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They made $191,791 in undertwo months while pretending tosell tattoos and supplies in Cam-den, Mich., a town of barely 500

people.But Penny Hawkins, manager

of The Clubhouse restaurant,said that everyone knew what thecouple was really doing.

Cars came with liscense plates from Ohio and Indiana,she said. They spent two orthree minutes inside and thenleft. Nobody gets a two minutetattoo.

On April 15, Hillsdale countyresidents Douglas Cardwell, 41,and Michelle Demayo, 42, will

be tried by jury on six felony

counts, all centering on accusa-tions of the sale of synthetic mar-ijuana known as spice.

Because spice is a ScheduleI narcotic and the couple pos-sessed more than 1,000 grams,they face life in prison and nesup to one million dollars each.

In Camden, south of Hills-dale, the couple ran a tattoo par-lor, Addikted 2 Ink, and alleg-edly sold spice under the storesguise from September through

November 2013.They never did a single tat-

too and never had a licensed tat-too artist, Hillsdale County As-sistant Prosecutor Rod Hassingersaid. It was just a big front fortheir designer drug business.

After the Hillsdale NarcoticsEnforcement Team made an un-

dercover purchase of 3.5 gramsof synthetic marijuana at thestore in November, of cers from

the Hillsdale Sheriff CountySheriffs Of ce and Reading Po -lice Department served a searchwarrant on both the shop andtheir residence. Of cers con s -cated more than 6.65 pounds ofsynthetic marijuana from both

buildings, in addition to 500glass pipes, 600 packages of roll-ing papers, and assorted drug

paraphernalia.They felt they could get

around the law. They were armedwith lab reports for their supplierand had con dence that whatthey were doing was legal, said

Neal Brady, Hillsdale County prosecuting attorney.

Cardwell and Demayo simplydidnt read the Michigan statute,Hassinger said.

Though the sale of spice has been prohibited in Michigansince June 2012, there have not

been enough prosecutions tosend a message, Hassinger said.Many prosecuting attorneysavoid such cases because theytend to be dif cult and prohibi -tively expensive for most coun-ties.

The Hillsdale County pros-ecutors of ce, however, hastaken a strong stance against thedrug to send a message to dealersand manufacturers: Brady wont

back down.Two days after we shut down

the shop here in Camden, a shopstopped doing business in Stur-gis, Mich., Hassinger said. Theword has gotten out all becauseof Mr. Brady.

Before Cardwell and Demayomoved to Camden, the pair oper-ated out of another tattoo parlorunder the same name in Angola,

Ind. But when a two and half yearinvestigation by Indiana law en-forcement drove them out of the

state, they ed across the border.In just under a two month periodfrom September to the middle of

November 2013, Cardwell andDemayo recorded the $191,791in cash sales in handwritten,

business ledger, according to a police report.

They were making a lotof money off of this and reallyharming the community, Has-singer said.

Cardwell and Demayo operat-ed within a gigantic, million-dol-

lar web of synthetic marijuanadealers in the Midwest, centeringon accused designer drug pro-

ducer Barry Bays, the owner ofLittle Arm Inc. that distributes asB&B Distribution, according toHassinger.

The guy who runs it has onedeformed arm. Hes got a littlearm, Hassinger said. But hesout of business now.

Hassinger said use of thedrug among teenagers and youngadults is an epidemic. Spice re-mains most popular amongst 12to 17 year old males, the Michi-gan Department of Community

Health reports. Nationally, 8 percent of high school seniors re- ported using synthetic marijuana

in the past year, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Whoever is marketing itdid an intelligent job by attach-ing the word marijuana to it be-cause a lot of people dont thinkmarijuana is dangerous, Bradysaid. If you called methamphet-amines meth marijuana, youwould probably see an increasein popularity.

The term synthetic marijuanais, despite clever marketing, adangerous misnomer. The drug

merely mimics the effects ofTHC and has side-effects far be-

Saga Inc. staff, student em- ployees, and some determinedmaintenance workers managed toconinue the normal meal schedulefor 24 hours without power.

A main transformer that supplies energy to most of the appli-ances in the Knorr Dining Rom

broke down at about 4:30 p.m.on Feb. 6, causing the cafeteria tolose about 90 percent of its abilityto produce hot food.

It was really awkward and

hectic at rst, because we thoughtthe power would come back on because it has shut off and come back before, student worker andfreshman William Persson said.It didnt.

Operations Manager MartyMorrison was sitting at his deskreading emails when he heard themachines shut down.

It sounded like someone tooka hammer to the machines. Youcould hear them shut down, Mor-rison said. I got on the radio andnoti ed [General Manager] Kevin[Kirwan] that we didnt have any

power, then checked with the staffto see exactly what equipment wehad lost.

It was the rst time that a trans -former has shut down since theGrewcock Student Union opened

in 2008.Instead of one unit being

Saga

losespower

Admissions adds ambassadors to replace outgoing seniors

Local prosecutors launch assault on synthetic marijuana

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Te end of aco uesday After a recent student survey,Saga Inc. introduced other op-tions for Tuesday lunches. A2

Annual classical school fair More than 42 classical andcharter schools are a part of thisyears job fair. A2

Learning music at a young ageCollege students teach privatelessons to young music students.B1

Graduate School StudentsGet an inside look at the lifeof Hillsdales graduate schoolstudents.B4

Jonesville applies to be city Jonesville awaits a response fromGov. Snyders office about itsproposed charter to incorporateinto a city. A6

Charger track and eldhosted its largest indoor meet

yet. Te mens 4 x 4 team brokethe previous school record. A8

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News........................................A1Opinions..................................A4City News................................A6Sports......................................A7 Arts..........................................B1Features....................................B3

See Saga A3

(Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

Jordan FinneyCollegian Reporter

Sally NelsonOpinions Editor

Amanda TindallAssistant Editor

Q&A Jay Nordlinger is a senior editor at National Review.

Mikado See Arts B1

See Drugs A6

See Q&A A3

Synthetic marijuana is a psychotropic designerdrug that mimics tetrahydrocannabinol (THC),the main mind-altering ingredient in marijuana.Though synthetic cannabinoids emerged in the80s for medical use, spice was co-opted forillicit use in the early 2000s.

- Michigan Department of Community Health

Names: Blaze, Bliss, Gold, K2, JK,LOL, Magma, Red Magic, Spice, etc.

Side Effects: agitation, drowsi-ness, elevated heart rates and bloodpressure, hallucinations, loss ofphysical control, paranoia, seizures,tremors and vomiting

Cardwell and Demayo allegedly soldsynthetic marijuana out of this buildingin Camden , Mich., from September toNovember this fall. (Sally Nelson/Collegain)

29 graduating ambassadors31 returning ambassadors

They recorded $191,791 in salesover that two-month period.

He writes about a variety of subjects, including politics, for-eign affairs, and the arts. He isa music critic for The New Crite-rion and City Arts. For National

Review Online, he writes a col-umn, Impromptus. He has wonmany awards, particularly forhis work in human rights. Nor-dlingers most recent book isPeace, They Say: A History ofthe Nobel Peace Prize, the Most

Famous and Controversial Prizein the World. A native Michi- gander raised in Ann Arbor, heis a graduate of the University of

Michigan. He lives in New York.

Compiled by Chris McCaffery.

You wrote a book aboutthe history of the Nobel PeacePrize. What inspired you to ex-plore that?

It was suggested to me by aneditor. And I thought it was agood idea, a really juicy topic;moreover, one that I could han-dle. I was delighted by the sug-gestion. When Jimmy Carter won

the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002,Adam Bellow suggested I write aHistory of the Peace Prize the-sis, and I thought, Thats an in-teresting idea, but it turned into

a total backburner thing. 10 yearslater, I revived this idea.

I started a new book just lastweek. It was my rst time work -ing on it. Itll probably be calledChildren of Monsters, and itsabout the sons and daughters ofdictators. I got the idea a longtime ago when I visited Albaniafor the rst time. How nice it is tosay visited Albania for the rsttime. It happened twice. I was

being shown around by a youngman, my guide, and I asked aboutthe late dictators the late dicta-tor was Enver Hoxha, one of theworst men in history. One of the

most brutal dictators in history,much more than the other East-ern European dictators. More like

North Korea, Albania was, thanlike the rest of the world. And Isaid, Did Hoxha have children?

Yeah! He had two sons andone daughter and this is whatthey do. And I thought, Whatmust their lives be like? Whatmust it be to have a last namesynonymous with oppression

and terror? Another one of thesethings that was on the backburnerfor years. Some acting on that

book just started last week.

For many college students,the rst person they remembermeeting on campus is their stu-dent ambassador. The studentambassadors provide a point ofcontact, a friendly face, and a

person with whom to sha re con-cerns and ask questions.

With 63 current student am-

bassadors, consisting of ninesophomores, 25 juniors, and29 seniors, the admissions de-

partment is in the process ofhiring more than 30 students to

become the new face of the col-lege to prospective students.

Senior Assistant Director ofAdmissions Andrea Clark saidadmissions conducted an auditof the ambassador program in

November and released thosewho could not commit to the

minimum number of hours re-quired.

