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Manno planning for SABAnthony Manno `13 continues his work with student activites, planning fun student events. A2

Hillsdale has a droneThe Marketing Department bought a drone to take pictures and videos to promote the college. A3

Catherine Co!ey is making musicJunior Catherine Coffey recorded an album this summer, which is now in production. B1

Quidditch club makes "rst Hillsdale appearance More than 150 muggles joined the new club at the Source. B3

Vol. 138 Issue 1 - 4 Sept. 2014Michigans oldest college newspaper www.hillsdalecollegian.com

News........................................A1Opinions..................................A4City News................................A6Sports......................................A7Arts..........................................B1Features....................................B3(Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

Radiating warmth. Always willing to serve others. Diligent. Intentional. Bright.

This is how the friends and even acquaintances of Brittany Ames consistently describe her.

The Hillsdale College com-munity lost a devout Catholic, an accounting and politics student, and a loyal friend on the evening of Monday, Aug. 18.

Would-be senior Ames, a Te-cumseh, Michigan resident, was killed in a car accident in Monroe, Michigan. Police pronounced her dead near an intersection where, according to the police report, she ran a stop sign and collided with a tow truck. No one else was injured in the accident.

She was calm and gentle, but also witty, said senior Ayla Meyer, Amess junior-year room-mate in Whitley Residence. She always had a kind word for ev-eryone she met, but she could also be incredibly funny at times. Since she was born on leap day,

she would joke that when her mom would say, Dont act like \RXUHYHVKHGVD\,DPYHand a half years old!

She was an absolute sweet-heart, said Jennifer Sha-dle, her fresh-man room-mate. She was always focused on God. It wasnt something we talked about all that often, and I cant think of a tangible way to explain it, but you just knew.

A packed funeral mass took place on Saturday, Aug. 30 at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Tecumseh, where Ames at-tended church and worked for many years. Many Hillsdale Col-lege friends, professors, and ad-ministrators attended.

Brittanys family seems to

have quite a support network there, and when you have some-one who dies so young, and hasnt moved away, there are lots of friends and classmates still in

the area. Her family was a p p a r e n t l y pillars of the church there, said Linda Moore, public service librar-ian.

One of her T e c u m s e h High School c l a s s m a t e s , Jennifer Ham-ilton, said she feels blessed to have been able to call Ames her

friend.Brittany was an amazing

person, Hamilton said. I will always remember her bright and caring personality, her need to always put others before herself, and her beautiful smile that never seemed to disappear from her

face.On Thursday, Aug. 28, about

19 women of Whitley Residence gathered to hold their own me-morial for their dear friend and hall mate. A tree was planted in her honor in front of the dorm. Different women shared memo-ries and wore homemade purple RZHUSLQVWRKRQRU$PHVVID-vorite color.

It was very emotionally in-tense, Meyer said.

Then, on Monday, Sept. 1, the entire school body was invited to attend a memorial service in the Dow Leadership Center, rooms A and B. It was packed. Students and faculty crowded in to stand squished in the back. The cham-ber choir sang, friends read scrip-ture, and Bishop Peter Beckwith presided. President Larry Arnn and Amess aunt spoke in testi-mony to Amess spirit.

Elizabeth Phelan, Amess aunt, said that Ames loved watching and criticizing bad tele-vision, debating her father, go-ing to church, and spending time

(Photo courtesy of Catherine Coffey)

Simpson renovations, Searle construction underwayPhil DeVoe

Collegian Reporter

See Bon Apptit A3

Demolition begins in the Curtis Dining Hall, making way for the new Searle center. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

See Radio A3

Remembering Brittany Ames Hillsdale announces radio station

GOOOOOD MORNING HILLSDALE!

Thanks to the colleges re-cent acquisition of a local ra-dio signal, thats one of many phrases assuming Federal Communications Commission [Nd1] compliance that could soon resound through the air around Hillsdales campus.

The college learned of the opportunity through Vince Benedetto, a Pennsylvania-based radio entrepreneur who KHDUGDERXWWKHFROOHJHWWLQJ-ly enough, through radio.

On a Scranton-area station we bought in 2010, I would hear on-air people Mark Levin and Hugh Hewitt talk about the college, and I was impressed with what I heard, Benedetto said. Concurrently, I met people from the area and told them to take Hillsdales on-line courses.

Eventually, Benedetto vis-ited the Allan P. Kirby Center of Constitutional Studies and Citi-zenship, joined the Presidents Club, and alerted the college of the opportunity to acquire a low-power FM signal that ap-peared as a result of the Local Community Radio Act of 2010. The act reduced the protections of local broadcasters signals like 95.5, freeing up adjacent frequencies like 97.7 or 95.9 for QRQSURWDQGHGXFDWLRQDOXVH

%HQHGHWWR UVW LQIRUPHGPresident Larry Arnn of the op-portunity. He then helped the college prepare its FCC applica-tion through Bold Gold Media Group, his company. The FCC accepted it this past January.

Its generally infrequent to just get to start a brand new radio station, Benedetto said. But now the college has the opportunity to starts its very own.

Jack ButlerAssistant Editor

Bon Apptit debuts on campusNatalie deMacedo

News Editor

Bon Apptit, the replacement food provider for Saga, Inc., made its debut this week at Hill-sdale.

:HDUHKHUHWRIXOOODQHHGthat the student body was crav-ing, Jeffrey Every, general manager of Bon Apptit said.

Every worked for two years at Trine University in Angola, Indiana, but transferred to Hills-dale as the new food service gen-eral manager. His plans for the college include everything from fresh fruit stands to a farmers market and even an Iron Chef challenge.

Bon Apptit is working to QG IDUPHUV ZLWKLQ D PLOH

radius to partner with to provide fresh lettuce, sweet corn, mel-ons, soybeans, and apples. Every said Hillsdales rural location makes their farm to fork men-tality much easier. He can ask a farmer to grow certain foods for the college and promise the de-mand for it. This not only helps the farming community, but also brings local, healthy food to campus.

(YHU\DGGHGWKDWHYHQWKHVKcome as locally as the Midwest SHUPLWV 7KH VK DUH IUR]HQ RQthe ship and docks are no more than 500 miles from the school.

,GRQWZDQWWRIHHG\RXVKfrom Lake Michigan, Every said. Boats travel no more than 100 miles out to sea per trip.

Although some students were disappointed to lose Sunday

brunch staples such as the waf-HRPHOHWDQG6XQGDHEDUWKHLUresponse to Bon Apptits new food has been overwhelmingly positive.

Dean of Women Diane Philipp said at least 20 students increased their meal plans be-cause of the change.

Its like the food gods have come to earth and are now incar-nate in the kitchen, Head Simp-son Resident Assistant senior Matt OSullivan said. I like the approach. Its local and connects the college to the community.

Junior Forester McClatchey used the words earth-shatter-ing and paradigm-shifting to describe the food.

I think its amazing, sopho-more Abigail Akin said. Im ex-cited about how they are trying

Hillsdale College kicked off more than $20 million worth of renovations this summer, im-proving residence halls and aca-demic buildings and breaking ground on the much-anticipated Searle Center.

In addition, freshmen and returning students arrived to campus-wide Wi-Fi, a modern-ized athletic facility, and new locations to study and socialize.

Construction on the Searle Center, the colleges largest proj-ect, began this summer and is still in progress. The administra-tion estimates the total costs of the new center at more than $10 million and expects completion at the end of August 2015.

The new center, located on the back of the Dow Leadership Hotel and Conference Center along West Street will feature a dining room with seating for over 70 people, improved bath-rooms, and an expansive lobby complete with escalator and el-

evator.This dining room will pro-

vide an opportunity to host larger events that we are not cur-rently equipped to host and will be a great option to the student dining room for formal events, &KLHI $GPLQLVWUDWLYH 2IFHURich Pw said.

Pw said he is excited to see groundbreaking for the centers auditorium, which will start as soon as the $4.3 million dollars can be raised. The new auditori-um will be double the size of the current one located in the Dow

Centers Markel Auditorium.)RUWKHUVWWLPHVLQFH

renovations to Olds Residences lobby were completed, with the college replacing the carpet and furniture and removing some walls that opened space for the lobby residents.

The old girls-only room com-prising the left side of the lobby was renovated to a kitchen, complete with counters, tables, a booth for eating, and a dish-washer.

Ive heard a lot of positive feedback from the freshmen and

Im excited to see how they all use the space in the upcoming year, Olds Head Resident As-sistant Naomi Virnelson said.

The renovations should pro-vide students with new means to mingle with other students and build friendships.

Simpson Residence received new air conditioning and heat-LQJ KDUGZRRG RRUV LQ URRPVnew bathroom sets, and two new kitchens and lounges. Outdoor improvements include a patio and outside seating area coming at the end of the semester to in-

crease student socialization.Renovations to Simpson will

transform the dorm into a place that can better accommodate the kind of culture and activity that promotes the moral and intellec-tual virtues, Pw said.

