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Vol. 101, No. 4
The Grove City College Student Newspaper
Sounds and grounds Alum convicted
of trading fraud
Brooke Dymski
Contributing Writer
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Juniors Colin Hooper and Justin Pennypacker perform for the November Coffee House, sponsored
by the Student Government Association
Vemma’s victims
A student’s struggle with
a
questionable
company
Maegan Faistch
Contributing Writer
A Grove City College student, Payton Carlucci, has
had a recent rise to fame.
Carlucci, a junior at the
College, was featured in a
variety of interviews with
prominent media outlets
including “Good Morning
America” and “Rolling Stone
Magazine.” His subject matter was Vemma.
Also called Vemma Nutrition Company, Vemma is a
multilevel marketing business based in Tempe, Arizona. The company boasts
a variety of health formulas
ranging from supplements to
energy drinks. While this is
not revolutionary, their marketing program is attempting
to shake up the sales process
of normal companies by harnessing a new market, namely college students.
Carlucci, one of the students recruited by Vemma,
said “I don’t know if it’s a legitimate company … I know
some people who made money in it, but I know a longer
list of people who lost money
in it,” adding that the energy
drink itself “tastes like acid.”
Truth in Advertising, a
nonprofit whose mission is
to promote honest advertising, defines a multilevel
marketing system as a way of
distributing products or services in which the distributors earn income from their
own retail sales and from the
retail sales made by their direct and indirect recruits.
By harnessing the power
of social college students,
Vemma can get more people
recruited into their business.
Vemma has been surrounded by controversy for
much of its time in the limelight. According to Truth in
Advertising, over 140 complaints against the company have been filed with the
Federal Trade Commission.
With many questions regarding the legitimacy of the
program, its affiliates –those
who sell the product – have
often responded in outrage.
Through the use of flashy
videos and the promise of
new BMW’s, many college
students were lining up to be
a part of the party that would
in turn put cash in their
pockets. However, for some
things didn’t turn out this
VEMMA 2
Debate team holds own at
Wheaton tournament
Grayson Quay
News Editor
The Grove City College Debate Team battled stiff competition this weekend at a
tournament at Wheaton College.
Two two-man varsity
teams, partnering senior
Scott Alford with junior
Ryan Brown and senior Mark
Mariani with junior Andrew
Brackbill, and one novice
team—composed of sophomore Jon Matt and freshman
Calvin Kuntz – represented
the College at the tournament.
The tournament featured
teams from schools including the University of Notre
Dame, Cedarville University and Loyola University.
It so large that there was an
octo-final round preceding
COURTESY SCOTT ALFORD
Senior Scott Alford and junior Ryan Brown prepare to make their
arguments.
the quarter finals. Alford and quarter-finals where they deBrown debated a team from bated a team from Northern
Cedarville in their octo-final Illinois University on a resodebate, arguing that mid- lution concerning the recent
term elections should be cancellation of an Italian
abolished because their voter humanitarian naval venture
turnout is so low that it actu- known as Mare Nostrum.
ally undermines democracy. When asked if he and Brown
Alford and Brown adDEBATE 2
vanced from there to the
Grove City College alumnus Robert A. Christy has
been sentenced to four
years and nine months in
federal prison, followed by
three years of supervised
release, and ordered to pay
restitution in the amount of
$1,148,234.
Christy pled guilty on July
24, 2014 to stealing investor
funds in a currency trading
fraud scheme.
According to U.S. Attorney records: From 2008
until April 2012, Christy’s
firm, Crabapple Capital
Group LLC, was presented
as a trustworthy and wellestablished investment firm,
claiming that it has traded
profitable currency since
2006.
As a graduate of Grove City
College, Christy marketed
himself as a Christian investor and petitioned for funds
from Grove City College students, students’ families, and
a faculty member.
Christy recruited many investors through the College
and
also
through
t r a d e shows in Las
Vegas and Orlando.
C h r i s ty’s trading records
indicate
consistent
and
weighty loss-es between
2006 and 2011. Christy
claimed that his firm was
affiliated with a larger
investment firm that had
$50 million in assets, was
proved to be false. Christy
prepared and distributed
monthly
account
statements that illegally
showed investors earning
monthly profits on their
investments, even in months
when Christy’s firm was losing money in every account.
Christy defrauded 20 investors who had invested
over $1.4 million. Instead
of using investors’ money to
trade currency, Christy used
it to pay for personal expenses, including travel, jewelry,
restaurant meals and more.
Christy even made payments
to members of his own family. In total, Christy stole
more than $1 million.
Set sail on the
intern-ship
Fair provides connections
Grayson Quay
News Editor
Cathy J. Lueers’ title at the
College’s Career Services Office is Assistant Director for
Employer Relations & Internship Development.
This position is relatively
new and was created “because the college holds high
regard for students getting
good internships as a natural part of their professional
development,” Lueers said.
This increased emphasis on
internships is not without
reason.
According to Lueers, 77.6
percent of employers now say
that recruiting new hires is
their primary objective with
internships. Lueers pointed
out that this makes sense
from an employer perspective, a ten-week internship
does much more to show
whether or not someone is a
good fit for the company than
an impression based solely
on a résumé and a two-hour
interview.
This year’s internship
fair was the largest in College history, drawing over
50 student representatives
who had interned with over
44 different organizations.
Organizations represented
included Bayer, University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center,
CBS News and the Pittsburgh
Steelers.
In preparation for the fair,
students received an over40-page book which listed
the various organizations
represented and also included feature stories written by
Grove City College interns
describing their experiences
as well as tips for getting internships.
Each intern was given a
brief entry in the book explaining what the organization does, what his or her
specific duties were and how
he or she heard about and
got the internship. Lueers
considers this last piece of
information to be especially
crucial.
“For me, the big gold nugget is, ‘How did they get that
job?’” she said, adding that
students could benefit from
each other’s connections and
experience even if the former intern and the prospective intern were from totally
different majors, pointing
to junior Zachary Nafziger,
a computer science major
who interned with Hershey
and was able to provide helpful advice to students from a
variety of majors who were
interested in interning with
Hershey.
Responding to what she
called “a real hunger among
liberal arts majors for more
internships,” Lueers has
launched the Internship Explosion Series, which continued this past Wednesday
with a fair for careers in the
arts, featuring representatives from the Pittsburgh
Public Theater and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra,
among others, as well as a
Broadway actor.
This coming Wednesday,
CSO will present another fair
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Discourse series gives
students a voice
Jonathan Powers
Contributing Writer
Students have been seeing
posters for the Student Discourse Series for the better
part of a year, but many are
still unfamiliar with what it
actually is.
Senior Mark Mariani, the
series’ founder, started the
series last year as an outlet
for students who are particularly engaged in one subject
to discuss what they have
learned and to explain their
positions. He said that he got
the inspiration for the series
from practices at Oxford and
other British universities.
These universities often have
students present research
they have done for discussion
among their peers. Mariani
said he wanted the Student
Discourse Series to contribute toward a culture of learning outside the classroom.
“I think having a student
body that is willing to have
discourse and consider different viewpoints is impor-
tant,” he said.
As the name implies, the
Student Discourse Series is
completely student-led. It is
not sponsored by any campus organization. Mariani
ran the program himself last
year, and this year is co-running it with junior Elijah Coryell.
Each event features two
speakers discussing a subject of their choice. If they
choose different subjects,
each speaker presents for
twenty minutes and then has
a 10 minute question-andanswer period. If the speakers choose the same topic,
there is only one presentation, but the lengths for both
the presentation and the discussion periods are doubled,
allowing adequate time for
each speaker to address the
audience. Often, speakers
will provide reading lists for
students who want to take
a more in-depth look at the
topics discussed.
Mariani said that turnout
for the events has been good
this year. He mentioned dis-
cussions on things such as
secular gender differences
and the monastic lifestyle as
particularly memorable.
“The presentations are
based off of theory, but ask
pertinent questions of every
student,” he said, adding that
the goal for the series is to get
students thinking.
So what can be expected
from the Student Discourse
Series in the future? True to
the cause, Mariani is leaving
that up to the students. He
said, however, that he personally would be interested
in seeing more discussions
from the sciences, such as
discussions about the theory
of evolution, adding that he
would like to see the series
continue every semester.
The program is open to
student speakers regardless of their expertise on the
subject. “It’s not designed
for students to masquerade
as scholars,” Mariani said.
“Relatively speaking, we’re
amateurs.”
Try your luck
Josh Evans
Editor-in-Chief
BEKAH WHEAT
Last Friday the sisters of
Sigma Delta Phi held their
annual Monte Carlo Night,
sponsored this year by SGA.
The night featured mocktails and a variety of games
such as roulette, blackjack,
poker and go fish. The games
rewarded winners with tickets that could be turned in
for prizes.
Monte Carlo Night is organized each year to raise
money for a charity chosen
by the group. This year donations went to The Pittsburgh
Project, a Christian nonprofit
organization that provides
summer and afterschool program for urban youth and
free home repairs to many of
the city’s elderly residents.
This year the D’Phis raised
$54.65 for The Pittsburgh
Project
Mind control for profit?
New club applies psychology to the workplace
Abigail Marsan
Contributing Writer
New to Grove City College,
The
Industrial/Organizational Psychology Association has recently become a
recognized campus group,
and will be bringing their
first speaker to Grove City
College on Nov. 18.