Clark said hiring for thespring semester is the rst roundfor new ambassadors.

We will be able to hireabout 25 new ambassadors forthis spring semester, which willhelp us handle the in ux ofvisitors in March and April, ourheavy months, without creatinga shortage of hours, Clark said.Then, in the fall, we will need

to hire another batch of ambas-sadors to bring the program upto full strength when the seniorshave left us.

After going through applica-tions, junior Luke Bessmer, stu-dent director of the student am-

bassador program, said theyrevery pleased with the turnout.

We had three times thenumber of applications that weneeded, Bessmer said. All theapplications were very good,

and the applicants are prettywell-quali ed. Sometimes they

just need a little more time oncampus.

Admissions has already in-terviewed applicants and cho-sen most of the ambassadors forthe spring semester. Training fornew ambassadors consists of afour-hour session and shadow-ing experienced ambassadors.

This is an unusually largegroup of seniors for the pro-

gram, Clark said. Manytimes students will retire fromthe ambassador program dur-ing or before their senior year.We are very lucky that such alarge group of seasoned hostshas chosen to remain with the

program. They understand thecollege so well, and visiting stu-dents are really able to bene tfrom that. I will be sad to seethem go.

See Ambassadors A3

(Hailey Morgan/Collegian)

Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

(Ben Block/Collegian)


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Some love it, some hate it. Butit has always been there, everyweek, without fail. But not anylonger. For 10 years, Saga hasserved tacos at lunch every Tues-day. Now, every other Tuesdaywill come and go without a singletaco to be found in Saga.

Saga Inc. General ManagerKevin Kirwan said a new rota-tion for Tuesday lunches beganthis semester. The rst week, itwas tacos as usual. The secondweek of the semester, studentsencountered an All-American

Burger Bar.The following week, it was anacho bar with taco xings avail -able. After that, it was a sausage

bar. Kirwan said the rotation willcontinue this way so that studentswill be served tacos every otherweek.

Itll be cycling through. Soevery other week, therell besomething that doesnt look athing like tacos, he said.

Kirwan said the change is aresponse to different opinions hehears about the meal from stu-dents he talks to.

There is still a great numberof people, believe it or not, thatlove Taco Tuesday. But theresalso a lot of people that say theylike tacos, but not every week,he said. It was done in an effortto give variety and to providethose kinds of things that wevegotten feedback on that studentsenjoy.

Saga has recently institutedseveral changes in response toonline student surveys about howto make healthier meals. For ex -ample, spinach is now availablein the salad bar three times aweek. More chicken is served, as

well as more vegetables, and thelatter are more often steamed andserved without oil or butter. Allof these have been in responseto student requests in online sur-veys, Kirwan said.

The most notable change has been the yogurt bar that was add-ed last semester. Kirwan said hedecided to add the bar in responseto another student request.

Kevin had the idea for theyogurt bar, and we just kind of

put our heads together, said Pro-duction Manager Doug Rogotz-ke. He said he has come up witha lot of ideas for toppings basedon what he saw at a yogurt bar inAtlantic City, N.J. He also looksat the kinds of yogurts for sale

when he goes to Kroger.Rogotzke said he thinks the

yogurt bar has been one of themost successful innovations.

Were going through 30 to 35 pounds of yogurt a day, he said.It think its been well-received.

Senior Evan Gage describedthe yogurt bar as transcendentand said it has changed his life.Of the hamburgers that are re-

placing tacos roughly once a

month, he said, Theyre the bestthing that has ever happened tome. I love it. Its so good.

Kirwan said that almost allof the students he talked to wereglad to have the burger bar in-stead of tacos. He said he talkedto students in the dining roomduring the meal and they werein favor of the change by a mar-gin of 50 to one. The sausage barhas not been quite as popular, butwas still widely appreciated. Kir-wan said the ratio was more like25 to one for the sausage bar.

Gage described the sausagesas, Not as good as the burger

bar, but still great.Sophomore Katie Keane said

she likes tacos, but is happy for

the variety.You get into a routine with

tacos every single Tuesday,she said. So its nice to have achange. It adds some excitementto lunches.

Sophomore Luke Frerking hasa different opinion.

They need to stop skipping itevery other week, because tacosare the best, he said. Ive been

devastated whenever I go in there because theres not tacos.

Frerking said he has not heardmany people complain aboutTaco Tuesday, but if they do, its

probably because they are fromthe South, where people differ-entiate between different kindsof tacos and consider some betterthan others.

Im from Iowa. I dont care.Theyre tacos! he said.

Sophomore Colin Wilson saidhe has only eaten tacos in Sagatwice.

For a long time, I thoughtthey were grinding up fresh-men who got bad grades into themeat, he said.

Kirwan said the change came

because he had begun to wonderif students actually liked havingtacos every week, so he asked afew students about it, and decid-ed to try doing something differ-ent for a week.

I thought, Well try it. Itsonly a Tuesday. If they dont likeit, we can go back to Taco Tues-day, he said. But they liked it.

Forty years after the Roe v.Wade decision, the legal debate isstill not over.

Assistant Professor of Poli-tics John Grant and AssociateProfessor of Philosophy NathanSchlueter joined Abuse of Dis-cretion author Clarke Forsythefor a panel discussion about thelegal aspects of Roe v. Wade onTuesday, Feb 11.

Students For Life hosted theevent in order to bring attentionto newly-released legal docu-ments surrounding the historiccase.

After 40 years, so much infor-mation has come out about Roe v.Wade that no one really knew,SFL board member and freshmanCheyenne Trimels said. Mr. For-sythe has researched the case for

20 years and has written downthe behind-the-scenes mistakesthe Supreme Court made withoutforeseeing the consequences thatthe law would have.

The event began with a30-minute lecture from Forsythe,followed by remarks from Schlu-eter and Grant, and concludedwith a longer Q&A session withthe audience.

A lot of pro-choice argumentslack up-to-date medical facts,and a lot of pro-life arguments

become too emotional. You dontoften have the chance to see thelegal perspective, Trimels said.

While the majority of the con-versation centered on the legaldebate, Grant framed his remarksfrom a primarily moral perspec-

tive.People are really interested in

Roe v. Wade but dont tie it intothe larger cultural movement to-

ward sexual liberation, no-faultdivorce, and the collapse of thefamily, Grant said. Most abor-tions are procured by unmarriedwomen, who are also the No. 1group in poverty in America.

Legal topics that came up dur-ing the event were such questionsas what point a fetus becomes ahuman being, the circumstancesunder which Roe v. Wade was

passed, and current pro-life leg-islation being proposed by For-sythes organization, AmericansUnited For Life.

Part of the reason we are do-ing this is to show people diversi-ty in the pro-life movement, SFLSecretary and sophomore MattieVander Bleek said. You have toght re with re. The moral sideis great, but it doesnt make abor-

tion illegal. Laws make it illegal.People say you cant legislatemorality, but laws inform the so-cial conscience of a nation.

Vander Bleek had the oppor-tunity to work for AmericansUnited for Life as an intern lastsummer and became acquaintedwith Forsythe as a professionalmentor.

Mr. Forsythe is a great writerand very helpful for anyone whowants to be involved in the pro-life movement, Vander Bleeksaid. Im glad he came, becausewe have a problem with apathyon campus and, after listening tohis talk, students have an oppor-tunity to be optimistic.

Preparations are underwayfor the sixth annual classicalschools job fair, hosted at Hill-sdale College on Feb. 27.

Director of Career ServicesJoanna Wiseley said 42 classi-cal and charter schools will berepresented this year. At the rstclassical schools job fair, sixyears ago, only 13 schools wererepresented.

Wiseley credited the growingnumber of schools seeking Hill-sdale students with the collegesreputation for being strong edu-cators of classically-mindedstudents.

She named schools from 16states, including schools from

North Carolina, Pennsylvania,Wyoming, and California.

Teachers travel in onWednesday night for a confer-ence. The job fair is from 10 a.mto 4 p.m. on Thursday. The fairwill provide students the chanceto meet school representativesand get acquainted with someteachers. Additional interviewsthat come out of the process willhappen Friday in Curtiss DiningHall.

Director of the Barney Char-ter School Initiative PhillipKilgore said the initiative sup-

ports the classical schools jobfair, because it is a major waythe initiative can promote thespread of classical education inclassical schools by providingschools with talented, liberally-trained teachers.

Kilgore said Hillsdale stu-dents are a good t for classicalschool teaching positions be-

cause there is a continuity thatows out of their experience asan undergraduate here at Hills-dale.

Its the teaching style, butits also the content, he said.Its the right kind of educationfor human beings, quite frankly,

because its something that isconsistent with our nature interms of how we learn and whatwe should be learning thingsabout humanity, our relationshipwith each other, and our under-standing of the natural world.

Students understand an edu-cational philosophy that ex -

plains what the purpose of edu -cation is in the rst place.

Assistant Director of CareerServices Keith Miller said 20

percent of Hillsdale Collegegraduates became teachers lastyear.

The secret is out that ifyou are a charter school andcan snap up a Hillsdale grad,you have scored, he said. Ifeel like we could place twiceas many. We just dont haveenough students.

