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The Honors Program is hosting a conversation be-tween Associate Professor of English Patricia Bart and Pro-fessor of Political Economy Gary Wolfram at 11 a.m. today in the formal lounge.

The topic is Bridging the Town-Gown Divide: A Con-versation about Hospitality, Membership, and Communi-ty. It is the second event in the Honors Programs new series The Conversation. At each gathering, the audience sits in on a dialogue between two

professors on a topic about education and community. The conversations, open to all of campus, are replacing the fo-rums available exclusively to Honors students.

An idea from the book Po-etic Knowledge by James Taylor led Richard Gamble, associate professor of history and director of the Honors Program, and junior Chris-tina Lambert, co-president of the Honors Program, to orga-nize the conversations. Taylor writes that mere factual knowl-edge about a thing is vastly dif-ferent from the deeper kind of knowledge that derives from the love of a thing, a person, a place. The Conversation aims to impart a deeper kind

of knowledge by showcasing professors loves in a dialogue.

These professors love these things so well, Lambert said. Thats a different kind of knowledge than just giving people facts, and so we can learn through that conversa-tion. Its in-depth knowledge over surface knowledge.

7KXUVGD\V UVW FRQYHU-sation between Gamble and Provost David Whalen was well-attended. Initially, the conversations were to be only every other week, but the posi-tive response may make week-ly sessions possible. Many professors have volunteered to participate, giving the series an exciting future.

U.S. Ambassador David Rawson, former ambassador to Mali and Rwanda, will give a lecture on behalf of the In-ternational Club at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, in Lane 124.

He will be speaking about some stories from his child-hood in Africa, senior and club president Jay Lee said. As an American growing up in Africa, he probably has a

very unique perspective and interesting stories to offer.

Rawson is visiting profes-sor of political science at Hill-sdale and professor of political economy at Spring Arbor Uni-versity, where he also teaches African history. He served in the Republic of Rwanda from 1993-1996, and in the Repub-lic of Mali from 1996-1999. He has also served in Senegal, Madagascar, and Somalia as a member of the U.S. Foreign Service.

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resident, served in Rwanda during the 1994 genocides. Currently, he is using a grant from the U.S. Institute for Peace to conduct research on the countrys past case for in-ternational humanitarian in-tervention concerning the vio-lence.

Students interested in din-ing with Rawson after the lecture in order to ask further questions on Africa, foreign policy, or international rela-tions should contact Lee at slee@hillsdale.edu.

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Psi Chi is taking campus tours to the next level.

From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, the psychology honorary will take students on hourlong rides around campus on Segway scooters.

Students can expect, when theyre coming in and out of class, to see Chief Rogers on a Segway or Dr. McArthur riding around, senior Katie Norton, Psi Chi president, said. I think itll be fun because we tried to pull from the faculty and stu-dents so itll be a nice mix.

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Right now, we have four students going at one time, but, if we have enough feedback from students that they still want to go, but they cant go at cer-tain times, then were looking at renting more Segways so we

can have everyone go when they want to go, Norton said.

The Segways will be pro-vided by My Segway Adven-tures, a company in Plymouth, Michigan, that helps groups have enjoyable fundraisers. The rides are $20, as compared to a Segway tour of Washington, D.C., starting at around $70, and a portion of the proceeds will go to Psi Chi funding for events.

Our main goal is to have fun and to get our name out there with a positive experience for students to relax, Norton said. We are having a fundraiser, but our main goal is the capital F-U-N-raiser and to get our name out there for students. Hopefully, if it goes well, were going to try to do it more than this semes-ter if it has a positive impact on campus.

Kari McArthur, associate professor of psychology and Psi Chis faculty adviser, echoed Nortons sentiment.

Were trying to get the word out about what Psi Chi is all about, McArthur said. We wanted to a get a positive event out there on campus.

While spending some time in Washington, D.C., McArthur took a Segway tour. She en-joyed the tour, and she had the

idea to bring the joy to Hillsdale.I think the Segway tours

are a good way to get more ex-posure for Psi Chi. We are a small honorary, and I hope that this will help people remember us, senior Psi Chi member Ayla Meyer said.

Psi Chi currently has 16 members. While they hold many campus-wide events, they also do some events exclusively for Psi Chi members.

One of the events is psychol-ogy tutoring, which Norton said she is excited for the group to bring back this year.

After the Segways are shut down and campus tours return to walking tours, Psi Chi will be busy planning for their next campus-wide event.

Our next event for campus is at the end of October, Norton said.

Although Norton was not able to announce the actual event, she indicated it will be really fun.

Itll be an event that pulls from every group on campus if they want to join, and I think itll be held in the evening. Itll be a competition of sorts, she said.

Segway tour of campus takes off on Friday

Enactus is inviting a socialist to campus.

Socialist Party-USA Vice Chairman John Strinka and Buckeye Institute Executive Vice President Rea Hederman are coming to discuss the role of entrepreneurship in alleviating poverty.

The debate aims to answer the question of how we can help the poor and will be held at 4 p.m. on Sept. 19 in Dow A and B.

The topic surrounds the idea of the Good Samaritan and tries to consider whether public, gov-ernment assistance is preferable to helping the poor or if private entrepreneurship is preferable, Enactus President Nick Brown said.

Strinka is an outspoken so-cialist and a candidate for state representative for Indianas 39th 'LVWULFW +HV WKH UVW VRFLDOLVWcandidate in decades to qualify for the ballot in the Hoosier State.

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Brown connected with Heder-man during a summer internship in New York, and later invited him to Hillsdale College.

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Nick [Brown] probably sent out about 400 emails trying to get someone to come to the col-lege, Enactus Secretary junior Aaron Schreck said.

In the spirit of free discourse and inquiry, I think its a great idea, Schreck said. I think it will be really good for Hills-dales intellectual culture. We are a homogenous place ideo-logically and that can contribute to an insularity to our thought. This should be a very interesting,

thought-stimulating time. I think well all learn a lot.

The candidates will each have DYHPLQXWHRSHQLQJVWDWHPHQWThe moderator, Hillsdales new assistant economics professor, Christopher Martin, will ask the candidates prepared questions. Hederman and Strinka will take WXUQVDQVZHULQJWKHTXHVWLRQUVWand responding to his opponents remarks. There will be no Q&A section for students to ask ques-tions.

Were using this as a cen-terpiece for the idea of what Enactus is doing, Brown said. Theyre going to go back and forth over these questions of what it means to be an entrepre-neur and the entrepreneurs role LQJKWLQJSRYHUW\7KHWDUJHWLVto pick at the weak points of both arguments, open them up a little bit, and get to the bottom of how their viewpoint works.

Brown said that even he does not know what to expect from Strinka.

I dont completely under-stand his side yet. From my un-derstanding, I think he might be arguing for small, localized commune cooperatives, he said. The idea is that people work to-gether in these to be productive and do different tasks. And, in exchange, the government will provide for their needs. It has a much more communal feel than private sector capitalist free mar-kets. But, in the end hes not a big fan of a large government bureaucracy. I cant completely spell out how that works.

Students are welcome to contact Brown or Schreck with questions about the upcoming debate or how it pertains to En-actus larger mission.

This is a great opportunity for students to get involved, take things we learn from this, and apply it to the real world by help-ing people who are struggling, Brown said. Its also an oppor-tunity to hear a viewpoint that is not well-expressed at Hillsdale and better understand where the socialist viewpoint comes from and how we should think about it.

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debateJordan Finney

Collegian ReporterHillsdales science core cur-

riculum will change in 2015. These renovated core class-

es will include separate three-credit biology, chemistry, and physics classes and will not require an external lab. The mathematics course required by the new core will also be three credits instead of four.

Currently, the core require-ments dictate that all students must take, at minimum, a four -credit combined physics and chemistry course as well as a four-credit biology course, and either a four-credit mathemat-ics course, or a score of 27 or higher on the math part of the ACT. Both the physical science and chemistry courses require a weekly lab time outside of nor-mal lecture time.