Led by President, junior
Megan Hurst, and Vice President, junior Jane Kunkel,
and advised by Professor
of Psychology Dr. Warren
Throckmorton, the Industrial/Organization Psychology
Association had a few meetings last semester and this
semester before they became
recognized.
What is Industrial/Organizational Psychology? According to Kunkel, “I/O Psych is a
new, very concentrated, and
rapidly growing field. Put
simply, it is psychology applied to the workplace.
These psychologists study
and teach people that by better understanding ourselves
and each other, we can be
happier and more successful
employees.”
It is putting psychology into a very specific and
practical use for the modern
workplace.
One of the greatest draws
of Industrial/Organizational
Psychology is how applicable
it is, with relevance to almost
any workplace.
“Concepts can be applied
in the areas of learning, leadership, personality styles,
teamwork, diversity, organizational behavior, the selection process, etc.” Kunkel
said.
This group seeks to further
their knowledge of these programs and the benefits they
can have for a business.
When asked why a group
like this is important for the
College, Kunkel explained
that I/O Psychology is often
either a new concept to people or misunderstood.
“The term ‘psychologist’
makes most people think of
a therapist with a patient on
a couch. The I/O psych field
is much different … Our association gives students a
chance to meet other people
who share that interest and
explore the field together,”
Kunkel said.
I/O psychology is also likely to become more prevalent
as time goes on. “It is also
important for the student
body to begin to know who
we are and what I/O Psych
is, because there is a good
chance that many will encounter I/O Psych programs
and initiatives in the workplace—no matter what their
profession,” said Kunkel.
Many students will come
across these programs in
their future careers, and students that intend to become
leaders in their profession
should consider furthering
their understanding of I/O
Psychology.
On Nov. 18 the Industrial/
Organizational
Psychology Association will be having their first speakers. The
speakers will be two GCC
alums currently involved
in I/O Psych graduate programs and will be coming
to speak to the association
about their experiences and
to answer questions about
the field.
Nov. 14, 2014
World News
Roundup
Compiled by Annabelle Rutledge
Merkel hopes fall of
Berlin Wall will be a symbol
of hope
Sunday, Nov. 9, marked
the 25th anniversary of the
fall of the Berlin Wall.
White balloons were
stretched along the former
death strip, which was filled
with over 300,000 people
celebrating this anniversary
of freedom.
The celebration, complete
with music and fireworks,
took place at the Brandenburg gate.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the fall of
the wall proof that “dreams
can come true,” and said she
hoped the collapse might
offer hope to areas of the
world where “freedom and
human rights are threatened or even trampled on.”
1500 U.S. troops being sent
to Iraq in response to ISIL
threat
President Obama has approved the placement of
1,500 more troops in Iraq.
This will roughly double
U.S. ground troops with the
goal being to aid the Iraqis
in their stand against the Islamic State of Iraq and the
Levant.
President Obama began
sending troops back to Iraq
this Summer, marking the
first time U.S. non-combative troops were stationed
on the ground in Iraq since
2011. The White House is
asking Congress for $1.6
billion for a new “Iraq Train
and Equip Fund.” This
change in foreign and military policy shows the imminent threat of ISIL in the
Middle East.
U.S. and E.U. troubled by Catalonian citizens vote for
separatist reinforcements in independence from Spain
Eastern Ukraine
Russia is denying any
connection with the building of separatist reinforcements in Eastern Ukraine.
A night of artillery bombardment was followed by
shelling near the city of Donetsk on Sunday.
Both of these events are
weakening the already fragile ceasefire currently in
place between Russia and
the Ukraine. The US and
EU are concerned by these
separatist reinforcements
and the White House has
warned pro-Russian rebels that the seizing of any
territory would be a “blatant violation” of the Minsk
ceasefire agreement signed
in September.
80 percent of Catalan voters have backed the independence of Catalonia from
Spain. Catalonia is categorized as an autonomous
community within the nation of Spain. The vote was
non-binding but was seen
as a great success by Catalan leader, Artur Mas.
“Once again Catalonia
has shown that it wants to
rule itself.” Mas jubilantly
declared after the results
were announced that “We
have earned the right to a
referendum.” Spain’s constitutional court has ruled
that the vote does not hold
any legal weight. This issue
will be a topic of importance
in Madrid as Catalans are
determined to prove their
independence.
VEMMA
DEBATE
way, which is what happened
to Payton Carlucci.
Carlucci was featured in
the news because his time
spent with Vemma was not
what he expected. Carlucci
was introduced to Vemma
at Grove City College as an
opportunity to make money.
Carlucci attempted to rise
in the ranks of Vemma by
recruiting other students to
be a part of the program. In
the end he lost about fifteen
hundred dollars. After going
public with his story, Carlucci
explains that several people
associated with Vemma attacked his character through
text and Facebook message.
Carlucci’s story was featured prominently as an example of someone speaking
out against a company that
had drawn much criticism
for its questionable marketing tactics.
Carlucci told “Rolling
Stone” that he regrets alienating his friends at school by
aggressively attempting to
recruit them for Vemma, saying that “Losing money was
the easy part … It may take
a lifetime to win back those
friends.” Carlucci’s popularity as an interviewee and
talk show guest seems to be
receding, however. “I haven’t
been contacted in a month…
I’m still the same kid I was
before,” he said.
were blindsided by being given such an obscure topic, Alford responded “Oh, totally. I
had no idea what it was.” He
and Brown were able to construct two solid arguments,
however, but lost the debate
on a 2-1 split decision.
The novice team also performed solidly, racking up a
3-3 record.
Alford said that this tournament featured “a lot more
fast debates and a lot more
technical debates,” giving examples of some “really hilarious resolutions,” including
one which involved a recent
Apple Inc. policy which pays
female engineers working for
the company to freeze their
eggs and have children later
in life.
Alford attributes his and
Brown’s success to their
participation in debate during their high school years,
claiming that this background helped equip them
to handle the faster pace, the
unusual topics and the obscure debate jargon.
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highlighting career opportunities in marketing and communications, an event which
will feature representatives
from Highmark, the Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh
advertising agency Mind
Over Media and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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An experience in math and artistry
Liesl McClintock
Contributing Writer
Jim Anthony’s art exhibit, “Flame
Fractals,” opened last Friday, Nov. 7
at the Grove City Artworks Gallery.
Anthony is a teacher of mathematics at Westminster College in New
Wilmington, Pa. and enjoys exploring the intersection of math, computer science, and art.
All of Anthony’s art looks like an
aurora borealis with different colors of “light” bending and swooping
across the background. The most distinctive feature about the art is that it
is all based on math. The flame fractals are all based on different functions and variations that one might
learn in a linear algebra course.
Anthony had his computer set up
at the opening to demonstrate how
he creates his fractals. He starts by
picking a predetermined function
that will generate a certain shape.
Once he has done this he can assign a
color to each function by varying the
amount of red, green, and blue. Once
the colors are assigned, he can then
rotate the image until he gets an aesthetically pleasing result.
“The functions are assigned colors
and then repeatedly selected at random to map the current point in the
plane to a new point,” Anthony said.
“The color of the visited point is then
altered based on the selected function.
Altering the parameters of the
functions, using other variations, or
increasing the number of functions
or variations, can create more complicated fractals.”
Anthony originally encountered
fractals in a geometry course as an
undergraduate student at Lock Hav-
en University of Pennsylvania. A couple of years ago, he was doing some
research and came across a Kickstarter program that could generate
fractals. He thought they were interesting but noticed that the program
had many limitations. This led him
to make his own program to generate
fractals. He started by displaying his
work casually in his office at Westminster College, but was eventually
chosen for an exhibit at the Artworks
Gallery.
Anthony said that his inspiration
is the fact that aesthetically pleasing
images can be created using the principles of mathematics.
“I find it interesting that all objects
in nature can be described by a set of
mathematical equations. The mathematics that many students do not
enjoy can produce beautiful works of
art,” he said.
Anthony mentioned that his favorite part of selling his fractals has been
all the high-school students who stop
to talk with him about his images.
He says that the students often do
not believe that the images are generated using math because they think
math is too difficult.
Once he explains the process to
them he often hears, “That’s not
hard” or “I could do that.” This gives
him hope and excitement that some
of the students that he has talked
with might become interested in
math, due to his artwork.
When beginning the process Anthony says that he often has a preconceived notion of what he wants
the piece to look like at the end, but
that he sometimes generates random
functions to see where they will lead
and produce new, interesting designs.
ICOs changing lives
Kelleigh Huber
Contributing Writer
As the semester comes to
a close, a new selection of
Inner-City Outreach trips
are becoming available to
students, including eight national trips and six international trips.
The expansion of the project to include 14 trips is exciting to students, leaders
and the Campus Ministries
Administration on campus.
“I would definitely recommend that every student go
on at least one ICO trip during their time at Grove City
College,” said Devayani Wintrode, Director of Campus
Ministries.
Junior Mary McDonald,
co-leader of the ICO Dominican Republic trip taking
place during May Intersession, chose to go on an ICO
trip because she “loved traveling, helping others, and
wanted to grow more in my
relationship with God.”
Junior James McKay, coleader of the Providence,
RI trip, ended up going to
the meeting about the ICO
through a friend. His decision to join stemmed
from this friend. “The work
seemed like something I
could be good at,” he said.
Students join ICO trips
for many reasons, and very
few question their reasoning when they return. Both
McDonald and McKay recommend their trips, as well
as ICO trips in general, indicating that the great friendships they made, as well as
the spiritual benefits, were
remarkable.
