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Vol. 142 Issue 18 - February 14, 2019
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Faculty vote on details for Senior Capstone, continue planning logistics By | Nolan Ryan News Editor The Hillsdale College faculty will begin planning course schedules and other details for the Senior Capstone course after approving basic details of the class in a vote last Thursday. The Class of 2020 will be the first required to take the course, which was first pro-
posed in 2011. The capstone will be a one-credit course, offered every semester, comprised of five class-wide lectures from President Larry Arnn and five departmental lectures in a student’s own major, according to the proposal crafted by the provost’s office and the academic deans. The course will officially be offered starting in the Fall 2019 semester, Stephen Smith,
professor of English and dean of humanities, said in an email. Smith said the course will conclude with written exams covering both sets of lectures. In an email to The Collegian, Arnn said a one-credit course seems to be what faculty and students can manage with their schedules. He added it was also deemed a sufficient amount for the
Scheduling for Arnn’s component of the course will be worked around his schedule, and the lectures will likely take place outside regularly scheduled class periods, maybe on Sunday nights, according to Paul Moreno, dean of social sciences and professor of history. “The presidential lectures will be videotaped so that people who can’t make it will
have access to it,” he said. The departmental lectures, however, will most likely be scheduled for regular class times. The goal, Moreno said, is to get as much of the senior class together for Arnn’s lectures, which will probably be held in a large space such as the Searle Center, according to the proposal. Planning for each depart-
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Hillsdale alumni to open classical charter school in Metro-Detroit
Halle Hyman returns a serve on Sunday against Ferris State. Ryan Goff | Collegian
Women’s Tennis
Second shutout puts Hillsdale at 2-0 By | Ryan Goff Assistant Editor On a snowy Sunday, the Hillsdale College Chargers took on the Ferris State University Bulldogs in a thrilling 7-0 victory. The win puts the Chargers off to a strong start to the season. In doubles, Hillsdale dropped the first match as Ferris St. beat junior Katie Bell and senior Corinne Prost 6-1, but was able to level the scoring with sophomore Hannah Cimpeanu and freshman Sarah Hackman’s 6-1 win at no. 2 doubles. The lone doubles point was then up to the no. 3 match, and every player from both sides crowded around the middle court to cheer on their side. The set was close, and the Chargers, led by Kamryn Matthews and Madeline Bissett, ultimately beat out the Bulldogs 7-5 to take the doubles point. “I was really proud of the third doubles team for really sticking it out and winning it, because that was a really important match,” coach Nikki Walbright said. “If we were to go down in doubles, it’s kind of a hard way to go into singles.” In singles, Cimpeanu got off the court early at the no. 1 spot. She took the first set of one singles, then dropped two after going up 3-0 in the second. She broke right back, and by the next changeover was up 5-2. With a few deep backhands and a well-placed lob, she broke again for the match 6-2, 6-2. “Hannah [Cimpeanu] had a really dominant perfor-
course. His lectures will focus on “liberal education, human nature, and ethics,” according to the proposal. “The capstone will seek to review and associate the few best things in each part of the core,” Arnn said. “I will probably use readings from each of the core courses with an attempt to define the meaning and reason of each course and its relationship to the whole.”
mance at no. 1,” Walbright said. “She was near-flawless.” In similar fashion, senior Halle Hyman took no. 4 singles in straight sets 6-2, 7-5, edging out her opponent in the key moments of the second set. “Although we won all the courts, they were all intense matches,” Walbright said. “Even Hyman’s to close out was a tough match and she did a good job to finish it.” But the Bulldogs put the pressure on the Chargers at the 2 and 3 spots. After a dominant 6-2 opening set, Hackman dropped the second set 1-6. The third was a battle at the baseline. Neither player gave in, so each point consisted of a long rally with few unforced errors. Fighting to reach 5-4, Hackman broke serve to take the match 6-2, 1-6, 6-4. “As a freshman, with not very much match experience in college, it’s a really good one for her to see, and she closed out that third set really well,” Walbright said. As Hackman walked off the court, Bell was still in the heat of a close match at no. 3 singles. She dropped the first set 1-6, but fought back in the second set to force a tiebreak. “I was honestly just taking it point by point and trying not to get ahead of myself even though I was in the lead for the most part,” Bell said of the tiebreak. “I just tried to keep calm and keep the pressure on her with deep shots.” Tied at 4-4, the pressure mounted for Bell, who played with emotion the whole match. She won the
mini-break to extend her lead to 6-4, then lost the next point, crouching down in the middle of the court. At 6-5, with the chance of losing her momentum, Bell hit a powerful forehand winner to seal the second set and level the match, yelling “Let’s go!” “WEAK! SO WEAK!” she cried after hitting a short return and allowing an easy winner from her opponent to take the third game of the final set, 2-3. “Keeping positive during the 3rd was tough but I just tried to breathe and told myself to keep getting the ball back even if it meant slicing or loopy balls,” Bell said. But she bounced back after the changeover, breaking twice to win the deciding set 6-3. “There was really never a point in the match where I thought she was going to lose,” Walbright said. “That’s just the type of player she is. It was a great moral victory for her.” With 5 of the points secured for Hillsdale, the rest of the match went by smoothly. Matthews breezed through 6-1, 6-0 at no. 5 singles, and with the match clinched, Ferris wanted to leave because of the snow after Bissett’s first set. “In the beginning of the season, it’s tough to replicate that kind of pressure without practice,” Walbright said of the dramatic matches on the middle courts. “It’s good for us to overcome that now.” The Chargers will be away at Lewis University on Saturday.
