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Graham Deese
Special to the Collegian
The grounding
of goods
Garrett West
Special to the Collegian
Last week, Emily Runge responded (Wests political solution goes in the wrong direction, Nov. 6) to my original
article (The unappealing politics of universal rhetoric, Oct.
30), which had claimed that the intractability of political discourse stems from rights-talk. She insightfully highlighted
several of my unclear original claims, and Id like to clarify
these by responding to some of hers.
She writes: While human rights are a bad standard [for
evaluating the justice of a the political order], the alternative
most obvious problem with human goods is that they lack an
objective standard.
Human goods do provide an objective standard because
human person, by nature, to certain goods as the ends of action, and thus every choice evaluates the circumstances and
chooses a good to attain. If we seek the reasons for this
choice the purpose of the action then we ultimately arrive at some reason that can no longer be explained in terms
of anything else. That is, we choose some things for their own
sake. In this category, I would place life, knowledge, friendship, and perhaps certain others. These are basic human goods.
Imagine, for example, that I have chosen to read a book,
and you ask me why Im reading it. I could give all sorts of
tentative or relative reasons: My professor assigned it, Im
avoiding homework, I have 10 minutes to kill before dinreason: Why avoid homework in this way? Why does your
professor affect your choices? If this is not to go on forever,
there must be some terminal reason that is, in some sense, selfevident: I have chosen to read this book because knowledge is
and that any just society must respect life in countless distinct
but analogous situations.
When we simply apply the right to life in a variety of
situations, it covers over that central rationale and that more
and ought to be protected. This concealment prevents us from
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state. Yet this usage of the right to life certainly has a different
meaning from, say, debates about abortion. There we might
say it secures a negative right; here, a positive one. But if the
right to life has these two different but somehow related meanings, then some rationale for applying the term to both situations must exist. If Runge hopes to justify this positive right,
then she must give a reason for extending the original right
to this additional class of cases; if she does not give this rationale, then she opens herself up to the criticism that she has
equivocated.
But she has not equivocated: The implicit rationale that jus-
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man nature.
experience.
Former swimmer Sarah
Leitner 13 wrote a thorough
piece on the need for a better
and more sanitary womens
pool locker room. Not long
after, the locker room was
redone. Bond Pittman 13 wrote
a piece calling for Eric Metaxas
as the graduation speaker. This
past spring, Metaxas delivered
the commencement address.
Junior Chris McCaffery brought
attention to the poorly functioning ID scanners outside school
buildings like the Student
thinking.
Two days after the midterm
Democratic Gotterdammerung,
Team Clinton let it be known
that it thinks the election was
good news for it. Midterms,
for Clinton Team, Arent All
Gloom, proclaimed the understated headline in the Times.
A number of advisers saw
only upside for Mrs. Clinton in
the partys midterm defeats,
reports Amy Chozick. Theres
no mention of any advisors seeing a downside. Indeed, a few
sentences later, Chozick tells us
there is a consensus ... among
those close to Mrs. Clinton
that it is time to accelerate her
schedule.
In many ways, Chozick
continues, Tuesdays election
results clear a path for Mrs.
Clinton. The lopsided outcome
and conservative tilt makes it
less likely she would face an
insurgent challenger from the
left.
Maybe its true that that there
is a silver lining for Hillary
Clinton in the shellacking her
party took last week. Maybe her
ineffective stumping for Democrats means nothing. Maybe
a 17-percentage-point loss for
putative Clinton Democrat Mark
Pryor in Clintons home base of
Arkansas is a blessing in deep,
deep, deep disguise. Maybe the
staggering indifference of the
Democratic coalition of young
people and minorities on display
last week is proof that they are
really just husbanding their
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Natalie DeMacedo
News Editor
During the Civil War, no Northern college sent a greater percentage of soldiers to battle than Hillsdale. So many went willingly
that not one student was drafted. According to the Hillsdale Historical Society, Albert Castel wrote that there were few places in the
burned more brightly than at Hillsdale College.
Today, we have a statue honoring their service. The college offers Patriot scholarships which give full room, board, books, and
tuition to student veterans. As of 2013, the college had 20 veteran
at Hillsdale, according to Assistant Dean of Men Jeffery Rogers, a
Navy veteran.