Miller suggested underclass-men attend the job fair to ndout what the schools are looking

for, get to know different edu-cational philosophies, and to be-come more involved early on.

Kilgore agreed.Its not just a one-way street

where the schools want to ndout about the student, he said.

The fair gives students theopportunity to learn about theschools as well.

Career Services will offer aseries of brief lectures that willserve as a crash course on howto work a job fair, what it meansto be a part of a classical school,how to create an effective les-son plan, and more.

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Abi WoodArts Editor

The sixth annual classical schools job fair is planned for Feb. 27. The fair will feature42 classical and charter schools from across the country. (Anders Kiledal/Collegian)

Assistant Professor of History Terrence Moore spokeabout the Common Core and his book, The Story Killers,at the Kirby Center on Jan. 9. (Courtesy of Alice Arnn)

Evan BruneNews Editor

Ramona TauszCollegian Freelancer

Daniel SlonimCollegian Reporter


Moore speaks out on the CoreThe College Republicans

hosted a talk by Assistant Profes-sor of History Terrence Mooreabout his new book, The Story-Killers: A Common Sense CaseAgainst the Common Core, onFeb. 6.

The book argues against theCommon Core educational stan-dards. These guidelines, pub-lished in 2012, are now imple-mented by schools in 45 states.Moore believes the Cores in-creasing use of informational,non- ction texts rather than lit -erature is a danger to both theminds of students and the fate ofclassic books.

Moore pointed out that infor-mational texts allow the Com -mon Core designers to feedstudents political propagandathrough super cial readings. Inhis lecture, he said the Com-mon Core is ostensibly designedto promote college and careerreadiness.

Since when is education

merely for college and careerreadiness? Moore asked the au-dience.

He mentioned the inability ofinformational texts to teach stu -dents the true aims of education:truth, beauty, and virtue.

Moore began speaking outagainst the Common Core lastsummer. He now speaks regu-

larly, including before statelegislators, in debate with theAlabama state superintendentof education, and at the AllanP. Kirby Center. Although hes

been involved in educational re-form for years, Moore describesthe resistance to the CommonCore as unique because it is agrassroots effort.

These resistance movementshave started up almost exclu -sively because mothers have

been bothered by the kinds oflessons that are coming homewith their students, Moore said.

Courtney Meyet, assistant professor of chemistry, has simi-lar concerns as a mother. Meyet,who attended Thursdays lec-ture, says she is troubled by the

fact that the Common Core isuntested, with no demonstratedsuccess.

I have two boys, one ineighth grade and one in highschool, so Im de nitely inter -ested, she said. What I nddisturbing is that were lookingto implement another set of stan-dards that havent been tested.

Moore said that public inter-est in his message has been a pleasant surprise.

One of the things that Ive been happy with is that a lot oftea party folks and parents arereading the book, but then soare state legislatures, Mooresaid. I was even called by a su-

perintendent of education thatwanted to talk about the book.So its having some in uencewith some people who are in ed-ucation at the moment and mayor may not be able to do some-thing.

Hillsdale students also appre-ciated Moores lecture.

My mom is a teacher, andI have become infected by her

passion for Common Core, so

learning more in-depth detailsabout how its destroying oureducation system was very in-teresting, said freshman AbbyBell, events coordinator for Col-lege Republicans.

Moore sees hope for futureeducational reform in three mainareas.

I think if we could continue

with classical homeschooling, beef up classical charter schools,and then also see a resurgenceof classical Catholic schools, itwould continue this reform andwould show more and more peo-

ple what a real education wouldlook like, he said.

Junior Kirby Hartley becamefamiliar with the Common Corewhen he saw the methods usedto teach his little sister in school.

They were judging basednot so much on comprehendingthe reading, but looking morefor rate of speech, like howquickly you could read aloud,he said. Basically, they wantindividuals who can repeat in-formation, not people who areactually thinking.

Charter schools seek Hillsdale students

Saga says adios to Taco TuesdayBookstore to holdsigning event

Instead of quiet studentssearching through textbooks andT-shirts, the College Bookstorewill soon host both authors andreaders in its rst-ever faculty

book-signing event.The rst book-signing is on

Feb. 18. The featured authors areProfessor of Political EconomyGary Wolfram, Associate Profes-sor of History Richard Gamble,Professor of Economics IvanPongracic, and Visiting AssistantProfessor of History Darryl Hart.

Its only natural. I mean, wehave so many books authored byfaculty, Trade Book Coordina-tor Angie Berry said. They canshare their knowledge. Theyrehere to teach, and were here tolearn, so its a win-win.

The event will be held fromnoon to 1 p.m., and the featured

books will be on sale at 15 per-cent off.

The February book-signingwill inaugurate what Berry hopeswill be a regular event at the col-lege bookstore.

One of our goals is to unitestudents and faculty. Were hereto support the college, Berrysaid. The bookstore is tryingto reach out more to the college

and to the community as a whole.Were trying to get the bookstoreout there.

Wolfram said he was lookingforward to participating in therst book-signing event.

I think its a good idea. I thinkits fun. Its sort of like a baseballcard, he said. There are lots of

people out there who are fans ofHillsdale College. I wish I hadgotten more books signed while I

was at Berkeley. I had professorswho have won the Nobel Prize,and I have their textbooks.

Gamble said he was honoredto be asked to participate.

I think its a great idea for the bookstore to feature books fromthe faculty, he said. I think itsa great opportunity for students.

The next event will be onMarch 18. The two con rmed

professors are Assistant Profes-sor of English Dutton Kearneyand John Miller, director of theDow Journalism Program.

Weve had such favorableresponses. Were really lookingforward to it, Berry said. Myoriginal goal was to feature everyauthor who has written a book.Im hoping that next year, well

be able to expand on this.Wolfram said the book-sign-

ing offered good opportunitiesfor students and other readers.

I think its good to know your professors are out there, he said.If someone gets a signed book,maybe itll get them to read it ormaybe itll get others to read it.

Gamble said the event also bene ts authors as well.

So often, writing and pub-lishing can be a faceless activity,he said. When writing a bookor an article, it often ends up inthe hands of people you nevermeet. Youre writing for a name-

less, faceless audience. Thats noteasy to do. Its very rewarding forauthors to meet esh and blood

people.Berry said the signing also

offers students a chance to meetfaculty members they might oth-erwise never have met.

Were all people, and we allhave something to share, shesaid. Our faculty is full of fasci-nating people.

Panel speaks onRoe v. Wade

(Anders Kiledal/Collegian)


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Water lled the GrewcockStudent Union hallway andseeped out the south entrance

just after m idnight on Feb. 8.Chief Administrative Of -

cer Richard Pw said he wasnot informed of the incident by

maintenance or security.I honestly dont know whathappened, which is surprising.This is the rst time Ive beensurprised by something likethat, Pw said. I would never

be upset with the m for not com -municating, because I know itwas just an oversight. Theyreso ef cient at taking care ofthings that theyre already on tosomething else.

A few weeks ago, the unionhad a ooding incident thatoriginated in the same loca -tion. Both times, water began

pouring from the ceiling of thevestibule, the small passageway

between the interior part of theunion and outside.

This has been the most un -usual winter in terms of extreme

conditions. The extreme coldwas the reason that the sprinklerhead burst a few weeks ago,Pw said.

The same sprinkler head burst again on F eb. 8.

The rst time there was noinsulation above the ceiling, al -lowing air in from the canopyfrom Mossey to Grewcock,Superintendent of CustodialServices Dave Billington said.We thought this would takecare of the problem. Unfortu -nately, with the amount of timesthe door is opening and with theextreme cold, I dont think theunit heater could keep it warmenough.

Unlike the ooding a fewweeks ago, this time, the wa -ter was a strange color. Student

security workers were noti edof the incident and promptly

cleared the building of all stu -dents.

We were just in the unionand saw the water. It was ayellowish-brown color whoknows why? freshman JacobThackston said.

The water was discolored be -cause it accumulated an orangerust element over time from sit -ting inside of the pipes, accord -ing to Billington.

Meanwhile, the ceiling abovethe vestibule has been partiallyremoved so that maintenancecan ascertain exactly what hap -

pened.I removed the sprinkler

head from above the ceiling for

now until we can have some-

thing better, Billington said.

The damage this time, as far asI know, was only ceiling tile. Itdid not get to the basement likeit did last time.

Theres no guarantee that thesprinkler head wont burst againif temperatures continue to befar below freezing.

That door gets opened re - peatedly and the severe coldcould de nitely cause some -thing to malfunction or crack,Pw said. Other than keepingthe vestibule at an ungodly tem -

perature, the res nothing we cando. Weve put in the number ofsprinklers that were required toand, 99.99 percent of the time,the pipes are ne. But it only

takes one little pipe.

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YAF TO HOST HOWELL MAYOR FOR TALK

Young Americans for Freedom will host two small-town government of cials to speak about education,tax policy, and local government on Feb. 18 in Dow Rooms A and B. Howell, Mich., Mayor Phillip Campbell

and tax activist Lana Theis will talk about their experience in small-town politics.Thirty-three year-old Mayor Campbell, known as Mayor Phil, is also a private school teacher and fatherof four. He grew up in Howell and decided to run for mayor in 2011. He was also re-elected for a secondterm in 2013. His focus is on small businesses and advocating limited government. He has recently an-nounced plans to run for the 47th District seat of the Michigan House of Representatives in 2014.