By | Kaylee McGhee Opinions Editor A group of Hillsdale alumni have partnered with the college to open a classical liberal arts school in metro-Detroit this fall — the first of its kind in the area. Tyler Horning, an ’06 alumnus and president of the school’s board, began to garner support for Ivywood Classical Academy after noticing a gap in Detroit’s education alternatives. “I was looking for schools for my kids, and none of them were the right fit,” Horning said in an interview. “There are things missing in public education that a classical education can fill — things that are necessary for our democracy.” Horning, along with alumni Jim Musgrave ’09 and Troy Morris ’07, formed the school’s project team and reached out to Hillsdale’s Barney Charter Initiative, which
will provide the school’s curriculum. A location has not been determined, but Horning said the team is looking in Plymouth, Livonia, and Westland. Though Ivywood will have only K-5 classes when it opens, Horning said he hopes the program will continue to grow and expand to eventually include a middle school and a high school. Hillsdale’s rigorous, virtues-based education will be the foundation of Ivywood’s, Musgrave said. It will focus on the “whole person,” rather than just preparing students for an exam. The Barney curriculum will lay a foundation in history, literature, math, and science, along with traditional electives “with a classical twist,” Musgrave said. “That’s what I loved about Hillsdale,” Morris said. “Learning for the sake of learning instead of just learning to pass a test. We want to
really challenge the status quo and ask: Why am I at school? Is it really just to get good grades? Or am I learning this stuff for a purpose? And what Hillsdale allowed me to see is there’s a reason students need to take these courses. It paints the entire picture.” Ivywood will be unique among similar classical schools because it will be a tuition-free public school. Enrollment will be phased, and a waitlist will develop based on spots available. Morris said giving the community access to Ivywood’s classical education is a fundamental part of the school’s mission. “Not everyone has the resources to go to Hillsdale College, so allowing access to everyone is a big part of why we’re doing this. Any kind of background needs to have access to this,” Morris said. Horning said Ivywood is a “grassroots experiment” that
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No more Sweethearts this Valentine’s Day
Spangler Candy Company in Bryan, Ohio says ‘Wait 4 Me, Back Soon’ By | Brooke Conrad Features Editor This Valentine’s Day, stores around the nation are all out of Sweethearts — the popular heart-shaped, message-carrying candy that has sweetened the holiday since the turn of the 20th century. After Necco’s candy factory went out of business last year, the company sold Sweethearts to Spangler Candy Company in Bryan, Ohio, about a 45-minute drive from Hillsdale. Spangler, best known Follow @HDaleCollegian
Spangler Candy Co. included this photo in a press release ensuring Sweethearts fans the brand will eventually return. Spangler Candy Co. | Courtesy
for its Dum Dums Lollipops, was unable to ramp up Sweetheart production in time for this year’s Valentine’s shoppers, but says the brand will return at a future time. By the time the factory closed in July, it took 11 months of production at 100,000 pounds a day to make 8 billion Sweethearts for Valentine’s Day every year. Before its closing, conversation hearts were the most-purchased Valentine’s candy of 2017 and 2018, according to candystore. com.
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Founded in 1901, Necco was known not only for Sweethearts, but also for its Wafers (which Spangler also acquired), colorful, sugary discs that have been made the same ways since 1847, making them America’s oldest continuously-manufactured candy. Alexandra Brock, manager at Small Town Sweet Boutique, said she misses Sweethearts, as well as Necco’s Wafers, which she was hoping to have around Christmas time this past year. “They’ve been around since
the Civil War so I’m really sad to see them go out,” she said. The boutique has been selling several other versions of the conversation heart — Brach’s Conversation Hearts, Smarties Love Hearts, and Sweet Tart Hearts — but Brock says for many of her customers, the other brands aren’t quite the same. “A lot of it has to do with nostalgia. It’s the one they grew up with, it’s the oldest, it’s classic,” she said. “And it tastes good too.
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