While the improvements to Simpson are a step up for the res-idence, some faulty equipment has caused the RAs trouble, they said. Not all of the construction was completed in August, with toilets and showers backing up,

Morgan DelpEditor-in-Chief

See Brittany A2

See Renovations A2

Woman found dead at Suites

A woman was found dead last week in her car in the Suites parking lot surrounded by a spill of gasoline.

Jeanne Marie Bryan, age 50, of Adrian, Michigan, was found unresponsive by campus security and then the Hillsdale Police Department before being pronounced dead on the scene.

Someone said that a lady was dead in a car, said sopho-more Kyle Marsh, a resident of the Suites.

Campus security had been called to the Suites around 11 p.m., where they discovered Bryan in the drivers seat of a parked car. Chad Sparr and other campus security mem-

bers dispatched the Hillsdale Police Department, who arrived DURXQG SP WR QG WKHwoman dead.

According to the police state-ment, the discovery of a large JDVROLQHVSLOOSURPSWHGRIFHUVto create a large perimeter and use extra caution, so as to avoid an explosion.

Although the investigation is VWLOO RQJRLQJ SUHOLPLQDU\ QG-ings indicate no foul play was involved. Also, the police said there seems to be no connection between the victim and Hills-dale College.

Bryan worked at the Pro-Medica Hospice center in To-ledo, Ohio. The hospital system declined to give comment at this time. Previously, she owned and operated Bryans Busy Bees Daycare in Adrian for 14 years,

according to the obituary that ran on Aug. 27 in the Adrian Telegram. Bryan is survived by her husband, Bradley, a son, WZR GDXJKWHUV DQG YH JUDQG-children.

An initial autopsy was per-formed in Lucas County in Ohio.

Generally it takes four weeks following the gross au-topsy for serology and toxicol-ogy results to come back, and those are passed to the county medical examiner, said Wil-liam Whorley, director of cam-SXVVHFXULW\7KHQZHZLOOQGout if there was anything in the system outside of normal bodily chemistries.

Morgan DelpEditor-in-Chief

(Photo Courtesy of Ames family)

New mural to grace downtown 7KH/DGLHV%HDXWLFDWLRQ/HDJXHhas contracted muralist Wes Har-din to paint a mural of Hillsdales railroad era on Bacon Street. A6

Sports facilities revampedThe new weight room, the JAM, opens to students Sept. 4. A7

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with her cousins and family. She enjoyed eating at the Outback Steakhouse and Wendys, taking walks with her mom in the neigh-borhood, and interning as an ac-countant at Tenneco, Inc.

Brittany was the kindest, sweetest person I have ever met, Phelan said. And Brittany loved U of M football. I think the only time she was ever upset was when they lost.

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college mourned a girl who, as Arnn assured the audience, will not ever be forgotten, so long as Hillsdale continues to stand and honor the greatness of the past.

Her eyes sparkled with in-telligence, Arnn said. She was not calling attention to herself except for the good things she does, mostly for others. She is a sign that we are meant for something more.

Moore, who organized a col-lection from library employees in Amess honor, said she will miss Amess hard work ethic and pa-tience with students. Ames was known to treat even the silliest

questions with seriousness.She had a quiet competence,

Moore said. Also, I believe that she never missed a library olym-pics, a kind of a group competi-tion thing we do every second semester. This year, she would have been one of the seniors planning the event.

Although you wouldnt know it because she never acted self-pitying in the least, Ames lived with Turner Syndrome, a disease that affects womens X chromo-somes. Ames underwent many surgeries in her life.

Brittany Ames had suffered, physically. In conversation

with [the authors whose books we read], she came to love their never ending generosity of spir-it, a generosity that can take us away from suffering, sometimes by helping us to understand it better, said Amess teacher, pro-fessor of politics Will Morrisey, in an email.

Ames was never the loudest student in class, but her example of love needed no announcement. Judith Schellhammer, house di-rector of Whitley, summed up Amess legacy well:

Her smile is what I remem-ber the most, and her warmth.

Anthony Manno `13 is the new Director of Student Activi-ties and the Grewcock Student Union and he said he has exciting things in store for this year.

I want students to really have a full college experience. Man-no said. Here at Hillsdale were so academically focused, which is fantastic, however in order to have a complete college experi-ence, a lot of that is social, and if were not getting that, then Im not doing my job right.

Originally from Dearborn, Michigan, Manno came to Hill-sdale to play basketball. After YH \HDUV DV D VWXGHQW 0DQQRJUDGXDWHGZLWKPDMRUV LQ QDQ-cial management and Spanish. Though he had planned on mov-ing to Spain after graduation, the student activities director posi-tion opened up and shifted Man-nos future.

I was going to move to Spain and go to a Christian leadership academy over there, but God opens other doors it would be very foolish and unwise to not walk through some of them, Manno said.

Manno walked into a posi-tion focused on improving the lives of all Hillsdale students.

If were not making excit-

ing enough events with Student Activities Board or interesting enough events with Campus Recreation or not offering good enough volunteer programs, then

Im failing somewhere, Manno said.

Both SAB and the Campus Recreation Board are working to embrace Mannos ideas of bal-anced work and play. Hillsdale senior and director of SAB Mal-lory Sachen worked with Manno over the summer to organize

the Welcome Party, so students could begin the new academic year with something other than studies and syllabi.

I think the Welcome Party

was fantastic. Its funny because over the summer a lot of the SAB team wasnt here [in Hillsdale] so there was really a lot of plan-ning over the phone, Sachen said. So when we got to see it all come together so smoothly; it was great. We had a blast.

Manno, who spent most of the

summer overseeing SAB plan-QLQJDQGWU\LQJWRJXUHRXWWKHmechanics of his new position, ZDV DOVR VDWLVHG ZLWK WKH ZD\his work had paid off.

I like to cook a lot, so I equate planning events a lot to cooking: if you make a meal from scratch, by the time you eat it, youre go-ing to appreciate what you just made, Manno said. For Wel-come Party, I started doing some planning for that back in June and by the time it got to the end of August and we had come to-gether as a team and all worked WRJHWKHUDQGQDOO\SXWLWRQDQGsaw all the labor take shape, I appreciated the event that much more.

Sophomore Paul Mittermeier, who attended the Welcome Party both this year and last year said he enjoyed the music.

The music was the best part for me; I really did enjoy it in comparison to last year. I also thought the addition of the in-DWDEOH SLQZDV EHWWHU WKDQ ODVW\HDUV LQDWDEOH VOLGH 0LWWHU-meier said.

Manno said SAB and the Campus Recreation Board are focused on making this school year more enjoyable for all stu-dents.

Princeton Review: Hillsdale 4th most religious school

Manno mans student activitesMehgan Cain

Collegian Freelancer

In the Princeton Reviews 62nd annual college rankings lists, Hill-sdale was named the 10th happiest college in the nation. The college ranked in the Best 379 Colleges and as a Best Midwestern College, as well as a Best Value College for private institutions.

Hillsdale students [have] this drive and this passion for doing what were doing, liberal arts or doing swing dance or theater or sports or whatever we do, junior Megan Scott shared. We do it 110

percent, and that, combined with the love we have for the things were pursuing in our education and the things were enjoying in our free time, it makes people re-ally enjoyable to listen to.

Along with these honors, the college was fourth in the Most Re-ligious Students category.

Junior Sarah Onken said Hills-dales mission and the importance of religion in studying the western and American heritage curricula helps those who have not been ex-posed to faith to explore it and en-courages those who have to gain a better understanding.

I like the fact that Hillsdale is

not associated with a certain sect of Christianity because you can also have students come that arent Christian or that arent thinking about religion at all, senior Julie Finke shared. You have oppor-tunities to share your faith in dif-ferent ways and have people meet you wherever they are. Its better, I feel like, than going to a Christian school where you have to say this is my faith, and you have to go to chapel. When youre a Christian here, you do whatever you want to do because you love God, and thats what drives you.

Ranked eighth in the categories of Professors Get High Marks and

Most Accessible Professors, the Hillsdale faculty may be another reason why students are so happy.

I like that the professors re-ally do care about the students in the way that they take time out of their day to mentor the students, to build relationships with them, and thats something thats really un-usual, junior Faith Liu said.

After surveying 130,000 stu-dents on varying topics from how JRRGWKHIRRGLVWRKRZPXFK-nancial aid they receive, the Princ-eton Review ranked the top 20 schools of their 379 best colleges in each of their lists. The 80 ques-tions in the survey were broken

into four sections of inquiries that asked students about their schools academics and administration, life at college, fellow classmates and about themselves.

Hillsdales students also ranked second in Future Rotarians and Daughters of the American Revolution, 10th in Most Con-servative Students and 11th in the category of Dont Inhale, which demonstrates a lack of marijuana use compared to students at other institutions. However, the college was also 13th on the list for the worst cities for a college and 16th in LGBT unfriendliness.

