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the bookstore. A2
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Protestant ReIormation. A5
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team swept the competition at
Southern Indiana fnishing frst
out oI nine teams. A8
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comes with play set in the
1960s south and the racial ten-
sion that dominated the social
scene. B2
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miles Irom Hillsdale`s campus.
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Aimee England, a volunteer, political ac-
tivist, and dear Iriend to many in the Hill-
sdale community, passed away Tuesday
morning oI surgery complications.
'She lived her liIe in capital letters,
Benita DeRose oI Domestic Harmony said
oI England. The Collegian interviewed Eng-
land on Oct. 21 Ior a profle that was intend-
ed to run in the Nov. 6 issue.
England worked part time at Domestic
Harmony and at RAND doing feld tracking
and census studies in Jackson County. She
also ran Hillsdale Community News, a Face-
book page and news outlet where she posted
stories and pictures about local events and
24/7 updates on what was happening in Hill-
sdale.
'I just love it here, England said. 'A lot
oI people don`t, but I don`t have another
home because my Iamily moved. Friends
become our chosen Iamily that`s how I Ieel
about liIe.
England said she moved to Hillsdale
when she was 18 years old with her best
Iriend, and quickly Iound work at Volume
One Book Store, where she worked Ior 22
years. She soon began volunteering at Do-
mestic Harmony and, in 1987, started attend-
ing city council meetings.
'I wanted to be aware and know what`s
going on, England said. 'To see the inter-
personal dynamics and the body language.
You can learn a lot Irom that.
England ran Ior city council and city
clerk, and although she lost those races, said
she preIered it that way.
'I can be myselI, England said. 'II you
are elected there are things you can`t say, and
I don`t like that.
JeII King, a good Iriend oI England, said
they were political Iriends.
'She had the rare quality that you could
disagree with her on political issues and still
be her Iriend, King said. 'In Iact, we were
better Iriends because oI it.
He knew England since 2003 and said she
believed in liberty issues. He aIIectionately
reIerred to her as the oracle oI Hillsdale.
'She kept the city council on their toes
and that will be missed, King said.
England said that one oI her Iavorite parts
oI a small city like Hillsdale is that every-
body knows your name.
'I like knowing everybody and pulling
together Ior Iriends in need, England said.
'It`s like our motto, It`s the people.` And
there`s good and bad to that, but there`s more
good Ior the most part.
Hillsdales Ambassador dies
Oakley closes
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Two oI Hillsdale County`s
three judges have endorsed
Jonesville attorney Sara Lisznyai
in her race Ior district judge, cit-
ing concerns over the record
oI her opponent Neal Brady,
the county`s prosecutor Ior the
last 18 years allegations that
Brady and his supporters, in-
cluding County SheriII Stan
Burchardt, deny.
Former prosecutor and Cir-
cuit Judge Michael Smith said
Brady strikes too many plea bar-
gains, reducing charges in ex-
change Ior guilty pleas.
Since 2001, Brady has pled
about three out oI every Iour
Ielonies to misdemeanors, ac-
cording to Smith`s court records.
'You can`t take every case
to trial, but Brady has reduced
75 percent oI all serious crimes
in this county to misdemeanors
or he outright dismisses them,
Smith said. 'We have a serious
methamphetamine problem in
this county and we`ve only tried
one case in 18 years. Clearly
we`re not addressing the prob-
lem. I have seen the same peo-
ple in Iront oI me repeatedly
two, three, Iour times.
Probate judge Michelle Bian-
chi also has endorsed Lisznyai.
But Brady said his approach
to plea bargaining refects his
philosophy as a prosecutor.
'Plea bargains Iorce criminals
to admit to something that they
probably haven`t admitted to
beIore, Brady said. 'This starts
the change and the healing pro-
cess Ior people who are guilty oI
crimes..II people don`t plead,
they never take responsibility Ior
what they`ve done.
Retiring District Judge Don
Sanderson said plea bargaining
can be misunderstood.
'A case that goes to trial is a
case that has Iailed, Sanderson
said. 'Well over 90 percent oI
those charged with a crime are
guilty. II a case gets past primary
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'I got my son back because
I worked here. It kept me out oI
trouble and on the right path,
Hillsdale resident Stacey Osborn
said. She was an employee at
Tastes oI LiIe, a local restaurant
in Industrial Park that closed on
Sept. 28 because oI Michigan`s
minimum wage increase.
Pastor Jack Mosley and his
wiIe Linda began Tastes oI LiIe
to support their residential pro-
gram, LiIe Challenge oI Michi-
gan, and provide training in so-
cial, developmental, waitressing,
and cooking skills to people who
need a second chance. Some oI
his employees had cancer, deaths
in the Iamily, or spent time in
jail time or struggling with sub-
stance abuse.
'LiIe has issues, Mosley
said. 'This was a place to sure
them up, and help them cope and
get through.
He explained that unlike a
typical business that might fre
a cheI with a hot temper 'who
breaks dishes, Tastes oI LiIe
management is more long-suI-
Iering and wants to help their
employees polish their liIe skills.
Osborn was there Irom day
one Father`s day oI 2012
until the restaurant closed. She
said she came to the restaurant
with a lot oI issues that the Mos-
leys helped her through.
AIter looking Ior other jobs,
she Iound most involved alco-
hol, such as bartending, and she
wanted a place that would guide
her in a better direction.
She had looked Ior other jobs,
but said nothing could compare
to what Tastes oI LiIe was to
her. She said other jobs involve
alcohol or bartending and she
doesn`t want to work some place
that will send her in the wrong
direction.
Terry Hatch, another employ-
ee, worked at the restaurant Ior
six months and said it was more
than a job Ior her.
'I have a Iew disabilities and
this gave me Iriends. It was a lot
more than a paycheck, Hatch
added.
Co-worker Makenzie Wirick
came to Tastes oI LiIe in April oI
2012 and leIt only a week beIore
it closed.
'It gave me something to do
and I have Iriends here. Jack was
a big part oI my Iamily and this
was a nice place to work, Wir-
ick said.
The minimum wage increase
harms other small retail busi-
nesses and restaurants in Hills-
dale, causing them to cut hours
and raise prices, but those who
already paid above the mini-
mum wage have not Iaced the
same struggle. Mosley, who
hired minimum-wage workers,
couldn`t keep up with the wage
increase and aIter closing his
restaurant, 12 people lost their
jobs.
AIter doing the math when
the minimum wage increased,
Mosley realized they would
need 200 more customers a week
to stay open. That, accompanied
by the Iact that many oI their
senior customers go south Ior
the winter, and Iood prices have
risen dramatically, made Mosley
close the doors.
The building will become a
women`s center, Mosley said,
where pregnant women or those
with young children will be able
to go Ior a discipleship program.
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The doors beneath Oakley
Riverside Deli`s bright yel-
low awning on Hillsdale Street
closed Ior good Friday.
AIter owning Oakley Ior
eight oI its 13 years, Sid Halley
credited a combination oI Iactors
Ior the popular sandwich shop`s
closing: a decrease in business,
increase in costs oI materials,
like meats and cheeses, and
the state`s increasing minimum
wage.
'We`ve been running at a loss
Ior at least the last six months, so
Irom the business standpoint, we
had to close down while the hole
was still one we could actually
get out oI, he said.
Halley said other Michigan
small businesses have experi-
enced similar issues.
'You see in all the political
ads lately that Michigan is the
Comeback State, Halley said,
'but I don`t know where they`re
looking to be able to say that,
because it`s not here...People
just don`t have extra money to
spend.
Between the cost oI meats,
like ham, nearly doubling in
the last eight years, a signifcant
drop in business this summer
and Iall, and the deteriorating
condition oI the building, Halley
said closing was his only option.
'The prices keep increasing,
and I don`t see them coming
down anytime soon, he said.
While Halley packed up the
fnal boxes oI leItover chips and
T-shirts earlier this week, un-
knowing customers continued to
fle through the door.
'We`re closed, he told them.
'Like you`re moving to a
new location? You can`t be clos-
ing Iorever! this reporter over-
heard customers saying Tuesday.
Since Oakley announced its
plans to close on Twitter last
Wednesday, many students and
alumni have voiced similar sen-
timents on social media and to
Halley. One such discontented
customer was junior Kelsey
Cromer.
'I`ve gone to Oakley every
Thursday since my Ireshman
year, she said. 'A Iriend and
I Iormed Oakley Thursday.`
Since we had been going there
weekly Ior two years straight,
they had our names and orders
memorized down to the last
topping...Sid would even throw
in a Iree dessert every now and
then.
Getting to know his custom-
ers and customizing their orders
was Halley`s Iavorite part oI
owning and running Oakley.
'We tried to make it personal
through making sure we got
your name and writing it on the
sandwich, Halley said. 'I made
a lot oI Iriends through work-
ing here, and I`ll miss them. The
people were the biggest aspect I
enjoyed.
Aside Irom these regular
lunch and dinner guests, Oakley
also served the Charger athletic
teams.
'Oakley is what our coach
buys us Ior pre-game meals dur-
ing the season, Cromer said. 'I
would bring the big box oI Iood
on the bus and all the girls would
shout, Oakley, Oakley, Oakley!`
Now, we are going to have to
fnd a diIIerent substitute and it
will be hard to top a team Iavor-
ite.
Oakley employee and senior
Iootball player Sam Landry said
the Iootball team will especially
miss munching on Oakley subs
while traveling to away games.
Smith`s Flower Shop owner
Jane Stewart said other local
businesses are equally sad to see
Oakley close.
'When one business closes,
it`s not good Ior everyone,
Stewart said. 'Even when it`s a
competitor, closing stores in a
small town is bad. Another emp-
ty building, especially so close
to the college, is Irightening.
Adding to the number oI va-
cant storeIronts in downtown
Hillsdale, the building housing
Oakley will remain empty until
Halley and his attorney decide
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Senator Mike Lee Q&A
Sen. Mike Lee of Utah is a
fervent defender of Americas
founding principles, the rule
of law, and the endurance of
America as a free republic. Lee
became one of the hrst success-
ful tea partv candidates when
he ousted seasoned Senator Bob
Bennett from ofhce in 2010, and
was recentlv appointed chair-
man of the prestigious Senate
Steering Committee. He spoke
at Hillsdale Tuesdav.
You`ve spoken at the Kir-
by Center several times, but
you`ve never made it out to
Hillsdale`s campus. What
made you want to come here?
This is a Mecca Ior conser-
vatives. This is the kind oI place
that every conservative needs to
visit Irom time to time. It`s been
something I`ve dreamed oI do-
ing Ior many years.
I`ve heard that you have
taken the Constitution 101
course. Is that true?
I`ve had a number oI my staII
members do that, and I have at-
tended a number oI the seminars
over at Hillsdale`s Kirby Center.
A lot oI my staII members have
taken that. It`s not optional.
There seems to be a split in
the Republican Party: there
are establishment-leaning Re-
publicans, and there are tea
party-leaning Republicans.
What could a candidate do to
overcome those boundaries?
Is it necessary to overcome the
split mentality of the party to
be a strong candidate in 2016?
I think it`s always important
Ior any candidate to be able to
explain what it is that he or she
stands Ior. Part oI that entails
explaining not only what the
candidate is against, but also
what the candidate is Ior. I think
a good Republican candidate is
a conservative candidate. And
a true conservative candidate
will explain not only what the
candidate is Ior but also what
the candidate is against. They`ll
explain that the message oI con-
servatism is not 'you`re all on
your own, but it`s, 'we`re all
in this together, in the sense
that the reason we are conser-
vative is because we believe in
the things that Iree individuals
can do when they`re allowed to
be Iree: the voluntary associa-
tions that they Iorm when gov-
ernment doesn`t interIere with
their ability to do so. That we
are conservative frst and Iore-
most because we believe that
limited government provides
us with the best possible set oI
circumstances in which upward
economic mobility is not only a
possibility but a reality. I think
that`s the kind oI message that
can help unite the party.
Who would you like to vote
for in 2016?
That is a great question,
and I`m not going to answer it.
Three oI my closest allies in the
Senate are contemplating a pos-
sible run Ior the presidency, and
some oI my Iavorite governors
and ex-governors are also con-
templating a bid Ior the White
House. I don`t know what`s go-
ing to happen, but I wish them
all well, and I hope that we can
unite behind a candidate that
can push Iorward a conservative
agenda and win.
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For some Hillsdale students,
Iall break wasn`t a relaxing trip
home, but an exciting weekend
oI learning and building plans Ior
the Iuture. Across the country,
Irom D.C. to CaliIornia, students
didn`t take the word 'break very
literally.
Career Services organized its
seventh year oI the Working and
Living in Chicago program. This
program annually gives eight to
12 students the chance to shadow
alumni members at big-name
companies in the city. While in
Chicago, students also connect-
ed with alumni, toured the city,
and enjoyed exploring with their
classmates.
Junior Alexis Allen, a politics
major, shadowed at a think tank
called the Illinois Policy Insti-
tute, a company that Iocuses on
lobbying.
'I was able to sit and talk with
each oI the department heads
about what they do Ior the IPI,
Allen said. 'It was very eye-
opening to learn more about what
goes into the policy research pro-
cess.
The students attended a net-
working dinner on Thursday
night where they connected with
50-60 alumni in a gorgeous rooI-
top lounge in the heart oI the city.
'We had a great time talking
and learning Irom each other and
getting to the heart oI a career
path and how they might help me
out in the Chicago area, junior
JeII Meyers said.
AIter shadowing Matt Gees-
man at UBS Wealth Manage-
ment, Meyers is set on living in
the city post graduation.
'I had no plan oI living in Chi-
cago beIore the trip, I was just
going to do something Iun over
Iall break, Meyers said. 'But
now, I`m set on living there and
getting into the fnancial busi-
ness.
Both Allen and Meyers said
they recommend this program to
students in the Iuture.
Across the country, senior
Nate Brand and Iour other mem-
bers oI Hillsdale`s Young Ameri-
cans Ior Freedom traveled to
Santa Barbara, CaliIornia, to
spend the weekend celebrating
the 50th anniversary oI Ronald
Reagan`s 'Time Ior Choosing
speech.
'It really launched his po-
litical career. This was about re-
membering that and the message
that he had in that speech, Brand
said. 'The issues they Iaced then
are similar to the issues we Iace
today, so that`s why it`s such a
relevant speech.
YAF members Irom across
the country gathered at Reagan`s
ranch, which Brand described to
be 'a humble little place in the
mountains, to hear Irom a multi-
tude oI signifcant speakers.
Lee Edwards, a Iellow at the
Heritage Foundation, who was
instrumental in starting YAF,
was present to speak. He knew
Reagan personally and was able
to 'speak frsthand about growth
oI the conservative movement,
Brand said.
The boys made sure to en-
joy their Iree time in the sunny-
and-75 CaliIornia by visiting the
beach, the breweries, and the
bars.
Junior Antonia Busch took
advantage oI the break to Iurther
her psychology education and
explore a graduate school.
Busch attended the Catholic
psychotherapy association con-
Ierence in Washington, D.C.,
where she heard 'inspiring pre-
sentations by George Weigel and
a handIul oI speakers Irom the
Institute Ior the Psychological
Sciences, a school Busch toured
during her visit.
The speakers addressed the
theology oI the body and how to
love people, Busch said.
'It was amazing to see so
many proIessionals who have
committed their lives to loving
others, Busch said. 'And even
more inspiring to see the true joy
in their eyes.
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Leader of
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Coegah Freeahcer
Our understanding oI religious
Ireedom is the Ioundation oI all
other human Ireedoms, journalist
Mollie Ziegler Hemingway said
Tuesday night at a speech spon-
sored by the Dow Journalism
Program in Dow A&B.
'The frst amendment begins
with religious liberty, she told
the audience oI students and Iac-
ulty. 'Even our crazy Iounders,
who may or may not have been in
any sense traditionally religious,
understood that all Ireedom oI
expression, oI speech, press, as-
sembly, is rooted in the impor-
tance oI determining truth.
According to Hemingway,
this misunderstanding oI the
source oI human rights leads to
the continued attacks on religious
Ireedom by the administrative
state and the mainstream media
in America.
Hemingway is a longtime
journalist known Ior her sharp
reporting and insightIul writing
on religion and the mainstream
media`s crimes. Her op-eds, re-
views, and columns have ap-
peared in various publications,
including The Wall Street Jour-
nal, National Review, USA To-
day, The Washington Post, and
Christianity Today. Currently,
she is based near Washington,
D.C., and writes most oIten Ior
the online magazine The Feder-
alist, where she is a senior editor.
Hemingway`s speech, 'God is
not Dead, But the Government is
Trying to Kill Him, began with
specifc instances oI recent re-
ligious liberty violations in our
country. She told the story oI a
forist in Washington state who
was sued by her state attorney
general Ior reIusing to provide
the fowers at a gay couple`s
wedding. This, to Hemingway,
is an example oI how the admin-
istrative state`s supposed protec-
tions oI religious liberty oIten
extend to clergy and religious in-
stitutions but not to the lay man.
'People who aren`t protected
are the people like the forists, the
vendors, who might somehow be
running businesses where they`re
going to come into confict with
this, she said.
According to Hemingway,
the mainstream media`s dreadIul
coverage oI religious liberty con-
tributes to the persecution oI re-
ligion in this country. Too oIten,
she said, the media over-simpliIy
religious issues, unIairly defne
the terms oI the debate, and Iail
to understand the history oI leg-
islation.
'When our media do such a
bad job covering religious lib-
erty, I don`t think they really
realize what is going to be sac-
rifced along with it, she said.
'They keep pounding this idea
that they`re on the right side oI
history, but they`re completely
ignorant oI how our understand-
ing oI natural rights developed
our history, basic civility, all
these types oI things.
Despite the seriousness oI her
subject, Hemingway delivered a
lively, enjoyable speech, with
a Iull room oI people respond-
ing well to her quips and witty
remarks. She sprinkled her talk
with the biting insights and sar-
castic wit characteristic oI her
writing style.
The biggest laugh oI the eve-
ning occurred when she sum-
marized her Iormer view oI the
relationship between libertarians
and Christian conservatives with
the witty phrase, 'I help you get
your drugs, you help me keep my
God.
Students who attended appre-
ciated Hemingway`s insights.
'It helped me connect every-
thing we`re learning here at Hill-
sdale with what`s going on right
now, Ireshman Stephen Nus
said. 'How studying the past and
studying history and our Western
heritage is important because it
helps us understand why things
are wrong in our government,
and also gives us an idea oI how
they should be.
Near the end oI her speech,
Hemingway gave her thoughts
on the Iuture oI religious liberty
in America.
'We`re a pretty cool coun-
try and we`re a bunch oI diI-
Ierent people who are trying to
work things out that`s prob-
ably more realistic, she said.
But with her characteristic wit
she added, 'But iI you`d like to
talk about how bad things are, I
would love to join you, because I
fnd that really Iun in a bad way.
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Students will soon have the opportunity to
cheer on the Chargers at the Big House.
On Saturday, Nov. 15, the Hillsdale College
men`s basketball team will have the opportunity
to play the University oI Michigan in a regular
season game. To take advantage oI this opportuni-
ty, the Student Activities Board brought a request
to Student Federation to ask Ior Iunding to bring
students to the game in buses.
'I think it`s a great opportunity, SAB Presi-
dent senior Mallory Sachen said. 'I mean, it`s re-
ally cool because we`re oIIering a cheaper price
iI they ride the bus just because we want to fll
the buses just because it was this great opportu-
nity that we got. We were able to purchase them
with the help oI Student Fed, and it`s a great at-
mosphere too being able to ride the bus up with
all your Iriends and your classmates and attend
the game.
SAB made the decision to buy tickets aIter
hearing Irom students who wanted to take advan-
tage oI the opportunity.
'A lot oI students were emailing us, and say-
ing Hey, is SAB going to purchase some tick-
ets or bring a group up there?` Sachen said. 'So
we started looking into it and at frst we weren`t
sure iI we were going to be able to do it, because
the tickets were harder to get, but we were able
to purchase a block oI them and we thought that
students would want a way to get up there too,
and so we decided to pull the buses together and
go that route.
