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The CollegianPage 2Oct. 6, 2017Distinguished alumni recognizedduring HomecomingJennifer MontazzoliContributing WriterIn addition to thegreatlyanticipatedHomecominggamesand activities, fourGrove CityCollegealumniwillreceive JackYeawKennedyMemorialAlumni AchievementAwards in recognition of their devotionto improving the worldthrough success in theirrespective career paths.Retired Navy CaptainRonald E. Yeaw ‘65,Dr. Alejandro A. Chafuen ‘84, former GroveCity College PresidentRichard G. Jewell ’67and Dr. Angelo J. Mariotti ’78 will receive theirawards at 5:30 p.m. onOct. 6 in the CarnegieAlumni Center.The Jack Kenne-dy Memorial AlumniAchievementAward,named after the College’s first alumni secretary and placement officer, originally offeredawards toalumni inthe fieldsof Education, Professions,IndusChafuentry,Science andSports. However, sincethe 1980s, alumni havereceived recognition fortheir work in variousothers fields.This year’s recipientshave distinct backgrounds in the military,economics, academiaand medicine. Asidefrom their individualaccomplishments,these noteworthy alumni share one thing incommon: a deep gratitude for their educationat Grove City College.Captain Yeaw servedJMK fashion putsbest foot forwardKatie MorrisonStaff WriterFor some people, Friday the 13th is the mostdreaded day of the year.What is meant to becelebrated in autumnis often overshadowedby dark, cold days andscary holidays likeHalloween. For thoseattending JMK Boutique’s fashion show onOct. 13th, however, itmay be quite the opposite experience.One of Grove City’smost popular women’sclothing stores, JMKBoutique, will hosttheir LUXE Fall Fashion Show on Oct. 13from 7-10 p.m. at 149South Broad Str.Early bird tickets soldat Beans on Broad, RXXpress and online cost 14 while a generaladmission ticket costs 17. Hors d’oeuvres willbe offered and a DJ willkeep guests entertainedduring the event.The fashion show willgive the boutique, located on 111 Mill Str.,the chance to showcasetheir funky and affordable trends. JMK’scustomers can choosefrom a wide selectionof unique and beautifulclothing, including accessories like watchesand jewelry. According to junior KatherineNichols, a Grove CityCollege student andmodel for the upcoming fashion show, theclothing can best be described as “an eclecticcloset of essentials youdidn’t know you needed.”The store was founded in 2012 by ownersJon and Mary Kaup(hence the name JMK).The couple are stillpharmacists and workat the locally ownedRX Xpress pharmacy,which is located directly behind the boutique.JMK has put on thefashion show for thepast five years, usuallyattracting between 100and 150 people. Theevent has had a powerful presence in the community, drawing women of all ages – highschool and college students, working momsand older women aswell.The boutique hoststhe event not only todisplay their clothingline for the fall and winter seasons, but also togive back to the community. One year, the boutique gave a portion ofits proceeds to childrenwith Down syndromeand asked some children with Down Syndrome to participate inthe fashion show.JMK is teaming upwith a number of smallbusinesses in the area– Stella & Dot, a retailcompany specializingin jewelry and watches,and Designs by Anna,a local interior designstore – to make thisevent happen. Those inattendance of the fallevent can look forwardto the display of brightand warm seasonal colors. All are welcome toshop the entire line after the show.Saria Dorsey is thecreative director andevent planner for thefashion show. Whenasked about how thisevent will impact thecommunity or has impacted it in the past,she responded that,“it bridges the gap between the town and thecollege.”She went on to explain that college students do not often getthe chance to connectwith the outside community, and that eventslike these have the potential to eliminate thatfeeling of alienation.They also give theevent-goer the chanceto experience the feel ofthe city while allowingthem to have fun in asmall town.as a U.S. Navy captainwithin the Naval Special Warfare Community and held an array ofoperational, commandand staff positions withthe Navyfrom 1965to1994.Additionally,heserved aschiefofJewellstaffofthe Counterterrorist Joint TaskForce and earned numerous medals andawards during his service, including a PurpleHeart.A graduate of theArgentineCatholicUniversity