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Vol. 74, No. 15
The Grove City College Student Newspaper
Oh, the humanities
Abigail Marsan
HUMA overhaul confirmed
Contributing Writer
For the first time in over 10
years, Grove City College’s humanities core requirements will
be changing.
The change, which is not expected to take place for at least
another year, will be the addition
of a new freshman year writing
course. To make room for the
course, HUMA 101 Civilization
and 302 Modern Civilization
will also be replaced with a new
course that combines the two.
Why was this change deemed
necessary, and what does it mean
for current Grove City students?
According to chemistry professor Dr. Joseph Augspurger
and Dr. Mark Graham, who
are both part of the committee
that brought about this change,
the last change “was made after
a review of the General Education curriculum in 2002-2003.
The change was to eliminate a
three-hour International Studies course and replace it with the
SSFT requirement.”
That year’s review is also significant because it allowed for
certain courses to be labeled as
GCC makes a
show at CPAC
Zack Voell
Contributing Writer
Spring weather is increasingly
replacing freezing temperatures.
Snowmen are finally doing what
frozen things do in summer. But
rising temperatures in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area
are not the only thing that is
hard to ignore.
Hundreds of staunch conservatives, political activists and
elected officials from across the
United States flocked to DC for
the annual Conservative Political
Action Conference on March
6-8.
Founded by the American
Conservative Union in 1973,
CPAC hosts a variety of conservative organizations, including
the Heritage Foundation, the
CATO Institute and the Charles
Koch Foundation. For the past
10 years, Grove City College has
sent groups of 40-45 students to
CPAC.The students are instructed and strongly encouraged to
network with organizations and
exhibitors at CPAC in an effort
to help them find internships or
full-time employment.
CPAC features many influential conservatives, including
Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich and
Rand Paul.
This year, the conference
hosted several panel forums that
discussed an assortment of hottopic political issues. Dr. Paul
Kengor, professor of political science and New York Times best
selling author, participated in a
panel discussion on “The Future
of the Conservative Union.” He
spoke about the need for “conservative fusionism” – the union
of social conservatives and economic conservatives.
Kengor was joined on the
panel by Christopher Long,
CEO of the Intercollegiate
Studies Institute; Rich Lowry,
editor of the National Review;
Katherine Mangu-Ward, editor
of Reason magazine and moderator David Keene, president
of the NRA and editor for The
Washington Times. Kengor suggested that the lack of unity
among conservatives is clear.
“The conservative party needs
to be unified,” he said. “Some
social and economic compromise among conservatives is
necessary.”
Mangu-Ward and Kengor
both referenced marijuana legalization as an example of a political issue that sparked discord
among conservatives. They noted that social conservatives are
understandably uncomfortable
with this recent trend, but most
economic conservatives praise
it, highlighting the benefits of
reduced law enforcement costs
and increased economic revenue.
Kengor acknowledged both
sides’ views on the issue, but
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writing intensive. HUMA 201
Civilization and Speculative
Mind was set as the WI course
for students of all majors, and the
review meant each major needed to set a specific course as its
writing intensive course.
While this strategy was helpful in preparing students’ writing abilities, it was not seen as
strong enough. The Grove City
College Strategic Plan for 20122017 included the objective of
“Establish[ing] a freshmen writing and rhetoric course as part
of the General Education curriculum.”
Few shows have provided
such intrigue as the Netflix series, “House of Cards.”
The political drama set in
Washington, D.C. follows House
Majority Whip, Frank Underwood and other key players surrounding him as he attempts to
assert dominance by any means
possible.
In season one, Underwood
had his expected Secretary of
State appointment pulled out
from under him. In an effort to
exact his revenge, he continues
HUMA 2
COURTESY BRAD ISLES
Page one of this week’s photo spread features the golf team’s tournament on a picturesque course in
Arizona, while the second page turns to last Saturday’s Project Eve, on pages 6 and 7, respectively.
Netflix impresses with ‘House of Cards’
Managing Editor
bining the classes is due to the
amount of credit hours different subjects in the core receive.
Other areas of study, like religion
and theology, fine arts, literature,
philosophy and social sciences,
are only given three credit hours,
while history is given six.
After much debating, the plan
to combine and add courses was
decided during the October
2013 faculty meeting. A new
committee was made to figure
out the logistics of the new class
and combination class, and all
Through the Lens
A delicate balance
Dan Johnson
In October 2012, the then
Provost Dr. Anderson asked
Augspurger and Graham to chair
the committee developing the
new three-hour writing intensive course. The committee also
decided how it would fit into
the curriculum.
The committee explored and
discussed many possibilities in
depth and eventually reached a
unanimous decision. To add the
new course without increasing
core requirements, HUMA 101
and 302 will be combined into
one course.
The biggest reason for com-
on a calculated course to gain
power.
The first episode of the second season starts with one of the
largest surprises of the series, altering the plot considerably. The
monologue directed at the audience at the end of the episode
is chilling, underscoring that
the main character is ruthlessly
pragmatic and in no way a role
model.
Underwood’s biggest power
struggle in season two is with
the U.S. President’s closest adviser, Raymond Tusk. Each continually looks to alienate the other
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HOUSE OF CARDS 8
Search narrows
Last week the Presidential
Search Committee voted to narrow the field of applicants to
only a handful of individuals,
committee chair David Rathburn ’79 told the campus community in an emailed message.
“Over the coming month we
will meet with each of these
candidates in an extended interview process as we seek to discern God’s word in the process
of selecting a successor to President Jewell,” Rathburn wrote.
More than 50 applicants had
been considered, Rathburn said
in a previous message.
The search for the College’s
ninth president began last year
after Richard G. Jewell ’67 announced he would be retiring
at the end of the academic year.
The 11 member search committee – consisting of seven trustees and four College employees
representing faculty and administration – is working with CarterBaldwin Executive Search.
The search process is closed,
which means none of the potential candidates’ names will be
revealed in advance.
“We are working hard to ensure that the next President has
the broad support of all constituents, but we don’t want to limit
the pool of candidates solely to
those that are willing to have
their name exposed in the public forum,” Rathburn wrote. News
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Student hackers use their
skills to win big.
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Students sprout
an interest in
horticulture.
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Is the new Jesus flick
built on rock or sand?
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Sarah Zimmerman explains
why “Banning Bossy” is a
step in the right direction.
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Despite a tough bottom line
over spring break, the
baseball team has reason to
look forward to the season.
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World News
Roundup
Compiled by Maegan Faitsch
Russia recognizes
Crimea as a nation
Russian president, Vladimir
Putin, has signed a decree giving Crimea sovereign power
as a state. The decree allows
the state to break away from
Ukraine, a country that has
been involved in a revolution
for most of this year.
Russian forces seized control of the Crimean region in
Ukraine and will likely soon
absorb it into Russia. An overwhelming percentage of the
population of Crimea wanted
to rejoin the Russian Federation even though it faced total
opposition from Ukraine.
Crimea has been a part of
Ukraine since 1954, but much
of its population is Russian.
The Crimean parliament declared independence from
Ukraine and asked to join the
Russian federation, which was
approved by Russia, but both
the United States and the European Union opposed the action.
Flight MH370 still
missing
After flight MH370 went
missing on March 8, a frenzied
search for answers about the
aircraft’s fate began. The flight
held 227 passengers and 12
crew from a variety of nations.
There have been a variety of
theories about what caused the
disappearance.
It is now known that the
flight’s communications were
deliberately turned off and the
plane flew on for several hours.
Notions varying from terrorist
hijacking to failure of the airplane systems are among the
explanations for the event.
Obamacare enrollment
tops 5 million
Amid many website failures
and political strife, Obamacare
began open enrollment on
October 1, 2013. The White
House stated on its blog “that
more than 5 million Americans
have already signed up for coverage through the Health In-
CPAC
suggested that some issues (especially this one) are not important
enough to cause disunity.
He referred to former President Ronald Reagan’s strong
desire to “combine conservatives into one politically effective
whole.”
“Reagan’s unifying ideals allowed him to win California
and other liberal states in more
than one political campaign, and
these ideals are just as important
today,” Kengor said.
“It’s nice to hear panel discussions on important, real-world
issues,” senior Dan Pugh said after the discussion.
surance Marketplace.”
The deadline to apply for
health insurance is March 31
and the federal government is
ramping up efforts to garner
more applicants. It particularly interested in encouraging young adults to register.
The administration has stated
it will not extend the deadline.
The White House continues to
stress the importance of equal
protection under these health
care laws.
Google settles
copyright lawsuit
Google has just settled a
lawsuit with Viacom Inc. over
copyright infringement, in
which Viacom accused Google
of posting programs on YouTube without its permission.
The lawsuit was filed by Viacom in 2007 in which it sued
Google for one billion dollars.
The original decision was in
favor of YouTube according to
the Digital Millennium Copyright Act but was appealed by
Viacom twice.The terms of the
lawsuit have not been released,
but the companies have stated,
“This settlement reflects the
growing collaborative dialogue
between our two companies
on important opportunities,
and we look forward to working more closely together.”
Iranian nuclear talks
Much debate surrounds the
upcoming nuclear talks with
Iran, which has stated that a
deal should not be expected
in the upcoming days. Iran believes that it has the right to enrich uranium even against the
urging of many world powers.
