-­dale and Northwood traded small runs. The Chargers went into halftime down by four, despite shooting a high percentage than their opponents. Sophomore for-­ward Tim Dezelski and senior point guard Tyler Gerber led the team with eight points apiece. Hillsdale couldn’t muster up a

better second half, as the team shot 34% compared to Northwood’s 57%. The Timberwolves also out rebounded the Chargers 39-­31.Most importantly, the Char-­

gers suffered from foul troubles. Sophomore guard and starter Brandon Pritzl fouled out and both starting center Nick Washburn and his backup Dezelski racked up four fouls by the end of the game. This led to 25 free throw attempts for the Timberwolves. “We were trying to get a stop

and so we tried to press and foul a bit to get back into the game,”

Dezelski said.Unfortunately, it was too little,

too late for Hillsdale. “We were

The second-­half comeback was sty-­mied by the Timberwolve’s great defense.The GLIAC recently named

Tyler Gerber Player of the Week,

three-­pointers. But his effort wasn’t enough to overcome the foul trou-­ble, poor shooting and rebounding

Entering the week, the Chargers were ranked 18th in the country, but their place in the polls is likely to drop after the loss. Hillsdale kept pace in their Southern Division, however, and in the GLIAC, as they maintained the lead on rivals Wayne State and Findlay. At 18-­3 on the season and 12-­2 in the con-­ference, the Chargers are in great position to lock up the top seed in the GLIAC tournament. Their regional ranking still puts them on track for an NCAA tournament bid.The Chargers will try and get

back on track this week with two road games at Ohio Dominican

Saturday. Both GLIAC South divi-­sion teams have had tough seasons.

The Hillsdale College wom-­en’s basketball team demon-­strated their resilience by defeat-­ing the Northwood University Timberwolves 59-­48.The Chargers suffered a

heart-­wrenching home loss just three days earlier, but it did not

tall and aggressive Northwood squad. They put the loss behind them in order to secure a crucial win at Northwood.Senior captain Liz Brannick

said that the key to moving on from the loss to Lake Erie College was learning how to

handle any situation they were faced with during the game and practicing what to do regardless of the score. With this under-­

that they could handle pressure situations, as they did against Northwood.After trailing by four at the

half, the Chargers upped their sense of urgency and execution with a solid offensive effort in the second period.The Chargers were not con-­

half and converted only 9 per-­cent of their 3-­point attempts. That changed in the second half, when the Chargers shot 52 percent from behind the arc.“We had started to get bet-­

Northwood wasn’t attacking our 2-­3 zone and we felt comfort-­able with that so we stayed with it, which we don’t usually like to do, because it slows down the pace of our defense, but it really worked,” head coach Claudette Charney said.The Chargers played well

shooter sophomore Marissa De-­Mott, as she injured her knee in

Lake Eerie and will be out for the remainder of the season.

hurts our depth, so we will have to try different things depend-­ing on our match-­ups,” Charney said. “Abbey Lovat and Kadie

Lowery, along with other fresh-­men, will probably see more playing time and will really have to commit to hard work.”DeMott is usually a threaten-­

ing force from the 3-­point line for the Chargers, along with senior captain Chelsea Harrison and junior Lea Jones. In Satur-­day’s game, however, Harrison and Jones went 1-­for-­6 and 0-­for-­4, respectively. This void

source of scoring in order for Hillsdale to win, and Brannick stepped up to do just that, scor-­ing a career-­high 18 points.“We knew they were triple-­

Sports9 Feb. 2012

KATIE LAMB

What are the team’s goals going into conference?

16 — as we possibly can. The important thing is to swim fast in

many points as possible.

How long have you been involved with swimming?

I started doing competitive swimming when I was nine, so a long time. This is the last year of my career. It’s kind of hard to imagine life before swimming.

How do feel about tying up your swim career?