as well as astudent of the late Dr.Hans Sennholz, Dr.Chafuen is presidentof the Atlas Network(The Atlas EconomicResearch Foundation),a prestigious non-profitorganization located inWashington, D.C.Chafuen is on theboard for several otherthink tanks, such as theFraser Institute in Canada and the Acton Institute. He also serves as aGrove CityCollegeTrustee.Dr. Chafuen appreciatesthe soundMariottieconomics taughtat Grove City that showprivate property and afree market economyas essential for prosperity. He says, “It is not acoincidence, that today,some of the top organizations working for thefree society have graduates of the college in toppositions.” He pointsout that the presidentsof the Foundation forEconomic Education,the Philadelphia Society, the Institute forJustice, the Atlas Network and the Mont Pel-erin Society all attended Grove City College.Dr. Jewell is most remembered for his service as Grove City College’s eighth presidentfrom 2003 to 2014,when he establishedthe College’s credibilityas one of the nation’sbest Christian liberalarts schools. During histime as a student, Jewellserved as the editor-inchief of The Collegianand president of theStudent GovernmentAssociation. Additionally, he swam competitively on the swimmingteam and earned thetitle of Omicron DeltaKappa Senior Man ofthe Year in 1967.A full time professorand chair of periodontology at the Ohio StateUniversity, researcher,and author, Dr. Mariotti has been named oneof the best dentists inAmerica. He has written over 100 articles forprofessional periodicalsand serves as a diplomat of the AmericanBoard of Periodontology and as a Fellow ofthe National College ofDentists.“Grove City Collegeprepared me for my career by fostering scholarship, leadership andstewardship”, Dr. Mariotti said. “I acquiredknowledge in the classroom from erudite,compassionate, worldclass professors whoencouraged me to question everything, seekunderstanding of complex issues and fashioninformed conclusions.”Mariotti fondly remembers his time playing soccer for GroveCity. His leadership onthe team provided himwith a strong belief that“regardless of the endeavor, taking responsibility for labors youwant to accomplish iscritical for success.”Students heading to D.C.Karen Postupac“will have an authenticethnic eating experience,” said Jose.During the meal, students will have a chanceto describe their visitand their thoughts onvarious sights. On theway home, participantswill see another filmand can take time toreflect on their experiences.Junior Lydia Cameron is excited to traveldown to the museumwith the MEI office.“The National Holocaust Museum is oneof the most moving andwell-curated museumsI have ever been to.This will be my thirdtime going to this museum and each time Iam there, it renders mespeechless. I am a Secondary Education andSocial Studies major soI try to expose myselfto history as often as Ican and I am interestedto see what I will learnduring this trip,” saidCameron.This bus trip is notthe only way to get involved with the office ofMEI. Jose holds a bookclub each semester aswell as other events sostudents have opportunities to navigate various cultures throughfood, music, sports andliterature.Jose expressed hispassion for the eventshosted by the MEI office. “I hope that students see the value inlearning about othercultures and experiences, learn personalstories about significantevents in history, andmeet new people andmaybe gain new friendships with other GroveCity students!”be walking alongsideTri-Sigma and Tri-Zetaalumnae.At this point, some ofyou may be wonderingwho the Tri-Sigmas are.Until 1989, the Zetaswere known as the TriSigmas on campus.Unfortunately,thenational Tri-Sigma sorority filed a lawsuitagainst Grove City forusing the same name.Since the nationalTri-Sigmas had registered their name beforethe Zetas, the Tri-Sigmas of Grove City decided simply to changetheir name. Thus, theTri-Sigmas became theTri-Zetas.Reflecting on thehistory of the sorority, Gighlia is especially thrilled to meetthe women who wereintegral in changing thesorority name to ZetaZeta Zeta. These women can speak firsthandabout their personal experiences in the sorority. Sophomore MaryWishing shares a similar enthusiasm. Beinga member of the mostrecent pledge class,Wishing is thrilled thather first Zeta Homecoming experience willbe on the 100th anniversary. Later on, Gighliaalso