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Seniors Evan Gage (left) and Emily Goodling (right) were awarded the Fulbright Scholarship and the DAAD, respectively.Gage will spend a year teaching in Turkey while Goodling attends school in Germany. (Photos courtesy of Evan Gage and Rachel

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Seniors Alex Kane, Viktor Rozsa, and Iakov Boyko are three of the four senior physics majors who have been accepa-ted to prestigious graduate programs. Senior Dominic DiGiovanni is not pictured. (Caleb Whitmer/Collegian)

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Toward the end of his senior

year of high school, senior Vik-tor Rozsa wandered into theWashington and Lee Universitylibrary during one of his breaksat a scholarship competition. Sit-ting at one of the tables, one ofhis competitors, senior DominicDiGiovanni, had his nose in Ar-istotles Nicomachean Ethics.Rozsa recognized the material,as he also needed to nish someAristotle reading.

Dom, by any chance are youparticipating at Hillsdales schol-arship weekend next week?

Four years later, the two havenearly completed their time atHillsdale College with a Bach-elor of Science in physics. Theyare two of four seniors graduatingfrom the program this May.

To date, Rozsa is choosing be-

tween seven doctoral programs toattend next year.

Hillsdale was not an obvi-ous choice for studying physics,Rozsa said. But I came here tostudy physics in the Hillsdale ac-

ademic environment, not just forphysics.

Senior Iakov Boyko, an-other graduating physics major,weighed the risk of attendingHillsdale if he was serious about

continuing physics into graduateschool. Originally, the collegesfree-market reputation and statusas the home of the Ludwig vonMises library convinced Boykoto attend the college. Despite his

interest in economics, Boyko de-cided to focus on a major in phys-ics.

Coming to Hillsdale Iknew I was taking a gamble,Boyko said. I knew what was

needed to continue in physics,like research experience. In retro-spect, I think the gamble paid off.I would have said that even if Ididnt get into graduate school.

Boyko spent this past sum-

mer researching at the Universityof Minnesota where he learnedabout the University of Chicagosnew engineering program.

Boyko returned to Hillsdaleand told his classmates that theUniversity of Chicago was ac-cepting applications for its rstengineering program. Rozsa andBoyko applied to the Universityof Chicagos Institute of Molecu-lar Engineering in the fall semes-ter. Both have been accepted.

Senior Alex Kane was con-cerned that his resume withoutsummer research experiencewould negatively affect his grad-uate school application results.But Kanes skepticism was coun-tered by seven offers to doctoralprograms, one of which was histop pick, University of Califor-nia-Davis. He plans to y backhome this upcoming fall to studyin the material science and engi-neering program.

All four men agreed that thesmall class sizes and long labhours created unexpected friend-ships and camaraderie among

Junior Joshua Benjamins ismoving up in the Latin world.

Not only did he take secondplace in the national translationcontests last year in advancedLatin, but this past weekend he

joined about 50 other students ata spoken Latin conference in AnnArbor. No more than ve of thosestudents were undergraduates most were professors.

The conference hosted PapalSecretary of Latin, MonseigneurDaniel Gallagher, former PapalSecretary of Latin, Father Regi-nald Foster, and Professor of Lat-in Jason Pedicone.

I felt very fortunate to bewith these men over the week-end, Benjamins said. FatherFosters pedagogical approach toLatin is inspiring. He is a genius.He doesnt simplify the text at allfor beginning students, but rathergets them to read actual Latinfrom the beginning.

Benjamins isnt exactly a be-ginning student. While he came toHillsdale with only four monthsof self-taught Latin under his belt,he is now one of the more pro -cient students in the department.

You dont see students likeJosh every day, Associate Pro-fessor of Classical Studies Jo-seph Garnjobst said. He is trulyunique. This is actually the rstterm that Ive had him in theclass, but Ive obviously knownof him and worked with him onother projects.

Garnjobst added that, in actu-ality, a large number of Hillsdalestudents, in departments acrosscampus, not just classics, are highachievers. Benjamins is a Latinand history double major. Gar-njobst said there are a couple ofstudents who are double majoring

in the classics department in-cluding junior Andrew Koperskiand senior Emily Goodling and he thinks that cooperation be-tween departments is important.

We do our best work whenwe work together, he said.

Garnjobst added that opportu-nities like the recent Latin confer-ence give students the chance toinvest in pre-professional devel-

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In four years at Hillsdale, Senior Emily Goodling went from

barely speaking German to receiving the DAAD scholarship.Its the equivalent of the Fulbright in Germany, Assistant Pro-fessor of German Fred Yaniga said.

DAAD stands for Deutscher Academischer Austausch Dienst, orGerman Academic Exchange Service.

It is the most prestigious scholarship in international studies,Professor of German Eberhard Geyer said. Im not surprised shegot it. I feel that she is among the best students I have ever had inmy 34 years of undergraduate teaching. We are very proud of her,and the entire school should be proud of her.

Goodling, a double major in classics and German, said she feltboth disbelief and elation when she was notied of the news.

These kinds of things are such a shot in the dark, she said. Youhear that people sometimes get these things, but I never thought thatitd be me. Its the chance of a lifetime.

The DAAD will allow Goodling to study at the graduate level ata university of her choice in Germany. The scholarship provides fora living stipend, insurance coverage, and travel expenses. Tuitionisnt necessary, as all higher education in Germany is free.

In America, were like, We want to be independent! Good-ling said. In Germany, everythings from the government.

The living stipend for last years scholarship was 750 euros a

month. According to Goodling, that number changes, depending onthe location.

Basically, they give me a lot of money, Goodling said. Its notlike Im going to be a millionaire, but its a lot. They really want tomake sure you can afford living there.

Goodling said she plans to study comparative literature.Literature without walls is how Ive heard it described, she

said. Its trans-cultural, trans-historical studies and its across dif-ferent kinds of media. Im planning on getting a degree, but I dontwant to get too specialized yet. I just want to read everything.

Due to renovations in Simp-son Residence that will turnrooms into new common space,the deans have allowed more ris-ing junior men off campus forthe 201415 school year than the

originally reported 51.This has helped to slightly re-

lieve the pinch many men haveexperienced as a result of the ad-ministrations decision to returnNiedfeldt Residence back to amale dorm and the disproportion-ate number of women in the classof 2016.

However, the Simpson reno-vations have not alleviated all is-sues, which Dean of Men AaronPetersen said inevitably arise ev-ery year.

A rare situation occurred whenlast year, as a rising sophomoreJoe Srebernak was granted per-mission to live off campus. Sre-bernak decided to stay on campusand live in the Park Place apart-ments. When he and two other ris-ing juniors decided to make off-campus housing arrangements forthe upcoming school year, Sre-bernak thought there would be noissue. But none of the three menwere granted off-campus permis-sion for next school year, so theyhad to void their lease with land-lord Carolyn Scholeld.

Some students are truly look-ing for that savings and a little bitof freedom and theyre not beingallowed that, Scholeld said.

Scholelds father-in-law,Rodney Scholeld, has been rent-ing a home on Oak Street to col-lege students for six years. Herfather, Frank Hinton, has renteda home nearby for two years, buthad to void a contract with somemale students for next year aswell. This is Carolyn Scholelds

rst year trying to rent her fam-ily home of 14 years to students.She and her husband are in theprocess of building a new housefor her family.

As new landlords, wevenever been involved in the pro-cess, but for our rst time, its dis-couraging, Scholeld said. Weare counting on the revenue.

Other area landlords have

Fulbright scholar Evan Gage DAAD scholar Emily Goodling

Senior Evan Gage will travel to Turkey at the end of summer.

There, he will teach English language and literature, as well asUnited States culture.

The 10-month-long exchange program will be funded by theJ. William Fulbright Student Award one of the most prestigiousawards an undergraduate can receive.

I think about the men and the women who have taught me atHillsdale and the type of people they are, Gage said. I hope thatI can emulate that and create a little sense a small spirit of thatat whatever odd Turkish university I nd myself at.

Gage, a double major in English and History with a religionminor, is a member of the Honors Program. He heard back fromFulbright on Monday, within a half hour of turning in his seniorthesis on Julian of Norwichs Revelations of Divine Love.

The Honors Programs trip to Turkey last summer cultivatedhis interest in the country.

While there, he connected with managers of a Turkish conser-vative political magazine. Depending on where Fulbright placeshim, he may assist scholars with translating the writings of Rus-sell Kirk and Edmund Burke into Turkish in addition to his teach-ing.

Gage said his reason for choosing Turkey, of all places, is two-pronged: he loves the Turkish people and he sees cultural simi-larities and differences between Americans and the Turks that hewants to explore and better understand.

He is interested particularly in exploring Turkeys brand ofcivic religion and in comparing it to the United States.

Seeing a different culture do the things your culture does inorder to propagate a certain identity is fascinating, Gage said. Itmakes you really stop and consider your own cultural identity.