Nonetheless, Hillsdale students

still expressed their satisfaction with attending Hillsdale College.

Sophomore Daniel Halmrast said that he enjoys the people at Hillsdale because they are com-fortable with who they are.

Most of the conversations you hear are not conversations youd hear at other places, Liu added. We have a Facebook page Overheard at Hillsdale because, and so does every college, but I like to think that ours is a little more unique than other peoples because well have jokes about Aristotelian ethics or Catholic or protestant divisions.

Breana NobleCollegian Freelancer

Wi-Fi outages, and problems with cable TV for residents.

RAs have stepped up through the changes, however, and continue to help residents both adapt to the renovations and deal with the problems.

The RAs have been fantas-tic, Andrew Reuss, Simpson Residence head RA, said. Matt OSullivan, the other head RA, and I have asked the residents to help work with us through the changes and theyve been up to the task every time.

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RIFHVIRUIXOOWLPHIDFXOW\DQGtwo seminar rooms. These of-FHVZHUH EXLOW LQ DQWLFLSDWLRQof new teachers, regarding the college administrations goals of reducing the current 9:1 student-to-teacher ratio and im-proving the quality of classes.

The addition of the seminar rooms will help with the de-mand for smaller classrooms, Pw said.

With new spaces in which to work, build relationships, and relax, Pw said the renovations help achieve some of the goals of the college.

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Student reclines in renovated Simpson Residence basement near fireplace. The basement also includes a new kitchen and the rooms have been updated. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

In May of 2014, Schlientz was brought on as the colleges new vice president of marketing.

Matt Schlientz works from a laptop in a nearly empty of-FH RQ WKH WKLUG RRU RI 0RVVHall. No one would guess from the look of things that Schlientz holds a position so important to the college that he is part of Pres-ident Larry Arnns senior staff.

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[The online classes], for example, raise the way people look at the undergraduates and the graduate program, Pw said. So when you get a de-gree, your degree means even more than it did 10 or 15 years ago. Marketing does that.

Chris Bachelder served as the vice president of marketing for several years, but he stepped down after his daughter, Kate Bach-elder `13, graduated. Schlientz came to Hillsdale from the Uni-versity of Michigan and replaced Bachelder. Those who hired him are grateful for his nearly four years experience as Michigans director of marketing, where he supervised about 40 people.

Even [Michigans] brand that block M that you see everywhere that transition at Michigan where they went from

all kinds of different logos to this one brand, that had an im-pact, Pw said. Michigan had quite a bit of applications this year, while Harvard and others were down. So whatever he was doing was pretty good.

Before working at Michigan Schlientz owned and operated a PDUNHWLQJUPLQ+ROODQG0LFK-igan, for 13 years. In 2001, when Arnn came to Hillsdale, the col-OHJHKLUHG6FKOLHQW]DQGKLVUPto do some work on Imprimis and revising the logo and admissions materials. Schlientz was aware of the school before then and LGHQWLHGZLWK LWVSKLORVRSK\RIeducation. So, when Bachelder announced that he was ready to move on, Arnn called Schlientz. He hasnt looked back since.

I wanted to make the leap of faith and come here and con-tribute to the mission of the college and everything that it represents, Schlientz said.

And hes been hard at work to make the kind of contribution only marketing can, conduct-ing a major brand study to get a sense of whos thinking about Hillsdale, what they think of the college, and if those things align with Hillsdales true identity.

Schlientz is partnering with other staff, like new Associ-ate Vice President of Admis-sions Doug Banbury, to redo all the admissions materials from the ground up. External affairs web content manager, Kokko Tso `13, will be working with

an agency next year to redesign the colleges website. Schlientz also oversees the work of re-cent graduates Hannah Strick-land `14, and Jacob Mueller `13, in an effort to boost the col-leges presence on social media.

Were also going to talk to prospective students, cur-rent students, focus groups, online surveys, and con-duct one-on-one interviews, Schlientz said, explaining the process of the brand study.

Schlientz has already done a lot of observing since coming to campus and he has come to an even greater appreciation of the college than he had at the start.

Im humbled by the service that people pour into this place and into the mission and the cause that Hillsdale College rep-resents, Schlientz said. Our job in marketing is to live up to the sense of responsibility we feel coming here and to deliver on the history of the college, and hope-fully, make the students, faculty, and staff proud of what they see.

Director of Marketing and External Affairs Bill Gray said hes thrilled to have Schlientz at Hillsdale, considering how much marketing they will be doing in the years ahead.

Hillsdale does so much mar-keting, and its going to be doing more, Gray said. To have some-one with that broad array of skills its just great that hes here.

Morgan SweeneyCollegian Reporter

New VP of marketing begins branding

Explanation of new masthead: From this issue forward, all print and digital media by the Hillsdale Collegian will be published with a new masthead. While updating the Collegians web presence this summer, the staff decided that it would be best to create new branding that would not only work well with the print newspaper, but also with the Collegians digital media on the website, social media, and eventually YouTube. Junior art major Joel Calvert was then tasked with creating and designing the new branding, which included a logo and a masthead. The new masthead draws on the past masthead design by maintaining the same typography, while at the same time moving forward by replacing the hand drawn eagle with a vector, giving the entire PDVWKHDGDDWWHUPRUHPRGHUQIHHO &RPSLOHGE\(YDQ&DUWHU

Parking Update: Due to construction, this is a new map of available parking.

Vertical Stripes: student parking. Horizontal Stripes: faculty and staff and after hours student parking. Diagonal stripes: residential parking.

Parking is also available southbound on Hillsdale Street near the East Lawn, northbound on Manning Street between Fayette and Monroe streets, eastbound on Fayette Street between West and Oak streets, southbound on Union Street, and southbound on Oak Street. Two-hour parking is available on Barber Drive by the Slayton Arboretums Amphitheatre Entrance. -Compiled by Walker Mulley

Hillsdales marketing depart-ment has taken a whole new an-gle on recording campus events this year by purchasing an aerial drone with video capabilities.

If you have attended any school-run events in the last few weeks, you have probably no-ticed a small metal aircraft mak-ing its way above the crowds. This contraption, called a quad-copter and nicknamed Curious George by its operator, is a little over a foot wide, holds a small camera, and is kept airborne by four propellers.

This new acquisition comes as a part of a larger attempt by the school to expand and develop marketing.

In the marketing department in general, weve been adding more staff, adding more capabil-ity, Bill Gray, director of mar-keting and external affairs, said.

The quadcopter is just one piece of equipment that weve pur-chased in the last six months so that Sam has the tools he needs to do his job.

Sam Brown `13, the depart-ments new video content edi-WRU LV UHVSRQVLEOH IRU \LQJ WKHquadcopter. He says that the point of purchasing the device was to have access to inexpen-sive aerial video. Sam operates the drone from the ground with a remote featuring some controls, a GPS-assist feature to help sta-ELOL]H WKHPDFKLQH LQLJKWDQGa small screen which shows live footage from the camera. Using this controller, he is able to navi-gate the camera in all directions and at different altitudes, as long as it stays below 400 feet. At that height the FAA begins regulating unmanned aircraft.

There was plenty of talk about the drone at the beginning-of-WKH\HDUHYHQWVZKHUHLWZDVUVWseen. Some students disliked be-ing watched by the camera in the

sky, especially after seeing foot-age of themselves they were not aware had been taken.

3HUVRQDOO\ , QG WKH FRQ-stant usage of the drone some-what unsettling, freshman Ma-ria Theisen said. If I were aware of it beforehand, I may be less wary of it during events.

Last week, I was outside of Mac helping the freshman girls movie in, sophomore Amelia Stieren said, and I thought it was really creepy because it was MXVW\LQJRYHUZDWFKLQJXVDOO

Some, however, were more positive.

I think that the drones are a great effort by the college to em-brace a new technology, fresh-man Noah Weinrich said. From what Ive seen of the videos, it certainly seems to be a worth-while investment.

I was worried about the drones because I crashed the freshman dessert thing and was like, Oh no! The drones are looking for upperclassmen who

arent supposed to be here! Ju-nior Devin Creed said. And then , VDZ WKDW 6DP%URZQZDV \-ing it, and I realized that he was just taking videos of my beauti-ful face.

However students might feel about the quadcopter, they will almost certainly be seeing more of it in the future. Brown said, among other things, the depart-ment plans to use the camera at sporting events this year. They will be able to record sports such as volleyball, track, and cross country, and possibly provide live video during football and basketball games.

Aerial video capability pro-vides the marketing department with many new possibilities. Some of the footage taken by the quadcopter has already been made available on Hillsdales YouTube page. Students will have to wait and see what uses PDUNHWLQJ ZLOO QG IRU LWV QHZtechnology in the future.

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Stacey EggerCollegian Freelancer

Drone flies over campus

The Madeira is giving a free concert on Sunday in the park-ing lot outside Checker Re-cords , a cafe and video store, in downtown Hillsdale.