I’m excited to see what I can accomplish, hopefully go all lifetime bests — that would be great. Hopefully get in on some relays in conference because obviously only four people get to make the relays. We don’t really know [the relay teams] until the day of the meet because Coach only takes the four fastest people that day. So I’m excited for conference, and it’ll be a lot of fun. I’ll probably be more excited than I ever have been. It is kind of sad to think this will be my last hurrah, but it will be exciting to start new things after this.

What do you plan to do after college?

I’m currently looking for jobs so I don’t actually know where

What’s your ideal job?

Right now it’s just getting my feet wet in some business, re-­ally anywhere, because I’d like to move up and be some kind of executive. I’m just not really sure what kind of industry and what — in the end — I’m really good at.

Do you feel this has been a successful season?

me and the team as a whole since I’ve been here. We were 6-­1,

swam great times, faster at this point than any other season at this point in the past.

Do you feel like, with your class graduating, the swim team is

in a solid position to continue doing well?

Oh, I think so. Coach is really good at recruiting. He picked up a great freshman class this year, and they are all doing

I think he’s going to do a great job of picking up another great class next year.

Do you have any advice to younger athletes as you’re heading

out the door?

Oh man. Always take up opportunities. Never miss an oppor-­tunity to get better. Even now, I’m still working on things that I’d like to improve, and this is the end. Just have fun and remember to enjoy every second of it.

— Compiled by Caleb Whitmer

(Caleb Whitmer/Collegian)

Bill Knauss is just one of Hillsdale College’s bus driv-­ers, but in a lot of ways, he’s become more than that.“I just hear him in the stands

cheering for us,” said senior Ashlee Crowder, outside hitter on the volleyball team. “He’s just this sweet old man, always being supportive.”

-­ment was the volleyball team. Ever since, Knuass has been a loyal fan. He watches all the local games and travels to away games when the girls take charter buses. Crowder said she was particularly surprised when he drove himself separately to their game in the Upper Peninsula. “I wanted to go to the cham-­

pionship in California so bad,

He never watched college volleyball before becoming the Hillsdale bus driver. “I don’t understand all the

rules yet, but I like volleyball,” Knauss said. “We’ve got some good girls here that can hit that ball something terrible, and then they will get a girl in the face and knock them right over.”

northern Alabama in 2004. He did not expect many fans to come, but all the girls’ families were there. He said he enjoys getting to know the parents and coaches as well.He said he also likes watch-­

ing the swim team and cheers them on best he can. “With the swim team, it

is hard to know who’s swim-­ming,” Knauss said. “You can-­not tell who is who once they get their bonnets on.” But the junior Sami Ward,

a mid-­distance swimmer, said the team still appreciates his support.“We all love him,” Ward

said. “He always watches our meets and cheers for us.” The bus trips are lively

times for Knauss too, as young, spirited college athletes sur-­round him. “The girls sing, laugh, talk

to me — they’re great,” he said. “He just loves driving us,

and I don’t know why because we are so loud,” said Crowder, jokingly. Knauss always plays the

country radio station on the bus unless the girls put in a movie. “He likes the movies we

watch,” Ward said. “Sometimes

Behind the wheel with Bill KnaussTaylor Knopf

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Women rebound from loss to Erie, defeat Northwood

Northwood hand men 2nd GLIAC loss of the season

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B1 9 Feb. 2012www.hillsdalecollegian.com

(Sally Nelson/Collegian)ARTSWhether using a Canon or a Kodak, the ele-­

ments of photography relatively stay the same.

Introduce the question, “Film or digital?” into the

equation, and differences of opinion emerge.

The two mediums

achieve a print using two

entirely — and highly

debated — methods.

Ever since the ‘90s,

when Kodak, Sony and

others began marketing

consumer-­level digital

decreed digital as a lesser

art.

“There tends to be

people who say ‘digital

is more of an art. That’s

nonsense,” said Douglas

Coon, lecturer in art and

staff photographer. “The

camera’s just a camera.”

Digital photography

picked up speed in the

early 2000s as quality

images became achiev-­

photography in college,

ago.

“The biggest change

with digital is the quality

of the system,” said Coon.

Though Coon has entirely switched to digital,

he still says there are some things he likes about

“Film handles highlights really well,” he said.