But his interest in Fulbright? That began with Annie Dillard.During last summers trip to Turkey, Gage got lost in the city

of Antayla. He wandered into a bookstore. The stores owner, a

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Judge Edith Jones sits with College President Larry Arnnin Phillips Auditorium. Arnnquestioned Jones on Lawyers, Judges, and the Rule of Law. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

Marji Ross, president of Regnery Publishing spoke lastweek on the topic of How to Write a Best Seller.(Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

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Q & A: Marji RossMarji Ross, president of Reg-

nery Publishing, visited Hills-dale last week and gave a lectureon How to Write a Bestseller.Ross graduated from DartmouthCollege, and earned her mas-ters in journalism from Ameri-can University in Washington,D.C. Regnery hired Ross in1999. Since then, Regnery con-

sistently lands 25 to 30 percentof its books on The New YorkTimes Best Seller List each year.Ross was nominated Womanof the Year by the Clare BoothLuce Policy Institute in 2005 andhas since served on its board.She also serves on the board ofBeth Chai, the synagogue she at-tends with her husband and threedaughters. Compiled by MorganSweeney.

What made you eventuallybecome aware of your conser-vative political leanings?

I started being aware that I waspolitically conservative when Istarted working in journalism,both because I noticed the liberalbias of a lot of the media peoplethat I was working with, but also,

I became very interested in busi-ness journalism, and thats oneof the few places where you ndconservative reporters and edi-tors in mainstream journalism. Iwas really attracted to that it

made sense to me. It resonatedwith my own values and myfamilys values, and so I kind ofcame through the conservativedoor through the economic andnancial conservative avenue.

Your rst job out of collegewas for a woman who owned abusiness in a male-dominatedindustry. What was that like?

She did public relations forconstruction and builders andreal estate companies. All ofher clients were companies runby men. I learned a lot of thingsfrom her, one of which was howto be a peer and an equal as awoman with men in a businessworld without losing your femi-ninity. I have seen women decidethat the only way they could besuccessful in business was to bea man. She didnt do that at all,and she was very successful. Herclients listened to her and tookher very seriously, and yet, shewas gracious and approachedthings from a unique point ofview that most men would nothave approached from. She wasnot afraid to be helpful in what iseasy to misconstrue as a subser-

vient or service kind of position,but in fact, she was making her-self indispensable to those busi-nesses, and they relied on her forvery high-level advice.

You were very successful at

a number of places. What doyou think set you apart fromyour coworkers?

I was often just the hardestworking person in the building.It wasnt that I was smarter orbetter or more skilled, I had justdecided that I was going to be thehardest working person there. SoI would just be as productive as

I possibly could. If somebodysaid, Well, most editors handletwo newsletters, I would say,Well, I can do three. If I couldbe writing special reports and ed-iting a newsletter and ghostwrit-ing a book on the side, great. Icould do it all. It was great ex-perience.

How do you maintain thebalance between family lifeand a demanding job?

My approach to that is to com-bine everything. I dont believein trying to divide your work andyour family. Maybe some peopleare good at that. I am not goodat that. For me, my solution hasbeen to include my family in ev-erything I do .... We talk aboutpolitics, we talk about issues, wetalk about the news, we go into

bookstores. My daughters, sincethey could read, will go into abookstore, look for a Regnerybook, put it up on the shelf, standit up, move the other competi-tion below its a fun game.

And they feel part of what I do.They feel really proud of me andwhat I do, and they feel proudof themselves for understandingsomething, especially when theywere young, for having a littlepart in the adult world.

What did you enjoy mostabout college, and do you haveany advice for Hillsdale stu-

dents about how to make thebest of their four years here?

I think its really importantnot to be one-dimensional, if youcan. And, even if you absolutelylove your classes and your majorand all of the things youre tak-ing, its really important to havesomething else that youre pas-sionate about that you do in yourspare time, even if its just so thatyou can appreciate the differencebetween your schoolwork andsomething else.

At Hillsdale, you have aunique environment anyway be-cause the curriculum is so terricand meaningful. You can trulyenjoy the classwork as well as allof the other extracurricular ac-tivities that are available to you.

If you had to describe your

successes to someone else in asentence or two, what wouldyou say?

Im proud of my daughters.Im proud of the books wevepublished.

Hillsdale Academys totalACT average this year was 29.1,more than eight points higherthan the national average andmore than nine points higher thanthe Michigan high school aver-age.

Students at the acad-emy have been admitted toschools such as Harvard Uni-versity, Princeton University,the University of Pennsylva-nia, the University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill,Stanford University, and theUniversity of Notre Dame, inaddition to Hillsdale Collegeand the University of Michi-gan.

Our upper school stu-dents take four years of thesciences, mathematics, Latin,

history, and literature, Acad-emy Headmaster Ken Calvertsaid. These classes are non-negotiable, so that we can besure that every student gradu-ates with a solid foundationof knowledge.

Deanna Ducher is the col-lege counselor at the acad-emy and teaches upper-levelcivics and economics in Ameri-can history. She has been thecounselor to past senior classes,seeing two students off to Princ-eton, one to Harvard, and manymore to Hillsdale and Michigan.

Hillsdale Academy studentsare different, because they get thehabits of learning very quickly,Ducher said. Yes, they need tobe taught, but they manage the

high expectation of homeworkfound at the school.

Ducher said many collegesnd the primary source document

focus of the academy attractive,something she focuses on in herown class and not lost on teachersof other subjects. This allows thestudents to understand events inhistory in their historical context.

I would say that, often, stu-

dents are as strong in college asthey were in high school, Duch-er said.

Anna Saewert, the collegesadmissions counselor for easternMichigan, agreed with Ducher onwhy academy students are attrac-tive to colleges.

Overall, academy studentswho attend Hillsdale College

have a unique opportunity tocontinue more deeply the growththey have begun through theschools rigorous curriculum,

which values the classical andbiblical virtues, critical thought,and importance of community, asthe college does, Saewert said.

Saewert also explained howthe traditional documents and

Western tradition of studywithin the academy makethem perfect for Hillsdale Col-lege, as it prepares them forthe similar course load offeredat the college. Academy stu-dents are often highly involvedin clubs and extracurriculars atthe college, including music,theatre, and athletics.

They balance active extra-curricular schedules with theirdifcult course load, and theycreate sports teams, musicgroups, and productions as atight-knit community, Saew-ert said.

Students graduating fromthe academy and secondaryschool are employed in manyelds, such as education, law,and medical practice.

We do not believe thatgood test scores make one hu-man, Calvert said. Humani-ty comes in understanding that

God has given us reason and thatGod has called us to seek Himand that which is good. Out ofthis philosophy come graduateswho are sought after by some ofthe best colleges and universitiesin the nation Hillsdale fore-most among them.

Academy scores on ACT

Arnn, judge discuss law

YAF PUSHES SAGA REFORM

Senior speaks atpolitical conference

College President LarryArnn hosted a Q&A sessionwith Judge Edith Jones in Phil-lips Auditorium on Tuesdaynight. Jones, currently chiefjudge of the U.S. 5th CircuitCourt of Appeals, was appoint-ed by President Ronald Reagan

in 1985 and is a former WhiteHouse Fellows Commission-er and former member of theNational Bankruptcy ReviewCommission.

This week, Jones has beenon campus teaching a class toundergraduates and giving stu-dents a chance to learn fromher 29 years of experience asa federal judge. Tuesdays talk,which included questions fromboth Arnn and members ofthe audience, was on the topicLawyers, Judges, and the Ruleof Law.

Arnn introduced Jones asfamous to people who careabout the law and think it meanssomething real. The judge de-scribed her conservative stanceon the rule of law and the func-

tion of the judicial branch in theU.S. government.

The proper relationship ofthe court is to apply the Consti-tution within certain constraintsof what has already gone be-fore, Jones said. Try to be asconsonant with the proper prin-ciples of democratic govern-ment as possible.

Jones also discussed her lifeas an appellate judge in the 5thCircuit, which covers cases in

Louisiana, Mississippi and Tex-as. Jones sees a great variety ofcases, sitting all year-round andparticipating in about 450 ap-peals per year.

We get criminal law, we getimmigration law, we get com-mercial law, we get admiraltylaw. We get as wide a variety asthe Supreme Court does, Jonessaid.

Students planning to pursuecareers in law particularly ap-preciated Jones description ofclerks, who assist and receivetraining from judges.

A good clerk is somebodywho has a zeal for the law,Jones said.

She also stressed the impor-tance of the ability to work hard.

Theyre going to have allsorts of subjects thrown at themof which they know nothing,she said. So I teach them a lit-tle bit, send them off to research

and hope for the best.Senior Brett Wierenga, who

attended the event, said her de-scription of clerkship was hisfavorite part of the talk. Ive al-ways been interested in institu-tional clerkship, he said. Andfrom this, it sounds fantastic.This has been totally conrmingin that regard.

Overall, Jones talk receivedan enthusiastic response fromthe audience.

Id love for her to come andspeak to the graduate students aswell, graduate student Saman-tha Strayer said. Its so refresh-ing to hear somebody articulatetheir beliefs. I hear the Found-ers in the back of my mind andI love that.

Although Jones said she isoften publicly criticized for herbeliefs, she noted that conictamong other judges and her-self when hearing cases is rare.