SAB is encouraging students to sign up Ior
the event.
'I just encourage people to sign up because it
will be a lot oI Iun, Sachen said. 'Opportunities
like this only come once in a while. Reserve your
ticket as soon as you can.
There was much discussion in Student Fed on
whether or not this was a valid opportunity on
which to spend money.
'I don`t see the need Ior Student Fed to Iund a
lot oI things that are personal to groups, Student
Fed Independent Representative junior Sam Hold-
eman said. 'I was a little hesitant on the busing is-
sue, but then I did ultimately vote Ior it. Honestly,
Ior transportation and stuII, that is something that
Student Fed has done beIore. Especially with
Student Activities Board, they`re doing stuII that
helps get the student body involved. It supports
an athletic team, so it probably is worthwhile. I do
think that we could sometimes be a little more ac-
countable on how our money is spent, especially
on Iunding out to groups like SAB.
However, others said that Student Fed exists to
give money to student groups.
'Student Fed exists to allocate student Iees to
students who are in need oI money to do whatever
it is they are trying to do, Independent Student
Fed Representative junior Jacob Thackston said.
'We are helping students with the buses, Ior a
perIect example. We are sending 100 students up
to a regular season game with a top, like, twenty-
fve basketball team. This is a real game Ior them,
and we get to go up there Ior 10 bucks. There are
student Iees going back to the students Ior things
the students can appreciate and enjoy. That`s what
we do.
Students can either buy a $10 ticket, with the
stipulation that they ride the bus down to the
game, by emailing senior Megan O`Dean at mo-
deanhillsdale.edu or by stopping by the SAB
oIfce. SAB said iI you do not want to take the
bus, you can still purchase a discounted ticket Ior
$20 at mgoblue.com.
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is head resident assistant
in Simpson Residence. He
volunteers with junior high
students Irom diIfcult back-
grounds at the Renaissance
School, has gone on mission
trips to Ukraine, is an Eagle
Scout, member oI the philoso-
phy and German honoraries,
and a philosophy and religion
major. He is pursuing a call-
ing to seminary.
'I believe serving as an
RA has easily become the
most Iormative part oI my
liberal arts education. I say
that because I believe our
liIe together is where the real
magic` oI education happens
it`s where the ideas come
alive, take on fesh, challenge,
change, and grow us.
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Fraternities admit 30 new members
Hillsdale`s Iour Iraternities
gained 30 new members this
Iall.
Sigma Chi has 11 pledges,
Alpha Tau Omega has eight,
Delta Tau Delta has six, and
Delta Sigma Phi has fve.
The Sigma Chis welcomed
11 new members out oI only 12
bids given out. As in previous
years, this pledge class is very
involved in campus activities,
particularly GOAL. However,
unlike previous years, Iour oI
the members oI this pledge class
are older or upperclassmen. Se-
nior Sigma Chi recruitment chair
Bert Hasler said he believes that
this is the defning characteristic
oI this pledge class.
'We`re hoping that they will
step up the leadership Iront, and
lead these kids to a great semes-
ter, Hasler said.
He said he Ielt the group nat-
urally related to the Sigma Chi
actives, leading to a smooth bid
process.
Although the ATOs have
Iound new members all over
campus, over halI oI them live
in NiedIelt Residence, and three
oI the eight play golI. Several
are also involved in intramural
sports on campus, according to
sophomore Eric Ragan, ATO re-
cruitment chair.
'They seem to be already a
Iairly tight-knit group oI guys.
They seem very motivated and
very interested in the chapter,
which is exciting to see, Ragan
said.
The DTDs said they are
thrilled with the diversity oI their
new members. Although Iour
oI the six come Irom Galloway
Residence, they are all involved
in a variety oI sports, fne arts,
and majors. Sophomore Will
Veitkus, DTD recruitment chair,
described this pledge class as
'passionate about everything.
'Everything they do, they
seem like they are 110 percent
invested in, Veitkus said.
Their excitement about DTD
showed when they stayed at the
pick-up party until 2 or 3 a.m.
Veitkus said there was a bonfre,
movies, video games, and much
more.
DSP said they believe their
newest members will become
leaders in the house. Though
Iour oI the fve new members
play Iootball, junior DSP re-
cruitment chair Xavier Pennell
said he`s hoping to change the
Iraternity`s identity Irom Ioot-
ball players to athletes. Pennell
believes that these new mem-
bers have a promising Iuture.
'With some oI the guys
in this pledge class, I see a lot
more potential Ior leadership,
Pennell said. 'I`m actually see-
ing some guys that are president
material a year or two down the
road.
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Michigan`s Republican Na-
tional Committeewoman Ronna
Romney McDaniel told a group
oI more than 60 Hillsdale Col-
lege students that she thinks Ter-
ri Lynn Land can still clinch a
victory Ior the Republican Party
in the Michigan senate race.
The GOP needs a net gain oI
six seats in the U.S. Senate this
November to take control oI
Congress.
'This is the most important
election oI your liIe. thus Iar
until 2016. II we win Michigan,
we will take the Senate, Mc-
Daniel said. 'Terri has a very
real chance to win. There`s no
doubt in my mind. We need to
be out working Ior her as hard as
we can. She`s going to win I
Ieel it.
Just days later, an Oct. 20
poll by Mitchell Research and
Communications, Inc., showed
Democrat Rep. Gary Peters
trouncing his Republican op-
ponent Terri Lynn Land by a
healthy 13 points in the battle
Ior Michigan`s open U.S. Sen-
ate seat.
McDaniel grew up in Mich-
igan and said she remembers
eating doughnuts at campaign
headquarters and handing out
fyers as a little girl. She attend-
ed college at Brigham Young
University where Sen. Mike
Lee was her student body presi-
dent and later worked Ior
a political advertising frm in
Washington, D.C.
She eventually moved back
to the Great Lakes state and
worked her way up in Repub-
lican politics Irom precinct
delegate, to district committee,
state committee, and, fnally, to
her latest gig as Republican na-
tional committeewoman.
McDaniel has what she calls
'two wonderIul Republican
children, Abigail and Nash,
with her husband Patrick. Abi-
gail just won her school`s senate
election, and Nash told his par-
ents that he didn`t want to move
to his dad`s native CaliIornia
because 'the taxes are way too
high there.
Looking ahead to 2016, Mc-
Daniel also dispelled any ru-
mors that her uncle, 2012 Re-
publican presidential candidate
Mitt Romney, would run Ior
president again.
'I asked him, Mitt, are you
going to run again? I won`t tell
anybody.` He`s not going to. And
I believe him when he says he
won`t, McDaniel said. 'I wish
he would because he`s vetted
and people trust him, they know
him better now. He was right
about a lot oI things and has a
certain Iamiliarity with voters.
The committeewoman
doesn`t have a Iavorite Ior the
2016 presidential race, but said
the nominee will have to cam-
paign in Michigan and 'work Ior
it to earn her support.
Hillsdale College students
who attended the event said they
appreciated McDaniel`s enthusi-
asm Ior Republican candidates.
'I really liked her talk. I think
what she said was really im-
portant especially Ior young
people, Ireshman Amalia Han-
sen said. 'She showed us how
important it is to get involved
because we have the power to
change politics in the Iuture.
Young Americans Ior Free-
dom and College Republicans
co-hosted the event. Their re-
spective leadership said they
hope McDaniel`s talk was inIor-
mative and encourages students
to become more active in poli-
tics.
'Her speech is called Why
Republicans Must Win in 2014,`
and that`s why we invited her
to campus because she is in-
Iormed and active in Republican
politics and wants to help good
candidates get elected, College
Republicans President junior
Sam Holdeman said.
McDaniel echoed the senti-
ments oI the students during her
speech, saying that college stu-
dents will soon be leading the
United States and defning its
place in the world.
'It`s critical that you have a
voice in elections, pay attention
to races, research candidates,
talk to your Iamily and Iriends,
she said. 'I believe that you guys
are going to be out there shaping
our nation. What a privilege.
Sporting shorts, a T-shirt, a
shoulder bag, and a sweatshirt
tied around her neck, Sopho-
more Lauren Melcher triumphed
in the bookstore`s 'Live Manne-
quin Contest.
On Tuesday, fve students
lined up in Iront oI the book-
store desk, striking a pose. The
contest lasted Ior only 12 min-
utes, but the winners received
valuable prizes. Melcher got to
keep the entire outft she was
wearing.
Senior Natalia Schniererova
came in second place, and won
by voters` choice, receiving a
$50 giIt card to the bookstore.
This unique event was held
by the College Bookstore Asso-
ciation along with Angie Berry,
trade book coordinator, who re-
ceived the idea and developed it
into a working game.
From Oct. 14-17, students
had the chance to apply by fll-
ing out a small entry Iorm with
their names and contact inIor-
mation. On Oct. 20, fve contes-
tants were chosen Ireshman
Mary Blendermann, Ireshman
Rebekah Roundey, Melcher,
sophomore Jonathan WolII, and
Schniererova. They each wore
a pre-selected outft oI their
choice, up to $150 in value.
Each contestant had to choose a
pose approved by the bookstore
and take a picture oI that pose so
that they didn`t try to change it
on the day oI the contest. Who-
ever was able to hold their pose
the longest was deemed the win-
ner.
Though the frst-place win-
ner won by holding her pose the
longest, the second-place win-
ner won by voters` choice. Berry
thought this would be Iun, since
it would give the rest oI the stu-
dents a chance to be involved in
the contest.
'This way, Ior example, iI
a girl is in the contest, she can
come be supported by all oI her
sorority sisters and Iriends,
Berry said.
The only rule was simple
no moving.
'The contestants were only
allowed to blink, Berry said.
'II you sneezed, twitched your
pinky, or smiled you were
out!
This task wasn`t as easy as it
may have seemed.
'Holding the pose was much
more diIfcult than I imagined,
Melcher said. 'I knew I wouldn`t
have made it past 15 minutes so
I am glad it ended in 12!
Melcher, however, had a
strategy.
'I purposeIully looked down
and stared at one spot on the
ground the whole time, she
said. 'I knew I would start
laughing once I looked at any-
one I recognized. Luckily I
didn`t see any staring Iaces. I
just heard a Iew jokes that I had
to resist laughing at.
Schniererova also told oI her
experience.
'It was easy Ior frst couple
oI minutes, but then my fngers
started to shake and it started to
be mentally challenging. I wish
I would have done push-ups or
something to prepare Ior this!
Altogether, though, the win-
ners seemed to enjoy the experi-
ence.
'I didn`t even notice, let
alone care, that people were.
watching, Schniererova said.
'I loved having all oI my Chi
Omega sisters there supporting
me through the pain. It just made
it easier to concentrate.
'I had a lot oI Iun, Melcher
said, 'I have never done any-
thing like that beIore, and it`s
always Iun to try new things.
The location oI the contest,
in Iront oI the bookstore desk,
most likely helped the students
maintain their positions Ior an
extended period oI time because
they wouldn`t have to Ieel claus-
trophobic confned in a small
space. Berry had thought about
having the contestants stand in
the windows, but she realized it
would be too hot.
'I`ve had to be in those win-
dows when I`m putting up deco-
rations, she said. 'It would
have been way too stuIIy!
Berry said the event was just
Ior Iun.
'We were trying to come up
with diIIerent ways to invite
Iaculty and students to come
together at the bookstore, she
said. 'The contest was a creative
way to do this.
This is the frst time this event
has ever taken place at Hillsdale
College, so it was experimen-
tal however, Berry hopes
to continue it in the Iuture. She
may even hold it during home-
coming week a time where
many students and Iaculty will
naturally gather.
'I might do it during the
wing-eating contest, because
there will already be a lot oI
people in the union by the book-
store, she said.
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AIter classes are done Ior the
day, Hillsdale students can con-
tinue learning Irom their proIes-
sors by reading the books they
have published.
The works oI fve proIessors
were on display in the Grewcock
Student Union Iormal lounge on
Oct. 21 Ior this year`s frst Iacul-
ty book signing organized by the
college bookstore. Authors were
present to discuss their books
with interested students and Iac-
ulty members. The 18 books cov-
ered a range oI topics.
Arlan Gilbert was present to
sign his Iour published works,
including 'Historic Hillsdale
College: Pioneer in Higher Edu-
cation 1844-1900 and 'The Per-
manent Things: Hillsdale College
1900-1994, his two-volume se-
ries which details the history oI
the college.
'What I Iound, to my delight
oI course, was that our records
turned up all over the place, Gil-
bert said. 'There was ample ma-
terial to show the preeminence oI
this school almost Irom the day it
was Iounded.
Gilbert had two other works
present at the signing: 'Hillsdale
Honor: The Civil War Experi-
ence, which explains the promi-
nent role the college played in
the war, and 'Ransom Dunne:
Hillsdale`s Grand Old Man, a
character study about Hillsdale`s
Iounder. Gilbert said that he
would recommend all Iour to his
students.
ProIessor oI Politics Rob-
ert Eden was present with his
English-language translation
oI Charles de Gaulle`s 'The
Enemy`s House Divided, an
analysis oI the errors that led to
Germany`s demise in World War
I. Eden had struggled to use the
French version in his own stud-
ies, so he translated and pub-
lished an English version Ior the
use oI Iuture studies.
'I had some grudges, and I
also had a cause. I didn`t want
any Iuture student to be without
that or not to have an accessible
translation, Eden said.
ProIessor oI Philosophy and
Culture Peter Blum and ProIes-
sor oI History Darryl Hart were
also present with works that cor-
respond with the subjects they
teach at Hillsdale.
Blum said that the content in
his book. 'For a Church to Come:
Experiments in Postmodern The-
ory and Anabaptist Thought,
is 'a little bit specialized, but
could be interesting to students
majoring in philosophy.
OI Hart`s six works present
at the signing, he recommended
'From Billy Graham to Sarah
Palin Ior his students due to its
relevance. The book discusses
the relationship between evan-
gelical Protestantism and modern
political conservatism.
'There`s been a lot oI discus-
sion about religion and politics,
religion in the Republican Party,
and social conservatism, and
that`s a book that is relevant to
that conversation, Hart said.
ProIessor oI Christian Studies
Michael Baumann also had Iour
books on display.

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She and King worked to-
gether Ior the addition oI Iree
internet in the town center. She
considered it one oI her Iavorite
accomplishments, along with
her successIul petition to keep
Monroe Street a two-way road.
She said every time she drove
down the road, she thought
about how it was her initiative
that kept the city council Irom
making that road a one-way
street again aIter a construction
project allowed it to be a two-
way thoroughIare.
One oI her Iavorite events in
Hillsdale was the Fourth oI July
parade, which she and her best
Iriend Julie Gaines ran Ior the
past seven years. Last year, it at-
tracted more than 3,000 people.
Gaines said she woke up ear-
ly yesterday morning and spent
time reading the kind words so
many Iriends posted on Eng-
land`s Iacebook wall.
'One person said that any-
time they look at the sky they
will think oI Aimee taking pic-
tures Irom heaven, Gaines said.
England said she parted ways
with Volume One books about
six years ago and her whole
world changed. At frst she
didn`t know what to do, but she
went to a fea market and Iound
a $50 DLSR camera. So she
started attending events and tak-
ing pictures, and eventually cre-
ated the Hillsdale Community
News.
The camera died three years
later and England attributed it to
how many pictures she took.
'She just loved liIe. She was
a passionate person and a pillar
oI the community, Gaines said.
She said she will miss their
adventures. She said they were
both spontaneous people who
would just call each other up and
decide to go to an antique store
at a moment`s notice.
DeRose knew England Ior
nearly 30 years and met her at
Volume One bookstore. For over
25 years, England was one oI
DeRose`s valued backup volun-
teers who was always willing to
come in aIter work to help out.
Three years ago, England began
working as the volunteer orga-
nizer.
'She was great at social
skills. She had the ability to
communicate and make every-
one Ieel comIortable, DeRose
said. 'She`s a really happy per-
son who lit up the room. Every-
thing was diIIerent when Aimee
arrived.
DeRose said she was Hills-
dale`s unoIfcial ambassador and
everyone will miss that, DeR-
ose said.
She added that England
would be honored to have a
news story about her.
'She wasn`t a really private
person, and she was a news re-
porter frst and Ioremost, DeR-
ose said. 'This is exactly the
way she would have wanted it
to be.
Gaines said she doesn`t think
England got the respect she de-
served.
'She worked hard and did
so much Ior the community,
Gaines said.
England leIt her Collegian
interview talking about how
much she loves the Iall in Hill-
sdale and how beautiIul the Iall
colors are this year.
'I hear all these people say-
ing they are going up north. Why
go up north? I don`t understand
that. It`s beautiIul right here.
And right here, beneath the
reds and oranges oI Iall, Eng-
land said her fnal goodbye to
Hillsdale.
'She didn`t plan really well
Ior tomorrow, DeRose said.
'She lived in the moment very
Iully.

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Less than a week Irom today,
Election Day 2014 will arrive.
Indeed, thanks to early voting
and overwhelming media cover-
age, it has, Ior all intents and
purposes, arrived already.
To Hillsdale, this means a bit
more than to students at other
campuses. In 2012, students not
only traveled to the key swing
state oI Ohio to campaign,
but discussion oI politics in
some Iorm dominated campus,
whether students were talk-
ing about why Mitt Romney
deserved their vote, why he was
just another managerial progres-
sive, or why voting itselI was
pointless.
Even in the 2014 midterm,
which will probably inspire
Iar Iewer voters to trek to the
polls than in an election year,
elections occupy the minds oI
the engaged and the alooI alike.
The Iormer knock on doors in
some micro-targeted suburb,
while the latter must justiIy
their deliberate apathy to their
peers.
Sure, some students up at,
say, Ann Arbor are politically
engaged, but it is rare to fnd
Hillsdale`s combination oI
political activism, on the one
hand, and its caliber oI politi-
cal discussion, on the other. At
Hillsdale, a campaign trooper
Ior the College Republicans
will take politics classes with
an anti-voting libertarian, or
perhaps even a neo-monarchist.
This is not to say, oI course,
that these two camps, and other
along this spectrum, will always
agree. Indeed, one need direct
his eyes no Iurther than the page
opposite this one to discover
two starkly divergent views
on voting, the primary means
oI political expression in our
representative government.
The important thing remains,
however, that all oI these ideas
coexist on the same campus,
and they do so (mostly) peace-
Iully. All oI them contribute to a
IruitIul, lively debate concern-
ing the nature and Iuture oI our
regime that any other campus
would struggle to replicate.
So keep disagreeing, Hill-
sdale. Whether you think our
Republic`s salvation lies in the
ballot box, in principled absten-
tion, or even in an abandonment
oI representative government
altogether, your views sustain
a debate that distinguishes our
campus.
At least until Election Day
is over.
Cliches make Ior bad writing, but in politics they can be
downright dangerous. That was the thesis oI Bronte Wigen`s
recent Collegian op-ed, 'The Jeopardy oI Political Jargon.
Her identifcation oI several phrases common to the national
political discourse that lend themselves to ambiguity and mis-
direction was interesting, but even more so was the question
that struck me aIter reading her piece: Are we at Hillsdale
immune Irom this impulse toward ambiguous language? Are
there any platitudes that permeate our language without being
challenged or defned?
An immediate example came to mind: 'non-ideological
conservatism. The language oI non-ideology has a weighty
presence in the intellectual conversation here at Hillsdale. I
have heard a number oI proIessors, students, and even cam-
pus speakers describe themselves in these terms. Neverthe-
less, the question remains: What does it mean to be non-ideo-
logical? Moreover, what does it mean to be a non-ideological
conservative?
According to the OxIord English Dictionary, ideology is
'|a| systematic scheme oI ideas, usually relating to politics,
economics, or society and Iorming the basis oI action or
policy. By this standard, a non-ideological conservative is
a contradiction in terms. I have yet to meet a single student,
proIessor, or speaker here at Hillsdale who lacks politi-
cal or economic opinions. OI course, I recognize that those
who describe themselves as non-ideological are not simply
conIused or so ignorant that they Iail to see blatant contradic-
tion. Far Irom it: I believe that the idea oI a 'non-ideological
conservative has taken on an additional, and largely implied,
meaning that reveals important truths about the way we at
Hillsdale understand our relationship to the larger world.