“I would recommend ICO
trips because they are great
places to make new friendships, and they can open
your eyes a little bit to the
difficulties of the world that
you wouldn’t necessarily
see every day. They are unbelievably fun, and they are
also great times for personal
growth,” said Lauren Bimber, a sophomore and member of ICO Chicago.
ICO trips provide a break
from the hectic schedules
that are prevalent here on
campus, and allow for a time
of service as well as relaxation. They give students
time to concentrate on the
focus of the trip which is to
glorify God. The service projects can often take students
out of their comfort zone,
and introduce them to students they normally would
not have met otherwise.
Devayani Wintrode emphasizes the importance of
national as well as international ICO trips, indicating
that service is needed everywhere.
“Oftentimes, I find that
students think they need to
go on an international mission trip to see poverty or to
feel as though they are truly
making an impact. However, Christ calls us to serve
our neighbors, and so often
we overlook the hurting and
the outcast right in our own
communities or just a few
states over,” Wintrode said.
Whether one travels to the
Dominican Republic, Costa
Rica, Jamaica, Honduras, or
Guatemala this spring, do so
with the purpose of promoting the name of God and glorifying Him through service.
However, one can glorify
God in the United States as
well, in states such as New
York, Illinois, Rhode Island,
California, Kentucky, Arizona and Ohio.
“It is important to test out
the reasons why you want to
be a part of such a trip, and
the top reason should always
be to glorify God and not
ourselves. If you have a passion for serving others from
impoverished environments,
and a desire to strengthen
and be challenged in your
relationship with God, definitely consider an ICO trip,”
McDonald said.
Often he starts with a color scheme
that he believes will work well and
catch the observer’s eye. He often
picks colors that he said “produce
vivid images and a decent amount of
contrast.”
Anthony said that the names for
the pieces are often assigned by the
first person who saw the image and
said what they thought it looked like.
The pieces have names like “Wormhole,” “Green Dragon,” “Arrow,” and
“Infinity.”
Once Anthony has created an im-
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age that he think he will like, he lets
the computer regenerate the image
to prepare it for printing. He said
that this can take two to three days.
At this point he said that he hopes he
likes the result or he has wasted two
to three days of work time.
Anthony’s work will be on display
at the Grove City Artworks Gallery
until Dec. 5. Gallery hours are Thursday and Friday from 12:00 - 6:00
p.m. and Saturdays from 12:00 to
4:00 p.m.
Transfers bring new
dimension to campus
Ethan Paszko
Contributing Writer
Fifty-one transfer students
chose to attend Grove City
College for the 2014-15 academic school year, bringing
with them eclectic experiences and a positive involvement
in campus life.
Transfer students receive
little focus, but their prior
experiences and skill sets
substantially affect not only
the campus as a whole, but
also their peers. Justin Dueker, a transfer freshman, is a
varsity football player, accounting major, and attends
the Christian group “Men of
God.” Transfer students like
Dueker bring a positive element to the College through
their involvement.
Sophomore Jon Matt
transferred to the College
from Los Medanos College
in California. He is already
a leading member of the Debate Team. He traveled to
Illinois recently to compete
in a tournament, aiding the
team to receive an overall
first place finish. “It’s a better
education here, better community, and people actually
care about learning,” Matt
said.
The consensus among
transfers is that the education at the College is topnotch, bolstered by a dedicated faculty and academic
challenge. Freshman trans-
fer Andrew Messinger said
that the “academics are more
rigorous” at the College than
his previous college, Roberts Wesleyan College in upstate New York. Sophomore
Ethan Clark, a member of
the honors college at Hofstra
University before transferring to Grove City College
said that “the academics here
are much more difficult than
at Hofstra, and they come at
a cost-efficient price.”
Another attractive trait
of transfer students is their
view on learning and college
life, having attended a previous school. Such students
hold a broader perspective
and appreciate more of what
Grove City College has to offer than many freshmen do.
“Grove provides a strong
education with an emphasis
on Christian learning,” Clark
said.
The consensus among
Grove City College students
is that they appreciate the
Christian environment. The
same holds true for those
who transferred from secular
colleges. Sophomore Derek
Witmer,
another
transfer from Hofstra, relishes
the Christian, conservative
worldview predominant at
the College.
“Hofstra was very liberal,
very different from what I’m
experiencing now,” Witmer
said.
Danielle Bryan, head of
transfer admissions at the
“It’s a better education here, better community, and people
actually care about
learning.”
Jon Matt
College, noted that many
students initially stay near
home after graduating from
high school, but then realize
they should experience living
away from home. Going away
to college broadens their perspective of life.
Non-transfer Grove City
College students appreciate the transfers. “The guys
are really good-looking and
so nice,” freshman Tori Graf
said.
Whether involved in sports
teams or clubs, transfer students enhance campus life
due their unique perspectives. They bring an element
of life and energy often lacking in regular freshman students.
In addition to rigorous
academics and a tight-knit
community, several transfers
delight in the food options
available at the cafeterias.
Sophomore Alec Liederbach
and Messinger both emphasize the superiority of the
food at the College compared
to their previous schools,
while hinting that they have
already gained some weight.
Grove City College is bringing them a new dimension.
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The unsung heroes of Res Life
Resident assistants dedicate time to serving the campus
Caroline Priestap
Contributing Writer
They wear many hats: interior decorator, activity coordinator, mediator, confidant, and even best friend.
For a Resident Assistant, every day
provides its share of new experiences and opportunities to minister
to other Grove City College students.
Though the job proves to be challenging, its outcomes can be extremely
rewarding.
The College places a high value on
the role of the RAs. The job of an RA
consists of the full-time responsibilities of living on a freshman or upperclassmen hall for two semesters
and building community through the
love of Christ among the residents
through programs and other tasks.
RAs arrive on two weeks before the
other students in order to attend several training sessions and leadership
workshops. It is during these two
weeks that the RAs decorate their
halls according to the themes they’ve
chosen.
This is also an important time of
strengthening relationships between
the RAs and their Residence Directors who serve to encourage the RAs
in their personal growth. This time
is also important to help them plan
programs and resolve any issues that
may occur among the residents.
Alaina Wheeler is spending her senior year as an RA on an upperclassmen hall. She comments that one of
the best things about her RA experience has been her amazing relationship with the Residence Life staff.
Beginning with their prayers for her
when she first started the rigorous
application process to become an RA,
she has felt a pouring out of wisdom
and genuine care from her Residence
Directors. They have given her godly
advice for circumstances on her hall
and have even helped her to further
discover her personal identity in
Christ.
Amy Rumbaugh, a junior and second year RA, agrees, calling her RD,
Anne Pelchar, a “rockstar.” Rumbaugh values her genuine friendship with Pelchar, mentioning how
she loves joking with her and having
long talks over hot cups of chai tea.
“Out of this relationship, I am able
to better respect and understand her
expectations of me as my supervisor.
She is intentional to spend regular
time hanging out with, encouraging,
or advising all the RAs on her staff,”
says Rumbaugh.
As a sophomore, Jordan Good is
experiencing her first year as an RA.
The duties of freshman RAs are different than the responsibilities of
upperclassmen RAs in that there are
usually around 50 residents living on
the hall as compared to the 20-30
residents on upperclassmen halls.
Because of the increased number of
residents, two RAs are assigned to
each hall.
Good mentioned that having a
co-RA is one of the reasons why she
wanted to be a freshman RA. She and
her co-RA were carefully matched
because of their complementary personalities and ability to work as a
team. Good mentions how they pray
together on a regular basis and always take the time to evaluate their
leadership and talk through issues
that may arise on the hall.
Having a good sense of humor, as
well as building relationships and
community among RAs is important
for keeping things fresh and uplifting
among the staff. Elliot Neff, a junior
who is a second-year RA, remembers
a specific prank that he and his fellow RAs played on their RD, Josh
Hoey, last year. “We took a few fake
cigarettes…as well as beer mugs filled
with apple juice…and sat around a
table in Ket Rec kitchen playing poker,” Neff says. “Josh walked in and
was taken aback for a few seconds; it
was great to see the look on his face.”
Along with the fun, however,
comes a lot of dedication and hard
work. Every RA holds regular daily,
weekly and monthly responsibilities,
including offering four programs for
their hall each semester to encourage community and spiritual growth.
They also offer weekly hall dinners,
movie nights, hall parties and other
stress-relieving events for their residents.
Neff, who is spending this year as
an RA in Alumni, says that he spends
a little over five hours each week doing required tasks like attending a
weekly staff meeting, making rounds
on the hall on his assigned week
night, and writing reflections for his
RD about the progress of his hall. Besides that time, he dedicates countless hours to spending time with his
residents, discipling and getting to
know them, as well as addressing
A century of news
Giving voice to
millennials
Standing strong
Breana Renkin
Staff Writer
As college students, we
find ourselves amidst constant conflict between what
God wants us to do and what
the world tells us we can do.
With pressures from our
peers and society, the line
between both can become
increasingly blurred. However, our dilemma is not new.
Grove City College students
in the 1960s also faced this
same problem, as revealed
in “Christ Confronts the Grover” in the Nov. 12, 1965 issue of the Collegian. As the
article advises, we should
remain strong in the face
of conflict because God will
judge and redeem the world.
Christ Confronts the
Grover
David Stadley
Many times today’s college student appears to be
torn between two ends.