Rather, the three-judge pan-els do not often argue amongstthemselves.

Id say on 98 percent of cas-es, all three judges will agree,Jones said. People assume thatall the federal courts are rifewith political discord, but that isnot the case with the vast major-ity of cases. At a certain level,we all believe in the law andwe all operate on pretty muchshared principles. Theres stilla lot of substance to the way inwhich we do the law.

In general, Jones is optimis-tic about the future.

Despair is a sin, Jones toldArnn. Therefore, one has anobligation in whatever era onelives through to stand up forright principles. Our triumphmay be decades away, but un-less you start a ght, yourenever going to win a ght.

Senior Abigail Schultztraveled to Las Vegas lastweekend to deliver a speechat the Republican JewishCoalition spring leadershipconference. Schultz vol-unteered one year ago atthe same leadership semi-nar before interning withthe grassroots organiza-tion, founded in 1985, this

past summer at its nationalheadquarters in Washing-ton, D.C.

I love the work that theydo. It hits close to home,obviously, being a conser-vative and a Jew, Schultzsaid. They asked me towrite a speech this sum-mer, and they were thinkingabout using it. Then, at the

beginning of thi s year, theyasked me if I would givethe speech and attend Ve-gas and help there over the

weekend.Schultz gave her speechwith another student whointerned at the CoalitionsCalifornia office last sum-mer. They shared what theCoalition means to them,as well as their ideas abouthow to get their generationinvolved in the RJCs mis-sion: connecting Repub-lican leadership with theJewish community and vice

versa.I think its really hard

to be Jewish, and I thinkits really hard to be a con-servative and a Republican,especially in times like thiswhen its the cooler thing to

be l iberal , Schultz said. Ithink having RJC and mak-ing it readily accessible foryounger people is exactlythe step that they need.

Many big names in poli-tics spoke at the confer-ence, including WisconsinGov. Scott Walker, OhioGov. John Kasich, New Jer-sey Gov. Chris Christie, andformer Vice President DickCheney. Missouri Rep. Bil-ly Long served as the MCfor Saturday nights events.Long introduced Schultzand Zobel.

When they finished theirspeech, they introducedSheldon Adelson, the topdonor of the 45,000-mem-

ber RJC, and the eighth

richest man in the world.Hes a Republican Jew,

and hes just so passion-ate about the cause, so thatwas very exciting that wegot to introduce him andshake his hand and presenthim on stage, Schultz said.Thats something I willnever forget.

Young Americans for Free-dom held a meeting Sundaynight for students to discuss theschools meal plan policy andtheir ideas for reform. Somestudents think that the require-ment to purchase a meal plan isunfair and want to change thelong-standing policy.

It has to do with nanc-es, Financial Aid DirectorRich Moeggenberg said. Wecouldnt have a meal optionwithout having students on themeal plan to make it economi-cally feasible.

YAF thinks that having morecompetition for students fooddollars will increase quality andlet students save money.

The reason that YAF is in-volved is that students dont

have the option to opt out ofa plan, junior Nathan Brand,president of YAF, said at a plan-ning meeting Sunday night thatattracted about 25 students.Our intention is to free kids andlet them do what they want.

Brand organized the meeting,the rst step in his campaign tochange college policy, when hesaw that the mandatory mealplan pol icy conicts with someof YAFs core values individ-ual freedom and free markets.

He and the other ofcers inYAF began doing research intothe history of Saga Inc.s rela-tionship with the college, thenature and details of its con-tract, renewable yearly, and the

thoughts of college administra-tors from the presidents anddeans ofces.

Currently, students are re-quired to purchase a full mealplan each semester for theKnorr Dining Room, costingfrom $2,100 to $2,270 stu-dents can save $170 by switch-ing to 15 meals per week or 150meals per semester and takingless Charger Change to use atA.J.s Caf and Jitters Cof-fee Cart. Off-campus studentsmay choose a smaller plan for$1,525.

Brand does not want to fo-cus on complaining about foodquality, and insists that YAFspriority is g etting students moreoptions, especially the ability toopt out of buying a meal plan atall.

We are trying to do what wecan as a student body, in a way

that doesnt polarize, Brandsaid. Saga is a byproduct ofthe administrations policies re-garding food at this school. Wesee the mandate as creating thequality issues.

YAFs rst step was a peti-tion, to get some momentumbehind their campaign. Theyset out tables at lunch Monday,Tuesday, and Wednesday of thisweek to ask students to sign thepetition asking for a removal ofthe required meal plan.

Were not here to createproblems, Brand said. Werehere to bring attention to the is-sue.

Saga Food Service, Inc. wasrst formed in 1954 and ser-viced many clients in the Mid-

west. Marriott International,Inc. purchased the company in1984, and sold it in 1998. It wasreincorporated as Saga Inc., do-ing business as Hillsdale Din-ing Services, which has beenin charge of all of the collegesfood service since 1998.

Saga General Manager Kev-in Kirwan declined to commenton YAFs effort s.

The ability to offer a bet-ter product and the communitybuilding that the curre nt systemallows are two reasons Dean ofMen Aaron Petersen gave forthe mandatory meal plan. Hesays that the school yearly re-views their options for food ser-vice, and they are open to sug-gestions.

If there are good and eco-nomical ideas and recommenda-tions to review for our meal planofferings, were always open to

that discussion, he said.Some students are wary ofthe methods YAF is using, in-cluding junior Rachel Yerke.

I agree with the possibilityof reforming the meal plan, shesaid, but thats something thathas to take place between theadministration and Saga, withstudent input, because the con-tract is between them.

Brand also plans to workwith Student Federation butthinks YAF might be better ableto get changes from the admin-istration.

Student Fed has their handstied, he said. We have a littlemore exibility.

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FALLPULLIAMFELLOWANNOUNCED

The Dow Journalism Program presents journalist David Satter as the fall 2014 Eugene C. Pulliam

Visiting Fellow. Satter recently became the rst American journalist to be expelled from Russia since theCold War.

He will be on campus from Oct. 6-17 to give a public lecture and teach a one-credit course.

Satter graduated from the University of Chicago, where he served as the editor of the college newspa-

per, The Chicago Maroon. He worked as the Moscow correspondent for the Financial Times for six years,and later served as the special correspondent on Soviet affairs for The Wall Street Journal.

He has written three books on Russia and the Soviet Union, is afliated with the Hudson Institute,Johns Hopkins University, and the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia. He is currently an

adviser to the Russian Service of Radio Liberty.

Evan Brune

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SpotlightIn the article, Japanese anime,Narnia, and interstellar travel,

Public Service Librarian LindaMoore is referred to as LindaBrown.

The Collegian regrets this error.

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REGENCYBALLTHISFRIDAY

Neckties are tied and stockings are donned as the Cravats & Bluestockings prepare for the annual

Regency Ball, set to take place this Friday from 711 p.m. in the Old Snack Bar.Senior Audrey Gray, prime minister of the Cravats and Bluestockings, said that the Regency Ball is

an annual event that gives students the opportunity to participate in English country dancing, food, and

period costumes.

The ball is always very well attended, she said. Each dance is taught by a caller and then practicedbefore the music is added. Even participants with no dance experience are able to quickly pick up thesteps and have an absolutely wonderful time.

Sophomore Anna Talcott, head of the food preparation, said that the food is based on Regency-erarecipes, including cucumber sandwiches, tarts, a tuna bowl, scones, mini quiches, and cheesecakes.

The adviser for the group, Assistant Professor of English Lorraine Eadie, said that students shouldattend the ball because it gives them the opportunity to rediscover the importance of this type of social

encounter.

This ball is devoted to celebrating an era, Eadie said. There is a certain formality, a sense of ritualto dancing and to dating.This is a ball that reminds us what signicant consequences can result from thatone meaningful encounter, that one special dance.

Besides the ball, the group also hosts events such as the Naval Battle, Christmas Caroling, Cider on

the Quad, and the weekly StudentProfessor Teas.

Emma Vinton

On the Greek Scene

Alpha Tau Omega

Alpha Tau Omega is hosting its annual beach party on April 4. Tickets are $1 if purchased in advance, and$2 at the door. All proceeds go to those affected by muscular dystrophy.

Pi Beta Phi

Thank you to everyone who donated to Pi Beta Phis book drive in March! We collected 584 childrensbooks that will be donated to local elementary schools.

Sigma Chi

Sigma Chi is holding a cookout for philanthropy from 4-8 p.m. today. All funds raised go toward ChildAbuse Prevention Awareness.

Kappa Kappa Gamma

We want to give a huge thank you to the Panhellenic council for all of your hard work this week! Also,thank you to Chi Omega and Pi Beta Phi for a great Greek Week 2014. Good luck, ladies!

Detailing the news and events of Hillsdales Greek houses

YAF ATTENDSREGIONALCONFERENCE

Thirty Hillsdale students attended the Young Americans for Freedom Regional Conference titled A

Time for Choosing in Grand Rapids, Mich., last weekend.

YAF President Nathan Brand said it helped that the conference was close to Hillsdale.