Theis is a tax activist and is treasurer of Brighton, Mich. She is currently campaigning for MichiganState Representative in the 42nd District, under the motto, Freedom, Family, Finance & Fundamentals,because good government costs less, giving us the freedom to do more.

YAF board member and sophomore Dominic Restuccia said the group is hosting the event in orderto take a break from the academic side of local government and hear about the reality. Instead of simplylearning about the concepts of limited and local government, small businesses, education, and tax reform,students can witness a real-life application of such ideas.

It is an opportunity to see a perspective on educational philosophy and local government philosophyfrom a real world viewpoint as opposed to an academic viewpoint, he said.

Restuccia also said Campbells visit shows that everyday people care about beliefs that are widely-taught at the college.

It is supposed to be a practical application of what we are learning at Hillsdale College, Restucciasaid.

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ALEXANDER HAMILTON S OCIETY INVITES SPEAKER

The kick-off for the newly-founded Alexander Hamilton Society chapter will be Presidents Day, Feb.17, at 7 p.m., in Phillips Auditorium. Executive Director of the Alexander Hamilton Society Mitch Muncy willgive a lecture titled The Inhumanity of American Foreign Policy.

The society is a nationwide non-pro t organization whose goal is to promote constructive debate oncontemporary foreign policy and national security issues.

The founder of the Hillsdale College chapter, sophomore Jordan Finney, said the society supplies aspeaker to debate a professor from the college. In this rst kick-off event, however, only Muncy will lecture.

He will give a preview to what all of our debates will look like, she said. His talk should be riveting.Dr. Grants going, and if Dr. Grant goes, it has to be a good foreign policy talk.

The Alexander Hamilton Society isnt an of cial student organization yet. It is pending student affairsand Student Federation approval. Also, because of all the speakers the society has to bring in, it has to bevetted by external affairs.

The event is, therefore, co-sponsored by the Dow Journalism Program. It will include, in addition to thelecture, a chance for students to ask Muncy questions and a place to sign up for emails, although member -ship is not required to attend the debates.

Abi Wood

CAREER S ERVICES INTRODUCES HISTORY SPOTLIGHT

Career services will be spotlighting Hillsdales history program on Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. in the GillespieRoom in the Dow Leadership Center. Faculty will provide a brief overview of the program, followed by talksfrom at least four professionals, who will share how they found success after earning their history degreesfrom Hillsdale College.

We have scheduled alumni from careers in politics, business, non-pro t, and ministry to talk to ourstudents, said Keith Miller, assistant director of career services. There is a wide gamut of options forthose with history degrees. You dont just have to be a history teacher.

Assistant Professor of History Matthew Gaetano said that a history degree teaches writing and inter -pretational skills and makes people wiser.

Generally speaking, wise people do well in life, he said. Its part of the broader liberal education. Itspart of being a good human being.

The purpose of this event is to reach out to students in the history program and show them the oppor -tunities available to them after graduation. This is part of a four-part series put on by career services. Therst two spotlighted English and sports studies, and plans for an economics night are underway.

These spotlights have been a great way to get to know faculty and coordinate efforts, Miller said.Theyve been really supportive of us, and its nice to be on the same page.

Matt Melchior

Union pipe breaks again

So you were a speechwrit-er on the 2000 campaign forGeorge W. Bush? What wasthat like?

Very brie y, I took a six weekleave of absence to work with hisspeech writing team in Austinfrom the middle of September toElection Day. The home stretch.But the election wasnt really

determined until mid-December.I can only speak from my ownexperience, which was brief, butyoure given points a candidateshould make during a particularspeech. And then you write aspeech from the points. I liken itto editorial writing. You may begiven marching orders, Pleasemake these points, and then you

write it like an editorial. I mustsay, I like writing anonymously.I nd it quite liberating if yourname isnt on it. I can do it fasterand easier whereas I might tenseup a little if its my own. I like thefreedom that anonymity brings. Ilike that about editorial writing.

Did you meet Bush while onthe campaign?

Only just. No more than methim. I met him as a journalistlater. I remember I left the WhiteHouse once thinking, That hourwe had, I wish it could have been

on television. I wish the wholeworld could see it. Theyd beso surprised. I dont know whyhe wasnt that loose, sharp, andarticulate in public. I rememberone time he gave this tour, he justwent around the world speakingabout various issues and situa -tions. He was masterly! He wasutterly commanding! Why he

tended to freeze in his publiccomments, I dont know. Veryimpressive man, really smart.I remember just thinking, youtake away all the trappings: theOval Of ce, the White House,the presidency, you take all thosethings away, put him in overalls,

put him in a hardware store. Hesstill impressive. It wasnt just thetrappings. Hes still very impres -sive. Its hard to get elected presi -dent twice if you dont have verymuch on the ball, even if yourethe son of a president. Lots of

people are sons of presidents.

See the full Q & A online atwww.hillsdalecollegian.com.

CORRECTIONIn last weeks article, Workers rue Saga hours, a quote was incorrectly attributed to Saga Inc. President Tim

Morrison. The quote was actually received from Operations Manager Marty Morrison. The Collegian apologizesfor this error.

However, Bessmer said the process of training and prepar -ing the new ambassadors wont

be a problem.Its kind of like shadowing a

doctor, Bessmer said. Theyll just follow them around, and

sometimes the ambassadors willthrow in a few helpful hints like,This is why we should tell themthis. Its really a well-oiled ma -chine.

Clark said the program oper -ates best with 70 to 80 studentambassadors.

While admissions had to re -lease those who cant commit to

the minimum number of hours,theyre still willing to work withstudents schedules.

We check in with studentambassadors from semester tosemester, Admissions Coun -selor Zack Miller said. We re -ally want to be able to work withthem. We understand that theyhave a busy schedule.

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down, everythings down, Kir -wan said. Fortunately, we hadlights, an exhaust system, andall the smoke detectors, becausetheyre on a different circuit.Otherwise, we would have hadno choice but to move over toCurtiss.

With only 30 minutes beforethe dinner rush arrived, Morrisonand Kirwan assessed how manyelectric outlets were workingand created ways to cope withthe power problems so that Sagacould still offer hot pork loin.

It came down to analyzingyour assets and capitalizing onwhat you have to work with,Morrison said. We thought thatthe menu would have to get ad -

justed, but we didnt have to dothat.

Saga workers placed non-toxic canned fuel at the base offood warmers to keep meals hotand strung a series of extensioncords to keep the drink machinesand the student identi cation

number check-in open. Someonemade coffee in Curtiss DiningHall, then transported it back tothe main cafeteria.

In fact, by the next day at

lunchtime, the extension cordshad recovered 40 percent of Sa -gas usual power output.

There was no cold food ormajor meal changes throughoutthe incident, Kirwan said. Ithink its interesting that some

people saw that A.J.s was closedon Thursday and then assumedwe werent serving hot food ei -ther. But no, we improvised, andwe were open for business.

The workers were able toserve nearly everything that theynormally would have but useddifferent techniques. For ex -ample, the woks were red upfor sauting since the steamerswere out of commission. Somestudents placed a half sheet panwith cooking oil on the chargrillto serve up grilled cheese sand -

wiches.The kids were great. I mean,our student workers are just fan -tastic and very helpful, Kirwansaid, If nothing else, the whole

experience opened their eyes toother cooking methods. Its likewe were going camping or some -thing.

Prior to lunch on Friday, Mor -

rison and Kirwan evaluated theavailable appliances and power before deciding to serve smokedsh.

We actually had a lot of peo - ple enjoy it, and were going tooffer it more often, Morrisonsaid. We were just trying analternate cooking method, but it

brought forth something new anddifferent.

Meanwhile, maintenanceworkers shoveled their waythrough the snow to get to wherethey needed to work on the bro -ken transformer.

Those guys are just super -men, Kirwan said.

Maintenance began workingaround 7 a.m. on Feb. 7 and n -ished installing a new transform -er around 3 p.m. Since then, Saga

has been operating under normal power conditions.Necessity is the mother of all

inventions and so we invent -ed, Kirwin said.


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A few weeks ago, I stum- bled upon a list titled Youmight be in a Hillsdale Dormif... It contained about whatyou would expect from therealm of cheesy collegiatehumor. Some of my favor-ite entries were: You cantmove your room furniture

because they forgot to mea-sure the rooms when they

bought it, You dont havewindows that face the outsideworld, and You forgot yourkeys and had to crawl into theroom through your window,whose screen you have re-moved because youve done

this before.Ive heard enough general

lunchtime complaining to know exactly which dorms they arereferring to. Either I had dealt with those sorts of problems orelse a friend had.

But then there was the entry about being ned for talkingtoo loud on the hallway payphone and, just afterward, youvetried to take the payphone cord into the bathroom for the sakeof privacy.

I wasnt on Facebook. I found this list in the 2000 Winona.This means that it predates Lane, Kendall, the Grewcock Stu-dent Union, Moss, Delp and the Biermann Athletic Center. Al-though some professorial faces were familiar, many werent.