comments on thevariousopportunities afforded to sorority members. Not onlyare they able to meet awide range of womenthat they may otherwisehave never known, theZeta Alumnae also continue to support theirsisters through a scholarship created this pastspring. This academicyear, senior Paige Foleyreceived the scholarship.Next weekend, it willbe easy to spot the Zetatent. Expecting around300 to 400 alumni, theZetas will have a strongpresence at Homecoming. Like other Greekgroups, the Zetas lookforward to having a luncheon with the alumnae. Later that evening,the sorority will continue their celebration at arestaurant, after whichthe alumnae will returnto their hotel. Althoughthe members have livedthrough different timesand different names,they continue to passdown the commonbonds of history, sisterhood and cute Tri-Sigma and Tri-Zeta trads.Editor-in-ChiefApproximately50students will traveldown to WashingtonD.C. to visit the Holocaust Museum on Oct.19, for the annual Officeof Multicultural Education & Initiatives (MEI)bus trip.Since 2010, MEI hasorganized a bus trip tomuseums and historical sites.The Holocaust Museum was also the destination for the trip in2012. Justin Jose, theDirector of MEI, wanted to revisit the museum with the students.“It is a terrific museum for people to learnabout a significantevent that occurred inhistory and that stillspeaks to current issuesof genocide and killingsaround the world,” saidJose.The participants willbegin the trip by watching a documentary pertaining to the events ofthe Holocaust.When the studentsarrive at WashingtonD.C., in addition to visiting the museum, theyTRI-ZETAcontinued from 1Celebratingtheir100th anniversary nextweekend, the Tri-Zetasare excited for a timeof reconnecting withalumnae and sharingstories of their rich history.Junior Zeta BrookeGighlia, who serves asVice President of theHomecomingCommittee, is especiallylooking forward to theHomecoming Paradethis year.During the Parade,the Zetas will escorttheir Great Gatsby floaton foot with seniorsriding in the truck.However, the Zetas areanticipating a specialaddition to their part ofthe parade, as they s will be traveling to Washington, D.C. to visitthe Holocaust Museum. The Office of MulticulturalEducation and Initiatives has coordinated trips over fallbreak since 2012.

The CollegianOct. 6, 2017SPEECHcontinued from 1A student is led away after disrupting an immigration debate held at the University of Pittsburgh.PITT MAVERICKProtest interruptsimmigration debateJames SutherlandManaging EditorProtestorsinterrupted a debate held atthe University of Pittsburgh on Wednesday,Sept. 20, following anational trend of campus disruptions.The debate, sponsored by the Intercollegiate Studies Instituteas well asthe localCollegeRepublicans andCollegeLibertarians orgaKengornizations,focused on immigrationissues. Paul Kengor, aGrove City Professor ofPolitical Science, moderated the debate between two think tankfellows: Alex Nowrasteh of the Cato Institute and Hans von Spakovsky of the HeritageFoundation.Von Spakovsky presented a more traditionalconservativeview on immigration,arguing for tighter lawsand increased security. Nowrasteh, on theother hand, brought alibertarian standpoint,arguing for liberalizingimmigration laws anddecreasingsecurity.Kengor stood betweenthe two, arguing for amore moderate take onimmigration.While the debate pre-sented a range of positions on immigration,a group of Pitt studentsdecided to protest theevent. “The protestors probably saw thatI worked at Cato andHans at Heritage andassumed that we werebothanti-immigrations,” said Nowrasteh.“They forgot it was actually a debate.” Theprotestors’presencesurprised Kengor. “Inever thought I’d seeprotestors at a debate,”he said.The protestors hadno interest in actually hearing out thespeakers. “They werevery clearly there todisrupt,” Kengor said.“They weren’t thereto listen, they weren’tthere to ask questions,they weren’t there tolearn.”Nowrasteh agreed,sayingthat“theyweren’t interested inarguments, they simplyhad a plan to protestand were triggered bywhat they think is foullanguage.”The protestors heldup signs saying “no human is illegal,” worecone-shaped party hats,and yelled and playedkazoos when Nowrasteh began to speak.The protestors focusedmost of their disruptionon Nowrasteh’s sectionof the debate, an ironicfact given Nowrasteh’smore liberal views onimmigration.Von Spakovsky, writing for National ReviewOnline, said, “What wasso bizzare is that [theprotestors] were at theirloudest when Alex wasspeaking. Alex thinksmost of Trump’s policies are wrong, which isthe side the protestorsare apparently taking,and yet they were interrupting the guy arguingfor their side.”Nowrasteh, however, was not bothered.