This is the rst time weve had one in Grand Rapids, Brand said. There was one last year in Co -

lumbus, Ohio, that a few of us went to. Its a regional one, so it just draws regionally. This was the most

Hillsdale students weve had go to one so far.

Sophomore Christy Allen said the purpose of the YAF conferences is to show conservative students

how to combat liberalism on college campuses.

It was called A Time for Choosing, so it was about choosing how you want to market the conservativemessage and how to go about spreading the conservative values, Allen said.

Attendees heard from a lineup of conservative speakers, including Allen West, Annette Kirk, Ken Cuc-

cinelli, and Father Sirico of the Acton Institute. Freshman McLain Driver, who also attended the confer-

ence, decided Father Sirico was his favorite speaker.

Father Sirico was absolutely brilliant, Driver said. Hes like a Catholic Dr. Bauman. He talked about

morality and law. Its not something you often hear from politicians. It was quite refreshing to hear.

Kate Patrick

GOAL PROGRAMHOSTSVOLUNTEERWEEK

The GOAL Program is asking students to participate in National Volunteer Week April 8-12. Their ser-

vice projects will include building a fence, cleaning up a mobile home park, and renovating and cleaningmultiple parks. The week will commence with a picnic for all volunteers.

This is kind of a pilot run. We would love to see it be successful and bridge that gap, not only toHillsdale, but to the nearby communities as well, said senior and GOAL Program Director Travis Cook.

Cook is co-leading the undertaking with Jakia Fuller, AmeriCorps VISTA national service member.Fuller plans to involve middle and high school students in volunteering with the college students. They

hope to make it an annual event.

Cook hopes 100 students will participate.

Success is not only the quantitative results of having 100 people but also seeing the joy on peoplesfaces and seeing them have a good time, meet new people, and come out wanting to do the same thing

again.

Casey Harper

SORORITIESKICKOFFGREEKWEEK

Hillsdales sororities will nish their Greek Week competition Friday with events including three-leggedracing and hula hooping. The fraternities will kick off their competition with a chariot race Monday.

Both the sorority and fraternity Greek Weeks see the Greek houses compete in a series of events.

Points are earned for winning 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place in an event, said junior Eleanor Fina, president of thePanhellenic Council. The house with the most points at the end of the week wins.

Its a time for the sororities to all come together and have a lot of fun, Fina said.According to InterFraternity Council President senior Patrick Davenport, Mondays chariot race is an-

other part of this effort. Reading an old issue of The Collegian archived in the library, he discovered thatchariot races were featured in fraternity Greek Weeks in the late 1970s and early 1980s and decided toresurrect the tradition.

Fraternity houses will build chariots, to be pulled by two men with one riding. They will race four laps

around the parking lot behind the Suites at 5 p.m. Monday. Davenport said students are encouraged to

come watch and that the event will feature a Saga Inc. meal exchange cookout open to campus.

Walker Mulley

opment.Generally speaking, getting

a masters or Ph.D. means do-ing scholarship and high-levelresearch if not as a career,then in graduate school, he said.Thats a huge commitment. Wewould rather have students gointo that situation knowing fullwell what they need to do andwhat is expected of them.

The conference provided achance for Benjamins to speakLatin aloud when reading, dis-

cussing, and translating the po-etry of the ancients.I had never done spoken Lat-

in before the conference, Ben-

jamins said, but Im at the pointwhere I know the grammar. Itsa matter of translating the gram-matical knowledge I have intouent speech.

While this may seem a daunt-ing class, Benjamins has alreadyhad experience in spoken French,Spanish, and German, all ofwhich aid him in pursuing spo-ken Latin.

In addition to his recent tripto Ann Arbor, Benjamins alsoearned the privilege of present-ing a paper at the Eta Sigma PhiNational Convention April 11-13.A version of the paper, which isbroadly about reading and con-version in Augustines Confes-sions, was also accepted for the

American Philological Associa-tion, which will meet in January2015.

Benjamins plans to pursue

graduate studies in classics, al-though he hasnt yet chosen aschool. This summer he plansto study abroad for a week anda half in Italy on the TheodoreBedrick Scholarship. His favoritepart of learning the language ofLatin is the literature it opens upfor him.

It is a fantastic experienceto be able to encounter literaturein its original language, becausethere are so many dimensions tothe poetry that you cant fully ap-preciate unless you have somegrasp of the language, he said.I would say it is not dead yet.There are a lot of people whostill speak Latin and love the lan-guage.

The road to the DAAD startedGoodlings freshman year.

On her third day at Hillsdale,Goodling ran into Yaniga at thefreshman ice cream social atPresident Larry Arnns house.Goodling had fallen in love withGerman opera in her senior yearof high school, and brought thetopic up to Yaniga.

He started talking aboutRichard Wagner and I was like,

What universe is this? Good-ling said.

Yaniga said Goodling alsobrought up the topic of Germannovelist Thomas Mann.

She told me she wanted toread his works in German some-day, he said. It seemed unreal-istic to me, but I told her to take aGerman class.

Prior to her rst year at Hill-sdale, Goodling had very little

experience with German. Shesigned up for her rst Germanclass in the second semester ofher freshman year. Her only otherlanguage experience came fromlearning Latin and Greek in highschool.

It was the rst time I had everlearned a modern language, shesaid. It was frustrating and ex-hilarating at the same time. WithLatin and Greek, there isnt anact of creation. With modernlanguages, you are creating andcommunicating with people. Itslike, Im having an interaction!Im making myself understood!

Goodling jumped from 101 to201 and from there to upper-levelGerman classes.

Its really amazing, Yanigasaid. She has a real talent forlanguages. She wrote a fantastichonors paper in German for us.She writes exceptionally well-crafted papers. Shell be no push-over in graduate school. I havehigh expectations of success.

Goodling said her ultimategoal is to teach.

To me, giving other peoplethe chance to have a voice isamazing, she said. I mean, ithappened to me. I would be hon-ored to give something back in ateaching position.

Geyer said the faculty alsohopes Goodling will pursueteaching.

With a masters degree incomparative literature, shell beable to cherry-pick any Ph.D.program in North America, hesaid. The faculty is condentthat she will, in not such a longtime, join our ranks.

For now, Goodling said shes

still overwhelmed with the newsof the award.I came here and I worked

hard, and I was never expectingthat hard work to pay off as muchas it did, she said. I still cantreally believe it. Its humbling.

found more success in the mar-ket. The manager of Tack Prop-erties said that this coming yearwill be the fourth year for stu-dents to rent his two propertieson Park and McClellan Streets.He said there was a bit of a learn-ing curve in terms of understand-ing the timing of the collegesprocess.

For as many years as wevedone it, weve only done it bytwo different methods: either cur-

rent tenants are staying and havefound friends, or we advertise inthe dean of mens and dean ofwomens ofce, the manager atTack Properties said.

Glen Ziegler and his ex-wiferented up to 10 properties overthe past 15 years, including the

Yellow Apartments on FayetteStreet.I think landlords like it when

a name is issued, Petersen said.It has a positive reputation oncampus.

Throughout the years, Zieglerhas had vacancies in his units,but has not noticed a dramaticincrease or decrease in studentslooking to rent or in available

units. He said it has been steadyon both sides.

Petersen attributed successfulrentals to location, condition ofthe unit, and price, and said thatcommunicating availability withhis ofce is smart as well.

Ziegler emphasized that cru-

cial to success in the rentingbusiness, which he also admittedwas very hard work, is commu-nication and transparency amongtenants, parents, himself, and theschool.

I like working with the col-lege students and knowing theirfamilies, Ziegler said. I like tokeep my focus college-centric.

Turkish man named Kamal, triedGerman, French, and Turkish be-fore settling on English, and thetwo began talking.

Eventually, Kamal askedGage what authors he liked. Gage

replied, Annie Dillard.Kamal said, Ah, and we had

this moment, Gage told the Col-legian. Then he said, You mustmeet my American friends.

One of these friends was aFulbright scholar, and that night,during a party at Kamals house,Kamal gave a toast that Gagemight return to Turkey. The restof the group joined in and en-couraged Gage to do an ETA, orEnglish Teaching Assistant.

Which he is now doingthrough Fulbright.

Id say this is probably oneof the highest academic achieve-ments that an undergraduate stu-dent can be awarded, said As-sistant Professor of German FredYaniga. The Fulbright name

alone is something which willescort these students throughouttheir professional careers theiracademic careers especially.

Yaniga is Hillsdales campusFulbright adviser. He assists stu-dents applying for Fulbright andorganizes on-campus interviews.

Gage was one of six Hillsdalestudents to apply for Fulbright

this year. They appeared beforeYaniga, Assistant Professor ofEnglish Patricia Bart, and Profes-sor of Philosophy Jim Stephens,who all constituted this yearsFulbright campus committee.

They forwarded the inter-views results to Fulbrights NewYork ofce. In January, Gage wasinformed he made it through therst round of cuts.

Fulbright annually gives out1,900 grants to students andyoung professionals for exchangeprograms in 140 countries world-wide. After the rst round of cuts,the New York ofce sends appli-cations to the Fulbright programsof these other countries.