The emphasis on the need Ior a non-ideological conser-
vatism is intertwined with a general aversion, even disgust,
toward politics. At Hillsdale, the critique oI ideology rests on
a redefnition oI the word`s meaning to reIer to more than a
set oI opinions about the good oI human political liIe. Rather,
ideology has come to be understood as reductionist dogma-
tism, an attempt to politicize all oI human liIe under simplis-
tic tenets. Wendell Berry`s essay 'In Distrust oI Movements
is an excellent encapsulation oI the mindset oI the adherents
to a non-ideological conservatism.
Political action is inherently suspect in Berry`s Iormula-
tion because any 'movement to alter the political order is
bound to become exactly what it seeks to destroy: Hungry
Ior power and selI-aggrandizing. As John Taylor wrote in
the Hillsdale Forum: America is currently dominated by a
'politico-industrial complex in which democracy has been
subsumed by corporations and conniving politicians. This
marriage oI big business and politics ruins 'all hope Ior a bet-
ter world and more just society.
The only way out oI the trap oI political ideology, in this
view, is to abandon or attempt to move beyond politics. I
believe this explains, in part, the appeal oI the agrarian and
localist vision. II any attempt at political change is illusory at
best and destructive at worst, the move to cut oneselI oII Irom
national problems and policy debates is appealing. Why not
simply return to our roots, to our communities and homes?
Instead oI presenting solutions to the prominent political
crises oI our time, non-ideological conservatism sees itselI
as a disposition toward preserving beauty, hope, and human
dignity in the small things, away Irom the centers oI power
and political controversy.
Despite the appeal oI such a move, I see a danger in this
dispositional conservatism. We may turn away Irom the
political problems oI our day, but they will not turn away
Irom us. There are serious crises in the heart oI American
politics. The debates over transgender bathroom laws, gay
marriage, abortion, Ioreign policy, defcit spending, school
prayer, and the bounds oI the administrative state touch our
lives in direct ways, even here in small-town America. That
infuence will only continue to grow as long as the dominant
opinion remains progressive and liberal. The idea that we can
ignore this reality is problematic. Ambivalence will lead us
either to submit or to succumb to the infuence oI the liberal
mindset. There is a third option, however: We can resist. We
can challenge the dogmas oI the progressive Iaith and use our
talents to shape the culture around us. Would doing so mean
abandoning our dedication to non-ideology? Certainly, but
that is a small price to pay in return Ior a movement toward a
conservative deIense oI good government and just laws.
Josiah Lippincott is a George Washington Fellow studving
politics.
Imagine your computer is in
need oI repair, but you are Ior-
bidden Irom fnding the cheapest,
highest-quality technician pos-
sible. Instead, state law requires
you to wade through bureaucrat-
ic paperwork and Iorces you to
pay the technician Iar more than
the market price.
Though such a law would
sound ludicrous, this is ex-
actly what state law requires
oI Michigan`s government. It`s
called the prevailing wage, and
it Iorces the state government
to pay higher union-scale wages
on taxpayer-Iunded construction
work regardless oI whether the
contractor is unionized. Typi-
cally, the law has an especially
large impact on construction Ior
roads, public schools and univer-
sities. According to the Associ-
ated Builders and Contractors oI
Michigan, projects subjected to
the prevailing wage can pay la-
bor costs up to 60 percent above
market value.
The law unnecessarily costs
Michigan taxpayers millions oI
dollars a year in waste by Iorc-
ing the state to pay higher costs
on construction. According to
a 2013 study by the Anderson
Economic Group, $224 mil-
lion could be saved annually on
school and university construc-
tion work alone by repealing the
prevailing wage. As the state leg-
islature contemplates scaling up
road construction by $1.2 billion,
these artifcially-increased con-
struction costs will become an
even bigger drag on taxpayers.
This waste is particularly
harmIul to the two services Mich-
igan voters continually claim are
the most underIunded: Schools
and roads. Rather than spending
this money on better teachers
or saIer bridges, the prevailing
wage Iorces the government to
spend it on less construction per
dollar. When the opportunity cost
oI this waste is considered, it is
clear how wasteIul this law is.
The prevailing wage is anti-
quated by any standard. It was
frst signed into law in 1965 when
a much higher percentage oI con-
struction workers were union-
ized. Even though the percentage
oI unionized construction work-
ers has since Iallen to less than
19 percent, the law still requires
the state to pay high union-scale
wages. Lower rates oI union
membership mean that the pre-
vailing wage has a much higher
cost because it is now Iar more
likely that the government could
fnd a cheaper contract without
paying union-scale wages.
Proponents oI the prevail-
ing wage claim it is necessary
to maintain the middle class be-
cause poorer construction work-
ers would be subjected to unliv-
able wages. However, iI there is
one group oI workers that needs
help, it is probably not construc-
tion workers. According to the
Bureau oI Labor Statistics, the
average hourly wage rate Ior all
private employees Ior July 2014
is $23.23, while the average con-
struction worker (both private
and public) earns $25.57 per
hour.
The state should Iollow the
example oI several municipali-
ties in Michigan, including Bay
City and Eaton County, which
decided to repeal prevailing
wage ordinances in the last cou-
ple years. In Iact, several recent
bills in the State House and Sen-
ate have been proposed to repeal
the prevailing wage in the last
year; however, none have been
taken up.
The reason the legislature has
dithered on repeal is a classic
example oI concentrated ben-
efts and dispersed costs. Even
though taxpayers lose millions
on the prevailing wage, a select
Iew construction workers in the
public sector beneft. Unions
representing those workers Iace
much larger incentive to lobby
Ior prevailing wages than the av-
erage taxpayer who Iaces much
more dispersed cost. ThereIore,
the antiquated law has remained
on the books.
Until those public choice
problems are overcome and the
prevailing wage laws are re-
pealed, Michigan taxpayers will
suIIer Irom millions in waste,
schools will remain underIunded
and spend Iar too much on con-
struction, and road construction
will Iace the roadblock oI higher
labor costs.
Zach Woodman is a sopho-
more studving economics and
mathematics.
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Another election approaches,
and soon hordes oI 'rationally
ignorant citizens (myselI in-
cluded) will shuIfe to the ballots
to vote.
But we can`t really blame
them (ourselves?) Ior their ig-
norance: Contemporary political
discourse is boring, predictable,
and all in all deplorable. Every-
one appeals to some conception
oI justice, and these conceptions
usually depend upon posited,
universal human rights. Despite
this universality, the violence and
intractability oI disagreements
give to the thoughtIul observer
the sense that there is no common
standard to which we all appeal.
This observation gains credibil-
ity when we note the Irequency
with which one partisan calls his
counter-part unreasonable, hope-
less, or stupid. Thus political dis-
course appears to be an intermi-
nable ideological shouting match
without recourse to a common
arbiter.
II this appearance were real-
ity, though, it would undermine
the traditional account oI man as
a political animal. II the political
organization arises naturally Irom
man`s capacity Ior speech and is
a condition oI living well, then
a political unity can be judged
good to the extent that it allows
Ior and Iosters the Iull fourishing
oI the citizenry. Within this con-
ception oI the political, discourse
has a crucial role: It critiques the
Iaults oI and suggests improve-
ments to the public sector, and
it always does so in reIerence to
the purpose oI the political unity,
which in turn gains its purpose
Irom human nature itselI.
II this account oI political dis-
course is correct, then it cannot
really lack a common arbiter. The
ultimate criterion Ior the justice
oI a particular policy is human
nature. Given this actual com-
mon ground, the appearance oI
interminability in discourse sug-
gests some Iault in the way in
which we construct arguments
about the political. This Iault
causes discourse to appear arbi-
trary and disagreement to appear
insurmountable.
I would like to suggest that
undue Iocus on 'human rights
as the criteria Ior justice mistakes
derivative criteria Ior the Iunda-
mental one, and in misidentiIy-
ing the standard we conIuse all
thought that reIers to it. The true
criterion Ior determining the jus-
tice oI a political organization is
the extent to which the citizens
live Iull, fourishing lives. Impor-
tantly, the citizenry can only live
well in community iI they pre-
serve and protect human rights,
but rights gain their vigor and
meaning in their subordinance to
human goods.
Thus the Iocus on human
rights instead oI human goods
completely reorients the under-
standing oI the political. When
the great bulk oI arguments hap-
pen in terms oI rights, and rights
are understood as inviolable, then
it becomes diIfcult to conceive
oI conficting political aims as
arising Irom the confict oI legiti-
mate, competing human goods.
Let`s take an example: The
justifcation oI a welIare program.
One individual will argue that all
men have a right to the Iruit oI
their labor, and it would be unjust
to coercively transIer his wealth
to another citizen. Another will
argue that everyone has a right to
a basic level oI subsistence, and
it would be unjust Ior one citizen
to live in excess while the other
starves. As this imaginary argu-
ment would likely play out, both
sides would retrench and reassert
the same rights-claim.
But iI we re-orient discourse
to recognize that the point oI the
political is the well-being oI all,
then we can concede that both in-
dividuals have a claim oI justice.
We can recognize that a citizen
needs property iI he is to pursue
his own liIe-plan; this is a human
good, and one that the political
organization must respect. We
can also recognize that a basic
level oI subsistence is more Iun-
damental to living well even than
selI-determination, and extreme
poverty undermines this basic
human good. Any justifcation
oI a welIare program would have
to take both claims into account
and arbitrate between them.
Discourse in this Iorm becomes
messier, but it allows Ior real
conversations about the demands
oI justice in an imperIect human
society.
For some reason, I don`t pre-
dict that our mass culture with
its TV debates and propaganda
advertisements and Iorever-
blathering battalions oI pundits
will adopt the hard path oI diI-
fcult discourse. At least not this
election.
Garrett West is a senior studv-
ing philosophv.
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Dear Sen. Bruce Caswell,
I have noticed an unIortunate trend in modern poetry
toward what people call 'Iree verse: Poetry that is writ-
ten without meter. I would like to discuss why I fnd this
trend disturbing and what I hope you and others will do
about it.
To begin, the term 'Iree verse is in itselI a contradic-
tion. The OxIord English Dictionary defnes verse thusly:
'Metrical composition, Iorm, or structure; language or
literary work written or spoken in metre; poetry, esp. with
reIerence to metrical Iorm. Opposed to prose. ThereIore,
verse can never be 'Iree oI meter, because meter is an
essential part oI what makes it verse.
But why is meter important? First, poetry is meant
to sound beautiIul. Words and their cadences should re-
semble music. And what would music be without a time
signature? In general, creating something beautiIul and
artistic requires structure. In the case oI a poem, meter
provides a musical Iramework through which we can ap-
preciate the beauty oI the words.
Free verse can be saIer to write. No need to bother
with structure or worry about an embarrassingly bad
rhyme; you can just spew your Ieelings onto paper, insert
arbitrary line breaks in the middle oI sentences, and you
are done. While the unfltered nature oI Iree verse may
seem conducive to selI-expression, the very phrase 'selI-
expression is antithetical to art. A poem should be a giIt
to the reader, only indirectly about the artist.
C.S. Lewis once wrote the Iollowing to a would-be
Iree verse poet: 'AIter you have been writing strict,
rhyming verse Ior about 10 years it will be time to ven-
ture on the Iree sort. At present it only encourages you to
write prose not so good as your ordinary prose and type
it like verse. Not all Iree verse is what Lewis described,
but much is.
And so, Senator, I humbly ask that you propose a bill
to the Michigan State Senate making Iree verse poetry a
capital crime. We can hope other states Iollow suit.
This would ensure that only those willing to risk their
lives Ior their poetry would publish Iree verse. Such is
the mark oI a genuine artist.
I say this because there is a third reason to write Iree
verse. Perhaps you, like T.S. Eliot in his better works,
preIer the Iormat because you enjoy the challenge oI
giving a poem structure without the aid oI regular meter.
Some oI Eliot`s poems sound as musical as those oI a
Keats or Frost. They have a cadence absent Irom the
works oI William Carlos Williams (another Iree verse
poet), even including Irequent rhymes. Eliot was steeped
in literature, including much metered poetry. Though he
may be accused oI elitism, he wrote as an insider, having
come to love poetry oI the metered sort beIore attempting
to write Iree verse. But even Eliot wrote some 'poetry
that had little meaning and less structure. He could have
improved his Iree verse by writing more oI his own verse
poetry.
This is what I would ask oI anyone else reading this
letter. Bills take a long time to get through the state leg-
islature, so this is merely a request. Please consider read-
ing, then writing poetry in meter Ior several years beIore
attempting Iree verse. Perhaps you could even make it
rhyme. Don`t be aIraid to Iail; Iailure is part oI creativ-
ity. Write stilted meter and embarrassingly bad rhymes
Ior a Iew years, then beautiIul rhymes and fowing meter.
Submit your best to the Tower Light, which needs more
structured poetry. II you are an editor oI the Tower Light,
I do not ask that you reject all Iree verse on principle, but
that you prize structure and rhythm, saying ' : , no to
esoteric selI-expression.
There is such a thing as a decent Iree verse poem,
perhaps even a beautiIul one. But beIore you try to write
it, try meter. You will enter a tradition at least as old as
Homer. You will learn to make your work more beautiIul.
And iI I get my way, it could have the minor additional
beneft oI saving your liIe.
|mostly| Sincerely,
Daniel Slonim
Daniel Slonim is a funior studving mathematics and
philosophv.
We have been told all oI
our lives that voting is our
civic duty. However, when the
polls close this Tuesday, will
it matter whom we voted Ior?
The population is large, misin-
Iormed, and apathetic, and the
legislator`s primary concern is
selI-perpetuation. The current
system is not worth buying
into, so cast your vote by not
voting.
Mathematically, a vote is
just not worth as much as it was
in 1789, even as a tiebreaker.
What is the likelihood that you,
an inIormed constituent, would
cast this vote? According to a
Berkeley study, the probabil-
ity oI this occurrence can be
approximated by the Iunction
13/N (N being the total num-
ber oI votes cast). Assuming
the average voter turnout over
the last three midterm elec-
tions (about 41.3 percent) in a
congressional district oI about
700,000 people, Ior instance,
the probability that your vote
breaks the tie in a House oI
Representative race is 0.0045
percent. That 0.0045 percent is
the most potent your vote will
ever be, and the probability oI
giving birth to triplets is still
about 30 times greater.
Potential vote infuence is
even lower in statewide Sen-
ate races. Take CaliIornia,
the most populous state in the
Union. The probability that
your vote breaks a tie in a Sen-
ate race is 0.000082 percent.
You are about 100 times more
likely to be struck by lightning
in your liIetime. Try Michigan.
You will fnd the probability
to be about 0.00032 percent.
It is greater than CaliIornia`s,
but you are still about 25 times
more likely to be struck by
lightning.
Now, this 50/50 scenario is
the very best environment Ior
your vote that in which your
vote carries the most weight.
When the victories are clearer,
say a win by 10 to 20 percent,
the infuence oI your vote Ialls
down into numbers so small as
to be irrelevant.
This improbability oI one
person infuencing an election
leads to something called the
'rational ignorance eIIect, in
which a voter has little to no
incentive to seek out inIorma-
tion to cast an inIormed vote.
Additionally, the sources oI in-
Iormation readily available are
dwindling in integrity.
The media, in their quest
Ior ratings, have become so
sensational that constituents
are hard-pressed to Iormulate
an accurate picture oI exactly
what kinds oI policies a candi-
date will stand Ior. The candi-
dates themselves employ heavy
rhetoric that pulls at the heart
strings but has very little Iac-
tual Ioundation. This creates a
misinIormed, politically bank-
rupt public. A University oI
Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
paper put it this way: 'Citi-
zens can only use Iacts iI the
political system disseminates
them. The American politi-
cal system Iares poorly on this
count. Those best positioned to
provide relevant Iacts, elected
oIfcials and members oI the
media, lack the incentive to do
so.
As a result, politicians to-
day no longer represent the
people. Their greatest concern
is getting reelected, not gov-
erning. Thus, they represent
labor unions, PACs, and the
like. This is due to the 'special-
interest eIIect: Politicians will
legislate policies which levy
widespread costs that are rela-
tively low on their individual
constituents, iI it means they
can bestow concentrated ben-
efts on a concentrated group.
For example: II a particular
policy causes 100,000 people
to lose a dollar, but leads to
$100,000 being directed to-
ward teachers, the people who
lost a dollar will not care. The
teachers` union, however, will
beneft greatly and most likely
will respond in kind by endors-
ing the politicians who voted
Ior that policy. There is simply
greater incentive Ior politicians
to serve interest groups than
there is to serve all oI their con-
stituents. II our government is
not Iulflling its duty to repre-
sent us, are we obligated to Iul-
fll our civic duty to vote?
Some believe that the only
way we can bring about change
is to elect the right people to oI-
fce. This is a very lazy mind-
set. Simply electing the 'right
people could bring about tem-
porary change, but real lasting
diIIerences begin at the grass-
roots. II you want change, go
out and win the battle oI ideas
with your Iamily and neigh-
bors. Improving the mindset oI
the populace is the only way to
begin producing leaders who
are concerned with what truly
matters in the legislature: Rep-
resenting their voters.
Luke Daigneault is a sopho-
more studving economics.
The time is Iast approaching
Ior students registered to vote
either to send in absentee voter
ballots or exercise their right to
vote in person. Yet like other
college-aged students, too many
Hillsdale students will Iorego
that right. Even worse, a large
number oI those Ioregoing the
right to vote don`t even believe
it matters. This is a huge prob-
lem.
When the Founders draIted
the Constitution in 1787, they
created a government radically
diIIerent Irom any other gov-
ernment ever conceived. In it,
the government`s rights were
derived Irom the consent oI
the governed, and those people
elected their representatives
and executive. Understanding
that voting was an integral part
oI this new government, they
took it very seriously. Alexan-
der Hamilton said that 'voting
at elections is one oI the most
important rights oI the subject.
Samuel Adams went even Iur-
ther: 'Let each citizen remem-
ber at the moment he is oIIering
his vote . . . that he is executing
one oI the most solemn trusts
in human society Ior which he
is accountable to God and his
country. II the creators oI our
regime emphasized the impor-
tance oI voting, why do some
citizens believe it doesn`t matter
237 years later? Some are apa-
thetic, others think it`s statisti-
cally irrelevant, while still oth-
ers say there are no candidates
worth voting Ior.
Exercising the right to vote
is not ignoring the oIten-dis-
heartening reality oI the Ameri-
can political system. Politics is
screwed up right now. It`s true
that politics doesn`t drive cul-
ture, and merely refects it. But
our government is also too vital
a portion oI culture to abandon.
Because government protects
our liIe, liberty, and property,
we cannot neglect government
and political activity. You don`t
fx a problem by ignoring it.
You engage with the problem
and address it head-on. Politics
is certainly part oI the problem,
but this is no excuse Ior apathy.
By staying alooI oI the political
system, you`re tacitly saying
that voting and the direction oI
governance isn`t important to
you. President Calvin Coolidge
understood the dangers oI this
position: 'II the people Iail to
vote, a government will be de-
veloped which is not their gov-
ernment. ThereIore, a respon-
sible citizenry must be educated
about current issues and consis-
tently vote in elections.
The belieI that voting is sta-
tistically irrelevant is also coun-
terproductive. Focusing solely
on the mathematical aspect oI
voting ignores its solemnity as
a duty oI all citizens that Ham-
ilton and Adams understood so
well. Further, this statistical per-
spective can mislead. The voter
turnout in many elections is low
enough that races are oIten won
and lost based oII oI which can-
didate can turn its base.
Finally, a shortage oI can-
didates that are 'worth voting
Ior isn`t a legitimate reason to
disengage Irom politics either.
II the candidates aren`t entirely
corrupt, then citizens can seek
to elect the best and hold them
accountable. A group oI citizens
abstaining Irom the vote won`t
stop the election oI new govern-
ment leaders, so citizens ought
to participate in the process. II
the feld oI candidates becomes
exceedingly reprehensible, then
it is the responsibility oI moral
citizens to run Ior a position
themselves or endorse some-
one else whose views are in line
with theirs. Citizen statesman-
ship is vital because our Iorm
oI government guarantees us
only the right to choose our own
leaders, not that those seeking
leadership will be good.