“Frankly, their protestof me probably helpedmy cause with an audience that was moreinclined to oppose myarguments,” he said.“By giving me a chanceto shout them down,which I did with alacrity, I was able to signalto conservatives that Iam on their side.”“I hope left-wing protestors try to shout medown at every publicdebate I have,” Nowrasteh said. “It will really help me convinceconservatives.”Several protests oncollege campuses haveerupted into full scaleriots in the last year, including several eventsat the University ofCalifornia at Berkley.The worst incident,however, took place atMiddlebury College inMarch, when conservative speaker CharlesMurray was not onlyshouted down but alsophysicallyattacked.The protestors injuredMurray and sent a Middlebury professor to thehospital.Thankfully,theseprotests did not eruptinto a larger issue.Much of this, Kengorsaid, was due to theadministration of Pitt.“It looked like Pitt wasready,” Kengor said.“They had cops at thedoors, and as soon assomeone acted out theywere taken out of theroom.”“All these protestorsdid was annoy the audience, the overwhelmingmajority of whom werecivil and polite and actually listening to thearguments of the debaters,” von Spakovskysaid.While it did not turnviolent or cause damage, this protest andothers like it still posea threat to free speechand learning on campuses. “These protestsscare speakers away,”Kengor said. “Theykeep out other points ofview.”Von Spakovsky saidthat if these protestsare “indicative of thetype of intellectual rigor and cultural behavior being taught in ourclassrooms today, thiscountry is indeed introuble.”PFAC art galleryshowcases local artistsAshley RaineContributing WriterThe Pew Fine ArtsCenter art gallery started off the year with anexhibit featuring localartists, titled “Area Artists Exhibition.”Two dozen regionalartist displayed theirtalents in this month’sgallery.The exhibitshowcases the talents oflocal and regional artists.“The goal of this exhibit is to both give local artists a venue todisplay their worksand to showcase justhow many talented artists are hidden away inWestern Pennsylvania,”said Katy Westra, gallery director and newinstructor of the gallerystudies course here atGrove City.This year marks the25th anniversary of theArea Artists Exhibition,a favorite gallery atGrove City College. ThePew Fine Arts Center,where the gallery is located, is always free andopen to the public.The exhibit openedSeptember 12 and willstay open until October 14. A special artist’s reception was heldon September 15 whenseveral of the local artists came to show theirsupport for the collegeand their artistic cause.Students also stoppedby to discover what thisyear’s artists brought tothe exhibition.Fans of classicalpaintings and modernsculptures alike will enjoy the exhibit, whichshowcases many different mediums and caters to several differenttastes.Opening the gallery isa piece titled “Artist” byMr. Christian Bauer, artteacher at Grove CityArea School district.He applied a screenprinting process thatused film positive, photosensitive emulsion, alightbox, and washoutstation to create thestencil of a massive collage inspired by famousartist Andy Warhol.Bauer enlisted several local artists to helphim with the piece, including students, parents and teachers. A final count of 200 printswere produced. To ex-pand upon the purposeof the work and to bringa community of co-artists together, a performance video is underway documenting the“Artist” experience.Students and localsare eligible to becomeco-Artists by taking pictures with the piece andemailing them to chris.bauer@gcasdk12.orgfor use in the video.Come check out “Artist” and all the otherworks in the Area Artists’ Exhibition. ThePew Fine Arts CenterGallery is located to theright of Ketler Auditorium. Gallery hours arefrom 4 to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday andnoon to 4 p.m. Saturdays.incident occurred atMiddlebury College inMarch. Charles Murray, a bestselling andsomewhat controversial conservative author, was speaking. Agroup of