What the student feels within himself is not what he outwardly expresses. That is,
what society impresses upon
him outwardly conflicts with
his internal thoughts. The
result is the development of
a two-sided individual—an
internal being and an external being.
Whether or not an individual excels academically or
athletically, he does not want
to be considered a “good
guy” by his friends. And yet,
doesn’t the individual refute
what he knows to be right in
an effort to become a “good
guy”? There is a definite separation between the desires
of the mind and the desires
of the body. Paul states this
in his letter to the Romans,
“The good which I want to
do, I fail to do; but what I do
is the wrong which is against
my will: and if what I do is
against my will, clearly it
is no longer I who am the
agent, but sin has its lodging
in me.” (Rom. 7:19-20)
We are brought up today
to follow outdated Puritan
ethics. We don’t follow them.
Yet, we are seemingly unaware of this split within us.
Outwardly we live the “new
morality” and yet inwardly
we must rationalize our actions to our inherited code
of ethics. Such rationalization may very well satisfy
us as to the righteousness of
our actions, but does it satisfy God? Can the “good guy”
face up to Christ? Is the “incrowd” in with God?
College confronts the individual with many challenges and, as Christians,
these challenges are great.
The challenge of academics
today seems to be secondary to the social challenge.
Can Christians accept this
without a careful scrutiny
of their values? Certainly
Christ showed what it really is to be human. He lived
a fuller life than man has
known. Suppose we compare the complete human life
of Christ with that of the college student. Can the student
sincerely say that he is living
a life as full as that which
Christ taught his followers?
Probably not. But aren’t we
all seeking to live a rich and
full life? If Christ showed us
the way, why don’t we follow
him? Although within ourselves we may wish to follow
one path, external pressures
of the surrounding society
urge us to follow one path…
the path leading to the status
symbol of the “good guy.”
Those who are dedicated
to education are often puzzled at the number of students who do not get their
money’s worth from tuition.
Anti-intellectualism is a
common student trait.
Those who are dedicated
to Christ and his truth are
puzzled at the number of
students who worship idols
and cover up emptiness with
bravado. Secularism is a
prevailing ethos.
But such negative analysis and criticism is not balanced, and is therefore distorted. Imagery and first
problems that may arise on the hall.
Neff really appreciates meeting new
people on the hall each year and finds
himself growing through his interactions with them. “You do meet some
pretty amazing individuals throughout the course of each semester; it’s
pretty humbling at times,” Neff says.
The job of an RA is tough; every
day they are faced with the task of
uplifting, giving advice, counseling,
and building relationships, supplemented by their regular schoolwork.
Wheeler says “Being an RA is pretty
much an impossible job; ideally you
could reach everyone on your hall
and have great mentoring relationships with everyone and always have
time for people, but you can’t be perfect.” However, even when people fail
to show up at hall programs or the
stress of school and relationships becomes hard to handle, the job is very
rewarding.
Wheeler, Good, and Neff all express how they have grown in their
faith in God, giving several examples
of how He has worked through even
the hardest situations to bring about
his perfect will. An RA has the amazing opportunity to grow in their love
for God while mentoring their peers
in the same path. As Rumbaugh says,
“I feel like this opportunity for service is directly in line with my passions and my strengths. It just fits.
And I can’t imagine having chosen
to invest my college career anywhere
else.”
impressions are not always
reliable. There is also a great
deal of intellectual joy and
passion on campus. It is increasing. Don’t look for it on
weekends, although there is
more of it around, even then,
than the pessimist might
think.
Likewise, there is an undisplayed and unguessed
body of faith, morality,
Christian growth, spiritual insight, commitment to
Christ, and rugged integrity. These have never been
majority virtues. Why in
this tough, plush, “age without standards” should we
give away to negative, if the
whole campus doesn’t join
the Church? Or if the Church
itself is partially secularized
and too bland?
The evidence, present not
only on this campus but
many others, should encourage those who wish the
college to be solemnly an
institution for positive intellectual and social growth.
It should fortify the moralist who fears the right
and wrong are hopelessly
blurred, and should remind
the man of faith that the
eternal Christ confronts,
both with judgment and rescue, the good guy, the sad
sack, the church, the fraternity, and indeed the “world.”
Perhaps it comes down
to the fact that you can’t be
an ultimate pessimist under
any circumstances if you are
a Christian. And more important, is the fact that our
generation has the responsibility of shaping the future of
the Christian Church in this
country.
CHRISTIANNEWSWIRE.COM
Scott Alford
Perspectives Editor
From
FreedomWorks’
president Matt Kibbe to the
Foundation for Economic
Education’s president Larry
Reed, Grove City College
has educated Washington’s
libertarian heavy-weights in
our nation’s capital. A 2006
Grove City College graduate of political science, Evan
Feinberg, has taken on a role
in leadership for the millennial generation through becoming the president of Generation Opportunity.
Through this fledgling organization often known as
Gen Opp, Feinberg has provided a voice to the millennial generation. Feinberg
explained that, “Generation
Opportunity works with college students and young professionals to provide the information and opportunities
to impact the political process in a way that improves
the lives of our generation.”
This past week, Feinberg
spoke for the Center for Vision and Values about how
to best deal with address
the issues of cronyism. Evan
recognizes that high rates of
unemployment, student debt
and lack of new business opportunities have left young
people disenfranchised with
the crony’s in Washington
and Wall Street.
“Essentially, big government helps big business keep
their market share without
innovating and growing,”
Feinberg said. In his view,
this economic cronyism is
not a positive environment
from entrepreneurship and
“There could be no
better preparation for
a career in ideas than
attending Grove City
College.”
economic growth. Citing a
Brookings report, he said
that, “It’s hard for young people to break into an economy
that the authors describe as
“getting ‘old and fat.’”
Evan Feinberg credits his
education at Grove City College as laying a good foundation for leading at Generation
Opportunity saying, “There
could be no better preparation for a career in ideas than
attending Grove City College.
I learned about the Index of
Economic Freedom from Dr.
Kengor, and I studied entrepreneurship and human action from the best Austrian
economics department in the
country. I developed a deep
appreciation for – and ability
to persuade others of – the
value of a free society.”
Feinberg has used his education to build an organization through Gen Opp that
“interact[s] with millions of
young Americans every day
on social media and have
thousands of activists across
the country using cuttingedge technology and tools to
build a network of our peers
that can truly make a difference.”
Nov. 14, 2014
Entertainment
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Time travel troubles
BLOG.SMARTTHINGS.COM
Marty McFly’s journey relies on conflicting theories
Colin Combs
Staff Writer
“Back to the Future” is
one of my favorite movies
of all time. It is sci-fi action
adventure that remains fun
no matter how many times I
watch it. The movie is careful to have plenty of running
jokes that foreshadow future
events. These little subtleties
add a lot to the film, making it just as fun to experience the fifth time as it is the
first time. This is not to say,
however, that the movie is
perfect. Unfortunately, time
travel is one of the things
Hollywood rarely gets right.
A fair warning to those
who haven’t seen the movie
yet: this will contain spoilers.
Without getting too deep
into it, fiction stories usually
use one of two different theories of time travel: linear and
alternate timeline. In linear
theory, the past is fixed. Everything that happened must
happen. Nothing can be
changed about the past, and
everything must play out as if
it has been written by destiny. When this gets portrayed
in media, it will usually have
some kind of ironic twist to
it. For example, if someone
goes back in time to try to
assassinate Hitler, they may
attempt to do so, but accidentally shoot someone else
who was going to kill Hitler,
thereby guaranteeing his rise
to power. Every step the time
traveler makes only guarantees the very thing he is trying to prevent.
If the time traveler were
able to actually change
something, the writer now
has to deal with something
known as the “Grandfather
paradox”. The idea goes like
this. Suppose that someone
went back in time and then,
for whatever reason, killed
their own grandfather. What
would happen? The answer
is we do not know because
it results in a contradiction.
If you kill your grandfather,
you could never be born,
which means you could nev-
er go back in time to kill your
grandfather in the first place.
To get around this problem, some stories decide to
add in an “alternate world
theory”. By this idea, when
you go back in time, you
actually create a “parallel
timeline.” Your timeline still
exists, but you have just entered a different timeline
that is like your own, but
can be changed however you
want without causing any
kind of time paradox.
Time travel stories can either be set in one consistent
timeline, or it can be changeable in a different timeline.
One allows changes, the
other does not. The problem
with “Back to the Future” is
that it tries to combine both
of these theories.
In the plot of “Back to the
Future,” Marty McFly gets
stuck in the past and accidentally keeps his parents
from meeting and falling
in love. He has one week to
make sure they get together
again, or he will cease to exist
since he’ll never be born. In
the end, he almost does not
succeed but eventually pulls
through. But when he gets
back to the future he notices
a few changes. Since he made
his father more self-confident when he was in the past,
his family is now wealthier,
his parents are much happier
together, his father is no longer a pushover, and he has
the car he always wanted.
The problem with this is
that it implies both kinds of
time travel. Marty needing
to fight for his own existence
implies that he is in a linear
timeline – and has actually
caused his own “grandfather
paradox” – and if he is not
born in this timeline, he is
not born at all. This is contradicted by the ending of
the movie, however, and is
actually explicitly denied in
its sequel when the mad scientist who invented the time
machine explains the idea of
multiple timelines. If Marty
were indeed in an alternate
timeline, his parents not dating should not be a threat to
his existence since, after all,
what happens in this timeline doesn’t matter. It tries to
claim that time is fixed while
still leaving it variable.
