This horn plays a
sad song for the
demise of a show.
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Collegian
The
Est. 1891
Vol. 74, No. 17
The Grove City College Student Newspaper
She used to be a
Celebrity
stalker
Leaps and bounds
Lauren Sestrich
Contributing Writer
In a past life, Grove City College sophomore Regina Riel
was a “professional celebrity
stalker.”
Using social media, she tracked
down the whereabouts of stars
and waited for hours on end for
them to show up. Some celebrities were kind and encouraging
to Riel and her friends. Others,
however, were not.
Riel’s celebrity stalking career
began with her friend Zara. Zara
had been celebrity stalking for
two years before she and Riel
met during their freshman year
of high school through their
mutual love of the Jonas Brothers.
Naturally, the singing trio was
their first stalking target. The
two girls bought cheap tickets
to Jonas Brothers concerts and
yet somehow always ended up in
the front row.
“The first step is to make
friends with the security guards,”
Riel said. “They can get you
anywhere.”
After making friends with security, Riel and her friend used
their new influence to sneak
into special events.
Once, Riel managed to convince a security guard to give
her a ticket to a meet-and-greet
session with Justin Bieber. However, because she didn’t have the
associated wristband, she was escorted out of the room as soon
as she had reached the table
where Bieber sat.
Other ventures, however,
were more successful. At a Taylor
COURTESY REGINA RIEL
Sophomore Regina Riel and
teen idol Taylor Lautner.
Swift concert in Boston, M.A.,
Riel and Zara learned from a
guard the type of van in which
Swift would be leaving.
After waiting at what Riel
called a “prime area,” they saw a
white van leave the venue. They
ran out into the street after it.
Fortunately, Swift’s van pulled
over and the singer got out and
graciously took pictures with the
two. Riel described her as very
kind and patient toward her fans.
Beyond befriending security,
Zara showed Riel another way
of celebrity stalking. There is a
vast underground network of
people who use social media
sites such as Twitter and Facebook to pinpoint a celebrity’s
location. Usually this process
involves discovering where and
when a picture of the star was
taken and from there discerning
the hotel or house in which they
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CAMERON HOLLOWAY/THE COLLEGIAN
Freshman Rachel Watson participates in the long jump on lower campus in last Saturday’s home meet.
For more photos from this year’s only meet at the College, turn to the photo spread on pages 6-7.
SGA’s new leadership
Dan Johnson
V&V: Faith and
freedom still matter
Most members of the team already have specific plans for next
year. VP of communication and
marketing, Klein is looking to
“expand the visual arts opportunities for students” on campus.
As the new treasurer, Mascio
looks to ensure the monetary request process is efficient.
Cobb’s position is one that
can only be filled by someone
who has served in an executive position, so discussions with
members of this year’s team determined how they approached
this election.
Incumbent VP of Student Affairs, Coryell, also ran unopposed
this year for his position.
“It was [alumnus] Philip Tan
[’13] who encouraged me to run
for the position last year,” he said.
After Coryell held the office
this year, he chose to run again,
finding himself in a one-man
race.
He stressed the potential of
continuity in an organization’s
leadership, particularly for the
benefits of knowledge and experience he feels he now has. He
looks to address a number of student concerns, like the interface
of myGCC and some physical
campus improvements.
SGA newcomer Miller’s position as VP of social affairs puts
him at the head of event planning.
“My goal is to maintain the
quality of events SGA puts on,”
Miller said, “and to maybe add
some creative additions of my
own.”
Miller acknowledged his new
position “may be a trial by fire,”
but he feels confident in his ability to succeed.
Being a part of SGA, especially on the executive team, can
also give a unique twist to the
college experience.
Coryell explained that he had
a better understanding of, and
appreciation for, the everyday
workings of the College from
his experience.
“Shame on me if I ever take
my education for granted,” he
said.
The job certainly adds some
transferable skills, too.
“My time management skills
have definitely improved,” Plessinger, VP of Academic Affairs,
said, “as my Outlook calendar
has almost every slot filled daily.”
Cobb discussed how certain
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WSAJ pool tournament:
Student wins it for dad.
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Sean McPhillips thinks
vinyl records offer superior
sound and a window
to the past.
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If you’ve ever thought
Grovers were pretentious...
you’re not alone.
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Men’s lacrosse will try to
beat a No. 1 ranked team for
the second time in
two weekends.
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Managing Editor
Last week, 561 students –
more than 20 percent of enrolled
students – voted in the Student
Government Association’s election for executive positions.
The winners are as listed here,
reflecting current class status:
Executive President: junior
Chesterton Cobb
Vice President of Student
Affairs: junior Elijah Coryell
Vice President of Academic Affairs: junior Madalyn
Plessinger
Vice President of Social
Affairs: junior Herschel Miller
VP of Communication
and Marketing: freshman Sarah Klein
Treasurer: freshman Andrew
Mascio
This change of leadership will
look to the future, since the College’s next president will be in
place before this fall.
“Big changes, if any, will
come from working with the
new [college] president and
dialoguing with my executive
team about how to best serve
the school,” executive presidentelect Cobb said.
SGA 2
Claire E. Healey
Editor-in-Chief
Grove City College’s Center for Vision & Values is rapidly
preparing for its annual two-day
conference. This year’s theme,
“Faith and Freedom Abused:
Threats to Our Religious Liberty,” will explore the state of
religious freedom in the United
States.
“Religious liberty is on the
chopping block, in the crosshairs
of the culture wars, and Christians need to realize what’s going
on,” Dr. Paul Kengor, the executive director for the Center, said.
The conference will take
place from April 10 – 11. Each
day is filled with hourly talks,
both by members of the faculty
and outside speakers invited to
the school by the Center.
The speakers include former
U.S. presidential candidate Rick
Santorum; radio talk show host,
film critic and bestselling author
Michael Medved and the three
lawyers representing Conestoga
Wood Specialties Corp., Hobby
Lobby’s partner in the case being argued before the Supreme
Court.
Each year, about 150-200 individuals from off campus attend
the conference, including alumni and parents and grandparents
of students.
“It’s a way of taking what we
do in the classroom and bringing it to a larger audience outside the classroom,” Kengor said.
Kengor said that the Center
chose the theme last year after
noticing more threats to religious liberty emerging.
“Of course, the ultimate irony
is that religious freedom is actually in the first amendment of
the Constitution,” Kengor said.
In addition to faculty and employees involved with the Center, six student marketing fellows
from the Center have been assisting with preparations for the
conference by promoting the
conference through flyers and
posters on campus.
The marketing fellows, as well
as the student research fellows,
will provide assistance to the
Center throughout the conference by helping with registration, making announcements,
introducing speakers, passing
VISION & VALUES 2
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App moves to final four
Grayson Quay
Entertainment Editor
ProfilePasser is in the Final
Four. Grove City College senior Samantha Weber’s app has
reached the semifinal round
of the Inc. Magazine’s Coolest
College Startups competition,
which is based on voting and
structured like March Madness.
The four remaining startups were announced on March
31 and voting for the semifinal
round closed on April 2. The final round of voting is Monday,
with the winner announced on
Tuesday.
Weber’s app, which, according to the competition website,
“aims to connect high school
athletes with college recruiters
by increasing relevant and valuable interactions before, during,
and after showcase events,” now
faces Keen Home in the semifinals. Developed by two graduate entrepreneurship students
from New York University, Keen
Home develops home temperature regulation devices that can
be controlled through a user’s
smart phone, as well as other
home automation products.
If ProfilePasser advances to
the final round, it will face either
Try the World or Applits. Try the
World is a service that delivers
international gourmet cuisine
to subscribers and was founded
by two Columbia University
graduate students. Applits, an
app building platform, was created by two students from Ohio
State University.
The Championship voting
round will be held on April 7.
The votes will be tabulated the
same day and the winner announced on April 8.
COURTESY REGINA RIEL
Riel and friends pose with country/pop star Taylor Swift.
World News
Roundup
Compiled by Zack Voell
Health Care Law Enrolls
7 Million
With a remarkably horrible
debut last fall, federal officials
have been anything but optimistic about the success of
the Obama administration’s
healthcare program.
A few months ago, less than
ten percent of Americans without insurance have viewed
healthcare.gov, the official
website. Over the past month,
the administration has utilized
a variety of unorthodox strategies in a frantic effort to meet
the March 31, 2014 deadline.
As of April 1, 2014 at 12
a.m., 7,041,000 Americans had
signed up for what is commonly referred to as Obamacare.
With a required minimum
of seven million applicants, the
proverbial ball is in the Republicans’ court.
Malaysia’s Questionable
Credibility in MH370
Search
“Good night, Malaysian
Three Seven Zero.” These last
words received from Flight
MH370 came as part of the
Malaysia’s updated account of
what investigators really know
about the missing flight.
Previously, the final reported
words were, “All right, good
night.” This change-of-story
reaffirms the questionable
credibility of Malaysian investigators. The search continues
and facts are still scarce.
Overseas Corporate
Cash Hits Record High
Government auditors are not
naïve to the fact that American
companies have stashed hundreds of billions of dollars of
cash overseas to avoid excessive
taxes at home.
However, some analysts suggest that the enormous and
rapidly growing overseas cash
pile signals corporate America’s
lack of confidence in business expansion despite recent
record-breaking corporate cash
intake over the past few years.
According to a financial report
compiled by the Moody’s Investors Service, total foreign
holdings by American companies reached $947 billion last
year (up 13 percent from 2012).
STALKER
are staying.
Riel used this method to find
Taylor Lautner during the filming of “Grown Ups 2.”