Each applicant gears their ap-plication to a particular country.

For Gage, that country was, ofcourse, Turkey.

Associate Professor of Histo-ry Richard Gamble said he thinksGage got Fulbright in part due tohis travel in Turkey but also, ofall things, his natural party-plan-ning ability.

Fulbright scholars must beAmerican cultural ambassa-

dors to their host countries, ac-cording to the programs website.Gage will be expected to engagewith Turkish culture, while alsoexposing Turks to the UnitedStates.

That will include teachingconversational English and host-ing events and parties, Gamblesaid.

Hes just a natural at hostingthese kind of events and makingpeople feel at home and feel likean integrated part of a commu-nity, Gamble said.

After Turkey, Gage plans onteaching or attending graduateschool. He would like to, some-day, start a classical school.

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There comes a point inevery Hillsdale studentscollege career when Imtired becomes an accept-able substitute for goodor ok as an answer to thequestion How are you?Its a sort of ller reply, anacknowledgement of thecourtesy of the questionwithout presuming a level ofintimacy in the relationshipwhich might permit the trulysordid details of your latestacademic quagmire.

In my experience, thispoint arrives a little afterthe period of freshman yearwherein you realize thatyour weekend plans willnearly always begin withhomework.

Perhaps the strangestthing about this is that it

doesnt seem strange at all. Hillsdale is a weirdly hardwork-ing place. Constantly surrounded by the paradigm of judi-cious scholarly activity, we lose sight of exactly how hard weare working.

I confess, I like a challenge. As a freshman, the rst Satur-day I spent sequestered in a Purgatory study room brought acertain satisfaction. I had wrestled with the Heritage Readerand proved my mettle as a student. There is a certain satis-faction in diligence, in grappling with tasks and completingthem.

Yet this is a passing pleasure.Now, when I look around at my fellow classmates, a heavy

dose of discipline has often replaced the joy of diligence. Per-haps some of this is to be expected. The novelty of studywears off and is replaced by a routine. Rather than a chal-lenge, high expectations risk becoming just hard.

This is the point which I nd worrisome. How does a stu -dent maintain her intellectual curiosity when confronted by

her education? Is there something wrong with a course loadwhich ends with the seniors staring at each other like shell-shocked World War I veterans, unaware of the brutality oftheir own humor, all echoing the same refrain: Im tired?

Here the fatigue is mental, not physical. And while manystudents would refer to their senioritis and grin, they use theword strangely. In general usage, senioritis is a willful slack-ing off in anticipation of graduation. Whats strangest is thatfew students use it in such a fashion.

Rather, senioritis has come to refer to a sort of academicfatigue. Its a weariness of having been weighed and foundwanting for years on end, a fatigue of throwing yourselfagainst an impossible standard, of struggling to get betterwithout ever being good enough.

There is a lot of learning going on, but the liberal artscould be lost. Josef Pieper warned in his book on leisure andculture that the world of work begins to become - threatensto become - our only world, to the exclusion of all else. Thedemands of the working world grow ever more total, grasp -ing ever more completely the whole of human existence.

He argued that the basis of culture comes from leisure. But

is there time for leisure? Or was it killed, buried in the crushof academic writing, or suffocated under a small avalanche ofnecessary outside reading? Has it drowned in the sea of inkexpended copying out ashcards?

Hillsdale throws a veritable intellectual banquet before itsstudents, but we hazard swallowing it so quickly we lack thetime to fully digest what we have been served. There needs to

be a moment in the crush of studying for reection, for a lifeoutside of academics.

An education so rigorous as to send forth graduates toojaded to interact with culture is fundamentally awed. We aresupposed to save the republic or something like that, using allof the vast potential we have stored up. But after semesters of70 pages of writing or more, who still wants to?

This is the saddest part of the equation. Isnt it a sorrything to take a curious, hardworking student and push her tothe point where all she can say is Im tired?

Properly understood, a Hillsdale education must includean ample amount of silliness, of wonder, of unexpected mo-ments. Without a sense of leisure, we could become too tiredto live out the education we have worked so hard to gain.

Some Republican fat cats aretrying to coax former FloridaGov. Jeb Bush brother andson to two former presidents into making a bid for the WhiteHouse. Democrats have beenless subtle. Theyve created asuper PAC called Ready for Hill-ary, which is only slightly lessobvious a gesture than construct-ing a giant neon sign readingRun, Hillary, Run.

For obvious reasons, thesedevelopments have generated alot of discussion about politicaldynasties in America. Thats un-derstandable. After all, in a dem-ocratic republic, the prospect ofdynasties should make everyone

at least a little uncomfortable.

Populists of the left and theright like to focus on the moresinister problems of dynasties the suspicion that the elites haverigged the system in favor of afew powerful families. It some-times sounds like were discuss-ing lines of European nobilityswapping out turns on the throne.But in America, where leadershave to run for ofce, a moreuseful way to think about dynas-ties might be to think of them as

brand names.In chaotic and confusing mar-

ketplaces, brand names are auseful shortcut. People buy stufffrom Apple because they thinkthey know what theyll get fromApple. The same goes for Kenne-dys, Bushes, Clintons and, these

days, Pauls. (If Rand werent theson of Ron, his political personawould be very different.)

From this perspective, the ef-fort to lump the Clintons and theBushes into the category of po-litical dynasties tends to distractus from the very real differencesin their brands.

Lets start with Jeb Bush. Foryears conservatives have quietlyspoken of how we elected thewrong Bush in 2000. Jebs na-tional reputation on the right wasalways better than Georges, atleast outside of Texas. But Jeblost his rst bid for Florida gov-ernor and that ruined the timingfor him. As a result, George W.was able to successfully trade onthe value of the Bush brand rst.

The trouble is, fairly or un-

fairly, that brand is tarnished.Among the rank and le of theGOP particularly among TeaParty types no one wants tosee another Bush on the ballot.Its not unimaginable that a Bushnomination would spark a sig-nicant third-party movement onthe right.

Bushs problems arent entire-ly attributable to his last name.For instance, to conservativegrassroots activists, his supportfor the education reform Com-mon Core is a major black mark.But, all other things being equal,the bar would be much lower forhim if his last name were Smith.

Things are very different forHillary Clinton. At least withinher party, the name Clinton is

nothing but an asset. She benetsnot only from her husbands suc-cesses but also from the sympa-thy for her generated by his per-sonal failures.

More intriguingly, shes aidedby many of Barack Obamas fail-ures, too. If Obamas presidencyhad been more of a success, theleft wing of the Democratic Partymight balk at giving Team Clin-ton another shot. Her positioningto Obamas right in the primariesis largely why she lost.

But after two terms of partisangridlock and anemic economicgrowth, Clinton the technocrat is

palatable, particularly given theburning desire to elect a femalepresident.

The dynamic would likely

change dramatically in a gen-

eral election. As the Democrat-ic nominee, Obamas failureswould instantly become a prob-lem for Clinton, particularly onforeign policy and health care.And the Clinton brand name be-comes at best a mixed bag, giventhat it wouldnt take long for theGOP to remind Washington-wea-ry voters of the sordidness of theClinton presidency. Hillary Clin-ton is a much worse campaignerthan her husband, and given heromnipresence in American lifefor more than two decades, itshard to see how she could sellherself as a fresh start.

Its less clear how well Bushwould do as a nominee. Assum-ing he could keep the Tea Partyright from bolting (a big assump-

tion that might require puttingTed Cruz or Rand Paul on theticket), Bush would have a lotof appeal to independents and asignicant number of Latinos.Ironically, running against Clin-ton would make things easier forhim because only in comparisonto her (or Joe Biden) would yetanother Bush seem like a freshstart.

(Jonah Goldberg is a fellow atthe American Enterprise Instituteand editor-at-large of National

Review Online. You can write tohim in care of this newspaper orby e-mail at goldbergcolumn@

gmail.com, or via Twitter @Jo-nahNRO.)

From the Archives:Bigfoot sightings disputed

An anonymous complaint presumably from a Hillsdale stu-dent inspired an unannouncedvisit to Saga Inc. from the healthinspector this week, according toa Saga employee. Both the dininghall itself and A.J.s Cafe were

found up to code. The anony-mous tipster can rest assured thathis or her food is prepared safely.

What a happenstance we ndourselves in. In the same year ourcampus food service has beefedup its quality, a student organi-zation seeks to change the entiresystem, as Chris McCaffery re-

ported in the News section. WhenYoung Americans for Freedomcompares Sagas mandated meal

plan with Obamacare, they ig-nore hard truths about the natureof contracted, private association.

YAFs crusade is spearheadedby complaints of the mandated

meal plans and the food qualityat the hands of Saga.

Its important to keep in mindthat complaints about the man-date and quality of food cannot

be separated. If the mandate isdropped, Saga loses income and

can do less with what it takes in.As a business, the quality is oftentied to income. If Saga takes a hitincome wise, they take a hit withthe level of quality they could

produce.Another link between the

mandate and food quality can befound in the concept of econo-mies of scale, or cost advantagesdue to large scale operations. Thecost advantages of a large scaleoperation are difcult to achievefor any food provider. One of themain reasons almost every stu-dent must purchase a meal planis due to that difculty. Saga hasreached some level of cost ad-vantage. It can make more off asalad they sell than I could if Iwent and bought the ingredientsat a grocery store. However, itsadvantage is not enough to pro-vide the whatever quality mealYAF is seeking.