This high-energy surf music band is known on campus be-cause one of their accomplished guitar players is none other than Professor of Economics Ivan Pongracic. He is excited for stu-dents to come see the show at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 7.

People should come be-cause, well, how often do they get to see one of their professors in full Rock god mode? Pon-gracic said, laughing. Weve been at this for a long time and we have toured all around the country and even Italy.

The Madeira just celebrated its tenth anniversary and Guitar Player Magazine featured the band in its March issue.

Bill Zeiser is a graduate stu-dent and happens to be Pon-gracics next-door neighbor.

I had never listened to surf rock before except for the soundtrack to Pulp Fiction, Zeiser said.

6RRQDIWHU=HLVHUUVWKHDUGPongracic rehearsing his guitar parts, he acquired a new ap-preciation for The Madeira and now enjoys seeing them play in concert.

Its high-energy rock with an exotic sound. I like tiki bars and all things retro, but beyond that, Pongracic is a very talent-ed player, Zeiser said.

John Spiteri, owner of Checker Records, said The Ma-deira has played at his coffee shop before. When Pongracic, a good customer, was looking for a venue to host The Madeira, Spiteri was happy to oblige.

The band is great live and a lot of fun and plus, the show is free, Spiteri said, laughing.

He added that the show pro-vides a great opportunity for students to see a talented band perform and, if so inclined, suck up to a professor at the same time.

The Madeiras drummer, Dane Carter, is looking forward to being in Hillsdale again.

Drumming for a surf rock band is actually a lot like drum-ming for any other genre, Carter said. The Madeira try to create great songs that emotion-ally connect with people and

tell stories without words. They just happen to be recognized as surf rock songs. If you become emotionally connected with a genre, every song within it tells a different story in an entirely unique voice. The one excep-tion is polka. All polka songs are exactly the same.

Though surf music was born in the early `60s, Pongracic said the Beatles and other British bands eclipsed it in popularity.

Even though its very un-derground, there are surf bands all around the world, particular-ly in Europe and Latin America, but also Japan and Australia, Pongracic said.

Senior Kadeem Noray may have only heard The Madeira on Spotify and YouTube, but he is excited about the chance to see the band live.

Getting the opportunity to see a professor perform in a surf rock band is a once-, maybe twice-in-a-lifetime opportunity. ,GHQLWHO\SODQRQDWWHQGLQJNoray said.

Evan CarterWeb Editor

LEUTHEUSER WINS PRIMARY

Hillsdale alumnus and local business owner, Eric Leutheuser, won a crowded Republican pri-mary last month against six other candidates.

If he wins the general election in November, Leutheuser will serve as the state representative of Michigans 58th district, which encompasses all of Hillsdale and Branch counties.

According to the Michigan secretary of state and election-magic.com, Leutheuser received 2,373 votes, almost 50 percent of the Republican votes, in an Aug. 5 primary election, where only 16.7 percent of registered voters cast their ballots. Brad Benzing of Hillsdale received the second-highest number of votes 1,087. (DFKRIWKHQH[WYH5HSXEOLFDQcandidates won less than 500 votes.

Leutheuser believes that he will win the general election on Nov. 5, but despite his comfort-

able margin of victory in the pri-mary election, Leutheuser isnt taking any votes for granted.

I am going to still keep cam-paigning. Leutheuser said, Its important for the people who did not vote for me in the primary to see that Im not taking their vote for granted. There are a lot of peo-ple in this district who had other UVWFKRLFHVDQGE\FRQWLQXLQJWRcampaign Im showing them Im working to earn their support.

Leutheusers opponent in the general election, Democrat Amy Thomas of Coldwater, could not be reached for comment.

Even before the primary elec-tion, Leutheuser was very active campaigning, going to local gov-ernment meetings and parades, knocking on doors, and holding phone banks. Leutheuser received help from his wife and daughter, as well as a number of volunteers, some of whom are staff at the col-lege.

8QWLO\RXUXQIRURIFH\RXdont know everything thats go-ing on around us, Leutheuser said, I wanted to get involved

with those [things].Leutheusers connections with

Hillsdale played an important role in his campaign. Hillsdale alum-nus John McNamara served as his campaign manager, and Leutheus-ers Hillsdale degree built bridges with voters who hadnt heard of him before the election.

Quite a few people noticed that [I went to Hillsdale] and men-tioned that that was a good thing, Leutheuser said.

But his connections to the FRXQW\ZHUHDOVREHQHFLDOWRKLVcampaign.

Eric is not just a Hillsdale Col-lege guy, but a Hillsdale County guy, Thomas Conner, a friend of Leutheuser and a history and poli-tics professor at Hillsdale, said.

Leutheuser is a member of the Hillsdale Community Foundation, Economic Commission, Planning Commission, and Rotary Club. Leutheusers campaign was en-dorsed by the Hillsdale Chamber of Commerce and Michigan Farm Bureaus AgriPac.

If elected in November, Leu-theuser said that his legislative

focuses will be reforming auto-mobile insurance regulations and guarding against the Michigan state governments overreach into local government.

Currently we have really ex-cellent coverage, but its also very expensive. Id like to see that re-formed in some way, Leutheuser said.

Leutheuser also mentioned some other issues that he believes are important to the 58th district, including the protection of tradi-tional values, the quality of educa-tion available to residents, and the economy.

When I was running, I was always campaigning on more than just the traditional values, as im-portant as they are, are really not on the top of the mind for people really just struggling because our area is still mired in recession, said Leutheuser.

Leutheuser plans to serve the maximum three terms if the peo-ple re-elect him.

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to make it more modern and its a lot more healthy looking.

Every said the food will only get better.

By the time the freshmen are seniors, I want Hillsdale College to make the Princeton Review for best food, Every added.

He said he wants to put an end to mundane, repetitive foods and values feedback from students.

We take their comments seriously, Every said. If they took the time to voice their opin-ion, we will take the time to lis-ten.

To accommodate students

with dietary needs, Bon Ap-ptit has an index of students allergies and offers an at your service option, where chefs prepare food right in front of students in an allergen-free en-vironment.

Although Saga took their liquor-license with them, Every said Bon Apptit will acquire a new one.

Bon Apptit doesnt have a strict policy about removing only one piece of fruit from the Knorr Dining Hall the way Saga did, but students cannot take out whole pies or plates of food.

However, Bon Apptit will not be the sole caterer on cam-pus, Philipp said. Now student groups have the opportunity to seek catering from local restau-rants for their on-campus club events.

Students were initially con-

cerned that the switch from Saga to Bon Apptit would mean the end of Steve Casai, fondly known to them as Saga Steve. But Every re-hired Steve, along with 98 percent of the old staff and student workers.

Steves a great guy, Every said. We couldnt imagine this place without him.

However, Every doesnt think students should refer to the Knorr as Saga. Instead, he suggests calling it Knorr, B.A., or BAMCO, which stands for Bon Appetit Man-agement Company.

Its called The Bone, Mc-Clatchey said.

Every said Bon Apptit will strive to make student life more enjoyable.

Being in college is an expe-rience. Students shouldnt have to worry about the food.

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The station WRFH or Radio Free Hillsdale has to start broadcasting by July 2015, but much of the programming by deadline will be automated, said Dow Journalism Program Director John Miller. The signal will also be local and not audible far beyond the campus. But both Benedetto and Miller still expect students to go ga-ga for the ra-dio.

The college is going to be creating opportunities for stu-dents interested in broadcast-ing, Benedetto said. This is in every real sense a real radio sta-tion. Its hard to learn radio in a classroom environment because LWVVRVSHFLFDQGWHFKQLFDO

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a high level of student involve-ment, he said. I want it to be for radio what the Collegian is for journalism.

Jeremy Steiner `95, a Hills-dale alumnus who has been with the Michael Medved Show from its inception, said he would have loved the opportunity to work in

radio while still in college.At that level, it would have

EHHQ YHU\ EHQHFLDO 6WHLQHUsaid. Going from college radio to professional radio is just a QRUPDOW,MXVWZLVKLWKDGEHHQaround when I was there at Hill-sdale.

Miller and Benedetto both maintain, moreover, that video has not killed the radio star, and that radio is neither a dying nor a fruitless medium.

Radio is a booming medium. Radio reaches 90 percent of the American population on a week-ly basis, and not only on air, Benedetto said. Better technol-ogy has increased peoples en-gaging with radio, not decreased it.

Miller stressed a certain note-worthy precedent for success in radio leading to success else-where.

We have a statue of a radio guy on campus, Miller said, referring to former President Ronald Reagan. Lets not forget what this can do for people.

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Hillsdale has a new gen-eral counsel, former Vice Presi-dent for Donor Relations at the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Robert Norton.

As general counsel, Norton will be providing legal advice to President Larry Arnn as the need arises. He will also serve as a primary liaison for current and prospective Hillsdale do-nors, helping them plan their contributions to the college.