Mark Nussbaum, dean of faculty and professor of chem-istry, served as a member on the core curriculum committee

for almost three years in order to devise the best possible core.

About a dozen faculty and administration members on this committee, over the course of three years, met and talked about all the revisions and talk-ed about what was desired from the faculty perspective, what was desired from the adminis-tration, what was desired from the students, and what would help Hillsdale become even better as far as top-tier liberal arts colleges go, Nussbaum said.

The new curriculum will fully take effect in the fall of 2015. The spring 2014 semes-ter will be the last semester in which the Physical Science 101 course will be offered.

The new science core doesnt just alter the necessity of certain classes, but also ex-pands the classes that can be taken. The new biology core offers a variety of 101-level sections that emphasize differ-ent sub-disciplines in biology in order to teach the science as a whole.

There are more choices in biology than there used to be, but again, they all are more focused on seeing how the sci-ence of biology relates to the whole liberal arts curriculum and also how it relates to our everyday lives in terms of how we think about things, how we come to knowledge, get new ideas, and how we test them, Nussbaum said.

Nussbaum said that each of the six to seven new biol-ogy sections takes a unique ap-proach to the science.

If youre especially inter-ested in say, genetic engineer-ing, then you would take the Biology 101 course that uses certain aspects of genetic engi-neering as the model on which it describes how biology works as a science, Nussbaum said. If youre more interested in HOGELRORJ\WKHQ\RXGWDNHDbiology course that uses that.

Jeffrey VanZant, associ-ate professor of biology, said the new core allows for more diversity among the biology courses.

In biology you cannot know everything. Im not much of a botanist. Im not really a cell biologist, or microbiolo-gist, but I was trained to do population genetics, so I try to incorporate that into my class while still getting into some molecular and microbiology, VanZant said.

The core changes not only alter what is required for stu-dents, but also what is required for the college. In order to fully implement the changes, Hills-dale College is working to hire a new chemistry professor and physics professor. Professor of Physics Ken Hayes said the changing core is made to posi-tively impact the students and staff members involved.

I think the whole phys-ics department is thrilled that we get this opportunity. We have worked, we are working, and we will continue to work to make the full length classes even more exciting, interesting, and useful, Hayes said.

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Hillsdales International Club is now offering free, informal courses in six foreign languages: Bulgarian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, and Swahili.

Each language has its own weekly session lasting 30 or 45 minutes. Hillsdale students lead the classes. Sophomore Bily-ana Petkova teaches Bulgar-ian, junior Christine Nishinaga teaches Japanese, sophomore Katie Kortepeter teaches Man-darin, junior Will Gage teaches Russian, and senior Christine Nyawaga teaches Swahili. Five students, including junior Tia Han, sophomore Hee-Sang Lee, and senior Jay Lee, are teaching Korean.

Jay Lee, club president, came XS ZLWK WKLV LGHD $IWHU QG-LQJVWXGHQWVZKRZHUHXHQW LQforeign languages and willing to teach, he advertised the classes at the Source and started signing up interested students. Accord-ing to Lee and the other teach-

ers, the classes require a mini-mal time commitment and are particularly for beginners.

I also want it to be about cul-ture just as much as it is about language. Its important and its also something that we dont get here at Hillsdale, said Korte-peter, vice president of the club. Her Chinese class has already had several sessions.

I also like to bring in snacks, so were all eating seaweed, she said.

Students have already shown appreciation for these classes. Sophomore Rebekah Molloy was thrilled to sign up for the Chinese class. She had taken Chinese for two years overseas while her parents were in the military, but had to give it up when coming to Hillsdale.

When I saw that [Chinese] was offered, it was just perfect, Molloy said. She added that while she would prefer that Hill-sdale had more actual foreign language departments, the Inter-national Club courses are a good substitute option.

/HHUVW LQLWLDWHG WKHFODVVHVhoping to help satisfy needs like Molloys, which he also experi-

enced when coming to campus.I came [to Hillsdale] want-

ing to learn a lot of languages, and we have language depart-ments, and theyre great, but we dont have a variety, he said. I wanted languages from outside Western Europe.

The lack of non-Western lan-guage classes at Hillsdale was a disappointment to Kortepeter as well.

We are in a bit of a bubble here at Hillsdale, and learning other languages would be a great way to sort of have one foot in and also one foot out, and be looking out at what the rest of the world has to offer, Korte-peter said.

At the same time, however, the club appreciates how the lan-guages offered at Hillsdale back up the colleges ideology.

Hillsdale is strongly com-mitted to the Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian heritage that we have, and so its appropriate that Hillsdale focuses on Western languages, said Carmen Wy-att-Hayes, professor of Spanish and the clubs faculty adviser. But languages are the gates to understanding different ways of

viewing the world, so I think that it is fabulous for students to offer courses in their native lan-guage.

Lee said he believes the col-leges few language offerings are not so much a problem as a call to duty.

Hillsdale is really good at being what it is, a very Western-Heritage-focused college, Lee said. I can only speak from my

experience, but I feel like the students here are missing some-thing. College is the place where they can be exposed to other cultures. Since we dont do that within the school curriculum, I think thats why International Club needs to be a more active organization on campus.

The club will indeed be ac-tive this year, according to Lee. By offering more activities such

as the language classes, the members hope to better further the aims of their club.

Hillsdale is a very America-centered, America-oriented col-lege, Lee said, describing the clubs goals. What were trying to do is help students realize that theres a world theres some-thing outside of the U.S. that is valuable to learn about and that is interesting.

Hillsdale rehired a Saga Inc.s manager in new college position after Bon Apptit came to the college.

Marty Morrison worked for 26 years for Saga as the Opera-tion Manager and part possessor of the family-owned corporation. Now he will be in charge of the student moving and set-up crew as well as delivering packages.

Grover Campbell is the cur-rent mail deliverer, but he retires

next month.If there is opportunity and

EHQHW WR ERWK SDUWLHV DQG WKHWLVULJKWZHEHOLHYHLWVZRUWKexploring, said Chief Adminis-WUDWLYH2IFHU5LFKDUG3pZpRQthe importance of rehiring em-ployees who have worked with the college for many years.

In Morrisons old position, he oversaw all aspects of Saga, from day-to-day operations in Grew-cock Student Unions kitchen to emergency management, in ad-dition to overseeing the laundry and vending services.

That experience, along with his background in civil engineer-

ing and skilled landscaping, as well as his familiarity with the people and campus of Hillsdale, make Morrison perfect for the grounds department, according to Pw.

Morrison will now be in charge of coordinating the grounds and student moving crews, handling and delivering some mail in the postal inven-tory room, and laundry.

We were going to post the SRVLWLRQDQGOOLWIURPWKHRXW-side, but we did not need to be-cause we had just the right man for the job. Marty knows what there is to know about those

[washing] machines, Pw said.Morrison is appreciative of

still being able to work at the school since his wife, Ruth, graduated from the college in 2000, and he has spent over two decades here.

There is [no] doubt [in] my mind that Marty will do a good job, Campbell said on Morrison taking over his position.

Hillsdale College is a great place to work for. Its more like family than a place to work, Morrison said. It made me feel like they really appreciated our work.

From engineering to theology and Oxford to Hillsdale, new assistant professor of theology Jordan Wales said the underly-ing desire to see the coherency in the world, knowing, and the human person is what drove him to eventually earn his Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame.

Wales is this semesters ad-dition to Hillsdales philosophy and religion department.

My interest had always been in seeking the whole perspective, and understanding education as a path or process of amassing information and understanding and growth in critical thinking, but also as the maturation of the human person and growth in the

ability to discern the truth and to adhere to it, Wales said. Thats what I discovered was the goal of education at Hillsdale.