The movie switches between these theories constantly. In one scene in
which Marty plays “Johnny B. Goode,” it is implied
that it was Marty playing
the song in the past that inspired Chuck Berry to write
the song in the first place. In
another moment, his mother
reflects upon how nice the
name “Marty” is, implying
that his actions in the past
also are what caused his own
name. This all implies a linear timeline, but everything
else in the movie screams
against it. Suspension of disbelief is always needed for
these kinds of movies where
time machines can be built
out of a DeLorean, but these
inconsistencies unfortunately cannot be worked around.
In the end though, the movie
is still a fun adventure and
a few inconsistencies can be
forgiven in the name of good
storytelling.
A book worth stealing
Hunter Francis
Contributing Writer
A fair warning about
Markus Zusak’s “The Book
Thief”: only start reading
it when you have nothing
planned for the next week,
because you will not be able
to put it down. “The Book
Thief” follows the fictional
story of Liesel Meminger, a
young girl facing the struggles of living in Germany
during World War II.
If you love a book that is
written from a unique perspective, this might be a book
for you. The narrator opens
by talking about death, but
readers will quickly realize that Death is in fact the
one narrating this story. It
is rare, to say the least, that
you’ll find a book about Nazi
Germany told in the first
person through the perspective of death following a preteenage girl.
Zusak is able to artfully
give two very different and
useful perspectives on a tragic time in Earth’s history.
Because the story follows the
experiences of Liesel, readers can understand what a
normal child’s life would
have looked like at the time.
Death gives a very detailed
outside perspective that
paints a painfully clear picture of the hard times that
Nazi Germany faces.
Liesel’s story begins for
readers as she travels to meet
her foster parents for the first
time. Her story is not one
that leaves us coveting her
life, as it is full of trials and
tribulations. But despite the
hardships that readers watch
Liesel experience, she is able
to find joys in life through
the adventures she has and
relationships she makes.
Rudy is Liesel’s next-door
neighbor, and together they
give readers a fun reminder
of childhood friendships.
There are imaginary adventures taken together, the
transitions from cooties to
crushes, and the thrill of
breaking the rules with a
partner-in-crime.
Liesel’s foster parents lovingly master the “good cop,
bad cop” routine. Her mother
is harsh and uses her colorful
vocabulary to make sure that
Liesel becomes a disciplined
girl. Her father helps Liesel
learn how to read, so that
she can fully appreciate the
books that she enjoys stealing.
The most moving and influential relationship readers
watch Liesel form throughout the book, however, is her
friendship with Max, a Jew
simply trying to survive in
Nazi Germany. Liesel relates
to Max’s feeling of separation, but she struggles to understand why Max should be
treated differently than all
the other men. It is a sweet,
sad friendship that forces
readers to pause and think.
“The Book Thief” may
make readers laugh. It may
make them tear up. It may
make them consider a wellknown time period from a
fresh angle. It may cause all
of these emotions and more.
For those of you who like
a powerful and influential
story, “The Book Thief” is a
must-read.
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Through the Lens
#gratitudegcc
Nov. 14, 2014
RACHEL FOX
Students were challenged to spend
the month reflecting on and photographing the things they are most
grateful for. The photos were then
shared through #gccgratitude and
posted to the official Facebook page.
JOSHUA TAM
KARLI FEASTER
ZOE SMITH
JOSHUA TAM
Nov. 14, 2014
Through the Lens
Page 7
JESSICA LUNN
ZOE SMITH
ANNA SCOFIELD
SARAH L. MAGUIRE
LAURA GRACE
ANNA SCOFIELD
ALINA SANTIAGO
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Entertainment
‘In Bruges’ delivers
wit and redemption
Caleb Harshberger
Contributing Writer
The film “In Bruges” was
director and screenwriter
Martin MacDonagh’s first
major film, and it is truly a
masterpiece. In it he examines the way contemporary
man works out his beliefs on
morality, honor and salvation.
The film revolves around
Ray and Ken, two hitmen
from London who are hiding in Bruges, Belgium after
a job gone wrong. The city of
Bruges is the most preserved
medieval city in Europe and
certainly one of the most
beautiful. As the two men
tour through the city, Ken,
played by Brendan Gleeson,
is ecstatic. The old medieval
buildings, the museums; all
of it is eaten up by middleaged Ken. Ray, played by Colin Farrell, could not be more
disheartened at the prospects of being stuck in such
a tedious and ancient place.
In London, it had been
Ray’s first job. He was sent
to kill a priest for their boss,
Harry, played by Ralph Fiennes. While Ray succeeded
in whacking the old priest,
he inadvertently murdered
a small boy when one of his
bullets passed through their
intended target. Ken, a veteran in Harry’s employ, pulled
him out of the church and
the two made their way to
Bruges.
Ray comes alive when he
stumbles upon a film being
shot, and with it a beautiful woman named Chloe, as
well as a dwarf actor whom
he finds thoroughly delightful. His relationships with
Everyone has come to expect great things from Marvel Entertainment movies,
and Marvel’s “Avengers: Age
of Ultron” appears as if it will
live up to the mythical levels
of its predecessors based on
the recently released trailer.
The trailer begins with a
jump into an open landscape,
with a city in the distance. An
ominous voice says, “I’m going to show you something
beautiful.”
The viewer is then shown
a plethora of chaotic citizens
in a mob, as destruction and
explosions happen within
arm’s reach of the people.
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them progress until he becomes romantically involved
with Chloe, and at one point
in the film finds himself doing drugs with the dwarf and
prostitutes in their hotel.
These foibles as well as the
unavoidable religious imagery throughout the town
serve to accentuate his emotional turmoil.
Ray is wracked with guilt
over the death of the little
boy and is suicidal throughout the film. He is forced to
wrestle with the concept of
sin and salvation. Ray represents many people who have
yet to learn what it is they believe about life’s choices and
consequences. Ken is older
and has encountered this before. He tells Ray that the an-
swer is to make the most of
his life, to “save the next little
boy.” Ken believes morality
is found in acts that benefit
mankind and that therein
lies salvation.
Their boss disagrees. Harry lives by a code of strict,
unbending and all-powerful
rules. The contrast between
Ken and Harry is sharp
and unavoidable, and when
Harry materializes in Bruges their worldviews inevitably collide. The struggle
for Ray’s life calls viewers to
investigate just what it is that
defines the morality of actions.
The execution of this film
is flawless. Major and minor
characters alike were wellchosen and show consider-
able acting prowess. Both
the camerawork and the
setting are excellent, making this an extraordinarily
beautiful film. Still, the true
greatness of this story lies in
the screenwriting. The story
is entertaining and easy to
follow, but it also contains
considerable depth. The dialogue, while strewn with all
manner of expletives, is written with great wit, emotional
depth, and extraordinary
subtlety. Overall, “In Bruges”
is an excellent movie that
will not only serve to entertain but also to ask the hard
questions and call the viewer
to a greater sense of self consciousness and thoughtfulness.
‘Ultron’ trailer raises questions
Contributing Writer
Pick
of
the
Week
Nic Giorgi
STATIC.SQUARESPACE.COM
Zach Ferguson
Nov. 14, 2014
The next scene involves separate shots of each member
of the Avengers, all weary
and looking hopeless. There
is then a limping, dismembered robot walking into
frame, while the Avengers
look on. This is Ultron.
Later on in the trailer, Ultron is shown in a new body,
and with him are none other than Scarlet Witch and
Quicksilver. These two were
introduced in the post-credits scene of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.”
Quicksilver possesses superhuman speed, and Scarlet
Witch has telekinetic powers.
The overall themes evidenced in the trailer are carnage and hopelessness. It is
as if the Avengers are giving
up their hope in humanity
and their ability to protect
the world. There is one particular scene that is especially
curious. There is a quick shot
of an Iron Man Hulkbuster
suit, and the Hulk himself,
both engaged in combat. The
question is whether it is Ultron controlling the suit, or
Iron Man himself.
If it is the latter, then
that could be reshaping the
whole dynamic and direction in which Marvel is moving. There is an additional
scene in which Thor walks
up to Tony Stark, and in a fit
of rage picks him up by his
throat. This furthers the evidence of changing dynamics,
showing that the Avengers
are turning on each other.
Near the end of the trailer,
both Thor and Captain America are lying on the ground
next to their iconic items –
Thor next to his hammer,
and Captain America next
to his completely shattered
shield. This shot gives the
trailer a sense of completion
and finality.
The final shot is that of
Ultron, saying dramatically,
“There are no strings on me.”
This is an obvious reflection
on the fact that he is not controlled by anyone, but that he
himself is his own being.
Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of
Ultron” comes to theaters on
May 1, 2015. Daylight savings is always an unpleasant obstacle after the first week
or so; having fallen back
an hour makes the day
seem incredibly short as
dusk arrives with extreme
haste, smothering a significant portion of the day
with prodigious silence.
This feeling, this inexorable atmosphere, perfectly
suits the latter half of fall;
likewise it suits the immediate feel of “In Roses”,
the latest album released
by Gem Club.
“In Roses” feels like
the desire to stay indoors
on a cold, rainy, fall afternoon, inevitably inviting one to retreat to the
safety of a warm fireplace
on a nearby armchair as a
means of actively evading
the elements outside. As
a whole, it presents itself
as a confined yet comfortable space as sounds and
feelings envelope the listener in a particular yet
variable emotion. Gem
Club effectively invokes
this sensation by incorporating two key elements.