YAF also asserts that studentsand their parents are best at mak-ing their own nutrition related de-cisions. This is hardly a revolu-tionary idea. At any given meal,hundreds of combinations createa balanced healthy meal, and weas students come up with most ofthem. If even then, our nutritionalneeds are not being met, parentsand doctors are involved to dem-onstrate need for specially pre-

pared food. The variety studentsexperience is only available due

to the forethought of the foodservice to organize and preparethe foods to be put out. At anygiven meal, dozens of workershelp improve the dining experi-ence by keeping counters clean,wiping and re-wiping tables,

stocking dishes, replacing food,the list goes on. On holidays, andyes, even opening day for the Ti-gers, extra planning and expensegoes into festive meals that wewouldnt have otherwise.

All three of these factors, plusthe fact that the school only has1400 students, create high coststhat lower the prot margin andmake it difcult for the increasein quality being called for byYAF and their supporters. To ar-gue that we need only to nd anew provider, inject some com-

petition, neglects that the newprovider would also face thesefactors in operations.

As already expressed aboutquality, it does exist in the dininghall. But much like its difcultto call the ingredients of peanut

butter and jelly splayed on yourcounter quality, its difcult tocall the myriad options down-stairs worthy of Michelin stars.Taking any chance to apply eco-nomics, Im going to invoke theinformation problem at this junc-ture. Food planners have verylittle idea of the exact cravingseach one of us has at any giventime. Their solution is to put outa few prepared meals and thengive us free rein of a number ofother food components to satisfyour wants.

Therefore, in the end, we makeour own choices. We choose to

come here. We choose to put upwith cafeteria food for four years.We choose which meal plan is

best for us. We choose what weeat every day. We can also chooseto do something to change ourcurrent situation, which is what

YAF is so valiantly working on.Whether seeking change in sucha manner is a wise choice has yetto be decided.

One last item of note: A fewseparate incidents with lettucein A.J.s and Saga have spurredfervent debate and straight-upwhining. In response to that, I of-fer the fact that, in the A.J.s case,the lettuce was delivered cut andwashed from the supplier, as it isdownstairs. This is contributed tothe wonders of mass production,a process which is by no meansfree of mistakes. Theres up toan average of 60 or more insectfragments per 100 grams, accord-ing to The Food Defect ActionLevels report by the FDA. At thesame time, any other method ofextracting lettuce for consump-tion is vulnerable to mistake.This makes arguing for a newfood provider here on campus,well, fruitless. Theres no guar-antee choosing a new providerwould solve this problem.

Our time is precious here, weare students rst and foremost,and having someone else preparemost, if not all, of our meals is di-viding the labor in such a way tohelp us excel in our occupation.

I say, let those who accusefalsely and fail to look at thewhole picture, eat cake.

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ATTENDHONORSTHESESPRESENTATIONSTHEOPINIONOFTHECOLLEGIANEDITORIALSTAFF

The senior honors students,mentally humming the Chariotsof Fire theme, made the trium-

phant trek from the library toDelp Hall on Monday. In the box

outside of director of the hon-ors program Richard Gamblesofce, they deposited their still-warm theses, the culmination ofmonths, possibly years, of re-search, writing, and late nights.

Over the next few weeks,these same students will defendtheir arguments before a panelof faculty. These presentations

are open to the public, and youshould attend them.

In a means-focused educationthe emphasis should be on learn-ing for learnings sake. Theses

present an opportunity to gainknowledge about topics that,though sometimes obscure, will

broaden your understanding ofthe world in which you live. Youcan hear Grace Marie Lambertspeak on Marilynne RobinsonsGilead and Housekeeping orViktor Rozsa on Johannes Keplerand the metaphysics of scientic

discovery.There is even an opportunity

for engaged listeners to enter intodiscussion during the open ques-tion and answer section at the end

of each thesis. If anything is un-clear, or if you have an insatiablecuriosity piqued by the presenta-tion, you have at your disposal astudent who devoted his or her re-cent life to becoming an expert ona very specic subject to answerany questions.

Potential academic benets toyou aside, we just think that at-

tending these presentations is agood thing to do. The work stu-dents put into these papers is im-

pressive. Attending their defensesconstitutes a sort-of academic

solidarity

a participation in theHillsdale College academic com-munity, which is something weall pride ourselves in here.

Gamble just emailed outschedule for the presentations.Figure out when you can, andthen take some time for your fel-low students and attend their the-sis defenses.

Jonah GoldbergSyndicated Columnist

JEB, HILLARY AND THE CASE OF TARNISHED POLITICAL BRANDS

Saga complaints are misguided and misinformed

Those who stay out late, beware. Youmight not be the only one strolling homein the dark hours of the night; Bigfootmight be accompanying you.

According to eyewitness reports,two separate parties spotted Sasquatchin Hillsdale in the past ve years. Eventhough witnesses are convinced whatthey saw was a Sasquatch, others thinktheir accounts are unlikely.

Among these skeptics is HillsdaleCollege senior Grant Wolf.

Wolf believes populations of Bigfootdo exist but doubts they are in Michigan.

He believes they live in more remoteregions, such as the Cascade Mountainrange and various mountainous regionsstretching from Canada up through Alas-

ka, he said.Tony Swinehart, an assistant profes-

sor of biology, agreed.It is completely unlikely that Bigfoot

lives in Michigan. It is even unlikely thatit lives in Northern Michigan, Swine-hart said. He added that so far, no hardevidence of the existence of Bigfoot has

been presented, but if it were, it wouldbe very important to the scientic world.

Finding large animals that have es-caped scientic discovery is rare, butdenitely not impossible, Swinehartsaid. So when walking home at night,dont forget to check behind you. Bigfootmay be watching.

Christina Stephens, Oct. 16, 2008

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Newspapers have undeniably taken a hitdue to the past decades technology spike.

Last year, the Council of Economic Ad-visors reported that the print newspaper in-dustry shed 28.4 percent of jobs in the eldsince 2007. It concluded that newspapersshow no signs that the downward trend willreverse itself in the near future. Newspaperswill never again be the sole provider of newsbecause they wont trump the reporting ofInternet and television. But if newspapersdie, a part of American history and traditiondies too. And America should never go downwithout a ght.

Today, breaking news comes from the ra-dio, TV, laptop, and cellphone hours beforeit arrives in your mailbox. Your pocket beepswhen news breaks, and social media blow upbecause someone somewhere did somethingstupid. You need hardly seek the ood of themedia; it nds you, whether you like it ornot.

News is so readily available that theargument has become: People just donot have time for newspapers any-more. In reality, people have timefor newspapers, but have lost thepatience for them. We can spendan hour surng the web easily,

but sitting and reading a black-and-white for 20 minutes isunthinkable. Instead of lick-ing our thumbs to turn pages,we scroll through cyberspace.Americans have lost the con-templative mindset. Ratherthan taking the time to sitdown and discover news foryourself, news intake becomesa sheerly passive experience asthe ood of media overwhelmsyou at the click of the mouse.

Internet news may bettert large cities. But community and collegenewspapers would not be the same if onlineonly. Readers would not care enough to sub-scribe online as when news comes right to

the door. Students read college newspapersbecause they can more easily access newsspecic to them than they can online. Printnewspaper is also the best reporting modefor smaller communities. If the content andstyle of news reporting must appeal to thereader, then news delivery must also, whichmeans accommodating all kinds of readers.

Despite this, some old-fashioned senti-ment runs in American blood. Though manyreaders prefer the efciency and immediacy

of online news, others prefer hard copy.Newspapers are the ready choice for thosewho lack access to Internet or computersand for those unused to technology.People will continue to read news-papers because they havetheir wholelives.

The challenge facing newspapers willforce journalists to rene their craft and willusher in a new age of print journalism preci-sion.

But no matter how people want to experi-ence news, we should not let print newspa-pers die. Americans today believe that wereentitled to free news on the Internet. But justas you would pay for a concert or a best-sell-ing book, good news writing costs money.Peoples livelihoods depend on reporting thenews. If consumers want well-written, unbi-ased reporting, we must pay.

But the argument for print over screengoes deeper than just preference or conve-

nience. It recalls history and tradition, dedi-cation to small town USA, and

loyalty to ones hometown.It remembers days whenone would pick the paperoff the driveway on Sat-urday morning and porethrough it over a cup ofcoffee, clip out a favor-ite article and stuff it ina scrapbook, or draw a

black eye and a mustacheon some disliked public g-

ure. It recollects when onecould hold a tangible piece of

history in ones hands and runones ngers over the big, bold

headline, and save it to show tofuture generations, saying, This

is mine. This is my stake to history.And here is my story too.