After searching through various pictures, Riel determined
that Lautner was staying in the
Ritz hotel just a few towns over
from Ipswich, Riel’s hometown
in Massachusetts. On the first
trip they took to find Lautner,
Zara told Riel that she didn’t
think they would meet him that
day. Zara was right, and 11 hours
later they drove back home.
On July 26, 2012, they made a
second trip to see Lautner. This
time, as they waited outside his
hotel, they finally saw Lautner
being dropped off at the hotel’s
entrance. When confronted with
the stalkers, Lautner was more
than gracious, taking pictures
with them and even singing the
“happy birthday” song to Riel’s
cell phone for the sake of her
friend’s mother.
While finding celebrities was
a joy, Riel has decided that, for
the most part, her stalking days
are over. “In high school I was an
idiot, so this is what I did with
my life,” she said.
At the polls
Russian Control Kills
Social Media
Vkontakte is currently Russia’s largest social network, led
by its eccentric founder Pavel
Durov. With 240 million registered users and 60 million daily
viewers, the site is far ahead of
Facebook.
Recent action taken by the
Kremlin to tighten his control over the country’s media
has disenfranchised Durov. In
fact, President Putin’s efforts
to increase control has caused
Durov to quit as the company’s
chief executive.
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A literary favorite of the ladies runs for a fictitious (and misspelled) SGA position.
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you by Netflix
SGA
VISION & VALUES
The latest craze among entertainment-starved Chinese
is the political drama series
“House of Cards,” produced
by Netflix. Experts suggest that
the series may appeal to the
Chinese because it reveals the
greed and corruption within
the world’s most powerful nation.
With no idea as to when
Beijing will attempt to shut it
down, the show continues to
air. Regardless, Netflix’s rich,
dark, scandalous political drama
has definitely struck a chord
within Chinese audiences.
relationships can develop due to
the collaboration of SGA’s executive board and College administrators.
“Professors have a profound
impact on most students’ growth
and life at college, yet for me,
administrators have had an equal
impact,” Cobb said. “I can’t
imagine I would be in a place
where I would think to text the
VP of Student Life & Learning something funny if it hadn’t
been for working with him to
reform college policies.”
around the microphone during
question and answering sessions
and scanning student IDs after
events.
Students can obtain one
course credit while attending
the conference if they sign up to
do so during course registration.
The course requirements for
the credit include attending two
classes (one before the conference and one after), attending
six sessions during the conference and reading 10 papers written by faculty members for the
conference.
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have not signed up for the one
credit course may still attend
lectures of their choosing.
“The worst thing we [students] can do is become apathetic to the changes taking
place, and think that since we are
not affected now, that we do not
need to worry about our future,”
junior student marketing fellow
Eleanor Linton said.
Kengor encouraged students
to attend as much of the conference as they are able.
“This is a great opportunity
to hear some of the best people
in the country on the abuses of
faith and freedom both here and
abroad,” he said. “It’s hard to find
a more timely conference than
this.”
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Grayson Quay, Katie Koller
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Ian Mikrut, Jessica Smith
Chelsea Tarolli
Andrew Eissen, Catherine Fitzhugh, Megan Hays,
Holly Spofford, Michayla Wicker
Megan Baak, Stephen Dennis, Zoë Gowen, Kara Halin,
Ryan Hampton, Meghann Healey, Louis Petolicchio,
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April 4, 2014
Life in the
land of the
rising sun
Jenne Mante
Contributing Writer
Grove City College students
are often innovators.
They try new things, start
companies and travel to new
places. Last semester, one such
student became the first person from the College to study
abroad in Japan.
Junior Eric Henry has been
intrigued by Japan since he started studying karate as a young
boy, along with his father and
brother, at a karate school that
traced its roots back to the original school of karate.
According to Henry, the institution had a “really strong sense
of history and culture” which
sparked Henry’s interest.
Henry was also inspired by
his aunt, a missionary’s daughter
who spent the first 16 years of
her life living in Japan.
A fluent Japanese speaker, she
inspired him to study the language as well.
Though he gave up karate
when he came to the College,
due to the lack of karate schools
in the area, he did not let his love
of the Japanese culture and language fade.
His passion for Japan created
in him a desire to visit the country, something which he was finally able to do this past fall.
Henry spent four months in
Kansai, an area of southwest Japan which includes Kyoto, the
ancient imperial capital, Osaka,
the culinary capital, and Kobe.
This area, Henry said, “is
where you go to experience Japan.”
Although Henry did not
know it when he chose to go
there, Nishinomiya, the town in
which he lived, was the town in
which his aunt grew up.
She had told him that she
had lived in the area near Kobe,
but had not told him the town’s
name.
It was not until after he had
already chosen the area that he
learned of its significance.
Henry now had an instant
connection to the town and
was able to visit the church
with which his aunt’s parents
had been associated while living
there.
The people immediately remembered his aunt, even though
it had been over 30 years since
she had been there.
Though Henry has studied
Japanese, and can understand
most simple conversations,
church was a little more difficult
to understand.
Even so, he enjoyed the opportunity to connect with people from his aunt’s past as well as
singing familiar hymns in Japanese.
Since he had been studying Japanese culture for so long,
there was nothing about Japan
that caught Henry off guard.
However, there is something
that Henry feels people should
know about Japanese culture before they visit Japan: public bathing. Japan is full of volcanic hotsprings in which people bathe.
The springs often have hotels
built around them and it is quite
common for families, friends
and even co-workers to go there
and bathe together.
“It’s where you go to hang
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COURTESY ERIC HENRY
The streets of Japan are bustling with activity, as experienced by junior Eric Henry.
out, but you bathe there. It’s a
little awkward. You just have to
get used to it,” Henry said.
The Japanese people were one
of Henry’s favorite things about
Japan. He feels they are often
misrepresented in American society.
“People like to think of Japanese people as cold… it hurts
me when I hear or read that Japanese people are soulless,” Henry
said.
On the contrary, Henry discovered that Japanese are happy,
loud and friendly once one gets
to know them.
“They’re like Italians behind
closed doors,” he said.
When asked if he would like
to someday return to Japan,
Henry had only one thing to say:
“I would go back to Japan in a
heartbeat.”
Pine Valley: A home away from home
Sarah Logie
Photo Selection Director
Nestled away on a wooded
piece of land in Zelienople, PA
lies a familiar place near and dear
to the heart of junior Allie Hull.
Pine Valley Camp has been her
second home since the summer
after her freshman year at Grove
City College, when she first began working there as a counselor.
Hull’s interest in Pine Valley
was first sparked at the annual
Camp Fair on campus during
her freshman year.
When she heard a song by
one of her favorite Christian
rappers, Lecrae, playing from
Pine Valley’s booth, she immediately made her way over and began talking with fellow students
who worked there.
She was quickly inspired to
COURTESY ALLIE HULL
apply, was hired and began work
Junior Allie Hull (back, center) has a blast with her fun-loving campers.
there that summer.
Pine Valley is particularly
One of the best parts about [there],” Hull said.
unique because of its small size pool and waterslide and a barn
The camp’s theme this past
– roughly 50 boys and 50 girls with horses, it is easy to see why working at Pine Valley for Hull is
ages eight to 12 – and its focus Pine Valley is a special and excit- the relationships she has formed summer was “Rock Solid,” and
there.
every week the counselors met
on helping inner city children. ing place to these kids.
“The friendships I made this together and stood in a circle to
The counselors stay from June
Complete with animals, a basyear are the closest I’ve ever had debrief and sing a song.
ketball court, playground, creek, 12 to August 16.
Did you know?
Breanna Renkin
Staff Writer
Graduating as a member of the liberal arts honorary
Phi Beta Kappa with a major in politics in 1926 from
Princeton University, John T. Koehler enrolled at Grove
City College after high school before transferring to
Princeton University.
Koehler grew up an hour away from the College in
North Braddock, P.A. Upon graduating from Princeton
University, Koehler attended Harvard Law School and
earned his LL.B.
Koehler’s accomplishments include a long list of legal
Each of the counselors received a carabiner clip to attach
to the person next to them and
say “I got you” as a way to encourage and to support them.
“I have the backs of people
I work with, and they have my
back too,” Hull said.
The weekends are especially
enjoyable for all of the camp
counselors because it is during
this down time that they are
able to take mini trips to explore
Pittsburgh and its surrounding
areas as a way to bond with one
another.
This coming summer will be
different for Hull since it will
be her first year acting as a head
counselor.
Her duties will involve overseeing other counselors, acting as
a source of guidance, and leading
discussions and Bible studies.
“I would rather run around
and slap mud on my face [with
the kids], but it will stretch me
out of my comfort zone,” she
said.
Although it will be a new experience, Hull is excited for another rewarding summer at Pine
Valley and all it will hold.
John T. Koehler
positions and honors. He served as Special Attorney at
the United States Department of the Treasury for a year
before becoming a special assistant to the United States
Attorney General. In 1935, Koehler chose to open a
law practice.
When World War II began, his career changed yet
again. In 1941, he joined the Navy and served as a Lieutenant Commander, fighting in both the European and
Pacific theaters.
For his service with the Underwater Demolition
Team (UDT) in the Marshall Islands (whose mission
was to destroy enemy defenses before amphibious landings), he was awarded the Silver Star. By the end of his
military service, Koehler had earned the rank of Com-
mander.
When Koehler left active service in 1945, he joined
the United States Department of the Navy’s Office of
General Counsel. There, he served as Counsel of the
Bureau of Ships and Assistant General Counsel of the
Navy. Eventually, President Harry S. Truman promoted
Koehler to Assistant Secretary of the Navy, a position
which he held for two years. Other positions Koehler
held included acting chairman of the United States
Federal Maritime Board and chairman of the Renegotiation Board.