Israel’s defense minister,
Moshe Yaalon, attacked the
United States’ dealings with
Iran, stating that “Comfortable westerners prefer to put
off confrontation, if possible to
next year or the next president.
But in the end, it will blow up.”
The United States is placed
in a difficult position as an ally
of Israel, because Israel has hostile relations with Iran and its
nuclear program.
Freshman Jamieson Weaver
also noted that she thoroughly enjoyed “hearing the panel
member’s views on current political concerns.”
With a very important presidential election in 2016, every
member of the panel agreed
that unity is inestimably vital
especially in one specific demographic: young voters. Young
voters (especially college students) need to be educated on
conservative fusionism and to
carry on the values of the conservative party. Doing this is
the very crux of CPAC’s purpose. Panel members stated that
if such goals are achieved, their
concerns will rapidly disappear.
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March 21, 2014
Hackers bring home
$5K prize
Jacob Sziráky
Staff Writer
Grove City College is known
for its proud tradition in the
realm of both competitive sports
and academia. This month, the
College has added another accomplishment to its vast list of
achievements.
Macro Encephalos, the name
of Grove City’s team, won first
place at the Mylan Competitive
Intelligence Hackathon and received a $5000 prize.
Despite what the name may
imply, a Hackathon is not a marathon of people coughing and
wheezing. However, it is an intense competition among computer specialists. The term hack
is often used in a very derogatory sense, usually with criminal
connotations. However, these
Hackathons are completely legal, and are used to create useful
software.
At the Hackathon, Macro
Encephalos certainly had the
odds stacked against it. The team
was one out of 17 presentations
given. Each team was given the
same scenario and problem to
solve. How can Mylan more effectively send the right information out to people the most
efficiently? According to sophomore Ben Che, one of the competitors for Macro Encephalos,
We had an eclectic
team that worked well
together.
Ben Che
the contest was “ways to improve their market sharing.”
“Competitive
intelligence
is basically getting competitive
data using that as leverage to get
a corner on the market,” Che
said.
What made the College’s presentation different from the others was the fact that the team’s
members stayed focused on
what was truly important. Some
of the other teams spread themselves out to far, going to different branches of Mylan in order
to bring all that information together. However, the College’s
team focused exclusively on
Mylans Drugs and Market.
In order to get all the information they needed, they used
an application from Java “that
qualms governing data bases for
patent data and clinical trials.”
“We got that data and organized it in a readable manner,”
Che said. “In a less intimidating manner, we kind of boiled it
down to the most relevant data,
an analytic tool that helps business strategy.”
After the team finished gathering all the ideas and information it needed, it put together an
award winning presentation in
only an hour.The whole presentation lasted only five minutes.
“We won because we had
such an eclectic team that
worked well together. James and
Liam worked on the angle, Liz
and Karolina worked on the presentation and task management,”
Che said. “We weren’t limited
but we focused primarily on
specific areas. We just came together and gelled really well.”
An ‘Epic Fail Fest’ fail
Dan Johnson
Managing Editor
An “Epic Fail Fest” slated for
Thursday evening was called off
Wednesday afternoon.
The Fail Fest, slated for a 7
p.m. start time last evening in
Sticht Lecture Hall, had to be
tabled due to event conflicts –
most notably, last night’s double
chapel credit All-Campus Worship.
The event was to be hosted by
the Center for Entrepreneurship
and Innovation.
Senior Chadwyck Cobb, a
marketing and web consultant
for the Center and current president of the Entrepreneurship
Club, commented on the need
for postponement.
“It’s not a failure, but rather
an opportunity to offer a better
event next semester,” he said.
The event was to feature a
panel of entrepreneurs associated
with the College.
They were to discuss “their
biggest failures and how they really weren’t failures,” Cobb said.
“In the realm of business and
innovation, everything is a step
toward success.”
The panel as announced before the postponement included
Clifford Hovis ’88, president of
Hovis Auto and Truck Supply
Inc.; Will Knecht, president of
Wendell August; Kenneth Smith
’84, president of K. E. Smith Enterprises, LLC and Grove City
College adjunct professor; and
Cedric Lewis, serial entrepreneur and Grove City College
adjunct professor.
Tuition increase announced
Grayson Quay
Entertainment Editor
President Richard Jewell ’67
recently sent out a campus-wide
email announcing the tuition
increase for the 2014-2015 academic year. Tuition will see an
increase of $355 per semester
while room and board is set to
go up $182.
This means that a Grove City
College student paying full tuition and living on upper campus
will pay $24022 for next year, an
increase of 4.5%, or $1034, from
this year’s rates. Jewell’s email
HUMA
HUMA 101 and 302 professors
were given the opportunity to
be a part of the process.
The new writing class is still in
progress, but it is expected that
the course will be taken during
the freshman semester before
or after HUMA 102 is taken,
effectively taking the place of
HUMA 101.The new combination history class will likely be
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reminds students that this year’s
increase is .2% lower than last
year’s and that Grove City College’s costs remain significantly
below the national average. Our
4.5% tuition increase is equivalent to an increase of 2.25% at a
typical private college.
Those living in Colonial Hall,
purchasing a meal plan but not
on-campus housing, or living
off-campus will see slightly different, though comparable, increases.
Jewell also addresses the College’s uncertainty about how
the implementation of the Affordable Care Act will affect
expenses. “We don’t know, as of
now, what our health care premium for our employees will be
for next year,” Jewell wrote, adding that he hoped “our charges
for the coming year include sufficient monies to cover this unknown.”
The College also plans to resume offering a health care plan
to students next year. While negotiations under the ACA are
ongoing, costs are estimated to
be $1402.
See next week’s issue for
more in-depth coverage of the
increase.
numbered as HUMA 303 and
will be scheduled for junior year.
Current students do not have
to worry about schedule changes. Augspurger and Graham stated that “The earliest it could be
offered would be in fall 2015. In
the year that the writing course
is introduced, HUMA 101 will
be discontinued. HUMA 302
will continue to be offered until
the currently enrolled students
at that time will have completed
their general education requirements.”
Much time and debate was
put into this decision, with the
objective being set in 2012 and
the change taking place in 2015
or later. The new course is intended to better prepare students
for their classes and professional
future and will not add an hour
to the core requirements.
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Ian Mikrut, Jessica Smith
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Andrew Eissen, Catherine Fitzhugh, Megan Hays,
Holly Spofford, Michayla Wicker
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Nathan Bergey, Cameron Holloway, Oliver Kent
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Kara Halin, Emily Hicks
Nick Hildebrand
Life
March 21, 2014
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Growing
anticipation for
campus garden
Debby Clymer
Contributing Writer
Dr. Seuss wrote in “The Lorax,” “It’s not about what it is, it’s
about what it can become.”
Juniors Sarah Flenniken and
Susan Thomas embody Dr. Seuss’ words as they prepare for
the start of Grove City College’s
very first campus garden.
In a little over a month, the
student body will be given the
opportunity to enjoy the outdoors, to bless the community
and to develop environmental
awareness through the Garden
Club’s on-campus garden.
The garden will consist of
produce including tomatoes,
potatoes, squash and beans. It
will be planted by the corner of
Madison and East Pine Streets
near the lower student parking
lot.
The Garden Club has been
approved as an official organization, and according to Scott T.
Gordon, the Student Government Association announced on
This day in history
Stephen Dennis
Contributing Writer
Today, March 21, marks the
anniversaries of three major
events in the history of the
United States.
The first event was actually
the end of an era- it is the 51st
anniversary of the day Alcatraz
closed its doors.
Over the years, Alcatraz has
become one of the darkest and
most infamous prisons to grace
the inner borders of the United
States. The prison held notori-
ous murders and elaborate escape attempters, of which only
five inmates ever escaped but
presumably drowned.
Alcatraz also housed such famous criminals as Al Capone
and Arthur “Doc” Barker.
Today also marks the beginning of rights that had long been
denied to certain people. In
1965, two years after Alcatraz’s
closing, Martin Luther King Jr.,
who would later become one of
the country’s most famous civil
rights activists, began a federally
sanctioned march, which lasted
four days and stretched from
Selma to Montgomery, AL.
Thousands of people were present in the march remembered as
the Alabama Freedom March.
The third event to share this
momentous date is the House of
Representatives’ passing of the
Affordable Care Act, or as it is
more commonly known today,
“Obamacare.” Unlike the previous events, there is still much to
be decided on the law’s future.
But no matter what the future
holds for this law, there can bew
little doubt that it continues to
hold a large portion of the public’s attention on only its fourth
anniversary.
March 11 that it will be supporting this project.
The Garden Club plans to
provide students with an enjoyable and healthful activity. It
will also be a way for students to
serve the community.
“We plan to donate the food
to local charities who are interested in receiving our herbs and
vegetables,”Thomas said. “This is
an exciting avenue opening up
for students to get outdoors, to
experience hands-on work and
its rewards, to glorify God by
spending time in His creation
and to better connect students
with their local community by
meeting its needs.”
Upon coming to the College,
Flenniken and Thomas were
challenged and inspired by philosophy professor Dr. Christopher Yates’ environmental ethics
class.
They started questioning what
it meant to be a Christian and a
steward of this earth.
“I’m hopeful that this new
club will start asking difficult
questions and foster thoughtful discussions, challenging us
to examine what comes most
easily to our ways of thinking,”
Thomas said.
Flenniken and Thomas believe that the College can provide an opportunity to worship
God through working with nature.