Despite this heritage, the college did not honor Veterans Day by
our heads in textbooks and laptops, we might have had time to sit
with student soldiers and thank them for for what theyve done. We
could have visited that elderly veteran next door and listened to his
story.
Recognizing Veterans Day isnt about having a day off during
the chaos of the semester for leisure or debauchery. Its about having time to think about what this national holiday really means.
Maybe if students didnt have classes, they could organize an event
to honor their fellow classmates who have served.
When a day of classes is removed, a day must be added at either the front or back end of a semester in order preserve the same
number of class days something important for many courses,
Whalen said. And adding a day often poses an additional problem
as the wrong day might be added. That is, if you lose a Monday/
Wednesday/Friday class meeting, and add a Tuesday/Thursday at
the end of the semester, you have not really supplied the want. So,
pear.
The college may get away with ignoring Labor Day or Columbus Day for a shortened semester. But since these soldiers fought
for the very education Hillsdale gives, we should have dropped a
reading day or came to school early for their sake. Our veterans
deserve it and our commitment to liberty requires it.
Intellectual nightlife
Zachariah Thanasilangkul
Special to the Collegian
Nathan Brand
Special to the Collegian
As the old proverb goes: The road to hell is paved with good intentions. The new air hockey table in the
When students gather in Grewcock to study, eat, pray, and enjoy each others company, the new air hockey
table drowns all of that out with its constant clinking noise. This earsplitting game does the exact opposite of it was
intended to do: Rather than bringing students together, it creates an agitating environment.
The air hockey table came to the union this fall with the noble goal of giving students one more activity to
partake in while hanging out there. It sits alongside billiards, ping pong, foosball, video games and a TV lounge
none of which are anywhere near as loud.
The TV lounge is practically its own separate room that contains sound effectively. All the TVs for video games
have shell-shaped speakers overhead to isolate the sound to only those using that particular TV. Ping pong, billiards
and foosball are also much quieter than the air hockey table, thanks to their make. Ping pong is played with a lightweight ball and padded paddles. Billiards is played on a cloth-covered surface. Foosball can be loud, but the wood
material helps absorb the sound.
Meanwhile, air hockey is a fast-paced game played on plastic and metal, which generate a constant clinking
noise that rings throughout the union. And worst of all, the game is set up in the center of everything, so there is no
escaping the terrible deafening externality.
Hillsdale College is very adamant about promoting community among the student body in everything from meal
plan policies to requiring freshmen to live in the dorms, but this new addition to the student union does just the opposite. The college understands the consequences of its decisions, and often trade-offs have to be made. Along with
these known trade-offs, many decisions have unintended consequences, some good and some bad. An example of
a trade-off the college made was deciding to change food providers to improve campus food quality. The trade-off
for better food was longer lines as more students want it, and more is made to order. It was a trade-off worth making.
the fun of others with their noisy game is not a worthy trade-off.
There is nothing inherently wrong with the game of air hockey. It is actually quite fun. But those who enjoy
playing need to take the puck away from the center of student life at Hillsdale.
As the heart of social interaction on campus, the Grewcock Student Union must become a welcoming place
once again. Students must be able to study and meet in peace. What was done with the best of intentions needs to
be revisited and the noisy consequences need to be considered. The air hockey table needs to go.
and disappointedly watched the audience rise to its feet both nights. We
work hard in orchestra and performed
admirably that weekend, but hard
work alone does not deserve standing
ovations. They must indicate enthusiastic approval.
Perhaps our audiences enthusiastically approved of our performances.
Many of our parents attended,
after all. Yet standing ovations have
unfortunately become the norm at
musical performances here. They are
the nice thing to do; the staunch
seat-stayers seem mean-spirited.
Some may think a standing ovation is a sweet gesture by audience
members eager to support our music
department. But standing ovations
and a strange word denoting the contemplation of it: Aesthetics. When we are surrounded
by beauty, when we pause and contemplate or
revere beauty, we are lifted up to a higher level
of humanity.
At this school, more than most places, is a
collection of people pursuing various kinds of
beauty, because we believe that classical poetry,
history, theater, literature, music, etc. pursuits that usually do not yield even the money
it takes to study them humanize us in some
mysterious way. Remember something you
know already: Beauty matters.