Koehler left these positions to practice law until he
retired. On Sept. 23, 1989, Koehler died of cancer.
Life
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WSAJ revives pool tournament
Allie Hull
Contributing Writer
Although WSAJ, the Grove
City College radio station, is
usually known for the variety
of music it plays, it decided to
expand its horizons this year by
hosting a team pool tournament.
WSAJ decided to host an
event where it could combine
music and a favorite past time of
many people: playing pool. Although this is not the first time
the station has hosted the pool
tournament, it is the first time it
has been organized in over five
years.
“Our advisor, Darren Morton, told us about the event and
how successful it had been in the
past, so executive staff thought it
might be a good idea to do it
again,” WSAJ’s general manager,
junior Brittany Morales, said.
On Wed. March 26, WSAJ
hosted “The Classic 8 Ball Pool
Tournament” in Ketler Recreation Center. To enter, participants had to pay a fee. They had
the opportunity to either preregister and pay $2, or pay $3 at
the event.
WSAJ not only provided
wings and snacks for the par- Sophomore Dane Mossgrove shooting some pool.
ticipants, but it also offered a $50
cash prize to the winning team. ly divided up into brackets and
“My favorite thing about the
During the event, WSAJ also faced the respective teams in tournament was the fun and restreamed a live show which pro- hopes of making it to the final laxing atmosphere as well as the
vided music and entertainment round.
great in-house DJs,” sophomore
as the teams competed.
Each team’s skill level varied, competitor Nate Pittman said. “I
Because of the relaxed and according to junior Jenne Man- would definitely do it again.”
open atmosphere, even people te. Mante has been playing since
At the semifinal round, WSAJ
who did not sign up came to she was two years old, while her awarded each player with a comwatch the tournament or to teammate, senior Rebekah Par- plimentary mug for making it to
cheer on their friends.
sons, has only played off and on that level. Nearing the end of the
The 14 teams were random- for fun over the years.
tournament, the final two teams
A new song through
New Grace
Emily Bartlow
Contributing Writer
“Sing to the Lord a new
song, for he has done marvelous things,” Grove City College
sophomore Cara Joy Wilson said,
voicing the proclamation from
Psalm 98:1 through an on-campus choral group, New Grace.
An international business major pursuing a Chinese minor,
Wilson joined New Grace as a
freshman during the fall of 2012.
Having participated in a girls’
choir for nearly six years already,
singing in harmony was nothing
new for the veteran vocalist.
However, when elected as the
music director and conductor
for the following year, she was
presented with a new challenge.
Wilson reflected upon New
Grace’s constitution, which encouraged her to “strive to meet
God’s demand for excellence,
encompassing dedication to
both musical performance and
unity as the body of believers.”
Having never conducted but
eager to lead New Grace, Wilson took conducting lessons
throughout the summer, dedicated to pursuing excellence.
Auditions were held at the
start of the fall semester of 2013,
in which seven other singers
were selected to form the New
Grace family.
Before each practice, Wilson
opens with worship and prayer,
establishing a sense of unity as
brothers and sisters in Christ.
“It is important that we recognize we are a body of believers and that we build each other
up through prayer, having fellowship as a community,” Wilson said.
The choir selected eight
songs, including a mix of sacred
pieces as well as spirituals, which
were practiced over the duration
of the fall semester. The group
met two days a week in preparation for their debut in January. On Jan. 30, 2014, New Grace
performed a selection of songs
during a College chapel service, accompanied with two
sermonettes from Wilson and
junior Noah Cusimano.
Many students were touched
by their performance, captivated
by the group’s evident love for
praising the Lord and declaring
His Word through the beautiful
melodies.
Unique to other on-campus
choirs, New Grace travels to local churches, nursing homes and
even the State Correctional Facility in Mercer County every
Sunday during the spring semester, singing to believers and
non-believers alike.
“It is encouraging to hear
members of the congregation say
that God spoke to them through
our testimonies,” Wilson said.
“After one particular service, a
woman in the congregation said
she had learned to look at others
as individuals for whom Christ
died. Moments like these remind
me that God is moving and has a
purpose for New Grace.”
For nearly 41 years, New
Grace members like Wilson have
also reinforced their own faith
through the music’s message as
well as encouraged feedback.
Wilson looks forward to expanding the New Grace family,
as auditions for next year’s team
are being held at the semester’s
end.
This day in history
Stephen Dennis
Staff Writer
Today, April 4, 2014, marks
the deaths of three important
political figures, the birth of one
of Hollywood’s biggest actors,
and two events that had major
implications on the international front.
In 1841, 173 years ago today,
the shortest tenure of an American president came to an end.
President William Henry Harrison, who had been inaugurated
just 32 days previously, died of
pneumonia. He had contracted
it during his inaugural speech.
The following years saw
many changes, but some of
the largest were amongst the
civil rights movement, brought
about by Martin Luther King Jr.
He died 127 years after President Harrison, but not from
sickness. King was assassinated
by James Earl Ray, who himself
died in 1998 while serving his
prison sentence.
On this day in 1979, 11 years
after King’s assassination, Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar
Ali Bhutto was executed following two trials: one where
he was found guilty of murder
and sentenced to death and the
other, an appeal trial where he
was found innocent, but the
sentence was not lifted.
Today is also the birthday of
actor Robert Downey Jr., best
known for his roles as Sherlock Holmes in the eponymous
movies and Tony Stark in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe. He
turns 49 today.
Sixteen years before Downy
was born, in 1949, the final draft
of a treaty was finished, signing
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization into existence. NATO
consists of the US, Canada and
all of Western Europe except
Ireland. Twenty-four years later,
the World Trade Center opened
its doors in New York City,
where it stood until 2001.
COURTESY RACHEL FOX
went head-to-head to see who
would come out on top.Though
both of the final teams played
well, freshmen Matt Vavro and
Kyle Martin were named the
champions of the 2014 WSAJ
pool tournament.
“I brought my dad’s pool stick
to use in the tournament who I
used to play the game with before he passed,” Vavro said. “It
was an amazing feeling not only
to be able to win, but to win
with the stick he used was very
special to me.”
Overall, the members of executive staff were very pleased
with the success of the tournament and are planning to organize the event again sometime in
the future.
Exposed
Bearing each other’s burdens
Emily Morgan
can only see them if our back is
towards the light,” she said.
Contributing Writer
The target audience for the
On Sunday, March 30 in the Exposed program could easily
Great Room of the Breen Stu- be identified as those who bore
dent Union, the residents of the weight of sin in their lives.
Mary Anderson Pew West Hall However, the program could
and North Hall were welcomed also have had little success if it
to come together as fellow sin- encouraged all participants to
ners and to be exposed, ready come clean of their pasts in front
and willing to shed light onto
of others.
their loneliness, past sins and inIn response to this potential
ner struggles.
problem,
the concept of creating
Founders of the Exposed
project, sophomore Amy Rum- postcards to be given to each girl
baugh, seniors Eliana Satterlee who was considering attending
and Hannah Knox and junior Exposed was established. If a girl
Emily Bigham, felt that Exposed was contemplating whether or
was a great problem to address not she would attend, then she
on the Grove City College cam- would be given a postcard to
pus. Co-creator Rumbaugh
mail in to one of the creators
stated that
of
the
the purExposed
We saw in Grove City an
pose of
prog ram.
the proissue of guilt, shame and
gram was
isolation, and we knew that On these
to meet a
more than a couple people postcards
prevalent
girls
were struggling with this. the
need on
would
We wanted people to feel c o n campus.
“ W e
free to deal with them, talk fess their
saw
in
about them and experience d e e p e s t
G rove
healing through confession. s t r u g City an
gles that
i s s u e
t h ey ’ve
of guilt, shame and isolation,
and we knew that more than a wrestled with in order to feel
couple people were struggling relief from their burdens. The
with this,” Rumbaugh said. “We postcards, once received, were
wanted people to feel free to scanned and posted anonymousdeal with them, talk about them ly on Tumblr, so that visitors of
and experience healing through
the website could read them and
confession.”
be at peace in knowing that they
The girls of the College
were invited to join in on the are not alone in their struggle.
At the end of the program,
Exposed program not only to
each
girl found a partner and
receive healing, but to hear a
message provided by Elizabeth prayed together for relief of the
Messer, who spoke on fellow- burden of their past sins, and was
ship in the midst of struggle.
given a small stone. After prayer
“Everybody struggles with time had ended, the girls stacked
something,” Messer said. “You the stones on a table to create an
don’t have to have a degree from
Ebenezer – an altar of thanks to
Grove City College to know
that the world is a broken place.” the Lord for his help (found in
Messer’s main point through- 1 Samuel 7:12). The night conout the program was based on cluded with the song “Come
Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
scriptures in 1 John 1.
“We all have shadows, but we sung around the Ebenezer.
April 4, 2014
Entertainment
Page 5
BR turns family friendly
Grayson Quay
Entertainment Editor
As I approached the newlyrechristened Broad Street Grille,
the first thing I noticed was the
face of a young boy in the front
window.
With the recent remodeling,
the former Blue Ribbon Tavern, generally called the BR, has
undergone a sweeping change.
Located on Broad Street just a
short walk from Grove City College, this favorite watering hole
among upperclassmen sports a
new identity, with the intention
of being more of a family restaurant rather than a dive bar.
The BSG is open for brunch
on Sundays and for lunch and
dinner every day. The bar stays
open until 2 a.m. every night, although those who show up after
the kitchen closes can expect to
be carded at the door.
The restaurant reopened on
Jan. 24 and held its grand reopening celebration on March
26. Since the reopening, the
BSG has had plenty to show off,
including a new menu, a new
tap system and an enhanced online presence which includes a
mobile app.