“This project shows so much
potential, and we know the students of Grove City will find
other exciting ways to branch
out and learn more about the
world around us,” Thomas said.
The club welcomes volunteers to plant, to weed and to
water the plants.
It is currently looking for two
garden interns for the summer
who can care for the crops.
The Garden Club is a subset
of the campus club called The
Fugitives.
“We want it to be for the
students, by the students,” Flenniken said.
Coming up in Chapel
Sunday, March 23
Vespers, “The Costly Road,”
6:30 - 7:20 p.m.
Tuesday, March 25
Julia Young ‘14
Red Box Mission to Costa Rica
Wednesday, March 26
Alternative Chapel:
“The Wayfarer’s Conversations on the Virtues”
7 - 8 p.m. Buhl Library, Rare Book Room
Thursday, March 27
Writers Conference: Dr. Dorothea Hawthorne ‘92
Mount Vernon Nazerene University
Fashion innovators give networking tips
Mia McMahon
Contributing Writer
Two representatives from the
highly successful online retailer
ModCloth visited Grove City
College on March 10 to give a
workshop on the arts of styling,
blogging, digital marketing and
fashion photography.
Molly Kirwan and Anna
Reilly, from the company’s Pittsburgh office, hosted this workshop in Rathburn’s Morledge
Great Room and spoke about
their personal career journeys.
The two women also gave advice to the 75 students in attendance.
The attendees were greeted
by student facilitators sophomore Claire Dobransky and junior Abigail Prepelka, both communication studies majors.
After the audience was seated,
Kirwan and Reilly started the
workshop with a basic introduction to the company.
ModCloth grew from a dormroom enterprise to an official
company in 2006, specializing in
vintage and indie clothing and
décor. The web retailer features
unique styles from global independent designers, toting customer care and a social shopping
culture that fosters community
– which both translate into significant sales.
Community plays a vital role
in the company’s success. ModCloth boasts over a million Facebook fans, over three million
comments on its website, and
over 42,000 uses of the hashtag
“#ModCloth” on Instagram.
The retailer’s popularity and
savvy have led to its recogni-
tion as one of the most innovative companies of 2013 by Fast
Company.
In addition to the company’s
history, Kirwan and Reilly also
detailed their individual career
stories. They explained how
they worked their way into a job
with the esteemed brand and interjected tips on networking and
professionalism.
Their lecture served as a
segway into an informal question and answer session, during
which audience members asked
for advice and insider information on the industry.
Kirwan and Reilly covered
topics ranging from a start-tofinish rundown of the photoshoot process to the company’s
approach on crafting product
descriptions.
The underlying theme of the
workshop was success in a communications or marketing-related career, especially for those
who are online-savvy. Networking, hard work and dogged persistence were all emphasized as
vital tenets to “making it.”
Both Kirwan and Reilly acknowledged the importance of
“stepping stone” jobs that help
propel a person to the next big
project in his or her career path.
“Oh, I always encourage the
‘fan letter’ approach,” Reilly said,
confiding that she scored her
current position at ModCloth in
part through repeated letters expressing interest to the relevant
managers. “Be honest, be eager
and be persistent – just show
that you’re interested and really
willing to go the extra mile to
impress them.”
The unscripted, loose format
of the workshop appealed to
senior communication studies
major Jackie Dods, who said that
she did not have a specific field
in which she was interested.
“I just wanted to drop in and
see what was up,” Dods said.
Dods’ fellow senior communication studies major Bethany
Dzielski had a slightly different
take.
Dzielski attended the workshop interested in hearing about
the writing topics advertised on
the event fliers, only to find that
the main conversation revolved
around the question and answer
session, which focused on the
styling and photoshoot processes.
“While answering questions
is great,” Dzielski said. “I would
have liked there to be more
structure. But overall I thought
it was good.”
Life
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March 21, 2014
Dr. Catherine Trammell: From professor to student
Emily Resler
Contributing Writer
Many Grove City College
students are familiar with Dr.
Richard Trammell, a professor
in the philosophy department.
However, many students do not
know that his wife is a retired
professor as well.
Dr. Catherine Trammell is a
retired French studies professor
and a beloved former faculty
member who is still seen regularly in and out of the classroom,
but this time as a student.
Trammell retired several years
ago, and ever since then, she has
not only used her spare time to
visit her family and to become
more active at her church, but
she has also taken it upon herself
to enroll in classes at the College.
Over the years, she has taken introduction to film and English
and grammar classes as well as
a symbolic logic class taught by
her husband.
When asked what she misses
the most about teaching at the
College, Trammell simply said
that she misses the students.
Some of Trammell’s former students are now current professors at the College, including Dr.
Amy Barber in the Spanish de-
partment, Dr. Michael Coulter
in the political science department, and Dr. Erin Bancroft in
the mathematics department.
Trammell has also taught at
Westminster College, the University of Pittsburgh, Point
Park University and even at the
University of Ulster, located in
Northern Ireland. Still, of all of
the places she has ever taught,
she loves students of the College
the most.
“I was here the longest. I
came in ’75 filling in between
here and Westminster, and in ’81,
Grove City offered me a permanent position,” Trammel said.
Dr. Richard Trammell worked
at the College before his wife,
and they actually first met at the
Faculty Follies, a variety show
held on campus for book scholarships. They have three children
who were all students at the
College and eventually married
fellow students. Trammell even
had a few of her children in her
classes while they attended the
institution.
Trammel’s husband is set to
retire at the end of this year and
his wife is excited to have him
home more often. They have a
trip to France scheduled for this
summer, though she admits to
enjoying travel more than her
husband.
“My husband’s idea of a successful trip is to sit in an airport
for however long it would be,”
she said.
Until then,Trammell is spending her time doing the things
she loves: reading for pleasure,
cooking and trying to stay involved in campus life by going
to events extended to the community. Some of her favorite
events are Orchesis and other
theater events.
INTERNATIONAL FOOD FAIR
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The International Food Fair, sponsored by the Alpha Mu Gamma foreign language
honorary, featured cuisine from around the world.
Things 2 Do
COFFEE CONCERT
Friday, March 21
Scribes of Hope
12 - 4 p.m. PLC Art Gallery
Saturday, March 22
Mr. Engineering Pagent
7:30 - 9:15 p.m. Crawford Auditorium
Scribes of Hope
8 a.m. - 2 p.m. PLC Art Gallery
Monday, March 24
Scribes of Hope
12 - 4 p.m. PLC Art Gallery
Tuesday, March 25
Chamber Music Players
7:30 - 10 p.m. PFAC Recital Hall
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12 - 4 p.m. PLC Art Gallery
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Sophomore Nathan Rutter (right) and freshman Jeremiah Lin perform five original songs as well as an
acoustic cover of “Up and Up” by Relient K at the SGA Coffee Concert on March 12.
Wednesday, March 26
Scribes of Hope
12 - 4 p.m. PLC Art Gallery
Thursday, March 27
Did you know?
Machaela Irving
Contributing Writer
Grove City College has always
been noted for its rigorous academics,
affordability and Christian environment, but the College is also recognized for its alumni.
Since the founding of the College
in 1876 there have been over 23,000
graduates, some of whom deserve recognition for their accomplishments.
J. Howard Pew ’00 is a particularly famous name around the College.
Pew was the president of the Sun Oil
Company, more commonly known by
the brand name Sunoco.
Besides working in the petroleum
business, Pew was awarded with the
Vermilye Medal, now referred to as
one of the Benjamin Franklin Medals,
awarded by the Franklin Institute for
recognition in the area of science
and engineering. Pew also served as a
Scribes of Hope
12 - 4 p.m. PLC Art Gallery
Notable alumni
trustee of the College.
Another alumnus, William Porter
“Spike” Shannon played America’s
favorite pastime before it was on the
rise. Shannon was a native of Pittsburgh, Pa. From 1904 until 1908,
Shannon played as an outfielder for
multiple Major League Baseball teams
over the course of five seasons. He
played for the St. Louis Cardinals, the
New York Giants and the Pittsburgh
Pirates, but he made his mark with the
Giants in 1907 when he became the
National League leader in runs scored.
Shannon died at age 63 in 1940.
Among the more current alumni,
Brian Leftow ’77 went on to Yale University to receive his M.A. and Ph.D.
He is now the department chair of
the Philosophy of the Christian Religion Department at Oriel College at
Oxford, which is one of the most prestigious and coveted philosophy positions in the world.
March 21, 2014
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Stevie Nicks: Queen of rock
Kara Halin
Staff Writer
Among the iconic musicians
over the years, influential names
such as John Lennon, Bob Dylan
and Bruce Springsteen stand out.
Another one of these legends is
Stevie Nicks.
Through drug addiction and
tumultuous relationships, Nicks
has landed on her feet time and
time again, proving to be the
queen of rock and a musical
icon.
Although Stevie Nicks is now
a household name, the musician
has humble beginnings. In 1973,
Nicks and her then boyfriend,
Lindsey Buckingham, recorded
an unsuccessful album titled
“Buckingham Nicks” and were
quickly dropped by their label.
Mick Fleetwood heard Buckingham’s guitar work and in early
1975 invited him to join Fleetwood’s band, Fleetwood Mac.
Buckingham insisted that he and
his girlfriend were a package
deal, so Fleetwood agreed to let
Nicks join the band as well.