And yet, for all of the differences, there w as an odd continu-ity to the pictures and jokes. There were mullets, yes, but therewas also Praxis and the G.O.A.L Program and the Fair eldSociety. In short, while it looked different, it was still recog-nizably Hillsdale. If I were to go so far as to use controversiallanguage I would even say the students were Hillsdalean.

I use the term with all possible caution since it seems to beone uniquely fraught with peril: to some, lofty praise, to oth-

ers, the lowest of insults. Given the controversy, it is somewhattting that UrbanDictionary, my go-to-source for understand -ing modern argot, does not include a de nition. Im rather gladabout this. It means that we can de ne it as we see t.

Id like to step in to give my own interpretation of the term:If you are a student here and you participate in the educational

project of the college, you are Hillsdalean.Thats it. You can be an Honors Student, College Baptist

member history major, or lover of Eastern philosophy, physicsand electronic music, but by signing up for this peculiar educa-tional project, you become Hillsdalean. To put it another way,since you could have gone anywhere and chose to come here,it means that you wanted to do so. I think that my friends in

behavioral economics call this revealed preference. By mak-ing a choice, you show that you prefer your selection to any ofthe other available options.

Many students proudly embrace this label, nding in it asense of security and validation of their beliefs. At the sametime, many more dont and can frequently be found in off-campus houses ridiculing the school they pay thousands to at-tend. The question itself is petulant, like teenagers claimingthat they dont want to be part of the family anymore.

Sociologists say that groups commonly de ne themselvesthrough comparison with what they arent. Which means thatthe Im not Hillsdalean refrain is nothing particularly uniqueto students here. They generally use it to distance themselvesfrom other students they view as uptight or fundies. Perhapsthis translates to homeschoolers or swing dancers or anyonewho speaks Greek and can quote Monty Python at the dropof a hat. At the same time, many students who embrace theHillsdalean term do so in order to exclude others who thinkdifferently. Both attitudes are dangerous. To have an interest-ing intellectual environment takes more than an echo cham-

ber. In attempting to segregate certain segments of the campus population, we work against that and create arti cial divisions.

Lets be honest. Many of us arent rmly in one camp or theother. Why should that even be an issue? Rather than seekingto divide the campus into athletes, Greeks, thespians, hipsters,and orchestra students, lets focus on making Hillsdale ours.Like the students who studied here 14 years ago, we are herefor a particular educational project. This project and the dis-cussion of the ideas it contains shape the college. Hillsdale iswhat we make it.

From the Archives: Confessions of a former Republican

Of course its too early to talkabout 2016. Now that weve got-ten that out of the way ...

The most interesting dynamicabout the presidential race so faris that the Democrats are behav-ing like Republicans -- and viceversa.

Since 1940, with the arguableexception of Barry Goldwater,Republicans have nominated theguy next in line. Thomas Deweyalmost beat Wendell Willkie forthe nomination in 1940, so in1944 -- and 1948 -- it was histurn. Dwight Eisenhower, whom

both parties wanted as their nom-inee, was a special case, giventhat whole invading-Europe-and-defeating-Hitler thing.

But Richard Nixon had beenIkes vice president in 1960, andin 1968 Republicans believedhe had been the victim of JohnF. Kennedys stolen election, sothey nominated him again. Ger-ald Ford was Nixons VP and thesitting president in 1976. Still,Ronald Reagan almost beat himin the primaries, so the next timearound the Gipper got a shot.

In 1988, Reagans VP, GeorgeH.W. Bush, had his turn. BobDole (Fords running mate in76) had almost beaten Bush in88, so he got the nod in 96.George W. Bush was nominatedin 2000, in part because the rankand le felt nostalgic for his dadduring the sordid Clinton years.In 2008, John McCain cashedin his runner-up coupon for thenomination. And in 2012, MittRomney did likewise.

Meanwhile, Democrats tendto favor outsiders: George Mc-Govern in 1972, Jimmy Carter in1976, Michael Dukakis in 1988,Bill Clinton in 1992 and BarackObama in 2008. Two of the threeexceptions were former or sit-ting vice presidents -- WalterMondale in 1984 and Al Gore in2000 -- who used their positionsto consolidate power. The thirdwas John Kerry, who won thenomination because of a combi-nation of the mistaken belief that

he was the Democrats best shotat beating Bush -- whom Demo-crats hated more than they lovedoutsiders -- and Howard Deanssudden implosion. (Exit pollsshowed primary voters didntlike Kerry so much as think hewas the most electable.)

On the Democratic side for2016, the two top-tier candidatesare both next-in-liners, Hill-ary Clinton and Joe Biden (stoplaughing). Clinton is the indis-

putable front-runner: Shes more popular; she was the runner-upin 2008; shes the dashboardsaint of elite feminist groups; andshe and her husband have beenworking the party machinerynonstop while Biden has been,if you believe The Onion, wax-ing his vintage Trans Am in theWhite House driveway.

The contrast between the two parties is amazing.

To say that the GOP base hassoured on this next-in-line thingis an understatement on par withDennis Rodman wouldnt makean ideal baby sitter. Talk to aconservative audience about thenext-in-line habit and youlllikely hear the sorts of boos andhisses youd expect at a sports

bar when you change the chan-nel to a C-SPAN hearing on ruralelectri cation.

Republicans want an outsider,which is why the senators aimingfor the nomination -- Ted Cruz,Rand Paul and Marco Rubio-- spend much of their time de-

nouncing the city they work in.The governors -- Scott Walkerof Wisconsin, Bobby Jindal ofLouisiana, Chris Christie of

New Jersey, Mike Huckabee,formerly of Arkansas -- have iteasier, but they certainly nevermiss an opportunity to expresstheir disappointment in Washing-ton. Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan,Romneys running mate in 2012,is the one candidate who couldclaim next-in-line status withoutsetting off a riot, but hes unlike-ly to run. Jeb Bush is beloved bythe party establishment, but noth-ing short of a legal name changewould appease the Tea Party.

Meanwhile, its not clear whatthe Democrats actually want.They certainly expect Clintonto be the nominee. But shouldthey? Shes easily one of themost overrated political talentsof the last quarter-century. BothMcCain and Romney were hob-

bled by the fact that they couldntdistance themselves from an un-

popular GOP president. Havingserved as Obamas secretaryof state (never mind being thegrandmother of Obamacare),Clinton would probably have asimilar burden. Perhaps the pos-sibility of a female president willsubstitute for the thrill of nomi-nating an actual outsider.

But given where the countryis -- and likely will be in 2016-- Id put my money on the realthing.

I debated in high school, andI was both incredibly annoying

and blissfully unaware of thatfact. The rst tournament friend Imade was skinny and loud, worea suit that failed to cover both hiswristwatch and his ankles, anddidnt care how annoying I was.I liked him instantly. To our joy,we found that we had both beenaccepted to Hillsdale. We vowedto meet up when we arrived, anddid so on my rst Friday night ofcollege. I walked into a deafen-ing house party and heard onevoice, carrying over the din.Ian, go home! You dont want to

be here! Sticking out of the topof the crowd, my friends tousled

head shook as he urged me outof what I couldnt recognize as a

bad situation. I made eye contactwith him and, with all the asinineself-assurance in the world, I ig-nored him. It was the rst of alegion of bad decisions I wouldmake that fall.

Im a senior now, and one ofthose guys everybody knows.But I dont t in perfectly any -where. I tried to nd an identityin a lot of areas, yet have some-how fallen short in all of them.Im exceptionally unexceptionalas an English major I dontspend quality time with all of the

professors in their of ces, andIve never submitted brilliantcontributions to the scholarshipon Shakespeare, Dostoevsky, orFaulkner. My freshman visionsof academic perfection have

never been realized. I dabbled inthe music department, but nevermade big band, and couldntwrap my too-small hands aroundthe double-bass quickly enoughto make the teachers pet comboin the jazz department. I knowevery word to all the Irish songswe sing at the Donnybrook, butIm not Catholic. I was a Delt,

but I deactivated. My campusidentity is fragmented. I attributethis in large part to the fact thatwhile other freshmen adjustedto the pace and requirements ofcollege life, I spent my freshmanyear screwing around.

I showed up on campus as aneager, arrogant kid with a bigscholarship and an even biggerego. I immediately began a full-scale hunt for as much trouble asI could nd I found plenty. Iwent down in a blaze of glory,

pulling in a 2.4 my rst semesterand a 1.7 my second. They oughtto have thrown me out on my ear

I have the warning letters to prove it. But instead, the collegehanded me something I didntdeserve: grace. Although Im notsure how, this college saw poten-tial through my conceit. And sothey let me stay.