Freshman Phillip Wegmann, however, shoots

photography began when, inspired by his father’s

the University of St. Francis.

“Photography doesn’t deserve the respect it

gets because, today, people think of it as nothing

more than a click,” he said. “With black and white

work incredibly hard to get the right moment.”

digital photographers who practice serious art.

“I know several very talented digital photogra-­

phers on campus,” he said. “They don’t point and

shoot. They wait for that perfect moment.”

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mann spent a day photograph-­

ing 73-­year-­old, friend-­of-­a-­

friend Kenny Bontrager.

“There are two things

he refused to put up with:

laziness and self-­pity,” said

Wegmann. “As a food truck

driver, he did work younger

men would shrink at.”

Wegmann was forced to

capture the “decisive mo-­

ment” when photographing

Kenny Bontrager’s friend

“Amish Ed.” Bontrager’s

coworker initially refused

Wegmann’s request but

photograph.

“I waited till the end of the

day to get the picture. They

were both waiting til they

could clock out and were just

staring at the clock,” Weg-­

mann said. “Originally, there

wasn’t enough light. The

negative was very dark. I had

to tease the whites out with

The image required careful dodging -­ or in-­

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age — and burning — or decreasing the exposure

of certain sections.

“With digital photography, it takes a second to

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raphy, it takes two to three hours to make sure

there is no dust or scratches on the negative. It’s

evident that you spend a lot of time with many

print.”

of a “decisive moment” than with digital is a

misconception because both require hours of post-­

processing.

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in the enlarger,” said Coon. “You get the same

results in different ways.”

Coon said that, though many people think

manipulation of images began with digital pho-­

than many people know. Film photographers are

perfectly capable of adding and removing elements

of photos by using layers of masks.

For an assignment on re-­imagining art, he critiqued

Andy Warhol’s subjectivistic perspective on art.

“I wanted to critique [Warhol’s]

prostitution of art — this idea of anything as art,”

he said.

off of Warhol’s work, from the wildly famous

Campbell’s soup can to the painting of the banana

that The Velvet Underground picked up.

Since he has stopped taking photography

classes the University of St. Francis, Wegmann

would love to see a dark room in Sage once again.

processing equipment makes it impractical for

most students.

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for movies. It keeps plants producing it,” he said.

snelson1@hillsdale.edu

As part of his critique of Andy Warhol, Phillip Wegmann shot a Campbell’s soup can with a shotgun. This is the photograph. (Courtesy of Phillip Wegmann)

Sally Nelson

Web Editor

Freshman Phillip Wegmann and his photo of “Amish Ed” and Renny Bon-trager. (Sally Nelson/Collegian)

Sarah Gerber: capturing life from afar

‘10, photography has always

been a risk.

She risks her health, money,

and future security for the sake

of recording untold stories and

sharing them with the world.

From Berkley, Calif., Sarah’s

love for photography and peo-­

ple is sending her all over the

world as she pursues her dream

to be both a photojournalist and

a storyteller.

Beginning in her college

many types of photography,

working for the college’s

External Affairs department,

yearbook, and student newspa-­

per. After graduating, she began

working as photographer and

registered her business, TWEN-­

TYTWENTY Studios.

starting out wide — seeing what

sort of opportunities came up

and what things really captured

She photographed weddings,

engagements, families, pregnan-­

cies, food, and events. During

this time, she also discovered

the capacity of her camera’s

video.

“I was captivated by the idea

of using my photography eye

for moving pictures as well,”

thought of it before how similar

photography and moving pic-­

tures are. The combination of

a story is what compelled me to

pursue it more seriously.”

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ized she was not passionate

about being a photographer for

the sake of taking photographs.

“You have to go after your

passions,” her husband Dave

wondered what she is really

passionate about.”