In our political system, a
relatively small number oI uni-
fed, engaged, and fercely de-
termined citizens can make a
signifcant diIIerence. Though
millions vote, a comparatively
small group oI politically ac-
tive individuals such as party
oIfcials, special interests, and
political strategists can control
America`s Iate. How else does
one explain the tidal wave oI
'Tea Party candidates voted
into oIfce during the 2010
midterm elections by a group
oI citizens angry with the rapid
growth oI government?
Voting is important. Upright
citizens with suIfcient political
will can eIIect political change.
Not every election will be a vic-
tory, but the country will move
in the right direction with a more
engaged citizenry more respon-
sible Ior its government. The
choice is up to the citizenry. Cit-
izens could turn their backs on
voting. But President Coolidge
knew this choice could only
lead to one end: 'Unless citizens
perIorm their duties |by voting|,
such a system oI government is
doomed to Iailure.
Evan Carter is a sophomore
studving politics and fournal-
ism.
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For Lutherans, ReIormation Day is about
being catholic.
And that means it`s all about the central
article oI the catholic Iaith: How Christ
atoned Ior the world`s sin on the cross and
thus justifes those incapable oI earning
salvation themselves. The question oI what
is 'catholic (a word meaning 'universal,
as in the 'one holy catholic and apostolic
church oI the Nicene Creed) was the reason
Ior the Lutheran ReIormation and is the
reason Roman Catholics and Lutherans are
separate churches today. Lutherans believe
the catholic, apostolic Iaith teaches that
Christ`s salvation is bestowed to man as a
Iree giIt received by Iaith, not something in
any way merited.
Debates over Luther`s 95 Theses, which
had been chiefy a response to the sale oI
indulgences, soon revealed the real issue oI
the ReIormation: The question oI whether
man plays any role in his salvation. Es-
sentially, Lutherans and Roman Catholics
disagree on whether grace is imputed or
inIused. According to Lutherans, saving
righteousness is imputed Christ paid the
entire penalty Ior mankind`s sin and man is
declared justifed entirely by Christ`s merits.
According to Roman Catholic teaching, this
righteousness is, at least in part, intrinsic and
merited Christ dispenses grace, giving
man the ability to cooperate with the Holy
Spirit to earn the merits necessary to gain
eternal liIe.
The Roman Catholic Catechism reads
that, 'moved by the Holy Spirit and by char-
ity, we can then merit Ior ourselves and Ior
others the graces needed Ior our sanctifca-
tion, Ior the increase oI grace and charity,
and Ior the attainment oI eternal liIe.
For Luther, this teaching diminished the
magnitude oI Christ`s sacrifce on the cross
by declaring that justifcation was a process
that included the contribution oI man`s
works. It obscured apostolic teaching such
as the Apostle Paul`s in Romans 3:28: 'For
we hold that one is justifed by Iaith apart
Irom works oI the law. In short, it obscured
the central article oI the catholic Iaith: The
glory oI Christ`s death and resurrection,
which Lutherans believe is the heart and
center and sole means oI man`s salvation.
According to Lutherans, good works are
necessary, but they are the natural Iruits
oI salvation aIter one has been justifed by
Christ not a contribution to a process oI
justifcation.
Luther`s call Ior reIorm (not revolt) was
an attempt at being truly catholic not
starting something new or breaking away
Irom the Church. He was saddened when
Rome excommunicated him; he originally
nailed his theses to the church door in Wit-
tenberg in hopes oI starting discussion
within the Church.
It is because Lutherans are catholic that
we believe in the Real Presence, recognize
the wisdom oI tradition and the church
Iathers, have no problem with the concept
oI pope as a leader oI the church, highly
respect Mary and the saints, make the sign
oI the cross, and practice private conIession
and absolution. But it is also because we
are catholic that we cannot agree with the
belieI oI our Roman Catholic brothers and
sisters that salvation is a process oI merited
rewards, rather than an utterly Iree giIt. This
teaching puts the Gospel at stake and risks
diminishing the glory oI Christ`s saving
work on the cross.
The separation between Lutherans and
Roman Catholics is tragic. UnIortunately,
neither Trent, nor Vatican II, nor the Joint
Declaration on the Doctrine oI Justifca-
tion has brought unity on the question that
divided us nearly 500 years ago and still di-
vides us today: Whether man merits any part
oI eternal liIe or whether it is all Christ`s
work alone.
ReIormation Day, then, is not a com-
memoration oI the beginning oI the true
Christian Iaith on earth. On the contrary,
ReIormation Day (notably on our liturgical
calendars as a lesser Iestival and not a prin-
cipal Ieast) is remembered among Lutherans
each year precisely because the Church and
the catholic Iaith did not begin in 1517, but
rather in AD 30, with the death and resurrec-
tion oI Our Lord.
For Lutherans, ReIormation Day isn`t
about 95 theses being nailed to the door oI
the Wittenberg castle church it is about
Christ, the true door to salvation, being
nailed to a cross Ior a sinIul Luther and a
sinIul world. As Luther`s theses 500 years
ago were a call Ior discussion within the
Church catholic, let`s continue to engage in
discussion about the issue oI justifcation
today as Iellow catholics.
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SelI-refection and inner reIormation are
essential to the IruitIul Christian liIe.
'In antiquity, the Latin noun reformatio
reIerred to the changing oI a bad present
situation by returning to the good and better
times oI the past, notes a recent Vatican let!
ter Irom the Pontifcal Council Ior Promot!
ing Christian Unity. This letter recalls the
ReIormation`s denouement and looks ahead
to its 500th commemoration in 2017.
As a Christian, I believe that Christ bids
every member oI His Church to reIorm
daily. In Matthew 5:48, Christ calls us to be
perIect as our heavenly Iather is perIect. He
intimates our perpetual need Ior growth, Ior
recognition oI temptation, sin, Ior the unre!
lenting mercy that meets us in our struggles
and responds, 'Give me a drink (John 4:7).
Through the grace oI Jesus Christ, iI we will
receive it, an inner-reIormation awaits our
hearts and souls in every moment. We are
renewed in every instant oI small suIIering
and small joy. We are reIormed by virtue
oI our membership in His Body, drawing
liIe Irom His liIe, choosing to love with His
extraordinary love in the ordinariness oI our
personal vocations.
A desire to encounter a gracious God
and to live out the Gospel oI Jesus Christ
propelled Martin Luther in the Middle Ages.
He despaired at the malpractices oI the
Catholic Church and rightly sought reIor!
mation 'return to the good oI the past.
I sorrow to consider this period oI Church
history when many priests were poorly-
Iormed, when the laity were mistreated,
when some Church leaders seemed more
motivated by avarice and wealth than by vir!
tue and pastoral excellence because the
justice oI reIorm exposes the mistakes oI the
Church I love and because the division and
Iragmentation that Iollowed Luther`s pursuit
oI reIorm were not a part oI his vision.
Some scholars assert that Luther never even
viewed himselI as a 'reIormer, evidenced
by the teachings and practices to which he
adhered throughout his liIe.
As I began to write this column about
ReIormation Day a day which oIten
Iuels the Catholic`s selI-righteousness and
the Protestant`s resentment toward Catholi!
cism I wondered how I would begin,
what could I write to a campus oI IaithIul
intellectuals whose fercest divisions revolve
around doctrine and Church teaching. We
are a passionate people, and we are zealous
Ior truth.
The Vatican Letter quoted above, 'From
Confict to Communion, sheds light on my
longtime Irustration, particularly in response
to the fery conversations and debates on our
campus. 'Catholic and Lutheran Christians,
it begins, 'will most fttingly look back on
events that occurred 500 years earlier by
putting the gospel oI Jesus Christ at the
center. In a Christian culture now ecumeni!
cal and a secular culture now post-Christian,
it is 'most ftting that we incline our hearts
and minds toward the person oI Jesus Christ,
the One to Whom we draw in any Christian
Iaith. We will reach truth in our debates and
conversations about Church doctrine iI we
engage them with charity, drawing breath
and word Irom Him Whose Being is Truth.
There is certainly the risk oI seeking
unity Ior its own sake, and neglecting to es!
tablish common truth. This certainly occurs
in our world, particularly among ideologies
which place 'tolerance on an altar rather
than a conception oI the divine. This is not
what the Catholic Church proposes. Instead,
it proposes, and I hope, that Catholics and
Protestants at Hillsdale will recognize their
common love Ior Jesus Christ, who 'emp!
tied himselI, became man and revealed
every man`s purpose and design through his
incarnation, death and resurrection. 'The
gospel should be celebrated and communi!
cated to the people oI our time, the Vatican
writes, 'so that the world may believe that
God gives GodselI to human beings and
calls us into communion with GodselI and
God`s church. Herein lies the basis Ior our
joy in our common Iaith.
Our world thirsts Ior unity. The Chris!
tian Church blessed with the richness oI
knowing Jesus Christ possesses an ulti!
mate Union, the potential marriage oI Jesus
Christ to every person, consummated by his
incarnational love and utter selI-giIt.
I pray that Catholics and Christians
would acknowledge the 'joy in our common
Iaith, a Iaith which calls each member to
constant humility, surrender, and redemp!
tion, to a liIe oI reIorm and renewal. May
we trust the Holy Spirit`s guidance unto that
eternal unity which will surpass our hopes
and ultimately redeem the world.

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Right to LiIe oI Michigan,
a pro-liIe advocacy group, en-
dorsed both candidates running
Ior Hillsdale County district
judge.
This endorsement signals
to voters that the candidates,
Hillsdale district attorney Neal
Brady and Jonesville attorney
Sara Lisznyai, both support
pro-liIe principles.
To receive Right to LiIe`s
endorsement, candidates com-
pleted a questionnaire and are
interviewed by a member oI the
Right to LiIe committee. The
state`s Political Action Com-
mittee board then reviews each
candidate`s responses and votes
on endorsement.
Endorsing multiple candi-
dates in a race happens oIten. In
the spring, all seven candidates
running in the primary election
Ior the House oI Representative
seat in Michigan`s 58th district,
which encompasses Hillsdale,
were endorsed by Right to LiIe.
The organization will, howev-
er, choose only one candidate
to endorse iI a race includes a
competitive pro-choice candi-
date.
'In that situation, we will
review and choose the most
electable pro-liIe candidate to
increase the chances oI a pro-
liIe candidate winning, PAC
director David Malone said.
The organization will also
limit their endorsement to an
incumbent iI the oIfceholder
has 'consistently stood up Ior
the unborn despite possible ret-
ribution, said the Right to LiIe
website.
Candidates can display the
endorsement on their campaign
literature and are given use
oI the Right to LiIe`s mailing
list to contact pro-liIe voters,
Malone said.
Brady has taken advantage
oI both privileges.
Brady`s campaign mail-
er boasts: 'NEAL BRADY,
Proudly Pro-liIe. Right to
LiIe`s endorsement is stamped
under a picture oI him giving
his child a piggyback ride say-
ing: 'Endorsed by Right to LiIe
oI Michigan PAC.
'|Brady| has been involved
with Right to LiIe his entire
adult liIe, said Lois Brady,
Neal Brady`s wiIe.
When the Bradys frst moved
to Hillsdale county in 1994,
Lois Brady became a board
member oI the county`s Right to
LiIe chapter and Neal Brady be-
gan volunteering to raise Iunds
Ior the organization`s Red Rose
campaign. Neal Brady said he`s
also made fnancial contribu-
tions annually.
'Abortion should be illegal
without any exceptions, it`s
very simple, Brady said.
Brady is also an auxiliary
board member oI the Alpha
Omega Health Center, a com-
panion organization oI the Right
to LiIe, and he was the keynote
speaker at the organization`s
annual banquet last year in St.
Ignace.
According to Brady, activ-
ism is a 'Iamily activity.
'All oI us are involved, he
said oI his wiIe and six chil-
dren. 'Two oI our daughters
were part oI the students Ior liIe
at Hillsdale College, going on
marches, protests, and prayer
sessions.
For Lisznyai, the endorse-
ment 'is the written confrma-
tion oI my religious belieIs. I
am absolutely pro-liIe, she
said.
Liszynai`s pro-liIe activ-
ism has been done through her
church, St. Paul`s Lutheran
Church in Hillsdale, where she
has been a member Ior the past
18 years.
As a district judge, Liszy-
nai said abortion would not be
an issue she would see and that
her belieIs have always been
private, but she flled out the
questionnaire and sought en-
dorsement because 'it is Iair Ior
people to know about my views
now that I am running Ior oI-
fce.
'I believe that liIe starts at
conception, Lisznyai said,
'and that`s consistent with my
religious belieIs.
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'I have just one question Ior
you Iolks: are you people ready
Ior Hillary?
Democratic Rep. Gary Peters
yelled to an ecstatic crowd at a
rally with Iormer Secretary oI
State Hillary Clinton on Thurs-
day, Oct. 17, at Oakland Univer-
sity.
Attracting the highest-pro-
fle Democrats in the land, the
race between Peters and Iormer
Michigan Secretary oI State Ter-
ri Lynn Land to represent Michi-
gan is in its fnal throes. Clin-
ton came to Oakland, Michigan
in the wake oI a visit by First
Lady Michelle Obama just prior.
Last week, Iormer President Bill
Clinton gave a speech in Flint
to support Peters and guberna-
torial candidate Mark Schauer.
This Saturday, President Barack
Obama will visit Detroit to
stump Ior the Democratic ticket.
'Michigan is where the Amer-
ican middle class was born, and
this is where it can thrive again,
Clinton said to cheers. 'There is
honor in work and dignity in ev-
ery human being. And everyone
deserves, not just a chance, but
second chance and even a third
chance at a better liIe. Nobody
embodies the dignity oI work
more than Michigan.
There is no doubt that the
crowd oI about 3,000 was ready
Ior Hillary and Schauer and
Peters too. Clinton received a
hero`s welcome, but attendees
seemed just as enthusiastic over
Schauer and Peters as they were
over the headline speaker.
'Michigan deserves leaders
who are as tough and resilient
as the people oI this state are,
and that`s what you will get with
Mark and Gary, Clinton said.
Candidates Irom the statewide
Democratic ticket gave short
speeches at the rally, including
those running Ior judgeships,
state legislature representatives,
and education board. Most ca-
tered sentiments to the working
class, with passionate pleas Ior
justice, equality, and civil rights.
'I will never Iorget that the
Koch Brothers and my opponent
said that they would not support
the auto rescue that we dealt with
a Iew years ago, Peters said, to
a booing crowd, criticising Land
Ior her opposition to Obama`s
bailout bill. 'They must say
that they would not stand Ior
the number one industry in our
state.
The Michigan Republican
Party responded with criticism
oI their own:
'Mark Schauer and Gary Pe-
ters ought to be ashamed they
stood with leading liberal Hill-
ary Clinton today, said Michi-
gan GOP Chairman Bobby
Schostack. 'II they truly had
Michigan interests at the heart oI
their agendas, they would know
she is the worst kind oI Demo-
crat to bring to this state. What
we are seeing Irom Governor
Rick Snyder, Terri Lynn Land,
and Michigan`s Comeback Team
are policies that have moved us
Iorward on the path toward re-
covery. As Republicans Iorge
ahead, Democrats will look back
on today and regret they sided
with the out-oI-touch Hillary
Clinton over Michigan Iamilies.
CBS News puts Peters eight
points ahead oI Land in its most
recent poll his lowest lead
since early this month. The vot-
ers at Oakland were ready to
taste victory, chanting:
'When we vote, we win.
When we vote, we win. When
we vote, we win.
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AIter knocking on hundreds,
iI not thousands, oI doors be-
tween the two oI them, the U.S.
Senate race Ior Michigan`s 7th
congressional district will end
Tuesday.
No, it`s not a door-knocking
contest, though that is a very
important part oI the campaign
Ior Michigan`s 7th congressio-
nal district. The intrepid door-
knockers are incumbent Repub-
lican Congressman Tim Walberg
and Democratic challenger Pam
Byrnes.
And knock they must: on
Oct. 15, a Michigan InIormation
and Research Service (MRIS)
poll showed Walberg up 51.5
percent to Byrnes` 48.5 percent,
within the poll`s 5 percent mar-
gin oI error.
Walberg hopes to keep his
seat in a swing district that leans
Republican; Byrnes aims to turn
blue a district that voted in Dem-
ocrat Mark Schauer in 2008.
The district encompasses 10
counties in Michigan, including
Hillsdale County and neighbor-
ing Branch, Lewanee, and Jack-
son counties.
As the race closes, both cam-
paigns remain cautiously opti-
mistic, show no signs oI slow-
ing down, and mince no words
saying why they deserve the dis-
trict`s vote.
Walberg said he`s emphasiz-
ing the issues that matter most
to this district.
'I`m Iocusing on the is-
sues that the general public is
most interested: jobs and the
economy, an all-oI-the-above
energy plan, and the Iact that
people aren`t trusting the gov-
ernment, Walberg said. 'They
think the government doesn`t
know what`s going on, that the
government won`t protect them
Irom ISIS and Ebola.
In practical terms, this means
doing a lot oI door-to-door, said
Stephen Rajzer, campaign man-
ager oI Walberg Ior Congress.
'First and Ioremost, we`re
meeting with constituents, talk-
ing with voters, doing hundreds
oI townhalls and constituent
casework, Rajzer said. 'Basi-
cally, constituent contact, which
Congressman Walberg is great
at. He remembers where he`s
Irom.
Despite a slight lead in the
polls, neither Walhberg nor Ra-
jzer is taking anything Ior grant-
ed. Byrnes, Ior her part, said she
is Iocusing on the right issues,
and that victory is still within
reach.
'I`m Iocusing on my gov-
ernment accountability agenda:
I`ll take a 10 percent pay cut,
do away with oIfce perks, and
demand that Congress doesn`t
get a salary when there`s a shut-
down, Byrnes said. 'I`m also
Iocusing on education, which is
key Ior economic development
and the sustainability oI the
American economy, especially
in this state.
Byrnes and her campaign
manager Karen Deflippi are
optimistic about their ground
game.
'It`s going really well. We`re
obviously knocking doors, can-
vassing, making calls, By-
rnes said. 'I love door-to-door.
When I go to doors, two oI the
three people who answer are
very responsive to me, and very
positive. Deflippi said that this
Ieedback was consistent with
recent polls, like MRIS`s, that
showed a close race.
Both candidates appealed to
voters as much with their own
personalities as with their plans
Ior the next term.
Next Tuesday, voters will
make their choice. And in this
race, it may come down to who
knocks the most doors.
'We are disappointed, Mos-
ley said regarding the closure oI
Tastes oI LiIe. 'But we want to
thank anyone reading Ior their
support.
Lori Burger, manager oI
House oI Pizza and BBQ, said
she has started cutting her em-
ployees` hours. She employs
seven young women, and the
minimum wage aIIects her proft
margin.
'It`s good Ior the employees,
but as Iar as the restaurant own-
ers, it`s not good, Burger said.
AIter the lunchtime rush, she
sent two employees home early.
'I hope it doesn`t aIIect us
staying open, Burger said.
She said that although she will
keep taking applications, there`s
no sense in hiring new employees
when she is cutting hours Ior the
ones she already has.
Lisa Slade has worked at the
Finish Line Restaurant since
1976 and now owns the busi-
ness. She said the frst incremen-
tal wage increase hasn`t aIIected
her yet because she only has one
minimum-wage employee. How-
ever, she said the Iuture increases
will most likely mean she`ll have
to raise menu prices.
'It irritates me because the
government dictates what to
pay, Slade said. 'I like to give
people raises when they do a
good job. The guy who is doing
a good job shouldn`t make the
same amount as the guy who is
still learning.
She added that she is trying to
be wise about when she sched-
ules people, making sure they
don`t have more people on the
foor than they need.
'To me, it seems it`s all go-
ing to wash, Slade said. 'Not
just my prices will go up. Most
businesses are going to raise their
prices. How did that help?
Pai Ringenberg, owner oI the
CoIIee Cup Diner, shared Slade`s
sentiment.