The new partnership was the
beginning of a powerful musical career. Without this dynamic
teamwork, Nicks and Fleetwood
would not have become what
they are today.
Nicks’ voice, Buckingham’s
guitar skills and the harmonies
they created together added
something to the band that it
previously lacked, allowing the
musicians to skyrocket to success. In 1977, Fleetwood Mac
won the Grammy for album of
the year with “Rumours,” the
fastest selling album of its time.
Nicks’ voice has a haunting quality that makes listening to her music an immersive
experience. Her rasping voice
is unique and inimitable. Hits
like “Dreams,” “Rhiannon” and
“Edge of Seventeen,” as well as
lesser known songs like “Silver
Pick of the
Week
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Springs” and “Storms” highlight
the vocal range and power she
possesses. Her songs become
personal when she performs
them, conveying the depth of
emotion in her lyrics.
Beyond her vocal talent, Nicks
also excels in songwriting. Nicks,
Buckingham and Christine
McVie have served as Fleetwood
Mac’s principle songwriters
throughout their time together
as a band. Many of the songs
Nicks has written for Fleetwood
Mac have seen widespread success, including “Dreams,” “Rhiannon” and “Seven Wonders,”
all of which showcase her vocal talents alongside her gift for
songwriting.
Her writing reveals the ups
and downs of her life over the
years and chronicles her relationships, especially her tumultuous
relationship with Buckingham.
Nicks’ ballads also have a
universal appeal that does not
limit their impact to a single
generation. Even within Fleetwood Mac, McVie’s songs tend
to be more confined to the era
in which they were written,
whereas Nicks’ can survive the
ages without alteration.
Despite her successful career,
Nicks has faced many personal
struggles, including drug addiction. Nicks overcame the toxic
environment of her addiction.
In a 2013 interview for
Oprah’s Master Class interview
series, Nicks reflects on her past
and calls cocaine a “stupid drug”
and wishes she could go back
and tell herself that “you look
unattractive and like your eyes
are swimming in water.”
In addition to her contributions to music, Nicks also popularized the “boho” look in the
1970s. Known for her shawl
twirling on stage, Nicks often
wore (and still wears) shawls
and long flowing dresses with
billowing sleeves. Her signature
hairstyle was her long and wavy
blonde hair, often accompanied
by a black top hat.
Nicks’ sense of individuality is
inspiring. She is fiercely and unapologetically herself surrounded by a mystical aura that is unmatched by any other performer.
In Oprah’s Master Class interview, Nicks said that her “life is a
testament to believing that if you
want something you can make it
happen.”
She serves as a model for anyone looking to follow a dream
that seems unattainable by proving that hard work and passion
pay off.
At 65 years old, Nicks is as
glamorous as ever. Her live performances have the same passion
and skill that they did years ago.
Her pioneered style remains
the same – she still favors black
clothing and long flowing
dresses while sporting her long
blonde hair. Age is not an obstacle for Nicks; rather, it has given
her the opportunity for growth
in her music.
With a musical career spanning 40 years, Nicks has had her
ups and downs but has always
landed back on her feet. With
rumors that Fleetwood Mac
will be recording a new album
this year and Nicks’ upcoming
performance at the Academy
of Country Music Awards with
Lady Antebellum, she is not
slowing down any time soon.
She will most likely maintain her
position as the queen of rock for
years to come.
‘Son of God’ not too far off
Jacob Sziráky
Staff Writer
Since 1912, the film industry has been retelling the story
of Jesus Christ. Beginning with
“From the Manger to the Cross”
to the most recent film about
Christ, “Son of God,” these films
frequently raise controversy.
Concerns about the ability of Hollywood to accurately
portray religion and whether
the rendition will be tasteful
and convey a meaningful message are common to any book
to film adaptation. However, the
stakes are much higher when
billions of people have based
their lives upon the book – in
this case, the Bible.
Freshman Jonathan Wagner
and Dr. George van Campbell,
a sociology professor at the college and former pastor, both
provided their perspectives of
the film, “Son of God.”
Question 1.
What was your overall
feel for the film?
Wagner: I thought that its
portrayal of the gospel story …
I would say that it was moving.
It might not agree with how
everyone [thinks] of it. I think
everyone has his own picture
of what it’s like; of maybe what
the disciples are like… overall I
think it’s good that they made
the movie about the gospel in
theaters.
Campbell: I enjoyed it very
much. I thought it was engaging to watch. I thought it was
biblically faithful even though it
combined material from different gospels, but it was very substantially biblical, accurate over-
all and I thought it was moving.
This was the first film someone took a mini-series that was
made for television and made it
into a full length film by incorporating a lot of the film they
already shot and not used in the
mini-series. And I think it was
very successful, and the plot was
cohesive. The quality of it was
something you could expect out
of Hollywood and it presented a
consistent story that would track
the biblical events overall.
Question 2.
Would you say it was
theologically sound?
Wagner: Scripturally, I would
say it was pretty sound. I don’t
think it strayed too far from
Scripture in many ways.
Campbell: Yes. You can always quibble over details, but
I didn’t see anything that was
glaring. Glaringly wrong, that is.
Question 3.
Would it have bothered
you if it would have strayed
from the scriptures?
Wagner: I don’t think it
would have bothered me too
much because you have to realize it’s a movie about the gospel
– it’s not the Bible. The Bible is
the source for you to get your
accurate information, not a
movie. You should expect small
things that may not be accurate,
unless it was something major
and it really portrayed Jesus [inaccurately]. If it strayed really far
then it would have bothered me.
Campbell: Yes, because ostensibly what they are doing is
portraying the life of Jesus as
it was described in the gospels.
To depart from that would give
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you the false impression they
were telling you what the Bible
says. That would bother me.
We have four different gospels. One gospel leaves out
things other gospels include.
Another gospel includes what
the other gospels leave out.
The gospels are selective;
sometimes they tell the same
story but emphasize different
elements. There are features like
that. You can tell the story of
Jesus including different things.
Even the things they add for the
continuity of the story, those
things are believable and seem
realistic.
Sydney duo The Falls has
just released their debut EP,
“Into the Fire.” However,
this band is no stranger to
the indie scene. After touring with The Lumineers, Of
Monsters and Men and Passenger, The Falls released an
EP earlier this month and
is making an appearance
at the South by Southwest
(SXSW) festival.
With a style that hints at
country with roots in indierock, The Falls is a group
perfect for listeners who are
not entirely into twangy, insubstantial country music but
want to give folk a try. “Into
the Fire” is a small but powerful six song EP. The stand
out track is the third song on
the EP, titled “Home,” which
begins simply with an acoustic guitar and soothing lyrical content sung by Simon
Rudston Brown.
The lyrics include “Sure
feel like escaping/ So I hit
the road/ Not like any other
Tuesday/ The sun is hanging low/ Head feels full of
static/ Time is standing still/
The glass puts shapes and
shadows/ On my hands on
the wheel.”
As the song continues, the
highlighted poignant lyrics
create depth with Melinda
Kirwin’s harmonies and a
swelling string section that
crescendos into the chorus.
The chorus, though simple
in lyrical form, has a sense of
redemption and hope confirmed by a lightly scattered
bell progression.
Other notable tracks include the first song, “Please,”
and the title song “Into the
Fire.” “Please” is full of delightful harmonies that use
minimal instrumentation in
order to draw all the listener’s attention to the heartfelt and pleading lyrics of
“Tell her I’m walking back
dreaming/ Tell her I’m careful what I say/ Tell her I’m
headed for forgiveness/ And
I know it’s rough some days/
Tell her I’ve been walking in
circles/ And I got lost on the
way / Tell her I’m headed
toward forgiveness/ I know
it’s rough some days.”
“Into the Fire” has a similar tone but features Kirwin’s
airy vocals and deals with the
complex multitude of emotions that is associated with
heartbreak.
The Falls is a fledgling
group that is just beginning
to gain traction. However,
with the dynamic quality
and effort in all their songs,
The Falls is well on its way
to indie greatness.
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300: Rise of an
Empire
Grayson Quay
Entertainment Editor
The testosterone soaked film, “300: Rise of an Empire,” is an enjoyable sequel to Zach Snyder’s beautifully
shot and equally testosterone soaked “300” (2006). For
this film, Snyder moved into the producer’s chair, leaving
the less experienced director, Noam Murro, at the helm.
Murro succeeds in copying the dance-like choreography of the battle scenes and the stylized camera work,
complete with the first film’s signature brief dips into
slow motion. Sullivan Stapleton plays the relatively flat
role of Themistocles, but it is Eva Green’s performance
as Persian admiral Artemisia that truly captivates. She is a
force of sexuality and violence that could explode at any
moment, striding the deck of her ship in racy battle garb.
Several characters from the first film, such as the Persian King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and the hunchbacked traitor Ephialtes (Andrew Tiernan), return, but
are given little to do and feel shoehorned in. The plot
comes across as convoluted and overly complicated.
Although “Rise of an Empire” mimics the original in
several ways, it is also bold enough to innovate.The shipto-ship fighting of this film is fluid in a way that the static
battles of Thermopylae could not be, and the citizen soldiers that Themistocles commands are clearly less skilled
than the professional Spartan army, leading to battles that
are more balanced than the wholesale slaughters of the
first film.
HOUSE OF CARDS
from the president.
