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Vol. 108, No. 14
Grovers travel to Asbury for revival Ayden Gutierrez News Editor
Asbury University gained national attention for their 12-day revival and attracted people from all over the country to Wilmore, Ky., to experience the prayer and worship marathon firsthand. The revival started after students refused to leave a typical Wednesday afternoon chapel service on Feb. 8. The revival has since ended, as the university’s public service shifted to another loca-
tion on Tuesday while high school and college-aged students have still been able to attend in-person at Asbury through yesterday evening. At one point, university officials reported that students and staff from 22 schools had visited, alongside groups from Hawaii to Massachusetts. After an estimated 50,000 Christian worshipers, celebrity pastors and onlookers flocked to Asbury University over the course of the revival’s duration, Asbury’s administration decided to go with the switch in hopes that
the campus’ order could be restored. A number of those in attendance happened to be Grovers, as students and faculty wanted to be part of the experience. Juniors Lexi Kilmartin and Kris Sekera went over the weekend attempting to get there before the revival ended. Kilmartin had heard great things about Asbury’s famed 1970 revival and wanted to experience it while the opportunity presented itself. “I knew and heard all of the testimonies about people
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Students and the public gathered in the Hughes Auditorium on Asbury University’s campus.
Student photographer, newspaper staff win three awards
Econ majors present research David Zimmermann Editor-in-Chief
dent Paul J. McNulty ’80, the committee identified several actions to correct the issues addressed in the report. The committee noted that McNulty had “already taken numerous steps to ensure closer alignment with the college’s vision, mission and values,” before its report was completed and told the board he would execute additional actions.
They included: replacing EDUC 290 Cultural Diversity and Advocacy with an appropriate elective; more closely supervising resident assistant training; reconstituting and renaming the Office of Multicultural Education and Initiatives; increasing oversight on chapel programming and taking “appropri-
Undergraduate students from Grove City College and three other higher-ed institutions will talk about a variety of economic topics at the Austrian Student Scholar’s Conference (ASSC) this weekend. The annual conference, coordinated by the college’s Department of Economics, features students presenting their own research papers to peers and leading Austrian School scholars. This year, students from Grove City College, George Mason University, Cornerstone University and Brazil’s Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais will present papers for review by a panel of judges. The on-campus event, which will be held in the Staley Hall of Arts and Letters, begins tonight and ends tomorrow evening. Grouped into one of six 90-minute sessions, each of the 18 students will present an overview of their respective topics for 20 minutes, with the remaining time given toward an audience Q&A. The top three papers will be selected for Andrew S. Korim awards and cash prizes of $1,500, $1,000 and $500, in
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saster to have any impact in Grove City. “According to the EPA/ DEP and all the toxicologists that are involved, there is absolutely no effect for any person or property in Mercer County,” said Jannetti. “It would depend on the chemical and other environmental factors. Obviously, there are circumstances where anything is possible, but the bottom line is that there is very little chance for us to
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Read all about the 2023 Student Keystone Media Awards that The Collegian received for last year’s content and coverage on pg. 3. Freshman Will Hearn won first place in the Feature Photo category with the above image.
CRT report recommendations have been implemented, college officials say David Zimmermann Editor-in-Chief
Ayden Gutierrez News Editor
In the 10 months since the college’s Board of Trustees accepted a report finding “specific instances of misalignment” on campus related to Critical Race Theory (CRT), college administrators said they have acted on
all the report’s remedial recommendations. The report by the Special Committee, appointed to look into concerns raised in November 2021 by a petition signed by 476 parents, alumni, students, donors and others, ultimately concluded that the college was neither “going woke”’ nor promoting CRT. In consultation with Presi-
Train derailment had no effect on Mercer County News Editor
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Could it happen here? Several rail lines run through Grove City.
A train derailment caused thousands of residents in East Palestine, Ohio, to evacuate earlier this month. According to county officials, it is too far away to cause harm in Mercer County. Frank A. Jannetti, Jr., director of the Mercer County Department of Public Safety, said it is not likely for the environmental effects of the di-
have any effect from that far away.” East Palestine is 39 miles from Grove City. According to an article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the train, which was a product of the Norfolk Southern Railway Company, contained three locomotives, 141 loaded cars and nine empty cars. The train derailed on tracks running east and west TRAIN 3