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Vol. 108, No. 7
Goldberg speaks on conservatism Ayden Gutierrez News Editor
The college’s chapter of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), along with the Institute for Faith and Freedom (IFF) hosted a lecture titled, “Conservatism in the Age of Trump” featuring guest speaker Jonah Goldberg on Tuesday night. Goldberg is the editor-inchief of The Dispatch, a former contributor at Fox News and the founder of the National Review, among other publications. Goldberg discussed the definition of conservatism,
which he described as a very daunting task. “What is conservatism? It’s much harder to define than people think,” Goldberg said. He then went on to compare conservatism to relativism and radicalism. According to Goldberg, radicalism is the opposite of conservatism. It has no goal other than to tear down an existing order. Conservatives want to restore an existing order. To illustrate this point, Goldberg used the analogy of the Cathedral of Notre Dame. The cathedral has a team of people who replace the old stones to preserve
the cathedral. Once they get to the end and have replaced all the stones, they go back to the beginning and repeat the process. Goldberg stated this encapsulates what conservatism is: conserving something that is already in place. Goldberg then outlined three kinds of conservatism, the first being the conservative temperament. He explained the Founding Fathers, who believed in the conservative temperament, were radical when they needed to be. Goldberg explained it is hard to distinguish beGOLDBERG 3
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Journalist Jonah Goldberg spoke in Rathburn Hall Tuesday night.
Miracles on campus Two football players selected as matches
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Corey Kendig
Sports Editor
Last spring, the college’s football team partnered with Be the Match, an organization whose mission is to provide life-saving bone marrow and blood stem cell donations to patients suffering from blood borne illnesses. After receiving recommendations from Duquesne University’s football coach, the college’s Head Coach Andrew DiDonato ’10 and Team Chaplain Dr. Jim Trasher ’80 chose to partner with Be the Match for the team’s annual service project. The football team set up tables in SHAL and STU to source sign-ups, and in total received 224 participants. Of the 224, five matches were found, all of whom are on the football team. Be the Match representative Ronald Francois explained that the statistical likelihood of a match is 1/220, making five matches nearly unbelievable. Despite the high unlikelihood of this outcome, Thrasher had hopes from the beginning that the college would impress, and he shared this with Be the Match Coordinator Lisa Maloney. “I told her that this team, and this institution will sur-
No loan, no problem Contributing Writer
used in a series of national contests coordinated by the Society for Automotive Engineers (SAE). Through direct competitions and inspections, these events assess every aspect of the vehicles. The Baja Club started in 2007 and has gained more traction in the Engineering Department since then. However, the Butler Bash, hosted by the college, is a new event that was organized for the first time last fall. Senior Olivia Whiteman,
Like all students who take out loans to attend Grove City College, senior political science and economics major Jaclyn Nichols does not qualify for President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. Nor does she care. “In my case, Grove City was the best college for my money, which ended up solidifying my decision to come here,” she said. “I don’t see education as a right — it is a privilege and my personal investment in my future. As such, I don’t expect other people to pay for it, especially since not everyone can or does go to college.” Nichols attends one of 18 colleges in America that refuse federal funding. Students who attend these colleges cannot take out the Pell Grant or any other type of federal loan to pay for enrollment at these institutions, and therefore do not have federal student loans to forgive. Many of these colleges are either conservative, Christian or both. Hillsdale College is another private conservative institution that has shunned federal funds. According to the Federal Student Aid website, “the U.S. Department of Education will provide up to $20,000 in debt cancellation to Pell Grant recipients with loans held by the Department of Education and up to $10,000 in debt cancellation to non-Pell Grant recipients.” Grove City and Hillsdale College officials said the situation has not caused any campus controversy. President Paul J. McNulty ’80 said he does not believe the federal student loan bailout will hurt enrollment at his institution or ones like it. “I think in theory that would be potentially true, but I think more in reality the students who come here know why they want to come
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A Be The Match member poses with Head Coach Andrew DiDonato ‘10 and Coach Dan Vogt ‘18.
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prise you. I boldly said that we would hit 200,” Thrasher said. Sophomore Trenten Rupp is one of the five matches. He is a perfect match for an immunodeficient three-yearold girl who has six months to live. He recalls receiving
the phone call, during which he was informed by his coordinator that he is the only DNA match for this girl in their database of over two million. “I remember the goosebumps on my arms. I remember trying to hold tears back. It was a very emotional couple of minutes,” Rupp said. “Since the phone call, I’ve had multiple conversations with my coordinator. The phone calls have consisted of very detailed medi-
cal screening and a lot of questionnaires regarding my overall health.” Rupp is now awaiting confirmation of his matching DNA and word as to whether he will be donating blood or bone marrow. He has been informed it will likely be a bone marrow donation, for which he will be flown out to another location. Only 20 percent of cases require a blood marrow doBE THE MATCH 2
Baja racing is back, baby Joel Sledd
Contributing Writer
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Junior Joseph “Monty” Walker gets ready to testdrive the vehicle.
The college’s Baja Racing Club will host the second annual Baja Butler Bash Invitational Race, which will be held all day tomorrow at the SwitchbackMX off-road racetrack in Butler County, Pa. The Baja Club is a studentled organization that participates in sponsored competitions against other colleges located in the county. The Baja Club builds and maintains small, off-road vehicles