Senior Steve Scott pointed
out several changes to the interior of the BSG. The bar area
has been moved down to make
room for more tables and the
addition of booths supplies even
more seating. In comparison
with the BR, Scott described the
newly remodeled restaurant as
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WSAJ Contributor
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“more ‘family friendly,’” placing
air quotes around the latter two
words. He summed up his positive reaction to the new vibe,
saying “I like this way better.”
Senior Rich Christman described the old BR as “very
much just a room with a bar,”
adding that it was “not really the
most inviting type of place.” Like
Scott, Christman was pleased
with the change. He credits the
addition of more lighting and
more space with creating an environment that feels welcoming
and cozy.
“It ultimately looks like a
higher-end establishment... less
of a hole in the wall,” Christman
said.
He was especially pleased by
the inclusion of booths, an alternative seating option to the previous BR, which had only the
bar and a few tables.
This attitude seems to be
widespread. Although the two
have a similar number of ratings,
the Facebook page for the new
BSG gives a score of 4.7 out of a
possible five stars, while the page
for the now-defunct BR shows a
score of only 3.7.
The BSG’s owner did not
respond to The Collegian’s requests for an interview.
Vinyl
Spinning the past
Sean McPhillips
Contributing Writer
POPCRUSH.COM
Skrillex release
discordant, uneven
Ryan Hampton
Staff Writer
Sonny Moore, known to the
world as Skrillex, does not seem
like the typical artist to release a
debut album. A prolific creator
of EPs since his major label debut in 2009, the dubstep poster
boy has worked with everyone
from the surviving members of
The Doors to A$AP Rocky.
Nevertheless, the recent release of “Recess” marks the first
full-length release of the California native’s career. Unfortunately,
despite a handful of international
features, “Recess” is an overlong
and frequently incongruous offering that does not warrant its
46-minute length.
Title track “Recess” is a discordant mess with a grating
sample of rap hype-man, Fatman
Scoop. The sample’s interplay
between Scoop and the crowd
at which he is shouting makes
the track sound like a live performance – which it obviously
is not.The result is awkward, unnecessary dissonance.
Meanwhile,
third
track,
“Stranger,” is an initially promising number with a terrific, mellow feature by R&B artist, Sam
Dew. However, the “bass drop”
features an unbearable synth that
sounds like a squeaky door, only
magnified and sped up.
Skrillex shows some sonic
flexibility on jazzy album-highlight, “Coast is Clear,” which
features a libidinous sung-rapped
verse from stoner-rap wunderkind, Chance the Rapper. The
problem with the track is that it
is out of place amidst the album’s
plethora of bass-heavy songs like
the frenetic “Dirty Vibe,” which
features electronic dance music
(EDM) fixture, Diplo, and Korean pop stars G-Dragon and CL.
Skrillex has the ability to attract an array of talent to his
projects and has an admirable
openness to experimentation.
However, “Recess” is hurt by the
sonic discord that results from
this trial-and-error approach.
Indeed, the album touches on
everything from dancehall to rap,
R&B and pop while attempting
to integrate these under the umbrella of dubstep (or “brostep” as
the genre’s American incarnation is often called). The result
is not so much a synthesis as a
haphazard mish-mash with a
few highlights and a lot of lowpoints.
Ultimately, the album would
have been better had it been released as a mixtape or EP, both of
which would have been lowerrisk means of experimentation.
Then again, the relative commercial success of “Recess” may
counteract that assertion while
serving as an indication of the
genre’s unflagging appeal.
Additionally, the mediocrity
of “Recess” is not an indictment
of electronica as a whole, despite
Skrillex’s prominence within
the genre. The EDM scene has
repeatedly evidenced its ability
to produce artistic and fulfilling
full-length offerings – Skrillex’s
debut LP just is not one of them.
I first spun a vinyl record in
ninth grade, alone, in my grandmother’s basement. It was The
Doors’ self-titled debut album,
an original 1967 pressing that
I assumed was my Uncle Pete’s
but later learned that it had belonged to my mother, a relic
from a time when she was actually “cool.”
After the first side had finished and the turntable stopped,
I thought something along the
lines of, “so I actually have to
put in work while listening to
records?” The idea that music
was anything other than a passive form of entertainment was
completely foreign to the hyperactive, unmotivated teenager
that I was then. Nothing about
me had changed. I was still hyperactive and unmotivated.
At a time when all that really
mattered to me was my next excuse for not doing some sort of
schoolwork, it was just another
opportunity to distinguish my
taste from those of my twin older
brothers. It was a reason to have
some sort of quirk to my interests that had not already been
claimed by the overachieving,
4.0 GPA brothers from whom I
so desperately wanted to be different.
A few months after that spin,
I brought home the remnants of
my mother and uncle’s record
collections to keep for myself.
What began then was my fascination with the antiquated
medium around which my free
time and disposable income now
quite literally revolve.
Vinyl is superior to digital and
other analog formats in that it
creates the highest-quality sound
reproduction upon playback.
The feature of superior sonic integrity, while a clear advantage, is
not what matters the most.
The importance of vinyl is
that somewhere, at some point in
the past, it is likely that someone
had a similar experience while
listening to whatever record it is
that I am choosing to spin.
Someone else cared what
names the wind had cried in the
past and was just as intrigued
and disturbed by Jim Morrison’s
Oedipal croonings. Someone
just wanted to sit and be understood by someone else or live vicariously through someone else’s
lyrics.
In a time when books, music
and even social interactions have
been reduced to filenames and
strings of code, vinyl records are
an escape to another era, an era
when music required patience
and active listening rather than
a computer and a shuffle option.
There once had been a time
when music required a cover design that would occupy a 12 inch
square of physical space rather
than a few pixels on a screen.
My appreciation for these moments of music transcending the
temporal bounds of the now, and
the relationships I have created
because of these moments, are
what I seek every day. The more
often I see the well-meaning
Frenchman Gwen, the owner
of my preferred record store, the
more I feel a part of something
that means more to me than a
sports team, more than an alma
mater and more than book that
more than one person has happened to read.
Four years down the road, I
am just as hyperactive and just as
unmotivated as I was then. What
has changed, though, is my ability to sit and do nothing but listen. The aural bliss that comes
from the simple act of listening
is unrivaled.
Everything about a record
that I love can excite me: the
smell of the sleeve, the static that
precedes the tracks and the accidental scratches that give a recording its character. Music itself
does not change. It still strives to
relay emotions and feelings that
the artist might embrace, reject
or feel confused by.
Music serves as a trip that connects others to the past, present
and future simultaneously. When
we allow music to affect us, its
effect is not quantifiable, but its
magnitude is unquestionable.
While it is not necessarily a new album, Yeasayer’s
“Odd Blood” is an indie staple; a psychedelic pop journey laced with experimental
electronica.
Released in 2010, “Odd
Blood” is Yeasayer’s sophomore album and arguably
the band’s most intriguing,
as it merges different genres
while creating a foundation
of classic pop rhythms. Produced in a secluded cabin in
upstate New York, Yeasayer’s
efforts to embrace the pop
genre while adding a musical twist all added up to the
fascinating sounds found in
“Odd Blood.”
“Odd Blood” begins with
“The Children,” an opener
that is tightly composed and
heavy on vocal effects. “The
Children” seamlessly blends
into one of the most popular
songs on the album, “Ambling Alp.” Despite the title’s
suggestion of heavy, pondering rhythms, “Ambling Alp”
moves through horn breakdowns and choruses with
ease.
Inspired by American boxer Joe Louis, “Ambling Alp”
is a winning combination of
bouncy lyrics with a pounding beat.
With harmonies that bring
to mind Queen’s Freddie
Mercury, lead singer Chris
Keating’s vocals are complimented with the reassuring
lyrics of “Now, the world can
be an unfair place at times/
But your lows will have
their complement of highs/
And if anyone should cheat
you/ Take advantage of, or
beat you/ Raise your head
and wear your wounds with
pride.”
“O.N.E” combines African
inspired beats with electronic
sound effects and psychedelic
vocals. Keating’s lyrics drift
effortlessly throughout the
song and beckon the listener
to enter a dreamy dance pop.
The lyrics suggest a lover
who is caught in an uncertain relationship and is unsure if he should stay or go.
The chorus lyrics, “Hold
me like before/ Hold me like
you used to/ Control me like
you used to/ No/ You don’t
move me anymore/ And I’m
glad that you don’t/ ‘Cause
I can’t have you anymore,”
demonstrate his confusion.
In the final bridge of the
song, the lyrics break into
falsetto harmonies revealing
more of Keating’s emotions
with lyrics like, “And it feels
like being tranquilized/ I
know the separation kills the
soul/ But I won’t stop falling
like raindrops/ Because I like
it when you lose control.”
For fans of MGMT, The
Flaming Lips and Animal
Collective, Yeasayer is the
perfect addition to a music
library, especially for those
open to finding new sounds.
Yeasayer’s newest album reflects the experimental quality of “Odd Blood,” while
refining the band’s vision of
combining genres to create
the best of psychedelic pop.
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Through the Lens
April 4, 2014
Snapshots from
the Wolverine
Tri-Meet
Our photographers trained their cameras
on the lone meet hosted by the College this
season. Here are some of the best photos
from the meet.
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MEGAN DAUGHERTY/THE COLLEGIAN
April 4, 2014
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April 4, 2014
HIMYM: a slap in the face
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Marissa Candiloro
Design Chief
Her name is Tracy McConnell. After nine seasons of close
calls, slap bets, doppelgangers and
yellow umbrellas, “How I Met
Your Mother” fans witness the
first meeting between Ted and
the greatly anticipated woman of
his dreams, only to have her stolen away in a shocking plot twist,
which leaves viewers shocked,
confused and angry.