He was an opportunity to bring something that was the SHUIHFWWIRUWKHFROOHJHDORW

of experience, a lot of connec-tions, and a great colleague, &KLHI $GPLQLVWUDWLYH 2IFHURich Pw said. When you can do that, its pretty rare.

Director of Marketing and External Affairs Bill Gray said that though there hadnt been a formal hiring process, there was instead a need and an interest.

The new hire comes at a time when the college is undergo-ing many expansions as a result of its recent Rebirth of Liberty and Learning Campaign. Nor-WRQ WKRXJK DIOLDWHG ZLWK WKHmarketing and development de-partments, will be working most closely with President Arnn.

Hes going to do some

traveling. Hes going to put on seminars. Hes going to put on talks for people about trusts and estate planning, Pw said. Hell also provide counsel.

Norton, on the other hand, has a very simple notion of his role at Hillsdale College.

Ive been a longtime fan of Hillsdale, Norton said. I UVW KHDUG RI WKH VFKRRO GXU-ing my time at the University of Michigan Law School. The school was always in the back of my mind as a good school.

His daughter Kaitlyn is now a senior at Hillsdale, but Nor-tons ties to the school are also professional. Since he worked with the Bradley Foundation

since 2009, in many ways he worked alongside Hillsdale College in the public sphere.

The Bradley Foundation shares Hillsdales values, in-cluding its aim to educate on behalf of free markets, lim-ited government, and the re-turn to self-government.

The Bradley Founda-tion thinks very highly of Dr. Arnn, Norton said.

And Arnn thought highly of Norton. Nortons work ex-perience, including a position as Assistant General Counsel to Chrysler LLC and exten-sive work with litigation and GRQRU GHYHORSPHQW OOHG Dunique niche. Pw said that

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Nortons assimilation into the Hillsdale community is off to an auspicious start. On his UVW GD\ DV D VWDII PHPEHU KHsaid Arnn took him into the caf-eteria to eat with the students.

When asked whether Arnns ritual inquiry into the good ever surfaced in con-versation, Norton laughed.

Oh, yes.

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(Photo Courtesy of Robert Norton)

Hillsdale College stu-dents were greeted with a pleasant surprise upon their return this fall. There will be no classes on Labor Day. However, ac-cording to Provost Robert Blackstock, the change is for a trial period only.

The faculty went against longstanding Hill-sdale tradition and voted at last Mays meeting to take the day off.

One concern of the faculty was that many stu-dents do not attend class

on Labor Day anyway. Although class may be required many students go home for an extra day with their family, Black-stock said.

This has been a topic of conversation among the faculty for decades, said Dean of Faculty James Stephens.

Everyone wanted it, agreed Blackstock.

Justine FinnThursday, Aug. 31, 2000

From the Archives: Faculty recognizes federal holiday

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NO MILITARY DOG LEFT BEHIND

Metaxass commencement speech misses the point

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Chris McCafferyStudent Columnist

The graduating class of 2014 might not even have been there.

One need only read the tran-script or watch the video of Eric Metaxass speech at Mays com-mencement to realize there was only a single mention of the graduates seated before him. That mention came at the very beginning of the address.

For the remainder of the 22-minute lecture titled The Role of Faith in the Story of Freedom, Metaxas offered a brief narrative of his own politi-cal upbringing, several plugs for his websites, books, and radio shows, and a reference to the festively-named Golden Tri-angle of Freedom.

Now, it is not my sole inten-tion to criticize the content of Metaxass speech. I admit that I struggle to recall any mention of a Golden Triangle of Free-dom in the debates surrounding the Constitution, and explic-itly disagree with the assertion WKDW IDLWK DQG UHOLJLRQ RXULVKonly in an environment of free-dom. Students and faculty alike LQFKHG ZKHQ KH FODLPHG WKDWLincoln believed America to be chosen by God to represent Him and His purpose in history. But

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commencement speech is sim-ple: It was not a commencement speech at all.

Missing were the pithy quotes about living a good and beautiful life. No advice was given about family or friends, tax returns or toasters. There was never even a connection drawn between the content of the speech, religious free-dom, and the robed audience for which it was suppos-edly intended. This is not the formula for a good com-mencement ad-dress.

It should be noted that this speech was a surprise for any who knew of Metaxas and his work. His biography on Bonhoeffer is fan-tastic, and his more recent book on great men of faith has been well-received. In fact, many of his other speeches and lectures

are thought-provoking and en-gaging. So why were so many brows furrowed during his ad-dress just a few months ago?

In short, his speech missed the point. A commencement address should be intended for those commencing the rest of their lives. Prospective students

are hungry for lectures on economic freedom and grand his-torical narra-tives. Donors want to hear about the war against Pro-g r e s s i v i s m and moral de-cay in Ameri-ca. This does not diminish these seri-ous, impor-tant subjects. But we must think of the a u d i e n c e : 300-some ex-cited, scared,

ecstatic, worried, liberally-edu-cated individuals. And all about to laugh with, cry with, and leave the best friends they have ever had.

So what do they need to hear

that Metaxas didnt offer to them? For starters, the tired-but-WUXH DIUPDWLRQ WKDW it will be okay. The last thing that young men and women want to hear as they begin the next chapter of their lives is that there is little hope before darkness overtakes all. The danger to religious lib-erty is important and should be mentioned but it must be fol-lowed with why hope abides and how we can help it. After all, focusing on the shadows makes one blind to the light.

The topic of Metaxass speech should be discussed in publications like Imprimis, the various marketing campaigns, or the Collegian. But not at com-mencement, to the exclusion of Hillsdales most recent gradu-ates. Metaxas squandered the ideal chance to tell them why four years at an isolated, tiny liberal arts college will ultimate-ly prove to be the best decision they have ever made, especially when faced with unemployment, adversity, and fear.

Our colleges greatest as-set will always be the men and women it helps nurture and shape. They should be the focus of a commencement address, because it is the commencement of their lives after Hillsdale we care about most.

We've all heard the expres-sion: A man's best friend is his equipment.

You haven't? Well you must not work for the Pentagon. There, military dogs are consid-ered mere equipment and as such can be left behind when the troops come home.

It's a bit more complicated than that. Military dogs are en-listed (drafted actually) to iden-tify enemy locations, to seek out bombs and protect bases. It is dangerous, often traumatic work. The dogs are credited with saving countless U.S. and

allied lives, which is why the Taliban actively targets our dogs of war. While on active service, each dog is given a higher rank than its handler.

That is, right up until the mo-ment these dogs are retired. Once they are too old, too shell-shocked or simply not needed, the dogs are automatically de-clared equipment that can be left behind like a latrine tent. The military sometimes says they are retired and become civil-ians, but the result is the same because these civilians don't have a right to military transport home.

Need convincing?While there is a proper, le-

JDO FODVVLFDWLRQ IRU D ZRUNLQJdog, we know they are living things, and we have great re-spect and admiration for them, Gerry Proctor, a spokesman for Lackland Air Force Base (which trains military dogs), told CNN. A handler would never speak of their dog as a piece of equip-ment. The dog is their partner. You can walk away from a dam-aged tank, but not your dog. Never.

If you ever talked to a mili-tary dog handler, or even if you simply had a dog, odds are you know the obvious truth of this. If you still need convincing, watch the 2013 Animal Planet docu-mentary about U.S. war dogs in Afghanistan, Glory Hounds, to

see not merely how vital these animals are, but also how pow-erful the bond between the han-dler and his canine comrades is. The relationship between you and your dog is the most important part of your partner-ship, Lance Cpl. Kent Ferrell, whose German shepherd, Zora, is trained to both attack the ene-P\DQGQGH[SORVLYHVH[SODLQVLQWKHOP

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Why Ill miss SagaJack Butler

Assistant Editor

Quick Hits What do you Wish you kneW freshman year?

Logan Vernor, senior tirzah ashmore, JuniorayLa meyer, senior

Take classes in different things. Dont come in with a precon-ceived notion of what youre going to do. Because who knows? Just be open to change.

I wish I had known at that point that its okay to just take 15 credits and be involved in three things, because you can more fully devote yourself.

Never start a paper the night before. Also, dont be the person to post about your papers on Facebook. One of your professors just might be your friend. Ask [senior] Wes Wright.

Micah MeadowcroftArts Editor

Against cynicism, and otherpieces of advice

Nathan BrandSpecial-to-the-Collegian

Saga had to go

Put education into actionEmily DePangher

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JAM hours for non-athletes this semester:Sunday: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Monday: 7 a.m.- 9 a.m., 10 a.m.- 1 p.m.Tuesday: 7 a.m.- 9 a.m., 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 7 p.m.- 10 p.m.Wednesday: 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 7- 10 p.m.Thursday: 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 7 p.m.- 10 p.m.Friday: 7 p.m.- 9 a.m., 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 7 p.m.- 10 p.m.Saturday: 9 a.m.- 2 p.m.