Middleburystudents, angered byparts of Murray’s writings they consideredoffensive and racist,shouted down Murray,stopping his speech.They then proceeded tophysically harass Murray and a MiddleburyCollege professor whowas acting as Murray’sescort, leaving Murrayinjured and the professor in the hospital.Villasenor’s study reveals a worrying number of students acrossthe country supportthis kind of behavior.When he asked whether shouting down aspeaker is acceptablebehavior, 51 percent ofall students agreed, including 62 percent ofDemocrats and 39 percent of Republicans.Even more worryingwas Villasenor’s findingthat 19 percent of students (20 percent Democrat and 22 percentRepublican)thoughtusing violence to stopan “offensive” speakeris acceptable.Caleb Verbois, Professor of Political Science at Grove City College, commented onthe challenges to freespeech on campuses.“For a time in America we developed anidea that says ‘I mightdisagree with you, butI think you have a rightto be heard, and I willdefend that right,’” Verbois said.“The problem is thatwe’ve lost that.” Verbois continued, saying,“We no longer believeas a society that someone has the right to saysomething that I disagree with.”The challenges to freespeech, Verbois said,tie in with the redefinition of tolerance. Tolerance was once definedas agreeing to disagree.Now, however, “tolerance says that you haveto accept me, and approve of me, and celebrate me.” Verboissays that increasingly,“we are identifying ourselves with particularcharacteristics and be-BRICKcontinued from 1by brick, which to ouryoung men means vision, process, love.”While the win wasadmittedly monumental from the perspectiveof much of the community, DiDonato remainsfocused on the processnecessary to achieve thegoals that are farther off- namely, the characterof the team.“We want to put ourprogram in a position tocompete,” he said. “Ourjob is to keep laying onebrick at a time.”Shifting the focusfrom not only winning but building oneanother as a team hasbeen a goal of the teamand DiDonato since lastyear. “Our vision statement is to glorify God inthe pursuit of earninga degree and buildingPage 3We no longer believe as a societythat someone hasthe right to saysomething that Idisagree with.Caleb Verboisliefs.” Therefore, “anyspeaker who criticizesany of those characteristics or beliefs is criticizing you personally,”Verbois said.Regarding the threatsthese protests pose tofree speech on campuses, Verbois said they“pose a threat to basicthinking.” Verbois saidthat the widespreadbelief that a college environment should be a“safe space,” without offensive views, and thatstudents should be ableto exercise a veto overwhich views can andcannot be presented is“a threat to the possibility of learning, of what acollege is.”For Verbois, the mostworrying part is “thatadministrators at manycolleges are giving in.When students have attacked or shouted downprotestors, administrators have, by and large,failed to do anything.”Alex Nowrasteh, afellow at the Cato Institute in Washington,D.C., also commentedon campus free speechchallenges. Nowrasteh,however, disagrees withVerbois, saying, “I don’tthink [these protests]are a serious threat toanything except the civility of college debateswith some rare exceptions.”Nowrasteh said hisparents used to tell himstories about the 1960s,“of college students setting bombs on campuses, anti-war rioting, andtroops sent in to restoreorder.” These protests,Nowrasteh says, aresmall potatoes compared to that.Grove City has largelyescaped the rash of protests. While an alumnigroup organized protests surrounding VicePresident Mike Pence’sspeech at Commencement last May, the oncampusdemonstrations were fairly smalland contained.It remains to be seenwhether Grove City willstay untouched by protest.lastingrelationshipsin competing for PACchampionships,” saidDiDonato.With these two goalsin mind, the team iswell prepared to face aconference opponentthat is 1-4 overall and0-3 in the PAC.Alumni will returnHomecoming weekendto a team that is energized to add anotherbrick to the foundation.The win on ThornField two weeks agohas boosted the determination of the teamand the morale of theschool, and the crowdwill no doubt be readyand excited to see another potential victorytomorrow.“We knew our firstwin was going to be amassive brick to lay,”said DiDonato. “Ourjob is to keep laying onebrick at a time.”