With an undergraduate degree in engineering from Swarthmore College, Wales received the Brit-ish Marshall scholarship, and be-gan a one-year masters degree program in cognitive science and natural language at the Uni-versity of Edinburgh.

There, Wales and a group of students went out for coffee af-ter a class on the philosophy of the mind. He said the students would talk about what made hu-mans unique, the easy answer to which they found as conscious-ness, simply an advanced form of calculation.

Yet everything in the universe seems to complete some form of calculation, Wales said. By re-ducing the human person to sim-ply calculation, the uniqueness was lost.

As this conversation arose again and again, Wales said someone would say something about God and a soul and per-sonhood, wondering if that could be the locus of the sense of awe. But those questions, he said, were questions beyond the scope of the discipline as scientists.

I thought, I want to ask those questions. I want to pur-sue those possibilities, Wales said. So I took my second year to study theology at Oxford in a post-graduate diploma program. There, I discovered that these were the questions that had in-terested the early Christians and great medieval thinkers, the question of the human person. And they answered that question in light of man being created in the image and likeness of God.

Wales then received a Nation-al Science Foundation fellow-ship for doing a Ph.D. program in the sciences, and was accepted

to Carnegie Mellon University, where he pursued robotics and DUWLFLDOLQWHOOLJHQFH

When we came back from the winter break, all of my friends were talking about the computer science journals they had been reading, Wales said. But I had been reading theology during the break, and I realized I had been in the wrong program.

During his time at Carnegie Mellon, Wales had met his wife. He then left his program at Carn-egie Mellon and went to Notre Dame, where he would graduate with a masters and Ph.D. in the-ology.

Hillsdale Instructor in Phi-losophy Lee Cole also did his graduate work at Notre Dame and was in some of the same so-cial circles as Wales.

Cole said he thinks Wales fa-miliarity with late patristic, me-dieval thinking, and 20th century theology are complementary

strengths and will enhance what is already happening in the phi-losophy and religion department.

I expect that hell be a sort of work horse in the depart-ment, Cole said. I think hell challenge students to think about religion and theology in a very rigorous way.

Assistant Professor of His-tory Matthew Gaetano also met Wales at Notre Dame, and said he felt an immediate camarade-rie and intellectual friendship with Wales.

He was in advanced robot-ics, is a very talented pianist, and was doing all these wonderful things in engineering, so hes this remarkable talented human EHLQJ ZKLFK , WKLQN WV +LOOV-dale really well and brings some new things to the table, Gaetano said. Itll be great to have even more conversations with him about Augustine, about Gregory the Great, about late patristic the-

ology, which is a fountain head of the Western tradition. I think that hell really deepen what it is were trying to do here.

Prof Wales: Master of theology and technology

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Junior Will Gage teaches Russian to fellow students. (Macaela Bennett/Collegian)

Intl club: Students teach six languages

On Monday, Navy SEAL mother Karen Vaughn shared the tragic story of her sons death in service to our country. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

the ROE by taking cover and PDNLQJ YHULFDWLRQ LQFUHGLEO\dangerous. She explained that casualties often occur during YHULFDWLRQDWWHPSWVWHOOLQJWKHstory of one SEAL who repeat-edly asked for permission from KLVFRPPDQGLQJRIFHUVWRUHon hostile Taliban before being shot.

Do you know the last words that Navy SEAL said on this HDUWK" &RQUPHG $.V DQGRPGs, she said.

Billy Vaughn explained that the ROE cause hesitation in combat and fear of prosecution by JAG when soldiers need to EHJKWLQJIRUWKHLUOLYHVWDNLQJ

down the enemy, and winning the war.

The rules of engagement should favor our men and wom-en not the enemy that theyre JKWLQJKHVDLG

The Vaughns eventually learned from Army Brig. Gen. Jeffery Colt, in charge of in-vestigation of the incident, that ([WRUWLRQGLGQRW UHWXUQUHon the Taliban that shot down the chopper because there might have been friendlies in the building.

She explained that the core of the problem is not solely the ROEs, but the politics behind the policies governing combat.

America doesnt think were at war because the president keeps insisting that we are not, she said.

Billy Vaughn added, po-litical correctness is killing our

military.The real key to decisive vic-

tory is a change in the nations attitude toward the war and to-ward the enemy.

Were the next generation. This country is about to be in our hands, freshman Theresa Smith said. We needed that great reminder that freedom is not free. There are men and women dying for us.

Karen Vaughn said that Americans need to realize that there is real evil in the world, and that the liberties that men have died to defend are at risk.

We need to pick up the bat-tle culturally, she said. If you WDON WR WKHZDU JKWHUV WKH\OOtell you this war is 100 percent winnable. Our nation is just not deciding to win the war.

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200 cats in a shelter designed to hold 40 to 60. Of these 200 cats, Goshorn said she has 75 kittens, UDQJLQJIURPIRXUZHHNV WRYHmonths old, and over 100 adult cats.

We feel bad for the animals. But I dont have the facilities to take in any more cats. We are chuck full, Goshorn said.

These strays are far from fe-ral. Instead, they are known to play follow-the-leader, shad-owing students across campus. Michael Koziara and his Sigma Chi brothers experienced this UVWKDQG

This kitten followed us all

the way from Free Methodist back to Sig Chi, Koziara said. The skinny but not sickly kit-ten lingered on the porch until the next morning when house mom, House Director Debra Nevins, took him into her apartment.

The brothers have fondly named him Marty the Party Cat. Whether Nevins will keep him as a long-term pet has not yet been decided.

Greater Hillsdale Humane 6RFLHW\IDFHVDQDQQXDOLQX[RIkittens, and because of the shel-ters no-kill policy, the animals remain there until they are placed in a home or they contract a se-vere medical issue.

,FDOOLWSXWWLQJRXWWKHUHHDFK \HDU EXW WKH UH LV QHYHUfully put out, Goshorn said. We take in the strays, but then

we need to have as many animals being adopted as there are com-ing in. In this county, it never happens that way.

Goshorn stressed that if cat owners spayed and neutered their cats this problem could be controlled, eventually.

Everybody gets their free kitten and they never vet it. They dont vaccinate it, they dont test LWDQGWKH\GHQLWHO\GRQWVSD\or neuter it, Goshorn said.

According to the Oxford-La-fayette Humane Society statis-tics, one female cat and her off-spring can theoretically produce 420,000 cats in seven years. Al-though this years kitten season is wrapping up, college students may need to get used to seeing feline faces on campus for years to come.

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remain on their parents plans and said the mandated well-QHVVEHQHWVKHOSHGSHRSOHVWD\healthy.

We are obligated to pay for child check-ups, adult check-ups, immunizations up front and 100 percent, Marsh said.

But she said she was less en-thusiastic about the increased administrative work. She said she now spends 20 percent of her time doing compliance work.

Its a nightmare, Marsh said. You go into HR because you like people.

She said the ACA keeps her in

KHURIFH LQVWHDGRI LQWHUDFWLQJwith the people at the college.

The ACA also caused com-plications with the staffs health reimbursement and health sav-ings accounts, Pw said. The college has about 400 full-time employees eligible for health in-surance.

Additionally, the ACA re-quires large employers to pro-vide insurance that covers birth control and abortions, Marsh said. Because the college is not a religious institution, it is not exempt.

The government wanted to shift the cost for those from the government to the employers, Marsh said.

She encouraged Hillsdale stu-dents to graduate, get elected, and vote out the ACA.

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From the Archives: What will religion be after the war?

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By all means, let's destroy Is-lamic State, but let's talk about it UVW

We are in a very strange place right now. President Obama is rushing into a war he doesn't want WRJKW+HFDQEDUHO\EULQJKLP-self to call it a war.

Obama didn't merely ignore the threat of Islamic State for the better part of a year, he ridiculed the notion the terror group was anything but a jayvee team. Now suddenly, he wants to go to war.