At the end of my freshmanyear, I found myself small and

bruised, and in debt to the col-leges belief in my potential. Ihad failed utterly in every areaof personal self-establishment. I

was a fraud not a real thinker,reader, writer, musician, or evena good friend. My self-centered-ness had made me blind to allof those things, and I had tossedthem aside in pursuit of my ownimage. Looking back, I think thismoment marked the beginningof the most crucial part of myeducation: despite these harshrealities, I hadnt lost myself.I had simply begun to lose myfabricated self-image. But I wasstill at Hillsdale, still taking Eng-lish classes, still playing musicand still singing around a bon re

behind the Donnybrook. I was

still Ian. The truth of my identityrested somewhere besides mysuccess. Allowing my pride inmy accomplishments to die wasthe rst and most important stepto realizing that the accomplish-ments themselves were not whatmade me worthwhile, gave mesecurity, gave me a place. Re-lationships did that. And thosewerent dependent on my per-formance. My friends didnt carewhat my GPA was.

As I retreated into summerwork, I yearned to go back toschool in spite of my failure. My

people were there, and, alongsidethem, an intoxicating reality towhich I had been awakened. Isaw myself, clearly, in need ofrepair and education. The pres-sure was off. I had failed, and soI was no longer afraid of failing.

The terror of coming up short had been realized, and I had survived.God and everyone else still lovedme. It was surreal, and somewhat

painful, to realize that all myworrying had bought me nothing.But ever so gently, the instinct to

perform to prove my worth beganto peel away. I began thinking,reading, writing, singing, andloving because I wanted to, not to

preserve my value as a person. I began to realize that I didnt haveto be perfect to be worthwhile. I

began to be free. And I felt, forthe rst time, bliss in acknowl -edging my faults.

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M ICHIGAN S O LDEST C OLLEGE N EWSPAPER ?T HE OPINION OF T HE C OLLEGIAN EDITORIAL STAFF

Below is a letter to the editorThe Collegians editorial boardsent to Kalamazoo Colleges stu-dent newspaper, the Index:

The Index published a columnon Jan. 29 taking issue with TheCollegians claim as Michigansoldest college newspaper. KatieSchmitz, the columns author,claims that the Index is, in fact,an older newspaper than TheCollegian.

The Collegians editorial board takes issue with severalthing Ms. Schmitz wrote in thearticle, the misspelling of ournewspapers name and her appar-ent disdain for our relative ano-

nymity being but minor griev-ances.

It is her general thesis thatThe Collegian is not the oldestcollege newspaper in Michiganand, therefore, that our mast-head tells a lie that we ndmost troubling. The Collegianshistory dates back to Thursday,Oct. 10, 1878. This day marksthe rst publication of the Hill -sdale Herald, a weekly broad -sheet that served as the collegessole newspaper for 15 years. Thecollege started The Collegian in1893 and the two papers mergedto become the Collegian-Heraldin 1896. Eventually the paperdropped the Herald and became

simply The Collegian.It is true that the Index was

rst published some 11 months prior to the Heralds inauguralissue. It is also true, however,that the Index did not begin as anewspaper, but instead as a quar-terly publication that containedmostly student-written literaryefforts. By the early 20th century,the Index had, it appears, evolvedinto a book more akin to our own

prose and poetry publication,the Tower Light. Only in 1916did the Index become a weeklynewspaper.

The Collegians masthead hasclaimed to be Michigans Old-est College Newspaper since

Oct. 19, 1949. Because the boastclaims our status as newspa-

per, as opposed to publica-tion, we will leave it alone inthe masthead, with a clean col-lective conscience, until provenotherwise. As the Index was nota newspaper for the rst 40 yearsof its existence, it does not hold aclaim to our title.

We thank Ms. Schmitz forher interest in The Collegianshistory, and wish her the best ofluck in her future journalism en-deavors.

Cordially,The Collegian editorial board

Ian AndrewsStudent Columnist

Jonah GoldbergSyndicated Columnist

A TOO-EARLY LOOK AT THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL RACE: BET ON A DARK HORSE

Finding bliss in acknowledging my faults

This is a confession: I want to be an NPRliberal.

I want to embrace a kind of political worldthinking about humans not in that distancedway of wonkery and polls and elections butwith the humanist concern for individuals, forstories about people crying or laughing, for art.

I think it was Solzhenitsyn rst. From along-bearded man in a Russian prison systemto the foothills of Central California I wastaught a lesson: Never place politics over hu-man hopes and human pains; never replace hu-manity with ideology; never set politics at thecore of your world.

This is a confession: I let the political takeover my world; I was an ideologist; I made hu-manity second to candidacies and party plat-forms; I was a politico committed to the sinsof the fascists, the communists and poll-driven

politicians. The summer before I moved toHillsdale I read a lot of Jonah Goldberg

before we knew he was the poster child for

neo-conservatism and a bit of Russell Kirk.There was a growing dissonance in my soul,a growing rift between the conservatism Iwanted to believe and the conservatism I was

practicing. There was an increasing con ict between the politics I was learning and the politics that could harmonize with philosophy,art, culture, and humanity itself.

I was Jacob wrestling in the desert night.And yet, the angel who refused me his namekept saying, you cannot lose art, philosophymust be more than political philosophy, youcannot t every story to the frame of a party

platform, you cannot take every thought cap-tive for your candidate.

Im a repentant politico, a recovering wonk,and a humbled man confessing I once believed

politics could save us. This is a confession,and I pray that my penance be accepted.

Daniel Silliman, Jan. 22, 2004

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Last week, White House press sec-retary, Jay Carney praised the bene tsof the Affordable Care Act saying, Asa part of this new day in health care,Americans would no longer be trappedin a job just to provide coverage fortheir families, and would have the op-

portunity to pursue their dreams.Carney has taken the conversation

beyond helping the less fortunate toget by and painted a picture wheresel sh bliss is the measure for thevalue of life. Happiness does notcome from earning or building some-thing, but from doing what you feel.

Americans of previous generations prided themselves on their work ethic,ingenuity and self-determination.Today, that has been replaced with Dr.Spocks follow your own bliss mantra.

President Obama and his partycant bring this nation back to great-ness because they dont understandhuman nature and they dont under-stand how this nation rose to great-ness. The idea that succeeding inAmerica and working hard are some-how disconnected is proof of that fact.

The problem with following adream is that someone has to fund it.Increasingly, many Americans wantto do what is pleasant rather thanwhat is pro table and often dif cult.This would be perfectly ne if theydid not expect others to pay for their

bliss. There is something to be saidfor pursuing a thing for its own sake,

but the sane individual understandsthat those pursuits need to come with a

paycheck, pro ts, donations, or invest -ments in order to sustain them.

The Obama administrations dreamis that individuals no longer need toappeal to their communities whenthey require support. Far away in theFederal City, there is a wizard who hasdevised a cunning scheme. He knowshis followers bliss must be fundedand he places that burden on thosehe has disdained all of his life: thewealthy.

This idea is in no way sustainable,nor does it bring any bene t to the

poor. It ensures that their communi-ties will remain poor because none

are willing to stand up and declare, Ican build this. What sorts of dreamsare derived from individuals who lackcreative thought and initiative? Worsethan the economic horror and consti-tutional violations, Carneys descrip-tion of the ACA strikes at the heart ofAmerican ingenuity.

There are many Americans who arevery hardworking and still poor. Thereare reasons for this. Broken homes,

poor ethics, lack of industry, and lackof community are often at the heart ofthe chronically impoverished neigh-

borhood. And Obamas policies haveonly increased these problems.

When challenged about his supportof marriage and family on the BillOReilly Show this past Super BowlSunday, Obama assured OReilly and

America that he had spoken aboutthese issues in at least ten speeches. Iam curious if you remember them, be-cause I cant. The president then wenton to focus on encouraging Americansto spend time with their children and

pay child support. No mention of mar-riage or families was included.

It is completely understandablethat the presidents policies are notabout growing wealth even in those he

purports to help. If that were the case,his policies would promote familyand a stronger work ethic, since thisis how one obtains wealth. Still, whatcan America expect from a man whoserst real job was president of theUnited States?

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The recent controversy surround-ing the IRS and its unjust treatmentof many nonpro t organizationsdemonstrates once again that those ingovernment care more for power andregulation than solving the plight ofthe least-advantaged.

I am not talking about the IRS tar-

geting conservative groups for specialreview and denying applications fortax-exempt status. While the politicalcorruption implicit in these accusa-tions is a serious matter, it is only thetip of the iceberg. More importantlythe inept system frustrates the posi-tive work of private organizations that

provide for the disadvantaged andreveals deeply imbedded problems inthe regulatory apparatus.

Take the important work of JEM-friends, a nascent nonpro t in Boise,Idaho. JEMfriends supports youngadults as they leave the state fostercare system and take their rst stepsinto the adult world. In the small stateof Idaho, about 200 young adults leavefoster care every year, not to men-tion those leaving various childrenshomes. When these adolescents turn

18, state support is cut completely.Without family or community support,most never nish high school and endup homeless. Virtually none graduatecollege. Many become criminals.

JEMfriends lls the gaps inthese young peoples lives, provid-ing community, housing, education,transportation, and job opportunities.JEMfriends is the only local organiza -tion, government or private, doing

this speci c and indispensable work,yet the government, which should beencouraging and supporting this work,has instead uselessly hindered it.