The episode relies heavily on
flash-forwards and flashbacks to
show the passage of time and
the fate of the famous group
of friends. Starting at Barney
and Robin’s wedding reception, viewers witness Ted’s heartbreaking goodbye to his friends
before leaving for Chicago, his
first sighting of his future wife
and their fated meeting at the
train station.
The episode cuts to the future where Ted and Tracy are
planning their wedding, only to
learn the joyful news that Tracy
is pregnant. Another jump, and
the gang learns that Barney and
Robin have decided to get divorced after three years of marriage, which sets the scene for
the steady deterioration of the
group.
Despite Lily’s tearful pleas
that the gang stays together for
“the big moments,” years go by,
distance grows and the characters continue on with their lives.
Marshall and Lily have two more
kids, and Marshall becomes first
a judge, then a justice. Robin is
rarely seen due to her job as a
famous news reporter. Part one
of the two-part finale ends after
a heartbreaking conversation between Lily and Robin, in which
Robin tells Lily that things can
never be how they once were.
The one character who does
not seem to change as the years
go by is Barney. At one of the
gang’s now infrequent meet-ups
at McLaren’s, Barney pleads with
them to accept him for who he
is.
“I’m never going to be a guy
who meets a girl and from the
first time I see her I’m just like,
‘you are the love of my life, everything I have and everything
I am is yours, forever.’ That’s not
me,” he said.
However, in perhaps the most
stunning and touching twist of
the show, Barney learns that his
one-night stand is pregnant, and
he is going to be a father. Despite his initial refusal to accept
his baby daughter, he falls in love
the first time he holds her and
says those words he once thought
he would never say. Baby Ellie is
the girl who tames Barney and
turns him from his playboy life,
wrapping up his character in a
beautifully unexpected way.
Barney’s daughter serves as a
touching way to tie up his playboy ends, and Marshall and Lily
live happily ever after.
Ted’s character is the one with
which fans may have problems.
For nine seasons fans grew accustomed to the sweet romantic
who goes to crazy lengths for
the sake of love. It is unbelievable that such a romantic would
meet the girl of his dreams, only
to put off their wedding for seven years.
It is also hard to believe that
he would be able to move on
from her death and go back to
Robin. Their relationship did
not work out multiple times
in the past, and it is hard to see
what will change in the future.
Fans of the show will certainly have mixed feelings about its
ending. In many ways it is an appropriate farewell to the characters many have grown to know
and love, but it also comes full
circle in a frustrating and confusing way.
In the very first episode, Ted
tells the kids how he met their
Aunt Robin, immediately taking her off the list of candidates
to be the mother, but the finale twists that story in such a
way that is brilliant and devious.
Nine seasons, and 208 episodes
later, “How I Met Your Mother”
ends its run in a way that may be
confusing and controversial, but
unfailingly legendary.
NYDAILYNEWS.COM
Headed for Hollywood
Zoe Simek, a future in film
Jacob Sziráky
The story turns back to Ted
and Tracy, who finally get married after seven years and have
two children. The episode cuts
to Ted and Tracy’s wedding.
Ted then begins a monologue
about the years they spent together, which is sweet until the
language becomes noticeably
past tense.
In a shocking turn minutes
before the end of the show, it
is revealed that Tracy got sick,
and passed away six years prior
to the present day. Fans speculated from hints dropped in previous episodes that the mother
was going to die, but the next
bombshell was completely unexpected. Ted wraps up his story
and his daughter challenges him,
insisting that the story, supposedly about how he met their
mother was, instead, the story of
how he met and fell in love with
Robin. With very little urging,
Ted gets up and runs to Robin’s
apartment, where he stands outside her window and holds up
the blue French horn, a direct
allusion to the first episode and
their first date. The scene fades
to black and the credits roll.
The finale is a mixed bag of
good and bad, including some
moments of undeniable hilarity
and some of heart-wrenching
seriousness. The writers make a
concerted effort to include references from the entire series
that will resonate with fans, including the Cockamouse, licking the Liberty Bell (or not)
and the Hanging Chad costume.
Hollywood and working on
those films was very hard because you are in an environment
where God is nowhere to be
found,” she said.
Simek went on to say that
many people in the movie making business have everything,
from money to respect to family,
but that there is no joy in their
through my actions.”
One way Simek set herself
Staff Writer
apart was through her use of
Zoe Simek, a senior entrelanguage.
preneurship major, has a passion
“I wouldn’t swear and peofor filmmaking and has already
ple
would ask, ‘Why aren’t you
done much to make her dreams
swearing?,’” Simek said, to which
come true. She has observed the
she would respond, “Because I
filming processes of the Disney
and Dreamworks film, “I Am
don’t need to.”
Number Four,” and served
Simek cited the words
as a production assistant for
of Christian author, Steven
the blockbuster hits, “The We need to embrace our
Furtick, who said, “If the
Dark Knight Rises” and “The passions and follow the
size of your vision for your
Avengers.”
Lord’s
leading
and
calling
life isn’t intimidating to you,
“Because God has put that
passion in me, He isn’t going in our lives.
there’s a good chance it’s into let it go,” Simek said.
sulting to God.”
Simek started her cinZoe Simek
She went on to say, “We
ematic journey shortly after
are unique because we have
graduating from high school.
huge passion and vision in our
The filming for “I Am Number
lives ... My question to everyFour” took place at her high
school and Simek was given lives. They work so hard that one is, if we have been given
permission to observe. As she they have no time to see their these passions, then why can’t
watched the filming process, families or spend any of their we change the world? We need
Simek was offered a job as a pro- money in a meaningful way.
However, Simek’s co-workers to embrace our passions and folduction assistant over the sumsoon figured out that there was low the Lord’s leading and callmer in Pittsburgh.
“My passion for Holly- something different about her ing in our lives, even if it requires
wood has gotten much deeper and the way she did her work.
taking a step in faith and letting
“I realized it was because I him direct our path.”
and much greater since [high
had joy,” she said. “I didn’t have
school],” Simek said.
In her pursuit of her passion,
Simek also has another pas- everything, but because I had
Simek fully embraces the words
sion that complements her love God I had everything I needed... I wasn’t preaching – it was of Paul: “So whether you eat or
for the filmmaking process.
“Being a senior, my ultimate more just letting the Spirit lead drink or whatever you do, do it
dream is to bring God back to me and letting that be evident all for the glory of God.”
Coming up in chapel
Sunday, April 6
Vespers: “The Mount of Olives Road”
Tuesday, April 8
Amy Genders ‘14, Red Box Mission to Ukraine
Thursday, April 10
Vision & Values conference speaker Michael Geer,
president of Pennsylvania Family Institute
Correction
In the March 28 issue of The Collegian, the article
“The Gala: A Be-Jewelled-Evening,” reported that the
Gala is held every other year in the Intramural Room.
This year, the Gala will be held in HAL Courtyard.
GREEN EYESHADE AWARD
This week’s award goes to sophomore
Cameron Holloway for his consistently
stellar photography and captivating art,
particularly in this week’s photo spread in
collaboration with Megan Daugherty.
The Collegian Green Eyeshade Award
honors student contributors who have
demonstrated consistency and excellence
in their work.
Cameron Holloway
Each week, The Collegian editors select
a reporter, photographer or staff member who has made a valuable
contribution to the paper. The award makes a valuable addition to a
portfolio or resume.
Perspectives
April 4, 2014
Page 9
A culture of pretention
Jason Bamford
Contributing Writer
Grove City College often
causes people to think of smiling
faces, abundant knowledge and
loving and accepting people.
Unfortunately, many people
have been presented with a mask.
The College, founded on
Christian values, has since drifted
far from those standards. A great
level of separation exists between
students at the College, and the
interactions that take place here
have a tendency to be acidic.
Despite the low levels of cultural diversity, this campus is
divided in more ways than can
be counted. The College claims
to be a stalwart champion of
Christian beliefs, but the student
body, like many other college
communities, includes people
who go behind their friends’
backs, look down on those they
deem inferior and treat people
they view as different with contempt – if not outright hostility.
Such people would never do
these things publicly as that is
not the “Christian” thing to do.
But people should not be doing
these things in the first place.
One person’s definition of
what a Christian should be will
not fit every sinwgle person on
this campus.
People have different concepts
of what is important and valuable in life. Just because someone
pursue leisure activities that help
them de-stress, they are looked
down upon as not managing
their time correctly? When did
stressing one’s self to the point of
before getting to know the
person they are judging is troublesome. When someone makes
snap judgments, they not only
reveal a lack of character but can
COURTESY GROVE CITY COLLEGE
finds fostering meaningful relationships by sacrificing free time
more important than sequestering themselves away from any
form of human contact in a tiny
room in the Hall of Arts and
Letters or a secluded corner of
Henry Buhl Library does not
mean they are living their lives
incorrectly.
On a similar note, why is it
that if someone has time to
illness become acceptable? Why
is it that the workload at the
College is such that people are
always stressed about something,
and why do so many get to the
point where they have complete
mental breakdowns and have to
either transfer out of the school
or accept a failing grade?
Not all students at the College
are judgmental. But the fact that
so many people make judgments
sometimes even put a dark spin
on the views they themselves
hold.
The most bothersome part
of some people who make snap
judgments is that they do so
with a big smile on their faces,
which seems to shout insincerity
and a lack of respect for people
in general.
How is it that we can all live
in such close proximity for an
Inner workings of WALL-E
Fallacy or reality?
Scott Alford
Contributing Writer
Pixar’s “WALL-E” presented
a dystopian vision of humanity’s
future as a result of a culture that
makes everything disposable.