If you include beauty as a factor in your
rational calculations of how to get from Lane
follow the sidewalk around the memorial. This
provides an excellent vantage point to admire
not only the monument but also the beautiful
green grass before it is covered in snow. Who
knows: It might even inspire you to hold the
door open for the person behind you when
upon reaching the other side another kind of
beauty.
If you neglect beauty as a factor in your
thinking here, then you will help kill the grass
in front of the memorial, which is disrespectful, but you will also encourage other students
to engage in your own limited thinking. Such
thinking is inimical to the purpose of a community of learners, but especially to those who aspire to a higher learning than what is offered in
most American colleges. Conserving blades of
occasion to begin a consideration of a deeper
concern. So lets include beauty as a factor in
our equations. It only takes 5.3 seconds.
Joe Pappalardo
Special to the Collegian
dorm.
The real issue with these false alarms is that
students and emergency response teams no longer take Simpsons issues seriously. The smoke
detectors tolerance is thinner than the wall of a
library study room someone could set them
off with a bag of popcorn. Galloway could empty
the dorm with a surprise breakfast. The men of
Simpson need the assurance that help is less than
twenty minutes away in case someone burns a
piece of toast.
There is little Hillsdale College can do to ashave taken matters into their own hands, bringing
laptops out to watch movies, making well-timed
trips to restaurants, passing around cigarettes,
and taking refuge at the Donnybrook. Perhaps
morale could be improved if the college erected
shelters under which the men of Simpson could
gather during their exile from the dorm. A place
already been alerted. Students are losing sleep
and study time from these interruptions in their
nightly routines, and need a place nearby that allows them to resume their lives.
There is no need to have a smoke detector
were present in Bon Appetit, local restaurants
would skyrocket in popularity. It is more sensible
a building that houses hundreds of able-bodied
men. Install simple household smoke detectors
on whether safety is an issue.
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it together.
City Planning Commission
Chairwoman Laura Smith said
the city is required to hold a
Master Plan Charrette every
time the city updates its Master
years in Hillsdale.
The entire city is supposed
to be pulling together the Master
Plan, Smith said. Sometimes
we do series [of charrettes] so
we might potentially do another one in a couple months. We
want to be done by the end of
the year.
Updating the Master Plan
does more than just involve the
community, Smith said. When
comes eligible for state funding.
We have to update the census inforomation, which weve
already done, and the citys objectives and goals, Smith said.
If your goals can be shown,
that opens you up for grants and
things.
For Hillsdale, the charrette
was an opportunity for college
students and community residents to bond and connect over
common interests and propose
innovative ways to improve the
city.
Weve created this chance
for you to come and give us input, Smith said.
Those who didnt attend the
naire on the city website, www.
cityofhillsdale.org, or email
their city improvement ideas
to Zoning Administrator Alan
Beeker at abeeker@cityofhillsdale.org.
10 ideas to better
Hillsdale
Of the ideas proposed at the Master Plan
meeting, the Collegian compiled the top 10
Rows of crosses fill the lawn outside the Hillsdale County Courthouse in commemoration of Hillsdale
County veterans. (Macaela Bennett/Collegian)
You cant really get a picture of the world if you sit behind a desk, Philipp said.
All Aboard Travel Inc. travel agents Christina Boyer and Heather McNew outside its building located on
10 S. Howell St. (Vivian Hughbanks/Collegian)
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with a victory.
This coming Friday the Hillsdale swim team will be host-
p.m.
It will be hard closing this
chapter of my life, senior Rachel Kurtz said of the senior
night home meet. However, instead of the senior night being the
last meet of the season, this year
it is early. So rather than being
sad I think it is inspiring. It will
remind the seniors that this is our
last season and our last chance to
BOX SCORES
Football
Hillsdale: 24
Northwood: 14
Scoring Plays
John Haley 54 yd pass from
C.J. Mifsud (Steven Mette
kick)
Jack Wiseman 1 yd run
(Mette kick)
Volleyball
Hillsdale: 1
Ashland: 3
Season Leaders
Kills:
Emily Wolfert (229)
Haylee Booms (208)
Jordan Denmark (205)
Assists:
Marissa Owen (917)
Digs:
Brittany Jandasek (337)
Hillsdale: 3
Lake Erie: 1
Hillsdale: 0
Ferris St.: 3
Cross-Country
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Hickman said he was proud
of the guys.