In 2011, JEMfriends found itselfamong 275,000 organizations withtheir non-pro t status revoked. Therevocations, following the PensionProtection Act of 2006, had a legiti-mate purpose: to pare down the rollsof organizations in the IRS system,which has become clogged with manyinactive nonpro ts. The IRS wrong -fully revoked the tax-exempt status ofmany organizations due to systemicmisinformation, revealing the uglyde ciencies of the extensive bureau -cracy.

JEMfriends did not receive itsnonpro t status until 2009, three yearsafter the Pension Protection Act hadchanged the rules to avoid automaticrevocation. Yet the IRS failed to makethis information available. The ex-tensive tentacles of bureaucracy hadslowed the implementation so that theIRS had not updated its systems andinformation to match the new regula-tions within three years.

If the systemic inef ciencies ofthe bureaucracy were not enough,their effects are even worse, damag-ing the lives of the already-deprived.While JEMfriends spent the next threeyears publicizing the need, laying thefoundation, and nding potential do -nors, the IRS prepared to pull out therug. And in 2011, just as JEMfriendsreadied for full-time operation, IRSrevocation placed its future in doubtand put many foster care children

back on the path to homelessness andhopelessness.

Liberals happily point out the

failure of private charity but refuse totake responsibility for a governmentthat too often impairs the performanceof private charity. The foolish regu-lations result in further pressure onunprepared and feeble social service

programs, while organizations, likeJEMfriends, with a true heart for thewell-being of these young peopleare pushed to the back of the line ofthose attempting to reinstate their taxexemptions.

JEMfriends has now spent nearly18 months attempting the IRS rein-statement process while encounteringmore false and misleading informa-tion. Without the resources to bringlegal suit against the IRS, JEMfriendscan be kept in an endless ying pat -tern. But when an organization mustsue its own government just to be ableto ef ciently provide for disadvan -taged youth, we must all recognizethere is a something dreadfully wrong.

While the deeper issues are obvi-ously systemic and require extensivechange, solutions are not impossible.President Obama recently stated thatthis year he will make extensive use ofthe executive power to get the govern-ment back to working for the people.His rhetoric recalls the times he hasalso spoken of the need for more edu-cation and better opportunities for thedisadvantaged.

If President Obama is serious in histalk, I suggest he make legitimate useof his executive authority and directthe executive agency of the IRS toreinstate and stop harassing the workof organizations like JEMfriends. Al -low those who actually care about thedisadvantaged to get back to caring forthem.

When your government doesnt careJacob Barrett

Special to the Collegian

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor,My weekends are usually spent

with my closest friends. Whenwere free of homework, we makeour way down to Broad Streetwhere we gossip and joke overrefreshing beers. And then we goto Heres to You Pub & Grub.

In his recent article, BroadStreet Market: uniting the cam-

pus and the community, RobertRamsey made several valid points.A glaring separation exists betweenstudents and the community, andno one can deny that Broad Streetsrecent additions have started toreduce that divide between theschool and Hillsdale residents. Butto disregard Pub & Grub as a barfor the lower elements of societydisplays not only the authors lackof decorum, but also his unwilling-ness to enjoy good beer with good

people.Pub and Grub is not quaint or

charming, nor should it be. I havenever been to an Irish pub thatwas. But with eleven beers ontap (including microbrews) anda large variety of liquor, Pub andGrub always serves somethingthat will quench my thirst. And thegrub exceeds expectations, both intaste and price. If you like music,Pub & Grub is the perfect venue

and showcases several bandsthroughout the year. Best of all, Ican drink a pint of Angry Orchardwhile playing a game of billiardsupstairs.

The people you will meet atPub & Grub are anything but thescourge of Hillsdale. They arehardworking individuals who sim-

ply want a break from life. Someinteresting characters certainlycome through the doors, but theydeserve a moment away from thereal world just like anyone else.Pub & Grub goes out of its wayto accommodate people from allwalks of life. If that scares you,then dont grace us with your pres-ence.

I love Broad Street. My bankaccount can attest to that. But I al -ways end my night at Pub & Grub.Maybe its not as glamorous asother bars in Hillsdale, but maybethats why so many people like it.So heres to you, Pub & Grub, andsave a seat at the bar for me thisweekend.

- Jake Adkins, senior

To the Editor:Last weeks We can save

Washington by Evan Carter was

inspiringly written and passion-ately argued, but failed to examinewhy students are so disillusionedwith politics. Carter complains thatHillsdale students have no hope ofsaving Washington.

I disagree. I, for one, am disillu-sioned with politics because of therampant corruption and ignorance.To x this problem we need tochange the hearts of the people,not run for Congress and go to warover legislation. The reason wehave bad politicians is because theAmerican people voted them intoof ce. If we want to elect con -servatives, we need to change theAmerican perception of conserva-tives.

The best thing to do is tocontinue living justly and morally,not go charging headlong into theres raging over the Hill. All weneed to do is live our moral valuesthroughout our ordinary lives,apologizing when we mess up, andalways striving to do better. ThenRepublicans and Democrats alikewill look at us and say, I respectthem. I want to be like them.

Then we will save Washington.

- Kate Patrick, freshman

As the plane engine began to whir, Ilaid my 700-page copy of The Broth -ers Karamazov on my lap and pressedmy ngertips into the deep creases thatalways form on my forehead when Itry to make sense of existential phi-losophy. The large, moon-faced man inthe seat beside me took my action as asignal that I now wanted to engage insuper uous conversation.

I didnt.But in spite of my hesitance, this

fellow passenger managed to nd outwhere I came from, why I was ying,and that I study at Hillsdale College.He spent the rest of the ight lecturingme on Hillsdales critical role in the

preservation of American conserva-tism. Staring blankly at the movementof his lips, I pondered such matters aswhether or not my English professorwould want me to remember the nameSkotoprigonyevsk for the impendingexam. My new friend lauded the col-leges commitment to the Constitutionand I smiled quietly in reply. After all,Sko-to-pri-gon-yevsk is fun to say.

I used to be surprised when Iencountered people in my travels whohad heard of Hillsdale College. Thesedays, I nd myself surprised if theyhave not, especially if they are overthe age of 65. If only I could recall

just how many times I have beenintroduced to people who assume thatmy Hillsdale education means that Iam about to take Capitol Hill by stormand x all of the problems with theAmerican government. When these

people nd out I am only a humbleEnglish major, they usually raise theireyebrows in confusion and with justa hint of distaste. When did Hillsdaleadd majors that dont belong to the

politics department?

Perhaps that is a slight exag-geration. Still, the college hasntdone much to discourage people frommaking these assumptions about itscurriculum. The rst thing that drawsa viewers attention on the home-pageof the Hillsdale website is a large im-age which oscillates between a typicalcampus landscape and a snapshot ofeconomics professor Gary Wolfram.Beneath this photo is an ad for hisonline class, Economics 101: ThePrinciples of Free Market Econom-ics. If you click on this picture, youare taken to a page with a byline thatreads, If youve ever wanted to know

just how the free market will saveAmericas economy, you NEED Hills-dales Economics 101 right away. Its

no wonder that the public thinks thecollege does nothing but teach studentshow to save America. And while thecollege has offered online courses tiedto Western and American Heritage,and intends to release an online courseon literature in the spring, no mentionis made of these on the site.

If Hillsdale College wants to growin the consciousness of highschoolseniors, it will have to be more hon-est about the interests of its student

body. Admissions should monitor thewebsite to make sure that potentiallyinterested applicants see an intellec-tually well-rounded school. We the

people outside of the politics depart-ment deserve a voice. There are 37other concentrations of study, includ-ing biology, mathematics, and music.By turning the spotlight on the otherunique and accomplished talent thatHillsdale offers, the college could

better attract students like me, draggedto campus for a college visit only

because of more politically-minded parents. I didnt learn about the diver-sity of academic talent at the school

until I physically set foot on Hillsdale property. In order to merit the attentionof those who have not yet consideredvisiting campus, the college must fos-ter its reputation in other niches of theintellectual and artistic community.

For example, while 2.7 million people currently subscribe to Impri-mis, Hillsdales publication primarilydedicated to political conversation,the college only printed 700 copiesof The Tower Light, its literary

publication, in the fall of 2013. Withsome dedication and nancial support,however, The Tower Light would

become a wonderful tool for increas-ing awareness of Hillsdale Collegesgifted literary students and faculty.Admissions could mail copies to

prospectives or help the publicationdevelop a readily available, online

presence. And there is no reason whythe biology or chemistry departmentscould not also publish their studentsresearch in a similar way. High schoolstudents interested in pursuing adegree in science should be able tosee the high-quality work of Hillsdaleseniors without having to walk intoStrosacker.

Keeping these things in mind,Hillsdale College could attract seriousstudents with a passion for a variety ofdisciplines and strengthen its overall

public reputation as well. Until then,I can only dream of a day when I canhand in my resume without having todiscuss my understanding of ThomasJeffersons views on the limitation offederal power.

Obama doesnt understand human nature

Emily SchutzSpecial to the Collegian

How Hillsdale canboost applications


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Off the beaten paths of How-ell and North Broad Street sitsa place where $1, 10-ouncefrosty drafts are not a special,

but a standard. As customershead to this irish style pub,quite often they are greeted by anickname and a cold brew. It iseasy to tell that customers feelwelcomed. Heres to you Pub &Grub staffs use of nicknamescaptures the comradery of a cli-entele that spans throughout allfacets of the Hillsdale commu-nity.