The audience is quickly drawn
into the swirling web of backdoor deals and manipulation
that Underwood spins. His wife
Claire is just as decisively brutal,
but maintains the same image of
goodwill as her as husband.
“House of Cards” is addictive,
but not instructive.
While it is an expertly produced show, some elements of
the writing are lacking, which
ties in with the portrayed immorality of many characters the
show follows. In fact, at certain
points the show seems to become a celebration of question-
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The Monuments
Men
“The Monuments Men,” directed by George Clooney,
opens with a powerful shot in which the camera moves
through a structure as it is being bombed. Men scramble
to shore up a wall that is about to collapse. Then the
camera pans up the wall, showing Da Vinci’s “The Last
Supper.”
Frank Stokes (George Clooney), concerned for the art
being stolen by the Nazis, convinces President Roosevelt
to authorize him to take a team of art experts to Europe
to recover it.The team includes James Granger (Matt Damon), Richard Campbell (Bill Murray) and Walter Garfield (John Goodman). However, the film seems unsure
of how seriously to take itself, and attempts at humor fall
flat.
Dramatic scenes fare better, especially one in which
one member of the team sneaks into a cathedral in a
Nazi occupied town at night in an attempt to steal back
a piece of art. Another highlight is a shot of a miniature
model of a museum that Hitler plans to fill with stolen
art. The camera stays at street level on the model, making
it appear overwhelmingly large.
Balancing these scenes is another scene in which Damon’s character steps on a landmine and must keep still
while the others attempt to diffuse it around him. The
film somehow manages to make this scene boring.
Stokes makes several speeches about the importance of
saving art in order to save civilization, but they end up
sounding like pitiful attempts to convince the audience
to care, and none of them approach the impact of the
opening shot of “The Last Supper” in danger.
able morals rather than a political drama.
Granted, the show is centered
on corruption and manipulation.
But in a number of episodes
the writers have veered off the
course of what is necessary to
the plot, adding gratuitous and
explicit sexual encounters that
may or may not have anything
to do with the storyline.
One point that the show
seems to make is that almost no
one connected to Washington
politics is clean. Those who are
honest usually were not always
so, and they either revert to their
old habits or suffer for trying to
do the right thing.
The show ultimately becomes
an exploration of morality and
power – more specifically, control.
The series is based on Andrew
Davies’ 1990 BBC drama following fictional politician Francis Urquhart’s manipulation of
Parliament as well as its original
source, Michael Dobbs’ novel.
The success of Davies’ original adaptation led Dobbs to
write two sequels, which would
presumably be the basis for any
additional seasons of the current
show. The Netflix team brought
Davies on as an executive producer.
One element woven into the
storyline is a monologue from
the main character, who turns to
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Pompeii
Paul W.S. Anderson’s “Pompeii” spends the first 75
minutes as “Gladiator” and the last half hour as a Roland
Emmerich disaster film in the vein of “2012.” But imitation does not equal failure.
As the film begins, the main characters converge
on the city of Pompeii. Cassia (Emily Browning), the
daughter of a wealthy family, is just returning to her parents, Severus and Aurelia (Jared Harris and Carrie-Anne
Moss), after spending a year in Rome.
Corvus (Kiefer Sutherland) is a cruel and powerful
Roman senator who offers the capital Severus needs for
a building project, but only at the price of Cassia’s hand.
Milo (Kit Harrington), a slave gladiator who as a
child saw his family slaughtered by Corvus, has a chance
meeting with Cassia and the two find themselves drawn
to each other. The movie’s treatment of their quicklyformed bond is not entirely convincing, but it can be
overlooked with the drama of the next scene’s mountain
explosion.
The strivings of the various characters play out in upscale garden parties and bloodstained arenas before being
kicked into high gear by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
The first 75 minutes, while by no means masterful, accomplish the difficult task of keeping the audience interested. Rather than growing bored while waiting for the
eruption, audiences will be interested in where events
stand when the eruption finally occurs.
Ash and lava rain down, ships are swept down city
streets by a tsunami, and the audience is treated to an
exhilarating chariot race. The eruption is a visual feast.
the camera and comments about
the situation separate from the
discussion. This classic dramatic
tool is used expertly, allowing
the audience extra insight of
Underwood’s rationale in how
he conducts himself. The tactic
is also used in the BBC series as
a Shakespearean way of pulling
the audience into the character.
As the first Netflix drama to
win an Emmy, “House of Cards”
blazed the trail for other internet
shows. Netflix has since started
other shows (“Hemlock Grove,”
“Orange Is the New Black,” etc.)
and Amazon recently picked up
four new shows from its “Pilot
Season” in a constantly developing rivalry.
These series have potential to
shape the landscape of television,
advancing the impact of the Internet. If more shows illicit the
buzz “House of Cards” has created, it is a very real possibility.
What the show does well, it
masters, and for that it should
be praised. It is one of the most
well-produced and effective dramas in recent memory. Endorsement of the show comes with a
caveat, however, for unnecessary
graphic scenes and adult themes.
Fans of the show will be glad
to hear that the filming of season
three is well underway.
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Perspectives
Legos and capitalism
Grayson Quay
Entertainment Editor
About two weeks ago, Dr. Michael Coulter, professor of political science, approached me in the
hallway to talk briefly about my
overwhelmingly positive review
of “The Lego Movie” in the Feb.
14 issue of The Collegian. He
All jokes aside, I am in agree- entire output of the economy
mentioned that Fox News had
recently run a segment saying ment to an extent. Businesspeo- from construction to coffee. A
ple are not categorically evil, but political regime that directs prothe film is anti-capitalist.
I could hardly believe my ears. they are not categorically good duction in this way bears more
resemblance to Hitler’s National
Aside from being the kind of either.
I
would
suggest
to
this
host,
Socialism than to big business.
thing that Saturday Night Live
Octan Corporation also
or The Daily Show with Jon who seems truly furious at what
he
sees
as
indoctrination
of
chilmanufactures
instruments of reStewart would run to make fun
pression and propaganda
of Fox, it was a ridiculous
including history books,
accusation to make.
Businesspeople
are
not
catsurveillance systems, vot“Hollywood pushing its
egorically evil, but they are ing machines, television
anti-business message on
our kids,” the indignant host not categorically good either. and music. They even issue instructions that every
began. The issue he had was
citizen must follow or risk
with the character of Presibeing
“put to sleep.”
dent Business, the villain of the
Lord Business is also the enfilm who, according to the host, dren, that kids who can tell the
“looks a little bit like Mitt Rom- difference between a good witch emy of free trade and free marney.”
and a bad witch in “The Wizard kets. He builds walls between
It was apparently not evident of Oz” will certainly be able to the various Lego realms in orthat President Business’s appear- differentiate between good and der to prevent them from tradance is modeled on Will Ferrell, bad businessmen. A CEO who ing goods and ideas, shutting
who provides the character’s does his work honestly and ethi- The Old West off from Middle
voice. If you stare long enough cally while serving his customers Zealand, Bricksburg and any
at the sparse black features and is not a villain, but a hero of the other potential trading partners.
smooth plastic skull of any Lego kind described by the Fox News The walls could prove helpful
in keeping the Middle Zealand
man, any face you want to see host.
will start to emerge. But this is
Unfortunately for President dragons from attacking other
beside the point.
Business, he does not fall into realms, but I digress.
More than anything, though,
A media analyst joined the this category and is fully deservLord Business hates new ideas.
discussion only to be criticized ing of his vilification.
for suggesting that powerful
President Business, or Lord His ruthless police force, led by
businesspeople make convenient Business as he is often called, is Bad Cop, brutally suppresses any
movie villains: “Why! Why! Why not a critique of capitalism but sort of innovation. Through this
is the head of a corporation of crony capitalism and totali- depiction, the film shows a rewhere they hire people, peo- tarianism. His very name sug- markable insight into the nature
ple go to work, they pay their gests an unholy union between of capitalism.
As Ayn Rand emphasizes in
rent, their mortgage, they put economic activity and political
their kids through college, they power, combining the political “Atlas Shrugged,” the driving
feed their families, they give to titles of “President” and “Lord” force of capitalism is not the dycharities, they give to churches with his occupation as a busi- namos of the factories but the
… Why would that be an easy nessman. In a televised address, mind of the entrepreneur. It is
target?” Fair point, although the he describes himself as “Presi- this creative force, embodied in
Fox News bias went a little too dent of Octan Corporation and the Master Builders and forming
the very backbone of capitalism,
far when one of the hosts began the World.”
As president of Octan Corpo- which President Business longs
a stalwart defense of Mr. Potter
ration, he controls virtually the to destroy.
from “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
Changing the story, not just the word
Sarah Zimmerman
Contributing Writer
Ban Bossy, a campaign created by Facebook COO Sheryl
Sandberg, is a new initiative to
encourage girls to be leaders and
to ban all people from using the
word “bossy.” Sandberg’s company Lean In has partnered with
Girl Scouts of America to start
dialogue to resolve the gender
gap.
Women make up 50 percent
of the population, yet they only
make up five percent of Fortune 500 CEOs, 17 percent of
the board seats and 19 percent
of United States Congress seats,
which shows a serious gap in
representation for women.
This lack of representation is
even evident in film. Of the top
50 films of 2013, only .5 percent
of directors were women and in
the top 100 films of 2011, women accounted for only 33 percent of all characters and only 11
percent of the protagonists.
