2024 ELECTION EDITION
The
Collegian
Friday, November 8, 2024
The Award-Winning Grove City College Student Newspaper
Vol. 110, No. 8
Trump wins again
GCC students support former president Emma Rossi Editor-in-Chief
Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election and will return for his second term after defeating democratic nominee Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s election. The former president had the support of 79.8 percent of Grove City College students according to the Collegian’s campus-wide poll distributed last month. “Trump retained the coalition of voters that he put together for 2016 and 2020 and drew them out to the polls, and Trump expanded the coalition by adding more young male voters and more Hispanic voters. Those two factors gave him a very similar victory to the 2016 race,” said Professor of Political Science Dr. Michael Coulter ‘91 said. Grove City College isn’t known for its parties, but on Tuesday night the Student Union was packed for the campus Election Night watch party. For most students – 81.62 percent of poll respondents – this was their first time voting in a presidential election. Sophomore Brae Sadler, who voted for Trump, was among the students waiting for results. “Trump is someone who does his best for America. And I just really (didn’t) want to vote for Kamala because her and Joe Biden almost put my family in poverty and censored people who believe the same things I do. I don’t believe the country would be good under her,” he said. Sadler’s comments reflected the top concern of most students. According to the poll, 14.71 percent of respondents listed it as their chief concern. Sophomore Leah Forry said her vote was tied to her partisan identity more than the candidate. “I voted for Trump because he’s a Republican. That’s pretty much ELECTION 3
LUKE PAGLIA
Students follow balloting updates at the election watch party Tuesday in the Breen Student Union. In a campus-wide poll last month, 80 percent of students said they were voting for Trump, who won a historic re-election victory.
On the front lines of democracy Emma Rossi Editor-in-Chief
TIERNA D’ARCY
Junior Tierna D’Arcy and sophomore Max Winkler pose with “I voted” stickers on Tuesday.
Grove City College students didn’t just go to the polls to vote on Election Day, they went to work. Several students volunteered at local polling locations and the Mercer County Election Bureau during Tuesday’s general election. A number of these students were a part of Dr. Michael Coulter’s ’91 POLI SCI 101 class. They helped election officials at precincts in and around Grove City, where anywhere from 50 to 200 voters passed through the polls during their shifts. They also assisted in the vote count at the elections office in Mercer. Junior Caleb Paduani was
stationed at his polling location, Church of the Epiphany, for three hours, during which he saw about 200 people come through. “The mood was pretty intense I have to say. People were determined to cast their vote and to be heard. I would never have thought so many people would come through a small-town polling site,” Paduani said. “I did not hear any real conversations -- it was pretty respectful, and people were kind to each other pretty much. I think because Pennsylvania is a battleground state, residents are even more anxious to get their votes in,” he added. Junior Isaiah Hogeterp was one of several Grove City students who volunteered at FRONT LINES 3
‘Fiddler’ in the Fine Arts Center Emma Rossi Editor-in-Chief
The Grove City College Theater Department will perform the beloved musical “Fiddler on the Roof” at 7 p.m. nightly from Wednesday, Nov. 6 through Saturday, Nov. 9 in Ketler Auditorium in Pew Fine Arts Center on campus. The show is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. At this time the show is sold out, but unclaimed tickets will be released ten minutes before each show. “Fiddler on the Roof” is a beloved staple with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon
Harnick and book by Jerry Stein. The musical portraying Jewish life in Imperial Russia at the turn of the 20th century features hits like “Matchmaker,” “If I Were a Rich Man” and the famous bottle dance from “Wedding Celebration.” Professor of English and Theater and Director Betsy J. Craig ’77 spoke of her decision to bring “Fiddler on the Roof” to the Grove City College stage. “Fiddler is considered one of the greatest, maybe by some, the greatest musical of all time in the United States. FIDDLER 3
LUKE PAGLIA
Sophomore Chris Corbin plays Tevye in the fall musical “Fiddler of the Roof.” The musical shows tonight and tomorrow at 7 p.m.