Here we all have a good oltime, co-owner Kevin Conantsaid. Customers feel wel-comed. I encourage my staff tolearn everybodys name. It usu-ally takes me three times.

The variety of food, beer, andmusic nds itself at one loca -tion. They pride themselves onthe simple, yet essential, aspectsof life, pub and grub. Seventeentaps line the wall. A selectionthat offers domestic, craft andmicro brews. Grub includesclassic menu items as well asan unconventional peanut buttergoober burger. Demand forthis burger requires more thanve pounds of peanut butter aweek.

Despite the logistical ele-ments of this pub, the ownersconnection with his clientele iswhat makes the bar unique.

Conant spent the past 16years working in the bar indus-

try. What started as a side jobto pay for school eventually be-came his passion.

After years of working inDetroit, Kevin returned to Hill-sdale with hopes of sharing hisknowledge of beer and foodwith the community.

When I lived in downtownDetroit, you can go to three orfour different styles of musicin one night, from bar to bar. I

liked that, Conant said. Sowhen we opened this place I re-ally wanted to bring that to Hill-sdale.

In late May of 2010, Kevinand his wife, Jessica, partneredwith Tim Hergert to open Heresto you Pub & Grub.

This is a community place.This is where the community isable to come and have a goodtime, Conant said.

At one time, Hillsdale hadnumerous public establishmentssuch as The Hub, Tins, andClub Lido. Over time, these es-tablishments have faded away.Pub & Grub offers a venue forConant to share his extensiveknowledge and passion forfood, beer, and live music withthe Hillsdale community.

yond those of marijuana.

It has a devastatingeffect,Brady said. Im surprised that people in Hillsdalehavent done something violentto others or themselves yet.

Because the drug was rstsold legally at gas stations, headshops, and convenience stores,many think of it as a safe or le-gal high.

They sell around the uni-versities mainly to college stu-dents who think its just a legalversion of marijuana, said Sen.

Rick Jones (R-Grand Ledge).As reports on the dangers of

spice spread in the late 2000s,state and federal agencies be-gan looking for a solution. In

November 2011, the Drug En-forcement Agency temporarily

placed ve synthetic cannabi -noids into Schedule I under theFederal Controlled SubstancesAct. In 2012, President BarackObama signed the SyntheticDrug Abuse Prevention Act,

permanently placing the 26cannabinoids into Schedule I.By doing so, the Obama admin-istration unwittingly createdan almost in nite loophole formanufacturers.

Rogue chemists wouldchange a few molecules and le-

gally be able to sell a new sub-stance, Jones said.

That built-in Achilles heelinspired more than 43 state bansacross the country. Michiganlegislators brie y prohibitedseven substances commonly

found in synthetic marijuanafrom October to December of2010, calling for a maximum ofone year in jail for possession.But in December, those samelawmakers passed a new drugsentencing bill, signed by Gov.Jennifer Granholm, that unin-tentionally stripped all criminal

penalties. Lawmakers were sothoroughly absorbed in a lame-duck session they failed to rec-ognize the oversight.

At the very end of her time

in of ce as a governor, Gran -holm mistakenly signed anotherlaw that invertedly legalizedsynthetic marijuana, Jonessaid. We had to go back in and

ban the K2 and all of its othernicknames.

Current Gov. Rick Snydersigned a legislative bundle re-classifying spice as a Schedule1 drug, solving the prior legis-lative blunder and federal loop-hole on June 19, 2012. Jonessponsored one of the key billsthat allows the Department ofCommunity Health and Michi-gan Board of Pharmacy to tem-

porarily designate a drug as acontrolled substance.

The village of Jonesville sub-mitted its application to becomea city to the state of Michigan inthe fall of 2013.

If Jonesvilles request is approved, it will be responsible forrunning elections, obtaining anassessor, and running the cem-etery.

Jonesville is currently partof the Fayette township, so resi-dents pay taxes to both the vil-lage of Jonesville and Fayettetownship. Elections, propertyassessment, and the cemeteryare organized through Fayette.

There are two advantages,charter commission chairmanDavid Steel said, One is that itstreamlines government.

Jonesville is already a full-service municipality, meaningit provides its residents with

police, re, streets, water, parks,and other services. Becoming acity would allow the residentsrely solely Jonesville for alltheir needs.

Theres also a tax savings,

Steel said. Residents would nolonger be obligated to pay thetownship a tax.

While Jonesville would re-tain the 1 percent administra-tive tax residents currently payto Fayette, the property taxeswould be reduced saving res-idents and businesses approxi-mately $52,444 annually.

We feel that those are important enough facts that weshould move forward, VillageCouncil President Robert Snowsaid.

Snow said initially there will be extra costs from purchasingvoting machines and paying anassessor, but the bene ts out -weigh the costs.

Jonesvilles journey to be-come a city began when itscouncil approved the plan in

February 2011. From there,a commission was formed towrite the charter. Jonesville metthe minimum 5 percent of votersin the village who signed the pe-tition in favor of incorporation.

Afterwards, the charter wassent to the governors of ce forapproval in October 2013, vil-lage manager Jeff Gray said.

Now the village is waitingfor the proposed charter to bereviewed and sent back to them.After making any requestedchanges by the attorney general,the charter will go to the Jones-ville people for a vote to passthe charter and elect new citycouncil members.

Based on where we are atright now, it wouldnt happenuntil August or November,Gray said.

Snow said residents havegenerally been supportive ofthe charter, and that nobody hasvoiced their feelings against itduring meetings.

The feedback we generallyhear is that people like the waythe village operates now, Graysaid. He said the charter allowsfor Jonesville to maintain itscurrent operations as closely as possible.

Steel said the only negativeresponse has been from Fayettetownship of cials because Fay -ette would be losing revenue.The topic of becoming a city has

been discussed for years, Steelsaid.

Snow said there was a rec-ommendation when he was vil-lage manager in 1996 to pursueincorporation, but the topic wasnot discussed again until 2011.

This time the recommenda-tion was to move forward with

becoming a c ity, Snow said.Jonesville is named for its

founder, Benaiah Jones, whochose to settle in the area in1828 because of the intersectionof St. Joseph River and Chicago

Road. Jones served in the Civil

War at the age of 71, and diedand was buried in the South.

The Fayette township wasestablished in 1829. The Jones-ville post of ce and tavern werethe beginnings of Fayette.

As the oldest town in Hills-dale County, Jonesville held thecounty seat until 1843. The cityof Hillsdale eventually became

the county seat because the rail-road from Adrian ended in Hill-sdale.

Two historic buildings stillstand in Jonesville: Grace Epis-copal Church, the second church

in Jonesville, and the GrosvenorHouse Museum, which was thehome of Ebenezer Grosvenor.He established the rst bank inthe village and went on to be-come lieutenant governor andstate treasurer.

The village currently hasaround 2,400 residents. In com-

parison, one-third of Michiga ns

cities have fewer than 3,000residents, which means Jones-ville would not be an unusuallysmall city, should its charter beapproved.

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Humans of Hillsdale: heres to you, Kevin N

P H

The Hillsdale County Intermediate School Board voted soleapplicant Laurie Brendes to the board Feb. 6 to ll the vacancyleft by Parke Hayes.

Brendes is on the Hillsdale Community Schools board also andhas served there for 16 years. She believes that he r knowledge andskill from that experience will be useful to the county board.

Im hoping that we can make sure that every child in the coun-ty gets a quality education, Brendes said. With limited budgetsand resources we all have to work together to make sure that hap-

pens.Brendes said she feels con dent about her new role and thinks

Hayes would be happy about it too. She knew Hayes well andgreatly admired his work as president of HCISD.

His service to many organizations, especially to ISD, wasamazing, Brendes said. There will never be another Parke. The

joy he spread by his presence was amazing.HCISD Superintendent Michael Potts said Brendes is highly

quali ed for the job after serving on the Hillsdale CommunitySchools board. However, he said there is no way to replace H ayes.

I dont know if you could ever replace Parke, Potts said. Hecould do the work of three or four people. But we will carry onand do the best we can in his memory.

Michelle Masta, the boards former vice president, was elected president in January upon Hayes passing.

I am very honored and humbled to accept the new positionof the HCISD board president, Masta said in a Wednesday pressrelease. I am also very saddened under the circumstances re-garding the presidential position opening. Parke Hayes was myrespected friend and mentor for many years. He will be terriblymissed. Parkes dedication and love for our community, especiallythe HCISD, are well known and were deeply appreciated. Ive gotsome pretty big shoes to ll.

Potts said Masta is quali ed for the position and of ciatedmany board meetings during Hayes struggle with health issues.

As president, Masta said she will focus on providing the fund-ing for the highest quality teachers and technological assistance

possible.Our children are the future that will ensure that our nation

remains strong as a democracy, Masta said. We must provide asafe and healthy learning environment for all students.

Jonesvilles city status awaits state approvalMonica Brandt

Collegian Reporter

Taylor KnopfCity News Editor

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