Sort of. The administration has struggled with the W-word. The president had to try several times to articulate a coherent position, working through terms like de-grade, destroy, manage, etc. Last week, the secretary of state insisted that war wasn't just the wrong term (he preferred coun-terterrorism operation), but it was wrong even to analogize this new military action to war. That's pretty remarkable given the Dem-ocrats' comfort with analogizing pretty much everything else to war. We are through the looking glass when it is OK to say that op-position to requiring elderly nuns to pay for birth control is part of a war on women but airstrikes and coordinated ground attacks by allied militias aren't like a war on terrorists.

By the end of the week the ad-ministration had made a fragile peace with the word war, but it's unclear whether Obama has made peace with war itself. Accord-ing to a report by the New York Times' Peter Baker, the president feels he's being pushed into a war or counterterror operation on a timetable not of his choos-ing because of the sudden shift in public opinion in the wake of the beheadings of two Americans.

Obama reportedly said that if he had been an adviser to ISIS, he wouldn't have killed the Amer-

ican hostages. Instead, he would have released them with a note pinned to their chests reading: Stay out of here; this is none of your business. If only the terror-ists had done that, the president seemed to be saying, I wouldn't be stuck with this mess.

While I'm not sure I want the commander in chief spending a lot of time thinking about how Islamic State can improve its PR strategy, he's probably right. The president is defensive about criti-cism that he's too cautious. I do not make apologies for being careful in these areas, even if it doesn't make for good theater.

I'm unaware of anyone criticiz-ing the president for being care-ful. He's been criticized for being wrong, vacillating and inconsis-tent. Regardless, if he feels this way, why is he rushing to war?

There are any number of things that could go wrong with his strat-egy. We could end up becoming a Shiite air force, unwittingly doing the bidding of the Iranians. Obama wants to support the Free Syrian Army, but in August he called it a fantasy that the rebel group could become an effective JKWLQJ IRUFH :KDW LI $XJXVWObama was right and September Obama is wrong?

This strategy of taking out terrorists who threaten us, while supporting partners on the front

lines, is one that we have success-fully pursued in Yemen and So-malia for years, Obama said last week in his address to the nation.

For Obama, a successful coun-terterrorism strategy is one that simply saves him from having to talk about terrorism. That's the approach that led to the rise of Is-lamic State. As for the success in Yemen, on Monday the Wall Street Journal reported: Scores of al-Qaeda militants have moved into Yemen's capital Sanaa in an attempt to exploit swelling politi-cal unrest and destabilize the gov-ernment.

No wonder a recent Wall Street -RXUQDO1%&1HZVSROOQGVWKDW62 percent of Americans approve of Obama's actions against Islam-ic State, but 68 percent have very OLWWOH RU MXVW VRPH FRQGHQFH LWwill succeed.

:LWKVROLWWOHFRQGHQFHLQWKHcommander in chief, shouldn't the president call in political re-inforcements? What about the last decade should lead any American, Republican or Democrat, to trust Washington to get something like this right in a hurry? I'm rarely on the side of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, but it's right to want a clear, stand-alone vote on war. It's debatable whether the president needs one constitution-ally (I think he does), but politi-cally it's a no-brainer.

(YHU\ GD\ HPDLOV RRGmailboxes with advertisements for speeches, discussions, lun-cheons, presentations, meet-ings, concerts, and recitals, among other things. Students here do not suffer from a lack of mental stimulation.

But one thing students here often do lack is the collegiate combo of fresh air and school spirit, conveniently found at home football games. This (al-most) weekly fall event slides into the metaphorical email trash folder week after week.

Leave the library, your dorm room, and AJs, and go to the games. There are only YHKRPHJDPHVWKLV\HDUDQGmore than that number of rea-sons to attend.

-XVW DVZHPDUYHO DW WKH-nesse of a Tower Dancer and the skill of the pianist, so too should we appreciate the ex-traordinarily high level of Hill-sdale athletics. For a Division II school, we have one of the smallest student bodies in the conference, but we are able to achieve success against much

bigger and less academically challenging institutions. Ap-SUHFLDWH LW 7KH QH DUWV FRUHclasses require attendance at arts events all year long. Such a requirement to attend so many athletic events would be drastic, but there is merit to the idea.

Football games offer tailgat-ing, face painting, and cheer-ing ridiculously loudly with friends, all facets of the colle-giate experience. At Hillsdale, ZH DOUHDG\ VDFULFH PDQ\ RIthe experiences large univer-

sities have to offer. Many of WKHVH VDFULFHV ZH DOO DJUHHare for the better. College foot-ball game days do not have to be one of them. Fresh air, fun, and camaraderie make for a memorable Saturday after-noon.

Besides, our players and cheerleaders need your sup-port. Every student counts. Leave extra credit reading be-hind, stay for the second half (when things really get excit-ing), and enjoy some Charger football.

At the morning chapel services on Friday the 24th, Rev. Marion E. Hall, class of 1910, and of Tokyo, Ja-pan, delivered an interest-ing talk on What Will Re-ligion Be After the War?

Rev. Hall said that reli-gions and God will always remain the same, but our conceptions of religion and God change after great cri-ses. He compared religion to politics and pointed out how, from ages back, the masses have been ruled by one being, a king who was believed to be appointed by Divine Right. Gradu-ally, the people took a hand in government and found that they could rule them-selves more satisfactorily. In order to overcome the pressure of the king, great struggles ensued, one of

which is the present Euro-pean war.

What has been true of politics has been true of religion. Religion for many ages has been the yoke of bondage, holding men and civilization down from the best moral progress as has the Divine Right of kings held the people back from the best social progress.

The solution will be known after this great war, for as mankind will be freed from a great politi-cal yoke, so will the mass gain freedom in religious thought. Religion will be interpreted not as ruling be-cause God handed down a certain creed to any people, but because of its content.

Rev. Marion HallSept. 30, 1915

Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare.

This line, written by Ameri-can poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, expresses a sentiment contrary to what many Hillsdale students may think. The popular belief that mathematics is pure calcula-tion ignores the beauty of logic to which Millay alludes. This logic, critical to our liberal arts education, pervades all of math-ematics. Yet misconceptions of mathematics still abound on this campus. How, then, do we view math in relation to the good, the true, and the beautiful?

In actuality, the mathematics department dedicates itself to the pursuit of truth. It does not allow itself to be engrossed and over-taken by symbols, theorems, and proofs, though these are certainly a part of its work. Here, we put aside the calculator to understand the rigor, genius, and clarity of

math and its language.Each mathematics professor

not only seeks excellence and mastery within his discipline, but also understands the impor-tance of interdisciplinary thought among his students. Sure, I have talked with my professors about the practical things of math derivatives, integrals, graphs, matrices, proofs in an earnest attempt to further my knowledge of them.

But the conversations dont always begin and end with math. Professor of Mathematics Da-vid Murphys History and Phi-losophy of Mathematics course explores the intriguing ideas of math and asks thought-provok-ing Socratic questions, such as What is quantity? Through this course, we discover the relation-ships between math and other disciplines, math and nature, and man and the universe. These re-lationships belong among the other phenomena we study in the humanities: the relationships be-tween man and his nature, man and other men, and man and God.

Students of math are not thrown into a classroom, lectured to, forced to memorize formulas, and told to regurgitate informa-tion on a test. Instead, we explore both the theoretical and compu-tational aspects of mathematics. We learn math for its own sake, yet we understand the usefulness of it in our everyday lives. We need not choose between maths beauty and utility. We can, and should, have both.

In math, we make arguments. These arguments come in the

form of proofs, theses, and con-versations with others. When we argue in math, we take great care to adhere to logic strictly, other-wise the argument fails horren-dously and loses its worth. No discipline cultivates this logic to the same extent that mathematics does. All disciplines require ar-guments to discern what is good, true, and beautiful. Maths strong logic helps students strengthen their argumentative skills else-where on campus. For example, logic has aided me in reasoning conclusions from given prin-ciples within my politics major. These conclusions cannot simply appear. Well-formulated proofs are necessary to express ideas ef-fectively.