Ban Bossy was a campaign
three years coming. The movement has already created an explosive response in the short time
it has been alive. Men are in an
uproar about the fact that they
have to change their language
when dealing with women in
the workplace. While it is true
that men and women have skills
that are specific to their gender,
they should be treated fairly and
with respect in the workplace.
Yes, there needs to be a different approach in how interactions with women are handled,
which also means that we need
to actively change the way we
approach women and girls in
leadership. From a young age,
girls begin to respond to the stereotypes the generations before
them have put in place. Women
are not just affected by the Photoshopped models in magazines;
the harm starts earlier than that.
Who is supposed to “wear the
pants” in a relationship? Who is
traditionally expected to be the
bread-winner? How many female presidents have we had?
What are the connotations for a
stay-at-home dad versus a stayat-home mom?
These preconceived stereotypes carry over into the classroom. Girls are less likely to
raise their hands and less likely
to volunteer to take the lead on
a project because they fear that
they will be labelled as “bossy”
by their classmates.
Ban Bossy has a valid stance
in its direction of ending the
one-sided use of the word bossy.
However, Sandberg’s campaign
worries more about policing
language and misses some of
the other important issues that
have a huge impact on girls and
women like the lack of affordable childcare, sexual assault, domestic abuse or the gender wage
gap, just to name a few.
In 1963, the Equal Pay Act was
passed to help promote equality
in the workplace by equalizing
wages for men and women. At
that time women were making
59 cents to every dollar that a
man made. Today, women make
77 cents to every dollar that a
man makes.
The fact that a congresswoman was banned from Congress
during an abortion debate because she referred to the female
anatomy by name or that in discussion of a rape people still ask,
“what was she wearing,” hints at
this continued imbalance. These
issues don’t just affect women;
they also affect how men are
treated and expected to behave.
Ban Bossy is about trying to
change those stereotypes. Yes,
banning the word bossy from
use is silly, but there is no reason to dislike what Sandberg,
Lean In and the Girl Scouts are
trying to do. They are trying to
stop these stereotypes. People
complain about how the “angry
liberal bra-burning feminists”
never actually do anything; they
just moan, groan and rant.
This is our move. This is our
action. We are not sitting down
and taking what history has dictated for us. Ban Bossy is just
a beginning, not a solution to
hundreds of years of inequality,
unfair stereotypes and oppression. It is a step in the right direction.
Page 9
Editorial
The lost art of
concert etiquette
Dan Johnson
Managing Editor
This nation is filled with terrible concertgoers.
Let me preface this by saying that not every person is a
bad audience member, and in
fact some of these points may
apply to very few people. But
all it takes to ruin a professional
performance is the inconsiderateness of one person.
This issue has nothing to do
with concert attendance, although it would seem attending more concerts would beget better etiquette in the long
term.
The problem often lies in
a simple lack of considerate
thought. Concert etiquette is
not hard; one simply needs to
realize the impact of their actions on others.
Here are five “concert etiquette sins” that audience
members often commit:
Talking during anything
other than the applause. It
is distracting to performers and
to other audience members.
Whether or not what is said
pertains to the performance, it
is still disrespectful.
Whispering is louder than
many people realize. Jotting a
note to remember the question
or thought should be sufficient,
and that will not likely interrupt the performance.
Having
cell
phones
turned on. At the beginning
of many performances, there
is a call to turn off phones.
And rightly so. All too often, a
few people do not heed these
words and a phone goes off in
the middle of a performance.
At this point there is no remedy. I once witnessed the conductor of a district choir return
to the part before the interruption to salvage a recording, but
such a safeguard rarely works
and should never be in the
mind of any audience member.
Some people choose to set
their phones to vibrate. But
whether or not the phone interferes with the recording
equipment is irrelevant. Anything going on outside the four
walls of the concert hall (or
chapel) can wait until the performance is complete. There
are only two reasonable options
for phones in a concert: off or
airplane mode.
Taking a seat during a
piece. This issue is particularly pervasive because so few
people realize it is a faux pas.
Perhaps an audience member is
right in thinking they can very
quietly take their seat, but perhaps not. More importantly, it
is distracting to performers to
see someone walking in as they
sing or play.
Wait until the piece is over
— which does not occur until the appropriately timed applause — to not interrupt or
distract.
Clapping in the middle of
a piece; specifically, between
movements. Few things so
obviously ruin a performance
as premature applause. There is
no retrieval of a stray clap, and
it can throw off performers.
One rule of thumb is to not
be the first one to clap, but
there’s an even easier guideline:
Wait to clap until the conductor puts his hands down. In
most cases, conductors even
turn around at the end of the
piece. In solo performances,
musicians will usually make it
clear when they are finished,
whether they break mood to
accept applause, put down their
instruments or move away from
their instruments.
There is nothing wrong with
joining the applause a full five
seconds after the piece is over.
Clapping too soon, however, is
a problem.
Doing anything else that
makes noise, such as the
handling of programs or
cameras that make noises
when taking pictures. The
devices that make noise are
easier for most people to recognize, but the noise of flipping through a program is also
distracting, particularly during
quiet sections.
Handle programs gently and
try to wait until a louder part of
the piece to look through the
program.
The easiest way to combat
this issue is to read the important sections before the performance begins and use the program to refresh the memory.
Arriving well before the concert begins will provide an opportunity to scan through the
highlights of the performance
as well as to find a good seat.
Another more natural noisemaker is more difficult to
avoid: coughing, sneezing, and
perhaps worst of all, yawning.
An audience member cannot
rightly be vilified for the need,
but a noble effort to stifle the
sound in the crook of the forearm of a coat can be reasonably
requested.
As much as concertgoers expect excellence in performance
from musicians, it should be
reasonable to expect simple
courtesy from the audience.
Good audience members
may never receive verbal thanks,
but their undivided attention is
something every musician — as
well as other audience members — can appreciate.
GREEN EYESHADE AWARD
This week’s award goes to sophomore
Stephanie Pitman for her dedication to
editing and conceiving ideas for the life
section, including this week’s extremely
clean copy.
The Collegian Green Eyeshade Award
honors student contributors who have
demonstrated consistency and excellence
in their work.
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.
Stephanie Pitman
Perspectives
Page 10
March 21, 2014
Grades aren’t everything
Work experience vital for undergrads
Claire E. Healey
Editor-in-Chief
When I returned to school
from spring break during the
second semester of my freshman
year, I felt completely exasperated.
I had spent the better part of
the year as a molecular biology
major and was struggling academically. I realized that the premed track was not for me, and I
had no desire to return to school
to continue taking classes that I
disliked.
I plugged away through the
rest of the semester, making subpar grades. My light at the end
of the tunnel was that in the
following year, I could begin to
take classes that I really liked as a
political science major. However,
I couldn’t let go of the worry
that my low GPA would one day
hinder me from finding a job or
getting into graduate school.
During my junior year, I
threw myself into work at The
Collegian. Despite finding my
passions – writing and editing – I
realized that even with my rising
grades, my GPA would never be
able to recover from my year as a
science major, and I still worried though my grades as a political valuable as the numbers and
about what potential employers science major have been fairly letters on the transcript, and
would think of my transcript, or good. Instead, I’ve learned the sometimes more so. My advice
that they would write me off as lesson that all students, especial- to underclassmen, and also to
soon as they saw my GPA.
ly those at Grove City College, graduating seniors, is to dedicate
Last April, I had an interview should know: grades are impor- as much time to getting work
with the political magazine with tant, but they’re not the only experience and dedicating your
which I would end up interning thing that’s important.
time to one or two extracurricfor the summer. One of the ediWe all heard in high school ular activities about which you
tors with whom I spoke
feel particularly passionis second-in-command
Work experience is just as valu- ate.
at the magazine.
My point is not to
able
as
the
numbers
and
letters
He looked at my recompletely eschew your
sume while we were on
on the transcript, and sometimes studies for a part-time
the phone, and to my
job or time for extracurmore so.
surprise, he didn’t want
ricular activities. Good
to talk about the work
performance in acaI had done with the newspaper,
demics is beneficial, and a good
or even my camp counselor job, that a well-rounded resume GPA is of course essential to get
where I had learned some basic makes a student a better candi- into graduate school, medical
management and programming date for college. But how many school, law school, etc. However,
of us, especially as freshmen, gaining some valuable work exskills.
Instead, he wanted to talk have held fast to that “rigorous perience is also extremely benabout my job at a bed-and- academics” pillar at one point or eficial for gaining admission to
breakfast, where I had mainly another and fell into the trap of programs at higher institutions.
cleaned bathrooms and bab- thinking that our grades will be
Next time you’ve spent hours
ysat children. He was impressed what decide our future? I’ve had studying for an exam and are still
with the hard grunt work that fellow seniors tell me that they worried about making your B+
I’d been willing to do. None of are not sure what types of jobs an A-, stop. Close the textbook,
my interviewers asked me once to apply for because they spent a eat something and go to bed. If
about my GPA, let alone my en- lot of time on academics and not your B+ never moves up by the
enough time getting involved in end of the semester, it’s not the
tire transcript.
This year, I’ve scarcely wor- activities to develop any market- end of the world, and chances
ried about my low overall GPA. able skills.
are you won’t even be thinking
Work experience is just as about it next semester.