The first of those is
their use of instrumentals. Whenever one thinks
of dream pop, one typically gravitates towards
pumping
synthesizers
and heavy bass, but, quite
frankly, that’s a faulty assumption. Through the
use of low-key synthesizer
and various strings, Gem
Club binds the listener in
a rich, atmospheric experience. For example,
through the use of cello,
they can effectively capture the essence of melancholy, or inversely,
through the use of piano,
they can depict innocent
hope. The trio produces
an interesting dichotomy
between happiness and
sorrow simply by varying
instrument choice.
Although fairly cliché,
the second element that
provides an inimitable
quality, is the tactful song
writing. As passive listeners, we, sadly, have been
diluted by mindless choruses to give a notable
“excellence” to a song;
fortunately, Gem Club
has deviated from this
suitable norm by writing
in prose, eliminating choruses nearly completely.
Additionally cautious repetition moves the tracks
from poetry reminiscent
of EE Cummings to palatable music. “Polly” is
perfectly exemplifies this:
“we were lost / I felt us
drifting from our nature
/ towards that place / half
nothing / I see you letting
go / Polly I need you now
that you’re gone.” The
slow repetition of certain
lines perfectly captures
the morose intended by
the writing.
Gem Club does possess a distinct flaw. On
this album especially,
their sound and feel are
down-tempo and downhearted, making them
unapproachable to the inexperienced listener. On
the contrary, becoming
invested in Gem Club is a
decision well worth making.
Perspectives
Nov. 14, 2014
Page 9
Letter to the Editor
You will
know when
you find it
What is true love? True
love is the love that is supposed to be, perhaps even
must be. It is not based on
exterior appearances or even
actions. True love is based in
the “true self” of the object
of your affection. Loving is
the never-ending endeavor
to know who your true love
is, not simply in appearance
or externalities, but in truth.
It is something that can only
come about through intimate
spiritual experience. The
mysterious nature of love
is something that must be
lived and then reflected back
upon. It is not something
that can be understood from
the outside or in a lab. Meno
asks Plato, “How do we know
when we have found what it
is we are looking for?” The
answer Plato gives is “You
will know it when you find it.
You must trust your spiritual
sensibilities.”
I agree with the writer
wholeheartedly that we need
to stop looking for the perfect
person who has all the things
we are looking for, but this is
because love is not found in
the qualities we are seeking.
Attraction is merely the tool
to motivate us to get close
enough. True love is found
in the surprising idiosyncrasies of the person you love.
It is in both the things they
“lack” and in the things you
never would have thought
to look for. It is found in the
way that each unique facet
of their personality comes
together to make something
profoundly new and matchless. And it is this unique orchestral identity with which
we fall in love. We are not
merely the sum of our actions
and attributes. True love is
the interaction between two
compatible identities.
I believe the only way to
make these hard choices, to
overcome doubt and egotism,
is to have deeper connection
than one of willpower. A
person’s very identity must
intertwine with his beloved.
For someone to be “willing to
sacrifice the world,” it must
be based on something more
than choice. There must be
something deeper to explain
why such a choice is not only
possible but wonderful. This
is true love.
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Our corporate Savior?
Josh Fried
Staff Writer
Editor’s note: The following
articles is a work of satire.
Christmas time is nearly
upon us, at least according to
corporate America. Even before celebrating Thanksgiving with family, Americans
are prompted to look forward to “the most wonderful
time of the year.”
The Christmas season is
a time of good cheer, generosity and relaxation. At the
same time, Christmas is becoming increasingly more
commercialized. This statement is a widely-acknowledged fact. Stores advertise
for Christmas shopping earlier each year.
Traditionally, Christmas
shopping would not begin
until Black Friday, but this
year the Black Friday sales
began the day after Halloween. The season of Christmas
shopping is slowly pushing
its way into October. At this
rate we would not be surprised to find Santa Claus sitting on the beach in the heat
of summer, lathered in tanning oil and asking children
and surfers what they want
for Christmas.
One might wonder what
is wrong with keeping up
the Christmas spirit all year
round. Corporate America
cannot be blamed for selflessly assisting Americans
to be giving and cheerful
beyond Christmas. To add
to their noble achievements
they aim to decrease the
stress of Christmas shopping by increasing the span
of time that one can shop for
presents for their children.
Like in physics, pressure
equals force multiplied by
area, and increasing the
area to invest in Christmas
presents will decrease the
pressure on a family forced
to spend all their money on
presents to create Christmas
joy.
For this reason, increasing the commercialization of
Christmas will help families
who otherwise could not afford to buy a lot of presents at
one time: now they can disperse the purchase of presents throughout the year,
ensuring a greater number
of presents come Christmas.
After all, Christmas joy is directly related to the number
of quality gifts.
Americans
should
be
thankful for the corporate
world so selflessly decreasing
the stress of their daily lives
to look out for those who
need assistance in keeping
their giving spirit alive.
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How the Ex-Im Bank is a let-down for business
Over the past few years,
the Export-Import Bank of
the United States has increasingly become a subject
of contention and debate.
This relatively small part
of the federal government
has increasingly come under
attack by critics who see it
as little more than a form of
corporate welfare and crony
capitalism, issuing cheap
government loans for the
benefit of large corporations,
such as Boeing. These complaints are quite justified.
The goal of the bank is to
try to increase US exports.
It claims that doing this will
help promote US competitors in a world market, as well
as to increase employment
overall. One way it does this
is by finding businesses that
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want to export their goods to
other countries, then giving
cheap government loans to
support them.
Alternatively, the Ex-Im
Bank might just guarantee
loans to foreign business that
want to buy US products.
The way this works is that
some foreign company wants
to buy a US product, so they
go to a private bank to get a
loan.
These banks normally
would not give this loan because there is a lot of risk involved, but the Ex-Im Bank
says “If they fail, I will pay
off their debt.” Thus the bank
gives the company a loan, and
if they fail the Export-Import
Bank pays the debt. This all
amounts to certain businesses getting government handouts at the expense of everyone else in society.
While the Export-Import
Bank is far from the largest
government organization to
give subsidies to businesses,
it is one of the more blatant
with a very clear favored
class. Like all government
organizations, the ExportImport Bank gets its money
from taxpayers. When it
loans out money, it is loaning
out citizens’ money. The government steals money from
taxpayers so that it can hand
it away to Boeing.
Instead of everyone being
equal before the law, there is
a privileged class which gets
free money because the government arbitrarily decided
to increase exports.
Not only is it an affront
to justice and a clear case of
governmental favoritism, but
the Export-Import Bank does
not even do what it purports
to do. The Bank claims that
by subsidizing American ex-
porters, it helps to promote
American jobs. It is certainly
true that the businesses that
get free taxpayer money do
benefit, but this argument
completely ignores that the
Ex-Im Bank destroys jobs
when it taxes people in the
first place. The Export-Import Bank hurts employment
far more than it helps it.
The Export-Import Bank
has been in operation for
over 80 years now, which is
80 years too long. The good
news is that unlike many
other government organizations, the Export-Import
Bank needs to be continually
renewed by Congress to stay
in operation. This makes it
especially easy to shut down
with plenty of opportunities
to do so, and as it has become
a larger issue in recent years,
this is looking more and
more likely. Here’s hoping.
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Perspectives
Reflections on elections
Nov. 14, 2014
Page 10
Jon Matt
Staff Writer
The 2014 midterm elections are behind us, as well as
the constant barrage of political ads. The Republicans
won a fairly decisive victory
in Congress, maintaining
their majority in the House
of Representatives and gaining enough seats to have a
majority in the Senate. Now
that it is over, we ought to reflect on the election and what
it means for us and the future
of our country. Regardless of
where you fall on the political spectrum, there are some
noticeable – and worrying –
trends that will have serious
consequences in the years to
come.
First of all, every American
should be concerned about
the fact that so many special
interest groups are spending extravagant amounts
of money on elections. The
Center for Responsive Poli-
tics estimated that a total of
$3.67 billion were spent on
this election, an extraordinary amount for a midterm
election. Campaign contributions and special interest
groups are not inherently
bad, but campaign contributions become harmful when
they allow certain groups to
gain special favors or drown
out the voices of other groups.
Of the total money spent on
this election, nearly $700
million came from outside
groups such as Super PACs
and other advocacy groups.
This money undoubtedly has
had a corrupting effect on
our government.
Secondly, it seems that the
American people’s power
to choose who they send to
Washington is inherently
very limited. In other words,
there is very little difference
between the Democrats and
the Republicans. There is little reason to believe much in
the government will change
now that the Republicans
control Congress. On many
of the most important issues,
there is not much difference
between the two sides. Both
parties are responsible for
getting the country entangled in war overseas. Both
parties have spent well beyond our nation’s means,
albeit on different things.
Both parties were supportive
of corporatist policies that
subsidized and bailed out the
richest and most powerful
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posed to have a system of
representative government.
Yet, for far too many people,
the two parties in power do
not provide actual representation and drown out the
voices of individuals. Many
citizens rightfully disgruntled with the current political
arrangement were excited to
see a different party in control of Congress. It is unfortunate that this shift in power will not bring about much
change.
In her shoes
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members of society at the expense of the average American citizen. The Republicans
are fond of using words like
“freedom” and “liberty,” but
they rarely seem to stay true
to such values when it comes
to economic issues. Even
more, many of them support
social policies that are laughably outdated and completely
oppose any idea of freedom.