Our major contributors
struggled with injuries over the
past few weeks before the conference meet, he said. It was
amazing that we could keep up
Jessie Fox
Collegian Reporter
With the deepest roster it has
had in years, the Hillsdale College womens basketball team
will take the court tomorrow
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan for
an important non-conference
opener.
The non-conference games
are pretty important in terms of
trying to win as many as we can
to help get your season off to the
right start, head coach Claudette
Charney said.
The Chargers defeated Illinois
face the Prairie Stars new roster
(Anders Kiledal/Collegian)
Herzog
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is uncommon and is being
studied.
I was just shocked to see him
nitely going to use this more,
Bidny said.
Though acknowledging the
treatment he received was important, Neukom explained that
Herzog was in the training room
three to four times a day, receiving the maximum trainment he
could.
The drugs only do some
much, Neukom said. Its his
drive that did it, its nothing less
than that.
Herzog was very appreciative of all the support he received
from Neukom.
Lynne took care of me, he
said.
Sophomore outside line-
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Charger Sports
(Photo Courtesy of Sheridan Markatos)
Morgan Sweeney
Senior Reporter
The Chargers volleyball team
secured a spot in the GLIACs
postseason tournament for the
12th year in a row with their performance last weekend, but saw
their chances of postseason success slip out of reach when they
lost to second-ranked Ferris State
University in just three sets, 2025, 19-25, and 10-25 on Wednesday night.
We battled em tough for
two sets, and then in set three,
they started to make a comeback,
and we just ran out of time, head
coach Chris Gravel said. They
were just the better team at this
point.
season since 2002.
Gravel mourned the loss
against Ferris that brought the
season to an end.
What makes this last match
so hard is that, even though we
didnt win a conference title or
anything, they really worked
hard, Gravel said. Any time
you have a hard-working group
like that, you want them to keep
going.
Leading up to last nights
match against Ferris, the Chargers entered last weekend tied
with three other teams -- Ashland, Malone, and Ohio Dominican -- for sixth place in the GLIAC. Only the top eight of the 16
teams in the conference compete
in postseason play, meaning one
of the four would not make it past
Nathanael Meadowcroft
Assistant Editor
From left to right: Senior Lindsay Kostrzewa, juniors Marissa Owen, Jenalle Beaman,
Haylee Booms, and freshman Jessie Kopmeyer celebrate after a point.
(Anders Kiledal/Collegian)
Chargers.
When it got to 17-14 we
made a great drive. That was
have?
I coached at New Covenant
Christian in Lansing, Great
Lakes Christian College, and
when my daughter was young
she said, Youve coached everybody, can you coach me?
So I coached her 3rd-5th grade
team, coached her AAU, and
coached Grand Rapids JV
team. At one point I was coaching 12 months of the year for six
years. I also coached varsity at
Hopkins High School.
What are you most excited
about going into the season?
Im excited about the talent,
but most importantly about the
quality of the people in and
around the program. Everybody
has been top notch. From the
players, to the coaches, to the
people who keep the sports facilities clean, the atmosphere is
just so great.
What has been your favorite
to make this program even better. Whether thats through creating individual workouts, or
cheering on players from the
bench. I want to do whatever
they need me to do.
Who are your sports heroes?
I would say Michael Jordan bethrough whatever he had to in
order to compete. Also John
Wooden because as a coach he
didnt just teach how to win, but
he taught life skills and how to
be a human being. I think thats
because he was a Christian.
What is the best or most important lesson one can learn
from basketball?
Playing basketball is very analogous to living life. There is a
lot you can learn to become a
better human being, friend, or
Christian. You have the bossemployee dynamic in the coach
and players. You have the sisterhood formed between the players and the family relationships
that are built.
What makes Hillsdale a good
place to play sports?