'You get more, you pay
more, Ringenberg said.
II the government raises the
wage, businesses raise prices to
cover it and that infuences the
cost oI living, Ringenberg said.
As a result, the government will
want to raise the wage again.
She pays her employees more
than minimum wage, but she in-
creased their wages anyway to be
Iair and because she doesn`t think
anyone can live oII the minimum
wage. Her employees who made
$8 now makes $9 an hour. She
also increased her menu prices,
but with her high grocery bill,
said she isn`t profting as much.
'But I`m not a worry wart,
Ringenberg said. 'Business still
looks good.
Debra Kamen, owner oI Da-
vid`s Dolce Vita, a small down-
town retail store, said her busi-
ness runs on very small margins
in order to compete Ior customer
purchases.
'We have a store manager and
a couple oI part-time employees,
Kamen said in an email. 'These
Iolks are hard working proIes-
sionals and very knowledgeable
oI our industry products.
She said she raised all her em-
ployees` wages.
'Our Ieeling is that Iolks who
have worked hard to get to their
current wage should not be put at
a disadvantage by those that may
not have worked as hard due to a
stroke oI the pen by the State,
Kamen added.
However, because oI its small
margins, that increase has had a
signifcant impact on business.
She said there is no way to absorb
those costs without sales volume
increases, so instead she has to
pass the increase in cost on to the
consumers by increasing prices,
or Iace closing her business.
Kevin Conant, co-owner oI
Here`s To You Pub & Grub,
said the wage hasn`t aIIected
him because he already pays his
employees more than minimum
wage, but he was still concerned
that Iood prices would increase.
Where the wage hike has neg-
atively aIIected some restaurant
and retail business in Hillsdale,
it hasn`t touched other industries.
Jane Stewart oI Smith`s Flow-
ers has three employees and they
all make more than minimum
wage. Her fowers mostly come
Irom Columbia, where the price
oI labor hasn`t increased.
'I am a proponent oI the mini-
mum wage, Stewart said. 'It`s a
Iair wage.
She added that she doesn`t
know how someone could make
it on minimum wage unless they
have two jobs.
'This will stimulate consump-
tion, Stewart said. 'And help
people who are working and try-
ing to work.
Sue Smith, executive director
oI the Economic Development
Partnership oI Hillsdale County,
said the minimum wage also
hasn`t harmed the industrial or
manuIacturing sector.
'These are much higher
skilled jobs, so they are willing to
pay a higher wage, Smith said.
'II you need a skill set and work
ethic, you have to pay Ior that.
She said the higher wage
gives these workers more dis-
posable income to spend at the
restaurants and cleaners or use to
go shopping at the dress shop or
jewelry store.
Smith said she is a big pro-
ponent oI perIormance pay. She
added that the hospital pays more
than minimum wage because
there is a certain expectation oI
knowledge, customer service,
and a special skill set.
Mary Bertakis runs a small
organic Iarm and has only one
employee, who she pays above
minimum wage, including room
and board, because oI his skills
and education in organic Iarm-
ing. She said she expects a good
work ethic, and like Smith, is
willing to pay Ior it.
BeIore the minimum wage
hike, employment was growing
slightly in Hillsdale County, in-
creasing by 1.2 percent since this
time last year. The industrial and
manuIacturing sector has grown
by 6.8 percent, while retail has
grown by 0.8 percent, and the
agriculture industry and fnance
and insurance industries have
decreased by 4.6 percent and 1.3
respectively, according to the
South Central Michigan Works
second quarter report.
Even where the minimum
wage aIIected the job market,
downtown businesses are re-
maining positive.
'We are disappointed,
Mosley said. 'But we haven`t
given up.
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what to do with it.
'Best-case scenario would
be to sell it, but I don`t have any
plans Ior it yet, Halley said.
While Halley said he plans
to 'keep it simple and drive my
schoolbus, his other job, he en-
courages his Iormer customers to
continue supporting local busi-
nesses.
'It`s hard to maintain a smaller
business around here, Halley
said. 'Go buy Irom Cindy at the
Filling Station. You`re helping her
pay a mortgage and car payment.
The best way to keep local busi-
nesses open is to buy Irom them.
Although Oakley may be fn-
ished serving sandwiches and
soups, its impact on the city and
college will not be Iorgotten by its
devoted customers.
'Even though they closed, I
will still wear my Oakley T-shirt
yes, I own one loud and
proud, Cromer said.
testing, the review stage
with the police, the prosecutor,
and then the court and the par-
ties involved still can`t fnd a
resolution, then it goes to trial.
That`s a Iailure oI the system.
There should be a meeting oI
the minds. That`s what plea bar-
gaining is.
Sanderson has not publicly
endorsed either candidate, but
he contributed money to Brady`s
campaign and says he will vote
Ior Brady on Tuesday.
Local attorney Valerie White,
who worked Ior Brady as an as-
sistant prosecutor, joined the
debate yesterday, with a letter
published in the Hillsdale Daily
News. 'The duty oI the prosecu-
tor is to seek justice, not merely
to convict, she wrote. '|Brady|
looked at situations on a case by
case basis, and tried to craIt an
outcome which would see jus-
tice served, balanced against the
limited resources oI Hillsdale
county as the economy wors-
ened.
Trial is costlier than plea bar-
gaining, Brady said.
'This costs a great deal oI
money, he said. 'Criminals
don`t stop appealing until they
have run out oI courts to appeal
to. For these reasons, I don`t
have a problem at all with how
I have handled these cases, and
how I have handled the oIfce. It
is the right thing to do, it has al-
ways been the right thing to do,
and I use my best judgment.
Smith endorsed Lisznyai in
August and has appeared in ads
supporting her. Smith has served
as the county`s circuit court
judge Ior 18 years, aIter serving
as prosecutor and Brady`s boss.
'I`m endorsing her because
she`s the most qualifed and
hardworking oI the two, Smith
said. 'I`ve had them both in my
court on a repeated basis. Based
on their preparation, knowledge
oI law, and presentation, in my
opinion, she`s the best candi-
date.
Bianchi endorsed Lisznyai in
August.
'I practiced Ior many years
with Sara, she said. 'We went
to head-to-head doing a lot oI
Iamily law cases. I knew she`d
be a worthy opponent and do a
good job deIending her client.
The other thing I think is really
important is that district court
does more than criminal mat-
ters. It has a big civil docket as
well and over the years the civil
docket has increased and Brady
hasn`t done civil cases. Sara has
done pretty much everything.
Lisznyai has served in Hill-
sdale County Ior 18 oI her 24
years as a practicing attorney.
Her campaign strategy empha-
sizes her work ethic and expe-
rience with a diverse docket,
qualifcations she believes that
trump her opponent`s.
'Judges Smith and Bianchi
are not endorsing me because
I`m not Neal Brady, she said.
'To have all oI the people who
listen to your perIormance and
evaluate it all come down
in your Iavor is truly humbling.
You don`t get to hear that a lot in
your liIetime.
Brady, who has run uncon-
tested as county prosecutor Ior
18 years, has won endorsements
Irom state senator Bruce Cas-
well, state representative Ken
Kurtz, and councilperson Pat-
rick Flannery, who is also Hill-
sdale College`s vice president oI
fnance.
'I have been sheriII as long as
Neal has been prosecutor, said
Hillsdale County SheriII Stan
Burchardt. 'I look at the crimi-
nal part oI the district court, and
Neal has the experience with
this. He has been prosecutor Ior
18 years, and assistant prosecu-
tor Ior a number oI years beIore
that. I know Neal has more ex-
perience when it comes to the
criminal aspect oI the court.
'I`ve been trying to stay neu-
tral in this race because they are
both good candidates, Sand-
erson said. 'Regardless oI who
wins, I think Hillsdale County
wins.
Stevan Bennett contributed to
this report.

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A Iurious Iourth quarter rally
by the Hillsdale College Char-
gers was not enough to overcome
a stagnant start at TiIfn on Sat-
urday.
The Chargers reeled oII 21
straight points over the fnal
eight minutes oI the contest but
Iell short, 31-24.
'Any time we`ve Iaced a
quarterback who runs around
and creates, we`ve struggled,
head coach Keith Otterbein said.
'That was the case on Saturday.
TiIfn quarterback Antonio
Pipkin caused problems through-
out the game Ior Hillsdale`s de-
Iense, evading tackles and fnd-
ing receivers Ior 325 passing and
two touchdowns. Pipkin also ran
Ior 45 yards and another touch-
down.
'That`s been a real test Ior
us, playing against those mobile
quarterbacks, Otterbein said.
'He hurt us with his legs.
Several big plays Irom TiIfn
hurt the Chargers.
Pipkin Iound TiIfn receiver
Charles Holland Ior a 77-yard
touchdown early in the Iourth
quarter, putting TiIfn up at the
time 31-3. Early in the second
quarter, TiIfn returned a blocked
punt Ior a touchdown that pushed
all the momentum in their Iavor
and gave the Dragons a 14-0
lead.
'That was a huge momen-
tum shiIt, especially having it
returned Ior a touchdown at that
point in the game when it was
still a close game, senior captain
deIensive back Tim Moinet said.
As has been a pattern in recent
weeks, the Chargers oIIense took
a Iew quarters to warm up. The
Chargers have shown potential to
be a potent oIIense, but as with
any young team, it has been a
process.
'We`re continually working
to get better, quarterback Mark
LaPrairie said. 'Just getting ev-
eryone on the right page, getting
everything in sync, that doesn`t
happen quickly.
LaPrairie threw Ior 208 yards
on 21 completions in addition to
scrambling Ior 9 yards.
'We`ve shown that once we
do get it together that we can
be pretty good, LaPrairie said.
'HopeIully this week we`ll get it
together and get a good win.
LaPrairie was knocked out oI
the game late in the Iourth quar-
ter by the TiIfn deIense, allow-
ing backup quarterback C.J. MiI-
sud to make his collegiate debut.
MiIsud came into the game on
emergency duty and led the team
down the feld and into the end
zone.
'He showed some tough-
ness, Otterbein said in praise oI
his backup quarterback. 'He got
smacked right in the mouth one
time and had to get back up and
threw a touchdown pass the next
play.
MiIsud Iound wide receiver
John Haley Ior a 23-yard score
on 4th-and-17 with just over a
minute remaining, pulling the
Chargers to within a touchdown.
'He`s been around the system
and he`s been waiting Ior this op-
portunity, Otterbein said. 'He
stepped up.
The Chargers now stand at
2-6 on the season and are in the
midst oI a 5-game skid.
On Oct. 18, the Chargers Iell
at home to the Ashland Eagles by
a score oI 17-7.
Hillsdale suIIered Irom an un-
characteristic Iour turnovers on
the day, including their frst two
lost Iumbles oI the entire season.
Tailback Jack Wiseman Iound
the end zone Irom 18 yards out
to make the score 10-7 late in
the frst quarter, but the Chargers
were unable to put any points on
the board aIter that.
The Charger deIense held
Ashland`s top-25 oIIense, who
came into the contest averaging
42 points per game, to just 10
points on the oIIensive side oI
the ball. Moinet contributed an
interception to the deIense`s per-
Iormance.
The Chargers had a chance
to win with a touchdown drive
late in the game but the Eagles
picked oII LaPrairie and returned
it Ior a touchdown.
Hillsdale will look to bounce
back on Saturday in Iront oI their
home Ians against a similar team,
2-6 Saginaw Valley.
'They`ve had a very simi-
lar season to us where they`ve
battled and competed and come
up short a Iew times, Otterbein
said. 'They`ve had to replace
some really good players just
like we have.
Saginaw Valley has been one
oI the top teams in the GLIAC
in past years, but lost several
key players to matriculation last
year, including wide receiver JeII
Janis who now plays in the NFL
Ior the Green Bay Packers.
Nevertheless, the Chargers
know this matchup will be chal-
lenging.
'They`re fnding their way
and coach |Jim| Collins does a
great job with the program, Ot-
terbein said. 'We`re expecting a
dogfght.
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BOX SCORES
Recently, USA TODAY
ranked Detroit as the top sports
city in the country in their 10
Best Reader`s Choice poll. With
the city not seeing a major sports
championship in over fve years,
this gives Michiganders some-
thing to cheer about.
The poll asked Ior readers to
vote Ior their Iavorite teams and
events. According to the poll
the Lions, Tigers, Red Wings,
and Pistons all received a strong
number oI votes along with a
good amount oI support Irom In-
dyCar Ians because oI its annual
race in Belle Isle.
Detroit sits on top oI the list
Iollowed by Indianapolis, Dal-
las/Ft. Worth, Chicago, Green
Bay, Wis., Boston, Ann Arbor,
Pittsburgh, New Orleans, and
Oakland, CaliI. A strong showing
Irom Wolverine Ians placed Ann
Arbor at number seven on the list
making Michigan the only state
with two cities in the top 10.
'We have great Ians that are
passionate about their teams
even the Lions Ior crying out
loud. They have flled up Ford
Field Ior years Ior a less than stel-
lar product, Head oI the Dow
Journalism Program proIessor
John Miller said.
Detroit is one oI Iour cit-
ies in the top ten that has teams
representing all Iour oI the ma-
jor sports Iootball, basketball,
hockey, and baseball. Detroit is
dubbed 'Hockeytown but all
Iour teams receive overwhelm-
ing support Irom their Ian bases.
Between Jan. 2004 and Feb.
2009, the Pistons had a home
sellout streak oI 259 games which
broke the Iranchise`s previous
streak oI 245 games Irom 1988 to
1993. The Pistons have not exact-
ly been relevant in recent years
having not won a championship
since 2004 but they successIully
fll seats in the Palace oI Auburn
Hills anyway.
The Detroit Tigers went Irom
one oI the worst teams in MLB
history in 2003 with their 43-119
record to a ball club that has won
their division the past Iour sea-
sons, including a World Series
appearance in 2012. Fans have
shown an appreciation oI the Ti-
gers` recent success. Detroit has
been ranked in the top ten in at-
tendance in the MLB each oI the
last three years.
The Lions attract large crowds
as well despite being one oI Iour
teams in the NFL to have never
played in a Super Bowl and the
only team to ever go 0-16 like
they did in 2008. In 2011 the
team made the playoIIs Ior the
frst time since 1999 but they lost
in the wild card game to the New
Orleans Saints. Although the Li-
ons are the least successIul team
in Detroit`s history, Ians still
come to watch great athletes like
Calvin Johnson and Ndamukong
Suh. The team has sold at least 97
percent oI its seats in each year
since 2011.
It isn`t called Hockeytown
Ior no reason. The Detroit Red
Wings have one oI the most loyal
and passionate Ian bases in the
NHL. The Wings have made the
playoIIs in each oI the last 23 sea-
sons with Iour Stanley Cup victo-
ries during that span. Detroit was
home to some oI the best hockey
players in NHL history including
Gordie Howe and Steve Yzerman
and they plan to continue this tra-
dition- the 'Magic Man Pavel
Datsyuk has a bright Iuture.
'I like the consistency in
which the Red Wings play. There
is something special about Hock-
eytown. II I move away Irom
the Detroit area I will carry the
Wings wherever I go, even iI I
am in Boston, Michigan native
junior Carson Burt said.
Luke Glendening, center Ior
the Detroit Red Wings and broth-
er oI Hillsdale alumnus Joe Glen-
dening `13, is playing in Iront oI
Detroit Ians Ior his second sea-
son. As a native oI Grand Rapids,
Michigan and an alumnus oI the
University oI Michigan, Glen-
dening gets to play Ior the team
oI which he has always been a
die-hard Ian.
'I am not surprised that De-
troit was ranked number one. All
Iour teams here have a great con-
tingency oI Ians. It is an honor
to be playing here. It`s a special
place to play and the atmosphere
is electric, Glendening said.
Detroit Ians have enjoyed a
lot oI great moments and endured
a lot oI heartache, but they still
stand by their teams year in and
year out. When asked about their
Iavorite Detroit moments they
can`t help but smile.
'My Iavorite moment was
when Magglio Ordonez hit the
walk oII home run against the
Oakland A`s to send the Tigers
to the World Series in 2006. It
was the culmination oI a great
season and that hit was magical.
I Ielt like I was there even though
I was watching it on television,
senior Vinny Delicata said.
'Mine was when the Tigers
won the 1984 World Series. Ev-
ery boy deserves to see his team
win. I had been Iollowing them
Ior about fve years and it hap-
pened when it mattered most to
me, Miller said.
All Iour sports teams in De-
troit give their Ians something to
cheer about. Their Ian bases have
stood the test oI time through
various ups and downs. They
may not win every year, but De-
troit is still number one.
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The Hillsdale College men`s
club soccer team has clinched
a playoII berth Ior the frst time
in its existence. The team fn-
ished the regular season with a
5-3-2 record in the College Club
League (CCL) which propelled
them to a tie Ior second place in
the league with the University oI
Michigan`s club team and gave
them a chance to win the CCL
Cup.
AIter just missing the playoIIs
last season, the young team came
back with a desire to improve
and take their game to the next
level. The 23-member squad re-
turned almost every player Irom
last year. Lead by head coach
Andrew Hill Ior the second year,
the team has put themselves on
the map in the CCL.
'The main diIIerence between
this year and last year is the level
oI commitment and the belieI oI
the players, Hill said. 'There
were times last year where the
games would get tense and we
didn`t have that belieI. We have
come a long way mentally.
Nothing showed their new
belieI more than when they
knocked oII last year`s champi-
on, the University oI Michigan,
on Oct. 19.
Hillsdale beat the Wolverines
1-0 on a penalty kick by junior
Christian Gajor. This fnal win
ensured their CCL Cup berth.
'Beating University oI Mich-
igan last week and earning a
spot in the playoIIs was the best
moment oI the season, senior
right deIender Michael Koziara
said. 'It`s our second year in
the league so we knew what we
were getting ourselves into. The
passion we have this year has in-
creased to another level.
Being able to compete in the
CCL Cup in Farmington Hills,
Michigan was always the goal
Ior the the Chargers.
'It was our goal to make it to
the playoIIs this year. We are ex-
actly where we want to be at at
this time oI the year, Gajor said.
The team is Iocusing on the
playoII games ahead oI them that
will close their season.
The Chargers will only be
graduating three seniors and will
have a good core to continue
their success in the Iuture.
'The level oI individual and
collective growth is what I am
most proud oI. They`re all very
intelligent players, Hill said.
It will be exciting to see how
the team does in the playoIIs this
year, and next year when they
will be more experienced in the
CCL.
The team`s frst playoII game
is this Saturday at Founders
Sports Park in Farmington Hills.
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If you venture to Hayden
Park tomorrow evening, you
will catch a glimpse of bleeding
corpses walking upright, terrify-
ing monsters hiding in the trees,
and runners trying to escape the
madness.
Planned and designed by the
Hillsdale Campus Rec Board
headed by Kevin Foeman, the
Zombie Run debuts tomorrow at
5:30 p.m. for Hillsdale students
and area residents.
Weve never done this be-
fore, but were really excited for
it, said Foeman, assistant direc-
tor of recreational sports.
The run is three kilometers,
which is slightly under two
miles. Each runner will have a set
of fags, which indicate whether
or not theyve been bitten by a
zombie. If the runners fnish with
fags still on, they survived the
run. After runners complete the
race, they can return to the course
as a zombie and try to infect
runners still wearing fags.
The run is free of charge for
all, but only college students and
staff can win prizes.
The board encourages runners
to dress in Halloween costumes.
The award for best costume
for runners and zombies is a $20
gift card to the Premiere Movie
Theatre in Hillsdale, and the frst
100 fnishers still wearing fags
win t-shirts.
Im most excited to see the
costumes, said Isaac Dell, a
board member.
After the Zombie Run, pic-
tures of the best costumes will be
posted on the rec boards bulletin
board among news about intra-
mural games.
Honestly, if you have a great
costume, we will recognize you,
said Eleanor Fina, another board
member.
The staff has decorated the
runners route in Hayden Park
with Halloween-themed decora-
tions, with hopes to scare the run-
ners as they try to escape from
the zombies.
Were trying to make this as
realistic as possible, but we also
want to make sure its safe, Fina
said.