Additionally, math allows us to explore both subjective and objective elements of our world. For example: Geometry poses problems which help us under-stand our tangible world, yet force us to discern what is true. Euclid proved the Pythagorean theorem in a straightforward, beautiful way. His logic is com-pelling and allows students to see an example of sublime argu-mentation. But if we discard his axioms, where does that leave us? We can then try to compre-hend parallel lines that intersect and triangles with more than 180 degrees. These ideas, though un-intelligible to reality, carry their own logic in the realm of Non-Euclidean geometry. By partak-ing in this thinking, we develop a richer view of the world around us as we make sense of what is real.

In the broader sense, math-ematics facilitates our desire to ponder eternal, unchanging principles while also analyzing, using, and appreciating practi-cal, tangible applications in our world. In fact, mathematics with-out these applications clouds our view of reality. The English math-ematician Alfred North White-head warns of studying pure mathematical abstractions in his address Mathematics and Lib-eral Education: Vague gener-alities are worse than useless, and if we attempt to embody abstrac-WLRQV LQ VKRUW SUHFLVH IRUPXOthe pupils will simply learn them by heart as empty sounds. Hill-sdales math department rejects a view of mathematics as simply empty sounds. Instead, it gives meaning, purpose, and reason to that which we study.

To borrow the words of Pe-trus Paulus Vergerius, a liberal education is one which calls forth, trains, and develops those highest gifts of body and of mind which ennoble men. Hillsdales math department relentlessly seeks to develop students intel-lects. Thus, mathematics is an intrinsic element of any genuine liberal arts education. It culti-vates our reason and elevates the importance of sound logic.

So, what does mathematics have to do with the good, true, and beautiful? Much more than most people think. Indeed, math strives toward that which is true, applies that which is good, and revels in that which is beautiful.

Kate Middleton is pregnant with her second child, announced Vogue Daily last Monday. Headlines in Lon-don papers and the news bulletins around the world all read the same. Prime Minister David Cameron congratu-lated the happy couple: Im delighted by the happy news that theyre expecting another baby.

It seems fairly normal until you realize that Kate has not yet reached the critical 12th week of pregnancy (and speculation is rampant that she is only six to eight weeks pregnant). Under no other circumstances would the world at large so unequivocally refer to the life inside her as a baby, a child.

Royal babies are special. I was in London when Prince George was born, and the city came alive. I waited with the celebratory crowds on the steps outside Buckingham Pal-ace, hoping for a glimpse of the royal birth announcement and relishing the historical moment. Prince George was the only baby who made the front-page headlines. Its a Boy, the Daily Telegraph scrawled happily in blocky script. George was greeted with gun salutes. The bells of Westminster Abbey rang for him. Canada lit up Niagara Falls with blue light in honor of the prince. Royal babies are special because, from the moment their arrival is an-ticipated, they are treated as babies and celebrated with the abundant joy of welcoming a new life into this world.

Can you even imagine a headline proclaiming anything other than the impending birth of a royal child? What if Kate were to miscarry or, even less thinkable, she decided to exercise her right as a woman to terminate her pregnan-cy? After all, she suffers from hyperemesis gravidarum, a rare and acute form of morning sickness that left her hos-pitalized when she was expecting George. Yet imagine if she adopted the health of the mother rationale. Niagara Falls would run black.

But the reality is that in no other circumstance would the world be so bold in labeling this baby as a baby. A land-mark case in Britain earlier this year questioned whether mothers could be charged with misdemeanor or abuse for consuming alcohol while pregnant. The Times reported that [t]his appeals tribunal agreed there had been admin-istration of a poison or other destructive or noxious thing, so as thereby to inflict grievous bodily harm. However, it decided a crime could not have been committed because the girl was unborn at the time and therefore not a per-son. Even more explicitly, The ruling said: If [the girl] was not a person while her mother was engaging in the relevant actions . . . as a matter of law her mother could not have committed a criminal offence. That is why it is so incredible that Prince Georges sibling-to-be is a baby, a person, a child with rights.

Royal babies are special, but they reveal what we all know to be the truth, by stripping away our artificial con-structs and causing us to forget our cultural notions about what life is and when it begins. We all know, deep down, that every baby is a baby. So even those among us who are no fans of the Royals should join the rest of us in giv-ing three cheers for this newest prince or princess and the message they subconsciously telegraph around the world. Let us hope that one day, the world will recognize that every baby is as special as this royal baby.

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The US is already committed to action in Iraq and Syria,

and libertarian naysaying is not going to change

that.

LETTER TO THE EDITOREmily Runge

Special to the Collegian

Libertarians are wrong on ISIS

Emma LangstonSpecial to the Collegian

John TaylorSpecial to the Collegian

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Becoming human beings versus human doings

Mythos and mistakes: War leaves no champions

Saturday night arrived. I, prepared to rage, went to a certain fraternitys annual and infamous America par-ty. Amidst the patriotic apparel and multitudes of mini flags, I noticed a poster which instantly dampened my mood. It pictured the United States in stars and stripes surrounded by the words: America: Back To Back World War Champions. Sure, its just a party. But, to me, these and similar statements are indicative of a larger, more troubling issue at hand.

These six words represent and promote a political ideology which imagines the USA as a nation above nations and considers war a high-stakes sport at the expense of the dignity of the individual. Especially when coupled with an hatred of lib-eral politics and politicians, the sen-timent degrades political and histori-cal discourse.

This disturbing conception of our country creeps about American conservative culture. Many dis-play an almost religious devotion to their ahistorical ideal of America, whatever this might mean. Some cel-ebrate a vision of the United States as a Christian nation, the country to redeem and sanctify the wider world.

Others believe that a divine con-nection exists between our founding documents and thus they deify and idolize them and their authors. Some promote exhaustive diplomatic and militaristic maneuvers alongside the

extension of globalized, industrial capitalism. Overall, however, these beliefs promote the idea that Ameri-ca is the greatest nation on earth and concurrently the worlds last and only hope.

These underlying ideas promoted

by the aforementioned poster dis-tract fellow citizens from the utter degradation and evils of war, instead promoting and capitalizing upon the American cause as some sort of multinational game. Truly, it is not. War leaves no champions. This year marks the centennial of the start of

the First World War. Can any intel-lectually honest human being call that victory a championship? Say that to the millions of souls who fought and died in these horrific wars as well as the millions of inno-cent civilians both sides (including

Americans) mercilessly silenced.Such slogans demean and dehu-

manize the individuals from all na-tions involved who gave their lives for one reason or another and the countless others who survived the terrible wars never to speak of their own experiences again. Neither how

much we love our country nor how much we despise certain politicians leading it can let us forget the dig-nity and good of each human life.

Believers of this America! mythos easily brush aside our coun-trys massive failings in lieu of its

grand success and mission. They whitewash legitimate history from their collective consciousness, dis-missing our countrys history of ethnic and religious persecution even its exploitation of the working classes. Because these are signifi-cant buzzwords for the socially-con-

scious liberal, conservatives deny the significance of these incriminat-ing narratives.

After dismissing the United States outplacement of Native Americans, exclusion of the Chi-nese laborers, and confinement of Japanese-American citizens, ideo-logical politicos justify horrific war crimes with the ethic of the ends justify the means; e.g., We must end World War II, therefore the United States must kill 200,000 in-nocent civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki by atomic bomb. Modern warfare necessitates the perfection of a specific calculus in order to suc-ceed, but when the math includes the murder of civilians and the torture of rebel extremists, the architects of war deny the dignity of each in-dividual human person and lower themselves to the place of the foe. Historical precedents exist for each of the above issues and more. When American citizens proclaim this de-votion to America, they do a great disservice to the past, the truth, and the matters at hand.