After almost 12 years of coaching, Jeff Forino has re-signed from his position as head coach of the mens cross-country DQGWUDFNDQGHOGWHDPVDW+LOO-sdale.

Forino gave notice shortly after two other cross-country as-sistants left the program. Andrew Towne, head of the womens pro-gram, has assumed responsibili-ties as interim head coach for the PHQVWUDFNDQGHOGWHDP

Forino worked as an admin-istrative head for both teams, EXWKHDOVRVHUYHGVSHFLFDOO\DVthe throwing and vertical jumps coach. When he was not coach-ing, he was an instructor in the Sports Studies Department. Fo-rino left to be closer to his family.

[I was presented with] a couple really good opportunities back on the East coast near fam-ily, he said. Coach Fo as his student athletes knew him, took a position at Dartmouth College in +DQRYHU1+DVWKHLUQHZWKURZ-ing coach. Forino has a rich his-tory there, having coached track and football for about seven years DW +DQRYHU +LJK 6FKRRO EHIRUHworking a one-year internship at Dartmouth as a strength coach.

+LV QHZ SRVLWLRQ ZDV SUHYL-ously held by Carl Wallinthe man responsible for teaching Fo-rino everything he knows about WUDFNDQGHOG

+HZDV UHDOO\ H[FLWHG WKDW ,was able to come back and basi-cally do the job that he did when KHZDVWKHUH)RULQRVDLG+HVa person I really look up to.

+RZHYHU VHQLRU WUDFN WHDPcaptain Cassidy Kaufman said that the team feels the loss.

+H ZDV KHUH VR ORQJ DQGwas just so consistent at bring-ing athletes to their fullest poten-

tialnot just as athletes but also DV SHRSOH .DXIPDQ VDLG +LVleaving has left a hole, but weve realized that hes had a lasting LPSDFW+HV GHQLWHO\SURYLGHGa legacy thats going to last for a while. Forino is leaving with fond memories of his time at +LOOVGDOH

,WZDVRQHRIWKHWRSH[SHUL-ences of my whole life, he said. I fell in love with the school and the people there. Its been very rewarding to me to be around SHRSOH DW +LOOVGDOH &ROOHJH DQGWKH VWXGHQWV DW +LOOVGDOH &RO-legenot only just the athletes but the students that I was able to WHDFK,ZLOOGHQLWHO\PLVV+LOO-sdale a lot. Ill never forget the H[SHULHQFHVWKDW,KDGWKHUH

7KHUVWQHZKLUHIRUWKHSUR-gram, Joe Lynn, has taken over the mens and womens cross-FRXQWU\ SURJUDPV +H LV QRstranger to the GLIAC, having FRDFKHG IRU YH \HDUV DW*UDQGValley State University.

In 2011 Lynn was hired as the head coach of the University of Missouris cross-country team where he stayed until he resigned in May of this year.

Theres no doubt, Lynn said, that the college puts its student-athletes in a position to be successfulthrough the fa-cilities that we have and through the opportunities to compete at a KLJKOHYHOVRLWVUHDOO\H[FLWLQJto be here and continue the tradi-tion set forth by coaches before-hand.

Lynn said that his goal is to help the team reach its full po-tential, and to continue recruiting top-notch quality student-ath-letes to the school.

The team will compete in its UVW PHHW XQGHU QHZ OHDGHUVKLSon Sept. 12 at Michigan State Universitys Spartan Invitational.

7KH+LOOVGDOH&ROOHJHIRRWEDOOWHDPNLFNVoff their season this Saturday at the Univer-sity of Findlay, culminating several weeks of intense training and preparation for the upcoming season.

The Chargers will have plenty of fresh faces in their starting lineups on Saturday, including new starting quarterback Mark LaPrairie who will lead the young Charger team in his second year of eligibility and third year with the team.

Its always just a process and a matter of patience, head coach Keith Otterbein said about preparing LaPrairie and the other new players for the season. To get better as a football player youve got to take snaps, and so through spring practice and through early FDPSKHUH>ZHUH@MXVWWU\LQJWROOLQDVmany snaps as we can for those guys.

LaPrairie is grateful for the couple of \HDUVKHKDVKDGWRJHWXVHGWR+LOOVGDOHVsystem.

The gradual ease into it really made it pretty easy, LaPrairie said. There wasnt a whole lot of pressure.

In addition to giving the younger players as many snaps as possible, Coach Otterbein

has put an emphasis on recreating game situ-ations in practice.

Weve been working a lot this year on situational stuff instead of just drills, starting center Justice Karmie said. Thats something weve been focusing on this year because, with such a young team as a whole, its really helped to get guys into those situa-tions in order to prepare, because so many of the guys on the team havent been in those situations yet.

Coach Otterbein said he is happy with his teams preparation.

They show up, they like being around each other, they love the game of football, so WKH\UHH[FLWHGDERXWWKHRSSRUWXQLWLHVWKDWwe have, he said. Ultimately youve got to make plays on game day to win games, but up to that point its all preparation and learning and getting better and our guys have done a good job with that.

Coach Otterbein has also put a major emphasis on taking the season one game and one opponent at a time.

There really is a sequence of 11 one-week challenges that we have with one goal and that is to beat those guys on that coming Saturday, he remarked.

While each 11 one-week process is as im-portant as any of the others, the players and

FRDFKLQJVWDIIDUHHVSHFLDOO\H[FLWHGIRUWKHLUopener and what it means for the team.

,WVDOZD\VH[FLWLQJWRJHWWKLVUVWJDPHunder your belt, Otterbein said. If you ask me if were going to be a strong offense, strong defense, strong special teams, Ive got some ideas but I dont know. So by having a game then well have some stuff well have to work on.

Rather than viewing the opener as just a tick in the win or the loss column, the Chargers will treat it as another step in the season-long process.

This is not a destination thing. You dont win a game and then youve arrived. You continue to go through the journey, so there will always be things throughout the rest of the year that we can work on, Otterbein said. There will be emotional peaks. Well EHH[FLWHGZHOOGRVRPHJUHDWVWXIIDQGwell face some adversity. Thats the reality of college football.

While the team takes the season one week at a time, theres no doubt as to where they want this process to take them.

We want to make the playoffs. We want to win the GLIAC, Karmie said.

7KH+LOOVGDOH&ROOHJH&KDUJHUVZLOOORRNto take a step in that direction at Findlay on Saturday.

Nathanael MeadowcroftAssistant Editor

FOOTBALL FOCUSING ON FINDLAY

Mens tennis coach added to Charger family

$IWHU D \HDU KLDWXV +LOO-VGDOH ZLOO QDOO\ UHLQWURGXFH Dmens tennis team to campus. 7KH WHDP ZLOO RIFLDOO\ EHJLQSOD\LQJLQWKHIDOORIQH[W\HDU

+HDGFRDFK.HLWK7XUQHULVLQcharge of the resurrection of the program and is currently in the process of recruiting the eight to 12 players needed for the team.

To scout players, Turner will travel to high school tennis tour-naments throughout Michigan, and he will research on websites and databases to contact players nationally.

The mens tennis team was cancelled after the 2002 season due to few practice options dur-ing the winter months.

[The] college administration determines when a varsity sport

is added based on the contribu-WLRQLWLVH[SHFWHGWRPDNHWRWKHcollege, Director of Athletics 'RQ %UXEDFKHU H[SODLQHG ,Wwas decided the time was right a few years ago to add womens tennis and that now is the right time to add mens tennis. The plans to build the Biermann Cen-ter, which provides indoor prac-tice space for tennis, played into the decision to add womens ten-nis. The impending construction of the new outdoor courts was VLJQLFDQWLQWKHGHFLVLRQWRDGGmens tennis.

Although the team will not RIFLDOO\ VWDUW SOD\LQJ PDWFKHVXQWLOQH[W\HDU7XUQHUH[SODLQHGin a mass email to students that depending on the interest, he may consider scheduling prac-tices this fall and spring with a couple of scrimmages later in the year. The coach also added that tryouts could start as early as in WKHQH[WWZRZHHNV

Turner has 36 years of tennis H[SHULHQFH DQG FRPHV WR +LOOV-dale after two years of coaching at Albion College.

Under Turners instruction, both the mens and womens ten-nis teams at Albion earned the highest overall grade point aver-ages out of all tennis teams in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athlet-ic Association (MIAA) in 2013.

7XUQHU H[SUHVVHG WKH LPSRU-tance of the academics of his players, saying, Things Im ORRNLQJ IRU DW +LOOVGDOH LV UVWoff, [the players] have to be very good in the classroom. Academ-LFVFRPHUVW$WWKHVDPHWLPHthey need to be driven to suc-ceed on the tennis court and the classroom, [have] good attitudes [and be] respectful to every-one- coaches, players, opposing FRDFKHVRIFLDOV

Turner feels fortunate to be ZRUNLQJ DW+LOOVGDOHZKHUH KLVbrother Stacy graduated in 1992,

because he can focus on just the mens team in contrast to Albion, where he coached both mens and womens tennis.