It will never be stellar, even
Mind control
No longer an insult
Why it’s good to be a Grover
Dr. Gary Welton
Ten degrees, below zero. Bitter
wind chills. Snow to shovel. Nasty head cold. Stuffy and sneezy.
Coughing. But I choose to control my thinking. I choose not
to ruminate on todays’ struggles,
real and difficult though they are.
Instead, I choose to meditate on
the beauty of God’s creation and
the wonders of his works.
Meditation exists in two primary forms. In one form, mantra-based meditation, you chant
syllables in an attempt to rid your
mind of all content. Rid yourself
of all meaningful thought. Open
yourself to experiencing the
spiritual universe.
In the second form, sometimes called mindfulness-based
meditation, you choose to think
about rich content that overcomes your tendency to fixate on self. You meditate on the
beauty of the snow.You meditate
on the rich plot of the novel.You
consider the tapestry of history.
In fact, mindfulness-based
meditation is an ancient aspect
of religious faith and practice.
It is a part of Buddhism, designed to facilitate a deeper selfawareness of one’s position in
the larger universe. It is a part of
Judaism and Christianity, receiving significant attention in the
book of Psalms, especially Psalm
119. In all three faiths, the focus
is on mindfulness rather than a
mantra-based process of trying
to empty the mind.
In his letter to the Philippians,
the Apostle Paul wrote, “Whatever is true, whatever is noble,
whatever is right, whatever is
pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything
is excellent or praiseworthy—
think about such things.” In this
verse, he suggests that our thinking, our meditation, needs to be
content-based, especially with
positive content.
Meditating on negative content (a behavior I practice far too
often) should not really be called
meditation; I call it rumination.
Instead, we are told to meditate on the positive elements of
God’s being and His creation.
Fifty times in Scripture the
text uses (across all translations)
our English word “meditate.” In
two of these cases, the content of
Instead, spend a little more
time investigating your interests
and figuring out how to develop
more skills, to apply the skills
you already have and to think
about what your post-graduate
plans actually require. And if you
don’t have post-graduate plans
but are looking to make some,
it’s all the more reason to spend
slightly less time on grades, and
more time on getting involved
in different activities and jobs to
explore your interests.
So go home this summer and
find a part-time job, almost any
part-time job, and work as many
hours as you can. You’re not
too good for any job, including
those like dishwashing or cleaning bathrooms. If you haven’t
already, get involved in an activity at school about which you
could feel really passionate, and
begin to develop your interests
and skills.
In the end, when a potential employer looks at a college
graduate’s resume, the B student
with various skills and relevant
work experience will get the
job over the straight A student
who has little experience in the
workforce.
Kayla Peterson
Contributing Writer
WIKICOMMONS
the meditation is not indicated. For example, in Genesis
24, “He went out to the field
one evening to meditate.” In the
other 48 uses of the word, however, the text always indicates the
content on which the meditation focuses.
Sometimes the text speaks
of negative content, where the
meditation serves sinful and selfish purposes. In most uses of the
word, however, we are told to
meditate on the teaching, the
works, or the person of God.
Never, however, is there a clear
case in which the meditation is
mantra-based.
Biblical examples of meditation are focused on the content
of our minds.
Research in the field of psychology has investigated the
impact of meditation. A current
article by Madhav Goyal (Johns
Hopkins University School of
Medicine) and his colleagues
(in the Journal of the American
Medical Association Internal Medicine) summarizes 47 clinical trials. They found no evidence
that mantra-based meditation
improved personal outcomes.
Mindfulness-based meditation,
however, provided moderate
improvements in anxiety, depression, and pain and small improvements in stress and quality
of life.
Goyal is quick to note that additional research and evidence is
needed. The current evidence,
however, suggests that meditation is a helpful strategy, but that
meditation therapy should focus
on mindfulness rather than a
mantra-based approach.
It does matter what we think
about and dwell upon. If you
find yourself contemplating the
mundane, the difficult, the selfish, or the painful, I challenge
you, as I challenge myself, to
practice mind control—control
over what we choose to think
about.
Again, as Paul instructed,
“Whatever is true, whatever is
noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely,
whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”
As I go out tonight to shovel
the snow, I will also being going
out to the field to meditate.
At Grove City College, it is
not uncommon for a student to
be called a “Grover.” However,
the word tends to have the connotation that an individual is an
overachiever who tends to put
their academics and God before
almost everything else.
Everyone who attends the
College is considered to be a
Grover. Yet, according to the
many different personalities and
characteristics of individual students, not everyone tends to fit
the stereotype of being a ruleabiding, academically successful
Christian college student.
However, being labeled a
Grover is not necessarily as unfortunate as some students might
think. Here are a few reasons
why possessing the characteristics of the stereotypical Grover
are honorable.
The typical Grove City College student is thought of as
being academically successful;
someone who takes their grades
very seriously. A Grover does not
just go to class because he has to,
but goes to class to pay attention
because he is excited to learn.
The Grover’s dedication shows
that the he is dedicated to learning and succeeding in his studies.
However, a Grover is sometimes viewed as one who often
places his academic priorities
over his social ones.To many students, it can be very hard to find
that healthy balance between
how much time is devoted to
studies compared to how much
time is devoted to hanging out
with friends and going to events.
Yet, the average student at the
College dedicates a significant
amount of time to aspects of life
apart from academics.
A Grover is also religious and
understands that his individual
spiritual growth in God can play
a big part in being successful.
Grovers are also involved.
Many students at the College
have unique talents and interests that are used to glorify God.
There are a large variety of organizations and clubs on campus
in which students get involved,
which demonstrates the use of
their gifts for areas other than
academics.
The image of a well-rounded
individual significantly helps
Grovers in the job market. In the
workforce, employers look for
the individuals who are committed to their studies but are also
dedicated to many other opportunities in which they are involved in college. Being involved
in different experiences helps to
shape an individual and makes
one more marketable to hiring
companies.
Although many Grove City
College students perceive the
term “Grover” as a bad thing, being a Grover is very beneficial to
every individual at the College.
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Sports
March 21, 2014
Golden Gibbs
Wolverine strong safety earns
postgrad scholarship
Page 11
Lacrosse lights
up opponents
Meghann Healey
Contributing Writer
Senior football player Chris
Gibbs recently received an
NCAA postgraduate scholarship as a result of his academic
and athletic excellence at Grove
City College.
For the past two years Gibbs,
the Wolverine strong safety, has
earned First and Second Team
Division III Academic AllAmerican honors from Capital
One and the College Sports Information Directors of America
(CoSIDA).
Gibbs is a Dean’s List student
and a Presidential Scholarship
recipient. As a biology major,
Gibbs earned a 3.93 cumulative
GPA and worked in genomic
research at the Mayo Clinic in
Rochester, MN last summer.
This past season wrapped up
Gibbs’ career as the Wolverines
closed the season with two victories against Thiel College and
Saint Vincent College. According to Gibbs, the highlight of the
2013 season included the defeat
of Westminster College as a result of a blocked field goal in the
last minute of the game.
“It’s always good to beat your
rivals, and when you can beat
them three years in a row it’s a
great thing,” Gibbs said.
As a freshman, Gibbs’ biggest challenge on the field was
overcoming his physical stature
in comparison to the rest of his
teammates.
“I was smaller than most of
my teammates, so I needed to
put on more muscle,” he said.
Besides overcoming physical
differences, Gibbs remembers
the adjustment from playing
football in high school to playing at a collegiate level, remarking that the defense is much
more complex than in high
school. Gibbs also praised head
coach Chris Smith.
“One of his biggest strengths
was bringing out the best in us,”
he said.
Gibbs’ pregame ritual was relaxed – watching film, talking
with his teammates and playing catch on the field when the
weather allowed. He readily recalls some of his favorite memories throughout his career,
COURTESY ZACHARY JEW
Midfielder Ryan Althausen helps anchor a solid core of seniors.
Paul St. Jean
Staff Writer
DAVE MILLER/ADM PHOTOGRAPHY
Gibbs led the PAC in the fall with 80 tackles and three forced
fumbles.
including a reflection from his
freshman year of a senior teammate.
“One of my fondest memories
about Sam … he would get so
crazy and run around punching
lockers – I had to avoid getting
punched in the face by him,” he
said.
Gibbs has been successful off
the field as well. Some of the
aspects that he first admired
about the College included the
demanding academics, the ability to play football and the closeness in proximity to his home of
Akron, OH.
“I couldn’t find all of that anywhere else,” Gibbs said.
Similar to other college students, Gibbs remarked that
one of the largest challenges
for him as an incoming freshman was the adjustment from
high school to college and the
responsibilities that came with
that change.
He needed to learn how to
manage his time efficiently and
to balance the different groups
with which he was involved.
Gibbs has served as an RA
for two years and is a member
of the Epsilon Pi fraternity and
the Alpha Phi Omega service
fraternity. He also volunteered
with the United Way, collecting
donations with his teammates
each fall.
As a result of his academic
success, Gibbs is also a member
of the Beta Beta Beta honor society and the Kemikos honor society for biology and chemistry,
respectively.
While Gibbs works toward
his completion of studies at the
College, he is also looking forward to marrying his fiance, senior Sandra Kraynik.
“We have a true Grover
story – we met at the graffiti
dance freshman year,” he said of
Kraynik.