I do not hold a vendetta against this country. I only believe we must not prop up any American ideal above the individual human per-son. Why is America great? It is the vast and rich home to millions; this is their place, where we can live to-gether in community and pursue the natural goods essential to human flourishing. We must admit our mis-takes, and actively support the aid of those in need, never again denying the dignity of the immigrant or the enemy.

To the double major who takes 18 credits, runs four student organiza-tions, and works three jobs, I ask: How do you do it? I know how I did it once: sleep deprivation, rushing about, ignoring exhaustion, yet never letting that forced smile fall from my face. Its not worth it.

Our culture, especially at Hill-sdale, holds exhaustion as a status symbol and productivity as a source of self-worth. The more busy and tired we claim to be, the more we seemingly admire each other, espe-cially if we maintain a cheerful smile in the midst of the madness. And de-spite the merits of certain activities and the necessity of earning a living, juggling too many activities and jobs drains us more than it benefits us. It turns into busyness, even insanity, and we lose touch with our humanity.

Yes, we ought to pursue excel-lence in everything we do, but it is impossible to do everything and be excellent at it. As humans, we have limitations. Recognizing these limi-tations is healthy humility: honestly acknowledging our natural limits as humans. We need sleep. We need time to sit and reflect on what we are learning. We need time to develop

meaningful relationships. We need authentic connection with others, which requires admit-ting our weaknesses, owning our imperfections, and being vulnerable. These are the things our bodies and souls need.

Human beings are complex creatures. We are physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual beings. We have undeniable needs in each of these areas. Too often, how-ever, we cave to modernitys message of productivity as self-worth and the covert pressures of Hillsdale campus culture in order to do what we believe is expected of us. We deprive ourselves of sleep, juggle too many commitments at once, and act like we are fine when we know we need to stop lying to ourselves (and others) and honestly talk to someone about whats really going on.

I dont know about you, but in my experience, I certainly do not feel happier when I am bus-ier. I have found that I am more content, less anxious, and more at peace with myself and with others when my life has more time and space.

As Hillsdale students, we claim that we are learning what it means to be a human being

and to live well. We can easily articulate the lofty ideals of a lib-eral arts education, but we say it as we rush off to the next meet-ing, the next work shift, or the next event.

When we live this way, we are not learning what it means to be human. Actually, we are ignoring and even denying our humanity. We are trying to be more than hu-man. We become human doings rather than human beings.

Not only do our busy lives fail to exemplify the ideals of a liberal arts education, but more often than not, our busyness im-pedes our education. Our studies are reduced to mechanical actions of memorizing and regurgitating information in order to achieve a grade. We need time to reflect on what we are learning in classes, to let everything sink in, and to just be. Aristotle, Josef Pieper, and others have called these the characteristics of the contempla-tive life. A liberal arts education relies on this kind of contempla-tion. Without it, we cannot truly digest, or internalize, what we are learning.

Living a contemplative life, one in which we have time to reflect, wonder, and just be, is countercultural. It undermines our cultures definition of suc-

cess, and thus its formula for hap-piness, which says constantly being productive is the only way to make a good living and to maintain a good reputation.

Our cultures view of a success-ful life, or Hillsdales unspoken yet expected perfect-role-model-student-leader life, isnt the sole path to the good life or the key to happi-ness. In fact, it can be detrimental to a truly successful and happy life. It often defeats the purpose of a liberal arts education: to learn what it means to be human and to live, as Aristo-tle says, the well-examined life, which is the good life.

There is nothing inherently wrong with heavy course loads and many activities, but neither is anything wrong with only 13 credit hours and one or two activities. Though the lat-ter option seems countercultural at Hillsdale, for many of us, it is prob-ably better. As the adage goes, some-times less is more. Doing less and be-ing more open not only time-wise, but also as people are necessary keys to understanding and embracing our humanity, which is the purpose of a liberal arts education. We have the choice to live either the busy life or the good life, to gain either a de-gree or a liberal arts education to either live as a human doing or learn to be a human being.

I choose the latter.

To the editor:

Last week, Garrett West made an argument for the legal limita-tion of marriage to heterosexual, monogamous couples, by sup-posing that marriage is either a thing of nature or a legal fiction. This bifurcation, a logical fallacy, ignores the fact that marriage, as Americans define it, is not an instinct but an institution. Even theologians argue that marriage is an outpouring of society, in that it acknowledges the sexual relation-ship of persons in the context of the society as a whole. Mr. Wests reductionistic, naturalistic argu-ment ignores the complex emo-tional, psychological, cultural, and socioeconomic aspects of contemporary marriages in or-der to delegitimize homosexual couples in the only characteristic that sets them apart from hetero-sexual couples. By choosing this single difference, he thinks the state can justly deprive a part of our population from legitimizing their relationships with a marital contract that will grant them legal benefits.

Mr. West maintains that emo-tional attachment as the only ba-sis for marriage would weaken the permanent and exclusive na-ture of traditional marriage that sustains the perpetuation of soci-ety through the family. By trying to eliminate the complex emo-tional, psychological, cultural, and socioeconomic aspects that contribute to two people enter-ing a life-commitment, Mr. West relies purely on procreation to substantiate his claim that only

heterosexual people can marry. However, heterosexual people do not marry just to have children, and to focus on that aspect is so-ciologically myopic. While the conjugal act is biologically natu-ral and required for the human races existence, nature does not say the same of marriage. Mar-riage became a norm because of its success in sustaining society through the family; recent stud-ies have proved that homosexual couples are just as capable of leading family units as their het-erosexual counterparts, and ar-guably more effective, since the two persons are not confined by gender-typical norms.

Thus, we argue that in our modern society, a union of per-sons cannot be reduced to the ne-cessity of procreation, and since it cannot be reduced to this point, the state cannot use this argument to justly outlaw same-sex mar-riage. Furthermore, in such a case where married persons benefit from marriage due to the law, not allowing all persons to marry re-gardless of sexual orientation en-tails inequality in the application of the law. It is, therefore, highly important for the government to define marriage if it is to apply the laws that follow said institu-tion equally.

Sincerely,

William PerssonJoAnna Kroeker

In his address last week about the FXUUHQW FRQLFW ZLWK WKH ,VODPLF 6WDWHin Iraq and Syria, President Obama pre-sented his four-point plan to defeat it us-ing airstrikes, relying on Arab nations for ground support, cutting the Islamic State off from its resources, and giving humanitarian aid to refugees. He made no attempt, however, to explain what will happen after we degrade and ulti-mately destroy it. How he plans to keep the Syria and Iraq from descending into chaos again remains a mystery even now.

While Obamas actual address was dismal, I reveled in the ample criticisms of his four-point plan the next morning. An article titled Obama and the Never-Ending War explained why Obamas strategy is not practical nor strong enough to defeat the Islamic State. The article concluded that if the U.S. is going to get involved, then it should do it right. There were plenty of columnists advo-cating more action, but lacking were libertarian arguments that went beyond the usual calls for immediate withdrawal and non-intervention in the future.

Libertarians are very vocal in their criticisms of Obama and even of for-mer President Bush. They are relatively silent, however, in offering practical solutions for the best way to untangle ourselves from our involvement in the Middle East without making the situa-tion worse than before. Finding a liber-tarian columnist who opposes foreign intervention? Easy. Finding a libertarian columnist who attempts to outline a pru-dent way to pull out of all of our foreign engagements? Not so easy.

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FRQLFWLQ,UDTDQG6\ULDEHFRPHVSURE-lematic for them when they do not take into account its full realities, the degree to which we are already involved, or the context of the rise of the Islamic State.