Its a hard job to coach both WHDPV>1RZ@,PQRWVSUHDGDVthin, Turner said.

Before coaching at Albion, Turner served as the head tennis coach at Limestone College in South Carolina, where he guided WKH WHDP WR 1&$$ 'LYLVLRQ ,,tournament appearances in 2009 DQG+HDOVRHDUQHG&RDFKof the Year honors at the 2010 Conference Carolina.

Although winning is an im-portant part of any sport, Turner admits that his favorite part of coaching is seeing the develop-ment of the kids over the year, [and their] growth on the tennis court, in class, [and after they] graduate.

Turner fondly remembers his own years in playing tennis for Boston University and then

Western Michigan University, calling them the four most en-joyable years of my life.

Freshman Dugan Delp, who has been playing tennis since before the age of seven, is inter-ested in the new program.

, DP WKULOOHG WKDW +LOOVGDOHis reviving the mens tennis pro-gram, Delp said. I think add-ing a mens tennis team back to FDPSXV ZLOO EHQHW WKH FROOHJHin many ways. Especially as we begin this team, players who are already on campus will get in-volved and try out. Additionally, having a mens tennis team will attract new students and faces WR +LOOVGDOH , KRSH VWXGHQWVwill enjoy attending mens ten-nis matches and cheering for the team when we begin our match-es.

Freshman Sam Adamson is also interested in participating on the tennis team.

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to be part of a practically new WHQQLV WHDP$V RQH RI WKH UVWmembers, I hope to play a big role in developing healthy team culture and team traditions, Ad-amson said.

Breana NobleCollegian Freelancer

Volleyball: small squad, big goals

With only 13 players on the URVWHU WKLV \HDU WKH +LOOVGDOHChargers volleyball team has faced a preseason full of transi-tions.

Last seasons sizeable team of 18 gave some cushion in the line-up and at practice, but red-shirt senior Lindsay Kostrzewa said she feels positive about the downsize.

Whereas last year, you might have more rest time during prac-tice, now youre constantly in-volved in every drill, middle-hitter Kostrzewa said. It actually kind of makes us better players because youre more versatile and in better shape in general.

Kostrzewa also said that the team has developed an even stronger bond due to the chal-lenges they have faced in prepar-ing for this season.

[We think of ourselves] as being a unit or a family, she said. We understand each others strengths and weaknesses, how to motivate each other, and we know we are all striving to reach the same goals.

Senior Kat Vael, who has battled back pain since her fresh-man year, may not be able to play this season, but she said that her teammates have helped her resist

discouragement. My team is a huge aspect of

why its worth it, why pushing through the pain is worth it, be-cause I look at the twelve other girls on my team, and I see how hard theyre working and how committed they are to our pro-gram, Vael said. It makes me want to be just as good for them

-- not even just for myself, but for them, to push them.

Student coach Caitlin Kop-meyer, 14, said she has seen tremendous growth in the team, especially within the past few months. Kopmeyer has been as-VLVWLQJ*UDYHO VLQFH VKHQLVKHGup her fourth season last fall as the Chargers outside left hitter.

I think the team looks really good, Kopmeyer said. Since coming in from preseason, they have improved so much already. And from the tournament just two weekends ago to the tourna-ment this past weekend was awe-some, too, Kopmeyer said.

Kopmeyer also pointed out that, although the team is smaller this year and has just three seniors LQVWHDGRIYHLWZLOOEHEHWWHUIRUthe future of the program since the younger classes will gain PRUHSOD\LQJH[SHULHQFH

With all of them looking as good as they are right now, I think that says a lot for the results of this season and the success theyll have, Kopmeyer said.

Kopmeyers younger sister, freshman Jessie Kopmeyer, will take over her old position as out-side left hitter.

Gravel is optimistic about what lies in store for the Chargers this season but is reluctant to re-veal too many secrets before the WHDPKLWV WKHFRXUW IRU WKHLUUVWregular season game against Lake Erie University on Friday, Sept. 12.

The most important thing to practice in preparation is mental toughness, Gravel said.

Our number-one opponent has always been ourselves, Gravel said. If we can believe in ourselves, we can go a long way.

Under new leadership and an amped up SUDFWLFH VFKHGXOH WKH +LOOVGDOH PHQV DQGwomens cross-country teams are laced up and ready to start their season.

In preparation, the runners came together IRUWKHLUUVWZHHNRISUDFWLFHDWWKHDQQXDOcross-country camp at Rockwell Lodge in Luther, Mich.

Its good to be back and fun to be able to run with friends again, senior John Wi-HUHQJDVDLG&URVVFDPSLVGLIFXOWEXWDWthe same time, its not. All we have to do is eat, sleep and run.

This summer, the mens team prepared for their season by running an average of 70 miles a week, while the womens team ran about 45 miles a week.

Training over the summer gets tiring and boring, lots of miles by yourself. I listened to a lot of podcasts, junior Kate Royer said.

At camp, the teams dedicated all of their energy towards running, catching up with friends, meeting the eight incoming fresh-men, and getting to know their new head coach Joseph Lynn.

According to the team, Coach Lynns methods vary from their previous coaches.

%HIRUHFRPLQJWR+LOOVGDOH/\QQFRDFKHGat Missouri State University, a Division I school, and Grand Valley State University. +LVFRDFKLQJSKLORVRSK\LVWRPDNHKLVUXQ-ners stronger.

+H SODFHV D ORW RI HPSKDVLV RQ WDNLQJ\RXUYLWDPLQV+HWROGXVDOOWRJRWR.URJHUand buy iron supplements, Royer said.

Coach Lynn said he wants to train his team to become better athletes overall, not just bet-WHUUXQQHUV+RZHYHUKLVHPSKDVLVRQEXLOG-ing strength has made its mark on the run-ners schedules. In addition to their Monday through Friday afternoon practices, the team now begins running at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday

and Thursday mornings. Their moderate run is then followed by a thorough workout of lifting weights.

Lynn also added practice at 6 a.m. on Sun-day mornings.

This intense regimen is meant to prepare the team both physically and mentally for WKHLU UVW LQYLWDWLRQDO PHHW RQ 6HSW DWMichigan State University.

The womens team is hoping to put in sol-id times to see if their summer training paid off, Royer said.

According to Wierenga, the mens team isnt too worried about the upcoming meet because they see it as a training run.

Its not about being fast right now, its about building a good base. Its a long sea-son, we need to peak when its right, Wi-erenga said.

The season goal for both teams is to qual-LI\IRUWKH1DWLRQDOPHHWLQODWH1RYHPEHU

COACH FORINORESIGNS

Luke DaigneaultCollegian Freelancer

Head Tennis Coach Keith Turner (Breana Noble/Collegian)

Cross-country under new leadershipSavanna Wierenga

Collegian Freelancer

Sophomore Kyra Rodi spikes the ball in a match last sea-son. (Collegian File Photo)

Morgan SweeneySenior Reporter

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The court at the end of the arena will host home basketball games and volleyball matches. 1HZLQGLYLGXDOVHDWLQJVSDQVdegrees around the court and can accommodate up to 2,200 specta-tors.

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cilities now, Brubacher said, making sure to point out the raised platform seating areas and the crows nest.

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$W+D\GHQ3DUNWKHFROOHJHLVbuilding an outdoor practice facil-ity which will include a 330 yard driving range, a putting and chip-ping green, and sand traps.

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And a teaser for all current Chargers: the destruction of the old tennis courts will make room for an indoor turf arena.

While it will mainly be for softball and baseball during the off-season, the possibilities are endless- lacrosse, ultimate fris-bee, soccer- I contend it will be WKH PRVW SRSXODU H[HUFLVH VSDFHon campus in the winter. Students will overrun it, which will be ab-solutely fantastic, Brubacher said.

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Like Bumblee in Trans-formers, Hillsdales weight room is a whole new animal.

Except instead of a grungy 1977 Chevrolet Camaro turning into a sleek, new model, the old gym turned into a pristine state of the art weight room.

It was pretty shocking, se-nior Matt Eltringham said.

In addition to the remod-eled downstairs weight room, the Jesse Philips Arena was re-vamped and renamed the Dawn 7LEEHWWV3RWWHU$UHQDDJROQJpractice facility broke ground in Hayden Park, and locker rooms DQGFRDFKHVRIFHVZHUHDGGHGthroughout the George C. Roche Sports Complex.

The weight room is now termed the JAM in honor of the alumni who gifted the remodel to the college: Jared 10, Aaron 01, and Morgan Veldheer 12.

Theres a sort of fraternity of athletes at Hillsdale and we need to look out for each other, Aaron Veldheer said. It was

also a way of saying thank you for the great education and men-tors that Hillsdale provided us.