Oct. 6, 2017Gretchen WilsonLifePage 4Crowning gloryStaff WriterA royal coronationtakes place this weekend, but no need to flyQueen Elizabeth in forthe crowning. GroveCity College has theirannual Homecomingceremony in which adance, football gameand ultimately thecrowing of a new Kingand Queen will takeplace.This year’s Homecoming court consistsof 10 members: fivemales and five females.Of those five, the student population determines one King and oneQueen.TheHomecomingCourt for 2017 consists of Siena Dacey,Thomas Miller, RachelMee, Blake Baer, DarlaMooney, Alex Moldovan, Olivia Buirge, JohnBissett, Elaina Kimpeland Jonathan Dabbs.Last year, the students crowned KayleeStrawhun as Grove CityCollege’s HomecomingQueen.Strawhun said shewas honored and she“loved the excitementAlyssa JacksonDaceyMillerand opportunity toconnect with other senior men and women.”Many of whom she mayhave not known otherwise.Strawhun now teaches 5th graders in Colorado Springs. “God hasblessed me with community and new friendships, I really love mycurrentday-to-day,”she said.When questioned ifshe would be returningto her alma mater thisfall she said, “Yes I willbe coming back! I can’twait to reconnect withold friends and GCCfaculty and staff.”This year, thousandsmore alumni will returnto Grove City College’scampus for the samereasons Strawhun iscoming back.Grove City Collegemaintained the Homecoming tradition as anexcellent time to revisit and reconnect withMeeBaerGrove City family.For returning Kingsand Queens, a specialitinerary has been prepared which includesa VIP luncheon and aninvitation to participatein pre-game ceremonies at Thorn Field.A full list can befound under the returning Kings and Queenssection of the College’swebsite.ThetraditionofHomecoming at theCollege campus datesback to 1926.However,“beforeHomecoming Weekendwas adopted on campus, Grove City Collegeheld alumni banquetsgiving alumni a chanceto reconnect” accordingto the college’s website.Festivities for homecoming weekend begin Friday, Oct. 6, withthe Phi Tau Alpha golfouting and concludeSunday morning withhomecoming worshipMooneyMoldovanBuirgeBissettKimpelDabbsGROVE CITY COLLEGEKings and Queens of the past return to campus for celebration for all that has gonebefore and all that is yet to come. James Leach and Kaylee Strawhun, last year’sKing and Queen, will pass the crowns to new royalty on the Homecoming court.service at 10 a.m.Highlights of theweekend include thecrowning of the 2017King and Queen, thedance Friday night andthe Grove City Wolverine football game onSaturday.My big fat Greek reunionLife EditorAs alumni flood thecampus, many come tovisit family members,but not just their bloodrelations.Four Greek groupson campus will be celebrating milestone anniversaries during Homecoming 2017.Zeta Zeta Zeta Sorority hits 100 yearsthis year and the BetaSigma Fraternity willcelebrate 95 years. Boththe Alpha Beta Tau sorority and the OmicronXi Fraternity will reach70 years.Celebrating100years of existence onthis campus, the Zetas expect around 300alumnae to attend thereunion. In addition tothe luncheon tent onlower campus on Saturday, the group will alsocelebrate at

MCKENNA DRAZICH. The Grove City Wolverines bested the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets 24-14. The team is looking for its third win of the season 2 p.m. Saturday against Thomas More College at Grove City's Robert E. Thorn Field. BRICK 3 TRI-ZETA 2. SPEECH 3. GROVE CITY COLLEGE. Tri-Zetas of 1992 gathered for a group photo. The sorority, formally .