Is it any wonder that
Americans are apathetic
about politics? We are sup-
Thoughts on respecting the irreligious
Evlyn Roper
Contributing Writer
(For the purposes of this
article, this student wishes
to remain anonymous. This
student will be referred to as
Amber).
Like many students at
Grove City College, Amber
grew up in a Christian family. She attended church for
years and identified herself
as a Christian. At the age of
14, she visited her oldest sister at Grove City College and
fell in love with the campus.
As the years passed, it came
time for her to begin thinking about college. At the
same time, she also began to
reconsider her faith. In her
junior year, Amber chose to
identify herself as an agnostic.
Due to her family’s conservative views, Amber chose
not to tell them about her
new ideology until senior
year. In her own words,
“They did not take it well.
But I realized that I don’t
need an old book telling
me things like ‘Murder is
wrong’. I just know it is”. At
that point, Amber had also
decided against attending
Grove City College, choosing a public school closer to
home.
After a year at that school,
Amber decided that the envi-
ronment at the public school
did not reflect her morals,
and chose to transfer out.
“My parent’s kind of pushed
GCC the whole time, so it was
no surprise when I ended up
here,” said Amber.
On move-in day, Amber
could already tell that this
school was going to be completely different. “I felt like a
fish out water,” remembered
Amber, “It was a very different experience from my
first visits.” As time goes on,
Amber feels more and more
different. “It’s hard to connect with people. Their faith
is ingrained and it’s hard for
them to see things from other’s perspectives.”
When asked about her
own beliefs, Amber explains,
“I have to be careful not to
tell people I’m agnostic. And
that’s difficult, because it’s
part of who I am.” For Amber, the frustration with being non-Christian spans beyond social settings.
“As a science major, I don’t
experience a whole lot of difficulty. Many of the teachers
are very open minded. But in
classes like Biblical Revelations, I find myself disagreeing but I can’t say anything.”
She adds, “For me, reading
the Bible is like validating
‘Alice in Wonderland’ as fact;
but if I disagree on a test, I’ll
fail.”
Although
the
culture
shock of a Christian campus is still new to Amber,
it is not the emphasis on
Christian themes that is the
biggest change for her. “At
my old school, no one really cared what you believed.
They were willing to accept
you and respect you whatever your faith. Here, I find
myself seeing the opposite.
People would find out I am
agnostic, and they would get
really quiet and treat me differently. Some people even
tried to convert me, or just
straight up ignored me,” she
said.
Though this was not always the case, Amber was
surprised how common this
reaction was. “If I could address those students, I would
tell them to try to be as accepting as their faith tells
them to be.” Amber continued, “God says to love everyone in spite of their differences, but in practice, it isn’t
always true.”
At a school like Grove City
College, it is not common to
find a student like Amber
who maintains a belief contrary to Christianity, but students like Amber do exist.
Expecting a norm does
not justify having a lackluster approach to interacting
with others. Regardless of a
person’s faith, Christians are
called to show love and respect.
Sports
Nov. 14, 2014
The field of grace
Thomas Kutz
Page 11
Chronicles of a soccer referee
Staff Writer
I stood there face to face with a giant. I did not waver in my decision,
just prayed for safety.
I took a step back and as expletives
were directed my way, I reached into
my left pocket for my yellow card. I
displayed it high above my head.
The separation I had created with
the player quickly dissipated and another expletive about my personal
life came immediately. By this point,
I had pulled down my yellow card,
but it did not stay down for long. I
knew I had no choice. He had crossed
the line. I reached into my back pocket and displayed a red card.
My safety felt threatened as I stood
pointing to the penalty spot, 100 percent confident in my decision.
This is the true story of my encounter with a player who charged at me
after I awarded a penalty kick for a
strong tackle in the box with just over
two minutes to play in a tie game.
These are the chronicles of a soccer
referee.
I have been refereeing soccer since
I was nine years old. I always volunteered to run up and down the sidelines with a flag, standing there feeling as official as a nine year old could
feel. I dreamed of refereeing a World
Cup match as I paraded around
my basement showing cards to the
imaginary players competing at the
world’s highest level.
As I reflect on some of my experiences in my time as a soccer referee
since then, I realize just how dangerous some of my experiences have
been.
Sure enough, though, God tests my
faith by presenting me challenging
circumstances and helping me to try
to deal with them with grace.
In the middle of the field, you’re
the one with the whistle. You’re the
one responsible for ensuring the protection of the players and the other
referees.
You’re there to make sure that the
game is fair and the players are safe.
The job of officiating soccer is often
the job of being a “game manager.”
In the refereeing world, we refer to
game and man management as how
we keep things under control.
We do this through talking and
interacting with players, using different intensities of whistle tone,
motioning with our hands to convey
stern messages to players, and even
taking them aside and talking with
them person to person.
These are the important and often
overlooked aspects of being a soccer
referee. How we manage games determines how the players respond in
gameplay.
Keeping a player calm by using
man management techniques may
prevent an incident from escalating
into mass confrontation. The way we
are able to keep the game under control affects everything. Sometimes
that means using cards as means of
discipline.
Keeping all of that in mind, I endeavor to bring my Christian faith
with me on the field of play. That
doesn’t necessarily mean asking
players if they know Jesus while running alongside them in the middle of
the game.
Nevertheless, there is a way to display Christian behavior on the field. I
try to do so by displaying grace when
possible. In relation to the Christian
faith, grace refers to free and unmerited favor of God. So, how do I show
players on the field favor of God? It
is through showing players grace that
the overall experience of sports can
be enhanced so that players might
act in a more loving way toward one
another.
Let’s get back to my story, though.
The player left the field upset with
himself as much as he was with me.
Spotlight on Pittsburgh:
Clunker in the Meadowlands
Key errors cost Steelers in loss to lowly Jets
Aaron Lundmark
Contributing Writer
Very few would have
thought that the struggling
New York Jets could upset
the red hot Pittsburgh Steelers, but they did just that by
pulling out a convincing 2013 victory on the afternoon of
Sunday, Nov. 9.
Coming into the game, the
Steelers (6-4) were riding a
three-game winning streak
after big victories against the
Texans, Colts, and their division foe, the Ravens.
On the other hand, the
Jets (2-8) brought in an ugly
eight-game losing streak after dropping their most recent contests to the Chiefs
and Bills.
Those stories contradicted
themselves, however, and
the Steelers committed four
very costly turnovers which
helped the Jets run away
with the game early.
New York took the opening
kickoff and chewed nearly
eight minutes off the clock in
a 14-play, 72 yard drive before settling for a Nick Folk
field goal to take a 3-0 lead.
After the Steelers were
forced to punt, Jets quarterback Michael Vick threw
a 67-yard bomb to wide receiver T.J. Graham on the
first play of the drive for a
touchdown. This gave New
York a quick 10-0 in the first
quarter.
It did not get any better
from there for the Steelers.
The first play of the next
drive, Steelers quarterback
Ben Roethlisberger threw a
screen pass to top wide out
Antonio Brown, who fumbled and set the Jets up deep
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Steeler’s wide receiver Martavis Bryant (10) reels in the football
while being chased down by Jets cornerback Phillip Adams.
in Steeler territory.
Vick made quick work after the turnover as he found
tight end Jace Amaro in the
back of the end-zone for a
five-yard touchdown pass to
open up a 17-point lead.
The Steelers got the ball
back and finally started moving down the field, but their
drive would end when Roethlisberger threw his first
interception of the game to
Jets safety Jaiquawn Jarrett.
New York, who came into
the season with only three
takeaways all year, got their
third turnover as Antonio
Brown muffled a punt for his
second fumble of the game.
The Steelers would put
points on the board right
before halftime. After Folk
missed a 45-yard field goal,
Steelers kicker Shaun Suisham was able to convert on a
53-yard field goal to cut it to
a 14-point deficit.
Jarrett would get his second interception of the game
early in the third quarter,
which set up Folk for a 30yard field goal, which made
it 20-3 in favor of New York.
The Steelers would continue to struggle offensively, as
Suisham missed an easy 23yard field goal attempt, but
then came back later to hit
one from 27 yards.
The Steelers would get
their lone touchdown on a
Martavis Bryant 80-yard
touchdown catch from Roethlisberger with just 1:16
left. This made it a one possession game, 20-13, but
the Steelers were unable to
recover the onside kick, and
the Jets ran out the clock on
the game.
Roethlisberger
finished
30/43 with 343 yards, one
touchdown, and two picks,
while Bryant had four catches for 143 yards and one
touchdown.
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But I did what I knew I had to do. So
how did I show grace to this player?
Earlier in the game there was a similar incident with the captain of the
other team.
I cautioned him and that was all.
He later apologized and we shook
hands at the end of the game. He realized that the card could have (and
should have) been red, not yellow,
but I had shown him grace by keeping him in the game rather than kicking him out altogether.
It seems that is similar to what
God does in life. He doesn’t kick us
out of the game because we mess up
or get mad at him. Instead, he shows
us grace and lets us keep playing in
hopes that we will learn something
more from it.
By showing grace to others on the
field, I hope that the players may
learn from their mistakes and be
grateful to have a referee who did not
kick them out of the game.
My hope is to point to the ultimate
referee, our Lord Jesus Christ, who
himself holds the whistle and has
the power to show us all red cards
deservingly. Yet his grace teaches us
a greater lesson than a red card ever
could.