7KH-$0IHDWXUHVQHZRRU-ing with a large H in the cen-ter of the room, freshly painted walls, exposed black ceilings, and 25 customized weight sta-tions. The student-athletes mantras Arete (Greek for the pursuit of virtue and excellence) and E.P.E.P. (Every player, every play) are spelled out in white lettering on blue medal at the top of each station.

A weight room is important to all sports, so we knew it would do a lot of good for a great number of teams, Aaron Veldheer said. All three of us love the weight room- a couple of pictures of Jared in the weight room have gone viral- so LWVHHPVWWLQJ

After captaining

the 2009 Hillsdale football team, Jared suited up for the Oakland Raiders for four seasons. This spring he signed as a free agent with the Arizona Cardinals. Jareds older brother Aaron was starting point guard for the Hill-sdale basketball team for three years, and Jareds wife Morgan helped lead some of Hillsdales

most successful volleyball sea-sons, which included winning three consecutive GLIAC con-ference tournaments.

They were both great lead-ers on their team, their paths kind of paralleled in a lot of ways, Aaron said of his brother and sister-in-law.

Arriving for camp on Aug.

WKHIRRWEDOOWHDPZDVUVWWRuse the JAM.

Were really thankful, El-tringham said. Its been a big force of momentum for our team. Going into a new weight room with nice new speakers- theres a lot of positive energy.

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the change has boosted HIFLHQF\ LQteam work-outs.

We can W SOXVguys in there and I can coach the same lift at the same time rather than running from spot to spot, Shref-HUVDLG

The new e q u i p m e n t allows play-ers to do a majority of their workout

without leaving the stations be-cause each contains a squat rack, platform, and bench.

:KLOH KH HQMR\V WKH QDOproduct, football head coach Keith Otterbein said the JAM is not 100 percent completed.

Some fatheads and a really cool sign along the front wall would really be the icing on the cake, Otterbein said. The fat-heads will really make the room pop.

The JAM was built with the varsity athletes in mind. How-ever, it will open to students and the community starting Sept. 4.

Construction on the main stadium in the Dawn Tibbetts Potter Arena is planned to be QLVKHG IRU WKH UVW KRPH YRO-leyball match on Sept. 12. The expected completion date for the rest of the project is Oct. 1, Ath-letic Director Don Brubacher said.

The new additions include a large rock climbing wall that rises at the base of the Fitness Center. The wall will be able to accommodate nine climbers at a

Redshirt sophomore Mark LaPrairie gives us the scoop on how hes feeling about stepping up to the starting quarterback position this fall. How do you feel about start-ing as quarterback?Well, I dont feel a whole lot of pressure; I feel like I eased into it. My true freshman year I didnt have a lot of responsibil-ity, so I had time to get used to college life. The next year I got

to learn the ins and outs of the offense, and thats brought me to where I am now. I am pretty young compared to other play-ers in the league though, so its a balance. How have you prepared for the upcoming season?This off-season I really hit the weights and ran a lot. I gained a lot of weight, and I also threw with a past quarterback at Hills-dale, who was very helpful. Youre a double major in Eco-nomics and Math. How do you balance your academics with football?Theres really not a whole lot of free time, but I took a cou-ple summer classes and came into college with some credits, which made it a little bit easier. Basically it comes down to not wasting time, going to see pro-fessors, and getting as much help as I can. What do you like to do outside

of athletics?Well, I lead Bible study for the football team. Football re-ally tires me out, so I tend to be more of a homebody. But I like to hang out with my friends, be chill, and watch movies. Whats the best football ad-vice youve been given?A sports psychologist talked to our football team last fall during camp who basically said that the athlete needs to slow the game down and prepare mentally in advance. As a quarterback I have to be level-headed, so this really helped me focus on visu-alizing whats going on at the HOGEHIRUHJDPHGD\ If you could play for any pro-fessional team, which would it be?, ZRXOG GHQLWHO\ SOD\ IRU WKHDallas Cowboys. They have a sweet stadium, and they are very iconic. Also my parents used to live in Dallas, so Im pretty fa-miliar with Dallas football.

Who is your favorite football player?I like aspects of a lot of different players. I really like Tim Tebow, mainly for his passion and how vocal he is with his faith. I also like Aaron Rodgers because he throws so effortlessly, and Drew Brees for his leadership. Do you have any pre-game rituals?I havent really come up with one for college yet, but back in high school, our lineback-er coach would always eat a Tootsie pop in the color of the opposing team before a game, and he would give me the wrap-per to stick in my sock. Nowa-days I just focus on keeping calm and socializing with my teammates before the game. What does your celebration dance look like? Coach Otter would probably kill me if I did a celebration dance... but if I could, Id do a

EDFNLS$OWKRXJK FRQVLGHULQJ,FDQWHYHQGRDEDFNLSWREH-gin with, Ill probably just go to the bench. What is something about Coach Otter that people out-side the team dont know about?&RDFK2WWHUOLWHUDOO\GULQNVYHgallons of coffee a day. He car-ries around a big canister full of it. On a more serious note, he really loves us as players. Hes always looking out for our well-being. I really respect him be-cause he keeps his word and is really honest with the team. :KHQGLG\RXUVWVWDUWSOD\-ing football?I started playing football in 7th grade as a running back. Since I was so tall (510), they switched me to tight end, then WRTXDUWHUEDFNLQWKJUDGH,YHplayed that position ever since.Whats your favorite part about the quarterback posi-tion?

Mainly I enjoy the leadership and being in the spotlight. I like the responsibility, with all the control and pressure it brings. I like being able to change plays, and the challenge of maneuver-ing in and out of certain situa-WLRQVRQWKHHOG What are the teams biggest strengths this year?Our strength - which may be VHHQDVDGLVDGYDQWDJHLVGH-nitely our youth, especially on the offensive side of the ball. We have two freshman starters on the line as well; Jake Bull and Dan Drummond really stand out to me as strong con-tributors. People will underes-timate our team since we lost a lot of starters last year, but we arent really rebuilding, we are reloading.

-Compiled by Alex Whitford

4 September 2014

Charger Sports

Charger Chatter: Mark LaPrairie

Much of Hillsdales women tennis team will seem astonishingly familiar this fall.

Composed of seven athletes, the team neither gained incoming freshmen nor graduated any seniors, meaning all members have had previ-ous experience on the team.

We have the same team this year so thats not different, but the thing that is different is that everyone has the experience of playing a full year, which in college tennis means every-thing, head coach Nikki Walbright said. The more experience you have in match play the bet-ter it is.

$IWHUVHFXULQJDVL[WKSODFHQLVKLQWKH*/,-AC conference last season, the team looks for-ward to improving their placing this year.

The team hopes familiarity with college ten-nis matches as well as team dynamics will give them a competitive edge over the other teams. Walbright said because everyone has had expe-rience, they were able to jump straight into pre-season training.

We were able to start and go straight from where we left off last year, Walbright said. There were no new things to learn. Everyone knew exactly what was expected of them.

Senior team captain Morgan Delp said that

she can see the improvement her team has made in the last year.

A lot of our girls really improved their strength on the court, especially our sopho-mores, Delp said. Theyve got a year under their belt and theyve come back a lot stronger now that they know how to lift, and our juniors are stepping into leadership roles as well. Im proud of them all.

Changes with this years schedule will bring its own uniqueness to this season.

Previously, weekend matches tended to last )ULGD\WKURXJK6XQGD\ZLWKIRXUWRYHKRXUVRItennis on each of those days. However with the new schedule, the tournaments tend to be short-ened to two days.

The teams new schedule demanded a new training plan for the summer and pre-season.

Our coach gives us a very rigorous and in-tense training schedule, and I think we did a good job of sticking with it, Delp said.

With the original team and a renewed spirit, WKH&KDUJHUV ORRNIRUZDUGWR WKHLUUVW WRXUQD-ment this coming weekend, Sept. 5-7.

Our motto is fearless this year, Delp said. Because everyone has played all the matches before, there shouldnt be any fear or anxiety. Its just going out there and doing what we know how to do.

Tennis team is fearless this fall

SPORTS FACILITIES: REVAMPED AND RENAMED

Hillsdale College has taken golf to a new level this year, advancing from the statue variety to var-sity.

Thanks to an endowment by Dawn Tibbetts Potter, the college recruited six freshmen, two ju-niors and two seniors to re-establish the team on campus.

The Division II team will compete in the GLI-AC among 15 others in the conference, playing both the fall and spring seasons.

Potential seems to be the overall name of Hill-sdales golf game.

1R SODQ VXUYLYHV UVW FRQWDFW ZLWK WKH HQ-emy, head coach Mike Harner said when asked about expectations for the season.

However, with the expertise of assistant coach Nate Gilchrist and an early season plan to adjust to tournament play, the team hopes to qualify for the conference championship in October.

To prepare for the upcoming season, players were instructed by the coaching staff to play as many amateur tournaments as possib