“I decided to take a step back

and see what has emerged as

most interesting to me because

I knew that to be to be success-­

ful, I can’t do it all and I need

to have a specialized focus on

what I want to capture,” Sarah

“You have to run in the path

of what brings excitement to

that’s where you’re going to

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sions and photography, she real-­

ized that there are two aspects

of photography that draw her

interest. She loves the idea of

capturing ethnic weddings and

documenting and presenting

stories that are not being told.

“Something that came up for

me was the diversity of wed-­

ding traditions across cultures,”

she said. “If I could do ethnic,

cultural weddings, I would want

to put everything I have into

that. Whereas if I was doing tra-­

ditional weddings, it wouldn’t

have the same passion or pull.”

Along with working to

build her business as an ethnic

wedding photographer, she will

also begin a blog to explore the

traditions of the cultures.

“It has an academic aspect

pulls in even more of my inter-­

est. There is an academic attrac-­

tion, more than if I just pursue

traditional weddings.”

These cultural weddings are

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ber’s bigger passion, which is

This interest has already sent

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of people who have found ways

to affect their cultures.

capture the story of a Sudanese

man who is building a school in

his home village. The primary

goal of the project was fundrais-­

ing opportunities and aware-­

ness.

returned from a two-­week trip

a small mountain village to

capture the incredible effort that

make coffee.

“It’s the idea of bringing

people back to the source of

things and thinking about where

the stuff comes from,” she said.

“Right now there’s an interest

in that. There’s a number of

companies that love to sell cof-­

fee, and their main objective is

to connect people to the source

of their coffee.”

woman who started the coffee

company, she knew she wanted

to capture the story. Sarah soon

found herself in the mountains

“I was really compelled

by it,” she said. “That’s the

main component of this part of

what I’m doing. It’s more of a

personal, guided pursuit. When

that I feel like isn’t otherwise

told, that’s what I pursue.”

“We started taking risks in

know she was passionate about

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ras, but she is. We took a huge

risk launching our companies.

We invested in them. We

realized, if we don’t do this,

we can’t pursue our dreams.

There’s no free passes in life.”

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ful.

“What it comes down to is

that you have to take risks,” he

said. “Some people want there

to be an easy way to have a

I know I feel the same way. The

whole process of Sarah doing

this is it’s a huge risk for us.

Part of the reason she’s so suc-­

cessful is she’s willing to risk.”

still in the building stages. She

is working on a possibility of a

Ugandan wedding and has a tra-­

ditional Jewish wedding already

booked.

To see her work, visit www.

twentytwentystudios.com. sodell@hillsdale.edu

Shannon Odell

Spaces Editor

Photos by Sarah Gerber (Right) A school boy posing outside the school in a refugee slum on the outskirts of Juba, South Sudan (Left) One of the “grandes” of the pueblo of St. Elana in the rural mountains of Honduras. Her face is lit only by the candles of a small shrine to the saints in the corner of the otherwise dark room. (Courtesy of Sarah Gerber)

Sarah Gerber posing for the camera when she visited and took photographs in Sudan. (Courtesy of Sarah Gerber)

ARTS9 Feb. 2012 B2 www.hillsdalecollegian.com

IN FOCUSSHANNONODELL

Just like a stove does not make good food, a good camera

does not take beautiful photographs. After a delicious meal,

dinner guests do not compliment the cook on the quality of

her stove and the meal it made. Praise for a beautiful photo-­

graph should not be heaped upon the instrument.

A better camera does not make a better photographer.

Someone with an eye for composition and a talent for expres-­

sion through this medium can take a beautiful photograph

with a disposable camera. Similarly, thousands of dollars of

equipment does not necessarily give value to a photograph.

There is no denying that high-­quality equipment is help-­

ful. Professional lenses and camera bodies are tools to use,

just as a paintbrush or expensive paint serves an artist in his

craft. Photographers always desire the best equipment, not to

piece of work.

People don’t hire a photographer for quality equipment,

but for his or her eye and unique view of the world. As a

wedding and portrait photographer, I do not advertise what

is in my camera bag. No one cares what lens I use. What is

captured through the lens is what really matters.

A photographer is not a camera. A photographer is a set of

eyes, a mind, and a heart that sees the world in a unique way.