WALL-E, the acronym for Waste
Allocation Load Lifter EarthClass, was the robot responsible
for cleaning up an abandoned
Earth that had been left to waste.
This is an extreme vision of
how many people view electronic waste, known as e-waste.
They assume e-waste will
overrun the United States if the
government does not step in to
tackle the problem.
In reality, the government
creates more problems than it
solves by placing burdens upon
manufacturers for consumer
behaviors and forcing recycling
over better and more responsible
market choices.
With the “newer is better”
approach to electronics, the rates
of disposing of old electronic
goods have skyrocketed. According to a report by ABI Research,
the e-waste market is expected
to reach nearly $15 billion by
2015, up from $5.7 billion in
2009.
Fortunately, an independent
market has emerged to deal with
the problems of e-waste, refuting
three major myths of government involvement in addressing
e-waste.
Myth 1: Companies would
rather dump waste in landfills than address e-waste
responsibly.
The assumption of many
government bureaucrats is that
landfills are terrible. While landfills may not be ideal environmentally, they are often the best
option for companies. E-waste
management can cost hundreds
of dollars as compared to the
inexpensiveness of dumping in
landfills. However, since recycling is becoming cheaper and
the resources more valuable,
landfills will gradually be used
less.
In fact, landfills may become
mandatory receptacles for many
electronics. Current e-waste
regulation has actually increased
the amount of electronics in
landfills.
When California required
companies to recycle e-waste,
certain items were incredibly
difficult and expensive to recycle,
which led people to trash thousands of computer monitors for
recycling, most of which ended
up in landfills.
Myth 2: The free market
will not address e-waste
recycling.
Not only will the free market
handle e-waste best, but it
already has begun discovering
timely solutions. Manufacturers
are recycling end-of-life products more efficiently and cost
effectively than government.
Dell Inc., eBay, Gateway Inc.,
HP and IBM all have initiatives
to recycle e-waste. Companies
selling electronic products such
as Verizon, Sprint, Staples and
BestBuy have expanded
electronic take-back initiatives for customers.
While these companies may lose
money by recycling, companies
benefit by promoting
their
image as environmentally
friendly.
Myth 3:
Exportation of
e-waste to developing countries is
harmful.
While some e-waste is exported to countries for recycling,
the majority is sold for reuse. A
2010 report showed that at least
87 percent of imported end-oflife computers went to reuse as
opposed to recycling in Peru.
Much of the developing world,
including Africa, South America
and Asia, has lucrative markets in
used electronics.
Yet, not all exported e-waste
is resold for reuse. Much of the
e-waste is recycled in the slums
of poor developing countries.
The conditions are often dirty,
dangerous and polluted but New
York Times reporter Nicholas D.
Kristof explains that recycling
e-waste under “sweatshop conditions” is a luxury compared to
the alternatives jobs or poverty.
“Talk to these families in the
dump, and a job in a sweatshop
is a cherished dream, an escalator
out of poverty,” he said.
Market solutions are rising to
address the e-waste problems just
as markets have done throughout history. The market has provided number of solutions to
address the growing problem
of e-waste by taking one man’s
trash and turning it into another
man’s treasure.
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extended period of time, yet
allow hostility to arise between
different groups of people? Is
this campus’ respect for human
dignity and self-worth so low
that we can never look past any
form of perceived shortcomings
to see the real person?
The Bible says that only God
was perfect, and that humans
are fallen. Why is it then, at this
Christian school, that we always
strive for perfection? Why do
we flaunt our accomplishments?
Why do we destroy ourselves,
mentally — and sometimes
physically — when we feel we
have not achieved perfection?
There really is no problem with
wanting perfection, but making
it the sole focus of your life
while sacrificing everything else
is unhealthy to an extreme.
Everyone needs to take a step
back and try and invest in the
things that truly matter: people.
And not just people who might
give us a better footing in this
world, but any and all people
who desire our friendship.
Perhaps this school will become
what it sets out to be in its statement of faith if people start to
care about others.
Editorial
New writing course: a
necessary change
Claire E. Healey
Editor-in-Chief
As reported in the March 21
issue of The Collegian, Grove
City College will be changing
its humanities course requirements to include a new freshman writing course.
This decision will likely
benefit incoming freshmen as
they begin their college careers
in preparation for future careers.
The ability to write is essential not only in college but in
almost every professional field.
Though the College must do
away with one of the humanities history requirements to
allow for the writing class, this
action is certainly sensible.
The new writing class will
help to give students a solid
foundation for success in
their courses at the College.
While some majors require
less writing than others, each
student has several humanities
and other core requirements
to fill. Most of these courses
include at least one research
paper, and students without a
solid writing background often
struggle to get through these
required classes.
Even high schools with a
good English curriculum do
not always adequately prepare
students for the higher level of
expectations professors hold at
the collegiate level. The new
course will most likely make
the transition to college writing
easier, even for students who
performed well on term papers
in high school.
Good writing practice in
college is extremely beneficial
when a student begins searching for a job. Whether one
is looking for a career as an
accountant, a copy editor or an
electrical engineer, two of the
first parts of an application a
potential employer sees are the
resume and the cover letter.
Even if the job does not
include a lot of writing, a
well-written cover letter looks
far more appealing to potential employers than a poorly
written one. Since many companies receive numerous applications for entry-level positions, potential employers often
weed out applications simply
because of grammar mistakes.
The need for good writing
does not decrease once a graduate is successfully employed in
the workforce. Good writing
skills are essential for communication with one’s co-workers
in order to complete projects,
especially since many employees work together through
numerous emails every day.
Even students entering
science, engineering or math
fields will find writing to be
a necessity on a daily basis.
Besides clearly communicating with co-workers, employees need to know how to write
clearly in order to make project
proposals and presentations,
which are often essential in scientific fields.
Entrepreneurs will also recognize the importance of
knowing how to write. Starting
any business requires writing
skills, especially when submitting business proposals to
others and applying for bank
loans. Other people need to be
able to clearly understand the
goals set forth by the entrepreneur in writing.
Though two humanities
history courses must be combined to include the new freshman writing class, the College’s goal for the freshman
writing course will probably
prove extremely worthwhile.
Students of all majors need a
solid foundation in writing
to prepare them for the rest
of their academic and future
careers, and this new requirement will hopefully serve this
purpose.
Perspectives
Page 10
April 4, 2014
Government fuel standards
You can’t have your cake and eat it too
Scott Alford
Staff Writer
The government is trying to
have its cake and eat it too, based
on its environmental regulations.
The Obama administration
and Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) have imposed
contradictory regulations upon
the automobile and oil industries in attempt to reduce fuel
consumption and increase renewable fuels.
Fuel economy and biofuel
standards are sending mixed signals to the market about government policy priorities which
collectively frustrate the market
and overburden the economy.
The Obama administration
set new fuel economy standards.
The Corporate Average Fuel
Economy (CAFE) standards
dramatically increase fuel mileage requirements to 54.5 miles
per gallon by 2025 for the entire
fleet of cars.
This incredibly ambitious regulation requires car manufacturers to increase mileage per gal-
lon by making cars lighter and
creating more efficient engines.
Such regulations are set to impose thousands of extra dollars
upon consumers for every new
vehicle.
The cost and overzealous expectations have led many experts to speculate that automobile manufactures will struggle
to meet the expectations of the
Obama administration at reasonable costs to the consumer.
The EPA has decided to
double down with newly imposed Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) which reduce fuel
efficiency on car engines. Earlier
this year, the EPA overstepped its
authority by requiring a higher
ethanol standard from auto makers from E-10 to E-15. This
action would gradually reduce
the gas mileage of car engines
because ethanol is less energy
dense.
By mandating higher consumption of lower density fuels
such as ethanol fuel, the EPA
is undermining the automobile
companies who are trying to
accomplish nearly impossible
CAFÉ standards with its own
taxing regulation.
The policies of the federal environmental have been nothing
short of counterproductive. The
government has demonstrated
that its priorities often don’t
align with the consumer choices. Instead, costly regulations are
often established to benefit special interests like the renewable
fuels market rather than establish
effective goals. Through CAFÉ
and RFS, the government is trying to reduce consumption of
foreign fuel, reduce GHG gases
and increase renewable fuels.
Government coordination of
the market has resulted in major setbacks rather than progress. The National Association
of Convenience Stores (NACS)
explained that “RFS and CAFE
policies cannot coexist without
substantial changes in the retail and vehicle markets to ac-
commodate significantly higher
concentrations of renewable
fuels…” Government has managed to create programs with the
same goal that corrupt both.
In an attempt to comply with
the stiff regulations, auto manufacturers could be crippled. Automakers could be penalized for
failing to meet the standards. If
an auto manufacture does not
meet the standards, he may opt
to quit the business rather than
to risk failing and paying the extensive fines for failing to meet
one or both of the requirements.
Few car producers reduce
competition and consumer
choice. Car companies who
weather the government regulation will be rewarded with fewer
profits as this would adversely
impact the sale of new vehicles
between the higher cost of cars
and fuels.
The sellers of fuel are also affected by cost of the new regulations.The sellers have to invest in
a completely new infrastructure
to accommodate new blends
of fuel. NACS has projected it
could cost the industry $22 billion in infrastructure alone. The
regulatory burden of environmental standards is unreasonable.
CAFÉ—RFS regulatory burden is a classic case of the left
hand of the government not
understanding what regulations
of the right hand are instituting. By trying to have the best
of both worlds, the government
will have fewer environmental
benefits but at a high economic
price tag.
Instead of the government
having its hands in the regulatory business, the government
should institute a policy of laissez faire (hands off) economics which would allow the best
technologies to progress in the
market without the burden of
government’s counterintuitive
policies.