There is a girl on the team who
transferred to Hillsdale after a
year at Northern Kentucky. I
asked her why she came back
here and she told me, Because
this is the only place that made
me feel wanted. You cant get
a better answer than that. It says
a lot about the program and the
school. Its like a family. The
coaches at teams at Hillsdale
want to have you here. Not just
as an athlete or a student, but as
a human being.
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Vivian Hughbanks
Assistant Editor
Sunlight streamed through
the windows of McNamara Rehearsal Hall as one hundred choral voices blended to one. At the
Presidents Ball, a roaring pop
ly-dressed students, moving them
to rock to the beat. The crooning
of a spicy saxophone cast a spell
on swing dancers, another night,
jiving in celebration of orchestral
success.
McNamara Hall brings students together. Many have spent
hours of their college career in
the room. Few know the story of
the man whose name it holds.
Joe McNamara was executive
director of Public Relations
now known as External Affairs
until his death on Feb. 12, 2002.
An employee of the college since
1994, McNamara passed away
shortly before Howard Music
Hall was built, and an anonymous friend donated the money
to have the hall named after him.
Joe was a character, said
Angela Lashaway, art director for
External Affairs. They named
the room after him after he
passed away. So he didnt even
know. And he would be so proud
that he had a name on something.
He would just be overwhelmed
by it.
McNamara was a Detroit Red
Wings fan, and often attended
their games at Joe Louis Arena. when graphics was just becom- saw that we could do that here. used to work up here, he used to
Every year, Director of Music ing a thing, said Lashaway. It helped with controlling content use a pen name Bob Dish, so we
James Holleman lists the rehears- Computers were just being used so we could back and forth on a used to call him Bob Dish.
al hall as The Joe on Choir and in that way. We hadnt even had layout and content right here in
He called Ted Makto, now the
Orchestra syllabi.
a graphics program at the college house.
director of the Audio Visual DeHe used to go to Joe Louis, at the time. And Joe was instruBeyond his accomplishments partment, Captain Video.
which was known as the Joe, mental in hiring me to do graph- on behalf of the college, McNaAnd of course theres The
so the donor asked that we refer ics because he saw the potential. mara was a hearty co-worker and Coonmeister, Lashaway reto this as The Joe, Holleman
He also brought production a faithful friend.
members, speaking of Douglas
said. That just never caught on. of Hillsdale Magazine, Update,
He was an interesting dude, Coon, photographer and profesProbably the highest price and the colleges newsletters in- Lashaway said. He was big on sor of art.
tag in this building was the nam- house, making turnaround for nicknames everybody had
McNamaras antics ensured
ing of that rehearsal hall because publications staff quicker and a nickname, no one had a real
it is the largest room, he added. easier.
name. Brett Falkey, who now maraderie among his staff, and
I think it was $1 million. This
At the time all that stuff was teaches at the Academy, he was those who knew him still tell
person thought that highly of Joe off-campus, Lashaway said. Wheat Boy because he was Joe stories on a regular basis.
McNamara.
And he saw the potential. He from Nebraska. Dan Bisher, who
Whether he was throwing
A native of Iowa,
a hardened loaf of
McNamara attended
stale bread into an
Regis College, and
unsuspecting
ofreceived a Ph.D.
from the University
us down the parkof Notre Dame. He
ing lot at the end of
served as director of
the day, or walking
the Free Enterprise
into a meeting wearInstitute before coming Harry Potter
ing to Hillsdale.
glasses, smiling that
Basically he was
mischievous grin,
the editor for everywe laughed, and he
thing printed that
made others laugh,
the college does,
VanderWeide wrote
said Director of Pubin her memoriam
lications
Monica
piece on McNamara
VanderWeide.
for Hillsdale MagaWhile in Public
zine in 2002.
Relations, McNamaLashaway
has
ra hired employees
kept mementos of
to work in graphics,
the the times they
bringing a new face
shared together to the colleges pub- Joe McNamara kicking back at work as executive director of Hillsdales Public
mock CCA posters
lications.
featuring
Public ReRelations. The namesake of McNamara Rehearsal Hall, he died in 2002.
This was back (Photo courtesy of Angela Lashaway)
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Things
To do and see
This week
November 13 | Thursday
Rob Roy and the McQue 5
9 p.m.