The board is excited to see the
race. Being the frst run, they`ve
worked hard this week to ensure
that the event will be a success.
We probably have about 40
fake bodies, fake blood, spider
webs, things like that, Foeman
said about the decorations.
Throughout the week, the
board is juggling fag football
games and setting up for the race.
Finishers can enjoy water and
candy provided by the staff, who
encourage runners to come work
out before eating Halloween can-
dy later that night.
Were giving people a
chance to be healthy before Hal-
loween, Fina said.
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A distance runner from Love-
land, Ohio, senior Jack Butler
runs an average of 90 miles a
week and competes on Hills-
dale Colleges cross country
and track teams.
Whats the best part about
distance running?
The feeling you get after a work
out. Im addicted to the soreness
that I feel after I fnish. I`ve
found that the only way you can
succeed as a runner is if you ac-
cept youre some kind of crazy.
I became crazy a long time ago,
and that`s fne with me. Sanity
is overrated.
How did you become a dis-
tance runner?
A lot goes into that. I settled on
distance running because I tried
just about every other sport and
I was no good at any of them.
My dad was a distance run-
ner and it turned out that I was
OK at it as well. I also happen
to enjoy it. It requires a lot of
discipline, motivation, you
have to be in your own head a
lot. Its helpful to be on a team,
but I think every distance run-
ner is ultimately alone. As bleak
as that sounds, it aligns nicely
with my naturally introverted
personality. To be a good run-
ner, you have to be content with
long periods of loneliness. I can
go on a ten-mile run by myself
and keep myself entertained by
my own thoughts.
How do you psych yourself up
before a long run?
I dont really. I take more of
a calm, confdent, business-
like approach. I try not to treat
things as being that big of a
deal. What I need to do doesnt
involve stimulating myself as
much as it does restraining my-
self. If I get too excited, then
I`ll do the frst mile of an 8K in
4:40 and be dead. I tend to think
a lot when I`m running and have
to make sure that my thoughts
don`t become negative or too
unfocused.

How often do you run?
I do a lot in unrecorded prac-
tice hours and I spend about 10
hours a week just running, not
counting gaps between runs or
waiting for coaches to tell you
what to do. In terms of total
commitment, I would say 25
hours a week is a pretty conser-
vative estimate.
How do you manage your
time?
It requires a lot of fnesse. Last
spring I was in a one-act play
and for a month my schedule
was like a puzzle. I had a Jonah
Goldberg seminar, running, the
play, classes, and a Gadfy event
to plan at the same time. So it
is possible to have a life beyond
running even if you`re taking it
seriously. The diffculty of time
management obviously increas-
es the more you run. Thats a
trade off you have to take to be-
come better. In life you cant do
everything-you have to choose
what to do and skills to hone
based on your preexisting tal-
ents and what you enjoy. Also,
sleep. At minimum you need 7.5
hours of sleep. You can`t have a
typical college sleeping sched-
uling-sleeping irregular hours
or not at all-and still be at your
best.

Do you know what youll be
doing after you graduate from
Hillsdale?
I fgure at some point I`m going
to end up in D.C. doing some-
thing. But I dont know what or
for how long. Id be happy do-
ing anything that tangentially
related to my interests as long
as its something. Thats sounds
vague but the most important
thing is just to go out into the
world and do something. When
youre young enough, the
what doesnt really matter. As
long as its a start. Now, some-
day I would like to be a writer of
some kind, focusing on political
and cultural issues. I also might
try to run for offce someday-
just for fun. Id probably lose,
but its a good experience and
Id be willing to try it just to
learn a lot.
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CROSSCOUNTRY DOMINATES
Over Iall break, the cross-
country team traveled to Evans-
ville, Indiana to race in the
Southern Indiana Regional Pre-
view.
Both teams had a successIul
weekend. The women`s team
swept the competition with a frst
place fnish out oI nine teams and
the men`s team took third.
'We ran well and we ran Iast.
Defnitely Irom top to bottom it
was the best race oI the year,
head coach Joe Lynn said.
The women`s team had Iour
top-10 fnishers in the 6K. Junior
Emily Oren was the weekend`s
standout runner, putting up a per-
sonal best time oI 20:43 to win
the race.
All oI Hillsdale`s top seven
runners fnished the race with
personal best times.
'We all ran really well, ju-
nior Kristina Galat said. 'It was
a really hot day out and it was
unexpected. I didn`t Ieel very
good, but I beat my personal best
time by over a minute.
Galat was right behind Oren,
crossing the fnish line with a
time oI 20:38 to secure second
place.
'We knew going in we were
the best team on paper. We had
some strong competition, but we
really set the tone in the begin-
ning oI the race, Lynn said.
The men beat out six teams
Ior a third place fnish. They
ran well but were missing a top
runner, senior Joshua Mirth, who
took the weekend oII to rest.
'We should have him back
really soon, Lynn said. 'Go-
ing into the race, we knew we
weren`t at the same strength
without Mirth.
According to Lynn, the
Southern Indiana and Malone
teams were the Chargers` biggest
competition at the race.
'The men perIormed well.
We leIt with a lot oI positives,
Lynn said.
Senior Luke Hickman was the
top runner Ior the Chargers. He
placed 10th out oI 118 runners in
the 8K with a time oI 25:04.
Seniors Jack Butler and Mat-
thew Perkins and sophomore Jo-
seph Newcomb fnished within
twenty seconds oI Hickman.
Next weekend, the teams will
take their top runners and race
the conIerence meet in TiIfn,
Ohio. On Nov. 22 the teams will
compete in regionals. The top
Iour teams at regionals qualiIy
Ior nationals in December.
This weekend acted as a pre-
view Ior regionals, as that tour-
nament will also be hosted by
Southern Indiana.
Being Iamiliar with the
course is a huge advantage in a
race, Lynn said.
'It was nice getting down
there, Lynn said. 'We are one oI
the only schools who have raced
at both the regional and national
courses.
In terms oI preparing Ior na-
tionals, which are six weeks in
the Iuture, Lynn said that 'not a
lot is going to change.
'We are keeping the volume
up and not neglecting anything.
We need balance across the
board. AIter conIerence we are
going to sharpen things up. I`ll
be planning more intense work-
outs, Lynn said.
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The Charger swim team split
their frst two weekends this sea-
son.
The team spent their Iall
break at a tri-meet at Grand Val-
ley State University, where they
deIeated Calvin (60-56) and lost
to Grand Valley (74-60).
The standout race in Grand
Rapids was the 400 Medley Re-
lay. The Hillsdale team consist-
ed oI seniors Rachel Kurtz and
Ali Bauer, junior NaoIa Noll,
and sophomore Emily Shallman.
They racked up enough points to
place third.
Another Charger standout
was junior Sarah Rinaldi. She
clinched a second place fnish
in the 200-breaststroke at Grand
Valley, as well as placing third in
the 200 IM.
'Overall, Grand Valley went
pretty well. We beat Calvin even
though they had divers and put
up a strong showing in the pool.
Many girls had solid times and
raced well. We have a long road
ahead but this meet was an en-
couraging checkpoint Ior the
season. We are looking Iorward
to racing again and continuing
the rigor oI training, senior cap-
tain Ali Bauer said.
Kurtz swept the competition
in the 50 and 100 Ireestyle, with
24.63 and 53.65 times respec-
tively. Junior Zoe Hopkins se-
cured a victory in the 1000 Iree-
style swimming with a 10:47.12
time, and she took home second
in the 500 Ireestyle with a time
oI 5:19.80.
'I think it went well, it was
a good start to the season,
Hopkins said. 'Since we are in
the beginning oI the season, we
aren`t going to start lightening
up workouts Ior a while. We can
expect to keep on working real-
ly hard each practice and trying
to compete each meet building
up to conIerence, because that`s
when it really matters,
The swim team`s opening
meet oI the season on Oct. 17
started oII with a victory against
Malone (136-86) and a loss to
the University oI Findlay (139-
84).
Compared to the beginning
oI the season last year, the Char-
gers are oII to a quick start.
'Some oI our athletes are
ahead oI where they were last
year, particularly Zoe Hopkins
and Rachel Kurtz, head coach
Kurt Kirner said. 'We weren`t
expecting a perIect perIormance
Irom each swimmer, but I Ielt
comIortable with it.
Kurtz was the champion in
both oI her events once again
at Findlay in the 50 and the 100
Ireestyle, with times oI 24.28
and 53.85. Junior Zoe Hopkins
won the 1000 Ireestyle with a
time oI 10:48.88, and clinched
a second place fnish in the 500
Ireestyle.
'We put such an emphasis
on eIIort. The idea that iI you`re
swimming to the best oI your eI-
Iort that the results will show up
later on in the season, Kirner
said. 'I think we have to con-
tinue to work harder. Our con-
Ierence is Iast and so even liIting
your head up to breath can add
time.
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For the Chargers volleyball
team, nearly every game turns
into an all-out brawl oI the
last six games, three were decid-
ed in the fIth set, and the others
were close-scoring.
AIter traveling to Aurora, Il-
linois Ior the annual GLIAC/
GLVC Crossover Tournament on
the weekend oI Oct. 17, the team
battled through three conIerence
games, emerging with a 9-12
overall record, 7-7 in GLIAC
play.
On Tuesday night, the Char-
gers travelled to Findlay Univer-
sity and lost to the Oilers Ior the
frst time since October 2009.
The game was Hillsdale`s sec-
ond against the Oilers this season.
Hillsdale last played the Oilers at
home, and beat them 3-0. This
time, the score was reversed, but
it wasn`t Ior lack oI eIIort on the
Chargers` side. The Chargers fn-
ished each set trailing the Oilers
by only a Iew points.
The fnal scores were 22-25,
21-25, and 23-25.
'We`re defnitely coming out
oI it reIusing to settle. It`s going
to be a good couple days oI prac-
tice, senior Kat Vael said.
The Chargers beat TiIfn
University on Saturday, but the
match was by no means a sweep.
Hillsdale has not lost to TiI-
fn since the Dragon`s joined the
GLIAC in 2008, but by the be-
ginning oI set fve last weekend,
the game looked like it could go
either way. The frst sets went to
Hillsdale, 25-21 and 27-25; the
next two to TiIfn, 25-21 and 26-
24.
According to head coach
Chris Gravel, TiIfn ran a very
Iast set to their outside hitters.
'They also played great de-
Iense against us, which gave us
some challenges, Gravel said.
In the fnal set, the Chargers
pulled ahead oI the Dragons by
more than double their score, 15-
7.
'We buckled down and just
went aIter them. We reIused to
lose again and it paid oII, said
junior outside hitter Emily WolI-
ert.
Friday, Hillsdale lost 3-2 to
Ohio Dominican University,
though in the frst set, the Char-
gers looked to have the upper
hand.
Senior middle hitter Lindsay
Kostrzewa said losing to ODU
was the most Irustrating loss oI
the season so Iar. Friday`s loss
was Hillsdale`s frst to the Pan-
thers since they joined the GLI-
AC in 2010.
'Losses like this hurt, because
you know at the end oI the day,
all people see is a loss, Kostrze-
wa said. 'We knew going in that
they were ahead oI us in the
South GLIAC standings (ODU
was 7-4, Hillsdale, 6-5), but we
were excited to work hard Ior this
game. We did all the hard work to
secure our win, and then we let it
slip away.
Junior setter Marissa Owen
Iound running the oIIense chal-
lenging last weekend, partly
because oI the diIIerent playing
styles oI the teams.
'Both teams were putting up
good blocks so I had to work
hard to set the hitters up with a
single block, Owen said. 'Also,
both teams ran very diIIerent oI-
Ienses. We had to change our
oIIense based on what the other
team would run.
Although the Chargers` per-
Iormance over the weekend
lacked the consistency Ior which
they have strived, several team
members played well in both
games. Freshman libero Brittany
Jandasek earned a career-high oI
28 digs against ODU. The Iol-
lowing night she topped her ca-
reer-record with 34 digs against
TiIfn, making her eligible to
join the American Volleyball
Coaches Association`s 30-dig
club. Jandasek`s dig high is the
third-highest in a single match in
school history.
In true Charger Iashion, Jan-
dasek expressed gratitude to her
team Ior her accomplishment.
'I would not have been able
to achieve these things without
my teammates. Our block was
great this weekend, which helped
tremendously on deIense, Jan-
dasek said. 'It is an honor just to
be starting and representing this
team. Playing with this team is
the highlight oI being at Hills-
dale.
Junior Jordan Denmark and
sophomore Erin Holsinger
achieved impressive stats against
the Panthers. Denmark snagged a
team-high 19 kills, and Holsing-
er blocked eight hits, one oI the
higher block totals this season.
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Hillsdale`s past and present
converged last Tuesday night as
Greg WolIe `80 de-
livered a speech on
conservatism and
culture, drawing to
a triumphant close
a two-day Iestival
recognizing his lit-
erary accomplish-
ments.
'My story is a
Hillsdale story, he
said. 'My whole
career has been an
extended dialogue
with the culture that
nourished me.
WolIe is the
Iounder and editor-
in-chieI oI Image,
a quarterly journal
oI art, Iaith, and
culture, which cel-
ebrates its 25th an-
niversary this year.
Last Monday and Tuesday, the
English Department hosted a
two-day celebration oI Image
to commemorate this landmark,
Ieaturing poetry, a Iolk concert,
songwriting, prose, and poetry
workshops, and lectures Irom
authors who have played a role
in making Image a reality. WolIe
was presented with a distin-
guished alumni award, and his
speech drew a crowd that packed
Dow A&B and gave him two
standing ovations.
In his speech,
entitled 'Conserva-
tism and the Arts:
A Lovers` Quar-
rel, WolIe spoke
oI his time at Hill-
sdale and the events
which led to the
creation oI Image.
While in college,
he hoped to make
a career as a bas-
tion oI traditional
thinking against the
encroachments oI
liberalism, a cul-
ture warrior 'like a
Christopher Hitch-
ens oI the Right.
'I wanted to
write devastating
book reviews oI
books by secular
liberals, he said
with a smile.
Soon aIter graduation, how-
ever, WolIe realized that he was
not cut out Ior the destructive
business oI polemics, and, aIter a
period oI uncertainty, concluded
that he want-
ed to support
conservative
culture by
championing
beauty rather
than merely
r es pondi ng
uglily to ugli-
ness.
' W h a t
I thought
was a ner-
vous break-
down was
really a ner-
vous break-
t h r o u g h ,
he said.
'The way to
change cul-
ture is to put
new, good
culture into
circulation.
WolIe`s talk served as a ftting
capstone Ior the Iestival, and was
well received by both the audi-
ence and the event`s coordina-
tors.
Kathryn Wales, wiIe oI assis-
tant proIessor oI theology Jordan
Wales, said that WolIe`s exhorta-
tion oI beauty in conservatism
was timely, necessary, and art-
Iully stated.
'I`m still not recovered Irom
how devastatingly good that
was, she said aIterward.
Associate ProIessor oI Eng-
lish Stephen
Smith also
praised the
lecture Ior its
emphasis on
the cultural
importance oI
appreciating
beauty.
' Be a u t y
has the power
to save the
world, as
Dost oevsky
pointed out,
he said. 'We
need to take
as much care
with the Ior-
mation oI
artists as we
do with other
good things,
because they
hold one oI the secrets oI renew-
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When local author Dan Bisher
walked into Broad Street Market
on Oct. 16 to promote his new
book, 'Faded Memories: Ex-
amination & Profles oI Hillsdale
County`s Pioneer Period he had
40 copies to sell. He leIt with
only 7.
Broad Street Market hosted
Bisher as part oI Hillsdale`s Awe-
some Autumn Iestivities. Bisher,
a native oI Hillsdale, was there to
promote and sign copies oI his
new book. 'Faded Memories, a
history oI Hillsdale County, was
published in August and oIIers 'a
glimpse oI the lives and events
experienced by original settlers
and Native Americans, accord-
ing to the claims oI its blurb,
and investigate stories such as
the murky events surrounding
the death oI ChieI Baw Beese,
the Potawatomi Indian chieI aI-
ter whom Lake Baw Beese is
named.
'Dan Bisher is a great Iriend
oI Broad Street Market; I love
Dan and Noel, Robert Socha,
co-owner oI Broad Street Mar-
ket, said. 'I love the book that he
wrote, so we wanted to help him
however he could. He wanted to
come here during the Awesome
Autumn event and chose to have
his book signing here. It was re-
ally successIul. He sold a lot oI
books and we were able to have a
lot oI people come in the market
that might not have been here be-
Iore. He was here about two and
a halI hours and a lot oI people
came in here to see him.
Bisher said that his research
on ChieI Baw Beese was the
most exciting part oI the writing
process, and that his research on
the topic and the book itselI was
varied.
'The inIormation came Irom a
lot oI diIIerent sources: the Na-
tional Archives at Chicago, the
state archives in Lansing, Michi-
gan at the Michigan Historical
Center, and the Mitchell Re-
search Center here in Hillsdale,
Bisher said. '|Mitchell| is really
one oI the fnest small research
centers, especially in Michigan.
I`ve been to all the ones in the
seven surrounding counties, but
they are not nearly as complete
and they don`t do nearly the kind
oI archiving that they do here in
Hillsdale. It`s a very important
depository oI the history oI this
county.
A graduate Irom CaliIornia
State University, Fullerton with a
major in journalism, Bisher said
he wrote the book because oI his
interest in local history.
'It`s important Ior small com-
munities especially to keep alive
and vibrant the things that made
this place happen, Bisher said.
'Who was it that started Hills-
dale? What was here beIore the
town? BeIore the college? I think
that those things are important,
especially Ior young people. It`s
important to have a real sense oI
roots.
Bisher grew up in Hillsdale
and attended Hillsdale High
School, eventually returning to
the Midwest aIter college to work
Ior the Hillsdale Daily News as a
managing editor. AIter his time
at the newspaper, he worked Ior
Hillsdale College in Media Rela-
tions as a writer. For fve years
he hosted the historical program
'Tales oI the Old Sauk Trail
on Hillsdale`s WCSR radio sta-
tion, and now does webcasting
Ior Charger home Iootball games
aIter spending three years as the
assistant to the athletic director.
'Faded Memories is not the
frst book Bisher has written.
He helped to write a book called
'Dateline: Vietnam because oI
his experience as a U.S. Marine
Corps combat correspondent,
and in 2003 he published 'His-
tory oI the Hillsdale Community
Health Center, a history oI the
local hospital in Hillsdale.
Bisher said that the time and
eIIort that went into writing his
most recent book was extensive
and taxing because he was work-
ing on other things as he was
writing it.
'It took the patience oI a
monk and the aggressiveness oI
a warrior, Bisher said. 'Lots oI
times it would end up in a pile on
the side oI my desk Ior months at
a time. I kept telling people that
I was writing a book` but aIter
ten or fIteen years oI hearing
that people start to stop believing
you. So aIter 25 years I told my-
selI it`s time to publish it.` The
process oI publishing began in
February and the book was pub-
lished in August.
However, Bisher said that all
the work was worthwhile.
'History is my real passion,
he said. 'Writing just pays the
bills.
'Faded Memories. Exami-
nation & Prohles of Hillsdale
Countvs Pioneer Period` is
available to purchase for $32.95.
In The Heat of The Night
LA Theater Works
Thursday, October 30 | 8 p.m.
Markel Auditorium
Playwright and screenwriter Matt Pelfrey sets
his riveting stage adaptation of this classic
American thriller in the environment of gradual
change, rebellion, anger, frustration, and stu-
born clinging to old ways of life. Reserve tickets
|y enailin sae|cxclcehillsaale.eau.
Blues Crew
Broad Street Underground
Thursday, October 30 | 9 p.m.
One of Hillsdales own Jazz combos, along with
Chris McCourrys McQ5 tear up the Under
ground. No cover. No age restrictions.
Duo Piano Recital: Images for Two Pianos
Debbi Wyse & Kristi Gautsche
Saturday, November 1 | 8 p.m.
Sunday, November 2 | 3 p.m.
Duo pianists Kristi Gautsche and Debbi Wyse
perform from a musical palette that will delight
the senses and stir the imagination. Early
reservations suggested - reserve tickets by
enailin sae|cxclcehillsaale.eau.