God and Jesus, politics and government
Dr. Mark Hendrickson
Is God a Democrat? A Republican? Was Jesus a conservative,
liberal, socialist, or libertarian?
Those are jarring questions.
Yet, because faith informs
one’s values and values inform
one’s political leanings, it is
understandable why religion
and politics often intersect and
overlap.
And because there are myriad
different concepts of Deity
(hence, the thousands of sects
plus varying degrees of nonbelief in the world) and many
divergent political beliefs (so
that even within each Christian
denomination there are adherents spread across the political
spectrum) the inevitable result
is friction, contention, and disagreement.
Can we agree on this at
least? Let’s agree that those
who worship the Creator and
accept the Savior should let His
redeeming grace lift us higher
instead of trying to squeeze him
into limited and limiting human
beliefs. Neither God nor Jesus can be
reduced to any human philosophy, political or otherwise.
Politics is human; God is
divine. The human is the realm
of mortal, material, flawed, and
imperfect beings where many ment. It does, however, provide need?
wills collide, compete, and clash; abundant guidance and clear
Robert Charles Winthrop,
the divine is the realm of the precepts for moral conduct in erstwhile Speaker of the U.S.
immortal, spiritual, perfect Holy our thoughts and deeds that House of Representatives (1847One where there is but one will. should influence our politics.
1849), stated, “Men, in a word,
For those who find this phraseLiberty, justice, charity, right, must necessarily be controlled,
ology problematical, I apologize; and wrong are dominant themes either via power within them, or
it’s often difficult to express throughout the Bible. The polit- by a power without them; either
spiritual
by the Word
concepts
of God, or
The Bible does not contain an explicit bluewith mere
print for government. It does, however, provide by the strong
human lanarm of man;
abundant
guidance
and
clear
precepts
for
moral
guage, and
either by the
conduct in our thoughts and deeds that should Bible, or by
even with
the clearest
the bayonet.”
influence our politics.
communiP e r cation there are often differ- ical challenge is to get them in sonally, I prefer the Bible to
ent slants on these transcendent the right balance.
the bayonet. Consequently, I
concepts.
In I Samuel, chapter 8, it is think that America’s Founding
Let’s just say that none of us plain that the highest form of Fathers—despite their differing
should be overly confident that government would be for the understandings of the Christian
we have the infinite God and people to follow God’s laws, religion—came pretty close to
His Son figured out, when even and that any human king (and solving the problem of governJesus’ own disciples, who abode by extension, human govern- ment correctly.
with him for three years, repeat- ment in general) will be prone
In the Declaration of Indeedly didn’t “get it.”
pendence
they affirmed that
to abusing the people under its
Christians have many different authority.
government’s raison d’être and
opinions about what constitutes
Just how much power a sole legitimate function is to
good government. Jesus said human government should have preserve, protect, and uphold
that his “kingdom is not of this has been a perennially vexing man’s God-given unalienable
world” (John 18:36).
rights.
problem ever since.
That marvelous statement still
The key principle in govFounding
Father
James
leaves an important question
ernmental administration was
Madison famously wrote in
unanswered: As long as we live
to be negative law—that is, the
Federalist No. 51, “If men were
in this world, what kind of civil
government should enforce the
angels, no government would be
government is right for humanessential laws outlined in the
necessary.” Alas, of course, men
kind?
Mosaic Decalogue—and not the
are not angels, so how much
The Bible does not contain
“positive law” of ordering what
external government do they
an explicit blueprint for governgood things citizens must do.
This year’s spring court
Nick Finelli
King
The rest of the spring court is
as follows:
Senior Amy Genders, lady in
waiting, is a sociology and communication studies major from
Elma, NY. She has been able to
ski since she was five years old
and loves to travel.
Senior Hayley Price, lady in
waiting, is an elementary education and special education major from North Caldwell, NJ.
She has traveled to Europe six
times.
Senior Sarah Rybaltowski,
lady in waiting, is a psychology
major from Saratoga, NY. She
greatly enjoys working in prison
ministry.
Senior Zoe Simek, lady in
waiting, is an entrepreneurship major from Murrysville,
PA. In her nerd days of middle
The great moral philosopher
Adam Smith explained this fundamental and practical difference between law and gospel in
his classic work, “The Theory of
Moral Sentiments.”
Many American Christians
have a different opinion about
the proper role of government
today. Some desire to expand the
scope of government as strongly
as I favor shrinking it to the size
our founders envisioned.
And I must concede the possibility that we living in America
today don’t deserve the limited
government that our founders
established. Perhaps Joseph de
Maistre was at least partly right
when he wrote, “Every country
has the government it deserves.” John Adams believed, “Our
Constitution was made only for
a moral and religious people.
It is wholly inadequate for the
government of any other.”
It may be that the American
people have moved away
from moral self-government
to a degree that renders our
wworiginal constitutional order
impracticable today.
Christians hold many opinions about the proper role of
government today. Perhaps the
only point we can agree upon
universally is that the only
perfect government is found in
the kingdom of heaven.
Libby Carbone
Queen
school, she made it to the National Spelling Bee for Christian
schools and came in 18th place.
Junior Tasha Landis, junior
queen, is a business management major and psychology
minor from Lancaster, PA. She
plays on Grove City’s women’s
lacrosse team.
Junior Allie Hull, coronation
officer, is a sociology and communication studies major from
Pittsburgh, PA.
Junior Marie Carroll, Marshall of the Day, is an exercise
science major and psychology
minor from Pittsburgh, PA.
Junior Esther Durling, Marshall of the Day, is a business
management major from Perry,
.I.
Sophomore Amy Rumbaugh,
Bearer of the Crown, is an en-
trepreneurship major and biblical and religious studies minor
from Grove City, PA.
Sophomore Amy Thomas,
herald, is a biology major from
Framingham, MA.
Sophomore Kara Mazey, herald, is a communication studies
major and a political science
minor with a marketing focus
from Warren, OH.
Freshman Melanie Barber,
Bearer of the Sceptre, is a business economics major from
Wayland, MA.
Freshman Tabitha Walker,
herald, is an exercise science
major from Lexington, KY.
Freshman Raquel Fereshetian, herald, is a communication
studies major and business minor from Dresher, PA.
COURTESY SARAH UNDERWOOD
Sports
April 4, 2014
Grove City’s own
‘Hot Corner’
Meghann Healey
Staff Writer
Page 11
Setbacks
temporarily
cloud potential
Mark Blank
As a captain of Grove City
College’s baseball team, senior
third baseman Matthew Corner
has spent recent weeks training
and preparing with his teammates for the upcoming 2014
season. Corner is a third baseman for the team.The team traveled to Myrtle Beach, SC during
spring break for spring training,
where they competed in seven
games. The team returned to
campus with a 2-5 record.
“We played very well in every game. It gave us confidence
when we came back north and
started conference play,” Corner
said.
This season, Corner is looking forward to competing with
his teammates, especially fellow
seniors John Rende and Erick
Locker. Corner also hopes to
win more games than last season
and to play in the conference
tournament again.
Success on the field requires
good relationships and a positive dynamic among teammates and coaches alike. Corner
stresses these as characteristics of
the team, referring to the team
as a family. Corner also has a
very close relationship with his
coaches, two of whom he played
alongside earlier in his career,
and one whom he played against.
“On the field, we are not only
playing because we love baseball,
but we are playing for each other,” he said.
As a captain, Corner emphasizes the necessity to produce results on the field as well as to be
able to lead the team from the
sidelines. Corner is concerned
more with setting goals for the
team than for himself that will
contribute to more victories.
Contributing Writer
DAVE MILLER/ADM PHOTOGRAPHY
Senior Matthew Corner, the Wolverine starting third baseman, is a
commuter who has found a community within the team.
Overall, Corner believes that
the biggest benefit of being a
member of the team is being
able to represent the College
with his teammates when they
play at other schools. He has also
learned how to efficiently manage his time and believes he has
developed skills that will aid him
later in life.
The College attracted Corner
four years ago as a result of its academic prestige and its religious
affiliation. He also wanted to
continue playing baseball, which
he has played since he was four
years old.
Corner has been a commuter
at the College throughout his
entire college career. As a com-
muter, it can be difficult to develop friendships, but Corner’s
teammates have helped him to
meet more people over the years.
He also admits that the busy
baseball schedule increases the
challenge of academics. However, there are also perks to being a
commuter.
“I do really enjoy not having
to pay to live on campus and
really enjoy the home cooked
meals,” he said.
Corner is an exercise science
major and plans on attending
graduate school in order to get
his master’s degree. He aspires
to teach physical education and
to coach baseball, hopefully at a
college institution, someday.
The Grove City College baseball team dropped two games
on the road against Washington
& Jefferson College in a double
header on Monday afternoon.
The Wolverines, 4-11 overall,
2-4 in Presidents’ Athletic Conference play, lost the first game
5-2 before losing again to the
Presidents 6-0 in the second
game.
Despite dropping pairs of
games both Monday and Tuesday, the team seems much more
solid than it has in past seasons.
The team still has a sub-.500
record in the conference and almost every loss before Monday
has come down to the wire, including two very close losses to
a nationally ranked La Roche
College team.
The Wolverines struggled
both from the mound and from
the plate as they allowed 11 total runs (eight earned) and were
held hitless through the first
six innings of the second game.
However, Grove City did show
pockets of very good baseball. In
the fourth inning, senior second
baseman John Rende made an
athletic play to save a grounder
from punching into right field.
Despite a subpar record, this
year has been a bit of a turnaround season for the Wolverines. The team is showing signs
of life for the first time in several
seasons. This is due in part to the
solid pitching of the upperclassmen pitchers senior Eric Locker
and junior Mason Stephens. Stephens leads the team with 15
strike outs while Locker boasts a
solid ERA of 3.30.
