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Vol. 108, No. 3
The bats and the bees Pests invade campus dorms
Jessica Pratt
Contributing Writer With a return to campus also comes the return of bats and some other pests. Students at the college have recently had more encounters with bats on campus than in past years. According to Vice President of Operations Susan Grimm, more bats are born in Wolf Creek during the days that students return to campus before classes start.
These bats tend to navigate their way around within the first three weeks. Until they grow accustomed to the habitat around them, they like to nest in trees, intricate architecture and open windows and doors at dusk. These tend to be the door and windows of the buildings of the Ketler and MAP dormitories. “I was just helping my friend move into her dorm room when a bat just flew through the front door,” said
Emma Danielson, a freshman who lives on the first floor of MAP South. “It flew around for about five minutes until it left the room and flew down the hall,” she said. “Then my roommate’s brother took a video of it going down the hallway, and we just heard a lot of screaming.” Additionally, the bees of the college are back at the school’s outdoor events. Their presence has not been drastically higher than
in past years, but the situation has still been bugging various students around campus. “We usually get a bee nest or two on campus every year,” Grimm stated. “We treat those areas, and they don’t seem to be as big of an issue. However, any time there is food and drink outside, it attracts the bees from the surrounding area.” While some of the students have not minded the bees being on campus, others are
Collier Cafe open for business
not as comfortable with the number of bees that have been present. “My roommate had a bee land on her eyelid, and she freaked out,” freshman Natalie Krahulik said. “They were especially annoying at the football game this past Saturday.” Other students have alluded to the distracting nature of the bees and the unusual number that seems to be present at the college. BATS 3
Bilbro gives video lectures John Adkins
Contributing Writer
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Sophomore Allie Gaines poses with her coffee in front of the newly opened Collier Cafe. The long awaited coffee shop, managed by Urban Trail Coffee Co. of Pittsburgh, held its grand opening Thursday morning. Students can now stop into the Henry Buhl Library to get a drink or a snack anytime from 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. during the schoolweek.
The college’s fourth season of the online lecture series, The Life of the Mind: Great Lectures from the Grove, is presented this year by Dr. Jeffrey Bilbro, associate professor of English. His book “Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News,” BILBRO has earned Christianity Today’s 2022 Book Award of Merit. Scouring through the past and picking the brains of Henry David Thoreau, Blaise Pascal, Dante Alighieri and others, this title masterfully defends a Christian view of interacting with news and current events. It attempts to answer the questions: To what should we attend? How should we imagine time? How should we belong to one another? “I’m in a college classroom listening to my students struggle in their relationships with their cell phones, social media and news sources, and it’s hard in our current conBILBRO 3
Alum performs on campus Helena Ritenour Contributing Writer
Grove City College alumnus Joel Ansett ’12 returned to his alma mater to perform for the campus community Tuesday evening in the Breen Student Union. Ansett performed in Grove as part of his 15-stop tour across the country from Denver, Colo., to New York and back. The show was put on by the Student Government Association (SGA), one of the organization’s first events of the semester. The performance lasted around an hour and 15 minutes and was well attended, with about 70 participants
sitting in the Student Union and even more sitting on the stairs and the sides. “I really enjoyed it” said sophomore Annelies Boonzaaijer, “He has a very relaxing, calm style.”The on-campus performance was part of a collection of 15 house-show tours. Ansett primarily sings in house shows, because, according to him, “the songs seem to become most themselves during house shows, and the vulnerability is really beautiful.” Ansett began his musical career with guitar lessons at age 13 and started singing in high school. He wrote music to accompany his sister’s
poems and was also in choir, further developing his love for music. During his time at the college, Ansett developed his writing skills as he wrote songs all over campus. “‘Give Our Hearts Some Weight’ was one of the most important songs I wrote here,” Ansett said. “I wrote it in the stage of Crawford with the curtain closed; it was like having my own music studio back there.” Ansett was also involved in several campus groups like Warriors in Harbison Chapel. Ansett wasn’t sure what ANSETT 3
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Joel Ansett ‘12 performs Tuesday night in Breen Student Union.