Newspapers hold sentimentalvalue, and therefore, are worth thesmall subscription cost: less than

$3 per week for the HillsdaleDaily News and about$30 a week for the NewYork Times. Hillsdalestudents and alumnistriving for truth couldsubscribe to both forabout the cost of a daily

Starbucks skinny vanilla latte.Newspapers will remain because of those

who believe that reading a newspaper is anenjoyable process, those who prefer holdingboth history and daily life in their hands, andwe happy few who cherish the appeal of aprinted paper will continue to demand them.

A5 20 March 2014www.hillsdalecollegian.com

Dont let print newspapers dieEmma Vinton

Collegian Reporter

This Monday, college basketballwill come to an end in Arlington, Tex-as with the DI national championshipgame. The Hillsdale College mens

basketball team ended play right be-

fore spring break, but the season of-cially wrapped up last Saturday at theteams annual banquet.

Among a strong senior class leav-ing the Chargers stands Tim Dezelski.Known to his teammates as Deezand Timmy D, and to head coachJohn Tharp as that big Polish kid,the Northville native leaves a most re-markable legacy at Hillsdale.

The post player with prolic three-point range was awarded First TeamAll-GLIAC, Daktronics First TeamAll-Region, Third Team All-Ameri-can, and team MVP. The only playerin Hillsdale history and in the GLIACthis year to score over 600 points,snatch over 250 rebounds, and dishout over 100 assists, Dezelskis out-standing performance earned CoachTharps praise as the greatest season

that I have ever witnessed.Dezelski more than deserved thehonor of GLIAC Player of the Year,

being the only player to rank in the top10 in 10 separate statistical categoriesin the conference this season.

Instead, the GLIAC coaches vot-ed to award University of FindlaysGreg Kahlig, the conferences leadingscorer (due to a three-game stretch inwhich he scored 121 points), who n-ished the year with a total of 14 pointsahead of Dezelski. Looking at over-all consistency, however, Dezelskiclearly passed Kahligs performance.He scored in the double digits in ev-ery game this year and racked up 10double-doubles, not to mention the66 power player led the conferencein eld goals made.

Dezelski came to Hillsdale as awalk-on, but worked hard every single

day of his career to improve to thephenomenal season he had this year.The record books will always holdDezelski in the highest esteem.

His teammates will remember ateam leader who strove to win everysingle drill every single day. Thosethat played against him will remem-

ber shaking their heads in disbeliefthat that big Polish kid just blockedtheir shot under the basket and turnedaround to sink a stealthy three. Fanswill miss watching the versatility andintensity of Tim Dezelski. No matterwhat the GLIAC coaches say, hesPlayer of the Year to us.

Dezelski deserved to beGLIAC player of the year

Morgan DelpSports Editor

I dare say that if you think that thegreat injustice in society is that rich

people pay too much in taxes and poorpeople get too much support, you aresorely mistaken, an old friend of minewrote in a Facebook status.

Admittedly, this guy is the anti-thetical Hillsdale student. He studieseconomics, but he digs that Keynes-ian school. He reads a lot of philoso-

phy, but mostly the Bertrand-Russell-religion-sucks-and-hell-yeah-sciencekind.

I get it; he wont have much cred-

ibility at Hillsdale. Im certainly notendorsing his perspective. But I think

we should pay attention to him andvoices like his.

Our student body, as a whole, avoidsasking the hard questions about what

justice requires of our society. We givefree-market morality a pass as self-evident and childishly accept the claimthat individual liberty is the indisput-able telos of our political order. We areoften far too caught up in telling eachother were right, and not interestedenough in questioning our assumptions

like we do in every other disciplineat this college.

We need a more diverse conver-sation. We need to read John Rawls,G.W.F. Hegel, Jean-Jacques Rousseau,and Karl Marx seriously. Discourseshould engage with the left and with

the claims of social justice.As it stands, we treat opposing po-

litical theorists as sub-par intellects un-worthy of the condescension of a close,thoughtful reading. If we were to en-gage with these thinkers, then perhapswe would arrive with a more robust un-derstanding of our original prejudices;

perhaps we would arrive at differentconclusions, ones that we had neverexpected to entertain. Regardless, toforgo a genuine engagement with op-

posing ideals is to spite our supposedlyliberal education.

So let me pose some heavily quali-ed questions: Is it plausible that soci-ety owes certain goods to certain peo-

ple by virtue of the fact tha t they arehuman beings? Is the only thing anyoneis owed a negative freedom to pursuehappiness however they choose? Does

the market take care of justice? Wouldit even take care of justice in the ide-

alized and unfettered form? Is it justthat children born into the inner cities(through no fault of their own!) willhave substantially-limited access toeducation, healthcare, and employmentopportunities?

I understand there are quick anddirty answers to my questions. Ifsomeone owes someone a positivegood, then we have to trample his rightto life, liberty, and property. Also,Once we start giving people a rightto education or healthcare, we open upthe oodgates for positive rights to rec-reation or free ice cream. Again, Just

because individuals have an obliga-tion doesnt mean that the governmentshould force them to follow throughwith it.

I promise you: I understand thatthese are weighty objections. I dont

want to ignore them. But to each ofthese responses there is another re-

joinder that deserves consideration.Im willing to hazard an opinion: Oursociety is not just. The inner-city poordo not have the same opportunities thatwe did. Some children are malnour-ished and uneducated, and I think its acop-out to claim that the market wouldcorrect these injustices if we wouldonly let it alone.

I dont know what a remedy wouldlook like; I dont know the path for-ward. Whatever it is, it begins with athoughtful consideration of politicalassumptions that ought to be difcult,unsettling, and perhaps painful. Thatshould be happening regularly here onthis campus, but its not.

The liberal arts must include opposing thinkersGarrett West

Special to the Collegian

A black screen.Your stomach sinks as you hastily beat the power button on

the right-hand corner of the once precious laptop that accompa-nies you to every class, every day of the semester, and, there-

fore, holds every note, every paper, and every photo youvetaken since you got it for Christmas.

Theres nothing precious about it this morning.Weve all been there the weekend before nals week, a

few days before a paper is due, the night before a class presenta-tion when the inevitable happens. You stare at a black screenand painfully accept the fact that your computer hard drivefailed. Its no ones fault except your own

Sure, you may throw up your hands and spout off, REALLYGod? Today of all days why? like I did when I nally ac-cepted the reality that the Old Testament commentary I had beenworking on all semester vanished somewhere in the black abyssof a lifeless computer screen.

But the black abyss plays no favorites it hides images andmusic just as easily as semester-long school projects.

I remember when our family computer crashed, sopho-more Codi Jo Broten said, It was awful because I lost all ofmy music. I just remember thinking, is this really happening?

Junior Laura Rose had a similar reaction when a computercrashed and she lost all the edits to a Jackson paper a few daysbefore it was due.

At rst I was terried, but really thankful that I had a papercopy, Rose said.Certainly, though, we cant all be as fortunate as Rose. Nor

should we place all of our hopes on the chance that we have ahard copy of every single important image, document, and song however that works when the black abyss appears.

Instead, all of us should be using an external hard drive toback up our les. I would rather spend 20 seconds clicking theback up my computer button each evening than nd myselfstaring into a black abyss and cross-examining God like its Hisfault that I was lazy and irresponsible.

And dont convince yourself otherwise with the but Im abroke college student argument. If you dont want to spend themoney on an external hard drive, Dropbox and Google Driveare both free. With resources like that, you have no one to blamebut yourself if everything is lost when your computer crashes.Take it from me I know rsthand what its like to sit and stareat the black abyss. Spare yourself the shame. Back up your les.

Jordan FinneyCollegian Reporter

Back up yourhard work

(Dane Skorup/Collegian)

Last week, I arose from my Imgraduating in two months and I dontcare hibernation to post on Facebookabout the recent YAF event: Students

For Saga Reform.My remarks were

more than irate and lessthan funny, causing myfriends to question theapathy of my seniorage,and me to realize that ifit is online attention oneseeks, let wit lie andlight the page are with

political fury.This being print, I

have extinguished mykeyboard, but do nottake this as a sign thatwe will be hey nonnynonnying all the way through the arti-cle. For I mean to talk about somethingserious: namely freedom, and why Ind the recent behavior of HillsdaleYAF disappointing and despicable.

For those of you joining us fromhome, Hillsdale online forums haveseen a new high in grumbling as stu-dents have engaged each other in heat-ed debate concerning Saga Inc.s policyand performance. The chorus of com-

plaints culminated on Sunday with theYAF hosted event, Students For SagaReform.

I dont give a ying farmer s marketon which side of the aisle students standwhen it comes to their dining experi-ence. I do care very strongly, however,about what the letters YAF stand for:Young Americans for Freedom. Thecolleges local chapter stems from agreater national organization foundedin the living room of William F. Buck-ley Jr. which aims to bring students to-gether to advocate for the ideas of lim-ited government, individual freedom,free enterprise, traditional values and a

strong national defense.My question then is this: have we

run out of causes more precious anddeserving than a school cafeteria forwhich an organization founded by theLion of the Right will unite students?Perhaps the Hillsdale YAF board was

particularly moved by Buckleys 1961

Essay Why Dont We Complain? orperhaps they just havent picked up a

newspaper recently.Buckleys famous ar-ticle begins with com-

plaints for the swel-tering conditions of acommuter train with a

broken air conditioner,but it ends with an an-ecdote on former secre-tary of the Soviet Union

Nikita Khrushchevs1959 visit to America.The YAF forum failedto nd such a validation

for students vexation.One of the many things the Hillsdale

economics department has taught me isthat all of our actions have an opportu-nity cost. When it comes to the causes

of freedom, there are plenty of sh inthe sea that need to be fried. Reformingour campus cafeteria is not one of them.