Although the pitching staff
struggled on Monday and the
offense sputtered Tuesday against
Bethany College (dropping 3-0
and 3-2 decisions), the Wolverines get a chance to turn things
around this week as they play
two more conference games
against Thomas More College.
The infield has been consistently solid thanks to strong play
from senior third baseman Matt
Corner and redshirt sophomore
shortstop Josh Hodges.
If Grove City can manage to
start consistently hitting the ball,
the team has a shot at not only
having a winning season, but it
could have a chance at a playoff
berth. As the doubleheader on
March 22 indicates, one spark
could set the team on a hot
streak.
The Wolverines’ record may
appear unimpressive, but for the
first time in several seasons this
Grove City baseball team has
given its fans something to be
excited about. Stephens sums up
the attitude of the team.
“We have potential this year,
which is something we haven’t
felt in the last two seasons,” he
said.
DAVE MILLER/ADM PHOTOGRAPHY
Junior Mason Stephens has
been part of a mostly solid
rotation.
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Sports
Page 12
Men’s lacrosse leaves
Chicago 1-1
April 4, 2014
Ground yet
to cover
Men’s golf gears up for
PAC Championship
Ian Mikrut
Sports Editor
The Grove City College men’s
golf team began its spring season
last month with a trip to Chandler, Ariz., over spring break to
face off against Coe College
from Iowa. The team was able
to pull out a victory over the
Kohawks at the Octotillo Golf
Resort, earning a victory by just
one stroke. Juniors Christian Locher and Brian Giesler picked
up right where they left off in
the fall, winning two matches
each to lead the Wolverines to a
win with scores of 78 and 83.
COURTESY ZACHARY JEW
“The spring trip was a really
Senior captain and goalie Chris Dymski and the Wolverines will host the No. 1 Dayton Flyers this
great
experience for our team
Saturday on Thorn Field at 7 p.m., looking to topple another top seed.
in getting to play a course like
Octotillo,” junior Austin Wenger
said. “It was nice to come out
verine
defense
failed
on
a
clear
Casselli
as
“the
quarterback
of
Matt Grus
and St. John’s scored with 15 our offense and without him, it of there with a win, given how
Contributing Writer
close it was.”Wenger posted a 93
seconds left, sending the game hurt us.”
to help the Wolverines to a vicinto
overtime.
“The
biggest
struggle
was
The Grove City College
tory. Freshman Austin Eckhardt,
“We
had
a
mentality
of
‘why
after
such
an
emotional
rollermen’s club lacrosse team left
the fourth member of the squad,
not
us?’
We
belong
here
as
coaster
of
a
game,
it
was
hard
to
last Friday morning for a pair of
weekend games in Chicago. The much as they do despite all the bounce back with the same in- scored a 90.
Following the strong outing
Wolverines came into the week- odds against us,” senior captain tensity and with having limited
end ranked No. 4 in the Men’s and goalie Chris Dymski said. numbers. It wore us down,” Car- in Arizona, however, the WolCollegiate Lacrosse Association “There are only 10 on the field son said. “This allowed us to stay verines struggled to find their
groove against some of the betand were looking to rise in the at the same time. The size of the humble.”
“Overall I thought that we ter schools in the area at the
rankings as they played the No. 1 bench doesn’t matter.”
After senior midfielder Ryan played well in Chicago but we Capital Invitational at the Royal
and No. 9 teams.
American Links in Galena, OH.
Their first game was against Althausen won the ensuing face- still have a lot of work to do if
Ohio Dominican Univerthen-No. 1 team in the MCLA off in overtime, Carson called we want to make a run at the nasity, Mount Vernon Nazarene,
timeout
and
without
hesitation
tional
championship,”
Hall
said.
St. John’s University of MinnesoThe Wolverines held the No. Capital University’s A and B rosta on Friday night. Coach Daniel called upon Hall to drive to his
ters, Ohio Wesleyan University,
Carson spoke of how motivating strength and score the game- 4 ranking after the weekend.
Madonna University, Shawnee
the team for the game took care winner. This gave the Wolver- The team will have to play as the
of itself as the players knew the ines the upset win over the No. 1 underdog again this Saturday as
team in the MCLA. Hall finished it faces division rival and new
significance of the matchup.
“We had a great balance of the game with five goals and two No. 1 Dayton University. Daybeing very prepared but also not assists, while Casselli had four ton played both St. John’s (now
psyching ourselves out,” he said. goals and one assist. Dymski said No. 3) and NDSU (now No. 5)
in Chicago last weekend as well,
The game went back and the result was timely.
“It
felt
fitting
and
it
wasn’t
a
winning both games 9-8. The
forth throughout, with eight ties
miracle. I knew we belonged,” game will be played on Robert
and seven lead changes.
E. Thorn Field at 7 p.m. Being
“We came out with a lot of in- he said.
Unfortunately for the Wol- the underdog doesn’t trouble
tensity and scoring the first goal
was a huge confidence boost for verines, Saturday did not go as Dymski, however.
“We are at our best when we
us,” sophomore attackman Dave they would have liked after upHall said. “We never had any setting the country’s top team. are the underdog,” he said.
“Saturday night under the
doubts that we could win the The Wolverines took on No. 9
game, even when we were down North Dakota State University, lights at home: it’s senior night
who would roll to a 13-4 victory versus our rival who comes in
during the fourth quarter.”
Sophomore attackman Dan over the Wolverines. Casselli was ranked No. 1 in the country.
Casselli scored unassisted with unable to play the game after re- We couldn’t script it any better,”
3:30 left in the game to take the ceiving a concussion during the Coach Carson said. “I expect a
lead 11-10. However, the Wol- previous game. Hall described lot of fireworks.”
State University, Columbus State
Community College and Heidelberg University all competed
in the two day outing.
Of the 10 schools that competed, Grove City finished in a
disappointing ninth place with
a team score of 661. First place
was won by Division II Ohio
Dominican while Charlie Phillips of Mount Vernon Nazarene
earned individual medalist honors with a two-day score of 145,
posting a 66 the first day and a
79 the second. There were some
strong individual efforts for the
Wolverines, however, as Locher
posted back-to-back days of 79
for a total score of 158 to put in
a tie for 17th place out of the
total 68 golfers. Giesler and Eckhardt finished in the middle of
the pack for Grove City, tied for
33rd with identical scores of 163.
The setback puts the team 20
shots behind first place.The team
sits two strokes out of second for
the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships, which
will take place April 27 and 28
at Cedarbrook Golf Course in
Belle Vernon, Pa.The Wolverines
have a chance to put themselves
in a better position this week as
they will play four matches in six
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Doubling down: UConn, Kentucky dangerous
Dan Johnson
Managing Editor
Last week, The Collegian
made predictions for two of the
NCAA tourney games. Those
two games did turn out to be
important, as a team from each
of those games in the round of
sixteen still survives in the tournament semifinal.
Connecticut and Kentucky
each played a gritty two games
against higher-ranked teams.
The teams, ranked No. 7 and
No. 8 respectively, each have one
more game against a top team to
reach the finals.
We’re taking a gamble
and betting on both.
Everything has come
together at the right time for
Kentucky, as talent gelled into
team play just in time for the
most important part of the year.
Point guards and brothers Andrew and Aaron Harrison are
part of Kentucky’s starting five,
which is entirely composed of
freshmen in Coach John Calipari’s inventive utilization of basketball’s one-and-done policy.
The first round was the only
game this tournament in which
fewer than four Kentucky players scored double digits.
Though it took most of the
year to develop (with a not terribly impressive SEC record at
12-6), the team seems
to have evened out
into a system that
does not require
one star to play well in order to
win.
In addition to the four players who scored double figures
on Sunday, three others scored
eight. That leaves opponents
with a conundrum – who to
guard?
Forward Julius Randle, who
has posted a double-double in
each of the last two rounds, is a
beast, but he isn’t the only tool
Kentucky has.
While it may be debated
whether the one-and-done policy is good for the sport, it cannot
be debated that the talent the
Wildcats have recruited certainly
allows the team to have a much
more balanced attack.
No. 2 Wisconsin, which did
not see a truly close result until Saturday night’s nail-biter
against No. 1 Arizona, will have
its hands full trying to guard
against this incredibly talented
young Kentucky team.
Connecticut guard Shabazz
Napier has done his best to emulate former teammate and 2011
tournament hero Kemba Walker.
Napier’s quick moves, absolutely
stellar free-throw shooting, and
a few decisive jump-back threes
have led the Huskies this far, and
similar play against No. 1 Florida
could help his team complete
one last upset and bring his college career full circle.
Not only has Napier shot well
from the line; the entire Connecticut team has stepped up,
making 18 shots in a row from
the charity stripe Sunday afternoon and 21 of 22 overall.
Guard Ryan Boatright and
forward DeAndre Daniels, both
juniors, have emerged as
essential supporting figures
in this tournament.
Poor play from either
would make a victory over
Florida not only difficult,
but unlikely.
UConn initially faded
in the first half following
a 12-2 run to open the
game, heading into halftime down 25-21.
Connecticut’s 34.6 percent shooting from the
floor was the team’s worst
in the tournament, but
Napier and the Huskies
fought back and regained
control, stepping up defensively and making every
second half free throw.
That game, like UConn’s
win over Iowa State, ended
with a line looking slightly
closer than it actually was,
as Michigan State nailed a
buzzer-beating three in the
final second.
Though any of the four
potential matchups for the
championship game would
likely constitute an entertaining evening, a ConnecticutKentucky final would be a battle
of the wills. Don’t
count out these
underdogs
to
make it to the
big dance.