Book Discussion
Something Wicked This Way Comes,
by Ray Bradbury
The Heritage Room
Friday, October 31 | 3 p.m.

Halloween Costume Party
Saturday, November 1 | 9:30 p.m.
Broad Street Downtown Market
We will have a contest for best couples costume
and best costume of the night. Winner gets a
free beer membership! This event is hosted by
Tristate Entertainments DJ Oz. Get dressed up
and come join the fun! $5 cover.
Halloween Costume Party
Saturday, November 1 | 8 p.m.
The Dawn Theater
Open to ghosts and ghouls 18 and up.

Faculty Woodwind Quintet Recital
Sunday, November 2 | 7 p.m.
McNamara Rehearsal Hall
Performing works by Ibert, Francaix, and Pa-
quito DRivera.

Stonehenge I, II, and III:
Paintings by Brian Curtis
Through November 9
Dougherty Gallery
Former Hillsdale College art department faculty
member (1979-81) and current director of the
Graduate Program in Studio arts at the Univer-
sity of Miami, Curtis exhibits a series of 40
Stonehenge paintings that explore the mythic
dimensions of this iconic neolithic monument.
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Twenty years since their par-
adigm-shiIting 'Blue Album,
Rivers Cuomo and company
present us with 'Everything Will
Be Alright In The End, their
ninth studio album. This retro-
spective and all-the-while Ior-
ward-looking record grants both
the casual listener and die-hard
Ian alike a reIreshing embodi-
ment oI pure Weezer and Rivers
Cuomo at his best.
Fans and critics alike con-
struct their narratives oI de-
cay within the band`s history.
Some maintain that albums post
'Pinkerton reek. Others blame
'Beverly Hills and the mon-
strous pop-rock oI 'Make Be-
lieve. I, a Ianboy since the re-
lease oI 'Make Believe and the
'Red Album, condemn 'Radi-
tude. 'Raditude rejected Wee-
zer`s 90s punk rock beginnings,
tragically Ieaturing Lil Wayne
alongside an excruciating Hindu
pop song. While 'Hurley Iea-
tured the single 'Memories and
an overall yearning Ior a return to
their Iorsaken roots, it Iailed in
presenting unadulterated Wee-
zer; the band couldn`t rebuke
their Great Apostasy Ior ancient
renown. New songs shadowed
the previous greatness oI an ineI-
Iable, musical Iorce. I recognized
Weezer`s downIall. I believe
Irontman Rivers Cuomo noticed
this too. And he revivifed Wee-
zer`s holy, dormant excellence in
this year`s release.
Rivers brought back Ric Oc-
asek, the producer Weezer`s
'Blue and 'Green albums, Ior
this new record, a work Iocused
on the reconciliation with and re-
turning to your roots within the
existential wasteland oI modern
rock n` roll. It begins with the
seven words 'everything will be
alright in the end. A new hope
pervades the entire work; Rivers
recognizes historic sources oI his
anguish beIore breaking oII, rec-
onciling with his past, and return-
ing home.
In the frst song, 'Ain`t Got
Nobody, Rivers despairs at the
death oI rock, being Iorsaken
by both his Iather and lover, and
the insatiable nature oI human
desire. It sets the scene Ior the
entire record, Iurther explained
in the Iollowing 'Back to the
Shack. Here, Rivers apologizes
to us, the audience, Ior his band`s
debilitating errors, explaining
how he aims to '|rock| out like
its 94 whilst struggling with
the damage oI his Iamilial and
romantic relationships. The third
song, 'Eulogy Ior a Rock Band,
speaks to the transient nature oI
all great rock n roll, Ior though
musicians speak 'Ior the world
with their songs, 'time marches
on/ |and| words come and go.
Weezer recognizes here, with the
wizard GandalI, that 'all we have
to decide is what to do with the
time that is given us.
In 'Lonely Girl, Rivers calls
his woman over to him, melo-
dramatically imploring Ior her
return. He likewise opens up to
his audience in the next song,
emotively titled 'I`ve Had It Up
To Here. Rivers sings: I 'don`t
wanna be the boy next door/ |I|
don`t wanna pander to the mass-
es anymore. Weezer continues
in this vein with their eschato-
logical rock anthem 'The Brit-
ish Are Coming. The historical
reconditioning oI this piece rec-
reates the metanarrative oI the
American Revolution in their
own terms. Weezer is calling
us to fght against the liberty-
crushing music industry. Will we
heed their call and transcend this
post-industrial bourgeois mass-
conditioning?
Their next piece, the light and
upbeat 'Da Vinci captures the
inexplicable nature oI the Other
within the context oI unrequited,
amorous love. Rivers notes his
'loss Ior words in describing his
nonexistent sweetheart. He cries,
' I wish that I could explain who
you are/ But when I try to I never
get Iar. But the night is dark-
est just beIore the dawn; Rivers`
predicament worsens yet. In 'Go
Away, his lover absconds him
Iorever, despite numerous ap-
peals and apologies. In my per-
sonal Iavorite song,'Cleopatra,
Rivers fnally annihilates his
nonexistent emotional union,
chanting number sets oI fves and
shouting 'you can`t control me
no more. This blockbuster piece
culminates the entire work; Wee-
zer achieves selI-consciousness.
In the denouement, 'Foolish
Father, Rivers calls Ior Iorgive-
ness and reconciliation with his
estranged Iather, singing, 'he did
the best that he could do and
'everything will be alright in the
end.
The end is the Iuture. The
record concludes with a dra-
matic three-part suite, 'The Fu-
turescope Trilogy. The historic
Weezer hooks and solos present
themselves here amongst hyper-
intellectualized literary reIer-
ences. From 'The Wasteland to
'Return to Ithaca, Weezer rec-
ognizes what Eliot recognized,
and goes where Odysseus went.
'Everything Will Be Alright in
the End is the consummation
oI our Western Heritage. AIter a
hard journey, Weezer embraces
homecoming. Come with me.
Final verdict: 10/10, will lis-
ten again.
Despite trading country guitar
riIIs Ior electronic beats, Taylor
SwiIt stays true to her contrary,
whimsical, sassy, and optimistic
selI in her fIth and latest album,
'1989, released Monday.
Some are unimpressed with
the music mogul`s frst pure pop
album, inspired by the music
in the decade in which she was
born. But like the crashing down
oI the Berlin Wall in the same
year, 1989 breaks down barriers
mainstream 'pop has upheld Ior
years.
Staying true to Iorm, SwiIt
proves in '1989 that pop doesn`t
have to mean crooning about
'getting drunk on a minibar, or
having 'all the right junk in all
the right places. SwiIt, in typi-
cal Iashion, sing-talks about what
she always has: love, relation-
ships, heartbreak, and individu-
ality. Her edgy sort oI sweetness
works just as well in New York
City as it proved to in Nashville.
SwiIt revolutionized country
music in the early years oI her ca-
reer, adding angsty girl music to
a genre dominated by grown men
singing about honky-tonks and
whiskey. Country music has its
limits, and Ior SwiIt, those came
aIter her frst album. In 'Fear-
less, her second album, hints oI
pop began to infltrate her sound
in chart-toppers like 'Love Sto-
ry and 'You Belong With Me.
'1989 is a sort oI culmina-
tion oI her previous albums,
Iulflling her transition to pop.
While the album is studded with
gems, the new electronic sound
weighs down some oI the tunes,
especially later on the album,
where more redundant numbers
won`t be radio hits.
But that has always been typi-
cal oI Tay. Only her closest Iol-
lowers know every word oI 'Last
Kiss, 'You`re Not Sorry, and
'The Lucky One. Those songs
are only Ior her most loyal Ians
to appreciate.
Arguably the three best tracks
oI the set come in a row (num-
bers 2, 3 and 4): 'Blank Space,
'Style allegedly about her old
fing Harry Styles oI One Direc-
tion and 'Out oI the Woods.
All three are catchy and Iull oI
fair. 'Out oI the Woods builds
with such momentum through-
out the chorus that it`s hard not
to Ieel anxious about your own
relationship.
Along with 'Out oI the
Woods, the catchy (albeit gim-
micky) 'Shake it OII and 'Wel-
come to New York debuted ear-
lier than the rest as singles, acting
as teasers Ior SwiIties and casual
radio-listeners alike to listen to
on repeat until the Iull album
leaked.
The mellower and soulIul
'Clean and snarky 'Bad Blood
allegedly about Irenemy Katy
Perry also add substance both
in lyrics and sound to '1989, but
the remaining six songs (fve oI
them Iound in the bottom halI oI
the set) will probably only fnd
appreciation in devoted Ians.
Even Ior them, those songs can
sound alike when listening to the
album as a whole.
The New York Times` review
applauds SwiIt`s return to a 'less
overtly hybrid pop music, last
seen in the likes oI Madonna`s
hits oI the 1980s. Rap and R&B
does not make a guest appear-
ance on any oI the 13 tracks, as is
the trend Ior most Iemale pop art-
ists (like Ariana Grande and Iggy
Azalea). SwiIt depends solely on
her own voice, neither Ieaturing
guest artists nor relying on back-
up singers. The 80s undertones
are most evident in the Ieel oI 'I
Wish You Would.
Taylor SwiIt has created yet
another piece oI musical mastery
that connects with her Ians and,
perhaps even more unusually in
today`s industry, actually sells
albums. Three days aIter its re-
lease, 1989 is on its way to being
the frst and only album oI 2014
to sell one million albums.
How? SwiIt has managed to
use social media to every eIIec-
tive end in promotion oI her al-
bum, with one noticeable excep-
tion: in her songs themselves. In
an age where cultural reIerences
to current clothing styles, popu-
lar phrases, and other celebrities
infltrate the lyrics oI so many
popular songs, SwiIt gives her
tunes the chance to stand the test
oI time by singing about relevant
and yet transcendent issues. De-
spite the plastering oI promotions
on Instagram, Twitter, Face-
book, and many other Ian sites,
the beauty oI the album is that it
could have been written in 1989.
I wish it had, Ior that would give
us 25 more years oI listening to
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'Come with your eyes open,
your ears open, your mind open.
Senior Aaron Pomerantz, Pub-
licity Manager Ior Sage Center,
hopes that tonight`s production
will challenge and engage Hills-
dale students. The acting compa-
ny, Los Angeles Theatre Works,
will be bringing 'In the Heat oI
the Night to Hillsdale`s Markel
Auditorium stage at 8 p.m.
The play is set in the 1960s
South, dealing with the racial
problems therein. According to
Ruth Sanders, Aide to the Sage
Center, the company has modi-
fed the scripted language Ior its
Hillsdale audience.
'They had to clean up the lan-
guage a little bit, Sanders said,
'since it`s coming to Hillsdale.
The actors and actresses are aware
oI the constraints here. There will
be some tough language, but cer-
tain words were removed.
The play is not deliberately
controversial, but simply honest
and direct in its treatment oI the
circumstances oI the time. Mi-
chael Beyer, Lighting Designer
and Production Manager, noted
that it`s simply trying to tell a
story.
'It`s based on a novel, based
on a movie, and based on ac-
tual events, Beyer said. 'It`s the
same kind oI thing that happened
in history. It shouldn`t be pur-
poseIully racial.
But Pomerantz said that the
sensitive topic could serve as a
useIul way to begin a conversa-
tion about contemporary racial
problems.
A play about prejudice might
make a Hillsdale audience really
uncomIortable, which is good,
Pomerantz said. 'This is an eth-
nically homogeneous school and
this is not an ethnically homoge-
neous play. I think it`s going to
leave people questioning them-
selves more than they might have
expected, going in.
The production has just re-
cently come out oI the rehearsal
process: Hillsdale is only the sec-
ond stop on LA Theatre Works`
national tour. The company has
been to Hillsdale`s campus be-
Iore, its most recent visit being a
2011 production.
The college booked the perIor-
mance in January 2014, but was
not aware oI the cast most oI
whom are involved in major tele-
vision and flm projects.
'There were things about the
production that we did not know
Two grand pianos sit propped
open, ready to be played and take
the listener on a journey oI sound
and image.
Debbi Wyse and Kristi
Gautsche will perIorm 'Images
Ior Two Pianos in Markel Audi-
torium Saturday and Sunday. The
concert will include pieces Irom
Bach to RachmaninoII to Gersh-
win, all Iocusing on imagery.
'The title oI our concert is
'Images. The RachmaninoII
suite - the Fantasy Suite - is par-
ticularly Iull oI imagery, Wyse
said.
Along with the music, Wyse`s
husband Ned will be reciting po-
etry that accompanies the Rach-
maninoII suite. The concert will
take the listener not just through
on a journey oI images but also
through music history and around
the world.
'There`s some chronology,
some music history going Irom
the Baroque to the Contemporary
period, Wyse said. 'There`s a
little bit oI French, a little bit oI
Russian, a little bit oI American,
there`s a little bit oI German.
The stage is not the only place
you can see the two around Hill-
sdale. Wyse is a piano instruc-
tor and is the accompanist Ior
the choir. Gautsche is a Iamiliar
Iace to residents oI Hillsdale. She
works Iull time at Nash Drugs
downtown and is the musical di-
rector Ior community theatre at
The Sauk in Jonesville. Gautsche
also said that she plays Ior a num-
ber oI diIIerent organizations.
'She`s everywhere, Wyse
laughed.
They have both been playing
since a young age: 7 Ior Wyse
and 10 Ior Gautsche. Both wom-
en pursued music in college.
'I just loved it. It was natural.
My mom didn`t want me to take
lessons because baton didn`t go
and tap-dancing didn`t go and
she said no you won`t practice
and anything you won`t do any-
thing. My grandparents said that
they would pay Ior it. It stuck and
I loved it, Gautsche said.
When Wyse and Gautsche
frst met, they bonded over two
things: a love oI music and hav-
ing husbands who were Iarmers.
The two became Iriends long
beIore they ever thought oI per-
Iorming together. They attended
a concert in Phillips together
and were inspired by the perIor-
mance.
'We fnally got together and
listened to a duo concert in Phil-
lips Auditorium. We heard them
and we were like we could do
that. We could have Iun doing
that, Wyse said.
Next year will mark their 30th
year oI playing together. Their
frst concert was held in Phillips
Auditorium in 1985.
This year`s concert will be
slightly diIIerent than in previ-
ous years. With the demolition
oI Phillips, the concert will be
held in Markel. The time oI year
will also be slightly diIIerent than
beIore. The duo is usually sched-
uled to perIorm in the middle oI
January or February. The pair is
especially happy that they won`t
be playing in the snow.
'We`re really happy we`re not
playing in the middle oI a bliz-
zard. People always say why do
you have to play when there`s a
blizzard outside or when we`ve
gone to Florida?` Wyse said.
'This is everybody`s chance to
come when the weather`s still
nice.
One student is defnitely ex-
cited to hear them perIorm. Se-
nior Katrina Bopp has had the
opportunity to work with both
Wyse and Gautsche on a number
oI things including accompany-
ing projects and various produc-
tions.
'They do music purely Ior
the love oI it and Ior the love Ior
the students. It`s not just a job
to them. They`ve perIormed to-
gether Ior over twenty years, and
while it still takes a lot oI work,
they`re willing to put as much
time in it as necessary and they
have Iun with it. They are a bless-
ing to this school and community
and I can`t wait to hear them per-
Iorm, Bopp said.
My bookshelI houses my
Bible, Heritage readers, AP
stylebook, and many, many note-
books. Some are wrinkled and
worn Iull oI writing, drawings,
and pasted-in pictures. Others re-
main pristine and empty. Both
flling these blank pages with my
thoughts and knowing they will
survive my feeting existence
make me Ieel human.
'I never travel without my di-
ary, said Oscar Wilde, the 19th-
century playwright. 'One should
always have something sensa-
tional to read.
Since fIth grade, I`ve ad-
hered to this advice, carrying a
notebook with me almost every-
where. Despite the taunts oI a
classmate in sixth grade algebra
and the skeptical leaning toward
judgmental looks some give me
when they think I`m 'writing in a
diary, I cherish my journals.
I don`t sit down every night
and write down a play-by-play
oI my day, but instead I record
meaningIul moments: witty
jokes, insightIul conversations,
and new observations. Some-
times I write two sentences and
others times 10 pages.
The pages contain painIul
memories, like the last time I
saw one oI my sisters and she an-
nounced she doesn`t believe in
God anymore. But they also re-
call exciting realizations, like the
time I was driving through the
New Mexican desert and Ielt God
say I needed to attend Hillsdale
College instead oI the university
to which I`d already committed.
While I remember both oI
these days vividly without the
entries` help, every time I re-read
them, I learn new lessons Irom
seeing how I Ielt about the situ-
ation at the moment compares to
how I view it now as an older and
(hopeIully) wiser individual.
In addition to helping my
brain organize my thoughts and
ideas, journaling Iosters imagina-
tion.
Sitting down beside Lake Baw
Beese with my pen and leather-
bound journal makes me look at
everything through a diIIerent
set oI eyes. I don`t just see, but
I observe and appreciate. Then
by writing about the beauty sur-
rounding me, I see how it relates
to a particular event. In addition
to synthesizing Ieelings about
what already flls my head, writ-
ing causes me to think thoughts I
wouldn`t have otherwise.
Simply, journaling is a Iorm oI
contemplation.
In his Nicomachean Ethics,
Aristotle says this rational
contemplation is the highest
good, and this activity should be
pursued above all others.
While I`m Iar too busy to Iol-
low his advice and make journal-
ing and contemplation my main
activity, I understand why he
says this because I fnd myselI
Iar more capable oI handling a
stressIul day when I make time
to write.
By taking time to be both
more introspective oI myselI and
observant oI my surroundings, I
no longer am just mindlessly rac-
ing around to meetings, classes,
and coIIee dates. Contemplating
illuminates the purpose oI all
other activities and gives them
meaning.
Recently, my Iriend`s laptop
was stolen. Immediately aIter
fnding out, my mind flled with
Iear oI what could happen had l
lost my computer. All oI the pa-
pers, articles, pictures, poems,
and music. Gone.
I then started to think oI solu-
tions to circumvent such a Iate.
I could download everything to
Dropbox. I actually did do this
until my Iree 'trial version an-
nounced it was Iull and I couldn`t
store anything more. Obviously,
I`m a poor college student with-
out expendable cash, so I didn`t
buy the premium version.
Next, I considered transIer-
ring all my fles to Google Drive.
Even though Google is a mega-
company and I don`t Ioresee its
demise soon, I worried that even
it has its malIunctions and I could
lose all my most precious docu-
ments. I also considered backing
up everything to an external hard
drive, but that could so easily be
misplaced or destroyed.
Terrifed, I realized how eas-
ily a large part oI my liIe could
disappear.
Yet, seeing the weathered
journals flling my bookcase
comIorted me, because a click
oI a button or technical malIunc-
tion can`t erase them. Exempting
fre and thievery, these notebooks
encompassing my moments oI
striIe, elation, and quandaries
will always exist.
While I doubt anyone will care
in fIty years about my epiphany
Irom watching the golden Maple
leaves Iall outside my bedroom
window, a record oI me living,
thinking, learning, and contem-
plating exists aside Irom Face-
book posts and Instagram photos.
While web sites can be deleted
and external hard drives lost, my
journals will survive to tell the
human story oI Macaela Joy Ben-
nett.
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maforing in American studies.
She is a member of the Dow Jour-
nalism Program and the editor of
the Collegians Citv News page.
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AIter the lecture, the event
concluded with reIreshments and
conversation with the guests oI
the Iestival. According to those
responsible Ior putting it together,
WolIe`s speech was a ftting end
to a very successIul celebration.
'I`m so happy, so happy Ior
him, ProIessor oI English John
Somerville said. 'It all went so
well, I would have to say better
than expected.
until a Iew weeks ago, Sanders
said. 'We knew that they would
be doing In the Heat oI the
Night,` but did not know the cast
members.
Hillsdale students within and
without the theatre department
have a unique opportunity this
evening to enjoy the experience
and talent oI a proIessional acting
company.