The current crisis, for example, has largely been the result of an imprudent departure from Iraq. Obama, intent on being the one to clean up Bushs mess, and libertarians, wanting no foreign in-tervention whatsoever, both were calling for the withdrawal of American troops without considering the potential con-

sequences. By not facing the reality that Iraq was not ready for U.S. withdrawal in 2011, we are right back there again only three years later.

After a decade in Iraq and an even ORQJHU FRQLFW LQ $IJKDQLVWDQ PRVWAmericans were ready to put an end to these wars. The hastiness of our with-drawal from Iraq without recognizing what was brewing under the surface of former Prime Minister Malikis unpopu-ODUJRYHUQPHQWPDGHWKHFXUUHQWFRQLFWwith the Islamic State almost inevitable. The combination of extreme ethnic ten-sions and a weak central government spelled trouble from the moment our troops left.

Now America is trying picking up the pieces and Obama is trying to do

so while keeping our hands as clean as possible. The reasons why his strategy will likely prove ineffective and the com-mentaries on his strategy are numerous. Libertarians, however, are not engaging in debate over strategy, which is what is needed most in order to stabilize the UHJLRQHQRXJKWRDYRLGDQRWKHUFRQLFWlike this.

The libertarian approach is also self-destructive because its adherents refusal to compromise on some means makes them largely irrelevant in political dis-cussions. They marginalize themselves when they are unwilling to contribute to the discussion at hand or engage in delib-eration about the best policy option given the circumstances. At the end of the day, the U.S. is already committed to action in Iraq and Syria, and libertarian naysay-ing is not going to change that. There is still the chance, however, to change the outcome with the correct strategy.

,QGHHGLWZRXOGEHGLIFXOWWRQGDstrong proponent of Obamas plan out-side his administration. His strategy de-pends too heavily on a coalition in which HDFKQDWLRQVUROHLVYDJXHO\GHQHGLIDW DOO 1RW WR PHQWLRQ WKH GLIFXOW\ RImaking the coalition function properly despite the ethnic, religious, and political tensions between the Arab nations. Then there are the unaddressed problems with Iraqs domestic politics and the potential danger of U.S. arming Syrian rebels.

But what libertarians need to realize is that the question is not whether or not we get involved; now, the question is what strategy will defeat the Islamic State. The major holes in Obamas strategy are not going to mend themselves. Until lib-ertarians confront current circumstances, start engaging in the debate at hand and providing solutions, they will remain on the political sidelines with their hopes of liberty and non-intervention on the bench.

Jordan FinneyCollegian Reporter

Its closer than Wal-Mart, and now it may be cheaper, too.

Hillsdales Kroger recent-ly broke ground for the con-struction of a new gas station, where customers can purchase discounted fuel when they ac-cumulate points from buying products at the grocery store.

For every 100 points, cus-tomers save ten cents per gallon RIIXHOIRURQHOOXSDW.URJHUor any participating Shell Sta-tions. Points can be redeemed immediately or within the fol-lowing month after they are earned. For example, points earned in October can be re-deemed in November but not in December.

The community is really ex-cited about this. Weve been try-LQJIRUVHYHUDO\HDUVDQGQDOO\just got the project approved, said Tom Schrank, store man-ager at Kroger in Hillsdale. Ninety-eight percent of our customers collect fuel points when they shop but cant use them without having to drive to Jackson. When this [project] is QLVKHGWKH\FDQUHGHHPWKHPhere.

Kroger staff said they hope the construction will be com-pleted by Oct. 1.

The Kroger fuel program is a simple points system. Three types of purchases earn fuel points at Kroger: groceries, gift cards, and non-federally funded prescriptions.

To use these points, cardhold-ers scan their Kroger Plus Card under the card scanner at the fuel pump, just like they would at a self-checkout scanner. If the card has more than 100 points, the customer can choose to ap-ply a discount to that particular transaction, lowering the cost of fuel. There is no limit to how many fuel points a cardholder can earn.

I dont think it even really matters how much money it saves you. I think what mat-ters is how much youll save compared to what youre pay-

ing somewhere else, Hillsdale College senior Megan Landon said. I already shop at Kroger, so if the gas is going to be cheaper there then I would be pretty likely to go to the new gas station.

Customers can check their fuel points balance by looking at the bottom of their Kroger re-ceipt, using the Kroger mobile application, logging into their account at kroger.com, or ask-ing a sales representative at any Kroger store.

The gas station will be lo-cated at the Kroger on West Carleton Road. Ken McClure, communications manager for The Kroger Companys Michi-gan Division, was unavailable for comment.

CITY NEWS A6 18 Sept. 2014 www.hillsdalecollegian.com

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The Worlds Most Popular Fair, and Michigans 11th old-est, opens for its 164th time for a week of tractor pulls, home-made donuts, and country mu-sic performances from chart topper Randy Houser and The Voices Danielle Bradbury at 1 p.m. Sunday.

Hillsdale County looks like it shuts down for the fair, said Hillsdale County Fair Manager Scott Dow.

Although the entire coun-ty may not close, Hillsdale schools will take both Monday and Tuesday off next week so students can attend fair events and participate in its parade Monday.

Hillsdales fair is popular because its a tradition...People know they get to see a lot of tra-dition, but stuff is also chang-ing every year, Dow said. Its the luxury of it being in the fall atmosphere when theres noth-ing better than coming wearing DOLJKWMDFNHWZKHQWKHRZHUVand vegetables are peaking for the exhibits.

Its many attractions bring both former Hillsdale residents and college students back to town each year. Dow attributes

this to the fairs timing and at-mosphere.

People come from all over, partially because its one of the last in the fair circuit, so its their last shot at a fair for the year. Also, its the small town atmosphere where you can get a corn dog and elephant ear and watch the horse pull; thats a great feeling, Dow said. Ev-erything going on has a country DYRU

7KLV FRXQWU\ DYRU LQ-cludes 4-H and FFA exhibits, a livestock birthing tent, demo-lition derby, tractor pulls, pie -baking contests, and extends to the headlining music perfor-mance, featuring Randy Hous-er and Danielle Bradbury at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27 at the Grandstands.

Randy is really hitting his stride right now with, Like a Cowboy, and shooting up in the charts, Dow said.

After attempting to book performers in several genres the past couple decades, Dow said the fair committee found country singers to be the most popular.

Last year, we hit a home run with Florida Georgia Line, and we felt really fortunate to land the group, Dow said. Every fair was envious that we were able to do that. It takes

a little bit of luck and a lot of planning to schedule these SHUIRUPHUV EXWZH WU\ WR QGentertainment that appeals to everyone. Country music is usually the most popular and the biggest draw.

Other events at the Grand-stands will include the Lost Nations Rodeo Company, Sunday, Sept. 21, the second year of an Antique Trac-tor Pull Monday, Sept. 22, the International Demolition Derby Tuesday, Sept. 23, and IRU LWV UVW \HDU DW WKH IDLU DQAmateur Cage Fighting event Wednesday, Sept. 24.

In addition to the Grand-stand events, Dow emphasizes the overwhelming number of activities available for fair at-tendees.

A lot is going on at any given time. The gates open and theres a judging of pies, a youth rabbit show, and at the VDPH WLPH ZH EULQJ WKH UVWevent to the Grandstand, he said. Its not one thing that makes the Hillsdale County Fair. I look at it as a real, func-tioning village that opens start-ing on the 15th and a lot of hard work and volunteers ensure all of it pays off.

Kroger to open fuel station

WCSR hosts new morning talk show

2014 ElectionsThrough November, Collegian reporters will provide weekly

coverage of local, state, and national races including: Hillsdale Distict Court judge, Michigan senator and governor,

and Hillsdale alumnus Hans Zeigers campaign for the legislature of the state of Washington

WCSR Local Hillsdale Radi-Radio listeners now look for-ZDUGWR7XHVGD\PRUQLQJVOOHGwith oldies music and talk-show programming starring local Juli Morgan.