Jazz band featuring Jazz director Chris
McCourry jams along with jazz combo
Rob Roy, featuring Danielle Shillingstad
Adams, vocalist.
November 16 | Sunday
Hillsdale College Choir Concert
3 p.m.
College Baptist Church
Hillsdales College and Chamber choirs
present Dan Forrests Requiem for the
Living
November 14 | Friday
Faculty Chamber Recital
8 p.m.
McNamara Rehearsal Hall
Brad Blackham, piano, and Stacey
Jones, percussion, perform the
premiere of a new work by Mathew
Fuerst. also on the program will be
Bartoks Sonata for Two Pianos and
Percussion with guest performers Jona
than Chesson, piano, and Seth
Hendrickson, percussion.
Opening November 17
Senior Art Exhibit
Reception 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Daughtery Art Gallery
The capstone art exhibit of seniors
Katherine Helmick and Maggy Smith.
These graduating art majors present
their best work from their
undergraduate years.
November 15 | Saturday
Sigma Alpha Iota Concert
8 p.m.
McNamara Rehearsal Hall
The women of Sigma Alpha Iota
International Womens Music
Fraternity present their biannual
concert titled, Stories in Song.
November 19 through 22
The Misanthrope, by Moliere
8 p.m.
Markel Auditorium
The Tower Players present this
classic comedy of manners and morals
by the greatest French playwright.
Whats the best way to get along in the
Or is it better to fall somewhere in the
will ask the same questions while being
set in the world of the Washington
Beltway 1%.
Oil Change!
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AmAndA
TindAll
I do not regret
my childhood
pop-culture illiteracy
Ben Block
Collegian Freelancer
Joel Calvert
Collegian Freelancer
lan feels the need to explain everything to his audience, an unfortunate mistake when dealing
with questions that have no pronounceable answer.
Nolans error is understandable. As humans we want explanation and resolution, and, as a
popular director under pressure to
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music frATerniTies
the pledges through their new
member process.
We get together and play
music with people who pick up
tunes, chords, notes really easily
and just have an enthusiasm for
music that matches the tenor of
the group, Ripley said.
Phi Mu also performed serenades last weekend.
Sigma Alpha Iota picked up 9
horn, harp, violin, and cello. Instead of the choir singing the percussion and organ pieces, faculty
member Stacy Jones will play
the percussion, and Debbie Wyse
will play the organ.
Requiem is approximately
40 minutes long. Initially composed in 2011, it has since become known as one of Dan Forrests best work.
Requiem for the Living will
assume a place among the staples
of grand choral literature, wrote
Paul Williams of the Classical
Voice of North Carolina, an online performing arts journal.
The choir performance will
feature a prelude to Requiem
with another one of Forrests
work, A Prayer Before Singing, sung by the chamber choir.
There is an intentional chro-
Joe
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students. He loved the college
and he loved the students, and he
was very supportive of the students. He really liked to be in a
mentoring position.
Joe McNamara is no longer
with us, but McNamara Rehearsal Hall, The Joe, stands
dedication to excellent, diligent
work, and camaraderie among
friends.
He just sticks with you, you
know? Lashaway said. He
could be quirky and sometimes
annoying, you know, stealing
sandwiches and stuff like that.
But all in all, he just really cared.
He just really had a passion for
the work that he did.
Spotlight
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Arnns sprint
for the 43rd
Micah Meadowcroft
Arts Editor
Before assuming the role
as the president of Hillsdale
remont Institute for the Study
of Political Statesmanship in
the 1990 census, in 1992 a new
congressional district, the 43rd,
was drawn in West Riverside
mont Institute.
The infant district was predominately Republican by registration, and it seemed clear
that whoever won the Republican primary would win the seat.
Seven candidates entered the
three-month sprint between the
ling district and primary day.
Arnn was one of them.
Arnn said in an email that he
decided to run on the urging of
many people and out of a desire
to serve. I thought I ought to
try it before I died.
Professor of politics R. J.
Pestritto was a graduate student
has to work.
Seniors Taylor Fredrick (back) and Leah Whetstone (front) step in synch through the tire obstacle of the Turkey Trot
5k on Saturday. More than 100 locals ran the event put on by Kappa Kappa Gamma and the Hillsdale Academy. (Elena
Creed/Collegian)
My interviews end
up taking much
longer than I
originally intended.