After Gibbs and Kraynik
graduate this spring, the couple
plans to attend medical school
after which they both intend to
pursue different careers in the
healthcare field.
The Grove City College
men’s lacrosse team has begun a
new season on a hot streak.
Since its preseason meeting
with Division I University of
Pittsburgh, which resulted in a
10-5 win, the team has won six
of its first seven games. Ranked
third nationally in the Men’s
Collegiate Lacrosse Association
as of March 4, the Grove City
men have won more games than
any other team in their division except for the University of
Dayton Flyers.
The lacrosse team spent its
spring break in Florida to compete in four games. The team
brought home three victories,
including a close decision against
no. 14 Palm Beach Atlantic University as well as a huge win over
powerhouse Elon University.
Last weekend the Wolverines
swept a doubleheader at home,
comfortably handling Taylor
University by a score of 19-5
and Central Connecticut State
University by a score of 14-4.
Sophomore attacker Dave
Hall has had an incredible season
so far. His average of 5.4 goals
per game and 17 goals overall
both lead the team.
As the team continues to
dominate, the reflection on new
head coach Dan Carson has
been nothing but favorable. After
inheriting a program that progressed to the second round of
the MCLA national tournament
last season, Carson had much to
prove. But so far he has lived up
to expectations.
If the Wolverines can continue their excellent run down the
stretch, they will set themselves
up to make another push deep
into the national tournament.
Grove City’s next game is
against St. John’s University
in Northbrook, IL, on Friday,
March 28, at 8:30 p.m.
Support Your
Wolverines!
March 21-27
Baseball
Fri. 3 p.m. Thiel (H)
Sat. 1 p.m. Thiel (2 games) (A)
Softball
Fri. 3:30 p.m. Franciscan (H)
Sat. 1 p.m. LaRoche (H)
Tues. 3:30 p.m. Allegheny (A)
Men’s Tennis
Fri. 3:30 p.m. Marietta (A)
Sat. 11 a.m. Thomas More (A)
Tues. 3:30 p.m. Penn State Behrend (H)
Thurs. 3 p.m. Waynesburg (A)
Women’s Swimming and Diving
Fri. – Sat. 10 a.m.
NCAA Championships
Indianapolis, Ind. (A)
Four swimmers
go to nationals
Sophomores Tori Baker, Megan Bilko (top and
right), Lauren Cassano (above) and freshman
Abby Jank qualified for nationals in the 800 free relay. Nationals started Wednesday night. Bilko, the
PAC MVP, qualified in the top 16 for three individual
events and swam a school-record time in finals for
the 500 free Wednesday night.
Men’s Golf
Fri. – Sat. TBD Capital Invitational (A)
Track and Field
Sat. 11 a.m. Early Bird Invitational
California University of Pennsylvania (A)
Water Polo
Sat. TBD Mercyhurst (H)
Women’s Golf
Sat. TBD Malone (A)
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ROBERT AUDIA/GROVE CITY COLLEGE
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Sports
Page 12
March 21, 2014
Wolverines end season on high note
Ian Mikrut
Sports Editor
It is not often that a team can
have the opportunity to close
out the regular season with a
win, especially one that does not
result in a championship. Oftentimes it means quite the opposite, where a victory was gained
after the efforts of the year did
not result in a postseason berth.
However, the Grove City College men’s basketball team was
able to cap off a successful season which not only resulted in
a Presidents’ Athletic Conference playoff run, but a victory
against Franciscan University
in a makeup game which saw
Grove City basketball history
being made.
The first round of PAC tournament play turned into a
heartbreaking finish for a hopeful and competitive Grove City
squad that seemed to be hitting
its stride again at the tail end
of the season after a midseason
lull.
“It was just one of those things
where you feel like you don’t
have any control over,” senior
guard Evan Schell said. “I know
it’s cliché, but you really have to
give the other team credit for
getting a win in a game where
we fought so hard.”
Looking back on a
career that consisted
of four losing seasons
and four first round
playoff losses, I can
honestly say that I
don’t regret a season
of it.
Evan Schell
TIM SOFRANKO FOR GROVE CITY COLLEGE ATHLETICS
Junior guard J.T. Schwartz set the Wolverines up for overtime in
their first-round playoff game before a Thomas More buzzer-beater
sent Grove City home.
The matchup proved to be a
back and forth effort which saw
multiple, constant lead changes
as both teams made big scoring
runs. The scoring tandem of junior guards Mitch Marmelstein
and Brian Giesler continued to
be successful as Marmelstein led
all scorers with 22 points and
seven rebounds while Giesler
chipped in 14 of his own.
However, it was fellow junior
guard J.T. Schwartz who kept
Grove City’s hopes alive after
scoring a big game-tying bucket
with only six seconds remaining on the game clock. The final
ticks of the clock were too many
for the Wolverines as Thomas
More College’s senior D’Carlo
Hayes scored the game winning
shot as time expired.
“It’s not really something
where you can say we should
[have done] this or we should
[have done] that or someone
missed an assignment here,”
Schell said. “We really did play
our hearts out.”
Grove City could have easily
rolled over for its next and final game of the season, a virtually meaningless makeup game
against Franciscan University,
but that was not the case. The
Wolverines came out firing
with a 24-4 run in the first half
before ending the season with
an 81-60 victory that saw four
players reach double figures in
scoring.
Sophomore guard Stephen
Tam chipped in 10 points while
Marmelstein and Giesler continued their high-scoring ways,
finishing with 15 and 14 points,
respectively. Giesler also made
Grove City history, hitting his
76th three-point shot, setting
the single-season record for
three-pointers made. The Grove
GCC Three-Point
Leaders
Brian Giesler - 76
2013-2014
Shawn Carr - 75
2007-2008
Shawn Carr - 65
2006-2007
Joe McCoy - 56
2009-2010
Dave Pifer - 50
1999-2000
City record was formerly held
by Shawn Carr ’08 with 75, and
was set during the 2007-08 campaign.
The game also saw lone senior
Schell score 12 points on top of
a team-high six rebounds for the
Wolverines in his final game as a
Grove City basketball player.
“Looking back on a career
that consisted of four losing seasons and four first round playoff
losses, I can honestly say that I
don’t regret a season of it,” Schell
said. “I’ve had such amazing
teammates with me along the
way who’ve helped me learn so
much not only about the game
of basketball, but in life as well.”
Keeping things close
Solid pitching provides basis for growth
Joe Setyon
Staff Writer
The Grove City College
men’s baseball team, led by head
coach Rob Skaricich, travelled
to Myrtle Beach, SC over spring
break to open up the season
with a seven game stretch.
Though the team finished
2-5, it played competitively
throughout the trip. The Wolverines started out strong in a
doubleheader against The College of Staten Island, winning
the opener 4-3 by way of a
walk-off double by sophomore
shortstop Josh Hodges.
The game also marked a win
for sophomore pitcher Ryan
Gallagher, who pitched three
scoreless innings of relief. It was
a game where the Wolverine offense pounded out 10 hits, and
the pitching held CSI to only
three hits.
In the second game, Grove
City was competitive, but ultimately fell 6-5 despite two hits
and two RBIs apiece from freshmen David Laylock and Jimmy
Palmer.
Grove City continued the trip
against Wilkes University in another doubleheader the next day.
Game one was a pitching battle,
with Wilkes winning 2-1 on a
walk-off RBI double from junior Stephen Ruch.
The bright spot of this matchup came from the mound as
freshmen Doug Donatelli, Andrew Taylor and Ryan Braundmeiser combined to give up
only one run on five hits in just
over six innings.
Game two was not as close,
with a final score of 5-0. However, the Wolverines still picked
up six hits and allowed only two
earned runs, an encouraging
sign for the team.
The Wolverines finished the
spring trip with a game against
King’s College and a doubleheader against the State University of New York at New Paltz.
The doubleheader against
King’s was cut to only one game
because of bad weather, but
Grove City came away with a
comfortable 9-2 win.
Four players recorded two hits
or more, including a three RBI
performance from freshman
outfielder Nolan Myers. Senior
COURTESY RYAN GALLAGHER
The men were able to bring home two wins in a long trip – a 4-3 walk-off win in the opening game of the trip and a 9-2 rout of King’s College on a rain-shortened day. The starting rotation has shined thus far, keeping games close. The key to the regular season will be playing
clean ball and making the most of offensive opportunities.
starting pitcher Erick Locker
also had a stellar performance,
shutting out King’s through seven innings of work.
The last two games of the trip
were against SUNY New Paltz,
the first of which was a tight 3-2
loss.The pitching was once again
solid for the Wolverines. Junior
starter Mason Stephens gave up
only one run in six innings and
Taylor pitched a scoreless seventh.
The final game was another
2-1 loss, but freshman starter
Ben Finlan surrendered just one
earned run in six innings.
After returning from the trip,
the Wolverines lost their next
two games at La Roche College
last Saturday, 5-4 and 4-2.
Despite the somewhat slow
start for the team, the Wolverines
have played competitive, entertaining baseball in nearly all of
their games.
Several promising players include Hodges, freshman David
Laylock and senior Matt Corner,
who are batting .435, .429 and
.286, respectively.
Freshman pitchers Ben Finlan and Ryan Braundmeier and
Gallagher all have ERAs under
2.50, while no one in the current starting rotation has an
ERA over 4.20.
Grove City is a talented and
feisty team, and the competitive
edge the players bring will eventually pay off.