WCSR launched the new show featuring Morgan, a Specks Howard Broadcasting graduate, Sept. 2 to offer a new dynamic to Tuesday morning listeners.

Im trying to put a little pep in peoples step in the morning to get them past that 10 a.m. IHHOLQJ ZKHQ WKH UVW SDUW RIyour day feels like its dragging on, Morgan said.

Before becoming a voice of Hillsdale, Morgan worked ad-ministrative positions in the :&65RIFH

It was a waste of a great voice not having her on the air, WCSR Manager Michael Flynn said.

Although shes only hosted a few shows, Morgan has already managed to create a strong so-cial media following that spurs on-air conversations.

I have Facebook, Twitter,

and Pinterest, Morgan said. Ill post questions [on Face-book] for my listeners to com-ment and answer or ask them questions on air and they can post online.

Morgans show appeals to a variety of listeners, but her most popular audience appears to be women.

Its great because if a wom-an is busy driving around town in the morning or is at home get-ting things done after her hus-band and kids leave for the day, she can catch snidbits, Flynn said.

Morgan not only captivates her audience with interesting life stories or fun questions about back in the day, but she also creates her own music playlists. This is unique because many radio stations have continual playlists that can cause songs to be overplayed. Morgans music choice varies, which keeps her show interesting and appealing.

Jonesville resident Mike &OHULFLWHVWLHGWR:&56VKLJKquality programming saying he and other friends enjoy listen-ing to the oldies music and talk shows.

Morgan said the new position RIIHUVKHUD VHQVHRI IXOOOPHQW

shes never felt before in her ca-reer.

Radio is where God wants me to be, Morgan said. I have had countless other jobs, and tried a lot of other things but I know that this is where Im sup-posed to be. I plan on being on the radio until the day I die I love it.

The Juli Morgan Show is live every Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. on WCSR.

Kat TorresCollegian Reporter

District Court JudgeSarah LisznyaiBailey Pritchett

)RUWKHUVWWLPHLQ\HDUVthe district court seat has opened in Hillsdale County after the an-nouncement of Judge Donald Sandersons retirement in Feb-ruary.

Only two local attorneys, Prosecutor Neal Brady of Hill-sdale and General Practitioner Sara Lisznyai of Jonesville, de-clared their candidacy, forgoing the need for a primary election.

For 18 years, Lisznyai has practiced law in the county DW KHU RZQ ODZ UP LQ -RQHV-ville, Michigan. She practiced in Wayne County for six years prior to her career in Hillsdale County.

In the Detroit area, youre more likely to specialize in an area of law, Lisznyai said. But in a small town theres not enough work to only prac-tice divorce or real estate. Im a general practitioner. I do crimi-nal cases, divorce, real estate, contracts, you name it I have experience doing that.

Among the cases seen in the district court are civil cases un-der $25 thousand, small claims, WUDIF YLRODWLRQV DQG PLVGH-meanors punishable up to a year.

I had never presumed that I should run, Lisznyai said. It was really more people coming to me, you need to do this. The people who know are saying that I should be the one.

Neal BradyStevan Bennett

Neal Brady has been a pros-

ecutor in Hillsdale for 18 years, and announced his plan to run for district court judge in Febru-ary. The support Brady has seen is enormous having recently received the endorsement of for-mer congressman Nick Smith, Sen. Bruce Caswell (R-MI) and Rep. Ken Kurtz (R-MI).

We worked together for many years, he has a passion for justice, Kurtz said. He originally encouraged me to run IRURIFHVR,ZDQWHGWRGRWKHsame for him.

Ive known Neal for a num-ber of years, Caswell said. He is sensitive, caring, willing to go the extra mile, helpful and just.

Brady earned his bachelors degree in political science from Alma College and his law de-gree from Western Michigan Thomas Cooley Law School before working as a clerk in Jackson County, an assistant prosecutor in both Jackson and Hillsdale counties, and as a Hillsdale County prosecutor.

A native of Saginaw, Michi-gan, Brady is married to his wife Lois, and they have six children. He has been the head coach of the Hillsdale Academy varsity soccer team for the past 12 years.

Michigan SenateVivian Hughbanks

As Nov. 4 approaches, Rep. Gary Peters, the democratic candidate vying for retiring Sen. Carl Levins senate seat, is wid-ening his lead on republican op-ponent Terri Lynn Land, accord-ing to new poll results released this week.

Mitchell Researchs Sept. 14 poll shows Peters two percent-

age points ahead of Land a seven percent decrease from USA Todays Sept. 10 poll. Pe-ters, who represents Michigans 14th district in the U.S. House of Representatives, has consis-tently led Land in all but one poll.

Land served two terms as Michigans secretary of state under Gov. Jennifer Granholm. Peters, a self-acclaimed en-vironmentally friendly candi-date, has invested in companies WKDW SURW IURP IUDFNLQJ DQGburning coal, The Daily Caller reported Monday.

$FFRUGLQJWRKLVQDQ-cial disclosure, Peters received dividends from CMS Energy and NiSource, two companies WKDW SURW IURP IUDFNLQJ DQGcoal energy facilities.

Last week U.S. News and World Report dubbed Land The Invisible Senate Candi-date, as shes refused to pub-licly debate Peters and largely avoids public comments.

When Land refused to de-bate her opponent again last Monday, Peters held a forum at Grand Valley State University standing next to an empty chair to represent Land.

If a candidate isnt willing, when they are running for of-FH WR VWDQG XS DQG VD\ ZKDWthey are for, if they were elect-ed, they would completely dis-appear, Peters said at his forum on Sept. 8, MLive reports.

Land has consistently out-fundraised Peters, netting near-ly $8.6 million this report cycle, according to Federal Election Commission records. Peters raised $6.8 million this quarter, according to the FEC.

These polls bouncing back

and forth, it does show a volatil-ity for both candidates, politi-cal consultant Stu Sandler told The Washington Examiner. I think the electorates wide open at this point.

Gubernatorial

Evan Carter

Michigans 2014 gubernato-rial election pits incumbent Gov. Rick Snyder (R-MI) against Democrat Mark Schauer.

Snyder is running on his re-cord, pushing the number of jobs created in Michigan dur-LQJKLVUVWWHUPLQRIFHZKLOHSchauer is focusing on Michi-gans 2012 Right-to-Work law and is promising to repeal the legislation if elected.

Although hes the incum-bent, Snyder had no previous political experience before be-coming governor in 2010.

The University of Michigan graduate worked as a lawyer, company president, and venture capitalist before winning his UVWELGIRUHOHFWHGRIFH

On the other hand, Schauer was elected as Battle Creek,

Michigans state representative in 1996, and after serving three terms, he was elected to the state senate in 2002 before rep-resenting Hillsdale County as a representative in Congress from 2009 to 2010.

According to the most re-cent RealClearPolitics Average, an aggregate poll that averages multiple polls taken on the same political race, Snyder is leading Schauer by one point.

Rasmussen Reports has Synder up by as many as three points, while EPIC-MRA has Schauer up by two points.

Washington State House of

RepresentativesNate Brand

Hillsdale College alumnus Hans Zeiger seeks his third term for the Washington State House of Representatives.

=HLJHUZDVUVWHOHFWHGDVRQHof the youngest state legislators in Washington history in 2010. He beat a democratic incumbent by a narrow margin of 29 votes out of the more than 52,000 cast.

Things have come a long

way since then, Zeiger said. In this years primary elec-

tion, Zeiger earned 62 percent of the vote and as the November election nears, his re-election looks promising, especially when looking at his fundraising lead.

Zeiger eclipsed his opponent Eric Renzs sum of $4,190 with a total amount of $128,870.

5HQ]LVDUVWWLPHFDQGLGDWHand a minister at First Presbyte-rian Church of Puyallup.

After graduating from Hill-sdale with an American Studies degree in 2007, Zeiger earned his masters in public policy f