300 likes in a matter of weeks.
With subjects ranging from campus celebrities like Saga Steve
to insightful graduating seniors,
Humans of Hillsdale grabbed
the attention of many, including
Hannah Strickland from the college marketing department. After
Falter featured Strickland on the
page, Strickland was immediately
impressed by Falters creative idea
and warm personality.
Shes adorable and shes really easy to talk to. Savannahs
the kind of person that can get
other people to say these kinds of
things, Strickland said.
When Falter returned to cam-
Bailey Pritchett
Spotlight Editor
When Jerry Ross responded
to a newspaper ad asking for
dance instructors, he didnt anticipate that this move would
lead him to starting one of the
best party bands in the state.
The 12 member band that
Presidents Ball every year has
played for events that range
from weddings to birthday parties to corporate cocktail shindigs in Orlando, but none of
their events meet the same enparty.
Sandee Singer, a senior event
planner at Lorio Ross Sterling
Entertainment who handles
bookings, said the band always
looks forward to playing their
February gig at the college.
This party is their favorite party of the year, and they
do some high-end shows, she
said.
Jerry Ross started his music
career at a young age and practiced it throughout his education. During his four years at
Detroit, Ross focused on his instrument of choice, the clarinet.
His dream was to play in a symphony orchestra.
When he was 16, a friend
invited him to join a band with
a few other buddies. Although
Ross felt unsure about playing
in a band as a classically trained
clarinetist, he joined anyway.
During his college career,
Ross continued to practice his
music, but found a job through a
newspaper clipping looking for
dance instructors. No experience was necessary and the advertiser would pay for training.
Midterm magic
Jordan Finney
Collegian Reporter
Senior Andrew Montgomery
spent long weeks preparing for
Michigan Republican state senaIn one of the most competitive
rowly defeated Democratic opponent state Rep. Dian Slavens,
garnering 52 percent of the vote
to win a seat in Michigans 7th
district.
Although not all served as
campaign managers like Montlege students spent their summer
working for outside organizations
and political campaigns to elect
Republican politicians in this
years midterm elections.
Montgomery worked 60 to 70
paign during the summer and 20
to 50 hours a week since the beginning of the fall semester.
As a campaign manager your
job is to make sure everything
gets done, Montgomery said.
Everything from fundraisers to
knocking on doors to putting up
teers. Maintaining relationships
with the media and state party. Its
a bottomless pityou can always
do something more.
Although Montgomery said
he loved working for the political
campaign, he plans to leave the
campaign trail to pursue professional interests in business and
project management after graduation.
After alumna Melika Willoughby graduated from Hillsdale
with a politics major last May,
she traveled to Kansas to work as
the social media director for Republican Gov. Sam Brownbacks
campaign.
As a young person right out
of college a campaign always
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SNelson
potlight
Dellis: King of the deck
Last Friday, he memorized
100 digits between zero and nine,
which were recited to him at a
digit-per-second pace. After a
In 40.65 seconds, most people brief moment of going over it in
can read a page of a book, heat his head, he was able to recite the
up leftovers, or compose a quick list forwards with only one error
email.
In 40.65 seconds, Nelson Dellis
Ive never had a good memcan memorize a deck of cards.
ory, Dellis said. The truth is I
Dellis is the current and three- was always average nothing
time USA Memory Champion special.
and has placed 7th in the World
Dellis journey to his career as a
Memory Championship. On Fri- memory champion began shortly
day, Dellis and his co-presenter, after he lost his grandmother to
Mary Pyc, drew a crowd of nearly
200 Hillsdale students who were
Watching her deteriorate over
the years was really tough, Dellis said. And it got me thinking
Before a competition Dellis about memory and what brain
health is all about.
memory exercises. Dellis can
Dellis said he didnt want to see
memorize a deck of cards in under his own mind decline, and so he
a minute, recount a sequence of began to train his memory. After
310 digits between zero and nine his grandmothers death, he also
took on the role as an activist to
names in 15 minutes. He holds
the world record for each of these ease.
impressive feats.
In 2010, Dellis founded Climb
Jessie Fox
Collegian Reporter
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