The list of more worthy causeswould ll the entire Collegian. Insteadof a night on the town to discuss theseissues from Ukraine to Obamacare freedom was taken to the GrewcockStudent Union formal lounge on Sun-day night to listen to students complainabout an insect in their salad.

Hillsdale College YAF bears a namethat means much more to many people,myself being one of them. I like to thinkthat a lot of us came out to this school inthe Midwest because we think freedomis of the utmost importance so I speakfor myself, and at least the 30 peoplewho like my status, when I recommendYAF approach their future endeavorswith greater care, caution, and rever-ence.

Freedom is greater

than cafeteria reformJessi Pope

Special to the Collegian

(Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

Hillsdale College

YAF bears a name

that means much

more to many

people, myself

being one of them.

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Fourth in a series.

Hillsdale attorney Kevin Shirk advisedthe city against selling its Board of PublicUtilities to generate road money last week,claiming the costs far outweigh the benets.

The BPU consists of three services: wa-ter, wastewater, and electric with a com-

bined annual revenue of approximately $15million. The entities can be sold individu-ally or altogether; however, BPU DirectorRick Rose argues only the electric is mar-ketable.

The city began discussing selling theBPU in the 1980s, but it was added to therecent road-funding list after a Hillsdaleresident suggested the option at a work ses-sion in November.

The responsibility of council is that weare the trustees of all the assets of the city,Councilman Patrick Flannery said. One ofthem happens to be BPU, and thats an in-vestment that weve made, so we need tolook at it.

The Hillsdale City Council then askedShirk and City Attorney Lew Loren to re-search and offer advice about the idea.

Although Shirks research concludedselling the BPU is legal, he said councilshouldnt consider it a viableoption.

There are so many con-tractual and practical limita-tions that any such sale is notrealistic, Shirk wrote in hisopinion.

The contractual limita-tions he mentioned includeBPUs membership in theMichigan Central PowerAgency and several take-or-pay energy contracts withthe Fremont power plant andAmerican Municipal PowerInc.

These contracts makeselling the BPU difcult

because a purchaser wouldhave to either meet the mem-

bership requirements or buyout all the commitments an expensive choice. Also,the city would still have to

pay for severa l contracts thatcouldnt be transferred toBPUs new operator.

Another impracticality ofselling the BPU stems fromthe three-fths majority voteneeded from Hillsdale resi-dents to pass the proposition.

Rose said that before anysuch vote could be taken, thecity would have to determineBPUs value through a studycosting around $100,000.

Sufce it to say that the

voter restriction on any sale of the utilitiescoupled with the existing long-term con-tractual commitments of the city makes any

potential sale of the utility ill-advised atbest, Shirk concluded.

Rose added that service quality wouldlikely decrease if outsourced to another op-erator.

Our guys are really dedicated, and werespond fairly quickly; people like that ideaof reliability, Rose said. We have peopleask us if they can get on BPU lines to getaway from Consumers [Energy], becausewe can get there a lot faster.

BPU employee Eric Sheffer agreed thatquality increases because employees livelocally.

Its a benet that were communityowned. We all live in the community, themajority of us live on BPU lines, Sheffersaid. We know the people, they are ourneighbors, friends, teachers, people we seein church every week.

Rose added that a municipally-ownedBPU helps recruit businesses to move toHillsdale.

It offers a competitive advantage whensitting down and talking to large power us-

ers. Youve got control of your own destinythat way, Rose said.

Also, the city tried to save money by out-sourcing a BPU service before, and it didnt

work.From 1993 to 2000, an outside operator

ran the wastewater, and Rose said it cost thecity an extra $150,000 a year.

In addition to the arguments about costand quality, Rose said that BPU is Hills-dales only revenue-generating entity, and itoften returns prots back to the city.

I think BPU does a lot for the commu-nity that they dont even realize, said BPUemployee Trenton Morrill.

The BPU gives 3 percent, about$500,000, of its gross revenue to the cityevery year, and helps the city pay for spe-cial projects.

The board bought the city a hot patchmachine to x potholes and gave $150,000for the airport a few years before that, Rosesaid. Its just another thing that we kind ofstepped up and did for the city because theydidnt have the funds. Weve always beenhere as a resource for the community, andthats something that is going to help us andthe community grow.

Also, BPU decorates Hillsdale withChristmas cheer every year.

The previous decorations were reallyembarrassing, Rose said. We bought new

ones and put them up every year. We feltit was a public good since it drives peopledowntown.

In addition to BPUs many recent dona-tions, the city has relied on BPU for servicesince Hillsdale rst started using electricity.

Basically, weve been here since elec-tricity came to town. We started with street-lights downtown and power for that camefrom a steam-driven generator at StocksMill, Rose said.

Then, the city decided they wanted toprovide its own street lights and electric-ity, so the board was created in 1893. Whywould you want to sell something thatsworked for a 125 years?

There is an unconsciousand intoxicated male, said avoice over the intercom.

The dispatcher reads an ad-dress and continues.

Hes been beaten by anoth-er male who is said to have leftthe scene.

Ofcer Dustin Zimmermanslams the brakes of his copcruiser and pulls a 180 in the va-cant road. The engine groans as

he races two miles across townto the scene of the incident.The air reeked of burnt rub-

ber as his car screeches to ahalt behind his sergeant, whoarrived at the scene rst. Theofcers hurry inside the house,

but the now-conscious victimclaims he is ne and doesntwant to press charges againsthis alleged attacker.

Zimmerman works the 12-hour night shift for the HillsdaleCity Police Department. Hiscolleagues and friends call himDusty. His sergeant said hes areal go-getter. He is knownas the trafc guy for the highnumber of drunk driving arrestshes made. Zimmerman likesto describe himself as 6 foot 2and bullet proof; however, hemay appear slightly shorter in

person.I stay busy by stopping

cars, Zimmerman said. Thebest way to intervene and tobe proactive starts with trafc.I think trafc is the gateway toall other sorts of crime.

Zimmerman patrols the qui-et streets of Hillsdale at night,making sure everything is in its

place and is always a lert, readyto answer a call.

He pulls into a car dealer-ship and drives through the lineof luxury vehicles, shining hishigh-powered exterior ash-

light along the row of tires. Hesaid they are often known to gomissing on these high price ve-hicles.

One thing I like aboutworking for the city is that youlearn your territory very well,he said. You know who is sup-

posed to be somewhere and whois not supposed to be there.

Zimmerman grew up inHillsdale and went to the localhigh school. He played footballat Albion College for one year

before transferring to KelloggCommunity College, wherehe studied applied science. Heworked at the Hillsdale CountySheriffs Department for twoyears and has been with the city

police for two years now.While knowing a small town

well is an advantage when po-

licing, it can also be uncomfort-able.

Its very difcult being apolice ofcer in a small com-munity, Zimmerman said.Everyone knows everyonehere. Even off duty, Im still acop. I see people Ive arrestedor made contact with in localestablishments all the time itmakes it tough. Being a cop can

be a social handcuff.Zimmerman said he always

tries to understand and relate tothe people he pulls over or ar-rests. He likes being an ofcer,

because he enjoys problem-solving, action, and people.

You have to be a chame-leon to get victims to relate toyou, he said. And theres anabsolute tone of discretion inall situations. Youre allowed to

be the type of pol ice ofcer youwant to be.

He continues on his regularpatrol over to Hillsdale College.

He points out houses hesoften visited on a rowdy Satur-day night. Occasionally ofcersare sent to Hillsdale Collegeoff-campus parties when they

become a distu rbance to ne igh-bors, but all Zimmerman asksfor is honesty, respect, and co-operation.

I dont like to pick on thecollege, he said. You respect

us, and we will respect you.

Zimmermans patrol cov-ers everything within the Hill-sdale city limits. He checks onthe college campus, businesses,residential areas, back roads,and even graveyards.

He pulls into a graveyard,drives to the center path, and

puts his cruiser in park. Here, hesaid, is where the most memo-rable moment of his career took

place. It was there that he founda man parked in his car, writ-ing a suicide letter to his family.Zimmerman stopped a tragedythat night.

Although he takes his job se-riously, Zimmerman also knowshow to take a joke.

People call us po-po orpiggies, he said. But thereis no type of word you can saythats going to make me ip aswitch and turn into the hulk.

He also said that hes nevereaten a single donut as a cop.

Maybe Im just trying tobreak the stereotype or some-thing.

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Jeff Jacques 02 of Jonesville announced that he will run forMichigans 58th District House seat.

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