The goal of every photographer is to present his or her vision

in a compelling and profound way. It doesn’t matter how

many paychecks I spend on a camera. Photographs are not

beautiful because of the camera brand but because of the soul

capturing them.

So next time you see work by a photographer that you

really admire, don’t turn and complement the photographer’s

camera.

It can’t hear you.

sodell@hillsdale.edu

Raspberry Cupcakes&White Chocolate Frosting

Make this Valentine’s Day inspired treat to impress your loved ones. The raspberries give the cake a tartness that cuts through the

sweetness of the frosting, creating a perfectly balanced dessert.

For Cupcakes:

2 1/4 tsp. baking powder

1 1/4 tsp. salt

1 1/4 cups whole milk

1 Tbs. vanilla extract

2 sticks + 2 Tbs. butter

2 1/4 cups sugar

6 large eggs

12 oz. (two containers)

raspberries

Red food coloring (optional)

Add in eggs one at a time until each is fully incorporated. Beat for an

aditional two or three minutes. Add in vanilla.

separate bowl. Add into batter, alternating with milk, in three addi-­

Fold in the raspberries. To help incorporate them throughout the

batter, you can choose to cut up half before putting them in.

Line cupcake tins with baking cups. Use spoons or an ice cream Bake the cupcakes for 20-­25 minutes or until the cake bounces

For Frosting:2 sticks unsalted butter, softened

2 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Pinch of salt

6 oz. white chocolate (Baker’s is

1/4 cup heavy whipping cream

1/4 tsp. vanilla extract

1. Put the chopped white chocolate into a small

aside to cool.

sides of the bowl as needed.

low speed.

5. Fold in the melted, but cool, chocolate into the

mixture until incorporated.

6. Beat frosting for an additional three mintues on

medium high.

duo will be accompanied by

the Tower Dancers.

something that the audience

has never seen before,” Chris

studies and artist/teacher of

trumpet, said.

The performance will take

Auditorium.

Corrine Imberski, visiting

assistant professor of dance and

director of the Tower Dancers,

choreographed the “Rhapsody

in Blue” piece in which six

dancers will perform. The

Tower Dancer’s began work

back in Oct., and Imberski

said they dancers have come a

long way, embracing the fun in

the music and portraying the

characters well.

excited for the performance.

“We are trying to convey

an adventure in the big city

–– young ladies having fun and

going to a ball. Just awe and

wonder at the masterpieces of

human construction;; skyscrap-­

ers and the nightlife and the

beautiful sort of mechanical

beauty of the neon signs and

“I love the piece –– it is fun

to dance to because the music

has a really great beat and it

feels like a happy, hopeful

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ton, said.

“As a little kid, I loved

one of my favorite pieces, so it

is kind of cool to actually do a

dance to it, especially since the

music is live. It makes the song

feel more alive,” sophomore

The Tower Dancers are ex-­

cited for the performance, but

the preparation is not without

struggles. Because the music

will be performed by only a

piano and a trumpet, it sounds

very different from the record-­

ing the dancers originally used

in practice.

“We got into rehearsal and

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ly been a challenging process,”

“I love wearing heels, but to

dance in them is a whole other

story,” sophomore Angela

Pearsall said.

Though out of their ele-­

ment, the Tower Dancers still

expect a good performance.

“I thought it was a very

good give-­and-­take between

Corinne and the musicians.

They worked pretty well to-­

gether in allowing each to have

their own way,” Pearsall said.

also will dance a duet to “The

Legend”, and Imerski will be

performing an improvisational

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sational jazz piece.

“We have really talented

faculty here and it is really

exciting to get to show them

off. This dance is a celebration

of movement, so the audience

should just have a good time.

Enjoy the music, because it is

so classic and performed live.

Expect to see something that is

lreyes@hillsdale.edu

Dance accompanies music

Leslie Reyes

Collegian Freelancer

Theater, men commonly played

women who dressed up as

men and were later revealed

as women. On the stage of

Shakespearean formula has been

reversed.