Though the entire cast has
had extensive theatre experi-
ence, some members have been
involved with widely recogniz-
able projects: For instance, Tom
Virtue has acted in such televi-
sion shows as Even Stevens,
The Secret LiIe oI the American
Teenager, Charmed, as well as
the movie, Iron Man 3. Another
cast member, Travis Johns, has
appeared on several television se-
ries, including Nip/Tuck and The
Mentalist.
'It`s a rare treat Ior a college
oI this size, Sanders said.
The production will be staged
at 8 p.m. tonight in Markel Audi-
torium, Sage Center Ior the Arts.
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Most job interviews last less
than twenty minutes. Peter Sta-
ab`s took all day.
In August oI last year, Staab
volunteered his car to drive an
obscure Nebraska Republican
around the state Ior a Iew town-
hall meetings. The next week,
Staab became the oIfcial driver
and frst staIIer Ior the Ben Sasse
Senate campaign. Now the trans-
Ier sophomore has switched
gears and he is taking Hillsdale
by storm.
In less than a year, Staab drove
more miles than most college stu-
dents have driven in a liIetime.
He piloted a 1995 Fleetwood R.V.
more than fIty thousand miles
through nearly every small town
and big city in the state. Learning
to drive a vehicle that big takes
some courage, and he admits
that at frst he might have clipped
'one or two mailboxes and 'tail
whipped a Iew stop signs.
Soon he was parallel parking
and pulling U-turns like a pro.
Staab explains that Ior the next
nine months the bus became his
home.
'My liIe became one long,
but awesome road trip, he said.
Don`t mistake him Ior a chauI-
Ieur though. Junior and Nebraska
native Will Gage says Staab
played a much more integral
role. At rallies and town halls,
'Peter always made sure to put
Ben Sasse frst, Gage explained.
'He took pride in his work on the
campaign.
During his time on the road,
Staab and Sasse developed a
close Iriendship. Staab says that
the two know the other`s Iast-
Iood order (two dollar menu Mc-
Doubles, a value Iry, and Diet
Coke), love Iootball, and share a
passion Ior the American Iound-
ing.
Staab explains that his Iriend-
ship with the Senate candidate
ultimately infuenced his deci-
sion to attend Hillsdale College.
Staab Iound inspiration in Sasse`s
'articulate words about perma-
nent principles and moved him
to learn more. AIter winning the
Nebraska primary in the spring,
Sasse encouraged Staab to ex-
plore Hillsdale in the Iall.
Over the summer Staab de-
cided to transIer Irom Morning-
side College, a small liberal-arts
school in Iowa. AIter the frst
round oI midterms and papers at
Hillsdale, Staab said he is happy
with his decision. He has applied
the campaign mindset to campus
liIe, reminding himselI to 'win
each day.
At Hillsdale, he has Iound the
challenge he enjoys.
Uncertain about his plans aIter
graduation, Staab says it would
take another exceptional candi-
date to make him return to poli-
tics. He describes his experience
on the Sasse campaign 'as a once
in a liIetime opportunity.
But iI he`s needed, he`s ready.
'For Ben Sasse, I`d drive that
bus anywhere.
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One bite oI a Michigan Hon-
eycrisp. That`s all Damon Glei
thinks it will take.
Every week, trucks drive 10
minutes Irom Glei`s Orchards
and Greenhouses to deliver more
than 1,200 apples to Bon Appetit,
Hillsdale College`s Iood service.
Beginning with 50 trees and
40 acres, the Glei Iamily has
grown apples Ior nearly a century.
'The cold nights, high eleva-
tion in Hillsdale, and the protec-
tion oI the Great Lakes gives us
the best apples in the world com-
ing out oI the Midwest and name-
ly Michigan, Glei said. 'But I
guess I`m a little biased.
The Glei Iamily legacy be-
gan in 1918 when Alma and her
son Carl purchased 40 acres on
Milnes Road.
'My Iather and his mother
moved on this Iarm in 1918. Most
Iarms at the time had apple trees.
They had a little bit oI every-
thing, cattle, hogs, and chick-
ens, said Owen Glei, Damon`s
Iather and business partner.
Now, the Glei`s grow 24
diIIerent apple varieties along
with vegetables, fowers, nursery
stock, and Christmas trees on the
300 acres between the two Iarms.
Both Iather and son agree
that growing a quality apple is as
much an art as it is a science.
'It`s a little stick when we
plant itfve Ieet tall, big as your
thumb in width, Glei said. 'The
art is taking that tree and putting
it into a design to make it capture
as much sunlight as possible and
also keeping the longevity oI the
tree Ior 20-25 years.
Every year Ior a feld trip, Lau-
rie Rosenberg, Hillsdale College
proIessor oI horticulture, takes
her students to Glei`s to learn
Irom these apple sages.
'They have been in the busi-
ness a long time and know what
works aIter all these years through
trial and error, Rosenberg said.
'The students can gain Irom their
experience.
The high percentage oI natural
organic matter in the soil is a rea-
son some oI the best apples come
Irom Michigan.
'Our soil has 4-5 percent natu-
ral organic matter compared to
1 percent in Washington. Most
oI their nutrients are artifcially
given to them. What we do with
sprays does nothing to aIIect fa-
vor, Glei said.
Rosenberg agrees that Michi-
gan Iruit tastes better in part be-
cause oI the soil quality.
'Everything has an energy
price. II the plant is growing un-
der very good conditions, they
may create chemicals Ior great
favor, Rosenberg said.
Owen and Damon are optimis-
tic about the Iuture oI the apple
industry. For the past two years,
apple prices have risen largely
because oI new apple varieties.
As Owen loves Gala and Damon
loves Honeycrisp, at Glei`s, 'iI
you haven`t Iound an apple that
you`ve liked, you haven`t tried
the right one.
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the other and back, have bonfres,
and try to scare other people who
had come Ior investigations oI
their own.
'Go there on Halloween, be-
cause kids are always being dared
to go there, Winans urged.
He has also encountered po-
lice, as well as squatters camped
out in one oI the road`s broken-
down buildings rumored to be a
drug house.
A ghostly car once chased
Murray and his Iriends.
'Driving back Irom a party
rather late at night, we were driv-
ing slowly through the road be-
cause it was dangerous, and then
all oI the sudden we noticed a
car close behind us that was not
there beIore, he said. 'We sped
up and were like, woah, that was
Ireaky.`
Despite these rumors, how-
ever, no one has reported any
verifable paranormal activity on
Church Road.
'It was creepy, but nothing
that could be construed as super-
natural per se. We didn`t actually
see anything, Winans said.
'No, we didn`t see anything.
We were driving 15 mph the
whole time and we didn`t see
anything, Fawley said. 'We
drove along the road while it
was pouring, with lightning and
thunder. Everything you need Ior
a great ghost story except Ior
the ghost.
Yet Church Road`s amateur
investigators agree that, despite
the lack oI evidence, some ineIIa-
ble ghastliness clings to the road.
'It`s just a creepy place, but
there`s not much going on as Iar
as I can tell, said Winans.
'I don`t believe there is any
supernatural occurrence or pres-
ence at Church Road, Murray
said. 'But the rumors circulating
about this lonely country road
bring about an air oI the maca-
bre.
Fawley agreed about the eerie
atmosphere.
'|Church Road| is just a per-
Iect storm oI things being brought
together to create a pretty crazy
atmosphere, he said.
The truth oI Church Road
may never be known. But iI you
ever fnd yourselI alone there
on a dark, cloudy autumn night,
you had better be careIul. Some
things belong to the dark.

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to be a salesman by trade and
raise a Iamily in Jackson while
perIorming in venues close to
home.
Poole`s presence at Jonny T`s
Bistro stems Irom connections
within his community. Tropiano,
a native oI Jackson, knew Poole
growing up. Soon aIter buying
the restaurant in 2009, Tropiano
decided to give live music a shot,
and Poole agreed to perIorm.
'We just unoIfcially crossed
paths, and it was an opportunity
Ior him and an opportunity Ior us.
I knew what his abilities and tal-
ents were, Tropiano said.
Since then, Poole has been a
fxture at Jonny T`s Bistro, play-
ing once or twice per month. Ac-
cording to Poole, 'Hillsdale has
been one oI my top towns to play
in because oI the people.
Poole praised Tropiano, his
staII, and the customers at Jonny
T`s Bistro, saying, 'They`re just
super.
Poole`s dedication to music
in Michigan creates opportuni-
ties Ior listeners and musicians
alike. By bringing in musicians
like Poole, Jonny T`s Bistro gives
Hillsdale a taste oI jazz that satis-
fes the soul.
'The quality oI what you are
is going to come out in your mu-
sic. It`s the same with Rick. The
quality oI person he is comes out
in his staII and in the people who
come here, Christie said. 'Peo-
ple ask, What is it about Benny
that`s so special?` and I say, I
think you can only play out what
you have inside.`

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Due to rising popularity, over the next few years Gleis is
doubling its number of Honey Crisp trees from 7 to14 acres.
The tree sets blooms typically through the last week of April
to the frst week of May. J&D Honey Bees from Concord
Michigan are shipped in for pollination.
Honey Crisp apples require the most calcium sprays. Gleis
sprays Honey Crisp trees approx. 50 times total.
Harvest at Gleis starts on the 5th of September. Since the
Honey Crisp skin is so thin, the stem must be clipped to
avoid punching a whole in the apple.
During the winter, the grass is mowed very low so feld
mice wont build nests and chew the base of trees.
expenses Ior donors, including
travel costs and medical Iees. The
organization is one oI the largest
unrelated marrow transplant reg-
istries in the world and continues
to develop services and interac-
tive technologies to reach more
patients.
'The more people sign up and
send in their samples, the better
chance somebody could fnd a
donor and have their liIe saved,
HoIIer said.
Since his donation and the
drive, Sassack has remained in-
volved with Be the Match.
This summer, he spoke along-
side two other donors at a hear-
ing on a Michigan bill that would
allow drivers to purchase license
plates with the Michigan Blood
Fund logo. Revenue Irom the
bill would go to Iunding organi-
zations including Be the Match.
The state Senate passed the bill
unanimously on Sept. 10, and the
bill currently rests in the House.
Sassack hopes to host another
donation drive at Hillsdale, but
this time, open it to the entire
student body. Until then, students
can go to BetheMatch.org to visit
the organization.
'God put the opportunity in
my liIe, Sassack said. 'It`s been
a blessing. It`s very humbling.
Any help they can get, they ap-
preciate it, especially Irom kids
our age.
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A nine-year-old boy in senior
Evan Sassack`s neighborhood
was diagnosed with non-Hodg-
kin lymphoma Iour years ago.
In a drive to help fnd a stem cell
donor, over 200 people, including
Sassack, gave DNA cheek swab
samples to Be the Match, an or-
ganization that connects volun-
teer blood and marrow donors
with patients in need.
Although Sassack was not a
match Ior the boy, he received a
call Irom the organization that his
DNA was similar enough to do-
nate to another patient. His expe-
rience with Be the Match would
prompt him to host a drive that
matched two patients with Hills-
dale College students: junior An-
drew HoIIer and senior Cassidy
KauIman.
Since only 30 percent oI pa-
tients have Iamilial donors, Be
the Match connects the remain-
ing 70 percent with registered
donors. Donations include pe-
ripheral blood stem cells (PBSC)
and bone marrow Ior patients
suIIering Irom one oI 16 diIIerent
diseases, including Iorms oI leu-
kemia and lymphoma.
'A lot oI people don`t know
there is a cure Ior blood cancer,
but there is, said Barbara Hile,
manager oI the stem cell pro-
gram Ior Be the Match. 'It`s with
that anonymous volunteer donor
where we cure cancer.
AIter blood tests confrmed
Sassack as the best match Ior
the patient, he donated PBSC in
January to help a girl outside the
United States.
For the PBSC donation, which
makes up 90 percent oI Be the
Match donations, donors are giv-
en a drug called flgrastim to in-
crease blood-Iorming stem cells.
The donor`s blood is removed
through a needle in the arm and
passes through a machine that
takes only the stem cells. The red
blood cells return through a nee-
dle in the other arm. On average,
this apheresis session takes eight
hours with about two days oI re-
covery Ior the donor.
A courier travels with the do-
nation to wherever the patient is
Ior the transplant. Due to patient
confdentiality, the patient and
donor cannot contact with con-
sent until one year aIter the do-
nation.
The prime age Ior donors
ranges Irom 18 to 25.
'College students have the
world`s best bone marrow, Hile
said. 'You have a lot oI cells,
and those cells are very hyper,
so when we give those cells to a
patient who has virtually no im-
mune system, they`re healthy,
and they go to work quickly.
Young donors produce the best
transplant success rate since as
we age, cells do too.
AIter learning oI the diIfculty
to register to donate on college
campuses, Sassack decided to
hold a drive at Hillsdale`s student
athlete physical day in April.
'To get into the college ath-
lete community, it`s very tough
to do because there`s not a lot oI
college athlete donors, Sassack
said. 'I thought, That`s such a
shame. II you have these prime
donors, why can`t I take it one
step Iurther and tap into that do-
nor database that could obviously
be a lot oI beneft?`
Statistically, only about one
in 500 donors are contacted be-
cause they are the closest match
to a patient. Sassack`s drive beat
these odds, however. OI the 100
students that gave a DNA sample
at the drive, Be the Match Iound
two donors.
'That Cassidy and Andrew
came up with a match so quickly
again reiterates that those young
donors are what we need, Hile
said. 'They are the best chance
Ior transplant.
HoIIer registered, wanting to
show support Ior the work oI the
organization, but did not believe
he would be selected to donate.
'I was pretty shocked, HoI-
Ier said on being matched. 'I Ielt
very blessed and honored. I told
myselI this is a once in a liIetime
opportunity almost nobody gets
to have, and it`s really a bless-
ing.
HoIIer is scheduled to donate
PBSC this week.
KauIman`s mother, who has
donated a gallon oI blood in total
to the American Red Cross, and
his neighbor who had leukemia,
inspired him to register.
'Honestly, it`s a miracle to be
paired with this individual to help
him, KauIman said. 'II I can
help in any way, sure why not?
God totally ordained this, and the
Iact I can be used like that, it`s
way cool.
KauIman plans to donate bone
marrow in the middle oI Novem-
ber. The procedure is more inva-
sive as it includes general anes-
thesia and drilling into the pelvic
bone to obtain the bone marrow
Ior donation. Recovery takes
about a week Ior this surgery.
While these students may
have Iound matches, many pa-
tients are still without a donor,
including the boy in Sassack`s
neighborhood who put him on
the registry in the frst place.
'They need more people,
KauIman said. 'The bigger pool
they get, the more options they
get to help people. It`s such a
small price, and you`re literally
saving a person`s liIe.
Be the Match pays Ior all
II music is the Iood oI the soul,
Benny Poole knows how to make
it go down smooth.
Poole, a local legend with a
star-studded history, spent his liIe
inIusing his hometown with soul,
supporting young musicians,
and creating music oI his own.
The saxophonist Irom Jackson,
Michigan perIorms Irequently at
Johnny T`s Bistro in downtown
Hillsdale.
The 85-year-old musician has
spent his career pushing the limits
oI saxophone music as a record-
ing artist and live perIormer. He
began with the alto saxophone,
and moved on to master baritone,
tenor, and soprano versions oI the
instrument beIore taking an in-
terest in the electric horn, which
appeared in the 1970s. A slim,
black instrument with the upper
keys oI a classic saxophone, this
instrument allows jazz perIorm-
ers to imitate sounds oI diIIerent
instruments, adding variety to the
perIormance.
'That`s what makes his show
unique, said Christie, Poole`s
wiIe. 'Most entertainers play a
certain type oI music, and they
don`t put the variety in there. No
one else plays the synthesized
horn. It`s not something you see
every day.
Though primarily a jazz musi-
cian, Poole explores many other
styles oI music, including blues,
Motown, standards, Iunk, smooth
jazz, reggae, and salsa. Rick Tro-
piano, the owner oI Johnny T`s
Bistro, described Poole`s signa-
ture style: 'We would probably
consider it almost like Motown
Iunk.
Poole`s cocktail oI jazz styles
has Iound admirers throughout
the world. The singles 'Pearl
Baby Pearl and 'Sorry `Bout
That, Irom an album recorded in
1967, became popular on the Top
40 charts, in commercial jingles,
and on soap operas. He opened Ior
Ray Charles at Lansing`s Civic
Auditorium in the late 1960s. Au-
diences in Acapulco, Mexico, on
three cruise ships, and in various
venues across the United States
have enjoyed Poole`s blending oI
musical styles.
Although his personal accom-
plishments mount, Poole also has
a keen eye Ior discovering young
musicians.
'I`m not going to tell any-
body that you can go big time` iI
I don`t believe it. I knew because
I could Ieel it all, Poole said.
His gut instinct rarely leads
him wrong, either, as his protege
list can attest. Poole recounted
stories oI stars he mentored
throughout the years, beginning
with Abbey Lincoln, a church-
singer-turned-jazz vocalist and
movie star who began her music
career singing with Poole.
Poole`s dedication to Iostering
music does not stop with fnding
gigs. For pianist Gene Harris, the
giIt oI a job and a place to stay
meant that Harris could Iocus on
his music, spurring him to Iame.
Poole sent pianist Lyman Wood-
ard to school in Canada, and
then decided that Woodard had
the makings oI an organist. He
Iound Elvin Jones, the man who
would become the world`s top
jazz drummer, Pontiac, Michi-
gan. Through his growing web oI
connections, Poole began to work
with pianist Eddie Russ, who was
later hired by the Philip Morris
Company and toured around the
world.
With his talent, his reputa-
tion, and his skill in spotting the
next big thing, Poole could have
'made it big time like many oI
his proteges. Instead, Poole chose
The prime age
Ior donors ranges
Irom 18 to 25.
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A car moves slowly along a
single-track dirt road, its wheels
treading cautiously. They alone
break the silence. Against cloudy
skies and a night already Iallen,
its headlights challenge a dark-
ness that crushes Irom all sides.
To the leIt, through a thicket oI
trees, stands a dilapidated barn
with no visible means oI access.
To the right, old, broken Iurniture
is scattered at the edge oI a dense
Iorest.
This is Church Road.
Twelve miles east oI cam-
pus via Bacon Road, this small
stretch, unplowed in winter, con-
nects with PittsIord Road. But it`s
Iar more than a long patch oI dirt.
For iI one accepts local legends,
then Church Road is unholy.
'It is so said that.a man
killed his Iamily and himselI,
according to StrangeUSA.com,
the ultimate collection oI the
strange.` 'That iI you go down
the road that you will see red eyes
running beside your car and on a
still night iI someone rides out-
side oI the car you will hear him
running beside you!
Charlie Winans, a Iormer
Hillsdale Academy student who
Irequented Church Road while
in Hillsdale, knew this urban leg-
end.
'Supposedly, a guy who lived
at the barn murdered his Iamily,
Winans said. 'I don`t know iI it`s
true, but that`s the story, anyway,
and that`s why the barn and the
whole road is haunted.
Senior Justin Fawley, who vis-
ited Church Road last Iall, heard
about it Irom a Iriend with a map
oI all the paranormal occurrenc-
es in Ohio that also spilled into
southeastern Michigan, where it
described both Church Road and
the 1966 Hillsdale UFO sighting.
'I just knew that it was sup-
posedly haunted, Fawley said.
As with most urban legends
oI this type, however, no one is
really sure Irom where it came.
Though Academy graduate Hunt-
er Murray heard about Church
Road through Winans, he said
awareness oI the place is locally
a priori.
'I heard about it through Char-
lie. But I don`t know how people
frst learned about it, he said. 'It
seemed liked something people
already knew about.
Regardless oI its source, the
mystery attracts seekers oI the
paranormal and people just
looking Ior something to do.
'We weren`t supposed to go
there. So I drove everyone out
there. People told us not to, so
we decided we had to, Winans
said. 'You have Wal-Mart, you
have McDonald`s, and you have
Church Road. That`s a Friday
night in Hillsdale.
Church Road visitors have had
some Irightening experiences.
Winans said he and his Iriends
would get out oI their cars and
walk Irom one end oI the road to
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