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Vol. 109, No. 13
Austrian Student Scholars present Helena Ritenour Staff Writer
This Friday and Saturday in SHAL, the Economics Department will hold the Austrian Students Scholars Conference. Now in its tenth year, the conference was started in 2004 and has been running annually since. The Conference provides a keynote speaker each year, hosting men and women “from some of the most established scholars working today,” Dr. Shawn Ritenour, a professor in the Economics Department said. The Conference was designed to allow students from across disciplines to present their research and work on select economic topics. This includes students both from Grove City and from other institutions. Since its founding, over 400 students have had the opportunity to present at the conference. Students will be presenting on both days of the conference and the top three papers judged by a select panel of the College faculty will win money according to the quality of their work. “For many students, this conference is a steppingstone for them to become professors in various academic disciplines, mainly economics, history and political science,” said Dr. Jeff Herbener of the economics department. Students highly benefit from attending because “the Austrian Students Scholars Conference gives students a forum for doing and discussing research about the different consequences for human society,” Dr. Herbener said. All are encouraged to attend and hear the student and AUSTRIAN 2
Dr. Jeffery Tedford, chair of the Department of Music conducts the Grove City College Orchestra. The orchestra won third place in its division for the 2023 American Prize in Orchestral Performance last month.
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Orchestra ovation Students win national title
Violet Whitmore News Editor
Last Friday, the Grove City College Orchestra performed in the Pew Fine Arts Center for students and the public. The Orchestra performed selections from Sergei Prokofiev, Antonín Dvořák, Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Gounod and Marvin Hamlisch. Two student conductors, Seniors Charlie Hubbell and Patrick Onofrey led the Orchestra during the concert as well as two winners from the 2023 Concerto/Aria Competition, junior Amber Willis and sophomore Wesley Morgan.
“It was awesome to work with student conductors and soloists both last and this semester, and to watch them grow in confidence as we all worked together to put the pieces together,” sophomore cellist Emma Danielson said. This is the second concerto aria student conductor concert she has played in. “Each student seemed fully present on Friday night and their hard work, alongside Dr. Tedford’s and the orchestra’s hard work really paid off with performances that brought audiences to their feet.” The Orchestra recently earned third place in its division for the 2023 American
Prize in Orchestral Performance. The College competed against other elite and accomplished institutions like Concordia and Cornell University, which competed in the smaller College/University program division. The Orchestra is comprised of roughly 80 students from all majors. “I am so proud of our students in the Symphony Orchestra for their outstanding work and contributions toward this award and their continued dedication to excellence,” Dr. Jeffery Tedford, professor and chair of the Department of Music, said. The national nonprofit
competition recognizes the best theatrical and musical performances in the performing arts at all experience levels. “With absolutely no bias against small city versus large, or well-known artist versus unknown, The American Prize seeks to recognize and reward the best America produces,” the organization states. “As with all Grove City Orchestra performances I’ve been a part of so far, the camaraderie on stage was palpable, everyone was there to support everyone else and celebrate their successes together,” Danielson said.
The new Thursday thing Mia Gallagher Staff Writer
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Swing dancing is one of the featured events that the SIC hosts. Future events wll include movie nights, picnics and dodgeball.
The Student Involvement Council (SIC) launched their newest campus-wide engagement campaign, Thursday Hangs, yesterday with a swing, line and ballroom open dance. The program, which seeks to foster greater culture and community, will host events every Thursday from 7-9 p.m. in Breen Student Union. The SIC student team, which has had an active presence on campus since its founding last fall, looks to provide a vast array of activities aimed at making the school week more enjoyable. “SIC had the chance to test out similar events last semester,” sophomore SIC Event
Lead Leia Steele said. Steele said. “After seeing a positive response from these events from both attendance and student responses, we were able to brainstorm and organize this new Thursday Night Hangs program as a way for SIC to bring something new to our campus.” “We have found that there tends to be a lack of events on Thursday nights, so we hope that Thursday Hangs will fill that gap and allow students to take a break from their hectic schedules. Our comeand-go type of events are conducive to this idea so that students can take a break and check out our event without the commitment of staying the whole time,” Steeke said. Earlier this week, SIC announced plans for three events. On Feb. 22, March
21 and April 25, they will be holding campus-wide trivia nights where students will be able to form teams of two to six who will put their knowledge to the test. Prizes will be awarded to the winners, making this a fun and engaging event. In addition to Thursday Hangs, SIC has many other exciting activities planned that you won’t want to miss. “Some fun events to look forward to include a March movie night showing Little Women, May the 4th Movie Night, All-Campus picnic, Dodgeball tournament and a concert starring the artist Brandon Isaiah on March 15,” Steele said. To stay up to date with SIC,’ be sure to follow them on Instagram @grovecitysic.