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sor,’ we have two women

who are playing men who are

disguised as women at the end of

the play,” said the show’s direc-­

Angell. “It’s an exact Shake-­

spearean gender inversion.”

theatre department frequently

casts women in roles written for

males, they seldom play men, re-­

ferred to as having a “pants role.”

Rather, the role is simply adapted

for a female, Angell said.

“Theater is a big game

of ‘Let’s pretend’ and ‘Let’s

pretend’ with the audience too.

Once they know the rules, they’ll

play along,” he said. “You just

want to make whatever you’re

doing work.”

The last time a female

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sdale theater department was in

the 2006 production of ‘Tartuffe.’

“We had a lot of fun with that

mustache,” Angell said. “There

were quite a few people who

never even realized we had a

female in that role.”

Suiting UpA woman playing a man still

has to solve the same problems

and answer the same questions

about their character as any

walk, talk, sit, and stand are all

elements of creating a believable

character as well as understand-­

ing the character’s motivations.

“I’m starting to notice all of

these little things I’m going to

have to change, down to the way

who is one of two women play-­

“But the clown part is probably

harder.”

and John Rugby, two clown roles

described by Angell as “ga-­

lumphing buffoon servants.”

“The only person in this play

who is stupider than John Rugby

is Peter Simple, and no-­one

anywhere is stupider than Peter

“Every sitcom has a dumb

character, and I always look at

them and think ‘No one is that

stupid.’ But I really am. And it’s

a comedy, so everything’s over-­

the-­top. I just have to make sure

I’m not too over-­the-­top. It’s a

challenge.”

said.

“It’s really fun working with

her. We’ve been joking around

with each other since tenth

grade.”

The Birth of “Pants”

in the world of opera, after the

castrati fell out of favor with the

Catholic Church, and the public

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zart and Rossini.

“It was seen as unnatural,”

musicologist and Professor of

“Up until then, the castrati

were the heroes. That was their

role.

Since the music was written

for a voice in the female range,

producers had two options,

“They could transpose the role,

which would create an imbalance

in the music, or let the women

take over,” Clark said. “And that

is how we ended up with pants

roles.”

and Verdi also intentionally

wrote pants roles for comedic

effect, having women sing as

un-­bearded youths, such as

Figaro.”

In order to perform these

classic musical masterpieces,

mezzo-­sopranos and contraltos

Opera Workshop or in private

voice lessons.

one such singer, playing the Ro-­

of Poppea” last year.

“It was quite a stretch for me,

because I’m really quite ladylike,

but I enjoy playing roles outside

of my comfort zone,”

of people would be

kinda funny about it.

I don’t know, it was

still fun.”

Working ItSometimes people

women dressed up as

men or men singing

that high, Clark said.

“But what can I say?

It’s theater. There are

people dressed up

as other people all

across the stage.”

At the very least,

pants roles mean that

actresses in period

plays don’t have to

bother maneuvering

huge skirts across the

stage.

“And that’s a good

“Just me. Walking

around in my pants. Like I usu-­

ally do.”

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WOMEN WEARING THE PANTS: A GENDER INVERSIONTory Cooney

Copy Editor

(Joe Buth/Collegian)

By Roxanne Turnbull

Junior Kyra Moss and senior Caitlyn Hub-bard duking it out.(Elena Salvatore/Collegian)

Keith Otterbein remembers his years as a student athlete

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Discount store owner Bill Mikolay sits on a casket he bought at an unclaimed freight auc-tion in Richmond, Va. Tony Gonzalez ‘08 won a Phillips Foundation award to write about unclaimed freight across the country. . (Courtesy of Tony Gonzalez)

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A HAND!STITCHED LEGACYHayden Smith

Collegian Freelancer

Instructor Jodie Dobbs (right) helps Hillsdale resident Karen Dofrey (left) pin her quilt pieces. Since 2005, Trevathan’s Sweep & Sew Shoppe has offered quilting and sewing classes to the community every week, on Tuesdays and Fridays. (Shannon Odell/Collegian)

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