Brains and brawn
Dedication helps underdog linebacker
Connor Lowe
Contributing Writer
He is too strong and he is
too fast. He knows every single play we run. How can we
focus plays away from him?
How do we stop number 55?
That is the common discussion on the opponents’
sideline every Saturday when
they take on the Grove City
College Wolverine football
team. Brandon Berringer, affectionately known as Berry,
is a junior linebacker who
has been a perennial underdog all his life. It has never
slowed him down in the
slightest. Berringer’s unique
personality and obsessive
habits have made him into
who he is: one heck of a football player.
Berringer is a man of fixed
routine. Every morning at 7
a.m., he wakes up to either
review film or study for class.
When he is not in class he
can be found either watching
game film or studying. Berringer is so committed to his
craft that he often has a difficult time making room in his
schedule to eat. Despite devoting numerous hours of his
day to football, he is able to
keep a 3.79 grade point average as an electrical engineering major with a computer
concentration. After class,
it’s more film reviewing, a
couple hours of homework,
then football practice.
As coaches review film for
the Wolverines’ upcoming
opponents, Berringer whispers each play before they
even run it. For example, he
says, “whenever their guards
have an off balance stance,
it will be a pass. I deduced
that because I assume that
they have a hard time getting
out of their stance and into a
pass set.”
After practice Berringer
goes to the trainer to ice
down his many bumps and
bruises. While getting iced
down he reviews his Electronics 1 homework.
“I take the same approach
to a football as I would to
anything in life, including
school: you prepare to the
best of your ability and let
God take care of the rest,” he
“You prepare to the
best of your ability
and let God take care
of the rest,”
explains.
Berringer’s hard work and
attitude has brought him the
respect and admiration of all
his teammates. Teammate
junior Josh Peach maintains
that “when Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, he already had three
missed calls from Berry.” Be
it in the classroom or on the
football field, Berringer’s inspirational hard work has
inspired and will continue to
inspire many at Grove City
College.
All of Berringer’s preparation and studying has paid
dividends for him and the
team throughout the season. Despite missing Week
7 against the Bethany Bison
due to a neck injury, Berringer still leads the team in
tackles (76) as well as forced
fumbles (3). Despite being
frustrated about the Wolverines less than successful
season, Berringer believes
thoroughly that, “You can’t
point fingers at others for the
mistakes going on, because if
everyone is pointing fingers
at everyone else nothing can
get accomplished. All I can
do is make sure I execute my
responsibilities to the best of
my ability and I encourage
others to do the same.”
Making all-district or the
Dean’s List are not that much
different in Berringer’s mind.
“I don’t take much stock in
personal accolades, I’m just
worried about whether or
not I’m doing the best work
I can do.” The ultimate mix
of Grove City College student and athlete, Berringer
works extremely hard to accomplish his goals. “If you’re
not going to try your hardest
and put your best foot forward, then what’s the point
of putting your foot forward
at all, you can’t get caught up
in going through the motions
in life.”
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Nov. 14, 2014
Fate falls short
The Grove City and Thomas Moore women’s soccer teams line up their starters prior to the PAC Final on Nov. 8 at Highmark Stadium.
GROVE CITY COLLEGE
Men’s and women’s soccer teams lose to Thomas More in PAC finals
Thomas Kutz
Staff Writer
It was a spectacular view
on the riverfront, right near
The Point, where three rivers
meet in Pittsburgh, Pa. On
Nov. 8, the Grove City College men and women’s soccer
teams each traveled to face
their PAC-foe, Thomas More
College, in the PAC Tournament Finals for the rights to
a conference championship
and an automatic berth in
the NCAA Tournament.
The teams went in with
wide-eyed hopes, enjoying
every moment in Highmark
Stadium. The players and the
200-plus Grove City College
students who traveled to see
the games were enthusiastic
and hopeful in battling the
heavily-favored Saints. Both
teams posted unbeaten records in conference play in
the regular season.
The results were not as
promising as the Wolverines
had hoped, as both the men
and women fell victims to
single second-half decisive
goals in matching 1-0 defeats. The results handed the
Saints their sixth consecutive
men’s soccer and fourth consecutive women’s soccer PAC
Championships.
The men were first to play
kicking off at noon in front
of hundreds of eager fans
who made the journey down
to the city. The Wolverines
came out with a spark of energy, evident as they earned
an early corner inside the
first five minutes. After a
beautiful cross found the
head of junior midfielder
Justin Phillips, the header
was blocked and sent back in
the air, where it met the head
of junior forward Seth Loew.
Loew’s header was goalbound before it found the
outstretched arm of Thomas
More’s Jake Plummer.
The problem was that
Plummer was not Thomas
More’s goalkeeper. Plummer
was a defender and denying
an obvious goal scoring opportunity by handling is a
send-off offense. Eventually,
the referees sorted this all
out, and showed Plummer a
red card, ending his day early. The Saints would play the
rest of the game down a man.
The sure-goal instead left a
penalty kick for Seth Loew.
Loew stepped up to take the
penalty, but Thomas More
keeper Matt Kees got a good
jump and Loew’s attempt
trickled wide left of the target. The score would remain
locked up at 0-0 for the rest
of the half.
Grove City College seemed
to control the run of play and
have the edge in possession
in the half, as the Wolverines outshot the Saints 10-6.
It was a promising start for
the Wolverines, despite the
missed penalty early, as they
held level with the Saints
team who defeated them 4-1
in Crestview Hills, Ky., just
a week earlier. The Wolver-
ines were right where they
wanted to be, level with the
favorites and playing with a
one-man advantage for most
of the game.
The second half began with
an equally high level of intensity that the first half presented. Thomas More carried the
ball down the right side of
the field in the 59th minute,
when senior defender Pat
Jacobson launched an audacious attempt from distance.
The shot, officially from 22
yards out, was rocketed high
and over the outstretched
arm of diving Wolverine
freshman keeper Malcom
Blake before finding its way
into the upper left corner of
the net, giving the Saints a
1-0 advantage.
The Wolverines were far
from defeated, however, as
they came roaring back to
find several attempts at goal.
Grove City College had 11
shots in the second half. The
Wolverines had a promising
look from inside of the penalty mark, but a timely block
off of a Thomas More defender – this one not from a defender’s arm on the goal line
– cleared the danger from the
area. The Wolverines pressed
the rest of the game, but they
ultimately fell just short of
the PAC title as time ran out
on their upset hopes. The 1-0
mark held as the final result,
and the Wolverines watched
as the Saints hoisted their
sixth consecutive PAC Men’s
Soccer Championship trophy
and grabbed the glory from
the claws of the Wolverines,
who left every ounce of energy and effort on the field.
The Wolverine women
watched from above the end
line as they prepared to take
the field in their own championship match. The Thomas
More women’s team (20-1,
9-0 PAC) had allowed just
two goals all season coming
into the game, and the Wolverines (9-10-2, 8-1 PAC)
were their toughest PAC
challenger during the season,
holding the Saints to two
goals in Crestview Hills, Ky.
On Nov. 1, Grove City came
out with a great deal of energy, showing promise in their
attack early. Grove City had
five shots on goal in the first
half and battled the Saints if
not besting them in possession for the first 45 minutes.
The game went to the halftime break level at 0-0.
The breakthrough would
not come much later, though.
Just over two minutes into
the second half, Thomas
More’s Oliver Huber found
freshman forward Julia
Flagge-Echols, who slotted
the ball into the left side of
the net to give the Saints a
1-0 advantage. The Wolverines hoped to get back the
goal, but the Saints proved
too tough a task and held
on to the lead. The Saints
showed just why they had
only given up two goals all
season, not allowing a corner
and holding the Wolverines
to just seven total shots, two
of which came in the second
half. The disciplined play of
the defense combined with
an exceptional play in the
midfield with an explosive
attack was the difference in
the game for Thomas More,
who captured their fourth
consecutive PAC Women’s
Soccer Championship with
the win.
Though the men and women’s soccer teams left without any hardware in hand,
they should keep their heads
high because they faced a
daunting task with poise and
diligence. Both teams fought
hard and represented their
school with class and integrity. They also showed that despite the roaring crowd and
trophies at stake, they were
playing for an even greater
glory and an audience of one
as both teams invited their
opponents and victors to join
them in prayer following the
game.
Congratulations are in
order to both the men and
women’s teams on successful
seasons. The season yielded
matching runner-up finishes
in the PAC Tournament and
second-best regular season
records within the PAC as
well. For the men, forward
Seth Loew twice earned PAC
Offensive Player of the Week
honors and senior defender
George DeAugustino likewise was a two-time recipient of PAC Defensive Player/Goalkeeper of the Week
honors. Meanwhile, junior
goalkeeper Ben Weaver was
named PAC Defensive Player/Goalkeeper of the week
once. For the women, freshman defender Emily Flenniken and senior goalkeeper
Kristi Lathrop earned PAC
Player of the Week honors.
Both teams will hope to
qualify for the ECAC tournament to finish out their seasons. Congratulations and
best of luck are in order to
seniors George DeAugustino, Jordan Carmichael,
Kyle Richert, Mike Shupp,
and Jonathan Rothgeb for
the men’s team, as well as to
seniors Kristi Lathrop, Molly
Weitzel, Sarah Flenniken,
Holly Spofford, Micah Richardson, and Julie Eckendorf
on the women’s side. Both
the men and women’s team
hope to make another run at
the PAC Championship when
they return to the field in the
Fall 2015 season.